Snapshot Sunday - #20 (Actually more than a snapshot)

Could it be? A rusted old hulk of a streamlined Hiawatha steam engine left in some farmers field only to be recently discovered?

Unfortunately the answer is NO.

While searching the internet for images related to the Milwaukee Road, I came across this photo. I had the same thoughts as above. Why hasn’t someone started a preservation project for this? How could such an important engine in Milwaukee Road history be left in a field to rot? After some further investigation, I discovered the following information:

It was built in the Milwaukee Shops as a parade truck in 1941 for the American Legion Convention in Milwaukee, using the styling of the class A Atlantics.

It is still sad that it will probably never be resurrected, but a fascinating find just the same. To learn more about this piece of history you can click on the links below.

http://www.coffeedrome.com/hiawatha2.html

http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/MILW/conversations/topics/28357

Sunday Snapshot - #19

A pair of ”Little Joes” in the Harlowton shop tracks.

Layout Update - #26

The stock yard at Geraldine update
I finished painting and blending the stock yard into the scenery at Geraldine.

The photo below on the left is from a previous post after completing the stock yard to give you a reference to how it looks now. The basic layer of painting is a dry brush of a gray-brown craft paint to give the wood an aged look. When more of the surrounding scenery is completed, I’ll add grass and other vegetation to complete the scene. An Atlas street light was also added to the scene for those early morning unloading by the truck ramp.

Next I’m back to the Denton area of the layout to complete another structure there.  Until next time!

Snapshot Sunday - #18

Little Joe E75 photographed in Harlowton Yard in the late 70’s