Jul 28, 2018 · While I mostly collect and operate eastern roadnames the MR had some of the neatest passenger cars - and the orange-maroon colors on the electrics were very nice as well. I noted in pictures and video, as well as O-gauge train cars, that M.R. passenger cars had gray and black roofs, maybe even white as well.

They suggest the following: Scalecoat Reefer Orange , Testors 1104 red, Testors Gloss Gull Gray, and Floquil ATSF Mineral Brown for the underbody. I created sample cards of all of these and have been trying to match the red, gray, and underbody brown with Scalecoat and Tru color.

Jan 8, 2010 · The paint scheme applied to the Milwaukee Road passenger locomotives was simply to standardize the schemes between UP and MILW equipment on the cities trains. UP and CNW did the same thing- CNW had units and passenger cars painted in UP colors which were assigned to the Cities streamliner pool.

Jan 26, 2006 · I was curious when and why Milwaukee Road had a Yellow /Gray color scheme like the Union Pacific? Was there some kind of connection? I thought the Milwaukee was always orange and black?

Sep 18, 2006 · while searching information about the Hiawatha trains of Milwaukee road, i found several paint schemes for the passenger cars. Orange with maroon window stripe, orange with maroon window stripe and small maroon stripe below the roof, and the UP scheme.

about the Milwaukee Road's depot paint colors and schemes. Here is your definitive answer, as these are accurate models. 1909 Standard Class "D-1" in pre-1927 original maroon, orange, black & white paint scheme:

A 9-car Twin Cities Hiawatha was added in October 1936 powered by a 4-6-4 Hudson locomotive and with home-built rib-sided passenger cars (also unique to the Milwaukee Road). The Hudsons had similar art deco styling but with a redesigned frontal crest.

Fox Valley models is releasing at least five paint scheme variations that I can see, the original 1935 Hiawatha Scheme, a very similar scheme to the 1935, but instead of a white roof the cars have a brown roof, the 1948 scheme (maroon window stripe and thin maroon letterboard stripe at the top), the 1952 scheme (maroon window stripe), and the 19...

Milwaukee Road Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment Volume 1, originally published in 1999, features the passenger fleet in both maroon-and-orange and latter-day yellow schemes, cabooses, and non-revenue equipment - all explained by expert commentary!