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canvas_new.gif Here come the Southern Pacific Harriman Mikes and
Southern Pacific F-5 2-10-2s aka "Decks"

Just in time for O/S Scale West we had model samples to show and run. Here are some photos -- click any photo below to see a larger version. The samples have been returned to our builder for painting and will be back soon...

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River Raisin Models has assembled an array of Southern Pacific steam locomotives that will serve as a basis for your SP steam roster. Our builder, Boo Rim Precision, is building the sample models for delivery in February.  The project will include all nine different versions with many different appliances and tenders to choose from. This is the most diverse project we have embarked on yet. River Raisin will be importing these models for delivery in early 2008. These models will include the features and qualities that you have grown to expect from River Raisin Models. We are working with our builder to include a 9 pin DCC wiring harnes already installed. Read more

Southern Pacific  Harriman Mikes & F-5 Decks  Flyer & Reservation Form

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Southern Pacific MK-5 2-8-2

Southern Pacific MK-5 2-8-2

Southern Pacific MK-5 2-8-2

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MK-5  #3249 w/ 120-C-1 Tender (1952 photo)
pressed steel pilot, clam shell stack, no feedwater heater, modern boiler front
(photo Harold K. Vollrath Collection)

MK-5  #3272 w/  Whaleback Tender (1950 photo)
boiler tube pilot, regular stack, modern boiler front

(photo Arnold Menke Collection)

MK-5  #3271 w/ 120-C-2 Tender (1946 photo)
boiler tube pilot, clam shell stack, Worthington feedwater heater, original boiler front
(photo Brian Leppert Collection)

Southern Pacific MK-6 2-8-2

Southern Pacific MK-6 2-8-2

Southern Pacific MK-6 2-8-2

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MK-6  #3265 w/ Whaleback Tender (1948 photo)
pressed steel pilot(not pictured), regular stack,
Worthington feedwater heater, modern boiler front
(photo Brian Leppert Collection)

MK-6  #3251 w/ 120-C-2 Tender (1953 photo)
footboard pilot, regular stack, original boiler front


(photo Arnold Menke Collection)

MK-6  #3269 w/ 120-C-3 Tender (1952 photo)
pressed steel pilot, regular stack,
Elesco feedwater heater, modern boiler front

(photo Arnold Menke Collection)

Historic note: SP called the 2-10-2's "Decks". because they were rivals with the Santa Fe and they refused to call them Santa Fe's...

Southern Pacific F-5
2-10-2 Deck

Southern Pacific F-5
2-10-2 Deck

Southern Pacific F-5
2-10-2 Deck

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F-5 #3727 w/ 120-C-2 Tender  (1953 photo)
pressed steel pilot, clam shell stack, modern boiler front, box pok main driver, feedwater heater
  
(photo Arnold Menke Collection)

F-5 #3734 w/ 120-C-3 (1938 photo)
boiler tube pilot, clam shell stack, original boiler front, feedwater heater
 
(photo Arnold Menke Collection)

F-5 #3734 w/ 160-C-2 Tender (1954 photo)
pressed steel pilot, regular stack, modern boiler front, box pok main driver, feedwater heater
 
(photo Arnold Menke Collection)

 

 

Announcing Milwaukee Road's Rib Sided Cabooses
in two versions and both in S scale and hi-rail brass

No caboose on any railroad was more identifiable with the railroad that built them than the Milwaukee Road’s  “rib-siders”.  The road’s welded, rib-sided construction built by the craftsmen of the Milwaukee Shops, proved to be lighter yet stronger than the more typical construction methods. Between 1939 and 1951, Milwaukee built 315 bay-window, rib-sided cabooses. Seven different varieties of the “rib-siders” were built over the years with modifications and improvements added to the design.  River Raisin has built two of the versions that operated during the entire time period these cabooses ran. The cabooses lasted longer than the railroad did.

River Raisin has these models available in either the 1939 original or 1949 versions and also with scale or hi-rail wheels and couplers.

Original Version with Milwaukee Road designed passenger-type straight frame trucks used on cabooses #01800-01924. This version will be lettered with the original "Milwaukee Road" lettering. Also available in the modernized paint scheme.

 

 


(some details in photo not being produced by River Riasin Models)

1949 Modernized Version with drop center type trucks used on cabooses #02015-02064 and smaller bay window cabooses. This version will be painted with the modern Milwaukee rhomboid logo. Also available in the original paint scheme.

More Information:

In you're interested in reading more about the The Milwaukee Road's rib sided cabooses, probably the most extensive treatment is in:

Milwaukee Road's Rib-Side Cabooses, by Jeff Kehoe. Milwaukee Road Annual 1996 published by the Milwaukee Road Historical Association, copyright 1995.

Photos of the River Raisin Models' 1939 Version:

Click any photo to see a larger version. Photos by Bob Werre.

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PRICING:

Painted and Lettered:

$ 299.00 each

Unpainted

$ 269.00 each

Contact us at:

River Raisin Models

6160 Upper Straits Blvd.

West Bloomfield, MI 48324 USA

Telephone or FAX: 248-366-9621

Visa, MasterCard and Discover are also accepted.


 

 


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