Chuck

I agree about being well built and highly detailed! The extra lights would be a very nice modification! I'd like to have the Christmas version that Sidetrack has but don't really wanna spend $800 for another loco. I have enough MTH on pre-order from Ray!

Nice! I figured that you'd be buying more

Joe...Very nice! Those USAT hoppers are bringing $300+ each these days. I'm jealous as you have a nice layout(s) while all my trains are stashed away in a big storage unit...

I always heard to add 10% and I think that works? Cool project Jerry! Last I asked a complete centipede tender from Ro was $900....and that was when Sr. was still with us!

Both red & green versions for each car style! If anything put them on a piece of powered track in your house!! https://www.mthtrains.com/news/846

After reading thru the Lee Lines/ G Action Models history these cars are 40+ years old and very probably the only Hiawatha set made as they were in business only from 1975 thru 1982. And shows they only produced 50 SP Daylight GS-4 Streamlined Standard gauge locomotives were produced by Dana Barlow's Lee Lines. And roughly half as many streamlined passenger cars were made. Cars were sold as 3-car sets.

Yes, In the MTH 2019/2020 Catalog thread.... Try again... Scroll down a bit... http://www.gscaletrainforum.com/index.php?/topic/1612-mth-20192020-one-gauge-catalog/page/4/

I've often thought about getting into standard gauge but always think of them as bigger than "G" stuff...guess I always think of that Brute engine. Everytime I head west to Iowa with another load I travel thru the Mississippi river town of Savannah, IL. and pass by this Milwaukee Road Hiawatha car. It's from the last run that the Milwaukee shops made and one of only 16 left in existence.

Hi Jim, Thanks much for replying and I figured that if anybody knew about these cars it would be you! Seems a few years ago (or quite a few) that I watched you on a live stream showing the cars and engines that you make in standard gauge...seems you showed a Hiawatha set you made or were making for a client?...nice work! I would like to add-on to this set by at least 3 cars and it is good to know that you have the parts, tooling etc. But that won't happen until next fall...at the earliest! Joe; You were right about them being standard gauge cars!

I thought about them being standard gauge cars but I think that they're too "small" as measure out to 1:32...but maybe? The trucks look and are made same as Great Trains passenger trucks...then again I may be wrong.

Oh here's the book cover.... Just messing with you as it's the same book that you show!

None of the above as my cars have no underbody detail. I have thought that maybe they were made using the DeHanes extrusion dies? That line is all part of the J. E. Harmon/ Roberts/ Bob Thon line. http://www.tcawestern.org/dehanes.htm http://www.tcawestern.org/harmon.htm http://www.tcawestern.org/roberts.htm Lionel made the Hiawatha Train in Standard Gauge but those cars have removable roofs with detailed interiors. Far as engine to pull them I'll use the new MTH F units in Milwaukee Road grey/ orange paint!

Think I figured out who made the trucks as I've seen that design and construction method before on Great Trains/ American Standard passenger cars which I believe were made by NWSL. The bottom black sideframe is a USA Trains design. I would like to compare the brown frame to a MTH design but all the trains are 150 miles west of me in a storage unit as I'm in the middle of moving to another state.

I agree as this stuff is stashed away in closets and attics all over the country or countries! Here's a book that I have and one of the fold-outs is the Hiawatha. Matches up pretty good and even the car names!