Milwaukee Road Little Joe Electrics | Ho Scale

[@J3scribe]

Very impressive layout. The detail and scenery are top notch, and the landmark structures are superb. Quite the work of art.

[@TwoRailfans]

The layout looks beautiful, and so do the trains. I love the vintage auto haulers.

[@tracynation2820]

Wow. It is like looking at an article that I read about the Milwaukee Road in a train magazine. I have always wanted to get five or six of the HO scale P5a electric locomotives that were offered in a fantasy Great Northern paint scheme awhile back and electrify a mountain pass on my railroad. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

[@timu438]

Excellent! This is so nostalgic for me, with so many recognizable features. You have done a marvelous job. Nice to see E-34 on scene, too. 👍👍

[@chicagolandrailroader]

You've captured the spirit of the Milwaukee Road!

[@jimrockford3662]

Spectacular bridge….once your installed all the wires….wow

[@MarkPeters-p8e]

Got to admit it you nailed it looks like part of Montana and Idaho 👍

[@scottb8175]

Superb! Thanks for posting this. Easily recognizable scenes. My family went through the area on a road trip vacation back in May-June of 1973 when I was 6 years old. We were in Butte four days and I was amazed at how much rail activity there was - there were tracks and trains everywhere. I still remember seeing the catenary and electrics on that trip and I didn't even know what I was looking at out the car window was unique and about to be extinct. I've been back west as far as Taft recently, vising the remaining ghosts and relics, but St. Paul's pass and Avery are still on the bucket list for a future road trip. Interesting that you modelled one of the EP-4's. The Little Joe that I most rarely see in photos, film, or models is the E-79.

[@donnawoodford4127]

My parents and I were at Avery about the same year. We had an old Volkswagen Squareback station wagon, and we camped in it. I remember being awakened in the middle of the night by a train. For years, I thought it was powered by Little Joes, but my dad said it was boxcabs. That's my main memory of that trip, but my dad took a photo of me on top of the CCC bridge watching squirrels instead of trains. He, of course, was watching the trains below the bridge.

[@CHESSIESYSTEM1985]

Absolutely beautiful Dean and Bill

[@dennisbrowder6316]

Oh man what a beautiful layout and trains

[@19scamps92]

can't watch enough of this... fantastic layout!

[@kevinbohnenblust5844]

Great camera angles! Well done!

[@thomasjpearce6107]

Beautifully done layout guys!

[@TouchoftheBrushModelWeathering]

Incredible layout!!

[@davidbrown4823]

The Little Joe was really different.

[@huntercoleman460]

Cool Little Joes.

[@georgeronn1263]

Love seeing your layout photos and videos. Are cars 4 and 5 Chevy Vega auto-racks?

[@scouttroopergaming]

I think they are, they look like them. I am 89%sure

[@AllenCNW441]

Called “Verti-pacs”, I believe.

[@daveb.trains7019]

A great layout!

[@MarkPeters-p8e]

Very nice layout and locomotives who made your box cabs👍

[@andystrains4335]

Nice layout looks so realistic

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

WOW!!!! ...... Hats Off 😳

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

That was very cool.

[@deantrainr]

Very lucky to have an overland little Joe in N-scale! Nice layout

[@Eire1916.]

I love it. Do you ever run Milwaukee Road steam and Boxcab days? 1916-1940s style

[@gusshadleythelunaticfromar7125]

I Like The Way MLW MU The Lil Joe With The EMDs, They Took One End Of The Control Cab On The Joe Blocked The Windows Had The Equipment Interface, If That Is What You Call It To MU The Diesels.While The Joes Were Big Locomotives Due To The Number Of Axles Were Real Easy On The Track.

[@drewhalvorsen4739]

New to the hobby but trying to model Milwaukee rd born and raised in Milwaukee till 52 yoa

[@John-bf4zt]

Whoa!! Very cool

[@Jman771]

Awesome 👏

[@SpringfieldAndWestern]

Really really beautiful layout! I only recently learned that there were Electric engines for freight trains - even in the U. S. As a German it always feels a little bit strange that it went back to Diesel then at some point. Almost every long distance freight train here in Europe is pulled by Electric engines. Were these Little Joes used exclusively for mountain passes or so? What´s the story behind?

[@DavidPaul-dh5iu]

The short story is that the electric system needed a complete overhaul/replacement, and the Milwaukee Road was on the precipice of bankruptcy which eventually led to the abandonment of the Pacific Extension itself. It was cheaper to scrap the electrification and use deisels.

[@geoffreylee5199]

It has been near 50 years since the electrics were turned off.

[@rottenroads1982]

One of the things that made the Milwaukee Road great was their Electrification on their Pacific Extension, and their biggest moment of Stupidity was their removal of said electrification. If only the Milwaukee road wasn’t cursed with Bad Management. Then they could be around today. But no.

[@davidbt5709]

The only thing i dont understand, is why he dont raise the panto on the Little Joe ?