TUME’s Simulation of “The Milwaukee Road”
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RoysTrainz
Rembrandt van Trainz
Uwe,
Absolut Spitze Mann oh Mann, well done you are a real artist!!!!
Mfg
Roy, Ning and Djoetje
Absolut Spitze Mann oh Mann, well done you are a real artist!!!!
Mfg
Roy, Ning and Djoetje
Your heavy equipment is stunning! The flatcar loads are icing on the cake.captainkman
You are reading this.
Hi Tume,
Firstly, can I ask what model caterpillar tractor is on those flat wagons in front of the excavator?
Also, the idea of the VW Beetle is not viable. It's too high-poly and the filesize is too large for it to be used. Sorry to disappoint.
I guess I should have thought harder and longer before making the offer.
Kieran.
Firstly, can I ask what model caterpillar tractor is on those flat wagons in front of the excavator?
Also, the idea of the VW Beetle is not viable. It's too high-poly and the filesize is too large for it to be used. Sorry to disappoint.
I guess I should have thought harder and longer before making the offer.
Kieran.
Hallo,
thank you all for your nice compliments about my content creation.
Today I want to start a little competition.
OK - there is nothing to win but you just can show to other people how good your knowledge about special locations is.
Just see the two screen shots below. The question is - what is the location been called and where is it situated. Just answer the following points:
Name of the Rail Road: - perhaps someone does not know that
Name of the Road below:
Name of the location:
Name of the River:
Country:
State:
County:
Next town to the east:
Next town to the west:
Have fun
Your's TUME
PS: I work as fast as I can to get the location decorated
thank you all for your nice compliments about my content creation.
Today I want to start a little competition.
OK - there is nothing to win but you just can show to other people how good your knowledge about special locations is.
Just see the two screen shots below. The question is - what is the location been called and where is it situated. Just answer the following points:
Name of the Rail Road: - perhaps someone does not know that
Name of the Road below:
Name of the location:
Name of the River:
Country:
State:
County:
Next town to the east:
Next town to the west:
Have fun
Your's TUME
PS: I work as fast as I can to get the location decorated
jacksonbarno
Alco Spoken Here
Railroad: Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad, also known as the Milwaukee Road
Road: I-90
State: Montana
Country: USA
Road: I-90
State: Montana
Country: USA
Hallo,
that looks not bad for the beginning, but it’s not absolutely right.
Yes – it’s the Milwaukee Road – that was the easy part
Also country and state has been named right by jacksonbarno so far.
Unfortunately the road is not I-90. Although the I-90 runs close to that particular location it does not cross under the RR-bridge.
Renslow was just a rough guess. Its situated at the MILW but in Washington State rather than in Montana. It could not have been at the Coast Division because the Joe never served at this part of the MILW. The Joes have been used at the Montana Division exclusively.
Ok – there was a Joe moving at the Coast Division but it just was the a “Demonstrator” wearing General Electric paint scheme as GE wanted to sell these locos to the MILW. Originally that locos have been developed by GE for the Russians in the late 40’s. But the beginning of the “Cold War” the US government stopped permission to sell such equipment to the Russians which used to be led by Joseph Stalin back that time.
Due to the fact that this locos used to be far to light for heavy freight services in the USA the MILW was not impressed by the “Demonstrator”. The loco was not heavy enough to provide the needed traction effort. Therefore the Milwaukee Road employees called the locos “Joseph Stalin’s little locomotives”. This nick name became shortened later on to “Little Joe’s – and that name stack.
Eventually the MILW bought the rest of 12 locos which needed to be improved by introducing reinforcements onto the body frame and steel and concrete weights to get the locos more heavy.
Also some of the electrical components warmed up far too much causing damage to other electrical components. Therefore it became necessary to remove these components out of the main part of the locomotive. The best place to store these components became the second driver control stand which has been removed and the emptied room where used as an extended “Machine Room” for thermo sensitive electrical equipment. Therefore the Joes has been turned from original bi-directional locos to single directional locos which caused the need to turn it at both ends of the electrified Montana Division. Also some of the Joes have been used as tandem units coupled permanently – back to back – together.
Anyway – the regular MILW-Joes never saw the Coast Division
Have anybody suggestions about the road name, the county and the towns to the east and to the west – and last but not leased about the name of this place???
Just some help – the place it quite known to Milwaukee Road people and it has been often considered by people who created some MILW model railroad layouts running brass models on it.
Don’t hesitate to post a real life photo if you found one.
Have fun.
Your’s TUME
that looks not bad for the beginning, but it’s not absolutely right.
Yes – it’s the Milwaukee Road – that was the easy part
Also country and state has been named right by jacksonbarno so far.
Unfortunately the road is not I-90. Although the I-90 runs close to that particular location it does not cross under the RR-bridge.
Renslow was just a rough guess. Its situated at the MILW but in Washington State rather than in Montana. It could not have been at the Coast Division because the Joe never served at this part of the MILW. The Joes have been used at the Montana Division exclusively.
Ok – there was a Joe moving at the Coast Division but it just was the a “Demonstrator” wearing General Electric paint scheme as GE wanted to sell these locos to the MILW. Originally that locos have been developed by GE for the Russians in the late 40’s. But the beginning of the “Cold War” the US government stopped permission to sell such equipment to the Russians which used to be led by Joseph Stalin back that time.
Due to the fact that this locos used to be far to light for heavy freight services in the USA the MILW was not impressed by the “Demonstrator”. The loco was not heavy enough to provide the needed traction effort. Therefore the Milwaukee Road employees called the locos “Joseph Stalin’s little locomotives”. This nick name became shortened later on to “Little Joe’s – and that name stack.
Eventually the MILW bought the rest of 12 locos which needed to be improved by introducing reinforcements onto the body frame and steel and concrete weights to get the locos more heavy.
Also some of the electrical components warmed up far too much causing damage to other electrical components. Therefore it became necessary to remove these components out of the main part of the locomotive. The best place to store these components became the second driver control stand which has been removed and the emptied room where used as an extended “Machine Room” for thermo sensitive electrical equipment. Therefore the Joes has been turned from original bi-directional locos to single directional locos which caused the need to turn it at both ends of the electrified Montana Division. Also some of the Joes have been used as tandem units coupled permanently – back to back – together.
Anyway – the regular MILW-Joes never saw the Coast Division
Have anybody suggestions about the road name, the county and the towns to the east and to the west – and last but not leased about the name of this place???
Just some help – the place it quite known to Milwaukee Road people and it has been often considered by people who created some MILW model railroad layouts running brass models on it.
Don’t hesitate to post a real life photo if you found one.
Have fun.
Your’s TUME
Tume -
How's this. Riverbend to the west and Alberton to the east. Road is "old Highway 10" Clark Fork River. 47° 1'13.30"N 114°39'24.49"W I don't know the local name of the place. Good Google Earth "street view" from adjacent I-90. The Milwaukee roadbed is going up the river to Missoula. (It's not called 'Fish Creek' is it?)
Look forward to seeing your work in "The new era"....
Rick Fish
Petersburg, AK USA
How's this. Riverbend to the west and Alberton to the east. Road is "old Highway 10" Clark Fork River. 47° 1'13.30"N 114°39'24.49"W I don't know the local name of the place. Good Google Earth "street view" from adjacent I-90. The Milwaukee roadbed is going up the river to Missoula. (It's not called 'Fish Creek' is it?)
Look forward to seeing your work in "The new era"....
Rick Fish
Petersburg, AK USA
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Hallo RikFish – and to all of you,
that looks not bad too.
You are right about the town to the east – there is Alberton. As well you are right about the road and the river. The MILW and the old Highway 10 crosses Clark Fork River at the same place. Also the coordinates are right.
I would not go so far to call Riverbend a town therefore the next town west would be ….
Well – that’s easy now to find out .
… and still we are looking for the name of the county
And yes Missoula is situated in the upstream direction while the westbound train at the screen shots crosses the bridge in downstream direction.
It is a bit more difficult to find out the name of this place. As far as I know the place was named after a RR siding nearby. The MILW had two bridges near that place – one to the west which is the one at the screen shots and another bridge at the east. The bridge of the east actually used to be a bit closer to the MILW sidings at the particular place. But because it has been demolished in 1983 – what a shame – only the bridge west of the place remains in our days – still undercrossed by the old HWY 10.
All of you who are still interested in should have a look to the following internet place:
http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/
It’s part of the Ron V. Nixon Collection. At the page should recognize the place. If you go to the pages 108, 109 and 110 you can see the other bridge east of the place which has been demolished.
Your’s TUME
that looks not bad too.
You are right about the town to the east – there is Alberton. As well you are right about the road and the river. The MILW and the old Highway 10 crosses Clark Fork River at the same place. Also the coordinates are right.
I would not go so far to call Riverbend a town therefore the next town west would be ….
Well – that’s easy now to find out .
… and still we are looking for the name of the county
And yes Missoula is situated in the upstream direction while the westbound train at the screen shots crosses the bridge in downstream direction.
It is a bit more difficult to find out the name of this place. As far as I know the place was named after a RR siding nearby. The MILW had two bridges near that place – one to the west which is the one at the screen shots and another bridge at the east. The bridge of the east actually used to be a bit closer to the MILW sidings at the particular place. But because it has been demolished in 1983 – what a shame – only the bridge west of the place remains in our days – still undercrossed by the old HWY 10.
All of you who are still interested in should have a look to the following internet place:
http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/
It’s part of the Ron V. Nixon Collection. At the page should recognize the place. If you go to the pages 108, 109 and 110 you can see the other bridge east of the place which has been demolished.
Your’s TUME
Hallo,
USA is the Country, which has already been outlined by jacksonbarno.
But we are now looking for the COUNTY. The difference between the two words is the “R”.
The USA as a COUNTRY is divided into STATES – just like Montana or Idaho or Florida and so on. But each of the STATES is divided into several different COUNTIES. Such a COUNTY is something like a region, a district or something like this. E.g. the Washington State is divided into counties like “Kittitas County”, “Spokane County”, “Walla Walla County” and so on. Also each county has a county seat. E.g. the county seat of Kittitas County in Washington is the town Ellensburg, Wa.
So what we are looking for now is the name of the COUNTY (without “R”) situated in the State Montana where that particular MILW bridge is situated.
But just to collect everything together again:
The competition was, to recognize the place indicated by the screenshots below. Therefore the following questions should be answered:
Name of the Rail Road: The Milwaukee Road as answered by jacksonbarno and rgcx
Name of the Road below: the old Highway 10 as answered by RikFish
Name of the location:
Name of the River: Clark Fork River as answered by RikFish
Country: USA as answered by jacksonbarno
State: Montana as answered by jacksonbarno
County:
Next town to the east: Alberton, Mt as answered by RikFish
Next town to the west:
Still we are looking about the:
County:
Name of the location (old MILW sidings nearby):
Next town to the west:
Again – maybe looking at some pictures at the very nice Ron V. Nixon Collection will help to find out the name of the place we are looking for.
http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/
Here the screens again:
Have fun.
Your’s TUME
USA is the Country, which has already been outlined by jacksonbarno.
But we are now looking for the COUNTY. The difference between the two words is the “R”.
The USA as a COUNTRY is divided into STATES – just like Montana or Idaho or Florida and so on. But each of the STATES is divided into several different COUNTIES. Such a COUNTY is something like a region, a district or something like this. E.g. the Washington State is divided into counties like “Kittitas County”, “Spokane County”, “Walla Walla County” and so on. Also each county has a county seat. E.g. the county seat of Kittitas County in Washington is the town Ellensburg, Wa.
So what we are looking for now is the name of the COUNTY (without “R”) situated in the State Montana where that particular MILW bridge is situated.
But just to collect everything together again:
The competition was, to recognize the place indicated by the screenshots below. Therefore the following questions should be answered:
Name of the Rail Road: The Milwaukee Road as answered by jacksonbarno and rgcx
Name of the Road below: the old Highway 10 as answered by RikFish
Name of the location:
Name of the River: Clark Fork River as answered by RikFish
Country: USA as answered by jacksonbarno
State: Montana as answered by jacksonbarno
County:
Next town to the east: Alberton, Mt as answered by RikFish
Next town to the west:
Still we are looking about the:
County:
Name of the location (old MILW sidings nearby):
Next town to the west:
Again – maybe looking at some pictures at the very nice Ron V. Nixon Collection will help to find out the name of the place we are looking for.
http://www.morphotoarchive.org/rvndb/
Here the screens again:
Have fun.
Your’s TUME
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