About half of what I spent at S Fest last fall was from Chuck's collection
being sold for his widow by Jeff Madden, includingsome of the MILW items (an
SHS orange caboose and a brass ribside, among them--I didn't bite at the RRM
cabooses, although they sold quickly, but then I bought an unpainted one when
RRM closed them out recently). No MILW SW-1, however.In addition to my usual
northeastern preferences, I take granger roads seriously, in memory of my late
wife, born in Chicagoand grew up along the McHenry County C&NW commuter line.
Ted Schnepf took quite a few photos of the SW-1's operatingin multiple on the
Southern Minnesota not far from where I now am--now a rail-trail.
Jace Kahn
General Manager
Ceres & Canisteo RR Co./Champlain County Traction Co.
I had been corresponding with a fellow in the Detroit area who
happen to have relatives back in South Dakota. So happens he was a
Milwaukee fan, his grandparents lived very close to my mother in law
on the farm, so we had a few things in common. We had lunch
together in Detroit at the close of the last convention there.
He modeled in HO, and BTW used one of boB Nicholson's MR
trackplans. He was ready to switch to S based on the Milwaukee
colored SHS SW-1. He said all he needed was some pumpkin colored F
units and maybe a GP-9 lettered likewise. So if SHS had been able
to stay in the F unit business we would have had another convert.
But Jace, we're happy you came along for the ride too. BTW, both
Chuck Porter and myself were waiting for them too, so I guess that
leaves me!
Bob Werre
PhotoTraxx
As I think I've observed before, SHS is a major
reason why I got into S scale in the first place.
Jace Kahn
