How many Milwaukee Road passenger cars 70s?

[Boyd]

How many cars were in the 70s Lionel Milwaukee Road old style passenger car series? If you can list with numbers and names on the sides.

[Seayakbill]

If I remember correctly there was 3 in the set, then 2 coupon cars, plus the campaign car and the baggage car then the diner. May have been just one coupon car, memory is a little fuzzy., I know that I have 7 of the Milwaukee baby madisons.

[steinmike]

MPC / Lionel produced a number of "Baby Madison" car types in the 1970's including:

Baggage Car

Baggage / Coach Combine

Pullman / Coach

Diner

Observation

Campaign Observation (an observation car decorated for an election campaign)

There were a variety of cars offered for the Milwaukee Road and the PRR, afterwards sets tended to be fairly consistent and included a baggage car, baggage / coach combine, two coaches, a diner (often as an add-on), and an observation car.

I'm guessing that one of the forum members probably has a complete roster - I think CTT had an article on the Baby Madisons sometime in the 90's, if you ask Bob, he can probably check the article index for you.

 

[SteveC]

I think that the Milwaukee 9500 series was the largest set of the 70's era passenger cars.  I am going to take a stab from memory, but this is what I have.  FDR Campaign car, City of Chicago, City of Milwaukee, City of Tacoma, City of Aberdene, City of Minneapolis, REA Express combo car-9506, and the baggage car, 9522.  There was also an additional car from the 80's that was slightly different in color that was to add to the set.  I can't remember the car number and I am not near it now.  With the campaign car, there were two open platform observation cars.  The Minneapolis was a dinning car.  There are at least 9 in total. 

Steve

[KRM]

From the book Lionel Trains 1970-2000 by Moen

Here is what I have found,  Milwaukee Road

9500 small heaveweight car  1973

9501 Uncataloged small heaveweight car "Aberdeen"  1973

9502 small heaveweight car "President Washington' 1973

9503 small heaveweight car "Chicago" 1973

9504 Uncataloged small heaveweight car " City of Tacoma" 1974-76

9505 Uncataloged small heaveweight car "City of Seattle" 1973

9506 Uncataloged small heaveweight car in 1973, Cataloged in 1975-76 combination car

9511 Uncataloged small heaveweight car  City of Minneapolis" 1974

9522 Uncataloged in 1975 cataloged in 76 small heaveweight car Baggage

9527 Uncataloged small heaveweight campaign observatiion car 1976

 

[Algonquin]

Here is one more to add to KRM's List. The 19003 Milwaukee Road Diner made in 1988.

 

Tim

[Andrew Falconer]

Does uncataloged literally mean that there was not a single LIONEL issued publication with the Passenger Cars in them or does uncataloged mean that they were in a Lionel issued Flyer that shows all the cars? Which one is it? That is a large number of cars for Lionel to not produce any print preview for future orders.

Andrew Falconer

[Boyd]

9500 Milwaukee
9501 Aberdeen
9502 President Washington
9503 Chicago
9504 Tacoma
9505 Seattle
9506 Combo
9511 Minneapolis
9522 Baggage
9527 Roosevelt
19003 Diner
Found in the back of the book "Lionel a collectors guide and history volume IV 1970-1980. If anyone knows if there are more please reply. I have 2 with a 3rd on the way. Wish I had kept 3 I had back in the 90s.

[overall]

What would be the best locomotive to run them behind?

[mersenne6]

Well, I suppose you could put a locomotive behind them and just push but somehow I don't think it will look too good.   There are a number of possibilities, my favorite is the MPC Milwaukee "Lil Joe" electric.  Its colors match the cars as does its proportions.