ON DISPLAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 THROUGH February 4, 2004
AT MSOE'S WALTER SCHROEDER LIBRARY
500 EAST KILBOURN AVENUE, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
Who is Don Gorsuch?
Donald
H. Gorsuch was an alumnus of MSOE, having graduated in 1959.
He was born March 30, 1939 and passed away January 17, 2003 at the age of
63. He
was a longtime employee of the Milwaukee Department of Public Works.
He was also an avid model builder, and particularly enjoyed model trains.
Don left in his will a donation to MSOE, and also a provision that his model railroad collection be donated to a charitable organization. Through the executor of Don’s estate and the MSOE Alumni Affairs office, the Society of Model Engineers was offered and graciously accepted Don’s collection, and we are proud to put some of our favorite items here on display.
Don
had owned some of these trains since he was a child. Click
here to see some pictures of some of these trains in the 1940s.
The Trains
(NOT ALL SHOWN)
Trains by Marx
Floor Train Commodore Vanderbilt M-10005 Canadian Pacific
#591 w/ notch tender #898 w/ wedge tender #999 w/slope tender
#994 w/ 7" tender Southern Pacific Diesel Monon Diesel
Army Supply Train 7" Baggage Car
6" B&O Boxcar 6" State of Maine Boxcar 6" Wrecker & Side Dump Car
Santa Fe E7 diesels #400 w/ plastic tender Lehigh Valley #112 Diesel
Trains by Lionel
#258 w/ #2689TX tender Prewar freight cars
#1688 Locomotive Scout Locomotive & Tender #8803 Locomotive
Trains by American Flyer
Prewar Passenger Cars Prewar Freight Cars
Trains by Hafner
#1010 Locomotive #2000 Locomotive Passenger Cars Freight Cars
Trains by Unique Trains by Hornby Trains by Ives
History of Unique History of Hornby History of Ives
Tender & Caboose Portland Cement Car #1679 Boxcar
& LMS Brake Van
HO-Scale Trains
The Dewitt-Clinton The General Galloping Goose The Hiawatha
HO & G-Scale Trains
Stephenson's Rocket Civil War Cannon Car
Related Links
MSOE Library Home Page MSOE Society of Model Engineers
Lionel Trains Lionel Collectors' Club Lionel Railroad Club of Milwaukee
Postwar Lionel Trains Library The Rise & Fall & Rise Again of Lionel Trains
Marx Trains Marxtin Faux Trains RFG's American Flyer Trains Page
Scott's American Flyer Page Tom Barker's Gilbert American Flyer Page Ives Train Society
Tinplate Train FAQ All-Gauge Model Railroading Page Kalmbach Publishing Co.
Questions or comments about the library or display? Email Gary Shimek, Library Director
Questions or comments about the trains themselves? Email the Society of Model Engineers
Website design & content by Robert West. Photographs by Eric Evenson.
©2003 Milwaukee School of Engineering