MoPac's document that listed the industries served was called the Circular 140. At Naperville last week I picked up a copy that had been reproduced by Rails...
A Todd Greuter image... http://screamingeagles.rrarchives.com/pic/fre/mp793013.jpg ... -- Elvin Klepzig Join me at http://www.RRArchives.com Home of the...
It's the Gray Summit Purina Research Farm. It is still in operation (on both sides of the highway, and there is a visitors center). My Dad worked there in...
Everyone, I received the latest issue of the Eagle and I was impressed, both with it and the Intermountain USRA composite gondola I purchased some time back. ...
My best guess, having lived through that era, is that rail-served industries who were active at some time in the 50s likely still had the siding in 1965 even...
I received my Eagle last night. What a great issue! Thanks to Carson Houston for a very detailed article on MP gondolas. I finally got to see what a 7100...
Completely top-of-the-head answer: I think the Walthers ones are lime containers, or at least for bulk minerals of some kind. I know Walthers lettered these...
My kit assembled one (purchased back when IM sold decorated kits) appears in Tony Koester's article on gondolas in the Dec MR. I'm looking foreward to seeing...
Atlas is running the Hart ballast hopper again. Although MP is not listed, is it correct for a MP one? http://www.atlasrr.com/HOFreight/ho70tonhartballast7.htm...
Yes - this is the MP 7000-7099 series. If I'm not mistaken, Atlas did two runs of MP with three numbers in each. The interior is painted a nice rusty color,...
I emailed Rails Unlimited about circular 140. I was hoping the circular contained information on the industires located along the section of line I model...
Seems like the employee timetables will list industrial sidings that are really in remote locations, not in any town. The real value of circular 140 would have...
Plans and photos are in Railroad Model Craftsman August 1976 and Mainline Modeler July 1984. Theses are 60 foot, 70 ton boxcars built by Greenville Steel Car...
One additional source of industries is the Mopac's Zone-Track-Spot books from the mid-1970's to 1980's. Not only they list the industries in the front of the...
This topic would make a great soft copy book to be offered to the Mopac membership, also a great way for modelers to see what industries were along side rails....
Ron Merrick wrote: "Yes - this is the MP 7000-7099 series. If I'm not mistaken, Atlas did two runs of MP with three numbers in each. The interior is painted...
Just did some further examination, after the Eagle came today and I read it in one sitting. On the model, five pairs of the Walthers containers fit in a 45'...
I have one model to add to the list in the Eagle article. Funaro and Camerlengo has a 40' gondola, kit 6140, they sell as a MoPac gondola. Jerry Michels ...
... Jerry, The F&C so-called 40' gondola cars are incorrectly identified and are models of MoPac's 45' cars. Regards, Ed Hawkins [Non-text portions of this...
Group, Thanks to Jerry Glow's message and link, I spent some time going through the Western Rail Images. On November 4 I ordered 9 photos, and they arrived in...
I'd also be interested in one of the ZTS books for my section of line. Are they the same as the Industrial track numbers and spotting codes - CSC books? Nate...
I have been looking at a couple of cars in the backgrounds of the gondola photos. On page 24 in the upper photo there is a very unusual MoPac box car with...
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