A good source for pictures of a given era are the postcards found on eBay. From their main menu, drill down under Collectibles/Postcards and Paper/U. S....
I think it's the usual Yahooing of the URL. Be sure to copy it all or at least paste the part on the following line. Let me know what you get. Florida Jerry ...
Jerry, What do you want to know? It was the Missouri Pacific's freight house in Coffeyville. I saw it many times in the early 1980s. A pretty standard ...
In a message dated 1/31/2005 8:10:26 PM Central Standard Time, atkott@... writes: It was indeed silver leaf that had weathered to grey over the years,...
Gentlemen, Growing up in the St. Louis (Kirkwood) area, another independent chain known as AG (Associated Grocers). A&P was in the North Texas (Denton) area as...
In a message dated 2/1/2005 7:19:26 AM Central Standard Time, jerryglow@... writes: I really like the MFA logo and name but am hesitant to use it. For ...
There's another yahoogroups list that discusses the 50's for modeling purposes (_very_ loosely the 50's...figure the 40's through the 60's, realistically)....
Folks, Due to increasing legal cost in regards to getting custody of my 2 grandsons. I have to cut back on my modeling. So I have a pair of HO scale T&P GP-7's...
In the fifties in rural Missouri you couldn't go to any gathering without seeing the classic shield logo fluttering on women's cardboard hand fans. Later on I...
Jerry, I sure go along with the 50's for sure, I know you are talking feed business, but I grew up with kids whose dad was a MFA Insurance agent in the early...
... Thanks for confirming that my memory is still somewhat intact! ;-) I think I will be watching out for the Classic Metal Works refridgerated truck - I...
Daniel Osborn
dosborn@...
Feb 1, 2005 3:58 pm
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At one time, MR had a Railroads You Can Build paperback compedium of magazine articles. and one of the featured layouts was the N&W (Wabash) branch to...
Well, it used to be the headquarters for the South East Kansas Railroad when it first started up in 1986. It also housed the home office for the SKOL for a...
Remember the article well. Was actually doing the Colombia module (LDE in today's terminology) from the original MR article. BTW our esteemed Keith Turley...
A&P chain was located in New Orleans and they even had a Dist warehouse that was served by the IC and the GCL. It has been renovated in a college dormintory,...
I got the A&P truck by going directly to the Classic Metal Works site. They had it in stock while Caboose Hobbies and Walters were still taking reservations....
Tom and all others interested in MFA, Try this site http://www.umsystem.edu/upress/spring1995/young.htm Jerry Michels [Non-text portions of this message have...
Only of you have sick bugs. Charles D. Shope, NCARB, AIA, CCS Architect and President cshope@... ... From: Tom Stolte - Oddballs Decals...
cshope@...
Feb 1, 2005 7:51 pm
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Just got a call from the A&P store guys. They can't provide pictures of their historical stores in fear of it being reproduced by us or anyone and they having...
In a message dated 2/1/2005 2:17:07 PM Central Standard Time, reynrail@... writes: Just got a call from the A&P store guys. They can't provide pictures of...
Group, Do the early Mopac diesel fans have a answer for Jerry's question?? ...........Did the Missouri Pacific use the same silver leaf on the early ...
Rich, That FINA gas station was north of Pevely, and the railroad tracks were FRISCO's. Jerel Eames [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
... Jerel, Through 1949 (at least), I believe the term used on painting/lettering diagrams for MoPac's black Diesel switchers was "brushed aluminum." This...
Ed Hawkins
hawk0621@...
Feb 2, 2005 3:42 am
12947
MFA is, of course, Missouri Farmers Association, out of Columbia. They still have a lot of elevators, gas stations and seed stores around with signs up. I...
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