Nate, look at the bottom of this page for the anti-skid on a GP38-2.

JCT and I have been discussing whether this was black or a very dark
Gray.  I think gray but you decide for yourself.

Now the GEs had this as well but the one U30C I looked at had a pattern
of small squares of this material across the nose between the grabs
which are around the top of the nose.  I have photos some where but who
knows where.

I'm thinking that the pattern on the GP15-1 with the access plate was a
little different but I can't recall how at the moment.

Hope this helps.

Elvin

obermeyern wrote:
> I know I've talked this subject before and found out the ant-glare strip on
GP38-2s was roughly 18" wide and fit between the sand hatch and windshield.
>
> I asked Athearn about the strip and they said if I can provide pictures of it,
they will include it on their Mopac GP15-1 model. Does anyone have top-down
pictures of a GP15-1 that shows the anti-glare strip they would be willing to
share with Athearn?  Thanks,
>
> Nate

--
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Join us at http://www.RRArchives.com
Home of the Doniphan Branch Railway

In trying to find a picture of a MP switchstand I found this old post but the
old link is no good and I cannot find the indicated picture on the new site.
Does anyone have a picture or link to a picture of a MP switchstand?

Lake Junction might possibly do one style: where there others?

Jerry Glow

--- In MOPAC@yahoogroups.com, "mvtelegrapher" <jchambers@...> wrote:
>
> At our museum in Carona we have two switchstands just like this one.
> They are complete with the targets.  The Mop used a target cut out of a
> sheet of steel that looked like the handle on a key wind.  It was
> usually painted yellow.  Both of our stands came from Fredonia, Kansas
> off of the old Mop branch when some of the track in Fredonia was being
> scrapped several years ago.  If you go to the Heart of the Heartlands
> web site (www.geocities.com/htrainclub)we have a scan of the John
> Winfield print we had done of Carona that shows what the stands look
> like.  It is under the Carona Museum Complex section.
>
> John Chambers
>

Nathan,
I sent you a pic of the nose top w/anti-skid strip. I believe they were a 3M
products, it's a vinyl product with a sandy surface. The primary use is for
an anti-slip area, not anti-glare.  They didn't apply anti-glare to Mopac
units due to the dark paint that usually dulled out due to weather and
dust/dirt anyway.

On some units they applied paint then sprinkled sand on the paint and let it
dry, thus causing an anti-slip area. On the other GP15's w/toilet hatch they
didn't apply that black area. This is the same method they used on the rear
of the unit(s) around the sand hatch.






Jay
www.jctworld.us

I know I've talked this subject before and found out the ant-glare strip on
GP38-2s was roughly 18" wide and fit between the sand hatch and windshield.

I asked Athearn about the strip and they said if I can provide pictures of it,
they will include it on their Mopac GP15-1 model. Does anyone have top-down
pictures of a GP15-1 that shows the anti-glare strip they would be willing to
share with Athearn?  Thanks,

Nate

http://www.forums.rrarchives.com/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=929

The link for the page on this caboose.  Thanks Dusty for your information.

Elvin

dustin dellinger wrote:
> Hi Elvin,
>
> Thanks for the great info,
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Join us at http://www.RRArchives.com
Home of the Doniphan Branch Railway

Dusty

Ozark Mountain Railcar http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/home.htm is the big
player in railroad equipment sales. They can also be a big help with getting the
car moved off your property.

Fred in Wichita


--- In MOPAC@yahoogroups.com, "dusty" <dustydellinger@...> wrote:
>
> Hi, My name is Dusty Dellinger and I work for a land developer in McKinney,
Texas. We bought an old 34 acre ranch that came complete with farm house,
windmill, stables and one MOPAC caboose. Since we will be turning the land into
several smaller tracts I need to find a home for this caboose, it seems to be in
good condition. Wondering if there is a website were I could post this caboose
for sale or how to go about selling a caboose. Thanks.
>

Thanks for the great info!!

--- In MOPAC@yahoogroups.com, asychis@... wrote:
>
> Dusty,  There are several businesses that sell railroad  equipment:
>
> _http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/_
> (http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/)
>
> _http://www.railmerchants.net/contact/index.htm_
> (http://www.railmerchants.net/contact/index.htm)
>
> _http://www.railroaddata.com/rrlinks/Locomotives_and_Rolling_Stock/Resellers
> _and_Leasing/_
>
(http://www.railroaddata.com/rrlinks/Locomotives_and_Rolling_Stock/Resellers_and\
_Leasing/)
>
> Jerry Michels
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

Dean,
 
Here are some pictures for you.....looking to find a home for this caboose.
Thanks.

--- On Wed, 11/11/09, dean ebner <drebner@...> wrote:


From: dean ebner <drebner@...>
Subject: RE: MOPAC Caboose #13142
To: mopac@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2009, 8:43 AM



Anyone have pictures of this caboose?  Or anyone live nearby to go take pictures
and post them to the group?




Dean



To: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com
From: dustydellinger@...
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41:52 +0000
Subject: MOPAC Caboose #13142

 



Hi, My name is Dusty Dellinger and I work for a land developer in McKinney,
Texas. We bought an old 34 acre ranch that came complete with farm house,
windmill, stables and one MOPAC caboose. Since we will be turning the land into
several smaller tracts I need to find a home for this caboose, it seems to be in
good condition. Wondering if there is a website were I could post this caboose
for sale or how to go about selling a caboose. Thanks.




                         

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Anyone have pictures of this caboose?  Or anyone live nearby to go take pictures
and post them to the group?




Dean



To: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com
From: dustydellinger@...
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:41:52 +0000
Subject: MOPAC Caboose #13142





Hi, My name is Dusty Dellinger and I work for a land developer in McKinney,
Texas. We bought an old 34 acre ranch that came complete with farm house,
windmill, stables and one MOPAC caboose. Since we will be turning the land into
several smaller tracts I need to find a home for this caboose, it seems to be in
good condition. Wondering if there is a website were I could post this caboose
for sale or how to go about selling a caboose. Thanks.






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Dusty,  There are several businesses that sell railroad  equipment:

_http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/_
(http://www.ozarkmountainrailcar.com/)

_http://www.railmerchants.net/contact/index.htm_
(http://www.railmerchants.net/contact/index.htm)

_http://www.railroaddata.com/rrlinks/Locomotives_and_Rolling_Stock/Resellers
_and_Leasing/_
(http://www.railroaddata.com/rrlinks/Locomotives_and_Rolling_Stock/Resellers_and\
_Leasing/)

Jerry Michels


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Hi, My name is Dusty Dellinger and I work for a land developer in McKinney,
Texas. We bought an old 34 acre ranch that came complete with farm house,
windmill, stables and one MOPAC caboose. Since we will be turning the land into
several smaller tracts I need to find a home for this caboose, it seems to be in
good condition. Wondering if there is a website were I could post this caboose
for sale or how to go about selling a caboose. Thanks.

Sunshine did offer a "retro-kit" consisting of an extra non-panel side and
new ends to make an StLB&M 48' car. No decals or further information was
given.

Jerry, Mine had decals.  That was a long time ago.

Jerry Michels


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I have 6 MoPac B23-7's left as well...These are factory-painted Atlas units...4
without numbers, two with.  All six units have two-window cabs that were special
runs for me by Atlas.

Contact me off list if interested.

Tom Austin
mo-pac1@...

Group:

I'm parting with a large portion of the coal hopper fleet as the operational
date grows near with my layout.  These cars are assembled...with Intermountain
wheels, kadee number 5's, and Walthers' resin coal loads.

They are factory-decorated cars from Walthers, quad hoppers in MP oxide
red...I've matched the paint on their sills, and trucks...they are not
weathered.  These cars are excellent stand-in cars for the huge fleet of MP
"sow-belly" quads that are still in use today.  These cars are in excellent
shape...like new...and are professionally assembled.

I am parting with 50 cars.  Contact me off list if interested.

Thomas Austin
mo-pac1@...

On Nov 9, 2009, at 6:21 PM, cindercrusher wrote:

>  Looks to be an interesting car to model. So... it's roofless. That's
> why I couldn't see a roofwalk in the photo. Do you happen to know of
> any other photos of these cars? Something that would show lettering
> and type of frame center sill, or lack of?

Bill,
Photos of MP 121368 (Dreadnaught Ends) and MP 1277 (Murphy ends from
original series 120000-120849) are shown in my article in Railway
Prototype Cyclopedia Volume 14. The 39-page article covers all MP
single & double-sheathed box cars that were rebuilt as all-steel cars
in the 1950s (including the Eagle Merchandise cars).

www.rpcycpub.com

Regards,
Ed Hawkins


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Thanks Ed,

Looks to be an interesting car to model.  So... it's roofless.  That's why I
couldn't see a roofwalk in the photo.  Do you happen to know of any other photos
of these cars?  Something that would show lettering and type of frame center
sill, or lack of?

Bill DeFoe



--- In MOPAC@yahoogroups.com, Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote:
>
> Bill,
> The car in question is roofless, a 36' double-sheathed box car with
> Dreadnaught ends from series 120850-121749 that was modified for coke
> service. A total of 30 cars were converted in 3 batches of 10 cars each
> between July 1945 and early 1949.
>
> When converted, the cars retained their original numbers but were
> renumbered in 1950 to 1270-1299. Remaining cars in 1956 were renumbered
> back into the original series. All were out of service by Jan. 1961.
> Regards,
> Ed Hawkins
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>

John,

Thanks for the tip.  I will pick up some of the Microscale Liquid Decal Film
before I attempt to use the decals.

Bill DeFoe

--- In MOPAC@yahoogroups.com, <BNJohn@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Bill,
>
> Don't use Testor's Dullcoat, this will make the decal really thick. You need
> to get Micro Liquid Decal Film, this is made by Microscale decals and is
> made to help restore old decals. The stock number is MI-12 and cost around
> $3.00. Here is a link to their web page
>
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MI-12&\
Category_Code=FINPROD&Product_Count=6
>

Elvin,

All are working now.  If you contact our webmaster directly, he can repair
the problem much quicker.

Gene

-----Original Message-----
From: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com [mailto:MOPAC@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
Doniphan Branch Railway - Elvin
Sent: Monday, November 09, 2009 10:47 AM
To: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: MOPAC

There you have it then...

Elvin

Allan Roecker wrote:
> I can open everyone of them.
>
>
> Allan Roecker
> Tulsa, Oklahoma


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Greetings,

I have made some changes with the start of construction of my layout and no
longer need these two locomotives. I bought both of them earlier this summer so
they are practically brand new. Both come with the original boxes, instructions,
and warranty information. They both started out as UP factory painted units, the
shells were stripped and repainted by me along with the addition of detail
parts, decals, and some light weathering with pastels. The details on both
include grab irons, coupler lift bar & MU hoses (front), firecracker antenna,
spark arrestors, and side-mount bells. They both include metal ouplers - Kadees
on the GP38 and Proto-Max on the GP15. They were painted with Badger Modelflex
UP Armour Yellow and UP Harbor Mist Gray.

Atlas Trainman GP38-2 #2328:
http://www.rockrail.com/images/GP38a.jpg
http://www.rockrail.com/images/GP38b.jpg

Proto 1000 GP15 #1694:
This one is numbered after the last unit to exist in the canary scheme.
http://www.rockrail.com/images/GP15a.jpg
http://www.rockrail.com/images/GP15b.jpg

I am asking $95 for each one plus shipping or $175 for both plus shipping.
Please contact me off-list if you are interested at emillerz@.... Thanks
for your interest!

Regards,
Eric Miller
Highlands Ranch, CO

Here! Here!
 
   As an N scale modeler I have nothing but praise for the the Intermountain
Issues!
 
  I have long held a Model Railroader issue with a detailed article about
painting the blue and grey scheme on F units, hoping my skills would be someday
up to the task of rendering it in N scale.
 
  Then along came Intermountain with F T's and F 7's looking awesome, wire
hand grabs and LED lights!  Not to mention an incredibly crisp, yet tiny
well rendered buzzsaw logo on the nose.
 
   I have purchased all 6 road #'s of the mo-pac composite gondola. and they
look great, right down to the simulated wood flooring in tan whereas the rest of
the gon is black.
 
  I keep crossing my fingers that someday they'll put out an SD 40 - 2 with
the screaming eagle on the long hood! 
 
                           Allan Willcockson   
 
 


--- On Wed, 11/4/09, David Budka <ilikeemd@...> wrote:


From: David Budka <ilikeemd@...>
Subject: MOPAC Intermountain USRA gondolas
To: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, November 4, 2009, 11:46 PM


 



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.  The car I
have is numbered 71458, and it looks just like one of the cars on pages 12 and
13, particularly the one pictured on the bottom of page 12 (#71372).

David A. Budka
Omaha, Nebraska

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There you have it then...

Elvin

Allan Roecker wrote:
> I can open everyone of them.
>
>
> Allan Roecker
> Tulsa, Oklahoma

Thanks for the tip.  I have a boatload of oldies.
 
Bob

--- On Sun, 11/8/09, BNJohn@... <BNJohn@...> wrote:


From: BNJohn@... <BNJohn@...>
Subject: Re: MOPAC Eagle
To: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 9:56 PM


 



Hi Bill,

Don't use Testor's Dullcoat, this will make the decal really thick. You need
to get Micro Liquid Decal Film, this is made by Microscale decals and is
made to help restore old decals. The stock number is MI-12 and cost around
$3.00. Here is a link to their web page
http://www.microsca le.com/Merchant2 /merchant. mvc?Screen= PROD&Product_
Code=MI-12& Category_ Code=FINPROD& Product_Count= 6

Hope this helps.

John Lee, MMR
Hobby Consultant
Badger Air Brush Company
Visit Us @ www.badgerairbrush. com

----- Original Message -----
From: "cindercrusher" <defoe242@verizon. net>
To: <MOPAC@yahoogroups. com>
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: MOPAC Eagle

>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 vertical wood boards and three ventilated doors that open to the
>left instead of sliding to the right as is the norm. It carries a MoPac
>buzzsaw herald. Anyone know anything about this car? It also appears to
>be missing the roof walk, but the year is 1948 and I suspect that the
>bright sunlight has caused it to dissappear in lens flare on the camera.
>
> On the next page is a neat Monsanto tank car. Appears to be an 8000
> gallon car. My interest is really peaked because I have a decal sheet for
> this car that was produced in the early sixties by HObbyline, (of all
> people). The prototype photo shows car # MONX 36 and my decal sheet is
> for MONX 54. The decals are so old that I fear they will disintigrate
> when I try to use them. Someone told me to overspray them with Testor's
> Dullcoat first. Has anyone tried this?
>
> Bill DeFoe
>
>
>
> --- In MOPAC@yahoogroups. com, "mopacfirst" <ron.merrick@ ...> wrote:
>>
>> Just did some further examination, after the Eagle came today and I read
>> it in one sitting.
>>
>
>
>
>
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That's a depot that has ben sold to a private company.  From all
appearances, the Gray Summit depot was still owned by the Missouri  Pacific.

Jerry Michels


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Actually the 6140 kit was mentioned in the article. At one time F&C made the
panel side version with interior detail but they are no longer listed and I have
not been able to convince Steve (Camerlengo) to offer them again. See my model:
http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/modeling/MP_gondola.html

The Sunshine models were actually F&C relabeled acc. to my conversations with
Steve. Sunshine did offer a "retro-kit" consisting of an extra non-panel side
and new ends to make an StLB&M 48' car. No decals or further information was
given. I scratch built and underframe and made decals on the ALPS to do mine.
See:
http://home.comcast.net/~jerryglow/modeling/StLBM_gon.html
I have talked to Steve about offering this and he said if he did it, he would
make it a complete kit. I've offered him the artwork for decals. Drop him a note
if interested in this to encourage him. Hopefully I'll talk to him at ProtoRails
at Cocoa Beach in Jan.

Jerry Glow

--- In MOPAC@yahoogroups.com, Ed Hawkins <hawk0621@...> wrote:
>
>
> On Nov 7, 2009, at 9:19 AM, asychis@... wrote:
>
> > 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,
> 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 message have been removed]
>

I can open everyone of them.


Allan Roecker
Tulsa, Oklahoma

--- On Sun, 11/8/09, Tom Stolte <mopac12@...> wrote:


From: Tom Stolte <mopac12@...>
Subject: Re: MOPAC Anybody looking after this????
To: MOPAC@yahoogroups.com
Cc: "MPHS Webmaster" <aroff@...>
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2009, 8:02 PM


 



E,

email the web master at "MPHS Webmaster" <aroff@verizon. net>, and not the
group

On 11/8/09, Doniphan Branch Railway - Elvin <dbry@windstream. net> wrote:
>
> http://www.mopac. org/photos_ freightcars. asp
>
> links won't load on many of them...
>
> Hate to be the one to point this out but someone needs to be caring for
> these pages.
>
> Elvin
> --
> Elvin Klepzig
> Join us at http://www.RRArchiv es.com
> Home of the Doniphan Branch Railway
>
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
>
>
>

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http://oddballsdeca ls.org

My prototype photos http://oddballsdeca ls.rrpicturearch ives.net/

my photos of the Missouri Pacific http://www.trainweb .org/mopac/

aka Grumpy, one of the seven Dwarfs only taller :-)

only 7 feet tall, 213 centimeters tall or 2130 mm tall

MP, CNW, MKT, KCS, DRGW, BN, RI, MILW, ATSF and SP Forever

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E,

email the web master at "MPHS Webmaster" <aroff@...>, and not the
group


On 11/8/09, Doniphan Branch Railway - Elvin <dbry@...> wrote:
>
> http://www.mopac.org/photos_freightcars.asp
>
> links won't load on many of them...
>
> Hate to be the one to point this out but someone needs to be caring for
> these pages.
>
> Elvin
> --
> Elvin Klepzig
> Join us at http://www.RRArchives.com
> Home of the Doniphan Branch Railway
>
>
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>
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> List Owner
>
> Marty Myers conductor_mtm@...
>
> Elvin Klepzig
> dbry@...
>
> Keith Turley
> keith.turley@...
> Yahoo! Groups Links
>
>
>
>


--
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owner of Oddballs Decals

http://oddballsdecals.org

My prototype photos http://oddballsdecals.rrpicturearchives.net/

my photos of the Missouri Pacific http://www.trainweb.org/mopac/

aka Grumpy, one of the seven Dwarfs only taller :-)

only 7 feet tall, 213 centimeters tall or 2130 mm tall

MP, CNW, MKT, KCS, DRGW, BN, RI, MILW, ATSF and SP Forever


[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

http://www.mopac.org/photos_freightcars.asp

links won't load on many of them...

Hate to be the one to point this out but someone needs to be caring for
these pages.

Elvin
--
Elvin Klepzig
Join us at http://www.RRArchives.com
Home of the Doniphan Branch Railway

On Nov 7, 2009, at 7:08 PM, cindercrusher wrote:

> 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 vertical wood boards and three ventilated doors
> that open to the left instead of sliding to the right as is the norm.
> It carries a MoPac buzzsaw herald. Anyone know anything about this
> car? It also appears to be missing the roof walk, but the year is 1948
> and I suspect that the bright sunlight has caused it to dissappear in
> lens flare on the camera.

Bill,
The car in question is roofless, a 36' double-sheathed box car with
Dreadnaught ends from series 120850-121749 that was modified for coke
service. A total of 30 cars were converted in 3 batches of 10 cars each
between July 1945 and early 1949.

When converted, the cars retained their original numbers but were
renumbered in 1950 to 1270-1299. Remaining cars in 1956 were renumbered
back into the original series. All were out of service by Jan. 1961.
Regards,
Ed Hawkins


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Hi Bill,

Don't use Testor's Dullcoat, this will make the decal really thick. You need
to get Micro Liquid Decal Film, this is made by Microscale decals and is
made to help restore old decals. The stock number is MI-12 and cost around
$3.00. Here is a link to their web page
http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=MI-12&\
Category_Code=FINPROD&Product_Count=6

Hope this helps.

John Lee, MMR
Hobby Consultant
Badger Air Brush Company
Visit Us @ www.badgerairbrush.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "cindercrusher" <defoe242@...>
To: <MOPAC@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: MOPAC Eagle


>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 vertical wood boards and three ventilated doors that open to the
>left instead of sliding to the right as is the norm.  It carries a MoPac
>buzzsaw herald.  Anyone know anything about this car?  It also appears to
>be missing the roof walk, but the year is 1948 and I suspect that the
>bright sunlight has caused it to dissappear in lens flare on the camera.
>
> On the next page is a neat Monsanto tank car.  Appears to be an 8000
> gallon car.  My interest is really peaked because I have a decal sheet for
> this car that was produced in the early sixties by HObbyline, (of all
> people).  The prototype photo shows car # MONX 36 and my decal sheet is
> for MONX 54.  The decals are so old that I fear they will disintigrate
> when I try to use them.  Someone told me to overspray them with Testor's
> Dullcoat first.  Has anyone tried this?
>
> Bill DeFoe
>
>
>
> --- In MOPAC@yahoogroups.com, "mopacfirst" <ron.merrick@...> wrote:
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>> Just did some further examination, after the Eagle came today and I read
>> it in one sitting.
>>
>
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Apparantly the Grey Summit depot was not the only one Purina acquired. I ran
across one in a sample from a CD collection of C&NW depots. 
http://trainsite.8m.com/slides03.html

Jerry Glow

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