... Al, I had toyed with the idea of joining you today, but my schedule is too full. Also, the AC is out in my truck and I don't wish to parboil all day. I...
Group, I am finally home. Drove a little over a 1000 miles to few remnants of a railroad that disappeared in 1960. It was worth every $3 gallon. We began at...
Since everyone seems to be shy, I'll have to submit the report of our trip now, and wait for the guys to post photos. We gathered around 10:00 a.m. at the...
I have been enjoying my contrabanded photos of TPW Operation Life Saver locomotive. Rumors are the pictures will be very rare soon…. August 1st was an...
Nice job Randy. I bet you received a good grade in composition. Dennis ... From: Randal Nicholas To: mstl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 9:34...
Al Muir asked that I post his East End Tour report, as he is having Yahoo hiccups at the moment. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org Well, the big day has come...
I can see all tour attendees are suffering "tour fatique" as our composition skills have deterioriated (if we ever had them). If anyone has difficulties ...
Louie stopped by yesterday after work. His timing was impeccable. He had just pulled up in front of my house when got home from work. He had a handout from the...
I read an interesting post on another group that may be relevant here. A guy ordered and received an Atlas C420 decorated Lehigh Valley. The prototype and the...
Al:a great report. When I visited with Clark yesterday my mind was a blank when it came to recalling all of the trip. BTW your buddy Dan at Pioneer Rail has...
Some additional information about the area we toured can be found at: http://eldora.net/lyndon/towns/kiethsburg.html Also Wipiedia has an article about the...
Barrister Claeson suggests, "BTW your buddy Dan at Pioneer Rail has threatened to file a cease and desist order if I proceed any further with the Kiethsburg...
... building ... pottery ... plates ... Having grown up in Abingdon, I need to make a bit of a correction to this. :) The Abingdon Pottery did make artware...
Clark: I suppose if all new my age at the time of this recollection they would just laugh. But it was a major deal such that I called my brother and my Dad up...
Clark, I subscribe to Rick Bell's DCC install clinics, and understand your proposal. I have several HO models and also N RS1s I would like to learn how to...
It sounds like the guys on the east end tour had a great time and I only wish it had been scheduled at a different time. My family and I were on a trip to the...
I'd reckon you need some real good shots of the unit you want to model and hopefully in the time period you had in mind. Not too many things were changed,...
I use Micro-mask, paint it on, peel it off afterwards. ... From: Harlan & Kathy W To: mstl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 12:36 PM Subject:...
Louie I hope you weren't disappointed with your stop here. I wish I would have thought to make arrangements to get into the 457. The construction is complete...
Clark: not at all. It was great and it was good to see the 457 in such good shape up close. Louis ************************************** Get a sneak peek of...
Mike: 1044 is one that had a very dark horn. Somewhere in the message archive is my analysis of RS-1 horn posts and supports which could be useful depending on...
I have created a photo album titled "East End Tour" and uploaded a few photos of our tour. Those guilty of trespassing and other known offences know who they...
Found some info to answer the pottery works question. http://cookiejarclub.com/archives/abingdonhistory.htm There was one company, several names, two plants in...
Looks like this would be a great source for multiple revenue items for the Louie, including clay, silica, chemicals and some oil. Thanks for the update Doug. ...
Western Stoneware was in Monmouth, but I don't know if they ever had rail service. They still have an outlet store in Monmouth. Ken Vandevoort ... for...
More on Abindon Pottery, also known as Abingdon Sanitary Manufacturing Company, and later Briggs Industries, Inc. This website has a photo with railcars ...
I would be interested, as well. We have plenty of room in the group files, perhaps the pdf's could be done right here. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org...
