The Open and Prepay station book I have is #71, effective 4/15/56. Gene I do not have any time tables to see what you are talking about. The open station book...
I also have posted a few photos of the Albion Depot to the folder Lenny created. Including a slightly larger version of the one Lenny posted and Ken found....
The style of the Albion depot appears to be the same as other Iowa Central (or whatever the name was that year) about 1872. The depots at Chapin, Geneva,...
In response to Gene's message, I have added to the Albion Depot photo album, photos of Chapin, Faulkner, Geneva and Abbott depots along with a drawing of the...
Just picked up a Walthers Pella Iowa depot kit in N scale (it is also avaliable in HO). Seems like it might be a fairly good match for some of the smaller...
I posted this some time back, but with the recent photo's of the Albion, Geneva, Abbott, etc. depots, it may be of interest again. Blair Line makes a depot...
Ron, sorry didn't get back to you earlier with your question about Station numbers. I knew it would take a little time to dig things out, and others provided...
The flare was almost gone on the Pella depot after years of shingles on top of shingles. The flare came back when Pella Rolscreen bought the building in the...
... rounded up/down, or the conductor was not very good at math. My guess is they needed an approximation to figured engine needs, or figure how much train...
While searching the 1958 teletype traffic for consists, I did find an interesting item. The Wabash was picking up coal in Tracy and delivering it to the M&StL...
Rumor has it there will be significant growth of the yard at Cargill this year. The yard will expand following the M&StL line towards Albia. The yard will ...
No problem with Doug's or Gene's answer and that is the way I thought it was. However, a question still remains I think. There is a difference in numbers...
The word is that the UP has filed, or will be filingn soon, to abandonded what is called the Elm Subdivision. Most of us know the Elm Sub as the MStL main...
... The word is that the UP has filed, or will be filingn soon, to abandonded what is called the Elm Subdivision. Most of us know the Elm Sub as the MStL main...
Clark: pardon my ignorance, but I'm hopelessly out of touch. What is Gopher Rails and where is it? Louis In a message dated 2/5/2008 9:55:55 A.M. Central...
Clark: Thanks. Think I'll try to make it. Things are a bit hectic. Last year it was my surgery. This time it's my son who's having a brain tumor removed on...
Clark, thanks for the heads up. Had not seen any info about this before now. Have it on my calendar will attempt to attend. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org ...
I posted the same basic message to the M&StL, CGW and Milw modelers groups. Curiously, only guys on the Milw list knew about this meet. But, then that is a...
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