John, I poked into some better known railroads to find one I could model. The part I could model had to be some kind of a branch line or small railroad due to...
Reinhard, You have done an amazing job and achieved more than some of us who have been at it for years. Do I understand correctly that you are in Germany. If...
Tom, yes, I live in Germany. Close to the beautiful Black Forest. The "trick" to find space for a layout in my little home office is the furniture. I removed...
Reinhard, In my opinion, THE box car is the Red Caboose 1937 AAR box car with round corner ends. During the 1950s the M&StL had about 3500 to 3600 freight cars...
Reinhard, Well, congratulations! You did it! I have to tell you about my first encounter with German steam. It was in September 1963, and I had arrived by...
... Thanks for the photos. It's inspiring for an apartment dweller like myself to see what can be accomplished while still leaving the room useful for other...
As per "Mainline Modeler" May 1993. " The M&StL purchased 20 grain hauling PS-2 covered hoppers in 1958, series 71001-71039 odd numbered". The cars had a...
I've got some valuable help from a German fellow (Bernd Schroeder) who is very active in this area. 1. - An email has been sent to Red Caboose asking for *Part...
I have 10 in stock, you don't read emails from Iowa? ... From: Reinhard Peters To: mstl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 5:20 PM Subject: [mstl]...
Here are a couple emails I received from the guys working on the 457 project. I'll make a file in the photos section for photos of the bell. ... camp ... has ...
The size and the possible weight of the bell assembly is amazing. In 1:87 everything is cute. Could the RS-1 hood carry that weight without additional massive...
... Reinhard that is a great looking layout. . . I am not a modeler (more of a player and operator) but I even know good stuff when I see it. . . I especially...
I was looking up oyster cars and found this: On the earlier discussion of the Empire Line, I checked the August 1888 edition of the Railway Equipment Register....
Clark: Are they still looking for info on 413, 475, and 631? If so the history data cards show that 413 was renumbered to 475. It was a 2-8-0 originally...
I guess I am envisioning a sheet metal type structure and some open, covered sheds, stacks of concrete blocks and precast steps, etc. and some sort of ready...
The late Tim Gilbert used to preach freight car precentages, national averages on the STMFC list. After WW II there was a box car shortage in this country....
Thanks Clark, Thanks for the info. That makes sense now. One of my next questions was going to be about foreign road hoppers. I had assumed they would be...
Clark, I studies that lists and notices the low fraction of MStL cars in the trains. But I assumed the boxcar for LCL is not on the list as it is a default car...
... Reinhard since you are modelling 1958, you might check the files section for a file called ken's consists. . . it give you the actual consists of #20 and...
... hoppers. I had assumed they would be uncommon. Not a problem though, as I have accumulated more MStL ones than my little layout can handle. ... Minnesota...
Reinhardt, I think you've putting too much emphasis on LCL in the late 50s. The practice was being taken over by trucking. Look at the Watertown waybills in...
Dick, MHS has done a marvelous job of scanning the photos and putting them on their website. Unfortunately Iows hasn't. A friend had a list of the photos they...
Hello, I'm interested in the physical plant at Des Moines and local operations there. Where was the depot in relation to the freight yard and loco facility?...
Bill, if you live in the area check with the State HS and the library for Sanborn maps. Also give Rom Sims a call. Several years ago I went to a RITS meet in...
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