Al, I've been thinking of holding an "M&StL Till You Puke" day here at LuVerne. There are at least three portions of ROW from the Algona branch. We also...
Yes, barns and outbuildings. I've seen a re-print of Sears small houses which indicated in advertising a catalog for such. I also went to the sites you'd...
Brian-- Are you willing to allow us to include your collection in the TT CD? With exception of about 5 TTs, we do not have any of the tables you listed. Your...
Ted, http://www.searsarchives.com/homes/chronology.htm offers a chronology of the Sears home with the following: 1909 Mansfield, LA, lumber mill purchased 1911...
... Cairo, IL was served by C&EI, GM&O, IC and NYC. Sears might have routed these homes via GM&O or IC to the M&StL at Peoria, depending on the destination. ...
Hi Doug and?David Thank you both for the information. Regards Ted ... From: Douglas Harding <dharding@...> To: mstl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Mon, 1 Dec...
Brian, I you want, you can send copies to me and I will scan and prepare pdf's of your public TT's. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org [Non-text portions of...
I was looking at Vern's postings today and noticed a number 213 in March of 56. Was this a renumbered Alco? If so, when did the renumbering officially start? ...
Clark, Don't know when the re-numbering actually started for sure. I have a roster that I used in 1956 that shows the 213 as being a re-numbered unit, and by...
Clark: I don't know for sure either, but it was early in 1956 and largely, if not totally, complete by the end of 1956. For sure 1946 put a strain on the old...
Could someone explain to me how Chaska was set up? Was it a joint agency with the Milwaukee Road? Did they each originally have seperate depots? And then at a...
Ken, There were separate depots until the very end. The Milwaukee depot was a frame structure that sat about 3 blocks East of the M&StL depot. The Milwaukee...
Reinhard, Just a quick note from a Minnesota farmboy about the layout of most states. Minnesota has 87 counties of various sizes, from the smaller farming...
Ken, I stopped by the Chaska library today to see if I could unearth anything more. One of the towns history books says the M&StL depot was built in 1911 by...
Not that it is worth much, as it seems the depot at Murphy's landing is not an MSL depot, but I have posted three photos of that depot in the photos section in...
... anything more. One of the towns history books says the M&StL depot was built in 1911 by the Louie to replace the original frame structure from 1871. The...
According to the 1928 ICC Valuation Report the Chaska freight depot was built in 1911. It was one story, brick, concrete foundation with a shingle roof and...
Interesting to speculate about the depot at Chaska. I know the office area was certainly big enough to accommodate two sets of desks, but during my time...
I managed to contact Jackie Carter, a retired M&StL operator who lives in St. James. According to him, the old depot we wondered about was from Amboy, owned by...
Are there any S scalers in the group? I once contemplated an S-venture, and have several items that could be useful to M&StL fans, since I am not leaving the...
The Ames Railfan site had a message from Pine Lake Corn Processors saying that they are closing down their plant north of Steamboat Rock. That is not good...
Brief article in this morning's Des Moines Register about the plant closing. It would appear the ethanol boom is on a temporary (?) bust. Doug Harding ...
... closing. It would appear the ethanol boom is on a temporary ... Having grown up in Iowa and followed corn and bean prices I'll be danged if I can figure...
You're right, ethanol as a gasoline additive doesn't make economic sense. The taxpayers are subsidizing the price of ethanol gasoline mixtures while it is...
Whlie researching the history of the Waconia depot (Built in 1904) I discovered that the existing depot was destroyed in a Cyclone on Aug 8 - 1904. This...
They are now making it from switch grass, a plant indigenous to the midwest. Also using corn stalks and other plants. It's going on in South Dakota right now. ...
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