Tim, The crews changed in Monmouth. There are pictures of the Keithsburg Bridge in the Photo files. Another source is to do a search on TerraServer.com Lenny ...
... Check out my webpages at http://sjcook.com/trains then go to M&StL then Bridges&Structures for recent and historical stuff on the K'burg bridge. Enjoy! Sam...
Anyone know where there any photos of M&StL tell tales? I didn't see any in the M&StL in Color. Generally, how far in front of the obstacle would they be...
Last night I was reading the M&StL in Color again and read that New Ulm had enough traffic that it needed its own switch engine. It seems to me that M&StL must...
mark winter wrote: It would be interesting to know where all the diesels were on a given day. Mark, Here's what was happening on 10-23-60. Remember this does...
There are no references to tell-tales in the AFEs. That could mean there were none or it could mean that none were installed or removed from 1916 to 1956....
For what it's worth, you might consider C&NW standards: 300' from any structure to be guarded Requirements were dictated by State, though some states had none....
Putting Clark's post into some kind of context let's look at the rostered locomotives on that day. Maybe all of you are ahead of me on this, but I'll plow...
Mark: We didn't respond to your questions regarding employees and cars handled. What follows are figures for the years 1947-1956 taken from he 1956 annual...
Mark, I've looked for a slide I have showing tell-tales on an M&StL industrial track in Mason City. But, haven't located it yet. The tell-tales was guarding...
... A couple of images have been posted to the Files Section to follow up with Joe's Tell Tale reply... Here in the Milwaukee area the CNW standards of the...
List; I seem to recall seeing a telltale @ Marshalltown, IA circa 1979-86 that was located near a bridge there. I am almost certain that it was on the M&STL...
Joe, How heavy were these galvanized iron strips? As I understand it Telltales were used to worn men on top of the cars of approaching overhead obstructions....
The M&StL had tell tales either side of the overhead C&NW bridge on the north side of Humboldt. They were not removed until the track was abandoned in 1985....
Tell tales were also located at Nemo Illinois where the M&StL passed under the Santa Fe. I was working on the Santa Fe at the time.and I seem to remember they...
Robert Johnson
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Jan 6, 2003 1:55 am
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I am sorry. I should have used the words # 9 wire (galvanized iron) instead of "strips". Since I have never had the experience of being whipped by one of...
... This was in reply to a question posed by Ron Sims based on an article he found in a 1912 issue of the Des Moines Tribune which said that the M&StL started...
I don't know what the original question was regarding MStl-RI joint track usage in Oskaloosa, What is the date on the DM Tribune article about the M&Stl...
I was near Peoria yesterday and crossed over the MStL tracks on I74. I noticed the track seemed to be in fairly good condition. I thought it was not being...
... has ... Was that I-74 or I-474? I show I-74 doesn't cross M&StL track in Peoria but I-474 does, near the airport. Molitor Junction, the interlocking at...
... Don't you mean I-474? I-74 doesn't go over the ex-M&STL. The line is barely noticeable due to thick vegetation. I thought ... It hasn't been used by an...
A couple years ago there was a set of Tell Tails in Farmington Illinois. The MSTL went under the Q line from Yates City to Canton. The bridge is southwest of...
For all you anal types out there (no not just you, Clark): How many undec S2s would you need to model the 741, including its renumbered self 102 to cover all...
Bob Lehmuth has just frame-checked Southern California RR's newly-arrived 4303. It is 7537-3, which means that it is ex-MSTL 702. Norm Metcalf, Boulder CO...
I just hope that when I model mine more or les stock Atlas, I am not laughed at! If so, then they can switch with the D-145. Hey, Louis, can you do an...
Joe: I guess I could do that as I have pictures of all the variations except the 1948 stacks. They exist only in my memory, but as I think about it the black...
I have posted over 1,700 of my rail photos at <http://community.webshots.com/album/59161078iHqdBL> There a few M&StL shots plus CGW and CNW shots. And many...
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