The following email came to me through the M&StL website www.eldora.net/lyndon/ Sounds like a good opportunity for us to see a nice caboose. I can copy...
Hello all, Well, I've finished my site that I'm hoping you many of you, if not all, will join :) Check out http://www.railfanconnection.com It's basically a...
Just had to share the joy of having Gene Green attend at Op Session on my Iowa Central (better known as the south end of the M&StL to most) today. Several of...
At the NMRA Regional Show in Chattanooga TN this weekend I picked up a N-Scale M&StL 2-bay cement hopper, #70051. The package was labelled "A Prototypically...
Mark, I have a photo copy of the print of the car with the misspelled name. It was indeed 70051. Someone on this list is responsible for this model. Clark...
Mark, The one problem with the "misspelled" car (N scale version) is that it has a white stripe as a background for the lettering. The photo I forwarded to...
... According to the October 2002 Official Railway Equipment Register, there are 110 GT-type gondolas in interchange service numbered between 220 and 339. ...
Not being familiar with car models/types, but am wondering if the current M&StL cars are not newer coal hauling models? I recall a 15 or so years ago seeing a...
... Ah, that explains why there are only ten numbers missing in the series. Anyway, I am surprised that new railcars would be stencilled with old reporting...
... Is there a different ruling for Iron Ore Hoppers than for other freight cars? It is my understanding that Ore Jimmies (DM&IR, C&NW, LS&I, etc) have a 50...
The M&StL didn't use roller bearings. Seriously, LaVerne and John. I like in the 50's and should stay there. I am told at that time the was a 40 year rule. ...
Clark Many of us do not model, but are interested in today's operations, thus the interest in the 50 year rule. It was only a few years ago that CNW cement...
... wrote: <snip> I would take up RR modeling but not as long as I have an opportunity to watch the service station folks change oil or the barber give...
Gene Green wrote: The C&NW used to MSTL instead of CNW ... A few years to its demise, the CNW used the FtDDM&S reporting marks on a fleet of older hoppers they...
... Many ex M&StL, CGW, and FDDM&S freight cars were operating in their original paint scheme, road numbers, and reporting marks well into the 1980s... Many ex...
... Have always respected your interest with the late steam era, Clark... Somehow I was blessed with a life long interest in North American railroads going...
John, I try to stay focused on the M&StL from the late thirties. I think I model 53, but am trying to build all the M&StL freight cars from the late thirties...
In 2000, there were still a number of old M&STL two bay covered hoppers on the western end of the old cowboy line. It is a shortline and I think that it is...
... that ... If it's the west end between Chadron and Merriman, it should be Nebkota. Nebraska Central is farther east and runs mostly (exclusively?) on...
... We are certainly in TOTAL AGREEMENT regarding the latter... The benefit of both the M&StL & CGW groups is folks like yourself who help expand the current...
Does anyone know why the C&NW ran coal out of Middle Grove on MSL rails? Was there a trackage rights agreement or did CNW provide some motive power for the...
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