Friends, The first-ever St. Louis Railroad Prototype Modeler's Meet will be held Saturday, August 21st at the Katy Cavins Recreation Center, 308 East 5th...
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Clark Propst
rockroll50401
Jun 12, 2004 8:13 pm
Childhood friend Loyd Buchanan was in town for a visit and stopped over for awhile. We were rememinising about watching the M&StL pulling reefers every night...
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Bob McCall
bobmccall2003
Jun 12, 2004 11:10 pm
William Landmesser was buried in Oskaloosa June 11. At the age of 99....
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Douglas Harding
hardingdouglas
Jun 14, 2004 2:11 am
Clark, I assume you mean the Decker Plant in Mason City :) One of the photo's I found at the MC Library, when blown up shows a Hygrade Mather reefer on the...
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Alastair & Lynn Muir
alastairmuir
Jun 23, 2004 2:54 pm
Hey gang-- I have just come into possession of a very small brass key marked M&StL RR--B&B Dept. It looks like a miniature switch padlock key. Does anyone...
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Ken Secrest
rmdive70
Jun 23, 2004 3:07 pm
Al- B&B is Bridge & Building Department. It could have been used on a section building, a tool box, equipment. Anything they had, that might need to be...
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vwigfield
Jun 24, 2004 1:42 am
... site they were working on. They used the B&B locks to keep trespassers and Trainmen from pilfering their tools. Vern Wigfield...
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Kurt Stoebe
kjstoebe
Jun 24, 2004 10:38 pm
We are losing another segment of M&StL mainline, albeit small. The Gold-Eagle Cooperative is abandoning all the track at their elevator in Livermore, Iowa....
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cwig@...
papazec2002
Jun 24, 2004 11:53 pm
Mention of the Livermore Iowa Elevator brings back sad memories. Many years ago my Step-Mothers Brother-in-Law and his young Grandson were delivering grain to...
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William Gardei
gardei
Jun 25, 2004 2:31 am
Friends: Sounds to me like now's the time to get those last minute photos of the spur before it is ripped out. Bill...
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vwigfield
Jun 26, 2004 12:54 am
The mention of Livermore losing its last remnant of the M&StL brings up memories . Visiting Uncle Lawrences farm south of town and watching the Rock Island...
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Dennis & Barbara Holmes
deholmes1939
Jun 26, 2004 2:15 am
Today I spent some time with Dana Grefe and Dick Steffen at the FDDM&S freight house in Boone moving boxes of NorthWestern Lines upstairs in order to make room...
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Kurt Stoebe
kjstoebe
Jun 26, 2004 3:15 am
There was at least one death in the Livermore grain elevator explosion. The gentleman's name was Taylor and he was in the café which faced the elevator on...
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Kurt Stoebe
kjstoebe
Jun 26, 2004 3:15 am
Yes, it would be my guess that the depot and roundhouse were Ft Dodge and Ft Ridgeley properties. The Humboldt Library had the drawings for three proposed...
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Ken Secrest
rmdive70
Jun 26, 2004 3:42 am
... Vern- Certainly the major portion is physically indeed gone. Can't argue with this fact. But I can't help thinking that interesting recollections such as...
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Dennis & Barbara Holmes
deholmes1939
Jun 26, 2004 2:00 pm
My friend Jim Reuber gave me a copy of the ICC report on the wreck at Arnold (south of Livermore) in 1917 that Kurt Stobe mentions. The TT speed for passenger...
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sam63583
Jun 27, 2004 4:17 am
Does anyone know where the Fort Dodge and Fort Ridgeley planned on building to before the MStL bought up the line? Is there a place in Iowa that was called...
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Dennis & Barbara Holmes
deholmes1939
Jun 27, 2004 12:47 pm
... building to before the MStL bought up the line? Is there a place in Iowa that was called Fort Ridgeley? Just a few questions that I wonder about whenever I...
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vwigfield
Jun 27, 2004 6:30 pm
... and Ft ... were ... something ... that carried over into the M&StL era? Vern Wigfield ... order ... UP ... soon be ... are ... round...
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vwigfield
Jun 27, 2004 6:32 pm
I remember Dad mentioning a creek in the area of LuVerne/Livermore somewhere that was called "Bloody Run" as the result of a Psgr train derailment. Anyone...
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Douglas Harding
hardingdouglas
Jun 28, 2004 1:57 am
Just read in Dick Wilson's Brass Switchkey railnews the following proposal from member Nick Pitsch for an M&StL Depot book. Having seen Nick's slide ...
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sam63583
Jun 28, 2004 2:41 am
Thanks Dennis. I kind of wondered if it was the fort just down river from me, but didn't realy think a small line would have picked such a place to build to....
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Merrill Price
mpiowa
Jun 28, 2004 3:07 am
The M&STL Depot Book would be a great memorial to Vaughn Ward. GreatIdea Doug. The CNWHS does not have the CD's - Nick keep us posted on this idea and will try...
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harryg@...
littlegiant_il
Jun 28, 2004 3:58 am
Had the pleasure of meeting Gene Green by the CNW tables at the annual Galesburg Railroad Days Train Show. We had a nice vist and talked about getting some...
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all_fake
Jun 28, 2004 4:52 pm
Saturday, I was over to Chapin and Sheffield, Iowa, and noted the rail has been removed between Chapin and Sheffield. Much of it remains stacked in various...
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knutsonj2000
Jun 30, 2004 1:44 am
The Evening Tribune Albert Lea, Minnesota May 28, 1921 TWO LOCAL SECTION MEN ARE INSTANTLY KILLED NELS HAGEN AND BERNT EVENSON MEET DEATH AT NOON TODAY WHEN...
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Alastair & Lynn Muir
alastairmuir
Jul 2, 2004 2:45 am
Several months ago someone wrote about the effort to use the MStL main from Oakville to Keithsburg as a grain loading facility. That person also referred to...
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all_fake
Jul 7, 2004 2:48 am
Cast iron "W" with a back stamped "M&StL" is available. These were common on many M&StL lines - particularly so on the branch lines in north Iowa and...
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Gene Green
lewise_green
Jul 7, 2004 7:00 pm
We take a cutting torch to 457 today. Gene Green...
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Joe Christie
wedge_pilot
Jul 7, 2004 8:19 pm
is 457 the engine in East Park? ... From: Gene Green<mailto:lewise_green@...> To: mstl@yahoogroups.com<mailto:mstl@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July...
