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...
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...
is 457 the engine in East Park? ... From: Gene Green<mailto:lewise_green@...> To: mstl@yahoogroups.com<mailto:mstl@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Wednesday, July...
Yes, 457 is the one in Mason City. No. Cutting torch as in removing bad metal to be replaced by better metal. The cab and tender have rusted through in many...
I have asked Dennis Holmes long-time member and M&StL follower to be the editor for the next C&NWHS book project M&StL Depots, a book that will be similar to...
Just out of curiosity, what sort of shape is the boiler in? From what I'm told, these last operating M&StL engines (operated by the sugar plant?) were run...
Looking for information on the wreck of M&StL #s 475 & 627 with the CRI&P # 833. Morning Sun, Iowa, June 13, 1935. Am interested in newspaper accounts and...
Have a look at some of Bob McCall's pix of the wreck on my website: (I think yahoo will strip out a real web address, so you can put this one together) sjcook...
The wreck pictures raise a few questions, the first of which is is this the right wreck? The Helms post referred to a wreck in 1935. Did he really mean 1945?...
Speaking of MStL depots.--- I was in Albert Lea the other day and went down to the depot. Sad , but exciting to see traces of Kelly green still on the...
... Except for the grain elevator connection in Chapin, where it is tied into the UP's Spine Line, the old M&StL has been removed from Sheffield down to...
See also the second article at the far right edge of the scan..... (re. Oct. 3, 1940) http://sjcook.com/trains/mccall/clippings/clip0005.jpg (Sorry I put two...
Hi All- In my collection, I have examples of train orders copied at Morning Sun, Iowa, and Winthrop, MN. Unfortunately, these were written after that fateful...
My husband, Ron Helm had grandparents in Oskaloosa. His grandfather, Clarence Helm, was an engineer on M&StL. Clarence passed away in 1966. The story passed...
Could someone please tell me what is going to happen to the right-of- way regarding the ex-M&StL trackage that has recently been pulled up between Sheffield...
... Yes, almost all of it has been returned to farm land. If I observed correctly, about a mile north of Sheffield, Eno Farms had a firm remove the ballast,...
Hello Group - I uploaded 2 photos from the Iowa Chapter, NRHS collection of a 1950s excursion on the C&NW at Gifford - where the fans were treated to an M&StL...
Hello, I was wondering what the progress of the M&STL book by Don Hofsommer is? Also I found a book for sale called Iowa Railroads: The Essays of Frank P....
I chatted with Hofsommer a few weeks ago. Things are progressing well. AS I recall, should be an Iowa Central Book and an M&StL book within the next year, the...
Nat, I have a copy of the Iowa Railroads. It is indeed a collection of essays by Frank Donovan. He wrote a number of articles on the railroads of Iowa for the...
Talked to Don earlier this week and he indicated that the first book would be out at the beginning of next year. The others will follow during the course of...
I was wondering where most of the coal loaded on the M&StL go. I'm gathering information and plan to model the Albia to Des Moines subdivision on the Q during...
Thanks again to everybody that replied. Another question about Hofsommer's Iowa book, will it be like Donovan's Iowa book? or will it cover different material?...
On Friday, July 16, New Ulm fnished paving a 5-mile multi-use trail from 20th St. South north to the intersection of North Broadway & the KC Road (approx. 23rd...
Don Horsommer's Iowa book will be different than the collection of Palimpsest issues. I've read several chapters and it will be a great addition to the...
Keep us informed when/where we can get the books when he ready to sell them. MJP ... From: Dennis & Barbara Holmes To: M&StL Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:47...
... Amen!!! I was fortunate to review a rough draft, and it is, as Dennis states, for the serious railroad historian. Don writes books that will end up in...
I have seen references that the Waterloo,Cedar Falls,and Northern Ry(WCF&N) power plant in Waterloo burned low-grade coal from the Oskaloosa area. This plant...
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