I spent much of Sunday afternoon walking the old M&StL yards in Mason City. It is surprising that much of it is still intact. The IAT purchased most of the...
I'm not asking this question for myself. Don't want anyone to think I've gone goofy...goofier. Does anyone have any information on the M&StL 2 bay covered...
... ====================== Clark... Quite a few of the M&StL 70400 - 70500 series "Cement Industry" 2 bay covered hoppers remained in M&StL "gray" paint and...
Do they allow anyone to walk the old MStL tracks in Mason City? If so, where would one start (street address)? What is IaTR (Iowa Traction Railroad?)? Is...
The Hub City Central MRRC will be holding their Train Show in Marshfield on October 30 & 31 at the Old Armory (Now called the "Marshfield Community Center"),...
... Al, The M&StL tracks run north/south along the city's near seast side. The MC&CL interchange is located between 15 th St S E and 19th St S E. The Milw ...
Al; Yeah, Clark is correct in that it is rather difficult to run a train on the M&StL through Mason City. Would be neat, though. The trees growing between...
Joe - The Iowa Traction shop, Emery, is halfway between Mason City and Clear Lake on County Road B-35 and the junction with S-34. The shop is the orange...
Don Vaugn states that the IAT trip is at 10 a.m. I believe that it is scheduled for 1 p.m. with a lunch at Clear Lake's Happy Chef at 11:30. I don't think...
Sorry, I was going on what was scheduled for last year's excursion times. I should have taken the information out of the Chapter newsletter that Brother...
DEV, while not an M&StL topic, we should remember that the MC&CL, predecessor to the Iowa Traction Railway, had a direct interchange with the M&StL at Mason...
The Chicago Great Western (ex-Mason City & Fort Dodge) extended through Lehigh as did the Crooked Creek Railroad & Coal Company. Both terminated just to the...
Thank you Meredith, Now the reason for wanting to know. In my ongoing research of the Mason City Cement plants I discovered that the 1st car load of cement...
As far as I know the only railroad in Lehigh in 1908 was the Crooked Creek Railroad. It was purchased by the Fort Dodge, Des Moines and Southern in 1916,...
I'll post from what I wrote on the CGW site about Lehigh. Being as that is in the neighborhood of my old hometown of Fort Dodge, Iowa.....Clark gets more...
Don, Thanks for all the great additional info. George W. Hilton and John F. Due's The Electric Interurban Railways in America on pages 363-364 disagree with...
The Hub City Central MRRC will be holding their Train Show in Marshfield on October 30 & 31 at the Old Armory (Now called the "Marshfield Community Center"),...
According to the A.P. Butts book, Walter Willson and his Crooked Creek Railroad, the Crooked Creek was purchased by the FtDDM&S on December 1, 1910 (pg. 105)...
The former CGW depot in Lehigh has for a few years now served as a museum, devoted to local history, with very few railroad related displays. I understand at ...
Thanks, Meredith for clearing the date up. I was going to reread the Butts book myself to get those dates. I'll get the better dates for the CGW/MC&FD going...
Paul: Your write up beyond any doubt one of the best I have ever read. I have never been in person to any of the locations but it made be feel as tho I were...
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