I ordered my copy today. To save you all searching, here is neccesary ordering info: UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA PRESS c/o CHICAGO DISTRIBUTION CENTER 11030 SOUTH...
Another post from the ICM group seems they are more interested in the Rebel theory than lashups. This stuff really doesn't have anything to do with the M&StL...
Keith Number for Cloth Binding ISBN 0-8166-4365-2 MJp ... Number ... at which you add 7% Sales Tax, or from Canada, where you must add the Canadian Sales...
Here is the web site listing: http://www.upress.umn.edu/Books/H/hofsommer_tootin.html http://www.eloquenceweb.com/book/BookDisplay.asp?BookKey=3848088 has ...
Below is some correspondence from AFE 47-42 that some of you may find of interest. Minneapolis, March 8, 1947. Mr. W. 0. Rux, Mr. E. L. Crimmen, Mr. C. S....
Gene, good stuff. makes me glad i married as well asi did, so i can send the wife off to work to pay for a house and not live in an old caboose! back to ...
The letters pertaining to the disposition of the out-moded cabooses brought me to mind of when I was 2nd Tk Opr at Des Moines for the MSTL we put a flat bed...
... Is this the same fellow we see in the old film footage, when in the President's office? Ken Secrest __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The...
My last post was wrong. Mr. Devins was General Manager and yes he's the man in the films. I know he was G.M. when the railroad came out of recievership. The...
Maybe I've asked this before, but what was it with railroads that nobody ever had a first name? Every one was JW, LC. AW,JR, well you get the picture. Was this...
Out of respect for their position, unless you were a hunting or golf buddy, you would never use a first name. Speaking of which, anyone else remember what ...
It's fun to have seen the man in video, and now make a connection to some of his daily work! Ken Secrest __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The...
It was "Bulldog" He had a reputation for grabbing abold of something and standing by it. & by the way, no one ever called anyone in authority by their...
Minneapolis, April 11, 1947. Mr. R.C. Goebel: Our Conde Section Forman, R. M. Conley is lacking living quarters, and had asked Mr. W eatherill to supply...
Not to get too far afield here and I apologize in advance for this reply, but I note that the initial thing went virtually from top to bottom with railroads...
Perhaps I can share something of interest to some of you about J.W. (John) Devins. I grew up about 10 miles from Janesville WI. After going to work for the ...
Gene The caboose was still in Stratford in Nov 1989. My brother followed the old lines to Leola and to the Missouir River. I can't realy make out the last...
The bulldog nickname seems appropriate from his pictures. He looked like he meant business. I always wondered how he felt being the holdover in the Heineman...
Dennis, If you desire, pass this recollection along to the group. The M & St. L retrofitted some of the RS - 1s with the Multiple Unit (MU) receptacles and the...
... Good question, however, if I dropped it into a conversation at the university, 55 people would be using it by the end of the week. Akin to "impact" as a...
Minneapolis, January 23, 1953 Mr. W.O. Rux, Mr. F.B. Clark, Mr. C.S. Weatherill, Mr. R.C. Goebel, Mr. F. B . Matthews: At Marshalltown, as of this time, we...
Great post, Gene. I, too, would love to have seen that train. The other thing that struck me about that post was the extremely excess verbiage. Even English...
... Loiuis, You have to remember that in those days promotion was on the basis of Railroading experience not college education. Most of these officers...
Great post Gene. I too would like to see that train, in HO. Now the question. In HO, what models would best replicated this train? I have an idea, but as you...
I wonder if the use of initials wasn't a hold--over from telegraph days. When I worked for the C&NW everyone was known by his or her first two initials...
Good point, Vern. Actually they really did no worse than their legal contemporaries who were given to such verbosity (is there such a word?) that one would...
You may have something there, Dennis. It certainly would have lengthened transmissions considerably and unncessarily. Again I apologize to all and I will...
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