Got this from Gene Green. He thought it might be on interest. There was also a map attached, which I will post to the files. Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad...
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Several years ago, I encountered the following report in a university library somewhere. "A Study of the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company" prepared by...
I obtained the M&StL valuation book from a retired railroader and am planning to make copies for sale in the near future if there is an interest. This book is...
Hard copy, as I do not have the time to transfer it to a cd. If I hired this done, it would cost the same as the book DG ... and am ... an ... pages ... with ...
I would be interested in a copy of this book. Thanks, Clark Propst ... From: "Dana Grefe" <dmgrefe@...> To: <mstl@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February...
This May the NWHS and some regional NMRA group will have a joint convention 'right here in River City'. Now, I don't play well with either group, but not to be...
Clark if you need someone to come up and critique your structures, I could come up and do that. I need a good excuse to come to Mason City. From what I have...
... I will send you jpegs as some as I figure out how to unload my digital camera into my new computer. I built the large grain storage building today (across...
More from Gene Green I will post the photos to the group files. Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad http://d.harding.home.mchsi.com/ Doug, Here are some more...
I have posted copies of the photos Gene sent of the possible HiRail car in the photos area of the group files. Sadly they are not yet lettered. Doug Harding ...
Shawn, The Minnesota Historical Society has some low-level aerial photos of New Ulm taken in 1969. (I did a general search and got 585 hits - some hits were...
Doug mentioned completing a scale model of the N. Redwood Depot, which brought back a few memories of mine. In Dec. 1948 I relieved agent Ziegler for his...
The MStL depot was between 1st and 2nd North, behind the municipal power plant on the west side of the main line. ... __________________________________ Do you...
I notice the model and photo differ. The model omits an addition to the building shown at left in the picture. I believe then this model is to represent a time...
Mention of the Redwood Depot reminds me of a conversation with H.E.Herrington who was Roadmaster on the West end. He was riding the Russell Snow Plow Eastward...
Re: MU. Gene and Doug: What was the source of the info on the Alco MU project? It almost looks more like a plan than an actuality. I'm reasonably sure that 146...
The 213 is presently at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis. I can't find any sign of MU equipment, or any indication that it ever was so equipped. ... ...
The modified units are pretty easy to identify. The railings at each end look like those on a Geep with a walkway opening in the middle along with the fold...
Speaking of Useless Trivia, maybe some of you guys on this list may know: When was M&StL Alco S2 # 102 re-equipped with AAR Type ' B ' Road Trucks in place of...
Hello, I resently found your site will looking for something completely unrelated. I have spent several days, going back and reading the past posts. You...
AFE's. Remember Gene has all the M&StL AFE's in Texas as he slowly works on cataloging them. As Gene is currently not an active list member he is sending...
Jeff Lauber---- You bet your underwear we would like to hear your stories!!!! Anything to do with the MStL is welcome. And you are not alone in your location....
Doug: The last thing I would do is question Gene's research, and as to the 745 (206) and 246 (210) there is no doubt they were modified for MU. I guess all I...
Hi, The freight shed on the left hand side was probably built in the late teens or twenties. I have seen pictures of it with just the original shed from the...
I just found this group after researching information on the abandoned railroad tracks in Mason City. Does anyone know when the last train went through Mason...
Jeff, the list owner is modeling the n/s M&StL trackage in Iowa, so stories about Iowa are always welcome. Post them. Another list I am on bemoans when folks...
And I received mine last week, via Fed Ex. Didn't they know I worked 26 years for the US Post Office? ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? ...