C&NWHS 3 pack of Cement Cars information I have put car diagrams and builders photos of the CGW and M&StL cement hoppers car in folders with my name. There...
... Probably 160th st in the foreground, just b/4 the siding. ... Joe, Thanks for your response, but we must be speaking about different pictures. The one I'm...
Morning Sun? CRI&P crossing? (just a guess) I can't think of a place the M&StL ran so parallel to a road on such flat land. Other ideas? Doesn't Don know? Sam...
Too bad I didn't know about this question Saturday as I spent some time with Don Hofsommer. The picture most likely is taken on the line north or south from...
You are right, At first glance, that crossing appears to be the gravel road I mentioned. If this is an Iowa picture, the locations are limited. South of...
Dennis, Kurt, TJ - why didn't we get a clarification from Professor Hofsommer on the rear cover shot from his book, Tootin Louie? I did ask Don about the 151...
List, Not having seen the book my WAG is South of Winfield, IA crossing the Q? Lenny mstl@yahoogroups.com wrote: There are 4 messages in this issue. Topics in...
One of my locomotives custom painted by Joe Binish was stolen from Eastside Trains in Mason City. Missing is an Alco Models Alco RS1. I don't recall which...
Gene et all, I hope this loco wasn't pilfered by one on this list! I have a short temper for this kind of juvenile behavior. The loco is in scheme 6,...
The picture on the back cover is not Abbott as the crossing is a long way from the road and the road is not paved. ... road I mentioned. If this is an Iowa...
I just got off the fone and I asked Hofsommer about these fotos - I assume you are referring to the fotos on thefront and rear covers of the "Tootin' Louie"...
In my folder (DEVaughn photos) I have two shots of the Iowa Chapter, NRHS excursion at Gifford. Don Hofsommer confirmed that this is the same shot as the...
Group while checking out Don's photos I noticed we have essentially reached the limit of our allotted photo space, 97% used. We are also at 84% of capacity on...
A reminder we are planning to walk the old M&StL areas of Oskaloosa on Saturday, June 25th. Note I did not say "track", we do not have "permission" to walk the...
Someone made a comment about the low cost of and excursion a day or two ago. About 1935 or 36, the MStL ran an excursion from New Ulm to Minneapolis for a...
Doug - Jerry Huddleston, who owns the CGW site, routinely cleans out the files and photos after asking what the members want him to do. Jerry will copy the...
Don, thanks for your generous offer to let me remove all your files. I know many groups have begun hitting the Yahoo limits and have resorted to several ...
Doug, Am at a library in Greensburg, Kansas waiting for a starter for my VW. This library's computer blocks my access to the files and photos but I'm sure...
Now a $1.42 won't get you crap. Went to a number of games at Nicollet Park in the 1940s. It was made for left-handed hitters with a 289 foot right field line....
Hope to make the Osky walk. Another possibility for a walk would be the walk/bike trail on the former M&StL through the north part of Fort Dodge. We could...
I actually located a number of years ago one of the students who claimed responsibility for painting the bridge. Cannot recall his name now, but he said they...
Ted Williams must have loved that park during his brief stint there. ... __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel...
Actually the park in Ft. Dodge isn't the Loomis Park it is the Snell-Crawford Park. It's hard to believe that I was wrong once but my friends can probably set...
9:30-10:00 Meet at McDonald's-located on Highway 92 right next to the MStL (UP) tracks- for coffee 10:00 Drive up to the North Yard/Enginehouse area--see...
Sorry- I forgot to state in the first post that the following is a tentative schedule--anyone's input/suggestions are certainly welcome, as this is not set in...