The CNWHS magazine and CNWHS web site are different, With different things happening. North Western Lines is more historical, and the web site is geared more...
All, At the risk of repeating myself, those who wish to model the short FTB units, pleas be patient. An article in Railroad Model Craftsman is coming. The...
Thank you to John Bandstra and the others from the Penn Central Model Railroad Club for an interesting afternoon. We relived the glory days of the M&StL and...
I have finalized the info with Rail Graphics. The sets will contain the correct size initials and numbers to do 1 of 4 wheel arrangements. 0-6-0, 4-6-0, 2-8-0,...
I consider myself sufficiently chastised. Joe's article at http://www.cnwhs.org/jb062504.htm has a mistake. The NW1s should have a ? and The NW2s should have...
While coming home today through Perry, I see the rail has been removed through town and south of Iowa 141. People are already walking on the old ROW! Was...
When I first posted that I was going though with this project Gene said he would take 10 sets, another fella said his model railroad club could buy several...
Hi Clark... Count me in for a set. Richard Wehr Lake Wobegon, Anoka and Ontario Railroad The Milk Route Connecting the Midwest with the North East 16299...
Upon further investigating, I have found the rail has had all angle bars and spikes removed from south of Perry to the north side of Iowa 44 at Dallas Center. ...
Thank you all for the overwhelming demand for the steam decals. I have just mailed the check for 50 decal sets. Instead of me sending an email to each of you,...
The BNSF Chicago-Denver mainline is almost in my backyard in Danville, Iowa and I follow this rr driving to work and back in Burlington. Yesterday, I saw an...
... Ken- CMO used to be reporting marks for the (long ago absorbed into C&NW) Chicago, St.Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha RY. With their recent silliness about...
The you know who RR still has Gon's marked CMO 240 ea Car # 288000 - 288239 & yes the reporting marks as what Ken stated below. Surprising the number of CGW...
My understanding (and correct if I am wrong) is that the UP has recently purchased new cars with reporting marks from old long gone RR's which came into their...
I agree. Let's keep the trademark/copyright issue OFF this list. Gene Green ... recently ... which came ... related to ... wanting ... liscensing, ... yahoo ...
I don't believe they still are marked MStL, but about 15 to 20 years ago the CNW leased a bunch of new coal hoppers. There was a provision in the lease that...
Hello Group, I have just created a new Group focused on the history of the C&NW and all related railroads (CGW, Omaha, Etc.). If anyone is a member of the...
I never knew the reason for using old reporting marks, but I was wondering if the corporations technically exist in some form. It was in the 1990's that the...
I know that the MSTL and probably lots of other RRs used cinders for ballast. I've seen photos and drawings of mechanical loaders that moved cinders from dump...
I have seen drawings for two different cinder pits on the M&StL. In both cases the cinder loading would have been done by two men and two number nine scoop...
I made a mistake in my recent post. I said, in part, "Cinders are very good for ballast because, ..." I should have said, "Cinders are NOT very good for...
Gene Green mentioned the Limestone that the M&StL used for ballast. In the early 1940's the M&StL started out from Cedar Lake using Limestone that was very...
Vern: can you give us an idea of where Baden is? I remember going by the Bryan site many times with that 1940s vintage truck sitting there just off Highway 169...
... Louis: Baden is 1.7 miles South (East by M&StL Direction) from Merriam. The quarry was located about 1/3 Mile North (West ) of the Merriam Depot. It was...
There are still some MSTL and CGW short covered hoppers on line. I see them as they show up at Proviso yard where I work. Also Uncle Pete has brand new 57 ft...
Group, I am trying to contact Scott McGinnis, a new member of the list. I tried to email Scott, but it was returned unable to deliver. If he is reading the...
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