I received this from Jim Reuber of Boone, Iowa. Jim is a retired CGW-CNW-UP DS and is interested in railroad history. This was printed in the Des Moines...
Alas, guys, I can't make the walk. I had planned to be there as I've always wondered about the M&STL facilities there. I've been in town several times starting...
"M G Moore" mmoore494@... wrote: Excellent description of RPM's and why they flourish by Tom and John. There is little more I can add except this one...
Thanks John, Are those speaking fees lucrative enough for Clark to by himself a scooter for the trip home? Just kidding. I am looking forward to the meet...
Photos are now being processed and are on the cnwhs.org web site. They are in the convention page photos. A link is on the left side of the main page. I should...
Sorry you can't make it but I understand. We'll try to put something on the M&StL list as to the day's activities. Dennis E ... From: carnie@... To:...
When is too much historical information too much for a modeler? As a Prototype modeler I'm dedicated to duplicating the prototype as closely as possible. I...
________________________________ Clark, Your comments are valid. I have always said those who remain in modeling the longest are invidivduals interested in...
Thomas Baker
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Jun 2, 2006 2:52 pm
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Clark, Fine example :-) FWIW, I've ventured in the past in the "100% proto" modeling, and eventually became frustated with my inability to reproduce things as ...
... Ron- Thanks for the heads up! Ken Secrest __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
When you try to reproduce a 40' boxcar on a 12'x24' layout. Physics are physics, all cannot be exact only in drawings. If we try to emminate too much of a good...
mikedonna
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Jun 2, 2006 11:08 pm
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Richard There is at least one RPM meet California, it was held the weekend before the PCR convention in the East Bay area. There was also one announced or held...
Richard, Like Doug said there are more and more of these events every year. I will try to get back to Cocoa in Jan. and Naperville in the fall. This year we...
Meant to respond to this earlier. Roger Button was a Mpls dispatcher in 1956, when he was promoted to Trainmaster July 1, taking over for retiring Asst. Supt....
List - How about lining him up for an article on the web site, either, written or a viedo about his experience on "THE LOUIE" and a compar- ison on "The who...
I live in Chaska and was riding my bike along the MN river tonight. Across from the treatment plant is a portion of an old wooden tressle. You can actually...
Patrick, I believe the road bed and the river crossing you are referring to are the Milwaukee line that ran from Hastings to Cologne. The M&StL ran straight...
Nevermind. It was the old Hastings & Dakota crossing in Chaska! Patrick Dempsey Chaska, MN ... __________________________________________________ Do You...
I believe the abutments you are seeing were the remains of the Milwaukee Road trackage which entered Chaska, and ran up to the depot, crossing the M&StL ...
Greetings, this is an open invite to all for our Railroad Crossing days at Mendota, Il. June 17-18, featuring CB&Q steamer 4978, 1911 wood waycar, 1938...
Al, The Chaska depot is in Chaska. It is no longer used for Railroad purposes. It has been converted into office space and retail space. It sits along the...
Most of you have been aware of the new Twin Baseball stadium being approved in Mpls. However, not that it's going to make history but the stadium will be...
Len: Was there more than one Kenwood yard? I always thouht the only Kenwood Yard was South of the West 21st St. crossing and North of the Cedar Lake Parkway...
... I dont know how far the Kenwood extended. I do know that our middle yard clerk always kept two records, that of the middle yard and the Kenwood yard....
Speaking of middle yard... Does anyone have a photo of the freight house djacent to middle yard, and knowledge of when this went out of service. Also, after...
Group, Following Jim's uploading of more pictures from Vern Wigfield's collection : http://jimsands2.rrpicturearchives.net/archivethumbs.aspx?id=13011 I'd like...
Marc & group. The bridge that you mention was for the M&StL crews to cross over to register and get train orders from the IC/M&StL Operators. The grain...
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