From the August 20, 1942 Redwood Gazette paper; M&St.L adds Morton spur This grade is preliminary to laying 1800 feet of rail for a spur to the Minneapolis and...
Is this the spur that was built to what now the swimming pool. Or was this spur built before that time. Unless there was a spur a couple miles west of Morton....
As of April 2 I have seven individuals who have definitely indicated interest in an east end tour, including Doug Harding Mike Helsop Sam Cook Steve Glasgow ...
Group a while back we had quite a discussion about Ackley, Iowa with the conclusion being John Golden had settled on Ackley as the town to model. John even...
Al: August 1 would be good for me. Louis ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. [Non-text portions of this message have...
I have marked Aug. 1st and will do my best to keep it open. Doug Harding Iowa Central Railroad www.iowacentralrr.org -- No virus found in this outgoing...
Brian With it being 1800 feet and the farm place, it sounds like the pit that became the swiming pool. If the photo is looking southeast the hill would be...
As of the moment, Aug. 1 would work for me but it won't for a couple of friends. I still would prefer a Saturday. Dennis ... From: "Alastair & Lynn Muir"...
Doug, ... I assume that you're still modelling the early 1900's Problem is that both Ackley aerial photo and contour maps show much later configuration...
Actually Marc I see the interchange in the S-E quadrant, which will work for my setup. I model 1949, still lots of meat traffic going to the IC at Ackley. It...
I've tried to post this message a couple times, but it never made it to the group. So, I'll try again. Vaughn Ward told me that if they had more cars than tha...
For the life of me I can't remember that there was an addition IC siding which would have connected to the the transfer. They certainly wouldn't have fouled...
Doug, Great if SE interchange works for your design ! Do you plan to have IC tracks "dummy", or did I miss something there ? <g> ... that ran ... the IC. Fine,...
Dennis, ... Agree with you. May be the M&StL/IC connecting track was worked from a siding North of IC depot through a crossover ? This would emphasize the need...
Well to answer my own question, and to respond to Chuck Swartz one contacted me off list: I have loaded two files in the Ackley folder, which can be found in...
If the M&StL would have shoved cars through the transfer and onto the Illinois Central main in order to reach their siding, they would have had to have IC...
Doug, ... Thanks for uploading these, they are of great interest IMHO, even for freelancing any small Midwest town Sanborn's map looks pretty accurate as far...
From RAILWAY AGE, April 29, 1944, page 831: M.&St.L. to Retire All Bonded Debt "Only ten days from now, the Minneapolis & St. Louis, we believe, will be the...
Marc, I have a variety of Sanborn map photocopies for Ackley. The early ones, circa 1900, show that M&StL had a siding that extended south of the IC main, so...
The reference to diesel freight road locomotive threw me off for a minute. My initial reaction was is the 1944 date wrong? Was it really 1945? No, 1944 is the...
I just looked at the track chart Doug posted. The transfer came off a siding. Maybe what Vaughn meant was that if they had more cars than the siding would hold...
Interesting article in the May RMC, which I just received today. Unusual M&StL "Chapel Car", done by some familiar names on this list. Something to read while...
I received this message from a good friend and maybe this explains the Ackley operation as well. Dennis E. Dennis, I happened to read your take on transferring...
You are correct. ... From: Dana Grefe To: mstl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:26 PM Subject: [mstl] Re: East end tour-- I thought the UP...
No, UP trip leaves Aug. 5 Dad ... From: Dana Grefe To: mstl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:26 PM Subject: [mstl] Re: East end tour-- I thought...
Gene, My understanding so far was that M&StL 1950's sound financial status played a great deal with enticing the cash starved C&NW to take-over, courtesy of...
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