And I believe the Spartan is tied up in Luddington, a spare parts source for the Badger. Dennis Storzek

Actual consists, Santa Fe Fast Mail J. Stephen Sandifer

Technique noted, thanks. Schuyler

The City of Midland 41 was cut down to a barge and still operates as the Pere Marquette 41. I saw it with the tug Undaunted off South Manitou island in Lake Michigan two weeks ago. John

Santa Fe had a contract with a Manure Pulverizing company to process the waste from it big Morris Feed Lot. Ultimately it became fertilizer. The same was true for dirty stock car bedding. J.

The SS Badger is still running just not carrying freight cars, see https://www.ssbadger.com/about/history/ Don Burn

I rode one of the C&O ferries from Manitowoc to Ludington in Aug. 1978 and got the shock of my life to watch a Milw. switcher put three 6,000 gal. GPEX milk cars then leased to Richter Vinegar on the

Richard Townsend wrote: Right you are, Richard, and thanks. Obviously I didn't notice. Usually I watch more carefully for that stuff!! Tony Thompson tony@...

Tony got auto-corrected. He wrote “precooled “ and it was changed to “precooked “ by big brother.

 Hi Dennis and List Members, I don't know if the bags are salt, nor do I know what fruits or veggies used brine, but the caption information I recorded for this image is as follows: "Loading

Dennis Storzek wrote: Certainly not brine (unless the veggies were frozen), but 3 to 5 percent salt would really hasten cooling, a good idea for a warm load. Once most produce shippers had their

Is that salt bags on the roofs? What fruit or veggie used brine? Dennis Storzek

Yes many times during harvests of ripe fruit crops. Continued into the late 1950s. -- Tim O'Connor Sterling, Massachusetts

I have. It works well, however, the glue must be visible to the UV laser LED or it won't bond. Also you must hold the parts in alignment while you zap it, an extra hand would be helpful, but I only

Anyone tried the new glue Bondic advertised on You Tube? Jared Harper Athens, GA

The C&NW would run solid express reefer trains as required off the UP connection in Omaha. These trains were known to run upwards of 15 to 20 cars and pulled by the big Hudson's at passenger train

The NP ran cherry trains as a second section of the Eastbound Alaskan. A Pacific, a string of NRC express reefers, and caboose. Up to 8-9 reefers.

Express reefers have been known to run in freight trains, sometimes when returning empty, so my opinion is that they are fair game for STMFC. Other opinions may vary. Jack Wyatt

Bob Werre asked: "I have a question regarding express reefers that I hope is allowed on this list. I have too many of them for the size of my layout. Is there evidence of express trains running

The Santa Fe would run multiple express reefers in the Fast Mail for fresh fruit, e.g. strawberries. That would have ended in the 1960’s, maybe even the late 50’s as that traffic shifted to