Here’s a photo of the Chief Wawatam taken 12/29/1978 at the dock in St. Ignace, Michigan

Nobody has yet mentioned the Chief Wawatam. Unfortunately, I understand that she was scrapped 10 years ago. Tom

I noticed that too. I don't think it's a truck anymore, but rather a portable power unit. Note it has a drawbar style hitch attached to the front. Given the way it's positioned, at right angles to the

Am not sure if this was mentioned before but there is a GTW carferry "The City of Milwaukee" in Manistee, MI. Of which I have a near HO scale scratchbuilt model. Jim Jeffery

Albeit that it never really ever operated in service on the Great Lakes, there is I believe still one more intact existing railroad car ferry still afloat on Lake Michigan: the ex-CN Abegweit. This

Matt--Interesting photo. American ingenuity at work. These guys have done this before. The truck being loaded has a spreader mechanism on the back. Lime will fall through a gate onto the mechanism and

Back when Athearn acquired the line, I had a conversation with Craig Walker over these hoppers, and I said the same thing, correct the orientation of the hoppers. We were talking specifically about

Don, Richard Hendrickson said the Ertl gondola was good for ACL as well, though it needs a straight center sill. Ertl did the car in ACL (I have one), but in freight car red

Hi Scott - Not sure what those numbers are for. Could be that Clarence Menteer had them put there to indicate mold numbers. Clarence owned MDC when the hopper models were created. Clarence used to

Let's see if I can do this off the top of my head: 1. Pere Marquette/Chesapeake & Ohio Badger - still in service at Ludington (autos and trucks only) Spartan - laid up at Ludington / spare parts

Ben Hom wrote: Remember that express reefers were used for time-critical shipments, so items such as medicine, the first harvest of higher value produce such as berries, flowers, etc.. Don't forget

Most easily by going to a limestone quarry and choosing the proper size from those that are offered. I did that with an empty 2 lb. peanut butter jar and got a second one of smaller size for ballast.

Yes, during the late steam era there were entire trains of express reefers on railroads in the anthracite region going to New York City, frequently ending with a coach or even several passenger

I am looking to reach Jim Singer and don't believe he does much email. Could someone share, privately, his phone number? Use the Reply to Sender link or contact me directly as shile AT mindspring

Dennis Storzek wrote: Yes, that is what was recommended. Some shippers wanted salt in pre-icing as well, to get even colder air in the car, but the car standing for perhaps two hours with doors

So, since we are seeing bagged salt at the loading point, I take the reefers were pre-iced without salt, and the salt added at time of loading to drive the temperature lower to more quickly pull the

Alex Huff wrote: If you want to use the tariff language, common to railroaders and shippers alike, the reefers would be pre-iced and the LOAD could be pre-cooled, not vice versa. Tony

Attached is a listing of temperatures required for shipping various kinds of fruits and vegetables. Note that Strawberries, among many others, are to be kept at 32. A small application of salt would

Hammond, LA, on the IC main line, was another loading station for strawberries. The reefers were pre-cooled, having been iced at the division point and shops at McComb, MS. Destined mostly for the

Schuyler and Group, Good Morning! Agricultural lime is just like fine sand, easy to model with a number of mediums. Mike Schleigh in Grove City, PA