Practice, practice, practice. Tony Thompson tony@...

How did the driver get into the bus to drive it out of the car? Through a side window? Steve Kay

Here are spuds from the Landmesser M&StL 'hot box' report. Don't fret over cars listed twice please. RR NO_ SERIES TYPE1 CARGO DATE ART 18568 17000-19999 RS potatoes "11-20-49" ART 20771

A very nice presentation and model, Lester. I know resin stock car kits require another layer of patience to remove flash and to get the details right. Eric Hansmann Murfreesboro, TN

Whoops! That derrick shows up in Bob Chaparro's submission on 5/30/21 of the end-door boxcar, not in the Miller Bros. video.... -Chuck

I'll second Scott's enthusiasm. I haven't watched the helium subject videos yet, but I have looked at the Milller Bros. production. It was absolutely captivating since so much of it centers on what

Photo: NKP Gondola 65072 With Wood Beam Load Photo from the Lane County History Museum: https://s3.amazonaws.com/pastperfectonline/images/museum_796/009/gn2943.jpg Description: “Freight car

Hi Bob, I lived on Long Island (NY) in the ‘40s, ‘50s and ‘60s. When we lived in the Bellerose section of Queens, wen could look out our back windows onto a farm that grew, among other

That sounds like it... I read it in the 1960's when I was reading through my Dad's train magazine collection. Tim O'Connor On 5/31/2021 12:19 PM, Jim and

That Trains article may have been Case History of a Spud Train, by David P Morgan, September, 1953, page 60. Jim van Gaasbeek Irvine, CA

1. Message 154950 can be retrieved by using the groups.io Messages page, and searching for the message number. It appears near the bottom of the page of the search results. 2. I can't see how there

-- I can't get to your 154950. post. I only get a post which references 154950.- not the post. Thanks okladivjohn@...

I recall reading articles with photos about the potato rush from San Joaquin valley. As I recall, it was Santa Fe hauling refrigerator cars over Tehachapi. John Holmes

Potatoes most definitely can travel more than 2,000 miles! They come in many varieties, and come into season at different times of the year. There was a great TRAINS magazine

Wow, that is some tight clearance. A tonne of interesting stuff in this photo. Any idea who's auto box that might be? -- Brian Stokes North Point Street in Proto:48

Another fine Build Lester Paul Doggett. England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

I had talked on (parts of) this in years past in a presentation that started by me asking myself if I had too many reefers. In researching I found some AAR documents covering almost two years of

Shipping Potatoes For the time period of this group, would the primary potato varieties have been shipped long distances (let’s say 2,000 miles-plus) or would they have been typically limited to

Zenith Model Works is offering the 1890s 22' ore cars in Duluth, Missabe & Northern, Duluth & Iron Range, and a Keweenaw Central (used) version coming soon as well. They are also soon to be offering

Fantastic videos! Thanks for sharing them! Scott McDonald