PLEASE EXCUSE MULTIPLE COPIES OF THIS EMAIL -- Thanks, Dave Two days of clinics, model displays and camaraderie intended to teach you a few new modeling tricks and to get you excited about doing some

Ted Am a little surprised that Clark did not add this to his answer. Lots of ag lime is mined right here in Iowa, as in any state with limestone deposits. It is spread on soils that are to acidic.

Quoting BlackDiamondRR@...: Simple answer, yes. Good luck, Don Valentine

To all who are lamenting the lack of detailed brake information in the UPHS UP caboose book. I am embarassed to admit that the subject never crossed my much-befuddled mind, nor did it come up among

There is a photo in Ed Lewis's Arcade and Attica book of six or eight woodside gondolas (the lead one is an Erie) and a large placard announcing "a trainload of Michigan limestone for Wyoming County

Ted Larson wrote: Should I assume that Iowa coal came straight from the coal fields via rail? Yes, maybe. Most rural locations had no way to unload hoppers. The gondola loaded with coal was

I recall that several of the photos in the Strack and Ehernberger book do show CA-1s with AB brakes, but I don't remember trying to correlate that feature with dates. For myself, I'm intrigued by

Thanks to everyone who answered my questions. Dick Harley said: mechanism affect what implemented Well, I model 1952 so I have assumed AB brakes but... tonight I will look carefully at photos in

Shawn asks: IIRC, the SHS-190 is the "Blue Ribbon set" and pretty much the set to get to letter any PFE reefer up to 1960 or so. If you need color UP medallions, I think you need to order them

List, I'm in need of PFE decals to do Intermountain's R-40-23 reefer kits. Awhile back someone mentioned that Champ's SHS-190 set was the way to go for this, but in checking the Champ site this

Hello, I have recently purchased 10 resin 40' PS-1 kits in S scale from Kaslo Shops. These are the 6' door variety. I plan to letter one of them in D&H using a CDS dry transfer set. Set # 63 D&H

Fertilizer Shawn. I should again mention this was a Minnesota elevator and shipped crops not grown in Iowa and received coal from Duluth in box cars. Iowa elevators received coal in

Quoting Dave Nelson <muskoka@...>: Great!! We may triumph over pasture pool yet! Take care, Don Valentine

Quoting ljack70117@...: You've got to be kidding, Larry. In So. Car. and Georgia probably but not at this latitude. When visiting friends in Moultrie I can get all the peanut fields I

Two questions: Are any other years besides 1922 available? What is the name/address/email/phone # of person or firm selling the CDs, since I'm definitly

Plant peanuts. They will do the same thing and do it better. Thank you Larry Jackman

Quoting Mike Brock <brockm@...>: And did you visit Judge Judy??? Wondering ears will wnat to know! Golf????? My God, Mike, you dare compare pasture pool to a serious endeavor like

Quoting "Beckert, Shawn" <shawn.beckert@...>: For a number of years following W.W. II one of the governmental agricultural "assistance" programs provided phospate at extremely low prices