Au contraire, there is a hamlet in Minnesota named Hamlin. See below. There is also a Hamline (with an "e") University in St. Paul, with quite a famous choir, and at one time a well known basketball

Bill, There is a major street in St Paul called "Hamline Avenue". That may be where this usage came from. I will agree that there is no such place as "Hamlin MN". The WFE car shop in St Paul was

Bob Webber asks about the room rate at Prototype Rails. Here's all the current information about the meet: Some of you might notice the reference to the NMRA. The NMRA national management is

To add to what Chet said and to make Larry Jackman grit his teeth. If Andrews Pre-stress were to order a bulk load from NW States in the 50s. The plant would load an M&StL hopper. The M&StL would

Count the valleys and not the ones with the rivets. For the IMWX kits the doors supplied with the kit are fine or use Sylvan 5/6/5-S and early Camel door fixtures. This will take you through all

Many questions arose during my presention on the FGE/WFE/BRE fleet about where the heck is Hamlin, Minnesota. In exploring the documents I copied just a few days earlier in Saint Paul, Hamlin was

As many of you know, Sunshine included in their new offerings at Naperville kits to build the plywood sheathed cars built by FGE, WFE, and BRE and the T&G sheathed cars built by BRE. As I engineered

Anthony Thompson wrote: Tony, The most important thing on the card is his e-mail address. You can now e-mail him at: bobsphoto.train@... Regards, Spen Kellogg

Tim, In the late 50's, in order to avoid driving away the tourist trade, in the state of Wisconsin much of the long haul trucking was prohibited on weekends. It was just something the trucking

My vote is with Mr Thompson. That is why the cullet was sent back to the plant that the bottles were made at. One would think that they would almost always have batches of brown glass stewing since

Chet, I think Mitchell Trucking, based in Cleveland, OH was involved with cement out of Oglesby, IL also. I had a boss that started is career there. He also worked at Anderson, IN where cement

Mike Fortney wrote: Thanks, Mike. Tony Thompson 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 (510) 540-6538; fax, (510) 540-1937; e-mail: thompsonmarytony@...

Clyde King, a long time friend of Jerrys, confirms along with Denny that Jerry indeed was the owner of Kurtz Kraft. Clyde said that the original KK models are still available but danged if I can

Tony, Bob's new address and # is: P. O. Box 209, Farmers, KY 40319 (606) 780-9905. Mike Fortney

Gerry White was a fellow member of the West Bay Club in Menlo Park in the '50s and '60s. He was a tremendously skilled modeler for himself, and a professional custom modeler ("Superior Models", as I

L&N 1650 - 1653 were baggage dormitory cars rebuilt from 10-sec/3dbr Pullmans. Steve Johnson's L&N Color Guide, Vol. 2 states "...they were assigned to haul nuclear material for atomic/hydrogen

I picked up a new business card from Bob at the Naperville meeting but seem to have lost it since. Does anyone have the new Kentucky address handy? TIA. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature

I'm assembling a bunch of kits that I've had sitting around for quite a while and noticed that the door hardware at the bottom of the Youngstown (?) 6/6/6 (or is that 6/8/6? - how does one count the

Steve if you on this list please contact me off list. I have a question about the UTLX tank car you had at Naperville. Also, very nice RI Boxcar presentation. Brian J Carlson P.E. Cheektowaga NY

From: timboconnor@... Was it ILLEGAL to ship cement in bulk by truck before 1959??? That's just goofy! Tim, I grew up just above the NY/PA border, and my family had occasion to travel into