During WWI there was no USO to provide any kind of rest & recreation service. It was done by private organizations such as the Knights of Columbus, and YMCA. Jim Murrie Durham NC

Perhaps the troops will use them for trench fighting?

 Hi Bob and List Members, Thanks Bob for the cool image. I like how the sheathing on the left side of the car was replaced without redoing the lettering Underneath the lettering "PAUL" I see

Allen, I have some photos I took of a plant shortly after the old plant was replaced by a new one. The shots show both the old in contrast with the newer plant. I took these when I was working in

Allen: Looks like there's a slide on eBay right now of a Molesworth batch plant that might be helpful: https://www.ebay.com/itm/124206352514 -- Chris Frissell Polson, MT

Not aware of any decent models, but a quick google image search “concrete batch plant 1950s” and “redi-mix plant 1950s” produced photos that could help with kitbashing something. Most were

Allen, Guts, Gravel & Glory made such a kit: https://www.walthers.com/cement-plant-complex I don't know if this would meet your needs.

Chris, Thank you for this often-overlooked nugget of history. Ken Montero

I have been searching with no success for a quality HO model of a concrete wet batch plant as a destination for my covered hoppers coming from my Cement Plant and gravel and sand in gondolas and

Eric and others: I'm fairly certain the date and captions provided with the Montana Memories Project photos of bison in the post at 4:53 (#188898) are incorrect. Other sources confirm these

“The four legged came before the two legged. They are our older brother, we came from them. Before them, we were the root people. We came from them. We are the same thing. That is why we are

Sorry to use the band width, but am hoping someone can put me in touch with the executor of Jim Hayes estate? Of know who I could contact for that information? Jim had been working on several

The CV kit has a round roof. Do these cars have one? It looks like they have a peaked roof. Ken Montero Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

The NP cars that CV makes were built in 1930-32. Gary Laakso

I believe the NP stock cars shown are the same as offered in HO as a "flat kit" by Central Valley models. It is finely detailed. Somewhere online I saw an article about modifying the kit regarding its

Photo: Northern Pacific Livestock Car 90332 (1907) Photo from the Montana Memory Project: https://mtmemory.recollectcms.com/assets/display/87913-max Bob Chaparro Moderator Railway Bull Shippers

Nostalgia: the ability to remember yesterday's prices but not yesterday's wages. ;-) I remember buying Suydam painted PE cars for $40. Curt Fortenberry

Photo: Carload Of Baseball Bats Photo from the University of Minnesota: https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll261:1618 Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad boxcar helping to bring a bit of

Richard, A GN diagram for the single car 29001 denotes it was built by Pullman-Standard in 1940 and modified by GN in 1958. The original number was 49759, one of the many former double-sheathed box

Possibly “staggered” door? If the door size was cut down in width it would me easier to cut down the plain edge of the door and leave the locking hardware side of the door alone. The opening