Thanks, Stan. Dave Siegfried

To carry or to escort? KL

Not to disparage the accomplishments of Jerry White but I always believed the Kurtz Kraft line was produced by Dick Kurtz (who later went on to produce the Milepost 501 line) and Bob Wigner (who

Hey, as a Twin Citian I resent being called "crazy". Goofy or silly, occasionally moronic. Definately not crazy.

Jerry White, formerly of Menlo Park, CA, passed away October 26 in Napa, CA. Jerry was one of the giants of model railroading. He was known for his scratch built to order steam locomotives in

Checking a Champ C&O mill gon set, I find all the PROGRESS logos are the post-1954 style (compare to the 1948-54 logo shown on the diagram that comes in the set.) I thought an additional pair of

Mont, Schwereman Trucking was the company that came to Dixon in 1961 to handle the Medusa business, both bulk and bags. They may have also been the first trucking company to get the Marquette's

truck in Trucks began servicing the cement mills at Dixon, LaSalle, and Oglesby, IL in the spring of 1961. This began the downward spiral of the cement business on the IC's Amboy Dist. Prior to

Dennis, I'm a late comer to this thread, but from what I know about tractors and trailers the technology to do pneumatic unloading (dry bulk) was just coming into its own in the late 1950's. I

1959 sounds about right. The local plants never shipped by truck until 60. Then it was with just one carrier each. The Lehigh plant used Mitchell (blue trucks) They have a plant in Mitchell IN, maybe

Rich: This is at the bottom of the detailed listing for that set: "Sorry, we are currently sold out of 'Chesapeake & Ohio (C&O)'. Please check back later." and the Number of Active Units in Stock is

For those of you who have or will get the kit here is my attempt at the correct instructions. All references are viewed as looking at the UF with the car upside down. Fill the center of centersill

Why? Most the things the ICC did were goofy, too. The state public utilities commissions weren't nay better. I'm sure it was never illegal to ship your own cement in your own truck. I'm sure the

Was it ILLEGAL to ship cement in bulk by truck before 1959??? That's just goofy! I think the demise of L&NE was mostly due to closure of anthracite mines, following the disastrous recession and steel

Microscale has the 87-1045 in stock at 6.00? http://www.microscale.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=CO Rich Orr

Pennsylvania's PUC ruled to allow bulk shipment of cement by truck in 1959. Much new L&NE equipment almost immediately became surplus, including covered hoppers and PS-1's. The PS-1's were on the

Regarding cement routing, here's data illustrating the variety of cars received at Samuel Braens Sons, North Hawthorne, NJ, in September 1954. L&NE 12625 Lehigh Portland Cement, Sandts Eddy, PA via

I'm sure you mean Shasta Dam. What's interesting is that the plant had ceased production by the time of Jack's switchlists. YV wasn't switching the cars around just for the hell of it, so perhaps

I enjoyed all the presentations I attended, but some were better than others. My favorites were Richard's, Keith Jordon's, and the two Tonys. I could relate to Richard's (my display models echoed his

Champ made excellent C&O hopper decals -- SHS-276 (you have to add HH-76 to get the post-1948 herald) Champ HG-121 is a C&O mill gondola