The two cement plants in Mason City Iowa were served by four of the five class I roads in town. The fifth road would make arrangements with another road to transfer their hoppers and pool box cars.

Just a quick note to let all you folks know that WrightTrak will be attending the weekends festivities at Naperville. See you all there. Let us know what you are interested in and we will be sure to

Many don't know that NWSL sells a very flexible wire (29 guage) whose insulation is silicone. Pull the wire out and you are left with an extremely flexible hose about the size of an air hose. A

I am currently adding details to a Balboa Santa Fe M.180 doodlebug to make it more closely resemble M.177. I have photos of M.177 from the 1940s and in its current condition at Travel Town in LA.

Jim: I think your logic for the time period reference cement hoppers is mostly correct based on information I've read in the hobby press. I believe Mr. Gene Green in his M&STL book, for example,

Jim Betz wrote: In general, no, because cement is widely produced (as you noted) and accordingly shipping charges can't be supported for great distances. But of course overlapping shipping

Jerry Jackson wrote: First printing or second? They are IMMENSELY different in photo quality. Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705

Did cement hoppers travel long distances in interchange service as a common practice? For instance, if you were the conductor on a job working a cement plant did you tend to see a lot of mixture of

And this relates to the topic of FREIGHT CARS how? Bob Chaparro Hemet, CA <centralfloridashops@...> wrote: information

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Folks, my fellow Brit modeller Jim Smith-Wright wrote up his method of 'working' brake hoses a couple of years ago in one of the UK specialist modelling magazines - with his permission I've loaded a

Those who will be attending the Naperville meet and have some knowledge of Soph Marty's slides might want to hint to Martin they'd like to see a few hundred at next years meet during the coffee and

I have a pretty nice copy of "Iron Horses of The Santa Fe" by Worley for sale. I'm making the offer to era specific groups before putting it on eBay, but it will go on tonight 10/22, starting at the

To all: I spoke with Jay Williams, the freight car photo dealer, at a local train show yesterday and he stated that he is looking to share lodging costs with someone at Naperville. Does anyone still

Tom, You are correct and that is a valid point. Dave checks the polarity prior to punching out the glad hands. I had wondered how he managed to maintain this until I saw "Modern Marvels" (I think

Richard Brennan wrote: SPMW was used for cars NOT in revenue service. The cars in W classes were given car numbers in the revenue series, though (most of them being ballast cars) they were

So how did "W" differ from SPMW / SSWMW...? Was "W" used concurrently with the MW designation? Sources/References on this? Thanks... -------------------- Richard Brennan - San Leandro

Richard Brennan wrote: Yes, it was "work." Tony Thompson Editor, Signature Press, Berkeley, CA 2906 Forest Ave., Berkeley, CA 94705 www.signaturepress.com (510) 540-6538;

Bob Chaparro wrote: Tim has already answered this concisely and correctly. But Bob, all the information is in the Box Car volume I did on SP cars. Just look in the appropriate renumbering