Thanks Howard I didn't know that : )

Notice I changed the subject line, even though the list owner changed the subject : ) The CGW hauled iron ore out of SE MN for delivery to Granite City IL, Upper Midwestern fertilizer plants received

You have proof of this? Clark Propst

Nate, "Cement Plants" make cement. "Readi-Mix" (however you choose to spell it) or so called "Batch plants" mix, sell concrete. One's a big place with big machinery and the other isn't : ) Around here

Rick asked. "Did you think I made that up?" No, but you had to have heard it somewhere. I model Mason City and know someone modeling the CGW in SE MN. If there's any documentation of loads into the MC

Just for clarification. They put the dry mix (batch) in the truck first, then add the water ! Clark Propst

Rick, Iron ore wasn't necessarily used in all applications. The mix had a nasty habit of stripping the coating out of kilns. So cement with iron ore added was made just before the kilns were scheduled

I remember thinking I was going to need to buy some of those neat Canadian flat sided hoppers, made by ECW at that time, to bring potash to my layout's feritlizer plant. I was talking about it to a ra

Rick wrote: I have a pail of fine ore from the site of a very small washing plant a few miles east of Stewartville, near my brother's home. Can you take a picture of that stuff. We've been trying to f

Chet wrote: "Life was good before the trucks invaded the mills in 1961." I beleive trucks were allowed in the cement plants here in 60? They may not have started operations till 61? The M&STL had a ba

Sunshine made a mini-kit to do a Wabash car from the P2K model. Clark Propst

I've read it and other books you've done Gene. I know of a couple CGW freight car book that are about worn out. Even found an error in the M&StL book, but can't remember what it was? Think it might ha

Depends greatly on the size and type of kiln. I'll guess 10 - 30% coal to clinker? Clark Propst

Haven't mixed any concrete by hand in 30 years. The ratio is on the bags sold at the lumber yard. Clark Propst

Gene Green wrote: "The cars were natural aluminum with some lettering in black and the rest in green. Problem is I can't remember which was black and which was green. Maybe Clark Propst can help here.

My only gripe with the color books is just that, they only use color photos, so anything that was shot in b/w is left out. Clark Propst

I've recently read that I've been given credit for saying "The more you know, the less you can model." Here's the rest of the story... A couple years ago a friend asked me to join in a 'round robin' o

In this case, maybe the moral of the story is "The more you know, the more excuses you have not to model." Ben Hom Ben, I call those guys "Internet Modelers"... Clark Propst

Thanks for taking the time to scan that conductor's book. I'm starting a new presentation and need information from such records. Thanks again, Clark Propst

Below are a couple intersting routings for SFRD reefers from west of Minneapolis to somewhere on the Pennsy. Date Initials Number Type From F City,State To T City,State Route Contents 1/15/1954 SFRD 3