Must be your computer Ed. I had no trouble, just clicked and the site opened. Click on the image to get a larger view of the image. Another click allowed me to download a jpg or tif of my choice. Doug

Brian, I would say the wheels came of implements not tractors. The wheels are too small and too narrow for tractors. Think manure spreaders, planters, plows, etc. many which had lugs (those bumps) on

At the risk of jail time, the difficulty on clicking on links to access websites, might have to do with your choice of software. I use MS Outlook for email, which gives you the option of enabling embe

Jack, actually the ice dock on the IHB was a double deck affair. What is visible in the photo http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/owi2001016254/PP/resource/ is several rows of reefers with the ice dock i

Eric, Yahoo converts all group messages to plain text. It removes all formatting, including tabs, in the process. Which is why we see some wonderful "text art" in some messages. You can create the mos

Had someone ask me if I knew any details about this photo: Ebay item 181209034658 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-postcard-RPPC-M-STL-Railroad-wreck-Minnesota-1911-/181209034658?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&

Thanks Eric. Very helpful. Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

Mark, if it is a plastic car, ream out the hole with a drill bit sized to match some styrene rod. Then plug the hole with the rod. You can then drill the correct hole without the chance of your drill

Bob, good question. Here’s the article http://forecast.diabetes.org/insulin-jul2013 I can only speculate. The pancreases would have been collected at slaughter houses and labeled as a PHP (Packing Hou

Don’t have photos of a train wreck, closest I have is a wrecked meat reefer filled with meat. But here is an article with photos about a truck wreck, which should give you a good idea of the scenery/w

Dennis for the MSTL list I used a company letterhead image, showing new F-Units in the green n yellow P/L scheme pulling an MSTL train. I have an older letterhead with a steam engine pulling boxcars,

Jeff I was not aware that UP cars were a requisite. Must be why the photo I sent did not work. I had cropped out the UP stuff. I use Firefox, had no trouble changing the MSTL list image. As I sent to

Dave the photo is of the MILW Bensenville yard near Chicago, taken in May 1943 by Jack DeLano. It is from the Library of Congress online photo collection at www.loc.gov The photo is http://www.loc.gov

Yes indeed there were lots of coal mines in and around Centerville Ia, as well across south eastern Iowa at locations like Albia, Ottumwa, Oskaloosa and all the way to Boone and beyond in the Des Moin

A photo of the Empire Coal boxcar is at http://keokukandwesternrr.com/ Click on the models in the menu to the left, the photo will be visible. Apparently the link I provided yesterday is not working f

Jon the further north you went, the more likely coal would get frozen in open cars during winter months. So it’s possible coal was sold and shipped in gunny sacks. But I suspect it was more likely loa

Tim the caption under the photo says the car is coming from Rails Unlimited. That is Ted Schnepf’s company, he has a string of urethane O Scale car kits. I suggest you ask Ted at railsunl@...

And where does this leave those of us whose railroad had “Fowler clones”? Did the clones use the Fowler patent? Should they be called Fowler Clones? Doug Harding www.iowacentralrr.org

I took some photos of the Tangent car within the past hour, they were sitting on a display table. I have created a photo album and am uploading at the moment (very slow connection at the hotel). When

In talking with the fellow at Tangent’s table after lunch today, I learned the 1930 STCX car would probably not work for my 1949 era, as Standard Tank was out of business and most of the cars would ha