All, When we talk about stock cars we usually think of long cuts of them loaded with enough cattle to be called a herd. In my part of the country there were a lot of hog farmers who took their fattene

Good suggestion. I do this for my historic vehicles. For the basement I called ORKIN. Took care of rodents and insects. Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing, LLC.

Todd and all, Hmmm. Maybe that is why I have a few mystery dead spots even after the track cleaner has done its thing. I hate to think of it, but maybe a closer inspection is in order. Mont Montford L

I made ear corn loads and corn crib filler out of out of bird seed, painted yellow and glued to Styrofoam fillers. We took a 2 week trip to FL and Cocoa Beach in January during which time a mouse fami

Charlie, I cannot forget the PRR K7A with sound either. Beautiful model but the sound in the damned thing drives me nuts. Mont

Jared, a and stute when combined is astute. He was a good business man. Mont

Andy and all, This reminds me of Overland Models venture into Monon Steam. They ran 3 variations of the Monon's 4-6-2's at the same time. It was over a $1,000 to acquire all three. I think some guys d

Brian Ehni is correct. Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing, LLC. mswitzer@... (765) 836-2914

Schuyler, Overland Models, Inc. (OMI) was Tom Marsh - green boxes, Muncie, IN Oriental Models, Inc. (OMI) was Tony Wenzel – gold boxes, Evansville, IN Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank L

Jeff and all, Without Doc Denny who is going to come up with all of this information? Mont Montford L. Switzer President Switzer Tank Lines, Inc. Fall Creek Leasing, LLC. mswitzer@... (765)

Chalk marks, Don’t forget the loader or unloader who keeps his tally (count of pieces loaded or unloaded) on the car side next to the door opening. Some locations also had checkers chalk the destinati

OK guys, at the risk of sounding like the hack that I am, I developed a method years ago of digitizing slides in a hurry. The resulting photo is usually needed for a model in process. I have a device

Charlie, Reweigh data applied by the Monon was the same size as on newly painted cars, 3 inches. Background colors could be either black or brown depending on a number of things at any given time. Mon

Mike and all, As far as I know the Ottawa, IL sand went to Chrysler Foundry on Indianapolis west side. Sand from Michigan City may have gone there too. FYI Chrysler Foundry consumed 1000 cu. Ft.. Of s

Monon left them on troop kitchen cars converted to storage mail cars after they were placed in MofW service. Those still in passenger service after 1959 got ASF A3s. I have one photo of a car after 19

Bill and all, Only one LO ended up dedicated to Omar Baking in Indianapolis. If I recall correctly from diagrams it was fitted with 20 inch circular round hatch openings ON the original square hatch c

Jim, Consider the cost to keep them serviceable and safe. Mofw cars usually set most of the time only requiring inspection and maintenance when scheduled to move. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Sa

Monon LO of that size handled cement. Foundry sand, limestone dust primary. Mont Switzer Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone

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Bill, Adding to Mike's response, I started watching Monon rolling stock closely from 1963 on and never saw a gray one. Few photos exist. Sunshine offered a mini-kit for this car and Bowser offered the