In St Joseph Mi there is a large cement storage building. Cement is brought in by ship via Lake Michigan. Before 1970 also by rail. The rail siding is long gone. Large trucks take it to the batch plan

A couple of pictures of cars the 40 foot NJI&I boxcar was in Rantoul IL. in the 1960s The Wabash 49114 is in North Judson IN. The stencil reads "when empty return to NJI&I RR South Bend Ind" Ron Chris

I found this picture of a Burlington Route ice refrigrator in my files. I thought someone would be interested. The stencil reads built 8 37. Ron Christensen

try again I would guess most people who buy distilled white vinegar do not believe it is an alcohol based product. Apple vinegar is more expensive. I wonder how cold it has to get before distilled vin

On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 01:16 AM, Ken Vandevoort wrote: I worked at my uncle's grocery store while a high school student in the early 60's. We sold Speas Vinegar. We also had bulk vinegar (apple cider

It is my understanding the tank cars were used in company fuel service. The western part of the system used oil as a steam engine fuel. It might have made been used in spraying, but I suspect the comp

This is a picture of a real car used on a private railroad for cattle feeding, it resembles the model. Picture from an old 1953 Railroad Magazine Ron Christensen

I took this photo at Rantoul, IL. 1969 Ron Christensen

This is the first time I have heard strawboard, it makes sense that the Cherry paper mill in Tama, Iowa, was making that product . In the late 40 the school toured the plant. They had many bales of st

I took this picture of ACL ventilated boxcar at Thomasville GA may 1964. Ron Christensen

I have a question on seat color. As I remember the Formal 300 we had, had a plastic like cover that was silver in color. It was our first tractor with any kind of seat covering. before that the seats

Interesting comparison I wondered what the cylinder should look like if the brakes were off, so I modified a cylinder. As far as I know no one manufactures a cylinder with the push rod in. Ron Christe

The white fence on both side of the track is interesting, especially since there is only a corner on the far side. i think it is a mail box maybe for a RR section man? Ron Christensen Jack we missed y

With some talk about scrapers I thought I would photograph a few of my collection. I think most are out of this time period. You can judge. The manufacturer is marked on the photo, except the one mark

I found this one the internet "One of the first pieces of equipment I noticed was this 1954 Euclid S7 scraper. Powered by a 4-71 Detroit Diesel attached to a 5 speed manual Clark transmission this gre

Look at Alexander Scale Models. Tomar has been sold to a west coast company Alexander has the haunted house, school house and soon the B&O tower on sales In the Stewart line there are many castings in

I found a couple of pictures of 8 hatch reefers. These were taken by a Clint Laramie in Canada about 1970. Ron Christensen

I have a clinic on brakes and this is a side note on retaining valves. Hopefully the PDF works. Ron Christensen

This is funny. When we were making the CNWHS Modeler we had a Q & A. Well we ran out of Qs so we started making them up. As you see my name. What was missing from the original E mail was the correct a

Very nice model, good work. I'm working on a brake clinic and the third lever is very interesting. I would like to know more about it. I wonder if a prototype photo can be had. Thanks Ron Christensen