Don, to verify that, I was on the committee to raise money for the caboose. The Rock Island heritage had been obliterated on the exterior, but was...
So much to think about on the 1903 map. Looking at Andre's 2011 post, the assumed trolley line does look like part of a loop from the line in...
And the answer is yes. They are the first sheets in the pdf version that was posted.
I've not been on the site a lot lately, and looking around got me back on this thread. There was no date on the package of diagrams that I got...
Things were different back then. The MoPac installed a version of CTC on their line that crossed in from Olkahoma to handle traffic during WWII....
Andre, I don't think that was on any track charts I have seen. Interesting. Most meat operations in our general area weren't large. Armour had...
Joe, I am going to have to come over and see the bridge when you get a little further on. After more than ten years, my trains are still getting...
For a little more information on the steel mill, it's in an industrial area off the MP's old Greenwood branch. You don't see it from Hwy 71, just...
Pete, you are just a little too far up the river for any railroad action. You could float down to Gilbert for the old roadbed of the original...
Tom gave talks to many groups, including our local club. Whenever I would bring up some subject, he would know lots more about than I. Several...
The Northwest Arkansas show is Saturday Feb. 27, at the Springdale Convention Center. As usual there are several operating layouts plus 160...
Nice looking, but I have drawers full of brown boxcars needing to be renumbered. More cars than I need for the layout, much less the...
Good to hear from you. I would second the motion on a module, or a shelf for switching. Try some scenery techniques, etc. I wish I had more...
I was in that neighborhood last weekend, saw a little action going by. Wanted to say that if you haven't seen his work, Bill Herbert has albums...
Joe, do you have drawings of the building? I have a magazine (somewhere) with the version before back half was two stories. I copied it and have...
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