Thanks for the update, Mark D. Send our best wishes and Godspeed for a quick and full recovery his way. I'll try to text him once I'm fairly...
Seems like it was a gallant effort; I suppose it was designed to allow connections from "Memphian" #806 slated to arrive in Chaffee around 3:25am...
Welcome back, Bill. I definitely recognize your name from the early newsletters. I'm not too far away in Columbia. If you're ever in town, feel...
I need to look back through some of the standard drawings that Karl shared a while back, but the feed store has a strong standard section house...
Always look on the brigh side of life ::insert whistling refrain here::
Whilte I've not tried it, I believe I've read of using a heat gun, in combination with a flathead screwdriver if needed. Feels like a hair dryer...
Welcome to the group, Dave. I always enjoyed trips over to the Union County (IL) Wildlife Refuge and the chance to see what was then the ICG. I...
Fascinating summary, Karl - pass along our thanks to John Grady for the details. Off track, but the Mizzou marketing person with whom I work at...
A link to that same photo with a very brief description via Ted Culotta's original "Steam Era Freight Cars" page:...
Welcome to the group, Jake. Always exciting to see anyone interested in and passionate about researching and preserving Frisco history.
This brings back some fond memories! And it's unusual, for from my vantage point on East Davidson Ave. just above the Chaffee speeder house and...
I am fairly certain I have seen articles on how to recreate the "chalking" effect with models. But I'll be doddurned if I can remember where I...
Looking back over some notes, I came across the consists for the aforementioned trains , Nos 806 and 801 respectively, as listed in an accident...
I will have to look back at the old Mike Condren "Paint Shop" columns. But for the reasons Karl's outlined, I would guess that the E7As (EA7s)...
Some of my favorite portions of the old Frisco Employees' Magazines are the "Locomotive Fuel Performance Reports." It doesn't take much reading...
This is really looking great Tim. Right down to the truss rod gap in the turnbuckle. Jog my memory, is this HO-scale?
It doesn't diminish the fact that it's a fabulous photo of the general KC area environs. The level of detail in the photo is splendid.
Safe travels, Karl. My hope is that the snowfall forecast and accompanying hype is a matter of the bark being worse than the bite.
Ethan, I'll be interested when wiser heads weigh in. For this time frame, I always assumed that it depended on the location. Fairgrounds...
Neat finds, Richard. Looks like a surprising amount of tonnage behind the RS-1 for train No 875 or No 876. I am not familiar with the...
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