FMIG Newsletters

FMIG LINES 115 pp. 18-34

* Dixon, Jerome & Hancock continued including newspaper photo of old saw mill at Helm, MO, just west of Dixon
* Joplin-Area Branch of Mike Sisk
* T.R.R.A. of John Wilson update
* Springfield Subdivision of MMR Ron Williams with updates from MMRs Jester and Dischinger
* Gary McCullah report
* Frisco Southwest of John Hollembeak including several color photos of his extensive rolling stock collection
* Glenn Young report
* Manitou & Southwestern of Mike Corley
* Jim Rucker report
* Frisco Northern of MMR Richard Napper
* Ft. Worth Subdivision - Irving Terminal of Curtis Baker including several color photos of rolling stock models
* Neches Valley of Ted Ferkenhoff
* St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern of Drew Hackmeyer - layout dismantled
* Joachim Plattin & Southern RR of Patrick Howe
* Epilogue

 

FMIG LINES 116 pp. 1-16

June 1996, the 20th Anniversary Issue

This was the last of the paper info exchanges. It took me a year to put together. It was the busiest year of my 42-year career.

This scan/post project has taken four months. Approximately 2,000 pages are now available here on frisco.org for posterity, or at least as long as Mike gets donations to keep the web site up and running.

* Table of Contents
* Information taken from many e mails regarding: MRP, other layouts, layout lighting, mandarine orange paint sources, Atlanta '95 NMRA National follow up, ballast, double decking, track centers, brass models, HO Atlas wide-vision cabooses, Frisco In Color book
* Career profile and 3 July 1995 interview of Richard C. Grayson
* Frisco diagrams from the Oddballs Decals catalog
* HO Bachmann SD-45

 

FMIG LINES 116 pp. 17-34

* T.R.R.A Belt Lines of John Wilson
* Newburg of MMR Jan Jester
* Springfield Subdivision of MMR Ron Williams
* Dixon, Jerome & Hancock of Doug Hughes
* 1522 report by Don Wirth
* Newburg, Rolla & Cuba of Ken Wulfert
* Carl Junction of Karl Brand
* Jerry Hurt report
* Springfield Yard of Louis Griesemer
* William Crighton report
* JLC&E of Harold Standefer
* Frisco Southwest of John Hollembeak with many B/W photos
* Monett of Dr. Mike Condren
* Missouri, Ozarks & Gulf of Robert Dye
* Fayette & Eastern of David Bogard

 

FMIG LINES 116 pp. 35-50

* Fayette & Eastern (continued) including photos and multi-level track plan - this layout is featured here on frisco.org, or was when the site was first established
* Gulf South Western of Glenn Young with a suggested track plan designed by Doug Hughes
* Manitou & Southwestern - Hobart Subdivision of Mike Corley
* Frisco Northern Division of Ron White
* Frisco Northern of MMR Richard Napper

 

FMIG LINES 116 pp. 51-68

* West Florida Railroad of Thomas Moody including two different track plans as drawn by Doug Hughes using two different software programs - the differences are striking!
* Frisco Southern Division of Dr. W. Wallace McMillan
* Benjamin Hom report
* David Parks report (and then he was gone)
* Andrew Harmantas report
* George Green report (also disappeared)
* Springfield Terminal Division of MMR Rick McClellan including three color photos
* Epilogue (I didn't know at the time that it was the final one)
* Great photo of GP-38 692 and ex AT&SF caboose 1139
* Investigation of the 3/4/96 USAF Flight IFO 21 accident - in Croatia

 

I'll admit there was some sentiment involved in the process. They are hard to read all these years later.

For that reason, I'd like someone else to volunteer to index the set. It won't be easy.

I took pride in the information-to-page ratio being so high.

DJH

 

Doug-

Thanks so much for scanning and uploading the old FMIG newsletters. I had collected a few back in the '80's from Glenn Young and Bob Wintle, if I remember correctly. Having taken our model railroad club's newsletter into the Mac age in the late-1980's, I can appreciate the work involved. In fact, I am now inspired scan our old club newsletters and post them on the club's Yahoo group site.

-Kevin Blair

 

I need to re-download the newsletters, but so far have been unable to download any of the pdfs using IE, Chrome or Firefox. Is there a broken link somewhere or is the problem on my end?

John

 

It isn't just you. I can't get any to open either. I wonder if something got futzed during the server upgrade?????

 

This is the last posting that I have been able to see. Is this correct, or have there been other posts since this one by Keith 2 days ago?

 

Re: FMIG LINES 108 pp. 29-46

Keith, I hadn't seen the Frisco nation go silent this long, so I began to wonder if my computer was at fault. I am glad to know it is not the computer. On a related note, has anyone heard from Manny lately? I haven't noticed his name in a while. Hopefully everything is ok with him.

Terry

 

NL between 46 and 101 did not exist.