Hi All! I'm from Frisco country in southeast Missouri though I live in Nashville now. Spent part of my youth in Sikeston which is on the River Line. I've always been fascinated with Louis Houck's rail lines in SEMO which were absorbed by the STLSF in the early 1900's. What brought me to Frisco.org was researching the "Moose" motorcars that served many small communities in the Bootheel well into the 1940s. A friend of mine used to ride them! The 1937 Employees' Timetable for the River Division-Leachville Sub that I found on the website was very helpful.
Hi Hunter, Enjoy the site and ask plenty of questions. My Frisco connection is through my maternal grandfather, who was a lineman for the QA&P. I know nothing of the Missouri boothill area operations, but many here on the forum do.
Welcome aboard Hunter! I’m sure you will continue to find a wealth of knowledge in the form, and its members. We are glad you are here.
Welcome, Hunter. Had my first experiences with handling a private airplane out of Sikeston Municipal Airport and remember Lambert's Cafe when it was still a Mom and Pop operation. Still have family in Sikeston and Chaffee and surrounding areas.
Welcome aboard from a Cape Girardeau native! My grandpa grew up in the hills and hollers near Zalma and Greenbrier. Spent all my weekends and summers there and explored the ghostly remains of the old Zalma Branch (originally the Brownwood and Northwestern) which was abandoned in 1934-35. It inspired me to replicate sections of it in HO scale. My grandpa also fondly remembered the Bull Moose. If you ever get bored check out my Zalma Branch thread and YouTube video.
Hi Jim, I think your video is fabulous as well as your modeling skills. You are a true craftsman. Are you building? I'm just getting things done so I can start working on layout once more, this will be my 3rd try in the 4 years I've lived here. Have a better mind set this time. Thank you for posting your video, really inspirational!!! Great music, fits the action. Joe
My fire for model railroading has dwindled to embers but I’m trying to stoke the fire. Perhaps I need to get back down to the basement and listen to my loco’s Tsunami decoders chuffing sounds for inspiration.
Your comment rang true for me, as well. Lately, there have been so many projects on the property and the house, that I just don't have the desire or energy to do anything in the railroad room. Yesterday--for the first time in weeks--I cleaned the track on a portion of the layout and cleaned the wheels on an AB set of F units. Maybe something will stir me to get back to railroading...
Man, Jim, I’d forgotten what a great layout you have. I cannot remember, tell me about that 4-4-0. Is it a brass engine?
Just a heavily reworked Bachmann 4-4-0 old timer with a straightened boiler. I used an ancient photo of a 4-4-0 going through Greenbrier as an inspiration. A Tsunami decoder makes the magic happen.
Mine has dwindled a lot too since I am heavily involved in a lot of intense caregiving, don’t have time for much of anything else.
It just eats you up bit by bit. Every morning I wake up and think that I might have a little time for some kind of little project or run some engine for a half hour or so, but by the time you get everything done, you don’t have any energy left to do anything except watch the news. But I don’t mind it at all, taking care of a dear lady that’s been part of my life for over 34 years.
