TAG1014 has the right idea. The heritage color schemes look terrible on these big modern diesels. I remember the Wabash E-6 and PA's when they...
Great photographs and map. It all looks different now with Pittsburg Plate Glass (PPG) having been torn down. Thanks.
Pat, Do not regret not asking your Grandfather. Back in the 1980s when I was working in that area quite a bit, I spent some time following up...
Eye-popping modeling. This fellow has great skills and superhuman patience. Thanks for showing this to us.
Museum quality! Please don't be so modest, you are a very skilled modeler. Mike
Brilliant workmanship and a fine display. As to the number and unit not being correct, I'd refer everyone to Modeler's Rule #1; It's your caboose....
Charlie, I would have that badge looked at by an expert. It may be legitimate, but it is identical to the badge I wore for 10 years as a St. Louis...
Excellent photograph and a beautiful engine, although I also prefer steam engines without sheet metal attachments. Frisco makes anything look...
US Army, Field Artillery 1954-1957, Combat Engineers 1957-1958 plus my Reserve obligation till 1963. Fort Riley, Kansas on the old Kansas Pacific,...
I've been to the top of the Taum Sauk ranger station atop the mountain. If there's any higher spot in Missouri, I don't want to go there. My ears...
That is great, Oldguy. I have that book and another biography. What intrigued me was that Mr. Houck was born in Würzburg, a railroad center in...
Keith, Another book you might want to get is Louis Houck, Missouri Historian and Entrepreneur by William T. Doherty, Jr., University of Missouri...
The map and the follow-up clarify a lot of things and thanks to all of you. I have been to every town on the Saline Valley and have seen...
Last time I was there, about six months ago. the silica plant was still operating.
Thanks for your response, Keith. I was going to suggest a meeting, but as you are in Kansas City and I am in St. Louis that would not be...
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