I've been driving through Pacific Junction, IA lately and have noticed some interesting activity. There have been a lot of sand, gravel and fertilizer...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Sep 4, 1999 4:44 pm
This from the Ldsig (I know most are on it) very interesing so I edited some stuff out and forwarded it. Thanks DaveH. ... industry) ... covered ... loaded ......
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Jeff Scarbrough
jeff@xxxxx.xxxx
Sep 4, 1999 5:40 pm
... <Much fascinating stuff snipped> I have been perusing Sanborn maps of Athens, Georgia from 1907 to 1928 at the local library. It was astounding to...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Sep 5, 1999 1:51 am
Sounds good Jeff, enjoy! JonC ... From: Jeff Scarbrough <jeff@...>...
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christian bell
bellcxb@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 11, 1999 10:16 am
Coal mining is a focus on so many Eastern based layouts. Has anybody done much with So. IL strip and down in the hole mines around Peoria or so?...
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Andrew Keeney
akeeney@xxx.xxxx
Sep 13, 1999 1:45 am
Christian, I'm modeling the Nashville area with a major fictional north-south line running from the great lakes to the gulf. I love coal train operations and ...
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Dave Nelson
muskoka@xx.xxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 13, 1999 1:58 am
The CB&Q Historical Society recently published a large edition covering these coal fields. They have a web page and you can order a copy. The feds published...
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Robert Joseph Amsler,...
ramsler@xxxxxxxx.xxx....
Sep 13, 1999 3:44 pm
Andrew Keeney wrote: " Where else in the midwest could coal mining be found (western Kentucky, southern Indiana, western Tennessee?)" We have a number of mines...
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Paul/Celine Kossart
kozys@xxxxxxx.xxxx
Sep 13, 1999 4:44 am
... I just recentlly found out that the IC got coal from some of the same Southern Illinois coal mines that the CB&Q did. That could be your north/south...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Oct 6, 1999 3:52 pm
On the trip this last week to the SP historical Technical meet I found some industry of interest. Besides serving the lumber mill the Yreka western serves an...
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ricky@xxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Oct 12, 1999 6:40 am
Check out these sites posted on the Layout Design SIG list...good info! http://netnet.net/~elbe/local_jobs.htm http://www.fortunecity.com/marina/greatpier/120/...
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Paul Barker
pbarker@xxxxxxxxxx.xxxx
Nov 3, 1999 4:48 am
... There used to be a number of small open pit coal mines in south central Iowa. Most of these would have been out of business by the middle of this century....
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Andrew Keeney
akeeney@xxx.xxxx
Nov 3, 1999 5:49 pm
Thanks Paul, I appreciate the info. Andy...
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jdhofmockel@...
Nov 8, 1999 2:03 pm
Hi Jeff! It was good to see you at the KSD show on Saturday! How did the banquet go back in Omaha?? I have another question: I picked up 3 more hot metal cars...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Nov 8, 1999 4:31 pm
Hi guys, Just a note. I was privy to the Walthers new projects sheet the dealers get and amongst the stuff was a photo of the projected Carbon Black car. The...
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Jim Hediger
jhediger@xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 8, 1999 6:05 pm
... For some time now, I've been thinking over the idea of using LEDs to simulate the orange-red glow of a loaded torpedo ladle (bottle) car during operating...
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jdhofmockel@xxxx.xxx
Nov 8, 1999 7:45 pm
Hi Jim! Thanks for the response! This list get so quiet sometimes I thought this would be a good string or subject. I've always been interested in steel mills,...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Nov 8, 1999 8:34 pm
Jack, I believe the TH&B served some steel industry areas. You might check info on that railroad. I think in Hamilton but don't hold me to it. ...
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Nicholas Russon
nrusson@xxxx.xxxx
Nov 8, 1999 11:06 pm
... You should know that the Steel City of Canada was Hamilton, Ontario. It had (and still has) a substantial steel industry, with the big two being Stelco and...
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PBEServices/Shipp'nBo...
57tracker@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Nov 9, 1999 3:50 am
... Steel mills in Canada are: Sydney Steel in Sydney Nova Scotia served by CN(Cape Breton &Nova Scotia Ry now), Algoma Steel in Sault Ste Marie on CP(Huron...
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Jim Hediger
jhediger@xxxxx.xxxx
Nov 9, 1999 5:10 pm
... Jack: I use my Huron Steel mill and Jackson Iron & Steel Corp. as the two major customers that have kept the Ohio Southern in business. HS makes ...
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Railhiker@xxx.xxx
Nov 10, 1999 2:56 am
Re THB at Hamilton, my info dates to 1980 or so. There was Stelco and Dofasco in Hamilton shipping tinplate in coils. I was with ATSF and we did a test load...
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PBowers
57tracker@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Nov 11, 1999 10:14 pm
Dear List Subscribers, This was recently sent to list Moderators of the ONElist communities. ONElist and eGroups have agreed to merge. Together, the new...
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Glen Smith
gsmith2@xxx.xxxx.xxx
Nov 15, 1999 2:30 am
... Jack, Sydney, Nova Scotia was a major steel center until the mid 1960s. The mill is still operating but has been downsized considerably since then. Six or ...
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Tim Green
t.green@xxxx.xxxx
Nov 15, 1999 12:28 pm
... There's also the Sydney Steel Corporation home page at: http://www.sysco.ns.ca with a link, of course, from the Trains Canada companies page. ######...
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jdhofmockel@xxxx.xxx
Nov 16, 1999 3:32 am
Hey Thanks Everybody! I appreciate the info! I had forgotten about Dofasco and Algoma. <DOH!!> Now all I've got to figure out is how to include in my layout: ...
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D & L Sand
sandsys@xxxxx.xxx.xxxx
Nov 16, 1999 3:34 pm
... Buy a warehouse? :) Linda Sand...
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Jon Cure
jcure@xxx.xxxx
Nov 16, 1999 4:57 pm
I think you need to find some barge terms on the Great lakes near the steel towns that can fill that need. It's a long way across Canada. JonC.............SP...
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jdhofmockel@xxxx.xxx
Nov 16, 1999 6:50 pm
On Tue, 16 Nov 1999 09:34:22 -0600 "D & L Sand" <sandsys@...>...
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PBowers
57tracker@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
Nov 17, 1999 8:15 pm
For those of you interested is the50's, the Circa 1950's Canadiana Modeller/Collector's List and the Circa 1950's Americana Modeller/Collector's List have...
