A friend sent me via snail mail an article out of the NMRA BULLetin about a flat car loaded mobile home in HO Scale. Included in the article were photographs...
Keith, I never knew mobile homes/trailers were manufactured in Spencer WI in addition to Marshfield WI. I vaguely recall trailer/mobile homes transported via...
Gerry: I had best explain Mobile Homes to you. The Mobile Home Industry in my portion of the State begins with Pittsville Homes in Pittsville, and extends...
... ============================================= My Scanner hasn't worked in a number of years because ir refuses to interface with Windows XP, plus, I think...
I noticed in the latest Model Railroader that a Canadian firm is now selling acrylic paints in Canadian colours. The company is True Line Trains. They list a...
Keith mentioned damage to mobile homes on flat cars. Long ago I heard about a mobile home too wide to pass through the snow bank cuts of North Dakota. Train...
Mobile Home Plants Mobile homes; The mere mention of them conjures up "Trailer Parks", or, "Mobile Home Parks" with attendant images of less-than-well-to-do...
SooLineHistoryGreat read Keith and quite interesting. You alluded to modulars as being factory built like Wausau homes. Modulars are actually preassembled and...
Tuch: As I recall, the FEMA Houses were/are not wider than the Extreme Width of a Flatcar Deck---which is, what? 10' 2"? I don't remember. Anyway, there were...
What SOO Line Freight Car book? Ken Soroos's book? Did even the 1st edition ever get into print? I've been waiting for almost 3 years now!! Hugh [Non-text...
I had heard through the grapevine that some of the pictures which were to be used in the book were displayed at the last Soo Line Convention, but when they...
... I haven't heard that, and I've proofread some parts of it since last years convention. One of the problems is since this is only going to be done once, it...
List: I've happened upon more specific information on Mobile Homes. Prior to 1963, the houses were "10 Wide", slang for ten foot wide. In 1963, Rollohome...
HI: I can remember hauling 12 foot wide trailers thru FDL to Chicago. They were placed right behind the units. One night one of the mobile homes blew off the...
On Mon, 11 May 2009 21:57:10 -0500 ... I don't know anything about any photos walking away but I do know the project is being actively worked on by Ken Soroos...
Guys, Reid Van Sluys very politely informed me that my earlier e-mail on this subject sounded extremely critical of Ken. That was not my intent and I...
Replying to Larry Markow's posting: Then, sending Mobile Homes up the Ashland Line to Prentice, then westwards to Ladysmith makes complete sense. Between Owen...
Take Heart, those of you that are waiting with baited breath on the Soo Freight Car Book, it'll come out next year. I know this because, as regrettable as it...
has anyone modeled a iceharvesting operation? large houses? care to share images? suggestions? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Does anyone here know how the DSSA utilized there locomotives? Looking for information on how the Baldwins and RS-1's were used before the SOO merger. Which...
Hi Guys: Here's a list of engines used during the 1950's and 60's. RS-1's mostly yard engines at Soo, St. Ignace and passenger trains before the Budd Car was...
Are you asking about railroad icing operations or the commercial ice trade? As it lasted longer, the railroad side of things is pretty well documented....
.....and I suspect off-topic: Who here ever got a photo of DM&IR's Pulpwood Gons in the 3500/3600 number series? The reason I ask is because I recall the cars...
i am mostly asking about the use of rail at the big ice houses.. in TOwn of Salem, four lakes - Camp Center SIlver and ROck all shipped ice to chicago on the ...
Does anyone have any information concerning the Soo's small fleet of Mechanical reefers. I know that they had a total of 19, but two different orders or...
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