Guys, Great to see many of you over the weekend. I scrambled last week to get one of these cars done, so it was in the case if you had a chance to see it. To...
Guys, Great to see many of you over the weekend. I scrambled last week to get one of these cars done, so it was in the case if you had a chance to see it. To...
I've been running trains! Starting at midnight on a Thursday I ran #71 (hot S. Hammond to Youngtown 2nd class train) this Wednesday evening. Since this train...
If you model Monon, you model UTLX. Standard Oil in Whiting, IN sold the Monon diesel fuel as well as supplied all of the Standard Oil dealers along the Monon...
Hi Mike, When I get further along with tracklaying so I have more places to put equipment on the layout, I'll dig out my S scale versions of these cars and...
Mont, When you say "terminal" do you mean a place where fuel was pulled out of a pipeline? There were also Standard Oil dealers at Monon and Monticello. Also,...
Mont, Thanks for the interesting post. Very exiting to hear the details of how you move the trains around. Even on my small layout keeping the freight cars...
I often saw UTLX tank cars at South Hammond in the 50's, Mike. Both B&OCT and IHB served AMOCO's huge Whiting refinery and both sent near daily transfers into...
Tim T. Swan
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Oct 5, 2007 6:45 pm
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Mike and all, It is no secret that I like to build freight cars. To keep it interesting I have destinations within my hidden staging areas. Purina and...
Mike and all, Right, a terminal is where you can tap a pipe line vs. a refinery where crude is processed into the various grades of petroleum. It has been my ...
Mike and all, Finishing Mikes questions, the refineries originally shipped to the dealers (Reynolds had 3) usually via rail. Then pipelines came along mostly...
There were more than just two refineries in Indiana, Mont. Bet you've even heard of them--I've never heard of Countrymark, though. Besides Standard...
Tim T. Swan
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Oct 5, 2007 8:08 pm
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Hi Mont, I'm glad you have a place to put all of those beautiful cars you've built over the years. I've enjoyed your articles, glad you can keep them coming! ...
Roger, I use old IBM computer card drawers which are just right for an HO 50 ft. car. Unfortunately I don't have enough of them. I keep checking the plastic...
Tim, Yes there were. I'm speaking of now which in fact I operate in 1958. Rock Island was going in Indianapolis back then. CountryMark is the old Farm Bureau...
Friday evening train #70 (northbound 2nd class freight) arrived at Shops pre-blocked with cars for S. Hammond, Monon and Shops. This is how they were blocked...
The MC branch had a lot of interchanges (Erie, B&O, GTW, PRR, etc.) Did the through freights (56/57) or the locals (48/49) do this interchange work? Mont ...
Here is one more for you - Mobil - and it was located south of the canal. So there were actually three refineries in Whiting/East Chicago. Plus NIPSCO had a...
Mont, I have heard from Cookie and Bob Schultz that the more active interchanges ( Erie @ Wilders, GTW @ Haskells) would have blocks of cars set out by 56/57...
Both the Sinclair and Cities Service plants were still in operation into at least the sixties, Mont. ... From: Mont Switzer To: mononproject@yahoogroups.com ...
Tim T. Swan
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Oct 6, 2007 3:00 pm
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... From: Midwest Companies, Inc. To: mononproject@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:15 AM Subject: [mononproject] Re: tank cars Here is one...
Tim T. Swan
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Oct 6, 2007 3:58 pm
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Mont: Near the end of the Monon, #56 worked about everywhere coming up the branch. They did run turns up to Wilders or Haskells. I think alot depended on the...
Thanks for the ideas, Mont. I made one drawer for my old layout; will need several more here on this layout. Of course, 3/16ths scale takes up a bit more...
Mike, I wonder if the poles came down out of Michigan? There are drawings in the archive of an REMC pole yard in Monticello that I'd like to model some day....
You know, this is a real interesting thread, This should be posted on the regular Monon listserv..... Glad I lurk here.... Kevin A. Heggi MONON RAILROAD ...
Mike: It seems the got them off the South Shore and they came from the Pacific Northwest. I don't remember who told this to me. Mike Mike Aufderheide...
Kevin and all, First, many thanks to all for participating in this. The input is helpful as I am continously looking for information on Monon traffic flows,...
Kevin and all, First, many thanks to all for participating in this. The input is helpful as I am continuously looking for information on Monon traffic flows,...
Mike, This sure would improve service and is therefore a missing piece to my puzzle of how they did it so well. Mont _____ From: mononproject@yahoogroups.com...
Well, there wasn't time for much operation this weekend. All of the yard work at Monon is caught up. Found a couple of car cards that although routed...
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