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by fmilhaupt
Mon Mar 25, 2024 5:41 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: 2024 North Central Region - Spring Modelers Meet
Replies: 1
Views: 214

Re: 2024 North Central Region - Spring Modelers Meet

About 60 people turned out for the meet. The Senior Center was a nice location that easily accommodated everyone.The BBQ truck the host committee brought in for on-site lunch was quite good and a bit faster than most other trucks I've seen. Highlights from the display room included Dave McMullian's ...
by fmilhaupt
Mon Jan 01, 2024 9:50 am
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: Christmas Gifts 2023
Replies: 2
Views: 2330

Re: Christmas Gifts 2023

My brother-in-law gave me a Rider's gift certificate, but otherwise I didn't receive any model railroad-related gifts this year.

I did, however, give my brother a LocoBuffer-ng (computer-LocoNet interface) to refresh his Digitrax equipment and experimentation collection.
by fmilhaupt
Fri Dec 01, 2023 8:55 am
Forum: Historical Q & A
Topic: SRI North Pole Express Article in Dec. 1 Detroit Free Press
Replies: 2
Views: 1442

SRI North Pole Express Article in Dec. 1 Detroit Free Press

The Free Press ran a rather good article on SRI's North Pole Express and the history of 1225 in its December 1, 2023 online edition. The photography is outstanding for this sort of article. It's paywalled as a subscriber-only article, but for those who have a subscription you can find it here: https...
by fmilhaupt
Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:36 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: NS Rawsonville
Replies: 12
Views: 3424

Re: NS Rawsonville

chapmaja wrote:
Thu Nov 09, 2023 8:23 am
fmilhaupt wrote:
Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:27 am
A friend who hauled those containers for a few months told me that they go to the Republic facility in Carleton.
Thank you. Does he have any idea where they come from? My guess is Massachusetts.
My friend confirms it comes from Massachusetts.
by fmilhaupt
Thu Nov 09, 2023 7:27 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: NS Rawsonville
Replies: 12
Views: 3424

Re: NS Rawsonville

A friend who hauled those containers for a few months told me that they go to the Republic facility in Carleton.
by fmilhaupt
Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:03 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Diamond in Grand Rapids
Replies: 16
Views: 3827

Re: Diamond in Grand Rapids

Yup, Fuller Junction is where the GTW's Grand Rapids Subdivision crossed the C&O's Baldwin Subdivision. The crossing at Fuller was protected by signals and a smash gate. The photo you mention is of the February 7, 1954 collision between GTW Mikado #3752, pulling a freight train running as Extra 3752...
by fmilhaupt
Fri Jun 02, 2023 7:13 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Whistle Stop Caboose Ice Cream
Replies: 11
Views: 1984

Re: Whistle Stop Caboose Ice Cream

Ice Cream Caboose in Alto wins points from me for having an olive burger with real sliced olives, as opposed to the mayo-based topping with hints of olive flavor that has become common at many burger joints in West Michigan.
by fmilhaupt
Mon Feb 20, 2023 10:10 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: Times have changed, AAShow
Replies: 4
Views: 3751

Re: Times have changed, AAShow

Yeah, Garry, the chicken sandwich was bad too-- it was the most miserable dried-out thing I've tried to eat for as long as I can remember. At least the sausage with onions and peppers was tasty. There were quite a few vendors with especially well-priced stuff this year, and a decent variety to choos...
by fmilhaupt
Sun Dec 04, 2022 11:21 am
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: SE Michigan Model Train Show and Sale - November 27, 2022 in Saline
Replies: 11
Views: 16463

Re: SE Michigan Model Train Show and Sale - November 27, 2022 in Saline

One of the things I enjoy about train shows is that I often find used things that I wouldn't on eBay- in my modeling niche (HO scale, 1940s-1950s PM and C&O), an awful lot of what I look for comes from guys getting out of the hobby who can't or won't do eBay. Or, more often lately, their buddies sel...
by fmilhaupt
Mon Nov 28, 2022 5:53 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: SE Michigan Model Train Show and Sale - November 27, 2022 in Saline
Replies: 11
Views: 16463

Re: SE Michigan Model Train Show and Sale - November 27, 2022 in Saline

One of the things that has hurt train shows in general is that we've lost a lot of the guys who sell trains and related stuff as a regular business in the past several years. G&G Hobbies out of Leslie used to buy quite a few tables at shows and was a good reliable source of new N scale. Closed and g...
by fmilhaupt
Thu Nov 24, 2022 8:56 am
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: SE Michigan Model Train Show and Sale - November 27, 2022 in Saline
Replies: 11
Views: 16463

SE Michigan Model Train Show and Sale - November 27, 2022 in Saline

This Sunday, November 27, Rails on Wheels is holding its annual Southeast Michigan Model Train Show and Sale at the Washtenaw Farm Council Grounds, between Ann Arbor and Saline, from 10am to 3pm. The show features over 100 sales tables offering model trains and railroadiana, as well as several opera...
by fmilhaupt
Thu Nov 17, 2022 5:50 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: Lansing show, fun?
Replies: 1
Views: 3744

Re: Lansing show, fun?

That was a pretty impressive line at opening. I went in not really looking for anything in particular, but just like the last three times I've gone to the show, I left with barely enough cash to buy a late lunch. I got a bunch of Tomar signals for effectively $10 per signal head, then bought Chuck G...
by fmilhaupt
Sat Oct 29, 2022 8:09 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership
Replies: 283
Views: 919411

Re: ADBF/JAIL Changes Made Under New Ownership

Do we have confirmation that the dinner trains are kaput? They still have a "Dinner Train" tab on their website with the statement: At this time, due to the Covid-19 Pandemic we are not running the The Murder Mystery Dinner Train©. We do not have an expected return date. The website will be updated...
by fmilhaupt
Sat Oct 29, 2022 9:13 am
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: October 2022 obituaries
Replies: 12
Views: 13007

Re: October 2022 obituaries

October 28: W. Allen McClelland - a model railroader from Dayton, Ohio who, in the early 1970s pioneered and popularized many ideas that have become basic tenets of model railroad operation philosophy and design. His HO scale Virginian & Ohio was covered heavily in the model railroad press and was c...
by fmilhaupt
Fri Oct 28, 2022 11:11 am
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Old Piggyback Trailer Seen
Replies: 6
Views: 3511

Re: Old Piggyback Trailer Seen

At first mention, I thought that might have been the CGW trailer that was back along Catholic Church Road or Parman Road west of Stockbridge back in the early 1990s (and might still be), but the one I remember was mostly white or silver with a horizontal stripe across the side about a quarter of the...
by fmilhaupt
Sat Sep 17, 2022 11:23 pm
Forum: Chit Chat Babble Room
Topic: September 2022 Obituaries
Replies: 12
Views: 9082

Re: September 2022 Obituaries

Attila "Art" Zombor passed away on Thursday, September 8. He was 85 and one of the last remaining members of the former Allen Park Model Railroad Club (if not the last). He served as merchandise manager for both the Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society and the Pere Marquette Historical Society acros...
by fmilhaupt
Wed Aug 24, 2022 4:21 pm
Forum: Model Railroading
Topic: What Railroad Do You Model.......
Replies: 44
Views: 36933

Re: What Railroad Do You Model.......

I recently took a good look at the space I'll have (the "lifetime layout" goes into our next house, and we already know which house that is), and scaled back my plans. My original plan was to model the Pere Marquette in HO from Benton Harbor-St. Joe to New Buffalo and maybe on to Michigan City. As I...
by fmilhaupt
Tue Aug 16, 2022 8:55 pm
Forum: Michigan Talk
Topic: Study Time....again - A2TC commuter rail project
Replies: 213
Views: 109781

Re: Study Time....again - A2TC commuter rail project

I call dibs on doing the next study in 2027!
by fmilhaupt
Thu Jul 28, 2022 7:02 am
Forum: Indiana Talk
Topic: Question about the C&O in Michigan City
Replies: 2
Views: 9291

Re: Question about the C&O in Michigan City

Thanks! That helped me to eliminate a couple of dates that had been suggested. Now I can at least narrow it down to the depot having been demolished between 1952 and 1961, which is an improvement. The lack of any driveway and parking by 1952 implies that while the depot was still standing, the PM or...
by fmilhaupt
Mon Jul 25, 2022 8:57 am
Forum: Indiana Talk
Topic: Question about the C&O in Michigan City
Replies: 2
Views: 9291

Question about the C&O in Michigan City

I'm editing an article that was sent to me on the PM/C&O Michigan City passenger depot and freight house buildings at the corner of Arthur and Franklin Streets Would anyone be able to give me the approximate date that each of these were demolished? The material I'm working with is a bit confused on ...