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CNWHS convention June 6th to 9th

rxensen — Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:27 GMT

The CNWHS convention is getting close now. This year there will not be a formal model contest, but rather a model display. We plan to send a certificate of

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bluffcreektrains@... — Thu, 16 May 2013 01:17:11 GMT

Group, just got 400 wheelsets (HO) from Intermountain. They had some revisions on their 2 bay hoppers but they are in production now. Also plenty of evergreen

Re: Ex-M&StL Jordan Spreader?

Gene — Wed, 15 May 2013 23:55:59 GMT

Mike, Nice shot! Always great to have the people showing, I feel. It can occasionally restrict publication possibilities but, without people, railroads would

Re: Ex-M&StL Jordan Spreader?

MikeyC — Wed, 15 May 2013 15:39:15 GMT

I updated the description thanks to your info. I had also snapped a picture a long time ago of another plowing operation in Southern Minnesota but on a CGW

Re: M&StL Jordan Spreade?

Gene — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:09:47 GMT

Parts from Jordan Spreader X-5, retired in 1943, were used in the construction of M&StL snow plow X-829 so I feel fairly confident that X-5 didn't, won't,

Re: Ex-M&StL Jordan Spreader?

Gene — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:01:24 GMT

The M&StL sold Russell Snow Plow X-5 to the Great Northern in 1956. The hand rails on the roofs of Russells X-7 and X-8 were part of the Russells as built. In

M&StL Jordan Spreade?

Alastair & Lynn Muir — Tue, 14 May 2013 22:36:19 GMT

Mike-- There is a very extensive article in the Winter 1991 (#1) issue of North Western Lines, written by Gene Green, about all of the M&StL snow plows,

Re: Ex-M&StL Jordan Spreader?

Douglas Harding — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:16:04 GMT

Mike that is a photo of X7, one of four Russell snow plows owned by the M&StL, X5-X8. X5 apparently was gone by 1959. X7 was built in 1944. I have 1959 diagram

Re: Ex-M&StL Jordan Spreader?

Gene — Tue, 14 May 2013 21:08:54 GMT

Yes, Mike, thank you for a slow, easy pitch right across the plate. See photograph in Minnesota Historical Society collection at

Re: Ex-M&StL Jordan Spreader?

MikeyC — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:22:46 GMT

Would you happen to have any further information on this Plow? Thanks, Mike http://npgncbq.rrpicturearchives.net/showPicture.aspx?id=2056671

Re: Ex-M&StL Jordan Spreader?

Gene — Tue, 14 May 2013 13:04:19 GMT

The M&StL had two Jordan spreaders as well as other MOW machines with the word spreader in the name. X2 built December 1923 by OFJ & retired April 1947. X5

Re: M&StL F unit on Morton

louisclaeson@... — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:05:27 GMT

One other thing they did was remove the skirting around the fuel and battery tanks on .several units. Louis ... From: cepropst To: mstl

Re: M&StL F unit on Morton

Dennis Bartholow — Thu, 09 May 2013 19:15:07 GMT

Thanks for the info on the F units. If the last possible time that I might have seen a M&StL F unit was 1963, then the oldest I could have been was 4 maybe 5

Re: M&StL F unit on Morton

cepropst@... — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:45:17 GMT

I might add that the CNW stenciled unit numbers on the F unit sides. I believe other not washing them that was the only change the CNW made. Clark Propst Mason

Re: M&StL F unit on Morton

kurthayek — Thu, 09 May 2013 04:33:39 GMT

CNW (ex-MSTL) F3As and F7As 400-413 (14 units) all traded in to EMD in 4-63 for GP30s CNW 810-823 on EMD Order 7653. These were CNW's first (and only) order