The solvent was methanol.
W. D. Hoy
--- In CBQ@yahoogroups.com, Jpslhedgpeth@... wrote:
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> I'll bet nobody, or maybe just a few "old coots" know what Ted means when re
> refers to "Ditto Flyers....they smelled so good".
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> The "jelly" used in the "ditto" process had a very unique and special
> odor...Kind of sweet and very pleasant...I can't describe it, but I would
> recognize it instantly..
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> Right Ted
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> Pete
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Theo <hi_jeanx@...>
> To: CBQ <CBQ@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 3:43 pm
> Subject: [CBQ] CB&Q Trip February 19, 1966 - St. Louis to Hannibal Behind 4960
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> Way back, three Wesleyan students rode what was billed as the Last Steam
> Excursion Via the CB&Q out of St. Louis Union Station. The date was February
> 19, 1966. Handing out ditto fliers (they smelled so good) and getting $.50
> dues, they recruited 110 others on the trip to fight to save CB&Qs steam,
> with their ultimate effort what became the Monticello Railway Museum. I don't
> remember much of the rest of the trip, but the early action was spectacular
> on a nearly windless, grey day that allowed the 4960's plume to rise
> majestically perhap 400 feet, with hundreds of people on the top of the levee
> in a
> strictly-enforced photo run-by line getting a thousand shots and movies
> (there were 800 people on the train at least).
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> The museum needs a slide or photo of that event to use in its PowerP show
> history being put together.
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> If anyone can find something they could use, it will be to great thanks.
>
> Ted Lemen
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