From a post on the early rail group. Also an early ballast train. http://www.uiowa.edu/~calvin/image/cpc1192.jpg Ken Martin A -very- modellogenic scene... Capitol City Brick and Pipe Company <http://
There is also this image.... http://www.uiowa.edu/~calvin/image/cpc1129.jpg Location: U.S.; Iowa; Polk Co.; Des Moines. Bob Webber Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http:
Ken, Get phot and info. I notice that the open fram car has a link and pin coupler, so this is a ver eary photo. Any idea what that car was, how it was used and what was in it other than a boiler? Wo
Hello, Ray and Ken - Looks like a "Lidgerwood" unloader. The boiler fed a small steam engine - about like you'd find on a big steam tractor - that powered a winch drum. The winch cable would be dragg