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New Pages:
Updated pages listed
below new pages
Aberdeen, SDDepot
4/25/2004
Employee Arthur Ray "Pat"
Patrick
3/23/2004
Hanna, IL Depot
2/8/2004
Klossner, MNDepot
5 photos
12/26//2003
J.E. Holub Agent
photos, passes, train orders from 45 years of service.
11/2003
RS-1s 1150 & 744
6/30/2003
Winfield, IA Depot
6/30/2003
Kenwood, MN
6/30/2003
IaC Loco #55
6/29/2003
Clark Propst HO Modeling
2 new boxcars
6/3/2003
Central Ia.
Railway Letter
from 1887
5/20/2003
Badger, IA
5/15/2003
Wood LAke, MN
5/15/2003
Marietta, MN
5/15/2003
New Prague Depot
5/15/2003
Montgomery Depot
5/15/2003
Marietta Depot
5/15/2003
Carver, MN
5/14/2003
Angus, IA
5/15/2003
Givin, IA Depot
4/27/2003
Maxon, IA Depot
4/27/2003
Wayland, IA Depot
4/26/2003
Gibbon, MN - Steam No. 4
4/14/2003
M&StL Steam 229
4/5/2003
M&StL Steam 66
4/5/2003
M&StL Steam 141
4/5/2003
M&StL Diesel 147
4/1/2003
Livermore, IA
3/27/2003
New Prague, MN
3/6/2003
Rippey, Iowa wreck
3/6/2003
Paul Dinoto,
Conductor
3/6/2003
Kiethsburg, Illinois
3/6/2003
Morning Sun, Iowa
3/5/2003
Otisco, MN, Depot
2/24/2003
M&StL
Steam #228
2/24/2003
Moravia IA, Depot
A question
2/14/2003
New Information on these pages:
Back to new pages
M&StL Employees
10/14/2004
Hanley Falls, MN
new photo
12/26/2003
M&StL Lantern
information
11/15/2003
Depot Page
take a virtual tour
8/?/2003
Doodlebug Page
links to Jim Sands photo album
9/12/2003
M&StL Locomotives
links to Jim Sands photos
8/3/2003
Keithsburg, IL
7/14/2003
Kenwood Depot
7/14/2003
Gibbon, MN
new photo
7/10/2003
Marshalltown, IA
photo of IaC shop 6/30/2003
Zearing, IA Depot
6/30/2003
Rippey, Iowa
new story
5/15/2003
M&StL Time Tables
new table of time tables
5/15/2003
Eden PrairieDepot
new photo
5/14/2003
Hopkins Depot
new photo
5/14/2003
Chaska, MN
new photo
5/14/2003
St. James, MN
5/14/2003
Kanawha, IA
new photo
4/29/2003
D-939
new links
4/18/2003
M.O.W. page
photo of X-11 wrecker
4/17/2003
Winthrop, MN
new photo
4/14/2003
M&StL Locomotives
table listing last steam
4/12003
Cedar Lake Yard
note from Paul Dinoto
3/6/2003
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Alco spotted on the Ham track south of 3rd NE Mason City while the
crew was
up the street at the Pok-A-Dot Cafe drinking their lunch.
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January
24, 2006
Today I moved the site to www.cashgroth.com from
www.eldora.net/lyndon/ .
Because of this change a few of the features of this site may
not be working properly for a while.
Most of the email links on the site are outdated so you will need
to send all email to the new address
eldoracoal@yahoo.com
I've moved twice and
started a new business in the past year.
Things are beginning to get back in balance for me now so I hope
to get
back to work on this website. Please sign the guestbook....it
gets me
going when there are interesting new stories there to ad to the
site. Cash |
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M&STL
Depot in Aberdeen, South Dakota.
M&STL Depot in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Local group looking to
restore. Could we call on you for advice or assistance? Bill
Sommer BILLSOMMER @ webtv.net |
M&STL Depot in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Local group looking to
restore. Could we call on you for advice or assistance? Bill Sommer
Mike Porter's Crummies
Presents
The Minneapolis & St. Louis Bay Window Wood Caboose
CLICK HERE
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New model will work for Eldora depot.
Blair Line has
released HO and N scale models of C&O #1 depot. This is nearly
the same design used in Eldora, Iowa.
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How
do I find something on this #*%$ Website?
Was the M&StL just some Mom & Pop small midwestern
railroad?
See what you think after you take a look at this photo from the
Minnesota Historical Society which shows the construction of the
Minneapolis-St. Louis Extension bridge over Cottonwood River, south of
New Ulm.
I put this link here to show you an example of the quality of the
photos behind the MHS links throughout this site. This link and others
like it are on the New Ulm page.
http://collections.mnhs.org/VisualResources/VRDBImages/pf031/pf031818.jpg
They recently changed servers so if you find an
outdated link on this site please let me know.
mstl@eldora.net
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Take
a Virtual Excursion on the M&StL
This is a project that is still under
construction but I would like your
fedback before I get too far.
Click here to plan your trip! |
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New
Items listed Upcoming M&StL Events
M&StL
Tidbits / History
Nicknames, Maps, Time
Tables, Train Orders, Facts and
other good stuff.
M&StL
Town by Town
I will build a page for each city or location that I receive
information about.
Please send your short stories about growing up near or working for
the M&StL.
Depots
of the M&StL
Please add to the list by sending a copy of any depot photos you may
have.
Employees
of the M&StL
From the Chief to the section hand, this is where you can read or add
stories of the people who made the M&StL a railroad.
Photos:
M&StL / CNW /and others
    
Links
M&StL, C&NW and other railroad links of interest
to modelers, history buffs and railfans.
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Please
make regular contributions to this project. The work that is going
into the research will provide a wealth of future M&StL
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Iowa
Central Page 
M&StL
Engineering Drawings
I recently found 26 original M&StL engineering drawings at a
small antique store. They date from the 1920's to the 50's. Most are
for the GE gas-electric cars. There are also some caboose, freight
car, passenger and M.O.W. items. One lists truck descriptions and
pattern numbers for freight cars by series.
M&StL
Modeling Page
M&StL
Decal Sources
Please take a moment to look at the guestbook. There are many
interesting notes about the Louie from all over the world. This is my
personal favorite page in the whole website. It's neat to see the
connections this railroad has continued to have with us even a
generation since it's merger into the C&NW.
M&StL
Cedar Lake Shops
M&StL/C&NW
Books and articles
M&StL/C&NW
Railroadiana (Train Stuff)
Some of the things you will find in the Groth Museum of Railroad
History and Technology (my basement)
M&StL
modeling by Clark Propst
Check out some of Clark's outstanding M&StL modeling. He's
included notes on painting, decals, details and parts.
M&StL
Question & Answer Page
Please take a look and see if you can help answer a question. Add
your own question.
M&StL
Reunion ?
Help preserve this caboose
Send me your caption for this photo.
Due to the number of great captions for this I started a new page
CLICK HERE
This sign might work as a caption!
C&NW
Tidbits / History
Nicknames, Facts and other good stuff.
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Click this link to
visit the M&StL Yahoo! Groups web site.
If you are interested in the M&StL you definitely need to
join this email list. Members have access to many additional M&StL
photos and other information.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mstl
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M&StL
Annual Reports
C&NW
Pioneer
My HO scale model and links to other Pioneer information.
Railfan:
One who chases after trains. Come along as I chase after those
endangered green and yellow varmints. Recent sighting include MP15s,
GP38s and a UP train wreck site near Buckeye, Iowa. I have video tape
and photos that cover hundreds of sightings in central Iowa over the
past ten years that I will add as I get to them.
Company
Store
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Calling
all M&StL fans!
My goal is to have as much M&StL information
on this website as I can locate.
You can add you own pictures, stories or news.
Send me a note if you have an idea.
eldoracoal@yahoo.com
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 A
field trip to an old CRI&P roundhouse in Manly Iowa
I used to play in there when I was a kid. It was a furniture
warehouse at that time.
WANTED:
M&StL Items of all kinds
The
HO scale RR that has taken over our basement
Railroading's
Past in Eldora, Iowa
Eldora Railroad & Coal Co. / Iowa Central
/ The Chicago Iowa and Dakota
Minneapolis & St. Louis / Chicago & Northwestern / Union
Pacific
Also included are notes I've collected from anyone who has a memory
of the railroads of Eldora. Read stories from a CNW dispatcher, former
Eldora businessmen and others. Add your own too! I would like to do a
page like this for every town the M&StL served. You can help!
Eldora
Welcome Center and RR
museum
Four
feet eight and one half inches? Who came up with that?
Do you need a website designed or hosted? My Internet
business, MainStreet3 Internet can fix you up with a all of the
services you need to operate a small business or hobby website. I have
hosting packages starting from $20 per month.
If you know of any M&StL information on the web please let me
know so I can add a link. My E-mail address is
mstl@eldora.net
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NOTES :
Thanks to everyone who has
contributed new content to the site.
Hal Reitan son of
M.J. Reitan, the last Chief Dispatcher of the M&StL has loaned
me a box of M.J.'s photos and paper items to scan and add to this
site. I'll post the new pages in the left hand column of this page
as they are added.
There have been a few old wood M&StL
cars that have been located and people have given me pictures to
tease you with. Don't ask me where the cars are located. The
people who own them don't need a bunch of M&StL trespassers on
the property. caboose 1201,
caboose 1306 and
boxcar 19392
I have been receiving more
requests for genealogical information. Please take a look at the
M&StL Employees Page for a list
of tips I've come up with. If anyone else has suggestions let me
know so they can be added to the page as well.
I still have a mountain of
information to add to this site.
New HO scale model photos from Clark
Propst
Photos from Jim Sands,
Don Vaughn,
Dennis Holmes, Fred Knudsen and
Louis Claeson.
Please send stories or notes to
add to the pages for individual towns. As fans we really need to
collect the stories of the people who worked for and lived near
our favorite railroad while they are still with us. I have email
from families who only recently found this information on the
Internet and had relatives pass away before they could get their
stories recorded. Take a tape recorder or video camera along the
next time you visit a railroad friend or relative. Who knows, they
may want to contribute items to the local RR museum or help
finance the AFE project listed below.
What do you think of having a M&StL
reunion?
The interest in the Louie seems to
be growing as evidenced by new scale model
products, a growing
YahooGroups
membership, high prices for M&StL items on eBay and the
growing traffic to this site.
Cash Groth
Remember to sign the guestbook!
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