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peggyrothschildParticipant
We are having the set redone by Hubert Mask and including the Missouri-Illinois
peggyrothschildParticipantFor those who have reserved the upcoming Missouri-Illinois Railroad book http://www.mopac.org/store/m-i-book. Here’s some additional information:
For those that are members of the Missouri Pacific Historical Society, the book is discounted to $68 (plus shipping) until August 25, 2020. The non-members price before August 25 is $74.95 (plus shipping). Processing orders in advance of printing allows the books to be shipped directly from the publisher and avoids double handling and additional expense.
If you are not a member and would like to benefit from the discount, go to: http://mopac.org/mphs-membership to join. Members receive four 48 page magazines and a color calendar in addition to discounts on items in our Company Store. For those interested in railroad apparel, we also have a MR&BT ball cap available for purchase – http://mopac.org/store/mphs-gear/item/592-ball-cap-mississippi-river-bonne-terre-emblem. Joining the MPHS, now, will help us process member orders, with the discount, properly and in a timely fashion.As a reminder books sold after August 25 will be $71 (plus shipping) for members and $78 (plus shipping) for nonmembers.
The book is still on schedule for printing in early September. Those reserving a book you will receive another email in August on payment options.
peggyrothschildParticipantJeff
You might want to list your O gauge freight cars again. I don’t see the listings here.peggyrothschildParticipantAny interest in the MPHS offering decals for the IH tractor? MiniMetals makes one in HO scale. You’d have to scratchbuild the chassis. The container in the photo was a prototype; note it’s being lifted by a steam crane. [attachment=0:1lsqciyh]993C9529-0796-4730-8F60-9A5A016306FC.png[/attachment:1lsqciyh]
peggyrothschildParticipantpeggyrothschildParticipantWill post the link to the store once it’s available. We have 17 of these in stock. 45’ flat car is Chad Boas Kit.
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http://www.mopac.org/store/mphs-gear/item/592-ball-cap-mississippi-river-bonne-terre-emblem
peggyrothschildParticipantThese are now in the store
http://www.mopac.org/store/mphs-gear/item/592-ball-cap-mississippi-river-bonne-terre-emblem
peggyrothschildParticipantHere’s the new cap
peggyrothschildParticipantLuke
The cabs were painted a color called Suede Gray which was a light gray color.peggyrothschildParticipantAMB never did. Bill did a MP scale house but never added it to his catalog.
peggyrothschildParticipantThe scale was somewhat buried in previous emails but yes these are HO. Unfortunately since taking over the company store my experience is HO is profitable. I have order N scale and still have several covered hoppers that haven’t sold and previous N scale boxcars and reefers took a long time to sell.
As to doing these in S scale I can see if I can put you in contact with the designer and you can see if he’ll make them and sell direct to you.
peggyrothschildParticipantThe hump yard at Dupo was built by the St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern which merged with the Mopac Railway in 1917 to become the Missouri Pacific RR. They (Iron Mountain) bought the only mallet (numbered 4000) on the railroad to be used as a hump engine there. The M-I tracks only ran from Kellogg (where the car ferry incline was) to Salem in Illinois.
peggyrothschildParticipantI should receive the first printed proof of the book today. Last week I got an electronic version and forwarded to a couple of individuals that helped with the history and the locomotives and rolling stock for review and to come back with additional information or corrections. The book is at 384 pages. The editor asked to get the changes back to her by June 12 so they could make the July print date. This was originally planned back before RPM was canceled in Collinsville. I’ve since told her we don’t need the books until October for the Missouri Pacific Historical Society annual meet so I and others now have more time to proofread and take more time with decided what photos to keep and enlarge and ones to delete. I purposely included different views of the same subject and those to be dropped are badly focused or redundant. I also want to avoid postage stamp images. I don’t know if you ever bought a railroad history book and had photos that had the locomotives cropped to where the tender or pilot were cut off. This has been the case in several photos and I’m having these changed back to the whole image again. Once I submit the changes I get a second proof for review to ensure all has been properly done and the index will have page numbers.
peggyrothschildParticipantIf I can get prototype photos of the two MP flatcars at Chad Boas makes I will ask Hubert Mask to make up decals. Same with the F&C gondolas as the ones in the kits are pretty bad.
Bill Pollard’s posting of the calendar cards confirms the roofs were painted blue.
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