Hi Bob --
Good story. The object in the B&W photo’s lower left corner initially
looked like the “hand of god” (you), until I saw it in color... I thought
I would see the one door stock car in the photo, though!
Bill Winans
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"The price of cattle is on the rise so many of the farmers with small
cattle herds have asked the local depot agent to bring in some stock
cars. The little town of Madra is showing signs of activity at the
siding serving the cattle pens. It's likely the Soo Line will hand this
shipment off to the Milwaukee for the trip to the Sioux Falls stockyards
unless the South St. Paul yards will offer a better price at loading
time." This caption appears in the local weekly paper along with the
attached photo! A colorized version is also attached.
I'm attaching a photo made last night just after I fastened one of the
doors to my Soo Line stock car. I need to attach the second one tonite
and then add the stirrups to complete the construction. As usual the
crew doing the work is running behind, but paint has been obtained and
the guy making the stencils is back at work after completing his fourth
grade spelling test--stay tuned.
The photo contains some of the things we've been talking about in the
last few days. The stock pens started as a vintage DMK kit and then I
built a second one adding a shelter to one side. There is a Railmaster
IH 50's flatbed truck loaded with hay bales, a Ethrl farm truck loaded
with cattle, an old tractor, one of those Chevron promotional tank
wagons and another in the distance made into a cargo wagon. Some metal
grain bins from Rix are located in the distance also. During the 50's
the government purchased surplus grain and had bins built to hold it
all. Most small towns had rows of these.
And lastly at the far left is what is left of my "first ever" structure
kit. It was a stock yard kit from Americana in Wood. Cost me $1.50.
What you received was an envelope of really thin stripwood, some badly
duplicated instructions and a little chunk of coat hanger wire. What
was needed was a scissors, some glue and lot's of prayer to make it
work. What is left intact after all these years is a water tank and an
office--I figured out those parts has now survived 50+ years they
deserves a spot on my layout despite being rather crudely made. I was
in the fifth grade at the time.
Bob Werre
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