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Ok- a couple more shots of the Co-op and I've gotta get back to work. Thank you to anyone taking the time to read/observe: Plenty more to come!

A little more history: Here's the Depot I used to cross every day on my way to school or on my way to the pool in the summertime as it existed circa 1900: And today: And the line's original northern terminus in Okoboji: & Spirit Lake: There was a roundtable just north of the Spirit...

In this fictional scenario, the Milwaukee granger line from Des Moines to Spirit Lake survived and is now operated by the Iowa Interstate Railroad. The depot in my childhood home town of Rockwell City still stands where the line came used to come through, though the rails are long gone (circa...

Yup; one of the rebuilds. Chicago Central would fly through our town at full throttle with six unit lash-ups.

Long time modeler, first time poster. Iowa boy here. Any other fans of Midwest "Granger" railroads? That's my bread & butter.