To All: Monsanto company was a major industry in E. St. Louis in the 1960's. It was a producer of herbicides, animal hormones and agricultural seeds. I scratch built the silos and hopper loader for this industry. I have to add another siding and office building to the site. This industry is located next to the PRR's Rose Lake Yd in Terra Haute, Indiana on the E. St. Louis Rail Group layout. To see photo, click Monsanto title in above post then click attachment image number.

To All: This is a new blog. My name is Elvin Howland from Jacksonville, Florida (previously, Manton, Michigan). I run a business called Layout Concepts. I sell scratch built, kit bashed and kit built kits, paint and letter freight cars and build train layouts. I have a Facebook page called layout concepts that features my work in various categories. My layout is an HO scale double deck one that measures 11' by 21' and is controlled by a Digitrax system. I model 1950-1970 on the layout. The area modeled is E. St. Louis, Illinois.