Exhibit 24.2


                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of William M. Barrett and Gary W. LaChey, or any one of them,
each acting alone, his true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full
power of substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, in connection with the Registration Statement on Form S-1 or Form
S-4 with respect to the 11% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 or the 13% Senior
Subordinated Notes due 2013, as applicable (the "Registration Statement") of
Neenah Foundry Company (the "Company"), Advanced Cast Products, Inc., Dalton
Corporation, Dalton Corporation, Warsaw Manufacturing Facility, Dalton
Corporation, Stryker Machining Facility Co., Dalton Corporation, Ashland
Manufacturing Facility, Dalton Corporation, Kendallville Manufacturing Facility,
Deeter Foundry, Inc., Gregg Industries, Inc., Mercer Forge Corporation, A&M
Specialties, Inc., Neenah Transport, Inc., Cast Alloys, Inc., Belcher
Corporation and Peerless Corporation (collectively, the "Guarantors"), under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), including, without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, to sign the Registration Statement in
the name and on behalf of each of the Company and the Guarantors or on behalf of
the undersigned as a director or officer of each of the Company and the
Guarantors, to sign any amendments and supplements relating thereto (including
post-effective amendments) under the Securities Act and to sign any instrument,
contract, document or other writing of or in connection with the Registration
Statement and any amendments and supplements thereto (including post-effective
amendments) and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, including this power of attorney, with the Securities
and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities
self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and
thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to
all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his
substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS HEREOF, the undersigned has signed these presents this 4th
day of December, 2003.



                                                       /s/ Gary W. LaChey
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                                                       Gary W. LaChey