$2.95 (Higher in Canada)

HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS ISSUE:

• Snowbound for the Holidays?! • Making Your Own Castings • Milwaukee Road Stock Car Kitbash • • Southern Alco PA3: Converting an Athearn PAl • Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway's Parksville Station • Modeling a Modern Circus Train • Model Photography: Depth of Field • Will the Mechanical Reefer Survive? • For over 90 years, Lionel Trains has been the "war bonnet" paint scheme, the best selling pacesetter in model railroading, bringing more Lionel engine of all time; and the Chessie Steam exciting new trains and innovations to market Special, the famous remake of the commemo­ than any other model train manufacturer in rative locomotive that toured the country in 1977. history. And there are more new Lionel trains and And we're off to a running start for 1991. accessories coming your way this year, each This year we've brought back historic trains designed and detailed to give your layout an like the original Daylight engine, the Southern extra dash of nostalgia and realism. Pacific GS-2 Daylight, one of the most desirable Visit your Lionel retailer soon and get set of the modern Lionel era locomotives; the Santa for all the great new products Lionel has Fe F3 Diesel with the famous to offer in 1991.

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© 1991 LIONEL TRAINS. INC. January . VOLUME 21 NUMBER1991 1

Photo by Nail Bruce

FEATURES 13 ON TRACK: TURNOUT WIRING by Jim Mansfield

15 MILWAUKEE ROAD STOCK CAR: MY FIRST KITBASH by Dean Freytag

16 TRAIN SET - THE SERIES: THE STAGE by Jim Mansfield

18 MODELING A MODERN CIRCUS TRAIN by Bill Hill

22 REMOVAL OF CAST LADDER DETAIL FROM PLASTIC MODELS by Jim Mansfield

24 WILL THE MECHANICAL REEFER SURVIVE? by George Melvin

26 INTO THE RECORD BOOKS - MAINUNE MODELERS BREAK GUINNESS RECORD by Elizabeth White

30 SOUTHERN PA3: CONVERTING AN ATHEARN PAl by Larry Puckett

34 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP: MKT GP7 by Rich Picariello

36 SNOWBOUND FOR THE HOLIDAYS?! OR, THERE'S NEVER A ROTARY AROUND WHEN YOU NEED ONE by Scott Anderson

40 MODEL PHOTOGRAPHY SERIES #1: DEPTH OF FIELD by Bruce Nail

42 BEAVER V ALLEY RAILROAD: TEAR IT DOWN AND START OVERI by Larry Wright

46 ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO RAILWAY'S PARKSVILLE STATION by Patrick Lawson 52 MAKING YOUR OWN - PART II: CASTING PARTS FOR SCRATCHBUILDING by Bob Beaty

DEPARTMENTS 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 10 YOUR TREK PLAN 58 DEALER DIRECTORY

5 EDITORIAL \I VIDEO REVIEW 62 SHOPPING GUIDE

6 NEW PRODUCTS 12 ADVERTISING INDEX SOCIETY PAGE 70 14 RAIL PROJECT RESEARCH

ABOUT THE COVER Blocked by an avalanche, C&S Mogul sits helplessly on a tall trestle high in the Rockies. Will it get to its destination #9 in time for the holidays? Tum to page 36 for story and to learn how the scene was created. Photo by SCOII Anderson. INSET: Sometimes the only way to "fix" a layollt, is to tear it down and start over. Photo by Larry Wright. ..January 1991 Model Railroading • :3 TO THE EDITOR

Run Seemed Real Railroader. Infact, T4.G is the computer program that I referred to in Last my article as the one which proved impossible for to convert from Howdy Randy, me TRS-80 B4.SIC to standard MB4.SIC. After worl..:ing with the 1)4G codefor several This is just a note to tell you how much I enjoyed reading Larry weeks without success, I decided that the 1)4G code was too complex and Puckett's story about the "Last Run of Number 1480" which appeared convoluted to either be easily converted to another fonn ifB4..sIC or to be along with article featuring the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders his adapted to another layOUT. in the October 1990 issue. In fa ct , I read that story twice just be cause I With this in mind, I developed SWI7CHER and designed il so il could liked it so much. converted to other fonns ifB4SIC to adapt to another layoUl. Then, while I thinkinghow about lucky Larry as a young be and easy was sti1l was Based on reader responses, I Ihink I have been successful in my goal. man, I turned to the next page and read the "About the Author" box. Several readers have already converted it to Commodore B4SIC and All I can sayis that Larry had me as a believer for a while; he did a good 64 other versions are on the way. In developing SWITCHER, instead if job with that tale. rewriting 1)4G, I followed a different and much simpler approach 10 Mike Nesbitt implementing local switching; however, both programs do have car codes Olympia, WA and car orders in common. There no intent 10 iglwre Mr. Fink's earlier attempt at developing was SWITCHER Program a switching program. In a hobby like ours, we share our ideas with the Dear Larry (Puckett): hope that others will benefitfrom them and build on them. I can't even begin to tell you how much I enjoyed your SWITCHER article in the October 1990 issue of Model Railroading. As a matter of Teen Association fa ct , "enjoyed" isn't even a descriptive enough term . I don't have an ruM-compatible computer, I have a Commodore 64. Dear Folks at MRG: Needless to say, your program written in Microsoft GWBASIC needed I would like to compliment you on your excellent magazine. There's some interpretation. I still don't know what "LSET" means. Also, the so much useful info rmation in each issue that I can't reading unless start data storage. and retrieval subroutines required total revisions. I have a highlighter pen in hand! I appreciate the thoughtful ness in pro­ But, I I've finally figured it out, and it looks like it works. Once viding indexes of articles in magazines other than your own. The think again, thanks for the program. Yo u've added a new dimension to this thorough lists of detail parts with the diesel modeling articles are great multifaceted hobby. too. Henry Statkowski As the new Pivot Pin of the Teen Association of Model Railroaders, 1. I glad to see a listing fo r TA MR in "The Society Page. " Thanks for Stratford , was CT including us. Could you please substitute my name and address fo r Lone Eagle Payne's? Dear Larry: If only Model Railroading had been around when I a teenager I My was I read yo ur article in the October 1990 issue. Yo ur program looks like modeling would be much fa rther along. Keep up the good work! it should work well on my layout after I figure out all the sidings and car Joh n Reichel orders. I have about 45 sidings and run usually six locals per operating Te en Association of Model Railroaders session as well as six to eight other through and special trains. 88 Whitmore St. , #201 I'm looking fo rward to getting the copies so I ca n start the modifica­ Oakland, CA 94611 tions. Thanks fo r your offer to share your knowledge of programming. I could not have done anywhere near that on my own in any reasonable time frame. Prototype Follows Model Chuck Tuttle Dear Randy, We st La fayette, IN Perhaps Model Raibvading is read by some I: I railroaders and industrialists. When my article on the gravel unloading operation Dear Mr. Lee, appeared in the June 1990 issue, I suggested that the customer should have Being interested in a good (cheap!) traffic generator program, I pur­ his own Aleo switcher on the property. In August, the prototype did just chased the October 1990 issue of Model Railroading. that when they acquired a ye llow and black Aleo SI! It is equipped fo r Imagine my surprise when I began looking through the code of the remote control , but at this fa cility, it is manually operated . SWITCHER program and fo und myself in a kind of deja vu situation. Jim Rogers I refer to the program listed in Model Railroader from February 1984 Laurel, MD called "TAG - Traffic Automatically Generated." The car orders and the car codes of SWITCHER seem directly dependent on the TAG codes. Ye s, the code has been "updated" and the text gives much clearer direc­ Guinness Record tions fo r how the progranl can be set up and worked, but why is there Dear Mr. Lee: no mention of Mr. Bob Fink's previous work back in '84? Yo ur comments on the BL2 made in the November 1990 issue of Model Eve n if only the car codes and orders were copied, and the bulk of the Railroading are interesting but not correct. The 1978 model train dura­ code independently developed, there should have been an attribution tion record broken on March 23, 1990, by Brian Apps, the Vicar of was was to Mr. Fink. All Saints Church in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. A Hornby Pacific E. Allen Siebold "Lady Patricia" completed a non-stop run of 867 hours, 14 minutes - Ve stal, NY exceeding the prior Guinness record by just three hours. Rev. Apps' record will be record of record in the 1991 Guinness book. LLmy Puckett replies: Mr. Sisbold is quile right in his d«luction lhal lhe Hopefully, you will see fit to acknowledge this record accordingly. car codes and car orders are like those found in the T4.G program Roger Sekera Bob Fink published in Ihe Febntal)' issue if Model developed by and 1984 Potomac, MD

4 • Model Railroading .January 1991 Publishers S. S. Danielsen, Nick Siegel

General Manager Pam Greenberg Executive Editor EDITORIAL Randall B. Lee

Production Manager LaDonna T. Vaughan

Contributing Editors Scott Anderson, Ron Bearden, Vern French, Patrick Lawson, Jim Mansfield, George Melvin, Rich Picariello, Larry Puckett, 1- J. What This Hobby Really Needs Is ... Larry Smith, Terry Stuart E. W.

Circulation Manager e've all thought it. Chances are we've all said it. In our efforts to recreate the S Tolve W world in miniature that we have already created in our minds, we are con­ stantly striving to close the gap between those products that are available and what Typography we need. TypeTronics, Inc. Each month, we check the new products column, hoping that someone has finally

Typesetter come out with a ...whatever. Hmmm. Nothing yet. Better check to see if someone Kristin Doughty has written an article on how to make a ...whatever ...from something that is cur­ rently available.And, every so often, we strike gold in one of those articles because it has shown us how to make a .. , whatever. Model Railroading is published 12 times a year We review the information carefully. Yes, we cou ld do that. No, it wouldn't be by Rocky Mountain Publishing, Inc , 2929 Blake that difficult. Well, we might as well make it ourselves.Obviously, no one will ever St., Denver, CO 80205, (303) 292-0124. Price per make it commercially. After all, we've been looking for one for years. So, we care­ single copy is $2.95 in U. S. A. Subscriptions are fully compile all the components and tools we'll need to build our own ...whatev­ $30.00 in the U.S.A. or $38.50 in Canada (or for­ eign) - payable in US. funds. Unsolicited er. We then spend numerous evenings, a couple of weekends, and then finally, after manuscripts or photographs should be accom­ many hours of painstaking work, we finish our ...whatever. With a great sense of panied by return postage and Rocky Mountain accomplishment, we proudly display our handiwork ...only to discover that XYZ Publishing, Inc. assumes no responsibility for the Company has just released - what else? A . .. whatever! loss or damage of such material. No part of this Are we frustrated? You bet! Do we feel like we've wasted a bunch of time? And publication may be reprinted without written per­ how! But wait a minute; why do we feel like this? After all, aren't we in this hobby mission from the publishers. Printed in U.S.A. because we enjoy modeling? And isn't the reward of building a model greater than The information contained in the various arti­ cles in this magazine is presented in good faith, the immediate gratification received from just buying one? but no warranty is given, no results guaranteed, Well, unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately, there are no correct answers to these nor is any freedom from any patent or copyright questions. The answers you come up with for yourself may lend some insight into to be inferred. Since we have no control over the what aspects of the hobby you enjoy most, but they can do no more. If you lean more physical conditions surrounding the application toward the "frustrated" or "wasted a bunch of time" feelings, then chances are you of information in this magazine, Rocky Mountain are what I would generally categorize as a model railroader. If, on the other hand, Publishing, Inc. and the various authors and edi­ your satisfaction with your work is unfazed by the newly released product, then I tors disclaim any liability for untoward results and/or for any physical injury incurred by using would consider you to be more of a railroad modeler. the information herein. So what does all this mean? Not a whole lot, I suppose. But it could make a signif­ icant difference in how much enjoyment you are getting from the hobby. If you're Copyright 1991 by Rocky Mountain Publishing, © spending a lot of your time doing things you wish you didn't have to, you could end Inc. up killing your interest in the hobby. Now before I get a lot of mail on the pros and cons of model railroading vs. rail­ road modeling, let me explain that I don't believe either is a mutually exclusive seg­ Advertising For advertising information contact Pam Green­ ment of the hobby. We all benefit from each other, regardless of our individual lean­ berg at 800-736-0427 or 303-292-0124. ings. And all of us will cross that fine line many times. But sometimes we need to examine where we are coming from in the hobby. And what better time to do that than at the beginning of the new year ... and decade, for that matter. (I happen to Subscriptions and Book Orders For subscriptions and/or book orders, please subscribe to the notion that the decade of the '90s begins with '9 1, not '90.) send inquiries to Rocky Mountain Publishing, Do you scratchbuild or kitbash a particular model because of the challenge? .. . or attention S. Tolve, 2929 Blake Street, Denver, because one isn't commercially available? Would you rather superdetail a plastic Colorado 80205 or call 1-800-736-0427 outside locomotive? ...or buy a custom-painted brass model? Would you rather build your metro Denver area. In metro Denver call (303) own micro-circuitry? .or install a pre-built unit? 292-0124. Visa or Mastercard accepted. I could go on and on, but I hope you see from these questions that there are times when each of us is more interested in one side than the other. And those leanings will

Model Railroading (ISSN 0199-1914) is pub­ affect the types of new products we wish the manufacturers would make. lished 12 times a year at $30.00 per year in So, what product do you think the hobby really needs? For me, it would be a line U.S.A., $38.50 in Canada, by Rocky Mountain of high-quality, American-prototype '30s and '40s vehicles. Ready to run, of course. Publishing, Inc. at 2929 Blake Street, Denver, I'm, mod" " m,d", '" mod"", Colorado 80205. 2nd Class postage paid at Den­ M" ,II, lI om, Class Permit ver, Colorado . Canadian Second #9591. W. Postmaster send address changes to Rocky Randy Lee 7 Mountain Publishing, Inc., 2929 Blake Street, Executive Editor Denver, Colorado 80205. I

• .January 1991 Model Railroading 5 NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS

·THE SANDHDUSE

A Product News Column

Editor's Note: Please talk to your dealer first regarding any new products. If you would like additional information from the manufacturer, please don't forget to include a number ten, self-addressed, stamped envelope. This will help all concerned. Thanks .

HO Scale

Atlas Tool Inc., 378 Florence Av e. , Hillside, NJ 07205, has Pacific Central Industries, Box 167884, Irving, TX 75016-7884, CO., p.o. redesigned their Customline turnouts with the introduction of their Mark is offering a mechanical refrigerator car sound unit (#1958) which fits into 3 switches. Production of their Mark 2 switches is being phased out and an Athearn 57' mechanical reefer. The unit comes assembled on an replaced with the Mark 3s, which have been redesigned to remove all Athearn reefer floor. This enables simple installation by merely replac­ unnecessary plastic fo r improved appearance and performance. Black ties ing the ex isting floor in the Athearn car with the modified floor and are av ailable with either nickel silver or brass rail; brown ties are offered sound unit. Designed to reproduce the sound made by a mechanical only with nickel silver rail. Expected delivery of the #6 turnouts is reefer, the unit contains volume, frequency and modulation controls. It December 1990 with #4 turnouts fo llowing in January 1991. is powered by a 9V banery (not included). Retail $31.95 plus $2.00ship­ ping and handling.

Alldy Scale Models, 7706 Wi ndsor St., Vancouver, BC, Canada, W V5X 4A5, has introduced an HO scale multi-decal sheet fo r the new British Columbia Railway paint scheme in red, white and blue colors. According to the manufacturer, the decals will enable the modeler to Iener virtually any modern BC Rail equipment. Retail Can. $9.80 plus $1.50 shipping and handling. BC residents add appropriate sales tax.

Atlas has also reissued their GP7s with 11 new road names. They are offered with or without dynamic brakes. The fo llowing roadnames are av ail ab le: Amtrak, Bangor & Aroostook, Canadian National, Chicago & Northwestern, Erie, Frisco, Great Nonhern, Ul inois Central, Lo uisville & Nashville, New Yo rk Central, Santa Fe and undecorated. These units are powered by a Kato motor.

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D&RGW �� 7lio --6roMe D&RGW Westerfield" Route 13, Box 300C, River Road , Crossville, TN 38555, has announced their second Fowler stock car endeavor, the early conver­ sions. Between 1919 and the late '20s, Canadian National convened Inter­ .... . colonial boxcars and Grand Trunk stock cars and the Canadian Pacific converted various Fowler designs to stock cars. Because of the variety of original equipment , the resulting conversions had some significant dif­ Shops, 12th St., New Kensington, PA 15068, is offering C&BT ISO fer ences. Westerfield has modeled fo ur of them. According to the their Collector Series of custom-painted and decorated versions of the manufacturer, it is now possible, with these and the cars announced last 1944 AAR 40 ' boxcars. The first two cars in this new series are the month, to model virtually every style of stock car used on the CN and D&RGW orange/silver scheme and the "Cookie Cars" in both the Dulux Tank White and aluminum paint jobs. Six different road nu mbers are CP fo r over 35 years. • 4200 Undecorated , 5' door offered in the orange/silver version and three each fo r the white and • 4201 CNR, 5' door al uminum co lors. Retail $9.95 through hobby shops only. • 4202 CP, fo ur-brace, 5 ' door Microscale Industries, Inc., 1555 Placentia Av e. , NewpOit Beach , CA • 4203 CNR, 6' door 92663, has the fo llowing decals now avai lable in HO scale: • 4205 CP, two-brace, 5' door • 87-591 NS Freight Cars #2 Kits include unpainted impact-resistant castings with details, less trucks • 87-592 The Indiana Railroad - CF7, GP9 & Others 1988+ and couplers. Retail $25.00 (with custom decals); $24.00 (without decals). • 87-593 Chicago Great Western Diesel Lo cos F & GP Units Bennett Emel7Jrises, Box 7031, Villa Park, IL 60181, has released • 87-594 CGW Diesel Locos F & GP Units Stripes p.o. their Jay-Bee Truck/Track Electrical Pickup Kit #1533. kit converts • 87-595 Chicago & Illinois Midland Diesels The an Athearn freight truck to pick up electrical current from the track • 87-596 C&IM Diesel Stripes thereby permitting track power to run lights or sound in an Athearn-type • 87-597 NS Triple Crown Services Road Railers fr eight car, or to use the car fo r signal block control . The conversion kit • 87-598 Ky le Locos SW6, GP9, GP40 & GP20 includes 33 " metal wheel sets and the hardware needed to conven one car. These HO scale decals are av ailable fo r $3.50 each . Retail $6.50.

6 • Model Railroading .January 1991 NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS

• MDC covered hopper, lettered in black with the P&LE gray scheme of 1956 • C&BT Shops 40 ' boxcar with improved Dreadnaught ends and diagonal-panel roof, oxide red and accurately lettered in WM speed lettering scheme of 1951

Industlies, Inc., 1400 E. Erie Ave. , Philadelphia, PA 19124, Bachmann has added an EMD F40PH diesel to their Spectrum line. The engines fe ature a five-pole can motor, dual machined-brass flywheels, diode directional headlights, metal grabirons, RP25 wheel contours and a diecast chassis. It also has dual , flash ing electronic strobes, eight-wheel drive, lighted number boards and Blomberg M truck sideframes. Three • McKean l2-panel , three-bay, 70-ton hopper with black WM speed let­ road numbers are available in each of the following paint schemes: tering on gray of the '60s Amtrak Phase II and III, NJ Transit, Cal Trans, RTA and MBTA. An • MDC 40' round roof boxcar with the Pittsburgh Limited 1990 con­ undecorated version is also available. vention logo in blue on light grey Bachmann has also offered a second edition of their Spectrum line All cars are $8.00 each. Please add $1.50 for postage and handling Pennsylvania heavyweight passenger cars. Three coaches, a combine, fo r one car or $2.00 for two or more cars. PA residents add 6% sales diner and observation car are available. tax.

Pitfsburgh Limifed Box 202, Pittsburgh, PA 15091, still has 1990, p.o. the fo llowing custom painted freight cars available from last year's NMRA convention. • Con-Cor 54' gondola, accurately lettered fo r PRR G3lc class in its as­ built 1951 paint scheme • Walthers' steel X29 boxcar, prototypically painted and lettered in B&O Tlme-saver scheme used on boxcar red cars in the late '50s fo r a class Sunset Models , Inc. , 138 Campbell Ave., Campbell, CA 95008, is W. M26d car offering an all-brass model of a UP 4-6-6-4 Challenger with coal tender. • C&BT Shops 40 ' AAR boxcar with improved Dreadnaught ends and The model feat ures a Mashima motor, full detailing with high-quality diagonal-panel roof, correctly lettered fo r P&LE's '50s script "Serves castings. It also has an embossed-brass detailed backhead. Retail under the Steel Centers" scheme $500.

N Scale

Micro-Trains®, 720 S. Grape St., Medford, OR 97501, has added the fo llowing new freight cars:

• Southern (Cincinnati, New Orleans & Te xas Pacific) 33' Twin Bay Hopper (Road No. 285539) with offset sides. Boxcar red with white lettering. Prototype built in November 1937 by Pressed Steel Car Co. RTR #55330 ...$9.40. Kit #55339 ...$8.20.

TORO.TO Life -Like Products, Inc., 1600 Union Ave. , Baltimore, MD 21211, is HAMILTO. offering a 40' boxcar with functional sliding doors in two paint schemes BurfALO - Chessie System and Ontario Northland. These ready-to-run cars fe ature the same laser painting techniques used on their HO Proto 2000 Series products. They feature a matte finish, blackened metal wheels and carefully applied weights to prevent wobbling. Other paint schemes are in the works. Retail $5.75.

• 7 .January 1991 Model Railroading NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS

• To ronto, Hamilton & Buffalo 40 ' Single Door Standard Boxcar (Road' totype was built in 1941. # 3538) has orange sides and black roof, ends and doors. The THB RTR #65270 ...$13.45. Kit #65279 ... $11.80. herald is white on black. RTR #20036 . . . $9.60. Kit #20038 . . . $8.70.

• Milwaukee Road 50 ' Standard Plugdoor Boxcar (Road No. 3874) has white lettering on a dark boxcar red body. Prototype was built in • Alaska Railroad 39' Single Dome Tanker (Road No. 9005). The September 1972. tank color is aluminum with black, white and yellow lettering. The pro- RTR #32310 ...$8.40. Kit #32319 ...$7. 50.

o Scale

paint with 382 pounds of sand. The sandy roof surface is simulated in the kit . When originally built, these cars had only a small placard board centered on the side gusset for the left underframe bolster. In later years, these boards were moved and larger ones were added to the sides and ends. The kit can be built either way. Kits lettered for PFE (with UP and SP heralds on opposing sides) are offered in 18 different numbers. The kits are made of high-impact �tyrene. The walls and floor are cast as a single piece with the roof as a separate casting. Retail $31.95 painted , $28.95 undecorated . Couplers are not included. Available only through hobby dealers.

SheliScale Decals, 2140 Houston Mines Rd ., Troutville, VA 24175, is offering the following scale decals: 0 • 105 White EMD Insert Style Numberboards. Retail $3.50. IntelMountain Railway 1224 Boston Ave., Longmont, CO 8050\, • 107 N&W Diesels - Both blue & black freight and blue or red CO., has added a PFE RAO-IO refrigerator car to their Classic Prototype Car passenger - Dulux gold (Scotchlite) - includes stripes and two Series. The prototype RAO-IO was the tirst all-steel reefer used by Pacific color heralds. Retail $4.75. Fruit Express. After the first was delivered in 1936, PFE went on to • 109 NW Diesels - Includes two pairs of 42 and one pair of 24" " acquire a total of 4,200 of these cars, numbered 40001 to 44200, through heralds. Retail $3.50. 1948. To provide a non-skid surface for workers, ACF mixed the roof All prices include shipping.

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ping and handling. Illustrated catalog of all AMB products is available by mail for $1.00.

American Model Builders, Inc., 1408-\0 Hanley Industrial Ct., St. Louis, MO 63144-1916, has released two new scale kits. Both kits \/2" feature precut basswood, metal castings, brass wire, and plastic injection Aster Hobby USA, Inc., P.O. Box 90643, Pasadena, CA 91\09-0643, moldings, AMB sprung archbar trucks and full handbrake systems. is offering two new Gauge I engines in 1/32 scale made by Aster Hobby • 812 24' wood gondola. Retail $55.95. Co., Inc. of Japan. The first is the Great Western Railway of England ' s • 813 Wood work car, similar to a boom or tool car. Retail $64.95. King George V, a simple four-cylinder 4-6-0. It is available in live steam, According to the manufacturer, beginners will enjoy these kits because kit or built up, as well as in a built-up 12V electric version. no power tool or spray painting is needed and experienced modelers will The second is the Greenbrier, Cheat and Elk Railroad's No. 12, a appreciate the oppOltunities to individualize the cars. Add $2.50 for ship- Lima three-truck standard-gauge Shay. It is available as live steam only,

B • Model Railroading .January 1991 NEW PRODUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS • DUCTS . NE" ODUCTS

either kit or built up. The prototype was built in 1921 , had 48" drivers • 24-12-3 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 10" - and weighed 150 tons. In 1937 it was converted to a four-truck Shay at Gold (3 sheets) the Cass workshop, which added an extra 42 tons, making it the largest • 24-12-6 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 10" - Shay in the world. It was taken out of service in 1950 and scrapped in Yellow (3 sheets) 1955. • 24-12-8 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 10" - Dulux Gold (3 sheets)

Microscale Industries, Inc., 1555 Placentia Ave. , Newport Beach, CA • 24-13-2 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 8" - 92663, has the following decals now available in G scale (standard and Black (2 sheets) narrow gauge): • 24-14-2 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 6" • 32-4 PRR Alco FA & FB - Single Stripe -Black

• 24-12-1 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 10" - • 24-15-2 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 4" White (3 sheets) -Black • 24-12-2 Extended Roman Style Passenger Car Ltrs & Nos 10" - These G scale decals are available for $5.00 (single sheet), $10.00 Black(3 sheets) (two-sheet sets) and $15.00 (three-sheet sets).

Multi Scale

• N - Template (6000) - $8.95 ; Kit (6003 ) - $12.50 • - 3-rail template (1000) - $13.95; Kit (1003 ) - $17.50 0 • - 3-rail accessory template (1001 ) - $18.95; Deluxe kit 0 includes 1000 & 1001 (1005) - $35.50

• S - Tinplate template (2000 ) - $10.95; Kit (2003) - $14.50 • G - Te mplate (3000) - $i7.95; Kit (3003) - $21 .50 Add $2.00 for shipping and handling. TX residents add 8.25 % sales tax.

Model Rectifier Corp., 200 Carter Dr., Edison, NJ 08817, has introduced their Te ch 3 Power Command Series of power packs. Two units, Model 9000 (AG900 ) and Model 9500 (AG950) are currently being offered. Both units feature Advanced Proportional Tracking Con­ Collectible Trains Tays, 109 Medallion Center, Dallas, TX 75214 trol (APfC) with enhanced momentum circuitry, slow speed control and & : offers a complete line of track templates for N, HO, S (tinplate), 0 realistic braking. The 9000 offers 19VA capability and the 9500 offers (tinplate) and G gauge track. Each template is in 12" scale. The 30VA capacity. Both units have illuminated voltmeters and ammeters, 300 I": templates are available separately or in kits with layout design paper. The deg rees of throttle control, momentum and brake switches, overload LED paper is also available separately. indicators and AC and DC output terminals. They come with a five-year • HO - Te mplate (5000) - $9.95; Kit (5003 ) - $13.50 warranty. Model 9000 retails for $79.98 and Model 9500 for $99.98.

Books and Computer Software

single-source book for painting and lettering Santa Fe rolling stock. Retail Santa Fe RaH",'.y ., .-.- • $16.95. PAINTlNG-& Greenberg Publishing Co., Inc., 7566 Main St ., Sykesville, MD 21784, . LmERING _&UJOE . ForModel Ra.ilroadent Vo_l.u�.l�lnok.ock in conjunction with Reef Development Co. , Inc. , has announced Train­ Compiledby IUehard H. Hend�"@�:j.'::. __ Tracker - The Computer Inventory Program. The program is designed specifically for toy and model train enthusiasts and enables the user to inventory his equipment , record current market value and location within the collection. Data disks, compiled from Greenberg's reference guides, include Lionel, American Flyer, Marx and Ives trains. The program per­ mits the user to access in-depth information; enter personalized, historical data; create spreadsheets; print repOits and packing lists; compare pur­ chase price and value; and assign sequence numbers for sorting. Revised data disks will be offered as updated Greenberg guides are published. Program works with any IBM-compatible computer with a Modelers Organi(/.ilion , Inc. , Attn: Stan Hall, Treasurer, 1704 hard drive and 512K of available memory. Available in both 3 and Santa l� '12" Valley Ridge, Norman, OK 73072, has published Santa Railway Pa in­ 5 " formats. TrainTracker with program disk, installation instructions, R! 1,4 ting and Lettering Guide for Model Railroaders. The 68-page, soft-cover user manual and one data disk of your choice retails for $39.95. Addi­ book was written by Richard H. Hendrickson, a leading authority on pro­ tional data disks may be purchased separately for $12.95 each. totype modeling. It features over 150 photographs of Santa Fe passenger Greenberg has also released a reproduction of Bantam's 1958 edition cars, freight cars, way cars and MoW equipment to help illustrate the of book, Model Railroading (#10-7400), with a special introduction by evolution of the railroad's painting and lettering schemes from 1910 Richard Kughn. Originally published in 1950 by Bantam in conjunction through With the included lettering diagranlS, cross- reference listing with Lionel, this handbook covers building and operating Lionel layouts, 1980. of major decal manufacturers and information on selecting model paints as well as containing scenery, structure and prototype information. Soft­ and formulas to approximate prototype colors, this book is a valuable back, 384 pages, 270 illustrations, $12.95. 11.

�anuary 1991 Model Railroading • 9 Your trek plan for the weekend. • • ARIWNA Date: February 9,10, 1991 , 9:00 a. m. to dusk Date: March 10, 1991, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Phoellix, AZ Location: Illinois Railway Museum, Olson Location: Wtlliam M. Davies, 1r. Event: Sn3 Symposium Road VocationallTechnical School, 123 (Jencks Rt. Date: February 15-17, 1991, Noon, Friday to Information: Greg Heier,Illinois Railway Hill Rd.) Museum, Box 427, Union, IL 60172, Admission: $2.00 per adult, $5.00 per family, Noon, Sunday p.o. Location: Holiday Inn Airport East, 4300 E. (708) 351-6127 children under 12 free with adult Washington SI. Information: Donald Collard, 38 King St., Wauconda, IL Admission: $25 until 1115/91; $30 after 1115/91 Johnston, 02919- 4320, (401) 861-1879 Event: Lake County Model Railroad Club Rl Information: Jan Rons, 5436 E. Cambridge Spring Open House VIRGINIA Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85008, (602) 840-6243 Date: March 9 10, 1991 , 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 Vielllla, VA & CALIFORNIA p.m. Event: Northern Virginia Model Railroaders Sacramellto, CA Location: 107 S. Main SI. , rear entrance Open House Event: Railfair '91 Admission: Free (Donations accepted) Date: January 19, February 16, 1991 , 1:00 p. m. Date: May 3-12, 1991 Information: Dennis Stanczak, (708 397-9555 to 5:00 p.m. . Admission: Location: 231 Dominion Rd. (Washlllgton Presale (call (916) 442-7827 or or (312) 248-3281 after 6:00 p.m. & Old Dominion RR Station at Ay r Hill Rd.) (916) 923-BASS): $8.00 for grounds only, KENTUCKY $6.00 for Railroad Musical Revue, $12.50 Admission: Donations accepted Lauisville, Joint, $25.00 for 5-day special grounds only KY Information: Call (703) 938-5157 Tuesday Event: 1991 N-Scale Convention East (May 6-10) for adults; Children 5-12 are evenings or on day of open house Date: June 18-23, 1991 $4.00, $4.00, $7.00 and $12.50, respectively. Location: Louisville Commonwealth WASHINGTON On-Site (Limited availability): $10.00 for Convention Center, 221 4th Ave. Spokalle, WA grounds only, $7.00 for Railroad Musical Information: Michael Langford, 9140 Event: Spokane Model Engineers 15th Annual Revue, $17.00 Joint, $25.00 for 5-day special Trelawney Court, Cincinnati, OH 45251, Swap Meet and Model Train Show for adults; Children 5-12 are $5.00,$5. 00, (513) 521-8143 Date: February 10, 1991, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 $10.00 and $12.50, respectively p.m. Location: California State Railroad Museum, MASSACHUSETTS Location: Sheraton-Spokane Hotel Old Sacramento West Sprillgfield, MA Admission: $2.00 per person, free for children Information: Christina Ragsdale (916) Event: Amherst Railway Society's Annual Big under 12 445-7387 Railroad Hobby Show Information: Bruce Lochhead, N. 1617 Farr Date: February 9 10, 1991 , 10:00 a.m. to Sail Diego, CA & Road,Spokane, WA 99206, (509) 924-9313 5:00 p.m. Event: San Diego Model Railroad Museum Location: Better Living Center, Eastern States WISCONSIN Operating Exhibit/Show Exposition, 1305 Memorial Ave. West Belld, WI Date: January 2-6, 9-13, 16-20,23-27, 30,31 , Admission: $4.00 for adults, $1 .00 for children Event: Kettle Moraine Ballast Scorchers 1991 (11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Weekdays), under 12, under 5 free Railroad Club 8th Annual Open House 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Weekends) Information: Robert A. Buck, 8 Bacon St., Date: March 10, 1991, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p. m. Location: Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park, 1649 Warren, MA 01083, (413) 436-5318 Location: West Bend Recreation Center, 724 EI Prado Elm SI. Admission: $1 for adults, children free MISSOURI Admission: $1.50 adults, $1 .00 senior citizens, Information: Charles A. Pratt, 2545 Ridgeway St. Charles, MO $.50 under 12 Dr. , #B, National City, CA 92050, (619) Event: St. Charles Model Railroad Club Information: Don Wick, 242 S. 7th Ave., West 696-0199 Annual Train Fair Bend,WI 53095,(414) 338-6021 Date: January 26, 1991, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 Sail Mateo, CA p.m. CANADA Event: First Scale West Meet 0 Location: Stegton Restaurant, 1-70 and South Bralltford, Olltario Date: February 9, 10, 1991, 9:00 a.m. to noon, 5th SI. Event: Trainshow '91 sponsored by Western 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Saturday), 9:00 Admission: $1 .50 per person, free for children Ontario Division, Niagara Frontier Region, a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Sunday) under 5 NMRA Location: San Mateo County Fairgrounds, 25th Information: Jim Monroe, 129 Hunter's Ridge, Date: February 3, 1991, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 and Delaware Sts. St. Charles, MO 63301 , (314) 723-3115 p.m. Admission: $10 for families (includes spouse Location: Northpark High School (next to and children under 16) Sprillgfield, MO Gretzky Complex) Information: Send LSSAE to Scale West, Event: 13th Annual Ozarks Area Mid 0 Admission: $2.00 per person, children free PO. Box 50261 , Palo Alto, CA 94303 Continent Region Model RR Meet Information: Gord King, Prospect St., Port Date: April 20, 1991, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 90 FLORIDA Dover, Ontario, Canada NOA INI, (519) Location: University Plaza Trade Center Bradelltoll, 583-3204 FL Information: OM RA, 3530 S. Broadway, Event: Sarasota Model RR Club Swap Meet Springfield, MO 65807, (417) 881-6477 KillgS/OIl, Olltario Date: January 20, 1991, 10:00 a. m. to 2:30 Event: Rail-O-Rama, sponsored by the p.m., close-out auction at 3:00 p.m. NEW YORK Canadian Railroad Historical Association, Location: Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, AlballY, NY Kingston Division 100 10th St. Event: Empire Eastern TlDS Division W. & Date: April 20, 21, 1991 , 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 Admission: $3.00 for adults, $1 .00 for teens, Spring Train Meet p.m. $.25 for children 12 and under Date: March 10, 1991, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Location: Portsmouth Olympic Harbour Information: Chuck Place, 6810 Whitman PI., Location: Albany Polish Community Center, Admission: Adults $3.00, Seniors $2.00. Sarasota, FL 34243, (813) 756-7584 Washington Av e. Extension Children $1 .0 0 Admission: Lauderdale, $2.00 tor adults, children under 12 Information: Bill Thomson, RR#3, Bath, Ft. FL Event: Lauderdale Shoreline Club Auction free with adult Ontario, Canada KO H IGO, (613) 389-9392 Information: Date: January 26, 1991 ,6:30 p.m. (preview), Jim Policastro,373 May Av e., Schenectady, NY 12303 Lilldsay, OlltariO 7:00 p. m. (auction) Event: Lindsay District Model Engineers Location: NORTH CAROLINA & Collins Community Center, 3900 Show N.E. 3rd Ave. , Oakland Park High Poillt, NC Date: April 13, 14, 1991, 11:00 a.m. to 5:30 Admission: $3.00 tor adults, children under 12 Event: Scale National Convention p.m. (Saturday), 12:00 noon to 5:30 p.m. Date: 0 free June 20-23, 1991 (Sunday) Information: Location: Richard Azwell, 5131 S.w. 87th Market Square Trade Show Center Location: Victoria Park Armory, Kent SI. West Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33328, (305) Information: Tom Smink, 5907 S. Sharon Admission: Jr., $4.00 adults, $2.00 seniors, $1.00 434-6538 Dr., Raleigh, NC 27603 children ILLINOIS RHODE ISL AND Information: L&D Model Engineers, PO. Box Vllioll, IL Lillcolll, 452, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada K9V 4S5, Rl Event: Electroliner Festivdl to celebrate 50th Event: Little Rhody Division of NMRA Ken Baines (705) 324-7071 ,Wayne Lamb anniversary of first run of Electroliner Annual Spring Model Railroad Show (705) 324-9865

10 • Model Railroading .January 1991 by Richard D. Forest, Esq.

Sierra Pacific - Pentrex

his delightful tape tells us once again section circus train pulled by, respectively, a also see the A-B-B-B-A F-unit-powered T (as if we need reassurance) what a UP 9000 class 4-12-2, and a Big Boy, and the AT&SF combined Super 01ieJ-El Capitan and great hobby we have chosen. It shows how B&O Cincinnatian (Oh, the things of which a UP piggybacker. As we approach our ter­ also modeling can frequently fulfill our dreams dreams are made) . At Echo we see UP 833 minal at Zion, the Super glides by on the even better than the prototype. hauling the Overland Limited into town as the passenger track. At Zion, a pair of "Black When the late Robert Kennedy was running tank train passes, and an SP early AC pulling Widow" Ako RSD5s pick up our caboose fo r fo r President in 1968, he cited the words of an up to fo llow the tank train. placement on the caboose track, and then pro­ earlier philosopher, "You see things and you After leaving Echo fo r Hudson (where we ceed to switch the train; the road engines are say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never round out to 30 cars), and on arrival at Hud­ placed at an impressive diesel facility fo r were; and I say, 'Why not?'" This tape brings son , we see action, including a VGN double­ service. those words to reality. headed mallet pulling a freight. Entering the This tape is great. The photography is The Sierra Pacific is the HO layout of the division point of Midway, there is a great shot superb and is shot with state-of-the-art equip­ Pasadena, California, Model Railroad Club. It of our train taken from the rear of a train ment. Camera angles are varied and is said to be the largest model railroad in the moving on the adjacent track; at Midway we imaginative. We see shots taken from moving country, and that is a hard claim to dispute. pick up two helpers, with one being added to equipment (most interesting when one con­ Pentrex's tape takes us to the layout in the front and another to the rear of the road siders this is HO), and shots from the adjacent Pasadena, and by giving an overall view engines; we also see a great variety of equip­ hills and from trackside. The script is infor­ starts of this huge model railroad, which is housed ment and engines at Midway, including a brace mative. The tape suffers from a lack of an in a 5,000-square-foot building, showing the of WP Fs and a D&RG PA-powered Califor­ introduction. It would have been helpful if they various operators at work. Then we are treated nia Zephy/: had provided a general description of the to views of some trains in action, powered by As the tank train climbs the Hill, it meets point-to-point concept of the railroad, included various steam (including a Big Boy) and diesel an Amtrak Superliner set, and we also see a a map (Sierra Pacific appears to be in the locomotives. UP turbine pulling a rail train; the two parallel We stern United States), and described the To get a view of the railroad, we are given into Osage, where they reverse direction at a geography of the land over which the train the opportunity of fo llowing a unit tank car dogbone loop. We see a lovely snow scene at passes. To get an idea of how the road works, train from the town of Alhambra to the port Powderhorn, where the tank train meets the one must carefully look at the tape. city of Zion, where the cars will be loaded gray SP Cascade, pulled by A-B-A Daylight What is really great is that th is tape is an with crude oil fo r delivery to inland refmeries. PA s, and we also drop one helper unit. Then absolute joy to watch . We see all kinds of We fo llow a pair of D&RGW SD4af Dash 2s the train proceeds up another hill to the dreams; Daylights, F-powered SuperChiejs , (our road engines) at the engine terminal as snowshed-equipped town of Redcliff, where California Zephyrs, Golden State, Big Boys, a they pick up their caboose. we meet a UP Big Boy on a freight. On the VGN fust-generation and current 9000, steam, In the Alhambra engine house and yard we summit at Sierra we meet the E7-powered UP diesels, and just about everything else of the a fascinating array of freight and passenger City of LosAn geles. At Troy we see a Geep­ We st (and a little of the East) you want to see see equipment as we head fo r the mainline to run powered UP grain train, and a beautiful SP (except narrow gauge). The sound dubbing is as a caboose hop to Colton to get the train. As Daylight, powered by a streamlined GS4. The very good, matches the equipment, and we arrive at Co1ton, we see a gem, a train train passes some spectacular bridges near obviously adds to a model scene. This is one real that never was, but clearly should have been, Upton, and then pulls up a short but steep to add to the video library. the GoldenEmerald, with a fantastic consist of grade, meeting six WP Fs on a 60-car boxcar Sierra Pa cific, Pentrex, Box 94911, p.o. PAs and deluxe passenger equipment and train (all WP). Pasadena, CA 91109, (800) 950-9333. $39.95 domes. Then the train makes up at Col­ At Whiskey, we parallel an AT&SF freight, plus $3.00 shippingand handling. residents tank CA ton, and heads out on the main. We a two- and meet an SP diesel-powered freight; we add 6.50% sales tax. see Z.

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American Truck Historical Society llinois Central Historical Society Ontario & Western P.O. Box 59200, Dept. MRG, Birmingham, AL 35259. Annual Dues: Regular $15, Sustaining $20. ICHS Annual Dues: $21.50 inctuding NRHS $12.50 Bimonthly magazine, $15. Membership Dept.. c/o James Kubajak, 14818 Clifton subscription. Onl. & Western RY His!. Soc. Inc .. Park, Midlothian, IL 60445. Box 713, Middletown, NY 10940. Amtrak Historical Society Annual Dues: $15. Amtrak Historical Society, P.O. Box Illinois Terminal Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical 1019, St. Johns, Arizona 85936. Annual Dues: $10/$ 15 susl. IT RR Hisl. Soc .. c/o A. Gill Annual Dues: $25. PRR Tech. & Hist. Soc .. Inc. , Siepert, III, Cen!. College, East Peoria, IL 61635. Box 389, Upper Darby, PA 19082. Ann Arbor Railroad Technical Hist, Assoc, (also covers Michigan Northern and& Tuscola & Illinois Traction Society PRR Saginaw Bay), P.O. Box 51, Chesaning, M1 48616. c/o Dale Jenkins (Editor), Dep!. MRG, 20209 E. 14th St. (Philadelphia Chapter. PRR T & HS), 137 Stockton Rd .. Newsletter, $10. North, Independence, MO 64056; or James Yasinski Depl. MRG, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010. Quarterly (membership), 19 Sunset Acres, Farmersville, IL magazine, $10. Anthracite Railiroads Historical Society 62533. Quarterly newsletter, $15. (Central of New Jersey, Lackawanna, Lehigh & Hudson Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad River, Lehigh & New England, Lehigh Valley, Reading). Kansas City Southern Historical Society Historical Society Annual Dues: $20, newsletter, P.O. Box 519, Lansdale, P.O. Box 17815, Kansas City, MO 64134. Monlhly RD 1, Box 361 , Allred Station, NY 14803. Newsletter. newsletter. semi-annual magaZine and free admission PA 19446·051 9. Railroad Club of Chicago to convention and swap meets. $15. P. Baltimore Ohio c/o Richard C. Young, O. Box 4920, Dept. MRG, Annual Dues:& $18, foreign $30, magazine. B&O RRHS, Katy Railroad Historical Society Chicago, IL 60680. Monthty newsletter/magazine, P.O. Box 13578, Baltimore, MD 21203. (also covers Missouri Kansas & Texas Railroad). $20 (within 150 mi. of Chicago), $10 elsewhere. Annual Dues: $15/regular, $13/under 18 or over 65. Railroad Club of Chicago Boston Maine $50/supporting. Quarterly magazine, the KATY FLYER Annual& Dues: $25 US/$30 Canadian. B&MRRHS, Inc. 3737 W. Lyndate St.. Depl. MRG, Chicago, tL 60647, and yearly historical calendar. c/o Roy V. Jackson II, c/o Membership Secretary, P.O. Box 2936, Middlesex Newsletter, send SSAE for membership information . 732 Via Miramonte, Mesquite, TX 75150-3054. Essex, GMF Woburn, MA 01888-9998. Railway locomotive Historical Society locomotives in Parks SIG Annuat & Dues: $15. Railway & Locomotive c/o H. Arnold Canadian National Lines c/o Dick Nedrow, P.O. Box 50 1, Depl. MRG, Annual Dues: $25 sust. (US or Canadian). Covers CNR, Witder, Treas., 46 Lowell Rd .. Westford, MA 01886. Manchester, WA 98353. Send SSAE for information. 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Milwaukee Road Engle, 8746 North Troost, Kansas City, MO 64155. Annual Dues: $12/$24 susI. Milwaukee Road Raiitans Chesapeake Ohio Rutland Railroad Technical Association, Inc, Annual Dues:& $1 6/$32 sus!. C&O His!. Soc.. Assoc., c/o Wendell Murphy, 7504 W. Ruby Ave .. c/o Paul K. Larner, P.O. Box 158, St. Albans Bay,VT Membership Officer, P.O. Box 79, Clition Forge, Milwaukee, WI 53218. 0548 1. VA 24422. Milwest Santa Fe Modeler (Milwaukee Road-Lines West) Annual Dues: Chicago Burlington Quincy Annual Dues: $1 8/$28 sus!. Canada: $23/$33 sus!. & $10,newsletter. Ron Hamilton, Milwest, 2506 S. W. Annual Dues: $1 7.50/$35 sus!. Burlington Route His!. Other Nations: $28/$38 sust. Santa Fe Modelers Fissure Loop, Redmond, OR 97756-9486. Soc., P. O. Box 456, LaGrange, IL 60525. Organization, 1704 Valley Ridge Rd., Norman, Chicago Eastern Illinois Missabe Railroad Historical Society OK 73072. Annual Dues:& $15/$25 sus!. C&EI His!. Soc., c/o (Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range and predecessors). 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Pacific Hisl. Soc .. P.O. Box 187, Addis, LA 70710. The Conrail Historical Society Southeastern Railroad Technical Society Annual Dues: $15, $20 - Canada/Mexico, $30 - Monon (covers Atlantic Coast Line, Seaboard Air Line, and Overseas. P.O. Box 1019, S!. Johns, AZ 85936. Annual Dues: $10/$16 susl. Monon HH His!. & Tech. Seaboard Coast Line), 4007 Paddlewheel Dr., Soc. Inc., c/o James Strother, Membership Chairman, Duluth Missabe Iron Range Brandon, FL 3351 1. Quarterly magazine, $12. & 3876 Kensington Dr., Lafayette, IN 47905. Annual Dues: $7.50/$10 susl. Missabe Hisl. Soc.. Southern 719 Norlhland Ave.. Stillwater, MN 55082. National Model Railroad Association Annual Dues: $15. Southern RY Hist. Soc., c/o B. F. Annual Dues: $22. NMRA Bulletin is published monthly. Roberts, P.O. Box 4094, Martinez, GA 30907. Early American Railroading Group National Model Railroad Association tnc., 4121 P.O. Box 101-Z, Allegan. M 1 490 1 0. Newsletter: $7.50. Cromwell Road, Chattanooga, TN 3742 1. 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12 • Model Railroading .January 1991 On TRACK Turnout Wiring by Jim Mansfield Illustrations by LaVioleHe A. Martin

n the October 1990 issue of MRG, the I "On TRACK" column discussed the wiring of a crossover. This month, I am going TYPICAL INDICATION to expand on this wiring topic by adding tur­ ON CONTROL PA NEL nout position indication on a control panel . I --4N am giving you the sinlplest of methods fo r this indication so you can learn the basics and still have a reliable result. The indicator can be light bulbs or light­ emitting diodes (LED), and indication can this be on the control panel or at trackside. For this '0 lm <=oc MI column, I am going to use low-voltage light � bulbs. MI GB ELECTRONICS SWITCH MACHINE Figure I shows the electrical schematic for Lr, Ln 12-VOLT LAMP,:� ASSEMBLIES RADIO SHACK #272-331 the panel indicator system . Item M1 is the GB Electronics switch motor machine discussed in This simple schematic will give turnout position indication Figure 1 - the crossover "On TRACK". Lr and Ln are on the control panel. 12-volt light bulbs to be located on the control panel . The subscripts are fo r reverse (turnout positioned to branch) and nomwl. The 12-volt power supply can be a train-set type; you must CONTROL PANEL use the variable terminals so you can set the 'Ie"' voltage to about nine volts . l The reason for setting the voltage to about nine instead of 12 volts is to increase the rei ia­ "-NUT AND LOCK WASHER bility of the bulbs; they will last longer. The bulb f[ laments will not get nearly as hot and will not deteriorate nearly as fa st. The voltage SOLDER COMMON WIRE adjustment should be such that the bulbs are bright enough to be seen while running trains. LEAD TO SWITCH MOTCR The bulb I chose to discuss for this month is the Radio Shack lamp assembly (Part This item comes without any wires The lamp assembly is held to the control panel with a nut #272-331). Figure 2 - attached, but has terminals (tags) for attaching and lock washer. Wires are soldered after assembly is attached to the con­ wires with solder. trol panel. To mount the lights to the control panel (constructed from I S" tempered Masonite) , I To complete the wiri ng, run leads from the As a note, any 12 -volt bulb and socket / fm al drilled a hole of 17/64 " diameter. The lamp second wire of each bulb assembly fo r a tur­ can be used fo r the control panel indication . assembly was then placed into the hole from nout from the control panel to the turnout You may have to devise other methods for the front of the control panel. The lock washer switch motor in question. Set the turnout to the mounting the lights to the panel. Please feel and nut were then placed on the assembly and normal position and then try the lead of the free to share your ideas and methods with us tightened (see Figure 2). normal indicator bulb on both pins seven and through the pages of MRG. one wire from each To Slart the wiring, nine of the switch motor. The one that lights In the November, 1990 issue's "On bulb assembly connected to a common wire is the bulb is the pin to which you connect the TRACK" column, I described the NMRA which in tum is connected to one terminal of wire. The other wire is then connected to the Achievement Program's Electrical Achieve­ the power source. A wire is then run to pin 10 other pin. Proceed in this manner until all the ment Award. This month's column describes on each switch motor and attached to the other indicator lights are connected . It is best to try an electrical feature that may be chosen terminal of the power supply. each turnout prior to going on to the next . towards qualifying for the Award. .a

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 13 WIL PROJECT RE

by Karen and Earl Stephans

The goal of Rail Project Research is to point you to magazine reference materials. You can then spend hours modeling, not looking for information on how to! Each entry contains a description or title followed by the magazine title, year, month or quarter, and page. This month's modeling category is SELF PROPELLED & EXPRESS PASSENGER EQUIPMENT MODELS. We invite your suggestions or requests for topics to research. Please send you correspondence to: Earl Stephans, RD #1, Box 101, Chenango Forks, NY 13746.

= = FL = Finelines/Narrow Gauge Newsletter MM Mainline Modeler MR Model Railroader = MRG = Model Railroading RMC = Railroad Model Craftsman RR Railroad, Railfan/Railroad SELF PROPELLED & EXPRESS PASSENGER EQUIPMENT MODELS

DESCRIPTION MAG MO YR PG DESCRIPTION MAG MO YR PG RAILBUS KITBASH FROM 1915 FIAT GAUGE FL 09 69 6 EXPRESS CAR MODElS '0' 6000 GALLON WOOD MILK CAR MODELING MRG 07 86 43 RAILCAR EN #22 OF 1938 CONSTRUCTION FL 07 73 5 DAIRY PRODUCTS EXPRESS CAR SCRATCHBUILD MRG 07 89 35 VINTAGE RAILCAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 09 75 60 EXPRESS BAGGAGE ATSF #1849 MOD & MR 04 80 119 PT MOTOR & ROC MODElS EXPRESS BOXCAR GN MOD & MR 06 75 22 BESLER STEAM CAR CONSTRUCTION 1 NYNH&H RMC 02 37 16 PT EXPRESS BOXCARS PRR CLASS X29 MOD & MR 01 85 140 BESLER STEAM CAR CONSTRUCTION 2 NYNH&H RMC 03 37 16 PT EXPRESS REEFER CAR CONSTRUCTION READING MR 06 58 25 BUDD CARS GAUGE MODIFICATIONS RMC 06 57 10 "0" EXPRESS REEFER CONSTRUCT SHEFFIELD MILK RMC 09 49 18 BUDD ROC MODEL DISCUSSION RMC 08 85 110 EXPRESS REEFER CONSTRUCTION MR 01 40 11 BUILD THIS STEAM MOTOR CAR RMC 09 66 13 EXPRESS REEFER CONSTRUCTION RMC 09 46 28 DOODLEBUG KITBASH MR 02 79 98 EXPRESS REEFER CONSTRUCTION $1 MR 04 54 22 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 05 49 31 EXPRESS REEFER CONSTRUCTION TINPLATE MR 09 49 30 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCT CAR BODY MR 10 39 493 FE24 ATSF BOX CAR MODELING RMC 09 85 76 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCT MOTOR UNIT MR 12 39 632 MILK CAR BUILDING (3 TYPES) RMC 05 86 55 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCT ROOF DETA IL MR 11 39 567 MILK CAR COLORS FROM READERS 1930'S MODE MRG 09 88 56 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 09 34 147 MILK CAR COLORS READER INFORMATION MRG 07 89 24 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCTION ERIC LANAL RMC 08 37 11 MILK CAR MODELING BFIX BORDEN TANK CAR RMC 05 86 57 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCTION SIMPLIFIED RMC 08 62 24 MILK CAR MODELING GPEX 50' WOOD CAR RMC 05 86 56 GAS ELECTRIC COMBINE CONSTRUCTION D&RGW MR 05 68 33 MILK CAR MODELING SPCX SHEFFIELD FA RMS RMC 05 86 56 GAS ELECTRIC FOR "HO" CONSTRUCTION RMC 12 48 28 MILK CAR REEFER CONSTRUCTION NYO&W #1034 RMC 09 60 44 GAS ELECTRIC FREELANCE CONSTRUCTION RMC 03 48 13 MILK CAR WESTMINSTER MOD & MR 03 82 127 GAS ELECTRIC FROM COMBINE KITBASH RMC 05 73 29 PT MILK EXPRESS CAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 09 41 6 GAS ELECTRIC KIT BASH C&C #5 RMC 11 83 68 MILK EXPRESS REEFER CONSTRUCTION RUTLAND RMC 01 36 42 GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCTION MR 06 35 153 MOM MILK EXPRESS 'HO' KUNZELMANN MR 06 73 62 GAS-ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCTION RR 12 35 119 REFRIGERATED MILK TA NK CAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 03 54 17 GAS ELECTRICS FOR MODELING MR 10 36 285 SILK EXPRESS CAR CONSTRUCTION SP MR 02 65 42 HALL-SCOTT MOTOR CAR KITBASH MR 12 81 100 HEADLIGHTS FOR ATH EARN ROC CARS RMC 11 58 31 RAIL CAR AND BUS MODElS BRILL RAILBUS CONSTRUCTION 1 RMC 12 50 12 IMPROVING AT HEARN ROC DRIVE RMC 03 84 126 BRILL RAILBUS CONSTRUCTION 2 RMC 01 51 30 IMPROVING AT HEARN ROC'S MR 11 58 56 BUILD GALLOPING GHOST RAILCAR FL 07 73 12 KINKS ROC MOTORS AND REPLACEMENTS RMC 10 60 13 GALLOPING GOOSE 2 TRUCK LMB "On36" RGS P MRG 05 71 35 LBP LOCOMOTIVE BUILDERS PHOTOS GALLOPING GOOSE 3 TRUCK LMB "On36" RGS P MRG 05 71 35 LBP BRILL GAS-ELECTRIC "HO" E SUYDAM RMC 06 63 34 GALLOPING GOOSE CONSTRUCTION 1931 MRG 2SP 80 42 LBP C&NW GAS-ELECTRIC RAILCAR WALTHER RMC 02 64 43 "0" GALLOPING GOSLING CONSTRUCTION RMC 03 52 40 LBP HALL SCOTT RAILCAR NCBT #31 "HO" MEW RMC 10 66 42 GASOLINE MOTOR CAR 1922 PLANS RMC 09 58 34 LBP RDC 1 BUDD RAILCAR "HO" AT HEARN RMC 05 63 27 KEMTRON'S BRILL RAIL BUS KIT EVALUATION RMC 10 51 42 LBP RDC-3 BUDD RAILCAR "HO" ATHEARN RMC 05 63 27 MACK GAS ELECTRIC CAR CONSTRUCT CN#15794 RMC 03 60 32 LBP LOCO BUILDERS PHOTOS LBP 75' EMD GAS ELECTRIC "HO" WALTHERS RMC 04 64 49 PA INTING, NUMBERING SP PASSENGER CARS B4 63 MM 06 LBP BRILL MACK RAILBUS MODEL AB "HO" RED RMC 12 65 45 RDC-1 BUDD CONSTRUCTION MR 36 11 52 LBP MACK ACX RAILBUS-1923 "HO" MEW RMC 06 63 34 RDC4 KITBASH FROM ATHEARN RDC1 RMC 08 87 70 MACK RAILCAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 02 47 25 SELF CONTAINED MOTOR TRUCK RMC 09 39 41 MCKEEN MOTOR CAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 08 39 35 SELF POWERED COACH OF 1920 CONSTRUCTION RMC 09 61 34 NEW BRASS ROC SP HALLMARK MRG 09 86 73 SEMI-DIESEL RAIL CAR CONSTRUCTION NYS&W RMC 08 44 05 RAIL BUS CONSTRUCTION RMC 08 70 26 STEAM RAIL CAR CONSTRUCTION RMC 01 49 34 RAIL BUS CONSTRUCTION LESS THAN $100 RMC 05 63 22

14 • Model Railroading .January 1991 � Milwaukee Road Stock Car: My First Kitbash Sooner or later every modeler decides to modify a kit to make it something other than what it was intended to be. Even a noted modeler like Dean Freytag

had to start somewhere. Dean shares his fIrst kitbashing effort with us.

This simple, kitbashed bi-Ievel stock car, done more than 30 years ago, opened a whole new realm to noted modeler Dean Freytag. by Dean Freytag One fe ature of the ends was a 30 " -high them in my Equipment Register of that date. steel plate on the lower portion. Card stock Would all this make it a better model? Who Photos by the author sufficed fo r this as well as fo r the end fa scia. is to say? Although 19042 is rather "ratty" in ven in the most closely knit groups there Northeastern channel for the end sill appearance, somehow I have the feeling that its was used E are different opinions! Those of us who and the "hat" sections used to brace the ends. "charm" wouldn't be as apparent or easy to kitbash rolling stock (as opposed to those who Grabirons for both ends and a brake staff fo� achieve with today 's methods ...which, I duplicate each and every part on the prototype) the B end were fashioned from brass wire. hasten to add, I use all the time! are in the same position as those who free­ The end ladders were from a Va rney kit and Bill of Materials lance their own railroad . We enjoy the free­ cardstock was used for the brake platform. • Athearn Stock Car dom provided and sympathize with those that The roof was made from Northeastern • Appropriately sized Northeastern scribed­ fo llow a specific railroad prototype to the point scribed wood and cemented in place . . . did wood sheets and shapes; or ESM #2037 of agonizing over every detail. I use Goo®? The roofwalk was made of scribed siding fo r ends and roof, #9220 Kitbashing, like eating peanuts, is a habit individual scale 2 x 6s. Corner grabirons bent (.020 sheet) fo r metal end plates, #101 that is nearly impossible to break. Peanuts add from brass completed the roof. (.010 x .080) and #124 (.020 x .080) fo r the to the girth, while cars, on the other hand, add The sides and ends were brush painted with channeled end sill, #103 (.010 x .060) and to the roster. When the casual visitor com­ boxcar red . . . who remembers 410M? . . . #131 (.030 x .030) to make the hat sections. ments, "That looks good," it's enough to and as I recall, the roof almost bone white '=' start was � the kitbasher looking for his saw and next with a light wash of crud . Each nail was project. "picked out" with a pin dipped repeatedly in Ends and roof were replaced with Milwaukee #19042 is, to the best of my black paint. Nervous transients also lefttheir state-of-the-art, for the time, knowledge, the first car I ever did . . . at least marks on the slatted sides. techniques. 30 years ago ! I can vividly remember spotting Milwaukee Road experts will recognize that the prototype car on the Ashland, OH, team the car is probably in the wrong number ser­ track. I also remember the distress my wife ies; it may have been 3 - - - -. This is not a displayed as Sam, our first cat, investigated the memorable car, but maybe that is what makes car. He rolling in ecstacy in the straw, not it unique. Sometimes one just doesn't see the was caring if the car was in- or outbound or bad woods fo r the trees. order. If I were doing this car today, would I do it The project began with an Athearn stock differently? Probably. New metal stirrups, sty­ car and a "big, old mill file" with which I rene for at least the ends, building up the removed all of Athearn's carefully molded "hat" sections, some rudinlentary piping . . . Irv ends and roof. The next step to trim away perhaps scratchbuild the door. And those big was the bracing on the doors. A middle deck pins would have to gol Although there is noth­ X was made from basswood and installed, and ing except that looks like wood, the roof wood WOW, look at the size of those pins that were would also be made of styrene. Both the fin­ lISed to keep the doors snug in the center. The ish and weathering would be air brushed, and only other addition to the side the piece of more of an effort would be made to get the was 4 x 4 that was installed to the right of the correct number series. Apparently they were second vertical post to restrain the doors. all gone by 1970 since I can't find a trace of

�anuary 1991 TRAIN SET - The Series The Stage by Jim Mansfield

"The game's the thing to catch the funof model railroading." - Anonymous

The completed G&T train table ready for track and - The main frame and legs for the G&T. scenery. Figure 1 T ast month, we opened the train set and (item 3) on their ends and mark the location of drill all fo ur holes in the girders completely L ran the train. We also went to the lum­ the pilot hole on each end of the fo ur joists as through fo r clearance fo r the wood screws in Figure 6(8). On the middle joists, mark . beryard to purchase the lumber and to the two (item 7). Refer to Figure 4 hardware department to procure some simple the locations of the two holes that go through To start actual assembly, select a girder and tools. This month, we build the stage. the side. See Figure 6(8) once again . an outer joist. Place a smaJJ dab of Elmer's® After the lumber is cut to the proper sizes For the pilot holes, use the drill and 1/1 6" glue on the end of the joist and place the two as listed in the Bill of Materials (see Table I), bit, and carefully drill through the girders at pieces together as in Figure 1; insert a screw the next step in building the benchwork is to the fo ur marks on the sides. Drill off the edge and tighten it snugly. Then, do the same with assemble the main frame using items 2, 3 and of the workbench when drill ing through holes the other outer joist. Next , set the assembly on 7 in Figure 1. To start, lay one of the girders and ensure the bit is held straight during all the girder with the joists pointing straight up, (item 2 in Table I) on its side and measure the drilling. Next, drill pilot holes about one inch apply some glue on the ends of the joists and fo ur pilot-hole (reference Figure 4 for a discus­ deep in the ends of the fo ur joists and drill attach the second girder. Wipe any excess glue sion) locations as in Figure 6(A). Do this fo r th rough at the two locations in the sides of the from the joints and lay the assembly on a flat the second girder also. Then stand the joists two middle joists. Now, use the 3/1 6" bit and re- surface. Wax paper may be placed under the

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Figure 2 - Prior to attaching the legs to the main Figure 3 - Attachment of the leg braces, completes frame, the leg modules are assembled. train table benchwork.

16 • Model Railroading .January 1991 PILOT HOLE ClEARANCE HOlE '1,.· OIA l/, ,· DIA 48

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SECTION A·A I I I I � A Figure 4 - Here is the relationship of the clearance FigLure 5 - A ravine (Gwen's Grotto) was cut from the and pilot holes when using wood screws for attaching table top using a keyhole saw prior to mounting the top to pieces together. the main frame. Note that the frame's location must be kept in mind during cutting.

® assembly to protect the flat surface. Elmer's . legs. Again, check fo r squareness of the legs Finally, place a bead of Elmer'S® glue along glue will not stick to the wax paper. and joist. tl1e top of all girders and joists and set tl1e top in position on tl1e frame top. Use tl1e wire To ensure the frame is square, measure When all glue is dry, slip the center joists, nails (item 8 in Ta ble 1) and hammer to attach from an outside comer of the frame and care­ with some glue, into position in the franle per small fu lly mark 12 " along the outside edge of a Figure 1 and attach with the screws. Ensure tl1e top. Set some books in tl1e center of tl1e top girder. Then, from the same comer, measure the legs are square to the main frame. you to ensure it is flat and is attached (glued) to tl1e All and mark 9" along the outside edge of the need to do now is to attach the leg braces (see center joists. Let this dry overnight. appropriate outer joist. If the comer is square Figure 3) and the benchwork is finished. Next month, we will add some track. .d the distance between the two marks will be Once the benchwork has set overnight, 15 ". If it is not , gently twist the frame until the stand it on a flat surface. Check fo r any rock­ Bill of Materials measurement is 15 ". If the frame does not lie ing due to the fo ur legs not being the same Item Qty. Description flat, set some books, bricks, etc. on the frame lengtl1 . If tl1e franle rocks, determine tl1e short 1 1 %" Plywood, 27 " x 48 " members. Now allow the assembly to dry fo r leges) and add some spacing material (e.g. , (top surface) three to fo ur hours. thin wood or note pad cardboard) using some 2 2 1" x 2" Pine, 48 " long Elmer's® glue. Next, ensure the tops of the Leg Module (girder) legs do not rise above the main frame. If tl1ey 3 4 1" x 2" Pine, 25 " long To build the leg modules, lay a leg down do, remove tl1e portion above the frame with '12 Uoist)* and position a center joist as in Figure 1. Use tl1e hand saw. As always when using a saw, be 4 4 I " x 2 " Pine, 26 " long the pilot holes as a guide and drill pilot holes careful and take your time. (legs) in the upper ends of all fo ur legs (see Figure Draw the cutout fo r the grotto per the 5 4 1" x 2 " Pine, 26 " long 2). Then, use the bit and drill clearance dimensions of Figure 5 and then use the key­ 3/16" (leg diagonal) holes in the legs at the pilot hole locations. hole (compass) saw and carefully cut tl1e piece 6 4 x 2" Pine, 30 " long Place a dab of glue on the joists and attach the out of tl1e surface. Use short strokes and tl1e I" (leg brace) legs. Once again, check fo r squareness. Attach end of the saw when cutting the curves. The 7 24 #8 x 1 'A " long wood screw the diagonals (see Figure 2) by positioning two dimensions 17 'A " and 4 \12 " are tl1e criti­ 8 16 #17 xl" long wire nail them on the legs, drill a pilot hole through cal ones fo r the grotto. Th is is where tl1e *See discussion last month on the length of both pieces and then drill a clearance hole in bridge goes. Yo u may eliminate tl1e grotto and this item . the diagonal and attach the diagonals to the bridge if you wish.

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.January 1991 Model Railroading • 17 Modeling a Modern Circus Tr ain Part One by Bill Hill with an introduction by Rhett Coates Photos by the author

I'm writing from backstage at the Circus! The "Red Unit" circus, that is. I met Bill Hill and his wife, Lynn, several years ago while unloading our train in Denver, and the friendship has grown steadily. During the show 's October 1989 engagement at Denver Coliseum with Gunther's Farewell To ur, I got together with show management and had a space backstage set aside one day fo r Bill to display the model fo r cast and crew members. It took three of us - Bill, his wife Ly nn, and myself-to bring in all the equip­ ment. Although there was no scale track to set it on, we lined them up as if they were spotted in some miniature city. We had to. The table was barely large enough to contain the train's length! In six cuts, it made quite a sight. It's easy to recall the excitement as everyone canle through. Performers, concessionaires, workmen, managers, et. a! ., were simply amazed' Many came back more than once, pointing to certain windows and saying to friends, "Look! There's my room!" The glow on Bill's fa ce spoke volumes. Concessions Manager Richard Slayton, astounded at the lookalike of his container flat RBX 35, said, "It looks like somebody took a ray gun and shrunk my car!" And then, General Manager Don Grier got caught up in a lively discussion with various transportation department crewmen about the wagons, all of which they recognized. Even the ones we'd replaced since playing Denver in 1987! Animal trainer Gun­ ther Gebel-WLIliams himself quite taken by the model , inspecting the cars withgreat interest. He termed was it, "Inspirational ," and "A beautiful work." The display helped us bring back some of the "magic" of Circus life that is so often overshadowed by the responsibilities of being employed by the show. And here, then, is the testament to Bill's love, interest, patience, cOlllJ11itment and joy of sharing accomplishments with others that makes model railroading such an enjoyable hobby. He's captured our fa ntasy ; may he capture yours as wel l. The chapters continue, however. Bill says he plans to update the model each year. We ll, there have been many new wagons and vehicles - even a new flat-nose bus - added fo r 1990. And with three more cars coming out in 1991, and an entirely new show, he's got his work cut out fo r him to keep up. There was a second container car, RBX 36, added in 1989, and a new diner, kitbashed from the last tunnel car (originally an UP six-axle baggage car) added Christmas day 1989. Things are happening in The Greatest Show On Earch , and Bill Hill has a stake. - Rhett CoaTes, Red UniT Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey Circus, Vienna, �

he words "Here Comes the Circus" have T brought thrills and chills to children of all ages. The circus with its animals, scents, and action raises the blood pressure of all that witness the arrival of the circus train. In 1969, Irving Feld, owner of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, purchased the Wil­ liams Circus in Gernlany and brought it to the United States, and this was the birth of the

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Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Combined Show.;, Ringling Bros. Barnum Bailey Circus, and & The Greatest Show on G. Barnes Circus, Earth, AJ Hagenbeck-Wa.lJace Circus, Sells-Floto Circus, John Closeup of RBX 30, an elephant car. Note plates on left end of car. A power Robertson Circus, and Sparks Circus are registered plant was originally located in this area, but area is now used for hay trademarks of Kenneth Feld Enterprises. storage. UP yards, Denver, CO, Oct. 1989.

1B • Model Railroading .January 1991 Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Red Unit Consist for Ye ars 1987, 1989 List compiled by Rhett Coates with assistance from Maury Gibson of Houston, TX , and RBBB Circus

Ye ar 1987 1989 No. No. Builder Type Built Original No. Comments

15 ? 89 '6" Flat ? GfW ? Replaced former Car 28 16 16 Maxson 89 '6" Flat 1969 GfW 303142 17 17 ACF? 89 '6" Flat 1967 GfW 303109 18 18 W&K? 89 '6 " Flat 1965 NIFX 13121 19 19 W&K 89 '6" Flat 1967 NIFX 8286 20 20 ACF 89 '6" Flat 1968 ? 21 21 ACF 89 '6 " Flat 1968 ? 22 22 ACF 89 '6" Flat 1968 ? 23 23 W&K 89 '6" Flat 1967 NIFX 8283 24 24 Pullman 89 '6" Flat 1961 NIFX 4025 Former Monte Carlo Circus bi-Ievel #223 25 25 ACF 89 '6" Flat 1967 ? 26 26 ACF 89 '6" Flat 1968 ? 27 27 ACF Bi-Level Flat 1967 SHPX 99503 30 30 ACF Stock Car 1961 UP 6919* 31 31 St. Louis Stock Car 1962 UP 6330* 32 32' ACF Stock Car 1961 UP 6307* 33 33 ACF Stock Car 1961 UP 6324* 34 58 St. Louis Shop Car 1962 UP 6329* 35 ? 89 '6" Flat ? GfW 304235 With two 40 ' containers 36 ? 89 '6 " Flat ? GfW 303083 With two 40 ' containers 37 37 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5433 38 38 ACF Sleeper 1953 UP 5450 39 39 ACF Sleeper 1953 UP 5451 40 54 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5417 40 ? Sleeper 1954 UP 5554 Formerly P&W 4594 41 41 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5414 42 42 ACF PIE Car 1961 UP 6317* Replaced by new RBX 42 in 1990: ex-UP 6322* baggage the fo rmer RBX 28, Red Unit 's last is "Tunnel Car" 43 43 ACF Power/Dorm 1961 UP 6323* 44 44 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5425 45 45 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5402 46 46 Pullman Sleeper 1955 SAL 50 'Bay Pines', former SCL 6402 and Auto Train 602 47 47 Budd Sleeper 1954 B&O 7104 'Mockingbird', a duplex 48 48 Pullman Sleeper 1954 NYNH&H 536 'Monument Beach', former LIRR 'Sagtikos' 49 49 ? Sleeper 1955 SAL 5269 Former SCL 5269 and Amtrak 5269 50 50 ACF Sleeper 1953 UP 5459 51 51 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5432 52 52 ? Sleeper 1953 SP 2214 Former Amtrak 4468 53 53 ACF Sleeper 1953 UP 5457 54 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5444 55 55 ACF Power/Dorm 1961 UP 6313* 56 56 Pullman Sleeper 1950 UP 5401 57 57 ACF Sleeper 1953 UP 5453 58 59 St. Louis Sleeper 1962 UP 5465 59 60 ? Sleeper 1955 ATS F 910 'Indian Scout', former Amtrak 2218 found fo r RBBB by Johnny Marietta of Pittsburg, KS 60 61 ACF Sleeper 1953 UP 5458

*Ex-baggage with six-wheel trucks

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 19 unit of the present-day train. There is, "Red" in addition, the "Blue" unit which is also a complete show in its own right. For the pur­ pose of this series, I will be referring to the "Red" unit of the show as it the easiest to is model with the commercial parts that are available. In 1969, flat cars returned to the circus train, which up until then consisted of coaches and tunnel cars made from ex-U.S. Arnly hospital cars from World War The flats are RBX 30 shows power plant mounted across end. Has since been removed. II. Denver UP yards, Oct. 89 '6 " long ex-trailer flats. At that time, the 1987. train consisted of 14 coaches, four animal stock cars, four flat cars, and three tunnel cars fo r a total of 25 cars. The addition of a bi-level rack car which was built on an 89 '6 " trailer flatcanle in 1972. It carried the management vehicles on the upper level and animal cages on the lower level and in some shows, supplies and floats. The train had grown in length to 30 cars and con­ sisted of 18 coaches, four animal stock cars, HO model of #30 car prior to decaling. Power plant has since been removed five flats, tunnel cars, and the bi-Ievel rack two as per prototype. car. By 1990, the train had grown to 44 cars and ..... consisted of 24 sleepers, two of which are power/dorm cars, four animal stock cars, 12 flat cars, two container cars, one shop car, one PIE car, and the bi-level rack car. For 1991 , more changes are in store with the planned addition of one coach and two more flat cars, which will bring the total to 47 cars. Now let's take a look at these cars. Sixteen of the sleepers are ex-Union Pacific coaches RBX 55 is a power/dorm car. UP yards, Denver, CO, Oct. that have been remodeled to provide rooms or 1987 . compartments fo r the performers and crew fo r the show. Two of the cars are ex-Seaboard corrugated-side coaches and an ex-Baltimore and Ohio duplex sleeper. There is also an ex­ New Haven coach, an ex-ATSF coach, and an ex-SP coach. The two power/dorm cars are ex-Union Pacific baggage cars and have two diesel power plants on one end and the dorm on the other end fo r personnel . Only one HO scale model of RBX 55 (power/dorm). power plant in each car is on line at a time. There are also fuel tanks on the power plant end of the car. The shop car is also an ex-Union Pacific baggage car and contains a complete machine shop. The four animal cars are also ex-Union Pacific baggage cars. Two of these cars have dorms fo r the animal handlers. Again, the "PIE" car an ex-Union Pacific baggage car is that serves as the diner fo r the show. For those of you that don't know what "PIE" stands RBX 32, horse/dorm car, is an ex-UP baggage car. UP yards, Denver, CO, fo r, it means "Privileged Individuals and Oct. 1987 . Employees.' ' They also carry a "PIE-Jr," which will be General view of coach stock in UP yards, Denver, CO, Oct. 1989. covered under the wagon part of these articles. In addition, up until mid-season of 1988, the carried an ex-California Zephyr baggage train car for concession supplies. This car was

replaced with an 89 '6 " trailer flat to which two containers had been welded to the 40' deck with the door end of each container fac­ ing the other. A sheet-metal enclosure was built with doors on each side for loading of concession supplies. The interior has a hall along one side and compartments fo r storage. In December of 1989, a second container car was added to the train. The flat cars used by both shows were built by various companies and, as stated before,

are of the 89 '6 " type with smooth decks. Two of the flats are designated as "Run" cars and RBX 27 is a bi-Ievel rack used transport tiger cages and supplies on lower to carry the ramps or "runs" used in unloading level and management vehicles on upper level. Denver UP yards, 1987. Oct. the wagons and motive power used by the show. Car 1(20 used to carry the runs on the side until it went through a too-narrow bridge, and they were removed from the sides of the car. It also carries a small power plant and an electric winch fo r loading the last wagon on the train if they do not have a piece of motive power to pull it up the runs. For additional information, the 1990 "Blue" unit is 46 cars in length has 14 flat and cars and is still carrying an ex-California HO scale models of bi-Ievel rack and a flat-loaded. Wa gon on right is the Zephyr baggage car. "PIE-Jr: ' In the coverage of the "Red" unit, I will discuss the easy way to model the various pieces of rolling stock from commercial products available at your local hobby shop. But when it comes to the special cars such as the animal cars, PIE, shop, and power/dorms, you are going to have to scratchbuild them. Again, I will show you the easy way to do them using commercial parts. The wagons will have to be scratchbuilt as nothing is available, but don't give up: they are easy to do. The motive power, E. Trucks, 1. Clark dock mules (Jeeps), and the bus can be made by modifying commercial pieces of equipment available at your hobby shop or by mail order. One important thing you must be thinking about is how long you want to make RBX 35 was used in 1987 for concession storage. Oct. 1987, Denver, CO. your circus train. The HO scale model built to full length is 44 actual fe et long. Due to this fa ct, there are very few home layouts, or even club layouts, that can run this train without its overpowering the layout. Even most module­ type setups at malJ shows are too small fo r the train. So give some thought as to what you want to do. A possible suggestion is to build only the flats and have them on a siding unloading. Yo u can then say that the rest of the train is else­ where. This happens fo r the real train in some cities. In Denver, the train arrives on the Den­ ver & Rio Grande, via the Moffat Tunnel into North Ya rd. It is then switched over to the Union Pacific yards. The train is then spotted on the two western-most tracks with the flats spotted and split fo r unloading on the outer track. The rest of the train is unloaded on the next track. At ma1l shows or any public show fo r that matter, a circus train is a great hit with chil­ RBX is an ex-B&O duplex sleeper. RBX 22, in foreground, was made by dren of all ages. In the next article we will 47 American Car and Foundry in start building the sleepers. 21. 1968.

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 21 RelDoval of Cast Ladder Detail FrOID Plastic Models With a few techniques, cast detail removal is quite simple.

by Jim Mansfield All illustrations and photos by the author

any of the articles in the model press The sketches for the boxcars (and gondolas) As with using most craftsman hand tools, M concerning upgrading plastic rolling are sectional views and show the cutting nearly as much information concerning the stock start with the removal of cast-on details motions fo r a #18 X-Acto® blade for detail piece being worked is gained by feel as by used such as ladders and grabirons. While this can removal. The sketches are also a reference fo r sight. This feeling your way along is likened be an task, without some basic techniques the hopper car. The major diffe rence is the to having the tool become part of your hand. easy use and a method to the madness, it can also be of a #11 X-Acto® blade. The photos show the Keep in mind that any time you are using a frustrating. A slip of a hobby knife or fLle can results of using the techniques discussed in this knife, the piece being worked must be held so mark a plastic model beyond repair. article. that the blade will not cut you if you slip. This article discusses a method fo r remov­ When working the long grab irons across the Tips and Tec hniques ing end and side ladder detail on boxcars and ends of the hopper car, you may be surprised gondolas, and a method fo r removing most of Before I discussthe actual techniques, there at how flexible the plastic becomes as it gets the material from the ladders and grabirons of are a few pointers I want to share with you . thin. If the knife blade does slip and go hopper cars. examples, I have chosen a 50 The first of these is that while plastic is a sta­ As ' through the grabiron, simply apply a drop of boxcar, a Railbox-type boxcar and a 54' ble material at room temperature, it acts soft liquid plastic cement, re-attach the piece and covered hopper. The same techniques can be while being worked with a knife blade. When allow to dry fo r a few minutes. Once it is dry applied to gondolas. Once finished with the the proper amount of material is being and painted, the cut is no longer visible. Even detail removal, you will be ready to add new removed, the blade fe els as though it is mov­ with an accidental cut or two, it is simpler to details. ing through a good-quality pine wood. The carve away extra material than to completely plastic will in fact "curl" much like a shaving remove the castings, clean up tool marks, and does when whittling. If one tries to remove too cut, fo rm and apply new ladders and grabi­ much material, the plastic will crack instead of rons. While the results may not be contest curling. quality, you can't really tell the difference Unlike wood , plastic tends to gall when cut under normal layout viewing conditions. with a new, keen edge of a knife blade. For this reason, pass a new blade through a piece of pine fo ur or five times before using the Athearn 50 ' Boxcar blade on plastic. Figure 1 shows the side view of a #18 X-

, - This end view of CR 271704 shows the results of applying the techniques of this article to an

Athearn 50 ' plastic double-door 2 - JERR 3001 is a Railbox model modified using the techniques of this boxcar kit. article. The side grabirons are scale and fit the Athearn model. 0

22 • Model Railroading .January 1991 CASTING r LADDER DETAIL / AS ON MODEL. // / CAR END

2 CUTTING BLADE SHIP , r RELATION J �

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2 1 J jr CUTTI NG BLADE 3 4 5 RELATIONSHIP I I I /8 � 5 6 7 9

Figure 1 - Cast Detail Removal for Athearn 50 ' Boxcar Figure 2 - Cast Detail Removal for Railbox-type Plastic Boxcar The two top views show the end contour of a 50 ' plas­ The two top views show the end contour of a Ra ilbox­ tic boxcar, the material (ladder, brake wheel housing, type plastic boxcar, the material (ladder, brake wheel etc .) to be removed and the order and direction of cuts housing, etc .) to be removed and, the order and direc­ made using a #1 8 X-Acto® blade. The bottom views tion of cuts made using a #18 X-Acto blade. The bottom show the same information for the side ladders of the view shows the same information for the side ladders kit. of the kit.

Acto® knife blade and the motions required to remove the bulk of material from the end and side ladders of a 50 ' Athearn boxcar. The side ladder will have only the rung detail removed. To remove the complete end ladder, only strokes 1, 3, 4 and 5 are used . After the bulk material is removed, a half­ round jeweler's file is used to remove any remaining unwanted plastic. The round part of the file used in the concave portions of the is car end while the flat side may be on the used other portions. A grade 00 or 000 steel wool is then used to burnish any tool marks left by filing. A blunt end flat jeweler's file is used to clean between the remaining car side ladder sidepieces. This done both top to bottom is and bottom to top, and always parallel to the lad­ der sidepieces. Steel wool is also used on the side ladders. Photo 1 shows a 50' boxcar with the detail replaced. This model is a repaint to Conrail 3 - Here is the new look for an Athearn 54' Pullman Standard hopper car Tuscan Red. kit. Excess material has been removed and no new detail has been added to the body casting. Some piping details will be added during final (Continued on 57) assembly. page

�anuary 1991 Model Railroading • 23 Will the Mechanical Reefer Survive? by George Melvin Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated.

ill the mechanical refrigerator car W fo llow its predecessor, the ice-cooled reefer into the pages of history as an extinct car type? A look at the chart would lead to that conclusion, to be sure! The total in 1989 is just slightly larger than in 1965, when the car was starting to take over from the ice reefer in large numbers. When news broke in 1986 that the Santa Fe, not noted fo r being out of step with the rest of the rail industry, was retiring its mechanical reefer fleet and would use cars ' from the Fruit Growers Express pool to satisfY its customers' demands fo r such equipment, it MEC 2, from two car series impressed me that this type of car might be series but with a bit higher numbered 1 and 2, class RPL, built capacity at 135,000 Ibs. Build from headed fo r its last roundup. by PC&F in 1965, received this paint Athearn #5460 (57 ' Mechanical Most railroads hauling perishables through scheme in 1981 . Cars were Reefer) with new built-up roof and the nearly century-long era of the ice reefer acquired for frozen fish shipments doors from McKean #800 ACF box­ invested in fleets of mechanicals as reliable and were used frequently by the car. Decals: Accu-Cals 5810H. cars of this type were developed, beginning in BAR. Ve ry similar to BAR 150-299 the 1950s. Certainly mechanical reefers would replace ice reefers just as the 50 ' boxcar was replacing the 40 " might have been the consensus. During the 1970s, fast-changing distribution patterns, the maturing of the country 's interstate highway system, and the doldrum days in the Penn Central region of the North­ east, where much perishable traffic was destined, all combined with fo rce, leaving the railroads well behind the truckers in perishable REMX 1117 in series 1001-1183, Athearn 5460 with a new peaked haulage. It looked like the mechanical reefer class RPL was operated briefly by ribbed roof and grafting in doors era might total only a bit over three decades. REMX Corp., Solana Beach, CA. from the Details West #700 (close Developments in the past two years seem to Apparently related to PFE. it carries to the 9' wide by 8 '8 " on the pro­ signal that the mechanical may have hit the their class R70-19 and its home totype). Decals: Herald King PR- bottom but bounced back. Burlington Nor­ point was their shop in Tucson . 132. them's car rehabil itation program fo r next year Could be built by modifying the Pa ul We stin Collection will include 300 mechanical reefers put through their subsidiary 's We stern Fruit Express shop. This amounts to just over 15 % of their fleet - a positive sign. On the opposite end of the country, the Bangor & Aroostook experiencing a modest comeback is in mechanical reefer demands. Stories are told of long unused sidings in other parts of the country being reactivated fo r the arrival of a carload of meat or produce. The mechanical reefer may just survive! Study the ownership chart and you will notice that fo ur companies, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Burlington Northern and TPIX 162 in series 100-164, class panel design and all the mechani­ Fruit Growers Express (in order of owner­ RPL, is a member of the 225-car cal equipment under the floor! The ship), operate about 93 % of today 's mechan­ fleet of mechanicals and insulated door is similar to the Athearn ical reefers, fo llowed by ten railroads and fo ur boxcars used by Tropicana Products #5460 and the ends to the Details private car companies. Certainly any of these between its plant in Bradenton, FL, West 700, but the side panels are a distinctive cars are WOlthy of study and model­ and its distribution facility in scratch project. These cars are now ing.They will be a notewOIthy addition on any Kearny, NJ. The car was built in painted orange. Decals: Herald layout set in the 1950s to the present, in any 1970 by FGE in Alexandria and has King PR-58. part of the cou ntry. the FGE's distinctive riveted side

24 • Model Railroading .January 1991 UPFE 46141 1 is a new series not in a 1989 Equipment Register but is certainly not a new car. It is possibly a former Bangor & Aroostook car, being nearly iden­ tical to the BAR 11000-1 1 049 series. It shows the UP's latest paint scheme with only a 24 " herald for decoration. Decals: Herald King PR-1 58 except for the herald.

(Continued on page 28)

MECHANICAL REEFER OWNERSHIP: 1960 - 1989 Reporting Mechanical July January April April April Owner Marks Class 1960 1965 1976 1982 1989 Alaska ARR RPL 11 11 Sante Fe (ATSF) SFRC ,SFRD,SFRP RP,RPL,RPM 309 1963 4633 237 1 American Ref. Transit RMAX,RMBX,RMDX,MART RP,RPL,RPM 25 1 605 Bangor & Aroostook BAR RPL 150 239 326 70 Boston & Maine BM RP 15 NOTE: Cars 1900- 1914 milk cars, listed as freight equipment in 1965 . Burlington Ref. Ex. BRCX,BREX,BRMX RP,RPL,RPM 103 172 Burlington Northern BNFE RP,RPB,RPL,RPM 3286 3075 1803 Canadian National CN RP,RPL,RPM 195 86 1 586 22 Newfoundland Lines RPM 14 CP Rail CP RP,RPL,RPM,RPMH 659 514 334 Chicago & North We stern CNW RPL 92 Conrail CR RPL 36 Erie-Lackawanna EL RPL 38 Endasa SA de CV ENDX RP 2 Fruit Growers Express FGCX,FGEX,FGMR,FHIX RP,RPL,RPM 906 1004 2723 1865 1245 General Amer. Trans. HPFX,SRLX RPM 3 207 5 6 Genessee Wyoming GNWR RPL & I Green Bay & Western GBW RPL 16 Maine Central MEC RPL 2 2 2 Merchants Despatch Trans. NYMX RP 51 51 36 Milwaukee MILW RP,RPL 345 Missouri Pacific ARMH RP,RPL 83 1 288 7 National Car MNX RPM 1 North American Car CRIX,MRBX,MRRX,RPRX RP,RPM 40 59 97 North We stern Ref. CRIX RP 20 NorthernPacific NPM RP,RPL 260 523 Pacific Fruit Ex. PFE RP,RPL,RPM 1211 4713 2077 197 REMX Corp. REMX RPL 183 Rio Grande Chemical Sales RGCX RP,RPM 35 San Luis Central SLC RPL 95 Soo Line SOO RPL 20 19 MILW RPL 8 Southern SOU RPL 5 5 2 SouthernPacific SPFE RPL 4808 4646 2866 Tuscola & Saginaw Bay TSBY RPL 11 11 Union Ref. Transit URTX RP,RPM 53 62 Union Pacific UPFE,UPRX RPL 4788 4997 3760 We stern Fruit Ex. WFCX,WFEX RP,RPL 260 509 Wilson Car Lines WCLX RPM 15 Te nnessee Eastman Co. ETCX RPL 7 Tropicana Products TPIX RP,RPL 225 175 3827 10235 25629 15119 10424 American Association of Railroads (AAR) Classification of Cars: "RP" - Mechanical Refrigerator. A house car equipped with insulation with or without means of ventilation and provided with apparatus or other device for furnishing protection against heat andlor cold. Apparatus operated by power other man through car axle. "RPB" - Similar to "RP" bur for usc in bulk polato or similar type loading. equipped with interior slope sheets and conveyors andlor equipment for mechanical loading and unloading. " RPC' - Similar to "RP" but equipped with adjustable loading or stowing device (DF equipment). "RPM" - Similar to "RP" but equipped with beef rails. "RPMH" - Similar to "RP" but equipped with beef rails and underslung heater.

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 25 Into the Record Books MainLine Modelers Break Guinness Record

Ike Cottingham and Mark Hamrick wanted to set a new endurance record fo r the Guinness Book of Wo rld Records. They did it in a big way with a Life-Like BL2, an MRC power pack, six Athearn passenger cars ...and a lot of hard work.

by Elizabeth White

t noon on August 4, 1990, Ike switches and soldered all of the rail joints on Cottingham and Mark Hamrick a 116 ' Code 100 brass mainl ine fo rmed by A started their Proto 2000 BL2 locomotiveon what they their 22 HO scale modules. hoped would be a journey into the record The layout was connected to a standard books. What they didn't realize was that they MRC dual loco power pack #5 by two fe eder had just launched themselves into a 50-day wires. Says Cottingham, "Three years ago endurance marathon of track cleaning, record when we first built the layouts we were trying keeping, layout repair and instant fa me. to finish modules totaling 24' x 12 ' in two "We had seen an article in the Akron Bea­ months - from scratch ! Mark had 'volun­ con Jo urnal about Right of Way Industries' teered' us to display the modules at a Father's attempt at the record," said Ike, remembering Day show, and somehow, when we were st ill how it all started. Mark contacted the pub­ working on the modules the night before, there lishers of the Guinness Book of Wo rld Records were other things that seemed more important The MRC power pack with emer­ gency backup power (two Deep and received a fax listing the official require­ than a lot of time-consuming wiring." ments. In order to gain a space in the record In accordance with Guinness standards, the Cycle batteries) and cooling system (fan) that ensured uninterrupted books, the BL2's performance would have to BL2 had to pull six eight-wheeled coaches. "represent a significant improvement" over Six Athearn passenger cars that Ike decaled track power. Bill Moore photo the previous record of 864'/2 hours of continu­ Expo Akron fulfilled that requirement. "It pitch black down there and all I could was ous operation which established in 1978 by According to Ike, the easiest part of the that little headlight truckin' around the was see was a British toy store owner. preparation was getting the locomotive. "We track ," he stated. "We would have been happy with 1,000 knew another modeler who had a BL2 and To keep the hard-working BL2 running hours," grinned Ike after it was all over, "but said that it ran great, so we called Bill Moore smoothly, Ike reported fo r track cleaning duty I think 1,207 '12 hours really blew them away!" at Life-Like and he sent us a Chesapeake & every morning at 7:00 and each evening at Ohio BL2 immediately." 5:00. He estimates that he spent 130 hours Layout Preparation Preparing the locomotive even simpler, cleaning and repairing track during the mara­ was To prepare fo r their attempt at breaking the since Guinness requirements dictate that the thon. Guinness Wo rld Record, the Akron, Ohio­ locomotive be a completely unmodified, out­ When he fo und a damaged joint, Ike would based MainLine Modelersremoved all of the of-the-box model . Although Guinness allows have to heat the rail, solder, file, clean and the addition of grease around the axles, the cool it - all within the one minute and fo rty­ MainLine Modelers didn't even lubricate the five seconds that it took fo r the BL2 to com­ BL2 before its journey began. plete one lap of the layout. Guinness standards allowed the use of a True to Murphy's law, a track joint cracked backup power supply in the event of power in the most inaccessible part of the layout - pack or electrical fa ilure. Ike and Mark used under a covered bridge. In order to gain access two 12-volt Deep Cycle batteries which would to the track, Ike had to completely remove the automatically kick in when power stopped bridge and its base, a delicate operation under flowing through the power pack. any circumstances, but even more critical with a record-breaking train on the tracks! Ike's Backup Power Supply "surgery" left that portion of the track totally Saved the Day unsupported, so while he was repairing the Halfway through the record-breaking bridge, he had to use temporary supports and attempt, there was an electrical fa ilure in the even his hands to keep the track steady when Akron area. The building security guard was the train passed by. in the basement when the power went out, and The MainLine Modelers' layout housed Ike Cottingham, who did most the was work, proudly displays the record he saw the locomotive's headlight flicker fo r at the Expo Akron, a fo rmer B.F. Goodrich breaking BL2. Bill Moore photo just an instant as the backup power took over. building being used as an entertainment and

26 • Model Railroading .January 1991 retail community center. But on August 29, Murphy's Lawstruck again when Expo Akron closed its doors. "Mark and I were really sweating it until the owners of the building told us we could stay there until the BL2 stopped ," remembered Ike. "We were afraid 25 days of running time had gone to waste." Scattered throughout the locomotive's mara­ thon were "milestones" that the enthusiastic modelers used to mark the BL2's progress. The BL2's first milestone was the 341-hour mark set by Right of Way Industries in June 1990 before a special-effe ct mechanism broke, causing a short and ending their attempt. This Life-Like Bl2 and six Athearn passenger cars lettered for "EXPO Ac cording to Right of Way, that problem has AKRON" ran 1207112 hours without stopping to set a new Guinness record. been rectified in all new engines. Ike Cottingham photo The BL2 passed 341 hours problem-free and continued on toward the record . The BL2 Payne, was on hand to certify the authenticity scheduled to beat the established record on of the hourly log maintained by the modelers was Sunday, September 9 at 12 :31 p.m. Recalls and building security guards to document the Ike, "Friday night before it passed the record , locomotive's continuous performance. A I cleaning track and the engine run­ camera crew from WA KC-TV, Channel 23 in was was ning rough, so I sat with it fo r five hours, Akron, recorded the event. afraid it was going to stop. But it just seemed Once the locomotive passed the old record to straighten up and heal itsel f." and was heading toward a new record , the When it seemed as if the locomotive would local media becanle interested in the story, and actually exceed the record , Mark contacted the Ike and Mark became local celebrities. The local newspapers, radio stations and TV sta­ BL2 appeared on the WA KC evening news tions, and invited them to witness the record­ that Sunday, and its progress updated each was breaking moment . Roxanne constructed a fin­ Sunday. Ike did an on-air interview with ish line with winner's flags across the tracks. WRQK-FM in Canton, while Mark gave James E. Payne (left), Akron's On the morning of September 9, just hours morning updates on WNIR-FM in Kent . Both Deputy Director of Law, prepares before the BL2 due to crossthat finish line the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Akron Bea­ to sign the log documenting the was into the record books, Ike was cleaning the con Journal ran fe ature stories on the BL2's hours as Ike Cottingham (center) track when he heard the locomotive make a historic performance and the men who made and Mark Hamrick (right) look on. Bill Moore photo loud squealing noise. "I started to wonder if it possible. The newspaper clippings, video and she would make it, but as soon as the people audio tapes and photographs have all become curved trestle bridge, a passenger station, and started to arrive, she prancing." treasured parts of fu ll scrapbooks in both the a wye section to house their yard . Both Ike was Hamrick and Cottinghanl households. and Mark plan to devote some time to the Old Record Broken When the BL2 breezed past the 1,OOO-hour unfinished portions of the layout. This means Ike's fe ars were put to rest that Sunday mark, Ike delighted: "The engine actually a lot of work for Mark especially since 70% was when, in front of 30 witnesses, the BL2 ran better after it passed the record than it had of the modules belong to him. cruised smoothly past the 864'12 hour mark before! I wondered if she would ever stop! The modules were exhibited during the and just kept on going. Many friends and "Steam Days" celebration in December at family members showed up to see the BL2 1207112 Hours Quaker Square, a restored fo rnler Quaker Oats break the record, including fe llow MainLine But fm ally, on the evening of September 23, factory now used as a retail center, which is Modelers Paul Hamrick, Jim and Earl Stout, the security guard checking the locomotive located right off the Chessie mainline. The and BiJI Moore of Life-Like Products, who heard it start to "run funny " and figured that modelers hope to obtain permission to set up drove six hours from Baltimore to witness the he should "stick around to see what would their modules permanently in a Pennsylvania event. Akron's Deputy Director of Law, Janles happen." Within a few minutes, he witnessed Streamliner passenger car at Quaker Square. the engine as it reached the end of its long Looking back on the 1,207 '12-hour mara­ After traveling over 909.5 actual journey. At 7:30 p.m. the Proto 2000 BL2 thon, Ike outlines the things he would do miles, the train finally came to slowed to a halt after 1,207 '/2 continuous hours differently if he fe lt crazy enough to try it of operation, the estimated equivalent of 23 again. "First, I would locate the event in my a halt. Ike Cottingham photo years of normal use. In all it had traveled own town - two round trips at 20 miles each 79,208 scale miles, or sl ightly over 909.5 way means 80 miles a day! Second, I would "' ��, , .�. -::�. ­ , actual miles. At an average scale speed of just have the locomotive pull a seventh car, one 'J over 65.5 mph, it completed 41,400 laps before equipped with a track-cleaning device. And ' - , stopping . finally, I would run the locomotive on a much .... � Once the BL2 stopped, the MainLine smaller layout - 116' of track is a lot to clean! -::�==-�� Modelers packed up the locomotive and Although the newspaper clippings and log returned it to Life-Like fo r analysis. Accord­ sheets have all been packed up and shipped to ing to Bill Moore, the unrelenting hours of Guinness, don't look fo r Ike Cottingham, operation caused the brushes to wear until they Mark Hamrick and the Proto 2000 BL2 in the caused a short. The record-breaker has been next edition of the Guinness Book of Wo rld sh ipped to the factory fo r a complete analysis. Records. The 1991 edition had just gone to Now that their Guinness project over, Ike press when the BL2 broke the record , so the is and Mark are returning their attention to their new and improved record won't appear until layouts. New modules being planned include a 1992. Ja

Model Railroading • 27 Will the Mechani (Col1linued R5 EXPRESS FRUIT G�OWE FGCX 11537 in series 11200-11 699, class RPL. Built by Fruit Growers F� Guatut Express in Alexandria, VA in 1968 and repainted there in 1972. This .-, .... gII �::::::, ....,;, ;,::� class of car now carries FGMR reporting marks. Adding two side panels of length to each end of the car by splicing twodiff erent Details West #700 kits together will yield about the right length car. The doors and ends on the #700 are close. Refrigeration unit access doors from the Athearn #5460 could be added. Decals: Microscale 87-238. Pa ul We stin collection

SPFE 456964 in series 456901- 457400, class RPL, PFE class R70-20, showing off the all-white scheme, remarkably clean! The white is used for its reflective ability to aid in cooling. Build from Athearn #5460 with Hydra-Cushion under­ frame from Cal-Scale kit #SC-301 or a Details West #700 insulated box­ car kit. Decals: Herald King PR-1 57.

SFRC 56323 in series 56300-56649, class RPL, was built in June 1972. It differs principally from the PCF (Pacific Car & Foundry) style cars of the period in having a flat roof and 4-4 late Dreadnaught ends (PC&F cars have a 4-3 end). Door dimen­ sions and side details are close to the Athearn #5460 car. Perhaps a Robins Rails Greenville 60 ' car could be used for ends and roof. Decals: Microscale 87-255. Paul We stin collection

UPRX 351582 in series 351474- Reefer. Athearn used the early handbrake equipment into the 351748 class RP and PFE class Dreadnaught 5-5 end on both ends wrong end. It belongs on the end R70-12 show the odd reporting of the model, but this is accurate opposite the mechanical unit. marks used by UP briefly after the for the A end only. The B (brake) Swapping of ends only will yield a breakup of PFE. Built by PFE in 1960 end, as shown here, is a 4-3 late very accurate model. Decals: and shopped and painted at Tucson Dreadnaught end, which can be Herald King PR-158 except for in 1975, this car is the basis for the taken from the Athearn #5460 car. reporting marks. Athearn #1 631 50 ' Outside Braced Also, Athearn has molded the cal Reefer S urvive? from page 25)

FGMR 12364 in series 11975-12964, class RPL, is bigger than any SPFE or UPFE car; one foot longer (51 '10" inside length), about 400 cubic feet larger, with 18 tons more capacity, at 166,000 Ibs. Extensive kitbash and scratchbuiding project. Decals: Microscale MC 4022.

CN 222952 in series 222945-222966, class RPM, is equipped with a door­ mounted refrigeration unit and underslung power unit. With a temperature range of 28 to 70°F, it is stenciled for "Fresh Products Only." It has a 40 ' inside length but is only 6 '8 " high because of meat racks. The Front Range #4070 box­ car would be a good choice for the basic car with the refrigeration equipment and other modifica­ tions added. Walthers #975 Refrigeration Detail could be used for the door detail. Decals: Walthers 3045. John C. Benson photo NADX 3631 in series 3612-3649, class RP, leased to Kraft Foods by North American Car Corp. This car is 50 '10" long inside and 58 '3 " long outside and is cooled by an end­ mounted Thermo-King unit, similar to Wa lthers #975. It has a 6' plugdoor and 3-3 late Dreadnaught ends. A considerable kitbashing project; the side panels could be made from two C&8T Shops 12-panel 40 ' boxcars, and modified ends and doors could come from a Front Range car. No decal set avail­ able but NADX reporting marks can be found in older sets, such as Wa lthers 1397 (Safeway Foods) or Champ HR-49 (Hormel). The Kraft logo, mounted on a metal plate and bolted to the car, could be cut from a Kraft product label. It is about 5' long in HO. Pa ul We stin collection

UPFE 457583 in series 457501- 1978, these cars carried the same 456964. Decals: Herald King 457600, class RPL, is also a PFE class paint scheme. Notice the white PR-1 58. R70-20. Prior to PFE's demise in roof. Construction same as SPFE Southern Alco PA3: Converting an Athearn PA l

Here we see a Southern PA 3 in its natural setting, waiting for the run from Bristol, VA , south with the Te nnes­ sean. If anyone out there has any prototype photos of a Southern PA3, drop me a note! Only minor differences existed between the right and left sides of the PA 3. The left side lacked an oil aftercooler above the air reservoir tank and MU hoses on the pilot. Other than that they were essentially identical.

by Larry Puckett Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated

ver since first saw a picture of a [ E Southern PA 3, [just had to have a pair. Southern only owned six of these "honorary steam locomotives," numbered 6900-6905. All were A-units purchased in 1953 to replace the aging Alco DU09s on the Tel/I/esseal/ south of Bristol , Virginia. These six units had the questionable distinction of being the last PA s to be built and the first PA 3s to be scrap­ ped in about 1963. In all, 49 PA 3s and five PB3s were built in 1952-53: 18 fo r the Missouri Pacific, two fo r the New Yo rk Central , 28 fo r the Southern Pacific, and six for the Southern. Scale draw­ ingsof the PA 3s were published in the March 1987 issue of Mainline Modeler. Now that Uncle (Athearn) has hobby shops restocked Irv with PA is, I figured it was about time to finish an old project that had been on a back burner since 1987. For modeling purposes, we are only interested in the external differences between the PA 3 and the PA model produced by I Southern Alco PA3 6903 is shown here near Whiteside, TN, on the NC&StL Athearn. Most apparent are the changes in the in August 1958, with Tra in No. 35, a Chattanooga-Memphis local air intake grills on the side of the car body. passenger, mail and express. David Salter photo W

30 • Model Railroading ..January 1991 Figure 1 - The major modification to the frame involves making cavities for the air reservoir tanks (1). Look closely at the underside of the casting and you'll see how a section(5) was removed, cut, and replaced to leave two 18" x 18" x 74 " cavities. Also a fuel filler (2) Figure 2 - A close-up of the area described in Figure 1 is located just above the oil aftercooler. Ve rtical louvers showing (1 ) the air reservoir tank hanger strap (3) indicate the location of the battery box. The ladder fabricated from foil, (2) the fuel filler, (3) the battery (4) is attached with ACC to replace the one removed box louvers, (4) the Alco steps, and (5) the Alco oil with the skirt assembly. The left side of the frame is aftercooler. Note the placement of the scribed line modified in the same way, without the aftercooler. representing the battery box door.

Unlike the PA l, which had a wire screen, the and round them off with a file and sandpaper. replacements for the originals and A-Line PA 3 had a stainless steel Farr grill. Also, the I made mine by locking them in the chuck of makes a re-motor kit wh ich contains mOlar, mid-unit engine room door did not have the a drill and gently held a file to them as the flywheels, and wires. Before mounting the grill work, and with the exception of this door, drill turned (a makeshift lathe). To protect it motor, solder a couple of wire leads to the portholes were dropped. Finally, the gracefully from scratches, wrap a length of maski ng tape electrical contacts on the motor. To mount the curved metal strip across the front of the air around the end of the tube before putting it in motor, squeeze out a blob of silicone rubber intake grill was eliminated . the drill chuck. sealant into the motor mount depression, then set the motor into it. Stabilize the motor by Other minor changes were the addition of a The tank hanger bands are simply scale 2" inserting a couple of toothpicks under the gasket frame around the windshield similar to wide strips of Vintage Reproductions fo il glued shafts and let them rest on the frame. After that on the FA2 and 45 0 number boards. The around the tanks. Glue the completed tanks in this has dried, we 'll finish the wiring. Southern units were all delivered without the place. the area above the right air tank there In Drill a hole in the frame just fo rward mid-body skirts which covered the fuel tanks, is an oil aftercooler coil. The only source fo r %4 " of the motor and thread a screw into the battery boxes, air reservoir tanks, and oil after­ this is a Gingerbread Stop Alco Aftercooler %2 " hole. If you don't have a tap just slowly turn cooler coils. Although this option appears to GS9007 (if this is no longer available you the screw about one-half turn then back it out have been unique to the Southern, many roads could try to scratchbuild one). Before gluing a bit. Keep this up until it is in far enough . later removed these skirts to make maintenance it in place drill a #56 hole in the body at the you want to mount your couplers on the and access easier. So if you're interested in crook of the connector pipe and insert a If modeling another road or even a modified Details We st FF-166 fuel filler (Figure 2). frame for close-coupled units, now is the best time to drill and tap a hole in the bottom PA l, these modifications should be of interest The area fo rward of the air reservoir tank center of the rear beam of the frame. Use th is to you . is the battery box compartment (Figure 2). To to mount a Kadee number 7 coupler. Use model it, scribe a line on the casting fo rward some of the styrene tube left over from making Frame and Motor of the air tank cutout about 18 " above the bot­ the air reservoir tanks as a spacer between the Let's begin with the hardest part fi rst, tom of the casting. Louvers in the battery box frame and the Kadee box . Just run the screw modifying the frame. If you are happy with door were made using Carey LV-424 fo il up the middle of the tube. the skirts as they are, or if you are going to impressions. Make sure you line these up ver­ Mount the trucks in the chassis and replace model one of the roads that didn't remove tically. Finally, glue a Precision Scale 3950 the drive train. Solder a wire from the motor them, this step can be eliminated. Remove the Aka ladder in place of the one removed when ground connection to the top of the screw you motor and trucks and set them aside. Next the skirts were cut off. threaded into the frame in front of the motor. remove a scale 18 " high x 108 " wide x 74 " The last modification to the frame is also Now run the wire from the other motor con­ long section of the metal casting below the optional, replacing the Athearn motor with a nection to the metal tab on the top of one mOlar mounts. Make sure you remove this sec­ can mOlar. All the reasons for replacing the truck. Next, solder a heavy jumper wire tion from the rear of the casting (see Figure Athearn motor have been covered in previous between the two truck tabs. This makes a I;. I used a metal cutting blade in a band saw issues of MRG. In spite of Athearn's much better electrical connection than the fo r this, but a hacksaw ould be used . � improvements, it still doesn't measure up to a metal strip supplied with the model . Add a Now cut a scale 18 " high x 72 " wide x 74 " Sagami, Mashima, or Cannon motor. Detail Associates speed recorder to the center long strip from the section you removed ; First, remove the metal at each end of the wheel of the front right truck, and that com­ center it and glue it back in its original loca­ motor mount depression so that there is room pletes the modifications to the chassis. tion with ACC or Goo@ This will leave two fo r the new motor. I used a cutting disk in a 18 " x 18 " x 74 " cavities in the casting, one on motor tool to cut it into small sections and Body Modifications each side of the unit. These spaces are fo r the broke these out with needle-nose pliers, then Now let's start on the body. If you don't air reservoir tanks. smoothed it with a teardrop-shaped bit. Fit a have an undecorated shell, strip it first . The air reservoir tanks are made from set of NWSL, Timewell, or A-Line flywheels Remove all cast-on handrails and grabirons plastic tubes a scale 18 " in diameter and 74 " on the motor shafts and glue in place with with a #17 X-Acto® knife blade. Also, sand off long. Fill the ends of the tubes with body filler ACe. All these brands are made as drop-in the two small rivet strips which fo rm a box in

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Figure 5 - The front section of the body after the air intake grill opening has been framed in. Note how the upper section of the engine room door (1) has been replaced with a 0.020 " styrene insert. The extra bracing Figure 3 - The rear of the body after modifications. (2) isn't necessary but adds a lot to the see-through appearance of the finished model. Note the 4" x 6" styrene strips (1) that have been glued into the rear of the grill opening. The MU-hose moun­ ting strip (3) goes under the drop step (2) on each side of the door. Also shown are the locations of the lift rings (4) on the rear of the roof.

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Figure 6 - The rear section of the body after the air intake grill opening has been framed in. This photo also gives a good view of the cooling fan grill (1) on the roof which has replaced the cast plastic one. Note the loca­ tion and framing of the radiator shutters (2) which were saved from the original Athearn shell.

Figure 4 - MU receptacles (1), a Pyle twin-beam headlight casting (2), and MU hoses (4) have been added to the nose of the body. Two more of the MU­ hose assemblies need to be glued on each side of the rear door as indicated in Figure 3. Note the location of mounting holes (3) for the classification lights, just Figure 7 - With the stainless steel Farr air intake grill above the number-boards, and how the coupler open­ glued in place, note how the extra bracing gives the ing has been filled in (5). The coupler mounting pad impression that there's more to the car body than just goes just behind the bumper (6). a plastic shell.

32 • Model Railroading .January 1991 the lower body panel just fo rward of the you' re cutting, go ahead and remove the skilts. rivets. The two rows of rivets should line up engine-room door. prefer to go ahead and With the grills removed we need to build a vertically, but, after several tries, finally T J drill all the holes in the body before making frame fo r the new ones. Begin by fi lling the decided the ones shown in Figure 8 were close any cuts. section that was removed from the rear of the enough . Start with the roof by drilling holes fo r the unit with a piece of scale 4" x 6" styrene, cut Once you have your rivet strips made, trim lift rings, horn. antenna, and windshield to fit (Figure 3). Next cut a rectangular piece them to the proper length fo r their correct wipers. Next drill holes fo r the handrails, of 0.020 " thick styrene to replace the missing locations and ACC them in place. In addition grabirons, and MU-hoses (most are #76, but upper door section. Drill a scale 15 " diameter to those shown in Figure 8 you'll need to add check first). See photos fo r correct placement . hole centered in the door section fo r the por­ one from the roof line down to the bottom of Also drill #52 holes above the number-boards thole. Glue the door in place with solvent the body at the rear of the unit. Basically, try fo r the MVP 22 classification lights. These cement. Using Figures 5 and 6 as a pattern, to cover the gap where the grill is glued to the and many other PA s had Pyle sealed-beam finish framing the intake grill opening with frame. Before continuing, drill #76 holes in headlights in the lower position . Open the scale 4" x 6" styrene strips. Note that the the engine-room door frame fo r mounting the handrails later (Figure 8). lower headlight hole a little using a 3/16" drill upper strip of styrene is 6" wide whereas the Okay, now we're on the home stretch. As bit, then glue a Progressive Electronics #92 bottom strip is only 4" wide. J casting in place (Figure 4). Trim the shutler casting you saved earl ier mentioned earlier, the PA 3 windshields had a Another interest ing detail on the PA 3s were and glue it i IltO the frame also. After gasket strip like those on FA s. To model this detail , dug a 1.5V microlamp out of my junk the two MU receptacles located on either side everything has dried cut the Farr grill into J of the upper headlight and a third halfway three sections using the openings as a guide fo r box and cut off those tiny little wires. By between the headlight and the left number­ length and glue onto the frame using Figure carefully applying a little ACC to the wind­ 7 board. (Refer to Figure 4 fo r exact placemenl.) as an example. Use ACC cement sparingly so sh ield frame I was able to attach the wi re to For them, I drilled %4 " holes in these loca­ that the holes in the grill don't become the edge of the window opening and voila, we tions. The upper two holes were squared off occluded . Cut a 0.010 " thick piece of styrene have a gasket (Figure 9). with a square fi le. Now glue in Detail about a scale 2 '4 " long and 4" wide and glue The final modifications are on the pilot. Associates 1507 M U receptacles type A or B. in place behind the cab door over the upper First, the opening fo r the coupler is too big. Now the real fun begins . . replacing the frame you just installed . This is the extension Cut some rectangles of 0.020 " thick styrene air intake grills. I guess you could do this the of the drip guard that extends behind the cab and glue into the opening, leaving a hole just easy way by simply gluing the Detail door (Figure 8). about as big as the one shown in Figure 4. Associates 2701 etched , stainless-steel , Farr The next step is duplicating the rivet strips. Once this dries, use your favorite filler putty grill in place over the existing plastic grill, but It took me about a year to figure out how to to smooth out any depressions. Ta ke a % �Iong I wanted that see-through effect which can make these rivet strips. One day while visiting piece of the square styrene tube and glue it in only be achieved by cutting out the existing Caboose Hobbies in Denver, CO, stumbled place horizontally behind and just above the I grill. across Vintage Reproductions' rivet-embossing coupler opening in the pilot. When this sets, To remove the grill, used a razor saw. drill a .. " hole in it using a Kadee coupler I kit. This kit comes with a rivet embossing % Making the stalting cut is the hard part. set mounting box as a guide and thread a " T wheel and aluminum Fo il laminated to paper %2 the front tip of the blade at a point just behind backing. For this project you'll need about 3' screw into it. the cab door and made slow and repeated of scale 4" wide strips with a single row of By now you 've also noticed the gang of back-and-forth cutting motions. After a few of rivets embossed on them, and another 2' of MU hoses hanging next to the coupler open­ these, the teeth will start to dig in. and you'll scale 6" wide strips with a double row ing. Cut a scale 4" x 6" styrene strip about a 01' break through . Keep your cut as straight as rivets. Start by lightly drawing lines on the scale 11f2' long and glue in place as shown in possible and on the line between the edge of paper side of the impression fo il, dividing it Figure 4. Yo u'll have to custom-fit this to the the roof or body panel and the rivet strip. Cut into scale 4" and 6" wide strips. (He/pjiil hill!: curve of the pilot by trimming it with a knife right on through the upper part of the engine Ufe rhe 4" x 6" sryrelle sll'ips fo r a lIlarkillg blade. Then drill five equally spaced #76 holes room door; we' ll replace this later. Make sure guide). Then lay a metal straightedge on the fo r the MU hoses. Cut two more of these you save the rad iator shutters fo r later use. At line and use it as a guide fo r the rivet wheel . strips, drill them the same way and glue in the front and rear of the gri lis I cut through the It'll probably take a couple of tries before you place under the drop step on either side of the ' plastic with an X-Acto® #1 1 blade, m;king get the hang of it, so plan on some waste. The repeated cuts until I broke through . As long as hardest part is making the double rows of (Colllillued all page 56)

Figure 8 - At this point the foil rivet strips have been Figure 9 - Thin wire leads have been glued in place glued in place with ACe. This photo also shows the loca­ around the windshield openings to form the gasket tions of (1 ) the forward sets of lift rings, (2) the rear frame. Drill holes at (1) for the Nathan air horn, (2) for extension of the drip strip, and (3) the Nathan M5 air the windshield wipers, and (3) for the firecracker horn. Drill 1177 holes at (4) and (5) for mounting han­ antenna. drails made from 0.015" diameter brass wire.

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 33 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP Electro ..Mo tive Division (EMD) GP7 As Missouri-KansasTexas (MKT) GP7 HO Scale Model by: Athearn, Atlas and Front Range N Scale Model by: Atlas by Rich Picariello Photos from the author's collection

The Prototype The MKT had 33 GP7 were renumbered, in later years, to numbers boiler water fo r the steam generator, thus caus­ GP7: locomotives on its roster, originally numbered 91 to 123. Some GP7s on the MKT were ing the air tanks to be mounted on the roof 1501 to 1529 and 1761 to 1764. They were deLi­ equipped fo r in passenger service, hav ing (see photo of #121). use vered to the MKT from 1950 to 1952 and an additional section added to the fuel tank fo r The Scale Model Athearn's GP7 has GP7: wider than scale hoods and a molded-on win­ terization hatch and dynammic brakes. Front Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) GP7 Range (out of production) and Atlas have Details (For HO scale): optional dynamic brakes and scale width I-DA3202 Air tanks. roof mount $ 2.25/2 ALI A-Line/Proto Power West hoods. In addition, the Front Range GP7 has (plastic) PPW: 3432 Lucero A venue fillers fo r the passenger-style tank (replacing DW 146 Air tanks. roof mount 2.25/set La Verne. CA 91750 the air tanks in this area) and the so-called (metal) "torpedo tube" roof-mounted air tanks are 2-DW 190 Air horn 2.50/ea. CF: Cllstom Finishing 3-CF113 Antenna 2.95/2 379 Tully Road also included in their late-run kits. Minimal DW lS7 Antenna 1.50/5 Orange. MA 0 1 364 body shell work would be needed on either the WCSSOO6 Antenna 2.50/2 FR or Atlas GP7 units and the simple red paint 4-WCSS014 Brake air line 2.95/4 DA: Detail Associates scheme on #95 and #121 would make this an S-DA2303 Cab armrest .85/4 Box 5357 easy project for first- time diesel detailers. For 6-DA1301 Cab sunshade 1.00/6 San Luis Obispo. CA 93403 N scale, the Atlas GP7 can be used . Detail DW lSS Cab sunshade .80/4 parts are available from a number of compa­ 7-DA220S Coupler lift bar 2.75/ 10 OW: Details West nies in N scale. (on #95 and # I II) P.O. Box 5132 7A-DA2211 Coupler lift bar (on # 121) 2.00/2 Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 Painting and Decaling Notes: Both #95 and S-DAI017 Classification lights 1.25/6 #121 are painted in the older MKT red 9-PSC4S34S Chain 2.751 1 0" PSC: Precision Scale Company scheme. Engine #1 11 painted in the latest and lO-DA1401 is Drop step 1.25/2 1120Gum Avenue last MKT green and yellow scheme (MKT has 1I-DA220S Foot boards. pilot 3.25/pr. Woodland. CA 95695 merged into the Union Pacific). All units have 12-DA2202 Grab irons 2.50/48 black trucks, fuel tanks, pilots, side sills, and 13-SVS2 Handrail set (optional) 13.95/set SV: Smokey Valley Railroad Machine Co. walkways. Handrails are black with yellow at Note: This set replaces Atlas handrails. & could be modified for the Athearn or FR GP7 6120 NE 203rd Street the step areas. The red units show considera­ 14-DAISOS Hoses. MU 2.00116 Seattle. W A 98 155 ble weathering. lS-DA6206 Hose, air line, large 1.251 12 Decals (HO scale) : 16-DAIOO4 Headlight 1.00/2 UP: Utah Pacific Red Scheme DW 1l4 P.O. Box 817.. Headlight . 70/2 Wa lthers 68770 Note: Low mounted for # 121 Salt Lake City. UT 84 108 Champ EH-197 17-DAllOl Lift rings 1.25/36 Microscale 87-277 & 87-278 lS-DAlS07 MU parts 1.00112 WCS: Warren's ClIstom Services Green Scheme Note: Must be modified. for #95 and # 121 only. c/o Yellowstone Custom Services add wire for mount 327 Yellowstone Ave . Herald King L-190 19-DAISOS MU box. deck mount 1.00/2 West Yellowstone. MT 59758 Microscale 87-180 Note: For # III only Decals (N scale) : 20-DA2S07 S peed recorder 1.50/4 Red Scheme WCSSOIS Speed recorder (brass) 2.25/ea. N/A 21-DW llS Steam generator set. 1.50/set Green Scheme roof mount Microscale 60-180 Note: For #121 only 22-DA3002 Sand fill hatch 1.00/4 Paints: DW201 Sand fill hatch 1.25/4 Red Scheme 23-DA2S06 Truckjournal, sloped 2.25/8 Floquil 20 Note: For # I I I and #95 only Scalecoat 14 24-DA2S0S Truck journal.square 2.25/8 Green Scheme Note: For # I I I. # 121 and #95 Floquil 2S-DA2304 Wind deflectors 2.50/set 31 Reefer Ye llow 26-AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 1.75/8 74 Southern Green* PSC396S Windshield wipers (plastic) 1 .50/4 Scalecoat UP94 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.50/4 15 Reefer Ye llow NOTE: These detail parts may be available from your local hobby dealer. so try him first. If you must order direct from a manufacturer, include at least $1.50 for postage and handlIng. You must 19 Southern Green* purchase the full quantities as shown in the detail parts list. '7'­ *A dd yellow to Southern Green fo r MKT green. �

34 • Model Railroading .January 1991 anuary 1991 Model Railroading • 35 by Scott Anderson Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated.

it back, relax, and, as you read this S narrative, imagine yourself in the fo llowing situation. Here it is, Christmas Eve, and you've just managed to catch the last passenger train to the small mountain community of Minturn. It's there your fa mily has gathered to enjoy a much-anticipated Christmas holiday together. At the head-end of the short train, a diminutive 2-6-0 chuffs with determination no difficulty dragg ing its consist up the and has numerous snow-covered passes. Yo u sit back in your seat and gaze at the winter landscape as it glides by your window. A small sigh of relief escapes your lips as you note the light snow­ fal l. No problems this trip! Gradually the gen­ tle rocking of the coach and the glowing wannth from the coal stoves work their magic; you drift into a light slumber, perchance to dream of the fe stivities that await just up the way. Without warning, you and your fe llow pas­ sengers are jolted out of drowsy reverie by the screeching of steel wheels on steel rail. The train comes to a stop atop a tall wooden tres­ tle. All is silent fo r a brief moment, except for the wind whistling through the cross braces below. Hurried discussions reveal that a snows­ lide has blocked the track ahead! The engine crew is reluctant to back the train due to ice buildup on the rails. What a predicament! Was that a slight sway you just fe lt? Visions of a cheery fire, good fo od and wine flee in the face of the harsh real ity before you. Wa lking back the many miles to the last village is not what you had in mind. Where's a rotary when you really need one? This little scenario was created when I came into possession of a new trestle kit from Micro-Scale Models. Randy Lee called and asked if I'd like to invent a winter scene and give some fe edback on the trestle at the same A Key Imports model has handled the trip admirably (up to this point), but time. We ll, I'm game fo r most challenges and who can fault her for balking now? It will require a rotary to clear this the idea of combining a trestle and a winter mess! theme was too good to pass up. My immediate impression, even before opening the kit, was "Wow '" The box was big and heavy, and I'm a sucker fo r a well­ packaged and weighty kit box. Once opened, I noted a most unusual fe ature - the bents were already together, that is, they were never apart - well, let me explain. Micro-Scale Models laser cuts each bent out of a single sheet of wood. All the modeler needs to do is add cross braces and voila - instant trestle bents. I spent a little extra time scribing "woodg­ rain" at joints and sanding all exposed edges to remove the burned surface where the laser had done its work, so my stain color wo uld be consistent . The modeler also must glue the ties on the bridge stringers and assemble all the stringers and sway bracing. The kit comes with water barrels and N.BW. castings. Another pleasant find was the two detailed plaster abutments thoughtfully included . All told, construction time several short even­ Wood blocks are used to supportthe trestle. (Note: We cut the structure was ings and the result is an impressive 160 x 85 down to three stories to fit our space.) Brown wrapping paper and wad­ scale fo ot straight trestle which holds its own ded newspaper define the shape of the scenery to come. AI Wilenski photo

38 • Model Railroading .January 1991 How our scene appeared just prior to puttingthe hard­ The trestle has been removed to protect it as hardshell shell on the layout. I use the naturally "crinkly" nature is slopped on the scene. I use brown paper soaked in of paper to help decide outcrops and such landforms. Hydrocal for hardshell. The process is messy, but good AI Wilenski photo fun! AI Wilenski photo

The trestle is returned to its place and rock castings are The trains are ready to roll and the scene is ready for applied to the hardshell. I mold my rocks in casting stain. We use acrylic paints diluted with water and plaster from latex molds. The most dramatic castings sprayed on from dimestore "trigger-type" spray come from petrified wood and are super for sheer cliff bottles. AI Wilenski pho�o faces. AI Wilenski photo

with any assembled in the traditional manner. combination of homemade and commercial. string from the ceiling. Bravo, Micro-Scale Models fo r ending one of My personal favorites are made from petrified The photos were taken on a warm Septem­ the more tedious tasks we modelers face. logs bought in Arizona. We then stained our ber afternoon using a Minolta X700 camera The trestle was taken to the home of Al rocks with acrylic paints diluted with water with a 28-70mm Macro lens. Exposure times Wilenski, a local railroader whom I'm help­ and sprayed on with dimestore spray bottles. were 112 to I second at F22. (AI wiggled the ing with his home pike. An appropriate loca­ After the colors dried, ground cover was cotton during the exposure.) tion was chosen at a slide area where the added along with trees, etc. I hope you have enjoyed this Christmas trestle would fit and do a significant service to The winter scene built to be temporary. vignette. Imagination is an essential element was AI's narrow-gauge line. The snow is baking soda with some Vintage fo r fun with model railroading. There is no The site was prepared with scrap lumber, Reproductions snow added fo r sparkle. One of better time for fun (and railroads) than brown wrapping paper, and newspaper to AI's C&S Moguls was positioned with crew Christmas ... define landforms. A hardsheU base was com­ and snow added. Some figures were placed to Oh, by the way, a rotary did come on up pleted with brown paper soaked in Hydrocal. give the scene life. Cotton was pulled apart from Minturn to clear the slide in time fo r Once our base sufficiently hard, dozens of was and lightly sprayed with black. This was rub­ everyone to enjoy a Christmas pudding with rock castings were applied. My molds are a ber cemented to the stack and suspended with friends and fa mily. �

..January 1991 Model Railroading • 39 Model Photography Series #1 Depth of Field

Disappointed with the results of your model photography efforts? This month, MRG begins a new series designed to help you improve your photographic skills by starting with the basics.

by Bruce Noll Photos and illustration by the author

any modelers like to share their model lighting. If there are any subjects you wo uld lens to increase depth of field may require a ike to see in th is series or if you have any smaller camera-to-subject distance, which will M railroads by presenting slide shows I or by sending photographs to magazines. comments or questions please write me in care reduce depth of field. Unfortunately, many of these modelers find of Model Raihvading. A telephoto lens may be required to frame their first attempts at model photography to be The goal of many model photographers is to a distant model scene. The use of a telephoto very frustrating. create photographs that resemble prototype lens reduces depth of field, but the increased My goal in this series of articles will be to photographs. The optical limitations of close­ camera-to-subject distance will increase depth explain photographic techniques as they apply up photography make model photography of field. to model photography. Model photography difficult. The single most important fa ctor in is Aperture Control a specialized area of close-up photography. A improving model photography is maximizing few of the technical aspects of photography depth of field . The main depth-of-field control available to will need to be discussed as they apply to What is depth of field? Depth of field is the photographers is the aperture, or f-stop, selec­ model photography. hope to keep the descrip­ range of distances from the camera wh ich tion. The aperture is the size of the hole in the I tions of technical photographic techniques as appear to be in foc us. A lens will foc us at only diaphragm in the lens. The size of the simple as possible. one distance at a time and this is called the diaphragm is controlled by the f- stop ring. A Model photography generally requires the critical fo cus distance. A zone in front of and smaller aperture (larger f- stop number) will use of a single lens reflex (SLR) camera with behind the critical fo cus distance will also be increase depth of field . Ifthefstop number is an adjustable lens. An SLR camera allows the reasonably sharp. The zone of adequate fo cus doubled (changing from fl8 to flJ6) then the photographer to view the scene through the represents the depth of field. Depth of field is depth qffield doubles. lens. The photographer must also be able to controlled by three factors; subject distance, The basic rule fo r most model photography lens fo cal length and aperture or f-stop. is to always the smallest aperture, which is control the f-stop on the lens. use This series of articles will be based on the the largest f- stop number on your lens. Photo use of an adjustable lens on a 35mm SLR Camera·Subject Distance I is an example of a photograph with limited camera. Many "point and shoot " cameras do depth of field. The apelture on the 50mm lens As the distance from the camera to the sub­ not have the adjustment capability or controls set at fIl.4 (a large aperture). The zone of ject increases so does depth of field . If the was needed fo r model photography. Rangefinder camera-ta-subject distance is doubled, the depth adequate fo cus is very small. cameras are difficult to aim correctly when Photo 2 shows a slight increase in the zone of field quadruples. Due to camera location doing close-up photography. of adequate fo cus. The aperture on the 50mm limitations on a layout , model photographers This first article in our series on model pho­ lens was set at f/4 (a smaller aperture). For usually are unable to move fa rther away fro m tography will cover depth offield. Future arti­ Photo 3 the aperture on the 50mm lens set a scene to increase depth of field. Scene fram­ was cles will discuss fi lm, lenses, equipment and at f/8 (a medium aperture) . The zone of ade­ ing, composition and the "end of the world" quate fo cus increases as the f-stop number (the edge of the layout) usually require a small increases. Figure - A Ty pical SLR Lens camera-to-subject distance which reduces Photo 4 is an example of a photograph with depth of field. Depth of field can be increased in other ways if the camera cannot be moved good depth of field . The aperture on the fa rther away from the scene. 50mm lens was set at f/ 16 (the smallest aper­ ture, largest f-stop available on the lens). Many lenses do not have apeltures smaller than f/ 16. Lens Focal Length Photo 5 is an example of a photograph with The lens fo cal length also determ i nes the great depth of field. The aperture on the spe­ depth of field. The lens fo cal length is usually cial 55mm close-up lens was set at f/ 32 (a expressed in "mm". A "standard " lens fo r a very small aperture). The depth of field has FOCUSing flng 0.6 35mm camera is 50mm. Wide-angle lenses been approximately doubled from Photo 4 to

Depth of held sca'e (00\ lnChc..1tes (typically 35mm or less) have a greater depth Photo 5, bringing the backdrop into fo cus. focus pomt) en\ICo"l1 of field than telephoto lenses (typically 80mm /-______.., -- F.S:op ling Where to Focus or more). If the lens fo cal length is reduced by one half (changing ftvm a SOmfIJ lens to a With all this depth-of-field information, 2SmfIJ lens) the depth of field will quadruple. how do we know where to fo cus? For most On the other hand, the use of a wide-angle model photography the canlera should be crit-

40 • Model Railroading .January 1991 Photo 1 - An example of limited depth of field. The Photo 2 - Slightly betterdepth of field. The SOmm lens SOmm lens was set at f/1 .4. was set at f/4.

Photo 3 - Another increase in depth of field. The SOmm Photo 4 - An example of good depth of field. The lens was set at f/S. SOmm lens was set at f/1 6.

need to be in fo cus. Focus on the closest part of the scene that needs to be in fo cus. Place a small piece of tape on the fo cusing ring oppo­ site the mark indicating the critical fo cus dis­ tance. Next, fo cus on the fa rthest part of the scene that needs to be in fo cus. Put another piece of tape on the fo cusing ring opposite the mark. The two pieces of tape represent the depth of the scene that needs to be in adequate fo cus. Turn the foc using ring until the critical-focus­ distance mark is centered between the two pieces of tape. This setting should critically fo cus the lens at a point about a third into the scene. If the two pieces of tape are inside the outer depth-of- field marks on the lens, then everything will appear to be in fo cus in the flllished photograph. Turn the f-stop ring to the largest number and take the picture! Photo 5 - An example of great depth of field. The special SSmm close-up If the pieces of tape are outside the outer lens was set at f/32. depth-of-field marks, then only part of the ically fo cused on an ob ect one third into t e photographed has too much depth to be ade­ scene will appear to be in fo cus the fmished j h in scene. quately fo cused . Many cameras have a depth­ photograph. Because the lens cannot produce Many lens manufacturers engrave depth-of­ of-field preview button or lever. When the but­ the depth of field required by the scene, either field marks on their lenses. The depth-of- field ton or lever is pushed, the lens stops down to move the camera fa rther from the scene to marks on the wide-angle lens are spaced fa r­ the aperture selected . The viewfinder will increase the depth of field or a wider angle use ther apart indicating greater depth of field. usually get dark, but will show the depth of lens. The canlera angle could also be changed The depth-of-field marks are usually between field of the scene. Refer to your camera so that less depth of field is required. the foc using ring and the f-stop ring. Refe r to manual fo r the location and operation of the Another method would be to move the the camera or lens instruction manual fo r your depth-of-field preview button or lever. piece of tape representing the closest part of camera to determine where the depth-of-field If your camera lacks a depth-of-field the scene to the closest outer depth-of-field scale is on your lens. The critical fo cusing dis­ preview control or if your viewfinder is too mark. The zone of adequate fo cus will then tance the number on the foc using ring oppo­ dark to determine the depth of field, an alter­ include the closest parts of the scene, but the is site the dot. The depth of field is the range nate depth-of-field technique fo llows : parts of the scene fa rthest from the camera between the depth-of-field marks fo r the Pick the portions of the scene which should will not be in fo cus. A photograph is usually selected f-stop. be in fo cus. Usually some of the fo reground It is easy to check whether the scene to be scenery and some of the background may not (Continued on page 57)

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 41 Beaver Va lley Railroad Te ar It Dovvn and Start Over!

Built over a period of 15 years, the original Beaver Va lley Railroad proved to be an operational nightmare because of the haphazard way it had been built. It finally became apparent that the only way to fix it was to tear it down and start over.

by Larry Wright Photos and track plan by the author

hat could drive a man to wo rk himself reached, so it was not yet necessary to wield MI. The throttles are equipped with a W to the point of near-exhaustion merely the wrecking ball. memory device that allows the operator to to get a 26 ' x 35 ' model railroad up and run­ unplug at one point on the layout and move to The new Beaver Va lley benefited from the ning in six months? A serious interest in opera­ another point without interrupting the move­ lessons learned building the old Beaver Va lley. tion, that's what. Or serious demential Ta ke ment of the train. There are fo ur mainline Construction is open gridwork built with x your pick. I throttles, one branchline and one yard throttle. 4s. To wn areas are Homosote screwed to 1/2 " The original Beaver Va lley Railroad grew Gene also built the fast clock used on the plywood supported on risers. Homosote and haphazardly over a period of years. Each Beaver Va lley. IS plywood don't always expand and contract at new section of the railroad was built using a the same rate, so this method is less likely to different construction method. Wiring under Operating Considerations resu lt in warping than if they were glued the layout seemed to reproduce itsel f, I like to run small steam, so the only grade together. Outside of tow n areas, trackage is sometimes taking on the appearance of matted on the mainline is less than one percent . All supported by plywood and 1;,\"cork cat furballs. Over the years older portions of :y,;" turnouts are hand thrown and all can be roadbed on risers. This splices perfectly with the layout had acquired several layers of reached easily from the edge of the layout. the V2 " plywood and Homosote. scenery, the edges of which resembled None of the old codes 100 and 70 rail was The new railroad was built town by town, archaeological digs. saved - the new railroad is all code 83 flex staning with We llsville Ya rd (see track plan). It was strictly a matter of luck that the track. All trackage is within easy reach of the The benchwork, trackwork and wiring in each railroad came out of this with some operating aisles so that even shon operators have no d i f­ town was completed and tested before mov ing potential . However, getting through an ficulty switching their trains. on to the next. operating session without encountering serious Scenery on the Beaver Valley is based on a Once we got through the closet and past the , glitches required even more luck. technique developed by Ken Osen and detailed stairs, it became necessary to stan taking down With all the different fo rms of construction in a mUlti-part series in MRG last year the old layout. It turned out that everyone in and various scenery techniques, each section (Februaly-April 1990) . It's a mixture of Cellu­ the group had a particular section of the old of the railroad expanded and contracted at its Clay and �rmaScene (available at most hobby railroad that set their teeth on edge, and each own pace. Track, both hand-laid and fa ctory­ stores) and white glue. Trees are made from was encouraged to attack it with a crowbar. made, surged and ebbed like the tides. Ta ngled sugarbush , a dried material used in flower Their glee made the work go quickly. clumps of wiring spawned electrical shorts that arrangements, that can be purchased at most With the old railroad gone, work on the were impossible to trace. craft stores or nurseries. The water in Beaver new Beaver Va lley progressed and the final I finally began taking seriously the com­ Creek was poured with a liquid acrylic used spike was hammered in July, less than seven. plaints of our Friday night group, The Mid­ in the candle- making process, over a plaster night Pocatello Ya rdmasters. I noticed a Wiring is common rail block control . Bare base. The backdrop is sheet aluminum, which common theme running through their sugges­ copper household ground wire was strung is easy to hang and readily painted. tions - "Tear it down and stan over! around the layout as the common rail bus. At this point, I think it necessalY to say that Including the branchline, there are 38 blocks these are not all my own ideas. Everyone who Rebuilding the Beaver Va lley on the railroad. Each block is wired to a local has ever belonged to our Friday night group The layout had been relatively complete fo r panel and then to a main dispatcher's panel . contributed in some way to the railroads we several years and I didn't like the idea of not This way, if we don't have a crowd big enough operate. For years I have been obsessed by the having a railroad to operate, but I was finally fo r a full operating session with a dispatcher, Maryland and �nnsylvania Railroad - nearly convinced. On January 2, 1987, Roger Parry trains can be run off the local panels with as all the motive power on the BV is Ma & Pa. and I started building the benchwork fo r the few as two operators. But at one point I had switched to diesels new Beaver Va lley. We staned in a section of Control is with transistorized walkaround because I couldn't make my brass steam the basement that the old railroad had never throttles built by Gene Lewis of Lake Orion, locomotives run. Roger Parry, a Great Nor-

42 • Model Railroading .January 1991 '1 1 - Beaver Va lley #6, an Ex-Ma & Pa 4-4-0, has pulled out of Wellsville Ya rd with the morning mail train and

is gliding to a stop at Motley Station, where it will pick 2 - Engine #44 spots a boxcar at the Parrysburg team up its first passengers of the day. track.

them nut, repowered and regeared all my acquired my first Macintosh computer. Several the bugs in the program have been worked motive power so that they now run like Swiss different programs had been reprinted in the out, but it's still evolving. watches. model press, and tried punching them all into I Lou Lapham has a thing about cars and the Mac with no success. fi nally decided that BV's Philosophy I trucks - he kitbashed many of the vehicles on the only way to get a program that would do Every model railroad needs a philosophy my layout and on Roger's layout. Each of the what I wanted it to do was to design it myself. and a reason fo r being. The Beaver Va lley is others - Mark Olstyn, Rick Zaremski, Te rry With the help of a friend from work, we were the result of an interest in the Maryland and Carver, Mark Castelli, Ly nn We lls - has his soon operating by computer. Pe nnsylvania Railroad and a fe eling fo r the own specialty that he contributes. The program my friend and I wrote spits area around East Liverpool , Ohio, where both But above all else, we're a group that likes out nine trains per session - a local freight, my parents are from . The BY begins in to operate. For us, the ultimate test of a model through freight , mail train and passenger train We llsville, Ohio, which is next to East Liver­ railroad is whether it's fun to operate. This is in each direction, and a coal drag. The pro­ pool on the Ohio River where Ohio, Penn­ what the Beaver Va lley was designed fo r - gram allows the operator to select a locomotive sylvania, and We st Virginia come together. (A I operation. and caboose for each train and prints out a one lime Wellsville acrually was a railhead fo r At one time, the old Beaver Va lley used a status report that shows where everything Ihe Pen nsylvania RR. Many years ago Illy card system to generate traffic. For the most should be at the end of each session . Now grandf[/f her worked OU! of Wellsville as a part it worked well, even though at times instead of a fistful of cards, the operator car­ passenger lrain engineer on Ihe run fr olll operators fe lt they needed more than two ries only a switchlist that tells him what work JbungslOwn, Ohio, 10 Pirtsburgh. He used 10 lell hands to shuffle all the cards. In 1984 I is to be done in each town. After sessions, slOries aboUl an old covered IUrl1lable [/f 170

3 - Engine #23 pulls an express reefer out of its way on the New Yo rk Central interchange in Sherylton. frack emerge5 from stairs

Closet

BB&K

4 - #6 emerges from the tunnel at the south approach to Parrysburg.

NYC Interchange

(Layout area is 26'9" wide by 35' long)

6 .... 5 - We llsville Ya rd switcher #1 3 pushes a string of tank cars past an ROBERTSDALE old Michigan Central RPO on the Motley siding. The RPO was scrat­ chbuilt by MMR Jim Woodward back in the 1950s.

44 • Model Railroading '-'anuary 1991 8 - The mail passes the northbound local as it works a siding in the town of Parrysburg. The local is headed by #44. a heavy 2-8-0.

Wellsville {hat had become roo small fo r the include fu rniture, brickworks and potteries. allowing the coal to be loaded onto barges in newer /ocol11o{ives {he Pennsy was using on {he Potteries at one time were the dominant Lake Erie. }bungs{0I\�1-Pi{{sburgh rowe. He said each lime industry in the area and the Beaver Brick & It's now been fo ur years since I made the his Pa cific was 10 be fLlrned on {he rabie, {he Kiln (BB&K) Railroad originally hauled clay decision to start over. Scenery on the new pilOf had 10 be removed in order 10 clear {he down from the hills. Many of the potteries layout is about 60 percent complete. Operation walls. } closed with the crash of '29 and the BB&K is smooth and reliable. Do I have any regrets From We llsville, the BV roughly follows was on the brink of bankruptcy. In an about tearing down the old layout? Not on Beave r Creek into western Pennsylvania (the unusually Fa rsighted move, Beaver Va lley your life. . town of Wo odward represents Pittsburgh) and management purchased the BB&K believing Wo uld I be willing to try and build a near ultimately to Port Lapham on Lake Erie. that the hills which produced clay fo r the pot­ club-sized railroad again in less than seven The railroad is set in the late 1930s and teries were also loaded with coal. They were months? reflects the depredations of the Great Depres­ proven correct and tracks were laid north to Not on your life. sion . Major industries served by the BVRR join the BV mainline near Port Lapham, At least I don't think so. �

9 - Beaver Brick & Kiln #1 3 pulls a string of loaded coal hoppers from Carver Mine in preparation for the trip downhill to the coal docks at Port Lapham. t:squimalt & Nanaimo Railway's Parksville Station by Patrick Lawson Photos and illustrations by the author

Now 80 years old, the Parksville Station is still used for daily VIA opera­ tions. Note the "1S-pane" window. he Parksville Station a typical example is T of small Esquimalt and Nanaimo Railway depots whose high freight rooms were built higher than the rest of the building. Elevated storage fa cilities were deemed neces­ sary in the damp climate of the We st Coast rain fo rest. Cedar shingles and siding were the materials generally applied to these stmctures, which harmonize so well with the surroundings. Early in the century, the E&NR's assets were acquired by the Canadian Pacific Rail­ way. Even though most of the stations were built aft er the takeover, they differ markedly from those of the parent company. Also sur­ Whether modeled so that the rear or track side shows, this station can prising is the fact that many of the stations provide an interesting scene on your layout. were designed by the CPR's chief engineer, Mr. R. A. Bainbridge. The Parksville Station built in 1911 and was is still in although only as a waiting room use, fo r passengers using the VIA Rail Budd Cars that travel from Victoria to Courtenay and return every day. In 1978, the CPR applied to abandon all passenger service on Va ncouver Island as soon as possible. However, public pressure and court battles have thus fa r prevented this from happening. The stmcture in relatively good condition is although some windows on the east side have been boarded up. The waiting room open was the day I was there, and it appeared to be in good repai r. The central part of the station is empty and obviously hasn't been used fo r

48 • Model Railroading .January 1991 NOT TO SCALE E&NR PA RKSVILLE STATION AREA

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o�(' ,T;C" r:� �� '" - L81 /,�' 0 r ' r � t "I:]:L-k=-0- � {! �+ - -= � - '--'llli.!...\ CHAIN U NK INSTRUMENT -+ + TATION ::JiFENCE----l----,--\� WATER - � _ CASE � 1-=---  TOWER MoW PA RKING I o -.J ACCESS TO BUILDING STATION LOT F- � IT: o a.. some time. The freight room is being fo r dock, oil and a small porch with a set of The road, and MoW facility could be used tank, tank storing track maintenance cars. stairs. Earlier photographs of the station show moved closer to the station and the sidings The site that was chosen fo r this station con­ a double semaphore on the post at the front of shortened. The surrounding fo rest and linear tained a small gully between the tracks and the sta tion. nature of the scene would lend itself well to a what is now the parking lot. Since the station shelf section of a model railroad or even a wasn't back-fllled, a raised wooden walkway Modeling Notes module. had to be built along the north side to provide To incorporate this station into a model lay­ I would be very tempted to build the station access from the parking lot to the platform. out I would use the prototype surroundings as with the rear of the model fa cing the viewer. There are a number of smaller details worth a springboard fo r modeling ideas. The only The loading dock, stairs, and oil tank are noting such as a padlocked train order box and structures visible from the station are a derelict details that would make this an eye-catching the bench for passengers on the trackside water tank, a maintenance-of-way facility, and wall . model . At the rear of the station there is a loading a grade crossing (see November 1990 MRG) . Begin construction of the modelwith a solid

Although it hasn't been used for years, the water tank south of the station provides a link with the past and days of stea m.

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.January 1991 Model Railroading • 49 PAR KSVILLE� ,/ Plexiglas base, either smoked or clear. Plex­ iglas will withstand temperature and humidity .. , ...... , changes without dimensional changes or warping. Evergreen Scale Models .060 scribed sty­ rene siding and Grandt Line windows and doors will be useful. The panel doors can be duplicated by part #3602. However, the win­ dows will either have to be scratchbuilt or altered with the addition of mullions (I would suggest using .010 x .040 strip styrene fo r mul-

SOUTH ELEVATION

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lions) . Strip styrene (.020 x .060) can be used as trim around the windows. The Plexiglas roof structure can be overlaid with a good grade of cardboard and CanlpbelJ Proftle Shingles. Stripwood or scale lumber is available from a number of suppliers such as Kappler, Superior Hobby Supply, Evergreen, and Northeastern Scale Models. Barrels, crates, and other miscellaneous details will complete the scene. �

NORTH ELEVATION

..January 1991 Model Railroading • 51 Making Your Own Part II Casting Parts for Scratch building by Bob Beaty Photos by the author

ast month we began this series by Low melting-point alloys offer another The mixture volume may be doubled with L discussing the development of a master medium fo r our castings. However, silicone any dry-powder additive. (Remember that pattern, types of mold materials, and making RTV molds are poor mold materials for this Alumilite is hydro-reactive, which means that the mold . This month we will discuss casting product. Of the RT V products with which I anything with water in it will cause an materials, procedures and precautions, and am fanliliar, Dow Corning 3120 RT V (not undesirable result .) I use dry, wood-putty fm ally, we will make castings from our master reviewed in I) has the best heat resistance powder (one brand is Schalk Wo od Putty, Part pattern the mold we made, using a two-part qualities. There is a good tape/slide clinic available in the paint section of most hardware in casting plastic called Alumilite® . available from the NMRA library on casting stores) . Yo u could also milled fiberglass or use rol ling stock pieces from low-temperature plaster. The point is, if you increase the Casting Materials alloys. volume with filler, the two bottles of plastic Although there are several casting materials Dimensionally stable gypsum products, such will go further. Also, the filler tends to cause that can be used, some have characteristics as Ultracal #30, could also be used . They are expansion, fo rcing the material into deep which are armoying, such as being difficult to available in some hardware and building details of the mold . clean up. But the most annoying characteristic supply stores or from U.S. Gypsum Co., !OI There is one drawback to using this prod­ is smell. Strong-smelling materials are pro­ S. Wacker Dr. , Chicago, IL fa ct, the uct. It sets up really fa st (three minutes average 60606. In hibited in my house. Polyester resins, fo und in tree stump shown last month casts well in after mixing), so you have to plan allead and craft shops or fo r auto body repair, make work fast . Cooling the two parts will extend used "plaster" products, such as Plaster of Paris. good castings, but the smell is overpowering. Building sides which are of sufficient thickness the working time. Alumilite turns a light tan Lesson learned: 171eclear polyester resins you to maintain their strength can also be cast in color when it cures. It can then be filed, find in craftstores also stick (and stay stuck) to plaster in a silicone rubber mold . sanded, drilled and even tapped. everything they touch , except the mold. Polyester resins also may react with silicone rubbel; The most effective product that I have Preparing Mold for Casting retarding the hardening process. Refer to the fo und, and one that gives a true representation The mold must be clean and free of flash Table in Pa rt also require temperatures of the master pattern, is a two-part, fa st-setting that would interfere with the casting process. 1. They plastic called Alumilite® . Many hobby shops above 7(f' ana a well-ventilated area. It must be on a level, stable surface. Clean the Another product that makes excellent now carry this miraculous product, but you mold with acetone. Yo u can use soap and castings is epoxy resin, either the fast reacting can order it from The Alumilite Corporation, water, but make sure that the mold is com­ 225 Parsons St., Kalamazoo, MI 49007, if you "five-minute" household adhesive variety or pletely dry before proceeding. Air bubbles in a sin1ilar industrial-type material with a slower can't fm d it locally. It retails for about $22.00 the casting often occur when the surface fo r a set of two 14 oz. bottles of Part A (a hardening tinle. Its main drawback is that it is tension of the mold traps air under the liquid often like molasses and must be worked into clear catalyst) and Part B (a dark brown liquiu plastic. urethane plastic resin). the detail in the mold. Also, I have fo und that Surface bubbles can be reduced 95 % by a lot of air bubbles get trapped during mixing Alumilite does not smell! It can be colored spraying the mold with a coat of lacquer spray using Alumilite dyes mixed into Part B. It paint. This does two things: it relieves the and do not readily rise to the surface. Surface first, air bubbles on a casting will mar the finish cleans up easily from almost all surfaces after surface tension of the silicone mold; and (obviously), but internal bubbles could weaken it sets, and if either part spills before mixing, second, it provides a bonded color coating to the casting. For small items or quantities, it acetone speeds the clean-up process. It is easy our casting. By varying the colors sprayed into does work fi ne. Like polyester resins, it can be to work with and comes with three flexible the mold, diffe rent pre-colored parts can be an irritant to skin, so reasonable care when plastic oz. cups with graduated scales on the made. I Krylon Ruddy Brown Primer fo r use I used working with it. side to facilitate mixing. the building sides and Flat Black fo r the gon-

52 • Model Railroading January 1991 Figure 1 - For the best measuring accuracy and the Figure 2 - Beside the pre-sprayed mold is the mixing method recommended by the Alumilite Co., pour an cup with 20cc of liquid, to which a teaspoon of dry, equal amount of Part A into Part B. wood-putty filler has been added. Stirring for 10-1 5 seconds will produce a liquid the color of maple syrup.

Figure 3 - Pour the liquid plastic into the mold, Figure 4 - Place the waxed Plexiglas over the mold and spreading it evenly with the stirring stick. apply enough pressure to spread the plastic and make the mold edges visible. Add a weight. dola parts. Although Alumilite recommends Alumilite can be de-aired from two-part you or impede the pouring process. Lesson Krylon paints, I have had equally good results molds with a vacuum pump, but I have had learned (almost) : If you are an apartment with other brands. problems with flat-backed castings. There dweller working on mom 's dining room wble, never seems to be enough time to mix, pour, puc down a plastic sluel, both on lhe wble and De-airing de-air and then position the backing plate the flool: Although hardened Alumilite will pop The only way to completely eliminate air before it begins to set. The other procedures of f a waxed sUlfilce (mom won ', believe il) , il bubbles from castings or mold material is with fo r preventing air bubbles mentioned definilely will NOT come out of lhe carpel! a vacuum pump. I built a vacuum pump from throughout this article will work effectively. an old refrigerator compressor, plywood, and Do not let the lack of a vacuum pump and Mixing the Plastic a large Pyrex mixing bowl . It will pull about chamber deter you from casting your own Set up the mixing cup, mixing sticks (pop­ 29 " of Hg. I use it for de-airing RTV for the parts. Building a vacuum chamber could be sicle sticks), and dry powder additive. The molds. Silastic HS RTV requires vacuum de­ the subject of a future article. instructions tell you to shake both parts of the airing before pouring or air bubbles in the Begin by preparing the work area. Clear Alumilite well. This is important because Part rubber may mar the surface of later castings. the workbench of anything that will distract B, in particular, will separate in its container.

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 53 Figure 5 - The completed casting, still in the mold but Figure - The casting has been removed from the 6 with the backing plate removed. mold, and equally easily, the excess Alumilite has been "popped" out of the mixing cup. The cup may be used again.

Level the mold and have the waxed, Plexiglas become a rubbery solid at about 3 to 3 112 tried waxed paper, but it sticks to the plastic. backing plate within reach. Yo u will also minutes before completely hardening into a I have also tried aluminum foil, freezer wrap, easy need a weight to press down on the bacldng tough hard substance. SlOP! Further attempts and even a piece of the plastic drop cloth, but plate. to move it around, filling empty will be I have fo und that the waxed Plexiglas works areas, Now the clock The two parts must be fruitless. well and is easy to handle. starts. mixed equally by volume. Start with Part B When the hardening processis almost com­ (the darker liquid); to a specific line on the Fixing Incomplete Castings plete, place the Plexiglas backing plate fill waxed, cup then add an equal amount of the hardener, If your casting is incomplete because you onto the goop in the mold. Start at one side Part A. Add any dry fIller you may want to did not up enough material, don't worry. (like did for the mold material), forcing the mix we use, up to 100% by volume. For the Broadway A subsequent pouring can fill in where it is air out and the excess over the edge of the Hotel sides, I mixed equal amounts of A needed. Alumilite adheres readily to itself mold. Now you can why the work surface Parts and, see and B in the mixing cup, then added one half except fo r a slight color change because of cover is needed. Press down firmly on the that combined amount in dry wood putty batch differences, will become a seamless Plexiglas until the outline of the mold cavity is mix powder. Stir thoroughly. single casting. Lesson leamed: I was extremely visible, but do not distort the mold. Place the At first, it will look like coffee with too frustrated during first attempts because weight on top and step back. Yo u can breathe my the much cream. When thoroughly mixed, it will fastsetting time gave little leewayfo r working now; the rush is over. look like coffee with only a little cream (no OL/l the bubbles and sp reading the liquid plastic Patience is what is required now. Do not lumps). If stirred for more than 20 seconds, mixture throughout the mold. AlumiUte re com­ peek. Wait a minimum of 15 minutes, then your useful pouring time will be dramatically chilling both pans down to about mended 4(? fe el the Plexiglas. If it is still warm, wait a cut. I stir five seconds in one direction, then before beginning casting process. 30 milU/tes the little while longer. Yo u can use a pick to test reverse the direction, working out the lumps of Cooling it down lengthens the setting rime to the hardness of the plastic overflow or what undissolved wood-putty powder. The cup will about minutes, providing plenty of time to remains in the mixing cup. Poke at the excess 6-7 begin to feel warm; this means the chemical work effectively. until you can no longer put a dent in it; the reaction is beginning. Let's assume you mixed enough Alumilite, casting is in the same state. Pourthe maple-syrup-colored material into and it puddled neatly in the mold with a slight When it feels cool, the chemical reaction is the mold, making sure the liquid plastic flows excess. If your casting doesn't require a flat complete, and the weight and then the Plex­ into areas of the mold. Yo u can use a tooth back, you can squeegee off the excess before iglas back can be removed . Remove the mold all pick to move the material into crevices and it begins to set. A popsicle stick works great from the casting. Use gentle, firm pressure to depressions and at the same time bring air fo r this too. pull the mold away. Yo u may find that the bubbles to the surface. After fillingthe mold, If you require a flat-backed casting, you mold will release from the casting first, leav­ pass a match or lighter over the liquid plastic must "cap the mold" with something that will ing the casting attached to the Plexiglas. If this to bring up other air bubbles. This is where a provide a flush surface but will not stick to the happens, gently pry the casting away from the third hand is helpful. Alumilite. Glass, Plexiglas, styrene or a large backing. The casting may bend slightly, but it Alumilite will appear quite benign, but its Tupperware® top (which is polyethylene) will can easily be returned to its proper shape. ability to solidify quickly will surprise you and work. All except the polyethylene will have to Check over the casting carefully. This will may catch you off guard. The material will be heavily (with paste and buffed. be the first time you will be able to really tell waxed wax) begin to thicken without warning, then Yo u can buy polyethylene from many how good your master pattern is. The casting solidify. Yo u can recognize this when an area plastics suppliers, but usually it is in 4' X 8' will reproduce every flaw in the master, as of Lighter coloring begins tospread through the sheets. My wife has a piecrust rolling sheet well as every detail. plastic. It will take on a chewing-gum con­ that would work, but she quickly fo und out While the plastic is still relatively soft, you sistency at about the 2 II2-minute mark and what I it fo r and nixed the idea. I have can cut away the excess flash from the edges. wanted

54 • Model Railroading January 1991 Figure 7 - If you are slow, the plastic will solidify Figure 8 - This pour (Figures 8-10) turned out to be an before you are ready. unintentional demonstration of how to correct a prob­ lem. The initial pour was insufficient to fill the mold, leaving several voids.

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Figure 9 - After the first pour solidified, the backing Figure 10 - I repeated the finishing steps, and as can be plate was removed and additional casting material (as seen here, the casting is perfect. can be seen by the color) was added.

To o much handling of the casting while it is fo ur boys. My supply grows steadily, Be sure to use any solvent in a well-ventilated soft may warp it, so use caution. (If you are especially on hot days. area. casting in other materials, such as polyester The solidified Alumilite left in the mixing Next Month resin, fo llow the directions carefully. Do not cup will pop right out after flexing the cup move the mold assembly for at least two sides. Any plastic that was accidentally spilled Next month the final chapter in this saga hours.) on the work bench can be removed easily after will cover making mUlti-part molds and other it has hardened by slightly prying it away from casting techniques that I have learned during Clean Up the surface. this past year. Yo u now have the basics to Clean up your tools right away. Scrape the Alumilite does not come off your hands begin your own production. Do not give up or excess plastic off the mixing st icks if you want very easily. Acetone helps; that's all I will say. become frustrated because your initial efforts to use them again. If you don't, the plastic will I use rubber gloves. did not meet your expectations. I have learned harden completely and have to be carved off The mold will clean up quickly; most of the that practice makes better (if not perfect) and or the stick thrown away. Popsicle sticks are paint will adhere to the casting. The rest can as your proficiency improves so will the pretty easy to come by at my house; I have be flexed off or wiped off with some solvent. quality of your castings. ft ....anuar y 1991 Model Railroading • 55 and carefully. (Make sure you get the crepe tape and not the plastic kind which will break instead of bending when you go around a Southern Aleo PA 3 curve) . (Continuedftvm page Mix up a batch of imitation aluminum by 33) combining fo ur paIts white with one paIt maintenance-of-way gray. The body now gets an even coat of this off-white mixture. Set the rear door. Install the Nathan M5 horn', paint fo r a couple of reasons: it needs no model aside to dry fo r a couple of days. (Give II I) f firecracker antenna, lift rings, MU hoses, and primer or barrier, and 2) it dries to a glossy it the snif test; when you can 't smell the paint, cooling fan grill now. Figure 10 shows how the finish which is perfect fo r decal application. it 's (by). Apply masking tape to the areas that nose should look with everything completed Begin by spraying the trucks and frame are to remain imitation aluminum (see the and details glued in place. black. Then, before staIting on the body, wash color photos). Be sure to seal off any holes Painting it in warnl, soapy water and rinse. Don't leave which open onto the imitation aluminum sec­ the body in water long or the fo il will separate tions from the inside of the body (such as the Southern painted their locomotives in a from its paper backing. Now paint the body headlights). Its amazing how easily paint can number of paint schemes; however, the PA 3s imitation gold (Scalecoat Reefer Ye Uow) . After sneak through even the most remote gap in the only appeared in two of them. Since only one this has dried, apply '/32 " wide drafting tape tape. Once all the tape is on and burnished , of the PA 3s ever made it into the black paint to fo rm the stripes which separate the green spray on an even coat of Southern Green. I scheme, I'll describe the classic green, imita­ from the imitation aluminum. Make a usually remove all the tape immediately tion aluminum, and imitation gold scheme photocopy of the template supplied in Figure afterwards. used between 1949 and 1956. I used Scalecoat II and cut it out leaving the crosshatched area. Paint the pilot, bumper, and anything below 'From the angle of David Salter's prototype photo of Apply this to the body with a little masking the bottom of the body black, and the 6903 (which was not av ailable when the model was tape. With a soft , fine-point pencil trace kickplates below the doors silver. Now is the made), it appears that the Nathan M5 air horn is on around the template. Yo u just want to leave a . time to add any of the remaining detail parts the centerl ine of the cab instead of on the right side very light mark on the imitation gold. Reverse such as lenses, windshield wipers, handrails or as modeled. Ako's builder's photos, however, are not the template, tape it down on the other side grabirons. I made my handrails and grabirons clear on the exact location of the horn. The place­ and mark it. Using your straight edge, draw a out of O.QlS " dianleter brass wire. Just bend to ment as modeled was based on Southern Railway's line parallel with the bottom edge of the body, fit, and glue in place with AC e. Once they 're standard practice fo r other diesel locomotives. This a scale 2' up the side. It should connect with in place, hand paint them and get ready fo r the leaves the actual location of the firecracker antenna the mark left by your template tracing. Now was 3s decals. in doubt , if it used at all. In photographs of PA on the Southern Pacific it is clear that the air horns cover this line with the Formaline '/32-wide Apply the decals according to Champ's were on the center!ine. If anyone out there can clear crepe tape. This tape will conform to the curve instructions, using the color photos as a guide. up this point please let us know. around the nose really well if you work slowly Don't fo rget the small CNO&TP at the rear of the body. Once the decals are dry, finish the modelwith Te stors Glosscote, or if you like the weathered look, use a 50:50 mix of Glosscote and Dullcote. No matter which you choose, the decal film will be al most invisible. Pop in the windshield casting, mount the Kadee #5 coupler in its opening in the pilot, glue on the rubber diaphragm, and fo r the crowning touch, add a string of Rivarossi corrugated streamlined cars. 1l

Figure 10 - The completed model ready for painting. The fine lines scribed on the model show the outline of the separation between the Southern Green and imita­ tion aluminum paint. I no longer recommend scribing a dividing line like this; instead trace the line on the body with a pencil as described in the instructions. This view also shows (1 ) the filled-in coupler opening and (2) Figure 11 - Te mplate for painting the nose of the PA3. the old-style number-board mounting holes. (3) the MU Cut out the template. leaving the cross-hatched area hoses. (4) the Pyle twin-beam headlight. (5) the class intact. and tape onto the model as indicated. Trace the light mounting holes. (6) the new 45 ° number-boards outline onto the model using a fine-point. 50ft-lead and (7) the Nathan air horn. pencil.

56 • Model Railroading January 1991 ReDlovai of Cast Depth of Field Ladder Detail (Conlinuedfrom page 41) (Conlinuedfrom page 23) more acceptable if the items closer to the the final rungs and irons. Wo rk from both camera are in fo cus. Athearn Railbox above and below the detail, and move the blade so as to fo rm a round rod. A flat Figure 2 shows the #18 knife blade motions Length of Exposure jeweler's file is then to remove the blade required fo r a Railbox type of car. Note the used The use of a small aperture for model pho­ marks. Do not use the steel wool ; too much motions are basically the same, but with some tography has one major drawback. Because pressure is required fo r it to be effective and slight differences and with additional strokes. model layouts are usually not brightly lit, you might break a grabiron. Careful filing will The major contrast with the 50' car is the longer exposures are required. (!his do. This rounding with the blade will take makes the treatment of the side rib contour. This requires use of a tripod all absolUle necessity. A tripod about 15 to 20 light passes. Once you get the two additional cuts perpendicular to the side. should always usedfor exposures longer than hang of it, a hopper car end will take about 20 be Only flat flies are fo r cleanup on both the second. There will be more all tripods in used minutes to complete. 1/60 ends and sides of the car. Steel wool is also a future article.) Photo 3 shows an Athearn 54' hopper with used . As the f-stop is increased by one stop (i .e. , the excess casting material removed, painted Photo 2 shows a Railbox-type car from f/8 to fill) the shutter must be dou­ and decaled ready to assemble. I think you speed completed. and bled (i.e. , from to second). Each f-stop will agree this level of detail is 'good enough' 1;.\ V2 Hopper Car increase reduces the amount of light on the fo r the layout . ftlmby one half. If the light is reduced by one The treatment of the hopper car adds addi­ Photo 4 shows the same techniques applied half then the shutter must be open approxi­ tional strokes (due to the size of the detail cast­ to an E&B Va lley 34' car kit. While the detail mately twice as long fo r the same exposure on ing) and utilizes a different knife blade. The casting is somewhat improved over the the film. initial strokes required fo r all hopper car lad­ Athearn (i.e. , separate parts allow fm er molds, der rungs and grabirons are the same as fo r but greater cost), the same amount of hand Approximately Equivalent Exposures the side ladder of the 50 ' car. The differences work results in a sharper looking model than F-stop Shutter speed are that a #11 X-Acto® blade is used and held comes out of the box. I do recommend that f/8 second 1;.1 (by the handle) at 90 degrees to the way the you do an Athearn model before the E&B Val­ fl11 second V2 #18 blade is held (and 90 degrees to the maga­ ley kit. f/16 1 second zine) in Figure I. This allows the cutting edge In closing, I will tell a story of myself that f/22 2 seconds to move along the stroke paths shown in the I tell at clinics and bull sessions. Once I had These values are shown only as an example. figure. Cuts 1 and 2 of Figure will need to developed the techniques in this article and had I The actual f-stop and shutter speed combina­ be repeated as the other, longer cuts are made. done some boxcars and three or fo ur hoppers, tions will vary with the amount of light on the Do not make the long cuts deeper than these I gave an Athearn hopper kit to my wife Mar­ model and the speed of the film,but the rela­ cuts. It should take three or four vertical cuts, garet fo r her to do. She calmly listened to the tionship between them will remain the same hence th ree or fo ur sets of long cuts, on each way that I had done the hoppers, took the tools with each f-stop increase requiring a one-stop end of a rung or grabiron. and started whittlin'. In an hour or so she decrease in shutter speed. Once the initial cuts are made, other smaller showed up with the hopper and it looked What do all these technical photographic cuts will be required to produce round ladder great . The model is now a Burlington North­ descriptions mean to modelers who only want rungs and grabirons. By looking at the casting, ern green hopper on the layout. to show pictures of their model railroad you will be able to determine the diameter of MUST have been my instruction I � empires? Mainly, it means that the laws of optics and the reality of model railroads com­ bine to require different photographic tech­ niques fo r good results. So fa r the model photographer knows to move the camera as far as possible from the subject. The framing and composition of a scene will often prevent the model photographer from moving the camera far enough from the scene. The model pho­ tographer also knows to select a wide-angle or "normal" lens instead of a telephoto lens if the framing and composition will allow. The model photographer now also knows that there are two main photographic tech­ niques fo r improved depth of field in model photography. One is to use the largest f-stop number available on the lens selected, and the other is to focus about one third into the scene. For more inforn1lltion on depth of field refer to Book 1 in 771e Ansel AdamsPlwtogra­ New phy Series: 771eComera by Ansel The Adams. book is published by the New Yo rk Graphic

4 - No matter how fine a casting is, some improvement can always be Society and is available in many libraries. made. The results of this article can be compared in the before (lying) and Next month, we will take a look at tungsten after (standing) end castings of an E&B Va lley hopper car model kit. slide ftlms. �L

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58 • Model Railroading .January 1991 OLATHE LAFAymE PEACEVILLE TRAIN SHOP NORTH YARMOUTH WEST BOYLSTON PETOSKEY MAIN HOBBY TRAIN & TROOPER HENRY'S HOBBY HOUSE OOUG'S PHOTO AND HOBBY ILLINOIS 189 S. ROGERS RD. MISSISSIPPI 625 COLUMBIA ST. 13 MEMORIAL HWY. (ROUTE 9) 67 W. BOYLSTON ST. UNIT 1 303 E. MITCHELL SUITE 1604 47901 317-742-6634 04021 207-829-3211 01583 508-835-6165 49770 616-347-4233 66062 913-782-6965

PALO HEIGHTS OVERLANO PARK LEXINGTON PORT HURON LAUREL THE RIGHT TRACK OVERLANO RAILS THE TRACK SHOP BLUE WATER HOBBIES HOBBY CORNER 6521 W. 127TH ST. 7327A W. 97TH ST. 49 REAR WALTHAM ST. 1414 PINE GROVE AVE. 1534 N. FIRST AVE. 60463 708-388-3008 66212 913-341-1144 02173 617-861-7830 48060 313·984-8764 39440 601-649-4501

PARK RIDGE ROCHESTER MICHIGAN CITY TOPEKA HILL'S HOBBY & JOE'S HOBBY CENTER B A HOBBIES CRAFTS FUN fOR ALL HOBBIES COLLECTORS SHOP & & MARYLAND CAMPUS CORNERS SHPG. CTR. 408 fRANKLIN 2029 SW GAGE BLVD. 10 PRAIRIE 105 S. LIVERNOIS 46360 219-874-2382 66604 913-272-5772 60068 708-823-4464 48063 313-651-8842 BALTIMORE ROCKFORD M B KLEIN, INC. SOUTHFIELD ROYAL HOBBY SHOP DEL'S TRAIN CENTER 162 N. GAY ST. 3920 EAST STATE ST. MICHIGAN LAHSER RD. (INCLUDES MAIL OROER) 23123 61108 815-399-1771 48034 313-357-5770 21202 301 -539-6207

SOUTH BEND CATONSVILLE ANN ARBOR ST. CLAIRSHORES HOBBY LANO PRO CUSTOM HOBBIES. INC. RIOER'S HOBBY SHOP WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS MISSOURI 343 LINCOLN WAY W. 721 fREDERICK RO. 115 W. LIBERTY 21714 HARPER AV E. 46601 219-287-0180 21228 301-788·8770 48104 313-668-8646 48080 313-771-6770

COLLEGE PARK BAY CITY WESTLAND BALLWIN BURRED HOBBIES CUM CRAFT INC. OAVE'S HOBBY & TV CHECKERED fLAG HOBBY CNTRY. 4917 NIAGARA ROAD 1008 AOAMS 29026 WARREN RO. 14755 MANCHESTER RD. 20740 301 -982-5032 48706 517-892-6177 48185 313·422-4464 63011 314-394-7600

SKOKIE A T R G NORTH SHORE HOBBY ANO G I HE S8 R CANTON WESTLAND 8LUE SPRINGS PASTIMES U RIOER'S HOBBY SHOP NANKIN HAROWARE HOBBY MAINLINE TRAINS COLLECTORS GALLERY KENTUCKY & OUINCE ORCHARO ROAD 42007 fORD RO. fORO RD. 807 MAIN ST. 4848 OAKTON ST. 531 35101 20878 48187 313-981-8700 48185 31 3-722-5700 64015 81 6-224-6962 60077 708·673·4849 301-977-7902 MOUNT AIRY S. HOLLAND PARIS CLARE OENNISON'S TRACKSIOE KANSASCITY SCALE MODELS LTD. CABOOSE CORNER THE AARDVARK SPOTLIGHT MOOEL RR HOBBIES 1048 E. 162NO S1. 2015 MAIN ST. 4855 BROWNS RD. 7427 TROOST AVE. 2-4 S. MAIN ST. 60473 708-339-3911 40361 606·987-1257 48617 517-386-3288 64131 816-444-7331 21771 301-831-721 1

SPRINGFIELD ST. LOUIS WHISTLE POST IOWA MASSACHUSETTS HOBBY STATION - CHESTERfiELD 2347 W. MONROE PlAZA 1724 CLARKSON RO. 62704 217-744-6675 63017 314·537-3060

STREATOR BURLINGTON BEDFORD DEARBORN ON TRACK HOBBIES HOBBYCRAFT SHOP BEDfORO TRAIN SHOP JOE'S HOBBY CENTER SOS E. MAIN ST. 801-B03 JEffERSON 32 SHAWSHEEN AVE. 7845 WYOMING AV E. 61364 815-672-3668 52601 319-754-4979 01730 61 7-275-7525 48126 313-933-6567

BOLTON S. ELGIN CEOAR RAPIDS EAST OETROIT ST. LOUIS SCALE MOOEL PROOUCTS G&J HOBBIES BOX KAR HOBBIES JOE'S HOBBY CENTER NORTH CENTRAL HOBBIES LOUISIANA 63 HUDSON RD. 395 EAST STATE SI 109 THIRO AVE. SE 17900 E. TEN MILE 9120 LACKLANO ROAD PO. BOX 72 60177 708-695·5524 52401 319·362-1291 48021 31 3-773-8294 63114 31 4-426·0031 01740 508-779·5056 ALEKANDRIA DES MOINES HARES MARY CARTER BROCKTON FARMINGTON N. KANSAS CITY HOBBY HAVEN CUSTOM TRAIN WORKS JOE'S HOBBY CENTER PRESTON'S TRAINS PAINT & HOBBY CRAFT MINNESOTA 7672 HICKMAN RO. TINA AVE. 35203 GRANO RIVER SWIFT 4529 LEE ST. 24 1903 50322 515-276·8785 48024 313-477-6266 71302 318-443-2755 02402 508·580-5644 64116 816-842-4884 CENTERVILLE FLINT FORT DOOGE BATON ROUGE THE ENGINE HOUSE RIDER'S BEMIDJI RAYTOWN BOB BAKER HOBBY SHOP LOUISIANA CENTRAL HOBBIES HOBBY HUTCH P M TRAINS ROCKS 1682 fALMOUTH RO. ROUTE 28 THE BEDER HOBBY PEOPLE & 1424 5TH AVE. S 10230 flORIDA BLVO. PAUL BUNYAN MALL 10101 E 64TH ST. CENTERVILLE SHOPPING CENTER 3012 CORUNNA RD. 50501 515-955-9894 70815 504-273-0095 56601 218-751-9734 816-358·6160 02632 508-771-531 1 48503 313-234-4051 64133

MASON CITY LAfAYmE DANVERS FRASER SPRINGFIELD EAST SlOE TRAINS RON'S MODEL RAILROAD SHOP NEW ENGLANO MODEL SUPPLY P & 0 HOBBY SHOP HOBBYOASHERY INC. 932 B E. STATE ST. 1416 S. COLLEGE RO. 467 MAPLE S1. 31902 GROESSBECK HWY. 1312 E. BATILEflELD 50401 515-423·1 748 70503 31 8·232·5536 01937 508-777-1387 48026 313-296-611 6 65804 417-883·4609

NEW ORLEANS EAST LONGMEAOOW GRANO RAPIDS RICHflELO ROGERS CITY INDIANA HUB HOBBY SUPPLY THE fAMILY HOBBY SHOP HOBBY WORLO HUB HOBBY CENTER THE TRAIN OOCTOR 2618 S. BROAO ST. 48 SHAKER RO. 2851 CLYOE PARK SW 6416 PENN AVE. S 156 SOUTH 3RO ST. 70125 504-822-3914 01028 413-525-7345 49509 616-538-6130 55423 612-866-9575 49779 517·734-3372

SHREVEPORT EAST WEYMOUTH GRANO RAPIDS ROBBINSVILLE COOKS COLLECTORS CORNER SO. SHORE HOBBY CENTER RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HUB HOBBY NORTH 4402 YOUREE DR. 777 BROAO ST. 2055 28TH ST. SE 4114 LAKELAND AVE. N 71105 31 8-865-7632 02189 617-331-1234 49508 616-247-9933 55422 612-490-1675

EVANSVILLE MALDEN SAINT CLOUD A A HOBBY SHOP CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO. BAKERS CRAFT & HOBBY 2023 W. fRANKLIN S1. 347A PLEASANT S1. OIV. PLACE fASHION CENTER 47712 81 2-423-8888 02148 617-321 ·0090 56301 612-252-0460

fORT WAYNE NORTH EASTON SPRING LAKE PARK HOBBY LAND KANSAS L1NOSTROMS UNIVERSITY HOBBIES MONTANA 416 COLISEUM BLVD. 50 ELM S1. 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE 46805 219-483-8186 02356 617-238-6224 55432 612-780-4189

fORT WAYNE GREAT BENO SUMMIT HOBBIES! NORTHAMPTON KALAMAZOO GREAT fALLS TAYLOR'S TOYS RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP SUMMIT SPEEOWAY MAINE H. L. CHILOS & SON HOBBYLAND 3120 10TH ST. 25 STATE S1. 3417 S. WESTNEOGE AVE. CENTRAL 1706 W. TILL RD. 820 67530 316-793-9698 01061 4900B 616-349-2666 46818 219-489-7223 59401 406-453-3131 AUBURN INOIANAPOLIS JUNCTION CITY fREIGHT STATION RAYNHAM KALAMAZOO BIG BOY HOBBIES R C HOBBIES STAN'S ROUNOHOUSE TAYLOR BROOK MALL ED'S BOXCAR 8893 PENDLETON PIKE 115 W. 7TH CENTER ST. 5228 S. WESTNEOGE MINOT AVE.. ROUTE 11 611 46226 317-898-6284 66441 913-238-1877 49008 616·345-0004 04210 207-784·6556 02767 508·822-6563 WARREN INOIANAPOLIS KANSAS CITY BRUNSWICK LAPEER TUCKERS HOBBIES N GAUGE TRAIN SHOP J'S HOBBY HAVEN ASK YOUR MOTHER J & 0 HOBBIES BOX 1090 8863 PENDLETON PIKE 4601 STATE AVE . 49 PLEASANT ST. 288 S. MAIN 8 8ACON ST. 46226 317-898-4883 66102 913-287-3030 0401 1 207-729-1542 48446 313-664-1414 010B3 413-436-5318

.January 1991 Model Railroading • 59 WESTMONT GENEVA CUYAHOGA FALLS TULSA NEBRASKA NEW HAMPSHIRE SADLER'S HOBBY SHOP LAKE CITY HOBBIES RAil CROSSING WINGS-N-THINGS, INC. 14 HADDON AVE. 30 CHERRY ST. NORTH CAROLINA 119 W. PORTAGE TRAIL 5241 S. PEORIA 08108 609-854-7136 14456 315-781-0807 44221-3221 216-945-5552 74105 918-745-0034

LINCOLN BOSCAWEN SUSSEX GLENMONT ASHEVIllE LORAIN HOBBYTOWN LINCOLN CONCORD CAR SHOPS SUSSEX COUNTY HOBBIES H 0 CUSTOM TRAINS ANTIQUE TRAIN & TOY CO. THE CORNER STORE 3231 S. 13TH RT. 3 & 4, 115 KING ST. 69 MAIN ST. 4 BRIGHTON WOOD RD. 523 MERRIMON AVE. 1249 COLORADO AVE. 68502 402-421-7699 03303 603-796-2320 07641 201-875-8580 12077 518-462-6209 28804 704-253-7648 44052 216-288-2351

LINCOLN CHARLOTTE MANCHESTER HICKSVILLE HOBBY TOWN USA CHARLODE ELECTRIC TRAIN MAUMEE PAUL E. BOURQUE CO. INC. HOBBY IMAGES J M TRAINS HOBBIES SUDER PLACE MAll CENTER & & 608 WillOW ST. 89 JERUSALEM AVE. 2566 PARKWAY PlAZA 5221 SOUTH 48TH ST. 114-0 FREELAND LANE 03103 603-625-8919 11801 516-822-8259 43537 419-893-2621 68516 402-483-7427 28217 704-527-0392 LINCOLN NORTH CONWAY HORSEHEADS HOBBYTOWN BRASS CABOOSE ALTOONA SHOPS MIDDlETOWN SOUTH PARK HOBBIES EAST PARK MAll (UNDER CAROll REED) 584 WESTINGHOUSE RD. 1815 TYTUS AVE. OREGON 220 NORTH 66TH ST. NORCROSS CIRCLE VilLAGE PlAZA 45042 513-424-5124 68505 402-464-285B 03B60 603-356-9922 14845 607-739-8916 LINCOLN NORTH HAMPTON HUNTINGTON ROlliES MODEL RAilROAD FlITSPHOTO & HOBBY SHOP NORTH CANTON McMINNVILLE CABOOSE INC. CROSSING VilLAGE SHOPPING CENTER NICK'S SALES & SERVICE RED CABOOSE NEW MEXICO 208 WAll ST. 5606 S. 48TH ST. US RT. 1 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH NE 2147 THREE MilE LANE 11743 516-427-8288 68516 402-423-9337 03862 603-964-9292 44721 216-494-0125 97128 503-472-8720

OMAHA ALBUQUERQUE JOHNSON CITY CHARLOTTE NORTH CANTON PORTlAND BEL AIR HDBBYCRAFT CTR. ABAJO DEPOT THE TRAIN SHOP THE MODELER'S HOBBY SHOP TRAINS-N-THINGS HOBBIES UNLIMITED 12100 W. CENTER RD. 3301 MENAUl NE, STE. NO. 16 210 GRAND AVE. 4808 C CENTRAL AVE. 226 W. MAPLE ST. 4503 N. INTERSTATE AVE. 68144 402-333-4846 B7107 505-881-2322 13790 607-797-9035 28205 704-537-9963 44720 216-499-1666 97217 503-287-4090

OMAHA HOBBY TOWN USA LAS CRUCES NEW YORK RAlEIGH NORWALK PORTlAND THE HOBBY HUT THE TRAIN SHOP THE HOBBY SHOP PAUL'S HOBBIES ROCK BROOK VilLAGE HOBBY WAREHOUSE 126 WYATI DR. 23 W. 45TH ST. 2020 CAMERON ST. 46 E. MAIN 8538 SW APPLE WAY 11011 ELM ST. 88005 505-524-0991 10036 212-730-0409 27605 919-833-1 123 44857 419-668-3019 97225 503-292-3790 68144 402-391-5669 OMAHA SCALE RAil PATCHOGUE WENDEll POLAND PORTlAND HARRY'S DEPOT TODD'S TRAIN DEPOT BUCKEYE RAil HOBBY JIM'S WHISTLE STOP 4205 S. 87TH ST. & 128 MEDfORD AVE., RT. 112 404 W. WilSON AVE. 31 WEST MCKINLEY WAY 14037 SE STARK BOX 27242 11772 516-475-9056 27591 919-365-5006 44514 216-757-6080 97233 503-252-7118 68127 402-339-3380 WILSON OMAHA PIITSfORO PORTlAND THE ANTIQUE BARN & TRAIN SHOP TRAINMAN TRADING POST HOBBY PEDDLER SWITCH STAND HOBBIES NEW JERSEY RT. 2 BOX 22 5215S. 21ST ST. 7 SCHOEN Pl. 2514 SE 122ND AVE. FOREST HillS & DOWNING ST. 68107 402-734-7233 14534 716-381-4532 97236 503-760-5804 27893 919-237-6778 SCOTTSBLUfF ABERDEEN P N HOBBY TOWN HOBBY SHOP ROCHESTER STEUBENVIllE ORTLA D ANDY'S TRAINS CUSTOM HOBBIES WHISTlE STOP TRAINS MONUMENT MAll RT. 34 NEW YORK 208 SCOTISVlllE RD. 432 MAIN ST. 14037 SE STARK 2302 FRONTAGE RD. STRATMORE SHOPPING CENTER 14611 716-235-15B7 43952 614-266-6016 97233 503-252-71 18 69361 308-635-7001 07747 201 -5B3-0505

OMAHA ABSECON AMITYVillE ROCHESTER HOUSE OF TRAINS THE ROUNDHOUSE INC. K & P HOBBIES THE WHISTLE STOP 8106 MAPLE ST. 400 NEW JERSEY AVE. 55 MERRICK RD. 1967 RIDGE RD. E 68134 402-391-2311 08201 609-641-8474 11701 516-598-2405 14622 716-467-7590

BLOOMfiELD APALACHIN ROCKY POINT YOUNGSTOWN DANA'S HOBBY SHOP BEAM ELECTRIC EASTERN HOBBIES INC. BOARDMAN HOBBY CENTER 392 BROAD ST. RTE. 434 259 ROUTE 25A OHIO 6820 MARKET ST. PENNSYLVANIA 07003 201-743-3951 13732 607-625-2222 11778 615-821-3175 44512 216-758-1522

AVON BAllSTON SPA CHESTER SCHENECTAOY APPLEWOOD MINIAT URE ALLENTOWN THE HOBBY GAME ANNEX THE DEPOT AOIRONDACK HOBBIES ALLENTOWN TOY TRAIN SERVo & 36555 DETROIT RD. NEVADA ROUTE 24 108 MILTON AVE. 2331 ALTON ST. 125 112 N. 11TH ST. 44011 216-934-6366 07930 201-879-4263 12020 518-885-8789 12309 518-393-8836 18102 215-821-0740 1-800-359-6366 BILLINGS LAS VEGAS COLTS NECK BILLINGS MODEL TRAIN SMITHTOWN CANTON BETHLEHEM PRC TRAINS JUST TRAINS THREE GUYS HOBBIES FALCON HOBBIES MAC'S HOBBY HALL & HOBBY 3OO W. UTAH 41 HWY. 34 99 E. MAIN ST. 2847 WHIPPLE AVE. NW 721 LINDEN ST. BilLINGS PlAZA, ROUTE 82 89102 702-383-3325 07722 201 -409-2772 11787 516-265-8303 44708 216-477-9904 18018 215-866-8465 12510 914-223-7570 fLORENCE LAS VEGAS 81NGHAMTON WAPPINGERS fALLS CINCINNATI BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT SPORTS AMERICA & TRAIN EXCHANGE GEORGE'S CABOOSE VALLEY MOOEL TRAINS GOLF MANOR HOBBIES MAINLINE HOBBY SUPPLY HOBBY CENTRE BOULDER HWY. 85 ROBINSON ST. 3 FULTON ST. 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVE. 15015 BUCHANAN TRAIL E 6008 304 BROAO ST. 89122 702-456-8766 13904 607-775-5277 12590 914-297-7511 45237 513-351-3849 17214 717-794-2860 08518 609-499-2992 ERIE NORTH LAS VEGAS MERCERVILLE BROOKLYN WHITE PLAINS CINCINNATI CARS & TRAINS HOBBY SHOP PETERSON HOBBIES/CRAFTS IRON HORSE HOBBIES WAL HOBBY SHOP WESTCHESTER HOBBIES HOBBY TOWN # 15 1's 4500 E. LAKE RD. 3262B CIVIC CENTER DR. 116 FLOCK RD. 7909 5TH AVE. 102 E. POST RD. 9525 KENWOOD RD. #29 HARBOR CREEK MALL 89030 702-649-3311 08629 609-5B6-22B2 11209 718-745-4991 10601 914-949-7943 45242 513-793-5112 16511 B14-899-1347

RENO MONMOUTH BUffALO CLEVELAND ERIE HIGH SIERRA MODELS HOBBY & GAME #3 K VAL HOBBIES HOBBY HOUSE INC. CHARLES SIEGEL'S TRAIN CITY 953 W. MOANA LANE 4095 U.S. HWY. 1, SUITE 19 277 HINMAN AVE. 800 HURON RD. 3133 ZUCK RD. 89509 702-825-9098 08852 201-329-0030 14216 716-875-2837 44115 216-781-3210 16506 814-833-8313

BUffALO GETIYSBURG RENO PENNSAUKEN CLEVELAND NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAFT MART TOMMY GILBERT MODEL HOBBIES EMPORIUM TED'S ENGINE HOUSE NATIONAL HOBBY, INC. OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY RAILROAD SUPPLY 5380 MEADOWOOD MALL CR. 6307 WESTFIELD AVE, 5238 RIDGE RD. OKLAHOMA 3366 UNION RD. AT WALDEN 346 E. WATER ST. 89502 702-B25-9670 08110 609-662-0222 44129 216-749-2450 14225 716-681-1666 17325 717-337-1992

RENO PISCATAWAY CLAY CLEVELAND OKLAHOMACITY JENKINTOWN HOBBIES OF RENO MODEL RAILROAD SHOP SYRACUSE TRAIN & HOBBY WING'S HOBBY SHOP, INC. WHISTLESTOP TRAINS JENKINTOWN HOBBY CENTER 535 E. MOANA LANE VAIL AVE. & NEW MARKET RD. 8135 RT. 11 17112 DETROIT AVE. 1313 BRIITON RD. GREENWOOD AVE. & LEEDOM ST. 89502 702-826-6006 08854 201-968-5696 13041 315-422-3328 44107 216-221-5383 73114 405-842-4846 19046 215-884-7555

RED BANK EAST ROCHESTER COLUMBUS OKLAHOMA CITY JOHNSTOWN HOBBYMASTERS INC. DESPATCH JUNCTION STRETE HOBBIES WOODWARDS AL'S TRAINS 62 WHITE ST. 100 STATION RO. 3655 SULLIVANT AVE. 2941 W. HEFNER RD. 161 VILLAGE STREET 07701 201-842-6020 14445 716-385-5570 43228 614-279-6959 73120 405-751-4994 15902 814-535-2597

RUTHERfORO FLORAL PARK COLUMBUS TULSA LANCASTER CHOO CHOO EODIES JERICHO HOBBY & TRAIN CTR. THE TRAIN STATION ACTION HOBBIES SMITIY'SHOBBY & CRAFT 38 AMES AVE. 158 JERICHO TPKE. 4430 INDIANOLAAVE. 4423 E. 31ST ST. 1226 MILLERSVillE PIKE 07073 201-438-4588 11001 516-352-5067 43214 614-262-9056 74135 91 B-7 45-9898 17603 717-393-2521

1991 so • Model Railroading January CHEHALIS MILWAUKEE WINNIPEG PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND TEXAS VERMONT NORTHWEST TRAIN OEPOT TERMINAL HOBBY SHOP GOOCH'S HOBBIES 1671 N. NATIONAL AVE. 5619 W. flORIST AVE. lB5 SHERBROOK ST. 98532 206-736-5600 53218 414-461-1050 MB R3C 2R7 204-775-2743

AUSTIN LEMOYNE FOSTER ST. JOHNSBURY FERNOALE NEENAH WINNIPEG HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. KEYSTONE HOBBY CENTER SHIPPEETOWN MOOEL SHOP ELLIS PAINT WALLPAPER GLS M & M OEPOT BESTS' HOBBIES WAREHOUSE HOBBIES BROOIE OAKS SHOPPING CTR. 312 HUMMEL AVE. 184 OANIELSON PIKE 85 EASTERN AVE. 2032 MAIN ST .. PO BOX 1828 1011 S. LAKE ST. 445 KENSINGTON ST. 4107 CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY. 17043 717-763-7534 ·02825 401 -647-2640 05819 802-748-3806 98248 206-384-2552 54956 414-722-8532 MB R3J lJ8 204-837-7887 78704

LITITZ PAWTUCKET DALLAS BURLINGTON SEATIlE HALIFAX RULES MODEL TRAINS PARENT HOBBIES BOBBYE HALL'S HOBBY HOUSE THE HOBBY SHOP AMERICAN EAGLES INC. MARITIME HOBBIES & CRAFTS 101 N. BROAD ST. 272 WEST AVE. 4822 BRYAN S1. 109 BANK S1. 2220 NW MARKET ST. SCOTIA SQUARE 17543 717-626-1273 02860 401 -722-2398 75204 214-821-2550 05401 802-860-2822 98117 206-782-8448 NS B3J lN9 902-423-8870

MECHANICSBURG WAKEFIELD DALLAS SEATIlE WAUSAU TRURO MECHANICSBURG HOBBY HUT THE TRAINSHEO CLASSIC TRAINS & HOBBIES FREOERICK & NELSON POPES H08BYLANO UNEEOA HOBBY WARREN G. WILTROUT 79 OLD TOWER HILL RD. 11110 PETAL, SUITE 100 5TH & PINE STS.. 4TH FL. 640 S. 3RD AVE. 25 INGLIS PLACE 42 E. MAIN ST. 02879 401 -789-1420 75238 214-349-7523 98111 206-682-5500 EXT.2000 54401 715-842-4371 NS B2N 4B5 902-895-0308 17055 717-697-8633 OALLAS BURLINGTON MONTOURSVILLE SPOKANE WEST BENO COllBRl'S CANADIAN FINE SCALE ENGLISH MODEL RR SUPPLY SUNSET JUNCTION WEST BEND HOBBIES INC. 5600WLOVER'S LANE SUITE 139 N SCALE SPECIALTIES 21 HOWARO ST. E 213 SPRAGUE AVE. 144 N. MAIN ST. 2 BLOCKS WEST OF TOLLWAY 535 LOCUST ST. 17754 717-368-251 6 99202 509-838-2379 53095 414-334-0487 75209 214-352-3394 ON L7S 1V4 416-333-6560

PERKASIE COLLECTIBLE TRAINS & TOYS TACOMA BURLINGTON LESHERS II SOUTH CAROLINA 109 MEOALLION CENTER VIRGINIA PACIFIC RAILWAY HOBBIES WYOMING HUTCH'S TRAINS 21 N. 7TH S1. LOOP 12 AT ABRAMS RD. 5115 100TH SW NO. 7 490 BRANT ST. lB944 215-257-4055 75214 214-373·9469 98499 206-581-4453 ON L7R 2G4 416-637-3721

GREENVILLE OLYMPIA CASPER PITTSBURGH FORT WORTH ALEKANDRIA KANATA GREAT ESCAPE PAC IFIC SCALE MODELS CENTRAL TRAIN STATION A B CHARLES SON HOBBY SHOP OLD TIME HOBBIES CORNISH & SONS HOBBY KANATA HOBBY CTR. (OnAWA) PLEASANTBURG SHOPPING CTR 503 CHERRY 138 S. KIMBALL 3213 W. lIBERTYAVE. 3501 A BLUE BONNETT CIR. 6239 lITIlE RIVER TPKE. 462 HAZELDEAN RD., UNIT 18 1426 LAURENS RD. Nexl lo foreign Aula Paris COMMISSARY MALL 15216 412-561-3068 76109 817-927-520B 22312 703-941-2634 ON K2L lV3 29607 803-235-8320 9B501 206-352-9261 82601 307-266-5915 fALLS CHURCH PITTSBURGH HOUSTON SEATTLE KINGSTON ARLINGTON HOBBY CRAFTERS BILL & WALT'S HOBBY SHOP LARRY'SHOBBIES DON S HOBBIES LLOYD SHALES HOBBY SUPPLY WILLSTDN CENTER CANADA 116 SMITHfIELD S1. 156-f 1960 EAST 4746 UNIVERSITY VILLAGE PL. NE 208 DIVISION ST. 6176 ARLINGTON BLVD. 15222 412-281-9040 77073 713-443-7373 98105 206-525-liOO ON K7K 3Z1 613-548-8427 22044 703-532-2224 KILLEEN PITTSBURGH GRAFTON CALGARY MERRICKVILLE HOBBY CENTER BILL & WALT'S HOBBY SHOP GRAFTON HOBBY CENTER HOBBY WEST LARKSPUR LINE LTD. 414 N. 8TH ST. 4801 McKNIGHT RO. 110-C DARE RD. 5011 MACLEOD TR. SW RR4 P.O. BOX 849 15237 412-366-8686 23692 804-898-4184 AB T2Q OA9 403-244-9990 ON KOG lNO 613-269-3690 76541 817-634-0488

PITTSBURGH LEWISVILLE LYNCHBURG CALGARY OnAWA IRON HORSE HOBBY SHOP SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHWEST TRAINS TRAINS UNLIMITED WEST VIRGINIA TRAINS & SUCH HOBBY CENTRE 1950 PAINTERS RUN RD. 540 SURf SUITE 118 2016 LAKESIDE OR. 4125-4 S1. NW 1579 BANK ST. 15241 412-221-2250 75067 214-221-5891 24501 B04-385-5036 AB T2K lA3 403-282-2442 ON K1H 7Z3

SIOUX FALLS NORfOLK PETERBOROUGH READING MESQUITE NITRO EDMONTON DONOVANS HOBBY CENTER SNUG HARBOR TOY CRAFT DE BYS HOBBY EMPORIUM IRON HORSE HOBBY HOUSE COLLECTOR SHOP AND HOBBY NITRO HOBBY-N-CRAFT CENTER ROUNDHOUSE SALES INDEPENDENCE PlAZA HOBBY SHOP 183 SIMCOE S1. 60 S. 6TH ST. 1220 N. TWN. EAST BLVD. 104 21ST ST .. PO BOX 695 10425 80TH AVE. 3813 S. WESTERN AVE. 8481 CHESAPEKE BLVD. P.O. BOX 1552 19602 215-373-6927 75150 214-613-2051 25143 304-755-4304 A8 T6E lVI 403-433-0917 57105 605-338-6945 23518 804-587-4710 ON K9J 7H7 705-742-7238 PETERSBURG REAOING PLANO NORTH WESTMINSTER MONTREAL WALT'S HOBBY SHOP G & K HOBBY CENTRE RAILROAD CROSSING CREATIVE HOBBYCRAFT STORES HOBBY WORLD LTD. 2791 S. CRATER RD. 720 GORDON ST. 1520 G AVE. 42 6TH ST. 5450 SHERBRDOKE W fOOD LION PlAZA 19601 215-374-8598 75074 214-423-9054 BC V3L 2Z1 604-525-6644 PQ H4A 1V9 514-481-5434 23805 804-861-1333

SCRANTON RICHMOND VANCOUVER MONTREAL SCRANTON HOBBY CENTER HOBBY CENTER CENTRAL HOBBIES LE COIN DU CHEMINDT INC. 420 LACKAWANNA AVE. 4925 W. BROAD ST. #402 2835 GRANDVIEW HWY. 5344 BELANGER EST 18503 717-342-1963 23230 804-359-4720 BC V5M 2El 604-874-5716 PQ HIT lE2 514-728-8443

STRASBURG RICHMONO VERNON STRAS8URG TRAIN SHOP TENNESSEE TOY CENTER, INC. WISCONSIN TRACKSIDE TRAINS ROUTE 741 E, BOX 130 10441 MIDLOTHIAN TPKE. 2507 HWY. #6 17579 717-687-0464 23235 804-288-4475 BC VIT 5G4 604-545-4500

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.January 1991 Model Railroading • 61 SHOPPING GUIDE

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• Model Railroading .January 1991 NEW ORLEANS -Road No. This TEXAS & 279 classy little N-Scalecar is a wood sheathed slanted 34' � cupola caboose with light boxcar red body and white lettering. RTR KIT . #50210 ...$11. 65 #50219 .. $10.10 Iiiii_liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii� Dealer Inquiries See your nearest dealer for details Welcome 720 S. GrapeOR Street Medford, 97501 U.S.A. WESTERN � REfRIGERATOR LINE El!iiJI LINE -Road No. This Double­ WESTERN REFRIGERATOR 9453 40' GB&W LINES Sheathed Wood Reefer G W Lines car light boxcar red with light gray B & is sides. The black lettering includes such details as 'measurements between bunkers', 'height' and 'width' of the eaves and 'permanent floor racks'. The GREEN YROUTE heraldis red white. The s ted BA & roadnumber i prin inwhite on the ends. RTR KlT #49320 ...$11. 85 #49329 ...$10.50

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.January 1991 Model Railroading • 63 HERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYON T Whatever you model, when you're looking for ideas for your next project, turn to Walthers for E variety and selection! Yo ur Dealer can supply you with thousands of items, either from stock or with a special order! Here's just a small sampling of products in stock, ready for delivery!

KALMBACH13BOOK� DIMI-TRAINS Easily Installed Upgrade Your Wreck Train � In-Depth Reference Material Detail For Engine Terminals With a Heavy Crane For Steam Era Modelers Take your favorite Derailments engine for a spin on this Expand your won't slow your � fully-assembled HO Scale erence material M operations with Turntable with Brass # on the steam era this "Big Hook" Rails from Atlas. Used to . ., ... with a copy of on your roster! turn engJnes so they , _� . "' . the Rail­ � -1l " Model This Scale always faced forward, - ' .' -�,-..� ". N j 11- " roader Cyclo­ model fromDimi -Trains is based on a prototype built turntables were installed .... by Industrial Brownhoist and used on the wreck �; '�. -" pedia Vo lume at every major term al N� '''_' trains of many railroads. Cranes like this could lift m m " \j . One - Steam the steam era and some .. fromKalmbach - � ,.-�, up to 120 tons with their steam powered winches are still in use today. Publishing. This great book is packed ' pages i , so they were also used in track repairs and heavy It automatically indexes of photos, HO Scale drawings and information on :� construction projects. 11 positions (�O degrees ! � all types of steamers, from small switch engines to The kit features detailed plastic parts, and is sup­ apart) . so theres no hunt- L- ' j massive articulated freight locos. , . plied less trucks and couplers so you can install your ing for the correct place '� l The large 14 x 11" format permits large, clear favorite type. """",s:r0� to stop. The table mounts ,�,�, _",�G' photos and drawings, which provide plenty of ideas =.:; :\::., on the surface, so there's for detailing models or scratchbuilding steam power 236·1102 Brownhoist 120 Ton Crane .....$15.98 no need to cut any holes in your benchwork. A in any scale. manual crank is supplied, but the unit can be 400-1001 Cyclopedia Volume One - Steam ..$39.95 - Yo ur Dealer can get it fro m Wal thers - motorized in seconds with DriveUnit #301 (sold separately). which attaches with two screws.

can Distinctive 150·302 9" Turntable wlBrass Rails ...... $16.00 - Thur Dealer get it from Wal thers - 150·301 Motorizing Kit for #302 . $20.95 IIDDEL DIE CmING.INC. Diesels Handle Any Assignment noUNDHOUSE Snowfighters - Thur Dealer can get it fr om Wal thers - Beat Back Winter We ather TOMAR Protection For INDUSTRIES Contemporary Trains Modernize your Add distinction to your freight or passenger service freight service with a BL2 on the roster. Introduced in 1949, these with this working EMD locos had a unique semi-streamlined body for model of an end­ better front and rear visibility. The classic lines of of-train device When winter winds howl, keep your HO rail­ the original are captured in this superb HO Scale from To mar! On road open with these tough snowfighters from model from the Proto 2000 series by Life-Like. the prototype, Model Die Casting. Each beautifully detailed body fe atures see-through these units moni­ This 3-in-1 HO Scale kit includes parts for a radiators, fan details, separate grab irons and an tor air brake pressure and have a flashing lamp Jordan Spreader, used as a snow plow on many engineer and fireman in the cab. A powerful drive to protect the rear of the train. roads, a "Snow Crab" to remove snow from cuts train produces realistic speeds and working This HO Scale model comes fully-assembled and and fIlls, and a flanger to clean ice and snow from headlights are standard equipment. Choose from pre­ includes a battery-powered flasher circuit Gess between the rails. painted and lettered versions in the colorful schemes battery) . A metal casting, with 1.5V bulb and an 480·1516 Snow Fighter Set . . . . . pkg(3) $10.00 of the late 40's, or an undecorated engine . amber lens installed, simulates the EOT. Assem­ bly and installation instructions are included. BL2 DIESEL LOCOS 433·8351 Missouri Pacific ....$64.95 can 081·806 End·of·Train Device ...... $10.95 - Yo ur Dealer get it from Wal thers - 433·8352 Rock Island ...... $64.95 433·8353 Bangor and Aroostock . $64.95 Different Diesels 433·8687 Monon . . ...$59.95 - can - 433·8692 . . ...$59.95 Thur Dealer get it fr om Wal thers Chesapeake & Ohio 433·8697 Western Maryland . . ...$59.95 Fo r N Scale Availability may change due to 433·8698 Undecorated . . ...$59.95 Operations lead time and prior sales, so have your Dealer order today! For can the latest information on - Yo ur Dealer get it fro m Wal thers - everything you need, ask your Dealer to show you Stock ™ Wa lthers Make Mountains or Advisory Service, monthly inventory on microfJ.lm, and With This Craft Train Molehills the monthly new products newsletter. News, Scenery Material For complete information on these and other product lines available from Walthers, see the Add another kind of "diesel" your Scale opera­ Lofty mountain to N ��t� latest Wa lthers catalogs. tions with these semi-tractors from Detail Associates. ranges or rolling hills can from Parked by your piggyback ramp, in front of the local are easy to make Your Dealer get it Walthers. "greasy spoon" or moving trailers down the highway, with Form-A-Moun­ Fo r a list of Dealers near you, send a #10 self­

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• Model Railroading .January 1991 ESCAPE TO S SCALE! Enjoy the great advantages of S scale, the mid-size scale more model railroaders are turn­ ing to. Learn all about this main line scale, Now at your discover the bi-monthly magazine. S Gaugian Articles, photos, plans, ads, $24.00 a year; local dealer outside USA. Sample copy, $29.00 $5.00. Sn3 magazine, semi-annual; great plans, Modeler Track Side photos, features. $11.00 a year; $17.00 outside USA. Sample copy, $5.00. Order Detail Parts Other books fo r yo ur railroad library: #10- LOGGING RAILROADS OF SOUTH CAROLINA by 7 EC 901 Thomas Fetters details this state's numerous logging 3 Electrical Relay Cabinet lines with maps, text, photos and drawings. Plenty of 7 Shays, Heislers and odd·ball equipment! Great o 1 Door modeling ideas! $39.95 and $2.75 postage; $5 $40 foreign. EC 902 TRAINS OF AMERICA by Don Heimburger is 204 P,p, pages, 10" by 11" hardbound featuring nearly 400 Electrical Relay Cabinet Nostalgic, armchair ride on thefinest and superb, large color photos of 85 U.S. railroads! $41 .95 2 Door and $2.75 postage; $5 foreign. fa stest day trains of the 1890s/ Herbert H. Harwood, Jr. brings the story of the Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Recollections by John SM 903 Norwood, 272·page hardbound, 250 illustrations, 28 ultra-luxurious "Royal Blue Line" to life. chapters giving John's personal account of the Rio Background, building, and life of the Switch Motor & Mount Grande. sequel to John's first Rio Grande book! Baltimore Ohio Railroad's famous A & $38.95 and $2.75 postage; add $5 foreign. Washington-Philadelphia-New York EC 904 Along the East Broad To p, 248 pages hardbound, route, and its trains. Covers passenger and 350 illustrations, $39.95 and $2.75 postage; $5 freight services; New York bus and Electrical Relay Cabinet foreign. harb or operations; railroad records 4 Door Wa bash, 320-page hardbound with 550 photos of this and much more. Hardback, proud Midwest railroad. $38.95 and $2.75 postage; 200 pages, pages in full color, and $5 foreign. 16 200 DETAILS VICTORY BRANCH RAILROAD OF VERMONT­ black and white photographs. .. chronicles the history of the 11-mile branch of the St. Co., � 1'.0. BOX !j 132 Johnsbury and Lake Champlain that ran between Greenberg Publishing Inc. IA HEKHiTS. (AUF 917<1!i 1883 and 1917. Softbound. $8.95 and $2.00 postage. 7566 Main St. Sykesville, MD 21 784 8 8 Spirit of the South Shore. 80·page illustrated soft· (301)795-7447 bound. $11.95 and $1.75 postage; $22.95 and $2.75 hardbound; $5 foreign. I Yo ur Introduction to S auge- his 72·page sohbound G T features articles, photos, plans. $6.95 and $2.00 postage. LOOK WHAT MODEL RAILROADING HAS TO SAY ABOUT Sn3 Modeling-A 96·page sohbound with numerous how·to articles, photos and plans. $11.95 and $2.00 postage. CJWicro-Scale Mo dels In c. s Building & Operating Model RR's-A 120·page sohbound detailing 18 different S scale layouts in text, track diagrams and photos. More than 200 photos. $9.95 and $2.00 postage. NEW TRESTLE KIT: Fiddletown & Copperopolis, $9.95 and $2.00 sohbound; $17.95 "Construction time was several short evenings and the result and $2.50 hardbound. x A.C. Gilbert's eritage-164 page histor of this fascinating is an impressive 160 85 scale fo ot straight trestle which H · y company and the AF trains they made. Softbound, $14.95 and holds its own with any assembled in the traditional manner. $2.00 postage; hardbound, $22.95 and $2.75 postage. Bra vo Micro-Scale Models for ending one of the Catalog of S/Sn3 Products, 116 pages, $4.95; $8.00 outside USA. more tedious tasks we modelers fa ce. " Dealer inquiries inviteo Micro-Scale Models bridge kits include one piece, laser-cut bents, all cross bracing, stringer bracing, nut and bolt detail, precut ties, water Heimburger House barrels, cast stone bridge abutments, and precut foundation braces. Publishing Co. All kits feature clear, easy-to-follow instructions and diagrams, quick Madison St. 7236 W. assembly time and parts that fit well. Forest Park, IL 60130 Kit prices: $250 for 40" long bridge, 5 stories high $1 60 for 22" long bridge, 4 stories high I);i..-. 1 Model Railroading ads SELL

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.January 1991 Model Railroading • Includes: JEWEL ER'S Badger Model 200, all metal, DRILL PRESS single action, internal mix air The MicroLux Drill Press brush lor the smoothest finish. is just the right Adjustable spray pattern from size and has just the 1/16" to 1 1/2" wide. right features for the Oil-less single piston com­ model railroader: pressor with pressure relief 3 speed belt drive, ball safety valve. Produces .33cfm #60408. The world's most popular hobby, bearing spindle with 20 psi when airbrush is in craft and graphic arls knife. Aluminum 1 1/4" travel, 1/4" 3-jaw @use. 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Large Transformer Handcar man HO #675-257 $2.50 Step ladder #675-701 $.60 Rural facilit y Go devil kit Handcar kit #675-605 $1.10 #675-607 $3.95 #675-608 $6.95 #675-283 $2.75

1991 • Model Railroading .January I IT's a SECRET! Those old KMT brass diesels are supposed to run! GE 8-408 They just need minor corrective surgery to replace the cracked axle :gears in most instances - with the NWSL #100-.6 (4 axles, $14.95) or #101-6 (6 axle, Now In Stock $19.95) kits available at hobby shops. These kits also provide more efficiency, lower speed, smoother performance fo r operating KMT diesels and some Complete Dummy Unit: $31 .00 electrics (such Models Little Joe with diesel type gearboxes) . • Diesel Engine Shell • Die Cast Frame as ALCO • Handrails • Trucks w/Side Frames . Aww Shucks.... The Secrets out! • w/Pwr Trucks - November 8·408 Now,anybody tbat can read knows tbey can buy tbose old, non-running brassdiesels KMT imported under various brands sucb as RedBaU, TRAINS, Hallmark, etc. and ALeO, 1 . make tbem run better tban new. CF-7.. . (ln StoCk) ....s 4 00 • Round or Angle Cab Roof. Please Specify. • Fits Attearn F7 Chassis tbe motor bas given If up, an NWSl)Sagami C32-8 ..... $1 2.00 #18363-9 or for wide G E (Fits Athearn C Chassis) C30-7 ..... $14.00 body units #22401-9 G E 823-7 (Fits Athearn C Chassis) ..... $14.00 GE (Fits Athearn B Chassis) will provide tbe quiel, 8060 SD40T·2) .. $14.00 EMO (Fits Athearn smootb power you'll love!

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• .January 1991 Model Railroading ADVERTISING INDEX Next Month in JANUARY 1991 Model Railroading Allen Keller Products ...... 62 American AltaVista ...... 62, 63 • A visit to Chris Hansen's Family Lines by Chuck Bowser ...... 68 Stevens

Caran d'Ache ...... Modeling a Modern Circus Train - Part Two : ...... 62 •

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Eastern Seaboard Models ...... 62 French Santa Fe Autoframe Gondolas by Martin Lofton Floquil ...... • ...... 67 • Model Photography Series #2 : Tungsten Slide

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Greenberg Publishing ...... 65 • Making Yo ur Own - Part III: Multi-Part Castings by

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Model Railroading's Books ...... 69

NMRA National Convention ...... 30 - . ..70 JUNE JULy 6, 1991

Northeastern Scale Models ...... 67 NMRA NATIONAL CONVENTION NorthWest Short Line ...... 69 THE ROCKYMOUNT AIN REGION BOX 31002 AURORA, COLORADO 80041 Overland Models ...... Back Cover

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1991 70 • Model R�ilroading .January RECORD-BREAKING RELIA BILITY. GUARANTEE

That's not a claim. That's a fact. On September 9, 1990 the PROTO 2000 BL2 surpassed The Guinness World Record by run- ning "substantially more" than hours non-stop - the longest 864V2 continuous running time ever recorded by a model railroad locomotive.

For days, our unmodified engine, bearing the C&O roadname, pull­ 36 ed six passenger cars with no maintenance, no derailments and no mechanical failures of any kind. And, at press time, had exceeded 1200 hours.

Of course, this story will come as no surprise to HO enthusiasts. They know the PROTO 2000 BL2 breaks new ground daily with its brass quality detailing, laser printing and exceptional engine perfor­ mance. Which is why we proudly call it "The Best Engineered Locomotive In Its Class."

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OMI #5191 OMI #5192 OMI #5193 OM I #5194 PRR Class "01 c" Electric PRR Class "P5b" Electric PRR Class "P5a" Electric PRR Class "P5a" Modified Nos. 7856, 7857 No. 4702 Nos. 4701-4742 Electric Nos. 4743-4754

Beautifully handcrafted in brass by Aj in Precision of Korea in HO scale. 22-inch minimum operating radius. Suggested retail fo r OMI #51 91 and 51 94, $424.00 each; OMI #51 92 and 51 93, $402.00 each.