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November 2000 VOLUME 30 NUMBER 11 FEATURES 20 ▼ PLANS Canadian Pacific Railway Overhead Farm Crossing — Circa 1906 by Patrick Lawson 24 ▼ Protect that Intersection! Scratchbuilding HO Scale Traffic Lights by Jeff Scherb 30 ▼ GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 4: GO Transit, NJ Transit, Amtrak by George Melvin 35 ▼ DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP BNSF Switchers 38 Part 1 — SW12 MMR Photo by Doug Geiger,

by Rich Picariello 55 ▼ Before and After... 38 ▼ Fred Carlson’s HO Scale Modeling a Pair of High-Nose GP30s Gladstone & North Houghton by Andy Lester by Doug Geiger, MMR 61 ▼ BEHIND THE SCENES 46 ▼ FREIGHTCAROLOGY A Finale for Chupadera Loop — Part 4 Union Pacific’s Boxcars — Part 5 “What’s All the Flap About?” by David G. Casdorph by Margaret Mansfield 50 ▼ Southern and Norfolk Southern GP30s 62 ▼ ON TRACK ...A Brief History Fine Scale Operations: Jersey Western Style by Andy Lester by Jim Mansfield DEPARTMENTS

5 ▼ Editorial 9 ▼ Letters 12 ▼ New Products 16 ▼ Society Page 17 ▼ Product Reviews 63 ▼ Dealer Directory 71 ▼ Boys in the Basement 55 73 ▼ Your Trek Plan

Photo by Andy Lester 78 ▼ Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER Starting on page 50, Andy Lester takes a look at the prototype GP30s of the Southern and Norfolk Southern. Immediately following on page 55, he shows us how he kitbashed two of these unique high-nose units from Life-Like Proto 2000 GP30s. Here, his two models are seen on a mod- ule he build with his wife, Holly. Photo by Andy Lester. INSET: Doug Geiger takes us along for a visit to Fred Carlson’s Gladstone & North Houghton layout, which begins on page 38. Here we see the River Street yard and a large scratchbuilt car ferry patterned after Ann Arbor #4. Photo by Doug Geiger. Be Sure You Get rul!1lJ======::::: All Three, Just Like Susquehanna, While You Can. ▼ EDITORIAL

EDITOR / PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR SEASON'S Jim and Margaret Mansfield George Melvin Rich Picariello Larry J. Puckett Larry E. Smith, MMR GREETINGS CIRCULATION / OFFICE MANAGER Donald R. Strait NATIONAL SALES MANAGER ell...we are finally about to enter the New Millennium...the real one Chris Lane this time. What it will bring remains to be seen. In fact, as I write 1-888-338-1700 this,W more than three weeks after the election, we still don’t know who the ASSISTANT MANAGER/GRAPHIC ARTIST next President of the United States will be. I hope this isn’t a portent of Rhett B. Lee things to come in this New Millennium. I must admit that I have been preoccupied with the events following Volume 30, Issue 11. MODEL RAILROADING is pub- the election rather than concentrating fully on those things with which I lished 12 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. should be paying attention. I suspect I am not alone. Since you are read- Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338- ing this after the Electoral College has met, I am assuming (or perhaps it's 1700. Price per single copy is $4.50 in U.S.A. Subscriptions only wishful thinking) that our new President has been formally selected, are $34.95 in the U.S.A. or $43.00 in Canada (or foreign) — payable in U.S. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or photo- and that our new President is preparing to accept the responsibilities of graphs should be accompanied by return postage, and his office. Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for the While I have avoided using my column to make comment on subjects loss or damage of such material. No part of this publica- that do not relate to model railroading, the significance of the events fol- tion may be reprinted without written permission from the lowing this election are hard to ignore. And while I have specific con- publisher. Printed in U.S.A. victions about who should be President, I do not believe those beliefs The information contained in the various articles in are relevant to my comments. The divisiveness that has resulted in the this magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty United States from the events of the past few weeks could have very is given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from negative effects for all Americans in the coming New Millennium. I am any patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no disturbed by the growing bitterness that is fermenting and that manifests control over the physical conditions surrounding the appli- itself with comments by partisans on both sides about how the other side cation of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, is trying to steal the election. This is a dangerous attitude that, if allowed Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any li- to fester, will hurt all Americans when the next President is inaugurated. ability for untoward results and/or for any physical injury Regardless of the outcome, the new President will be our President, and incurred by using the information herein. as such should be given the respect that Office deserves...or should I say, Copyright © 2000 by Highlands Station, Inc. demands. Whatever the final outcome, whether George Bush or Al Gore ADVERTISING becomes our next President, the simple fact remains that a majority of For advertising information contact voters didn’t want the winner to be the next President (neither received Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 50%+ of the popular vote). Consequently, we will have an even greater [email protected] responsibility to put aside our personal political preferences and support VISIT OUR WEB SITE our new President. www.modelrailroadingmag.com As we enter this special holiday season, I ask all of our readers to give SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS thanks for the blessings that have been bestowed upon us individually, For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Sta- and as a Nation, and to seek wisdom and understanding in dealing with tion, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014 the challenges and opportunities presented to us during the New Millen- or call (303) 338-1700. Email [email protected]. Visa, nium. Mastercard or American Express accepted. FAX (303) 338- From all of us here at Model Railroading...Randy, Rhett, Chris and 1949. Don...we wish you the very best for the Holidays and a very happy New MODEL RAILROADING (ISSN 0199-1914) is published Year...and New Millennium. monthly at $34.95 per year (12 issues) in U.S.A., $43.00 in Canada, by Highlands Station, Inc., at 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014. Periodical Class postage paid at Aurora, Colorado, and additional mailing Randy Lee offices. Canadian Second Class Permit #9591. Editor/Publisher

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York Connecting I’m a little antique with power, utilizing the radio controlled G-scale Dear Sir, Train Engineer, since I walk around with my trains. It’s fun! In the I received my Oct/Nov 2000 issue the other day and I have to house I have a 15x35 family room which I claimed when we pur- say the article on “Miniature Railroad Club of York, The York Con- chased this home seven years ago. This is my modeling sanctuary, necting,” was excellent. I couldn't put the issue down until I read it where I build and house my 40+ locomotives on a wall display. I live several times. I just loved the intermodal yard, auto unloading/load- ten miles south of Daytona International Speedway, in the country, in ing facility, and double-stack trains. I don't believe the pictures a bird & fish sanctuary, complete with creek that flows to the Atlantic did the layout justice though. I also enjoyed the long stack trains, Ocean via the Intra Coastal Waterway (very serene place for model- RoadRailer® consists along with the long coal drags. The mixing of ing...and playing trains). equipment in the long stack trains. I loved all of the semi-trailers, I am still a diehard Florida East Coast Railway fan, although since containers and the intermodal equipment. Norfolk Southern is using FEC trackage for through trains to Macon, I'm building a container port facility as well as a container inter- GA, I’m also modeling their BIG power, for realistic operations modal yard with all of the necessary equipment. It will be some time through New Smyrna Beach. FEC now has a new President (McP- before I can accumulate as much equipment as needed to supply my hearson, from the Illinois Central)...things are happening. Since my facility, but that's why model railroading is so much fun. 100th anniversary locomotive, FEC painted four Operation Lifesaver Roy Hardwick locos, and a Red/White 2000 GP40-3 (as the scheme prior to the sev- Hays, KS enties) when the big E6, E7, E8 era was booming. Various freight car hardwick@ruraltel. net slogans were also applied to work train cars. Latest rumor is a new locomotive color scheme, which should be a standout. Living only RDCs in Dallas? three miles from the locomotive repair shops is a real plus. I am also Rich (Picariello), proud of my son, who is slowly gaining seniority in the shops as an Read your column in the Oct issue regarding RDCs. Good info electrician, following his father’s footsteps, who was also an electri- therein, thanks. cian in a similar trade, only on diesel/electric submarines. You made the observation that “The only known N.A. fully-opera- Everything seems to be coming along okay in this old age. Two tional RDCs are found in Canada.” When I visited Dallas in ’98 there married daughters also live with their families within three miles. were RDCs operating regularly between Dallas and Fort Worth. I Hope all is well with you, and yours, have since heard that they have added to the fleet with more RDCs as John Niederhauser the ridership warranted it. Might be worth checking out. New Smyrna Beach, FL Keevan Burnside Golden, CO (John is the modeler whose model inspired the FEC’s 100th anni- versary paint scheme. — Randy) Can any of our Texas readers confirm whether or not these RDCs are still operating? — Randy Wooster...Worcester Dear Randy, Coming I would like to respond to Alan Bettens’ letter in the October issue. Since I reside in Wooster, Ohio, I can assure you that it is not pronounced “as in ‘toot’ but as in ‘wuster’...a mistake commonly made by outlanders. Next Month... Bob Vensel Tionesta Valley Railway Wooster, OH ▼ Roger Miller’s CB&Q in HO BNSF SD75I a Winner ▼ Cherry Mine Disaster Diorama Randy, ▼ Modeling Modern Intermodal: I read, then studied the article on the Warbonnet SD 75I project (Oct/Nov issue). Acker is a fantastic technician. Please encourage Transamerica Dist. Services: Part 1 him to do more articles. Easily in the top 5 “best covers” since I’ve — History/Prototypes been a subscriber. Thanks. Gary Walton ▼ UP Snoot Nose SD40-2 3406 West Chester, PA ▼ Plans: CP’s Banff Station Greetings from Florida ▼ EMD GP40s — Part 5 Hi Randy, It’s been nine years since my FEC article hit the centerfold of ▼ Containers: A-Z Model Railroading (Oct ’91). Since my condition questions mak- ▼ Diesel Detail: BNSF Switchers ing another year for ten, I’ll write sooner. Your magazine is as great as ever and my only setback is the computer age, and my age (72). ▼ Plus Much More Living on retirement constraints I am spending my surplus earnings on my hobbies. In a detached 3-car garage I devote two stalls to my 20x20 layout, and one to my seven parrots which I’ve had for 12 years. It’s not that crowded since they also have a large outside avi- ary. My railroad sports about 300 feet of HO track with 40+ turnouts.

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2000 National Model & Hobby Show Report by Larry E. Smith, MMR

he National Model & Hobby Show was held in Chicago from 1948 Ford woody. Countryside Models: HO — Structures: concrete October 19-23, 2000, and as usual the various manufacturers stave grain silo, masonry block grain silo, 3-bay thrashing barn, NP hadT their new offerings for the coming year on display. Each year standard plan telegraph office, section foreman’s house, oil house, there seems to be an emphasis on different aspects of the hobby, and section house and other lineside structures. this year seemed to be no different as manufacturers staked out their Deluxe: N — Freight cars: RoadRailer® trailers in Swift and niche markets, dropping lines that are no longer profitable and con- Amtrak. 53' 6" AAR flatcar in conjunction with GHQ. centrating on what they do best. Not all model railroad manufacturers Evergreen Scale Models: Book: Styrene Modeling display at the National Hobby Show, as they must be a member of GHQ: HO — Vehicles: D8 8R bulldozer with cable-operated MRIA to do so. For this reason you will not see all the same manufac- blade, green 4020 tractor with W/427 corn picker, 1940s green 12A turers at the National Hobby Show that you see at the National Train grain harvester, 1960s 120 road grader, farm bin wagon, 1932 Ford Show sponsored by the NMRA. The new offerings at Chicago are hotrod, V8OE forklift. N — Locomotives: USRA 0-8-0 switcher. listed by manufacturer and not by scale. IHC: HO — Passenger cars: 8-2-1 Pullman. IMEX: HO — Vehi- Accurail: HO — USRA hoppers in 12 packs for VGN, N&W, cles: 1948 Peterbilt in stake, box, crane, tanker, flatbed and fire let- C&O, B&O and NYC. USRA stock cars in MP, GTW, Frisco, tered for REA. 1949 Ford in stake, box, crane, tanker, flatbed and fire C&O, CP, ATSF, GN, N&W, MILW, MKT, Wabash. Athearn: HO lettered for REA. 1956 International CO-190 and 1948 International — Locomotives: USRA 4-6-2 in ACL, B&O, GTW, M&O, GM&O KB-8 same body styles different lettering. InterMountain: HO and L&N. SD70M in NS, CSX, CSX/EMD lease renumber and UP — Locomotives: Power mechanism for F units. Freight cars: PS-1 60' wings. SD75I in CN and Ontario Northland. Freight Cars: Jindo boxcar. N — Locomotives: F units. 53' container in Pacer, single and five pack and APL single and Kato: HO — Locomotives: C44-9W in BNSF Heritage II and five pack. Monon 53' plate-wall container in J.B. Hunt single and ATSF Warbonnet. N — C44-9W in BNSF Heritage II and ATSF five pack. Berwick 60' boxcars in WP, NW and ATSF. Gunderson Warbonnet. F-7 in ATSF blue Warbonnet and C&O nose wave (only 60' exterior post with 10' Youngstown door boxcars in UP, GB&W available in train sets). Passenger cars: pre- and post-WWII stream- and FMLX FMC Demo. ICC 60' boxcars in L&N, MP, and CSXT. line cars with full interiors. Gunderson 60' exterior post w/double 8' Youngstown doors in NS, Micro-Trains®: N — Locomotive: FT. Freight cars: PRR 100- UP/CHTT, and KCS. Gunderson 60' smooth-side boxcars w/double ton hoppers. Model Die Casting: HO — Locomotives: RTR 2- and 8' Youngstown doors in WP and NW. Atlas: HO — Locomotives: 3-truck Shays. Also in HOn3. Passenger cars: Pullman Palace cars. GE B40-8 in ATSF, Conrail, CSX, LMX, Susquehanna, NS, Cotton N — Locomotives: RTR 2-8-0 Consolidation. Passenger cars: 50' Belt and UP. U23B in Guilford, ATSF, Chessie System and CSX. open platform passenger cars. Modeltronics: All Scales — arc weld- Freight cars: Evans 53' double-plugdoor boxcars in FEC, Plywood ing light, simulated fire and flame light, regulated wall transformer Marketing and WC. ACF Pressureaide Center Flow hopper in ADM, [email protected] amps. Cerestar, Corn Products, Omya, Soo and Staley. N — Locomotives: Northeastern: HO — Structures: barn, tool & die company and B23-7 in ATSF, BNSF, Conrail, CSX, NS, Southern, SP, and UP Carl’s Crate Co. with and without decoders. Freight cars: Evans 53' double-plugdoor Pre-Size: HO — Scenery material: broken face granite blocks, boxcars in FEC, Plywood Marketing and WC. ACF Pressureaide wall pillars, bridge piers, trestle towers. N — Scenery material: farm Centerflow Hopper in ADM, Cerestar, Corn Products, Omya, Soo fields, timber and concrete portals. S — Scenery material: tunnel and Staley. portals. Bachmann: HO — Locomotives: Reissue of N&W J in Spectrum Red Caboose: HO — Freight cars: SP General Service gon with line with upgraded mechanism and detail. N&W Auxiliary water plywood sugar beet extensions. PRR 4-car MoW set, 2 flats and 2 tender. Freight cars: ACF 41' logging flat. Passenger: Acela® train boxcars. PRR battery and service cars and SP 0-50-14 and GATC Northeast high-speed corridor train. Bare Metal Foil: All Scales undecorated brass tank cars, in conjunction with W.A. Drake and — Metal foils to simulate metal surfaces in copper, matte aluminum, Company. 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12 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 cars in 16,000, 23,000 and 33,000 gallon Liquefied Petroleum Gas Fleet Budd passenger cars in Amtrak rebuilt baggage, 48-seat coach, tank cars in single and two packs. RTR coil cars in CNW/UP angled diner and 10-6 sleeper. Amtrak Superliner Auto Train two pack of hoods, IHB round hoods, EJ&E round hoods. RTR Ortner aggregate lounge and deluxe sleeper. Structures: Western Coal flood loader, hoppers in C&O (Chessie System), Golden West, FEC, and Western double-track center swing bridge, motorizing kit for bridge and oil Paving. RTR Commonwealth flatcars in CSX, NS and BNSF. RTR pump, plastic pellet transfer facility, Wally’s Warehouse, upgraded oil dynamometer cars in 11 roadnames and undecorated. Remote infra- refinery, oil pumps, tall storage tanks with berms and crossover steps, red data link for dynamometer car. RTR National Steel Car 6245 cu. wide storage tanks with berms, truck loading rack, oil loading plat- ft. plastic pellet cars in eight roadnames, single and double packs. form. N — Structures: Western Coal flood loader, oil pumps, motor- Passenger cars: All cars are RTR; Amtrak 75' auto carriers, Heritage izing kit for oil pump. HO SCALE

Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, will offer the GE ▼ C&EI double-door (Road No. C&EI 5311), #6704...$29.95 B40-8 in their Master Series (w/installed dual-mode decoder) deco- ▼ N&W double-door (Road No. N&W 52749), #6705...$27.95 rated for Santa Fe, Conrail, CSX, LMX, Susquehanna, NS, Cotton Belt, UP and undecorated; price TBA. New roadnames for the U23B Kato, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173, has a new run are Guilford/MEC, Santa Fe, Chessie System and CSX. Price is of the HO scale GE C44-9W in BNSF #4926 Heritage II scheme, $99.95. All locos come in two road numbers and unnumbered. New BNSF #4929 Heritage II scheme, Santa Fe #653, Santa Fe #669 and roadnames for the Evans 53' boxcars are FEC, Plywood Marketing undec. All models will have white LED headlights, DCC socket, and Wisconsin Central ($16.95 ea.). A new freight car due soon is the Kato knuckle couplers and printed numberboards. Price is targeted at ACF Pressure-Aide covered hopper in ACF Demo, ADM, Cerestar, $140.00. Corn Products, Omya, Soo Line, Staley and undecorated. Price TBA. Life-Like, 1600 Union Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211-1998, Calumet Division NMRA, announces new items in the Proto 2000 line: EMD GP9 Phase II in c/o Al Kamm, Jr., 20207 two road numbers each are decorated for C&O, B&O, New Haven, Greenfield Ln., Frankfort, IL N&W, PRR, SP, and undec. Three road numbers are available for GN, 60423-8925, has a limited- Santa Fe and UP. Price is $100.00. An all-new completely assembled edition Roundhouse 3-bay Northeastern-style steel caboose is available in two road numbers hopper decorated for Chicago & Eastern Illinois in Tuscan Red each decorated for CNW, Chessie/WM, Maine Central, Lehigh Val- w/white lettering. Cars come in three different numbers and will sell ley, Conrail, Reading and undec. Caboose has full interior detail and for $12.95 ea. If all three cars are ordered at the same time, one of Proto 2000 couplers and metal wheels. Price is $30.00. each number will be sent (while supplies last). Add $3.25 per order for S&H. Microscale, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley CA 92708, has the following new decals for HO scale: IHC, 413 Allegheny Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19134, announces ▼ 87-1118 Christmas Decals — “Greetings of the Season” easy-to-assemble interior kits for their smooth-side and corrugated- ▼ 87-1119 Christmas Decals — “Candy Canes, Snowflakes & Holly” side passenger cars: ▼ 87-1120 Christmas Decals — “Snowman Scenes” ▼ 20151 Coach interior ▼ 87-1048 Soo Line 40' and 50' Boxcars, Boxcar Red (1950+) ...$4.98 ▼ 87-1116 Soo “Colormark” Variations 50' Boxcars (1974-’86) ▼ 20152 Diner int. ...$3.98 Reprinted decals are: ▼ 20153 Obs. int. ...$4.98 ▼ 87-74 Missouri Pacific Diesels (1962-’70) ▼ 20154 Combine interior ▼ MC-4105 L&N Cabooses (1963-’80) ...$4.98 These decals retail for $4.50; Minicals (MC) are $2.50. ▼ 20155 RPO int. ... $3.98 ▼ 20156 Duplex sleeper Model Tech Studios, 70 High St., Hampton, NH 03842, www. interior...$4.98 modeltechstudios.com, has announced the price for the Victorian/ ▼ 20157 Vista Dome interior...$3.98 Russian style station at North Conway, NH, will be $250.00 plus $8.50 S&H. Only 750 kits will be made. InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering the following new kit: Moloco, (new address not ▼ RI ACF 2-bay covered hopper (12 nos.), #41514...$17.95 given), has relocated from Austra- Fully assembled models are: lia to Canada and has announced ▼ B&O F7A Phase I shell (4 nos.), #49008...$89.95 a plastic kit for the ICC standard ▼ B&O F7B Phase I shell (4 nos.), #49508...$79.95 caboose cupola w/centered windows ▼ West India Fruit & Steamship R-40-23 reefer, #45531...$26.95 (1961-’62). The kit features Stanray ▼ Erie PS-1 50' double-door boxcar, #45609...$26.95 roof, optional riveted or welded side ▼ Rock Island 1937 AAR 40' boxcar, #45734...$26.95 panels, flush-mount laser-cut windows, positionable side windows ▼ SP ACF Type 27 10,000-gal. tank car, #46212...$26.95 and ultra-thin roof overhang. Kit #SC-1502 is $7.95. The Regal Line F-unit drive has all-wheel pick-up, can motor, die-cast frame, brass flywheels, DCC ready, lighted numberboards Bill Mosteller, 2813 Hogan Ct., Falls Church, VA 22043, has a and single or double headlight. Sideframes have separate springs and decal set containing public fallout shelter signs, RR crossing signs hangers, speed recorder on front truck, Hyatt or Timken roller-bear- and zebra-striped barriers. Set is printed in yellow and black and is ing journal boxes and brake cylinders w/air lines. Price for #4999 is $5.29, postpaid. $54.95 before Dec. 31, 2000; $69.95 after Jan. 1, 2001. NMRA Mid-Central Region, Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503-1078, offers the fol- P.O. Box 152, Greensburg, PA lowing new RTR PS-1 40' boxcars: 15601-0152, offers a 1950s mobile ▼ GB&W w/6' door (Road No. GBW 806), #4049...$29.95 home styrene kit that is a replica New RTR PS-1 50' cars are: of a 40' travel trailer. Kit can be

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 13 built as a highway vehicle or as a semi-permanent structure using the 7984, is the exclusive importer and distributor of Frateschi HO optional skirted base, patio canopy and steps. Other details included scale trains: Pullman-Standard PS-2 3-bay 4427-cu.ft. hopper in Rio are two propane tanks and a fifth-wheel parking jack. The kit is made Grande, Santa Fe and NP. GS-type gondolas come in Rio Grande, by City Classics and will be offered in its initial run only thru the UP, SP and Wisconsin Central. Cars come in three nos. per roadname, Mid-Central Region. A special limited-run set of etched-metal lawn have Kadee® #5 and X2F couplers, metal wheelsets and are priced furniture, barbecue grill and TV antenna (made exclusively for this at $10.50 ea. or $30.00/3 (in 3 different road numbers). Alco FA1 kit by Plano) is included. Price is $14.98 for one kit ($2.00 S&H) or diesels (A unit only) come decorated for PRR, Lehigh Valley, Soo two kits for $25.00 ($3.00 S&H). Line, Rock Island, UP, NYC, Brazilian railroads and undec. Price is $52.00 ea. Precision Scale, P.O. Box 288, Stevensville, MT 59870, has their new fully-illustrated HO/HOn3 Steam Locomotive Catalog #3 featur- Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201-3039, will ing all their brass and plastic steam loco detail parts and detail kits; offer the following new Cornerstone Series® products for December: #9750 is $18.00. double-track swing bridge #933- New parts are: 3088 ($64.98); bridge motor- ▼ 33318-1 Settees (2) and semi-circular tables (6) for tavern-lounge izing kit #933-1050 ($19.98) cars, gray plastic...$5.75 and plastic pellet transfer facil- ▼ 33318 Settees (2) and semi-circular tables (6) for tavern-lounge ity #933-3081 ($34.98). New cars, brown plastic...$5.75 cars include the National Steel ▼ 32599 Junction box, electrical w/plumbing for inside cab roof, plastic-pellet covered hopper as a single car for $15.98 or a 2-pack brass...$3.25 for $31.98 and 75' Auto Carriers available in Amtrak Phase III and ▼ 32599-1 Junction box, electrical w/plumbing for inside cab roof, IV, CN/Auto Train, Auto Train Corp. and undec ($21.98 each; $43.98 plastic...$2.00 2-pack). New roadnames on the 55' cushion coil car are CNW/UP, There is a $20.00 minimum if ordering direct plus $5.00 S&H. IHB and EJ&E ($12.98) and 54' GSC flatcars in CSX, NS and BNSF and 40' Ortner 100-ton aggregate haulers in Chessie/C&O, Golden Railroad Models, P.O. Box 7984, Colorado Springs, CO 80933- West and Western Paving ($11.98 ea.; $34.98 3-pack). N SCALE

Atlas, 603 Sweetland Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, will offer the GE ▼ GN 12-panel 40' boxcar, mineral red, #66001...$18.95 B23-7 decorated (in two road numbers and unnumbered) for Santa ▼ A.E. Staley Manuf. Co. ACF Type 27 8,000-gal. tank car, Fe, BNSF, Conrail, CSX, NS, Southern and UP. The B23-7 has #66312...$17.95 Accumate® couplers and will come with features appropriate for each railroad such as fat or thin anti-climber, knuckle or button battery Kato, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173, has a new boxes, FB-2 or Blomberg trucks, low or high nose, flat or protrud- run of the N scale GE C44-9W in BNSF #4926 Heritage II scheme, ing headlight and two- or four-window cab. The five different undec BNSF #4929 Heritage II scheme, Santa Fe #653, Santa Fe #669 and models come with a combination of these features. Price TBA. New undec. All models will have white LED headlights, Kato knuckle roadnames for the RTR Evans 53' boxcars are FEC ($9.95), Plywood couplers and printed numberboards. Price is targeted at $100.00. Marketing ($11.95) and Wisconsin Central ($9.95). The same styrene roundhouse kit available in HO will be offered in N scale; #2843 is Microscale Industries, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley, CA $24.95. 92708, has the following new decals for N scale: ▼ 60-1118 Christmas Decals — “Greetings of the Season” Boulder Valley Models, ▼ 60-1119 Christmas Decals — “Candy Canes, Snowflakes & Holly” 2525 Arapahoe, Box E4-516, ▼ 60-1120 Christmas Decals — “Snowman Scenes” Boulder, CO 80302, 303-447- ▼ 60-1048 Soo Line 40' and 50' Boxcars, Boxcar Red (1950+) 3053, has a resin kit for a pro- ▼ 60-1116 Soo “Colormark” Variations 50' Boxcars (1974-’86) fessional building. Kit includes These decals retail for $3.50. white-metal detail parts, brass wire, styrene sub-roof, roofing paper and signs. Kit #102 is priced Micro-Trains®, 351 Rogue River Pkwy., P.O. Box 1200, Talent, at $21.95. An assembled model, with a choice of building colors and OR 97540-1200, has released the following items: signs, is available as #102-LE at $44.95. ▼ PRR class H43 hopper 3-car set (Road Nos. PRR 180176, 180187, 180193), RTR #108042 Eastern Seaboard Models, P.O. Box 316, Little Ferry, NJ 07643- ...$45.60 0316, www.esmc.com, announces complete passenger car kits based ▼ DW&P 40' boxcar w/double on Pullman-Standard fluted sleepers. Kits include stainless-steel wire doors (Road No. DWC 582225), for grabs, etched brass plated car sides, American Limited Models RTR #23260...$12.75 core kit, Micro-Trains® couplers, blue-tinted film for windows, ▼ MTL Holiday Car 36' steel frosted film for bathroom windows and mesh for the lower skirt caboose (Road No. MTL 2000), openings: RTR #100090 ...$24.10 ▼ 3101 NH Point series 14-roomette, 4-bedroom sleeper ▼ N&W 60' double-plugdoor box- ▼ 3102 NH Beach series 4-roomette, 6-section, 4-bedroom sleeper car (Road No. ▼ 3103 NH State series 6-bedroom buffet-lounge sleeper N&W 604545), Price is $44.95 per kit. RT R # 1 0 3 0 7 0 ...$17.90 InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering ▼ Undec 60' single- the following new kit: door boxcar, RTR ▼ PRR USRA composite gondola (12 nos.), #61608...$13.95 #104000...$10.05 Fully assembled models are: ▼ 40' underbody subframe, fits PS-1 boxcars, #1201...$5.95/6 ▼ Koppel Inc. cylindrical covered hopper, #65109...$17.95 ▼ 50' underbody subframe, fits PS-1 & FMC boxcars, 50' gondolas ▼ P&LE 1937 AAR 40' boxcar, #65718...$16.95 & 50' flatcars, #1202...$5.95/6

14 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 means Keep It Simply Spectacular! We continue to add to our line of track cleaningKI SS cars in an attempt to have one on every layout in the �niverse. It's like going into a Chevrolet show room.They have sold Corvairs to Corvettes and all models in between. They will all get you to the store but how fast do you want to get there and with how much style? Available with wet or dry rollers or combination of both. A "leaf" blower is also available. For a complete list of these and other exciting products send a #10 SASE or see our website. CABIN CREEK HO Annihilator prototype shown COAL COIVIPANV Master Creations' kit #105 contains the tipple, headhouse, power house, storage shed, retaining walls, and a ton of character. The tipple is approximately 45 x 90 scale feet with the overall diorama shown being only 100 x 170 scale feet. Not all details are shown in the photo. HO scale kits are still available in limited supply. Sand 0 Scale kits coming very soon!

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by Rich Picariello Life-Like has introduced the GP9 Phase Screws are provided to secure the body to II as the latest limited-edition locomotive in the chassis. When reinstalling the couplers, Photos by Chris Lane their Proto 2000 Series. be careful not to capture the coupler lift Common features of the GP9 Phase II bar under the sloped face of the coupler MD’s 1,750-hp GP9 was based on the are: pocket. Detail parts supplied in the sepa- late GP7 carbody. General differences ▼ 5-pole skew-wound motor w/brass fly- rate package include a winterization hatch, onE the GP9 versus the GP7 were twin louver wheels cab sunshades, all-weather windows and sets on the first two engine-room doors, ▼ DCC ready; NMRA 8-pin DCC plug three different styles of MU stands. These single louver sets on the last long-hood door, mounted on the circuit board are to be installed by the modeler. Refer to a single louver set on the battery box, and ▼ Factory-installed Proto 2000 magnetic photos to determine which parts are needed the fuel filler is mounted at the rear of the couplers; X2F couplers supplied in the for a specific prototype. Additional detail fuel tank. Some of these or other items were parts bag parts from other manufacturers could also be changed or modified during the years of GP9 ▼ See-thru fans w/blades and see-thru steps used to further enhance the model. The GP9 production. Options that could be ordered ▼ Lighted numberboards weighs 16 ounces and should pull about 70 included steam generator (with a choice of Factory installed features that are railroad cars. Current draw is less than .3 amps. The various water tank capacities), fuel-tank prototype specific are: slow speed is less than a scale 3 MPH and sizes and dynamic brakes. Besides the GP9 ▼ With or w/o dynamic brakes the top speed is around a scale 80 MPH. spotting features already mentioned, the Note: All roadnames in the first run are This is a welcome addition to Life-Like’s Phase II GP9 has louvers on the third engine- equipped with dynamic brakes. growing collection of GP7 and GP9 phase- room door, and the generator-room doors ▼ With or w/o steam generator specific locomotives. Roadnames offered have one louver set on each door. (Thanks go ▼ Single fuel fill or fuel and water fills with two roadnumbers each are Chesapeake to D. Scott Chatfield for the phase spotting ▼ Pass-thru end railings w/drop steps or & Ohio, Baltimore & Ohio, New Haven, information from his clinic on Early Geep solid end railings Norfolk & Western and Pennsylvania; Spotting & Modeling, which was presented As has come to be expected with Proto roadnames with three numbers each are at the Sunshine Models’ Prototype Modelers 2000 items, the paint schemes offered are Great Northern, Union Pacific, Santa Fe seminar in Naperville this October.) In iden- accurate and exceptionally well done. Our and Southern Pacific. An undecorated ver- tifying a phase, it is important to remember sample is no exception. All lettering is sion is also available. Only prototypical that some spotting features may have been sharp and legible. Major dimensions match paint schemes will be offered. List price is altered or eliminated by the owning railroads published prototype plans. The body shell $100.00. Because of the large number of over the years, making positive phase iden- and the chassis are packed separately in railroads owning the GP9 Phase II, addi- tification much more difficult. Phase identi- the box. The couplers must be removed tional roadnames could be offered in future fication is railfan oriented; EMD never used before attaching the body to the chassis. runs. phase designations to identify changes made during the production run on any of their lo- comotives. GP9 production began in 1954 and ended in 1959. Canadian production at GMDD in London, Ontario, lasted until 1963. There were 3,436 built for U.S. service, 646 for Canada and 10 for Mexico. Also, 165 GP9B cabless units were built for both Pennsylva- nia and Union Pacific. These high produc- tion totals ranked the GP9 as one of EMD’s all-time best-selling locomotives.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 17 HO SCALE REVIEW Walthers Blue Star Ready-Mix

by Doug Geiger, MMR snags and pitfalls along the way, as I’ll now notch in the platform. The injector pins in describe. Part 71 should face down for appearance. Photos by the author In Step 1, make five of the dust-collector The conveyor sides are connected to the assemblies (Parts 20, 21, 23 and 24). Putty sprues along their beveled sides, so be care- vital component to construction is con- the top seams for appearance. Note that the ful when removing Parts 69 and 70. Leave crete. The ready-mix or batch plant is louvers on Part 23 should be along the top off the grate, Part 88, from the dump bin so aA common site in almost every city, town or and opposite Part 21 with the hole at the it can be painted separately. You can also village in America. Inside the batch plant, bottom. Leave these assemblies separate for fill the bin with some scale gravel when the water, gravel and Portland cement are mixed painting later. If you add the top (Part 15) to building is glued into the finished scenery. by machine and loaded into the commonly one of the side pieces (Part 11), then add all The water silo supporting trusswork is seen cement truck. Most of these plants are the remaining side pieces (Parts 8-10), then easier to assemble if three sides (Parts 60 and small and are thus well suited for our model finally add the other large side piece (Part 61) are added to the base (Part 62), before railroads. 11); the roof will fit tight. Putty the joint at adding the fourth truss side. Note that there is Walthers has just released another kit in the roof peak if there is a gap. Watch the an inside and an outside to the two Part 60s. their popular Cornerstone Series®, and this orientation of the rib on Part 8. It should be The inside has a slot for the other truss mem- time it is the modern Blue Star Ready-Mix along the top. Part 7, the tower base, may bers to slide into. Also, don’t remove the tiny batch plant. With a footprint of 7¾" by 7¼", need some filing to fit. tabs on Part 61, as these are the alignment it will fit into most model towns. With all For variety, consider gluing all the inte- into the other silo trusswork pieces. The silo the various roof angles, trusses, wall materi- rior trusswork (Parts 16-18) together, but is made from four cylinders (Parts 65-66), als and pipes and vents, the structure is an not to the wall sections. All the injector-pin which eliminates any seams along the side of eye-catcher. Although not served directly by marks on the Part 17s should face outward. the silo. Glue these cylinders from the inside rail, this building can have covered hoppers If you elect to have the trusswork sepa- to avoid any glue smears. Use a Flex-i-File of cement and hoppers of gravel delivered rate, glue Parts 2-6 and 19 together as one to sand down any glue marks that do happen. to it via a nearby spur track. The kit is com- assembly. Use Part 19, the interior floor, as Also note that Part 65 is the bottom cylinder posed of several sprues of light tan plastic a guide to keep all these walls square. Keep and has the slots for the support trusswork. parts with very little flash and a single, four- the base, Part 1, separate for painting later; The slots in Part 64 should line up with the sided instruction sheet. There is also a set of note however, that there are some large slots in Part 65. decals included for business signs including injector holes in that base piece that need Glue Parts 30-33 to the base (Part 1). Blue Star Ready Mix, Reeds Readi-Mix filling with putty. Sand the putty smooth Watch the orientation of the tabs on Parts 31 and Specialty Concrete Products. There is when dry. and 33. These tabs should match the diagram also some industrial signage included on For ease during painting, keep the two or the doors on Parts 36 and 38 will not the decal sheet to direct concrete trucks halves of the main structure separate, dis- align correctly. I added a .040 partition wall around the structure. Most of the instruc- regarding the instructions in Step 3. Also to the inside of the office so that a viewer tions are straightforward, but there are some consider not gluing any of the piping (Parts cannot see directly through the office. It and 90-95) to the building so that they can be a contrasting color. I also added four .060 x .188 styrene brackets to hold Parts 89-91 away from the walls and roof. These were cut to fit various locations. Three of these brackets were added to the roof and one was added to the building side. Carve or file a round notch in one end of each bracket to hold the pipe. I also had to remove .040 off the length of Part 89 to get it to fit properly. The three Part 95s also had to be trimmed slightly to get a nice fit. Trim only a tiny sliver off these pieces and test fit after each trimming. The valve handles for Parts 68 and 89 were missing from the kit. Substitute two HO-scale brakewheels. Note also that Parts 68 and 89 are similar. The longer pipe is Part 89. In the instruc- tions for Step 4, the platform is mislabeled as Part 82. It should be Part 71. Parts 72-76 should be assembled so that Part 77 can fit inside. Part 77, the conveyor pipe, fits into the

18 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 the interior of the office were painted flat wool to remove any glue marks from any two hand valves were painted orange for black. By gluing the office sides (Parts 35- joints. After washing the building with soap visibility. The dump-bin grate was painted 38) to the roof during assembly, the roof can and water to remove any tiny pieces of Grimy Black. After lots of decal solution, be used to square up those walls. Consider steel wool, I then painted the two parts of the large Blue Star decals finally snuggled adding some short pieces of tubing to the the main building and the vertical elevator down over the building corrugations. A office roof to simulate the lavatory and sink with MODELflex Rock Island Blue and bit of touchup paint was necessary around vents. Also, remove the clear window pieces all the concrete pads, the dump bin and the those pieces of decal that broke apart over (Parts 42-43) for the office with a cutoff foundation under the office with MOD- the building ribs. disk in a motor tool to avoid cracking them ELflex Camouflage Gray. Testors Metalizer Total construction time, including paint- since their attachment points to the sprue are Aluminum was sprayed from the can on ing was about six hours. This structure is rather large. the two roofs and the five dust collectors. available from most hobby shops that carry All the stairs were glued together as two Silver was also brushed carefully around the Walthers line of buildings. It can also separate assemblies so they could be painted each window frame. MODELflex White be ordered directly from Walthers via their safety yellow. This is a bit of fussy construc- was airbrushed on all the vertical pipes and order line. It retails for $39.98 and is kit tion, but the results are worth the work. the office doors. The interior trusswork was #933-3086. As usual with Walthers structure Stairs always lend interest to any building, painted MODELflex Flat Black. MOD- kits, the Blue Star Ready-Mix is easy to so painting them differently from the main ELflex Sand was airbrushed on the vertical assemble (with a few minor changes) and structure will highlight their complexity. water tank and all the stairs were brush- paint and will make a nice addition to the Before painting, use a fine grade of steel painted with MODELflex L&N Yellow. The modern-era layout.

HO SCALE REVIEW Precision Scale PRR X-42 60’ Express Service Boxcar

extra film showing. All lettering is accurate and complete. Dimensions of the model closely match the drawings appearing in Railroad Model Craftsman, October 1999. The drawings are by Chunk Yungkurth and the accompanying article is by Richard Burg. As is the case with most brass mod- els, this is a limited production item that may or may not ever be rerun. It is a fine model of an interesting car that may never be done as a plastic model. Item #17602-1 is priced at $213.00.

by Rich Picariello perstown Junction in New York. Precision Scale is offering an imported, Photos by the author all-brass model of the PRR X-42. The model is constructed of sheet brass with RR X-42 Boxcar: The Pennsylvania separately applied detail parts soldered X-42 class express boxcars were built together and is typical of the methods inP the mid to late 1950s for use as mail used in forming and assembling brass cars. storage cars. A total of ten cars were built Close inspection shows the car to be neatly at PRR’s Altoona Shops in 1950; they were assembled with no excess solder visible. Precision Scale numbered 2540-2549. Car length was 62' All doors operate. Our sample came fully 6¾" over the ends of the coupler pockets. painted and lettered in the ball Keystone Commonwealth The roof had a diagonal panel pattern, the herald scheme. The paint is semi-gloss ends had a rolling-pin Dreadnaught 3-4 Tuscan Red and is smoothly applied. The High-Speed Trucks pattern and the doors were 7' wide. When underframe is painted black and is fully built, the cars were equipped with high- detailed with all brake gear, levers, air recision Scale offers the trucks used speed Commonwealth trucks and steam and pipes and rods accurately represented. No on the X-42 boxcar as a separate item. signal lines allowing them to operate in pas- steam or signal lines are included on the TheP sideframes are made of brass, and the senger trains. With a low interior height and car ends. This is correct for the cars used in wheels are nickel-silver with RP-25 contour. narrow width, their capacity was consider- freight service. At our office, we wondered The wheelbase matches the prototype’s 5' ably less than a typical 50' car but this was if dry transfers were used to letter the car as 10" with 36" wheels. All wheelsets check fine for mail service. They were also used in there is no visible film around the lettering in gauge using an NMRA Standards Gauge. freight service but had less interior capacity that is usually seen on a decal. When we These are free-rolling trucks that accurately than the similar but larger X-40 60' automo- checked with Precision Scale, we were told capture the features of the prototype. These bile-boxcar class. The cars lasted into the that they are indeed decals. Unlike standard trucks can be used under most express box- Penn Central merger of 1968 and nine were decals, this decal has a special carrier film cars or express refrigerator cars. They come still around at the inauguration of Amtrak in that is on top of the lettering much like a fully assembled with painted black side- 1971, continuing on in PC company service. dry transfer. After application, this film is frames. These trucks are priced at $17.50 per Only one survived to be preserved at Coo- peeled off resulting in lettering without any pair.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 19 CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY OVERHEAD FARM CROSSING circa 1906

Plans drawn by Patrick Lawson exclusively for Model Railroading magazine from 1906 Canadian Pacific plans.

Drawings may be reproduced for non-commerical purposes only.

Scale: 1:87 Full size for HO scale

31'-6" For Double Track (6 - 6" x 14" Stringers) 16'-0" 16'-0" 31'-6" 20'-0" For Single Track (3 - 6" x 14" Stringers)

Note: These Two Spans Varied According to 28'-11"Slope of Banks 22'-6"

Notes: Stringers - 3" x 12" Up To 18'-0" Stringers - 3" x 14" 18'-0" To 22'-0" 13'-0" Stringers - 6" x 14" 22'-0" To 31'-6" Piles Used Only Where Mud Sills Are Impractical

20 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 14'-4" 14'-0"14'-0" Clear

31'-6" For Double Track (6 - 6" x 14" Stringers) 16'-0" 16'-0" 31'-6" 20'-0" For Single Track (3 - 6" x 14" Stringers)

Note: These Two Spans Varied According to 28'-11"Slope of Banks 22'-6"

Notes: Stringers - 3" x 12" Up To 18'-0" Stringers - 3" x 14" 18'-0" To 22'-0" 13'-0" Stringers - 6" x 14" 22'-0" To 31'-6" Piles Used Only Where Mud Sills Are Impractical

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 21 Drawings may be reproduced for non-commerical purposes only.

Scale: 1:87 Full size for HO scale 2'-0" 2'-0" 6 x 14's6 x 14's 3 x 10's3 x 10's

6 x 14's6 x 14's 2'-0" 2'-0" 3 x 10's3 x 10's

6 x 14's6 x 14's 2'-0" 2'-0" 3 x 10's3 x 10's

3" x 12"3" xPlanks 12" Planks With 1/4"With Openings1/4" Openings 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 15'-10" 15'-10" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0"

22 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 3 x 6

3 x 4 2 x 4 2 x 4 6 x 8 3 x 12

6 x 14 12 x 12

3 x 12 22'-6"

10 x 12 10 x 12

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12 x 12 2'-0" 6 x 14's 3 x 10's

6 x 14's 2'-0" 3 x 10's

6 x 14's 2'-0" 3 x 10's

3" x 12" Planks With 1/4" Openings 2'-0" 2'-0" 15'-10" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0" 2'-0"

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 23 Protect that Intersection! Scratchbuilding HO Scale Traffic Lights

by Jeff Scherb Photos by the author

ew things add interest to a layout like lead down vertically through the center of 3/32" tubing slipped over the lower end. Posi- F animation, and I’ve always found that the other leads and continue it past the green tion these short tubes on one end of the pole, animated lighting also adds a great touch of LED at the bottom — this will be used to then slide them up the pole 11/2" — this realism. A great place to add this interest and attach the signal head to the pole. Next bend leaves 21/2" of pole to go through the bench- animation is with working traffic lights at an the yellow anode lead over to contact the work. Use CA to secure the tubes in place. A intersection. red lead, and the green anode lead over to finished pole is shown in Photo 2. There are a few challenges to creating Solder the signal head to the pole using scale working traffic lights — building a the wire anode lead you left extended below circuit to control the behavior of the lights, the green light. Since this wire was attached and building a scale-sized traffic light that to the all three anodes of the LEDs, and now actually works. is attached to the brass pole, the brass pole The first step for all types of lights is the will serve as the positive terminal for all same — building a single signal head con- three LEDs. taining three lights. The problem is finding a We need to run three wires through the light source that enables you to build scale- pole in order to power the LEDs. There’s sized signal heads. A number of sources have not much room inside a 1/16" tube, so we’ll 1.8mm LEDs that are perfect for this appli- use magnet wire. This extremely fine wire cation — they have a square base, enabling 1 can be salvaged from an old motor, relay them to be “stacked” and glued together or switch machine coil. I used wire from into a form closely resembling a prototype Use CA to glue the three LEDs an old Mantua motor because it’s a little traffic light. They also have a round, raised together to form the signal head. heavier than the wire found in relays or lens over the lamp, simulating the lens of the switch machine coil. If you don’t have any prototype. By carefully painting the square contact the yellow lead. Clip the yellow and of these in your junk box, Radio Shack sells base and the top of the round lens, you can green leads to be just long enough to touch magnet wire by the spool. Magnet wire is very closely approximate the traffic light the next lead, and solder all three anodes insulated with varnish rather than plastic, housing and the lens shades, in almost per- together. This is shown in Photo 3. and this requires a little care. To “strip” the fect prototype size for HO. wire, use a small piece of sandpaper folded Be sure to align the LEDs all in the same Single-Head Traffic Light in half. Place about 1/4" of the wire inside direction before gluing them — make sure I like the look of Campbell Scale’s street- the fold, squeeze, and pull it out. Repeat this all three positive leads are on one side, and light poles, so I used the flared base from several times, and the wire will be ready for all three negative leads are on the other. these as a starting point. Cut the flared base soldering. Solder one wire to the cathode This is easy to do since one of the sides of from the pole using a razor saw, and then (the negative terminal) of each LED, and run the LED is slightly rounded — just line up drill a 3/32" hole through the center to allow the wire through the pole, leaving several the three rounded sides. The rounded side insertion of a new pole made from brass inches free beyond the end of the pole. is the anode (positive) terminal. Use CA to tubing. The pole is made from a 4" piece of A note about soldering to the LEDs — be glue the LEDs together. Bend the red anode 1/16" brass tubing, with a 3/8" long piece of quick! The best way to do this is to tin both

24 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 Two-Head Traffic Light This light is made almost exactly the same as the single-head light, but with two 2 signal heads at 90 degrees to each other. I find that it’s easier to solder the two signal The traffic light pole is made of the flared base from a Campbell Scale streetlight heads together before soldering them to the and two pieces of brass tubing. pole, but this requires a slight change to one of the signal heads. The two heads get sol- which of these fine-as-hair wires lights up dered together at their common anode leads, which LED. but if you try to do this with two identical 3 Paint the entire assembly, except for the signal heads, one will end up being upside LED lenses, black, dark green, yellow, or down. You need to make one of the signal perhaps silver, depending on your taste or heads so that the anode connections are on prototype. the left, looking at the signal head from the front, and the other so that the anode con- nections are on the right. The soldering is easily accomplished by setting both signal heads on a piece of mask- ing tape, lens side down, and leaning the A wired signal head, before attaching common anode connections together. This it to the pole. will hold them in place for soldering. This time you’ll need to run six wires the end of the wire and the terminal on the down through the pole — one for each light LED, and then put the wire on the terminal 5 on both signal heads. As before, the anode and quickly touch the joint with a hot solder- terminal of the LEDs are soldered together ing iron. These parts are so small, they’ll be Two signal heads are soldered at 90º and then to the brass pole for the positive soldered about as quick as you can touch angles to make the two-head light. feed. Test and then paint this assembly as for the soldering iron and remove it. Be careful — if you keep the heat on the LED too long you’re likely to destroy it. Test the LEDs using a 9V battery con- nected in series with a 470Ω resistor to make sure all of the wiring and connections are working. If they pass the test, use a few drops of white glue to seal the wiring on the back of the signal head and to give the signal head a solid-appearing back. I find that it’s helpful to put an inch of red, green, or yellow paint on the end of each wire while still at the workbench. I do this as I’m testing the traffic light before painting. You’ll appreciate this later when you’re laying under the layout wondering

4 7 A finished single-head traffic light. 6 This unit was inspired by a prototype The parking sign was made on a com- at Broadway and Walnut in Elmira, puter. A finished two-head traffic light. New York.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 25 down through the center of the pole. The Signal Head Parts List wires are secured to the brace with CA. The Magnet wire finial on the top of the pole is a 2.5mm bead 1/16", 3/32" brass tubing with a 1/8" piece 24 gauge wire through the Campbell Scale Streetlights, #928 hole, also secured with CA. 2.5mm beads (used for the finial at the top of the “Elmira” traffic light) To test a signal you can use a 9V battery, RadioShack.com 1.8mm Standard Diffused LED some clip leads and a 470Ω resistor in series 900-6091 Red with the LEDs to temporarily light the signal. 900-6092 Green 900-6093 Yellow Building the Circuit One way to think of the way a traffic light works is that it has four states, with the single-head light. years. Photo 7 shows a light I constructed two of the states being relatively long in with this prototype as my inspiration. The duration, and the other two being relatively Overhead Traffic Light vertical pole is 1/16" brass tubing; the hori- short. The first (long) state is when one light While writing this article, I saw a traffic zontal pole is .045 brass wire, and the angle is green and the opposing light is red; the light in Elmira, NY, that I’m sure must have brace is .030 brass wire. The wires run from second (short) is when the green light goes been standing in the same spot for at least 50 the signal head, along the angle brace, and yellow and the opposing light remains red; the third (long) is when the yellow goes to Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 red and the opposing light goes to green, and finally, the fourth (short) state occurs when State 1 2 3 4 the opposing light goes to yellow. You can think of these four states as East/West Signal being divided into ten counts, with the long states lasting four counts, and the short states North/South Signal lasting one count. Table 1 shows the four Table 1 — The four states represented as ten counts. states of a traffic light divided in ten counts. Thinking of the problem this way, we can

East/West

V+ Green Yellow Red V+

VR1 C1 10k 220µf 1 8 IC1 2 7 555 3 6 Timer V+ 4 5 R2 C2 .01

Q1 Q2 Q3 D1-D8 D9-D12 9 Y2 4 Y1 9 8 8 R1 10 7 3 11 6 IC2 7 R2 N/C 12 5 4017 6 Decade 13 4 2 Counter G2 14 3 0 G1 15 2 1 Q4 Q5 Q6 V+ 16 1 5

R3

Connection points on the “All Electronics AEC Light Chaser” circuit board (see Photo 8). Note: These are not drawn in the same order as on the Light V+ Chaser circuit board. Green Yellow Red

North/South Circuit Diagram

26 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 design a circuit that counts to ten, and then divides the ten counts into the four states to drive the LEDs. 8 How the Circuit Works IC1, an LM555 timer, is an oscillator that creates a continuous series of pulses; these pulses are fed into the 4077 decade counter IC. The 4077 continually counts from zero to nine as the pulses are fed in. It has ten output lines, and one of these will go high for each digit. This gives us the ten discrete counts as shown in Table 1. Diodes D1 through D8 are arranged as two “OR” gates on eight of the outputs of the 4077, which has the effect of reducing two groups of the four counts into the two long states. These four states cor- respond to the greens and yellows for both the north/south and east/west directions of the traffic light. Diodes D9 through D12 are arranged also as “OR” gates, and turn on the red light whenever the opposite green The completed “shortcut” circuit board. LEDs are attached to the terminal block or yellow light is lit. Transistors Q1 through for testing purposes. Q6 amplify the output of the 4017 counter to provide enough current to drive multiple of damaging the IC with heat. Also, in the have one too, so I decided to design a printed LEDs. R2 and R3 limit the current that can event the IC fails for some reason, sockets circuit board to simplify the assembly of flow through the LEDs. provide for easy replacement. multiple copies. PC boards are surprisingly After designing the circuit, I begin shop- I attached a piece of perfboard to the simple to make, and whenever you need to ping for parts. I usually prefer to design a Light Chaser board by drilling two holes in make more than one of a circuit, they can printed circuit board for projects, but since both boards and securing with 2-56 machine really save time. I only need one of these circuits for my lay- screws and nuts. See the photo of the fin- The procedure for making PC boards is out, and it’s a pretty simple circuit, I planned ished board for the location of the holes quite simple: to assemble the entire circuit on a piece of — the locations aren’t critical, but make ▼ In a dark room, sandwich a negative perfboard. I never got that far. While I was sure you don’t drill them through any of the transparency of the PC board pattern perusing a catalog to buy the parts for this copper traces on the Light Chaser board. between a photosensitized PC board and circuit, I came across a shortcut — All Elec- I’ve attached labels numbered 0 through a piece of glass. tronics Corp (www.allelectronics.com), has 9 to the Light Chaser board in Photo 8. ▼ Expose the board to the light from a pho- a “Light Chaser” kit for $6.50. Using virtu- These correspond to the “connection points” toflood lamp. ally the same timer/counter logic as I had noted in the circuit diagram. Solder the ▼ Still in a dark room, soak the exposed designed, this kit is designed to sequentially anode leads of four diodes into connection board in the developer solution that light ten LEDs. Leaving out the ten LEDs points 0, 1, 2 and 3 on the Light Chaser comes with the photosensitized board for and adding a diode matrix and the driver board. Solder the cathode leads of these about a minute, then wash the board with transistors turns this kit into the circuit we diodes together, solder a wire to them, and water. need to drive traffic lights. run the wire to the perfboard. Do the same ▼ Etch the board in a Pyrex pan of etchant. I’ve provided two versions of the parts with four more diodes at connection points ▼ Drill the holes for the components. list with this article — one version lists the 5, 6, 7 and 8. Assemble diodes D9 through It’s really that simple. Kepro is one com- parts necessary to build the circuit from D12 as shown in the circuit diagram and sol- pany that provides PC board supplies, and scratch, and the other lists parts necessary der the wires from the joined diodes D1-D8 you can find detailed instructions on making to take the shortcut and use the Light Chaser to the appropriate points. Assemble transis- PC boards at their website — http://www. kit. I’ve also provided PC board patterns for tors Q1-Q6 and current limiting resistors R2 kepro.com/howto.htm. those wanting to use that method of assem- and R3 on the perfboard and wire as shown. The hardest part may be obtaining the bly. I used Radio Shack 276-1388 terminals negative transparency. Many print shops can to provide a convenient place to attach the make you a negative transparency, although Assembling the wires from the signals. The cathode leads more and more print shops don’t have this “Shortcut” Circuit (the negative lead) of the LEDs will get capability now in the age of digital imag- For those taking the shortcut, start by connected to these terminals. The positive ing. You may have to call around to a few assembling the Light Chaser kit per the supply voltage will be run to the traffic light places to find a shop that can do this for you. instructions, with two exceptions. Instead pole, completing the circuit. I labeled these Kepro also offers a “Copy & Reversing Kit of installing the 4.7 µf capacitor supplied terminals with a paper label I made on my CR-705” to make negative transparencies with the kit, install the 220µf capacitor computer. directly from a magazine page, although I listed in the parts list. This slows the oscil- The last step to complete the circuit- haven’t tried it so I can’t comment on it. lator down enough to provide for realistic board wiring is to connect the V+ and Refer to the component placement traffic-light timing. Leave the ten LEDs ground terminals on the perfboard circuit diagram when assembling the board. Be and R1 off the Light Chaser board — they to the positive and negative supply voltage especially careful on the alignment of com- won’t be needed. points on the Light Chaser board. ponents — with the exception of the resis- You’ll notice from Photo 8 that I’ve tors and the .01 µf capacitor, all components installed the ICs on the board using sockets. Making your own Printed must be aligned properly. IC sockets are very inexpensive, and are Circuit Boards There are two optional component loca- cheap insurance. Since you’re not soldering After I had made my “shortcut” circuit, tions on the PC board, marked “a” and “b” directly to the IC, you won’t run the risk a number of friends decided that they had to on the PC board. These are to be used to

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 27 Supply Voltage Resistor Value 5 270Ω 9 470Ω 12 750Ω 15 1KΩ Table 2: Current limiting resistor (R2, R3) values for different supply voltages.

you’ll need to change resistors R2 and R3. These resistors control the amount of current through the LEDs — the values for different voltages are shown in Table 2.

Pattern for the PC board Wiring the Traffic Lights Since the positive terminals of all of the LEDs are wired together and to the brass pole, the pole serves as the positive connec- tion. This is known as “common anode” wir- ing. The negative terminals are wired with very fine magnet wire running down through the center of the pole. Connect a wire from the bottom of the R2 D9-D12 D1-D8 traffic light pole under the layout to the posi- Q1-Q6 tive power supply connection point on the PC board. Since magnet wire is very fine and prone to breaking, it’s a good idea to provide terminal points under the layout at the signal pole. Connect the magnet wire to these termi- nals, and then connect from these terminals to the terminals on the circuit board using nor- mal hook-up wire. Finally, connect the circuit board to both the positive and negative termi- nals of the power supply and you’re done. Terminal Strip Terminal Whether you decide to take the “shortcut,” build the circuit on a piece of perfboard, or go IC2 the PC board route, you should find this to be C1 an easy circuit to assemble. The prototypi- cally operating traffic lights at the main inter- IC1 VR1 section in Downingtown on my Silver Creek R3 9 C2 Southern never fail to draw comments from my visitors. It’s a detail few seem to expect, The finished PC board showing placement of components. and it always seems to (de)light. install capacitors for power supply condi- tioning. If you have a low-quality power Circuit Parts List supply that doesn’t supply well-regulated “Shortcut” version DC, and this causes problems for the circuit, All Electronics Light Chaser kit #AEC (www.allelectronics.com) you can install a large filter capacitor at Perfboard Radio Shack 276-150 location “a.” Something like 500 µf at 25V should be sufficient. Make sure you install “Scratchbuilt” Version the positive lead in the hole connected to IC1 555 timer — Radio Shack 276-1723 the positive power-supply terminal. The IC2 4017 decade counter — Radio Shack 276-2417 other optional capacitor at location “b” is for C2 .01 µf disc capacitor — Radio Shack 272-131 de-spiking. If you find that operating other VR1 10K Ω trimmer potentiometer — Radio Shack 271-282 accessories on your layout, such as switch machines, causes erratic operation of the Both versions stoplight, install a .01 µf capacitor here. This R2,R3 ¼-watt resistors (for value see Table 2) should take care of any voltage spikes these C1 220µf electrolytic capacitor — Radio Shack 272-1029 other accessories cause. D1-D12 1N914 small signal diodes — Radio Shack 276-1620 Q1-Q6 NPN switching transistors — Radio Shack 276-1617 Powering the Circuit and Terminals Radio Shack 276-1388 Connecting the Traffic Lights Either of these circuits can run anywhere Printed Circuit Boards (makes two boards) between 5 and 15VDC — I’ve powered Kepro 4x6 single-sided photosensitized copper clad board (RadioShack.com 910-1922) mine from the same 12V power supply that Etchant (Radio Shack 276-1535) runs my occupancy detectors and signal sys- GE Photoflood lamp #EBV-2 (or Kepro PE-2) tem. Depending on the voltage you choose,

28 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 Prototype INFORMATION

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MAY 1999 Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd. Suite 1-211, Aurora,MODEL CO RAILROADING 80014 ▼ 29 www.modelrailroadingmag.com CN GP40TC 605 shows its as-built appearance at Spadina Enginehouse in Toronto on January 22, 1967, while in freight service for CN. The unit is two months old and about a month away from entering the passenger service for which it was built. It wears a minimum of CN identification for this brief service; the GO scheme and lettering would be added on the solid dark blue. The sweeping dif- GP40: ferences from the standard GP40 are evident in this view. Decals: Microscale 87- 567 (CN diesel set). Ted Wickson photo, Bill Linley collection

his month, we will examine the GP40 a 500-kilowatt alternator. From any angle purchases of two commuter authorities, except nose-on, the engine looks very differ- whichT each used the GP40 as the basis for a ent! Since they were built prior to the begin- customized passenger service road switcher. ning of operations, they were first leased to The first is GO Transit, officially known as and lettered for CN and numbered 600-607. The the Government of Ontario Transit. Its re- They were painted in a solid dark blue with porting marks are GOT. The city of Toronto orange handrails and the road number, class is the fast-growing capital and largest city (GRE-30a) and CN noodle on the cab side. in Ontario. It is located just over halfway Units 601-607 operated in freight ser- between Montreal, Quebec, and Detroit, vice on CN for several months without the Michigan, in the urban/industrial corridor of train support equipment installed. In Feb- eastern Canada. In the 1960s, the Canadian ruary and March 1967, they returned to First National (CN) built a beltway to the north the GMD plant in London, ON, and were of downtown Toronto in conjunction with equipped with the train support equipment. its new MacMillan Classification Yard. This They then received the remainder of their freed their old mainline along Lake Ontario paint scheme: a white cab, frame stripe and and through the city center of the majority nameboard on the nose, along with the styl- of its freight trains. The CN and Canadian ized “GO” logos. Matched with a fleet of Pacific, along with regional Toronto, Ham- 32 new Hawker-Siddeley 94-seat coaches 645 ilton & Buffalo offered passenger service to and eight similar coaches with control cabs, Toronto, including commuter trains to some suburbs. This change initiated by the CN Amtrak GP40TC 196 is at Worcester, brought about the formation of GOT to op- MA, on March 4, 2000. Acquired by erate a 60-mile piece of track from Pickering Amtrak in September 1988, they have westerly through the city center to Hamilton. seen service in the Chicago area and Operations began in 1967 and have expanded in the Northeast, including runs over several times, with operation over 200 miles Conrail from Boston. Several changes Geep of track by the 1980s. have occurred. A red warning light is Prior to start-up in early 1967, a group now located between the windshields of eight unique GP40TC locomotives were where the bell had been positioned built in October and November 1966. The during its service in Toronto. It also — Part 4 “TC” in the model stands for “Toronto has a pair of strobe lights on the cab Commuter.” The model used the standard roof. The small vent aft of the cool- long hood and cab of a freight-only GP40 ing-fan intakes is in a different loca- mounted on a frame used on the six-axle tion. On the opposite side of the unit, SD series that is seven feet longer than the barely visible in this view, is an equip- standard GP40 (54' 6"). It has a shorter long ment box on the walkway in front of hood on the nose and a long extension on the the engineer’s position. The units did rear that houses a power unit to provide heat not have a box here as built for GO and lights for the coaches that it would pro- Transit. Decals: Microscale 87-424. by George Melvin pel. This auxiliary power plant is a GM 12- Pete Coulombe photo, cylinder 149-model diesel engine that drives George Melvin collection

30 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 A year after the start-up of Toronto commuter operations by GO Transit, GP40TC units 603 and 601 are in weekend freight service on CN, with Train No. 301, at Bayview Jct., ON, in the spring of 1968. They now are painted in the first GO scheme. Decals: None. Bill Linley photo

GO Transit GP40TC 603 is seen from the engineer’s side with a passenger run, CN Train #150, at Bayview Jct., ON, on the west side of Toronto, on July 6, 1968. Decals: None. Bill Linley photo CNJ GP40P 3671 shows the as-built livery of the GP40P fleet, in the C&O blue paint with CNJ markings; note the NJDOT shield at the rear. The unit has a Conrail-style train control equipment box on the walkway in front of the engineer’s posi- tion. The trucks have a ledge-type projection just above the bearings. At Phillipsburg, NJ, October 23, 1976. Decals: Micro- scale 87-232 and E-L set 87-16 (contains NJDOT logo). Frank Szachacz photo, Pete Coulombe collection

NJDOT GP40P 4101 is in the dark blue/gray scheme that was common to the U34CH fleet. It is shown on the NY&LB at South Amboy, NJ, on July 26, 1979, with a train bound from Penn Station in New York to Bay Head, NJ. At South Amboy, GG1s were swapped for diesels to continue the run south beyond the overhead wires. Decals: None. Pete Coulombe photo

NJDOT GP40P 4108 is still in CNJ colors but with the markings painted out and one less nose stripe. It is leaving South Amboy in July 1979 with a train of secondhand ex-Great Northern coaches. As a result, these trains were sometimes called the “Bay Head Builders.” Decals: Microscale 87-232 and E-L set 87-16 (contains NJDOT logo). Pete Coulombe photo

32 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 This view of NJDOT GP40P 4109 operating long hood first shows the more distinctive angle for these units, as well as the extended and squared-off hood, flared radiators and the position of the CNJ striping. The bell is in the usual location just forward of the dynamic-brake blister. South Amboy, NJ; July 25, 1979. Decals: Microscale 87-232 and E-L set 87-16 (contains NJDOT logo). Pete Coulombe photo these units operated in push-pull service. cabs on the opposite end of train sets and Jersey side of the Hudson River had long They were renumbered to 9800-9807 in late to house the train support equipment. These been provided by the mainline carriers 1969 and early 1970. were labeled “ACPU” for Auxiliary Control that radiated out from Jersey City. To the In the mid-1970s they were overhauled, Power Unit. The GP40TC units were sold north, the Ontario & Western and New and the rear was rebuilt to silence the power when they were 12 years old, becoming York Central provided suburban service unit. By this time they were painted in the Amtrak 192-199 in September 1988. They although this was abandoned before the green-and-white scheme with the “hockey- were initially used for short runs out of Chi- GP40 came on the scene. To the northwest, stick” stripe on the long hood. Despite fleet cago but have since been used on runs in the the Erie, the Lackawanna and the Central expansion in the 1970s, no more passenger- Northeast. of New Jersey operated commuters run on equipped road switchers were purchased. New Jersey Transit is the current oper- their mainlines and some branches. To the Instead a series of 11 standard GP40-2W ator of the Central of New Jersey (CNJ) south, the Pennsylvania (PRR) and a joint units like those common to the CN were lines that had commuter service when the CNJ/PRR operation named the New York acquired. A number of old EMD cab units CNJ acquired the other fleet of distinc- & Long Branch (NY&LB) also operated such as F7Bs and FP7s were bought at that tive passenger-service GP40s. Commuter many commuter trains. time and used for power units and control service to New York City from the New With the fortunes of the freight rail-

NJDOT GP40P 4109 is still in CNJ colors, with the “J” from the CNJ initials still visible on the long hood. The nose striping also appears to be part of a repainting as it lacks a stripe and is in a bit different position than the original CNJ stripes. The cab window has a sunshade and wind deflectors. South Amboy, NJ; July 25, 1979. Decals: Microscale 87-232 and E-L set 87- 16 (contains NJDOT logo). Pete Coulombe photo

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 33 NJT GP40P 4105 has not changed very much in 16 years since being built as CNJ 3676. The small sheet-metal plow with openings for the MU cables in gone, but the train-control box on the walkway, horn position and other details are much the same. South Amboy, NJ; September 14, 1984. Decals: Herald King L-1930. George Melvin photo roads in the Northeast at a low ebb in the NJ DOT markings. This scheme would platinum mist scheme of NJT, complete 1960s, concern for the continuance of rail also be used on some GP40Ps. All the with the “disco” stripes. This scheme was commuter operations caused state agen- remaining commuter lines became part of applied to the fleet of 18 new F40PH-2s cies to get involved by subsidizing the Conrail in the late 1970s, and NJ Transit that NJT bought in 1981. In 1983-’84, the operations. The New Jersey Department of (NJT) was formed by the NJ DOT to take fleet was converted to electric train heat- Transportation (NJ DOT) started providing these operations over in 1983. In 1978, ing equipment. funding in 1968. the units were renumbered to 4100-4112 We will continue next month with the In October 1968, 13 GP40P commuter and by the mid-1980s, would carry the GP40s of the Rock Island. units were delivered to the CNJ with fund- ing from the Chesapeake & Ohio, who was NJT GP40P 4109 is operating the bankrupt road at the time as at South Amboy, well as the NJ DOT. This C&O influence NJ, on Septem- was evident in their paint scheme. They ber 14, 1984. This were dressed in the solid dark blue of the detail shot of C&O with yellow lettering in the C&O the rear shows style but carrying CNJ markings and a the major dif- NJ DOT logo at the rear of the long hood. ferences from a They were numbered 3671-3683, in the freight-only GP40. middle of deliveries of standard GP40s The squared-off to the C&O and Baltimore & Ohio. They extension con- were 3' 6" longer than a standard GP40 tains the steam and weighed in at 293,000 pounds, about generator. The 37,000 pounds more than a regular GP40; trailing edge of this made them the heaviest four-axle units the flared cooling- ever built. Unlike the GO Transit units, the fan intakes falls cab was located in the correct place, and on the extension. the units looked rather standard until one Note the custom noticed the SD45-style flared radiators at n u m b e r b o a r d s the rear and the extended and squared-off and classification rear end of the long hood. While these light housing, ver- engines were equipped to provide support tical rear ladder for the train, the old technology of a steam and frame exten- generator was used to make them compat- sion. The steam ible with the steam-heated cars they would line is clearly pull. v i s i b l e u n d e r These units were first used on the t h e d r a w b a r ; CNJ lines but later would be used on the something very NY&LB. Two years later, the NJ DOT rare on second- would start providing locomotives for the generation road Erie-Lackawanna (E-L) lines; these would switchers. Decals: be the GE-built U34CH units. A total of Herald King L- 32 U34CH units were built, delivered in 1930. a dark blue and gray scheme with E-L and George Melvin photo

34 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 DIESEL DETAIL ▼ CLOSE-UP Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Switchers Part 1: The SW12 HO Scale Models by Athearn and Life-Like Proto 2000 N Scale Models by Life-Like and Rivarossi by Rich Picariello

Photos by the author

he Prototype: EMD introduced the no upper set of louvers on the hood and five Revell SW7, but it is not currently available. 1,200-hp SW1200 in 1954. By louvers (after 1955; six louvers on pre-1955 Life-Like Proto 2000 has an SW9/SW1200 theT end of production in 1966, 1,024 had units) on the battery box. Except for the as a limited-production item that may or been built. Prior to the introduction of the number of battery-box louvers, the SW9 and may not be currently available. SW1000/1500, most EMD switchers shared early production SW1200 are visually indis- For N scale, Rivarossi has cow (with a a similar carbody. There were external dif- tinguishable. Options that could be ordered cab) and calf (cabless) models. These units ferences in the front cab windows, louver included MU capability, Flexicoil trucks and were once imported by other manufacturers variations, radiator grille and exhaust stack or drop steps on the end platforms. and were sometimes incorrectly called an stacks. The SW7 has a gap between the upper BNSF’s SW1200 switchers are classed as SW1500. The cow has an angled roof that is and lower louvers on the hood, small radiator SW12. SW12s were renumbered 3500-3506, not correct, but the hood and the rest of the on the front, arched front cab windows (early 3508-3542 and 3545-3548 on the BNSF roster. model is a close match for an SW9/SW1200. production units; late production had rectan- The Scale Model: For HO scale, Athearn Life-Like offers an SW9/SW1200 as a lim- gular windows) and six louvers on the battery has an SW7 in their line. Con-Cor once ited-production item that may or may not be box. The SW1200 has rectangular windows, offered an improved version of the former currently available. To make a more accurate SW1200, any of the SW7 scale models would need the upper set of louvers on the hood sides removed. The incorrect cab roof on the Rivarossi N scale model can be removed. The cab ends can be re-contoured and a new curved styrene cab roof installed. Full-length handrails are needed on all models in either scale. Paint and Decal Notes: BNSF began renumbering former BN and Santa Fe units after the merger. Renumbered BN units have the BN logo appearing on the cab sides and the large road number on the long hoods painted out. The BNSF reporting mark is stenciled on the lower cab sides. The unit’s road number is stenciled on the cab sides inside a green patch. For repainted units,

Denver, CO; June 1998. Denver, BNSF settled on a variation of the old Great Northern orange-and-green scheme with yel- 17 12 32 D low separation stripes between the colors. 18 This is the Heritage I scheme that is used on switchers and road units up to and includ- F ing the SD40-2. Some new units were also painted in this scheme. The underframe, D pilots, fuel tank and trucks are black. Hand- rails are green with white at the step areas, and the step edges are white. The more elab- orate Heritage II scheme appears on the most recently acquired locomotives. All of the new units that were originally painted in the Heritage I scheme will be repainted in the Heritage II scheme. The BN green-and-black scheme is or was offered on most of the models listed. Only Scalecoat and MODELflex offer paints to 22 11 29 14 2 Denver, CO; July 2000. Denver, match BNSF colors.

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Detail Parts for HO Scale: DW172 Underframe/step light (metal) 1.25/8 1 - CF220 Air horn (brass) 4.95 ea. 30 - GD WG-6 Window gasket decals, Cannon switcher cab 3.25/set 2 - KS51 Air tank, metal (need two)* 1.25 ea. 31 - AMB231 Window glass, Athearn SW7 3.95/set 3 - OM9711 All weather window, large (brass) 7.50/2 DA3301 Window glass, Athearn SW7 1.75/set Note: Mounted on right side of cab only. RUN1861 Window glass, Athearn SW7 2.00/set 4 - CF113 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 4.95/2 32 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 2.95/8 DA1805 Antenna, firecracker (plastic) 1.25/6 CF314 Windshield wipers (photo-etched brass) 3.95/2 pr. OM9050 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 2.90/2 CS419 Windshield wipers (brass) 3.50/4 DW157 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.95/5 ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.98/set 5 - DA2901 Beacon (plastic) 1.50/2 PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 DW106 Beacon (metal) 1.00 ea. UP94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) 2.50/4 OM9100 Beacon (brass) 2.70 ea. UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4

SE13136 Beacon 3.00 ea. Detail Parts for N Scale: 6 - CF250 Bell, switcher (brass)* 4.95 ea.

DW128 Bell, switcher (metal)* 1.25/2 1 - JNJ112 Air horn 3.50/4 7 - DW195 Buffer plate, pilot (optional for Athearn SW7) 1.50/2 SE15703 Air horn 1.65 ea. 8 - KS3302 Cab interior* 9.98 ea. 3 - JNJ37 All-weather window 3.00/4 9 - CC1504 Cab, EMD switcher* 8.50/kit 4 - JNJ178 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 3.00/2 10 - ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet ME NA4 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.70 ea. DA2210 Chain, blackened 2.25/12" SE15453 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 1.65/4 PSC48237 Chain 2.75/10" 5 - SE15301 Beacon 2.00 ea. 11 - DA2212 Coupler lift bar, AAR 3.50/10 6 - JNJ193 Bell, switcher 3.00/4 OM9151 Coupler lift bar, AAR 2.25/2 10 - ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet 12 - OM9171 Door handle (brass) 1.70/2 DA2210 Chain, 40 lpi 2.25/12" PSC3998 Door handle (plastic) 1.50/6 13 - DA8206 Drop step 1.00/2 13 - DA1402 Drop step, EMD 1.50/2 JNJ188 Drop step 3.00/2 14 - DW167 Fuel filler, EMD switcher 1.00/4 14 - ME NF4 Fuel filler & level gauge 3.35/set 15 - AL29100 Grabirons (formed wire) 3.25/50 15 - JNJ153 Grabirons 3.75/12 DA2202 Grabirons (formed wire) 2.50/24 16 - JNJ122 Handrail stanchions (28) and brass wire 10.95/kit UP54 Grabirons (cast brass) 5.95/12 19 - JNJ142 Hose, air line (brass) 3.50/10 16 - SV23 Handrail set, SW1500 15.95/set PSC6704 Hose, air line (brass) 1.50/6 Note: Intended for SW1500; adapt to fit the SW1200. PSC6705 Hose, air line (plastic) 2.50/24 17 - DA1011P> Headlight, switcher* 3.00/2 21 - SE15850 MU cables 1.85/2 18 - MV22 Headlight lenses* 1.15/4 22 - JNJ14 MU hoses 3.00/12 19 - CS227 Hose, air line (brass) 2.35/4 SE15550 MU hoses 3.95/4 DA6206 Hose, air line (delrin) 1.25/6 23 - JNJ237 MU stand 3.00/4 20 - DA1105 Lift ring, switcher* 1.25/4 25 - SE15371 Spare-knuckle holder 1.85/3 21 - DW236 MU cable 2.15/2 26 - JNJ151 Spark arrestor 3.00/2 22 - CF257 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.95/4 32 - JNJ31 Windshield wipers 3.00/4 DA1508 MU hoses, individual (delrin) 2.00/16 ME NW1 Windshield wipers 3.33/4 DW266 MU hoses, 3/bracket (metal) 3.50/4 OM9350 MU hoses, 3/bracket, short (brass) 7.45/4 The following parts must be fabricated by the modeler: 23 - DA1505 MU stand 1.25/2 A — Radiator canvas cover — use rolled tissue. 24 - DA2709 Radiator grille, SW switcher* 3.50/2 B — Emergency fuel cutoff switch — make from square styrene. 25 - DW196 Spare-knuckle holder (metal) 1.00/2 C — Underframe piping — make from various sizes of wire. OM9702 Spare-knuckle holder (brass) 4.10/2 D — Extended sand-fill tubes — make from styrene or brass rod. 26 - DW124 Spark arrestor 1.50/2 E — Roof vent — use a square of thin styrene. 27 - AL29254 Steps, Athearn SW7* 3.50/set F — Unidentified container(?) on rear of cab — make from styrene rod. 28 - TSP20 Truck sideframes w/roller bearings 8.95/4 Note: Will press-fit into Athearn or Life-Like trucks. * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the listed HO or N scale 29 - CF112 Underframe/step light (brass) 2.95/2 models; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the discretion of the modeler.

Paints 1602 Reefer White 78 BNSF Orange Microscale 87-549 BN green scheme Accu+paint: 1626 BN Green 79 BNSF Green 87-1023 BNSF scheme 1 Stencil White 1651 BNSF Orange Scalecoat II (plastic compatible): 87-1035 BNSF renumbered 2 Stencil Black 1652 BNSF Green 2001 Locomotive Black BN scheme 70 BN Green Polly Scale: 2011 White N Scale: Floquil: 414110 Steam Power Black 2038 BN Green Microscale 60-549 BN green scheme 110010 Engine Black 414113 Reefer White 2078 BNSF Orange 60-1023 BNSF scheme 110011 Reefer White 414209 BN Green 2079 BNSF Green 60-1035 BNSF renumbered 110035 BN Green Scalecoat: Decals BN scheme MODELflex: 10 Black 1601 Engine Black 11 White HO Scale: 38 BN Green Champion EH-209 BN green scheme

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NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 37 by Doug Geiger, MMR TheThe GladstoneGladstone && Photos by the author NorthNorth HoughtonHoughton

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Extra 85 South carefully passes over the Dead River bridge with a full-tonnage train behind. That express reefer prob- ably contains perishable dairy products from the many farms found in upper Michigan. 2

While the crack passenger train #2 departs Gladstone, the local switcher works a local lumberyard. The tracks to the left lead to the Soo and C&NW interchanges.

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An idler flatcar is used to reach inside the car ferry to either remove or place freight cars. The large ship can hold 16 pieces of rolling stock and must be evenly loaded to avoid capsizing.

hen most modelers talk about the UP, tions like turning up (and releasing) retainers of his railroad empire by making and selling we immediately think of big motive and getting yard air are an important part of original fine art paintings of train subjects. powerW like Big Boys, Centennials or SD90s. the G&NH op sessions! Some of his artwork even hangs in corporate Yellow comes to mind as the predominate The rolling stock on the layout is com- offices of several prototype railroads! His color. And for the modern modeler, UP stands posed of about 130 detailed freight cars from techniques using acrylic artist colors are for running lots of coal from the Powder InterMountain, Red Caboose, Sunshine, quick and easy. River Basin and lots of fast intermodals Westerfield and Ambroid. All have across the desolate plains of Wyoming. grabirons and other details added, Motive Power, But for a select few, their definition of UP like underframes and, of course, Rolling Stock and is a bit different. For them, UP means iron air brake details. There are Train Control ore trains running in dense forests. What UP also 160 ore jimmies on the Since the railroad is are they talking about and modeling? Why, G&NH. All are modified set in 1953, diesels have the Upper Peninsula of Michigan type of from Roundhouse kits by not arrived in the Upper UP, of course. And on Fred Carlson’s Glad- having a shortened frame Peninsula and will prob- stone & North Houghton railroad (G&NH), for better appearance. ably never be seen on UP truly stands for the Upper Peninsula of Benchwork on the the G&NH accord- Michigan where iron ore is king. railroad is open grid ing to Fred. “Diesels with plywood and are a passing fad that The Layout Homasote or pine lat- won’t last,” he says. Like many model railroaders, Fred likes tice board for track His steam engine ros- all facets of our hobby...except for wiring. support. Track is a ter is known far and He especially enjoys motive power and combination of hand- wide as how HO- scenery. His beautiful structures are a com- laid and commercial scale steam is sup- bination of stock kits (about 10%), modified components with man- posed to run. He has kits (about 85%) and contest-quality build- ual turnout controls. given several clinics ings (about 5%). Fred earned his Master Parts of the layout are to explain his science Model Railroader (MMR #197) while still in from the sectional rail- of scale steam perfor- the Chicago area before moving out west to road Fred had way back mance. From axle wip- Colorado. He’s done most of the work him- in Champaign, Illinois, ers and track sliders, to self on the layout, but relies on 10-15 folks (before Chicago). And other removing backheads and to help run it during an op session. pieces are from the G&NH installing large flywheels; he Fred worked for eight years on the Illi- that was built in Chicago. And can turn the most misbehaving nois Central as a car and locomotive fore- still other pieces are new. All these steamer into an operating jewel. man and as an air brake inspector. So he previous layouts have always been Balancing the engine at the center of knows how a model railroad should function steam, but not always iron ore related. the driver wheelbase and adding as much to duplicate the real thing. He is currently Fred has conquered one of the hardest weight as possible are also tools Fred uses to helping develop Electronically Controlled tasks in model railroading with ease: realis- tune his engines. Remotoring and regearing Pneumatic (ECP) brakes for the prototype tic backdrops. His techniques are quick and are also tricks of this master mechanic’s art. railroad industry. So simulating brake func- get great results. In fact, Fred finances much To keep his fine stable of engines in peak

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 39 performance, one or two locomotives are sent to an engine house during an operating session for inspections. That engine is then removed after the session to the workbench area where it gets lubed and cleaned and then re-placed on the layout. Any jerks or sloppiness in its drive train are also fixed. By rotating each engine through this inspec- tion process, the available motive power for each op session runs flawlessly. Fred consciously rosters his classes of locomotives just like the prototype does. He operates identical types of 2-6-2s, 2-8-2s, 4-6-0s, 2-8-0s and 2-6-6-2s. He also has four identical 2-6-6-0s. All those engines share a common family appearance whenever possi- ble. The articulated engines are used only in iron ore service. There are 23 engines used in an op session plus two gas-electrics. Since the move to Colorado in 1995, the Gladstone & North Houghton has been equipped with CVP Product’s Railcom- mand. Although not DCC, it is a form of command control that is one of the fore- runners to DCC. Railcommand is a digital system that provides simultaneous running of up to 99 locomotives at any one time. Coupling the excellent performance of the G&NH steam locomotives with the fine control of Railcommand makes for a very enjoyable operating session. Operations Twice-monthly operating sessions are held on the G&NH and will draw folks from over a hundred miles away. It is a four-hour session that will see about eight scheduled trains and about 30 ore drag movements, plus several extra freight trains. All train movements on the layout are controlled by handwritten train orders. A telephone system and working train order boards complement 4 the written orders and printed schedules. Although compact, the G&NH engine facility handles most repairs to the High overhead on the Highline Bridge, the ore dock switcher shoves hard on all-steam roster. More iron ore loads a loaded ore jimmy train, while below, a C&NW interchange train heads away are being pushed out to the ore dock from Gladstone. The C&NW engine is a Class Z 2-8-0 brass import from Hallmark. on the Highline Bridge. 5 The G&NH is classified as a timeta- ble/train-order (TT&TO) railroad. When assigned to an extra train, a crew must read their orders to find out if any scheduled trains are late. They also get information regarding any meets they need to make with other extra trains. They also must determine if they can make that next station before any scheduled trains will use that piece of track. Running an extra train on TT&TO is great fun, although a bit nerve-racking if one is used to signals or track warrants! If a crew runs a scheduled train, then they must only watch out for superior trains and where their meets are with other sched- uled trains. This information is listed in the train timetable, the “bible” of any TT&TO railroad. They may also get train orders that might supercede the timetable schedule. There have been several close calls and a few near head-on collisions, but the crews seem to enjoy TT&TO operations. Fred also adds interest to op sessions during the year by using a variety of special events, like passenger specials. Of course, the Big Hook comes out if any nasty wrecks happen. Light engine movements to get specific locomotives to their inspection roundhouses also add interest to an op ses- sion. The G&NH interchanges with several other railroads including the Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic (DSS&A), the Soo Line, the Milwaukee and the C&NW. Transfer runs between some of these other lines are a common sight during a session. And the large car ferry in Gladstone, which is the interchange to railroads in Lower Michi- gan, provides a “staging yard” that holds sixteen 40' cars. Since the railroad real estate includes both ore mines and the 870' long ore dock, 6 empty and loaded ore drags move continu- ously across the layout. There are four mines that each provide a different “grade” or type The local Doodlebug is seen traversing the urban canyon in downtown of ore for filling an ore boat. Paperwork Gladstone. The REA building on the left handles cars from several daily informs the mine director of how many of passenger trains.

We catch the tail end of an empty ore 7 drag crossing over the Kubajak River. Those red G&NH cabooses are easy to spot against the lush Upper Peninsula foliage. 8

The Dead River bridge barely shakes with the passing of an empty ore train. Wonder if those folks in that automobile even notice that train way up in the air? The bridge is patterned after the LS&I bridge outside Marquette, Michigan. 10

9 The Susan B mine in Nestoria loads many ore cars for Gladstone & North Houghton mallet #68 pounds later transport to the dock in Gladstone. Company around a sharp corner headed for Alberta. Since the houses in the background are for the many ore company grade here is 2.8%, the 2-6-6-0 is working hard. employees.

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Shay #10 is working a string of jimmies under the tipple of the Stephie E iron ore mine. While below, a helper is push- ing hard on the rear of a through freight passing by the pulpwood loading area at Alberta. each type of ore is needed that op session. Live loads of ore are loaded into the ore jim- mies from several tipples in the mine area. 12 Spotting a jimmy directly under a tipple takes concentration when using a momen- tum-equipped engine! Then the ore director, who is in charge of loading the ore boat on the huge ore dock, has a sheet of paper that describes which ore type goes into which chute on the dock. It takes good coordina- tion from both the mine and ore director positions so that the iron ore flows smoothly on the G&NH. Conclusion Beautiful scenery, great-running steam locomotives and interesting op sessions make this layout really great. The captive iron ore operation and the timetable and train order movements complement this rail- road. The next area to finish will be the large ore dock and the construction of a 500' ore boat. Of course, op sessions continue to be the major reason for the layout. On the top of the Gladstone and North Houghton Railroad Company timetable there appears the slogan, “Having Fun is Job One” — and that is really the fundamental rule on Fred Carlson’s layout. So remember, UP doesn’t always stand for Union Pacific. It can also remind you of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where iron ore is still king.

The engineer on #10 looks down at a passing empty ore drag. The telltale just beyond the bridge warns any brakemen riding the car tops to duck!

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Nisula contains the iron ore marshalling yard for three mines in the area. A loaded ore drag waits for that express passenger to depart the Nisula depot. 14 15

North of Nisula lies Houghton and the end of the rail- Looks like that brakeman is waiting around to be road. The one-stall engine house performs only light called for the next ore train leaving Nisula. The G&NH repairs on the articulated ore drag locomotives. keeps its cabooses in tip-top shape.

River Street yard in Gladstone is dominated by the large scratchbuilt car ferry, the G&NH #4. She is patterned after Ann Arbor #4. At 250’ long, it was the shortest steel car ferry on the Great Lakes. Criswell Docks occupies the land adjacent to the ferry with lots of spots for boxcars. 16 17

Berry Mills is the ore marshalling yard used to hold arriving ore jimmies. The local passenger is zipping along on the 2.5% grade between Gladstone

Fred Carlson is the owner, 18 builder and operator of the Gladstone & North Hough- ton. His artistic skills in back- drop painting are outstanding. Fred works at the Transporta- tion Technology Center, which is owned by the Department of Transportation and operated by the Association of American Railroads. He is also a Rocky Mountain Region NMRA board member and is an Operations SIG (OPSIG) member. A smashboard protects the crossing of the Central of Wisconsin (CoW) and the G&NH. Large 2-6-6-0 and 2-6-6-2 locomotives are commonly used on all the iron ore drags.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 45 FREIGHT- ▼ CAROLOGY Union Pacific’s Boxcars Part 5 by David G. Casdorph

Photos courtesy Freight Cars Journal Our final installment on Union Pacific’s boxcar fleet. This last one includes more C&NW, a D&RGW, WP and a few miscellaneous UP cars.

BF-100-59. Built in 1968 by Thrall Car. This is a single opening, 100-ton version of their 86’ high-cube box. There were 25 remaining in this series in July 2000. This photo was taken on October 6, 1983.

B-70-60. This 50’ 6” Plate B car was built in 1967 by ACF. Relatively few “smoothside” cars remain on today’s UP fleet.

B-70-64. Built in 1973 by Pullman-Standard, this 50’ 6” Plate B car had a stenciled cubic-foot capacity of 5,051. The UP still had 141 on hand in July 2000. Photographed October 1983.

46 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 B-70-57. A 5,095 cubic-foot capacity boxcar with an interior length of 50’ 6” with Plate B dimensions. The original cars were built during 1973-’74 by ACF. There were still 443 of these showing in the July 2000 ORER.

B-70-59. This former Rock Island car was built in 1973 by Pullman-Standard. It’s a 50’ 7” Plate C box with a 5,240 cubic- foot capacity; 54 were still on the roster in July 2000. Photographed June 30, 1983.

B-70-68. Another former Rock car...this one a Pullman-Standard 5,344 cube box that was built in 1979. The UP roster shows 228 still on the roster in July 2000. Photographed September 16, 1983.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 47 B-70-56. Stenciled “XF” for food ser- vice only. This is a 50’ 6” Plate B ACF product built in 1973. There were 91 still on roster in July 2000. Photo- graphed July 1, 1983.

B-70-62. Berwick built the car from this series of 50’ 6” Plate B cars in 1977. Cubic-foot capacity: 5,067. A whopping 489 of these remained in July 2000. Photographed September 23, 1983.

B-70-63. This waffle-sided box comes from one of the first series of Pull- man-Standard waffle-sided cars built in 1969. 50’ 6” Plate B. 5,050 cubic- foot capacity. 95 cars were still show- ing as of July 2000. Photographed September 1983.

DRGW B-100-1. Fruit Growers Express isn’t generally known for its non-insu- lated boxcars. However, FGE built 50 of these for the D&RGW in 1974. These are 50’ 6” Plate B 5,077 cubic- foot capacity boxcars. 23 cars were still active in July 2000.

BF-100-27. Pullman-Standard’s version of the 86-footer. This one was built in 1967. There were 29 still on the roster in July 2000. Photographed in Novem- ber 1983.

48 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 B-70-11. A 60’ 9” Plate F single-door boxcar built by Gunderson (GBEC) in 1973. 25 of the original series remain plus a number of renumbered cars. This might be a good car to model. :>)

BF-70-11. A 1964 Thrall Car product. There was one car remaining from this series (probably not this one) in July 2000. Photographed in November 1984.

BF-100-12. Another Thrall Car product — this one from 1973. 86 of the behe- moth 86-footers were still on the ros- ter in July 2000. Photographed March 14, 1983.

A-70-5. FMC built this car in 1977 (another series of similar cars fol- lowed in 1979). 50’ 6” Plate B 5,077 cubic-foot capacity. Photographed in June 1986 (see not all of them are from 1983).

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 49 Southern and Norfolk Southern GP30s ...A Brief History

by Andy Lester

Photos by Bob Graham

SOU GP30 2572 — Winston Salem, NC; February 26, 1983.

he GP30 has a past that is about as mobile manufacturers had much to offer that went into making this machine. interesting as the way that it looks. in the way of styling and grace. The GP30 The GP30 actually should have been WithT its distinctive brow over the cab, was no different. Not to be mistaken for called a GP22, and was for a short time. rounded lines, and wedged windshield, this any other diesel locomotive, the GP30 had Using a turbocharged 567D3 prime mover, locomotive was sure to catch the attention a look that no other locomotive had or 2,250 horsepower was available in this of any that laid eyes on it. will ever have. Much of this styling would four-axle road switcher. At the time, GM Back in 1961 when the GP30 was being never make it to the next model, the GP35, was feeling market pressure from Gen- produced, General Motors and other auto- because of money and the extensive labor eral Electric and Alco. Both of these

SOU 2588 — Greensboro, NC; November 14, 1979.

50 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 SOU 2596 — Greensboro, NC; January 11, 1986. companies were offering a 2,500-hp road switcher several years before GM could make something to counter it. GE’s 2,500- hp U25B was first built in 1959, as was Alco’s 2,400-hp RS27. Not to be outdone, General Motors changed the designation of the GP22 to the GP30. The diesel loco- motive market at the time was more inter- ested in getting higher horsepower diesels that could deliver the goods a little faster and make higher revenues. Having a loco- motive with a little bit higher designa- tion number proved to be a good move on GM’s part, even though it was a little down on horsepower. Total production of GP30s from mid 1961 through late 1963 totaled 948. This horsepower race made for some SOU 2597 — Linwood, NC; November 25, 1983.

SOU 2606 — Winston Salem, NC; February 1, 1982.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 51 SOU 2633 — Greensboro, NC; November 14, 1979.

SOU 2634 — Greensboro, NC; December 4, 1979. very fast production change times in the than in previous models. This high brow handrail bend, and on a Phase II, there is no EMD factories. The development time dif- that extends back over the dynamic brake stanchion at the bend. ference to go from the GP20 to the GP30 area also had another function. It allowed The cab was lengthened 10" because was a record 20 months. This is the fastest room for the equipment blowers and engine of the bulky hot-water-operated cab heat- record to date by EMD. The next two clos- air filters to fit beneath it. ers that were standard issue at the time. est would be from GP30 to GP35 — 27 The GP30 did not go through very many Because of these bulky heaters, the Union months, and from GP35 to GP40 — 26 phase changes. The accompanying Table Pacific was not able to accommodate its months. Another interesting note was found covers the known phase variations. five-man crew very well. in an original advertising brochure for the The Union Pacific unit numbers 800- Some GP30s of special note were the locomotive that stated there were 30 new 874 were the first Phase II GP30s to be single-unit orders going to the Alaska Rail- improvements over the previous model. delivered. Not many Phase I units were pro- road and the Toledo, Peoria, & Western. Also noted is the 30% increase in dynamic duced after this UP order. Only ten NYC, Two were built in Canada for the Cana- braking. These were perhaps more reasons and 77 B&O Phase I units were made dur- dian Pacific, and three for the Chicago to go with the GP30 designation. ing this time. In November of 1962, EMD & Eastern Illinois. Another famous unit The distinctive brow that lets one know made the larger cab standard on all GP30 would be L&N 1014, which happened to be that they are looking at a GP30 does have units it produced. Besides the cab, the fast- EMD’s 25,000th locomotive. And none of a function — it is not just cosmetic. The est way to spot the phase variations was to us can forget the unit that was wrecked and electrical cabinet that resides partially in look at the number of stanchions behind the destroyed in the movie The Fugitive, star- the operator’s cab extends up much higher cab. On a Phase I there is a stanchion at the ring Harrison Ford.

52 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 NS 2536 — Chatham, VA; December 1, 1990.

there were variations in the Phases on these GP30 Phase Variations units as indicated by the Table. Without a Defined by Jerry Moyers photo of each and every unit, I could not be totally sure. All Phase I Both sides of cab same length. There were some changes made to these Phase Ia Fabricated slats on cab heater unit. Low radiator shutter guards. units that do not qualify for phase changes. Paneled air compartment box. The original units were shipped with high Phase Ib Same as Ia except punched louvers on cab heater inlet. noses and the short hood designated as Phase Ic Same as Ia except has solid air compartment box (all B&O units). front. They originally had sand-fill hatches All Phase II Left side of cab 10" longer than right side. that were on the hood ends above the right Phase IIa Paneled air compartment box. Louvered cab heater inlets. Low radia- grabiron if looking at the unit from the end. tor shutter guards. Many of these were changed to a more Phase IIb Same as IIa except has solid air compartment box. modern top fill during their careers on the Phase IIc Same as IIb except has radiator shutter guards raised outward about Southern. Some, if not all, were changed 1". All orders initiated after 1/63 appear to be Phase IIc. after the merger to conform to the sand-fill Note: Size of fuel tank and presence or lack of dynamic brakes were customer towers that were at the Norfolk Southern options and did not reflect “Phase” changes. terminals. The high noses on these units differed from any high nose that would be put on units produced after the GP30. The same Southern GP30s it to the merger with the Norfolk & West- holds true for the cab. Both were much The Southern Railway would eventually ern in 1982. All of the Southern units are more rounded than the traditional Spartan purchase 120 GP30s. Of these, 112 made of the Phase II variety. I am not certain if cab and 81" high nose that would become

NS 2546 — Chatham, VA; March 4, 1990.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 53 common place on the GP35. Also, the brow on the cab was cut back approximately 12" on the Southern units. All units were equipped with a Nathan M5-R24 air horn mounted over the cab and extended-range dynamic brakes. Units 2526 and 2641 were wrecked and rebuilt by EMD to GP35 spec- ifications. Most if not all units were retired by late 1991 and early 1992. Many were rebuilt and just a few were scrapped right after the Norfolk Southern got rid of them. Several of these units can still be seen running the rails of shortlines, regional railroads, and tourist lines throughout the country. NS 2546 — Chatham, VA; March 4, 1990.

NS 2595 — Greensboro, NC; October 14, 1990.

NS 2610 — Greensboro, NC; November 23, 1990.

54 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 Before and After... Modeling a Pair of High-Nose GP30s

by Andy Lester Photos by the author

fter reviewing prototype photos, I chose and fill and sand any gap that may remain. to model these two units based upon While on the hood end, drill out the theA differences that existed between them. grab holes with a #80 bit, then re-drill with The Southern unit represents a post-merger a #74 bit so these holes can used for the unit before being repainted and getting the NBW castings since the grabs on a GP30 are sand-fill modifications, and after the foot- straight rather than dropped like on newer boards were banned. I still wanted the fac- diesels. Because the Cannon part is designed tory-applied hose hangers that I have seen for newer diesels, the cast-on bolts below in pictures that show the hanger slots still the holes must be cut and sanded off so new on the units before the whole thing was re- #80 holes can be drilled for the grabs. Be placed by a steel pilot plate. The Norfolk careful to keep the holes straight and the Southern unit was made to represent a unit same distance apart from each other. This that had obviously been repainted, had the will have to be done on the long-hood end sand-filler modifications, and had minimal as well. Refer to the photos for placement pilot details. of the extra grab that will need to be drilled In my opinion the Life-Like Proto 2000 cuts, cut at the farthest outside door gap when all of the nose work is done, but don’t GP30 is the best way to go to get a nice line; the horizontal cut needs to be about install any grabs yet. model that runs great and looks even better. .060 higher than the top of the walkway Before you cut out anything on the cab, The price is also not too bad, considering light. File and sand this piece until square. cut, fit and glue a piece of .040 styrene what you get and what you don’t have to Next take this piece and lay it in position on inside the cab. This will create a ceiling for buy. the Cannon hood end. Trace around it to get the cab and strengthen it. Next cut out the I must admit that my good friend Mack a guideline to cut out. Be sure to cut on the windshield area and the headlight-casting Sangmalee pioneered the majority of this inside of that line to avoid making the hole area above it. Cut straight and open the cab conversion. He showed me how to modify too big. Fit and glue the Proto piece in place up where the nose needs to go. When you and detail these units to match the prototype, but he wants no part of writing an article. So, Remove and discard shaded areas while I am not the first to add a high nose to a GP30, I will tell you how I made mine.

Nose Bashing The first thing to do is to disassemble your GP30 and remove any factory-applied Full size detail parts. If you have an undecorated for HO model, most of this will be done for you. The nose, cab, long hood and walkways are all separate pieces so this will make the job easier. Take the short nose and cut out the sander doors and step light in one big piece Right Front Left (see Figure 1). This will need to be replaced on the Cannon part to match the long-hood Figure 1 end arrangement. When cutting the vertical

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 55 Cannon nose Full size for HO

there have been many differing opinions on Stock GP30 nose the best way to modify the nose to match the prototype locomotive. While some say that the extra height should be corrected start cutting, you will know where to cut by removing material from the bottom, I and where not to. It’s easier to do than to believe it is better to remove it from the top. explain. This method maintains the correct height for Now comes the fun. The brow on all the numberboards and headlight. Hold up Remove & discard Remove & use high-hood GP30s needs to be cut back the end of the high-nose kit to the long-hood shaded area shaded area about 12" from the stock location. This can end and you will be able to see where and be done with a good, thin razor saw or a how much to cut off. Figure 2 — Sand door replacement straightedge and a sharp hobby knife. Mea- Following Mack’s instructions, I taped sure back 12" in the middle, and on the two the top of the high hood to the front of the sides of the brow to get a good straight cut. high hood. I also taped one side to the top enough to fit between the cab sides when You will want to cut it back with the same and front. This allowed me to test fit and placed into position. Keep test fitting this angle as the stock unit, so be sure to angle check to see what to cut (see Figure 2 for onto the cab, sub base, and walkway assem- your cut to match the stock one. When cut- cutting diagram). bly until it fits the way you want it. You will ting, be sure to stop a little short of where In addition to cutting down the front and notice that there will still be some gaps at you want to finish. This will help to avoid sides, you also need to cut the sides back on the brow. Those will be taken care of in the cutting into the top of the cab and filling in the cab side as well. For comparison, the next few steps. mistakes with putty. total height of a regular high hood assem- Glue the modified nose parts together. I The high nose will be made out of a Can- bly is 1.288". The GP30 needs one that is sanded the corner edges where the Cannon non & Company high-hood kit with some 1.220", a difference of about 6" in HO scale. parts go together a little rounder to match modifications. The GP30’s nose height is The sides will have to be cut back from .705 the prototype. Sand until satisfied with the 3 " different than all of the models that followed to .628, or about 6 /4 in HO scale. The joint. Next glue the nose to the cab, but it, i.e., the GP35 on up. Because of this, top should not need much trimming, only do not glue it to the sub base or the walk-

56 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 cover the brow holes like the one that were cut out. Glue in place with plenty of CA. You will also need to cut some little fillers to go into the space that was not filled by the nose (see photos). If some of the glue leaks out, it will hide the imperfections better and brow that got cut away. You will need to cut can be sanded down smooth when dry. I the two pieces at a compound angle to go let my assembly dry completely overnight. back together like the original brow and to Once dry, sand and file until it is smooth and get the pointed, laid-back look of the brow. blemish free. Cut, sand and test fit until the styrene fillers On both of the units I did, an access door way; this makes it easier to reinstall the cab and plate are located on the fireman’s side glass and do the decaling. Use gap-filling of the dynamic-brake blisters. The door was CA to get a good bond and to fill some of made from a leftover C&C sander door, the minor gaps that will be present. Cut cut down to a width of .260. The panel was some .020 styrene to replace the front of the made from a C&C electrical-cabinet access panel. It is the same width as the door and is .170 high. Sand the backs of both pieces until they are very thin. You should be able to see plenty of daylight through the latches. Use the photos to aid in placing these items.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 57 SOU GP30 2546. Raleigh, NC; September 25, 1977. Warren Calloway photo, Bob Graham collection

The only other body modification On the top of the both units, I carved Once again, let the photos be your guide to required is extending the fuel-filler skirt away the stock grilles in the fans and detailing. down to create a triangle-shaped piece made replaced them with DA grilles. They may not The walkway lights were fabricated from .040 styrene. Make it a little big so that be 100% correct, but they look a lot better because my hobby shop hadn’t received it can be filed and sanded later. Glue it in than the stock plastic. When I was looking at the Overland parts I’d ordered. I used cut place and use some .005 styrene to create my photos, I noticed that some of the GP30s down DW caboose step lights and thin strips an overlapping support plate on the back. had different heights of fans. To model this I of .005 brass sheet, all glued together with This will help hold it while it gets filed and took a TSP 48" fan and cut the plastic grille CA. Both units have three lights; one on sanded. Next, file and sand it to the right out to put in the DA etched grille. On both the fireman’s side front, and two along the shape using photos as your guide. Do not units I kept the stock middle 36" fan and put engineer’s side on the long hood end. While the metal disk on each DA grille. Be sure you have the brass out, make two sunshades to wait until the unit is painted to put in the for each engine and glue them in place. actual fan. The Southern unit has the older style The exhaust stacks on both units have sander hatch located on the hood ends. One some small triangle-shaped gusset plates is present on the long hood end, but I had added to it. I made some out of .005 styrene to make one on the short hood end. To do using photos for placement. These will take this I took some Permatex black RTV and a little time and can be a trick to install. As smeared it on the original hatch to create a for the lift rings, I have seen two different mold. I let this dry for 24 hours and peeled sizes used on the GP30s. For the smaller it off. Next I melted some scrap styrene ones I used the Sunrise Enterprises product, in some Tenax 7R until I had a thin soupy and on the larger ones I use the DA ones. mess. I poured that in to create my hatch. Now would also be a good time to put the I had some trouble with air bubbles getting bell, horn, grabs and firecracker antenna on in the casting. Next time I will use some as well. casting resin or Alumilite, as the results The pilots are a little different between would be much better. After this had dried the two models. The prototypes probably completely, I sanded the back until it was both started out looking similar, but with very thin and then glued it in place. If the each year that passed, items were either left unit you are modeling had the older style off or replaced with new technology. The sand fills, the newer DA and Cannon ones Southern unit was modeled to represent a should not be used. And the opposite is true unit that had the footboards removed, but for units that have been converted to the still had the air-hose holders below intact. It newer style. also had the long grab above the coupler cut The fuel tank will need to have the gauge sand away the tank filler and gauge details. lever as well as the old-style cut lever. The filled in. Also take some .005 styrene and On the prototype a second gauge is present NS unit had a new-style cut lever and new add the fuel tank ends. Sand them until in this location. I did not put one on because air-hose holding device. On the NS unit, I there is a .005 lip protruding out from the I did not have one at the time and could not tried some Overland brass MU air hoses. I tank. I added some different size brass wire wait to finish the engine. To model it, take a think they look a little big compared to the to represent the overflow pipes. I did not DA plastic gauge and sand the back until it DA ones on the Southern unit. Be sure to get too carried away under the walkways on is thin enough to match the existing one and leave off the pilot details if you are doing a these models. They seem to sit low enough glue in place. SR unit until the pilot stripe decals are on. to hide most of it anyway. You can add just

58 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 I weathered each unit a little differently. The NS unit was made to look a little newer than the SR unit. Both were weathered to represent units that operated in the South with the red clay and dirt on the trucks. Again, both units were weathered with thinned Floquil paints and some drybrush- ing with a wide flat brush dipped in thinner. I used a little gloss black to simulate the spilled fuel effect. Once all of this is done, install the cab glass, clean the wheels, and your new GP30 is ready to roll. Acknowledgements I would like to thank the following peo- ple who helped in this project: Mack Sang- malee, Bob Harpe, Bob Graham, and my wife Holly for assisting in the module build- ing and photos. Thanks again. Sources Norfolk Southern Motive Power Review NS GP30 2598. Greensboro, NC; January 28, 1990. Bob Graham photo 1982-1994, Withers, Paul K. and Bowers, Robert G. enough to make it start to look busy. highlight the gauges and emergency fuel Norfolk Southern Diesel Locomotives, The Proto sideframes were replaced with cutoff button. This should just about do Toth, Chris R. the more accurate Athearn Blomberg B ones. it for the painting. Install the MV lenses Various Internet discussions, research After assembly, holes were drilled for the at this time and use a Q-Tip® dipped in and photos. sander lines and the air lines to the brake lacquer thinner to clean off the weathering Norfolk Southern Mechanical Diagram cylinders. Air lines were bent out of .012 when done. book, 1984. brass and the sander lines out of .020 florist wire. Refer to the photos for placement of the speed recorder. The Proto coupler boxes Bill of Materials and Kadee® #5 couplers with the pin cut off NS 2598 SOU 2546 Manufacturer Part No. Description were used. That should do it for the chassis. x x Athearn 42009 Blomberg B sideframes x x Cannon & Company 1101 High-nose kit Painting and Decaling x x Detail Association 1402 Drop steps Make sure the body is clean and free of x 1508 MU air hoses grease and dust. I primed both units with x x 1805 Antenna primer gray and used Floquil paint to finish 2 pkg. 2 pkg. 2012 48" fan grilles them. I used CSX Gloss Black thinned 50% x x 2203 NBW castings for the NS unit, and the same black toned x x 2206 Eyebolts down a bit with several drops of white for x 2212 Coupler lift bar the Southern unit. This gave the NS unit a x x 2312 Wind deflectors little newer look and the SR unit an older, x x 2502 .008 brass wire more faded look. x x 2504 .012 brass wire The handrails on the NS unit are stock. x x 2507 .022 brass wire The SR ones are stock on the ends, but x x 2807 Speed recorder have .012 brass ones bent for the sides with x 3001 Sand-fill hatch Smokey Valley stanchions. I wanted to see x x 6206 Trainline air hose how they looked compared to the stock ones. x x 102213 Lift-bar bracket On both units, I waited to install the hand- x x Details West 187 Horn rails until the decaling was done. x x 135 Bell I decaled each unit according to the pho- x x 172 Step lights tos. I used the Shell Scale letters, numbers, x 266 MU hose cluster and end heralds for the SR unit, but used x x MV Products LS22 Headlight lens the Microscale stripes. Actually, you can x x LS300 Class light lens use a combination of either set, because the x Smokey Valley 103 Stanchions colors seemed to change over the years and x x Tichy 3021 Straight grabs much variation could be found at any time. x x Kadee® 5 Couplers Be sure to use plenty of setting solution on x x Floquil 110010 Engine Black those stripes to get them into the nooks and x 110011 Reefer White crannies. And also be sure to add all the x x 110033 Railbox Yellow little warning labels and the wind deflectors x x Shell Scale 113 Numbers at this time. Also go back and install any x 152 NS decals grabs that were in the way when decaling. x 201 SOU decals Remember to use 18" straight grabs. x x Microscale MC-4056 Decals Paint the step edges, handrail ends, and x x 87-527 Decals cut lever ends yellow. Use a little red to

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 59 BEHIND ▼ THE SCENES A Finale for Chupadera Loop — Part 4 “What’s All the Flap About?”

by Margaret Mansfield

Photos & sketches by Jim Mansfield

1 — The southeast corner of Calamity Canyon is scenically anchored using a visible vein of black volcanic rock. Such rock is prevalent in New Mexico and can be seen in geological formations, lawns, gardens and open-top hopper cars. Stegosaur Ridge on the rim of Calamity Canyon is shown here in detail.

iding each edge of the access area Layout within Chupadera Loop poses a unique Benchwork scenicH dilemma. Last month, the southern Pendulum Discussed edge was completed using plaster to “close in Text the gap” between the layout and the access Hinge door. This month, we will finish the eastern edge of the access area. Here, the gap be- tween the layout and the door is quite wide, calling for a different type of trick. Support Plate Access Door Frame Flaps About This There are two basic reasons for the 2" Figure 1 — Three possible schemes for attaching the access door to the layout clearance gap at this edge; both have to do framework were considered; we used the one shown to the left. When the door with the swing-down action of the door. is in the “down” position, the pendulum will hang vertically. First, the door is constructed as a “rectan- gular” frame made from 1x4 lumber. The left illustration in Figure 1 shows the place- Access Door Scenery ment of the hinges that allow the door to Figure 2 — The access opening is swing down. The figure also depicts two depicted here. The southern seam additional schemes that were considered and (top in this figure) was finished last Large Gap then discarded. The first of these methods month, and this month we hide the was rejected due to the need for additional large (2” wide) gap at the eastern Hinge support plates. The remaining method was edge. Note that a portion of this edge dismissed because it would cause the access resembles the southern seam. Layout Scenery door to “lean” toward the opening when lowered due to the door’s center of mass (cm). The doorframe plus scenery has a cm

60 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2000 downward, but also moves forward toward the opening. The Flap Solutions to scenery dilemmas often present themselves after a good deal of pon- dering. Here, we needed to conceal, but not permanently close, the gap between the east- ern portion of the access door and the layout scenery. After toying with several solutions, we decided to use a strip of pre-primed art- ists’ canvas to form a flap that would cover the opening when the door was closed, yet remain attached to the layout when the door was open. The pre-primed canvas material is pliable, takes flexible latex paint very well and can be formed by bending a sharp crease and covering both sides of the fold with cya- noacrylate glue (CA). This last characteristic is a key to solving the large gap dilemma. The material holds its shape when the door is open, yet is flex- ible enough to “give” slightly as the door 2 — A bed of wire coat hangers was used to support the scenery that will is moved into its final “up” position. Just extend from the existing layout over the gap and almost to the door fascia. before the door completely closes, the top of the door touches the bottom of the canvas and lifts it about ¼" to seal the seam. The Flap Fix The first step in hiding the gap was to create a support bed for the gap scen- ery. In order to do this several holes were drilled at the top of the layout plywood fascia. Pieces of wire coat hanger were then cut and positioned in each hole so as to extend across the gap to within ¼" of the access door fascia, as shown in Photo 2. The wires were attached in each hole with liquid CA. A length of screen wire was then sized, cut and placed on the wires and attached to each wire with CA, leaving the ¼" seam open. At this point, the flap fix came into play; to hide the seam, a piece of pre- primed artists’ canvas was cut as shown in Photo 3 and attached to the screen using Hobsco Goo®. Next, a thick coat of patch- ing plaster mixed with water was applied directly to the screen and smoothed to form a continuation of the existing layout 3 — Screen wire was attached to the wire hangers to provide the support sur- landform. The plaster was worked to the face for the plaster that was to follow. Also shown is the canvas flap used to edge of the canvas without touching it — cover the ¼” opening. a flexing canvas would crack any plaster. Just a bit of weight was added to the can- that is nearly in the middle of the 1x4s that plywood fascia contour board seen in the vas in the form of a couple of small rocks were used to construct it. Referring to Figure photos to add strength and stability to the attached with Goo. Other rocks were added 1, think of the cm as the “bob” of a pendu- layout framework that holds the door and near the seam; then, scenery was applied lum containing all the weight of the door. supports the scenery along the edge of the in the normal fashion. To add scenery to When lowered, this pendulum will naturally layout opening. The plywood board is ver- the flap, we lifted and secured the door in hang vertically, or seek equilibrium, directly tical so that the fascia construction would place, using plastic wrap to separate the under the axis of the hinges. Placing hinges be as simple as possible. The scenery at flap and door. To finish the scenery on the as shown in the right illustration causes the this edge of the access door is 8" higher door, we lowered it a few inches, allowing open door to cant a few degrees toward the than the hinge axis. Without a wide gap it to rest on a support. The end result is the opening, effectively shortening the size of clearance, as soon as the door started low- small Stegosaur Ridge seen in Photo 1; it the opening. ering, the edge of the door’s scenery would gets its name from the series of pointed The second reason for the large clear- contact the fascia board. rocks. ance gap at the eastern edge of the open- The interference occurs because, when John Allen had his thundering lizard ing is because this edge of the door is not the door swings downward, any portion of and so do we! perpendicular to the edge of the opening the door, including any scenery, that is above Next time, we’ll put a fine line on the that contains the door hinges. Jim used the the pivot axis of the hinge not only moves remaining edges.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 61 ON ▼ TRACK

Fine Scale Operations: Jersey Western Style

by Jim Mansfield

ith this month being the last National the lever and physically remove it from the stop is longer. This approximates the added Model Railroad Month of the second stand. To unlock the stand, the engineer stopping distance required for stopping a millennium,W let’s talk about operations from will replace the lever into the stand. This complete train. Once again, the characteris- the point of view of the layout operator. I’m locking action keeps someone from moving tics of stopping a train with air are depen- using the term “layout operator,” for lack the engine under power when the power dent on the Reverse Trim setting. of a better phrase, to focus attention on the plant is running. With the use of DCC comes the use of operators of the layout instead of the trains. To model the eight incremental posi- engineer-controlled headlight functions. This It is basically a train and switcher CREW tions of a diesel’s control stand, we advance latest capacity is just now being developed approach to operations instead of a train the throttle setting in equal steps instead of on the layout and will become another crew approach. I first heard the term “fine scale increasing the throttle gradually. We gener- operating duty. operations” on an e-group email list, and ally increase the throttle only two or three thought the term would fit well into this dis- “notches” at a time. The Digitrax decoders Maintenance Tasks cussion. Before we discuss the benefits of we use have a “momentum” function much The engineer ensures that there is plenty the CREW approach, however, let me de- like the same function in a DC momentum of fuel on board. This is a common occur- scribe the duties of a typical switching crew throttle. In these decoders, this momentum rence on a switch engine because they very on the layout. In the case of the engineer, a function is made up of two parts: Forward seldom get back to a shop (fuel rack) after correspondence between prototypic actions & Reverse Trim. Modeling the starting of a each shift. Another maintenance operation and the Digitrax DCC throttle will be made. train is dependent on the amount of Forward that we presently “use” on the layout is If you prefer DC operation, the layout func- Trim that is set into the decoder. Basically, the “ground relay” fault. On the prototype tions will be based on your throttle. One the more Forward Trim set in the decoder, diesel, this is a relay that throws when an benefit that DC momentum throttles have the more time is required to start the engine. overload is about to happen — we use the over our DCC throttles is the various braking Also included on the prototype stand are moniker when an engine stalls due to dirty functions and levers/buttons that come with the engine brake (for applying brakes to the track. “Hold on, I must have a bad ground DC momentum throttles. engine only) and the train brake. The train relay!” It can get us out of an embarrassing To start our FSO discussions, we will brake is used to apply the brakes to any cars moment during an operating session! focus on the job of engineer on a JWRR coupled to the engine when the air line is switcher crew. We here at the JWRR look at connected between the engine and the cars. Other Tasks the job of engineer from the viewpoint of the When no “air is run,” only the engine brake An important responsibility assigned to engineer running a prototype engine. There can be used to stop the engine and any cars. the engineer is ensuring that the water cooler are three Task Categories associated with This is most often done during yard switch- is filled with ice and water on those hot des- this job: the use of the locomotive’s control ing and spotting industries. I say most often, ert days. He needs to check the cooler at the stand, maintenance that is performed by the because there are instances when air is used start of each shift — if he needs to take the engineer and other responsibilities that go during switching. engine over to the yard office to “make the along with the job of railroad engineer. On the layout we simulate an applica- water,” so be it. tion of brakes by a throttle reduction. To Another responsibility for the engineer The Control Stand simulate an application of engine brakes on is ensuring that the engine’s hand brake is This discussion concerns the following a slowly moving light engine (no cars), we “wrapped-up” when the crew leaves the parts of the control stand (sometimes referred use a light throttle reduction rather quickly. engine. Of course, the engineer also needs to to as the throttle stand) inside a diesel loco- The faster the engine is going, the slower be sure that the hand brake is “knocked-off” motive: the reverser lever, the engine brakes, the application is made. If we want the before moving the engine. The releasing of the train brakes and the headlights. The engine to come to a screeching halt, we the hand brake is really part of the throttle’s reverser lever is used to (1) change direc- reduce the throttle a bit more during the selecting/dispatch function, but like all the tion of the engine (like the throttle direction same length of time. Using the Digitrax above activities, it is one of those things that buttons) and (2) “unlock/lock” the control throttle, the amount of “Reverse Trim” set is thought about when needed and time is stand (selecting and dispatching the engine). in the decoder comes into play. allowed to do the task. To lock the stand, the engineer will center When “using” train brakes, the time to Next time, the crew boss.

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NOVEMBER 2000 72 T MODEL RAILROADING OR TREK PLAN FOR THE WEEKEND ... 1 ALABAMA DELAWARE SHEFFIELD T Shoal Model RRers Inc. All Scales club. WILMINGTON T Nonhern Delaware Model RR Club lSI Thurs. & 3rd Tues. 6PM. 200 Chickamauga 51.. (Old NorDel X-Mas Train Show. Dec. 10. IOAM-3PM. Brewsler School ). Info: David Reid. 565 Alexander Ln .. Cranslon Hei�hls Fire Co.. RI. 2 Kirkwood Hwy.. Prices Tuscumbia. AL 35674. (205) 38 1-7133. Corner. 5-1. fa�lily $6. 10 & under free w/aduh. Info : Keilh Heck. 213 S. Dilwyn Rd .. Newark. DE 19711. (302) -15-1- ARIZONA 8972. [email protected]. With the holiday spirit in mind, Tony's has planned unique PHOENIX Sahuaro Celllral "Everylhing Railroad" WILMINGTON Nonhern Delaware Model RR Club T T holiday specials. Everyday from Dec 15 to Jan 15 we Willler Train Show & Swap Meel. Feb. 17. IOAM-3PM. I orDel Spring Train Show. Mar. 18. IOAM-3PM. will announce great discounts on some of the best DeC North Phoenix Bapiisl Church. Family Life Cenler. 5757 CranslOn Hei�hls Fire Co.. RI. 2 Kirkwood Hwy.. Prices and MODel RAILROAD products. To find out the daily N. Celllral Ave. (al Belhany Home Rd.). 54. 12 & under Corner. 5-1. fa lily $6. 10 & under free w/adull. Info: Keilh � holiday specials just call 800-978-3472 or visit Tony's free w/adull. Info : Ellie Barbieri. (602)494-7430. Heck. 213 S. Dilwyn Rd.. Newark. DE 19711. (302) 454- web site at www.TonysTroins.com. Happy Holidays! [email protected]. 8972. [email protected].

CA LIFORNIA FLORIDA * Discount Prices All Scales ANAHEIM T Orange Coumy Model RRers meeling. COCOA BEACH T ProlOlype Rails "The ProlOlype & * NCE Powerhouse Pro DCC $389 Second Wednesday of each mOlllh. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana­ How 10 Model II" (a railroad prololype modeling meel). * EZDCC Wireless Set $574 heim Public Library. cornerof Harbor & Broadway in Ana­ Jan. 12-13. Hillon HOlel, Cocoa Beach. $25 ($30 al door). * Soundtraxx Low Cost $79.95 heim. Info: Sieve Tibbens. e-mail: [email protected]. Info: Mike Brock. [email protected]. * Lenz LE077XF4 @ $21 ea. (714) 843- 1 820. LAKE WALES T Lake Wales Model RR Club Train * Lenz Set 01 Adv w/dec $389 CROCKETI T Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club's N Show & Swap Meel. Feb. 3, 9AMAPM. Hardman Recre­ * Lenz Set 02 w/dec $239.95 scale modular layoul group in operalion in relired So. ational Complex Gymnasium. Seminole Ave. & Third SI. Pacific depol has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM- 5-1. under 12 free. Info: Frank Brosius. 16 Pine Ridge Dr.. 3PM & 7PM-9PM. Sal. IOAM-4PM. Depol on Rolph SI. Lake Wales, FL 3853. (863) 696-2897. neXI 10 Ihe 51' mainline. 900 Loring Ave.. Crocken. CA. OCALA Free. Info: John Marshall. 2-172 Hill View Lane. Pinole. T Ocala Model RRers Model RRing Expo 2001 CA 94564. (510) 758-93 10. & Open House. Mar. 17. 9AM-3PM. Ocala CilY Audilo­ Pinewood Plaza Dee PROFESSIONALS rium. 836 NE Sanchez Ave. 53. under 12 free. Info: Jim River Rd, Ball 1023 LOS ANGELES Easl Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR ---..1.2. years of service T Manzone. -139 SE5-1lh CI.. Ocala. FL 3-147 1. (352) 69-1- EssellJet, VT 05452 Open House. Every Sal. & Sun. IIAM-3PM . Travehown. 7-162. Ibm [email protected]. info@ttll·dcc.com WE SUPPORT MORE COMMAND Griffllh Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors. P. O. Box 5732. Fall 802-878-5550 CONTROLsymMS lltANANYONE ! Glendale. CA 9130 I (213) 662-8339. GEORGIA SAN DIEGO T San Die�o Model RR Museum Toy ATLANTA T Melro Allama I -Scalers Meelings. lSI Train & Model RR Show/Op;ralion Exhibil. Dec. Tues-Fri Tues. of each mOll!h. 7:30PM. Church of Ihe Alonemelll, New! IIAM-4PM. Weekends. IIAM-5PM. Dec. 5 are free days. 945 High Poinl Rd .. Allall!a. Info: Charles Leake. (-104) Casa De Balboa Building in Balboa Park. 1649 EI Prado. 262-2969. N Scale! 54. discoullls for s!Udel ls/seniors/mililary ID. under 15 � AT LANTA free. Info: Belh Cain. San Diego Model RR Museum. T Piedmoll! Division Momhly Meeling. 2nd Thomas & Friends Tuesday each mOll!h, 7PM. Bldg. K. Habersham Office 1649 EI Prado. San Diego. CA 92 101. (619) 696-0 199. Complete Electric Includes: Thomas, Park. Nonhlake Pkwy., Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer. Annie, Clara bel, SANTA CLARA Train Set T 10lh Annual 0 Scale Wesl. Feb. 8- 7058 Slephens CI.. Morrow. GA 30260. (770) 968- 1921. loop of N scale II. Weslin HOIel Sallla Clara. 5101 Greal America Pkwy. roadbed track, AUGUSTA Cenlral Savannah River Area $20 $25 afler 12/3 1100. Info: Rod Miller. 0 Scale Wesl. T plastic playmat and Div.lSERlNMRA Div. Meel & Georgia-Carolina RR Model­ 876 Boyce Ave .. Palo AIIO. CA 9430 I. (650) 329-0424. power pack. [email protected]. ers Open House. Mar. 24. 9:30AM-4:30PM. Conon $109.95 Exchange. Free. Info: Terry Pins. 3043 Brookhaven Way. TURLOCK TTOS San Joaquin Valley Div. Model T Augusla. GA 30909. (706) 736-958 1. hnp:llmembers.home. Train Show. Dec. 2-3. IOAM-5PM (Sal). IOAM-3PM nei/ierrypins/csra.hlm. i ----"6tJLLANE- 93701 i (Sun). Sianisiaus CoulllY Fairgrounds. 900 N. Broadway. I�© Gullane (Thomas) Limited 2000 MARIETIA Monlhly Meeling of Ihe Georgia SocielY ! $3. fa mily $5. Info: Roben Silva. (209) 838-2703. T �! rsilva61 @aol.com. of Ferroequinologisls & field Irips. 2nd Fri. of each monlh. 1Uhlenbrock t!:!J� 1______7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell SI. Free. Info: Roben 11 digital 1 COLORADO HUll! (770) 428-3864 or Larry Smilh (404) 926-0739. z AURORA T Buckingham Mall Model Train Show SAVANNAH T Coaslal Rail Buffs 121h Annual Model � (sponsored by Sunrise Div.lRMR/NMRA). Feb. 17-19. RR & Train Show. Jan. 13-14, 9:30AM-4:30PM. National � mall hours. Buckingham Mall. Havana & Mississippi. Guard Armory. 1248 Eisenhower Dr. 53. seniors/sludell!s .- - Free. Info: Sieve Mann. (303) 337-9552 or Bill Johnson. 52. under 12 w/parell!s free. Info: Ken HulTrna. 414 Ingle­ - (303) 750-9230. wood Dr.. Savannah, GA 31406. (912) 927-4976. ril­ � [email protected]...... CONNECTICUT TUCKER � T Piedmonl Div. SE Region Regular Momhly - FAIRFIELD Slation SlOp '0I HousalOnic Model Ry Meeling. 2nd Tuesday of every monlh. 7:30PM. Building T Includes: Cenlral Unil, 2 Speed Dials, Keyboard for Club Train Show. Mar. II. 10AM--IPM. Ludlow Middle K. Habersham Office Park. Nonhlake Parkway. Free. Info: Turnoul Control. Computer Inlerface, Programmer for All School, 785 Unquowa Rd. Info: Housalonic Model Ry Ed Palmer. 7058 Slephens CI.. Morrow. GA 30260. (770) NMRA-Compalible Decoders. Club. PO Box 234, Fairfield. CT 06-130. (203) 255-3795 968- 1921. (Fri eves). ILLINOIS WATERBURY T Classic Shows Train Show. Jan. 7. 9AM-2PM. Waterbury SheralOn. 3580 E. Main SI.. RI. 84 BLOOMINGTO N Cemral Illinois Railroad Club T 1000 South Main Street · Newark, NY 14513 Easl exil 25A. RI. 84 Wesl exil 26. 54. 12 & under free Greal Train Show. Mar. 18. 9AM-3P II. I alional Guard Dealers: w/aduh. Info: Classic Shows. LLC. PO Box 24 15. Shehon. Armory. 1616 S. Main SI. 53. under 12 free w/adul!. Info: (800) 365·3876 (315) 331-0288 · FAX (315) 331-4090 CT 06484. (203) 926- 1327. Alan Mowrer, 404 E. Poplar SI.. ormal, IL 61761.

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DUPO ... Dupo Train Show. Feb. 10, 10AM-3PM. Dupo HS Gym, 600 Admiral Trost Dr. 53, under 12 free. Info: Dirk Reynolds, (618) 281-6264, [email protected]. DUE JANUARY 2fXJ1 P.R.R. F-22. F-28. F-29 PEORIA ... Illinois Valley & River City RR Clubs' Peo­ & FO-1 FLAT CARS ria Train Fair. Feb. 18, Apr. 22, IIAM-3PM. Illinois Cen­ RESER VE NOW!!! tral College, Rts. 116 & 24. 52, under 12 free. Info: Bob

DUE FEBRUARY 2001 - Lehman, 21 W. Rutledge, Bartonville, IL 61607, (309) N.H. "COMET" 697-30 12. .--� ------... RESERVE NOW!!! PROSPECT HEIGHTS ... Fox Valley Div/Midwest DUE MARCH 2001 Region Monthly Meet. Dec. 17 (Annual Auction), Jan. 21, RUTLAND WOOD MILK I :30PM-4PM. Gary Morava Center, 110 W. Camp McDon­ --- -', -- .'1.�� \ ..tA ·���- -- .:::-:----=. ...� CA RS #337 & 338 and ald Rd. Free. Info: Richard Sweet, PO Box 1535, Arling­ �1El �B \ - iii ".,,= -'-'.!C.!!S .�= --.� i!! ..J fil"'- til! _ -:::L ' � � � --� _ WOOD COMBINES ton Heights, IL 60006, (847) 459-1037. - ' .: _. ...: ... _'. __..;;... _ _ � - . . - ,.� £a'l� #253. 255 & 256 F/P & QUINCY ... Quincy Soc. of Model Engineers Open UIP RESERVE NOW!!! House. Dec. 9- 10, Noon-SPM. Good Samaritan House, 2130 Harrison St. Free. Info: Bob Turek, 1210 Shady Acres Ln .. Quincy. IL 6230 I, (2 17) 223-6494, rrbob@ adams.net.

ROCKFORD ... Rock River Valley DivlNMRA Garage Sale. Dec. 3, 12:30PM. Harlem Community Center, 900 Roosevelt Rd. $2. Info: www.comportone.com/rrvd, email Rockford Union [email protected].

INDIANA BE SURE TO RESER VE RICHMOND ... Bill Hime Memorial Richmond All NOW AT YOUR Train Flea Market. Feb. 18, IOAM-3PM. National Guard FA VORITE RAIL WORKS Armory, 1200 W. Main. $2, under 12 free w/adult. Info: ...... HOBBY OEALER!!! Larry Zeller, 4646 W. US Rt. 36, Piqua, OH 45356, (937) See your dealer for the complete RAILWORKS line up of finely craftedmodels in NO Scale Brass! 773-7 186.

Walch for new releases 10 be announced. SEND SSAE FOR LATEST BROCHURE IOWA 148 11797 DES MOINES ... Great Midwestern Div.lNMRA 5th PO BOX TEL:WOODBUR Y, NY 631-692-8805 Great Midwestern Model RR Meet. Feb. 24, 9AM-3PM. North HS, 2nd Ave. & Holcomb. $S ($6 at door), under 12 free w/adult. Info: Larry Lamb, 64 10 NE 12th Ave., Altoona, IA 50009. (515) 264-06 18, GMDMCOR@ cs.com.

KENTUCK Y LOUISVILLE ... Mid Central Region NMRA Conven­ tion. May 17-20, 2001. Galt House Hotel. 544 (before 1111; 549 after). Info : Stan Perry, PO Box 9904 1, Louisville, KY 40269, (502) 339-9207.

MA RYLAND BALTIMORE ... Brass Expo & Fine Art of Model RRing. Feb. 24-25, IOAM-5PM, clinics 7PM-IIPM (Sat). IOAM-3PM (Sun). B&O RR Museum. $IO/day includes museum ($7 for museum only). Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd., Columbia, MD 21045, (4 10) 730- 1 036, www.gsmts.com.

TIMONIUM ... Great Scale Train Show. Jan. 27-28, 9AM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Maryland State Fair­ grounds, 2 miles north of Baltimore Beltway, Exit 17E (Padonia Rd.) from Rt. 1-83. 56, 12 & under free, family $12 (free Sunday return). Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thun­ der Hill Rd .. Columbia, MD 21045. (4 10) 730- 1 036. www.gsl11ts.com.

MASSACHUSETTS AUBURN ... Worcester Model RRers Annual Show & Sale. Feb. 25, IOAM-4PM. Aubrun Elks Club, 754 South­ bridge St. $3, under 12 free, family $9. Info: Ralph Kim­ ball, (508) 755- 1873, [email protected].

MICHIGAN PORT HURON '" 19th Annual Huron Modelers 200 1 Railroad Show & Swap Shop. Apr. 29, IOAM-4PM. McMorran Place, 70 I McMorran Blvd. $3, 5 & under free. Info: Fred Cesefske. 4049 Pine Grove Ave., Fort Gratiot, . 673 Avenue C, · White City, OR 97503-1078 U.S.A. M1 48059, (810) 385-88 15 (after 4PM). Kadee® Qnahty Pro dncts C O. Tel: (541) 826-3883 . Fax: (541) 826-4013 · hHp:llwww.kadee.com

NOVEMBER 74 ... MODEL RAILROADING 2000 YPSILANTI ... 30th Annual Ann Arbor Model RR Train Show. Feb. 18, IOAM-4PM. Yp silanti HS, Hewill & �"__ IIII!"'." 8 DIFFERENT Packard Rds. $5, under 10 free w/aduh. Info: Ann Arbor Model RR Club, 3487 Broad SI., Dexter, M1 48130, (734) 426-5 100. "FROM THe G AT 0 IN NEBRASKA t4i NORTH PLATTE ... Nebraska West-Central Div.lNMRA 8th Annual Train Show. Apr. 7-8, IOAM-6PM ; I (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). D&N Event Center, 501 E. Walker Rd. $3, family 55, under 5 free, tables $7 ea. Info: __ Gene R. Tacey, PO Box 485, Sutherland, NE 69 165, (308) t!"J� �li :i ���� 1 386-2489, [email protected]. ��R;HITECTURAl 1Iiiiiiioo____ ...... - I OPEN-GRIDWORK NEVADA LASeR-CUTBillBOARDS! FOR QUICK ASSeM BLY I INCRE:DIBLe DeTAIL LAS VEGAS ... Silver State DivnIOS Meets. Jan. 7, 2 SIZeS AVAILABLE:... SUITABLe FOR "N" THRU "0" SCALE:! Apr. 7-8, June 2, Sep. 15-16, Nov. 1 7-18: Public IIAM- www207.barmil-655lsmodels.com· 7074 4PM, Members 10AM-IIAM. Plumbers & Pipefillers Local #525 Union Hall, 760 '. Lamb Blvd. $4, $2 mem­ bers, $1 off for active military. Info: Bill Ness, 6044 Rocky Mountain Ave., Las Vegas, NY 89156, (702) 644- 5003.

LAS VEGAS ... Pacific Southwest Region/NMRA Las Ve gas Limited Convention 2001 (host: Cajon Div.). Sep. 12-16. Palace Station Hotel/Casino. 555 ($65 after 3/ 1). Info: Charles Nauman, 420 I Quadrel SI., Las Vegas, NV 89 129, (702) 645-7 158, [email protected]. TrainWeb.com NEW JERSEY W AT LANTIC CITY ... Patcong Valley Soc. of Model RRers Annual Open House. Dec. 2-3, 9- 10, Jan. 6-7, 13- 14, IOAM-4PM. Fire Rd. (between Mill & Zion Rd. Bar­ gaintown, Egg Harbor To wnship. Free. Info: Raymond Cox, 206 16th SI. S., Brigantine, NJ 08203, (609) 266- 8682, [email protected].

BROOKLAWN ... Gateway Model RR Club Annual Open House. Dec. 2-3, Jan. 13-14, IOAM-4PM. 100 E. Browning Rd. $2. Info: Ron Baile, 24 HamplOn Rd., West­ mont, NJ 08 108. (856) 858-6644 or Nicholas V. Caccavo, 216 Fehon Ave., Collingdale, PA 19023, (610) 532-227 1.

CINNAMINSON ... BurlinglOn County Model RR Club Annual Open House/Show. Dec. 2-3, Jan. 13-14, 20-2 1, Noon-5PM. Footlighters' Playhouse, 808 Pomona Rd. $2. Info: Harry Ivory, (609) 499-256 1.

NORTH HALEDON ... Model Engineers RR Club of NJ Annual Open House. Dec. 1-3, 8- 10, 7PM- IOPM (Fri), 2PM-5PM (Sat, Sun). 569 High Moul1lain Rd. $4. children free w/aduh. Info: Paul Harbord, (973) 427-4905 (before 9PM).

ROCKY HILL ... Pacific Southern Ry. 36th Annual Model RR Exhibition. Dec. 2-3, 9- 10, IOAM-4PM. Park­ ing at PrincelOn Gamma Te ch on RI. 518, east of RI. 206. S5 for benefit of Rocky Hill Fire Co. & Rescue Squad. Info: PSR, PO Box 488. Rocky Hill, NJ 08533, (609) 92 1- 9276.

WINSLOW ... Great Winslow Junction Scale Train & RRiana Meel. Jan. 7, IOAM-3PM. Winslow Fire Hall, Hall & Hay Sts. 53, under 12 free. Info: Bill Powell, 306 Broad SI., WiliiamslOwn, NJ 08094, (609) 728- 1327 (till 9PM).

NEW MEXICO LAS CRUCES ... Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO Meets. Third Thurs. each month, 7PM. Thomas Brannigan Memorial Library, Spruce Ave. & I . Main SI. Info: Mike Hallock, 1941 Poplar Ave., Las Cruces, NM 8800 I.

NEW YORK FARMINGTON (LONG ISLAND) ... Long Island Model RR Engineers Open House. Jan. 14, IOAM-4PM. 1055 Portion Rd. S1.50, family $4. Info: (631) 736-5308, www.LIMRRE.com.

LAKE GROVE (LONG ISLAND) ... Long Island Model RR Engineers 2nd Annual Scale Model Train Show.

NOVEMBER 2000 MODEL RAILROADING ... 75 ...... · . Dec. 2-3. IOAM-5PM (Sa!). IOAM-4PM (Sun). Spons New Book Plus Even! Center, RI. 347. S5 (bo!11 days 58). 55- 12 51. Eastern Car Works� �· � Info: Frank Rich, (631) 732-7295. . P.o. Box "L" 624 · Langhorne. PA 19047 � www.easterncarworks.com. : Available now from : NORTH CA ROLINA Highlands Station, Inc. WILMINGTON T Cape Fear M odel RR Club 5th flap��'d up Annual Model RR Show. Jan. 20-2 1. IOAM-5PM (Sa!). 10AM-4PM (Sun). American Legion Post 10 bldg.. 720 abO'f�t Pine Grove Dr. $3. children S 1.50, 5 & under free. Info: Vince Smith, (910) 79 1-1760.

H'()��ers{ OHIO NEW FREIGHT CAR KITS FINDLAY T Putnam Assn. of Railfans Spring Model RR & Farm Toy Show & Swap Meel. Mar. 18. IOAM-4PM. Findlay HS. 1200 Broad Ave. & US 224. 53. 12 & under free w/adull. early bird (8AM- IOAM) $5. Info: Terry Oliver, 225 Mohawk Dr., Onawa, OH 45875. (419) 523- 4996. MARION T Marion Union Station Assn. 15th Annual Model Train Show. Dec. 2, I IAM-4PM. Evers Arena. Mar­ ion County Fairgrounds, E. Fairgrounds SI. $2. under 10 free w/adull. Info: Jerry Richie, 556 Siesta Dr.. Marion. OH 43302. (740) 389-5 162. Introducing our new Norfork & Western­ OREGON Pennsylvania RR H2, H2A ROSEBURG T All Aboard RR Club for All Scales. 1st & H3 hopper car kit & 3rd Saturdays a! 3PM. 2nd & 4!h Tuesdays at 7PM. 427 SE Main SI. Info: Debi or Kim Wing (503) 672-0280. H2, H3 H2A SALEM T Willamene Valley Model RR Club & Western N Scale OR Model RRers Swap Meel. Dec. 2. IOAM-3PM. Polk Coull!Y Fairgrounds. Rickreall. 53, family S5. Info: Judy is 82 exciting pages of A. Macinnes. 240 18th SI., NE. Salem. OR 9730 1. (503) 581-6071. [email protected]. so e of the best layouts, modules and models in PENNSYLVANIA ALLENTOWN T Allen!own Train Mee! Associates N Scale today! Spring Thaw Train Meel. Feb. 24-25. 9AM-3PM. Al len­ IOwn Fairgrounds. Agricultural Hall. 17!h & Chell' Sts. 55. Kits come undecorated and do not 12 & under 52. under 5 free. Info: Bob House. 1120 S. Jef­ include couplers. Tr ocks & Wheefsets Included Written by Kirk Reddie, ferson. Allell!own, PA 18103. (610) 82 1 -7886. this book features pho­ BETHLEHEM T Lehigh & KeyslOne Valley Model RR Got coal to Club Annual Holiday Open House. Dec. 1-24. 26-3 1. Jan. haul on tos and instruction fo r I. 5PM-9PM (M-F). I PM-9PM (S-S). 705 Linden SI. 51 your family $5. Info: Ron Wilson. 1409 S. 3rd SI.. Allen!own. fo ur project layouts PA 18103. (610) 366-2500. railroad? designed specifically fo r ELKINS PARK Chelten Hills Model RR Club Annual Get Eastern! T this book. Open House. Jan. 6-7, 13-14. Noon 10 4PM. 8000 Old York Rd. (in former Ogontz Station of Reading RR). Dona­ tions accep!ed. lnfo: Bruce Binder. (215) 635-9747. 1)10 N Scale enthusiast FORT WASHINGTON T GATSME Lines Model RR Club Open House. Dec. 2-3. Jan. 6-7, 20-2 1. Noon 10 4PM. will want to be without Basemen! of Nell' Horizons Mon!essori School. Prospect & Madison Aves. Admission by donation. Info: Bill Boyd. this new book so order (215) 646-2033. today from GILBERTSVILLE T Gilbensville Train-O-Rama. Jan. 7. Feb. 18. 9AM-2PM. Gilbensville Fire House. RI. 73 (east Highlands Station, Inc of RI. 100). 53, under 12 free. Info: Mary Preudhomme. 2600 S. Parker Rd Suite 1-21 I 233 Long Lane Rd., Boyenown. PA 19512, ( 6 1 0) 367- 7857. Aurora, CO 800 14 Dee 1993 PITISBURGH T Western PA Model RR Museum 13th "lYe SellIt AND lYe Use It" Call To ll Free Annual Holiday Train Display. Weekends through Jan. 14. 6PM-9PM (Fri). IIAM-5PM (S-S); Special Holiday hours: Manufacturor of DCC·CompaNble 888-338- 1700 Dec. 29, II AM-9PM (Fri): Dec. 26-28. IIAM-5PM (Tues­ Thur). WPMRM Headquaners. RI. 910 & Hard! Rd. (20 PowerSupp lies or miles N of Pinsburg). 54. 12 & under $2. Info: Raymond � Mueser. 312 Leslie Rd., Valencia, PA 16059. (724) 898- AutbQrized � Dea/(Jt' order online � 3341. [email protected]. www.modelrailroadingmag.com PITTSBURGH Callu.s at (703) 327·6/69 T Railroad Prototype Modelers Easl. or m.sit u.son tJ){J web Mar. 23-25. Holiday Inn a! Exi! 6. PA Turnpike. $45 (ho!el 559/nigh!). Info: Dick Flock. 337 Elm Dr.. Greensburg. PA www,sprlngbnJxm..sbops, cotn 1560 I. (724) 850-8882, rllock@bella!lan!ic.nel.

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NOVEMBER 76 T MODEL RAILROADING 2000 Annual Christmastime Open House. Dec. 1-2, 8-9. 15-16, 22-23. 26, 6:30PM-9PM. Shamokin Community Center (above Library) on Independence. downtown. Free. Info: (570) 644-2248 (Tues or Thur eves). www.trainweb.org/ Digitrax lamITc or www.geocities.com/Broadway/StageIl639. Command YORK T Miniature RR Club of York 57th Annual Open House. Dec. 3. 10. 17. 31. IPM-5PM. 381 Wheatfield St. Control $2. 6- 12 50�. Info: Ivan E. Frantz, Jr., 1126 Hanover Rd.. York. PA 17404, (717) 225-5470.

SOUTH CA ROLINA CLEMSON T Palmetto Div. SER/NMRA Spring Meet in association with CRM&HA Annual Train Show & Sale. Feb. 10, 9AM-3PM. United Assembly of God Church. US 123 between Clemson & Seneca, sc. 53. table SIS. Info: Howard Garner, PO Box 826. Pickens, SC 2967 1. (864) 878-4705, [email protected].

TEXA S PLANO T Dallas Area Train Show. Jan. 20-2 1. 10AM- 5PM. Plano Centre. 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy. $5, under 12 free. Info: Robert Bray. 1820 Spruce Ln., Benbrook, Get More Fun Out of Model Railroading TX 76126, (817) 249-4965 (6- I OPM), robert.l.bray@ Imco.com. with Digitrax Command Control SAN ANTONIO T San Antonio Model RR Assn. 25th Annual Jamboree & Train Show. Feb. 3. 8:30AM-4PM. Live Oak Civic Center. 8101 Pat Booker Rd .. Universal City. 55, $8 family. Info: Thad Taubert, (210) 522-9325. WACO T Railroad Winterland Train Show. Jan. 13, I OAM-4PM. Fine Arts Bldg .. H.O.T. Fairgrounds, 4601 Bosque Blvd. $3. under 12 51. Info: Va liant Enterprises, 733-1 N. May Ave.. Oklahoma City. OK 73 1 16, (-lOS) 495- PRR 3330. [email protected]. B-60 VIRG INIA VIENNA T Northern VA Model RRers Open House. Baggage Dec. 16. Jan. 13. Feb. 17. I PM-SPiv!. Washington & Old Dominion RR Station. 23 1 Dominion Rd. (at Ayr Hill Rd.). Donations accepted. Club meets on Tuesday evenings. Car Info: (703) 938-5 157. hnp:llwww.geocites.com/Heart­ land/Plains/6 120. # 1010 • $35.00 each Wood Panel Baggage Doors WISCONSIN for PRR & N&W B·60 Baggage Cars. LA CROSSE T The 4000 Foundation, Ltd .. Annual Great Use our new doors to model either the Pennsy or Norlork and Western Tri-State Rail-Sale. Jan. 27. 9AM-3PM. La Crosse Center, wood panet 8-60 baggage cars. Each package contains 4 doors. 300 Harborview Plaza. $2. under 12 free. Info: The 4000 9123 PRR Wood Panel Doors ...... 55.00 Foundation. Ltd .. PO Box 34 11, La Crosse, WI 54602, (608) 9124 H&W Wood Panel 000rs ...... 55.00 784-0036. (608) 582-476 1. www.rrdepot.com/4000Itd/ index.htm!.

MONROE Green County Model RRers 22nd Annual T . . ..: - Eastern Car Works� Model RR Show & Swap Meet. Jan. 6-7. IOAM-5PM P.o. nux "L" 624 • Langhorne. PA 19047 (Sat). IOAM-4PM (Sun). Monroe Middle School, 1503 • Send SSAE (55¢ postage) for current kit list. Manufacturers of Craftsman Style Injection Molded 13th St. $1. Info: Paul Schoenike, 803 22nd Ave .. Monroe. Styrene HO Railroad Kits and Parts Visit our web site: www.easterncarworks.com WI 53566, (608) 325-949 1.

WYOMING SHERIDAN T Sheridan Model RR Assn. 4th Annual Open House. Dec. 9, IOAM-4PM. Basement 1500 N. Main BallastHopp er Cars To mix (old Taylor School). Free. Info: William Tulley. 305 Cof­ N Scale feen Ave., Sheridan, WY 8280 I. (307) 674-4885. #2777- To mix Ballast CA NADA Hopper Cars

ONTARIO Two cars per scI. added details Retail 528.00 per set COBOURG T Cobourg Model Train Show. Mar. 4. lOAM-4:30PM. Lions Community Centre. Elgin St. East. AI'ailable Jrolll .1'0111' dealer or $3. seniors $2. children 5 I. Info: Ted Rafuse, 181 Armour direct Jrolll Mokei IlIIports Jor Ct., Cobourg, ON K9A 4S6, (905) 372-8375. allanrafu@ all additional $3 SIH eagle.ca. MONTREAL T Montreal Model Train Exposition. Dec. 16-17, I OAM-5PM. Hippodrome of Montreal. 7440 MOKEI IMPORTS Decarie. $7, 5- 15 $4. Info: I van Dow. (514) 636-9665 6950 KINGSBURY • Sf. WUIS, MO 63130 (home), (514) 383- 1 101 (work). �

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HE F7 TRAIN SET WITH IJRURA'CK is the ipeal choice this season, regardless of whether you're � giving it as a gift to a loved one or ep ping it fdr},ou rself. ;rhe set jncludes an F7 A-unit Locomotive (choose from Chesapeake & OhiO;; Genver & Rio Grande Western or Santa Fe), a Tank Car, two Covered Hopper cars, a new North Ameri�an caboose and a 2-ft. )( 4-ft. oval of snap-together UN/TRA CK. Beginning modelers, experienced hobbyists and KATO collectors alike will all find pe�ial valu� in this train set. The F7 locomotive mode Ifcluded in Ile set is NOT available separately. This may be your _ ( •.-::--\ : .,. ; ONL� ""l"''"';'''' �� M opportunity to get th-is 10eemo1ive illf,' these ' . . IT, J.,l'} �· U ---,,� i\ � . fr...m l\ ' . '--'-'''--''.....:..:.:-''-'-�-"-'-' . :.:.:...,,�. "-' .:...:.:..���.',-,,: .-"..""' .. .-'. " ...... '-' 7Lc.:.· '.;..:'· '--"",-.0:...:.' • •.•'----'-'-"-- -"-� roadnames/paint schemes. rne... eal!rob e inclucted in �' ....,.:.:' .�. . the set is the FIRST North ,American prot type ever produce<;l b1KATO Although this type of caboose will be released individually at a I er date, the ro ame paint include in ,he set will be offered exclusively with the set. The lettere tCJllk car is also available only with the purchase of the set. And you'll be able to -enjoy your new train set as soon as the wrapping paper is off of the box. UN/TRA CK lets you up in no time, while eliminating the frustratl and disappointment of derailments resulting fr0m uneven rail joints and sepa track sections. $nap it tqsether, plug into your power source* and you're ready to run! nd unlike most packaged sets, this is a train set you can "grow." The loop of track included in the set can be easily expanded to a largell operation In several simple steps. There is no other train set that lets you get started building a more exciting layout as easily. Visit our web site to view the step-by-step instru6tio� for building a larger layout iO six easy steps. The craftsman quali!y' of KATO models combfned with the convenience and reliability, of UNrrRACK. ihe F7 Train Set wjth UN/TRA CK from KATO .. it just may b the start of a lifelong hobby! ower .pack not included. Talk to your retailer about choosihg one appropl" e for your planned operation. Available in mid-November

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