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November 2003 VOLUME 33 NUMBER 11

FEATURES

21 � S-1: ALCO’s First Standard Switcher — Part 14: New York Central by George Melvin 24 � Scratchbuilding Ward’s Sawmill Part 6B: Site Details by Sam Swanson 30 � On30 is HOT! by Larry Puckett 36 � Greater Omaha Society of Model Engineers (HO) 42

by Doug Geiger, MMR S. Roseman Photo by V. 42 � Modeling Cowl-Length REA Delivery Trucks: 46 � PROTOTYPES-FOR-MODELS FREIGHTCAROLOGY An Introduction Athearn HO Scale PS 5344 Boxcar by V. S. Roseman by David G. Casdorph 44 � ON TRACK 50 � DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP Acme Co. — The Frame-Up (the start part) Southern Pacific EMD SD40T-2 by Jim Mansfield by Rich Picariello

DEPARTMENTS 5 � Editorial 10 � Product Reviews N: Trainworx 100-Ton Quad Hopper N: Atlas 105-Ton ACF CoalveyorTM HO: Atlas 105-Ton ACF CoalveyorTM 13 � Book Beat 16 � Ready Track 17 � Sandhouse (New Products) 54 � Society Page 55 � Dealer Directory 63 � Boys in the Basement 30 65 � Your Trek Plan

Photo by Larry Puckett 70 � Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER The double-track mainline spreads out at the throat of Omaha’s Union Station on the Greater Omaha Society of Model Engineers’ (GOSOME) layout in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Both Union Pacific and Rock Island trains share the mainline. Turn to page 36 for a visit to this forward-looking model railroad club that represents the area in which it is located. Photo by Doug Geiger, MMR. INSET: Interest in On30 modeling has really surged in recent years. On page 30, Larry Puckett takes a look at this phenomena and shares some of his efforts since he was bitten by the On30 bug. Photo by Larry Puckett. AD TEMPLATE 12/1/03 11:45 AM Page 4

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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Art Fahie Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR Season’ s Jim Mansfield George Melvin Rich Picariello Larry J. Puckett Larry E. Smith, MMR Gary Walton CIRCULATION / OFFICE MANAGER Greetings Donald R. Strait [email protected]

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Volume 33, Issue 11. MODEL RAILROADING is published 12 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. Price per single copy is $4.75 in U.S.A. Subscriptions are $39.95 in the U.S.A. or $48.00 in Canada (or foreign) for 12 issues payable in U.S. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or photographs should be accompanied by return postage, and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for the loss or damage of such material. No part of this publication may be reprinted without written permission from the publisher. Printed in U.S.A. The information contained in the various articles in this magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no control over the physical conditions surrounding the application of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any lia- Randy Lee photo bility for untoward results and/or for any physical injury in- curred by using the information herein. Copyright © 2003 by Highlands Station, Inc. From all of us here at Highlands Station, ADVERTISING For advertising information contact Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 [email protected] We wish you

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The National B-1... Keeping You On Track

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�TO THE EDITOR Competition...A Dirty Word? do mean catastrophic. Why? Because the hobby has been the object Randy, of a truly hostile attack by “the marketing.” That beloved and cher- Although I did not read your original editorial on competition ished hobby, brought to modelers by other modelers and train fans, (May 2003 MRG), I spoke with you on the phone about the RMR is now going kaput. Manufacturers, heavily supported and relayed convention and the entries in the model room and have been fol- by the model press (...or by a model press urged to join in their dik- lowing the letters in the later issues. Having just finished judging a tat or lose their advertising budgets, could that happen), are now Division contest in Utah with quite a few entries, being a contest flooding a market of buyers, modelers perhaps but who cares since judge at the Division and Region level every year, and participating they buy, with ready-to-run and ready-built limited-series models. in past contests, I feel that I may be able to respond to some of the I feel we are the hopeless object of a monstrous conspiracy from comments that have been made. “the marketing” to yank the most interesting part of the hobby out Trying to compare the number of models to the number of reg- of our hands, and replace it with accumulating models on which we istrants is not a realistic method on several major points. Model no longer have any personal touch to add. The “coalition” just railroaders comprise a wide range of individuals, many of whom wants us to be passive buyers and to kiss goodbye all manual activ- never build anything. They limit their activities to collecting pho- ities, all the creative “upper-layer” that makes model railroading tographs, timetables, books, rare rolling stock, and other collectable such a great hobby, but such a poor revenue maker. In this context, items. There are other modelers who only purchase preassembled who will scratchbuild and enter contest anymore? products or have everything made for them. Of those that do build All we have to do now is pay for ready-made models, period. and choose to enter contest, with the exception of structures, those Don’t take me wrong. It isn’t that these new-generation models are models must be capable of rolling down the track, and if they are nice, they are absolutely fantastic. At least as good, if not better, motive power, they have to be powered. This is something that most than the very best brass models, for a fraction of the cost. But... of the other modeling organizations do not require. because of so-well-made models, there is much less need to As for the paperwork required for entering the contest, it can all superdetail models, let alone scratchbuild them. As a result, if there be done in less than ten minutes and on a single sheet of paper with are still some detailing articles in the model press, construction arti- a separate sheet for the plans. All that most judges are looking for cles are disappearing, replaced by more and more “buyer’s guides.” is a brief description of what you did to build the model and a set This trend is aggressively noticeable in a certain magazine from of plans, although photos are a plus. If you plan on entering at the Wisconsin, unfortunately it has the largest circulation. National level, then you need a bit more. As for scratchbuilding, Until a few years ago, almost any issue of any magazine had a under the current points structure, it is only worth 15 of the 125 construction or detailing article, with very nice drawings (the hand- points. So if you get almost all the points in the other sections, you drawn kind, not MacIntosh, USA Today-like!) and exhaustive still can come away with a very good score. In fact, at the Division instructions. But as an (otherwise talented) author told me not long show, a Tichy crane with only a rolled-up canvas won the best in ago, a construction article involves doing these many drawings, show, and it was by a first-time modeler (who won) over some very plus a special teaching capability, for the article to be usable by a good seasoned modelers. majority of readers. But it is paid by the magazine at the same page As for why I think there is a lack of models in the contest room, rate as a layout visit or a buyer’s guide. So why bother taking the the proliferation of extremely good preassembled models from var- extra time and effort for a construction article? ious manufactures at reasonable prices. The slow disappearance of Also, isn’t it significant that, unless I am wrong, Model scratchbuilding supplies and detail parts as is evident in the Railroader has not had an Award of the Month since September ’99 Walthers Catalogs over the last several years. The lack of articles (four years without this decades-long encouragement to scratch- found in the modeling press on how to scratchbuild various railroad building contest-quality models)? The sawmill series in MRG for- items, which I am probably guilty of not writing for the commercial tunately makes a bright exception to the above. I am just not opti- press. mistic that the efforts of MRG, whatever remarkable, will be I hope this is not too long, but I felt I had to write this letter or enough to revert the trend. Rather, I am afraid that when “the mar- it would bother me for a long time. keting” succeeds in levying an army of cost-free volunteers who Kurt S. Kramke MMR scramble in all cardinal directions sponsored by the manufacturers, Spanish Fork, UT they tout the latter. Whether or not these volunteers realize what they are doing, they inevitably preach Brand “A,” “B,” or “C.” And Dear Randy, for free — probably one of the biggest advertising campaigns ever, In regard to the on-going discussion thread about the lack of at the lowest cost ever. Sure, “the marketing” can be proud of this entries in contests, my (usual rock-the-boat) two-cents-(un)worth coup, but in this context, scratchbuilding, let alone entering in con- would be that what surprises me the most is not why there are less tests, is a million miles away. and less models brought to contests, but rather why is anyone ask- This so-called “Greatest Hobby” campaign orchestrated by “the ing the question, so much so the answer is obvious: More ready-to- marketing” is thus directed to buy. In our case, it’s toy trains. WGH run models, less construction articles. The exponential increase of is aimed at indoctrinating a generation into stacking models on the former causing the corollary decrease of the latter. And both shelves, it is not aimed at training, or inoculating the avocation into lead to disappearing scratchbuilt models. Automatically. And unfor- a new generation of modelers...Sad point, eh? tunately. It’s a juggernaut. But that’s just my opinion. With great sorrow I have to admit I I used to be a contestant myself at a time. I used to enter in a must be right somewhere, because I surprise myself in significant- yearly railroad-movies French contest where I won several prizes, ly downsizing my modeling expenses these days. I already have too including the Grand Prize one year. And I entered a module...at the many models to operate all of them on the largest layout I may ever Swiss Transport Museum contest in Lucerne (Switzerland), where have. And I don’t want to put $120-$150 in a new locomotive. Even contestants come from all over Europe (so competition is tougher!), for the same price, I largely prefer a good old Athearn model with and won the 9th prize. After that I authored a 2-part construction all the re-motoring, detailing and decaling pizzazz, rather than a article in the French magazine Rail Miniature Flash. So, I feel ready-to-run model. But I must be too old, that’s certainly the point! authorized to make the comments that follow. Hope this helps, keep-up the good work, There has been a dramatic change in the model train galaxy over P. Philippe Dupeyroux the past few years. When I say dramatic, I don’t mean fantastic, I Fontainebleau, France

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N SCALE REVIEW Trainworx 100-Ton Bethlehem Hopper and Atlas 105-Ton ACF Coalveyor™

by Kent Charles Trainworx 100-Ton Bethlehem Quad Hopper

Photos by the author

oal has been a significant part of rail- C road traffic since the invention of the train. Coal formation started millions of years ago with the accumulation of dead plant matter in a low oxygen location such as a peat bog. Over time, the peat beds were buried by sediments, and heat and pressure ness located transformed it to lignite, a low grade coal. in Delta, Colorado. Additional heat and pressure converted the The model is based upon a lignite into heavier bituminous coal. If Bethlehem Steel Corporation prototype enough heat and pressure was applied, a built for the Denver & Rio Grande Western hard, dense and shiny anthracite was Railroad. Between 1964 and 1982, the End num- formed. The majority of coal found in the D&RGW ordered almost 3,000 of these bers are printed on Appalachians is bituminous coal. It lies in a quad hoppers. A plan view drawing of this the cars. Trucks are not sup- belt from Pennsylvania to northern Al- hopper was first published in the 1966 Car plied with the kits; Micro-Trains® 1035 abama, with the heaviest concentrations in and Locomotive Cyclopedia by Simmons- trucks with low-profile wheel are installed West Virginia and eastern Kentucky. Lignite Boardman Publishing Corp. The prototype on the assembled cars. or “brown coal” is much softer and less car is 49' 0" long over the strikers (plates Trainworx has produced models deco- dense than the other forms of coal and is on the end of the center sill against which rated for: Bessemer & Lake Erie; Colorado typically found in the western United States. the horn of the coupler strikes and prevents & Southern; New York Central; Burlington One of the largest areas for lignite mining is damage to the draft gear and center sill), Northern; Conrail; Norfolk Southern; the Powder River Basin in northeastern 11' 8" high, 10' 8" wide, and has a capacity CTRN (Central Tennessee Railway & Navi- Wyoming. A greater volume of lignite is re- of 3,483 cu.ft. and 200 tons. My sample gation); Great Northern; Rio Grande; quired to produce the same amount of heat model matches these dimensions very Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Illinois when compared to bituminous. closely. Central Gulf; Southern Pacific/DRGW; The different weights of coal, the mining Most of the cars delivered to the Chicago & Eastern Illinois; Louisville & methods, and the surrounding geography D&RGW include reinforcing angles along Nashville; Texas & Pacific; Chicago and help to explain the size of cars used for coal the top chord of the side wall ends. The Northwestern; Missouri Pacific; and Union transport by railroads. In the East, where model does not include this minor feature, Pacific. Not all of the above railroads have big deposits of bituminous and anthracite but it can easily be added by modelers. Side cars that were an exact match to the model, are located, 50-ton, 33' two-bay hoppers and end detail are excellent, with separate but all were quad hoppers that were very were suitable for decades due to the heavier parts molded for the center sill, air reser- similar to the model. Many of these proto- coal, the limited production capacity of voir/triple valve and brake wheel. The cen- type cars can be found in unit coal train and underground mines and the carrying capac- ter sill has a slight bow before assembly maintenance-of-way service today. While ity of the track. In the West, where lighter that requires steady pressure against it Trainworx is not the best known brand, you lignite coal is more common, strip mining while you wait for the styrene cement to should consider these sometimes hard-to- produces larger volumes of coal. Larger dry. Assembly of the kit takes only a few find cars for your layout. Trainworx main- volumes of coal, along with environmental minutes and is very easy. tains a web site at http://www.wic.net/ regulations that favor cleaner-burning west- The interior of the car has three pairs of trainworx/ with a listing of dealers that ern coal, have caused a dramatic increase in solid braces that represent the internal brac- carry their product. Retail $14.50-$15.50 the demand for rail transportation of west- ing found on the prototype. My sample ea. RTR; $23.50-$31.50 3-pack kit; $41.50- ern coal. Railroads have responded by included a small amount of flash inside the $48.00 3-pack RTR; $47.00-$63.00 6-pack ordering larger capacity coal cars and orga- car that would need to be removed if you kit; $83.00-$96.00 6-pack RTR. nizing unit coal trains. In the early 1960s, plan to run the car empty. A good-looking large numbers of 100-ton triple and quad coal load is included with each car. No tlas has produced a model of the proto- hoppers were built after the AAR increased extra weight was included in the kit. I chose A type Coalveyer™ coal gondola first 1 axle ratings. Coal hopper designs have con- to add half of a /4-oz. self-adhesive weight manufactured by ACF Industries in 1978. tinued to evolve with the introduction of to each end to the car. If you plan to run the Production of this prototype design con- better construction methods and materials. car without the load, sheet lead can be tinued until 1982. Commonly referred to as Designs for rapid bottom discharge and installed on the slope sheets to add weight a bathtub gon, the ACF design was intended rotary dump hoppers are now common. with little impact on the appearance. to lower car weight, lower initial and main- Most of the cars are molded in black or tenance costs and provide a longer car life. four-bay bottom dump coal hopper, brown plastic to represent the prototype In short, the car was designed to lower the A available as a kit or ready to run, is color and are unpainted. Printing on my cost of shipping coal. The prototype car is the first injection-molded N-scale product sample was sharp and clear, with multiple 53' 1" long over the strikers, 12' 5" high, produced by Trainworx Inc., a small busi- car numbers offered for unit train service. 10' 8" wide, and has a capacity of 4,240

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without breaking. The brake wheel and Atlas N-scale 105-Ton ACF CoalveyorTM stand is a separate part on the B end of the car, with the separate air reservoir/triple valve on the A end. The model includes a metal underframe that is both detailed and heavy. The car has such a low center of gravity, it is almost impossible to turn over. A highly detailed coal load is also installed. For anyone wish- ing to run these cars empty, internal bracing is included in a parts package located under cu.ft. and the car insert for the modeler to install. A 105 tons. Four diagram sheet is included with instruction different cubic capaci- on how to install these supports. The model ties were offered by ACF to includes Atlas AccuMate® trucks and cou- match coal densities across the country. plers. Rapido-style couplers are also Cars with a 4,240 cu.ft. capacity were sold included in a separate parts pack to modify in the greatest number. The cars reinforced f o r the AccuMate trucks if you desire. Atlas has circular bottom configuration provides a railroads to produced one run of these cars and lighter car with increased capacity. correctly orient announced a second run that includes a The lack of bottom discharge gates sig- cars in the train. rerun of the original cars with new num- nificantly reduces maintenance costs, but Atlas’s model of the Coalveyer contin- bers. Twelve car numbers are available for means the car can only be unloaded by a ues their excellent attention to detail. My each paint scheme. 43800 — Undecorated, rotary dumper. Rotary dump cars are sample model matches the prototype 43801 — NPPX-Nebraska Public Power equipped with a coupler on one end that dimensions very closely. The model is (Black w/Yellow End), 43802 — OGSX- will rotate 360 degrees. Loaded coal cars completely assembled, painted and printed. Iowa Southern Utilities (Black w/White are moved into the dumper where they are Color separation on the rotary end is End), 43804 — UFIX-Utility Fuels (Black held by large clamps and turned over to straight and opaque. The printing is so w/Orange End) 43805 — DAPX-Dairyland dump the load without uncoupling (the sharp, it is possible to read the data on the Power Cooperative (Black w/Blue End), center of the circle made by the car is the lube plate with a loupe. End numbers are 43807 — WEPX-Wisconsin Electric Power coupler). The rotary coupler on one car also applied. Details abound on this model. Co. (Black w/Yellow End) and 43808 — mates with the fixed coupler on the next Separate side/end ladders are installed; WPSX-Wisconsin Public Service Corp. car. Car owners often mark the rotary end they are made in a tough engineering plas- (Black w/Blue End). Retail $14.95 (deco- with a different solid color to make it easy tic that can withstand normal handling rated); $10.95 (undecorated).

HO SCALE REVIEW Atlas 105-Ton ACF Coalveyor™

by David G. Casdorph CoalveyorTM was introduced in 1978 and inspection will also reveal holes on the top still operates with a number of companies and bottom of each of the side posts — Model photos by Randy Lee today. Atlas has brought us a very nice again replicated here in HO scale. The end Prototype photos by the author model in both HO and N scales. The model “V” braces actually go outside of the side can be operated as loaded (with coal load) sheet to meet the top rails just like the model ne of the major revolutions in freight or empty with the optional inside braces portrays. The side ladders are accurately O car history has been the advent of the that must be attached by the modeler. represented and finely detailed. The model rotary-dump coal gondola car. While earlier The model accurately replicates the pro- is missing a grab that can be found under- designs existed, it wasn’t until the 1970s totype’s welded construction. Notice how neath the top sill in diagonal corners. Notice that this design really caught on with pri- the side posts alternate in both width and the odd shape of the sidesill; it has a flat vate-owner coal companies. The ACF length just like on the real car. A close bottom, straight sides, beveled (angled) top

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Being built in June 1981, WPSX 104 was one of the last CoalveyorsTM produced. It has all of the features of the model except for the relocated “pull-here” hole.

Pros � Good choice of prototype because of historical uniqueness and variety of operators. � High model-to-prototype fidelity � Fine details such as the end air lines and correct shape of side sill � Sharp accurate lettering � Uses the more common “Pull- Here” location Cons � Only a minor complaint on the detail of the side air lines

at the point where the air lines turn inward around the tub. The model replicates the prototype’s prefabricated tub with the ridged recession lines accurately. And of course one of my favorite details is the “pull-here” which in this case is a vertical oval-shaped hole in the sidesill (see detail photos in the September 2003 Model Railroading). Lastly, the lettering on the sides and ends is accurate and sharp. This model is a good example of what with a small vertical lip. You can see all of air lines. The opposite end has the brake can be done when model manufacturers do this on the model as well as the prototype. wheel including the chain. the research. Overall the model is extremely The brake equipment on the model’s A end The model does show side air lines as a close to prototype accuracy in both the body gives ample detail to the system including molded-on item and thus lacks some detail and painting.

WPSX 255 storms across the Wyoming grasslands after receiving a load of coal from the Powder River Basin.

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�BOOK BEAT by Doug Geiger, MMR

Realistic Model Railroad Steel Wheels Rolling Operation Appalachian Conquest by J. Parker Lamb by Tony Koester by Eugene L. Huddleston Boston Mills Press Kalmbach Publishing Company TLC Publishing, Inc. 132 Main Street 21027 Crossroads Circle 1387 Winding Creek Lane Erin, Ontario Canada M9W 7C3 Waukesha, WI 53187 Lynchburg, VA 24503 $45.00, hardcover $19.95, softcover $29.95, hardcover

olume Two of the Masters of Railroad or many model railroaders, simulating big part of America’s railroad history VPhotography series showcases some F prototype operations on their layouts Ahas been concerned with the Ap- of the most outstanding images of rail- becomes the ultimate goal in the hobby. As palachian Mountains in the eastern US. Rail- roading taken by J. P. Lamb during his 50- information filters into the model world roads were the first to profitably tap into the plus years of chasing trains. Although from real railroading examples and people, huge coal reserves in these tree-covered concentrated mainly on Southeastern rail- our layouts can apply many of those princi- mountains. Several railroads staked their fu- roads, the author did capture on film many ples to operation. But just how does the pro- tures in the region, including the Chesapeake of the last days of steam and early first-gen- totype conduct its daily business? And how & Ohio, the Clinchfield, the Virginian, and eration diesels. did it operate in the past? the Norfolk & Western. Gulf, Mobile & Ohio fans should delight This book attempts to clarify a topic that Those four railroads take center stage in in this book since many of the pictures has recently become quite the rage within this new book. Although similar in function, show this hard-working railroad, usually in model railroading. After a brief introduction, each railroad had its own identity in the Alabama or Mississippi. Illinois Central reasons for operations and an example of Appalachians. After a brief history of the modelers can also enjoy the multitude of IC operations on a 4x8 layout, the book pro- region (concentrating on coal discovery and trains photographed around Champaign, ceeds by outlining many of the basics of railroad construction), the book moves into Illinois. But almost every major railroad operations. Included in the basics are topics some of the typical topography encountered active during the 1950s through the 1970s like interchanges and fastclocks. The next by the four aforementioned mainline rail- has a photo or two in this book. Tower several chapters focus on some trackplan- roads. By using text and black-and-white operations seem to hold great interest for ning considerations, e.g., staging yards that photographs, the author illustrates the typi- the author since Chapter 3 concentrates impact operations. Chapter 6 describes in cal rugged Appalachian scenery. The next heavily on photographs of various inter- detail car forwarding, mostly by using a car chapter chronicles the passenger trains of lockings. Of special interest are the com- card system. Train movement methods (like the region. Steam locomotives predominate mon railroaders captured on film doing track warrants) and signals are quickly cov- the next two chapters that deal with motive their daily tasks. An entire chapter is ered next. Hosting and running an op ses- power from the four railroads. Not to be devoted to passenger trains, mostly diesel sion concludes this interesting book. overlooked are some of the feeder railroads streamliners. We find flocks of F and E Good recommendations and advice are that brought coal to the big lines. A 16-page units and parades of PAs. The chapter on given throughout the easy-to-read text. color section at the end of the book includes night shots is especially captivating as are Many of the photographs are taken from the much of the diesel coverage and concludes some of the weather-related pictures. First- author’s own HO scale layout, but a few this overview of four Class 1 railroads that generation diesels are highlighted, but some other famous layouts are also shown. Proto- called the Appalachians home. late steam is featured. type pictures are used to help describe what The photographic reproductions are usu- As expected in a book heralding the best operations are like on real railroads. There ally well done and clear. Each photo photographic talents of someone, the repro- are also illustrations to help explain some of includes a short caption listing the date and ductions are bright and crisp. Although only the concepts. The book concludes with an location, but no maps of the region are black-and-white images are presented, they appendix providing: an operations glossary included. However, grade profiles of the are artfully arranged, usually one or two per (a must for this book), some selected rules four railroads are provided on the inside page. The horizontal format of the book taken from the prototype, a listing of stan- back cover. An index would have been help- also adds to the pleasure of seeing these dard train order forms (used in timetable- ful for a researcher to quickly find a particu- incredible snapshots of railroading as it and-train-order operations), some resources lar railroad’s locomotive or scene. Since used to be. Each photo has a brief caption and magazine articles (heavily chosen from four railroads are interwoven throughout the containing the date and location, plus other Kalmbach publications), and finally a list- book, it seems to have been written for the interesting information regarding the image. ing of AAR freight and passenger car type casual enthusiast, not for the diehard C&O, An index to the photos would have been codes. If you are already into operations N&W, VGN or Clinchfield fan. But its great helpful because of the variety of eras, rail- and want to expand or you want to learn photography might just make that casual fan roads and locations presented in the book. about operations, this book can help. thirst for more.

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Lionel HOTM Challenger — The Challenger is Lionel’s first HO locomotive in 26 years. It features a die-cast metal boiler, frame, tender body and frame and has a lighted cab interior, sliding cab window and opening cab roof hatch plus numerous other details. It comes equipped with a built-in DCC decoder and their QSI® Quantum Sound®. It is offered in six variations (2 road nos./variation): UP (black, coal tender), UP (black, oil tender), UP (gray/yellow, oil tender, smoke deflectors), UP (gray/yellow, oil tender, smoke deflectors), UP (gray/white, oil tender, smoke deflectors), D&RGW (black/white, coal tender), Clinchfield (black/yellow, coal tender, single stack). Retail $699.99 each. Lionel LLC 50625 Richard W. Boulevard Chesterfield, MI 48051-2493 Ph: (586) 949-4100 Fax: (586) 949-1013 www.lionel.com

Ready To RollTM SD50 — Offered w/early & late walkways. Features include DCC Quick-Plug, factory installed hand rails, grabirons, sunshades & directional lights. MSRP $99.98 to $104.98. Offered as: Conrail, D&RGW, NS, UP, Chessie - B&O, Chessie - C&O, C&NW, Conrail Q, Conrail, CSX (ex-C&O 2nd order), CSX YN2, CSX YN3, KCS Gray, KCS White & KCS NAFTA, Seaboard System, SP and undec. Athearn 19010 Laurel Park Rd. Compton, CA 90220 Ph: (310) 631-3400 HO Fax: (310) 885-5296 HO www.athearn.com

International Harvester R-190 — 1967 Ford Custom 500 4-Door — 1978 HHOO Chevrolet Impala 4-Door — These new Mini Metals TM models are offered in several versions. The IH R-190 is available w/1950s refrigerated box or flatbed. Cars are available in several authentic factory colors plus as taxi & police versions. HO are packaged individually while N scale N versions come in a 2-pack. N Classic Metal Works, Inc. 3401 Silica Road Sylvania, OH 43560 Ph: (419) 842-8114 Fax: (419) 842-9845 www.classicmetalworks.com

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�NEWPRODUCTS THE SANDHOUSE A Product News Column HOSCALE

Accurail, P.O. Box 1202, Elburn, IL 60119, has released the fol- Custom Model Railroads, lowing new kits: 3937 Keswick Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211, www.custommod- elrailroads.com, is offering a modern concrete six-stall roundhouse kit. Multiple kits can be combined if more stalls are needed. The roundhouse can be � 4622 CStPM&O 40' USRA wood boxcar...$10.98 built in four different lengths from a scale 90' to 135'. The round- � 3515 BN 40' AAR steel boxcar...$10.98 house is designed for use with CMR turntables but it could be used � 5015 T&P 50' AAR boxcar...$10.98 with other manufacturers’ turntables. Included in the kit are a floor � 5109 Frisco 50' AAR w/inspection pits, interior columns and walls and two rear doors. plugdoor boxcar Price is $185.00. ...$10.98 � 5905 N&W (modern) Funaro & Camerlengo, RD #3, Box 2800, Honesdale, PA 18431, 50' welded box- is offering the following cast polycarbonate-resin kits: car...$10.98 � 5625 Clinchfield 55-ton wood twin hopper...$9.98 � 7010 Muncie & Western (Ball Line) 40' wood 6- panel boxcar...$10.98 � 7107 GN 40' wood 6-panel � 1009 Borden’s Milk tank car less decals...$38.99 boxcar...$10.98 � 1010 Borden’s Milk tank car w/white decals for red car...$39.99 The wood reefer will be available in the dual-herald UP/SP � 1011 Borden’s Milk tank car w/yellow decals for red car...$39.99 Pacific Fruit Express scheme as #14833 (12 road nos.)...$124.98/set; � 1012 Borden’s Milk tank car w/black decals for silver or white #48531...$32.98/3-pack and #4833...$10.98/single car. car...$39.99 � 1013 Borden’s Milk tank car w/black decals for white car Adair Shops ®, P.O. Box 344, Dyersville, IA 52040-0344, (1940s-60s)...$39.99 www.adairshops.com, offers non-toxic Rite Wey® Weight Kits that � 1014 Borden’s Milk tank car w/white decals for blue car...$39.99 are lead alloy weights designed to be a custom fit in specific freight Kits have a one-piece tank, separate underframe, Tichy Trains cars offered by Athearn, Accurail, Bowser, Branchline, ERM, Funaro brake and detail parts, cast trucks (w/o wheelsets) and Thin Film & Camerlengo, InterMountain, LBF & E&C, Red Caboose, Round- decals. No shipping charges if ordering direct. house, Stewart, Tichy, Walthers and Westerfield. Their water-based Weight Bond® Glue is recommend for weight attachment. InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering the following new fully assembled models: Athearn, 19010 Laurel Park Rd., Compton, CA 90220, will offer � Government of Canada (CNWX) cylindrical covered hopper, sil- a new run of Genesis Santa Fe F7A & B sets to compliment the ver (6 nos.), #45125...$29.95 Walthers Santa Fe Super Chief 8-car train (see the Walthers section � Southern 4750 cu. ft. rib-side 3-bay covered hopper (6 new nos.), for a list of the cars to be offered in 2004). The F7s will be offered as #45323...$28.95 #141-99041 set for $254.98 with a powered A-unit (#47L) and pow- Pinnacle Series fully assembled: ered B-unit (#47A) and #141-99042 set for $199.98 with a dummy A � Railbox P-S 5277 cu. ft. 50' (#47B) and dummy B (#47C). Both sets are decorated in the famous boxcar (12 nos.), #47502... red-and-silver Warbonnet scheme. $31.95 Regal Line assembled and powered F3 Phase II: Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, is offering new roadnames and numbers for the RTR 50' Precision Design boxcar: IC, L&N, M-K-T, Chessie System (WM), C&NW, Peoria & Pekin Union, MP and undec. Cars come in two � NYC “Lightning Stripe” F3A (4 nos.), #49101... $124.95 numbers each and are priced at $22.95 (undec is $17.95). The Ford � NYC “Lightning Stripe” F3B (4 nos.), #49601...$119.95 Taurus is back in stock in Moonlight Blue, Medium Willow Green, Centralia Car Shops fully assembled & decorated: Charcoal Gray, Rose Mist, Toreador � PRR P85 passen- White, Ebony, Iris Frost, Vibrant White, ger coach (12 Midnight Red, Pacific Green, Silver Frost nos.), #CCS4530 and undec. Retail $8.95 ea.; $5.95 undec). ...$59.95.

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This new car features an interior, complete underbody detail, die- decals is $35.00. Add $4.00 S&H for up to five kits in the US or cast metal trucks w/36" metal wheelsets, wire grabirons and Kadee® $15.88 S&H for up to six kits to Canada. couplers. Walthers, 5601 W. Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503-1078, offers the fol- Florist Ave., Milwaukee, lowing new RTR PS-1 40' boxcars: WI 53201-3039, announces the Southern Pacific C-30-1 wood caboose. Single cars ($24.98) are decorated for SP (reporting marks only), SP (Roman lettering w/ � Lake Superior & Ishpeming w/6' door (Road No. L.S.&I. 2262), bars), SP (Modern Gothic #4060...$28.95 lettering), SP (T&NO reporting marks) and undec. Limited-run 2- � N&W w/8' door (Road No. N&W 42029), #5257...$27.95 packs are $49.98 (no undec offered in 2-packs). RTR Amtrak Her- New RTR PS-1 50' boxcar: itage sleepers are available in Phase I, II, III, IV and undec ($39.98). � Soo Line w/9' door, Four new easy-to-build railroad structure kits are based on the previ- white car w/red ously offered Built-Up models; #933-3531 wood water tank, #933- door (Road No. Soo 33533 Golden Line 177504), #6114 Valley freight ...$32.95 house, #933- 3532 Golden Microscale, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley, CA 92708, has Valley depot the following new decals for HO scale: and #933-3530 � 87-1233 Seatrain Lines 40' Containers � 87-1238 Seaboard Coast Line “Split Image” Diesels (1967-’74) � MC-4410 North American Container System (NACS) 53' Domestic Containers � MC-4411 North American Container System (NACS) Extra Con- tainer Logos & Reporting Marks These decals retail for $5.00; Minicals (MC) are $2.50. trackside structures (interlock- Monon RR Historical-Technical Society: Order from Monon ing tower, crossing shanty, Stores, 3936 Truro Ct., Indianapolis, IN 46228, email orders: monon- speeder shed, speeder and two crossing gates). Price for any of these [email protected], is offering their 2003 car kit made for them by kits is $29.98. Branchline. It is a 50' insulated boxcar decorated in FGE (Fruit A new Gold Ribbon Series® kit is Growers Express) with large Monon roadname and herald. The car Midtown Appliance Sales & Service; has yellow sides, red ends and a silver roof. These ten cars were #933-3614 is $29.98. Walthers will assigned to the Johnson Wax plant in Wisconsin. Price is $18.00 for a offer an 8-car streamlined Santa Fe single car or $90.00 for a 5-car set (different road nos.). Add $4.00 Super Chief train to compliment S&H or $6.00 for orders over $50.01. Athearn’s new run of Genesis Santa Fe Warbonnet F7A & B sets. A car will be NJ International, P.O. Box 99, E. Norwich, NY 11732, has offered each month starting in 2004. released an exact scale two-track I-beam signal bridge. Kit is injec- Price will be $39.98 per car except as tion-molded plastic. Price for #4006 is $15.95. noted: January #932-9001 Budd

Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Spring- field, MO 65808, has cast-urethane kits for the Union Tank Car Lines X-3 uninsulated tank car in two ver- “Pine” series 10-6 sleeper; February #932-9002 73' Budd baggage sions. The 6,500-gal. car; March #932-9005 Pullman-Standard “Hotevilla” series 4-4-2 car is 32' long and the 8,000-gal. car is 37' long. Both cars have a sleeper; April #932-9004 P-S 29-seat dormitory-lounge; May #932- small 6' 4" diameter tank. Kits come with a cast-urethane tank and 9003 P-S 36-seat diner; June #932-9006 P-S Pleasure Dome underframe, stainless-steel tubing and etched-brass components. ($49.98); July #932-9007 63' Budd RPO and August #932-9008 P-S Price is $34.00 for car kits w/UTLX decals; the kit w/“Skellysolve” “Vista” series observation-lounge ($44.98).

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Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, is offering new Deluxe Innovations, P.O. Box 4213, Burbank, CA 91503-1667, is roadnames and numbers for the RTR 50' Precision Design boxcar: releasing the following new items: IC, L&N, M-K-T, Chessie System (WM), C&NW, Peoria & Pekin � 180605 Santa Fe 5-unit Road- Union, MP and undec. Cars come in two numbers each and are Railer® train...$89.95 priced at $16.95 (undec is $12.95). The Ford Taurus is back in stock � 151201 Set #1 Greenbrier 5- in Moonlight Blue, Medium Willow Green, Charcoal Gray, Rose unit Twinstack cars... Mist, Toreador White, Ebony, Iris Frost, Vibrant White, Midnight $79.95 Red, Pacific Green, Silver Frost and undec. Price is $11.95 for a 2- � 151211 Set #2 Greenbrier 5-unit Twinstack cars...$79.95 pack (undec 2-pack is $7.95). � 4220 K-Line 40' refrigerated containers...$11.95/2-pack

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� 3170 China Shipping 20' contain- nos.), #67702...$18.95 ers...$9.15/2-pack Fully assembled and powered SD40T-2: � 3160 Nedllyod 20' containers... � SP w/snoot nose and Roman lettering (6 nos.), #69405...$119.95 $9.15/2-pack � SP w/snoot nose � 4270 Maruba 40' refrigerated con- and “speed” let- tainers...$8.95/2-pack tering (6 nos.), � 4300 Florens 40' refriger- # 6 9 4 0 7 . . . ated containers... $119.95 $9.25/2-pack � 9050 KLLM 48' refriger- Microscale Industries, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley, CA ated containers w/ 92708, has the following new decals for N scale: reefer unit...$11.95/2-pack � 60-1233 Seatrain Lines 40' Containers � 5340 AJCL 40' wrinkle- � 60-1238 Seaboard Coast Line “Split Image” Diesels (1967-’74) sided containers... � 60-4410 North American Container System (NACS) 53' Domes- $8.75/2-pack tic Containers � 8032 SP 48' containers... � 60-4411 North American Container System (NACS) Extra Con- $10.55/2-pack tainer Logos & Reporting Marks � 8250 Allied Van These decals retail for $4.00. Lines 48' containers... Micro-Trains®, 351 Rogue River Pkwy., P.O. Box 1200, Talent, $ 1 1 . 9 5 / 2 - OR 97540-1200, has released the following RTR items: pack � MTL 2003 Holiday Car � SP flat-side woodchip car #170301...$13.75 ea.; #170306... 50' boxcar #38360... $82.50/6-pack $25.95 � SP w/UP shield � Alabama State Car 40' flat-side wood- boxcar (Road No. AL chip car #170401 1819), #21372...$19.85 $13.75/single car; #170406... $82.50/6-pack � Golden West Service flat-side woodchip car #170701...$13.15/ single car; #170703...$39.45/3-pack � Willamette & Pacific flat-side woodchip car #170501...$13.15/ single car; #170503...$39.45/3-pack � Blue Circle Cement ACF 2-bay covered hopper (Road No. BACX � CN Bethgon CoalPorter #120711...$13.25/single car; 7), #92180...$24.15 #120713...$39.75/3-pack; #120716...$79.50/6-pack; #120710... $132.50/10-pack � Detroit Edison (DETX) Bethgon C o a l P o r t e r #122101...$13.25 ea.; #122103... � DL&W 40' boxcar (Road No. D.L.& W. 52831), #20667...$12.60 $39.75/3-pack; � Milwaukee Road 34' wood caboose (Road No. MILW 0345), #122106...$79.50/6-pack; #122100...$132.50/10-pack #51230...$19.50 � UP Bethgon CoalPorter #122401...$14.45/single car; � Southern 56' tank #122403...$43.35/3-pack; #122406...$86.70/6-pack; #122400... car (Road No. SOU $144.50/10-pack 995006), #110060... � E-L 1944 AAR 40' boxcar $24.00 #142601...$14.35/single car; #142602...$28.70/ 2-pack N Scale Architect, 3 � Cotton Belt (SSW) 53' flatcar Oxford Ln., Hack- (2 nos.), #190601 or #190611... $16.95 ea. ettstown, NJ 07840, � Clinchfield 53' has announced two flat #190501... new laser-cut kits for $16.95 Quality Meat Packers (#QEP063 $123.95) InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering and Quality Meat the following new fully assembled models: Stock Yard (#QME073 � GN ACF 4650 $49.95). The Meat cu. ft. 3-bay cov- Packers kit is their largest kit to date and is based on a prototype ered hopper, Big alongside the Canadian National. The Stock Yard has unloading Sky Blue (6 new chutes, holding pens, troughs, positionable gates, a hay barn and nos.), #67010... shelters. Beef cows, rolled hay bales and extra troughs are available $19.95 separately. � Continental Grain Co. ACF 4650 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper (6 nos.), #67022...$19.95 ShapeMaster, P.O. Box 372, Ogden, IL 61859, www.shape-mas- � GN 12-panel 40' boxcar, vermilion (12 new nos.), ter.com, has a tabletop modular layout system. The modules are #66005...$18.95 made from a textured black ABS plastic and are lightweight (about � M&StL composite USRA gondola (6 nos.), #66611...$18.95 21 oz.) and paintable. Modules comply w/T-Trak standards and have � Western Fruit Express (WFEX) wood reefer w/GN herald (12 surfaces molded into the rear for skyboard mounting, threaded legs

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w/rubber feet and locations for clear plastic TABS that quickly align Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201-3039, the modules. Many straight and corner configurations are available. announces the Cornerstone Series® kit for Jim’s Repair Shop. Item No scenery or track is included but Kato Unitrack is recommended. #933-3229 is $17.98.

O SCALE

Atlas O, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, has a book pub- www.oscalemag.com, is publishing A Guide to Modern O Scale by lished by Kalmbach Publishing Co., Toy Train Layout From Start to Brian Scace. The book is a survey of O-scale products currently Finish, by Stan Trzoniec. The book teaches how to build a realistic 3- available. Topics covered include history, operational concepts, loco- rail O scale layout using modern track, scenery, rolling stock, digital motives, rolling stock, couplers, benchwork, structures, track, track control, planning and design. Many Atlas O products are featured. A plans, scenery, wiring, control systems, narrow gauge, Proto48, tools, free poster is available featuring the Fairbanks-Morse Erie-Built traction and tips. There is a list of resources at the end of each chap- diesel. Send $1.00 for S&H to Atlas O Poster at the above address. ter w/addresses, phone numbers and internet contacts. Price is $14.95. This book is also available from Highlands Station, Inc., O Scale Trains, P.O. Box 238, Lionville, PA 19353, publisher of Model Railroading.

LARGESCALE

Bachmann, 1400 E. Erie metal hand rails, operating smoke unit, metal connecting and main Ave., Philadelphia, PA rods, LED headlight and a 3-position polarity switch. Roadnames are 19124, offers a Spectrum® Westside Lumber Co. (#82097), Ely-Thomas Lumber Co. (#82098) Line 1:20.3 narrow gauge and painted unlettered (#82099). Price is $179.00. scale model of an H. K. Porter 0-4-0 saddle-tank Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503-1078, is offering a steam locomotive. The loco sill-mounted magnetic coupler w/pocket as #779 for G scale or is DCC ready, has a heavy duty can motor, full backhead detail, #1779 for #1 scale. Price for this item in either scale is $7.95/pair.

S SCALE Z SCALE

Bill Mosteller, P.O. Box 994, Herndon, VA 20172, has a decal set Micro-Trains®, P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR 97540-1200, has in white lettering for the Virginian’s distinctive “battleship” gondolas released the following RTR items: (G-3, G-3C and G-4C). Set #86 is $7.29 postpaid. � The Micro-Trains® Line 2003 Holiday Car is a 50' boxcar; #13625 (w/Märklin® couplers)...$27.50; #13625-2(w/ Magne-Matic® cou- Willow Associates, 4061 Glendenning Rd., Downers Grove, IL plers)...$29.30 60515-2228, is releasing the new 2004 edition reference brochure for � Great Northern 40' stock car, blue (Road No. 56385), #13812 S scale. The revised edition of The S Scale Manufacturer and Prod- (w/Märklin® couplers)...$16.25; #13812-2 (w/ Magne-Matic® cou- uct Directories 2004 is a 12-page booklet. Price is $2.00. plers)...$18.05

MULTISCALE

California Oregon & Coast Railway, P.O. Box 57, Rogue River, Loy’s Toys, P.O. Box 88, Wesley, AR 72773, www.LoysToys.com, OR 97537, www.cocry.com, announces a new line of pneumatic offers four Decoder Installation Kits. The kits provide a variety of components knows as E-Z Air Motion Control. The new line is fully small parts needed for decoder installation such as Grain-of-Wheat compatible with older systems. Systems operate on 40-psi air pres- bulbs, Grain-of-Rice bulbs, 3mm and 5mm Golden White LEDs, sure. A single toggle can operate any numbers of actuators and the resistor assortment, heat shrink tube, decoder wire, Kapton tape, actuators can provide a variety of functions. Conducta Lube and more. Also included is a 60+ page instruction manual with info about the parts, supplies and decoder installation. Digitrax, 450 Cemetery ST #206, Norcross, GA Basic kit for N scale is $28.80; HO/S scales is $36.80. Full kits con- 30071, announces the Plug N’ Play Signal System. tain a Resistor Selection Box and a Decoder Tester; N scale is Items available include the SE8C Signal Decoder $100.71 and HO/S scales is $108.71. ($125.00), SDCK Signal Driver Cable Kit ($19.99), Signal Mounting Hardware Kit ($9.99), Oddballs Decals, 26550 227th St., McLouth, KS 66054, offers TSMK Terminal Strip Mounting Kit ($14.95) and the following decals in HO, N, S & O scales: SMBK Signal Mast Base Kit ($14.95). The SE8K � 772 AAMX 4-bay covered hopper (1-79) can drive up to 32 signal heads using LED signals � 773 SLSF Baldwin VO1000 diesel and can also be used to drive eight slow-motion � 774 GTW 50' Berwick boxcar (5-90) switch machines or eight semaphore signals using � 775 GTW 60' ACF rebuilt hi-cube boxcar (11-90) slow-motion switch machines. � 776 GTW 50' P-S rebuilt hi-cube boxcar (9-92) � 777 GTW 60' P-S rebuilt hi-cube boxcar (11-90) Fast Tracks, 2208 17th St., S.W. Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2T � 778 TITX 50' tank car (11-03) 5Y9, www.handlaidtrack.com, is releasing a new line of track assem- � 779 MKT 42' tank car (4-59 & 7-71) bly fixtures. The fixtures are available in all the popular scales and � 780 KCS 60' Gunderson boxcar (1-96) standards and can be used to construct turnouts, crossings, wyes, 3- � 781 STSX 40' tank car (3-03) ways and slip switches. They can be used to produce consistent qual- Use prefix 60- for N; 87- for HO; 64- for S; 48- for O. HO & N ity trackwork that will not go out of gauge and can eliminate decals are $3.50; S and O decals are $6.75. If ordering direct, add derailment problems. Prices start at $89.95 for a single fixture. $1.75 for S&H. an up to date catalog is $7.00 plus $2.00 S&H.

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PartPart 1414 S-1S-1ALCO’s First Standard Switcher

NYC S-1 826 was built in October 1943. It models the later paint scheme initiated on new locomotive deliveries in 1957 with the lettering lowered on the hood and a white sidesill. Note the extra louvers added to the hood. South Station, Boston, MA; July 3, 1965. Decals: Microscale 87-88. Lou Marre collection byby GeorgeGeorge MelvinMelvin

he New York Central (NYC) operated T the largest fleet of S-1s. Beginning in 1928, the road experimented with road diesels using the running gear from straight electrics and power plants from Ingersoll- Rand (I-R) and MacIntosh & Seymour. The latter was the predecessor to the Alco design. In 1930, they bought a large group of boxcab switchers, some with third-rail electrical pickup and two with battery backup. The first conventional endcab switchers in the 600-hp range were a group of seven Winton- powered SCs delivered in 1936 to NYC sub- sidiary Chicago River & Indiana. In late 1938 and early 1939, the first six HH600s NYC S-1 834 is still in its original livery at North Bergen, NJ, on March 31, 1957. were delivered to the NYC. These were fol- Note the nice visor over the headlight, the added screens in the hood and the lowed immediately by five more built for the tapered stack. It is not equipped with radiator shutters. This unit may have been Boston & Albany. While the High Hoods delivered without an exhaust stack as were many early S-1s. Note the buffer were being acquired, the first of over 100 above the coupler and the second air hose for an air signal line. The tiny stencil EMC and EMD SW1s came on board in under the road number is the class, DES-8. Decals: Microscale MC-4004. February 1939. Lou Marre collection

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NYC S-1 847 switches head-end cars at South Station in Boston in June 1960. It has a pair of wind deflectors and a canvas sunshade on each side of the cab. Decals: Microscale MC-4004. Herman Shaner photo, George Melvin collection

NYC S-1 856 has a large straight stack, narrow grating above the exhaust fan and a headlight visor. Note the small markings on the sidesill. At the front it has “F l”, at the middle it has “B” for the B side of the unit, and under the builder’s plate it has “2” for the No. 2 end of the unit. The NYC roster indicates this unit has MU and was renumbered to 9393 in 1966. The MU must have been on the rear only as it is not visible in this view. Syracuse, NY; May 13, 1951. Decals: Microscale MC-4004. Lou Marre collection

The first of 71 S-1s was unit 590 built in May 1940. It was the fourth S-1 built, right behind the trio for Des Moines Union. It was displayed by Alco at the New York World’s Fair and not received by the NYC until March 1941. This unit was followed by

NYC S-1 950 is carrying its third number. It was the second S-1 bought by the NYC. It came as unit 685 in August 1950, became 900 in 1948 and 950 in July 1950. It would carry the number 9404 in the PC renumbering. It is shown stored at Syracuse, NY, on November 24, 1962, with its conical stack wrapped in canvas. It has a small warning light on the roof and what appears to be an upright whistle. Decals: Microscale 87-88. Lou Marre photo

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NYC S-1 846 switches at Rochester, NY, on May 4, 1965. It is now 21 years old and still in its original livery. The high angle affords a good look at the narrow walkway grating over the exhaust fan and the large straight exhaust stack. The diagonal striping on the pilot is just about completely worn off. Decals: Microscale MC-4004. Bill Linley photo

another single unit numbered 685 that was built in August 1940, the 12th S-1 built. Seven units numbered 686-692 arrived in 1941. The following year saw 15 more S-1s added. These were units 693-707 built between September 1942 and October 1943. Units 708-729 came in January through August 1944. In 1945, 15 units were added. They were numbered 730-744 and built between January and May. In 1948 the S-1 fleet was renumbered. Unit 590 became unit 811 and units 693- 744 became units 812-843. The 1940-’41 group built as 685-692 was renumbered 900-907. Two years later the final group of ten S-1s arrived in March 1950. They were numbered 864-873. The last eight units in the series, the 900-907 were renumbered again in July 1950 to 950-957. They all arrived in solid black with “New York Cen- tral” spelled out along the top edge of the hood and the road number on the cab. The earlier units came with their wheel edges painted white. In 1966, most of the remaining units (six had been retired by then) were renumbered in anticipation of the Penn Central merger into the 9300-9347 and 9404-9410 series. The exception was 19 S-1s equipped with multiple unit controls that were numbered randomly through the NYC series. These were now grouped into two solid blocks of numbers: 9383-9394 and 9404-9410. A total of 65 NYC S-1s went into the Penn Central merger, joining similar units from the Penn- NYC S-1 955 has the large straight stack. It has received a number of louvers in sylvania and New Haven. the hood similar to unit 826. Note the radio-equipped logo on the cab as well as Next time we will look at the S-1s of the the assignment point of Buffalo. DeWitt Yard in East Syracuse, NY; November New Haven. 24, 1962. Decals: Microscale MC-4004. Lou Marre photo

NYC S-1 9310 is our only example in the pre-PC number series. It was built as unit 704 in October 1943 and carried number 823 (showing through on the nose) from 1948 to 1966. It has a conical stack with a screen for a spark arrestor, a small beacon on the cab roof and a Sinclair radio antenna. Beacon Park Yard, Allston, MA; April 24, 1971. Decals: Microscale 87-88. George Melvin photo

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A construction series on building a water-powered sawmill by Sam Swanson

Photos by the author

Connecting the shafts that tie the woodworking shop and bandmill subassemblies together.

banks with an india ink solution (3 drops/oz. what to expect from the media you’re using, Subassemblies of alcohol). Make a dam at the base’s edge but you’ll be less worried about making a Installation with three layers of masking tape, and use a mistake. You may also want to read two arti- ecure the woodworking shop by white two-part polymer compound, such as Envi- cles by Jim Wild and Dwayne Easterling that S gluing the foundation directly to the top rotex, to make the water. Tint the Envirotex I found helpful when starting my water-mak- of the display base. Install the dam so its top with Floquil Roof Brown (about one drop of ing activities: Making Mud (July 1986 RMC) is about 6" below the top of the screen and paint per ounce) and use at least two layers, and Modeling a Marsh (July 1988 RMC). 1 gate structure, and horizontally level over each about /8" thick. Where the Envirotex With all of the downstream details com- the width of the pond. Fill and finish the gap creeps, touch up the sides of the streambed pleted, move over to the other side of the between the two structures to appear as con- and ditch with matte medium, and after dam. Install the bandmill subassembly by crete, and then install the three ladders after adding some soil, re-stain the banks. sliding it adjacent to the woodworking the topography around both has been built If the water surface becomes dusty or shop’s power pit, taking care to properly up with Styrofoam. scratched, paint the water surface with align the two shafts (main power and log Carve the display base surface at the toe Future acrylic medium to restore its shine. turner shafts) that span between the two sub- of the dam to represent the headwaters of the Before placing the water areas on your dis- assemblies. When properly positioned, pin stream, and also carve a ditch downstream of play base, consider practicing the streambed the bandmill into place with at least two the mud valve discharge pipe. Finish this and water modeling techniques on a stream bamboo skewers. After all of the power pit area with soil and darken the streambed and or lake mockup first. You’ll not only know details have been completed (described

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The sawdust bin and access road, bandsaw sawdust chain, and bandmill lifting/turning sections’ roof braces.

below), shim all of the gaps between the two Build the seal wall over the template roof that spans between the bandmill and subassemblies and the base areas with strips after confirming the span between the woodworking shop. of Styrofoam and seal the gaps with white woodworking shop foundation and bandmill glue, followed by an overcoat of soil, in turn retaining wall. The seal wall should tightly Incline Section Roof affixed with diluted white glue. Then build span the space between the two structures. In addition to covering most of the log and install the power pit components, which Stain the seal wall wood brown so that it incline, this removable roof panel also shel- include the log drag operator and frame, seal will look creosoted, and between the face ters part of the bandmill’s raceway and band- wall and walkway. boards (NSLC 115), paint gloss black to saw sections, and most of the power pit. It’s I built these additional power pit compo- represent tar. After the wall is finished, paint built much like the bandmill’s lumbering nents in place on a base that was attached to each end of the wall with gloss black then section roof and similar to that panel. I didn’t the woodworking shop subassembly, but white glue the wall into place. get the incline section’s roof panel correctly they can be easily installed onto the area Again using the templates, build and sized on my first try (and ended up making built up directly on the display base. Initially install the lower portion of the walkway and the roof a two-panel arrangement that’s cum- though, be sure to just temporarily install the the two supports under it. Glue the end of bersome at best). So build the roof as a sin- bandmill subassembly on the display base the walkway to the screen and gate structure gle panel according to the drawings which with the skewers, so that you have adequate and rest its other end on the walkway sup- were included with the bandmill subassem- space to build the power pit components port glued to the bandmill’s log lifting sec- bly plans. The roof is supported by the band- should their installation prove difficult. tion. Then install the walkway supports in mill’s Side 1 and three other frames, which conjunction with building up the pond area’s need to be custom fit to each area after being Power Pit Components topography with Styrofoam. Add soil and built according to the templates. Start with the log drag operator, which is bark details under the walkway and secure Install Frame 1 first by beveling its edges an unusual combination of a Jordan car rear them with diluted white glue. through sanding until the frame uniformly axle and transmission. Epoxy the two Build the log drag frame, and add the 20' abuts the bandmill and woodworking shop together, and add two 6"-long shim alu- shaft and its two intermediate bearings. sides. Place Frame 1 at the same height as minum cylinders to accept the incoming and Install the log drag frame so the shaft is the bandmill’s Side 1, and paint and finish it outgoing power shafts. Add the braces level after its end has been inserted into the to match the woodworking shop’s exterior. (made from painted paper) supporting the cylinder on the operator’s rear axle. Add the Then add Frame 2, which spans between a transmission and the operator lever using walkway platform, and build this in place so horizontal support affixed to the bandsaw the car’s handbrake. Cut the support post the shaft is at the same approximate eleva- filing room and the power pit landing. height to match the supply shaft’s elevation, tion as the platform planks. Check the align- Adjust Frame 2’s height so the top of its and glue its bottom to the power pit access ment of all the components and if you’re beam is 9" below the top of Frame 1’s beam. platform after aligning the input shaft with satisfied, glue the bandmill subassembly Install Frame 3 about 6" below Frame 2. the cylinder on the operator’s transmission. into place, and proceed with building the Make sure Frame 3 adequately clears the

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The log pond and fence, and the remnants of the original hemlock dam.

power pit equipment, and securely fasten its and painted siding. Complete the incline stream of the log dump and around the mud columns to the power pit’s end blocks and section’s detailing by adding the light and valve. I modeled the log pond with the mud bandmill’s bandsaw section floor. Check the conduit, which should tie in with the wood- valve opened at the time of a log pond roof slope and if acceptable, white glue the working shop’s exterior conduit, before cleaning and inspection, so the typical and brace between Frames 2 and 3, then start the turning your attention back to completing high water lines had to be established on the roof panel construction. the log pond. embankments and structures defining the Notch the rafters (NSLC 114) that rest pond’s periphery. on Side 1 and Frame 1, and tack the rest of Log Pond For the soil and stone areas, I used sev- the rafters onto the Frame 2 and 3 beam Define the log pond by installing the log eral application of the 3-drop india ink solu- tops. Add the roof trim and boards, then pry dump subassembly and building the side tion. And for the stone and wood pond the panel from the supports. Add tarpaper slopes along the other edge of the pond. components, I used a dusting of dark brown strips, followed by a tar seal strip that runs Paint and then add soil to the log pond bot- pastels. Grind the pastels using sandpaper or down the side of the bandsaw filing room tom and surrounding embankments, and add an emery board, and permanently affix them and seals the intersection between the roof a lot of bark and similar detritus down- by brushing alcohol over the dusted surface. In making these water lines, be sure to keep the line level and consistently uniform in darkness all around the pond’s edge. Define this line before adding water and the other log pond details. Place and touch-up the log pond water using the same techniques as those for the water at the dam’s toe. After the pond’s water has been finished, install the picket fence posts (NSLC 198) in line with the log drag columns and add the two fence runners (NSLC 122) and the vertical boards. Because of the limited space, this is the most tedious part of the pond construction. Take your time and realize that not all the components have to be perfectly aligned along the picket fence. And after the fence is installed, add the log drag drum to the end of the shaft and the overhead corrugated roof. Install the seven fence panels. I used a random combination of square and rounded posts (NSLC 198). The rounded posts were made by shaving off the four corners with a The log cart loading platform. hobby knife, rolling them on a piece of 100-

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Log Pond Fence Rail Fence Square and Round Posts (7 Panels, See Detail) (Typ of 20) 198 Picket Fence 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 (See Detail) Bumper Posts Log Cart Loading Platform (See Bumper Posts 114, 198 114, 115 Detail, HO Template) 115 198

114, 122 115 Top Peavy Support 3030 Picket Fence 122 (HO Template) Rail Fence Panel 3015 198 (HO Template) Front Side

Loading Deck (HO Templates) 115 Lumber Piles (HO Templates) 198 122 Foundation Stone (Typ of 5) 122 Cover (See Top) Beam Spacer 116 (Typ of 6) 114 Side Cover Spacer Ramp Toe (Typ of 4) Boards 198 115 198 Support Timbers Sticker (Typ) (Typ of 3) 3” to 6” Overhang

115, Top 116 Joist (Typ of 6) 2022 Beam Ramp Tread Corrugated Panels NBW ) Bandmill Walkway (Typ of 6 (Typ of 5) and Boards (Typ of 8) 181 Edge Support Timber (Typ) Stickers of Tie Retaining Wall Retaining Wall Uniform-Width Stickers Random-Width Upper Level Lower Level Boards Boards (End Views) Lumber X-Rack (HO Templates)

Board Support Panel

142

Base Timber Board Riser (Typ of 4) (Typ of 5) Tie Plate Board Support Panel 1/2 of 112 143 (Typ of 4) (Typ of 2, See Detail) 112

Top Runner 112 Lateral Brace (Typ of 4) 112

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Site Bill of Materials Basswood: (Northeastern Scale Lumber Co.) Description: 22" or 24" Strip Qty., NSLC No. Screen and Gate Structure: 2 of 101, 1 of 112, 1 of 122, 1 of 215, 1 of 2015 Dam: 1 of 112, 1 of 122 Log Dump: 1 of 114, 1 of 115, 1 of 2023, 1 of 2043 Log Pond Fence: 2 of 114, 2 of 115, 1 of 122, 2 of 198, 1 of 3015, 1 of 3030 Log Drag: 1 of 112, 1 of 114, 1 of 163 Loading Dock: 2 of 115, 3 of 116, 1 of 122, 1 of 181, 1 of 198, 1 of 2022 X-rack: 2 of 112, 2 of 142, 1 of 143 Walkway: 1 of 114, 1 of 115, 1 of 144, 2 of 161 Seal Wall: 1 of 115, 1 of 122

Commercial Details The finished loading dock. Manufacturer Part No. Description Evergreen Hill Designs 627 Peaveys 656 Transmission Grandt Line 5099 Log dump and loading dock NBWs 5101 Gate NBWs Jordan Hwy Miniatures 213 Ford (rear axle & handbrake operator lever) On-Trak 377 Log drag drum Precision Scale Co. 31124 Gate handwheel 31126 Mud valve handwheel Other Materials Clover House 246 .020 brass wire Evergreen Scale Models 9010 .010 styrene sheet Campbell Scale Models 801 Corrugated aluminum William Bros. 601 Corrugated aluminum (shim) The seasoning lumber piles and X-racks. Miscellaneous Durham’s Water Putty 1” Dow Styrofoam grit sandpaper, and distressing the sides and ends with deep cuts from 3 /16" foamcore board a sharp hobby knife. After building each of the seven panels, use ® 1 Envirotex polymer coating each as a drilling guide for exact placement of the posts. Use a /16" Future® acrylic coating drill bit in a hand vise to drill into the soil and water. Liquitex Matte Medium Start at the picket fence intersection and work upstream, keeping 22-gauge wire the top of the fence at the same elevation. Since the ground slopes, 70-lb paper cut the panels’ posts to match the ground topography, such that the 1 /16" cardboard bottom board’s edge is about 2' above the water or soil surface. And Thread to fit the drilled hole, lessen the diameter or round the corners of square posts so the post fits tightly into the drilled hole. With both the picket and rail fence installed, add the log cart loading platform, which can easily be built in place after locating the front post (NSLC 198), adding the widthwise supports (NSLC 3030), and building the deck up from there. Complete the log pond area by adding peripheral trees and foliage matching your layout’s scheme. Loading Dock I built the loading dock in place, but using the templates, both levels of the dock are easy to install separately after being fully assembled. The loading dock was designed to look as though it was built in two parts, with the lower part being built initially and the upper part being built later to accommodate both rail and truck loading. I tried to vary the weathering on each level, but the extra weathering on the lower boards was too subtle (not dark enough) to distinguish the two decks. Build the lower level first by tacking (with white glue) the three support beams (NSLC 198) on the template and then adding the floorboards (NSLC 116). Weather, distress and add nail heads to the floorboards before installing the lower level onto the display base. Place it adjacent to the front of the bandmill and retaining wall timbers. Begin building the upper level of the loading dock by making five Backside of the log cart loading platform and detail of the concrete supports and joining the front two with a pair of retaining post’s water penetration. wall timbers (NSLC 198) that match the top elevation of the sup-

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ports. Add the three beam pairs, which con- sist of two beams (NSLC 181) and spacers NSLC Conversion Chart (NSLC 114). For the two beams with out- Old Scale New Kappler Mill Mt. Albert side faces, add NBW castings in line with 5 NSLC Actual Size Inches Inches NSLC & Lumber Scale Lumber No. the spacers. Install the six joists (NSLC 1 2 3 4 No. (Inches) (Approx.) Used No. Co. No. HO S O 2022) over the beam pairs and then glue the 101 .012 x .040 floorboards into place. Detail and distress 3 1x4 240 3003 KP1103 MA102P MA202P MA302P 102 .012 x /64 the floor before installing the upper level 1 103 .012 x /16 adjacent to the lower level. Finish the load- 5 1x6 408 3004 KP1105 MA103P MA203P MA303P 104 .012 x /64 ing dock by adding the ramp that connects 1 the two levels. Make the ramp treads from 110 .020 x /32 111 .020 x .040 2x4 725 3012 KP1120 MA109P MA209P MA309P NSLC 101 cut in half, and add a ramp toe 3 112 .020 x /64

board (NSLC 112) after the ramp has been 1 113 .020 x /16 glued into place. With the loading dock in 5 2x6 1,272 3013 KP1122 MA110P MA210P MA310P 114 .020 x /64

place, finish the roads and other open areas 3 115 .020 x /32 2x8 1,462 3014 KP1124 MA111P MA211P MA311P surrounding the sawmill. 1 116 .020 x /8 2x10 702 3015 KP1126 MA112P MA212P MA312P

1 Lumber Piles and Rack 121 .040 x /32 3x4 720 3021 KP1135 MA115P MA215P MA315P

1 3 The open areas around the sawmill are 122 /32 x /64 3031 1 1 suited for the lumber piles and racks used for 123 /32 x /16 4x6 216 70122- KP1151 MA116P MA216P MA316P 1 5 curing newly finished lumber. Although 124 /32 x /64 70124 1 1 many types of lumber were commonly 126 /32 x /8 3x10 142 3024 KP1141 MA118P MA218P MA318P

3 stacked in horizontal curing piles, the unusual 142 .040 x /64 3x4 3021 KP1135 MA115P MA215P MA315P

X-rack was used for curing maple so that sap 1 143 .040 x /16 3022 5 3x6 140 KP1137 MA116P MA216P MA316P wouldn’t stain the wood. For my sawmill, I 144 .040 x /64 70163

built four horizontal lumber piles with vari- 1 146 .040 x /8 3x10 3024 KP1141 MA118P MA218P MA318P

ous board sizes. I also built a double rack and 5 147 .040 x /32 3x14 24 70127 KP1143 — — — a single X-rack, although they may appear as 3 3 one assembly because of the top runners used 161 /64 x /64 4x4 330 3030 KP1149 MA120P MA220P MA320P 3 1 on either side to connect the two racks. 162 /64 x /16 70162 3 5 4x6 KP1151 MA121P MA221P MA321P For the horizontal lumber curing stacks, 163 /64 x /64 70163 1 1 there are just a few simple rules for realistic 180 /16 x /16 70180 1 5 6x6 302 KP1163 MA125P MA225P MA325P pile construction. Use dimensional lumber 181 /16 x /64 70181 1 3 that’s limited to 10' long and 14" wide. High 182 /16 x /32 6x8 116 70182 KP1165 MA126P MA226P MA326P

1 3 narrow piles are best, with boards spaced hor- 185 /16 x /16 6x16 24 70185 KP1170 MA130P MA230P MA330P

izontally between 1" and 3". Space the boards 5 5 198 /64 x /64 6x6 70198 KP1163 MA125P MA225P MA325P

vertically with stickers, which are thin boards 3 3 215 /32 x /32 8x8 70 70215 KP1175 MA132P MA232P MA332P (1" x 2") placed at both ends of the curing 1 1 boards (and for piles with lumber 8' and 231 /8 x /8 10x10 48 70231 KP1185 MA138P MA238P MA338P longer, use three rows of stickers). Make the 2014 .024 x .096 2x8 3014 KP1124 MA111P MA211P MA311P lumber pile covers from corrugated panels 2015 .024 x .120 2x10 3015 KP1126 MA112P MA212P MA312P and stripwood supported over a grid of NSLC 2016 .024 x .144 2x12 44 3016 KP1127 MA113P MA213P MA313P 112. Place the piles on risers cut from NSLC 2020 .036 x .036 3x3 22 3020 KP1134 MA114P MA214P MA314P 2022 so there’s a slope of 3" to 6" from front to back along the stack. I’ve built the four 2022 .036 x .072 3x6 3022 KP1137 MA116P MA216P MA316P piles several different ways and believe the 2023 .036 x .096 3x8 22 3023 KP1139 MA117P MA217P MA317P easiest method is to lay out the risers on graph 2024 .036 x .120 3x10 3024 KP1141 MA118P MA218P MA318P paper, add the first row of boards, and then 2030 .048 x .048 4x4 3030 KP1149 MA120P MA220P MA320P add successive layers of stickers and boards 2040 .072 x .072 6x6 3040 KP1163 MA125P MA225P MA325P until you reach the desired pile height. Then place the cover supports and cover material 2041 .072 x .096 6x8 3041 KP1165 MA126P MA226P MA326P that overhangs the stack by 6" or so. 2042 .072 x .120 6x10 22 3042 KP1167 MA127P MA227P MA327P Similarly, build the X-rack by laying out 2043 .072 x .144 6x12 22 3043 KP1168 MA128P MA228P MA328P the five base timbers (NSLC 143) that have 2050 .096 x .096 8x8 3050 KP1175 MA132P MA232P MA332P been cut to length for a single (6') or double (12') rack. Add the tie plates and board ris- 1 Part numbers used in article are no longer used by Northeastern Scale Lumber Co., but may ers (NSLC 112), followed by the board sup- still be available at some hobby shops. Use the new NSLC numbers shown for HO. 2 Inches used indicates total for a particular scale item, e.g., 2x4 includes 110, 111 & 112. port panels (NSLC 142). Add two lateral 3 30XX numbers are HO scale items; 70XXX numbers are suitable fractionally dimensioned items. braces (NSLC 112) on each side of the sup- 4 Add -HOP to number for HO scale, -SP for S, -OP for O. Available in 12" or 24" lengths. port panels, and tie the panel tops with two 5 HO available in 12" or 24" lengths; S and O scales only available in 24" length. top runners (NSLC 112). Stack the curing lumber between the runners and add an areas where water accumulates intermittently removed from the log pond, a truck and intermediate runner if the lumber doesn’t (such as downspout and pipe discharges). Add operator unloading sawdust from the storage fully span the width of the X-rack. some ivy and other foliage around the base of bin, the loading dock crowded with lumber the sawmill structures for an overgrown look. and crates, and some of the town folks Final Details And add some workers and their pets to look removing stove wood from the scrapwood By using some green pastel or chalk and as though the sawmill is being operated or has storage bin. The surrounding details can some alcohol, tie all of the concrete areas of been shut down to be maintained. help tie the whole scene together and be the the sawmill facility together by dusting the Some other sawmill-related details you final complement to a sawmill model that’s chalk in corners, on slabs, and any other wall might want to include are a pile of bark full of interesting detail.

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by Larry Puckett

Photos by the author

On30 is

Completed Mogul from the engineer’s side.

kay, just how hot is it? Well, consider verted various HO or On3 locos and equip- scale models anymore — O-scale models O the following. A search for On30 arti- ment. There were some kits, but prior to are easier to see and work with. Now that cles listed in the Model Train Magazine 1998 if you wanted On30 you needed to be our children are out of the house, we also Index produced these results. In the 1960s ready to do it yourself or mortgauge the have a lot more free time to dedicate to kit- there were three articles; in the 1970s there house. Then along came Bachmann in 1998 bashing and model building, if we want to were nine articles; in the 1980s there were with their 2-6-0 Mogul and passenger cars, do that sort of thing. 12 articles; in the 1990s there were ten arti- followed by a couple Porter locos, a line of In spite of the availability of a number of cles prior to 1998; but beginning with 1998 freight cars and a caboose, and a couple kits, many On30 modelers still seem to put a there have been 73 articles in six years! So years ago the 13-ton Shay. Next year we lot of time and effort into scratchbuilding what happened in 1998? Bachmann released have been promised a Climax and after that and kitbashing, and that adds a special the first models in their On30 line that year. a 2-8-0. Most of these locomotives are dimension to the hobby that seems to be But why the sudden increase in interest just retailing for about what you pay for a couple fading from HO scale. Consequently, most because of Bachmann? After all, On30 has mid-to-high quality HO locomotives. On30 layouts, modules and displays that I been around for at least 50 years. Well, most Along with the Bachmann products have have seen are built with more of a diorama importantly, Bachmann made it affordable come a variety of other products from other quality than in other scales. Still, On30 and accessible! manufacturers. For example, for about 30% modelers revel in their independence and Until Bachmann got into the game On30 more than the street price of the Bachmann range from rivet counting, prototype model- was largely a niche gauge, populated by Shay, Broadway Limited is offering a 2-8-0 ers to freelance, anything-goes kitbashers. scratchbuilders and kitbashers who con- and Mountain Model Imports (a division of Another factor in this new interest in Precision Scale Co.) is on the verge of On30 is the fact that it basically is O-scale releasing an On30 D&RGW K-27 2-8-2. narrow-gauge locos and rolling stock run- There is a growing assortment of rolling ning on HO-scale standard-gauge track, and stock available as ready-to-run plastic mod- on track radii that can be 18" and smaller. els, and kits ranging from fairly easy to This means that some modelers can simply build to highly detailed craftsman level run their new On30 models on their existing products. And since this is O scale, there are HO-scale tracks, or they can build an On30 lots of buildings, accessories and detail parts layout in the same space as an HO layout. available — many of the O scale Walthers Also, it provides a wide array of HO-scale Cornerstone® buildings are perfect for On30. power chassis and rolling stock that can be So there are a lot of models, kits and modified for use in On30. Even some HO- parts out there, but what is so attractive and S-scale structures can be modified for about On30? I think that part of the attrac- use on On30 layouts. Although you can use tion is nostalgia — after all, many of us got HO-scale track and turnouts with On30, our start in model railroading with an O- there are other options. Peco offers both scale Lionel set one Christmas many years flextrack and turnouts, but only in code 100. ago. Another factor is that as the large num- Micro Engineering on the other hand offers ber of baby boomers reach middle age, we On30 flextrack in codes 100, 83 and 70, but Pilot modifications. can barely see the details on our HO- or N- does not offer turnouts. One other option is

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to hand lay your own track and/or turnouts. In the coming months we’re going to be taking a look at an assortment of products available to On30 modelers including locomotives, rolling stock and structures. We’ll look at off-the-shelf items, shake-the-box kits and craftsman kits, and we’ll build a couple locomotives — one steam and one diesel. This month I’m going to start with the Bachmann Mogul, Shay, and Porter ready-to-run steam locomotives. Although they look pretty good with a little weathering, I’m going to add an assortment of detail and scratchbuilt parts, re-letter them and then add some weathering — so let’s get started. The Mogul Bachmann’s Mogul represents a Brooks 2-6-0, owned by the Colorado & Southern, as it looked in the 1890s. There are a couple different configurations - with or without an air reservoir mounted on the boiler in front Modified headlight and new smoke- This rear angle provides a better view of the cab, and there are a couple different stack. of the new footboards and other headlights. Also, this locomotive was Bach- details. mann’s first On30 release, and the details on smokebox. These are cored for light bulbs, some of the parts are a little basic. The cow- but I decided not to install them at this time. catcher pilot has a dummy coupler that is I was really impressed with the variety and mounted too high to be serviceable even quality of the Precision Scale O-scale detail when replaced with a functional coupler. parts selection and used quite a number on Since this locomotive is meant to handle this loco and the Shay. The plastic smoke- both freight and mixed trains, a working stack is a bit too plain for me so I removed it front coupler is an absolute necessity. So, and replaced it with a PSC 1242 brass stack taking all this into consideration I decided that I had painted silver to match the smoke to: box. I then built a PSC 1019 brass bell kit, 1) move the air reservoir to the tender, painted all but the bell and clapper black, 2) replace the cowcatcher with a footboard and installed it on the boiler where the air pilot and functional coupler, reservoir had been mounted. On the right 3) modify the headlight, side of the boiler, I removed the old air 4) replace the smokestack, bell, air pump pump, cut away enough of the walkway for and a few other details, the new PSC 4209.1 air pump and 4156 5) add a ladder, backup light, footboards and pump bracket, and then glued them to the An air pump and bracket were an extended coal bunker to the tender, boiler after hand painting them. I also added mounted on the right side of the and piping for the air pump using .030 brass engine. 6) replace the cab with a Banta Modelworks laser-cut kit. I began by removing the air reservoir - this popped right off without damaging the mounting pin. I also cut the bell mount off flush with the top of the air reservoir and applied a little filler putty to smooth it. I then set this and the metal straps aside. I gently tugged on the cowcatcher, and it popped right off too. I cut a scrap piece of wood and glued it in the opening where the cowcatcher had been. After the glue set I built up a styrene pad behind the new pilot beam and used it to mount a Kadee® #5 coupler and coupler pocket — make sure to check the coupler height as you build up the mounting pad. To complete the pilot I added a footboard using .040 x .156 styrene strips, 1 .118 styrene angle, and scale 1 /2" NBW castings. Next I moved up to the boiler and cut the top projection off the headlight. I filled the opening with a little styrene plug then smoothed it with filler putty. I then cut off the cast-on marker lamps and installed a pair This view of the left side of the engine shows the new detail parts including the of Precision Scale (PSC) 4132 lamps on the new whistle mounted on the side of the steam dome.

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warping the wood cab walls. Another detail I added was a metal roof. The metal plating was applied using 3M® Super 77TM Adhesive and Vintage Reproductions paper-backed foil. I sprayed the adhesive onto the paper side of the foil, then set the roof down onto it and gently rocked it side-to-side to get a smooth application, then trimmed the excess with a knife blade. Finally, I masked off the roof from the underside and spray-painted it light Tuscan Oxide Red. Mounting the cab requires a little work since the wood is a bit thicker than the plastic cab and doesn’t slide into the slots on the boiler. To compensate, I repeatedly ran doubled sandpaper up and down in the slot until the cab slid in — make sure you leave the fit a little tight since that’s all that holds the cab on. Turning to the tender I built a 2' tall extension for the coalbunker 1 using .040 styrene sheet. I used the same .188 styrene angle and 1 /2" NBW castings, that I had used on the pilot footboard, for the vertical Here you can see the scratchbuilt coalbunker extension, supports. With the coalbunker glued in place, I constructed a set of relocated air reservoir, rerail frog, toolbox, backup light, footboards for the rear of the tender, similar to the one on the front ladder and footboards. pilot. However, in this case I made separate footboards and used .040 x .060 styrene for the vertical supports. I then cut off the cast-on steps located on the rear sides of the tender. Next I cut mounting holes and installed the air reservoir on the tender deck immediately behind the coalbunker. I then drilled holes in the sides of the air reservoir and installed .030 brass-wire piping. On the prototype this piping often ran straight down the sides of the tender and from there along the frame to the front where it connected to air lines from the engine. However, I ran mine along the side of the coalbunker walls to the front of the bunker and from there down to the frame. Since I wanted to add a ladder to the rear of the tender I removed the long toolbox and replaced it with a smaller one from the Bach- mann Shay — this gave me room for a ladder. The ladder is a PSC 5131 cast-brass part. Because the ladder was a little tall for this tender I shortened it a bit, bent the lower supports, and glued it to the tender deck. I then installed a PSC 8278.1 backup light centered on the rear of the tender. This light is predrilled for a light bulb and comes with a reflector and lens. I drilled a hole through the tender From the left side of the tender you can see the new water deck so that I could install a bulb and connect it to the Soundtraxx control valves. decoder I had previously installed (see the DCC Update in the Sep- tember 2003 MRG). I then attached a PSC 41108 rerail frog to the wire. On the steam dome, I removed the whistle, plugged the hole right side of the tender frame using CA glue and finally replaced the with styrene, and smoothed it over with putty. I then installed a PSC plastic water control valves with PSC 40378 cast-brass parts. 40146 whistle on the left side of the dome. That completed all the The final step was to re-letter the tender. I decided to give some modifications to the engine except for the cab. chemicals that I had sitting around the house a try at removing the Banta Modelworks makes a nice wooden cab kit for the Mogul. lettering on the tender. I gave Scalecoat II plastic-compatible thinner This is a laser-cut kit that has interlocking tabs that makes construc- a try since it is a good paint solvent. Since I knew this wouldn’t harm tion easy — I used thick cyanoacrylate (CA) glue to speed up con- styrene I swabbed a healthy coating on the Mogul tender and started struction. In addition, there are overlays with their own adhesive that rubbing the Colorado & Southern, and presto, off it came. Success — give depth to the cab, and precut windows and clear styrene window in no time I had all the lettering and numerals off the tender. I then “glass.” I prepainted the inside a light green and the outside engine dragged out the Alps printer and started cranking out the Virginia & black using acrylic paint. These paints dry fast enough to enable hand Mount Airy decals. After these were applied I gave the model a 50:50 painting with some large brushes without having to worry about coat of Dullcote and Glosscote followed by some weathering with diluted acrylics and chalk dust. Finally, I used Testors clear parts cement to create lenses in the marker lamps. By the way, the Virginia & Mount Airy was a 3' narrow gauge line that originated as the Mount Airy & Eastern, running between the town of that name in North Carolina and Kibler, Virginia. The Mount Airy & Eastern ceased operations in 1920 and was reorga- nized as the Virginia & Mount Airy. There is no evidence that this railroad ever actually turned a wheel, and the remaining equipment was sold off in 1931. However, in my little corner of the world it went on operating well into the early 1950s. The Shay Fireman’s side of the completed model. The Bachmann Shay has done more to attract modelers to On30 than just about any other product in any scale — people see it

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Added winch and air reservoir.

The steam engine was added to the left running board This close-up shows the washout in front of the air cover plate and whistle added to the pump and tool vertical firebox. box.

This view shows how the backup light was mounted.

The Backwoods Miniatures dress-up kit for the Shay has a wealth of cast parts as well as some of the nicest Here’s the coalbunker extension and rerail frog that were added to the tender etchings I’ve ever seen. section of the Shay.

and just have to have one! It looks good and runs great as is, and The gypsy steam engine and winch is an especially nice touch. with a little extra detail it can be a prizewinner. In addition, a cou- Although the option is provided to build an open plantation cab, I ple companies are offering packages of detail parts for the Shay. I opted to install a closed cab using another Banta Modelworks kit. chose a dress-up kit from Backwoods Miniatures, a company based There is a tradeoff with this approach since all the nice details are in Northumberland, England (yes, On30 is BIG in Europe too). best shown off with the plantation cab. I just might have to pick up This kit contains a beautiful assortment of brass etchings and another Shay and install the Banta cab on it. white-metal castings that will add all sorts of interesting details to Beginning with the Backwoods Miniatures kit I added the throttle your model, including your choice of three different smokestacks. to the boiler backhead and installed the washout cover. I then

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The completed Shay looks well worn and ready for work.

and a screw that hold the cab to the chassis, plus the seats are glued to the chassis and block movement of the cab. Gently pry the seats loose then back out the screw under the right side of the cab. At this point you should be able to slide the cab to the left and lift it off. The Banta cab kit for the Shay goes together just like the one for the Mogul. I painted the open area of the sides of the Banta cab dark green before installing the overlays, which were all painted black — I used the same light green for the cab interior. I also added a metal roof as on the Mogul and painted it the same light Tuscan Oxide Red. Before installing the roof, how- With a full bunker of coal No. 3 ever, I stained the floor a light brown using looks ready for a day on the rails. a 10:1 mix of brown paint and water. Also, I added the engineer’s seat, brake wheel,

removed the whistle and installed a PSC 4655 in its place. To maintain a family appearance, I installed a PSC 1019 bell on the boiler. Next I added the air reservoir to the right running board and the air pump on the left side and added the brass-wire piping as shown in the instructions. I also added a toolbox behind the gypsy engine. The gypsy engine went together fairly easily — before installing it I replaced the plastic number- plate on the smokebox door with one of the etched-brass versions supplied in the kit. I kept the Bachman headlight to give the engine a more modern appearance but did replace the smokestack with the “elegantly capped stovepipe” version, which glues directly onto the base cast into the boiler. This view of the fireman’s side of the Before installing the Banta cab you have Shay shows off the vertical boiler. to get the old one off. There are two tabs

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Bill of Materials Manufacturer Part No. Description Banta Modelworks T-2072 Wood cab for Bachman 2-6-0 T-2100 Closed cab for Bachmann Shay Cal-Scale 250 Large modern steam whistle Evergreen 143 .040 x .060 styrene strips 147 .040 x .156 styrene strips 296 .188 styrene angle 9105 .040 styrene sheet Grandt Line 1 23 1 /2" NBW castings MODELflex 1601 Engine Black From this angle you can see the front wall that was added to the coal bunker. 1614 Light Tuscan Oxide Red 1632 Santa Fe Silver 1645 Milwaukee Brown 1646 Southern Sylvan Green Precision Scale 1019 Bell, top mount 1242 Stack, C-class 1314 Stack, C-class 4132 Marker lamps 4156 Bracket, air pump 4209.1 Air pump 4655 Whistle, top mount 5131 Ladder, tender 8278.1 Backup light 40146 Whistle, left mount 40378 Valves, water 41108 Rerail frog Vintage Reproductions — .004 Foil

Backwoods Miniatures 11 Netherton Southside Netherton, Morpeth Northumberland NE65 7EZ, England www.backwoods.dabsol.co.uk Even the lowly Porter takes on a classy look with that red roof. Banta Modelworks reverser and throttle provided in the Back- The Porter 411 Hopkins Road woods Miniatures kit. The final locomotive project was a 0-4- Dummerston, VT 05301 I moved back to the tender area and 2T Porter. Although Banta makes a cab kit www.bantamodelworks.com installed a PSC 41108 rerail frog on the for the Porter I decided to keep the exist- right side centered on the rear truck. Next I ing one. I only made a couple modifica- added the same PSC 8278.1 backup light tions, including removing the whistle and thing from a nice looking model to a con- that I used on the Mogul. In the coal bunker replacing it with an HO Cal-Scale 250 test winner, with only a handful of detail area I installed the brass plate provided in brass casting after painting the roof light parts and a little scratchbuilding. Although the Backwoods Miniatures kit and then built Tuscan Oxide Red. I also added a front these are very different locomotives, I a 2' tall extension for the coal bunker using wall for the coal bunker using .030 styrene applied several of the same details, thus scraps of wood and stained it with the same sheet and .118 styrene angle. I then providing a “family look.” For example, diluted brown paint I used on the cab floor. removed the lettering, again using acetone, all have a similar bell, the fancy arched In preparation for re-lettering the tender I on the cast-metal boiler weight and applied roadname on the tender, and the red roof. swabbed the existing lettering with acetone, the Virginia & Mount Airy decals. These The weathering also was done with the and it came right off while only removing a were weathered with the 50:50 mix of same colors to give the appearance that small amount of black paint. After installing Dullcote and Glosscote followed by they all ran in the same geographic area. the Virginia & Mount Airy decals I gave the diluted acrylics and chalk dust. Next time we’ll take a look at some rolling model a 50:50 coat of Dullcote and Gloss- That wraps up the ready-to-run Bach- stock including Bachmann’s ready-to-run cote followed by weathering with diluted mann locomotives. I hope I’ve given you a models and some upgrade details for them, acrylics and chalk dust. few ideas on how you can make yours any- and a few craftsman kits.

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by Doug Geiger, MMR Greater Omaha Photos by the author lub layouts of the past have typically C been constructed without theme or pur- Society of Model Engineers pose. They were a stalwart of the free- lancer’s art. Tracks running everywhere, inconsistent scenery, early steam mixed with late-generation diesels, eastern road cars run with western power. You know the rest. A club layout, by definition, is the sum of the member’s favorites. Getting everyone to agree on a theme can prove to be difficult, if not impossible. Club layouts, however, are a great way to learn the hobby and gain the skills necessary to tackle a home railroad. As the hobby matures, so have the club layouts. Prototype realism has begun to penetrate. Era-consciousness is setting in. Operations have started. Members are getting along and moving toward a focused goal. One such club is the Greater Omaha Society of Model Engineers, or GOSOME. Beginnings In 1975, a group met in the basement of an Omaha (Nebraska) home to begin the process of organizing a club. The Union Pacific was ceding ownership of their Union Station (in downtown Omaha) to the city to become a railroad museum. Part of the museum’s charter included a working display featuring a model railroad: the perfect home for the new club. Construction began on the top of the counters of the old café on the main floor. Talk about substantial benchwork! Two years later, the layout was moved into the lower level of the Railway Express section of the depot. Unfortunately, that environment was not conducive to an HO-scale model railroad layout. So in 1984, the GOSOME searched for a new home. In 1985, the City of Council Bluffs (across the Missouri River from Omaha) completed a fabulous restoration of the town’s 1899 Rock Island depot (which also served the Milwaukee Road at one time). Originally, the plan was to have the depot house a railroad museum showcasing the completely restored interior and full-size artifacts. But the north half of the structure (the baggage area) was to remain empty for storage. Several GOSOME members approached the Railswest Railroad museum folks to discuss extending the museum experience by building a model railroad depicting the Council Bluffs/Omaha area in that unused space. An agreement was reached, and the GOSOME had another new home. The only stipulation was that the model trains had to be accessible for viewing during museum hours and that the docents could run at least one train on a circuit for anyone interested. 1 Since that time, there have been a few docents that have become members of the The Beemer elevator (built by Tim Coyle) dominates West Albright. This massive club, but the two groups remain separate structure can load 21 covered hoppers daily during the height of the grain rush. and respectful of the other group’s displays.

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2 The Burlington local has just entered Jobbers Canyon. There are several large industries located in this industrial park.

The scenicked portion of the layout must totype railroads that served the region. trains are used to reduce problems for the be open and operable whenever the museum Trains from the UP, Milwaukee, Chicago & docents. is open. This can become an adventure dur- Northwestern, Missouri Pacific and Chicago A typical westbound through freight (fol- ing the summer when the trains can easily Great Western also come onto the scene dur- low along with the trackplan) comes from be running 5-6 hours per day. The club also ing an op session. And of course, the Rock staging (Easton — which simulates Chicago participates in the “Christmas at the Depot“ Island is well represented. During public and other points east of Council Bluffs) onto Festival each weekend from Thanksgiving running, however, only the most reliable the layout and into the large Council Bluffs to New Year’s. Concept and Trackplan Trains have always played a very critical role in the history of Omaha and especially Council Bluffs. At one time (early 1900s), nine Class I railroads came here. The big player was the Union Pacific, but the club has chosen the Rock Island as the main railroad for their layout. The September 2003 issue of Trains magazine has a Trackside Guide chronicling the region and today’s trains. If you study the detail map in that article, you can even find the restored Rock Island depot housing the club! The trackplanning of the new GOSOME layout had to incorporate several key ele- ments from the area, plus maintain a continuous loop running capability. The mainline decided upon is a simple, folded double- track route through the 22' x 34' public room. Another separate staging room (almost the same size) allows lots of trains to be available during an operating session. It also functions as train storage. The staging room also connects the mainline together for the continuous run. At first, the club contin- 3 ued to have the usual eclectic mix of rolling stock and locomotives. However, as the club Those two dock workers at Dreban Supply need to start worrying about how has grown, so has the faithfulness to the pro- they are going to unload that new farm combine being delivered by the Q local .

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freight yard. After performing a motive power swap, the train continues to Omaha and around (or through) the large Omaha Union Station complex. Then the train continues west, passing through the farming town of Albright. Lastly, the train disap- pears back into the staging room again, this time coming into Weston (which simulates Lincoln, Nebraska, and other western cities). An eastbound train reverses the route along the double-track mainline. Because of the large space, the mainline has large, wide, gentle curves. The mini- mum radius is 48". This allows 89' pig flats and full-length passenger cars to run smoothly. Although the mainline run is quite long, there is even more trackage in the staging room than in the public room! Construction 4 The layout construction is a bit unique since all the public area is built on 8' long Street running is normal operating practice to gain access to many of the indus- 4" x 4" stilts! The public enters the middle tries along Jobbers Canyon. Omaha Union Station is directly above. of the layout (see the trackplan) from the ground floor of the restored depot. Eight steps lead the viewer into the layout. The club built the layout before handicapped access rules were in effect. There are also 5 two operator aisles used for maintenance and op sessions. A nice set of sliding (and locking) glass windows protect the layout from the public. These windows get unlocked during an op session so operators can access the various industries located along the public aisle. Since the layout is elevated more than eight feet above the ground floor, members were able to install all of the wiring while standing up under the layout. While not a new idea in track planning, it does have its advantages (access and storage) and disad- vantages (ladders and stairs). Since the public does not see the staging, a large crew lounge (complete with wide-screen televi- sion, videos and railroad magazines) has been finished beneath the staging room. A large workbench (handy for repairs) is under the public viewing aisle in the main layout room. The dispatcher also resides there during op sessions. The large Swift Meat Packers is a three-shifts-a-day operation. Loads of livestock All of the trackwork is commercial and 1 1 arrive while iced and mechanical refrigerator cars take the processed meat to rests on a layer of /2" Homasote and /2" eastern markets. plywood. Many pounds of commercial ballast have been used along the mainline and secondary tracks. All the turnouts on the double-track mainline are controlled electri- 6 cally by the dispatcher. The remaining 6 turnouts are all manual hand-throws. The trains can be run with either DC or DCC. The mainlines are switched to conventional DC for public running. Up to three trains can be run on closed loops (two on the double-track mainline plus one train on a loop through Jobbers Canyon). There is always an on-call club member that the

The Rock Island depot is located alongside the throat of the massive Council Bluffs freight yard. Passenger traffic is all pre-Amtrak.

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8 While an RI switcher works Bluffs yard in the background, a Rock Island hot freight takes on fuel at the run-through facility on the double-track mainline. 9

7 The Rock Island uses a medium-sized locomotive servicing facility at the Bluffs yard. That lone Alco RS3 is surrounded by EMD F-units and GPs. 10

Steam is almost gone on the GOSOME. Plans are being made to raze the roundhouse and turntable at Bluffs yard. An eastbound UP coal drag, coming from staging, is visible on the upper line.

Albright (located west of Omaha on the mainline) is switched daily by a Rock Island local. There are seven industries tucked together in this bustling farming community.

docents can call for emergencies. DCC (Northcoast System One) is used, however, during all the op sessions to give more flexibility, e.g., two switchers working simulta- neously in the Bluffs yard. Yard panels are scattered along the layout’s fascia to control local electronics. Scenery is traditional Hydrocal plaster hardshell applied over fiberglass screen or a cardboard lattice. Ground foam is used 11 extensively throughout the layout. Although there are quite a few trees and A rolling meet has just been made at Albright. The center track can be used by shrubs on the GOSOME layout, the club either westbound or eastbound trains.

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13 The UP’s City of Los Angeles (COLA) must wait for a slow eastbound merchandiser to pass before proceeding west- ward. The passenger train is running against traffic today, hence the wait. Railswest Railroad Museum (Includes the GOSOME HO-Scale Layout)

One mile north of I-80, exit 3 16th Avenue & South Main Street Council Bluffs, Iowa 712-323-2509

March 1-December 31 Monday, Wednesday through Saturday: 10AM-5PM Sunday: 1-5PM Closed Tuesdays and all holidays

Christmas at the Depot: 12 Weekends, 1-5PM Nov 30-Dec 31 While a CB&Q GP switches Gibson yard, a westbound Rock Island reefer train comes into view from the staging room. Admission: $5, ages 6-12: $3 (includes free admission The outskirts of Omaha are visible on the bluff just above to GOSOME layout) the reefer block. Inside exhibits: restored waiting rooms dated to 1950, railroad passes from 1870, restored ticket office, CTC machine from the area, many historic photos, dining 14 car memorabilia, train uniforms. Outside exhibits: two steam locomotives (UP 814, a 4-8-4 and CB&Q 915, a 4-6-0 built in the company’s Havelock Shops in Lincoln, Nebraska), UP passenger club car, RPO and two cabooses.

The club layout and the Railswest Railroad Museum both occupy the restored 1899 Rock Island depot in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The model railroad occupies the ex-baggage area plus the bricked-in atrium.

A pair of kitbashed UP DD35s (built by Lloyd Chandler) rounds the wye curve while a Burlington SD7 spots a grain boxcar at Red Wing Milling. The coach yard in the fore- ground is part of the Omaha Union Station complex.

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While the Beef Special comes up from Jobbers Canyon, the eastbound Rock Island Rocket flashes past. Greater Omaha 16 is on the bluff above the trains. An occasional Milwaukee freight can be seen running on hopes to add more. A handpainted backdrop around the room the GOSOME layout. That Georgia Pacific building was just nicely complements the 3D scenery. erected several months ago, and it already has a booming Operations business. The GOSOME folks run their railroad in formal operating ses- Future sions once per month. There are usually between nine and 17 For the 25-30 current club members (and the 225+ past members), people involved per session. The club has been into serious oper- the GOSOME has provided many hours of enjoyment and friendship. A ations for over 13 years. Train movement is done with verbal new dispatcher’s panel has been suggested, together with working clearances (track warrants), using radios for communications. trackside signals. Upgrades to buildings continue as usual with a mature Car cards list the car movement directions. Since the area is a layout. Since fewer of the members enjoy steam locomotives, the vital and large prototype rail center, the club attracts some real turntable and roundhouse are being donated to another model railroad railroad people. These folks bring a unique perspective to opera- club in Grand Island, Nebraska! Of course, the club must continue to tions. Just listening to the various conversations during a session balance the needs of the members with the activities of the public can lead one to believe it’s a real railroad out there, not just an because of the relationship to the Railswest Railroad museum. They HO-scale layout. seem to have done a wonderful job. 2

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 City Scene (Omaha)

To 5 Operator Staging 16 14 Aisle 12 15 Room

Down Omaha Union Station

5 10 2

Public Viewing Aisle Cover Down 6 3 8 4 Council Bluffs Yard

7 Down Operator Aisle 10 11 1 9 13 20

Albright Upper Level Lower Level 25

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USINESSES must be able to reliably ship and receive neces- always insured, and today, easily tracked. Regular freight ship- B sary materials if they are going to be successful. In recent ping could, of course, be insured, but express is always guaran- times, the great bulk of shipping has been done through freight teed, and REA claimed that no package had ever been lost handlers such as the railroads, trucking companies and firms like without compensation to the shipper. UPS. A much smaller, but still very significant, segment of the During World War I, the tremendous volume of shipping shipping industry is devoted to priority service and the transport bound for the European War Theater clogged the ports of the of valuable pieces. For these services, the airlines, FedEx, UPS eastern seaboard and thus tied up railroad rolling stock as Blue Label, DHL and many other companies are at our disposal trains were brought to port areas faster than they could be today, but in the early days of this country, there was no such transloaded onto ocean-going ships. A crisis ensued, and this thing as “guaranteed delivery” for long-distance deliveries. In caused President Coolidge to federalize not only the railroads, those days, a person would have to ask a stage driver (or coastal but also the various express delivery companies. Until this time ship captain) to deliver their package personally on arrival at there were many small local companies and seven or eight very their destination. Then they had to count on the reliability of the large ones such as Wells Fargo, American Express and Adams person to whom they were entrusting their valuable package. Express. In the case of the express handling companies, the Matthew Harnden organized the first true express business. federalization of the railroads resulted in duplicate city express Express is different from other types of delivery because it is offices being closed.

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by V.. S.. Roseman Photo by the author

A single code of operation body maker in that city or in was implemented. It was based nearby Oakland, while trucks for generally on that of American use in Westchester, NY, or in Con- Express, one of the largest component necticut might be sent to the local truck companies. This conglomeration of express dealership that was most convenient to a companies emerged as “American Railway firm like Ward Body Works in Mt. Vernon Express” and operated throughout the United near the New York-Connecticut border. States, except for an area of the Southeast where A truck salesman once told me that he was Southern Express persisted for several years until it called on to drive a unit from a large order of these too was integrated into the national system. After the REA cowl-length trucks over to the body works across war, there seemed to be no way to put the express compa- town. But first the mechanics had to strap on a milk crate to nies back as they had been, but efforts were made for years to the chassis so he would have a place to sit. That order of chas- try to do so. Finally, in 1929 Railway Express Agency was sis came without even a driver’s seat! formed out of the old American Railway Express, and ownership of The plain box-type body seen on the Jordan HO scale REA the new company was passed to the railroads. Each Class I passen- truck model was built all over the U.S. by local constructors, while ger railroad received a share, mostly based on the number of passen- GMC, Studebaker, International and various other truck manufac- ger miles operated. Very small railroads received no ownership turers supplied the chassis for these local delivery vehicles. The shares, but could still participate in REA like any other member. REA body was a basic box that had an opening at the front to per- During this time, motor trucks also began replacing wagon mit the driver to reach the controls, a pair of swinging doors at the teams. Railway Express ultimately became the largest private user back (later trucks had roll-up doors) and many trucks had the REA- of motor trucks in the United States, and probably anywhere in the developed translucent panel in the roof that permitted daylight to world. While there were tractor trailers for over-the-road service, illuminate the interior of the package section of the truck. United and stake-body trucks for delivery of oversized loads such as Parcel and other express companies today use this same feature. pianos from the railhead to a customer’s home or business, the bulk Recently, after I had figured that the type of express bodies used of the fleet was made up of custom-bodied “cowl-length” trucks. It by REA had been completely replaced by step-vans (Metros, bread is these that some of us remember as being a ubiquitous part of trucks, etc.), I spotted a large news truck that looked like a stock American life up through the 1970s when REA finally closed their truck up to the windshield, but from there on back was a custom doors in favor of new companies such as FedEx, United Parcel Ser- body, very much like those used by REA. News trucks, however, vice and DHL. need the full floor space to stack newspapers and so had a high floor over the whole length of the body. Cowl-Length Motor Trucks In the early days of truck manufacturing, most truck manufac- Antiques on the Road — turers would sell a chassis, transmission and motor with radiator REA 90-Day License Trucks and cowl (sheet-metal covering for the engine compartment plus Demand businesses, such as Railway Express and coal and fuel fenders). As time passed, most truck manufacturers bought out the oil companies, need to balloon the size of their fleet seasonally. many body companies that built truck bodies to order, and began (REA at Christmas time and early summer; fuel dealers throughout offering a line of the most popular types of trucks. the cold months.) To meet these special demands, the oldest ser- Although box-bodied trucks were available to Railway Express viceable trucks in the fleet would be put up on blocks when not (and were used for longer distance deliveries, often between termi- needed and be put in top working order instead of being sold off. nals) for street delivery, the industrial engineers (efficiency experts) Parts that were no longer available would be cannibalized from noted specifications that would make delivery drivers more effi- other trucks of the same type. When the need arose, these trucks cient. A flat floor set as low as possible on top of the chassis was would be sent out on the road — looking like a rolling museum of indicated even though the wheel wells of the rear axle would ancient trucks. After the season, they were again “retired” for intrude on the floor and reduce floor space. REA had shelves another year. This gave them a whole extra fleet of trucks to use installed along the sides of these custom trucks for smaller parcels, just when they needed them. Even today, the largest coal dealers while the large heavy packages would occupy the space below the and fuel oil distributors still call out the old trucks in season. By shelves on the floor. Since these specifications could not be met by only licensing the trucks for 90 days out of the year, they are able the truck manufacturers, REA began to buy chassis or “cowl- to save money. length” trucks and have bodies of their own design fabricated by Next month, we will look at ways of modifying a variety of custom body constructors all over the country. In keeping with effi- models in several scales to build a fleet of Railway Express cowl- ciency, trucks for use, say, in San Francisco would be delivered to a length trucks.

FACING PAGE: A 1/35th scale 1942 Chevrolet REA truck sits in the service yard. The model was built from a Tamiya Desert Rat Chevrolet plastic kit. The view is seen over the hood of my plastic Chevrolet panel delivery truck which is also lettered for REA.

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ON �TRACK Acme Co. — The Frame-Up (the start part)

http://www.zianet.com/awebsite4u/JWRR.html by Jim Mansfield

Photos by the author

ith the overall size developed and the Wplastic kits selected to build the building, it was time to finalize the details of the construction. The building was designed to be built in three major sub-assemblies. The largest of the three is the central wall section. This section represents the back (track loading side) of the Acme Co. By re- ferring to the drawings last month, you will see that there are two end sections that need to be built. The north end (the left portion of the building in the drawings) is a simple wall section that is placed on the end of the central section at an angle. This angle matches the end of the siding, and the area between the section and the track will be filled in with a loading dock. A view of this section is seen in Photo 1. The south end of the building is attached at a 90° angle to the central section. Unlike the simple lines of the north end, this south- 1 — A nice thing about modeling a big city is that nearly anything goes. Cities have odd-shaped buildings hugging tracks, have tracks that pass over buildings and in some rare examples, have non-industrial tracks that go through buildings. This allows easier hiding of layout track situa- tions than modeling Mother Nature as a foil. Three mainlines are mixed on the north end of the Acme Co. (shown here missing the brick curtains and windows). This scene is photographed from the leftmost viewing position allowed by the operating area in Vilsousterrs. You can locate this viewing location by going to the trackplan area of the JWRR website.

ern end was an interesting piece of framework to develop and construct. This piece acts as a foil to hide the curving track as seen in the drawings last month. As described last time, while the freight main runs directly behind the thin model building, the track was conceived in virtual space to turn away from the building and go to another part of the city. On the north end, this was a rather simple task and the flat end was all that was required to solve the problem. But, with the track curving “into” the building on the south end, a bit of out-of-the- ordinary deviation-ism needs to be used. The foil also used another

2 — Once the frame for the north end of the building was assembled, the angle between the end and the central frame section was determined using the layout as a guide. Then five attachment fingers were designed and connected to the end wall.

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mini-scene structure directly adjacent to the south end of the Acme Co. This design concept will be discussed next month. The Main Frame The first task at hand was to find the exact dimensions of the central section of the building. As I said last time, a seven- story structure was required, so the height was nearly set before the development of the final design was started. The criteria for the length of the section was “get as many of the kit’s standard wall pieces in the scene as possible.” Very basic engineering! As it turned out, I was able to set nine of the kit’s wall section side-by-side, mak- 5 ing a central wall with a length of 39 /8” (487 scale feet). Not a bad size for a large building. Once the number of wall panels was determined, I needed to figure out how to remove the 8th floor from a stack of kit wall panels. The kit’s panels were two sto- ries each and a stack of four was needed to produce a seven-story building. I decided that once a stack was glued together using 3 — Using various items from the workbench and storage shelves as support, the kits basic instructions, I could simply the south end was attached to the central frame. It is best to attach the fingers remove the 8th floor while leaving a sup- to the smaller end frame first and hold it in position while allowing the adhe- port structure for a strip of styrene along sive to fully dry. the top of the building to represent the building’s frieze. Next, a foundation design was developed. The foundation needed to be of a height that would allow the building loading doors to be at the floor level of a typical boxcar when it was sitting on the industrial spur that runs along the building. With some measurements and figuring, the height of the foundation was determined. Then, once again using strips cut from styrene sheet, the foundation was constructed and attached to the bottom of the building. Both the top frieze and the foundation were attached once the frame was assembled. Details of the frieze and foundation will be shown next month. The North The north end is simply a pair of side- wall stack pieces placed side-by-side. Once the wall was assembled, the angle between end wall and the central section was determined directly from the layout. Then attachment fingers were cut, sanded and assembled to the end of the central section. 4 — Shown here is the completed attachment of the two wall frames as seen These fingers are shown in Photos 2 thru 4. from the interior of the building. The adhesive used was Plastruct Plastic Weld. Once the north end wall was attached as This adhesive is strong and was used throughout the assembly of the frame sec- shown in Photo 3, the corner was covered tions. with thin strips of styrene. The corner was then filled and sanded to hide the seam The South The third purpose of the end wall is to between the two strips. The results can be This end of the building was the most allow the big bridge to go between the seen in Photo 1. interesting design-and-construction task of building and the backdrop. The bridge is Photo 1 shows the result of the frame the Acme Co. building. This end has a three- located at a height that allows it to pass assembly and the way the bridge piers of the fold purpose. In addition to being a foil for over a four-story building. Therefore, a big bridge are used to hide the disappear- hiding the lower track, the end also needed portion of the top three floors of the end ance of the lower back track. This hiding to interact with an alcove in the backdrop. wall was cut away to allow the bridge to has a great deal of “confusion factor” that This alcove was designed to add a bit of pass through the scene. pushes the limits of a realistic big-city real needed depth to the scene and was planned Next time, we will look in detail at the estate layout. However, in many large cities, to help give a physical depth to the area south end and see how the tracks and this confusion factor is simply the way where the lower track was disappearing building were designed to fit with one tracks and buildings interact. behind the building. another.

NOVEMBER 2003 MODEL RAILROADING � 45 FREIGHTCAROLOGY 11/20/03 5:07 PM Page 46

Prototypes-for-Models �FREIGHTCAROLOGY Athearn HO Scale PS 5344 Boxcar by David G. Casdorph Part 1 Photos courtesy Freight Cars Today www.DGCasdorph.com

NOKL 88217 seen in 2002 has an unusual freight car color combination of red and gold. This car was built in 1979 and has the less-common Pullman- Standard design door. The detail view shows the tell-tale door corner reinforcement plate, which is a quick identification feature.

everal years ago Athearn released an needs of a 50’ 6” Plate C single sliding- S HO scale model of the ubiquitous door, general-service boxcar. Most arti- Pullman-Standard 5,344 cubic-foot cles have dealt with the original boxcar. The car is designed to meet the “bright-and-colorful” paint schemes that

HS 72396 is seen here in 2002. Note the flat roof; another quick ID feature. FREIGHTCAROLOGY 11/20/03 5:09 PM Page 47

AGR 109. Roster and detail side photos. This car was repainted by the GE shops in Dothan, Alabama, in February 2002. Original builder’s lot is 1044D. This car is equipped with the YSD design door.

existed on these cars. This series of articles will deal with the more practical paint-efficient schemes and some “fallen colors” liveries.

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Roster and detail side views. Built August 1979 at Bessemer. Repainted March 2003 at GE Dothan. Equipped with YSD door. Lot 1042.

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CPAA 211159. Roster and detail side views show a rare CP painted PS 5344. It was built in 1979 and repainted in 1995 by the CP Shops. This car has the more common YSD design door. NOV DD 11/25/03 3:44 PM Page 50

DIESEL DETAIL �CLOSE-UP Southern Pacific (SP)

he Prototype SD40T-2: EMD intro- EMD SD40T-2 T duced the 3,000-hp SD40T-2 in 1974. By the end of production in 1980, 310 had HO Scale Model by Athearn been built. They were purchased only by Southern Pacific (also lettered for SP sub- N Scale Model by InterMountain sidiary Cotton Belt) and Rio Grande. Oper- ation of standard diesels with roof-mounted by Rich Picariello radiator fans in tunnels or snowsheds on the SP (and Rio Grande) frequently re- Photos by the author sulted in the shutdown of the trailing units due to overheating. Placing the radiator in- both the standard short hood and “snoot” fuel tank, underframe, trucks and pilots are take grilles at a lower level along the nose versions. gray. Units repainted in the “speed” letter- walkway enabled the unit to pull in cooler InterMountain has announced N scale ing have white sill stripes. The Athearn HO air from closer to track level that virtually models of the SD40T-2 and the SD45T-2. scale and InterMountain N scale SD40T-2 eliminated the overheating problem. These all-new models will have many sepa- models are available decorated for SP in Southern Pacific had SD40T-2s in both rately added detail parts and will be avail- both the standard (original) lettering and the short low hood and longer “snoot” able in all the SD40T-2 variants. the newer “speed” lettering. Note that the hood versions. A final roster shows the SP Paint and Decal Notes: Southern standard lettered units in the photos dis- SD40T-2 road numbers as 8230-8321, Pacific units are painted dark gray with a play a high degree of fading and weather- 8327-8341, 8350-8371, 8377-8391 and scarlet nose and long-hood end. Handrails ing while the repainted “speed” lettered 8489-8573. SD40T-2s operated and let- are gray with white at the step areas. The units are nearly pristine. tered for Cotton Belt (a.k.a. SSW or St. Louis-Southwestern) were numbered in the 28 6 53 Southern Pacific SD40T-2 number series as 8322-8326 and 8372-8376. With the merger of SP into Union Pacific, former SP/SSW/D&RGW SD40T-2s have been assimilated into UP’s roster. Some have been painted in UP colors. SP favored front and rear headlight arrays with a Gyralight. In later years, the Gyralights were removed and their location was plated over. The Scale Model SD40T-2: Athearn 32 18 47

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Southern Pacific SD40T-2 Detail Parts for HO Scale: OM 9702 Spare-knuckle holder (brass) 5.00/2 1 - DA 2308 Air conditioner, Prime (plastic) 1.50 ea. 52 - CF 196 Speed recorder (brass) 4.95/4 DW 159 Air conditioner, Prime (metal) 1.25 ea. DA 2807 Speed recorder (delrin) 1.50/4 2 - DW 198 Air filter, Prime type 1 1.25 ea. DW 284 Speed recorder (metal) 1.95/2 3 - CF 221 Air horn (brass) 5.95 ea. SE 13300 Speed recorder, SP cone type 2.00/2 DW 190 Air horn (brass) 3.25 ea. 53 - AL 29210 Sunshade (photo-etched brass) 2.75/6 PSC 39140 Air horn (brass) 2.50 ea. CC 1551 Sunshade (plastic) 2.95/8 PSC 39140 Air horn (plastic) 2.00/2 DA 1301 Sunshade (plastic) 1.50/6 4 - CC 2155 Air tanks, 15" (plastic)* 3.95/2 DW 188 Sunshade (plastic) 1.00/4 DA 3201 Air tanks, 15" (plastic)* 2.25/2 PSC 39047 Sunshade (brass) 2.25/4 DW 204 Air tanks, 15" (metal)* 2.05/2 SE 133001 Sunshade 4.75/4 5 - DA 1802 Antenna, whip (plastic) 1.00/6 54 - DW 239 Traction-motor cables, straight & curved 3.25 set OM 9055 Antenna, whip (brass) 2.10 ea. 55 - CC 2052 Underframe/step light (plastic) 2.95/6 6 - DW 223 Antenna base (metal) 1.75/2 CF 112 Underframe/step light (brass) 2.95/2 OM 9054 Antenna base (brass) 3.20 ea. DW 172 Underframe/step light (metal) 1.25/8 7 - CC 2104 Anticlimber 2.95/2 56 - DA 1902 Vent, flat 1.00/8 DW 189 Anticlimber 1.25 ea. DW 122 Vent, flat 1.00/12 8 - DA 2302 Armrest, cab, full (plastic) 1.25/8 57 - DA 1901 Vent, round 1.00/12 PSC 39123 Armrest, cab, 36" (brass) 2.50/6 DW 121 Vent, round 1.00/12 9 - DA 2902 Beacon, Stratolite (plastic) 1.50/2 58 - DA 2312 Wind deflector, straight (clear plastic) 1.25/4 DW 106 Beacon, Stratolite (metal) 1.00 ea. OM 9327 Wind deflector, straight (brass) 3.35/4 OM 9100 Beacon (brass) 3.70 ea. PSC 39150 Wind deflector, straight (brass) 3.00/3 pr. 10 - CS 430 Bell, underframe (brass) 3.10/2 UP 77 Wind deflector/mirror (brass) 2.00/2 DA 1202 Bell, underframe (plastic) 1.00/2 59 - GD WG-3 Window gasket decals, Athearn Dash 2 cabs 3.25/set DW 127 Bell, underframe (metal) 1.25/2 GD WG-1 Window gasket decals, Cannon EMD cabs 3.25/set 11 - CF 250 Bell, roof mount (brass) 4.95 ea. 60 - AMB 230 Window glass, Athearn* 4.95/set DW 292 Bell, roof mount (metal) 1.75 ea. CC 1505 Window glass, Cannon EMD cabs 2.95/set 12 - CC 1604 Blower housing* 3.50/2 61 - AL 29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 2.95/8 13 - CF 147 Brake chain guide 5.95/6 CF 314 Windshield wipers (etched brass) 3.95/2 pr. CC 2152 Brake chain tensioner 2.95/2 CS 419 Windshield wipers (brass) 3.50/4 14 - CC 1108 Brake wheel (plastic)* 3.95/6 ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.98/set CF 278 Brake wheel (brass)* 3.95 ea. PSC 3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 DW 179 Brake wheel (metal)* 1.00/2 UP 94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) 2.00/4 15 - DW 195 Buffer plate, pilot (optional for Athearn) 1.50/2 UP 97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 16 - CC 1501 Cab w/window glass* 7.95 ea. 17 - CC 1202 Cab sub-base kit* 6.95/2 Detail Parts for N Scale: 18 - CC 1203 Cab sub-base doors, SP split door 2.95/6 1 - DA8220 Air conditioner, Prime 1.25 ea. 19 - AL 29220 Chain, 27 lpi 3.95/12" JNJ 133 Air conditioner, Prime 3.00/2 ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet 2 - ME NF5 Air filter 2.50/set DA 2210 Chain, blackened 2.25/12" 3 - DA 8204 Air horn, 3-chime 1.25/2 LB 325-120 Chain 2.49/12" KT 920012 Air horn, 3-chime, gray 1.00/2 PSC 48237 Chain 2.75/10" JNJ 113 Air horn, 3-chime 3.50/4 20 - DA 2212 Coupler lift bar, front, AAR 3.50/10 SE 15701 Air horn, 3-chime w/bracket 1.65 ea. OM 9151 Coupler lift bar, front, AAR 2.50/2 4 - SE 15347 Air tanks* 1.85/2 21 - DA 2212 Coupler lift bar, rear 3.50/10 6 - SE 15452 Antenna base 2.00 ea. 22 - AL 29460 Data tags, AEI 2.25/28 8 - DA 8215 Armrest, cab 1.25/4 DA 6246 Data tags, AEI 1.25/10 9 - JNJ 186 Beacon 3.00/4 23 - CF 293 Ditchlights (brass) 4.95/2 SE 15301 Beacon 2.00 ea. DA 1022 Ditchlights (plastic) 1.25/4 10 - JNJ 117 Bell, underframe (metal) 3.00/4 DW 228 Ditchlights (metal) 2.95/2 ME NB8 Bell, underframe (brass) 1.70 ea. 24 - OM 9171 Door handle (brass) 1.85/2 SE 15351 Bell, underframe (metal) 1.85/3 PSC 3998 Door handle (plastic) 1.50/6 11 - JNJ 163 Bell, roof mount 3.00/4 25 - DW 305 Drain & vent pipes, EMD 2.50/5 SE 15350 Bell, roof mount 1.85/3 26 - DW 161 Electrical filter cabinet* 1.00/set 14 - KT 933012 Brake wheel, gray* 1.00/2 27 - DW 275 End of train antenna (EOT) (metal) 1.25/4 ME NB5 Brake wheel (brass)* 2.00 ea. OM 9052 End of train antenna (EOT) (brass) 2.85 ea. SE 15698 Brake wheel (metal)* 2.00/3 28 - CC1952 Exhaust stack w/hatch* 3.95 ea. 16 - ASM 8103 Cab, EMD standard (etched brass)* 9.50 ea. 29 - DA 2004 Fan, 48" flat (plastic)* 2.75/4 19 - AL 29219 Chain, 40 lpi 3.95/12" DW 144 Fan, 48" flat (plastic)* 1.25/3 ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet OM 9216 Fan, 48" flat w/blades (brass)* 5.25 ea. DA 2210 Chain, 40 lpi 2.25/12" SV 140 Fan, 48" flat w/blades (plastic)* 7.95/3 LB 325-121 Chain, 40 lpi 2.49/12" 30 - DA 3102 Fuel filler (plastic)# 1.00/set 23 - SE 15613 Ditchlights 2.00/4 DW 166 Fuel filler (metal) 1.00/4 25 - SE 15309 Drain pipe 2.00/4 PSC 39080 Fuel filler (plastic) 1.50/4 26 - SE 15501 Electrical filter cabinet* 2.00/2 31 - DA 3102 Fuel gauge, top tank mounted† 1.00/set 27 - SE 13124 End of train antenna (EOT) 2.00/3 PSC 39037 Fuel gauge (plastic) 1.50/6 29 - JNJ 105 Fan, 48"* 3.00/2 32 - DA 3101 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (plastic) 1.00/6 30 - JNJ 227 Fuel filler & gauge 3.00/4 OM 9251 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (brass) 2.75 ea. ME NF4 Fuel filler 3.35/set 33 - DA 3102 Fuel sight glass (plastic)† 1.00/set 34 - JNJ 395 Grabirons, 15", w/drill template 3.00/18 CF 226 Fuel sight glass (brass) 4.59/2 35 - JNJ 148 Gyralight w/headlight, nose 3.00/4 OM 9250 Fuel sight glass (brass) 2.75 ea. SE 15603 Gyralight w/headlight assembly 2.00 ea. PSC 39011 Fuel sight glass (plastic) 1.50/2 36 - JNJ 233 Gyralight w/headlight assembly, rear 3.00/4 34 - AL 29100 Grabirons (formed wire) 4.25/50 SE 15605 Gyralight w/headlight assembly, rear 2.00 ea. DA 2202 Grabirons (formed wire) 2.50/24 39 - SE 15637 Headlight assembly w/o Gyralight, nose 2.00/3 UP 54 Grabirons (cast brass) 5.95/12 42 - PSC 6704 Hose, air line (brass) 1.50/6 35 - DW 200 Gyralight/nose light assembly 1.25 ea. PSC 6705 Hose, air line (plastic) 2.50/24 SE 13114 Gyralight/nose light assembly 2.50 ea. 44 - ASM 0101 Lift lugs/eyebolts/U-bolts (etched brass) 8.29/set UP 84 Gyralight /nose light assembly 2.00 ea. JNJ 16 Lift rings 3.00/16 36 - OM 9276 Gyralight /rear light assembly (brass) 2.90ea. SE 153000 Lift rings (photo-etched) 3.25/36 SE 13113 Gyralight /rear light assembly 3.25 ea. 45 - JNJ 14 MU hoses 3.00/12 37 - SV 19 Handrail set, Athearn SD40T-2* 15.95/set SE 15550 MU hoses 3.95/4 38 - DA 1024 Headlight, cab mount w/visors* 1.00/2 46 - DA 8211 Plow 1.25 ea. 39 - SE 13119 Headlight w/cover plate, nose 2.00/2 SE 15201 Plow 2.00 ea. 40 - SE 13132 Headlight w/cover plate, rear* 1.00/2 SR 601 Plow 5.00/2 41 - MV 22 Headlight lenses 1.15/4 KT 934020 Plow 1.00 ea. 42 - CS 227 Hose, air line (brass) 2.35/4 51 - SE 15371 Spare-knuckle holder 2.00/3 DA 6206 Hose, air line (delrin) 1.25/6 52 - SE 15500 Speed recorder 2.00/2 DW 267 Hose, air line 1.25/2 53 - DA 8201 Sunshade (plastic) 1.25/4 43 - CC 1353 Inertial filter hatch* 2.95/2 JNJ 93 Sunshade 3.00/4 44 - DA 2206 Lift rings 3.00/24 ME NS6 Sunshade (brass) 2.00/2 45 - CF 257 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.95/4 SE 153001 Sunshade (etched brass) 4.75/6 DA 1508 MU hoses, individual (delrin) 2.00/16 58 - JNJ 25 Wind deflector 3.00/16 DW 266 MU hoses, 3/bracket (metal) 3.50/4 61 - JNJ 31 Windshield wipers 3.00/9 OM 9350 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.35/4 ME NW1 Windshield wipers 3.33/4 PSC 39155 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 3.00/set 46 - DW 233 Plow (metal) 1.95 ea. The following parts must be fabricated by the modeler: KT 965040 Plow 1.00 ea. A— Brake-cylinder air line - form using .015 wire. OM 9550 Plow (brass) 10.85 ea. B — Electrical conduit pipe - use wire. PSC 39055 Plow (brass) 3.00 ea. C — Underframe piping - make from various sizes of wire. 47 - PSC 39076 Radiator intake grilles, see-thru* 2.75/2 D — ACI labels - use ACI decals available from most decal suppliers. 48 - DA 3001 Sand-fill hatch, EMD round (plastic) 1.25/6 * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the listed HO or N scale models; OM 9400 Sand-fill hatch, EMD round (brass) 3.75/2 replacement of any or all original parts is left to the discretion of the modeler. 49 - CC 1104 Short hood, 88"* 6.95 ea. 50 - CC 1105 Short hood, 116" “snoot” SP SD40T-2 6.95 ea. † DA3102 Fuel Tank Fittings (set) contains other parts that may or may not be needed for this 51 - DW 196 Spare-knuckle holder (metal) 1.00/2 detailing project.

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Soc., Membership Officer, PO Box 79, Clifton Forge, VA 24422, Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Research Group � (also covers St. Louis – San Francisco � Frisco Modelers’ Info Group, c/o 800-453-COHS. Missouri & North Arkansas, Arkansas & Ozarks, and others), Douglas Hughes, 1212 Finneans Run, Arnold, MD 21012. Annual Dues: $15/calendar year includes 3 issues of Oak SASE for info. http://www.frisco.org/fmig/fmig.html. Chessie System Historical Society � Annual dues $30.do- Leaves. PO Box 1094, Harrison, AR 72602-1094. mestic, $45 foreign. Quarterly newsletter. CSHS, 7158 Dim- Santa Fe Ry Hist & Modeling Society � Annual Dues: $25/$35 mick Rd., West Chester, OH 45069, www.chessiesystem.org. Missouri Pacific (Includes Texas & Pacific) � Annual Dues: sust. Canada: $30/$40 sust. Other Nations: $35/$45 sust. Quar- $30/$40 sust./$35 foreign/$20 student. Missouri Pacific Hist. terly publication: The Warbonnet. 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Attn: Shane Mason, Association Inc., 4121 Cromwell Road, Chattanooga, TN Sierra Ry HS (includes Sugar Pine, Pickering & West Side) Membership Chairman, PO Box 3882, Springfield, IL 62708-3882. 37421. (423) 892-2846. Annual Dues: $25, quarterly magazine (free sample). PO Box 1001, Jamestown, CA 95327. � Annual Dues: � Chicago & North Western Historical Society National Railway Historical Society Annual Dues: $21. Na- � $24/Cont. $48/$26.50 family+$2.50 each extra/$50 foreign. Quar- tional Railway Hist. Soc., PO Box 58547, Philadelphia, PA Soc of Freight Car Historians c/o David Casdorph, PO Box terly North Western Lines. Membership Secretary, 24632 Anchor 19102-8547. www.nrhs.com. 2480, Monrovia, CA 91017. CD-ROM (Freight Cars Journal). Ave., Bucklin, MO 64631, www.cnwhs.org. � Annual Dues: $20/$30 contr. NC&StL Preservation Society � Annual Dues: $50. NCPS Trea- Soo Line Hist & Tech Soc Colorado Midland � Subscription: $18 a year. Colorado Mid- surer, 4211 Compton Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27017. Michael Harrington, Treas., 3410 Kasten Ct., Middleton, WI 53562. land Quarterly, 475 Ocelot Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80919. www.ncps-576.org. Southern Pacific � Annual Dues: $30/$45 contr./$45 foreign. Qtrly � SP Trainline. SPH&TS, PO Box 93697, Pasadena, CA 91109. Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society Annual Dues: $20/lifetime New Haven � Annual Dues: $30 reg./$40 sust. 4 Shoreliners, 8 membership $200. Bill McCaskill, membership chairman, PO newsletters, annual meeting. Chris Adams, Membership SP Narrow Gauge HS � c/o Cliff Mestel, 12874 Cty. Rd. 314B, Box 2044, Pine Bluff, AR 71613. (501) 541-1819. Chairman, NHRHTA Inc., 362 High St., Milford, CT 06460. Buena Vista, CO 81211. Annual Dues: $15 .Qtrly Journal. Denver, South Park & Pacific Hist. Soc. � (includes C&S New York Central System Historical Society � Annual Dues: Southern Ry Hist Assn � Dues: $22/$35 sust./$40 foreign. narrow gauge & all predecessor lines). Annual dues: $10. $30/$40 contr./$60 sust.; $35 Canada, Mexico/ $40 overseas SRHA, PO Box 33, Spencer, NC 28159, www.srha.net. Quarterly newsletter. c/o Clifford A. Mestel, 12874 County Rd. (quarterly mag). PO Box 81184, Cleveland, OH 44181-0184. � Annual Dues: $15, foreign $20, 314B, Buena Vista, CO 81211. Spokane, Portland & Seattle New York Connecting Railroad Society � Newsletter $10, sust. SPSRHS, c/o Duane Cramer, 2618 N.W. 113th St., Van- East Broad Top � (Friends of the...), Quarterly magazine, $25 10268 Maria Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76108. couver, WA 98685. reg., other memberships available. c/o Peter A. Clark, 10428 NYO&W Modelers SIG � Internet exchange of info on O&W Terminal Railroad Assn of St. Louis Hist and Tech Society, Inc. Carlyn Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872. [email protected]. and area shortlines and traction companies. http://mem- � Annual Dues: US $20/$35 sust./$100 contr./$250 life. c/o East Tennessee & Western North Carolina � Annual Dues: bers.aol.com/owinwcorp/index.html Larry Thomas, PO Box 1688, St. Louis, MO 63188. $10. ET&WNC Railroad Hist. Soc., c/o John R. Waite, 604 NYSWT&HS � The New York, Susquehanna & Western Tech- Tidewater Southern Historical Society � Annual Dues: $15 (in- North Eleventh Street, De Soto, MO 63020. Newsletter. nical And Historical Society. Annual Dues: $20 (includes quar- cludes biannual newsletter). Tidewater Southern Ry. Hist. Soc., Electric Ry. Assn. of So. Cal. (Pacific Electric/LARy/plus) � An- terly newsletter). PO Box 121, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662-0121 c/o Benjamin Cantu, Jr., PO Box 882, Manteca, CA 95336. nual Dues: $30. Qtrly Timepoints. 1 World Trade Center, PO B http://www.americaninternet.com/nyswths/index.htm � Annual Dues: $12/$15 contr. 615 ox 32161, Long Beach, CA 90832-2161. www.erha.org Toledo Peoria & Western Nickel Plate Road � Annual Dues: $22, senior $20, contr.$40, Bullock St., Eureka, IL 61530, http://people.ce.mediaone.net/ Erie Lackawanna � Annual Dues: $30. ELHS, c/o Bob Rose, Int’l. surface $30, Int’l. air mail $40. NPRHTS, PO Box 381, New lagomark/index.html 279 Eyland Ave., Succasunna, NJ 07876. Haven, IN 46774-0381. Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo Ry HS � Annual Dues: $20 Can, The Feather River Rail Society � Dues from $15 to $300. c/o Norfolk & Southern � Original Norfolk Southern Ry & related $15 US, $15 (US) overseas. Quarterly publicaton, TH&B Harry D. “Hap” Manit, PO Box 608, Portola, CA 96122. lines. Dues $15. Biannual newsletter/magazine. 4729 Bristol Focus. c/o Richard Dilley, 208 Chalmers St., Oakville, ONT L6L Florida East Coast Ry. Society � Dues: $18.95. FECRS, 2652 NE Cir., Williamsburg, VA 23185. 5R9, Canada. www.thbrailway.com 4th Ct., Boynton Beach, FL 33435, www.fecrailway.com. Norfolk & Western HS � (includes VGN) Annual Dues: Union Pacific � Annual Dues: US $25/$45 sust., Canada Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR � Annual Dues: $6, $20/US/Can/Mexico; $35/Sust; $35/Foreign, (US $). Bimonthly $30/$45 sust., Int’l. $45/$60 sust. Qtrly. The Streamliner. UPHS, newsletter. Walt Danylak, 115 Upland Rd., Syracuse, NY 13207. newsletter. PO Box 201, Forest, VA 24551. www.nwhs.org Membership Sec., PO Box 4006, Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006. Frisco Modelers’ Information Group � c/o Douglas Hughes, Northern Pacific Ry � Annual Dues: $20 regular, $15 NP vet- Wabash � Annual Dues: $20/$25 contr. Wabash RR Hist. Soc., 1212 Finneans Run, Arnold, MD 21012. SASE for info. eran. Quarterly Mainstreeter & calendar. Norm Snow, PO Box c/o James Holmes, Secretary, 813 Ayers St., Bolingbrook, IL http://www.frisco.org/fmig/fmig.html 2937, Kirkland, WA 98083-2937. 60440. http://www.users.aol.com/wabashrr/wabash.html Galloping Goose Hist. Soc. of Dolores � Annual Dues: $20, Ontario Northland Ry Hist & Tech Soc � Annual Dues: Western Maryland � Annual Dues: $25/$40 outside the US. $30/family, $100/business. PO Box 297, Dolores, CO 81323, $20Can/$15US. Quarterly The Northlander. CAN: c/o Sheila WMRHS Inc., PO Box 395, Union Bridge, MD 21791. [email protected], www.doloresgallopinggoose5.org. Godby, 1040 St. Paul’s St, Peterborough, ON K9H 6J8; US: c/o � $22 for four is- Robert Godby, 1711 Custer St., Laramie, WY 82070. Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society Gilpin RR Historical Society � Dues: $20. Qrtrly publication. sues of The Headlight. John Walker (916) 671-9584 (eves). c/o Dan Abbott, PO Box 747, Idaho Springs, CO 80452, dk- Ontario & Western � Annual Dues: $21.50 including NRHS PO Box 608 Portola, CA 96122, (916) 832-4131. � Indicates new information. 54 � MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2003 PG 55 56 57 NOV 03 MRG 12/1/03 11:30 AM Page 55

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ONE FOR THE ROAD! ESCONDIDO MILTON BURBANK NEW CARLISLE TAKE MRG WITH YOU ALABAMA REEDS HOBBY WEST FLORIDA RR MUSEUM GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP CREST ENTERPRISES HOBBIES WHEN YOU TRAVEL & 250 F CREST ST. COLORADO 206 HENRY ST. 6357 W. 79TH ST. 6672 E. POPPY LN. STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS 92025 619-489-5020 32570 904-623-3645 60459 708-598-3114 46552 219-654-8409 BIRMINGHAM (HOMEWOOD) DAILY 10-6, TH. 12-9, CLOSED COLORADO SPRINGS HOMEWOOD TOY & HOBBY SUN CUSTOM RAILWAY SUPPLY CHICAGO 2830 S. 18TH ST. 1025 GARDEN OF THE GODS RD OCALA CHICAGOLAND HOBBY 53209 205-879-3986 LOS ANGELES (CULVER CITY) 80907 719-634-4616 TRAINS OF OCALA 6017 NORTHWEST HWY. IOWA MASSACHUSETTS ALLIED MODEL TRAINS 1729 NE 8TH RD 60631 773-775-4848 MONTGOMERY 4411 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD. COLORADO SPRINGS 34470 352-369-5152 CEDAR FALLS CHELMSFORD UNCLE AL’S HOBBIES 90230 FAX 310-313-9365 TRAIN SHOWCASE FAX 352-369-5153 CHICAGO CABOOSE STOP HOBBIES MAINE TRAINS 6017 E. SHIRLEY LANE 310-313-9353 38 S. SIERRA MADRE ORLANDO CHICAGO TRAIN COMPANY 301 MAIN ST. 210 BOSTON RD 36117 334-277-1715 (IN OLD RIO CRANDE STATION) COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY INC. 1922 W. IRVING PARK ROAD 50613 800-642-7012 01824 978-250-1442 LAKEWOOD 80903 719-471-1887 634 N. MILLS ST. 60613 312-929-4152 M-TU 11-6:30,W-F 11-8 PELHAM HOBBY WAREHOUSE 32803-4675 407-841-1485 CEDAR RAPIDS SAT 9-4:30, SUN 1-3 OAK MTN. HOBBIES & TOYS 4105 E. SOUTH ST. DENVER CHICAGO BOX KAR HOBBIES 2659 PELHAM PRKWY 90712 213-531-1413 CABOOSE HOBBIES SARASOTA TROST HOBBY SHOP 3649 FIRST AVE. S.E. FALMOUTH 35124 205-685-8980 500 S. BROADWAY GULF COAST MODEL RAILROAD 3105-3111 W. 63RD ST. 52402 319-362-1291 FALMOUTH HOBBIES FAX 205-685-8981 LODI 80209 303-777-6766 3222 CLARK ROAD 60629 733-925-1000 www.boxkarhobbies.com 847 MAIN ST RODGER’S RAILROAD JUNCTION www.caboosehobbies.com 34231 941-923-9303 02540 508-540-4551 105 S. SACRAMENTO ST TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS DES PLAINES URBANDALE 95240 209-334-5623 ENGLEWOOD DES PLAINES HOBBIES HOBBY HAVEN EAST WEYMOUTH ALASKA NISSEN TRAINS & HOBBIES TALLAHASSEE 1468 LEE ST. 2575 86TH ST. SOUTH SHORE HOBBY CENTERS NAPA 1835 W. BAKER AVE. THE HOBBY CABOOSE 60018 847-297-2118 50322-4332 515-276-8785 1245 COMMERCIAL STREET SOLDOTNA LOOSE CABOOSE 80110 303-922-5765 1000-24 W. THARPE ST. www.hobbyhaven.com 02189 781-335-9009 CRAFTSMAN HOBBIES 2412 JEFFERSON ST. [email protected] 32303 850-385-9728 ELGIN 35060 KENAI SPUR HWY. 94558 707-258-1222 B & G TRAIN WORLD MASON CITY MALDEN 99669 907-262-2839 FORT COLLINS TAMPA 829 WALNUT AVE. EAST SIDE TRAINS CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO. NORTH HOLLYWOOD HOBBY TOWN CHESTER HOLLEY MODEL 60120 847-888-2646 932 B E. STATE ST. 662 CROSS ST. THE ROUNDHOUSE 4348 S. COLLEGE AVE. RAILROAD SPECIALIST FAX 847-888-2711 50401 641-423-1748 02148 617-321-0090 12804 VICTORY BLVD. 80525 970-226-3900 3818 S. HIMES AVE. ARIZONA 91606 818-769-0403 33611 813-831-7202 LA GRANGE SUDBURY GREELEY LA GRANGE HOBBY CENTER INC. KEN’S TRAINS MESA ORANGE DON’S HOBBIES WEST PALM BEACH 25 S. LAGRANGE RD. KANSAS MILL VILLAGE, RTE. 20 ROY’S TRAIN WORLD FRANK’S HOBBY SHOP 815 10TH STREET THE B.T. & L. RAILROAD, INC 60525 708-354-1220 01776 978-443-6883 1033 S. COUNTRY CLUB DR. 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. 80631 303-353-3115 6901 W. OKEECHOBEE BLVD C-15 85210 480-833-4353 92667 714-639-9901 33411 561-684-2224 LIBERTYVILLE MISSION WARREN WESTMINSTER FAX 561-684-2251 DESTINATION HOBBY CENTER J’S HOBBY HAVEN TUCKERS HOBBIES PHOENIX PASADENA MIZELL TRAINS INC. www.btlrr.com 525 N MILWAUKEE AVE 5303 JOHNSON DR. BOX 1090 – 8 BACON ST. AN AFFAIR WITH TRAINS THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP 3051 WEST 74TH AVE. 60048 847-247-8787 66205 913-432-8820 01083 413-436-5318 2615 W. BETHANY HOME RD . 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. 80030 303-429-4811 www.jhobbyhaven.com 85017-2105 602-249-3781 91107 626-796-7791 MARION OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, GEORGIA CHUCK’S DEPOT TOPEKA CALL FOR HOURS REDDING 1913 W. RENDELMAN. FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES TRAIN DEPOT CONNECTICUT ATLANTA (KENNESAW) 62959 618-993-9179 2023 SW GAGE BLVD. MICHIGAN 2334 RAILROAD AVE. TRAINS & HOBBIES INC. FAX 618-993-9179 66604 913-272-5772 96001 916-243-1360 BRANFORD 2844 S. MAIN ST. [email protected] ANN ARBOR ARKANSAS BRANFORD HOBBIES 30144 770-528-0990 WICHITA HOBBY TOWN,USA ROSEVILLE 609 BOSTON POST RD. 770-528-0910 MUNDELEIN ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES 2252 S. MAIN STREET JACKSONVILLE RAILROAD HOBBIES WEST MAIN RON’S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES 2745 BOULEVARD PLAZA 48103 734-996-2444 HOBBY SHACK 119 VERNON ST. 06405 203-488-9865 KENNESAW 431 N. LAKE ST. 67211 316-685-6608 WOODLAND PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER 1200 JOHN HARDEN DR 95678 916-782-6067 HOBBY TOWN USA 60060 708-949-8680 72076 510-9826836 CANAAN 800 E. BARRETT PKWY., SUITE COLOMA SACRAMENTO BERSHIRE HILLS HOBBY SUPPLY 20 PALATINE J & W MODEL TRAINS NORTH LITTLE ROCK BRUCE’S TRAIN SHOP 93 MAIN ST. 30144 770-426-8800 PALATINE HOBBY, LTD. 6450 BECHT RD E MADIJO HOBBY HOUSE 2752 MARCONI AVENUE 06018 860-824-0527 772 W. EUCLID AVE. KENTUCKY 49038-9546 616-468-5586 5302 MACARTHUR DR. 95821 916-485-5288 LAWENCEVILLE 60067 800-624-9028 72118 714-680-4791 SACRAMENTO’S LARGEST TRAIN COLLINSVILLE LEGACY STATION FAX 847-359-71327 LOUISVILLE FLINT 714-680-3811 STORE HOBBY SHOP OF COLLINSVILLE 251-F HURRICANE SHOALS RD www.hobbyshopping.com SCALE REPRODUCTIONS, INC. RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP OF FLINT 105 MAIN ST. 30045 770-339-7780 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE 2061 S. LINDEN ROAD SAN DIEGO (LA MESA) 06022 860-693-9459 FAX 770-339-4417 PALOS HEIGHTS 40220 502-459-5849 48532 810-720-2500 REEDS HOBBY THE RIGHT TRACK FAX 810-720-2505 CALIFORNIA 8039 LA MESA BLVD. DANIELSON MACON 6421 W. 127TH STREEET 91941 619-464-1672 TOY LOFT HOBBYTOWN USA 60463 708-388-3008 FRASER ALBANY DAILY 10-7 SAT 10-5 SUN 12-4 24 MAPLE SY. 3830 BLOOMFIELD VILLAGE DR LOUISIANA P & D HOBBY SHOP KIT & CABOODLE 06239 860-779-0865 31206 912-474-0061 PEORIA 31280 GROESSBECK HWY. 425 SAN PABLO AVE SAN DIEGO MIKE’S SCALE RAIL BROUSSARD 48026 586-296-6116 94706 510-524-9942 THE WHISTLE STOP MANCHESTER RIVERDALE 5901 N. PROSPECT RD RON’S MODEL RAILROAD FAX 510-524-9042 3834 4TH AVE. NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY RIVERDALE STATION 61614 309-689-0656 SHOP GRAND RAPIDS 92103 619-295-7340 - THE TRAIN EXCHANGE 6632 HWY. 85 106 E. MAIN STREET HOBBY WORLD ANAHEIM HILLS SAN FRANCISCO 71 HILLIARD ST. RIVERDALE PLAZA SKOKIE 70518 318-837-3799 2851 CLYDE PARK SW MILEPOST 38 MODEL TRAINS FRANCISCAN HOBBIES 06040 860-646-0610 30274 770-991-6085 NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND 49509 616-538-6130 5693 E. ORANGETHORPE AVE 1920-A OCEAN AVE. www.nehobby.com COLLECTORS GALLERY SHREVEPORT 92807 714-970-3751 94127 415-584-3919 ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS 4901 OAKTON ST. COOK’S COLLECTORS CORNER GRAND RAPIDS FAX 714-970-3900 OLD LYME IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 60077 847-673-4849 4402 YOUREE DR. RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP www.milepost38modeltrains.com SAN LUIS OBISPO HOBBY CENTER FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 71105 318-865-7632 2055 28TH ST. SE LAWS HOBBY CENTER 151-3A BOSTON POST ROAD SAVANNAH SPRINGFIELD 49508 616-247-9933 BERKELEY 855 MARSH 06731 860-434-5309 BULL STREET STATION SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS HOBBIES BERKELEY HARDWARE 93401 805-544-5518 151 BULL ST. 2448 S. 10TH ST. SAGINAW 2145 UNIVERSITY AVE. WOLCOTT 31402 912-236-4344 62703 217-523-0265 NTHMAINE ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER INC 94704 510-845-0410 SAN MATEO THE HOBBY GALLERY 1-800-611-8521 5620 STATE RD FAX 510-845-3617 TALBOT’S HOBBIES 1810 MERIDEN RD. “I NEVER MET A HOBBY 48603-3680 517-790-0080 445 SOUTH B ST. 06716 203-879-2316 SUGAR HILL SHOP 517-790-0358 BURBANK 94401 415-342-0267 TRAIN MASTER MODELS INDIANA I DID NOT LIKE.” BURBANK’S HOUSE OF HOBBIES MEMORIES MALL WILL ROGERS SHELBY TOWNSHIP (DETROIT) 911 S. VICTORY BLVD. SAN RAFAEL 4450 NELSON BROGDON BLVD GREAT LAKES HOBBY & TRAIN 91502 818-848-3674 FEATHER RIVER TRAIN SHOP 30518 770-878-8395 INDIANAPOLIS 46660 VAN DYKE 445 SOUTH B ST. DELAWARE 770-878-0426 FAX N GAUGE TRAIN SHOP MARYLAND 48317 810-323-1300 BURBANK 94401 415-342-0267 4759 N. POST RD. THE TRAIN SHACK WILMINGTON ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS 46226 317-898-4883 ST. CLAIR SHORES 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY SANTA CLARA MITCHELL’S, INC. IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY BALTIMORE WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS 91505 818-842-3330 TRAIN SHOP 2303 CONCORD PIKE FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH MERRILLVILLE M B KLEIN, INC. 21714 HARPER AVE. 55 NITCHELL BLVD. SUITE 3 FAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER HOBBYTOWN - MERRILLVILLE 162 N. GAY ST. 48080 313-771-6770 ONE FOR THE ROAD! 94903 415-499-0664 19803 302-652-3258 1858 E 80TH AVE (INCLUDES MAIL ORDER) TAKE MRG WITH YOU 46410-5734 219-736-0255 21202 410-539-6207 TAYLOR MODEL RAILROADING’S DEALER DIRECTORY WHEN YOU TRAVEL & TORRANCE ILLINOIS RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS ALL ABOARD MODEL RR MICHIGAN CITY COLLEGE PARK 22661 NORTHLINE RD. 3867 PACIFIC COAST HWY. FLORIDA ALTON B & A HOBBIES & CRAFTS BURRETT HOBBIES 48180 734-287-7405 BURLINGAME 90505 213-791-2637 GREEN CABOOSE HOBBIES 408 FRANKLIN 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE. TRACKSIDE TRAINS CLEARWATER 2422 EAST BROADWAY 46360 219-874-2382 20740 301-982-5032 WESTLAND MODEL RRS & BOOKSEXCLUSIVELY VENTURA TRAINS AND TREASURES, INC. 62002 618-465-7937 DAVE’S HOBBY & TV 1675 ROLLINS ROAD B-1 VENTURA HOBBIES 1710 N. HERCULES AVE. NASHVILLE/BROWN COUNTY KENSINGTON 29026 WARREN RD. 94010 650-692-9724 2950 JOHNSON DR. #128 SUITE 104A/105A BLOOMINGTON NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY JUNEBERRY & SONS 48185 313-422-4464 93003 805-658-8138 33765 727-298-0350 HOBBYLAND INC. PO BOX 1273 TRAIN & HOBBIES 616 N. MAIN ST. 47448-1273 812-988-1558 10527 SUMMIT AVE. WESTLAND COSTA MESA WESTMINSTER LANTANA 61701 309-828-1442 20895 301-564-9360 NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY TRAIN CROSSING ARNIES TRAINS THE DEPOT 35101 FORD RD. 1089C BAKER ST. 6452 INDUSTRY WAY #B 603 RIDGE RD. BOURBONNAIS LAUREL 48185 313-722-5700 92626 714-549-1596 92683 714-893-1015 33462 561-585-1982 WIMPY’S HOBBY WORLD PEACH CREEK SHOPS 263 N. CONVENT, SUITE 8 201 MAIN STREET YPSILIANTI 60914 815-932-6100 20707 301-498-9071 RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP CULVER CITY FAX 301-498-9302 4035 CARPENTER ALLIED MODEL TRAINS http://users.aol.com/peachcreek 48197 734-971-6116 4411 SEPULVEDA BLVD. 90230 310-313-9353

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(HO) NOV 1990 SF Model PRR ES12/12M Switchers SF Model UP SD9043MAC (Pt.2) FC UP’s Gondola Fleet (Pt.1) MMI ABF Pines 28’ Freight Pup 66975 SF DCC (Pt.25): Post-Conv News + DECEMBER 1990 SF Another Log Story SF Model Clinchfield ACF & P-S 2- LO Bitter Creek (N) LO Rumford & Kennebago Lake Choose/Install Access Decoders JANUARY 1991 BTS Secrets of the Hakowi Bay Covered Hoppers SF 30 Mile Point (Pt.1) (N) (HO/HOn3) SF Model RR Ops/Granite Mtn (Pt.2) FEB 1991 - SOLD OUT OT Model a Yard Ladder (Pt.2) BTS Transitions SF Alco PAs: (Pt.3: D&RGW) SF Model ACL Century C628 SF NS GP40/RP-E4D Slug Set (Pt.2) MARCH 1991 NOVEMBER 1997 OT Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.8) SF Model ACL Low-Side Gondola SF GP 20: (Pt.2: BN) SF GP 40: (Pt.1: Alaska & B&O) APRIL 1991 DD D&RGW PA1/PB1 JULY 1998 SF Model SOU GP15-1H SF Portable N-Scale Workbench BTS A Finale for Chupadera Loop MAY 91-JAN 92 - SOLD OUT FC FGE’s Modern Mechanical DD UP GP20 SF Mobile Waterfront (Pt.6) SF Versatility of Homasote OT Benefits of Duck-Under FEBRUARY 1992 Reefers FC General American Airslide & SF Early Intermodal (Pt.4A: SF Modeling UP GP9Bs SEP/OCT 00 MAR-MAY 92 - SOLD OUT MMI Spine Cars (Pt.1) Sgl-purpose TTX Power Flo Covered Hoppers Containerization) SF Build a Fire Flicker Circuit DD Erie Lackawanna F7A&B JUNE 1992 LO Bear Creek Railroad (HO) MMI Transamerica 45’ Accurail Trailer BTS Planning for Access BTS Into Night: Oro Grande (Pt.4) FC Union Pacific’s Boxcars (Pt.3) JULY-OCT 1992 - SOLD OUT SF Early SDs: (Pt.2: B&LE) LO GN Cascade Division (HO) OT Op Friendly Turnouts (Pt.2) OT Times, They are a-Changin’ LO Athabasca Sys Granite Cyn (N) NOVEMBER 1992 SF Model Updates: NYC E7/E8, ACL SF DCC (Pt.15): Reverse Loops & More MAY/JUNE 1999 – SOLD OUT FEB/MAR 00 SF “Eye of Craftsman” Contest DEC 92-MAY 94 - SOLD OUT E8, ACL )-27 Boxcar, CofG PS-1 SF Early SDs: (Pt.10: Kennecott JUNE/JULY 1999 DD BAR EMD BL2 SF Model RR Ops/Granite Mtn (Pt.3) JUNE 1994 Boxcar, CofG PS-2 & Mather Copper [NN] & MILW) DD MP PAs FC ADM Transportation SF PLANS: Scratchbuilt CP Salmon JULY 1994 Stock Car SF East End of the Erie FC GERSCO’s Boxcars (Pt.3) MMI ABF/ex-Carolina 28’ Wabash Arm Station AUGUST 1994 SF DCC (Pt.11): Decoder Installations SF B&O 50’ Boxcar (N) LO New River Valley RR (HO) National Rib-side Trailer SF Kitbash WP 50’ Riveted Flats SEPTEMBER 1994 SF Model Southern EMC FTs SF Model ACL E7 SF 30 Mile Point (Pt.3) (N) LO Rocky Mtn Line Revisited (HO) SF Model CG SD7 #201 OCTOBER 1994 BTS Sandcastle Road (Pt.1) SF HeartLand Express SF Alco PAs: (Pt.5: LV, MKT & MP) SF RML “Mini-Humanity” Contest SF GP 40: (Pt.2: CN and C&O) NOVEMBER 1994 OT Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.1) BTS Tricking the Eye SF Model NS GP38-2 SF DCC (Pt.23): New for 2000? BTS Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.2) DEC 1994 – SOLD OUTD DECEMBER 1997 OT Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.9) SF Model CRR 50’ PS-1 Boxcars SF Model SAL “Florida Geep” RS3 OT More Benefits of Duck-Under JANUARY 1995 DD Conrail SD80MAC AUGUST 1998 SF PLANS: Model Lehi Roller Mills SF GP 20: (Pt.3: CB&Q) OCT/NOV 00 FEBRUARY 1995 FC Vented Containers DD GM&O FA1/FB1 B Geology I Revisited SF J. Baum Tobacco in N DD Great Northern GP30 MARCH 1995 MMI Spine Cars: Pt.2 — Single- FC General American’s Other OT Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.1) SF PLANS: DJJ Thrall MaxGon® FC Union Pacific’s Boxcars (Pt.4) APRIL 1995 Purpose Minority Owners Freight Cars JULY/AUGUST 1999 SF Make Your Own Dwarf Signals LO Miniature RR Club of York (HO) MAY 1995 LO Clark Fork (HO) MMI REAZ Braes (Accurail 45’ Van) DD Maine Central (MEC) GE U25B SF Kitbash a Thrall MaxGon® SF Superdetailing BNSF SD75I JUNE & JUL 95 - SOLD OUT SF Model CN C44-9W LO Wentworth Valley System (HO) FC Plastics Cars (Pt.1) BTS Rear View Mirror (Digression) SF Scratchbuilt HO Colorado AUGUST 1995 SF Early SDs: (Pt.3: Birmingham SF Early SDs: (Pt.11: MRL, NKP, MMI Athearn’s 20’ Cont. Chassis (Pt.1) OT Continuous Closure/Switch Museum of Natural History SEPTEMBER 1995 Southern & BN) N&W & NWP) LO Monon’s Southern Sub (HO) Point Turnout SF Model a Signal Bridge OCTOBER 1995 SF Model NKP SD9 SF Model Clinchfield F Units SF 30 Mile Point (Pt.4) (N) MAR/APR 00 SF GP 40: (Pt.3: CB&Q) NOVEMBER 1995 SF Model N&W 3-Bay PS-2 Cov Hop SF Model ACL FP7 SF Alco PAs: (Pt.6: NYC & NKP) DD Rock Island (CRI&P) E7A BTS Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.3) DEC 1995 – SOLD OUT BTS Sandcastle Road (Pt.2) SF Early Intermodal: Circus SF Model NS GP40X 7001 FC UP’s Coal Cars OT Tortilla Flats: A Big Picture JANUARY 1996 OT Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.2) BTS A Matter of Proportion SF DCC Update (Pt.20): Tips, New MMI ABF 28’ Strick Freight Pup NOV/DEC 00 FEBRUARY 1996 JANUARY 1998 OT The Other Helix Items & Getting Into N Scale LO Great South Bay Club (HO) DD BNSF SW12 MARCH 1996 DD Amtrak “Genesis” Series P32, SEPTEMBER 1998 BTS Chupadera Lower Access Panel SF SOU (S&A/CG) GP35s FC Union Pacific’s Boxcars (Pt.5) APRIL 1996 P40 & P42 (AMD-103) DD Lehigh Valley RS11 OT Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.2) SF Lonestar Wilson Grain Trailer LO Gladstone & N. Houghton (HO) MAY 1996 FC Container MGW & Container Car FC 1998 Intermodal Expo Report AUG/SEP 1999 SF Vehicle Modeling Today SF PLANS: CP Overhead Farm Xing JUNE-SEP 96 – SOLD OUT Load Limits MMI SP Golden Pig (Accurail 45’ Van) DD Western Maryland GP35 SF GP 20: (Pt.4: GN) SF Scratchbuild HO Traffic Signals OCTOBER 1996 MMI Model UPS 45’ TDP Trailers (Pt.1) LO Buffalo Ridge (N) FC Plastics Cars (Pt.2) SF Model ATSF PS2-CD Hoppers SF SOU/NS GP30 Proto/History NOV 1996 – SOLD OUT LO HOn3 Crystal River Railway SF DCC (Pt.16): Mobile Decoders MMI Athearn 20’ Cont. Chassis (Pt.2) SF P2K Moore & Co. Warehouse SF Model SOU/NS Hi-Nose GP30s DECEMBER 1996 SF DCC Update (Pt.12) SF Early SDs: (Pt.12: PRR, PC/CR) LO Bear River Lumber Co. (HO) SF Model Bullnose Kenworth SF GP 40: (Pt.4: GO, NJT, Amtrak) MARCH 1997 SF Early SDs: (Pt.4: California SF PRR/MILW Composite Gons (N) SF Modeling C&NW SD9s BTS “Back to the Future” BTS Finale for Chupadera Loop(Pt.4) APRIL 1997 Northern, CofG & CB&Q) SF Kitbash SAL Phase-1 GP9 SF Alco PAs: (Pt.7: NH) OT Ballasting the Turnout Switch OT Fine Scale Ops: JWRR Style MAY 1997 SF Model Erie Lackawanna’s SDP45 SF Early Intermodal: Interurbans SF Modeling Prototype Scenes APR/MAY 00 DEC 00/JAN 01 JUNE 1997 BTS The Borrow Pit BTS Gran Quivera Revisited SF DCC (Pt.21): Getting Into N DD Santa Fe SD40-2 “Snoot Nose” DD BNSF SW15 DD W&LE GP35 (Pt.2) OT Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.3) OT Bridging the Gap BTS A Closure for Chupadera FC Containers — ACLU to AVLU FC Containers — CSVU to EISU FC 50’ High-Cubes FEBRUARY 1998 OCTOBER 1998 OT Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.3) MMI ABF/Carolina 28’ Monon LO Roger Miller’s CB&Q (HO) MMI “K” Line Containers (Pt.1) DD Springfield Terminal GP35 DD Illinois Central GP9 SEP/OCT 1999 Freight Pup #86878 SF PLANS: CP Banff Station LO West Virginia Midland FC Evolution of Steel ISO Cont. FC Enclosed Autorack Evolution DD CB&Q F3A Ph.II & F3B LO Utah Northern (HO) SF Model UP SD40-2 Snoot #3406 SF E7 (Pt.8: RI) MMI Model UPS 45’ Intermodal MMI Spine Cars (Pt.3): All-Purpose FC IC/ICG/IC Boxcars SF SOU (S&A/CG) GP35s (Pt.2) SF St. Paul Coal Mine Diorama (Pt.1) SF Model Proto 2000 NYC E7s & E8s Trailers (Pt.2) LO Old Colony Railroad (HO) MMI Spine Cars (Pt.5a):Trinity 53’ SF SOU SD40TH-2 Tunnel Motor SF DCC (Pt.26): Atlas Master SF Accurail Single-Sheathed Boxcar LO Brandywine & Benedictine (HO) SF Early SDs: (Pt.13: P&W/W&P, All-Purpose SF Crossing Signals for DCC DCC/Soundtraxx Decoders SF Con-Cor 40’ Plugdoor PS-1 SF PLANS: CP’s Vernon, BC, Station RMCo, Soo) LO Trip on the KS&N (HO) SF Anatomy of a Grade Crossing SF GP 40: (Pt.5: Rock Island) SF An Operating Tower Clock SF Early SDs: (Pt.5: C&IM & C&NW) SF Kato Thru-Truss Bridge (N) SF Modeling SOU Extended- SF Flatcar Loads BTS Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.5) BTS Step Back, Take a Look SF Model B&O F-Units SF Model PC RS11 Height Offset Twin Hoppers SF GP 20: (Pt.5: NYC, PC, Conrail) OT Fine Scale Ops: JWRR Style — OT The Active Rail Junction SF Model NP “Torpedo Boat” GP9s SF Model SOU U23B SF Alco PAs: (Pt.8: PRR & SP) BTS Vilsousterrs: Overall Scheme Switching Crew Conductor JULY 1997 BTS Crossing at Grade BTS Can’t See the Forest... SF Painless Rivets OT Ballasting Turnout Switch (Pt.2) JAN/FEB 01 DD Conrail (CR) SD50 OT Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.4) OT Bridging the Gap (Pt.2) SF Building Swanson Holler MAY/JUNE 00 DD MILW GP40 FC Cov. Hoppers for Cement, Etc. MARCH 1998 NOVEMBER 1998 BTS Cleaning Up the Act DD SL-SF (Frisco) GP35 FC Containers — EKLU to FRSU MMI “K” Line Containers (Pt.2) DD CB&Q E7A DD Santa Fe GP9 OT Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.4) FC Containers — BARU to CATU MMI Transamerica Dist. Serv (Pt.1) LO First Raton Snake Valley (N) FC ISO Container ‘Specials’ FC Amtrak’s Boxcars OCT/NOV 1999 MMI ABF & Carolina Converter Dollies LO Jim Powers’ C&S (On3) SF E7 (Pt.9: SAL, SCL LO Enny Valley Railroad (HO) MMI Spine Cars (Pt.4A): Model DD Santa Fe F7A&B LO Jeff Skinner’s SP (HO) SF Ins & Outs of Amherst SF Model an MP/UP C36-7 (Pt.1) SF Early SDs: (Pt.6: C&S, DM&E, DSR) Thrall 48’ All-Purpose FC Walthers Enclosed Autoracks SF Oversized Flatcar Loads SF St. Paul Coal Mine Diorama (Pt.2) SF Syversons: Typical Rural Scene (N) SF DCC (Pt.13): Turnouts, Rev. Loops LO Essex & Lakeside RR (HO) MMI Spine Cars (Pt.5b):Trinity 53’ SF L&N’s Utilitarian U23B SF GP 40: (Pt.6: D&RGW) SF Model ACL 40’ Boxcars SF ACL/C&WC USRA Rebuilt Boxcars SF Early SDs: (Pt.14: SP & UP) LO Canadian Great Western (HO) SF Modeling L&N’s U23B BTS Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.6) BTS Walrus and Woodcarver: A Tale SF Vehicle Modeler Supplement SF Coalporter Track Cleaner (N) SF Kitbashing a SOO SD40-2B SF Reading 1599 OT Fine Scale Ops: The Switchman OT Gran Quivera Jct.: Design Study SF Rooster Cruiser & P•I•E SF Model ACL GP7 (Pt.1) SF PLANS: SOO SD40B 6450 SF Std. D&RGW Pile Trestle in Sn3 MAR/APR 01 AUGUST 1997 SF Tale of Short Dog and its Flatbed SF Mobile Waterfront Proj. (Pt.1) SF Light Duty Floatbridges SF GP 20: (Pt.6: SP & Cotton Belt) DD SP&S Alco FA1/FB1 DD Union Pacific SD90MAC SF Roadway Exp. 28’ Freight Pups BTS Creating Plaster Rock Walls SF Alco PAs: (Pt.9: SOU, UP, WAB) BTS In-Plant Switch for Vilsousterrs FC Containers — FRTU to GVDU FC Coil Steel (and related) Cars BTS Living on the Edge OT Bridging the Gap (Pt.3) SF Latest Scenery Techniques OT Ballasting Turnout Switch (Pt.3) MMI Transamerica Dist. Serv (Pt.2) MMI Newest Prototype Well Cars: OT Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.5) DECEMBER 1998 SF Computer as Modeling Tool JUNE/JULY 00 LO Moose River Div/PRR (HO) Kitbash Possibilities APRIL 1998 DD Oakway SD60 BTS Into Night: Oro Grande (Pt.1) DD KCS SD40X, SD50 & SD60 SF “One Spot” Modern RIP Track LO Raton Snake Valley (HO) DD CSX SD50/60 FC Cargill Pictorial OT Feeding of our Track (Pt.1) FC Containers — CAXU to CRXU SF Model a Pair of SOU RS3s SF E7 (Pt.10: SOU, SP and SP&S) FC ISO Container Doors MMI Spine Cars (Pt.4B): Thrall 48’ NOV/DEC 1999 MMI ABF Ford AeroMax Road Tractor SF GP 40:(Pt.7: DQE,TOE,DT&I,FEC) SF Model an MP/UP C36-7 (Pt.2) MMI Kitbash CF 28’ Freight Pups LO D&RGS (HOn3) DD B&O GP30 Phase I LO Coldwater Gulch (HO/HOn3) BTS Square Corner Backdrops Back Issues 4C 11/16/03 10:18 AM Page 61

Back Issues of MMOODDEELL RRAAIILLRROOAADDIINNGG OT It’s All About Time SF 2001 NMRA Product Hi-lights OT Big Bridge SF Modeling Asphalt Roads (Pt.B) CNJ and C&EI) SF Kitbash C&S Caboose Fleet MAY 01 SF Improve Scale Shops Switch Mach MARCH 02 SF GP 40: (Pt.23: WP) OT With the Support of the South SF DCC (Pt.30): Basics: Program- DD Reading GP35 Phase I SF GP 40: (Pt.12: NYC, PC) DD B&O GP35 OT More Railroading in 3-D FEBRUARY 03 ming Decoders; New Lenz FC Containers — HDMU to HKUU BTS A Model for All Scenes FC ACF T108 Tank Cars SEPTEMBER 02 DD L&N GP38 & GP38AC Systems, Atlas HandCommand LO Fixing ATSF Trinidad Yard (HO) OT Knuckles-n-Pins & Wrap Up LO Big City...Small Space (HO) DD CP Rail SD40-2 FC Containers — YMLU to ZCSU Throttle & the Atlas H15/16-44 SF Computer-made Road Signs OCTOBER 01 SF DCC Comes to Granite Mtn Ry FC Containers — SEAU to SLHT LO Modeling the Penn Central (HO) SF S-1:(Pt.9: ETR,GB&W, GM&O, HS) SF Strong Buildings DD Grand Trunk Western SD40 SF Modeling SAL E Units (Pt.1) LO A Modest Proposal (HO) MM Athearn Ford C-Series Truck OT The Time Has Passed SF Build Portable Dynamometer FC Containers — JLSU to KLTU SF GP 40: (Pt.18: Soo, TP&W, VRS) SF Steel??? 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ALABAMA 2003-Jan. 3. 11AM-6PM Mon.-Fri. 12PM-5PM weekends. 3100 SW College Rd. Central Florida Comm. College. Volume 1 TUSCUMBIA � Shoals Model RRers Inc. All Scales Free admission. Info: Jim Manzone, (352) 401-0747. By Roger V. Amato & Donald J. Heimburger club. Tues. 6PM. SOU Ry. Depot, 5th & Water Sts. Info: PALMETTO � Sarasota Model RR Club Show. Feb. 22- Neal Jeter, (256) 757-5687 or George Walker, (256) 766- 23. 10AM-4PM Sat. 10AM-3PM Sun. Manatee Civic Cen- Classic Vintage 5073, [email protected]. ter, 1 Haben Blvd. $5, kids free w/parent. Info: Dan Cioffi, Crawlers & Dozers CALIFORNIA (941) 758-3602. Volume 1, an all- ANAHEIM � Orange County Model RRers meeting. GEORGIA color, 188-page, Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana- ALBANY � Flint River Model RR Club 13th Annual 11" x 10" hardbound coffee table heim Public Library, corner of Harbor & Broadway. Info: Show. Jan. 10-11. 9AM-5PM Sat. 11AM-4PM Sun. Steve Tibbetts, [email protected], (714) 843-1820. Knights of Columbus Hall, 2009 Gillionville Rd. $3, 12-18 format book, is here! Over the past BAKERSFIELD � Golden Empire Hist. & Modeling $1, under 12 free. Info: Jimmie Swann, (229) 883-3517. two decades, there has been a Society 2nd Annual Swap Meet. Jan. 17-18. 10AM-5PM ATLANTA � Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st renewed interest in preserving and Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Kern County Fair, 1142 S. P St. $5, Tues. of each month, 7:30PM. Church of the Atonement, collecting antique tractors and under 12 free. Info: Doug Wagner, 14008 Tierra Blanca 945 High Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Leake, (404) Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93314, (661) 331-6695. 262-2969. construction equipment, especially CROCKETT � Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club’s N ATLANTA (TUCKER) � Piedmont Division Monthly crawlers and dozers. You’ll enjoy scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. Meeting. 2nd Tuesday each month, 7PM. Elks Lodge, this spectacular book Pacific depot has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM- 1775 Montreal Rd., Tucker. Map at www.piedmont- 3PM & 7PM-9PM, Sat. 10AM-4PM. Depot on Rolph St. div.org. Free. Info: Ed Jahns, 1538 Rivermist Dr., Lilburn, jammed with next to the SP mainline, 900 Loring Ave., Crockett, CA. 1st volume GA 30047, [email protected]. 400 pictures, Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View Lane, Pinole, MARIETTA � Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Society illustrations and Allis-Chalmers CA 94564, (510) 758-9310. Best of Ferroequinologists & field trips. 2nd Fri. of each month, authoritative LOS ANGELES � East Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR 7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell St. Free. Info: Robert Caterpillar Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. 11AM-3PM. Traveltown, Hunt, (770) 428-3864 or Larry Smith, (404) 926-0739. text that will Holt Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors, P.O. Box 5732, J.I. Case � make this a Glendale, CA 91301 (213) 662-8339. MARIETTA Piedmont Div. Model Train Show & Monarch Model Contest. Mar. 13-14. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM “must-have” Terratrac SAN DIEGO � San Diego Model RR Museum Toy Sun. Cobb County Civic Center, 548 S. Marietta Pkwy. $7, U.S. TRAC Train & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Tues-Fri under 12 free. Info: John Munro, 6105 Milam Dr., Mable- reference for 11AM-4PM, Weekends 11AM-5PM. Casa De Balboa ton, GA 30126, (770) 739-5406. your library! Bldg. in Balboa Park, 1649 El Prado. $4, discounts for stu- Deluxe slipcase NORCROSS � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. dents/seniors/military ID, under 15 free. Special Events: cover edition: Feb. 21-22. 10AM-4PM. North Atlanta Trade Center, 1700 Regular edition: Lego City Exhibit, on display through Jan. 31. Swap Meet, Jeurgens Ct. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenberg- $54.95 + $5 Shipping & $69.95 + $6 Shipping & Jan. 3. 7AM-11AM. $2/buyers $5/sellers. Info: Beth Handling (USA) Handling (USA) shows.com. Cain, San Diego Model RR Museum, 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 696-0199. SAVANNAH � Coastal Rail Buffs 15th Annual RR Illinois residents add 7.75% sales tax. Visa and Show. Jan. 17-18. 10AM-6PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. MasterCard accepted. � East Bay Model Engineers 70th SAN FRANCISCO 14045 Abercorn Ext. Savannah Mall. $4, $3 seniors, stu- Season. May-Dec. Sundays 12PM-5PM. Golden State Book due dents & military, under 12 free. Info: Ken Huffman, (912) Model RR Museum, 900-A Dornan Dr. Point Richmond, 927-4976, [email protected]. this fall CA 94801. $3, seniors/under 12 $2. Info: (510)234-4884 or www.gsmrm.org. ILLINOIS Heimburger House Publishing Company SANTA CLARA � 14th Annual O Scale West Meet. CHICAGO � Great Midwest Train Show. Jan. 11. Feb. 19-22. 9AM-5PM. Westin Hotel Santa Clara, 5101 9:30AM-3PM. DuPage County Fairgrounds, County Farm 7236 W. Madison St. Great American Parkway. $25 family admission ($30 after Rd. & Roosevelt Rd. $7, under 12 free. Info: CIA Inc. PO Forest Park, IL 60130 Dec. 31). Info: (650) 329-0424, [email protected], Box 1192, Lombard, IL 60148, (630) 290-1962, Phone/Fax: (708) 366-1973 www.oscalewest.com. [email protected]. www.heimburgerhouse.com COLORADO VILLA PARK � Scale Model RR Swap Meet. Jan. 9. [email protected] 6:30PM-9:30PM. Villa Park VFW Hall, 39 E. St. Charles AURORA � Sunrise Div. RMR/NMRA Annual Train Rd. $4, under 12 free. Info: Prairie Scale Model RR’rs, PO Show. Feb. 14-16. 10AM-6PM Sat. 10AM-5PM Sun. & Box 5962, Vernon Hills, IL 60061, (847) 702-0811, Mon. Buckingham Square, Havana & Mississippi. Free. [email protected]. Info: Bill Johnson, (303) 397-5737, Steve Mann, (303) 337-0117, Chuck Shell, (303) 750-3933. INDIANA FLORIDA DANVILLE � NMRA Midwest Region, Central Indiana Div. Train Show. Mar. 28. 10AM-3PM. 4-H Bldg. Hen- JACKSONVILLE � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby dricks County Fairgrounds, Old US 36. $3, under 12 free. Show. Feb. 7-8. 10AM-4PM. Greater Jacksonville Agricul- Info: Frank Hermanek, 6818 Westlake Rd., Indianapolis, tural Fair, 501 Fairgrounds Place. $7, under 12 free. Info: IN 46214. (317) 487-6517. www.greenbergshows.com. FORT WAYNE � Maumee Valley RR Club Show. Feb. LAKE WALES � Historic Lake Wales Society/Lake 14. 9AM-2PM. Coliseum Bingo, 911 W. Washington Cen- Wales Model RR Club 6th Annual Show & Swap Meet. ter Rd. $3, under 12 free. Info: Chuck White, President Feb. 14. 9AM-4PM. Hardman Rec. Complex, Seminole & MVRRC, PO Box 162, Leo, IN 46765. (260) 760-1666. 3rd. $4, under 12 free. Info: Frank Brosius, 16 Pine Ridge � Dr., Lake Wales, FL 33853, (863) 696-2897. NOBLESVILLE NMRA Midwest Region Central Indi- ana Division Train Show. Jan. 25. 10AM-4PM. Hamilton OCALA � Trains at the Holidays Display. Dec. 20, County 4H Expo Center, 2003 Pleasant St. $3, under 12

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free. Info: Larry Gilbert, 6675 S. 200 E., Markleville, IN 46056-9704, (765) 779-4039. RICHMOND � All Train Flea Market. Feb. 15. 10AM- 3PM. National Guard Armory, 1200 W. Main. $3, under 12 free. Info: Larry Zeller, 4646 W. US Rt. 36, Piqua, OH 45356, (937) 773-7186. SOUTH BEND � St. Joe Valley Model RR Club of South Bend is now accepting new members. 400 S. Main St., Mishawaka. Info: David Korkhouse, (574) 272-6436. IOWA DES MOINES � Great Midwestern Div. 7th Annual Great Midwestern Div. RR Meet. Feb. 21. 9AM-3PM. St. Pius X Catholic Church Parish Center, 3663 66th St. $5, $6 at the door. Info: Larry Lamb, 6410 NE 12th Ave., Altoona, IA 50009. KANSAS LOUISVILLE � Div. 8 MCR/NMRA Train Show. Mar. 20. 10AM-3PM. Highland Post, American Legion, 2919 Bardstown Rd. $5, under 12 free. Info: Stephen Taylor, 4423 W 400 N, Madison, IN 47250, [email protected]. MARYLAND TIMONIUM � Great Scale Model Train Show. Jan. 24- 25. 9AM-4PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Maryland State Fair- grounds, 2 miles N. of Baltimore Beltway, exit 17E from I-83. $6, under 12 free.Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd., Columbia, MD 21045 (410) 730-1036. TIMONIUM � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Mar. 20-21. 10AM-4PM. Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Rd. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. UPPER MARLBORO � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Feb. 28-29. 10AM-4PM. Prince George’s Equestrian Center, 14900 Pennsylvania Ave. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. #4056 D&H Rd No. 19511 $28.95 Released June 2002 MASSACHUSETTS AUBURN � Worcester Model RR’rs Inc. Annual Show. Feb. 29. 10AM-4PM. Auburn Elks Club, 754 Southbridge St. $4, under 12 free. Info: Ralph Kimball, (508) 755- 1873, [email protected]. www.wmrr.org. WILMINGTON � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Mar. 27-28. 10AM-4PM. Shriners Auditorium, 99 Fordham Rd. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. MICHIGAN #5107 GA Rd No. 39639 $26.95 Released December 2000 WARREN � Gratiot Valley RR Club Show. Mar. 7. 10AM-4PM. Macomb Comm. College Sports & Expo Check with your local hobby shop or visit us at www.kadee.com Center, 12 Mile & Hayes. $5, under 12 free. Info: Doug for current road name availability. ©2003 Made in the USA Kass, GVRR, 281 North Ave., Mt. Clemens, MI 48043. ® 673 Avenue C, • White City, OR 97503-1078 U.S.A. (586) 468-4877. www.michvhf.com/~gvrr. Kadee Quality Products Co. Tel: (541) 826-3883 • Fax: (541) 826-4013 • http://www.kadee.com NEBRASKA LINCOLN � Lincoln Area Model RR Club Show. Feb. 21-22. 9AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. State Fair Park Regear with NWSL precision gearboxes. Agricultural Hall. $5, under 12 free. Info: Scott Fotinos, Gearboxes for models from HO narrow gauge to no. 1 gauge. 6530 Adams St., Lincoln, NE 68507, (402) 466-6723. NorthWest Short Line makes gearboxes to fit nearly every model that NEVADA needs a new life due to wear or poorly made gearing. Sizes run from 0.3 mod (approx. 84DP) 50:1usable in small HO and HO narrow gauge LAS VEGAS � Silver State Div. of Toy Train Operat- models to 0.6 mod 25:1 for large O and no. 1 power. All gears are hobbed ing Society Meet. Feb. 7. 11AM-4PM. Plumbers and Pip- (not molded) for precision fit and long life. In addition, NWSL has a full efitters Local #525 Union Hall, 760 N. Lamb Blvd. $4, $2 line of 72DP gears for those who wish to experiment with building children, $15 family, active military free. Info: Bill Ness, their own transmission. 6044 Rocky Mountain Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89156, (702) The NWSL full line catalog/how-to reference guide has more info on 644-5003. gearboxes/gears with full size drawings to help plan your conversion. It is available for $9.00 postage paid, U. S. funds. Bank cards accepted. NEW JERSEY NorthWest Short Line ATLANTIC CITY � Patcong Valley Soc. Of Model P. O. Box 423, Seattle, Washington 98111-0423 RR’rs Open House. Jan. 3-4, 10-11. 10AM-4PM. Fire Rd. www.nwsl.com Between Mill & Zion Road’s Bargaintown. Free. Info: G.

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Thomas Todd, 1760 Route 9 North, Cape May Court House, NJ 08210. (609) 465-9380. www.eht.com/patcong- valley. BROOKLAWN � The Great Brooklawn Scale Train Meet. Jan. 4. 10AM-3PM. American Legion Post #72, Railroad Ave. $4, under 12 free. Info: Bill Powell, 306 Broad St. Williamstown NJ 08094-1122, (856) 728-1327. CINNAMINSON � Burlington County MRC Open House. Jan. 3-4, 10-11, Feb. 14-15. 12PM-5PM. Base- ment, Footlighter’s Playhouse, 808 Pomona Rd. Info: (856) 234-5047. www.geocities.com/bcmrc_trainclub. EDISON � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Mar. 6-7. 10AM-4PM. New Jersey Convention & Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. NEW MEXICO BELEN � Belen Model RR Club Open House. Tues-Sat, 12:30PM-3:30PM. Belen Harvey House Museum, 1st & Becker Sts. Donations accepted. Info: Jon S. Sem, 1845 Ash Dr. SW, Los Lunas, NM 87031, (505) 565-1639 (before 9 PM), [email protected]. LAS CRUCES � Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO Meets. Third Thurs. each month, 7PM. Thomas Brannigan Memorial Library, Spruce Ave. & N. Main St. Info: Mike Hallock, 1941 Poplar Ave., Las Cruces, NM 88001. NEW YORK KINGSTON � Kingston Model RR Club Annual Train & Hobby Expo. Mar. 28. 10AM-4PM. Tech City(Former To: Get Started in 2-Rail Scale IBM Complex) Enterprise Dr. $4, under 12 $1. Info: ow Realistic • Accurate • Affordable Kingston Model RR Club, PO Box 1885, Kingston, NY H Come Discover Modern O-Scale Models at These 2-Rail O-Scale Meets 12402-1885, Attn: Vince Decicco, (845) 334-8233. MEDFORD � February 19-21, 2004, San Francisco, CA area October 30, 2003, Cleveland, OH area Long Island Model RR Engineers Meet, 14th Annual O Scale West Meet 24th Annual Western Reserve O Scale Meet Tues. & Fri. 7PM-11PM. 2661 Horseblock Rd. Unit P. LSSAE for information to: LSSAE for information to: Info: (631) 345-3415 on nights of meet, www.limrre.com. O Scale West, Dept. OSK Robert Boeddener, Dept. OSK NORTH CAROLINA 876 Boyce Avenue 32165 Hickory Lane Palo Alto, CA 94301-3003 Avon Lake, OH 44012 ASHEVILLE � WNC 14th Annual Model Train Show. July 22-25, 2004, Washington D.C. area June 15- 18, 2005, St. Louis area Feb. 27-28. 12PM-7PM Fri. 10AM-7PM Sat. Biltmore 2004 O Scale National Convention 2005 O Scale National Convention Square Mall. $2 Fri. $4 Sat, under 13 free. Info: Charles LSSAE for information to: LSSAE for information to: Bryan [email protected]. 2004 O Scale National Convention, Dept OSK 2005 O Scale National, Dept. OSK CHARLOTTE � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby 10401 Grandin Road P.O. Box 4357 Show. Jan. 17-18. 10AM-4PM. Charlotte Merchandise Silver Spring, MD 20902 St. Louis MO 63123 Mart, 2500 E. Independence Blvd. $7, under 12 free. Info: September 17-18, 2004, Indianapolis, IN area www.greenbergshows.com. Indianapolis Midwest "O" Scale Fall Meet OHIO LSSAE for information to: James Canter, Dept. OSK COLUMBUS � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby 1203 Rotherham Lane Show. Mar. 13-14. 10AM-4PM. Ohio Exposition Center, Beech Grove, IN 46107-3323 717 E. 17th Ave. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. Visit www.oscalekings.org for links to many 2-rail O-scale sites. This ad runs twice a year, so check it in 6 months for meets that have been added or changed dates. DAYTON � All Trains Swap Meet. Jan. 11. 11AM- To list your (2-rail only) O scale meet in this ad, please contact O Scale Kings, 876 Boyce Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301-3003 4PM. Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 1043 S. Main (St. Ad sponsored by O Scale Kings, and the above listed meets. Rt. 48). $3, under 12 free. Info: Larry Zeller, 4646 W. US Rt. 36, Piqua, OH 45356, (937) 773-7186. DAYTON � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Jan. 31-Feb. 1. 10AM-4PM. Dayton Hara Arena, Confer- ence & Exhibition Center. $7, under 12 free. Info: These new Tomix buildings come in www.greenbergshows.com. N SScaleScalecale two different color moldings - gray and LIMA � Train Town Show & Swap Meet. Dec. 27. brick. There is also a companion set of 10AM-3PM. Allen County Fairgrounds, St. Rt. 309 E. $3, buildings which feature a different under 12 free. Info: Joe Ginther, 5995 US Rt. 224, colors, front and round construction. All Ottawa, OH 45875, (419) 523-5879. the buildings are sectional so a modeler can make up a varity of WOOSTER � CJ Trains Spring Wooster Train & Toy buildings using the same components. Show. Mar. 14. 10AM-4PM. Greebriar Conference & Party Centre. 50 Riffel Rd. $3, under 12 free. $22 dealer tables. Info: Jon Ulbright, 941 Buchholz Dr.. Wooster, OH 44691, (330) 262-7488 after 6PM, [email protected]. YOUNGSTOWN � Youngstown Model RR Assn. Flea Market. Jan. 11. 10:30AM-4PM. McMenamy’s Hall

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on Rt. 422 in Niles. $3, under 12 free. Info: Jim Pope, VALLEY FORGE � RR Prototype Modelers Meet. Mar. (330) 547-3614, [email protected]. 26-28. Desmond Great Valley Hotel & Conference Center, 1 Liberty Blvd. Info: www.phillynmra.org or send SASE OREGON to Paul Backenstose, 103 W. Uwchlan Ave., Downington, ROSEBURG � All Aboard RR Club for All Scales. 1st PA 19335. & 3rd Saturdays at 3PM, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7PM. 427 YORK � Miniature RR Club of York 60th Anniversary SE Main St. Info: Debi or Kim Wing, (503) 672-0280. Open House. Dec. 14,21,28. 1PM-5PM. 381 Wheatfield St. $2, $0.50 kids 6-12. Info: Ivan Frantz, (717) 225-5470. PENNSYLVANIA YORK � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Jan. ALLENTOWN � ATMA Spring Thaw Train Meet. Feb. 10-11. 10AM-4PM. York Expo Center, 334 Carlisle Ave. 21-22. 9AM-3PM. Fairgrounds Agricultural Hall, 17th & $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. Chew St. Info: Bob House, 1120 S. Jefferson St., Allen- town, PA 18103, (610) 821-7886, www.allentowntrain- TEXAS meet.com. PLANO � 19th Annual Dallas Area Train Show. Jan. 17- BETHLEHEM � Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model RR 18. 10AM-5PM. Plano Centre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Club Annual Holiday Open House. Dec. 21-24, Dec.26-31, Pkwy. $6, under 12 free. Info: Bart Bartholomew, 6403 2003 Jan. 1-4. 2PM-9PM. 705 Linden St. $3, $5/family. Duffield Dr,. Dallas, TX 75248, [email protected]. Info: Ron Wilson, 705 Linden St., Bethlehem, PA 18018. WACO � Waco’s RR Wintertime Train Show. Jan. 10- (610) 941-9590. 11. 10AM-4PM Sat. 11AM-4PM Sun. Fine Arts Bldg. CLARION � Clairion Model RR Club Exhibit. Dec. 19- H.O.T. Fairgrounds, 4601 Bosque Blvd. $4, $2 under 12. 20. 515C Main St. $1.50, children $0.50. Info: Robert Info: Valiant Enterprises, PO Box 42233, Oklahoma City, Hartle, 851 Reed Rd., Clarion, PA 16214, (814) 223-9719. OK 73123, (405)810-1010. ELKINS PARK � Chelten Hills MRC Open House. Jan. VIRGINIA 3-4. 12PM-4PM. 8000 Old York Rd. Info: (215) 635- 9747. www.cheltenhillsmrr.org. CHANTILLY � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Dec. 27-28. 10AM-4PM. Dulles Expo & Convention Cen- � FORT WASHINGTON GATSME Lines Open ter, 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center. $7, under 12 free. House. Jan. 10-11, 24-25. 12PM-4PM. Prospect & Madi- Info: www.greenbergshows.com. son Ave. Info: (215) 646-2033. www.gatsme.org. VIRGINIA BEACH � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby � GIBSONIA WPMRM 16th Annual Holiday Train Show. Jan. 3-4. 10AM-4PM. Virginia Beach Pavilion Con- Display. Weekends Nov. 15, 2003-Jan. 18. 2004. WPMRM vention Center, 1000 19th St. $7, under 12 free. Info: Headquarters, Route 910 & Hardt Rd. $5, $3 under 12. www.greenbergshows.com. Info: Raymond Mueser, (724) 444-6944. KULPSVILLE � Keystone N-Trak Open House. Jan. 3- WASHINGTON 4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25. 12PM-4PM. Kulpsville Antique SPOKANE � River City Modelers RR Show. Feb. 15. Market on Forty Foot Rd. (Rt. 63). Info: (610) 792-0696. 9:30AM-3:30PM. Spokane Comm. College, Lair Bldg. NE www.keystonentrak.us. Corner Mission & Greene. $5, $3 11-16, under 10 free. MANHEIM � Stiegel Valley Model RR Open House. Info: Bob & Shirley Sample, PO Box 314, Elk, WA Dec. 14, 21, 28. 1PM-4PM. 230 S. Charlotte St. Donations 99009, (509) 292-8332, [email protected]. accepted. Info: Ed Bookman, (717) 299-0687. WISCONSIN MONROEVILLE � Greenberg’s Train Show. Jan. 24- � 25. 10AM-4PM. Pittsburgh ExpoMart, 105 Mall Blvd. $7, LACROSSE Tri-State Rail Sale Swap Meet. Jan. 31. under 12 free. Info: Greenberg Shows, (630) 355-5029. 9AM-3PM. The Lacrosse Center. $3, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. The 4000 Foundation, PO Box 3411, La Crosse, WI 54602-3411, (608) 582-4761. PHILADELPHIA � Holiday Garden RR Display. Dec. � 20-21, 26-28, 2003, Jan. 2-4. 10AM-4PM. Morris Arbore- MADISON NMRA Midwest Region, SCWD Monthly Meeting, Jan. 11, Feb. 1, Mar. 7. 1PM. Fitchburg tum, University of PA, 100 Northwestern Ave. $8, seniors Community Center, 5510 E. Lacy Rd. Free. Info: & students 13-18 $6, under 12 $3. Info: (215) 247-5777. Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilltop Dr., Madison, WI 53711- www.upenn.edu/arboretum/gardenrailway1.html. 1212, (608) 231-1817. PHOENIXVILLE � Schuylkill Valley MRC Open MADISON � NMRA/SCWD Mad City RR Show & House. Jan. 3-4, 10-11, 17-18. 1PM-5PM. 400 S. Main St. Sale. Feb. 14-15. 9AM-5PM. Exhibition Hall, Alliant (rear entrance). Info: (610) 935-1126. Energy Center of Dane County. $7, seniors $6, 5-11 $1. PITTSBURGH � Western Pennsylvania Model RR Info: Art Dawson, 7201 Century Ave. Middleton, WI. Museum Open House. Weekends starting Nov. 15-Jan. 18. 53562, (608) 231-1817, [email protected]. 6PM-9PM Fri. 11AM-5PM Sat. & Sun. WPMRM Head- quarters, corner of Route 910 & Hardt Rd. $5, $3 under CANADA 12. Info: Raymond Mueser, 5507 Lakeside Dr., Gibsonia, PA 15044, (724) 444-6944, [email protected]. ALBERTA RICHBORO � Abington Lines MRC Open House. Jan. 3- CALGARY � Supertrain 2004. Feb. 14-15. 9AM-5PM. 4, 10-11. 1-4PM. 2066 2nd St. Pike. Info: (215) 598-7720. Big Four Bldg. Stampede Park. $6, under 12 $4, family $12, $1 off admission with donation to the food bank. ROYERSFORD � Royersford Modular Model RR’rs Info: www.calgarymodelrailway.org. Open House. Jan. 10, 17. 10AM-5PM. 350 Main St. Info: (610) 917-9363. www.geocities.com/royersford_modular. ONTARIO SHAMOKIN � Lower Anthracite Model RR Club COBOURG � Cobourg Model Train Show. Mar. 6. Open House. Dec 19-20, 26. 6:30PM-9PM. 210 E. Inde- 10AM-4:30PM. Lions Community Centre, Elgin Street pendence St. Free. Info: Tim Gilbert, (570)339-1550 East. $3, seniors $2, children $1. Info: Ted Rafuse, 181 [email protected]. Armour Ct. Cobourg, ON K9A 4S6. (905) 372-8375. SOUDERTON � Logan Model Engineers Open House. PARIS � Paris Junction Train Show. Jan. 18. 10AM- Jan. 3-4, 10-11. 12PM-4PM. Souderton Train Station, 2nd 4PM. Paris Fairgrounds, Silver St. $3, WOD Member $2. Floor, Main & Broad St. Info: (215) 483-6986. Info: Gord King, 90 Prospect St. Pt. Dover ON N0A 1N1 www.loganmrr.com. (519) 583-0975.

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