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January2006 $5.95 INH����A Move More Freight with these New Models From Walthers HO Scale EMD SW8 • Available With or Without Factory-Installed Sound & DCC • Heavy Diecast Chassis • 5 Pole Motor with Skew Wound Armature CR N&W Spt • Precisely Meshed Worm Gear & 920-31456 #8604 - Sound & 920-31462 #2111 - Sound & 920-31468 #1109 - Sound & Spur Teeth for Silent Running DCC DCC DCC 920-31457 #8615 - Sound & DCC 920-31463 #3124 - Sound & DCC 920-31469 #1112 - Sound & DCC • Over 135 Factory-Applied Detail Parts 920-31426 #8606 - Standard DC 920-31432 #2108 - Standard DC 920-31438 #1110 - Standard DC 920-31427 #8620 - Standard 920-31433 #3122 - Standard 920-31439 #1116 - Standard Modeler-Applied Parts Package DC DC DC • Delaware, Lackawanna NKP Wabash • Retooled Handrails & Other Parts for More & Western 920-31464 #107 - Sound & DCC 920-31470 #120 - Sound & DCC Accurate Detail 920-31458 #501 - Sound & DCC 920-31465 #110 - Sound & DCC 920-31471 #127 - Sound & DCC 920-31459 #506 - Sound & LED Directional Headlights DCC 920-31434 #109 - Standard DC 920-31440 #123 - Standard DC • 920-31428 #504 - Standard DC 920-31435 #112 - Standard DC 920-31441 #130 - Standard DC 920-31429 #509 - Standard • Magnetic Knuckle Cou plers DC Rock Island Undecorated $245 With Sound & DCC ATSF • 920-31466 #811 - Sound & DCC 920-31472 - Sound & DCC 920-31460 #650 - Sound & DCC $145 Without Sound & DCC 920-31467 #833 - Sound & DCC 920-31442 - Standard DC • 920-31461 #651 - Sound & DCC 920-31436 #820 - Standard DC Limited Availability 920-31430 #652 - Standard DC • 920-31437 #837 - Standard DC 920-31431 #653 - Standard DC HO Scale War Emergency Steel-Side Hoppers • Non-Magnetic Blackened Metal Wheels • Free-Rolling 50-Ton Spring Plankless Trucks • AB Brake System • Magnetic Knuckle Couplers • 2 Styles of Handbrakes Allantic Coast Line* N&W • 2 Styles of Door Locks 920-31611 #82007 (black, white) 920-31619 #339032 (black, white) • Fully Weighted for Trouble-Free Operation 920-31612 #82164 (black, wllile) 920-31620 #339260 (black, while) • Factory Assembled ATSF Seaboard Coast Line* • $30 ea 920-31613 ATSF #180706 (Mineral Red, white) 920-31621 #682090 (black, white) 920-31614 ATSF #180637(Mineral Red, white) 920-31622 #682478 (black, white) 8&0* SOU 920-316158&0 #733031 (black, white) 920-31623 #104500 (black, white) 920-316168&0 #733169 (black, white) 920-31624 #105187 (black, white) C&O* Wabash 920-31617 #54284 (black, wllile) 920-31625 #39000 (black, white) 920-31618 #55090 (black, while) 920-31626 #39253 (black, while) Can't find a hobby shop near you? Call 1-800-4 TRAINS (1-800-487-2467)or visit walthers. com Paint schemes shown are from technical art. Preproduction models shown; some details may vary. Delivery dales shown were accurate al press time; visit walthers.com updates. tor 'CSX proprietary marks used permission of CSX Transportation. Inc. IUnion Pacific licensed product. Wm. Walthers, Inc. by ©2005 K. (Item #7649) he 4,000 hp Dash 8-40CW was produced by General Electric between 1989 and 1993 as a follow-up to the successful Dash 8-40C locomotive. The most distinguishing Tfeature of this model was the introduction of GE's version of the wide-nose "North American Safety Cab." This style of cab would become a common sight on railroads across the country. Four major railroads purchased the Dash 8-40CW in fairly large quantities, including Conrail, CSX, Santa Fe and Union Pacific. Most of these units are still in regular mainline and heavy-haul freight service today. Due to various mergers, they can also be seen operating for new owners Norfolk Southern and BNSF. FEATURES INCLUDE: • Ditch lights • Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad • Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers • Coupler pocket designed to accept AccuMate® Proto-couplers • Highly detailed coupler cut bars • Multiple unit hoses and trainline hoses. Separately-installed scale windshield wipers, metal grab irons and fine scale handrails • Directional lighting • Snowplow and piping on trucks • Number boards, sand fill hatch, and marker lights where appropriate by railroad • Recommended minimum radius: 22/1 For more information, please visit: http://www.ollosrr.com/HOLoco /hodosh840cw l.hlm To find on Atlas Model dealer near you, go to: hffp://www.atlasrr.com/locator/zsearch.asp Contact your dealer for availability or callthe Atlas Help Desk at 1-800-872-2521 For the 2006 Atlas Winter/Spring HO & N Scale Locomotive & Freight (or (atalog, please send • VISIT YOUR LOCAL $5 (57 outside the US) to the address shown below. gtU:·\:rrJt' HOBBY STORE TODAY! IN THIS ISSUE: EIGHT "THIN-PLY" WAFFLE-STYLE • LIGHTW BENCHWORK, page 10 TWO-LEVEL SHELF LAYOUT IN AN • TRACK PLAN: 11 X 11-FOOT CORNER, page 46 ON THREE LEVELS IN • THE LACKAWANNA 26 X 38 FEET, page 27 R OPERATIONS, • ZEPHY page 40 MOW TRUCK, • HI-RAIL page 48 ON THE COVER: Lackawanna "Pocono" 4-8-4 1643 crosses over the Delaware River Viaduct on Paul Cappel/oni's DL&-W Bangor and Portland Branch. Paul is recreating the section of the Delaware Lackawanna &- Western's mainline in northeastern Pennsylvania and the cement region through Northampton County, Pennsylvania. This is one of the layouts you can visit if you attend the NMRA National Convention in Philadelphia July 2-9, 2006 (www.ij2006.org). A tour begins on page 27 of this issue. -Robert Schleicher photo MODELING from the PROTOTYPE RAILMODELJOURNAL is published 12 timesa year by Golden Bell Press, 2403 Champa St, Denver, CO B0205. Price per single copy is $5.95 La out To ur: newsstand; S7.45 direct from publisher, or $4B.OO per year in the U.s.A. y Individual copy prices higher in Canada and other countries. Foreign The Sipping [j Switching Society of North ubsCliptions $60.00 for 12 issues, payable in U.s. funds. RAILMODEL JOURNAL, ISS 04J�5441, copyright 2005 by Golden Bell Press. All rights Carolina's Lightweight Thin-PLy "Waffle-StyLeN reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver;-E0,.POSTMASTER: Send Modular Layout., page 1 0 address changes to Railmodel Journal, 2403 Champa St, Denver, co B0205. Visit our website at www.railmodeijournal.com/ 4 RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 / ALL SCALES: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: N SCALE: · EMD F3A as Baltimore and Ohio 88 and Benchwork: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: 121 from Genesis, InterMountain, MRC, · · Lightweight Thin-Ply "Waffle-Style" EMD F3A as Baltimore and Ohio 88 and Stewart, Athearn, Life-Like and Benchwork, by Ken Anderson ............ 10 121 from Bachmann, Kato and Model Highliners models, by Louis A. Marre.. 22 Power models, by Louis A. Marre ...... 22 Passenger Operations: Locomotive Performance: · Modeling the Zephyrs, Part V: All the Locomotive Performance: · Proto 2000 G.E. U23B with DCC and trains' consists, from Broadway Ltd., · Summary of all previous Locomotive Sound, by Dean Windsor .................. 25 Walthers and Con-Cor, Performance Test Reports .................. 52 · Summary of all previous Locomotive by \l.S. Roseman ..............................40 Performance Test Reports .................. 52 S SCALE: HO SCALE: Passenger Operations: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: · Modeling the Zephyrs, Part V: All the · EMD F3A as Baltimore and Ohio 88 and Modeling From The Prototype: trains' consists, from Broadway Ltd., 121 from S Helper Services models, · Sydney, Australia Railroad Prototype Walthers and Con-Cor, by Louis A. Marre ............................ 22 Modelers Meet, by Rob Barker ............ 6 by \l.S. Roseman .............................. 40 Locomotive Performance: Diesel Modeling: Layout Design: · Summary of all previous Locomotive · EMD GP10 as RCRY (ex-Conrail) 7545 · Track Plan: Two-level layout on 2-foot Performance Test Reports .................. 52 from Proto 2000 Model, wide shelves in an 11 x 11-foot corner, by Matt Snell .................................... 9 o SCALE: by Ed Vondrak ................................46 Layout Tours: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Modeling Maintenance of Way: · The Sipping If Switching Society of North · EMD F3A as Baltimore and Ohio 88 and · Hi-Rail Utility Truck from Boley and Carolina's Lightweight Thin-Ply "Waffle 121 from P&D Hobbies kits, Custom Finishing Parts, by Matt Snell 48 Style" Modular Layout, by Louis A. Marre .......................... 22 by Ken Anderson .............................. 10 Freight Cars of The Sixties: · Locomotive Performance: · Paul Cappelloni's 26 x 38-foot three M&E (ex-Susquehanna) Caboose · Summary of all previous Locomotive level lackawann� Railroad Bangor and Number 4 from the Atlas Model, Performance Test Reports .................... 52 Portland Branch ................................ 27 by Matt Snell .................................. 54 · Index of Previous Tours of Prototype- Freight Cars of The Fifties: Departments: Based Layouts .................................. 60 · Pennsylvania RR Class X51C 50-Foot Box What's New ........................................56 Car from Details West kit, by Ed Biey 55 Calendar ............................................58 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 5 [MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYPE ] ---____ _ By Rob K. Barker Andreas Keller's cast-resin NSC Canadian box cars. Andreas showed the styrene master and RTV rubber mold used to create this and other prototype models. These Canadian National TOFC cars are cast resin models by Andreas Keller. 6 RAILMODELJOURNAL· JA NUARY 2006 Ian Rutcliffe's New South Wales brake vans were cast molds made from scratch built masters. Paint and details were added per the Australian prototype. John Gillies scratchbuilt this Northern Pacific centerbeam flat car from styrene. The prototype Thrall cars were among the very first centerbeam flat cars. John Martin's detailed and weathered Athearn caboose. The roofwalks were removed and the windows filled with styrene and painted to match the factory Athearn paint. Microscale decals were used to renumber and add additional decals. RAILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 2006 7 RPM David North scratchbuilt this Santa Fe class Ga-131 cylindrical covered hopper from sheet and strip styrene. The prototype ACF cars were built in 1962 and used primarily in potash service. Rob Barker modified Tra in Station sideframes to fit this Atlas SD35.