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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.

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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

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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. The sideframes and the locomotive were detailed to match the prototype 1555, a former Norfolk and Western locomotive in the EMD lease fleet.

Rob Barker started with a factory-painted Milwaukee Road GP40 and turned it into a Soo Line "bandit" with simple black patches and white lettering.

8 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 [ DIESEL MODELING]

Models and prototype photos by Matt Snell

The prototype GP10 is essentially a GP9 with internal changes. Matt Snell added a Details West 274 antenna and 190 horn and a Sunrise Enterprises 13121 bell to a Proto 2000 GP9 model to match this ex­ Conrail locomotive. He repainted the model with Floquil Conrail Blue and Black and applied Microscale 87-987 decals. The model was weathered with a wash of burnt sienna artist's ink. There's an index of all previous diesel modeling articles on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com/

Conrail 7545 spent most of its Conrail career in Pennsylvania. When retired from Conrail, 7545 was sold to BLDX and, in turn, to the Raritan Central Railway where it is now performing switching duties at Raritan Center in Edison, New Jersey. It was photographed in October 2005 with Conrail lettering painted out but the road number intact.

The model is a repainted and detailed Proto 2000 GP9.

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The steel tube alignment pins are used in pairs with a pin adjacent to an empty hole in the ends of each module. The alignment plugs are made from 1-inch-O.D. steel pipe. This fits in the first and third hole from the left on each end and provides both protection for the rail ends and more importantly the male/female connection for the modules. This is Ken Anderson's prototype HOn3 module, a half-width module with only one male and one female pin. The joints are so solid that no rail joiners or removable pieces of track are used-the rails simply butt together and current is carried by the wires beneath the layout. Even joints between modules with code 55 rail and code 100 rail provide perfect rail alignment with the four one-inch steel pin alignment system. RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 11 LIGHTWEIGHT BENCHWORK

o you ever get the ho hums Benchwork, Gluing, Sanding, part will take some strength to push the thinking about setting up a and Module Support System brads in, but don't set them; we'll be heavy modular system? Lightweight modules start at the removing the brads after the glue is set. Well check out the Sipping D beginning: using the right kind of (Pre-drill the brad nail holes, only as a & Switching Society of materials. One of our modules can take last resort.) Also please do not use a North Carolina's modular layout. This is hammer; you will destroy the glue joints many weeks to construct even before the model railroading at the cutting edge! if hammered. Last, but not least, glue the scenery starts. We will give you a quick We'll show you lightweight, compact, waffle on, this is the most important part overview of our system. fast set lip with minimal number crew you will do, before gluing the waffle modular railroading. First, a 30-inch-wide, 8-foot-long ribs, make sure each module frontier waffle module weighs in at 2S pounds (end interface) is level from front to A layout 40 x 60 feet assembled with metal banquet table legs. A module back, not the length of the module. You from at least 30 modules can be moved is built with 1/4-inch Luan plywood. will most definitely need shims or in, set up, and test run in less than two (Building supplies offer this as an counterweights to hold the module while hours. You say, "what, no way, two underlayment for flooring projects.) The the glue dries. If you don't level it, there hours?" Yes way, our time-saving other material that we use is 3/4-inch will be a permanent twist after it dries. modules cut out two men plus carrying plywood for the ends of the modules; we We add 3/4-inch triangular glue blocks in crews, plug-in legs, leg adjusters, and call this the "frontier." This plywood high-stress locations where handling and the dreaded drop-in "bridge track." Not should be at least seven ply for strength, break points can happen. The blocks are including the electrical ghost that can do not use straight grain lumber. Our located at points of stress, like outside 3 take up hours to troubleshoot. The Luan rib spacing for a 30-inch-wide Luan rail to waffle, Luan rail to /4-inch Society is manpower short, so we must module is 9- 12- 9-inch on center, this plywood frontier, and Luan rib to waffle. take advantage of other resources. will clear the alignment pins and holes in Most stresses are usually on the outside When a club has more manpower to the end of the module. The intersecting Luan rail, where handling modules in a assemble a layout, then modules can be ribs along the length of the module are setup and breakdown mode can put them constructed to conventional standards. spaced 12 inches on center. When laying in a break point. Remember, use as few blocks as possible, you can over do this Most is due to the Society'S early days out modules, it is very important not to part. After your project has dried of development. They set their own add too many Luan rails and intersecting Luan ribs which can add weight to the thoroughly for at least 24 hours, the most standards, one such standard was the module that's not needed. We don't use important and sometimes overlooked "steel template" to add in construction high-tech tools when cutting our waffle project is sanding. I can't over­ and adjustments/troubleshooting modules. openings. The power tool of choice is a emphasize sanding the Luan to get rid of The template also meets track spacing jigsaw with a laminate blade to cut the the splinters. standards by the NMRA. So let's look underside waffle openings, the laminate at some of the other things that make After you've sanded plenty, use a blade gives a smooth cut. Many people this modular system so different. good white water-based primer and sand ask why you use the waffle, it looks in between primer and finish coats. Do heavy and too complicated to construct. Layout Sizes and Configurations not prime or finish paint topside of Most modules have extreme amounts of About ten years ago an oval layout module, you can do it when the scenery is pressures in a pull and push tensile was standard and the average size was 16 installed. We used high gloss bathroom moment; think of a lineup of many x 48 fe et. In the last several years we've paint on the waffle underside and a gloss modules as a giant lever: if that lever not set up the same way twice, and the black on all sides. To add one more coat pulls or pushes against one inferior average size can be 40 x 160 feet. Some to the waffle edge, we trimmed it in a module, well you know what's next, different color (not required). folks would say we have the ABC BOOM! Oh, another thing, the waffle railroad, in fact the layout shapes have helps take the twist out. Before gluing Another time-saving project we use is ranged from E,F,G,L,U, and Z, not starts make sure you get a waterproof banquet table legs for our support of the including the branchlines that stem off glue for this project, its passed many of modules. You can't build anything the main railroad in every direction. The our break tests. You can try other glues, lightweight and stronger to hold your layout is designed for a show by a but we've had unsuccessful results and modules up. The Society spent many member who volunteers to head up and many glue joints failed. Gluing takes years designing complicated wooden plans the show; we call this person "the time, maybe weeks or more depending legs, not to say wooden legs are bad cruise director." The cruise director is on experience. Spread the glue time out because some of our smaller modules usually the layout designer and contact over a 24-hour period. Start gluing the require wooden legs. Since the layout person, (contacts members to see if they Luan ribs in first and make sure to keep stands 48 inches off the floor to the top would bring module(s) and contacts/ them plumb to the top when gluing. Use of the rail, a 14 3/4-inch steel extensions coordinates with train show companies. something to hold while the glue dries, are needed for each leg, in most Once the cruise director has the "module we use C-clamps to hold the position. To applications (if your not a welder) a 7/S x list," he can design the shape, size and the aid in holding the Luan material while 6-inch dowel glued in between the 3 location of modules in the layout. The gluing, we use 1/2 to /4-inch brad nails extensions with epoxy will do. One of combinations can be almost endless; one and pliers; push the brad nails into the our veteran members, Joe Balint has example is the 16-foot, three-piece curve. side of the Luan that has glue applied to been known to work with fire; he prefers This set of modules can be set up six it and into the other piece with the pliers. to weld the extensions on. A recent (This helps keep nice glue joints.) This different ways! addition to our time saver modules is the

12 RAILMODELJOURNAL · JA NUARY 2006 swivel casters on the bottom of the motive power handled it with a 60 to 70 branchlines, the wire colors are arranged module legs. This has required 2 3/8 inch car train! as follows: green is ground. Red is the to be cut off the bottom of the banquet narrow gauge, (also electrically isolated table legs and a 7/8 x 3-inch dowel glued Track Wiring and Operations from lhe standard gauge). The yellow is into the bottom of the legs with epoxy. The modules are wired in a simple standard gauge. Blue for many years was The next day a 'Is-inch hole can be but understandable configuration. On our set aside for trolley, but as time went on, drilled off center in the dowel to accept new modules we use 18-gauge color­ the trolley was dropped. The interest in the casters which are glued in with liquid coded wire on the bus lines and 26 gauge lighting of buildings, automobiles, street adhesive. The reason for drilling and off­ phone wire for the track drops. Make lamps, etc. was a new route for the blue setting the caster is the dowel has been sure to keep these wires very short when wire. So the ground green and blue is known to get driven back into the steel wiring into the bus line. A 20-gauge used for 16 AC to power the whole legs; the steel leg stops the caster from phone line is used on each section of layout lighting. breaking the epoxy and driving the track; we do not solder the rail jointers dowel up. The modules can be moved but rely on the drops (soldered to every The early days of switching and about the showroom floor with little piece of rail) to carry the current. All the control of power through modules was effort, and can also help in layout setup bus lines and plugs are wired into an very primitive: we unplugged between modules to isolate switching districts. and final adjustments to the layout. 1 eight-position terminal strip. The know what you are thinking as you read mainline is wired separately and uses a Well it didn't take much time as this, no adjusters? And how do you male/female trailer plug to transfer switching districts grew larger, compensate for uneven concrete floors? power between the modules. The branch­ something had to change. The "frontier Well, we don't, you see each module line has a separate four-wire plug; this switch" came about, as a single pole helps carry each other over the bumps connector is a four-pin polarized molex switch installed on most of the modules and dips in the floor. Several years ago, plug (sold by Radio Shack). These plugs inside ends. In switching our modules, a the members did a show at a fairground are sold separately as a male/female set switcher/operator must remember he/she bui IcIing where the grade of the layout that you assemble. Since most of the can operate to the next power supply was 2 percent in both directions, and the modules have dual-gauge track on the without overlapping those power supplies. In addition to this rule an

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LIGHTWEIGHT BENCHWORK

PHOTO 4. The curve on Joe Balint's set of "Big Curve" modules is so slight you can barely notice it, even on these deck girders.

PHOTO 5. Curtis Pope used blue Styrofoam cut with a hot wire cutter to make the basic shape for his Palinskill Viaduct. The scene is on a pair of 8-foot-long modules.

16 RAILMODEL JOURNAL' JANUARY 2006 operator can capture other modules on his/her right or left . The Society's four-pegf alilgri�nenf.i Setting out and picking up rolling stock: we call this the provides perfect alignment and "floating frontier." Two things to remember when switching so only a C-c1amp is needed to hold are first to make sure when finished switching modules that module to another. you throw the color-coded hand throws into the "clear position," and second and most important that the "frontier switch" is turned in the off position as the operator leaves the module. Some modules have dual-gauge track on them, so separate frontier switches are installed for the standard and narrow gauge track. The power supply for the mains is a Aristocraft DC radio handheld, and trains are too long to do DCC, since we don't switch off the mains and operate one train per track, we have no plans to change it. The "switching district" can be operated with DC and DCC, but it has been mostly DC operations up until this past year. Most members have been bitten by the DCC bug, so overlapping switching could be possible in the future.

Getting back to the discussion of about the narrow gauge being electrically isolated from the standard gauge, this opens the possibilities of two operators switching a module at the same time, with a "gentlemen's agreement" where they will be operating between each other. The club also uses car forwarding. Waybills can be very professional or as simple as a post-it note, it can be intense or depending on your mood as simple as the "go fish" method, you know, "give me that box car for this hopper," or "give me all ya got!" At some of the shows we've had as many as 12 switchers operating at the same time. Which brings up the membership: the club owns nothing, no dues, no voting, and especially no officers. Sounds impossible? Well we operate as a collective, and here's a couple of our mottos, "do what ya say, say what ya do." And

RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 17 BENCHWORK PHOTO 8. Curtis Pope used the old Duke University prototype for this scene. The powerhouse is a Engineering trestle with Central Valley bridge RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 19 LIGHTWEIGHT BENCHWORK

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If you look closely you can see that the top deck, both outside rails and the bottom waffle fit around the endplate. This is very important when the frame is under tension when clamping it to another module. If tensile forces are not properly transmitted from the endplate to the rest of the frame, the frame will break apart.

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Bottom and si de views This is what we call a "double raised end" or ORE frame. This frame is designed for bridges and any substantial scenery below track level. The frame is able to withstand the potentially large tension and compression forces encountered during layout setup (that last 2 inches the group pushes or pulls to line up the layout). Some examples of DRE frames we have are "Lazy Creek" and "Vatican City" (not yet photographed). ____ ' n,1� ID ----

Bottom view The cell pattern seen here can change to accommodate the installation of legs. Cells can have small doors placed over them for storage of things like skirting, rope, etc.

20 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' JA NUARY 2006 "if you think you're one of us, you probably are; if you have any doubt in your mind, you're probably not." The Society has entertained thousands of kids young and old for many years and hopefully encomaged many to become model railroaders! For more info on the Sipping & Switching Society of North Carolina, check out our website at: 3' http://www.mindspring.com/gugliottaJid2 -.html or go to the NMRA website, click on regions, then the state of North Carolina and there you'll find us.

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The Sipping & Switching Society of North Carolina had their members' modules arranged in this configuration at the NMRA National Convention in Cincinnati in 2005.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 21 [ ONE- DETAIL-AT -A-TIME] END F3A PHRSE II RND PHASE III AS BDLITNORE AND OHIO 88 IE 121

Photos from the collection of Louis A. Marre

The parts, paint and decals you'll need to duplicate this full-size diesel in miniature from Genesis, InterMountain, MRC, Stewart, Athearn, Life-Like and Highliners in HO scale, from Kato, Bachmann and Model Power in N scale, from S Helper Services in S scale, and from PIiD Hobbies in 0 scale. There's an index of all previous articles on "Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time" on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com/

he ElectroMotive DiviSion of General Motors certainly kick-started the railroad. s T changeover from steam to diesel with the F series, and the F3 was one of the most common of the lot, with over 1,000 delivered (EMD delivered about twice that many F7 units). There are probably more F7 A HO scale models out there than F3s, but most of the major model manufacturers now offer the F3A and F3B diesels. The level of detail is incredible with etched grilles and wire grabirons common on HO, 0 and S scale models and even on Lionel's three-rail 0 scale version. The April 1999 issue of "The Journal" includes two articles that describe the various phases and details of the F3 and F7 diesels.

The Baltimore and Ohio purchased unit 88 as part of number series 82-88 (even numbers) in 1947. It has the chicken-wire grilles, two portholes and high shrouded cooling fans that are typical of a Phase II F3 diesel. Unit 121 was part of number series 113- 15 1 (odd numbers only) in 1948. Unit 121 should be a Phase III based on its delivery date, but it has the chicken-wire grilles of a Phase II unit with the low fans (no shrouds) of the typical Phase III diesels. Often the locomotives were purchased part of ABA or ABBA sets, hence, the even and odd number series. Number 88 was likely purchased with number 89, number 12 1 was likely purchased with number 120. The B units received X suffixes because they Were originally intended to be permanently coupled to

22 RAILMODELJOURNAL · JANUARY 2006 A-units. Hence the B&O had F3B units o Scale: P&D Hobbies and some brass ONE-DETAIL-AT-A-TIME numbered 82X to 88X and XA, also models have been imported (HO SCALE) purchased in 1947. Number 88 and the A-Line, P.O. Box 2701, Carlsbad, CA two B-units behind her look nearly new, PAINT 92018: so the B-units may be numbers 88X and B&O Royal Blue: Scalecoat 37, Polly 88AX. The F3B units were outnumbered Scale 414269, SMP Accupaint 4, or 1-29200 Windshield wipers $1.85/8 about four-to-one on the B&O. Badger Model-Flex J 6-67 American Limited Models, Box 7803, CSX Gray: Scalecoat 20, Polly Scale Fremont, CA 94537: 4142 18, SMP Accupaint 48, or Badger SCALE MODEL F3s Model-Flex 16-70 2-9900 Diaphragms $4.95/pr. HO Scale: Genesis, InterMountain, American Model Builders, Inc., 1420 MRC, Stewart, Athearn and Life-Like; DECALS: Hanley Industrial Ct., St. Louis, MO Highliners makes a body kit to fit other HO Scale: Champ EH-59, 63144: chassis Microscale 87-52 3-222 Cab interior sunshades $1.85/4 N Scale: Kato, Bachmann and Model N Scale: Microscale 60-52 Power Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. S Scale: None known Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., S Scale: S Helper Services o Scale: Champ E-59, Montoursville, PA 17754-0322: Microscale 48-572 4-320 Air hoses $1. 85/2 sets

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24 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 [ LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE]

By Steve Orth

The Proto 2000 locomotives are now available with either conventional power (and Dee-ready ports) or with DeC and sound already installed. Here's how the G. E. U30B unit runs on DeC power and how it runs with conventional DC power.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 25 G.E. C30·7

n 1960 General Electric finallY got rating of any domestic locomotive GE already in the works for a 3000 serious about the domestic diesel came up with several improvements over horsepower unit (as well as 3300 and market with it's introduction of existing designs by EMD and Ako to get 3600 models )so the U28B was soon them into the market. In 1966 GE replaced in late 1966 with the U30B. Ithe first of it's "Universal" series. , the U25B also called the U Boat. introduced the U28B with a new 2800 Although having the highest horsepower horsepower, 16 cylinder engine. GE was Our unit features a single piece cast metal frame. In the center of the frame is a 5 pole skew wound can motor sitting in a plastic carrier. In front and back of the motor are 2 cast metal pieces that completely encase the 2 brass flywheels, dri ve shafts and gear towers. The stainless steel drive shafts are connected to brass worm gears in the towers through plastic u-joints and couplings. Various idlers gears connect the drive train to each of the four axles in the trucks. RAILMODEL JOURNAL LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE REPORT NO. 205 Electrical power is picked up on all eight wheels and transferred through HO Scale bronze bearings to bearing plates that are Action Analysis: Observed Performance: hard wired directly to the electronics. The Quantum QSI decoder and sound As Received: system are mounted between the two cast metal weights above the motor. Dual speakers are mounted in the forward weight. LED's provide the lighting effects and are hard wired to the decoder/sound system board.

Details are finely molded plastic and the intakes screens look very nice. The exterior is well detailed and the paint and lettering are very nicely done. Although the speed ratings were not as close to the prototype as I expected, the tractive effort was very good. RMJ

3.0 .0 5.0 , .0 5.0

OVERALL RATING: 3.8 Prototype Top Speed: 70 mpli Prototype Gear Ratios: 74:18

26 RAILMODELJOURNAL -JANUARY 2006 [ LAYOUT TOUR]

By Paul Cappelloni Model photos by Robert Schleicher

RAILMODELjOURNAL • Slateford Junction was a busy place during the heyday of the Lackawanna Railroad. Manifest freights such as BH-8 led by F3 A, and an FT A­ B consist could cover the journey from Buffalo, New York to Hoboken, New Jersey in 22 hours and 45 minutes. A local heads west across the Delaware River and a roustabout led by an aging 2-8-0 consolidation approaches Slateford Junction on the old main.

THE LACKAWANNA IN HO

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Lone S r Cement i. '----i"1r�IM i Dexter HIli Tower \ Penn Dixie No.4 Bath Ya DL&W, N&B, L&NE Interchange ----.....;;....----/ PHOTO 10. Overview of the Delaware Water Gap ct scene. The area in the foreground is now occupied by the benchwork for Portland, Mt. and East Bangor, Pennsylvania.

PHOTO 11. Overview of the staging yard for trains bound to and from Hoboken, New Jersey and Buffalo, York. The Lackawanna mainline runs along the perimeter of the room. The Bangor and Branch forms the center peninsula and the upper level of the railroad. This staging yard eventually be covered by Bangor, Pennsylvania, also known as "Shops" on the railroad. PHOTO 1. Lackawanna Railroad F3 606A leads an FT AlB set at Slateford Junction in the summer of 1951. Consolidation 735 is holding on the old main. I do most of my own painting such as F3 606A. 653, FT AlB are custom painted by Greenway Products. I also kit-converted the Lackawanna Consolidation from a Spectrum 2-8-0. I wrote an article about the model in the Erie Lackawanna Historical Society's publication Th e Diamond volume 18 number 2 and 3. The concrete tower is from Crow River Products. Slateford Junction is the point on the Lackawanna Railroad where the New Jersey Cut Off reconnected to the mainline. The New Jersey end of the Cut-Off connected at Port Morris, New Jersey. The original or "old" mainline as it was known on the railroad is in the background. The original route followed the Delaware River to Washington, New Jersey before turning northeast to Port Morris, New Jersey.

The Pocono-class, number 1643, on the Delaware River Viaduct. This viaduct was constructed In 1908 and is 1,450 feet long. The second viaduct on the New Jersey Cut-Off, Paulins Kill at Halnburg, New Jersey is 1,100 feet long. The Delaware River viaduct is the only one built on a skew. Locomotive 1643 is a Nickle Plate Products imported brass model that I painted and weathered.

THE LACKAWANNA IN HO

Pennsylvania through a lease of the division with heavier rail and built a 3- Easton and Northern Railroad in 1893. mile extension from Nazareth to Bath to decided to model the This was primarily used to establish connect with the Lehigh and Lackawanna's Bangor and passenger service and ended in 1904. Lackawanna Railroad. The Lehigh and Portland Branch because of its Lackawanna eventually became the compact size (only 32 miles) and I The DL&W purchased the Bangor Lehigh and New England Railroad. In operating variety. I am modelll1g and Portland Railway on July 1, 1903 1904 the Northampton and Bath Railroad the steam-to-diesel transition years on and was renamed the Bangor and was constructed and also interchanged at the Lackawanna so that I can run first­ Portland Division. The Lackawanna Bath with the Lackawanna and the generation diesels and the waning years immediately upgraded the track on the Lehigh and New England. of steam. That put the layout time period between 1945 and 1952. LAYOUTS YOU CAN TOUR The Prototype AT THE 2006 PHILDELPHIA NMRA CONVENTION In 1908, the Delaware Lackawanna (DL&W) embarked on a massive These are just a few of the Prototype-based • Bill Blackburn's 18 x 24-foot Great Valley realignment of its mainline across layouts that have appeared in past issues of Division, November 2005. northern New Jersey and through "The Journal" that are also scheduled to be Larry Reynolds' 27 x 43-foot Middle and northeastern Pennsylvania between open for the "LayoutTours" at the 2006 NMRA • Pittsburgh Divisions "Altoona to Horseshoe Clark Summit and Hallstead, Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July Curve," December 2005. Pennsylvania. The New Jersey portion of 2-9, 2006 (http://www.ij2006.org). the realignment is known as the "New Jersey Cut-Off' or just as the "Cut-Off." Reading Company (RDG) Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) This project reduced the overall Doug & Steve Kley's 16 x 36-foot, two­ John Altschool's 25 x 40-foot Santa Fe • distance from the Pennsylvania border to • deck Lehigh Valley and Reading Railmad, Southwestern, April 1993. the Hudson River by 11.12 miles and December 1990. reduced the overall grade by 31.16 feet • Jim Hertzog's 32 x 41-foot Shamokin per mile. It was designed for high-speed Chesapeake & Ohio (also C&O, Division, December 2000. travel and used innovative construction Chessie, & CSX) techniques such as reinforced concrete Ted Wilk's 18 x 50-foot layout on four bridges and towers. The DL&W became • Metropolitan Corridor Railroads . decks, August 1998. , known as the "Reinforced Concrete A Railroader's Story Series: Charles Carangi is Railroad" by those in the industry. squeezing most of the operations at the Another result of the realignment was to Erie southern end of the busy Northeastern bypass the original mainline route Harold Wirthwine's basement-size Seaboard's "Metropolitan Corridor" into an through Portland, Pennsylvania and the • divisions in operation, January 2002. average-size basement. The railroad is triple communities of Mananka Chunk, Oxford decked, and most of the tracks and train Furnace, Washington, Hackettstown, and lengths have been compressed to a fraction of Netcong, New Jersey. Erie-Lackawanna their size. He is recreating all the passenger train movements in one of the busiest areas of Portland, Pennsylvania was the E-L Operations in Pennsylvania in HO • the world in HO scale-albeit with shorter division point yard for the Bangor and scale, by Joe Lofland, March 2001. train lengths. Part I of this series appeared in Portland Branch. This small, unobtrusive Paul Cappelloni's Bangor and Portland • the December 1990 issue, with a basic yard was the northern terminus of an Branch 26 x 38-foot three-level layout, statement of the principles of compressing important junction on the Lackawanna. January 2006. mainline operations into minimal spaces. Part The Bangor and Portland Branch in the December 1991 issue, explained how allowed the DL&W to tap into the II, major yard operations can be condensed into existing slate quarries, growing Portland Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV) minimal spaces. Part III, on duplicating the cement industry, and interchange with Doug Steve Kley's x 36-foot, two­ • & 16 railroad operations at the Aberdeen, Maryland four other railroads. It operated as a deck Lehigh Va lley and Reading Railroad, military installation: April 1993 issue. Part IV, separate entity for most of its existence. December 1990. on the operations at major towers: August It was a unique operation seldom visited 1993 issue. PartV, describing the operations at by photographers. Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) the Ragan, Delaware interlocking tower: Founded May 17, 1879 as the Bangor October 1994 issue. Part VI, describing the Bob Davis' 20 x 20-foot Blue Mountain and Portland Railway, this primary • operations in the prototype and model yards at Division, March 1993. function was to haul slate from the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: April 1995 issue. quarries in Bangor, Pennsylvania to • Ken McCorry's 31 x 79-foot Buffalo Portland, Pennsylvania where it was then Division, on two decks, March 1994 and transferred to the DL&W for final reprinted in LAYOUTS OFTHE MASTERS. shipment. Over the course of 20 years, it • AI Buchan's Erie & Ashtabula Division, expanded into the cement region of Erie & Pittsburg Branch, in HO scale, lower Northampton County. It also February 2001. reached into the growing town of Easton,

36 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' JANUARY 2006 "Mount Bethel Yard" sits on a shelf PHOTO 14. GP-7 1404 glides down the east leg of along Martins Creek. This yard was used Wye at Portland Yard -Bob Stafford to double and sometimes triple the hill to and from Bangor, Pennsylvania. Mount Bethel Yard was also an interchange point with the Lehigh and New England Railroad. The railroad then continued down grade into East Bangor where several slate quarries where serviced as well as Florry Milling, a local feed mill. The engine servicing facility and division offices were located in Bangor, or "Shops" as it was known on the railroad. Shops had a four-stall roundhouse, 60-foot turntable, sand tower and drying house and a SOO-foot coaling dock. The coal dock was removed sometime around 1963, and the roundhouse and sand tower were removed sometime in the 1980s.

From Shops the B&P makes it way to Martins Creek Junction where the Martins Creek Branch diverges from the main. The mainline continues on to Penn Argyl, Pennsylvania and Wind Gap Junctions. The Lackawanna interchanged with the Lehigh and New England Railroad who serviced the Alpha Cement Mill here. Interchange was also conducted with the Pennsylvania Railroad across the Delaware on the Bel-Del Branch.

Following Penn Argyl was Belfast Junction where the Lackawanna serviced the Hercules cement mill and interchanged with the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The B&P Branch then entered Nazareth, Pennsylvania where it serviced five Portland cement mills and paralleled the Lehigh and New England. There were two at-grade crossings; one at Lone Star Cement, called Dexter Hill, and one PHOTO 16. that controlled the entrance to Penn Unit flour train at the former Alpha Cement Dixie No. 6 cement plant. plant on the Martins Creek Branch. The facility was purchased by ConAgra for grain The B&P Branch finally ends at Bath, storage and was the only unit flour train on Pennsylvania where the Lackawanna the El. -Bob Stafford Collection interchanged cars with the Northampton and Bath Railroad and again with the Lehigh and New England. The Northampton and Bath was owned by US Steel. Modeling the Bangor and Portland-Branch The layout measures 26 x 38 feet around the basement room with two peninsulas in the center of it. The Lackawanna mainline from Buffalo, New York to Hoboken, New Jersey, runs around the room and is sceniced from East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania to Port

RAILMODELjOURNAL ·jANUARY 2006 37 THE LACKAWANNA IN HO

PHOTO 5. The Delaware RiverViaduct model is nine feet long and was selectively compressed from seven arches on the prototype to five on the model to fit the layout. Even with this compression, the model captures the look and feel of the prototype. This view is taken from the Pennsylvania side of the river. MountTammany on the New Jersey side is in the background.

Lackawanna "Pocono" 1643 passes a westbound freight on the Lackawanna Cut-Off. The DL&W purchased these 4-8-4 locomotives from Ako for fast freight and passenger service. The 4-8-4 wheel arrangement was commonly referred to as "Northerns." However, these Lackawanna locomotives where named after the mountains they traveled .

. JANUARY 2006 Caboose 735 brings up the rear of a local heading to East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania via the old mainline. This route was still used by local freights and roustabouts (DL&W term for turn) to serve communities that the route of the New Jersey Cut Off bypassed.

Morris, New Jersey. The mainline is The third and final level consists of dry, I used inexpensive hairspay to hold designed for continuous running with a Nazareth, Pennsylvania and Bath the ground foam to it. The gray polyfill six-track staging yard (three eastbound Junction. blends in nicely with the dark greens so and three westbound) on the opposite you only see the foliage in the distance. Standard "L" girder bench work wall from Slateford Junction. This Highl ights of light green ground fo am construction is used throughout except staging yard will be covered by Bangor were used to give the scene dimension. on the mainline on the New Jersey side Shops once constructed. The signature of the Delaware River. Two-inch foam I am using North Coast Engineering's scene on the mainline is the Delaware sub-roadbed is mounted on simple shelf Power House Power DCC system with River viaduct at Slateford Junction. brackets. I also used two-inch foam tethered walk-around contTollers. The The layout is designed on three insulation board for the basic scenery layout will have three SA power districts. levels. The first level consists of the shapes. Various ground foams and Silfor Turnouts in the visible sections of the Martins Creek Branch which accesses from Scenic Express and Woodland layout will use manual controls made the L&NE, PRR and Alpha Cement, Scenics are used for ground cover and from center cranks and springs under the L&NE/PPR three-track staging yard, and tree foliage. Distant trees are formed roadbed and wire coat hangers with the Lackawanna mainline east/west from inexpensive polyfill used for wood balls mounted to them to set the staging yard. The second level starts at stuffing pi llows and pi ush toys. You routes. I am using switch machines in the East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania and need to dye the white polyfill before staging yards with diode matrix route includes Slateford Junction, the covering it with ground foam. This is a selection. RMJ Delaware River viaduct, the Bangor and simple matter of adding black latex paint Portland (B&P) Branch from Portland, to a container of water and dipping puffs Pennsylvania to Martins Creek Junction. of polyfill in it. Once the dyed polyfill is

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 39 [PASSENGER OPERATIONS]

By V.S. Roseman

The article in the December 2005 issue describes how you can recreate virtually any of the corrugated stainless steel passenger cars. Yo u can create replicas of the Burlington E-5A and E-5B diesels by simply adding half-round Evergreen styrene strips to the sides of Proto 2000 or Broadway Limited models as shown in the November 2005 issue. There's an article on the Nebraska Zephyr operations at Galesburg and outside Omaha in the November 2003 issue and an article on how to add skirts to Wa lthers and Con-Cor kits in the April 2004 issue. There's an index of all previous articles on diesel modeling on our website at

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40 RAILMODELJOURNAL -JANUARY 2006 NORTH DAKOTA The Route Map of the Zephyrs in the mid-fifties.

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Burlington Main Lines

Burlington-Rock Island joint The view toward Union Station today reveals operation E-S diesels on a Burlington Zephyr train ready to depart westbound. The Pennsylvania K-4 on CB&Q, DRGW,WP to an eastbound waits the signal to leave, while Burlington diesels gleam in the sun a few Salt Lake City and E-S tracks over awaiting clearance to leave with its San Francisco northbound for Minneapolis-St. Paul in this scene outside Chicago Union Station.

RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JANUARY 2006 41 ZEPHYR OPERATIONS

An advantage of three-track f you are a fan of passenger trains, commuter territory was that it even if you are not particularly let Zephyr trains bound for interested in midwestern Chicago make up some time on . I operations, you probably have track. Here an encountered the Burlington and its III. Zephyr trains. As far west as San Francisco and even east of Chicago you could have seen Zephyr equipment ro lling up revenue miles.

The Burlington's Early lightweight Streamliners In the early years of streamlining, the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad bought complete stainless steel trains from the Budd Company, and continued to buy all new passenger cars from Budd until the coming of Amtrak. (Probably the only exceptions were some secondhand coaches from C&NW and a fe w express cars.)

Streamliners were a scheme conceived during the depression of the 1930s to increase public interest and passenger revenues. This promotion helped to increase passenger revenues on railroads operating the new lightweight trains. Aerodynamic forms combined with structural members within the frame and body, articulation of the cars, and new materials created lightweight trains that were to be fa st, fuel efficient and exciting to the public. The first streamliners were fu lly integral, and while elegant from a styling viewpoint, were totally impractical for the railroads because any defect in the train on a particular day required shopping it for repairs. It was seen almost immediately that the fixed consists of the streamliners were too limiting in terms of maintenance and passenger capacity, for on popular runs passengers often had to be turned away or offered accommodations on conventional trains.

Streamliner construction soon changed to modular passenger cars with standard couplers at each end. Lightweight materials and construction techniques were used in virtually all passenger equipment after this time. Within a few years the United States became involved in World War II, which delayed implementation of new streamliners.

Burlington Streamliners After WoridWar II Even before new passenger cars became available from car builders after World War II, the Burlington rebuilt a lightweight coach in 1945 as the first modern dome car. This was followed two years later by 40 more production domes from Budd, ensuring that virtually all

42 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' JA NUARY 2006 important trains on the Burlington would The 1948 parlor-dome-observat ion express cars delayed the train every be equipped with these luxuriouscars. cars (such as "Silver View") resembled time they had to be cut in or out of the the sleeper dome cars on the California consist. During the postwar period Burlington's Zephyr, and could be rebuilt from those Zephyr trains (named for the west wind) cars, but the rebuilding also requires Denver Zephyr, 1956, Number 1-2 reached most of the rai lroad's mainlines. moving the dome forward and cutting a Chicago-Denver (Lightweight cars While the top trains all got brand-new new plate glass window part way into regularly assigned) equipment soon after the cessation of the corrugations on the right side of the Baggage mail ("Silver Pouch") hostilities, additional Zephyr trains were car. I suggest using the Ca l!fornia established by reassigning the older but Zephyr car as a stand in, or obtaining Baggage express ("Argo") completely redecorated and refurbished real plans for those wanting to do such articulated trains. an extensive modification. 50-seat 1956 coach ("Silver Halter")

Burlington Zephyr Postwar Morning Zephyr Consist, 1948 Dome lounge/buffet/dormi tory Styling Chicago-Minneapolis-St. Paul ("Silver Bit") A main spotting fe ature of postwar Baggage-Buffet lounge combine Slumbercoach ("Silver Repose") Zephyr cars was their continuous skirting that ran from end to end of the car in a 4x Vista dome chair cars-one or 48-seat dining car ("Silver Chef') straight line covering the upper part of more were CZ cars ("S i I ver Saddle," 3x 10 roomette-6 bedroom ("Silver the trucks. The cars were all mirror­ "Silver Glade," "Silver Wave," "Silver Plateau") finished corrugated stainless steel from Scene," etc.)* Budd. 5 compartment-6 bedroom ("Silver Diner ("Silver Salver") Swan") There were changes to the consists of Zep hyr trains operating at various times Vista dome parlor observation ("Silver Dome parlor/buffe t/observation, in the late 1940s and 950s. Following View") J square back car ("Silver Veranda") are some descriptions and consists of Morning Zephyr Consist, 1964 some of the important Zephyr trains. Denver Zephyr, mid-1960s, Number Chicago-Minneapoli s-St. Paul (all This information is offe red as a guide for 1-2 Chicago-Denver lightweight cars) modelers as a number of new books have Storage mail-Railway Post Office become available that offer in-depth Baggage express* info rmation on the Zephyrs. 6x coaches 3x dome coach chair cars The prewar Zephyr trains are not Dome lounge/buffet/dormitory shown as most of these trains are not Dining car available and probably would be difficult 2x slumbercoach 24 single-8 double Dome/parlor/observation or impossible to rebuild from existing ("Silver Slumber," "Silver Repose") passenger car models. Denver Zephyr-A "Too WKW or Con Cor slumbercoach Twin Zephyrs: Corridor Trains Popular" Train Dome coffee shop ("Chuck Deluxe This well-patronized Denver-to- Wagon")/dormitory* Chicago to Minneapolis-St.Paul Chicago service on Burlington was one Dining car service had been provided in both of the flagship trains of the fleet and usually got the newest equipment on the directions by handsome articulated I I-bedroom sleeping car (prewar car) Zephyr train sets since the 1930s. In railroad. In 1955, when Union Pacific re­ 1947, the morni ng and afternoon equipped their City of Denver train, the 2x LO roomette-6 bedroom sleeping Zephyrs got snazzy new lounges, full Denver Zephyr started to lose cars dining and parlor car service in a nearly passengers. Burli ngton re-equipped their Dome parlor/bar/lounge/ l dining room all-dome car consist including a boat-tail DZ consist completely, gaining back dome observation car. With this re­ passengers, and the DZ ran full for years. As secondary trains on this route were Kansas City Zephyr and equipping of the trains' former American Royal Zephyr articulated consists were rebuilt and were discontinued, mail and express traffic shifted to become components of the was bumped onto the Denver Zephy/: In 1953 the new Brookfield-Kansas City shortcut line was completed, and new new Nebraska Zephyr: The popularity of this train caused some interesting problems for the rai lroad. cars were ordered from Budd to outfit Known as the Tw in Zephyrs, the new Kansas City Zephyrs. Traffic on this Morning Zephyr and Afternoon Zephyr With the elimination of the secondary line was divided not only with the ran heavily traveled fo r years on this trains, cars were added to the Denver interstate highways and airlines, but also important corridor. With increasing Zephyr to absorb passengers no longer with competing railroads. competition from Chicago Northwestern riding the other trains. Along with RR, Milwaukee Road, interstate buses, additional mail and express cars in the Kansas City Zephyr Consist, 1953 the airlines, and new interstate highways, consist (that fo rmerly had run on Chicago-Kansas City (Daylight run these trains eventually started losing secondary trains), this train became too via Brookfield cutoff) long to fit at station platforms. Denver money for the railroad and some were Baggage-mai l car ("Silver Pouch") discontinued before the coming of Zephyr now had to make two stops at Amtrak in 1971. every station: one for the front segment, 50-seat coach ("Sil ver Spear") and one for the rear cars. Mai I and 52-seat coach ("Silver Cascade" ) RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 43 ZEPHYR OPERATIONS � V � Dome Texas Zephyr Consist, 1940 10 section-3 bedroom (modernized chai r/buffetllou nge/dormitory ("Silvel' Denver-DalIas-Ft.Worth (EMD E-S heavyweight sleeping car) Garden") diesels usually assigned) 8 section- l drawing room-3 bedroom 48-seat dining car ("Silver Inn," built Baggage-Railway Post Office car (modernized heavyweight sleeping car) 1938) ("Silver Messenger") Dining-parlor-observation car (Rock Vista Dome parlor observation car, Baggage-dormitory ("Silver Peak") Island lightweight, St.Louis) squareback car ("Silver Terrace") 23-seat dining/observation lounge Th e Exposition Flyer !American Royal Zephyr Consist, ("Silver Bowl") At the time of the San Francisco Worlds 1953 Chicago-Kansas City Fair in 1937 , the Burlington, Denver and (overnight operation) 12 section-l drawing room (heavyweight, "Spanish Crest") wkw Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific 2x 50-seat coach ("Silver Shaft") 12-1 operated a heavyweight deluxe special train from Chicago named The Vista Dome coach/dormitory/buffet 10 section- l drawing room- l Exposition Flyer. The Flyer proved so lounge compartment (heavyweight, "Lariat popular that it was kept in operation long Range") wkw 10-1-2 (similar not after the fair was over. Starting in 1948 2x 6 section-6 roomette-4 bedroom same) the train was re-equipped with the latest ("Silver Flower"), one car dropped at Budd lightweight cars as they became St. Joseph en route 8 section-5 bedroom (heavyweight, available from the factory. Once the "Castle Range") 10 roomette-6 bedroom ("Silver whole consist had been received, the train was rechristened California Zephyr and Dale")* Te xas Zephyr Consist, 1963 Denver-Dallas-Ft.Wo rth ran with few changes to the consist until !American Royal Zephyr Consist, 1970, a year short of the start of Amtrak. 1964 Chicago-Kansas City (Before Baggage express/power car loss of mail contracts) (Two consists were shown for The Railway Post Office Exposition Flyer dated only 1948. Note 3x passenger E unit diesels how different they look are due to lliTival 2x articulated coach with diner lounge of new lightweight cars.) 4x express cars, usually including unit, LW heavyweight baggage express and Exp osition Flyer Number 39, early 4 roomette-4 duplex single- drawing refrigerators 1 1948 Chicago-San Francisco/Oakland room- I compartment-4 bedroom 2x storage mail, lightweight* sleeping car, L W 2x baggage express HW or stainless'!'

4x coaches, lightweight Zephyr Rocket 13-section tourist HW (wkw 1 4- section car similar not same) Diner lounge, lightweight With demand for a through train from St. Louis to Minneapolis, the Rock Island 16-section tourist HW 3x /0 roomette-6 bedroom sleeping and Burlington cooperated in creating cars, lightweight* the Zephyr Rocket. The train began in 2x coach HW (Branchline single­ 1941 with a mixture of lightweight and window 80-foot coach similar, not IAmerican Royal Zephyr Consist, heavyweight cars and was one of the few same,) March 1971 Chicago-Kansas City Zephyrs not based out of Chicago. 2x CZ vista dome chair cars ("Silver General Motors E unit diesel Books describe the equipment being Feather") LW* Baggage express, L W* totally mixed with Rock Island rebuilt heavyweight and lightweight cars run in 8 section-5 bedroom HW Dome coach* various combinations of Burlington cars, 2x 10 section- l compartment- l which were mostly lightweight drawing room) HW Zephyrs Through the equipment. Southwest-Te xas Zephyrs Lounge observation car, HW, open Zephyr Rocket Consist, St. The Te xas Zephyr was a popular train end Louis-Minneapolis 1941 (joint operating out of Denver via Burlington operation via CBuQ and Roc Exposition Flyer Number 39, late subsidiaries Fort Worth and Denver RR Island RR) 1948 Chicago-San Francisco/Oakland and Colorado and Southern RR. Starting in 1940, this train was equipped with Baggage mail (CB&Q lightweight, Express or express refrigerator car, streamlined lightweight coaches and "Silver Mail," or Rock Island REX wood or steel wkw dining car, but had heavyweight sleeping modernized heavyweight) cars. Burlington had the heavyweight Storage mail car, troop kitchen sleepers finished in two-tone aluminum Baggage express (CB&Q lightweight, conversion, wkw paint "shadowlined" in imitation of the "Silver Express," or Rock Island Baggage express ("Silver Stag") L W* train's stainless steel con'ugated exterior. modernized heavyweight) Later, after re-equipping the Denver 52-seat coach (CB&Q lightweight, Dormitory car (CBQ number 1343) Zephyr, that train's set of lightweight "Silver Castle" ,built 1940, or Rock articulated equipment was refurbished 2x dome coaches (CZ cars "Silver Island "Waterloo") and went into Te xas Zephyr service. Dollar") LW

44 RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 16-section tourist sleeper, HW discontinuation hearings they stated that 10 roomette-6 double bedroom sleeper while the train was still popular, the 423 ("Silver Point") 2x 10 section- l drawing room-2 ex pense of keepi ng the tracks to compartment sleeper, HW, wkw passenger trai n standard, operating a 10 roomette-6 double bedroom sleeper passenger department, passenger service 424 ("Silver Shore") 10 roomette-6 bedroom ("Silver bureau, paying fo r advertising, and of Butte") LW* 10 roomette-6 double bedroom sleeper course rebuilding the cars, was no longer 425 ("Silver Butte") 8 section-5 bedroom, HW justified for just the one train. In the court proceedings, Western Pacific l6-section sleeper 400 (" Silver Observation lounge, HW revealed a two-inch-thick II x l7-inch Maple") See Note 2 document with hundreds of newspaper CaUfornia Zephyr and magazine advertisements that had 6 bedroom-5 compartment sleeper 450 Probably the most famous of the been placed by the railroad promoting ("Silver Dove") Burlington's long-distance passenger the Cal�fornia Zephyr from its inception I drawing room-3 double bedroom­ trains, California Zephyr always to date. In 1970 the court gave dome/buffet/observation lounge 375 received great reviews from the train permission to Western Pacific to ("Silver Horizon") traveling public until its end in 1970. discontinue their portion of the CaliforniaZep hyr. Notes (for all consists) The California Zephyr 's passenger cars were owned by all three of the The Burlington and Rio Grande * Cars similar to Cai!fomia Zephyr cars or railroads involved, with one additional maintained a through San Francisco CZ cars operating on other Burlington trains. matching 10 roomette-6 bedroom car service by running a very short three­ built for the Pennsylvania Railroad. This times-a-week train that passed cars off to ** The dining car is listed as a 48-seat car, but extra sleeper permitted running a car the Southern Pacific RR at Ogden, Utah. the diagrams of the train from the 1950s show through to New York to run three times a a 40-seat car. A note in the Weyner book week. The equipment for the railroads CaUfornia Zephyr Consists CAR NAMES, NUMBERS & CONSISTS was all lettered for the CaliforniaZephyr The origi nal 1948 consist of the indicates that this was the winter on the letterboard, the initials of the Cal(fornia Zephyr is shown below. The configuration of this car. owning railroads appearing on a small car names shown are from the Burlington Note I: The baggage express car is typical of panel near the end of the cars. prototypes to be made by Broadway most of Burlington's lightweight baggage Limited in HO scale. Broadway Limited Several cars were added to the consist express cars and could have been seen on any will also offer the Rio Grande and in 1952 including "Silver Crag" and Zephyr train carrying baggage, express or Western Pacific cars prototypically "Silver Chasm," which were 10 "closed sack" (storage mail). lettered, along with the correct 10 roomette-6 bedroom cars essentially the roomette-6 bedroom Pennsylvania same as the original 10-6 cars, but they Note 2: Section space in sleeping cars was no Railroad lettered car. were built to plan 9531 with only three longer in demand by 1964, and the 16-section cars were rebuilt into flat-top coaches (no corridor windows while the previous Check photos of your favorite trains domes), it appears, with little or no external order of CZ 1O-6s had six windows. The for CZ cars that sometimes ran in other change. differences between these cars are shown services with their letterboards still in the diagrams. reading "California Zephyr." Other cars ( ) Names of some typical cars that ran in this of the same type would normally have One of the many innovative fe atures of service. "Burlington" on their letterboards, which this popular train was the public address can be changed with decals. system used to announce points of interest en route. The operating railroads = CaliforniaZephyr, 1948 Chicago-San HW Heavyweight riveted cars tried to avoid adding any other Francisco/Oakland equipment in the consist of the ttain for it LW = Lightweight stainless steel streamlined would intelfere with the PA system. Baggage Car 903 ("Silver Bear") See cars built by Budd Note 1 During various time periods, "Silver-" prefix on cars indicates lightweight heavyweight express cars were cut into Vista Dome coach Car 4716 ("Silver equipment. the California Zephyr ahead of the Bridle") See Burlington consist books for more passenger consist, but most riders never information on other consists and time saw the green cars marring the silver Vista Dome coach Car 4718 ("Silver periods. consist of the Cal�forniaZep hyr, for this Lariat") operation took place after dark. (See Vista Dome coach Car 4719 ("Silver Weyner's PASSENGER CAR NAMES, Ranch") NUMBERS & CONSISTS.) Sources for this listing include: TWILIGHT Vista Dome coach Car 4721 ("Silver OF THE GREAT TRAINS by Fred Frailey, Throughout the life of the train, the Saddle") CAR NAMES, NUMBERS & CONSISTS by California Zephyr remained a very Robert Wayner, Burlington consist reports, popular train, and large advertising Vista Dome buffetlIounge/dormitory (of various dates), Official Guide to the budgets were financed by the three Car 250 ("Silver Club") Railroads (various dates), Passenger Car operating railroads. By 1970 the cars Library, Budd Company Diagrams Volume 48-Seat dining Car 194 ("Silver 1 needed to be refurbished or replaced, and CB&Q, and the Official Registry of Diner")** Western Pacific stated that the expense Passenger Train Equipment (various dates). was too great fo r them to support. In the RMJ

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 45 [LAYOUT DESIGN]

By Ed Vo ndrak

This 24-inch-wide shelf layout occupies two 11-foot walls with an angled corner wide enough for a helix to a second level. There's an index of all previous articles on layout design and track planning on our

website at www.railmodeljournal.com/

11' 0" Figure 1

.... "' / ,.. - - - ...... Lower Tier ",," ... I /? PV&A RY I /� R I I..) 1:1.:$ � , I � 'It� 00,) I �t(J oCJ J I'� ,...; � 2 Foot J \\(� +I , I {)\ On the lower tier (Figure 1), we have �" Scale: foot plenty of activity at Oxford Junction, �I 3/4" = 1 t � HO Scale with many of the possible shipping , routes on the PV&A passing through that I I, #4 Turnouts town, and with several industries , t.lr Minimum Radius: sprinkled around the wye. I I,," 18" b I 't Morley is a small but important I � , 1\ industrial town. The industrial structure .... I to\- ecently I talked with several flats at Morley need to be carefully .... I I modelers who have limited designed and constructed to be be tall I space available fo r layout enough and wide enough to act as a , Rconstruction-typically just view-block to conceal the tracks at I two walls in a corner of a Asbury, but these structures need to be I bedroom or basement. The Plain View & short enough to allow enough clearance I Asbury Railway was designed to meet beneath the upper tier for a person to lean I > J W these kinds of constraints . over to see and reach the Asbury tracks , I ..I that lie behind the Morley industries. I I I a: My initial idea was to have just the I I o towns of Plain View and Oxford An interesting connection is the track ( J Junction, plus Asbury-all names , I :i at Morley that goes toward back the wall chosen from a map of eastern Iowa. The of the room, passing between industrial I I I purpose of the Asbury tracks was to buildings. From an operational I I I 2 Foot provide some hidden staging for the standpoint, that track would be most visible tracks to be located at Oxford useful if it were considered as an Junction and Plain View. As frequently interchange track. There could be actual, � � happens, my initial sketching activity direct interchange of rolling stock ASBURY industrial � generated many additional ideas, and the between Morley and Asbury via that Structures two-tiered track plan described here is track, without going through Oxford Flats the end result. Junction. 46 RAILMODELJOURNAL · JA NUARY 2006 2 Foot 11' 0" -!-

/' ;' / / I I I I I I

WALCOTT Figure 2 Upper Tier PV&A RY

Scale: foot 3/4" = 1 HO Scale #4 Turnouts PLAIN VIEW Minimum Radius: 18"

to block the opening from view by casual some staging tracks that could be located observers. just beneath the town of Walcott. 2 Foot � Several different operational routings Similarly, the lower tier (Figure \) are possible on this two-tiered layout. could be built by itself, all on one level. Some are direct, obvious routes; and Again, the track leading to the helix in others involve switchback operations, Fig. 1 could be an interchange track which, though sometimes not desirable, going off behind some scenery. In this help make the operations more case, however, another possi bi Ii ty interesting and challenging. presents itself. It would be possible to connect that "interchange" (helix) track The direct connection between The design I ended up with in this to the lead at Asbury, near point Q in Morley and Asbury creates some track plan is far more complex than I had Figure 1. electrical and control problems. That been thinking about originally, and it interchange track creates a reverse loop. might also be more complex than many Making a connection at point Q Not only that, but part of that reverse modelers would care to try to build. Fear would create an oval of track in the loop is also one leg of the wye at Oxford not; simpler spinoffs from complicated corner that could be used for break-in Junction. Hence, interchanging rolling track plans are frequently possible. In running. Such a connection would also stock between Asbury and Morley means this case, each tier could be built as a form another wye involving both Asbury changing polarities. layout by itself. and Morley. There would then be a closed oval, a reverse loop, and two On the upper tier (Figure 2), we have For example, the upper tier shown in wyes, all superimposed on each other. the town of Plain View and Walcott. Figure 2 could be built by itself, all on This configuration could be an electrical Note how the inclusion of a two-sided one level. The curve in the corner that is nightmare, but it would permit all kinds backdrop on the upper tier allows these indicated as leading to the helix could of interesting operational possibilities. two towns to overlap each other slightly, simply be an interchange track going allowing maximum use of the available behind some scenery. The rail road then The PV &A Railway presented here space fo r industrial tracks. might be called the Plain View & contains many useful ideas that could be Western, or the Walcott & Western. applied in completely different settings In Figure 2, the term "volcano acces" on both larger and smaller layouts. in the corner refers to an access hole that A somewhat more complicated Readers should always keep open minds is open at the top, but that has rising spinoffof Figure 2 could include just one when exploring the usefulness of scenery surrounding the access opening turn on the downward helix, leading to published layout plans. RMJ RAILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 2006 47 [MODELING FROM THE PROROTYPE]

By M.R. Snell

These utility trucks are a common sight on modern railroads. Boley makes a die-cast toy that can be converted into an accurate replica of these common road or rail trucks using the Custom Finishing number 7073 Hi-Rail conversion parts. There's an article on how to model other Maintenance of Way (MOW) equipment using Custom Finishing kits by Dave Davis in the May 2005 issue of ''The Joumal."

hen I first saw Boley's new HO scale die-cast City Utility truck I saw Wa model with the potential to become a vehicle fo r my maintenance of way forces. Although patterned after a heavy­ duty truck used in the electric utility industry, it has many of the same features of a railroad MOW truck, such as cabinetry and toolboxes built into the body. As an added bonus the Boley truck has a crane mounted on the body which is another prevalent feature on many railroad MOW vehicles.

To begin converting the Boley truck into a railroad block truck, it first must be disassembled into three components: cab, frame assembly and utility bed. Two screws on the underside hold the truck together, and once these are removed the truck bed and cab are easily removed by lifting them in the opposite direction of the tabs holding them to the frame.

The largest amount of work goes into the utility bed. The bed should be disassembled leaving only the silver reel and grab ladder remaining on top of the bed. Remove the crane by removing the screwthat holds it in then gently twisting it out of the base. Next remove the toolbox and both outriggers. Boley's mounting system consists of pins that are flattened from underneath after the component is mounted, so a small chisel blade will remove these if necessary. Remove the silver basket from the large cabinets and then remove the fire extinguisher (for ease in painting the model.) 48 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' JANUARY 2006 The first modification to the bed components is the large toolbox. Remove the ladder, then cut the basket off the rear of the toolbox using a razor saw and file the rear of the toolbox smooth. Cut a piece of .0l D-inch thick styrene sheet slightly larger than the toolbox and mount it on the top of the toolbox with the front edge even with the front of the toolbox. Turn the toolbox upside down and trim the styrene to the Shorten the Boley boom by cutting out the The modified Boley toolbox and boom ready contours of the toolbox using a number extension with an X-Acto razor saw (top). for paint. 18 X-Acto chisel blade, then file the edges smooth. The same treatment Place the crane into the crane mount should be applied to the top of the large and hold the boom extension up against cabinets and fuel tank that make up the the boom mast so the notch in the bed. After the new tool box lids have extension is parallel with the front of the been applied to the bed components, large cabinets on the truck bed. Mark a replace the toolbox in its location line in pencil along the top of the boom cementing it in place. mast and then remove the mast. Using a razor saw, cut the mast, then glue the Another area which will need to be extension into the remaining boom mast. fi lled is the rear of the crane mount. A small piece of styrene stretching between A new boom rest will need to be the toolboxes should be secured to the fabricated from .040 x .040-inch strip floor, with another secured to the rear of styrene and mounted to the top of the The modified Boley toolbox, crane and crane the crane mount in order to cover both of cabinets. This should extend from the top supports. these holes. Since the floor is molded with safety tread, the removal of the rear of the toolbox leaves a smooth floor surface exposed. A new floor can be patterned out of mesh, or this area can be segregated and used for storage of spike buckets, chains, tools, etc. To segregate the area cut two lengths of thin styrene strip and mount these along the edge of the smooth flooring.

The final modifications to the bed involve the bed mounts. Using a number 18 blade, cut the front mounting tab off flush with the front wall of the cabinets. Turn the bed over and remove the round mounting pin and cut an equal amount from the front mount (between the two slits.) The two slits in the front wall should be opened using a file to accommodate resting between the frame rails of the truck. Test fit this onto the frame of the truck to ensure it is level, but do not glue this on.

The Boley crane is patterned after one that would be used in utility service for reaching high elevations. Truck-mounted railroad cranes are substantially shorter since there is generally no need to reach great heights. The Boley crane should be modified by removing the screw attachment, yellow ring and operators platform, then extending the boom and cutting off the boom extension at the boom mast.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 49 MOW HI·RAIL TRUCK of the cabinets to the top height of the frame should disassemble into two frame boom and should be mounted so the sections, two axles, the fuel tanks, and a notch in the boom extension rests within bumper casting, which will be discarded. the top brace of the boom rest. At the rear of the truck, shave off the For stability when using the crane, mounting circle and trim the inside of the new outriggers should be added to the spring assembly to allow the hi-rail rear of the truck bed. Unlike the angled casting to sit within the springs. At the outriggers that come with the Boley front completely remove the mounting vehicle, these should be 'jack' type circle flush with the upright post that outriggers. These may be fashioned from holds the front axle, then reassemble the styrene or cut from trailer landing gear frame and cab. and then cemented in place at the rear of The Custom Finishing kit is designed The completed conversion, ready for paint the truck bed. and decals. to fit a Ford hi-rail, so some To make this a true railroad vehicle, it modifications to the hi-rail kit are also is also essential to add hi-rail capability. necessary. The front hi-rail attachment Now that the bed is complete it can be should have the square dimple cut and removed and set aside so the cab and fi led down so it is fl ush with the height frame can be modified with the addition of the front bumper extension. After this of a Custom Finishing number 7276 is done, notch the casting by making two heavy duty Hi-Rail wheel attachment. cuts inward at the rear of the hi-rail wheel drop platform. Join these cuts with Begin by removing the front bumper two extending from the rear of the from the cab. The best method for this is casting. This will enable the casting to sit scoring at a downward angle along the within the front springs. bumper edge with a razor saw, then The rear hi-rail attachment used the grasping the bumper with pliers and The front hi-rail attachment should be T-shaped casting in the kit. Drill a hole in gently bending it downward until it snaps assembled per the instructions included the rear spring mount, drilling across the off. If this is done properly it will leave in the kit. After assembly drill a hole at frame through both springs. Insert the the cab paint intact. the rear of the casting for the screw that casting between the springs and locate holds the cab to the frame. Using a small the pivot point which will allow the The frame will need minor file, notch the hi-rail wheel drop casting to drop down to contact the rails. modifications to accommodate the hi-rail platform to allow clearance for the screw Once this point has been located, drill gear. Disassemble the frame by gently when the hi-rail gear is in a down into the casting from both sides to mark prying the rear mounting pin up and then position. Mount the front hi-rail platform the location. The casting can be removed gently prying apart the two mounting to the frame using the screw that now and should be drilled all the way pins in front of the rear wheels. The originally held the cab in place. through at the marked locations, as well as the two dimples for the hi-rail axle.

50 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' JANUARY 2006 Reinsert the casting and insert a and upright guide posts to the front lenoth of wire through both springs and attachment. Cut a length of strip styrene the casting. File the edges flush and b to the width of the cab, then cement the secure with a drop of cement on the styrene strip to the front of the hi-rail olltside of the springs, then add the attachment. Upright guide posts should wheels per the manufacturer's be fabricated from .OI S-inch wire cut to instructions. a length of 3 feet, then mounted to the The fi nal step in the addition of the backside of the styrene bumper at each hi-rail gear is the addition of a bumper edge. RMJ

The Boley die-cast metal "toy" truck is the basis for this scale replica of a typical MOW truck. Walthers has the Boley products available to dealers. [PERFORMANCE ]------.------

The more significant figures from Dean Windsor's, Guy Thrams' and Bob Higgins' evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with asterisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2. 00 each (allow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how these locomotives are test­ ed appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues.

Manufacturernmporter Prototype Min, Max. Max. Throttle Magazine Manufacturerilmporter Prototype Min, Max. Max. Throttle Magazine SpeedNo, 6 Speed Reaponae Speed No, 6 Speed TractIva Reaponae Tractive Date Date SwItch (amph) (Imph) Force (oz.) Mldl08d (v,) SwItch (amph) (amph) Force (oz.) Mldload (v,) HO Scale Diesels Ajin/Overland Models EMD GP1 5T 3.55 76.2 4.69 1.2 March 2000 Mantua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 ' Athearn (as-is) EMD GP38-2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' MRC (Model Rectifier Corp.) EMD F7A .52 86.1 2.90 1.0 August 2000 Athearn (w/Helix Humper EMD GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 Proto 1000 (Lile-Like) EMD F3 .19 80.8 3.69 3.7 January 1999 can molor conversion) Proto 1000 F-M C·Liner 0.61 90.0 4.97 3.2 April 2000 Proto Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990' Proto 1000 (Life· Like) Budd RDC-2 3.71 65.3 1.87 4.9 Dec. 2000 (Athearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990' Proto 2000 (Life-Like) Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991' AthearnlPPW, weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990' Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' Athearn w/NWSL motor EMD GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990' Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD GP9 .06 79.2 3.29 4.8 March 1998 Athearn w/NWSL motor, EMD GP38·2 Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990' Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD GP30 .23 78.2 4.17 4.0 Jan. 2000 Athearn/Proto Power Wesl w/reptacement Wheetsets: Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994' NorthWest Short Line EMD GP38-2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Oct. 1990· Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 Jay-Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990' Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD SW9/SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 3.7 May 1996 Alhearn GE C44-9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 Spectrum (Bachmann)EMD F40PH Phase 111.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992' Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Spectrum (Bachmann) EMD GP40 .34 86.1 2.24 3.8 March 2005 Athearn EMD SD40·2 1.94 103.3 3.01 3.3 Jan.2001 Spectrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8·40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990' Athearn EMD SD50 4.15 88.7 4.83 5.2 March 2004 Spectrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8-40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 6.4 Feb. 1996 Atlas Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991· Spectrum (Bachmann) GE 44-Ton 1.28 55.0 0.81 1.3 April 2002 AtlaS/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990' Spectrum (Bachmann) F-M H16-44 2.32 49.5 1.27 2.4 July 1997 Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 Spectrum (Bachmann) EMC Gas Elec. .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Atlas GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Spectrum (Bachmann) EMD DDA40X .68 133.5 6.68 3.2 Aug. 1997 Atlas EMD GP40 .33 81.9 3.41 1.7 Nov. 2000 Stewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 Bachmann·Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992' Stewart Hobbies Alco C628 1.20 69.5 2.92 2.2 Aug. 1999 Bachmann-Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 Atewart Hobbies Baldwin VO 1000 1.05 77. 1 1.65 0.7 Feb. 2000 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Walthers/Roco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 Broadway Ltd. EMD E7A 2.19 62.5 4.53 9.4 Sept. 2004 WaltherslTrainline Alco FA 1 (& FBI) .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 April 1997 Con·Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991' (.16) (65.3) (8.22) (3.8) Con·Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991' WaliherslTrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 (with Mashima can motor) WaliherslTrainline with Alco FA I .98 92.1 3.9 nla Sept. 1998 Con·Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sept. 1996 MRC DCC Decoder Con·Cor EMD SW1 500 (SW 7) 1.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997

E-R Models (Frateschi) Alco FAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Oct. 1993 E-R Models (Frateschi) Atco FAI .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 HO Scale Electric Locomotives

E·R Models EMD FP7A 3.70 92.8 3.24 3.4 May 1999 Atlas EMD AEM-7 2.42 123.8 4.33 1.0 June 2000

Genesis, by Athearn SD75t 2.12 110.0 4.01 3.5 July 1999 Spectrum, by Bachmann GE E33 0.07 99.8 2.72 2.0 Sept. 2003

Genesis. by Athearn EMD F7A .14 95.0 4.19 4.1 March 2001 Genesis, by Athearn EMD F3A .35 76.2 3.86 4.3 July 2002 HO Scale Steam Locomotives EMD F3A & F3B .24 79.2 7.79 4.1 July 2002 Bachmann·Plus SP 4·8-4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 Feb. 1995 Bowser B&O 0·4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992' (1 .50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) Bowser PRR H·9 2-8·0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 (,;tl1 25 ounces added weight) 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 Bowser PRR M1-a (stock) 4-8·2 1.30 78.2 5.97 2.8 July 2000 (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) Feb. 1995 Bowser PRR Ml·a (w/Helix Humper can) 1.81 '69.1 5.40 NA July 2000 IHC EMD SD35 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 Bowser PRR M1·a (sW/NWSL can & gears) 1.37 49.1 7.99 2.7 July 2000 InterMountain EMD F7A 0.78 77.6 3.79 1.7 June 2001 Broadway Ltd. NYC j1e 4-6·4 1.73 41.4 2.71 9.2 Feb. 2003 Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Broadway Ltd. N&W 2·6·6·4 2.59 90.7 7.97 9.5 Dec. 2003 KATO EMD SD40 2.86 74.3 3.48 2.2 Dec.2001 Broadway Ltd. USRA 'Heavy' 2·8-2 4.87 82.5 2.71 9.6 July 2004 KatO/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989' Genesis, by Athearn USRA 2-8·2 Light .58 52.8 2.51 Dec. 1999 (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989' 1.4 Genesis, by Athearn USRA 4-6-2 Light 1.90 64.6 2.20 1.0 Sept. 2001 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Heritage, by Proto 2000 USRA 2·8·8-2 2.25 46.0 3.52 3.0 Feb. 2000 Kato EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994' Heritage, by Proto 2000 USRA (N&W) 2.81 53.0 2.83 9.3 May 2005 Kato G.E. Dash 9·44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 OCI. 1996 Heritage, by Proto 2000 USRA O-8-0 2.80 51.0 2.09 3.5 Sept. 2000 Kato Alco RS2 1.48 78.7 3.40 2.0 Feb. 1999 Heritaae, by Proto 2000 NKP 2-8-4 0.31 67.9 3.28 4.1 June 2004 Kato Alco RSC2 2.58 75.2 4.19 2.1 Feb. 1999 Heritage. by Proto 2000 USRA O-6-0 0. 14 54.0 1 .33 3.5 Nov. 2002 Keystone/NWSL GE 44-Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' IHC 4-4·0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 Hobbytown EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 ' IHC/Mehano B&O 0·4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992' InterMountain EMD F7A .78 77.8 3.79 1.7 June 2001 IHe/Mehano SP 2·6·0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 Lionel Veranda Tu rbine 4.33 89.3 5.49 5.49 Sept. 2004 IHC/Mehano C&0 4-8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sep\. 1994 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994' IHC 2-8·0 .42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990' Key Imports UP 4-8·8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 Aug. 1991' AjinlOveriand Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 August 1990' Life-Like B&O 0·4·0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Dec. 1992' AjiniOverland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 April 1991' Lionel UP 4-6·6·4 2.60 72.9 3.43 9.2 Feb & April 2004 (Chassis) Mantua 2·6-6-2 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 1991 AjiniOverland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991' Mantua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 Chassis

52 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 Manulacturernmporter Prototype Min, Max. Max. Throttle Magazine Manufacturernmporter Prototype Min, Max. Max. Throttle Magazine Speed No, 6 Speed Tractive Reaponse Speed No, 6 Speed TractIve Reaponea Date Date SwItch (smph) (amph) Force (OL) Mldl08d (v,) Switch (amph) (amph) Force (oz.) Mldload (v,)

Mantua 2-8-2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Model Power/

Mantua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990' Mantua 0-4-0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 SamhongsalHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989'

Mantua with 8 t 2 Can Motor 0-4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989' MDC (Roundhouse) Class B Shay 2.54 33.1 1.54 2.2 Oct. 2000 N Scale Steam Locomotives MDC(Roundhollse) Baldwin 2-8-0 .49 40.8 .97 2.5 June 2003 Bachmann/Speclrum Baldwin 2-8-0 .22 74.4 .82 2.0 June 2002 Model Power PRR 2-8-0 4.77 73.8 0.85 1.5 August 1996 Bachmann/Spectrum USRA 'Light' 4-8-2 .15 61.4 .37 Nov. 2004 AjiniOverland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept 1991' 1.6 Bachmann/Spectrum USRA 2-6-6-2 .30 78.7 .46 1.4 June 2005 Precision Scale (Iron Horse)UP 4-10-2 7.02 53.0 3.08 2.9 Jan_ 1998 Con-COr SP GSA. 4-8-4 4.32 218.0 .89 2.5 Dec. 2002 Rivarossi 4-6-6-4 5.90 71.6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997 Kalo USRA 2-8-2 3.10 111.8 .7 2.5 April 1996 Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 1.78 70.7 4.47 2.4 May 1997 & Oct. 1997 Rivarossi UP 4-8-4 3.64 99.0 4.86 4.8 Jan. 2004 Kala USRA 2-8-2 4.80 122.5 1.04 2.9 June 1998 SamhongsalPolVerhouse USRA 2-6-6-2 _28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989' (GHQ PRR L-l) Spectrum (Bachmann) Reading 2-8-0 _22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 Key Imports C&O 2-6-6-6 .59 96.9 1.27 3.8 June 1997 Spectrum (Bachmann) PRR 4-6-2 1.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 Life-Like USRA 2-8-8-2 2.21 107.9 .52 Spectrum (Bachmann) PRR 4-6-2 .72 80.8 2.50 2.4 Oct 1999 4.1 March 2003 MDe (Roundhose) Baldwin 2-8-0 .10 110.1 .51 Jan. 2002 Spectrum (Bachmann) Baldwin 2-8-0 .30 83.7 2.83 2.4 July 1998 1.6 Pecos River ATSF 4-6-2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 Spectrum (Bachmann) USRA 4-8-2 2.75 64.9 2.41 2.8 Nov. 1999 Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 Speclrum (Bachmann) ClassB 3-Truck Shay .46 15.3 2.26 1.8 April 2001 Rivarossi (w/N Scale of USRA 2-8-2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Speclrum (Bachmann) 'Russian' 2-10-0 .33 64.2 1.86 4.5 May 2002 Nevada frame & NWSL Spectrum (Bachmann) N&W 4-8-4 .87 73.3 2.88 3.9 Sept 2002 Sagami 1420 can molar) Spectrum (Bachmann) Baldwin 4-6-0 (63") .35 77.1 1.67 3.2 MAY 2003 Spectrum (Bachmann) Baldwin 4-6-0(57") .20 67.9 1.53 1.8 July 2003 S Scale Diesels Trx UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4 1.40 53.0 5.61 4.3 March 2002 American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Tr ix USRA 'Light' 2-8-2 2.76 86.1 2.37 6.8 Aug. 1994 S Helper Service EMD F7 1.06 72.8 6_6 1.1 Dec. 2004 Westside 'Classic' SP 4-6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992' S Helper Service EMD SW9 .29 55.6 4.32 1.7 Oct. 1998 N Scale Diesels S Helper Service EMD SW1 .09 51.3 4.06 1.5 June 2004

Arnold Alco S2 1.90 151 .4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991' o Scale Diesels Atlas EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct 1995

Atlas (with DCC decoder) EMD GP 40-2 .42 203.7 .73 3.6 May 1998 Cenlral Loco. Works EMD F7A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept 1989'

Atlas EMD SD 60 .63 222.4 0.90 1.6 March 1999 (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989' t Atlas/Kato GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989' Key/Sarnhongsa Alco PA1 .41 76.2 21 .85 5.6 April 1992' (.3t) (189.6) (1 .37) (2.0) June 1989' P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990' Atlas/Kato EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990' (.24) (74. 1) (12.80) (1.9) June 1990' Atlas/Kato EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992' P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 Bachmann EMD SD40-2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept 1989' Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992' Bachmann wiN Scale of EMD SD40-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept t989' Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989' Nevada Chassis Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 Augusl 1995

BachmanniSpectrum EMC Gas Elec. 20.0 110_1 0.38 3.2 Aug. 1998 Alco FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (19.25) (2.0) August 1995

Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8-40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 Bachmann/Spectrum EMD DDA40X .35 163.9 1.t3 3.8 Sept 1997 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992' o Scale Steam Locomotives E-R Models Baldwin Sharnose A-B .38 75.2 .52 3.4 Feb. 2002

Kato Alco PA1 (& PB1) 1.43 167.7 1.25 1.7 Dec. 1998 SamhongsalHalimark On3-EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989'

(1.07) (156.8) (2.328) (1 .8) Dec. 1998 Lionel (Hi-Rail) UP 2-8-0 12.64 89.7 20.01 7.6 May 2001 Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 G Gauge Diesels EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) (1 .92) (2.3) Aug. 1993

Kato GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990' Atlas EMD SW8/9 .63 60.1 12.49 2_1 April 1999

GE Dash 9-94CW . 1 198.2 .84 1.4 Nov. 1997 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 N/A April 1990 Kato t Kato Alco RS2 .30 167.7 .52 1.4 Sept 1999 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991

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Key/Endo EMD F7A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992'

(.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992' G Gauge Steam Locomotives

Kato Budd RDC-2 .22 211.7 .50 1.2 Aug. 2002 Aristo-Crafl (ART) B&O 4-6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Oct. 1991 Budd RDC-3 .54 234.4 .50 1.3 Aug. 2002 Arislo-Craft (ART) & PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992' RDC-2 & RDC-3 .44 218.0 1.00 1.2 Aug. 2002 Lehmann (LGE) 0-4·0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 N/A May 1992'

Bachrnann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992' Ule-Uke EMD F9A F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.0 Aug. 1989' (& Bachmann Radio- (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989' Conlrolled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 25.2 28.81 N/A June 1989' Life-Like Aleo FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 Bachmann Track- (.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 Powered Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Oct 1990' Life-Like Alco PA1 2.97 139.7 1.21 3.4 Nov. 1998 Bachmann 2-Tr uck Shay .95 14.0 29.22 3.3 May 2000 Life-Like F-M ALT-200-3 . t 4 107.4 1.02 1.8 April 2003 Dellon Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.00 2.0 Dec. 1989' Life-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994' LGB 2-6-0 2.65 54.8 22.45 N/A Nov. 1991' Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 N/A July 1994 Life-Like EMD SD7 .29 121.11 .48 2.45 June 1996 Lionel Baldwin 0-4-0T .12 54.5 9.60 1.8 Oct. 1989' Ufe-Like EMD E7A 3.14 140.6 1.33 4.3 Feb. 1998 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.199t- Ute-Like EMD SW9 .45 106.9 .40 2.0 April 1998 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4-0 .82 67.1 13.18 1.3 Jan.1991, Lile-Like EMD GP20 3.59 116.6 .57 1.6 June 1999 Micro·Trains EMD FTA .12 1112.4 1.31 1.5 Jan. 2003 Nota: Figures in parentheses are for two locomotives operated 1ogelher.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 53 [MODERN MODELING]

Models and prototype photos by Matt Snell

Matt Snell disassembled the Atlas caboose and added window screens, smoke jack, radio antenna and solar panels on the roof, then painted, decaled and weathered the model to match this photo. Atlas now offers the model pre-painted fo r M!iEso all you need are the extra details. There's an index of all previous articles

on modeling modern freight cars on our website at www.railmodeljournaLcom/

The Morristown & Erie caboose number 4 was purchased from the New York, Susquehanna and Western (NYS&W number 0112). The M&E repainted the caboose and added window screens and solar panels for power. It was photographed at Morristown, New Jersey in March 2005.

The model is a repainted and detailed Proto 2000 ready-to-run model.

54 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 2006 [FREIGHT CARS OF THE FIFTIES]

E SYL� I CLASS X5 1C 50·F T ax FR M T LS WEST KIT

Prototype photo from the John C. LaRue collection, circa 1970 at Zanesville, Ohio

The Details West kits were for single-door cars. Ed Bley modified a pair of Athearn Railbox doors, then painted and weathered his model to match this prototype photo. There's an index of all previous articles

on modeling modern freight cars on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com/

RAILMODELjOURNAL . JA NUARY 2006 55 WHAT'S NEW IN HO SCALE

Woodland Scenics is expanding their "Built-&-Ready" series of ready-built HO structures that include all the exterior details fully painted. The two new structure scenes are Boyd's Billiards and the "Fill 'er Up & Fix 'er" early-era gas station. See your dealer.

The new Proto 2000 War Emergency 50-ton hopper with steel sides is a "Timesaver" kit that builds in less than one hour. The model is available in ACL, ATSF, BOlO, COlO, N&W, SCL,Southern, Wabash and undecorated for $17.00. There's a PROFILE article with roster of the cars, by Ed Hawkins, in the December 2000 and April 2001 issues of "The Journal."

Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836 is Wa lthers "Fireproof Storage & Tra nsfer" kit includes the side wall of the building complete shipping laser-cut wood kits to build "Tom's Corn with two box car-height or truck-height loading doors, plus decals. The injection-molded plas­ Crib."The kits are $19.95 plus $3.85 postage and tic kit is $24.98. handling.

56 RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 WHAT'S NEW IN HO SCALE

InterMountain is producing replicas of the DMC 5283 X-Post double­ door box cars in Sp, Cotton Belt, Ontario Northland Bolden West, BAR and undecorated for $31.95 ready to run.

Classic Metal Works (www.c1assicmetalworks.com) has new paint schemes for their"tran sition era" trailers including the Pennsy (shown) and Santa Fe pig­ gyback schemes. A new 40s-50s-era White Super Power tractor (truck) is coming early in 2006 along with a series of 32-foot Fruehauf round-nose, flat bed, and rack-side trailers. The models feature die-cast wheels and chassis with plastic bodies so they can be used as trailer loads or on the streets.

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INDEX OF PROTOTYPE· BASED LAYOUT TOURS

Ann Arbor: Boston & Maine Railroad (BM) Steve Rosnick's 18 x 36-foot Iowa Division on two decks, June 1998. Arnt Gerritsen's 33 x 33-foot southern Charles Harmantas' 2 x 24-foot Nashua Michigan car float operations, November layout, August 1997. Mike Soebbing's 25 x 29-foot BNSF/CP 2001. Joint Line, April 1999. British Prototypes: ATSF (see Santa Fe). Dave and Shirley Rowe's 4 x 9-foot Pete Mathews' 3 x 12-foot N scale Ribbon Cliff, Washington NTRAK modules, August 1999. BNSF (see ATSF & BN). Exebridge Quay, August 1993.

Dan Holbrook (and Range Research) Duluth­ Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) Tim Watson's 5 112 x I I-foot Caldecot Green on the London, Midland and Scottish, in N Superior layout, Part J, November 2000. Larry Kline's 30 x 20-foot 0 scale layout, scale, December 1994. April 1991. Canadian National (CNR):

Greg Smith's 14 x 16-foot Monongah Burlington Route (also CB&Q, Ian Wilson's Grand River in 12 x 12 feet in Division, October 1991. FW&D & C&S) HO scale, September 2000. Midwest Mod-U-Trak to x 20-foot modular Steve Krauss' 16 x 40-foot Nostalgia Line in Richard Chrysler's 18 x 30-foot Hagersville layout, April 1990 and reprinted in N scale, May 1995. Sub, March 2003. LA YOUTS OF THE MASTERS.

John Listermann's 25 x 30-foot Cumberland John Sleen's 11 x 12-foot Maplehurst Mike Palmiter's HO scale recreation of Division, November 2004 Subdivision, December 2003. downtown Chicago in 20 x 52 fe et, October Bob Bales' 22 x 45 helper district, January 2005. 2001. Canadian Pacific (Cp) Mike Soebbing's 25 x 29-foot BNSF/CP John Miller's 36 x 44-foot Cincinatti layout, Burlington Northern (BN) Joint Line, April 1999. March 2005. Norris Zinn's 15 x 20-foot Camas Prairie layout, March 1995. Tom Combs' 15 x 20-foot layout, February Tony Michael's 18 x 25-foot 0 scale layout, 2000. April 2005. Tim Dickinson's 20 x 33-[00t layout, July 1996. Roy Audas' Sudbury Division 20 x 20-foot Bessemer & Lake Erie (B&LE) layout, February 2003. Harry Smith's 2 x 12-foot NTRAK N scale John Swanson's 30 x 70-foot Nebraska ore docks, September 1997. mainline, July 1997. AI Crisp's 24 x 54-foot CP Sub, May 2003.

Ken McCorry's 31 x 79-foot Buffalo Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, on two decks, March 1994 and reprinted in LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS. You can see it for yourself on one of the "Layout To urs" at the 2006 NMRA Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 2-9, 2006 (http://www.ij2006.org). His layout was also the "layoutTour" in the August 1998 issue.

60 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' JANUARY 2006 Roger Chrysler's 11 112 x 42-foot CPR Electrified Lines, May 2003.

Andy Panko's 18 x 32-foot Niagra Region, June 2003.

Ron Culpitt's 15 x 30 Revelstoke Sub in N scale, July 2003.

Waterloo Model Railroad Club's 40 x 50-foot seven-deck Sudbury Division, July 2003.

Anthony Craig's 22 x 28-foot double-deck Kettle Valey Division, November 2003.

Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) Vic Roseman's II x 14-foot Lafayette Branch, December 1996.

Chesapeake & Ohio (also C&O, Chessie, & CSX) Gary Burddette's 2 1/2 x 5-foot module of Thurmond, West Virginia, April 1992.

Paul Fulk's 2 x 8-foot N scale NTRAK module of Thurmond, West Virginia, July 1993.

Bernard Kempinski's Quinnimont NTRAK module, New River layout and 21 x 30-foot home layout, August 1996.

John Plant's 6 x 14-foot Hinton, West Virginia NTRAK module set on the New River, May 1997.

Ted Wilke's 18 x 50-foot layout on four decks, August 1998.

C. Bryan Kidd's 2 x 16-foot Allegheny, Virginia, October 1998.

John Plant's Kanawha Falls, on the New River, as an NTRAK module set, August 2001.

John Brown's 20 x 26 New River Division, April 2003.

Andy Panko's 18 x 32-foot Niagra Region, June 2003.

Chessie System (see 8&0, C&O & CSX) Chicago & North Western (also CNW, CM&O, Omaha) Dennis Blunt's 18 x 28-foot Omaha Road, June 1997. You can visit Ted Wilke's 18 x 50-foot Chesapeake and Ohio layout on four decks on one Bob DaBruzzi's 13 x 48-foot St. Croix of the "Layout To urs" at the 2006 NMRA Division, February 1999. Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania July 2- 9, 2006 (http://www.ij2006.org). The layout was Chicago Great Western (CGW) featured in the August 1998 issue and it has been expanded significantly since then .. Bob Mozawa's 13 x 23-foot layout, May 1997.

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Clinchfield (eRR) David O. Johnston 's 22 x 40-foot Clinchfield, Bob DaBruzzi's 13 x 48-foot St. Croix Division of the Chicago and North Western January J 995. was the featured layout in the February Colorado Midland 1999 issue. Alan Jackson's 34 x 47-foot layout, July 2004

Conrail (CRR)

Mike Hulbert's N scale 18 x 22-foot Trap, N Garnett Ridge, November 1991.

Delaware &- Hudson Railway (D&-H) Tony Steele's 25 x 39-foot Second Subdivision on four decks, October and November 1999.

Tunkhannock Viaduct (ex-Lackawanna) at Nicholson, Pennsylvania on a 2 x 6-foot NTRAK module, by Bud Pedley, March 200 1.

Denver &- Rio Grande Western (standard gauge) (D&-RGW) Great Northern Railway (GN) long Island Railroad (lIRR) Larry Swanson's, Salida-to-Montrose D&RG Jeff Otto's 27 x 47-foot Missabe Northern on Brian Sheron's 17 x 3 I-foot layout, on two decks, February 2002. two decks, December 1995. September 1997. Denver &- Rio Grande Western Ole Melhous's I J x 22-foot Dakota Northern, louisville &- Nashville Railroad (narrow gauge) (D&-RGW) November 1997. (l&-N ) Harry Sage, Jrs.' 15 x 22-foot HOn3 Chama Dan Hol1brook's (and Range Research) Michael George's Knoxvil1e & Atlanta Subdivision, April 1992. Duluth-Superior layout, Part I, November Division in 24 x 31 feet, February 1996 and Slim Gauge Guild's 30 x 3D-foot HOn3 2000. September 1998. layout, May J 996. Gordon Bossen's ore dock at Al1ouex, Maine Central Duluth, South Shore &- Atlantic: Minnesota on a 2 x 12-foot NTRAK module Neil Horning's 21 x 54-foot MC and S&SC set, February 200J. Gregg Condon's 11 x 70-foot DSS&A, April branchline, September 2004. 2004. Sam Parfitt's 33 x 47-foot Duluth-Seattle Milwaukee Road (CMSt.P) layout, March 2005. East Broad To p (EBT) Bill Denton's 12 x 20-foot Chicago, Pittsburgh Model Railroad Society 12 x 20- Great Western ( sugar) Railway Rockford & LaCrosse Railroad, in N scale, foot modular HOn3 layout, May 1990. February 1994. (GW) Doug Talyor's 12 x 36-foot HOn3 EBT (al1 George Booth's 20 x 20-fool layout, Jim Nelson's 10 x 22-foot layout on two of it), May 1998. February, March and June 1991. decks, April 1.999.

Erie: Illinois Central Railroad (lC) Tacoma, by the Puget Sound Model RR Engineers, 25 x 80-foot layout, January 2003. Harold Wirthwine's basement-size divisions Mike Palmiter' s 12 x 27-foot Chicago

in operation, January 2002. Terminal in S scale, January 1996. Nathan Mulldren's 25 x 40-foot two-deck "Roads East" and Roads West," March 2004. Erie-lackawanna (see also Mike Palmiter's HO scale recreation of lackawanna): downtown Chicago in 20 x 52 feet, October Doug Nighswonger's 20 x 20-fo ot Coast 2001 . E-L Operations in Pennsylvania in HO scale, Division, October 2005. by Joe Lofland, March 200. lackawanna (see also Erie­ Missabe Railroad (DM&-IR) lackawanna) Fonda, Johnstown &- Gloversville: Jeff Otto's 27 x 47-foot Missabe Northern on Steve Lamora's 30 x 30-foot FJ&G, February Lackawanna's (now D&H) Tunkhannock two decks, December 1995. 2004. Viaduct at Nicholson, Pennsylvania on a 2 x 6-foot NTRAK module, by Bud Pedley, Dan Hollbrook (and Range Research) Frisco (SlSF) March 2001. Duluth-Superior layout, Part I, November 2000. Rick McClellan's 25 x 40-foot Springfield lehigh Va lley Railroad (lV) Term inal Division, February 1998. Doug & Steve Kley's 16 x 36-foot, two-deck, Missouri Pacific: NEON's club Tulsa, Oklahoma "Inter­ Lehigh Valley and Reading Railroad, Lee Freeman's Missouri Pacific 15 x 349foot Locker" NTRAK modules, July 2002. December 1990. layout, April 1996 and September 2002. 62 RA ILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 2006 John Miller's 36 x 44-foot Cincinatti layout, March 2005.

Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)

Bill and Wayne Reid's 23 x 27-foot Cumberland Valley Railroad, February 1990 and reprinted in THE JOURNAL OF N SCALE MODELING.

Howard Zane's 26 x 26-foot Piedmont Division, November 1990.

Bob Davis's 20 x 20-foot Blue Mountain Division, March 1993.

Ken McCorry 's 16 x 32-foot Buffa lo Division, on four decks, May 1993.

Ken McCorry's "new" 31 x 79-foot Buffalo Division, on two decks, March 1994 and reprinted in LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS.

Nick Kallis' 11 x 26-foot Sunnyside Yard, July 1998.

AI Buchan's Erie & Ashtabula Division, Erie

Tony Steele's 25 x 39-foot Second & Pittsburg Branch, in HO scale, February Subdivision of hte Delaare adn Hudson, on 2001 . four decks, was the Layoaut Tour in the October and November 1999 issues. Doug Taylor's 21 x 42-foot Middle and Pittsburgh Divsions, July 200 l.

Bill Neale's 22 x 25-foot two-deck NEON's club Tulsa, Oklahoma "Inter­ Northern Pacific Railway (NP) "Panhandle" at Weirton Junction, January Locker" NTRAK modules, July 2002. Herb Chaudiere, Chuck Swanberg, Robert 2004.

Johnson and Howard Duffy's 2 x 8-foot New Haven Railroad (NH) Robert Mackendrick's 2 28-foot single­ "Puget Short Line Associalon" layout, March J x track banchline, October 2004. John Klotz 25 x 35-foot York Haven, 1990. November 1989 and reprinted in LAYOUTS Curt LaRue's 15 35-foot "Panhandle" at Norris Zinn's 15 20-foot Camas Prairie x OF THE MASTERS. x layout, March 1995. Weirton Junction, February 2005. Mike Palmiter's HO scale recreation of Dan Hollbrook (and Range Research) Duluth­ John Wright's 2 x 13-foot Whitehall Branch downtown New York City in 20 52 feet, x Superior layout, Part I, November 2000. (South Pittsburgh), July, August and December 200 I. September 2005. Tacoma, by the Puget Sound Model RR New Yo rk Central System (NYC) Bill Blackburn's 18 24-foot Great Valley Engineers, 25 x 80-foot layout, January 2003. x

Ron Parisi's 2 x 6-foot New York City's West Division, November 2005. Puget Junction (ficticious) in 2 12 feet by Side module, December 1992 and reprinted x the Puget Sound Short Line Association Larry Reynold's 27 43-foot Middle and in LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS. x (circa 1966), October 2003. Pittsburgh Divisions ("Altoona to Horseshoe Curve"), December 2005. Mike Palmiter's 12 x 27-foot Chicago Terminal, January 1996. Norfo lk Southern (NS) ( see N&W and Southern) Reading Company (RDG)

Mike Palmiter's S scale 12 x 27-foot Hudson­ Robert Martin's 10 50-foot N scale layout, x Doug & Steve Kley's 16 x 36-foot, two-deck, Harlem Division, September 1999. June 2002. Lehigh Valley and Reading Railroad, December 1990. Mike Palmiter's HO scale recreation of Northwestern Pacific (NWP) downtown Chicago in 20 x 52 feet, October Jim Hertzog's 32 41-foot Shamokin Don Cabrall's 15 x 18-foot Hessel &Lone x 2001. Pine, April 2000. Division, December 2000.

Mike Palmiter's HO scale recreation of Jerry Strangarity's 2 112 16-foot Pacific Electric x downtown New York City in 20 x 52 feet, Philadelphia city scenes, December 2004. Charles Hepperle's Las Palmas 2 x 8-foot Decem ber 200 I . module, August 2004. Richmond, Fredricksburg & Norfolk & Western (N&W) Penn Central (PC) Potomac (RF&P) Jim Brewer's 52 94-foot Shenandoah x John Lassahn's 16 24-foot Penn Central on x John Cook's 2 x 12-foot Northern Virginia N Division, October 1996. two decks, in N scale, October 1994. scale NTRAK modules, July 1996. RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2006 63 INDEX

Rutland Railroad (RT) Pliny Holt's N scale Oakland Mole layout, in Norris Zinn's 15 x 20-foot Camas Prairie 18 x 22 feet, January 1998. Rensselaer Model Railroad Club's 22 x 58- layout, March 1995. foot New England, Berkshire & Western, Pelle Soeborg's 15 x 16-foot Tehachapi Buzz Lenander's 3 x 8-foot N scale NTRAK December 1989 and reprinted in LAYOUTS layout, December 1998. module of McPherson, Kansas oil refinery, OF THE MASTERS. November 1996. Gene Martin's 12 x 16-foot Lodi, California Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) layout, March 2000. John Swanson's 30 x 70-foot Nebraska John Altschool's 25 x 40-foot Santa Fe mainline, July 1997. Scott Kew's 26 x 61-foot Dunsmuir to Black Southwestern, April 1993. Rock layout on two decks, June 2000. Mel Johnson's 2 112 x 12-foot modules of

Russell Straw 's 2 112 x 12-foot N scale Marysville, Kansas, November 1998 and Jim Sweeney's 15 x 44-foot S scale Oakland­ modules of Sugar Land, Texas, December August 2004. to-Reno layout, July 2000. 1993. Charlie Stapleton's 24 x 40-foot Kansas Chris Palomarez' 45-degree Free-Mo Division, March 1998. Pelle Soeborg's 15 x 16-foot Tehachapi module, January 2001. layout, December 1998 and October 2002. Pelle Soeborg's 15 x 16-foot Tehachapi AI Mack's 14 x 18-foot N sclae Tehachapi layout, December 1998. Mike Soebbing's 25 x 29-foot BNSFICP layout, November 2002. Joint Line, April 1999. Brad Joseph's Wyoming Division in HO Patrick Stanley'S 13 x 42-foot Donner Pass scale, April 2001. Gregg Fuhriman's 2 x 12-foot Free-Mo layout, November 2004. module set, January 200 I. Tacoma, by the Puget Sound Model RR David Skiff's 27 x 33-foot "Rathole" Engineers, 25 x 80-foot layout, January 2003. NEON's club Tulsa, Oklahoma "lnter­ Division, May 2005. Locker" NTRAK modules, July 2002. Mel Johnson's Marysville, Kansas 2 x 12- Southern Railway (SRR), foot module, August 2004. Dick Davis' 22 x 24-foot 2 112-deck Cajon (SOUTHERN) Division, June 2004. Wayne Sidelinger's 3 x 16-foot pulpwood United States Military Railroad: paper plant modules, January 1991. Bernard Kempinski's 10 x 12-foot Civil Rick Stearn's 25 x 30-foot Los Angeles War-era layout with car flat, October 2002. Division, May 2005 . J.D. Smith 's 32 x 41-foot Rathole Division, February 1997. Seaboard Coast line (SCL) Western Maryland Railway (WM) Wayne Sidelinger's 3 x 16-foot pulpwood Steve Abernathy's 4 x 4-foot Juliette, Georgia Bill and Wayne Reid's 23 x 27-foot paper plant modules, January 1991. ("Fried Green Tomatoes") module, October Cumberland Valley Railroad, February 1990 1997. Sierra Railway (SRR) and reprinted in THE JOURNAL OF N J. D. Smith's 56 x 61-foot "Rathole II" SCALE MODELING. Edward Petry's 34 x 50-foot Sierra (all of it) Southern Railway in HO scale, June 2001. on three decks, June and July 1999. Larry Kline's 30 x 20-foot 0 scale layout, Patrick Thoney's 24 x 40-foot Rathole April 1991. Soo line (SOO) Division, October 2004. Bob Rivard's 20 x 30-foot layout on two Jim Coshun's I x 2-foot N scale module of Detour, Maryland, November 1993. decks, January 1992 and reprinted in Susquehanna (New Yo rk, LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS, January Susquehanna and Western), Western Pacific Railroad (WP) 1993 (the St. Paul Waterworks), and January (NYSW) Jim Providenza's 18 x 20-foot layout, on two 1999. To ronto, Hamilton 1:1 Buffa lo decks, December 1991 and reprinted in (THI:1B) Ray and Renee Grosser's 14 x 34-foot LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS, December Andy Panko's 18 x 32-foot Niagra Region, modular layout, March 1998. 1999. June 2003. Marv Koening's 24 x 40-foot St.Paul to Jim Dias' 20 x 20-foot Feather River layout, Greg Whayman's 11 x 17-foot layout, June Chippewa Falls on two decks, March 1999. May 2000. 2003. Dan Hollbrook ' (and Range Research) Yosemite Va lley (YV) Union Railroad (URR): Duluth-Superior layout, Part I, November Jack Burgess' 20 x 20-foot Yosemite Valley Modeling United States Steel's Union 2000. (all of it) on four decks, January 2000. Railroad in 22 x 20 feet, by Bob O'Neil, RMJ Southern Pacific (SP) September 2003. Joe Fugate's 25 x 45-foot Siskiyou Line, on Union Pacific (Up) two decks, September 1993 and June 2005. Bob Gilmore's and Kelley Newton's Utah N Russell Straw's 2 x 20-foot N scale Sugar Rail modules of the Weber River canyon in N Land, Texas, December 1993 and Apri I 2002. scale, April 1993, February and December 1995.

Sy Simonton's 26 x 48-foot 0 scale layout, Bill Pistello's Los Angeles Subdivision in I June 1996. 1/2 x 22 fe et in N scale, March 1994.

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