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20 T DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP 33 T FREIGHTCAROLOGY Lehigh & New England (LNE) Norfolk Southern's Freight Car Fleet - ALCo FA1/FB1 Part 4: Norfolk & Western's Boxcar Fleet by Rich Picariello by David G. Casdorph

T T 23 ON TRACK 36 "Family" Lines - The Drew Ferguson & Chessie New Track and The Decrepit Mountain Railroads by Jim Mansfield by Ned and Drew Ferguson

T T 24 E7 - The Standard Passenger 42 The Delaware & Hudson Railroad's SD45s Diesel - Part 5 Foster Children in Railroading's Troubled 1970s by George Melvin by Mark E. Sharp

29 T A MODEL REVIEW ARTICLE 52 T BEHIND THE SCENES Greenville Steel Car Company Mill Gons A Hike into Calamity Canyon From Proto 2000 by Life-Like by Margaret Mansfield by Jim Six 54 T MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL 31 T Modeling an ACL Bethlehem 41' Building a "Triple 57" - Fixed-End Gon from a Mantua Gon The Wide-Body Piggyback Flat by Jim Six by Doug Geiger, MMR

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ABOUT THE COVER Since the signals have malfunctioned, EL SD45 802 can proceed only with the express permission of the dispatcher. (Actually the signals are intended for operators on the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders' layout and do not reflect prototype indication.) Mark Sharp describes how he built this superdetailed EL unit and a more modestly done D&H SD45 starting on page 42. Photo by Mark E. Sharp. INSET: Model railroading is a fa mily affair in the Ferguson home. Visitors to this year's NMRA National in Madison, WI, will get a chance to visit both the Drew Fergu­ son & Chessie Railroad and the Decrepit Mountain Railroad in the Ferguson home. Father Ned and his nine-year-old son give new meaning to Family Lines starting on page 36. Photo by Henry and Joe Koshollek. .-+---+---+---'-� The HO Scale Spe�trumTMEM� Gas Electric I

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CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David A. Bontrager What Issue is This, David G. Casdorph Doug Geiger, MMR Anyway? (Revisited) Patrick Lawson ell, you know what they say about the best laid plans. Jim and Margaret Mansfield After several months of trying to make up a few days George Melvin eachW month on the production schedule to gradually get the Rich Picariello magazine back on schedule, I finally decided to swallow my pride and admit I'm not Su­ Larry J. Puckett perman. After receiving and weighing all the advice, comments, complaints and expres­ Jim Six SIOns of support from readers, dealers and others who have been in a similar Larry E. Smith, MMR predicament, the decision was made to not publish issues with a January or February 1997 cover date. ART DIRECTORS So how does this affect everybody? Well, dealers will be happy because they will Donna Pacheco have the "current" issue for display. Although most of our dealers have been very sup­ portive because they realize their customers are more concerned about our content than Michelle Ruffner the cover date, not having an issue reflect its actual release date did cause them confu­ sion and extra headaches. Some just wanted to know why they were getting their Decem­ CIRCULATION I OFFICE MANAGER ber issue in late January or early February, while a few just decided they didn't want to Donald R. Strait be bothered with an "old" issue and cut the top part of the cover off to send back for credit on the day they received the issue ...they didn't even bother putting the issue on NATIONAL SALES MANAGER display! Needless to say, this didn't help anyone - dealers, readers or us. Using valuable Chris Lane time to repeatedly explain to subscribers and dealers why the issues were late prevented 1-888-338-1700 us from using that time to get caught up - your proverbial Catch 22. Having completed the December issue, we had fulfilled our obligation to the postal Volume 27, Issue 1. MODEL RAILROADING is published service to publish " 12 times per year." By re-filing with them this year to say that we are 10 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker "monthly, except January and February" this year (and a subsequent re-filing next year to Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. again say "monthly") we are able to make a clean start and get "back on schedule." But $3.95 (12 Price per single copy is in U.SA Subscriptions does this mean that subscribers will be "cheated" out of two issues? Of course not...you $31.95 $40.00 issues) are in the U.S A or in Canada (or should know me better than that by now. Although I had fears that extending subscribers' foreign) - payable in U.s. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts subscriptions by two issues might require making a change to every subscriber's record, or photographs should be accompanied by return postage, was delighted to learn that our subscription-fulfillment software primarily tracks and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for I the loss or damage of such material. No part of this publi­ "issues remaining" rather than what month the subscription expires. If subscribers check cation may be reprinted without written permission from the expiration date on their mailing labels, they will find that this month's issue shows an the publisher. Printed in U.SA expiration that is two months later than what was shown on last month's (December's) The information contained in the various articles in this label. So you are assured of receiving 12 issues for each year's subscription. magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is For those of you who might be wondering what the final trigger was that prompted given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any this decision, it was a letter from Bill Critzer of Los Altos Hills, CA. I had just gotten patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no con­ the December issue out and had lost all of the time I'd made up on the November issue trol over the physical conditions surrounding the applica­ because of the holidays when Bill's letter arrived. I've received many supportive letters tion of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, hom readers, but Bill's letter took a slightly different look at the problem of the late Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any lia­ issues. In part, his letter read: bility for untoward results and/or for any physical iniury in­ curred by using the information herein. "Congratulations on your venture with this magazine. I've enjoyed reading it over the past couple of years, and I think you have been successful in improving each issue. Copyright © 1997 by Highlands Station, Inc. "I wanted to add my opinion to the cover date issue. Most subscribers like a maga­ zine that is current, at least as far as the date on the cover is concerned. Therefore, I'd ADVERTISING urge you to reconsider your decision to catch-up over time. First, the catch-up must be a For advertising information contact big waster or energy and creative talent. Second, the purity of not "skipping" a couple 1-888-338-1700. Chris Lane at of months and dating to the current calendar month is a non-issue for the vast majority of your subscribers. Print the next issue with a current date on the cover and mail it on SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Station, time. I'm still going to get twelve issues on my yearly subscription." 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MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING T 9 Martrac Reefers fam iliar with, because I inspected it once, was a stone arch underpass Greetings, with wing walls under the double-track main. It was barely wide First of all, I'd like to send my compliments on your fine articles enough for a vehicle to fit through, and there was no surface water on modern intermodal equipment, in particular, the articles on inter­ course (stream) nearby. When the line was built through the large modal trailers. As a fellow modeler, I can't tell you how important it is farm pasture in the 1800s it was built on fill, and the underpass was for modelers to accurately model all aspects of the scene and not just built to accommodate the movement of cows. the rail equipment (provided that you are attempting to model accu­ Alan B. Buchan rately in the first place). Highway vehicles in general and trucks and Mt. Laurel, NJ trailers in particular are often overlooked in model railroading leading to the common sight of a 'toy' truck or trailer next to a highly detailed Unsafe and Unprototypica l train model. I'm sure your recent articles are helping to correct this. Dear Randy: As I work for Wabash, I know a fe w things about trailers and con­ I am writing about the ai'ticle by Larry Smith in the October issue. I sequently I have a few comments and corrections on the October have to ask about the photos that show a model tank car headed 1996 article on Martrac trailers. First of all, on nose-mounted reefers squarely for the center of a propane tank. This appears to be the most in intermodal service, you were partly right in saying that space was a unsafe, unprototypical arrangement imaginable - not to mention an consideration for moving the units to the trailer belly, but much more inspector's worst nightmare. The captions state that the prototype had a importantly is the damage that occurs to the reefer unit in loading and pile of earth between the car and the propane tank, and that the tracks unloading. At lift-on/lift-off intermodal terminals, the trailers are continued under the tank. I would have to see the prototype photo to be basically swung onto the hitch in a movement parallel to the car sides convinced. Perhaps Larry was just testing us to see if we were awake? with the nose of the trailer lower than the rear. The problem for a Patrick Lawson nose-mounted reefer is that if you miss the hitch, or if the trailer to Sooke, BC, Canada the front is too close, you will hit and damage the reefer unit, a costly mistake in terms of both time and money. The belly mounted unit (While I have to agree with you that this most definitely was an eliminated this. Unfortunately, the belly mounting arrangement has III/safe arrangement, it was nonetheless, a prototypical one. The its own problems. Lots of damage from road salt and spray and most photo of the prototype appeared in the book, Thermogas: 60 Years importantly, an inefficient location for the reefer unit. Reefer units and Growing, which was published by Thermogas in 1994. Reme/1l­ typically cycle the air through the length of the trailer. A unit on the bel', the prototype existed long before there was an OSHA . -Randy) nose easily accomplishes that as you blow the air over (through ducts or chutes) and through the load to the back of the trailer. A unit on the floor needs to somehow bring the cooling air from underneath the Derailments insulated floor and the load and into the body of the trailer itself with­ In the December 1996 "Computer Applications" column, Larry out too much heat loss, and then distribute that air through the length Puckett used a photo of some D&H Sharks to show what could be of the trailer, a challenging prospect at best. The belly mounted reefer done with Paint Shop Pro. Larry mentioned that he "downloaded also is a major heat source on the floor of the trailer, making it work an image of D&H Sharks off a web page and went to work on it." much harder to keep the load cool. These are the main reasons that Larry downloaded the image over a year ago and forgot where he UPS went back to the nose-mounted ree fers from Dorsey. had gotten it, thus making it impossible to credit the photographer The 48' Martrac Dorseys have what's called a 'picture frame' nose, or source of the image. This omission slipped by me, and the also known as a nose guard. This frame is not to inset the reefer unit to photo was used without giving proper credit, and more impor­ conform to a 48' OAL, but rather it is to build a shield around the reefer tantly, without first obtaining permission. unit to protect it from damage in the intennodal terminals (the legal John Shaw, Webmaster for the Bridge Line Historical Society for length of a reefer is actually closer to SO' with a nose-mounted reefer). the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, recognized the photo and was These frames typically add about 400 Ibs. To the trailer which is a sub­ able to provide us with infolll1ation about its source, as well as justifi­ stantial weight penalty to most reefer operators which is why these ably taking me to task for using a copyrighted image without tirst shields are quite rare outside of intennodal. The 48' Dorsey that you obtaining pennission. The photo was taken by lean-Louis Simonet have pictured on page 44 with the Dorsey logo is probably the unit that and was obtained from the BLHS's website. Thanks to John, we were they had at the Atlanta lntermodal Expo in 1995 as it also had logos on able to contact Mr. Simonet and obtain his pelll1ission after the fact. it. UPS typically doesn't want any logos to appear on their trailers. Our apologies to both Mr. Simonet and the BLHS, and our On several of the photos of the older Martrac trailers, you note a thanks to them for understanding that this was an oversight and strip on the upper portion of the sidewall. This is merely a 'rub rail' not an attempt to deliberately violate copyright. that is installed to add some protection against sideswipe damage pri­ This situation serves as a reminder to all Internet users that marily from backing trailers into docks. Much of UPS's dry van fleet material and photos on web pages are copyrighted (unless other­ have these rubrails as well as do a relatively limited number of truck­ wise indicated) and permission must be obtained before they can ing companies (we've put them on Central Transport and Chrysler be reproduced in any other form. By the same token, before pho­ plate trailers recently) .... tos and articles can be put on the Internet, permission must also be Jim Matthews, Marketing Analyst obtained from the copyright holder. Wabash ational, Lafayette, IN Randy Lee Editor/publisher Cow Tu nnels P. S. While we're talking about "Derailments" in the December Dear Randy, issue, let me point out that we also: I) forgot to put George Regarding Jim Mansfield's comments in his September 1996 "On Melvin's byline on his article on the E7s, 2) misidentified the San Track" about the Calamity Canyon cow tunnel - cow tunnels, a.k.a. 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THE SANOtiiOUSE A Product News Column

HO. SCALE N scale (due late 1997) Rail & Wheel Cleaners. New series fe atures Accllrail, P. o. Box 1 202, 400 W. Nebraska St., Elburn, IL 60 119, die-cast construction, will accept commercial or kitbashed carbody announces the development of the Aocumate® magnetic coupler desianed to work either magnetically or manually (using their shells and will be less expensive than their brass rail cleaners. Send Swit�hman® uncoupling tool). Couplers are 99% compatible with SASE for more info on Rail Cleaners and their Rail Cleaner Car­ every other magnetic coupler on the market. Retail 79¢/pr. (#5); Body Scratchbuild/Kitbashing Contest. $8.98/12 pr. (#50).

Accurale Lighling, P. O. Box 574, A�hburn, VA 20 1 46-0574, has liahtina units for the Kato GE C44-9W. #50 101 has 2 bulbs to replace tl�e yellow LEOs (using the existing light bars to carry light) and #522 12 is a plug-in directional constant-lighting unit. Send three $.32 stamps and SAE for more info.

American Limited Models, P. O. Box 7803 , Fremont, CA ��L- -- 94537-7803, has released an '�. � • �.n1U� n.� operating styrene diaphragm kit !�;�: Donald R. I-Ialffield, Sr. , 3 N. 879 Ferson Creek Rd., St. Charles, � ..-" ,�_ - ;.:-:- w for Con-Cor Superliner passen­ IL 60 174- 1 133, has a line of tractors, trailers and decals sold thru the ger cars. Kits include adapter hardware to allow the cars to close­ mail and at shows under the names Piggy Back Trucks and Piggy couple. Retail $4.49/pr. (#9400); $22.95/6 pl'. (#9406). Back Decals. Most offerings are limited-run (50-600) using vehicles made by Promotex and in China that are custom-painted and decaled. Alhearn, Inc., 190 I 0 Laurel Park Rd., Compton, CA 90220, has Ty pical price for tractors is $20.00/pr. The CB&Q 40' nose reefer announced the following release dates for Special Edition (SE) items: trailer is $32.00/4 w/4 diffe rent numbers. Custom decals (printed by T April 1997 - EMD Lease SD40-21 (pwd) & GP38-2 (dummy), Rail Graphics or Microscale) for GN, CB&Q, Katy, Monon, C&EI light blue, white nose, $79.50; two GN 50' plugdoor boxcars, and Rio Grande tractors and trailers are priced from $2.75 to Glacier Green w/standing "Rocky" goat, $18.50 $3.25/set. Other decal sets cover GN TOFC flatcars. Recent releases T May 1997 - IC SD40-2 w/Operation Lifesaver logo and SD40-2 include GN cab-over tractors in Big Sky Blue (#89) and two GN 27' (non-dynamic) w/lC paint scheme & "Death Star" on nose, I nose reefer "pup" trailers (#270 I & 2702). Also available are repro­ pwd, I dummy, $79.50; three Central of New Jersey boxcars; ductions of a 1941 Burl ington Truck Line color calendar and a Great 50' plugdoor, yellow w/"North American" logo; 40' boxcar, BC Northern Motor Freight Lines in Montana poster at $10.00 ea. plus Red w/Jersey Central logo; 40' boxcar, bright red w/CNJ logo, $3.00 S&H. Full product list is $1.00. $25.50 T June 1997 - 2 pwd SP Baldwin S 1 2 switchers in black & orange .Iaks Induslries, P.O. Box 1421, Golden, CO 80402- 1421, has early scheme, $79.50; two Tropicana 57' reefers, orange cars, a released the fo llowing cast-resin kits: different set from their first offering, $19.50 T SS-1517 SS Ltd. Highlands Station ... $49.95. T SS- 1 543 SS Ltd. Birthplace of Model Railroader ...$34.95 The Highlands Station kit is also available as a limited-edition Premier Edition SS Ltd. kit from Highlands Station, publishers of Model Railroading magazine for $54.95.

Lile-Like, 1600 Union Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211-1998, is offering their Proto 2000 Mather Alias, 378 Florence Ave., H illside, NJ 07205, has new roadnames Stock Car (single-deck for their GE C30-7; BN "Whiteface," Family Lines, Norfolk South­ version) as undecorated ern, Santa Fe (SF-SP Merger red & yellow) and UP. Locos have 5- and decorated for B&O, pole motor, brass flywheels, directional lighting, DCC-ready printed C&NW, GN, L&N, Mather Stock Car Co. and NP. Retail $10.00 ea. circuit board and separate formed-wire grabirons. Locos come with (2 #s ea.) or $40.00/4 pack w/4 #s. either GSC or Adirondack trucks and either two or four window cabs to match the prototypes. Te n separate improvements have been made Microscale, 1570 Sunland Ln., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. has the to the shell casting. fo llowing decals available in HO scale: T 87-977 UP Locos, We Will Deliver slogan, 1996+ Cenrerline ProduCls, 18409 Harmony Rd., Marengo, IL 60 152, T 87-978 UP Natural Gas Switchers & Fuel Tenders, 1992+ has announced a new series of fo ur HO scale (available now) and two T 87-979 BNSF GE Dash-8 Locos, Red & Silver Scheme, 1996+

£dilor's NOle: Please talk 10 YOllr dealerjirsl regarding any new producls. If yo II wOllld like addilional in/ormation li'Ol11 Ihe manulaclllrer. please dO I/'lforgel lo illc/llde a number len, selraddressed, stamped ellvelope. This will help all concerned. Thanks.

MODEL RAILROADING 14 ... MARCH 1997 T 87-980 Bangor & Aroostook Locos, Blue & Gray Scheme, MKT car is $3 1 .00 and the others are $30.00. Add $4.00 S&H USA 1952-'63 ($8.55 Canada) for up to five cars per order. T MC-420 1 U.S. Flags -48 Star, 1912-'59 T MC-4202 U.S. Flags - 50 Star, 1960+ To nlC/r IlIdlls/ries, 9520 E. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor, MI 49022, T MC-4203 Viking Freight System 28' Trailers & Tractors, Old has a working HO Crossing Signal (#H-862) handmade of brass. It Scheme, 1990+ comes assembled wired LEOs. Retail $46.95/pr. Flashing unit is T MC-4204 28' Trailer Data, 1980+ available separately. These HO decals retail for $4.00; Minicals (MC) are $2.00.

Plano Model Prodllcts, 270 I W. 15th St., Suite 113, Plano, TX 75075, has released the fo llowing new etched stainless-steel details: T 366 Cross Over Platforms - Round Pattern... $2.2 5/3 T 367 Cross Over Platforms - Slotted Pattern ...$2. 25/3 T 368 Cross Over Platforms - Diamond Pattern... $2. 25/3 T 369 Cross Over Platforms - Diamond Thread Plate ...$2.2 5/3 T 370 Cross Over Frame Steps - 12" W (Various Patterns)... $2.25 /3 T 37 1 Cross Over Frame Steps - 18" W (Various Pallerns)... $2.50 /3 T 372 Chrome Quarter Finders ... $2.25/2 T 373 Mack CH613 Mirror Set #2 - Beveled Back (Herpa/Pro­ motex) ...$2.00 Wa lthers, 560 I W. Florist T 374 International Mirror Set #2 - Straight Lower Arms Ave., Milwaukee, WI 5320 1- (Herpa/Promotex)... $2.0 0 3039, has re leased the book I I Tra ins. Tracks & Ta ll TimiJer I',,_W UII' �, J!: I I -' - --:..:..;-;;;:--- Reboxx, 8A Henshaw SI., Woburn, MA 01801-4624, has added by Matt Coleman. Price is -�. replica re placement boxes for Kumata, Soho, Coach Yard, High $49.98. The March release in the Trees and Tra ins Series is the Moun­ Country Brass and Cascade HO brass passenger cars. Boxes have the tain Lumber Co. Sawmill (933-3058, $69.98). Also released is their 45' same dimensions as the originals and come in nine colors complete logging flatcar w/logs decorated as: MILW, BN, Chehalis Western, with foam packing, self-adhesive label and a polyethelyne wrapper. Georgia-Pacific, UP, SP and undec. ($1 2.98 ea. or $35.98/3). New road­ Other boxes and foam packing are available to replace deteriorating names for the 50' waflle-side boxcar are L& N, Wisconsin Central, Pick­ fo am and missing or damaged boxes for other brass importers. Send ens, B ,Aberdeen & Rockfish and CP ($9.98 ea.). SASE for list. We.l'lerfield, SlIllshille Models. Route 21, Box 374, Box 4997. Springfield, River Road, Cross­ MO 65808-4997, is ville, TN 38555, releasing cast gray has released the urethane kits for the PRR XL ventilated Santa Fe Fe-26, MKT boxcar (over 1,500 45000 series, SP A-50- cars were built) in every variation from 1906 into the '30s. Cars built 16, Cotton Belt 46300 series, CB&Q XA- 16 and IC 36000 series 40 ' for PRR subsidiary New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk (four ver­ double-door auto boxcars. Kits reflect the individual detailing varia­ sions) are $27.00; PRR cars (two versions) are $26.00. All cars are tions and peculiarities found on each road 's cars. ATSF car is $32.00, less trucks & couplers.

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Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, has new roadnames for their wide-vision caboose: Rio Grande, Maine Central, NP, Read­ ing and Soo Line. Cabooses come with either M ic ro-Trai ns" or Rapido couplers. The Evans 53' double-plugdoor boxcar comes with Rapido coupl ers (underframe will accept M icro-Trains" couplers) Micro-Trains", 35 1 Rogue River Pkwy., P. O. Box 1200, Ta lent, decorated for Aloha Shake; Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern; OR 97540- 1200, has released the following: Northwest Hardwoods; Ogden Corp.: Ralston Purina and TP&W. T TTX 89' 4" TOFC flatcar w/Rio Grande trailer, (Road No. TTX 2527 14), RTR #7 15241-1 ...$27.90 laks Industries, P. O. Box 1421, Golden, CO 80402- 1421, has T Railbox (3-pack) 50' rib-side boxcars, (Road Nos. RBOX 31558, released the fo llowing cast-resin kit in their Period Miniatures line: 31562, 31574), RTR #25562 ... $40.20 Birthplace of Model Railroader (PM -544) ...$1 8.95 T Chicago Great Western single-dome tank car, (Road No. CGW 290), RTR #65400... $1 7.40 Microscale Indllstries, 1570 Sunland Ln., Costa Mesa, CA 92626, T Western Maryland 40' steel boxcar, (Road No. WM 29 140), RTR has the following decals available in N scale: #20396 ...$9.65 T 60-977 UP Locos, We Will Deliver slogan, 1996+ T 60-979 BNSF GE Dash-8 Locos, Red & Silver Scheme, 1996+ S&R Models, P. O. Box 7804, Jacksonville, FL 32238, has the fol­ T 60-980 Bangor & Aroostook Locos, Blue & Gray Scheme, lowing custom-decorated special-run models: 1952-'63 T 613-6 15 Delaware Valley cylindrical covered hoppers decorated ... 6()-42()\ U.S. Flags -48 Star, 1912-'59 for CSX (3 #s) ...$1 7.95 ea. or $5 1 .00/3 T 60-4202 U.S. Flags - 50 Star, 1960+ T 620, 632 & 633 Atlas 3-bay PS covered hoppers decorated for T 60-4203 Viking Freight System 28' Trai lers & Tractors, Old Bunge Corp. (3 #s) ...$1 5.95 ea. or $45.00/3. Scheme, 1990+ All cars come equipped w/Micro-Train® couplers; Rapido cou­ T 60-4204 28' Trai ler Data, 1980+ plers available only upon requesl. Add $4.00 S&H per order. Send These N scale decals retail for $3.25. SASE for free new product/price list.

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has the fo llowing decals available in 0 scale: .Iaks Industries, P.O. Box 1421, Golden, CO 80402- 1421, has T 48-560 U.S. Flags -48 Star, 1912-'59 released the following cast-resin kit in their MilePost Model Works T 48-56 1 U.S. Flags - 50 Star, 1960+ line: MPM- 1 806 Highlands Station ...$72.95. A limited-edition Pre­ T 48-562 Viking Freight System 28' Trailers & Tractors, Old mier Edition version is also available from Highlands Station, pub­ Scheme, 1990+ (2 sheets) lishers of Model Railroading magazine f<;lI' $79.95. T 48-563 28'Trailer Data, 1980+ These decals retail for $4.25 (single sheet) and $7.50 (two-sheet set). Microscale Industries, 1570 Sunland Ln., Costa Mesa, CA 92626,

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R.S.S. VP. Models, P. O. Box 345, Tyngsboro, MA 01879, in coop­ heads, installed .016 wire grabs, eration with Downs Models is releasing a limited-edition (300 cars) wrapped & banded building-material 8,000-gal. lined tank car in scale or hi-rail versions decorated for load, fr iction or rOller-bearing 70-ton Revere Sugar Refinery. Car #003 1 carries liquid sugar syrup and is metal trucks, AF hi-rail wheels and painted white w/colorfu l graphics. Price is $39.95 plus $5.00 for couplers and four scale code 110 S&H. MA residents add 5% sales tax. metal wheelsets. Mounting holes for Kadee® #802 couplers are provided. S-I-Ielper Service, 2 Roberts Rd., New Brunswick, NJ 08901- Roadnames are BN, CB&Q, IC, Southern, UP, Rio Grande and 1621, is releasing a RTR 53' 6" GSC Bulkhead Flatcar w/load. Car Wabash. Cars come with 2 #s and two loads. Price is $49.95 ea. features die-cast Zamac® metal body 'yV/ABS plastic deck & bulk- Avai lable at hobby shops or direct. NJ residents add 6% sales tax.

MULTI SCALE

Blair Line Signs, P. O. Box 2291, Lee's Summit, MO 64063-729 1, Model Rectifier Corp., 80 Newfield Ave., P. O. Box 63 12, Edison, has released full-color plastic signs for Feed & Seed stores. HO NJ 088 1 8-63 12, introduces a hand-held controller for their Command (# 157) and N (#057) are priced at $5.00 for a 2-sheet set. 2000 DCC System. Controller has a coiled cable w/telephone connec­ tor, blinking on-off LED, light button, 2 throttles, accessory button Dallee Electronics, 10 Witmer Rd., Lancaster, PA 17602, has and a group select button. diesel sound units that feature actual recordings of 8-notch motor sound, brake release, compressor and (with a DC #585 DCC receiver) Redtree Produc­ horn and bell sounds. DC vers ion starts at $99.95, AC starts at tions 1124 County Rd., $109.95 . Both units come with I" speaker, adjustable volume and Mt. Genoa, CO 808 18- notch threshold, work with DCC receivers or as stationary units, and 9702, has their "Track are fully built and tested. GE sound system is $109.95 for DC, Shack" kits for a 50' $1 19.95 for AC. Catalog is $5.50, Application Guide is $6.50 ($ 1 1.50 Truck Scale with ramp, for both). scale and shack (HO # I 083, $7.95; N # 1183, $5.95) and E-R Model Importers, 1000 S. Main St., Newark, NJ 145 13, an Assay Office (HO #9002, $5.95; announces #7598 Sticky Stuff removable or permanent glue. Glued N #9 102, $4.95). Their "Outback items can be fastened and, if desired, repositioned anytime. Price is Models" kits include a wood bridge $7.50. (HO #2 102, $16.95; N #2002, $12.95; S #2202, $22.95; 0 #2302, Fletchco Scale Products, 9 Smolkin St., Arnprior, ON K7S 3R9 $3 1 .95) and an equipment shed (HO #2 124, $13.95; N #2024, Canada, has the following HO and N scale polyurethane kits: Com­ $10.95; S #2224, $16.95; 0 #2324, $19.95). Direct orders wel­ muter bi-Ievel coaches and cab cars in GO Transit, West Coast come; catalog is $3.50 postpaid. Express, Metrolink, Miami Tri-Rail and Coaster versions. Cars have correct trucks, correct pilots and ends, full rivet detail and flush win­ Throltle UP l, P. O. Box 33924, Denver, CO 80233-0924, (303) dow frames (less wheelsets and couplers); also available is an F59PH 465-4191, has an updated #HPL-75B Hyperlight Electronic Loco shell (HO version will fit Athearn GP40-2/50/60 undelframe). HO kits Illumination System. Unit reproduces nine different lighting patterns, are $39.99 (Can.), N kits are $25.99 (Can .). Send SASE for catalog. has directional headlights and non-directional lights for markers, numberboards, inspection and ditch lights. Module can be easily cus­ Logic Rail®, 21175 To mball Pkwy., Suite 287, Houston, TX tomized for various lighting effects by cutting jumper wires on the 77070, has the SemaphoreMaste electronic circuit to control up to board. Price is $39.95 . Optional Ditch Light Sensor kit will allow eight To mar HO semaphores. Price is $89.95. Unit can be used in ditch lights to come on at any desired track location. conjunction with their SignalMaster® (translates signal light info on 3-light signal into control for semaphore motors). Both units can be Thomas A. Yo rke, P. O. used with Chubb's C/MRI or other manufacturers ' signal circuit; will Box 677 188, Orlando, FL work in all scales. Send large SASE w/64¢ postage for info. Logic­ 32867, has released the Rai [email protected] for Email or http://ourworld.com­ Ozumba Viaduct which puserve.com/homepages/LogicRaiITech for Website. can be used fo r 0 or S scales with Hydrocal abut­ Miniatronics, 561-K Acorn St., Deer Park, NY 11729, has their ments and piers. Atlas HO & N scale plastic plate girder bridge parts free 1997 catalog featuring multi-scale street I ights and "neon" signs (not included) are to be used for the bridge sections. Completed span plus a line of electronic parts and accessories. Send 55¢ SASE with can be utilized for S scale standard/narrow gauge or 0 scale light­ request. duty standard/narrow gauge. �

MODEL RAILROADING 16 .... MARCH 1997 DDueT REVIEWS

PFE R-30-12 and R-30-9 Reefers from Red Caboose by Alan Houtz The extra 6" of height of the R-30-9 on the right is easily noticed when it is placed next to the shorter R-30-12 on the left. Photo by the author The R-30-9 kit is a model of the rebuilt R- casting in this kit, so you will have to mask 've been a Southern Pacific fan almost 30-12 and R -30-13 classes. Those cars were these surfaces prior to painting the roof. Since since I became interested in model rail­ originally built from 1920 through 1926. They [ am somewhat fussy about prototypically Iroading. This puts me in a rather small mi­ were rebuilt in the late '30s and early '40s. correct appearances (my fe llow club mem­ nority, as I live in Birmingham, Alabama. The rebuilds received new Equipco brake gear bers are quick to point out any "goofs" and The Southeast has some great railroads and a (the K brake was retained), increased capacity delight in doing so), I painted the roofs on lot of modeling potential, but the SP's cab­ (the extra 6" height), a taller door and the these cars. The black roof really makes the forward articulateds and the West Coast replacement of grabirons with ladders. This car stand out from other cars of later classes. scenery stole my heart at a very young age. kit can be built with either the old wooden ice These kits are assembled in steps. First the One thing I have in common with my hatches or modem Equipco hatches. It is num­ roof, then the ends, the body, and finally, the friends who model southeastern railroads is bered correctly for a car with the wooden floor. The roofwalk can be attached in either the Pacific Fruit Express. Jointly owned by hatches. Red Caboose is to be congratulated of two ways. You can drill out the pre-located the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific rail­ for going to the expense of an entire new set holes and use the locating pins or cut the pins roads, PFE fielded the largest fleet of refrig­ of tooling, so that this car would be prototypi­ off and glue the walk directly to the roof. J erator cars in the country. During the 1950s cally con·ect. It would have been easy to sim­ have tried both and strongly recommend the their fleet was more than twice the size of the ply use the earlier tooling and just change the latter. You get a much cleaner appearance next largest company, the Santa Fe Refriger­ numbers and repolting data. Chances are that without the locating pins. I fo und that the ator Despatch. If you were born before 1970, only those of us who study the PFE closely most demanding part of the kit to assemble chances are very good that you have eaten would have been aware of the inaccuracy. J was the floor. The center sill must be built up, products that were transported in one of the hope other manufacturers fo llow their lead in and the bolsters and cross bracing are all i ndi­ PFE's distinctive orange refrigerator cars. this kind of attention to detail. vidual pieces which must be attached to the These cars roamed all over the country, so no The R-30- 12 kit is an earlier version of the floor one piece at a time, much like a wood or matter what railroad you model, PFE refrig­ car which would be accurate for cars of this resin kit. There are locating pins and holes to erator cars will not be out of place. class which were updated through approxi­ make sure you get everything straight. I have always preferred the wood-bodied mately 1932. The kit depicts cars which have If you want a completely detailed car, you refrigerator cars. For me, they have more received metal roofs and additional grabirons will need to add brake rods and piping to the character than the later steel-bodied cars. but have not yet been upgraded to R-30- 12-9s. floor assembly. There are no materials provided There were so many varieties that the oppor­ [t is interesting to note how much rebuilding for this. I just used brass wire. The train line tunities for kitbashing are almost unlimited. was done by the Pacific Fruit Express. [n many goes under the frame cross pieces. You will The wood-bodied cars were also the most instances, cars were stripped to the center sill need to notch the center sill where the line numerous, with 17 different classes and sub­ and completely rebuilt, including trucks and crosses the car centerline by the brake assembly. types. These were built from 1906-'40. brake gear. The reason for this can be fo und in Since this detail is not visible unless you pick up The last few years have seen the develop­ the tax laws of the period. Rebuilding was con­ the car, J chose to leave it off. The brake rods ru'e ment of high-quality freight-car kits which sidered an expense and was tax deductible. visible and should be added for proper apperu'­ bridge the gulf between the "shake-the-box" Capital outlay for new equipment was not ance, You will Wrult to locate the brake rods ruld and craftsman-type kits. Companies such as deductible. This practice continued until the piping carefully, as there is a possibility of inter­ IMWX, InterMountain, C&BT Shops, and late I 940s when the tax laws were changed. ference on smaller radius curves. Nothing is now Red Caboose, have developed high When I opened these kits up I was quite so frustrating as to spend an extra hOllr or quality car kits which yield prototypically delighted. The casting quality is excellent; the two on perfectly accurate brake rigging, and correct models. These kits are fun to build tooling is clearly superior. [n addition to the then have to go back and cut half of it out and sharpen your modeling skills. tool ing revisions for the R-30-9 kit, all kits because the car won't run on your layout. Trust The newest Red Caboose models are of the have received new thinner roofwalks with me on this one, I have leruned by experience. R-30- 12 and R-30-9, two of the most numer­ more detail. The characteristic PFE orange The kits assembled well. Flash was mini­ ous c\a se of wood-bodied PFE reefers. These appears a little darker than the R-30- 1 2-9s mal, and the parts fit very nicely. I especially kits are very similar to the earlier Red Caboose released earlier. When building the R-30- l2 liked the method of attachment for the car R-30- 12-9 kit, except that the tooling for the kit you will have to paint the car roof black if ends. Locating pin orientation prevents you R-30-9 body has been revised to accurately you want a completely accurate car. The from reversing the A and B ends, and the reflect the additional 6" of height added to hatch platforms, roofwalk and the fascia will corners are a mitered fit making alignment these cars when they were rebuilt. stay Oxide Red. The fascia is palt of the roof essentially goof proof. Be sure to drill out the

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 17 HO SCALE REVIEW

holes for the grabirons and brake gear on the sides and ends of the car. Th is will decrease Bachmann Plus General your chance of breaking these small parts. It will also allow you to apply cement from Electric (GE) B30-7 inside for neater joints. I used Microscale's Microweld liquid cement on this kit for every by Rich Picariello thing except roof and floor attachment, where I used CA. I prefer M i crowe ld he B30-7 locomo because it is gentler than most of the other tive was deliv­ liquid cements, it does not generate a lot of eredT by General Elec­ fumes, and in most cases will not attack tric between 1977 and paint. Unfortunately, even the Microweld 1981. They were 3,000- will attack the Oxide Red paint used on the hp units with 16-cylinder roof and ends of this kit, so use caution. prime movers. Owners One thing I did not care fo r was the of the B30-7 included method of molding the grabirons. Unlike the C&O (to CSX 5500- grabs in their earljer kits, they are attached to 5580); Seaboard System; SLSF (to BN 5485- Other features are: their sprues at the outward facing side of each 5492); SP and Cotton Belt. .... Blackened RP-25 contour nickel-silver grabiron. The problem with this is that no In 1980, Missouri Pacific requested that wheels matter how careful you are, or how sharp their last three units of an order for 2,250-hp .... GE FB-2 truck sideframes your blade, separating the grabs from the B23-7s, be converted to 3,000-hp retaining .... Diecast chassis with added weight sprues leaves visible cut marks. The two pos­ the 12-cylinder configuration (Road Nos. .... Diode directional lighting sible ways to deal with this are to either touch 4667-4669). These locomotives were desig­ .... Lighted front and rear numberboards up the grabs with AccuFlex Light Oxide Red nated as B30-7 A. The 55 subsequent produc­ .... Molded rear X-panels and Engine Black, respectively, or to replace tion B30-7 As were all acquired by the .... Colored handrails with improved the grabs with Detail Associates parts. For Missouri Pacific as their road numbers 4800- contours review purposes, I built these cars using the 4854. When the MP was merged into the .... Body-mounted coupler pockets standard parts provided by Red Caboose. The Union Pacific, they were renumbered 167- .... Separate fuel and air tanks next ones I do will be fitted with wire grabs. 169 and 200-254. Southern ordered 22 B30- .... Aluminum-painted exhaust stack Hopefully Red Caboose will go back to the 7 A I units (Road Nos. 3500-352 1). Since the The B30-7 is offered as: undecorated, B earlier method of molding the grabirons. Southern preferred to run their diesel locomo­ 5486 and 549 1 (whiteface paint scheme), Mis­ The grabirons and other more delicate tives with the long hood forward, they were souri Pacific4624 and 4637 (dark blue), CSX parts are molded in a more flexible styrene delivered with a high short hood. The only 5520 and 5542 (gray, yellow and blue). Of the than used by some other manufacturers. This other B30-7A order was for cabless B units roads, MP (and later, the UP) owned only the makes them a little more user friendly and for the Burlington Northern designated as B30-7 A. BN's B30-7 ABs were all cab less B less subject to breakage. Some extra pieces B30-7AB. The total number of all B30- units and BN's eight other normal cabbed of the more delicate items are included. 7AIA IIAB units built was 200. B23-7s and B30-7s units (5485-5492) were the former These cars are furnished with snap­ the first order of BN B30-7 ABs share the SLSF 863-870 (delivered in 1977), acquired together Bettendorf T section trucks and same carbody. All the Southern units and the when SLSF was merged into the BN in 1980. plastic wheelsets. I replaced the p l astic last order for BN B units (they also have their CSX units were B30-7s from the C&O. wheel sets with Kadee® metal wheel sets. I do dynamic brake resistors mounted in a box Our three samples, one decorated for the this with all of my rolling stock. I like the above the equipment blower) had the equip­ Missouri Pacific and the other two for free-rolling properties of the wheels, and it ment blower moved to the cab end of the Burlington NOithern, show an improved paint­ adds weight to the car. The as-built car prime mover instead of its normal place at the ing over the previously offered B23-7. The weighed in at just under 2 oz. I added weight radiator end. Overall length of the B23-7, paint was applied in a much thinner coat. The to bring each up to just over 4 oz. - I like B30-7 and all B30-7A variants is 62' 6" with overall detai ling is the same as the B23-7 as my cars a little over the NMRA standards. a truck center of 36' 2". The B30-7 fam ily the shells are virtually identical. The model No couplers are furnished. The draft-gear could be ordered with GE FB-2 trucks or comes almost ready-to-run, the handrails need boxes will accept Kadee, InterMountain or placed on trade-in AAR type B or EMD to be applied by the modeler. Even though the McHenry couplers. Blomberg B trucks. molded handrails have been improved, they The R-30-9 kit comes in the "Double Bachmann has released an HO scale GE still need further refinement to approach the Herald" scheme, and the R-30- 12 kit is B30-7. The chassis is similar to the one used excellent handrails found on Kato or Proto available in either the "Overland Herald" on Bachmann's earlier B23-7, only much 2000 locomotives. The fuel tank on the model scheme or lettered for Western Pacific. Mul­ improved. The model is powered by a low is flat on the sides all the way up to the sills. tiple road numbers are available. current draw 5-pole skew-wound motor. Heli­ On the prototype, there is a notched area You can expect to spend about three to cal-cut slow-speed gearing supplies an all­ below the sill where the fuel filler and sight four hours on your first attempt at one of wheel drive that is smooth and powerful. All glass are found. The model fuel tank does not these kits. This will drop to about an hour the wheels provide electrical pickup by allow for the addition of these details and and a half once you become familiar with wipers pressing against the back side of the would have to be modified by the modeler to a the methods of assembly. wheels. Dual machined and balanced fly­ more accurate shape. The R-30- 12 and R-30-9 are welcome wheels contribute to the model's fine pelfor­ Overall, Bachmann has produced a fine additions to the other fine kjts available from mance. The model was somewhat noisy at rulming model of GE's B30-7. At a retail price Red Caboose, and I hope that they continue higher speeds but this should improve as the of $35.00, the model is a bargain that should their winning streak. Retail $14.75. unit is broken in. finda place on many contemporary era layouts.

MODEL RAILROADING 18 ... MARCH 199 7 Rail Power Products 28' FRP Smooth-Side Wedge Trailer

by David A. Bontrager ROADWAY Photos by the author

he latest release from Rail Power Prod­ ucts, immediately following the 28' rib-sidT e wedge trailer, is an FRP (Fiber­ glass Reinforced Plywood) smooth-side 28' wedge trailer, another "freight pup." Refer to my review of the Rail Power 28' rib-side wedge trailer in the November 1996 Model Railroading for prototype information and terminology on 28' trailers. Many LTL trucking companies use FRP trailers ; the entire fleet of Watkins Motor Lines is com­ prised of Great Dane FRP trailers, and the majority of Old Dominion's and Viking's fleet of 28' pups are Wabash National FRP smooth-sides. Of the large unionized LTL carriers Roadway has an enormous roster of 28' FRP smooth-sides and Carolina Car­ correct. The lower side rail is the same as ficult. The seams could be lightly scribed riers (now ASF) also uses them, although used on the rib-side trailer. The front corner into the sides of the model, but then the they are a minority group within the ABF posts have an "average" radius; they fa ll in­ problem of adding rivets arises. trai ler roster. between a square corner and a wide radius The model represents a fiberglass-sided corner, correct for this trailer. The front wall Summary trailer, hence the lack of sheeting seams features a heavy upper end rail and lower The model accurately matches certain and vertical rivet patterns as found on alu­ bulkhead, which is typical for this type of 28' Wabash National FRP smooth-side minum smooth-side trailers, which are trailer. The air and electrical connections are trailers. After decaling two of these trailers technically an interior-post design. Thus, located at the center of the front wall on a for Overnite and Ye llow, neither of which the FRP type of trailer is truly a smooth­ mounting plate and look good. There is no uses FRP trailers, then sitting back and crit­ side. As with previous models of inter­ record box tooled into the front wall, which ically looking at them, I believe they look modal and highway equipment, Rail is good since this detail will vary consider­ great. The model adequately captures the Power does not identify a manufacturer on ably among the various carriers, and some essence of an aluminum smooth-side trailer the package. Reviewing my photos, this carriers don't use a record box at all, just a also, therefore, I consider it to be an excel­ model matches a late (and many earlier) registration holder. The rear of the Viking lent product. Wabash National-built Viking Freight Sys­ Wabash-built 28' pups is a very close match The model is offered undecorated only tems trailer. to a Strick design. and decals are included. As with other Rail The model features the same floor and The model is offered in six roadnames; Power Products kits, the decals are custom associated underframe details and the same Carolina, Overnite, Roadway (traditional produced by Microscale Industries. Be sure rear section as the 28' rib-side trailer previ­ and late), Viking and Ye llow. Of the six, Car­ to check Model Railroading 's Sandhouse ously released. Actually the underframe olina, Roadway and Viking use FRP trailers column each month for new releases of details go back to the UPS 28' container built by Fruehauf, Pines, Strick and Wabash. trucking company decal sets from chassis; the suspension is correct, but the Overnite and Ye llow use large numbers of Microscale Industries. landing gear is too narrow and generic for a aluminum smooth-side trailers, but they do Kits are offered with the following decals freight pup. The sides feature an upper side not use FRPs. At a distance they all look like included: Roadway Express (traditional), rail with large rivets (or large cap bolts) totally smooth-side trai lers without panel Overnite Transportation, Ye llow Freight, which is common with this type of trailer seams, so this model can easily be used to Carolina Carriers, Roadway Express (late) construction. There are also large vertical represent these, but specific modeling of an and Viking Freight Systems (#820-825, rivets at each end of the side walls, which is aluminum smooth-side trailer would be dif- respectively). Each kit is $7.00. �

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING � 19 L DETAIL 5E-UP

Lehigh and New England (LNE) FA 1/FB1 HO Scale Models by E-R Model Importers and Wa lthers N Scale Model by Roco

by Rich Picariello

Photos fro m the Houser Collection

he Prototype FAIIFBl: American Lo­ later sold to the Louisville & Nashville. listed in their products catalog. Proto Power comotive Co. (ALCo) introduced LNE was a shortline which once ran in New West has a complete FA/FB chassis with a theT 1,500-hp FA lIFB 1 in 1946. In early Jersey and Pennsylvania. can motor (#54413) for $74.00. 1950, unit horsepower was increased to The Scale Model FA lIFBl: E -R N scale modelers can use the Roco FA I . 1,600 hp. At the end of production in late Importers has an FA I imported from Brazil AHM once made an FA I which may be 1950, 433 A units and 249 B units had (no FB 1 is available). Walthers has recently found at railroad flea markets or swap meets. been bui It. introduced their FA I and FB I in their Train­ Paint and Decal Notes: LNE loco­ Lehigh and New England acquired line® Series. These units are improved ver­ motives were painted all black with J ,500-hp FA I and FB 1 units in 1948 and sions of the former Train-Miniature models. white stripes. Microscale HO and N 1949. They were numbered 701 to 710 for A A-Line had undecorated Train-Miniature scale decal sets contain all the necessary units and 751 to 753 for B units. All were FA lIFB I shells but they are not currently white striping.

T MODEL RAILROADING 20 MARCH 1997

Lehigh and New England (LNE) FA 1/FB1

Detail Parts for HO Scale: PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) ...... 1.50/4 copper) ....2. 00/4 1-CF215 Air hom (brass)" ...... 2. 69/2 UP94 Windshield wipers (beryUium CS422 Air horn (brass)* ...... 2.50 /2 UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) ...... 1.50/4 DW173 Air hom (brass)" ...... 2.9 5/2 2 -ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) ...... Detail Parts for N Scale:

10.00/sheet 1 -JNJ111 Air horn,single ...... 3.50 /2 DA2210 Chain, blackened ...... 2.25 /12" SE N702 Air horn, single ...... 1.6512 PSC48237 Chain ...... · ..2.75 /10" 2 -ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) ...... 3 -MV22 Classificationlenses ...... 1.50/4 10.00/sheet 4-ALM9900 Diaphragm, FIE units (not shown) ...... 4.4 9/2 10 40 lpi ...... 2.25 /12" 5 -OM9171 Door handle (brass) ...... 1.70/2 DA22 Chain, PSC3998 Door handle (plastic) ...... 1.50/6 4 -ALM8900 Diaphragms, black (#89 l0 gray) ...... 4.95/4 6 -DA2702 Fan grille* ...... 3.00/2 10 -PSC6704 Hose, air line (brass) ...... 1.50/6 7 -DA2221 Grab bar ...... 1.25/6 PSC6705 Hose, air line (plastic) ...... 2.50 /24 8 -DA2216 Grabiron, curved, anti-climber ...... 2.00 112 11 -ASM0101 Lift lugs/eyebolts/u-bolts (etched brass) ...... 9 -MV11 Headlight lens* ...... 1.85/2 8.29/sheet 10 -CS227 Hose, air line (brass) ...... 2.1 5/4 12 -SE N499 Speed recorder...... 1.65/2 DA6206 Hose, air line (delrin) ...... 1.25/6 13 -DA8214 Sunshade ...... 1.25/4 11 -DA1106 Lift rings, ALCo FAIPA ...... 1 .25/12 12 -CF196 Speed recorder (brass) ...... 4.39 /4 16 -ME NW1 Windshield wipers ...... 3. 33/4 DA2807 Speed recorder (delrin) ...... 1.50/4 13 -AL29211 Sunshade (photo-etched brass) ...... 2.3 5/6 The following parts must be fabricated by the modeler:

DA1302 Sunshade (plastic) ...... 1.25/8 A - Brake cylinder air line - form from .010 wire. 14 -CS450 Steps (brass)" ...... 3. 50/4 B - Grab rails - make from .0lD wire. 15 -DA2312 Wind deflector, straight (clear plastic) .... 1.25/4 C - Coupler lift bar - make from .0 I 0 wire. OM9327 Wind deflector, straight (brass) ...... 2.50 /4 UP77 Wind deflector/mirror (brass) ...... 2. 00/2 16 -AL29200 Windshield wipers (dell·in) ...... 2.9 5/8 * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with CS419 Windshield wipers (brass) ...... 3.50 /4 the listed models; replacement of any or aU original parts is left ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) ...... 2.9 8/set to the discretion of the modeler.

Decals Paints Floquil: Pro Color: HO Scale: AccuFlex: 110010 Engine Black 400 Flat Black Microscale 87-882 16-0 1 Engine Black 1100 11 Reefer White 412 Flat White Wa lthers 934-67900 16-02 Reefer White MODELflex Scalecoat: N Scale: Accu+Paint: 16-0 1 Engine Black 10 Black Microscale 60-882 I Stencil White 16-02 Reefer White I I White Walthers 938-67900 2 Stencil Black Polly Scale: Scalecoat n (plastic compatible): 414J IO Steam Power Black 2001 Locomotive Black 4141 13 Reefer White 20 I I White

ALI A-Line/Proto Power West CF: Custom Finishing ME: Miniatures by Eric SE: Sunrise Enterprises PPW: P.O. Box 7916 379 Tully Road RR #I P. O. Box J72 La Ve rne, CA 91750 Orange, MA 01364 Busby, Albelta Doyle, CA 96109 Canada TOG OHO ALM: American Limited Models DA: Detail Associates UP: Utah Pacific Box 7803 Box 5357 MV: MV Products 9520 E. Napier Avenue Freemont, CA 94537-7803 San Luis Obispo, CA P. O. Box 6622 Benton Harbor, Ml 49022 93403 Orange, CA 92667 ASM: Athabasca Scale Models Note: These detail parts may be 771 Wilkinson Way DW: Details West OM: Overland Models Inc. available at your local hobby Saskatoon, SK P.O. Box 5132 3808 W. Kilgore Avenue dealer(s), so try there first. If Canada S7N 3L8 Hacienda Heights, CA Muncie, IN 47304-4896 you must order directly from 91745 a manufacturer, include at CS: Cal-Scale PSC: Precision Scale Company least $4.00 for postage and 21 Howard Street JNJ: JnJ Trains 3961 Hwy. 93 North handling. You must purchase Montoursville, PA 17754 P. O. Box 1535 Stevensville, MT 59870 the full quantities as shown Ottumwa, lA 52501 in the detail parts list. �

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 22 ... ON TRACK

New Track

by Jim Mansfield

- , Photos by the author 1 ----: The contrast of the dark ballast of the original passing track to the new off­ white ballast used for the new trackwork at Marceau adds some interest to the complete scene. This bit of detail tells a story without using any words.

ust like structures and rolling stock, the layout can be detailed to show years of wear-IHear. A good place to start this de­ Jtailing is with the trackage. Rails sinking into the dirt, weeds growing between the rails, rails kinking at joints and a wavy rail or two help add realism to the layout. Also needed is visible evidence that repairs and upgrades are being made once in a while. Even the worst of physical plants has loca­ tions where repairs have been made. Some "new" rail and a bit of clean, if not a dif­ ferent color, ballast can identify such re­ pairs. This modeling is simple when planned .£.. - fj.�, '--:0> prior to ballasting. A spoonful or two of the ._�t.�',,�._ S!f:l-: "new" ballast during ballasting is about all 2 - Here is an in-process shot taken to show the thin cardstock filler described that is required to highlight such areas. This in the text. At this point in the process, the track has undergone testing to type of detail allows the layout to appear ensure operational soundness. With the turnout control linkages and switch "lived in." machines in place, the scene can now be completed by adding new and old bal­ An additional method of modeling ongo­ last along with final details. ing trackwork is by including some "new" track as you develop your track plan. This lower to reach a spur track that starts at the Photo 2 shows the piece of .007 card­ new section of track can be in the form of an beginning of the north end of the siding. A stock that was cut to size and placed in the additional siding or yard track, a new inter­ long train looks good snaking its way down, area prior to the laying of the turnout ties. change track or a new crossover. To be suc­ through, and up-and-out of the pocket. 1 Note that the top layer of Upson board was cessful, the new track needs to look new. By have always enjoyed watching trains trudg­ also removed from the new trackboard in the that, I mean it must appear as an after­ ing through this kind of track. By using the locations of the new turnout ties. This piece thought to the original trackage. For exam­ pocket for train movement, the helpers gen­ of cardstock was attached with Hobsco Goo® ple, a new interchange track in a scene needs erally cool their heels on the north end of by the transfer method. This keeps the thin new track and turnouts, and any additional the siding track. This piece of the siding sheet from separating from the trackboards crossovers or sidings to support the inter­ track is now known as the helper track, or when water is applied during ballasting. change. Any wayside equipment or struc­ simply Helper. Note: Upson board is not affected by the tures added for the new interchange also Since this track was a last-minute track­ ballasting process. need to include the new look. design change, the passing siding and spur With the cardstock fi llers in place for Adding to Jersey Western history, we were already in place - with ties but no both new turnouts, the ties were placed by modeled a new track in the scene at Marceau rail. The two turnouts and connecting track the normal method. Once in place, these on the north end of Chupadera Loop. The needed to be built on a new piece of track­ ties were stained darker than the older ties, addition of two new turnouts and a short sec­ board cut to fit the new track route. Instead thus representing a recent addition. I chose tion of track resulted in the forming of a dou­ of removing any of the existing trackboard, a dark brown-black stain mixture instead of ble-ended helper pocket. This pocket makes the new piece was cut to tit the contour of a pure black color for these ties for a cou­ easier the movement of light helper units the existing trackboards. One end needed to ple of reasons. First, the scene represents down the nearly two-mile descent from be shaped to fitthe curve on the siding while work done the previous fall. Secondly, the above Humphreys Ta nk to To rtilla Flats Yard. the other end needed to be trimmed to fit the choice of ballast material (an off-white straight spur track. color) highlights the new ties much more The New Track The existing ties were removed in the than the other dark ballast in the scene. I The reason for the upgrade is two fold: locations of the two new turnouts by felt that true black ties would generate too first, the double-ended pocket adds to oper­ making a light incision in the Upson much contrast in the scene and would spoil ations. Secondly, and of even more impor­ board at both ends of the new turnout the effect. tance, is the scenic aspect. This pocket track locations. I then picked up the corner of Next time I will describe some other dips well below mainline elevation - the the top layer of Upson board with a #1 1 maintenance actions that have added addi­ south end starts on the passing track that is hobby blade and simply peeled the ties off tional character to the history-rich Jersey itself lower than the mainline and dips even of the trackboard. Western. �

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING � 23 he Milwaukee Road, properly known as MILW E7 19B is at Milwaukee, WI, on Independence Day 1964, showing off its T the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pa­ array of home-spun modifications: note add-on nose lift rings, numberboards cific, did reach the Pacific Ocean as its full (with the original intact but blanked over), wind deflector above the headlight, name claimed. However, it was the last of the simplified sand-filler hatches and four added vents in the side panels, including western transcon roads to reach the West the rear window. This angle shows the antiglare-green nose panel and the yel­ Coast and the first to exit, arriving there in low/gray color separation along the roof edge. It bears the class "20EP" under 1909 and retreating to its bastion in the Mid­ the road number, and the rectangular builder's plate is painted over. Parts of the west in 1977. This was major retrenchment fuel-tank skirting remain. Decals: Microscale 87-389. designed to "save" the more productive Mid­ Bob Gevaert photo, Bill Linley collection western lines of the road. That failing, the re­ mainder of the Milwaukee came under the MILW E7 18A has the plethora of mods common to MILW E7s by the 1960s; note Soo Line flag in 1985. The history of the road new numberboard is not exactly like that on unit 17B pictured here. This angle notwithstanding, it operated some premium shows the green antiglare area on the nose and the gray roof area separated and innovative passenger trains. Best known with a red stripe. The pilot is the original with retractable coupler but with a for its Hiawatha which debuted between modified coupler opening and external coupler cut levers. Most of the fuel-tank Chicago and the Twin Cities in 1935 fea­ skirting is removed. In good condition, it has five years left to work. Madison, turing new fully-streamlined 4-4-2 Atlantic WI; August 1963. Decals: Microscale 87-389 types pulling matching ribbed-side consists Photographer unknown, Bill Linley collection with a unique "beaver tail" parlor car bring­ ing up the rear; the rolling stock was bui lt in the company's own shops. Frequently top­ ping 100 mph, the train met with immediate success. This led to a demand for bigger power, and the famous F7 class 4-6-4 Hudson came along in 1938, carrying similar stream­ lining in an orange-and-maroon scheme. Nearly every year, a new Hiawatha was insti­ tuted to another point on the MILW system. Three years after the F7 Hudsons came, the first diesels arrived to begin shoulder­ ing the elegant 4-6-4 types aside; they were delivered in paint schemes modeled after the handsome, but soon to be obso­ lete, steam engines! A pair of E6As, num­ bered 15A,B arrived in September 1941, followed a month later by a pair of ALCo DL I 09s. Apparently the E6s proved them-

MODEL RAILROADING 24 ... MARCH 1997 MILW E7 17B with an unidentified mate wheel a six-car train at Glenview, IL, on August 13, 1966. Note that the oscillating Mars light is in use. The unit has been modified from nose to tail; note the pair of lift rings, homemade 45° numberboards with the class-light portion of the original intact, MU jumper receptacle (but no hoses in place), wind deflector above the head­ light and in front of the horn, rebuilt sand-filler hatches with no covers, and the vent behind the cab door is removed. Two screened vents have been added, and the second pane of the second window has a vent in it. There is what appears to be a cooling coil on the cab roof and wind deflec­ tors in front of the radiators. Both units have extra screening at the rear side. Decals: Microscale 87-389. Photographer unknown, Lou Marre collection

MILW E7 20B is as-built in this undated photo at Milwaukee. This scheme started with the E6s and by the early 1950s was replaced by a scheme which featured the Hia watha on the side. Although the trailing unit has extra ventilation screening at the rear, the units are pretty much as-built, with retractable coupler and nose MU but with no hoses in place. Note herald under the numberboard has the road's full name written out; later versions simply stated "The Milwaukee Road." Decals: Microscale 87-53. Photographer unknown, George Melvin collection

selves during the War years as the DL I 09 small E6/E7 fleet and equal to the number early 1950s. It is possible that some E7s pair were the only ALCo passenger units of E9s to be bought some years later. may have gotten that scheme for a brief bought by the Milwaukee. In 1946 the E7s The Milwaukee then followed their time. The ten-unit E7 fleet remained intact came, five A-A pairs numbered 16A,B- nearby competition of GN and NP in buying for IS years until 1961 when four units, 20A,B; the road never bought an E-unit freight-based passenger units. [n 1950-'52 16A, B, 19A and 20A were traded in on the booster. They carried a paint scheme like they bought 32 FP7 As which were operated road's last E-unit order for six E9s built fo r that of the E6 pair, proba b ly gray and with matching F7Bs to form A-B-A sets; Chicago commuter service. orange with yellow striping. My research these units bumped many of the straight pas­ In 1964 the 20B was scrapped after a sources have yielded no color views of the senger units to lesser roles. In 1955, the Mil­ wreck at Kenosha, WI. The remaining five early E7 livery so [ am hesitant to specu­ waukee took over the Union Pacific units were traded to EMD in 1968 on an late on their exact colors. passenger-train operation between Omaha, order which included yet more new passen­ With 52:25 gearing capable of a I 17 NE, and Chicago from the C&NW. This cre­ ger units, the FP45 this time. mph top speed, these units kept up the ated a major passenger route overnight, pos­ The Missouri-Kansas-Texas, also Hiawatha tradition but did not lead to sub­ sibly spawning an order for 12 E9As and six known as the Katy, entered the diesel era sequent orders for more E7s. The next pas­ matching B units, the largest E-unit pur­ conservatively, purchasing six Baldwin senger power bought was an order for chase by the MILW. Among the fleet of City switchers in 1946. However, the previous A-B-A sets of FM Erie-builts in 1946-'47 trains handed to and from the UP at Omaha year, larger plans were already laid down for for the new Olympian Hiawatha running the was even a City of Po rtland with its connec­ a new streamlined The Te xas Sp ecial, to be length of the 2.200-mile mainline from tion to Seattle forming competition with the operated jointly with the Frisco from St. Chicago to Seattle and Tacoma, complete Milwaukee's own cross-country train, the Louis to Dallas, Fort Worth and San Anto­ with "Skytop Lounge" parlor cars, the last Olyrnpiall Hiawatha! nio. The northern portion of the run, from style of the road's distinctive rear-end The E9s arrived in a new yellow scheme SI. Louis to Vinita, OK, was over the Frisco. equipment. U nlike competitors GN and NP, designed to match that of the UP passenger This route was 79 miles shorter (360 miles the Milwaukee did not have to depend on fleet; this soon became the standard passen­ versus 439) than the all-Katy route and took another road, like the CB&Q, to get their ger scheme for the Milwaukee. The E7s got in a major Missouri city, Springfield. The trains into the Windy City. The Erie-built repainted in this scheme, and it was used on Katy route would have made the train a poor fleet finally totaled 18 A units and six the FP7s as well, replacing the orange-and­ competitor to rival Missouri Pacific between boosters, much more numerous than the maroon-band scheme which dated to the SI. Louis and Dallas; as it was, the MoPac

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 25 The early appearance of The Te xas Special E7s is seen here as year-old MKT 101A is at St. Louis Union Sta­ tion in 1948. Note grabirons instead of vertical railings at the rear corners. Grabirons on the nose were chromed; later views show added grabirons. Decals: Microscale 87-455. Lou Marre collection

With only tiny initials below the MP herald on the side to identify it as a T&P unit, E7 number 4 is at Dallas on July 27, 1968; the unit has but four months left before scrapping. With portholes instead of windows, char­ acteristic of MP, and additional lou­ ver sets along the side and at the rear, it is thoroughly a MoPac loco­ motive. Note nose MU and extended buffer plate above the coupler; this unit once had a retractable coupler. Also note walkway ledge and grab­ iron arrangement for roof access, a five-chime horn and cooling coil on roof, wind deflectors for the radia­ tors and road number at the rear of the side panels. Decals: Microscale 87-74 (side herald, number a nd stripes) and 87-388 (nose herald). R. D. Ross photo, Aiken Rail Service collection

route was still about 75 miles shorter The first road freight diesels, seven A-B-A and New Orleans, the T&P operated Eagle­ between the two cities. This train would fea­ sets of F3s arrived in 1947 in a simplified fleet trains over this route in conjunction ture new lightweight rolling stock painted a version of the E7 scheme with gray sides. with the MP's self-description as "The brilliant red with two panels of stainless­ ALCo FA 1 s started arriving the following Route of the Eagles." In the mid 1950s T&P steel tluting and would be powered by pairs year in this version as well. The next passen­ and MP operated The Texas Eagle from EI of highly-decorated E7s. ger locomotives received were six ALCo Paso and a south Texas section from San The Katy bought a pair of E7s, numbered PA I s in 1949 and eight PA 2s in 1950-' 51; Antonio to St. Louis, providing through­ lOlA and 101C (or lOlA and 101B depend­ these were used on the heavier trains such as sleeper service all the way to New Yo rk City ing on the source of information), which Th e Bluebonnet and the Katy Flyer. These via a connection with the Pennsylvania's would alternate with a pair from a fleet of units carried striping, which was shadowed Pe nn Texas at St. Louis. The T&P's EMD six bought by the Frisco. Painted in a red to to simulate the stainless steel on the E7s, roster included ten E7s, eight bought in match the passenger equipment with stain­ and red pilots striped in yellow - a budget March 1947, numbered 2000-2007, and two less-steel tluting from the cab-entrance lad­ version of the 1947 E7 scheme. The rest of more received in April 1949, numbered ders to the rear that corresponded with the the passenger cabs purchased, nine E8s and 2008-2009. Painted in the MoPac blue and stainless panels on the cars, they carried The 12 FP7s, all began their career in the gray­ gray, they carried the T&P diamond herald Te xas Special lettering on the sides above sided version of this scheme. A "Paint on the nose, centered on the spread-wing the first side window and on the nose under Shop" fe ature on Katy EMD cab units, design of the Aztec eagle wi th Texas & the numberboards. The nose had a yellow including the E7s, complete with color dia­ Pacific spelled out on the lower side. In the panel down to a point at the lower headlight grams appeared in the August 1996 issue of MP renumbering of 1961, they became housing. Below the frame, the pilot and tank Model Railroader. units 1-10. By this time they were being skirting was red, with the top edge of the Formed from many smaller lines under repainted in the solid-blue scheme and some pilot, trucks and fuel tank in silver. The only Jay Gould's hand in the 1880s, the modern received the MoPac round herald and tiny difference between the Katy pair and the Missouri Pacific dominated a swath of the "TP" sublettering in place of the T&P dia­ Frisco units was that the MKT herald was country from St. Louis southwest to Texas mond. Units I, 2 and 10 were scrapped in forward on the Frisco one on the side below and the Mexican border. For decades the 1967, the 3-6 and 9 in 1968 while the 7 and the cab side window. They were never Te xas & Pacific was affiliated with the 8 lasted until 1969. repainted but by the mid 1950s had lost the MoPac until finally merged in 1976. While The Missouri Pacific sampled ALCo, dual heralds and train-name lettering, carry­ the initials of subsidiary lines such as Inter­ Baldwin and EMC switchers prior to World ing a Katy herald on the side just forward of national Great Northern may have shown up War LI but bought only EMC passenger the first window. on diesel locomotives, only the T&P had diesels prior to the confl ict, first a pair of Although assigned new numbers in the much of an identity by the time E units E3s, numbered 7000-700 1, in Spring 1939 1960 renumbering (54A and 54C), they came along. and then a custom-built "half E3," numbered were retired in 1964. The influence of The The T&P E7s will be included in this 7100, came in 1940; it had a single 1,000-hp Texas Special scheme on this first pair of section rather than a separate entry. Primar­ engine in the forward half with a baggage road diesels on the MKT was far reaching. ily an east-west road between EI Paso, TX, compartment in the rear half - only the for-

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 26 T MU'd between GP7s, T&P E7 6 differs a bit from unit 4. It has five portholes and the added louver sets are slightly higher, but it has no side herald or number. Dallas, TX; June 23, 1965. Decals: Microscale 87-74 (stripes) and 87-388 (nose herald). w. E. Mims photo, Aiken Rail Service collection

MP E7 22 (originally 7013) was a sin­ gle-unit order in September 1947. It has dual headlights as did all MP E7s. Five portholes and E9-style sand-filler covers have replaced the original equipment, typical MP mods. Also note nose MU and extended buffer plate; on the roof is an additional grab­ iron above the cab door, a cooling coil between the horns and a firecracker ward truck was powered. A pair of E6 A-B and Denver) and the Missouri River Eagle antenna; further back we see wind sets, numbered 7002A,B-7003A,8 arrived in between St. Louis and Omaha, NE. This deflectors for the radiators. Vertical October 1941; MP entered the War years train operated in the mid 1950s with stream­ louvers have replaced the originals with six "and a half' road diesels. These lined equipment built by ACF in 1939 that behind the cab door, extra louvers engines started the blue-and-gray scheme was painted in matching gray and blue with have been added at the rear, and a which became the standard road colors the round-end observation car on the rear tiny road number appears at the through the 1950s. After the War restrictions even adorned with an Aztec eagle wrapped lower rear corner. The fuel-tank skirt­ ended, a single A-B E7 set alTived in Sep­ around the rear much as it was on the nose ing is removed. Denver, CO; July 30, tember 1945, the 7004A,8; these units were of the E units. 1963. Decals: Microscale 87-74. the only E7s delivered with the highest gear­ Surprisingly, passenger-unit orders in the Lou Marre photo ing available; 52:25, capable of a 117 mph early 1950s favored the ALCo PA series. top speed. From late 1949 to 1952, eight E8s were T&P E7 3 and another E7 are at EI Paso, Two years passed and Spring 1947 saw a bought, four each for MP and T&P but 36 TX, on February 4, 1965, operating on sizable order for I I units, A units 7005A- PAs were bought, including 18 PA3s, more a coach-only remnant of Th e Te xas 70 12A and boosters 70108-70128. A single than a third of the total built of that model. Eagle. In solid blue but carrying T&P A unit, 70 13A, came later that year. Summer The system renumbering of 1961 found the diamonds on the nose and side, the 1948 saw the final E7 delivery, four A-8 sets B units renumbered into a group rather than unit is clean, but the paint a bit worn. n umbered lQ\4A,B-7 0 17A,B, giving the numbered with individual A units as the Note MU jumper-hose receptacle doors MP (without counting the T&P) a total of 22 original series had them. The A units were on each side of the headlight and an units. This stable powered the premium renumbered consecutively and became 13- extra grabiron below the number­ Eagle trains such as the Colorado Eagle 26 whi Ie boosters 70048, 70 I 08-70 128 board. Decals: Microscale 87-452. between St. Louis and Denver (operated and 70 148-7017B became 13B-20B. Matt Hersom, Jr., photo, over the Rio Grande between Pueblo, CO, The fonner C&EI units, I 100 and 110 I, Bill Linley collection

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING .. 27 MP 7004, the road's first E7, is with a matching booster at little Rock Union Depot, AR, in June 1961. The original numberboards have been replaced with the later style, but a sheet-metal patch where the old ones had been is very noticeable. The retractable cou­ pler doors have been trimmed down and permanent cut levers have been added. It has two MU-hose recepta­ cles and a ladder-only grabiron for nose access. On the roof, there is a firecracker antenna, a pair of standard single-chime horns and an extra grab­ iron. The wind deflectors for the radi­ ators are on both units. The side has the typical louver and porthole treat­ ment plus two extra louvers, and the fuel-tank skirting is removed. Decals: Herald King l-126, Microscale 87-388. Lou Marre photo

MP 7006, from the 1947 order, arrived with the new-style numberboards, but in this right-side view it appears to dif­ fer little from unit 7004. It lacks extra louvers on the side and still has its tank skirting intact even though some inspection holes have been cut into it. Kirkwood, MO; May 28, 1955. Decals: Herald King l-126, Microscale 87-388. R. R. Wa llin photo, Lou Marre collection

At St. louis Union Station in 1948, this overhead view of one-year-old MP E7 7012 offers a look at the early appearance of the fleet. The coupler is retracted, and there are no roof­ access grabirons. There are a pair of single-chime horns with the rearward one much smaller that the forward. It has the porthole treatment and a small additional louver at the rear. Note gray areas on roof. Perhaps the angle is deceiving, but the contour of the front edge of the gray side panel looks different from the other unit pictured. Note green flag above the cab door, denoting a following sec­ tion. Decals: Herald King l-126, Microscale 87-388. Lou Marre collection

Decal Note Two Microscale sets offer various detailing decals for E7s: Set 87-48, Diesel Locomotive briefly became MP 27 and 28 before moving For more photos of Missouri Pacillc E7s. Data Sheet has EMD model badges and other small stencil markings. Set 87-793, Diesel on to the L&N. By this time, the solid-blue see the Fall 1996 issue of The Eagle, the Data & Numberb oards, has other small livery was replacing the blue and gray, and publication of the Missouri Pacific Histori­ markings and numberboard inserts and the E7 fleet was being retired. Data was not cal Society, which fealLlres an article entitled numbers. These two sets will yield some­ available for all units, but units 13-18, 23 "Texas Eagle Memories." thing to enhance any E7 model. and 25 and the booster units were retired by Next month, our E7 coverage continues the mid 1960s. with New York Central. �

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 28 ... A MODEL REVIEW ARTICLE

Greenville Steel Car Company -1.1.

by Jim Six / Photos by the author

believe that realism is in the eye of the to buy an undecorated version and paint it because they have held fast with their aging beholder. What one person may per­ yourself since the Pennsy didn't have product lines while others such as Life-Like ceiveI as realistic may not be viewed upon Greenville gons of this prototype. Amen! have listened to the market and upgraded with such favor by another. To some model This change in the hobby is taking us away theirs. Newer firms such as Accurail, Red railroaders model freight cars that were from a toy-train mentality and ever closer to Caboose and InterMountain have entered the tooled some 30 years ago are just fine - realism - not that we ever viewed our trains foray and competition for our dollars is fur­ thick cast-on detail, sliding boxcar doors as toys! ther increasing the quality of models offered. with accompanying too-thick door channels As already pointed out, Life-Like offers [ dare say that the accuracy of Life­ and all. But an ever growing number of us painted versions of their products represent­ Like's mill gon is greater than the knowl­ want more ... and we are getting it thanks to ing only those railroads that actually had edge level enjoyed by the vast majority of Life-Like and other manufacturers. matching prototypes. Applied paint accu­ model railroaders. It certainly exceeds mine. Let there be no doubt that evolution does rately represents that of the prototype and is And that is a key to success for manufactur­ exist. Maybe not biological evolution as pro­ beautifully applied. You could never paint ers. Offer models that exceed the knowledge fessed by Darwin (we will stay away from and decal an undecorated gondola to the level of their target audience. But be that subject), but those of us involved in same level of sharpness as the factory­ warned... our knowledge level is like a mov­ model rai lroading for the past four decades applied graphics on the models featured ing target - it is increasing. On the other have witnessed a re markable evolution of here. Making life even better is that these hand I am just as confident that there are change in our hobby. There was a time when gons are offered with six diffe rent road num­ those among us that are capable of finding almost anything in HO was acceptable - bers for each paint scheme. No more rub­ fault with Life-Like's freight cars. After all since precious little was available - to bing off car numbers and decaling on new nothing is perfect, and nothing ever will be. today where we are faced with a growing ones. No evolution? Sure. And airplanes Not even the models prepared by such plethora of very high-quality models from don't fly. "experts." which to pick. If you think that our hobby I don't know about you, but when I buy a So then, as a hobby we demand better standards haven't evolved much, just place factory painted and lettered freight car I models and as all but the blind can see, we an old Varney F3 alongside a new Stewart want assurance that the railroad it is painted are getting them. For today's discerning Hobbies F3 and reconsider' for really had such a prototype, and that the model railroader freight cars with thick cast­ Since the quality of HO scale freight cars applied graphics are accurate. When I buy a on ladders, grabirons and other detail are has improved so much in recent years I have Life-Like New Yo rk Central mill gon from out. The detail revolution that began more purged my fleet of all cars that were pre­ Life-Like the Central better have had them! than two decades ago with HO scale diesels pared before about 1990. They simply were Rest easy. When you buy a Life-Like freight has carried over to freight cars and other not up to current standards. As recently as car you are not only acquiring excellent rolling stock. A-Line, Detail Associates, two years ago I was down to a mere five detail and paint, but you are also purchasing Details West, Plano and others all offer freight cars. Really. Now the fleet has assurance of authenticity. Some other model detail parts for the freight-car enthusiast. swelled to more than 60, and the number is manufacturers also offer such assurance - Because these manufacturers have made it growing. To effectively operate the Carolina InterMountain, Red Caboose, Atlas and so easy for us to enhance our rolling stock, I & Western as I envision it, at least a couple Stewart to name some. have made it my standard that all of my hundred freight cars will be called for, all of Before going on, we need to acknowl­ freight cars have coupler cut levers, air which have to be of the same standard as edge that like realism and beauty, accuracy hoses, scale brake wheels, scale stirrup displayed by the gondolas featured here. So too lies within the eye of the beholder. Accu­ steps, scale roof walks and of course, fo r me it has been out with the old and in racy is measured against the knowledge of Kadee® or InterMountain couplers. In most with the new. the person viewing a model. As more photos cases I also insist upon formed-wire grabs One aspect of our hobby that has evolved and other information are made available to and finely scaled ladders. is that many manufacturers now paint their us through hobby publications we gain an The Life-Like mill gon comes with all of models for only those railroads that actually increasing amount of knowledge and famil­ the above details except for cut levers and had matching prototypes. The days of paint­ iarity with freight-car prototypes. This in air hoses. I simply added Detail Associates ing any model Pennsylvania whether or not turn has led to increased demands placed versions. On the other hand, the grabs and the Pennsy actually had a prototype for the upon model manufacturers. Some long­ stirrup steps included with the kit are plastic model are going fast. If you want a Life­ standing leaders among manufacturers are and vulnerable to breaking when handled. Like mill gon in Pennsy paint you will have on the brink of being swept aside simply Since all of my rolling stock will get han-

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 29 died and are prepared to be operating mod­ els on the Caroljna & We stern, 1 replaced the stirrups with A-Line metal versions and the grabs are Detail Associates formed-wire grabs. This eliminates concern with breaking these details and also enhances the model's overall appearance. In years past when we enhanced our fre ight cars the trucks were tossed out and higher quality after-market trucks were added. In more recent years included model­ truck sideframes have improved and only the wheelsets were replaced. Today, with Life­ Like (and Atlas) there is no need to replace either. The truck frames are exquisite, and excellent metal wheel sets are included. Steel Car Company. The model's features scale. If you do no more than assemble it as How's that for progress? include: the manufacturer intended, then apply some I don't think twice about investing ten or 'f' Two styles of Dreadnaught drop ends tasteful weathering, you will have a beauti­ fifteen dollars into a new freight car when 'f' Two styles of hand brakes ful scale model. By replacing the included such high quality is at hand and final prepa­ 'f' Non-magnetic pre-blackened metal separate plastic grabs and stirrup steps with ration is so simple. As already mentioned I wheelsets metal after-market versions you will have a now have more than 60 completed freight 'f' AAR standard underframe with AB model that will be as durable as its looks are cars for the Carolina & Western, and most brakes, plumbing and rigging good. For me, this is automatic on all rolling all are of the quality displayed by the models 'f' Tie-down detail on the inner walls of the stock. featured here. Keep in mind that nothing is car sides One thing we all should appreciate about free, and if you are fortunate, you will get 'f' Kadee@/InterMountain-compatible cou­ this new gondola is that it is designed with what you pay for. Such is the case with the pler pockets sufficient weight to track well. On the other Life-Like mill gons featured here. 'f' (Cleverly) concealed weight hand, I dare you to find the weight on the Within the past few years Life-Like has Currently the model is available with six finished model! The weight is carefully hid­ managed to position itself as a leading pro­ different numbers for the following rail­ den between the gondola floor and a false ducer of high-quality HO scale diesel loco­ roads: Burlington, Colorado & Southern, bottom. A neat trick that smugglers have motives priced in a range that gives the Conrail, Erie, New Yo rk Central, Nickel known about for years but design engineers model railroader the most bang for the buck, Plate Road, Patapsco & Black River, Pere are just getting around to figuring out! Fact: so to speak. And now they're doing it with Marquette, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie and with this model you ain't gonna see the freight cars. Life-Like already offers box­ Western Pacific. Others may follow if there weight once the model is assembled. cars, gondolas, a Mather stock car and soon are prototypes to warrant it. Looking back, it wasn't all that long ago a tank car, all of InterMountain quality but at This style of steel mill gon was first that a model of this caliber wasn't to be had Accurail prices. Beat that! As has beel� the designed and build by the Greenville Steel at any price. Our choices for freight cars case with their growing product line of Car Company in 1940 for the Erie Railroad included models with all-cast-on detail or diesel locomotives, Life-Like apparently has according to the information provided by craftsinan type wood and metal kits that chosen to supplement its first-generation Life-Like. The gondola has a 70-ton capac­ called for countless hours of assembly. In diesels with freight cars that are most fi tting ity with a 52' 6" bed. The design incorpo­ either case, neither yielded the detail fidelity for that same era. But unlike diesels that are rates drop ends for even longer loads. and overall believability of new models such typically retired after 20 or so years of ser­ Following the Second World War the design as Life-Like's Greenville mill gon. I hope vice, many of the prototypes for Life-Like's grew in popularity and soon became an that you will add some of these fine little new freight cars are still in service today. "unofficial"ind ustry standard. freight cars to your roster so that you too can The new 52' 6" drop-end mill gon accu­ Life-Like has very convincingly captured have the opportunity to appreciate and enjoy rately represents cars built by Greenville all of the appeal of the prototype in HO them as I am. �

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 30 T Modeling an ACL Bethlehem 41' Fixed-End

from a Mantua Gon

by Jim Six / Photo by the author

aving just touted the laurels of the Santa Claus had ordered my first HO took each out for a close look and a little latest and greatest model freight train set from a Spiegel catalog. The set con­ reminiscing. The gon had always been my carsH available, I thought that it would be in­ sisted of a Mantua metal Pennsylvania favorite and still had appeal. teresting to contrast my Life-Like Greenville Shark-nose diesel and a short mixed freight I believe that the Mantua line of HO trains mill gon with a gondola from a very different including a Texaco tank car, B&M boxcar, became property of Tyco sometime around source ...and of a very different time. Yes, I PRR gondola and a red PRR four-wheel 1960, possibly earlier. The early version of am referring to the Atlantic Coast Line nine­ "bobber" caboose. I sti II have the Shark this model had a cast-metal undelframe and panel gondola pictured here. diesel and Texaco tank car. Also included metal talgo Bettendorf trucks. Eventually You see, not everything from our distant was the obligatory power pack and comple­ Tyco shifted production to a Hong Kong past is unusable. The Atlantic Coast Line ment of Atlas sectional track. I remember manufacturer where the metal components gondola shown in the accompanying photo with great clarity some very strong emo­ gave way to plastic replacements. Though [ is a Mantua gon that came in a train set I got tions. For me, the King (Lionel) was dead. am not really sure, I believe that the model for Christmas in 1958! No kidding. Long live the King (HO). At age ten, I had eventually went out of production. So pleased NO... Mantua didn't have a gon with individ­ made the jump from hi-rail to scale model have I been with my Mantua ACL gondola ual wire grabs, coupler cut levers and air railroading and was darnedproud. that I recently went shopping at a local model hoses. Those details were added when I pre­ While carousing through some boxes that railroad flea market to see if I could find pared the model for use on the Carolina & had not been opened for some time I came another. As it turned out, these are common We stern. But keep in mind that on Christmas across my Mantua Shark, Texaco tank car models readily available at model railroad eve next year my ACL gondola will have its and PRR gondola all carefully wrapped and flea markets. [ found several of dle later ver­ 40th birthday! And like many 40-year-olds, packed away for safekeeping. It had been sion with plastic bottom and trucks and pur­ isn't it amazing what a facelift can do?! several years since I had seen them, so I chased a couple for 50¢ each!

With just a few details, new paint, decals and weathering a nearly 40-year-old Mantua train-set gondola was transformed into a believable model of an ACL gondola.

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 � 31 Bi.11 o£ WIa-t.eri.a1s Qty. Manufacturer Part No. Description 1 Mantua MantualTyco gondola [ couldn't help but wonder if the Mantua 1 Athearn 12026 40' boxcar underframe gondola was based upon an actual prototype 90700 40' boxcar weight or whether it was just another generic 1 pro 90400 BettendOlf freight car tmcks model. Well, we should all know that the 1 Kadee'" 523 Freight car wheeiset Shark diesels were Baldwin diesels sold to 6 Detail Associates 62 10 Straight type grabirons the PRR, NYC, B&O and EJ&E. But what 2 6206 Freight car air hoses about the two freight cars, particularly the 2 2204 Freight car coupler cut levers gondola? A little research proved that the 1 6207 Boxcar ladder set Pennsy never had a prototype that matched 1 6402 Brake wheel set the model gondola. But I didn't give up 1 pro InterMounk'lin Coupler set quite so easily and went back to determine if 4 A-Line 29000 Stirrup steps maybe the model matched some other proto­ 1 Microscale 87-940 ACL freight car decal set type. As it turns out, the Mantua gondola has a prototype. It is a very accurate replica of the Bethlehem Steel Company 41' fi xed-end gondola was one of the first ready-to-run were discarded. I used a 40 ' boxcar frame, gondola. You will find drawings, data and a freight cars. It was a train-set Freight car, weight and trucks from an old Athearn kit. prototype photograph of this car in Tra in albeit one of a re lative high degree of The Athearn couplerdraft-gear boxes were Shed Cy clopedia No. 70. authenticity for train-set standards. [t has a cut away and InterMountain couplers fit to Before getting into detailing what it takes one-piece cast-plastic body. While some Kadee® No. 5 draft-gear boxes were to transform a train-set freight car into a pro­ detail like the obligatory cast-on grabirons cemented in place on the underside of the totype model, let's look a bit closer at the and stirrup steps may (and probably should) car. To place the couplers at the correct prototype. The prototype for Mantua's be viewed as "klunky," other detail such as height thin sheets of styrene were used as model may well have been ACL 93430 as rivets, side stakes and car ends are really shims between the top of the draft-gear box pictured in the 1943 Car Builders Cyclope­ quite good. Further, the model closely and the underside of the body. dia. ACL 93430 was build by Bethlehem matches all of the important dimensions of At this point the model was operationally Steel Company in 1941 and featured fixed the prototype as presented in the Tra in Shed tested and proven ready for detai I enhance­ steel Dreadnaught ends and a solid-steel bot­ Cyclopedia No. 70. ment. Formed metal grabs and stirrup steps tom. According to the January 1965 Of ficial The Mantua model's original trucks were were drilled for and cemented in place with Railway Equipment Register (ORER), it was the so-called Ta lgo-type, that is, the truck CA cement. Detail Associates plastic boxcar one of two identical groups of Atlantic Coast and coupler were one integral assembly. As ladders were measured and cut to length and Line gons 93400-93599 and 94600-95799 such, the couplers swiveled from side-to­ cemented to the car ends. Remember, the (Other cars in the 93000 and 94000 series side as the truck rotated to accommodate prototype had fixed, not drop, ends. A Detail may also have been very similar to these curves and turnouts. Theadvantage was that Associates brake wheel and mechanism was cars. Capacity was 50-tons or 1,840 cu. ft. these freight cars worked well on most any also added along with Detail Associates (whichever came first!). The car's i nsi de radius your railroad presented, right on freight-car coupler cut levers and trainline length was 41' 6" (42' 8" OL) with interior down to 15" or maybe less. Car weight was air hoses (attached using shortened Athearn width of 9' 6" (10' 4" OL) and height of provided by a one-piece underframe with locomotive stanchions). The last detail sides at 4' 8" (8' 2" above rail). Its load limit minimal cast-on representations of brake added was coupler cut levers, also Detail was 124,700 Ibs. Empty the car weighed in equipment. I forget what the original brake Associates items. at a nominal 44,300 Ibs. Using a scale ruler r wheel was like since it broke of and disap­ The last major step in rebuilding the Man­ found the Mantua model to accurately match p.eared many years ago. tua gondola was paint and decal application. the prototype's dimensions. My Mantua gon was in sad shape with The model was painted with Polly Scale After careful comparison with the Cy clo­ bent trucks, broken couplers and a couple of Steam Engine Black thinned to 50% iso­ peclia photo and drawings it was obvi ous broken stirrup steps. Other than that there propyl alcohol. Decals are Microscale 87-940 that I had found my prototype. Still better was nothing wrong with it...at least nothing for Atlantic Coast Line freight cars decorated yet, the gondola pictured in the Cyclopedia that a real master model railroader couldn't with new Gothic-style lettering dating from is an Atlantic Coast Line car! Ta lk about fix! I never earnedany NMRA merit badges, 1956. Should you have an opportunity to [ blind luck! My oid Mantua gondola is a per­ but still was able to resurrect this old model review the Train Shed Cyclopedia (described fect match for ACL 93430. I am still amazed and turn it into a true prototype model for earlier) you may note that I didn't apply the with the coincidence that my first HO scale my Carolina & Western. same graphics as displayed by the builder's freight car's prototype is the Atlantic Coast I thought about it for a few minutes, then photo. Instead I wanted a later scheme more Line, the railroad that my Carolina & West­ headed for the blasting booth to remove the reflective of the late 1950s and 1960s.

ern is based upon! coat of Pennsylvania brown paint. My plan Relief came from the unexpected - Vin­ I have since discovered two additional was to remove cast-on grabs and stirrup tage Rails, Vo lume 5 (video tape). About prototypes that closely match the Mantua steps, then add formed-metal replacements midway through the Atlantic Coast Line half gondola. In the May 1990 issue of along with some new brake gear, including a of the tape are scenes that show several ACL RailModel Journal, pages 49 and 50, are scale brake wheel, coupler cut levers and air gons, including my nine-panel prototype. CNW 146407 and SOO 4156. These two hoses. Much to my pleasure most were painted in prototypes also appear to match the dimen­ Upgrading this model calls For two basic the late scheme I wanted. sions and detail of the Mantua model. To steps, making it fu nctional with the rest of Hopefully I have convinced you that date I have not been able to unearth other my current fleet of freight cars and detailing some very good models can come from very matching prototypes. If anyone has addi­ it. The first thing after the paint had been unexpected sources. Not everything has to tional information about prototypes for the removed was to carve off the cast -on grab­ be bought new at the local hobby shop. With MantualTyco gondola drop us a line. irons, end ladders and stirrup steps. Roughed a little model building skills and time even a Unlike the Life-Like gondola described surfaces were then sanded smooth. toy-train-set freight car may become a truly in the accompanying article, the Mantua Next, the cast-metal frame and trucks nice prototype model. �

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 32 T NW 861356. Class B-138. N&W largest class of 86'ers newly acquired during the 1966-'80 period. Cars of this series (861287- 861603) were built by Greenville Steel Car in 1978. This car was painted at the. Portsmouth shops in August 1981. Pho- tographed in Industry, CA; December 5, 1985.

, N R F L K SOU T H E R N 5 F R E I G H T CAR F L E E T Part 4 Norfolk & Western's Boxcar Fiee t

by David G. Casdorph

Photos courtesy Freight Cars Journal

he new Norfolk Southern was a perfect freight-car-fleet merger. What Southern hadT - N&W didn't. What N&W had - Southern didn't. Norfolk & Western's boxcar fleet contained remnants of former Illinois Te r­ minal, Nickel Plate Road and Wabash fleets. But, the bulk of the fleet that survived to the merger was N& W. Between 1966 and 1980, the N& W acquired just over 6,000 boxcars. Most of these were in specialized service, plimarily auto parts. This ruticle reviews those boxcars acquired new by the N& W since and including 1966.

Boxcar Ty pes Being a road that specialized in auto­ parts traffic, the N& W acquired relatively NW 602015. The class B-125 is one of the few 60' high-cube boxes that were few types of cars during this time. The fol­ designed to appliance car specifications (70-ton trucks, single 10' sliding door, lowing are the major types listed in order EOC, etc.). Photographed here in San Bernardino, CA; during February 1989. from smallest to largest. Length Clearance Door Opening 50' Plate B Cen tered 10' 50' Plate B Centered 12'6" 50' Plate B Centered 16' 50' Plate B Offset 16' 50' Plate C Centered 10' 60 ' Plate C Offset 16' 60 ' Plate E Centered 10' 60 ' Plate E Cen tered 16' 60' Plate E Offset 16' 60 ' Plate F 10' Centered 60' Plate F+ 10'Centered NW 603592. Class B-129. One of only a few waffle-s e 60' classes on t 60' Plate F+ l6' Centered N&W. This one was built by Pullman-Standard in 1971. Photographed in 86' Plate F+ Single 20' Longview, Washington, during August 1987. It was painted by the Southern 86' Plate F+ Double 20' shops in June 1986.

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING T 33 Cass Roster Class Numbers BuIldDale Builder Co. Ft. 'nudm ILmCIearaDI:e Door Frame 11'6" Plale E 10's1iding,centeled Sliding siD. 8-23a 600'723-600796 1966 ACF 6,445 7040n 60'9" 6,53O and lOO-tml 60'9" 11'6" PlaleE Double8'sJidiDg,centeled SlidingsiD. B-64 6008(J()..(j()(2 1966 ACF 6,400 Sliding siD. 6,448 100-tml 60'9" 11' 6" PIaIe E 10' s1iding, centeled

8-107 860582-860731 1966 'IbraIl Car 10,000 70-100 86' 6" 12' 9" PIaIe � Double10' plug, centeled Sliding siD. PIaIe� Doublel0'plug, centeled Sliding siD. B-108 860732-860954 1966 GreenvilleSteel Car 10,000 70-100 86'6" 12'9" B-109 60085().600891 1966 ACF 6,445 70-100 60' 9" 11' 6" PIaIeE 10' s1iding, centeled Sliding siD. Double 8'sJidiDg,centeled Sliding siD. B-110 6OO9(X).(j()()9 1966 ACF 6,445 70-ton 60'9" 11'6" PlateE B-111 600S0()..(j()()3O 1966 ACF 6,460 100-t0n 60'9" 11'7" PlaleE Double8'sJidiDg,centeled Sliding siD. B-112 600531-600547 1966 ACF 6,566 l00-ton 60'9" 11' 7" PIaIe E 10' sJidiDg, centeled Sliding siD.

B-113 860990-860997 1967 'IbraIl Car 10,000 l00-t0n 86' 6" 12'9" PIaIe� Double 10'plug, centeled SlidingsiD. Sliding siD. B-114 164000-164999 1967-'68 PuIIman-Staodar 4,958 70-100 SO'6" 10'6" PlaleB Double 8'plug offilet 10'plug, centeled B-115 860960-860987 1968 'IbraIl Car 10,000 lOO-ton 86' 6" 12'9" PIaIe� Double RigidIEOC B-116 860319-860581 1968 'IbraIl Car 10,000 l00-t0n 86'6" 12'9" PJate � Double 10'plug, centeled RigidlEOC

B-117 860147-860199 1968-'69 'IbraIl Car 10,000 l00-ton 86'6" 12'9" PIaIe� Quadruple10'plugs RigidlEOC and 860299-860318

B-118 600907-600921 1968-'69 ACF 6,480 l00-ton 60'9" 11'7" Plale E 10'sHding, centeled Sliding siD. and 60093().(i()()99 B-118a 602500-602520 1970 ACF 6,481 100-t0n 60'9" 11'7" PlateE 10' s1idiQg, centeled Sliding siD. B-119 600922-600929 1968 ACF 6,430 l00-ton 60'8" 11'7" PlaleE Double 8' sliding, centeled Sliding sill B-119a 600968-600999 1969--'70 ACF 6,660 l00-t0n 60'9" 11'7" PJateE Double 8' sJidiDg, centered Sliding siD. and602521 -602525 l00-ton 60'9" 10'9" Plale C Double 8'plug, centeled 8-120 601000-601268 1969 'IbraIl Car 6,000 R,igidIEOC B-121 160000-161999 1969 ACF 4972 70-ton 50' 6" 10'6" Plale B DoubleS'plug, offset Slidingsill B-122 86104()..861117 1969 GreenvilleSteel Car 10,000 l00-ton 86' 6" 12'9" PIaIe� Double l0'plug, centeled RigidlEOC B-123 861118-861135 1969 GreenvilleSteel Car 10,000 l00-t0n 86' 6" 12'9" PJate� Quadruple10' plugs RigidlEOC B-124 861154-861163 1969--'70 'IbraIl Car 10,000 l00-ton 86' 6" 12' 9" PIaIe � Double 10' plug, centeled RigidlEOC B-125 602000-602028 1970 BFFBWK 7,400 70-100 60'8" 12'10" PIaIe � 10'sIiding, centeled SlidingsiD. B-126 52884-52890 1970 ACF 4,510 l00-ton SO' 8" 11 ' 2" PIaIe C Double 8' sliding, offset Slidingsill B-127 603000-603019 1971 7,568 70-100 60'9" 13'0" PlaleF 10'sIiding, centeled PuIJman..Staoda RigidIEOC B-128 56900-56974 1971 ACF 4,972 70-100 50'6" 10'4" PJateB Double 8'plug, offset Sliding siD. B-129 603500-603594 1971-'72 PuIJman..Staoda 7,452 l00-ton 60'9" 12' 11 PlaleF+ 10' plug, centered RigidlEOC B-13O 281100-281174 1972 BFFBWK 5,081 l00-ton SO' 6" 10' 6" PIaIe B 12'6" sliding, centered Slidingsill B-131 6OS()(J()..6()51O 1973 GreenvilleSteel Car 7,100 l00-ton 60'9" 12'9" PIaIe� Doubleplug, 8' centeled RigidlEOC B-132 281400-281499 1973 PuIJman..Staoda 4,782 70-100 SO' 6" 10'0" Plale B Double 8' plug,centered Sliding siD. B-133 861164-861269 1973 10,000 l00-t0n 86' 6" 12'9" PIaIe� Double l0'plug, centeled 'IbraIl Car RigidIEOC B-134 861270-861286 1974 GreenvilleCar Steel 10,000 l00-ton 86'6" 12'9" PlaleF+ Double 10' plug, centeled RigidlEOC B-135 (j()()(j()()..6 1974 PuIJman..Staoda 6,358 lOO-ton 60'9" 11'5" Plale E 10'+6's1iding,offsets Sliding sill B-135a 600630-600643 1974 PuIJman..Staoda 6,382 l00-ton 60'9" 11'5" PlaleE 10'+6's1iding,offsets Slidingsill B-136 604100-604225 1974 PuIJman..Staoda 7,315 l00-ton 60'9" 13'2" PlaleF+ Double 8' plug,centered Sliding siD. B-137 57500-57999 1975 SoudJem Iron& 5,077 70-100 50' 6" 10'7" PIaIeB 10' s1iding, centered / Rigid EquipmentCo. (UIlCllSbioned) B-138 861287-861603 1978 GreenvilleSteel Car 10,000 l00-t0n 86'6" 12'9" PJate F+ Double10' plug, centeled RigidlEOC B-138a 861604-861649 1978 GreenvilleSteel Car 10,000 l00-ton 86' 6" 12' 9" PJate � Double 10' plug, centered RigidlEOC B-139 604500-604546 1978 BFFBWK 7,321 lOO-ton 60'9" 13'2" PlaleF+ Double8' plug, centered RigidlEOC

B-14O 604547-604565 1979 InII::matiooal CarCo.7):12 l00-ton 60'9" 13'0" PlaleF+ 10's1iding, centered Slidingsill (PacificCar Foundry)&

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 34 T Number Serles-to-Class List IDitIal Number Series Class Qty NW 52884-52890 B-126 7 NW 56900-56974 B-128 75 NW 57500-57999 B-137 500 NW 160000-161999 B-121 2000 NW 164000-164999 B-114 1000 NW 281 100-281174 B-130 75 NW 28 1400-281499 B-132 100 NW 600500-600530 B-l11 31 NW 600531-600547 B-112 17 NW 600548-600557 B-65 10 NW 600600-600629 B-135 30 NW 600638. Class B-135. This is a 100-ton 60' high-cube. Note the NW 600630-600643 B-135a 14 NW 600723-600796 B-23a 74 "door-and-a-half' arrangement - actually a 10 and a 6' sliding door. NW 600797-600799 B-65 3 Built by Pullman-Standard in 1974. Photographed February 13, 1984. NW 600800-600824 B-64 25 NW 600825-600832 B-64 8 NW 600850-600891 B-I09 42 NW 600900-6009O6 B-110 7 NW 600907-600921 B-118 15 NW 600922-600929 B-119 8 NW 600930-600949 B-118 20 NW 600968-600999 B-1 19a 32 NW 601000-601268 B-12O 269 NW 602000-602028 B-I25 29 NW 602500-602520 B-118a 21 602521-602525 B-1 19a 5 NW . ,.. NW 603000-603019 B-127 20 NW 603500-603594 B-129 95 NW 57701. Class B-137. Several unique features about this class. NW 604100-604225 B-136 126 1) XF or Food Loading only. 2) Rigid, uncushioned frame. Built NW 604500-604546 B-139 47 by SIECO during 1975. Photographed during February 1984. NW 604547-604565 B-I40 19 NW 605000-605010 B-131 11 NW 860147-860199 B-1 17 53 NW 860299-8603 18 B-117 20 NW 8603 19-860581 B-116 263 NW 860582-860731 B-I07 150 NW 860732-860954 B-I08 223 NW 860960-860987 B-115 28 NW 860990-860997 B-I13 8 NW 861040-861117 B-122 78 NW 861 118-861 135 B-123 18 NW 861 154-861163 B-I24 10 NW 861 164-861269 B-133 106 NW 861270-861286 B-134 17 861287-861603 B-138 317 NW 160257. Class B-121. This is the largest class of new-built NW boxcars acquired during 1966-'80. It's shown here in original NW 861604-861649 B-138a 46 paint when it was photographed October 20, 1983.

Additional Comments There is one rather unusual class pre­ sented here, the 8-130 class. These have an unusually large sliding door (12' 6"). Other than that most of the fleet is comprised of fairly common types of boxcars - meaning other railroads have these, too. Notice that all the cars have either sliding sill or end-of­ car cushioned underframes - except for the B- 137 cars which have a rigid uncushioned frame. The 8-137 cars are also classed as XF or boxcars built specially for carrying food products. The classes B-125 and 8-127 were appliance car types. Most of the remaining classes of cars were used in auto parts service. Modeling this period of boxcars in HO NW 164196. Class B-1 14. With one-thousand cars, this is the second largest class scale on the N&W is rather difficult. There are of newly acquired boxcars during 1966-'80. The series, 164000-164999, was built no models of 60' high-cubes (Plate F and F+). during 1967-68 by Pullman-Standard. Note the offset double plugdoors. However, Athearn's 86' and Con-Cor's 60' Equipped with Pullman's very own "Hydroframe 40" sliding-sill underframe. Pho­ cars can be substituted for some classes. � tographed November 12, 1984.

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 35 Attendees at this year's The DF&C - An HO Layout plenty of mainline action, many switching Designed by a Yo ungster opportunities, lots of industries. lights and 1997 Lake Junction and Built by a Dad sound. Trains roll through tunnels and across bridges among the scenic mountains ten·ain. NMRA Convention y nine-year-old son Drew (he'll be The DF&C has been completed and is will get to ten in April) acquired a love for the now fu lly scenicked and operational. It is a MChessie System when he was only 2'{, years model railroad built by dad out of love for visit two TheLake old. It happened on one of our yearly fall his son. Model railroading has helped form a trips to West Virginia where we ride the New strong bond between us. The hobby taught layouts River Gorge steam excurs"ions. Drew much about project planning, electron­ Junction During the 1991 National Railroad His­ ics, painting, carpentry, and it has improved when they torical Society convention in Huntington, his manual dexterity (especially since old WV, Drew saw a modular HO layout based dad isn't so adept with his eyes and fingers). visit the on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad. At And the project has taught him patience' NMRA National Convention age four, he convinced his dad to help him The DF&C is set in a semi-mountainous Fe rguson 1997 M2disoo,\rOOlDSin ·Jw)'28·.\ugust! build his own basement HO layout. Drew area, although no specific prototype location home on the came up with a track plan based on the mod­ is intended. The li me is lhe early t 9505. and ular theme he saw at the convention. Base­ the main yard has both steam and diesel Ve rona Layout To ur. ment space was allocated for his model facilities. Although Drew's motto has been railroad in an area where dad had planned to "I run what I want, when I want to", the finish his own Decrepit Mountain model HO motive power and consists are fairly proto­ scale raiLroad. typical for the C&O and B&O of that time by Ned and Drew Ferguson Thus began a three-year project to build period. Chessie System equipment is also the Drew Ferguson and Chessie (DF&C) Rail­ used and thus a 1970s operating schedule is Photos by Henry and Joe Koshollek road, an L-shaped 17' x 24' HO layout with used at times, depending on Drew's whims.

MODEL RAI LROADING 36 ... MARCH 1997 A spectacular early morning shot of C&O 490 on the Old To wne t peake arch bridge below Chesapeake Mountain in the distance.

Layout Construction Layout benchwork is modified L-girder attached to wall studs. Plywood and Homa­ sote form the sub-roadbed and scenery base. Cork roadbed supports the mainline track. Code 100 Atlas flexible track and #6 turnouts for the mainline and #4 turnouts for the sidings are used. The layout is 36" off the floor, with maximum track elevation of 40 ". This height is perfect for kids and seated adults. Mountains and hills were formed using wood-fiber plaster on a screen-wire base supported by plywood risers or scrap wood pieces. Carved ceiling tiles were used to model rock strata at the west end of the lay­ out. Latex house paints provided scenery base colors and Woodland Scenics ground fo am, turf and weeds completed the scenick­ ing. Trees were from a variety of commer­ cial sources, especially pine trees from High Pines, Ltd., in Boone, IA. Marble dust was Chessie 4301 crosses under the road bridge on the east end of the DF&C layout. used for snow. The road leads to Drew Explosives and Blake Chemicals on the plateau above. Overhead lighting is supplied by ISOW incandescent bulbs in metal reflectors set in Operation the railroad. We have an active youth group an 8' ceiling made fo r the layout. An operational schedule without a fast in the South Central Wisconsin Division of The layout is controlled with walk­ clock is used, which changes depending on the NMRA. around throttles from MRC (Tech 1I Cab what industries need to ship or receive for The DF&C has a Pacific class 4-6-2 and Control). Sound is provided by MRC Tech II the day. Several passenger trains traverse the a Mogul 2-6-0 steam locomotive decaled for Sound Generator 8000 units with under-the­ landscape and serve two depots daily. Drew the DF&C (decals by Don Manlick of Mani­ layout speakers. is developing a nucleus of kids to operate towoc, WI). These fine-running steamers are

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 37 Heading west from the east end of the DF&C, Chessie 4301 pulls � passenger consist toward Old Towne. Former KCS RS1 1112 heads under the bridge toward Calder & Son Manufacturing while C&O NW2 5287 pulls a short freight consist­ ing of an Ashley Drew & Northern boxcar and a Drew Ferguson & Chessie box­ car on the upper level back toward Old To wne.

Chessie 4301 winds its way through the rock cut with a passenger consist heading toward Chesapeake tunnel. Ceiling tiles were used to model the rock strata here.

made in Slovenia and imported by IHe. A Chessie Pacific 4-6-2 and a C&O Mikado 2-8-2 (also lHC) round out the steam power. The yard switching is done by a Chessie NW2 (Kato). Several RSls (Atlas) are used Old To wne is located in the elbow of Drew's L-shaped layout. A passenger train as road switchers and for freight service. A headed by C&O Mikado 490 leaves the depot, heading toward the Old Towne trestle. Chessie E8/9 passenger diesel (Life-Like) pulls a string of modified D&RGW passen­ ger cars repainted and decaled for the DF&C. Recent additions include a C&O GP35 and a B&O GP9. The DF&C adjoins dad's layout, but the two do not have tracks that join. The photographs were taken by photo­ journalists Henry and Joe Koshollek and capture the beauty and thrill of the railroad. The fun of operating the layout can only be had in persoh. The DF&C will be shown at the 1997 Lake Junction NMRA convention in Madi­ son, along with dad's layout. Our model rail­ roading has given us much time together, and this great hobby can foster strong par­ ent-child relationships. The DF&C is great fun to operate. One other observer to the railroad is Drew's five-year-old cat, Chessie, who looks like and is named after the original C&O calen­ dar cat. She keeps off the layout for the most part, but an occasional bent tree or a The DF&C yard throat in seen in the foreground as a passenger train behind building off center attests to her interest in Chessie 4301 goes by on the high line. the railroad.

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 38 T DREW FERGUSON & CHESSIE RAILROAD Decrepit Mountain Railroad - Dad's Layout LAYOUT AT A GLANCE Dad's Decrepit Mountain HO scale Scale HO model railroad was featured in the January Model Railroading Size 17' x 24 ' 1993 and was accom­ panied by a track plan. That article Prototype None, but patterned after 1950s C&O described the layout's design and opera­ Layout Style L-shaped tion so we won't repeat it here. Work has Height 36"-40 " from floor continued on the layout, but the planned expansion mentioned in the original article Benchwork Modified L-girder attached to wall studs didn't occur so the space could be used for Roadbed Homasote on plywood sub-roadbed; cork roadbed for most Drew's layout. mainline track The photos shown here of the updated Decrepit Mountain were taken by two pho­ Track Atlas flexible code 100; turnouts #6 mainline, #4 sidings tographers with a strong interest in model Minjmum Radius 26 " railroading, Hank and Joe Koshollek. Many Maximum grade 30/0 hours were spent getting the lighting just Scenery Wood-fiber plaster on wire screen; ceiling-tile rockwork right, the scene just right, trying to get the feel of an operating model rai lroad so that Backdrop Painted Masonite '/s " it would come to life. Kodak Ektachrome Control Hand-held walk-around throttles (MRC Tech II) 64T professional film was used with two flood lamps, one wi th a parabol ic reflector, MRC Tech II Sound Generator 8000 at a variety of speeds and exposures. About 12 exposures were made for each scene,

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING T 39 Decrepit Mountain FP7 6147 with freight consist crosses Decrepit Mountain 2-8-4 779 on High Stone trestle heading Gold Creek High Bridge whi le NW2 475 eases its way west. The trestle is one of six scratchbuilt by the author. through the canyon below. The 3' long bridge is scratch built.

Decrepit Mountain NW2 475 switches ore cars at Peggy Mine. Examine the photo closely - how many mines are there? A mirror at the end of the siding gives the illusion of a second mine in the distance. The back side of the Peggy Mine is painted a different color and decaled with reverse lettering so that the reflection shows Dixie Girl mine further down the line.

MODEL RAILROADI NG MARCH 1997 40 T Decrepit Mountain Berkshire 779 heads west over the scratch built Peggy Mine trestle with a passenger consist as DM RS1 1080 crosses Dry Gorge bridge over the mist-filled gorge.

DM FP7 6147 rounds the curve as it comes off of Gold Creek High Bridge

and the best (in terms of lighting and effect) of each scene was chosen for sub­ mission and use. Visitors to this year's NMRA National in Madison will have a chance to visit both the Drew Ferguson & Chessie and Decrepit Mountain Railroads on the Ve rona layout tour. These "Family" Lines have brought a great deal of pleasure not only to our family, but also to those whom we've had the privi­ lege of sharing it with. Plan on joining our fam ily when you're in Madison, July 27- August 3, 1997.

Meet Drew Ferguson, DF&C's Designer and Chief Engineer Drew Ferguson is a nine-year-old boy living in the township of Middleton, Wis­ consin. He acquired his love of railroads and model railroading from his dad's passion for railroad travel (Amtrak and steam excur­ sions) and from the HO layout his dad has operated since Drew was a baby. He first began operating his dad's layout when he was two. After wearing out a modern Lionel layout and a small 4' x 8' layout he asked for his own model railroad which would take up part of the basement once reserved for com­ pletion of his dad's layout. Drew convinced his dad that the project was vital, and came up with the track plan at age four. The Drew Ferguson and Chessie was completed in three years, and is named for Drew and his cat Chessie (who, in turn, is named after the famous C&O cat). Drew would like to be a train engineer one day, and he has already driven a GP28 on the Ashley Drew and Northern in south­ ernArkansas. He figures he will always be a model rai Iroader. Drew and his dad, Ned, will also be par­ ticipating in the Madison 0 scalers modular group which wi ll be set up at the convention hotel and in the Train Show during the con­ vention. Drew and his dad also belong to the local South Central Wisconsin Division (NMRA) youth group. 1.

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING T 41 THE DELAWARE & HUDSON SD45s Fo ster Children in Railroading's Troubled 1970s

by Mark E. Sharp

Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated

t is common for locomotives to be re­ painted, sold or traded. However, it is un­ Iusual for a locomotive to be traded, repainted and then returned to its original owner and then repainted, again, but not in the owner's prevailing paint scheme. Such was the fate of EMD SD45 demonstrators 4352, 4353 and 4354, outshopped from LaGrange, Illinois, in 1966 and acquired by the D&H as units 802, 803 and 80 I, respectively, in 1967. When [ EMD Demonstrator 4354, with sister units 4352 and 4353, rests between assign­ heard this story and learned that it involved ments in June 1967. Soon these locomotives would become D&H units 801, 802 and two of my favorite railroads, the D&H and the 803, respectively. Note the N&W units in the rear. N&W would play a large role in Erie Lackawanna, I decided 1 had to have one the future of these demonstrators. Photographer unknown, Ron Th ur collection in each railroad's paint scheme. [ decided to do one "all out," and when I saw what that cost, [ decided to do the second one on a budget. Al­ though "all out" can be expensive, it is cheaper than brass. The budget model is about the cost of a new Kato diesel at discount.

EMD's SD45 EMD found itself in the mid- 1 960s in a horsepower race with its competitors. ALCo had released its 2,750-hp Century C628 in 1963. EMD's SD35, at 2,500 hp, could not be further improved. Its 567D3a prime mover, although turbocharged, was at its limit. As well, the SD35's electrical trans­ mission system was overburdened and required complicated and expensive safety systems to operate. The solution? EMD bored out the cylinders in the 567, creating a new prime mover, the 645E3. The 20-cylin­ del' version, rated at 3,600 hp, was placed in the SD45 and the 16-cylinder model, at 3,000 hp, went into the SD40. To cut costs, EMD placed the SD40 and D&H 802, with lightning stripes, at Chicago, IL, April 8, 1968. The D&H and EL the SD45 on the same frame, equipping both frequently pooled power during this period, and it was not uncommon for D&H with low-brake Flexicoil trucks. EMD units to run to Chicago on the EL main. Note the speed recorder on the engi­ equipped these locomotives with the IDAC neer's side of the front truck. Photographer unknown, Robert F. Wilt collection wheel-slip control system. This system, a

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 42 ... major innovation, employed solid-state cir­ cuitry capable of quickly detecting wheel slip and correcting the problem through con­ trolled stages. EMD introduced these loco­ motives as part of their " 1966 Line" of motive power and built four SD45 demon­ strators, numbered 435 1 -4354, to show the P,&H railroads the new technology. Unit 802 returns home, but not to lightning stripes. To isave money, t.Ile simply pai nted the EL maroon band Champlain Blue and replaced the herald SD45s on the D&H with a script "the D&H" decal. Note the EL maroon "Radio Equipped": and "F" The Delaware & Hudson was formed in markers. Colonie Shops; May'22, 1976. Photographer unknown, Ron Th ur collection 1823 as the Delaware and Hudson Canal Co., years before a locomotive ever ran in this country. It evolved into a bridge-line route, connecting New England and Canada to the mid-Atlan tic states in America. Although absorbed by CP Rail in 1984, it remains the oldest continuously operating transportation company in North America. In 1966, the D&H was an ALCo road, if ever there was one. The D&H began its dieselization program in 1944 with the pur­ chase of two ALCo S2s. The D&H firmly embraced the road-switcher concept and purchased ALCo's road switchers, from the RS2 through the RS36. The D&H loyalty to ALCo was under­ Heavily weathered, 801 sits in Binghampton, NY, on January 23, 1977. Note the standable, as the ALCo plant in Schenectady conventional cab windows and rear brakewheel, in contrast to unit 802. was on its mainline, and the D&H's shops at Diesel Era magazine collection Mechanicville and Colonie were close by. The D&H was one of the few Class I rail­ roads never to replace steam with streamlined diesel cabs. One looks in vain on the D&H roster for an EMD F unit. As a loyal ALCo customer, the D&H purchased the RS36 in 1963 and the Century C628 in 1964-'65. By the mid- 1 960s, ALCo was struggling, and the D&H was forced to do the unthink­ able - look to EMD for motive power. The D&H liked what it saw in the EMD SD45 and purchased three demonstrators in 1967. The demonstrators were numbered 801 -803 and sent to the Bangor and Aroostook's shops at North Maine Junction, where the personnel were familiar with EMD prod­ D&H 802 sits in Buffalo, NY, on December 10, 1977. It's only a few months until the ucts, to receive new electrical cabinets. The D&H will sell her to the National Railways of Mexico. Note that the script herald has units were put to work on the D&H imme­ been replaced by the D&H shield. Photographer unknown, Robert F. Wilt collection diately. So quiet were their turbocharged engines in comparison to those of the rail­ Railroad and the Delaware, Lackawanna and Unlike the D&H, both the DL&W and road's ALCo fleet that they were nicknamed Western Railroad in 1960. The EL struggled the Erie were long-time owners of EMD "Hummingbirds." throughout its existence, with a line that power, purchasing E and F units and Geeps. Although the D&H remained interested generally skipped the large cities of the Although the EL had locomotives from other in ALCo power, purchasing four used PA I s Northeast. Government regulation that builders on its roster, it seemed natural for from the Santa Fe in 1967, the railroad favored trucks over railroads contributed to the EL to purchase the SD45 in 1967. The began to look to GE for locomotives that the general decline in traffic that affected all railroad's first order, units 3601-3620, came year, purchasing 12 U30Cs before it railroads, but especially those in the North­ with single control stands and 4,000-gal. acquired the SD45s. The D&H went back to east in the 1960s. The EL was especially tanks. Their next order, units 362 1 -3634, GE in 1968-'69, purchasing II U33Cs. It hard hit by the Penn Central merger and sub­ influenced by N&W-controlled Dereco, had would be 1976 before the D&H would pur­ sequent bankruptcy. Although turned over to dual control stands. When the EL found that chase EMD power again. Dereco (Norfolk & Western) control, the the 4,000-gal. tank on the SD45 was insuffi­ railroad continued to lose money and was cient to consistently run their UPS van trains SD45s on the Erie Lackawanna forced into bankruptcy after Hurricane from New York to Chicago, it purchased The Erie Lackawanna was formed from Agnes in 1972. It was absorbed into Conrail modified SDP45s, units 3635-3668, because the merger of the financially strapped Erie in 1976. of their 5,000-gal. tank capacity.

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 43 Binghampton, NY; May 10, 1977. Courtesy of Diesel Era magazine

Secacus, NJ; March 7, 1971 Courtesy of Diesel Era magazine

The Dereco Years Both the D&H and the EL struggled throughout the 1960s. Northeastern railroads were hit hard by government regulation, unprofitable passenger operations and declin­ ing traffic. So bad was the situation that the Pennsylvania Railroad and the New York Central, long bitter rivals, merged into the Penn Central in 1968. The terms of the ICC approval of the Penn Central merg er pro­ vided for the Norfolk and Western Railroad, through its subsidiary Dereco, to acquire and manage both the D&H and the EL. This arrangement was to provide some protection for the D&H and EL while partitioning their heavy debt from the assets of the N& W. Although Dereco proved no great bonanza for either the D&H or the EL, it did arrange for the 1969 exchange of the D&H SD45s for three EL U33Cs, units 3301 -3303. Both railroads repainted the units in their own colors. The EL briefly renumbered the SD45s 3801-3803 but subsequently returned EL 802 in Bethlehem, PA, March 7, 1976. EL added the plow and apparently their original numbers to them. Although moved the speed recorder to the fireman's side of the front truck. Dereco ownership ended after the EL went Photographer unknown, Robert F. Wi lt collection into bankruptcy in 1972, the reciprocal lease

44 ... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 Mechanicville, NY; April 16, 1976. Courtesy of Diesel Era magazine arrangement continued until just before the EL was absorbed into Conrail in April 1976.

The 5D45s' Final Disposition The three SD45s returned to the D&H in the spring of 1976, as the D&H was not join­ ing Conrail. To save money, the D&H simply painted the EL maroon band Champlain Blue instead of giving the locomotives the D&H's distinctive lightning stripes. The locomotives retained their maroon "Radio Equipped" and "F" markings. The D&H was experimenting with several different paint schemes at this time, so this mongrelized paint job should come as no surprise. However, it is a delight for the modeler. The D&H kept the SD45s until 1978 when it sold them to the National Railways of Mexico.

Modeling Options For a number of years, only Athearn made an SD45. Unfortunately, it was one of Athearn'searly efforts and had a hood which Chicago, IL; May 24, 1969. The EL has just received unit 802. Note the location of was about a scale foot too wide to accom­ the horns in this early photo. The EL soon moved the horns to a lower position modate Athearn's motor. Since that time, on the fireman's side of the cab because of perceived tunnel-clearance problems. Athearn has developed a narrower motor but Ironically, the move was unnecessary. Courtesy of Diesel Era magazine has yet to retool the SD45's hood width. A couple of years ago, Rail Power Products came out with a shell designed to fi t an Athearn SD45 chassis. Kato introduced its ERIE LACKAWANNA S045 SD40 in 1993 and, since the SD40 and the SD45 have the same chassis, I hoped I I decided to model the EL SD45 with a the pockets a little at a time until you have a would see a Kato SD45 soon thereafter. Kato SD40 chassis and as many Cannon & nice fit. Unfortunately, this has not occurred. Since Co. parts as possible. The Kato chassis is Kato's sideframes are the low-brake these models were built Bachmann has perfect fo r an SD45 project and Kato's drive Flexicoil type found on the early SD40s and released their SD45. They offer two road system is, in my opinion, the best in the SD45s. I disassembled them to make detail­ numbers for EL, numbers 361 I and 3613, world at this time. The Cannon parts and ing, painting and weathering easier. The but haven't yet done a D&H version. Kato chassis, combined with all the other truck disassembly is no easy task as the side­ Before Bachmann's model came out, the details I added, make my EL SD45 the rival frames are an integral part of the Kato truck. two best ways to get an accurate SD45 with­ of any brass model fo r looks and operation. Work carefully and, if you're afraid you out purchasing brass was to mount an RPP Because it had the L-shaped cab window, a won't remember where everything (i.e. the shell on either an Athearn or a Kato chassis. fe ature I find interesting, I decided to model gears) belongs when you want to reassemble There's no question that using a Kato chas­ EL unit 802. the truck, make drawings or take a photo. I sis and lots of superdetail parts will produce added sand lines by drilling holes on the the better locomotive. However, you can El Chassis Modifications fuel-tank side of each sideframe to accept build a very satisfying SD45 using only the The RPP shell will ti t the Kato chassis Athearn handrail stanchions. The stanchions Athearnchassis and a few detail parts. Since perfectly if you tile down the chassis' cou­ were cut approximately '/," long and the cost difference between the two methods pler pockets just a bit. First, drill and tap the inserted on the fuel-tank side of each side­ is substantial, I've covered both methods; poc ket holes to accept 2-56 screws. Of frame. I then cut and bent .019 wire and you can choose what level of detai I and course, the pockets are exactly the right inserted it into each stanchion mount to sim­ expense best fits your needs. height for Kadee@ NO. 5 couplers. Next, fi le ulate sand lines. Of course the prototype had

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING T 45 hood. To remove these from the RPP shell, I sanded off the small door with some 400-grit sandpaper. I then fi lled in the wheel well with styrene, puttied it and sanded it smooth. To get a smooth finish, I completed sanding with LOOO-grit paper. You can obtain this sandpaper at almost any auto parts store if your hobby shop doesn't carry it. Photo 5 shows the long end at this point. One of the ironies of modeling is that we rarely see the roofs of the prototype locomo­ tives we model. Indeed, prototype roof shots are prized by most modelers. Nevertheless. we spend most of our time viewing the tops of our models, and a model with sparse roof detail is usually a disappointment. To add some flair to this locomotive, I wanted to use DA fa ns with see-through gri lles and Overland blades. Remember, you'll need both DA 2003 dynamic-brake fans and DA sand lines on each side of the truck, but The RPP cab simply pulls away from the 2004 cooling fans for this locomotive. The installing the pilot-side sand lines would shell. Next, cut the sub base and nose (see dynamic-brake fans are shorter than the have interfered with the model's ability to Photo I) well above the walkway to avoid cooling fans so don't be fooled into thinking turn and would not have been seen anyway. scoring it with the razor blade. Then, file you only need one part. Since the sideframes are of the low-brake and sand away the excess sub base and nose First, widen the fan holes on the shell type, no brake rigging was necessary. How­ material down to the walkway (see Photo enough to accommodate the Overland ever, I attached the speed recorder to the center 2). It is important to work slowly and care­ blades. This will allow you to install the of the front truck sideframe on the fireman's fully here as the front of the shell is very blades after the fa n housings and grilles have side. Since EL unit 802 had no circular sight fragile when the sub base and nose have been attached to the model and painted. glass on its fuel tank, I filled this in with putty been removed. Photo 6 shows how to check if the hole is and sanded it smooth. Again, to make detail­ Removing the end from RPP's long hood large enough. Don't make the hole too large ing, painting and weatheIing easier, I removed is a little tricky but well worth the effort. or the DA fan won't cover it. Next, hollow the fuel tank, which comes in two halves, from The RPP long-hood end is not accurate, and out the DA fans, leaving only a very small the frame. At this point, as you may have the Cannon part makes a dramatic improve­ lip fo r mounting the grilles. Before mount­ guessed, the frame lay bare, ready for weather­ ment in the appearance of the locomotive. ing the grilles, place a 'I,' x 'Is "� x .020 piece ing, before it was reassembled. To remove the end, drill a series of holes of styrene under the center plate so you'll around a rectangular area slightly smaller have a surface on which to mount the blades EL Shell Modifications than the Cannon part (see Photo 3). Then, later. Photo 7 shows how the completed fan The RPP shell is a good model of an with a Dremel tool, move the drill bit from assembly should look. SD45 but there were a number of things that hole to hole to remove the long end. Finish I built the Cannon sub base, nose and cab need to be done to make it a good model of the removal by fi ling and sanding the edges into one assembly off the model (see Photo EL 802. First, sand off the four round mount­ of the long end smooth (see Photo 4). You 8). Although the photo shows the number­ ing tabs used to attach the shell to an Athearn will also need to sand the edges of the Can­ boards attached, I did not actually glue them chassis. Next, cut off the air reservoirs since non part to get a good fit. Do not glue in the until I had added the Gyralight mounting, these are found on the Kato chassis. Drill Cannon part yet. painted them and added lights and numbers. through all of the stanchion mounting holes Since 802 was equipped with a brake Be sure to drill all holes for grabirons, wind­ and drill holes for the lift rings, curved grab­ ratchet instead of a wheel, it had no wheel shield wipers, cab deflectors, etc., before iron and sand hatch on the roof. well and no small door at the end of the assembling the Cannon kits as this task is

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6 - Test fit the Overland fan blade to be sure you've widened the fan hole enough.

1 - To remove the nose and sub base, pull off the cab, then cut above the walk­ way and sand off the excess.

7 - The completed fan and grille assembly.

2 - With the cab, sub base, nose and front cabinet door removed, the shell is ready for the Cannon parts. 4 - The long-hood end of the shell after the end has been removed and 8 - Build the Cannon cab, sub base the excess sanded off. and nose off the shell, then install as a unit. Although the numberboards are on in this photo, I haven't glued them yet. First, I applied the Gyra­ light, and painted and decaled them.

nearly impossible later. The Cannon parts .. are state-of-the-art and worth their cost, but � they are unforgiving - you must work • .. slowly and follow the kit directions. Never " '..... twist a Cannon part from its sprue - cut it

'>' I off. Finally, be careful assembling them as I t there generally are no spare parts. -. .,... . After I had completed the Cannon cab/sub base/nose assembly, I test-fitted it .. to the shell, sanding the shell and not the Cannon parts, until I had a good fit. I then attached it to the shell using rubber bands (see Photo 9). Don't use too many rubber bands or too much pressure or you could bow the shell. When I was satisfied with the placement of the Cannon assembly, I cemented it to the shell applying several 3 - Drill a number of holes around 5 - Sand off the small door over the light coats of Testors liquid cement between the inside of the long-hood end, then well for the brake wheel, then fit the cab and the hood only. I was afraid that "connect" the holes with the drill bit styrene into the well, putty and the liquid cement would leak out from the to remove the piece. sand smooth. seams between the sub base and the shell

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING � 47 9 - Attach the Cannon assembly to the shell with rubber bands for gluing. Don't use too much pressure or the shellwill bow.

11 - Mask the seams of the long end r. before applying putty. This will cut 9 down on the area necessary for sanding.

12 - Attach small parts, such as the cab numberboards and lights, to a 3x5 card for painting.

Cannon "35 Line" door but not the accompa­ nying plate, as the RPP part looked fine. I installed puny into the seams between the shell and the Cannon cab assembly and long-hood end. To make sanding easier, I masked offthe I seams (see Photo I I) and then removed the 10 - I reinforced the Cannon sub-base sides with .030 styrene. I was then able masking tape immediately after applying the to glue the styrene to the shell without the fear of glue leaking out on the front putty, leaving only a small area to sand. of the model. Now that the basic shell was complete, I drilled holes for the plow, footboards and MU hoses. Since [ wanted to equip the unit for CTC- 16 operation on my club's layout, I did not install MU hoses on the rear, reserv­ ing that space fo r CTC wiring. I installed the fan housings at this time, using Goo so that I could adjust their positions somewhat. I then completed assembly of the shell and attached most of the other detai I parts, with the exception of the antenna, horn and sand hatch, which were installed after the shell was completely painted. Finally, I installed the PSC Gyralight to the Cannon number­ board and mounted this to a 3x5 card with tape for painting (see Photo 12). The horn presented problems. I looked everywhere for the three-chime horn used by EL and later by the D&H but no one makes it. I simply could not find a three-chime horn with the center and right chimes facing for­ ward and the left chime facing the rear. I finally kitbashed a horn from two DA horn sets, cutting down the five-hole DA horn D&H 801 drags coal while the iquitous N&W looks symbolically bracket to three and installing the hornsin the shoulder on the Northern Virginia Model Railroaders' layout. correct configuration. This horn is extremely fragile, and I recommend trying this kitbash and that the bond here would be too weak. vented any leakage, and gave me a much with a Custom Finishes horn, where the parts To solve this problem, I reinforced the stronger joint. are made from castings and are somewhat insides of the sub base with .030 styrene Next, I installed the Cannon long-hood more sturdy. Ironically, the EL used this low (see Photo La) . I gLued the styrene to the end. I did this after the cab assembly so that I horn because of concerns it had about tunnel sub base with Goo®, then glued the styrene would not damage or displace the long-hood clearances, but in fact, those concerns were to the shell with liquid cement. This pre- end with the rubber bands. I also installed the unfounded, and the horn was unnecessary.

48 .... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 DELAWARE & HUDSON SD45

Although 1 love Cannon parts and superdetailing, I wanted to see if a respectable locomotive could be created at a reasonable cost. The answer is yes and even a new modeler should feel confident that he can build something which will be different and look good on his layout without breaking the bank. The O&H locomotive was substan­ tially easier to build than the EL unit because there was no body work to be done on the shell. The most difficult part of building the O&H unit was the four-color paint job. 13 - The Athearn 5D45 chassis. Thin the bolsters, per the RPP instructions, and remove the coupler mounting pads if you plan to mount your couplers on the shell. D&H Chassis The RPP shell is designed to fit on an Athearn chassis with some minor modifica­ tions. The kit tells you exactly how to modify the Athearn chassis, and the directions are easy to fo llow. First , completely disassemble the chassis, re moving the motor, trucks and drive train. Next, grind away the bolsters per the kit instructions. I wanted shell-mounted couplers so I also removed the chassis' cou­ pler mounting pads. At this point, the chassis looked as it does in Photo 13. The sideframes on the Athearnchassis are the later, high-brake version for the S045 trucks. I f you want the low-brake sideframes found on the O&H unit, you have two choices. If you have them, you could use some spare Kalo S040 sideframes, as I did 14 - The D&H unit, (these fit the Athearn trucks with just a little without its cab, masked for fi ling) or you can use OA 35 14, which fits application of the yellow paint. the trucks perfectly. The Kato sideframes are apparently only sold as part of their $23.00 power truck. If you're on a budget, live with the Athearn sideframes; very few people will notice the difference. Whichever sideframe you use, create sand lines using wire and old Athearn stanchions, as described above. The sand lines are cheap and add greatl y to the prototypical feel of the model.

D&H Shell Modifications There is very little to do to the RPP shell if you are not using Cannon parts. However, you might consider a couple of changes. First, if you have to have an L-shaped cab window, this can be done with a little fi ling and sanding. However, the Run-8 window set does not have an L-shaped window. Next, the rear grabiron holes on the RPP shell are only a scale 15" apart instead of the

18" fo und on the prototype. While this may 15 - The El unit, masked for seem insignificant, it means that virtually application of the maroon band. any grabirons you purchase will not fi t. I sanded the hole castings off and drilled my own. This is somewhat tedious but stand-off· Although most of the parts on the RPP front numberboard and then mounted the details such as grabirons add a dimension of shell are good, I could not live with the fans. assembly on a 3x5 card for painting. realism to any model. While you're at it, I installed the OA fans although, to hold Although I did not use any Cannon parts drill holes for grabirons on the front and down costs, I did not hollow them out and on this project (except the spare brake wheel), engineer's side of the nose and on the sub­ use the see-through grilles or blades. I also I highly recommend using at least the Cannon base face plate just below. I next drilled applied a piece of '/"," x '/'6" x .020 styrene thin-wall cab. The part is only $7.00 and is holes for the curved grabiron and the lift in the well for the brake wheel as a mount­ easy to build. The cab is the only place where rings on the roof, as well as for the wind­ ing pad. Since I had an extra Cannon brake the thickness of your model's walls will be shield wipers, MU hoses, plow and lights. T wheel lying around, I used it, although the seen and the Cannon cab makes a big differ­ installed these parts after painting and RPP shell has one as well. Finally, I ence here. Finally, the cab can be easily added weathering the locomotive. mounted the PSC Gyralight on the RPP to your model without any major body work.

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING � 49 16 - Some light weath­ ering brings out the sand line and speed re­ corder de­ tails on the El unit. The wires seen through the cab window connect the headlights to the motor.

17 - The wealth of after-market details available today allows a mod­ eler to duplicate just about every nut and bolt on the prototype.

18 - The Cannon long-hood end on the rear of the El unit. Note how the numberboard gaskets stand out against the yellow background.

tives and painted the trucks, air reservoirs, pilots and the Atheam chassis black. For the EL locomotive, I then attached the fan blades to a 3xS card, as J had done with the cab numberboards and painted them AccuFlex Aluminum. I did the same for the Cannon & Co. styrene to be inserted in the numberboards, painting them Reefer White. I painted the handrails and stanchions for both locomotives EL Gray by hand.

Decals Decaling the locomotives was not diffi­ cult, but accuracy requires the use of several sets. This was the first time I used the JV Enterprises decal set, and it bears some com­ Painting the Models the entire shell gray. I then masked off the ment. JV Enterprises makes two diffe rent I used AccuFlex paint on these locomo­ locomotive, exposing only the areas to be window and numberboard gaskets decal sets tives and was satisfied with the results. I had painted yellow (see Photo 14). Photo 14 shows for the SD4S. One set is designed for use some difficulty with the Erie Lackawanna the masking for the D&H locomotive, but the with a Cannon cab, the other for an Athearn. Gray as it tended to be somewhat grainy. EL mask is the same, except that the EL cab is, I used the former on the EL locomotive and However, after a couple of tries, I was able of course, attached. After the yellow paint had decals from the Microscale 87 -S27 for the to apply it and the other AccuFlex colors dried thoroughly, I masked off the locomotive D&H. The J&V front numberboard gasket without any difficulty. for either the EL maroon or the D&H blue (see decals were perfect, but I had difficulty For each locomotive, I started by pilinting Photo IS). Finally, I masked off the locomo- applying the rear numberboard and window

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 50 Y SD45 PARTS LIST

Item No. Manufacturer Part No. Description EL D&H Price

I A-Line 29200 Windshield wipers 1.95 2 Athearn SD45 (chassis) 27.50 3 Builders in Scale 250 Chain, 40 lpi I 2.98 4 Cannon & Company 1008 35-line door & plate I 1.95 5 1103 81" low nose 1 6.95 6 1151 Long hood end 1 3.50 7 1201 35-line sub base 1 6.95 8 1353 Inertial filter hatch 1 2.95 9 1502 35-line cab 1 5.95

19 - The rear details on the D&H unit 10 Detail Associates lOO3 Headlight 1 1.00 include the DA headlight, MU hoses, 11 1301 Cab sunshades 1 1.50 drop step, coupler lift bar and grab­ 12 1402 Drop step 1 1.50 irons. All of these are inexpensive, but 13 1503 MU stand & plugs 1 1.25 well worth their cost in making the unit 14 1506 MU stand & plugs 1 1.25 stand out in a crowd on any layout. IS 1508 MUhoses 1 1 2.50 16 1602 Air horn, Nathan M5 1 ] 1.75 17 1603 Air horn,Nathan P3-5 I ] 1.75 18 1803 Sinclair antenna I 1 1.25 19 2003 Dynamic-brake fans 1 I 2.75 20 2004 Cooljng fans 1 I 2.75 21 2012 Etched fan grilles 3 9.00 22 2201 Grabirons & bolts I 1 2.00 23 2204 Coupler lift bar I 1 2.00 24 2206 Lift rings (bulk pack) I 1 3.00 25 2304 Wind deflectors 1 2.50 26 2506 .019 brass wire 1 2.50 27 2807 Speed recorder 1 1.50 28 3001 Sand hatch 1 1.25 29 6503 Curved grabiron I 1 2.25 30 ]55 Snowplow I 1 1.50 31 192 Pilot beam 1 1.50 32 Kadee® 5 Coupler 1 1.50 33 Kato SD40 1 80.00 34 MV Products 22 Headlight lenses 1 1.15

20 - Note how the Run-8 windows 35 Overland 9230 Fan blades 2 6.00 do a good job of hiding the thickness 36 Precision Scale 3933 Gyratight I 1 2.25 of the RPP cab wall. 37 48291 Marker light jewels I 1 2.50 38 Rail Power Products 1009 SD45 shell 1 1 14.00 ga kets as they seemed oversized. I finally 39 Run-8 1864 Window set 1 2.00 decided to use decals from the Microscale 40 Smokey Valley 42 Handrail kit 14.00 set for the rear EL numberboards and skipped the window gaskets altogether. Cost, less paint & decals $200. 13 $82.60

Weathering These locomotives were used by the EL and the D&H during times when mainte­ nance was constantly being deferred. Thus, moderate to heavy weathering was appropri­ PAINT AND DECALS ate. I applied a 6: I Diosol to Floquil SP Let­ tering Gray to the trucks, tank and pilots. I Manufactuer Part No. Description EL D&H Price then applied a 6: I Diosol to Floquil Black wash to the roof, concentrating the paint AccuFlex 16-5 1 EL Gray 3.40 around the exhaust stack. I then applied the 16-52 EL Ye llow 3.40 lenses, wipers, glass and cab deflectors to 16-53 EL Maroon 3.40 complete the model. 16-76 D&H Blue 3.40 J&V WG- I Window & numberboard gaskets 1 3.25 Conclusion Microscale 60-48 Diesel Locomotive Data 1 I 4.00 Both of these locomotives were fun to 87-16 EL Diesels, Maroon & Yellow I I 4.00 build. I hope you agree that while the parts 87-3 1 D&H Diesels, Blue & Gray I 4.00 available today allow you to build a plastic 87-527 Locomotive Data 1 4.00 locomotive which rivals any brass import, ShellScale 103 EMD Black Numbers and White Boards 1 4.00 you can still have a very nice model with a modiculll of effort and expense. �

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING 'Y' 51 BEHIND THI: SCENES

A Hike into I Calamity Canyon by Margaret Mansfield

Photos by Jim Mansfield 1 - With its scenic interest and unique historical background, Calamity Canyon serves as an anchor for the rest of the scenery within Chupadera Loop. It's also a he sun hangs hazily overhead, glea�ng great hiking destination! silver on the rails of Chupadera Loop; There, deep in central New Mexico - Jersey lost and bewildered, nervously searching for month's "Behind the Scenes." Western country - it's a perfectlate summer the rest of the herd. At an answering whinny, Using these basic canyon walls as an day. Recent monsoon rains have painted the he bounds away down the canyon. Appar­ anchor fo r further scenic detailing, additional desert with splashes of green and yellow, ently we have stumbled across one of the rocks were added to the dry plaster around coaxing life from thorny mesquite and cre­ unique features of the area, the Calamity and above the tunnel mouth and on either osote bushes and luring wildlife from dark Canyon cattle tunnel which leads from the side of the canyon. These rocks were formed crevices into the open air. Certain humi ans, range land on the outside of the loop to addi­ of paper towels, cut in thirds and wadded too, are drawn to this remote location b¥ the tional pasturage inside the tracks. What a into loose clumps, then dipped in a 2: I mix­ prospect of uninterrupted mainline action. find! As the day progresses, many trains tra­ ture of patching plaster and cool water. Prior We've parked and locked the car at the end of verse the loop, seemingly oblivious of the to placing these "rocks" in position, the a nearby access road and are checking out the unusual sights below, and we wonder at the existing plaster was thoroughly sprayed with views - remarkably, there seem to be no bad confluence of man and nature that has pro­ water so as to avoid cracking. Then, after the vantage points anywhere in sight! The �ain­ duced such a scene. wads were in place, a thicker plaster and line, accompanied by a long siding, loops water mixture was troweled on their surfaces serenely around the landscape and crosses A Reason for Calamity to hide any towel seams and create realistic over itself before heading farther up into the The Calamity Canyon scene does indeed crevices and rock faces. Particular attention Chupadera Mountains toward Eagle's Nest. result from a rare instance of cooperation was paid to the rocks on either side of the Gradually, we become aware of a low, hum between man and nature. When the Jersey tunnel mouth, which were modeled to project vibrating through the still atmosphere. Id must Western tracks were built through this por­ about '10 " in front of either side of the tunnel be a northbound, toiling upgrade to the loop's tion of the Chupadera, the rancher who mouth. This technique served to "settle" the "lower tunnel" toward us! Quickly stepping owned the range-grazing lease at the time tunnel opening realistically within the over the tracks and crossing over to the inside requested that a large culvert be bored under­ canyon walls. Rocks were then placed in a of the loop, we situate ourselves at a safe dis­ neath the trackage so that he could continue naturally sloping fashion, branching upward tance and wait for a headlight to appear. Be­ to move his cattle into the high pasture land on either side of the opening toward the fore long, we are rewarded by the awesome within the loop. The engineers took advan­ trackage, to simulate the actual shape of the power of a hot shot double-stack freight on its tage of the natural lie of Calamity Canyon canyon. The area within this V-shape would way to Mountainair and points east. within the proposed loop by placing this cul­ later be filled with a dirt-like material. The train passes slowly, grinding vert in the canyon itself; the high, rocky sides With all the rocks in place, smooth earth upgrade. After the last car has snaked out of of the gorge were left as if to function as above and beyond the canyon walls was sight, we walk toward a nearby cluster of enclosing walls, in effect fu nneling cattle modeled with a thicker mixture of patching rocks, hoping to find a comfortable - and through a restricted pathway to the grassland plaster and water troweled onto the paper­ perhaps cool - seat. Without warning, we beyond. The tunnel was lined with concrete, towel-covered screen wire and subsequently find ourselves on the edge of a rock-failed its floor stepped to account for a slight eleva­ smoothed with a large plastic straightedge. canyon that appears to end abruptly ,below tion, and a packed-dirt fill was placed above These mesa areas extend on either side of the edge of the mainline. Peering down into the mouth of the culvert in order to provide the canyon upward to the loop trackage and the canyon, we are surprised to discover the support for the trackage above. inward toward the center of the loop. The mouth of what appears to be a concrete tun­ ConstnIction of this scenic fe ature required canyon bottom, too, was smoothed with a nel underneath the tracks. Well-worn paths several distinct steps, which have been thick plaster layer. meander from the tunnel opening through the described in the October and December 1996 Once all plaster was dry, the rocks were grassy canyon bottom, hinting at the Pfssage "Behind the Scenes." First, the tunnel was stained with a thin wash of artists' oils using a of many large animals over the years. lrnagi­ built as a separate unit and inserted into an 2: I : I combination of burnt umber, cobalt blue nation takes us over, and visions of prehis­ opening in the control panel on the outer edge and titanium white. Dirt areas were painted toric mammoths and tigers come to mind - of the loop; then its mouth was secured within with a honey-colored latex wall paint, which but these fears are dispelled by a whinny of a the loop while the basic form of the canyon was overwashed when dry with a thin layer of more familiar kind, and all at once a young was constructed around it. At this point, the artists' oils to bring out interesting texture and mustang appears farther down the canyon, on floor and walls of the canyon formed the basic details within the plaster. This step also adds one of the rocky passageways; he appears structural feature as shown in Photo 4 of last depth to the basic ealth color.

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 52 .... The Fill To model the earthen fill above the tunnel opening on the inside of the loop, as shown in Photo 2, a thin yet Oexible material was required. Simply dabbing plaster between the rock sides would not have yielded the desired shape of the fill,which widens in depth from top to bottom, toward the tunnel opening, and at the same time curves slightly to follow the radius of the loop trackage. With these specifications in mind, we chose to model the fill with .015 sheet styrene covered with a thin layer of vinyl spackling paste. The exact shape of the fill was determined by placing a piece of paper, cut roughly to size, to fit between the rock surfaces, then carefully cut­ ting the paper to fit minute variations in the rock surfaces. This paper mask was then used as a template to cut the actual styrene fill piece. Finger pressure sulficed to make a 2 - Engineers used the natural lie of Calamity Canyon within the loop as a slight bow in the styrene. The fill piece was springboard for their cattle-tunnel design. A dirt fill supports the tracks above then placed in a concave fashion between the tunnel. two supports, and a thin layer of vinyl spack­ ling paste was applied to its surface with a fl exible artists' palette knife. With the spackle in place, the knife was then coated with water and the moist spackle smoothed and pulled to simulate a fi nely textured earthen surface. The piece was then allowed to dry, retaining its bowed shape. A support for the fi ll piece above the mouth of the tunnel was then constructed using '/,6" plastic carved to form a shallow ledge. Again, a paper mask template was made and cut to shape to ensure the correct dimensions of the finished ledge. Once the ledge piece had been cut, small footings were glued to its upper surface to function as stops fo r the bottom edge of the styrene fi ll piece; it was painted the same concrete color as the tunnel itself, and cemented in place above the tunnel opening. The fill piece was then placed in position between the canyon rock sides and on top of the ledge. The back of the lower edge of the fi II was glued (using Hobsco Goo) to the small I ...-,.· �-,-.....,. fo otings - thereby holding the curved shape 3 - Over the years, countless cattle and wild game have smoothed narrow bent into the styrene. Additional patching pIas­ paths into the grassy bottom of the canyon; these passageways continue onto ter mixed with water was used to fill the gaps the rocky surfaces further down the canyon. between the fill and the rocks and to blend the top of the fill with the existing rockworkbelow by the pressure of countless hooves, and are vation of the land is higher, and there are no the mainline track. The entire fi ll was then therefore visible as smooth pathways through natural springs or other sources of moisture. painted with a mixture of burnt umber, raw the rock. These narrow cattle roadways were In fact, in many such cases, lush greenery is sienna and titanium white to match the fill modeled using a thick plaster mixture trow­ not necessary for realistic scenic detail, and already in place on the outer edge of the loop eled on top of the basic scenic structure with in some cases it may even be overpowering. (as seen in the November 1996 "Behind the a palette knife and smoothed with fingertips In Calamity Canyon, the focus is on the Scenes"). Grass appears here and there where and water; on the canyon bottom, the paths rocky nature of this scenic feature, and any hardy seeds have taken root. are delineated using thick green vegetation, more foliage or plant growth would clearly while on the rocky surfaces they appear as detract from this focus. The Path smooth areas between rough, rocky outcrop­ Herds of cattle have trampled through pings (please see Photo 3). Here, in the Continuing Down the Canyon ... Calamity Canyon on their way to the high rocks, vegetation appears very sparingly, Calamity Canyon, with its wealth of pasture for many years - long before trains since the scenic detail is evoked primarily by scenic detail and historical interest, serves as made their appearance on the Chupadera; as the plaster work. In contrast to other canyon an anchor for the remaining scenery within a result, distinct paths have appeared in the areas of the Jersey Western (notably Scor­ Chupadera Loop. Next time we'll continue grassy canyon bottom. These paths continue pion Canyon), where relatively dense under­ our hike further down the canyon and into from the dirt bottom onto rocky slopes fur­ growth in the canyon bottoms provides the the loop, but, like all dedicated railfans, ther down the canyon before it empties into scenic detail and variety common to the we'll keep our eyes and ears open for trains the pasture land within the loop. Even the green bosques of New Mexico where plant - for, you see, we haven't fou nd a bad passages over solid rock have been detined life is not of paramount importance. The ele- viewpoint anywhere! �

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 53 .UI'-CUNm A aT ... I ...... ,It TH. wla.-.oav PIClClV ACK I=L-AT

by Doug Geiger, MMR The finished Triple 57 flatcar is caught in a tote train crossing the Crystal River Gorge bridge on the Granite Mountain Railway. Both Photos by the author 48' and 53' trailers are accommodated on the "wide-body" flatcar.

efore the mid- 1 980s, trailer lengths step ahead of the trucking guys. However, and C are on platform A beginning at the B maximized at 40' in length. As tates the 53' trailer is becoming common in coupler end. Hitches E and 0 are on plat­ began to relax the restrictions on ove �-the­ today's intermodal industry. Subsequent form B with hitch E at the coupler end. road trailers and their lading limits, trailers designs on the wide-body flat have included: The two end hitches are non-retractable began to grow. First came the 45', then the 48' a channel-side flat paired with a flush-deck ACF Model 2s and are painted orange. and finally trailer length seems to have flat and two fl ush-deck flats semi-penna­ The three intermediate hitches are stopped at 53 '. Since some of these trailers nently coupled together. These have all been retractable ACF Model 6-2s, painted would spend much of their lives aboard a labeled "Triple 53" and several model rail­ black. Of course, variations in hitch styles piggyback flat, the railroad industry had to road press articles have detai led these cars. can exist as flats are repaired or retrofitted meet the challenges of these longer trai lers. Almost all these two-platform piggyback with newer hitches. By using extended draft gear, two 45 ' trailers flats are in general service today. And speaking of variations, the wide­ could ride on a conventional 89' flat. But Since the two flatcars are semi-perma­ body fleet is no exception. The B cars of what about all those 48 and 53 footers? nently coupled together (they can be discon­ some wide-bodies have trailer-tire rub rails, In 1988, the TTX Company began plans nected by removing the drawbar), there is an others don't. Some A cars have side stiffe n­ to drawbar pairs of F89F channel-side pig­ A platform (or car) and a B platform (or ers added inside the channel, others are gyback flats together. By having a trailer car). Because there is only one manual brake devoid of this detail. The side grabirons can span the open space between the two flats, lever for the entire two-platform flatcar, the either be mounted on the inside of the chan­ trailers longer than 45 ' could be carried. The platform with the brake lever is designated nel or along the top of the channel. And this first design of this paired, two-platform flat­ the B car. The other is the A car. According can change from platform to platform on the car also had the sides of the flat closest to to the 1992 Official Railway Equipmenl Reg­ same car! One car found even had the brake the trailer's tires extended outward s�veral ister (ORER), there were 197 TTEX cars gear of both cars on the same side ' Obvi­ inches. This was to help a loaded flat n,egoti­ listed for the TTX Company. Unfortunately, ously, the A platform had been turned ate a tight curve without having the trailer the ORER does not diffe rentiate between the around sometime during its life. tires interfere with the channel sides of the more-common "Triple 53" cars and the Lettering placement and style also varies car. Officially known as a "Triple 57)' flat­ wide-body ones since all these drawbarred within the wide-body fleet. For example, on car, a better term would be a "wide-body" cars carry the TTEX reporting mark. Only some cars, the stri pes at the drawbar-end of flat. The first time I saw one of these "wide- . the F89F2 class of TTEX is the true "Triple the A car are red and white and on others body" flats, I did a double-take. Especially 57" car. Photos have revealed cars 16100 I, they are black and white. Of course, several when a 53' trailer is suspended between the 161026, 161043, 161069, 161 131, 161 134, of the cars have been relettered using the two draw barred fl atcars! A lthough the 161 159, 161 160 and 161 196 as "Triple 57s." new TTX speed lettering instead of the older "Triple 57" could theoretically haul three 57' J'm sure there are others. TrailerTrain lettering. And the order of the trailers, few of these giant trailers have been There are five hitches on the wide-body lettering can change between cars, too. So as built so the railroad industry actually got a flat, designated A through E. Hitches A, B always, it's best to consult prototype photos.

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 54 T Tw o trail­ The Triple 57 flatcar can easily haul four 45' trailers conventionally. TIEX 161026 is the prototype for the model. ers just fit on a platform. Pueblo Junction, Pueblo, CO; September 1992.

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The two platforms are joined by a simple drawbar. The left trailer just fits on the floor when its bogie assembly is moved to the rear of the trailer. September 1992.

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The non-bulge platform is usually labeled as the A-car. On TIEX 161026-A, the car has sidesill stiffeners welded between the channel edges, but other Tr iple 57s lack this feature. September 1992.

Modeling the Tr iple 57 For this project, two Walthers F89F pig­ New Bulge Floor Section gyback flatcars are the basis for the conver­ sion. By cutting one car apart and applying a full size for HO new bulge floor, the wide-body look is achieved. The other car is used almost as-is. Unfortunately, there is a big difference between a prototype wide-body and our Q) model. For our HO scale "Triple 57" to .� negotiate our extremely tight radius curves, ..... c.. the bulge area has to be greatly exaggerated. cu C/) .0 A car as built by this article will travel :s: around a 28 " radius curve with a 53' span­ cu"- ning trailer, but just barely. For smaller radii, '0 the bulge will have to be enlarged. Of course, prototype bulge outline if you are blessed with prototype-radius ------curves, then build the bulge as designed by ------_\ --- TTX: a 9" extension on the floor. Most of the work will be on the under­ Figure 1 side of the two platforms. You can choose to leave the underbody details and plumbing off if you wish. The underbody construction remove the brakestand material from above be similar on both flats, there will be some notes can also be used to superdetail a stand­ the channel side. Do these carving steps to differences. Next, carefully carve off the alone Walthers F89F channel-side fl at, too. both flats. Turn each platform over and mark entire brakestand on flat A including the a large A and 8 on each. Put a D (for draw­ material between the channel edges. On flat Body Construction bar) on the non-brakestand end of each car, 8, file smooth the brakestand material that As shown in Photos 1-3, remove all the too. This designates the appropriate car as extends past the channel side (see Photo 4). stirrups, top grabs and end grabs. Also per its details. Although the underframe will Be careful not to damage the delicate chan-

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING .... 55 J".

6 - The kit flat should be separated into five parts as seen here.

1 - Tr im off the brakestand at the 10 - New braces are needed under channel edge with a razor blade. Use the bulge area. They should duplicate patience to avoid nicking the channel. the kit's braces.

7 - The bulge floor is made from a sheet of styrene. The kit's trimmed­ off channel sides are added to the edges of the new floor. The kit's end is also added.

11 - Add the brake appliances as 2 - Remove the stirrups and all the shown (L to R): brake cylinder, control locating posts on the underside of valve, retainer valve, air reservoir and the flatcar. vent valve.

� 3 - All the grabirons are also 8 - By trimming and rearranging the removed on the kit flat. kit's underframe cover (Part 9), the ribs can be aligned with the tabs cast under the channel sides. The top is the stock placement, the bottom has been

slightly offset to match the tabs better. 12 - The air line passes through the center sill of the flatcar. The two pieces of brass wire do not need to be connected together since the center sill cover will hide the mismatch.

4 - The cast-on brakestan removed from the flatcar side. all the material that is betwe channel edges.

9 - Carve a slot in the center sill to allow the brake levers to pass through.

the three coupler mounting pins on the non­ D ends, too. Leave these on if the car is 13 - The air line plumbing is added intended to operate over tighter curves. between the various brake appliances Remove the D end sill of the B car. This with brass wire. will be butt-glued to the new bulge floor so 5 - Using a cutoff disk in a r don't damage the soft plastic. This will floor is discarded, but the channel sides are tool, separate the channel sides from become the drawbar end of flat B. Multiple not. Cut the channels away from the side at the floor. Remove the floor where the passes with a new single-edged razor blade the splice joint and fi le the channel backs bulge will be added. will cut the end off cleanly. Make a new smooth. At this point, the B flat should be bulge floor using the template in Figure I. cut into five pieces as illustrated in Photo 6. nel edges by carving or fi ling. The red plas­ Use a laminate of .040 and .005 styrene Smooth over the injection pin mark found in tic is quite soft. Chisel off the truck mount­ sheet to obtain the correct thickness. Lay the the center of both fl ats, too. ing boss on both platforms at the D end. bulge fl oor on the B flat, flush with the Glue on the end-sill piece to the new Also remove all three of the coupler mount­ drawbar end and mark the splice joint on the bulge floor using liquid styrene cement. ing pins on both D ends. If the fi nished flat. Using a cutoff disk in a motor tool (with With gap-filling cyanoacrylate (CA), glue wide-body flatcar is being built to operate eye protection), carefully cut the floor away Part E, the weight, to each flatcar. Make the on curves of 28" radius or more, chisel off from the channel sides (see Photo 5). The weight as flat as possible by gently bending

56 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 Hitch Mounting Pin Location Template half size for HO

+ + + [ B-platform : + II

+ + + II + A-platform + +

Figure 2 it with your fingers. Center the weight in the ter sill to allow the two large brake levers to Begin the brake plumbing by adding the car bottom, then glue the new bulge floor to pass through. The corners of the slot should .022 brass-wire train air line next to the cen­ the metal weight, again using CA. Align the be circular. Position this slot between the ter sill. The line should cross through the sill bulge floor section so it is in line with the second and third braces on the drawbar-end via the angled holes (see Photo 12). The air rest of the car. Keep everything straight until of both platforms. The slot can be cut by line is cut slightly short of where the wheels the glue dries completely. Fill the small first drilling four #55 holes in a row and then are to permit enough rotation of the trucks. dents in the unmodified floors at each end of carefully cutting away the connecting plastic Cement the air line directly onto the hori­ both platforms with putty and sand smooth. with a # II X-Acto® blade. On the coupler zontal ribs. Add two short pieces of .022 These are the hinge channels for the bridge end of both platforms, drill an angled #76 wire to connect the vent valve and triple plates (not used on the wide-body flat). hole, again between the second and third valve to the air line. Add two pieces of .0 15 Cut the channel sections to fitaround the braces (see Photo 12). Remove the first two brass wire between the control valve and the bulge. These channels should be even with ribs on both the center sill and cover directly air reservoir. A piece of .012 wire connects the other channels molded into the rest of under the B platform's bulge floor piece. the brake cylinder with the control valve. platform B (see Photo 7). Note that by using Glue the modified center sill (both Finally, install the short piece of .0 15 wire the existing channels, the new wide-body pieces) directly onto the metal weight using between the retainer and the control valve. flat will be slightly shorter than a scale 89'. CA. Glue down all the horizontal ribs, too. Bend any plumbing to fit over or around If this is a problem for purists, another kit Use the underframe cover as a guide for braces. Photo 13 shows all these lines. can be cut up to get an accurate-length car. placement of the center sill, but do not glue Cut short pieces of the tiny tubing to con­ However, the difference is about '/s ", and I the cover on yet. On the bulge underframe, nect the brake levers to pieces of .022 brass felt the amount was not worth a new kit. add four new horizontal ribs using .040 x wire. Glue two of these large levers to Mark and drill the hitch mounting-pin .080 styrene strips, cut to fi t between the mounting pads made from .060 x .100 locations in both platform decks. Use a #66 center sill and the channel sides. Four cross­ styrene. Note that there is also a pad inserted bit and the template (Figure 2). Figure 2 is members are also added using a center sec­ inside the center sill (see Photo 14). Two reproduced at one half HO scale so just dou­ tion of .040 x .040 strip with a .015 x .060 pieces of .040 x .125 strip become the ful­ ble all the critical distances. These holes do top plate (see Photo 10). crum pads for the two small brake levers not match the ones cast into the underside of If necessary, fill in the two seams in the found on each end of the brake cylinder. The the floor. Add body putty to any seams, center sill with putty and sand smooth when slack adjuster is made from '/'6" brass tube especially at the splice joint and the new dry. Make new mounting pads for: the vent and '/,, " rod with flattened ends to mount to channel sections. File smooth when dry. valve (a scrap piece of plastic), the air reser­ the small brake levers. These small brake voir (a cut-down kit mount), the retainer levers are actually tiny hinge castings. The Underframe Construction valve (a scrap piece), the control valve (from angled cross-member will have to be Attention now is focused on the two the modern air-brake set) and the brake cylin­ removed where the adjuster fits. Photo 15 underframes. Build both the same except der (also from the air-brake set). Glue each details all these manual brake rods. When where noted. As built, the kit's cross-mem­ mounting pad to its brake appliance. Drill a satisfied with all the lines, cement the under­ bers on Part 9, the underframe cover, do not #80 hole in the flat end of the brake cylinder frame cover in place. align with the small plates cast on Part A, and two #79 holes in the air reservoir. A #76 the body. Cut the center sill (Part 13) into hole is required in the back of the vent valve Coupler End Details two sections and remove '/'6" from the cen­ (Part 18). Next, five holes are required in the The kit's drawbar, Part II, works fine for ter portion. Place the center sill and posi­ control valve for all the plumbing: two #79 the wide-body flat. Using scrap, make up tion and trim the underframe cover so the holes for the two air-reservoir lines, one #80 two drawbar mounting pads (see Photo 16). cross-members align across from each tab. hole for the brake-cylinder line, one #76 hole Two large, short-body bolts are used as pins. See Photo 8 fo r details. Although not criti­ for the train line and one #79 hole for the Carefully remove some of the floor directly cal, this alignment helps the underframe retainer line. Using Photo II as a guide, glue under each bolt to make an area into which appearance. all the brake appliances with their mounts the bolt end can protrude. Do not penetrate Next, remove the center sill and cut off directly to the metal weight using CA. Both the floor. The two platforms should be all the mounting pads for the brake appli­ platforms have the same layout. Note that the spaced l/8 " apart. ances. There are four pads to remove. Using brake cylinder should point to the coupler end Beef up the channel sides at each stirrup Photo 9 as a reference, cut a slot in the cen- of both platforms. location by adding a short piece of .030 x

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 57 22 - The manual brake rod is 18 - For larger radius curves (28" or mounted on styrene pads. The rod bigger), the area around the coupler passes through several eyelets that can be filled in with styrene pieces. The serve as mounting brackets. Note the 14 - Tw o brake levers the stirrups are commercial detail parts. short piece of chain that connects the center sill. They are mounted on bits brake rod to the brake cylinder. of styrene pads. Tubing connects the brake rods to the levers.

19 - The side grabiron by the brake lever should extend higher than any other side grab. An extension is made using a bit of brass strip. 23 - Connect the brake rod to the brake lever with a piece of chain. Eye­ 15 - The brake rods are added I r lets fasten the manual brake rod to the plumbing is installed. The ack the car underside. adjuster is located directly behind the brake cylinder. Note the various mounting pads and brake levers that connect the rods together.

20 - Add an air hose and air line to each end of both platforms. Connect 16 - The kit's drawbar is used them together with a tiny piece of 24 - Pieces of styrene strip simulate together with several large, short bolts tubing. The air line can be cut to fit the welded-on channel stiffener and some scrap plastic. Space the two around the trucks if necessary. pieces. Consult the prototype photos platforms approximately 3/." apart. for location details.

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17 - By using a brass dri lling jig, good repeatability can be achieved when marking the locations for the end grabirons. 21 - Add a cut lever to each coupler end of the two platforms. Use a bracket 25 - By modifying a hitch casting, a . 030 strip behind the channel. Use some .030 and an eyelet plus some brass wire . collapsed hitch can be modeled since x .060 on the bulge section of channel. Fash­ there are no available castings for this. ion a marking jig from .005 brass sheet to type-C stirrups. Note the correct orientation set the end grabirons (see Photo 17). The of these stirrups: the angled side should face into position. If the car is to be run on large­ holes should be spaced apart for an 18" the interior of the platform. radius curves (28" or larger), cut off the two grabiron. Make a jig for the stirrups and side Assemble two Kadee® #3 1 couplers in "ears" on the end sill by the coupler. Glue on grabirons, too. Drill #80 holes fllr the their coupler boxes. Trim off the trip pin for two pieces of .040 x . 100 styrene strip verti­ straight end grabirons and cemend from a better appearance (if desired). Glue the cally alongside the coupler box, flush with behind with CA. These grabs are set .020 coupler assembly onto a pad of .020 x .250 the end-sill surface. This will fi ll in the large from the end sill. Drill #76 holes for the styrene, then glue the pad with coupler box gap around the coupler. Add a piece of .040

MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 58 ... BILL OF MATERIALS

Manufacturer Part No. Qty. Description x .040 under the coupler box between the Waltbers 932-4950 2 89' F89F TOFC flatcar, undec. gap-filling pieces. Finally, glue on two Detail Tube ST20 I pkg. .035 o.d., .024 i.d. stainless tube pieces of .040 x .040 strip vertically along­ CalScale AB-3 13 1 pkg. ABD modern air brake set side the coupler to simulate the center-sill AB-283 1 pkg. AS air brake set extension through the end sill. Grandt Line 5095 1 pkg. Hinge assortment Cut a piece of .100 x .250 to fit between K&S 250 1 piece .005 brass sheet the end of the coupler pocket and the bol­ 125 1 piece '/'6" brass tube ster. Glue this piece directly to the floor 160 L piece '13,' brass rod underside. Two pieces of .040 x .156 are Details Associates 2206 I pkg. Eyebolts added to extend the center-sill cover. The 2213 2 Coupler lift bar brackets seam is in the middle of the previous piece 6206 4 Air hoses of styrene. These three pieces are added at 2504 1 piece .012 brass wire each end of both platforms. Let everything 2505 1 piece .015 brass wire dry before proceeding. 2507 2 pieces .022 brass wire Cement the 18" side grabs in the appro­ 2524 I piece .0 lOx .030 brass strip priately drilled holes (#80) in the channel Tichy 3021 I pkg. 18" straight grabirons sides. For this particular car, these grabs pro­ Details West L016 I pkg. Handbrake and pulley mount trude directly from the channel sides; other 1013 2 pkgs. ACF retractable bitch cars have these grabs bolted to the top of the 1008 1 pkg. ACF cushioned fixedhitcb channels. Bend the legs at 900 before instal­ Precision Scale Co. 31094 1 pkg. Brake levers lation to obtain the correct stance. Photo 18 A-Line 29002 I pkg. Style C stirrups shows a completed coupler end. Glue on the Builders-in-Scale 250 1 pkg. Black chain Details West brakestand and lever following Evergreen 113 1 piece .015 x .060 styrene strip their instructions and placement. There is 115 1 piece .015 x . LOO styrene strip only one brake lever for both platforms. It is 125 1 piece .020 x .100 styrene strip on the bulge car, coupler end. For the large 129 L piece .020 x .250 styrene strip upright by the brakestand, bend two pieces 131 I piece .030 x .030 styrene strip of .0 lO x .030 brass flat stock and insert the 133 I piece .030 x .060 styrene strip ends into two #76 holes drilled in the chan­ 142 I piece .040 x .040 styrene strip nel side. A piece of .0 15 wire forms the hori­ L44 I piece .040 x .080 styrene strip zontal member and another piece is bent into 145 1 piece .040 x .100 styrene strip a U-shape grab and glued on the ends of the 147 l piece .040 x .156 styrene strip brass flat-stock pieces (see Photo 19). 154 I piece .060 x .080 styrene strip Drill a #75 hole to the right side of the 155 I piece .060 x .100 styrene strip coupler for the air-hose casting. After inser­ 179 I piece .100 x .250 styrene strip tion, glue the casting in place with CA. A 9040 1 sheet .040 styrene sheet tiny section of the small tubing connects the 9009 1 sheet .005 styrene sbeet air-hose casting with the .022 brass-wire Microscale 87-711 1 sheet Autoracks - BN & Frisco train air line. Use a piece of .040 x .100 87-579 1 sheet IT flatcars, 89' & Long Runner strip as an air-line bracket, glued to the metal weight. Cut the air line to allow the trucks to swivel freely. Photo 20 shows this Photo 24. The two large tag boards (also on this primer coat, but other primers are avail­ detai I clear!y. the A flat only) are made from .020 x .100 able. The gray must be applied to allow the A coupler cut lever is added as shown in styrene stri p. yellow TTX color to cover uniformly over Photo 21. Use a bracket, an eyelet and a bit Finally, assemble the five Details West the red of the original cars, the white of the of .0 15 brass wire. A cut lever is added to hitches. Hitches A and E are the non­ styrene and the gray of the detail parts. Paint both coupler ends but not the drawbar ends retractable ACF6-2 type. The other hitches the five hitches with gray primer, too. of the two platforms. A manual brake rod is are collapsible. However, there are no cast­ When the primer has dried, apply the added underneath platform B using .022 ings available to simulate the ACF2 hitch in ITX yellow to the cars, including the under­ brass wire threaded through eyelets mounted the collapsed position. Using Photo 25 as a frame and its details. For Scalecoat II paint, on .060 x .080 styrene bases. A bit of chain guide, the model hitch can be made to look custom-mix equal parts of UP Yellow, White connects the rod with the brake cylinder as retracted. Decide on how many of the three and Reefer Orange to match ·the mustard­ illustrated in Photo 22. Chain also connects center hitches need to be collapsed for your yellow TIX paint. Note that this color is not the other end of the rod to the brakestand wide-body. To carry a span trailer, hitch C the same as that applied for the original (see Photo 23). The two eyelets nearest the must be upright. To carry three trailers TrailerTrain scheme. This is a much-brighter brakestand are mounted directly to the bot­ longer than 45 ', hitches B and D must also yellow color. Other paint manufacturers will tom edge of the sidesill channel (no pads are be collapsed. The hitches are not cemented also need custom mixes, except for Floquil. required). Car A gets no manual brake rod. to the deck until everything has been They have a TTX Yellow available. From For this particular wide-body, steel plates painted. experience, however, the yellows applied for were welded along the inside of the channels both the TrailerTrain and ITX schemes can on the A platform. Many Triple 57s, how­ Painting and Decaling vary widely from age, sun-bleached fading ever, lack these plates. Make these side stiff­ Carefully wash both platforms with soap and weathering. Yellow can be a difficult ener plates using pieces of .015 x .100 strips and water to remove all traces of body oils color to match. cut with angled ends. Use the prototype pho­ and plastic dust from filing and sanding After all the paint has dried, apply the tos for locations of these plates. There are operations. Screw I"2-56 bolts into the four decals. For placement, use the prototype five plates on the left side and three on the bolsters for use as painting handles. Air­ photos for reference. There are several vari­ right as you look down the floor toward the brush a gray primer completely over both ations in the lettering. Most commonly drawbar end. One of these plates is seen in platforms. I use Scalecoat IT MoW Gray for found are the red-and-white stripes on the A

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ?' 59 The bulge on the model Tr iple 57 flatcar is twice as wide as the prototype to accommodate much sharper platform, but there are also black-and-white stripes. Unfortunately, these black-and­ white stripes are not available on the decal sheet so another source of decals will be necessary. The layout of many of the Triple 57 flats seems to be the same as viewed from either side. The order of the major markings should be (from left-to-right across the two platforms): "TTEX 161###," � model track radii. Black "Ld Lmt," "Triple 57," "TT" (or blank), � hitches usually indicate that "F89F2," the stripes, "TrailerTrain" or it is retractable. The orange hitches "TTX," "Long Runner," "TTEX I 6 I ###" are fixed-position ones. The model has the and the lube-plate panel. Hitches A, B and newer TIXlette ring and mustard-yellow color. C are on the A platform. Use patience and generous amounts of Microscale's MicroSet and MicroSol decal setting solutions to get the decals to conform around the A platform's sidesill stiffener plates. Use the "TTX" and smaller black rectangles (remove the "DTTX" part) from the autorack decal set to fit between the channel edges. Cut the stripe decal into four sections for ease of application. Try to match the stripes over and around the channel edges and sides. Brush paint Floquil Engine Black on any missing pieces of the black rectangle behind the "TTEX 161###" and "TTX" decals. Use a magnifier and a tiny 5-0 brush for this pre­ The side grabiron nearest the brake lever should extend higher above the car cise painting step. Also brush paint black on side than any other grabiron. Ch in connects the brake lever with the brake rod the top and bottom channel edges around all hung under the channel side. The use of 33" wheels in 70-ton trucks is common. the rectangle decals. The black rectangle should cover the channel completely, but not the inner side of the channel. See the color model photos for details on this. The two fixed hitches are airbrushed orange, and the three retractable hitches should be black. The drawbar is painted a rusty-black color to simulate the prototype. This part (and the couplers) are never painted on a real car so that cracks and defects can be seen and not hidden beneath a coat of paint. Cement the hitches in place in the correct holes. Use gap-filling CA to bond the metal hitches to the plastic floors. Note the orientation of each hitch as shown in the finished model photographs. The bulge clearly shows on TIEl 161160. Note how the 53' Schneider trailer Replace the old-style ribbed-back wheels spans the two platforms. For this car, the brake gear is on the same side of both on the kit trucks with some modern flat­ platforms! West Colton, CA; August 1992. Bill Kelly photo backed Athearn or JayBee wheelsets. Finally, screw on the four trucks (with the kit's screws) and weather each platform. 1 like to use Floquil Grime and diluted Engine Black as general road dirt and then follow this with black and rust chalk powered around the various detail items. Screw the drawbar into both cars. For best operation, the span trailer should have its landing gear in the up position to clear the channel sides. This is just like the prototype! Finally, place your new wide-body Triple 57 flatcar in that next piggyback train to haul those 48' and 53' trailers.

The grabirons on 161160 are mounted on the top edge of the channel sides. For More Information Stripes on the A platform warn that the landing gear must be retracted on the Railroad Model Craftsman, August 1995: trailer that spans the two platforms. This car has black-and-white stripes com­ "TTX Company's F89F"; text, plans and pared to others with red-and-white stripes. Bill Kelly photo photos of the prototype chrumel-side flatcar. �

T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1997 60 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Rail Fonts and a New Westerfield Catalog

by Larry Puckett

or a couple years now I've occasionally tom stationary, decals, newsletters, cards and what you're missing. This is a particularly seen references to Ben Coifman's Rail just about anything that you use a regular useful feature since Westerfield offers many FFonts on Dan Dawdy's Cyberspace Wo rld font for. You could probably even use them of their kits in versions that span several Railroad home page. A couple months ago on a home page. They can be installed on decades. Wouldn't it be great if someone Ben wrote me about the prospects of covering computers using Windows 3.x or Windows would do this for all the kits available in the them in this column, so here goes. Ben's fonts 95, and there are Mac versions available too! hobby today? This really is one of the best come in a variety of versions ranging from These really are easy to use and install, and values available in the hobby today - go good old Railroad Roman to passenger. Now, the price is right. Most are in the $10 range, for it! it should be pretty obvious what Railroad except for the heralds and "LaGrange" Because the catalog can now be distrib­ Roman is but what about passenger? Although which run $20 each; S&H is included. For a uted on four 3.5" floppies, the cost has been some of his fonts are real alphanumeric char­ free catalog send Ben Coifman a large self­ reduced to $5. The program can be run only acters, many are beautifully executed black addressed envelope with 55¢ postage on it. under Windows 3.x or 95 and requires at and white images of locomotives, rolling stock, His address is: Ben Coifman, 1862 Euclid least a 386 or faster computer with at least 4 passenger equipment, heralds, train tracks and Ave. #220-M, Berkeley, CA 94709. Mbytes RAM, VGA graphics and about 20 some interesting combinations. Mbytes of hard disk space. Future updates The really neat part is that each unique Westerfield Disk Catalog will be handled by returning the disks for the locomotive or piece of rolling stock corre­ A couple years ago AI Westerfield new version. For your copy write We ster­ sponds to a different letter of the alphabet. released a CD with his catalog of craftsman field at Route 21, Box 374, Crossville, TN When you type out a string of characters a kits on it. Since then, new compression tech­ 38555, 615-484-7233. train appears on the screen. For example, niques have been developed that allow all That's all for this session. Until next time, typing "raflmx" will get you an F7a, boxcar, this information to be placed on four 3.5" stay on the right track and don't run out of gondola, coal hopper, tank car and a bay­ floppies for distribution. The catalog is very steam. Send your comments, questions and window caboose. You can build either heavy­ easy to use, all you have to do is select a programs to: Larry Puckett, 96 18 Dublin Dr., weight or streamlined passenger trains in the particular car series from the scrolling list on Manassas, VA 20 I 09. rf you want to send me same way. Ben also offers a font called the screen and up pops a list of all the kits in e-mail, r've canceled my CompuServe "Alphabet Train" that combines both text and the series. Selecting one of these kits will account and will soon be signing on with rolling stock. When you type a lower-case then get you a photo in most cases and a another Internet provider. Until then, you can character with this fo nt the upper-case ver­ short description of it. A more lengthy send me mail at [email protected]. If you sion appears in Railroad Roman on a flatcar. description is also available, and the photo submit a public domain or shareware pro­ This allows you to create a train with a loco­ can be enlarged for a better view. As you go gram for review in this column please indi­ motive pulling a message. through the catalog you can add items to the cate whether or not you are willing to My favorite fonts are "LaGrange" and order form and then when ready you can provide copies for interested readers and the "Railroad Heralds." I guess you can figure print out a completed order form ready to conditions for that exchange. � out what the "Railroad Heralds" are but mail to Westerfield. "LaGrange" is a little more elusive. These I fo und that this program is more than a SOFTWARE PRODUCERS: If you are fu ll frontal silhouettes of F7a units in 52 catalog; there's a lot of prototype informa­ would like Model Railroading to review different paint schemes for 42 different tion available, and it can be easily accessed your software in this column please send roads. Each can be customized with white or using the search routine. Yo u can search by the software and any promotional mater­ dark flags by adding a "." or"," accordingly any of a number of car types, reporting ial to tbe above address. Please note that after the letter for that paint scheme. marks and, the one I liked best, the decade. only fu lly functional and documented You can use these fonts in word proces­ Let's say for example that you're modeling software will be covered; demo versions sors, paint programs or presentation graphics the 1950s. All you have to do is enter "50s" are not acceptable. Any materials programs just like any other font. By chang­ and all the kits appropri ate for that time received will be considered as gratis, ing the font size you can control the size of period will be selected. Next you can just unless otherwise specified. Thank you. the image. They can be used to create cus- click on each one in the scroll list and see

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING � 61 by Doug Geiger, MMR Chicago Odyssey, II I - Green Frog Productions by Richard D. Forest, Esq.

n this age of stable or decreasing prioes on the 21st St. Crossing. Even AT &SF FM all types of videotapes it takes much to switchers are seen serving the then-still-used Iget me into the higher priced tapes. Only the Santa Fe 21st St. passenger yard. promise of excellence can so move me Roosevelt Road, always one of the pre­ today, but since I already had Volum� I, it mier train-watching places in North Amer­ was with confidence that I purchased Green ica, if not the World, gets deserved coverage. The Last Steam Railroad in Frog's The Chicago Odyssey, II. I w�s not Of particular interest in the Roosevelt Rd. America disappointed. Footage is a going-away shot of Santa Fe F by Thomas Garver This two-tape production is basically a units pulling a classic AT &SF train of hi­ Harry Abrams [nco continuation of The Chicago Odyssey, Part I, level and standard silver equipment - this 100 Fifth Avenue with all kinds of great stuff. The first tape scene would have never happened pre­ New York, NY 100 I I concentrates on pre-Amtrak operalion s, Amtrak because of Santa Fe's use of the $49.50, hardcover focusing on late '60s and early '70�. The Dearborn Station. The varied types of sleep­ now-fallen-flag C&NW gets good coverage, ers and coaches, mixed in such consists as A Ithough not as prolific as some railroad and among the shots is a very rare view of UP with the L&N, make a modeler's mouth ftphotographers, O. Winston Link has one of the dining cars rebuilt with a false water, since we do have prototype justifica­ produced numerous wonderful night scenes roof to match bi-Ievel equipment used for tion for such matches of equipment that of the N&W railroad that are unforgettable. Wisconsin and Upper Peninsula services of would have been unthinkable before This second book to chronicle his work fo l­ the very late '50s and '60s. F units abound, Amtrak. It's nice to see all the variations, lows the format of the first, Steam, Steel as do first-generation ALCos, with many such as a PCIGM&O lash-up pulling a con­ and Stars, first published in 1987. Many of resplendent in their then-taken-for-granted sist through Joliet complete with an observa­ the photographs are almost unbel ievable fallen-flag paint schemes. One grea� piece tion car, and then a Rock Island Rockel as it since Link had unlimited access to the en­ captures a classic MILW Hiawatha com­ looked in its last days. tire N& W system. A fe w, rare color photos plete with Super Dome and, best of bll, the There is some freight action (with now­ compliment the many black-and-white im­ Sky Top Observation Parlor. rare cabooses), with some CB&Q units ages. There are even two color night shots ! At Roundout, always a great s9ot, an still in original paint. One scene captures a A trademark of Link's work was to include EJ&E center cab Baldwin crosses the Soo Line (pre-MILW takeover) wig-wag people in his scenes. There are many fine MILW with a short freight - a tru ly rare grade-crossing protection device protect­ examples of the railroad worker and the l shot, as are the MILW FM cabs that are ing for a passing freight. A particularly general public included in the outstanding split by an F unit. At Joliet a very long nice shot captures a one-car Milwaukee photographs. His style was to be a photo­ GM&O passenger job, with both heavy­ Road commuter train entering the main­ graphic story-teller, and his work succeeds weight and lightweight cars, crosses the line in the "push" move with an F and E admirably. Well-written text accompanies diamond. Both bi-Ievel and normal-level unit and one coach. Then another com­ the large-format images. The text describes C&NW consists, with their always great muter train passes with a classic MILW Link's career and his approach to photog­ colors, get good coverage at varied spots ribbed coach and a gallery coach headed raphy. It also describes several of the setups l on the line to Milwaukee. There are neat for Fox Lake. and stories behind the pictures. Of partic­ CB&Q views (even though it was after This production is done very well. Origi­ ular interest are several examples of a loca­ the BN merger) with one consist cbntain­ nal film is all 16mm taken by one of the tion in the daytime as compared to the ing the original vista dome, as 'yV ell as greatest of railway cinematographers, with dramatic night shot of the same spot. the combined Morning Zephyr, Empire the excellence of location, angle and lens Although the book concentrates on the Builder, North Coast Limited. The IC length we expect from such a skilled profes­ Norfolk & Western's mainline operations also gets good coverage of both their sional. Camera work is rock steady. Film­ like the Blue Ridge east of Roanoke, it also classic heavyweight suburban and thru­ to-tape transfer is flawless. Editing is includes several branchlines like the Abing­ liners with their famous b rown-and­ adequate. A real drawback is the total lack don Branch. Many of the daytime pictures orange colors. The Santa Fe, with both F of map work and only my own fa miliarity provide the modeler with excellent examples and second-generation units in fr�ight as with the area allowed me to know where of Appalachian scenery. The color images of well as Warbonnet paint schemes, is seen scenes were filmed. However, the excel­ the Virginia Creeper are an invaluable aid for at several locations. lence of the footage overcomes the lack of modelers as to fashions, signs and landscape The second tape is almost all earl y map work and so-so editing, and it is very in the rural 1950s. The photographs are stun­ Amtrak, with excellent coverage of the early much recommended. ning and almost all can be considered '70s and the incredible variety of motive Chicago Odyssey, 1/, Green Frog Produc­ award-winning. True to the title, there are power and paint schemes of the initial tions, 200 N. Cobb Pkwy., Bldg. 100, Ste. only steam engines present. However, sev­ Amtrak days yielding to red, white, blue and 138, Marietta, GA 30062, (404) 422-2220, eral of Link's non-railroad photos are silver. E units pull varied consists in and (800) 227- 1336 (orders only). Two tapes, included to round out a very impressive about the outskirts of the Windy City at var­ 160 minutes, color. Visa, MC, AMEX, Dis­ book of a way of life long past in the Ameri­ ied locations, including such great places as cover. $79.95 plus $5 shipping. � can rai lroad scene. �

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ATLANTA IKENNESAW) FRANKLIN PARK BIRMINGHAM IH OMEWOOD) EAST BRUNSWICK SAN fRANCISCO GREELEY TRAINS & HOBBIES INC. END OF TRACK HOBBIES HOMEWOOD TOY AND HOBBY MEYER'S DISCOUNT STORE fRANCISCAN HOBBIES DON'S HOBBIES 2844 S. MAIN ST. FLORIDA 9706 fRANKLIN AVE. 2830 S. 18TH ST. 595 ROUTE 18 1920-A OCEAN AVE. 815 10TH STREET 30144 770-528-0990 60131 708-455-2510 53209 205-879-3986 08816 908-257-8800 94127 415-584-3919 80631 303-353-31 15 770-528-0910

LAKEWOOD CLEARWATER CHAMBLEE DECATUR SAN JUAN BAUTISTA KANKAKEE CRUMP CAMERNHOBBY SHOP El CERRITO HIGHBALL HOBBIES TRAINS AND TREASURES, INC. GANDY DANCERS KIT & CABOODLE DOODLEBUG HOBBIES OANNY'S TRAINS AND PLANES 806 BANK NE 1000 S. WADSWORTH #H 2551 DREW STREET PEACHTREE SHOPPING CTR. 550 EL CERRITO PLAZA 106 3RD STREET. STE L 678 WEST HENRY ST. 35601 205-353-3443 80226 303-975-1349 SUITE 105 5438 PEACHTREE IND. BLVD. 94530 510-524-9942 95045 408-623-1088 60901 815-932-2000 800-353-3446 HD. N & G SCA LES 34625 813-799-5447 30341 404-451-7425

ESCONDIDO LAKEWOOD COCOA COLUMBUS LA GRANGE HARTSELLE BRANCH LINE HOBBIES SAN LUIS 081SPO CRUMP CAMERNHOBBY SHOP LAWS HOBBY CENTER INSIDE NISSEN UPHOLSTERY SPARE TIME HOBBIES CUSTOM TRAINS LAGRANGE HOBBY CENTER INC. 250 f CREST ST. 138 WEST MAIN ST. 855 MARSH 202 S. PIERCE ST. UNIT 0 23 STONE ST. 3964 VETERANS PKWY. 25 S. LAGRANGE RD. 92025 61 9-489-5020 35640 205-773-8018 93401 805-544-5518 80226 303-239-6993 32922 407-636-1808 31904 706-322-8429 60525 708-354-1220 DAilY 10-6. TH. 12-9. CLOSEDSUN

DAYTONA BEACH KENNESAW MORTON GROVE MOBILE fRESNO SAN MATEO WESTMINSTER DUNN TOYS AND HOBBIES, INC. HOBBY TOWN USA TRAINS & CARS Of FRESNO MODEL RAILROAD TALBOT'S HOBBIES HOBBY TOWN GM&O "REBEL" HOBBIES 166 S. BEACH ST. 800 E. BARRETT PKWAY., YESTERDAY 6975 W. 88TH AV E. 820 AZALEA ROAO 744 P. STREET 445 SOUTH B ST. 9-6 MON-SAT CLOSED SUN SUITE 20 7923 W. GOLF RD. 36693 93721 94401 415-342-0267 80021 303-431-0482 205-661 -8196 209-266-2805 32014 904-253-3644 30144 770-426-8800 60053 847-470-9500

LAKELAND MUNDElEIN LAKEWOOD SANTA CLARA WESTMINSTER PERKINS HOBBIES! MACON HOBBY WAREHOUSE TRAIN SHOP MIZELL TRAINS INC. HOBBYTOWN USA RON'S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES ALASKA 1829 PRUNERIDGE AVE. 3051 WEST 74TH AVE. 225-B TOM HILL SR. BLVD. 431 N. LAKE ST. 4118 E. SOUTH ST. 1117 S. fLORIDA AVE. 90712 21 3-531-1413 95050 408-296-1050 80030 303-429-4811 31210 912-474-0061 60060 708-949-8680 33803 813-683-3251

LOS ANGElES ICULVER CITY) SUNNYVALE LANTANA MARIETTA PALATINE SOLDOTNA ALLIED MODEL TRAINS RICHARD'S MOOEL HOBBIES CRAFTSMAN HOBBIES THE DEPOT HOBBY SHOP PALATINE HOBBY, LTD. 4411 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD. 1324 S. MARY AVE. 35060 KENAI SPUR HWY. CONNECTICUT 603 RIDGE RO. 353 PAT MELL RO. 771 W EUCLID AVE. 90230 FAX 310-313-9365 IFREMONT & MARY-LUCKY'S) 99669 907-262-2839 33462 407-585-1982 30060 404-333-0190 60067 847-359-7888 310-313-9353 94087 408-992-0246

BRANFORD RIVERDALE PARK RIDGE MILPITAS TORRANCE BRANFORD HOBBIES MIAMI RIVERDALE STATION HILL'S HOBBY & COLLECTORS HOBBYTOWN USA ALL ABOARD MODEl RR ORANGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES 609 BOSTON POST RD. 6632 HWY. 85 SHOP ARIZONA 1465 LANDESS AVE. 3867 PACIFIC COAST HWY. 1975 NW 36TH ST. WEST MAIN RIVERDALE PlAZA 10 PRAIRIE 95035 408-945-6524 90505 213-791 -2637 33142 305-633-2521 06405 203-488-9865 30274 770-991-6085 60068 847-823-4464

SAVANNAH MONTROSE PEORIA MESA CRESCENTA VALLEY HOBBY & TURLOCK DANIELSON MIAMI BULL STREET STATION ROY'S TRAIN WORLD SOUARE ROUNDHOUSE TOY LOFT TEXNRAILS MIKE'S MAINLINE HOBBIES CRAFT 151 BULL ST. 1033 S. COUNTRY CLUB DR. 1468 LANDER AVE. 24 MAPLE ST. 16115 SW 117TH AVE. A-9 1227 D. WESTGLEN AVE. 2230 HONOLULU AVE. 31402 912-236-4344 85202 602-833-4353 95380 209-668-4454 06239 800-531-4955 33177 305-255-1434 61614 309-692-1909 91020 818-957-1779 1-800-611-8521

ORLANDO MORENO VALLEY VENTURA MANCHESTER BIG KIDS WORLD OF TRAINS QUINCY LONG'S DRUG STORE m4 VENTURA HOBBIES NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY TOP HAT HOBBIES, INC. 1103 NORTH MILLS AVE. ARKANSAS 25070 ALESSANDRO BLVD. 2950 JOHNSON OR. 1128 71 HIlliARD ST. ILLINOIS 126 NORTH 5TH 32803 407-894-4884 92388-4313 909-242-5060 93003 805-658-8138 06040 203-646-0610 62301 217-222-0040 fAX 407-894-4833

SKOKIE CLARKSVILLE MOUNTAIN VIEW WESTMINSTER OLD LYME ORLANDO BLOOMINGTON NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND BROOKS' MOOEL HOBBIES SAN ANTONIO HOBBY SHOP ARNIES TRAINS HOBBY CENTER COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY INC. HOBBYLANO INC. COLLECTORS GALLERY 107 CHEROKEE LANE 2550 W EL CAMINO REAL W 6450 WESTMINSTER AVE. 151-3A BOSTDN POST ROAD 634 N. MILLS ST. 616 N. MAIN ST. 4901 OAKTON ST. 72830 501-754-4936 94040 415-941-1278 92683 714-893-1015 06731 860-434-5309 32803-4675 407-841-1485 61701 309-828-1442 60077 847-673-4B49

ORLANDOIWINTER PARK BOURBONNAIS SPRINGfiELD NORTH lITIlE ROCK NORTH HOLLYWOOD RIDGEfiElD THE TRAIN DEPOT HE OWL'S ROOST SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS MADIJO HOBBY HOUSE THE ROUNDHOUSE HOBBY JUNCTION T STEW MARSHALL MODEL RR SHOP HOBBIES 5302 MACARTHUR OR. 12804 VICTORY BLVD. COLORADO 56 DANBURY ROAD 900 S. ORLANDO AVE. 117-92) 263 N. CONVENT. SUITE 8 2448 S. 10TH ST. 721 18 501-753-0495 91606 818-769-0403 06877 203-438-4452 32789 407-629-1365 60914 815-932-6100 62703 217-523-0265

COLORADO SPRINGS SHELTON ORMONO BEACH ORANGE CUSTOM RAILWAY SUPPLY SHELTON RAILROAD SYSTEMS HOBBYTOWN BURBANK FRANK'S HOBBY SHOP GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP 432 W FILLMORE 15 ELM ST. 1747 W. GRANADA BLVD. CALIFORNIA 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. 6357 W. 79TH ST. INDIANA 80907 719-634-4616 PO BOX 2272 32174 904-672-5441 92667 714-639-9901 60459 708-598-3114 1 BLOCK EA ST OF 1-25 06484 203-924-8761 1-95:EXIT 88

BERKElEY PASADENA CDLORAOO SPRINGS SIMSBURY PENSACOLA CHICAGO BREMEN BERKELEY HARDWARE THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP DIAMOND FUN SHOPPE VALLEY HOBBIES, INC. BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE CHICAGOLAND HOBBY BREMEN HOBBIES 2145 UNIVERSITY AVE. 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. 125 E. BOULDER 777 HOPMEADOW ST. 5719 NORTH W ST. 6017 NORTHWEST HWY. 308 N. BOWEN AVE. 94704 415-845-0410 91107 818-796-7791 80903 719-520-0126 06070 203-651-3234 32514 904-433-2187 60631 312-775-4848 46506 219-546-3807

SARASOTA BROWN COUNTY BURBANK PETALUMA COLORAOO SPRINGS CHICAGO VERNON GULF COAST MOOEL RAILROAD NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO. BURBANK'S HOUSE OF HOBBIES MODELS AND MORE KRIS KRINGLE LTD. J&E TRAIN DEPOT CHICAGO TRAIN COMPANY 3222 CLARK ROAD 98 W. WASHINGTON, BOX 1273 923 W OLIVE AVE. 218 PETALUMA BLVD. N. 2403 W. COLORADO AVE. 911 HARTFORD TPK., 30) 1922 W. IRVING PARK ROAD IRT. 34231 941 -923-9303 NASHVILLE 91506 818-848-3674 94952 707-762-2378 80904 719-633-1210 06006 860-870-7311 60613 312-929-4152 TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS 47448 812-988-1558

BURBANK REDDING COLORADO SPRINGS WOLcon TALLAHASSEE CHICAGO EVANSVILLE THE TRAIN SHACK TRAIN DEPOT PLUM LOCO OF COLORADO THE HOBBY GALLERY THE HOBBY CABOOSE TROST HOBBY SHOP A A HOBBY SHOP 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY 2334 RAILROAD AVE. 6543 N. ACADEMY BLVO. 1810 MERIDEN RD. 1000-24 W THARPE ST. 3105-3111 W. 63RD ST. 2023 W. FRANKLIN ST. 91505 BI8-842-3330 96001 916-243-1 360 80918 719-594-4123 06716 203-879-2316 32303 904-385-9728 60629 312-925-1000 47712 812-423-8888

BURLINGAME ROSEVILLE COLORADO SPRINGS TAMPA TRACKSIDE TRAINS TRAIN SHOWCASE CHESTER HOLLEY MODEL CREST HILL INDIANAPOLIS RAILROAO HOBBIES WALT'S HOBBY SHOP N GAUGE TRAIN SHOP N SCALE EXCLUSIVELY 38 S. SIERRA MADRE RAILROAD SPECIALIST 119 VERNON ST. DELAWARE 1701 N. LARKIN AVE. 4759 N. POST RD. 1675 ROLLINS ROAD B-1 liN OLD RIO GRANDE STATION) 3818 S. HIMES AV . 95678 91 6-782-6067 E 60435 815-741-0043 46226 317-89B-4883 94010 415-692-9724 80903 719-471-1887 33611 813-831-7202

SACRAMENTO KOKOMO CAMPBELL DENVER BRUCE'S TRAIN SHOP FREOERICA OES PLAINES TOLIN K&K 0&J HOBBY CABOOSE HOBBIES KATHIES TRAINS DES PLAINES HOBBIES 2752 MARCONI AVENUE 403-405 ARNOLD CT. 96 N. SAN TOMAS AOUINO RD. 500 S. BROADWAY 296 ROBBINS RD. GEORGIA 1468 LEE ST. 95821 916-485-5288 46902 317-453-9793 95008 408-379-1696 80209 303-i77-6766 302-335-I 850 SACRAMENTO'S LARGEST TRAIN STORE 19946 60018 847-297-21 18 OUAliTY CUSTOMER SERVICE

SAN DIEGO ILA MESA) ATHENS IWATKINSVILLE) COSTA MESA FORT COLLINS REEDS HOBBY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS MEMORY STATION DOWNERS GROVE MICHIGAN CITY TRAIN CROSSING HOBBY TOWN DOWNERS GROVE HOBBIES B & A HOBBIES & CRAFTS 8039 LA MESA BLVO. IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY PO BOX 56 10B9C BAKER ST. 2531 0 S. COLLEGE AVE. 6234 S. MAIN ST. 408 FRANKLIN 91941 619-464-1672 FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH HIGHWAY 441 SOUTH 92626 714-549-1596 80525 303-244-5445 60516 708-960-5900 46360 219-874-2382 DAilY ,a-lSAT ,a-; SUN '2-4 30677 706-769-8986

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 65 TERRE HAUTE TRAINS-N-RAILS DENVILLE BROCKPORT f&M HOBBIES MIKE'S ANTIOUE TOYS 'N' TRAINS 1701 S. 7TH 3118 ROUTE 10 5605 BROCKPORT 47802 812-232-4493 07834 FAX 201-361 -3855 SPENCERPORT RD. STORE HOURS 3 TO PM 816-224-6962 8 504-345-7601 201-361-O0�2 14468 716-637-9980

KENNER LEOMINSTER PORTAGE PARKVILLE HIGHTSTOWN BUFFALO IOWA KENNER TRAIN SHOP THE SHEPAUG RAILROAD CO. STAN'S ROUNDHOUSE J&L HOBBIES D K & B RAILWAY SUPPLIES K VAL HOB81ES 2000 20TH ST. 24 COLUMBIA ST. 1622 RAMONA 1362J NW HWY. 9 116 MAIN ST. 277 HINMAN AVE. 70062 504-466-5876 01453 508-537-2277 49002 61 6-324-0330 64152 816-746-1282 08520 609-448-5070 14216 716-875-2837

ROCHESTER CEDAR FALLS NEW ORLEANS MALDEN 8UFFALO JOE'S HOBBY CENTER JACKSON NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAFT MART CABOOSE STOP HOBBIES HUB HOBBY SUPPLY CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO. JACKSON HOBBY SHOP CAMPUS CORNERS SHPG. CTR. OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY 301 MAIN ST. 2618 S. BROAO ST. 662 CROSS ST. NEBRASKA 2275 W. COUNTY LINE RD. 105 S. LIVERNOIS 3366 UNION RO. AT WALDEN 50613 800-642-7012 70125 504-822-3914 02148 617-321-0090 OB527 908-364-3334 48063 313-651-8842 14225 716-681-1666

CEDAR RAPIDS SHREVEPORT GRANO ISLANO MERCERVILLE METHUEN ROYAL OAK HOBBYTOWN USA Z & Z HOBBIES EAST ROCHESTER BOX KAR HOBBIES COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER MODELER'S JUNCTION TRAIN CENTER HOBBIES DESPATCH JUNCTION 3537 W. 13TH ST. 116 FLOCK RD. 109 THIRO AVE. SE 4402 YOUREE DR. 88 LOWELL ST., ROUTE 113 4508 N. WOOOWARD 100 STATION RO. 1 IN STATE ONLY 1-800-286-3451 08619 800-586-2281 52401 319-362-1291 71105 318-865-7632 01844 508-683-0885 4B073 810-549-6500 4445 716-385-5570 68803 308-382-3451 FAX 609-586-7765

NORTON DES MOINES LINCOLN FERNOALE NORTON PROTOTYPES ­ ST. CLAIR SHORES HOBBYTOWN PENNSAUKEN SUSIE-Q HOBBY SHOP HOBBY HAVEN WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS TED'S ENGINE HOUSE VF HOBBIES EAST PARK MALL RD BOX 220 7672 HICKMAN RO. MAINE 21714 HARPER AVE. 6307 WESTFIELD AVE. 160 TAUNTON 220 NORTH 66TH ST. BUSHVILLE-SWAN LAKE RD. 50322 515-276-87B5 48080 313-771-6770 081 10 609-662-0222 02766 508-285-6712 68505 402-464-2858 12734 91 4-292-0921

NORTON DOWNTOWN MASON CITY NORTH YARMOUTH NORTON HOBBIES TAYLOR OMAHA PISCATAWAY GLENS fALLS EAST SlOE TRAINS TRAIN & TROOPER RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HOBBYTOWN USA MODEL RAILROAD SHOP 46 W. MAIN ST. TRAINS PLUS 932 B E. STATE ST. 13 MEMORIAL HWY. ROUTE 9 22661 NORTHLINE RD. 14655 W. CENTER RD. VAIL AVE. & NEW MARKET RD. 12 WARREN ST. ( ) 02766 508-285-2805 50401 515-423-1748 04021 207-829-321 48180 313-287-7405 68144 08854 908-968-5696 518-761-0173 i OPEN MON. - SUN. 402-697-9514 12801

SUDBURY WESTLAND OMAHA PLEASANTVILLE HICKSVILLE KEN'S TRAINS DAVE'S HOBBY & TV HOUSE OFTRAINS BEACHCOMBER COLLECTIBLES HOBBY IMAGES KANSAS MARYLAND MILL VILLAGE, RTE. 20 29026 WARREN RO. 8106 MAPLE ST. SHORE MAL� BLACK HORSE PIKE 89 JERUSALEM AVE. 01776 508-443-6883 48185 313-422-4464 68134 402-391-2311 08234 609-645-1031 11801 516-822-8259

TYNGSBORO WESTLANO MISSION ARNOLD HOBBY EMPORIUM, INC. POMPTON LAKES HORSEHEADS J'S HOBBY HAVEN STAR HOBBY NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY BEN FRANKLIN STORE ALTOONA SHOPS TJ MAX PLAZA 5303 JOHNSON DR. 1244 RITCHIE HWY., 15 35101 fORO RD. NEVADA 10 WANAOUE AVE. 2898 WESTINGHOUSE RD. #584 STE. 440 MIDDLESEX RD. 66205 913-432-8820 21012 410-544-7547 48185 313-722-5700 07442 201 -835-B008 14845-1828 607-739-8916 01879 508-649-5055

BALTIMORE LAS VEGAS HUNTINGTON OLATHE M B KLEIN, INC. WARREN HOBBYTOWN USA REO 8ANK THE CABOOSE INC. PEACEVILLE TRAIN SHOP TUCKERS HOBBIES HOBBYMASTERS INC. 162 N. GAY ST. 4719 FAIRCENTER PKWY. 208 WALL ST. 432 E. SANTA FE BOX 1090 - 8 BACON ST. MINNESOTA 62 WHITE ST. (INCLUDES MAIL 89102 PHONE 702-259-5295 11743 516-427-8288 66061 91 3-7B2-6965 01083 413-436-5318 07701 908-842-6020 21202 FAX 702-259-0166 MARKLIN SPECIALISTS

BERLIN TOPEKA OENNISON'S TRACKSIDE LlmE CANAOA LAS VEGAS RUTHERFORD INTERLAKEN FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES HUB HOBBY CENTER PRC TRAINS CHOO CHOO EDDIES ROCK RIVER MODEL HOBBIES HOBBIES 2023 SW GAGE BLVD. MICHIGAN 82 MINNESOTA AVE. 3920 J W. CHARLESTON BLVD. 38 AMES AVE. 7762 ROCK RIVER ROAD 14 S. MAIN ST. 66604 91 3-272-5772 551 17 612-490-1675 89102 702-25B-7768 07073 201-438-4588 14847 607-532-9489 21811 410-641-2438

WICHITA COLLEGE PARK ANN AR80R RICHflELO NORTH LAS VEGAS SOMERVILLE ISLIP ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES BURRED HOBBIES RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HUB HOBBY CENTER IMAGINATION UNLIMITED THE BIG LImE RAILROAD SHOP GOLD SPIKE HOBBIES 2718 BOULEVARD PLAZA 9920 RHOOE ISLANO AV E. 115 W. LIBERTY 6416 PENN AVE . S 4934 EAST TROPICANA 5 NORTH DOUGHTY AVE. 189 1SLlE AVE , RT. 111 67211 316-6B5-6608 20740 301-982-5032 48104 313-668-8950 55423 612-866-9575 89030 702-434-5696 08876 908-429-0220 11751 516-277-3700

WAYNE WICHITA FINKSBURG CANTON SPRING LAKE PARK RENO TOTOWA HOBBY SHOP JOHNSON CITY HOBBY CENTER INC. TRAIN WORKS RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP UNIVERSITY HOBBIES HIGH SIERRA MODELS THE TRAIN SHOP 131 MT. VIEW BLVD. 1034 E. HARRY 2934 CEOARHURST RO. 42007 FORD RD. 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE 4020 KIETZKE LANE 210 GRAND AVE. US HWY. 202 67211 316-269-3063 2104B 410-526-0018 48187 313-981 -8700 55432 612-780-4189 89502 702-747-7444 13790 607-797-9035 07470 201-696-5170

GAITHERSBURG DEARBORN ST. PAUL RENO WESTMONT KINGSTON PASTIMES JOE'S HOBBY CENTER SCALE MOOEL SUPPLIES HOBBIES OF RENO SAmER'S HOBBY SHOP J&J'S HOBBIES, INC. KENTUCKY 531 OUINCE ORCHARD RD. 7845 WYOMING AVE. 458 N. LEXINGTON PKWY. 535 E. MOANA LANE 14 HADDON AVE. 37 N. FRONT 914-338-7174 20878 301 -977-7902 48126 313-933-6567 55104 89502 702-826-6006 08108 609-854-7136 12401 FAX 914-338-73Bl

KENSINGTON THiEf RIVER FALLS ASHLAND MAYBERRY & SONS fARMINGTON MINEOLA HOBBYTOWN USA JOE'S HOBBY CENTER A&E RAILROAO NEW WILLIS HOBBIES TRAIN & HOBBIES 500 WINCHESTER AVE. #232 35203 GRANO RIVER HIGHWAY 325 NEW MEXICO 285 WILLIS AVE. 10527 SUMMIT AVE. 41101 606-329-1299 48024 313-477-6266 56701 218-681-4251 HAMPSHIRE 11501 516-746-3944 20895 301-564-9360

fLINT ALBUQUERQUE LEXINGTON NEW YORK - MIDOLETOWN HOBBYTOWN USA LAUREL RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP OF FLINT HAMPTON TRAINS WEST INC. PEACH CREEK SHOPS NEAL'S N-GAUGING TRAINS AREA HOBBIES 2329 B NICHOLASVILLE RD. 2061 S. LlNOEN ROAO 6001 SAN MATEO BLVD. NE 201 MAIN STREET MISSISSIPPI 86 TIDE MILL RD. 15 W. MAIN ST 40503 PHONE 606-277-5664 48532 810-720-2500 SUITE B-3 20707 301 03842 603-926-9031 10940 914-343-7141 FAX 606-277-5816 FAX 810-720-2505 87109 505-BBl-2322

LOUISVILLE fARMINGTON fRASER JACKSON NEW IPSWICH HOBBY TOWN USA NEW YORK SCALE REPROOUCTIONS, INC. P & HOBBY SHOP HOBBYTOWN USA DUMAINE ENTERPRISES RED CABOOSE 0 FC. SAN JUAN PLAZA 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE 6880 D. RIDGEWOOD COURT 15 SHALON ROAD 16 W. 45TH ST, 4TH FLOOR MASSACHUSETTS 31902 GROESSBECK HWY. 3030 EAST MAIN 40220 502-459-5849 313-296-61 16 39211 601-957-9900 03021 603-878-2163 10036 212-575-0155 48026 87401 505-325-5156

PAINTEO POST BEDFORD GRANO RAPIDS LAUREL LAS CRUCES LACKAWANNA TRAIN SHOP ADVERTISE YOUR 8USINESS THE HOBBY HUT BEDFORD TRAIN SHOP HOBBY WORLD HOBBY CORNER 86 VICTORY HIGHWAY IN THE DEALER OIRECTORY NEW JERSEY 126 WYATI DR. 32 SHAWSHEEN AVE. 2851 CLYDE PARK SW 1534 N. FIRST AVE. RT 17 EXIT 43) FOR ONLY S9.00 PER MONTH 49509 39440 601 -649-4501 88005 505-524-0991 ( 01730 617-275-7525 616-538-6130 14B70 607-962-5164

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MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING Y 67 MODEL RAILROADING'S DEALER DIRECTORY KINGSTON TORONTO MARKHAM CANADA PETER MACDONALD HOBBY GOOOWOOO BRITISH RAILVIEW TRAINS THOM'S HOBBIES HAVEN SUPPLY MANITOBA ONTARIO 501 ALDEN RO" UNIT 4 SHOP 45A N1 CITY 208 DIVISION ST. ALBERTA COLUMBIA ON L3R 3L4 905·470·6200 1463 027-021·595·2059 I ON K7K 321 613·548·8427

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Tues.-Fri. II AM - 4 PM; Weekends II AM - 5 PM. Casa [ji�., ALABAMA ��Y"n De Balboa Bldg., Balboa Park, 1649 EI Prado, (619) 696- $50(POSTPAID)0 BESSEMER Magic City RR Club's Sale & Show. 0199. $3, discO lOts for seniors, students and military with .. � The Finest Model RR May 3, 9 AM - 9 PM. West Lake Mall, Bessemer, Ala. 10, under 15 free. April I is Free. Info: Barbara Hultenius, Thc l'tv«l ' ...... ypeSc- . Io Mod.I R.o.il.....d �11O... •.w Os.-. lc o.c..lo Tables SIO. lnfo: Alvin L. Kerler Sr., 1881 Woodland Ave. (619) 696-0 199. �© Decals Available SW, Birmingham, AL 352 1 1, (205) 923-6003. SIMI VA LLEY .. Santa Susana RR Museum and Santa Over 56 years of EXPERIENCE. BIRMINGHAM .. Smokey City Rails Model RR Susana Model RR Club Swap Meet. May 17, 7 AM - II Club's 6th Annual Train Show & Sale. March 22, 9 AM - 4 AM. Santa Susana Depot, Santa Susana Park, Katherine Accept nothing less for your models! PM. Samford U. Bashinsky Fieldhouse, 800 Lakeshore Dr. Rd., I mile S. of Los Angeles SI.. $1, under 12 free. Info: Champion Decal Co, PO Box 1 178K, Minot, ND 58702 Homewood, AL 35209. 53, 5 I 6- 12, under 6 free. Info: Bruce Bloch, 15233 Ventura Blvd., #3 16, Sherman Oaks, 70 1 -852-4938 * FAX 701-852-9429 Smokey City Rails, P.O. Box 94606, Birmingham, AL CA 91403, (818) 363-4782. e-mail [email protected] 35220 or John M. McPherson, (205) 956-4959 arter 6 PM visit us at http://www.minot.com/-champ orRobbie Sims, (205) 980-8084. COLORA DO FAIRHOPE .. South West Alabama RR Modelers COLORADO SPRINGS .. Pikes Peak Division, Fairhope Firth Annual Model Train Show. March 15-16, NMRA Swap Meet. April 12, 9 AM - noon. Garfield STYRENE Sat. 9 AM - 5 PM, Sun 10 AM - 4 PM. Fairhope Kinder­ School, 332 E. Willamette St. $1, $5 sellers tables. Info: garten Center Gym, 100 S. Church St., Fairhope. $1, kids Vic Kuklin, 2508 Sturgis Rd., Colorado Springs, CO PLASllC free w/adult. Active duty military, police and fire officers 80909, (719) 635-9393. free. Info: Herb Kern, 6132 Scenic West Dr., Mobile, AL 36693, (334) 660- 1659. CONNECTICUT SHAPES, FAIRFIELD SHEFFIELD .. Shoals Model RRers Inc. HO Scale .. Housatonic Model Rway Club's "Station SHEET Meeting. 1st Thursday of each month, 6 PM. Info: Bob Stop '97" Housatonic Model Ry. Club Train Show. April 6, & Brooks, 234 Robinhood Dr., Florence, AL 35630 (205) 10 AM - 4 PM. Tom linson Middle School, 200 Unquowa 766-9889. Rd., Fairfield. $4, $2 kids. Info: John Valakas, P. O. Box MORE 88, Fairfield, CT 06430, (203) 255-3795 Fri. eves. ARIZONA • MORE SHAPES FL • MORE SIZES PHOENIX .. NMRA Arizona Div. Winter Meet. Mar. 8, 9 AM - 4 PM. Metro Tech High School, 1900 W. Thomas FORT LAUDERDALE .. S. Fla. Rway Museum Swap • LOWER PRICES Road, Phoenix. $5, 52.50 und�r 21 and MRA members, Meet and Auction. April 26, Swap meet 10 AM - 4 PM, Send $2.00 for ou 68 page VOL 6 Hobby Catatog. free if joining MRA/PSR at meet. Info: Matt Furze, Auction 6:30 PM - 10:30 PM. Morton Activity Ctr., 2890 r 17237 N. 16th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85023, (602) 375-8229. SW 8 Ave., Fort Lauderdale, E of 1-95 and S of 84. $3 or $5 for both events, kids free. Info: Mark Shafer, 7033 Hall CA LIFORNIA Blvd., Loxahatchee, FL 33470, (561) 790- 1962. 1020 South Waltace Ptace, Dept. MRR7 City of tndustry, CA 91 748 BAKERSFIELD .. Daylight Division, Pacific Coast SARASOTA .. Sarasota Model RR Club Open House. Region, NMRA, 1997 Pacific Coast Region Conv. "Rails April 26-2710 AM - 4 PM. Club House, 67306 15th St. E. � to the Loop." April 30-May 4. Bakersfield Convention Ctr (Old US 30 I N of airport), Bradenton, FL. Free. Info: Jack � and Holiday Inn Select, 80 I Truxton Ave., Bakersfield, Paden, 411 48th St. W., Bradenton, FL 34209, (941) 748- CA. $45 after Jan. I, $20 ages 12-18, under 12 free w/par­ 0109. Real Rail Effects, Inc. ent. Info: Doug Wagner, 14008 Tierra Blanca Ave., Bak­ SEBRING Sunshine Region NMRA's Speedway to ersfield, CA 93312, (805) 589-0391. .. presenls Sebring Spring '97 Convention. May 16-18. Kenilworth CROCKEn .. Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club's N Hotel, Sebring, FL. $25 convention only. Info: Keith scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. Williams, 2307 Fairway Lane, Sebring, FL 33872, (941) Pacific depot has openings for new members. Wed. lOAM 385- 1 332. Sound Systems - 3 PM and 7 PM to 9 PM, Sat. 10 AM - 4 PM. Depot on Rolph St. next to the S.P. main line, 900 Loring Ave., GEORGIA for All Crockett, CA. Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View ALBANY Flint River Model RR Club Inc. and Empire t Lane, Pinole, CA 94564 (5 10) 758-9310. .. Scales! nnnn Div. SER/NMRA 6th Annual Hobby Show, Swap Meet and ltu I.LI"LcR� FREE MONT .. Coast Div. Pacific Coast Region, NMRA Model Contest. April 5-6, Sat. lOAM - 5 PM, Sun. '�l!�!l NMRA Quarterly Meet. March 2, 9:30 AM - 6 PM. Calif. II AM - 4 PM. Albany Civic Ctr., 100 W. Oglethorpe School for the Deaf, 39350 Gallaudet Dr. (at Stevenson Blvd. $2, $1 youth, $25 table. Info: Jimmy Swann, Empire PRIME MOVER Blvd.), Freemont, CA. Info: Rod Smith, 40330 Monte Ct., Div. Supt. (912) 883-35 17 after 6 PM EST. Contest [nfor, • Conforms to NMRA DCC baseline Fremont, CA 94538, (5 10) 657-3362. Mike Ferry (912) 434- 1746 EST. Standards • Prototype specific Steam & Diesel LOS ANGELES East Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR AT LANTA Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st .. .. sounds Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. II AM - 3 PM. Travel­ Tues. of each month, 7:30 PM. Church of the Atonement, • 5-function integrated sound & lighting town, Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors, P. O. Box 945 High Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Leake, (404) decoder 5732, Glendale, CA 91301 (2 13) 662-8339. 262-2969. • Provides high-quality, realistic, on board or LOS ANGELES .. Pasadena Model RR Club Operating AT LANTA .. Piedmont Division Monthly Meeting. 2nd undertable sounds at a reasonable price The Sierra Pacilic Lines. April 26-29, May 3-4, Sat. I PM - Tuesday each month, 7 PM. Bldg. K, Habersham Office 5 PM & 7 PM - 10 PM; Sun. I PM - 5 PM; Tues. 7:30 PM Park, Northlake Pkwy., Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer, - 10 PM. 5458 Alhambra Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90032. 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) 968-1921. Donation $3, 51 kids, under 10 free w adult. Info: Joe / MARlEnA Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Society L,VE STOCK Behan (818) 284-2664. .. • Operates with any model train of Ferroequinologists and lield trips. 2nd Fri. of each month, • Comes track, battery powered or use as PA SADENA .. Slipm Gauge Guild Model RR Club 7:30 PM. Nations Bank of Waddell St. Free. Info: Dave a track-side accessory. Open House and Narrow Gauge Meet. Jun 8 & 10, Sun. 10 Muller (404) 974-4608 or Larry Smith (404) 926-0739. • Motion activated onboard sounds AM - 7 PM; Tues. 6 PM - 16 PM. 300 S. Raymond Ave., TUCKER Piedmont Div. SE Region Regular Monthly recorded from the source. Pasadena, CA 91105. Free. Info: Jeff Smith (818) 441 -6272. .. Meeting. 2nd Tuesday of every month. 7:30 PM. Building • Interchangable sound chips allow you to ROSEVILLE (SACRAMENTO AREA) .. Roseville K, Habersham Office Park, Northlake Parkway. Free. Info: swap Sound without buying another unit. Roundhouse Model RR Club's Sixth Annual Model RR Ed Palmer, 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260 (770) Show. May 3-4, Sat. 10 AM - 5 PM; Sun. 10 AM - 4 PM. 968- 1921. Placer County Fairgrounds, Roseville. $3, $1 under 12 and Call your dealer or Mike at seniors. Info: Jeff Zenovic, P.O. Box 361, Roseville, CA ILLINOIS (773) 202-9931 or send SASE to: 95678, (916) 723- 1822. EAST PEORIA .. [liinois Valley and River City RR RRE, PO B 1627 Highland, IN, 46322 SAN DIEGO .. San Diego Model RR Museum Operat­ Clubs' Peoria Train Fair. April 20, II AM - 3 PM. Illinois http://tttrains.comirre [email protected] ing Exhibit/Show. April 1-6, 8- 13, 15-20, 22-27, 29-30, Central College, Rte. 116 and Rt. 24. $2, under 13 free,

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING .. 73 lables $8 in advance. Info: Bob Lehman, 21 W. Rutledge,' Bartonville, IL 61607. (309) 697·301 2. RAIL CLEANERS FREEPORT ... Stephenson Soc. of 10del Trainmen (A NEW SERIES IN HO SCALE) Open House. April 5·6. 10 AM · 4 PM. Society Bldg., 600 ASKED - WE LISTENED DDLJDDDDDDDDDDDD Fever River Place off Island Ave. $1. Info: Jim Kantor. You 848 W. Stephenson St., Freeport. IL 61032. (815) 232· CONTEST You WANTED IT NARROWER? - HERE IT lSi � � 643 1. ® No CAN YOU BUILD A SHELL FOR THIS RAIL CLEANER' WITH KADEE TRUCKS? - PROBLEM! MOLINE ... Rock Island Southern "0" Scale Club Swap FRAME-MOUNTED COUPLERS? - O K ! YOUR IMAGINATION CAN MAKE YOU A WINNER. Meet (no Tinplate). Oct. 25, 9 AM . 4 PM. Holiday Inn, 6902 27th SI.. Moline, IL 61265 (next to Quad City Air· CARBODY SHELLS? - DROP ONE RI GHT ON! BEST OF EACH TYPE WINS A FREE RAIL CLEANER. port). $5. Info: Russ Pohlmann, 918 1 /2 15th Ave. E .. TIGHT CURVES? - INCH RADIUS IS EASY! SEND FOR SPECS. AND INFDRMATION. 10 S.A.S.E. Moline. IL 61244, (309) 764·834 1. LESS EXPENSIVE? - YOU'VE GOT IT! A PATENTED BETTER IDEA FROM: ORLAND PARK ... Midwest Region Calumet Div. AND BEST OF ALL, IT'S A CENTERLINE. CENTERLINE PRODUCTS, INC. NMRA Meel. Mar. 16, I PM · 4 PM. Twin Towers Orland (You KNOW HOW WELL THEY WORK) Park Historical Bldg .. 144th & West Ave. Free. Info: Andy 18409 HARMONY ROAD Hauser, 416 Price Ave .. Calumet City, IL 60409. (708) « ASK AT YOUR HOBBY S H O P � MARENGO, ILLINOIS 60152 U.S.A. 868·3802. WAUCONDA ... Lake County Model RR Club Spring Open House. March 8·9, II AM · 5 PM. 107 S. Main S1.. Wauconda, IL 60084 (rear entrance). Free. Info: Dennis Stanczak, P.O. Box 8477. Rolling Meadows, IL 60008. (847) 623·6403 after 6 PM.

WICHITA ... Air Capital Train Show &Swap Meet. March 22·23, Sal. 9 AM . 5 PM, Sun. noon · 4 PM. Cen· tury II Exhibition Hall. $4.50 pre·registration, S5 at door. Info: George Baird, P.O. Box 3245, Wichita, KS 6720 1· 3245. (316) 722·2229.

SEVERNA PA RK ... Severna Park Model RR Club EASY TO BUILD HO SCALE Semi·annual Open House. May 3-4, noon · 5 PM. In the CARS AND TRUCKS former B&A Rairoad station near Rt 648 & McKinsey Rd .. (1/87) Severna Park, MD. Free, donations accepted. Info: Sam ( 1932-1995) Shepherd (41 O) 647 ·6077. -PLUS-

BOLTON ... Nashua Valley RR Assoc. Railfair '97. April AIR PLANES 19·20, 9 AM · 4 PM. Emcrson School. 692 Main. St., Rtc. 117, Bolton. MA. £3, $.50 under 12. Inro: George A. Bishop, P. O. Box 72. Bolton, MA 01740, (508) 779·5056 AUTOGIRO after 7 PM.

BOLTON ... .3Nashua Valley RR Assoc. Annual Open STEARMAN PT- 17 House. April 19·20. 10 AM · 4 PM. Club Quat1ers, Rte. 85, Bolton, MA. 53, $.50 under 12. Info: George A. Bishop. P. O. Box 72, Bolton, MA 01740. (508) 779·5056 aftcr 7 PM. BUILDINGS WORCESTER ... Worcester Model RRers Inc. Open House. Oct. 13, lOAM · 4 PM. 70 James S1.. Rm. 200. S2, LOADING FA CILITY under 12 free . Info: Ralph Kimball Jr., 55 Maple S1., Pax· ton. MA 01612·1 130, (508) 755· 1873. STORAGE TA NK MILK HOUSE

GRAND RAPIDS ... Malta Lodge #465 F&AM Modcl RR Show and Sale. April 12. II AM · 4 P 1. Masonic ALUMINUM Te mple, 233 E. Fulton. $2, under 12 free. Info: Mark Bald· win, 625 3 Mile Rd. NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49505·3346. CORRUGATED COVERING (616) 363· 1 695. COVERING MOUNT CLEMENS ... Gratilot Valley RR Club Swap 'n Shop. March 16, 10 AM · 3 PM. Clinlondale High School, IS mile at Lillie Mack. $3, uncleI' 12 free. Info: Greg Rich. 28 1 N. Ave .. Mt. Clemens. MI 48043. (810) 468-4877. SEE YOUR DEALER FIRST If he doesn't stock Williams Bros. HELENA products, then order direct. We ... 17th Annual Helena RR Fair. April 27. Helena Civic Ctr. $1. under 12 free. Inro: Bob Solomon, MC accept Visa or ($20.00 min.) 161 Fairway Dr.. Helena. MT 5960 1. (406) 442·6 1 18. add $5.25 for s&h. CA residents LIVINGSTON 'Y 7th Livingston RR Swap Meet. April 26, 10 AM . 4 PM. Livingston Depot Center in the Old add sales tax WILLIAMS BROS., INC. N.P. Depot. lnro: Livingston Depot Center. Box 1319, Liv· 181 PAWNEE, SAN MARCOS, CA 92069 SASE FOR ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM ingston, MT 59047. (406) 222·2300.

MARCH 1997 74 ... MODEL RAILROADING NORTH PLATT E ... Neb. W. Central Div., MCOR MRA Fourth Annual Train Show & Swap Meet. April 19-20, Sat. 10 AM - 6 PM, Sun. II AM - 5 PM. The Mall, 1000 S. Dewey St., North Platte, NE. $3 one day, $5 two day, 51 per day for ages 5-14, under 5 free w/adult. Info: Gene Tacey, P. O. Box 485, Sutherland, NE 69 195, (308) 386-2489.

WINSLOW ... The Great Winslow Junction Scale Train & RRiana. May 4, 10 AM - 3 PM. Winslow Fire Hall, Hall & Hay streets. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Bill Powell, 306 Broad St., Williamstown. J 08094, (609) 728-1327 till 9 PM.

CARNEY'S POINT ... Carney's Point Annual Meet. May 18, lOAM - 3 PM. Carney's Point Vo lunteer Fire Co., Walker Ave. & 0 St. 53, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Bill Powell, 306 Broad St., Williamstown, NJ 08094, (609) 726- 1327. Manufacturers of .. Craftsman Style BUFFALO (GRAND ISLAND) ... IntI. Div. NFR, .. - Eastern Car Works� Injection Molded Styrene P.O. Box • NMRA Div. Meeting. April S, reg. 9:30 AM, mtg. 10 AM. "L" 624 Langhorne, PA 19047 HO Railroad Kits and Parts Grand Island Rec Center, 3278 Whitehaven Rd., Grand Island. $2 members, $3 non-members, free if entering model. Info: Steve Lucas, 14 E. 13th St., Hamilton, Ont. •� . L9A 3Z3, (905) 575-83 12 or Mike Koenig, 27 Newburgh St., Buffalo, NY 14211-1809, (716) 896-0393.

CHEEKTOWAGA (BUFFALO) ... Prototype Rway � . Modellers Clinics and Display. June 7, 8 AM +. Sheraton

Inn, Buffalo Airport, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, NY. - $15. Info: Richard Chrysler, 735 Glancaster Rd., RR#I, --- -- Mount Hop, Ontario, Canada, LOR I WO, (905) 679-4279. CHEEKTOWAGA ... Niagara Frontier Region NMRA Golden Jubilee Train Show. June 8, 10 AM - 5 PM. Shera­ ton Inn, 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga, NY. 53. Info: Pete Moffett, 7 Jolie Ct., St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada L2M 6V5, (905) 934-6575. 9021 9023 CHEEKTOWAGA ... Nia2ara Fronteir Re2ion NMRA PRR Pullman Standard 50th Anniversary Conventiol� June 6-8, 9 AM. Sheraton Inn. 2040 Walden Ave., Cheektowaga NY. 550 Weekend 3D-P7 61-NO pass, 515 daily pass, $3 train show pass. Info: Richard Dil­ $5.00 $5.00 ley, 208 Chalmers St., Oakville, ONT, Canada L6L 5R9.

All trucks sold without wheel sets. ASHEVILLE ... 1997 Combined Mideastern and South­ Send SSAE (55¢ postage) for current kit list. eastern Regional NMRA Convention. May 23-25, Fri. 8 AM - 5 PM, Sat. 9 AM - 5 PM. Sun. 9 AM - noon. Radis­ son Hotel, Asheville, NC. 560 members, $78 nonmembers. Info: Pat Price, Railfest '97, 26 Zephyr Dr., Asheville, NC 28806, (704) 253-623 1. ASHEVILLE t Railfest '97. May 23-24, Fri. 3 PM - 8 PM, Sat. 9 AM - 5 PM. Thomas Wolfe Civic Ctr. 55, under InterMountain Railway Company 12 free IV/adult. Info: Pat Price, Railfest '97, 26 Zephyr 30 E. Ninth Av enue - P.O. Box 839 Dr., Asheville, C 28806, (704) 253-623 1. Longmont, Colorado 80502

HAMILTON ... Mid Central Re2ion and Great Lakes N­ Trak Region Spring Convention. April 17-20. Hamiltonian Hotel. 539, SIO each add. family member. Info: Jack John­ son, Registrar, 335 1 Palmhill Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45239, HO (513) 923-406 1, 7 - 10 PM EST. SIDNEY ... w. Central Ohio Model RRers Club Model Scale RR Flea Market. March 16, lOAM - 4 PM. Shelby County Fairgrounds, Beige Color Bldg., Exit #90 (Fair Rd.) off 1- 75. $2, $1 ages 6- 12. Info: Bob Cox, 2369 Aldrin Dr., Sid­ ney, OH 45365, (937) 492-8056, (937) 492- 1074. ACF Type 27 Riveted 10,000 Gallon Tank Car EUGENE ... Willamette Cascade Model RR Club 9th Annual Model RR SholV and Swap Meet. March 22-23, Now Available: Sat. 10 Am - 5 PM, Sun. 10 AM - 4 PM. Lane County Fair­ Shippers Car Line Corp. Gulf Oil Corp. grounds, Eugene, OR. 53, 56 family, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Michael Adams, 656 Heywood Ave., Eugene, OR U. S. Gov't War Dept. U. S. Army 97404, (541) 46 1-0156 (eve.). Phone: (800) 472-2530 or (303) 772-1901 (303) 772-8534 PORTLAND ... Columbia Gor2e Model RR Club and FAX : Web Site Name: http ://www.intermountain-railway.com Pacific NW Chapter NRHS 191h Annual RRiana and Model RR Swap Meet. March 8, 10 AM - 4 PM. Pay-N­ E-Mail Address: [email protected] Pak Antique & Collectors Market, 8900 N. Vancouver Ave.

MARCH 1997 MODEL RAILROADING ... 75 (Delta Park), exit 307 off 1·5, s. onMLK Blvd. 10 Vancou· and 9- 10, 9:30 AM - 5 PM. Science Museum of Virginia, We've Computeri?ed ver Ave. $3, under 12 free w/adult. $14 I Sl table, $10 nexi SignsGalore to help you get what 2500 W. Broad St., Richmond, Va 23220·2054. Free Model Railroad , lable. Info: Doug Auburg, CGMRC, 2505 N. Vancouver you need. Over 147I w/museum admission, $4.50, $4 srs and youth. Info: Ken Ave., Portland, OR 97227, (503) 288·7246 (any time) or sheets offset pri ted. Hall, 9121 Mapleview Ave., Richmond, VA 23294-5702, Graphics Most at $3 (360) 694·7769 (eve.). (804) 270-3775. ROSEBURG ... All Aboard Railroad Club for All Scales. 1st and 3rd Saturdays at 3 PM, 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7 PM. VIENNA ... NorthernVa. Model RRers Inc. Open 1·louse. Is lOUr RR 427 SE Main St. Info: Debi or Kim Wing (503) 672-0280. March IS, April 12, May 25, July 12, Sept. 13, I PM - 5 PM. Washington & Old Dominion RR Station, 231 Domin­ rigtit-of-wa ion Rd. (at Ayr Hill Rd.). Donations. Info: (703) 938-5 157. CHADDS FORD ... Phila Div. NMRa Brandywine Junc· Use our RRBAB signs made toE? the standards?? for eaI ch tion '97 Mideastern Region NMRA Convention. Nov. 7·9. WISCONSIN RR. Is your favorite RR not on our list?? Loan u the Chadds Ford Ramada Inn at US I & US202. Brandy· Standards and get the sheets made up free.S Info: MADISON NMRA S. Central Wisconsin Div. Meet. 1 wine Junction '97, P.O. Box 74 1, Paoli, PA 19301·074 1. ... March 2, April 6, PM. Fitchburg Comm. Ctr., 55 10 E. Please sen 1 orderr orm I � i�; PHILADELPHIA ... 1997 East Coast Hobby Show. Lacy Rd., Madison, WI 53711. $1, $.50 students, first time ig ; ; � March 22·27. Fort Washington Expo Center, suburban free. Info: Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilltop Dr., Madison, WI Philadelphia. (800) 252-4757 or http://www.hob· 9 Carlson Lane, Palm Coast, FL 32137-8150' Info: 53711, (608) 23 1-1817. emall·[email protected] GVo ice & FAX (904) 44 -6553 byshow.com MADISON 1997 NMRA National Convention and N­ PITTSBURGH ... NMRA MCR Div. 2 3rd Annual Scale ... Train Show and Sale. March 1·2, 10 AM ·4 PM. Castle TRAK National Convention. Lake Monona Fare for Lake Shannon Vo l. Fire Dept., State Rte. 88 S. $3, $1 srs. and Junction '97, $97 for full fare & $65 for nonrails. under 18, WinLok 2. 0 ON LY $ lIt;.t;S youth ages 7·17, under 6 free. Info: Loren J. McCullough, $35, under 10 $25 w/adult. Final registration rate, $120 for Digital Command Control and Software for Windows 159 Donora Rd., Monongahela, PA 15063·8500, (4 12) register close to or at the convention. Info: Ross Pollock, 379·8596, (4 12) 379·5528 FAX. REgistrar, Lake Junction '97, 3539 Mill Creek Rd., Min­ Digitrax LocoNeFM and Win Lok Specials TA MAQUA ... Tamaqua Anthracite Model RR Club. erai Point, WI 53565, (888) 525-3528. BigBoy $ 299. 95 � $ 375. 00 June 22 & Oct. 12, 8 AM · 3 PM. Mohn Bldg. behind the with WinLok 2.0 OCC Software and MS1 00 Interface PA Job Services Bldg. on Rt. 309 in Ta maqua. $2, $5 fam· ONTARIO ily. Info: C. Michael Ranck, 43 E. Ludlow St., Summit COBOURG Cobourg Model Train Show, March I, 10 Hill, PA (717) 645·9 133 or emailtrainnut ldtprolog.net. ... AM - 4:30 PM. Lions Comm. Ctr., Elgin St. E., Cobourg, Ont. $3, $2 seniors, $1 kids. Info: Ted Rafuse, 181 Armour Ct., Cobourg, Ont. K9A 4S6, (905) 372-8375. NASHVILLE ... Cumberland Div. SER·NMRA Spring '97 Div. Meet. March 15, 9 AM ·4 PM. Exhibitors Bldg., KINGSVILLE ... WOD-NMRA Meet. March 8, 9:30 Te nnessee State Fairgrounds, Wedgewood & Rains. $3, $1 AM. Epiphany Anglican Church, Main & Prince Albert under 12. Terry Bebout, 709 N. Lake Cir., Brent· Info: Sts. $3, $2 WOO members. Info: Roy Kreiger, P.O. Box wood, TN 37027-7844, (615) 833·5077. 24 1, Kingsville, Ont. N9Y 2E9, (5 19) 733-8423. s LINDSEY ... Lindsay and District Model Eng. Show. AMARILLO ... The Amarillo Model RR Assoc. Sixth April 5-6, Sal. II AM - 5 PM, Sun. II AM - 4:30 PM. Vic­ Annual Tri State Train Show. March 15 9 AM - 5 PM, toria Park Armoury, 210 Kent St., West, Lindsay. $4, $2 March 16 noon - 5 PM. Amarillo Civic Center, 40 1 seniors and students, $1 kids. Info: Box 452 K9V 4S5 Buchanan, Amarillo, TX. $3, $1 under 12. Info: Jerry Lindsay, Wayne Lamb (705) 324-5710, Eric Potter, (705) Michels, 27 Dewey Rl. 6, Amarillo, TX 79 124. (806) 354- 328-3749. Please tell our advertiseI s 5806 days, (806) 354-5829. ST. CATHERINES IntI. Div. NFR, NMRA Div. Meet­ saw LONGVIEW Junction & E. Texas Train Soc. ... you their ad in ... ing. March May 3, reg. 9:30 AM, mtg. lOAM. Facer St. Longview Train Show. March I lO AM - 5 PM, March 2 I, II AM - 5 PM. Fairgrounds Exhibit Bldg., off hwy. 31 on Baptist Church, St. Catherines. $2 members, $3 non-mem­ MODEL'" Jaycee Dr., Longview, Texas. $5, under 12 free. Info: bers, free if entering a model. Info: Steve Lucas, 14 E. RAILROADlNf!".. Homer Fleischer, P.O. Box 6704, Longview, Texas 75608, 13th St., Hamilton, Ont. L9A 3Z3, (905) 575-8312 or Mike (903) 753-95 12 or (903) 297·6330. Koenig, 27 Newburgh St., Buffalo, NY 14211-1809, (716) 896-0393. SAN ANTONIO ... An Antonio Model RR Assoc. 1997 Lone Star Region Convention (NMRA). June 27-29, regis­ TORONTO Prototype Rway Modellers 7th Annual ter 8 AM June 27. OMNI San Antonio Hotel, lH 10 W. and ... Toronto Area Meet. April 27, 9 AM - 5 PM. D&R Model Wurzbach, 9821 Colonnade Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78230. Info: Don Scott, 2238 Rippling Rill, San Antonio, RR Club and The York Rway Modellers 5 & & Oakland, TX 78232 (210) 494-3697. Weston, Ont. $6. Info: Ed Barry, 55 Hay Ave., Etobicoke, M8Z IG2 (SSAE), (416) 252-2464. 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