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June 2001 $4.50 Higher in Canada

LLOYD LARSON’S

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Pennsy C630

06 > EMDEMD GP40sGP40s KCS,KCS, L&NL&N PagePage 3535 PagePage 2020 0 7447 0 91672 7 In an encore presentation, the PROTO 2000 Heritage Steam Collection announces the 2nd release of the USRA 0-8-0. Hailed as "brass quality," you will be impressed witl1 the meticulous attention to detail and its outstanding performance!

This exceptional locomotive features:

• Hand-Applied Detail Parts on the Locomotive and Tender • 5 Pole Skew-Wound Balanced Mmattlre with Machined Flywheel including a Brass Bell, Metal Handrails & Cut Levers, and • Precisely-meshed Worm Gear and Spur Teeth Tender Truck Chains • Nickel-Silver Plated Wheels with RP25 Contours Moveable Cab Windows Oller30 Hallll-AfJ/Jlied 1'ellder Delai/I'arls • Operating Cab Windows and Meticulously Detailed Cab Interior • Authentic Painting and Laser-Sharp Printing • Slow Speed Less than 3 Scale Miles Per Hour and up to 59 Scale • Constant and Directional Head and TailLights Miles Per Hour Fast Speed • Equipped with PROTO 2000 Couplers • Will Operate Through 18" Radius Curves and #4 Thmouts • DCC Ready • Weighted for Maximulll Tractive Effort - Pulls 60 or More Cars • to-Page Booklet Filled withHistorical Facts and Documentation • 8 Wheel Drive & Electrical Pickup • Certificate of Quality

As appropriate to the prototype road, Boston Maine and Missouri Pacificfeature pilot deck ladders. All other roads feature pilot deck steps (as shown above.)

The second release of the 0-8-0 with tender is available in an unlettered version and two road numbers each in Chesapeake Prolotypically Correct 1'ellder Truck Chains Over 30 Halld-Applied I,oco Delail ParIs & Ohio; Boston Maine; Missouri Pacific; New York, New Haven & Hartford; Indiana Harbor Belt and Pere Marquette. Each Ill!IDm model comes with illustrated instructions, a certificate of authenticity and a booklet filled with historical facts and rare documentation. And, as with the first release, PROTO 2000 will donate a portion of the sales to the historical society of the roads represented to aid their efforts of preserving the history and beauty of the 0-8-0 Steam Locomotive. June 2001 VOLUME 31 NUMBER 4

FEATURES

20 ▼ Modeling Pennsy’s Century 630: A Second-Generation Brute by Stuart R. Thayer 28 ▼ Distressing Plastic by V. S. Roseman 32 ▼ No-Sweat Spline Roadbed by William Mitchell 35 ▼ GP40: The First 645 Geep — Part 9: KCS and L&N 20 by George Melvin Photo by Stuart Thayer 40 ▼ Re-Creating Horseshoe Curve in HO — Lloyd Larson’s Pennsy Layout 57 ▼ ON TRACK by Doug Geiger, MMR Well, It’s About Time by Jim Mansfield 46 ▼ CONTAINERS A-Z ICCU to INAU 58 ▼ BEHIND THE SCENES by David G. Casdorph Square Corner Backdrops: Tricks of the Trade...No Smoke or Mirrors 50 ▼ MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL by Margaret Mansfield Transamerica Distribution Services Part 3: Under-Mount Reefer 60 ▼ DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP & Initial Weathering CSXT GE AC4400CW #100 by Gary Walton by Rich Picariello DEPARTMENTS 57 5 ▼ Editorial 9 ▼ Letters 12 ▼ New Products 17 ▼ Product Reviews 56 ▼ Society Page 63 ▼ Dealer Directory 71 ▼ Boys in the Basement 73 ▼ Your Trek Plan

Photo by Jim Mansfield 78 ▼ Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER The mail train is pulled upgrade by a set of E7s around McGinley’s Curve on Lloyd Larson’s Pennsylvania Railroad layout while a coal drag drifts downgrade. Note the different sizes and grades of coal in those hoppers. Turn to page 40 for a tour of Lloyd’s layout and its re-creation of Pennsy’s famous Horseshoe Curve in HO scale. Photo by Doug Geiger, MMR. INSET: On page 20, Stuart Thayer also focuses on the Pennsy with his article on detailing a predecorated PRR C630 from Stewart — a true second-generation brute. Photo by Stuart Thayer.

▼ EDITORIAL

EDITOR / PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR Jim and Margaret Mansfield George Melvin Rich Picariello Summertime Larry J. Puckett Larry E. Smith, MMR t seems hard to believe that summertime is already CIRCULATION / OFFICE MANAGER I here...especially since we’ve had a couple of snow- Donald R. Strait storms here in Denver in recent weeks. And chances are [email protected] that you have already noticed a change in your behavior. You’re probably spending less time working on your NATIONAL SALES MANAGER basement empire and turning your attentions to outdoor Chris Lane activities...rail related and otherwise. 1-888-338-1700 Summer affords us many opportunities that aren’t available to us during the shorter [email protected] days of the winter season, so it is only natural that we make every effort to take advan- ASSISTANT MANAGER/GRAPHIC ARTIST tage of those options. One summertime tradition that I hope many of you will avail Rhett B. Lee yourself of this year is the National Model Railroad Association’s annual convention [email protected] — Gateway 2001 — which will be held in St. Louis, MO, from July 8-15. If you have never attended an NMRA National, this just might be the year to do so. The time spent Volume 31, Issue 4. MODEL RAILROADING is published 10 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker with other modelers at a National can be extremely enriching, and it does more to Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. spark the imagination and fire up the desire to really start making headway on your Price per single copy is $4.50 in U.S.A. Subscriptions are modeling efforts than anything I know of. $36.95 in the U.S.A. or $45.00 in Canada (or foreign) for Taking layout tours not only provides the opportunity to see some of the area’s nic- 12 issues payable in U.S. funds. 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Printed in U.S.A. guaranteed that as least one of the buses you’re on will either get lost...break down...or The information contained in the various articles in not be able to fit around a corner or down a tree-lined street...but that really adds some this magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty of the special flavor that can make a National memorable...and enjoyable...if you are is given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from willing to downshift from the normal hectic pace that we live most of the time. And any patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no you can rest assured that it will provide horror stories for you to share for decades to control over the physical conditions surrounding the appli- come. Just ask anyone who attended Rocky Rails ’77 (which I chaired), and you’ll cation of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any li- know what I’m talking about...even though 24 years has gone by! The point is that it ability for untoward results and/or for any physical injury is often the faux pas that can change a mere event into an adventure that will live on in incurred by using the information herein. your memories for the rest of your life if you approach it with the right attitude. Copyright © 2001 by Highlands Station, Inc. Since attending my first National in Atlanta in 1973, I have had the opportunity to ADVERTISING attend 23, missing only 1984 and 1986-1989. Each has been a unique and memorable For advertising information contact experience that I treasure...and I know that this year’s National will be nothing less. Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 But a National is not just about layout tours. 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Priorities that can make even the strongest person frustrated and overwhelmed Randy, trying to juggle both personal/family crises with business deadlines. I just wanted to support your position to skip the two issues this It was very encouraging and a good reminder to read your very well year to get the magazine dates back on track. We have been through written editorial. some hard times with my wife’s parents’ deaths a few months apart We are enjoying every minute with our new son, Conor, who is a year ago, and can quite understand your position on “priorities.” I already nine months old and are thankful for so many things in life. would much rather you skip the issues and get on with life than to We consider you a good friend and respect what you do and what you keep trying to “catch up” and be constantly making comments in represent professionally. the magazine to the effect that you really do intend to get back on Eddie and I applaud your decision and wish you, Chris and your schedule, real soon now. This way the change is done and over with families all our best. quickly and you can continue to focus on quality content rather than Paula Ryan on the cover date. Mission Viejo, CA Keep up the good work, and I hope that you get only positive feedback on this decision. My thanks to all of our readers for your condolences and expressions Gregory Madsen of support. It is deeply appreciated. — Randy [email protected] Penn Central Steamer Important Things in Life... Randy and Jim (Teese), Dear Randy: ...excellently written article by Jim Teese (May 2001 MRG). I want to comment on two things. First, I have been subscribing Photography is outstanding. I hope Jim will write about some of his to your magazine for about two years now, and it is one of the finest HOn3 models of the ET&WNC railroad soon. magazines on model railroading that I have read. Please keep up the I remember Jim telling me about that loco but I never saw it. Well good work. perhaps I did in the contest room but those convention days were Secondly, I wholeheartedly support your decisions regarding the a blur for me. Too much to remember and do. That week I had 948 pressure on your staff and pushing off the subscriptions by two issues. people come through our house to see my railroad. I only remember Granted, our jobs are hopefully something we enjoy, and they pay the it was very hot, about 100+ degrees every day. Anyway thanks for bills. But there are other jobs if necessary. Our families have to come sending the article to Randy, Jim. first! When things are looked at, we can replace virtually everything Randy the tribute to your father was very nice. How lucky you are in our lives, including jobs and material things; but not our family. I to have had him to enjoy for so long. That generation really were the believe the good Lord expects nothing less from us, and will help us people who shaped our industrial world. through the difficult times. Rick Shoup, MMR Again, many thanks for setting your priorities correctly, thereby [email protected] setting an example for all of your readers and staff. I can’t think of any one thing you could do that would encourage more loyalty from your staff than what you did. You put them ahead of “things”! God bless you and keep up the great work on this magazine. We truly do enjoy a wonderful hobby — something the whole family can be involved in. Coming Soon... Rick Meier Fairfield, OH ▼ Servicing Passenger Issues Trains Dear Randy: I see no problem with less issues except your income. Diesel Era ▼ C&W Freelanced Locos and Narrow Gauge and Short Line both put out six issues a year and seem to have no problems. The way they come out I still get a mag ▼ Visits to the layouts of once a month! Have you thought about ten issues a year? In the sum- mer when there are many other things to do there could be a May- George Sellios & Howard June and a July-August issue. More time to prepare for the fall. Zane I hope that things go for the best for you and your staff. James H. Wilkinson ▼ [email protected] Modeling a Prototype CP Dummy Unit Priorities Editorial Dear Randy, ▼ J.B. Hunt & Schneider Just wanted to send you a message to say hello and to offer our support for your recent editorial on priorities.... Navistar 9700s It’s never easy dealing with such matters as you well know and the high stress level we all experience especially during times like

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JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING T 11 ▼ NEW PRODUCTS THE SANDHOUSE A Product News Column HO SCALE

Athearn, 19010 Laurel Park Rd., Compton, CA 90220, will offer Goldline Products, P.O. Box 947, Jamestown, CA 95327, www. the following new products (expected for July delivery): goldlineproducts.com, will offer a freelance design HOn3 32' short ▼ UP GP38-2 w/wing herald and zigzag side stripes ($41.50) span trestle. Kit is a wood craftsman type w/full-size drawings for ▼ UP C44-9W w/wing herald and zigzag side stripes (in two road use as construction templates. Wood is supplied by Mt. Albert Scale numbers and unnumbered, $69.50) Lumber Co. White pine ties and Grandt Line detail castings are ▼ 20' container chassis in APL, China Shipping, Cosco, Genstar, included. Price is $19.95. This kit will soon be available in S and O Hapag-Lloyd, NOL, NYK, P&O, Yang Ming and Zim-Israel scale versions. ($37.50/6) ▼ 57' mechanical reefer in BAR, Erie-Lackawanna, WFCX-GN, InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering Milwaukee Road and UPFE w/new logo ($7.25); 12-pack 57' the following new kits for their Premium Line R-40-10 reefer. Kits mechanical reefer in UPFE ($87.00) are highly detailed and feature a real wood roofwalk: ▼ Pullman-Standard covered hopper in Milwaukee Road (gray car, ▼ PFE w/Overland herald (12 nos.), #41701P...$21.95 $7.75) ▼ PFE double-herald (12 nos.), #41702P...$21.95 ▼ Work train series 40' boxcar, 50' flatcar, 50' gondola, single-dome ▼ PFE “modern gothic” (12 nos.), #41704P...$21.95 tank car in UP (green) and N&W ($5.75 ea.) ▼ American Refrigerator Transit (ART, 12 nos.), #41705P...$21.95 ▼ Work train series HW standard baggage car and HW RPO in UP ▼ Undecorated, #41799P...$15.50 (green) and N&W ($11.75 ea.) InterMountain has also announced the availability of a “smart” dummy B-unit chassis as well as decorated and assembled “smart” dummy B-units. The “smart” dummy unit has an F-unit chassis without motor, flywheels, circuit board or lights, but does have metal wheels, electrical pickup and wires from the electrical pickup. Unit is intended for modelers who need more space for sound or expanded electronics. “Smart” dummy chassis is offered with either silver or black trucks at $49.95. Decorated and assembled units come deco- rated for: NYC (Lightning Stripe), SP (Black Widow), PRR or UP at $89.95; or B&O, C&NW, D&RGW, GN, Santa Fe (Warbonnet) or WP for $94.95. ▼ Monon 53' plate-wall container in J.B. Hunt and undec ($7.75); 5-pack Monon Kadee®, 673 Avenue C, 53' plate-wall container decorated for White City, OR 97503-1078, J.B. Hunt ($35.50). offers the following new RTR Expected this summer are the following PS-1 40' boxcars: new roadnames for their F59PHI: Metro- ▼ Santa Fe “Chief” w/6' door link, Seattle Sounder and North Carolina (Road No. ATSF 31343), DOT. Each will be available in two road #4036...$28.95 numbers. Retail $65.50. ▼ RF&P w/6' door (Road No. RF&P 2862), #4306 Design Preserva- ...$28.95 tion Models, P.O. New RTR 50' car: Box 98, Linn Creek, ▼ RI w/15' door MO 65052, intro- (Road No. R.I. duces the Popa 64543), #6710... Weelie’s Gold Kit $28.95 featuring ten cast- metal motorcycles. Out West Lumber Loads, 2005 Oak Dr., Newburg, OR 97132, The plastic two- offers a “steam era” lumber load (#107) to fit on a 40' flatcar. Kit building kit (Popa has notched veneer and pre-cut scale stripwood for a board by board Weelie’s Saloon and effect. Price is $10.00; add $4.00 S&H if ordering direct. Dew Duck’n Café) has over 80 cast- The Palace Car Co., c/o Plainsman Manufacturing, Box 973, metal accessories. Kearney, NE 68848, (308) 238-5009, introduces coach interiors. Kits Included detail parts are a billboard, signs, fence, trash cans, crates, include a floor/weight custom fitted for each car, enough plastic seats barrels, alley cat, dogs, lights, dry transfer decals and more. DPM to build one coach in up to three floor plans and styrene sheet strips #407 is priced at $49.98. for partitions and walls:

Editor’s Note: Please talk to your dealer first regarding any new products. If you would like additional information from the manufacturer, please don’t forget to include a number ten, self-addressed, stamped envelope. This will help all concerned.

12 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 ▼ 9501 Athearn LW streamliner coach, 30 seat...$17.75 Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997, has ▼ 9502 Athearn LW streamliner observation, 23 seat...$18.75 cast gray urethane resin kits for Cotton Belt 1923-’25 8' 6" IH dou- ▼ 9503 Athearn HW standard coach, 28 seat...$17.75 ▼ 9504 Roundhouse HW coach or obs, 30 seat...$12.75 ▼ 9505 Con-Cor LW 85' (fluted) coach, 28 seat...$18.75 ▼ 9506 Con-Cor LW (fluted) observation, 27 seat...$19.75 ▼ 9507 Con-Cor LW smooth-side coach, 30 seat...$18.75 ▼ 9508 Rivarossi LW streamliner coach, 38 seat...$19.75 ▼ 9509 Rivarossi HW standard coach, 38 seat...$19.75 ▼ 9510 Model Power HW coach or obs, 32 seat (floor/weight not included)...$7.75 ▼ 9511 IHC LW streamliner coach, 28 seat...$18.75 The following packages of streamliner coach seats cast in brown plastic are also available: ble-sheathed boxcars and the 1930-’40 10' 2" IH re-builds of these ▼ 5001-36 36 high-back double seats...$5.50 cars. Six versions of these kits sell for $31.00 ea. Add $4.00 S&H for ▼ 5001-100 100 high-back double seats...$13.75 up to five kits in the US or $15.88 for up to six kits to Canada. Please add $5 S&H on orders up to $50 and $7.50 on orders over $50. Train Station Products, P.O. Box 360, Granville, OH 43023, is releasing: Precision Scale, P.O. ▼ 460 Passenger Car Detail Kit ($12.95) w/three air conditioner Box 288, Stevensville, units from different manufacturers, water tanks, Spicer wheel MT 59870, has a brass generator, an assortment of battery boxes, propane fuel sprung and equalized 4- holder, brake equipment and other parts. This kit is designed wheel Harriman passen- to fit on a TSP #800 Floor Frame Kit. ger car truck kit w/36" ▼ 461 Passenger Car Detail Kit w/Frame/Floor that includes the wheels. Price is $16.00 same detail parts as #460 but also includes an 85' passenger per pair. car frame/floor; price is $15.95.

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Atlas, 603 Sweetland Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, is releasing a RTR ACF insulated general service 17,360-gal. tank car w/separate brake detail, finely molded handrails, 100-ton roller-bearing trucks and Accumate® couplers. Roadnames in two road numbers each are ACFX - Olin Chemical, ACFX (black w/orange stripe), ACFX (white w/black center band), Diamond Shamrock, Hooker (gray), Hooker (orange & black), PPG and Stauffer Chemical. Price range is $14.95 ▼ N&W 40' stock car (Road No. N&W 33000), RTR #35150... to $16.95. An undecorated car is also available priced at $11.95. $11.25 Atlas is now shipping their new ACF Pressureaide® Center Flow® ▼ Shell Oil single-dome tank car (Road No. SCCX 305), RTR hopper with etched-metal roofwalks and added underbody piping. #65520...$20.25

▼ Special Edition Fantasy Car - Hershey’s® 40' plugdoor boxcar (Road No. HFC 2011), RTR #21280...$18.95 ▼ West India Fruit Co. USRA 40' wood boxcar (Road No. W.I.F. 106), RTR #120510...$11.90 It is being offered as: undecorated, ACF Demonstrator (Road No. ▼ Pepsi-Cola® Collectors Train Set (2nd Pepsi set offered in the ACFX 51011), and two numbers each for ADM, Cerestar, Corn Prod- series) w/Life-Like GP20, single-dome tank car, 40' boxcar, 40' ucts, Omya, Soo Line and Staley. Retail $18.95. steel reefer and a steel caboose, RTR #1504...$179.99

Micro-Trains®, 351 Rogue River Mokei Imports, 6500 Kingsbury, St. Louis, MO 63030, has a Pkwy., P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR Thomas the Tank Engine complete electric train set which includes a 97540-1200, has released the fol- Thomas engine, Annie and Clarabel coaches, a loop of roadbed track, lowing items: a plastic play mat and a power pack. Price for #93701 is $109.95. ▼ Blue Circle Cement 2-bay cov- Also available is #93801 with a Thomas engine and Annie and Clara- ered hopper (Road No. BCAX 5), RTR #92140...$20.65 bel coaches and no accessories for $74.95.

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Bill Mosteller, P.O. Box 994, Herndon, VA 20172, is offering a Atlas, 603 Sweetland Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, is expanding their new decal set for Monon 40' boxcars. Set #78 has white lettering, DCC system with a walk-around throttle. The Atlas HandCommand three styles of heralds and will do one car. Retail is $9.49 per set, controls up to five functions, will control up to 99 locos, includes MU postpaid. consist setup functionality and has stack function for simple recall of

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JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING .... 15 up to eight locos. Price for #331 Walk-Around Throttle (includes Uni- igments can be used to color the versal Panel Connector, 7-cable wire and 6' coiled cord) is $134.95. ER-Hydrofiber or other landscape Also available separately are #322 Atlas Universal Panel Connector products. ER Decor palm trees ($24.95) and #343 15' Cable Wire ($5.95). come as 3.5" (#232270, $13.95/2), 5.5" (#232271, $9.49) and 8.5" Bar Mills Scale Model Works, P.O. Box 609, Bar Mills, ME (#232273, $12.95). ER Decor G 04004, which was first to offer laser-cut open-grid billboards, has scale trees come in fruit (#240706, $32.95); foliage (#242810 - spring green, $35.95); foliage (#242818 - dark green, $35.95); foliage (#243778 - dark red, $43.50); pop- lar (#245900, $37.95) and large pine (#248900, $36.50).

Full View Dis- play Co., P.O. Box 1184, Hightstown, NJ 08520, (609) 4 4 8 - 4 2 4 2 , h a s released their new line of 100% clear acrylic wall and desktop display cases designed for the model railroad released their third series hobby. The cases of architectural bill- are manufactured boards. The laser-cut in the US from open gridwork signs can heavy gauge pol- be used for rooftop or roadside applications and are offered in two ished sheet acrylic. sizes suitable for use on N through O scale layouts. They are priced The back panel from $7.95 to $14.95 retail. comes in a choice of mirror or clear acrylic. N scale wall displays have 11 shelves, HO has 8, S has 7 and O has 5. Wall displays are Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836, has added laser- offered in lengths of 2' to 6'. Call for more info or send an SASE for cut wood billboards to their product line (see review on page 18 in a color brochure. this issue): Greg Komar Dry Transfers, 15532 Woodway Dr., Tampa, FL 33613, has the following new dry transfers for lettering 52' 6" war emergency composite gondolas: #322 Santa Fe; #323 Rock Island; #324 N&W; #325 NYC; #326 PRR; #327 Central of New Jersey (CNJ) and #329 Lehigh Valley (LV). Each set will letter one car. Sets are $3.95 for HO or $6.95 for O; add $3.00 S&H if ordering direct. HO sets compliment the new Tichy plastic war emergency gon kit.

Oso Publishing, 31328 N. Brooks Creek Rd., Arlington, WA 98223, offers its latest book title, Wood & Iverson: Loggers of Tiger Mountain by Ken Schmelzer. Issaquah, Washington’s Tiger Mountain has many hiking trails built on former railroad grades constructed in the early 20th century by pioneer loggers William W. Wood and Iver C. Iverson. Climax locomotives were the preferred motive power. The two men ran a highly successful logging business until the death of Wood in 1932. The operation was sold shortly thereafter to the ▼ Western Auto; #2501 for HO/S/O, $9.95; #1501 for HO/Z/N, Baldridge Logging Co. Price of the book is $29.95. $7.95 ▼ Greyhound Bus Station; #2502 for HO/S/O, $10.95; #1502 for SoundTraxx®, 210 Rock Point Dr, Durango, CO 81301, is offering HO/Z/N, $9.95 the DSD-B3TSLC plug-and-play digital sound decoder integrating ▼ Freight Station Sign w/30 railroad logos; #2503 for HO/S/O, a sound system w/steam exhaust chuff, bell, whistle and air pump; $11.95; #1503 for HO/Z/N, $9.95 lighting effects and a DCC decoder in one unit. The DSD-B3TS ver- ▼ Phillips 66; #2504 for HO/S/O, $11.95; #1504 for HO/Z/N, $9.95 sion is designed to fit in the Bachmann Spectrum® 80-ton three-truck Shay. The DSD modules are priced at $149.00. E-R Model Importers, 1000 S. Main St., Newark, NY 14513, www.ermodels.com, has new landscaping products: SouthWind Models, P.O. Box 3175, Plant City, FL 33564-3175, ▼ 711001 ER-Hydrofiber starter pack ($9.95) (813) 752-1636, announces an expected July delivery of S and O ▼ 711004 ER-Hydrofiber jumbo starter pack ($19.95) scale brass models of the GE PH2 23-ton end-cab industrial diesel White fiber matting is included in both starter packs. switcher. Models will be available factory painted in black & yellow, ▼ 701200 ER-Hydropigments ($6.95/5 jars); black & red, glossy black over flat black or unpainted. All models ▼ 711900 Modeling spatula double-ended ($8.49) have a complete cab interior w/one crew member, stainless steel ER-Hydrofiber is a reusable synthetic fiber-based material that drivers and come with installed Kadee® couplers. The scale speed is mixed with a special water-based glue and water. It stays work- of the model will not exceed 25 mph. Prices are $375.00 for O scale able for up to 18 hours and can be re-wet and re-worked at a later and $325.00 for S scale. See your local hobby dealer first. If ordering time (days, weeks and even years according to E-R). ER-Hydrop- direct, most major credit cards are accepted.

16 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 HO SCALE REVIEW InterMountain Regal Line F7A Assembled Shell and Powered Chassis

by Rich Picariello ▼ Separate air lines and brake cylinders Genesis Series® F7A (March/April) and the ▼ Kadee® #5 magnetic couplers supplied MRC Platinum Series F7A (May). Photos by Chris Lane ▼ Plain, sloped and square truck bearings InterMountain F7A Phase I Decorated per prototype (friction bearing, Hyatt and Shell — Since we reviewed an undecorated he eagerly awaited InterMountain (IM) roller bearing) F7A and B in the November 1999 issue, T Regal Line F-series powered chassis DCC decoder installation is easily this is a short re-review of the decorated has arrived. This chassis is designed to fit accomplished by removing the jumper plug F7A Phase I shell. Our Western Pacific F7A any IM A or B unit F-series shell and is avail- and plugging in the decoder cable plug. The sample is painted in the as-delivered orange able separately or in a package with either an drive unit weighs 17.5 oz. (the shell weight and silver scheme. All paint is smoothly A or B unit shell. Because IM shells use clips is only .9 oz. and adds little to the trac- applied and all the color separations are (mounted on the fuel-tank skirts rather than tive effort). This is a smooth-running and sharp. All lettering and the nose herald are on the window inserts like on Stewart and quite powerful drive mechanism. On our excellent. The shell has excellent window Proto 1000 Fs), shells from these manufac- test track, the drive had 4-oz. tractive effort and nose contours. No seam line mars the turers should fit and lock onto this chassis, and should be capable of pulling 74 cars on smooth appearance of the nose as would be but we did not test this...you’re on your own level track. seen on the prototype. The plastic windows here. The price for the separate chassis is are crystal clear and fit perfectly. The WP The new InterMountain chassis comes $69.95. F7A matches the prototype with a single fully assembled and is ready-to-run except This is the third review of an F7 that has headlight, a plain nose door and no steam for mounting the couplers. The power train appeared within our last three issues. Previ- generator. All detail parts are plastic except consists of a can motor, a printed circuit ous reviews covered the Athearn/Highliners for the etched stainless-steel grilles. Fac- board and highly detailed plastic sideframes with separately applied brake cylinders and air lines. A speed recorder is mounted on the left front truck on our Western Pacific sample. A separate blank bearing is included to replace the speed recorder if desired. This feature and the type of the truck bearings (plain, square or sloped) are prototype-spe- cific and may or may not be included with other decorated shells and chassis sets. Features of the F-series Drive Unit are: ▼ Can motor w/dual brass flywheels ▼ DCC ready w/DCC plug on the circuit board ▼ Directional lighting ▼ Heavy cast-metal underframe ▼ All 4-axles powered; 8-wheel electrical pickup ▼ Lighted numberboards, headlight and class lights ▼ Plastic trucks sideframes

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 17 tory installed plastic detail parts such as the ▼ Assembled decorated A unit w/chas- for it to mount on the front since the coupler handgrabs, handrails, lift rings and wind- sis...$129.95 or $134.95 shank is not long enough to clear the pilot. A shield wipers are well done but are a little ▼ Assembled decorated B unit w/chas- Kadee®#26 with its longer shank will clear oversized. A nice touch on the IM unit is the sis...$119.95 or $124.95 the pilot. cab door and engine compartment grabrails A minor problem was observed with the Each InterMountain power chassis has that accurately captures the rod with thicker drive unit of our sample, but neither Inter- a total of four light bulbs — two headlight pipe appearance of the prototype. Mountain nor we have heard of any similar bulbs and one for each numberboard/class InterMountain’s F7s have been released occurrences with other units. Upon arrival, light combination on each side. Because decorated for B&O, CB&Q, D&RGW the drive shaft for the front truck had slipped they did not paint the interior of the shell, (four-stripe yellow and silver), GN, NYC, out of the front truck’s coupling, thus ren- the nose of our orange Western Pacific unit Pennsylvania (induction antennas are not dering the front truck inoperable. It was a glowed brightly when the lights were on, included), Santa Fe (Warbonnet passenger), simple matter to reinsert the drive shaft with creating a toy-like appearance. The mod- SP and WP; they are offered undecorated in a pair of forceps, but it dislodged one more eler will have to paint the inside of the shell kit form only. They are available decorated time when the front truck was bent down with either a reflective or opaque color as a fully assembled shell or in a complete to install the front coupler. We presume this to prevent this bleed-through. This will package with an assembled shell and a pow- was a fluke with our unit, possibly caused need to be done carefully so the headlight ered chassis. Prices vary according to the by the coupling on the motor end being lens(es) and small openings for the class complexity of the paint scheme: slid onto the motor shaft a tad too far or lights and numberboards aren’t painted ▼ Undecorated A unit kit...$49.95 the postal service handling it roughly dur- over. It would be nice if InterMountain ▼ Undecorated B unit kit...$44.95 ing shipping. InterMountain is committed prepainted the interior of the shells before ▼ Decorated A unit kit...$74.95 or $79.95 to customer service, and they have assured assembly on future releases. A shell painted ▼ Decorated B unit kit...$64.95 or $69.95 us they will quickly resolve any problem a in a darker paint scheme should not have ▼ Assembled decorated A unit...$84.95 or customer reports. this problem. $89.95 The supplied Kadee® #5 couplers fit fine InterMountain’s first power unit is a win- ▼ Assembled decorated B unit...$74.95 or on the rear of the A-unit (or either end of a ner and provides modeler’s with another $79.95 B-unit), but the trip pin must be removed great choice.

MULTI SCALE REVIEW Blair Line Laser-Cut Billboards

by Rich Picariello panies to operate in all 50 states), Photo by Chris Lane $11.95; #2504 for; #1504 for HO/Z/N, ooftop mounted open-frame billboard $9.95 R signs were a common sight from the I assembled two 1920s up until the late 1950s; they could also signs from our group be seen by the roadside. Although they fell of samples — the out of favor in the 1960s, many still survive Phillips 66 sign for today. HO/Z/N scales and Blair Line has released a series of laser- the freight station sign for HO/S/O scales. The completed billboards are top heavy cut wood billboards in two different sizes Be very careful when cutting out and han- and will not stand on their own without for HO/N/Z and HO/S/O. These signs are dling the parts as the thin plywood supports being glued down in the desired location. designed in layers for a 3-D effect and to can easily break. It is best to cut the parts Remember, these are very delicate signs allow easier painting. The smaller signs are out of the frets with a sharp modeler’s knife that probably will not stand a lot of han- cut from a specially imported ultra-thin ply- rather than snapping them out. Due to the dling even after assembly. Accidental con- wood for a more delicate, close-to-scale separate sign layers, painting can be easily tact with a sign could cause much damage. appearance. Initially, four different designs done without the need to mask the different The Phillips sign has very delicate support are offered: colors. Spray painting is recommended to structures. Care is needed when they are ▼ Western Auto (at Kansas City, but also avoid warping of the parts. The wood parts installed on a permanent layout. Extra care seen in many cities and towns all over absorb a lot of paint, so multiple passes is necessary when using them on portable the country); #2501 for HO/S/O, $9.95; may be necessary. Allow sufficient drying or modular layouts. Because maintenance #1501 for HO/Z/N, $7.95 time between coats. I used carpenter’s glue of the prototype signs was not a high prior- ▼ Greyhound Bus Station (at San Diego); for assembly (recommended by Blair Line) ity in some cases, one or two damaged or #2502 for HO/S/O, $10.95; #1502 for because of its strength and fast drying quali- collapsed signs on a layout wouldn’t be HO/Z/N, $9.95 ties. A thick cyanoacrylate (CA) type glue unprototypical. ▼ Freight Station Sign w/30 railroad logos); (also recommended) could also be used. For Except for the breakage on a few sup- #2503 for HO/S/O, $11.95; #1503 for a stronger sign when handling, I glued on ports, the assembly process was enjoyable. HO/Z/N, $9.95 the supports before painting the main sign These are excellent products that effective ▼ Phillips 66 (one of only a few oil com- structure. capture the look of the real billboards.

18 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 N SCALE REVIEW Life-Like Alco FA1/FB1 Diesel Locomotives

by Kent Charles

Photo by the author

he American Locomotive Company T (Alco) was formed in 1901 by the merger of several companies that pro- duced steam locomotives. In 1904, Alco bought Locomotive & Machine Company of Montreal, Ltd., later known as the Mon- treal Locomotive Works, Ltd. (MLW). Rogers Locomotive Works was added to the company in 1905. Alco was famous for the many steam locomotives that it built through World War II. The end of the war left Alco at a disadvantage in the diesel marketplace. Wartime production restric- tions limited its ability to experiment with diesel road freight engines that could com- pete with EMD’s FTs that were produced found on the side vents that give the appear- Red Caboose N scale body-mount couplers during the war. ance of frame supports under the grille. Sep- (RNP-51060) with a washer or Red Caboose Alco rushed to market a postwar com- arate diaphragms are applied to the rear of Unimate Conversion Kit (RNP-510800) to petitor to the FTs by producing the FA1 the A unit and both ends of the B. Cab wind- close couple these engines. and FB1. The first demonstrators were built shield wipers are molded and painted on the Slow-speed control of the locomotive is in December 1945. The 12-244B engines front windows. Painting and printing on my very good, but they do produce more noise installed in these locomotives were rated at samples were both excellent. than other manufacturers’ current produc- 1,500 horsepower. Production of the FA1 The shell is held in place by two locking tion. I found the speed range of the models and FB1 continued through October 1950. tabs on each half of the split metal frame excellent. The substantial weight of these A total of 396 FA1s were built by Alco, and that mate with depressions in the plastic engines provides excellent pulling power. MLW built 28 FA1s. Alco built 213 FB1s, shell. These locking tabs are almost directly The FA1 headlight remains on regardless of and MLW built 20 FB1s. An additional above the front spring in the lead truck and direction. transition model of the FA1 and FB1 was the rear spring in the rear truck. Removing Life-Like has produced the following built by Alco between March and August the shell should be done with great care due versions of the FA1/FB1: Erie 725A/725B, 1950 that used the same carbody, but car- to the long access ladders that hang from 729A/729B “Wings Herald”; GM&O 741/ ried a 12-244C, 1,600-hp engine. A total the shell. B9, 750/B13, large numbers; LNE 701/751, of 21 FA1s and 16 FB1s with higher horse- The mechanism follows recent design 705/752, as delivered; MoPac 321/321B, power were built before the changeover to advances with small flywheels and a very 325/325B, as delivered; NYC 1000/3300, the FA2 and FB2. heavy split frame mechanism. Power is 1004/3304, continuous lightning stripe; FA1s were built with a single large fan transferred to the motor through wipers Rock Island 145/145B, 152/152B, red and radiator compartment at the rear of attached to the motor brush caps that con- & black; UP 1600/1600B, 1614/1614B, the unit and did not have space for a steam tact each frame half. Trucks use wipers that 1624/1624B, 1643/1642C, Armour Yellow boiler. FB1s had space for a steam boiler in double as bearings for the axle points. Truck & Harbor Mist Gray; undecorated. the end opposite the cooling fan. A single gears are partially enclosed by a cover plate A second run has been announced air-cooled turbocharger exhaust stack offset on the bottom of the truck. The copper col- by Life-Like in the following roads: GN to the engineer’s side of the locomotive was ored wheel wipers are readily visible from 310A/310B, 276A/276B, as delivered; LV installed. Many of the FA/B1s were later the side of the locomotive and consideration 530/531, 548/549, Cornell Red w/black rebuilt with a water-cooled turbocharger should be given to painting these black. The stripes; NH 0408/0458, 0424/0464, script that resulted in a centered crosswise exhaust wheels are not blackened. There is no provi- herald; PRR 9603/9603B, 9605/9605B, stack. These units were all equipped with GE sion for decoder installation. Keystone green; Reading 300/300B, electrical equipment and AAR type B trucks. The front coupler is a non-automatic cou- 304/304B, as delivered; SAL 4200/4300, Only a few of these locomotives remained in pler that will mate with a Micro-Trains® 4202/4302, as delivered; SL-SF 5200/5300, service by the early 1970s; consult a refer- coupler. It is held in place by a pin. The rear 5215/5315, black & yellow; undecorated. ence on your favorite railroad for specific coupler of the A and both couplers of the B For our Canadian friends, Life-Like of disposition information. unit are Rapido style. All the couplers are Canada issued a special run in the following Life-Like’s models of the FA1 and FB1 body mounted. Use of the Rapido-style cou- roads: CN FA1 only as 9400, 9401, 9402, closely match the measurements published pler results in an unprototypical separation 9403, green and gold w/gold striping; CP on page 97 of Model Railroader Cyclopedia between the A and B units. A coupler clip FA1/FB1 4008/4404, 4012/4419, maroon — Volume 2: Diesel Locomotives compiled very similar to that found on other engine and gray with maroon block print; CP by Bob Hayden. External appearance of the manufacturers’ coupler allows easy replace- FA1/FB1 4000/4400 maroon and gray with shell is excellent. The large fan is a separate ment of the factory-installed Rapido-style script lettering; CP FA1/FB1 4019/4406, molding that has a 3-D representation of the couplers with an automatic (MT 1015/1016) red with small PacMan. Canadian roads are fan under the grille. Similar 3-D detail is or non-automatic couplers. I like to use reported to be in very limited supply.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 19 PRR 6322 is doing what the Pennsy C630s were known for best...pushing hard on the rear end of a heavy train, while the train’s conductor watches the show. Modeling Pennsy’s Century 630:

A Second-Generation Brute by Stuart R. Thayer Model photos by the author

PRR 6322 is doing what the Pennsy C630s were known for best...pushing hard on the rear end of a heavy train, while the train’s conductor watches the show.

tarting in 1965, the Pennsylvania Rail- On the Pennsylvania Railroad the ALCO down the long hood on the engineer’s side. Sroad’s motive-power purchasing policy C630s carried a classification of AF-30. The front of the nose was decorated with a shifted to six-axle motive power. At that Translated, this alphanumeric code meant colorful wreath with both PRR and ALCO time, the dominance of EMD locomotives ALCO Freight unit rated at 3000 horse- logos. Also stenciled down the engineer’s that had been established early on continued power. They were built with builder’s num- side of the long hood was special lettering with 70% of the new locomotive purchases bers 3466-01 through 3466-15 and came that read: Christmas Special Schenectady, of six-axle power going to EMD. These with a gear ratio of 74:18, which gave them N.Y. to Enola, PA. 500th ALCO Century purchases included 40 SD35s (6000-6039) a top speed of 66 mph. All 15 units were Locomotive. Unfortunately, I could not built between February and May 1965, 65 put into service at Enola, PA, but were later find a reference as to which C630 this was. SD40s (6040-6104) built in February and assigned to Conway Yard for maintenance. Should you be interested, there are two very March 1966, and a whopping 130 SD45s Although they could be used system wide nice photos of this special unit on page 70 (6105-6234) built between October 1966 and in freight service, they most often were used of Pennsy Diesel Years Vol. 3 by Robert J. January 1968. During this time, newcomer as pushers, or Snappers as the PRR referred Yanosey from Morning Sun Books. A model General Electric also got into the action and to them, out of Altoona. Immediately after of this distinctive unit would be a definite supplied new six-axle motive power to the the Penn Central merger in February 1968, eye catcher. Pennsy in the form of 20 U25Cs (6500-6519) the 630s could still be found toiling away on I have long had a strong interest in the built between April and December 1965, 15 the Mountain as before in the same numbers PRR’s big Centuries, and when Stewart Hob- U28Cs (6520-6534) built during September that the PRR assigned to them. However, bies announced their HO model of the C630, and October 1966, and five U30Cs (6535- motive power assignments soon became dis- I knew it wouldn’t be long before I would 6539) built in January 1967. rupted, and the big Centuries could be found have a model of the PRR version. I just love Finally, the Pennsy turned to long-time wandering the entire Penn Central system the big husky look of these locomotives, and locomotive supplier American Locomotive pulling all types of freight. By the time of the Stewart model does an excellent job of Company (ALCO) to supply examples of the Conrail merger in 1976, the C630s had capturing that. Luckily for us Pennsy sec- their new Century Series six-axle locomo- migrated to Mingo Junction, OH, were their ond-generation diesel fans, the first run of tives — to be specific, the Century 628, low-speed lugging abilities, so characteristic the Stewart Hobbies C630 came decorated Century 630 and Century 636. Between of ALCO Centuries, could be best put to use in PRR without a road number. Some might March and December 1965 the Pennsy took working on heavy mineral trains. not like the absence of the road number, delivery of 15 C628s (6300-6314) and 15 When delivered to the PRR in 1966, all but I found it a real plus, because I could C630s (6315-6329) built between October but one of the new C630s came painted in then model whichever unit I chose. Upon and December 1966. Fifteen C636s were the then-standard PRR diesel paint scheme close examination of the Stewart model and ordered by the PRR, but were delivered of Brunswick Green with stick-on Keystone photos of PRR C630s it became apparent during March and April 1968 after the Penn heralds and large road numbers under the that a very nice model could be realized Central merger. Consequently, they were cab windows. One unit came delivered in with the addition of appropriate details and delivered as PC units. It is the C630s that are time for Christmas 1966, and was painted in decals. One thing that I wanted to do with the subject of this article. white with Christmas bells and holly painted this model was to save the Stewart-applied

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 21 PRR C620 6317. Date and location unknown. Warren Calloway collection PRR C620 6321. Conway, PA; February 28, 1969. Warren Calloway collection

PRR C620 6320. Ft. Wayne, IN; February 1967. Warren Calloway collection

PRR C620 6322. Walbridge, OH; April 15, 1970. Warren Calloway collection

22 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 PRR C620 6327. Date and location unknown. Warren Calloway collection

PRR C620 6328. Conway, PA; January 27, 1967. Warren Calloway collection

PRR C620 6329. Altoona, PA; date unknown. Warren Calloway collection

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 23 Brunswick Green. Of all of the various ren- ditions of Brunswick Green that have been recreated by the model manufacturers in HO, theirs is by far the best. Students of PRR diesels will note that there are two significant details on the Stew- art model, and the model shown in this arti- cle, that do not match the prototype PRR units. The first is the access doors under the cab on each side. The PRR units had much larger doors that extended below the Fireman’s side view of model with all detailing complete. top edge of the sidesill. The Stewart model has smaller doors that are correct for a great many C630s but not the Pennsy’s. I debated whether or not I should try to change this detail on the model to make it more accu- rate, but decided not to attempt it on a pre- decorated model. If I had started with an undecorated model, I would have definitely made this detail change. The other discrepancy is the fact that the Stewart model has the ALCO standard three classification lights over each of the front numberboards. The PRR units only had one red classification light centered over each Engineer’s side view of model with all detailing complete. numberboard. The Stewart model has the

Close-up view of the front end, engineer’s side, showing all Close-up view of the front end, fireman’s side, showing all of the added details prior to painting. of the added details prior to painting.

24 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 correct orientation of classification lights as are found on most C630s, and they light up according to direction. This means that in the reverse direction, the inboard lights will light up red, and in the forward direction either the center green, or outboard yellow classifi- cation lights will be illuminated according to how the modeler sets the dip switches on the lighting circuit board. In order to make the classification lights correct for a PRR unit, the lights on either side of the center ones would have to be removed. That’s the easy part. The next thing that needs to happen is the reconfiguration of the LEDs on the circuit board so that the red LED now lights up the center position instead of the inboard positions. I did not elect to try and accom- plish this, as I did not want to mess up the lighting circuit board. Electronics is not my strong suit, so I will leave this conversion to someone else more talented in this area. I hope all you Pennsy purists will forgive me, and if any of you have a good solution to the classification light problem please let the rest of us know about it. Detailing of this model is fairly straight- forward, and not difficult. First we will com- plete all work on the body, then the pilots, Close-up of the rear end of the model prior to painting. and finish up with the chassis detailing. You will notice that this follows the basic layout handbrake casting in the notch on the nose. had to ream out the mounting hole at a 45° of the model. The body is separate from the Stewart picked a unique notch configura- angle with a 3/64" drill bit to get it to mount walkways and pilots. This makes break- tion for their C630. From my research, I can at the correct angle. Cut off the mounting ing down the work into areas much easier. only find PRR C630s with this type of two stem of the air horn so that it will be flush Begin by disassembling the model down step notch. Most C630s have a single angled with the bottom of the mounting bracket, into its basic components. This will include notch. This works out great for PRR fans, then mount the horn in the hole with CA. the body, walkway, cab, and chassis. Further, because we need to add a different hand The top of the horn should be pretty much go ahead and remove the truck sideframes brake anyway. After you have removed the flush with the top edge of the roof. Finally, so that they can be more easily worked on existing hand-brake detail, snap the body add DA cab wind deflectors (#2312) on when we get to them. into the walkway and mark where the top of either side of the cab side windows. You are the sub-base is in the notch. Mount a brake- now done with the body portion. Body Details stand from a Miniatures by Eric CPR brake Start by drilling all of the grabiron and & stand (#B10) in the notch with the bottom Pilot Details lift-ring dimples on the body with a #79 being flush with the mark you made. Snap Moving on to the walkway portion of drill. Starting with the rear grabs going up the body into the walkway again for a test the model, we need to add all of the neces- to the top of the long hood. Starting at the fit, and check to see that everything lines up sary detail to the pilots. Begin by drilling bottom, the first, second and third grabs are as it should. Then mount a Precision Scale the dimples for the cut-lever bars and pilot Detail Associates (DA) #2202 drop grabs. brakewheel (#3959) to the brakestand. This grabs with a #79 drill bit. Add a DA cut The fourth and fifth grabs are Westerfield is not exactly correct, but it is very close and lever bar (#2205) using lift rings to secure 18" straight grabs. Moving to the nose area, definitely captures the look of the prototype it to each pilot face. Then bend the long the grabs on the top and right side of the brake equipment. pilot grabs out of .012 brass wire, mount nose are DA #2202 drop grabs. You will them to each pilot and secure with thin CA. have to bend your own corner grabs out of Cab Details Mount a DA ALCO drop step (#1405) to .012 brass wire. The lift rings come in two Moving on to the cab, add a DA Sinclair the anticlimber with two eyebolts. Add a different sizes. Most are smaller, and are radio antenna to the cab roof, two-thirds of Details West (DW) trainline hose & angle available from Detail Associates, where as the way back from the front on the engi- cock (#AH-268) and bend down in a 90° the two lift rings between the exhaust stack neer’s side. Drill and mount DA windshield angle to the pilot face. Refer to the model and radiator are larger. In both cases I bent wipers (#2314). We will add the window photos. Finally, add DA MU hoses (#1508). my own out of .012 brass wire. Secure all glass after we have weathered the model. Adding the MU hoses is an area where grabs and lift rings with thin cyanoacrylate Next, you need to add an air horn over the referring to prototype photos of the engine (CA) from the inside the shell. Once the CA engineer’s front window. Start by drilling you are modeling really comes in handy. has completely dried, cut off the grabs and two #67 holes for the air-horn mounting This is due to the fact that 6322 had a dif- lift rings flush with the inside of the shell. bracket supplied with the model over the ferent MU hose arrangement than most of This is so there will be no interference with engineer’s window. I drilled mine so that the other PRR C630s I saw photos of. On the circuit board when the shell is attached the bracket would mount level. After I had the model shown, the arrangement is as to the chassis. While we are working on the already finished adding the air horn I found follows: Looking at the pilot there are four roof area, go ahead and drill out the exhaust a photo that showed the orientation of this hoses to the right of the coupler, and one stack. Clean up the hole with small files. bracket better, and it should be angled to with three pipes to the left of the coupler. While you have your files out go ahead match the air horn. So, don’t make the same Most of the other Pennsy C630s had just and do the only modification that is needed assumption and mistake that I did. Next, add the opposite arrangement. for this model. That is, remove the existing an Overland three-chime air horn (#9007). I With the pilot detailing finished we move

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 25 Although used mainly as “Snapper” power, the Pennsy’s C630s could also be found putting their muscle to work pulling trains. Here 6322 is working solo on a merchandise train. on to the sill area. Here we need to drill a #61 hole in the underside of Chassis and Trucks the sill just ahead of the jacking pad on the engineer’s side below the We now move on to the last area of work, that being the chassis cab for a DW locomotive step light (#172). The last detail to address and truck sideframe detailing. Begin by adding a DA underframe on the sills is to drill and file a small slot in the jacking pad on the mount bell (#1202) just behind the sub-base on the engineer’s side. fireman’s side below the cab. This is a little tricky because you need to recess the bell into the frame a little to get it to clear the truck sideframe. Add the fuel-tank details included with the kit and the air-reservoir tanks above the fuel tank on both sides. Finish the underframe detailing by adding a DW large air filter from their air filter set (#139) just ahead of the fuel filler on the engineer’s side. Now we move onto the truck sideframes. To make this easier, you need to determine a location for each sideframe. That is, two will go on the fireman’s side, one forward and one rear, and the same for the engineer’s side. The reason for this is that the firemen’s side is detailed differently than the engineer’s side, and they all need to go back onto the model in the correct arrangement. Starting with the sideframes on the fireman’s side, each axle needs a DA GE speed recorder with flange (#2808). Start by drilling through each journal cover, and mounting the flange. Then before mounting the head, drill a #79 hole through the head. Mount the head and add cables made from .012 brass wire into the holes that you just drilled. Refer to the model photos for an idea of what the cables should look like. Mov- ing to the engineer’s side, the second axle from the front on the lead truck needs a DW speed recorder (#284). Prior to adding these details you need to add sand lines to each sideframe. This is accomplished by making brackets out of .030 x .030 strip styrene. Drill a #77 hole through each bracket, then mount the brackets in holes drilled into the sideframes. Form sand lines from .015 brass wire, and thread them through the holes drilled in the brackets making sure that they do not extend down too far and interfere with the rail head when the engine is put on the track. Secure everything with CA. Paint and Decals We are now ready to finish up our PRR C630 model. Paint all the new details on the body and walkway/pilots MODELflex Brunswick Green. This includes all lift rings, grabs, radio antenna, air horn, brakewheel and stand, cut-lever bars, trainline angle cock and pipe, PRR 6322 is busy keeping the slack bunched up on a heavy drop steps and the pipe portion of the MU hoses. Paint the hose part train while the train’s conductor takes in the scenery. of all MU hoses and both trainline hoses MODELflex Weathered

26 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 Black. Paint all of the sideframes MOD- ELflex Engine Black, as well as the bell and air filter. Paint all the step edges, pilot step edges, pilot grabirons, and handrails on either side of each set of the steps MOD- ELflex Insignia Yellow. Paint the windshield wipers, glad hands on all MU and trainline hoses, and cab side window frames Floquil Old Silver. The final details to paint are the fuel filler caps, which are painted Floquil Signal Red. This completes all of the touch- up painting required. Next, we need to add some decals to make this model’s paint scheme complete. Using Microscale 87-21 for Pennsylvania Hood Diesels, I added new Keystone logos over the existing ones on the model. The red background on the existing ones was a little too dark, causing them to not stand out enough. I also got the road numbers for the cab sides from this decal set as well. The warning labels and FIRE EXTINGUISHER INSIDE labels came from Microscale 87- 48. Cut out and apply small rectangles of white decal for the background on these labels, then apply the text portion of the labels directly on top of the white back- grounds. The ACI labels came from Herald King, but Microscale also makes very nice ones. I just happened to have some of the Herald King ACI labels that I am trying to An overpass gives us a great view of PRR 6322 shoving hard on the rear end of a use up. The final decals, and probably the heavy train. most important for modeling any PRR die- sel in the mid-to-late ’60s are the RADIO EQUIPPED logos. At this time I know of only one commercial source for these Bill of Material decals, and that is Raritan Bay Hobbies set Manufacturer Part No. Description #PRR-1. To me a second-generation Pennsy Detail Associates 1202 Bell, underframe mount diesel model is just not complete without 1405 Drop step, ALCO short these logos. These logos started showing 1508 MU hoses up on locomotives and cabins after the PRR 1803 Sinclair radio antenna discontinued the use of their Trainphone 2202 Drop grabirons system in about 1963. Pennsy modelers 2205 Coupler cut lever bar are lucky that Raritan Bay Hobbies makes 2312 Cab deflector, Prime straight these decals available. You can contact 2314 Windshield wipers Raritan Bay Hobbies at P.O. Box 4231, 2504 .012 brass wire Metuchen, NJ 08840, (732) 494-2932. For 2505 .015 brass wire those of you on-line they can be reached 2808 GE speed recorder w/flange via their website: www.raritanbayhobbies. Details West 139 Air filter set com or via email at [email protected]. 172 Locomotive step light At this point our PRR C630 is finished 268 Air hose w/extension & angle cock except for weathering. Prior to weathering 284 Speed recorder I sealed the whole model with Floquil Flat Evergreen 131 .030 x .030 strip styrene Finish. Once dry, I applied Conte chalks Miniatures by Eric B10 CPR brakestand with a Q-tip®, and various weathering colors Overland 9007 Air horn, 3-chime with the airbrush. I thin my weathering col- Precision Scale 3959 Brakewheel ors down to a wash with about a 10:1 ratio Floquil 110015 Flat Finish of solvent to paint. The idea here is to apply 110065 Signal Red a fair amount of weathering. These units 110100 Old Silver saw a lot of hard usage, and the weathering MODELflex 1601 Engine Black should reflect that. 1605 Weathered Black After applying sufficient weathering, we 1616 Brunswick Green can put the window glass and the head- 1650 Insignia Yellow light castings in. Add some Kadee® couplers Herald King ACI Labels and put this husky brute to work pulling a Microscale 87-21 Pennsylvania Hood Diesels heavy mineral train, or pushing on the rear 87-48 Diesel Locomotive Data of heavy freight fighting its way up the east Raritan Bay Hobbies PRR-1 Radio Equipped logos face of the Allegheny Escarpment around Horseshoe Curve.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 27 into rough cut beams so that they appear to be antiqued or distressed (an architectural term for “weathered.” Rustication or distressing plastic materi- als seems a suitable activity for making our plastic models look more like natural wood, because in the past modelers often spent their time smoothing wood and cardboard in their models so it would look more like metal and plastic. While there are many ways to use wood on our layouts, many of us prefer plastic for some purposes. I have been using some very easy methods of “rusticating” plastic parts to make them look more like wood, as A “raw” deck after being sanded and filed. I often prefer to use a single type of material in some models. In the case of track, there because plastic was giving him such a hard is no way to approach the authenticity of by V. S. Roseman time? I could use the architectural term rusti- some of the manufactured plastic track, so I cation, but some of my modeling friends think rustication raises the appearance even Photos by the author may be unfamiliar with that term. Rustica- further. Here are a couple of effects I have tion is a decorative effect given to various ar- found useful — perhaps they will work as ne friend who saw this article coming chitectural materials in order to add a rustic well for you. O out of my printer was a bit confused quality to them. In some European cuisine by the title — was Roseman finally going restaurants, there are natural looking roof Gondola and Flatcar Decks to build all his models from brass and wood beams that are treated by hammering dents Initially, the decking of flatcars and gon- dolas are usually made with a single type of wood, which is often from the same area or tree farm. As a result, the wood is likely to age and weather pretty evenly. Still, it is possible to spot a few boards that may weather a bit darker or lighter than their mates. This effect is also seen when a few boards are damaged and are replaced with new ones. New wooden car floors start out as smooth elements that may show just a hint of grain that is probably too small to see in HO or smaller scales, and may be just barely visible in S and larger sizes. To paint new boards I usually make mix of paint to match a scrap piece of white or yellow pine. As I use oil-based model paints I add a bit of talc to the mixture to ensure a very flat finish. If you are using some of the modern “flex” paints, use flat finishes intended for this purpose as talc could gum them up. When Some boards have had a wash of paint added. the paint has dried I add graining by dry-

28 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 brushing with a flat watercolor brush dipped in a darker paint (medium brown usually). After dipping the brush in the paint the wet brush is stroked on a paper towel, then it is stroked lightly across one or two boards at a time so that only some of the boards get this drybrush effect with the graining. You could choose to grain all of the boards if you wish. This will provide the darker or heavily grained boards with the others simulating wood with less grain apparent. A way to add a bit more grain effect is to make a wash of the darker paint by mixing a drop or two of color with a lot of vehicle. For this I suggest using a paint that will not dissolve the base coat: If you have used water-based paint for the color, I would make the wash of oil base or the other way around. The very light wash is then painted The entire floor has now been painted, but the earlier application of color to over some of the boards to accent them. The only some of the boards shows through, highlighting variations in the boards. thinned paint should just barely darken some of the boards to simulate either grain too fine to be made out in the small size or can represent slightly darker boards. You may wish to use additional colors of paint a drop at a time in the wash so you can get more than one color, although I seldom find this necessary. You can simulate more obvious grain in wood by lightly sanding the entire deck using strokes in the direction of the grain (along the lengths of the boards) with fine or extra fine sandpaper to just barely add very fine scratches. For a more weathered effect or to simulate rotten boards use a file to scratch the individual boards. Where scratches appear by accident you can just leave them alone as they resemble damage caused over time. When painted and gone over with a wash (as described above)this will provide a fully visible grain structure to The finished floors installed in the gondolas. the plastic deck. For a varied effect you could mask off called upon to carry. This probably shows you change your mind! a few boards (as I did) to represent newer more on gondolas than on flatcars as a You could also cut apart solid plastic planks or replacements. You could use gondola could have held garbage, rusty deck units or large pieces of planked mate- Maskoid or other liquid masks or simple scrap metal or leaky containers. One of the rial such as sheets of Evergreen styrene. use masking tape cut into thin strips to features of this kind of coloring of plastic is These can then be painted separately so that cover single boards. The masking is then that if you make a mistake you can just use when reassembled they will show the effect removed and the entire deck is painted the some paint remover and start over — with of individual sections. You may wish to do color of your “wood” (in a transparent wash wood you may have to start by making a this so some edges do not exactly match. made up of color, thinner and flat finish). new wood deck. This will enhance the above methods of Then you can mix slightly darker or lighter Wherever a deck may have been abused painting since it will also make some proto- colors and paint individual boards at ran- by dragging heavy loads or machinery typical looking spaces (or cracks) between dom until most of them contrast with their across it, there would often be scratch some of the boards. If you use individual neighbors slightly. This is a subtle process, marks. I have created this effect on a few pieces of styrene it is also possible to jog a which when done properly will make the cars by lightly dragging a couple of sticks few boards up or down (or forward or back- deck appear to be mostly one color at first (flat toothpicks, bits of plastic) across the ward). There is another way to create some glance. Then the deeper texture of planks boards. This results in slightly discolored of these effects where kit parts are involved scraped with rougher sandpaper will show trails across the floor that I find satisfactory. (such as the gondola floors shown). I did not up, then some of the variation of plank One other method of getting this effect is to want to risk ending up with a floor too long color will reveal itself. use a nearly dry brush as described above in for the body (as the parts fit with very close This effect is due to the fact that the floor order to create long streaks. On a couple of tolerances in this kit) so I scribed several of a well used car is most likely one color the photos that show the basic scratching of spaces between the “boards” in the one- of boards, but the individual boards have the deck that was done to create wood grain piece floor. One of the interesting effects is weathered slightly different from each other. you can see some of these streaks. Because that some boards seem to be loose or raised The entire floor is generally covered with I needed to re-shoot this step, I took off all up slightly. one main color of dirt or soil soaked into it of the subsequent paint layers and brought This same technique could be used on the by rain and the elements. the deck back to the unpainted appearance, boards of an abandoned shanty, a wooden Staining also takes place from the resi- only leaving some trail marks — proving deck or wooden fences...anywhere well due of whatever the car may have been that you can take away all of the color if weathered wood is seen.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 29 Distressing Your Trackwork A natural outgrowth of rusticating or dis- tressing wood is in enhancing your track- work. Some of my friends find handlaying track to be therapeutic, but I personally prefer the look of modern types of manu- factured track. Most of the good brands of “premium” or “deluxe” track have individ- ual tie plates molded into the ties. And many have tiny close-to-scale spike heads applied in “random” patterns such as three spikes to a tie plate, four to the next, three to the next, two to the next, and so on in a seemingly random pattern just as the real railroads have done. While tie plates are available in HO and larger scales, I personally have not seen anyone actually using these for handlaying track. (One could go broke and frankly, I am afraid it would still not look as good as the manufactured track.) While your track can just be fastened down, ballasted and weathered with col- ors, we can actually age the installation and simulate various conditions of various sec- tions of the right of way. I usually cut off the ends of a few ties at random to represent some that have shifted or have not been laid in perfect alignment. Some ties can be dis- tressed by scraping or carving off the edges slightly to represent older ties in need of replacement. Very careful sanding along the length of a tie with coarse sandpaper would show the effect of porous grain in a very old tie; a knife can be used to make one or two cuts along the “grain” of the tie to represent a split tie every so often. Ties that are distressed in this way should be painted differently from the other ties. As all of these tracks come with a shiny plastic finish, I suggest painting all of them. This is not as tedious as it sounds. I often paint the distressed ties first by hand before instal- lation, although it can be done later too. Another easy way to simulate track for sid- Rust is visibly staining these ties at Framingham, MA, on the former Boston & ings is to cut the strips joining the ties below Albany track (now Conrail). the rails and spread the ties a little to simu- late branchline or siding track. Additionally you set a few ties at slight angles. I make up paint for the main track color, including the ties and the sides of the rails (although these can be different colors if you like). The paint is “transparentized” slightly by adding flat finish to the color. You can overspray the rails with this dirty rusty com- bination of paint to resemble tracks seen here in the Northeast. This color varies with the railroad, land formation and even with the season. I suggest you select your own color from railroads in your area. This color can be sprayed on the sides of the rails and can be used in a light coating on ties to help flatten their molded plastic shine. Where the paint spray hits the prepainted ties it will mute the color, and you should end up with only slight color changes between the vari- ous ties. After the track is painted, it is time to add ballast with usual techniques. (Many Former Boston & Albany track (now Conrail) at Worchester, MA. Even though articles have been written about this: fasten the tie plates are fairly new on this heavy rail, note how the rust has spread down the track with glue or nails, sprinkle onto the ballast and ties. July 1998. ballast on the right of way as desired, spray

30 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 Notice the odd forms of new ties at MBTA facility in Worcester, MA. (Photo- graphed through the fence.)

Notice the variations in tie color even in this new commuter facility at Worcester, MA, on MBTA track. (Pho- tographed through the fence.) These ties have been distressed to resemble branchline ties. diluted white glue over the ballast to hold it in place.) You may wish to touch up the track color or to do all of the painting after the ballasting. Since the freight tracks and sidings of the Jersey Central that I usually see seem to have dirty ballast, I complete my painting job by overspraying a mixture of “tie” color to dirty up the ballast as much as I want. On newly ballasted sections of running tracks I often add a bit of rust color with the airbrush as seen in the prototype photo. Always be careful when you do this kind of painting on ballasted track since it is easy to add more weathering, but a problem to take it away. I work one layer at a time, intentionally working too lightly so I can build up the layers a little at a time. You should wait a few hours between paint appli- Tie plates have been accentuated and ends trimmed to provide a more proto- cations so you can see what it really looks typical appearance. like when dry. Use a rag with paint thinner to remove overspray from the tops of all rails, followed by clean rags to get off all residue from the rail so it can conduct cur- rent to the wheels of your trains. You may want to repeat this to have really clean track. While there is an esthetic involved in handlaying track or in adding a real wood deck of individually stained planks to a freight car or building, I think it is possible to create imitation wood effects that are just as effective using molded plastic parts...if you are willing to spend time detailing and painting the plastic. In many cases it is eas- ier to assemble plastic parts as in a kit, and many of my structures built from styrene have been incorrectly identified as wood buildings because I took efforts to prevent By skewing some ties, the trackwork takes on a less uniform appearance typical the plastic from looking like plastic. of non-mainline trackwork.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 31 No-Sweat Spline Roadbed

by William Mitchell Photos by the author

A pair of Stewart CP Rail C630s head up a string of hoppers testing a newly laid section of track on the author’s Sicamous Junction layout. The spline sub-roadbed the author is using was made from fiberboard.

had decided on fiberboard (soundboard, untreated TenTest, ceiling mum radius to which it can conform without snapping. I had no trou- I tile) as the flat roadbed for the yards and industrial areas on my ble on 30" radius curves, but I don’t think you are going to get 18" new layout. It is cheap, light, holds rail spikes well and cuts easily curves with it. Don’t wet it or it will turn to mush. Getting energetic with a utility knife. As one of its names implies, it is a very quiet ma- with the drywall screws will drive them right through the material. terial to run trains on. I had to construct a 102' long climbing, twisting Put the drill on slow speed and just snug them tight — they will cre- grade to provide the connection between the two levels of the layout. ate their own countersinks. The screws eliminate clamping and allow One night while cutting fiberboard for the lower level, I wound up the work to progress very quickly. with a narrow 8' length that I was flexing in my hands while thinking Start the roadbed on a straightaway, which is hopefully also the of how I was eventually going to construct the ascending grade. In beginning of the spline structure. On my layout, this was at the 8" one of those Eureka! moments, I flexed the fiberboard into a circle high end of a 32' long Styrofoam 2% grade. A wooden riser supports and knew I had my spline material. It had been sitting in front of me the underside of the splines so that the top is level with the top of all along. A 4x8 sheet of fiberboard will give 24 eight-foot lengths 2" the Styrofoam grade. A second riser positions the outermost spline wide. With a thickness of 7/16" , this means that six pieces would give even with the outside edge of the Styrofoam. To get started, No More me the 2½" total thickness I wanted. That worked out to 3½ sheets for Nails® was smeared on the face of the Styrofoam, on the end of the the spline structure at $6.00 a sheet, which is mighty cheap construc- first spline, on top of the supporting riser and on the inside face of the tion. outside riser. The spline, which was then fixed in place with a drywall A metal straight edge, utility knife, rasp, drywall screws, latex screw against the outside riser after making sure all glued surfaces glue, a drill and sander of some sort are about all that is needed to were in full contact with each other. The other five splines were cut at create the fiberboard splines. A thick glue such as No More Nails® or their far ends so that a stagger results with the next course of splines. Liquid Nails® must be used to keep the vertical joint surfaces in place Their near ends were smeared with glue, wiggled into position to while positioning the spline lengths. I found traditional white and yel- spread the glue and clamped to the previous spline with a drywall low glues too runny. Drywall screws have coarse, deep threads that screw. I only glued the joint areas of the splines on straightaways, hold well in the fiberboard and can be bought in bulk to lower costs. binding unglued sections together with the screws. This allows for Keep the screws pointing into the middle splines so you don’t have the easy separation of splines if you build turnouts into the structure. the needle sharp points exposed on the outer surfaces. Splines on curves were smeared with glue for their entire length to A few words of caution regarding this material. There is a mini- provide support for the filing of super-elevation into the curves.

32 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 The start of the spline structure — butted, glued and screwed against the Woodland Scenics Styrofoam 2% grade. Wood risers support the splines underneath and to the far side. This ensures a level transition with the Sty- rofoam. Splines must be staggered at joints for maximum The tools for working with fiberboard splines are found strength — the farther apart the stagger, the better. Dry- in most home workshops. Clamps on the straightedge wall screws clamp the ends together. Glue was not applied simplify cutting. The fiberboard could be ripped on a table in this photo for clarity. Note the screw tacked into the top saw, but this will produce mountains of light, fluffy dust. of the wood riser to hold the splines in proper alignment.

Splines must be staggered at joints for maximum strength Super-elevation has been filed into a curve on the spline — the farther apart the better. Glue was not applied in this sub-roadbed with a coarse rasp. Note the bubble in the photo for clarity. Note the screw tacked into the top of the level. Fiberboard is so light and fluffy that it would clog wood riser to hold splines in proper alignment. any finer means of removing material.

As with any splining material, stagger the individual interior higher than the preceding one as you work outward. When the glue joints for maximum strength and avoid joints in a semi-circle. It is is set, the stepped material is smoothed with a coarse rasp. Low spots some weird law of physics that a material can be very flexible in the are patched with PolyFill and then all is blended with a palm sander middle of a length but almost rigid at its ends. This is useful in that using the coarsest grit disc you can find. Wear eye and respiratory it will automatically build easements into curves without you having protection if you use a power sander because the air will be filled to think about it. Plan ahead so that both ends of a spline are in the with fine dust. straightaways on either side of a semi-circle. A joint in the middle Construction is fairly straightforward using splines. Again, plan of a semicircle will result in a wedge rather than an arc. Clamping to ahead so that the two outermost splines have the turnout roughly force an arc will fracture the fiberboard. The inner joints are under in the middle of their 8' lengths. These outer splines will be under compression so start on the inside of a curve and work out. In a six- compression once you force the divergence and will support the spline sub-roadbed, the three inner layers under compression in a inner splines under tension as you build them up. Using a turnout as a curve are built up first to support the three outer joints under tension. template, the three inner and three outer splines are forced apart with This material will fail under tension if not supported. needle-nose pliers to the proper divergence and secured in this posi- All exposed mainline curves on the new layout are super-elevated. tion with a 3" wood screw. The beauty of this method is that if you This is easy to build into the curves by fixing each spline slightly are handlaying track, you can set the divergence to any frog number

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 33 A palm sander is used to blend fills and transitions. The dust collection bag on the sander really helps to reduce airborne particles. Note the end of the spline structure in the background in a butt joint with the upper level.

The before and after in building a turnout into the spline structure. A pair of needle-nose pliers is inserted in the middle seam to form the desired separation of the through and divergent routes. A 3” wood screw holds the separation while splines are glued and screwed in place to build up six splines in each route. PolyFill the gaps, sand when dry and sit back and admire your work.

you want as well as create curved turnouts. The splines are added working inward with the joints staggered so that eventually six splines are built up in both the through and divergent routes. Fill in gaps with PolyFill; sand when set and voila — custom turnout sub-roadbed. Cork roadbed is glued to the splines with latex contact cement. Solvent-based contact cement is faster and stronger, but I don’t want to be breathing in solvents while glu- ing. Also with Styrofoam here and there on the layout, I don’t want to watch Styrofoam disappear in front of my eyes if I acciden- tally dab some solvent-based cement on the Styrofoam. The cork roadbed is used only on what I classify as “mainline” track. Yard and siding track was fixed directly to the flat sheets of fiberboard with standard Only ballasting remains to be done on this right-of-way. The progression from rail spikes. These spikes are too short to spline sub-roadbed to cork roadbed to track is clearly shown. The blue latex go through the cork and into the splines to contact cement between spline and cork and the double-sided tape between secure track on the mainline so I tried dou- cork and track can be seen. Note the joint in the splines reinforced with drywall ble-sided tape for the first time and am quite screws. satisfied with the results.

34 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 L&N GP40 3014, from the second group of 20 units received in 1967, is in solid gray (without the yellow nose mask), and the L&N initials are not the slanted style. At DeCoursey Yard, KY (across the Ohio River from Cincinnati), on January 10, 1978. The only splash of color is the red herald on the nose. It has a three- chime horn, with all three horns facing forward, and a firecracker radio antenna on the cab roof. This angle and lighting shows the drain slot in the skirting GP40: over the steps leading out of the cab behind the engineer seat position. Decals: Microscale 87-823. John Cloutier photo, Pete Coulombe collection

he Kansas City Southern is com- controlled the passenger power department. T prised of two railroads, the Kansas The road freight power started with Fair- City Southern and the Louisiana & Ar- banks-Morse Erie-built cab units in 1946. kansas, together officially named the A total of nine Erie-builts arrived between Kansas City Southern Lines. In earlier 1946 and 1948. By this time, the parade of The days, locomotives were sublettered “L&A” F units was under way, beginning with 24 but today there is little evidence of the F3s in 1947-’48. The road switcher fleet L&A, which was merged into the KCS in followed this trend as well. A pair of F-M 1939. The KCS itself was started in the H15-44s came in 1949, in that era before 1890s as the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf EMD had a road switcher. In 1951, five to build a route from Kansas City directly GP7s were delivered, with another eight in south to the Gulf of Mexico. This was ac- 1953 and then three GP9s came in 1959. First complished with a route right down the These units completed the small first-gen- border between Kansas and Missouri, then eration road switcher fleet. Arkansas and Oklahoma and finally be- The second generation got under way tween Louisiana and Texas, reaching the in 1962-’63 with 20 GP30s followed by 14 Gulf at Port Arthur, TX. The pairing with SD40s in 1966. Switcher replacements in the L&A added an east-west route from the form of a fleet of SW1500s also started New Orleans to Dallas, crossing the north- in 1966, with a total of 42 units bought south route at Shreveport, LA. The traffic through 1972. The road power arrivals were 645 that the builders intended to haul was pri- dominated by six-axle power until 1981 marily agricultural, and the railroad was with more SD40s, SD40-2s and the only not immediately successful. The oil boom two SD40Xs built and the start of a fleet in Texas and the petroleum and chemical of SD50s. Spring of 1982 was the begin- industry that followed secured a future for ning of what turned out to be an ongoing the road that could not have been foreseen process of acquiring used GP40s. A group by its builders. A distinct feature of the of 19 GP40s built in 1967 were bought Geep KCS is that it is still an independent rail- from the ICG; they were units 3040-3059 road in this new century. Most roads of its (except 3043); these became KCS 777- size have been swallowed by a major rail- 795. The following two years saw 29 more road, carved up or in some way changed used GP40s arrive from Conrail. They were — Part 9 from their original configuration. The KCS from the 3130-3170 group built in the fall remains much as it has been for 60 years! of 1968. They became KCS 748-776 with The first diesels came in 1937, a single the first 12 being renumbered by adding a Alco high-hood switcher. After the first “4” to the beginning of the number, becom- EMD switcher, an NW2 in 1939, the typi- ing 4748-4759. Numbered above these used cal trend that many roads followed could engines was a group of four GP40-2s built be observed on the KCS; more switchers in 1979 and 1981 and numbered 796-799. by George Melvin with the emphasis on EMD, but with a few These units were equipped with connec- Alco and Baldwin arrivals thrown in. EMD tions to operate as mothers to slug units. E units, starting with three E3s in 1939-’40 They later became 4796-4799.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 35 KCS GP40 755 is the former Conrail 3181 built in November 1968, which later became KCS 4755. It was acquired in January 1984. It is mated with an F7 slug unit and another GP40. The old F7 no longer has a power plant or generator but draws excess electricity from the pair of GP40s at low speeds to provide tractive effort of three units without the maintenance of three complete units. Dressed in the standard white livery, it features an Operation Lifesaver logo on the cab side. Note the faded road number on the forward edge of the dynamic-brake blister. Note the Sinclair-style radio antenna on the cab roof. The center cooling fan does not have the upper edge of the shroud around it — a nice detail to feature on your model GP40. Shreveport, LA; October 10, 1990. Decals: Microscale 87-146 (does not contain herald). Lou Marre photo, Pete Coulombe collection

In fall 1991, 16 of the 48 GP40s Two units came from National Rail Equip- ing their GP40s, the KCS bought some were sent to Morrison-Knudsen (M-K) ment (NRE), one from the American Euro- very distinctive GP40s in 1996-’97. They for rebuilding to GP40-2 standards. The pean Express and one from CSX. Also a got 22 ex-Canadian National GP40-2W unusual payment for this work was 29 of dozen units came from AMF, mostly from units, with the Canadian safety cabs. These the other GP40s and a single SD40! Some CSX. These were also upgraded with Dash- units are numbered 4700-4721. With the of the 48 GP40s may have been wrecked, 2 equipment and were numbered 4751- 64 regular-cab GP40s, this brings the total as it appears this original group was “wiped 4762. The renumbering of the two units ownership of the GP40-type to 86; this is out” at this point. The rebuilt units became from NRE is uncertain. Again in 1994, more quite remarkable when you consider that 4780-4795. In 1993, M-K provided more used GP40s arrived; 11 units from CSX almost none of them were bought new by GP40s rebuilt to GP40-2 standards. This and Burlington Northern were received and the KCS. time, 15 ex-Union Pacific units numbered became 4739-4749. These units brought the The Louisville & Nashville (L&N) 651-665 became KCS 4765-4779. These current total of GP40 types on the railroad started early, building a line between its were originally Western Pacific units and up to 60. Next came four more units from namesake cities in the 1850s. It expanded had already been rebuilt by M-K once for NRE that were originally Milwaukee Road, south a number of times in the early years, UP. Soon after that, two more deals were then Soo Line units; these became 4736- with its mainline reaching the Gulf of Mex- made with other locomotive merchants. 4739. Following the trend to keep upgrad- ico at New Orleans. There was also a line to

KCS GP40 761 is mated with GP40 782 at Heavener, OK, on October 10, 1990. A pair like this could typically be found in local service. The 761 is ex-Conrail 3131, which arrived on the KCS in the fall of 1983. It has a five-chime horn cluster, dynamic brakes and the full-size fuel tank, with the bell located on the frame forward of the fuel tank. Decals: Microscale 87-146 (herald in 87-138). Lou Marre photo, Pete Coulombe collection

36 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 KCS GP40 777 is obviously out of service in this view, with the bell missing and loose covers lying atop the roof. It was originally IC 3040; note extra jacking pads on the frame and the extra grabiron above the engineer’s window, clues to the unit’s origin. The block “KCS” on the hood is a bit lower than on unit 761. Shreveport, LA; April 5, 1985. Decals: Microscale 87-146 (herald in 87-138). John Benson photo, Pete Coulombe collection

KCS GP40 4737 is mated with GP40-2 4796 on a northbound local at Noel, MO, on March 31, 1995. It is former Milwaukee Road 2043 received in 1994. It carries a fresh coat of the gray/yellow scheme with a “STOP...for Safety” shield on the cab side. It has extra lifting pads from its former owner, like those on original IC units. Note the bell is in a different location just behind the cab, and the horns appear to be just forward of the cooling fans. It had regular headlights in the cab, extra warning lights in the low nose and ditchlights mounted on the pilot. Decals: Microscale 87-550. Wayne Allen photo, George Melvin collection the west reaching St. Louis. It also extended to Chicago. Despite the size of the L&N by England and RS3s from the Rutland arrived north to reach Cincinnati and operated this point, it is all now part of an even bigger on the L&N. These first-generation Alcos another line south from there through east system, having gone into the Seaboard Sys- were followed by C420s and C628s in the Kentucky and its coalfields to Knoxville, tem and now a part of CSX. 1960s and later by GE units. General Motors TN, and Atlanta, GA. In 1957, it merged The diesel fleet of the L&N was always was not ignored as the road rostered a fleet with the Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis. diverse. The road was not an early convert to of F7s and FP7s, and all its straight pas- This road operated a primarily east-west the EMD locomotives, buying and operating senger cab units were E units. All the early route from Memphis, TN, eastward across Alcos for many years. After the initial arrival Geeps made a showing on the L&N with Tennessee, through Nashville and Chatta- of a single Alco high hood and single EMC about 46 GP7s followed by smaller groups nooga and then dipped south into Atlanta. SW1 in 1939, came more SW1s and Alco of GP9s and GP18s. This created quite a system for the L&N, S1s as well as larger 1,000-hp switchers As the second-generation purchases but the road was not finished. In 1969, it through the 1940s. In 1948 came Alco FA1s began, the four-motor arrivals included 58 acquired a line from the Chicago & Eastern and EMD F3s. From 1951 to 1956, the road GP30s in 1962-’63. They were numbered Illinois that gave it access to Chicago from bought 156 RS3s. Five years later, when 1000-1057. These were followed by four- Evansville, IN. Two years later, it took over most roads were plotting to rid themselves motors from all three builders: 16 GP35s in the Monon and got a route from Louisville of Alcos, used RS2s from the Lehigh & New 1964, numbered 1100-1115, 16 Alco C420s

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 37 KCS GP40 4756 was originally Conrail 3183 and was first numbered 756 on the KCS. It is a bit soiled in the white and red colors. Note the class lights have been blanked out, and it has no extra warning lights. Note the five-chime horn cluster, the vent on the side of the cab and the small mirrors. Location unknown, taken February 1991. Decals: Microscale 87-942. Bob Baker, Jr., photo, George Melvin collection

KCS GP40 4744 leads a westbound freight on the former Mid-South Railroad at South Artesia, MS, on February 14, 1997. This unit bears the gray/yellow colors but with the standard “Kansas City Southern Lines” shield. It is trailed by GP40-2W 4708, a former CN unit acquired in 1996 or 1997. It lacks a plow pilot. Note the small yellow safety strips on the step edge beside the short hood. Decals: Microscale 87-942. Wayne Allen photo, George Melvin collection

38 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 KCS GP40-2 4796 was acquired in February 1981, one of only a few Dash-2 GP40s bought new by the road. Note the slightly different positioning of the yellow nose stripes, lack of a KCS shield and the striping on the handrails doesn’t extend as far as on some other units. The evolution of the KCS “fleet of 40s” has created a lot of subtle differences. The class lights are blanked out, and the unit has a toilet vent in the side of the short hood. Location unknown, May 1992. Decals: Microscale 87-550. Bob Baker, Jr., photo, George Melvin collection

L&N GP40 3007 is from the first group of ten units that arrived in 1966. This unit is shown in its first year on the property, in the then-current gray and yellow scheme, without the separating stripe between the yellow nose mask and the gray body. Note the road number and initials on the hood side have the separating stripes. The unit has a three-chime horn, visors under the warning lights in the cab and the regular headlights in the low nose. Note the bell just forward of the fuel tank. Montgomery, AL; July 27, 1967. Decals: Microscale 87-823. Photographer unknown, George Melvin collection in 1964-’66 numbered 1300-1315 and 27 arrived in two groups: ten units numbered and some minor accessories but were typical GE U25Bs in 1963-’64 numbered 1600- 3000-3009 in 1966 and another 20 numbered production GP40s. These units spent a good 1626. During this time period, six-motors 3010-3029 the following year. The competi- deal of time on the southern end of the sys- for the mountainous coal country were being tion at General Electric got smaller orders at tem and lasted through the Family Lines and acquired from EMD and GE along with the same time — for five U28Bs in 1966 and Seaboard System era and into CSX. some dual-service SDP35s, not a common another five U30Bs in 1967. The GP40s had Next month, we will examine the GP40s model. Our featured locomotive, the GP40, dynamic brakes and the full-size fuel tanks of the Milwaukee Road.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 39 1 At sunset, we witness several trains traversing Horseshoe Curve. Altoona Reservoir is built on a door, which drops down to the left for access. Pistons ease its descent.

ost modelers choose to duplicate their After building a large addition to their includes rolling stock from the war years M favorite prototype railroad by using home (including a basement), a large space (like troop trains). specific locomotives and rolling stock, but became available for a layout. Lloyd had The layout room is 55' by 33', but it running through imagined scenes. A few also recently acquired one of Don Ball’s is not completely filled with track. Wide copy actual prototype buildings but fail to early color books on the Pennsylvania Rail- aisles and a finished room appearance (car- follow actual twists and turns of specific road. After seeing the vast variety of motive pet, walls and ceiling) enhance the beauty track arrangements. But for a few mod- power the Pennsy used, Lloyd was hooked of the layout. Approximately half of the elers, duplicating scenery, track, buildings, on the PRR. So the die was cast to fill that layout is finished (the prototype PRR sec- rolling stock and locomotives is the chal- large vacant space with an HO-scale Pennsy tion), with the other half still in benchwork lenge they excel at. One such individual is layout. But a freelanced Pennsy would just and planning stages. The unfinished part Lloyd Larson. His duplication of the famous not do, only a duplication of Horseshoe is to be completely freelanced and will Pennsylvania Railroad’s Horseshoe Curve in Curve (the railroad’s most well known fea- follow no particular prototype, other than western Pennsylvania is an outstanding ex- ture) would give justice to that variety. having PRR equipment running through ample of the prototype modeler’s art form. it. Thus, the complete layout can provide A modeler since the late 1960s, Lloyd The Layout Lloyd with the enjoyment of matching spe- enjoyed modeling the logging practices The layout matches well the many cific scenes and trackage over Horseshoe of the Northern Pacific in the Northwest. curves, scenes and buildings of the region Curve with the flexibility that comes with This HO-scale layout was in a garage envi- around the Curve. The grades follow the freelance modeling. 1 ronment and was completely freelanced. 1 /2% of the real trackage arrangements. There is a high scenery-to-track ratio However, by the late 1970s, family and Of course, the mainline is four-track, which in the finished part to provide the illusion a growing business forced the end of his provides ample opportunity for big-time that the trains must battle nature to pass model railroading. Then after his four sons mainline railroading. Beginning at Altoona, through the region. The 48" radius curves left home and the business became estab- Lloyd has captured Alto Tower, Brickyard enable even the largest steam locomotive or lished, model railroading again took hold. Curve, Horseshoe Curve (with the early articulated diesel to travel easily across the The hobby had changed drastically in those park and gift shop), McGinley’s Curve, MG layout. The large curves also provide a nice intervening years, with more emphasis on Tower (named since it is at Mid-Grade), view of full-sized passenger train consists prototype modeling and many more methods AG Curve and finally the triple bores snaking around the many curves. Spline and materials available for scenery (like through Tunnel Hill. He has set the layout roadbed provides the foundation for most of foam instead of lichen). in the late 1930s to the early 1950s, which the trackwork. All the mainline curves are

40 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 Re-creating Horseshoe Curve super-elevated as per the prototype. There late well the hazy, soft atmospheric effect, are even track pans strategically placed at which is common in western Pennsylvania. several locations on the mainline to provide Lloyd uses sheets of white polypropylene all those thirsty steam locomotives with on- plastic from truck cargo liners fastened on demand water (simulated, of course). a wooden framework. The seams are dif- The layout is set in the fall, which enables ficult to work with, so he has tried a variety in Lloyd to add bright and brilliant foliage. His of joint techniques, with 3M invisible tape by Doug Geiger, MMR techniques for scenery are quite varied and being the most current. employ a variety of materials. Much of the There is approximately two feet of space Photos by the author scenery base is foam with burlap added for behind much of the backdrop, which enables texture. Plaster rocks using rubber molds him to add additional lighting effects. When colors. Commercial trees are used, too. The are used to model the rugged Pennsylvania the overhead lights are dimmed, Lloyd can variety of trees and ground litter and clutter terrain. The background hills are done with simulate a beautiful sunset and moonlight are beautiful and set the stage for the trains black fleece material, which has had ground by using red and blue light bulbs behind the to travel through. foam added for texture and is spray painted translucent backdrops. There is even a thun- The buildings are constructed primarily for shadows. derstorm sequence with lightning behind the of styrene. Many are scratchbuilt to match The backdrop is quite unusual on the town of Altoona...and a moon over a section particular prototype buildings. Some have layout since it is translucent! Light bulbs of the Curve! interiors that duplicate the real buildings. are behind this backdrop. Cloud stencils The trees are made using a variety of At least 50% of the structures are spe- made from styrene are then glued or taped natural and artificial materials. Sumac and cific for the copied scene being replicated. to the backs of the sheets and provide a sagebrush branches make for great natural The remainder are kits, both modified and very soft effect for clouds. The sheets simu- bark textures. Foam adds leaves and the fall straight from the box. Many buildings have 2

An experimental PRR T-1 steam locomotive passes the Horseshoe Curve monument. Lloyd models the era before the famous K-4 was put on display at the Curve.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 41 3 Alto Tower controls movements at Altoona. The scratchbuilt structure features complete interior. Lloyd has used perspec- tive to make the town recede into the background.

The wooden bridge was known as Brickyard Crossing because of the numerous brick kilns in the area out- side Altoona. While a PRR work train passes underneath, two cast-resin cars by Greg’s Autos travel the gravel and dirt roads.

The white house belongs to Mrs. Shi- nola, who is famous for her pies (two of which are cooling on the window- sill). A set of Pennsy F-units pulls a general merchandise freight on the four-track mainline.

4 lights, both interior and exterior. There are also lights along many of the city streets in Altoona. Lloyd has strayed from some of the conventional modeling wisdom and uses innovative methods in his buildings. For example, the windows on many of the back- ground structures are just black electrician’s tape applied directly to the painted styrene walls! And the insulators on all those tele- phone poles are done with green glitter paint. Motive Power, Rolling Stock and Train Control 5 Since one of the attractions for modeling

42 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 The city of Altoona is represented 6 with a portion of the main business district. Wolf Furniture is a copy of the actual building in Altoona.

A two-track trainshed in Altoona allows people to board some of the many Pennsylvania Railroad passen- ger trains. Almost 90% of Altoona’s passengers were railroad employees. the PRR was its variety of motive power and rolling stock, Lloyd has many representa- tives of Pennsy power. From steam locomo- tives to early diesels, they can be found on the layout. Most have been custom painted and weathered to match particular engines. Many of the passenger consists match particular trains of the period modeled. Both brass and plastic cars are used to fill out those trains; some even have interiors, com- plete with passengers. The freight cars are a variety of Westerfield, Sunshine and Bowser superdetailed craftsman kits. Lloyd likes rolling stock almost as much as scenery. He weathers everything (including the struc- tures) with an airbrush and chalks. Even tea leaves and coffee grounds are sometimes used for weathering techniques! Trains are currently controlled using con- ventional DC from a central control board, but plans are underway to convert the lay- out to DCC (manufacturer yet unchosen). A wireless system will most likely be selected. After all, being able to follow a train through 7 the great scenery makes one appreciate it all the more. Like many modelers, Lloyd likes wiring least of all but tolerates it. Currently, a PBL Foreground Sound System provides some of the DC control, so the DCC will most probably be sound-equipped. Operations on the layout are strictly for the enjoyment 8 of seeing trains run, not to match prototype movements. But with DCC, that may change. Conclusion Most of the layout is Lloyd Larson’s work, but he holds a regular “work” ses- sion for three to four local modelers each week. He has also been a mentor for a local budding model railroading youth, showing him how to wire, lay track and do scenery. Almost every scene on the

The Pennsy had at least one of every- thing, including locomotives. In this photo, we see that the Army flats are led by two six-wheeled Baldwin Sharknose diesels. A matched set of Centipedes is on the freight.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 43 9 10 Tunnel Hill was pierced by a set of twin bores (Gallitzin on the right, Allegheny on the left). The blowers pushed a The Slope, which was a 5% downgrade, allowed 2-10-0 column of air in front of the locomotive so that the engine helpers (known as snappers in Pennsy language) to quickly crews would not suffocate from smoke or fumes. The pas- get back onto the four-track mainline from the crest of the senger car is the Ferdinand Magellan, a favorite of Presi- grade at New Portage Tunnel. dent Roosevelt.

layout has a story behind it. Ask Lloyd about a particular building or vehicle and he can recite an in-depth (usually hilari- ous) story which makes the scene believ- 11 able and convincing. The social aspect of the hobby is very important to Lloyd, but he still finds the time for modeling. In fact, he became the National Model Railroad Association’s Master Model Railroader (MMR) #288 in 1999. He is also a member of the Penn- sylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society and belongs to both the National Railway Historical Society (NRHS) and the NMRA’s Layout Design SIG. Going to national NMRA conventions is also a high-

A hotshot intermodal train just clears MG Tower, scratchbuilt from styrene. The tower was named because it stands at the mid-grade point. The prototype tower was built in 1941 to handle the increase in war traffic on the Curve. Note the bundled commu- nication cables that lead to various signals and turnouts.

44 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 12 A troop train overtakes an Army ordi- nance train on the Curve. The coach on the end of the troop train is for the officers and train crew. light in Lloyd’s hobby. The clinics he has Meet Lloyd Larson presented at National are both entertaining Lloyd Larson is the owner and builder and educational. of this HO-scale re-creation of the Penn- With his fresh approach to many areas sylvania Railroad’s famous Horseshoe of the hobby’s proven techniques, he uses Curve. The layout is set in the fall and uncommon materials in many of his proj- Lloyd’s talents for scenery are out- ects. In just ten years, he has created a standing. He owns and runs Top Flite, magnificent representation of one of rail- a company that manufactures auger roading’s most famous landmarks, the assemblies for various industries. Pennsylvania Railroad’s Horseshoe Curve. And all from just a casual reading of a book on the PRR.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 45 CONTAINERS ▼ A to Z ICCU to INAU

by David G. Casdorph

Photos courtesy Freight Cars Journal

ICCU is for ICCU Compagnia Italiana Containers S.P.A. out of Trieste, Italia. This one is a ‘70s vintage with square corrugated sides and “filler-style” vents in the second valley inside from each logo panel. The logo panels themselves are actually beveled. City of Industry, CA; November 1989.

ICLU is J.C.L. International Container Leasing NV. This company later (1980s) became part of Trans Ocean Ltd. Shown here is a 40’ open-top container (“rag-top”) used for unusually high loads or cargo with special loading requirements. ATSF Hobart Yard; December 1989.

46 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 ICSU was Integrated Container Service, Inc. (New York, USA). This is a late-’70s built container with the original ICS logo. It was still in service in September 1989.

And then along came Trans-america... becoming Transamerica ICS, Inc. (which later became Transamerica Container Leasing, Inc., etc.) as shown on this 20-footer built in the ‘80s. ATSF Hobart Yard; September 1989.

A little cleaner logo on this standard- height 40-footer. Note the two forklift pockets for lifting empty containers — these are uncommon on 40’ containers. Port of Long Beach; December 1989.

Transamerica ICS was one of the over dozen operators that acquired a number of former United States Lines containers. ICSU 481433 is one of those that was photographed in the Port of Long Beach during December 1989.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 47 IDIU is for Interdom, one of the early attempts at domestic U.S. stack car service. This is a Monon-built sheet-and- post sided 48’ container. The bottom line on the logo reads, “Chicago-Newton, IA-Los Angeles.” Port of Long Beach; January 1990.

IEAU is Intermodal Equipment Associates out of San Francisco, CA. These were pretty common on the West Coast during the ‘80s and ‘90s. This is a mid-’80s built 40’ standard-height box. Port of Long Beach; November 1989.

IICU was Interpool’s code for its Illinois Central Gulf lease outs. This 7,300-lb. sheet-and-post 40’ container was built by Theurer. The “Con-Trailers” usually traveled with a chassis (hence, Container-Trailer) Los Angeles, CA; April 11, 1985.

48 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 IKCU was Interpool’s code for its Kansas City Southern leased units. This is a high-cube, vented, 40’ all-steel container. Most of these were built in the late ‘70s/early ‘80s. November 1, 1986; ATSF Hobart Yard.

IMTU was Interpool’s code for its Municipality of East Troy containers. This one is shown passing through the City of Industry on March 11, 1985.

INAU was Interpool’s code for its Nashville & Ashland City Railroad Co. containers. This 40’ high-cube box was seen in Hobart Yard on May 3, 1986.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 49 MODELING MODERN ▼ INTERMODAL

Transamerica Distribution Services Part 3: Under-Mount Reefer & Initial Weathering

Roadside view of the RMU-II on TDSZ 540541. Chadd Hewitt photo

n Part 2 (March/April 2001), an as-deliv- complete several semi-scratchbuilt Thermo ments were also made to the reefer fuel I ered 45x102 TDS/Great Dane reefer was King under-mount reefer units and the as- tank. Initial weathering of the wheels, reefer presented. The plan for Part 3 was to weather sociated data collection. The primary focus unit, tank and landing gear will be covered two of the 45x102s to depict the current look of this part has been changed to describe as well. Part 4 will complete the remaining of the prototype. However a slight detour construction techniques necessary to build a weathering steps for detailing two veteran occurred as a result of the time required to more prototypical-looking reefer. Enhance- 45' TDS vans.

Front roadside view of RMU unit on ALLZ 555662. Rear roadside view of RMU unit on ALLZ 555662. Chadd Hewitt photo Chadd Hewitt photo

50 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 orator mounted on the interior front wall and ceiling of the trailer. A diesel engine drives a generator creating the electricity needed to power the evaporator fan and other electrical components of the RMU system. As of 1985 the RMU was being manufactured in nine different models with variations depending on specific customer requirements. Through- out the early ’80s the RMU-II was the de facto standard under-mount unit. Fabricating the RMU Reefer Building the RMU unit is not all that dif- ficult, but it is somewhat tedious. I strongly believe the time invested to perform this step will be well worth it, affording an excellent looking model. Start with the same Athearn Rear curbside view of RMU unit found on Alliance Shippers van ALLZ 555662. under-mount reefer model as used in Part Chadd Hewitt photo 2. To make a more prototypical appearance requires removal of all the raised louver detail and latches. Use the combination of a chisel blade and light sandpaper. Be care- ful to leave the gauge window intact on the roadside half. Once this is complete the mid- dle section of each half must be removed. On the prototype this section houses the C210 four-cylinder diesel motor and radia- tor. A razor blade or razor saw can be used to remove the material. Each cutout measures a scale 2' high by 2' wide and is “centered” exactly on each half. Do not cut through the bottom. Be very careful with this maneuver because as material is removed, the overall part becomes very weak. A splice is made to join the upper corners of the cutout for strength. Use a .030 x .060 piece of styrene cut a scale 4' long and cement on the inside of each half. A filler piece is cemented over Front curbside view of RMU unit found on Alliance Shippers van ALLZ 555662. the splice so the top of the cutout is now Chadd Hewitt photo flush with the original surface. Use a 2x4 styrene strip cut 2' long to act as the filler When compiling information for Part RMU-II is Thermo King’s acronym for “Rail piece. Fill and sand as required. Once set, 1, many of the documents that I used Mode Under Mount” reefer unit. The Roman cement the two halves with a 2x3 styrene were old handwritten copies and not every- Numeral “II” designates an enhanced ver- shim to increase the width to the correct 3' thing was completely legible. To make a sion with greater capacity and improvements 3" (standard Athearn reefer is 3' wide). Sand long story short, the correct name of the over the original RMU reefer installed on the entire unit “square” after the cement Thermo King reefer unit installed on the older vans. The RMU (further designated as hardens. TDS Great Dane 45' vans is “RMU.” As you “Fuel Saver”) is a heavy duty cooling and The next step is to add the extension might have guessed the handwritten “U” on heating unit specifically designed for pig- section that houses the condenser, associ- an old roster sheet looked more like a “V” gyback applications. The prototype is a two- ated plumbing and surge tank. Each side is (thus explaining the mistake made in Part piece system including a condenser section covered with a louvered panel from Depots 1). Good penmanship has become a lost art. mounted under the floor and a remote evap- by John (this part is found in their window

Rough cut section of the Athearn reefer model and a piece of the laser-etched louver material from Depots by John. Unpainted reefer unit showing all four sides for reference.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 51 air-conditioning kit). This extension mounts on the front of the unit. Basically a scale 2' 6" high x 3' 3" wide x 8" long styrene box is made to attach to the front of the model. This was constructed from styrene sheet cut accordingly and assembled with a front, a top and a bottom. The front and bottom were made from .015 styrene sheet, the top from .040 sheet. Each side is left uncovered for the eventual addition of the louvered panels. Cement to the front wall. Cut two pieces of the louver material counting from left to right a total of four vertical louver columns. CA each piece to cover the sides of the front extension. On the roadside of the extension (noted by the gauge window) cover the top section of louvers with a piece of .005 styrene sheet. Cut to match the height and width of the top louver panel. On the prototype this plate supports the coolant filler neck, cap and associated sight glass (more on this later). CA the louvers (2' wide, 13 louver columns) to cover the engine compartment openings. On the curbside, between the extension and middle panel, attach a solid access panel cut 1' 8" from .020 x .250 strip between the middle louver panel and front extension. The .250 edge should be positioned vertically. One more louver panel must be added to the rear of the model. On the prototype this panel allows service access to the compres- sor and air cleaner. Build a three-piece, scale 1' 6" wide x 2' high frame from 2x2 styrene strip. The frame is positioned a scale 3" from the curbside edge, centered. Cover the frame with louver material cut to match. A maintenance record box made from a 1' long 1x6 strip “cover” attached to 1' 3" long 1x8 strip “base” is attached to the left of the lou- vered panel. Using the same method a record box is attached to the roadside, between the extension louvers and middle louver panels. This started to appear on the prototype in the late ’80s. One last step — bend the end of a 1" OD brass rod at about a 45° angle. Cut the end on an angle. Cut this piece off, allow- ing for about a ¼" long piece. Drill a #75 hole on the bottom (floor) of the model, approximately a scale 6" from the roadside edge and 2' 6" from the rear edge. Insert the brass piece into the hole leaving the angle cut end about .030 below the floor; it should point toward the rear of the unit. This is the exhaust pipe tip. A modeling option is to randomly elim- inate individual louvered panels. As the older TDS reefers were serviced the lou- vered panels began to disappear, leaving a dark shadow in their place. This is espe- cially true of the center engine panels. The shadow effect is accomplished by cement- ing a filler piece of styrene on the inside of the unit to “cover” the opening. This should be cut slightly oversized to prevent any light from passing through. Scrap pieces of styrene can be used to provide depth and further add to the illusion that this space RMU-II reefer unit model. is occupied by the engine or reefer compo-

52 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 nents. Many of the panels have also been cut or bent from years of hard use. These tricks will help to add variety to your reefer fleet. Painting & Finishing the RMU As described in Part 2, paint the overall unit white. The gauge panel cover is black. In addition there is a solid black panel on the roadside right top corner of the front exten- sion just above the louver. Either use black decals or paint to create a scale 6" square. Two small details can be added to this panel, the coolant sight glass and coolant filler neck and cap. Create the sight glass by slicing a wafer-thin piece of .030 styrene rod. CA this Rail Mode Plate. Chadd Hewitt photo to the lower half, center of the black panel and dab it with flat aluminum paint. The filler neck is a 3" piece of .030 styrene rod. Cut each end equally on a 45° angle. CA this above the sight-glass piece. Paint it black to match the panel and dab the cap (top) with flat aluminum. Paint the tail pipe depending on the represented age of your model. Flat aluminum if new, light gray if older, grimy black and dark rust (roof brown) if repre- senting a heavily weathered unit. Suggested decal application for the “new” RMU has been enhanced over the descriptions from Part 2. Several custom decals were created to better represent the look of the prototype. The gauge panel includes the use of white decal stripes for the background and black dots for the actual gauges. Black dots of various sizes were created using Microsoft Word and printing Unpainted, modified tanks. on blank decal paper. Start with the small- est available font and work up to about a 12 point. On the prototype these gauges moni- tor operations of the engine, generator and temperature control. Below the gauge panel is a series of decals that help define the RMU as a Thermo King product. The word THERMO KING was spelled out in a 4 point Arial font using black background shading. This technique creates a transparent letter surrounded by a black background. A 2" wide white stripe serves as the background for this decal and should be cut slightly less then the length of the black background. These decals should be positioned beneath the gauge panel. The Thermo King nameplate logo is positioned to the right and beneath the Thermo King Finished tank. name. Use the N scale nameplate found in the Microscale Transamerica #2 sheet. Back this with a white 4" square cut from a 4" wide stripe. A custom decal was created for “Fuel saver” using a 4 point Tempest script (cursive) font. Black background shading was also used for this decal. Use the same “white base” technique described earlier. Fuel saver is positioned on the lower section of the black door. Last but not least there is a signature plate designating the Thermo King RMU as equip- ment designed for use on the rail. “Rail Mode” is spelled out on two vans TOFC. A close-up image of this plate taken by Chadd Hewitt As promised in Part 2, a before (left) and after photo of the modified bogie with was used to make a reduced black-and-white dropped-down air tanks.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 53 copy on blank decal paper. Position this on the the bottom of the tank centered; CA the bottom section of the solid panel between the cap to the base — a simple but distinctive roadside extension and louvered engine cover. detailing step. A 4" clamp for each pair of Seal with a flat clear coat. straps is cut from .010 x .020 styrene strip. Mounting of the RMU unit to the trailer Drill two #80 holes in each clamp. Cut four floor should be done after painting and pieces of ½" OD brass rod 4" long and CA weathering the floor. Mount the RMU a into each hole. This is the nut & bolt assem- scale 16' 8" from the rear edge of the floor, bly securing the clamps and the straps. 1' from the roadside edge. This positioning Using the filler neck as the roadside refer- Unweathered wheels. is specific to the TDS specifications. ence point, each clamp assembly is CA’d to the front of each pair of straps, close to the Fuel Tank Enhancements middle. The tank must be painted before The stock A-Line fuel tank was widened attaching to the floor. Position it 3' from by 1', providing a finished width of 6'. the front of the RMU, 1' from the roadside This was accomplished with a splice cut edge of the floor. from ¼" styrene tubing that was cemented between the two halves of the tank. Fill and Weathering Wheels & Tires sand as required. Straps were applied to the For those of you who know me, it is tank using 1/64" striping tape — two straps obvious that I am obsessed with a prototyp- for each side for a total of four per tank. ical-looking wheel — NO exception here! Use the existing raised ridge as a placement A base coat of CP Rail Gray is used to start. guide. Leave approximately a scale 2" gap Dot the hand holes with black. TDS vans between each pair of straps. On the bottom used two-hole Budd disc wheels (although of the tank is a drain plug and protective I have seen a few five-hole replacements). frame. The visible frame is made from two Budds weather in an uneven pattern. A pieces of 2x2 strip, 8" for the base, 2" for heavier accumulation of dirt seems to settle the cap covering the plug. CA the base on on the raised ridge just inside the wheel Weathered wheels.

edge and around the bolt circle. Heavier amounts of rust find the same resting place. To achieve this look a series of weathering layers were applied to each wheel. Most of this was done using dilute washes of artist’s acrylic burnt umber and raw umber. This technique affords better control and makes it easier to recover from a mistake. Begin by applying a very dilute wash of burnt umber. Work from wheel to wheel allowing some dry-time between each application. After about three or four applications the wheel begins to take on a rusted hue. Stop when you reach this point and switch to the raw umber. This is the “nasty” stuff. It looks like rust with grime mixed in, exactly what we want. Use a heavier wash of raw umber. I suggest using a detailing brush for this step due to working in very close quarters. Apply a layer around the bolt circle, then the raised ridge. Don’t worry Curbside tank and landing gear. about pinpointing this exactly, the wash will amazingly settle where you need it too. Just get close. Several layers of this are put down. Stop when it becomes obvious that you have two separate rings of heavy dirt and rust. Apply some tiny dabs of rust here and there with either color. Use an airbrush to apply a coat of clear flat with several drops of Grimy Black added. Don’t overdo this, otherwise your artwork will disappear. Vary the layers from wheel to wheel. On a few I added Oily Black around the bolt cir- cle. Occasionally use different base colors, like white or black. Assemble the tires and wheels. Paint the back of each assembly Grimy Black. Final weathering of the tire is done with a mixture of gray and brown chalk. Blow off excess, especially from inside the wheel. Work the chalk between the two tires. Wipe Roadside tank and landing gear. off the excess on the tire tread with a slightly

54 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 moist cotton swab or your pinkie finger. Seal with clear flat. Bill of Materials (see Part 2 BOM for additional information) Weathering Undercarriage Manufacturer Part No. Description An overall coat of clear flat with Grimy A-Line 50107 Long fuel tanks Black and Dirt was applied to the floor, Depots by John 87-109 HO window air conditioner kit bogie and landing gear. Apply additional raw Detail Associates 2502 ½" OD brass rod umber washes and dabs of rust to the gear. 2505 1" OD brass rod The lower part of the leg will rust over time. Evergreen 100 .010 x .020 strip styrene Use a combination of the umber washes. 133 .030 x .060 strip styrene Apply Oily Black to the top part of the leg 210 .030 styrene rod to simulate grease. Seal the floor with clear 228 ¼" styrene tube flat. Special consideration is given to the 8202 2x2 strip styrene fuel tank due to the frequent diesel spills 8203 2x3 strip styrene around the filler neck. An overall wash of 8204 2x4 strip styrene raw umber is applied first, followed by 9015 .015 sheet styrene Grimy Black. Vary this in different areas, 9040 .040 sheet styrene heavier around the front and bottom. The Polly Scale 404100 Clear Gloss area around the filler neck is doused with 404106 Clear Flat Oily Black. Use burnt umber for random 414113 Reefer White splotches of rust. 414137 Grimy Black Finally the grand moment has arrived, 414251 CP Gray weathering of the RMU-II. Over time the 414275 Roof Brown accumulated dirt and rust on these things 414290 Engine Black seems to take on a life of its own. I have 414296 Stainless Steel never seen two alike — just like snowflakes. 414299 Flat Aluminum Some of the current prototypes look so bad 414323 Rust it’s difficult to believe they are still opera- 414326 Oily Black tional. Use your airbrush to apply several M. Graham & Co. 22-030 Burnt Umber coats of the Grimy Black/clear flat and Roof 22-170 Raw Umber Brown/clear flat solutions (2-3 drops in a Microscale 87-124-1 1" & 2" Stripes White clear flat base). Using the umber washes 87-124-2 1" & 2" Stripes Black begin to layer on the rust and dirt in a simi- 87-214-1 4" & 6" Stripes White lar fashion as was used on the wheels. Focus 87-703 Transamerica Trailers #2, 45' & 48' on the louver openings and all but hiding the 460-100 Clear trim sheet decal work on the black gauge door. Finish off with gray chalk, using photos as a guide. It’s difficult to mess this up, the current look of the TDS RMU reefers is definitely “neo- grunge.” Seal with clear flat. In closing, it’s important to note that the RMU was installed on vans in service with AXXA, Clipper, Alliance Shippers, Cornucopia, Joseph Land, IMEX, TDS and Martrac, to name a few. The RMU represents a significant and interesting period in intermodal history. Although it may seem difficult to build one of these, it really isn’t. Next time, the veteran TDS 45' vans will be completed. Weathered RMU-II.

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by Jim Mansfield

Photo by the author

Time always seems to slow down as a train starts down a yard track readying itself to do a little yard work. To paraphrase, “The yard is alive with the sound of music.” Having an idea of how long it takes to make a planned move is the key to building a successful operating schedule.

ow each of us designs and builds our 3) FULL OPERATION (all traffic on the trains be re-positioned. I have found that H layout is due, in part, to the view schedule plus extras, including delays, typi- it is better to select just a few trains on the we enjoy of railroading. Is the layout to be cal “set” of operating slow orders, etc.) chart to get the testing started. Then, I add a double-track intercontinental mainline or As an example, a down manifest train in the remaining trains and see how things a narrow-gauge timber hauler? A spaghetti (set-out and pick-up of blocks only) on go. When a new problem arises, you then bowl or a sincere track plan? And will the the JWRR five mile mainline has these have some clue as to its cause. Think of operating scheme be train-down or operator- typical numbers: developing the operating plan as a musical up? These are a few of the questions we ask 1) 16 minutes (average of about 22 mph): group writing a new song. All the pieces ourselves at the start of the layout process. As it turns out, this timing is close to the need to sound right together. A common thread in each of these post-merger CSX numbers quoted in the When recording the time for #2) above, views is determining the spacing between “Railroad News” column in the July 2000 the total time is a sum of a series of run towns, stations and junctions. Regardless Trains magazine. times between towns/stations/junctions of train lengths, the clock is really the main 2) 35 minutes includes set-outs & pick- (all of which are referred to as a station for determiner. ups at three of five available locations {four scheduling purposes) and the time spent yards and a spur} working in the towns/stations. For #3) It’s All in the Timing 3) 52 minutes when there are other trains above, any time waiting is also included. We The trip time for trains on a layout can be on the layout quantify these types of times as: discussed in three ways: By compiling a set of trip times for ▼ The time BETWEEN stations (start/run/ 1) STRAIGHT RUN (no other trains, no each train in a planned operating session, stop) stops, normal operating session speeds — a preliminary timing chart can be drawn ▼ The time IN station (time switching, etc.) including any standing slow orders). This time for the operating session. Then the chart and, is used as a base line for mainline scheduling. can be tested and confirmed by running ▼ The time ON station (dwell time in sidings 2) SWITCHING RUN (no other traffic, trains during test operating sessions. A due to other traffic). A special case of on normal ops speeds, no waiting in sidings, nor- criterion of a test session is that when station time is SPOT time: trains waiting mal switching/set-outs, etc.) This time is used a problem is discovered, the session is in a yard to do switching. to determine terminal, siding and yard usage. stopped, a solution found and then the test As we have only 30' of mainline left It’s not the trains on the main, but rather the is either re-started or picked up again just to build on our layout, a schedule will terminal/siding/yard times that cause schedul- prior to the start of the problem. Each of be finalized this summer using the above ing challenges. these methods requires that some (or all) types of time.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 57 BEHIND ▼ THE SCENES Square Corner Backdrops: Tricks of the Trade...

by Margaret Mansfield

Figures by Margaret & Jim Mansfield

rom theory to practice: it’s now time to Concealing corners in this type of rural Different effects may also be achieved F take the principles of perspective that landscape will also likely benefit from depending on how the mountains are shown. were outlined in the preceding “Behind the the strategic placement of trees. In the top If the mountains appear to be in the “dis- Scenes” and apply them to actual backdrop backdrop example figure, notice that a few tance” while the track is located “close” to scenes. Bear in mind that the examples trees are placed in the corner, drawing the the observer, the railroad line will seem to shown this month demonstrate a freehand eye away from the right angle and into the bypass the mountain range. If the track turns perspective style seated in the techniques backdrop scene. Another key feature in this slightly towards the backdrop just before of perspective drawing. There are no magic example is the overlapping of the two hills disappearing into a cut or a tunnel, that feel- tricks here — just a few simple techniques in the corner; the “front” hill intercepts ing is enhanced even more, for it implies that are illustrated by the accompanying fig- the more distant hill exactly at the right that the track route swings toward the distant ures. While these drawings are, of course, angle. No matter the viewpoint, a naturally range. printed on flat paper in your magazine, you shaped, realistic landform is always seen Another scheme that can be effective can get the proper view of the “corners” by when the point of overlap is “hidden” in the when using a mountain scene in a corner folding the page inward along the fold marks corner — even when the viewer is close to is to include some evidence on the layout (in the tradition of Mad magazine) at the one of the backdrops. that the tracks actually enter the mountains top and bottom of the figure. If you do not — the more mountainous scenery in front wish to make a fold in your magazine, make High Mountains of the track, the deeper the trains enter the a photocopy of the page to fold. The folded A rugged mountain scene depicted in a mountains. This is particularly effective if drawings will give some idea of how the var- backdrop corner will add drama and depth to grades are required in this area of the layout. ious corner treatments would look on an ac- any railroad situated in the high mountains. The JWRR uses yet another trick in tual layout; left unfolded, they also illustrate Whether contrived in the imagination, drawn the southwest corner of the layout, where how the use of perspective principles can be from memory or reproduced from a pho- the tracks run through mountains. Here, a just as effective for designing flat backdrops tograph, such a scene, in conjunction with large conical rock formation, called “Happy as for disguising right-angle corners. nearby trackage, will effectively establish Flute,” rises between the tracks and the the presence of a rail line in or close to the backdrop. The hollow volcanic vents in this Rolling Hills mountain range. rock create melodic whistling sounds when Hiding square corners in a rural, rela- The second backdrop example shows the winds blow in the mountains (please tively flat landscape may seem to pose an three methods that can be used to transi- see the June 1995 issue of MRG for the full insurmountable challenge; however, plac- tion over a corner in mountain scenery. story). Including scenic features such as ‘the ing a series of rolling hills in the corner and These transitions include a horizontal line flute’ in front of a corner establishes parallax situating the horizon line a few inches above and two sawtooth contours. The upper saw- in the scene and helps trick the eye by fuzz- the track will provide a simple solution to tooth appears as a “mountain side” view that ing the focus on the corner. this dilemma. The shape and size of the hills changes as the eye moves from one back- Happy Flute was seen in Part 1 of this may vary — these factors are not important drop to the next. Viewed along the “left” series; that view was taken from the main as long as their proportions appear realistic. backdrop, the sawtooth appears as a peak; operating area of the layout, looking south As a matter of fact, the size of the hills will viewed from the “right,” it becomes a dwell. by southwest. The west backdrop in the help determine how distant they appear to be, The lower sawtooth always has a peak in the scene is located 36" to the right of the cam- as will the level of visible detail (smaller and corner, but the “steepness” of the mountain era, and the south backdrop is about 15' less detailed hills appear to be farther away). changes when viewed from near the back- away. While the corner is slightly visible Trees, structures, receding telephone poles or drop. This “change in view” is an interesting in the photo, the perspective works. Com- fence rows also help to establish distance. trick which adds some variation to the scene. pare this scene with the 45° view at Corners

58 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JUNE 2001 on the JWRR web site. In both scenes, the camera was placed at Jim’s eye level and at about the same distance from the corner. In both views, the perspective angles generate a realistic scene. For yet another perspective of this corner, also visit Sandcastle Road while on the JWRR web site. Uptown A layout corner may include a city scene along the railroad, as shown in the third backdrop example. Once the horizon line is established, the size of the building that will straddle the corner should be deter- mined. Situating the lower corners of this Rolling Hills structure (i.e., ground level) just a bit above the layout surface “places” the building a few “feet” behind the edge of the layout. Then, the height and length of the sides can be drawn using the horizon line and two-point perspective. It is best to sketch lightly with a pencil using a straightedge, then stand back and look at the building block from all viewing locations. A few reference photos or magazine shots are an aid as well. Feel free to change the look of the building by moving the VPs along the horizon line. Study different shapes for the building. Sometimes it is good to step away High Mountains for a few moments, then come back and look at a “chosen” shape before committing to a final version. More building blocks can then be added, using two-point perspective, to fill the backdrop scene. Streets, alleyways and parking areas may also be included for completeness. Add details such as building windows, street details, trees and fences using the established perspective; photos of appropriate types of real estate come in handy here. A spur and small one-story building on the layout will also do much to Uptown enhance the realism of this corner. Since no streets cross the tracks in this type of scene, a backside view of Railroad Avenue is obtained. Downtown We began this series with a plan view of Main Street extending directly into a backdrop corner. Placing a roadway such that it is on both the layout and the back- drop has always been a challenge, which has often been met by allowing the road to vanish for a short distance behind a small hill or cut on the layout before reap- Downtown pearing on the backdrop. This technique, in effect, separates the roadway into two different segments — one two-dimen- other at the layout/backdrop seam, effec- technique, any road on the layout can con- sional, and one three. tively merging into one continuous street. nect at any angle to a two-dimensional When designing cityscape backdrops, Starting at the corner, this road can con- road at the backdrop/layout seam. In addi- an alternative to segmenting a roadway is tinue directly into the three-dimensional tion, because this road shares a common to design the backdrop such that a roadway layout, forming a three-point street inter- VP with the adjacent thoroughfare, the is allowed to make an angle turn directly section (“Little Three Points” a la Little city streets appear to form a grid. To get at the seam between the layout and the Five Points in Atlanta, GA) In contrast, the full effect of the “jogging” technique, backdrop. Two methods for treating roads the street on the right side of the back- imagine a three-dimensional portion of the in this way are shown in the lower exam- drop appears to make a jog before transi- road on the layout when you view the bot- ple figure. The first method is particularly tioning to the three-dimensional road on tom figure in the folded format. suited for corners; here, the roads on either the layout. This jog occurs exactly where Next time, clouds, lighting and color side of the backdrop corner intersect each the backdrop meets the layout. Using this effects to further disguise a square corner.

JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 59 DIESEL DETAIL CSXT GE AC4400CW #100 ▼ CLOSE-UP HO Scale Model by Athearn

he Prototype AC4400CW: General length of the right side. The tenders were by Rich Picariello T Electric introduced the 4,400-hp built using ex-SCL company diesel fuel- AC4400CW in 1994. This locomotive has tank cars. Photos taken by the author an overall length of 73' 2" with a 46' 2" The Scale Model AC4400CW: Athearn August 1996; Denver, CO truck wheelbase. They ride on GE six-axle offers the AC4400CW in HO. It is avail- HiAD trucks with 42" wheels. able decorated for CSX and is numbered CSX uses CW44AC as their class des- as CSX #4. Details West offers a complete on the blue, gray and yellow scheme as ignation for the AC4400CW. The first units detail parts kit for the GE C44-9W that can standard for all their new units and all were delivered numbered in the 9100 series also be used for the AC4400 (see parts list- older units that are repainted. Walkway but were soon renumbered starting at #1. ings). If desired, a fuel tender can be mod- handrails are painted gray; pilot end hand- The present number series is 1-115. CSX eled using Athearn’s 62' tank car (#1520 rails are blue. At the step areas, the hand- outfitted at least three units (28-30) for use undecorated) and Microscale decals. rails and the step edges are painted yellow. with a fuel tender. These locomotives have Paint and Decal Notes: After trying a The underframe, trucks, fuel tank, air a 2" diameter fuel line running down the variety of paint schemes, CSX has settled tanks, pilots and plow are black.

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Detail Parts for HO Scale: 21 - RPP109 Numberboards, GE* .50/2 22 - DW256 Plow (metal) 1.95 ea. 1 - DW248 Air filter w/brackets, GE (metal) 2.25 ea. 23 - DW241 Sand-fill hatch, GE (metal)* 1.75/set 2 - CS427 Air horn (brass) 7.20 ea. 24 - DW196 Spare-knuckle holder (metal) 1.00/2 DA1502 Air horn (delrin) 1.75/2 OM9702 Spare-knuckle holder (brass) 4.10/2 DW187 Air horn (brass) 2.95 ea. 25 - CF196 Speed recorder (brass) 4.39/4 3 - DW261 Air tank w/piping* 5.25/kit DA2807 Speed recorder (delrin) 1.50/4 KS51 Air tank, metal* .95 ea. DW284 Speed recorder (metal) 1.95/2 SRM 400 Air tank kit* N/A 26 - AL29210 Sunshade (photo-etched brass) 2.35/6 4 - DW278 Antenna, cone type 1.00/2 CC1551 Sunshade (plastic) 2.95/8 5 - DW238 Bell, end of tank (metal)* 1.25/2 DA1301 Sunshade (plastic) 1.50/6 6 - DW179 Brake wheel* 1.00/2 DW188 Sunshade (plastic) 1.00/4 CC1107 Brake wheel, recessed* 2.95/2 PSC39047 Sunshade (brass) 2.25/4 7 - ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet 27 - DW224 Traction-motor cables 1.95/set DA2210 Chain, blackened 2.25/12" 28 - DA2312 Wind deflector, straight (clear plastic) 1.25/4 PSC48237 Chain 2.75/10" OM9327 Wind deflector, straight (brass) 2.50/4 8 - OM9152 Coupler lift bar, V-shaped, GE 2.25/2 UP77 Wind deflector/mirror (brass) 2.00/2 9 - DW301 Ditchlights w/bulbs 3.15/2 29 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 2.95/8 10 - OM9171 Door handle (brass) 1.70/2 CF314 Windshield wipers (etched brass) 3.95/2 pr. PSC3998 Door handle (plastic) 1.50/6 CS419 Windshield wipers (brass) 3.50/4 11 - HT6002 Exhaust stack, GE (plastic)* 2.95 ea. ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.98/set 12 - DW258 Fuel filler & gauges, GE 2.95/set PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 13 - OM9252 Fuel sight glass, GE side tank mounted 1.75 ea. UP94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) 2.00/4 (brass) UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 14 - AL29100 Grabirons (formed wire) 3.25/50 — - DW230 Complete set of detail parts, GE 15.95 DA2202 Grabirons (formed wire) 2.50/24 — - DW270 Etched walkway detail set, GE 5.95 UP54 Grabirons (cast brass) 5.95/12 15 - UP55 Grabiron, 90% corner 1.95/2 16 - MV22 Headlight lenses* 1.15/4 17 - CS227 Hose, air line (brass) 2.35/4 The following parts must be fabricated by the modeler: DA6206 Hose, air line (delrin) 1.25/6 A — Brake-cylinder air line - make with .015 wire. 18 - DA1108 Lift rings, GE (plastic)* 1.50/12 B — Drain pipe — make from wire. UP62 Lift rings, GE (brass)* 2.00/10 C — Miscellaneous grabirons — form from .015 wire. 19 - DW236 MU cable 2.15/2 D — Underframe piping — make from various sizes of wire. 20 - CF257 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.95/4 DA1508 MU hoses, individual (delrin) 2.00/16 * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included on the DW266 MU hoses, 3/bracket (metal) 3.50/4 Athearn model; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the OM9350 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.45/4 discretion of the modeler

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St. Louis, MO­ Hundreds of youngsters from the St. Louis area and all over the U.S. will get a hands-on introduction to model trains at the National Model Railroad Association's (NMRA) July Convention here.

Boys and girls ages 6 to 15 will participate in the Junior College Program (JCP), which is co-sponsored by the NMRA and the Model Railroad Industry Association (MRIA), an organization of manufacturers of model railroad equipment. They'll take part in entertaining, hands-on activities ranging from building small trees and structures, to loading a train car with a remote-controlled crane, to trying computer-controlled train layouts and challenging switching operations - all designed to build their knowledge of and interest in model railroading.

"Model railroading is a great hobby for kids and adults alike," explained NMRA President Allen Pollock. "For years, we've known that the chances that someone will participate in the hobby as an adult are significantly greater if that individual was introduced to the hobby as a young person." Pollock adds that there is no cost for participation in the JCP. "All of our costs have been underwritten by companies in the model railroad industry, because those companies under­ stand the long-term benefits of bringing more people into the hobby."

This year, the NMRA and MRIA hope to expand the scope of the program beyond convention attendees by inviting young people from the St. Louis area to attend the JCP. "We're planning to work with local youth service organizations, schools and church groups," said Pollock, who added that the JCP is enjoyed by both boys and girls. "Contrary to popular belief, model railroading isn't just for men and boys. We 've seen a rapidly increasing number of girls and women at our events."

Pollock, who heads up a Midwestern city's public housing department when not working on his model railroad, under­ stands the value of hobbies for kids. "More than ever, young people need self-confidence and support to grow into healthy, productive adults," he explained. "Our positive approach is built around achievement and fun, hands-on activities that help kids see what they can accomplish. I love to see the smiles on the faces of kids who didn't realize what they could do. We hope this program will help kids get on the right track." Participants in past Junior College Program sessions also had opportunities to help children who were less fortunate. The attendees built model railroad layouts that were subsequently delivered to local children's hospitals.

The brainchild of Swedish model railroading author Rutger Friberg, the JCP debuted at the NMRA's 1998 Convention, and has grown every year since then. Among the manufacturers participating this year, will be Microsoft, which plans to introduce a new product at the Junior College.

Pollock and the NMRA's Board of Trustees especially look forward to the night of July 11th, when they will get to try their own hand at all the stations under the watchful eye of the media. "We hope we aren't going to embarrass ourselves," he said.

Those interested in attending may obtain information at NMRA's website, www.nmra.org, or by calling (423) 892-2846. Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN, the National Model Railroad Association Inc. is the world's largest organization of model railroaders, with more than 24,000 members worldwide.

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Day in the life of lomax lumber Out by the Syca mores " PRR BlT - EMD Transfer loco " Columbus & Greenville (PtA:) MM' BN America (Pt.5: 2S' ContlChass) M-" Husky-Stack': Prototype & Detail SEPTEMBER 1997 " Early sDs: (Pt.7: DRGW & DM&IR) DO " PLANS:E&N Victoria Car Shop " SP Nogales Branch (Pt.l) A·line's HO Model C&NW SD45 , Model Southeastern PS-l Boxcars " A Few Freelanced Flats " Model ATSF Ph II II GP50s (Pt.2) " Carolina & Western Update < Re·Searching the Registers m Detail on the Edge " N Rock Primer " Model Freelanced Wreck Train " Model WW2 C&O Boxcars (Pt.2) < NS Freight Cars (Pt.l: Intro) MM' Reefer Power II: Chassis· 01 Install DCC on Home layout (Pt.6) " Virginian Train Masters " Model ACl GP7s (#100-279) " DCC Update: A Closer look (Pt.2) M.M The Martrac Story Mounted Unit MAY 1998 DO " Model Virginian Train Master " N&W E-3 Pacific Kitbash (Pt.2) E819 (PtA:Mll W, MP, NYC, PRRlPC) " 1im Mears' Sorry Valley Railway " PLANS: E&N Modern Deck Bridge NP FTs o n layout Fascia & Front Drops " WorkiWreck (Pt.2: Work Trains) " Model ACl Fs (Pt.2: F7 & F9) " Propane Industry (Pt.2: Model "E7 (Pt.ll: UP, Wabash) fC GATX Ta nk Cars (Pt. l) 01 lower Athearn Trailer Flats on Setting It All in Place " WorkiWreck Trains (Pt.7: Ditch· Small WW2-Era Dist. Plant) " Car Dumps: Simple Projects .. � Weathering "Pigs" (Pt.l) JULY 1994 01 EZ Turnout ing & Vegetation Control) " E7 (Pt.2: CB&Q, CofG, C&O, C&EI, " Model a Chessie SD35 " CP Chatham Subdivision (HO) 00 CN GP40-2l MARCH 1995 m Oro Grande at Night (Pt.2) C&NW, FEC) " SOU "Big John" COV. Hopper " DCC (Pt.14): Detection & Turnouts < Modern Boxcar Doors fC Freight Car Builders " Fuel Foolery (Pt.2) " Model Union Pacific C44-9W m East of Barren " Early SDs: (Pt.S: EJ&E & FW&D) ,. Holy Cross & Crystal River RR " HOn3 Colorado & Western (Pt.2) NOVEMBER 1995 " Model Central of Georgia's ESs " Model a Yard ladder (Pt.l) " Model UP SD9043MAC (Pt. ll M� Generic Fixed-length Chassis M'" JB Hunt (Pt.5: HazmatJPlacards) 00 D&RGW EMD SD50 " A City Classics Car Barn OCTOBER 1997 " Different CN Boxcar MM' JB Hunt Transport, Inc. (Pt.l) ",. 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MAY 1995 " WorkiWreck(Pt.l0: Photos) " Model D&H SD45s " DCC (Pt. ll): Decoder Installations " East End of the Erie SEPTEMBER 1994 " Conrail GE U33C and U36C m Building a Backdrop m A Hike into Calamity Canyon " Model Southern EMC FTs " B&O 50' Boxcar (N) DO UP SW10 fC Flatcars " Fuel Foolery (Pt.5) " New Track on Sandcastle Road (Pt.l) " Model ACl E7 fC Modern Youngstown Doors ,. HO Grand Valley RR FEBRUARY 1996 APRIL 1997 " Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.l) " Heartland Express M_" " Pocahontas Chapter/NRHS JB Hunt (Pt.6: Summary Update) DO CB&Q EMD FTA&B 00 DM&IR EMD SD9 DECEMBER 1997 m Tricking the Eye MM' JB Hunt (Pt.2: Model Trailers) " N&W 12 Pole line (Pt.2: Model) " 4S' Ext-Post Domestic Containers < NS Freight (Pt.5: SOU Boxcars) 00 Conrail SDSOMAC " Install DCC on Home layout (Pt.9) fC " Virginian Railway (PtJ) " Model ATSF GP60160M (Pt.l) " Union Pacific Wahsatch Division " E7 (Pt.6: NYC) Vented Containers AUGUST 1998 " BC Rail Caboose You Can Model " Model ACl F2s (#324-335) "-" UPS Eqpt. (Introduction: Pt.l) " Freelancing! Cabooses (Pt.l) M'" Spine Cars: Pt.2 - Single- DO GM&O FA l/FBl " NW2 (PtJ: l&N, MllW, MP, " Rutland PS-l 40' Steel Box (N) " Athearn C44-9W In-Depth Review M_� Maxi-Stack Well (Pt.l: Prototype) Purpose Minority Owners fC General American's Other Monon, NYC. 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Wentworth Valley System (HO) on y Bridging Scorpion Canyon 01 Inspection Trains (Pt. 1 ) Discharge' Hoppers (Pt.l) m Wide Open Spaces " Model NKP SD9 " Early SDs: (Pt.ll: MRl, NKP, 01 Rail Wayside AEI JUNE 1995 an Into the Fourth Dimension " Track Maintenance " Model N&W Hay PS-2 Cov Hop N&W & NWP) DO OCTOBER 1994 D&RGW EMD SD7 " New Bridge - A Tale of 1ime MAY 1997 on Sandcastle Road (Pt.2) " Model Clinchfield F Units DO Rock Island GE U25B & U2SB K Autoracks MARCH 1996 00 Wheeling & lake Erie GP35 (Pt.l) " Install DCC on Home layout (Pt.2) , Model ACl FP7 fC (Phase I) " Big Thompson & Northern (N) 00 Conrail EMD SW1200 Space Age Grain Cars JANUARY 1998 " Early Intermodal: Circus 00 on M fC " Researching Freight Cars and a '" Kitbash 40' Hi-Cube Container The Bethgon' Revisited "-" Maxi-Stack (Pt.2: Maersk Model) Amtrak "Genesis" Series P32, A Matter of Proportion look at Modern Coal Cars " Rockton, Rion & Western (Pt.l) " Beaver & Timber Springs (BATS) " New Beaver & 1imber Springs P40 & P42 (AMD-l03) " The Other Helix " Flatwheel Creek & Western RR " End of the line M", UPS Eqpt. (Introduction: Pt.2) "E7 (Pt.7: PRR & PC) " Container MGW & Container Car SEPTEMBER 1998 "''' BN Amer (PtJ: Model 4S' Cont) , FoamRail - Modular Concept " Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Pt.l) " Freelancing! Cabooses (Pt.2) load limits 00 lehigh Valley RS 11 w·" Thrall Double-Stacks-3-Well " Model ATSF GP60/60M (Pt.2) " DCC Update (Pt.5: New Develop- " DCC Update (Pt.S: Decoders) MM' Model UPS 45' TOP Trailers (Pt.l) fC 1995 Intermodai Expo Report DTIX Drawbar-Connected Car " IM/IMWX 40' BoxcarslReefers ments) " Model Southern GP7s " HOn3 Crystal River Railway w,. SP Golden Pig Service (Accurail " VGN Ry (Pt.4: Modeling) " WorkiWreck (Pt.6: Wood 1ie " Model an ACl M3 Caboose m A Pasture in Plaster " DCC Update (Pt.12) 45' Van) " NW2 (PtA: SAL, SCl, SOU, SP, Work Trainsl1ie Renewal Ops) " PLANS: CP Rail Nelson Station 01 Color Cues " Early SDs: (Pt.4: California ,. Buffalo Ridge (N) SLSF, SP&S, TH&B, UP, WAB, WP) on "Spacious Realism" (Pt.l) " Scratchbuild Ortner Hay Rapid JUNE 1997 Northern, CofG & CB&Q) , DCC (Pt.16): Mobile Decoders " Model ACl & SAL NW2s " Inspection Trains (Pt.2) Discharge' Hoppers (Pt.2) 00 W&lE GP35 (Pt.2) , Model Erie lackawanna's SDP45 " Early SDs: (Pt.12: PRR, PGCR) < in " PLANS: E&N Victoria Turntable _lINtti""�1!!!I.1tU o•• lli_ " GE Dash 9-44CW (Proto: Pt.l) 50' High-Cubes The Borrow Pit ' PRRlMllW Composite Gons (N) '" Beyond Scorpion Canyon AUGUST 1995 m Exercise in Reverse Engineering M� "K" line Containers (Pt.l) .f Install DCC on Home layout (PtJ) " Kitbash SAL Phase-l GP9 00 " Benchwork "Bag-o'·Tricks" SP EMD GP60 " New Bridge - A Second 1ime ,. West Virginia Midland FEBRUARY 1998 ' Early Intermodal: Interurbans NOVEMBER 1994 fC Modern Refrigerator Cars (Pt. l) APRIL 1996 " E7 (Pt.S: RI) 00 Springfield Te rminal GP35 m Gran Quivera Revisited _W 00 M-K Rebuild Utah Ry. SD45CAT M Granite Mountain Ry. (Pt.2: 00 NYC AlCO FAlIFB 1 " Model Proto 2000 NYC E7s & ESs " Evolution of Steel ISO Cont. .f Bridging the Gap fC Research Freight Cars w/Photos Intermodal Bremer Hub Const) fC D&RGW's Coal Cars " Accurail Single-Sheathed Boxcar MM Model UPS 45' Intermodal OCTOBER 1998 " Eagle Rock Canyon (N) " St. Maries River RR (Pt.l) " Bob Mazzi's 0 Scale Empire " Con·Cor 40' Plugdoor PS-l Trailers (Pt.2) DO Illinois Central GP9 _W M»' JB Hunt (PtJ: Proto Cont/Chassis) " Cast a CP Rail Gondola M UPS 26' 6"/2S' Drop-Frame Tra il- " An Operating Tower Clock " Brandywine & Benedictine (HO) K Enclosed Autorack Evolution M-" Kitbash nwxAII-Purp. Flat " E8/9 (Pt.2: B&M, CB&Q, BN, CP, ers (Pt.l) on Step Back, Ta ke a look " PLANS: CP's Vernon, BC, Station "w Spine Cars (PtJ):All-Purpose " Tybee Island Railroad (Pt. l) C&O, C&EI, C&NW) " Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Pt.2) 01 The Active Rail Junction " Early SDs: (Pt.5: C&IM & C&NW) " Old Colony Railroad (HO) Back Issues of Model Railro a ding

or • Early SDs: (Pt. 13: P&WNI/&P, 'M·';U·'�;."!!!!S.i.U.I.JIU Track & Wheel Mtce. (PtJ) • Build a Fire Flicker Circuit or Ballasting Turnout Switch (PtJ) on Finale for Chupadera Loop (PtJ) I RMCo, Soo) APRIL/MAY 1999 SEP/OCT 1999 n Into Night: Oro Grande (Pt.4) JUNEIJUlY 00 or Tortilla Flats: A Big Picture • Kato Thru-Truss Bridge (N) 00 SSW GP30 DO CB&Q F3A Ph.1I & F3B or TImes, They are a-Changin' 00 KCSSD40X. SD50 & SD60 NOV/DEC 00 00 • Model PC RSll K UP's Gondola Fleet (Pt. l) K IClICG/IC Boxcars FEBIMAR 00 K Containers - CAXU to CRXU BNSF SW12 O MM DO MM • Model SOU U23B L Bitter Creek (N) Spine Cars (Pt.5a):Trinity 53' BAR EMD BL2 ABF Ford AeroMax Road Tractor K Union Pacific's Boxcars (Pt.5) In LO LO Can't See the Forest... • 30 Mile Point (Pt. l) (N) All-Purpose K ADM Transportation Coldwater Guleh (HO/HOn3) Gladstone & N. Houghton (HO) LO MM o. Bridging the Gap (Pt.2) • Alco PAs: (PtJ: D&RGW) Trip on the KS&N (HO) ABF/ex-Carolina 28' Wabash • Modeling SAL FTs " PLANS: CP Overhead Farm Xing NOVEMBER 1998 " Model ACL Low-Side Gondola " Modeling SOU Extended- National Rib-side Trailer • DCC (Pt.24): Resistance, Power • Scratchbuild HO Traffic Signals IT O 00 Santa Fe GP9 Model SOU GP15-1 H Height Offset Tw in Hoppers L Rocky Mtn Line Revisited (HO) Mgmt. & New Decoders " SOU/NS GP30 Proto/History IT K Amtrak's Boxcars • Mobile Waterfront (Pt.6) • Aleo PAs: (Pt.8: PRR & SP) • RML "Mini-Humanity" Contest Convert PS-2 for Ballast Serv (5) • Model SOU/NS Hi-Nose GP30s I IT •."' Spine Cars (Pt.4A): Model " Early Intermodal (Pt.4A: IT Painless Rivets T DCC (Pt.23): New for 2000? GP 20: (Pt.7: AE, IN & TP&W) "GP 40: (Pt.4: GO, NJT, Amtrak) IT Thrall 48' All-Purpose Containerization) IT Building Swanson Holler Model SAL "Florida Geep" RS3 on South End Staging on Finale for Chupadera Loop(Pt.4) LO Essex & Lakeside RR (HO) on Planning for Access on Cleaning Up the Act • GP 20: (PtJ: CB&Q) o. More "Behind the Scenes" or Fine Scale Ops: JWRR Style • Early 50s: (Pt.14: SP & UP) or Op Friendly Turnouts (Pt.2) o. Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.4) • J. Baum To bacco in N JULY/AUGUST 00 DEC OO/JAN 01 00 DO • Coal porter Track Cleaner (N) MAY/JUNE 1999 OCTINOV 1999 IT PLANS: DJJ Thrall MaxGon" CSXT MP15AC & MP1ST BNSF SW15 DO • Model ACL GP7 (Pt. l) UP GP40X 00 Santa Fe F7A&B IT Make Your Own Dwarf Signals " Union Pacific's Boxcars (Pt. l) " Containers - CSVU to EISU MM O • Mobile Waterfront Proj. (Pt.ll K UP's Gondola Fleet (Pt.2) K Walthers Enclosed Autoracks IT Kitbash a Thrall MaxGon" ABF -Conf. Room & PartsDept L Roger Miller's CB&Q (HO) I MM on O n Creating Plaster Rock Walls LO Mendota Museum Layout (HO) Spine Cars (Pt.5b):Trinity 53' Rear View Mirror (Digression) L Otter Valley Railroad (HO) IT PLANS: CPBanff Station IT LO or Bridging the Gap (PtJ) IT 30 Mile Point (Pt.2) (N) Canadian Great Western (HO) o. Continuous Closure/Switch Modeling SAL FTs IT Model UP 5040-2 Snoot #3406 IT IT DECEMBER 1998 IT Alco PAs: (Pt4: Erie, E-L, GM&O) ' Kitbashing a 500 SD40-2B Point Turnout Model RR OpsiGranite Mtn (Pt 1) St. Paul Coal Mine Diorama (Pt.n I 00 Oakway 5060 • Model UP GP30 IT PLANS: 500 SD40B 6450 MAR/AI!R 00 T Handlay Tu rnout at Workbench IT DCC (Pt.26): Atlas Master K Cargill Pictorial IT DCC Update (Pt. 19): TIps, New IT Light Duty Floatbridges DO Rock Island (CRI&P) E7A " NS GP40/RP-E4D Slug Set (Pt. l) DCClSoundtraxx Decoders ." Spine Cars (Pt.4B): Model Stuff & Updates IT Aleo PAs: (Pt.9: SOU, UP, WAB) K UP's Coal Cars " GP 20: (Pt.8: UP & WP) • GP 40: (Pt.5: Rock Island) MM I Thrall 48' All-Purpose • Mobile Waterfront (Pt.7) • Latest Scenery Te chniques ABF 28' Strick Freight Pup n Scenery Comes First on Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.5) O U) Denver & Rio Grande • Early Intermodal (Pt.4B: • Computer as Modeling Tool L Great South Bay Club (HO) o. Location, Location, Location o. Fine Scale Ops: JWRR Style - Southern (HOn3) Containerization) on Into Night: Oro Grande (Pt.l) • SOU (S&AlCG) GP35s AUG/SEPT 00 Switching Crew Conductor • DCC Update (Pt.17): Stationary '" The Right Fit o. Feeding of our Track (Pt.n • Lonestar Wilson Grain Trailer DO D&RGW SGP40 JAN/FEB 01 DO Decoders o. Op Friendly Turnouts (PtJ) NOV/DEC 1999 • Vehicle Modeling Today " Union Pacific's Boxcars (Pt.2) MILWGP40 MM • Model CN SW1200RS JUNE/JULY 1999 DO B&O GP30 Phase I • GP 20: (Pt.4: GN) NW28' TImpte Trailer. " Containers - EKLU to FRSU 00 O MM • Model SAL RSC2 MP PAs " KCS Boxcars • Model ATSF PS2-CD Hoppers L Badger Creek Lumber Co. (HO) Transamerica Dist. Serv (Pt.l) MM LO • Mobile Waterfront(Pt.2) K GERSCO's Boxcars (PtJ) Visual lmpressions:Prototype • Variations: Life-Like P2K • DCC (Pt.25): Post-Convention Jim Powers' C&S (On3) In O O The Only Consideration L New River Valley RR (HO) L Colo Mdlnd & Wstrn (HOIHOn3) Moore & Co. Warehouse News + Choosing/Installing • Ins & Outs of Amherst o. Bridging the Gap (Pt.4) " 30 Mile Point (PtJ) (N) • Modeling MEC F3s • Model Bullnose Kenworth Accessory Decoders IT st. Paul Coal Mine Diorama (Pt.2) on JANUARY 1999 " Aleo PAs: (Pt.5: LV, MKT & MP) • Kitbash Psycho Bates House "Back to the Future" • Model RR OpsiGranite Mtn(Pt2) • GP 40: (Pt.6: D&RGW) IT I 00 CRI&P F2A Model NS GP38-2 IT DCC (Pt.22): Richmond + More o. Ballasting the Turnout Switch • NS GP40/RP-E4D Slug Set (Pt.2) n Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.6) or " CSX's Paper Cars " Model CRR 50' PS-l Boxcars • Ground Texturing APR/MAY 00 • GP 40: (Pt. l: Alaska & B&O) Fine Scale Ops: The Switchman 00 ""' Model XTRA ICG Re-Pigs (Pt. l) IT PLANS: Model Lehi Roller Mills on Into Night: Oro Grande (Pt.2) Santa Fe 5040-2 "Snoot Nose" on A Finale for Chupadera Loop MAR/APR 01 LO 00 Rio Bravo (N) • Geology I Revisited or Feeding of our Track (Pt.2) K Containers - ACLU to AVLU or Benefits of Duck-Under SP&S Aleo FA In:Bl MM • Model ACL GP7 (Pt.2: C&WC, or Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.l) DEC 99/JAN 00 ABF/Carolina 28' Monon SEP/OCT 00 " Containers - FRTU to GVDU CN&L) JULY/AUGUST 1999 DO IC 5040, 5040-2 & SD40A Freight Pup #86878 DO Erie Lackawanna FlA&B "" Transamerica Dist. Serv (Pt.2) L L • Upgrade CN Jordan Spreader DO Maine Central (MEC) GE U25B " 60' Auto Parts Boxcars O Utah Northern (HO) K Union Pacific's Boxcars (PtJ) O Moose River DivlPRR (HO) I MM LO • Kitbash Ellis Engineering (N) " Plastics Cars (Pt.l) ABF Freight Service Overview • SOU (S&AlCG) GP35s (Pt.2) Athabasca System Granite T "One Spot" Modern RIP Track MM O • Model PRR X-45 Boxcars Athearn's 20' Cant. Chassis (Pt.l) L Rocky Mountain Line (HO) • SOU SD40TH-2 Tunnel Motor Canyon (N) • Model a Pair of SOU RS3s O • Early Intermodal (PtJ: CGW) L Monon's Southern Sub (HO) • Model N&W Redbirds (GP9) • Crossing Signals for DCC • "Eye of Craftsman" Contest • GP 40: (Pt.7: DQE, TOE, DT&I, • Mobile Waterfront (PtJ) "30 Mile Point (Pt.4) (N) • GP 20: (Pt. l: ATSF) • Anatomy of a Grade Crossing • Model RR OpsiGraniteMtn (Pt3) FEC) IT on Bridging the Gap (Scenic • Aleo PAs: (Pt.6: NYC & NKP) • 1950s Treehouse in N " Flatcar Loads PLANS: Scratchbuilt CP Salmon or. 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• Realistic Die-Cast Mainframe · Painted Handrails • Five-Pole Motor 01 508437 .....MKT No Numbers 01508400 .Undecorated No Dynamic Brks • Dual Flywheels · Directional Lighting · Accumate Couplers • Separate Grab Irons 01508401 .Undecorated With Dynamic Brks • MU Hoses and cut bar · 8 Pin DCC plug 01 508438 .... Wabash #450 01508439 .... Wabash #451 Due In June - Reserve Now! 01 508440 ...Wabash No Numbers

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ALABAMA LAKEWOOD ... 52nd Annual Rocky Mtn. Region/ NMRA Convention (sponsored by Front Range Dil'.). June SHEFFIELD Shoal Model RRers Inc. All Scales club. ... 7- 10. Public train show Sat & Sun, 9AM-5PM. Sheraton I st Thurs. & 3rd Tues. 6PM. 200 Chickamauga SI., (Old Denver West, 360 Union Blvd. Info: Don Strait, 1938 Brewster School). David Reid, 565 Alexander Ln., Info: Payne Ct., Aurora, CO 8001 1, (303) 365-93 17, Tuscumbia, AL 35674, (205) 381-7 133. [email protected]. Registration form & convention flyer available at www.narrowgauge.org/nnr. CAL IFORNIA

ANAHEIM ... Orange County Model RRers meeting. FLORIDA Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana­ TA LLAHASSEE ... Big Bend Model RR Assn's 10th heim Public Library, corner of Harbor & Broadway in Ana­ Annual Tallahassee Model RR Show & Sale. July 21, heim. Info: Steve Tibbe!!s, e-mail: [email protected]. IOAM-5PM. Elks Club, 276 N. Magnolia Dr. $2, 12 & (714) 843-1820 under free. Info: BBMRA Train Show, PO Box 3392, Tal­ CROCKEn ... Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club's N lahassee, FL 323 1 5-3392 or John Sullenberger, (850) 410- scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. 8425. Pacific depot has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM- 3PM & 7PM-9PM, Sal. IOAM-4PM. Depot on Rolph SI. GEORGIA next to the SP mainline, 900 Loring Ave., Crockel!, CA. ATlANTA ... Metro Atlallla N-Scalers Meetings. 1st Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View Lane, Pinole, Tues. of each month, 7:30PM. Church of the Atonement, CA 94564, (510) 758-93 10. 945 High Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Leake, (404) LOS ANGELES ... East Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR 262-2969. Open House. Every Sal. & Sun. IIAM-3PM. Traveltown, AT LANTA ... Piedmont Division Monthly Meeting. 2nd Automatic Digital Griffith Park. Free. Lowell Majors, P.O. Box 5732, Info: Tuesday each month, 7PM. Bldg. K, Habersham Office Glendale, CA 9130 I (213) 662-8339. TURNTABLE INDEXING Park, Northlake Pkwy., Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer, PASADENA ... Slim Gauge Guild Model RR Club 7058 Stephens CI., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) 968- 1921. Indexes Annual Open House. June 3, IOAM-7PM. 300 S. Ray­ MARlEnA ... Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Society Both mond Ave. (basement). Free. Jeff Smith, 1718 State Info: of Ferroequinologists & field trips. 2nd Fri. of each month, Bridge SI. #6, South Pasadena, CA 91030, (626) 44 1 -6272, 7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell SI. Free. Info: Roben Ends [email protected]. Hunt (770) 428-3864 or Larry Smith (404) 926-0739. N thru 0 • Easy to Install · Very Accu rate PA SADENA ... 50th Anniversary Celebration for the TUCKER ... Piedmont Div. SE Region Regular Monthly Original Whistle Stop & Model Train Show. June 16-17, $349. Complete Package Includes: Meeting. 2nd Tuesday of every month. 7:30PM. Building Programmable Tu rntable Indexing Controller · IOAM-5PM (Sat), IOAM-3PM (Sun). Pasadena Boys & K, Habersham Office Park, Northlake Parkway. Free. Info: Rotary, Pushbutton, or New Optionat Keypad Tra ck Girls Club Auditorium, 58 S. Sierra Madre Blvd. Free. Ed Palmer, 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) Selector · Geared Stepper Motor · Shaft Coupter • (Additional celebration events at OWS, 2490 E Colorado 968- 1921. Power Suppty • Variable Speed · Momentum · Blvd.). Info: Judy Hill, Sierra Star Mktg., (626) 793-64 13. Optional Track Power Reversing

SAN DIEGO ... San Diego Model RR Museum Toy ILLINOIS Check out these reviews: Train & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibil. June-Aug., Editor Andy Sperandeo writes: "It's a clearty BLOOMINGTON ... Central Illinois RR Club Great Tues-Fri IIAM-4PM, Weekends, IIAM-5PM. June 5, July superior way to power and control a turntable in Train Show. Nov. 18, 9AM-3PM, National Guard Armory, any modet railroad scale." Model Railroader 3, Aug. 5 are free days. Casa De Balboa Building in Bal­ 1616 S. Main SI. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Alan Magazine, December 1996, p51 -52. boa Park, 1649 EI Prado. $4, discounts for Mowrer, 404 E. Poplar St., Normal, IL 61761-1743, Editor Bob Brown writes: "A very well made and students/seniors/military !D, under 15 free. SPECIAL [email protected]. thought-out system." Narrow Gauge & Short Line EVENTS: Jllnior Model RR Cllmp (grades 4-6), July 23- Gazette, July/Aug 1996, p12. CHICAGO 27, 9AM-Noon. Sreamin ' ROllnd rile Bend Camp (grades 1- ... Lake Shore Model RR Assn. Open House. Paul Scoles, widely read Gazette and MR author, 2), July 30-Aug. 3, 9AM-Noon. Trllnsporwrion Mllsellm 's Nov. 3-4, IIAM-4PM. 9805 S. Ave. G, 98th & Lake writes us: "Your system was easy to install and has operated flawlessty. I highly recommend it!" Slimmer Cllmp (grades 4-6), Aug. 6-10, 9AM-3PM. Engi­ Michigan, Calumet Park, Field House (basement). Donaa­ neer Joe 's RR Party (ages 3-5), Aug. 13-17, 9AM­ tions accepted. Info: Gerry Woj o, 717 N. Glenwood, Grif­ For complete packet information contact: New York Railway Supply, Inc, 9158 Rothbury Noon.Info: Beth Cain, San Diego Model RR Museum, fith, IN 463 19, (2 19) 838-2425, [email protected]. Drive #183, Gaithersberg MD, 20886. @ 1649 EI Prado, San Diego, CA 9210 I, (619) 696-0 199. CHICAGO (GLENCOE) ... Jr. Railroad Exhibit at Email: sates.service nyrs.com Ph: (301 ) 947-8075 Fx: (301 ) 947-8076 SAN FRANCICSO/BAY AREA ... Golden State Chicago Botanic Garden. June 9-0cl. 28, daily 10AM- Model RR Museum Open House. Sundays, Thru OCI. 28, 6PM (to 9/3), IOAM-5PM (9/4-10/28). Exhibit features 10 I PM-5PM. Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline Park, 900-A G scale miniature scenes of America. Chicago Botanic Dornan Dr., PI. Richmond. $3, seniors & under 12 $2, fam­ Garden, 1000 Lake Cook Rd., Glencoe ('f, mile east of ily $7. Info: (5 10) 234-4884, wlI'w.gsmrm.org. Edens Expwy.) $3, 3- 12 $1, nonmember parking is $7.75. Info : Cynthia Greenwood, (847) 835 -6829, SIMI VALLEY ... Santa Susana RR Historical Society www.chicagobotanic.org. Swap Meet & Open House. Swap Meet: July 28, 7 AM­ MENDOTA IIAM. Open House: July 28-29, IOAM-4PM. 6503 ... 3rd Annual Mendota RR Crossing Days. Katherine Rd. Swap meet in pavilion next to RR station in June 16-17. Union Depot RR Museum, 783 Main SI. & Santa Susana Park. $2. Info: Richard Parshall, 998 Enin Hume-Carnegie Museum, 90 I Washington SI. Info: Union Ave., Simi Valley, CA 93065, (805) 526-0371, oltwn­ Depot RR Museum, (815) 538-3800; Judy Reed, (815) Laser-Cut Kits [email protected]. 538-2135, [email protected]; Lee Stocking (Swap & YO U Detail Parts A.ye Craft Booth Chairman), (815) 539-7905, Istocking@hot­ Ol ? Loco & Car Kits But d ° COLORADO mail.com. To HO - S - 0 Sc ales Ready GLENWOOD SPRINGS ... Roaring Fork Model RR NAPERVILLE V Sunshine Models 8th AnnualPrototype LSASE for List Show. Nov. 3, 4, IOAM-8PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Modelers Seminar. OCI. 26-28. Holiday Inn. Info: Send POBox 561 Hotel Colorado, 526 Pine. Free. Info: Jay Buchanan, 218 SSAE to Sunshine Models, PO Box 4997, Springfield, MO Seffner, FL 33583 Ash Ave., Rifle, CO 81650, (970) 625-3045. 65808-4997. Phone: 813-643-1105 B, IS. www.btsrr.com JUNE 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ... 73 KA NSAS

LENEXA T Turkey Creek 2001 Train Show & Swap Meet. Aug. 18, 8:30AM-2PM. Lenexa Community Center. 13420 Oak. $5, NMRA members $4, under 12 free w/reg­ istrant. Info: Bret Overholtzer, (9 13) 54 1 -8323, bret l @att· global.net, wlVw.tc-nmra.org.

OVERLAND PA RK T Santa Fe Ry. Historical & Mod­ TrainWeb.com eling Society 200 1 Annual Convention. July 19-22. Mem­ ber $1 �O, nonmember $125. Info: Kansas Cityan 200 I Convention, Registrar, PO Box 860403, Shawnee, KS W 66286-0403 MAR YLAND

TIMONIUM T Great Scale Train Show. June 23-24. 9AM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). MD State Fair­ grounds, 2 miles north of Baltimore Beltway, exit 17E (Padonia Rd.) from Rt. 1-83. $6 (return Sun free), 12 & under free, family $12. Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd., Columbia, MD 21045, (410) 730- 1036, www.gsmts.com.

MICHIGAN

KALAMAZOO T Kalamazoo Model RR Hist. Soc. 22nd Annual Train Show & Sale. Oct. 28, IOAM-4PM. Hazel Gray Bldg., Kalamazoo County Fairgrounds, 2900 Lake St. $4, 10 & under free w/adult. Info: Jim Glenn, 2063 N. 36th St., Galesburg, MI 49053, (616) 665-7870.

NEBRASKA

LINCOLN T Lincoln Area Model RR Club Fall Show. Oct. 13-14, 9AM-5PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Industrial Arts Bldg., State Fair Park. $5, seniors & NMRA members $4, under 12 free. Info: Al Lyman, LAMRC, Box 81144, Lincoln, NE 6850 1, al94 [email protected] or Charles Buswell, [email protected].

NEW JERSEY

BELLMAWR T Fall Train & Toy Show & Sale. Oct. 14. 9AM-2PM. Bellmawr Fire & Rescue Hall, 29 Lewis Ave. S3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Hank Worrell, 116 Webster Ave, Stratford, NJ 08084- 1023, (856) 783-9200 (4PM- 8PM), (856) 662-8266 (daytime).

WINSLOW T The Great Winslow Junction Scale Train & RRiana Meet. Sep. 9, IOAM-3PM. Winslow Fire Hall, Hall & Hay Sts. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Bill Pow­ ell, 306 Broad St., Williamstown, NJ 08094, (856) 728- 1327 (tiIl 9PM)

NEW MEXICO

BELEN T Belen Model RR Club Open House. March, Tues-Sat, 12:30PM-3:30PM. Belen Harvey House Museum, 1st & Becker Sts. Info: Jon S. Sem, 1845 Ash Dr. SW, Los Lunas, NM 8703 1, (505) 565-1639 (before 9 PM).

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

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