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▼ SPLINE ROADBED ▼ TDS (Part 3) ▼ INTERMODAL CONTAINERS ▼ DIESEL DETAIL: CSXT AC4400CW ▼ June 2001 $4.50 Higher in Canada LLOYD LARSON’S HorseshoeHorseshoePAGE 40 CurveCurve 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. Unsolicited manuscripts or est layouts, but it gives attendees the chance to chat with modelers from other parts of photographs should be accompanied by return postage, the country on the bus trips between layouts. Although the lengthy bus trips have been and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for the butt of jokes at almost every convention I’ve ever attended, I wouldn’t think of the loss or damage of such material. No part of this pub- lication may be reprinted without written permission from not going on as many of them as I possibly can each year. Oh sure, you can almost be the publisher. 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. Each one provides unique opportuni- [email protected] ties for prototype tours of local railroads and industries, excursions on scenic railroads VISIT OUR WEB SITE and to nonrail attractions, contests, clinics and the National Train Show, where you www.modelrailroadingmag.com can visit with the manufacturers of your favorite model railroad products. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS So why don’t you take advantage of the central location of this year’s National and For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014 or spend a week with me and all the other modelers who will be trekking to St. Louis this call (303) 338-1700. FAX (303) 338-1949. Visa, Mastercard, July. It promises to be a great time for one and all. For more information about this Discover or American Express accepted. Email: year’s convention visit http://www.gatewaynmra.org. 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