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Modeling ScaleScale for the O Scale OOTraiTrainsns Craftsman O ◆ ◆ July/Aug 2004 Issue #15 $5.95 US $5.95 • Can $7.95 Display until August 31st 2-RAIL ‘O’ SCALE with SOUND! Lighted Detailed Cab Synchronized Puffing ProtoSmoke™ 20-3132-2 Norfolk & Western #611 4-8-4 J Steam Engine 2-Rail / Proto-Sound® 2.0 $1099.95 20-3133-2 Norfolk & Western #608 4-8-4 J Steam Engine 2-Rail / Proto-Sound® 2.0 $1099.95 he Norfolk & Western was renowned for its steam power Tefficiency and no locomotive better exem- The FIRST engines offered to plified this than the J Class Northern. Debuting in 1941, the 4-8-4 rolled onto the rails with its beautiful streamlined 2-RAIL Enthusiasts cowling gracing an incredibly powerful and efficient including these incredible features: powerplant. 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The 2004 model, like all Premier steam engines, is equipped with synchronized puffing smoke, Proto-Speed Control™, for incredible slow speed action and Find your Nearest Dealer the delicious sounds of Passenger Station Proto-Effects™. at www.mthtrains.com Modeling for the O Scale ScaleScale Craftsman Issue #15 TraiTrainsns July/Aug 2004 OOO Vol. 3, No. 4 Features Editor/Publisher Joe Giannovario 4Tall Pine Timber Company [email protected] A great garage-sized layout by Bob Dupont. Art Director 10 Installing Kadee Couplers on a Weaver Wartime Gon Jaini Simon Ron Gribler details the nuts and bolts of this easy conversion. [email protected] 14 The Acme Steel Fabricating Company Associate Editor Build an industrial steel structure from Mike Culham’s plans. Brian Scace [email protected] 27 Scratchbuild a Roundhouse Advertising Manager Charlie Flichman tells how he designed and built a roundhouse to Jeb Kriigel fit his particular needs. [email protected] 31 A Brief Conversation with M.T.H.’s Andy Edelman Contributors With M.T.H. getting back into 2-Rail, OST’s Jeb Kriigel went to Andy to Ted Byrne get the details behind the story. Gene Deimling Bobber Gibbs 34 Yards, Part 2 — A Loop Yard in a Small Space Carey Hinch Herm Botzow continues his series on the design and use of different Hobo D. Hirailer Roger Jenkins types of yards. Jace Kahn 40 Bob’s Carry Box Neville Rossiter Bob O’Neil details how to build a loco/car carrying case designed by Subscription Rates: 6 issues O Scale Hall Of Famer Bob Whelove. US - Standard Mail Delivery US$30 US - First Class Delivery (1 year only) US$40 50 Building Rerailers Canada/Mexico US$50 Overseas US$75 Most often associated with HO and N Scales, Ted Byrne tells how he Visa, MC, AMEX & Discover accepted builds them for O Scale. Call 610-363-7117 during Eastern time business hours Dealers write for terms. Advertisers write for information Departments or visit our website. 12 Traction Action – Roger Jenkins O Scale Trains ISSN 1536-9528 www.oscalemag.com 22 Easements for the Learning Curve – Brian Scace Published bimonthly (6 times a year) by 38 The Workshop - Neville Rossiter O Scale Trains Magazine, PO Box 238, Lionville PA 19353-0238 42 Proto48 – Gene Deimling © 2004 OST All Rights Reserved Printed in the U.S.A. 43 Reader Feedback – Letters to the Editor 46 Product News & Reviews Contributors: O Scale Trains welcomes your feature articles, photos, and drawings. Such material should be sent 52 Narrow Minded – Bobber Gibbs to the above address for possible publication. If we accept, you will be notified immediately. For more information con- 54 Confessions of a HiRailer – Hobo D. Hirailer cerning article preparation guidelines, please send an SASE 55 Modeler’s Shelf, also pgs. 60 and 61 to the above address and request our “Guide For Authors” or visit our website at: www.oscalemag.com. 57 The Good Old Days - Jace Kahn Cover: Workin’ on the narrow gauge on Bob Dupont’s Tall Pine 58 Buy-Sell-Trade Ads Timber Company. 59 Advertiser Index Centerspread: “Storm and the Bridge”, photo by K. Jeb Kriigel, 60 Events Listing Get Real Productions. The locomotive model is a Williams scale 62 Observations – Joe Giannovario GS-4 Daylight detailed and lightly weathered. The bottom of the boat's hull was cut off so that it would sit correctly “in” the water. The water was modeled using a glass sheet with several coats of gloss clear coat. The lift bridge is the largest Lionel accessory ever made. It was lightly weathered. OST is a proud Member of the Model Railroad Industry Association July/Aug ’04 - O Scale Trains • 3 Photos by Dick Bettinger Bob Dupont’s S.P. switchers awaiting their shift assignments. The Tall Pine Timber Company layout was started in 1976. At been featured in various railroad publications. Bob has remained that time, it had one loop of O Scale standard gauge track. A year the chief electrical engineer for the Tall Pine Timber Company. later the narrow gauge portion of the layout was started which is a Without his expertise, the railroad would have become a static dis- point-to-point operation. After a period of time, it was decided that play. Dexter Day, who is a conductor on Cal Train and now lives we needed a double-track main line. This was added which gave in Gilroy, California, actually laid out the design for the railroad far more realism to our operation. Originally, the railroad had a which, to this day, remains very much the same. Dexter is a most traction line, actually overhead wire over part of the standard talented overall model railroader who has expertise in scenery, gauge line. However, we only had one individual in the group backdrops, and track work. Bob Plageman is now in the process of who was interested in traction operation. When he moved away, building his own O Scale layout in his garage. Bill Bunch does not the overhead line went into disrepair and sat unused for several have a home layout, so he naturally operates his trains on the other years. It was finally taken out. I was sorry to see it go as it did make for interesting operation. The main concentra- tion has been on the standard gauge. The Tall Pine Timber Company has had many individ- uals who have belonged to the informal group over the years. The “membership” has changed several times as people have left the San Francisco Bay area and others have passed away. The main people, who have been with the railroad from the beginning, are still very active in the operation and the open houses that we hold for the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA), NMRA- Pacific Coast Region, NMRA-Coast Division and O Scale West. It has been a pleasure to operate for these groups as they are always very enthusiastic and enjoy the open houses. The members who are still with the group and have contributed a great deal to its operation and history are Dexter Day, Dick Bettinger, Bob Roach, Bob Plageman, and Bill Bunch. Bob Roach now has his own beautiful Bill Bunch’s Santa Fe 4-8-4 emerging from the snow shed at Union Pacific and Great Northern model railroad that has Stampede Pass on the main line. 4• O Scale Trains - July/Aug ’04 30" Snow shed Bunch Feed & Grain 124" Coal dock interchange Tall Pine Timber Company Not to scale Overall size: 17'-0"x19'-0" 41" 38" O On3 O traction Devil Mountain yard Bay Shore Yard 142" Hartley Mound Dianes Pass Yard house 72" Roach Gap Station TALL PINE Gilmore Bridge 14" 17' 50" Warehouse Mount Index Station Station CRYSTAL BAY 61" 124" Layout graphic © Great Model Railroads 1992, Kalmbach Publishing. Used by permission. July/Aug ’04 - O Scale Trains • 5 Plageman belong to the West Bay Railroad Club in Menlo Park, California, where Dick is able to operate his HO collection as well as his O Scale collection. The Tall Pine layout is 17' x 19' occupying a two-car garage. The most interesting part of the layout is the fact that there is a lift-out allowing one car to be parked in the middle. Several people have brought their wives back so they can see that they can have a reasonably small O Scale railroad in the garage and still allow the family car to be parked inside the garage. The radius on the standard gauge railroad is 64" for the outer loop and 60" for the inner loop. This allows for S.P. Berkshire at Cedar Creek depot. Note Santa Fe business car at end of passing freight. members’ layouts. Bill has an extensive collection of Santa Fe equipment. Bill’s vast collection includes steam and Diesel locomotives. There are very few questions about Santa Fe that he is unable to answer.