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May/June 2010 Issue #50 Celebrating the Art of 1:48 Modeling Celebrating Scale the art of 1:48 modeling MAGAZINE Trains OMay/June 2010 u Issue #50 US $6.95 • Can $8.95 Display until June 30, 2010 ATLAS O MASTERTM 5161 CU. FT. COVERED HOPPER T N E M BNSF www.atlaso.com/o5161hopper1.htm (Webpage expected to go live the fi rst week of April) E C N OWNERSHIP SUBJECT TO A SECURITY AGREEMENT FILED WITH THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION PLATE C U DB-10 LUB OPEN HATCH BEFORE DB-20 ABT NO UNLOADING COMPARTMENT 286K 11-95 CLOSE HOPPER SLIDER TRN AND ROOF HATCHES BLT-11-95 - BEFORE CAR IS MOVED 09-11-95 WMHY82-10403 RB 11-95 2 INCH HF 2 INCH HF COMP SHOES PULL HERE COMP SHOES LIFT HERE JACK HERE CLEAN INSIDE GROOVES AND TOP OF SLIDE DOORS CLEAN INSIDE GROOVES AND TOP OF SLIDE DOORS CLEAN INSIDE GROOVES AND TOP OF SLIDE DOORS BEFORE CLOSING BEFORE CLOSING BEFORE CLOSING A C B 1814 CU FT 1533 CU FT 1814 CU FT SELF LOCK/UNLOCK SELF LOCK/UNLOCK SELF LOCK/UNLOCK GEAPS-GATES GEAPS-GATES GEAPS-GATES OPEN OPEN OPEN O Union Pacifi c (CMO) CSX* “Grain Express” N N ABDX LUB ABDX NO CLOSE HOPPER SLIDER AND ROOF HATCHES BLT-11-95 REBLT BEFORE CAR IS MOVED 2 INCH HF 2 INCH HF A COMP SHOES COMP SHOES PULL HERE PULL HERE LIFT HERE JACK HERE JACK HERE LIFT HERE CLEAN INSIDE GROOVES AND TOP OF SLIDE DOORS CLEAN INSIDE GROOVES AND TOP OF SLIDE DOORS CLEAN INSIDE GROOVES AND TOP OF SLIDE DOORS BEFORE CLOSING BEFORE CLOSING BEFORE CLOSING CENTER CENTER CENTER HOPPER HOPPER HOPPER A C B 1814 CU FT. 1533 CU FT. 1814 CU FT. 1814 CU FT 1533 CU FT 1814 CU FT SELF LOCK/UNLOCK SELF LOCK/UNLOCK SELF LOCK/UNLOCK GEAPS-GATES GEAPS-GATES GEAPS-GATES OPEN OPEN OPEN DM&E GATX R E D R O Southern Illinois Railcar - The Atlas O Mastertm Trinity 5161 cubic foot covered hopper features a E highly-detailed body style, authentically detailed paint schemes, road name R specifi c details such as hatch style, etched-metal roof walk and safety platforms, P metal stirrups and grab irons, and die-cast trucks with rotating bearing caps. Minimum diameter curve (3-Rail): O-54; Minimum radius (2-Rail) : 36” Available in 3-Rail and 2-Rail R HOBBY SH IN YOU OP TOD T’S AY? HA W ATLAS O TRAINMAN® U23B LOCOMOTIVE Also avialable in Conrail, Missouri Pacifi c, Delaware & Hudson “Spirit of Freedom”, and LIMITED EDITION D&H “Grey Ghost” Features accurate painting and printing, separately-applied wire grab irons, scale dimensions, directional LED lighting, and more! Available in 3-Rail (Conventional or TMCC ) & 2-Rail DC www.atlastrainman.com/Locomotives/tmou23b.htm *CSX Licensed Product Products bearing Union Pacifc (UP), Missouri Pacifi c (MP), or M-K-T marks are made under trademark license from Union Pacifi c Railroad Company. To fi nd an Atlas dealer, go to http://locator.atlasrr.com Get a copy of Atlas’ Catalogs at your LHS or visit www.atlasrr.com Atlas O, LLC • 378 Florence Avenue • Hillside, NJ 07205 • www.atlaso.com Celebrating the art of 1:48 modeling Issue #50 Scale May/June 2010 Vol. 9 - No. 3 Editor-in-Chief/Publisher Joe Giannovario Trains MAGAZINE [email protected] O Features Art Director Jaini Giannovario [email protected] 4 Denver Society of Model Railroaders — Schmidt & Lindgren The club celebrates almost 75 years running O Scale trains. Managing Editor 12 Starting Over - Part 3 — Joe Giannovario Mike Cougill With the trackplanning done, construction begins. [email protected] 21 Building A Center Cab Diesel - Part 3 — Capt. Tom Mix Tom starts building the diesel’s frame. Advertising Manager Jeb Kriigel 26 Scratch Buildings — Jerry Zaret [email protected] Custom built-to-fit buildings are easy to make. Customer 32 Jawn Henry in O Scale — Conley Wallace Service N&W’s steam turbine in O Scale is one awesome model. Spike Beagle 37 Rounding Out A New Roundhouse — Warner Clark Complaints Warner explains the additional details he has added to his facility. L’il Bear 42 In Paul Larson’s Honor — William W. Davis CONTRIBUTORS A scratchbuilt stock car in the finest traditions with a modern twist. TED BYRNE GENE CLEMENTS CAREY HINch MARTIN BREchbIEL 53 Lehigh Valley’s Naples Branch Freight Depot — Harold Russell A medium-sized depot to fit any layout needs. Subscription Rates: 6 issues 58 Chicago March Meet Contest Models — OST Staff US - Periodical Class Delivery US$35 US - First Class Delivery (1 year only) US$45 A look at O Scale modeling at its finest. Canada/Mexico US$55 Overseas US$80 60 2010 O Scale National — Rod Miller A final roundup of details before the convention. Visa, MC, AMEX & Discover accepted. Call 610-363-7117 during Eastern time business hours. Dealers contact Kalmbach Publishing, 800-558-1544 ext 818 or email [email protected] Advertisers call for info. www.oscalemag.com • ©2010 All Rights Reserved Printed in the U.S.A. Departments O Scale Trains Magazine, ISSN 1536-9528, USPS 24457, is published bi-monthly in January, March, May, July, Septem- ber and November by OST Magazine, PO Box 289, Exton PA 19341-0289. Subscription rates: US Periodical Mail, $35 per year, US First Class Mail, $45 per year; Canada or 11 The Art of Prototype Modeling — Mike Cougill Mexico, $55 per year; Overseas, $80 per year. Postage paid at West Chester, Pa., and additional mailing offices. POST- 17 The Modern Image — Gene Clements MASTER send address changes to O Scale Trains Magazine, PO Box 289, Exton PA 19341-0289. 19 Traction Action — Martin Brechbiel Contributors: O Scale Trains welcomes your feature articles, 41 Reader Feedback photos, and drawings. Such material should be sent to the above address for possible publication. If we accept, you will be notified 46 Product News & Reviews immediately. For more information concerning article preparation guidelines, please send an SASE to the above address and 64 Buy-Sell-Trade Ads request our “Guide For Authors” or visit our website at: www. oscalemag.com. 64 Events Listing Cover: The D&RGW’s Royal Gorge crosses Horan Trestle. The trestle was modeled after a curved trestle on the Colorado 65 Advertiser Index Midland’s Hagerman Pass line. The F7 units are by Key and the cars are from Pecos River Brass. 66 Observations — Joe Giannovario Centerspread: The Union Pacific’s westbound Pacific Limited meets UP Extra East 264 at the east end of Grove siding. The E7s are from Key and the 2-8-0 is a heavily modified US Hobbies model. The passenger cars are a mixture of brass models from Wasatch, PSC, and Sunset/3rd Rail. May/June ’10 - O Scale Trains • 3 Denver Society of Model Railroaders A Long History in O Scale Doug Schmidt, photos by Erik Lindgren A Sunset 3rd Rail CB&Q M-4 Colorado #6310 exits Grove Siding past the station. The station is a Builder’s in Scale model of a former D&RGW Tennessee Pass Station. Denver’s Union Station has long been one of the city’s 3600. It takes almost 30 minutes for a standard gauge train to architectural and historical treasures. The cavernous waiting travel the entire mainline and 25 minutes to travel the narrow area holds countless memories for hundreds of thousands of gauge route. travelers involved in greeting and saying good-bye to friends Much of the track laid in the 1930s and ’40s features ties and family members returning from or leaving to go to world that were nailed to the underlayment as adhesives were still wars, family vacations, college educations and journeys rather primitive and scarce due to the war effort. The track is across the country. In its basement resides a truly marvelous 98% handlaid with code 148 and 172 rail for the standard train layout that has been a part of the Denver model rail- gauge and code 100 for the narrow gauge. The standard roading community for 74 years. It is one of the oldest and gauge curves are 72” radius with a 2-1/2 % maximum grade, largest O Scale layouts in the United States, the Colorado and a 48” radius on the narrow gauge with a maximum Midland. 3-1/2% grade. Army surplus B-25 bomber horizontal trim Union Station was built originally in 1881 and rebuilt after motors were used to power some of the turnouts, and two still a disastrous fire in 1894. In 1933, Cherry Creek flooded and function flawlessly today. filled Union Station with a foot of water standing on the main The scenery is plaster over chicken wire and the layout floor with the basement filled to its ceiling. Lost were all of has been painstakingly scenicked with thousands of trees, the records of the Colorado & Southern Railroad. A small O hundreds of details, and many bridges and trestles. Gravel Scale layout had been on display on the mezzanine, but after and rocks from Colorado railyards, most from the area being the flood, a large storeroom in the basement was offered to modeled, are used throughout the entire layout. Industrial the Denver Society of Model Railroaders to build a much areas, railyards and small towns are spread throughout the larger layout. All they had to do was clean out the mud, muck layout, and the attention to detail, especially on such a large and the remains of the records, which was six feet deep in layout, is quite impressive. Almost all the traditional methods a 75’ x 90’ basement room.
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