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November 2005 VOLUME 35 NUMBER 9

FEATURES

23 � A Prototypical Dummy Unit — Modeling a Canadian Pacific MLW RS18 Control Cab 23 by Will Mitchell 23 Photo by Will Mitchell 28 � SD45-2 — EMD’s Last Big Block 645 44 � PROJECT LAYOUT Part 4: Erie-Lackawanna Tall Timber Railroad — A 9’ x 12’ On30 Layout by George Melvin You Can Build — Part 7: Scenery 32 � Sound for the Bachmann HO Climax by Ken Smith by Ray Kilcoyne 48 � PROTOTYPES-FOR-MODELS FREIGHTCAROLOGY 34 � ON TRACK Triple Crown Services (TCS) Switch Control Linkage Part 2A: The 53-Footers by Jim Mansfield by David G. Casdorph 36 � Photographic Techniques 52 � DIESEL DETAIL CLOSEUP With Helicon Focus Wisconsin Central (WC) EMD GP30 by Rich Yourstone by Rich Picariello

DEPARTMENTS

5 � Editorial 9 � Ready Track 10 � Sandhouse (New Products) 14 � The Society Page 16 � Product Reviews HO: Trix PRR GG1 Electric Locomotive HO: Walthers Proto 2000 GE U30B G: USA Trains Alco S4 Switcher

63 � Boys in the Basement 65 � Your Trek Plan 36 � Photo bY Rich Yourstone 70 Advertiser Index

ABOUT THE COVER The Lehigh Valley's Black Diamond crosses over the busy Jersey Central mainline at Aldene, NJ, on Rich Yourstone’s N scale layout. The remark- able depth of field in this photo was accomplished by running 30 exposures through a program called Helicon Focus. Beginning on page 36, Rich shares other of his photos and describes how this program can be used by model railroaders to take photos like these with ease. Photo by Rich Yourstone. AD TEMPLATE 9/13/05 1:16 PM Page 4

The Next Dimension in Model Railroad Operation

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Our exciting new 1 amp mobile decoder has all the great LocoMotion® features you’ve come to expect and SoundFX™ too! Based on proven locomotive decoder technology, the addition of downloadable sound will simply “blow you away”! Ready to run with pre-loaded sounds or customizable with your own recordings. Supports the playable whistle feature using the F2 key on DT400 Throttles. Includes 28mm speaker. Plug N' Play for Kato AC4400, SD38-2 & F40PH. Features: • Over 12 unique controllable sounds • Easy-To-Install - Installs like a regular decoder w/ a DCC medium plug • Playable whistle when used with Digitrax DT400 • 28mm speaker with plug-in harness included • Scaleable Speed Stabilization • Rated at one amp - For use in all model locomotives with a one amp or • Digitrax system and programmer compatible - no need for extra less stall rating and internal space to accommodate the decoder. HO programmer booster or special power-up hardware. Boosters can handle scale recommended these decoders like regular decoders with no inrush current problems • Pre-programmed sound for Steam, Diesel or Electric Locomotives • Digitrax customer support • Sounds can be downloaded from sound files to customize sound for • Based on Digitrax decoder designs in service for many years specific locomotive types For more information on the next dimension in railroad operation, visit www.digitrax.com and contact your local Digitrax dealer EDITORIAL 1/11/06 11:55 AM Page 5

�EDITORIAL EDITOR / PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee [email protected]

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David G. Casdorph Art Fahie ...In the Eye Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR Jim Mansfield of the George Melvin Rich Picariello Larry J. Puckett Beholder Jim Six s the old saying goes, beauty truly Larry E. Smith, MMR A is in the eye of the beholder. Gary Walton Modelers who are interested in prototypical modeling often face a variety of chal- lenges that other modelers can ignore. For example, the non-prototype modeler CIRCULATION / OFFICE MANAGER doesn’t have to be concerned with the accuracy of models, the realism of his (or Donald R. Strait her) scenery, the logic of a trackplan or the acumen with which operations are [email protected] accomplished. They can take delight in the magical, imaginary world their minds NATIONAL SALES MANAGER create as their trains loop around and around an oval or figure 8 “Plywood Chris Lane Pacific.” These model railroaders find their enjoyment and discover model rail- 1-888-338-1700 roading’s beauty without worrying about how their empire or models look. And [email protected] while there certainly is nothing wrong with this type of modeling, more “serious” modelers usually can’t find much beauty in that type of modeling. ART DIRECTOR / ASSISTANT MANAGER Prototypical modelers, on the other hand, are always trying to present their Rhett B. Lee modeling in the most realistic and most artistic way possible. They want every- [email protected] thing to look as real as possible and will spend countless hours attempting to make every little detail as accurate as possible. For them, the beauty of model railroad- Volume 35, Issue 9. MODEL RAILROADING is published ing is making it look as real as possible. Regardless of how great a modeler’s 10 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. work might be, the one thing that always makes photos of a model or layout look Price per single copy is $5.50 in U.S.A. Subscriptions are like a model and not the real thing has been the shallow depth of field that has $44.95 in the U.S.A. or $53.00 in Canada (or foreign) for always been inevitable when doing close-up photography...inevitable, that is, until 12 issues payable in U.S. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or now. photographs should be accompanied by return postage, and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for Once again, computer technology has opened new horizons that weren’t pos- the loss or damage of such material. No part of this publi- sible before. I had just begun preparations for this issue when I saw Rich cation may be reprinted without written permission from Yourstone’s article on using Helicon Focus to create some absolutely incredible the publisher. Printed in U.S.A. photos in the January/February 2006 issue of N Scale Railroading. I was absolute- The information contained in the various articles in this ly blown away at the incredible depth of field he achieved by using this program magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any on his N scale layout. I immediately contacted Kirk Reddie, the editor and pub- patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no con- lisher of N Scale Railroading, and asked for his permission to reprint the article trol over the physical conditions surrounding the applica- in Model Railroading because I felt that this information needed to reach a larger tion of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, audience that just the N scale crowd. He graciously granted permission, and I con- Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any lia- bility for untoward results and/or for any physical injury in- tacted Rich to work out the details of presenting his work here within our pages. curred by using the information herein. I think you will be as excited about this new technique as I am. Copyright © 2005 by Highlands Station, Inc. Ever since I saw some of Ted York’s layout photography where he increased ADVERTISING depth of field by manually combining several images in Photoshop, I had been For advertising information contact trying to get Ted to do an article on how he did it. Ted’s process took considerable Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 effort...and talent...that only some of the more gifted and patient among us could [email protected] have duplicated. But now, thanks to a computer program developed in the VISITOURWEBSITE Ukraine, modelers throughout the world who have a decent digital camera and a www.modelrailroadingmag.com computer can now create some of the most realistic photos imaginable. I hope that Rich’s article and photos will inspire many of our readers to give SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Station, this new technique a try, and that you will then be inspired to share your model- Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014 or ing efforts with others through your photos in the pages of Model Railroading. If call (303) 338-1700. FAX (303) 338-1949. 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Item #48842 This new release from Atlas heralds the return of the N Dash 8 Series Locomotives with New Paint Schemes and Road Numbers, giving you a wide selection to choose from to find the model that’s right for your layout. Roll on down to your local hobby store and pick up yours today! STANDARD FEATURES: NEW PAINT • Directional lighting • Painted safety rails SCHEMES! • Factory-equipped with AccuMate® knuckle couplers Item #48779-HO Model Shown • Scale Speed™ motor • Golden-white LED's • Standard cab or gull wing cab as appropriate • Blackened metal wheels •Two versions: Decoder-equipped (Lenz) or non-decoder equipped

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EMD SD40-2 — Broadway Limited has released their SD40-2 in their ParagonTM Series with or without decoder and Quantum® Sound and with or without dynamic brakes as appropriate for the prototype in the following roadnames (# of road numbers): BN (3), BNSF (2), C&NW (2), CP (2), FURX (1), IC (2), L&N (2), MP (1), N&W (2), NS (2), OHCR (2), RI (2), SOO (2), W&LE (2), WSOR (2) and undec (with or w/o dynamic brakes). Road numbers are the same for sound and non-sound versions. MSRP $249.99 w/sound or $149.99 w/o sound. Broadway Limited Imports, LLC 4 Signal Ave., Ste. C Ormond Beach, FL 32174 Ph: (386) 673-8900 Fax: (386) 673-8080 www.broadway-limited.com

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�NEWPRODUCTS THE SANDHOUSE A Product News Column HOSCALE

Athearn, 1550 Glenn Curtis St., Carson, CA 90746, has new items � Phase 1b (single headlight—both ends/small numberboards and in the Ready To Roll® Series: dual headlights—both ends/large numberboards) as: undec; Jersey � GN 40' “circus” double-door boxcars in five different experimen- Central (no stripes, dark green/gold) (Road Nos. 2402, 2406 & no tal schemes ($15.98 ea.) — April #); N&W (black/yellow) (Road Nos. 158, 165 & no #); SP � 57' mechanical reefer in ARMN, UPFE and SPFE ($94.98 5- (black/silver/orange) (Road Nos. 4806, 4808 & no #) pack) — March � Phase 2 (single headlight/large numberboards/standard class � 53' container in Stoughton Hub Group, Stoughton NACS and lights) as: undec; CP (late scheme, maroon/gray/yellow) (Road Swift Intermodal ($33.98 3-pack) — April Nos. 8901, 8920 & no #); CN (green/gold/black) (Road Nos. � 85' flatcar w/2 40' parcel trailers as BTTX #474624, #474637, 2900 & 3000); PRR (dark green/gold) (Road Nos. 8701, 8705 & #474655 or #474668 ($29.98 ea.) — April no #) � Mack “R” mixer for Concrete Ready Mix, National Lime & Stone, County Ready Mix, Rolla Ready Mix and Ross Island Funaro & Camerlengo, 10 Funaro Ct., Honesdale, PA 18431, is ($23.98) — April offering the following cast-polycarbonate resin kit: � Two 28' trailers w/dolly in Roadway & Roadway Express, Yellow � 6970 Jones & Laughlin 20,000-gal. coal tar tank car & special Kansas, CF and Overnite ($15.98) — April Kit comes with Tichy Trains brake and detail parts. Price is � SD40-2 (2 nos.) for BN/C&S ($79.98), BNSF (new image logo) $49.99. No shipping charges if ordering direct. ($79.98), MKT ($84.98) and UP “We Will Deliver” ($84.98) — April InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering � Single-dome tank car in Santa Fe w/different stripes and dome the following new fully assembled models: colors to indicate loads ($89.98 6-pack), GATX ($89.98 6-pack), � Potacan cylindrical covered hopper, orange-rose (6 new nos.), UTLX ($89.98 6-pack) and SP ($94.98 6-pack) — April #45207...$29.95 � CSX 4,750 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper, beige (6 new nos.), Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, will release the fol- #45307...$29.95 lowing new items: � Klemme Coop 4,750 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper, pink (6 new � RS11 (2 nos.) for D&H; New Haven; SP; DW&P; LV; N&W; nos.), #45339...$29.95 Penn Central; Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern and undec � Santa Fe 48' smooth-side container (2 sets of 3 nos.), #30404 ($99.95) — May ...$14.95/3-pack � Back by popular demand is the Ford® 1984 9000 LNT Tractor � CSX 48' smooth-side container (2 sets of 3 nos.), #30405 Cab in black, dark blue, green, red, white, yellow, medium blue, ...$14.95/3-pack orange, dark green, brown, gray ($8.95 ea.); also in orange & � CN Laser 48' smooth-side container (2 sets of 3 nos.), #30408 blue, red & white, white & black, yellow & green ($10.50 ea.) ...$14.95/3-pack and undec ($6.95) — May � APC 48' smooth-side container (2 sets of 3 nos.), #30401 � Evans 53' double-plugdoor boxcar (2 nos.) for BC Rail; Santa Fe; ...$14.95/3-pack UP (CHHT); UP (Palestine Shops repaint); David J. Joseph Co.; � BN America 48' smooth-side container (2 sets of 3 nos.), #30402 Doniphan, Kensett & Searcy; Masonite; McCloud River and ...$14.95/3-pack undec ($16.95) — May � Itel 48' smooth-side container (2 sets of 3 nos.), #30403 They have also announced a new run of Train Master locomotives ...$14.95/3-pack to be released in June w/new paint schemes and road numbers in � Conrail Mercury 48' smooth-side container (2 sets of 3 nos.), their MasterTM Series Silver (DCC ready but w/o decoder & sound, #30410...$14.95/3-pack MSRP $149.95) as follows: � Route 66 1937 AAR 40' boxcar w/route map covering 7 car sides, � Phase 1a (single headlight/small numberboards) as: undec, E-L 8th car has entire route map (8-car set), #45790...$263.60 (limited (gray/maroon/yellow) (Road Nos. 1853, 1855 & 1857) availability) � Phase 1b (single headlight—both ends/small numberboards and � Santa Fe SK-R stock car (6 nos.), #47908...$29.95 dual headlights—both ends/large numberboards) as: undec; Jersey � Santa Fe SK-S stock car w/double deck (6 nos.), #47911...$29.95 Central (no stripes, dark green/gold) (Road Nos. 2401, 2404 & no � PFE R-40-23 reefer, UP & SP heralds (6 new nos.), #45532 #); N&W (black/yellow) (Road Nos. 154, 162 & no #); SP ...$28.95 (black/silver/orange) (Road Nos. 4804, 4807 & no #) � NS ACF 4,650 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper (6 nos.), #47053 � Phase 2 (single headlight/large numberboards/standard class ...$29.95 lights) as: undec; CP (late scheme, maroon/gray/yellow) (Road � Santa Fe Quality ACF 4,650 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper (6 nos.), Nos. 8900, 8904 & no #); CN (green/gold/black) (Road Nos. #47055...$29.95 2900 & 3000); PRR (dark green/gold) (Road Nos. 8703, 8706 & Pinnacle Series fully assembled: no #) � Ontario Northland 50' 5,283 cu. ft. P-S boxcar (5 nos.), #48304 The Train Master will also be offered in their MasterTM Series ...$31.95 Gold (with DCC decoder and QSI® Quantum SystemTM sound, MSRP � Golden West 50' 5,283 cu. ft. P-S boxcar (6 nos.), #48305 $259.95) as follows: ...$31.95 � Phase 1a (single headlight/small numberboards) as: undec, E-L � BAR 50' 5,283 cu. ft. P-S boxcar (6 nos.), #48306...$31.95 (gray/maroon/yellow) (Road Nos. 1853, 1855 & 1857) Branchline Trains fully assembled Berwick 50' boxcars:

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� Chessie System/C&O, blue (1 no.), #BL2107...$27.95 “P” logo (5/68-6/68) � Pickens RR, blue (3 nos.), #BL2121...$27.95 � 109.4 Penn Central, later scheme (5/70-9/75) � Railbox, yellow original scheme (1 no.), #BL2122...$27.95 � 109.5 Penn Central, MoW gray car w/black lettering (10/71 to � ICG, orange (3 nos.), #BL2131...$27.95 mid ’80s) Announced for future delivery is their first steam locomotive, an � 109.6 Penn Central paint-outs (9/75-3/76) SP AC-12 4-8-8-2 cab forward. Pricing, delivery schedule and road � 109.8 Conrail, large logo schemes (4/76-4/79) numbers will be forthcoming. � 109.9 Conrail, small & medium logo schemes (5/79-5/98) Kits feature many etched-metal parts including roofwalks for Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503-1078, offers the fol- PRR & LV cars, roofwalk supports, end ladders and brake rigging lowing new RTR PS-1 40' details, required parts to model two types of cushion underframe boxcar: (Hydra-Cushion or Keystone), trucks with semi-scale metal wheels, � CIL (Monon) w/7' full brake details and custom decals w/data for all of the X58 sub- door, “Hoosier Line” classes. slogan in white band Included is a Mini CD-ROM w/PDF files for assembly instruc- (Road No. C.I.L. 861), tions, car drawings and prototype history. This allows for a 60-page #4814...$31.95 instruction manual w/dozens of color illustrations. Unlike paper New RTR PS-1 50' boxcar: instructions, the images on the CD can be zoomed in on to reveal � SL-SF w/9' door, “Ship much more detail. it on the Frisco!” slo- Kits are $39.95 each, add $5.95 S&H per order. gan (Road No. SLSF 7128), #6011...$30.95 Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997, has New PS-2 covered hopper: new cast-urethane kits: � St. Louis Southwestern in Cotton Belt lettering (Road No. S.S.W. 77167), #8021 ...$41.95

Bill Mosteller, Great Decals!, P.O. Box 994, Herndon, VA 20172, has a decal set for Long Island RR M-70 double-deck coach in red � Bethlehem-design 52' drop-end gondola; each kit comes w/decals lettering. Set #100 is $4.99 postpaid. for LV, Reading, Central of Pennsylvania/CNJ, B&O or WM...$32.00 N Scale Architect, 4063 County Highway 2, Delancey, NY 13752- 2167, has introduced HO scale laser-cut wood kits for the Waterville Freight House w/styrene brick material and the Waterville Switch- man’s Shanty. Separately available details for the freight house are in the “Making A Scene” line of detail parts. Brick material is available separately in their “Model Builders Supply Line.”

Rail Yard Models, P.O. Box 118, Masonville, CO 80541, www.railyardmodels.com, is offering cast-urethane kits for the PRR X58 outside-braced 50' boxcar. Over 2,600 cars were built by the � Milwaukee Road 50' double-door ribbed-side auto boxcar PRR between 1964 and 1966 including 100 built for Lehigh Valley: ...$36.00 � 109.1 PRR w/Dulux markings Add $4.00 S&H for up to 5 kits in the US or $15.88 S&H for up � 109.1A PRR w/medium yellow markings to 6 kits to Canada.

109.1A Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201-3039, offers the following new items:

� 109.2 Lehigh Valley 109.2 933-2198

� Cornerstone ® Series kits: Open-Air Transload Build- 933-3193 ing (based on Santa Fe prototype at San Bernardino, CA) (#933-2198, $39.98) — 109.2 February; Asphalt Street � 109.3 P e n n System starter kit (#933- Central, early 109.3 3194, $12.98) — January scheme (2/68- � Cornerstone® Series Back- 5/70) ground Buildings kit: � 109.3A P e n n Arrowhead Ale (#933-3193, $24.98) — January Central, early � Gold Line® Series: RTR 73' centerbeam flatcar for CP, TTX, Soo scheme w/red Line and CHHT ($21.98 single car; $39.98 limited-run 2-pack) —

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January; RTR Ortner � 11001 N&W class GKa 40' 100-ton aggregate 46' battleship gon- hopper for FEC, dola...$35.00 CSX, SP and Algoma (Pilcher 6-wheel Central ($39.98 3- freight car trucks pack) — February less wheels are � Trainline® Series: RTR 40' stock car in UP, Santa Fe, GN, available sepa- D&RGW and Swift ($9.98) — February rately for $5.00, � Pullman-Standard troop sleeper cars converted to express service Item #11099) decorated for NYC, EL, Alaska RR and Rock Island and undec Kits have one-piece bod- ($24.98 single car; $44.98 limited-run 2-pack except undec) — ies and come w/decals. February Woodland Scenics, P.O. Box 98, Linn Creek, MO 65052, has new Westerfield, 53 River Ln., Crossville, TN 38555, is offering new items in the Autoscenes line (January): cast-resin kits: � AS5537 Cop’n Kiss w/auto, couple and cop figures � 8951 CB&Q 40' truss-rod boxcar, DS end, XM-17/18...$33.00 � AS5538 Harry’s Haulin’ w/stake truck, figure and cargo � 10863 Santa Fe 41' truss-rod reefer, IE-S ice car...$33.00 � AS5539 Peter’s Painting w/truck and figure � 10864 Santa Fe 41' truss-rod reefer, IE-T/U ice car...$33.00 � AS5540 Getaway Gansters w/cop and getaway car plus figures

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Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, will release the fol- new nos.), #65202...$21.95 lowing new items: � CN cylindrical covered hopper (6 new nos.), #65205...$21.95 � B23-7 (2 nos. & unnumbered) for Providence & Worcester, Con- � BNSF 4,750 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper, new logo (6 nos.), rail, CSX, Santa Fe, Southern, UP, undec w/anticlimber pilot & #65368...$21.95 FB-2 trucks, undec w/standard pilot & Blomberg trucks and � GN 12-panel 40' boxcar, green & orange (6 new nos.), #66012 undec w/standard pilot & FB-2 trucks — May ...$19.95 (sold out at factory) � B30-7 (2 nos. & unnumbered) for BN, Chessie System, Cotton � GN 12-panel 40' boxcar, Glacier Green (6 new nos.), #66011 Belt and undec — May ...$19.95 � MP15DC w/standard hood as: undec, Belt Ry. of Chicago (Road � BNSF 4,650 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper, brown (6 nos.), #67046 Nos., 533 [black/gray/yellow] & 534 [red/white/blue]), Frisco ...$21.95 (sold out at factory) (red/white) (Road Nos. 362, 364 & no #), Union RR (blue/white) � PROCOR bathtub coal gondola (12 nos.), #67104...$18.95 (Road No. 24, 31, no #) . — June FT A & B set fully assembled and powered: � MP15DC w/square air filter box as: undec, Conrail (blue/white) � C&NW (4 nos.), #69009...$164.95 (Road Nos. 9624, 9626 & no #), L&N (gray/yellow) (Road Nos. � MP w/side numberboards (4 nos.), #69025...$164.95 5031, 5037 & no #), MP (blue/white “Eagle”) (Road Nos. 1539, 1541 & no #), UP (yellow/gray/red) (Road Nos. 1338, 1340 & no Micro-Trains®, 351 Rogue River Pkwy., P.O. Box 1200, Talent, #) — June OR 97540-1200, has released the following RTR items: Prices for B23-7, B30-7 and MP15DC are $99.95 or $134.95 � UP 50' single-door w/decoder. boxcar, yellow � FGE style 50' boxcar for BN, C&NW, CSX, Rio Grande (orange Youngstown door & silver), EL, Fruit Grower’s Express (FGE), N&W (black), w/DF (Road No. UP Chessie System, Conrail, C&O, PRR, WP, Penn Central, P&W, 5 0 7 4 0 6 ) , Rock Island (blue), UP (yellow & silver), SCL (cream), Clinch- #07700050...$18.45 field (yellow), New York & Greenwood Lake (cream), NS, N&W (blue), Conrail (2 nos. — early), Conrail Quality (2 nos.), Golden West (2 nos.) and undec. Price is 9.50 ea. — April � Back by popular demand is the Ford® 1984 9000 LNT Tractor Cab in black, dark blue, green, red, white, yellow, medium blue, orange, dark green, brown, gray ($10.95/2); also orange & blue, � Kansas State Car 40' boxcar (Road No. KS 1861), #02100396 red & white, white & black, yellow & green ($13.50/2) and undec ...$19.85 ($8.95/2) — May � C&EI express 40' boxcar, light orange w/ � Evans 53' double-plugdoor boxcar (2 nos.) for BC Rail; Santa Fe; “Chicago-Evansville-Southeast” slogan (Road No. C&EI 5), UP (CHHT); UP (Palestine Shops repaint); David J. Joseph Co.; #02000705 ...$18.90 Doniphan, Kensett & Searcy; Masonite; McCloud River and � Chessie System/ undec ($9.95) — May Western Maryland 50' plugdoor boxcar, InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering yellow (Road No. the following new fully assembled models: WM 36008), � CN cylindrical covered hopper, Environmental Mode lettering (6 #03800320...$20.95

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� Libby’s Famous #11100060...$36.25 Foods 50' plugdoor boxcar (Road No. N Scale Architect, 4063 County Highway 2, Delancey, NY 13752- TLDX 35), 2167, has introduced laser-cut wood kits for the Waterville Freight #03200430...$19.95 House and the Waterville Switchman’s Shanty. Separately available � TA&G 50' double- details for the freight house are in the “Making A Scene” line of door boxcar, blue detail parts. (Road No. TAG 7016), #07900060 Woodland Scenics, P.O. Box 98, Linn Creek, MO 65052, has new ...$23.15 items in the Scenic Accents line: � CP 89' tri-level � A2173 Masonary Workers closed auto- � A2184 Ice Skaters rack (Road No. � A2189 Couples in Coats CPAA 55656), � A2183 Snowball Fight

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B.T.S., P.O. Box 856, Elkins, WV 26241, www.btsrr.com, will OK Engines/Streamliners, P.O. Box 355, Mohawk, NY 13407, offer the following new items suitable for O/On3/On30: will release their new O scale products in January: windowed storage � 17226 East End Grocery Store (Cabin Creek Series) laser-cut boxes designed to fit the completed Kaisner, Herkimer and OK cars; wood kit...$89.95 a new truck based on a Kaisner design ($49.95/pr) and a working � 18600 Bell Crawler w/blade...$129.95 brass scale coupler ($8.95/pr). New made-to-order metal smooth-side � 18601 Bell Crawler w/o blade...$109.95 and Budd passenger cars w/customer-specified door and window � 18600 Bell Crawler w/logging arch...$159.95 placement, skirting configuration and car length. These cars will be The crawler kits include over 50 urethane castings. Add $5.00 unpainted and are not detailed. (Shell only is $70.00; fully assembled S&H if ordering direct. is $100.00).

LARGESCALE

Woodland Scenics, P.O. Box 98, Linn Creek, MO 65052, has � A2548 Bumm Brothers announced the release of the following new figure sets with three fig- � A2549 Three Train Mechanics ures per set: � A2550 Horse Shoein’Around

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Micro-Trains®, P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR 97540-1200, has (w/Magne-Matic® couplers)...$15.70; #52200111 (w/Märklin® announced the release of the following new ready-to-run Z scale couplers)...$13.90 items: � UP 50' double-door boxcar, yellow (Road No. UP 160157), � Undec GP35 #98101000 (w/Magne-Matic® couplers)...$165.95; #50600080 (w/Magne-Matic® couplers)...$29.20; #50600081 #98101001 (w/Märklin® couplers)...$164.15 (w/Märklin® couplers)...$27.40 � Modern log car w/log load #53800020 (w/Magne-Matic® cou- � CP caboose, boxcar red w/script roadname (Road No. 437496), plers)...$16.95; #53800021 (w/Märklin® couplers)...$15.15 #53500170 (w/Magne-Matic® couplers)...$26.30; #53500171 � Soo Line 50' gondola, white (Road No. SOO 63352), #52200110 (w/Märklin® couplers)...$24.50

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Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, www.atlassrr.com, � 561 Single 1 amp...$39.95 has introduced their new online “Atlas R.R. Report” to be published � 562 Dual 5 amp...$54.95 four times per year. Items to be covered include product conception, � 563 Single 1 amp...$44.95 development and research; product spotlights; upcoming shows; his- � 564 Dual 5 amp...$59.95 toric archives; address rumors and speculations; staff profiles; assis- Units will automatically reverse a trolley or a train’s direction on tance to beginners and veterans plus much more. a dedicated section of track, provide variable time from seconds to minutes and has an expansion port that provides proper power for Brass Car Sides, 715 S. 7th St., St. Peter, MN 56082, www.brass- using their Trak-DTT2 to allow timed stops between ends. Dual units carsides.com, has a new railroad DVD. This DVD has been compiled have separate time controls. from silent 8mm and Super 8 color movies taken by Dennis Henry (owner of Brass Car Sides) from 1964 to 1992. Narration has been Model Rectifier Corp., 80 Newfield Ave., Edison, NJ 08837, is added and is provided by the filmmaker. Scenes and railroads include offering new products: Burlington Route; BN; Chicago area; C&EI; CSS&SB; GN; � 0001631 Brilliance EMD Modern Diesel Sound Decoder (for Lafayette, IN, area; Monon; NP; Northfield, MN, area; P&E; St. Paul switchers)...$119.98 area; Milwaukee Road; early Amtrak and many more freight and pas- � 0001632 Brilliance EMD Modern Diesel Sound Decoder (for senger trains of various other railroads. $32.50 plus $2.25 S&H. larger locos)...$119.98 Brilliance sound decoders include a speaker and have back EMF, Dallee Electronics, 246 W. Main St., Leola, PA 17540, announces 4-digit addressing, 14/28/128 speed steps, directional lighting, 16 the new all-scale simplified Automatic Back-N-Forths for DC track horn and 8 bell sounds, headlight, ditchlights, Mars and Gyralights, power applications: engine notches and motor silent control.

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�THE SOCIETY PAGE Support your historical society — join today These are the active prototype historical societies of which we are aware. Akron, Canton & Youngstown RR Historical Society � Annual Gilpin RR Historical Society � Dues: $20. Qrtrly publication. $20Can/$15US. Quarterly The Northlander. CAN: c/o Sheila Dues: $18, Quarterly publication A.C. & Y. H.S. News PO Box c/o Dan Abbott, PO Box 747, Idaho Springs, CO 80452, dk- Godby, 1040 St. Paul’s St, Peterborough, ON K9H 6J8; US: c/o 196, Sharon Center, OH 44274-0196, www.acyhs.org. [email protected], http://narrowtracks.com/grhs/index.htm. Robert Godby, 1711 Custer St., Laramie, WY 82070. American Truck Historical Society � Dues: $25, Bimonthly Grand Trunk Western Historical Society � Dues: US Ontario & Western � Annual Dues: $21.50 including NRHS mag. PO Box 531168, Birmingham, AL 35253, (205) 870-0566. $12/Canadian $15/Overseas $20/Sust. $20. Qtrly newsletter, $12.50 sub. O&W RY HS, Box 713, Middletown, NY 10940. Amtrak Historical Society � Annual Dues: $15, Quarterly mag- Semaphore. PO Box 611, Keego Harbor, MI 48320-1205. PGE/BCR SIG Soc. � Annual Dues: $24 US/$30 Canadian. azine. 1579 N. Milwaukee Ave., Suite 350, Chicago, IL 60622. Great Northern Railway Historical Society � Annual Dues: US Quarterly magazine Cariboo. PGE/BCR SIG, c/o Ray Konrath, http://trainweb.com/ahs. $25/Canada $35 (US funds), others contact GNRHS, PO Box 2166 Lannon Way, Sidney, BC V8L 4K2 Canada. Ann Arbor RR Tech. & Hist. Assoc. � (also covers Michigan 3016, Burnsville, MN 55337-8016. Penn Central RR HS � Annual dues $20.Contact for foreign & Northern and Tuscola & Saginaw Bay). Dues: Reg $20; Sust. Gulf Mobile & Ohio � Annual Dues: $30/$22 senior/$50 sust.. sustaining. Qtrly pub The Post. PCRHS, c/o Mike Beverley, 74 $30. PO Box 472, Laingburg, MI 48848-0472. GM&O Hist. Soc., Inc., PO Box 1085, Clinton, MS 39060. Baldwin Rd., Scotia, NY 12302-3814, www.pcrrhs.org Anthracite Railroads Historical Society � (Central of New H.J. Heinz Special Interest Group � c/o Bill Dippert, 2650 NW Pennsylvania RR Technical & Historical Society � Annual Dues: Jersey, Lackawanna, Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New Robinia Ln., Dept. MRG, Portland, OR 97229-4037. Quarterly $35, sust. $50, contrib. $65 or more, includes quarterly maga- England, Lehigh Valley, Reading). Annual Dues: $25, magazine, $15 per year ($6 to NMRA members). zine, The Keystone. PRR Tech. & Hist. Soc., Inc., PO Box 54, newsletter, PO Box 519, Lansdale, PA 19446-0519. Hagerstown & Frederick Ry HS � Annual Dues: $20/$30 Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-0054. Visit at http://www.prrhs.com. Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard AIr Line Hist. Soc. � Annual family/$50+ benefactor. P.O Box 194, Woodsboro, MD 21798. PRR � (Philadelphia Chapter, PRR T & HS), Box 663, Wayne, PA Dues: $24 ($50 sust.), two years $45 ($90 sust.), $100+ Cen- lllinois Central Historical Society � Annual Dues: Regular $25, 19087-0663. Annual dues $30/$40 sust includes six newslet- tury Club, four issues of Lines South, PO Box 4141, Bay Pines, Sust $35. ICHS Mbrshp Dept., PO Box 288, Paxton, IL 60957. ters plus slick periodic magazine, The High Line. FL 33744-4141, http://www.aclsal.org. Illinois Traction Society � c/o Dale Jenkins (Editor), PO Box Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc. � Dues: $20 (U.S.) $21 Baltimore & Ohio � Annual Dues: Regular $30, Contributing 6004, Decatur, IL 62524-6004, (217) 522-5452 (Springfield, IL); (Canadian) includes quarterly Pere Marquette Rails and bi- $44, Foreign $44, quarterly magazine Sentinal. B&O RRHS, or Mark Godwin (ITS membership), 121 West St. Louis, Apt. A, monthly newsletters. PO Box 422, Grand Haven, MI 49417. PO Box 24225, Baltimore, MD 21227-0725, www.borhs.org. Lebanon, IL 62254, (618) 537-2414. Quarterly newsletter, $15. Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical Society Boston & Maine RR Historical Society � Annual Dues: $30 US/ Kansas City Southern Historical Society � PO Box 5332, � Annual dues $10. 320 W. State St., Wellsville, NY 14895. $50 Canadian & Foreign. B&MRRHS, C/O Membership Secre- Shreveport, LA 71135-5332. Monthly newsletter, semi-annual Newsletter. tary, PO Box 9116, Lowell, MA 01852 magazine & free admission to convention & swap meets. $20. Rail-Marine Information Group � RR carferries, carfloats, tugs, B&M (Salisbury Point RR HS) � (Salisbury Point/Amesbury/ Katy Railroad Historical Society � (MKT). Annual Dues: $15 freight terminals & marine freight operations. RMIG, 12107 Mt. Newburyport). Contact Richard Nichols at (978) 388-0937 or regular, $13 under 18 or over 65, $50/supporting. Quarterly Albert Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042., http://trainweb.org/rmig. visit website at http://salisburypoint.tnsing.com. magazine, the KATY FLYER and yearly historical calendar. PO Railroad Club of Chicago � PO Box 8292, Chicago, IL 60680. � Bridge Line Historical Society � Annual Dues: $25 reg./ $23 Box 1784, Sedalia, MO 65302, http://web2.airmail.net/rvjack2. Monthly newsletter/magazine. Dues: Reg $25, Assoc. $12.50. D&H/SOO/CP employee & retiree/$29 family/$41 Canada/$55 � Lehigh Valley � Annual Dues: NRHS $30, Chp. $10. Cornell Railroad Prototype Modelers � Info: http://www.rpmrail.org. sustaining. Monthly newsletter. Box 13324, Albany, NY 12212. RR HS, Box 3886, Ithaca, NY 14852-3886. Bimonthy Leaky Railroad Station Historical Society � Annual Dues: $12/6 mag- Burlington Northern Railroad � (Friends of the ...), Annual Dues: Valley. http://www. lehighvalleyrr.com. azines & occasional monographs. 26 Thackeray Rd., Oakland, $20 reg., $40 sust., $10 youth (16 and under). Includes one-year Louisville & Nashville � Annual Dues: $20/$35 sust., foreign NJ 07436-3312, http://www.rrshs.org. subscription to The BN Expediter. PO Box 271, West Bend, WI $25. L&N Hist. Soc., PO Box 17122, Louisville, KY 40217. Railway & Locomotive Historical Society � Annual Dues: $15. 53095-0271. Lake Michigan RR Carferry HS � No Dues. Online newsletter at Railway & Locomotive c/o William H. Lugg, Jr., Membership Canadian National Lines � Annual Dues: $24 US to a U.S. ad- http://yahoo.com/group/carferry. Sec., P.O. Box 292927, Sacramento, CA 95829-2927. dress and $24 Can. to a Canadian address. Covers CNR, GT- Maryland & Pennsylvania Preserv. & Hist. Soc. � Annual Dues: Reading � Annual Dues: $25. RCT & HS, c/o Robert L. Danner, NE, CV, DW&P, GTW and subsidiaries. Nick Andrusiak, CN $25/Cont. $35. c/o Roger Huber, 21 Princeton Ln., Bel Air, MD PO Box 5143, Reading, PA 19612. 21014, http://www.arrowweb.com/Ma&Pa. Lines SIG, 101 Elm Park Rd, Winnipeg, MB Canada R2M 0W3. Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society � PO Box 25114, http://www.cnlines.com Middletown and New Jersey Railway Historical Society � Annual Colorado Springs, CO 80936. Annual Dues: $30, Can $35, Int’l Central of Georgia Ry Hist Society � Annual Dues: $20, 8604 Dues: $12, newsletter, c/o Douglas Barberio, 325 Collabar $40. Qtrly The Prospector + newsletter. http://www.drgw.org. Road, Montgomery, NY 12549. Rosecliff Ct., Raleigh, NC 27617. www.CofG.org Rock Island Technical Society � Dues: $20 Reg., $35 Foreign, Central Vermont Ry. Historical Society � Annual Dues: Milwaukee Road Hist. Assn. � Annual Dues: $20/sust. $40. add $10 for Sust. RITS, c/o Lee Bertholf, RITS, 810 Adrian St., $15/$20 sust. Quarterly newsletter. c/o Jerry Fox, PO Box http://www.mrha.com PO Box 307, Antioch, IL 60002-0307. Waterloo, IA 50703-5402. http://www.simpson.edu/~RITS/. 8672, Essex, VT 05451. LSSAE for further information. Milwest � (MILW-Lines West) Annual Dues: $10, newsletter. Rutland Railroad � Annual Dues: $15. Quarterly Newsliner. Rut- Chesapeake & Ohio � Annual Dues: $25/$38 sust. C&O Hist. Kevin McCray, Sec., 6 Park Place, Clancy, MT 59634-9759 land RR Hist. Soc., PO Box 6262, Rutland, VT 05701. Soc., Membership Officer, PO Box 79, Clifton Forge, VA 24422, Missabe Railroad Historical Society � (Duluth, Missabe & Iron St. Louis – San Francisco � Frisco Modelers’ Info Group, c/o 800-453-COHS. Range and predecessors). Annual Dues: $25/$40 sust./$100 Douglas Hughes, 1212 Finneans Run, Arnold, MD 21012. Chessie System Historical Society � Annual dues $30.do- contributing. Foreign $40 (except Canada). 506 W. Michigan SASE for info. http://www.frisco.org/fmig/fmig.html. St., Duluth, MN 55802. Quarterly magazine. mestic, $45 foreign. Quarterly newsletter. CSHS, 7158 Dim- Santa Fe Ry Hist & Modeling Soc � Dues: $30/$50 sust. Can: mick Rd., West Chester, OH 45069, www.chessiesystem.org. Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Research Group � (also covers $40/$60 sust. Other Nations: $55/$75 sust. Qtrly pub: The War- Chicago Burlington & Quincy � Annual Dues: $30/$60 sust.; Missouri & North Arkansas, Arkansas & Ozarks, and others), bonnet. 1205 S Air Depot #101, Midwest City, OK 73110-4807. surcharge outside US, $6 surface, $20 air mail. Burlington Annual Dues: $15/calendar year includes 4 issues of Oak Leaves. PO Box 1094, Harrison, AR 72602-1094. Shore Line Interurban Hist. Soc. � Annual Dues: $20/$30 Route Hist. Soc., P. O. Box 456, LaGrange, IL 60525. contr./$50 sus. PO Box 346, Chicago, IL 60690. Missouri Pacific (Includes Texas & Pacific) � Annual Dues: Chicago & Eastern Illinois � Dues: $15/$25 sust. C&EI HS, c/o Shortlines of Chicago Historical Society � Now forming – send Membership Chairman, PO Box 606, Crestwood, IL 60445. $30/$40 sust./$35 foreign/$20 student. Missouri Pacific Hist. Soc., PO Box 456, Ballwin, MO 63022-0456. LSSAE for information c/o Larsen Hobby, 2571 E. Lincoln Hwy., Chicago & Illinois Midland Tech & Hist Society � Annual Dues: Suite #5, New Lenox, IL 60451. Monon Railroad Hist-Tech Society, Inc. � Annual Dues: $20/Sust. $40. Newsletter 4 times per year. Attn: Shane Mason, Sierra Ry HS (includes Sugar Pine, Pickering & West Side) � Membership Chairman, PO Box 3882, Springfield, IL 62708-3882. $25/$30 sust. Monon RR Hist-Tech Soc. Inc., c/o Membership Dept., PO Box 6926, Bloomington, IN 47407-6926. Annual Dues: $25, quarterly magazine (free sample). PO Box Chicago & North Western Historical Society � Annual Dues: 1001, Jamestown, CA 95327. $28/Cont. $56/$30.50 family+$2.50 each extra/$40 foreign. Quar- National Model Railroad Association � Annual Dues: $45. NMRA Bulletin is published monthly. National Model Railroad Soc of Freight Car Historians � c/o David Casdorph, PO Box terly North Western Lines. Membership Secretary, 24632 Anchor 2480, Monrovia, CA 91017. CD-ROM (Freight Cars Journal). Ave., Bucklin, MO 64631, www.cnwhs.org. Association Inc., 4121 Cromwell Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421. (423) 892-2846. Soo Line Hist & Tech Soc � Annual Dues: $20/$30 contr. � Subscription: $18 a year. Colorado Mid- Colorado Midland � Michael Harrington, Treas., 3410 Kasten Ct., Middleton, WI 53562. land Quarterly, 475 Ocelot Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80919. National Railway Historical Society Annual Dues: $21. Na- tional Railway Hist. Soc., PO Box 58547, Philadelphia, PA Southern Pacific � Annual Dues: $30/$45 contr./$45 foreign. Qtrly Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society � Annual Dues: $20/lifetime 19102-8547. www.nrhs.com. SP Trainline. SPH&TS, PO Box 93697, Pasadena, CA 91109. membership $200. Bill McCaskill, membership chairman, PO � SP Narrow Gauge HS � c/o Cliff Mestel, 12874 Cty. Rd. 314B, Box 2044, Pine Bluff, AR 71613. (501) 541-1819. NC&StL Preservation Society Annual Dues: $50. NCPS Trea- surer, 4211 Compton Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27017. Buena Vista, CO 81211. 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Society � Dues: $18.95. FECRS, 2652 NE Int’l. surface $30, Int’l. air mail $40. NPRHTS, PO Box 381, New 5R9, Canada. www.thbrailway.com 4th Ct., Boynton Beach, FL 33435, www.fecrailway.com. Haven, IN 46774-0381. Union Pacific � Annual Dues: US $25/$45 sust., Canada Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR � Annual Dues: $6, Norfolk & Southern � Original Norfolk Southern Ry & related $30/$45 sust., Int’l. $45/$60 sust. Qtrly. The Streamliner. UPHS, newsletter. Walt Danylak, 115 Upland Rd., Syracuse, NY 13207. lines. Dues $15. Biannual newsletter/magazine. 4729 Bristol Membership Sec., PO Box 4006, Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006. Frisco Modelers’ Information Group � c/o Douglas Hughes, Cir., Williamsburg, VA 23185. Wabash � Annual Dues: $20/$25 contr. Wabash RR Hist. Soc., 1212 Finneans Run, Arnold, MD 21012. SASE for info. Norfolk & Western HS � (includes VGN) Dues: $30/US/Can/ c/o James Holmes, Secretary, 813 Ayers St., Bolingbrook, IL http://www.frisco.org/fmig/fmig.html Mexico; $45/Sust; $45/Foreign, (US $). Bimonthly newsletter. 60440. http://www.users.aol.com/wabashrr/wabash.html Galloping Goose Hist. Soc. of Dolores � Annual Dues: $20, PO Box 13908, Roanoke, VA 24038. www.nwhs.org Western Maryland � Annual Dues: $25/$40 outside the US. $30/family, $100/business. PO Box 297, Dolores, CO 81323, Northern Pacific Ry � Annual Dues: $20 regular, $15 NP vet- WMRHS Inc., PO Box 395, Union Bridge, MD 21791. [email protected], www.doloresgallopinggoose5.org. eran. Quarterly Mainstreeter & calendar. Norm Snow, PO Box Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society � $22 for four is- Georgia Southern & Florida � Dues: $15. Qtr. Newsletter. 213 2937, Kirkland, WA 98083-2937. sues of The Headlight. John Walker (916) 671-9584 (eves). Spanish Trail, Kathleen, GA 31047, www.gsfrrhs.org. 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HO SCALE REVIEW

Trix PRR GG1 Electric

by Rich Picariello

Photos by Rhett Lee

n 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad electri- Pennsy’s Juniata Shops in Altoona. Begin- � Separately applied metal grabirons and I fied their trackage into their then-new ning with 4858 and on all further produc- window bars Penn Station in New York City. A decision tion, they were built with drop couplers on � Will operate on 15" radius but 18" or was made in the 1930s to extend the electri- the pilots instead of the earlier fixed cou- over is recommended fication from New York City to Washington, plers. With changes in gear ratios, the GG1 The model weighs a whopping 2 lbs. 2.7 DC. The mainline from Philadelphia to Har- was also used in freight service and could ounces! On our test track, the tractive effort risburg was also electrified in 1938. After the run at a speed of 90 mph. was measured at 4.4 ounces. This result end of World War I, the original plan was to Over their long service life, these loco- equals about 80 NMRA weighted 40' freight continue the electrification west from Har- motives went through various owners (after cars or 28 passenger cars on straight and risburg, through Altoona and over Horseshoe Pennsy) such as Penn Central, Conrail, New level track. Curve all the way to Pittsburgh. These plans Jersey Transit and Amtrak. The GG1 has Electrical pick-up is from four of the six were not implemented, and as a result, the carried numerous paint schemes throughout drivers plus the two 4-wheel trucks. The mainline was never electrified beyond Har- its career. The flowing five-pinstripe scheme model can be set to pick up power via the risburg. was designed by industrial designer Ray- pantographs from overhead catenary by PRR formed a committee to design a mond Loewy. Loewy also refined the car- removing the shell and moving a jumper new electric locomotive for operation on body styling as used on all units after 4800. located on the circuit board. The four outer their rapidly expanding electrified lines. The Besides Brunswick Green, they could be drivers in both units are powered, while the requirements of the locomotive were that it found in PRR Tuscan Red, Penn Central two center axles are sprung, non-powered must be capable of 100-mph operation and black, Conrail blue or black, in various com- drivers. While some might bemoan the lack have a rating of 4,500-hp, the cab must be in memorative schemes and a bicentennial of all drivers being powered, the model’s the center, and the carbody must have a sat- scheme. All GG1s had been retired by 1983 isfying non-boxy design. All these require- but fortunately, 16 have been preserved for ments were met in GG1 4899 built in 1934. posterity in railroad museums. This locomotive had a riveted carbody that Trix has introduced the GG1 in their was not repeated, as all further GG1 produc- continuing American prototype series. The tion would sport welded carbodies. Class G model is offered in road numbers 4829 and on the Pennsy was a 4-6-0. Since the GG1 4935. had running gear that was similar to two 4- Features of the GG1: 6-0s coupled back-to-back in a 2-C+C-2 (or � Ready to run out of the box 4-6-6-4) wheel arrangement, it was classi- � Die-cast metal chassis and carbody fied GG. The carbody rode on two articu- � Single can motor w/bell-shaped armature lated frames. Each frame had a non-powered � Electrical pick-up from four drivers plus lead truck with 36" wheels and 57" drivers. the lead and trailing trucks The six powered drivers were each driven � Four powered axles in each articulated by twin traction motors through a double- frame end gearless quill drive. The two frames � Sound and DCC decoder equipped were articulated. � Automatic detection of DC or DCC Number 4899 was renumbered to 4800 � Operating pantographs and was joined by sisters 4801-4938 that � RP25 wheels were built from 1935 to 1943. The 139 � Painted engineer figure in one cab GG1s were 79' 6" long and weighed about � Pilots have coupler lift bars, signal & air 460,000 lbs. General Electric/Baldwin hoses and MU connectors Locomotive Works built the first units, � Kadee®-compatible NEM style magnetic 4801-4814; 4815-4938 were built at couplers

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heavy weight and efficient motor more than Oddly, the function buttons F1 (bell) and on the windows, the pantographs and their make up for this in its tremendous pulling F2 (whistle) on my Digitrax controller do insulators, the brake shoes and sander lines, power. By the way, this tractive effort is not activate the corresponding sounds in the the accurate representation of the quill drive accomplished without resorting to traction model. This is possibly also true for other components in the driver centers and many tires! manufacturer’s NMRA-compliant con- other details. The model closely matches Our sample is flawlessly painted in trollers. The bell can be activated by press- published drawings in all major dimensions. Brunswick Green. Some modelers and ing F5, while the whistle is accessed on F6. Number 4829 has the correct fixed-coupler reviewers have said that most factory Other function buttons will control the fol- pilots. The prototype application of the drop painted PRR locomotive models are too lowing sounds and features: coupler pilot started with GG1 4858 so that green and are not the near black of true F0 — direction-dependent headlights the fixed-coupler pilots on the 4935 model Brunswick Green, but personally, I think F1 — direction-dependent long distance are not correct. Also, the wheels in the lead that they all look great under our artificial headlights trucks are 33" rather than the prototype’s layout lighting. The gold stripes and letter- F2 — cab lights 36". ing are done in gold and are sharp and F3 — blower motor and main relay Trix has produced a fabulous reproduc- opaque. All the stripes are perfectly straight (together) tion of the GG1. and the red Keystone heralds are excellent. F7 — pantograph raising & lowering Two road numbers are offered: 4935 in The sounds for the most part are good. sounds Brunswick Green (T22801) with five pin We thought that the roaring sound heard F8 — blower motor stripes and Clarendon serif lettering and when the model is running was excessively F9 — switching relays 4829 in Brunswick Green (T22811) deco- loud (the sound level can be adjusted) and F10 — cab radio rated in the experimental “feather” stripe might be more appropriate for a gas turbine F11 — coupler sounds and scheme with Futura lettering. The price is rather than a more silent electric. I have F12 — rail joint sound. $549.00 each. A warranty card, exploded never heard a prototype GG1, but I have The model is factory set to address 03. parts diagram with part numbers (part heard New Haven electrics, and they This address can be changed by accessing descriptions are in German) and a 41-page seemed to run quieter, at least in my mem- the proper CV. Sounds are only operable in multi-language instruction booklet are also ory. Since GG1s were equipped with multi- DCC mode. included. ple blowers and relays, these sounds might I was impressed with the fine detail A matching Trix PRR N5c caboose is contribute to the overall high noise level. incorporated in this model such as the bars also offered (T24917) that lists for $39.95.

HO SCALE REVIEW

Proto 2000 by Walthers GE U30B

by Rich Picariello

Photos by Rhett Lee

E introduced the 3,000-hp U30B in carbody were Phase IIa. Through mergers, some U30Bs went into G 1966. A total of 296 units were built Original owners included Atlantic Coast Seaboard Coast Line (ACL, L&N and before production ended in 1975. Dynamic- Line (975-978); Chesapeake & Ohio (8200- SAL), Penn Central (NYC) and Burlington brake-equipped units have resistor grids that 8234); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (140- Northern (CB&Q). are prominently visible through the radiator 154); Illinois Central (5000-5005); GE ACL, SAL and WP had the only U30Bs screens. Railfans have divided U30B pro- demonstrators (301-304); Louisville & outfitted with Blomberg trucks from trade-in duction into “phases” and sub-phases as Nashville (2505-2509), Milwaukee Road EMD units. C&O 8223 and 8224 were ex- there were many major and minor factory (6005-6009), Norfolk & Western (1930- GE demonstrators 301 and 302 while WP design changes done to these units during 1965; 8465-8539), New York Central (2830- 770 and 771 were ex-GE demonstrators 303 the production run. The late U28B carbody 2889), Seaboard Air Line (800-814); St. and 304. C&O 8225-8234 were equipped (Phase Ia) was used for early U30B produc- Louis-San Francisco (832-862) and Western with GE FB trucks. All of N&W’s units had tion. Late-production U30Bs with a revised Pacific (751-771). high short hoods. Frisco 846 was delivered

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in a special XR (eXtra Reliability) paint A separate parts bag contains sunshades, our test track, the tractive force was mea- scheme. NYC 2858 and 2859 were ordered horn shroud, two types of roof beacons, sured at 2.5 ounces. The U30B should be as U30Bs in late 1967 (they had U30B wind deflectors, X2F couplers, plow and capable of pulling 45 NMRA weighted 40' builder’s plates) but they were actually two types of antennas. Check photos of your freight cars on straight and level track. U33B 3,300-hp prototypes (they were later prototype in order to determine what parts This locomotive represents another fine de-rated by NYC to 3,000-hp). NYC 2830- are needed. Another bag contains Proto addition to the Proto 2000 line. 2839 were delivered with trade-in Fair- 2000 couplers and coupler boxes. The cou- Available roadnames with sound and banks-Morse trucks that were later replaced pler parts will have to be installed by the DCC are Atlantic Coast Line (975 & 976); by GE trucks. purchaser. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (142 & 149); The latest entry in the Proto 2000 by Some of the over 60 factory-installed GE Demonstrator (301 & 302); Illinois Cen- Walthers line is the GE U30B. This model detail parts include brake cylinders on the tral (5001 & 5003); Louisville & Nashville follows the previously offered U28B as the trucks, grabirons, MU hoses and coupler lift (2505 & 2507); Seaboard Air Line (803 & second entry in their GE series. The U30B is bars. In addition, the following factory- 806); Western Pacific (751 & 754) and offered in a DC (analog) non-sound version installed options are included to match the undecorated. The price is $265.00. or a QSI ® Quantum Sound ® and DCC prototype paint schemes: cab with small or The DC non-sound version comes in the decoder equipped version. large radius window corners, large or small same roadnames but with different road Features common to both DCC w/sound brakewheel, with or without drop steps, with numbers as Atlantic Coast Line (977 & and DC (non-sound) versions: or without dynamic brakes, AAR Type B or 978); Chicago, Burlington & Quincy (141 & � 5-pole skew-wound motor w/dual fly- Blomberg trucks and a short hood with or 144); GE Demonstrator (303 & 304); Illi- wheels without a headlight. nois Central (5002 & 5005); Louisville & � Constant & directional lighting Our sample is decorated for Atlantic Nashville (2506 & 2509); Seaboard Air Line � DCC ready w/8-pin plug (DC version Coast Line. The satin black paint is (804 & 809); Western Pacific (752 & 755) only) smoothly applied. All the yellow striping is and undecorated. The price is $165.00. � All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up straight, sharp and opaque. The aluminum � Lighted numberboards & clear class lettering, road number and herald are espe- lights cially well done. There are a few small plac- � Proto 2000 magnetic couplers & X2F ards and a GE builder’s plate that are all couplers readable under magnification. � Plastic carbody Our sample is equipped with QSI® Quan- � Cast-metal underframe and truck side- tum Sound® and a DC/DCC decoder. Twin frames speakers are mounted upright on the chassis � Scale-width hoods in a back-to-back configuration. Sounds that � See-thru steps and pilot footboards can be accessed by a standard DC power � Coupler cut levers and MU hoses on pack or a DCC control system are: diesel pilots engine sounds, horn, bell, squealing brakes, � Etched-metal radiator screens Doppler effect, slave (mutes whistle and bell � Unpainted crew figures for double-heading), air let off (in neutral) � Minimum operating radius is 18" and headlight on-off. Operation is smooth � Exploded assembly/parts diagrams throughout the entire speed range, and the Additional features included with the sounds range from very good to excellent. sound/DCC equipped U30B: The air-horn sound is loud and clear and has � QSI® Quantum Sound® w/dual speakers been excellently reproduced. A magnetic & DCC decoder wand is included to change the sound level � Automatically senses if running on DC without having to remove a hatch, fan or the or DCC shell to access a volume control potentiome- � Sounds are operable using a DC power ter. Out of the box for DCC operation, the pack or a DCC system default address is 03. Because of the sound � Magnetic wand for sound control system, a higher starting voltage is required � 20-page DC/DCC instruction booklet in DC operation. and exploded assembly/parts diagrams The locomotive weighs 15.7 ounces. On

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LARGE SCALE REVIEW USA Trains Alco S4 Switcher by John Welther

Photos by the author

uring the railroads’ transition from knuckle couplers as well as other features. noticed. The other item that is curiously por- D steam to diesel-electric power, Alco The model is offered in a variety of paint trayed on the sideframes is the area where (American Locomotive Company) enjoyed schemes. The review sample came deco- the bottoms of the sideframes attach to the success with their “S” series line of diesel rated for Santa Fe in the blue and yellow brakeshoes. These attachments are repre- switcher locomotives. Their most popular “bookend” scheme. Paint application on the sented by some form of metal wire or rod. I models were the 1,000-hp S2 and S4, which model is quite good, and the lettering is presume this was done to protect the were produced from 1940 to the early 1950s. super crisp. Things like voltage warning brakeshoe assemblies from any destruction These models incorporated a 1,000-hp, tur- labels and builder’s plates are laser sharp should there be a derailment or some similar bocharged, prime mover. and quite legible. The builder’s plate even mishap. This area on the prototype can best The two models were nearly identical in has a correct construction date for an S4. be described as having some sort of “link- appearance with the exception of their Accuracy of this paint scheme is near age” spanning the area between the side- trucks. The S2s rode on Blunt trucks, while perfect. The only discrepancy I noticed frame and the brakeshoe. I must emphasize, the S4s rode on AAR Type A switcher trucks when compared to prototype photos of however, that the model looks great in oper- that limited their speed to 35 mph. The S4 Santa Fe S4s in the blue and yellow scheme ational environments and that only a “vet- used a turbocharged Alco 539 series diesel is that the handrails running along the sides eran” might even notice this upon close engine. Traction motors were General Elec- of the model should be painted solid yellow. observation. tric Model 731 with a 75:16 gear ratio. With The base of the handrail stanchions should The model’s basic dimensions are right 40" diameter wheels the locomotive had a also be painted yellow at the sidesill area. on the money for the most part. All the starting tractive effort of 57,975 pounds. Fixing these discrepancies should be easy major details of an Alco S4 are faithfully USA Trains has just released a 1/29th for even someone with minimal modeling portrayed. Molded detail is super crisp, and scale model of the Alco S4. The model fea- experience if they choose to do so. all the separate castings are beautifully done tures a dual-motor, eight-wheel drive that Each truck is powered with its own operates with a precision smoothness. Other motor and gear box. The trucks have all- features include an injection-molded body wheel pick-up as well as track slider pick- made of a plastic that is UV resistant and ups for optimum contact in track-powered made to withstand the elements of the out- operation. USA calls this setup their Power doors. There is also an array of separately Trac drive system, and it operates beauti- applied injection-molded parts and metal fully through all speed ranges. Although the grabirons that come factory assembled on model’s top speed at no load far exceeds the the model. The cab has operating doors, prototype’s, it delivers plenty of power at detailed cab interior with two crew figures, low-speed operation, especially under load. operating side windows and interior light- It is a sight to behold to see the model start ing. The walkways have diamond tread, and up with a cut of cars and crawl effortlessly the step treads have see-through grating. with no hesitation. The radiator has see-through grilles. The The truck sideframes are the correct style model has an operating smoke unit with fan. for AAR Type A switcher trucks used on all Packed in the model’s box are metal production Alco S4s. Two items detected on handrail and stanchion sub-assemblies to be the sideframes, in my personal opinion, flaw applied by the consumer. European-style their appearance. Each sideframe is secured “loop” (LGB-like) couplers come installed to the motor blocks with a set of three hex- on the model with a package of operating head screws. When viewed up close they are knuckle couplers included in the box. The quite noticeable. To be fair to the manufac- packaging includes an 8-page owner’s man- turer, they have thankfully “blackened” the ual that has maintenance guidelines and screws to blend in better, and when viewing installation instruction for the handrails and the model in operation they are not easily

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and professionally applied. The long grabirons on the front of the hood are angular where they wrap around the hood, but they should have a gentle curve that follows the radius of the front corners of the hood. Other than that, the detailing is exceptionally well done. As mentioned earlier, the handrail/stanchion assemblies and coupler cut bars with brackets come packaged separately and are to be installed by the owner. Instructions for installing these items are explained in the owner’s manual and are quite simple, however, the holes on the model for mounting these items need to be enlarged. I a single-chime horn on the cab’s front wall. had the unfortunate mishap of breaking three of the coupler cut bar The engine compartment hood section appears to have every brackets before resorting to enlarging the mounting holes. I had to do detail and rivet as the prototype. The radiator exhaust on top of the the same to get the handrails to seat properly as well. The cut bar hood front has see-through grilles and a see-through grate over it. itself is metal and goes straight across the pilot face. There should be There are separate grabirons, lift rings, piping and sand-fill hatches a sort of “loop” in the middle to be more prototypical and functional. that are all factory applied. The exhaust stack is removable to enable I followed the instructions in the owner’s manual for installing the filling the smoke fluid reservoir should the smoke unit be put in oper- knuckle couplers. It was a simple task that probably didn’t take more ation. The air intakes on the side of the hood are see-through and than five minutes per coupler. This setup works good for truck- angled in the correct configuration. Rounding this off is directional mounted couplers but sits too low to work with a Kadee® or JM lighting. Enterprises coupler. Kadee makes a set (787) that works for USA The model’s operational performance is outstanding. My initial Trains NW2 Switcher, and it might be worth looking at to see if it is break-in session lasted nearly five hours, and the locomotive ran adaptable to the S4. I might also suggest checking out Kadee’s web- flawlessly without a single stall or derailment. It’s quite a thrill to see site as there is a lot of large-scale coupler information available there. this model perform, especially at low speeds. I have about a dozen The frame and pilots are beautifully done. The sidesills include steam locomotives and four diesels on my home roster of large scale authentic stanchion brackets and jacking pads. The cast detail of the locomotives. All are good runners, but the one USA Trains F3 A unit bolts on these items is truly amazing as is the tread pattern of the I have outperforms them all, hands down, and their new Alco S4 walkways and see-through steps. The handrail stanchions are nicely switcher is no exception. rendered as well as the end handrail brackets. Hung beneath the The S4 model comes in a variety of prototypical paint schemes frame is an array of fuel tanks and battery boxes made of injection- (ATSF, B&O, BN, CB&Q, C&NW, CP, D&RGW, NH, NYC, NP, molded plastic. These castings are of the highest quality in detail and PRR, RDG, SP, UP and WM) as well as two special-edition Christ- molded with precision sharpness. On the bottom of the frame, in mas versions for $299.95 each. front of the rear truck, is an array of slide switches. Each one controls The few faults I found with this model are very minor in my opin- a specific electronic feature of the model. Those features are motors, ion and to the prototype modeler to whom these things may be of lights, smoke unit and sound. Sound is not included on the factory concern they are relatively easy fixes. The overall model is excep- model, but its electronics are set up to easily accept installation of tional in both performance and appearance. I would even go so far as various popular systems. to say it is of “museum quality,” and the purchaser gets certainly The cab is accurately done and quite authentic with its sides more than their money’s worth from this product. The model is an slightly overhanging the sidesills and extended cab roof lending it the excellent reproduction of the prototype. I highly recommend this classic Alco look. A light attached to the inside of the roof illumi- model to modelers and operators of large-scale equipment. As for a nates the cab. The interior is detailed with a control stand, seats and modeler of another scale who may be considering dabbling in 1/29th two crew figures. Some features of the cab are operable such as cab scale, this would be an excellent first choice for motive power and a doors and sliding side windows. Windshield wipers are applied, as is chance to discover model railroading in the great outdoors.

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NOVEMBER 2005 MODEL RAILROADING � 21 PG 21-22 NOV 05 MRG 1/5/06 2:15 PM Page 22

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AA PrototypicalPrototypical DummyDummy UnitUnit —— ModelingModeling aa CanadianCanadian PacificPacific MLMLWW RS18RS18 ControlControl CabCab

by Will Mitchell

Photos by the author

The Quarry Turn switches the loading tracks on the author’s EastField Junction layout. No crew member wants to be in the RS18 cab as the slack runs in and out in the shunting movements.

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Rear view of the prototype RS18 control cab. A GP38-2 is on the point. Note the autoframe consist and relatively clean paint job on an older locomotive.

o you think that unpowered units are been de-engined and had its traction motors Affectionately called the “rock and roll S strictly a modeler’s way of saving removed; utilized as a leader cab.” With the john” by the road crews, the cab consists money. Well, think again! A chance trip to steam-era turntables dismantled, roads have of a control stand and a toilet. With no St. Thomas, Ontario, put me on a snow-cov- the problem of turning diesel units at the end power of its own, it experiences the same ered golf course right beside a Canadian Pa- of a run. CP has chosen to strip the prime running in and out of slack as a boxcar with cific ready track. GP38-2 3057 was on the movers and traction motors out of older lo- the resultant jolting of crew members trying point of an auto chassis train ahead of what comotives while retaining the cab controls to enjoy their daily constitutional. appeared to be an MLW RS18 (Alco RS11). and MU features. With the control cab Consulting the Canadian Trackside Guide, lashed up so it faces opposite of the powered The Model 1999 revealed that the unit was actually des- unit, there is no need to worry about turning I had picked up a used Atlas RS11 in ignated as a “Control Cab, a unit that has the units. Pennsy colors some time in the past, plan-

Front view of the MLW leader unit. The sand hatch and ditchlights are SD40-2 types. Note the absence of class lights on the numberboard.

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Dark clouds start to block out the sun as the quarry run crew start hustling to move a string of CN hoppers out of the way. Note the position of the horn just ahead of the exhaust stack to protect the crew’s hearing.

ning to convert it to an RS18 sooner or later. used to fill any gaps. As a comparison, the front center section of the cab and glue in a Seeing the control cab RS18 on the ready rear indents were filled with styrene, filed, section cut out of an Athearn GP35 cab to track put the gears in motion, and I started puttied and sanded. The styrene method was insert the inner front cab windows over the to purchase the goodies necessary to make superior, requiring less effort to file and short hood. the changeover. I would keep the unit pow- sand. Brass is hard! The walkway steps at the rear of the cab ered as I run all trains on my EastField Junc- The RS18 originally had a high short were removed from the RS11 shell on both tion layout with at least two powered units hood with the long hood running forward. sides, and the resulting holes were patched for smoother running. In deference to de- CP later refitted the units to have a low short with styrene. The hood doors above the for- motoring, the body weights would not be hood running forward. To modify the Atlas mer step area were half height and had to be reinstalled into the finished model. model, a section was cut out of the short extended down to the walkway over the The first step was to carefully remove hood with one cut just below the corner styrene patch. This was done with Cannon the various cast-on grabs and bars. I find pieces and the other cut just above the EMD doors carefully sanded as thin as pos- that the best method involves using a chisel- brakewheel recess. Layout lines were care- sible, cut in half and glued with MEK. The point X-Acto® blade bevel-side down to fully scribed with an awl taking care to keep solvent action of the MEK blended the joint remove most of the object followed by a all lines parallel and then the lines were in the middle of the now full-length doors. fine file to go down to the surface of the sur- deepened with a #11 blade. The thinnest X- The top rear headlight hole was filled rounding plastic. The same chisel blade was Acto® saw blade with its spine removed was with styrene rod, and the former bottom used to remove the solid raised area in one used to make the actual cuts. By going hole was used to locate the top hole of a corner of the radiator grilles. The grille slowly and constantly checking the path of headlight casing which was glued in place. grooves were then cut and extended up to the cut along the layout lines, a reasonably After curing, the plastic behind the bottom 5 the top of the radiator frame to match the square match between the top and bottom headlight hole was drilled out with a /64" bit. pre-existing grooves. sections of the hood was obtained. Methyl A headlight casing was also glued over the One of the obvious differences between ethyl ketone (MEK) was used to glue the front headlight holes that were in the correct an RS11 and an RS18 is the large corner two sections together. (Editor’s Note: MEK location. Grab and lift ring holes were indents at the top end of both hoods in the can be extremely dangerous if not handled drilled with #79 bits. RS11. The class lights and sand hatches properly. Never leave the can open, as the The top of the step areas must be filled in were chiseled out of the indents and then fumes are heavier than air and quite flam- with various thicknesses of styrene on the cast-brass corner pieces from ME were mable/explosive. As a result, the vapors can Atlas model to match the contour of the CP glued into place with Walthers Goo ®. creep along the floor and be ignited by the RS18. Without doing this, there is no sur- Cyanoacrylate (CA) gives too brittle a bond, pilot light in a hot water heater or furnace.) face to drill holes for the ditchlights. Cast- and the joint will shear under the pressure of When set, the joint line was filed smooth brass ditchlights from Miniatures by Eric a file. After curing, the brass was filed down and any irregularities filled with body putty. (ME) had their mounting stems bent at right to the plastic surface, and body putty was The same method was used to remove the angles so they could be inserted on top of

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The pit boss straightens out a manifest question with the road crew. The handrails on this older Atlas locomotive are too thick, but I decided to live with them.

the walkway rather than into the pilot. The the high-hood RS18 and were squared when such as the end safety stripes. new MU sockets are SD40-2 items from ME the short hood was chopped. An EMD cab with the upper of the two sockets nipped off. could be modified with an arched roof, but I Detailing The old MU sockets cast into the delrin pilot decided to live with the rounded windows. The front and rear corner grabs at the top rails were carefully removed with a new #11 The brakewheel well on the nose of the pro- of the steps had to be fabricated from .015 blade. Mounting holes for the ditchlights totype has a rectangular extension down to brass wire. They were inserted halfway into and MU sockets were drilled between the the walkway. This would have required very their pre-drilled holes for painting as were the front handrail stanchions with #60 bits. precise cutting and chiseling on the model to various drop grabs. When dry, they were All of the molded-on detail on both create this extension so the brake well was pushed into their final depth and CA’d from pilots, except the cut-bar pivots, had been left as is. the inside and eventually flush cut. The previously removed. The surfaces were filed grabs, cut bars, step rails and step edges were and sanded smooth, then #70 bits were used Painting And Decaling painted MODELflex Reefer White to which to drill holes for the MU hoses and train All plastic parts including handrails were some Golden GAC 100 had been added. This line. A CP front pilot from ME was CA’d sprayed with electronic circuit degreaser (no thins the acrylic paint for better fluidity while into place taking care not to foul the various lubricant). Caution! Do in a well-ventilated maintaining the proper ratio of binder to pig- hose holes. area. I have found this to be the quickest, ment. This additive increases the flexibility of ACP front numberboard from ME had a neatest way to prep plastic parts for painting. the acrylic paint, enabling it to adhere better 1 /16" hole drilled between the numberboards MODELflex Engine Black was air- to the slippery delrin handrails and is a slight for the bell and was then CA’d into place on brushed onto the sill unit and the fuel-tank retardant, which helps to prevent “fuzz” the cab top front. The class-light indenta- halves. The truck frames were airbrushed when brush painting rails and grabs. The tions were filled with body putty and sanded with MODELflex Grimy Black. The cab major portion of the handrails were brush- smooth. The rear numberboard assembly and main shell were airbrushed MODELflex painted CP Action Red while in place on the was best represented by gluing two high- CP Action Red. The truck frames, pilots and walkways. Painting stanchions in place helps hood RS18 numberboards from ME, one fuel tank were airbrushed with varying to eliminate the “fumble-itis” common when above the other on each side. degrees of MODELflex Rust, the heaviest handling flimsy objects. Don’t paint all the application being on the truck frames. way down to the walkway; stop just short of Compromises Microscale decal sets 87-733 and 87-738 it — it is not noticeable. Sometimes a modeler has to make deci- were used to apply the graphics to the model. The cast cut-bar pivots that had been left sions that causes the rivet counters untold After fixing the decals with MicroSol and on the pilots were notched with a #11 blade amounts of angst. For this project, the Atlas Solvaset, the shell and cab were airbrushed to provide a retaining slit for the cut bars front and rear handrails aren’t quite the right with MODELflex Clear Satin to protect and which were CA’d into the notches. Details shape but were used anyway. The outside blend in the decals. I find Solvaset too rough West MU hoses and train lines were pre- front and rear cab windows were rounded in on small decals and only use it on large ones painted Engine Black and CA’d into their

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pre-drilled holes on the pilots. of A-Line windshield wipers which were instead of light bulbs. I am converting to The original Atlas glazing was re- then glued into place. DBC (Digital Block Control, no decoders!) installed into the cab. The clear band Final detail items such as drop steps, and am still making up my mind how to light between the two front outside windows was safety chain, bell and horn were glued into my locomotives. The jewels are cheap and wide enough to cover the new inside front place. Kadee® #5 couplers were installed give off no heat. A light airbrushing of MOD- openings. Holes were drilled with #78 bits front and back. As an experiment, clear jew- ELflex Dirt was applied to the trucks, pilots above the window openings for installation els were glued into the headlight casings and fuel tank to finish off the model.

AA PPrroottoottyyppee DDuummmmyy CCPP MMLLWW RRSS1188 Manufacturer Part No. Description Manufacturer Callout Part No. Description Atlas 8770 Alco RS11, undecorated Kadee® 12 #5 Coupler Miniatures by Eric 2 C2 RS18 filler pieces Modifications 8 H6 Sand hatch A Remove molded grabs 5, 6 K2 Bell, horn set B Remove molded pilot details 13 L1 Ditchlight C Chop short hood 3 N1 CPR low hood board D Replace cab windows 4 N7 RS18 boards E Patch step removal 20 P5 CPR pilot F Fill corner indents 9 S4 CPR MU stand G Remove radiator lump Tichy 7 3015 Drop grabs H Fill headlight hole Paint Detail Parts Paint MODELflex 16-01 Engine Black Manufacturer Callout Part No. Description 16-02 Reefer White A-Line 17 29200 Windshield wipers 16-03 Grimy Black Detail Associates 1 1024 Dual headlights 16-159 CP Action Red 19 1106 Alco lift rings 16-174 Earth 18 1803 Antenna 16-602 Clear Satin 14 2212 Cut bar Polly Scale 414281 Boxcar Red 15 2505 .015 brass wire Details West 11 AH268 Trainline 10 MU265 MU hoses Decals Juneco 16 B15 Clear jewel Microscale 87-733 CP Rail

NOVEMBER 2005 MODEL RAILROADING � 27 SD45-2 12/29/05 5:46 PM Page 28 SD45-2SD45-2 by George Melvin EMD's Last Big Block 645 PartPart 44

CR SD45-2 6666 and SDP45 6686 provide dynamic braking to ease a freight downhill from Gallitzin around Horseshoe Curve to Altoona in April 1978. This angle clearly shows the horn placement and low-profile fans. The comparison in fans can be seen on unit 6686 as it has one standard fan and two low ones. Decals: Microscale 87-16 (E-L) and 87-157 (CR initials). George Melvin photo

he Erie-Lackawanna (E-L) owned the T smallest fleet of the SD45-2 model. Like the Clinchfield, these units spent a relatively short amount of time serving their original owner. The merger of the Erie and the Lackawanna formed the E-L in 1960. A decade later, the road found itself pitted against the newly formed Penn Central (1968) and competing for the falling levels of carload freight in the Northeast as industry diminished and the improved highway system encouraged increased truck traffic. In the first half decade after the E-L for- E-L SD45-2 3678 is three years old in this view at Marion, OH, on December 7, mation, the road invested in small orders of 1975. Note the class MFE-36D-6B under the road number on the cab. The 5,000- B-B road switchers from all three builders, gallon fuel tank barely leaves room for the bell under the frame! It has a fuel buying C424s, C425s, U25Bs and GP35s. filler on each end. This angle shows the low placement of the horn. These The introduction of the 645 power plant in engines were right at the limit to operate under the catenary on the east end of 1966 did not bring an order for GP40s as the system. Some of these units were cleared for operation in third rail territory, might have been expected, but the road and that may account for the odd notch in the plow pilot. Note the diamond on sought out higher horsepower units and in the nose is maroon; many second-generation hood units wore bright red dia- 1967 purchased the first of two orders for monds. Decals: Microscale 87-16. T. N. Colbert photo

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E-L SD45-2 3680 is wearing what appears to be a coat of ore dust. Note the straight pilot with the full-size step-over plate. The separation between black and gray comes a few inches down on the sloped roof of the cab. Marion, OH; May 12, 1974. Decals: Microscale 87-16. T. N. Colbert photo

the SD45. This order for 20 units was followed a year later with another order for 14 more SD45s. In 1968-’69, General Electric landed an ordered for 15 of their top-line U33Cs, and the E-L went back for more SD45s. This time, the quest to improve the running time for the road’s high priority intermodal trains between Chicago and New York brought a modification to the new SD45s. They were built as SDP45s to get a longer frame from which to mount a 5,000-gallon fuel tank. Although labeled SDP45s, they were not equipped for passenger service and had a tapered rear hood beyond the overhanging radiators. Their oversize fuel tanks would allow the units to operate straight through between Chicago and New York without a delay for refueling. The road bought 35 of these units in 1969 and 1970. Two years passed and the Erie-Lack- awanna was ready again to sample the highest horsepower units offered by both GE and EMD. In October 1972, they received a CR SD45-2s 6658 and 6656 shove a train out of Altoona, PA, in May 1986. Units dozen U36Cs from General Electric and 13 of this class spent about half of their service life doing just this! Unit 6658 has SD45-2s from EMD one month later. The lost all its low-profile fans. This angle shows that the front platform is black, but SD45-2s were numbered 3669-3681. The everything protruding up from it is painted blue. Notice that the numberboards SD45 and SDP45 units occupied the series have two different styles of numbers. Decals: Microscale 87-157. from 3600 to 3668. Since the stock SD45-2 Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection frame was three feet longer than the SD45, there was no “SDP” modification necessary to add a larger fuel tank. The SD45-2s were delivered with a 5,000-gallon tank, equipped with two filler pipes on each side. The bigger tank caused the air tanks to be installed inside the rear of the long hood with a series of lou- vers in the doors in that area to ventilate the

CR SD45-2 6659 models the “CR treat- ment” that all the SD45-2s wore for a few years following the merger on April 1, 1976. The E-L markings were painted out with the correct color and CR initials added on the nose and rear area of the long hood. Mingo Jct., OH; June 4, 1977. Decals: Microscale 87-16 (E-L) and 87-157 (CR initials). David Hamley photo, George Melvin collection

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CR SD45-2 6659 is in full Conrail paint in this May 1986 view at Altoona, PA. Note the Conrail name is painted over the sight glass at the rear of the hood. The box on the walkway in front of the engineer’s position contains cab-signaling equipment. Decals: Microscale 87-157. Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

numbers they would carry for over two decades. They were the only six-axle Dash 2 locomotives on the new Conrail roster. Early in the merger, they received a “CR” in the maroon diamond on the nose and the band on the side but kept their E-L livery intact. Within a few years they were repainted into full Conrail blue and white. They were seen frequently in ore service south from Cleve- land with older SD units and the biggest units of the Alco and GE fleets. Conrail did not like the HT-C trucks used on the SD45-2 and soon assigned this small group of CR SD45-2 6662 still has its E-L horns and low-profile fans a decade after the end engines to helper duty over Horseshoe of the Erie-Lackawanna. It has lost its sunshade but still has the track and wind Curve. Here, the power and reliability of the deflectors. Altoona, PA; May 1986. Decals: Microscale 87-157. SD45-2s were put to good use without their Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection roaming the system. They could be found there most of the time, assigned for servic- ing at the small terminal at Cresson, PA, just west of the Curve until about 1997. By the mid 1990s, they were repainted in the current Conrail Quality scheme. Unit 6655 was done by June 1994 and may have been the first one. The group finally started breaking up in 1997 when unit 6660 was retired on June 11 and sold to the Pennsyl- vania shortline Reading & Northern (R&N) where it became their 3600. It had suffered an engine failure and was not considered worth the cost of repair. Unit 6656 suffered the same fate and became R&N 3601 about a year later. Three units were rebuilt at Con- CR SD45-2 6660 has white numberboards, and the Conrail name is slightly fur- rail’s Juniata Shop in Altoona in the late ther back than on units 6658 and 6659. This unit lacks the grabiron to step up on 1990s; units 6655, 6661 and 6663 received the short walkway by the cab signal box. Cresson, PA; May 6, 1991. Decals: 16-cylinder 3,000-hp power plants but were Microscale 87-157. Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection not renumbered by Conrail. The remaining 11 units were divided air aftercooler. They also were quipped with In June 1972 Hurricane Agnes brought between CSX and Norfolk Southern when dual control stands and plow pilots on both extensive damage to the Erie-Lackawanna Conrail was split up in June 1999. Six units ends. Overhanging horns mounted over the trackage in New York and Pennsylvania. went to NS: units 6654, 6655, 6659, 6662, engineer’s position and low-profile dynamic The expenses associated with the storm and 6664 and 6666 became NS 1700-1705. For a brake and cooling fans were used to allow other factors brought E-L’s finances to a low time, they could be seen in the Conrail Qual- better clearance. The hottest UPS train on the point, and four years later it became part of ity scheme with a patch on the cab and PRR railroad was 2/NY100, and it was scheduled Conrail. In the meantime, orders for GP38- reporting marks. The PRR marks were used to cover the 998 miles between Chicago and 2s and U23Bs were cancelled, and the on freight cars as well to signify what equip- 1 Jersey City in 30 /2 hours. The SD45-2s were SD45-2s were the last units bought by the ment would go to NS after the split. By 2005, capable of maintaining this schedule. They road. Conrail grouped all of their six-axle all six units were repainted in the new NS were delivered in the road’s standard gray, road switchers in the 6000 series, and the “Horsehead” scheme and carry “SD45-2” maroon and yellow livery. SD45-2s were renumbered 6654-6666; marks on the cab. Unit 1701 has been rebuilt

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CR SD45-2 6663 is working with big Alcos in the Cleveland ore pool, seen here being serviced at Mingo Jct., OH, on Sep- tember 2, 1977, after a loaded run with ore for the area steel mills. The front handrail has had a hasty repair job; it is still a bit bent and the reattachment has not been touched up. The E-L diamond has been repainted in maroon (with significant overspray!) and then the white CR initials were applied. The nose initials are larger than on unit 6666. Decals: Microscale 87-16 (E-L) and 87-157 (CR initials). Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

CR SD45-2 6655 models the Conrail Quality scheme as applied to the SD45-2 fleet in the mid 1990s. Looking great at age 22, this unit will look just as good a decade later as Norfolk Southern 1701. Cresson, PA; June 3, 1994. Decals: Microscale 87-740. Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

to 3,000-hp. The CSX units, numbers 6657, 6658, 6661, 6663 and 6665 also ran for a time with CSXT marks and new numbers on the cab. Since units 6661 and 6663 were rebuilt with 3,000-hp engines, CSX considered them SD40-2s and numbered them 8886 and 8889, respectively, in the series for rebuilt SD40-2 units. The other three units, 6657, 6658 and 6665, became CSXT 8973, 8974 and 8976, respectively. This was in the series used for the CRR and SCL SD45-2s by Seaboard System and then CSX. Units 8886 and 8889 wore the Bright Future paint, and it is reported that unit 8889 has received the current solid blue and yellow “Dark Future” scheme. Of the three unrebuilt units, the 8973 and 8974 were in the Dark Future scheme and still in use, while units 8976 was stored in April 2005. The six Norfolk Southern units CSXT SD45-2M 8889 models the Bright Future paint on one of the old E-L SD45- were all in service in 2005. 2s. Despite being rebuilt to SD40-2 status with a 16-cylinder 3,000-hp 645 prime Next month, we will continue with the mover, the huge fuel tank makes it impossible to confuse its heritage. Note SD45T-2 fleet of the St. Louis Southwest- white cab roof, a feature started in 2002. Decals: Microscale 87-575. ern, better known as the Cotton Belt. John Benson photo, George Melvin collection

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SSOUNDFORTHEOUNDFORTHE BBAACHMANNCHMANN HOHO CCLIMAXLIMAX

by Ray Kilcoyne

Photos by the author

he Bachmann 55-ton Climax model in T HO is an attractive, smooth-running machine. The Climax geared locomotive was a popular engine for logging and mining operations, competing successfully with the other geared locomotives, the Shay and the Heisler. The Climax Locomotive Works was The unmodified tender shell. located in Corry, Pennsylvania, and produced geared engines for 40 years, from 1888 to 1928. The Climax has rarely been offered in an HO version. In addition to the HO model, Bachmann is also offering a Climax in On30. SoundTraxx makes a plug- in sound decoder for the On30 version but has not advertised one for the HO model. This is probably due to the small spaces There is a place on the circuit board available for decoder and speaker installa- to plug in the sound decoder. tion. However, I have successfully added sound to my HO Climax, and I want to share my experience with you. The SoundTraxx decoder that I have The tender shell after the coal door installed is the DSD-090LC Light Steam. was removed and the opening for This is a full-function decoder offering both the decoder widened. DCC control of all locomotive functions as well as sound functions. Three selectable tified in the SoundTraxx instructions. whistle sounds are built into the decoder. The two purple wires from the Sound- The unit is about one and one-half inches Traxx decoder went directly to the speaker long. It can be placed in the tender of the and not through the NMRA plug. Because Climax, but it extends out the front of the of tight clearances in the tender, the pins tender half an inch. Therefore, some cutting need to be as flush with the Bachmann cir- and fitting is required. The speaker, #810112 cuit board as possible. from SoundTraxx, measures 1.0 x 0.56 x By resting the yellow SoundTraxx 0.19 inches. It fit in the cab compartment of decoder on top of the tender circuit board, I the locomotive without much difficulty. could see that it was about a half inch too The individual decoder pins are long for this space. This led to some modifi- Installing the Decoder plugged into the circuit board. cation to the tender shell to make it fit. The The first step was to remove the two photos show an unmodified tender shell, and Bachmann pin connectors from the top of the what the tender looks like after a slot has tender circuit board. The SoundTraxx dard NMRA plug. I had to remove the pins been cut for the decoder to fit through. The decoder was plugged temporarily into the from the NMRA plug, solder each wire indi- simulated wood coal door lifts out and was NMRA jack in place of the two removed vidually to the isolated plug pins and press replaced later after the decoder was installed. connectors, the speaker and its associated them into the appropriate holes in the Bach- This large hole in the tender front and capacitor were wired to the purple decoder mann board. In order to fashion these pins, I the protruding yellow decoder are not visi- leads, and the decoder was tested. In order to took a bare NMRA medium-size plug (avail- ble when the tender is in place. Painting get access to the circuit board, the coal load able from North Coast Engineering) and the protruding part of the decoder black was removed from the top of the tender by removed seven of the eight pins from the helped to hide it. pulling up on the small water hatch, and the plastic support. I used a cutting wheel in a tender shell was unscrewed from the frame. Dremel tool to do this. I soldered seven wires Installing the Speaker Unfortunately, there was not enough from the SoundTraxx decoder to the NMRA Before I could put the tender shell back clearance in the tender for the use of a stan- pins. The color-coded wires are clearly iden- permanently, I needed to install the speaker in

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The circuit board is in place, and the decoder is resting on Looking from above, the decoder extends out the front of top of it, extending out the front of the tender shell, the tender shell, which is now back in place. which has not yet been put back in place.

The speaker is wedged in place and the two speaker wires are brought out to the decoder.

the cab. The front side of the speaker aims out the back of the cab. It was a tight fit, and I had to “round off” the upper edges of the speaker frame in order to slide the speaker into the cab. Speakers work better if they are enclosed in a “box” or have some type of baffling on The decoder and speaker are barely visible when the tender is in place. their backside, forcing all the sound to emerge from the front. There was no room for a box shell was reattached to the frame. I replaced high chuff rate. Programming CV 116 with a in the cab, but I was able to seal off the back the coal load and the sliding coal door, and value of 100 sounded about right. I chose of the speaker with some soft clay-like mater- now I was ready to program the decoder. which one of the three whistle sounds I ial. Pressing the clay around the back rim of liked best and programmed it into CV 115. the speaker, I was careful not to press the clay Programming the Decoder I took it for a spin on the layout, and I against the speaker cone, which would pre- Programming is straightforward, espe- was pleased by the sense of realism it added vent it from moving. I brought the two cially if you have installed previous sound to train operations. The rapidly spinning speaker wires out to the front of the speaker decoders. I did not install a cam wiper for main rods, accompanied by the appropriate (the rear of the cab). I slid them through the synchronized sound. Instead I relied on the rapid chug-chug sound, the ringing of the two screw holes in the lower part of the speed of the engine (voltage to the motor) to bell, and the blowing of the whistle made speaker frame because I wasn’t using any determine the chuff rate. Because this is a me think that I was deep in a pine forest in screws. I pressed the speaker in place against slow-moving geared locomotive, I wanted a West Virginia or the Pacific Northwest. the firebox in the front of the cab. The clay helped hold it in place. The purple decoder wires from the Bill of Materials decoder were attached to the speaker wires, Manufacturer Part No. Description adding in series to one of the speaker leads SoundTraxx 821101 Micro digital sound decoder — DSD-090-LC the capacitor that SoundTraxx has provided. for light steam engines The capacitor barely fit in the tender. I 810112 Speaker, oval, 0.56 x 1" painted the protruding part of the decoder North Coast Engineering 524-0211 8-pin NMRA plug (package of 10) and the speaker wires black. The tender

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ON �TRACK Switch Control Linkage

by Jim Mansfield

Photos by the author

he yet-to-be-installed double slip- T switch recently constructed will have six of the JWRR basic control linkages. This common (for both manual and power controls) amounts to a solid .032 brass wire inserted into a .062 brass tube. The tube is placed through the trackboard and sub-trackboard, and the wire is bent to form the linkage. It is simple, small and precise. The skyline of the linkage below the sub-trackboard is about 1.25 for a manual throw and 1.00 for the power units I use on the layout. The tube is held in position on the layout using Walthers Goo® and cyanoacrylate (CA) adhesive. The wire is bent to fit between the tube and the hole in the throw bar, dropped into the tube and then bent at the other end of the tube under the layout. The first three photos show the linkage on the top of the layout. While the linkage is visible on the surface, it is not very noticeable under normal viewing and operation. Below the layout, the linkage is visible (Photos 4 & 1 — As a SP/UP empty trailer-flat drifts downgrade on the wrong-hand SP/UP main, a JWRR train starts to enter a nearly vacant Tortilla Flats Yards through a pair of tri-mount AEI reader masts.

2 — Here is a close-up view of one of the turnouts on the Tortilla Flats south lead. The small lever seen beside the stock rail is the on-the-layout portion of the switch-control linkage. When the visible linkage is painted a rusty color, it nearly disap- pears. When noticed during operations, the lever could be construed as a part of a prototype turnout.

3 — This view shows a fully detailed turnout, switch and throw link. This turnout’s switch is thrown by a powered machine (a Hallmark twin-coil machine), while the switch shown in Photo 2 is moved by a manual throw. The commonality of the linkage allows, with little modification, the use of both manual and powered control of turnout switches.

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4 — Here is an under-layout view of a typical manual 5 — Here is an under-layout view of a typical powered throw linkage on the JWRR layout. The parts shown here machine throw linkage on the JWRR layout. This particular can be compared with the parts depicted in Figure 1. switch uses an NJ International twin-coil machine.

5) and easy to construct and maintain. For the manual setup, the linkage provides the power “hot” lead for electrically energizing the turnout frog. As can be seen in Photo 4 and Figure 1, the linkage contacts are strips of .005-thick brass shim stock. Contact is made to the appropriate contact as the linkage goes into a fully thrown position. The brass shim contacts are wired to the stock rails of the turnout. The throwing of the turnout, hence the closing of the contact, sends power from the appropriate stock rail to the frog of the turnout. The contact block is added to allow for attachment of the shim contacts. This block also supports the longer length of tube protruding through the bottom of the sub-trackboard. The block is attached to the layout and tube is attached to the block using Goo and CA adhesive. For powered switch throws, the linkage contacts are not needed as the contacts of the switch machine are used to route power to the frog. This is shown in Photo 5. Once again easy and except for the size of the loop bent on the lower portion of the link- Figure 1 — Here are a sectional side age, the same linkage design is used. view and a smaller detail end view of Due to the non-powered outer frogs for a typical manual layout turnout the double slip-switch completed recently, switch throw linkage used on the the manual linkage will not have the brass JWRR layout. See the text and Figure shim contact setup. For this setup, the con- 2 to determine the throw distance D. tact block is not used, and the tube will not protrude very far below the sub-roadbed. Please refer to the three figures. As defined in Figure 2, the ratios of the lengths and the throw distances are a simple lever problem. We rearrange the expression of ratios and solve for T using the lengths of lever arms we wish. On the JWRR, the throw distance t = .050, the length l = .25 and the length L is 6 times the length of l, or 1.50. T then is .30. Figure 2 — Here is a “top view” To add a bit of spring to the switch-point sketch of the switch-control linkage Figure 3 — A small spring can be linkage, the calculated throw distance T is shown in Figure 1. The shorter used for holding the switch points in increased by 25% before constructing the “above layout” portion shown to the one position while a waxed string manual throw mechanism, therefore D = left connects to the turnout throw connected to a manual control can be 1.25 (T) = .38. This ensures that the closed bar and the longer “below layout” used to locate the switch in the other point will stay closed during operation. In portion shown to the right have position. The spring I use is from Cen- addition, the stranded (I don’t use solid) 18- lengths l and L respectively while t tury Spring Corp. These are available ga wire attached to the contacts adds a bit of and T represent the throw distances in hardware stores as a C-5. The web- spring to the contacts. respectively. site part number is a 164-A.

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36 � MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 2005 N Helicon 1/5/06 5:40 PM Page 37 graphicgraphic TechniquesTechniques thth HeliconHelicon FocusFocus by Rich Yourstone

Photos by the author

After being built by Budd in Philadelphia, the Zephyr was test run on the Reading Railroad before being sent west. It’s seen here on its first run, heading back to Philadelphia at Perkiomen Junction on the Reading mainline. Rich modified a pre-production N-scale Con-Cor Pioneer Zephyr for this scene. (Yes, this is N scale!)

Article reprinted from N Scale Railroading magazine with permission.

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Passengers board RDCs at the eastbound platform of Broad Street Station in Elizabeth. This kind of composition really pushes the limits of high depth photography, and would never be possible in N scale without a program like Helicon Focus.

epth of field, or the range of focus from front the same scene taken at different focal lengths. I would to rear of a scene, has always been the most take separate shots of the foreground, main subject and difficult obstacle to good layout photog- background, and then begin the laborious process of Draphy. The closer you get to the subject, the combining them into a single focused picture. Just more depth suffers. Traditionally, this has been over- when I began getting some good results, I received a come to a degree with pinhole photography or by using tip on an Internet forum about a program called Focus a camera capable of a very small aperture setting. Still, made by a software company named Helicon. I tried it the depth does not approach what we are used to seeing on one of the series of pictures I had just taken and in prototype photos, and small apertures can make de- incredibly, in less than 60 seconds this program did tail and clarity suffer throughout the whole picture. what had taken me over three hours! Helicon Focus This problem is compounded even further for us N works by analyzing each image to determine which scalers, since we need to get even closer to our subjects pixels are in focus and combining them in a finished with the camera. Blurry foregrounds and backgrounds image. The product’s website can be found at have come to be accepted signature features of N scale www.heliconfocus.com, where a shareware version close-ups. can also be downloaded. This version is the same as Recently, I began trying to overcome some of these the full version, but puts some advertising text across limitations by digitally stitching together pictures of the bottom of the final image. After purchasing you

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One of the best uses for a large depth of field is to show a long freight train tapering off into the distance. Here, an eastbound Reading train passes through Elizabeth, NJ.

will receive a license file which, once installed, gets amount of movement, but if the camera shifts notice- rid of this. I promptly received my software license the ably it’s usually best to start over. Sometimes a small next day after sending payment, along with installation amount of movement is unavoidable; memory cards instructions. may need to be swapped or a battery will go dead at the worst moment. In this case, I have found I can Using Focus often process the group of images taken before the Focus is only available for Windows, at least at the camera moved separate from the group taken after, time of this writing. While the system requirements then process the two resulting images to form the final say you need at least 512 MB of RAM to process 8 one. I’m not sure why this works, but my guess is that Megapixel files, I have done it with 256 MB of RAM Focus can realign images better with a greater focused on a series of 26 8.1 Megapixel files without a prob- area to evaluate. lem. More RAM would probably make it run faster, Once you’ve uploaded your images to the com- but execution time was still less than ten minutes. puter, start Helicon Focus and: Installation is simple enough, just download and run � Select File->Add New Items. the file from Helicon’s website. � Select the series of images you want to use and click With the software ready to go, you can begin taking Open. (You can select multiple files at once by pictures. This requires a camera with a manually clicking on the first then shift-clicking on the last.) adjustable focus, since the idea is to take a series of The file names will now show up in the Source pane shots starting with the focus on closest object and in the upper left of the main window. moving back a little with each shot. I have found I � Just click the big Run button, and watch as your usually need about 16 shots to get an entire scene in final image is generated — it’s that simple! focus, and best clarity is achieved using an aperture � The file name for the resulting image will appear in setting between f/6 and f/8. If you don’t use enough the Output pane at lower left. You can save it by shots you may get strips of blurred areas running right-clicking and selecting Save. The file is given a across your final image. It’s better to take too many default name based on the options it was run with, exposures rather than not enough. I have also found which can be changed under Edit->View Options. I the adjustments in focus between exposures need not have gotten the best results using the default set- be equal. The foreground will require many slight tings. adjustments that can be increased as you move back through the scene. This is because the camera’s capa- Ideas on Composition bilities in depth of field increase as the subject moves Getting this kind of depth in your photos creates further away. Also, use the highest resolution possible, some interesting possibilities. Typically, photos are even if you plan to resize the image later. The better taken from a high vantage point and far enough back the quality or the source images, the better the job to put the subject into what is really middle ground, Helicon Focus can do with the resulting image. thereby completely eliminating foreground and the Note the camera must remain perfectly still depth of field limitations it incurs. Unfortunately, this throughout the series, requiring the use of a tripod or is not the way we view real trains, unless you’re in the placing the camera directly on the layout and using a habit of railfanning from a helicopter or small plane! very careful touch. The software can adjust for a slight By making the foreground part of the scene, you draw

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An overview of Bethlehem Engine Terminal. This was my first attempt at using Focus, I was floored by the results. Feedback I received from this image was the main driving force behind the decision to write this article.

the viewer into the photo and make them part of it — have tried packing too many trains into one picture. It in effect, giving them ground to stand on. This is what almost always makes a compositional improvement to I consider the main advantage of Focus, the ability to take some out. With so much detail in focus a scene capture the foreground in addition to the subject. In can easily become too busy. situations where you can’t get a low and close enough Now that you can take photographs from angles camera angle, a mirror can be placed on the layout and you would use for real trains, it makes sense to study angled slightly upward. You shoot into the mirror, then some of the compositional arrangements of the popular use your editing software to unmirror the image. prototype photographers. Rather than just snapping Being able to photograph such a deep expanse of photos, these guys are often carefully setting up shots, layout creates the temptation to put too much action for example framing scenes with signals or bridges into the scene. You should have one subject, with and selecting angles and lighting to give the best final everything else taking a secondary role. Many times I effect. If you’re using a mirror to compose a scene,

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The Focus interface with a series of images loading into the Source list and ready to process.

Saving the resulting image once processing is complete by right-clicking on the name in the output box.

ing of all middle ground and background, you should be fine. But once you begin pushing the limits of this approach, you’ll notice a couple things. First, if a foreground object in the picture plane is overlapping another object more than a few feet back, you’ll notice a blurred edge in your resulting image between the this gets a little tricky since it may not give the same two. The reason for this makes sense: As you focus effect once digitally unmirrored. As with words, we further back, foreground objects become blurred. tend to read pictures left to right so an image that may Since the edges of this object are no longer sharp, the look fine one way will often look unbalanced or awk- blurring will conceal a bit of the background object ward when reversed. Before taking a couple dozen too, and there is no way Focus can compensate for shots to run through Focus, I’ll usually take a few at something that isn’t in sharp view in any of your expo- various focal depths just to see how it looks before- sures. Sometimes this can be cleaned up be editing the hand. This also helps me check for things inadver- final image; however I have found it much easier to try tently left on the layout, or that derailed truck! to keep objects gradually receding into the picture plane, with no large jumps between any two objects. Limitations and Solutions Another thing to be aware of is dark foreground All this doesn’t mean you can go off and compose shadows. Focus may interpret these as blurred areas any scene you want, Focus still has a couple limita- and completely remove them from the picture! Once, I tions to be aware of. If you simply want to improve the tried to make a scene of a crowded station platform, depth of field of the typical aerial layout view consist- with several passengers waiting for a train under a

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Just because you can, doesn’t always mean you should! Here I kept the distant tree line slightly out of focus to avoid a haloing effect I would have gotten above the FA1. I’ve always envision taking a shot like this of my model of the coaling tower at Bethlehem, PA, but was never able to get both the locomotives and tower adequately focused.

shaded platform while another train passed beyond these kinds of views in mind. As I mentioned earlier, them on a far track. I ended up with just the train in my first intention was to manually stitch images the processed image. The best way to avoid this is together, but with the ease of use of Focus I’m even keep foreground objects well lit, or use a piece of happier I put some forethought into how this kind of white foam core board to reflect a little light into the photography would affect layout design. First, I have shadows. kept the background four-feet high. This way I’m not Backdrops can be another problematic thing, but forced to have to add backgrounds digitally all the not because of any limitation of Focus. Instead, it time. Even at this height, from more than about 12' of works too good. Our roughed-in hand-painted back- depth with track-level photos the wall above the backdrops which used to look fine when slightly out of drop begins to creep into the scene. focus now jump out of the scene. For this reason, it’s The latest concepts in layout design incorporate better to keep the backdrop from being too detailed. A Layout Design Elements, or LDEs. This is the idea monotone or gradated sky with a distant, hazy horizon that a layout can be broken down into separate, coher- kept as low as possible will work best. This also makes ent scenes such as a station, yard or industrial area. it easier to add a new background digitally, if desired. Usually you wouldn’t (or couldn’t) photograph a scene On my layout, the trains and scenery take center stage more than 8' deep anyway, so this concept works well. and the simple background is barely noticed. However, However, now I’ve found it better to arrange LDEs in pictures (and especially at low angles) a realistic into groups that form a larger LDE, like arranging sky makes a big improvement. those station, yard and industrial scenes in one larger scene that can also be photographed as a whole. This Design Implications can be done not only along a long wall, but also by Fortunately, I had already begun my layout with allowing scenes to wrap around an aisle. At track

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An eastbound Jersey Central commuter train departs Cranford while the Reading’s Crusader approaches under the Lehigh Valley mainline. This photo was a composit of 34 images covering about 12’ of depth on the layout.

level, the aisle itself won’t be visible, but the scenery beyond will, making for a very impressive photo opportunity. One last design consideration relating to this kind of photography is track placement within the layout. Usu- ally, layouts are designed with tracks running along the front edge with room for scenery and structures behind. When photographing from the side, this is the best arrangement for minimizing depth of field requirements. However, some of the best angles for photography are looking down the tracks at an oncoming train. Glance through a book of prototype railroad photography, and you’ll notice nearly all the shots are taken from an angle like this. That means you need scenery on both sides of the tracks, and for that reason I have run the tracks closer to the center of the layout shelf. Conclusion Helicon Focus has certainly altered not only the way I take pictures and the compositions I select, but the design of my layout too. For anyone struggling Taking a three-quarter angle close-up shot of a with depth of field in their photos, give it a try. I’m long locomotive like this C628 also required the looking forward to seeing the results! assistance of Focus.

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by Ken Smith

Photos by the author

Part 7: Scenery

� Preparation and Plaster Application � Ground Foam and Covering � Trees � Roads and Pathways

f you have followed this series from the I beginning, you know we have covered planning, benchwork construction, wiring, These foam carved rock castings are being set into place with Hydrocal Plaster. lighting, and all the other hidden attributes The slope in front of the rock wall will be the road leading from town to the that make our railroad operational and func- freight station. tional. While all of these discussed items are extremely important, we can finally begin to create our miniature world by scenicking it. I also want to mention that even though the last article talked about DCC, it did not cover decoders. That is because I will provide more in-depth information about that subject when I cover locomotives on the Tall Timber Railroad in a future article. Now, let us take a look at the scenery techniques I used to build the Tall Timber Railroad. There are several books written about scenery, as well as many magazine articles that have also covered the topic over the years. With that in mind, I will share with you the techniques I used to apply the scenery on the Tall Timber Railroad. Preparation and Plaster Application All of my scenery materials came from Woodland Scenics. I have used their products for years with the same consistent results. Even if I go back and re-create an The future home of the town’s freight station is pictured as the first layers of additional scene, or add a new section to the plastering have begun. Woodland Scenics Foam Risers are used for both track layout, Woodland Scenics material will and the town’s roads. blend right in again. All of their products are listed on their online catalog at www.wood- For the larger hills and mountains I used just going to cover the Styrofoam method I landscenics.com layers of Styrofoam glued together with used. Begin by building the base for large For the small hills I used wadded up their Foam Tack Glue. Since the newspaper hills and mountains by using Styrofoam. I newspaper held in place with masking tape. is for the most part self-explanatory, I am cut and molded the Styrofoam with the

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A panoramic view of the Tall Timber Railroad as plastering is more then 75% completed.

Woodland Scenics Styrofoam Hot Knife and ranging in size from a few inches to a few applied the pigments by using a Woodland Hot Wire Foam Cutter. These tools work feet. You can visit their website at Scenics Scenic Sprayer and by brushing in very quickly once they have reached their www.bragdonent.com for more information. specific areas to further highlight the rock operating temperature. A word of caution: To make these larger castings, mix the castings. the blades can get very hot and retain heat Hydrocal plaster and pour it into the mold. for a long time after use, so be careful. As soon as I filled the mold, I brushed a Ground Foam and Covering After you have shaped and molded the hills layer of wet plaster onto the surface area For the forest floor I mixed several or mountains, add a layer or two of their that I wanted to apply the mold to. When the Woodland Scenic ground foam products plaster cloth. Next, apply a layer of their plaster begins to set, lift the mold up and together in a box and then put the mixture Lightweight Hydrocal Plaster to add addi- hold it in place until the plaster completely back into the sifting containers. The basic tional strength to the plaster cloth. Once this sets. Wait about 20 minutes from this point “recipe” for my mixture is as follows: layer has completely dried you have a few before removing the mold. You can overlap � One part each of Blended Turf Green, options depending on the final results that each new section with different molds to Blended Turf Earth, Fine Turf Burnt you wish to achieve. create some dramatic rock carvings and out- Grass, Green Grass 1 For small hills, you can apply Woodland croppings. Continue this process until you � /2 part each of Clump Foliage, Burnt, Scenics Mold-A-Scene Plaster to add the have completed your mountain area. Allow Clump Foliage, Light, Clump Foliage final textured finish. I applied this using an the plaster to fully cure overnight before Medium, Clump Foliage, Clump Foliage inexpensive paintbrush from my local hard- adding colors and pigments. I used Wood- Dark 1 ware store. The working time for the Mold- land Scenics Earth Colors Liquid Pigment to � /4 part Bushes Light Green, Bushes A-Scene Plaster is much longer than its color all of my plaster. I mixed several col- Medium Green, Bushes Dark Green 1 fast-setting counterpart. ors and stored them in one-gallon containers � /8 part of Static Grass Flock For the larger mountains, I used six dif- so I could maintain consistent coloring dur- I applied a base coat of earth covering to ferent rubber molds from Bragdon Enter- ing my plastering. I used several different the foam for smaller areas, and painted an prises. They have a huge selection of molds colors to create different shades and colors. I earth colored paint, which I obtained from

Over 100 trees create the realistic forest setting on the Tall Timber Railroad. You can see just how thick this forest looks as buildings become barely visible deep inside the This is the future home of Devil’s Gate Bridge. The photo forest. The foreground trees are Sage Brush armatures shows the end result of using rubber molds during the with Woodland Scenics Foliage and Blended Turf. The back- casting process. ground pines are from K&S Scenery.

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A kitbashed MDC HO Shay and a scratchbuilt Class A Climax pass each other in a scene that was done with a day’s work on the Tall Timber Rail- road. Notice how thick the vegetation is and the layers of ground cover.

look that I wanted to achieve. This section of the layout is very visible, and I wanted very detailed trees to complement the scene. For these tall pine trees, I went to Canyon Creek Scenics. After visiting their website at www.canyoncreekscenics.com, I called and spoke to Peter Vassler. He suggested what I should use for the scene and promptly shipped my order. Again I was both pleased with the professional packing and service that I received. They have ready-made trees as well as tree kits to fit within your budget. For the bulk of the rest of my pine trees, I went to K&S Scenery Products. Their trees vary from several inches to two feet in height. Some of the trees have armatures and some do not. The ones without armatures are used as the background trees. You can visit their website at www.treegirl.com. They have a huge selection of trees. They also have different shades of pine trees, so I ordered different shades for a blended forest look. They supply trees to several local hobby shops as well. I called and spoke to Rod Jensen and again explained my needs as well as the idea of a train traveling through an aspen grove from the forest to the town. I thought that this would make a nice transition from the deep forest to the town. Rod suggested that 12 tall aspens would accomplish the task. Within a few days I received yet another professionally packaged order at my door. Next, I used the tall pine trees from The Shay creeps across the side of Devil’s Gate Canyon while it maintains a very Woodland Scenics. In comparison to the cautious speed of only 5 mph. The finished canyon and cliff are pictured here. other tall pines, these trees are the smallest of the pines on the Tall Timber Railroad. my local hardware store, for the larger foam Railroad. I used trees from four different These trees are used in the background to board areas. When this dried, I sprinkled a manufactures as well as making some of my represent younger trees. These trees are liberal coating of my forest floor mixture own. The result was a large variation of available as kits or as ready to assemble. over this area. Next, I sprayed Woodland trees, just like the real world. Some of the Finally, I made several tall trees and dead Scenics Scenic Cement over the entire mix- tall pines are a scale 96' or an actual 24" tall. trees from sagebrush. Dead trees are a great ture to set it in place. Finally, I scattered It all depended on what I was trying to addition to any forest and are so often over- their Dead Fall in different locations achieve. In the town of Beaver Creek, there looked. I used select sagebrush branches that throughout the forest floor. is a small Aspen Grove of trees both at the I acquired in the woods for the trunks of For tall field grass, I used Woodland edge of town and near the backdrop just in these dead trees. For living trees, I used the Scenics Field Grass. I secured the field grass front of the photos that represent the town same type of armature with Fine Leaf Foliage in place using their Scenic Glue. After the homes. For these, I used aspen trees from from Woodland Scenics as the foliage mater- glue fully cured, I trimmed it to the desired Photo Quality Trees. They have a huge ial. I trimmed the sagebrush so it would have height with a small pair of scissors. Person- selection of trees on their website at some natural branches for a base. Next I ally, I think this is a simple effect that is so http://photoqualitytrees.com. I spoke to both glued the Fine Leaf Foliage to the sage often overlooked on model railroads. Phil and Marina at Photo Quality Trees and branches. For other variations I sprinkled explained to them the look that I was trying some Woodland Scenics Fine Blended Turf Trees to achieve. I took Phil’s recommendations on the tree foliage. I also did the same to the Trees also vary in size and height as they for his aspens. I received them in the mail, sage branches to simulate moss. Then, I grow older. Because of this, I have several and they where professionally packaged. sprayed some Scenic Spray Adhesive to different types of trees on the Tall Timber For the logger’s camp, I had yet another secure the turf onto the foliage branches.

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Woodland Scenics ground foam is applied in layers.

Heisler #3 makes its way through the aspen grove on its way back home. The aspens are from K&S Scenery.

The town of Beaver Creek has a fall appearance with aspens from Photo Quality Trees embellishing the town.

Tall Pines from K&S Scenery surround the town of Beaver Creek. Roads and Pathways I used Woodland Scenics soil turf or a mixture of soil and earth turf for the pathways throughout the Tall Timber Railroad. Attention to this little added detail creates realism to the model railroad. I have pathways leading to outhouses, back and sides of buildings and structures, and even pathways in the woods. For the roads in and around the town I used gray colored, granite crusher fines that were left over from my garden railroad. I sifted the crusher fines through a hand-held flour sifter. The fine, almost dust- like granite was then spread over the road base and glued in place using the scenic cement. Well, there you have it, a brief explanation of how I did the scenery for the Tall Timber Railroad. Be sure to continue to join in as we cover bridges and water features in the next installment of Tall Pines from Canyon Creek Scenics dwarf the small log- “The Tall Timber Railroad — A 9' x 12' On30 Railroad You Can ging camp on the outskirts of the town. Build.”

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Prototypes-for-Models �FREIGHTCAROLOGY Triple Crown Services (TCS) With Prototypes for Durango Press HO, Bowser HO and deLuxe Innovations N Scale Models Part 2A: The 53-Footers by David G. Casdorph

Photos by the author

TCSZ 460081 was pretty different looking when it first appeared in service. The new length along with the “split-axle” highway wheels brought Triple Crown Services into a new era of technology. Photographed in August 1992.

TCSZ 460136 during August 1993 near St. Louis, Missouri. Note the large Triple Crown lettering, small “Service” and the NS logo at the rear.

Here is a detail of the spread-axle arrangement. Both terms (“spread- axle” and “split-axle”) are commonly used.

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TCSZ 460310 in May 1995 as the final unit of a RoadRailer® train. The forward location of the axles on this design makes the trailer look even longer. Note the two rod door-bars.

TCSZ 461185 photographed in Bethlehem, PA, during 2005. This is a plate- wall-design trailer with 19 stiffeners. The number and pattern of tie-down This view of TCSZ 461242 cups becomes notable at this point. This one has 12 per side in two rows shows the front of the trailer of six each. Tare weight 16,600 lbs. with its respective marking locations.

The unit ID on the side of TCSZ 461464 is located in the lower left near the doors (diagonal opposite on the other side).

A rear view TCSZ 461464 show- ing the doors. There are only four sets of hinges per door. The left door appears to be a replacement door.

The interior front wall of TCSZ 461464. Of interest is The floor of TCSZ 461464 with three rows of wood the shortened height wood board. planking.

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TCSZ 461560 was photographed near St. Louis during August 1993. The addition of the Conrail logo appears with this series (461000-461912). Tare weight 16,300 lbs.

Detail of the logos on TCSZ 461712. Notice the open part of the Conrail logo is toward the front.

The door area of TCSZ 461712. Notice the different arrangement of the unit ID number. The Triple Crown Services appears bolder, and there is no NS logo pre- The front of TCSZ 461712 with a nearly identical sent. arrangement as TCSZ 461242.

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TCSZ 461712 is one of the “Ultralights” having a tare weight of 15,600 lbs. and using aluminum crossmembers (as opposed to steel).

TCSZ 461796 at Bethlehem, PA, is seen here in the summer 2005. Notice the much smaller NS, Conrail and Triple Crown Service logos. Tare weight 16,100 lbs. This unit reverts back to having the steel crossmembers.

Detail of the smaller Triple Crown Services logo on TCSZ 461895.

TCSZ 461895 is another 16,100-lb. unit with steel crossmembers. It is seen here in the summer of 2005 at Bethlehem, PA.

Acknowledgements I wish to thank John L. Becker for his time, knowledge and assistance with the technical details of this article. Additional References Eric Neubauer has published an e-book, Triple Crown Services 2005. The book includes a roster and numerous photos along with technical information. Details are available at: http://www.enter.net/~eaneubauer/books.htm

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DIESEL DETAIL �CLOSE-UP Wisconsin Central (WC) EMD GP30 HO Scale Models by Bachmann Spectrum® and Proto 2000 by Walthers N Scale Model by Atlas by Rich Picariello Photos from the author’s collection; photo credits as indicated

he Prototype GP30: EMD introduced 28 22 40 28 6 33 Tthe 2,250-hp GP30 in 1961. By the end of production in 1963, 907 had been built. The first GP30s (called Phase I by railfans) had equal-width cab sides. Union Pacific specified that on their orders, they wanted a cab large enough to seat a brakeman behind photo Michael Hoff the fireman. EMD elongated the cab on the left side only. This modification (called Phase II by railfans) was applied to all further GP30 production. Some railroads ordered their units without dynamic brakes. Several railroad’s GP30s rode on trade-in AAR Type B trucks. The GP30s delivered to C&NW and Soo Line did not have dynamic brakes. Union Pacific owned the only cab- 37 35 16 37 8 less GP30 B units. Fond du Lac, WI; May 1991. The original Wisconsin Central was a subsidiary of the Soo Line. The new Wis- As of mid 1995, all had been retired. ally inaccurate and some were poor runners. consin Central Ltd. started-up on 10/11/87 The Scale Model GP30: Bachmann has Paint and Decal Notes: WC units were and operated on former Milwaukee Road a GP30 in its SpectrumTM line and also once painted in WC maroon with wide bands of and Soo Line routes in Wisconsin, Illinois marketed a less detailed GP30 in their regu- WC Cream. Steps and the step kickplates and Michigan. The WC was merged into the lar line. The body shell on both models is were aluminum. The handrails were maroon Canadian National on October 9, 2001. based on the original Lionel HO GP30 tool- with white at the step areas. The under- WC had a total of 20 GP30s. Road num- ing. Their “DCC On Board” series GP30 frame, trucks and fuel tank were black. bers 700, 703, 704, 706-713, 715-719 and comes equipped with a Bachmann E-Z A model decorated for WC was once 721 were ex-Soo Line GP30s that all rode Command® DCC decoder. Proto 2000 by offered by Proto 2000 in HO scale. on Alco AAR Type B trucks. WC road num- Walthers* has offered models of both the Microscale offers a separate decal set with bers 2251-2253 came from the Fox River Phase I and II versions. the 30” wide striping that would alleviate the Valley (FRV road numbers 814-820). FRV An N scale model is offered by Atlas (made need to paint these bands. The yellow contin- had acquired these three units from the in China). Atlas once offered GP30s made for uous sill stripes or the dashed sill delineators Chicago & Northwestern (same road num- them by Roco and later by Kato. Earlier GP30 are available from most decals makers. bers as FRV). None of the 20 WC GP30s models imported by AHM, PMI and Arnold * Life-Like is now owned by Walthers; they have were equipped with dynamic brakes as evi- (all made by Lima) are no longer available. dropped the Life-Like name from most of the denced by the lack of grilles on the fairing. These models were in most cases dimension- former Life-Like product lines.

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Wisconsin Central GP30 Detail Parts for HO Scale: OM 9702 Spare-knuckle holder (brass) 4.10/2 1 - DW 139 Air filter 1.00/set 36 - CF 196 Speed recorder (brass) 4.95/4 2 - CF 221 Air horn (brass)* 5.95 ea. DA 2807 Speed recorder (delrin) 1.75/4 DW 190 Air horn (brass)* 3.25 ea. DW 284 Speed recorder (metal) 1.95/2 3 - CC 2155 Air tanks, 15" (plastic)* 3.95/2 37 - AT 34028 Truck sideframes, GE B 6.00/4 DA 3201 Air tanks, 15" (plastic)* 2.25/2 38 - CC 2052 Underframe/step light (plastic) 2.95/6 DW 204 Air tanks, 15" (metal)* 2.05/2 CF 112 Underframe/step light (brass) 2.95/2 4 - CF 239 All-weather window, small (brass) 9.95/2 DW 172 Underframe/step light (metal) 1.25/8 DA 2301 All-weather window, small (plastic) 1.50/2 39 - AL 29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 2.95/8 OM 9716 All-weather window, small (brass) 8.35/2 CF 314 Windshield wipers (etched brass) 3.95/4 5 - OM 9711 All-weather window, large (brass) 8.35/2 CS 517 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.50/4 6 - CF 113 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 4.95/2 ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.00/4 DA 1805 Antenna, firecracker (plastic) 1.25/6 PSC 3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 OM 9050 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 3.35/2 UP 94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) 2.00/4 DW 157 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.95/5 UP 97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 7 - CS 430 Bell, underframe (brass) 3.10/2 40 - DA 2014 Winterization hatch (plastic) 2.00 ea. DA 1202 Bell, underframe (plastic) 1.00/2 DW 212 Winterization hatch (metal) 1.50 ea. DW 127 Bell, underframe (metal) 1.25/2 OM 9771 Winterization hatch (brass) 7.75 ea. KT 963010 Bell, underframe (brass) 1.75 ea. 8 - DA 2809 Brake-cylinder air line 1.50/4 Detail Parts for N Scale: 9 - DW 132 Brake ratchet* 1.00 ea. 1 - ME NF5 Air filter 2.50/set PSC 39082 Brake ratchet* 1.50/2 2 - JNJ 113 Air horn, 3-chime* 3.50/4 10 - AL 29220 Chain, 27 lpi 3.95/12" 3 - SE 15346 Air tanks* 1.85/2 ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet 4 - JNJ 21 All-weather window, 2-pane 3.00/2 DA 2210 Chain, blackened 2.25/12" 5 - JNJ 37 All-weather window, 3-pane 3.00/2 LB 325-120 Chain 2.49/12" 6 - JNJ 178 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 3.00/2 ME C6 Chain 2.00 ME NA4 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.70 ea. PSC 48237 Chain 2.75/10" SE 15453 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 2.00/4 11 -DA 1019 Classification lights 1.25/8 7 - JNJ 117 Bell, underframe (metal) 3.00/4 MV 300 Classification lenses, clear 2.00/4 ME NB8 Bell, underframe (brass) 1.70 ea. 12 - DA 2212 Coupler lift bar 3.50/10 SE 15351 Bell, underframe (metal) 1.85/3 OM 9151 Coupler lift bar 2.50/2 10 - AL 29219 Chain, 40 lpi 3.95/12" 13 - CF 293 Ditchlight, deck mount (brass) 4.95/2 ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet DW 228 Ditchlight (metal) 2.95/2 DA 2210 Chain, 40 lpi 2.25/12" 14 - DA 229 Ditchlight w/bulbs 2.95/2 LB 325-121 Chain, 40 lpi 2.49/12" 15 - OM 9171 Door handle w/lock (brass) 1.85/2 ME C5 Chain, 42 lpi 2.00 PSC 3998 Door handle (plastic) 1.50/6 12 - BLMA 13 Coupler lift bar 3.00/2 16 - DW 305 Drain & vent pipes 2.50/5 13 - SE 15613 Ditchlight 2.25/4 17 - DA 1402 Drop step* 1.50/2 14 - SE 15626 Ditchlight w/bracket 2.25/4 18 - CC 1706 Fan, 36"* 10.50/3 16 - SE 15309 Drain pipe, EMD 2.00/4 19 - CC 1701 Fan, 48" 10.50/3 17 - DA 8206 Drop step, EMD 1.00/2 DA 2004 Fan, 48" flat (plastic)* 2.75/4 JNJ 188 Drop step, EMD 3.50/2 DW 144 Fan, 48" flat (plastic)* 1.25/3 18 - JNJ 104 Fan, 36"* 3.00/2 OM 9216 Fan, 48" flat w/blades (brass)* 5.25 ea. 19 - JNJ 105 Fan, 48"* 3.00/2 SV 140 Fan, 48" flat w/blades (plastic)* 7.95/3 21 - BLMA 59 Grabirons, 15" 5.75/20 20 - DA 3101 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (plastic) 1.00/6 JNJ 395 Grabirons, 15", w/drill template 3.00/18 OM 9251 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (brass) 1.75 ea. 22 - BLMA 93 Grabiron, curved 4.75/3 21 - AL 29100 Grabiron (formed wire) 4.25/50 27 - BLMA 69 Hose, air line (plastic) 4.75/24 CS 509 Grabiron (formed wire) 2.50/20 PSC 6704 Hose, air line (brass) 2.75/6 DA 2202 Grabiron (formed wire) 2.50/24 PSC 6705 Hose, air line (plastic) 2.75/24 UP 54 Grabiron (cast brass) 5.95/12 28 - ASM 0101 Lift lugs/eyebolts/U-bolts (etched brass) 8.29/set 22 - DA 2217 Grabiron, curved 1.50/3 JNJ 16 Lift rings 3.00/16 23 - SV 6 Handrail set, Bachmann/Lionel GP30 15.95/set SE 153000 Lift rings (photo-etched) 3.25/36 24 - DA 1024 Headlight, front w/visors, vert. 1.00/2 29 - JNJ 14 MU hoses 3.00/12 25 - DA 1003 Headlight, rear 1.00/2 SE 15550 MU hoses 3.95/4 26 - MV 22 Headlight lenses 1.15/4 31 - DA 8211 Plow 1.25 ea. 27 - CS 227 Hose, air line (brass) 2.35/4 SE 15207 Plow 2.00 ea. DA 6206 Hose, air line (delrin) 1.25/6 SR 603 Plow 5.00/2 DW 267 Hose, air line 1.25/2 KT 934020 Plow 1.00 ea. 28 - CS 190-501 Lift rings 2.50/20 35 - SE 15371 Spare-knuckle holder 2.00/3 DA 2206 Lift rings 3.00/24 36 - SE 15499 Speed recorder 3.00/3 29 - CF 257 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.95/4 38 - BLMA 97 Underframe/step light 4.50/40 DA 1508 MU hoses, individual (delrin) 2.00/16 39 - JNJ 31 Windshield wipers, EMD 3.00/9 DW 266 MU hoses, 3/bracket (metal) 3.50/4 BLMA 96 Windshield wipers (etched metal) 4.50/set OM 9350 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.35/4 ME NW1 Windshield wipers 3.33/4 30 - DA 1503 MU stand, single 1.25/2 40 - JNJ 107 Winterization hatch 3.00 ea. 31 - DW 206 Plow (metal) 1.95 ea. The following parts must be fabricated by the modeler: KT 965040 Plow 1.00 ea. A— Sliding window cover — make from thin styrene. 32 - OM 9551 Plow, no doors (brass) 10.85 ea. B — Underframe piping — make from various sizes of wire. 33 - DA 3002 Sand-fill hatch* 1.00/4 DW 201 Sand-fill hatch* 1.25/4 * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the listed HO or N 34 - CC 1103 Short hood, 81"* 6.95 ea. scale models; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the discretion of the 35 - DW 196 Spare-knuckle holder (metal) 1.00/2 modeler.

Paints MODELflex: Decals Floquil: 1601 Engine Black HO Scale: 110010 Engine Black 130010 (spray can) 1602 Reefer White Microscale 87-533 110011 Reefer White 130011 (spray can) 1671 WC Maroon 87-534 30” wide band striping 110280 WC Gold 1672 WC Cream N Scale: 110282 WC Maroon Polly Scale: Microscale 60-533 414113 Reefer White 60-534 30” wide band striping 414290 Engine Black 414200 WC Maroon

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MODEL RAILROADING’S DEALER DIRECTORY

LOS ANGELES (CULVER CITY) COLORADO SPRINGS SARASOTA CHICAGO MASON CITY WARREN ALLIED MODEL TRAINS TRAIN SHOWCASE GULF COAST MODEL RAILROAD CHICAGO TRAIN COMPANY EAST SIDE TRAINS TUCKERS HOBBIES ALABAMA 4411 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD. 38 S. SIERRA MADRE 3222 CLARK ROAD 1922 W. IRVING PARK ROAD 1631 4TH ST SW-SUITE 122 29 BACON ST.. 90230 FAX 310-313-9365 (IN OLD RIO CRANDE STATION) 34231 941-923-9303 60613 312-929-4152 50401 641-423-1748 01083 413-436-5318 BIRMINGHAM (HOMEWOOD) 310-313-9353 80903 719-471-1887 TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS HOMEWOOD TOY & HOBBY DES PLAINES 2830 S. 18TH ST. LAKEWOOD DENVER TALLAHASSEE DES PLAINES HOBBIES 53209 205-879-3986 HOBBY WAREHOUSE CABOOSE HOBBIES THE HOBBY CABOOSE 1468 LEE ST. KANSAS MICHIGAN 4105 E. SOUTH ST. 500 S. BROADWAY 1000-24 W. THARPE ST. 60018 847-297-2118 MONTGOMERY 90712 562-531-1413 80209 303-777-6766 32303 850-385-9728 COLOMA UNCLE AL’S HOBBIES www.caboosehobbies.com ELGIN TOPEKA J & W MODEL TRAINS 6017 E. SHIRLEY LANE LODI B & G TRAIN WORLD FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES 6450 BECHT RD E 36117 334-277-1715 RODGER’S RAILROAD JUNCTION ENGLEWOOD 829 WALNUT AVE. 2023 SW GAGE BLVD. 49038-9546 616-468-5586 105 S. SACRAMENTO ST NISSEN TRAINS & HOBBIES GEORGIA 60120 847-888-2646 66604 913-272-5772 PELHAM 95240 209-334-5623 1835 W. BAKER AVE. FAX 847-888-2711 FLINT OAK MTN. HOBBIES & TOYS 80110 303-922-5765 ATLANTA (KENNESAW) WICHITA RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP OF FLINT 2659 PELHAM PRKWY [email protected] TRAINS & HOBBIES INC. LA GRANGE ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES 2061 S. LINDEN ROAD 35124 205-685-8980 NAPA 2844 S. MAIN ST. LA GRANGE HOBBY CENTER INC. 2745 BOULEVARD PLAZA 48532 810-720-2500 FAX 205-685-8981 LOOSE CABOOSE FORT COLLINS 30144 770-528-0990 25 S. LAGRANGE RD. 67211 316-685-6608 FAX 810-720-2505 820-A THIRD ST HOBBY TOWN 770-528-0910 60525 708-354-1220 94559 707-258-1222 4348 S. COLLEGE AVE. FAX 707-258-1294 80525 970-226-3900 DULUTH LIBERTYVILLE FRASER ALASKA www.loosecaboose.com TRAIN MASTER MODELS DESTINATION HOBBY CENTER KENTUCKY P & D HOBBY SHOP GREELEY 3570 BUFORD HIGHWAY 261 PETERSON RD 31280 GROESSBECK HWY. NORTH HOLLYWOOD DON’S HOBBIES 30096 770-622-1611 60048 847-247-8787 LOUISVILLE 48026 586-296-6116 THE ROUNDHOUSE 815 10TH STREET Open Tues. - Sun. 11:00AM to 7:00PM SCALE REPRODUCTIONS, INC. 12804 VICTORY BLVD. 80631 970-353-3115 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE GRAND RAPIDS ARIZONA 91606 818-769-0403 KENNESAW MARION 40220 502-459-5849 HOBBY WORLD WESTMINSTER HOBBY TOWN USA CHUCK’S DEPOT 2851 CLYDE PARK SW MESA ORANGE MIZELL TRAINS INC. 840 W. BARRETT PKWY., 1913 W. RENDELMAN. 49509 616-538-6130 ROY’S TRAIN WORLD FRANK’S HOBBY SHOP 3051 WEST 74TH AVE. SUITE 650 62959 618-993-9179 1033 S. COUNTRY CLUB DR. 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. 80030 303-429-4811 30144 770-426-8800 FAX 618-993-9179 LOUISIANA GRAND RAPIDS 85210 480-833-4353 92667 714-639-9901 [email protected] RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP LAWENCEVILLE BROUSSARD 2055 28TH ST. SE PHOENIX PASADENA LEGACY STATION MUNDELEIN RON’S MODEL RAILROAD 49508 616-247-9933 AN AFFAIR WITH TRAINS THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP CONNECTICUT 251-F HURRICANE SHOALS RD RON’S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES SHOP 2615 W. BETHANY HOME RD . 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. 30045 770-339-7780 431 N. LAKE ST. 106 E. MAIN STREET SAGINAW 85017-2105 602-249-3781 91107 626-796-7791 BRANFORD FAX 770-339-4417 60060 708-949-8680 70518 318-837-3799 ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER INC OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, BRANFORD HOBBIES 5620 STATE RD CALL FOR HOURS REDDING 609 W. MAIN ST. MACON PEORIA 48603-3680 517-790-0080 TRAIN DEPOT WEST MAIN HOBBYTOWN USA MIKE’S SCALE RAIL 517-790-0358 2354 RAILROAD AVE. 06405 203-488-9865 34634 PRESIDENTIAL PWKY. 3008 N STERLING AVE. NTHMAINE 96001 916-243-1360 SUITE H 61604 309-689-0656 SHELBY TOWNSHIP (DETROIT) ARKANSAS CANAAN 31206 912-474-0061 “I NEVER MET A HOBBY GREAT LAKES HOBBY & TRAIN ROSEVILLE BERKSHIRE HILLS HOBBY SUPPLY SKOKIE SHOP 46660 VAN DYKE JACKSONVILLE RAILROAD HOBBIES 93 MAIN ST. RIVERDALE NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND I DID NOT LIKE.” 48317 810-323-1300 HOBBY SHACK 119 VERNON ST. 06018 860-824-0527 RIVERDALE STATION COLLECTORS GALLERY WILL ROGERS 1200 JOHN HARDEN DR 95678 916-782-6067 6632 HWY. 85 4901 OAKTON ST. ST. CLAIR SHORES 72076 501-982-6836 COLLINSVILLE RIVERDALE PLAZA 60077 847-673-4849 WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS SACRAMENTO HOBBY SHOP OF COLLINSVILLE 30274 770-991-6085 MARYLAND 21714 HARPER AVE. MULBERRY BRUCE’S TRAIN SHOP 105 MAIN ST. SPRINGFIELD 48080 313-771-6770 DAVE’S HOBBIES & 2752 MARCONI AVENUE 06022 860-693-9459 ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES 95821 916-485-5288 IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 2448 S. 10TH ST. BALTIMORE TAYLOR 9026 WHITE OAK RD POSTAL SACRAMENTO’S LARGEST TRAIN MANCHESTER FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 62703 217-523-0265 M B KLEIN, INC. RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP BOX B STORE NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY 162 N. GAY ST. 22661 NORTHLINE RD. 72947 479-997-2230 - THE TRAIN EXCHANGE SAVANNAH (INCLUDES MAIL ORDER) 48180 734-287-7405 SAN DIEGO (LA MESA) 71 HILLIARD ST. BULL STREET STATION 21202 410-539-6207 VAN BUREN REEDS HOBBY 06040 860-646-0610 151 BULL ST. www.modeltrainstuff.com WESTLAND DAVE’S HOBBIES & COLLECTIBLES 8039 LA MESA BLVD. www.nehobby.com 31402 912-236-4344 INDIANA DAVE’S HOBBY & TV 600 MAIN ST 91941 619-464-1672 1-800-611-8521 COLLEGE PARK 29026 WARREN RD. 72956 479-471-0750 DAILY 10-7 SAT 10-5 SUN 12-4 OLD LYME INDIANAPOLIS BURRETT HOBBIES 48185 313-422-4464 www.daveswebshop.com HOBBY CENTER ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS N GAUGE TRAIN SHOP 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE. SAN DIEGO 151-3A BOSTON POST ROAD IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 4759 N. POST RD. 20740 301-982-5032 WESTLAND THE WHISTLE STOP 06731 860-434-5309 FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 46226 317-898-4883 NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY 3834 4TH AVE. KENSINGTON 35101 FORD RD. CALIFORNIA 92103 619-295-7340 WOLCOTT MERRILLVILLE JUNEBERRY & SONS 48185 313-722-5700 THE HOBBY GALLERY HOBBYTOWN - MERRILLVILLE TRAIN & HOBBIES ALBANY SAN FRANCISCO 1810 MERIDEN RD. ILLINOIS 1858 E 80TH AVE 10527 SUMMIT AVE. YPSILIANTI KIT & CABOODLE FRANCISCAN HOBBIES 06716 203-879-2316 46410-5734 219-736-0255 20895 301-564-9360 RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP 425 SAN PABLO AVE 1920-A OCEAN AVE. 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Serv (Pt.5) FC Containers — OCLU to SCIU National Rib-side Trailer SF SF LO APRIL 1996 JUNE/JULY 1999 LO Model CG SD7 #201 Freelancing! C&W Power (Pt.2) BNSF Fall River Div (HO) DD Rocky Mtn Line Revisited (HO) SF SF ® SF MAY 1996 MP PAs SF GP 40: (Pt.2: CN and C&O) Microsoft Train Simulator SOU F3s of the ‘50s (Pt.2) FC RML “Mini-Humanity” Contest BTS SF SF JUNE-SEP 96 – SOLD OUT GERSCO’s Boxcars (Pt.3) SF Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.2) DCC (Pt.27): Lenz Software, Modeling Gravel Roads LO DCC (Pt.23): New for 2000? OT SF OCTOBER 1996 New River Valley RR (HO) SF More Benefits of Duck-Under Digitrax Hardware + Updates GP 40: (Pt.21: UP) SF Model SAL “Florida Geep” RS3 SF SF NOVEMBER 1996 30 Mile Point (Pt.3) (N) SF OCT/NOV 00 GP 40: (Pt.11: MKT) Build Pass Serv Facilities (Pt.2) SF GP 20: (Pt.3: CB&Q) DD BTS OT DECEMBER 1996 Alco PAs: (Pt.5: LV, MKT & MP) SF Great Northern GP30 History of our Fair City On the Beam (Gotta’ Dance) SF J. 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(Pt.2) SF SOU/NS GP30 Proto/History Chronicle of an NTRAK Module Kitbash Model ATSF PS2-CD Hoppers SF SF SF JULY 1998 - SOLD OUT AUG/SEP 1999 SF Model SOU/NS Hi-Nose GP30s Modeling N&W GP40 (HO) Modeling Asphalt Roads (Pt.B) DD P2K Moore & Co. Warehouse SF SF SF AUGUST 1998 Western Maryland GP35 SF GP 40: (Pt.4: GO, NJT, Amtrak) Scratchbuilt SP Cab-forwards (O) GP 40: (Pt.23: WP) FC Plastics Cars (Pt.2) Model Bullnose Kenworth BTS SF Model PRR F3 (EH-15) A-B-A (G) OT More Railroading in 3-D SEPTEMBER 1998 BTS Finale for Chupadera Loop(Pt.4) DD Lehigh Valley RS11 MMI Athearn 20’ Cont. Chassis (Pt.2) “Back to the Future” OT Fine Scale Ops: JWRR Style SF Proto PRR EMD F3 (and F5) SEPTEMBER 02 OT FC 1998 Intermodal Expo Report LO Bear River Lumber Co. (HO) Ballasting the Turnout Switch DEC 00/JAN 01 SF GP 40: (Pt.13: Conrail) DD CP Rail SD40-2 MMI SP Golden Pig (Accurail 45’ Van) SF Modeling C&NW SD9s APR/MAY 00 DD BNSF SW15 BTS A Bridge Spanning Time FC Containers — SEAU to SLHT DD LO Buffalo Ridge (N) SF Alco PAs: (Pt.7: NH) Santa Fe SD40-2 “Snoot Nose” FC Containers — CSVU to EISU OT Transition Curves LO A Modest Proposal (HO) FC SF DCC (Pt.16): Mobile Decoders SF Modeling Prototype Scenes Containers — ACLU to AVLU LO Roger Miller’s CB&Q (HO) NOVEMBER 01 SF Steel??? (for benchwork) MMI SF Early SDs: (Pt.12: PRR, PC/CR) SF DCC (Pt.21): Getting Into N ABF/Carolina 28’ Monon SF PLANS: CP Banff Station DD MKT SD40-2 SF Recessed Fascia Controls SF PRR/MILW Composite Gons (N) BTS A Closure for Chupadera Freight Pup #86878 SF Model UP SD40-2 Snoot #3406 FC Containers — KMTU to KSCU SF A Trio of Scenic Inserts SF Kitbash SAL Phase-1 GP9 OT Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.3) LO Utah Northern (HO) SF St. Paul Coal Mine Diorama (Pt.1) LO Badger Creek Lumber Updated SF Model Concrete Roads (Pt.A) SF Early Intermodal: Interurbans SEP/OCT 1999 SF SOU (S&A/CG) GP35s (Pt.2) SF DCC (Pt.26): Atlas Master SF Model SAL SDP35 1111 (Pt.1) SF GP 40: (Pt.24: GP40X) BTS Gran Quivera Revisited DD CB&Q F3A Ph.II & F3B SF SOU SD40TH-2 Tunnel Motor DCC/Soundtraxx Decoders SF Modeling ATSF PS2-CD (Pt.1) SF Great Lakes Freighter (HO) OT Bridging the Gap FC IC/ICG/IC Boxcars SF Crossing Signals for DCC SF GP 40: (Pt.5: Rock Island) SF GP 40: (Pt.14: NdeM, N&W) OT Railroading in 3-D (cont’d) OCTOBER 1998 MMI Spine Cars (Pt.5a):TRN 53’ A-P SF Anatomy of a Grade Crossing BTS Finale for Chupadera Loop (Pt.5) BTS It’s a Start OCTOBER 02 DD Illinois Central GP9 LO Trip on the KS&N (HO) SF Flatcar Loads OT Fine Scale Ops: JWRR Style — OT Transition Curves DD L&N FP7 FC Enclosed Autorack Evolution SF Modeling SOU Extended- SF GP 20: (Pt.5: NYC, PC, Conrail) Switching Crew Conductor DECEMBER 01 FC Containers — SMLU to TFLU MMI Spine Cars (Pt.3): All-Purpose Height Offset Twin Hoppers BTS Vilsousterrs: Overall Scheme JAN/FEB 01 DD ATSF EMC FT A&B LO Badger Creek Lumber Co. (HO) LO Old Colony Railroad (HO) SF Alco PAs: (Pt.8: PRR & SP) OT Ballasting Turnout Switch (Pt.2) DD MILW GP40 FC Contemporary NSC Cov. Hoppers SF Six Mill Cars SF Early SDs: (Pt.13: P&W/W&P, SF Painless Rivets MAY/JUNE 00 FC Containers — EKLU to FRSU LO Coal Valley BNSF (HO) SF Model IC’s LaSalle Engine House RMCo, Soo) SF Building Swanson Holler DD SL-SF (Frisco) GP35 MMI Transamerica Dist. Serv (Pt.1) SF Model SAL SDP35 1111 (Pt.2) SF Model Concrete Roads (Pt.B) SF Kato Thru-Truss Bridge (N) BTS Cleaning Up the Act FC Containers — BARU to CATU LO Jim Powers’ C&S (On3) SF Modeling ATSF PS2-CD (Pt.2) SF Alco S-1: (Pt.1: Introduction) SF Model PC RS11 OT Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.4) MMI ABF & Carolina Converter Dollies SF Ins & Outs of Amherst SF GP 40: (Pt.15: RF&P, SLR) OT Railroading in 3-D (cont’d) SF Model SOU U23B OCT/NOV 1999 LO Jeff Skinner’s SP (HO) SF St. Paul Coal Mine Diorama (Pt.2) BTS A Second Beginning NOVEMBER 02 BTS Can’t See the Forest... 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Tsunami Steam IS here! YOUR TREK PLAN FOR THE WEEKEND… SoundTraxx Tsunami Steam sound units � are in stock and shipping. Diesel Tsunami may be shipping by the time you read this. These are 1 amp units, suitable for most HO. Each unit has a variety of whistles and tons of background sounds. MSRP is $99.95. Our price is $ 79.96 each. TSU101 Light Steam TSU104 D&RG K-Class TSU102 Medium Steam TSU116 D&RG C-Class TSU103 Heavy Steam TSU120 Light Logging You think you've heard good model railroading sound, right? Wait till you hear a Tsunami… Quite plainly, there simply isn't any other sound ALABAMA CONNECTICUT unit on the market, at any price, that comes close to the realistic clarity of the Tsunami…period. FAIRHOPE � 14th Annual Model Train Show. Mar. FAIRFIELD � Station Stop ’06 Housatonic Model With newly available technology, the Tsunami 18-19. 9AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Fairhope sports 16 bit audio processing, playable whistle*, Railway Club Train Show. Mar. 12. 10AM-4PM. Fair- reverb, load sensitive exhaust and rod clank, and a Kindergarten Center, 100 S. Church St. $2, children field Ludlowe High School, 785 Unquowa Rd. Info: whole host of others improvements. free with paid adult, active duty military, police, and Housatonic Model RR Club, PO Box 234, Fairfield, CT *Only Digitrax & NCE have a pressure sensitive whistle button for tones. firefighters free. Info: Herb Kern, 6405 Magnolia Place 06824, (203) 259-9592, www.housatonicmr.org. Ct. S. Mobile, AL 36695, (251) 660-1659, dxlndkern@ P.O. Box 88 • Wesley, AR 72773 • (877) 832-6463 WALLINGFORD � aol.com. Classic Shows Train Show. Feb. "The" Specialist 12. 9AM-2PM. Zandri’s Stillwood Inn, 1074 S. Colony TUSCUMBIA � Shoals Model RRers Inc. All Scales For DCC information, log Rd. US Rte. 5, Exit 13 on I-91. $4, under 12 free. Info: onto www.LoysToys.com. Or, club. Tues. 6PM. SOU Ry. Depot, 5th & Water Sts. Classic Shows LLC, PO Box 2415, Shelton, CT 06484, Info: Neal Jeter, (256) 757-5687 or George Walker, order our 240+ pg "Info" pack; (203) 926-1327, www.classicshowsllc.com. $2 on CD ROM or $8 printed. (256) 766-5073, [email protected]. Non-U.S add $2 (Canada $1). ARIZONA DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Add $2 for credit card orders. WASHINGTON D.C. � PHOENIX � NMRA Arizona Div. Spring Meet. Mar. World’s Greatest Hobby On 4. 9AM-4PM. 1st Southern Baptist Church, 3100 W. Tour. Feb. 11-12. 10AM-6PM Sat. 10AM-5PM Sun. Camelback. $7, $3 under 21 & NMRA member, free if Dulles Expo Center. $9, under 16 free. Info: joining NMRA/PSR at meet. Info: Rick Wheeler, 62451 www.wghshow.com. E. Amberwood, Tucson, AZ 85739 (520) 818-1547. FLORIDA CALIFORNIA LAKE WALES � Historic Lake Wales Society & New DVD! ANAHEIM � Orange County Model RRers meeting. Model RR Club 8th Annual Show. Feb. 11. 9AM-3PM. 2nd Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Anaheim Hardman Rec. Complex, Seminole & 3rd St. $5, under Public Library, corner of Harbor & Broadway. Info: 12 free. Info: Frank Brosius, 16 Pine Ridge Dr., Lake Steve Tibbetts, [email protected], (714) 843-1820. Wales, FL 33853, (863) 696-2897. BAKERSFIELD � Golden Empire Historical & Mod- LARGO � Suncoast Model RR Club is accepting new eling Society Annual Show. Jan. 14-15. 10AM-5PM members. 12355 62nd St. N. Ste. A. Info: (727) 523-1860. Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Kern County Fair, 1142 S. P St. PALMETTO � $6, under 12 free. Info: Doug Wagner, 14008 Tierra Sarasota Model RR Club Show. Feb. Blanca Ave., Bakersfield, CA 93314, (661) 331-6695, 18-19. 10AM-4PM Sat. 10AM-3PM Sun. Manatee [email protected]. Civic Center, 1 Haben Blvd. $6, kids with parents free. Info: Dan Cioffi, (941) 758-3602. CROCKETT � Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club’s N Ninety-year-old classic Baldwin 2-8-2 scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. GEORGIA steaming from McCloud to Burney. Pacific depot has openings for new members. Wed. � 10AM-3PM & 7PM-9PM, Sat. 10AM-4PM. Depot on ALBANY The Flint River Model RR Club of Cab rides, run-bys, interviews, more. Rolph St. next to the SP mainline, 900 Loring Ave., Albany 15th Annual Train Show. Jan. 14-15. Knights of $19.95 plus s/h. 800-564-1066 or Crockett, CA. Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill Columbus, 2009 Gillionville Rd. $4, 12-18 $2, under 12 www.steamschool.net View Lane, Pinole, CA 94564, (510) 758-9310. free. Info: Jimmy Swann (229) 883-3517. LOS ANGELES � East Valley Lines N-Scale Model ATLANTA � Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st RR Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. 11AM-3PM. Trav- Tues. of each month, 7:30PM. Church of the Atone- eltown, Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors, P.O. ment, 945 High Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Box 5732, Glendale, CA 91301 (213) 662-8339. Leake, (404) 262-2969. SAN DIEGO � San Diego Model RR Museum Toy ATLANTA (TUCKER) � Piedmont Division Monthly Train & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Tues-Fri Meeting. 2nd Tuesday each month, 7PM. Elks Lodge, 11AM-4PM, Weekends 11AM-5PM. Free Tuesday 1775 Montreal Rd, Tucker. Map at www.piedmont- Casa De Balboa Bldg. in Balboa Park, 1649 El Prado. div.org. Free. Info: Gary Jarabek, 3330 Old Wagon Rd., Win Me!!! $4, discounts for students/seniors/military ID, under 15 Marietta, GA 30062, (770) 509-6941, gjarabek@mind- free. Info: Beth Cain, San Diego Model RR Museum, spring.com. 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 696-0199. MARIETTA � SANTA CLARA � Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Soci- O Scale West Annual Show. Feb. ety of Ferroequinologists & field trips. 2nd Fri. of each 2-4. Westin Hotel. Info: Rod Miller, O Scale West, 876 month, 7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell St. Free. Boyce Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301-3003, Info: Robert Hunt, (770) 428-3864 or Larry Smith, www.oscalewest.com. (404) 926-0739. For details go to COLORADO SAVANNAH � Coastal Rail Buffs 17th Annual Train www.aztectrains.com AURORA � 26th Annual Buckingham Square Train Show. Jan. 14-15. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Aztec Manufacturing Show. Feb. 18-20. 10AM-6PM Sat. 11AM-5PM Sun. 1248 Eisenhower Dr. National Guard Armory. $4, $3 2701 Conestoga Dr., #113 * * Carson City, NV 89706 10AM-6PM Mon. Buckingham Square, Mississippi & seniors & students, under 12 & military free. Info: Ken Mfg. Company (775) 883-3327 phone Havana Streets. Free. Info: Steve Mann (720) 870-6761 Huffman, (912) 927-4976, www.coastalrailbuffs.com, (775) 883-3357 fax or Bill Johnson (303) 750-9230. [email protected]. [email protected]

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ILLINOIS CHICAGO � Great Midwest Train Show. Mar. 12. 9:30AM-3PM. Dupage County Fairgrounds. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greatmidwesttrainshow.com. PEORIA � Illinois Valley Div. NMRA Meet. Mar. 12. 1PM. Remax Center. $2, under 12 free. Info: Jim Carrow, (815) 223-2527. INDIANA FT. WAYNE � Maumee Valley RR Club Show & Swap. Feb. 11. 9AM-2PM. Coliseum Bingo, 911 W. Washington Center Rd. $3, under 12 free. Info: Chuck White, PO Box 162, Leo, IN 46765, (260) 760-1666, [email protected]. NOBLESVILLE � NMRA, Midwest Region, Central Indiana Div. Show. Jan. 29. 10AM-4PM. Hamilton County 4H Expo Center, 2003 Pleasant St. $5, under 12 free. Info: Tom Cain, 6383 Dover Rd., Indianapolis, IN 46220, (317) 475-7834. RICHMOND � Bill Hime Memorial All Train Flea Market. Feb. 19. 10AM-3PM. National Guard Armory, 1200 W. Main. $3, under 12 free. Info: Larry Zeller, 4646 W. US Rt. 36, Piqua, OH 45356, (937) 773-7186. SOUTH BEND � St. Joe Valley Model RR Club of South Bend is now accepting new members. 400 S. Main St., Mishawaka. Info: David Korkhouse, (574) 272-6436. SOUTH BEND � St. Joe Valley Model RR Club of South Bend Show. Mar. 19. 10AM-3PM. South Bend Elks Lodge, 3535 E. McKinley Ave. $4, $8/family. Info: David Korkhouse, (574) 272-6436. KENTUCKY LOUISVILLE � Greenberg’s Train, Toy, & Hobby Show. Jan 29-30. 10AM-4PM. Kentucky International Convention Center, 221 Fourth Ave. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. MARYLAND FREDERICK � Frederick County Society of Model Engineers Open House. Jan. 8, 15, 22, 29. 1PM-4PM. 423 E. Patrick St. Donations accepted. Info: Tom Fedor, (301) 696-9662, [email protected]. TIMONIUM � Great Scale Model Train and All American Hi-Rail Show. Feb. 4-5. 9AM-4PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Maryland State Fairgrounds, 2 miles north of the Baltimore Beltway, exit 17E. $7, under 12 free, $14 family. Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder SurfingSurfing Hill Rd., Columbia, MD 21045, [email protected], www.gsmts.com. thethe MASSACHUSETTS AUBURN � Worcester Model RR’rs Inc. Annual WWeb?eb? Show. Feb. 26. 10AM-4PM. Auburn Elks Club, 754 Southbridge St. $4, under 12 free. Info: Ralph Kim- ball, (508) 755-1873, [email protected], www.wmrr.org. MICHIGAN DETROIT � Redford Model RR Club Trainorama Extra 2006. Mar. 19. 10AM-4PM. Livonia Community www.modelrailroadingmag.com On Line Now! Center, 15100 Hubbard. $4, under 12 free. Info: Steve Johnson, c/o Redford Model RR Club, PO Box 40225, Start a Subscription Redford, MI 48240, (313) 565-1027, trax2000b@ yahoo.com. Find Back Issues HOLLAND � Holland Modular RR Club American Red Cross Train Show. Mar. 25-26. 10AM-4PM. Order Books American Red Cross Ottawa County Chapter, 270 James St. $3 donation, $2 seniors, $6/family. Info: Cruise Our Links Page Steven Van De Wal, (616) 395-4055, www.holland- modularrrclub.org.

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SAGINAW � Saginaw Valley RR Hist. Society 26th Annual RR Show. Mar. 26. 10AM-4PM. Knights of Columbus Hall, 2280 Williamson Rd. $2.50, $2 students & seniors, under 10 free. Info: Saginaw Railway Museum, 900 Maple St. PO Box 20454, Saginaw, MI 48602-0454, (989) 790-7994. SALINE � 36th Annual Ann Arbor Model RR Show. Feb. 18-19. 10AM-4PM Sat. 10AM-3PM Sun. Saline High School, 7190 N. Maple Rd. $5, under 10 free. Info: (734) 426-5100. MINNESOTA MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL � World’s Greatest Hobby On Tour. Feb. 25-26. 10AM-6PM Sat. 10AM- 5PM Sun. Saint Paul River Centre. $9, under 16 free. Info: www.wghshow.com. MISSOURI JOPLIN � Museum Complex Train Show & Swap Meet. Mar. 25. 8AM-3PM. Schifferdecker Park, 7th St. & Schifferdecker between golf course and pool. $3, under 12 free. Info: Rick Gardner, 11486 Cty. Ln. 214, Oronogo, MO 64855, (417) 673-4888, rickgardner@ sofnet.com. NEBRASKA LINCOLN � Lincoln Area Model RR Club & Museum Spring Show. Feb. 18-19. 9AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Nebraska State Fair Grounds Agri- cultural Hall. $5, under 12 free. Info: Charles Buswell, 2749 California Ct., Lincoln, NE 68510, (402) 475- 0600, [email protected]. NEW JERSEY From the “Dean” of Heavy Industry Modeling BROOKLAWN � Gateway Model RR Club Annual ...Dean Freytag Open House. Jan. 14-15. 10AM-4PM. 100 E. Brown- ing Rd. $2 donation. Info: Nicky Caccavo, 8 Forrest Dr., Turnersville, NJ 08012, (215) 514-6591. Dean Freytag’s second book,The Cyclopedia of Industrial Modeling,follows on the heels of BROOKLAWN � Great Brooklawn Scale Train his first book,published through Walthers,on the Steel Mill industry,and the subsequent Meet. Jan. 15. 10AM-3PM. American Legion Post 72, release of a number of highly popular industrial kits. Railroad Ave. $4, under 12 free. Info: Bill Powell, 306 Broad St., Williamstown, NJ 08094-1122, (856) 728- The Cyclopedia of Industrial Modeling offers the reader a complete how-to guide for 1327. assembling various components and building industrial equipment suitable for added NEW MEXICO atmosphere and detail on a model railroad. Also included are several chapters on building specific pieces of rolling stock appropriate for steel mills! BELEN � Belen Model RR Club Open House. Tues- Sat, 12:30PM-3:30PM. Belen Harvey House Museum, • 96 pages • 100% Color! • 1st & Becker Sts. Donations accepted. Info: Jon S. • Available now • Sem, 1845 Ash Dr. SW, Los Lunas, NM 87031, (505) • Soft cover • 565-1639 (before 9 PM), [email protected]. • Retail $31.95 • LAS CRUCES � Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO Meets. Third Thurs. each month, 7PM. Thomas Bran- nigan Memorial Library, Spruce Ave. & N. Main St. HIGHLANDS STATION, INC. • 2600 S. PARKER RD. SUITE 1-211 • AURORA, CO 80014 Info: Mike Hallock, 1941 Poplar Ave., Las Cruces, PHONE 888-338-1700 • FAX 303-338-1949 • WWW.MODELRAILROADINGMAG.COM NM 88001. NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE � Land ‘O’ Sky Model RR Club Annual Show. Mar. 3-4. 12PM-7PM Fri. 10AM-6PM Sat. Asheville Civic Center (Lower Level) Downtown on Hayward St. $5, under 16 free. Info: Fred Coleman, (828) 699-0983, [email protected]. NEW BERN � Carolina Coastal RR’rs 11th Annual Train Show. Mar. 11-12. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. New Bern High School, 4200 Academic Dr. $6, under 12 free. Info: Joseph T. Hofmann, 601 Tyndall Lane, New Bern, NC 28562, (252) 638-8872, south- [email protected]. WILMINGTON � Cape Fear Model RR Club’s 9th Annual Show. Jan. 28-29. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM- 4PM Sun. American Legion Post 10, 720 Pine Grove Dr. $4, $2 children, under 5 free. Info: Ben Jackson, (910) 270-2696 or Phil Bernard, (910) 371-9595.

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OHIO SALT LAKE CITY � World’s Greatest Hobby On Tour. Jan. 21-22. 10AM-6PM Sat. 10AM-5PM Sun. � COLUMBUS Central Ohio Model RR Club is South Towne Expo Center. $9, under 16 free. Info: looking for members. Meets Tues. 7PM-10PM. 2234 www.wghshow.com. Wilson Rd. Info: Bob Chapman, (614) 214-0990. VIRGINIA DAYTON � All Trains Swap Meet. Jan. 15. 11AM- 4PM. Montgomery County Fairgrounds, 1043 S. Main. PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY � Prince William Info: 4646 W. US Rt. 36, Piqua, OH 45356, (937) 773- County Model RR Club is seeking new members. 2nd 7186. & 4th Tuesday each month at 7:30PM. Info: Russ WOOSTER � CJ Trains Spring Train Show. Mar. 12. Rusynko, (703) 360-9310 www.pwmrc.org. 10AM-4PM. Greenbriar Conference and Party Centre, WASHINGTON 50 Riffel Rd. $3, under 12 free, $25 dealer table. Info: Jon Ulbright, 941 Buchholz Dr., Wooster, OH 44691, SPOKANE � River City Modelers Train Show. Feb. (330) 262-7488, [email protected]. 19. 9:30AM-3:30PM. Spokane Community College, Lair Bldg, NE Corner Mission & Greene St. $5, $3 11- OREGON 16, under 10 free. Info: Bob & Shirley Sample, PO PORTLAND � Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway Box 314, Elk, WA 99009, (509) 292-8332, shirleysam- Historical Society Swap Meet. Jan. 21. 10AM-3PM. [email protected]. Holiday Inn-Portland Airport Convention Center, 8439 WISCONSIN NE Columbia Blvd. $3, under 12 free. Info: Bruce Bar- ney, (503) 257-8855, [email protected]. LA CROSSE � The Great Tri-State Rail Sale. Jan. 28. 9AM-3PM. La Crosse Center, 300 Harborview Plaza. ROSEBURG � All Aboard RR Club for All Scales. $3, under 12 free. Info: 4000 Foundation, PO Box 1st & 3rd Sat at 3PM, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7PM. 427 3411, La Crosse, WI 54602, (608) 582-4761. SE Main St. Info: Debi or Kim Wing, (503) 672-0280. MADISON � NMRA Midwest Region South Central PENNSYLVANIA Wisconsin Div. Monthly Meeting. Feb. 6 Mar. 5, Apr. ALLENTOWN � ATMA Spring Thaw Train Meet. 12, May 7. 1PM. Fitchburg Community Center, 5510 Feb. 25-26. 9AM-3PM. Agricultural Hall, Fairgrounds, E. Lacy Rd. Free. Info: Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilltop 17th & Chew St. $6, under 12 free. Info: Bob House, Dr., Madison, WI 53711-1212, (608) 231-1817, 1120 S. Jefferson, Allentown, PA 18103, (610) 821- [email protected]. 7886, www.allentowntrainmeet.com. MADISON � NMRA Midwest Region, South Cen- ELKINS PARK � Cheltenhills Model RR Club Open tral Wisconsin Div. Mad City Model RR Show. Feb. House. Jan. 7-8, 14, 15. 12PM-4PM. Cheltenhills 18-19. 9AM-5PM. Exhibition Hall, Alliant Energy Model RR Club, 8000 Old York Rd. Info: www.chel- Center of Dane County, Rimrock Rd. $8, $7 seniors tenhillsmrr.org. over 64, $2 ages 5-11, under 5 free. Info: Art Dawson, 7201 Century Ave. Middleton, WI 53562, � LEESPORT RCT&HS 3rd Annual Spring Train [email protected]. Meet. Mar. 26. 9AM-3PM. Leesport Farmers Market, Route 61. $4, under 12 free. Info: Dale Miller/Train CANADA Meet, PO Box 15143, Reading, PA 19612-5143, (610) 372-3759. ALBERTA MALVERN � Valley Forge RR Prototype Modelers CALGARY � The Calgary Model RR Society Super- Meet. Mar. 24-26. Desmond Great Valley Hotel & Con- train 2006. Feb. 18-19. 9AM-5PM. Big 4 Bldg. Stam- ference Center. Info: www.phillynmra.org, Paul Back- pede Park. $7, $4 under 12, family $15. Info: Mike enstose, 103 W. Uwchlan Ave. Downingtown, PA Borkristl, (403) 203-1970, supertrain@calgarymodel- 19335, [email protected]. railway.org. PHILADELPHIA � 2006 East Coast Hobby Show. BRITISH COLUMBIA Mar. 10-12. Fort Washington Expo Center. Info: Scott Pressman (800) 252-4757, [email protected], KELOWNA � Kelowna Model RR’rs Train Show. www.hobbyshow.com. Mar. 4. 10AM-3PM. Laurel Packing House, 1304 Ellis St. Donations accepted, under 13 free. Info: Willy TEXAS Kowalchuk (250) 860-9084, [email protected]. HOUSTON � San Jacinto Model RR Club & Texas ONTARIO Gulf Div. of the NMRA Show. Feb. 11. 11AM-6PM. Stafford Center, 10505 Cash Rd. $5, under 16 free. COBOURG � 11th Annual Cobourg Model Train Info: Steve Sandifer, [email protected]. Show. Mar. 4. 10AM-4PM. Cobourg Lions Community Centre, 157 Elgin St. E. $4, $3 seniors, $1 kids. Info: LONGVIEW � Junction & East Texas Train Society Ted Rafuse, (905) 372-8375, [email protected]. Show. Mar. 4-5. 10AM-6PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Longview Exhibition Bldg. Maude Cobb Convention HAMILTON � Intl. Div. NFR/NMRA Narrow Gauge Center, Jaycee Dr. off Hwy. 31. $6, under 12 free. Info: Day. Mar. 4. 9:30AM-5PM. Westdale United Church, Homer Fleischer, (903) 753-9512. 99 North Oval. $5. Info: Harvey McIntyre, #53-1 Royal Ct., Stoney Creek, ON L8E 4Y2, (905) 643- PLANO � 21st Annual Dallas Area Train Show. Jan. 8420, [email protected]. 14-15. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Plano Cen- tre, 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy. $7, under 12 free. KITCHENER � Kitchener Model Train Show. Mar. Info: Bart Bartholomew, 6403 Duffield Dr. Dallas, TX 26. 10AM-3PM. Bingemans, 425 Bingemans Centre 75248, (972) 733-4998, www.dfwtrainshows.com. Dr. $4, under 12 free. Info: Ian Ward, PO Box 951, Simcoe, ON N3Y 5B3, (519) 426-8875, toyshow@ UTAH kwic.com. OGDEN � 17th Annual Hostler’s Model RR Festival. PARIS � Paris Junction Model Train Show. Jan. 15. Mar. 3-5. 5PM-9PM Fri. 9:30AM-6PM Sat. 9:30AM- 10AM-4PM. Paris Fairgrounds, Silver St. $3, WOD 4PM Sun. Union Station, 25th & Wall Ave. Info: Mike Member $2. Info: Gord King, 51 Newport Lane, Pt. Murphy, 752 W. 4375 S. Riverdale, UT 84405, (801) Dover, ON N0A 1N7, (519) 583-0975, sln@cable- 394-4952. rocket.com.

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920-31742 Union Pacific Elegant Engines to Power Your Finest Trains HO Scale EMD E8 Diesels • Look Great with Walthers • Available With or Without Factory- • A-B Sets with Sound & DCC Heavyweight or Streamlined Cars Installed Sound & DCC $325 Each • Heavy Diecast Chassis Sound can be operated with a standard • A Units Only with Sound & DCC • DC Motor with 5-Pole Skew-Wound DC power pack as well as DCC $255 Each Armature controllers. Sound features in the A • A-B Sets without Sound & DCC unit include: Dual Diesel Engine Sounds, • Precisely Meshed Worm Gear & Spur $225 Each Horn, Bell, Squealing Brakes, Doppler Teeth for Silent Running Effect, Air Let Off (in neutral), Headlight, • A Units Only without Sound & DCC • Operating Mars Light as Appropriate and Trailer which mutes whistle and bell $155 Each • LED Directional Headlights for double heading. • Limited Availability • Magnetic Knuckle Couplers

BALTIMORE & OHIO* 920-31731 #1437 & #2147 - Sound & DCC 920-31732 #1436 & #2418 - Sound & DCC 920-31733 #1433 & #2414 - Standard DC PENNSYLVANIA ATLANTIC COAST LINE* 920-31734 #1435 & #2415 - Standard DC 920-31713 #5701 - Sound & DCC 920-31714 #5768 - Sound & DCC 920-31701 #547 - Sound & DCC 920-31702 #548 - Sound & DCC ILLINOIS CENTRAL 920-31715 #5700 - Standard DC 920-31716 #5765 - Standard DC 920-31703 #545 - Standard DC 920-31704 #546 - Standard DC 920-31735 #4035 & #2100 - Sound & DCC ROCK ISLAND 920-31736 #4039 & #4105 - Sound & DCC 920-31717 #650 - Sound & DCC 920-31718 #655 - Sound & DCC 920-31737 #4020 & #4107 - Standard DC 920-31719 #644 - Standard DC 920-31720 #645 - Standard DC 920-31738 #4027 & #4108 - Standard DC UNION PACIFIC† 920-31739 #925 & #925B - Sound & DCC ERIE 920-31740 #939 & #939B - Sound & DCC 920-31705 #827 - Sound & DCC 920-31706 #830 - Sound & DCC 920-31741 #900 & #900B - Standard DC 920-31707 #821 - Standard DC 920-31708 #822 - Standard DC SEABOARD AIR LINE* 920-31742 #930 & #930B - Standard DC 920-31721 #3057 - Sound & DCC 920-31722 #3058 - Sound & DCC UNDECORATED 920-31723 #3053 - Standard DC 920-31724 #3054 - Standard DC 920-31729 - Sound & DCC 920-31730 - Standard DC

NEW YORK CENTRAL* 920-31709 #4066 - Sound & DCC 920-31710 #4068 - Sound & DCC SOUTHERN PACIFIC† 920-31711 #4088 - Standard DC 920-31712 #4089 - Standard DC 920-31725 #6046 - Sound & DCC 920-31726 #6047 - Sound & DCC 920-31727 #6018 - Standard DC 920-31728 #6050 - Standard DC

Can’t find a hobby shop near you? Call 1-800-4TRAINS (1-800-487-2467) or visit walthers.com *CSX Proprietary marks used by permission of CSX Transportation, Inc. †Union Pacific licensed product. Preproduction models shown; some details may vary. ©2005 Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. PG 70 NOV 05 MRG 1/10/06 2:36 PM Page 70

ATLASHOSCALE - Gondolas! Hobby Shows! Hoppers!

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For the 2006 Atlas Winter/Spring HO & N Scale Locomotive & Freight Car Catalog, please send $5 ($7 outside the US) to the address shown below. ATLAS MODEL RAILROAD CO. • 378 Florence Avenue • Hillside, NJ 07205 • www.atlasrr.com

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Amtrak P40PH Amtrak P42 Phase III Amtrak P42 Phase IV Amtrak P42 Phase V

Item # Description MSRP 106-6201 F40PH Phase III #333+339 Set $190.00 176-6101 F40PH Phase III #342 95.00 106-3510 Superliner Phase II 4-Car Set A 100.00 106-3511 Superliner Phase II 4-Car Set B 100.00 106-3512 Smoothside Baggage Phase I 2-Car Set 45.00

Item # Description MSRP 106-6101 P42 Phase III, 2-Car Set $196.00* 176-6001 P42 Phase III 98.00* 106-3501 Superliner Phase III, 4-Car Set A 100.00* 106-6102 P42 Phase IV, 2-Car Set 200.00* 106-3502 Superliner Phase III, 4-Car Set B 100.00* 176-6005 P42 Phase IV #22 98.00 106-3503 Material Handling Car Phase III, 2-Car Set 40.00* 176-6006 P42 Phase IV #121 98.00 106-3504 Superliner Phase IV, 4-Car Set A 100.00* 106-6103 P42 Phase V #123+134 Set 210.00** 106-3505 Superliner Phase IV, 4-Car Set B 100.00* 176-6004 P42 Phase V #62 105.00** 106-3506 Material Handling Car Phase IV 2-Car Set 40.00* **Set A includes Coach, Coach-Baggage, Sleeper and Diner **Set B includes Coach, Coach, Sleeper and Lounge **Expected in February 2006 with new road number. For more information . . . www.katousa.com **Amtrak licensed product. **Price subject to change without notice. KATO U.S.A., INC. · 100 Remington Road · Schaumburg, IL 60173

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Rio Grande Southern #1 Item No. 82399

long with the Great Depression, the Rio Grande On30 Scale 1:20.3 Scale DCC Ready A MSRP: $325.00 Shipping Now Southern faced natural disaster as well when a mudslide MSRP: $145.00 cut the railroad into two pieces. Struggling to remain Shipping Now financially solvent in the face of these difficulties, the Painted Unlettered – Red & Black Rio Grande Southern #1 Item No. 82394 RGS developed Motor Car #1 as a cost-effective solution Item No. 29133 Greenbrier & Big Run Lumber Co. to severely reduced passenger, freight, and US Mail traffic. (Green) Item No. 29157 Painted Unlettered – Silver & Black Based on the replica of Rio Grande Southern Motor #1 Item No. 82395 Pocahontas Lumber Co. that resides in Colorado’s Ridgeway Railroad Museum, (Yellow & Black) Item No. 29160 Bachmann delivers whimsy and realism in two narrow Painted Unlettered – Black Midwest Quarry and Mining Co. (Black) ® Item No. 82396 gauge scales with these anticipated Spectrum models. Item No. 29161

Features include: Colorado Mining Co. (Silver & Black; shown) Item No. 29162 • powered by realistic drive-shaft Painted Unlettered - Yellow & Black Item No. 82397 • die-cast frame, bed, and hood Little River Logging Co. (Red & Black) • LED headlights Item No. 29163 • full interior with seats and instrument panel Painted Unlettered (Grey) Item No. 29199 Painted Unlettered – Green & Black Item No. 82398