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VOLUME 24 NUMBER6
Photo by Larry Puckett
FEATURES
16 ESQUIMALT & NANAIMO RAILWAY VICTORIA CAR SHOP (AND SERVICE FACILITIES) by Patrick Lawson
20 VIRGINIAN TRAIN MASTERS: A FAMILY TRADITION by Larry J. Pucket!
26 MODELING THE VIRGINIAN TRAIN MASTER by Larry J. Pucket!
32 BEHIND THE SCENES: LAYOUT FASCIA AND FRONT DROPS by Margaret Mansfield
35 FREIGHTCAROLOGY: THE FREIGHT CARS OF GOLDEN WEST SERVICE by David G. Casdorph
40 FRED KASER'S WILLAMETTEVALLEY & WESTERN - On2 NARROW GAUGE IN WESTERN OREGON by Bob Regal
43 MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL: J. B. HUNT'S INTERMODAL SERVICE by John L. Becker and David G. Casdorph
46 SHORTLINE ADVENTURES:THE DELTA ROUTE - THE COLUMBUS AND GREENVILLE RAILROAD PART IV - TODAY'S RAILROAD by Larry Smith, MMR
50 A FEW FREELANCED FLATS: SIMPLE PROJECTS THAT ADD VARIETY by Dean Freytag
52 ON TRACK: LOWERING ATHEARN TRAILER FLATS by Jim Mansfield
53 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE·UP, CONRAIL SD60M by Rich Picariello
56 THE N ROCK PRIMER by Scot! Seekins
58 MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL: BN AMERlCA "SERVICE BY DESIGN" EXAMINING THE PROTOTYPE - PART I by David A. Bontrager
DEPARTMENTS
4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 14 YOUR TREK PLAN 68 DEALER DIRECTORY
5 EDITORIAL 48 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 72 SHOPPING GUIDE
6 NEW PRODUCTS 66 SOCIETY PAGE 78 CLASSIFlEDS
9 PRODUCT REVIEWS 67 VIDEO REVIEW 78 ADVERTISER INDEX
ABOUT THE COVER Regardless of the scale you model in, scenery plays one of the most important roles in creating a prololypical layouL Starting on page 56, Scon Seekins shows how to make realistic rocks like these on the Twin City N Club. Photo by Gerald GIISla!SOIl, INSET: Fred Kaser's 0112 Willamettc Valley & Western is just one or the many layouts that will be on tour at this year's NMRA Convention in Portland, August 15·20. Photo by Joe Fugale. TO THE ED ITO R
PRR H43c Still in Service enough, or was that JUS! my 27" TV screen not taking it all in? Several seconds of silence when demo of scenicking those hills could have been Dear Mr. Teichmoeller: better taken up with close-ups \ike YOll did of the DPMs. 1 have enjoyed your articles on PRR hoppers immensely, in particular Well anyway I thoroughly enjoyed my 45 minutes of the show - too your article on the H43s in the March '94 issue of Model Rai/Jvadiflg. bad one wasn't made up of doing some basic wiring techniques! I have enclosed a photograph which may be of interest to you. It is of a Have a good railroading summer. PRR H43c taken on April 6, 1994, in Meadville, PA. It appears to be in Joe L. Walker regular revenue service, and [ believe the number is 230384. I had noticed in your March article that you slated you would be surprised if any H43s Redlands, CA were still arollnd in PRR lettering. Needless to say, I was pleasantly surprised by this find. I found this car while on one of my trips through the (Although I \\las (l guest 011 the sho\ll, I cal1', take allY credit for the program. It is rhe braillchild o/producer Charlie SlI1irh. MallY PBS s{(lIiom· Meadville Yard as I was en route to my home from Erie, PA. after a business trip. Please note that it still has the snubbers on the trucks to the arollnd the cOlllltry have or plan to broadensllltispilol program so check with your local PBS slarioll to see \IIhen, or if, it \IIill be aired ill your area. sill, leading me to believe it is an H43c. -Ralldy)
Producer's Response
Dear Randy: I appreciated the opportunity 10 read Mr. Joe Walker's letter of April 4th ...you can rest assured that his points will be incorporated into the upcoming series. We are currently raising funds to be able to complete a 13-show package of half-hour programs that we hope will be carried by PBS stations ... While we did not originally plan to offer the pilot program for sale, we have had several requests so we are making VHS copies available for $25.00 (check or money order), which includes shipping and handling. Our address is HOBBY RAILROADING, P,O, Box 149, Littleton, CO 80160- 0149,. If you are ever in northwest Pennsylvania, I would highly recommend Charles Smith the Meadville, PA, Conrail Yard for viewing and photographing hoppers. Producer Access is easy, it is located directly off SR 322, and there is an industrial HOBBY RAILROADING road which parallels the yard, making photography simple and safe. There are, on a normal day, a considerable number of hoppers in the yard including very good examples of the H39 class either in Conrail or PC Conrail GP40-2 lettering. UnFortunately, I have not seen an H39 in PRR lettering for probably eight years, but one never k.nows. Keep lip the good work, and I look forward to your final installment on Dear Randy, modeling the H43s. I hope you enjoy the photo. and for those of us First I'd like to compliment you and your authors on the fine work you modeling the modern era il is comforting to know we can have a PRR put into this magazine. A special mention for Jim Six and his controversial lettered hopper right behind our SD60Ms decorated for Conrail Quality. In item on weathering in the Conrail GP40-2 article - there isn't a single facl a lash-up of an SD60M, Dash 8-40CW and GPIO was in the yard when detail that I put into any of my models that gets noticed as much as the this photo was taken. weathering I put in - even if it was a bad weathering job! Now I'd like to comment on your editorial "Bombers vs. Boxcars." Gary L. Lasher While pJanning my layout I ran into "prototypical problems." I decided to Summerville, PA model GTW because it runs near my home. but I also wanted mountain (Editor's note: /he number is indeed 230384, which confirms scenery. I decided lhat since in my basement lawn GTW, I could establish Gary's belief a line anywhere I wanted, serving those customers wilh boxcars or Illy that it is WI H43c. -Halldy) liking. There initially was a "heart versus mind" battle, but after freelancing a little bit and finding there was less worry about getting il right, it turned oul to be more enjoyable. With that in mind, perhaps the Hobby Railroading on PBS reader who inspired your editorial can enjoy his passenger cars on his railroad even though Ullioll Pacific didn't need them. Dear Randy: Keep up the greal work. WELL!! Can imagine my surprise - watching on KCET TV, Channel 28 ...last Thursday evening! Two model rails showing the audience model John Urban railroad scenery techniques from track to mountains, to engines and rolling Harper Woods, MJ stock! On page 5 of the March '94 issue is a facsimile of your face. but near the last segment of that Hobby Railroadillg show, we got to see what you really look like! Very good hour's show, Randy!. ..I didn't even know NS Cabeese it was offered via PBS TV . 1 don't recall seeing the program mentioned in any of your magazines. Hi Guys, Whal is the price ortha! show (on VHS)?. Further to Jim Six's article on NS cabeese, specifically C-32Ps. Some of Would suggest one thing in that Hobby Railroading show; use that actual this class are in use on the former Canada Southern line here in Ontario. layout that was shown in the background! That demo diorama wasn't large (Colllilllled 011 page 49.)
4 • Model Railroading June 1994 PUBLISHER Eliza Metzger
EXECUTIVE EDITOR Randall B. Lee
CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Scott Anderson, David A. Bontrager, Patrick Lawson, Jim and Margaret Mansfietd, George Melvin, Rich Picariello, Larry J. Puckett, Jim Six, EDITORIAL Larry E. Smith, W. Terry Stuart
TYPOGRAPHY Kristin Doughty
PROOFREADER Rachael Amos Introducing our New Publisher ADVERTISING/SALES Susan Goggin. Manager his month I'm going to tum my column over to Eliza Metzger, the new Publisher of Model T Railroading magazine and Executive Vice President of Wiesner Publishing. But before I n-lWIESNER do, I'd like 10 share with you my excitement about this new step for Model Railroading. It has L,i,-I PUBLISHING been my pleasure to serve as your editor for nearly four years now, and I'm looking forward to continuing my service to you now that Model Railroading has been acquired by Wiesner Pub President E. Patrick Wiesner lishing. Wiesner is a firm that understands that you, our readers, are our most important asset. Executive Vice President/General Manager And with that understanding comes a desire to make sure that Model Railroading is the magazine Eliza Metzger that YOIl want it to be. Vice President of Operations John A. Bennett You will be able to continue to count on me to bring you a magazine each month that is filled Desktop Systems Manager Donna Pacheco with practical, accurate and useful information about model railroading. My presence is your Circulation Manager Susan Humphrey assurance that Model Railroadillg's editorial direction isn't changing just because its ownership Circulation Database Manager Kay Gengenbach has changed. Circulation Assistant Mike Peterman Controller Jon Rich Accollnting Assistants Karin Greuter, Helen Willsie
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,June 1994 Model Railroading • 5 NEW PROOUCTS • NEW PRODUCTS . NEW PRODUCTS . NEW PRODUCTS THE SANDHOUSE A Product News Column
EdilOr's Note: Please talk to yOllr dealerjirst regarding allY new plVdllc/s. /fYOIi would like additiollal illjormatioll from the manufacture,; please dOli 'rforget to inelude a 1IIIIIIber fell, self-addressed, stamped ellvelope. This will help all cOl/cemed. Thallks.
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Cannon & CompallY. 310 Willow Heights, Aptos, CA 95003. has added the following new items 10 their line of diesel detail parts: • FH-1351 Inertial filter hatches - Phase I 35-linc units • FH-1352 Inertial filter hatches - GP/SD38 • FH-1353 Inertial filter hatches - Phase II 35-line units • FH-1354 Inel1ial filler ha'ches -GP38-2. GPI5-1 andGPI5T • FH- 1355 Inertial filter hatches - Phase n GP39-2 • LN-1107 Recessed brake-wheel sides - Post 1990, 88" low noses Bachmann/lldllstrie.\', IIIC., 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124, Each of the above retails for $2.95/2. will be releasing four Ilew decorated versions plus an "undecorated" ver ® sion of their improved Bachmann Plus 2-8-0 Consolidation sleam engine. Marklill , IIIC., The "undecorated" version will be an unlettered black loco and tender with P.O. Box 51319. a silver smokebox so modelers can add their desired lettering and number 16988 W. Vic'or Rd .. ing. Decorated versions will include UP, B&O, SOLLlilem (green) and West New Berlin, WI ern Maryland. Units feature five-pole skew-wound can motor, worm 5315 1, has intro gear/Oywheel drive, a new idler gearbox, no traction tires and metal chas duced a new Digital sis, wheels and siderods. Glaskasten tank locomotive that is ieltered for the Schwaben District. a border area divided between Wlirttem berg and Bavaria. It was operated by the former German State Railroad Company (ORG). The loco can be operated with Marklin's digital system or on a conventioanl layout. Retail $375.00.
Cooper & Oshtemo Loco Works, P.O. Box 402. Parchment, MI 49004, has added three new cars to their line of custom-painted cars: GN 50' Athearn sliding-door boxcar in Vermillion Red with small gOal herald and billboard-sized Great Northern (#324), MP 40' Athearn boxcar in Boxcar Red with buzz-saw herald and "Route of the Eagles" logo (#1245) and B&O 34' Athearn steel twin-hopper with Capitol herald (#1226). All three feature dry-transfer lettering and are available in several road numbers. Retail $11.95 each plus $3.50 Shipping.
SIll/shine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808, has released a Santa Fe Bx-37 boxcar. The kit introduces the Sunshine series of 10' 6" IH boxcars built to the AAR 1942 design. Sunshine's new series will also include cars or the 1944 design and some 10' IH boxcars. The series will include numerous versions, such as UP cars with ACR sides, CB&Q, C&NW, MP, Alton/GM&O, WP, RI and NP. These cars feature an injec tion-molded plastic roof; the remainder of the kit is gray cast urethane. Eastern Maine Model Railroad Club, IIIC., P.O. Box 252, Brewer, ME Where appropriate etched metal running boards - Apex, Gypsum or Mor 044 12, is offering a McKeen 50' boxcar painted to replicate the Fraser ton - are included. Prices will vary from $26 to $29 (Bx-37 is $26) plus Paper scheme that the Bangor & Aroostook applied to one of its cars. The $3 shipping for up to five kits in the U.S. and $5.60 for two k.its to Canada. car is bl�le with a silver roof and has black and white graphics. Two road numbers are available. Retail $1 1.95 each or $23.00/pair, postpaid. Canadian Microsc(lle Industries, P.O. Box 11950, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, has the orders add $1.00 per car. following decals now available in HO scale:
6 • Model Railroading June 1994 NEW PRODUCTS . NEW PRODUCTS. NEW PRODUCTS . NEW PRODUCTS
• 87-82 1 Lackawanna (DL&W) Passenger Unit Stripes - E, F and Woodland Scenics, � Train Master 1945-'60 P.O. Box 98, Linn Creek, • 87-822 Trailer Train and TTX 48' and 53' All-Purpose Spine Cars MO 65052, has released 1990+ fOllr new styles of cul • 87-823 L&N Locos Gray and Ye llow 1970-'80 verts cast in high-density • 87-824 L&N Loco Stripes Gray & Ye llow 1970-·80 Hydrocal®; concrete, • 87-825 Arizona & California - California Northern Locos 1992+ masonry arch, random • 87-826 BN Gunderson Maxi III Double Stack Car 1990+ stone and timber. They • MC-4101 SP Woodchip Cars Steel Sides 1975+ are sold in pairs and are • MC-4102 Wisconsin Ccnlral- Model Railroader 60th Anniversary suitable for a variety of 50' Boxcar 1993 time eras and geographi These HO scale decals are available for $4.00each. Minicals are $2.00 each. cal locations.
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Bacill1l({lIllllldllSlries, /IIC., 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA [9124, Demonstrator, Simpiot, McCnin, Carnation, Cryo-Trans and Universal will be releasing their new line of Bachmann Plus F7A and B units decorated Frozen Food (#932-8000 to -8006, respectively, $9.98 ea.). for UP, GN, B&O, PRR and NYC; an undecorated version will also be offered. The units will be sold separately and feature: five-pole skew-wound can motor. dual precision-balanced machined-brass flywheels, all-wheel drive and pickup, LED headlight and illuminated numberboards in A unit and chemic'.llly-blackened chassis and NMRA-contour wheels. Bachmann will also be releasing corresponding Bachmann Plus heavyweight cars.
Call1pbell Road, IIIC., P.O. Box 146, Winchester, KY 40392-0146, has released their first new dry-transfer SCI in N scale. Set N-I does ten differ ent cars for L&N (The Old Reliable and Modern slanted L&N) and various Southern fre ight cars. Set includes two 3Y.!" x 8" sheets and retails for $3.50 plus shipping.
Wm . K. Wa lrhers. JIIC •. 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, W1 53218, has released the following new items:
• New River Mining Company (#933-322 1, $29.98) has also been added to their Cornerstone Series®. • Magnuson Models Heavy-Duty Coal Truck (#439-804, $7.98/2).
Microscale Indusrries, P.O. Box 11950, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, has the fo llowing decals now available in N sc.lle:
• 60-821 Lackawanna (DL&W) Passenger Unit Stripes - E, F and Train Master 1945-'60 • 60- 175 Nacionales de Mexico Diesel Hoods • 60-687 Autoracks - SP, Cotton Belt and Rio Grande • 60-822 Trailer Train and TIX 48' and 53' All-Purpose Spine C o Scale Microscale Industries, P.O. Box 11950. Costa Mesa, CA 92627, has the • 48-373 Wisconsin Central - Model Railroader 60th Anniversary 50' rollowing decals now available in 0 scaJe: Boxcar 1993 • 48-366 L&N Locos Gray and Yellow 1973-'80 (2 sheets) These 0 scale decals are available for $4.25 (single sheet) or $7.50 (two • 48-367 Bulldog Trucking 48' Trailer 1990+ sheet set). • 48-368 Knight Transport 48' Trailer 1990+ • 48-369 XTRA Intermodal 45' and 48' Trailers 1993+ Campbell Road, IIIC., P.O. Box 146, Winchester, KY 40392-0146, • 48-370 GN Cab Units Orange and Green Scheme 1945-'60 bas released their first new dry-transfer set in 0 scale. Set OT-I con • 48-371 L&N Loco Stripes Gray and Ye llow 1963-'70 (2 sheets) tains transfers to do an Louisville & Nashville 40' boxcar and a 34' • 48-372 Lackawanna (DL&W) Passenger E and F Unit Stripes 1945- twin-bay hopper. Set includes two 31/2# x 8" sheets and retails for $3.50 '60 (2 sheets) plus shipping. June 1994 Model Railroading • 7 NElN PRODUCTS . NElN PRODUCTS. NElN PRODUCTS . NElN PRODUCTS GScale the locomotive away from the car. A multi-function marker lamp on the roof of the loco indicates the status of the Duo System. No. 21900 nlso includes directional head lamps, four-wheel drive, detailed interior and outside-frame chassis. Bacitlllllllll Indl lstries, II/c ., 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124, has announced the scheduled fall release of a limited-edition Milwaukee Road train set in their Golden Classics line. The set commemorates the 1880 opening of a 36-mile narrow-gauge line known as the Chicago. Belle vue, Cascade & Western which later became part of the Milwaukee Road and was nicknamed the Slim Princess. SCI includes locomotive with smoke and operating headlight, combine and observation cars with battery-pow ered lighting (drumhead included) and full interiors, an oval of track and a power pack. LCB of America , 6444 Nancy Ridge Dr., San Diego, CA 92 121, has introduced a Duo® Sys tem switching locomo tive, the 21900, that includes an electronic device that permits the Marklill®, IlIc. . P.O. Box 51319, 16988 W. Victor Rd., New Berlin, WI locomotive to couple and 53 151, has announced their MAXI line of all-metal toy trains in #1 gauge uncouple cars by remote (J:32 scale). Both European- and American-prototype models will be control. No special wiring offered. A starter set, which includes a European Swabiall tank locomotive. or devices are required, passenger car, low-side car, two figures. an oval of track and a transformer, and it can be used with retails for $329.oo ...a real bargain considering the items would individually any LGB throttle any retail for over $550.00 (3 similar Swabian locomotive retajls for $356.00 where on an LGB layout by itself). which uses LGB's standard hook-and-Ioop couplers. Uncoupling is American-prototype items (pictured) in the MAXI line include the Cen ' accomplished by turningan LGB throule to a position between I and 2 for tral Pacific Mogul ($598.00), passenger car ($165.00) and caboose about two seconds, then turning the throttle to a higher position to move ($135.00). A boxcar (not shown) is also available. Mulli Scale Creative ClIstOI1lCmjt, P.O. Box 237, Edgmont, PA 19028. offers a vari· available for a small upgrade fee, offers improved simulated braking. scale ety of products suitable for model-railroading projects: model loco odometers (trip and cumulative), large speedometer and • The Modeler's Asphalt (flat black) and Super SlUccocrete 2000 (oat accelerometer. advanced calibration mode allowing calibration in both meal color) both come in 16 fl. oz. tubs and retail for $9.99 each. They directions. ability to save trains, new train-slack management simulution are intended to provide a realistic texture and appearance without system and more. They are currently also working on a Windows-compati shrinking, cracking. running or soaking. These water-soluble, nontoxic ble version of 2.0. and odorless compounds dry overnight and have a one-hour working time. TL&HScellics, 6290 Gander Rd. East. Dayton, OH 45424-4167, has • EZ Trees are handmade miniature evergreen and blue spruce trees that released a new sel of roof-top signs that come in kit form and consist of a • Model Railroading .June 1994 • PRODUCT REVIEWS • HO SCALEREVIEW American Model Builders' Laser-Cut Window Inserts for AHM/Rivarossi/IHC Smooth-Side Passenger Cars by Randy Lee Photo by the author or years the AI-IM/Rivarossi/II-IC has been reworked. but in either case F passenger cars have been a the window openings are now slight mainstay of modelers who wanted ly larger than they were on the old prototype-length streamlined passen cars. Since the windows are precise ger equipment. With models based on ly cut for the current. slightly larger specific equipment, some modelers ones, some sanding or filing will be could even get cars that their particu necessary if you are installing win lar road rostered. For example, their dows in an older AI-IMcar. dome, diner and baggage cars are If you aren't sure about your p HO SCALEREVIEW PS-2CD 4,427-cu.-ft. Covered Hopper from Walthers by Jim Mansfield Photo by the author he most distinguishable characteristic The low-slung bulldog posture of this car is a kit to produce a Pullman-Standard low-sidesill T (other than the sometimes bright colors) noticeable diversion from the keen lines of the hopper kept my enjoymenl limited to the proto in a string of modern covered hoppers is the newer long-'n'-Iean sport-dog look of the high type. Well, no longer! Walthers has stepped in, occasional appearance of low-sides ill cars dis sidesill cars prevalent today. This break in the taken control and released a model of a popular turbing the pallern of broad, straight, horizontal pattern is something I have always liked about version of Pulhnan-Standard's laic '50s design lines and the full view of the unloading bays. watching hoppers, but the idea of modifying a for an II-rib, 4,427-cu.-ft. car. This model is .June 1994 Model Railroading • 9 • PRODUCT REVIEWS • equally at home 011 layouts in the era of the ond method requires drilling, but allows car's original build and on layouts of the access to the coupler. Coupler height is presenl limc. about .005 low based on a Kadee coupler Aside from the low-slung appearance, height gauge. This is finc. the masl noticeable detail spotting feature For the purist, the one major flaw of the of this 4,427 car is lhe "missing" two side kit is the inclusion of ribbed-back wheels ribs (also called side slakes and side posts) on the axles! These guys haven't been per side. This departure from the original around for 60 years. The gauging of the design thaI removed the two ribs was a wheelsets was Okay. modification that changed the seams The lettering on the models 1 reviewed between the three bays of the car. (Union Pacific, Cargill, Continental Grain) Those of you familiar with the Athearn is opaque, and the larger leltering (""capy" PS 4,740-cu.-ft. hopper (they call it a "54' data and larger) is sharp. The smaller letter PS 3-bay hopper") will be right at home with ing is slightly thick, but each word can be the Walthers 4,427 model. The assembly is read. The lettering proportions compare almost identical except that the end bulkheads of frame prior to gluing. Also cnsure that the bulk very weB to the prototype. End-of-car reporting the Walthers model are glued in place prior to heads arc centered along the centerline of the marks and numbers are present, but the multitude assembling the body to the frame. Like the 4,740 frame. of wheel dat:'l, etc., that is on the bulkheads of the model, the Walthers 4,427 body is a snap fit onto The mounting holes for the brake details cars is not present on the model. This really is not the frame and does not require gluing. need to be opened using a #57 drill bit. After noticeable during operation. The Walthers kit offers two styles of roof attaching the air cylinder to the B-end bulk As mentioned earlier, the model offered is a hatch covers for the center loading trough. The head, trim the mounting pins where they pass modirication made to the original design. The first style is an older, flat design with long through before final fitting of the bulkhead to original design had the 13 ribs, ten round loading hinges across the cover, while the second is an the frame. In addition, ensure the metal weight hatches and a center walkway. Another modifi Apex design. The choice of which to place on is centered on the frame. I used both Hobsco cation produced a car with the later full-length the model is up to the modeler. The kit also Goo® and CA adhesives. There are no "keep trough for loading, and still with 13 ribs. I will be includes a brake-lever part that allows the piston ers" to hold the weight in place. If the weight doing some detail and modification projects of the brake air cylinder 10 actually attach to comes loose, you will need to open the car and using this Walthers model as a starling place. something (the lack of which was a problem reattach the weighl. The completed car weighs In their 1994 catalog. Walthers lists the three with the Atheurn car). in at 4.7 oz.; the NMRA recommends a weight paint schemes mentioned above plus Burlington The assembly went smoothly once a few pre of 4.5 oz. Northern, Chicago & North Western, Pillsbury liminaries were handled. First, ensure you have Kadee® #5 couplers drop right into the and ADM. A pictorial in the April 1994 MI?G a good ti t between the bulkheads and the frame. pocket. The pocket lid is the pin-press-fit shows some of the other schemes that were This takes a bit of filing. The vertical portion of into-the-boss affair. The lid should be glued in applied to the prototype cars. the bulkheads needs to stand vertically in the place or attached with a #2-56 screw. This sec- The kit lists for $9.98 each. HO SCALE REVIEW Walthers' Cryogenic Reefer by Mark W. Heinz Photos by the author ne of the most ambitious model manufac the Gunderson-built cars owned and operated by opinions of most modelers who have completed O turing and marketing programs in years is finns sllch as Cryo-Trans, Inc., J. R. Simplot one or two of the cars are generally quite COIll currently underway courtesy of Walthers, Inc. A and GATX (General American Transportation). plimentary of the models, mine included. wide variety of railcars, buildings, vehicles and The construction and function of these cars has Indeed, some compromises have been made by :'I ccessories h 10 • Model Railroading June 1994 • PRODUCT REVIEWS • • At right, the A and B ends of Walthers' cryogenic refrigerator cars are painted for GATX's Arcticar® version. The "small tack board" referred to in Walthers' instruction sheet (on B end between brake wheel and tack board) is actually a vent. The car generally replicates the prototype's Two variations of the Cryo-Trans cars sport utes of "touch-up" painting will give them a major dimensions quile faithfully. Although the the aforementioned names, and all three ver more "finished" appearance. model's embody length is accurate, in comparing sions offered by Walthers feature the car's Modelers wishing 10 upgrade the detail level its length over the couplers with the prototype, it reporting marks and numbers painted on the of these cars and perfonn their own painting and is a bit short. This discrepancy could be attrib roof near each end. This feature has been lettering may have 10 wait. Microscale is cur uted to the draft gear being designed for opera quite common on tank cars as well as inter rently working on one decal for these cars which tion rather than prototype appearance. And in modal equipment for several years. A number is to be released as a "mini-cal" set; however, fairness 10 Walthers, I equipped the sample with of the prototype GATX Arcticar® cars from the finn has no plans at this time 10 offer decals Kadee® #5 couplers - the prototype's long the first order have been lettered to reflect for any of the cars recently released by shanked couplers might better be replicated with new lessees such as McCain USA, Inc. This Walthers. If enough interest is expressed by Kadee #26 couplers. A weight is included in the too has been replicated with the McCain-let modelers, decals might be produced at some kit - I added some additional weight 10 the car tered Arcticar model offered by Walthers. future date. using A-Line adhesive-backed weights. Absent from most all of the models, however. Indeed, this model will likely be welcomed An interesting variety of paint schemes is are the warning labels regarding proper car by most modelers of contemporary railroading. offered which covers nearly all of the major liv bon-dioxide filling and venting procedures. In Walthers is to be complimented on the overall eries in which these cars can be viewed at track addition, a bit more paint might have been quality of their model of this unique car. Just as side. Generally, the painting and lettering is weU used on the bottom of the carbody (sidesills), its prototype, the model's size and appearance is done with the colors matching those of the steps and draft gear of the Cryo-Trans ver quite impressive whether sitting on a siding or respective prototypes quite closely. sions to better cover all surfaces. A few min- rolling by in a train. N SCALE REVIEW Walthers' Cryogenic Car by Kent Charles Photos by Randy Lee unless otherwise indicated spotted my first cryogenic (freezing) car in about 75' long and 17' high, my immediate the growing frozen-rood shipping market by I August 1988 while rail fanning the Burling thought was auto parts ...not even close. Gener providing customers with improved service and ton NOrlhern near Essex, Montana. At that al American Transportation Corporation adver competitive rates." Freezing cars and rrozen time, I had no idea what such a large car's lad tises their version of this car, lhe Arcticar«>, as food add up to a new fonn of refrigerator car. ing would be. Based upon the size of the car, follows: "Let Arcticar help you capture more of Walthers has chosen to enter the N scale car August 1988; Essex, MT. Kent Charles photo June 1994 Model Railroading • 11 • PRODUCT REVIEWS • ing ribs are cast on the inside of the car, making this a very sturdy product. Extemal detail is very good, with cast-on ladders and grabirons. The brake wheel is a separate casting with minimal detail. The underframe is a single-piece molding with brake detail cast on. Weight for the car is applied in the form of a Stock Walthers truck with extended thin sheet of steel that is glued to the inside of A piece of styrene, .050 H x .100 0 x width coupler. the underframe. The steel is almost the full of coupler pocket, is added to back of the width and length of the inside body shell. On my #1019 coupler. sample, the weight was not correctly aligned, causing the body shell to sit slightly higher on the frame than designed. This was easily cured by sliding a hobby knife between the weight and the underframe to break the glue bond. I reposi tioned the weight in the center of the undcr frame and applied a small amount of CA. Since my bathroom scale does not measure in less than five-pound increments, I used my tried Hnd trusted method of weighing the car- it "felt" Coupler guide on underframe is designed too light. I added an extra L/4 -0Z. weight over A modified Micro-Trains #1019 coupler to restrict amount of both vertical and each truck. horizontal coupler play. The trucks and Rapido couplers supplied with #1006 truck provides proper height include a design feature I have never seen so the coupler will fit properly within before. The basic truck appears 10 be installed Walthers' coupler guide. market with a somewhat obscure prototype. I with a separate saddle that extends the bolster say Ihis because in July 1991 Cryo�Trans, Inc. and atlaches the Rapido coupler. This arrange Trains coupler, prevents vertical movement and (CRYX), the prototype operator for the model ment avoids the need to design and mold a provides the correct height for coupling to other car reviewed, had a total of 120 cars. Another whole new truck. This extended bolster is lim· cars. paint scheme offered by J. R. Simplo! Com iled in vertical movement by a support hanger The measured scale dimensions of the model pany (1RSX) had 101 cars at the same time. cast into the underframe. were almost exactly the same as specified in the These are not large numbers, considering the I use automated couplers on my cars, so I Official Railway Eql/ipmellt Register for the size of the national freight-car rIeel. Addition immediately set out to change this arrangement. CRYX car. Painting and printing were excellent; ally. no cars matching the exterior design used My first attempt was to use the new Micro almost all of the data was legible and lines were by Walthers are owned or operated by a class I Trains® #1038 trucks with extended bolsters. sharp. 1 counted seven separate colors on the railroad. No luck here, the support hanger (coupler guide) car. This was especially pleasing, considering In their initial advertising for the HO versions is in the way. I considered cutting off the SllP� the extra cost some manufacturers add for each of this car, Walthers slated that the design origi port hanger. but after a little thought. I arrived at additional color. A unique feature of the CRY X nated in 1992; this was subsequently corrected what I think is a beller way. I used a Micro model is the addition of reporting marks printed in published notices which indicated the original Trains # I 0 19 coupler with # 1006 trllcks. To on the roof. I presume these are a prototype fea design dates to 1986. The existence of the 1-10 make these fit, I removed the originul tfucks and ture, which sure makes it easy 10 find this cur on car no doubt explains the selection of this proto� lightly filed down the center post on the under the layout. type in N scale. I speculate that the emergence frame that holds the pin. By trial and error, I As a modem modeler. I welcome this car and of computer�controlled milling machines. used filed until the top of the pin holder was flush plan 10 add several to my layout. I am especially to make the plastic mold, allows easy scaling of with the bOllom of the Micro-Trains truck pleased to see Wm. K. Walthers, Inc., enter the the original design from HO to N. mounted on the coupler. Then I added a builHlp N scale car market. The quality and diversity of The model follows contemporary N scale piece of styrene to the back of a Micro�Trains their product line will enhance our modeling plea molding practices. The body consists of a sin couplcr that was the width of the coupler pocket sure. And by the way. don't forget to look for the gle-piece casting that is slightly thicker than and .050 high x .100 deep. This arrangement R. 1. Frost lee & Storage. a Cornerstone Series® other manufacturers' products. Internalreinforc- allows free side-Io·side movement of the Micro- building that adds adestination for these cars. HO SCALEREVIEW Bachmann "Spectrum" Fairbanks-Morse H16-44 Road Switcher by Rich Picariello Photos by Randy Lee he Fairbanks-Morse 1,600-hp HI6-44 was Locomotive Co.) and 23 for Mexico. All 23 four different carbodies. The phase I body. T produced from 1950 to 1963. Power was Mexican H 16-44s were owned by the Ferrocar designed by Raymond Loewy, was a carryover supplied by an FM opposed 8-cylinder diesel ril de Chihuahua al Pacifico (CHP). CHP later of the streamlined body styling used on the engine. A total of 357 units were built between acquired two ex-DL&W units from the Erie I ,500·hp H 15·44 which had low long·hood 1950 and 1963: 296 for lhe U.S., 38 for Canada Lackawanna. walkways, a widening or bulge of the hood at (built by FM's licensed subsidiary, Canadian During its production run, the H 16-44 utilized the radiator area, large radiator shullers and 12 • Model Railroading .June 1994 • PRODUCT REVIEWS • small screened fans on the roof. Phase II pro MKT Missouri�Kansas-Texas installed on the model by the purchaser. The duction units eliminated the Loewy styling for a NYC New York Central undecorated model has only a few of thedetails boxier look but retained all the other features of HN New Haven applied so the rest will have to be installed. the phase I earbody. Phase III units had a pro PRR Pennsylvania Railroad The model depicts the H 16-44 in its 1955-'63 nounced drop in the walkway at the radiator SOU Southern Railroad production phase IV body. As far as I can deter shutter area on the rear of the long hood. the mine, the prOiotype Santa Fe and Pennsylvania larger shutters of the phase 1/11 (without the • Phase II )-1 16-44s were either phase I or II locomotives bulge in the hood) and a larger screen over the Transitional Body Style so these paint schemes would be incorrect on a rooftop fans than the phase I and II un its. The January 1954 to April 1954 phase IV body. The cast-metal chassis could phase IV had a styling trcatment similar to the AC&Y Akron, Canton & Youngstown accept phase I, II or IJl body shells. We can only larger six-wheel trucked H 16-66 and H24-66 hope that Bachmann (or an after-market body Train Masters with high straight walkways with • Phase HI shell manufacturer) might be enticed to offer smaller radiator shutters than the phase III (see Early Final Body Style these earlier versions in the future. Diesel Detail Close-Up in the September, 1992 June 1954 10 February 1955 On the decorated models I examined at a issue of MRG for Milwaukee Road H \6-44 pho 8&0 Baltimore & Ohio local hobby shop, the paint ranges from good to tos showing both phase ilL and IV units). The MILW Milwaukee Road fair, the Santa Fe being the best (with well done phase I and some early phase II lInits rode on N&W Norfolk & Western striping) and the Virginian being the worst (yel AAR type B trucks while most of the lale phase VGN Virginian low is not opaque, a common problem since II, phase III and phase IV units rode on FM's lead has been banned) with the rest fal ling in own C�Liner trucks. Determining what phase • Phase IV between. Some other faults are excessively thick some of the listed railroads' units fall into is "Baby Train Master" Body Style paint and only fair striping on the versions that somewhat difficult as FM was known for making February 1955 10 1963 have stripes. I was able to test run three locomo minor styling changes indiscriminately during AC&Y Akron, Canton & Yo ungstown tives out of the box and the results averaged out the production runs on all their locomotives; the 8&0 Baltimore & Ohio to be very good. Some minor body wobble was phase designations listed cover only the major eHP Ferrocarril de Chihuahua al Pacifico seen on one model at low speeds but the other styling differences. The "Baby Train Master" CN Canadian National two ran smoothly at all speeds. Some gear noise moniker sometimes applied to the phase IV units CP Canadian Pacific was evident at higher speeds, this should quiet is a milfan nickname, not an official FM model MLLW Milwaukee Road down as the mechanism wears in. The direc designation. Phase identifications are likewise N&W Norfolk & Western tional lighting worked well, but the lighting in not from FM. The following list should be taken NH New Haven the nllmberboards was hard to see at low speeds. as a guide only and is based on my research P&WV Pittsburgh & West Virginia The handrai Is are cast in a flexible plastic and using the limited number of photos and pub� VGN Virginian are very close to scale thickness. Kadee® #5 lished sources at my disposal; any reader's addi Bachmann's Spectrum Series H \6-44 is made couplers can be substituted for the X2F couplers tions or corrections are appreciated. in China and is available decorated for Santa Fe, supplied on the model by either using the Bach Canadian Pacific, Pennsylvania, Virginian, Bal mann coupler cover or mounting them in a list of H 16-44Owners: timore & Ohio; it is also offered undecorated. A Kadee #5 coupler box. • Phase I five-pole skew-wound armature motor, eight In summary, the H16-44 is a fine-running, Streamlined "Loewy" Body Style wheel drive, dual brass flywheels, diode-con well-detailed scale model. The separate parts .June 1994 Model Railroading • 13 I Yo ur trek plan fo r the weekend... • AlAUAl\IA Sail Diego, CA fort wl/denlale, FL Sheffield, IlL E'-ent: 1994 Pacific Southwest Region. NMRA Convention EHmt: Lauderdale Shoreline Model RR Club Auction I�vcnt: Shoals Model Railroaders. Inc. HO Scale Meeting Date: September 7-11, 1994 Uate: July 30. 1994, 6to to PM I)ate: J s\ Thursday of each month. 6 PM Location: Town and Country Convcntion Center location: Morton Activity Center. 2890 SW 81h Ave. (E of Information: Bob Brooks. 234 Robinhood Dr.. Florence, AL Information: Ralph Oxhandler. Registrar. 454 Ferrara Way. 1-95 and S of 84) 35630. (205) 766-9889 Vist3. CA 92083-4802. (619) 941-5407 Admission: Adults S3. kids under 12 free Information: Richard Az\\'ell. 5131 SW 87th Avc .. Ft. • ARIZONA • COLORADO Lauderdale. FL 33328, (305) 434·6538 Sedollu,AZ CI//Ilbres, CO Event: NMRA Arizona Division Spring Meet Erent: Rocky Mouma;n Region. NMRA Narrow Gauge Orlal/do, FL Date: June 11. 1994, 9 AM 104 PM Steam Freight Special ["enl: Orlando NTRAK and Sarasota Model RR Club "N" I.ocation: SI. John Vianney Catholic Church Date: Junc 18. 1994 Scale Convention Railfun '94 Admission: $5: $2.50 under 21 and NMRA member: free if Location: Cumbrcs and Toltec Scenic Railroad Date: July 6·10. 1994 joining NMRAlPSR al Meet Information: SSAE to Richard Hunter. 832 Geneva SI., location: Orlando HiltonNorth. 350 S. North Blvd .. Information: MatI Fum. 17237 N. 16th Ave., Phoenix. AZ Auro"'. CO 80010. (303) J6.i-4814 Altamonte Springs, FL 85023. (602) 375-8229 Inrormation: Bill Hess. Orlando N-TRAK Railfun '94, P.O. • CALIFORNIA Deliver, CO Box 160123. Altamonte Springs, FL 32716-0123. For room Fremolll, CA E,'ent: 0 Scalc '94 National Convention reservations, phone 1-800-445-8667. ["ent: UP E-Unil Feather Ri\'er Special No. 4 Date: June 22-26. 1994 Date: July 1-4. 1994 Location: The Regency Hotel. 3900 Elati SI. Ta llahassee, FL tocnlion: Fremont to Porlola with connecting bus \0 Reno Admission: Full conv. $40, children 16t021 $20 E,'enl: Big Bend Model RR Assoc., Inc., Tallahassee Model Fare: $129-$159 Information: Frank Angstead, Regislration Chairman. P.O. RR Show & Sale '9.:1 Information: Rail Excursions. P.O. Box 2708 1, Salt Lake Box 839, Longmont. CO 80502 Date: July 30-31. 1994, Sat. 10 AM to 6 PM. Sun. 10 AM to C;,y. UT84127-008 1. (801) 355-587 1 4 PM Delll'er, CO location: Elks Club. 276 N. Magnolia Dr. Fremollt, CA E\'cnt: 10th Annual National Garden Railway Convention Admission: Adults und children 13 and over $2. children 12 E,'ent: UP E-Un;1 Feather River Special No. 5 Date: August 11-14. 1994 and under free Date: July 8-9, 1994 Location: Sheraton Denver Tech Center Hotel Information: BBMRA Trnin Show '9-'. P.O. Box 3392. Location: Fremont to Oroville \0 Westwood roundtrip Information: 10thNational Garden Railway Convention, Tallahassee. FL 32315-3392 or cull John Sullenberger. 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Box 5732, ILLINOIS Glendale. CA 91301. (213) 662-23 1 1 FLORIDA Cllats,,"'ortll, JL Los Angeles (Mollrovia), CA Al/amollte Sprillgs, FL E\"Cnt: Chatsworth Heritage Days (Swap meet. Railroadiana. E\'cnl: Protolype Modekrs One-Day Seminar on Aceurnle E"enl: N·Trak East Railfun '9-' Caboose rides) Date: July 6·10, 1994. Wed. I [09 PM. Thurs. and Fri. 8 AM Modeling of Rolling Siock Date: July 29-3 \. 1994. Sat. 10 AM \06 PM. Sun. 10 AM to Date: July 10. 1994. 12t06PM to 10 PM. Sat. 9 AM t05 PM. Sun. 8AM 10 I PM 4 PM Location: Location: Orlando Hilton Nonh. 350 S. Nonh Bh'd. Holiday Inn, Huntington Ave., Exit 1-210 Location: American Legion Hall Admission: Admission: Registration ::md breakfast by 4/1194 SAO.arter $10 pre-event registration. $15 at the door Admission: Free Infol'm:ltion: Send SSAE to: Sunshine Models. Box 4997. 4/1/94 $45, registration only before 4/119-' $30. after 4/1/94 Inrormation: William C. Faehse, 7016 Keeney St . Nile�. lL Springfield, MO 65808-4997 S35. 607 14. 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(813) 756-7584 Hinners, (317) 831-5776 Ewnt: San Dicgo Model RR Museum Operating Exhibit/Show Bradentol/, FL I"dianapolis, ltV Dllte: June, lulyand August, [994. We d.-Fri. II AM to ["ent: Sarasota Model RR Club Swap Meet hent: Naptown Model RR Show 4 PM; Sat. and Sun. [[ AM to 5 PM Dute: July 10, 1994. 10 AM to 3 PM Bate: September 24. [994. 10:30 AM to 3 PM Location: Casa dc Balboa, Balboa Park. 1649 EI Prado location: Orlando Hilton North. 350 S. Nonh Boulevard. Locution: Beech Grove Benedictine Center. 1-'02Southern Admission: Adults 53 or two for $5, discounts for seniors. Altamonte Springs A\·e .. Beech Gro�'e student and military with 1.0., children free Admission: Adults $3, teens SI. kids 25c Admission: S2 per person, $3 per family Informntion: Barbara Huhenius, 1649 EI Prndo, Sun Diego. Informntion: Chuck Place. 6810 Whitman Place. Sarasota, Information: Carl Tomamiehel. 222 S. Eleventh St .. Beech CA 92101. (619) 696·0199 FL34243. (813) 756-7584 Gro,". IN 46107. (3 17) 786- 1183 14 • Model Railroading .June 1994 Yo ur trek plan fo r the weekend... • IOWA • NEBRASKA )o rk, PA Harlall, JA Grand Island, NE E"cnt: Train Collectors Association 40th Annual Convention EYenl: Nishna V June 1994 Model Railroading • 15 Esquimalt & N anaimo Railway Victoria Car Shop (and Servby Patrickice Lawson Faci lities) Photos and drawings by the author his 1110nth we continue our coverage of the ages about 70 miles wide. Esquimalt and The site plun of this relatively small steam T Esquimalt and Nunuimo Railway facili NanairnoRailway tracks run from Victoria to era engine fac ility is of a standard design lIsed ties in Victoria, British Columbia. Plans of the Courtenay, 140 miles to the nOl1h. A branchlinc by many railways, so even if YOll don't want to roundhouse were presented last month. rUlls east frolll Parksville, through an east-west build 11 model of these buildings. the general The Esquimult and Nunuimo Railway was valley to Port Alberni. Port Alberni is at the arrangement of the site should be of interest. buill along a narrow coastal plain on the south head of the Alberni Canul, a particularly long While we were measuring the roundhouse eastern side of Va ncouver Island, where mosl of fj ord that almost bisects the island, extending one of the mechanics on duty spotted us and the population resides. On the rest of the island, about 30 miles in from the west coast. asked what we were doing. Once he realized we a mountain mnge thai runs north to south pre The E&N was bought by the Canadian Pacific were interested in the buildings, he gave us a cludes selliemcilt but creates spectacular Railway in 1912. and all motive power and tour of the interior of the roundhouse and pro scenery. The west coast is extremely rugged equipment is presently owned by CP Rail. The vided some background information. with deep fj ords and inlets that extend far into E&N retained its name only. Today. interchange At one time the car shop had wheel-turning the interior. with the mainline is by ferry from Nanaimo. equipment, and the entrance on the south side of The island is about 300 miles tong and aver- Incre.asingly the ferry is filled with u'uck traffic. the building was used as access for the wheels. A small crane loc 16 • Model Railroading .June 1994 Roundhouse and turntable. Note the air line from the pole to the center of the turntable. Detail of turntable. It was powered by air supplied from the roundhouse. The turntable with the front of the roundhouse. .June 1994 Model Railroading • 17 ---- - ===���=�� CAR SHOP NORTH ELEVATION CAR SHOP Drawn by Patrick Lawson SOUTH ELEVATION Full Size for N Scale: 1.92mm = 1 ' ESQUIMAL T AND NANAIMO RAILWAY VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA David To mljenovich taking measure ments on the south side of the round house off ice. 1 B • Model Railroading .June 1993 =:: CAR SHOP 'v\'EST ELEVATION @ CAR SHOP EAST ELEVATION Modern machinery can remove structures so quickly and so completely that a structure can simply disappear within a week. 1 have been caught twice now thinking that next week 1 really must stop and photograph such-and-such, only to find that it is gone. Taking photographs. draw ing plans and building models are ways of pre serving some of this history. Actually preserving the site, along with the prototype equipment. is another option. Today the car shop slands empty, its roof in need of repair, its windows broken. and all ves tiges of the repair equipment gone. In its heyday this must have been a thriving facility. bustling with activity. Recapturing that feeling in model form would be a rewarding challenge indeed. � The main door and office of the diesel shop. The office appears to be a later addition . .June 1994 Model Railroading • 19 These factory-fresh Virginian Train Masters are ready to leave Beloit for the trip to Roanoke. Notice the factory-installed numberboards. Collection of Roger Nutting VIRGINIAN TRAIN MASTERS A FAMILY TRADITION by Larry J. Puckett T ike most railroads that depended on hauling nity (especially EMD) with the announcement headquartered in Roanoke, VA. Coal was L coal for a living, the Virginian Railway that they would diesclize with a fleet of Fair mined in West Virginia and hauled out of the coal resisted the change LO intemal-combustion-pow banks-Morse Train Masters. To understand the fields by an assortment of articulated 2-6-6-0, ered locomotives as long as possible. However, reasoning for the Virginian's decision you have 2-6-6-6. 2-8-8-0, 2-8-8-2, 2-8-8-8-4 and 2- 10- with steam locomotives out of production and to understand a liule about both the company's 10-2 locomotives to Mullens, WV. The loaded parts becoming scarce and expensive for their operations and the FM Train Master. hoppers were then hauled from there on to aging fleet of articulated Mallets. it became eco The Virginian was first and foremost a coal Roanoke by electric locomotives in an operation nomically impractical to resist change. So in hauling railroad in competition with the ever that had been in use since the 1920s. In [954 the Virginian stunned the railroad commu- present Norfolk and Western Railway, both Roanoke, the hoppers were assembled into long This February 1960 photo shows the former Virginian #58 which has been renumbered into the Norfolk and Western roster as #158. Notice how the Virginian road name is getting a little threadbare and the line between the yellow and black paint at the top of the hood is pretty ragged. Collection of Roger Nutting 20 • Model Railroading .June 1994 enough wheelbase to take those short-radius curves? Enter the Train Master. The first Train Masters, TM- l and TM-2 were outshopped in April 1953 just in time for the Railway Supply Manufacturers Associa tion's convention in June and given the designa tion H24-66. The H stands for hood (as opposed to cab units), the 24 means 2,400 hp, and the 66 indicates six traction 1110tors on six axles. Options included four gear ratios with top speeds of 66 lO 79 mph, 40'1 or 42" wheels, steam generators and control stands for long hood- or short-hood-forward operation. At the heart of the Train Master was the Fair banks-Morse opposed-piston engine that could turn Ollt 200 hp per cylinder at 8S0 rpm. With their 12 cylinders the 2,400 hp generated was one and a half limes as much as any of the avail able 8-8 locomotives could generate. To com plement this 2,400-hp raling was the FM tri-mount truck - a single-equalized, three Train Masters #52 and #53 are eastbound out of Mullens. Notice how the number point loading arrangement that spread the boards are recessed slightly into the edge of the hood. Collection of Roger Nutting weight of the locolllotive equally over the entire wheelbase. And, at 394,SOO pounds a Train drags lhm were then dispatched to Norfolk, VA, spurs, and the rails and bridges were built to Master weighed one and a half times as much as for transfer to ships for both domestic and for accommodate locomotives that spread their available 8-8 locomotives. More importantly eign customers. Therefore the Virginian was weight out over a long wheelbase. In addition, for the Virginian, in spite of the greater weight essentially operated as three distinct railroads, high horsepower and weight sufficient to gener the Trajn Master had a bridge rUling of E4S-ESO but there's still more to the story. ate high tractive effort were req uired 10 muscle or about 11 percent less than that of the competi If you've ever wken a ride up one of those the strings of loaded hoppers Ollt of the mine tors' 8-8 locomotives with the same axle load narrow, winding West Virginia hollows you can spurs. So. if you're running a railroad with these ing. These statistics added up to a marriage easily imagine why articulated locomotives ki nds of conditions. what diesel locomOlive was made in Beloit. were needed. It took a pretty nimble locomotive there in 1954 that had enough horsepower to do In January 1954 the Virginian placed an order to gel into some of those branches and mine the job and was heavy enough and had a short for 19 of the 1-124-66 Train Masters, and they Figure 1 - Fairbanks-Morse diagram showing the locations of major components of the H24-66 Train Masters. Collection of Larry Puckett. June 1994 Model Railroading • 21 Number 55 is busy making up a string of loaded hoppers in the Again in April 1956, #55 is shown in Mullens with unit #31, an yard at Elmore, WV, in this photograph taken in April 1956. H16-44 delivered in 1955. Collection of Larry Puckett Collection of Larry Puckett arrived on the property in March (Nos. 50-57), and the 1957 deliveries were Phase [I. All units sand capacity, 394,500 pounds (396,600 pounds April (Nos. 58-64) and May (Nos. 65-68) of that came with dynamic brakes, single control stand, Phase II), and 79,500-poLmd continuous tractive year. An additional order for six units was long hood forward, 74: 18 gear ratio, 40"-dialllc effort. However, their mosl strikjng feature was placed in 1957, with deliveries in May (Nos. 69- ter wheels, 66 mph top speed, 250-gal. water the paint scheme - yellow and black with imi 70) and June (Nos. 71-74). All of the 1954 capacity (320 gallons Phase II), 1,780-ga1. fuel tation gold lettering, colors they would wear for deliveries were in the Phase Ib configuration, capacity, 400-gal. lube oil capacity, 45-cLI.-ft. just a few short years. Figure 2 - Manufacturer's plan showing locomotive dimensions for the Phase Ib Train Masters. Collection of Roger Nutting .."...... ,...... Y"'\Gj, """'"" ..."._ oeo::,...., .. .,....-,�. . """ ...... _ ... 22 • Model Railroading .June 1994 Virginian units #24 and #48 are a pair of H16-44 Baby Tra in Masters. Collection of LarryPuckett The Train Masters spent most of their lives that went to EMD on trades were scrapped. but decade. Among these locomotives were five working out of Mullens, WV. Even after the about 14 of them were converted to yard slugs. 2-8-4 Lima-built SA class Berkshires (Nos. merger with the Norfolk and Westem on Tuesday, Unfortunately, none of the ex-Virginian or any 505-509) that had been delivered in 1946 and December I, 1959, the Train Masters, then in other domestic Train Masters have been pre eight 2-6-6-6 Lima-built AG class (Nos. 900- black N&W paint, were kept in Mullens, doing served - to see one you'll have to go to the 907) locomotives that had been delivered in what FM .md the Virginian originaUy saw as their Canadian Railway Museum in Oelson, Quebec, 1945. The Berkshires were assigned to fast true function. The end for most came after 20 where Canadian Pacific #8905 is preserved in freights while the big AGs hauled long drags of years of service, during the late 19605 and early its ori ginal paint. empty hoppers back LO Roanoke. 19705. With the Tra in Master out of production As I mentioned earlier, the Virginian Railway Like most railroads during the mid-1950s and FM no longer in the locomotive business, was essentially operated as three separate rail the Virginian decided to standardize their parts and repairs made them uneconomical to roads. The H24-66 Train Masters dieselized the diesel fleet by sticking with one manufacturer. maintain, so, like their steam-powered predeces West Virginia mine fields whiJe electrics contin Therefore, the decision was made 10 purchase sors, they faded from view. A trip to the shop ued to run between Mullens and Roanoke. So 1,600-hp B-B road switchers from Fairbanks could just as easily lead to the scrapper's torch. what about the eastern half of the railroad? Morse. The orders for a total of 38 H 16-44 Several Train Masters were traded to ALeo Oieselization of the rails east of Roanoke came "Baby Tra in Masters" began in 1954. Like the in 1967, including two ex-Virginian units (Nos. at a slower pace - the Virginian had some rela Train Master, the H 16-44 designation for the 5? and 60), and their replacement C630s arrived tively modem steam power capable of maintain Baby Train Master, indicated a hood-type body. on FM tri-mount trucks. Many Train Masters ing schedules throughout most of the rest of the the 16 meant 1,600 hp, and the 44 indicated four Number 67 is seen here running short hood forward with a string of hoppers through Mullens. look closely and you can plainly see the five grabirons on the short hood. This photograph of H16-44 #35 provides a good view of the Collection of Roger Nutting short-hood end of the locomotive. Collection of LarryPuckett .June 1994 Model Railroading • 23 Virginian Train Master #58, a Phase Ib unit, waits for an assignment in Mullens, WV, on September 2, 1957. With the exception of rust on the cab roof and a little grime here and there, she still looks pretty clean to me, but then she's only three years old. Coffection of Roger Nutting Figure 3 - Virginian Railway painling and lettering diagram for the H24-66 Train Masters. Collection of Roger Nutting �: ::"��:;':::�::;':.:.':"''::�;�.'. ® �'�;,..• ::: :'t.,*.�:':"';\:." .' "_ ••un 24 • Model Railroading June 1994 On the sa�e day in Mullens, one-year-old unit #71 clearly shows the major difference of the Phase II Train Masters - compare the . . configuration of the fans on #71 and #58. Co II ectIDn 0f Roger Nuttmg traction motors on four axles. Nine units were Table - Build dates, retirement and disposition data for Virginian Baby Train delivered during the second half of 1954, 21 in 1 H16-44 Masters and H24-66 Train Masters. 1955 and eight in 1956. Two units, Nos. 23 and 28. were rebuilt in 1957 after a wreck and were H16-44 H16-44 con't. given new numbers 48 and 49 - thus the confu No. BID Retired Disposition No. BID Retired Disposition sion over whether there were 38 or 40 H 16-445 10 6/54 12m 2m KAP 12/56 on the roster. 44 IIn3 2n4NAP II 6.54 7m Unknown All of the Baby Train Masters were delivered 45 12/56 8m 8n5 Unknown 12 6/54 9n4 Unknown 46 12/56 10m IOm PNC with dynamic brakes, single control stands, 13 6/54 4m Unknown long-hoad-forward operation, 1,600 hp, 74: 18 47 12/56 9n4 Ins PNC 14 6/54 7n4 Unknown gear ratio, 40"-diameter wheels. 66 mph top 48 12/56 6n6 IIn6 NAP 15 6/54 IIn2 IOm PNC speed, 217-gal. water capacity. 300-gal. lube oil 49 12/56 9m Unknown 16 3/55 6m IIn2 NAP capacity, 28-cu.-fl. sand capacity, 262,975 H24·66 17 2/55 10m 2n4 NAP pounds, and 53,OOO-pound continuous tractive No. BID Retired Disposition 18 1/55 12m 2n4 NAP effort. The engine was Lhe same 38D opposed 19 2/55 12n4 5ns LUN 50 3/54 6/69 InO EMD piston one used in the Train Master with eight 20 2/55 4m 6m EMD 51 3/54 2/67 2/67 EMD cylinders turning out 200 hp each. Fuel capaci 21 1/55 9n4 In5 NAP 52 3/54 4m 12m Slug #9901 ties varied from 900 gal. for No. IS to 1.800 gal. 22 1/55 7m Unknown 53 3/54 5n4 6ns Slug #9909 For Nos. 40-49. Although steam locomotives 23 2/55 Rebuilt as #48 54 3/54 6/69 2nO EMD continued in passenger operations through their 24 1/55 12m 12m EMD, 2n4 KAP 55 3/54 4m Unknown termination on January 29, 1956, two HI6-44s, 25 1/55 4m Unknown 56 3/54 9m Unknown Nos. 15 and 16, were ordered with steam gen 26 2/55 7n5 IIm CYC 57 3/54 3/67 9/67 ALCo erators, just in case. 27 12/54 12m 2m KAP 58 4/54 6n6 9n6 Slug #9916 As their numbers grew, the Baby Train Mas 28 1/55 Rebuilt as#49 59 4/54 6m 7n4 Slug #9904 ters eventually replaced steam throughout the 29 12/54 4m 6m EMD 60 4/54 3/67 9/67 ALCo railway and even made appearances in the coal 30 12/54 12m 2m KAP 61 4.54 6n6 IIn6 Slug #9917 fields west of Mullens. After the merger with 31 1/55 12m 2n2 KAP 62 4/54 4no 7no EMD, 12m PIE the N&W, they remained in general service untiJ 32 2/55 4m 6nl EMD 63 4/54 6/69 znO EMD the late 1960s when they were assigned to yard 33 2/55 6/69 Unknown 64 4/54 6no znO EMD work at Lambert's Point (Norfolk) where they 34 2/55 4m Unknown 65 5/54 7m 9n3 Slug #9902 remained until retirement in the early 1970s. 35 10/55 Ins sns Unkown 66 5/54 2/67 3/67 EMD For additional inFormation see the articles on 36 10/55 12m zn2 KAP 67 5/54 4no IIn4 Slug #9908 the Train Master that appeared in Model Rai/ 37 10/55 7n3 7n3 Unknown 68 5/54 1m IOn3 Slug #9903 roader, March 1989 and November 1954; Mail/ 38 10/55 6n6 IIn6 KAP 69 5/57 1971 11m Slug #9900 fine Modeler, March 1984; Railroad Model 39 LO/55 10m IOm PNC 70 5/57 9m 3n4 Slug #9906 Craftsman, August 1964 and October 1954; 40 II/56 12m 7m PNC 71 6/57 7n5 12n5 Slug #99 13 Tr ains April 1987 and August 1973. A construc 41 II/56 7n5 7nS Unknown 72 6/57 4m IOn4 Slug #9907 tion arti cle on the N&W slug conversions 42 II/56 12m 2m KAP 73 6/57 9n6 8/81 Slug #99 19 appeared in the December 1980 issue of Model 43 II/56 3n2 IIn2 KAP 74 6/57 I2n4 7n6 SI11g #99 14 Railroader. NOIfolk alld Westem: 1st Gellera tioll Diesels by Withers and Bowers provides CYC - Cycle Systems; KAP = M.S. Kaplan Scrapyard; LUN = Luntz Iron and Metal' excellent infonnation on the ex-Virginian Train NAP ::; Naporano Iron and Metal; PrE ::; Pielet Brothers; PNC :;; Precision National C�rp. Masters. 1. June 1994 Model Railroading • 25 1 - Virginian Tra in Master #68 heads up a string of empty hoppers on their way back to the mines. MODELING THE VIRGINIAN TRAIN MASTER by Larry J. Puckett Photos by the author rass Train Master models have been avail having to do a paint job. Athearn has announced the Phase rb model - a Phase U model would B able for many years thanks to Howell the release of the Train Master model in the Vir require more modifications. We 'll begin by mak Day, who imported them in 1969; however, they ginian yellow-and-black scheme and in the black ing a few cuts in the body and removing unnec are not easy to find and are a little lacking in N&W scheme - they're already available in the essary details, then add the required details and details. Athearn introduced a plastic model in blue paint. (Bachmann has recently released the finish with the Virginian paint job. 1979, and it is that model that we'll be lIsing for Baby Train Master in the Virginian paint Cutting and Pasting this project. By the time you read this article, you scheme.) This is a fairly easy project, since the may even be able to do this conversion without Athearn model is an excellent starting point for I like to do the major cuts in the body first - 2 - This top-down view of #68 shows off the clean roof line as well as the short-hood end of the unit. 26 • Model Railroading .June 1994 13 11 3 - The completed model seen from the fireman's side showing locations of details listed in the bill of materials. 16 4 - The completed model seen from the engineer's side showing locations of details listed in the bill of materials. .June 1994 Model Railroading • 27 Bill of Materials No. Mfg. Part No. Description Cal Scale 276 Air hoses or Detail Associates 6206 ALr hoses 2 C:� Scale 1303 Sunshade 3 Cal Scale 1407 FM drop step 4 Cal Scale 1502 MU stand 5 Cal Sc:�e 1508 MU hoses 6 Cal Scale 2202 Grabirons 6 - The dynamic-brake opening needs 7 Cal Scale 2205 Coupler lift bar to be a snug fit for the brass screens, 8 Cal Scale 2208 Pilot footboard. metal since they're just glued to the edge of 9 Cal Scale 23 12 Cab deflector. Prime, strai ght the opening. 10 Cal Scale 2712 FM grilles II Cal Scale 27 13 FM radiator screens Cal Scale 2206 Eyebolt thing to glue the screens to. Make sure you recess 12 Details West 117 Twin-sealed-beam casting these enough to allow the screens to fit flush. 13 Details West 142 36" COOling fan or The 36" fans shown in Photo 5 were leftovers Precision Scale 3989 36" cooling fan from a Highliner B unit Since not everyone is 14 Details West 143 48" dynamic-brake fan or likely to have a set lying around in the scrap box Precision Scale 39992 48" dynamic-brake fan (what better excuse to buy a Highlincr kit), 15 Detail Associates 3\02 Fuel-tank fittings those from other manufacturers I have listed 16 Details West 186 Nalhan M3 hom could be substituted. The Kodtrack Products kit 17 Details West 195 Pilot buffer plate includes these fans as well as all the etched 18 Precision Scale 3968 Windshield wipers brass grilles, which arc much closer to the proto 19 Precision Scale 48195 Pipe fittings type than the Diesel Associates grilles (the Kod 20 Precision Scale 48196 Pipe fittings track kit is also available in the Phase II fan 21 MV Products 22 Marker-lamp lens configuration). I cut the Highliner fans and their 22 Miniutronics 18·001 1.5V, 1.2 mm-dia. lamps bases into squares just big enough 1.0 fit, bevel 23 Smokey Valley 13 Train Master handrails ing two ends to a 45° angle so they would sit Oat 24 Kadee 26 Couplers in the opening. If you use another lype of fan you'll have to cut a styrene base to fill the open Decals Microscale 8748 Diesel data ing. Once you have the fans in place, cut sec Microscalc 87-120 Virginian steam tions of sheet styrene to form the ends of the fan Walthers 95·75 Virginian diesel openings. The styrene end walls should be Paint Accu-flex 16·01 Engine Black recessed slightly so that the bmss screens will be Accu-flex 16-33 Santa Fe YeUow flush when they are glued in. Accu-flex 16-55 C&NW Old Yellow Next move up to the dynamic-brake casting on the roof and cut out the cast 48"-diameter Miscellaneous Clover House 244 .0159 brass wire A-West Blacken It screen on the roof and the smaller rectangular Kodtrack Products 10·11 FM fan and grille set, Phase 1* screens on e;1ch side of the hood. Test fit the Detail Associates 27 12 grilles and sand the *(Available directly for $17.50 shipping and handling included, from Kodtrack Products. 504 openings until a snug fit is obtained. The 48" fan Cedar Ave.. Pittsburgh, PA 15212. Please indicate Phase I or Phase II grille.) shown in Photo 6 is from the same Highliner kit - I mounted it in the opening using strips of styrene 10 hold it al the right height. The small if you make a mistake it's a lot easier to start grilles on the hood sides were held in place with over then, rather than after putting a lot of work thick CA cement. By the way, don't glue the into removing and adding details. Photo 5 shows screens on the roof in yel - that comes after the the end result of what I'm about to describe. The fans have been painted. radiator-cooling fans on the Train Master were Remove all the cast-on grabirons behind the recessed into the body under screens. We want cab door (Photo 7). On the roof sand off the cast to remove the cast screens so we can replace grilles on top of the short hood. These were for them with etched-brass ones. I removed the the steam generator and were not installed on screens using a razor saw for the cuts perpen the Virginian units. At the same time fiJI the dicular to the long axis of the body and with a horn mounting hole with putty, sand it smooth #11 knife blade for the short cuts. and drill a new horn mounting hole at the posi After removing ali four screens, I filed and tion shown in Photo 8. Sand smooth the mold sanded the remaining surfaces smooth and tried a parting lines at each end of the roof. On the test fit of the Detail Associates 27 13 brass sides ills (shon-hood end), immediately behind screens. Follow the instructions for removing the the pilot steps, are the steam-generator water-fill screens from the rubber backing and then bend pipes - remove them too. 5 - If there ever was a picture worth a over the edge of the Train Master roof to get the With the cab removed from the body, sand the thousand words, this is it! The hardest right contour. To gel the best fit, bend the brass roof to remOve the casting-sprue stub and the part is getting a clean, square finish on screens over the cast screens before CUlling them mold parting line, and sand off the three vertical those openings. The nice thing about out It Illay be necessary to do more filing and strips above the side cab windows. It is impor using the Highliner fans is that they're sanding on the openings to get a perfect fit. 1 then tant that the mounting holes for the windshield open, so my CTC16 receivers won't added I x4 styrene strips on the upper and lower wipers be drilled now, since it's vil1ually impos overheat. horizontal edges of the opening, to give me some- sible to do it after gluing the cab in place - cen- 28 • Model Railroading .June 1994 7 - Notice how the cast-on grabirons have been sanded off the 8 - I found out too late that the Phase Ib units had five instead hood (behind the cab). Also, when cutting the opening for the of four grabirons on the short hood. Just space them out evenly dynamic-brake air intakes leave a small ledge for gluing the after carving off the access doors. screen to. tef them vertically on the side of the window compromise for the molding process. Most The angled pilot (between the footboards in closest to the hood. While you're at it drill the Train Masters' numberboards looked like those Photos 10 and II) was scratchbuilt from sheet mounting holes for the eyebolts that will SuppOI1 shown in Photo 9 - angled more than those on styrene. Detail Associates offers the Train Sta the wind deflectors (Photo 8). Make the drip the model and recessed slightly into the corner tion Products' pilot (DA 2223) for the Bowser strips for the cab roof from scale J x4 styrene of the hood. To achieve this effect, carve the Baby Train Master that may be more accurate, strips and glue in place. raised numberboard frames off using a # 17 but I've never seen one so I can't recommend it. Now let's work on the short-hood end with blade. Next use a file the same width as the I used the Athearn footboard supports as a guide the louvered access doors. Because the Virgin numberboard to cut down and recess it into the for the vertical angle and eyeballed the rest. ian units didn't have steam generators, the cornerof the bood. Refer to the prototype photographs for help on access doors were unnecessary, so this is where When new, the Train Masters had surface thjs one. To complete the work on the pilot, glue the grabirons for access to the roof were placed. mounted glass plates with numerals on them; a section of Plastruct "L" girder inside the The two doors closest to the hand brake have to however, the Virginian shops changed this so model as shown in Photo II. Using a Kadee® be removed and the area sanded smooth (Photo that the numerals were mounted behind glass in mounting box as a guide drill a hole in the "L" 8). I used a # 17 chisel blade to carve off the an oval opening in the numberboard. To make bracket and run a 2-56 screw into it to make doors - be careful not to damage or remove the the oval opening I drilled two holes in the num threads. Make sure the Kadee mounting box is hand brake or the hinges for the forward lou berboard and then connected them using a #11 level with the opening in the pilot buffer plate. vered door. Once this area is smooth, drill #77 blade and riles. I then cut oval styrene inserts I never have liked the Athearn method for holes for the Detail Associates 2202 grabirons. and glued them into the openings, leaving them attaching the body to the frame (except on the Based on prototype photographs I found after slightly recessed (see Photos 13 and 14). F7s). Accordingly, I removed the lillie pins 011 rinishing the model I now know that the Phase While you're working on the hood ends, drill the frame and filled the holes in the body with Ib units had rive grabirons here and the Phase II out the marker-light lenses with a #54 drill - putty. Wet-sand Ihese to get a smooth finish. I units had only four. Space them out evenly and after painting, an MV 22 lens will be glued into don't bother with hold-down screws for the drill holes for the two on the roof in the loca each opening (see Photos 9, 13 and 14). Also, body - a friction fit is enough to keep it in tions shown in Photos 8 and 13. Wait until after use a round file to enlarge the inside of the head place, and it prevents me from lifting the model painting the model to place the grabirons. light openings. They need to be wide enough for by the body, which can result in damage 10 paint Athearn's numberboards apparently are a the Details West 117 twin-sealed-beam casting and det 9 - Here you can see how the number replaced them with those from a Detail Associ 10 - I hate drilling all these holes, but boards have been recessed into the edge ates 1502 MU-stand set. Use the ones that are at somebody has to do it. I was really sur of the hood. Also, note how the Pyle a slight downward angle. Don't install any of prised that the pilot buffer plate wouldn't light casting has been set into the head the details except the two MU connectors, foot need any special fitting for the Kadee light opening. boards and the buffer plate until after painting. coupler to sit at the right height. June 1994 Model Railroading • 29 cement. I then glued one of the fuel caps inUlle drop-step assembly black at this time. diately in front of the fuel tank just below the In spite of the fact that it takes three decal sets frame (remember the long hood is forward) to to complete this model, the number of decals represent the emergency-cutoff valve. Right that have to be applied is surprisingly small. under this I installed the long fuel gauge. Behind From the Walthers 95-75 set we'l! only use the the fuel tank (short-hood end) is the air-brake heralds. Place one herald under each headlight, equipment rack. This rack contained a small air centered on the hood end. I used an assortment reservoir and a couple of control valves. I epox of rectangular black decals from the Microscale ied the brake reservoir and two valves from 87-48 diesel-data set to give the appearance of Athearn hopper kits in this location - one valve trust and builder's plates found on the prototype. on each side with the air reservoir in the middle. You can get away with a lot of creative license here since none of the lettering is legible on the Paint and Decals decals - just go for something close to the size Before painting the model give it a good soap and shape shown in the prototype photographs. and water bath, then rinse with distilled water. Even though the prototype lettering diagram Why distilled water? In my community our shows positions for fuel, emergency cutoff, bat water comes from 1,000' -deep wells and is teries and various other warnings, I couldn't see extremely hard. When it dries on my models the any of them on the prototype photographs, so I minerals in the water droplets remain as a didn't add them. For the numberboard numerals, 11 - Make sure you test fit a Kadee cou pler mounting box on the Plastruct "L" residue that causes Accu-flex paint to "fisheye." I just dug around in my scrap decal box until I before cementing it in permanently. If By rinsing with distilled water the minerals are found some the right shape and size to fit in the the coupler sits too high just add flat removed before they dry on the model. oval openings. I painted the oval black first and styrene shims as spacers. Virginian Train Masters were black and yel then laid in the white nUlllemls. Finally from the low. The yellow has been described as being Microscale 87-120 Virginian steam set, use the Detail Associates 1303 cab sunshades so that similar to old C&NW yellow. I compared Accu large road name decal. Basically, it's centered on they extend about halfway between the cab win flex C&NW and Santa Fe Ye llows at the hobby the unit, not on the long hood (see the painting dow and the end of the cab. Sel these aside until shop and couldn't tell the difference, so I used diagram in the prototype article). This is the after painting. After lhat, glue the Details West the latter (I already had it and was too cheap to only Virginian roadname decal that is the correct 195 Nathan M3 horn in place with CA cement. buy the other). Either would be a close match to size - 32"-high "V" and 24"-high letters for the Make sure the two-chime side of the horn faces the prototype. Begin by spraying the entire rest of the name. the long-hood end. All the olher details will be model yellow and drying with a hair dryer. This added aftcr painting. would also be a good lime to paint the cab sun Final Details The remaining modifications are on the shades yellow. Now back to all those holes we left in the chassis. Cut off the front and rear sections of Next Clll scale 14" -wide strips of masking body. Begin by gluing in the grabirons. MU the chassis that support the coupler mounting tape and install them on the pilot in the positions hoses, air hoses and MY 22 lenses. It gives a bracket. File and sand the fuel- and air-lank that are to remain yellow. Make sure you space more realistic look to luck the MU hoses into the castings smooth, then drill holes the same size then at 14" intervals. Apply tape to the sidesills, pockets in the footboards - now you know why as the Precision Scale pipe fillings (PS 48195 making sure to get a tight fit at the walkway I replaced the Athearn ones. Using the Detail and PS 48196) in the center of each end of the edge. Finally, mask off the upper part of the Associates 2205 coupler lift bar as a template, air tanks. With Photos 15 and 16 as a guide body frol11 the edge of the roonine down to the bend two slightly longer ones out of .0159 brass install the piping on the air tanks. Using parts top of the engine-room doors (refer to the pho wire - these are just LOO short. Install them from the Detail Associates 3102 fuel-tank-fit tos for del.ails). Burnishall the tape edges, then tings kit, install fuel nozzles on top of the cas1- spray a light coat of Engine Black on the model metal ones - I shortened the plastic pipes by and the chassis. Remove the tape immediately about half before gluing them on with CA and dry with a hair dryer. Spray paint the FM 12 - Many of the details were added 14 - Both ends of the unit are identical - after finishing the paint job. Here the here you can see the headlight installa grabirons, wind deflectors, cab shade tion as well as the finished number and handrails are in place along with the 13 - This angled shot shows the short boards. The FM drop step is a bear to dynamic-brake fan. hood details in a more closeup view. install, but it's worth all the effort. 30 • Model Railroading June 1994 Figure - Circuit diagram for direc tional constant brightness headlights. egative 15 - The air reservoirs and fuel tank on the fireman's side June 1994 Model Railroading • 31 m�Ga�[K]@)lJGa� ill(£�[K]�ill Layout Fascia and Front Drops by Margaret Mansfield Photos and artwork by Jim Mansfield model railroad layout is never finished. that our scale (Owns and villages are populated. levels of being "finished." When the trains run A they say. There is always something morc And, of course, the equipment roster constantly well, mechanical and electrical problems have to do - trackside details to add; scenic areas to requires updating and maintenance as time goes been all but eliminated, and the scenery is enhance with more trees, bushes and weeds; by. This fine-tuning of detail on a model railroad beginning to look realistic under the room light scale people and vehicles to paint and detail so means that a layout call progress through many ing, a layout is close to the first stage of being "finished." The common thread running through these first-stage elements is that all the physically difficult and messy work is complete; there is no more endless drilling of holes in the benchwork, 110 more running and soldering wire. no more slopping and dripping plaster everywhere - no more painting and gluing! Now is the time to relax, run a few trains, sit back and marvel at the blue skies, the golden fields and purple mountains hugged by aspen and pine, the splendor of rocks and hills as they surround you, the plywood - the I x4 pine legs - the stacks of boxes under it all - Arrrgh! What happened!? What happened is that we neglected a most important aspect of the layout, even in its first stage of being "finished": its presentation. To "float" the layout on an abyss of neutrality, a sea of blandness that sets the layout in the room by itself, isolated - that is the thing. Natural history museums use this technique in diorama displays. The expanse of walls encas ing the displays is never seen. Rather, the observer's eye is drawn to the patchwork of lit To effectively present the Jersey Western to visitors, the front edge of the layout is rectangles along the walls. Interest is immedi treated with a fascia and front drop "wall." This wall not only hides storage areas and ately directed to the displays, not to extraneous layout supports, but also enhances the layout by not distracting the visitor's attention. edge and support structure. When people enter We feel the top surfaces and backdrops of the layout are what tells the JW story - the with the desire to view nature, they are not dis rather bland wall simply helps in spotlighting the tale. tracted by the dark, detailless surroundings; 32 • Model Railroading .June 1994 instead, their eyes are sharply focused on the displays, and their level of anticipation is raised. Their heartbeats rise a bit. The museum's pre sentation has the public's altention focused in such a way that visitors can enjoy the full bene fit of the displays. Fifteen years ago, the term "layout cosmet ics" was introduced into the daily vocabulary of model railroading. Such details as valance Hght ing, attractively designed control panels and fas cia strips along the layout's edge, plush carpeting and various support-leg treatments from selling them back out of view to staining them a dark color - were actively pursued with the intention of making the model-railroad room comfortable and "attractive." However, with the exception of the lighting, these factors are aChi ally deterrents to the layout presentation. A visi tor to the model railroad for the first time finds his attention drawn directly to the bright, color ful control panels and furniture-finished trim. In contrast, we feel that panels and sllch should not be a point of focus of the Jersey Western. When a visitor wants to rlln a train, we will be glad to dig down there somewhere in the dark to help 1 - The fascia mount and the front drop support can be seen. The fascia is supported them find the panels. If the visitor just wants to about every 8"- 10" on the edge of 1x2s attached to the benchwork side girder. The watch, who cares about control panels? In either front drop support is a side girder ofthe main box frame ofthe layout. These two gird case, as in a museum, it is the display that made ers are placed in the relation shown in the figure, allowing for "wiring tunnels" for the first impression. cable runs, wiring feed-throughs to the control panels and concealing the top edge of the front drop. The Wall The Jersey Western museum "wall" extends from the floor upward to (he front edge of the surface of the layout surrounding the main oper ating pit. Slarting at the front of the layout, it consisLs si mply of a fascia and a front drop. There are, of course, no walls above our display. Four "doors" provide access to the layout and other operating areas. Figure -- This sectional view of the wall construction gives the basic details of all components and their relationship to the actual layout. The routing of the layout wiring was a point considered when layout planning and construction was first started. The various items in this figure are discussed in the text. I / . .J L T '" 2 - Access to control-panel wiring is as simple as removing two to four panel-mounting screws and lifting the panel from the fascia. All wiring feed-throughs from the wiring tunnel are routed above the front drop support. All feed-throughs have enough extra length so as not to place stress on the wiring when the panel is removed and placed on L a support. In addition, the wiring feed-throughs are bundled by function to keep things neat. The Figure shows the general construction addition of the wall, bUI with the support struc �(______����> ______�L method for the complete wall, including the sup ture in place. Note the power station under the IOOT� "_� ..""''' __ I __ ... _ .. _01_ iM"o/s.._z. port structure attached to the layout bench work. benchwork (please see the January 1994 issue of l-'�'"� Pholo I depicts an area of layout prior to the MRG, page 50). June '1994 Model Railroading • 33 access to all wiring is not affected by the place ment of the front drop. And, as allowed by the control-panel design, all upkeep work to the manual turnout controls can be perfonlled either standing in the aisle-way or working behind the front drop (please see the December 1993 issue of MRC). Photo 2 shows access to a panel and the fee d-throughs from the wiring runs to the control panel. Also shown is a manual turnout control. The front drop is cut from an upholstery material and is quite heavy. This type of cloth was chosen because its weight will allow the drop to hang straight, without stretching out of shape as lime passes. The tightly woven texture and Masonite-like color of the cloth add to the "complete" look of the wall. To size the drop, dimension DH was deter mined from actual measurements made in the layout room. The gap from the boltom of the drop to the floor allows air flow along the floor 3 - The second step of the wall construction is to install the fascia on the mount. All and helps in cooling and heating the railroad layout wiring is finished prior to attaching the fascia. The manual turnout controls are room. Once the height 01-1 was determined, the completed after the fascia is installed. All scenery in the area is completed before the cloth was cut into sections corresponding to front drop is added to the "wall." appropriate lengths of the layout "wall." Fin ished edges at the ends of each section were achieved by folding and gluing a 1/2" seam. I will show this next time. The selvage edge of the material was utilized at the bottom of the drop, resulting in a true, straight edge with the illusion of a subtle trim at the floor. The drape was then permanently attached to the benchwork support llsing a staple gUll and 3/8 " heavy-duty narrow-crown staples placed every 2" jusl below the lOp edge of the cloth. This permanent attachment allows access to all areas under the layout since the drop can be lift ed and held up by a high-back chair or two. To provide ready access to the power station, a hinged frame arrangement was provided in the original layout bench work design. We will dis cuss this and "door treatments" next month. The Look The sequence of events constructing the wall can be seen in Photos I, 3 and 4. When the drop 4 - With the layout's front drop in place, the scene in Photo 1 takes on a finished look. was hung. the material was held in position with The wall is obscure when compared to the layout above and in fact quickly "disap the hands, and care was taken not to stretch the pears," leaving only the layout as the point of interest to the visitor. cloth. The top edge of the cloth lies flat against the support with no bunChing. In this way, the Wall Construction Once the fascia is installed, the remaining few cloth hangs flat. The strength of the upholstery The first step in "wall" construction is for inches of scenery, from the layout edge to the fabric also keeps the wall from drooping with mation of the fascia. This portion of the wall is fascia edge, are completed with basic fe atures. the staples placed as they are. auached to the bench work upon completion of All plaster, painting and major ground-cover The lead photo shows the Corn Junction area all backdrop and scenery in the area, except for work must be completed prior to adding the of the Jersey We stern layoul. This is the view a few inches at the very edge of the layout. front drop. A bit of mess can be cleaned from that a visitor first sees prior to entering the Large paved areas, such as a parking 101, that the fascia: if plaster or paint is spilled on the model railroad room. We of the Jersey Western "extend" beyond the frontedge should be set in cloth material of the drop, it is stained forever. staff fe el this "first impression" sets the stage place prior to the design and clitting of the fas The fascia of the Jersey Western layout for the remainder of the visit. The Jersey West cia. Ground cover, rocks, roads and the like are includes control panels, control interface panels ern was built as a southwestern railroad; and best done after the fascia is cut 10 size and sel and manual turnout controls. Each of these "the wall," with its drab coloring and purpose in place. items in a particular area of layout was com Ful lack of interest, helps in the presentation of The fascia on the Jersey Western is cut from pleted, fully checked oul and installed before the railroad to the visitor. The scenery and W' Masonite and is glued in place using Eimers adding the front drop. It should be noted that, trains draw attention to themselves, for they Glue-AII®. A few #19112: wire brads were used to since the control-panel design allows each panel are the focus of interest, rather than their sur hold the fascia in place during gluing. The brads to be removed from the fascia, and since all roundings. The visitor enters the layout and, were then set and the small holes filled and wiring runs are made in a "wiring tunnel" just as in that natural history museum, his painted to match the fascia's natural Masonite behind and above the drop support with feed anticipation quickens, along with his heartbeat, coloring. throughs going from the tunnel to the panels, as the action begins.... 1. 34 • Model Railroading June 1994 changed, but also door types may be changed. There are examples of double-sliding-door cars being converted to single 12' plugdoor cars. Capacity Increase - This is one of the more '. ', . lIlA 1'1 '" ' interesting categories in this program. Some 70- · " "- . a...� ·. ton* cars have had the roof raised several inches , and the load limit increased to 100 tons*. In a few groups the cars have also received rein forcements 10 the ends as mentioned above. Cryogenic - So far, only two cars have been converted to cryogenic cars CRLE 20000- • 20001. Car Numbering System To a certain degree a numbering system seems to be in effect. The second and third digits of the car's number have generally been the last two tcaro 0 digits in lhe former SP/SSW class (the sequential class designators). For example, a class B-100- 32 would have a second and third number of 32. However, there are some "exceptions." The VCY mechanicaJ refrigerator cars and the CPAA boxcars do not follow that rule. So far all six digit-numbered cars do follow that rule. The Freight Cars The first digit of the car's number ill most cases indicates the general type of car. The fol of Golden west Service lowing is a summary based on cars done up to the time of writing (March 1993): I & 7 = Boxcars (including RBLs) by David G. Casdorph 3 = Gondola cars Photos by the author 4 = Flatcars 5 = Covered hopper cars n 1990, Southern Pacific and Greenbrier channels overlaid on the ribs. Some boxcars 6 = Open hopper cars I Industries began a new fr eight-car rehabili have had their ends reinforced to go along with So far the "exception" is, again, the five-digit tation program under the marketing name an increase in load-limit capacity (see below). mechanical reefers of the VCY 25000 series. "Golden West Servicc." The cars arc purchased Modify Door Co nfig uration - Many box Car Class System by Greenbrier Industries from Southern Pacific's cars are getting not only new doors but new SP/SSW fleet. The cars arc then painted, door configurations. For example, an original The new Golden West Service C.lfS use the repaired and in some cases modified for lease double-sliding-door boxcar with a 16' door same car classes and class system as the back to the SP. The interesting thing about this is opening may be modified 10 a 10' single sliding that so far nOlle of the cars have appeared after door. And not only are door configurations * = truck capacity rehabilitation in SP or SSW reporting marks. Instead, the marks of several shortlines such as CRLE (Coe Rail), GYSR (GalvcslOll RR), and VCY (Ventura County Railway) have adorned the newly repainted cars. Rehabilitation Categories As the program progresses, the cars appear to fall into one or more of several categories for rehabilitation. Repair and Pain' - Virtually all cars are receiving this basic service. This involves replacing worn components (flooring, decks, doors, etc.) and repainting the cars in the Golden West Service scheme. Upgrade and Reinfo rce - This involves improving the original with better-I han-original equipment and/or reinforcing for added strength. In the case of flatc.lrs this may mean the addition of steel corrugations to the ends in place of the original wooden ends. Open hopper GVSR 132042 has been rehabilitated with the newer RCS paneled'style sliding doors. cars may have had ribs replaced and additional This 40' 6" Il boxcar was built by Pacific Car & Foundry in 1972. June 1994 Model Railroading • 35 GVSR 461020 is a 57' 0" Il bulkhead flatcar that has been rehabilitated with a new wooden deck and has had corrugations added to the ends and steel, inside-end face GVSR 461020. Detail view of end plates replacing the original wood facing. upgrading. Roster (as of March 1993) (nit. Number Series Class AAR Built Builder Capy IUPlatc Rehab Code CPAA 44300-44349 B-100-32 195XL 1972 PCF RN 4124 40-06C R&P CRLE 20000-2000 I' - 176RC 1970 - 5206 60-00C CRYO CRLE 512026-5 12031 H-100-12 190LO 1965 ACF HTG 4460 - R&P CRLE 518032-5 18036 H-100- 18 196LO 1966 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 520002-5200 16 H-1 00-20 197LO 1968 ACFHTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 521005-521009 H-100-21 194LO 1967 PSBUT 4785 - R&P CRLE 5240 11-524045 H-100-24 197LO 1969 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 525007 -5250 15 H-100-25 197LO 1970 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 527004-527027 H-100-27 196LO 1971 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 528006-528022 H-100-28 197LO \972 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 530053-530094 H-100-30 197LO 1974 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 533008-533024 H-100-33 197LO 1977 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P CRLE 539000-5390 17 H-100-39 197LO 1980 ACF HTG 4650 - R&r GVSR 132000- 132130 B-100-32 194XL 1972 PCFRN 4124 40-06C R&P GVSR 134000- 134119 B-1 00-34 194XL 1973 PCFRN 4124 40-06C R&P GVSR 136000- 136140 B-100-36 176RBL 1974 PCFRN 4898 50-06C R&P GVSR 138000- 138099 B-1oo-38 176RBL 1975 PCFRN 4898 50-06C R&P GVSR 325000-325029 G-100-25 193GTS 1975 FMC P 7406 6O-0F R&r GVSR 443000-443068 F-70-43 147FMS 1966 GBEC P - 57-00 END GVSR 450000-450069 F-70-50 147FMS 1968 GBEC - 57-00 END GVSR 459000-459034 F-70-59 145FMS 1971 ACFSTL - 57-00 END GVSR 461 000-461044 F-70-61 146FMS 1971 ACFSTL - 57-00 END GVSR 512032-5 12051 H-100-12 190LO 1965 ACF HTG 4460 - R&P GVSR 513000-5 13119 H-100·13 190LO 1956-66 GATC EC 4180 - R&P GVSR 518037-51 8065 H-100- 18 196LO 1966 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P GVSR 52 1010-521021 H-1OO-21 194LO 1967 PS BUT 4785 - R&P GVSR 524046-524199 H-1OO-24 197LO 1969 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P GVSR 52501 6-525073 H-1 00·25 196LO 1970 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P GVSR 526002-526007 H-1oo-26 196LO 1971 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P GVSR 527028-527058 H-1 00-27 196LO 1971 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P GVSR 528023-528057 H- 100-28 198LO 1972 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P GVSR 530095-530 114 H-100-30 197LO 1974 ACF HTG 4650 - R&P GVSR 629000-629599 H-1OO-29 200HM 1974 GSCGV 2300 - SIDE G'>'SR 632000-632526 H-100-32 194HM 1976 PCFRN 2300 - SIDE GVSR 636000-636574 H-100-36 200HM 1978 GSCGV 2300 - SIDE GVSR 637000-637547 H-100-37 200HM 1979 GSCGV 2300 - SIDE GVSR 763000-763199 B-70-63 152XP 1972 PCF RN 5243 50-07C lOS DR GVSR 764000-764255 B-70-64 150XP 1972 GBEC P 5258 50-07C 10S DR GVSR 766000-766149 B-70-66 141RBL 1972 PCF RN 4898 50-06C R&P GVSR 767000-767 199 B-70-67 150XP 1973 GBEC P 5258 50-07C lOS DR GVSR 769000-769049 B-70-69 151XM 1973-74 PCF RN 5258 50-07C R&P GVSR 771000-771049 B-70-7 1 151XM 1973 PCF RN 5258 50-07C R&P 36 • Model Railroading .June 1994 SP/SSW. This consists of a leHer designator indicatjng the car type, followed by truck capac ily (usually 70 or 100), fo llowed by Ihe sequen tial designator (i.e., 28th I DO-ton hopper order). There is one modification, and this involves cars that have h Modeling the Golden West Service Cars Models - Presently there are no 1-10 scale models that correctly depict the prototypes used for Golden West Service cars. There are several cars thal can be subslituted until accurate mod els for the SP/SSW Golden West Service proto types become available. • The Front Range/McKean 47' ACF three bay Center Flow® for the 4.650-cu.-ft. covered hoppers on the roster. ® • Walthers' 50' Airslide for the GVSR GVSR 528001 is an ACF-built Center Flow covered hopper built in 1972. It has a 4,650- 5 13000s. cu.-ft. capacity. Roster (cont'd.) (nit. Number Scrics Class AAR Buill BuiJdcr Cnpy IUPlatc Rchab Code GVSR 774000-774049 B-70-74 151XM 1974 FMC P 5283 50-07C R&P GVSR 775000-775049 B-70-75 151XM 1974 PCFRN 5258 50-07C R&P GVSR 778000·778049 B-70-78 151XM 1975 FMC P 5283 50-07C R&P 2 KCS 512000-512025 H-100-12 190LO 1965 ACF HTG 4460 R&P KCS 5 18000·5 1 803 I H-100-18 I 96LO 1966 ACF HTG 4650 R&P KCS 520000-5200 II H-loo-20 197LO 1968 ACF HTG 4650 R&P KCS 521000-521004 H-100·21 I 94LO 1967 PS BUT 4785 R&P KCS 524000-524010 H-100-24 197LO 1969 ACF HTG 4650 R&P KCS 525000-525006 H-100·25 197LO 1970 ACF HTG 4650 R&P KCS 526000·52600 1 H-loo-26 I 97LO 1971 ACF flTG 4650 R&P KCS 527000-527003 H-loo-27 197LO 1972 ACFHTG 4650 R&P KCS 528000·528005 H-loo·28 197LO 1972 ACF HTG 4650 R&P KCS 530000-530052 H-100-30 197LO 1974 ACF HTG 4650 R&P KCS 533000-533007 H-100-33 197LO 1977 ACF HTG 4650 R&P KCS 538000-538002 H-loo-38 197LO 1979 ACF HTG 4650 R&P VCy 25000-25 I 99 R-70-24 131RPL 1971 PCF RN 4269 50-10 R&P 3 VCY 142000- 142083 B-100-42 I 75XP 1977 FMC P 7468 60-IOF+ R&P 3 VCY 142500-142589 B-100-42 182XP 1968 Gi P 6289 50-07F CAPY_ END VCY 143000-143049 B-100-43 186XP 1969 GBEC P 6289 50-07F CAPY, END VCY 144000-144079 B-100-44 174XP 1978 PCF RN 7477 6O-IOF+ R&P VCY 147000-147035 B-100-47 175XP 1979 PCFRN 7422 60-I OF+ R&P VCY 172000-172439 B-1 00-72 184XP 1973 FMC P 6289 50-07F CAPY VCY 181000-181234 B-100-81 184XP 1979 PCFRN 6308 50-07F CAPY VCY 763500-763544 8-70-63 I 52XM 1972 PCFRN 5243 50-07C 12PDR VCY 764500-764739 B-70-64 150XM 1972 GBEC P 5258 50-07C 12PDR VCY 767500-767689 8-70-67 150XM 1973 GBEC P 5283 50-07C 12PDR Roster Notes Rehabilitation Codes: CAPY Raised roof (incre I. CRLE 20000-2000 I are cryogenic cars. Paint scheme is white with blue and red logo. 2. All KCS cars have now been relcucred CRLE or GVSR. 3. Note there arc two class 8-100-42s. This is correc!. TI,cse are different designs. 4. This roSier lists 6,636 cars. TIle instruction sheet for the Microsca1c #87-693 depicts (and decals arc included for) a CRLE 830000series 89' flatcar. So far. all cars of this series (830000-830099) that I've seen arc painted brown with white leltering by GERR in earty 1991 and do /lot have Golden West Service logos. June 1994 Model Railroading • 37 GVSR 629071. Note the new "overlays" on the ribs for reinforcement of the sides. GVSR 767181 is another double-door-to·single·door conver GVSR 764079. This is one of the double-door-to-single-door con sion. However, this one uses a YSD sliding door for the 10' versions. The new door is an RCS paneled sliding door for a 10' opening. opening. VCY 142022 has remained basically unmodified. This high-cube VCY 144069 is another high-cube boxcar. This one, however, boxcar was built by FMC in 1977. was built by Pacific Car & Foundry in 1978. 38 • Model Railroading .June 1994 , , i " ,I , " -" :. I.:.. J i\ i'\� I I I I ' ..�'I ... 11i 1 , . '" - Vc y '" 14 25 2 lD lilT lal:l� !i! "Wi .,," .� " , . .' • ,- J • .. ,- �2y \ .:: ;::: , VCY 25168 is a mechanical refrigerator car similar to the Athearn 57' mechanical refrig "'"-- � erator HO scale model. VCY 142520, Detail view of end showing how additional reinforcements were placed between the original corrugations for added strength. • MDC's 60' Bulkhead Flatcar for the GVSR flatcars (this is really stretching it, though). • Athearn's 57' Mechanical Refrigerator Car for the VCY 25000 series. • MOe's 50' Double-Door Boxcar or Athearn's 50' Railbox Double-Door Boxcar for the double-doored GVSR 769000, 77 1000, 774000, 775000 and 778000 series. Decals - There have been several decal sheets in HO scale For these cars. • Oddballs Custom Decals' (P.O. Box 68, McLouth, KS 66054) Set #5 covered the KCS's Golden West Service covered hoppers. • Microscale Decals' #87-658 included the KCS covered hoppers and added decals for the GVSR 769011 retains its double-sliding-door configuration. This car was originally built CPAA 44300 series and GVSR 763000- and in June 1973 by Pacific Car & Foundry. It was rehabilitated in October 1992. 764000-series boxcars. • Microscale Decals' #87-693 has decals for the GVSR 443000 and 46 1000 flatcars, the GVSR 629000, 632000, 636000 and 637000 twin-bay open hoppers and the GVSR 325000 woodchip gondola cars. • Microscale Decals' #87-694 has decals for the VCY 25000 series and the two cryogen cars, CRLE 20000-2000 I. Acknowledgments I thank Carl Shaver for his assistance wilh the data for the roster. .1 Ir you have any ideas for future columns or questions on contemporary freight-car prototype practices, please write me - DAVID G. CASDORPH, P.O. BOX 2480, MONROVIA, CA 91017. I'll try to find the answer and share the response along with the original question in this column. VCY 142520 has had its roof raised, ends reinforced. and an increase in load limit, Shown here in February 1993. dune .. 994 Model Railroading • 39 Fred I Photos and trackplan by Joe Fugate oin us as we travel back in time to the 1920s has found he likes the smaller, more unique been accomplished on the layout in the five win J and visit the narrow-gauge Willamette and equipment and the shorter trains that are possi ters since moving the one section of the layout Western Railroad and its two subsidiaries, the ble in narrow gauge. into this larger space. Briar Knob Timber Company and the Wilhoit In developing his narrow-gauge interest, Fred Fred has deliberately limited the amount of Va lley Railroad. These three railroads serve sev and his wife have ridden the three-foOl narrow [rack so that it does not overwhelm the scenery. eral small Oregon communities that depend on gauge Durango and Silverton in Colorado dur Trains are kept short and have a seven-car maxi them as their lifeline to the outside. ing the height of the aspen's fall colors. They mum. A sufficient number of industries do pro The Willamette and We stern's originating sta have also visited Maine where the two-foot nar vide adequate traffic for the railroad. At tion is Butteville, OR. There it connects with the row-gauge Sandy River and Rangeley Lakes Buneville there is a mineral-water bottling plant rest of the world via an interchange with the Railroad operated, and spent a night at the and the Dickey Prairie Brewing Co. (named standard-gauge Southern Pacific Railroad and Rangeley Hotel. And they've seen the three-foot after a friend who makes home brew). At Scons with barge traffic on the Willamette River. From gauge Sumpter Va lley Railroad in eastern Ore Mills there is a large sawmill. Wilhoit has a fur Butteville the line travels east to Scotts Mills gon. Fred began building On2 models in 1962 niture factory and freight house. Located at Wil with its sawmill and connections to the two sub but he didn't seriously start the layout until the hoit Junction is a fruit dehydration plant, sidiary rail lines. The Briar Knob Timber Co. concept for the present layout jelled; construc creamery/cheese factory and a grain elevator. runs to Briar Knob and is the source of trees for tion was begun in 1985. About fi ve years ago, Briar Knob is the source of timber hauled 10 lhe the sawmill. The Wilhoit Valley line travels to Fred started construction with the Butteville leg Scons Mills sawmill. Wilhoit, OR. and serves its industries. of the layout by moving it into its present loca Construction Details This is the 002 layout of Fred Kaser, farmer tion. This section was moved into the down and grass seed producer of Molallah, OR. Fred stairs fa mily room while his wife, Ruth, was in Spline roadbed is standard in non-yard areas. started model railroading in HO, but moved to S Europe. Fred says that he told her that he was Homasote® is used for tlle track base throughout because he liked its larger size. Linwood going to move the module, but Ruth says, "I the layout. The track is handlaid code 70. There Moody's book, The Maille Two Footers, got don't remember that." The basement room, 28' is a gauntlet track on Ihe bridge just outside of Fred thinking about On2. Then Richard x 19', had been previously carpeted for use as a Scotts Mills. The original plan called for two Andrew's art icles in Railroad Model Craftsman fam ily room. Once the children grew up and left bridges, but in visualizing the scene, Fred deter further fueled his growing interest in On2. Fred home, the room fell into disuse. A great deal has mined it would be too crowded. So he chose to These panoramic photos show most of the layout. At left is Scotts Mills yard; in the center we see the Wilhoit Peninsula, which is under cons 40 • Model Railroading .June 1994 eliminate the one bridge and do a gauntlet instead. Some manufactured turnouts are used on the III layout, but Fred builds the majority of turnouts at the workbench, then puts them in place on the layout. Switch-throw mechanisms have been built in to the fascia board using slide switches. A 3/1 6" wood dowel at the layout edge connects to the slide switch under the turnout with piano wire. Fred's height of 6' 4" has influenced the ele vation of the layout. Elevations range from 42" at Butteville to 63" at Briar Knob. The layout's hill and valley terrain is Hydro cal'll over cardboard strips with rock castings used at appropriate places. Fir trees are built following an article in Nar row Gauge & Short Line Gazette written by a man from British Columbia. Fred found the moss used for foliage at a model railroad swap Briar Knob Lumber Company Shay #3 eases past the Butteville train station with a load meet in Salem. He uses cedar shakes to make of timbers bound for the SP interchange. The Butteville station is scratchbuilt in the trunks. The end result yields some very real styrene. In the background is the Dickey Prairie Brewing Co. istic trees. Buildings are not put in at random but are The backdrop, which extends from the ceiling Fred also has a New Jersey Custom Brass 0-4-4 placed with some thoughtful consideration. The to the top of the layout, is hardboard (Mason Forney and a Grandt Line 0-4-0 which is being day we visited the layout, Fred had a cardboard ite™). Fred has done an exceUent job in painting converted into an 0-4-2. cutout of a building placed to see how it would it. The distant hills and mountains are simple, RoUing stock is limited as well. The layout's look before building the structure itself. Fred indefinite and not very detailed. As a result, the cars include three lumber cars made from kjts used to build his structures from wood but in eye pulls back to what's in front of the backdrop plus several scratchbuilt cars, since Fred feels recent years has switched to styrene and is because of its lack of detail. Yet the whole lay On2 kits cost a lot. HO Kadee® couplers are building most of his new buildings from it. out's scenery seems more complete than it really "perfect for 0 narrow gauge," according to Fred. Autos used on the railroad fit the time period is, and the backdrop just "looks right." Conclusion of the early '20s. In replying to the question, Fred is wailing to do all the layout's water so "Where do you get these nice cars?" Fred indi it can be done at the same time. Fred says two Not all of the work on the layout has been cated that there is no particular source but that books which have been most helpful are Realis done solely by Fred. He and three others partici he finds most of them in stores around the tic Model Railroad Scenery by Dave Frary and pate in a round robin which meets once a month, Christmas season. BiJi McClanahan's Model Railroad Scenery. sometimes once a week, to work on each other's Local Oregon names are used on the layout, layouts. The other three, Russell Schoof and Bill but Fred has made no attempt to model the com Motive Power ond Rolling Stock Plotner, both of Molialah, and Clyle Boehm of munities whose names he has used. Motive power on the Willamette and Western Salem, all work in HO. Schoof is a computer Presently some of the layout lighting comes is limited, just as it would be on a prototype nar programmer, Plotner is employed by the U.S. from ceiling-mounted track lights. When the row�gauge railroad - and Fred enjoys that. Post Officeand Boehm is a retired pharmicist. layout is finished, lighting will be provided by Fred's loco roster currently includes a modified Fred enjoys the variety of tasks in model fluorescent bulbs behind an overhead fascia Shay, which began as an HO Model Die Casting railroading - the track, scenery, electrical and board. Shay kit, which he refitted with a can motor. so on. He adds, "If you get tired of one thing, Jction; at the end of the aisle we see Briar Knob and at the extreme right we see Butteville. .June 1994 Model Railroading • 41 More About Fred and Ruth Kaser Fred Kaser is a farmer in the Willamette Valley. Here he and his brother grow grass seed on 800 acres and filbert nuts on another 30 acres. Fred says that his busiest time is July, which is when grass seed must be harvested. Fred bas an Agricultural Engineering degree from Oregon State University at Cor vallis, OR. He is a native of Oregon. His wife, Ruth, is a part-time travel agent. They have lived 31 years on this farm. Pred and Ruth have four children and five grandchil dren. None of the four children are involved in railroading, but the seven-year-old grand son does enjoy running grandpa's trains. all give the viewer a first impression thaI it is more finished than it really is. It isn '( until you look at individual towns that you notice that it is not yet done. The wiele aisles make it easy for several individuals to view the railroad and con verse at the same lime. The trackwork is in such The morning train of empties rounds a corner near the Willamette River as it heads good balance with scenery that a person finds into Butteville. visiting the layout is a delightful experience even though you may be working in a differentscale. Fred's Willamette Valley & Western will be you can always go to something else you enjoy." it to do this article. However the exceUent back on one of the layout tours at the 1994 NMRA The layout was not complete when we visited ground, the good lighting, the fascia boards - Convention. .1. Willamette Va lley & Western BKTCo 113 rumbles across the stream pulling a string of empty Circa 1920 Scale : log cars bound for the forests above the town of Briar Knob. On2 The remains of the old trestle can be seen behind the locomo tive in the river bottom. It was lost in a tragic fire several years ago and was replaced by a more modern wooden truss bridge. 42 • Model Railroading June '1994 MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL J. B. Hunt's Intermodal Service by John L. Becker and David G. Casdorph Photos by David Casdorph unless otherwise indicated riar 10 1990, Olle would have 10 look toward the asphalt highway to and lettered in the new Quantum livery. The new trailers were built by P see a J. B. Hunt trailer rolJjng by. BUI, today the J. B. Hunt logo can Monon and had the J. B. Hunt look to them right down to the yellow doors. be found moving throughout the countryside on America's steel highway. The new service even had its own reporting mark, "HSFZ," to reflect the the railroads, as well. The switch 10 piggyback began nearly four years ago Hunt-Santa,Eeventure. with an agreement between the Atchison, To peka and Santa Fe and J. B. The initial service area was between Los Angeles and Chicago. Hunl under the name "Quantum." However, it didn't take long for the Quantum people to see the advantages The new Quantum service began with just ISO trailers that were 48' long of the new service, and soon more trailers were ordered and placed into service. The service area was expanded to Kansas City and northern California. Contracts were soon signed with Burlington Northern, Conrail, JL Union Pacinc and Wisconsin Central. Within two years the trailer fleet grew to over 500 trailers. These were delivered in five groups. • Group I came from Monon, were numbered HSFZ 610000-6 10149 (150 trailers), and had a lare weight of 15,200 Ibs. • Group 2 also came from Monon, but were len pounds lighter at 15.190 Ibs. The number series for this group was HSFZ 610 150-61 0 199 (50 trailers). • Group 3 were built by Stoughton and were the lightest of all the Quantum-liveried trailers. They weighed in at just 14,700 Ibs. This group was numbered HSFZ61 0200·6 10249 (50 trailers). • Group 4 came from Strick and were numbered HSFZ 610250-6 10299 (50 trailers). These were the heaviest of all the Quantum trailers, lopping the scales at 15,280 Ibs. Bulldog's trailers were acquired by J. B. Hunt and often found • Group 5 consisted of 200 trailers built by Pines, making this the their way to intermodal duty. This 48' smoothside was built by largest single group. These trailers, numbered HSFZ 61 0300-6\ 0499, had a Great Dane. tare weight of 14,870 Ibs. �v;. , " ••, ...... �" uantum \\.Uantum HSFZ 610067 and HSFZ 610117. Monon built these 48' smoothside trailers for the early marketing venture known as "Quantum," a joint venture between Santa Fe and J. B. Hunt. .June 1994 Model Railroading • 43 z J.B. HUNT Nos. 8122 and 5524 were built by Lufkin (located in its namesake town in Te xas). Most of the first 9,000 trailers acquired by J. B. Hunt were built by Lufkin. As "Quantum" service expanded, the need for additional trailers for piggyback service broadened to include Hunt's earlier highway trailers. L J.B. HUN( No. 15810 is a 48' Pines-built plate-wall trailer. One can barely see the thin "ribs" along the side actually known as stiffeners. As Hunt expanded over-the-rail service, newly purchased trailers were designed with piggyback operations and No. 30380 was one of the first 53' trailers delivered. This one strengthening in mind - as one can see by the two lower-side was built by Lufkin and is a smoothside type, but other 53- rail lift reinforcements (aluminum colored). footers included various plate-wall vans, also. , J.B. HUNT No. 14289 is an insulated 48' Great Dane trailer of a sandwich-side Hunt operates a special-commodities division. and trailers are design. Note the vent in the upper right-hand corner on the nose. marked as such. Ed McCaslin photo By 1993, most of the original 500 Quantum-liveried trailers had been Al one point Quantum also leased a number of trailers from relettered and renumbered into Santa Fe's SFTZ 210000 series. The Transamerica and Strick Leasing. The former were numbered HSFZ Quantum logos were removed from the sides. However, the trailers 670062-670173. The later were numbered HSFZ 615000-6 15046. Neither retained their yellow doors (unless replaced by repair). the Strick or Transamerica trailers received the full Quantum Ijvery. 44 • Model Railroading June 1994 JBHU 200943 behind an International tractor. This is a 53' plate-wall container that was built by Monon in 1993. John L. Becker photo JBHU 700623 is seen here in front of a Kroger store in Carrolton, KY, August 1993. This is an insulated 48' container built by Great Dane in 1993. Ed McCaslin photo Generally the Quantum/Hunt trailers all ride on disc (Budd) rims has delivered 48' ThermaCube and 48' plate-van containers. By mid- 1993, (wheels). Disc rims offer lower-weight advan lUges over spoke (Day ton Great Dane, Monon and Stoughton had delivered 53' plate-van containers. Walther) rims. Generally, most piggyback trailers ride on spoke hubs A fourth, presently unknown manufacturer is expected to begin deliveries because of the durability. of 53' plate-van containers in the near future. The next major slep occurred when 1. B. Hunt began placing his Hunt's new containers also brought a new lifting system to the domestic highway trailers on flatcars. At this point, nearly any van type of trailer in container world. In order to maintain a continuous liD" height throughout the fleet became a part of the "railroadable" pool. Special-commodities the container, the traditional corner castings previously used had to be vans and flatbeds were not seen being used in rail service. Now add the replaced. The new type was designed to be lifted on the sides with a "pin former Bulldog Trucking fleet (easily identified by the two white doors) to lift" system. The system uses "female" castings located on the sides near Hunt's pool of railborne trailers, and we end up with over 16,000 trailers. the LOp of each container. The lifter has fOllr matching pins that literally Prior to Hunt's entry into rail service, the majority of the highway trailer "pick" the container LIp. With the new castings and reduced height tunnel, fleet was built by LufKin Trailers in Lufkin, TX. Later some Theurer- and Hunt's new breed of domestic container matches the dimensions of a Pines-built trailers were delivered. After the beginning of raiJ service, Hunt regular over-the-road trailer. acquired some vented trailers built by Great Dane and numbered these into The chassis are a new lype, too. On regular chassis the gooseneck (the the 14000- 15000 range (not inclusive). All of these were the then part of the chassis that fits into the front bottom part of the container to "standard" 48' length. bring the combined chassis-container height to within legal limits) is 40" When the need for longer trailers became apparent, Hunt filled the order wide by 5" or 6" deep. J. B. Hunt's new chassis has a gooseneck dimension by placing new 53' trailers into service. These were numbered in a "new" of 32.5" wide by 3" high. This special tunnel dimension also helps prevent group beginning with 30000. Lufkin and Pines supplied the trailers for this accidental loading of HLlnl containers on non-Hunt chassis. Another feature new-length fleet. of the chassis is a clamp located 011 the center of the chassis to further lock As if longer trailers weren't enough, a continued need for greater interior down the container. capacity led LO the introduction of the "plate-wall" design. This type of Oh ...in case you've been wondering what the "J. B." in J. B. Hunt construction fe atures a thin wall with a number of exterior side stiffeners. stands for ...the answer is Johnnie Brian. The side-wall stiffeners resemble an exterior-post design, but are much We thank Susan Lea of J. B. Hunt Transport, Lowell, AR, Butch Eyler, flauer and usually wider than posts. This plate-wall design allows for the Ed McCaslin and Dave Bontrager for their assistance with this article. greatest interior width. On some plate vans there are a number of small J. B. Hunt Container Numbers Guide round "bumps" along the sides. These are cover plates for interior tie downs. Hunt's plate-van fleet is available in two sizes, 48' and 53'. The 48- 200000s 53' Plate Wall footers were built by both Pines and Great Dane. The 53-footers were built 6000005 48' Plate Wa ll by Great Dane, Pines and Stoughton. 7oooo0s 48' ThermaCube (Insulated) The latest step began in 1993, when J. B. Hunt entered the "domestic container era," with the announcement of some 25,000 containers and (SWl"tillg lIext 1II011lh, Dave Bontrager will be going illlO more depth 01/ 30,000 chassis. Both 48' and 53' lengths were ordered. So far, Great Dane J. B. HIIIlf- both prototype lllld modeling. - Rlllldy) � June 1994 Model Railroading • 4S ?0[}{]©[lllJ�OCiZI � �w@:CiZllJQd)[ll�?0 The Delta Route - The Columbus and Greenville Railroad Part IV - Today's Railroad by Larry Smith, MMR (Parts I to III of this series appeared in the December 1993 to February 1994 issues.) he operations of the Columbus and Green changes with CSX. Besides assembling the The C&G maintains a switch crew in Green T ville in 1994 are vastly different from train, the crew also switches five industries in wood to distribute cars to the various industries. those of its predecessors, and they can be easily the Columbus area: Columbus Scrap Iron, The locomOlive assigned to Greenwood is either adapted to a model railroad. In fact Larry Columbus Brick, Columbus Marble, Columbus GP7 #615 or 62 1. The industries at Greenwood Ocagon's Delta Central in Birmingham oper Sanderson and the Kerr McGee crosstie plant. are Yazoo Valley Oil, Co-Operative Elevator ates very similarly to the Columbus and Green Head-end power for the westbound train usually and a beer distributor. ville. Both the prototype C&G and Larry's Delta consists of three CF7s. Central model railroads operate trains from ter There are only two locations between Colum Eastbound Operations minals at each end to a midpoint on the railroad; bus and Greenwood that have any major indus The eastbound train frolll Greenville to they then return to the end terminals. A major try. The first is at West Point, MS, where Greenwood is assembled by the local crew diffe rence between the railroads is that Larry Babcock and Wilcock has a boiler assembly using GP7 #608 or 618. The train operating operates through trains while the Columbus and plant. The plant receives major components for from Greenville to Greenwood travels less dis Greenville does not. What is interesting is that the boilers and assembles them for reshipment tance, but there is more industry on this, the Larry's timeluble and operation are based on the throughtout the Southeast. The second major western, segment of the railroad. Since the rul Maryland and Pennsylvania operations of the industrial area is at Winona, MS. where U.S. ing grade is substantially less than that on the 1920,. Corlite has a plastics plant which receives plas easlern section, trains arc usually powered by tic pellets in covered hoppers. Also at Winona is two units. Westbound Operotions the Winona Elevator. This facility receives corn USG Interiors is located at Greenville; it The C&G operates westbound from Colum in covered hoppers for use as silage by the local receives mineral wool in boxcars and clay slurry bus, MS. to Greenwood, MS, three times a week farmers. (kaolin) in tank cars (Atlas's new clay-slurry on a Monday-Wednesday-Friday schedule. Cars Upon reaching Greenwood the train drops its tank cars are ideal). Cargill has a major rice are collected in the Columbus yard from the cars, and the crew stays over until the next processing facility in Greenville and receives various interchange tracks (BN, KCS, NS and morning when they return to Columbus with the shipments in boxcars and covered hoppers (a Golden Triangle) and assembled using locomo cars that have been received from the reason for having some of Walthers' new Cargill tive 702, a GP9. The C&G has trackage rights Greenville-Io-Greenwood train and the lIIinois covered hoppers). Uncle Ben's also has a major over the KCS to Brookwood, AL, where it inter- Central interchange. rice-processing facility at Greenville, and a con- 46 • Model Railroading June 1994 there are at least three other railroads that the A possible trackplan for the Columbus and Greenville. Size would depend on radiii used. C&G interchanges with in Columbus, you have a wide variety of motive power and paint schemes to choose from for interchange equipment. HEATHMAN The C&G locomotive, GP9 #702, switches the industries and makes up the train for the westbound run. Three CF7s, still in their Santa Fe blue and yellow, couple onto the train. The train leaves Columbus and travels through hid den trackage until it arrives at West Point, where cars for the Babcock-Wilcock plant are switched. From there the train continues on into Greenwood, where the locomotives are cut off and the [fain is switched by another GP7. From the other end of the layollt, a train is made up at Greenville and travels the layout to :::::::::;;��T�O�S�TA:G:ING YARD Greenwood, stopping at Indianola and Heath man to switch the various industries. The motive power for this train is a pair ofCFls, also still in the Santa Fe blue and yellow. Motive Power It is not inconceivable that a modeler could obtain the entire motive-power roster for the Columbus and Greenville. Rail Power Products makes the CFl shells and chassis which can use Athearn trucks and motor - nine of these units are required. The locomotives are still pajnted in the Santa Fe blue and yellow warbonnet with the letters CAGY under the cab window. These unjts are numbered 801-808. No. 809 carries the reporting marks CCKY for the Chutlooga and GREENVILLE Chickamauga, a railroad the Columbus and Greenville owns and operates. The railroad is WINONA beginning to apply a new green and orangish gold to the locomotives, so it isn't known how much longer these units will carry the blue-and yellow scheme. The railroad owns II GP7s; none are equipped with dynamic brakes. Six of them are high-nose units that are painted in C&G's blue and-white paint scheme (Nos. 608, 614, 615, 618 and 621. No. 619, another high-nose GP7, is out of service at this time. The railroad recently siderable amount of traffic is generated at the space. We must take some modelers' license acquired four more GP7s from the Chicago and port of Greenville for transfer to river barges. with the layout design by including some tun NorthWestern. These are low-nose units. Two of The first switching location east of Greenville nels on the line which the prototype railroad them are still in the C&NW's green and yellow, is Heathman, MS, just olltside of Indianola. doesn't have. These tunnels serve the purpose while the olhertwo have acquired the new green Della Western has a large catfish farm and pro of helping us get from one level to another so scheme. A color photograph of the new paint cessing plant. Each year they receive over 2,000 some running distance between the towns can scheme is in the May 1994 issue of Tra ills. carloads of wheat middlings in covered hoppers be included. These units iu e numbered 1000- 1003. To avoid during the spring and summer months. This is As of 1972. when the railroad reverted into a major expense in obtaining models of these something many modelers orten overlook in the private hands. the C&G was using the round units. Trains Unlimited has the Front Runge development of switching operations for their house in Columbus for the servicing of locomo shells available in decorated and undecorated layouts. On prototype railroads, some industries tives. This can be included in the plan, and with versions. only receive shipments seasonally. At Indianola, the availability of moderately-priced turntables, The railroad owns two GP9s, also painted in Modem Line Products manufactures lawn mow should be fairly inexpensive to implement. the blue-and-white paint scheme. It isn't known ers; they ship out the stamping scrap in gondolas. However, this is unnecessary when modeling a which phase GP9s these are, so yOll can either Moorhead, MS, has two industries; Allen modern railroad. For a present-day version you use the Front Range shells or COilvert a Proto Canning and Fishbelt Feeds. Fishbelt is a large could gel by with a Pikestuffengine house and a 2000 GPI8toaGP9. catfish operation that receives shipments on a Bachmann sand-and-fuel facility. If a turning Since it converted to diesels, the Columbus seasonal basis. facility is needed, a simple wye will suffice. and Greenville has had a wide variety of motive power, some of which is readily available. some Modeling the Railroad Columbus of which isn't. The Baldwins can be obtained The Columbus and Greenville could either be From a staging yard located on the return from Stewart Hobbies, and the SW I s are avail modeled in its entirely or in part, by modeling loop, trains from the Norfolk Sollthern enter the able from Walthers. Their SD28s must be kit either end of the railroad. If you have the Columbus yard and drop off cars for inter bashed fro III various components, and the space I would recommend modeling the entire change. The train picks up the C&G interchange Whitcombs scralchbuilt. railroad. In HO, it can be done in a 28' x 30' cars and returns 10 the staging yard. Because Next time ...the Virginian Railroad. .I. June 1994 Model Railroading • 47 Computer Applications in Model Railroading More For Your Mac - by Larry PuckeH Or Will It Be A PowerPC? ofTrack Inventory from SofTrackSys program are included, for 9" and 13" monitors. down into various topics covering electrical, S lems, introduced in 1991, is one of the And these are but a few of the additions. layouts, locomotives, methods, operation, oldest pieces of Macintosh software designed All these neat new Changes don't come without rolling stock, scenery, structures, special inter specifically for model railroaders, and it is one a little extra effort on your part - however, you est, track and benchwork - plus there is a sepa of the best examples of what I think the next can import your old data files. After importing rate utility to keep an inventory of the magazines generation of hobby soflware should be. Ve rsion them you will also need to go through the data in your collection. As with SoITrack Inventory 2.0 was released almost a year ago, but it took base and fill in the blanks where new fields have there is an area to store image liles too. me until now to run through the backlog of other been added, but at least you won't need to start The Railroader Library basically provides software. Normally, I don't gel too excited about over. All of this is explained in one of the best you the structure within which to build your incremental software updates. unless it is a manuals I've seen for any computer program own database of articles from the hobby maga major revision, and this one qualifies. It also and I have a whole bookcase full at work! zines. Unlike Index On A Disk and Data Train gives me an opportunity to begin my pontifica The installation itself is painless because the Index (PC programs) you must supply the lions on the future direction of model-railroad files are provided in a self-extracting archive entries for the database. This is a great idea if ing software. formal. The SoITrack Inventory files are good you have the self-discipline to regularly enter As a reminder, SofTrack Inventory is basically for about 5 MBytes on the "back forty" of your data into the program. and it's a 101 more orga what the name implies - a model-railroad hard disk, so clean out all those unnecessary nized than all those little slips of paper sticking inventory database. The program actually is a files. Also, remember that Filemaker Pro 2.0 is OUI of the lOpS of your magazines. Unfortunately, collection of templates developed using Claris required, which means SofTrack Inventory will I don't know of a commercially available com Filemaker Pro 2.0 - think of each one as a rUIl on any Mac that has System 6.0 or later, is a puterized magazine index for the Mac - maybe preprint.ed file card with spaces for information MacPlu" SE, SE/30, POrlable, II, IIx, IIcx or B.E.T. Products should get in touch with the PC on engines, passenger cars and other rolling IIci, and has at least J MByte of RAM (2 are indexers and arrange for a merge. stock. There is a spot for just about everything recommended). The Railroader Library is available from YOLi can think of. plus H few others. For exam 50ITrack Inventory is available from 501" B.E.T. Products, 5433-K Clayton Road #3 1 1 , ple, YOll can keep track of details added to the Track Systems, P.O. Box 669, Decatur, AL Clayton, CA 945 17 for $49.95 pillS $3 shipping model, a service record, storage location, valua 35602. On Compllserve: 71635, J 006; America and handling. The program will run with File tion, paint scheme and so on. And you can go Online: SOFTRACK; AppleLink: SOFTRACK. maker Pro 2.0 on a Macintosh Plus or higher broke buying printer paper for all the different Now for the rating (1-5, 5 is best): with either System 6 or 7. Both 9"- and 13"� kinds of repol1s you can generate. Documentation 5 monitor versions are provided. OK, so what are the big differences between User Friendly 5 Now for the rating (1-5, 5 is best): versions I and 21 First, because of the radical Technical 4.5 Documentation 4 update of Filemaker Pro 2.0, Soffrack started Application 4 User Friendly 4 all over and rewrote the entire set of templates. Va lue 4 Te chnical 4 This means that a lot of new fields have been Level 1-5 Application 4 added to the templates, and that required major Value 3.5 alterations 10 the dala files, including increasing Something New Level 1-5 them from Ihree to nine. One of the most The Railroader Library from B.E.T. Prod impressive additions is the ability to store ucts is similar in many respects to SotTrack Where Do We Go From Here? images scanned into your computer, so you can Lnventory - most of all because it too is based One of the nice features that both of the above have photographs of each piece of equipment in on the use of Filemaker Pro templates and it is programs share is that they give you the ability your inventory. The preset service frequency an inventory database. The difference is that to enter data into a structured database using a can be set individually for each engine or car. The Railroader Library is designed for keeping preset form instead of responses to menu selec New modules to keep track of your workshop track of magazine articles in your favorite tions. It's a lot more intuitive for people to see a and layout have been added. Two versions of the hobby magazines. The templates are broken form in fronl of them as they enter information. 48 • Model Railroading .June 1994 Another fealure that makes this type of program developed by Motorola. The big draw initially is only difference between men and boys is the easier to use is the use of pop�up lists that you that these new Power Mac and IBM Power price of their toys! can select from when repetitive entries have to Personal Systems will offer compatibility with That's all for this session. Until next time, stay be made. For example, roadnames have 1O be MSDOS, Windows and Apple System 7�based on the right track and don't run out of steam. entered over and over again for each car, software. The first release from Apple came on Send your comments, questions and programs locomotive, train, etc., as they are entered inl.o March 14, 1994, with systems that run at 60, 66 LO: Larry Puckett, 96 18 Dublin Dr., Manassas, the database. It gets real easy to make mistakes and 80 MHz and come with a program called VA 22110. For those of YOli on Compu after you've been entering data for 50 or so cars, Soft Windows that can run MSDOS and Windows Serve my userid is 71064,22 - feel free to but if all you need to do is click on the entry applications at 386 and 486 levels. By the first leave me a message. If you submit a public with the mouse, you can't possibly misspell it quarter of 1995, projections suggest that Apple domain or shareware program for review in this - and consistency is built in. will have Power Macs running at 140 MHz, column, please indicate whether or not you are This is the first requirement I would set for which will leave Pentium�based PCs in the dust. willing to provide copies for interested readers the next generation of software: form-type entry This probably means very little for most of us and the conditions for that exchange. 1. and selection of any data that have to be entered in the hobby, since there are dozens of programs more than once from a drop�down or pop�up list for PCs out there. However, if you're reading Software Producers: [f you would like Model box. Next month J'1I have some more specific this with your Macintosh glowing in the Railroading to review your software in this examples from my SWITCHER for Windows background, it could mean an upgrade and column, please send the software and any program. access to all of this software in the near future! promotional material to the above address. Please High-end Maes - Quadra 61Os and higher, note that only fully functional and documented What Is A PowerPC? Perfonna 6005 and Mac !lux and lIui systems software will be covered; demo versions nre not Apple, IBM and Motorola have teamed up to - can be upgraded using either an upgrade card acceptable. Any materials received will be considered as gratis, unless other arrangements bring us a whole new generation of faster and for about $700 or a completely new logic board aremade in advance. Thank you. presumably beller computers using a new CPU for $1,000. Remember. it's only money, and the TO THE EDITO R (Colltilluedfrom page 4.) Nos. 555023 and 555026 have the same white propane tanks as the C�31 Ps (Johll Hall specializes ill very nice decals/or Eas'em�roadJreigh' cars. He (suggesting early version borrowed C-3 1 P design). Also the drop sill is has 8&0, PRR and Reading lettering, pillS maybe I//Ore sillce I last got his notched to fit around (what I'm assuming is the filler cap) the white tank, and list; some shops and train-show dealers may carry {hem bill yOl/ call artier directly above this is a white rectangle on the body immediately below the direct . For his current listillg, send him a stamped, self�addressed ellvelope car number with the words "CANADIAN OPERATION ONLY" contained at 2711 Pecksllijf Rd., Wilmingtol/, DE 19808. At Westerfield also 1I0W sells tllerein .... Also on #555026 the yellow dot in the black square is on the left his PRR twil/�hopper decals separately. alld they are nice, too. lower portion of the data info. Anyway thanks for the three�page photo Most railroads had their OWII illtemal classification scheme. Some a/ them spread. Looking forward to more articles of a similar nature. (Love cabeese lIIay seem a little illogical at first, bllt aft er YOLI learn a lilfle abollt a and strange critters, speaking of which how about a PoneI' diesel article?) particular road :\· scheme, it /lSI/ally makes pel/ecl sellse. 111 most cases, classes are identified by a a letter andlor IllIIIIber combination where the S. Porter lelfers or /lilmbers increase ill illcreasillg chronological order oj appea f(lIIce London, Ontario, Canada ill service. Hoppers ol/ rhe PRR, /or ex ample, were illilially (fate 1800s) colISidered slIbclasses of gOlldolas so Iwd {I "C" class prefix. 8y 1909 or so, the separate hopper or "H" designation began to be used. Other roads (8&0) used "N" (coal cars) alld "W" (;oke cars)for !toppers. Of course, Freight-Car Classifications dijferelll roads cOl lld have lIsed rhe sallie lel1er�l//lmber classification Jor rwo entirely differellf cars. For ex ample, the H21 011 the PRR was a/olll'�bay De;.}rSir: hoppel; while the H2 1 all the Western MlIIyland was a two�bay cm: 1 recently rejoined model railroading back in September (my last time Also. the railroad illdustry (Associatioll oj American Railroads ami was when I was a teenager) when my wife bought me a GG I and a Bowser predecessor organizations) devised its OWII set of car�type clal·ses. To N5 caboose and three H2l hoppers. Quite by accident I picked up the May oversimplify, HM was two�bay lioppers while HT \lias Ih,.ee�or�more�bay '93 back issue of Model Raiflvading. When I got home 1 realized that it had hoppers. YO II will IIsl lally see Ille AAR desigll{ffioll stel/cited 011 the side 011 an article about the very car that Bowser had modeled. I have now modeled additioll to Ihe road's OWII class . III other cases, howeller, 'he car will carry and detailed seven H21 as, and picked up aU of the back issues I can find. the AAR designarioll but IIOt the road's designation. To COli/lise thillgs I have started to model a Pennsy GLa using the Tichy Train twin bay that /u rth e,; when railroads leased the cars 0/ TO other roads (like the PRR's Mr. Teichmoeller referenced in his article. He makes reference to decals lease 0/ N& W H2as) even if they repaillted the car they did IIOt always rrom John Hall. I have not been able to find them. The hobby shops in my challge the class designatiol/ stellcil -rhl ls rhe "H2a " is a/l N&W cfass area are not familiar with them, can you tell me where to find them? that does 1101 fir il/to the PRR scheme 0/ thillgs. It appeared 011 the road Since I am i.l novice to the hobby, I haven't gotten a total grasp of freight about the same time as rhe H35. car classes. Do classifications pertain only to one road, or does the Asfor the Tichy USRA twin hopper, you 're right, the 8&0 fwd these classification pertain to all cars of that spec throughout the country? Could cars (N 17 and N26). Howevel; the PRR's CUI is NOT tlte l· ame wr -I 1 possibly see an EL H2 1a, C&O H21a and a B&O H21a? I was confused merely suggested its lise as a basefor kirbashing a CLa. The kirbash sliould when I saw an InterMountain USRA 55�ton Iwo�bay hopper with B&O and inelude Ch(lllgillg rhe ellds alld Cl/ttil/g down the height. Howevel; if you an N 17 classi ficalion that looks like the Pennsy GLa. wallt to letter the Tichy car "PRR" witliout allY modificatiolls, the PRR I would appreciate any help that you can give me. And congratulations DID have 300 a/ the very same USRA cm; PRR class CLd. This will be on having developed an excellent periodical. covered ill the hopper book . Up ulltil the 1960s many roads CIIsTOmized Carl Griffi n their OWII hoppers alld other cars, but the USRA cars were all early and Downingtown, PA IIIIIISIWI example of "standardization. " - JollII Teicllllloeller) � .June 1994 Model Railroading • 49 A Few Freelanced Flats: Simple Projectsby Dean That Freytag Ad d Variety Photos by the author wide, which leaves 1.250 to be divided into five .250 spaces between the six fingers. A total of 12 fingers are needed: four 36" ones for the outer. four 42" ones for the intermediate and fo ur 48" ones for the innennost ones. From the same .030 x .100 styrene used for the fingers cut ten .250 spacers. We are ready to build the fingers ...now think this out, read carefully, cement sparingly and fly at it. Apply a very small amount of cement to one of the .250 spacers .U1d use it to position the rirst This "finger" flat was built using an MOe Trailer Tra in flatcar and Evergreen styrene. 36" finger as square as possible over one of the filled pockets al position 3 between the two end cross members. Tack one of the scale 10' 3" lalcars and the loads they carry can provide stake pockets as well as cross members. On the pieces of .020 x .060 to this assembly making F a little exira variety to any layout. Here prototype I used as a guide there were a set of sure it's as square as possible across the car. Now are a some simple modeling projects that can pockets and two cross members outboard of the work your way across the floor by adding a 42" dress up a few readily-available flatcars. fingers. Using a little modeling license, I made finger, spacer, 48" finger, spacer, 48" finger, mine with the stake pocket and only one cross spacer, 42" ringer, spacer and the final 36" linger. An MOe "Finger" Flat member outside the fingers. Counting frolll left To the tops of our spacers between the fin MTTX 98051 is a typical "finger" flat thai to right for the pockets we want to have a total gers we now need 10 add .030 pieces of the same was made from a factory-painted Model Die of five - at positions I, 5, 7, 9 and 13. The .030 x .100 to help support the fingers. This Casting 60' Trailer Train flatcar. Finger flats are remaining eight (2-4, 6, 8 and 10-12) are filled again shows the benefit of Evergreen's mix-and generally used to haul structural reinforcing by cementing pieces of .020 x .100 strip styrene match sizes. Cement these pieces up against steel; however, in this case its load consists of7" (ESM 125), trimmed ever so slightly for a snug each side of the internal fingers and on the rounds from a continuous caster. Almost all of fit, into the pockets; after the cement has hard inside only of the outer ones. Complete the our efforts on this modification are confined to ened, each is trimmed flush with the top of the assembly by cementing the second 10' 3" length the deck of the car. The exceptions are the addi deck. This eliminates the .020 gap at the cross of .020 x .060 to the other side of the finger tion of eight new grabirons, a simplified cuI member and finger locations. assembly, and cap both off with the .010 x .040. lever and a new brake wheel. Each of the six cross members is made from Repeat this process for the finger assembly at The toughest part of this conversion is the scale 10' 3" lengths of strip styrene. First, the other end of the car. scraping and wet sanding required to get the cast cemenl lenglhs of .030 x .060 (ESM 133) Add the new brake wheel. deck down to a thickness of .020 without ruin styrene centered over the appropriate filled The entire deck got a coat of Floquil Reefer ing the factory-painted sides. pockets (positions 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12). Cement Yellow; the new grabirons were brush painted. Bethlehem's 1974 version of their 68' flat had Lhese pieces horizontally. Next cement lengths Everything was then oversprayed with a very of .020 x .060 (ESM 123) styrene 10 each side of thin (approximately 90% solvent/IO% Grimy these horizontal pieces; these are cemented ver Black) wash to pull everything together. tically. To the top of these vertical pieces add If you want to make your model a little more top flanges cut from lengths of .0 lOx .040 prototypical, you can chHnge the car number (ESM 102) styrene. When cutting your lengths with just a little extra effort. The MlTX desig of the .020 x .060 and .0 lOx .040 strips cut four uHlion is used for 60' flHtcars with stake pockets extra pieces of each for use with the fingers, and and lading- strap anchors for general service. set them aside. JTTX is the prefix used for flatcars that have For the fingers at positions 3 and II, a slightly either been modified or specially equipped by different approach was taken which allows us to member railroads with miscellaneolls devices take advantage of the precision-sizing offered for special services. A little black paint and by Evergreen styrene. Working from two photos some Microscale decals, and the change is eas and no measurements, I decided that fingers ily accomplished. A little black paint and some Microscale would look good if Ihey were .030 x .100 (ESM PTTX 98051 Bulkhead Flat decals can give your finger flat a more 135, about 25"i" x 83.4"). Here's how it works: the correct JITX designation. MOC car is 1.430 wide, and six fingers are .180 MDC's 60' flat was also used to build this car. 50 • Model Railroading June 1994 Walthers' bulkheads from their bulkhead flatcar kit were built on a sheet of .020 styrene and cemented in place on the MDe IT natcar. The car was reclassified by blacking oul the MTTX and adding PTTX decals. This type of car is lIsed for transporting plywood, wallboard, etc. This is a very simple addition that makes for a different and attractive car. New steps, grabs, etc., arc not necessary, but are nice touches. BR&S 579 Bulkhead Flat BR&S 579 began as a 40' Alhearn (# 1449) Walthers' bulkheads were added to this Moe flat to produce PTIX9805 1. pulpwood car. Begin by removing the enst ends from the Athearn car. Following Walthers' instructions, assemble the bulkheads without wooden fronts and add them directly to Ihe car. Tie the tops of the castings together with two pieces of .020 x .080 (ESM 124) placed on the front and top surfaces to fom1 an angle: add lhe piece for the front surface first, then add lhe top piece. A piece of .020 x .156 (ESM 127) can be lIsed for the end numberboard. ESM 127 is also lIsed across the bottom of the front side of each bulkhead. Two lengths of .040 x .040 (ESM 142) were cut to fit between the ends along the edges to provide a slope 10 the floor, which is made of two pieces of .015 sheet stock cut to fit against BR&5 579 was made by combining an Athearn pulpwood car with Walthers' the cast center beam. The BR&S is the home bulkheads. road of MCR stalwart John Roberts of Gibsonia, PA. John likes Oxide Red and so does the aULhor ... the choice is yours. SRL 6421 Log Car SRL 6421 is a freelanced log car which is loosely based on a BN prototype car I saw pic tured in the 1974 Simmons Boardman Cyclope dia. The Walthers' natcar casting was used as the basis for the car. The bunks are Details West #171 PeF-lype log bunks ($2.25/4). The side and end grabs were replaced. The fo ur smaller pieces of simulated nooring were colored, dis Iressed and set .lside.Because the car is interest This progress photo of SRL 6421 shows a freelanced log car which combines Walthers' ing enough when flm empty, enough piping was flatcar casting with Details West's log bunkers. All that is needed now is paint and decals. included to look good. The four bunks were CA'd in place and braced with a series of gus sets ranging in size from .020 to .040 thick. The closeup photo shows my method ...yours may be as simple or elaborate as you choose. Once again Oxide Red was the color of choice. The four small pieces of wood nooring and fo ur gussets on each end were cemented in place, then the wood nooring was masked prior to painting. This car is in assigned service and is loaded al. the Jackson, PA, teHm track on Jack Brown's New Hope & Jackson (another Cardinal System member). It passes through Iron City on its way to a furniturefa ctory in southernindiana. Logs were "contributed" by my neighbor'S "tall hedge." I made a form of styrene and just kept dropping them in, securing them with diluted white glue. I suggest marking the "B" end of the load so you always have a nice, nat fit. Well, there you have it. As you can see, a few simple modifications have produced a variety of equipment. What other possibilities are there? As many as you can think of. If you want to increase your options, don't let a kit's instfllc A close-up shows added gussets to help support the bunker. lion sheet limit your ideas. � .June 1994 Model Railroading • 51 ON TRACK Lowering Athearn Trailer Flats by Jim Mansfield Photos by the author hose of us who started modeling inter a 32" radius. For a manufacturer to produce a track for switching the yard. There was even a T modal operations in the middle to late marketable model of these cars (and bless Mr. short 1.5% up-grade from the yard ladder to the sixties had but two choices of model equipment lrv Athearn for having been so bold), a compro curve! - the Athearn "full-length" 86' piggyback nat mise had to be made to match the modeling During the past few months, you have seen and the "shorty" all-purposeflatcar. While the community at the time. various methods to lengthen and lower these piggyback flat is a scale length, the all-purpose Since the car was to be operated on home lay Athearn cars to 89' and 89' 4". You have also flat is nearly 4' too short. Both cars ride about 6 outs, the "standard" had to be followed. A sec seen some tricks to operate shorties that look scale inches too high. ond consequence was to raise the body or the like fuU-length cars. That's great if you are just Both of these "nils" were the result of many car, hence the car's sidesill, so as not to interfere starling out in intennodal operations. But what in the hobby, both players and manufacturers, with the tTucks as they swung under the car on about those of us who built cars to the Athearn saying that 89' was too long a car to operate on sharp curves. It should be noted that these instructions ten years ago? Well, we can lower most layouts - hence the short all-purpose flat Athearn cars, when properly weighted and filled previollsly assembled cars to a reasonable (and passenger cars), A clue to this decision lies with free-swinging couplers and properly height by following the steps outlined in the in the NMRA's Recommended Practice RP II. mounted trucks, will operate on a 27" radius. photos. The example shown is a lenglhened pig Twenty-five years ago, a 261h" radius was con Even 89' cars (OMI auto racks as an example) gyback built a couple of years ago using the sidered great for a home layout, while a 32" do quite well. Our previous layout saw ten years Athearn kit parts, less the talgo-mounted cou radius was reserved for large club layout's. And or operating these cars on a 27" radius on the pler. And, yes, it does operate through a 27" even at that, RP II does not allow an 89' car on main just north of Blueberry Yard. (Please see radius. I included a short section of 27" radius Model Railroader, the November 1984 issue, on the present Jersey Western just to fly in the page 104.) This curve was also used as a drill face of traditio.l. .1 3 - The body bolster is then set atop the shortened boss. Ensure the three mount ing surfaces (on the ends of the bolster and the short end that attaches to the car's underframe) are in contact with the metal 1 - After removing the trucks, lightly pry 2 - The car is then set on its deck (con weight. Once the bolster is set in place, set off the body bolster (bottom) and any tainers are good for this), and two cuts the truck in place and ensure the truck has portion of the drawbar (center) from the are made across the upper underframe, plenty of freedom. The sidesill can be bottom of the car. Use a #17 hobby blade one 2V," and the other 3/4" from the end shaved on the inside a bit if you wish. The to gently work between the pieces and of the car. Use a #1 1 blade to scribe a cut cars on the Jersey Western layout do not lift them from the model. Ta ke your time. ting line at each location. Then, carefully have material removed from the sidesill, Five minutes' time is nothing compared make repeated light passes along the cut and they still work fine. Shorten one (or to breaking off detail. The end of the using the #11 blade. I generally try to cut both) of the truck screws to .160. Using blade should be rocked slightly back and about .003 per cut: this leads to about 15 Goo and CA adhesives, attach the body forth (not up and down), as light pres passes being made per cut. Once again. bolster to the car and re-attach the trucks. sure is applied to slide the blade take your time. Four proper cuts are Kadee #27 couplers are mounted in a box between the pieces. Once these two much superior to a cut through a sidesill. on the piece of upper underframe remain pieces are removed, the truck-mounting The piece of upper underframe is ing on the end of the car. boss on the car body should be cut so as removed using the #17 blade if Hobsco This conversion takes about an hour to extend .010 below the sidesill when Goo and/or CA adhesives were used to and results in a car that has a deck height the car is upright. The reason for this attach the underframe to the metal of about 43". This compares well with .010 is the use of styrene as protection weight. Once again, use a back-and-forth the prototype measurement of 42". Both for the sidesill while using a razor saw to motion while sliding the blade between styles of Athearn totes look and operate cut the boss. the pieces. better with this low-slung configuration. 52 • Model Railroading .June 1994 DIESE L DETAIL CLOSE-UP: General Motors Diesel Division (GMDD) Conrail (CR) SD60M HO Scale Body Shell by Rail Power Products by Rich Picariello Photos by the author The Prototype SD60M: Deliveries of the stan dard-cab SD60 began in 1984. The SD60M ver sion has a North American Safety Cab, an option available on aU late-model GM diesels. The 3,800-hp SD60M rides on two six-wheel HT-C roller-bearing trucks. Conrail S060Ms have the latest "phase 3" North American Safety Cab featuring a sloped double-paned windshield and a tapered wide nose. Distinctive features on Conrail SD60Ms are the red "running lights" located on Ihe rear of the long hood and on the front of the nose, the rear numberboards and the location of the rear sand-fill hatch. Conrail SD60M #5544 (not shown), has an experimental "isolated cab" which will appear on all of Conrail's orders for SD80MAC locomotives to be delivered starting in 1995. Tbe Scale Model SD60M: Rail Power Products makes an undecorated SD60M shell with the "phase 3" cab. Three radiator "Q" fans, two front numberboards, one brake wheel, one elec trical filter box (not the correct size and shape for the Conrail SD60M - see note for pan B) and one walkway blower are included with the shell as separate parts, but no handrails are pro vided. RPP's cast-metal SD60/60M chassis will accept Athearn S040-2/S040T-2 trucks, motor and drive components. Overland has an assem bled cast chassis (Part #5360) with sprung brass [rucks and a can molor to fit the RPP shell. Proto Power West also offers an assembled chassis (Part #60102) featuring a lead-weighted under frame and utilizing tuned Athearn drive compo nents, Athearn trucks and a can motor. Paint and Decal Notes: Conrail SD60Ms are painted in CR blue with a white stripe on the sidesill and the anticlimbers. The fuel tank, trucks, pilots and nose anti-glare panel are painted black. Handrails are blue with white at all step areas; the step edges are trimmed in white. The side window frames, dynamic-brake fan grille and the front and rear headlights are aluminum. These locomotives display the latest "Conrail Quality" lettering and logo. .June 1994 Model Railroading • 53 Decals for HO scale: Accupaint: 1100 II Reefer White Microscale 87-740 I Stencil White 110058 Conrail Blue Paints: 2 Stencil Black Accu-flex: 7 Conrail Blue Scalecoat: 16-0 I Engine Black 10 Black 16-02 Reefer White Floquil: II Reefer White 16-29 Conrail Blue 110010 Engine black 75 Conrail Blue 1. Conrail SD60M Detail Parts for HO Scale: 22 - DA2218 Grabiron, v-shaped 1.50/3 1 - DW139 Air filtcr I.OO/sel 23 - CF147 Hand-brake chain guide 5.19/6 2 - CF221 Air hom (brass) 3.69/ea. 24 - RDPI08 Handrails 9.95/set DWI90 Air horn(brass) 2.50/ea. SV210 Handrails 15.95/sel OM9010 Air horn (brass) 3.25/ea. 25 - DAI023 Headlight, front 1.0012 3 - DA3201 Air tanks (plastic). 2.25/2 26 - PSC2923 Headlight, rear 1.5012 DW204 Air tanks (metal)· 1.9512 27 - MV22 Headlight lenses 1.10/4 4 - CF201 Antenna, Sinclair (brass) 3.79/4 28 - DA6206 Hose. air-line 1.2516 DAI803 Alllenna. Sinclair (plastic) 1.25/4 29 - DA2206 Lift rings 3.00/36 5 - DAI202 Bell 1.0012 30 - DW221 MU cable (metal) 1.9512 DWI27 Bell 1.2512 31 - CF257 MU hoses, 3 per bracket (brass) 4.95/4 6 - CCI601 Blower housing (plastic)· 3.5012 DAI508 MU hoses (delrin) 2.00/16 OM9707 Blower housing (brass)· 8.00/ea. OM9350 M U hoses. 3 per bracket (brass) 6.75/4 7 - RPP Body shell 14.oo/ea. 32 - RPPI09 Numberboards (for rear hood) .50/4 RPPI28 Chassis for SD60/60M 10.()()/ea. Note: TIlis part is only a close match for the CR rear RPP Body shell and chassis (boxed) 23.00/5et numbcrboards. Note: The RPP chassis is not needed if using either an 33 - DWI20 Plow pilot (close) 1.50/ca. Overland or PPW powered chassis. 34 - DA3001 Sand-till hatch (plastic) 1.25/6 8 - DWI79 Brake wheel. 1.0012 OM9400 Sand-fill hatch (brass) 3.35/2 9 - PSC48348 Chain 2.75/10" Note: Two hatches needed on nose; cut a notch for hutch 10 - MV220 Classification lenses, red 1.15/4 mounting location at middle of " vee" ill lhc rear of II - DA2211 Coupler lift bar 2.00n the long hood. OM9151 Coupler lift bar 2.0012 35 - DWI96 Spare-knuckle holder (metal) 1.0012 12 - CF237 Ditch lights (brass) 1.7912 OM9702 Spare-l.:nuckle holder (brass) 4.20/2 DW228 Ditch lights wlbulbs (metal) 2.95/2 36 - CFI96 Speed recorder (brass) 4.39/4 13 - OM9171 Door handle (brass) 1.6712 DA2807 Speed recorder (delrin) 1.50/4 PSC3998 Door handle (plastic) 1.50/6 37 - AT44011 Truck. powered· front 4.50/ea. 14 - OM9052 EOT antenna, small (brass) 1.70/ea AT44012 Truck. powered-rear 4.50/ea. 15 - DA2207 Fan. 52� dynamic brake wlblade (plastic)· 2.95/ea. Note: Truch are not needed if using an Overland or PPW OM9177 Fan, 52" dynamic brake powered chassis. (etched stainless steel)· 4.50/ea. 38 - DA3515 Truck sidefrnmc.e;, HT-C (w/roller bearings) 8.95/4 J6 - DA2208 Fan. Q-type wlblades (plastic). 7.95/3 Note: This is the correct-style sideframe for the SD60M; OM9215 Fan, Q-type wlblades (brass - need three)· 3.90/ea. these parts are not needed if an Overland chassis is used. 17 - DA3102 Fuel filler (plastic)t I.OO/set 39 - CFII2 Underframe!stcp light (brass) 2.95/2 DWI66 Fuel filler (metal) 1.00/4 DWI72 Underframclstep light (metal) 1.25/8 PSC390SO Fuel filler(plastic) 1.50/4 40 - AMB244 Window glass 4.95/set 18 - DA3102 Fuel gauge (plastic)t I.OO/set 41 - DA2304 Wind deflector 2.50/set PSC39036 Fuel gauge (brass) 2.25/6 OM9327 Wind deflector/mirror 2.50/4 19 - DA3102 Fuel sight glass (plaslic)t I.OO/sct UP77 Wind deflector/mirror 2.0012 CF226 Fuel sight glass (brass) 2.09/2 42 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 1.7518 OM9250 Fuel sight glass (brass) 2.95/ea. CS419 Windshield wiper.; (brass) 3.50/4 PSC39011 Fuel sight glass (plastic) 1.5012 PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 20 - DA2202 Grabirons 2.50/48 UP94 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.0014 UP54 Grnbirons(br.L.'is) 5.95/12 UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 21 - DA2215 Grabiron, ladder notched 2.00/12 Note: The following parte; mtlst be fabricated by the modeler: A - Brake cylinder air line - simulate with brass wire. n - Electrical filter - make from styrene (do not usc the RPP part). C - "Running lights" - make from small br:lsstube slightly larger than the MV lens. glue in red MV class lights lenses (part # 10). D - Misc. under· frame piping - make from brass wire. ·Similar parts, either separate or molded on, arc included with the Rail Power Products shell; replacement of any or alloriginal parts is left to the discretion of the mod· eler. tDA3 102 Fuel Tank FillingJ. Set contains parts that may not be needed for this project. AU A·LiltelProto Power We st CF: Custom Fi"shiltgi OM: Overla"d Models II/c, UP: Utah Pacific PPW: P.O. Box 7916 379 Thlly Road 5908 W. Kilgore AVenue. 9520 E. Napicr Avenue La VCOle. CA 91750 Orangc, MA 01364 Muncie, IN 47304 Benton Harbor. MI 49022 AMB: ilmericall Model Builden' PSC: Precisioll Scale Company DA: Detail Assocatesi 1420 Hanley Industrial Ct. 3961 Hwy. 93 North Box 5357 Note: These detail pnrts may be St. Louis, MO 63144 Stevensville, MT 59870 San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 available at your local hobby dealer(J.), AT: Alheam, [ltC, RDP: Rail Detail Pro(llIcls so try there rirs!. If YOlt must order 190 I 0 Laurel Park Road DW: Details We st R.R. I Box 77C CR698 directly from a manufacturer, include Compton, CA 90222 P.O. Box SI32 Angleton. TX 775 15 at least $3.50 for postage and han Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 dling. You must purchase the full CS: Cal-Scale RPP: Rail Power Products quanrities as shown in the detail 21 Howard Street P. O. Box 153 MV: MV Products parts list. Montoursville. PA 17754 Sandy, UT 84092 P.O. Box 6622 CC: Ca"IIoll alld CompallY Orange, CA 92667 SV: Smokey Va lley Railroad Products 310 Willow Heights P.O. Box 339 Aptos. CA 95003 Plantersville. MS 38862 54 • Model Railroading .June 1993 .June 1994 Madel Railroading • 55 The N Rock PrilDer by Scott Seekins lthough much of the physical landscape of stone bluffs, sandstone outcrops, granite fonna Heavy-handed, cumbersome casting or non-real A the United States is flat, rolling plains, tions, you name it - seems like every rail enthu istic staining and coloring attempts will draw marshland or drier, desert plateau, modelers in siast is turned on by rocks. Yet modeled rock anention in the wrong way, just as clumsy track the U.S. and the world over seem to have an formations are often, like the trees that surround work or loy-like structures would. Simple tech affmity for rocks and rock-like structures. Lime- them, the downfall of many a layout or diorama. niques that may be applied singly or ill Overview of desertdiorama with found-rock pieces, minute sec limestone borders constructed by Jeff Kafka from plaster molds tions of thin slate, incorporated into the landscape. for the Twin City N Club layout. Surface was splattered with Gerald Gustafson photo thinned acrylic black/brown mixture. Gerald Gustafson photo 56 • Model Railroading June 1994 Example of bark used for rock outcropping. in the foreground of the roadbed on a sec tion of the Club layout. George Heinrich photo Close-up of rock structure made from com mercial molds by Jeff Kafka for the Club layout. Gerald Gustafson photo A section of found weathered foam is planted on a diorama behind the roadbed. This section of foam was unaltered; it was just trimmed. then cemented in place. Multicolored sandstone with limestone outcrop structure Limestone outcrop made from rock molds by Jeff Kafka. stained above. On BN trackage (former CB&Q) at Maiden Rock. WI. and weathered by Scott Seekins. on the Club layout. Anne Halverson photo Gerald Gustafson photo Sandstone outcrop along the BN tracks (CB&Q) south of Bay City, WI. Anne Halverson photo • AMERICA _..... _ ____ -- A typical consist of mixed BN America 48' containers. Notice that they are loaded on a mix of five individual stand-alone cars instead of one articulated car. MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL BN America "Service by Design" Examining the Prototype - Part I by David A. Bontrager Photos by the author ver since BN America appeared on the prototype scene I have had an always been a market-driven industry); totally new and different thinking E interest in the containers. Not so much from the standpoint of was needed. Since its beginning approximately five years ago, BN prototype operations, but from a modeling perspective on this highly America has rapidly become a leader in domestic containerized shipping. visible fleet of containers. This multi-part series will be presented from that BNA started operations in 1989 and moved 23,000 units the first year. In very perspective - modeljng BN America containers and chassis. Many 1990 they moved 95,000 containers (a one-year gain of over 70,000 prototype photos will be used as a background to the modeling. To provide containers). The last figure I read was over 200,000 containers a year being a little variety, this series will run every other month, with another series moved. about modeling J. B. Hunt running during the alternate months. BNA is largely sold through third parties. Of all third parties selling BN To delve deeply into prototype operations, exact build dates of Intermodal Service, only 10% have been selected to sell BN America containers, etc., would take up useful space that could be devoted to service. Among some of the larger customers are Boise Cascade, Coors and modeling projects. Much of this type of information is not needed for Proctor & Gamble (there are of course others, including UPS and USPS). modeling purposes and would consume lime, and space in the magazine, Coors worked in cooperation with BNA on the development of insulated which are both put to better use by looking at BN America as a modeling containers. project rather than a historical research document. Burlington Northern Railroad is the parent company, but BN America is an independent entity, not a part of Burlington Northern Intermodal. Brief Overview of Operations Burlington Northern Railroad is the primary rail carrier for BN America, "Service By Design" - The concept behind the formation of BN but since BN America is marketed nationwide, these containers can be America; a concept to meet market demands in an increasingly competitive found on other railroads throughout the country. environment. lntermodal is a market-driven industry, something the What's in the future for BN America? I of course do not know - perhaps railroads were not used to (as opposed to the trucking industry, which has refrigerated containers - maybe 53' containers will be added to the roster; S8 • Model Railroading .June '1994 one certainty is that BN America is not the type of company to be • Much variation can be found in the location of builder'S nameplates complacent. Its past record proves that the company is prepared to adj ust to on Monon containers. Most are at the rear only; some have them at the market demands, and that tendency, or policy, is not likely to change. front, rear and both sides; and still others have two nameplates per side. Ex-lease units usually have one per side. 48 Containers - General Notes • Many minor variations can be found with the reporting marks and A large percentage of the 48' cont.ainer fleet is comprised of early- and numbers, as follows: reporting marks and number on opposite sides of the late-design Stoughton-built boxes, with the remainder of the units built by ISO post; no space between the "U" of the reporting mark and the number; Monon. At one time I used to joke that a Monon 48' container looked like large vertical gap between reporting marks and number on the rear door; an ei.uly Stoughton, but I was corrected, and rightly so; actually the early very small rear logo; the "America" right up against the logo on the rear Stoughtons looked almost identical to Monons, which were already being door; stenciled reporting marks and number on rear door; no reporting built by the time Stoughton got into building BNA 48' domestic containers. marks or number at all on the sides of the unit; 110 builder's nameplates; as (In the field, containers are also referred to as "boxes" and "cans"; thus all opposed to a medium blue, some of the large logos have a very light or three names are synonymous.) dark "B"; partial graphics due to mnjor repair and the gmphics not being When speaking of the right and left sides, containers are the same as restored, etc. trailers; the curb side is the right sidc of a unit; i.e., when facing the front of Although built to the same general specifications of 48' long, 102" wide a container (or trailer), your left is the right of the unit. Hence, your right is and 9' 6" high, Stoughton- and Monon-built containers have definite the left of the unit. If you're facing the rear of the unit keep in mind this conslruclion differences between them. rule reverses; your ri ght is the right of unit, and your left is the left of the unit. Monon Throughout these articles I may make mention of data or leuering being Monon containers have five hinges per door, with equal spacing inside or outside of the ISO post. When this reference is made, inside of the between each of the lower four and a large gap between the fo urth hinge ISO post means the area between ISO post and the center of the container and the uppermost hinge. The front corner posts do not have a square (or the .Irea between the front and rear ISO posts). Outside of the ISO post corner; instead, they have an angled flat across the corner. The width of means the area between the post and the end comer post of the cOIllainer. this flat varies between early and late Monons. I don't know at what date Two other terms I will frequently use for identification purposes are this change took place, but Monon containers built in 1993 had a smaller Hgraphics" and "data." Graphics refers to the BN America logo and red flat angle across the corner. Early-built (mid-'80s to whenever; again, I'm stripes, and in the case of relettered cOIllainers, lettering left in place from a not sure of specific date) Monons had a straight lower front bulkhead previous owner (or lessee) where applicable. Data will generally refer to between the cornerposts and the chassis tunnel. Later-built uilits had the reporting marks and numbers, but may also include other items such as several "V" cutouts along these sections. All of the Monon containers I the VIN lag (Vehicle Identification Number, which also includes have seen in the BNA neet have the "V" cutouts. The final distinctive manufacturer, build date, container specifications, etc.) and the size and fe ature that I can think of is the upper guardrail along the center section of capacity spccification panel on the front (nose) of BNA containers. the roof line. I suppose this could also be construed as a stiffening rail, but Sometimes, in generalizing, the term graphics will encompass every it is generally considered a guardrail to protect the edge of the roof from printed item on a container. damage by loaders. A Monon standard is to have all of those little holes in There are standard forms of construction and variations to be covered. the rail in a straight line. I believe the later Monon containers also had Due to the size of this fleet I am forced to speak in generalities most of the gussets at the corners ofthe roof area between each pair of the ISO posts limc just to prevent each article frolll becoming an independent series. (front pairlrear pair). I don't have enough good roof photos of different Without a doubt, whenever I speak of a certain form of construction, you units to show this well. One more item of interest: most (I didn't say "all") can go out and find something different. The differences in construction BN America/Monon containers have the Monon nameplate (builder's plate between Stough lOn- and Monon-built, which I will delve into shonly, if you prefer) at the rear only. containers arc pretty mllch straightforward. But the variations (many very minor) that call be fo und in the graphics and data (especially the data) are many. As I work through the various phases. notes will be given on specific variations of a particular unit; many of these can be applied to models. General location of Graphics and Data • L1rge side logo IOwaI'd frollt of container on both sides. • Reporting marks and number toward rear on sides inside the ISO post, except on Phase I and itel units. • Rear logo upper left door. • Rear reporting marks and number upper right door. • Builder'S plate toward the front on sides (Stoughton). • Builder's plate at lower left on rear door (Stoughton and Monon). • Builder's plate top center on front (Stoughton). Before presenting the photos a list of some of the common variations follows. General Variations • The color of the reporting marks can be blue or black (I have not I - The upper box, BNAU 28797 1, represents a typical Monon-built found any units with a mix of blue and black on the same container). At container. one time I thought this variation might be in conjunction with certain lettering phases, but as widespread as this variation is throughout the roster, Earl! Stou June 1994 Model Railroading • S9 2 - Unless one could view the builder's nameplate or the hinges. these early Stoughton containers were almost impossible to distinguish from a Monon. Note that the label "TOP LIFT ONLY" is located on the sidesill instead of just above the sill, and the lack of a builder's nameplate at the lower front curner of the side wall. The left side of this container has the nameplme on the side, so perhaps this entire panel has been replaced. late Stoughton Now we're seeing a definite change, changes that quickly identify (generally speaking) a container as being a SlOughton. The front corner posts come to a square corner. The upper side guardrail on each side has a series of small holes in clusters of four, with the clusters nrranged in an approximmely triangular pattern. Also, most Stoughton containers have the builder name tag at the front, rear and both sides (to be covered in more detail later). 5 - Notice the hole pattern between the two guardrails, Monon on lap and Stoughton on the bottom. Also notice Ihal the rail is farther forward on the Monon. 3 - BNAU 289739 represents what could be construed as the standard container in the BN America fleet, built by Stoughton. Monon and Stoughton Characteristics 4 - A Stoughlon stacked on top of a Monon; notice the front corner posts. 6 - The spacing of the two upper hinges is nppnrcnl here, Stougluon on top, Monon on the bottom. June 1994 AMERICA ( BNA U .1 TOP LIFT ONLY 10 - Look real close at the extreme lower left corner. That is a common 7 - This Monon container was built in September 1993. Notice the wash-record Jabel, which has the date of the last wash job written in with a narrower width of the angled section of the comer post. grease pencil. Also seen in this photo is all orlhe information that is on the large container specifications panel. Common Miscellaneous Frant·Wall Dolo 8 - The "VIN" lag (Vehicle Lettering Phases Identification Number). This tag on For the purpose of keeping everything sorted and somewhat in order for Monon containers is a little different in quick identification for spotting and modeling, I have categorized BN size, but contains the same America containers by phase. It is very doubtful that BN America has done information. Below the YIN lag is an this, but researchers and hobbyists have always broken down variations of inspection slicker, and below that is a prototype equipment by phase numbers for easy referencing. When the AAR approval of specifications tag. phasing project began it quickly became apparent that there was a Throughout these articles on BN crossover of numbers between differently lettered containers; therefore America I will make mention of tags, phasing by number would needlessly create more work. Creating phases stickers and labels. Tags contain by lettering schemes has proven to be most satisfactory. fe derally mandated information, arc Keep in mind th.H this is my personal identification system based on my stamped metal and are riveted to [he spollings of equipment when put into service. Specific dates (other than unil. Stickers and labels contain month and year) of different lettering schemes were not recorded, for the general information, warningsand simple reason that it would not affect my modeling efforts. The important operation information and are usually 8 modeling research factor is noting the visual differences and variations vinyl stick-ons. within this enormous flotilla of containers. 9 - There are numerous Itel 9 cOnlainers in this fleet, many Phose 1 - 280 Number Series of which carry the Itel logo II (see top of following page) - Taken in May 1989, this is the photograph on the front wall. Some that activated my interest in modeljng BN America. It would be extremely containers are ex-hel that rare today to find all Phase I containers on one stack car. Refer back to still carry many of the Photo 2 for a closer look at a Phase I box. Generally speaking, Phase I previolls markings, such as containers are buill by Stoughton; all white with black or dark blue doors; all of the Itel data, and some side reporting marks and unit number to the rear of the container on both even still carry all of the Itel sides: the BNAU and the number 011 opposite sides of Ihe ISO post; the name graphics (more on this front specification panel black with white lettering. Aside from being later). However, many of the early-design Stoughtons and having black doors, the Phase I containers are containers that carry full unique in the fact that the red side stripes extend from the large logo the BNA graphics have a little, entire length of the box, and there are red stripes across the extreme bottom obscure label auached 10 the lower left corner of the left door, such as the of the doors. Phase I containers are also the only BNA containers to carry one shown here. the slogan "SERVICE BY DESIGN" on both the front and sides. June 1994 Model Railroading • 61 and the length of the shadow somewhat matches that of a Monon YIN tag. However, there also could have been some sort of sticker placed there at one time. ,'m calling it an early Stoughton - for twO reasons: I) the upper guardrail has six holes, a Stoughton standard at the time. while a Monon rail has more holes: 2) the lower sidesill is divided in half by a small rib. another Stoughton design, while a Monon lower sidesill is not evenly divided - the upper portion is narrower than the lower portion. �I Series 14 and 15 - The IteliBNA Phase 2 - 282 Number Series 15 containers arc prctty basic 12 - The Phase 2 containers skipped the logical 28 J numbering series and - the only graphic to be wenl to the 282 series. Many of these containers were also early Stough lOllS. found on the units is the The radical change between these and Phase I is the graphics. The "8" in the large Itel logo on the front logos and the front specification panel are still black: the doors are now wall. An item of interest white with a small logo near the lOp of the left door with no red stripes at the in Photo 14 is that the boltom; the side stripes were shortened; the reponing marks and the number rectangular background are still 10 the rear on both sides, but now they are both inside of the ISO on the hel logo is quite post; the front logo (at least on some Phase 2 boxes) still has "SERVICE BY pronounced, as it's DESIGN" below tile logo (front wall only). usually not that visible. The sides and rear have data only, and all reporting marks are BNAU. The side reporting marks and number are inside the ISO post and tothe right as the unit is viewed. i.e .. at the rear on the leC! side and at the front on the right side. The rear reporting marks and number are at the standard location toward the top of the right door. Al one time Itel had quite a neel of free-running lease containers with full hel graphics: front. rear and both sides. Many of the Itel containers have been relettered. or at least renumbered for specilic companies, including BN America. The Phase 3 containers shown here are /101 parI of that group: those containers are a 13 - A standard Phuse 2 container. Is it early Stoughton or Monon? (This different phase and will be covered later. As a rule the Phase 3 boxes have isn't really a fair question. because there is one spotting feature I haven't black reporting marks and numbers. but the large specifications panel on mentioned yet.) There are no nameplates to be seen in this photo, and the front wall is blue. Most of these are built by Stoughton, but some because J was in a hurry I forgot to photograph the rear of the unit (which Monons can be found. For a long time 283 was the only number series I I'm sure would have had a nameplate). The YIN tag is missing. but there is ever fo und in this phase. then some 282 series containers started showing a rectangular shadow of something that was at one time on the front wall. up - see next photo. Stoughton box. Several things to notice are blue reporting marks and number, and no builder's nameplate on the Front or sides, just on the rear something unusual for a Stoughton container. The diamond·shaped stains visible on the front and side (these stains are also on the other side and rear) are from slick·on hazardous materials placards. The black stains around the shadow (on the front) indicate the placard was removed with a small torch, 16 -I believe the comment was just made that on Phase 3 (lteI/BNA) the a common practice for removing the stubborn stick·on placards. side reporting marks and numbers are always La the right as the container is viewed: well, not on this one. The 282 series cont;Jiners are out of numerical sequence for this phase and are late coming all the roster. Whether or not all of the 282 series follow the standard BNA placement of the reporting marks and number, I simply do not know. But at least there is one. 20 - This photo opens the door for debate. Both containers, 287765 (lOp) Pho! 4 21 286 Ind 28; Numl,e,S, ies and 287433 (boltom) are built by Monon and in the same number series. Number 287765 has a black logo and black reporting marks and number. 17 - Two Phase 4 containers representing two different number series and Number has a blue logo and blue reporting marks and number. two different builders. Number 284489 is a Stoughton, 287924 is a Monon. 287433 This lellering scheme set the standard for future BN America containers. Blue reports are not uncommon with blue logos, but the black logo was Phase 2 in the 282 number series. However, there is no "SERVICE BY DESIGN" slogan under the front logo. Could this perhaps be another phase, or does it simply represent one of the many number crossovers to be found within this fleet? But yet, having a 287 number prefix would place it as coming 011 the roster much later than Phase 2 in general. Here again, all of this doesn't make any diffe rence for modeling purposes, unless the era you model cuts off at a specific point in time, let's say in 1991; then it might be a problem. Another personal observation in this phase is that most of the 284 series, and all of the 286 series I've seen (which of course is not all of them) are Stoughton built. Most, if not all, of the 287 series I've seen are Monon built. 18 - Number 284309 is a good view of the left side, which of course is the same as the right side, except the stripes run the opposite way from the logo. The logo is at the front on both sides. Notice that the wide red stripes are always toward the bottom. P� Ise 5 - 288 Number Series 21 - The 288 number series will span several phases, beginning with probably the plainest container to be found. The only graphic in this group is a small logo on the rear located at the top on the lefL door (standard size and location of rear logo). That's about ali i have room for in Part One. In Part Two I will continue 10 identify the remaining phases, which go up to Phase II. Additionally, the special commemorative containers, Power·Pacs and Versa· Decks will also be covered. There are some more interesting changes coming, which adds further to the diversified appearance of a seemingly uniform fleet of containers. The next installment in the BN America series will appear in the August 19 - Right in the middle of the numbering series for this phase is 286150, a issue. .1. June 1994 Model Railroading • 63 The N Rock PrilDer (Con til/lied from page 57.) Foam rock structure adjacent to the double main and covered with vegetation. Gerald Gustafson photo combination with each other, in N scale as well as Figu re - Pour plaster of Paris into a rock mold and lift up each end to create a curved other larger scales, make it possible to duplicate casting. Hold mold in this position until plaster is firm. typical rock textures, using cost-effective realism. Sedimentary Outcrops Outcrop rock formations appearing on the surface of the ground, emerging out of bedrock, arc a very comIllon phenomenon along roads as well as rail roadbeds cutting through rocky ter rain. A number of methods may be used to duplicate these fo rmations. One of the cheapest techniques is lIsing bark chips intended for planlers. Though sold at nurseries, chips that are already weathered by the elements. the ones found in city lots or alongside buildings. are the best. Select those with the finest ridges for N scale - the more delicate the better. They may be painted with acrylic paints, then stained or tinted with thin washes and cemented on the layout or diorama. I mix acrylic gesso with spackling powder, then enough water to make a smooth paste which can adhere to rocks or rock formations. This formula is much stronger than plasler. dries more slowly and will stick to screen, styrene or just about any other material. It can also be t painted or stained effectively. 64 • Model Railroading .June 1994 selection is accumulated. A few might be bro ken into smaller pieces to vary selection. The advantage of using a number of molds and breaking portions apart is obvious - large areas of rock structure can be completed with a non�repetitive appearance. Also sections may be carefully positioned. then cemented in place by applying gesso/spackle mixture to the back side of each plaster rock facing. The smaller pieces are lIseful to fill in gaps. Don't worry about mistakes. as these will be covered later with vegetation. Curved sections of rock wall are easily dupli Rock outcrops may be devised from bark cated by lifting edges of the mold while the pieces that have fine detail. Painted and plaster is being poured. and once cooled, they arranged in conjunction with scenery may be removed and adhered like other sllch they appear as a realistic yet inexpensive formations. Again, the thinner the pour, the beI outcrop. ler, as rock structures that are too thick will jut Sandstone may be simulated from foam oul too fur rrorn the surface. presenting prob packing found weathered by the ele lems later, aside from using up more plaster than ments. Pictured is a piece of raw foam as It is also possible LO employ Found rocks. pebbles or fine pieces or tex N scale, yet creative solutions are possible. in a shorr time by this method. Remember there tured minerals may be used as facings spread Sandstone often occurs layered wilh other rock are no set rules; one has 10 remain open to over landscapes. hillsides and along roadbeds. types. such as limestone. If one is lucky. like I experimentation. The important thing is that these real rocks happened to be one day, one can stumble, liter An instance of this openness to experimenta appear "rcal" in lhe context of the layout sur ally, upon a large amount of weathered packing tion occurred at our local club, the Twin City N face. Insensitive application will come ofT fa ke, foam alongside a junkyard. Each piece Club. Jeff Kafka cre:.Hed a most real-looking yet there tire no hard·set rules; each case is dif appeared like a miniature sandstone rock for limestone bluff facing, almost "by accident." He ferent. J acquired a box full of slate chips from mation. Wind. rain and time had molded the sprayed darkened black/brown mixlllre over a fossil beds near Wolf Creek, MT, so small they surface of the orange foam and transformed it plaster rock stlUctlll'e from a plastic spray bottle, were easily adaptable 10 a number of N scale into an almost exact likeness of an aged sand and because it came out uneven, it splattered dioramas. I adhered them over painted portions stone outcropping. Little adaptation was and appeared identical to mossllichen·covered, of areas, using acrylic matte medium as the needed to incorporate these chunks into the aged sedimentary rock. It appeared very realistic cement. h dries clear around minerals, and the layout. Cement them in place with acrylic gel once lighter tones were stained on lOp of the excess does not show. medium and add surrounding vegetation later. first spray application. Larger rock sections can be incorporated into Pastels may be used to tint the surface, but Powdered pigments or pastels on the tip of a bluffs or cliffs. but again these actual pieces often the " natural" color of the weathered foam fine brush lIlay be applied in certain instances, must appear realistic to begin with. Then adj a is convincing even when left alone. to lint rock surfaces. Sandstone C:.In be marked cent added vegetation will increase the illusion When this fOllnd packing foam is unavailable. or colored in this manner; also an artisl's stomp of believeability. one has 10 create sandstone from shaped and (rolled felt blender) is useful to make markings sanded styrofoam - the dense insulation board, on sandstone, as this formation is often multi PI,,· Mold Apphc1lli, not Ihe white beaded variety. Carve basic shapes colored. Employ Dullcote® as a final fix over One of the most common and realistic rock with a razor saw. then sand each formation until these additions. Pouring similar-colored sand creations is completed by means of plaster-like the desired look is achieved. These handcrafted over and adjacent to sandstone outcrops materials poured into n.bber molds. Though it is sandstone pieces should be coated with latex, to enhances realism. Secure it with the same meth possible to make your own molds. quite a Illlln be stained and weathered once positioned and ods one would use to adhere ballast: I use an ber of excellent varielies are available in N. such adhered on the layout or diorama. acrylic gloss mediulll mixed with w.t1er, then as Woodland Sccnics or Colorite releases. They alcohol. ing, 5 int and athering are all well·detailed, covering a number of rock Once complete, rock formations may be f'lce types. A number of techniques may be employed to graced with minute grafilli, from Microscale A host of plaster compositions is on the mar color and finish rock formations, depending on 160-243. or fine stencils and spray enamel or ket. but I prefer plain old plaster of Paris, what type of facing is desired. Water-based airbrush. Any gaps or mistakes in rock facing because il mixes simply with water and allows paint mixtures or ink solutions are the best, as will be covered with shrub vegetation and fine delicate surface detail. The common procedure thinned oil paints tend to be messier, and one is clumps of mixed Sweetwater-brand grass. of pouring plaster inlO a mold, then turning it subjected 10 solvent fumes. I find thai thinned Cement vegetalion in gaps with small amounts out while still wet and applying it to the acrylic paints. like black/brown solutions, of gel mediulll, which dries clear. desired location. leaves a lot to be desired. For stirred thoroughly with a small amount of rub Various rock formal ions, or combinations of one thing, detail may be lost, and areas must be bing alcohol added to aid absorption, are excel types together can make or destroy the credibility finished in haste. A better way is to pour in thin lent :.md permanent. Cert;'lin inks or watercolors of a layout or diorama. In N scale it becomes layers of plaster. allow Ihem to become firm, fade over time. more apparent, and together with other scenicked then remove and stockpile them until a large On molded plaster facings the thinned darker areas becomes a special challenge. .1. .June '1994 Madel Railroading • S' + 8 •• ·9 ••� . e.� 1!11 o � THE SOCIETY PAGE 8 •• WHO, WHAT, AND WHERE THEY ARE. (efzjl 19 II .. ..SUPPORT YOUR HISTORICAL SOCIETY -JOIN TODAY � � These are the active prototype historical societies of which we are aware. � � � American Truck Historical Society _ Annual Dues S2Q, Great Northern Railway _ Annual Dues: $20SUSI./S40. 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AddiS, LA70710 Chicago & NorthWestern _ Annual Dues: $19!$38 sust/ Southern Railway Historical Association Inc. _ Annual Monon _ Arlnual Dues S15/$20 sust Monon RR His!. & Te ch. $21.50 family of 21$40 • Model Railroading June 1994 only populous pan of New Jersey not covered by Public Service. Just about everything is in Virginia, with good scenes from Richmond (where the trolley really started). Lynchburg, Norfolk and Roanoke. The only city systems outside of Virginia that are included are Savan nah, GA, and Washington. DC. Some famolls interurban lines are shown, among them the Shore Fast Line between Atlantic City and Ocean City, NJ, and the very famous Hagers town & Frederick. The best footage is in Wash ington, DC, where we see many outstanding lines. including the country trolley (No. 20) to Cabin John frolll Union Station. There were some unique streamliners in Washington. and they arc shown with many of the older standard cars and the later PCC cars. In the District, over head wires were nOI allowed, and the cars used the unique "plow," which placed current collec tion under the roadway, reached by the "plow" by Richard D. Forest, Esq. that hung down under the car; the "plow pit" was operated by a man raising the trolley pole or - tems changed. Nostalgic Trolley Tours These tapes each have the same format. There is neither narration nor sound dubbing. and each Mark I Video segment is introduced by a simple identification of the system or subject. Light. tasteful music s the trolley (sorry, "Iight rail") resurgence (em, wilh some lines still very much with us, is accompanies the various views. Black-nnd A continues. so does increasing interest in given coverage. with both PCC and traditional white footage predominates, bUI there is plenty modeling both the old and new of the world of cars. of color, and the color scenes in Wnshington are trolleys and their interurban cousins. Looking at The Connecticut Company, which has pre particularly breathtaking. The Iypes of views are what we had. and lost, slimuimes nostalgia over served many cars (including 15 bench-opens of quite varied, and there are plenty of behind-thc the past and hope for the future. What existed is Yale Bowl fame) and whose line in Short Beach motorman views looking forward down the truly mind-boggling, and we ask ourselves. was converted into a trolley museum, operated tracks. Film-lO-tape tmnsfer, as is always the "could this really have existed?" Fortunately. in the New Haven, CT, area. There is excellent case with Mark I productions, is nuwless. The some historically-minded fans look Illotion pic footage of various lypes of cars in different loca editing is lip to the usual Mark I standards, tures to give posterity a chance to look back. lions, including some nice views of the prescnt which are the best in the industry. Much of the As part of its continuing tapes showing vin day trolley museum and parlor car #500. The original footage is 16mm, and the 8mm is very tage railroading, Mark I Video has started a highlight. naturally. is coverage of the Yale good. Colors are usually well-preserved, series of "Nostalgic Trolley Tour" tapes. The Bowl movements, where the 15 bench-opens although there is a lillie Anscochrome to remind first four, lasting about a half-hour each, are carried mobs of football fans from the New us to stay with Kodachrome. On the minus side. entitled No. J: New Yo rk alld Nell' England. No. Haven RR Station to the Yale Bowl. there nre no maps to remind us where we are 2: Sowhem Tr olleys. The COl/neeticllf CompallY New Jersey's vast Public Service Coordinated and no narration to give any specifics of the and Public Service Coordinated Tra nsport. Transport operated one of the largest systems of various covered properties (to be fair. some are Each production has basically the same format. the trolley era and covered most of the populous so old that finding technical advisors would be a movie of a given property organized according parts of the Garden State. This tape features extremely difficult at best). Lovers of vinwge to geographic area, in keeping with the titles of view of the large steel viaduct from the top of mOlOr vehicles will also enjoy these tapes, as we the several tapes. Bergen Hill down to the DL&W Hoboken Ter see many older aULOmobiles (in actuality they New Yo rk (llld New Engl(llld covers several minal, as well as showing views from various were the villains), trucks and buses. Interurban lines in central eastern New York. with the cars. Fan trips are also shown. Hudson County is not neglecLcd, and the types of cars and famous "Leatherstocking Line" getting good lines predominate. The Newark Subway (still in freight motors are extremely varied. Many a coverage. For one, the pre-Guilford Springfield service and the sole surviving line) was origi modeling idea will come from these tapes. and Term inal. funning. as God intended, between nally built on a north-south axis 10 give passen they are highly recommended. Springfield. VT, and its connection with the gers from the various east-west routes a fast ride The "Nostalgic Trolley Tour" tapes are avail B&M's Connecticut River Line at Charlestown, downtown, and we see many car routes inter able from Mark I Video, P.O. Box 404, New NH. Albany. NY, had a neat system, as did secting the subway route (many of those COIl Milford, NJ 07646 or by telephone. 800·66- Schenectady. NY, and Providence, Rl (cars are nections can be seen from today's line). Mark I. VISA, MasterCard, Discover and seen ;.11 the IUnnel under Brown University). The Southern Trolley tape covers several American Express are accepted. The price of New Bedford, MA. operated a horse car on May lines, including those in Atlantic City, NJ. each is $24.95 plus $5.00 shipping and han 4. 1921, and we get a good look. Boston's sys- which, although not a sOLithern city. was the dling; NJ residents add 6% sales tax. .1. June 1994 Model Railroading • 67 MODEL RAILROADING'S DEALER DIRECTORY REDONDO BEACH P CONCORD SOUTH BAY MODel NEW LONDON LANTATION COLORADO NMRSAl HOBBIES IN . IDAHO ALABAMA IRON HORSETRAINS RAILROAD SUPPlY CO. HOBBY ceNTER U C 3494 CLAYTON RD. ARTESIA BLVD. 426 WILLIAMS ST. 141 S. STATE RD., n 2503 305-581-9390 94519 51!Hi82-Sn5 90276 311l-542·3688 00320 203-444-2944 333" SHELTIlN DECATUR CONCORD ROSEVILLE BOULDER PLANTATION BOISE SHELTON RAILROAD SYSTEMS CRUMP CAMERA/HOBBY SHOP RAM AV IS TRAINS RAILROAD HOBBIES EAD"S tlEWS WARRICK CUSTOM HOBBIES RAI LWAY HOBBIES 15 HM ST. 806 BANK HE S650·H IMHOff 199 CIRBY WAY 112 171528THST. 303·442·5900 1025 S. UNIVERSITY 1217 BROADWAY 1103 803Il1 FAX; 303-442·8216 PO BOX 2272 35601 205-353-3443 94520 510-685-6566 95676 916·782-6067 333" 305·370-0708 83706 20H43 2800 064 .. 203·924-8761 · SARASOTA MOBilE COSTA MESA SACRAMENTO COLORADO SPRINGS SIMSBURY GM&O "REBEL· HOBBIES GUlf COAST MODEL RAilROAD IDAHO fALLS TRAIN CROSSING WHISnE STOP TRAINS DIAMOND fUN SHOPPE VAllEY HOBBIES. INC. HATCH'S I+OBBIES 820 AZAlEA ROAD 1089C BAKER ST. 125 E. BOULCER 3222 ClARK ROAD 2752 MARCONI 777 HCPMEAOOW ST 2235 17TH ST. 366" 205-561-8196 9303 E.. 92626 714-549-1596 95821 916-485-5288 81l903 719·521>-0126 116070 roHi51·3234 %��1s TRAINS �k�,�t 83401 208·523·5144 fL mRITC SAN BERNARDINIJ MOBilE COLORADO SPRINGS ST. AUGUSTINE S WOLcon ACMR TRAIN STORE KIT & CABOODLE BUSY BEE HOBBY HOP KRIS )(RINGLELTD. HOBO'S HOBBIES 55!lEl CERRITO V . THE HOBBY GALLERY 822B HOLCOMB AVE. PlAZA 461 W. HIGHLANO A E 2619 W. COLORADO AVE. 320 S. PONCE DE LEON BLYO. '" NOIS 1 -52 4 71H86·2669 1810 MERIDEN RD. ,..,. 94530 5 0 4-992 ,,,,, .... 719·633·1210 205-476-8866 06716 203-879-2316 - !)J4·826-0222 ESCONDIDO SAN DIEGO COLORADO SPRINGS TALIJJIASSEE BELlEVILLE ARIZONA SHORT LINES JUNCTION THEWHISn.ESTOP PLUM LOCO OF COLORADO HOBBY CABOOSE THE TRAIN DOCTOR 118 EAST GRANO AVE. 3834 4TH AVE. 6527 N. ACADEMY BLVD. DELAWARE 220-B W. THARPE 715 EAST MAIN 92025 619·489·S020 92103 619·295·7340 80918 71 9·594·4123 32303 904-385·9728 62220 618·233·2824 COLORADO SPRINGS TAMPA MESA fRESNO SAN FRANCISCO B£RWYN TRAIN SHOWCASE WILMINGTON CHESTER HOLlEY ROY'S TRAIN WORLD ARTHUR'S TOY SHOP FRANCISCAN HOBBIES MODel HOBBY CITY 38 S. SIERRA MADRE HOBBI ART INC. RAILROAD SPECIALIST 1033S. COUNTRY ClUB DR. 4818 EAST TULARE ST. 192D-A OCEAN AVl 6910 CERMAK RD. 851111 602·833-4353 RIO GRANDE ATlON 4709KIRKWOOD HWY. 3818S 13m 209-252·9365 94127 415·584-3919 ST HIMES AVE. 60401 708-195-0280 �LD 719-471-18� 7 19808 302-999-0144 336" 813-831-7202 WilMINGTON TUCS N FRESNO SAN LUIS OBISPO DENVER O TAMPA BLOOMINGTON FRESNO MODEL RAILROAD LAWS HOBBY CENTER CABOOSE HOBBIES MITCHELL'S, INC. CLASSIC HOBBIES HAPPY HOBO TRAINS HOBBYLANO INC. 485 EAST WETMORE 744 P. STREET 855 MARSH 500 S. BROADWAY 2119 CONCORD PIKE 4040 W. WATERS AVE., 11100 616 N. MAIN S1 85705 602·293·2022 93721 209·266-2805 93401 805·544-5518 80109 303-777·6766 FAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER 33614 81J S86·5072 61701 309·828·1442 19803 302.£52·3258 . HEMET SAN MATEO DENVER (AURoRA BUR8ANK DYNAMIC HOBBIES PENINSULA IiO!IBIES TRAINMASTER OF bEIiVER G' IRGI GOlDErl SPI)(ETRAINSHOP ARKANSAS 1448 CARY AVENUE IRluA 530'11 £.nORIDA AVE. 1690 S. ABilENE 6357 W. 79TH ST. 415·34 779 91543 714-925·9331 94401 3-7 80011 303-671·8444 60459 706·598-3114 SAN MATEO ENGLEWOOD COCOA ATHENS WATKINSVILLEI CONWAY LA MESA MEMOR� STATION CHAMPAIGN REEDS HOBBY TALBors HOBBIES THE MODELER'S PlACE SPARE TIME HOBBIES MICKEY'S MODEL WORKS PO BOX 56 PRAIRIE GARDENS 8039 LAMESA BLVD. 445 SOUTH B S1 351K GIRARD AVE. 23 STONE S1 2305WASHINGTON AVE. W. HIGHWAY 441 SOUTH 3000W. SPRINGFIELD 619-464·1 6 94401 415-34HI2ti7 80110 31911 407-636·1808 71031 5!lH50-M23 91941 n 306n 706-769-8986 61821 217·356-6532 DAnONA FORT SMITH WEWOOO SANTA ClARA fORT COLLINS BEACH A NTA DUNN TOYS AND HOBBIES nA CHICAGO GOLDEN SPIKE HOBBY WAREHOUSE TRAIN SHOP HOBBY TOWPI GANDY DANCERS 1545 BEACH ST. CHICAGOlAND HOBBY S05 S. 17TH 411BE. SOUTHST. 1829 PRUNERIDGE AVE. 2531 0 S. COLLEGE AVE. �60 PEACHTREE RD. 6017 NORTHWEST 72901 501-785·2557 90712 213-531-1413 950SO 408·296·1050 80525 303·244·5445 9·6MOfl·$AT CLOSED SUfi 30341 4 451·7425 HW'f 32014 90 4·253-7691 04· 80031 312·775-4848 DAYTONA BEACH AUSTHL NORTH limE ROCK LOS ANGELES STOCKTON GRAND JUNCTION CHICAGO HOSBVTOWN HOBBY TOWN USA HOBBY HOUSE M S DElTA DEPOT THE HOBBY HUT TROST HOBBY SHOP MADUD AlLIED OOE TRAIN U E •• l 5939 PACifiC 811 N.12THST. VOLUSIA SQUARE 3999A ST ll RD sum 701 5302 MacARTHUR DR. 4411 SEPULVEDA BLVD. AVE. BROOKWOOD S UARE 3105-3111 W 63RO ST. 9521J7 473· 10 81501 ·242·8761 2455 W. INTERNArt SPlMY BLVD. O 72118 5Ql·753.(1.l95 90230 213·313·9353 209- 34 303 30001 404·9-l1·5611 60619 312·925-11XXl 32114 904-252·9935 LOS ANGElES (CULVER CITY) MEYERS TORRANCE GRANO JUNCTION FT. COLUMBUS CREST HILL ALLIED MODEL TRAINS THE OWl AND THE PUSSYCAT ALL ABOARD MOOEL RR HIS 'N' HERS MODEL TRAINS TOYS FOR BIG BOYS WAL HOBBY SHOP 4411 S. SEPULYEOA BLVD. PLYMOUTH CENTER 1110 rs CALIFORNIA 3756 PACIFIC COAST HWY. 2692 US HW'f.SO. SUITE K 3443 HAMILTON ROAD 1701 1J.LAR)(IN AVE. FAX 310·313-9365 15200 US 41 SOUTH 213·791-2637 81503 303-245-55G4 31934 71)6-327-4546 815·741 0043 90130 310-313·9353 905" 33908 813-489-431 1 604" - AlBA Y MORENO VAlLEY TURLOCK GREElEY WHAHO MARlmA DES PlAINES H PER)(INSHOBBIESI KIT & CABOOOLE lONG'S DRUG STORE m4 SOUARE ROUNDHOUSE DON'S HOBBIES HOBBY SHOP DES PlAIlIES HOBBIES COLLECTIBLES 1404 SOlANOAVl 25070 AlESSANDRO BLVD. 1468 LANDER AVE. 815 10THsmEET 353 PAT lAm RD. 1468 1117 S. FLORIDA AVE. UE ST. 94700 415-524·9S42 92388·4313 714-242·5060 """ 211i-668-4454 80631 303-353-3115 30lI6O 4D4'333-0190 60618 708-297·2118 338IJ3 813-683-3251 SILVERTON VICTORVILLE LANTANA LAWRENCEVIllE BERKELEY MOUNTAIN VIEW TSARSKOE SElO DOWNERS GROVE PRECISION SCALE HOBBI S THE DEPOT TRAIN WORKS BERKELEY HARDWA RE SAN ANTONIO HOBBY SHOP E 44 EAST 10TH 81433 DOWNERS GROVE HOSBIES 15048 BEAR VAllEY RO . STE. C 503 RIDGE RD. 251 F HURRICANE SHOALS RD. 6234 S. MAIN S1 2145 UNlVERSIT'f AVE. 255!l W. El CAMINO REAl W. . PtiONE/FAX 303':JaJ.5.�87 91391 619·951·8013 33461 40J.5.85·1982 30145 404·339-7780 60516 708·960·59(X1 94704 m-345·D410 941)4' 415·941·1278 * AUTlfORllEDLIONEL DEALER * WEST COVINA MIAMI RIVERDAlE NORTH HOLLYWOOD WESTMINSUR ELGIN '"fA TRAIN CROSSING OfWlGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES RIVERDALE STATION IRON HORSE THE ROUNDHOUSE HOBBY TOWN B & G TRAIN WORLD 1613 W. AVE. NORTH 1975 NW 36TH ST. 6504 CHURCH ST.. sum 8 116 S. SREA BLVD. 12804 VICTORY BLVD GARVEY 6975 W 88TH AVE. 829 WALNUT AVE. . 91790 818·225·1442 33142 305·63 2521 30114 4D4·991-5085 92621 714·529·1795 91800 818-769-0403 80011 303-431 ·0482 3· 60110 708·888·2646 ORLANDO SAVANNAH WESTMINSTER fRANKLIN PARK BURBANK ORANGE BIG KlOS WORLD OF TRAINS BULL STREET STATION ARNIES TRAINS END Of TRACK HOBBIES BURBANK'S HOUSE Of HOBBIES FRANK'S HOBBY SHOP 1039 NORTH MILLS AVE. 151 BULlS1 645!lWESTMINSTER AVE. 9706FRANKUN AVE. 923W. OLIVEAVE. 666N. TUSTIN AVE. 31803 FAX 407-894-4833 31402 912·236-4344 91683 71 93·1015 60131 703-455·2510 '1506 818-848-3674 91667 714-639-9901 4-8 41J7-8SH884 BURBANK PASADENA YUBA CITY ORLANIJO GLENWOOD THE TRAIN SHACK THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP WESTERN DEPOT CONNECTICUT COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY INC. oON'S HOBBY WORLD 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. 1650 SIERRA AVENUE, STE. 203 634N. MILLS ST. 18415 S, HALSTED AVE 95991 916-673-6776 32803·4575 407·841-1485 91505 818·842-3330 91107 818·796-7791 ... 15 708·754·7988 BURLINGAME ORLANDO/WINUR PARK PETAlUMA BRANFORD LA GRAN GE TRACKSIDE TRAINS BRANFORD HOB81ES THE TRAIN DEPOT MODElS AND MORE LA GRANGE HOBBY CENTER IIIC. ST£W MARSHALL N SCAtEEXCLUSJVfLY 218 PETAlUMA BLVD. N. 609BOS TON POSTRD. HAWAII 25 S. RAHGE RD. 1675 ROLLINS ROAD B-1 S. ORLANDO AVE. (17 lAG "951 707-762-2378 WEST MAIN 900 60515 7 · 1220 94010 415·692·9724 .92k 08 354 ,... 203-488-9865 32789 407-629-1 · CAMPBHl REDOING MANCHESTER PENSACOLA HONOLULU MORTON GROVE D & J HOBBY TRAIN DEPOT NEW ENGlANO HOBBY SUPPLY BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE HONOLULU TRAINS TRAIf�S & CARS OF YESTERDAY 96 N. SAN TOMAS AOUINo RD. 2334 RAILROAD AVE. 71 HILLIARD ST. 5719 N.W. ST. 1409 KAlAKAUAAVE. 7923 W. GOLF RD. '5008 408·379·1696 96001 916·243 1360 325!l5 904 4 2187 96816 soa·S47·29n 60053 708·470-9500 · 0604. 203·646-0010 · 33- S8 • Model Railroading June '1994 NORTH HAMPTON MUNDELEIN MASON CITY NORTH YARMOUTH SUDBURY ROYAL OAK ST.LOUIS PHOTO & HOBBY SHOP KEN INS FlITS RON'S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES EAST SIDE TRAINS TRAIN & TROOPER 'S TRA TRAIN CENTER HOBBIES NORTH CENTRAL HOBBIES VILlAGE SHOPPING CENTER MILL VILLAGE. RTE. 20 431 N.lAKE ST. 932 8 E. STATE ST. 13 MEMORiAl HWY. OUTE 9) 4508 N. WOOOWARD 9120 !.ACKlAND RD. USR11 om6 508..44H883 48073 81G-549.s500 63114 314·426.(X)31 60060 708·94g.8680 50401 515�23'1748 04021 20W -tl29--3211 03862 603·964·9292 PORTLAND NORMAL OSKALOOSA SULLIVAN PHOTO & WARREH ST. CLAIR SHORES ST.LOUIS PETERSBDROUGH OUN RY EP T JEFFREY AlANS C T D O TRAIN CENTER TUCKERS ttOiIBIES WHISTlE STOP HOB8Y TRAINS PACifiC RAILS HOBBY EC. DUMAINE ENTERPRISES LINCOLN RFO 2. 101 TOWANDA 2592 AV£. 136 fOREST AVE. BOX 1090-8BACON ST. 21114 HARPER AVE. 12310 NATURAl. BRIDGE BOX 347 52517 SI5.ij73·5927 . 61761 309·45H456 04103 20].773-11146 01083 413·436·5318 48080 31J 771·6770 63044 31070-11022 0345B 60J.878·2163 WATERVtlfT SALEM PALATINE WEST BOYLSTOH H068Y EMPOR1UM Of HENRY'S tffiBBYHOUSE 8OB'S HOBBY & COLLECTOR'S PAlATINE HOBBY, LTD. MARYLAND NEBRASKA SALEM. INC. 772 W. EUCLID Avt. KANSAS 67 W. BOYL5Tmi 5T. UNIT 1 ONE OF MICHIGAN'S LARGEST RT. ROCKINGHAM MALL 115 N. MAIN 5T. · 28 6 .. , 708·359·78B8 01583 508-83S.a165 P.O. BOX 796 603·89().6662 4'" 61&463·7452 0Jj)79 PARK RIDGE BAlTIMORE GRAND ISLAND HILL'S HOBBY COLLECTORS GREAT BEND WESTLAND HOBBYTOWN USA & DAVE'S HOBBY & SHOP TAYLOR'S TOYS 6 MICHIGAN TV 3537 W. 13TH S1 NEW JERSEY 10 PRAlRIE 3120 10TH S1 �N�C ����LUOES �NT�MAIL OROE 29026 WARREN RD. IN STATE ONLY 1-800-286'3451 · � � 48185 313-422..4464 .... 708-823-44&4 67350 316-793 9698 12-2 301· 6207 """ 308-382-3451 liNCOLN ABEROHN PEORIA KANSAS CITY AREA LATHE) CATONSVILLE ANN ARBOR WESTlAND HOBBYTOWN HOBBY SHOP JEFFREY AlANS PEACEVILLE TRAIN �OP PRO CUSTOM HOBBIES, INC. RIOER'S HOBBY SHP NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY EASTPARK MALL R134 46(11 R D EASTPARK 721 FREDERICK RD. 115W LIBERTY 35101 fORD RD. N. SHERIDAN OA 121 A . NORTH 66TH 51 STRATMORE SHOPPING CEN E 614 309-693-m3 21228 4111-788-8770 48104 313-668·8&46 48185 313-722·5100 m T R 61 ","1 913-782-6965 68505 402·464·2858 07747 908·583,0505 UNCOLN COLLEGE PARK BERRIEN SPRINGS PEORIA MANHAnAN ROlLiES MODEl RAILROAD ABSECON MIKfS MAINLINE HOBBIES OON'S RAILROAD HOBBY SHOP BURRm HOBBIES DAVE S MODEl TRAINS THE ROUNDHOUSE INC. MINNESOTA CROSSING 1227 D. WESTGLEN AVE. 1223 PIERRE S1 9920 RHODE ISlANDA VE. 10644 OLD U.S. 31 400 NEW JERSEY AVE. 49103 616�13·5533 5606 S. 48TH ST. 61614 309·692·1909 66502 913·537-7624 20740 301-982-5032 68516 402·423·9337 08201 609·641-8474 I I DUINCY M SS ON FINKSBURG CANTON RICHFIELD OMAHA TOPHAT HOBBIES. INC. J'S HOBBY HAVE N HUB HOBBY CEN ER CHESTER TRAIN WORKS RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP T HOB8YTOWN USA THE HOBIIY & GAME ANNEX 126 NORTH 5TH 5303 JOHNSON DR. 6416PENNAVE. S 29J4C EDARHURST RD. 42001FORD RD. 14655 W. RD. ROUTE 62301 217·222.oo.tO 913� · '5423 612·866-957S COOER 24 662", 32 8820 "048 �1G-526-001B 48187 313·981·8700 68144 41)2-697-9514 07930 9D8·B79�263 SKOKIE GAITHERSBURG ROBBINSDALE OMAIIA DENVILlE TOPEKA COLOMA NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND PASTIMES HUB H068Y CENTER HOUS!: TRAINS F&MHOBBIES FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES J & W MooEl TRAINS, INC. Of COLLECTORS GAlLERY 531 OUINCE ORCHARD RD. 4114 lJJ(ElAND AVE. 8106 MAPLES1 3118 ROUTE10 21J23 SW GAGE BlVO. 6450 BECHT RD. H 4901 OAKTON ST. 20878 301·977·7902 55422 612·535·5628 68134 402-3!11·2311 078:)4 FAX 201-361-3855 60077 708'673-4849 66604 913·272·5772 49038 616·468,5586 201-36HI042 KENSINGTON SPRINGfiElD WICHITA MAYBERRY & SONS DEARBORN SAINT PAUL OMAHA JACKSON JEFfREY AlAN5 JOE'S HOBBY CENTER SCALE MOOEl SUPPLIES RAINM N RADI G POST JACKSON HOBBY SHOP ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES TRAIN & HOBBIES T A T N 1 WA SH 7845 WYOMING AVE. ARK AY S 1ST ST RT. SENNEnS MillS PlAZA 602 BA 2718 BOULEVARD PlAZA 10527SUMMIT AVE. 458 N. lEXINGTON P W 5215 .2 . 526 217·781·ml 48126 313-933-6567 55104 612 - 1 68107 402-734-1233 08527 008·360334 52704 61211 316-685-6608 20895 301-564·9360 -M6 778 SPRINGFIELD MOUNT AIRY PARK HIGHTSTOWN DENNISON'S RACKSID EASTPOINTE SPRING LAKE SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS HOBBIE T E UIIIVERSITYHOBBIES D K & B RAILWAY SUPPlIES S HOBBIE JOE'S tffiBBY CENTER NEVADA 2448 S. 10TH S1 KENTUCKY S 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE 138SOUTHMAINST. 2-4 MAIN 11900E. TEN MILE 62703 117·523.Q26S S. ST. 612,780,4189 08520 609-<148-5070 21771 301·831·1211 480" 313·n3·8294 55432 SPRINGFIELD MU ERVILLE ASHLAND 8T. PAUUMAPlEWOOD lASVEGAS C WHISnE POST FARMINGTON B&R R I AY Z&Z HOBBIES H068YTOWN USA Jors HOBBY currER HOBBYTOWfI A LW S 2347W. MONROE PlAZA 500WINCHESTER AVf..1232 3035 WHITE BEAR AVE. 50E SOUTH PROCYON 116 flOCK RD. 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MOANA LANE 408 FRANKLIN 5228 US HWY.202 46360 219·874·2 2 10125 504-822-3914 01453 5118-537-2277 4!". 616·345-0004 64015 816-224-6962 '9502 702·B26-6006 38 07470 201·696-5110 METHUEN LOWEll BRENTWOOD WESTMONT SHREVEPORT TRACK II TRAINS IOWA COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER MODELER'S JUNCTION EARL'S TRAIN WORLD NEW HAMPSHIRE SATIlER'S HOBBY SHOP 4(1)2YQlJREE OR. 88 LOWEll ST.. ROUTE 113 1056D CASCAOER O Sf 2535 S, BRENTWOOD BLVO. 14 HADDONAVE. 71105 318'865-7632 01844 508·683.Q685 49331 616-868-7495 HOME Of PROTO-BEO 08108 609-854-7136 63144 314-963·9577 CEDAR RAPIDS NORTON PORT HURON KANSAS CITY NASHUA BOX KARHOBBIES MAINE NORTOH PROTOTYPE HOBBIES BLUE WATER HOB81ES SPORIGHT Moon RAILROAD HOBBY EMPORIUM NEW MEXICO 1D9 THIRD AVE. SE 160TAUNTON AVf.. 1414 PINE GROVE �vt. 7427 S. TROOST AVE. ROYAL RIDGE MALL 52401 319·362·1291 03060 603-888·3366 02'66 508·285-6712 48060 313-984·8764 64131 81 6·444·7331 DES MOINES ROCllmER NORTH CONWAY AlBUOUERDUE AUBURN RAYNHAM JOE'S HOBBY CENTER PARKVILLE BRAS CABOOSE HOBBY HAVEN IGH ST ION EO'S BOXCAR J&l HOBBIES S TRAINS WEST INC. FRE T AT CAMPUS CORNERS SHPG. CTR. NOER CAROLL REED) 7672 HICKMAN RD. TAYLOR BROOK MAlL T. 611 CENTER STRm 1362J NW HWY. 9 6001 SAN MATEO BLVD. NE 105 S LIVERNOIS ORCROSS CIRCLE SUITE B·3 50022 515-276'8785 04210 207·� 84 �56 1)2767 508·822·6563 64152 81&-74&-1282 48063 31H51-8842 """W 603-356-9922 87109 505·881-2322 .June 1994 Model Railroading • 69 TULSA LAS CRUCES MINEOLA WENDElL LANSDALE BRENTWOOD DISCOUNT TRAIN & MODEL THE HOBBY HUT WILLIS HOBBIES TOOO'S TRAIN OEP{lT PEtm VAllEY HOBBY CENTER NASHVILLE DEPOT HOBBY SHOP 8988-X S. SHERIDAN RD. UTAH 126 WYATI DR. 285 WILLIS AVE 404 W. WILSON AVE. 837 W. MAIN S1 4924 THOROUGHBRED lANE 74133 918-495-1525 88005 5Q5·52H1991 11501 516-746-3S44 27591 919-365·5006 '9446 215-855·1268 3702' 61:r371·5350 MOGOLLON SALT lAKE CITY NEW YORK TULSA lrrm TSARSKOE sno ClARKSVILLE DOUGLAS L40O£LS RED CABOOSE WINGS·N·THINGS, INC. RUtfS MODEL TRAINS 1 BURSUM ROAD 88050 THE HOBBY SHOP ""55THYEAR 16 W. 45TH S1. 4TH FLOOR NORTH DAKOTA 5241 S. PEQflIA 101 N. BROAD S1 •••• PHONE/FAX 505·539-2766 1616 FT.CAMPBEll BlVD. Z055 E.33RO SOUTH S1 '0036 212·575.0155 WOS 918·745-0034 175-43 71].627·1273 04 AIJ1HORIlID L/ONfiDEALfR ssm 37 2 615·553-D35Q 84'09 801-487·7752 NEW YORK GRAND FORkS MONTOURSVILLE JOHNSON CITY SALT LAkE CITY THE TRAIN SHOP t.lcGIFFIN·S ENGLISH MODEl RR SUPPLY EO'S SOUTHERN TRAms GREAT ESCAPE HOBBIES NEWYDRK 23 W. 45 S1 OREGON 1200S.WASHINGTON 21 HOWARDS1 217 E. MAIN Sl 1773 W£ST 4160 SOUTH 212·730-0409 84119 801·966·7785 '0036 58201 701·172·5311 1775-4 717·368·2516 37"" 615-921l-2290 PERkASIE BALLSTON SPA NIAGARA FALLS SANDY BEAVERTON LESHER'S VARIETY·HOBBIES KNOXVILLE THE DEPOT THIRD STREET DEPOT MRS HOBBY SHOP OHIO TAMMIE'S HOBBIES 21 N.7TH HunON'S HOBBIES 108 MILTON AVE. 507 3RO ST. 9425 UNION SOUARE 3545 SW HALL BLVD. 94 215·257·4055 7525 MAYNARDVILLE HWY. 12020 518·B85·8789 14301 716-285·2043 18 4 84070 801·572·6082 97005 503-544-4535 IN PA 1·800·ATRAIN 0 37918 615·922·9811 BLAUVELT PAINTED POST CINCINNATI MILWAUKIE PITISBURGH kNOXVILLE HUDSON SHORES MODEL TRAIN LACKAWANNA TRAIN SHOP GOLF MANOR HOBBIES HOBBY WAREHOUSE· A B CHARLES SON HOBBY SHOP DAN'S TRAINS 547 0 WESTERN HIGHWAY 523 E. HIGH S1. 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVE. McLOUGHLIN VERMONT 3213 W. lIBERTY AVE. EMORY ROAD AT 1·75 NORTH 10913 914·398·2407 14870 6OH162·5164 45237 513·351·3849 11405 S£ McLOUGHLIN BLVD. 97267 500-653·1233 15216 412·561·3068 37849 615·938·7212 BING HAMPTON PATC HOGUE CLEVELAND LA GRANDEE PITTSBURGH MEMPHIS BURLINGTON GEORGE'S CABOOSE KARRY'S DEPOT WING'S HOBBY SHOP, INC. HOBBY HABIT BILL & WALrs HOBBY SHOP MODEl RR HOBBY SHOP At·s TRAIN SHOP 85 RDftINSON S1. 128 MEDFORD AVE .. RT. 112 17112 DETROIT AVE 411 FIR 116 SMITHFIELD ST 3436 PARK AVE. 56 HOMEAVE. 13004 607·m·8353 11m 516-475·9056 44107 216-221·5383 97"" l-MO-963·96Q2 15222 m·2BH�l40 38111 901·324·7245 "40' 802-658-4935 PUlNVIEW BROOklYN COLUMBUS PDRTWD MEMPHIS JDIiNSBURY SUNRISE TRAIL HOBBY READING ST. HOBBYI(ING STRETEHOBBIES HOBBIES UNLIMITED WORlD OF GAMES �D HOBBIES ELUS PAINT WALLPAPER 6LS. SUPPLY DEPOT 3655SlIll lVANT AVE 4503 N. INTERSTATEAVE. IRotlHORSE HOBBY IiOUSE 2720 AVENUE U 21'96 PERKINS 85EAS TERN AVE. 33CAIN DR. '''' 614-27H959 97217 503-287-4090 60S. 6THSl S. "'" 71B-64B·5399 ' 38118 901·365·2080 "' ' 802·748-3800 11803 516-454·4827 '9602 215·37H927 ' PIGEON FORGE VERGENNES BUFFAlO ROCHESTER COLUMBUS PORTUND READING PIGEON f{)RGETOY & HOBBY C&JH OBBIES I(VAL H088IES THE WHISru STOP THE TRAIN STATION HOBBY WAREHOUSE G & K HOBBY CENTRE 2919 MIDDLE CRHK RD. 7. BOX 2510 m HINMAN AVE. 1967RIOGERD.E 4430 INDIANOLA Avt SW APPLE WAY RTE. 8532 120GORDON ST. P.O. BOX 1271 "'91 802·8n·2997 14216 716-875·2837 14622 716-467-75ro 43214 6140262·90:56 'm' 503-292·3790 "'" 21:r374·8598 37168 615-428-0918 BUFFAlO CUYAHOGA FALLS PORTLAND ROCKY POINT STRASBURG NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAfT MART RAIL CROSSING VIC'S HOSBY SUPPLY EASTERN HOBBIES INC. STRASBURG TRAIN SHOP VIRGINIA OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY 71B ROUTE 25A 119 W. PORTAGE TRAIL 606NE BROADWAY TEXAS 3366 UNION RD. AT WALDEN 44221·3221 216·945·5552 97222 503·281 -1032 ROUTE 741E. BOX 130 11778 516-821-3175 717-6S7·0464 14225 716·681-1666 17579 EAST ROCHESTER SCHENECTADY LORAIN PORTLAND AUSTIN ALEXANDRIA DESPATCH JUNCTION MOHAWk VAtLEY RAILROAD CO. THE CORNER STORE WHISTLE STOP TRAINS WAYNE HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. OBIES TRAIN SMALL WORLD HOBSIES BRODIE OAKS SHOPPING CTR. lOllST ATION RD. 2037 HAMBURG ST. 1249 COLORAOO AVE. 14037 SE STARK 6461 EDSALL RD.• STE. 405 I 4107 CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY 4445 716·385·5570 12304 518·3n·9124 44052 216·288-2351 97233 503·252·7118 163 E. lANCASTER AVE. . 22312 703'658·9520 '008' 215-687-6875 78704 fERNDAlE MAUMEE SALEM SMITHTOWN WESTCHESTER AUSTIN BURKfjfAIRFAX SUSIE·Q HOSBY SHOP THREE GUYS HOBBIES J & M HOBBIES SKYSPORT BRANDYWlNE HOBBIES KI�G'S HOBBY ACnotl HOBBIES OF BURKE RO BOX 220 WE. MAlNST. 1238 CONANT S1 4564 COMMERCIAL ST. SE 1502 WESTCHESTER PikE 8810 N. lAMAR 57656 BURKE cm. PARKWAY BUSHVlLLE·SWAN LAkE RD. 265-8303 43537 419·893<2621 97301 503·363-4345 11787 516- 2 96·904 78753 512·836·7388 22015 7113·978·9770 12734 914-292.Q921 19382 15·6 9 CORPUS CHRISTI CItARLDmSVlllf EDWARD UTICA NORTH CANTON FT. BILL'S TRAIN SHOP TRAINS UNtlMITEO D-J MDDEL TRAINS VILlAGE HOBBIES NICk'S SALES & SERVICE PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND 322 OMAHA ST. 2116-B BERKMAA DR. 397 REYNOLDS RD. 2011 GENESEE S1 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH NE 512-382·1792 2290' 804-974·9499 12828 518·793,2167 '3511' 31!r73:H1611 44n, 216-494·0125 '84" FAlLS CNURCH NORWALK AlLENTOWN 'AlLAS GENEVA CRANSTON AAUNGTON HOBBY CRAf'll:RS PAUL'S HOBBIES AlLENTOWN TOY TRAIN SERV. BOBBYE HAlt'S HOBBY HOUSE LAkE CITY HOBBIES AAHOBBIES WILlSTON CENTER NORTH CAROLINA 46 E. MAIN 125 1f.1 N. 11TH ST. 4822 BRYAN S1 3OCHERRYS1 885DYER AVENUE 6176 ARlIHGTON BLVD. 44857 419·668·3019 18102 215-821.0740 75201 214·821·2550 14456 315·781·0807 ""'" 40i-G43-9990 22044 703·532-2224 OAk HARBOR DALLAS GRAFTON GLENS FALLS ASHEVILLE ALLENTOWN DOUBLE "0" HOBBY SUPPLIES COUBRI'S GRAFTON HOSBY CENTER TRAINS PlUS CAROLINA ART, CRAFT & HOBBY BLOCH'S HOBBY SHOP 7727 B W. CAMP PERRY W. LOVER'S lANE. STE. 139 110·C DARE RD. 12WA A N 128 SWANNANOA RIVER RD. 1825 ROTH AVE. SOUTH CAROLINA 5600 R E S1 WESTERN RD. 2 BLOCKS WEST OF TOLLWAY 804·898-4184 28805 704·258·2227 18104 215·432·9975 23692 12801 518·761·0173 43449 419-898·2110 75209 214·352·3394 ASHEVILLE TOLEDO BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT GREENVILLE DALLAS LY NCHBURG HICKSVILLE SINK'S MODEl SHOP STEVE'S FALLEN FLAGGS MAINLINE HOBBY SUPPLY GREAT ESCAPE PHIl'S HOBBIES TRAI�S UNLIMITED HOBBY IMAGES 175 M WEAVERVILLE HWY. HOBBIES 15015 BUCHANAN tRAIL E PLEASANTBURG SHOPPING CTR. 2740VALWOOO PARKWAY 1105 2016 lAKESIDE OR. 89 JERUSALEM AVE. '8804 (704) 658·9476 5414 MONROE S1 17214 717·794·2860 1426 LAURENS RD. 75234 214·243·3603 24501 804·385·5036 11801 516·822·8259 43623 419·843·3334 """ 803·235·8320 HDRSEIlEADS WEST COLUMBIA CHARLOnE YOUNGSTOWN EFFORT NlRTWORTH MARTINSVILLE ALTOONASHOPS BROOKlAND RAILROAD & CHARLOTTE ELECTRIC TRAIN CTR. BOARDMAN HOBBY CENTER FISHER'S EFFORT STATION tlEW OLD TIME HOBBIES J&J TRAINS WESTING!iOUSE RD. HOSBY � 114·0 FREElAND LANE 6820 MARKET51 P.O. BOX 137, Rll15 3501 A BLUE BONNm CIR. lll E. MAIN ST. VILLAGE PlAZA 405 STATE ST. 28217 704·527·0392 44512 216·758·1522 '8330 215-&1-4654 76109 817·927·5208 24115 703·638·34:19 14'45 607·739·8916 29169 803·791·3958 CItARLDnE EVANS CITY HUNTlNGTON HOUSTON MIDLOTHIAN lliE MODElER'S HOBaY SHOP CRANBERRY 1I0BSY DEPOT CABOOSE INC. lARRY'S HOBBIES CHESTERAELD HOBBIES INC. 4808 C CENTRAL 20327 PERRY HIGHWAY 208 WALL ST. AVE. OKLAHOMA SOUTH OAKOTA IS6-F 1960 EAST 13154 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE 282115 704·537·9963 CRAlIBERRY TOWNSHIP 11743 516'421·8288 77073 713-443·7373 2 11 8Q4·371l-9D91 "'133 412·n6-3640 3 3 HARRIS8URG NORMAH GEnYSBURG SIOUX fALLS JOHNSON CITY KILLEEN RICIiMOND A READY TO RUN HOSBY SHOP THE TRAIN DEPOT TOMMY GILBERT MODEl DONOVAtIS HOBBY CENTER THE TRAIN SHOP HooBY CENTER HOBBY CENTER 3600 HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH 618 N. MAIN 51 RAILROAD SUPPlY INDEPENDENCE PlAZA 210GRANDAVE. 414 N 8TMST.. PO BOX 849 4925 W. BROAD ST 1402 28075 704-455·2220 """ 405-447·1742 346 E. WATER ST. 3813 S. WESnRN AVE. 13790 607-797·9035 76541 817·634·0488 23230 80059·4720 T-FI(}s. SAT10-6, SUN ' '·6 '732' 717·337-1992 5710S 605-338-6!}.1S KINGSTON MARiliN OKLAHOMA CITY JEANNmI SAN ANTONIO ROANOKE JUS HOBBIES. INC. SOUTHEASTERN HOBBY SUPPLY WOODWARDS NIEDZALKOSKI'S TRAIN SHOP HOBBY STOP KEN'S TRAINS 0 ORANGE PlAZA 37 N. FRONT 914·338·7174 415 VIRGINIA AVE. 4401 WEST MEMORIAL ROAD 214 S, FOURTH ST. TENNESSEE 19 BREESE BLVD. 2328 ORANGE AVE. N.E. 12401 FAX 914·338-7381 28752 704·652·3704 DUAILBRDOK CENTER "'" 412·523-8035 78209 512·828·91 17 24012 FAX 703·342·0972 73134 405·751·4994 FAX 412·527·3899 PHONE 703·343·1057 LAkE LUZERNE SPENCER RDAKOKE TULSA LAkE LUZERNE TRAIN & HOBSY limE CHOO CHOO SHOP, INC. LANCASTER ANTIOCH (NASHVILLE) ROANOkE RAILS ACTlON HOBBIES 1933 LAKE AVE. 500 S. SALISBURY AVE. SMIllY'S HOBBY & CRAFT OAS HOSBY HAUS WAREHOUSE AND GALLERY 4955C SOUTH MEMORIAL 1226 MILLERSVILLE PikE 5364 M1 VIEW RD. BOX 465, ROUTE 9N 28159 800,932·2466 113 NORFOLK AVE. s.w. 74145 918·663-8998 717·393·2521 37013 615·731·3827 12846 518-696·4905 704·637·8717 ,,<113 2401 1 703·342·5930 70 • Model Railroading .June 1994 ROANOKE SEAmE/TUKWILA EAU CLAIRE NORTH WESTMINSTER THE RAIL YARD EXPRESS STATION HOBBIES BOB'S HOSBY JUNCTION CANADA CREATIVE HOBBYCRAFT STORES SWITZERLAND 6711 A WILLIAMSON ROAD &40 STRANOER BlVD. 3621 E. HAMILTON AVE. 426TH ST. 24019 703-362'1714 '"'' 206-271-3809 54101 115·832-4445 BCV3L2Z1 604-525-6644 L N ON PORT DOVER KILCHBERG ZURICH S FFOLK SPOKANE BUR I GT U EAU CLAIRE AlOERSHOT JUNcnON SLNHOBBIES TRAINMASTERBY WERtlER MEER fEATHER'S UHRAlNSTORE MIKE'S TRAINlANO SUNSET JUNCTION HOBBY MASTER 115 PlAINS RD. E. SILVER WE NORTHSHORE 135 SEESTRASSE HERMETSCHLOOSTR.75 5661 SOOUlDERS HILL RD. E 213 SPRAGUE AVE. 3944 ANDERSON DRIVE lTT 2C2 1·90s.s3H�56 90 PROSPECT ST., RR " CH8802 I�, 411-715·3666 CH·8010 23435 804·484·4224 9921)2 509·838-2379 54703 715·835·5004 INHAX: 411 41114&4 FAX 416·6J.l·1131 NOA lNI 519·583·32114 INl FAX: 4" -72D-4766 PETERBOROUGH WILLIAMSBURG TACOMA KENOSHA BURLINGTON OE BYS HOBBY EMPORIUM NORGE STATION PACIFIC RAILWAY HOBBIES IRON RAILS OF KENOSHA HUTCH'S TRAINS 183 SIMCOE STREET 7405 RICHMONO RO 5115 SWNO 7 2031 22NDAVE. BRANT lOOTH 490 ST. PO BOX 1552 623 206·581-4453 53'" 414-552-8075 ON L7R 2G4 416-637·3121 13'88 804-564-7 98499 ON K9J 7H7 705-742·7238 LIST YOUR SHOP MADISON CAlGARY STRATFORD WASHINGTON WEST VIRGINIA HOBBY CRAFT OF MADISON HOBBY WEST CHIPPEWA CREEK RAILROAO IN OUR DEALER 6632 ODANA ROAD 5011 MACLEOD TR SW lID McKONE ROAD 53719 608-811-4944 ABT20 0A9 4Q3·24H990 N5A6S5 519'271-7361 DIRECTORY TOR NTO ARK A AUBURN M KEE CALGARY O M H M BRIDGEPORT ILWAU RAILVIEW TRAJNS WAGNER'S HOBBY HOUSE HOBBY STOP TERMiNAl ttDBBYSHOP TRAINS !.StitH 501 AlOEN RD.• UNIT 4 131 £. MAIN Sl 14 M N AVE. 4125-4 Sl 2WEST Al ST 5619W FLORIST tlW ON L3R JL4 206·939-2515 AB T2 4()J.28H442 416·47Q.62OO '8002 '"'' 31)4·84 2-2742 53218 414-461-1050 K lA3 CHEHAliS NITRO WAUSAU EDMONTON TRENTGN C ST $6 PER MONTH tIOftTHWEST TRAIN DEPOT NITRO trolIBY !.CRAFT CENTER POPES ttDBBYLAH!I ROUNDHOUSE SALES U OM lRAlrlS 1671 N NATlQrlAL AVE Hl4 21ST ST. 31)4·755-43G4 640 S. 3RO AVE. 55191G4 ST 55 RAOESKI ST. ABT6H2L3 403-4Jn.9072 ON K8V 686 613· -1073 98'" 206-736·5600 25143 800·586,9572 54401 7150842·4371 965 CALL THE FERNDALE PARKERSBURG WESTBENO HALIFAX TRURO M!.M DEPOT JIMBO'S WHISTLE STOP WfST BEND HOBBIES INC MARITIME HOBBIES !.CRAfTS UNt:EDAHDBBY 2032M AtN ST. POBOX 1828 3301 DUDLEY AVE 144 N. MAIN ST sconA SOUARE 25 1t:GUS PtACE 98248 206-384-2552 261114 3G4·485·2559 53095 414<134·11467 NS B3JlN9 902·423-8870 NS 82N 465 902·895-0308 CIRCULATION O MPIA LY ANC U R PACIFIC SCAlE MODELS KANATA V O VE \,'VDMING KANATA HOBBY CTR. TIAWA) CENT L HOBBIES 503 CHERRY WISCONSIN RA 471 RO� � NIT 14 2835 GRANDVIEW DEPARTMENT NEXT TO FOREIGN AUTO PARTS HAlELOEAN IfHV ON K2l488 613-&36·6040 BC V5M 2El 604·431-0nl 9850' 2Q6.352-9261 CASPER KIN STON WINNIPEG SEAmE APPLETON G 800-736-0427 WALTS HOBllYCENTER PETER HQ88Y THE GOlOEtl SPIKE THE TRAIN CENTfR BESTS' HOBBIES MACDONAlD or AVE SU El SHOP 3310W LY NN 5T 2700 COlLEGE AVE,, 18 1905CY PPlY MOIl w. '26" 307-237-!}472 208 DIVISION ST. 185 STADACQrlA S1 206·28.1-7886 54914 98'99 ON K7K 3Z1 613-548-8427 RlT 3L2 2114·667·2080 303-292-0124 BROOKfIELD SEAmE RIVERTON MONTREAL WINNIPEG HOBBY AMERICAN EAGLES INC HORSE JAY'S TRAIN CENTER HOBBY WORLD LTD. GOOCH'S HOBBIES 16750 W BLUEMOUlm 2220 tlWMARKET S1. 313 N 6TH EAST 5450 SHERBR W IB5 SHERBROOK Sl FAX 303-295-6477 41H82·2110 OOKE 98117 206-782·8448 "'" 82SO' 307·856-0008 PO H4A 1119 514-481-5434 MB RJC2R7 21140775-2743 CHOO-CHOO GRAPHICS 10 Wilmer Road Presents - Classic full color steam or Lancaster, PA 17602 (717) 392-1705 diesel train images. CHOOSE FROM Sweat Shirts, T-Shirts, or hats. Now you can wake up with your own -I'M STEAMED- mug & start the day righl with your locomotive key chain. I You can customize your shirts or hats TQi\IN6UNLIMITED with your name or club name or logo. Images 0.0. 1')0", 4(.-0>41 · i\urorJ.CO .scx::>4&0141 can be on back or fronl of shirts. (XJ�) 7L-C-1624 • rar.(3CY3) t,-II{K�8 HO SCALE NEW RELEASE! Union PIICIIIc 3985 EMC Phase II PENNSY ALL-BAGGAGE DOODLEBUG . WITH TRAILER COACH ....$11 4.00ISET , Also available in ATSF, CB&Q, NP and RI Automate: SIGNALS, CROSSING GATES, FLASHERS, SEMAPHORES, Automatic train GP719 FRAMES!!! .. . $12.00IEA operation and much more! LIMITED QUANTITIES Whatever you operate with a switch the Front Range #4095 DT&I40' BOK ...... $5.00/ea TAAK-DT can make your train operate Front Range #4707 NYC 40' Box ...... $5.oo/ea automatically using DC or AC track power ! STILL AVAILABLE Electrically isolated from track power and load. Sperry Rail Cat - Silver or Ye llow ...... $99.00/ea (the TRAK-DT requires 12 Volts regulated DC to operate Brill Style Doodlebug as Baggage, RPO, or the electronics. 12VP$will StIch unils.) SWEAT SHIRT sizes S-XXL $19.98; T-SHIRT Our handle 10 Combine (PRR. ATSF, CB&Q, AI, NP) .....$99.00/ea $13.98. SIZES sizes S·XXL Shirt Sizes XXXL to GP-7 Shell Kits ...... Undecorated $15.00/kit XXXXL add $2. Customize with name add $3. Decorated $20.00/kit HATS $6.49, MUG $4.99, KEY CHAIN $3.98. Aoads Available: SCl. PRR, CON, MP. NKP CATA LOG #1 1 Please add $3.50 S&H. Calif. Res. add tax. TO GP·9 Shell Kits ...... Undecorated $15.00Iklt & APPLICATIONS GUIDE_ Decoraled $20.00/kit ORDER CALL 800-540-7050 We accept Expanded To 64 pages. Full size wiring diagrams & Roads Available: PAA, Conrail, BN, NKP, C&NW Visa/MC/AMEX or send check or money order explanations. Electronics for All SCALES and ALL SHIPPING PER ORDER IS $2.75 OR 5%, WHICHEVER (no COD) to P.O. Box 1092 Morgan Hill, CA GAUGES. Systems for DC and AC track power I IS GREATER. (Add 3% for VISA or MASTERCARD) 95038-1092 Send $6.50 postpaid. (U.S. lunds only - NO STAMPS) .June .... 994 Model Railroading • 7 .... TRACTION------, DELAWARE VA LLEY FREIGHT CA R CORPORATION PRarOTYPES & MODELS PO. BOX 279 '711e magazine for the IIaction enthusiast" PLYMOUTH MEETING, T I F ii' ! Great Photos • Book Reviews PA 19462 ® 36 to 44 pages • Hints • Letters • Maps Subscribe Today! NE W ISSUES ' #1.17�1 t..:LTl FOOIlS (Light (ira.l ) 6 Issues Also Available: 00 ICG, CLINTON CORN Only ...... $18. PEAVEY GRAIN 12 Issues Only ...... '32." A.E. STALEY Maif to: Box 6579, Canton, Ohio 44706 CHURCH & DWIGHT Dealer Inquires Welcome Back Issues Available MADE ill USA #2.\11(lIe (ORi' HAND CRAFTED PINE TREES Suitable for HO, N and Z scale 104·trees assorted sizes W' to 3" ...$1 8.00 1 04·Z scale trees W' to 2" ... $1 8.00 TRIP PIN ADJUSTER Give your models that PROTOTYPE 50·5" trees ...$ 1 8.00 appearance with RAIL GRAPHICS for KADEE® and 1 OO·baby trees ...$1 0.00 NEW type styles. ® We now offer computerized styles MAGNE-MATIC COUPLERS Postage & Handling $3.50 patterned after ACTUAL Write for special orders or information to: Railroad leltering diagrams N SCALE, HO SCALE Sizes avaitable for ALL scales AND HOn3 SCALE Send Large. Sl..�ad. Sell Addressad �ai( En�loge lor FR EE Sa�1e & Inlo � S.mp6ic3 1183 N. Lancaster Circle Checks payable to Shirley Allcorn CUSTOM DECALS South IL 60177 WE DO WINDOWS! CUSTOM LOCOMOTIVES S060 • S060M F's, PA 's , Oash 8-40CW • S045-2 Gullwing, 60M's! N scale coupler shown One Color Paint Scheme • Ready to Run With Kadee & Plow • Handrails Installed Now 28 Styles! $9.95 + $1 .00 Shipping and Handling To : Prototypically Accurate 7621 LAKE HIGHLANDS DR. Fit 40 Different Locos FTWORTH, TX 76179 Athearn Powered ..... $105.00 FAX: (817) 236·7609 and Cabooses. Overland Chassis . ... $135.00 TELEPHONE: (817) 236·3308 __ 'Satisfaction $2.00 for Catalog; refundable on first order CD. 0 . NORTON PROTOTYPE MODELS �f() Guaranteed" Check, money order, MC or VISA only. 160 Ta unton Avenue • Norton, MA 02766 PROOUCTIONS Send LSSAE for Info P.O. Box"'" CIEI NO TELEPHONE ORDERS. I. 508·285·6712 Rochester, NY 14625 0 ea Ie r I nqulnes.. WIe come UPGRADING YOUR LIGHTING ACCESSORIES? NE W FR OM DETAILS WEST K·LIGHT: Constant brightness for passenger DETAIL PART S 01.-228 Oi"h Ligh" CCI009 C,�hion TH·I008 F1,,= cars and cabooses (N through G scales) w/Bulbs 2 ea. Pilot- � Coupler Pocket Trailer Hitch Style U S·UGHT: Strobe lighting unit with amber LEO � Top Mount "BID" Caboose and Freight 2 ea. for your engines (HO through G scales) � $2.95 Cars2 ea. $2.50 ~ $3.45 EOT·LlGHT: End·ol-Train, ER.E.D., End·ol· Track bumper flasher (N through G scales) TH·1007 1,,,,,, Dlr229 Ditch Lights � CCIOIO Trailer Hitch Style J .. w/Bulbs 2 ea. Pilot- Cushion All SNC products are 01 the highest quality, easily 2 ea. End Mount "CE" Couplcr Pocket Installed and backed by a one-year manufacturer's warranty. For more Information send SASE to: $3.45 � $2.95 � Cencral 60' }'rcight Cars ~ SHe Industries, Inc. DE"IrAJIlL§ 2 ca. $2.50 147 W. Carmel Drive, Suite 142 Carmel, Indiana 46032 .. MANUFACTURERS OF QUALITV ELECTRONICS FOR HOBBVISTS � P'QCO;.c 5132 C 0 "Dealer Inquiries are Welcome" I CJ.\ UI'.91745 SEE YO UR HOBB Y DEALER HACIENDA HEIGI�rs. 72 • Model Railroading June 1994 Pennsylvania Railroad Style 80 Scale Catenary Poles IN S'I'o(;K!!! Pennsylvania N·5 Steel Cabins, New Haven The firstHO scale North American prototype catenary poles! Give your layout the spiderweb look of the N E·2 Caboose with high·speed tlDrtheast Corridor with these H-column poles, Look like those used by many other railroads also. Great trucks and Boston & Maine C·25 lor Interurban lans too. Simple to instalilll1C castings are strong and plated lor easy soldering. Instructions "Buggie." provided for single & double track span Production Models Only sa_95/pr. (PA residents add 6". sales tax) plus 52.50 S&H on orders under S25.00. Orders over 525.00pp. Dealer inquiries il'Mted. nUll NIIX'I'!!! Pennsylvania R.R. K-4s 4·6·2 in 5 versions, both factory !-'RtEDLEtN'S painted and unpainted. Standby reservations being accepted! RAIL REI'UCAS (Since 1978) � P.O. 80x 140, 'W Jenklntown, PA 1%46 (;O�IIN(; SOON!!! P.R.R. B·60b round·roof baggage cars in 3 versions: � NYC arch·roof suburban cars, B&A arch·roof suburban cars and the P. R.R. P·70 MODELERS' CHOICE: series of cars. GRADE CROSSING FLASHERS HO SCALE RESERVE FROM YOUR FA VORITE HOBB Y DEALER TODA Y!!! _ Easily Inslalled _ Fully Assembled _ Brighl lEO's P. O. BOX 148 Simply Install and hook up to any available signal flasher circuit (1 .5v DC max output). WOODBURY, NY 11797 OrderllOJ A/uminum. II02 Black wlWhite crossbucks, IIOJ Bladewi)'elJow cross bucks, 1104 UP MOW Green. NEW HO (1/87) SCALE 49 MERCURY Send LSAE lor illustrated brochure. Desler Inquiries Welcome Price $16.951palr + $2.00 S&H per order. MN residents add 6%S tate Sales Tax. NORTHERN RE·CREATIONS 758 Cougar Dr, _ Eagan, MN 55123 Ka S META L • Aluminum/Blass/CopperTubing & Shapes • MusicYf!le tToois • Soldering Irons • Sik, SpanSill • Finish ing Materials 49 MERCURY IS THE NEWEST ADDITION TO OUR HO SERIES THAT INCLUDES FORD TAURUS. 40 FORD COUPE. 32. CHEV. CABRIOLET . 32 CHEV. PICKUP. THE COR BEN ACE. PITCARIN AUTOG IRO. PT·17 STEARMAN. A LOA DING FACILITY. MILK HOUSE. STORAGE TANKS. PIPE LINE PARTS AND 3 STYLES OF SHEET ALUMINUM. � WILLIAMS BROS., /"'� �!l.O';\2.J5 INC :!!!!E:::::.... BROS =:::::-:.,. SEND SASE FOR ILLUSTRATED ORDER FORM !'i11.,KI·.... d . . ...NARR 0.;>•• ""0.' . 0 . 1OWM, ""., ,'',, U .June 1994 Model Railroading • 73 Manufacturers of CONTAINER Eastern em Works� Craftsman Style Injection Molded Styrene STRADDLE P.O. • PA 19047 Box "L" 624 Langhorne, HO Railroad Kits and Parts CRANE 70-TON COVERED HOPPER When we say that we have 5 car kits, we don't mean different paint schemes.... We mean different car models. KIT #2000 American Car & Foundry close-spaced roof hatches $7.95 KIT #2001 American Car & Foundry wide-spaced roof hatches $8.95 This finely detailed HQ M:3fe prototype model KIT #2002 $8.95 American Car & Foundry round roof hatches of the Peiner T-ype 'r straddle crane IS die cast in melat andfealtre:S real rubber tires:the $8.95 KIT #2020 Enterprise Railway Equipment wide-spaced roof hatches WlJl"i.ing lift. mechanism is designed 10 accomoda1ea 40' container (induded)andcan KIT #2021 Enterprise Railway Equipment close-spaced rool hatches $8.95 be mod"died to acceot a 48' or 53' container. The ful ly .ob/ed =del comeo facto.y KIT #9112 Pullman Standard wide-spaced round rool hatches and rool walk painted andlettered.. are Quantities limited. $79.00 each ..... $4.00 S/H _.. (fits MOC covered hopper - correct roof for PRR-H34 A, B, C, 0) $5.00 lCAresidents add8.25% sales lax) ARROW HOBBY SERVICE & SUPPLY Send SASE for full list of parts. • Dealer inquiries invited. 1754 WHITE AV. LA VERNE. CA 91750 DATA ONLY ON WOOD CARS THE 4000 SERIES: PEeo ALL #4098 . . . . . Data Only ....Dark Freightcar Red WOOD #4099 . .... Data Only ....Oxide STEEL #4298 . . ... Data Only ....Dark Freightcar Red From Z to Gauge 1, narrow gauge including G, PECO makes tracks to ENDS . . #4299 . ..Data Only ....Oxide suit every discerning modeler YOU deserve only the best. Contact STEEL ENDS #4498 ...... Dark Freightcar Red your model dealer now fortUit details. AND DOORS #4499 ...... Oxide THE WORLD FAMOUS TRACK SPECIALISTS All WOOD CARS $8.98 EACH 7501 McFadden Ave . lie ;: Huntington Beach. ::; CA 92647 r. i A FAX (714) 894-4954 H i l!@-OEAL-IlS--NL--The- Job's Easle,- and- --' q.s;]lRl! E O Y More Fun With MLR Trau. Tool Set Panll.t Tool (nolillown) You'll save when you purchase our Irack The parallel tool provides proper spacing 1001 sel. The set includes track tool, solder- on cur�es and straightaways lor parallel Ing tool, parallel 1001, and ballast spreader. lines. HO, N, or HOnJ ...... ••....••••$2.� H. HO, or HOn3 ...... $1&.81 Sald.rint Tool '",""""vOV ERING BIIIIII SP'II�" The soldering 1001 snaps 011 the lails leav- The bal�sl splea!lellelievnlhe modelel 01 Ing both hands Ilee 101 soldellng. II holds YOU, a lime·consuming and messy chore. lhe r.lils In alignment Simply sel il on Ihe Irack. fill the lube wllh HO, N, or HOn3 ...... $2.9fi ballasi. and slide il along. Oistribules bal· Fln-Tllck Allgnmenl Tool FROM OLD lasl on both Sides of the rail with a nice, In� Nliling Fh:lull (nolshown) even �erbetweenlllualls. A 1001 which keeps !lack squOire and TO NEW, HO, N, or HOn3 .•••••••...... ••••...... $1.93 slr.lighl while 100siening lies 10 lhe loadbe1:l Tna. Tool through the culools This 1001 provides a straight edge lor tul· HO, N, or HOn3 ...... $4.2& WITH ling Irack without tie separalion on tullles Rldlu$ Tool and straightaways. local, misaligned rail This 1001 wlll enable the novICe and crafts OVER jolnlS. Use this 1001 as a handle lor man to � precision r.ldii quickly and eas· . KITS. installing lrack O3.ug.lol harwl-laying lrack. lIy No more guess work 01 broken 850 HO, H, 01 HOn3 .....•$2. !I6 slri ngs...... $1.61 Mail order pleil5e include $3.50 poslage & handlfng. Send check or M.O to address below...... ::::::� ...... II Please add 7.25% sales lax In CA. Please allow 4·6 weeks lor delivery. Model Die Casting, Inc. MLR Manufacturing Co, I' 0 B(J� 1927 6986 EI Camino Real 8-135 . Carlsbad. CA9200G 'I ,,,, ( Ity, NV 89101. ;,...L_____ .L__ PLEASE INDICATE SCALE WHEN ORDERING DIRECT ,)1 I I'll'" ( It,llog $2 00 74 • Model Railroading .June 1994 IT's a SECRET! HO and Those old KMT brass diesels are supposed to run! n"i1nN SCALE: They just need minor corrective surgery to replace the cracked axle gears in H most instances - with the NWSL #100-6 (4 axles, SI4.95) or #101-6 (6 axle, PeeD Trackage · Ratio Buildings $19.95) kits avaiJable at hobby shops. These kits also provide more efficiency, Kestrel Buildings · Busch Scenics lower speed, smoother performance for operating KMT diesels and some Circuit Works Conductive Materials Beli-Beco Lighting Fixtures · Merit Figures clectries (such as ALCO Models Little Joe with diesel type gearboxes). TNT Monorails · No-Solder Te rminals Aww Shucks.... The Secrets out! Tracksetta Track Te mplates · Invis-A-Mount NCAA',anybody that can read knOW's lhl.j'can buy those old, non-funning KMTbrass diesels Undertable Mount for Peeo Switch Machines imported under various brands such as ALeO, Red Ball, TRAINS, Hallmark., etc. and F&H ENTERPRISES make them Tun beneT than ncw. 7501 McFadden Avenue Huntington Beach , CA 92647 lithe mOLor has given Send SASE or Fax 71 4·894-4954 up, an NWSIJSagarni # 18363-9 or for wide body unil< #2240 1-9 will provide the quicl, smooth power you'll love! And replace those sLifI, incftlcicnt or fa iled old couplings with Ca"l)'-lo-uSC NWSL precision universal couplings - #4'Xl-6($2.95 ca.) or #481-6($1.95 ca) =(�€ G8 Complete product list -$1.00. Full line 80 pg. illus. catalog -$7 including 1 st class postage Quality & economy fromyour hohhy shop& Box 423 NorthWest Short Line Seattle WA 981 11 USA • DL&W Interlocking Tower 4.7S� W x ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE EF200 4.7S"Hx Manufactured by Kato in N Gauge 3. 75"D The very latest in technological advances in electrics. $39.95 Kato motor with flywheels . Directional lighting Retail . Available through your local hobby shop or direct. 575.00 The l-IohlJYCall1·ry lim' of l','afl;;1II11l1 kils MaKE I IMPORTS conluins Ilydnu'al �I()II\' .'uSI ings, Gnllllli Lin(' paris. NOI'IIH'asl SC1!!" luml,t .... ami sunl(' ha\c &950 KINGSBURY • ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI &3130 Camplwll ;;llinglcs. Busic lHot lcljllg skill� :11'1' n''1uin'd fO l' lISSt'llIl1ly. Th,' F-Io!."yGall er'Y is a full-linl' hubhy shup . STYRENE •IIul WI' CUITy 11101'(' il('ms Ihan Wt' advcl,tisl', CIVE US A TRYI STRUCTURAL SHAPES Thillking nf gelling: I'it! of your old II'ain ilt'ms -call us, Wc blly 1lllylhing, High quality, thin profile shapes of the same white A'vai/llble IIOW lit: styrene used in EVERG REEN strips and sheets. THE HOBBY GALLERY uno Mer'idl'n Ud, • Wol('OIl,CT 06716 CHANNELS • FINE CROSS·SECflON Clu." '.1 Ml!lul"y • TUl's,-FI'i. 10-8 • Sal, 9-5 · SUII. 1-5 TAPERtm fLANGES I-BEAMS * • SHAPE SIZES MATCH 203-879-2:J 16 (Phone orders) H-COLUMNS EVERGREEN STRII'S 203-B79-4878 (f'ux ortlcrs) IIOW TO OIlOE!!: Vi�". 'IC, i\IIH'�.. l)isnJ" '1" :n,,1 See your hobby dealer or send $2.00 for handbook i\luut'y Ordrt's sliip 'l'd SIUHC (Iuy, AliolO' 10 "orkin:;IIII}� and samples. For samples only, send SASE. l fur lH'rsonlll ,'hcrks, ,\,ltI $5 f"1- UPS Cl'Ottrnl ShiPIJiu;;, ever&reen CT n'�itlclIl� ,[(It! (, 'ffh"lcs I'I'\:, . . :" ,:,,nd, W:A 9 0:34 \;:;===== scale models :' :'8:0 8:N:E:':25:'h:W:"=:K :: ::8 �J June 1994 Model Railroading • 75 COOPER & OSHTEMO P.F.E. R-30/40-18, 19, 21 LOCO WORKS R-30/40- 18, 19, 21 - -� PFE rebuilds had steel D'naught ends. Steel runni ng boards were added on -19 and B&O 34' TWIN BAY HOPPER ...$11 .95 circulating fans on -21. plus $3 51H There were more P.F.E. Custom Painled & Leltered HO Car Kits side rebuilds than wood '- See your local dealer or send SASE � J total cars on any other -=------o--o----e --o--e--e-- e�e--.. Dealer Inquiries Welcome See at L.A t t M d M t . Pr y p I rs , Phone 61 6·373·4900 reefer neet-23,OOO. Holiday Inn, Monrovia, noon, July 10 P.O. BOX 442 SSAE to Sunshine Models Box 4997, S riD ncld MO 65808·4997 PARCHMENT, MICHIGAN 49004 f:(l (?,I'f:I7 #247 TA P and ------:C;:::o:::::'lVe:::::f1ie::::f1ll�y ::::Rac=k ag=e d:-, ---:;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;:� W LSU' DRILL SET Reasoflably Priced and AVAILABLE TODAY FROM KADEEO QUALITY PRODUCTS CO, at a hobby supplier To Complement Our '240,'780, and '1059 Tap and Drill Sets �" D.,' # 247 near you, or order � dir ct from Kadee® TAP and DRILL SET e Manufacturers CcriI-.�"") TopOol.Top.CIootanoIIlril. oncI�_"''''''''''''''''",""ont. of the Famous �#246q Tn. '�'1 TIjI """ 00. s.. tall ". "_ on --- Kadee® Magne· TAP and DRILL SET eo..c-.l 1·72 Tap �#780q � ...... ,r.o...r.... CItooronooDca. Matic® Couplers _ ...... __ """'d� , n..�r..._DrIIStI"._1ot ... 1'\MllWlg TAP and DRILL SET Productsfor HOn3, _· 1tI).Sc8Io �1._ ·1111 _ �(onoI�,T... IJtIl.T"", a..-.o.DrIl. -- No. 53 Tap Drill -----.... .,..� HO, Sn3, S, On3, 0, 2·56 '"" '7IOT._ DrII__ s.. klt--o Tap G &8"%*'hrY> _-ItI).$ · " :"�"".I!.ll[lnI i l €ome iEx loteHHlrlm'1llrrfT 9.� f,l i '!JU U U U U U u li 1-717-368-25 16. thru tU lJ U Ru uu utfi: lJulHilITJ Phone Monday Friday I H a S Columbia Gorge Express 21 ow rd treet Office hours: 9 AM. - .s P.M. EASTERN TIME & Augusl 1994 PO Box 322 Retail orders: No shipping handling eharge 14·20, 288-5289 when ordering Reference Manual. PA Residents (503) Montoursville 17754 PA add 6% sales tax. VISA & Me Accepted HO REFERENCE MANUAL DRY TRANSFERS!!! WE HAVE THEM! FOR 1 4th Edition � FALLEN FLAG RAILROADS Post-Paid �, ••M $10.00 . . .�, - b' 192 Page Manual includes: Bowser, Cal Scale, Cary, English's Model Railroad Supply, Sellcy & Arbour. Drawings of current production and drawings of past production to help AVAILABLE IN N, HO, S, and 0 you repair your engines. Pictures of the aetual locos, pictures of models. Detail kit drawings and lists of accessories. A parts section fo r the scratch builder. C·O·S lettering ltd. P. O.80llBDnJ CLTYVIEW $20.00 in coupons to use when ordering direct from Bowser. NEPEAU ONTARID K2G51V2 76 • Model Railroading .June 1994 Now Available MAXI III Wa lkways fo r Athearn Car ell, no, a book won't kit-bash a water-scooping tender for you, but Supercharging MS-DOS by Van Wolverton, author of Running MS-DOS, HO Scale: Wputs you in control of your computer like never before. OaIy $25 post #156 Stainless Steel Walkways paid, no sales tax, return it if you aren't satisfied. to fit Athearns Maxi III car SuperCharging MS-DOS, by Van Wolverton � $13.50 set To o.... .r, call' 800-835-2246, Ext, li8 � #157 Brass Details for the Athearn Maxi III car (\'\\n \ \}� (\\}\Y · Bring Your Railroad To Life With $1 0.25 set [Ii]At A Price You Can Afford! 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