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PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS Into A New Era of Model Railroading.

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C&NW I Lightning Stripe � 176-3302 C&NW I Lightning Stripe 176-3303 C&NW I Lightning Stripe No # 176-3304 UP I Large Shield 9702 176-3305 UP I Large Shield 9726 176-3306 UP I Large Shield No # C44-9W 176-3401 CSX I Blue-Yellow-Grey 9009 ACCURATE PROTOTYPE REPRODUCTIONS 176-3402 CSX I Blue-Yellow-Grey 9024 176-3403 CSX I Blue-Yellow-Grey OPERATING DITCH LIGHTS No # 176-3300 Undec/Low Numberboards "DCC-READY FRAME and WIRING" 176-3201 CN I North America 2502 EXCEPTIONAL DETAILING 176-3202 CN I North America 2503 TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCE 176-3203 CN I North America No # SIX OF TODAY'S POPULAR RAILROADS 176-3501 SF I Warbonnet 600 176-3502 SF I Warbonnet 650 Please Note: Two grabirons (supplied with model plus two spares) will 176-3503 SF I Warbonnet No # need to be installed by hobbyist. Please check that these details are with model prior to purchase. 176-3601 SP I Speed Lettering 8100 176-3602 SP I Speed Lettering 8105 176-3603 SP I Speed Lettering No # ' rboards :K:.A.TOl KATO U.S.A., Inc. 176-3200 Undec/High Numbe � 11111 100 Remington Road I · Schaumburg, IL 60173 1111991' IDlum 8, Num If12 ALL SCALES: Techniques: Weathering Ta nk Cars with an airbrush .4 Your To p Tips, readers' "better ideas" for modeling ...... 51 Time Ca psule: Shoreham Shops, Minnesota,

July 1978 on the ...... 500 6 Operati ons: Standpipes for Unloading Ta nk Cars .... 16 Industry for Modelers: oil Dealer Depots ...... 25 layout Design: N SCALE: S SCALE: A Change of Scene-Modeling History's Diesel Modeling: Techniques: Mileposts: Hinton, West Virginia Missouri Pacific EMD GP38-2 from Scratchbuild a Standpipe for Unloading Kato's model ...... Ta nk Cars, Build An Oil Depot, Circa 1956 and 1972 ...... 33 .7 Index of all previous articles on Part V/II ...... 20 modeling diesels ...... 60 locomotive Performance: HO SCALE: Modeling Freight Ca rs of the Fifties: Summary of All Previous Locomotive Modeling Freight Ca rs of the Fi fties: 50-Foot PS-l Box Cars, Circa 1948-1961, Te st Reports ...... 58 50-Foot PS-l Box Cars, Circa 1948-1961, Part V, from Micro-Trains Models ...... 8 Diesel Modeling: Part from InterMountain kits ...... V, 8 Techniques: Index of all previous articles on Mather 40 and 50-Foot Double-Deck Scratchbuild a Standpipe for Unloading modeling diesels ...... 60 Stock Cars from Proto 2000 kits ...... 12 Ta nk Cars, Build An oil Depot,

We stern Maryland Channel-Side 55-Ton ...... Part VIII 20 Hoppers from Stewart's kit ...... 28 la y out Tour: Techniques: John Plant and Art FrankForter's Hinton Scratchbuild A Standpipe for Unloading and CW Cabin on the Chesapeake DEPARTMENTS: Ta nk Cars, Build An oil Depot, and Ohio Railway's New River Experience - At Your Fingertips,

...... Part V/II ...... 20 Subdivision 30 more about what's in this issue, Modern Freight Ca r Modeling: locomotive Pe rformance: from articles in previous issues ...... 54 TC LX Covered Hopper from Walthers Summary of All Previous Locomotive Ca lendar ...... 56 ...... 4427 PS Kit . . Te st Reports ...... 42 58 What's New ...... " .. " ...... 59, 62-65 Penn Central PD3000 Covered Hopper from Overland Models' import ...... 43 layout Tour: o SCALE: Techniques: Ken Reigle's Chicago Great Western Scratchbuild a Standpipe for Unloading Railway ...... 44 Ta nk Cars, Build An Oil Depot, Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Part V/II ...... GE Dash 8-40BW as ATSF 507 From 20 locomotive Performance: Wa lthers or Rail Power Summary of All Previous Locomotive products models ...... 48 Te st Reports ...... locomotive Performance: 58 Diesel Modeling: Rivarossi USRA 'Heavy' 2-8-2 Index of all previous articles on Te st Report ...... 52 modeling diesels ...... Summary of All Previous Locomotive 60 Te st Reports ...... 58 Diesel Modeling: Index of all previous articles on modeling diesels ...... 60

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By Robert Schleicher

The blowing action of an airbrush makes it easy to duplicate the wind-blown and rain-washed effects of the environ­ ment on tank cars. Ta nk cars are excellent models to use to learn the art of weathering because it is nearly impossible to get them dirtier than the prototype cars. There's an index of previous articles on weathering with powClered pastel chalks and air brushes on pages 54-55 of this issue.

Ta nk cars were exposed to the samewind­ blown and rain-washed grime as other freight cars, so start the weathering process by "dusting-on" an earth color around the trucks and on the tops of the running boards. Mix equal parts thinner and paint and adjust the paint flow so it barely mists­ on the color. It is easier to apply several dozen coats to build up the color than to remove an overdone weathering coat. This is a light beige earth shade, but cars that traveled in the south would have a redder color, cars in the midwest a brown shade. For all these techniques, keep the air­ brush moving so paint does not accumu­ late in splotches or highly visible streaks. Weathering is a subtle blend of colors that you should study todet ermine exactly what has changed from the original color of the car.

The black paint weathers to a dull dark grey in the sun. Simulate that effect with a wash of equal parts thinner and medium gray. Apply the mist of grey to the tops of the tank and dome and the running boards, then run a few light passes around the circumference to simulate rain-washed oxidation.

Ta nk cars from the diesel era are likley to have somewhat more grey resulting from sun-bleaching than cars from the steam era. Typically, less diesel exhaust than smoke and soot from the steam locomo­ tives, settle on the still-wet splashes of gasoline or oil.

4 RAIL MODE L JOURNAL • MAY 1 997 It is almost always difficult to read the lettering on tank cars that carry petroleum products. Obviously, tank cars assigned to carry crude oil to a refinery would be far blacker than a bright new car carrying gasoline. Still, the soot from steam locomotives and some diesel exhaust will accumulate on the spilled gasoline to give all but the newest tank car a black hue. Use the same "weathering" proportion of half thinner and half paint. Simulate stains from the dome by holding the airbrush an inch or so from the car so the paint actually runs down the dome and the side of the car. Simulate additional, but older, spills from the top of the car down the sides with the same technique and with the airbrush a few inches from the car.

For a final touch, apply some streaks and dribbles of full-strength black paint down the sides of the dome and, in some cases, down the sides of the tank to simulate still­ wet oil or gasoline spills. If the car is car­ rying crude oil, you can use gloss black and tone down the shine with raw thinner.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 5 SHOREHAM SHOPS Minnesota, July 1978 [PAINT DECALS ]------&

From Kato's N Scale Model By Buzz Lenander

Prototype photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre Model photo by Robert Schleicher

Bill of Materials Kato: EMD GP38-2 diesel Micro-Trains: 1125 Coupler conversion kit

PAINTTestors & DECALS:Accuflex: 86 Microscale:MPBlue 60-113 decals

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 7 ------PAI T DECALS [ N & ]------

Circa 1948-1961, Part V HO Scale by InterMountain N Scale by Micro-Trains By Ed Hawkins

The cars on these pages are single-door cars with thewider nine-foot door openings and double-door cars. The InterMountain HO scale 50-foot box cars provide modelers withan opportunityto recreatesome of the most common freight cars of theera . Similar models are made in N scale by Micro-Trains. E & C Shops offersan HO scale version of the later(post-1961) cars with half-height ladder and no roofwalks. Micro-Trains also has N scale versions of this more modern car. Parts I and " of thisseries, with a full rosterof theearly double-door cars, appeared in theJune and August 1995 issues. PartsIII and IV,with models and prototypes forthe 50-foot single-door cars with 8-footdoors, appearedin theDecember 1995 and January 1996 issues.

MEC 9358 (9350-9549). One of 200 50-foot PS-1 s built by Pullman Standard for Maine Central in June 1961, this car was painted green with yellow-orange lettering and aluminum door. An in-service color photo of a car in the same series was presented in the December 1995 issue of liThe Journal." This car has all the normal features of the pre-1960s PS-l, even though the H-60 Hydraframe version was available at the time these cars were built. -Pullman Standard photo, courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: Walthers 934-63210 N Scale Decals: Northeast MEC-1 1

8 RAILMOliEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 KCS 1518 (1500-1 599). Built in January 1957, this otherwise plain KCS with a 9-foot Yo ungstown door has a large OF designating internal loading devices. By February 1957, the car had already been reweiahed and the 'NEW 1-57' stencil replaced by 'OT 2-57.' Normally, cars weren't reweighed this quickly and the NEW date was carried for a much longer period of time, sometimes a few years. -Paul Dunn photo, courtesy Richard Burg HO Scale Decals: Champ HN-69 plus HD-2 plus Walthers 934-206150 (for "DF") N Scale Decals: None known

Soo Line 177504 (1 77500- 1 77548, even). Perhaps one of the very first Soo line cars to carry the new white/red/black paint scheme. This small series of 25 PS- 1 s SDC were built in November 1961. -Pullman Standard photos (three quarter and end � O() 1.1 I.\, 177:)0 I views), courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight l\l'\ ., -1.1 \'111 1.111 I Cars Journal T , HO Scale Decals: Walthers 934-66200 N Scale Decals: Northeast Soo-008

C&EI 5446 (5430-5465). One of a small group of 36 cars built in September 1960, this C&EI photo dearly shows the ends were black. Sides were painted oxide red. The car had a 15-foot dou­ ble-door opening with 7- and 8-foot Yo ungstown doors. -Pullman Standard photo, courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: CDS HO-44 plus HO-5 1 1 (data) dry transfers N Scale Decals: CDS N-44 plus N-51 1 (data) dry transfers

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 9 L&N 97296 (97200-97309). This car, built October 1959, was in service only a few months when caught on film by Paul Dunn in 1960. The typical paint scheme used by L&N at the time for cars specially equipped with loading devices was blue with yellow lettering. Similar to the scheme used on car number 97198, this car carries the "Dixie Line" slogan denoting the period after the acquisition of the NC&STL. -Paul Dunn photo, courtesy Richard Burg HO Scale Decals: None known N Scale Decals: None known

N&W 57412 (57000-57439) Normally, the N&W bought small groups of 50-foot PS-1 s in lots ot 10-50 cars. This lot of 440 cars for road class B-11, built September 1960, was the exception to the rule. As is often the case, the 15-foot door opening was covered with a pair of 7- and 8-Foot Youngstown doors. The stencil to the left of the door on car number 5741 2 speciFies "Return When Empty To N&W RY. Hopewell, VA ." -Pullman Standard photo, courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-325 N Scale Decals: None known

Erie 67610 (67554-67653). This Pullman Standard builder's photo reveals the car had not yet been weighed. The car was built in May 1959 and is otherwise a "stock" PS- 1 with Yo ungstown doors cover­ ing the 15-foot opening. The 7- and 8-foot doors are clearly evident in this shot. -Pullman Standard photo, courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: CDS HO-378 dry transfers or Champ HB-3 N Scale Decals: CDS N-378 dry transFers

L&N 97198 (97100-97199). Practically brand new when photographed by Paul Dunn in April 1958, this car was built by Pullman Standard in August 1957. The car was painted blue with yellow lettering, denoting the use of special damage-free loading devices. "The Old Reliable" slogan was used on new or repainted L&N cars beginning around 1952 and until the acquisition of the NC&STL around 1958. HO Scale Decals: Walthers 934-61 200 N Scale Decals: None known

10 RAILMODEL JOURNAL · MAY 1997 WP 3983/3984 (3965-3989). For the Western PaciFic, this series of cars was unique with the 7- and 8-Foot Pullman doors. Youngstown doors were more typical For their non-insulated 50-Foot PS-1 s. The car was Freight car red with all-yellow lettering. Note the black tack­ board on the door. -Pullman Standard photo, courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: Detail Associates 9004 N Scale Decals: None known

SOU 262888 (262865-262899). The new Southern Railway scheme is displayed on this PS-1 built November 1960. The group is numbered in the 262XXX series for sub­ sidiary CNO&TP. Sides, ends and rooF are Freight car red. The doors appear to be unpainted aluminum. Interestingly, the stencil on the door states, "When Empty Return To Erie-Lackawanna Mansfield, Ohio."-Pullman Standard photo, cour­ tesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-114 plus 87- 1 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-14 plus plus 60-1 or Northeast SR-04

SSW 48267 (48125-48274). This car depicts a rather unique PS-1 of the period with a 16-foot combination door. The car, built August 1960, has freight car red sides, black ends and unpainted galvanized roof. The Blue Streak logo adorns this car along with the large "Cotton Belt" on the left side of the door. -Pullman Standard photo, courtesy James Kinkaid of Freight Cars Journal HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-138 or CDS HO-180 and HO-179 dry transfers N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-1 38 or CDS N-180 and N- 1 79 dry transfers -Micro-Trains has a prepainted car number 33060

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 11 ------[PERFORMANCE ]------

From Proto 2000 HO Scale Kits Pa rt II: Do uble-Deck Ca rs By Richard Hendrickson

Burlington 50048 illustrates the light oxide red paint applied by Mather to almost all of their stock cars. This car still had Andrews trucks in 1960. -Rail Data Services collection

R ailroads that leased double-deck cars from Mather included the Baltimore Ohio; Northern Pacific, Great & Northern; Chicago Alton (later Gulf, Mobile Ohio), Akron, & & Canton Youngstown; Chicago & Illinois Midland (in the 30s), & and Burlington (in the late 50s and 60s). Mather also operated double-deck stock cars under its own MSCX reporting marks as well as the GSX reporting marks of Mather-owned Gotham Li vestock press. Ex In the late 50s, in order to supply some of its leasing customers with larger cars, Mather built some 50-foot cars with double doors by simply splicing two 40-foot cars together. Some of these were single-deck cars, but most were double-deck. Since these cars can be kit-converted with the new Life-Like Proto 2000 stock car kits, several photos of them are included here. RMJ

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 12 Burlington 501 09, repainted and reweighed in May 1963, had AAR trucks but still sported a vertical staff hand brake. -Hoi Wagner photo, Burlington Route Historical Society collection

A pair of 50-foot Mather stock cars, one an oxide red Burlington car and the other a dark green New Yo rk Central (NIHX) car, trail Burlington GP7 264 at Quincy, Illinois in April 1966. -Jim Miller photo, Burlington Route Historical Society collection F1AILMODEI_ JOURNAL - MAY 13 1997 STOCK CARS NKP 11001 was one of the 50-foot single­ deck Mather stock cars assig ned to Nickel plate service in the 60s. Unlike the double­ deck cars, the single-deck 50-footers had Nickel plate Road logos to the right of the doors. This car was photographed at Bellevue, Ohio in August 1966. -Howard Ameling photo

Nickel plate Road 2028 was one of the 50- foot double-door stock cars constructed by Mather by splicing two 40-foot cars together and fitting double doors. Note the Andrews trucks and the small access door at the top of the end. This car was at East St. Louis, Illinois in 1963. -Joe Collias photo

Built in 1932 with KC air brakes and Andrews trucks, Baltimore & Ohio 111044 had been modernized with AB brakes and MR cast-steel trucks when photographed at Zanesville, Ohio in 1958 but still had a vertical staff hand brake. It was one of a hundred double-deck Mather stock cars in the 11 1000-11 1099 series. -Paul Dunn photo, Rich Burg collection

In the late 50s and early 60s, some Mather double-deck stock cars that had formerly been leased to the Baltimore & Ohio were leased by the Burlington. CB&Q 5001 9, reweighed at Mather's Chicago Ridge shops in May 1958, was still rolling on its original Andrews trucks. -Virl Davis photo

B&O 1 10566 still had Andrews trucks and a vertical staff hand brake at Baltimore in 1962. This car was one of the 110000- 110596 series, the largest group of Mather stock cars in B&O service. Note the open slats in the upper parts of the ends, a feature of most, if not all, Mather double­ deck stock cars. -Howard Ameling photo

14 • MAY RAIL MODEL JOURNJIL 1997 To model a loaded car, you don't need to put expensive model sheep in it, since the inside of the car isn't very clearly visible through the side slats. In this Proto 2000 Mather stock car model, sheep are repre­ sented by a piece of white styrofoam pack­ aging material cut to size and then "roughed up" by shaping and scraping with a knife blade. A thin coat of water­ based dark gray weathering wash was applied to tone down the stark white of the styrofoam and accentuate the texture. -Model and photo by Richard Hendrickson

Sculptured styrofoam looks like a load of sheep when the finished model is viewed at eye level. The trucks on this model are Accurail's "Bettendorf," representing the AAR trucks with spring planks that were used on some Mather cars. However, many other Mather stock cars had the spring plankless-type trucks supplied in the kit, especially in later years. The plastic grabirons and steps in the Life-Like kit were replaced with wire, as were the vulnerable rods on and below the doors. -Model and photo by Richard Hendrickson

This end view of CB&Q 5001 8 clearly Life-Like has accurately modeled the Mather patent roof, right down to the uneven outer t reveals the simplicity of Mather construc­ edges where the individual panels aren't per ectly aligned, a detail that's readily appar­ tion. All the framing was made from stan­ ent in most photos of the prototypes. On this model, the side slats on the unused part of dard rolled steel shapes riveted or bolted the letter boards were cut out with a single-edge razor blade (which slats should be in place; there isn't a single pressed-steel removed depends on the arrangement of the prototype car's lettering). All the lettering on or cast-steel component in evidence here the model was applied by the factory except tor the brake servicing data on the air brake except for the Universal geared hand reservoir, which came from an N scale data decal set. -Model and photo by Richard brake with its lacy, elaborate brake wheel. Hendrickson -Virl Davis photo

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 15 ------[INDUSTRy OPERATIONS J------STANDPIPES FOR UNLOADING TANK CARS

Build An Oil Dealer Depot, Part VII'

By Art Mitchell

The standpipe for the Texaco plant featured three pipes. The one that is stubbed off was for kerosene. This is a dual-service facility as you can see the elbows sticking out of the ground on the back side of the concrete base. To the right: The standpipe for the (onoco bulk plant. If you think something's missing, you're right. At the end of the elbow on the pipe hanging down is a union fiHing. This is the pipe that reached over to the tank car dome. A separate pipe, which call a sump pipe, was inserted through the hatch opening I on the pressure dome. This pipe was long enough to reach all the way down to the boHom of the car and stick out of the top of the dome by 18 inches. The top end of the sump pipe had an elbow and the other half of the union fiHing. After inserting the sump pipe into the tank car, the sump pipe was connected to the union on the pipe stand. When the standpipe was not in use, it appeared the same way it does in this picture. The sump pipe was usually stored in the pump house. This standpipe had dual service for gasoline. There is an elbow sticking out of the ground that is obscured by weeds.

16 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 FUlL SIZE �E? � � FOR 0 SCALE

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' One of the most prominent feotures of an oil depot, even if the depot had buried or remote storage tanks, the standpipe was used to pump oil and other fluids from the tank cars. Here's how they operated, with plans for four of the standpipes that were used in Fort Collins, Colorado. The rail­ road's operations at oil deoler depots in Fort Collins were illustrated and described in the March 1997 issue. The article on the following pages describes how to duplicate these standpipes in HO scale. The article on pages 25-27 shows a similar standpipe (with a wooden platform at the tank dome walkway level around it) in operation unloading a tank car at a Sinclair oil depot. This standpipe was usually part .of a wholesale oil depot. You can build the entire industry from kit-converted Walthers models in HO, N or 0 scales. The warehouse/office building was scratchbuilt from styrene as shown in Parts I, II and III in the April, May and June 1996 issues of "The could be substituted as-is or modified with a conventional roof. JournaL" The office from the Walthers HO and N scale kits Weotheringtechniques, using powdered pastel chalks, were illustrated in Part IV, in the July 1996 issue. Parts V and VI, in the January 1997 issue, described how to fin­ ish the oil depot with modifiedWalthers oil depot tanks and truck-loading platforms and how to modify service station signposts, build walkways, drum racks, a removable diorama, and how to paint, decal and weather tlie oil depot. Part VII, in the April 1997 issue, described how to build the chain link fence that surrounds most oil depots. Additional articles in this series will be featured in future issues including: how to assemble and paint the trucks in the scene and how to model the filling or service stations that were served by these wholesale oil depots. The February 1997 issue has an article on eosily-modeled prototype oil depots and, most specifically, how the railroaC/s served this industry in a typical midwestern town. There's an article on more prototype oil depots on pages 25-27 of this issue. There's an index of previous articles on oil depots, other industries served by tank cars, operations at these inC/us­ tries, and tank cars for modelers oo pages54-55 of this issue. There is also an index of previous articles and plans for industries on pages 54-55.

heo I mM,""d there ,�"d- This rule of thumb will help you achieve Don't forget to color-code your pipes, with a W pi pes, the tracks had been proper height of your standpipe: There is a red stripe for gasoline and a green tripe for removed and the area graded over. These stand­ splice joint just below the swivel joint on the diesel fuel. These standpipes are nice for model pipes haven't been used for about 38 years. It is main standpipe. At no time should this splice railroads because they make your bulk oil truly amazing that they are still standing. mea­ joint be below the highest point on your tallest dealer's unloading site more obvious. r sured them as they stood. tank car that will be unloaded there. Nor should These standpipes were used to unload 8,000 the reach pipe be more than two feet above the Standpipe Usage and 10,000-gallon tank cars, which were the tank car dome when horizontal. Drill the foun­ The standpipes were used to pump fuel, most common size cars received by most bulk dations so you can slide the standpipe up and gasoline or kerosene from the tank car. First the distributors. It was up to the bulk distributor as down until you achieve proper height, then fix it reach pipe was swung over the dome of the to which type of unloading facility to build. in place with hobby-type cyanoacrylate cement. tank car and rested on the top of the dome. The Some were as simple as an elbow sticking out Each major oil company had standard set up sump pipe was inserted into the open hatch on of the ground. plans for standpipes and other piping to serve the tank dome and coupled to the reach pipe If you build these standpipes as drawn and as a guide for distributors wanting to install using the union fitting. The unloading could place them on your layout, the pipes may be too standpipes. The horizontal lines on the founda­ then begin. When unloading was complete, the high or too low due to conditions on your lay­ tions are from the x 7 planks used to make the union fitting was unscrewed and the sump pipe I out. If your track is up on roadbed and your forms. standpipes were usually painted black, removed from the tank car. The reach pipe was standpipe is on a lower scenery level, your and the foundations were left in natural con­ then swung down out of the way. The sump standpipe will be too short. If your standpipe is crete; however the Shell and Mobil standpipes pipe was usually stored in the nearby pump on a hillside, it will be too tall. were painted silver with natural concrete bases. house. aoove the track RMJ RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 17 STANDPIPES FULL SIZE FOR HO SCALE

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.. ID ------[TECHNIQUES]------SCRATCHBUILD A STANDPIPE FOR UNLOADING TANK CARS Build An Oil Dealer Depot, Part VIII By Robert Schleicher

For an HO scale standpipe, use two pieces of Evergreen .125 x .250-inch styrene plastic strip. Cut the strips info two-inch pieces with a razor sow. Glue the strips together with liquid cement for plastics and let it dry overnig�t. Use a formica tile (0 file with straight edges, fine teeth on one side and medium teeth on the other, safd by shops that sell supplies to make kitchen counter tops). File one end of the strip flat, then file the corners at a 45- degree angle to match the plans.

Use a number 53 drill bit in a pin vise to drill two holes 1/4-inch deep into the end of the styrene strip as shown .

20 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 Cut two pieces of .060-inch steel piano wire (hobby dealers that sell model aircraft supplies carry it, as do some hardware stores) /4-inch longer than the length 1 shown in the plans. Use a hacksaw cut to the wire. Do not cement the wires in place for now. If you are modeling in N scale, use .020-inch brass wire anC! include the U-shaped bend and the second horizontal wire (swivel pipe).

Use a razor saw to cut the plastic strip base to the length to match the plans.

The Swivel PipeJoints On the prototype, the brackets at the elbows of these pieces are swivel joints so the swivel pipes can be moved out over the cars and remain horizontal. There's a photo in the article on pages 25-27 that sNows one of these standpipes in use unloading tank cars at a Sinclair oil dealer depot. The part of the stondpipe that is hanging into the dome was often a flexible hose. The part that is horizontal above the tank car in that photo is the "swivel pipe" that is hanging downward on the plans on the previous pages and on the model. The swivel pipe rested in this vertical position until it was time to unload a tank car. I used Detail Associates 6638 Wheel Recorders for passenger car trucks to simulate the swivel joints. The Precision Scale 48427 Pipe Flanges could be substituted-merely drill the centers with a number 70 drill bit. To use the Detail Associates parts, mark the center of each Wheel Recorder with the tip of a compass. Use these same parts to build an 0 or 5 scale model-just make the .060-inch steel wires longer to match your S or 0 scale plans.

Use a number 70 drill bit to drill out the centers of each of the Wheel Recorders while they are still attached to the molding sprue.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 21 Carefully trim each Wheel Recorder from its sprue and remove the thin plastic elbow. Cement two of the wheel recorders, back to back, to make each swiveling pipe flange.

Bend a one-inch pipe of .030-inch brass wire and slip one of the pairs of Wheel Recorders (swivel pipe flanges) over the wire.

Make the second bend in the "U" with sim­ ulated swivel pipe flange in place.

Slip a second pair of Wheel Recorders over the wire as shown.

The Swivel Pipe T�e pipe that hangs downward in the photograph� is a moving part; when it is time to unload a tank car, it is l ifted upward and pivoted 90 degrees on the standpiJ?El.This pipe will rest in this hor­ izontal position so it extends from the standl?ipe over the top of the car to directly above the dome. A piece of flexible hose or pip'e long enough to reach from the end of the swivel pipe directl>:: down into the bottom of the tank is then connected to the end of the s ivel pipe. I used 22-gauge insulated wire for the swivel pipe because it is about .060 inches in outside diameter, matching the vertical pipe. Cut a piece of the wire to match the length shown in the plans, and pull the strands of copper wire from inside the insulation using needle-nose p'liers. If you are modeling in N scale, this swivel pipe is merely half of the U-shaped .020-inch wire you mode for the vertical pipe.

22 RAil .JUIJnl·."L • MODEL MAY :1.997 Use a compass to enlarge the inside of one end of the 22-gauge wi re's insulation.

Push the U-shaped .030-inch brass wire Cut a 3/1 6-inch-long piece of the insu­ with the two pairs of Wheel Recorders lated 22-gauge wire and remove the into the enlarged end of the insulation. strands of copper wire from inside the insulation. Enlarge the insulation with the compass and slip this shorter second piece of insulation over the end of the .060-inch vertical wire,

Push the second leg of the .030-inch U-shaped wire (with the two pair of Wheel Recorders) into the wire insulation you just slipped over the .060-inch vertical wire pipe, Repeat this entire process to make a second standpipe, swivel pipe fitting and swivel pipe.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 23 1997 Cement the standpipes into the holes with hobby-type cyanoacrylate cement. h If you want t e p i pes to lead to a pump hose, drill another pair of holes in the styrene base with a number 53 drill bit and cut two pieces of .060-inch wire to the length you need to reach the pump house.

IF you are going to connect the standpipe to a pump house, drill SCRATCHBUILD matching number-53-size holes For the horizontal pipes in the base of the pump house.

Pull and twist the 22-gauge insulation (the Paint the styrene base concrete grey, the vertical and swivel standpipes gunmetal �rey. swivel pipes) so it is straight. If it still Paint one set of swivel flanges red and the other green. The standpipe is now ready to remains crooked (as mine did), insert a be installed on your layout. On the prototype, these standpipes were sometimes con­ piece of the .030-inch brass wire to force it nected to underground storage tanks or to tanks several hundred yards from the tracks. straight and secure the wire with hobby­ Yo u can, then, simply have the standpipe beside Ihe tracks to unload tank cars. It will look type cyanoacrylate cement. more like an "industry," however, if you add a pump house.

• 24 RAILMODEL JOURN"'L MAY 1997 [ MODELING INDUSTRY]------

By Richard Hendrickson

On December 11, 1939, this Texaco car was spotted next to the Texas Company's bulk oil facility at Woodland, California. Though the car, a 10,OOO-gallon AC&F Type 21, is the main subject of this photo, numerous details of the bulk plant behind it are visible: the two vertical tanks with "Texaco" logo on the nearest one, a galvanized corrugated-steel warehouse and a similar office building with old gravity-feed gasoline pumps behind it, a Texaco dealer's sign and various steel oil drums scattered around on the ground. C. Whittaker -w.

Every town had at least one oil dealer depot that served as the wholesale distributor of gasoline, oil and auto parts to that company's service stations. These were the sites where the gasoline and other petroleum products were unloaded from thetank cars. The tank car at the Sinclair dealer has the standpipe in place into the open dome hatch for unloading. The tank car at the Texaco facility was likely unloaded with a hose connectedto the valve on the bot­ tom of the car. Note the details in these photos that are useful to modelers like the oil drum rack at the Shell depot, the platform around the oil standpipe at the Sinclair facility,and the gasoline pumps and spare sign at the Texaco depot. This is another article in an ongoing series on oil industriesespe cially for modelers. There's an index of pre­ vious articles in this series on pages 54-55 of this issue.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 25 DEALER DEPOTS

This photo from the late twenties shows a 10,000-gallon Union Ta nk Car Co. car at the Sinclair distributor's siding in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Note the combination of vertical and hori­ zontal tanks, with steel ladders providing access to the tops of the vertical tank while a wood platform with stairs had been built above the horizontal tanks. Ta nk cars were loaded and unloaded from a small timber platform surrounding the standpipe. The corner of a galvanized steel storage building can be seen at the extreme right. -Santa Fe Railway photo, Russell Crump collection Santa Fe train 73, the streamlined San Diegan from San Diego to Los Angeles, is shown here coming off the fourth district "Surf Line" onto the freshly ballasted third district main line just east of Fullerton, CA. On this foggy morning in April 1946, steamer 3704 was subbing for the streamliner's ailing diesels and working hard, as the smoke plume attests, to keep the train on time. A part of Fullerton's Shell oil depot and the spur track that served it is visible at the left: two vertical storage tanks, the horizontal racks full of oil drums, and a sizeable tank truck with a pre­ war International tractor. The office and warehouse are behind the building at the left edge Of the photo. -Fletcher Swan photo, Keith Jordan collection DECALS ------[PAINT & ]------

From Stewart Hobbies' HO Scale Kit

By Ed Hawki ns

WM 15528 is an example of an 1 ,835-cubic-foot-capacity channel hopper built new by the Western Maryland company shops. The build date is stenciled 7-27 on the car that was recently shopped and repainted in Elkins, West Virginia. During this period, the shade of freight car red used by the road was a very bright oxide red, similar to that used by the B&O. The speed lettering was standard for the time. -photo courtesy Bob Lorenz, circa 1961

The unique shapes of the vertical ribs make these hoppers easy to spot · in a string of freight cars� They were built for the Western Maryland, but they could be seen in consists almost anywhere in the coal belt. Here's the background on the proto­ type so you can detail your model to match.

F or many years, the Western Beginning in 1927, and continuing The design was a modification of the Maryland railroad operated a until 1935, the Western Maryland pur­ USRA twin hopper design with the chan­ distinctive and unique twin-hopper car to chased, built or rebuilt more than 6,000 nel ribs used instead of the more common transport the road's most vital commodi­ cars that conform to this general descri p­ hat-section side supports. Otherwise, the ty-coal. What causes the car to be so tion. Figuring out the origin and history of dimensions closely emulated the typical unique is a total of seven channel mem­ this group of cars has been an interesting USRA car with the fo llowing general bers supporting the side sheets. Other­ jigsaw puzzle to piece together. The life charactetistics and dimensions: wise, they conform to the general appear­ cycle of the cars gets somewhat complj­ ance of the USRA open hoppers. Inspired cated with several reconfigurations, ·30 feet 51/8 inches inside length (IL) by members of the Western Maryland renumbering, and second-hand sales to • 9 feet 6 inches inside width (IW)

Historical Society, Stewart Hobbies has other roads. The intent of this article is to • 10 feet 6 inches outside height recently introduced the channel-side hopper serve as an introduction willi primary (measured from rails) as their latest release in what has become emphasis on the open hopper configura­ • 1,830 or 1,835 cubic feet capacity a long line of HO scale open hopper cars. tion. • 55-ton capacity

28 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1 997 The Stewart Hobbies HO scale model.

The cars originated from a multitude pers operated by Western Maryland from Articles on the fishbelly twin hoppers of sources. First, in February 1927 the the mid- 1 930s, through the I 940s, and have appeared in the February 1992 and Bethlehem Steel Co. completed an order into the early 1950s. By the mid- 1 950s, June 1994 issues of "The Journal." fo r 500 cars; their lot number was 342l. dle attlition rate of Class H3 and H4 hoppers According to the January 1952 0RER, This group was assigned car number had risen considerably. Many of the HI Western Maryland operated a total of series 15000- 15499 and designated class and H2 cars received new bodies during 13,668 cars in revenue service at that HI. This was fo llowed by another 1,000 1952-1953 in yet another company-shops time. Of these, 6,014 cars were channel­ new cars, series 15500- 1 6499, built by rebuilding program. As it may seem side cars and 3,395 were fi shbelly-side the railroad in their company shops dur­ apparent, the Western Maryland made the cars. Combined, that's a Whopping 68.8 ing the period 1927-1 930. The home­ most of their rolling stock through their percent of their entire fleet of rolling built cars were designated class H2. The repeated rebuilding programs. stock. Official Railroad Equipment Register During early years of operation, the Depending on ones' interest in the (ORER) lumps the HI and H2 series channel-side hoppers wore a rather simple time period, the table should be useful to together in one series of 1,500 cars, thus paint scheme with the circular Western determine an appropriate mix of cars for treating them as one group. The HIs and Maryland Fast Freight Line herald. modeling purposes. H2s carried 1 ,835-cubic-foot capacity. Beginning in late 1952, the sporty speed As indicated earlier, the channel-side The balance of the channel-side twin lettering scheme was adopted. When hoppers were reconfigured in several hoppers were 1,830-cubic-foot capacity freshly painted, a Western Maryland ways. Some were equipped with a roof and originated from parts of other cars. freight car in bright freight car red and and used a covered hopper (Class C1, Going back to 1916 and 1917, Western distinctive speed lettering stood out series 5000-5059). Other cars were used Maryland bought a total of 5,000 50-ton vividly in freight trains. in ballast service (series 1575- 1 598), and twin hoppers from Pullman, series The following information is provided for wood chip service (Class H 19, series 10000- 14999. During a time span ranging to help put the channel-side cars into 290 1 -2940). The latter series were rebuilt from 1927 to 1935, nearly all the original some perspective. During much of the at various stages during the 1960s using 10000- 1 4999-series cars were rebuilt time the channel-side hoppers were in bodies from two cars with the height with the channel sides. These rebuilt cars service, twin hoppers with fishbelly sides extended 3 feet 8 inches to allow addi­ were designated as class H3 and H4 and came into prominence and were bought tional capacity for the relatively light assigned to a new number series 16500- in large numbers by the railroad from wood chips. Additional information with 21179. Data indicates all original cars in 1939 through 1953. The fish belly cars color photos of the various channel-side the 10000- 1 4999 series had been reas­ were 31 fe et inside length (as compared hoppers is available in Jack Brown's signed by 1935, thus clearing the series to 30 foot 51/8 inch inside length of the excellent Moming Sun book, WM COLOR for future use. Beginning in 1939, most of channel-side cars) and had 2,028-cubic­ GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PASSENGER the numbers from the series would again foot capacity. These fishbelly cars were EQUIPMENT. be used fo r fishbelly-side twin hoppers. assigned Class H5 through Hli with car I wish to extend my sincere thanks to The table provides information on the numbers 10001-14400. The Western Mr. Paul Buscemi and Ray Long of the life span of the channel hoppers. Collec­ Maryland Class H5-Hll fishbelly model Western Maryland Historical Society for tively, the Class HI through H4 cars in HO scale has been available from sharing their time and exchanging infor­ made up the vast majority of open hop- Stewart Hobbies for several years. mation in support of this article. RMJ

SERIES/CLASS 1/44 7/49 1/52 4/55 4/57 1/61 7/64 10/66 15000-16499; Hi , H2 1,497 1,491 1,490 1,487 1,485 1,481 1,041 385 16500-21179; H3, H4 4,628 4,598 4,524 1,566 1,167 188 0 0 10001-14400; H5-H11 800 2,398 3,395 4,384 4,375 4,365 4,21 8 3,061

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 29 ------[LAYOUTTOUR]------

Prototype Modeling with NTRAK Modules

By Bernard Kempinski

���� _ ',' �,l:,�,'.,"H'''''',,e'',:,r,r,','"��hciC;£ci�r",,,o,:U tfl'�, ,,,.JSiff1odule-layOut" ,�, u,'il(je�s" i!i ,rill�El�ginj� �Jl.bilii��r ]it�'ffi���f!'; (b�t,.compa tibl�) ;NTRAK modules fo r al,greOte� �arletyof modular �ay, out scenesF.�T�e group's members are ' also Incorporatingsome of �� th�s� same m�ules into theirl h()me layouts. They!::�re recreatingl�e Chesape ake and Ohio's New �i�e� Subdi�ision,� Ki sc ene-by-scene, In N scale. One of themember 's moCiules,Paul Fulk s re creationof Thurmond, West Virginia, was In the,! i:July 1 ?93 issue of ''The J�um.al:" Be�nard Kempinski's recreation of Qu!nnimont, West yirginia ap�redin the Augu�nl �1996 Issue. The modules In thiSIssue IncludeJolin Plant 's recreation. of Hinton,West Virginia, and Art Frankforter'srecr e: [1 CW 1990 �ation of Cabin, West Virginia� Plans for the HintonStation appeared in the November issue. Plans for19 the90 tracks .; �dn' d thelocati ,?ns of the� tructures:at Hint, on with prototype pliotos of theyard ap�red ill'the' December . issue.» � i � at theN MRA and NT��l ���onal C�i l�;�i�r��' �" i�'���i�� �t�SC o�sin,'this July. 28-;1 •..... <; , ",,:iL!; �,'. ,[ ���;:,.ji ,�'�,,,,'I/�r:d!L21,,;*_';�.,I"""'!�:"�·!� ....r... ,\;j,.��"".�:!I,,.,_',,1� ,]:,! �,�; ..,', �... ":'..; ?,��>.��0 ,," ":±J,' ..�'lll!. i:"', ,, ,J...t .. .n_�,.. . '" J.a... '-�·�:\I�'�"' ;'."" .•$Ii:> ... ""'" -,",,;,,', ,_C_"" __ " 1

B "ildiog pmtotypic,lIy jospi,·,d That is exactly how I met Jol111 Plant, a Art Frankforter's CW layouts is an increasingly popular retired entrepreneur whose quiet, friendly Cabin Module trend in state-of-the-art model railroad demeanor belies the tremendous talents design. The concept can be adapted for use and capabilities he possesses. While John Art Frankforter, an ICU nurse, is also a in NTRAK modules with clever plannlJ1g. is a member of Valley NTRAK In Valley NTRAK member. When he saw Connecticut, inspiration for the Hinton what John was building he volunteered to module came while he was participating John Plant's Hinton Module Set build a module that could serve as a yard in the NTRAK set-up with Northern lead for Hinton. I drew the original plan One of the benefits of NTRAK Viroinia NTRAK at the 1995 NMRA for the module as a lead for my affiliation is the opportunity to Mi -Eastern Region convention in Hunt meet and synergistically d Quinnimont module. Art used that basic Va lley, Maryland. At this set-up, John saw desion but reversed the orientation of the interact with people of some of the other prototypically based cros overs between the tracks. The result simjlar interests New River Subdivision modules on dis­ � is a simple, yet elegant, prototypically­ from across the play. In a moment of excited exuberance, U.S. based module that allows access to the and he decided to build a large module based around the outside line from Hinton Yard. on the C&O Hinton Yard to complement world. the other New River modules. Matt Historical Background Schaefer drafted an initial plan for a 14- foot yard. John then modified this to Hinton is located in the southeast cor­ make it bigger and include an impres­ ner of West Virginia near the confluence sive sweeping curve! of the New and Greenbrier Rivers. Here John also built a I-foot the C&O established a division point yard transition module called between its New River and Allegheny Fillers Gap to help fit subdivisions. Snuggled deep in an other­ Hinton modules into wise relatively inaccessible valley, it was NTRAK set-ups if a quintessential railroad town. the layout design . . Hinton was an important location tor requires a one rai l operations. In the steam era, all power foot bridge. was chan bo ed and serviced here according . to the C&O designation of engines for mountain versus level service. Mountain service continued to the east and pushers for eastbound coal originated here, The C&O considered all tracks westbound of Hinton as level running and powered their trains accordingly. Hinton yard also dispatched general merchandise local� in both directions, however, no mllle shifters originated out of Hinton. In the diesel era, the C&O dropped the moun­ tain distinction and engines ran through Hinton but crews changed there.

Althouoho yard operations have long . 0'oone today , CSX maintains a solid ma111- line presence. In addition, Amtrak's Cardinal makes a station stop here. The town celebrates its railroad tradition with an annual Rail Days festival in the fall, replete with steam excursions.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 31 ally connect to a staging track hidden ule to make a convincing representation behind the skyboards. John's design of the far bank. NEW RIVER includes the large-radius curve as the rails John's Hinton module set actually John made a trip to Hinton and the sweep past the passenger station just as consists of four sections as indicated in surrounding area to take photos and seen in the prototype. Figure 1. The sections are dedicated; in obtain research material for the module. Including the engine terminal with its other words they meet NTRAK interface William Simonton, a noted Hinton large roundhouse, coal dock and assorted standards only at the extremities of the expert, provided further details and draw­ other structures was a key part of the complete set, therefore they must be used ings while Dorothy Jean Bowling at the design. To make the modules more trans­ together in shows. Hinton Railroad Museum also provided portable in his truck, the large scratchbuilt Art's CW Cabin module is a stand­ useful information. A stop at the C&O alone NTRAK-compatible module. Historical Society in Clifton Forge " However, when used with John's a;;;;iiiil Virginia was also invaluable for �� Hinton, it provides access to the historic photos and details yard from the red and yel­ about the area. low lines. The module design features a one-foot offset

in a four-foot Design module. The grace­ ful curve complements With its long and narrow the crossovers. A scratch- configurations set hard between a built model of CW Cabin stands - mountain ridge and river, Hinton is an !t!����:��������:over the tracks, providing a vantage point ideal prototype yard to model. The Hinton for employees to oversee operations at division point actually consisted of two roundhouse required its own modular the yard. Behind the cabin the hill slopes yards. CW Cabin controlled the west end section. toward the backdrop. Art squeezed in the of the yard and the engine terminal area. John also included a significant por­ state highway along the ridge, thus pro­ To the east of the passenger station, tion of the town. While he didn't strive to viding a prototypically correct destina­ around the curve was an additional yard make a block-for-block recreation of the tion for the access stairs that run up the at Av is, where freight was classified and streets, the overall impression is quite hill. cars repaired. To keep the module a rea­ convincing. The use of some scratchbuilt sonable size, John combined the classifi­ structures, such as the YMCA, ice house, Construction and Scenery cation tracks into the yard in front of the station, steel and concrete bridges com­ engine terminal. (See Figure 1). He bined with stock DPM kits (it's conve­ Both modules use 1 x 4 butt-joined included fi ve tracks for classification and nient that the town looks almost like a fu ll framing with 114-inch lauan plywood three tracks for the engine terminal plus scale DPM display) is quite effective. table tops. To make the roadbed John the three NTRAK lines. The yard plan Initially John wanted to include a por­ used a product called Vinylbed made closely follows the prototypical arrange­ tion of the New River and perhaps part of from gray vinyl sheets cut in strips with ment, albeit in a simplified manner with the other riverbank. However, the actual precise bevels on each side. While more fe wer tracks and crossovers. A track run­ river width at Hinton is about 150 meters, expensive than cork, it is more durable ning behind the roundhouse can eventu- and there just was not room on the mod- 34 32 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 Continued on page LAYOUT DESIGN ] [ ------

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Hinton, West Virginia Circa 1956 and 1972 Bernard Kempinski photos

June 15, 1956 Massive Chesapeake and Ohio class H-8 Alleghenies and smaller brother H-5 Mallets and K-2 Mikes await assignment at the Hinton roundhouse.

November 15, 1973 It is now the Chessie System and bright yellow, orange and blue paint accents the engines and cabooses at Hinton . The roundhouse is now relegated to car repair and storage.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 33 Each section has an integral sky board that provides a degree of protection when shipping. However, other modules in the Continued fro m page 32 New River Subdivision shun blue-painted skyboards and rely solely on the ridge and should not tear out, particularly at the tops to provide a backdrop since the sky­ module joints where cork roadbed tradi­ boards and diorama dividers make realis­ tionally tends to fa il. tic photography difficult. Due to the Mainline track on both modules is width of the yard itsel f, there was not suf­ code 80 Peco. On Hinton, John laid yard ficient space to include realistically tracks with code 55 Peco-however he sloped ridges, so John used the skyboards found it hard to connect the code 55 Peco for the backdrop. Furthermore, the height tracks between modules with pieces of available for the skyboards was limited sectional track.All the tilll10uts are medium by the vertical clearance available in radius (approx no. 6) Peco Insulfrog John's pickup truck. Art's module also except for crossovers which are Peco includes diorama divider and skyboards insulfrog long radius (approx no. 8). designed to fit in his imported sports car. Although Peco switch machines are under John and Art both lIsed Rigid Wrap all turnouts, John has not fi nished the plaster impregnated gauze over sculpted wiring to make the yard fu lly operational. layers of one- and two-inch blue

Continued 011 page 40

Ten years later the scene is repeated with Bernard Kempinski's Chessie SD-40s on the point. Kempinski posed these models in front of John's scratchbuilt coal station.

�MRANational Conv ention Madison.Wisconsin• July 21l-Au�US1 2

RAILMODEL JOURNAI_ • MAY 35 1097 It's early 1960 and an Alco S-2 leads the eastbound local past CW Cabin. The location is near where approximately 10 years prior, an H-B boiler exploded killing the crew and destroying the engine.

A massive Allegheny rumbles across Fillers Gap module. The concrete arch bridge was scratchbuilt by John.

36 RAILMODFL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 Two E8 As glide to a stop in front of Hinton station. E8 A units replaced steam on passenger trains as early as 1951. The (&0 did not run E-8Bs.

Westbound coal empties move along the main while an 5-2 shuffles cars in the yard.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 37 1997 38 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 CW Cabin Module

Fillers Gap Module

Hinton Module Section 1

Key to Structures

1. CW Cabin 2. Switchman's Shanty 3. Car Repair Blacksm ith's Shop 4. Coal Station 5. Sand House 6. Water Tanks 7. Cinder Pit and Conveyor 8. Wash Rack 9. Coal Bin Labor's Locker House 10. Hostler's Shanty 11. Round House 12. Boiler House 13. Machine Shop 14. Steel Water Tank 15. Ice House 16. Station 17. Temple Street 18. YMCA 19. Steel Truss Bridge 20. Concrete Bridge 21 . Inspection Pits

Hinton Section 3

FiAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 39 The graceful sweep of the yard tracks closely matches the actual yard arrangement.

Styrofoam to build up the hills. The plaster lished Bill Simonton's drawings of the gauze provides a solid base for the hand­ ice house ill February 1996 with photos carved rocks. The trees are made individu­ Gary Burdette. currently draw­ by Bill is ally from dried and dyed weeds. John's th e roundhouse plans e gener­ ing and h wife Jackie is an expert in dried floral ously made a preliminary set available. arrangements, and she contributed mighti­ The steel truss and concrete bridges were ly here. She also painted the backdrop and scratchbuilt based on photos. Art relied helped weather ro lling stock. John made on photos for scratchbuilding CW Cabin. the streets with painted Scalecrete. The In 1996 John Plant received the Con­ water surface is Envirotex two-part resin. Cor N Scale Award at the N Scale East Convention in Alexandria for his Hinton Structures module set-the best module in the biggest layout ever! John in his typical A great deal has been published about modest way was the first to point out that Hinton in the Model Railroad Press. several others contributed to his achieve­ Many of the plans for structures are readily ment through numerous phone calls, available. faxes and letters. Yet John's craftsman­ "The Journal" published the station ship, modeling talent, and perseverance and yard plans in November and were the keys to this impressive module December 1990. Bill Simonton's plans set. The continuing good news is that for the coal station and sand house were John is building another module and has printed in in September his sights set on Sewell, We st Virginia. Model Railroader 1994. The C&O Historical Society pub- RMJ

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 40 �MRA NationalConven tion Madison.Wisconsin · Julv 2R-August 2

A family portrait of typical C&O power in the early 1950s. ------[PAINT & DECALS ]------

From Wa lthers '4427' PS HO Scale Kit By Bob Rivard

Bill of Materials Kadee: 5 Couplers

Walthers: 5700 Undecorated 4427 PS covered hopper kit

PAINT & DECALS: FloquiI: 1 10010 Engine Black 110033 Railbox Ye llow Microscale: 87-24 Decals

42 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 [PAINT DECALS]------&

From Overland's HO Scale Model

By Ed San icky photos by Dash Two: W. Te rry Stuart

Ed Sanickyfound a photo use as a Kadee: proto� to refer­ 5 Couplers ence when he painted and his Overland decaled Overland Models: Models brass import. Thesecars are similar to the PD3000 ready-to-run brass model Wal�ers HO and N scale PD5000cars that were iIIus· PAINT & DECALS: Scalecoat: tratedin the February 1995 issue of liThe Journal." 110009 Grey Primer Herald King: H-362 Decals

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 43 ------[ LAYOUT TOUR]------

In HO Scale By Bob Mozgawa Photos by Bob Felten

Ken Reigle is recreating ports of Wisconsin as they were in the 50s along the route of the Chicago Great Western f Railway. This 13 x 23- oot HO scale layout is one of the model railroads that you can see for yourself during the lay­ out tours that are part of the 1997 NMRA Notional Convention in Madison, Wisconsin July 28-August 2.

S outh Central Wisconsin is Like a lot of model railroaders, Ken way to dominating the roster of locomo­ criss-crossed with the ghosts of was first bitten by the railroad bug with a tive power bearing its name. "Surpris­ railroads past. One of those is boyhood Lionel lrain set. By the mid-sev­ ingly, no-there weren't orange and the Chicago Great Westem Railway, trac­ enties, the realsim and operating possibil­ black paint schemes," says Ken. "Though ing routes from Chicago west to Omaha ities of HO scale railroading took hold of the herald was included in the overall and north to Minneapolis. While the his imagination. "But you could never paint schemes. Maroon and black gave Chicago Great Western Railway may have accuse me of being a rivet counter," way to maroon and red, which gave way joined the roster of fallen flags in a ]968 laughs Ken. "A lot or the railroad is built to red and black with yellow bands." All merger with Norfolk & Western, Ken for operational fu n." And yes, many of these color combinations are represented Reigle keeps the line alive on his HO the businesses and towns are named for in this well-sceniced railroad and Ken scale layout. favorite relatives and friends. will not admit to having a favorite. "I love the railroad because it's a story Included in Ken's roster are a few steam of constantly trying to stave off the CGW Revival Colors switchers, still working out their last use­ wolves at the door," says Ken. "For that ful years in the yard. reason the line seemed to decide on a new The diesel era brought with it an paint scheme every couple of years. I astonishing array of color and logo com­ Operations guess it was trying to create some sort of binations. The curious, off-center orange identity for itself, but time finally ran out and black circle herald of the Chicago operating plan of the layout The basic in the late sixties." Great Westem Railroad never fo und its simple dog-bone enjoys is a loop. Ken

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 44 the fun of seeing shortline freight trains gude down mainlines, though operating possibilities are always present in the small yards and on the small operating turntable. "The layout is a general representation of south central Wisconsin," says Ken. "You'll see things that are saying this is the rolling fa nnland and little town life of Wisconsin, but you may not see a specific town."

Prototype-Based Buildings

The attention to detail that comes with A pair of CGW F units in the process of doing some switching with the local freight. being a professional electronic techni­ cian, coupled with a craftsman's eye, shines through in prototypical buildings and in rolling stock. "You can't be in Wisconsin and not have an Oscar Mayer reefer on the layout!" grins Ken, giving homage to one of Madison's largest employers. Rolling stock parked in sid­ ings compared with photos in Ken's volu­ minous library on the Chicago Great Western Railway shows that when it comes to counting rivets, Ken is up there with the best of them. e c the Coalfacil ­ "I spe ially like Littel Ken. r e building ity" says Th is coal sto ag exact replica one stood is an of that in W south central isconsin. The overhang­ ing barn roof atop tall cement cylinders seems to have no counterpart in th e real world. Ken 's source photos But a look at h re l an s ows that this is a true scale p ica of building. actu al "But I never forgot that it's a form of recreation," adds Ken. "I like to chal­ lenge myself occasionally with making an exact replica of a piece of railroad equipment or a landmark building, but a family hobby and we like to have this is The Littel Coal towers are an example of actual architecture found in circa 1960s south fun rolling trains around the layout." central Wisconsin. Proving that it's a family affair, Ken's daughter Kellee, a jeweler by trade, has detailed many of the buildings found on the layout.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 45 Action abounds at the roundhouse.

A GP9 in maroon and red spots box cars in the south central Wisconsin countryside.

46 • 1997 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL MAY Details like these suspended bridge painters bring Ken Reigle's layout to life.

A black and red 52 diesel spots some gondolas across the street from a prairie cemetery.

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photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre

theparts, paint and decalsyou'll need to du�icGIe 'is full-sizediesel in miniature.

T he Dash 8-40BW was General Electric's 4,000-horsepower four-axle road switcher. It replaced the 3,600-horsepower B36-7, and effectively superseded the 3, ISO-horsepower 832-8, the 3,800-horsepower 836-8 and the 3,900-horsepower 839-8 from May 1988. These Dash 8 8-series diesels have ever­ larger elephant ear overhangs al the rear of the long hood to provide more cooling for the increased horsepower. The B40 series was offered in a choice of three dis­ tinct car bodies; the Dash 8-40BW with the wide cab as shown, the Dash 8-40B with a cab similar to the previous U­ series, and the 'completely different' fu lly-enclosed car body that is called the "Genesis Series 1" as purchased by Amtrak. The Dash 8-408W diesels can be con­ siderecl little brothers to the massive 4,400- horsepower six-axle Dash 9-44CW loco­ motives , particularly when the two loco­ Illotives carry the bright Santa Fe "war­ bonnet" paint scheme like 507 and the number 632 Dash 9-44CW in the March 1996 issue. The May and September 1990 issues of "The Journal" included D. Scott Chatfield's articles illustrating the difference between the various Dash 8 General Electric diesels. The Santa Fe purchased number 507 as part of number series 500-559 in 1990.

SCALE MODEL GE DASH 8-40Bs

Scale: Wa lthers. Rail Power Products HO (7283 No. Stagecoach Dr., Park City, UT 84060) Dash 8-40B body and frame. The

• 48 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL MAY 1997 wide cab would have to be removed from DECALS Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. a Rail Power Dash 8-40CW and adapted Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., to the Dash 8-40B body shell. The Rail HO Scale: Microscale 87-585 plus 87-527 Montoursville, PA 17754-0322: Power frame wi II accept the trucks and N Scale: Microscale 60-585 plus 60-527 1-314 Drain cocks $4.25/13 motor from the Athearn U30B. Proto (right side) Power West, Overland and Hobby town ONE-DETA IL-AT-A-TIME 2-320 Air hoses 1.85/2 sets also make chassis to fit the Rail Power (HO SCALE) 3-419 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pr. body. Step-by-step instructions on how to 4-420 Air horns 4.95 ea. N Scale: None known, but the Bachmann install many of these detail parts appeared 5-43 1. Fuel fillers 2.50/set Dash 8-40CW body could be cut down to in the June 1989 issue of "The JournaI." 6-430 Bell (left side) 2.95 ea. make a "stand-in" model. That article also reprinted in the book 7-437 Cab sunshades 3.95/pr. is TUNING & UPGRADING ATHEARN PA INT LOCOMOTIVES. The August 1993 Custom Finishing, 379 Thlley Rd., issue has a step-by-step article on how to Orange, MA 01364: Santa Fe Red: Testors' Accu-Flex 31, apply superdetails to the Santa Fe Dash 8- 4-22 1 Air horns $3.69 ea. Polly Scale 414149, Floquil 110l76, 40CW that would be very helpful in 6-137 Bell (left side) 3.89 ea. SMP Accupaint lO, Pro Color 097, or upgrading a Walthers or Rail Power Dash 8-257 MU hoses (3) 5.39/4 pr. Scalecoat 26. 8-40BW. An article on how to disassem­ Santa Fe Silver: Testors' Accu-Flex 32, ble an Athearn chassis to install a Rail Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis Polly Scale 414143, Floquil 110100, Power Products frame and body and how Obispo, CA 93403: SMP Accupaint 40, Pro Color 309, or to install the handrails and details on the 2-6206 Air hoses $l.25/6 Scalecoat 32. body appeared in the October 1994 issue. 4-1601 Air horns 1.7512

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5-3 102 Fuel tank fittings 1.00/2 Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. A-Line, Box 7916, LaVerne, CA 91750: (fillers) Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: 3-29200 Windshield wipers $1.85/8 6- 1 202 Bells (left side) 1.25/2 4-90 10 Air horns $3.20 ea. 7-292 10 Cab sunshades 1.95/3 pI'. 7- 130 I Cab sunshades 1.50/6 6-9130 Bell (left side) 2.25 ea. 8- 1508 MU hoses 2.00/16 8-935 1 MU hoses 6.75/4 sets 9- 1 003 Headlights 1.00/2 9-9277 Headlights 1.90 ea. 10-1925 Ditch lights 1.00/2 14-9151 Coupler lift bars 1.95/2 Rail Detail Products, Rt. 1, Box 777C, 11-1108 Lift rings & hinges 1.50/12 15-9327 Mirrors 2.50/4 Angleton, TX 77515: 12-2202 Grabirons 2.50/48 (wind deflectors) 28-1 10 Handrail and stanchion $9.95/set 13-22 10 Chain i251 12 in. 17-9403 Sand filler 2.00 ea. (modified) 14-22 11 Coupler lift bars 2.25/2 19-9 143 Brake wheel 1.75 ea. 15-2304 Wind deflectors 2.50/3 pro 20-9550 Snowplow 8.85 ea. 16-27 17 Etched grilles 5.00/set (modified) Smokey Valley Railroad Products, P. O. (modified) 21-9702 Spare coupler knuckles 4.20/2 Box 339, Plantersville, MS 38862: 17-300 1 Sand filler hatches 1.00/4 & holders 28-2 15 Preformed handrail & $15.95 18-3506 F-B2 truck sideframes 8.95/4 22-9352 MU hoses 6.75/4 stanchion kit (modified) 19-6238 Brake wheels (left side) 1.25/2 24-9042 Salem dryer (small) 2.00 ea. Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacienda 25-9043 Salem dryer (Iarge- 4.50/set Heights, CA 91745: left side) 4- 190 Air horns $2.50 ea. 26-9 145 Cab interior 1l.70/set Windows for the Ra il Power 27-9200 Exhaust stack 5.30/ea. 5- 166 Fuel fi llers $l.0014 Dash 9-44CW Body Shell Bells (left side) 1.25/2 6-\27 7-188 Cab sunshades l.80/4 9-1 17 Headlights .70/2 Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 Run 8 Productions, P.O. Box 25224, 10-229 Ditch lights 2.25/2 North, Stevensville, MT 59870: Rochester, NY 14625: 17-20 1 Sand fi ller hatches 1.2514 2-39 118 Air hoses $1.50110 1873-8-40CW Windows $2.95 20-155 Snowplow 1.50/ea. 3-3968 Windshield wipers 1.25/4 21-196 Spare coupler knuckles 1.00/2 4-39084 Air horn 2.75/ea. & holders 5-39080 Fuel fi llers l.0014 Ordering Information: All of these 22-220 MU hoses l.95/2 7-39087 Cab sunshades 2.25/4 parts are available to any hobby dealer, so 23-224 Traction motor cable set 1.95/set 8-39059 MU hoses 1.75/4 your dealer can order for you. If you must 24-225 Salem dryer (small) 1.50 ea. 13-48237 Chain 2.50/10 in. order direct, order the full package quan­ 25-226 Salem dryer (Iarge- 1.75/set 15-39 150 Wind deflectors 2.25/4 pI'. tities shown and include $5.00 per order left side) 20-39062 Snowplow 3.00 ea. for shipping and handling. 16-280 Lenses $1.50/4 (modified) RMJ

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I mount my Kadee 205 Coupler Height Gauge with a two-inch-Iong wood screw and insert a � coil spring between the head and the gauge as shown in the photo. I can then lift the gauge � and rotate it 80 degrees. I apply a piece of 1 double-stick foam poster-mounting tape on the "blind" end of the gauge to serve as a buffer for cars or locomotives that accidentally hit the gauge. I also insulate the last inch of track by cutting the ra ils and gluing strips of styrene in the cuts in the rails (insulated plastic rail joiners wou l d also work), so the metal gauge does not cause electrical shorts on the track. With these mOdifications, I can connect a power pack to the test track and use it for testing locomotives as well as for testing coupler height. -James Wilkinson

Yo u can use a throw-away !,rAA panoramic camera to ..� take rolling stock pho- • :.- tos. It's much less expen-

� sive, however, to ask i ,� /1" 1'" your photo processor to make panoramic prints from conventional 35mm negatives. You can get a 1 O-inch wide print for about a dollar but an 8 x 10 (with most of the eight-inch height wasted) is often $5 or more. -James Wilkinson

i It is getting more difficult to find lead to use in ...i weighting cars and locomotives. One source that - i I have found useful is a fishing supply store. These " stores sell i , lead in a variety ot configurations. These pyramid-shaped weights are available in /'1,,1" one, two and three-ounce sizes. They have a small eye on one end that can be removed with diagonal cutters. -Burley J. Packwood

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By Guy Thrams

The Rivarossi Mikado has been around for decades, but this model has a completely new chassis with a can motor, new gearing and RP25 wheel flanges. The driver tires and handrails are blackened to improve their realism. This is now a model well worth upgrading, and we'll have an article on making it look very much like a brass import in a laterissue of "The Journal."

T he Mikado 2-8-2 locomotive for plastic piping, air tank, power reverse, cross ii'eight service was introduced in compound air pump and other details cast on 191 1. When the United States Railroad with good relief. The model represents a Administration was created on December 26, later prototype version that has been modi­ 1917 to take control of the rai lroads for the fied. Few of the USRA 2-8-2s were built duration of World War the administration widlOut modifications, hke the model's offset I, also standardized some locomotives that running board. The 1925 LOCOMOTIVE were built during this period of wartime. The CYCLOPEDIA drawings and photos show light and heavy Mikado 2-8-2 were designed the running board straight from the cab to the with 63-inch drivers with a driving wheel­ smoke box with a step down across the top base of 16 feet 9 inches and the total engine of dle cylinders. For some of the many vari­ wheelbase of 36 feet 1 inch. The heavy ations of the USRA 2-8-2, see the photo arti­ Mikado has a larger boiler, firebox and cy]jn­ cle "USRA 'Heavy Mikados'" by Joe G. ders which gave it more weight. CoUias in the April 1996 issue of "The The Rivarossi locomotive and tender have Journal." The model's blackened drivers a good appearance with see-through cast- are closer to 64 inches for some rai l- B & 0

52 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1 997 road Mikados and the driving wheelbase is a scale I foot II inches longer than the full-size USRA. This model has a double shaft, .95-inch-diameter x 1 .22-inch-long flat can motor, with a .77-inch-diameter x .17-inch-long flywheel mounted on one motor shaft . The flywheel is covered by the cast­ Observed detailed back head inside the cab. The worm is mounted on the other Performance: Action Analysis: (as received) end of the motor shaft. The plastic worm drives a plastic worm gear. The WOlm gear drives an idler gear engaged to the gear mounted on Minimum Speed, level (no load scale miles per hour) With full-wave po wer: the third 'main' driver axle. This idler gear box design along with .93 Wi th puls e po wer: properly qualtered drivers produces a quiet and smooth running .78 Ov er no. sWitch, puls e po wer: model. The motor-to-driver gear ratio is 23 to l. The engine side rods 6 1.78 drive the other six drivers in the conventional manner. The pilot and trailing truck have spring pressure to keep the trucks on the rai ls. The electrical pickup for the motor is from the right side of the first and fourth drivers of the locomotive and the left side of the ten­ der trucks. Brushes and holders, similar to open-frame motor brush­ es, contact the back of the first and fourth metal driver tires. The sec­ Modifications - Regauged 2 wheelsets on the tender and the ond and third drivers do not have electrical pickup. A wire runs from pi lot and trailing truck on the engine with NMRA Mark II the brushes to the top motor terminal. The headlight wire is also sol­ standards ga uge. dered to this motor terminal. The left wheels of the tender truck pick­ Mechanical Measurements up through axle wipers that have spring contact on the bolster screws. Motor-to-drlvers gear redu ction ratio : to 23 1 The bolster screws are threaded into the metal weight inside the ten­ Dr iver di ameter, scale Inche s: 63.60 Dr iver flange depth, actual illche s: der. The draw bar pin at the front of the tender is ri veted to the weight. 0.032 Model weight , ounces: The connection is completed through the locomotive draw bar and a 14.99 DriVing wheelbase, scale In.: fl. & wire to dle bottom motor tetminal. The locomotive headlight draws Model turntable length, actual inches: .032 amperes of current at 12 volts and is non-directional. The tender is easily disassembled to add a directional backup light. Press on the tabs though the front of the shell to release the frame from the shell. a backup light is added, a separate wire will need to be run from the If lamp in the tender to the top motor terminal in the locomotive. This is in addition to the connection to the tender weight. Electronic Responses A cast-metal weight fills about 3/4 of the boiler. The third 'main' 2.3 drivers have almost undetectable traction tires which contributes to 2.4 the excellent tractive force. Several ounces of weight can be added 3.3 Moto r current at full load, amperes: 0.260 inside the boiler and a .130 x .80 x I.S-inch piece of sheet lead can be Motor stall current at volts, amperes: 12 1.12 shaped to fit inside the cab roof out of sight to regain some of the lost Performance Ratings (1 to 5) tractive force. The tender is close to the NMRA recommended weight Tractive to rce: 5.0 and tracked well with a 14-car train. EffiCiency: 5.0 The wheel flanges are .007-inch deeper than the NMRA recom­ NO ise: 4.0 mendation. The pilot wheels scale to 327/s-inch diameter, the drivers Speeds : 5.0 Assembly workmanship: 635/s-inch diameter, trailing truck 395/s-inch diameter, and the tender 5.0 trucks are 321/4-inch diameter. OVERALL RATING: 4.8 The techniques in the article 'Kadee Couplers for Rivarossi Prototype Top Speed Steam' in the January 1997 issue of "The Journal" can be adapted Driver diameter x 1.1: 69.3 MPH to fit Kadee couplers to this locomotive. RMJ RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 53 ------[EXPERIENCE]------

Previous articles that provide additional information fo r articles in this issue {on the pages indicated}.

• Waterfront Freight House, Baltimore, Maryland's • Athearn 1549 chemical tank car repainted and AIRBRUSH & Henderson Wharf freight house on the Baltimore weathered as CGTX 58904, by Richard Gher, WEATHERING TECHNIQUES & Ohio Railroad at Fells Point, October 1992. November 1993.

(Article appears pages this issue.) • Carfloat Transfer Bridge, at Bal(jmore's Fells • Upgrading MDC/Roundhouse HO or N scale 50- on 4-5 of foot tank cars with etched walkways and ladders, • Weathering with conventional paints appeared in Point District on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, the December 1989 issue. November 1992. Febmary 1994.

• • Walthers or Atlas 40-foot Kaolin tank car proto­ • Basic airbrush selection and spraying techniques Coal Tipple, North Butler Coal Co. on the appeared in the January 1992 issue. Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, January 1993. types, by D. Scott Chattield, May 1994.

• • Walthers 5150 40·foot Funnel Flow tank repainted • Painting with water-based acrylics appeared in Coal Tipple, selectively reduced North Butler ruld weathered as UTLX 60702, by Bob Rivard, the March 1992 issue. Coal Co. Tipple as modeled in N scale by Robert December 1994. • Weathering structures with an airbrush appeared Fletcher, January 1993. • "Shorty" or "Beer Can" tank cars from MDC HO in the April 993 issue. • Cement Dealer, near Green Bay, Wisconsin, July J scale and Atlas N scale kits, by Thornton Waite, • Painting Design Preservation and Magnuson 1993. July 1995. buildings with paint brush appeared in the June • Cement Factory, at Glen Falls, New York, proto­ 1993 issue. type plans and photos, May 1992 and May 1993. • Walthers 5250 65-foot tank car modified to side walkway as GATX 92613, by Bob Rivard, • Weathering freight cars with powdered pastel • Coal Tipple, the Consolida(jon Coal Co. tipple, at chalks appeared in the December 1993 issue. Jenkins, Kentucky on the C&O Railroad, March November 1995. • Athearn 1570 40-foot single-dome tank car pro­ • Simulating wood decks on plastic flat cars, April 1993. totypes and kit-conversions for two cars, by and May 1994. • Brick Mill Building, the Enterprise Cotlon Mill at Richard Hendrickson, August 1996. • Weathering freight cars with repainted data mark­ August, Georgia, Augusr 1993. • Weathering tank cars with an airbrush, May 1997. ings, June 1994. • Coal Tipple, Majes(jc Coal Co. at Majestic,

• Weathering covered hopper cars with genuine Kentucky, 011 the N&W Railroad, January 1994 cement, July 994. with more information in April 1994. MODELING INDUSTRIES J • Weathering diesel locomotives with powdered • Coil cover trrulsfer crane on the CN, prototype SERVED BY TANK CARS: pastel chalks, November 1994. and model photos and plans, February 994. (Articles appear pages this issue.) J on 16-27 of • Painting auto racks and automobiles, April and • Truck Repair Te rminal (garage) on the CP Rail • Ta nk car team track operations (unloading bulk July 1995. system, May 1994. commodities) at Beacon Park Yard (Boston), • Weathering diesels (the Proto 2000 HO scale • Grain elevat.or (the original) at Minnewaukan, October 1989. SD7) with powdered pastel chalks, October 1995. N.D.,with model and prototype photos, June 1994. • Modeling the bulk oil dealer at Donaldson, by • Contest-winning weathering techniques from the • New England-style brick mill, the Sibley Frank Ell ison, ApriI 1991. AccuraillRailmodel Journal 1995 weathering Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, Georgia, plans • Tank car operations (with molasses loads) at contest, February 1996. and prototype photos, September 1994. sugru' beet plants in Colorado, February, April • Weathering structure models with powdered • Texaco bulk oil depot, model and prototype plans and June 1991. pastel chalks, June 1996. and photos, December 1994. • Tank car (with chemical loads) operations at the • Weathering storage tanks at oil industries, • Cement manufacturing plant, Northwestern Saint Paul waterworks, by Bob Rivard, Jauuary January 1997. Portland Cement Co., prototype photos and plans, 1993. • Weathering oil tank cars with an airbrush, May February 1995. • Ta nk car operations (with inbound fuel oil loads) 1997. • Cement Plant, the Lone Stru' POItland Cement at the Portland Cement Co., Glens Falls, New Plant at Santa Cruz, California, May 1995. York, May 1992 and May 1993. INDUSTRY PLANS • Oil Depot, Standard Oil Company at Waterford, • Modeling the Te xaco bulk oil dealer (with proto­ (Artfcle appears pages this issue.) on 16·19 of California, April 1996. type plans and models) at Devils Lake, NOIth • Oil Dealer Depot, Sand Point, Idaho (article lists • Coal Tipple, at Paint Creek, West Virginia: proto­ Dakota, December 1994. site as Cranbrook, Bri(jsh Columbia), plans and type plans and photos and model photos, • Modeling the Standard Oil Co. bulk oil dealer November 1989. prototype photos, August 1996. (with prototype plans and models) at Waterford. • Oil Dealer Depot at Phoenix, Arizona. Prorotype • Coal Dealer and Silos, at Saratoga, New York: California, April 1996. plans and photos, October 1996. prototype plans and photos, February 1991. • Modeling tbe Oil Dealer Depot at Cranbrook,

• • Coal Dealer and Silos, Ballston Spa, New York: Hayden Coal Company tipple plans and proto­ British Columbia, prototype photo and plans, plans and prototype photos, March 1992. type photos, April 1997. August 1996. • Oil Standpipe for tank car unloading at oil depots • Sand Processing Plant, at Ottawa, lllinois: proto­ • PlrulS and prototype photos for Christie Oil type photos and plans of the building sites (no side or pipelines, plans and prototype photos and step­ Company, Phoenix, Arizona, October 1996.

or end views) and track locations, August 1989. by-step scratchbuilding, May 1997. • NCRA Refinery in N scale, by Buzz Lenander,

• Creamery and Grain Elevator, at Grand Isle, November 1996.

Vermont: the second creamery at Grand Isle, built MODELING TANK CARS • Modeling oil refineries with flow chruts and (Articles appear pages this issue.) of firebrick, December 1990 and September 1991. on 9-17 of maps, November 1.996. • • Creamery, at Grand Isle, Ve rmont: the original • The nine most common lank cars of the eighties Modeling oil depots using moditied Walthers kits in HO, N or scales, January 1997. wood buildings, March 1991. by Kurt Stroer, July 1989. 0 • • Creamery, at New Junction, Maine: the H.P. • Athearn chemical car kit-conversion by Frank Operations at prototype oil dealer depots, by Hood Creamery complex plans and prototype Hodina, July 1989. Arthur Mirchell, March 1997.

• photos, March 1990. • Prototypes (7) for Athearn's 1549 chemical tank Weathering oil depot storage tanks with an air­ • Brick and Tile Kilns, Pomona Terra Cotta, April cars, September 1989. brush, January 1997.

• 1991. • Prototypes for the Tichy HO scale small-dome Operations at oil depots for unloading tank cars,

• Sugar Beet Loader, Great Western Sugar, August tank car, October 990 and April .1991. May 1.997. I. • 1991. • 62-foot Athearn 1520 tank car painted and weath­ Scratchbuilding an oil standpipe, step-by-step,

• Sugru' Beet Factory, Utah & Idaho Sugar, August ered to match Alberta Gas AGCX 10198, by Bob May 1997. 1991. Rivard, August 1992. • Operations at oil depots with prototype photos

• Brick Factory, Wilkerson & Sons Brick Works, • Prototypes fo r the 40-foot Walthers Funnel Flow ruld data, May 1997. October 1991. tank cars by Bill Onorato, October 1991 and • Grain Elevators and Silos, MJ. Pritchard Co., October 1992. LAY OUT DESIGN January 1992. • Kit-Conversion: A-Line ends on MDC tank to (Article appears pages this issue.) • New England Mill, Boot Cotton Mill at Lowell, match CALX 1020, by Bob Rivard, January on 30-41 of Massachusetts, July 1992. 1993. Most of the ar(jcles on layouts already completed

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in our monthly series "Yom Layout, On Tour" or dioramas to model different eras on the same • Compressing prototype structures to fit smaller include a track diagram that indicates approximately layout or module as parts of the "A Change of spaces, September 1991. where the track is routed. These plans are intended Scene" series, January 1996. • Scratchbuilding a Pennsy class GAIA Steel Coil to give you a general impression of the layout and • Modeling specific real railroad scenes on the Car in HO scale, September 1991. where the photographs were taken. Few modelers L&N, as recreated by Michael George in HO • Building a metal-sided feed mill from styrene, would have identical spaces where they might want scale, February 1996. November 1991. to duplicate these layouts exactly. Most of the track • Two lOx I I-foot rooms. HO scale Cedar Falls & • Tracing plans directly onto styrene sheet using a plans listed below, however, include the precise Maple Valley, by Ed Vo ndrak, March 1996. fluorescent light, steel ruler and hobby knife, locations of curve centers, the locations of turnout • Turnouts versus Sector Plates, a pair of 2x8-foot December 1991. points and frogs and the locations of track eleva­ switching layouts with the space-saving advan­ • M.1. Pritchard grain elevator and silos scratch­ tions. All of these locations are necessary to recreate tages of the sector plate, by Ed Vondrak, May built from styrene, January 1992.

and/or modify a plan in fu ll size to build that model 1996. • Using photocopy machines to reduce or enlarge railroad. Some of the aIticies aI'e discussions of • Building racks to transport and store modular plans to any scale, March 1992. track planning principles that apply to any layout. layout sections, by the Midwest Valley Modelers, • Scratcbbuilding the Thurmond, WV cOlllmissary

• Ottawa Silica S and prototype plant photos with May 1996. (on the C&O) in HO scale from styrene plastic, both model and prototype track plans, August • Gi fford & Tiosa RR, a bedroom-size layout for March 1992.

and September 1989. HO or N scale, by Ed Vondrak, August 1996. • Scratchbuilding the steel trestle near Minot,

• Frank Ellison's town, Donaldson, and its oil • Modeling the NOlfolk & Western Railroad's North Dakota using styrene strips, with plans depot, November J 990 and April 1991. Shenandoah Division in HO scale in a 52x94- and prototype photos, September 1992.

• B&O on two decks in N scale (4 x 16 fe et) or fo ot basement, by Jim Brewer, October 1996. • Scratchbuilding a giant Midwest (Denver, HO scale (5.5 x 29 feet), March and June 1991. • A point-to-point layout with a loop and easy Colorado) grain elevator from styrene in N scale, • ATSF/BN/D&RGW "Joint Line" on two decks, staging for two towns, by Don Coppola, December 1992.

in HO scale, in 12.75 x 20.5 feet, July and November 1996. • Scratchbuilding the brick "Cumberland August 1991). • Adapting a prototype oil refinery track plan to an Laundry," with construction layout diagrams and

• Thurmond, West Virginia, February 1990 and NTRAK module, by Buzz Lenander, November model photos, December 1992.

April 1992. 1996. • Scratchbuilding the Grand Isle Creamery with

• Frank Ellison's town, Raymondale, with plans • "A Change of Scene," using oil depots to recre­ model photos and plans, June 1993 (more plans and background planning "A Town Is More Than ate industrial scenes circa 1931, 1946, 1956 and and prototype photos, March 1991).

A Station," May 1992 and April 1993. 1966, January 1997. • Scratch building brick and stone structures in • Modeling the City, a Compact Track Plan (2.5 x • Modeling the Southern Railway's "Rathole" styrene, some with caI'ved clay slllfaces at 6.5 feet in HO scale, I x 3.5 feet in N scale or division in HO scale, by J.D. Smith, February Exebridge Quay, August, September and 4.5 x 12 feet in scale, June 1992. 1997. November 1993. 0 • • Jim Providenza's double-deck Santa Cruz Knightstown andlor Princeton, a single or double­ • Scratchbuilding with Plexiglass interior walls Northern, based on the Western Pacific Railroad, deck shelf layout for lOx 10 feet in HO or N and windows, April 1992 and December 1993.

appeared in the December 1991 issue, and aIti­ scale, with sector plate staging yards, by Ed • Scratchbuild a coiI transfer crane from styrene cles on the operations on that model railroad Vo ndrak, February 1997. strip and sheet, FebruaI'y 1994.

• appeared in the May and July 1992, May, June Steel mills, concrete dealers and other heavy • Scratchbuild a steel coil mill from Pike Stuff and September 1993 and July 1994 issues. industry on portable, modular layouts. The parts, August 1994.

• Calypso Yard Railroad, by Phil Baggley, March Modeling Minnewaukan, North Dakota, prolO­ • Scratchbuild Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ice stor­ type plans circa 1902 and 1970, December 1994. 1997. age warehouse, November 1994.

• • Two shortlines, a dogbone-style walk-in layout 8x9-foot double deck HO scale layout, the • Scratchbuilt HO scale cement plant and plans for for x 14 feet in HO scale, by Ed Vo ndrak, Coquille & Crescent City, by Ed Vondrak. 10 the Northwestern Portland Cement Co. plant, February 1995. April 1997. February 1995. • Adapting N scale modular layouts to NTRAK • I Ox20-foot track plan for Ed SpilIer's HO scale • Scratchbuilt CP Rail lineside shed (instrument Ve rmont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield interfaces on the Chesapeake and Ohio case) with prototype and model plans and pho­ Railroad, April 1995. Railway's New River Subdivision, by Bernard tographs, March 1995. Kempinski, August 1996 and May 1997. • 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch N scale (adaptable, • Scratchbuilt Appalachian coal mine (the Majestic in the same space to HO scale) shelf layout plan. • A Change of Scene, Part IV: Cbanging Colliery-from plans in the January 1994 issue), The Westmont Central, by Ed Vondrak, June 1995. Locomotives and Rolling Stock to Recreate May 1995. Hinton, West Virginia as it was on June I 5, 1956 • lO-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch HO scale shelf • Modeling a 110-fool-lall railroad yard floodlight layout plan, the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed and November IS, 1973, May 1997. tower in brass, November 1995.

Vondrak, August 1995. • How-to-build modern round-silo grain elevators • NTRAK module planning using transition mod­ SCRATCHBUILDING from PVC pipe in HO scale, March 1996.

ules and multi-module sets for more realistic (Article appears pages 20-24) • on How-to-build modern round-silo grain elevators scenes, by KeUey Newton, December 1995. • Copying kit parts from larger or smaller scales from PVC pipe in N scale, March 1996. • 1 Ox20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale (for use in your scale) with a photocopy • The "Scribe-'N-Snap" technique for building in Vermont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield machine, October 1989. sheet styrene. Part using photocopy machines I, Railroad, April 1995. • Drilling pin-sized holes, November 1989. for correct-scale plans and back-lighting to trace

• 1O-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch N scale (adaptable • Soldering techniques (for turnouts or any other the plans to 1996. directly the styrene, April in the same space to HO scale) shelf layout plan. • The "Scribe-'N-Snap" technique, part snap­ strip or strllct"ural stock), November 1989 and D, The Westmont Central, by Ed Vo ndrak, June November 1995. ping out window and door openings and assem­

1995. • Resin casting in latex molds with assembly tech­ bling the walls and roof, May 1996. • 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch HO scale shelf niques, by AI Westerfield, January 1990. • The "Scribe-'N-Snap" technique. pm plus ITI, layout plan, the Auburn& Winchester, by Ed • Building struct"ures with balsa wood, April 1990. methods of cutting styrene quickly and accurately:

Vondrak, August 1995. • "Snap-Out" construction in sheet styrene plastic, quick-clip trim and valances from styrene strip, • 17-foot x 7-foot 6-inch HO scale Modoc Mine July 1990. gang-cutting individual 'boards' for loading docks, Division of tIle Santa Fe Southwestern, by Ed • "Snap-OuI" construction with styrene brick, building foundations and roof supports from plas­ Vo ndrak, October 1995. stone or shingle sheet, December 1990. tic "scale lumber" and making custom signs from

• 27x47-foot HO scale DM&IR (Missabe Northern) • Building tbe Troy, New Yo rk station in brick dry transfers and printed materials, June 1996.

double-deck layout as built and as projected sheet plastic and styrene, January 199 • Building a tank car unloading standpipe-an L improved version, by Jeff Otto, December 1995. • How to reduce or enlarge any plan to any scale "industry" in a square inch of layout space, May • Using removable and interchangeable structures with a photocopy machine, March 1991. 1997.

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Th e more significant fig ures from Bob Higgins' and Guy Th rams' evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this maga­ zine. Th e issues with asterisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2. 00 each (a I/ow 30 days for shipment). Exp lanations of how Bob Higgins tests these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues. HO, N, 0 AND G SCALE LOCOMOTIVES Manufacturerllmporter Prototype Min. Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Manufacturer/Importer Prototype Min. Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Speed (over Speed Power Response Date Speed (over Speed Power Response Date #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload Scale Miles Force (Valis) Scale Miles Force (Volts) per Hour In Oz.) per Hour In Oz.)

AlhearnHO Scaleas.iS) DieselsEMO GP38·2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' Alhearn 1w/Helix Humper EMO GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sepl. 1995 N Scale Diesels can motor conversion) Arnold Alco S2 1.90 151 .4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991 Proto Power West EMD F7 A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 (Athearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990 Alias EMO GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Ocl. 1995 AthearnlPPW, weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990 Alias/Kala GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989 motor Athearn w/NWSL EMO GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990 (.31) (189.6) (1 .37) (2.0) June 1989 Alhearn w/NWSL motor, EMO GP38-2 las/ t 1.7 April 1990 weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990 Al Ka o EMO SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 Alhearn/Proto Power Allas/Kato EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 w la West /rep cement Bachmann EMD SD40·2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sepl. 1989 Wheelsets: 01 EMD SD40·2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989 NorthWest Short Line EMD GP38·2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Ocl. 1990 Bachmann wiN Scale Jay-Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Ocl. 1990 Nevada Chassis Athearn GE C44·9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8·40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992 Alias Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991 AtlaS/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 Alias GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) (1.92) (2.3) Aug. 1993 Bachmann-Plus GE B23·7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992 Kato GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990' Bachmann-Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Key/Endo EMD F7A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 (.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992 Con,Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 Lile-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.0 Aug. 1989 (with Mashima can motor) Con·Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sepl. 1996 (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 E-R Models ratesChi Alco FAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Ocl. 1993 Life·Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 E·R Models tFrateschi ! Alco FA 1 .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 (.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 (1.50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) Jan. 1994 Life·Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994 (\�th 25 ounces added 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 weight) (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) Jan. 1994 Life-Like EMD SD7 .29 121 .11 .48 2.45 June 1996 IHC EMD SD35 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Model Power/ Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sepl. 1989 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .&3 3.8 Sepl. 1990 (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sepl. 1989 Samhongsa/Hallmark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Kato EMO NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994 (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989 Kato G.E. Dash 9·44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Ocl. 1996 Ke stone/NwSL GE 44·Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' b EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 o Scale Diesels Ho bytown Central Loco. Works EMD F7A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sepl. 1989 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990 (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sepl. 1989 AiiniOvertand Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 AU ust 1990 Key/Samhongsa Alco PAl .41 76.2 21.85 5.6 April 1992 80.3 4.49 2.0 2pril 1991 AliniOverland Models EMD SD60 .37 P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990 erland Models EMD GP38·2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991 ����� EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 (.24) (74. 1) (12.80) (1.9) June 1990 Model Power PRR 2·8·0 4.77 73.8 0.85 1.5 August 1996 P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 4.2 July 1991 Proto 2000 Life·Like Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 Proto 2000 L fe-Like EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' i Weaver scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989 Proto 2000 Life·Like EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 (0 Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 Augusl 1995 Proto 2000 Life·Like EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 Alco FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (19.25) (2.0) August 1995 Proto 2000 Lile-Like EMD SW9/SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 3.7 May 1996 Spectrum achmann MD F40PH Phase 111.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992 Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 Spectrum Bachmann GE Dash 8-40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990 Spectrum r Bachmann r GE Dash 8·40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 6.4 Feb. 1996 Spectrum Bachmann F·M H16-44 .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Siewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 o Scale Steam Locomotives 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989 (.13) (72.0) (7.67) (2.6) Sam hong sa/Hallmark On3-EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 WaltherS/Roco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 Walthers/Trainline Alco FAI & FBI .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 Feb. 1995 .16 65.3 8.22 3.8 Walthers/Tra inline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 S Scale Diesels American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1 993

AliasHO Scale SteamGE Locomotives C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Bachmann-Plus SP 4-8-4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sepl. 1993 Ci CiaugeDiesels Bowser (En IiSh's LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 N/A April 1990 Model R � Supply) 8&0 0·4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 Bowser PRR H-9 2·8·0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 IHC 4-4-0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 Railway Express Agency Alco FAI 3.79 68.2 15.25 N/A July 1990 IHC/Mehano B&O 0-4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992 tHCIMehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 IHCIMehano C&0 4-8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sepl. 1994 IHC 2-8-0 .42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 Ci Ciauge Steam Locomotives Key Imports UP 4·8·8·4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 AU8��t Aristo·Cralt (ART) B&O 4-6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Ocl. 1991 Lile·Like B&O 0-4-0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Aristo·Cralt (ART) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 2-6-6-2 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 19911��1 Mantua and 0-4-0T Mantua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 Manlua 2·8·2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Lehmann ILGE) 0·4·0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 N/A May 1992 Mantua w/Mashima 2·6·6·0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991 Bachmann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992 a u : M nt a 0-4 0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 Bachmann Radio- Mantua with 812 Can Motor 0·4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 25.2 28.81 N/A June 1989 AiiniOverland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sepl. 1991 Controlled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 Rlvarossi 4-6-6-4 5.90 71 .6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997 Bachmann Track- Aivarossi USRA 2-8-2 1 .78 70.7 4.47 2.4 May 1997 Powered Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Ocl. 1990 Samhongsa/Powerhouse USRA 2·6·6-2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 Dellon Loco. Works D&RG 2·8·0 .12 40.9 17.00 2.0 Dec. 1989 Spectrum BaChmann Reading 2·8·0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 Speclrum \ Bachmann \ PRR 4-6-2 1.2t 91 .4 2.32 2.2 Ocl. 1994 LGB 2·6·0 2.65 54.8 22.45 N/A Nov. 1991 Westside 'Classic' SP 4-6·0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992 LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 N/A July 1994 Lionel Baldwin 0·4·0T .12 54.5 9.60 1.8 Ocl. 1989' Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991 KNato Scale Steam LocomotivesUSRA 2·8·2 N/A N/A N/A N/A April 1996 Pecos River AT SF 4·6·2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4-0 .82 67.1 13.18 1.3 Jan.1991 Rivarossi USRA 2-8·2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Ocl. 1991 Rivarossi (w/N Scale 01 USRA 2-8-2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Ocl. 1991 Nevada Irame & NWSL Note: Figures in parentheses are for two locomotives operated together. Sagami 1420 can motor)

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Westerfield, Route 21, Box 374, River Road, Crossville, TN 38555, is now producing cast-resin kits for four versions of the 36-foot Fowler box cars. The kits include decals for the car in service from 1910 into the early 1980s. Each kit is $25.00 less trucks and couplers.

The Monon Railroad Historical-Tec hnical Society, Box 287, Rossville, IN 46065, is offering InterMountain 40-foot PS-1 box cars in a choice of four road numbers. The kits are $18.00 each or $70.00 for four plus $4.00 shipping per order.

Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997, is now shipping cast­ resin kits to duplicate the Santa Fe's Ga-49 and Go-53 50-foot mill gondolas. The kits are $27 less trucks and couplers plus $4 shipping and handling.

The Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society, P. O. Box 288, Paxton, IL 60957, is offering Athearn 40-foot reefers in the orange and green paint scheme used between 1950 and 1967. There's a choice of six different car numbers. The kits are $10.50 each or $60.00 for a set of six plus $3.50 postage per order.

8123 Ashgrove Dr., Cincinnati, NKP Car, OH 45244 is now shipping complete sets of seven cars for the Southern Railway "Tennessean" and "Southerner" including this coach, a baggage/dormitory/coach, chair car, diner and observation. The kits include etched-metal sides with plastic ends, floors and roofs. The seven car sets will be $300 less trucks and couplers.

RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 59 ------[ DIESEL MODELING ]------DIESEL MODELING Articles from past issues of liThe Journal"

Yo u can do it. Use these indexes of articles on how are listed, the first brand indicates the body and the sec­ individual modelers used prototype photos as a guide to ond listing is the chassis (in some cases, Rail Power pro­ installing detail ports to recreate specific real railroad vides the frame as well as the body, while Athearn pro­ locomotives. The indexes include two types of articles: vides only the motors, drive shafts and trucks). Each arti­ the first series includes articles that show only the proto­ cle includes a complete Bill of Materials of all parts, type locomotive as part of "The Journal's" monthly series paints and decals used. The articles in bold type include of "One-Detail-At-A-Time" articles illustrating prototyp'e step-by-step instructions on how the project is done so locomotives with part-by-part listings of all tile availaole you can do it yourself. With the knowledge you can gain �eta!1 parts needed to duplicate that full-size locomotive from those how-to articles, you can use th e "One-Detail­ In miniature. At-A-Time" articles (with the dozens of arrows and circles The index of the second series includes articles on HO numbers) to apply detail parts to almost any locomotive or N scale model locomotives that have been detailed model so it matches that specific prototype in every and painted to match the prototype locomotive in an detail. accompanying photograph. When twobrands of models

Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: F3 diesels in color Erie, DL&W and E-L Sept. 89 GP60 as EMD Demo 5 June 95 Alea F3 diesels in color TP&W, SN(WP), Nov. 89 GP60 as SSW 9704 March 93 FA I as L&NE 70 1 Oct. 93 CNJ, SAL GP60M as ATSF 105 Jan. 97 FA2 as NYC IIJO Aug. 91 F7 A as Penn Central (PRR) 1903 Oct 90 MPI5DC as CNW 1304 and 1307 Sept. 96 FA2 FB2 spotting guide Sept. 9] FP7A as C&O 803 1 Dec. 90 NW2 spotting guide Nov. 93 & PA I as AT SF 58 Sept. 89 FP7 A as PRR 9835 Nov. 91 NW2 as AT SF 2405 Feb. 94 PA lasGN31 0A July 90 F40PH as Amtrak 206 Sept. 90 SD7 as SP 1431 Sept. 95 RS3 as D&H 4085 May 94 GP7 Phase I as WM 21 Feb. 90 SD9 as Southern (ex-CG) 207 April 90 PA I as Union Pacific 1640 April 97 GP7 Phase I1 as PRR 8557 Aug. 89 SD9 as C&S (CB&Q) 823 Oct. 95 S2 as NYC 854 1 Aug. 93 GP7 Phase II as MEC 574 Jan. 92 SD9 as Chessie (B&O) 1836 Sept. 93 S4 as NYC 9736 March 91 GP9 Phase 11 as Chessie (B&O) 6607 June 92 SD9 as SP 44 18 Aug. 91 Baldwin GP9 Phase 1I as SP 5788 June 90 SD35 as Conrail 6022 July 96 RS- 12 as SAL 1466 Dec. 92 GP7 Phase 11 as AT SF 2837 March 97 SD38 as B&LE 862 June 96 EMD GPI5-1 as Conrail 1633 Oct. 89 S D40 as CR 6249 Sepl. 91 BL2 as C&O 83 Nov. 89 GPI8 as B&M 1752 Sept. 92 SD40 as C&O 7450 April 96 CF7 spotting guide Aug. Oct. 90 GPI8 as RI 1352 March 95 SD40-2 as Family Lines 8100 June 91 & CF7 in color AT SF, NS, MC, PV, Aug. 90 GP35 spotting guide April 92 SD40T-2 as SP 8304 May 91 AMTRAK, BRW GP35 as B&O (Chessie) 35 10 July 95 SD45 as C&NW 917 Feb. 93 CF7 in color FN, PV, IR, FM, CC&G Oct. 90 GP35 as C&NW 826 April 94 SD45 as CNW 8582 Jan. 95 CF7 as SEK 1000 (ex-ATSF 2542) Aug. 90 GP35 as CR 2276 April 92 SD45 as CSX 8903 Oct. 91 DD35A (DD40-A) as UP83 June 93 GP35 as SP 6333 Sept. 94 SD45 as SP 7558 Aug. 95 E7A as PRR 5865 Oct. 92 GP35 as UP 757 Aug. 92 SD45 as E-L 802 Dec. 95 E8A as AT SF 8 1 and 85 Jan. 91 GP38 as B&O 3816 Nov. 93 SD45-2 as E-L 3679 Dec. 94 E8A as C&O 4005 Feb. 95 GP38-2 as MKT3 14 (w/HO decals) June 89 SD50 as CSXT (B&O) 858J July 94 E8A as IC 4025 March 94 GP38-2 as Conrail 8077 April 93 SD60 as EMD/Oakway 9038 Dec. 89 E8A as PRR 5793 July 93 GP40 as Penn Central 3252 Jan. 90 SD60 as NS 659 1 April 9J E8A as UP936 May 93 GP40 as RI 4705 Nov. 92 SD60 as NS 6634 Jan. 96 FT spotting guide Nov. 96 G'p 40 as CN 4007 Jan. 93 SD60M as UP 6259 Oct. 94 ITA and FrB as Santa Fe 189 Nov. 96 GP40-2 as Chessie (B&O) 4302 March 92 SD75M as AT SF 205 Nov. 95 F3 diesels in color B&M, GM&O July 89 GP50 as SOU 7065 May 92 SWI spotting guide Jan. 93

60 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1997 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: GP35 Kato as SSW 6502 by Bob Rivard Jan. 95 B23-7 Rai l Power body/Athearn July & Oct. 93 GP35 as EMD Leasing 182, by Mike Rose Ocl. 96 as AT SF 743 1 by Dana Stark SW I as BN 88 Jan. 93 GP38-2 Athearn as GTW 6223 Dec. 94 B30-7 as CSX5672, from Athearn and Aug. 96 SW9 as B&O (Chessie) 9620 May 96 by To ny Horvatin Rail Power Products parts, by Alex King SWIOOO spotting guide Feb. 91 GP38-2 Athearn (how-to add June 89 C30-7 Rail Power body/Athearn SW 1200 as Baltimore and Ohio May 96 Oct. 90 "One-Oetail-At-A-Time") as MKT 304 (Chessie) 9620 as NW 8024 by Gordon Cardell GP40 Cannon cab/Athearn as WM 3798 Sept. 92 SWlSOO spotting guide Feb. 91 C30-7 Rail Power body/Athearn Feb. 9 I by Ed San icky SWI500 as SLSF 329 Feb. 91 as ATSF 8077 by Great Escape Hobby GP40 Con-Cor as RI 47 12 by Bob Rivard Oct. 92 C30-7 Rail Power cab/Athearn as June 94 FAIRBANKS-MORSE GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as Feb. 92 UP 244B by Mike Daniels H 10-44 as PR R 9080 Feb. 92 D&RGW 3099 by Mike Elkin B30-7B Smokey Valley cab/Athearn Feb. 9 I H16-44 as N&W 114 June 94 GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as July 92 as BN 40 18 by Gordon Cardell GE Reading 3673 by Ed San icky C36-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as May 93 AC44CW as CSXT 9100 Feb. 96 GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as Sept. 92 UP 9029 by Warren Johnson AC44CW as UP 9998 Dec. 96 WP 3548 by Clyde Queen, Jr. Dash 8-40B Rail Power body/ July & Oct. 93 B30-7 as CSX 5562 Aug. 96 GP40-2LW as Canadian National 9607, an Athearn as AT SF 800 by Dana Stark C30-7 spotting guide Feb. 97 illustrated kit-conversion from an Athearn Dash 8-40CW Rail Power body/ Nov. 92 C30-7 as Conrai I 6582 Feb. 97 HO scale GP40-2, by To ny Horvatin April 96 Athearn as AT SF 800 by Dana Stark Dash 7 spotting guide Sept. 89 GP60M Cannon cab/Athearn as May 91 Dash 8-40CW Rail Power body/ Nov. 92 Dash 8 spotting guide May 90 AT SF 100 by Ernest Rizzuto Athearn as AT SF 814 by David Hussey Dash 8 spotting guide Sept. 90 GP60M Cannon cab/Athearn as April 92 Dash 9-44CW Rail Power body/ Feb. 95 Dash 9 spotting guide Mat·ch 96 Maersk 146 by Ed McCaslin Athearn (kit-conversion, how-to) as Dash 8 and Dash 9 spotting guide Dec. 96 NW2 Kato as Soo 300 by Bob Rivard July 95 CNW 8503 by Ray Meyer (the AC4400CW units) S07 Proto 2000 as CB&Q (C&S) Oct. 95 Dash 9-44CW as British Columbia Iuly 96 Dash 8-40BW as AT SF 507 May 97 810 (kit-upgrade how-to) by Robert Schleicher Rail 4645, an N scale kit-conversion ' Dash 8-40C as UP 9162 May 90 SD40 Kato as Sao 738 by Bob Rivard May 92 using Prototype N's body on a Spectrum Dash 8-40CW as CSXT 7777 April 95 SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as July 90 Dash 8-40CW chassis, by Michael Livingston Dash 8-40CW as CR 6055 July 92 S040-2 Athearn as UP 3593 Oct. 91 U28B Stewart as RI 253 by Mike Daniels Aug. 93 Dash 9-44CW as ATSF 632 March 96 "Desert Storm" by Warren Johnson Dash 9-44CW as CNW 860 I Oct. 96 SD 40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as July 92 N SCALE MODELING PROJECTS: ALeo 44-Ton as AT SF 460 March 90 MKT 629 by Rick Groom PA I, Upgrading Con-Cor's models, April 97 U25B as C&O 8114 Dec. 93 S040-2 Athearn as Montana Rail Link Feb. 93 step-by-step, by Bill Pearce U25B as Milwaukee 5000 Nov. 93 256 by Tami McClung EMD U25B as SP 6750 July 89 S040-2 GSB body/Athearn as Sept. 93 Scale-size wire handrails for N scale Feb. 96 U28C as L&N 1526 Nov. 90 R1 4792 by Mike Daniels diesels (step-by-step how-to) by Bill Pearce U30C as CR 6838 Dec. 91 S040-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as April 94 E8A and E8B Upgrading the Kato Nov. 96 U33C as AT SF 85 11 May 95 KCS 675 by Mike Daniels Models, by Bill Pearce S040-2 Athearnas MKT 63 1 May 95 GP20 Proto 2000 (kit-conversion Mar. 96 HO SCALE MODELING PROJECT: by Scott Bimson how-to) as AT SF 1122 by Bill Pearce Alco S040-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as Feb. 96 GP35 AtlaslN Scale of Nevada as Aug. 92 RS 18 (MLW) Atlas (kit-conversion Jan. 91 BN 7277 by Mike Daniels how-to) as CN36 18 by Jay Rotsch UP 740 by Fred Coots, II'. SD40-2 as Norfolk Southern 6131, July 96 1. GP38-2 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as Nov. 9 I EMD fro m Athearn's HO scale kit, by Alex King SP 4843 by Fred Coots, Jr. CF7 Rail Power body/Athearn as Aug. 90 S040-2B Cannon cab/Athearn as Jan. 92 J. GP50 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as AT SF 2543 by Gordon Cardell BN 7500 by Richard Barnes Jan. 92 SSW 9620 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. CF7 Rail Power body/Athearn as Oct. 90 SD40T-2 Athearn as SP 8352 May 91 Mar. 92 AT SF 2634 by Gordon Cardell by Kermit Gaines GP60 KatolN Scale of Nevada as SP 9704 by I. Fred Coots, Jr. E8A IHC (Rivarossi)/Hobbytown Jan. 91 SD40T-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as March 94 July 91 as AT SF 87 by Albert Hetzel SP 8338 by Mike Daniels SD9 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as SP 44 18 (Kodachrome) by J. Fred Coots, Jr. E8A IHC (Rivarossi)/ Athearn Jan. 91 SD45 Cannon cab/Athearn as UP 25 May 94 SD40 KatolN Scale of Nevada as Sept. 91 (Proto Power West-kit conversion how-to) by Mike Daniels SP 7360 by J. Fred Coots, J r. as AT SF 87 by Albert Hetzel SD50 Rail Power body/Athearn as Nov. 91 S040 Kato as SP7347 by Bill Pearce Jan. 93 F3A and B Stewart as KCS 30 April 92 D&RGW 5507 by Gordon Cardell SD40-2 Bachmann/N Scale of Nevada Aug. 91 by To m Bartzen SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as Dec. 90 as SP 5022 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. F3A and B Stewart as CB&Q Nov. 92 EMO Demo I by Bill Schultz S040-2 Bachmann/N Scale of Nevada May 92 125A & 125B SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as April 91 F7B Highliner body/Stewart Nov. 95 NS 6672 by Warren Johnson as UP 3526 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. S040-2W as Canadian National 5241 May 96 as Soo 2204C by Bob Rivard SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as Jan. 96 and 5248, N-scale-kit-conversion from Kato F40PH Life-Like/Proto Power West Sept. 90 NS 6632 by Alex King and Prototype N parts, by Michael Livingston (Athearn kit-conversion how-to) as Amtrak 229 SD60M Rail Power body/Athearn as Nov. 90 AP38-2 as MoPac's diesel, May 97 GP7 Tyco body/Atlas as SOO 24 11 June 93 BN 922 1 by Gordon Cardell as Buzz Lenander by Bob Rivard SD60M Rail Power body/Athearn Oct. 94 GP7 as MoPac diesels, by Lee Freeman April 97 (kit-conversion how-to) as UP 6292 GE GP9 Front Range as SP 5603 & 5604 June 90 by Robert Schleicher Scale-size wire handrails for N scale Feb. 96 by Joe Swain SD60M Phase II as Burlington June 96 diesels (step-by-step how-to) by Bill Pearce GP9 Cary body/Athearn as UP 21 I April 91 Northern9289, an HO scale kit- Dash 9-44CW as British Columbia July 96 by Tim Fornstrom conversion fro m Athearn drive Rail 4645, an N scale kit-conversion using GPI5- 1 Smokey Valley body/Athearn, Jan. 92 train components and Rail Power Prototype N's body on a Spectrum Dash 8-40CW chassis, by Michael Livingston MP 1680 by Richard Barnes Products body and chassis, by Mike Daniels Dash 8-40B Kato/N Scale of Nevada Aug. 94 GP I5- 1 as Missouri Pacific 1562, from Sept. 96 SW I 200 Cannon cab/Athearn as April 92 (kit-conversion how-to) AT SF 7432 Athearn and Smokey Valley parts by Lee Freeman Sao 433 & 437 by Bob Rivard by Bill Pearce GP 18 Proto 2000 as RI 1351 March 95 SW 1200RS Athearn (SW7 kit-conversion) Oct. 93 U30C Kato as UP 286 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. Mar. 92 by Bob Rivard as CN 1396 by Tony HOI'vatin U30C KalO bodyfMinitrix as Oct. 92 GP 18 as MoPac 1858 by Lee Freeman Feb. 97 SW 1500 Athearn as WP 150 I June 95 Western Pacific 7924 by Kent Charles GP35 Rail Power body/Kato Motor/ June 92 by CI yde Queen, J r. U33C Kato body/Minitrix as Oct. 92 Athearn as RI 321 by Bob Rivard GE AT SF 873 1 by Kent Charles GP35 Rail Power body/Athearn Aug. 92 Superdetailing the Oash-8s Nov. 92 U33C Kato as BN 5704 Oct. 91 as Soo 730 by Bob Rivard (a step-by-step how-to) by David Hussey by J. Fred Coots, Jr. GP35 Rail Power body/Athearn May 93 B23-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as July 91 U33C Kato as CR 6569 Dec. 91 as AT SF 2858 by Dana Stark UP 124 by Warren Johnson by J. Fred Coots, Jr.

RAILMOOEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 61 ------[ NEW HO SCALE ------] SUPER SCALE BOX CAR Kadee is now shipping their first ready­ to-run freight car in HO scale. This box car is, simply, the most accurate HO scale freight car to be mass produced. It is at least a match for InterMountain's spectacu­ lar 0 scale PFE reefer (shown in the March 1995 and January 1991 issues) in that, for the first time ever in HO scale, the ladder rungs and grab irons are an accurate scale diameter--so fa r, the best HO scale models and even the brass imports have oversize details. In fact, even the metal replacement grabirons and ladder rungs that modelers add to upgrade their models are about fifty-percent larger (.015 to .020-inch diameter-- 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 HO scale inches) than they should be. Kadee's are correct (between .008 and .0l O-inch diameter--an HO scale 3/4-inch), a first for any mass-produced HO scale model. What's remarkable about those details is that they are molded in a flexible Delrin­ like plastic, a feat that injection molders in both America and China say is impossible in styrene and unthinkable in Delrin. Equally impressive is that these parts are unpainted, but they are not translucent like most unpainted plastic. The sheen of the model is another breakthrough in any scale. This model really looks like painted steel. It is just shiny enough to look like painted metal, but not as shiny as a typi­ cally glossy model. The roofwalks and brake platform are replicas of see-through anti-skid prototypes that look like the best etched metal, but they are thicker than etched metal and, hence, even more like the prototyp e. The steps also match the thin profile of the prototype. Remarkably, all of those parts are unpainted plastic. The car­ body is styrene and the underbody piping, roolwalks and steps are flexible plastic. Kadee has carried the realism to the underbody, the brake rigging is all there (except for the actual connections to the trucks), but this is the first HO scale model to have scale-size coupler pockets. Kadee has developed a new coupler shank for their coupler that allows the use of this smaller pocket. Ironically, the only details that give anr. except for the lettering. duced their N scale PS- 1. The ready-to­ clue that the photographs are of a mode , The model is a replica of the later 40- run model is molded and assembled in rather than a prototype, are the thick foot PS-1 box cars with six-foot door open­ America and is available direct to dealers wheels and deep wheel flanges and the ings that are described in the March, May, now in six road names, including Monon couplers--features that have become June, August, October and November and CNW markings, with more to follow. "standards" that Kadee was forced to fol­ 1993 and January, June and November This is a benchmark model in model low so you could actually operate the car. 1994 issues of "The Journal". It would have railroading in general, and for HO scale in In fact, the flexible plastic fine details also been nice if Kadee had picked a prototype particular, that sets standards of realism for add to the "operability" of the model that had not already been recreated as future plastic kits, resin kits, imported brass because they are less likely to break than excellent models by other manufacturers, models, and even scratchbuilt models to the usual styrene or ABS plastic parts, and but this effort is the result of nearly 15- attempt to attain. The model sells for $25 it is impossible for the paint to chip from years of developement that began When ready-to-run--only you can answer the grabirons because there is no paint Micro-Trains (then part of Kadee) intro- whether or not that's a bargain.

62 RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 63 The Chicago & North Western Historical Society has just published Joseph Follmar's 224-page book C&NW AND CStPM&O LOCO­ MOTIVE FACILITIES/ENGINE TERMINALS. The book includes 100 drawings with two 24 x 36 sheets including engine- houses, sand­ houses, cinder hoists and related structures. The softbound book is $29.50 and the hardbound version is $45.00.

Challenger Imp orts is importing a variety of EMD GP30 locomotives painted and let­ tered including this Norfolk & Western 1980s era high-hood unit. See your dealer.

The Lehigh Va lley and the Lackawanna Road purchased the prototypes for these 40-foot double-sheathed box cars are both available from Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997. The Lackawanna car is available in either as­ built or modernized versions. The kits are $28 less trucks and couplers plus $4 ship­ ping and handling.

Models to Bridge the Gap, 10028 Manchester Road, Suite 240, Saint Louis, MO 63 1 22, is offering this 16-inch modular concrete arch bridge. Two of the tee-shaped arches are the minimum needed for a bridge. The tee-shaped modules are available in either single ($49.95) or double-track ($61 .95). A variety of similar style arch bridges are also available.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 997 64 1 Wa lthers is now shipping the vehicles for the "Trees & Trains" series of structures. The cast-resin truck vehicles include this logging truck for $19.98 (a load of cast-resin logs is $9.98), the pulpwood truck with loading crane, the wood chip truck for $19.98 and the log loader for $29.98. See your dealer.

E-R Model Importers is producing pre-painted Chevrolet Caprices in white with simulated roof flashers lettered for Police, Fire Chief and Sheriff service. The ready-to-run models are $1 1 .95 each from your dealer. Williams Brothers produced clear plastic injection-molded automo­ bile kits. To finish the models, assemble the kit and mask the win­ dows with tape or fluid, then paint and remove the masking. This is the 1956 Ford Crown Victoria. The kits are $5.45 each or $1 1.95 for three.

New England Hobby Supply, 71 Hilliard St., Manchester, CT 06004, is producing operating HO scale street lamps in five styles American limited Models, P. o. Box 7803, Fremont, CA 94537- including (left and right) the Bishops Crook lights for $7.98 ($1 2.98 7803, now has injection-molded styrene diaphragms for the new assembled) and double boulevard style (center) for $9.98 ($14.98 Stewart FT diesels. The set is $4.95 for both an A and B unit in gray assembled). or black.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1997 65 ------[ WHAT'S NEW-IN N ]------

Sylvan Scale Models, 32229 Sylvan Road, RR #2, Parkhill, Ontario NOM 2KO, Canada is producing a number of N scale freight cars and structures in cast-resin with metal grabirons and CDS dry transfer let­ tering. We inadvertently stated, on page 67 of the February 1997 issue, that the kits were etched-brass. This is their N-216 kit to build a replica of the TH&B van. The kit is $17.95 less trucks and couplers. Similar vans are available for CN and CPo

Design Preservation Models "Olsen Feeds and Larsen's Implement" includes two injection­ Blair line, P.O. Box 2291 , Lee's Summit, molded plastic structures and 75 cast-metal detail parts. The kit includes three tractors, two MO 64063-7291 , is producing printed combines, a farm wagon, seed sacks, pallets, a wagon dock crane and gas pump for plastic signs in four colors. The signs can be $24.98. trimmed with scissors or a hobby knife and cemented to building sides to effectively simulate painted metal signs. Two sheets of signs are $5.00.

Small Scale Railway Co., 22421 Edmunton, Saint Clair Shores, MI 48080, is producing small sound systems that include a wide range of chuff and diesel sounds recorded from prototype locomotives. The basic chuff or diesel sound unit is available ready-to­ run in an N scale box car with a choice of 14 specific sounds (specify when ordering) for $80.00. Send a stamped self-addressed envelope for more information.

Walthers is now shipping injection-molded plastic kits to build this Sunrise Feed Mill. The simple lines of the model would make it easy to convert into a variety of other warehouse or manufacturing industries. The kit is $21 .98.

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