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RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 20001 3 May 2001 • Volume 12, Number 12

ilAlLMODElJOllRNAli, publi,hed 12 time, a year by Golden Bell Prell, 2403 Champa St,Denver, CO 80205. Price per 'ingle copy i, 15.95 direct from publisher; hewlltand price is $4.95 or $42.00 per year in the U.s.A. Individual copy prices higher in Canada and other countries. Foreign sub­ scriptions $48.00 for 12 illues, payable in U.s. funds. RAILMODElJOUR­ NAl, IIIN 1043-5441, copyright 2001 by Golden Bell Prell. All rights reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver) CO. POSTMASTER: lend addrell changes toRailmodelJournal) 2403 Champa St.) Denver, CO 80205. Visit our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

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· IMO R1 DI�L5 ON THE UNIQj\I g�PIC F-&QM A'J"LM OR R OD(LS,," page 30 M�OeJ[NG STi��

· USRA 'LIGHT' 4-6-2 PACIF-IC PIOTDTYPES FROM GE�IS AND IHe HQ SeALE MODELS,page 1 i/ MODELING fiROM THE PROTOTYPE:

• WESTIRN PROTOTYgE MODELERS MEET,2000, page 40 LAYOUT DESIGN:

• METROPOLITAN CORRIDOR MAINLINE ON THREE DECKS IN 15 X 22 FEET, page 8 TECHNIQUES:

• PAINTING BRASS CABOOSES, page 23 INTERMODAL MODELING:

· TRAILER HITCHES IN HO SCALE,PART 1: ACF MODEL A AND ACF/TTX A-1,page 25 FREIGHT CARS OF THE FIFTIES:

• CGW 40-FOOT STOCK CAR,FROM PROTO 2000 KITS,page 54 MODERN FREIGHT CAR MODELING:

· 50-FOOT X-POST IPD IS RAILBOX CARS, BUILT BY BERWICK,FROM BRANCHLINE'S KIT,page 44 DIESELS,ONE-DETAI L-AT-A-TIME:

• BALDWIN VO 1000 AS ATSF 2213,2228, 2229 IS 2243 FROM ATHEARN KITS, page 13 N SCALE: PASSENGER CAR MODELING: · CNW BI-LEVEL GALLERY CARS,FROM CON-COR KITS,page 50

4 RAILMODELJOURNAL' MAY 200 1 Freight Cars of the Fifties: CGW Stock Car from Proto 2000 kitsJ page 54 t'.9.. Intermodal Modeling: �� LE: ifrailer Hitches in HO Scale, Part 1: ACF N SCALE: Model A and ACF/rrX A-l, Locomotive Performance: etropolitan Corridor Mainline on three by Jim Panza ...... 25 Summary of all previous Locomotive decks in 15 x 22 feet, by Ed Vondrak... 8 Diesel Modeling: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Performance Test Reports ...... 22 EMD GP7 Diesels on the Union Pacific Baldwin VO 1000 as ATSF 2213, 2228, Passenger Car Modeling: from Atlas or Proto 2000 Models, by 2229 f1 2243 from Athearn kits, CNW Bi-Level Gallery Cars, from Steve Orth ...... ' 30 Con-Cor kits, by Keith Kohlmann ..... 50 by Louis Marre ...... 13 Modeling From The Prototype: Modeling Steam: Western Prototype Modelers Meet, 2000, USRA 'light' 4-6-2 Pacific Prototypes for by D. Scott ChatfieLd ...... 40 '0 SCALE: Genesis and IHC HO scale models, by Modern Freight Car Modeling: lionel 0 scale hi-rail 2-8-0 Test Report, by Robert Schleicher ...... 1 7 50-Foot X-Post IPD & Railbox Cars, Guy Thrams and Robert Scheicher ...... 52 Locomotive Performance: built by Berwick, Part IV, from Summary of all previous Locomotive Branchline's kit, by Jim Eager ...... 44 Performance Test Reports ...... 22 Freight Cars of the Fifties: DEPARTMENTS: Techniques: CGW 40-Foot Stock Car, from What's New ...... 6,7,49, 67 Painting Brass Cabooses, Dealer Directory ...... 54 Proto 2000 kits, by Clark Probst ...... 54 by Mont Switzer ...... 23 Calendar ...... 65 MODELING from the PROTOTYPE RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 200 1 5 N N SCAIJfJ seA

Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836 is producing laser-cut wood kits to build the "Blairtown General Store" (left) and this Coal Storage House kit that includes full-color signs, pre-printed windows and cast-metal chimney. The store kit is $29.95, and the storage house kit is $11.95 plus $3.20 shipping and handling.

Con-Cor is now shipping their corrugated-side dome/observa­ tion car in your choice of ATSF, NYC, Pennsy Senator, Southern, CB&Q, BOlO, ACL, FE C, Amtrak, CP and unlettered for $24.98. See your dealer.

Kato is now producing a full train of corrugated-side passenger cars that includes baggage, RPO, coach, Siumbercoach, diner, Pullman sleeper, dome and observation cars. The cars are pack­ aged in sets of four, with three different sets for each road (with no duplicate car numbers) so you can produce 12-car trains. In addition, there's a set of four Pullman Siumbercoaches, includ­ ing two NP, MP and B&O.The four-car sets are $99.95 and cur­ rently available railroads include ATSF, Cp, CB&Q, Pennsy and Southern, as well as a four-car set for Wabash. None of the cars are supposed to duplicate any other mass-produced N scale cars. 6 RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 200 1 E-R Models is now shipping these eight-door 86-foot auto parts cars as ready-to-run models in a choice of six road names. See your dealer.

The Atlas Pressureaide Center Flow covered hop­ pers have the unique underbody valves and etched roofwalks. The ready-to-run models will be available in HO and N scale in a choice of six road names with etched roofwalks and correct underbody piping.

Atlas will ship N scale ready-to-run replicas of the General Electric B23-7 diesels in January with decoders already installed as well as with conventional circuit boards. The model will be available in ATSF, BNSF, Conrail, CSX, NS, Southern, SP and UP paint, each with a choice of two road numbers or without road number names.

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Micro-Trains is now offering their detailed underframes as replacement parts. The underfra mes make it easier to add weight to other brands of N scale freight cars or to use in scratch building or kit-converting projects.

RAILMODELjOURNAL· MAY 200 1 7 LAYOUT DESIGN] ------[ ------METROPOLITAN CORRIDOR

MAINLINE ON 4-DECKS IN IS x 22 FEET By Ed Vondrak Artwork by Craig DuMez

ode I railroads are built because the prototype had a car-cleaning Level number 3, and the mainline comes for a variety of reasons. and maintenance facility at that location. out of the top of the helix on Level num­ The layout plan pre­ In Figure 2, the car repair tracks ber 4 to travel through a scenic area, sented here is for the shown along the fr ont edge of the bench­ around a pond, before arriving at the huge modeler who is in­ work at New Rochelle could actually Cedar Hill Yard. Although the layout plan trigued by the opera­ function as car maintenance/fiddle tracks. is not large enough to mimic the many tion of large railroad The modeler could keep a schedule of components of this yard, Cedar Hill's yards. Although such modeling could be maintenance fo r each car on the layout. As large relative size is emphasized by letting accomplished more realistically in a very each car comes due fo r maintenance, that it occupy almost the entire visible portion large space, here we show how it can be car could be spotted at the New Rochelle of the upper tier of the benchwork. shoehorned into a space measuring just 15 facility and then removed by hand from The staging tracks at the easternend of fe et wide by 22 fe et long, using number 6 the repair tracks to the workbench for this rai lroad (representing Hartford) is the turnouts and a minimum radius of 30 inches. inspection, adjustment, and cleaning, and set of staging loops shown as Level num­ The prototype for this layout plan is then be returned to the layout via the same ber 3 in Figure S. These loops are con­ the New York, New Haven, and Hartford repair tracks. Not many modelers are this cealed just beneath the upper tier of Railroad, known simply as the New conscientious about keeping rolling stock bench work, and they encircle the tier­ Haven. The primary emphasis here is on in top condition (the New Haven certain­ transition helix. As on Level number I, two of the New Haven's yards-the ly was not), but such careful attention to the staging loops on Level number 3 Harlem River Yard in New York and the maintenance of rolling stock would help could hold eight trains-two trains end­ huge Cedar Hill Yard that lies just north­ keep trains rolling on schedule. to-end on each of the four tracks. east of New Haven, Connecticut. To the east of New Rochelle there is a Admittedly I have used some artistic Structurally, this layout plan consists small scenic area where the mainline license in including scenic vistas in this of two tiers of benchwork connected by a approaches the hidden helix. Th is is a large layout plan. Purists might want to elimi­ helix, with end-of-the-line staging hidden helix, measuring about 6 fe et wide and 9 nate the scenic areas in favor of industrial beneath each of the two benchwork tiers. feet long, which is larger than many small or at least more populated areas. Indeed, I Figure J shows Level number 1, the low­ layouts. We encounter mid-line staging have heard the New Haven referred to as est level of track, which consists of the tracks within this large helix. one long switching yard. On the other western staging loops representing the On each turnof the hel ix, there are two hand, there is something to be said for New York Connecting Railroad. There are adjacent crossovers. I chose to use a pair leaving the scenic areas in the plan, only four tracks in the staging loop, but of simple crossovers at each location because the yard areas would tend to the tracks are so long that each track could (instead of double-slip switches) to make appear more industrialized by contrast to hold two trains end-to-end. So the staging it possible to change from either mainline the areas of bucolic countryside. loops could actually hold eight trai ns. A track to the other track on every turn of Some parts of the plan intentionally series of crossovers can be installed at "x" the helix. Figure 3 indicates how trains up have been left rather nebulous, such as if you want to be able to vary the exit-ver­ to 20 feet long could be staged at various the locomotive servicing area adjacent to sus-entry sequence of the trains on levels locations on the helix. One train could be the Cedar Hill Yard. The reason for this I and 3. staged on each level of the helix, and there is that the individual modeler will have Figure 2 shows Level number 2 of the could still be an open through route pass­ to choose the era to be modeled, and var­ railroad, which is the visible portion of the ing through the entire helix. This idea of ious parts of the plan may need to be lower tier, consisting primarily of the staging within a helix is not new, "The modified appropriately. In particular, in Harlem River Yard. I have adapted the Journal" editor, Bob Schleicher, pub­ this plan a choice needs to be made about prototype yard configuration to make use lished this idea in 1987. whether or not to include overhead cate­ of Wa lthers' excellent Watelfront series of On the upper tier of bench work, the nary, and, if so, over what extent of the models. Just to the east lies New Rochelle, visible portion is Level number 4, shown layout. Modeling the New Haven can be New York, which I chose to include in Figure 4 . .The helix passes through tricky business. RMJ

8 RAILMODELjOURNAL' MAY 200 1 Fig. 3: The Helix Uncoiled

To New Rochelle To Cedar Hill and Harlem River Yards

Number of turns in helix is determined by desired vertical spacing of the tiers of benchwork Possible staging One Turn of the Helix positions in the helix

Fig. 6: Isometric View

Level 4

Level 3

Level 2

Level 1

RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 200 1 9 - -=- �------I t � o r== rn :s: Fig. 2: Level 2 C> n o n-, A r­ ---- To Level 1 '­ C> Staging � � � o r- � � -< > ( "'-> <::> z <::> ACCESS c Z rn

Freight House New Rochelle

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Harlem River Yard

Backdrop Double-Trac Helix Up Apron ACCESS

Pier Building

Car Float Up-- Crane

� Freighter Ship painted on wall Fig. 1: Level 1 New York Connecting Railroad (Hidden Staging Below Level 2)

.....- All Tracks Up

To Level 2

Double-track helix that connects New Haven Level 2 and Level 4

Overall Dimensions: 15' x 22' Minimum Radius: 30" #6 Turnouts

Fig. 5: Level 3 Hartford (Hidden Staging Below Level 4)

.....- All Tracks Up

To Level 4

Double-track helix that connects Level 2 and Level 4

RAILMODELjOURNAL' MAY 200 1 11 � --. I N o � r= 4 rn :s: Fig. 4: Level o n o r-r-n -- To Level 3 " '--o n ::I: c: Stagi g :>:::> o r-� � � » -< '" = z = ACCESS c Cedar Hill Z rn

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Backdrop I I .c ------[ONE-OETAIL-AT-A-TIME] ------BALDWIN va 1000 AS ATSF 2213,2228,2229,2243

Photos from the collection of Louis A. Marre

The parts, paint and decals you'll need to duplicate this full-size diesel in miniature from Stewart Hobbies in HO scale. There's an index of all previous "One-Detail-At-A-Time" articles on our website at www.railmode!journal.com

aldwin's most successful built 45 1 of them before ceasing produc­ The Santa Fe purchased 2213, 2228, diesel switcher, the va tion in 1956. The S- 12 has a flat front radi­ 2229 and 2243 between June 1944 and 1000, was produced from ator grille compared to the angled radiator October 1945 as number series 2207- 1939 to 1946 to compete grilles of the va 1000 and other detail dif­ 2259, the railroad's 2207 class. Some with the EMD NW2. ferences. Athearn has an HO scale model were deli vered with four short stacks The VO 1000, NW2 and of the S-12, and Stewart has a new model down the hood, but some also had a sin­ S-2 each produced 1,000 horsepower, so of the VO 1000 that was the subject of gle tall stack near the cab. All appear to they were direct competitors for this "Performance Test Report" in the have been modified to single-stacks by market. Baldwin modified the VO 1000 February 200 1 issue of "The Journal." the railroad. Note that 22 13, 2228 and slightly in 1946 to build 56 of the DS-4- The VO 1000 had a number of minor 2229 have curved platform skirts near 4-10 diesels with the original 8-cylinder variations including one, two, four or the end steps and curved fillets near the prime mover and produced another 446 five exhaust stacks and a option of a cab steps. Number 22 13 has been of the DS-4-4-10 switchers with 8-cylin­ faired-in curve along the steps in front of repainted in Santa Fe blue and yellow der engines from ]948 to 1951. Total the cab and curved edges on the ends of and sports a "firecracker" - style antenna Baldwin production of 1,000-horsepow­ the side platforms near the end steps. The on the roof. All carry a pair of rerail frogs er switchers was about 1,050 units. EMD 1939 and 1940 VO 1000 carbodies had below the left running board and a heavy sold 1,143 of their NW2 units, and Alco an oval opening for the front radiator, chain below the right running board. The sold 1 ,502 of their S-2 diesels over this large side grilles that could be covered Stewart models include virtually all of time period. Baldwin had captured a with metal doors, and distinctive Batz the details except the rerail frogs, chain fair measure of success that they were trucks. The Stewart HO scale model and cab sunshades. The sunshades not able to transfer to sales of road includes optional parts to allow you to appear to be Santa Fe's steam-era canvas diesels. duplicate just about any of the 1940 or on a tubular rod support. The cabs also Baldwin replaced the VO 1000 with later VO 1000 diesels including a choice have armrests, but there is no evidence of the 1,200-horsepower S- 12 in 1951 and of stacks and step fairings. windshield wipers. RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2001 13 BALDWIN VO 1000

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SCALE MODEL VO 1000s details on the body appeared in the Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacienda HO Scale: Stewart October 1994 issue. Heights, CA 91745: 4- 167 Antennae $ 1.95/5 Paint A-Line, Box 7916, LaVerne, CA (number 221 3-modern) Black: Badger Modelflex 1601, Scale­ 91750: 2- 188 Cab sunshades 1.80/4 coat 10, Floqui1 11001l0, Polly 1-29100 Grabirons $3.25/50 (modified) Scale 414290, SMP Accupaint 2, or 2-29210 Cab sunshades 2.35/3 pro d Pro Color 400 (modifie ) Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. ASTF Blue: Badger Modelflex 1634 , Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: F1oquillI0t77, Polly Scale 414150, Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. Co., 4-9050 Antennae $3.35/2 SMP Accupaint 63 or Pro Color 096 Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montoursville, (number 22 1 3-modern) Santa Fe Yellow: Badger Modelflex PA 17754-0322: 6-9 150 Coupler lift bars 1.70/2 $ 1633, Floquil 110178, Polly Scale 3-320 Air hoses 1.85/2 sets 414146, SMP Accupaint 64, or 2-437 Cab sunshades 3.95/pr. Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 PraCoior 098 (modified) North, Stevensville, MT 59870: 3-3152 Air hoses $2.75/6 Decals Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Rd., 7-39046 Cab armrests 1.75/4 Orange, MA 01364: HO Scale: Microscale 87-247, Champ (modified) 4-113 Antennae $4.95/2 SHS-30 1 or Wa lthers 934-22760 4-39135 Antennae 1.75/4 (number 22 1 3-modern) (number 22 13-modern) 5- 179 Marker light brackets $4.95/8 One-Detail-At-A-Time 9-48349 Chain 2.75/ 10 in. 10-48427 Pipe fittings 1.75/set (HO Scale) Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis Step-by-step instructions on how to Obispo, CA 93403: install many of these detail parts Ordering Information: 2-1 301 Cab sunshades 1.50/6 All of these parts are available to any appeared in the June 1989 issue of (modified) hobby dealer, so your dealer can order "T he Journal." That article is also 4-1805 Antennae 1.25/6 for yOll. If you must order direct, order reprinted in the book TUNING & 1-2202 Grabirons 2.50/48 the full package quantities shown and UPGRADING ATHEARN LOCOMO­ 6-2211 Coupler lift bars 2.25/2 include $5.00 per order for postage or TIVES. An article on how to disas­ 7-2302 Cab armrest., 1.25/8 UPS and handling. RMJ semble an Athearn chassis to install a 3-6206 Air hoses 1.25/6 Rail Power Products frame and body 8-7103 Rerail frogs 1.35/2 and how to install the handrails and (right side)

16 RAILMODELjOURNAL' MAY 2001 [ MODELING STEAM ------] USRA 'LIGHT' PACIFICS FROM GENESIS OR IHC IN HO SCALE By Robert Schleicher Photos from the H. K. Vollrath Collection

The Genesis series, from Athearn, now includes this HO scale replica of the USRA 'Light' 4-6-2 steam locomotive. The model is available ready-to-run.

he USRA 'Light' Pacific science, so each locomotive was more­ tive force. The USRA 'Heavy' Pacific was one of the standardized or-less tailored to the job at hand. In had 60,000-pound axle load ings and pro­ designs deveJoped by the wartime, there just was not enough pro­ duced 43,900 pounds of tractive effort. United States Railroad duction capacity to allow such extrava­ The 'Light' must have been good enough Administration (USRA) to gant changes, so the government dictated because only 20 of the USRA 'Heavy' expedite production of new to the railroads what locomotives they Pacifics were produced, all for the Erie steam locomotives during would be able to purchase during this Railroad. the First Word War. One of the character­ war emergency period. The "standard" The first USRA 'Light' was not built istics of steam locomotive design was design ran the gamut from 0-6-0 and 0-8- until early 1919. By the end of produc­ that every railroad, and sometimes every o switchers to light freight locomotives tion, only 81 were built for the Baltimore railroad's shop, had their own ideas like the 2-8-2, light passenger locomo­ and Ohio (numbers 5200-5229), about how to design steam locomotives. tives like the 4-6-2, to heavy articulated Louisville and Nashville (240-245) and In effect, each production run of a dozen fre ight locomotives like the 2-8-8-2. Atlantic Coast Line (1500-1544) or so locomotives was a custom job with The USRA offered both a "Light" Railroads. Copies were built after the significant differences from other pro­ and "Heavy" Pacific. The "light" had an War for the Grand Trunk Westernand for duction runs. [n some ways, steam loco­ axle loading limit of 54,000 pounds per the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio, and both the motive design was more of an art than a axle to produce 40,700 pounds of trac- B&O and L&N ordered more.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2001 17 DETAILING HO STEAM

The engineer's side of a typical Baltimore and Ohio USRA 'Light' 4-6-2 number 5203. This one has a standard numberboard in the center of the smoke­ box. It has been upgraded with two overfire jets on the sides of the firebox and has sheet steel extensions added to the top edges of the tender's coal bunker. -Photo taken at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1949

Baltimore and Ohio number 5200 has an illuminated numberboard with what might be a "Cincinnatian" or "Capital Limited" logo. Tomar Industries, 9520 E. Napier Ave., Benton Harbor, MI 49022 offers a variety of lighted drumhead kits for N scale observation cars that could be used for these HO scale num­ berboards. -Photo taken at Venice, Illinois, June 1936

18 RAILMODEL)OURNAL' MAY 2001 For the Baltimore and Ohio, number 5205 is unusual in that it has no center numberboard, but a smokebox-mounted headlight. -Photo taken at Cincinnati, Ohio, October 1934

Atl antic Coast Line 1510 has the smokebox-mounted bell and headlight that were characteristic of that road's USRA 'Light' 4-6-2s. It has a wood exten­ sion on the top of the coal bunker, but is otherwise very much like it was when it left the Richmond Works in 1919. -Photo taken at Waycross, Georgia in May 1948

RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2001 19 DETAILING HO STEAM

The Baltimore and Ohio had made few changes to number 5215 since its delivery from Baldwin in 1919. Note the illuminated numberboard in the cen­ ter of the smokebox that could accept the logo of the "name" train the locomotive was heading. -Photo taken at Cincinnati, Ohio, September 1936

Modeling the USRA HO Scale Superdetail Parts sides of the exact same number locomo­ 'Light' 4-6-2 for Steam Locomotives tive, so you'll have to settle for views of diffe rent locomotives from that class. The standard steam locomotive • Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. design was a rare opportunity fo r Illodel Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montoursville, Photographs of most steam locomotives manufacturers to produce a locomotive PA 17754-0322 are available from several major collec­ tions including: that can be lettered for a variety of differ­ • Cary Locomotive Works (division of ent real railroads and still be accurate. Bowser Mfg. Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., Bill Raia Really, it is only these USRA designs that Montoursville, PA 17754-0322 P.O. Box 2069 were "s landardized , " aJthough the Har­ • Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Rd., Schiller Park, IL 60 1 76 riman railroads (the Union Pacific, Orange, MA 01364

• Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. Southern Pacific, Illinois Central and Harold K. Vo llrath Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304 Erie) had standard designs of their own as 1000 W. 97th Te rrace • Precision Scale, 396 1 Highway 93 did the Pennsylvania Railroad and its Kansas City, MO 64 114 subsidiaries. The real railroads were, North, Stevensville, MT 59870 however, quick to add their own touches Detail parts from these companies are Charles Winters to even these "standard" locomoti ves available to any hobby dealer, so your 37 17 N.E. 49th St. with different headlight and numberboard dealer can order for you. If you must Kansas City, MO 64 1 19 locations, cab awnings and bell locations. order direct, order the full package quan­ The real railroads also added the newest tities shown and include $5.00 per order Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope upgrades, like overfire jets and larger air for postage or UPS and handling. for a listing, but you must specify which pumps as they became available over the road and wheel mTangement. Also, tell succeeding years. There was, however, Photos are Required them you want a right and left side view surprisingly little change in the location for Accuracy of a USRA Light 4-6-2 taken in about the of running boards or air tanks on these You will, however, need photographs same vintage and with as similar eq uip­ USRA 'Light' 4-6-2s, especially when of your particular prototype locomotive ment as possible, but do not expect compared to the massive changes that to know which details to add or alter. We research help from these photo collectors. were common to most of the larger cannot hope to print large enough photos All charge for complete catalogs because freight locomotives like the 4-8-2 and 2- of all of these locomotives to be useful to they often run into hundreds of pages. You 8-2. For the modeler, this means that just modelers. What's more, the locomotives may need to invest in as mm1y as a dozen a few simple detail changes or additions were often modified extensively over photographs just to pick out two views can make one of these 4-6-2s into an their lifetime. We did obtain photographs that portray right and left sides of similar exact replica of a specific prototype loco­ of the Baltimore and Ohio's 453 1 as it locomotives within the number series. motive. was in March 1940 and of 4537 as it was The articles on painting and weathering The general specifications of the in August 1948 and March 1950 as a typ­ steam in the November 1997 issue of "The USRA 'Light' 4-6-2 were very close to ical example of a very common USRA Journal" will be helpful to make the similar-size 4-6-2 locomotives custom­ 'Light' Mikado. Even during the 1948- Genesis model look precisely like the pro­ built for other railroads immediately 1950 period, the B&O changed the pilot totype as it appeared in service. The articles before and after World Wa r I. It is possi­ from the standard type to a footboard suggest that one of the most effective ways ble to kit-convert a USRA locomotive type. Other roads had different running to duplicate the appearance of a model into a reasonable replica of, say, a Santa boards, different air pUIllP locations, steam locomotive is to stm1 with the same Fe or Union Pacific locomotive by feed water heaters, different tenders, dif­ glossy paint texture of the prototype, then changing the cab, running boards, and ferent cabs and other di fferent details. To apply weathering. If you m'e using a pre­ perhaps adding a different tender. MDC build an accurate model, you need pho­ painted model, you might consider spray­ (Roundhouse) and Mantua offer a variety tographs of both the right and left sides of ing the model with Te stors ModelMaster of cabs and tenders that could be used to the locomotive from (more-or-Iess) the Semi-Gloss as the starting point for weath­ convert a USRA locomotive into a repli­ era you are modeling. It is seldom possi­ ering, rather than repainting the model in a ca of some other 4-6-2. ble, however, to gel the right and left semi-gloss black. RMJ 20 RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 The fireman's side of ACL 1502. This locomotive, like ACL 1510, has spoked pilot wheels. This locomotive has the relatively unusual platform-style tender trucks and carries a rerail frog above the rear tender truck. -Photo taken at Waycross, Georgia in April 1948

The Louisville & Nashville mounted red steel boards with white lettering on the cab sides on these USRA Pacifies. Number 245 has been upgraded with superheater steam turret piping in front of the cab and a steel shroud over the steam generator between the steam and sand domes on top of the boiler. -Photo taken at New Orleans, Louisiana in May 1947

LOIN 240 has been "modernized" with a pair of overfire jets on the sides of the firebox and extra runs of steam cooling pipes below the running boards. The tender is carried on some very unusual trucks with cast spring planks. It carries a rerail frog above the rear tender truck. -Photo taken at Cincinnati, Ohio in October 1949

RAILMODELjOURNAL' MAY 2001 21 .------[PERFORMANCE ] ------.

The more significant figures from Guy Th ra ms' and Bob Higgins' evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with asterisks are out of prin t, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2. 00 each (allow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins and Guy Thrams test these locomotives' appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues. r. HO, N, 0, S & G SCALE LOCOMOTIVES Manufacturer/fmporter Prototype Min. Max. Max. Tractive Throttle Magazine Manufacturer/lmporter Prototype Mi . Max. Max. Tractive Throttfe Magazine Speed NO. 6 Speed Force (oz.) Response Date Speedn No. 6 Speed Force (oz.) Response Date switch (smph) (smph) Mldload (v.) switch (smph) (smph) Midfoad (v.) HO Scale Diesels �r:� ��'l\dgg��mann) Sha .46 15.3 2.26 1.8 April 2001 Athearn aS'iS) EMD GP38·2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' EMD FTA �& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 Athearn �w/Helix HUrT)per EMD GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 Siewart Hobbles Alco C 28 1.20 69.5 2.92 2.2 ��g: �88� can motor convers,onk Stewart Hobbies Baldwin va 1000 1.05 77.1 1.65 0.7 Proto Power Wesl MD F7 A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 WaltherS/Aoco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 (Athearn w/can molar) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (��) ��� 1§§8: WalthersfTrainline Alco FAI (& FBI) .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 April 1997 AlhearnlPPW. weighled EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990' .1 (65.3) (8.22) (3.8) Athearn w/NWSL motor EMD GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990' Walthersffrainline EMD GP9M \ . 1� 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 Alhearn w/NWSL motor, EMD GP38·2 WalthersfTrainline with Alco FAI .98 92.1 3.9 nla Sepl. 1998 weighled .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990' MAC DCC Decoder AlhearillProlo Power Weslslde "Classic" SP 4-6·0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992' Wesl w/replacement N Scale Diesels Wheelsets: NorthWesl Short Line EMD GP38-2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Oct. 1990' Arnold Alco S2 1.90 151.4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991' Jay·Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990' Atlas EMDGP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct. 1995 Athearn GE C44·9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 .73 3.6 Athearn GEAC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Atlas (with DCC decoder) EMD GP 40-2 .42 203.7 1��� Athearn SD40-2 1.94 103.3 3.01 3.3 Jan. 2001 Atlas EMD SO 60 1.63 222.4 0.90 1.6 M��� Atlas Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991' Atlas EMD GP40 .33 81.9 3.41 1.7 Nov. 2000 AtlasiRoco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990' AtlasiKalo GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989' Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 \.31) (189.6) (1.37) (2.0) June 1989' Atlas GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 AtlasiKalo EMD SD7 .29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990' Atlas EMD GP40 .33 81.9 3.41 1.7 Nov. 2000 AtlasiKato EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992' Bachmann·Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992' Bachmann EMD SD40-2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept. 1989' Bachmann·Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 Bachmann wIN Scale of EMD SD40-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989' (.93) (84 9; (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Nevada Chassis Con·Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112. 2.93 9.5 March 1991' Bachmann/Speclrum EMC Gas Elec. 20.0 110.1 0.38 3.2 Aug. 1998 Con·Cor/Aoco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991' Bachmann/Spectrurn G E Dash 8-40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 (wilh Mashima can motor) Bachmann/Spectrum EMD DDA40X .35 163.9 1.13 3.8 Sept. 1997 Con·Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sept. 1996 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 304 Ocl. 1992' Con·Cor EMD SW1500 rsw 7) 1.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997 E·R Models Frateschi Alco FAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 504 Oct. 1993 Kato Alco PA 1 (& PB1) 1.43 167.7 1.25 1.7 Dec. 1998 E·R Models �Fraleschil Alco FA1 .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 (1.07) (156.8) (2.328) (1.8) Dec. 1998 E·R Models EMD FP7A 3.70 92.8 3.24 3.4 y Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 Genesis, by Athearn SD751 2.12 110.0 4.01 3.5 �� 1�§§ EMD E8A & bE8B) (.26) (220.4) (1.92) (2.3) Aug. 1993 �'t'esis. by Athearn E 95.0 4.19 4.1 Marc� 2001 Kalo GE U30 .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990' EMD �fAWE8B) {�� 144.9 2.51 5.0 Feb. 1995 Kato GE Dash 9-94CW .11 198.2 .64 1.4 Nov. 1997 (1.50) (5.03) (4.8) Kato Alco RS2(S .30 167.7 .52 1.4 Sept. 1999 (I'oith25 ounces adde

These techniques can be used to paint any brass freight car model. You'll also find them useful fo r painting two-color schemes on plastic freight cars and diesel locomotives. There's an index of all previous articles on

painting and weathering on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

he Erie Lackawanna Rail­ This is the second E-L caboose to section of the sides and ends while acting road had some of the best­ which [ have applied this paint scheme. I as a primer color for the remainder of the looking diesel locomotives leruned a lot on the first model, but I model. Dry the paint artificially by baking in the eastern U.S. during the lealTIed even more this second time around. the newly painted model in the kitchen 1960s and 1970s with their This article describes the best procedmes oven for one hom at 150 degrees. distinctive maroon, grey and for painting the model. I'll also share how Now mask off the grey window band yellow paint and lettering. to COlTect the errors and omissions I made on the sides and ends of the model with The E-L worked at keeping its diesel fleet dming this interesting learning process. drafting tape. Cut the tape to a width of 2 presentable. The locomotives were First, disassemble the model so that feet on a piece of glass with a razor blade washed on a regular basis. While other you have the following components: to ensure clean sharp edges. The tape railroads in the east operated E units with body, floor, trucks and wheels. Run the should line up with the windows on the faded and rock-chipped noses, the E-L screws into their respective holes for sides and ends of the model. The grey regularly repainted the fronts of their pas­ safekeeping and install the cut levers. stripe is actually 6 inches too wide, senger locomotives. Units of lesser stature Wash all components in soap and warm allowing 3 inches at the top and 3 inches were also touched up as needed. water to release any soldering flux at the bottom over which ilie yellow Money was tight on the E-L during the deposits and skin oils from handling the decal stripes will be applied later. This 1970s as it was on most eastern roads. It model. Allow every tiling to dry naturally allows the stripes to retain their opaque was therefore somewhat of a surprise that or you can hurry things along with a hair appearance while covering any irregular­ the E-L would revamp its caboose paint dryer. Minimize handling the clean ities between the grey and maroon that scheme to one that complemented its model until paint has been applied. will be applied later. locomotive roster and was obviously The first paint color applied is a Each time you mask the model for more costly to apply. Although not all of Scalecoat I E-L grey. Spray the complete painting, don't forget to protect ilie interi­ the fl eet was repainted from the former intelior and exterior of the model with this or from overspray. This is best done by red paint scheme, almost all road caboose color. It serves two purposes. On the inte­ covering the entire bottom of the body classes on the railroad had at least one lior it is a fa ir representation of the paint with masking tape. There is no need to example of the new caboose image. that I suspect the E-L used to keep things cover the windows from inside. They are bright and cheery inside. On the exterior it masked over from the outside with each establishes the needed grey on the mid- subsequent color that is added.

RAILMODEL)OURNAL . MAY.200 I 23 PAINTING BRASS CABOOSES Now airbrush the roof ends, end doors set. Apply them so that the bottoms of the "do as I say, not as I do" definitely applies and platform steps with Sca\ecoat I E-L panels touch the horizontal end stripes of the to th is project. Despite how the article yellow. Remove the masking as soon as same color. While working on the ends, reads, I forgot to paint the yellow roof you have cleaned your airbrush. Then don't forget the end numbers above the ends, doors and step kick plates until after bake the model in the kitchen oven as doors. Complete the decal work by adding the black paint had been applied . This was before. the lettering to the sides of the caboose using just not the right time to begin airbrushing When the model has cooled, re-mask the photos as a placement guide. this lighter color onto these dark surfaces the grey stripe and then the doors, step As with most caboose painting pro­ so here is what 1 did. kick plates and the roof ends. The masks jects, some handwork is required. In this I carefully brush-painted the ends of required for the doors are 2 feet by 6 fe et. case the handrails must be painted E-L the roof. Three coats are needed to get Twelve kick plate masks are needed with yellow. Refer to the photos fo r which gra­ decent coverage. Carefully work around dimensions of 2 feet by 6 inches. It takes birons are painted yellow and which ones the ladders and roofwalk end supports to a lot of little pieces of drafting tape to stay painted black. avoid touchup work with black paint cover the roof ends while working around A black Sharpie fi ne point marker when you are done. With the addition of the ladders and roofwalk and supports. made some of the tedious handwork on the clear fi nish coat, this area doesn't look With the grey window stripe and yel­ this model go quickly, and there was no bad at all, but still not quite what you low areas masked off, airbrush the sides cleanup. Rather than brush-paint the win­ would get with the airbrush. and ends with E-L maroon. Remove the dow screens and their frames, color them The step kick plates were easy to take masking as soon as your airbrush is clean. with the marker. The same goes for the care of with details. Purchase some decal If the removal is done carefully, the mask­ tabs over the truck bolsters. I use the striping approximately 6 scale inches ing tape may be saved for reuse thus sav­ markers whenever I can with good results. wide. Cut 12 pieces 2 feet long and apply ing a lot of cutting and fitting. Bake the A finish coat is needed to hide and pro­ them to the kick plates. When dry, if the model once again in the kitchen oven for tect the decal lettering and to provide the decals are not opaque enough, another I hour at 150 degrees. desired appearance of the model. Floquil layer of decal can be added to each step. The final color to be applied by air­ flat fi nish works well, applied to the body, The yellow doors were a real chal­ brush is Scalecoat J black. First re-mask floor, truck sideframes and wheels with lenge. I couldn't find decal stripes 2 scale the sides and ends, the step kick plates, the the airbrush. It dries to a semi-gloss which feet wide, and I didn't want to piece roof ends and the car interior. Then air­ looks great on this model if a "right out of smaller stripes together to cover the doors. brush the roof and end platforms with the the paint shop," appearance is desired. Then J remembered a Champion decal black paint. Also paint the floor (both Allow this fi nish coat to dry naturally. seminar that I had attended where owner sides), truck side frames, and wheels at Add window glazing prior to final Rick Myer had indicated that decal fi lm this time to avoid an extra painting step assembly. Evergreen .005-inch-thick clear was really a clear lacquer and that his later. Remove the masking for the last plastic works well for this detail. Cut an Decal Set was a solvent for it. Armed with time and bake all components except the oversize piece for each window and this knowledge, I got a piece of blank wheelset. Do not risk the integrity of the secure it in place with glue that dries clear. decal paper from the scrap box and paint­ plastic wheel insulators by heating them Micro Scale Krystal Kleer or Elmer's ed it E-L yellow. After the paint had dried in the oven. There is plenty of time for white glue work well here. naturally for a week, I cut out the 2 x 6 them 10 dry naturally or with a hair dryer. Now assemble the model as it was door pieces and applied them just like any The Erie-Lackawanna used a lot of let­ taken apart. Substitute Detail Associates other decal. It worked great. All J had to tering on their final caboose paint scheme air hoses for those provided by Overland. do when the decals were dry was cut out thus requiring a lot more decal work than ACC will hold them in place. The engi­ the window openings. normally found on a caboose. Fortunately neering plastic holds up better in the lay­ My mistakes taught me two things. the Herald King decal set was produced out operating environment than the hoses Plan carefully. But if you goof, finding the fo r just this series of caboose. Herald cast in brass. solutions can be as much fun or more than King decals are not available as of this This completes the model construction the original project. This project was fu n writing, but many of the hobby shops that project resulting in a handsome model by just about any way you look at it. cater to eastern modelers still have them just about any standard. But the saying RMJ in stock. Begin the decal work with the stripes. Cut them out of the set using a straight­ Bill of Materials edge and razor blade. Eliminale as much decal fi lm as possible by cutting close to Detail Associates: InterMountain: the ink. Then apply the stripes in short 6206 Freight car air hoses 40037 Couplers with pockets sections fi tting them as closely as possible between the window screens. Note that Evergreen Scale: Overland Models, Inc.: the stripes are not visible where covered 9005 Clear styrene, .005 thick 1258 E-L Caboose by the window screens and are therefore not required in these locations. The stripes continue around the ends to the yellow Floquil: Scalecoat I: doors. Champ Decal Set works well with 1100 15 Flat fi nish 10 Black paint these decals. 41 E-L yellow paint Above each of the end windows on top Hearld King: 42 E-L maroon paint of the yellow stripes are panels of three diag­ onal stripes. These panels can be cut from C- 131 E-L caboose decals 43 E-L gray paint the diagonal stripes fumished in the decal

24 RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2001 [INTERMODAL MODELING ------]------TRAILER HITCHES, PART I: ACF MODEL A AND ACF/TTX A-I HITCHES By Jim Pa nza

There are dozens of different trailer hitches, and you can model most of them in HO scale.This series will describe the various prototype hitches, how to model them, and show some of the cars that are equipped with these hitches. There's an index of all previous articles on intermodal modeling on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

TTX 475051 is one of 86 class F30D cars built by the PRR in 1951 and purchased by Trailer Tra in Company in November 1957.The cars were purchased to handle a single 40-foot trailer that was becoming popular in the trucking industry. The 500 original Tra iler Tra in cars were 75 feet in length designed to haul two 35-foot trailers. As one of the benefits in piggybacking was being able to haul two trailers on one car, hauling one 40-foot trailer on a 75- foot car was deemed inefficient. ICC approval had to be obtained regarding the rate structure for hauling two trailers on one car, giving evidence of the complexity of the business. The car is equipped with an ACF Model A hitch on the A end of the car. TTX 475051 was retired in July 1988 after 31 years of service. -Photo courtesy TTX Company HO Scale Model Car: Walthers GSC 50-foot flat HO Scale Model Hitch: Walthers, 9 feet 7112 inches from A end sill included in GSC 50-foot flat kit

RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 200 1 25 HO SCALE HITCHES

TIX 470489 with ACF Model A. hitch. TIX 470489, class F39, was one of the original TrailerTrain flat cars. The car was built in January 19S5 by Bethlehem Steel and was retired in May 1986. -Photo by Jim Panza, August 1984, Altoona, Penn�ylvania

ACF Model A hitch - 314 front view. The ACF Model A hitch uses a screw mechanism to raise and lower the hitch. As the elevating screw is turned, the yoke moves forward. The yoke is connected to pivot pins at the base of the vertical strut which also move forward. The diagonal strut is connected to the base plate and the top of the vertical strut with pivot pins. As the yoke moves forward, the vertical strut and diagonal strut are raised to their upright position. This photo was ACF Model A-I hitch - 3/4 front view. The ACF obviously taken at a Conrail Model A hitch was modified in conjunction with facility and has a processing Trailer Train Company to improve its reliability. date of July 1980. Note the car The modified hitch was designated as the Model has ten steel risers at each hitch A-I. The most visible change is the heavier ver­ location with five per side. tical strut and the use of hold-down hooks to -Photographer unknown restrain the vertical strut. The ACF Model A-I was found on many 8S-foot hitch cars and a few LTIX 89-foot flat cars. Note the wood riser boards on this 8S-foot car. -Photographer unknown

ACF Model A hitch - 314 rear view. The ACF Model A hitch was the first widely utilized hitch used in trailer-on-flatcar service. The narrow legs of the vertical strut identify it as the ACF Model A com­ pared to the heavier vertical strut legs of the ACFITIX Model Al vertical strut. The leaf springs mounted to the base plate assist in raising the hitch. -Photographer unknown

26 RAfLMODELjOURNAL ' MAY 2001 mx 474068 is a rare breed that was equipped with container tie-down equipment. It was also equipped with two ACF Model A hitches. The car was built by Pullman-Standard in March 1960 and retired in July 1979. Sometime during its early life, the container tie-down equipment was removed, and it served out its years as a typical two-hitch F85B flat car. -Photo courtesy TTX Company HO Scale Model: Athearn 85-foot flat. Initials "TTX".Two two-hitch 85- foot O-inch flat cars built by Pullman-Standard equipped with two hitch­ es to haul two 40-foot trailers. HO Scale Hitches: Walthers replicas of ACF Model A hitch. No. 1 hitch located 4 feet 7 inches from B-end sill and No. 2 hitch located 47 feet 2 inches from B-end sill. Most F85B cars were equipped with ACF Model 2 hitches that will be covered in the next installment. The location for the ACF Model 2 hitch is the same as that for the Model A. NOTE: The hitch nearest the B end is Hitch No. 1, and all others are num­ bered consecutively toward the A end of the car.

ACF Model A-I Hitch - 3/4 front view. The squared corners of the top plate identify this hitch as either an ACF Model A or A-I. However, the heavier design of the vertical strut as compared to that found on the ACF Model A clearly identifies it as an ACF Model A-I. In addition, the Model Al hitch uses hold-down hooks to restrain the hitch when in the upright position. The ACF Model A hitch used a fabricated vertical stop assembly. This is either an F85A or F85C flat car as identified by the partial wood deck. The F85A was built by ACF, and the F85C was built by Bethlehem Steel. Note that there are only three steel risers on each side of the hitch. Channels are welded to the floor stringers in place of five floorboards to secure the steel risers to a car with a partial wood deck. -Photographer unknown RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 27 HO SCALE HITCHES ne of the most impor­ rotates, a brass nut secured within the and trailer axles to clear the hitch when tant developments that yoke travels along the length of the ele­ the car is being loaded/unloaded circus­ spurred the success of vating screw. The yoke is pinned to the style. Wooden riser boards were applied piggyback was the trail­ bottom of the vertical strut. With the to the 50-foot, 75-foot, 85-foot and 89- er hitch. Prior to the hitch in the lowered position, rotating foot raised-sill cars. These boards were development of the the elevating screw clockwise pulls the made from 3-inch x lQ-inch x 10-foot 0- trailer hitch for flat yoke and bottom of the vertical strut for­ inch oak boards with a chamfer that cars, trai lers were secured using jacks ward. When the front of the yoke is all starts 12 inches from each end that and chains, a slow and labor-intensive the way forward on the elevating screw, tapers down to ]1/4 inches. Beginning in process. In addition, the rel iability of the the hitch is fu lly raised. On all models late 1977, the wood riser boards were jack and chain system to properly except the ACF Model A, the base plate replaced with steel risers made from 3- restrain the trailers was suspect. The is equipped with hooks that engage inch x 4-inch x lO-foot O-inch formed development of the trailer hitch is not bushings in the lower vertical strut pivot channel. Each end of the channels had a well documented. One of the most com­ pins. These serve to restrain vertical chamfer that started 10 inches from the mon stories relates how one gentleman movement of the hitch. The base plate is end and went down to 1/2 inch. The num­ from ACF Industries designed the ACF equipped with leaf springs on some ber of steel risers applied at each side of Model A hitch on a cocktail napkin over screw-operated hitches to help raise the the hitch was typically 4, but some cars lunch. This series of articles will identi­ hitch off the car deck. Note that screw­ also had 3 or 5 steel risers applied at fy the major prototype hitch types and operated hitches are stenciled "Do Not each side of the hitch. their respective HO scale models. Most Use Impact Wrench" because an impact references are to TTX Company equip­ wrench could damage the threads of the ACF Model A and ACF/TTX ment, but other car owners use identical brass elevating screw nut. A-1 Hitches trailer hitches in most of their fleets. The The top of the vertical strut is pinned As previously stated, the ACF Model exception would be the hitches designed to the top plate and top of the diagonal A hitch was the first screw-operated by TTX Company and specific to their strut. The bottom of the diagonal strut is hitch. It is identified by the square-look­ fleet as noted in the text. Likewise, pinned to pivot mounts that are welded ing top plate, U-shaped movable jaw designs specific to other car owners are to the base plate and car deck. The diag­ lock pin mechanism and very thin verti­ not covered in this article. onal strut can be cushioned or rigid. A cal strut legs. The ACF Model A hitch In the days prior to the numerous cushioned diagonal strut is used on cars was found on many 50-foot, 75-foot and Tw in-45 conversion programs and artic­ equipped with friction draft gears, while 85-foot Trailer Train flat cars. They were ulated intermodal equipment, the loca­ the rigid diagonal strut is used on cars also found on a limited number of raised­ tion of the hitches was identified by the equi pped with hydraulic cushioning. sill 89-foot flat cars and some low-level end of the car they were nearest. In the The trai ler is secured to the hitch 89-foot piggyback cars (LTTX). As suc­ early 1980s, that was changed so that the through a screw-operated movable jaw cessful as the ACF Model A hitch was, it hitch location would be clearly identi­ assembly and lock pin. The same elec­ did have its problems. The thin vertical fied numerically. The hitch nearest the tric or air-operated motor engages a lock strut legs were subject to failure, and the handbrake end of the car, called the B screw socket that turns the lock screw. A movable jaw lock pins could be placed in end, is identified as the No. 1 hitch, with manual crank is commonly used to oper­ the locked position with the jaws in the the other hitches being numbered con­ ate the lock screw in these days of over­ open position. Loaders had to be careful secutively toward the A end of the car. head loading to avoid lugging around an not to release a car with a trailer that was Th us a two-hitch TTWX car has a No. 1 electric or air-operated motor. A lock not locked to the hitch. The ACF Model hitch near the B end and a No. 2 hitch screw nut is secured to the movable jaw. A used a fabricated vertical stop to near the center of the car. A three-hitch As the lock screw is turned, the jaw is restrain the hitch from vertical move­ RTTX car has a No. 1 hitch at the B end, drawn closed. A lock pin, or pins, ment, while later models used the very a No. 2 hitch near the center of the car engage the movable jaw to ensure that it effective hook system. and a No. 3 hitch at the A end of the car. does not unintentionally open. Ever Beginning in the mid-1 970s, Trailer As we progress through this series of wonder why the ACF screw-operated Train Company worked with ACF articles, hitch location will be identified hitches have the "CAUTION BLEED lndustries to improve the ACF Model A by this numbering scheme. TRAILER BRAKES BEFORE TIGHT­ hitch. The result, called the Model A- I There are three basic types of trailer ENING LOCK JAW" stencil? When hitch, utilized a beefier vertical strut and hitches: screw-operated, knock-down loading the cars circus-style, it was nec­ modified top plate. The Model A-I had and non-retractable. This article (Part I) essary for the trailer to be able to move many of the design improvements from covers two screw-operated hitches that slightly as the movable jaw of the hitch the ACF Model 2 hitch that was intro­ are solely the product of ACF Industries. was closed. Failure to bleed the brakes duced as the replacement for the ACF All screw-operated hitches have fi ve could result in the lock screw breaking Model A. For example, the design of the major components: base plate, vertical or other damage. pivot pins and retainers as well as the strut, diagonal strut, top plate and ele­ One other component that is associ­ roller assemblies at the bottom of the vating screw yoke with elevating screw ated with the trailer hitch but that is vertical strut used a design similar to the and elevating screw nut. The operator mounted to the car deck is the riser. The ACF Model 2. The raised hitch was engages an electric or air- operated early screw-operated ACF hitches were restrained from vertical movement by motor into a socket attached to the ele­ 8 1/4 inches in height when in the retract­ D-shaped bushings that engaged hook vating screw. As the elevating screw ed position. This was too high for tractor assemblies welded to the car deck.

28 RAILMODELjOURNAL · MAY 2001 lTX 475261 is a Tra ilerTrain Company class F30G flatcar purchased in December 1958 from the PRR. The 200 F30G cars in the lTX fleet were numbered 475087-475286. It is equipped with an ACF Model A hitch located at the A-end. Some of the 50-foot F30G cars went through program maintenance in the early 1980s and had their single hitch converted to an ACF/lTX Model}l. This car was retired in August 1987. -Photo courtesy lTX Company HO Scale Model Car: Walthers GSC 50-foot flat HO Scale Model Hitch: Walthers, from GSC 50-foot flat kit

The Model A- I could be found on the 75-foot flat car and as the "Old Hitch" on Trailer Train equipment painted red same equipment types as the ACF Model on sprue 7008020/0 in their 89-foot flat and on many other car owners' equip­ A. The ACF Model A hitches in the car kits represent the ACF Model A ment. The ACF Model A hitch disap­ Trai ler Train Company fleet either were hitches. If you are modeling Trailer peared from the TTX Company fleet as upgraded to the Model A- l or retired Train equipment, the Model A hitch the 50-foot, 75-foot and 85-foot piggy­ along with the cars on which they were should be used on the 50-foot F300 and back cars were retired. A fe w roamed the mounted. The last of the ACF Model A F30G flat cars and on the 75-fool F39 rails during the mid-1 980s, but if model­ hitches disappeared from the Trailer class cars. The ACF Model A was not ing anytime after 1989, choose a more Train fleet by 1989. The Model A- I used extensively on the 89-foot standard modern hitch type. The improved ver­ hitches remained in the fleet slightly level cars as they came into production sion of the ACF Model A hitch, the longer but had disappeared during the when the ACF Model 2 was available. I Model A- I, is not available in 1-10 scale. early 1990s as the remaining 85-foot flat try not to say never because with a fleet The Walthers ACF Model A could be cars were retired or converted to other the size of TTX Company, anything is reworked to add some of the detai Is service. possible. fo und on the ACF Model A- I. However, I would not apply ACF RMJ Modeling the ACF Model A Model A hitches to the Walthers F89F and ACF/TTX Model A- 1 flat car as that would be modeling a very Hitches rare car at best. The ACF Model A hitch should be painted black on yellow The hitches Walthers supplies with Trai ler Train equipment and primer red their HO scale 50-foot GSC flat car,

RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2001 29 ------[DIESEL MODELING ] ------UNION PACIFIC GP7 DIESELS FROM ATLAS OR PROTO 2000 HO SCALE MODELS By Steve Orth

TheUnion Pacific GP7 diesels were fitted with some unique changes. Use these techniques to make precise repli­ cas of the Union Pacific diesels as well as to superdetail the Atlas or Proto 2000 GP7 diesels fo r other prototype railroads. There's an index of previous articles on superdetailing diesels on our website at www.railmode�oumal.com

UP 109 shown at Umatilla, Oregon, Aug 7, 1974. Note horn position, access doors, Gyralite, beacon, and bent handrail.

he EMD GP7 was first pro­ early 1980s, with the last unit, UP103, Based on photographic evidence, it is duced in 1950, making EMD being retired in September 1984. believed that the first 10 units, UP 100- the last major builder to enter Originally delivered as 700-729, they 109 were deli vered with the number­ into the road switcher mar­ were quickly renumbered in November boards mounted in their normal, or ket. The GP7, "GP" for 1953 to 100- 1 29. The UP was so pleased "high" location. The other two orders, General Purpose, was essen­ with their performance that they UP 110- 129 were deli vered with the tially a combination of the F7 attempted to order more in early 1954, numberboards on the long hood end in a mechanical components with a hood-type but by that time the 1,500-hp GP7 had non-standard, lower position. It is body. Envisioned as a locomotive that been replaced by the 1,750-hp GP9. The believed that this was done to provide could do anything, hence its name, the GP7 was designed to be operated with easier access to the numberboards to GP7s were used in all types of service by either the long or shorthood forward, change the train numbers. In addition, a several railroads. and the UP opted to have all 30 units set pair of small horizontal doors were posi­ Union Pacific began using road up with the long-hood-forward. All 30 tioned below the numberboards on each switchers in 1947 with the purchase of units remained in long-hood-forward end. The purpose for these doors is not Alco RS-2s and RSC-2s. These road configuration throughout their careers. known at present by the author or sever­ switchers were direct replacements for The 30 GP7s on the UP exhibit sever­ al other UP diesel historians. It has been steam locomotives in branch line service. al different characteristics between orders. reported by former UP shop personnel Purchases of these models continued into Most units received several modifications that inside the door was a metal box, 1949, and Fairbanks-Morse road switchers during their lives. All 30 units were built perhaps for storing numberboard num­ were added in 1948 and 1950. Baldwin with slotted holes in the fuel tank skirts. bers. There was no access to the number­ road switchers were purchased in 1948 These slots are believed to have all owed boards through these doors. Photo­ and 1951. It was not until late 1952 that the additional air circulation to the air com­ graphic evidence suggests that all units Union Pacific ordered 10 examples of the pressor aftercooler pipes running under from 110 and up were factory equipped then-cLllTent EMD road switcher, the GP7. the walkway. The first 10units were built with low numberboards and doors on the In 1953, 10 more were ordered, quickly with six 82-inch-tall engine room doors long hood, and high numberboards and followed by a third order for 10 addition­ on each side, and one 86-inch-tall door doors on the short hood. al units. All 30 GP7s were delivered forward of the engine room. The remain­ Several of the locomoti ves in the first between February and October 1953. ing locomotives were constructed with order were subsequently modified to The GP7 was an outstanding success, seven 82-inch doors. All units were lower their numberboards in the late and lasted in service on the UP until the delivered with winterization hatches. 1950s. The numberboard positions on

30 RAILMODELjOURNAL' MAY 2001 UP 103 were not changed. Additional former UP shop employee that the air line Atlas marketed a GP7, built for them photos suggest that UP 102 and 107 also to the horn was rerouted within the carbody. by Kato. The Atlas model represents an retained their original numberboard The locomotives were delivered in earlier phase of GP7 than the UP owned, positions. The remaining units had their the then-standard paint scheme, with but it was built with one tall door and six front numberboards lowered. [n addi­ "Road of the Streamliners" on the right short engine room doors, making the tion, UP added the pair of doors to the cab side, and "Serves All the West" on hood door configuration correct for UP hood ends of these GP7s, similar to the left. Throughout their long lives, 100- 109. However, it is also equipped those on UP 110- 129. However, not all several units were repainted and with solid fuel tank skirts and a 36-inch units received doors on both ends, such recei ved "Dependable Transportation" dynamic brake fan. The Atlas model has as UP 104, which had doors only on the after approximately 1960, and "We Can more recently been re-released from all­ long hood end. Handle It" after 1972. new tooling in the Atlas Classic line. The UP GP7s also received 24-inch­ The shell is nearly identical on both tall extended stacks. These were not HO Scale GP7 Models releases, and possesses excellent detail, extensions added to the existing stack, Several HO scale models of the GP7 along with a smooth-running chassis. but rather an enti rely new stack. The have been marketed. Athearn has an Life-Like's Proto 2000 also produced horn was also moved from the normal older model labeled as a GP9. but it is a GP7, both with and without dynamic cab side positions to the left side of the actually a GP7. The Athearn model is brakes. The Proto 2000 model has the rear radiator panel, between the two not up to current model ing standards due correct door configuration for UP 100- fans. The author has confi rmed with a to its extra-wide hood, but it is usable. 109, the correct fuel tank skirts, and the

RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 200 1 31 HO GP7s correct 48-inch dynamic brake fan. It is hole was drilled in the center of each ously drilled holes in the deck. The con­ an excellent model and can be used to square for the button. Finally, an MU duits were cut to make the assembly model UP 103 from delivery to retire­ cable cover from a DA 1 509 set was .350 inches tall, and the wires were fas­ ment with only minor detail upgrades. added to the skirt on the engineer's side tened with ACC on both ends. The actu­ Additional modifications can be per­ at the rear of the skirt. al MU stand supports were built with formed to model any of the other proto­ Turning to the pilots, I drilled four .020 x .020-inch styrene strip, cut .20 types in the 100- 109 series. number 74 holes in line above the cou­ inches long, and fastened to the sides of I had acquired three of the original pler buffer for the lift bar brackets. Two the stands with solvent. This installation

Atlas models, and due to their excellent number 79 holes fo r grab bars were provided a strong mounting method for running characteristics and powerful drilled in the upper corners, and two the MU stands that will resist breaking mechanism, decided to use them to number 77 holes were drilled inboard of during handling. model my GP7s. The Atlas models are those for nut-bolt-washer castings. A made with a solid metal chassis/fuel pair of number 77 holes were drilled Truck Modifications tank/walkway, and a styrene hood and above the second step in each step well The trucks on the Atlas GP7 are one cab. This design makes for a very heavy for installation of the step wells. Eight of the model's weak points. model with plenty of pulling power, but number 74 holes were drilled for MU Mechanically, they are an excellent also makes it a challenge to modify the hoses. design, but the sideframes are molded as model. The details and modifications Removal of the detai ls on the pilot a solid piece of engineering plastic, with performed here could also be selectively left a gap in the pilot face below the cou­ molded-on brake cylinders and other applied to the excellent Proto 2000 pler buffer. I used epoxy to fasten a detai Is. Several options exist for the model. piece of .040-inch-thick styrene in the trucks. The first would be to use the gap. The seams were fi lled with putty sideframes as-is, adding brake cylinder Chassis/Skirt Modifications and sanded smooth. air lines and a speed recorder. A second I began with the most difficult modi­ The coupler lift bars and brackets option would be to replace the side­ fication first, revising the fuel tank were installed in their holes with ACC, frames with Kato sideframes as were skirts. Using an end mill, I milled off the along with the NBW castings for the offered on the Stewart F units and Kato solid skirts molded into the chassis. This grab bars. Grab bars were bent from GP35. These have good detail and sepa­ could also be accomplished with a razor .0l2-inch wire and fastened in their rate brake cylinders and swing hangers. saw, but would require much more holes with hobby-type cyanoacrylate Unfortunately, the sideframes are only effort. The reader may elect to keep the cement (ACC). Any wire protruding into offered with the complete truck assem­ skirts as they are, using decals or paint to the step well was cut off and filed bly, not as individual parts. The third simulate the holes in the skirts. At the smooth after the ACC dried. The MU option, which I chose, is to replace the same time, I cut off all the pilot details hose boxes from the DA pilot step set Atlas sideframes with modified Athearn except the coupler buffer using a razor were fastened to the pilot face with Blomberg sideframes which are sold in saw and files. I planned to replace the epoxy, and the footboards from the set sets of four. steps with etched steps, so those were were attached on one unit. For the other I began by removing the Atlas side­ also cut out, leaving a small ledge on units, I bent footboards from Plano frames from the truck gearbox. The cop­ each end for mounting the etched steps. Products etched-brass material and per bearing strip was then fastened to the The fuel tank on the Atlas model attached them with ACe. gearbox by inserting a 2 mm x 6 mm does not have the correct profile for a A-Line etched-brass steps for a Front screw (Northwest Shortline 1206) UP GP7. The tank could be fi led to bet­ Range GP7/9 were installed on the thmugh the center mounting hole in the ter match the prototype if the modeler model in place of the solid steps I had strip and screwing it into the gearbox. wants, but I elected to leave it as it is. previously cut out with a razor saw. The This held the bearing strip to the gear­ Using .040-inch styrene, new skirts steps fit the Atlas step wells, with only box, but allowed the strip to rotate were built as shown in Figure 1. Using a the second step requiring a small amount around the screw. I ran the locomotive number 56 drill, holes were drilled at the of fi ling to fi t. These were also fastened through several switches and crossovers ends of each slot in the skirt. I narrowed with ACe. to see if it would still track re liably. To a chisel blade for a hobby knife with a Drop steps were fastened to the chas­ my delight, no problems were encoun­ cutoff wheel to be the same width as the sis with epoxy and allowed to dry. Two tered, so T modified the remaining trucks slots and cut out the styrene between the number 68 holes were drilled in each without concern for eliminating the holes. The new skirts were then fastened pilot face, one on each side of the drop movement of the strip. to the chassis with epoxy. The ends of step, for the inboard handrail stanchions. The Athearn sideframes were modi­ the skirts were filed to match the chassis A pair of number 74 holes were dri lled fied to fit onto the trucks by removing after the epoxy had set. in the top of the pi lot for the MU stand all of the mounting lugs on the back The lower portion of the fuel fi ller conduits, between the stanchions. To side. Using a motor tool, material was was lost when the original solid skirts fa bricate the MU stands, 1 cut a .040 x removed behind the molded springs to were milled off, so I replaced it with a .080-inch styrene strip .290 inches long. clear the screw head holding the bearing piece of .0 10 x.040-inch strip styrene cut A number 74 hole was drilled in the end strip. Several passes were taken, testing to length. I removed the mount on a fuel to insert the conduit. MU receptacles each time until the sideframe fit up sight gauge from a Detail Associates from a DA J507 set were installed. against the bearing strip without a gap. 3102 fuel tank detail set and fastened it Attention should be paid to photos, as The brake cylinders were installed after to the skirts with solvent. A .060 x .060 the receptacle configuration was modi­ the mold parting lines were removed, x .0 10-inch styrene square was added to fied in later years. A piece of .0 1 9-inch and a DA speed recorder was installed each skirt, at the rear edge, for the emer­ wire was inserted for the conduit, which on the right rear truck. Sanding lines gency fuel cutoff switch. A number 70 was subsequently inserted into the previ- were bent from .0 j 9-inch brass wire and

32 RAILMODELjOURNAL' MAY 200 1 UP 106 shown at Portland, Oregon, Feb 7, 1971, Note access door on short hood end.

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Modified and stock truck sideframes.

Detailed pilots showing Detail Associates footboard and etched footboards. The Atlas pilot with details and steps removed.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2001 33 HO GP7s

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Long hood end showing rotated end piece and filler material.

Overhead view of shell on chassis, ready for paint.

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34 RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 Completed long hood end, ready for paint. Completed short hood end, ready for paint. were mounted to the trucks in number 74 between the grabiron holes below the holes drilled in the edges of the brake numberboards on both ends. Special shoe. The sideframes were painted silver attention should be paid to prototype and attached to the bearing strip with photos, as some units only had access epoxy. doors on the long hood end. When the holes were completed, Cannon HD-l 002 Hood Ends The modification of the hood ends to lower the numberboards and add the Bill of Materials access doors is where the models began A-Line: Smokey Valley: to take on the unique features of the pro­ 29200 Windshield wipers GP7 Handrail kit totypes. I began by removing all the 29239 Diesel steps (etcbed) GP7/9 molded-on grabirons, hand brake, head­ Scale Scenics: lights, and class lights. J drilled number Athearn: 3501 Brass micro mesh 80 holes in the grabiron locations for 42009 Blomberg sideframes later installation of wire grabirons. Tichy Train Group: On the long hood end, the number­ Builders in Scale: 3015 I8-inch Drop-type grabirons boards needed to be lowered for my pro­ 250 Black 40-link-per-inch chain totypes. I began by marking two hori­ Utah Pacific: zontal lines on the shell, one .625 inches Cannon & Co.: 80 Armrest, 3-bracket from the bottom and the second 1.I 0 1002 Doors inches from the bottom. Using a razor PAINT & DECALS Detail Associates: saw, J cut through the hood end along Floquil: these lines, stopping where the end 1002 Pyle gyralites 1 10006 Dust radius met the hood side. Vertical cuts 1004 Pyle dual head1ights 110086 Grime were made between the saw cuts using a 1017Cla ssificatiol1 lights 110130 SP Lettering Grey scribe to release the numberboard sec­ 1401 Drop steps, EMD early 110009 Ligbt Grey Primer tion of the hood end. This piece was 1507 MU receptacles rotated 180 degrees and glued back into 1508 MU air hoses Scalecoat II: the shell, effectively lowering the num­ 1509 MU receptacle set, modern 2032 Harbor Mist Grey berboards. The horizontal cuts were 2203 NEW castings 2034 Armour Yellow filled with .010-inch strip styrene and 2205 Coupler lift bars 2065 New UP Yellow fastened with solvent. Once the assem­ 2208 Pilot w/footboard, metal type bly had dried, the cuts were filed, putty 2310 Cab wind deflectors Testors: was applied, and the joints sanded. 2807 Speed recorders GlossCote When I was satisfied with the surface 3102 Fuel tank fi ttings DuUCote fi nish, I cleared the number 80 holes for 101101 Lift rings the grabirons and drilled a number 77 102203 Hex NBW castings Microscal�: hole above each grabiron hole for insert­ 102213 Coupler lift bar brackets 87-35 UP diesels ing a nut-bolt-washer (NBW) casting 87-36 UP cliesel s Details West: when the ends were completed. 87 - 110 -6 UP diesel stripes 132 Hand brakes The access doors were installed by 87-16 9 UP diesels 164 Winterization hatches first cutting and filing two .120 x .320- MC4056 EMD builders plates 190 Air horns inch rectangular holes in the ends RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 35 HO GP7s

doors were cut to fit the holes, with the be used, but I had some extra 48-inch over the opening. The hatches were latch centered vertically on the access dynamic brake fan panels from installed over the fa ns. doors. The cut-down Cannon doors were Highliners F series B unit kits in my The holes in the hood for the existing fastened into the holes with the door sur­ parts box. I cut the hatch from around horns were fi lled with strip styrene and face fl ush with the hood end, and the the fan, carefully fi ling to leave only the puttied and sanded. The new horn was latches to the center of the locomotive. fan and its mounting flange. The result­ mounted on the radiator panel closest to Hinges could be added to the outside of ing fan was glued into the shell after the the cab, on the left side, between the two the doors, but I left them off. hole was fi led to fit. fans. After consulting with a former Salt The headlight and gyralight housings The exhaust stacks were cut off the Lake shop employee, it was determined were mounted to the shell and drilled out shell, taking care to retain the mounting that the air line was routed internally to to insert fiber-optic lenses after painting. flange. I made new 24-inch-tall stacks the horn, so none was added to the Detail Associates class lights were from 1/8-inch O.D. brass tubing cut to a model . The lift ri ngs were installed in installed per the manufacturers direc­ .27-inch length. I reamed the top end of drilled holes with ACe. tions. A drop of white glue was placed the tubing with a hobby knife blade to The molded hand brake was on the class light lenses for a paint mask. give it a thinner appearance. The tubes removed and replaced with the Detai Is The grabirons and NBW castings were were flattened to an oval shape using West part. The DW handbrake is set up installed in their holes. A 20-inch-Iong pliers. To mount the new stacks, a hole to have the handle on the opposite side, grabiron was bent from .0l 2-inch wire was drilled in the stack base and a short so T drilled the housing and handle to and installed vertically along with NBW piece of .060 x .060-inch styrene strip mount the handle on the correct side for castings in front of the cab on the engi­ inserted. The brass stacks were placed the GP7. The assembly was fastened to neer's side. over these strips and fastened with ACe. the shell with ACC, and a .025-inch rod The UP GP7s were equipped with was added between the housing and the Hood Detailing winterization hatches. T used a commer­ bottom of the shell to simulate the Hood detailing began by shaving off cial part for two models and scratchbui It chai n guide tube. I finished the work on molded lift ring nubs and drilling holes the third. Both methods provided excel­ the hood by cutting out the section in their place. T waited to install lift lent results. The scratchbuilt hatch was inside the cab area and also cut out the rings. The Atlas shell has a 36-inch constructed out of .0 I O-inch styrene and molded cab steps. The etched-brass dynamic brake fan that needs to be Scale Scenics micro-mesh screen. The steps from the A-Line set were installed replaced to more accurately model the commercial parts were modified by cut­ in their place. Finally, I installed the prototypes. The cast-on fan was cut out ting out the molded screen and thinning Highliners etched fan grille. with a motor tool to fi t the replacement the top of the hatch with a motor tool. Turning to the cab, T installed Utah 48-inch fan. A PSC 3991 brass fan could Scale Scenics screen was then added Pacific three-bracket armrests. Using

36 RAILMODELJOURNAL' MAY 200 1 .0 15-inch wire, I bent a canvas sunshade match to the UP color control cards I sprayed with a mixture of Testors frame and installed it above the cab win­ have, and I was pleased with how it GlossCote and DullCote. The unit with dows in number 77 holes. The canvas looked. The yellow was sprayed first, the later paint style was sprayed with a shades were cut from lead foi l, making masked, and then the grey was applied. glossier mix. I weathered the models them long enough to glue under the rain Microscale decals were used to letter separately, using additional drybrushing gutter on the cab and wrap around the all three units. Two received lettering from and airbrushed Floquil paint colors such wire frame. They were not installed until 87-35, and one received lettering from 87- as Grime and Dust. Glazing was after painting. 169. Unfortunately, the heightlwidth pro­ installed in the cabs, and the windshield portions of both sets are not correct. 87- wipers fastened in the holes with ACe. Hand rails 169 is closest to the later lettering used by The chassis was assembled, and the Handrails were built up using the the UP, so I used the "Dependable speed recorder cable was installed. Smokey Valley handrail kit for the GP7. Transportation" slogan on that unit and the Control for the locomotives is pro­ I glued the inserts provided into the "Road of the Streamliners" on the other vided by North Coast Engineering walkway first, and then installed the two. The numberboards were painted DAI02US DCC decoders. The MARS stanchions. The bends in the wire black and lettered. Window gaskets and light was installed using a 1.5-volt, 1.4- handrails adj usted to fit and the frames were brush painted. mm-diameter bulb, connected in series handrails were soldered to the stan­ The handrai Is were then installed with a 680-ohm resistor. The headlight chions. The end handrails included a using ACC to fasten the stanchions to the lenses were made by melting the ends of safety chain above the drop steps. After walkway. After the ACC has cured, I cut 40-mil fiber-optic fi ber and installed in all the handrails were soldered together, the center of the pilot railings and bent the housings. A 14-volt bulb was placed they were removed and painted sepa­ the ends LIp. I then install the safety behind the fibers. rately. chains on the vertical wires and cut the The locomotives were then placed on wires to be just high enough to hold the the programming track and the decoders Final Assembly and Painting chain. I put a drop of ACC on the chain programmed. The MARS light function The models were painted with to permanently hold it, and then paint the was activated, and speed curves were Scalecoat II paint after being sprayed joint. I use black chain and do not paint adj usted so they would MU with the with Floquil's light grey primer. UPIOO it. The lead foil sunshades were installed other locomotives on my railroad. They was painted with the original Scalecoat and painted a greyish-tan. The wind were then placed in service on the rail­ II Armour Yellow. UPI06 was painted deflectors were attached with ACe. road as both switchers and road locomo­ with Scalecoat IJ New UP Yellow. The grey areas were drybrushed with tives, just as their prototypes. UP 109 was painted with a 50/50 mix of Floquil SP Lettering Grey to highlight RMJ each. The mixed paint was the closest the details. The models were then

RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 37 HO GP7s

38 RAILMODELJOURNAL' MAY 2001 RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 39 [ MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYPE ] ------WESTERN PROTOTYPE MODELERS MEET

By D. Scott Chatfield

Weekend meetings catering to prototype modelers are springing up all over the country. One of the oldest and largest is Pete Solyom's "Western Prototype Modelers u Railfans Meet" held each October in the Los Angeles suburb of La Habra, and now in its 11th year. Nearly 1 00 like-minded modelers showed up on October 8, 2000 at the La Habra Community Center for a Sunday of displays, clinics, and general kibitzing. The models shown here are only a sample of the many excellent and often innovative models that were dis­ played. The techniques ran the range from totally scratchbuilt through heavy kit conversions to light detail­ paint-decal jobs. These meets are a great source of info and inspiration, and the cost is generally very mini­ mal for a day or two of fun and fellowship. Keep an eye on our calender (near the back of the magazine) for upcoming meets, bring a model or three, and join in the fun.

James Kocher painted and decaled Kato's Dash 9-44CW (which will be soon be re-released in the BNSF scheme) after adding a Hi-Te ch Details antenna dome to the cab roof and Details West air tanks, filters, and piping to the underframe.

Terry Wegmann detailed and decorated this Westerfield kit of a Santa Fe raised-roof Bx-12 to represent the prototype's appearance in the 1950s.

"Smoke" Osborne couldn't escape Texas this year, so it was left to "Famous" Harry Wong to hold up the UPS fans' end with a set of nicely painted A-Line drop-frame pup trailers. These two model late UPS pups with stainless steel door frames and splash guards. They look great making a picket fence out of an all-purpose spine car.

40 RAILMODEL JOURNAL' MAY 200 1 David Bennorth started with a Kato Phase 1a GP35 to kit-convert this model of a Phase 1c GP35 that Southern Pacific modifed into a pseu­ ' do-GP38 in the late 70s. Like the Sp, David removed the turbocharger stack and added a paper air filter box and two small exhaust stacks. He also changed the doors under the cab to the split doors that SP favored. The filter box and doors are from Cannon. David replaced the Kato's radiator grilles with "wire rake" grilles from a Roco SD35, but now that Kato has released a Phase 1c GP35, this step is no longer necessary. The model represents the 4160'5 appearance in the early 1990s after SP removed the Gyralites in favor of a rotating beacon. The paint and lettering job required equal attention to detail to capture the "worn down" look of SP power in the early '90s.

Tom Greis showed what amounted to an Athearn "Genesis" SD60M, kitbashed from the Genesis SD70M. He fitted Athearn's HTC (SD40-2) side­ frames to the SD70M's trucks. The cab is from Train Station Products, and the hood is a mixture of SD70M and Rail Power SD60 parts.

Prototype modelers meets are dominated by HO scale models since far more parts are available in that scale, but that doesn't (and shouldn't) stop some people who favor other scales. After all, prototype replication is the goal; scale is irrelevant. Joe Gartman scratch built the SP autorack (an early 1960s Whitehead & Kales prototype) from brass and strip plastic, in N scale! The piggyback flat is a Micro-Trains model, but its trailers are completely scratch built from styrene, even the wheels!

Bryan Sones started with a factory-painted Red Caboose 10,000-galion welded tank car, rebuilt the brake gear and added other minor details to make this Sinclair tank.

Bryan Sones detailed and painted this Sunset Models 4-12-2. Many modelers are afraid to modify imported brass engines, even older mod­ els, and the skills needed are different from kit­ converting plastic, but a unique and handsome model can be the result.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL' MAY 2001 41 RPM MODELING

Dan Raitz built this Morrison-Knudsen "GP28M" rebuild using the same basic techniques that Chris Zygmunt used to build his SD39 in the December 1999 issue of "The Journal." The sides are made from Evergreen sheet and strip styrene with Cannon doors and grilles, plus a modified Cannon cab/nose/sub-base assembly. Other details by Detail Associates, Details West, Smokey Valley and Train Station Products complete an excellent model. The prototypes are rebuilt GP9s with all-new carbodies, making this a challeng­ ing model to get right.

Rod Quebral sealed some of the windows and modified the cupola on this Overland Rio Grande caboose, then painted it to look like it was fresh out of the Burnham Shops in 1984.

John Goddard cut an Athearn SD40-2's fuel tank down to 16 feet to model this former Milwaukee Road unit's distinctive 3,200-gallon tank. The cab, nose, sub-base, inertial grilles and dome, turbo stack, and radiator grilles are all Cannon parts. The fans are from Precision Scale, and the horn and beacon are from Details West. The decals are from Microscale.

Chris Butts used an old Robins Rails PS-l box car to create this nice model of an everyday box car from the late '70s. Chris added Kato "Ride Control" trucks and new brake gear, painted it with Scalecoat and lettered it with a Herald King set. Neither the kit nor the decals are available today, but Kadee's awesome new 50-foot PS-l is a better starting point and Oddballs makes a similar decal set.

These flat cars are not that unique, "just" Proto 2000 AAR 50- ton flats with American Model Builders' laser-cut wood decks. It's the lumber loads that set them apart. Bryan Sones built them from Northeastern stripwood. The UP has a load of 12- foot and IS-foot 2x4s, and the North Western flat carries 15- foot and 20-foot 4x4s. The bundles are actually boxes with false ends. This reduces the wood needed and provides room for weight.

42 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' MAY 2001 To m Greis put a wood deck on a Model Die Casting 60-foot flat car, and added a load of Evergreen styrene tube painted to repre­ sent plastic-wrapped steel pipe. The blocking is stripwood and the strapping is Chartpak tape.

Eldon Gatwood was inspired by a photo in Morning Sun's "Pennsy Color Guide #2" to make this unique model of PRR 376422, a G3ld gondola with its sides extended with old hopper car sides for scrap metal service. He started with Con-Cor gondola sides, added Detail Associates ends, and like the prototype, cut up three H21 hoppers (Bowser) to make the extensions. New brake gear, lad­ ders, and grabs finished the hardware, and heavy weathering was applied to match a rusted prototype on its last legs.

Dan Raitz broke down a Kibri front-end loader (imported by Walthers) and mounted it on two MDC 60-foot flats to match the prototype he shot at Long Beach.

To m Bacarella stripped an Athearn PS-214740 and added the ladders and other details from the Proto 2000 PS-214427HH. The proto­ types were produced concurrently (the 4427 was designed to haul corn and the 4740 wheat and soy­ beans), so they share many parts. This is an easy way to bring the now 30+ year old Athearn model up to contemporary standards. A Plano running board tops off a fine model.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 200 1 43 [PAINT & DECALS]------IPD, RAILBOX & OTHER X-POST CARS FROM THE BOX CAR BOOM OF THE 1970s BERWICK CARS, PART IV IN HO SCALE FROM BRANCHLINE KITS By Jim Eager

The vast majority of the box cars still rolling on the rails were built during the seventies. You can duplicate most of these cars in HO, N, S or 0 scale. Parts 1, 2 and 3 of these articles on the Berwick-built cars appeared in the January, February and April 2001 issues of "The Journal." Branchline has introduced an HO scale model of these Berwick-built cars. Additional prototypes and HO scale decal listings for cars that can be duplicat­ ed using the Branchline kits appeared in the February issue. Part 1 of the FMC series, illustrating the early cars, appeared in the June 2000 issue and Part 2, illustrat­ ing the Plate B cars that can be modeled in N scale with Micro-Trains models, appeared in the August 2000 issue. Parts 3, 4 and 5, illustrating more of the single-door and double-door Plate C cars appeared in the September, October and November 2000 issues. Previous articles in this series began with Part I, in the December 1999 issue, that included a history of the "Box Car Boom" of the seventies. Part II, also in the December 1999 issue, and Parts III and IV in the January and February 2000 issues, illustrated and described the ACF-built cars and the matching HO, S, 0 and Z scale models. Part V, in the March 2000 issue, began the coverage of cars built by Pullman-Standard with the early cars, most of which can be duplicated with Wa lthers kits. Part VI, in the April 2000 issue, illustrat­ ed most of the Pullman-Standard cars that can be duplicated with the MDC HO and N scale kits. The Pullman-Standard cars in the May2000 issue can be duplicated with Athearn's new 5344-series HO scale kits. The earliest of these Pullman-Standard cars with diagonal-panel roofs can be kit-converted from MDC kits as described by Bob Rivard fo r his MNS model in the May 2000 issue. There's an index of all previous articles on

modeling modern freight cars on our web site at www.railmodeljournal.com

44 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' MAY 2001 MNJ 120675, series 120600-120709, built by BFF in October 1978. In 1978 Berwick began producing a revised Plate C 5,277-cubic-foot design with straight sidesills, as on this Middletown & New Jersey car. NRUC bought cars built up, like this one, but their Golden Tye Division also assembled straight-sill Berwicks from kits as well. Note the tiny BLT BFF 10-78 at the bottom of the left-hand ladder. MNJ 120485-120599 and 120735-120834 were identical, and hundreds more were rostered by the St. Lawrence, Portland Te rminal and Hoosier Connection. -J im Eager collection, February 1979 HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-330; Herald King B-1170

MJ 2014, series2001-2025, built in December 1977. Illinois shortline Manufacturers' Junction rostered 25 plain-jane cars that were built with rolled fish­ belly sills at Berwick's Renova plant. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, August 1993 HO Scale Decals: none known

ICG 501036, series 501025-501073, ex-NRUC, built in 1976. Several Class 1 railroads also picked up ex-NRUC road cars, including the Illinois Central Gulf. With the obvious fish belly sidesill and herald plate on the door, it was easy to spot them, even when they received a complete new paint job like this ICG car. -Jim Eager photo, December 1984 HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-394; Herald King B-251

PICK 55240, series 55200-55299, built by Golden Tye in July 1975. Beginning in 1975, Berwick supplied hundreds of underframe, body, and complete car kits to NRUC's Golden Tye Division for assembly in their own car shops located on the Pickens Railroad in Pickens, South Carolina and the St. Lawrence Railroad in Norfolk, New York, among other loca­ tions. Note that the sidesill is completely different from standard Berwick-built cars, being fabricat­ ed from rolled angle stock that was cut and weld­ ed into a tapered fish belly profile. Golden Tye assembled several hundred of these cars for Pickens, st. Lawrence, and the Middletown & New Jersey. -Todd Sullivan photo, February 1979 HO Scale Decals: none known

RAILMODEL)OURNAL . MAY 2001 45 IPD, RAILBOX & OTHER X-POST CARS � ��� � � �• . •. �� t··

e need to retrace our steps a bit to cover two notable variations of Ber­ wick's [PO box car design. The first of these newer Berwick-style cars emerged

111 J 975 when National Railway Utilization Corporation's Golden Tye Division began assembling cars in its own shops for use by NRUC-controlled short lines Pickens Railroad, St. AM 524, series 500-573, second-hand cars built in 1979. This nicely repainted car was working for the Arkansas & Missouri in 1994. -D. Scott Chatfield Lawrence, and Middletown & New photo, May 1994 Jersey. Initially Golden Tye used kits and HO Scale Decals: none known components supplied by both Berwick and Pullman-Standard, and apparently swapped parts between the two suppli­ ers, marrying Pullman's sidesill to the Berwick cat·body. As a result the Berwick kits assembled by Golden Tye differ from other Berwick-built cars in that the Golden Tye cars used a full-length, rolled fishbelly sidesill. This distinctive differ­ ence makes them easy to spot, although

in at least two cases cars with this side­ KCS 752401, series 750000-752991, ex-NRUC. Another NRUC alumnus working for a new owner, in sill were actually assembled by Berwick this case Kansas City Southern. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, March 1991 in its Renova, Pennsylvania plant. All of "0 Scale Decals: Microscale 87-656; Oddballs 187-6 these cars were of 5,037-cubic-foot capacity and fit the Plate B diagram, and all had non-cushioned draft gear. Production of these cars continued through 1977 and naturally only NRUC roads used them at fi rst, including PICK 55200-55299, 55392-55399; NSL 1 00200- I 00249, 100346- 1 00499, 100700- 1 00996, 101900- 102399, 150000- 1 50049, 151000-151049; and MNJ 120735- 1 20934. NRUC later res­ D&H 25555, series 25500-25634, built by Berwick in April 1979. tencilled a fe w cars for the Mississippian In 1980 the Delaware & Hudson picked up 135 cars that had been built by Berwick for the Hoosier (MISS), but the cars kept their original Connection (HOSC 25065-25199), another of the NRUC shortlines. Apparently they were all repaint­ numbers. A handful of cars went to ed before delivery to the D&H. Railbox second-hand in 1981 as their -Jim Eager photo, May 1982 class XGF8 8 (RBOX 2000-2 135 and HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-344

46 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' MAY 2001 MPA 7546, series 7500-7599, built in June 1978. This straight-sill car was assembled in the Maryland and Pennsylvania's own shops. Ma & Pa's parent company, Emons Industries, assembled several hundred cars from kits supplied by Berwick and leased many of them out to other ra ilroads. -Peter Arnold photo, August 1983 "0 Scale Decals: Microscale 87-319 and 87-81; Herald King B-490

MEC 35020, series 35000-35199, built in June and July 1981. These Maine Central cars were originally produced for a can­ celed NRUC order. Berwick was left with many such undeliv­ ered cars and kits in their inventory when the IPO scheme collapsed, but eventually they were sold to other roads. -Jim Eager photo, May 1982 "0 Scale Decals: Herald King B-880

ONT 7849, series 7800-7909. Provincial government-owned Ontario Northland acquired a small fleet of former NRUC cars and put them to work hauling paper with only a hasty change of reporting marks. Eventually most were repainted in ONR's full blue, yellow, and white paint scheme like this car. -Gary Zuters photo, August 1998 "0 Scale Decals: Microscale 87-378; Herald King B-351

NN 213, series 201-235, built in May and June 1980. ; . > . �, . •... r • �·1:� - " . Copper hauler Nevada Northern received 35 cars in 1980 , " . c- .. . . � . , f� S ' that were assembled from undelivered kits that had been ordered by NRUC. The ends of the cars were reinforced with plate steel covering their corrugated end sheets. -Charly's Slides, November 1980 "0 Scale Decals: Herald King B-1840

ICG 501129, series 501100-501199. Illinois Central Gulf also acquired a number of former NRUC cars like this one sporting ICG's spartan 1980s paint scheme. -Nick Molo collection, November 1992 "0 Scale Decals: Microscale 87-394; Herald King B-251

CAGY 22078, series 22000-22199, built in January 1979. This spartan black Columbus and Greenville car may have been assembled by Emons as it is also not listed in the­ Berwick lot list. -Jim Eager photo, February 1979 "0 Scale Decals: none known

RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 200 1 47 IPD, RAILBOX & OTHER X-POST CARS

NSL 102219, series 102200-102299, built in November 1977. Like the Pickens Railroad, the Saint Lawrence Railroad rostered several hundred fishbelly Berwick cars. The Golden Ty e Div. builder's mark is clearly visible on the sidesill, second panel to the left of the door. -Jim Eager photo, circa 1981 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-1000

Branchline's HO scale model of the most com­ mon Berwick-built cars.

MNJ 120783, series 120735-120834, built in December 1977. This group of Middletown & New Jersey fishbelly cars was actually assembled by Berwick at their Renova, Pennsylvania plant. Note the very small BLT BFF 12-77 stenciled at the bottom of the far ladder. Berwick's Renova facility fabricated most of the kits supplied to NRUC and Emons Industries. -Todd Sullivan photo, March 1979 HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-330; Herald King B-1170

2500-2505), and many others went to sev­ Emons Industries-controlled Mary­ Northern ordered a small lot of cars that eral diffe rent Class 1 roads in the 1980s. land & Pennsylvania also got cars of this had their ends reinforced with plate steel A second variation emerged in 1978 design, again, both built up and assem­ covering the sine-wave corrugations (NN when Berwick modified its 5,277-cubic­ bled from kits, including MPA 7500- 20 1 -235). With the growing economjc foot Plate C design by changing to a 7599 and 7700-7999, some of which downturn,nu merous orders for addition­ straight sidesi II notched only at the ends were leased to the Canadian Pacific al cars were canceled, and in 1981 the to clear the cornersteps. NRUC roads St. (CPAA 204564-2046 13, 208635- Maine Central and BAR got the last box Lawrence, Middletown & New Jersey, 208675). New Hope & Ivyland (NHIR cars built by Berwick (MEC 35000- Hoosier Connection, and Peninsula 75 1 -800) and Columbus & Greenville 35 J 99 and BAR 4500-4582). Te rminal got cars of this new design, (CAGY 22000-22 199) also got these You can kit-convert the Branchline both built up by Berwick and assembled cars, probably leased from Emons as nei­ HO scale kits to match the straight-sill in Golden Tye shops, including NSL ther are listed in the Berwick production Berwick-built cars and drop-sill Tye­ 150050- 150174, 150275- 1 50999, list. built cars using Evergreen styrene to 151100- 151249, 160000- 1 60349; MNJ Golden Tye and Emons continued to modify the sills. RMJ 120485- 1 20734; HOSC 250000-250199; order or assemble cars through 1979, and and PT 200000-200099, 20 I 000-20 1 079, the latter into 1980, but production of 206000-206098. this design wound down when Nevada

48 RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 What's New

MRC is now shipping this self-contained "Sound Station" system. The sounds are produced on a keypad and played over two speakers that Moffett Models, GPO Box 20216 has new flat car load kits for modern-era flat plug into any AC outlet. The sounds include a selection of 6 diesel cars. The cast-urethane resin kits include a load of steel slabs and a load of coils horns, three whistle, steam release, chuff and bell, diesel engine with full painting instructions. Each load is available in HO scale for $7.95, N rumble, "All Aboard," brake squeal, crossing gate bell, coupling scale for $5.95, S scale for $9.95, or 0 scale for $11.95. sounds and rail clack.

The Scale Card, P.O. Box 1078, Highland, CA 92346-1078 is offering this clear plastic ruler that reads in 0 scale feet along one edge and HO scale feet along the other. The scale ruler is $2.95.

RAILMODELjOURNAL · MAY 2001 49 ------[PASSENGER CAR MODELING] ------C&:NW BI-LEVEL GALLERY CARS (1955-1960) FROM C N-COR'S N ALE

n March 1955, the Chicago & 23 1 bi-Ievel cars ordered in eight separate because it has the correct window North Western received 16 bi­ lots between 1960 and 1970, made up of arrangement. Using your favOlite instru­ level gallery coaches from St. 167 coaches and 64 control cab coaches ments of destruction, remove all the Louis Car Company for use in for push-pull operation. This equipment raised corrugated fluting from the roof, Chicago suburban commuter ser­ had fe wer windows and a simpler paint sides and ends of the car. Before you vice. In August 1956, an addi­ scheme that did away with the black side begin, cover the vents along the lower tional 32 nearly identical gallery stripes and yellow letterboard. edge of the roof with masking tape to cars were delivered from Pullman­ Older suburban equipment was con­ protect them from getting scratched. Standard. All 48 of these smooth-side velted to electric head-end power in the I removed the fluting detail by scrap­ cars were painted in the C&NW's tradi­ early 1960s. Gallery cars 1-48 were con­ ing it with an X-Acto knife and number tional yellow and green colors, but with velted from steam to electric heat. The II blade, fo llowed by a large flat mill file unique yellow letterboards that had black original Waukesha Propane Enginators until the surface was relatively flat. lettering and double black stripes. (generators) and Ice Engine Air Stubborn spots were touched up with The window pattern of the first 48 Conditioning systems were replaced by smaller files. The car was smoothed with cars was significantly different from the electric air conditioners and I ights that 320-grit sandpaper mounted on a North­ additional 23 1 bi-Ievel coaches that were were connected to auxiliary diesel-pow­ west Shortline Tru Sander, and fi nally to be ordered between 1960 and ] 970. In ered generators on the head-end locomo­ wet sanded with 600-grit sandpaper. If general, cars 1-48 had smaller windows tives. The original 48 cars were repa.inted you're really ambitious, try recreating the grouped in rows of six on each side of to match the simplified scheme of the pattern ofdi mples found in the wrinkled the center doors. Later cars had larger newer cars. sheet metal sides. windows that were grouped in rows of In 1978, all of the cars became the Step 2 Doors four. The air conditioning equipment was property of the Regional Transportation The double doors on the car sides mounted on the underside of cars 1-48. Authority (RTA). By 1983, the entire have the wrong proportions. The easiest Later cars had air conditioners mounted fleet was repainted grey with orange and solution is to saw out the door and make in the roof above the doors. brown window band stripes. a new one from an 8 x 10-foot piece of \\Then cars 1-48 first arrived on the .0l O-inch styrene. Scribe a wide line North Western, they were mixed in with 40 down the center of the door. Cut two 18 year-old Pullman green single-level equip­ Modeling the CliNW x 18-inch openings for windows. Paint ment. The bright moderncars provided an Cars in N Scale the door silver and the scribed line black. interesting contrast to the old and tired sub­ The newer-style car is available from Set the door aside for installation after urban equipment often seen running Con-Cor in both the C&NW and RTA the carbody is painted. behind 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotives. paint schemes. The older-style gallery Step 3 Windows Steam-powered "scoots" were com­ car is a perfect candidate for a kit-con­ On the side of the car with only five pletely replaced by steam generator­ version project. windows in the row, add one small 18 x equipped diesels in September 1956. Step 1 Sides 18-inch window on the left end of the The old single-level commuter cars were A Con-Cor corrugated-side bi-level upper level and two 18 x ] 8-inch win­ gone by 1962. They were replaced by the coach is the starting point for this project dows (12 inches apart) to the left end of

50 RAILMODELjOURNAL · MAY 200 1 the lower level. Do this by drilling a Step 5 Trucks and Couplers Reverse the masking tape and apply a small hole where you want the window Install MT 1008 Low Profile Wheels mixture of Floquil CNW Old Yellow and to go. Use needle files to get the final and Precision Masters 1005 Short Shank Floquil Glaze to the lower sides of the shape. Couplers to the Con-Cor trucks. Replace car. Add a few drops of Signal Red to the Step 4 Underframe the Con-Cor truck-mounting pins with a yellow to get a closer match to the proto­ Modeling the underframe is largely a conversion set from Micro-Trains. Or bet­ type CNW Stagecoach Ye llow. When air­ matter of grinding off all the extra cast­ ter yet, install MT 1017 4-Wheel Passenger brushing, make sure to get good coverage on boxes with a Dremel tool. Don't cut Car Trucks. Add some extra weight to the on the inside edges of the windows. off the channels down the center of the interior of the car over each truck to Paint the end and side doors with underframe or the air reservoir tanks. improve the car's tracking qualities. Floquil Weathered Silver. When every­ Use bits of Plastruct to replicate the Step 6 Paint and Decals thing is dry, glue in the side doors with underbody details. If you are an under­ Apply a light undercoat of Floquil SP ACe. The journal boxes on the trucks body detail fanatic (and who isn't these Grey to the entire car, inside and out. Mask and the grilles on the air conditioner days?), then the OFFICIAL PULLMAN­ off the yellow areas and apply Floquil were also silver when the cars were new. STANDARD LIBRARY, Vo l. 9 Chicago CNW Green to the door Skilt, upper sides, Step 7 Decals & North Western is your source for roof and ends. Make sure the inside of the I used Microscale 60-859 C&NW obscenely graphic and revealing under­ car is also completely covered with tape to Passenger Cars 1940+ to letter and num­ body detail drawings and photographs. keep overspray offthe window sills. ber the cars. The early-style gallery cars carried numbers J -48. Step 8 Finish Bill of Materials Before installing the roof, the car was Con-Cor: PAINT & DECALS: sealed with a 60/40 mix of Floquil Glaze Commuter coach Floquil: and Flat. Don't spray it on the windows. It CNW Green will make them look cloudy. When that's CNW Old Yellow Evergreen Scale Models: dry, install a smoke-colored sheet of .01 O-inch sheet styrene Signal Red translucent plastic behind the windows. I Engine Black used a plastic binder cover. (Use green plas­ Micro-Trains: Weathered Silver tic for later cars.) But do not cover the win­ 1008 Low profi le wheels Glaze dows in the center door; these were clear. J 0 17 4-Wheel passenger car trucks Flat (optional) Paint the underframe Floquil EngineBlack. Lightly dust the underframe with beige chalk Microscale: Precision Masters (now Red powder to bring out highlights. Dust the 60-859 C&NW passenger cars 1940+ Caboose): roof with a mix of black and brown chalk. Micro Set 1005 Short shank couplers (rust) RMJ Micro Sol ------[PERFORMANCE]------LIONEL 0 SCALE HI-RAIL 2-8-0 TEST REPORT By Robert Schleicher Performance Te st by Guy Th rams

he Harriman 2-8-0 was a design adopted by the ra ilroads owned by the Harriman group that included the Union Pacific, Southem Pacific, and UlinoisCentral, and, to a some­ what lesser extent, the Erie. Right after the tUIll of the last century, the Harriman roads established standards for their locomotives that were to be fo llowed regardless of which road bought them or which locomotive manufacturer made them. The designs included the most common locomotives of the time, like the 0-6-0, 2-8- 0, 2-8-2, and 4-6-2. Lionel's first medium­ sized steam locomotive in true 0 scale is a HaiTi man-Standard 2-8-0. The precise proto­ type was Palt of the Union Pacific 31 1-33 1 series that was built by American Locomotive Works (later, Ako) fo r one of the Southern Pacific's subsidial), roads. The builder's plate on the smokebox of the Lionel locomotive is, appropriately, an American Locomotive Wo rks plate. Lionel offers the locomotive lettered for either the The fi rst question every 0 scale model­ stretched dle entire chassis and stretched dle Union Pacific or dle Southem Pacific, and er asks, of course, is "Is it really 0 scale?" boiler tomatch so the locomotive looks just the details match those on the prototype The answer is "A qualified yes." The loco­ fine. Lionel also elected to stretch the tender locomotives as they appeal'ed in the early motive is actually about a scale two feet too 2 scale feet, but again kept the detai ls in fifties. The HaiTiman locomotives were often long, probably to make room for the over­ proper proportions. StraIlgely, the locomo­ titted with Va nderbilt tenders Like the one on size wheel flanges, and because Lionel's tive is about a scale foot too low, and the Lionel's model, as well as sholter versions mechanism demanded that all four drivers tender is about a scale 5 inches too low. and conventional squaI'e tenders. This partic­ be equally spaced. On the prototype, the The locomotive is massive with a hefty ulal' series of prototypes, however, had the two center drivers al'e 4 inches closer die-cast metal frame, boiler, tender and ten­ long Va llderbilt tenders like Lionel's model. together than the end drivers. Lionel der trucks. Most of the pipes are molded

52 RAILMODELJOURNAL' MAY 200 1 onto the boi ler, but they are all in the right places. The front coupler is 0 scale, and the coupler on the tender is one of Lionel's massive automatic knuckle couplers mounted on the rear tender truck. The details are exceLlent, with fittings you might not expect like brake shoes on all dle dri­ vers, a cab interior, engineer and fireman, and a glowing fL rebox. The locomotive's drivers are powered by a worm and worm gear driven by dle can-style motor hidden inside dle firebox area of the boiler. The remaining three dri­ vers are powered by the side rods. The two center drivers have no flanges, and the fOllIth drivers are fitted with traction tires. Electrical pickup is through dle locomo­ tive's eight dlivers as well as the tender's eight wheels and the four dlird-rail rollers (two on the locomotive and two on dle ten­ der). The prototype locomotive has a Stephenson valve gear that operates inside the wheels, and the model has a non-work­ ing replica of dle linkage. Interestingly, dle mechanism in Lionel's model that pumps the smoke has an action similar to dle pro­ totype locomotive's inside valve gear. The model is designed to run on the standard 18 volts of AC typical of dU'ee-rail Locomotive UP 326 models. It includes an operating back-up light on dle tender, as well as working Minimum Speed, level (no load scale miles per hour) With full wave power: 12.61 marker lights and numberboard lights on -Y'Lilll. J1ulse j:1ower' n/a the headlight housing. The model also has Over No. 6SwifCh: ""=, u"'"ls""e""p-ower: n/a puffi ng smoke and Lionel's RailSounds working bell and whistle sounds. Tills ver­ sion is $499.95. Lionel offers the locomo­ tive for $599.95 with their version of Digital Command Control called TrainMaster Command that includes a sophisticated RailSounds system with TowerTalk department announcements through the locomotive and CrewTalk so 18 to 1 59.28 you can hear the crew communicate. It also 0.081 includes an ElectroCoupler on the tender 126.77 that can be uncoupled (or coupled) any­ 17-6 ===1 8.50 where on the layout using the Train Master Command system. The Lionel TrainMaster COlllIlland system can be installed as an EXCellent Fine accessory in locomotives not equipped with Excellent dle system. RMJ Excellent

3.0 3.0 5.0 1.0 5.0 3.4

Prototype Top Speed:

Driver Diameter x 1.100 67.7 MPH

RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 53 [PAINT & DECALS] ------CHICAGO GREAT WESTERN 40-FOOT STOCK CAR FROM PROTO 2000'S HO SCALE KIT Model photo by Robert Schleicher on the Midwest Mod-U-Track layout Prototype photo by Ernie Lehman from the Te d Schnepf collection

Clark Probst converted the Proto 2000 Mather stock car into a replica of this CGW car. He fabricated a new door using the original Proto 2000 door frame with styrene strip slats, then painted and decaled the model to match the photo. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling "Freight Cars of the Fifties" on our

website at www.railmodeljournal.com

54 RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2001 DEALER DIRECTORY

ALABAMA GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN CROSSING ORIGINAL WH1STLE STOP 505 S. 17TH 1089-C BAKER 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. SPIVEY HOBBY SHOP FORT SMITH, AR 72901 COSTA MESA, CA 92626 PASADENA, CA 91107 1303 TUSCALOOSA AVE. SW 501-785-2557 949-549-1596 626-796-7791 BIRMINGHAM, AL 35211 205-785-9690 HOBBY TOWN USA ALLIED MODEL TRAINS TIMBERMILL JUNCTION TRAIN SHOP 9220 HWY. 71 S. #3 4411 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD. 132 MAIN ST. FORT SMITH, AR 72916 PLACERVILLE, CA 95667 CRUMP CAMERA HOBBY & VIDEO CULVER CITY, CA 90230 806 BANK ST NE 501 -452-6543 310-313-9353 530-621 -3677 DECATU R, AL 35601 256-353-3443 HOBBY SHACK DUNSMUIR HARDWARE TRAIN DEPOT 1200 JOHN HARDEN DR. 5836 DUNSMUIR AVE. 2354 RAILROAD AV E. JACKSONVILLE, AR 72076 DUNSMUIR, CA 96025 REDDING, CA 96001 PAINTS CRAFTS & HOBBIES 530-235-4539 530-243-1360 612-A PELHAM RD. S. 501-982-6836 JACKSONVILLE, AL 36265 HOBBY HOUSE INC BETWEEN THE BOOKENDS KIT & CABOODLE 256-435-5576 17721 VANOWEN ST. 8320 BASELINE RD. #C 550 EL CERRITO PLAZA RESEDA, CA 91335 LITTLE ROCK, AR 72209 EL CERRITO, CA 94530 81 8-609-1 968 GULF MOBILE & OHIO HOBBIES 501 -568-8950 510-524-9942 7701 BILLINGRATH RD. MOBILE, AL 36582 RAILROAD HOBBIES ONE TRACK MIND BRANCH LINE HOBBIES 119 VERNON ST. 344-653-3664 10600 TRAIN STATION DR. 250 W. CREST ST. #F ROSEVILLE, CA 95678 MABELVALE (LITTLE ROCK), AR 72103 ESCONDIDO, CA 92025 916-782-6067 HOBBY TOWN USA 501 -455-5050 760-489-5020 AMBASSADOR PLAZA BRUCE'S TRAIN SHOP 450-Q SCHILLINGER RD. MADIJO HOBBY HOUSE NICK'S HOBBIES 2752 MARCONI ST. MOBILE, AL 36608 42 10 MACARTHUR DR. 3031 TRAVIS RD. SACRAMENTO, CA 95821 334-633-8446 N. LITTLE ROCK, AR 72118 FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 916-485-5288 501-753-0495 707-429-2232 SALINAS RADIO STEREO & HOBBIES UNCLE AL'S HOBBIES 1038 N. DAVIS RD. 60 17 E. SHIRLEY LN. ARKANSAS TRAVELER HOBBIES FRESNO MODEL RAILROAD SALINAS, CA 93907 MONTGOMERY, AL 36117 1611 BRENTWOOD DR. 744 "P" ST. 831-424-4044 334-277-1 715 PINE BLUFF, AR 71601 FRESNO, CA 93721 870-850-7245 559-266-2805 GUNNINGS HOUSE OF HOBBIES OAK MOUNTAIN HOBBIES WWW.SEARK.NET/-ATH 538 SAN ANSELMO AVE. 2238 PELHAM PKWY. HOBBY WAREHOUSE SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 4105 E. SOUTH ST. PELHAM, AL 35124 RED LIGHT HOBBY SHOP 415-454-3087 LAKEWOOD, CA 90712 205-989-4482 4404 W. WALNUT #5 ROGERS, AR 72756 562-531-1413 BUSY BEE HOBBIES 501-631-9013 461 W. HIGHLAND AVE. REED'S HOBBY SAN BERNARDINO, CA 92408 ALASKA 8039 LA MESA BLVD. 909-886-2669 LA MESA, CA 92041 HOBBYCRAFT INC. CALIFORNIA 800 E DIMOND BLVD #136 619-464-1672 DISCOUNT HOBBY WAREHOUSE 444 CONVOY ST. #300B ANCHORAGE, AK 99515 FREIGHT YARD SAN DIEGO, CA 92111 907-349-5815 930 E. ORANGETHORPE ST. ffC SMITH BROS HOBBIES/CRAFTS 858-560-9633 ANAHEIM, CA 92801 12223 W. AVENUE "I" 71 4-680-4791 LANCASTER, CA 93534 WHISTLE SHOP 805-942-6984 ARIZONA 3834 4TH AVE. PRESTIGE HOBBIES SAN DIEGO, CA 92103 1238-B S. BEACH BLVD. ROGER'S RAILROAD JUNCTION POWER HOUSE HOBBY SHOP 61 9-295-7340 ANAHEIM, CA 92804 12 W. OAK ST. 120 W. ANDY DEVINE AVE. #A 714-821 -8320 LODI, CA 95240 FRANCISCAN HOBBIES KINGMAN, AZ 86401 209-334-5623 1920-A OCEAN AVE . 520-753-1903 BRAKEMAN'S TRAINS & HOBBIES SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127 415-584-3919 195 HARRISON AVE. LONG'S DRUG STORE ROY'S TRAIN WORLD AUBURN, CA 95603 25070 ALESSANDRO BLVD. 1033 S. COUNTRY CLUB DR. SHELDON'S HOBBIES 530-889-1446 MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553 MESA, AZ 85210 2135 OAKLAND RD. 909-242-5060 602-833-4353 SAN JOSE, CA 95131 CENTRAL COAST TRAINS 408-943-0220 NEW WEST CENTER TRAIN QUEST AN AFFAIR WITH TRAINS 7600 EL CAMINO REAL #3 14161 ELSWORTH ST. ffA HOBBIES UNLIMITED 2615 W. BETHANY RD. ATASCADERO, CA 93422 MORENO VALLEY, CA 92553 17950 HESPERIAN BLVD. PHOENIX, AZ 85017 805-466-1391 909-656-6477 SAN LORENZO, CA 94580 602-249-3781 510-278-1150 B & F HOBBY SHOP SAN ANTONIO HOBBY SHOP CORONADO SCALE MODELS 1424 BAKER ST. 2550 EL CAMINO REAL W. FOOTHILLS HOBBIES 1544 E. CYPRESS ST. BAKERSFIELD, CA 93305 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040 973 FOOTHILLS BLVD. #5 PHOENIX, AZ 85006 661-322-7955 650-941-1278 SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93405 602-254-9656 805-544-8697 LOOSE CABOOSE BERKELEY HARDWARE LAW'S HOBBY CENTER HOBBY DEPOT 2145 UNIVERSITY AVE. 2412 JEFFERSON ST. 815 VIA ESTEBAN 214 W. SOUTHERN BERKELEY, CA 94704 NAPA, CA 94558 SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401 TEMPE, AZ 85282 510-845-0410 707-258-1 222 805-544-5518 602-968-1 880 ROUNDHOUSE BURBANK HOUSE OF HOBBIES 12804 VICTORY BLVD. TRAIN SHOP ARIZONA TRAINS & HOBBIES 911 S. VICTORY BLVD. 1829 PRUNERIDGE AVE. N. HOLLYWOOD, CA 91606 2420 N. TREAT AVE. BURBANK, CA 91502 SANTA CLARA, CA 95050 818-769-0403 TUCSON, AZ 85716 818-848-3674 408-296-1 050 520-327-4000 SMITH BROS. HOBBY CENTER FULTON STATION TRACKSIDE TRAINS 8941 RESEDA BLVD. LARKFIELD CENTER BAGGAGE CAR HOBBY 1675 ROLLINS RD. #B-l NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324 4754 OLD REDWOOD HWY. #454 145 S. OLSEN AVE. BURLINGAME, CA 94010 818-885-8636 650-692-9724 SANTA ROSA, CA 95403 TUCSON, AZ 85719 707-523-3522 520-798-1 699 VILLAGE MODEL SHOP 0&J HOBBY 112 W. "B" ST. SIERRA RAIL SHOP 96 N. SAN THOMAS AQUINO RD. ONTARIO, CA 91762 19233 ROCKRIDGE WY. ARKANSAS CAMPBELL, CA 95008 909-983-7317 SONORA, CA 95370 408-379-1696 209-532-6381 MICKEY'S MODEL WORKS CAMBRIDGE SQUARE PALMDALE HOBBIES JUST TRAINS 2127 E. PALMDALE MARTY'S HOBBIES 611 COURT ST. #4 5650-H IMHOFF DR. PALMDALE, CA 93550 1728 MOORPARK RD. CONWAY, AR 72032 CONCORD, CA 94520 661 -273-6229 THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91 360 501 -450-9423 925-685-6566 805-497-3664

RAILMODELjOURNAL 'MAY 2001 55 ALL ABOARO MOOEL BERKSHIRE HILLS ORANGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES LAKESHORE VILLAGE HOBBY RAILROAO EMPORIUM MODEL RAILWAY SUPPLY 1975 NW 36TH ST. 275 PEARL NIX PKWY. #5 3867 PACIFIC COAST HWY. 93 MAIN ST. MIAMI, FL 33142 GAINSVILLE, GA 30501 TORRANCE, CA 90505 CANAAN, CT 06018 305-633-2521 770-532-4016 31 0-791 -2637 860-824-0527 TEX N RAILS HOBBY TOWN USA OLA, LLC VALLEY HOBBIES 16115 SW 117TH AVE. #A9 800 ERNEST W. BARRETT PKWY. #20 2112 EASTMAN AVE. #106 261-B ALBANY TURNPIKE MIAMI, FL 33177 KENNESAW, GA 30144 VENTURA, CA 93003 CANTON, CT 06019 305-255-1434 770-941-5611 805-339-9255 860-693-3696

VENTURA HOBBIES HOBBY OASIS KENNESAW TRAINS & HOBBIES RAILWORKS 2950 JOHNSON DR. #128 540 ATLANTIC BLV D 2844 S. MAIN ST. NORTH RIDGE PLAZA NEPTUNE BEACH, FL 32266 VENTURA, CA 93003 KENNESAW, GA 301 44 5 PADANARAM RD. 805-658-8138 904-249-2066 DANBURY, CT 06810 770-528-0990 VISALIA HOBBIES 203-797-8386 ROB'S HOBBY WORLD 2137 W. WHITENDALE 8602 SW STATE RD. 200 LEGACY STAT ION 251F HURRICANE SHOALS VISALIA, CA 93277 TROLLEY TRAINS & PLANES OCALA, FL 34481 209-734-1283 122 PROSPECT HILL RD. 352-854-2799 LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30045 E. WINDSOR, CT 06088 770-339-7780 ARNIE'S TRAINS 860-292-1 348 COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY 6452 INDUSTRIAL WY. #B 634 N. MILLS AVE. HOBBY TOWN USA WESTMINSTER, CA 92683 NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY ORLANDO, FL 32803 RIVERGATE CENTER 714-893-1015 71 HILLIARD ST. 407-841-1485 225-B TOM HILL SR. BLVD. MANCHESTER, CT 06040 MACON, GA 31210 WESTERN DEPOT 860-646-0610 HOBBY TOWN USA 912-474-0061 1650 SIERRA AVE. #203 WWW.NEHOBBY.COM ORMOND TOWN SQUARE YUBA CITY, CA 95993 1474 W. GRANADA BLVD. #430 530-673-6776 NATIONAL HOBBY SUPPLY AMATO'S HOBBY CENTER ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 1975 S. COBB DR. 395 MAIN ST. 904-672-5441 MARIETTA, GA 30060 COLORADO MIDDLETOWN, CT 06457 770-333-01 90 860-346-7083 SPACE COAST HOBBIES EADS NEWS & SMOKE SHOP 2155 PALM BAY RD NE #8 RIVERDALE STATION 1715 28TH ST. FINE SCALE HOBBIES PALM BAY, FL 32905 RIVERDALE PLAZA BOULDER, CO 80301 3567 MAIN ST. 407-722-3696 6632 HWY. 85 303-442-5900 STRATFORD, CT 06497 203-378-2788 RIVERDALE, GA 30274 BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE 770-991 -6085 CUSTOM RAILWAY SPLY/HOBBY 5719 N. 'W' ST. 1025 GARDEN OF THE GODS RD. HOBBY GALLERY m PENSACOLA, FL 32505 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80907 1810 MERIDEN RD. BULL STREET STATION 850-433-2187 151 BULL ST. 71 9-634-4616 WOLCOTT, CT 06716 203-879-2316 SAVANNAH, GA 31401 WARRICK CUSTOM HOBBIES 912-236-4344 SUNBIRD TRAIN MART 1025 S. UNIVERSITY DR .. 800-611-8521 3650 AUSTIN BLUFFS #130 PLANTATION, FL 33324 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918 DELAWARE 954-370-0708 TRAINMASTER MODELS 719-528-8811 TRAINS & HOBBIES MEMORIES OF A LIFETIME MALL 2622 CAPITOL TR. FLORIDA HOBBY DISCOUNT 4450 NELSON BROGDEN BLVD. TRAIN SHOWCASE NEWARK, DE 19711 25231 NE 139TH ST. SUGAR HILL, GA 30518 N" "EXCLUSIVELY 302-266-8063 SALT SPRINGS, FL 32134 770-614-0880 38 S. SIERRA MADRE 352-685-9005 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 719-471-1887 HOBBY STOP RR4, BOX 100 GULF COAST MODEL RAILROAD IDAHO 3222 CLARK RD. SEAFORD, DE 19973 CABOOSE HOBBIES 302-628-3944 SARASOTA, FL 34231 HOBBY TOWN USA 500 S. BROADWAY 941 -923-9303 3317 N. COLE DENVER, CO 80209 BOISE, 83704 J & S HOBBIES 10 303-777 -6766 HOBBY COUNTRY 347 BLACKBIRD STATION RD. 208-376-1942 htlp:llwww.caboosehobbies.com 203 N. RIDGEWOOD DR. TOWNSEND, DE 19734 SEBRING, FL 33870 302-378-8446 TOY SHOP 941 -382-2455 HOBBY TOWN USA 837 POLELINE RD. 4348 S. COLLEGE AVE. TWIN FALLS, 83301 FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 MITCHELL'S TRAINS TOYS & 10 HOBBY TOWN USA 208-734-2725 970-224-5445 HOBBIES LAFAYETTE PLACE FAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER 3111 MAHAN DR. #3 COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM 2303 CONCORD PIKE TA LLAHASSEE, FL 32303 171 55 W. 44TH AVE. WILMINGTON, DE 19803 850-671 -2030 ILLINOIS GOLDEN, CO 80403 302-652-3258 RED BOARD HOBBIES 303-279-4591 CHESTER HOLLEY 1 WADE SQUARE MODEL RAILROAD SPECIALIST BELLEVILLE, IL 62221 HOBBY HUT FLORIDA 3812-20 S. HIMES AV E. 618-233-3618 811 N. 12TH TA MPA, FL 33611 GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 HOBBY TOWN USA 813-839-7594 IRON HORSE EXPRESS 970-242-8761 REGENCY SQUARE 5555 ST. CHARLES RD. 2460 W. BRANDON BLVD. HAPPY HOBO BERKLEY, IL 60163 DON'S HOBBIES BRANDON, FL 33511 4040 W. WATERS AVE. #1100 708-547-7363 815 10TH ST. 813-655-6366 TAMPA, FL 33614 GREELEY, CO 80631 813-886-5072 HOBBYLAND 970·353-3115 A & J MODELS 616 - 618 N. MAIN 873 LAFAYETTE ST. B T & L RAILROAD BLOOMINGTON, IL 61701 HOBBY TOWN USA CAPE CORAL, FL 33904 6901 OKEECHOBEE BLVD. #C-15 309-828-1442 800 S. HOVER RD. #27 941 -278-1295 W. PALM BEACH, FL 33411 LONGMONT, CO 80501 561-684-2224 970-774-1557 TRAINS & TREASURES INC. WIMPY'S HOBBY WORLD 1710 N. HERCULES AVE. #104A-l05A 263 N. CONVENT #8 HOBBY TOWN USA CLEARWATER, FL 33765 GEORGIA BOURBONNAIS, IL 60914 68 15 W. 88TH AVE. 727 -298-0350 81 5-932-6100 WESTMINSTER, CO 80020 GANDY DANCER 303-431 -0482 5438 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. ACE HOBBIES GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP 2127 S. RIDGEWOOD AVE. CHAMBLEE. GA 30341 6357 W. 79TH ST. MIZELL TRAINS DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32119 770-451-7425 BURBANK, IL 60459 3051 W. 74TH AV E. 904-761 -9780 708-598-3114 WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 HOBBY TOWN USA 303-429-4811 NORTH COLUMBUS CROSSING SCOTTSDALE HOBBY CENTER [email protected] HOBBIE WAREHOUSE 11755 S. CLEVELAND AVE. #2 6770 VELERANO PKWY. #1 4806 W. 83RD ST. FORT MYERS, FL 33907 COLUMBUS, GA 31901 BURBANK, IL 60459 CONNECTICUT 941 -278-1295 706-660-1793 708-735-6659 BRANFORD HOBBIES 609 BOSTON POST RD. DEPOT HOBBY SHOP HOBBY HAVEN SLOT AND WING HOBBIES WEST MAIN 603 RIDGE RD. 1745 HWY. 138 SE #C8 803 W. ANTHONY DR. BRANFORD, CT 06405 LANTANA, FL 33462 CONYERS, GA 30208 CHAMPAIGN, IL 61822 203-488-9865 561 -585-1982 770-760-7509 217-359-1909 56 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' MAY 2001 YORK TRAINS BOB'S HOBBY SHOP INDIANA CHICAGOLAND HOBBY 8208 CALUMET AVE. 6017 NORTHWEST HWY 2048 E. GRAND AVE. HUDSON PHOTO & HOBBY MUNSTER, IN 46321 CHICAGO, 60631 LINDENHURST, IL 60046 IL 1538 '1' ST. 219-836-2882 773-775-4848 847-356-0500 BEDFORD, IN 47421 812-279-0268 BIG FOUR HOBBIES RAM TRAIN & HOBBY IRON HORSE HOBBIES 6603 W. HIGGINS 2450 E. GRASS lAKE RD. 1005 E. MAIN ST. BREMEN HOBBIES & CRAFTS CHICAGO, IL 60656 LINDENHURST, IL 60046 PLAINFIELD, IN 46168 308 N. BOWEN AVE. 773-775·3382 847-265-3884 317-837-1021 BREMEN, IN 46506 219-546-3807 TROST HOBBY SHOP LOMBARD HOBBIES WHITING HOBBIES INC. 3111 W. 63RD ST. 524 E. ST. CHARLES Pl. #A PARK LANE HOBBIES 1206 119TH ST. CHICAGO, Il 60629 lOMBARD, Il 60148 1080 JOLIET ST. WHITING, IN 46394 312-927-1400 630-620-1084 DYER, IN 46311 21 9-659-1370 219-322-1123 ZIENTEK'S CHUCK'S DEPOT 2001 W. 18TH ST. 1913 W. RENDLEMAN ST. A A HOBBY SHOP IOWA CHICAGO, IL 60608 MARION, IL 62959 2023 W. FRANKLIN ST. 312-226-9720 618-993-9179 EVANSVILLE, IN 47712 HOBBY SHOP 812-423-8888 200 MAIN AMES, IA 5001 0 RAILSEND HOBBIES RON'S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES 515-232-6321 669 S. MAIN ST. 431 N. LAKE ST. ABC HOBBYCRAFT CREVE COEUR, Il 61610 MUNDELEIN, IL 60060 2155 E. MORGAN AVE. 309-669-4542 847-949-8680 EVANSVILLE, IN 47711 MIDWEST TRAINS 812-447-9661 1114 STATE ST. HAMMER'S HOBBIES BETIENDORF, IA 52722 1959 E. PERSHING RD. HOBBY TOWN USA 31 9-359-1427 HOBBY TOWN USA DECATU R, 62526 NAPER WEST CENTER Il THE LLOYD CROSSING 217-875-2627 504 S. RTE 59 NAPERVILLE, IL 60540 139 N. BUCKHARDT RD BOONE HOBBIES 630-778-8707 EVANSVILLE, IN 47715 804 STORY ST. DES PLAINES HOBBIES 812-477-7200 BOONE, IA 50036 1468 LEE ST. 515-432-2361 DES PLAINES, Il 60018 LARSEN HOBBY HOBBYLAND INC. 847-297-2118 2571 E. LINCOLN HWY. #5 416 W. COLISEUM BLVD. NEW lENOX, IL 60451 CABOOSE STOP HOBBIES FORT WAYNE, IN 46805 301 MAIN ST. DOWNERS GROVE HOBBIES 815-485-1991 219-483-8186 CEDAR FALLS, IA 50613 6234 S. MAIN ST. 319-277-1754 DOWNERS GROVE, IL60517 WEST SUBURBAN MODEL JOHN HALL'S TRUE VALUE 630-960-5900 RAILROAD CENTER 205-207 S. MAIN ST. BOX-KAR HOBBIES 105 S. RIVER RD #E GOSHEN, IN 46526 TOWN COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER B & G TRAIN WORLD N. AURORA, IL 60542 & 219-533-3293 3661-B FIRST AVE. SE 829 WALNUT AV E. 630-897-2867 ELGIN, IL 60123 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52402 847-888-2646 WHISTLES & GROWLS, INC. 319-362-1291 PALATINE HOBBY, LT D 88 US HWY. 31 S. REGENCY PLAZA GREENWOOD, IN 46142 RAILS UNLIMITED 772 W. EUCLID AVE. 317-865-0530 HOBBY TOWN USA 126 WILL SCARLETI LN. 2737 16TH AVE. SW ELGIN, IL 60120 PALATINE, IL 60067 847-359-7888 CEDAR RAPIDS, IA 52404 847-697-5353 G & G HOBBIES 105 E. MAIN ST. 319-364-3289 GRIFFITH, IN 46319 AL'S HOBBY SHOP RIGHT TRACK 121 ADDISON ST. 6421 W. 127TH ST. 219-924-6686 HOBBY TOWN USA ELMHURST, Il 60126 PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 HERITAGE PLACE 630-832-4908 708-388·3008 TOM METZLER HOBBY CENTER 2406 E 53RD ST. #3 74 18 MADISON AVE. DAVENPORT, IA 52807 END OF TRACK HOBBIES INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46227 319-355-2071 ROYAL HOBBY SHOP 9706 FRANKLIN AVE. 317-784-3580 3920 E. STATE ST. FRANKLIN PARK, Il 60131 ROCKFORD, Il 61108 847·455-2510 MAJOR ART & HOBBY CENTER 815-399-1771 TRAIN CENTRAL 201-205 E. 2ND ST. 6742 E. WASHINGTON ST. DAVENPORT, IA 52801 MERKEL MODEL CAR CO. INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219 319-323-9042 PO BOX 689 GEARHEAD HOBBIES 317-375 0832 FRANKLIN PARK, Il 60131 27640 VOLO VILLAGE RD. 847-455-1495 ROUND LAKE, IL 60073 HOBBY HAVEN TOLIN K & K 847-526-9113 7672 HICKMAN RD. 403-405 ARNOLD CT. T AND 0 TOY & HOBBY DES MOINES, IA 50322 KOKOMO, IN 46902 116 S. CHICAGO AVE. 515-285-6588 FRANK'S TRAINS & HOBBIES 765-453-9793 FREEPORT, IL 61032 2341 RTE. 84 S. 815-232- 1419 SAVANNA, IL 61074 FAGAN'S HOBBIES HAWKINS RAIL SERVICES 815-273-3393 2327 CENTRAL DEPOT HOBBY SHOP 903 MAIN ST. DUBUQUE, IA 52001 180 S. SEMINARY ST. LAFAYETIE, IN 47902 319-588-0846 GALESBURG, Il 61401 TRAINS-REPAIRS 765-742-5577 309-342-9323 637 CRANDELL LN. SCHAUMBURG, IL 60193 HOBBY CORNER MAPLE CITY SPORTS HOBBY TOWN USA 847-894-4907 718 LINCOLN WY. EASTDALE PLAZA SHOPS OF RANDALL SQUARE 1700 1ST AVE. LA PORTE, IN 46350 1772 S. RANDAll RD. #220 IOWA CITY, IA 52240 CASTLE TRAINS & TREASURES 219-362-4255 GENEVA, IL 60134 4782 OLD JACKSONVILLE RD. 319-338-1788 630-208-9062 SPRINGFIELD, IL 62707 217-793-0407 S & S HOBBIES HOBBY CRAFT SHOP AMERICAN BEST TRAIN 2213 WESTWOOD SQ. 21 MAIN ST. & HOBBY SHOP MARION, IN 46952 SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS HOBBY MARSHALLTOWN ,IA50158 136 E. ARMY TRAIL RD. 2448 S. 10TH ST. 765-664-8753 51 5-752-9788 GLENDALE HTS, Il60139 SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703 630-539-8551 217-523-0265 B & A HOBBIES & CRAFTS 408 FRANKLIN C & A HOBBY SHOP LTD MICHIGAN CITY, IN 46360 LA GRANGE HOBBY CENTER VALLEY ROUNDHOUSE 1917 4TH ST. SW 21 9-874-2382 25 S. lA GRANGE RD. 122 W. ST. PAUL ST. MASON CITY, IA 50401 lA GRANGE, IL 60525 SPRING VALLEY, Il 61362 515-423-6061 708-354-1220 815-663-3411 HOBBY LAND, INC. ARKIN'S DRUG STORE FRIENDS HOBBY & COMPUTER TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER EAST SIDE TRAINS 1033 8TH ST. 2411 WASHINGTON ST. 2564 MIRACLE LN. 932-8 E. STATE ST. MASON CITY, IA 50401 LASAllE, Il 61301 WAUKEGAN, IL 60085 MISHAWAKA, IN 46545 515-423-1748 815-223-0460 847-336-0790 21 9-255-1722

OAKRIDGE HOBBIES LARSEN AND PETERSEN PAINT GUPTA HOBBY CENTER HOBBY CHEST 15800 (68E) NEW AVE. 2750 GRAND AVE. 1701 W. JACKSON ST. 209 E. MAIN lEMONT, Il 60439 WAUKEGAN, IL 60085 MUNCIE, IN 47303 OTIUMWA, IA 52501 630-257-0909 847-623-0027 765-288-6505 515-683-4436 RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 200 1 57 A R TRAINS COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER 1209 W. 26TH ST. MASSACHUSETTS PIONEER VALLEY HOBBIES 4402 YOUREE DR. 54 MYRON ST. SIOUX CITY, IA 51103 SHREVEPORT, LA 71105 ACTON MODEL RAilROAD CENTER SPRINGFIELD, MA 01089 712-277-9273 W. 318-865-7632 562-A MASS AVE. 413·732-5531 ACTON, MA 01720 PATCHCRAFT HOBBY SHOP MAINE 978-264-4020 1600 PIERCE ST. TRAIN PLACE PLUS 728 W. BOYLSTON ST. SIOUX CITY, IA 51105 CRAFT BARN HOBBYTIME WORCESTER, MA 01606 712-258-1010 MILL MALL 284 SOUTHBRIDGE ST. 508·852-7755 ROUTE l-A GREAT HOBBY ADVENTURES AUBURN, MA 01501 ELLSWORTH, ME 04605 817 GRAND AVE. 508-832-0807 207-667-7257 W. DES MOINES, IA 50265 MICHIGAN 515-223-2261 HOBBY TOWN USA MAIN TRAINS 258 HARTFORD AVE. HOBBY HEADQUARTERS ROUTE 25 BELLINGHAM, MA 02019 216 S. M ITCHELL ST. KANSAS KEZAR FALLS, ME 04047 508-960-3559 CADILLAC, MI 49601 207-625-8029 616-775·0969 GEORGE'S HOBBY HOUSE MAIN TRAINS 1411-B W. 23RD RAY & ROBINS HOBBY CENTER 210 BOSTON RD #3 RIDERS HOBBY SHOP LAWRENCE, KS 66046 #4 734 RIVERSIDE ST. CHELMSFORD, MA 01824 42007 FORD RD. 785-843-5087 PORTLAND, ME 04103 978-250-1442 CANTON, MI 48187 207-797 -5196 734-98 1 -8700 DESTINATION TRAIN CENTER DUXBURY GREEN 13444 SANTA FE TRAIL DR. liTTLE PROFESSOR BOOK CTR COASTAL HOBBIES 382 KINGSTON WY. LENEXA, KS 66215 221 74 MICHIGAN AVE. 752 COMMERCIAL ST. DUXBURY, MA 02332 913-541 -8800 DEARBORN, MI 481 24 ROCKPORT, ME 04856 781-585-2164 313·278-1023 207 -594-8877 J'S HOBBY HAVEN SOUTH SHORE HOBBY 5303 JOHNSON DR. MARYLAND 1245 COMMERCIAL ST. JACKIE'S TRAINS MISSION, KS 66205 E. WEYMOUTH, MA 02189 7710 S. DIXIE HWY. 913-432-8820 M B KLEIN, INC 781-331-7275 ERIE, MI 48133 162 N. GAY ST. 734-848-2068 NEWTON HOBBY CENTER BALTIMORE, MD 21202 1 25 W. 6TH ST. FALMOUTH HOBBIES 301-539-6207 847 MAIN ST. JOE'S HOBBY CENTER NEVVTON, KS 671 14 FALMOUTH, MA 02540 35203 GRAND RIVER 31 6·283-4484 FARMINGTON, MI 48335 OVER lEA HOBBIES, INC. 508-540-4551 248-477·6266 4 W. OVERLEA AVE. GREAT TRAINS BALTIMORE, MD 21206 BAY STATE MODELS 106 S. JOPLIN ST. CAPITOL CITIES HOBBIES PITTSBURG, KS 66762 41 0-665·3622 8 ROLLINS ST. GROVELAND, MA 01 834 DBA RIDER'S HOBBY OF FLINT 316-231 -8245 2061 S. LINDEN RD. 978-372-8828 STONElEIGH CYCLE & HOBBY FLINT, MI 48532 FUN FOR All HOBBIES 6717 YORK RD. 810-720-2500 2029 SW GAGE BLVD BLTIMORE, MD 21212 SHEPAUG RAILROAD COMPANY TOPEKA, KS 66604 410-377·4447 24 COLUMBIA ST. P & D HOBBY SHOP 785-272-5772 LEOMINSTER, MA 01453 31902 GROESSBECK HWY. 978·537-2277 DENNISON'S TRACKSIDE FRASER, MI 48026 ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES 14 S. MAIN ST. 810-296·61 16 27 18 BOULEVARD PLAZA BERLIN, MD 21811 CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO WICHITA, KS 67211 41 0-641 -2438 662 CROSS ST. HOBBY WORLD 31 6-685-6608 MALDEN, MA 02148 2851 CLYDE PARK SW BURRETTHOBBIES 781·321 -0090 GRAND RAPIDS, M I 49509 KENTUCKY 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE. 616-538-6130 COLLEGE PARK, MD 20740 HRRE-N-TRAINS JOHNNY'S TOY SHOP 301 -982-5032 1 EUCLID AVE. RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP 4369 WINSTON AVE. MAYNARD, MA 01754 2055 28TH ST. SE COVINGTON, KY 41015 HOWARD'S TRAINS 978-897-8135 GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49508 606-26 1-6962 5943 GREEN POINT RD. 61 6-247·9933 E. NEW MARKET, MD 21631 PHOENIX GAMES & HOBBIES HOBBY TOWN USA 301 -943-4658 8 SALEM ST. COBBLESTONE CRAFTS/HOBBY 210 CENTRAL AVE. REGENCY CENTRE MEDORD, MA 01255 HOLLAND, MI 49423 2329 NICHOLASVILLE RD #B TRAIN WORKS 781 -393-0755 61 6-396-3029 LEXINGTON, KY 40503 2934 CEDARHURST RD. 606-277 -5664 MODELER'S JUNCTION FINKSBURG, MD 21048 HOBBY TOWN USA 41 0-526-0018 88 LOWELL ST. 1 844 S. STEPHENSON AVE. HOBBY HOUSE METHUEN, MA 01844 IRON MOUNTAIN, MI 49801 491 8 PRESTON HWY. 978-683·0885 FOREST Hill STATION 906-779-0494 LOUISVILLE, KY 40213 15 E. JANETTSVILLE RD. 502-968-9467 FOREST HILL, MD 21050 ED'S BOXCAR RIDERS HOBBY SHOP #2 41 0-893-1089 611 CENTER ST. 44 17 S. WESTNEDGE AVE. HOBBY TOWN USA RAYNHAM, MA 02767 KALAMAZOO, MI 49008 508-822-6563 EAST GATE SHOPPING CENTER HOBBY TOWN USA 61 6-349-2666 12615 SHELBYVILLE RD. FREDERICK SHOPPING CENTER FLYING YANKEE HOBBY SHOP LOUISVILLE, KY 40243 1305 W. 17TH ST. #28 HOBBY HUB 1416 CENTRE ST. 502-254-5755 FREDERICK, MD 21 702 526 FRANDOR AVE. 301 -694-7395 ROSLINDALE, MA 02131 LANSING, MI 48912 SCALE REPRODUCTIONS INC. 61 7-323-9702 517-351 -5843 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LN. ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES NORTHEAST TRAIN MODEL LOUISVILLE, KY 40220 315-G E. DIAMOND AVE. & RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP 36 COUNTRY WY. 502-459-5849 GAITHERSBURG, MD 20877 1609 E. MICHIGAN AVE. SCITUATE, MA 02066 301 -990-9736 LANSING, MI 48912 78 1 -544-2094 13TH STREET DEPOT 517-485-0700 1906 N. 13TH ST. HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. DON MilLS MODELS CAPITOL CITIES HOBBIES PADUCAH, KY 42001 CHESAPEAKE SQ. SHOPPING CENTER 235 TAU NTON AVE. DBA RIDER'S HOBBY OF MACOMB 270·443-9434 6714-D GOV. RITCHIE HWY. SEEKONK, MA 02771 15357 HALL RD GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061 508-336-5573 MACOMB, MI 48044 lEISURE TIME HOBBIES 410-590-4950 81 0-532-0050 301 MAIN ST. KEN'S TRAINS WILLIAMSBURG, KY 40769 MILL VILLAGE PEACH CREEK SHOPS RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP 608-549-9374 201 MAIN ST. ROUTE 20 32115 JOHN R RD. LAUREL, MD 20707 SUDBURY, MA Ol776 MADISON HEIGHTS, MI 48071 301 -498-9071 978-443-6883 248-589-8111 LOUISIANA NEWSBREAK, INC. FUNNY PAGE HOBBIES HARE'S ART & HOBBIES TRAIN DEPOT STUARTS PLAZA 106 N. WASHINGTON 4529 LEE ST. 6 S. MAIN ST. ROUTE 6 OMOSSO, MI 48867 ALEXANDRIA, LA 71302 MT. AIRY, MD 21771 SWANSEA, MA 02777 318-443·2755 301-607-8155 508-675-9380 517-725-9994

MICHIGAN PADDLESPORT HOBBY HUB HOBBY MORAN'S ARTS & HOBBY TUCKER'S HOBBIES & 2618 S. BROAD ST. 2935 CRAIN HWY. 8 BACON ST. 9260 MCGREGOR RD. NEW ORLEANS, lA 70125 WALDORF, MD 20601 WARREN, MA 01083 PINCKNEY, MI 481 69 504-822·391 4 301 ·843-7774 413-436-5318 734-426-1651 58 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' MAY 2001 BLUE WATER HOBBIES HUB HOBBY CENTER SCHAEFER'S HOBBY SHOP NEAL'S N-GAUGING TRAINS 4018 LAPEER RD. 6416 PENN AVE. S. 11659 GRAVOIS RD. 86 TIDE MILL RD. PORT HURON, MI 48060 RICHFIELD, MN 55423 ST. LOUIS, MO 63126 HAMPTON, NH 03842 810-984-8764 612-866-9575 31 4-729-7077 603-926-9031 TINKER TOWN, INC PASTIME HOBBIES HUB HOBBY CENTER 9666 CLAYTON RD. FlITS PHOTO & HOBBY 2700 PINE GROVE AVE. #16 4114 LAKELAND AVE. N. ST. LOUIS, MO 63124 ROUTE I PORT HURON, MI 48060 ROBBINSDALE, MN 55422 314-991 -4311 N. HAMPTON, NH 03862 810-982-2874 61 2-535-5628 603-964-9292 TRAINS TO GO MOON'S HOBBY SHOP 115 W. LOCKWOOD AVE. WEST POINT HOBBY HOBBY TOWN USA MIRACLE MILE MINI MALL WEBSTER GROVES, MO 63119 25531 W. 7 MILE RD. PENTUCKEY SHOPPING CENTER 107 MIRACLE MILE 314-961-9150 REDFORD, MI 48240 58 PLAISTOW RD. RTE. 125 ROCHESTER, MN 55901 & 313-538-2189 PLAISTOW, NH 03865 507-281-8321

TRAIN CENTER HOBBIES MONTANA TOWLE'S MARKET 32722 WOODWARD AV E. BAKER'S CRAFT & HOBBY PO BOX 178 JIM'S JUNCTION ROYAL OAK, MI 48073 DIVISION PLACE FASHION CENTER W. STEWARTSTOWN, NH 03597 811 16 H ST. W. #B 248-549-6500 SAINT CLOUD, MN 56301 T 603-246-3447 320-252-0460 BILLINGS, MT 59102 ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER 406-259-5354 KLiCKETY KLACK RAILROAD SCALE MODEL SUPPLIES 5620 STATE ST. JCT RTE 28-109 109A ELM 458 N. LEXINGTON PKWY. & SAGINAW, MI 48603 VEK CAMERA REPAIR WOLFEBORO FALLS, NH 03896 SAINT PAUL, MN 55104 1228 BOZEMAN AVE. 517-790-0080 603-569-5384 651 -646-7781 HELENA, MT 59601 GREAT LAKES CRAFT & HOBBY 406-449-8144 46660 VAN DYKE AVE. UNIVERSITY HOBBIES NEW JERSEY SHELBY TOWNSHIP, MI 48317 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE WHEATON'S 810-323-1 300 SPRING LAKE PARK, MN 55432 314 151 AVE. W. HOBBY SHOP 61 2-780-4189 KALISPELL, MT 59901 ABERDEEN TOWNSQUARE CTA. WHISTLE STOP HOBBY CENTER 406-257-5808 1077-C HWY. 34 21714 HARPER AV E. ABERDEEN, NJ 07747 ST. CLAIRE SHORES, MI 48080 MISSISSIPPI 908-583-0505 TREASURE CHEST 810-771 -6770 1612 BENTON AVE. HOBBY TOWN USA 6380-D RIDGEWOOD CT. MISSOULA, MT 59801 GENE'S TRAINS LEASURE TIME, LLC 1905 ROUTE 88 E. JACKSON, MS 39211 406-549-7992 DBA RIOERS HOBBY SHOP BRICK, NJ 08724 601 -957-9900 22789 NORTHLINE RD. 732-840-9728 TAYLOR, MI 48180 NEBRASKA 313-287-7405 HOBBY CORNER-MODEL TRAINS 1534 N. FIRST AV E. OREGON TRAIL HOBBIES BURLINGTON HOBBIES INC 264 BURLINGTON CENTER J-BAR HOBBIES LAUREL, MS 39440 2970 N. 10TH ST. #4 117 E. CHICAGO BLVD. 601 -649-4501 GERING, NE 69341 2501 BURLINGTON-MT. HOLLY RD. TECUMSEH, MI 49286 308-635-7900 BURLINGTON, NJ 08016 517-423-3684 609-386-5044 MISSOURI HOBBY TOWN USA DAVE'S HOBBY & TV PARK ISLAND SQUARE TONY'S TRAIN TOWN MAIN LINE TRAINS 29026 WARREN 3537 W. 13TH ST. #104 575 POMTON AV E. 807-A MAIN ST. WESTLAND, MI 48185 GRND ISLAND, NE 68803 CEDAR GROVE, NJ 07009 BLUE SPRINGS, MO 64015 734-422-4464 308-382-3451 973-857-2337 816-224-6962 NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY FUNTIME HOBBY CHERRY HILL HOBBIES HENZE'S HOBBY HOUSE 35101 FORD RD. 2020 CENTRAL AVE. 938 CHERRY HILL MALL WESTLAND, MI 48185 715 NEW FLORISSANT RD. S. KEARNEY, NE 68847 2000 ROUTE 38 734-722-5700 FLORISSANT, MO 63031 308-234-1806 CHERRY HILL, NJ 08002 314-839-0600 609-220-4386 RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP #3 TRAIN CELLAR 4035 CARPENTER RD. HOBBY TOWN USA 4711 HUNTINGTON #5 JOHN'S CLIFTON HOBBY SHOP YPSILANTI, MI 48197 ENGLEWOOD PLAZA LINCOLN, NE 68504 555 LEXINGTON AVE. 734-971-6116 524 NW ENGLEWOOD 402-464-4925 CLIFTON, NJ 07011 KANSAS CITY, MO 64118 973-478-4227 816-459-9590 MINNESOTA HOBBY TOWN USA WESTGATE SQUARE M & G HOBBIES INC. HOBBY STATION 2902 RTE. 130 N. HOBBY HUTCH 1310 NORFOLK AVE. #C 301 S. KIRKWOOD RD. DELRAN, NJ 08075 PAUL BUNYAN MALL #105 NORFOLK, NE 68701 609-461-3553 BEMIDJI, MN 56601 KIRKWOOD, MO 63122 402-371-2240 314-822-1927 218-751 -9734 F & M HOBBIES SCALE-RAIL 3118 ROUTE 10 4205 S. 87TH ST. CARR'S HOBBY HOBBY TOWN USA DENVILLE, NJ 07834 533 SE MELODY LN. OMAHA, NE 68127 2009 W. SUPERIOR ST. 973-631 -0042 DULUTH, MN 55806 LEES SUMMIT, MO 64063 402-339-3380 21 8-722-7129 816-525-6885 FREEHOLD HOBBY NEVADA 1816 FREEHOLD RACEWAY MALL HOBBY TOWN USA SWITCH STAND 3710 U.S. ROUTE 9 1960 CLIFF LAKE RD. 7828 MANCHESTER HOBBY TOWN USA FREEHOLD, NJ 07728 EAGAN, MN 55122 MAPLEWOOD, MO 63143 EAGLE STATION SHOPPING CENTER 732-462-2626 651-452-9260 31 4-781 -4458 3789 S. CARSON ST. CARSON CITY, NV 89701 DK&B RAILWAY SUPPLIES HUB HOBBY CENTER J & L HOBBY & TRAINS 775-883-5475 TRAIN SHOP 82 MINNESOTA AVE. 1362 STATE RTE 9 #100 114 MAIN ST. LITTLE CANADA, MN 551 17 PARKVILLE, MO 64152 ALL SCALES HOBBIES HIGHTSTOWN, NJ 08520 61 2-490-1 675 816-746-1282 846 CENTER ST. 609-448-5070 HENDERSON, NV 8901 KENVIL HOBBIES DON'S HOBBY COMPANY MARK TWAIN HOBBY SHOP 702-547-4629 590 46 1416 N. RIVERFRONT DR. 2793 W. CLAY ROUTE MANKATO, MN 56001 ST. CHARLES, MO 63301 HOBBY TOWN USA KENVIL, NJ 07847 507-387-1330 636-946-2816 SAHARA DECATUR PLAZA 973-584-1188 5085 W. SAHARA #134 LAS VEGAS, NV 89146 ALL ABOARD BADER'S HOBBY CENTER CHECKERED FLAG HOBBY COUNTRY 1451 ROUTE 46 755 2ND AVE. S. 4451 LEMAY FERRY RD. 702-259-0166 LEDGEWOOD, NJ 07852 MOOREHEAD, MN 56560 ST. LOUIS, MO 63129 218-291-1654 314-892-5353 HIGH SIERRA MODELS 973-584-2884 4020 KIETZKE LN. HOBBY HUT RENO, NV 89502 Z & Z HOBBIES & CRAFTS KIRKWOOD HOBBY CENTER 775-825-5557 101 SLOAN AVE. 3208 HWY. 10 E. 135 W. JEFFERSON AVE. MERCERVILLE, NJ 08619 MOORHEAD, MN 56560 ST. LOUIS, MO 63122 609-586-2282 218-233-5590 314-821- 1599 NEW HAMPSHIRE AIR HOBBY & CRAFTS BECKER'S MODEL RAILROAD SUPPLY SCHAEFER'S HOBBY SHOP B&G RAILROAD & HOBBIES HOLLYEDGE SHOPPING CENTER 2140 SILVER LAKE RD. NW 4206 VIRGINIA AVE. 244 SHEEP DAVIS RD. ROUTE 38 NEW BRIGHTON, MN 55112 ST. LOUIS, MO 631 11 CONCORD, NH 03301 MOUNT HOLLY, NJ 08060 651-635-9480 314-352-3750 603-224-9258 609-267-1177

RAILMODELjOURNAL ' MAY 2001 59 H & R RAILROAD SUPPLY HOBBY TOWN USA RUDY'S HOBBY & ART TIM'S HOBBY SHOP INC TILTON SHOPPING CENTER 636 W. BROADWAY 3516 30TH AVE. 2226 UNION RD. 331 TILTON RD FARMINGTON, NM 87401 LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11103 W. SENECA, NY 14224 NORTHFIELD, NJ 08225 505-325-5156 718-545-8280 716-656-1790 609-646-8792 WESTCHETER CENTRAL TRAIN J & 0 RAILWAYS RAILROAD SWITCH INC. NEW YORK 522A WALT WHITMAN RD. 217 E. POST RD. 126 PARK AVE. MELVILLE, NY 11747 WHITE PLAINS,NY 10601 PARK RIDGE, NJ 07656 R L R RAILROAD 914-42 1-1262 15 JACKSON ST. 516-427·81 17 201-391 -5414 BATAVIA, NY 14020 716-344-1729 WILLIS HOBBIES NORTH CAROLINA MODEL RAILROAD SHOP 300 WILLIS AVE. 290 VAIL AVE. MINEOLA, NY 11501 SMOKEY MOUNTAIN HOBBIES PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 BAY SHORE HOBBIES 200 STEWARD RD. 2054 SUNRISE HWY. 51 6-746·3944 732·968-5696 ANDREWS, NC 28901 BAY SHORE, NY 11706 828-321-9836 631 -968-8547 HOMETOWN HOBBIES BOB'S HOBBY SHOP 14 FEDERAL PLAZA, RTE. 17M 64 S. BROADWAY MONROE, NY 10950 HOBBIES UNLIMITED HUDSON SHORES 1 21 1 SHANA LN. IIC PITMAN, NJ 08071 914-782-2401 856-589-1777 MODEL TRAIN DEPOT ASHEBORO, NC 27203 547-0 WESTERN HWY. 336·629-7001 BLAUVELT, NY 10913 MACH 1 SPORTS TRAIN SHOP 914-398-2407 249 W 29TH ST. 142 ROUTE 23 N. TRAINS LTD. NEW YORK, NY 10001 POMPTON PLAINS, NJ 07444 5600 ALBEMARLE RD. #300 212-947-0157 973-696-7708 YARDMASTER HOBBIES CHARLOTTE, NC 28212 1111 SMITHTOWN AVE. 704-566-9070 BOHEMIA, NY 11716 RED CABOOSE HI-WAY HOBBY HOUSE 631 -224-8396 23 W 45TH ST. 806 STATE HWY. 17 JOHN'S TOY & HOBBY SHOP NEW YORK, NY 10036 GASTONIA MALL RAMSEY, NJ 07446 212-575·0155 401 COX RD. 201-327-0075 K-VAL HOBBIES 277 HINMAN AVE. GASTONIA, NC 28054 BUFFALO, NY 14216 NORWOOD HOBBY SHOP 704-865-8141 HOBBYMASTER 71 6-875-2837 2 S. MAIN ST. 62 WHITE ST. WWWKVALHOBBIES.COM NORWOOD, NY 13668 R C KING RED BANK, NJ 07701 315-353-6621 5 FORKS VILLAGE 732·842-6020 L B C MODEL TRAINS KING, NC 27021 'N-GUAGE SPECIALISTS' LACKAWANNA STATION 336-983-3969 TOM'S MODEL TRAINS 121 S. LONG ST. TRAIN STATION 1791 E. 2ND ST. BUFFALO, NY 14221 86 VICTORIA HWY. DRY BRIDGE STATION SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 716-631-3081 PAINTED POST, NY 14870 236 N. MAIN ST. 908·322-6122 607-962-51 64 MOUNT AIRY, NC 27030 336-786-9811 NIAGARA HOBBY/CRAFT MART JERSEY SHORE HOBBY CENTER 3366 UNION RD. AT WALDEN HOBBYTIME SEA GIRT CROSSROADS BUFFALO, NY 14225 1038 OLD COUNTRY RD. TOM'S TRAIN STATION 2175 HIGHWAY 35 1239 BUCK JONES RD 716-681-1666 PLAI NVIEW, NY 11803 SEA GIRT, NJ 08750 516-933·3818 RALEIGH, NC 27606 732-449-2383 919-388-8611 LARRY'S HOBBY SUPPLIES 3021 JERICHO TURNPIKE HOBBY TOWN USA BIG LITTLE RAILROAD SHOP 373 ROUTE 3, 112 MODEL MAXX E. NORTHPORT, NY 11731 435 S. WESLEYAN BLVD. 11130 206 W. MAIN ST. PLATTSBURGH, NY 12901 516-499·7166 ROCKY MOUNT, NC 27803 SOMERVILLE, NJ 08876 518-562-0142 908·429-0220 252-446-2295 DESPATC H JUNCTION DUTCHESS TRAIN & HOBBY CTR. 100 STANTON RD. HOBBY SHOP ECHELON HOBBIES E. ROCHESTER, NY 14445 23-H VASSAR RD. 207 ECHELON MALL 110 S. STEELE ST. 716-385·5570 POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603 SANFORD, NC 27330 SOMERDALE & BURNT MILL RDS. 914-463-3417 VOORHEES, NJ 08043 919-477-8913 609-772-1 268 SUINSE TRAIL HOBBIES LEWIS STONE'S RAILROAD 316 MAIN ST. LITTLE CHOO CHOO SHOP, INC 126 MAIN ST. FARMINGDALE, NY 11704 500 S. SALISBURY AV E. LASKEY'S TRAINS RAVENA, NY 12143 516-752·0636 SPENCER, NC 28159 STAR PLAZA 518-756-2056 704-637-8717 WASHINGTON, NJ 07882 NASSAU HOBBY CENTER, INC. 908-835-0799 MOHAWK VALLEY RAILROAD CO. 43 W MERRICK RD. HOBBY TOWN USA 2037 HAMBURG ST. FREEPORT, NY 11520 LANDFALL SHOPPING CENTER SCHENECTADY, NY 12304 MODEL RAILWAY POST OFFICE 516-378·9594 1319 MILITARY CUTOFF IIHH 518-372-9124 26 INDUSTRIAL RD. WILMINGTON, NC 28405 W MILFORD, NJ 07480 HICKSVILLE HOBBYS 91 0-256-0902 973-728-7595 230 W OLD COUNTRY RD. 3 GUY'S HOBBIES 99 E. MAIN ST. HICKSVILLE, NY 11801 SMITHTOWN, NY 11787 ANTIQUE BARN HOBBY TOWN USA 516-822·8259 516-265-8303 2810 FOREST HILLS RD. SW 141 E. BROAD ST. WILSON, NC 27893 WESTFIELD, NJ 07090 LANTZ TRAIN SHOP 252-237-6778 908-654-6525 101 S. MAIN ST. S M C MODEL RAILROAD CENTER 48 GREENLEAF AVE. HORESEHEADS,NY 14845 STATEN ISLAND,NY 10310 NORTH DAKOTA SATTLER'S HOBBY SHOP 607-795-5038 718·273-9699 14 HADDON AVE. DAVE'S HOBBIES WESTMONT, NJ 08108 HURLEY COUNTRY STORE CENTRAL HOBBY SUPPLY 200 W. MAIN 856-854-7136 2 WAMSLEY PL. 102 WALTER DR. BISMARK, NO 58501 HURLEY, NY 12443 SYRACUSE, NY 13206 701-255-6353 914-338-4843 HOBBIES ETC. 31 5·437-6630 240 S. BROAD ST. OMNI HOBBY & GAMES WOODBURY, NJ 08096 ROCK RIVER MODEL HOBBIES 4340 13TH AVE. SW WALT'S HOBBY 609-384-7740 7762 ROCK RIVER RD. FARGO, NO 58103 2 DWIGHT PARK DR. #2 INTERLAKEN, NY 14847 701-282-5675 SYRACUSE, NY 13209 607-532-9489 31 8·453-2291 NEW MEXICO MCGIFFINS HOBBIES J'S HOBBIES, INC. 1826-Q S. WASHINGTON J & K & K TRAINS & HOBBIES HOBBIES 'N STUFF 37 N. FRONT ST. GRAND FORKS, NO 58201 9577-L OSUNA RD. NE 494 FRENCH RD. KINGSTON, NY 12401 701-772-5311 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111 UTICA,NY 13502 914-338-7174 505-293-1217 315·733-6677 AEROPORT HOBBY SHOPPE 2112 N. BROADWAY DURADYN TRAINS TRAINS WEST, INC FAMILY HOBBY & CRAFTS MINOT, NO 58703 6001 SAN MATEO BLVD. NE IIB3 2197 STATE ROUTE 55 237 VESTAL PKWY. E. 701-838·1658 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109 LAGRANGEVILLE, NY 12540 VESTAL, NY 13850 505-881 -2322 914-724·5261 607·748-0324 OHIO

J P'S TRAINS TRACKSIDE EMPORIUM EAST DYKE DEPOT ROB'S TRAINS PO BOX 300 277 SCHENECTADY RD. 322 E. DYKE 333 E. MAIN ST. CHAMA, NM 87520 LATHAM, NY 12110 WELLSVILLE, NY 14895 ALLIANCE, OH 44601 505-756-1848 51 8-782-0981 71 6·593-0005 330-823·7222 60 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' MAY 2001 HOUSTON HOBBY K & J'S TRAINS & MORE T&K HOBBY SHOP MODEL RAILROAO SCENE 3761 MAHONING AV E. 32520 TURLAY LN 312 MAIN ST. 46 W. THIRD ST. YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44515 WARRENTON, OR 97146 BRIDGEPORT, OH 43912 MANSFIELD, OH 44902 419·524-5959 330·793-9233 503·861 -191 3 71 0-633·6607

SOUTHEAST HOBBY GOLF MANOR HOBBIES 5150 WARRENSVILLE OKLAHOMA PENNSYLVA NIA 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVE. MAPLE HEIGHTS, OH 44137 CINCINNATI, OH 45237 21 6-663-7171 R.C.S. HOBBIES AMERICAN HOBBY CENTER 513-351 ·3849 1913 W. OWEN K. GARRIOD RD. 932 BROADHEAD RD. HOBBY TOWN USA ENID, OK 73703 ALIQUIPPA, PA 15001 HOBBY TOWN USA ERIE COMMONS 580-234-6229 724-868-4278 WATE RSTONE SHOPPING CENTER 8000 PLAZA BLVD. #9 ALLENTOWN TOY TRAIN SERVICE 9887 WATERSTONE BLVD. MENTOR, OH 44060 J&J TRAINS 125'/2 N. 11TH ST. CINCINNAT I, OH 45249 440-946-5588 125 HAL MULDREW DR. ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 513-697-8224 NORMAN, OK 73069 610-821 -0740 SOUTH PARK HOBBIES 405-573-9633 JOHNNY'S TOYS 1815 TYTUS AVE. GREEN HILLS SHPG CTR MIDDLETOWN, OH 45042 JIM'S HOBBY SERVICE WHISTLE STOP TRAINS 1007 E. 6TH ST. ESWIN AVE. 513-424-5124 1313 W. BRIDON RD. CINCINNATI, OH 45218 BERWICK, PA 18603-3427 OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73114 513·825-3070 DAVIS ELECTRONICS & TRAINS 570-759-2695 217 MAIN ST. 405-842-4846 MILFORD, OH 45150 CHRISTMAS CITY HOBBIES WESTERN HILLS HOBBY 513-831-6425 705 LINDEN ST. 6319 GLENWAY AV E. WOODWARD'S 4401 W. MEMORIAL RD. BETHLEHEM, PA 18018 CINCINNATI, OH 45211 NICK'S SALES & SERVICE OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73134 610-974-9590 513-661 -2141 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH RD. NE 405-751-4994 N. CANTON, OH 44721 MAINLINE HOBBY SUPPLY DEPOT TRAINS 330-494-0125 ACTION HOBBIES 15066 BUCHANAN TRAIL E. 4342 W. 130 ST. 4955·C S. MEMORIAL BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA 17214 CLEVELAND, OH 44135 TRAINS-N-THINGS TULSA, OK 74145 717-794·2860 216-252-8880 1111 S. MAIN ST. 918-663-8998 CANTON, OH 44720 N. FAMILY HOBBY CENTER PARMA'S HOBBY 330-499-1666 701 MILL ST. CHALLENGER-N SCALE HOBBIES 5275 RIDGE RD. BRIDGEVILLE, PA 15017 2230 E. 56TH PL. CLEVELAND, OH 44129 HOBBY'S, ETC. 412-257-8955 216-741 -6440 23345 LORAIN RD. TULSA, OK 74105 N. OLMSTED, OH 44070 91 8-749-1634 440 -979-1900 J & T HOBBIES STRONGSVILLE HOBBY SHOP 313 MILL ST. 13325 PROSPECT RD. SCALE MODEL HOBBY CENTER BRISTOL, PA 19007 CLEVELAND, OH 44136 PAUL'S HOBBIES 5559 E. 41 ST ST. 215-781-8556 216-572-0430 27 E. MAIN ST. TULSA, OK 74135 NORWALK, OH 44857 918·61 0-0799 41 9-668-3019 NICHOLAS SMITH HOBBYLAND (GRACELAND) 2343 WEST CHESTER PIKE 140 GRACELAND BLVD OREGON COLUMBUS, OH 43214 D & J HOBBIES BROOMALL, PA 19008 801 W. MARKET ST. 614-888-7500 610-353-8585 ORRVILLE, OH 44667 TUMBLEWEED TOYS & TA LES 1911 MAIN ST. 330-682-4266 NORTH END HOBBIES HOBBYLAND (SAWMILL) BAKER CITY, OR 9781 4 75 N. MAIN ST. 6658 SAWMILL RD. 541 -523-3411 HOBBYLAND (REYNOLDSBURG) SAWMILL ROAD 1-270 CHAMBERSBURG, PA 17201 & 691 9 E. BROAD ST. COLUMBUS, OH 43235 717-261-1946 REYNOLDSBURG, OH 43213 TAMMIE'S HOBBIES 614-766-2300 12024 SW CANYON RD. 614-866·5011 HOBBY'S-N-STUFF BEAVERTON, OR 97005 116 W. APPLE ST. STRETE HOBBIES 503-644·4535 HOME HOBBIES & CRAFTS CONNELLSVILLE, PA 15425 3655 SULLIVANT AVE. 229 E. HOME RD. 724-628-0228 COLUMBUS, OH 43228 SPRINGFIELD, OH 45503 D'S TOYS/HOBBIES 614-279-6959 937-390·0687 926 NE GREENWOOD AVE. #0 BEND, OR 97701 CORAOPOLIS BIKE & HOBBY 938 5TH AV E. TRAIN STATION TRAIN SHOP 541 -389-1330 CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108 4430 INDIANOLA AVE. 76 E. MARKET 412-264-0982 COLUMBUS, OH 43214 TIFFIN, OH 44883 TRUMP'S HOBBIES 61 4·262-9056 419-448-9393 2401 NW KINGS BLVD. [email protected] CORVALLIS, OR 97330 CRANBERRY HOBBY DEPOT GARDEN PLAZA HOBBY STOP WEST 541 -753·7540 20327 PERRY HWY. TRAINS ETC. 4550 MONROE ST. CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA 16066 2046 BAILEY RD. TOLEDO, OH 43613 EUGENE TOY & HOBBY 724-776-3640 CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH 44221 41 9-471-1108 32 E. 11TH AVE. 330·922-4020 EUGENE, OR 97401 541-344-2117 HERB'S HOBBY HOUSE RIDER'S OF TOLEDO 200 W. STATE ST. DAYTON MODEL RAILWAYS 5333 MONROE ST. #40 DOYLESTOWN, PA 18901 3706 WILMINGTON PIKE TOLEDO, OH 43623 MAINLINE TRAINS 215-345-7123 DAYTON, OH 45429 41 9-843-2931 2707 PACIFIC AVE. 937-299-7991 FOREST GROVE, OR 97116 503-992-8181 YE OLOE HOBBY SHOPPE STEVE'S FALLEN FLAGS HOBBIES 370 POUND LN. WINGS HOBBY SHOP 5834 MONROE ST. #S 17112 DETROIT AVE. TOLEDO, OH 43560 HOBBY HABIT DUNCANSVILLE, PA 16635 411 FIR ST. LAKEWOOD, OH 44107 419-824-9925 81 4-696-6984 216·221-5383 LA GRANDE, OR 97850 541 -963-9602 FAMILY HOBBY SHOP HOBBY HANGOUT/CRAFT CENTER SLATER'S INC 304 N. DIXIE DR. PALMER TOWNSHIP 1141 N. MEMORIAL DR. HOBBY TREE 3701 WILLIAM PENN HWY. VANDALIA, OH 45377 335 E. MAIN ST. LANCASTER, OH 43130 EASTON, PA 18045 937-898-5247 MEDFORD, OR 97501 740·654-2204 610-252-6871 541-773-7002 STEWART'S HOBBIES & SMOKE STACK HOBBY SHOP COLLECTORS TOYS HORIZON HOBBIES EXTON HOBBIES 368 LINCOLN AVE. #A 36200 EUCLID AVE. 61 NE 1 ST AVE. 114 EXTON SQUARE MALL LANCASTER, OH 43130 WILLOUGHBY, OH 44094 ONTARIO, OR 9791 4 EXTON, PA 19341 740-653-0404 440-942-6632 541-889-3747 610-363-6988

CORNER STORE CUSTOM HOBBIES VIC'S HOBBY SUPPLY LEISURETIME 1249 COLORADO AVE. 432 MAIN ST. 606 NE BROADWAY 325 BUSTLETON PIKE LORAIN, OH 44052 WINTERSVILLE, OH 43952 PORTLAND, OR 97232 FEASTERVILLE, PA 19053 440-288-2351 740-266-6016 503-281-1032 215·355-3076

JOHN'S HOBBY SHOP ON THE SQUARE AMER'S HOBBY SHOP, INC WHISTLE STOP TOMMY GILBERT'S 15 N. MAIN ST. 601 0 MARKET ST. 11724 SE DIVISION ST. 346 E. WATER ST. MANSFIELD, OH 44902 YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44512 PORTLAND, OR 97266 GEDYSBURG, PA 17325 41 9-526-4426 330-758-2810 503-761 -1822 717·337-1992

RAILMODELjOURNAL 'MAY 200 1 61 MODELLBAHN HOBBIES GLENN'S ALLIED HOBBIES SOUTH CAROLINA HOBBY TOWN USA 1145 E. PHILADELPHIA AV E. 6607 RISING SUN AV E. COMMONS GILBERTSVILLE, PA 19525 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19111 HOBBY TOWN USA II 8859 TOWN & COUNTRY CR. 61 0-367-5925 215-745-5777 BELVEDERE PLAZA 3122 N. MAIN ST. KNOXVILLE, TN 37923 ANDERSON, SC 29621 865-690-1099 J & R MODEL REPLICAS TRANS GLOBE 864-261-8479 10 N. MANOA DR. ROOSEVELT MALL TENNESSEE MODEL HOBBIES HAVERTOWN, PA 19083 2327 8903 OAKRIDGE HWY. COTIMAN AVE. BANDIT'S HOBBIES & MODELS 61 0-853-4936 37931 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19149 2037 S. MAIN KNOXVILLE, TN 215-332-8866 423-927 -2900 DARLINGTON, SC 29532 843-393-3333 JENKINTOWN TRAIN & HOBBY CHURCH HARDWARE 620 GREENWOOD AVE. A B CHARLES & SON 690 E. RAINES RD. 19046 3213 JENKINTOWN, PA W. LIBERTY PIEDMONT RAILWAY SUPPLY MEMPHIS, TN 38116 21 5-884-7555 PITISBURGH , PA 15216 151 W. MAIN ST. 90 1 ·332-1144 41 2-561 -3068 DUNCAN, SC 29334 MODEL RAILROAD & HOBBY SHOP BIG CITY HOBBIES 864-949-0055 1266 SYCAMORE VIEW RD 11 101 114 ATLEE ST. BILL & WALT' S HOBBY SHOP MEMPHIS, TN 38134 15905 1025 NORTHWAY MALL JOHNSTOWN, PA GREAT ESCAPE 901 -324-7245 81 4-288-3894 PITISBURGH, PA 15237 1426 LAURENS RD. 412-366-8686 GREENVILLE, SC 29607 TRAINS 'N THINGS 864-235-8320 661 N. MENDENHALL 1/1 05 SMITIY'S HOBBY & CRAFT 38122 EARTH TEKUMEL MEMPHIS, TN MANOR SHOPPING CENTER 901 -682-9402 1226 MILLERSVILLE PIKE TRANSFER SERVICE HOBBY TOWN USA 17603 862 FLEMINGTON AVE. VERDAE MARKET FAIR LANCASTER, PA AARDVARK'S MODEL TRAIN SHOP PITISBURGH, PA 15217 101 VERDAE BLVD. 1/340 717-393-2521 3607 GALLATIN RD. 412-521 -0448 GREENVILLE, SC 29607 864-627-9633 NASHVILLE, TN 37216 LEVITIOWN HOBBIES 615-228-4639 204 OXFORD VALLEY MALL J & D WHISTLE STOP UNION STATION LANGHORNE, PA 19047 106 E. BROAD ST. PHILLIPS TOY MART 785 MURRAH RD. 215-757-8086 QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951 5207 HARDING RD. N. AUGUSTA, SC 29841 215-538-0501 37205 803-279-5975 NASHVILLE, TN LIN'S JUNCTION 615-352-5363 128 S. LINE ST. G & K HOBBY CENTER JUST TRAINS LANSDALE, PA 19446 PIGEON FORGE TOYS & HOBBY 720 GORDON ST. 6971 RIVERS AVE. 215-362-2442 2919 MIDDLE CREEK RD. 1/2 READING, PA 19601 N. CHARLESTON, SC 29406 PIGEON FORGE, TN 37862 61 0-374-8598 843-797-1 793 423-428-0918 ADAM'S & EVE'S PET & HOBBY LATIROBE 30 SHOPPING PLAZA LATROBE, PA 15650 IRON HORSE HOBBY HOUSE CAROLINA HOBBY & CRAFT SUPPLY DAN'S TRAINS 60 1-75 NORTH EMORY RD. 724-539-7130 S. SIXTH ST. 127 W. MAIN ST. READING, PA 19602 PICKENS, SC 29671 7603-A BLUEBERRY HILL DR. 37849 61 0-373-6927 864-878-9566 POWELL, TN CARPENTER HOBBIES 423-938-7212 1180 MAIN RD. NIXON ENTERPRISES 18235 PARAGON, LTD, LEHIGHTON, PA 73 MANOR DR. 610-337-2402 402 WYATI RD. TEXAS RICHBORO, PA 18954 PIEDMONT, SC 29673 215-357-4379 864-269-3869 DISCOUNT MODEL TRAINS RULE'S MODEL TRAINS 4641 RATLIFF LN. 1/150 202 S. CHARLOTIE ST. FRONT ( ) ADDISON, TX 75001 MANHEIM, PA 17545 TOWNE BAZAAR NEW BROOKLYN RR & HOBBY 972-931-8135 71 7-397-6349 OLOE SPROUL SHOPPING VILLAGE 495 STATE ST. 1170-74 BALTIMORE PIKE W. COLUMBIA, SC 29169 SPRINGFIELD, PA 19064 HOBBY TIME J & B HOBBIES 803-79 1-3958 610-328-7720 201-H WESTGATE PKWY 30 W. ALLEN ST. AMARILLO, TX 79 121 17055 MECHANICSBURG, PA 806-352-9660 717-766-0709 STRASBURG TRAIN SHOP SOUTH DAKOTA ROUTE 741 EAST, BOX 130 KING'S HOBBY STRASBURG, PA 17579 KLEIN'S T-R HOBBIES 881 0 N. LAMAR 717-687-0464 406 S. WILSON ST. 101 GRANITE RUN MALL AUSTIN, TX 78753 ABERDEEN, SO 57401 1067 W. BALTIMORE PIKE 512-836-7388 MEDIA, PA 19063-5185 605-229-0661 TRAIN SHOPPE 610-891 -7998 334 N. PENNSYLVANIA AV E. VILLAGE HOBBY SHOP WILLKES-BARRE, PA 18702 WHO'S HOBBY HOUSE 2700 W. ANDERSON LN. 1/402 LORETIA'S MAIN LINE TRAIN 71 7-824·7688 717 MAIN ST. AUSTIN, TX 78757 129 N. RACE ST. RAPID CITY. SD 57701 512-452-6401 MIDDLETOWN, PA 17057 605-342-0875 WILLOW GROVE HOBBIES 71 7 -944-2336 HOBBY MAKER 3090 WILLOW GROVE PARK 1424-F AIRPORT FREEWAY WILLOW GROVE, PA 19090 DONOVAN'S HOBBY & BEDFORD, TX 76022 ESTHER'S HOBBY 215-657-2588 SCUBA CENTER, INC, 817-267-0991 219 NORTH AV E. 3813 S. WESTERN AVE. MILVALE, PA 15209 SIOUX FALLS, SD 57105 BELLAIRE ROUNDHOUSE 412-821-2415 JARAME'S MODEL RAILROADING 605-338-6945 1706 W. MARKET ST. 531 4 BELLAIRE BLVD. YORK, PA 17404 BELLAIRE, TX 77401 LORESKI'S, INC. 71 7-843-2520 HOBBY TOWN USA MIRICLE MILE SHOPPING CTR. 71 3-667-7762 DAKOTA PLAZA 4055 MONROEVILLE BLVD. #33 1007 W. 41s1 ST. MONROEVILLE, PA 15146 HALL'S HOBBY HOUSE SIOUX FALLS, SO 57105 4822 BRYAN ST. 412-372-5155 RHODE ISLAND 605-339-661 3 DALLAS, TX 75204 APPONAUG COLOR SHOP 972-821 -2550 ENGLISH'S MODEL RAILROAD 1364 GREENWICH AVE. 21 HOWARD ST. APPONAUG, RI 02886 SILVER SPIKE HOBBIES MONTOURSVILLE, PA 17754 TENNESSEE 401 -737-5506 525 N. ELM ST. 717-368-2516 DENTON, TX 76201 HOBBY LAND INC. 254-383-3914 BARTLETI TOWNE CENTRE KEITH'S HOBBY DEPOT NEWPORT HOBBY HOUSE LTD. 235 5985 STAGE COACH RD. 13380 RTE. 30 SPRING ST. WOODIE'S TRAIN SHOP BARTLETI, TN 38134 N. HUNTINGTON, PA 15642 NEWPORT, RI 02840 4010 POLK AVE. 401 -847-1515 901-937-0636 724-861 -8910 EL PASO, TX 79930 91 5-566-0235

CAR CRAZY, INC, A A HOBBIES DEPOT 126 723 MONTGOMERY AV E. 655 JEFFERSON BLVD. 5237 HWY. 126 PHIL'S HOBBIES 2740 VALWOOD PKWY. 1/ 1 05 NARBETH, PA 19072 WARWICK, RI 02886 BLOUNTVILLE, TN 37617 FA RMERS BRANCH, TX 75234 610-667-4333 401 -737-71 11 423-279-9795 214-243-3603

BRANDON'S TRACKS & TRAINS KING'S CYCLERY CHATIANOOGA DEPOT HOBBY WORLD 1060 BUTLER AV E. 271 POST RD. 3701 RINGGOLD RD. 5658 WESTCREEK DR., 1/500 16101 NEW CASTLE, PA WESTERLY, RI 02891 CHATIANOOGA, TN 37412 FORT WORTH, TX 76133 724-652-6601 401 -322-6005 423-622-0630 817-263-5750

62 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' MAY 2001 CRAFTECH HOBBY SHOP LARRY'S HOBBIES DOUGLAS MODELS/SINCE 1934 PACIFIC RAILWAY HOBBIES 156-F 1960 EAST 2065 E. 3300 S. BLDG. P-4, NAVAL STATION 9525 GRAVELLY LAKE DR. HOUSTON, TX 77073 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84109 NORFOLK, VA 23511 71 3-443-7373 801-487-7752 757 -444-3846 LAKEWOOD, WA 98499 253-581 -4453 HOBBY EMPORIUM TRAINSOURCE: TEXAS P F & S RAILWAY SUPPLY TOY CRAFT 3264 S. LOOP W. 1739 W. 4160 S. 560 lONE RD. SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84119 8481 CHESAPEAKE BLVD. HOUSTON. TX 77025 PASCO, WA 99301 801-966-0694 NORFOLK, VA 23518 713-662-0809 757-587 -4 710 509-266-4384 TRAIN SHOPPE MAL HOBBY SHOP 470 S. 900 E. 108 S. LEE ST. WALT'S HOBBY SHOP ALL HOBBIES SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84102 1430 E. MAIN IIC IRVING. TX 75060 2791 S. CARTER RD. 801 -322-2729 PAYALLUP, WA 98372 972-438-9233 PETERSBURG. VA 23805 804-861 -1333 253-841 -0089 MRS HOBBY SHOP GUADALUPE HOBBY CENTER 9445 UNION SQUARE DAVIS HOBBY SUPPLIES NORTH END TRAIN CENTER 516 QUINLAN ST. IIA SANDY, UT 84070 3594 GRIFFIN ST. 12333 LAKE CITY WY. NE KERRVILLE. TX 78028 801 -572-6082 830-895-5654 PORTSMOUTH. VA 21019 SEATILE, WA 98125 L-HOBBY 540-362-7033 206-362-4959 HOBBY CENTER OF KILLEEN 45 S. MAIN 3202 STAN SCHLUETER LOOP #1 SMITHFIELD. UT 84335 HOBBY CENTER TRAIN CENTER KILLEEN. TX 76543 435-563-4127 8908 PATIERSON AVE. 1463 ELLIOT AVE. W. 254-690-7311 RICHMOND, VA 23229 SEATILE, WA 98119 804-359-4720 206-283-7886 HOBBY TOWN USA VERMONT MARKET AT VALLEY PKWY RAIL YARD 1079 W. FM 3040 #700 CABOOSE CORNER WEBSTER HOBBY SHOP 671 1-A WILLIAMSON RD. 1116 N. 183RD LEWISVILLE, TX 75067 676 MISSING LINK RD. ROANOKE, VA 24019 SEATILE, WA 98133 214-488-0980 BELLOWS FALLS, VT 05101 802-463-4575 540-362-1714 206-546-5159

IRON HORSE HOBBIES OF TEXAS KNAPP'S PETS & HOBBIES RICK'S HOBBY SHOP COLUMBIA CYCLE & HOBBY 1400 MOCCASIN TRAIL #5 671 1-B WILLIAMSON RD. 447 MAIN ST. 1808 N. MONROE LEWISVILLE, TX 75067 ROANOKE, VA 21019 BENNINGTON, VT 05201 SPOKANE, WA 99205 972-317-7062 540-362-7033 802-442-6252 509-327-1 465

T S C MODEL RAILROAD SUPPLIES AL'S TRAIN SHOP CROSSROADS HOBBIES/CRAFTS SUNSET JUNCTION 711 E. METHVIN 56 HOME AVE. 1104 W. MAIN ST. E. 213 SPRAGUE AVE. LONGVIEW, TX 75601 BURLINGTON, VT 05401 SALEM, VA 24153 SPOKANE, WA 99202 903-753-9512 802-658-4935 540-387-34 14 509-838-2379 CANDLE LITE FURNITURE & HOBBY WINGS & THINGS STAUNTON TRAINS & HOBBIES 128 STRATION RD. TACOMA TRAINS 4425 50TH ST. 123 W. BEVERLY ST. W. WARDSBORO, VT 05360 2521 N. PROCTOR LUBBOCK. TX 79414 STAUNTON, VA 24401 802-896-6247 TACOMA, WA 98406 806-793-7777 540-885-6750 253-756-7517

MESQUITE CENTRAL HOBBY T S G HOBBIES 24 14 E. HWY 80 11408 VIRGINIA WARRENTON CENTER CLOVER LEAF 4110 MAIN ST. MESQUITE, TX 75149 251 W. LEE HWY. 11691 UNION GAP, WA 98903 972-285-2930 CHOICE TRAINS & THINGS WARRENTON, VA 20186 509-453-8959 5801 DUKE ST. IIF122 540-347-9212 BASIN HOBBIES ALEXANDRIA. VA 22304 A-TRAIN HOBBY 700 ANDREWS HWY. #D 703-750-9854 NORGE STATION 6700 NE 162NDAVE. #41 1 MIDLAND. TX 79701 7405 RICHMOND RD. VANCOUVER, WA 98684 WILLIAMSBURG. VA 23188 915-683-7026 BROWN BROTHERS HOBBIES 360-944-5403 17297 JEFF DAVIS HWY. 757-564-7623 DIBBLE'S HOBBIES DUMFRIES, VA 22026 1029 DONALDSON AVE. 703-221-5746 WEST VIRGINIA SAN ANTONIO. TX 78828 WASHINGTON 210-735-7721 FOUNTAIN HOBBY CENTER ARLINGTON HOBBY CRAFTERS 230 W. BROAD ST. WAGNER'S ULTIMATE HOBBIES 200 W. WASHINGTON HOBBY TOWN USA FALLS CHURCH, VA 22046 131 E. MAIN ST. CHARLESTON, WV 25302 LINCOLN HTS. SHOPPING CTR. 703-532-2224 AUBURN, WA 98002 304-344-1441 999 E. BASSE RD. #177 253-939-2515 SAN ANTONIO, TX 78209 NITRO HOBBY & CRAFT CENTER 210-829-8697 HOBBIES 104-21ST ST. INSIDE GATEWAY 2370 PLANK RD. NITRO, WV 25143 14725 NE 20TH ST. K-L HOBBY FREDRICKSBURG. VA 22401 BELLEVUE, WA 98007 304-755-4304 1778 AUSTIN HWY. 540-372-6578 425-747-2016 SAN ANTONIO. TX 78218 21 0-805-8414 BLUE RIDGE TRAINS & THINGS WISCONSIN POULSBO PACIFIC 3004 EVERSOLE RD. 2515 BURWELL BEST'S HOBBY CENTER LONE STAR TRAINS & COLLECTIBLES HARRISONBURG, VA 22802 BREMERTON, WA 98312 2700 W. COLLEGE AVE. 118 4133 NACO PERRIN BLVD. 540-574-4884 360-478-2122 APPLETON, WI 54914 SAN ANTONIO. TX 78217 920-734-5244 210·655-4665 TRAINS ETC PERFORMANCE RC HOBBIES 8245-A BLACKLICK RD. SETCO HOBBY TRAINS 320 E. FAIRHAVEN AVE. #100 SPRING CROSSING LORTON, VA 22079 1818-B RICHMOND ST. 1420 SPRING CYPRESS RD. 703-550-1779 BURLINGTON, WA 98233 APPLETON, WI 5491 1 SPRING. TX 77373 360-755-0464 920-954-2731 281-353-9484 TRAINS UNLIMITED 6010 FORT AVE. EDMONDS HOBBY SHOP HOBBY TOWN USA C J'S HOBBIES LY NCHBURG, VA 24502-1 932 120 4TH ST. S. WAL-MART CENTER TANGLEWOOD EAST SHOPPING CTR. 804-239-8377 EDMONDS, WA 98020 2820 HERITAGE DR. 1700 SSE LOOP 323 11 108 425-774-7891 DELAFIELD. WI 5301 8 TYLER, TX 75701 KMA JUNCTION 626-646-5711 903-566-5409 CALVERY VILLAGE SHPG. CTR. M & M DEPOT 9786 CENTER ST. 2032 MAIN ST. FOCUS, INC. 75 S. MAIN MANASSAS, VA 201 10 FERNDALE, WA 98248 FOND DU LAC, WI 54935 703-257-9860 360-384-2552 UTAH 920-922-5999

COPPER BELT HOBBIES CHESTERFIELD HOBBIES, INC TRAINS STATION AT FANTASTICKS N.E.W. HOBBY 9120 W. 2700 S. 135 VISTA WY. 13154 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE 1234 S. MILITARY AVE. MAGNA, UT 84044 MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113 KENNEWICK, WA 99336 GREEN BAY, WI 54304 801-250-7688 804-379-9091 509-735-1750 920-498-2025

HOBBY STOP STREAM HOBBY SHOP EXPRESS STATION HOBBIES GREENFIELD NEWS & HOBBY 327 E. 1200 S. #10 10015 JEFFERSON AVE. 235 FIRST AVE. S. 6815 W. LAYTON AVE. OREM, UT 84058 NEWPOT NEWS, VA 23605 KENT. WA 98032 GREENFIELD, WI 53220 801-226-7947 757-591-0720 425-271 -3809 414-281-1800

RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 200 1 63 HOBBY DEPOT TRAINS SUCH LTD & PANTHER HOBBIES TRAINS RAIL N' THUSIAST 1524 E. SUMNER ST. 2604 4TH ST. NW & 2580 WHARTON GLEN AVE. 680 CANTERBURY RD. HARTFORD. WI 53027 CALGARY. ALBERTA MISSISSAUGA. ONTARIO SURREY HILLS 414-670-6242 CANADA T2M 3R1 CANADA L4X 2A9 AUSTRALIA 3127 403-277-7226 905-848-0743 (03) 890-6364 HERITAGE HOBBIES 215 W. MILWAUKEE ST. ROUNDHOUSE SALES TRAIN WORLD PTY. LTD. JANESVILLE. WI 53545 6519 104TH ST. HOCKLEY VALLEY RAILROAD 624 HAWTHORN RD. 608-758-0780 EDMONTON. ALBERTA 307254 HOCKLEY RD. EAST BRIGHTON CANADA T6H 2L3 ORANGEVILLE. ONTARIO AUSTRALIA 3187 LARRY & PHYL'S HOBBIES 403-430-9072 CANADA L9W 2Y8 1010 W. HOLMES (03) 596-6342 519-942-9900 JANESVILLE. WI 53545 CHOO-CHOO WILLlE'S 608-754-9807 7429 49TH AVE.. BAY #8 MODEL TRADING POST RED DEER. ALBERTA HOBBY CENTRE PO BOX 14 IRON RAILS OF KENOSHA CANADA T4P lN2 2446 BANK ST.. UNIT 113 MORPHEn VALE 2031 22ND AVE. 403-341-5291 onAWA, ONTARIO SOUTH AUSTRALIA 5162 CANADA. K1V KENOSHA. WI 53140 1M 41 4-552-8075 PACIFIC SCALE RAIL 61 3-739-9020 612 CARNARVON ST. ENGLAND ABC HOBBIES NEW WESTMINSTER. COSBURN'S HOBBY DEPOT LTD. AMERICAN RAILROAD CENTRE 1627 LOSEY BLVD. S. BRITISH COLUMBIA 242 CHAR LonE ST. 15 LOWER BORE ST.. BODMIN CROSSE. WI 54001 CANADA 3VM 1 E5 LA PETERBORROUGH. ONTARIO CORNWALL PL31 2JR 608-788-8222 604-524-8825 CANADA K9S 2Vl ENGLAND 705-743-8244 01208-72025 Exl. 1 HOBBY JUNCTION FINESCALE HOBBIES 163E. 1ST ST. 1729 STEPHENSON ST. M G SHARP MODELS NIAGARA CENTRAL HOBBIES MARINEnE. WI 54143 N. VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA 712 ALTERCLIFFE RD. 395 ST PAUL 715-732-6333 CANADA V7L 1 B2 SHEFFIELD 59 3RP 604-984-4366 ST CATHERINES. ONTARIO CANADA L2R 3Nl ENGLAND SPRING GREEN FLORAUHOBBY (114) 244-7120 1302 N. CENTRAL AVE. CODY BOOKS LTD 905-684-7355 MARSHFIELD. WI 54449 147-3000 LOUGHEED HWY. TOTALLY TRAINS 715-387-3421 PORT COQULTLAM. CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY CO. 1 2 CANTILUPE CT. BRITISH COLUMBIA 184 QUEEN ST. S. & HOBBY TOWN USA CANADA V3B 1 C5 STREETSVILLE. ONTARIO ROSS ON WYE PAVILION AT MEQUON 604-464-5515 CANADA L5M 1 L3 HEREFORDSHIRE HR9 7AN 10970 N. PT. WASHINGTON RD. 905-826-1306 ENGLAND MEQUON. WI 53092 CENTRAL HOBBIES (198) 956-7577 2845 GRANDVIEW HWY. 262-241-1862 THOM THUMB HOBBIES/CRAFTS VANCOUVER. BRITISH COLUMBIA 139 FEDERICA ST. W. VICTORS CANADA V5M 2El JERRY'S BAY VIEW HOBBY THUNDER BAY. ONTARIO 83 PARKANAUR AVE. 604-431 -0771 2633 S. KINNICKINNIC AVE. CANADA P7E 3V8 SOUTH END ON SEA. MILWAUKEE. WI 53207 807-577-8878 ESSEX SS 1 3JA PACIFIC SCALE RAIL 414-482-1 566 ENGLAND 16A 3577 DOUGLAS ST. VICTORIA. BRITISH COLUMBIA HOBBY HOUSE. LT D. (170) 258-7477 TERMINAL HOBBY SHOP 80 MONTREAL RD. 5601 W. FLORIST AVE. CANADA V8Z 3L6 VAN IER onAWA. ONTARIO MILWA UKEE. WI 53201 250-475-2860 CANADA Kl L 6E8 FRANCE 414-461-1050 ELMWOOD HOBBY WORKS 613-749-5245 260 HENDERSON HWY. TRANSMONDIA BEST'S HOBBY CENTER WINNIPEG. MANITOBA 48 RUE DE DOUAI 1011 S. LAKE ST. HOBBY JUNCTION EXPRESS CANADA R2L 1 M2 PARIS 75009 NEENAH. WI 54956 1761 CARDINAL 204-669-2167 920-722-8532 DORVAL. QUEBEC FRANCE CANADA H9P 1Y5 (14) 281 -2289 WARE HOUSE HOBBIES HOBBY TOWN. USA 514-631-3504 AVIATION PLAZA 1870 PORTAGE AVE. #3 2075 S. KOELLER WINNIPEG. MANITOBA GERMANY LE COIN DUCHEMINOT. INC. OSHKOSH. WI 54901 CANADA R3J OH2 5354 BALANGER ST. ALL AMERICAN TRAINS 920-426-1 840 204-837-7887 AM NEUMARKT MONTREAL. QUEBEC 1 DON'S "HO" SERVICE CANADA H 1T 1 E2 KAARST 41564 GRAMPA'S TRAIN SHOP 25 TEAKWOOD WY 514-728-8443 GERMANY 939 LAKESHORE DR. MONCTON. NEW BRUNSWICK (213)-176-9640 RICE LAKE. WI 54868 CANADA E1G 1T3 PRAIRIE STATION 715-234-2996 48 STANACONA ST. 506-855-5062 w. MOOSE JAW. SASKATCHEWAN JAPAN HOBBY CONNECTION TRAIN TRAX CANADA S6H 1 Zl SAKATSU COMPANY. I!IOC. 503 S. GRAND AVE. 115-B OLD HAMPTON RD. 306-694-0665 3-25-12 YAMAZAKI. BLDG. 2F ROTHSCHILD. WI 54474 ROTHESAY. NEW BRUNSWICK 715-355-5908 SUGAMO. TOSHIMA-KU. TOKYO CANADA E2E 2P9 JAPAN 170 506-847-4147 AUSTRALIA (33) 949-2893 GALAXY HOBBY A.R.H.S. SALES CENTRE 621 SUNSET AVE. MARITIME HOBBY & CRAFT 67 RENWICK ST. STEVENS POINT. WI 54481 1521 GRAFTON ST. REDFERN. NSW NEW ZEALAND 715-341 -4077 HALIFAX. NOVA SCOTIA AUSTRALIA 2016 CANADA B3J 2B9 (02) 699-1714 BAY HOBBY SUPPLIES JETCO'S HIAWATHA HOBBYS 902-423-8870 1344 CAMERON RD. 1701 SUMMIT AVE. TA URANGA AUSTRAL MODELCRAFT WAUKESHA. WI 53188 NEW ZEALAND DEN OF TRAINS CRAFTS & HOBBYS 48 MORIALTA ST.. MANSFIELD 414-544-4131 3076 BLOOR ST. W. BRISBANE. QUEENSLAND ETOBICOKE. ONTARIO AUSTRALIA 4122 SWEDEN PHIL'S HOBBY CRAFT & CANADA M8X IC8 (07) 343-2 138 409 W. MAIN ST. 416-232-2129 HOBBYBOKHANDELN AB WAUTOMA. WI 54982 BOX 8153 HOBBYCO PTY.• LTD. 920-787-7232 BROUGH DALE HOBBY PHOTO & SHOP 402. GALLERY LEVEL S-104 20 STOCKHOLM NORTHRIDGE PLAZA SWEDEN 1444 GLENORA DR. MIDCITY CENTER. 197 Pin ST. 468-739-0490 LONDON. ONTARIO SYDNEY. NSW WYOMING CANADA N5X 1 V2 AUSTRALIA 2000 519-434-0600 (02) 221-0666 SWITZERLAND JUG'S TOOT-N-SHOOT 550 E. 4TH S. LARK SPURLINE J J HOBBIES OLD PULLMAN AG GREEN RIVER. WY 82935 & RR4. MCRAE RD.-BOX 416 SHOP 5/415 BEAUDESERT RD. PO BOX 326 307-875-3522 MERRICKVILLE. ONTARIO MOOROOKA. BRISBANE. QUEENSLAND STAFA CH-8712 CANADA KOG 1 NO AUSTRALIA 4105 SWITZERLAND (07) 277 -4429 CANADA 613-269-3690 (01) 926-1455 HEMLOCK JUNCTION RAILROAD HOBBY WEST PUNCHBOWL HOBBY CENTRE TRAINMASTER - WERNER MEER 5011 MACLEOD TRAIL SW 150-A MILL ST. 545 CHAPEL RD. 3 HOCKWEIDSTRASSE CALGARY. ALBERTA MILTON. ONTARIO BANKSTOWN. NSW KILCHBERG CH-8802 CANADA T2G OA9 CANADA L9T 1 S2 AUSTRALIA 2200 SWITZERLAND 403-244-9990 905-875-4735 (02) 709-5082 (01) 715-3666 64 RAILMODEL)OURNAL . MAY 2001 [CALENDAR] ------

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Four new fluted-side Pullmans to match ACLIFEC prototype cars are available from NKP Car, 8123 Ashgrove Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45244 for $60.50 each less trucks, couplers and decals. The kits include the ACF 14-2 Pullman and Pullman-Standard 21 Roomette (plan 4156). Both cars were also operated by the RF&P and Pennsy. A 4-5-1-4 (plan 4196 shown, with the antennae) and 6-bedroom lounge models (shown) are also available.

Westerfield, 53 River Lane, Crossville, TN 38555 is offering cast-resin kits with one-piece bodies to recreate the Santa Fe Caswell gondolas. The kits are $30.00 with a choice of the GA-X through GA-10 classes or for the slightly differ­ ent GA-ll and G-12.

Bachmann has revised the handrails and chassis on their Spectrum-series GE 44-ton diesel. The new chassis includes directional headlights and easy DCC decoder installation. The model includes E-Z Mate magnetic couplers and is available in U.S. Transportation Corps (shown) or black with a choice of red safety stripes and handrails or yellow safety stripes and handrails. The ready-to-run model is $60.00 from your dealer.

Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997 is offering cast-resin kits to dupli­ cate the Cotton Belt's 40-foot single-sheathed box cars. The kits include decals but no trucks and couplers for $30.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling.

RAILMODELjOURNAL · MAY 2001 67 FREIGHT CARS • PROFILE: 1937 AAR I O-foot interior height, 40- Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught "Rolling Pin"-shaped foot double-door ACF-built cars from Red Caboose ends, from C&BT Shops HO scale models, by Ed OF THE FIFTIES 1-10 scale, Pacific Rail Shops S scale and Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, " July 1990.

InterMountain 0 scale, by Richard Hendrickson, • Pennsylvania Railroad class X-43 1944 AAR 10- January 1998. foot 6-inch interior height, ACF-built 40-foot sin­ Articles are listed in (more or less) chronological • Upgrade: IMW 1937 AAR 1-10 scale box car kits, gle-door cars with Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught order of first appearance of prototype cars. "PRO­ by Richard Hendrickson, July 1994. "Rolling Pin"-shaped ends, from C&BT Shops HO FILE" articles describe the prototype and its match­ • Kit-Conversion: C&O 1937 AAR Rebuilt 40-foot scale models, by Bob Davis, September 1991. ing model. Usually, articles on individual cars that box car with Hutchins ends and diagonal panel • Wabash 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior height, follow "PROFILE," "Upgrade," or "Kit-conver­ roof, by Scott Pitzer, May 1996. ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Improved sion" listings are individual examples of the same • PROFILE: 1937 AAR wood-side box cars with 4/4 Dreadnaught "Rolling Pin"-shaped ends, from car type with a photograph of the model and its pro­ 5/4 Dreadnaught ends from Sunshine or Athearn C&BT Shops HO scale model, by Ed Hawkins, totype. HO scale kits, by Martin Lofton, February 1994. May 1991.

• PROFILE: Modified 1937 AAR 40-foot box cars • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 1 0-foot 6-inch interior 40-FOO1' BOX CARS: with 5/5 Dreadnaught ends from InterMountain, height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with (",Note: Articles with a single asterisk are reprinted Sunshine and Athearn 1-1 0 scale, Deluxe "Transitional" rectangular-panel roofs, and lnterim in the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol fl, Innovations N scale, Pacific Rail Shops S scale and Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from C&BT BOX CAR, BOOK I.) ("''''Note: Articles with two Old Pullman 0 scale kits, with ROSTER, by Ed Shops HO scale models, with ROSTER, by Ed asterisks are reprinted in the book FREIGHT CAR Hawkins, August, October and December 1996 and Hawkins, Par Wider and Ray Long, "'February MODELS, Vol I, TECHNIQUES.) March 1997. 1990. • Upgrade: Adding etched-brass or stainless steel • Pennsylvania Railroad X-37 40-foot single-door, • Kit-Conversion: LTC 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch roofwalks to box cars and reefers, by Robert 1937 AAR box car from Athearn's riO scale kit, by interior height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars Schleicher, January 1992. Curt LaRue, September 1990. with "Transitional" rectangular-panel roofs, and • Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to box cars, by • Pennsylvania Railroad X-37B 40-foot double­ Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from Ed Hawkins, May 1995. door 1937 AAR box car from Athearn and Front C&B1' Shops HO scale model, by Ed Hawkins, • Upgrade: simulating separate ladders and grab­ Range parts, by Curt LaRue, November 1992. February 1991. irons with "shadow painting." • PROFI LE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior • PROFILE: 1944 AAR IO-foot 6-inch interior • Upgrade: Detailing Athearn underframes for 40- height, 40- foot single-door cars with 5/5 height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with foot box cars and reefers, by Martin Lofton, May Dreadnaught ends, from InterMountain or Athearn Interim Improved 4/4 "Dartnaught" ends, from 1 99 1 . 1'10 scale, Deluxe Innovations N scale, or Old C&BT Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or • Upgrade: Detailed floors and interiors for HO Pullman 0 scale models, by Ed Hawkins, February Con-Cor N scale, or Atlas 0 scale models all with scale box cars, by Martin Lofton, "''''January 1991. 1995, and Richard Hendrickson, March 1997. modified ends, with ROSTER, by Ed Hawkins, Pat • PROFILE: Z-braced 40-1'oot single-sheathed sin­ • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior Wider and Ray Long, "'October 1990. gle-door box cars from Accurail and Sunshine height, ACF-buill 40-foot single-door cars with • Kit-Conversion: Modeling the "Dartnaught" ends Models HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, by Ed on C&B1' Shops HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, February 1993. Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, from C&B1' May 1992. • Kit-Conversion: 1112-door single-sheathed 40- Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or Con-Cor N • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior foot box cars from Accurail's 1-10 scale kits, by scale, or Atlas 0 scale models, with ROSTER, by height, ACF-built 40-foot si ngle-door cars with Richard Hendrickson, April 1993. Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, Improved 4/3/1 Dreadnaught ends, from C&BT • Rebuilt 40-foot USRA single-sheathed box cars from *September, "'October and "'November 1989. Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or Con-Cor N

TichyOs HO scale kits, by MaJtin Lofton and Richard • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior scale, or Atlas 0 scale models, with ROSTER, by Hendrickson. April, May, June 1992 and July 1993. height, ACF-built 40-1'00t double-door cars with Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, "'November • PROFILE: USRA 40-foot double-sheathed box Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from 1990. cars from Ertl or Westerfield HO scale kits, Micro­ C&BT Shops HO scale models. with ROSTER, by • Kit-Conversion: 1944 AAR 1 0-foot 6-inch interi­ Trains N scale models or Berkshire Val ley 0 scale Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, June 1992. or height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door with 1/3/4 kits, by Richard Hendrickson, May 1998. • Upgrade: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior tapered-rib Dreadnaught ends and welded-side box • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad X26C box cars height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door car with car from Accurail (ex-McKean) HO scale double­ (rebuilt from USRA single-sheathed X26 cars) interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from door kits, by Ed Hawkins, April 1994. from Athearn and Sunshine Models kits, by Martin C&BT Shops HO scale kit, by Ed Hawkins, June • Kit-Conversion: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interi­ Lofton and Thomas Meacham, August 1992. 1992. or height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door box car

• PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad X29 box cars • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior with 1/3/4 tapered-rib Dreadnaught ends and rivet­ from Red Caboose, Sunshine Models, or Walthers height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door cars with ed-side from Accurail (ex-McKean) HO scale dou­ HO scale or Fine N scale kits, by Martin Lofton, Interim Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught ends, from ble-door kits, by Ed Hawkins, April 1994.

September 1993, and by Richard Hendrickson, C&BT shops HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, Pat • PROFILES: PS- I -40-foot single-door box cars: August 1997. Wider and Ray Long, "'January 1990. Color photos of MNS, LS&L and D&H cars

• PROFILE: X-29 single-door box car clones on the • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot interior height, appeared in the *June 1989 issue. Part L of the DT& I, W&LE (NKP) and B&O, from Red ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Interim series, with a roster of all the cars buil t by Pullman­ Caboose or Westerfield HO scale kits, or Red Improved 4/3 Dreadnaught ends, with step-by-step Standard, plus a step-by-step "how-toO article on Caboose or Fine N scale N scale kits, by Richard how-to art icle on kit-converting the C&BT Shops upgrading the HO scale McKean Models kits (now Hendrickson, June 1998. HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, offered as an improved kit from Accurai l), • 1920- 1923 AAR box car kit-upgrade from Model "'December 1989. appeared in the March 1993 issue. Part n, JTl, IV, V,

Power N scale models. by Keith Kohlmann, August • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot interior height, VI, VIl, VI[!, lX, X, Xl and XII appeared in the 1998. ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Interim May, June, August, October and November 1993, • PROFILE: 1929 Standard Canadian National 40- Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from Branchline January, June and November 1994, and June, July foot single-sheathed box cars from Steam Shack's Trains or C&BT Shops kits, by Ed Hawkins, and December 1997 issues. An updated roster, with kit, with ROSTER, by Stafford Swain, June 1994. October and November 1999 and January 2000. more information on door styles and details,

• PROFILE: 40-foot all-steel box cars, from • Kit-Conversion: Updating the IMW 40-foot box appeared in the November 1993 issue. An index of Accurail, Des Plaines and Sylvan kits, by Stafford car with cast-resin Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught all the photos (over 130!) that had been published Swain, October 2000 and January 200 I. ends, by Scott Pitzer. in "The Journal" to that date, appeared in the June • Pennsylvania RR class X3 1 round-roof box cars, • Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad X29B 1994 issue. A comparsion of the HO scale with ROSTER, by Rich Burg, March 1995. "Merchandise Service" 40-foot single-door box InterMountain, Accurail (improved McKean), • 1932 AAR box cars in N scale from Model Power cars from Front Range HO scale kits, by Bob Walthers, Model Power, Con-Cor and Cannonball reefers kits by Keith Kohlmann, July 1999. Davis, March 1991. make cars (except for the newer InterMountain

• PROFILE: 1937 AAR 10-foot interior height, • Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad X29B 40- model) appeared in the March 1993 issue. An arti­ ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars from Red foot single-door box cars from C&BT Shops and cle on Kadee's new HO scale appeared in the May Caboose (ex-IMW) HO scale, Pacific Rail Shops S Sunshine Models kits, by Martin Lofton, January 1997 issue. scale and InterMountain 0 scale (with ROSTER), 1994. • Upgrade: McKean (now improved by Accurail) by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, "'July • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior HO scale PS-I kits with roofs and underframes, by 1991, and by Richard Hendrickson, November height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Ed Hawkins, November 1993. 1992.

68 RAILMODELJOURNAL . MAY 2001 • Soo 40-foot PS- I box car from McKean Models Dreadnaught ends, from Proto 2000 or Athearn 1-10 August, October and December 1991. by Jim HO scale kit, by Dan Holbrook, December 1990. scale, InterMountain N scale, or Old Pullman 0 Eager, March and May 1994 and by Richard

• Upgrade: InterMountain HO scale 40-foot PS- I scale models, by Richal'd Hendrickson, October Hendrickson, September 1997.

with backdating information, by Ed Hawkins, 1995 and March 1996. • Upgrade: Eastern Car Works HO scale ACF two­

December 1994. • PROFILE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior bay covered hopper, by Ed Hawkins. April 1991.

• Soo 40-foot PS- I box car from McKean Models height, 50-foot double-door cars with one 5/5 • Kit-Conversion: Bowser, Kato or Eastern Car HO scale kits, by Dan Holbrook, December 1990. Dreadnaught end and end doors, from Proto 2000 Works 1-10 scale ACF two-bay covered hoppers. by

• Rock Island 40-foot PS-I single-door box car HO scale kits or Micro-Trains N scale models, by Alan Mende, March 1994.

from Micro-Trains N scale model, by Robert Ortiz, Richard Hendrickson, Seplember 1996. • Kit-Conversion: ACF two-bay covered hoppers

November 1994. • PROFILE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior from Con-Col' N scale four-bay covered hoppers,

• Kit-Conversion: CN 40-foot box cars from McKean height, 50-foot single-door cars with 5/5 by Kent Charles, August 1990.

Models (or C&BT Shops or InterMountain) HO scale Dreadnaught ends, from Proto 2000 HO scale or • PROFILE: Pu llman Standard PS-2 two-bay cov­ kits and CRM cast-resin pans, by Stafford Swain, Old Pullman 0 scale models, by Richard ered hoppers from Atlas or MDC HO scale. Atlas N December 1992 and May 1993. Hendrickson, April 1998. scale, S Helper Services S scale, or Weaver 0 scale

• Kit-Conversion: Linde 40-foot boxltank cars from • Northern Pacific double-door box car kit-convert ­ kits, by Rich Gher, July 1990 and by Ed Hawkins. McKean Models HO scale or Con-Cor N scale kits, ed from the Details West (article says Proto 2000) April, June, September and November 1995.

by John Ryczkowski, July J 993 . HO scale kit, by Scott Pitzer, March 2000. • PROFI LE: Pu llman Standard PS-2 two-bay cov­

• PROFILE: Santa Fe extended-Height 40-foot box • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior ered hoppers, as Pennsylvania Railroad class 1-134, cars from Westerfield's HO scale kit, by Richard height, ACF-buill 50-foot single-door cars with from Atlas 01' MDC HO scale, Atlas N scale, S Hendrickson, May 1995. Improved 1/314 Dreadnaught ends, from Branch­ Helper Services S scale or Weaver 0 scale kits,

• Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad class X- line Models HO scale, or Pacific Rail Shops S scale with H34 ROSTER, by Rich burg, December 1993 29G 40-foot box car fro m Details West 50-foot kit, kits (or fl'om 40-foot kit-conversion of C&BT and January 1994.

with Athearn doors, by Ed Bley, February 1991. Shops 1-10 scale, Deluxe Innovations N scale, or • General American single Airslide covered hop­

• Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad class X- Atlas 0 scale models as illustrated, step-by-step, in pers from Walthers, Con-Cor and Eastern Car 54 40-foot plug-door box car from Details West HO the "" :'March and "''''April 1990 issues), "''''August Works HO scale and Atlas N scale kits, "Car scale 50-foot kit, by Ed Bley, January 1991. 1989 (B&O cars), "''''June and "''''September 1990 Spotters Guide No. 56 (private owner cars),

• Great Northern 12-panel 40-foot single-door box and October 1992. December 1990 and October 1992.

cars from InterMountain HO sclae kits, by Duane • PROFILE: 1944 AAR single-door and double­ • General American single Airslide covered hop­ Buck, October 1998. door box cars with R-3-4 ends from Branchline pers from Wa lthers, Con-Cor and Eastern Car

• PROFILE: 1955- 1961 AAR 50-ton single-door Trains HO scale kits, with ROSTER, by Ed Works HO scale and Atlas N scale kits, "Car box cars from Branchline Trains and Red Caboose Hawkins, November 1999 and January 2000. Spotters Guide No. 86 (railroad-owned cars),

HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, July 1999. • PROFILE: Pullman Standard PS-I 50-foot dou­ February 1991 and October 1992. SO-FOOT BOX CARS: ble-door box cars from InterMountain's HO scale THREE-BAY COVERED HOPPERS: ("'Note: Articles with a single asterisk are reprinted and Atlas or Micro-Trains N scale kits, with ROS­ (refer to "Modern Freight Cars" index) in the book FRE[GI-IT CAR MODELS, Vo l II, TER, by Ed Hawkins, June and August 1995 and FLAT CARS: BOX CAR, BOOK I.) January 1996. ("'''Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in

(*"'Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in • Pullman Standard PS- I 50-foot single-door box the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol [ the book FRE[GHT CAR MODELS, Vol [ cars from InterMountain HO scale and Micro­ Techniques).

Technique.) Trains N scale kits, with ROSTER, by Ed Hawkins, • Upgrade: Simulated wood decks for pl astic­

• Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to box cars, by December 1995. decked flat cars, by Robert Schleicher, April 1994.

Ed Hawkins, May 1995. • Pennsylvania Railroad (ex-GAEX) 50-fOOl sin­ • Bethlehem Steel 75-foot piggyback flat cars from

• Upgrade: Simulating separate ladders and gra­ gle-door "DF" box car from Details West HO scale Walthers HO scale kits, with ROSTER, by Mark birons with "shadow painting." kit, by Bob Davis, April 1991. Vaughan, April 1990.

• Upgrade: Detailed floors and interiors for HO PROFILE: 1951-1980 General American • B&O 50-fOOl Tofcee (Piggyback) Flats & Trailers, scale box cars, by Martin Lofton, "" "January 1991. (GAEX) 50-foot "DF" single plug-door and slid­ prototype photos and diagrams with Athearn "stand­

• PROFILE: Modeling the 50-foot wood and com­ ing-door box cars from Branchline Models 1-10 in6 kit-conversion, "'''October 1989.

posite steel box cars manufactured between 1894 scale, or Pacific Rail Shops S scale kits (or fro m • B�Ilkhead, V-deck pulpwood cars in the upper and 1932, with ROSTER, from MDC, Westerfield 40-foot kil-conversion of C&BT Shops HO scale, Midwest, by Dan Holbrook, October 1989, January HO scale and Cameron scale Models (ex-Berkshire Deluxe Innovations N scale, or Atlas 0 scale model and May 1990 and September 1991.

Va lley) 0 scale kits, by Rich Burg and Richard as illustrated, step-by-step, ':'''' March and "' ''' April • Commonwealth (GSO 53-foot flat cars and bulk­ Hendrickson, "'J uly, *October, "'November 1989, 1990 issue, ':''''March 1990, with ROSTER, head cars from Walthers 1-10 and N scale and S July 1995 and July 1996. "' '''April, "' '''J une, "''''September 1990, ':":' April 1991 Helper Services S scale kits, with ROSTER, "Car

• Upgrade: Adding grabirons, ladders and other and "''''February 1992. Spotters Guide No. 12,6 by James Eager. details to MDC's HO scale 50-foot single-sheathed CABOOSES: December 1992.

box cars, by Richard Hendrickson, July 1996. • Kit-Conversion: D&RGW (ex-D&SL) wood • Upgrade and prototypes for Tichy HO scale 40-

• PROF[LE: 50-foot single-sheathed double-door caboose from MDC's 1-10 scale kit, by Dan'ell foot flat cars, by Richard Hendrickson, June 1993.

box cars from the late twenties from MDC, Taylor, August 1991. • Southern, ATSF, CSXT, C&G, A&WP. RF&P,

Westerfield and Walthers HO scale, Walthers N • Eastern-style steel caboose from Proto 2000 HO GM&O, MP, W of A, GA and ACL bulkhead pulp­ scale and Cameron Scale Models (ex-Berkshire scale kits, Life-Like N scale kits or Weaver 0 scale wood flat cars, by Rhett Coates, September 1993.

Va lley) 0 scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, July kits on the Shawmut, October 1991. • Kit-Conversion: SAL 40 and 50-foot bulkhead V­

1995. • Lehigh Va lley eastern-style cabooses from Life­ deck pulpwood cars from Athearn HO scale kits, by

• PROF[LE: 50-foot single-sheathed single-door Like (or Proto 2000) 1-10 scale kits, by Steve Kley, Larry Denton, October 1993.

box cars from the late twenties from MDC and October 1991. • Kit-Conversion: V-Deck pulpwood car from

We sterfield's HO scale kits, by John Nehrich, July • Assembling etched-brass caboose kits, step-by­ Walthers HO or N scale bulkhead flat car kits, by 1995. step, by David Lawler, January 1992. Robert Schleicher, April 1994.

• PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad X-32 and X-33 ·Painting imported brass models of NYC wood • Northeastern pulpwood and wood chip cars. by J. 50-foot double-door box cars from Bowser 1-10 cabooses, by Mont Switzer, April 2000. Emmons Lancaster, August 1997.

scale or Fine N scale kits, with ROSTER, by Rich COVERED HOPPERS: • PROFILE: USRA-design 42-foot flat cars from Burg, February 1996. • Upgrade: adding separate grabirons and steps to Red Caboose HO or 0 scale kits. by Richard

• Pennsylvania Railroad X-3 IB 50-foot round-roof plastic hoppers and covered hoppers, by Bill Hendrickson, January 1997.

1-10 scale box car fro m Menzies (now made in plas­ Wright and Ed Hawkins, December 1991. • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad Class F30A 40-

tic by Bowser in HO scale and Micro-Trains and • Upgrade: Scale-size covered hopper ends from foot flat cars fro m Bowser's [-10 scale kit, by Fine N Scale cast-resin in N scale) kit, by Bob brass angle, strip and wire, step-by-step, by Ken Richard Hendrickson, April 1999.

Davis, August 1991. Patrerson, December 1995. • NKP 42- foot piggyback flat cars from Athearn's

'Pennsylvania Railroad X-3 1-B 50-foot round-roof • PROFILE: ACF two-bay covered hoppers from underframe, by Stan Rydarowicz, July 1998.

box car from Micro-Trains model, by Keith Bowser, Kato or Eastern Car Works HO scale, • PROFILE : AAR 50-foot, 50-ton flat cars in HO Kohlmann, January 200 I. Loco-Motives (ex V-line) N scale or Weaver 0 scale from Proto 2000 kits, by Richard

• PROF[LE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior scale kits, July 1990 and (by Ed Hawkins, Pat Hendrickson. June and August 1999. height, 50-foot double-door cars with 5/5 Wider and Ray Long, with ROSTERS, April, (For a complete list or Freight Cars Or The Fitiies visit our website: www.railmode/ioumal.com) RAILMODELjOURNAL'MAY 2001 69 ARRIVING AUTUMN 2001 ACF BUILT HART SELECTIVE BALLAST CARS "HO" SCALE

2384.1 Chicago Burlington and Prototype photo similar 10 2384.1 . Quincy Class HK-50-4 two � From the collection hopper doors each side. of Alfred Hoffman.

Prototype photo 2385.1 Chicago Burlington simi lar to 2385.1. and Quincy Class HK-50-3 single From the collection � or Alfred Hoffman. long hopper door each side.

2389.1 Soo Line Class Prototype photo similar to 2389.1. HK-50-4 two hopper � From the col lection doors each side. of Alfred Hoffman.

Prototype photo 2388.1 Chicago & Northwestern similar to 2388.1. Class HK-50-3 single long hopper From the collection � of Alfred Hoffman. door each side.

2386.1 Union Pacific Railroad Class Prototype photo similar to 2386.1. HK-50-4 two hopper doors each side. ... From the collection of Alfred Hoffman. 2387.1 Union Pacific ballast car ,.. covered and modified for grain service.

Prototype photo 2390.1 Monon Class similar to 2390. 1 . HK-50-4 two hopper From the collection � of Alfred Hoffman. doors each side.

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