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Photo by Bob Boudreau

FEATURES 16 BU ILDING CANADIAN RSI8 DIESELS by Bob Boudreau 20 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE WEATHERlNG by Chris Lane 24 MODELING THE N5C CABIN CAR - PART 2: THE CLASS IC PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD VERS IONS by Jim Six 28 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STEEL OPEN HOPPER CARS by John Teichmoeller 32 FREELANCING! PART 6- BU ILDING A GP35 FRAME AND EVALUATING REPOWER1NG COM PONENTS by David A. Bontrager 38 PIKES PEAK ·'N"GINEERS - AN NTRAK MODULAR CLU B by Chuck Stevens 43 ON TRACK: GRADE CROSS INGS by Jim Mansfield 44 DlESEL WATER FILLERS by George Melvin 48 SHORTLI NE ADENV ETURES: ALABAMA POWER·S CONSTR UCTIO N RA ILROADS by Larry Smith 53 DIESEL DETA1L CLOSE-UP: BURLINGTON NORTHERN EMD ··PHASE IIr' WIDE-CAB SD60M by Rich Picariello 56 TREADWELL TEXTILES by Larry Smith 58 BEH[ND THE SCENES: A ROCK IN TlME ... PART II by Margaret Mansfield 62 MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL: SPINE CARS - THE McKEAN FRONT RUNNER (AND 50' TOFC FLATCAR) by David A. Bontrager DEPARTMENTS 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 12 SOCIETY PAGE 52 VIDEO REVIEW 5 EDITORIAL 13 YOUR TREK PLAN 66 DEALER DIRECTORY 6 NEW PRODUCTS 14 RAIL PROJECT RESEARCH 70 SHOPPI NG GU IDE 9 PRODUCT REV IEWS 36 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 78 ADVERTISER INDEX ABOUT THE COVER The protective hood over the radiator intake on eN's RS18 comesin handy during the long Canadian winters. It keeps the snow out when these units, which eN operates long-hood forward, are used to pu sh snowplows. CPt on the oth er hand. operates th eir RS18s short-hood forward. Plioto by Bob Boudreau. INSET: Starting on page 56, Larry Smi th takes a close look at South River Models' Treadwell Text iles kit. PholO by Bob Beaty. TO THE ED ITO R

89' Autorack Doors

Dear Randy. Re: Jim Rogers' "89' AU loracks" arlicle on pages 56-57 of the Novem­ ber 1992 iss ue of Model Railroading. Please nOle the photos of the doors on the lower part of page 56. The one on the righ, (with the BN rack ) has the older door (tri-fold). The flat was built in September 1977, and the rack was built in circa 1978. The one on [he left (with the UP rack) is the newer door (R. A .VE.), the ~lat was built in 1974 but th e rack was bui lt in the 1980s (probably c irca 1983-84). NEV ER rely on the build d,ne of the flatcar to delennine the bu ild date of the rack. It works sometim es. but not very often. Also. the photo in Ihe middle of page 57 of the CNW rack. This rack is probably one of [hose that was rebuilt under a recent program by the CNW. Hence the reason for the "dirtier" flatcar. Keep 'em coming.

Dave Casdorph Monrovia, CA Sou 2704 in Selma, NC, September 1965. Warren Calloway photo, courtesy of Diesel Era magazine

I do agree with Jim as to the color of the SAL units appearing a little Southern GP35s and SAL Green browner than that used by Life-Like, but their color was matched to SAL's standard paint chip which J suppl ied to them when this scheme was being Dear Randy, researched. Their color is close to a fre shly painted unit. Apparently as I read wi th interest Larry Puckett's Southern GP3S art icle (December SAL's Pu llman Green weathered, th e color experienced a brown shift. 1992), but the re is a minor correction to one of his statements. Not all Jim "s color match is close to what I have used in painting SAL units, and Southern GP3Ss were delivered wit h Aleo trade-in trucks. As you can see matches the color of the units aft er a lillie aging. In fact , most color slides in the enclosed photographs. Sou 2703 and 2704 have standard EMD of SA L's Pullman Green appear browner than the color photograph as Blomberg trucks and were the only Southern-proper GP35s so equipped. re produced in the article. This shift toward brown resulted in some olel The two rebuilt GP30s and the CofG's units 210-214 mentioned were al so SAL MofW equipment (a lso painted Pullman Green) appearing to have equipped with EMD trucks. Also in addition to the thick frame versus thin been actuall y painted brown after years of aging. frame. the later Phase II GP35s had a raised dome over the ine rtial air sepa­ rator (j ust behind the cab on the roof) and the later-style corrugated inenial Warren Call oway. Editor intake grilles. Diesel Era magazine Raleigh. NC

Model Photography

Hi Randy. A big THANKS to you and locomotives had received their new numbers by that date. SAL 402 would become SCL 1058 in a mailer or weeks after thi s photograph was (BI'IICC"s model fJh ofOgl'{lphy articles Il'il/ he (if'ered ill hook form later t/tis taken. The unit was in local freight serv ice on the Ral eigh-Hamlet local at yea/,.-Randy) the time. (Col/fil/lled 011 pagl' 6 /.)

4 • Model Railroading February 1993 Publishers S. S. Danielsen, Nick Siegel Executive Editor Randall B. Lee Production Manager EDITORIAL LaDonna T. Vaughan Contributing Editors Scott Anderson. David A. Bontrager. Patrick Lawson. Jim and Margaret Mansfietd. George Melvin. Rich Picariello. Larry J, Puckett, Jim Six. Larry E. Smith, W. Terry Stuart Where There's a Will... C irculation Sandra Schelkopl odel railroad manufacturers are causi ng me fit s! How so'! By continuing to bring an incredible number of new products to market th at I really want. but just ca n' t justi fy. Advertising M Those of you who know me know that my primary modeling interest is Union Pacific in the Jll i d ~ Susan Goggin '50s. But lately, my horizons and time frame have been ex panding. Typography This has become necessary because there are just too many really wonderful items available, TypeTronics, Inc. Chances are that many of you face this very same dilemma. So, how do we cope? "II share some Typesetter of my coping methods with you. After seeing how I cope, you may decide some of my solutions Kristin Doughty offer some promise ... or perhaps you' ll decide ('m ready for the farm. Proofreader One of the problems of trying to model a particular point in time for a specific prototype in a Rachael Amos given geographic location is it red uces everyth ing you do to absolutes. What YOll do is ei ther right. or it is wrong. There isn't a middle ground. How prototypically accurate you wan t to be can or will determine how man y limitations you impose upon yourse lf. T his can either increase or Model Railroading is published 12 times a year by decrease the enjoyment you receive from your hobby; it rea lly depends on your allilllde, Rocky Mountain Publishing, Inc., 2929 Blake St., Den­ Let me give you a few examples. I really wan ted to have a model of UP's only GE 44 ~ tonn e r, ver. CO 80205, (303) 292-0 124. Pnce per singte copy is so I purchased an undecor.:ued Bachmann unit and painted and lettered it as UP 0.5. 1399, So $2.95 in U. S. A. Subscriptions are $30.00 In the U.S.A. what's wrong w ith thaI? Well. first of aiL I suid I model UP in the l1lid ~'50s - UP dropped the or $38.50 In Canada (or foreign) - payabte in U.S. " 0 .5:- designations on their diese l switchers in the lale ' 40s. Secondly, UP's 44-lO nner spent funds . Unsolicited manuscripts or photographs should be accompanied by return postage and ROCky Moun­ most of its life us a shop goat in Pocatello_ 10 , after UP determined it wasn't suitable for other tain Publishing, Inc. assumes no responsibility for the switching duties. And I'm nOl modeling Pocatello. But at least UP did have a prolOtype for my loss or damage of such material. No part of this publica­ model. even though it doesn't j ibe with what I supposed ly model. tion may be reprinted withou t written permission from A more co mplex problem is prese nted by Wal thers with the ir SW I and Life-Like with their the publishers. Printed in U.S.A. FA2/FB2. It was more complex for me because UP neve r had either of these engines ... but I still The information contained in the various articles in this magazine is presented in good faith, but no warran­ wan ted them. I used two different solutions to justify these engines. For the Life-Like FA2/FB2, I ty IS given , no results guaranteed, nor IS any freedom took the si mplest route. I chose my second favori te road, the Great Northern, and decided that from any patent or copyrigh t to be in ferr ed. Since we my A~ B ~ B~A laslH tp wou ld operate only on ollrcJub layout. Consequen lly I don't have to worry have no control over the physical conditions surround­ abolil the tllid ~ '60s paint scheme being too "new." ing the application of information in this magazine, For the SW 1_ I chose a more difficult, but certai nly a more enjoyable (at least for me) option. I Rocky Mountain Publishing, Inc. and the various purch ased an undecorated model and painted. lettered and detailed it for the Colorado Rail Link. authors and editors disclaim any liability for untoward results andlor for any physical injury incurred by using You' ll be seeing this and other Colorado Rail Link engines in an upco ming iss ue. The Colorado the Information herein , Rail Link is the "offi cial" road of the modular group I participate in at mall and train shows in the Denver area. A large section of the modular group (which the Blake modules are part of) is co m ~ Copynght © t993 by Rocky Mountain Publishing, Inc. prised of a locornOl ive~reb uilding facili ty for Colorado Rai l Link. Using this free lilllccd road I ca n now justify almost any diesel ( may wan t to obtain. The on ly catch is that I have to actually Advertising mode/the locomotive. But that catch is also one of the biggest rewards, ( can't just buy a CRL For advertising Information contact Susan Goggin at engine, I ha ve to actually model it. 800-736-0427 or 303-292-0 124. Finally. to justify prOtot ype motive power or rolling slOck that is just too new, I now ha ve two ave nues open to me_ I can decorate it for the Colorado Rai l Link, or just operate it either on the Subscriptions and Book Orders modular layout or th e club layout. So you sec . where there is a will. a modeler will always fi nd a For subscriptions and/or book orders. please send way. or in this case, seve ral ways. inquiries to Rocky Mountain Pub lishing. attention S. I mentioned earlier that how '-true" yOll choose 10 be to prototypi ca l

Randy Lee Postmaster send address changes \0 Rocky Mountain Executive Editor Publishing, Inc. 2929 Blake Street. Denver, Colorado 80205

February 1993 Model Railroading • 5 • W PR( [lie • WPRO THE SANDHOUSE A Product Ne\Ns Column

Editor's Note: Please /(Ilk to yourdealerfirst regarding (IllY flew pmducts. Ifyoll would like additiol/al ill!ormatiolljrol1lllle 1I/(lIl1tfiIClIll¥!I; please dOli 'f forger 10 iI/elude {/ IlIflllber tell, self-addressed, sramped elll,e/ope. This lIIilllie/p all cOllcemed. Thallks.

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A·Lille (Di v. of Proto Power West), P.O. Box 7916. LaVerne. CA 91750. is 11 0W offeri ng the fo ll owing decals for their li ve- unit Gunderson "twin slack" container cars: #27706 - BN (green car), #27707 ~ sao (red car) and #27708 - Conrail (boxcar red car). Also available are Conrail Mer­ cury 48' (#258 15 ) and 53' (#258 16) container decals. Each retails for $4.50 per set. Also avai lable is their ill ustrated 24-page master catalog for $3.00 postpaid.

Andy \¥. Scale Mode/s. 7706 Windsor St.. Vancouver, Be V5K 4A5, Canada. is offering a decal set for the new Be Rail paint scheme (AWS- 100 I ) wh ich will do fi ve cars: a double-door boxcar, bu lkhead flatcar. piggyback car. cenler-be;:1111 natcar and a three-bay hopper. All data, num­ bers. logos and lub plates are included. Retail $9.80 Canadian or $8.00 US are ottered lor both th e SRLX 5200-5799 and 6700-6999 series, whi ch plus $ 1.50 shipping. Be residents add 6% PST. were lypical of the last steam era. Decals are included to leiter the cars for either the 1930s-'50s orange or the 1950-'605 red schemes. Kits represent Bachmmlll, 1400 E. Erie Ave .. Ph iladelphia, PA 19 124 , has ann oun ced the class ic 37' steel underframe version with double-sheathed wood sides. th eir plans to release a Fairbanks- Morse H 16.44 " Baby Trai nmaster" in Retail $25.00 plus $3.00 shipping (up to fi ve kit s in US. $5.60 for two kits November 1993. The model will be offered in their Spectrum line and will to Canada). fea ture see-through real metal fa n grilles (with fa ns visible undern eath), see-through safety-tread pil ol steps, metal grabirons, directi onal li ght ing Wm. K. Walrhers, Inc .. 5601 W. Florist Ave., Mi lwaukee. WI 532 1S, is and separately applied fuel tank . It will be offered as: ATSF. B&O. PRR. now offering the following: CPo Virginian and undecorated. In the spring of 1994. Bachmann wi ll be releasi ng a Spectrum OE Dash 8-40CW wide cab as: UP, ATSF, Conrai l, CSX and undecorated. Retail of both will be $59.95. A Bachmann Plus 0 1'35 is sched ul ed to be released in September 1993 as: UP. ATS F. Conrail. ON. PRR, CP, CSX and undecorated. Retail $39.95. Bachmann has also announced the re-release of: I) GE Dash SAOe in UP. Conrail, C&NW, NS and CSX schemes and undecorated for August 1993. 2) F40PH in Phase II and III Amtrak and VIA schemes and undeco­ rated for July 1993.3) PRR K4 in Brunswick Green with muhi stri pe gold pinstriping version in September 1993. Three new Bachmann Plus building kits to be released in March 1993 include a diesel fu el in g rack. sanding rack and sand tower.

Cumber/alld Dill;siol/, SER-NMRA , clo J. All cn Hicks. 833 Kenny St., Gall at in . TN 37066. is offcring a limited-run Athearn two-bay offset-side • Golden Valley Canning Company (933-30 18, $24.98) features separate open hopper with pe

Smoky Hollow Prodllcrs. 25 Delano Park. Cape Elizabeth . ME 04 107. is offeri ng a 25th ann iversary re- issue of Fine Scale Miniatures master poster sheet that duplicates 12 of the poster blocks included in former issues of Fine Scale Miniature kits. All are full color and sharper than the original issue. Master sheet has 164 individual posters. Retail $10. • 50' FGE-style boxcars: undecorated, SCL FGE Solid Gold. Chessie, UP. SUI/s hille Mode/s. Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997. has Rio Grande, Conrail and BN (932- announced the release of thei r Swift short meat reefers. Gray urethane kit s 4750 to -4756. respectively, $9.98).

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• Two-bay covered cement hoppers: undecoratcd, UP. BN. CSX, C&NW. Wisconsin Central and Santa Fe (932-5400 to -5406. $9.98). • Magnu son stake Ifuc k (439-937. $7.98). • Magnuson cemenllrltck (439-938. $7.98).

MicrosclIle IlIdllstril's. P.O. Box 11950. Costa Mesa, CA 92627, has the following decal s now available in HO scale: • 87-727 Corn Products Freight Cars - 40' Tank Car, 4-Bay ACF Hopper • 87-728 N&W Autorack We.Herjiefd, Route 21. Box 374. River Rd .. Crossville, TN 38555. is • 87-729 Gov. of Canada Aluminum 4-Bay Cylindrical Covered Hopper offerin g a 10th anni versary car whi ch is a special limited-run N&W class • 87-730 55' ACF 4-Bay Center Flow Hoppers -Amaizo, Goodyear. HR experimental 48' 100-ton hopper car (#5 J 0 I) that was built in 19 J 7. Penford Car is limited to a run of 1,000 and will never be rerun. Wheelscts are also These HO scale decal s are available for $3.75 each. included. Li st $28.00.

N Scale

Bachmanll. 1400 E. Eri e Ave. , Philadelphia, PA 191 24. has announced • 60-727 Com Products Freight Cars - 40' Tank Car, 4-Bay ACF Hopper plans to acid an S040-2 diesel to their SpeCInUll line in September 1993. It • 60-729 Gov. of Canada Alumi num 4-Bay Cyli ndri cal Covered Hopper wi ll be offered as: UP, ATSF, Conrail , SP, CN, C&NW, CP Rail. CSX and • 60-730 55 ' ACF 4-Bay Center Flow Hoppers - Amaizo, Goodyear, undecorated. Retail $49.95. Pen ford These N scale decals are available for $3.00 each. Microsca/(>Industri es, P.O. Box 11950, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, has the fo llowing decal s now available in N scalc : Prototype Models, P.O. Box 3394, Bloomington, IL 6 1704-3394, is • 60-30 1 55' ACF 4-Bay Center Flow Hoppers ~ Arco, Gulf, Amoco offering a line of detailed plastic resin castings that include tree slumps, • 60-347 40' Trailers ~ Columbus & Greenville, Metro Shippers & limber, brick, cuI stone and concrete retaining wa ll s and abutments and Clipper Express timber cribbing. They have also announced two new structure kits which • 60-352 55' ACF 5-Bay Center Flow Hoppers - North American & feature resi n wa lls, foundations, vents and various details plus Grandt Line American Hoechst windows and doors, Kappler lumber. embossed shingles, etc. as needed. • 60-4 10 55' ACF 4-Bay Centcr Flow Hoppers - Rex l.llt , W.R. Grace The Allon Freight House (#02- 1000, $29.75) and Yuton Grain Elevator & Plaskon (#02- 1001 , $39.95) ki ts also include scale drawings, templates and color • 60-677 PRR 5-Slripe Golf Leaf Paint Scheme 1939-'52 reference photos of the prototypes. A catalog is available for $2.

o Scale

Micro.w.:llle Industries. P.O. Box 11950, Costa Mesa. CA 92627, has the • 48-243 ACF 4-Bay Center Flow Hopper - Goodyear fo llowing decals now available in 0 scale: • 48-244 Gov. of Canada Aluminum 4-Bay Cylindrical Covered Hopper • 48-237 ALCo Century Demos C415, C636 & C430 (2 sheelS) • 48-245 EJ&E Flatcar 1980+ • 48-238 EJ&E Boxcar 1980+ These 0 scale decals are available for $4.00 (single sheet) or $7.00 (two­ • 48-239 Amtrak Dash 8-32BWH Locos - Phase IV Paint 1991+ (2 sheet set). sheets) • 48-240 Corn Products Freight Cars - 40' Tank Car, 4-Bay ACF Hop­ Old Pullmall Model Railroads, In c., 8195 25th St., Vero Beach, FL per (2 sheets) 32966, has announced the availability of their 1993 catalog. Send three • 48-241 ACF 4-Bay Center Flow Hopper - Amaizo stamps (87¢) for postage. New items include freight car kit s and Andrews • 48-242 ACF 4-Bay Center Flow Hopper - Pen ford and Timken metal trucks.

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'!llI/ollly I. Miller Co ., P.O. Box 86757, San Di ego, CA 92138, is Microscale IlIdll stries, P.O. Box 11950, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, has the offering custom in stall ation o f Keithco's Locolinc

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Multi Scale

Semaphore Locomotive Work s. 380 I Monarch X-Acro'fj, Hunt Manufacturing Co., 230 S. C. Dr.. Racine, WI 53406. ha s added

Miscellaneous

Great Eastem Publishillg. P.O. Box 246. Bridge St.. Ri chmond , VT 05477, has publi shed Crossroads ojCollllllerce.· Til e Pell/lsylval1ia Rail­ road Ca lelldar Art oj GriJ Tellel; by Dan Cupper. This J84-page, 9" x 12" book features more than 200 photos (150 in color) and details the slO ry of the PRR calendar program. Relai l $69.50. A leather-bound Collector's Edi ­ ti on (only 200 copies) is available for $ 150.00. Add $3 For UPS. $5 for 1st class/priorit y USPS or $7 for international orders. per book.

Greel/berg Publishil1g Co., III C., P.O. Box 161 2, Waukesha. WI 53 187. has released the follow ing new books: • Greel/herg S Guide to Ives Trains. Vol. II (# I 0-7185 ), by Bruce C. Green­ berg. hardbound. 176 pp .. 8'1l' x II". $39.95. • Lio ll el Modem Era Diagrams and Parts List: 1977-/992 (# 10-7785), softbound. 656 pp. 6" x 9". $29.95. • Model Railroading with Lionel, Vol. II: All Advanced Layollt (# I 0- 7345), by John Kouba. softbound, 144 pp., 8Y\" x II", $ 19.95. VacuulII Form, 272U Morganhill Dr. , Lake Orion, MJ 48360, offers their book Vacuum Forming 10 help modelers do lh eir own vacuum forming. Reta il $9.95 plus $ 1.05 shipping.

Iverson Studio. Rt. I, Box 205, Banner Elk, NC 28604, is offering prints of Don A. Iverson's 17" x 23" watercolor " In Grandfather'S Shadow" for $60. plus $5 shipping. NC residents add $ 1.80 sales tax. Xuro" Corp. , 60 Industrial Park Rd., Saco, ME 04072, offers three of Withers Publishing. 528 Dunkle School Rd., Halifax, PA 17032, has their precision tools in their Ra il roader's Tool Kit (#TK2200) which publi shed an 84-page softbound book entitled GP/8 - The Transitional includes their 2175B Track Culter, 410T Hi gh Precision Shear and 450S Road SlVitchel; by Pau l K. Withers and Warren L. Calloway. II contains (serrated) Tweezer Nose™ pl ier bundled in a tri-fold fabri c pouch. Also prototype information, 2 15 bl ack-and -white phOIOS and 25 color photos. available is their FSS6 Modeler's Scissor whi eh can be used to cut my lar, Retail $9.95 plus $1.50 shipping. fabric, styrene and thin brass or alu minum sheet stock. ~

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West Shore Line's Northern Pacific 40' Round Top by Mike Nesbitt Photo by the author

f there is one thing that my HO layollt needs I more or. in my opinion al leas t, it's more Northern Pac ifi c rolling stock, especially box­ cars. That's why I took special notice of Central Hobby Supply's new X-31 b 40' round-roof box­ car. While these cars we re not especially unique to th e Northern Pacific, the NP's li se for the ir round roofs was rath er special. Consequentl y. mode ls of these cars will be on the especially "wanted" list for NP modelers. These round-roof-designed cars o riginated on the Pennsylvania Rai lroad inlhe early 19305: Ihey had several ve rsions in both 40' and 50' lengths. The X-3 1b was the first of the 40-footers with double doors. An X-3 1c was also built which was no different from the " b" on the outside. but the interi or included built-in racks for hauling auto­ mobiles. Pennsylvania 's intention was to use the double-door vers ions as auto c.uTiers. The finished round-top 40-footer, ready to be added to an outbound freight in the To c ontinue thi s brief bit o f hi story, the steam/diesel era. Pennsy sold several of these cars. both 40' and 50', to the Dctroit, Toronto & Ironton. In the late '40s the DT& I sold all the ir 40-footers and 50 of bu ilt from the roof down. If I had considered that T hat's really all ri ght because the fin ished car their 50-footers to the Northern Pacifi c. Now the fa ct to its full est, the roof might fit just a lillie weighs in <11 3.5 oz. with no weights added. From plol thickens .. tigh ter; the error is all mine. ste p #4 to the e nd, th e instruc tions were read The NP had a rather unique usc for these dou­ Let me explain. The roof had a sli gh t bend in wi th more attention. ble-door round-roof cars. In stead of carrying it wh ich should have been straightened prior 10 A couple of items which do not come with the new automobiles or something really intriguing adding the e nds and sides. Straightening the pan kit were added to the car. First of

February 1993 Model Railroading • 9 • PRODUCT REVIEWS • HO SCALE REVIEW Detail Associates' GE Window Blanks by David A. Bontrager Photo by the author

etail Associates is onc of the most recog­ Detail Associates is always interested in mod­ D nizable names in the field of detai ling elers' opinions. Why 110t write them a leller of parts. wi th quality being synonymous with their thanks fo r giving us more o f those lill Ie parts name. New items are constantly being quietly that go a long way in helping us bui ld beller added to their extensive linc and are usuall y models. Their address is: P.O. Box 5357. San simply announced in the "new products" Luis Obispo. CA 93403. cohllnns of the various magazin es. Such is the case with part #WS3307, window plugs for At hearn GE. This part, along wi th other new pa rt s. was announced in th e Sept ember 1992 "Sandhousc" column of Model /?ailmadillg. For clarity, the front·side window blank It's nOI that previous ly we coul dn't make is painted and the rear one left unpainted. scratc hbuilt window blanks, bU I now we have Both are simply pressed into position to the "'right" part 10 do the job neatly and quickly. demonstrate the perfect fit. These blanks, A nOlher nOlable pari announced in the Sept. along with Run 8 windows, now allow us issue was # SY2218, angular fa n grabs for GE Dash·7 and U·series modelers to build EMD late Dash 2 and GP/SD-50/60s, a noth er neat· looking cabs using the Athearn time-saver. thick·wall cab.

S SCALE REVIEW S Helper Service Ready-to-Run Passenger Cars by V. S. Roseman Photo by Bob Werre

remember the floor being shrouded in mist houses. Si nce then they have offered Aleo FA. tioll . The prototypes were Harlan & Hollings­ I - I was dancing with a be;'lUtifu l redhead FB and RS 3 un its in special paint jobs and now worth (latcr Bethlehem 5teel) cars bu ilt for the wearing a whitc ga uze drcss - 'we were in a have brought out this line of passenger cars. CNJ. Reading al so used cars of this type. but glass cathedral and the carillon chimed. No. it Many of the S I-!elper roadnames will not be because of va riations in pl<.lcement of steel b Ull was the phone ringing and when I turned the available in subsequent runs. Fortunately. how­ plates. a part icu lar class isn' t represented. Somc light on I saw that it was 4:00 a.lll. I pi cked up ever. many road names are still available for the of these cars were later sold to Boston & Maine. the phone. a nd Ih e voice at the other end nex t production run. After S Helper's dist ri bu tion Maine Central (which bought over 100 of the cars dcmanded. "What's wrong with the Pullman is joined by American Models. these should con­ in 1948) and SP. which used them for COlllllluter end s'?"??" tin ue as "open stock" itcms. service out of San Francisco. The observation car. "Who is thisT I replied. Al though these heavyweight 5 gauge cars however. was unique to the eNJ. It was one of the principals in the S He lpe r were designed by a commillee. they don'l show The d ine r (in the long seri es o f c;'l rs) was a tC

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• S SCALE REVIEW • scheme of deep oli ve bodies, black roofs and names in bronze metallic gold. This represents th e colors of the pre-Worl d War II Pullman Company althougb examples of these colors were seen up to the end. More common. how­ ever, is the rainbow of colors avai lable from S Helper. UP yell ow, PRR red and Milwaukee orange arc only a few of the many available in the first ru n of cars. Small deta il s may not match specific proto­ types, but in most cases th ese can be modified by the determined modeler. For example, the open clerestory windows represenl the cars at construction around 1920. For cars wi th closed wi ndows, gl ue a shee t of styrene inside the clerestory and paint 10 match the roof. For cars modern ized laler or of later construction, cover the oil/side of the clerestory windows and add Ward or Garland vents. While the coaches a re reall y CNJ, they strongly resemble (and may be modified to more c losely resemble) those of NYC, C&NW and many others. The five "shortie" cars. The cars consi st of a very complex body molding having many underbody details cri sply molded in . The sides and e nds arc o ne picce with the fl oor; th e roof is of clear plasti c with the wi ndow area left clear and the roof painted. For those desiring to light these cars I suggest gluing aluminum foil inside the roof to make it more opaque and to help dissipate heat from bulbs. Do lIor mOllll1 lamps directly to litis roof or il will meft dowlI. Make small standoffs from plastic or suspend the lamps with steel wire. The trucks are mtalgo mounted to the truck, and

February 1993 Model Railroading • 11 • @)_ ••Q_.~~.@mm o ~ THE SOCIETY PAGE e . • •• \8 WHO, WHAT, AND WHERE THEY ARE. I€fE!1 ~ III ~ SUPPORT YOUR mSTORICAL SOCIETY -JOIN TODAY ~ * ~ These are the active prototype historical societies of which we are aware. ~ ~

American Truck Historical Society _ P.O. Box 531 168, illinois Terminal _ Annual Dues $10/$15 sust.1T RR Hist Soc, PiHsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical BlrmH19ham. AL 35253. (205) 870·0566. 8lmonthly magazine. $15. PO Box 251, Washlngton.IL61571-0251 . Society _ AD 1. Box 361 . Alfred Station, NY 14803. Newsletter Ann Arbor Railroad Technical & Hist. Assoc.• (also illinois Traction Society _ c/o Dale Jenkins (Editor), Dept. Railroad Club of Chicago _ PO. Box 8292, Chicago, IL covers Michigan Northern and Tuscola & Sagmaw Bay), PO. 80): MAG. 20209 E 14th St Norlh, Independence. M064056: 01 Mark 60680. Monlhly newslelter/magazine. $20 (within 150 mi. 01 51 , Chesaning, MI 486 16. Nowslcl1er, $10. Barnen(ITS membership), 11 24 Barker St, Bloomington, IL 61701, Chicago). $10 elsewhere. Anthracite Ralliroads Historical Society _ (Central of (309) 829·2728 Quarterly newsletter, $15 New Jersey. Lackawanna, Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New Kansas City Southern Historical Society _ PO. Box 5332, Railroad Prototype Modelers _ Send SASE for more England. Lehigh Valley, 'g) Annual Dues: $20, newsletter, PO ShrC'Jeport. LA 71135·5332 Monlhly newsletter. seml-af"lflual information to Railroad Prototype Modelers. 7131 Owensmoolh, Box 519, Lansdale \A. 19446.Q5 19 magwne and free admlsslOfl to convention and swap meets IIB·92, Canoga Park, CA 91309. Baltimore & Ohio. Annual Dues: S18, foreign $30, magazine. $15. Railway & LocomotIve Historical Society _ Annual Dues B&O ARHS. P.O. Box 13578, Baltimore, MD 21203. Katy Railroad Historical Society _ (also covers Missouri $15. Railway & locomotIVe c/o H. Arnold Wilder, Treas., 46 Lowell Be Rail Historical & Technical Society _ Annoal Dues: Kansas & TeKas Ra~road) Annual Dues. $1 5/regular. $13Juncjer Ad , Westford. MA OI886. $14, quarterty magazine 'The cariboo: BCRH&TS, clo Jim Moole 18 Of oyer 65, S50Jsupporting Quarterly magaZJne, the KATY (Edi10(), 25729 fIO(a1 Cour1, Valencia, CA 91355·2139. flYER and yearly hiStOfICaJ calendar C/o Roy V. Jackson II. 732 Reading _ AIlnual Dues: $20. ACT 8. HS, C/o Rabef\ L. Danner, P.O. Box5143. Reading, PA 19612. Boston & Maine _ Annual Dues. $25 US/$3O Canadian Via Mlramonle. MesqUite, 1)( 75150-3054. B&MRAHS, Inc. C/o Membelship Secretary, P.O Box 2936. Locomotives in Parks SIG _ c/o Dick Nedrow, P.O. Box 501 , Rio Grande Southern Hist. & Tech. Society _ P.O. Box Middlesex Essex, GMF Woburn, MA 01888-9998 Dept. MRG, Manchester. WA 98353. Send SSAE 101 infOfmation. 3358. Dept. MRG. La Mesa. CA 92Q44.OUarteily magazine. 56 Canadian National Lines _ Amual Dues: $25 sust. (US or Louisville & Nashville _ Annual Dues' $151$30 sus\., L&N Hist Rock Island _ Annual Dues. $15. Rock Island Tec h. Soc .. David Canadian) Covers CNR, GT. CV, DWP, GTW and subsidiaries Soc, P.O Box 171 22, LOUiSville, KY 40217. J. Engle, 8746 NOfth Troost. Kansas City. MO 64155. Send litO SSAE lor inro-pack. ln Canada, send to' CN wnes SIG, Maryland Pennsylvania Preserv. His!. Soc, _ Annual 112 Mapleton Dr , Wlf"Ifllpeg, MB R2P lC9. ln U.S.. send to CN & & Rulland Railroad _ Annual Dues: $15. Quarterly Newsliner. Dues $151S25 contr c/o Fred H. Voelcker. Jr.. P.O. Box 224, lines SIG. RD 1. Bo~ 295. Alum Bank. PA 1552t·9658. Rutland RR HIS\. Soc .. P.O. Box 6262, Rutland, VT05701 . Spring Grove, PA 17362, (301) 628-0735. SSAE for mOle Central Vermont Historical Society _ Annual Dues: $15/$20 infO(malion sust. Quarterly newsloner. c/o John Haropulos. Secretary. 1070 SI. Louis - San Francisco _ Annual dues: $12. Frisco Belmonl Street. Manches ter, NH 03 104. LSSAE for further Milwaukee Road _ Annual Dues: $12/$24 sus!. Milwaukee Modelers' Information Group, c/o Douglas Hughes. 12 12 infO(mo.tlon. Road Rallfans Assoc .. C/o Wendell Murphy. 7504 W. Ruby Ave , F1nneans Aun , Arnold, MD 21012- 1876. Milwaukee. WI 532 18. Chesapeake & Ohio _ Annual Dues: $ t61$32 sus\. C&O Hist. Santa Fe Modeler _ Annual Dues: $18/$28 sus!. Canada: Soc .. Membership Officer. P.D Box 79. C1ilton Forge. VA 24422 Milwest _ (Milwaukee Road·Lines West) Annual Dues $231$33 sus\. Other Nations: $281$38 sus!. Santa Fe Modelers Chicago Burlington & Quincy _ Annual Dues. S2OI$4O sust. $lO,newsietter. Ron Hamilton, Milwest, 2506 S. W. Fissure Loop. Organlzalion. 1704 Valley Ridge Rd .. Norman, OK 73072. Redmond. OR 97756-9486. Burlington Route HisL Soc .• P. O. Box 456. laGrange. IL 60525. Santa Fe Railway Historical Society, Inc. _ P.O. Box Chicago & Eastern Illinois _ Annuat Dues: $lsJS25 sus\. Missabe Railroad Historical Society _ (Duluth. Missabe & 92887, Depl. MRG, Long Beach, CA 90809-2887. Quarterly C&EI Hist Soc , clo Membership Chairman. P.O. Box 606. tron Aange and predecessors) Annual Dues. $12.501$20 sust. magazine, $12. Crestwood. IL 60445. FOleign - send IOf current rate 719 NOfthland Avenue. Stillwater, Shore line Interurban _ Amoal Dues: $12/$18 contr. Shore Chicago & Illinois Midland Technical and Historical MN 55082. Quaf\elly magazine. Une Interurban Hist. Soc., P.O. Box 346, Chicago, IL 60690. Society _ Annual Dues' $2CVSust $40 Newsletter 4 trnes per Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Museum _ (also covers year Ann Shane Mason, Membeiship Chairman. PO. Box 3882. Missouri & NOf\h Arkansas. Arkansas & Ozarks. and others). P.O Society of Freight Car Historians _ c!oDavid G. CasdcJlph, Spllngfield, IL 62700·3882 Box 44, Beaver, AR 72613 Magazine. $10 P.O. Box 1458. MonrOVIa. CA 91017. Magazine (Freighl Cars Journal), $15 Chicago & North Western _ Annual Dues 515.50 C&N'vV Missouri PacifIc (Includes Texas & Pacific) _ Annual HIS! Soc ., Lou Ham lion, P.O Box 1436, Elmhufsl.ll60126-9998 Does $15IS2O susl /S23 foIeign Missouri PacifIC HISI Soc .. P.O Southeastern Railroad Technical Society _ (covers Colorado Midland _ Subscnphon' $lOa year Colorado Box 187, Addis, LA 70710 Atlantic Coas1 Una. Seaboard Air Une. and Seaboard GoaS! Une). Midland Ouarterly 1731 N Cooper. CoIO(ado Sp!"ings, CO 80907 Monon _ AnnuaJDues $1CW$16sust. Monon AR HisL & Tech 4007 Paddlewheel Dr. . Brandon. Fl33511 . Quarterly magazine. $12. The Conrail Historical Society _ Annual Dues $15, $20- Soc. Inc .. c/o Membeiship Ctlalrman. PO Box 53)3. Lafayette. tN CanadalMexico. $30. Overseas PO Box 1019. St JaMs, AZ 47903 Southern Pacific _ Amual Dues: $12.5Or'$18.75 sust.J1or8lgn. 85936 National Model Railroad Association _ Annual Dues; $24 SPHlst & Tech Soc .. P.O Box 11118. Sanla Ana. CA 92711 . Early American Railroading Group _ P.O Box 101-Z, NMRA Bulletm IS published monthly National Model Railroad Allegan. MI490tO Newsletter $750 ASSOCiation Inc ,4121 Cromwell Road, Chattanooga, TN 37421 Southern Railway Historical Association Inc. _ Annual East B r oad Top _ (Friends of the .). c/o Ruth H Keller. R D (615) 892·2846 Dues: $151$25 sust.f$30 roreign Mail toSAHA Inc, P.O Box 33, 111 Box 966. Three Sp rings. PA 17264 Quarterly magazine, $20. Spencer, NC 28 159. National Railway Historical SOCiety _ Annual Dues; $101$9 East Tennessee & Western North Carolina _ Annual chap + dues. National Rai lway Hlst Soc ,c/o David A. Ackerman, Southern Railway Historical SOCiety _ Annual Dues: $15 Dues $1 0 ET&WNC R8I lroad HISI Soc .. c/o John R Waite. 604 PO. Bo~ 58153. Ph, ladelphia, PA 19102 Southe rn RY His!. Soc., c/o B. F. Roberts. P.O. Box 4094. Martinez. North ElevonHl Street, De Soto, MO 63020 Newsle!ler GA 30907. New Haven _ Annual Dues. $25 reg .1$35 sus\. 4 shore liners, 8 Erie Lackawanna _ Annual Oues- $18. Ene Lackawanna Hlst newsletters" annual meeling. Membership Chairman , NHRHTA Spokane, Portland & Seattle _ Annual Dues' $15, lorelgn Soc , C/o Dave Olesen. 116 Kelcham Road. acKettstown. NJ Inc , PO Bo~ 122 wallingford. CT 06492 $20. sust SPSRHS, c/o Duane Cramer, 2618 N W 113th SI , 07840 New York Central System Hislorical Society _ PO Box Vancouver, WA 98685 The Fe ather Ri ver Rail Society _ Membershfp levels 745, MenlOf, OH44060 Qrlly magolllne.$15 ranging from $15 to $300 For inlormatoo contact Harry 0 "Hap' The Soo Line _ Annual Dues: $161$30 cootl The Soc Une Hist. Mat'IIt, C/O The Fea!hef R.ver Rail Society. P.O BoK 608. Portola. CA Nickel Plate Road _ AlYiual Dues $15 NPRHTS. P.O Box & Tech. Soc., c/o Michael Harrington. Treas .. 3410 Kaslen Ct. . 961 22 54027. Cincinnati. Ohio 45254 Mlddlelon. WI 53562 Fonda, Johnstown & Glove r s ville RR _ Annual Dues Nortolk & Western Historical Society _ AIlnual Dues: lldewater Southern Historical Society _ Annua! Dues. $15 $6, ncwsleU8f Walt Danylak, 115 Uplafld Road. Syracuse. NY $17/USA. Canada. MeXICO, $3OIOverse3s. Sus\. (payable in US (ancludes biannual newsletter) Tidewaler Southern Ry. His\. Soc_. 13207· 11 19 runds) PO Box20I, FOfest. VA24551-0201 c/o Benl8rrunCanlu. Jr , PO Box 1283. Manteca. CA95336 Fri sco Modeler s' Information Group _ Annual Dues Northern Pacific Railway _ Annual Dues $151$3Osust Teen Association of Model Railroaders _ cJoJohn $6 Flisco Modelers' IntO(mallon Group. C/o Douglas Hughes. Duane 0 Durf, NlJT1 ber 1032nd Ave NE, Fargo. NO 56t02 1212 Flnneans Run Arnold, MD 21012·1876 ReIChel. sa Whitmore St . 11201 . Oakland, CA 84611 Bimonthly newslel1e1. $10 Great Northern Railway _ Annual Dues $1750sust./S35 Northwestern Pac ific _ Annual Dues $1250. Northwestem Canada $22/$25 1st class Dlher natlOfls $23/$32 air mall Pac~IC RR Hlst Soc. PO Box 721 , Larkspur, CA 94939 Toled o Peoria & Western _ Annual Dues: $12/$15contr GNRHS, 1781 Griffith, Berkley. M148072 Ontario & Western _ Annual Dues $21 50 includmg NRHS TP&W Hlst Soc , 615 Bullock St , Eureka.IL 61530 Gu lf Mobile & Ohio _ Annual Dues $1850 GM&O Hlst Soc . $1250 SubSCrlplion Ont & Westem RY Hist Soc tnc. Box 713. Middletown. NY 10940 Union Pacific _ Annual Dues $151$30 sus\. UPHS, c/o Inc, PO Box 463 . Falrfietd. IL 62837·0463 Membership Secrelary. PO. Box 903. Laramie, W'f 82070-0903 H.J. Heinz Special Interest Group _ c/o Bill Dlpper\, 2650 Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical _ Annual NW Robinia Ln. Depl MRG. Portland OR 97229-4037. Quarterty Dues $25, Includes quarterly magazine. The Keystone PRR Tech Wabash _ Annual Dues. $12/$ 15 conlr Wabash RR Hist Soc .. c/o magazine, S15 per year ($6 to NMRA members) & HIS! Soc , tnc Box 389, Upper Darby. PA 19082. Vance lIscher. Secretary. 535 Dlelman Road. St LOUIS. MO 63132 illino is Central Historical Society _ Annual Dues Regular PRR _ (Philadelphia Chapter, PRAT & HS). PO Box L·1 142. $15. Sust8lnlng $20 ICHS Membership Dept, c/o James Langhorne, PA 19047 Annual dues of $15 inC ludes quarterly Western Maryland _ Annual Dues $20/$25 outside the US Kubafak, 14818 Ci llton Pa rk. Midlothian. IL 60445 magazine, The High Line WMRHS Inc, PO Box 395, Union Bridge. MD 21791

12 • Model Railroading February 1993 Your trek plan for the weekend ...

• ALABAMA Peoria, lL • OHIO Birmingham, AL El'ent: lJIinois Valley & River City RR Club Peoria Train Fair Mayfield Village, OH Evenl: Smokey City Rails Model RR Club Train Sale Day '93 Date: Feb. 21, 1993, II AM to 3 PM Event: New York Central System Historic:!l Society's 23rd Dale: March 6, 1993. 10 AM to 4 PM Location: Illinois Central College. Rt. 116 and Rt. 24 Annua[ Spring Meeting and Railroadiana ShowlSale Location: Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #1,2275 Green Admission: Adults S2, children under 13 free Date: March 6, 1993. 10 AM t04 PM Springs Highway, Binningham Information: Bob Lehman. 21 W. Rutledge. Banonville, lL Location: Holiday Inn. 780 Beta Drive (offWilsotl Miss Rd. Admission: Adults $2, Children 6· 12 $], under 6 free 61607. (309) 697·30 12 ,,1·271 ) Information: Smokey City Rails Model Railroad Club, Inc .. Admission : 52.00. NYCS HS members $[ P.O. Box 94606, Birmingham. AL 35220 or by phone to John • MASSACHUSEITS Informalion: Jerry Skul1y. 5183 Eastover Rd .. Lyndhurst. OH M. McPherson, (205) 9564959 (after 6 PM en Attleboro. MA 44124 E\'enl: Linle Rhody Div. NMRA Annual Model Train Show • CALIFORNIA Date: Feb. [4. 1993.9 AM to 3 PM • OREGON San Diego, CA Location: Masonic HalJ. 71 Nonh Main St.. Att[eboro. MA Eugene, OR Event: San Diego Model RR Museum Operating Exhihit/Show Admission: Adults S2. children SI E\'e nl: Wil1amelle Cascade Model RR Club 5th Annual Date: Feb. & March. 1993. Wed.-Fri. 11 AM 104 PM: Information : Donald Collard. 38 King 51.. Johnston. RI Mode[ RR Show and Swap Meet weekends 11 AM to 5 PM (Closed Mon. and Tues.) 02919. (401) 861·5742 Dale: March 27-28. 1993, Sat. 10 AM to 6 PM. Sun. I [ AM Location: Casa de Balboa, Balboa Park, 1649 EI Prado t06PM Admission: Adults 52, children free Topsfield, MA Localion: Lane CounlY Fairgrounds Information: Barbara Rovenger, 1649 EI Prado, San Diego, E,'ent: Tracks & Trains Spring '93 Admission: Under 6 free. 6-12 51. over 12 52.50. famil y $6 CA 92101, (619) 696-0199 Dale: March 28. 1993. 10 AM to 4 PM Information: Dave Kleger, 2154 Go[den Gamen St .. Eugene. San Maleo, CA Location: Masconomel Field House. EndicOI1 Rd. off Rte. 95 OR 97402. (503) 689·2536 Event: 3rd Annual 0 Scale West Meel Admission: Adults/children 12+ $3. seniors SI. under 12 free Dale: Feb. 5. 6 & 7. 1993 w/adult • TENNESSEE Location: Dunfey Hotel. San Mateo, CA, 8 miles south of the Information: Doug Peck. 6 Stolleybrooke Dr.. Newbul'ypon, Memphis, TN San Francisco airpon MA 01950, (508)465·8798 Evenl: NMRA Southeastern Region Bluff City Division Meet Admission: $10 regisll1Ilion fee Date: Feb. 27, 1993. 9 AM to 3 PM Informalion: 0 Scale West, P.O. Box 5026 1, Palo Alto, CA West Springfield, MA Localion: Immanuel Lutheran School. 6319 Ral iegh­ 94303 or Rod Miller, (415) 329-0424 early AM or late PM E,'ent : Amherst Railway SocielY Annual RR Hobby Show laGrange Rd. Pacific time Date: Feb. 6& 7.1993, lOAM 105 PM Admission: Adults 52, children under 12 50¢ Location: Bener Living Center (on the grounds of the Eastern Information: Phil Kellum, 6337 Pecan Cove, Arlington, TN • CONNECTICUT States Exposition, Memorial Ave .. West Springfield) 38002. (901) 465·8083 Fairfirld, cr Admission: Adults $4. 5-12 SI. under 5 free E,'enl: "Station Stop '93" Housatonic Model Ry. Club Show Information: Rolxn A. Buck. P.O. Box 718. Warren. MA • TEXAS Date: March 7. 1993, 10 AM to 4 PM 01083·0718, (413) 436·5318 Longl'iew, TX Locat ion: Tomlinson Middle School, 200 Unquowa Rd., El'ent: GETTS Annua[ Train Show Admission: Adults S3, children $1 • MICHIGAN Date: Feb. 27. 1993, JO AM to 5 PM and Feb. 28. 1993, Information: (203) 255-3795 Fri. eves Mount Clemens,MI IIAMto5PM Event: Gratiot Valley RR Club Semi-Annual Swap'n Shop Localion: Longview Fair Grounds, Longview • FLORIDA Dale: M,rch 28, 1993, 10 AM to 3 PM Admission: 53 per person, family $5 BradentoR, FL Location : Clintoodale High Schoo[, 15 Mile Rd.@LittleMack Information: JCfrains. 804 S. Commerce. Ovenon, TX Event: Sarasota Model RR Club Open House Admission: Adults S2.25, Children 12 and under free 75684, (903) 834-3480 Dale: Feb. 27. 1993, 10 AM to 5 PM and Feb. 28, 1993. Informati on: Greg Rich, P.O. Box 214, Mount Clemens, MI IOAMlo4 PM 48043, (3 13) 4684877 Lac.Ho", 6730 15th SI., E. (East) Old U.S. 301 • UTAH Adm ission : Free Ogden, UT • NEB RASKA Event: Hostlers Model Railroad Festival Information: Don Freeman, 4821 Palm Aire Dr., Sarasota, lincoln,NE Date: March 5-7, 1993, Fri. 6to 9 PM , Sal. 10 AM t09 PM, FL 34243. (813) 355·8948 Event: Linco[n-Omaha Area Spring Model RR Show & Meet Sun. JO AM to 5 PM BradentoR, FL Date: Feb. 20,1993 Locltion : Ogden Union Station, 25th 51. and Wall Ave. Event: Clinic - ABCs of Model Railroading Location: Lower Level. Pershing Auditorium. 151h and N SIS. Admission: Adu[ts $2. children 12 and under free Date: March I, 1993. 8 PM Admission: Adults $3.12 yeom and under $1 Information: Paul Karczewski, 2955N. 400W. #2218. Information: Fred Schroeder, LAMRC, 3808 Rando[ph St.. Location: At the Club. 67300 15th 51. East (Old US 301) Layton, UT 84041, (801) 825·7620 Lincoln, NE 68510, (402) 483·1763 Admission: $1.50 per clinic. $10 for the series Information: Kim Prince. 5204 Brookmeade Dr., Sarasota, • NEW YORK • VIRGINIA FL 34232. (813) 371·5698 St. Albans, NY Vienna, VA Eve nt : Sunrise Trail Div. NMRA Annual Spring Convention Eve nl : No. Virginia Model Railroaders, Inc. Open House Tampa,FL Date: Feb. 13, March 13, April 24, [993, I PM to 5 PM Event: Sarasota Model RR Club Train Show & Swap Meet Date: March 20, 1993, 10 AM 10 5 PM Location: The First Church of Baldwin Localion: Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Slat ion, 23 [ Date: March 14, 1993. 10 AM to 3 PM Dominion Rd. (at Ayr Hill Rd. ) Location: Flo Homer Hesterly National Guard Annory, 504 Admission: $5 Information: Fernand Washington, 179-65 Selover Rd .• 51. Admission: Donations accepted N. Howard. Tampa Information: Tues. eves, (703) 938-5157 Admission: Adults $3, teens $1, kids 25¢ Albans. NY 11 434, (718) 528·2308 Information: Chuck Place, 6810 Wh itman Place. Sarasota, FL 34243, (8 13) 756-7584 • NORTH CAROLI NA • WASHINGTON Ashe.,ifle, Ne Spokane, \VA • ILLI NOIS Event: Third Annual Land 0' Sky Model R.R Show Event: River City Modelers Model RR Swap Meet Kankakee, lL Date: March 27,1993,9 AM to4 PM Dale: Feb. 14. 1993. 10 AM to 4 PM Event: Kankakee Model RR Club Train Show& Swap Meet Location: Biltmore Baptist Church, 980 Hendersonville Rd. Location : Spokane Youth Sprague. Spokane Date: March 7. 1993. 9 AM to 3 PM Admission: Adults S2, children under 12 free w/adult Admission: S2 Location: Governor Small Memorial Park. S. 8th Ave. Information: Sam Parris, Pisgah View Ranch. Route 1, Information: Marcie Nelson. 807 E. Vicksburg. Spokane. Admission: Adults $2, under 12 free Candler, NC, (704) 667·0752 or (704) 667·9100 IVA 99208, (509)467·8348 "es Information: Larry Ryan, (815) 932-6100 (days 10-5) Mt. Airy, Ne • CANADA Palatine,lL Eve nt : Mayberry Model Railroadel'l4th Annual Show Mississauga, ON Event: Fox Valley Div. of MWR-NMRA/High Wheeler '93 Date: Feb. 19-21. 1993, Fri. & Sat. lOAM to 8 PM, Sun. I to Event : Erin Mills Model RR Association Beginners Clinic Model Train Show and Open House 8 PM Date: Feb. 6. 1993, 12:30 to 5 PM Date: March 6-7. 1993. 9 AM to 5 PM Location : Mt. Airy Public Library, comer Rockford St. {NC Location: Sheridan United Church. 2581 Truscott Dr., Location: Harper College. Building M, Algonquin & Roselle 601) and Main St. Mississauga Admission: Adults 53. children 5-13 $2. Seniors 65-up $2 Admission: Free Ad mission : $6, under 13 $3 Information: Ray Petterson, P.O. Box 1535. Arlington Hts .• Information: A[ Gaul, 130 Wonh St.. Mt. Airy. NC 27030. Information: George Wright, 507·75 Graydon Hall Dr., Don IL60006·1535. (708) 259·3040 (919) 789·6466 Mills. ON M3A 3M5. (416) 445·5101

February 1993 Model Railroading • 13 AIL PROJECT RESEARCH R by Karen and Earl Stephens The goal of Rail Project Resea rch is to point you to magazine reterence materials. You can then spend hours modeling, not looking for information on how to! Each entry contains a description or title followed by the magazine title, year, month or quarter, and page. By request we are going to look at the Southern Railway in respect to its history and its modeling potential. We will show where to find the prototype photo examples as well as reviews of models that have been commercially released. YOU ASKEO FOR IT! This month 's modeling category is SOUTHERN RAILWAY STEAM LOCOMOTIVES. We invite your suggestions or requests for topics to research . Please send your correspondence to: Earl Stephens, RD #1, Box 101 , Chenango Forks, NY 13746.

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0·6-0 S #1711 LOCO DATA RR 33 02 86 0-4-0 S #508 'MAUD' 1888 PHOTO RR 74 12 26 0-6-0 LIMA S CLASS A7 DATA MM 91 3 58 0-4-4T S #15061888 PHOTO RR 68 02 56 2-10-2 S #5005-5079 CLASS SS LOCOS DATA RR 49 08 61 0-4-4T S #1509 CLASS A BALDWIN 1880 PHOTO RR 38 07 138 2-10-2 S '5005-5079 LOCO DATA RR 44 04 75 0-4-4T S ' 1509 LOCO BALDWIN 1880 PHOTO RR 50 03 104 2-10-2+2-6-2 TR ACTOR S 15046 T 57 11 22 0-4-4T S #1509 "MAUD'" PHOTO T 42 08 35 2-10-4 S 1610 IX T&P 661 0) LANKYTEXAN RF 78 02 26 0-6-0 S '1620 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 62 2-10-4 S '610 FIRING RF 78 02 29 0-6-0 S '1690 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 58 2-10-4 S #610 LOCO IX T&P) RQ V2 #2 88 0-6-0 S '1 690.1697.1704 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 61 2-8-0 S #385 IN NEW JERSEY T 66 05 48 0-6-0 S #1726 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 58 2-8-0 S CLASS 820 LOCO-WEIGHTlTF RR 31 06 444 0-6-0 S #1727 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 59 2-8-2 S CLASS MS4 USRA HEAVY COPIES DATA MRG 91 9 16 0-6-0 S #1741 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 62 2-8-2 USRA S, CNO& TP & AGS DATA MM 87 12 58 0-6-0 S #1743 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 58 2-8-2 S USRA LIGHT ORIG '4750-4764 DATA MM 85 6 40 0-6-0 S '1746 CLASS A7 PHOTO MM 91 3 62 2-8-2 CLASS MS4 MIKADOS OF S MR 82 01 76 0-6-0 S #1616 SWITCHER PHOTO RR 50 03 104 2-8-2 S CLASS 4600 LOCO DATA RR 31 11 490 0-6-0 S #1711 CLASS A7 PHOTO RR 38 07 140 2-8-2+2-8-0 TRACTOR S #4576 T 57 11 22 0-8-0 S #1859 CLASS AS11 PHOTO RR 38 07 136 2-8-2+2-8-0 S REBU ILDS LOCOS TO DUPLEXS RR 34 04 86 0-8-0 S ' 1888 USRA ALCO 1918 PHOTO MM 82 05 46 2-8-4 S #2716 BERKSHIRE REBUI LD RMC 82 11 68 0-8-0 S #6849 SWITCHER PHOTO RR 50 03 104 2-8-8-2 S CLASS LS1 #4009 1918 BALDWIN T 85 08 50 0-8-0 S #1894 CLASS AS 11 PHOTO T 71 10 32 2-8-8-2 S CLASS LS1 #4016-4020 DATA 1924 MM 85 8 58 2-1 0-2 S #50 18 LOCO PHOTO RR 49 08 61 4-4-0 S #3862 LOCO RR 33 02 85 2-10-2 S #5023 PHOTO T 73 10 36 4-4-2 S 61905-1914 CLASS C LOCO DATA RR 35 03 86 2- 10-2 S '5046 LOCO PHOTO RR 44 03 28 4-6-0 S NG '5 CLAREMONT BRANCH 1886 DATA NG 90 11 50 2-10-2 S '5063 CLASS SS PHOTO RR 38 07 136 4-6-0 S CLASS F1 LOCOMOTIVES MR 75 11 64 2-10-2 S '5200 USRA SANTE FE TYPE PHOTO MM 83 10 42 4-6-0 S '1076 LOCO DATA RR 33 02 86 2-10-2 S '5206 USRA SANTE FE TYPE PHOTO MM 83 10 46 4-6-2 CLASS PS4 S T 41 06 35 2-10-2 S #5239 LOCO BLW 1918-1919 PH OTO RR 50 03 106 4-6-2 PS4 CLASS PAC IFICS S T 50 10 20 2-10-4 S #610 IX T&P #61 0) PHOTO RF 78 02 01 4-6-2 PS2 CLASS PACIFICS S T 78 12 28 2-10-4 S #6 10 1977 W/AUX TENDER PHOTO RR 77 12 32 4-6-2 S #1366-1409 CLASS PS4 LOCO DATA RR 35 01 82 2- 10-4 S #6 10 BLUE RIDGE VA 1977 PHOTO MM 84 03 26 4-6-2 S #1380 CLASS PS4LOCO SLW 1923 RR 51 02 52 2- 10-4 S #6 10 LEXINGTON KENTUCKY PHOTO RF 78 02 29 4-6-2 S #1393 CLASS PS4 PACIFIC RMC 39 03 16 2-10-4 S '610 LOCO IX T&P) PHOTO RQ V2 #2 88 4-6-2 S #1393 -1 409, #6476-6482, #6688-91 RR 33 07 84 2-6-0 S '3047 LOCOMOTIVE PHOTO RR 39 06 135 4-6-2 S CLASS 1300 LOCO DIMENSIONS RR 31 06 441 2-6-6-2 #950 S T&NO PHOTO RMJ 91 6 64 4-6-2 S CLASS 1336 LOCO ALCO 1926 RR 31 10 428 2-8-0 S '1409 LOCO PHOTO RR 34 09 70 4-6-2 S CLASS 1396 LOCO DATA RR 31 12 97 2-8-0 S #151 KNOXVILLE TN PHOTO RF 76 SU 45 4-6-2 S CLASS 1396 LOCO DATA RR 32 04 72 2-8-0 S '2506 LOCO RLW 1926 PHOTO RR 50 03 106 4-8-2 S CLASS 4860 LOCO DIMENSIONS RR 31 09 191 2-8-0 S #318 CLASS H1 PHOTO RR 38 07 140 DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF STEAM ON S T 71 10 36 2-8-0 S #349 LOCO PHOTO RR 44 08 81 GREAT DYNAMOMETER TEST LOCO S '610 T 78 02 33 2-8-0 S '383 W/AUX WATER TANK PHOTO RR 39 06 133 GREEN FREIGHT LOCOMOTIVES ON S RMC 74 11 30 2-8-0 S '390 ON ARMSTRON TURNTABLE PHOTO T 73 03 33 IMAGINARY STEAM POWER ON S T 50 06 52 2-8-0 S ' 4767 CLASS MS1 PHOTO T 43 02 20 S #1396 WINATHAN 8-FEED MECHANICAL LUBRI RR 40 09 65 2-8-0"5 #6226 CONSOLIDATION B 1948 MM 80 01 37 S SERIES 1401 , 4800. 5200 LOCO DATA RR 32 09 236 2-8-0 S #645 CLASS KS PHOTO RR 38 07 135 4-4-2 S LOCOMOTIVES SHORT NOTE RR 75 09 56 2-8-0 S #6908 CONSOLIDATION 1938 PHOTO MM 80 01 38 4-6-0 S CLASS F1 LOCOMOTIVES SHORT NOTE RR 76 06 51 2-8-0 S #722 YORK AL PHOTO RR 76 06 01 S #1 102 LOCOMOTIVE/OLD 97 SHORT NOTE RR 58 06 39 2-8-0 S #722 RALEIGH NC DETAIL PHOTO RQ V6 #4 33 SNO S DUPLEX LOCOS RR 44 05 74 2-8-0 S #390 HENDERSON NC 1948 PHOTO RR 77 10 26

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2-8-0 S #604 PHOTO RF 87 10 35 4-6-2 S ' 1391 CRESCENT LTD ALEXANDRIA RR 78 06 49 2-8-0 S #722 PHOTO RF 79 07 19 4-6-2 S #1393 CRESCENT LTD STAUFER DWG RR 65 01 38 2-8-0 S #90 HENDERSON SC PHOTO RMC 80 11 59 4-6-2 S #1396 CRESCENT LTD PHOTO RMC 39 03 16 2-8-2 S #4501 ALLISTON AL PHOTO RR 70 03 26 4-6-2 S #1396 LOCO PHOTO RR 50 03 108 2-8-2 S '4501 BRIDGEPORTTN 1970 PHOTO RR 70 11 04 4-6-2 S ' 1401 LOCO PHOTO RR 58 02 26 2-8-2 S #4501 COLOR PHOTO T 73 10 30 4-6-2 S 11 403 CLASS PS4 PHOTO RMC 39 03 16 2-8-2 S '4501 OAKDALE TN 1968 PHOTO RR 69 05 24 4-6-2 S ' 1408 CLOSE-UP OF CAB PHOTO RR 41 04 55 2-8-2 S ' 4501 PICAYUNE MISS 1972 PHOTO RR 73 06 56 4-6-2 S ' 1408 LOCO PHOTO RR 41 04 62 2-8-2 S #4528 CLASS MS PHOTO RR 38 07 140 4-6-2 S #1491 ASHERVILLE NC 1938 PHOTO RR 78 03 21 2-8-2 S #4528 LOCO RLW 1914 PHOTO RR 50 03 106 4-6-2 S #3396 'CRESCENT LTD ' LOCO PHOTO RR 31 08 47 2-8-2 S USRA LIGHT ORIG #4750-4764 PHOTOS MM 85 6 40 4-6-2 S #4501 ANN ISTON AL GREEN LIVERY PHOTO RR 70 05 01 2-8-2 S #4768 MIKADO PHOTO MM 80 01 26 4-6-2 S #6472 CLASS PS4 HEAVY PACIFIC PHOTO MM 80 01 53 2-8-2 S #4829 LOCO AT ALEXANDRIA VA PHOTO RR 45 06 39 4-6-2 S #722 LOCOMOTIVE PHOTO RQ V2 #2 04 2-8-2 S #4858 CLASS MS4 PHOTO MRG 91 9 16 4-6-2 S 11200 CLASS PA PHOTO RMC 60 05 53 2-8-2 S #4893 CLASS MS4 PHOTO MRG 91 9 16 4-6-2 S 61406 PHOTO T 71 10 32 2-8-2 S #4817 CLASS MS4 PHOTO MRG 91 9 18 4-6-4 S #2839 REBUILDING PHOTO RF 80 03 37 2-8-2 S #4868 CLASS MS4 REAR TENDER PHOTO MRG 91 9 18 4-6-4 S / 1380 STREAMLINED LOCO PHOTO RR 53 10 106 2-8-2 S #4875 CLASS MS4 COLOR PHOTO MRG 91 9 19 4-6-4 S #2839 PHOTO RF 80 03 38 2-8-2 S #4856 CLASS MS4 COLOR PHOTO MRG 91 9 19 4-8-2 ERECTION PHOTO S CLASS TSl T 77 03 41 2-8-2 S #4998 CLASS MA5 BROOKS 1918 PHOTO RR 38 07 137 4-8-2 S #1396 DETAIL PHOTO RMC 39 04 37 2-8-2 S '6361 WIWIMBLE DUCT LOCO PHOTO RR 41 02 11 4-8-2 S '1480 LOCO BALDWIN 1919 PHOTO RR 50 03 108 2-8-2 S #691 0 1976 PHOTO RR 76 08 58 4-8-2 S #1486 CLASS TSl PHOTO RR 38 06 83 2-8-2 S '4501 (FAN LOCO) PHOTO RMC 69 10 20 4-8-2 S ' 6497 USRA LIGHT MOUNTAIN PHOTO MM 83 02 52 2-8-2 S '4888 PHOTO T 71 10 32 4-8-2 S #7 61 LOCO AT ASHEVILLE NC PHOTO RR 44 10 66 2-8-2 S 16328 CLASS MS4 PHOTO RMC 67 07 41 4-8-2 S LOCOMOTIVE PHOTO RR 47 09 75 2-8-2+2-8-0 S #4537 MIKADO TRACTOR PHOTO RMC 67 07 50 4-8-2 S #1471 PHOTO T 44 04 37 2-8-4 S #2716 BIRMINGHAM AL SHOP PHOTO RF 82 01 27 4-8-4 S 6610 LYNCHBURG VA 1971 X-T&P PHOTO RR 78 04 31 2-8-4 S '2716 CHATHAM VA PHOTO RF 82 11 60 4-8-4 S /610 TOCCOA GA 1977 X-T&P PHOTO RR 78 08 36 2-8-4 S #2716 GREENLAND TENN PHOTO RF 82 11 53 S '1284 LOCO W/MASONIC EMBLEM PHOTO RR 58 06 28 2-8-4 S #2716 PHOTO RMC 82 11 68 S / 3862 LOCO FRONT END PHOTO RR 32 11 477 2-8-4 S #2716 GREENSBORO NC PHOTO RF 84 09 38 S ' 40261942 PHOTO RR 67 07 17 2-8-8-2 S 14009 PHOTO MM 84 11 91 S 14501 FRONT VIEW DETAIL PHOTO RR 72 11 41 2-8-8-2 S 14009 PHOTO MM 84 12 92 SHAY 4 TRUCK S 14001 PHOTO LIMA T 67 08 38 2-8-8-2 S 14056 SIMPLE ARTICULATED PHOTO RR 44 11 26 2-8-8-2 S /4502 BALDWIN 1924,26,28 PHOTO RR 50 03 108 4-4-0 S, 3859 NEAR MACON GA 1934 PHOTO MRG 80 lW 24 4-4-0 S #3785 LOCO PHOTO RR 39 06 136 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PLANS 4-4-0 S #3841 CLASS B8 BALDWIN 1887 PHOTO RR 67 03 06 4-4-0 S #3845 CLASS B4 ROGERS 1885 PHOTO RR 38 06 81 0-6-0 S CLASS A-7 PLANS MM 91 4-4-0 S '3841 PHOTO T 44 04 37 3 59 2-6-6-2 BALDWIN S T&NO 1950 PLANS RMJ 91 6 64 4-4-0 S ' 3859 PHOTO 1880 T 45 01 21 2-8-0 KS7 CLASS S 1588 PLANS ALCO 1906 MR 56 11 44 4-4-2 S 11905 MACON GA 1960 RLW 1906 REP RR 72 06 34 2-8-0 S CONSOLIDATION B 1911 PLANS MM 80 01 36 4-4-2 S '1914 CLASS C RICHMOND 1906 PHOTO RR 38 06 80 2-8-2 USRA S, CNO& TP & AGS PLANS ' 6619 MM 87 12 58 4-4-2 S '1914 PHOTO RLW 1906 T 54 07 20 2-8-2 CLASS MS4 MIKADO PLANS S'48431923 MR 82 01 79 4-6-0 S '1102 LOCO PHOTO RR 34 01 39 2-8-2+2-8-0 S #4535 MIKADO TRACTOR PLANS RMC 67 07 50 4-6-0 S '1102 LOCO IN 1929 PHOTO RR 57 06 29 2-8-8-2 S CLASS LS-l #4024 PLANS 1924 MM 85 8 58 4-6-0 S #942 CLASS Fl BALDWIN 1893 PHOTO RR 38 06 80 4-6-0 S NG ' 5 CLAREMONT BRANCH 1886 PLANS NG 90 11 50 4-6-0 S /947 LOCO AT SELMA ALA PHOTO RR 45 01 107 4-6-0 CLASS F-l PLANS S #9491893 B MR 75 11 66 4-6-0 S #967 LOCO PHOTO RR 50 02 37 4-6-0 DRAWING SYLVANIA CENTRAL 1103 MR 59 07 38 4-6-2 CLASS PS4 CRESCENT LTD S #1396 T 64 07 28 4-6-2 CLASS PS4 PLANS S ' 1400 ALCO 1923 MR 59 01 38 4-6-2 CLASS PS4 S ' 1408 PHOTO 1928 B T 71 10 32 4-6-2 CLASS PS4 S DRAWING MR 64 08 40 4-6-2 S 61203 LOCO PHOTO RR 50 02 39 4-6-2 S ' 1393 CLASS PS4 PLANS RMC 61 06 38 4-6-2 S '1223 CLASS PS PHOTO RR 38 06 82 4-6-2 S #1393 CLASS PS4 PLANS RMC 39 03 16 4-6-2 S #1234 PR INCETON IN 1951 PHOTO RR 78 04 57 4-8-2 MOUNTAIN PLANS S '1470 MR 45 02 76 4-6-2 S '1256 WILLETS NC PHOTO RR 78 04 46 TENDER FOR 4-6-2 S CLASS PS4 PLAN RMC 39 04 36 4-6-2 S #1276 CLASS Pl BALDWIN 1906 PHOTO RR 38 06 82 4-6-2 S #1285 LOCO PHOTO RR 50 02 31 4-6-2 S 11298 BRISTOL VA PHOTO RF 82 09 32 4-6-2 S 11332 PHOTO 1914 T 54 07 21 4-6-2 S 11366 CLASS PS4 PHOTO RR 38 06 82 STEAM LOCOMOTIVE MODELING 4-6-2 S 11380 STREAMLINED LOCO PHOTO RR 41 10 68 4-6-2 S '1380 STREAMLINED LOCO PHOTO RR 50 02 47 2-8-2 S MS4 #4885 SUNSET KITBASH - PT 2 MRG 91 11 26 4-6-2 S '1381 ALEXANDRIA VA PHOTO RR 79 01 44 2-8-2 S MS4 #4885 SUNSET KITBASH - PT 1 MRG 91 10 42 4-6-2 S '1381 AT ALEXANDRIA VA PHOTO RR 34 04 82 4-6-2 S CLASS PS-4 CRESCENT LTD PAINTING MR 91 6 135

February ... 993 Model Railroading • ... 5 Building Canadian RS18 Diesels by Bob Boudreau Photos by the author

hen is an Aleo RS 11 diesel not an RS II ? must be an easier way. Well, the Canadian parts with any remaining gaps filled wilh modelers' W When it is manufactured under li cense manufacturer Miniatures by Eric came to the plastic puny. by Montreal Locomotive Works (MLW) in rescue with the release of brass castings made While working on the ends, I removed the cast­ Canada, it becomes an RS 18. Overall it resem­ specially for this conversion. These castjngs are on headlight s and all grabirons wilh a file. MLW bles il s "parent" RS 11 , but the lack of notches in made fo r the Atlas RS I I and will not fit on the headlights are placed a bit lower on the hood than the ends of the hoods gives the Canadian RS 18 a Model Power diesel. So if you want to convert a the cast-on Atlas ones. As I wanted to retain the distincti ve appearance. The Atlas RS II in HO Model Power unit, you will have to use styrene. operating headlights, I drilled out Detai l Associ­ scale is an excellent piece of motive power, and ates # 1004 Pyle headlights to the same size as the I ' I! describe how (made two RS1 8s from Preparing the Shells: The Ends holes in the shell. The top headlight hole on the RS 11 s. Both of Canada's national railroads had Primary work is the same on both shells; indi­ shell was filled with plastic putty, and I used the versions of this popular road switcher, and they vidual modifications will be itemized later. To lower hole as the new top hole. A Ilew lower were freq uentl y seen operating in the U.S. on prepare the comer notches for filling, the cast­ headlight hole was drilled, using the DA headlight their subsidiary lines. on sand-filler hatches should be filed off. Pieces assembly as a placement guide. As can be seen by the photos, these units have of styrene should be glued into the back of the The Atlas lens/li ght bar will now fit into the quite a few differences, bu t also share some si mi ­ numberboard openings 10 prevent g lu e from new holes and headlight assembly, retaining the larities. The major work o n both mode ls running out. 1 used "fiv e-minute" epoxy to fa s­ operating feature. As the lenses now sit lower involves filling in the Alco hood notches. I had tell my comer pieces Oil, allowing some of it 10 than they were designed 10, about V4/1 must be contemplated doing th ese conversions using ooze out around Ihe castings, filling any gaps. cut off the bottom of the lens support, as shown styrene, bu t kept pUlling it off, feelin g there After the epoxy hardens. it can be fi led smooth, in the pholO. This lells/light bar also fit s through

16 • Model Railroading February 1993 Model Canadian National RS18 #3830 has shortened fuel tank and new air tanks. the two metal weights, which will have to have have their bells end mounted. so a Miniatures by their channe ls deepened with a round file to fit. Eric bell was added. CP Rail runs their units The pattem on the small gri lles on the sides is It sounds more d ifficult than it actually is, but ShOft e nd forward, so Ih e bell was installed different on the MLW diesels. I added pieces of the results are worth the effort. there; eN runs the long hood forward, so the Detail Associates #270 1 stainl ess-steel grille With the notches now filled, and the operat­ long hood received a bell. material over the area. This grillework isn't ing headlights in place, the new numberboards The hood end s were finished with formed­ quite high enough, so s mall pieces of s trip will have to be installed. Miniatures by Eric brass handrails as per the prototypes. I added styrene filled the lower part, which al so simu­ comes to the rescue again, with their #N7 units sand-filler hatches made from styrene on the CN lates the prototype quite well. that are glued to the notch fillers with CA glue. unit, and Miniatures by Eric ones on the CP Above each numberboard I drilled a hole to model. These hatches on the s ho rt end are The Canadian Na~onal Model accept an MY Products #LS22 lens as the classi­ mounted on the sides, wh il e the long end has I chose to model Canadian National #3830 fication lights, which are installed later. RS 18s them under the numberboards. because it had several unique features that

Prototype CN RS18 #3830 in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1987.

February '1993 Model Railroading • '17 Model Canadian Pacific RS18 #8782 was photogra phed out doors on a diorama with prototype CP yard in background.

Prototype CP RS18 #8782 in Saint John, New Brunswick in 1987. allracled me, namely the smaller fuel tank with styrene, using a cardboard template to get the rivets were fi led off the remaining part wh ich underbody air tanks and the snow shield over proper fit over the hood. It was built mostly "by serves as a base for the new tank. With a router the roof fan. Th is sh ield is used on diesels that eye," using the prototype photo as a guide. The bi t in a motor tool, the protruding metal pieces pus h snowplows; it preve nt s snow from be ing ends we re copied from the cardboard onto .020 on the Atlas chassis above the fuel tank were cut drawn into the fa n. I made my model from the styrene and were then joined with strips of scale off. The new tank was built up from pi eces of single prototype phOlO shown and wasn't aware 8" x 10" styrene to make a framework. Then a .020 styrene filled around the remain s of the that #3830 came equipped wi th dynamic brakes. piece of .010 sheet styrene was g lued on and plastic tank and the chassis. It was detailed with Models so equ ipped have ma ny louvers on the bent around to form the sides and top of the two large NBW (NU l-Bolt -Washer) castings, short hood, and doors on the roof above them. shield. Ribs of small styrene strips were added fue l fi ll ers and gauges made from b its of eN 3600-series do not have the dynamic brakes. on top. and one along the sides at \.tn angle. styrene. Since the only way to fasten the tank to but they also come wi th the regul ar fuel tank as These hood-equipped diesels had the lower part the chassis is by g luing it on, a hole must be on the Atlas model. So my model ended up of their side radiator grilles covered with remov­ drilled in the bottom so Ih e motor mounting being a hybrid of two different prototype models. ab le sheet-steel panels; these were s imulated screw can be accessed. 1 used Hobsco Goo· 10 Of course, I discovered thi s after the model was wi th .010 styrene. fas ten it on. finished! The Atlas plastic fuel tank was removed, and The ai r tanks were salvaged from an At hearn The snow shield was scratchbuilt from sheet 3/.;" was cut off the fron t part. The air tanks and GP9 and glued on to the chassis as shown. Brass

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~- Modifications to diesel ends in progress. Corner notches have Lower model shows modification to fuel tanks on CN unit. Tank been filled with brass parts and area has been filed smooth, was shortened by 3/4" and wrapped with .020 styrene to make including all cast-on grabirons. New hole for headlight has been shorter version. Air tanks from an Athearn GP9 were glued onto drilled below original ones; upper one is yet to be filled in. existing chassis with Hobsco Goo· , and brass-wire piping was Stainless grille material has been applied to side intake grille, added. Chassis area above tank was removed with a motor tool. and remaining bottom part filled in with strip styrene. Clear Hole has been drilled in bottom of remaining tank piece to plastic light bar has had 1/4" cut off its lower part so it will fit allow access to motor mounting screw as tank will not be into new headlight holes. removable. wire was used (0 simulate piping from the tanks The chassis and truck sideframes were painted stripes that the short end did. The end handrails to the chassis. Floquil Grimy Black, and a coat of Floquil hadn't been glued on, making the stripes easier To compl ete tbe eN model, a sunshade was HiGloss was later sprayed on the orange ends to apply. made from .020 styrene and g uide rails were prior to decal application. When painted all red, the side radiator grilles made for it from strip styrene and added over Accu-Cal decals were used. Repeated applica­ didn't look very realistic, so I decided to darken the cab windows. tions of Solvaset were required to snuggle the large the recesses. I diluted some black enamel paint white stripes down onto the body. This results in with painlthinner and nowed it all over the r adi ~ The Canadian Pacific Model slripes that look like they were painted on. ator, all owing it to settle into the open areas. The CP prototype I chose to model was easier The CP RSl8 was painted with Accl,l+Paint After it had dried a while, I wiped the paint off than the eN one, as it had the standard fuel tank CP Action Red and decaled with Accu-Cal the shutters, leaving a deeper, more realistic that comes with the Atlas model. CP #8782 has decals. When I made this model, CP was just look. I didn' t use lacquer-based paint such as an unusual plow-type pilot, wh il e most others phasing oul their large mu lt imark, so I lefl it off Floqu il for this task, as it probably would have come with a standard one like that on the model. the model. This made things easier, as the multi­ dissolved the red paint. I filed off the steps and MU cable fiuings and mark would have to go over the radiator, a The handrails were brush painted on both built the pilots from pieces of styrene, using pro­ tri cky proposition with such a large ex panse of diesels. The end ones on the CN model are totype photos as a guide. The handrail on the decal. This end instead received the same white (Colllinued Oil page 54.) upper part of the pilot was filed off, and drop steps were made from styrene. A handrail over Bill of Materials the drop step was made from brass wire. Part No. Description CP diesels have ditch li ghts on the fronl plat­ Manufacturer fonns, and Miniatures by Eric has part #L2 that Atlas RS 11 diesels, undecorated duplicates the real ones. They can be glued on Miniatures by Eric AI Sinclair antenna with CA glue just outside the handrail posts. I B20 Bell added some OA grab irons going up the short C2 End~comer fi ller pieces hood at this time, and both diesels received HI Hom Miniatures by Eric #H I horns and Detail Asso­ L2 Ditch li ghts ciates Sinclair antennae on their cabs. N7 Numberboards Soft steel wire was added to the ends of all Detail Associates 1004 Pyle headlights trucks as brake lines, and chains and fasteners 1803 Sinclair antenna (alternate) were installed on the trucks under the short 2701 Farr intake grilles hood. This finished the CP model. MV Products LS22 Lenses Accu-Cal Decals 5835H Canadian National Painfing and Decorafing 5824H Canadian Pacific Both models were washed in warm soapy Floquil Paint 110250 Canadian National Orange water, rinsed and dried off in preparation fo r 1\0013 Grimy Black painting. I airbrushed Floquil Foundation as a I t0003 Hi~Gl oss primer, and let it dry for a week or so. The ends ItOOl5 Flat of the CN model were painted Floquil Amtrak 1\00t I Reefer White Red (they now have CN Orange). When this Accu+Paint I I CP Action Red was dry, the ends were masked off and the rest Scalecout I Loco Black of the body was sprayed Scalecoat Loco Black. Kadee 5 Couplers

February '1993 Model Railroading • '19 by Chris Lane

Here is Colorado & Southern narrow-gauge locomotive #73 by the Denver roundhouse in 1938. Her paint had oxidized somewhat by this point and there are stains on both the smokebox and cylinders, but she is in far better condition t han most modelers would have portrayed her, even though abandonment of all C&S narrow-gauge lines was only a few years away. Note the crews went to the ext ra t rouble to clean the engine's cab number, which is considerably brighter than the road name on t he tender. Courtesy of Otto C Perry collection, Western History Dept., Denver Public Library

realized that I cou ld n 't put h im off any pointing. I know you model only steam, and I men regularly allow sand to be drawn into the I longer. Even though Edmond Mitchel l was hoping you could give me a few pointers on firebox in order to knock the soot and unburned Dawson (EMD we call him) was a fine model how to weather them." oil out of the nues. This produces a thick, black builder and a genuinely n ice guy, I had given I told him J would be glad to and that J had smoke that hastens the staining of the stack and him severa l lame excuses as to w hy I hadn't been working on an article on just thi s subject. I smokebox. come over to visit his layout. But the real reason gave him copies of my notes, and he gave me a Finally the steam itself causes weatheri ng in was thai, frankly, I just don', th ink diesels are little incentive to fin ish up the article. several arcas. Any time water is heated the miner­ that interesting. BUI EMD is nothi ng if not per­ als in the waler wi ll sellie o ut. Railroads added sistent, and when he menti oned that he had a Causes at Weathering com pounds to the water and d irectl y into the su rpri se to show me, I figured, "What the hey, The re are a couple of di fferent processes by boi lers to tl)' to prevent th is. The compounds and one night of watc hing boxcars with motors in w hich steam locomotives weather. T he most lhe water w ill leave whitish streaks anywhe re them wouldn't ki ll me," especially since he was important weatheri ng fac tors for a steam loco­ steam and/or water escapes fro m the boi le r. reputed to be a fine scenery builder. motive are the fuel and waler they use and Ihe Therefore you will fi nd w hite d iscoloration Edmond greeted me wannly at the door. As he steam they produce. These elements work around whistle and pop valves and boiler-check showed me his layout J saw that his whole rail­ together to create the majority of the weathering valves. road was in fact nicely executed. I have to admit that occurs on steam locomotives. The second major factor in weathering is even his fleet of diesels were fine models, well­ If coal is used as the fuel, it produces dust that environmental. The UV light rays from the sun painted and realisticall y weathered. He then adheres to the engine every time its tender is will fade any paint over time, and atmospheric instructed me to watch a tunnel. Out ran a heavy­ fi lled. The black dusting is especially prominent dust will settle o n the locomoti ve. Rain COm­ weight passenger train pulled by two steam loco­ on the tender areas. As the coal bums it makes a bines with this dust to wash the d irt down the motives. The train was attractive and neat, but wh ite ash which dusts the fi rebox area a nd sides, and this dirties and dulls the fi ni sh. the locomotives were ... well , to be poli te, just not. which can be carried to the wheels. It also pro­ Even a freshly shopped locomotive that has So help me, they looked as if the 53rd Pigeon duces cinders which come out of the stack and been shoved out on a storage siding will not Bomber Squadron had used them for target prac­ rain down on the rest of the locomotive. remain in pristine condition for too long. As the ti ce. The weathering was gari sh and overdone, If oil is the fue l of choice, it will invariably be engine sits for longer periods of time, the paint not up to his usual high standards. spilled on the tender deck. Fresh oil will have a wi ll start 10 crack ;.md peel d ue to the expansion " Now you see my surpri se," he said. " Heck, I sheen to it, but that will quickly d isappear as air­ and contract of the surfaces unde rneath. T his like steam locomotives as much as the next guy borne d irt is attracted to the spill. Oil is a clean wi ll all ow more water to penetrate beneath the and fi nall y decided to backdate my railroad, but fuel in respect to the firebox, but it does stain the paint and hasten its fai lure. Once the paint is no as you can see, m y fi rst efforts are pretty disap- stack and smokebox like coal. In addition, fire- longer in place, the underlying mate ri al will

20 • Model Railroading February 1993 Union Pacific, leadville & Gunnison #108 waits to pull out of the Morrison, CO, depot sometime in the late 1890s. Note the overall gloss finish of this locomotive. The boiler jacket appears to be the highly reflective "Russian Iron," which rail historians describe as being either a bluish gray or a light metallic blue color. Also note the graphite color of the smokebox, which has a darker and more reflective hue of gray than what the railroads applied later on. The lettering of this period was a dark aluminum color which does not stand out very well from the locomotive. later most railroads went to white lettering, which contrasts well against the tender sides, or a bright silver which photographs as if it were white. The only noticeable weathering on this locomotive is the "flattening" of the stack and pilot and the road grime on the running gear. Courtesy Western History Dept., Denver Public Library weather based on its composition; i.e., steel and John Allen and a few of the other pioneers in the kind of disrepair that is commonly depicted on iron will rust, and wood will discolor and rot. hobby as they attempted to bring up the level of model railroads. Railroads counted o n these realism of th eir trains. The fact that steam on locomotives to move their frei ght and passen­ Research for Accuracy Ameri can railroads was on its last leg probably gers, so for most of the steam era, these So now that we know how locomotives contributed 10 thi s idea. and I suspect that the machi nes were we ll -maintained, and that fact is weather, we can apply it to all OU f locomotives models of th at era were painted to compensate clearly in ev idence once we ex amine the proto­ and achieve accuracy, right? Not hardl y. Know ~ for inadequate li ght levels in the layout room. type photos. This of course depended on the ing the causes of weathering will only help And s ince a 101 of us are not o ld enough 10 individual railroad. sharpen our powers of observation. What we remember. or just have vague memories of regu­ For example the Denver & Rio Grande West­ need now is to do our homework on the particu­ lar-servi ce steam in action, we have adhered to ern oUlshopped locomoti ves as nicely as any rail· lar locomotive we wi sh (0 weather. Since few of this de facto standard. road in the count ry, but once they were on the us model the Generic Railroad, we need to find But careful analysis of the real McCoy bl ows road, they tended to let the grime and dirt accu­ pictures to guide us as to the proper amount of this myth ri ght out of the water. Locomotives mulate until the next time that the locomotive weathering to apply. Working from anything on real railroads represented hundreds of thou­ needed ex tensive work. The same is true wi th the else. be it our memory (notori ously selective). sands of dollars of capital investment. so man­ Southern Pacific, and thi s thinking continu es imagination or other models (even if well done) agement was not about to let them fall into the today on thei r diesel locomotives. The Colorado is probably not going to give us the des ired result. So we must beg. borrow or horrors!!!... actu all y buy photos and books featuring our locomotiv es. Freelancers, this means you too. No doubt there is a Favorite prototype or loco­ motive that your models are based on and you need to do your homework same as everyone else. Once we have rounded up the pictures and carefully studied them. some weathering pauerns should emerge. The first thing we should notice is th ut the vast majority of railroads painted their locomotives GLOSS black. Locomotives retained their gloss fini sh for extended periods of time until they were weathered by the forces thai we di scussed earlier. I know that this fli es in the face of conventional hobby wi sdom, but after Model railroaders know that switch engines were always the grimiest. most viewing hundreds of photos laken bel ween the poorly maintained locomotives that a railroad owned. Perhaps we should tell late 1800s and 1960. this is a statement I can the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, whose #1681 is resplendent in its shiny boiler make with a great deal of confidence. jacket and clean smokebox. This photo shows the value of obtaining proto­ The cli che o f the dull black or gmy freight type photos: A heavily weathered model of this engine would be inaccurate. hog. covered wi th filth, started in the '50s with Author's collection

February 1993 Model Railroading • 21 Southern Pacific Twelve Wheeler #2938 qualifies as a heavily weathered locomotive. The graphite smoke box is almost completely covered by the oily soot coming from the stack, the valve-box covers are leaking oil, and the boiler­ wash compound streaks from the whistle down to the running boards. In addition the running gear is almost white from road grime except around the cylinders. A possible explanation is that water and steam from the cylinder cocks may clean these areas. Author's collection

.& Southern (and parent Chicago. Burlington & dust is kicked up by the motion of the locomo­ under the cab roof overhang. This, in combina­ Quincy) cleaned their engines regularly right up live, and the forces of gravity pull this din down tion with going light on each pass, wi ll give us un til the time th at they were scrapped. But even along the sid e of the locomoti ve. Probably the the realistic appearance Ihat we are after. this varied based on location. best way to si mulate this would be to use an air­ Yo u could also achieve this effect using The narrow-gauge D&RGW assigned loco­ brush with highly diluted black and eanh colors. artists' pastels (chalks). Lightly, and that should moti ves to work out of specific towns and the If your nonnal mixture for painting was SO/50, be your operative word, work the weathering on shop fo rces all had different ideas about main­ something along the lines of 80% thinner to 20% to your locomotive. Use light earth tones along tai ning locomotives. Eng in es working out of color would be about ri ght. You will want to the running gear and lower ponions of the tender Montrose were always sparkling; the Salida­ make a succession of light passes over the engine to represent dust, and black along th e top and based engines were well -maintai ned, but tended adding small amounts of additional weathering sides of the locomotive. to show a liule more road din due to the extended with every pass. The more passes you make, the Continue to refer to your prototype photos as runs from that locale. Finally the Durango-based more heavily weathered the locomotive wi ll you go along, and finally you can add any dis­ engines were without a doubt the sorriest, filthi­ appear, simulating longer periods of service. tinctive streaks or discolorati ons that you can est locomotives on the system. Agai n, doing Note thai we are not weathering the areas of the see in the photos. When you're fini shed I bel your research allows you to plan how your loco­ engine that would be protected on the real loco­ you ' ll have a reali stic model that you can be motives will look based on the prototype. moti ve such as behind the air compressors, and proud of. ~ Pulling Prototype Into Practice Now that we have determ ined that our loco­ motive wo uld have started out glossy and well ­ maintained, it makes sense to fin ish our models in the same manner, especiall y since we wi ll need a gloss finis h anyway 10 apply the decals. It is from this point that we can start applying the weathering. The important rule here is that the locomotive is glossy, but any weathering applied should be dull and fl at. While it is beyond the scope of this article to tell you methods for simulating the elements (if there is enough interest I could be persuaded to write an article on my fa vorite methods), I will touch upon the logical weathering cycle. For more detail please refer to the color photos on This photo was included to show how physical characteristics of the proto­ page 23. Our goal is to create a reali stic model type can affect weathering. Note the Colorado and Southern lettering on the so we start with what is bas icall y a new ly tender. This drove me nuts for years, making me try to determine why the shopped locomotive. From this point we want to tenders weathered in this fashion during the 19205 and '305. While I was add weathering in the same cycle it occurs in researching tenders for a C&S engine I was scratch building, I learned that the actu al ity. This involves th ree processes wh ich railroad had rebuilt the tenders in the '205 and had cut the slanted flange happen simultaneously. around the tender off flush with the tank top. (See photo of C&S #108 for Smoke from the stack and airborne di rt drift original style.) So at every water stop. water would wash over the tank and down on the top of the locomotive. Meanwhile clean the lettering below. Mallory Hope Ferrell

22 • Model Railroading February 1993 ~~:::, slnol~e causes struning here Steam leaks cause the whitish deposits seen here

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LEFT: This tender looks shiny and well­ maintained, but look ciosely at the wheels, underframe and coal deck. Notice the weathering that has occurred even though this tender was recently painted.

RIGHT: This locomotive has been out of service for years, but it displays typical weathering patterns on the smokebox and on the running gear. These areas will always weather first, 50 keep that in mind when weathering your locomotives.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 23 The 477829 is an Eastern Region cabin built in 3/42, indicated by the lettering in the lower right corner of the car side. It represents the classic Pennsylvania Railroad of the 19405 and 19505 and is an excellent choice for a steam-to-diesel transition setting. Note the different smokejack which was common on earlier N5Cs. In the background are a couple of Pennsy boxcars featured in Model Rail· roading a few years ago. Earl Murphy model.

ennsy modelers ought to be falling all over leastwise me. I can and often do find fault with talk about the Pennsy cabin cars featured on P one another while making their way to many products, but Bowser's little N5C won't these pages. the checkout counter with anns full of Bowser be one of them. If my trains look right and run The Pensylvania Railroad N5C cabin car is N5Cs and Cal-Scale trainphone antenna sets. If ri g ht, I 'm one happy camper. On the other probably the most recognized caboose in North ever there was a caboose that says PENNSY, it hand, if a model looks wrong or runs like a American railroad hi story. Tens of thousands of has to be the N5C "cabin car," If ever there was clunker, I don' t want any part of it. o gauge models of this car have been sold by an appliance that was identified with a railroad, As pointed out in Part I of this article, I Lionel, finding their way into homes across it has to be Pennsy's trainphone communi ca­ don't use a scale ruler. If that's what it takes America for more than 40 years. They remain a tions system. to find what's wrong with a new model, then I hot item at flea markets. Judging from the response shown by show­ more than likely will never notice it. Let's Along wi th the Penn Central and Conrail ver­ goers at the Mad River Model Railroad Club's make the best of products that offer the most sions highlighted in Part I, Bowser offers its N5C annual flea market and train show, I'd say that satisfaction while encouraging manufacturers in several different paint schemes. For steam and Bowser should do very well with this little fellow. to improve. but don't look for the impossible. early-diesel buffs, there is an original old-style But what puzzles me is why reviewers in other Am I trying to cover up something inherently Boxcar Red (really brown) scheme without key­ publications apparently don't share our enthusi­ wrong with Bowser's new cabin car? Absolutely stone. This early scheme was the standard Pennsy asm. Maybe some of us have been so caught up not. As already alluded to, I've heard others caboose scheme from the early part of this century in seeking perfection that such a model as the have nit-picked the model, but I am as happy until about 1955. A variation displays the "BUY Bowser N5C isn't "good enough." What a pity. with thi s model as I had ever dreamed of being. WAR BONDS" slogan. These classic cabins will Well fellows, and ladies, let's all wake up It conveys the feelings of seeing the prototype be right at home alongside a Bowser Pennsylvania and smell the coffee. Nothing is perfect, and I that I strive for and offers no operational diffi­ steam locomotive. This scheme lasted longer than seriously doubt that anything ever w ill be- culties. What more could I ask for? Now let's subsequent arrangements.

24 • Model Railroading February 1993 Another scheme is "blood red" with a shadow keystone and large PENNSYLVANIA across the sides. I don't know what the official name of this color is, but can testify that it matches many color photos I've studied. There are variations of this scheme too. Some had yellow cupolas and others gray - denoting pool cars that regu­ larly worked across regional boundaries. More on that in a bit. As the merger wit h the New York Central drew closer, cabins needing paint received a simpli fied scheme thought at the time 10 be shM-lived. The word PENNSYLVANIA on the car sides was dropped and the shadow removed from the keystone. However, the keystone was enlarged, making for a spartan, yet appealing vari ation. The color was either a Tuscan Red or the "blood red" of the Bowser models. The Penn Central merger was delayed several years and during that time red paint losl favor PRR 477863 represents a version of the NSC that is applicable for settings dated at the and was replaced with Focal Orange. Some say t ime of late first-generation and early second-generation diesels. The model sports that this was to be the color of cabooses on the Athearn caboose trucks to represent those used by the Pennsy at this t ime. Note that it pending Penn Central, but as we all know, New is lettered for the Eastern Region below the road number. The roller-bearing journals York Central Green (or at least a close cousin to aren't right, but the effect provided by this t ruck captures the "feel" we were after. it) won out. Other than the color change, it Earl Murphy model. appears that no other major changes were made. A good many Focal Orange cabins displayed the color-coded ACT board on the car sides. Though finall y proving a failure, these lillie beauties lasted fo r more than a decade before fina ll y disappearing. If yo u watch fo r them, some fre ight cars still have them, although thor­ oughly worn and covered by grime. Bowser offers these schemes with different road numbers and lettered for several operating regions, i.e., EASTERN REGION, PHILADEL­ PHIA REGION, PITTSBURG H REGION, LAKE REG ION, etc. And if that's not enough, for those preferring to paint and letter their own Pennsy cabin cars, you can get the model unpainted. Though the Pennsylvania generally assigned cabin cars to specific operating districts or regions, a good many cars were assigned to one of two pools - the East-West and North-South pools. East-West pool cabins had an all-yellow Similar to PRR 477863, the yellow cupola tells us that NSC 477898 is a " pool" car. In cupola and North-South pool cabins had gray fact, the yellow color indicates it is assigned to the East-West pool. Gray would indi­ cupolas. As yet Bowser does not offer pool cars. cate the North-South pool. lim masked the roof and painted the cupola with Erie­ The model of PRR 477898 is typical of East­ Lackawanna Yellow. The model came lettered and numbered for the Pittsburgh West cars. I modified by masking and painti ng Region, but markings were painted out and the car renumbered. lim Six model. the cupola Erie-Lackawanna Yellow. Each model featured here began "life" as a factory-painted kit. In each case some lettering was changed and all were fi ll ed with fo rmed­ to match the carbody color. Most Penn Ce ntral civili an use. Though crude in compari son 10 wire grabirons, cut levers and plastic trainli ne N5Cs had green cupolas and most, if not all , today's microprocessor-based electroni cs. the air hoses. That we have used all factory-painted PRR Focal Orange and ConraiJ Blue cabins had tra in phone system worked. Its demise resulted models is somewhat ironic si nce it was a mere cupolas painted to match the body. Bu t as I stated from the development of more practical radios two or three years ago that 1 wouldn't work wi th earli e r, I shouldn ' t expect too mu c h, and and the fac t that the cost of radios fi nally under­ anything but undecorated versions. It isn't that besides, it's easy to mask and paint the cupola cut the expense of the trainphone system. "Six" has lowered standards, but instead, manu­ - if you have an airbrush. To most modelers. a Pennsylvania diesel or fac turers are applying better paint and lettering Trainphone communications is something the cabin car wi thout trainphone antennas isn't - in some cases better th an I could do with Pennsy was noted for. The ungai nl y rooftop Pen nsy. Fai th ful s don't remember that many decals. antennas and receiving bells were hard to miss. cabins didn ', have train phones. As accurately as One variation I wish Bowser would address is They were first appUed du ri ng the steam era and I have been able to detennine, the majority were the "non-black" cupola versions. Not all Pennsy at the time were an industry-leading technologi­ without. Assembling some data 1 collected from cabin cars had cupola sides and ends painted cal innovation. Porlable radios were large and seven books on th e Pennsylvania Railroad, I black along with the roof. Besides not yet offer­ cumbersome and nOI practical fo r railroad use, fou nd that of 57 photos in which 77 N5Cs were ing the pool cars, they also haven't provided us and besides, at the ti me , the mil itary had a lock shown, onl y 29 cabins were train phone­ with cars having cupola sides and ends pa inted on them. Wa lkie-talkies were not available fo r equipped. It does appear, though, that during the

February ... 993 Model Railroading • 25 late 1940s and into the 1950s a greater propor­ tion were equipped with them. Conveniently, Bowser just happens to offer a trainphone antenna set designed for N5. N5A, N58 and N5C cabin cars. This set is marketed under the Cal~Scale brand name - which is a one of Bowser's lines. These antennas are nice, but be warned, it will almost double the cost of the model. So far, Earl and I have equipped three of seven PRR N5Cs with the set. But even at around $20, the model costs less than one-fourth the price of one painted imported brass N5C cabin! If we had to buy brass, you wouldn't be seeing all the cabins shown in this article! Trainphones weren't forever. With the New York Central marriage eminent, the Pennsylvania retired its dated trainphone-communication sys­ tem in favor of newer mdios that were compatible with the New York Centml's. During the mid-'60s N5C 477879 is all factory paint and lettering - except for weathering. As with all of the distinctive railing-like antennas were removed the models shown in this artide, individual formed-wire grabirons were installed on from most diesels and cabin cars; few survived the ends, sides and roof. This is yet another example of the fine work done by Bowser. into Penn Central. Focal Orange cabins were soon This paint scheme places it in a 19605' setting and just possibly into a very early Penn radio-equipped and a decal consisting of a white Central setting. Jim Six model. circle inscribed within a red square was applied centered on the sides of the cupola. An HO scale version of this decal is available from North Coast Prototype Models (in Perrysburg, OH). This sarne radio decal also found its way onto the battery­ box doors of Pennsy's radio-equipped diesel loco­ motives during this rime. Another detail that underwent change over the years was the type of step used to get on and off the porches. After studying dozens of photos I feel it is safe to say that two types of steps were used on the N5C. The one included with the kit represent s the " as-built" step. Photos indicate that very few N5Cs made it to Conrail with this slep. The second type appears to be common in laler Pennsy years and dominant during the Penn Central and Conrail years. II is my understanding that the original type of step was a cast affair that with age cracked and became dangerous. It was replaced with a fabri­ cated-steel step of welded construction - OUf PRR 477943 was builtto represent an N5C during the middle 19605 up to the end ofthe second type of step. Pennsy. It is somewhat unique in that it's Focal Orange. yet retains its trainphone In summary we'd like to say that Bowser with antennas. Most orange cabins had their trainphones removed and standard radio its new NSC cabin car has provided more inspi­ equipment installed in preparation for the coming merger with New York Central. Jim ration than any other product in many years. wanted trainphone antennas, but the car would have to operate during the final This model is simple LO build and requires very Pennsy years, necessitating orange paint. Proof that this combination of Focal Orange lillie time 10 prepare. It appeals not only to paint and trainphone antennas even existed is found on page 73 of the Pennsy Diesel Pennsy, Penn Central and Conrail faithfuls, but Years, Book 3, by Robert J. Yanosey. Jim Six model. to everyone that ha s seen one completed. We

Conrail #23025 and #23077 display several variations common on N5C cabins. Note different smokejacks, cupola windows and "plugged" portholes on #23077.

26 • Model Railroading February" 993 Builder's photo of PRR #477830 shows the car as delivered. March 6, 1942. PRR photo, Richard Burg collection can only hope that its success prompts Bowser and olher manufacturers to follow up wi th more cabooses of this quality and in its price range ($ 12.95). Pennsy N5/N5B and N8 cabin cars, and New York Central wood·cupola and steel bay-window cabooses would be ni cc. Then there is a myriad of other railroads that had their own more or less unique cabooses that would make excellent subjects. Just maybe the Bowser N5C has opened the door for others to follow. Let's all help Bowser to do so. .1.

PRR #477986 displays shadow Keystone in this March 31, 1958, photo at Coshoc­ ton. OH. Possible Paul Dunn photo, John F. Harris, Sr., collection

PRR #477915 in Focal Orange scheme is seen here in Zanesville, OH, in July 1970. Note replacement steps and trucks. Paul Dunn photo, Richard Burg collection H21a 717125 and H25 730793 at Jersey City, NJ, 11 /24/48. These two quad hoppers, painted in the common circular keystone herald, virtually sym bolize Pennsy hoppers. Th e two cl asses together comprised close to half of the PRR's a ll -ti me hopper fleet. Photo courtesy of Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and Technical Society collection

he ollly mass-produced PRR open hoppers for a series of m o re~detail ed aJ1 icles. This series of th e Pennsylvania Railroad Historical and T available il/ flO scale have beell JIJe has multiple objectives: Technical Society (PRRT&HS) and writers who Athearn (Illill (fiJI) alld the modem Life-Like I) To give you reference so urces on Pen n syl~ are experts on freight car hi story an d who have H43. Bill this situation is changing, alld (IS {/ vania Railroad steel open hopper cars. These access to industry, rai lroad and trade informa­ result, 1992 alld 1993 may go d01V1l ;11 hislOry (IS will be useful for modelers in all scales. lion. If YO ll are a fan of a particular ra ilroad, you fhe heyday a/rhe PRR I/Opp er/or flO modelers. 2) To present prototype photos and diagram s should certainly join its appropriate historical Althollgh rfle Arheol'l/ 1111;11 hopper is a smi:-,jac­ of the variolls classes, again useful tools for all and technical organization - and participate tory C(II: fhe prototype for if didfl', cO li/prise (I scales. actively. In thi s case, wri te PRRT&HS, P.O. sigllijicant part of rlie .fleel, Llfe - Like :~ modem 3) To make YO li aware of - and illustrate Box 389. Upper Darby. PA 19082. H43. which sTr(lIIgely has lJever been offered by where poss ible - various models of PRR hop~ The Keystolle is where YOll will fi nd the work them ;1/ PRR lellning. is (lvailable Dilly ill "lIi­ pers that have been or are available. I will com~ of such experts on freight-car hi story such as rail"forllllllld needs SOllie work to bring illljJ 10 ment on the degree of prOlotype fidelity. Messrs. Richard Burg, Craig Bossler, Ian Fi scher scale Slal/dards. 4) To g ive you modeling tips for detaili ng and others (to all of whom I am continually To get {/ really halclllcelij7eel, 'he flO modeler PRR hoppers. Where there are errors in avail able indebted). The KeyslOlle and other publi cations has had to bl/ild polyester resill crq/rslI/(l1I kits or models as noted above, I will indicate techniques have published some defin itive or at least fai rl y bllY brass imports. AI/d srill. aile major class, lhe to correct - or at least improve the fidelity. thorough articles on some hopper classes. I will GUI. had lI ever beell al/(lilable ill allY forlll. Bill 5) To share wi th you at least a capsule version reference these where appropriate. However, Ilia! challged ill Allgllst 1992 wltell AI Wesfeljield of these cars' histories. current ly there are ma ny classes for whic h the ill/roduced his GUI kif (/I/(/ Bowser (lI/I/O/m ced 6) To ra ise questions for students and histori~ ';defin itive" article has yet to appear in Ih e tll(l/ Ihey wOllld be plvdtleillg (II! injec fiOlHllolded ans of freight cars for further resolut ion - in enthusiast press. Consequently, I will not shrink H 2 /. Then ill II/ e willter of 1992, Stew(lrt other words. to invite an open forum. from sharin g with you the questions and iss ues, al/lJO/mced rhe H39, a major class film has pre v i ~ On the other hand, there are several things for example in engineering areas, that arose as I ollsly Dilly beell available ill brass. you should not expect from thi s series: researched certain classes. As HO modelers rejoice becallse of Ih e availa­ I) You will not be getting a detailed, s tep~by~ The formal of this m agaz in e~a rt icle seri es is bilily of Ihese Ihree major classes of PRR Itop ~ step, short~stroke model-construction seri es, an ideal one for sharing infonnation among readers. pers, il is fimely Jar 11.1' to present flu' s series fo although I will describe and ill ustrate some co n ~ Others may have access to rai lroad engineeri ng assist Jl/ odelers ill all scales ill acc/lrarely mod~ struction techniques. periodicals, specific railroad publications and eling their PRR opefl~/JOpperj1ee(. 2) Yo u will not be reading the ;'defi nitive" in ternal materia ls or even fi rst-hand expe ri ~ histo ry of each class. Thi s is reall y the ro le of ences. So please consider thi s an in vitation to This article is an introduction and overview such journals as the Keysfo/le, quarterly journal conduct an open fo nml on some of these issues.

28 • Model Railroading February 1993 A Special Note on Models I will comment on the accuracy of available Figure 1 - PRR Hopper and Freight Car Data. models. Now, we all know what a model is, right? Data compiled from Johnson, Keystone, September 1974. However, it may not always be as simple as that. 300 - For example. some of us may bui ld models for the layout wh il e others may design and bui ld for a contest or showcase. Mine are intended for the 250 - fonner (once it is built). I fully realize compromi ses are necessary fo r proper clearance and to avoid little pieces lying around the ri ght-or-way_ Also, as I get older, my eyes are less and less critical of a mi ssing rivet here and there. So in th is series J will try simply to describe where there are deviati ons from fidelity on available models. Let's remember that a model is a repre­ sentation of reality. You must determine where to draw the line, what is "good enuf." Neverthe­ 50 - less, if you fee l I have overlooked an important inaccuracy, by all means leI me know of thi s ' o I . error. Support your information with copies of documentati on, please. If possible I wi ll include • the correction in later issues of thi s publicati on. I have, with minor exceptions. limited myself • TOTAL CARS • PRR HOPPERS TOTAL to HO models. I do know brass PRR hoppers have been imported and have also been made do mesticall y over the years in 0 scale. How­ from their approach if possible. That is what thi s Thompson, in a paper given at the NMRA 1990 ever, I am not at thi s time knowledgeable series attempts to do. It is rumored that a similar Kalmbach Rail Hi story Symposium, made some enough 10 in clude in formation about these. I eFfort is pending publication on PRR boxcars. I interpretative mod ifications to previously pub­ also know that N scale man ufacturers have let­ look forward 10 seeing thi s and hope that other li shed statisti cal fleet analyses in the enthusiast tered hoppers for the PRR. If modelers in these enthusiasts will produce si milar coverage of the press. scales can provide me with copies of advertising PRR's huge flatcar and gondola fl eets. Hopper Car Ancestry - "In the beginning" there were gondolas. T he PRR gave gondo las references or photos of persona lly owned mod­ Statistics and Historical Perspective els in those scal es, I will consider including the major class letter "G" with suffixes identi fy­ these in later iss ues, also. For you die-hard PRR readers, the stati sti cs ing subclasses. The Key.Holle had an exceJl ent probably won't add to o r detract from your article o n early gondolas in the Spring 1986 "Kids, Don't Try This at Home" enthusiasm. However, fo r our other readers the issue. Gradually someone came up with the idea Sometimes we take ourselves too seri ously. statistics help put things into perspective. of pUlling hinged openings in the fl oor; pockets So from time to time I wi ll insert into this series Fleet Analysis - In recent years a number were created below the fl oor, and the hopper­ what are intended to be tongue-in-cheek seg­ of articles have appeared wh ich were intended bottom gondola was born. On the PRR, the GG ment s. I will ti tl e these "Kids don' t try this at to help modelers use the proper proportions of class was the wooden-gondola subclass th at is home." These w ill illustrate those "totally types of cars and roadnames for their modelin g said to have been more or less the prototype for wrong" models foisted on us Pennsy enthusiasts era. A major contributor in this area is John the PRR's first steel hopper. Plans for this car who are new to the hobby and who will naively Nehrich, e.g., January 1989 issue of Model ran in Mode l Railroader, October 1984, page buy anything lettered PRR. In most cases there Railroader and elsewhere. The n Anthony 94. Eventually, of course (by 1909), the hopper is good news. I wi 11 let you know what to do productively wi th your " wrong" cars. Figu re 2 - PRR Hoppers as approximate percentage of total PRR Freight Cars. Inspiration and Motivation Data co mpiled from Johnson, Keystone, September 1974. As [ began to assemble ki ts, detail ready-to­ 40- run cars and paint brass models of PRR hoppers I had collected, I quickly learned that just 35- because a manufacturer letters it fo r PRR or an importer labels it a PRR car doesn' t mean it is 30- correct. Consequently, I began to create a scrap­ book and bibliography of PRR freight-car infor­ ~ ~ 25 - mation. I al so received two inspirations: the fin e f? PRR slide program given by John Johnson in ~ 0 20 - recent years at NMRA and PRRT&HS meets, ~ zw and the awesome di splay of "modern -era" PRR u freight cars done by the Cincinnati Division of w~ 15 - ~ the PRRT&HS at the PRRT&HS 1990 conven­ tion in Valley Forge. lO - Some years ago Aubrey Wil ey and Conl ey

Wallace assembled and publi shed softbound S handbooks of equipment inFormation on the Southern , Virginian and Norfolk and Western. I 0 saw the desirability of having a consolidated , , 0 N m M ~ m ~ m lj l'l ~ ~ ~ collection of textual and pictorial information in ~ § ~ s "~ "~ ~ "g § '"~ g one place along these li nes - even expanded ~ ~ • ~ ~ ~

February 1993 Model Railroading • 29 Now t he re are a few of LI S w ho w ill try to Figure 3 - Nominal Capacity of PRR Open Hopper Fleet. model a prototypically correct Aeet composi­ tion along th e lines o f Nehrich et. al. Most of 6-,------us won ' t. Nevertheless, these data coupled with th e individual class counts given on the 5 - accompanying table do tell us something. The key points I see in thi s in formation for modelers are as follows: 4- I) If you modellhe PRR or a line that inter­ changes with it, you probably need more PRR hoppers than you have. 3 - 2) If you are the "typical" lllodeler who has been in the hobby for a number of years, you ,- also probably have the wrong class mix in your present model Aeet as we will cover in the su b­ sequent class articles - i.e., too few H21 sand ,- too many H31 s. 3) If you dOli" model the PRR or an inter­ 0- change line - particularly if you model a west­ e rn road - YOll may well need more PRR boxcars than YOll have but you may 1101 need more PRR hoppers. This is so because - we are told by the freight-car aut horiti es - the hoppers car became significant enough in the fleet 10 Fleet Capacity - Fi gure 3 is s imply an did not interchange to th e degree boxcars did. merit its own class designation, " H:' exercise in cur io sity. As the absolute fleet Even so, whatever PRR hoppers you ha ve. you PRR Fleet Statistics - Robert Johnson in declined in numbers, the capacity went up­ probably still have the wrong class mix. hi s September 1974 Keystoll e article. "The i.c .. the 50-Lon twin hoppers gradually di sap­ Major Classes of Pennsylva nia Railroad Freight peared as 70- and 100-ton triples appeared, lettering and PRR Red Cars from 19 17 to 1967." summarized data from whi le the 70-ton quads stayed around for what "Freight Car Color" Official Railway Eqllipment Registers of the PRR seemed forever. So I was curious about what No malerial on PRR freight cars wou ld be freight-car fl eet over the years. He observed that happened to nominal capacity - i.e., total neet complete without some mention of this subject. while there were many classes and subclasses of tonnage (the sum of the number of cars in each On the lettering, to oversimplify, there were various cars. a small number of classes dominated class times nominal capaci ty of that class). Fi g­ basically five letter/color schemes during th e statistically. Figure I cull s these data, adds some ure 3 shows that this declined dramatically, 20th centu ry. wi th numerou s vari ations. I feel il from other sources and presents them graphically. apparently reflecting our economy's conversion will be betler to address these in the specific Figure I basically tells us Ihat the PRR had a 10l from coal-based La petroleum-based energy. class articles where I will also comment on let­ of cars and a 101 of hoppers. but most of you prob­ Modeling Implications or Statistics - tering diagram and decal choices. ably already knew that. From the GG's successor. I have counted Table - The l\velve Principal Classes (500+ cars) upwards of 134.000 PRR steel hopper cars built Allprm:irnat.. Al1lln;Jxinmll' in the late 19th and the 20th centuries. (The fi g­ C l as.~ Ern ofSenl« No.lJulll SI) I.. l\1od~ linJ.! Ideas/Comments RCrt'noncH ures are a little slushy because many PRR­ "ORIGINAl; ' CLAs..... F.5 F:A RI.V 20TH CENTURY design cars were built for coal companies and Gl.lGt CIGLCA 11198'1'.111)'1 :!O.@+ 50· ton. Iwin. 9·, t J ~ e Weo.lcrfield ~i l KEY 12f68. AUl. 86: later were sold to the PRR when the coal com­ G I.C8 fG l.I~ mid ' :;0.. "fh hbclly" RMC 10I6lI:· 1'XJ4..·6C}.. panies disposed of their fleets.) Peak COUnl was GLNGLG lO.1lOO+ Kilb:loJl USRA; We:.- Ierlield ~'l "'""' 3.' Gt.: RMC lW6:o around 100.000. Thal's a lot of hoppers. At vari­ IUI+·· 19( I9·Conr:.il J6.000+ 5OI7M7·lon ...u~d . Wc-lcrfield ~il. RRP. Sun~l : KEY 4170: MR 81No9 ; 11 " IJ~e Bo...,o,cr kil (YlJ?' Of RMC 12fS6:· ous times hopper cars made up between 25% k,lb:l, h Alhe:tm qu~d and almost 40% of the PRR freight-car fleet. 1122+ 191 ' ·,uid ':;0.. 4,"X1 5OI70·lon. qu~d. Kitb3.Vl We,lcrficld. RRP or KEY4nO.I2J71 : Figure 2 shows these numbers. (The hopper 11 " Mkc Bow,;;:r Qucs.J04.SoITl91 1919·l1lidll.II\' '51). 5.JOO 7(Hol1. qul>d. Roller Uenring. Ruil\\Ulk,. KEY ..nO: RMC4I81 : count in these data also is sli ghtly understated 11 ·"l:u'~ Suno.et. RRP or kjlb:l~h RMCIVS5: MR 1151 because not all subclasses are included.) Wc-Icrlield (J( Alhearn Johnson's work is va lu able because he helps II J I+ 1941·[>cnn Cenlnll 1.212 55·lon. lwin. A.hc;lrn, Ovcrfund, Anlbroid. KEY Sum 86: MM 700. 7"':I~e knb:l'h M;mlu~ Of Alhearn 11186 us wrest le Ihis monster rl eet to conceptually forcomplNtc cal' manageable proportions. Hi s c hi ef observation l'(}l;"·WWII CLASSES TO MOllERNTIMES: was that even though the PRR had a lot of cars, IUA 19.56-1966(1) 2.000 70"on.lnplc. Kitba.,h Roondhoo<;e lriple MM 5185 the cars were concentrated in a relatively small 9·,!ak~ N& W CJr f'C':!ked end .. number of subclasses. Johnson used a hi gher IU5 1956·Con1"JiI 2.000 70/77· lon. 'nplr. Kilb:1.,h Roundhouw ur 16 '~ l ake Slewart lriple (15"LU~el cutoff for hi s analysis. I have somewhat arbi­ H;\6 19S7·Conl1lil 700 70177·lon . lriple. Kill)~h RoondllOu )oC nr SlewlIn trari ly defined the "principal" hopper classes as 1 4-~ l~ kc tripl e (S lewart Ilener) ( 15·,tuke) those with over 500 cars (and I cheated a bit H.H+ 19511·Cunl1lil 2.590 7on7·loo. lriple. Sumc IL~ H36: I"Ji", ,1;lIhlly: with the GLb which started oul at 700 but was 14·"akc ,«llTlC wilh Cro"'n Inll· ... ' H.\9+ 19S9·Conr~iI 16.000+ 1on7·lon. triple. PSCJOnenlallRRl'fSlcwan RMC 7186: MM 9190 reduced lO 450 w ith convers ions of 25010 l)· ... ake WM. D&RGW hMl .-.:IJnC car GLe). H4J+ I964-Coonl,1 7._ l(JO.lon. triple. Lifc·LI"'e: Roller Be:!nng: Ambmid. It turns out neatly that there was an even IJ'M:!~'" Thi' i~ ",td. ED.I.ern hoppcr.M CR HI : WM: ROG: N&W: C&O: 8&0 dozen of these "principal " classes. There was "W""lerfidd moo. KEY. Sept. 1974. o f the succeeding installments of thi s series I TAIJU'; ABIlREVIAT10NS: MR = MI>If<'1 Rnilmmlrr. RMC" Rllilm(ld }.tn/lt l Crojl>mlln: RMJ = Ral/mlldtl jmmlll/: MM " M(llnfi"t MMt'lrr. KEY .. Kr.y. will touch upon these "secondary" classes. MI"". (PRRT&HS qtly. pub.l: TSC" Tm(~ Shrd Cyd"f>tdill: MOC ,. MocIc:l Dk C~.. ungfRoondhouSl:: PSC .. I'r«ision Scale, RRP .. Railroad l'rollres~ .

30 • Model Railroading February 1993 On the colo rs, th e proper shade of PRR class art icles to follow. Note th at th e subject • Photographs, in cluding where to purchase " Freight Car Color" often gels enthusiasts rather neatly subdi vides into six pre-war and six your own copi es worked up. There have been numerous trealises post-war classes. • Modeling notes, including commentary on on this in recent years. The Illost recent one in This tabl e also indicates HO kits or brass C'irs kits. kitb::lsh 3Ilicles, scralchbuilding aJlicies. re::ldy­ the November 1990 RaiJmodel Joun/al by Curt that ha ve been or are avai lable. If anyone pro­ to-run and imported cars, all initi all y in HO scale La Rue, Ralph Gotowski and Brady McGuire vides me wi th comparable information (includ­ provides an up-to-date revi ew or the entire issue ing model photographs and photocopies of ads) "Footnote" Issues and the literature. (This has also been reprinted for other scales I will include this information in There are many issues that pop up when study­ in their recent Freight Car book.) future versions of this material. The "+" after ing a subject like thi s - subjects as the trucks In 1992 the PRRT&HS produced reprodu c­ classes simply indicates that there were multi­ used on PRR hoppers, th e Carmer cut lever, tions of the railroad's 1952 vintage color-control ple-lettered subclasses, e.g., " H21 A." The "mi ssin g" classes, etc. When I got into this pro­ standards card s called "color drift control approximate era indicates the time period over ject, I was frankly surprised that these issues had cards." These are 37,.1;" x 5 13/16" color chips printed wh ich the cars were in revenue service. Note not been addressed in the Keys/olle o r else­ with state-of-the-art computer-matched inks. that the PRR was an exclusive user of "outside­ where. As it turns out. up until recent years Fewer were produced than th e PRRT &HS has braced" or "rib-side" cars with the exception of much of the nitty-gritty enthusia st writing has members so send a SSAE to the PRRT &HS for one experimental offset-side class. concerned locomotives. It is only in the last price and availability information. If you can' t several years that we have begun to see in-depth obtain one, don't fret. Remember thi s was the Model and Reterence Publication work on the things the locomoti ves hauled. 1952 standard which had changed over the years Availability However, since I lack the information resources and, furthermore, the color is only accurate for a If you are j ust starting in the hobby or have to go into these issues the way they deserve, I freshl y painted car out of the shops! recently become enamored with the PRR, you will use this series to simply raise these issues to Ex perienced modelers tend to agree to dis­ might wonder where you can obtain thi s stuff. the fore in varying degrees in the hope that others agree but align generally along the following: HO kits, brass cars and back issues of maga­ with access to company and trade informati on • A newly painted car in "Freight Car Color" zines are generall y available with a little look­ will carry these inquiries further. is definitely not Ihe Tu scan Red thai comes out of ing. This includes out-of-production kits or the bottles so ld by the model paint manufac turers. brass cars and out-oF-print publications. Frankly, ConclUSion • Instead, you can take two approaches: I) Use I get a little weary of readers of the hobby publi­ Although this is an introductory article, I will the Boxcar Red offered by most brands as a base, cations writing in and complaining about lim itcd­ share with you a conclusion I have reached - then throw in a brighter red or orange to brighten production runs of it ems they are un able to or perhaps I should say an important lesson I up the shade and possibly add some white to pro­ obtain . If you can't find these things at your learned - in doing thi s project. duce a fad ed effect. 2) Start with an orangish hobby shop, start dealing with the "secondary I photographed my first PRR hopper in 1959. Oxide Red and add "brown" to darken it down . markel." This includes dealers at train shows, I was just starting to take railroad pictures with a Having said thi s, I will say you wiJl even see fl ea markets and classified advertisers who spe­ box camera and was capti vated by the image of color photographs of dirty hoppers where a cialize in old stuff (e.g .• Jay Cohen). a shiny new black H39. Beyond that, however, I model painted with out-of-the-bottle "Tuscan There is one exception to the availability sub­ in stincti vely began to take pi ctures of locomo­ Red" and weathered would still look about right. ject - back issues of the Keystone. They can be tives and structures, not cars, and especially not Just remember that what you see in photos and very hard to obtain. Befriend a PRRT&HS hoppers because there were so many of th em. videos is a runct ion of li ght, exposure to weather member, take him to dinner and try to get him to The next time I consciollsly aimed a camera at a and varying film-emulsion chemistry. Work all ow you to borrow and photocopy material PRR hopper was not until 28 years later, in July from a photograph and, most importantly, don't from hi s collection ! 1987. By th is time, of course, the color had paint them all alike. Note in photos the great I have avoided (with a few inescapable excep­ changed back to the red "freight-car color" (or variety you will see. I mi x up the color in small tions) indu stry, trade or internal rai lroad publica­ something resembling it ) and the lettering to batches and don 't paint and weather more than ti ons simply because th ey are not as generally Conrai l. Also, sadly, by thi s time vinually all the two cars at the same time. Finally, after March available to the enthusiast. Of course, whe n the "classics" that had lingered in significant num­ 1957 newly painted cars were black. "definitive" articles on these cars are written they bers on the roster during the '50s and '60s we re should include all appropriate references. And gone except for a relic here and there painted Some Open Hopper Nomenclature fina ll y on the subject of references, where West­ and modified for Maintenance-of-Way service. Side stakes/side posts - The vertical out ­ erfi eld has produced an HO kit of one of these Such is the fate of freight cars, particularly side members of the car. Modelers often refer to classes, the instruction sheet is as good a refer­ hoppers. They are present in seemin gly count­ these as "ribs;" trade articles refer to these as ence to the hi story of the car as anything. Even if less numbers for years and it seems that they side stakes or side posts. Interestin gly, the Car you don't model HO, purchase the kit for thi s will always be around, so why pho tog raph Builders Cyclopedias I ha ve include nonc of informati on and assemble it as a di splay model or them? (Even box cars seemed to get better treat­ these terms in their glossaries! use the parts as dimensional patterns for an easy ment because, in spite of their numbers, they Cross-ridge stakes - The triangular inside (simply becau se AI has done all the engineering often sported special letterin g that attracted our car braces often referred to as "gussets" in mod­ for you - just change the dimensions) scratch­ lens.) Then when we go to start building lip elin g articles. bui lding styrene project in other scales. andlor painting the models that have accumulated Bolster plates - The vertical plates that run on our shel ves over the years, we rea lize we have across the car at the ends and attach to the slope Format ot Each Section missed recording much history. So as others sheets. Often called slope-sheet braces in mod­ In the ensuing sections on each hopper class have said. don't forget to photograph the present! eling articles. you will see the foll owing format: Slope-sheet braces - The diago nal "struts" • Class overview, hi storical summary and Acknowledgments that go from the slope sheet to the end verticals descripti on of subcla ss variations Assistan ce is graciously ac knowledged from adjacent to the coupler pockel. No t all hopper • Car diagrams the followin g individuals and organi zations: classes, induding PRR's, had them. • Fleet time line where data available Altoona Public Library ph otobank ; Grant • References, primarily from the ·'enthusiast Lowry; Craig Bossle r; Ri chard Martarano: PRR Prototype and Models - press" James Brewer, Esq., N&WHS; PRRT&HS photo An Overview • Citat ions of plans/drawings service; Richard Burg; Gary Schl erf, B&OHS: To apply this to HO modelers, the accompany­ • Citations o r letterin g dia g rams and Mark Evans; Chuck Yungkurth, Rail Data Ser­ ing table is an abbreviated summary table of the inFormation vice; Richard Hendrickson and Fred Wirth. .1.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 31 •I Part 6 - Building a GP35 Frame and Evaluating Repowering Components by David A. Bontrager Photos by the author

odifying the At hearn GP35 frame 10 fit the Rail Power Products body I - The standard Athearn frame (lOp) and the modified frame (bollom). M is relatively easy. However, the modification removes all of the Directions included with the Ra il Power GP35 body indicate where milling strengthening ribs of the frame. After the frame is placed in the body, th is is is req uired. A straight Dremel cutler works fine with the motor on hi gh no problem as there isn't any stress placed on it, but during the work on the speed. As always, all safety precautions should be observed, especiall y eye frame it will most likely be bent out of square. When all work is completed protection. NOl shown here, I also removed the ends of the frame, thus all the frame, place it all a piece of glass, fuel tank down. Then measure the removing the frame coupl er pads. They are not the correct height; I found it distance from the glass lip to the frame. staning at the fucl lank and moving easier to body-mount the coupl ers than 10 modify the caSI-on pads. The gap Olll [0 the end s. Alternatively, YO ll could place it in the shell and make slIre in the fueitank is filled wi th strip plasti c usi ng CA as the adhesive. it contacts the body evenly. J prefer the measuring method fo r accu racy, and it 's usually quicker. Du ring an earlier visit 10 the frame shop, chassis rebu ilding was covered in depth. Keep in mind th~lt all o f the fine-tuning techniques previously used were applied to these chassis also.

2- Fi le an.d sand the plastic filler Oush with the fu el tan k. Then apply body putty to the enlire area and sand smooth lIsing a sanding block to maintain an even surface. The frame can now be s traightened and painted.

32 • Model Railroading February 1993 5 - For a positive body/frame moum, I used a modified version of a tech­ nique developed by Brian Rutherford. To start, install plastic blocks under the baltery boxes and to the rear of the cavity, as shown here.

3 - The Proto Power West repower kit includes everything except drive­ line components. For this conversion the Athearn components will work perfectly. The small brass sleeve is to be pressed into the frame for solder­ ing the return wire to. The slip-on connectors will fit the metal contact strip 6 - Drill 1116" pilot holes in the frame at a location corresponding with the on the Athearn trucks. plastic blocks; mark hole location on the blocks; drill a No. 55 pilot hole in the blocks; tap for 0-80 machine threads (I use 0-80 flathead screws for attaching frame to body). Using a large drill bit, countersink a hole in the - frame so th e head of the screw is flush with th e frame surface when installed. Note: Screws do not tap illlOframe, they slide through. Install the frame utilizing the front mounts, being sure not to over-tighten the screws in the plastic blocks; plastic strips easily; snug is good enough. As shown, in staU plastic plates at the rear, using liquid cement to attach the plates to the rear of the step boards and the sides of the coupler-mounting pads. When you are satisfied with the location of the plates, weld them in place with a liberal appl ication of liquid cement. All ow the cement to harden before going any further. To remove the frame, remove the front screws, lift front of the frame slightl y and pull forward to slide the rear out from under the plates. To install the frame, reverse the procedure. Be sure to paint the rear plates flat black. Upon final in stallation, with trucks and side­ frames in place, simply swivel the trucks in order to reach the screws. This 4 - Using A-Line double-sided foam tape as a motor mount brings the method of mounting the frame to the body has proven to be both easy and motor to just the right height. It is critical that the motor be centered functional, and leaves no screw heads showing on the surface of the model. between the trucks and also centered side to side. This motor is a perfect slip-fit into the RPP body, i.e., it just touches the body shell on each side, Summary - GP35 Frame thus centering the flywheels so they don't touch the body. Notice that all The Proto Power WestIMashima motor conversion is an exceptionally wires are routed so as not to be located on the side of the motor and also not smooth-running mechanism with plenty of power. Each fini shed, stock to foul the fl yw heels. When everything was properly located I attached the locomotive weighed in at 10 1/2 ounces. If desired, more weight could be wires to the motor body with CA adhesive. As an alternative to the PPW added usi ng A-Line self-adhesive weights. On my railroad these two loco­ slip-on electrical connectors, I solder the feed wires directly to the trucks motives will be operated together on medium-length trains, so additional and fasten the return wire to the frame using a 2-56 machine screw. weight is not needed. Regardless of which method is used, it 's imperative that a jumper wire be As I slated before, even though the frame is very weak, it is functional installed between the two trucks to insure all-wheel electrical pickup. After and problem free. With the high-quality frames that Rail Power Products is everything is checked for fit and operation, I apply silicone between the capable of producing, it 's a shame that a special frame was not made for the lower sid es of motor and frame. When doing this be sure to cover all GP35. mounting holes in the ends of the motor with tape until the si licone cures. It is very important to check the end play of the worm gear on Athearn Evaluations GP35s. For whatever reason, every GP35 that I have worked on has exces­ Other than addressing specific chassis building in future locomotive sive end play. Each wonn gear on each chassis required .020" to eliminate projects, the GP35 chassis presented herein will be my final statement on the end play! If that much end play is not eliminated, this locomotive is chassis building. In response to requests for an evalu ation of motors, liable to buck like a rodeo bronc when operated downgrade. repowering, etc., I' ll offer some final comments. However, to do this 1 will also have to cover several other closely related subjects. My evaluations are based on personal experience and are unscientific; no tables or graphs. These evaluations are based purely on practical application and operation. It is not to be construed as endorsing anyone manufacturer, nor is it a state­ ment that other components are unsatisfactory. When J find a product that works for me, I stay with it. The Athearn power-train design is so well-proven and reliable that today all other HO scale diesel locomotive chassis are patterned after it. After the dust settles, any Athearn chassis is still the easiest to di sassemble, fin e­ tune, repair and maintain. An Athearn chassis will provide literally hun­ dreds of hours of maintenance-free operation. Therefore. when at all possible or practical, I power everything using Athearn components. Another point I've previously made, and will make again: there is a world of difference between th e operating demands of road power and switchers. All locomotives presented in this series have been either sw itchers

February ... 993 Model Railroading • 33 or med iu m-duty road power. I treat medium-duty motive power the same absolutely no heat buildup occurred. Now that's power-pack perfomlance! as switchers fo r obvious reasons; they are freq uently used for local sw itch­ During actual operation a locomotive is not operated thi s slowly, but thi s is ing duti es. In the future I may offer comparisons for heavy road power a good test of how we ll a power pack controls a motor. also, dependi ng on reader requests. Needless to say, perfolmance with standard cans and the stock Athearn Before getting into specifics, I will offer some general guidelines. A motors is just as impressive. This is truly an exce llent all-around power pack. quality can motor with fl yw heel(s) is an absolu te necessity: no compromis­ If you decide to use this throttle, I would suggest pu rchas ing the com­ es here. To obtai n optimum perfonnance from a can motor (apart from the plete package, which includes a 4-amp tra nsformer. Note: Tile Innovaror flyw heels) two more factors come into play: 2000 has been superseded by the Innovator 3000. Basically it's the sa me I) Nickel-si lver wheels. (This opinion can very well be challenged. with design but upgraded, at only a slight increase in cost. In the fu ture I will be validity.) Nickel-s il ver pl ating wi ll conduct small amounts of electrical cur­ rev iewing the new ITIC Innovator 3000. rent beller than steel. Some argue that can motors req uire such small amounts of curren t to operate that the material of the wheels is not a factor. Some hob­ Turnouts byists feel that the cintered surface of Athearn wheels actually provides more The reason I specify turnouts instead of track is that any chassis will tractive effo rt . The steel Athearn wheels collect dirt more quickly than nickel operate on j ust about any track, dependi ng on the size of wheel fl anges. steel, which means more frequent cleaning. bu t if the track is kept clean, the Operating smoothl y through a turnout is an enti rely different matter. wheels don't have to be cleaned very often. Synopsis: fo r switchers and/or When I built West Pueblo 1 used Atlas Custom-Line Mark 3 turnouts: smooth slow-speed operat ion, there is no subs ti tute for nickel-silver wheels. Code 100 nickel-s il ver rail. These turnouts are not fancy, but they are func­ Also, nickel-silver wheels are always true round. (I f using Athearn wheels, ti onal. The frog is not energized and is a casting. With large locomotives always check to make sure they are not out of round.) this presents no problem. But wi th small sw itchers it can be a probl em, 2) Positive wiring (hard-wiring) for all -wheel elec trical pickUp. No com­ especially on a No . 4 crossover. That is exactly how I test a chass is; I run it promi ses, al ternati ves, di ffe rences of opinion or personal idi osyncrasies through an Atlas No.4 crossover; un scientific but functi onal. permitted here. Nex t in line is to elimi nate all end pl ay in the drive line, without binding Motors the mechanism with un wanted additional fri ction. The Dilly pl ace to do thi s Both Sagami and Mashima are high-quality precision motors. Both have is at the wo rm gear, as I have demonst rated in this series. An electrical served my needs well . so my selection of motors is limited to these two. motor has to have end pl ay to operate freely; i.e .• when electrical current is However, if I use a factory chassis that is powered with a can motor, such reversed. the amlature will be pulled in the opposite hori zont al direction. as Kato or Overland, I don't change out the motor; there simply is no rea­ The mai n shaft simply has to have end play so the annature wi tl not bi nd son to do so. up aga inst the end bearings. Therefore; I do not recommend the elim in ation Mashima motors are extremely free-running. I allri bute thi s 10 the use of of armature end play. not even on Athearn motors. weaker magnets. This assessment is not based on hi gh-tech data; hand­ When deciding whi ch motor to use, two more important factors become holding the motor and tu rn ing the shaft, you sense there is very little, if any, involved: I ) power packs and 2) turnouts used on the rail road. magnetic resistance. Thi s gives Mashima motors excell ent coasting charac­ teristi cs. whi ch trans lates into super-smooth start-up and stopping of the Power Pocks locomotive. Sagami motors won't have quite such good free-coasting acti on, but Standard Packs smooth start-up and stoppi ng is not sacri ficed. Sagami uses strong mag­ The MRC Tech 2 solid-S late power packs are, in my opin ion, the best nets; there is definitely mag netic resistance when the sha ft is turned by "standard" packs around. If you operate a mixture of motors, as I do, the hand. Size for size, thi s makes the Sagami probably the most powerful can Tech 2s are simply a good all -around power pack. But what if you repower motor around. If I had to give a rating, I would rate Sagami as heavy-duty wi th a non-s tandard can mOlor, such as the super-coaster chassis I built in motors. Pari Three of th is series? Even a good solid-state Tech 2 has trouble con­ The NWSL/Sagami repower kit for the Athearn SW switche rs will pro­ trolling this motor properl y. duce the most powerful switcher you can find. The onl y thing that prevents a Sagami -powered switcher from pulling as many cars as a road locomo­ Custom Packs tive is the weight fac lor. Thi s is very important if this Iype of motive power First, let me define what I refer 10 as a custom power pack. Generall y is your onl y power or if you intend to pull full -length trains around tight these are not mass-produced prod ucts; these pac ks are usually built on a curves and/or over grades. li mited basis by sma ll companies or even individuals. If I have created an interest in building your own chassis, you will find Many ads can be round in the various model rai lroad magazin es for that motor options are almost endless with Sagami, other than the standard "super" or "specialized" elect roni c power packs, most with so many fe a­ repower kits. Walthers catal ogs have a specification chart which is very tures thaI it almost boggles the mind. Which one should you buy? The fi nal help ful. Sagami rep lacement parts are available from NWSL. decision is yours, but I will share with you what works for me, and why. Any can motor is onl y as good as the drive line it powers. If there are Most custom power packs actually perfonn beller under specific operating any problems in the uni ve rsal couplings or gear boxes, a can motor not demands: there are very few custom packs that tru ly meet a wide variety of only will not "fix" it, but the problem will be exaggerated due to the free­ operati ng demands. Mos l (nol all) ma nu fac tu rers will be glad to discuss runn ing characterist ics of cans. you r needs in relation to their prod uct. If possible, always test a power pack Any new chassis will be tight, but should operate smooth ly right fro m usi ng your locomoti ve(s). the start. The more it is run, the beller it gets. This break-in period is not the Here is a li st of don'ts or unacceptable operating characteristics I check motor, but the drive line, es pecially the gears. I rarely use Pearl Drops to for in custom power packs: I) does the pack make the motor " hum" or pre-break -in gears. In fact, there are onl y two conditions where I recom­ "buzz"; 2) does il create heat in the motor; and 3) does the pack have to uti­ mend the use of Pearl Drops: I) A binding or tight-mesh problem. Don 't li ze pul se ror motor control. Without pulse, filt ered or pure DC is a must. attempt to hand-fi le gears. 2) If a locomoti ve is to be operated on a li mited For my needs and operating conditions, th is narrows the selection dow n basis where it would take an ex tremely long peri od of lime to become truly to only one power pack; the ITIC Innovator 2000. Thi s power pack simply broken in. has 10 be operated to be appreciated. Exa mple: the small Sagami motor NorthWest Short Li ne also offers a vast array of drive-line components, used in my super-coaster chassis (Part Three) is a hig h-rpm, low-torque such as dri ve-shaft stock, uni versal couplings, fl ywheels, etc., for custom motor req uiring only milli-amps to operate at reasonable speeds. We tested bui lding your own chassis. Even though Athearn uni versal couplings are thi s chassis at Caboose Hobbi es in Denver (dealer for the Innovator 2000) functional and problem free, if you desire superior dri ve~ li n e perfonnance, and it was al most unbeli evab le. Without pulse, the Innovator 2000 operated then NWSL universal couplings should be in sta lled; these tiny "U-joints" the chassis so slowly we had to watch the uni versal couplings to make sure are precision-made parts. Note: The shaft 0 11 Arheam worm gears is 3;)2" it was running. We allowed it to " run" like this for fifteen minutes; diameter, which marc hes 2.4mm. Most can motors will have 1. 5mm ,

34 • Model Railroading February 1993 2.0111m or 2.41ll111 shafts. Using NorthWest Short Line universal couplings allows the motor and worlll gear to have different -sized shafts. This is good general in fonnat ion 10 remember when fi guring out dri ve-line/motor-shafl compatibility. The two NWSL universal couplings kits that I keep in stoc k for all11 0st

February 1993 Model Railroading • 35 Computer Applications in Model Railroading Beginning Our Third Year with CadRail3.1, a Switcher Subroutine by lorry Puckett and a Software Roundup

his is a special session for Computer App li ~ a distinctive color usin g these controls. When out any problem. Al so, I converted a CadRail T cations in Model Railroading - with it you click on the Color bulton wit hin the Di splay trackplan to DXF fo rm at and loaded it into we begin OUf thi rd year trying to keep you up· menu , up pop the slider controls that you manipu­ EasyCad 2, again without any problems. to·date on th e latest computer software and late with the mouse. Moving each slide gradually The neatest addition to CadRail is RunRail. applications. When I first proposed the idea for changes the amOllnt of color it conlrols, altering Thi s program allows you to run trai ns on the the co lumn to Randy back in October 1990, I the fi nal color of the object or feature. I found layout you have created. The trai ns appear in wasn' t sure there wou ld be enough interest From this especially useful since I never have liked olltline form . very much like those shown in our readers or enough software to get me through the screen colors Tom bui It into the program. Design Your Own Railroad. You control the one year, let alone two. It shou ld go without say­ After customizing the colors to suit your prefer­ directi on and speed, th row switches, uncouple ing, however. thaI you fo lks have shown that ences the sett in gs can be permanentl y saved as cars and generall y have a good time watching there is plenty of interest in the subj ect, and the the default sellings for future sessions. the trains ro ll. As in CadRail you can control the programs keep coming. My main concern now Another feature that I failed to point out in visible layers, screen colors. zoom in and out, is in trying to keep backlogs from buil ding up. J my review of version 3.0 is th e layer option. pan and load plans. Also, you specify how many want to thank you all for your letters and phone CadRail now supports up to five layers on a dia­ cars are in a train and their length, width and calls, and encourage you to keep in touch. I try gram. All five layers can be shown s imult ane~ coupler length. This all ows you to test clear­ to answer all the letters I receive. either directly ously or in any combination of layers you select. ances and determine the appearance of a train or through the column, so if you're waiting for a Also, using the color option, each layer can have ru nn in g on your future layout before layin g reply, just hang in there! its own color to distinguish it fro m the others. even one foot of track! It is oft en very difficult In celebration of this auspicious occasion I T hi s is an ex tremely useful option for design ing to get a feel for how a locomoti ve and a string of thought I would begin a\ the beginning with the layouts. cars wi ll look on even the most detailed track­ update I promised a few months ago on Tom Imagine being able to use layer I to design plan - RunRail gives you that option! My only Hoilman's latest release of CadRail. This was your benchwork, layer 2 for hidden track and disappointment with Run Rail was that if any {he first software I reviewed and it's still at the staging yards, layer 3 for the visible tracks, layer layers of track are selLO off, the trains will not top of my "All-Time Fa vorites List." After that I 4 for the bench work for the second deck of a run on them. It would be very useful to be able have a subroutine for SWITCHER that readers double-deck layou t and layer 5 for the upper­ to see the train di sappear into a tunnel on layer 2 have requested, and fi nally a listing of a ll the level tracks. But turn ing on onl y the bench work and then reappear on laycr I tracks. (Can you programs I have reviewed over the last couple layers you can evaluate the vertical relationships work on that for me, Tom?) of years. between the two layers, and you can calculate Thi s is a great program that has gotten consis­ how mllch lumber to buy before you start. You tentl y better over the last Iwo years. Tom tells CodRoil3.1 can also turn on just a single layer of track and me that he is now working on a Microsoft Win­ Tom Holtman released version 3.0 of CadRail explore how your plan looks wi thout bench work dows version of CadRail. and as usual he ha s a last November wit hout a lot of fanfare; however. and the distractions of hidden track. I' m reall y few options that are secret. Based on letters and Ilhink the additions would have justified desig­ excited about this feature since the layout I am chatter on CompuServe. I know a lot of Mac nat ing thi s as a m <~o r upgrade. JustlQ give you a currentl y planning is a double-decker, with lots users would appreciate a Macintosh version of g limpse of th e improvements, there is a new of hidden staging and storage tracks. CadRail. Right now I'd like to suggest a batch color-control menu whi ch lets you select from CadRail now has a two-way DXF conversion print routine that will print out all the pages nec­ 256,000 colors; the profi le window can now be utility thaI will allow you to convert any essary for up to a full-scale drawing of lhe trac k ~ resized usin g a drag feature; speed has been CadRail file to and from DXF format. This wi ll plan. Keep up the good work, Tom; I'm looking enhanced; distances call be entered directly in allow the more adve nturesome modeler to load forward to your next letter! feet and inches instead of as decimal values; the layouts into AutoCad and other programs capa­ CadRail wi th RunRail is now available for arrow cursor can be switched to cross hairs; and ble of reading that formal. More importantly, $79.95, $39.95 for upgrades, from Sandia Soft­ RunRai l is included. you can load fil es created in AutoCad. As a test ware, 9428 Tasco NE, Albuquerque, NM 87 111. The color control s are real eye-poppers. Just of this function I loaded some switch templates, Visa. MasterCard, money orders or personal about every control, line and object can be given marketed by Fred Voelker, from DXF files with- checks are accepted. Tom is always looking for

36 • Model Railroading February .. 993 new ways to improve the programs, so don't be hesitant about making suggestions. SOFTWARE ROUNDUP Now for the rating: Documentation 5 CadRail Weather and Traffic Report User~Fr i endly 5 Sandia Software Interlok Softw are Technical 5 9428 Tasco Dr. , NE 7 134 Amboy Rd . Application 5 Albuquerque, NM 87 1 I 1-2222 Staten Island, NY 10307 Val ue 5 February, July 1991; AuguS1 1992 August 199 1; October 1992 Level 2-5 Planned Railroad Routing SWITCHER ModelCad American Small Business Computers Decapod Systems When I released version 5.0 SWITCHER I 327 S. Mill SI. 3850 Woodman didn 't have time to implement a couple of s ub ~ Pryor, OK 74361 Troy, MI48084 routines that all ow editing o f the various data March 199 I October 199) fil es. Although some can be edited wi th an ASCII~compa ti b l e word processor, a couple of Railroad Switch Challenge Railroad Empire them can nolo This month, in response to a Challenge Products Seika Corp. request from Bill Cox of Trains Unlimited in 20000 Mariner Ave., Suile 100 Lynchburg, VA, I've put together the changes to 7 Templar Way Torrance, CA 90503 SWITCHER that will make it possible to edit Parsippany, NJ 07054 November 1991 the siding data. Next month, I' ll add routines for April, August 1991 editing the ca r ~ t y pe data and printing the ca r ~ order and ca r ~ data fi les - these can already be Trains Design Your Own Railroad changed by using the delete and enter options in Scottsville Business Systems Abracadala the main menu. To implement these changes 1861 Scousville-Mumford Rd. P.O. Box 2440 simply add the following lines to the ori ginal P.O. Box 3 Eugene, OR 97402 distribution copy of the SETUP. BAS program. Scottsville, NY 14546-0003 December 1991 The process of adding the new lines will erase May 1991 the old ones so keep a backup copy, just in case. Datan-ain Index 1260 REM ENTER/EDIT SIDING DATA Train Tracker DataTrain of Texas 1261 I=O:CNT ... O Greenberg Publishing Co. 1415 Golden Gate 1270 IF CNT <>20 GOTO 1280 Carrollton, TX 75001 1275CNT=O 7566 Main SI. 1280 1=1+1 Sykesville, MD 21784 January 1992 1289 CN T"CNT +1 May 1991 1290 IF CNT <> 20 GOTO 1293 1292 INPUT "HIT ANY KEY TO CONTINUE"; CO$ Desrail 1293 PRINT "SIDING" I 8$(1) TAB(35) "CAPACITY'" CAli) Railroad Management System Eccles and Eastern RR Co. 1294 IF bA GOTO 1295 ELSE 1270 Railroad Club Dispatcher P.O. Box 818 1295 PRINT " ADD SIDINGS" Sonora Software, Inc. Ben Lomond, CA 95005-818 1296 PRINT "<2> EDIT SIDINGS" 1297 PRINT "<3> RETURN TO MAIN MENU" 3751 Fon Lowell Rd. February 1992 1298 INPUT "ENTER YOUR CHOICE"; SEL Tucson, AZ 85716 1299 ON SEL GOSUP 1310,2400,13OO:GOTO 1295 June 199 1 1300 GOTO 120 Engine 2 1310A=A+l BC Services 1325 INPUT "ENTER SIDING/YARD NAME "; SS(A) Design Your Own Train 1908-3 Buckingham Dr. , NW 1326 INPUT "ENTER SIDINGJYARD CAPACITY"; CA(A) Run Your Own Train Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 1327 INPUT "DO YOU WAN no ENTER ANOTHER SIDING";· YE$ Abracadata April 1992 1328 IF YE$","Y" THEN GOTO 1310 P.O. Box 2440 1329 IF YES _Y THEN GOTO 1310 Eugene, OR 97402 Computer Aided TimeTables 1330 RETURN July 1991 Zucor Limited That's all for th is session. Until next lime, 146 Bertrand Dr. stay on the right track and don ' t run out of CompuServe Princeton, NJ 08540 steam. Send your comments, questions and pro­ 5000 Arlington Centre Blvd. November 1992 grams to: Larry Puckert, 9618 Dublin Dr., Manas­ P.O. Box 20212 sas, VA 22110. For those of you on CompuServe Columbus, OH 43220 SoITrack Inventory, Hyperinventory my userid is 7 1064,22 - feel free to leave me a May 1992 Soffrack Systems message. If you submit a public domain o r P.O. Box 669 shareware program for reivew in this column Computer Car Forwarding System 1741 Finh Ave. please indicate whether or not you are wi lling to Inlerlok Software Decatur. AL 35602 provide copies for interested readers and the 7 I 34 Amboy Rd. December 1992 conditions for that exchange. ~ S1aten Island, NY 10307 July 1992 Freight Agent Software Producers: If you would like Mount Castor Industries, Inc. Model Railroading to review your software Trainventory East Orleans, MA 02643 in this column, please send the software and Trainsoft January 1993 any p ro motional material ro the above 3225 Dibrell address. Any materials received wi ll be con· Plano, TX 75023 sidered as grati s, unless otherwise specified. September )992 Thank you.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 37 Pikes Peak "N"Gineers An NTrak Modular Club by Chuck Stevens Photos by Bruce Nail

his th ree-yci.lr-old club was organized as a In January 1990 they moved into the second on all of the modules. There are over ri ve scale T place for N scale model rai lroaders to floo r of the Plaza of the Rockies. a downtown miles of track in each of the fOllr separate main­ meet. share ideas and build an operating NTrak Colorado Springs mal l. and had six modules in lines, That's more than 660' o r N scale track. The modular rnilroad. It all started when hobby shop operation wi thin two weeks. Their second-l1oOl' fi rst track, closest 10 the front of the benchwork, owner Ron T hcisrnan plus four ot hers in vited location overlooks a mediulll-size skating rink. is the "outer main" whi le the second track is the abollt 60 N scale modelers 10 meet and discuss where skaters rangin g 1'1'0111 toddlers to reti rees "i nner main." The third track is the "branchline" bui lding a club. Forty-five modelers agreed 10 arc always practici ng turns and spi ns, and the rourth track. raised at the rear. is the put $ 10 down to start the club. They still have 45 members. but some of the "mountain line." The steepest mountain grade is originals have moved away. wh il e others have 3% and the minimum radiu s. c urve is 12". A ll moved to this mi li tary/!Ourisl town in southern trains can be switched between mainlines. The Colorado. The "N"Gincers now have 53 semi­ rnai n yard capacity is over 400 40' cars, permanent modul es and ri ve traveli ng modul es. Three power packs (two MRC Control-Ml.lster Our host when we arri ved at the c lub was 20s and one home ill ade pack) produce th e C hri s Mueller. immediate past preside nt of th e power for the e ntire layout. The club pre fers 10 club, He never had a layout of hi s own because li se the EMSEV I F thrott les made ill Gerillany. he was constantly moving around durin g the 30 During an o pen hOll se the members operate years he spent in the Ai r Force, Wherever he six to ten trains at the same time, The contro l went hejoincd clubs. o r if there wasn't a club. system is set up so that one person can operate he'd start o ne. He began model rai lroading 40 all mainline lrains or 12 people can operate indi- years ago with American Flyer and went to HO w he n he joined the Air Force. W he n the Air Force sent him overseas for the first time. he Figure - Vu lture Canyon Mobile decided to buy N scal e. and he's been in N scal e ever si nce. Chris !Old us how the "theme" of the cl ub is the "Rocky Mountain" area. Some of the mod­

ules are modeled after actual Colorado locations BRIDGE and others are imaginary scenes. On some modules you' II recognize ta ll moun­ wins. canyons and gorges typical of the Rocky Mountains. You'll see scale people hiking. fi sh­ FINE NYLON THREAO ing. camping. mountain climbing and e ngaged in othe r activi ti es th at fo lk s visi t Colorado to do. Vultures hang from a mobile (see draw­ The layout room is 2.000 square feet. and Ihe ing) under the high bridge over Vulture modules don't leave much aisle space. Table con­ Canyon on Jerry Huber's module. Below struction is very similar to other NTruk modular we see t he nea r-dead cow that the vul­ g roups except that Ihey c hose 10 remove the tures are waiting to devour. Fine nylon di viders between the modules. Because the cl ub thread was used to hide the birds' sus­ is in a shopping center, all of the wood in the pension. The slightest breeze caused by a modules, as well a s the burla p sk irts o n the passerby, even the breath of one talking, perimeter. had to be treated with fi re-retardant will make the buzzards circle the cow. spray. This is a great attention-getter at shows. Atlas flex track and Peeo switches were llsed

38 • Model Railroading February 1993 PECK MINES MARKSVILLE VULTURE CANYON BAY JUNCTION NATURAL ARCH MARK & CATHIE WITIRUP CLUB MODULE MIKE PECK CLUB MODULE CHARLIE BAY 7 CLUB MODULE ~3 BURKEY'S TOWN JERRY BURKEY ELBOW BEND YARD CLUB MODULE

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PIKEVIEW CLUB MODULE DENNISVILLE EASTON YARDS WESTON YARDS BILLINGTON BILLINGTON ROUNDHOUSE CLUB MODULE DENNIS INGRAM CLUB MODULE CLUB MODULE BILL KIMPEL BILL KIMPEL

MOLLY KATHLEEN MINE SYRACUSE,KANSAS FARMER'S CO-OP STRIP COAL MINE GEOFF BURNEY HARRY EDMUNDS TRAVIS & JOI',! ~"'NIGD

MARTIN DRAKE UNDER CONSTRUCTION SWITCHBACKS POWER PLANT TOM LEVY DAN BENTON MIKE PECK UNDER CONSTRUCTION CLUB MODULE

1 - A Southern Pacific Daylight crosses Travis Congdon's scratchbuilt bridge on their lakeside Campground module, while a Southern streamliner goes around the lake. The background was painted by Margaret Afkhami. It was carefully sprayed using a stencil with light coats of white paint to very effectively simulate distance in the backdrop. ------~------., 2 - This is the Pikes Peak "N"Gineers' layout as seen from mid­ 3 - The Pikes Peak "N"Gineers' layout as seen from the front way in the layout looking toward the front door. Notice the door gives you an overview of this large N scale layout. Model­ irregular front to accommodate the room that they fill. Special­ ers will notice the safety Plexiglas and the Volkswagen soft shaped modules were built and inserted to best use the room door-edge trimming which keeps the joints of the Plexiglas space. This is one of the advantages of using the modular together. method of building a layout.

5 - A Missouri Pacific railcar, scratchbuilt 4 - The Menasha Wooden Ware Company is still shipping barrels. boxes and wooden by Chris Mueller. crosses a bridge built by pallets in spite of the local recession. This thriving industry (notice they have their own Bob Patoni. The hills were made from boxcar) is located on one of the Bill Kimpel modules. styrofoam. He scratched the foam sur­ face with a fork. painted over it with soupy Hydrocal and then painted it with acrylics. Rock molds were used in some places on his mountain to vary detail.

6 - Bill Kimpel's roundhouse services engines from a number of railroads. The Great Northern 507. B&O and Santa Fe steamers and Santa Fe RS3 all belong to different members of the club.

February 1993 7 - Missouri Pacific Texas Eagle passes the Rio Grande Prospec­ 8 - After skirting the lake the Southern's Crescent Limited passes tor at the natural arches on a club module. The natural-arch by the scratch built Lakeside Campground on the family module module was built by Dave Bol and superdetailed by Dan Benton of Travis, Nancy and John Congdon. and Chris Mueller.

10 - Union Pacific's historic No. 119 pulls three old-time cars past 9 - Photographer Bruce Nail caught three different trains (UP, CP the Gold King Mine at Poverty Gulch located near the famous and GN) crossing over Vulture Canyon at the same time. It's a fine gold-mining town of Cripple Creek. It was here in October 1890 study of different types of bridges by Jerry Huber. Union Pacific that cowboy Bob Womack first discovered gold. (The trestle is an chose a suspension bridge, which is seldom used by railroads. N scale replica of the original built by Colorado Springs & Cripple Canadian Pacific selected a steel trestle to cross this very deep Creek District [CS&CCDJ, the "Short Line" railroad, in 1900. It mea­ canyon, while the Great Northern built a beautiful arch bridge. sures a scale 414' long by 76' high.) The first load of ore to pass over the CS&CCD to Colorado Springs for processing originated from this mine. This historic module was built by Tom Bateman. vidual trains. They have pulled trains of 126 cars with multiple engines, but the average train is 30-40 cars using three diesels or one steam loco­ mOlive. Many of the trains that are operated dur­ ing open houses run as unit trains which circle the layout. Bu t during club operating sessions. • 11 - The driver of this Shell gasoline you' ll find freights pickin g lip and dropping off truck was not seriously injured when a cars at the many industries on the layout. sudden rock slide took out his truck. NO! all of the club members li ve in Colorado These Ertl earth-moving pieces make for Springs. Some drive over 100 mil es to attend an interesting scene. Trains were held up meetings and open houses. One member lives in for several hours while crews cleared the Germany and he lped th em buy th e German rubble'. This mini-scene was created by th rottles that they like so wel l. Mark and Cathy Wittrup.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 41 15 - A Burlington Plymouth (MDT) switches the Kimpel Brewery, one of the club's leading industries. No, Bill Kimpel is not 100 years old. 12 - Gulf, Mobile & Ohio 831A and 822B lead a streamliner past Bill Kimpel's aban­ doned buildings. The buildings were cast from AlumiliteO in latex molds. Notice the gondola that crashed through the roof of one of the buildings and was left there until Out of the 45 members, I J are fe male. There insurance companies and lawyers could sort out the problem in court. is an init iation fee of$ 15 fo r adult members, $ 12 for junior members and $ 18 for a ramily me mbership. Dues arc $8 per month for adults and $5 per month for j uniors; dues for family memberships are $ I 2 per month. Seniors pay o nly $4 per month for dues. Membership is open to anyone over 15 years of age. Members are not required to build a module. Busin ess meetings are held to a minimum of one ni ght a month. When a member moves away he usuall y takes his module to be placed in another model rail ­ road club. but some havc donated their module to the "N"Gineers. The cl ub fill s a voi d with a temporary unsceni cked "fi ll cr" module until a permanent replacement module is constru cted. The most famous club member is Gary Cole­ man, of T V's Oi//erent Strokes fa me. Gary recently sold his home in Denver and donated hi s layout, appraised at $ 150,000, to the club. Mc mbe rs o f th e c lu b took apart hi s layout (which was bu ilt in sections for moving), used a donated Pepsi 40' semi and moved the layout to 13 - It's Balloon Festival Day on Margaret Afkhami's Colorado Springs module with the Shops at the Bluffs in Colorado Springs. The Pikes Peak looming in the background. The Garden of the Gods, a prominent outcrop­ cl ub agreed with Gary that the layout woul d be ping of natural sandstone formations in Colorado Springs, was modeled by making an set up and used fo r open houses, with the pro­ aluminum-foil mold and casting the rocks in Hydroca,e. The balloon is made from a ceeds going to the Kidney Foundation. ping-pong ball covered with glue-soaked paper, thread and a basket made from a According to the cl ub's new president, SCO lL drinking straw. If you make one of these, don't forget to put at least one person in the Oakley, the social side of the club includes an basket or you will have a runaway balloon. You may decide to use a smaller-scale per­ ann iversary part y in October, the annual sum­ son to make the basket look higher and farther away than it is. mer picnic with the Denver NTrak c lu b at Pa lmer Lake and a Christmas part y. The club sponsor is Train Showcase. an all-N 14 - Rock climbers are seen traversing the cliffs above Howard Junction. By spraying scale model railroad shop located in the old Colo­ on Rit Dyes (yellow, cocoa brown, dark brown, black, dark green and red) David rado Springs D&RGW depot. Train Showcase Howard, the module owner, and John Kirkpatrick were able to color the mountain. gives a door prize at every business meeti ng, Then by spraying on diluted household bleach (V. bleach and 'I. water) they blended supports them by obtaining hard-to-find items the colors and lightened the results. In some places they didn't like what they saw, so and publicizes the cl ub. they continued to spray on bleach until that portion of the mountain was completely The Pikes Peak "N"Gineers are a member of white so the process could be started over. the Colorado Springs Model Rail road Council , which coordinates and hosts several open houses each year. This city-wide effort raises money for a worthy cause and promotes the hobby through the southern Co lorado area. Last Thanksgivin g if you brought a toy for «Toys for Tots," you were given free admissio n to the open house. If YO ll visit the Colorado Springs area, plan on vis it ing the "N"Gineers. They are open Tuesday and Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons. ~

February 1993 ON TRACK Grade Crossings by Jim Mansfield Photos by the author

A. n interesting place to "train watch" is the materials used for the crossing should not be steel grating, which nearly touches the outside ft public grade crossing. These "crossings any hi gher than the rail. Other than that, jusl of the rails and provides a smoother ride for at grade," as they are known in the business, about anything else works. Construction materi­ autos and trucks on this 40-mph roadway. provide ready access to the tracks, and if you are als can range from dirt to sheets of steel grating. Next time, we'll look at some more examples also interested in trucks and the like, they also The simplest for the prototype to make is the and build a few crossings at grade. .1. provide something else to watch between trains. dirt crossing. This type is most often used on Parking beside the road or in a nearby parking access roads seen in yards, engine tenninals and lot gives you a haven from the heat or cold and industri al locations. A good example is Photo I you do not need 10 wear hiking boots to gCI to a taken at Southern Pacific's engine tenninal in El favorite spot. You can get some strange looks Paso, TX. It is made from a mixture of dirt and from drivers as they cross the tracks, but hey, we chat and is oil-soaked. As long as auto/pickup are model railroaders! traffic is light, this crossing doesn't need much The grade crossing can also be a good "many upkeep. scene" on the layout. Associated details can The next step up the ladder is the timber include crossing gates and crossbucks, relay crossing. Photos 2 and 3 show two variations. cabinets and buildings not requiring a spur; This crossing can be placed in a dirt/gravel road crossings can also be located at the end of a (photo 2) and can be used by heavy trucks on an passing track or yard lead. Even on the layout, access road, such as the one leading LO a LPG 2 - large timbers bolted to the ties make they are a good place to watch trains. distribution facility in Santa Fe's small yard in a more permanent and smoother cross­ Randy has asked me to do a couple of Las Cruces, NM. Maintenance around the tracks ing for a dirt road. columns on grade crossings, showing some pro­ is minimal, but the road on either side of the out­ totype examples and giving you some construc­ side timbers does tend to wear away. Photo 3 tion tips. First, I will describe some of the basic shows a timber crossing sel into an asphalt road. materials and touch upon some of the construc­ Notice how the timbers on the outside of the tion methods used by the prototype. Next time J rails are set even with the tie plates resting on will give you some dimensions and some step­ the ties. This is done to allow access to the rail by-step construction (ips. spikes and any joint bars that might be in the The two most important considerations when roadway. This type of crossing is sufficient for bui lding grade c rossings - prototy pe and two-lane, moderately traveled city streets. model - are, first, there must be a tlangeway Photo 4 depicts a grade crossing across a very for the wheel fl ange to travel in , and second, the busy four-lane cit y srreet. The material used is

3 - When set in an asphalt roadway, the timber crossing is quite good for moder­ ately traveled streets.

4 - A strong and smooth roadway is 1 - The simplest and least expensive grade crossing is dirt and/or chat leveled to rail afforded by a crossing constructed of height. sheets of steel grating.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 43 DIESEL WATER FILLERS by George Melvin Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated

t'S a typical sub-zero winter night in February the dead of wi nter wi ll consume a large quantity Brunswick run and continues today on the VIA I 1965 at Brownville Juncti on, Maine. The of water keeping its coaches and sleepers com­ version of thi s train. Although powered by more Canadian Pacific 's eastbound Atlantic Limited, fortab le not to mention a ll the steam lost modem F40PH-2 units, the train slill depends on train #42, wreathed in escaping steam, has eased through loose connections made even looser by steam for heal: provided by a trailing FP9 and a past the station and is about 10 take on water. contracting metal fittings in the bi ller cold. sLeam-generator car. Wait a minute!? You said 1965? This must be a The water operating depicted in Photo I on The subject of diesel watering faci lities has diesel-powered trai n; why is it "taking on CP FPA2 #4097 and RSIOS #8563 has been a been neglected in our quest for detaili ng the water"? Ye s, it is "diesel-powered" - but twice nightly ritual since the replacement of model station scene. All manner of water towers steam-heated, and this tcn-car overnight run in steam engines on th is Montreal-51. John, New and standpipes are available and abound on lay-

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1 - CP FPA2 #4097 and R5105 #8653 with train #42, Atlantic Limited, Brownville Junction, ME. February 27,1965.

44 • Model Railroading February 1993 2 - Milwaukee Road E7 #20 with passenge r train. Milwaukee, WI. Early 19505. Photographer unknown, George Melvin collection

3 - SP FP7 #6454 with train #98, Coast Daylight, San luis Obispo, CA. March 2, 1966. Dick Shideler photo, George Melvin collection

February '1993 Model Railroading • 45 outs; even those where the varnish is now being hauled by A thearn PA l s or Con-Cor E7s. Let's take a look at diesel watering operations and detai ls for a lypical water fi ll er. Perhaps thi s is the detai l you should add ne xl lo your layout! Study Photo 2 of the Mi lwaukee Road E7s being watered in the earl y 19505. With the steam-era standpipe still operational, a valve at its base is tapped and hoses are pulled off a reel to reach tbe filler on each unit. This would have been a "make-do" solu tion with the drawbacks of being time-consuming and inconvenient si nce hoses could be tripped over or could freeze up if le ft out between trains in cold weather. Next, a look at " temperate-zone" diesel watering. In Photo 3, we see Southern Pacific train #98, the eastbound Coast Daylight with GP7 #6454 leading, taking on water at San Lu is Obispo, CA, in March 1966. The faci lity is sim­ ply an above-ground pipe with a hose connected, perhaps on the site where the standpipe once stood. This certainly would be adequate where freezing is not a facto r, but it still presents the 4 - eN FPA4 #6776 with train #15, westbound Ocean, Moncton, New Brunswick. Sep­ tripping hazard. It looks like the water tank is tember 18, 1971. fi ll ed and run ning over while the workman is occupied cleaning the locomotive windshield ! The "built-far-diesel" arrangement is typified by Photos 4 and 5 of the double fillers at the west end of the Canadian National platforms at Monc­ ton, New Brunsw ick. This is a standard arrange­ ment across Canada where passenger trains stop for a crew change (long enough to add water) but not for an engine change. The latter would mean engines would come from the engi nehouse wi th a full load of water. The fill ers would be located near the end of the platfoml (as in Moncton) or beyond the pl atform (as in Brownville Juncti on), the distance rrom the station being determined by the di stance between the locomotive and the coaches or sleepers where passengers would board. In Ihe pholos of FPA4 #6776 and FPB2 #6859 on train # 15, the westbound Ocean. the workman has fin ished with the lead unit and is pu ll ing the hose around so the boom wi ll engage the hook above it when the counterweight pulls 5 - eN FPB-2 #68S9 with FPA-4 #6776 on train #15, westbound Ocean, Moncton, New the hose up straight. tn Photo 6 of the three units Brunswick. September 18,1971. (FPA/FPBIFPB4 sel 6784-6869-6870) on Irai n # 12, the eastbound Scolian at the opposite end of Moncton Slat ion, the watering has been finished. The hoses have been inserted in drain tubes in the base and the wa ter has been shut off below ground by a valve under the steel plate to the right or the base. Ir more than two units require water, the train must be pulled ahead an engine length to reilch the third unit. White the Canadian Pacific fillers at Brown­ vi ll e Junc ti on s hown in Photos 7-9 differ somewhat from the CN version, the layout and dimensions are very similar to those used by the CN and most U.S. roads that used this arrangement. A filler of thi s type is sometimes found in the engine terminal so it would be an appropriate detail in that area of a layout as well. Usi ng the available piping sets from Wa lthers and Williams Bros. (#620 in HO) as a starting point, modeling one or more of these should not 6 - eN FPB-4's #6869-6870, FPA-4 #6784 with train #12, eastbound Scotian, Moncton, demand great skill or time. Maybe this is the time New Brunswick. September 18, 1971. 10 replace that water tower beside the station? .1.

46 • Model Railroading February 1993 7 - Base view of Canadian Pacific filler, Brownville Junction, ME. August 18, 1991 .

Dimensions of items in Photos 7 and 8. 1) Concrete base, 52" x 80". 2) Drain hole, 6" diameter. 3) Shut-off valve, 1" rod, 24" tall with 10" handle. 4) Base, 6" diameter, 48" tall. S) Hose, 2'12" diameter, 16' long. 6) Steel access cover, 27" x 27". 7) Nozzle (detached and hung on base) 12" long. 8) Shaft, 3" diameter, 9' tall. 9) Boom, 2'12" diameter, 27" long. 10) Counterweight rod, l V," diameter, 36" long. 11) Counterweight, 12" x 18", 2" thick. Length measurements for pipe do not include fittings.

8 - Rear vi ew of Canadian Pacific filler, Brownville Junction, ME. 9 - Side view of Canadian Pacific filler, Brownville Junction, ME. August 18,1991. August 18, 1991 .

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Alabama Power's Construction Railroads

by Larry Smith, MMR

he electric alann cl ock blaring at your bed­ ties to receive electric power when, in April 1882, affected the voltage, and Goodwater even had T side wakes you with a startle. You arise, the Woodstock Iron Company generated electricity trouble with eels clogging the turbine. lurn on a lamp and head fo r a shower of hOI for lighting furnace operations and the streets of Problems occurred as fa st as the power plants water supplied by your electric water heater. the mill community. This was typical of the were constructed, because the use of electricity Yo u make breakfast using the toasler or process by which most towns obtained electricity. was pushed to its limits. Montgomery had elec­ microwave oven and head out the door to work. In January of the foll owing year, a dynamo trified their streetcars in 1886, but had failed to Your day at work may include the use of a com­ was installed in Montgomery and 3 1 street­ provide an adequate current-return system, pu ter and other equipment powered by electricity. li ght s were lit. The electricity generated by the resulting in the electrocution of the mayor 's Returning home for th e evening you li sten to dynamo limited the number of streetlights to horse when it stepped on a rail joint. This created music, watch television or spend several hours 86 so customers were encouraged to sign up such an outcry that the Alabama legislature con­ work in g on or operating your model railroad. for service without hesitation. Streetlights in sidered the ban on all futu re projects and These are just a few of the daily ac ti vities that Montgomery were operated on a "moonlight" delayed the electrification of the Birmingham depend on the use of electricity. • schedule, meaning the li ghts were only turned streetcar system until 189 1. The use of electricity is so ingrained in our on when the moon was not shining. Residential In spite of the growth of the major citi es' lifestyle that we oflcn take it for granted. The power was only available after sundown and power generation, the majority of the electricity only lime we mi ss it is when there is a power then only till II :00 PM. As a warning to the in Alabama was provided by local generating fa ilure, and we fee l helpless without it. This reside nts, it was the custo m to "wink" th e plants, and these were tenuous at best. Genera­ dependency o n electrici ty did not occu r li ghts twice before power was cut off for the tors at these various local plants were not reli ­ overnight, but evolved over time, starring in evening. able and would frequently break down, causing 1879 when Edison developed the incandescent Some towns provided power all day on Fri* an entire town to black out. Without transmis­ light bulb. days so homemakers could set aside this day for sion wi res conn ecting the neighboring towns ironing using the newly invented electric iron. and their generators, the power could be out for Early History of Power Generation in Mobile, AL, received e lectricity in 1885, long periods of time before the generator was Alabama when a company was established specifically to repaired. This was the si tuation at the beginning The story of modern elcctri c* utility compa* generale electricity for lighting. This was fol * of the century. ni es wi th their massive generating capabilities lowed in 1886 by th e Ely ton Land Company Large-scale production of electricity in had its beginnings at a small steam power plant developing and supplying power to Birmingham. Alabama had its beginning in 1896 when a in New York City. Thomas Edison and his asso* Several small towns in Alabama decided to group of Montgomery residents formed the ciates had constructed the Pearl Street Station in invest in water-generated electricity and com· Montgomery Light and Water Power Company 1882 to test the reliability of sleam*powered pleted hydroelectric plants to prov ide a source and proposed the building of a dam on the Tal­ electric generation. The project was a resou nd ing of power. Dadeville built a dam on Big Sandy lapoosa River three miles above Tallassee Falls. success. The technology quickly spread across Creek, a tri butary of the Tallapoosa Ri ver, and Approval for the dam had to be obtained from the country as cities and towns bu ilt their own Goodwater built one on Hatchett Creek, which the Alabama legislature, wh ich controlled dam power plants to supply the needs of their citizens. flows into the Coosa River. Both of these plants construction under the 1812 Mill Dam Statutes. Anniston, AL. became one the first communi- had trouble with intermittent water flow th at Permission was granted and construction began

48 • Model Railroading February ., 993 Track and faci lities at Ocampo. Drawing courtesy of Alabama Power Co.

on the dam with completion occurring in 1902. tion without the co nsent o f Congress. Lay and patented the underrunning swivel-wheel The 8,500-hp plant began operation in Novem­ immed iately ran afoul of the law. He also dis­ trolley. He also was re sponsible for in stalli ng ber of that year. covered that hi s plans would have to be many hydroelectric and steam-generator plants While construction was bein g completed on approved by the Anny Corps of Engineers and in t'le country. He left Brazil in 1906 for Japan the dam, the company undertook the construc­ the Secretary of War. He immediately sought to develop th e hydroelectric industry for that tion of the first power-transmission line in the help from Congressman John D. Burnett of country. He soon found that they were not ready state of Alabama. A 33,000-V line was completed, Gadsden, who pushed the bill through Congress. for this development and returned to the United tying in the city of Montgomery with th e new It was signed into law on March 4,1907, by States in 1911. dam, thus ensuring an adequate supply of power President Theodore Roosevelt. Upon advice of hi s friend George Westing­ for the ci ty. Lay was given seven years to complete the house, he turned his attention to the south and Alabama is blessed with several large rivers project. Having overcome one major hurdle, made contact with an attorney in Montgomery that carry a tremendous volume of water from Lay was immediately confronted with another nam ed Thomas Martin. Martin represented sev­ the northern parI of the state to the Gulf of Mex­ of even greater magnitude - money! It took eral individuals who had interests along the ico. These rivers were used by shallow-draft five years to obtain the necessary financing to Coosa and Tallapoosa River. Marlin and steamboats as they carried cargo and passengers build the dam; this occurred when he made con­ Mitchell visited these sites and worked wi th the along the ri ver. As rail service improved, the tact with James Mitchell. owners 10 develop financing for the projects. river boats began to lose passengers and freight James Mitchell had begun his career in the One of these indivi du als was Captain William and almost vanished from the sce.ne. electric industry in 1882 with the fi rm of Patrick Lay. Captain William Patrick L1y was a steamboat Charles L. Bly of Boston. Bly built electrical Time was running out for the development of captain who regularly operated a boa I from instruments and did experimental wo rk . After the project at Lock 12 on the Coosa River. Gadsden on the Coosa River. He had developed two years he left them and went to work for Mitchell saw the pote ntia l for the site and an interest in the large-scale generation of elec­ Thompson-Houston Electric Company, the pre­ picked up Lay's option on the site in November tricity, and in hi s travels along the rivers he decessor of General Electric. He made all of of 1911. Without enough investors in the United would see many locations fo r sites for potential the early volt- and amp-meters and was in States, Mitchell sailed to England the following hydroelectric dams. One of these areas was direct charge of the manufacture of the first month. Financing was qu ickly obtained, but to located at the site of Lock 12 on the Coosa River. stationary and railway motors produced by the satisfy the English investors a Canadian holding He purchased options on the land and then incor­ company. With these responsibilities, he trav­ company was created - Alabama Traction, porated the Alabama Power Company. eled all over the Uni ted States in stalling new Light and Power Company, Ltd. Most of the dams constructed prior to 1907 streetcar systems. Initial development of the dam began with were located on tributaries of rivers or in loca­ In 1890, he was sent to Brazil, where he only a year and a half left on the government tions above the na vigable part of the river in stalled the first electric street-railway system grant. This made it impossible for plans to be because federal laws prohibited their construc- in the southern hemisphere. He also developed drawn up before proceeding with construction.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 49 To expedite the construction, contracts were let The company had two choices: I) build a new the cont ractor's staff, ice house, bakery, store­ fo r the powerhouse foundati ons and dam. The rai lroad that was 14 mi les long, or 2) upgrade ho use, etc.; it fo rmed the main camp. T he construction of the superstructure and the equip­ the rail road and extend the trackage to serve the "engineers' camp" was located by itself near ment of the powerhouse would be done by the dam. In spite of the problems with the switch­ the main contractor's camp and contained a company's own work force. back and trestles, it was decided to do the latter bunkho use, family dwell ings for the staff, a and work began on the upgrading of the line on mess ha ll , office and a guest house for company Enter the Railroad August 12, 1912. offic ia ls and visitors. The " negro q uarters" Two problems immediately faced the company The trestles were exami ned and fo und to be were about lAi mile from the main camp on one fo r the construction o f the dam and both were un,lcceptable fo r carrying the heavy loads, so side of the ra ilroad. Located about 400 yard s related 10 transport at ion. How do you get men they had to be beefed up with additional timber­ fro m these quarters was a fo urth camp for "for­ and materials to the constructi on site? Roads ing. A branchli ne was constructed to serve two eigners." After the fo reign laborers left the site didn't exist to hau l materi als to the site, much less quarries, and fi ve miles of new railroad was laid the two camps were combined into one large bring workers into Ihe area. Located at Ocampo, between the end of the tracks and the dam site. camp. AL, was a ra ilroad that had been operated by the The new extension also required construction of All of the structu res in the camp were con­ Clear Creek Lumber Company. The railroad was five additional trestles. The li ne was completed structed of wood and were of simple board-and­ ope rated until 1907 when the area had been on November 26, 19 12, when the first cars of batten siding. The floors were elevated on brick logged over and the railroad abandoned. During construction equipment arrived at the dam site. or stone pi lings to all ow ventilation under the its operation the railroad had owned three loco­ It was esti mated that the upgrading of the line buildings, thus providi ng a cooling effect in motives and operated 23 cars. Nothing is known saved at least two months on the delivery time summer. about Locomotive Number I; however, Number of equipment to the dam. There was a large railroad yard constructed at 2 was an 0-4-0T that was purchased in 1904 from While construction was proceeding on the the dam end of the line. A line was constructed to the Binningham Rail and Locomotive Company, railroad, the company began work on the camps enable the trains and locomotives to gel down 10 and Number 3 was a two-truck Shay purchased in for employees at the dam site. The company pro­ the coffer dam that had been constructed in the 1906 from Lima Locomotive Works. vided for proper food and housing for the men river bolt om, facil itating the installation of the The sawmill and the locomotive fac il ities and their fam il ies so that they would remain at powerhouse and a ponion of the spil1way. Known were located a short distance from the Loui sville the job site. The company estimated that it would as the "Low-Level Line," it consisted of two stor­ and Nashvill e mainline to Montgomery and require 1,000 men to complete the project, mak­ age yards for sand and gravel and didn't interfere Mobile. The rai lroad was 18 miles long, and in ing the camp the size of a smalilOwn. with the regular operation of the railroad. that short distance it crossed 44 timber trestles, The camp was divided into five distinct sec­ There was a lo ng siding serving the main had one sw itch back, rounded many sharp curves tions. The "white camp" contained the commis­ cement warehouse, oil house and general store­ and climbed a 2.5% grade. This was not an ideal sary, "white" mess hall , bunkhouses, foremen's house, which had doors allowing cars to be situation for a constructi on railroad. houses and family homes plu s the houses for unloaded directly into the buildings. The car

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50 • Model Railroading February 1993 shops and locomotive-repair fac ilities were situated along Blue Gut Creek. The tracks road. Heavy equipment and timber for the con­ located on another sid ing, but accord ing to turned away from the branch, crossed the creek struct ion form s we re moved by truss-rod flat ­ sources this was a poor arrangement. There was and entered into the quarry area. Located at the cars that the company owned. All other freight a 7,000-gallon water tank located at the dam site quarry were two separate camps for white and cars were interchanged from the Louisvi ll e and to provide the locomotives with water. black workers. Horses and mules we re used Nashville at Ocampo. Coal was hand shove led from coal piles extensively in the quarry, so there was a black­ The rai lroad continued in operation until the located ill strategic points along th e ra ilroad. smith shop and stable on the site. dam was completed in Apri l 19 14. There is evi­ Ju st past the yards was a line that broke off and The quarry was served by five guy derricks dence that the railroad continued to operate on a became the " Hi gh Level Track." This track that moved the stone from the bottom of the pit lesser scale until the fifth unit was completed in served the construction area for the upper level to load the waiting cars. Farther east at the end 1916 and that the tracks were left in place unt il of the dam along with the mixer, cement ware­ of the branch was Elli son Quarry. It was con­ after the construction of the sixth uni t in 1921. house, concrete mate rial bins and compressor structed very similarly to Zion and used the plant. In comin g shipments were unl oaded at sam e type of equipment. Mitchell Dam each of these locations on individual sidings. Ocampo was the interchange point with the Located 14 miles further south on the Coosa There was a separate, na rrow-gauge railroad Loui sv ill e and Nashvi ll e line th at operated River was a site known as Duncan's Riffl e. This located at the dam sit.e that hauled stone from a between Binningham and Mobile. Two major sid­ si te had a tremendous poten tial for the construc­ quarry located on the bank of the river to the ings each held 17 cars (see illustration). The L&N tion of an add itional dam fo r Alabama Power. coffer dam. This operation was un ique because wou ld drop off cars in the yard for later pickUp by Serious consideration for construction on thi s banery-powered electric mine locomotives were Alabama Power. This usually consisted of cars site was made pri or to World War I, but inflated used. The trains consisted of small dump cars with loads of supplies for the camps and quarries. prices and scarcity of labor forced Ihe delay in that carried the stone directly Oul onto the coffer With the amount of earth being moved at the sites, the work. Bids were taken for the construction dam for dumping into the ri ver. The track was one can imagine the amount of blasting powder of the new dam rather th an having the power unique because it was built similarly to the sec­ that had to be delivered by rail. company do the project as they had OIL Lay Dam. tionaltrack used on many model railroads. After Studies of photographs indicate the rai lroad The winning company was Dixie Construction the rock had been blasted from the side of the was operated by 0-4-0Ts. In searching through Company, a separate construction company that bluff, workmen would bring in short sections of the hi storical records and photographs, the num­ had been formed by Alabama Power. Dixie track and attach them to the end of the spur. Cars ber operated could not be detennined. However, immedia te ly began to implement plans for would be loaded and dispatched to lhe dam. based upon the later operations at Mitchell Dam, building the dam. Alabama Power operated two quarries on the the number is estimated to be two. SwitChing The logisti cs of getting men and material to railroad. These were located on a branchline that was done arou nd the dam site by two 10-lOn th e constructi on sit e were still a problem so turned off the mainline at camp Number 4. Zion steam-powered cranes and material was trans­ Dixie began to hunt for a solution. The first was the fi rst quarry located on the line and was ferred onto th e dam by the narrow gauge rail- order of business was to construct a rai lroad to

February 1993 Model Railroading • 51 the dam sit e. T hey found th e remains of the Wadsworth Lumber Company Railroad located al Cooper on the Loui sv ille and Nashvil le's Binn ingham-Io-Mobile line. Wadsworth had an interesting operation at Cooper, because th ere was no sawmill at the town. It was located several miles down the L&N at Verbena. It seems as though Wadsworth would bring loaded log cars to an interchange point and turn them over to the L&N for trans­ port to Verbena. The next train back would bring empt ies and spot them on the siding for the log­ gi ng rai lroad. Considering that Wadsworth only operated Shays, it seems onl y logical that the L&N would not all ow them on a very heavily traveled mainline. A survey was made of the Wadsworth line, and Dixie determined that it could be used for th eir purposes. Most of the track had been removed when the line was abandoned, but the roadbed was sti ll in fai rly good condi tion. Grad­ by Richard D. Forest, Esq. ing was undertaken to remove most of the steep grades that had not bothered the logging com­ pany. but would create problems for Dixie. The lack of reduction in the grade on the construc­ The Puye & Phoi Railroad tion of the Lay Dam railroad had caused prob­ lems and reduced tonnage on the trains moving materials to the site. This was eliminated on the - Gandy Dancer Productions Mitchell Dam rai lroad. Construction began on the railroad on August 22, 1921, and con tinued until the railroad reached the dam on October I; a total of ten miles of track was laid. A 50-car yard was built ne of the most enjoyable aspects of the video the limestone bluffs and a stream as it at Cooper and a materials warehouse constructed O revolution for modelers is the prolifera­ approaches the Mi ssissippi, and a river steamer to off-load anything not needed at the dam si te. tion of videotapes of recogn ized excellent is docked at th e wharf (the river steamer is Two locomotives were purchased and used on model railroads. Now we can see what some call ed " museum quality" - that's an under­ the rai lroad, a 38-ton 0-4-OT " Dixie No. I" and real experts have accomplished; we can go over statement). Farm scenes are incredibly good, a 60-ton 2-6-2T "Dixie No.2," along with a any scene as often as we want and get a real feel righ t down to the wagons and the grass and hay, locomotive crane that was to be used at Cooper for how they did it. and we even see steam-powered farm to sw itch cars and to unload material. The com­ Gerry McGee and hi s son Todd operate the machines. On the second day we take a main­ pany also pu rchased several boxcars and natcars Puye & Phoi Railroad, wh ich models an imagi­ li ne freight west from Dunleath to Limesprings to use at the site. A machine shop was constructed nary railroad in the upper Mississippi Valley in and interchange with the Milwaukee Road (a at the dam to make any repairs on the equipment 1906. We are introduced to the railroad room, tough upgrade run), powered by double-headed and to keep down-li me to a minimum. where the layout is located, by viewing a col­ Consolidat ions. There are many more incred i­ The railroad continued to function as an inte­ lection of railroadiana, and gel a good introduc­ bly modeled scenes of wooden bridges (these gral part of the construction until the dam's tion to this HO pike. The line models 1906, and bridges are truly brilliant modeling achieve­ completion in August 1923. An interesting inci­ there is a wealth of scratchbuilt structures, cars ment s), rock outcroppings, farms, st reams and dent occurred on December 19, 192 1, when two and other scenes of this time before the advent other Iowa scenes. special trains, one from Birmingham and one of motor veh ic les. We are shown th e walk­ This tape is very we ll -done. Videography is from Montgomery, were operated to Cooper on around throttle system on th e road and many sharp and very crisp. Depth of field, which is the L&N for the dedication of the dam. Each close-ups of the trains with their peri od cars always one of th e real problems in shooting special consisted of three passenger cars that (complete with many arch-bar trucks and truss model railroads, is excell ent. Narrat ion and were transferred over to the construction rail­ rods). Then the tape gives us a brief map of the script are very informative. Mapwork is done road for movement to the dam site. The trains location of the imaginary railroad in northeast well , and one really gets the "feel" of this tru ly were met by local reception committees, who Iowa, following which we are given a two-day brilliant job of modeling. Sound dubbing is escorted the crowd around the si te and ushered tour of the line, that shows us the business rea­ good, even with the doubleheader. The scenes them to a large platform constructed on a hill sons for the road's existence (realistic operation are long enough so that the viewer can reall y overl ooking the entire dam. Thomas Marti n, always demands a prototypical business pur­ appreciate the excell ence of the modeling job. president of Alabama Power, spoke about James pose, which this line has). On the fi rst day we The modeling is so good that I found my self Mitchell and his contribution to the company go east from the fictitious town of Dunleath and saying to myself, "These guys are fan tastic; I'm and, upon conc luding hi s remarks , asked reach the Mississ ippi River at Harpers Ferry. not good enough to wa lk in thei r shadow." This Mitchell's son Macolm to release the first bucket We see a terrific job of modeling the small is a highly recommended tape, and it gives a of concrete to be poured. At the completion of engines and serv ice faci lities of the period, the wealth of ideas for the modeler. the ceremonies everyone was served a luncheon super detail of an American on the turntable, The videotape The Puye & Phoi Railroad is in the mess hall before boarding the trains back the sw itch engine and the mixed train. Country produced by Gandy Dancer Productions, 1430 to Binningham and Montgomery. scenes, with wagons at the crossings, show the 41st Ave., Greeley, CO 80634·2732, (303) 35 1· Nex t time, a look at the fi rst steam plant con­ modelers' incredible sense for detail (the tape 0758. Price is $29.95 plu s $4 shipping. Color, structed, its railroad anclthe planning of a model shows how many scenes were modeled from hi-fi stereo sound and narrati on. 40 minutes in of a constnlction railroad. ~ photographs of the period). The train parall els length. ~

52 • Model Railroading February" 993 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP: The Prototype SD60M: Electro-Motivc's SD60 was introduced in 1984 replacing the Electro,Motive SD60M (with "Phase III" Wide Cab) interim model 5050. All S060-scries locomo­ tives have 3,800 hp and ride on two Flexicoil HT-C six-wheel trucks (except the SD60MAC, Burlington Northern (BN) which uses a different truck design). The large HO Scale Body Shell by Rail Power Products "North Ameri can Safety Cab" is an option available on any late model E lectro-Motive N Scale Model by Con-Cor (SD50) product. BN's first SD60Ms all have the three­ by Rich Picariello section vertically mounted windshield on the wide cab. "See Diesel Detail Close-Up" in the Photos by the author unless otherwise noted January 1992 issue or Model Railroading ror

Burlington Northern SD60M Detail Paris for HO Scale: 22 - DWU7 Headlight. front & rear (metal) .70/2 I - DWJ39 Air filter 1.00/2 PSC3922 Headlight, front & rear (plastic) 1.50/2 2 - CS428 Air hom (brass) 5.95/ea. 23 - MV22 Headlight lenses 1.10/4 DA1601 Air hom (delrin) 1.75/2 24 - CS319 Hose. air line (brass) 1.85/2 DW186 Air hom (brass) 2.50/ea. DA6206 Hose, air line 1.25/6 3 - OA3201 Air tanks (optional) 2.25(2. 25 - OA2206 Lift rings 3.00/36 4 - CFI13 Antenna 3.09/2 26 - DAll04 Lift labs 1.00/16 OWIS7 Antenna 1.50/6 27 - DW221 MU cable 1.95/2 5 - OA1202 Bell 1.00/2 28 - CF257 MU hoses, 3/per bmcket (brass) N/A DW127 Bell 1.25/2 DAIS08 MU hoses (delrin) 2.00/16 6 - CC1601 Blower housing· 3.50/2 OM9350 MU hoses, 3/pcr brackct (bmss) 6.75/4 OM9707 Blower housing (brass)· 5.85/Cll. 29 - DW206 Plow pi lot 1.50/ea. 7 - Rl)P Body shell , SD60M 14.oo/ea. 30 - DA300l Sand fill hatch 1.25/8 Note: Shell and underframe can be purchased together (boxed) for $23.00. OM9400 Sand fill hatch (brass) 2.50/2 8 - DW179 Brake wheel· t .oon 31 - DW210 Spare knuckle holder (on lefl rear pilot only) 1.75/ea. 9 - PSC48348 Chain 2.75/10" 32 - CF196 Speed recorder (brass) 4.39/4 10 - DA22lt Couplcr lift bar 2.00/2 DAl807 Speed recorder (delrin) 1.50/4 OM9151 Couplcr lift bar 1.95/2 33 - DA 1303 Sunshade, widecab 1.50/4 It - CF238 Di t'Ch light (brass) 1.69n 34 - DW224 Traction motor cables 1.95/set DAI022 Ditch light (plast ic) 1.25/4 35 - AT44011 Truck. front, S040T-2 powered 4.50/ea. 12 - OM9171 Door handle 1.67(l AT44012 Truck, rear, SD40T-2 powered 4.50/ea. 13 - 0M9177 Dynamic brake fan grille Note: These lrucks come without sideframes. (etched stainless stecl)· 4.50/ea. 36 - SV137 Truck sideframes 8.95/4 14 - PSC3977 Exhaust Slack (plastic)· 2.25/ea. Note: Thcse are the correcl sidefrumes for S050/60 series uni ls. IS - OM921S Fan, radiator w/fan blades 37 - RPP Underframe. SD60/60M 10.00/ea. (brass - need two)· 3.25/ea. Note: Not needed if using an Athearn SD40T-2 underframe. PSC3930-1 Fan, radiator (plastic)· 2.25(l 38 - CFU 2 Underframe/Step light (brass) 2.95/2 16 - DW166 Fuel fi ller (metal) 1.00/4 DWI72 Underfr,.lIne/Step li ght (metal) 1.25/8 PSC39080 Fuel fi ller (plastic) 1.50/4 39 - DA2304 Wind deflector 2.50/set 17 - PSC39037 Fuel gauge 1.50/6 UP77 Wind deflector/mirror 2.00/2 18 - CF226 Fuel sight glass (brass) 2.09/2 40 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (dclrin) 1.75/8 OM92S0 Fuel sight glass (brass) 3.oo/ea. CS419 Windshield wipers (brass) 3.50/4 PSC390J] Fuel sight glass (plastic) 1.50n PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 19 - DA2202 Grabirons 2.50/48 UP94 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.00/4 20 - DA2218 Grabiron. v-shaped 1.50/3 UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 21 - SV21 Handrail set 13.95/ea. 41 - DW211 Wi nteri zation hatch 1.50/ea. Note: Handrail SC I is for the S0 50/60; modify for the SD60M . OM9771 Winterizm ion hatch (brass) 6.00/ea. Note: The fol lowing parts must be fab ric.ued by the modeler: A - Brake cylinder air line - simulate with .015 brass wire. B - EOT antenna - make from brass wire or styrene rod. C - Electrical box - make from styrene. 0 - Truck sand Jines - make from wire . • Similar parts, ei ther separate or molded on, are included with the RJ\il Powcr Products shell; replacement of any or all original parts is lefllo the discreti on of the modeler. AL) A-Line/Prolo Power Wesl CF: Curlom Finislting OM: Overland Models, Inc. UP: Utah Pacific PPW: P.O. Box 7916 379 Tully Road 5908 W. Ki lgore Ave. Div. of Tomar Indu sLTies La Verne . CA 91750 Orange, MA 01364 Muncie. IN 47304 9520 E. Napier Ave. AT: Atllearn,lltc. OA : Detail Associates PSC: Precisiolt Scale Compa"y Benton Harbor, M149022 19010 L:.lurel Park Road Box 5357 3961 Hwy. 93 North Compton, CA 90222 San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 Stevensville. MT 59870 Note: These dctail parts may be ava il­ Cal-Scale OW: Detailr West Rail Power Products able from your local hobby dealer(s), 21 Howard Street P.O. Box 5 132 P.O. Box 153 so try them first. If you must order Montoursville, PA 17754 Hacienda Heights, CA 9 1745 Sandy. UT 84092 directly from a manufaclUrer. include at CC: Cannon and Company MV Products Smokey Valley Railroad & Machine Co. least $3.50 for postage and handling. 3 JO Willow Heights P.O. Bo, 6622 Div. of Quality-Wright Corp. You must purch.tSe the full qunntities Aptos. CA 95003 Orange, CA 92667 P.O. Box 32 as shown in the detail parts list. Dublin. OH 430 17

February 1993 Model Railroading • 53 BN S060M photos with the early cab. The latest and represent the correct truck sideframe design N Scale: BN SD60M wide cabs, nLimbers 199 1 and 9250 for all S050/60 seri es locomotives (except the Microscale 60-549 to 9298, have a two-section slanted windshield SD60MAC). (latest standard BN scheme) and tapered corners on the lower nose, which All BN SD60Ms have their front headli gh t Microscale 60-621 could be referred to unofficially as a Phase III mounted above the windshield. RPP's shell has (BN/UP Desert Stann Sc hemes) wide cab. Similar SD60Ms are in service on the a cutout for the headlight on the nose of the cab. Microscale 60-7 19 (BN Loco Data Sheet) Union Pacific and are on order fo r Conrail. File a flat notch at the "vee" above the wind­ Paints for the standard BN paint scheme: Number 1991, BN's brightly painted and deco­ shi eld to mount the fro nt headlight and fill the Accu-Flex: rated tribute to Desert Stonn, would be renum­ cuto ut for the nose-mounted headlight with 16-01 Engine Black bered 9299 if or whe n it is repai nt ed into styrene or putty. Numberboards will have to be \6-02 Reefer White traditional BN colors. All BN SD60Ms are on added on the rear of the long hood as RPP's 16-26 BN Green long-term lease from Electro-Motive. shell does not have them molded on. N Scale Accupaint: modelers can use the Con-Cor SD50 but the \ Stencil White The Scale Model SD60M: Rail Power Products wide cab wou ld have to be scralchbuiit. 2 Stencil Black has recently re leased a body s hell for the 70 BN Green SD60M in HO scale; their first SD60 shell, Paint and Decal Notes: The SD60Ms display Floquil: which is still available, has a standard cab. An the latest BN paint-scheme variant of Cascade 110010 Engine Black SD60/60M cast-metal underframe has also been Green and black with white sidesi ll s and the 1100 11 Reefer White released that will fi t either shell. The wide cab "white-face" nose treatment. The underframe, 110035 BN Cascade Cireen in c lud ed with the SD60M s hell is the lates t fuel tank, trucks, upper body and nose anti-glare Scalecoat: tapered nose, two-section sloped windshield panel are painted black; handrail s are green with 10 Black vers ion. Also in the shell package as separate white at the step areas. Desert Storm SD60M I I White number 199 1 is painted in red, white and blue, parts are three roof fa ns, a blower housing and 38 BN Cascade Green front numberboards. No handrails or stanchions with blue trucks, anti-glare panel, fuel tank and are included. The RPP shell and underframe are underframe. Handrails are white on this unit. All Paints for the Desert Storm scheme*: designed 10 accepl Athearn SD40T-2 compo­ paints should be semi-gloss as these are new Accu-Flex: ne nts; the mo tor, drive-train couplings and locomotives and show only slight to moderate 16-08 Caboose Red trucks can be used. An Athearn SD40T-2 under­ weathering. Microscale's set #719 conta ins 16-66 Grand Trunk Western Blue frame will fi t the shell, bu t a better alternative is BN's latest (post-1980) loco data and American Accupaint: to use the RPP SD60 underframe as it has the nags. 6GTW Blue correct truck-center dimension (45' 10" for the 10 Chinese Red SD50/60 vs. 43' 6" for the SD40T-2). Decals: Floquil: Avai lable from Overland is a fu Uy assembled, HOScale: 110020 Caboose Red cast-metal chass is with brass trucks (correct Microscale 87-549 11005 1 Light Blue SD60/60M wheelbase and trucks), a can motor (latest standard BN scheme) Scalecoat: and drive components to fit the RPP shells. Microscale 87-62 1 14 Caboose Red Athearn SD40T-2 truck sideframes can be used, (BN # 1991 Desert Storm scheme) 24 Santa Fe Blue but Smokey Valley's number 137 sideframes Microscale 87-719 "'These paints (fo r BN Desert stonn) are close, lighten will press-fit perfectly into the Athearn trucks (BN Loco Data Sheet) or darken these colors to malch photos. ~ Building Canadian RS18 Diesels (Colllilluedjrom page /9.)

white, while the side ones are all black. The CP posts are Action Red, while the ends are white and the side rails are black. Both diesels received a protective coating of 50% Floquil Flat Finish and 50% Hi Gloss. MV lenses were used for the ditch lights and classi­ fi cation lights. The truck sideframes and chassis were weathered with Floquil Rail Brown, and then brown pastel chalk dust. While the weath­ ering paint was still fresh, a small brush was dipped in lacquer th inner and used to wipe off some of the paint to simulate "oil stains" on the fuel tanks. Most of th e prototype CN RS 18s have now been retired, and the CP units are now sporting chopped short hoods, giving them a totally dif­ ferent look. BUI my models will li ve on on my layout! I hope I have inspired you 10 try your hand al bui ld ing your own copies. ~

CP diesel w ith all modifications is seen prior to primer painting. Pilot was modi­ fied with sheet styrene.

54 • Model Railroading February 1993 February 1993 Model Railroading • 55 Treadwell Textiles by Larry Smith, MMR Photos by Bob Beaty

ne of the interesting aspects of the model and eventually incorporate the area into the city. snow loading, but this type of roof would not O railroad hobby is the research of the Today, the area is still known as Avondale and look out of place on a tum-of-the-century build­ industrial heritage of the United States. [ndus· the mill complex has been converted to various ing in the South. tries that were common in some areas of the other uses. country did not exist in other areas, or did they? There is another old mill (Buck Creek) that's The Kit Most individuals are familiar with the existence located within five miles of my home and houses This kit from South River Models must be of textile mills in New England, the Carolinas a modern ~day flea market. When you enter the seen to be appreciated. The first thing you notice and Georgia but are unaware of the many mills building, the old brick arches can be seen with when you open the box is the instruction book. in Alabama. For example: Avondale Mills the date "1890" engraved on them. Finally, there The reason I said book is that there are some established a major complex prior to 1880 just is a mill complex located in Mobile that has actual books on the market that are smaller than to the east of the Oedgling city of Birmingham. canals directing water to the various buildings, the instructions with this kit. Each step of the The company built housing for the employees supplying them with power. A mill that closely construction procedure is well-thought-out and and establis hed the typical company town. resembles the kit under review stand s beside explained in detail. South River also provides Eventually, the area was tied to Birmingham by Interstate 20 in Anniston, AL. and is used as an you with several alternatives for construction of horsecar line, establishing a permanent link antique mall. The only difference between the kit base. You can build the kit on a flat base, between the two communities. As lime passed, South River's kit and the buildings I have seen on a slight hill side without a stream bed, or, as the city of Birmingham expanded to surround in the South is the roof pitch, because of the shown, on a canal with a dam and waterfalls

56 • Model Railroading February 1993 This view of Treadwell Textiles shows the streamside of the main building and the el portion of the building. Trees were handmade from blossoms of oak leaf hydrangea which were covered with ground foam.

below the dam. You may delay your decision I until later in the construction process. This kit falls in the category of the "super kit" and is not inexpensive; however, when you learn the reason for the cost, you will understand. "Super kits" fall into several categories: 1) single building, Jots of cast detail parts; 2) several bu ildings, moderate number of detail parts; and 3) large, complex building, moderate number of detail parts. This kit fa lls in the third category. The kit consists of 22 Hydrocal castings. Each of the castings is made from a hand-carved master. They are produced by making a plastic form with the window and door locations indicated by a plug. The Hydrocal is poured into the mold and allowed to dry. The blank is removed and carved to represent stone or brick and allowed to hard­ en. A silicone mold is then made from the master and the kit pieces are poured. The development of the 22 castings for this kit took 1,400 hours of intense labor by the sculptor. Construction of Buildings Fi rst, [began construction on the kit by paint­ ing all of the castings using the colors recom­ me nded in the in structions. South River recommends using Poll y-S paints for their models, and I found this to be an excell ent choice as the paint is absorbed into the plaster View from below shows the brick annex building as well as downstream side of the el (Collfilllled Oil page 60.) portion of the main building.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 57 ~ BEHINID THE SCENES / cc::=-. A Rock in Time ... Part II ~~~~, ' ~ by Margaret Mansfield ~ . . ... T ~Wi~ Photos by Jim Mansfield

T asl month, our expedition into geology. and Next, the opening was covered with plastic wrap tom was lifted to form the bottom edge of the L subsequent rendering of a likely rock for~ and the armature set in place and temporarily front of the armature. This provides a we ll ­ malion for the southern New Mex ico area, stapled to the existing plywood form along the defined bottom edge and ensures that the piaster resulted in the large expanse of plaster cliffs back edge (see Photo I). Weights (bricks, also does not cover the dike rock. Followin g this below Humphreys Tank. The cliffs extend wrapped in plastic wrap) were then set on the step, the total thickness of the plaster outside the between two tracks, and contain sedimentary top of the armature, placed back from the front armature came to about 1/4" . The bri cks were rock layers as well as a large volcanic intrusion. edge about ¥4", in order to hold the armature in then removed from the structure and three 1/4" To complete th is scenic structure, two majo r place against the plywood. In addition, strips of holes were drilled through the screen in to the steps remained - the construction of a lift-out cardboard were inserted above the volcanic dike plywood form; the wood dowels that were sub­ access section, and coloration of the plaster to and under the plastic wrap so that the armature sequently glued into the plywood thus formed fann a realistic landscape. would not sag down and over the top of the dike positioning pins. The staples were then pulled The lift-oul section was designed so that it under the weight of plaster. from the plywood form , the armature carefully would fit into the existing landscape above the A thin coat of Bondex Plaster of Paris, mi xed removed and the access opening trimmed of any upper edge of the volcanic dike, yet be easily with cool water to a soupy consistency. was then pieces of plaster that happened to stick ou t into removed fo r maintenance of two sw itch applied to the front surface and top outside edge the opening. machines on the upper track. The initial plaster of the armature. This coating of plaster was The next step was to form detailed rock for­ work described in last mo nth 's " Behind the worked well into the screen of the armature and mations on the lift-oul section itself. Ln order to Scenes" provided a wedge-shaped cavity for allowed to dry (see Photo 2). Using this method, accompl ish this, pieces of plastic wrap were thi s lift-out section; the edges of the opening the annature acts as rebar, such as in a concrete placed over the positi oning pins, and additional were angled to accommodate the section. wall , resulting in a great deal of strength. plastic was used to cover the edge under the lift­ The first step in constructi on o f the lift-out Next, the ini ti al plaster layer was moistened out section and the upper track bed. The arma­ was therefore to form a screen-wire annature in with water and covered with a second layer of ture was then set in place, and a piece of screen the shape of this opening. The form was shaped plaster, which was also allowed to dry. As the was positioned against the back edge of the so that there was a double thi ckness of screen. plaster was drying, the plastic wrap at the bot- plaster on top of it (see Figure I).

This three-dimensional fault line carved last month shows the result The stratified and faulted sandstone and shale. along with the of major seismic activity in the geological history of the area of New basalt dike, combine to freeze moments in geological time. Mexico through which the Jersey Western Railroad has laid its Coloring can highlight the shapes and date the rock. Note the tracks. Acquiring a basic understanding of geology and paying close narrow band of greenish-gray rock seen rippling across the attention to detail are worth the effort when carving rockwork. The rock surface. The green color reveals the presence of tektites realistic results come from such behind-the-scenes sources as field from a very large meteorite that struck the earth near Cancun, trips, photographs in books and television nature shows. Mexico. at the end of the dinosaurs' era.

58 • Model Railroading February 1993 1 - The start of the lift-out section was a 2 - The front portion of the armature 3 - A second piece of screen was screen-wire armature that lay flat on the was covered with two layers of plaster attached to the armature (see Figure 1) plywood form. and was bent and cut to of paris. The bricks. covered with plastic and bent to the approximate shape of fit the contour of the existing plaster of wrap. held the back of the armature flat the desired rock cliff. Wadded newspa­ paris. The armature is a double layer of against the plywood form and acted as a per was used as a support while the screen which acts as "rebar" for the fin­ dam so that the plaster of paris would screen was being covered with paper ished lift-out. The "wings" on the edges form an edge when applied. Notice the towels dipped in plaster of paris. The of the opening are to allow plaster of strips of cardboard between the plastic plastic wrap kept new plaster of paris off paris to be applied next to the existing wrap covering the rock dike and the pias­ the existing rock. The sides of the open­ plaster to ensure a tight seam for the ter of paris applied to the armature. The ing are angled outward. so that the lift­ lift-out that is virtually invisible. cardboard spacers are for clearance. out acts as a wedge when set in place.

Plaster was then applied (0 the top of the flat dike. Sandstone and shale occur in a vari ety of could be reached with the wash. Yellow Ochre portion of the armature behind the screen and, earth ~ t y pe colors; for these cliffs we chose pre­ was added to the basic wash mix here and there when it had dried, the screen was bent to the dominantly red tones, with some yell ow ochre for variety. For deep crevices, Burnt Umber was approximate shape of the future rock and sup­ highlights, to contrast with other areas on the added in a thin wash and worked in wit h the ported by wadded newspaper (see Photo 3). Fol­ layout which feature brown sandstones. To add long-bristled brush. lowing the method described in last month's interest, a dark-brown streak runs through th e The dike was painted last, using a 2: I mixture "Behind the Scenes," the wire was then covered layers, and a narrow band of greenish-gray rock of Paynes Gray and Pennalba While, mixed with with sturdy paper towels soaked in a plaster-of­ can be seen rippling across the rock surface. a small amount of turpentine and applied with the paris mixture. Additional rock strata formed of a The green color reveals the presence of tektites long-bristled brush. The plaster soaks in the oil thick plaster-of-paris mixture were added to the - various glassy elements that do not occur colors quickly, so work was completed rapidly. ouler surfaces of Ihe annature. and all rock carv­ naturally on the earth, but are predominant in Completion of the coloring process invol ved ing on the lift-out was completed while it was in meteorites. This band of tektite-rich rock occurs removing the lift-out section to the workbench place. Once the plaster was dry, the lift-out was in various thicknesses, from about ~" thick in and coloring its underside so that no white pias­ removed, the plastic taken away and the lift ~out clay to 3' and 4 ' thick in sedimentary rock. ter spots would show through (see Photo 4). The replaced. Coloring the complete rock face, li ft­ Over the past few years, scientists have theo­ top of the dike thai abuts the lift-out section was out and all, was the next task. rized Ihat this layer was deposited during the also completed while the lift-out panel was Again, a trek into geology proved useful in Tertiary time period (at the end of the Cretaceous removed. The whole was then reassembled for the choi ce of colors for the rock face. Volcanic era) as a result of a giant meteorite colliding with finaltouchup. A bright li ght directed at different dikes are formed of f in e~g rai n ed rock, such as the earth, and that such a collis ion may have angles on the rock surface is helpful as an aid in basalt, which is usually a dark to medium light caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Rocks al discovering tiny specks and crev ices of white gray. We chose a medium light gray for this the edges of the sandstone and dike fonnations that require paint. are a mixture of gray and reddish-brown. Completing this scene entails tra'ckside The first step in applying the colors was to scenery, vegetation and dirtwork, along with Figure 1 - This cross-section view define specific layers in the sandstone and shale. construction of a retaining wall and rock above of the lift-out being constructed shows For this, a small brush was used to apply oil col­ the topmost track and some backdrop work. All the double~layer screen-wire armature, ors thinned to half their nonnal consistency with of these aspects wi ll involve additional tech­ armature plaster and the '~reen to be turpentine. The dark sandstone layers were col­ niques to be covered in next month 's "Behind used for the finat rockwork. ored with Burnt Umber. Sap Green mi xed 2: I the Scenes." See you then. ~ with Burnt Umber was used for the tektite layer, SCREEN FOR ROCK CLIFF and Red Light mixed 1: I with Burnt Umber and a small amount of Pennalba White fonned addi­ tional shale and sandstone layers. The shale layers were each individually col­ ored, keeping the same hues consistent within each layer across the fault line. To add variety, PLASTER th e basic Red Light/Burnt Umber/White mix­ ture was colored with small amounts of Yellow 4 - After initial coloring. the lift-out was Ochre, Paynes Gray and additional Burnt taken from the layout and placed on the Umber to achieve different layer colors. Once workbench so that its underside could be several specific layers were completed and completely colored. allowing no white dried, the entire sandstone area was washed with plaster spots to show through when the PLYWOOD FORM a very thin coat o f the basic Red Light/Burnt lift-out is in place. The edge of the open­ Umber/White mixture. ing on the layout was also colored at this A larger brush with I"-Iong bristles was used time for the same reason. This step helps for this process, so that all crevices and contours to hide the edges of the lift-out.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 59 Treadwell Textiles (Contilluedfrom page 57.) and gives a nice finish to the kit. You can spray the casting number scribed onto the piece. After located along rivers have this very distinct mark the model with Dullcole to seal the plaster; how­ placing the castings in order, 1 glued them in on the building. The main building was glued to ever, I didn't feel that Ihi s was necessary with place. I glued the arch wall pieces together and the foundation strips. The el was assembled and this kit. 1 painted the stone structures Reefer attached them to the canal wall. When the main attached to the main building and the assembly Gray using a large, wide paintbrush. I then came building is placed on this wall , the water intake set aside to dry. back using a #000 brush and painted the small (0 power the building is hidden from view and is The process of addin g shingles to the roof stone courses with Grimy Black. Next , 1 nOI modeled. The water intake is not provided in began at this point. As I began working on the removed the plaster from the window areas. the kit, but ir you desire, holes could be drilled shingles, 1 started adding detai l to the building. Soulh River does provide a procedure for at the base of the el's wall to simulate this fea­ Holes had been drilled and nut-bolt-washer cast­ installing th e windows wi thout removing the ture. I put the base aside to dry and returned to ings were added to the side walls. indicating plaster from them, but I personally feel that the the construction of the main building. truss rods through the building. These were lack of depth would distract from a beautiful painted Rust. I also installed the metal etching building. I had the opportunity to review C. C. Main Building and Brick Annex for the doors that had been prepainted Coach Craw's Orbisonia, PA, firehouse kit for the I assembled the main building and the brick Green. I varied from the suggested paint scheme August 1991 issue of MRG. Clint Crow had rec­ annex at this point. I have a tendency to work in at this point by painting the wooden doors a Rust ommended several methods for working with subassemblies, moving from one part of the proj­ Brown. The instructions had suggested a Reefer Hydrocal kits in his instructions. He recom­ ect to another part of the project, keeping variety White, but I preferred a variety of color and a lit­ mended that w hen c utting openings in the and interest at a higher level. This kit is very tle less white on the structure. I began the long Hydrocal you wet the area with water and let it conducive to this type of construction. When procedure of adding the shingles to the roof. I soak for several minutes. I used his method very you tire of working on one section, you can washed the edge of the roof with water and sllccessfully on this mode l. This also speeded up begin work on another. I installed the windows placed the first row of shingles in position. I con­ the removal process, s ince there are 50-plus in both structures at this time. This is a very tinued this procedure working back and forth on window openings in the kit repetitive procedure as there are 58 castings to each side of the roof until it was finished. After the removal of the plaster from the win­ be installed in the main building alone. I found it dows I test-fitted the w indow castings in the was eas ier to install a few and do something Platforms openings and removed any extra plaster. I spray else, come back and install some more, then do There are three wooden platforms attached to painted the window castings flat white and set something else, until the procedure was fin­ the building. Each is attached to Ihe building in them aside to dry. The window openin gs were ished. While I was installing the windows, I a different way. The first platform is located painted with Reefer White and the entire wall began painting the wood trim, Reefer White. over Ihe river and is a porch-type with a roof. placed aside to dry. Bracing was glued 10 Ihe This included the lOx lOs, 1x8s, 2x8s and I x6s Us ing the template provided in the kit, I con­ back of the end walls as recommended in the used to frame the roof, dormers and cupola. The structed the platform using the 2x8s provided. instructions. After the bracing was dry, the card-stock roof was attached to the end-wall After the deckin g was applied I weathered the entire inside of the building was painted Grimy castings and I began the assembly of the dorm­ wood us ing an alcohol and india ink mixture. Black. The process was continued with the ers using Vll' x 11i6/1 wood and the laser-cut parts The weathering needs to be done al this time as painting of the brick addition. J had previously provided in the kit. The dormers were painted the roof prevents this procedure later in the con­ removed the windows at the same time as those Reefer Gray and attached to the roof at the struction. I cut three pieces of 2x8s and drilled in the main buildilTg, so I did not have to repeat places indicated and were trimmed with the pre­ them for nut-bolt-washer castings and applied that procedure. I painted the building Caboose painted 1x8s. The cupola was assembled next them to the stone columns below the deck. The Red with white windows and used Reefer Gray from the laser-cut parts and was also painted braces were then attached to the front deck for the stonework on the base. I also painted the gray. I trimmed it with the prepainted wood and be am and the wooden pieces on the stone inside of this building Grimy Black and put it glued it in place in the center of the roof. The columns. Any detailing to this platform should aside to dry. ends of the roof were finished using the 2x8 and be done prior to adding the roof to the structure. 2x 12 material I had prepainted. The roof along The donner for the el was constructed and the Scenery Base the s ides o f the main building was finished roof attached to the structure. You must finish A critical decision must be made at Ihis point using lOx I Os wi th mitered end s that allowed the the roof of the el before addi ng the roof to the in the construction as to the type of terrain the material 10 wrap around the ends of the building platfoml at the rear of the mill building, so the mill will be located on. South River suggests giving it the typical New England look. Scale two roofs can blend together. Tar paper was three possibilities - on flat land, in hilly terrain 4xlOs were attached under the 10x10, adding added to the roof of the el and all of the rafters. and on a stream with a canal and locks. The first some very pretty trim to the building. The roof This gives a nice variat ion from the shingles on two are simple and easier than the third; how­ for the el had been cut from card stock at the th e mai n roof. You can vary the roofing by ever, if you choose to model options one or two same time as the main roof. The instructions adding some gray tar paper cui from thin COI1 - 1 recommend that a third structure be added in recommend the underside of the annex's roof be struction paper or from one of the commercial the fonn of a boiler house for power. Using the scribed and then painted. I substituted scale I x8 producers. After the el was finished I added the template provided in the plans I constructed a lumber under the roof and stained it with india porch roof and railings to the deck. I then pro­ styrofoam base. I glued the wood base for the ink and alcohol. ceeded to build and install the cantilever deck building to the template and set the base aside to Before g luing the building to the base, I on the rear of the el. I recommend that additional dry. I noticed the origi nal base was just large added Sculptamold to the stream bed under the 2x8s be added to the ends of both decks to simu­ enough to allow construction of the building to arches and out from the building along the stone late a stronger type of constru cti on than the continue at th is point, but not of the size of the walls. I allowed the Sculptamold to dry and Ihen model indicates. In reality the decks would nO( finished diorama. T hi s will occur later in the painled it with Polly-S Earth. I washed the base be strong enough to support any weight placed construction sequence. I painted the canal walls of the stone walls with a very thin earth color to on them. These two decks are based on real Reefer Gray and test-fitted them onto the base. ind icate a high water mark on the stones. examples from several different mills in New Make sure that you study the pieces as each has Although it is often overlooked, most structures England; however, I think the examples were

60 • Model Railroading February'" 993 not fo ll owed very c losely, and these simple the entire structure together. I began construction ished at thi s point. The roof fo r the front plat­ modifications will make them more plausible. of the platform using the diagrams provided in form was added, along with th e outside steps I took a break from th e constructi on at this the kit. (Be very careful, because the drawings leading from the second Door. I then added the point to add to the styrofoam diorama base. I cut are three·quaner size and should be used only as cantilever attachment to the rear of the structure styrofoam 24" x 24" and mounted the base of the a gu ide.) I completed the deck and weathered it and the roof with the clerestory. The roof on this st ru ct ure on it. I th en added styrofoam around using a very heavy wash of india in k and alco­ bu ilding added more variety, as it is corrugated. the base to build the front of the building up to hol. I painted the ground under the platform with The final attachment to the structure was the tar­ track level and allowed room for the stream bed Poll y-S Earth and all owed it to dry. Then the paper shed located along Ihe side of the build­ at the rear of the building. I then cut out the platform was attached to the building. ing. This was a simple cut-and-fit procedure space for the concrete dam and the lower rock using the card stock provided in the kit. retaining wa ll and glued th em into place. I Stream The final small detail that adds much to this install ed the gate in the retain ing wall, weath · With the building in place and the platforms kit is the lock mechanism that is visible next to ered the wood with india ink and alcohol and attached, I began to work in the stream area. I the canal. The ent ire mechanism is exposed and glued it in place. After the styrofoam had dried I painted acrylic gel onto wax paper and set it is another focal point of the diorama. The mech­ placed Sculptamold on the ground in front of the aside to dry, to be used to si mulate water flow­ anism is made up of several white metal cast­ buildings and allowed this to dry. ing over the dam. I added Sculptamold to the ings and an etched brass frame. Assemble the The simple wood building connecting to the stream bed. When it dried I painted the stream parts very carefully and put them into place on stone main building and the brick annex was with Poll y-S Earth at the edges, fea thering it the casting of the pit. constructed next. I installed the stone founda­ into black in the center of the stream and at the With the kit fini shed I applied ground cover, tion for the structure and painted them Reefer back of the dam, indicating a very deep canal. finished the hi ll side and area below the dam Gray. The wood buildin g was painted Reefer Minwax Jacobian stain was then added to the with vari ous types of foliage and installed two White with wh ite doors and windows. Then the surface of the paint to give it a we t look. A hill pieces of code 70 flextrack for the sidings. The rafters we re added to the underside of the roof was added to the upper level of lhe diorama and fina l touch was the addition of the sign. and the tar paper installed. I in stalled the brick Sculplamold was painted on the styrofoam. The If you wan t a beautiful structure and are will· ann ex next by gluing it to the base, and then ac rylic gel was peeled from the wax paper and ing 10 spend the tim e with the extra scenery placed Sculptamold around the bases of the vari­ app lied to the dam using more acrylic gel as an requirements, I hi ghly recommend th is kit. It is ou s buildings, bringing it up to the foundations adhesive. Aft er it had d ri ed the stream was not difficult to bui ld and makes a spectacular of th e structures. I painted the castings for the poured, using Envirotex for water. The area centerpiece for a layou t. The kit is not inexpen­ lock mechanism and put stained 2x8s on th e below the dam was completed usi ng rocks and sive; however, the finished product is well noor. This was placed next to the stone canal dirt painted with Jacobian stain. A thin coat of worth the cost. South Rive r 's kit s are well­ walls and allowed to dry. I added styrofoam Envirotex was used to represent rhe fast-flow ing thought -out and the instructions are ve ry clear. around th e brick annex and began to work water. Us ing acrylic gel, I placed ridges to simu­ For thi s reason you shou ld consider any of their Sculptamold around the building to indicate a late rapids on top of the Envirotex and painted it structure ki ts for your layout. road. white. The lower falls was simu lated again Treadwell Textiles (Kit # 120) is avai lable Whi le the Sculptamold was drying, construc­ usi ng the acrylic gel th at had been painted on from South River Modelworks, Bardswell 's tion of the trackside platform was begun. This wax paper. Ferry Rd. , Conway, MA 01341. Retail $235.00 platform is a focal poi nt for the model and ti es The fin al porti ons of the structure were fin- plus $6.50 shipping and handling. ~ TO THE ED ITO R (COlllilllled ji'om page 4.)

Low-Nose Early Geeps We are a nonprofit group dedicated to the st udy of the Canadian Na li o n ~ al Railways and its subsidiaries, the Grand Trunk, Central Vermont, Dear Model Railroadillg, Grand Trunk Western and the Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific. Also the A correction is in order for the December 1992 issue in Jim Six's article GTW's co-owned or now wholly ow ned subsidiaries (like th e BRC, on pages 24·27. DT&I, D&TSL, C&WI, etc.) and the Northern Alberta Railway and the I believe that Southern Pacific was the first railroad to receive a low-nose Canadian Southern wil l be covered. Geep. These were the last production GP9 units. The last 20 of 340 such We publish a quarterly newsletter called the "CN LI NES" in which you unit s for the ESPEE system had the large 48" fan s and "factory" low noses. wi ll find art icles on both the prototype and the modeling aspect of Can we get Jim to model some SP units in the future? No one does it bet­ eN ter than him!! ! equipment as well as reviews on books, videos, new models, informat ion on locomotive rosters, freight car data, paint schemes, etceteras, all pertain ­ Accord ing to SO il/hem PacifiC Motive Power Annual 1973 by Joe Stra· ing to the CN fami ly of rail roads. pae from Chatham Publishing Company on page 25 and 26, they show that Although we are the Li nes Special Interest Group of the Nati onal in August and September of 1959 that Southern Pacific received the fi rst eN Model Railroad Association (N MRA), in terested part ies do not have 10 20 low-nose "Geep" un its. However they were GP9 types not GPI 8. be NMRA members to join - but we do encourage NMRA membership. Therefore the GP 18 was not the first low-nose "Geep" from the EMD fac­ Our annual dues Slrucutre is as follows: U.S. - Reg. $ 16/Sust. $24, tory. At the same time Santa Fe was also receiving low·nose SD24s. Canadian - Reg. $20 (Canadian)/Susl. $30 (Canadian), Int ' l. Ground­ Jeff Chambers Reg. $24/Su, 1. $30 and In! 'I. Ai r - Reg. $36/Sus1. $45. All amounts in U.S. Chatswonh, CA currency except where indicated. Please send funds to: Alf Goodall , Membership Chairman, 11 2 Maple­ eN Lines SIG ton Drive, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R2P I C9. Dear Sir, Thank you very much for publishing this information. I am writing LO you to introduce or update you to Oll r specia l interest group "C.N. LI NES 5 1G" and to ask if you could mention our group in Eric Potter your publication. Li ndsay, Ontario, Canada ~

February 1993 Model Railroading • 61 MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL Spine Cars: The McKean Front Runner (and 50' TOFC Flatcar) by David A. Bontrager Photos by the author

n last month's articl e on modeling spine cars, we took a look al the I Athearn Impack car. This month we examine McKean's Front Runner and 50' TOFC cars. Front Runner

3 - The " 8 " end of the car is ent irely ex posed. The cast walk ways were removed so the Plano etched walkways would have a total see-through 1 - The fin ished car is nice. The design of the car allows almost all of the effect, as they should. added detailing to be visible. The McKean Front Runner is a fe-release of the ori ginal Front Range Products model. The weight s have been improved 10 give the car sli ghtly more empty weight. [nstalling metal wheelsets will add a bit more weight. Despite this, it is still an extremely lightweight car, so I always add some more weight to the floor of the van using A-Line self-sticking weights. This does not make the car unreasonably top-heavy.

2 - For operating models I build the Front Runners factory-painted out of the box. Shown here, I've found it easier to construct the car in two major sub-assemblies. The factory tellering is sharp and accurate; a little weather­ ing and they're ready to go. Jim Six and I have had previous articles on the Front Runner. but neither of us has ever done a complete job of detailing, so here goes.

62 • Model Railroading February ., 993 4 - The triple valve included with the kit lacks any kind of specific detail. For mounting th e lever to allow it to be suspended in th e opening, I Upon checking parts at the hobby shop and in Walthers catalog I came to the installed a piece of plastic inside the frame. The guard was made from flat reali zation that finding a truly good-looking triple valve as a separate detail brass wire. Also shown here is how I made the air supply line in two part is impossible. A-Line and Walthers have excellent triple valVes for their pieces, for ease of construction, and still maintained the ali gnment neces­ double-stack cars. Since Walthers' are stand -alone cars there aren't any sary to give it the appearance of a continuous line. To do this a short piece extras, so I used a leftover valve from an A-Line Gunderson bulkhead car. of square plastic was glued inside the guard wit h a hole drilled inlO each Since everything is exposed on the Front Runner, simply gluing the air lines end of the block for the wire to slip into. in place just doesn't look right. Us ing Precision Scale parts I made hangers and joint couplings for the air lines. Notice that the train air supply line crosses over through the frame behind the platform. This is not easily seen on the finished model, but it 's there. The hol e in the frame for this line is elongated, just as on the prototype. After the platform was installed, a retainer valve, complete with handle and air line, was attached to the end of the platform. To replicate the large-radius bends of the air lines, the brass wire was bent around plastic rod instead of using needle-nose pliers. Notice the bracket and hangers where the air lines go through the frame wall.

7 - The bracket for the air line is a Kadee part. While not an exact part for this car, it has more detail that I cou ld scratch bui ld on such a sma ll part; therefore it looks right. Notice the unlatching lever on the fifth wheel.

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5 - The air-tank mounting is not true [0 the prototype, but it does allow the tank to be mounted before the platform, which makes detailing easier. Though difficult to see, air lines are installed on the back side of the air tank and actually go through the frame wall. The small bracket and hanger ahead of the air tank is for the triple-valve rod.

8 - The air line al the platfonn end is totally hidden by the plal form , but it 's there. The grabiron on top of the platform railing is hand-bent from .010 brass wire. All steps for the car were hand-bent using Oat brass wire.

9 - The triple-valve rod is .008 brass wi re. On the prototype thi s rod is sim­ ply looped at the end to form a handle. This was replicated by looping the wire around a No. 79 drill bit.

6 - A slot must be made in the frame for the hand-brake actuating lever.

February 1993 Model Railroading • 63 10 - After final assembly the hand-brake hardware was completed. The down. The various TOFC conversion cars were quick and economical solu­ lever and clevis were both drilled out (separately), then the clevis pinned to tions to meeting the rapid demand fo r more intemlOdal equipment. the lever wi th .010 brass wire. Just a speck of CA ad hesive was used to The original Front Range Products TOFe car (out of production) had an hold the pin in place. I ran the rod through the lower wa lkway frame so as open frame at the hitch end of the car. This car followed the general design not 10 interfere wi th the Pl ano walkways. On the prototype the walkways of boxcar conversions, wh ich are still commonplace today on the proto­ actually are suspended above the frame on brackets and the rod is located type. The Front Range car had operational problems due to lack of weight. above the' frame and beneath the walkway. On the model I believe this But here again, as with the Front Runner, I added self-sticking weights 10 mounting looks good. the floor of the van. If common sense is exercised when operating these cars, no problems occur. The new McKean 50' TOFC car has a solid floor, or deck, the entire length of the car. This allows for a fuU-length weight under the floor - which gives the car enough weight to operate empty. The prototype for the McKean car is a converted flatcar built by Santa Fe's Topeka Shops. Numerous other railroads also operate Ihi s type of TOFC car. The tread plates included in the McKean kit are common with the Canadian roads. I don't believe any of the American roads use this tread plate, but it is possible - check photos. You will probably never fi nd a unit lrain compri sed entire ly of 50' TOFC cars. They're usuall y used to fill oul a train with an odd number of vans. Therefore, several are commonly fo und mi xed in with art iculated cars. An ideal practice for model railroad application.

---11 11 - The last items added were the Plano walkways and a scratchbuilt cut lever wi th bracket. 13 - The car and van are one kit and factory painted. With the exception of Jay- Bee wheel sets, Kadee couplers and A-Line stirrup steps, the model as shown is built right out of the box. Both the van and car have been Dullcoted with just a little black added as described earlier. The graphics are so sharp and legible that the fir st time I showed it to Doug he tho ugh t I had painted and decaled the entire model. With thi s degree of quality being offered to us, it's much easier building models in multiples.

12 - One of the nice things about the McKean Front Runner is that it will actuall y carry a 48' van, as it should. The problem is that no one produces a 48' van. No problem, I loaded an A-Line 48' container on a Walthers con­ tainer chassis. 50' TOFC Car You 're ri ght , this 50' TOFC flatcar is not a spine car; so why is it in thi s article? Several reasons: I) i had to fit it in somewhere, so I did it here since I' m not th e one building the piggyback f1 alcars; 2) the McKean TOFC car is the only commercial kit of this type of car at the lime of thi s writing. Jim Panza, Andy Sperandeo and Mont Swilzer have written indi­ 14 - A Front Runner and a 50' TOFC flatcar at the head end of Impack vidual articles on scratchbuilding/kitbashing TOFC conversion cars (see cars. These cars can be mixed anywhere in Ihe train. Also in this photo. did re ferences at end of thi s article). you notice all of the intricate detailing I did on thi s Front Runner? Probably intennodal vans and containers are capable of door-to-door service to not before I mentioned it. As i have staled before, detailing intennodal cms many more customers than boxcars, and have less maintenance overhead. is nice, and a personal preference. But for the IllOst part it simply gets lost Hence, the demand for van s and containers is up, the demand for boxcars is in operation.

64 • Model Railroading February '1993 Note on Operation: The 50' TOFC car uses a full truck at each end of frei ght car component s have been released on the market by numerous the car and operates flawlessly. The two-axle design of the Front Runner manufacturers. Therefore, it is now much easier to build more accurate makes it a difficult car to fine-tune for operation. When you get it fi ne­ cars. These cars are still in comm on use today and can be fo und in many tuned fo r one rai lroad, it may not operate on another railroad, because of intennodal trains. track work, type of turnouts, etc. The si ng le ax les cause the wheels to "pick" turnout frogs and derail on transiti ons to elevated curves. I strongly Summary recommend that the trucks be mounted wi th screws to facilitate optim um Between the prototype overv iew (MRG, December 1992). last month's fine-tuning. I be lieve this ex tra work is worth the effort as these are good­ article on the Athearn lmpack car and this article, l have covered the most looking cars in operation. common of the spine-type cars. The efforts of Athearn and McKean are certainl y appreciated. but much ." "/'" . f'i+ff1'1 I ' still needs to be done in this area of contemporary equipment, especially • .' •. '...... I; f • '1 i ',' ••' .. / I .,. : i : : 'I I 1 with the All -Purpose Spine Car. This car is state-of-the-art and is the most ...... :: ::'!I.:' :' : : common articulated spine car in use today, and most li kely will be for many years ahead. It would be a difficult car to scratchbui ld ; hopefully one of the manufacturers will recogni ze the need for producing a good model of thi s car. References Model Railroader, December 1984: "Santa Fe converted flatcar fo r TOFC use." Drawings and photos of the prototype car for the McKean model. Ma inline Modeler, June 1987: "Building a Southern TOFe car using the Front Range ki1." Railroad Model Craftsman, September 1987: "Modeling a VTIX car," "Container tie downs." Anicles include much prototype in foJll1ation. .1.

Bill of Materials Manufacturer Part No. Description A·Line 29001 Stirrup steps Detail Associates 2503 .010 brass wire - grabirons and rod for triple valve 2504 .012 brass wire -small air line to hand valve 2505 .0 15 brass wire - small air line on triple valve 2506 .019 brass wire - main air lines 2522 .010 x .018 fiat brass wire- guard around frame opening for brake lever 2524 .010 x .030 nat brass wire- steps Jay·Bee Products 107 28" bl ackened nickel-silver wheelsels 108 33/1 blackened nickel-silver wheelsets Kadee 5 Couplers 15 & 16 - The original Front Range 50' TOFC fla tcar was a close match to 438 Air hoses and brackets this Norfolk Southern car. Notice that the floor was left intact only where Plano Model Products TBA Walkways for McKean needed for the van wheels and around the hitch. The longitudinal floor Front Runner car braces were literally torched off over the open secti on of the car. This Precision Scale Company 4859 Single pipe bracket - small would be a relatively easy car to scratchbuild. Even though previous arti­ 4860 Single pipe bracket - large cles have been published on scratchbuildinglkitbashing various intennodal 48121 Air-valve handle cars, we are interested in new projects, includin g this car since the Front 48134 Clevis Range model is out of production. In the last several years a vast array of 48196 Pipe lee

February 1993 Model Railroading • 65 MODEL RAILROADING'S DEALER DIRECTORY

WILMINGTON CONCORD SAN BERNARDINO fORTCOlllHS CHICAGO IRON HORSE TRAINS BUSY BEE HOBBY SHOP HOBBY TOWN MITDiEll'S. INC. CHICAGOLAND HOBBY ALABAMA 3494 CLAYTON RD . 461 W. HIGHlAND AVE. 2531 0 S. COLLEGE AVE. 2119 CONCORD PIKE GEORGIA 6017 N. NORTHWEST 'rNN. 94519 510-682·5775 92405 714·886·2669 303-244-5445 FAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER 312-775-4848 ""15 19800 302·652·3258 60031

CONCORD SAN DIEGO GRAND JUNCTION ATlIENS ~ATlIMSVtllE) CHICAGO RARAAVISTRAINS WEST COAST HOBBIES THE HOBBY HUT MEMOR STAnON mOST OO!IBY SHOP \ ROAD,HOBBIES . I 56SD-H IMHOFF 7750 CONVOY COURT 811 N. 12TH ST. POBOX 56 3105·3111 W. 63RD 51 Im~~m" 94520 511I-1i85-6566 81501 303-242-8761 92111 619·560·9636 I ~~~~VAY 441 SOUJ~'769.a986 60019 312·925·1000

COSTA MESA SAN DIEGO GAEElEY TRAIN CROSSING THE WHISTlE STOP DON'SHOSBIES CREST Hill lD89C BAKER ST. 3834 4TH AVE. BISIOTH STREET WALfS ttOOIIY SHOP 92103 619·295·7340 FLORIDA 1701 N, LARKIN AVE. 92626 714·549,1596 60031 303·353·3115 ~''''n'10 SQUARE 60435 815·741-1)043

ESCOHD1DO SAN fRANCISCO WfWOOD OmOHA",,, CHAMIlEE DESPUINES SHORT tiNES JUNCTION MAllWAYs.TRAINS ARE US COlf'AR HOBBIES GANDY DANCERS OES PlAINES HOB81ES ARIZONA 118 EAST GRANO AVE. 200 FOLSOM AT MAIN 3313 S. WADSWORTH BLVD . 5460 PfACHTREE RD. 1464 LEE 5T. 92025 619-489·5020 94105 415-982-2523 80227 303-989-7008 l~r.~~~1T~ 30341 404·451 ·7425 60018 708·297·2118

SAH lUIS 081SPO WESTMINST1:R DOWNfI\S GROVE I~!.~ fRESNO LAWS HOBBY CENTER HOBBY TOWN COLUM8US FRESNO MODEL RAILROAD 855 MARSH 6975 W. 68TH AVE. TOYS FOR BIG BOYS DOWNERS GROVE HOBBIES I 744 P. STREET 6234 S, MAIN sr. 93401 805·544·5518 80021 3(13·431·0482 ~r.~gi ,~"" 3443 HAMILTON ROAD "'" 93721 21)9-266·2805 . 'LORlDA'XI;.683.32" 31904 41)4·327·4546 &0516 708·960·5900 EDWARDSVIlLE SANTA CLARA LAHTAHA LAWRENCEVIllE TRAIN $HOP THE DEPOT TRACK II TRAINS TRAIN WORKS 108 N. MAIN ST. 1829 PRUNER lOGE AVE. &03 RIDGE RD . 251 FHURRICANE SHOALS RD. ~~I"&~8R~, lm~MAINS~E~ ..!,~~o. 95050 408·296·1050 33462 407·585·1982 HOME OF PROTO-BED 30245 4G4-339·nso 62025 618·656·6109

HEMET STOtnGH .lAMl RIYfRDAl.E ElGIN DVNAMIC H08BIES DELTA DEPOT ORANGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES RIVERDALE STATION B & GTRAIN WORLD 5301h E. FlORIDA AVE. 5939 PACIFIC AVE. CONNECTICUT 1975 NW 36TH ST. 6504 CHURCH ST.. SUITE 8 829WALNUT AVE. 92543 714·925·9331 95207 209--473-3410 33142 305·633·2521 30274 4()4·991·&O85 &0120 708·8S8·2646

IRYINE ORLANDO TORRAHCE SAYANHAH FRAHKLlN PARK tKl6BYTOWN USA BIG KIDS WORLD Of TRAINS BUtL STREET STATION END OF TRACIC HOBBIES THE CROSSROADS ALL ABOARD MODel RR 1039 NORTH MILLSAVE. ARKANSAS 3168 PACIFIC COAST HWY. 151 BUll ST. 9706 FRANKLIN AVE. 3850 BARRANCA P'fflV. 32803 FAX 407·894·4833 60131 708--455·2510 92714 114·733·1126 OOS05 213·791·2637 I ~~~~~;,:~ 31402 912·236·4344 LAMESA DANBURY ORLANDO LAGRANGE CONWAY REEOSH08BY TURLOCK MICKEY'~ MODEL WORKS SQUARE ROUNDHOUSE DANBURV HOBBY CENTER CQl.ONlAl PHOTO & HOBBV INC. LA GRAHGE HOBBY CENTER INC. 8009 LA MESA BLVD. 366 MAIN ST. 634 N. MI LLS ST. 25 S. LAGRANGE RD. 2305 WASHINGTON AVE. 91941 519--464·1672 1468 LANDER AVE. 721)32 501·450·g423 95380 209·668·4454 008" 203·743,9052 32803·4675 407·841-1485 &0525 708·354·1220

LAKEWOOD MANCHESTER I MUNDEUlN OARDENELLE HOBBY WAREHOUSE VENT1JRA RIVER VALlfY H0B8IES FRIENDS RIGHTTRACl( IiOBBIES NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPlY THE lAA1~~.~~.1 RON'S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES 4118 E. SOLmi ST. IOAHO 431 N. LAKE ST. PO BOX 425 90712 213-531-1413 1818 E. MAIN ST. 71 HILLIARD ST. 501·229·1270 93003 805,643·5338 21)3·646-0610 .117·'" 708·949·8680 728" '""0 32789 BOISE FORT SMITH WESTMINSTER NEW LONDON PEHSACOLA NORMAl ARNIES TRAINS BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE END Of THE LINE MOOR TRAIN -JEFFREY ALANS GOLDEN SPIKE HOBBY CENTER SUPPlY 505 S. 17TH 6540WESTMINSTER AVE. 426 WIlliAMS ST. 5719 NW. ST. 701 TOWANDA r*~~J~s,~r;;;;;!?~~ 92683 714-893·1015 1717 S. EAGltSON RD . 61761 30H54-74S6 71901 501·785·2557 06320 203·444-2944 32505 904--433-2187 83705 208·37]·4320

NORTH LITTLE ROCK lOSAHGfLES YUBA CITY I SHElTON PLAHTATION PALATIHE MAOIJO HOgaY IiOUSE All1ED MOOEL TRAINS WESTERN DEPOT UNIVERSAl IiQBBIES INC. PAlATINE HOBBY,LTD. 5502 MacARTHUR OR. 4411 SEPULVEOA BLVD. 1650 SIERRA AVENUE, STE. 203 HI S. STATE RD .. n 772 W. EUCLID AVE. 72118 501-753·0495 90230 213·313-9353 95992 916--673·6776 33317 305·581·9390 60007 708·359·7888 I ~!rxil" 203·",",761

MORENO VAllEY SIMSBURY PLAHTATION tONG'S DRUG STORE 1224 VAlLEY HOBBIES, INC. WARRICK CUSTOM HOBBIES ~ • • COllECTORS 25070 ALESSANDRO BLVD. m HOPMEAIlOW ST 1025 S. lmIVERSITY ILLINOIS 92388·4313 714,242·5060 06070 203-651·3234 "'Z4 305·370-0708 II

UNCASVILLE SARASOTA NORTH HOLLYWOOD 8ELLEVILLE PEORIA THE ROUNDHOUSE TRACKSIO£ GULF COAST MODEL RAILROAD THE TRAIN DOCTOR 63 MOXLEY RD. 3222 ClAAK ROAD JEFFREY ALAHS CALIFORNIA 12804 VICTORY Bt va. COLORADO 715 EAST MAIN 4601 N. SHERlOAN ROAD 818·769·0403 0638' 203·848-0480 34321 813·923·9303 618·233·2824 "600 TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS """ 61614 309·693,7173 ORAHGE WOLCOTT ST. AUGUSTINE BERWYN QUINCY """ FRAHK'S HOBBY SHOP COLORADO SPRINGS THE HOBBY GAlLERV HOBO'S HOBBIES IiOBBY CITY TOP HAT HOBBIES. INC. :~,~ ,~.~~,. 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. DIAMOND fUN SHOPPE 1810 MERIDEN RD. 320 S. PONCE DE LEON BLVD. 6910 CERMAX RD. 126 NORTH 5TH 714-639·9901 125E. BOULDER 06716 203·879-2316 904·826·1)222 60402 708·795·0280 62301 217·222-0040 '''0; ""7 80903 719·520-0126 3"" SKOKIE PETALUMA COLORADO SPRINGS TAlLAHASSEE BLOOMINGTON I BERKElEY MODELS AND MORE HOBBV CASOOSE NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND KRIS KRINGLE LTD. HOBBYl.AND INC. COllECTORS GAlLERY I 218 PETALUMA BLVD. N. 22O-B W. THARPE 616 N. MAIN ST. 94952 707-762·2378 2619W. COlORADO AVE. 4901 OAKTON ST. ~71l4 80904 719·633,1210 32'" !104·3a5·9n8 61701 309·828·1442 60077 708-673--4849 TAMPA REDDING BURBANK SPRINGFIELD TRAIN DEPOT CHESTER HOtlfY MODEl ''''IRON ""SE RAILROAD SPECIALIST GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN stiOP JEfFREY AlANS I . 2~ RAilROAD AVE.. !r.°':J£l:ii:: OELAWARE 1602 WABASH 916-243·1360 3818 S. HIMES AVE. 6357 W. 79TH ST. .. ,,,... ~ ,''X" ""'3 ESI'IION) 60459 708·598·3114 62704 217-78Hn1 "''' 33611 813·831·7202 DENVER CENTRALIA CABOOSE HOBBIES TAMPA SPRINGFIELD HAPPY HOBO TRAINS Cl:NTRAlIA GOlD AND HOIIBV WHISnE POST 500 S. BROADWAY 119E. BROAIlWAY !~~IS"'"X 303·m·6766 ~~y~~~':£s 41140W. WATERS AVE., 111110 2347 W. MONROE PlAZA ;;,;- 618·533·1296 627114 217·7~4·6675 ~ """ 30"'''·7700 33614 813·886,5072 "'OI ROSEVILLE DE/WER WILMINGTON CHAMPAIGN RAILROAD HOBBIES TRAINMASTER Of DENVER HOBBI ART INC. PRAIRIE GARDENS ~r:~:, )~O , I99CIRBV WAY 112 3700 HAVANA t21~ 4109 KIRKWOOD HWY. 3(XJO W. SPRINGFIELD S567B 916-782-6067 '02" 303·371·8444 '''''' 302·999·0144 61821 217·356'5558 66 • Model Railroading February '1993 EAST POINT SPRING WE PARK OMAIIA A8SfCON INDIANA KENTUCKY MASSACHUSmS JOE'S HOBBY CENTER UNIVERSITY HOBBIES SCA1.E RAIL THE ROUNOHOuse INC. 17900 E. TEN MILE BI85 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE 4205 S. Bmt ST .• BOX 2n42 400 NEW JERSEY AVE. '802' 313-77J.B294 55432 612-78(1.4189 68127 402-33H380 1J821)' 609-64Hm BROWN'S COUNTY PARIS BOLTON fARMINGTON ST. PAUl,IMAPLEWOOO OMAHA CHESTER NASHVI LLE RAI LROAD CO. CABOOSE CORNER SCALE MODEL PRODUCTS JOE'S HOBBY CENTER HOBBYTOWN TRAINMAN TRADING POST THE HOBBY & GAME ANNEX ANTIQUE AlLEY 2015 MAIN ST. 63 HUDSON RD. 3035 WHITE BEAR AVE. 5215S.21STST. ROUTE 24 NASHVILLE 606-987·1257 POBOX 72 35203 GRAND RIVER 612-77~530 68107 402-734·7233 07930 908·879~263 47«8 812·988·1558 '036' 01740 508·779-5056 '"024 313·m·6266 55'09 FLINT EVANSVILLE BROCKTON COLTS NECK A A HOBBY SHOP RIDER·S CUSTOM TRA INW ORKS THE BroER HOBBY PEOPLE JUST TRAINS 2023 W. FRANKUN Sl 24 TINA AVE 41 HWY. 34 47712 812423-8888 3012 CORUNNA RD. Q2'Q2 508·580-5644 '850' 313-234-4051 07722 908·409·2772 FORT WAYNE CHELMSFORD (WES~ f RASER FLORENCE ItOBBY lAND STAN'S MODEl TRAI SHOP P& DHOBBY SHOP SPORTS AMERICA & 416 COLISEUM BLVD. LOUISIANA 16 SCHOOL STREET 31902 GROESSBECK HWY. MISSISSIPPI HOBBY CENTER 219·483·8186 01863 508-2SH628 48026 313·296-61 16 ROUTE 1305, PO BOX 255 ".05 08518 609·499·2992

INDIANAPOLIS BATON ROUGE DANVERS GRAND RAPIDS LOUISIANA CENTRAl. HOBBIES NEW ENGlAND MODEL SUPPLY EARL'S TRAIN WORLD lAUREL HIGHTSTOWN II. GAUGE TRAIN SHOP 467 MAPlE ST. HOBBY COfINER OK & BRAILWAY SUPPLIES 8863 PENDlETON PIKE 10230 flORIDA BLVD. lD560CASCAOE ROAD Sf NEVADA 504-273-0)95 TUES-THURS 10-6 fRll0-8 6 MILES FROM END OF 28TH ST. 1534 N. fiRST AVE. 138 SOOTH MAIN ST. 317·a98~88J 70815 6OH49-4501 "'" ~J~~·5 '"'.m.... ' 49331 616·868·7495 ''''' 08520 609·.48·5070 MICHIGAN CITY BROUSSARD LEOMINSTER GRANO RAPIDS TUPElO PENNSAUKEN RON ·S MODEL RAILROADSHOP lAS VEGAS B & A HOBBIES & CRAFTS THE SHfTAUG RAILROAD CO. HOBBY WORLD CONDUCTORS CHOICE MODEL PRCTRAINS TED'S ENGINE HOUSE 408 FRANKUN 106 E. MAIN STREET 24 COLUMBIA ST. 2851 CLYDE PAR!( SW TRAlNS 6307 WESTFIELD AVE. 318-837·3799 3OOW. UTAH 219·874·2382 705" 01453 508·537·2277 616·538·6130 500 S. SPRING 89102 702·.183·3325 08110 609-<6,-0222 .."" "5'" 601-8-42·5465 MISHAWW NEW ORLEANS """ METHUEN GRANO RAPIDS lAS VEGAS PISCATAWAY HOBBV LAND HUBHOBBY SUPPLY MODELER'S JUNCTION RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP MODEl RA ILROAD SHOP ST. AND REW'S PlAZA 2618 S. BROAD ST. TRAIN EXCHANGE sa LOWElL ST., ROUTE 113 2055 28TH ST. SE 6008 BOULDER HWY. VAIL AVE. & NEW MARKET RD. 620 W. EDISON ROAD 70125 504-822-3914 616·247·9933 "844 702~56·8766 ,.,,, 908-968-5696 46'45 21~255'1722 "'""'""" "'" "'" SHREVEPORT NORTON KAlAMAZOO RED BANK COOK'S COLlECTORS CORNER NORTH lAS VEGAS NORTON PROTOTYPE HOBBIES RIDER·S HOBBY SHOP PETERSON HOBB IESICRAFTS HOBBYMASTERS INC. 4402 YOUREE OR . 160 TAUNTON AVE. 3417 S. WESTNEDGE AVE. 62 WH ITE ST 71105 318·865·7632 MISSOURI 3262B CIVICCENTER OR. 02766 508·285 ·6712 490" 616-349-2666 "030 702-649-3311 07701 908·642·6020

RAYNHAM WAM AZOO 8ALLWIN RUD RUTHERFORD EO·SBOXCAR STAN'S ROUNDHOUSE ClfCKERED FlAG HOBBY CNTRY. HIGH S!ERRA MODELS CHOO CHoo EDDIES IOWA 611 CENTER STRE£T 5228 S. WESTNEOGE 14755 MANCHESTER RD. 3677 KINGS RDW 38 AMES AVE. 02767 508·822-6563 ..., 616·345-0004 63011 314-394·7600 89503 702·747-7444 07073 201·436·4588

CEDAR RAPIDS SUDB URY PETOSKEY BL UES PRINGS REND WESTMO NT BOX)(AA HOBBIES KEN·S TRAINS OOUG'S PHOTO AND IiOOBY MAINLINE TRAINS HOBBIES Of RENO SATILER·S HOBBY SHOP 109 llilRD AVE. SE MAINE Mill VILlAGE. RTE. 20 303 E. MITCHEU 807 MAIN ST. 535 E, MOAHA lAUE 14liADDON AVE. 52401 319-362·1291 01776 508-443-6883 .9770 616·347·4233 64015 816-22Hi962 """ 102·826·6OOj 09'" 6OH5HI36 NORTH YARMOUTH DES MOINES WARREN PORT HURON FARMINGTON HOBBY HAVEN TRAIN & TROOPER TUCKERS HOBB IES BLUE WATER HOBBIES A&I HOBBY CENTRAL 7672 HICKMAN RD. 13 MEMOR IAL HWY. ~ROUTE 9f BOX 1090 - 8 BACON Sl 1414 PINE GRQ\lE AVE. 3109 POTOSI Sf. 50322 515·276-8785 G4021 20 -829·32 1 "'" 413436-5318 '""" 313-964·8764 6364

OSKAlOOSA WESTfORD PARKVIllE NASHUA LAS CRUCES SOllTHFIELD J&L HOBBIES HOBBY EMPORIUM THE HOBBY HUT COUNTRY DEPOT HOBBY USA OEL"S TRAIN CENTER 2592 LINCOIJI AV!:. MAR YLAND 174 LmLETON ROAD 1362J NW HWf. 9 ROYAL RIDGE MALL 126WVATIDR. 52577 515-673·5927 23123 LAHSER RD. 64152 816·746-1282 om 603·868·3356 88005 505·524·0991 01886 508-392·9522 4603' 313·357·5770

BALTIMORE ST, ClAIR SHORES ST.LOUIS NORTH CONWAY MSKLEIN , INC. WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS NORTH CENTRAL HOBBIES BRASS CABOOSE 162 N. GAY ST. 21714 HARPER AVE. 9120 lAGKlAUD RD. (UNDER GAROLL REED) ~NCLU[)£S MAIL ORDER! 313·771·6770 63114 314-426-0031 NORCROSS CIRClE 12-2 301·59-6207 "'" 03'" 603·356·9922 WESTlAND NORTH HAMPTON CATONSVI LLE DAVE'S HOBBY & TV fms PHOTO & HOBBY SHOP PRO CUSTOM HOBBIES. INC. 29026 WARREN RD. VILlAGE SHOPPING CENTER NEWYDRK KANSAS 721 fREDERICK RD. MICHIGAN 48185 313~22'4464 USRll "m 410-788·8770 "'" 603·964·9292 GREAT BEND WESTlAND NORTHSWANZEV AMITYVILLE COLLEGE PARK ANN ARBOR NANK INHARDWARE & HOBBY THE LOOSE CABOOSE TAYLOR·S TOVS BURRm HOBBIES RIDER'S HOBBY SHP NEBRASKA K& PHOBBIES 3120 10lliST. 4917 NIAGAM RD. 35101 FORD RD. ROUTE 12. PETE"S AUTO CENTER 55 MERRICK RD. 115 W. UBERTY 48185 31J.722·5700 603-357-8821 67350 316-793·9698 20740 301·982·5032 48104 3IH68-8646 03446 11701 516-598·2405 LINCOLN KANSAS CITY GAITHERSBURG LImE CANADA SALEM BALLSTON SPA BAY cm HUB HOBBY CENTER HOBBYTOWN HOBBV EMPORIUM OF SALE, INC. J"S HOBBY HAVEN PASTIMES CUM CRAfT INC. EAST PARK MALL THE DEPOT 4601 STATE AVE. 531 OUI NCE DRCHARO RD. a2 MINNESOTA AVE. RT, 28 ROCKINGHAMMALL lOB MilTON AVE. 1008 ADAMS 55117 612-490·1675 220 NORTH66TH ST. 03079 603·890-6662 66102 913-287·3030 20878 301-977-7902 48706 517·892·6177 402464·2858 '2020 518·885·8789 KENSINGTON '"''LINCOLN TOPEKA BING HAMPTON FUN FOR All HOBBIES MAVBERRY &SONS CAlITOM RICHfIELD ROll1ES MODEL RAILROAD TRAIN & HOBBIES RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HUB HOBBY CENTER CROSSING GEORGf"S CABOOSE 2<123 SW GAGE BlVD. 85 ROSlr/SON ST. 66604 913·272-5772 10527 SUMMIT AVE. 42007 FORD RD. 6416 PENN AVE. S 5606 S, 48TH ST. 208" 301·564·9360 48187 313·981-8700 5~23 612·866·9575 68516 402-423·9337 13904 607·771-8358 MOUNT AIRY OMAHA OENNISON·S TRACKSIDE COLO MA ROBBINSDALE 8ROOKLYN HUB HOBBY CEtITER HDIIBYTOWN USA HDBBYKltfG HOSBIES J & WMODEL TRAINS. INC. 14655 W, CENTER RD. NEW JERSEY 6450 BECHT RD. 4114 LAKfLJJjQ AVE. II. 2720 AVENUE U 2~ S. MAINSl 55422 612·535·5628 68144 402·697·9514 21711 3(l1-831-nll 49DJ1l 616~68·5586 11229 718·648·5399 ABERDEEN DEARBORN SAINT PAUL OMAHA BROOKLYN JOE'S HOSBY CENTER SeALE MODel SUPPLIES HOUSE OF TRAINS HOBBY SHOP RT. 34 WAlTS HOBBY SHOP 7845 WYOMING AVE. 458 N. LEXlNGTON PARKYIAY 8106 MAPLE ST. 79095THAVE 48126 313-933-6567 612-646-7781 402·391·2311 STRATMORE SHOPPING CENTER 55'04 "13' om1 908·583-0505 11209 718-745-4991 February 1993 Model Railroading • 67 BU FFALO MARION PORTLAND STRASBURG JOHN SON CITY KVAl HOBBIES NORTH CAROLINA alOE TOWNE TRA INSHOPPE SWITCH STANO HOBBIES STRASBURG TRAIN SHOP EO 'SSOUTHERN TRAINS UTAH 277 HINMAN AVE. 265 S. STATE ST, 2514 SE 122NO AVE, ROUTE 741E, BOX 130 217 E, MAIN ST. 14216 716-875·2837 43302 614-387-6003 972lfi 503-760-581)4 17579 717,687-0464 37604 615·929·2290

BUFFALO ASHEV IllE PROVO MAUMEE NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAFT MART ANTIOUE TRA IN & TOY co. PORTLAND WAYNE KNOXVILLE WEll TRAINED OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY 523 MERRIMaN AVE. J & MHOBBIES WHISTLE STOP TRAINS SMAll WORLD HOBBIES 118W,CENTERST. 1238 CONANT ST. HunON'S HOBBIES 3366 UNION RD. AT WALDEN 288~ 71)4,253-7648 14037 SE STARK 163 E. LANCASTER AVE 84601 801 ·374·0307 43537 419-893-2621 7525 MAYNARDVillE HWY. 14225 716·681·1666 972.13 503-252-7118 19087 215·687·6875 37918 615-922-9811 COMPLETE MOOEL RR SUPPLIES

ASHEVILLE NO RTH CANTON SALT LAKE CITY CLIFTONP ARK SALEM WESTCHESTER KNOXVILLE DOUGLAS MODELS HOBBY TOWN USA CAROUNAART, CRAFT & HOBBY NICK'S SALES & SERYICE BRANDYWINE HOBBIES 128 SWAtlNANOA RIVER RD. 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH NE SKYSPORT DAN'S TRAINS •• •• 55TH yEAR···· 629 PLANK RD. 4564 COMMERCIAL ST. SE 1502 WESTCHESTER PIKE EMORY ROAD AT 1·75 NORTH 2065 E, .13RD SOUTH ST. 12065 518·383·1215 28805 71)4,255·2227 44721 216·494·0125 97302 ~·363-4345 19382 215-596-9049 37849 615·938·7212 84109 80H87·7752

EAST ROCHESTER ASHEVIllE NORWALK MEMPHIS SALT LAKE CITY DESPATCH JUNCTION SINK'S MODEl SHOP PAUl'S HOBBIES MODEL RR HOBBY SHOP GREAT ESCAPE HOBBIES 100 STATION RD. 1 175 MWEAYERVILlE HIW. 46 E. MAIN 3436 PARK AVE. 1773 WEST 4160 SOUTH 4445 716-385-5570 28804 (71)4) 658-9476 44857 419-668-3019 38111 901-324·7245 84119 801·966·7785

FERNDALE MEMPHIS SUSIE·a HOBBY SHOP CHARLorn POWELL WORLD OF GAMES ANO SANDY CHARLOm ELECTRIC TRAIN CTR. MARKER LIGHT TRAINS MRS HOBBY SHOP RO BOX 220 HOBBIES 9425 UNION SQUARE 114·0 FREELANDLANE 2470 SIR 750 FAX61H36·9480 PENNSYLVANIA RHODE ISLAND 2796 S. PERKINS BUSHYILlE·SWAN WE RO. 84070 801 -572-5082 12734 914·292 ·0921 28217 71)4'527-11392 43065 614436·9480 38118 901·3&5·2080 PIGEON FOR GE GENEVA CHARLDrn YOUNGSTOWM ALLENTOWN CRANSTON PIGEON FORGE TOY & HOBBY LAKE CIT'( HOBBIES THE MODELER'S HOBBY SHOP BOARDMAN HOBBY CENTER ALLENTOWN TOY TRAIN SERY. A.A. HOBBIES 2919 MIDDLE CREEK RD. 30 CHERRY Sl 4808 CCENTRAL AVE. 6820 MARKfT Sl 1251f2 N, 11TH ST. 885 DYER AVENUE P.O. BOX 1271 14456 315·781·0807 28205 71)4 ·537-9963 44512 216-758·1522 18102 215-821-0740 02920 401-943·9990 37868 615·428·0918

HIC KSVILLE HARRISBURG BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT FOSTER HOBBY IMAGES A READY TO RUN HOBBY SHOP MAINLINE HOBBY sumY SHIPPEETOWN MODEL SHOP 89 JERUSALEM AVE . 3500 HIGHWAY 49 SOUTH 15015 BUCHANAN TRAIL E 184 OANIElSON PIKE VERMONT 11801 516·822·8259 28075 704·455·222n 17214 717·794-2860 02825 40 1-647-2640

HORSEHEADS ERIE WAKEflftD ALTOONA SHOPS HENDERSON CARS & TRA INS HOBBY SHOP THETRAINSHED ST. JOHNSBURY 584 WESTltlGHOUSE RD. CORNISH & SO NSHOBBY 4500 E. LAKE RO. 562 KIN GSTOWNRD TEXAS ELLI S PA INT WALLPAPER GLS. YlllAGE PlAZA 430 S. GARNET OKLAHOMA HARBOR CREEK MALL OUO YAOIS SHOPPING CENTtR 85 EASTERN AVE. 14845 607-739·8916 27536 16511 814-899·1347 02879 401-789-1420 05819 802-748·3806 AUSTIN HUNTINGTON MARION OKLAHOMA CITY EVANS CITY WQOOWAROS CRANBERRY HOBBY OEPOT HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. CABOOSE INC . SOUTHEASTERN HOBBY SUPPLY BROD IEOA KSSHOPPING CTR. 208 WALL ST. 4401 WEST MEMORIAL ROAD 20327 PERRY HIGHWAY 415 VI RGI NIAAvt. CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP 4107 CAPITAL OF TEXAS KWr'. 11743 516-427-8288 28752 71)4-652-371)4 OUAl lBROOK CENTER 73134 405-751-4994 16033 412·776'3640 78704 GETTYSBURG JOHNSON CITY SPEN CER TULSA DALLAS THE TRAIN SHOP TOMMY GILBERT MODEL BOBBYE HALL'S HOBBY HOUSE L1TILE CHaO CHOO SHOP, INC. ACT ION HOBBIES RAILROAD SUPP LY SOUTH CAROLINA 210 GRAND AYE 500 S. SALISBURY AVE 4955C SOUTH MEMORIAL 346 E. WATER Sf. 4822 BRYAN ST. VIRGINIA 13790 607·797·9035 7521)4 214·821 ·2550 28159 8011-932 ·2466 74145 918-663·8998 17325 717,337,1992 LAKE LUZERN E GREENVIllE DAlLAS LAKE LUZERNE TRAIN & HO BBY WENDELL TULSA JENKINTOWN GR EAT ESCAPE COllSRI'S AlEXANDRIA 1933 LAKE AVE. TODD'S TRAIN DEPOT WINGS·N·THINGS, INC. JENKINTOWN HOBBY CENTER PLEASANTBURGSHOPPING CTR, 5600 W.LOVER'S LANE, STE. 139 CORN ISH 8. SONS HOBBY BOX 465, ROUTE 9N 404 W. WILSON AVE. 5241 S. PEORIA GREENWooO AYE. & LEEDOM Sf. 1426LAURENS RO. 2 BLOCKSW EST Of TOLLWAY 6239 UTILE RIVE RTPKE. 12846 518·696-4 005 27591 919-365·5C(16 74105 918·745·0034 ".,,, 215·884-7555 "'07 803·235-8320 75209 214-352·3394 2231 2 703·941·2634 MINEOLA WEST COLUMBIA DAlLAS LANCASTER BURKE/FAIRfAX WILLIS HOBBIES SM ITTY'S HOBBY & CRAFT NEW BROOKlAND RAILROAD & COLLECTI BLE TRAINS &TOYS 2M WILLIS AYE. HOBBY 109 MEDALLION CENTER AcnON HOB BIES OFBU RKE 1226 MILLERSYILLE PIKE lOOP12 AT ABRAMS RD. 5765G BURKE CTR. PARKWAY 11501 516·746·3944 17&03 717-393-2521 405 STATE ST. 29169 803·791-3958 75214 214-373·9469 22015 703-978·9770 FALLS CHURCH NEW YORK LEMOYNE DAlLAS PHIL'S HOBBIES ARLINGTON HOB BY CRAFTERS THE TRAIN SHOP OREGON KEYSTONE HOBBY CENTER WILlSTONC ENTER 23 W. 45 ST. OHIO 239 S, 3RO ST, 2740 YALWOOOPAR KWAY 1105 214-243-3603 6176 ARLINGTON BLYO. "." 212·730·1)409 171)43 717·763-7534 75234 221)44 703 ·532·2224 PATCHOGUE CINCINNATI BEAVERTON MO NTOURSVILLE fORT WORTH GRAFTON HARRY'S DEPOT GOLF MANOR HOBBIES TAMMIE'S HOBBIES EN GLISH MODEL RR SUPPLY OLD TIME HOBBIES GRAFTONHO BBYC ENTER 128 MEDfORD AVE., RT. 112 2235 LOSANTIYl ll EAVE. 3545 SWHALL Bl YD. 21 HOWAROST 3501 A BLUE BONN ETT CIA. 110·CDARERD, 513-351-3849 SOUTH DAKOTA 11772 516-475 ·9056 45237 97005 503·64-4-4535 17754 717·368·2516 76109 817·927-5208 23692 804 ·8%·4184

ROCHESTER PERKASIE SIOUX FALLS HOUSTON LYNCNBURG CLEVELAND COnAGEGROVE LESHER'S YARIETY·HOB BIES DONOYANSHO BBY CENTER ANDY'S TRA INS HOBBYHO USE INC. YllLAGE DEPOT LARRY'S HOB BIES TRAINS UNLI MITED 208 SCOnsYILLE RD. 21 N. 7TH INDEPENDENCEPlAZA 15H 1960 EAST 800 HURON RD. 725 ROWRIVER RD. 18944 215·257-4055 2016 LAKESIDE OR. 1461 1 716·235-1587 216-781-3210 97424 503-942-5117 38 13 S. WESTERN AVE. 77073 713-443-7373 24501 804 ·385·5036 44115 IN PA 1-8011-A TRAI N0 571 05 605·338·6945

MILWAUKIE KILLEEN MANASSAS ROCHESTER CLEVELAND HOBBY WAR EHOUSE· PHILADELPHIA THE WH ISTLE STOP WING'S HOBBY SHOP. INC. HOBBY CENTER TRAIN DEPOT McLOUGHLIN S & HHARO WARE & SUP PLY 414 N, 8TH ST.. PO BOX84 9 1967 RIDGE RD. E 17 11 20ETROIT Avt 6700 CASTOR AVE. 72 14 NEW MARKET CT. 17405 S.E. McLOUGHLI NBLYD. 76541 817'634 ·0488 14622 716-467-7590 44 107 216·221·5383 97267 503·653·1 233 19149 215 ·745-9375 22 110 703-335·2216 OREGON CITY ROCKY POINT COLUMBUS DUAL ITY FAR MTOYS & HOBBI ES PITTSBURGH LEWISVilLE MIDLOTHIAN EASTERN HOBBIES INC . STRm HOBBIES 701 MAIN ST. AB CHARL ESSON HOBBY SHOP SOUTHWEST TRAI NS CHESTERFIELD HOBBIES INC, 718 ROUTE 25A 3655 SULLlYANT AYE. 971)45 503·650·8023 3213 W. LIBERTY AVE. TENNESSEE 540 SURF, SUITE1 18 13154 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE 11778 516·821·3175 43228 614-279·6959 LGB, AF, HO, N TRAINS 15216 412·561-3008 75067 21 4·221·5891 23 113 804·379·9091

SMITHTOWN COLUMBUS PORTLAND PITTSBURGH BRENTWOOD SAN ANTONIO RICHM OND THREE GUYS HOBBIES THE TRAIN STATION HOBBI ES UNLIMITED BILL I> WALT'S HOBBY SHOP NASHVILLE DEPOT HO BBY SHOP HOBBY STOP HO BBY CENTER 99 E. MAIN ST. 4430 INDIANOLA AYE 4503 N. IlHERSTATE AVE. 116 SMITHFIELD ST. 4924 THOROUGHBRED LANE 19 BREESE BLVD. 4925 W. BROAD Sf. 1402 11787 516·265·8303 432 14 614·262·9056 97217 503-287·4090 15222 412-281·9040 37027 615-371-5350 78209 512·828·9117 23230 81)4·359·4720

UPPER NYACK CUYAHOGA FALLS PORTLAND READING CKATIANOOGA RICHMOND HUDSON SHORES MOOEL TRA IN RAIL CROSSING HOBBY WAREHOUSE IRON HORSE HOBBY HOUSE CHATIANOOGA DEPOT TOY CENTER,I NC. DEPOT 119 W, PORTAGE TRAIL 8532 SW APPLE WAY 60 S. 6TH ST, 3101 RINGGOLD RD. 581 1 PATIERSON AVE. 1 YAN HDUTEN ST. 97225 503-292-3790 215·373·6927 37412 615-622·0630 23226 81)4-288·4475 914-353-4770 44221·3221 216·945·5552 ",,, ""'0 PORTLAND ROANOKE LORAIN HOBBY WAREHOUSE· READING CLARKSVI LLE KEN'S TRA INS@ORANGEPlAZA THE CO RNER STORE HOLLYWOOO G& KHOBBY CENTRE THE HOBBY SHOP 2328 ORANGE AVE, N,E 1249 COLORADO AVE. 720 GORDON ST. 1616 FT. CAMPBElL BLVD , 24012 FAX 703·342·0972 216·288-2351 4161 N.E.SANDYSLYO. 44052 97212 503·284·1912 ",,, 215·374-8598 37042 615-553-11350 PHONE 703·343·1057

6S • Model Railroading February 1993 ROANOKE SEAmE BROOKFIELD ROANOKE RAILS AMERICAN EAGLES INC. IiOBBYHORSE VANCOUVER 11 S. JEfFERSON ST. 2220 NW MARXET Sl 16750W. BLUEMOUND WYOMING HAl""MARITIME IiOBBIES & CRAFTS CENTRAl HOBBIES SWITZERLAND 2~Dll 7D3-34H930 98117 206-782-&448 53005 414·782·2170 SCOTIA SOUARE 2835 GRANDVIEW HWf. NSB3J1N9 902-423·8870 BCV5M 2El 604·431-0771 SEAmE ROANOKE CAS"" WAlA WINNIPEG KILCHBERG DOH'S HOBBIES EAU ClAIRE CENTRAl TRAIN ST ATlON THE GOLDEN SPIKE TRAINMASTER BV WERNER MEER THE RAIL VARO KANATA H08BY CTR. ~OnAWA) 6711 AWILLIAMSON ROAD ms UNIVERSllYVILLAGE PL 8OB'S HOBBV JUNCTION 138S.KIMBAll MODEL SHOP 135 SEESTRASSE 3621 E. HAMILTON AVE 471 HAZELDEAN ROo, NIT 14 24019 703·362·1714 COMMISSARY MALL 613·8J6·6()40 185 STAOACONA ST. CHB802 INT.411·715-3666 98'05" 206-525-7700 54701 715-832·4445 82601 307·266·5915 ON K2L 488 R3T 3[1 20-1-667·2080 lilT. fAX. 411·720-4766 SUffOLK SPOKANE EAU ClAIR E RIVERTON KINGSTON WINNIPEG ZURICH MIKE'S TRAINlAND SUNSET JUNCTION HOBBY MASTER JAY'S TRA IN CENTER PETER MACDONALD HOBBY GooCH'S HOBBIES fEATHER'S US·TRAINSTORE 5661 SHOULDERS HILL RD. E213 SPRAGUE AVE. 3S44 ANDERSON DRIVE 313 N. 6TH EAST SUPPLY 185 SHERBROOK 51. HERMETSCHLoosm. 75 23.35 804-484-4224 99202 509·638·2379 715-835-S004 301_ 208 DIVISION Sl MB R3C2R7 20H15·2143 CH·8010 '47" .,'''' ON K1K 3Z1 613·548·8427 INT. FAX 4114331464

TACOMA KENOSIIA MONTREAl PACIFIC RAlLWAV HOBBIES IRON RAILS Of KENOSHA HOBBV WORLD LTD. 5115100TH SW NO.7 2031 22ND AVE. S450 SHERBROOKE W LIST YOUR "49' 206·581-4453 53140 414·552·8075 PO H4A 1V9 514·481·S434 SHOP IN OUR MAlliSON NORTH WESTMINSTER HOBBY CRAFT OF MADISON CREA TlVE HOBBVCRAfT STORES WASHINGTON 6632 ODANA ROAD CANADA 42 6TH S1. DEALER 53719 608·8J3·4S44 Be V3l2Z1 504·525·6644

BURLINGTON PORT DOVER DIRECTORY AU8URN MILWAUKEE CANADIAN FINE SCALE SLN HOBBIES WAGNER'S HOBBY HOUSE TERMINAL HoBBV SHOP SILVl:R lAKE NORTHSIiORE WESTVIRGINIA 5619 W. FLORIST AVE. NSCALE SPECiAlTIES 131 E.MAINST. 535 lOCUST 5T. 90 PROSPECT ST .. RR II ,.., 206-939·2515 "'18 414-461-1050 ON17S lV4 416-333·6560 NIlA lNl 51 9·583·32G4 PETERBOROUGH $6 PER MONTH CASHMERE NITRO WAUSAU BURLINGTON SIDE-TR.ACI(EO HOBBIES DE BYS ttDBBY EMPORIUM NITRO HOBBY·N-tRAFT CENTER POPES HOBBVlAHD HUTCH'S TRAINS 183 SIMCOE STREET 101 COTTAGE, SUITE F lG4 21ST ST., PO BOX 695 640 S. 3RD AVE. 490 BRANT ST. 98815 509·182-4919 3G4-7SS-43Q.1 PO BOX 1552 25143 54401 715·842·4371 ON L7R 264 416,631·3721 ON K9J 7H7 705-742-1238 CALL THE CIIEKAlIS WUTBEND CALGARY STRATfORD NORTHWESTTRAIN DEPOT WtsT BEND HOBBIES INC. HOBBY WEST CHIPPEWA CREEK RAILROAD 1671 N. NATIONAL AVE. 144 N. MAIN Sl 5011 MACLEOD TR. SW liD McKONE ROAD CIRCULATION 96'" 206-736·5600 53095 414-33(.0487 ABT200A9 403·244·9991) """ 51!H71-7361 fERNDALE CAlGARY TORONTO MARKHAM DEPT. M & M DEPOT TRAINS & SUCH RAllVIEWTRAlNS 2032 MAIN ST., PO BOX 182B WISCONSIN 412S-4ST. NW SOl ALDEN RD .• UNIT 4 98248 206-384·2552 AS T2K lAJ 403-282·2442 ON L3R 3L4 41&-4711-6200 800-736-0427 or

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February '1993 Model Railroading • 73 Lots to see in '93 No Energy Crisis Here DRY TRANSFERS!!! Custom and WE HAVE THEM! FOR SignsGaiore--- Readymade signs and Window items GRAIN CARS

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February ... 993 Model Railroading • 75 ESCAPE TO S SCALE! Enjoy the great advantages of S scale, the The Easy Way to Electrify mid-size scale more model railroaders are turn­ ing to. Learn all about this main line scale, discover the bi-monthly S Gaugian magazine. Your Model Railroad Layoutl Articles, photos, plans, ads, $26.00 a year; $32.00 outside USA. Sample copy, $5.75. Sn3 Modeler magazine, semi-annual; great plans, oUser-friendly, simple language ~ ""'- photos, features. $11.00 a year; $17.00 outside II... C IIIIII,h-,,· \II.I~ USA. Sample copy, $5.75. -Over 100 new or revised diagrams "IIU:'" I~OOK Other books for your railroad library: -Seven chapters, plus glossary & experts' tips Gilpin Gold Tram, 11&page hardbound, 120 illustra­ oFor a ll levels, beginner to advanced tions, of 2-lool-9auge ore-hauling lines at Central Ci­ ty, Colorado. $32.95 and $3.00 postage. -Four-color cover, two color interior Logging Railroads of South Carolina by Thomas Fetters details this state's numerous logging lines with 056,8-1/2 x 11 " poges maps, text, photos and drawings. Plenty of Shays, oCompatible with most systems Heislers and odd-ball equipment! Great modeling ideas! $42.95 and $2.75 postage; $6 foreign. oReplaces former Item #12, Trains of America by Don Heimburger is 204 pages, 10" by W hardbound featuring nearly 400 superb, Wiring Your Layout large color photos of 85 U.S. railroads! $43.95 and oOnly $4.95 $2.75 postage; $6 foreign. Rio Grande Narrow Gauge Recollections by John See it today at your local ATLAS retailer! Norwood, 272-page hardbound, 250 illustrations, 28 For a new, FREE, Atlas Model Railroad Products '93 Catalog, send a chapters giving John's personal accounl of the Rio #10 S.A.S.E.152'1 to: (otolog, ATLAS Model Roilrood (0., Inc., 378 Grande. A sequel to John's first Rio Grande book! ~ $39.95 and $2.75 postage; add $6 foreign . Florence Ave., H;Uside, N.J. 07205 U.S.A. ~ Along the East Broad Top, 248 pages hardbound, 350 illustrations, $39.95 and $2.75 postage; $6 foreign. Wabash, 320-page hardbound with 550 photos of this proud Midwest railroad. $39.95 and $2.75 postage; $6 foreign. Victory Branch Railroad of Vermont-chronicles the history of the II-mile branch of the SI. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain that ran between 1883 and 1917. Softbound. $8.95 and $2.00 postage. ORIGINAL PAINTED Spirit of the South Shore. 8o-page illustrated. Hard· bound, $22.95 and $2.75; $6 foreign. SCENIC BACKGROUNDS Your Introduction to S Gauge-This 72-page softbound features articles, photos, plans. $6.95 and 52.50 postage. Sn3 Modeling-A 96-paga softbound with numerous how-to articles, photos and plans. 511.95 and $2.50 postage. les! There is an alternative Building & Operating Model RR's-A 120-page softbound detailing 18 differenl S scala layouts in lext, Irack diagrams and to stock printed landscapes! photos. Mora than 200 photos. $9.95 and $2.50 postage. Fiddletown & Copperopolis, $9.95 and 52.00 softbound. Custom painted scenery designed for your layout, to your specifications. A.C. Gilbert's Heritage-164·page history of this fascinating company and the AF trains they made. Softbound, $14.95 and Painted on durable mylar, each scene is original art--no two are alike! $2.00 postage: hardbound, $22.95 and $2.75 postage. Send $1.00 and large SASE for color brochure to; Catalog 01 SfSn3 Products, 156 pages, $6.75: $9.75 outside USA. George Sanso, 5046 Lakeness Rd., Poulsbo, WA 98370 Dealer inquiries ifNired (206) 779-2095 Heimburger House Publishin9 Co. 7236 W_ Madtson St_ Forest Park, IL 60130 708-366-1973 KaS METAL • Aluminum/Blass/Copper Tubing &Shapes • M\ISi( 'Kilt Pallets of Sacks. Tile. Brick. Drums and Block tToois Cast MADE • Soldering Irons Plaster. IN Hand­ USA • Silk, Silk Span painted • Finishing Materials Ho-5O Drainage Tile (red or yellow) H0-52 Brick (red or yellow) Ho-54 Concrete Block SENDS1i1O FOR oUFf ~EW CATAlOGl HQ..55 Cinder Block (not shown) HD-56 55 Gal. Drums (assl colors) H0-57 Sacks (&Sst KaS Engin_lng Each item pk9- of 4 - $2.49 plus $3.00 S & H for every 4 pkgs. W. 59th Street (example: 1-4 pkg.-$3 S & H, 5-8 pkg.-$6 S & H, elc.) Available In unpainted kits - Pkg_ of 6 w/pallets - $2.19 (same S & H as above) Send $1.00 for picture Mr_ Plaster r - Oh'- R- - - -, catalog w/price list 10: Itt._. P.O_ Box 23066 : dd ~~/2~";- , ------= Dealer' invited Toledo, Ohio 43623 1 ~ _____0 _ ~~ I

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NEW ... 8040·2 in the bright blue with white NEW ... GP35, another Conrail paint scheme HO SCALE lettering of Conrail's paint scheme by ATHEARN. with the usual sharp printing now being DRY TRANSFER LETTERING Now being shipped. featured by ATHEARN. The featured photos shown here are just a part of ~ICKg. ~ATE f@>.D '@ the many sharp, new paint schemes being intro­ duced by ATHEARN in its locomotive lines. The Conraillinewiliinciude GP38·2,SWt500,SWfOOO, ~ SD9, SW7 (cow and call), SD45 in addilion to C~ ~~:,~:y. those illustrated. The Burlington Northern will .. ~ -V-, - N&W WITt! MVVI' TV (;VMI' include F7, A & B units, SW7 (cow and calf), F45, PROCRESS ~ GE U28B, SD9, GP38·2, GP50, SW1500. SEND $ 1.00 FOR SAMPLE TO, CAMPBELL ROAD INC. P.O. BOX 146 WINCHESTER, KY 40392-0146

7B • Model Railroading February 1993 NOW 11"111' IISLEI A NEW BOOK FROM ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING, INC. MRG'S GUIDE TO THE NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY: WILLIAMSON TERMINAL - 1953 by Vern French

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Vern French's decision to build an HO scale model of the Norfolk and Western's terminal at Williamson, WV, circa 1953, started him on a three·and·a·half·year project of research and con· struction. His desire to capture a specific moment in history required him to research not only the facilities at Williamson and the surrounding area, but also to study the motive power and equipment of the Norfolk and Western Railway. French chronicles the history and development of the Williamson terminal with photos, diagrams and text. With an eye toward the N&W equipment that would have been found in Williamson, he examines N&W steam power and tender assignments. passenger equipment and service, revenue and non-revenue freight equipment, cabooses and maintenance-of-way trains. A review of N&W's traffic-control system is also included. After a final look at Williamson during the last days of steam and a brief glimpse of it in 1992 (a hundred years after the N&W first arrived), French takes us on a visual tour of his re-creation of Williamson in miniature. ORDER YOUR COPIES NOW! WRITE TO: ROCKY MOUNTAIN PUBLISHING 2929 Blake Street • Denv~r, ·.~~lorado 80205 Call 1-800-736-0427 or Fax 303-295-6477 for credit card orders. Please include $2.25 shipping and handling. Denver residents add 7.3% sales tax· Colorado residents add 3.8% sales tax. - - Overland Has Something for Every Model Railroader All of the beautful models pictured are handcrafted of brass by Ajin Precision of Korea in HO scale. See you r favorite Overland dealer or call OMI to get one for yourself. Send $5.00 for our HO Scale Detail Parts Catalog or send $21.00 for a one year subscription to the Overland Mail.

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