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HE F7 TRAIN SET WITH is the ideal choice this season, regardless of whether you're giving it as a gift to a loved lI.NJ:rRIiCKone or keeping it for yourself. The set includes an F7 A-unit Locomotive . � (choose from Chesapeake & Ohio, Denver & Rio Grande Western or Santa Fe), a Tank Car, two Covered Hopper cars, a new North American caboose and a 2-ft. x 4-ft. oval of snap-together UNITRACK. Beginning modelers, experienced hobbyists and KATO collectors alike will all find special value in this train set. The F7 locomotive mode 'neluded in the set is NOT available separately. This may be your ONLY opportunity to get this locomotive in these ., ., roadnames/paint schemes. The caboose included in .. ... \" .' ., " . the set is the FIRST North American prototype ever produced by KATO. Although this type of caboose will be released individually at a I ter date, the roadname paint scheme included in the set will be offered exclusively with the set. The lettere tC)l1k car is also available only with the purchase of the set. And you'll be able to enjoy our new train set as soon as the wrapping paper is off of the box. UNITRACK lets you s,e1 up in no time, while eliminating the frustratibn and disappointment of derailments resulting from uneven rail joints and separating track sections. Snap it together, plug into your power source* and you're ready to run! And unlike most packaged sets, this is a train set you can "grow." The loop of track included in the set can be easily expanded to a larger operation in several simple steps. There is no other train set that lets you get started building a more exciting layout as easily. Visit our web site to view the step-by-step instructions for building a larger layout in six easy steps. The craftsman quality of KATO models combined with the convenience and reliability, af UNITRACK. The F7 Train Set with UNITRACK from KATO ..•it just may be the start of a lifelong hobby! Power .pack not included. Talk to your retailer about choosing one appropriate for your planned operation. Available in mid-November

www.katousa.com IWITI KATO U.S.A., INC ••100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, IL 60173 Why risk derailing your railroad project? Your perfectly crafted models deserve the perfect paints from the Floquil line of enamels and Polly Scale acrylics. Each color is authentically matched to actual railroad line paint chips. They are completely plastic compatible and specially formulated of "to scale" pigments so they won't hide even the smallest details. Choose from original formula Floquil enamels .o� Polly Scale acrylics tbat wash up with water. Both will keep your railroading hobby on track. Available at your favorite hobby sho!=!o � •' .com Model by Armour Peterson 1.800 TESTORS c 1999 The Testor Corporation, an RPM Company January 2001 • Volume 12, Number 8

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INLAYOUT THIS DESIGN: ISSUE ...

• FREE-MO MODULAR LAYOUT DESIGN &- TOUR, page 26 MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYPE:

• SCALE SPEED OPERATIONS WITH DCC, page 47

• RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS MEET, SAN JOSE, page 34

• MODERN GRAIN STORAGE INDUSTRY IN HO SCALE, page 10 MODERN MODELING:

• 50-FOOT IPD X-POST BOX CARS, BY BERWICK, PART I, page 44, page 8 INTERMODAL MODELING:

• TRIPLE CROWN ROADRAILER TRAILERS FROM BOWSER KITS, page 17 FREIGHT CARS OF THE FIFTIES:

• 40-FOOT STEEL-FRAME CN BOX CARS FROM ACCURAIL KITS, page 57 DIESEL MODELING:

• DETAILING THE PROTO 2000 EMD E8A TO MATCH ROCK ISLAND UNITS, page 40 N SCALE:

• DETAILING THE MICRO-TRAINS PENNSY ROUND-ROOF BOX CARS, page 8

· TRIPLE CROWN ROADRAILER TRAILERS FROM DeLUXE INNOVATIONS KITS, page 17

• DETAILING THE MICRO-TRAINS 50-FOOT X-POST BOX CAR, page 44

MODELING from the PROTOTYPE 200 1 4 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY o SCALE:

odellng Industry: icks Corners Grain in HO scale,

by John Swanson ...... 10 comotive Performance:...... Summary of all previous locomotive

Performance Test Reports •.•.••••••..•••.• 16 (\thearn EMD 5040-2 Test Report,

by Guy Thrams ...... 62 Intermodal Modeling:...... riple Crown RoadRailer trailers from

Bowser kits, byJames Matthews .. .. 17 J,.ayout Tour: ... . free-Mo Modular layout at the San jose NMRA National Convention, N SCALE: by Chris Palomarez ...... 26 o SCALE: Modeling From The Prototype:...... Modeling Industry: Locomotive Performance: Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, San Hicks Corners Grain plans in N scale, Summary of all previous locomotive jose, 2000, by Robert Schleicher . 34 byJohn Swamon ...... l0 Performance Test Reports ...... 1 () Modern Freight Car Modeling: ...... Locomotive Performance:...... Intermodal Modeling: ...... Berwick 50-foot IPD, Railbox and Summary of all previous locomotive Triple Crown RoadRailer trailers from other X-post box cars, Part 1,

...... 16 Performance Test Reports . Bowser kits, byJames Matthews . . 17 byJim Eager ...... 44 Intermodal Modeling: ...... Diesel Modeling:...... Triple Crown RoadRailer trailers from ALL SCALES: Rock Island E8A units from Proto 2000 Deluxe Innovations kits, models, by Frank Jordan . . . 40 by James Matthews . . . .. 17 Modeling From The Prototype: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time:...... Freight Cars of the Fifties:...... Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, San Aleo FA 1 and FB 1 as New York Central Pennsylvania X-32 50-foot round­ jose, 2000, by Robert Schleicher . 34 1000/1010 and 3300 from Proto 2000 ...... roof box car from Micro-Trains Operations: models, by Louis Marre . . . . 54 model, by Keith Kohlmann ...... 8 Scale Speed Operations with DCC Freight Cars of the Fifties:...... Modern Freight Car Modeling:...... Digital Command Control , CN 40-Foot Steel-Frame Box Cars, t:.WW '5�-toot waffle-side X-post by( John Palmer .. . . . ) . .. . . 47 Part" from Accurail kits,

box car from Micro-Trains model, Time Capsule: ...... by Stafford Swain ...... 57

by Keith Kohlmann ...... 8 BN Extra 77 at Conners Point, Superior ...... Berwick 50-foot IPD, Railbox...... and...... Wisconsin , September 18, 1972, DEPARTMENTS: other X-post box cars, Part 1, by Dan Holbrook, Modeling by What's New .. . . 6,7, 64-65, 68

...... Calendar ...... 66 by jim Eager . . .. 44 Range Research 53 ...... RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 200 1 5 SCALE SCALE

Pegasus Hobbies, 930 E. Orangethrope Ave. Suite C, Anaheim, CA 92801 is now shipping this tile-roofed Spanish-style station as a cast­ resin kit. The station kit is $24.95, the freight station is $14.95, and archway extensions with roofs are $9.95. The complete set as shown is $65.00.

Key Imports, P.O. Box 1848, Rogue River, OR 97537 is now shipping imported brass replicas of the Pennsylvania Railroad'sT-l 4-4-4-4 artic­ ulated locomotives factory-painted and lettered in three styles: as-built in 1942, as-built in 1945 and modified in the early fifties. See your dealer.

Con-Cor's series of injection-molded plastic kits to build the corrugated-side passenger cars now includes this dome-lounge car.

NJ International, Box 99, East Norwich, NJ 11732 is importing these all-brass, ready-to-run replicas of the R32 commuter cars. The all-brass ready-to-run models will be fully painted for $399.00 a set of two.

2001 6 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY What's New in N Scale

The N Scale Architect, 48 Kensington Ct., Hacketstown, NJ 07840 is offerilJg a craftsman kit to build this "Ogden Creek Viaduct" stone arch bridge. The laser-cut wood kit is $39.95. Expansion arch kits are also $39.95.

The Union Pacific 3-unit gas turbine locomotives are now being imported by Overland Models, Inc., P.O. Box 248, Yo rktown, IN 47396-0248 factory-painted and lettered. UP locomotive sets number 2, 6, 9, 20, 25, 27 and 28 are available, each an exact match for the specific prototype. See your dealer.

Des Plaines Hobbies, 1468 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 60018 is now offering injection-molded plas­ tic kits to build full-width working diaphragms for modern N scale passenger cars. The kits are $5.95 a pair.

Wheels ofTime, P.O. Box 846, Mountain View, CA 94042-0846 is now shipping cast-resin kits to build a variety of Harriman-style heavyweight passenger cars including this baggage-express car.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 7 [N SCALE UPGRADE] TWO N SCALE BOX CARS By Keith M. Kohlmann Prototype photo from the collection of James Eager

N scale freight cars can be at least as realistic as their HO scale counterparts, but you will need to make a few modifications, even to the better models. Here's how Keith Kohlmann upgraded and detailed twoMicr o­ Trains 50-foot box cars to duplicate specific prototypes.

he Pennsylvania Railroad of the X-32 can be brought back out by Sand away the places on the under­ produced over 2,000 round modifying the new Micro-Trains 50-foot frame where the body-mount coupler roof X-32 50-foot double­ Wagon Top Box Car. pads are located. Reduce them from 2132 door box cars of their own This car is made with the new 3-D to 1132 inch. design from 1932 to 1937. underframe, which requires more care Then I used a file to remove 1132 inch The purpose of the rounded when disassembling the car. Pull the body from the underframe on the inward sides roof was to create extra outward off the tabs. Then remove the of the bolsters. This creates sufficient space for storing autoloader racks in the trucks and stinups from the underframe. clearance for the wheels. top of the car when they were not in use, Carefully press the delicate plastic frame Reassemble the underframe. Switch while still remaining within the tight ver­ detail out of the metal underframe. to l ow-profil e wheels, and tes t-fi t the tical clearance restrictions in the East at To speed up the modification, I used a trucks. Trim away the ends of the plastic that time. These cars were numbered in Dremel Belt Sander to sand the thickness frame insert where it rubs against the trucks. the 47 1 86-49299, 58800-59499 and of the bolster down from "/64 to 9/64 inch Snap the underframe assembly back 60112-60171 series. (remove 1132inch). Use calipers to measure as into the body. Use a small file to remove Some of the low-to-the-ground effect you sand the bolster to the correct thickness. 1/32 inch from the bottom end of the plas- 200 1 8 RAILMODELjOURNAL' JANUARY tic body where the coupler pocket swings, or Weathering N Scale roof, ends and doors with Engine Black body-mount Micro-Trains 1025 couplers. Freight Cars lightly sprayed over more wet Dio-Sol. I began with a car that was already This was set aside to dry for a week Modeling The CNW Waffle­ lettered for Pennsylvania RR. All I had to before I began applying Doc O'Brien's Side 50-Foot Box Car do was weather it, but that wasn't as easy Weathering Powders (from Micro-Mark, In 1969, the Chicago and North­ as I thought it would be. My first 340 Snyder Ave., Berkeley Heights, NJ Western Railway purchased a series of attempts just didn't look right. Th is is a 07922, 1-800-225- 1 066) . ] rubbed red waffle-side 50-foot box cars from common occurrence with my weathering powder into the sides, black into the roof Pullman-Standard in the 160000- 161999 attempts. When this happens, I wait a details and rusty brown over the lower number series. These cars went into ser­ fe w weeks, then try another technique fourth of the car, including the trucks and vice hauling sensitive loads, such as until I get the look I want. This is a sum­ couplers. paper rolls or canned foods. The recessed mary of the weathering techniques I used I made scratches in the paint with an "waff le" pockets (as seen from inside the on this car over the course of a few X-Acto knife where the doors slide. Then car) provide places for freight to be months. I rubbed brown powder into the scratches. secured to the walls without having tie­ First I lightly airbrushed Testors Highlights were brought out in the downs that could stick out from the walls DullCote over the sides, trucks, ends and trucks, sides and roofwalk by lightly and damage the freight. These cars are a roof. Th en I tried a little shading around dusting them with white powder. Then, I common sight across America. On June the doors with Floquil Roof Brown, but rubbed the side of the car with my fmger to 1, 1987, there were 1,268 of these cars that didn't look too good. Before it could bring up a little bit of a sh ine and to clean still on the roster. dry, I brushed the sides with clean Floquil off any lettering that looked too fu zzy. My N scale model was made with an Dio-Sol on a 2-inch brush to wash some Final steps included drybrushing the undecorated Micro-Trains 50-foot slid­ of the Roof Brown into streaks down the roof panels (not the wooden roofwalk), ing-door box car. I used a North West side of the car. The Dio-Sol also melted the door latches and the couplers with Short Line "Chopper" to cut the waffles away some of the Dullcote, returning Testors' Rust. The roofwalk was dry­ from .0 10 x .040-inch styrene strip, some of the sh ine to thecar. Excess paint brushed with Floquil Driftwood. By th is changed the side sills and lowered the car and Dio-Sol around the ladders was point the car was looking how I wanted it using techniques similar to those absorbed with cotton swabs. to look. It looked weathered, but wasn't a described for the Pennsylvania Railroad But that looked too stark, so I ligh tly complete mess. The details still stood out car. The model was lettered with Herald feathered in more Roof Brown with the without being overpowered by the dirt. King's H-20 CNW ore car decals and airbrush over the wet Dio-Sol. Th is gave As a finishing touch, I painted the cou­

Microscale number 1 Roman-style letters. a more subdued look. I high lighted the pler trip pins Engine Black. \ RMJ

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 9 ------[MODELING INDUSTRy] MODEL RICKS CORNERS GRAIN Model and Prototype Photos by John Swanson Plans by David Prince

These plans are part of a continuing series in "The Journal" to allow you to recreate actual industries. John Swanson is using industries along the Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Railroads as prototypes for the models on his HO scale layout. There's a tour of his 30 x 70-foot Nebraska mainline in theJuly 1999 issue. To model this structure, photocopy the plans to reduce or enlarge them to match your scale. Use the photo­ copies, as described in the April and June 1996 issue, to build the structure fromstyre ne sheets and strips using the techniques in the April, May and June 1996 issues and the materials described by John Swanson.

his is the third structure 1 li6-inch Plastruct angles and 90953 1 inch Plastruct tubes. The conveyors at from John Swanson's lay­ lli6-inch channels with 90542 3/32-inch ground level are 90603 3h2-inch Plastruct out that has been featured H-beam "Columns" for the legs. The tube with a rib of 1 x 9-inch Evergreen in "The Journal." His pipes are 1 / 1 6-inch Plastruct rod. styrene strip. Nutra Flow Fertilizer plant The peaked-roof grain silos are made The office is assembled from with prototype photos and fr om 3-inch cardboard mailing tubes Evergreen 4060 v-grooved styrene sheet plans and HO scale model wrapped with Evergreen 4527 corrugated with .060-inch spacing. The roof is photos and techniques, appeared in the metal siding with .060-inch spacing; the Evergreen 9240 .040-inch sheet styrene December 1998 issue and his Wood roof cut is from number 9015 .0 15-mch­ covered with sandpaper. The doors are

River Alfalfa Co. with N scale plans, thick styrene supported by 2 x 4-mch Grandt Line products, but the windows are prototype photographs, appeared in the Evergreen styrene plastic strips. The simu­ assembled from Evergreen plastic strips. February 1999 issue. John calls this lated concrete base for the bins is a disc cut industry "Kiewel Siding Grain Elevator." from Evergreen 9060 .060-inch-thick sheet INDUSTRY PLANS IN The prototype industry buys grain from styrene. Three of th ese cylinders were cut in PREVIOUS ISSUES far mers, stores and dties it, then resells it. half to be placed against the backdrop. Coal Ti pple, at Paint Creek, West John made the rectangular dump bin The large flat-topped steel bins are Virginia: prototype plans and photos from Evergreen 4530 corrugated sheet made fr om 4-inch mailing tubes wrapped and model photos, November 1989. styrene with . 125-inch corrugation spac­ with SS Limited printed-foil rivet sheets Coal Dealer and Silos, at Saratoga, New ·ing . The hoppers are .040-inch sheet from Jaks Industries. Yo rk: prototype plans and photos, styrene, and the vertical braces are 90502 The conveyor pipes are 90603 3/32- February 1991.

10 RAILMODELJOURNAL -JANUARY 2001 grain in and out of such a large com­ of silos. These electrical cabinets

The central grain bin is used to fill waiting trucks with grain. Etched-brass safety­ cage ladders are available from Gold Medal Models, Route 2, Box 3104, Lopez, WA 98261. The ladders are part number 67-12 and they sell for $15.00 for 50 scale feet of ladder.

The round silos are cardboard tubes wrapped with Evergreen styrene or 5 5 limited printed foil.

RAILMODELjOURNAL'J ANUARY 2001 11 MODELING A GRAIN DEAlHRI Coal Dealer and Silos, Ballston Spa, New York: plans and prototype pho­ tos, March 1992. Sand Processing Plant, at Ottawa, Illinois: prototype photos and plans of the building sites (no side or end views) and track locations, August 1989. Creamery and Grain Elevator, at Grand Isle, Ve rmont: the second creamery at Grand Isle, built of fi re brick, December 1990 and September 1991. Creamery, at Grand Isle, Vermont: the original wood buildings, March 1991. Creamery, at New Junction, Maine: the H.P. Hood Creamery complex plans and prototype photos, March 1990. Brick and Ti le Kilns, Pomona Terra Cotta, April 1991. Sugar Beet Loader, Great Westem Sugar, August 1991. Sugar Beet Factory, Utah & Idaho Sugar, August 1991. Brick Factory, Wilkerson & Sons Brick Wo rks, October 1991. Grain Elevators and Silos, M.J. Pritchard Co., January 1992. New England Mill, Boot Cotton Mill at Lowell, Massachusetts, July 1992. Waterfront Freight House, Baltimore, Maryland's Henderson Wharf freight house on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad at Fells Point, October 1992. Carfloat Transfer Bridge, at Baltimore's Fells Point District on the Baltimore & Ohio Rail road, November 1992. Coal Ti pple, North Butler Coal Co. on the Bessemer & Lake Erie Railroad, January 1993. Coal Ti pple, selectively reduced North Butler Coal Co. Tipple as modeled in N scale by Robert Fletcher, January 1993. Cement Dealer, near Green Bay, Wisconsin, July 1993. Cement Factory, at Glen Falls, New York, prototype plans and photos, May 1992 and May 1993. Coal Ti pple, the Consolidation Coal Co. tipple, at Jenkins, Kentucky on the C&O Railroad, March 1993. Brick Mill Bui lding, the Enterprise Cotton Mill at August, Georgia, August 1993. Coal Ti pple, Majestic Coal Co. at Majestic, Kentucky, on the N&W

Railroad, January 1994 with. mOt:e information in April 1994. Coil cover transfer crane on the CN, pro­ totype and model photos and plans, February 1994. Truck Repair Te rminal (garage) on the CP Rail system, May 1994.

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Grain elevator (the origi nal) at Columbia), plans and prototype pho­ TurnerCreamery at Unity, Maine, plans Minnewaukan, N.D.,with model and tos, August 1996. and prototype photos, April 1998. prototype photos, June 1994. Oil Dealer Depot at Phoenix, Arizona. Hulett Ore Boat Unloader model pat­ New England-style brick mill, the Sibley Prototype plans and photos, October terns,model and prototype photos, by Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, 1996. Lawson Stevenson, July 1998. Georgia, plans and prototype photos, Hayden Coal Company tipple plans and Turner Creamery at Richmond Maine, September 1994. prototype photos, April 1997. plans and prototype photos, Texaco bulk oil depot, model and proto­ Oil standpipe for tank car unloading at September 1998. type plans and photos, December oil depots or pipeli nes, plans and pro­ Nutra Flow Fertilizer plant with proto­ 1994. totype photos and step-by-step type photos and plans and HO scale Cement manufacturi ng plant, North­ scratchbuilding, May 1997. model photos and techniques, by western Portland Cement Co., Dry bulk fertilizer plant, the Peavey John Swanson, December 1998. prototype photos and plans, February facility at Devils Lake, North Dakota, Wood River Alfalfa Co. N scale plans, 1995. prototype plans, photo and N scale HO scale model and prototype pho­ Cement Plant, the Lone Star Portland model, July 1997. tographs, by John Swanson, February 'Cement P' ant at Santa Cruz, Devils Lake, North Dakota Grain 1999. California, May 1995 . Elevator plans, model and prototype J. E. Camfield Coal dealer, plans and Oil Depot, Standard Oil Company at photos, by Olaf Melhouse, August 1997. prototype photos, by John Nehrich, Waterford, California, April 1996. Manchester, Ve rmont silo-style coal July 2000. RMJ Oil Dealer Depot, Sand Point, Idaho dealer plans and prototype photos, (article lists site as Cranbrook, British March 1998.

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The more significant figures from Guy Thrams' and Bob Higgins' evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with asterisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2.00 each (allow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins and Guy Thrams test these loco­ motives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues.

Manufacturernmporter Prototype Min. -�Max.Max. Tractive ThrOttleMagazine Manufacturerltmporter- Prototype-=-M Max.Max. Tractive Throttle Magazine Speed No.6 Speed Force (oz.) Response Date Speed No.6 Speed Force (oz.) Response Date switch (smph) (smph) Midload (v.) switch (smph) (smph) Midload (v.) SamhongsaiHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989' (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989' AthearnHO Scale (as-is) DieselsEMD GP38-2 .24 126,4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' Athearn (w/Helix Humper EMD GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 N Scale Steam Locomotives can motor conversion} 111.8 .7 April 1996 Proto Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 Kato USRA 2-8-2 3.10 2.5 (Athearn w/cen motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) �;n§§g: & Oct. 1997 i .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990' Kato USRA 2-8-2 4.80 122.5 1.04 2.9 June 1998 �l��:��/�f������� E -2 .21 60.9 2.30 &�)1.8 August 1990' (GHQ PRR L-l) Athearn w/NWSL motor, EMD�����GP38·2 Key Imports C&O 2-6·6-6 .59 96.9 1.27 3.8 June 1997 weighted 3 .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990' Pecos River ATSF 4-6-2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 AthearnnProto Power Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Ocl. 1991 West w/replacement Wheelsets: Rlvaros Si (w/N Scale of USRA 2-8-2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 NorthWesl Short Une EMD GP38-2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Oel. 1990- Nevada frame & NWSL Jay·Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990- Sagami 1420 can motor) Athearn GE C44-9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Alhearn SD40·2 1.94 103.3 3.01 3.3 Jan. 2001 S Scale Diesels Atlas Alco 82 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991- AtiasIRoco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990- American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Atlas GEU33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 S Helper Service EMD SW9 .29 55.6 4.32 1.7 Ocl. 1998 Atlas GE Ca0-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 FeD. 1997 Atlas EMD GP40 .33 81.9 3041 1.7 Nov. 2000 Bachmann-Plus GE B23·7 1.75 84.9 3.17 J 19 o Scale Diesels Bachmann-Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 J . 1 6 Central Loco. Works EMD F7A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989' (.93) 84.9) �h � (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989' 12.1 �:g Ma 1 6 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 �;� ��� Key/Samhongsa Aleo PAl .41 76.2 21.85 5.6 April 1992' Con-Cor/R EMD GP40 .29 \99.0 2.91 3.2 Aprl11991- P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990' a can motor) (��§) (§:�) 1 (74.1) (12.80) (1.9) June 1990' co MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sept. 1996 (.24) Con-Co��d'6 SWI500 (SW 7) 1.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997 P&O Hobby EMD F3B ,25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 E-R Models (FratesChi Alco fAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Oct. 1993 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992' E-R Models (Frateschij Aleo FA 1 .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989' E-R Models EMD FP7A 3.70 92.8 3.24 3.4 May 1999 Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 Augus\ 1995 . Genesis, by Athearn SD751 2.12 110.0 4.01 3 5 July 1999 Alco FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (19.25) (2.0) August 1995 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 144.9 2.51 5.0 Feli. 1995 Weaver EMDE8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 (5.03) (4.8) (wilh 25ounGes added 4.38 7.4 (a8) �6 6 (8.75) (6.4) Feb. 1995 IHC welghl) EMD SD35 (r4.38:§� ) (U�:�)7 2.48 2.0 July 1996 o Scale Steam Locomotives Kala EMD SD40 1.18 \181.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 SamhongsaiHalimark On3·EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989' Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1J 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989' (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989' Kala EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Kato EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994' G Gauge Diesels Kato G.E. Dash 9-44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Ocl. 1996 Atlas EMD SW8/9 .63 60.1 12.49 2.1 April 1999 Kato Alco RS2 1.48 78.7 3.40 2.0 Feb. 1999 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 NJA April 1990 Alco RSC2 2.58 75.2 4.19 2.1 Feb. 1999 Kato Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 O WSL 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' 1 68.2 15.25 July 1990 ��b� t��� 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991' Railway Express Agency Alco FA 3.79 NJA MDC'floundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 �ci�'1�§�: Modal Power ��6W,.{'EMD GP9 :�b.26 104.2 2.71 G Gauge Steam Locomotives AjiniOverland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 A U Aristo-Crafi (ART) B&0 4�6-2 .1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Ocl. 1991 AJiniOverland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 U : (Chassis) ���l �§ Arislo-Craft (ART) & PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992' AjiIVOverland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 l�2.0 Nov. 1991'1 ? 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IHC/Mehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 (1.07) (2.328) (1.8) Dec. 1998 IHC/Mehano C&O 4-8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sepl. 1994 Kato EMD E8A .26 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 IHC 2-8·0 ,42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 EMD E8A & (EBB) (.26) (220.4) (1.92) (2.3) °rts 4 62.2 6.47 4 Kato GEU30e .48 q��:�)242.2 .88 2.4 i _ 0 104.2 1.01 1§§J: Kato GE Dash 9-94CW .11 198.2 .84 1,4 Nov. 1997 Mantua�rx l1e �l2-6-6-20�tot 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0� June 1991 Kato Alco RS2 .30 167.7 .52 1,4 t..�gI1��� Mantua 0-6-0T i��NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 ��g:June 1991 Key/Endo EMD F7A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mantua 2-8-2 .65 76.2 3.36 (:50) ) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992' Mantua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 life-like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 q�?:� 1.41 5.0 Aug.�'ifr\1��� 1989' Mantua 0-4-0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 ���) (2,78) (4.7) Aug. 1989' Mantua Can Motor 0-4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 ��1.8 i:�{June 1995 Ute-like Alco FA2 (& FB2) q .91 4.0 May 1993 MDC C y 33.1 1.54 2.2 Oct. 2000 ) _ 73.8 0.85 1.5 August 1996 6 :� (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 ������ Lite-Like Alco PAl q :�) q�� 1.21 3.4 Nov. 1998 land Models NYC 2'8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 S l �ti Scale ( ron Horse)UP 4-10-2 7.02�:�i 53.0 308 Lite-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 A l I Rivarossl 4-6·6·4 5.90 � § � Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 il 71.6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997 Rivarossi 2-8-2 1.78 70.7 4.47 �:� 1a f J Life-Like EMD SD7 .29 121.11 .48 2.45 June�� 1996 2.4 May 1997 -6-2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989' life-Like EMD E7A 3.14 140.6 1.33 4.3 fFeb. 1998f§:� -8·0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 Life-Like EMDSW9 ,45 106.9 .40 2.0 April 1998 6-2 1.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Ocl. 1994 Life-Like EMD GP20 3.59 116.6 .57 1.6 June 1999 4-6-2 .72 80.8 Model Powerl 2.50 2.4 Oct. 1999 aldwin 2-8·0 .30 83.7 2(63 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3.14 B 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990' USRA 4·8-2 2.75 64.9 2.41 1�§� SP 4'6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 �:�1.7 Augusl���1992' 16 RAILMODELJOU RNAL ' JANUARY 200 1 INTERMODAL MODELING ] ------[ ------7RIPLE CROWN BDADRAILER TRAILERS 10 SCALE: FROM BOWSER N SCALE: FROM DELUXE INNOVATIONS o SCALE: FROM BOWSER By James Matthews

The RoadRailer trailers, lettered for Triple Crown, are now operating on the rails in virtually all corners of North America. Here's the story of the prototypes and how to pick matching models in HO, N or 0 scales. There's an index of all previous articles of modeling intermodal vans, containers, and equipment on our web­ site at www.railmodeljournal.com

Bowser offers three styles of trailers that are used by Tr iple Crown, including this sheet-and­ post Duraplate style with small Tr iple Crown let­ tering as well as most of the paint schemes used by Tr iple Crown.

Bowser also offers a smooth-wall trailer to match prototype van used by Tr iple Crown.

The Bowser plate wall trailer, like the other series, includes landing gear and wheel locations for operation on the tracks and for resting in a terminal. A single freight truck is included with each trailer, but the CouplerMate that is at the lead of each set of Road Railers must be pur­ chased separately.

n July 1986, Tri ple Crown rapidly to become a major fo rce in the To support this network, Triple Services (TCS) began operation i ntermodal market in the eastern half of Crown runs the largest fleet of on a single lane between Detroit the U.S. today, Tri ple Crown operates a RoadRailer equipment in the world. The and St. Louis with a fleet of 250 network serving 12 terminals over 3 rail­ fleet size today totals almost 5,700 Mark leased 45-foot Mark IV roads across 14 states and one Canadian V trailers and over 3,000 rail bogies. All RoadRailer trailers. [n the 14- province. It also operates its trailers on of the Mark IV RoadRailer trailers (those plus years since this humble Amtrak trains and will soon begin ser­ with the rai l wheels permanently beginning, Triple Crown has grown vice into Mexico. attached to the trailer) were retired by the

RAILMODEL JOURNAL ' JANUARY 200 1 17 HO, N, S & 0 ROAD RAILERS end of 1994. Nearly all (97%) of the cur­ The table below details the various TCS internal design changes, but a number of rent fleet is 53 feet long, the remaining schemes. changes have been external and are 3% are all 48 feet. Thanks to very high The percentage of trailers currently in addressed below. growth beginning in the early to middle service in the various TCS paint schemes The first Mark V trailers purchased 1990s, the average age of the fleet is is as follows: Phase I - 6%, Phase II- by TCS were 600 identical units split quite young with just under half the fleet 3%, Phase III-12%, Phase IV-3%, evenly between Stoughton and Wabash (48%) entering service since 1996. A fu ll Phase V-38%, Phase V-a-2%, Phase National and ordered in 1988. All of 75% of their trailers were built from V-b-6%. these trailers (TCSZ 410000-410599) 1994 to 1998. One other note: an important change were 48-foot smooth aluminum designs Triple Crown's Mark V fleet consists occurred in 1994. That year, Triple with 5-spoked wheels and closed of trailers built with three different side- Crown converted from a two-pipe train tandems with a trailing arm suspension design (the suspension pivot bolts are in front of both axles). All of these trailers Triple Crown Paint Schemes were delivered in the Phase I paint Phase Description scheme. The 300 Stough tons of 1988 were the last new trailers picked up by Triple Crown that were not built by I Large Triple Crown Logo, NS Logo Only, No Conspicuity striping Wabash. The second group of Mark V trailers II Medium Triple Crown Logo, Blue Stri pe, No Conspicuity striping acquired by TCS were actually built fi rst. NERZ 418000-418174 were built by . III Large Triple Crown Logo, NS & CR Logos, White Only Conspicuity Wabash in late 1987 specifically for a Union Pacific train operating between IV Small Triple Crown Logo, NS & CR Logos, White Only Conspicuity Chicago and Dallas. Triple Crown picked up th ese units in 1990 after the V Medium Triple Crown Logo, NS & CR Logos, Full Conspicuity UP ended operations. The only change that Triple Crown made was to slap their V-a Medium Triple Crown Logo, NS & CR Logos, Smaller Number Font, decals over the Union Pacific lettering Full COl1spicuity and install an NS logo over the UP shield. The blue stripe on the sides and V- b Medium T11ple Crown Logo, NS Logo Only, No Zone on Door, Full front remains to this day. Aside from the Conspicuity different paint scheme, these trailers are very similar in construction and detail to wall designs: smooth aluminum, alu­ line (needed for the Mark IV trailers) to the TCS 410s. minum plate and DuraPlate sidewalls. a simpler single-pipe train line. The two­ In 1991, Wabash delivered 325 53- Smooth aluminum trailers have a thin pipe system had two hoses mounted on foot trailers to TCS (TCSZ 460000- exterior aluminum skin with interior the nose of each trailer and a box with 460324), their first 53-footers. At the posts riveted to it to provide the struc­ quick -disconnect fi ttings at the rear. time th ere was still a great deal of uncer­ ture. Th ese trailers typically have a very There was also a hose with a storage tube tainty about the final regulations for 53- deep baserail to carry the in-train fo rces. on the roadside rear of the trailer to con­ foot trailers. Hedging their bets, Triple Aluminum plate trailers have a much nect to the rail bogie. The two train lines Crown decided to go with a massive 10- thicker aluminum sidewall with no inter­ ran under the floor of the trailer. The sin­ foot 2-inch spread suspension instead of nal posts and thin external stiffeners. gle-pipe train line has only one pipe a standard closed tandem. Aside from the Since there are no posts inside, all interi­ under th e floor with standard railroad unusual su spension arrangement, the or load tie downs are mounted on the gladhands at to both ends of the pipe. basic smooth aluminum design and spec­ outside of the sidewall (over a hole in the Storage brackets near the landing gear of ification remained similar to the earlier sidewall) with an exterior cup covering the trailer and at the very rear protect the trailers. The one major difference was a the tie down. The fi nal trailers to join the gladhands when the trailer is on the new 2 x 4-inch flip-up bumper. The two fleet were the DuraPlate trailers. Like the highway. All trailers built prior to 1994 earlier orders both had an integral aluminum plate trailers, these trailers are had the two-pipe system installed when bumper design. Wabash also rebuilt a also a plate wall design, but the sidewall built. Starting in 1994, the single pipe Mark IV trailer to a Mark V design in material is a steel/plastic composite became standard, and by the end of 1994, 1991 to determine if this was practical. material instead of aluminum plate. This all of Triple Crown's two-pipe trailers The trailer, TCSZ 410338 (2nd) rebuilt material is much stiffer than aluminum, (and rail bogies) had been converted to a from TCSZ 210059, did stay in service eliminating the need for the stiffeners. single-pipe train line. Typically, convert­ until 1997, but the effort was determined These trailers also use cups to cover the ed trailers retained much of the hardware to be uneconomical and was not dupli­ interior tie downs. Aluminum plate trail­ for the two-pipe system, but simply had cated. ers dominate the TCS fleet, comprising the single-pipe system laid over the top The next new trailer orders came in 75% of the total fleet, DuraPlates make of the old piping. 1993 after Conrail had joined forces with up 16%, and smooth aluminum trailers NS in Triple Crown. Not only did owner­ the remaining 9%. Mark V Trailer Details ship change, but so too did the trailer There have been five basic lettering There have been a whole host of design with the introduction of the fi rst schemes fo r Triple Crown trailers. One changes in either the design or the speci­ aluminum-plate trailers. The first 200 of the schemes (the one currently used) fication of Triple Crown's trailers since trailers (TCSZ 461 000-46 1199) built that has had a couple of minor variations over the first Mark V RoadRailer trailer was year were not only the fi rst plates, they the years resulting in two sub schemes. built in 1988. Many of the changes have were the fi rst Triple Crown trailers

18 RAILMODELjOURNAL ·jANUARY 2001 ordered with disc wheels, plus they were expansion with al most 1,600 trailers new trailers were ordered until 1996. also the last trailers (with one exception) acquired that year, an annual total yet to That year, fo ur orders were placed for a built with a trailing-arm suspension be topped. The first trai lers that year total of 300 aluminum plates (TCSZ design. All subsequent orders have a were two orders of aluminum plates 464000-464299). Aside from the 4 x 4- more compact parallel arm design. The (TCSZ 462000-462569) delivered with a inch bumper, no significant design or second order (TCSZ 46 1 200-46 1692) new paint scheme (Phase V), full con­ spec changes occurred on these units, but differed only in the suspension, but the spicuity striping, and a new tie-down two more groups of unique trailers did third order (TCSZ 46 1 693-46 1712) fea­ arrangement (a single row of 12 cups). enter service that year. The first were 20 tured a number of refinements designed The paint scheme would remain basical­ plate trailers originally built to Schneider to lower the trailer's tare weight. ly the same on all future orders, but the National specifications. These trailers Predictabl y, these trailers are called the tie-down pattern would not. These would (TCSZ 462980-462999) have a number "Ultralights." Among the many refine­ also be the last trailers delivered with the of details that are unique among TCS ments to the Ultralights were two .lighten­ two-pipe train line. The next order was trailers including lift pads, 2-hole disc ing holes added to the landing gear wing for 1,000 units (TCSZ 463000-463999), wheels, 2 lock rods per door, S hinges per plates and a radically different rear under­ the largest single order of RoadRailer door and 21 tie-down cups per side in frame design. The rear underframe turned trailers to date. This order introduced the Schneider's typical pattern. Most of these out to be unique to these trailers, but the now standard 12-cup, 2+ I-row cup pat­ trailers were delivered in the standard lighter landing gear pads would become tern, starting with TCSZ 463134, which Phase V scheme, but a few have the standard in 1994. All three of these orders is basically a combination of the two ear­ smaller font of the Phase V-a scheme. featured the bold graphics of the Phase ill lier tie-down arrangements. Late in 1994, The second group of trailers were 20 paint scheme. The final order that year two small but notable groups of trailers AutoRailers (TCSZ 660000-6600 19). (TCSZ 46 1713-461912) was essentially were added to the fleet. Five 48-foot These too had a number of unique fea­ identical to the second batch of 1993 ReeferRailers (TCSZ/PREZ 510131- tures largely because they had a deck trailers but with the much more austere 510135) were ordered, intended for use system inside to carry six automobiles. Phase IV paint scheme. Both the Phase on a joint reefer operation with Prime To accommodate the cars, the trailers had III and the Phase IV schemes featured Trucking (hence the reporting marks) smaller tires than normal and conse­ conspicuity striping, a new addition to the that began with test loads the fo llowing quently a special trai ling-arm suspension Triple Crown paint scheme. The con­ year. The other interesting ordei' was design. 1996 also saw the end of the spicuity had only long, white vertical and TCSZ 46 1 489, the first wreck replace­ ReeferRailer test. These trai lers later horizontal stripes, including a row of ment trai ler (replacing a trailer of the ended up in service on Amtrak. stripes on the top rail and a single large same number) built to the same spec as A resumption of service expansion in stripe centered on the bumper. All of the the order for 1,000 units. It is notable in 1997 resulted in a total of over 900 trail­ trailers buil t in 1993 had a 2-row, 12-cup that it was the last trailer built with a 2 x ers delivered on seven new trailer orders. tie-down pattern (2 rows of 6 cups). 4-inch bumper, all subsequent trai lers The basic trai ler spec started out 1994 would be a year of change for would have a 4 x 4-inch bumper. unchanged from the prior year with one Triple Crown; it was also a year of major After the big expansion in 1994, no exception: the first 87 trailers (TCSZ

Rear-end detail of NERZ 418129. The 2-pipe Rear-end detail of TCSZ 460260. Aside from the Rear-end detail of TCSZ 463548. The prototype train line connections are on the roadside rear paint scheme, the one major difference between rear end for Bowser's HO RoadRailer plate trail­ sill below the RoadRailer decal. Not visible is the the rear end of this trailer and the 418 is the addi­ ers. Note the 2-inch x 4-inch bumper. -Fort integral rear bumper which lies below and for­ tion of the 2 x 4 inch full-width flip-up bumper. Wayne, Indiana, September 12, 1998 Originally these bumpers had a pair of small ward of the rear sill. The rear frame on the 418s hydraulic cylinders to assist raising the bumper. is grey. Note the old-style Wabash National logo. Note that there are no covers on the two rear cou­ -Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 12, 1998 pler access holes. -Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 12, 1998 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 200 1 19 HO, N, S & 0 ROAD RAILERS

TCSZ 410042, one of the 300 48-foot MarkV trailers built by Stoughton in 1988. Smooth aluminum construction, spoke wheels on a closed tandem were standard on these trailers as were Phase I lettering. The 410s were the only Mark Vs that feature full dimension details stenciled on the trailer side, a remnant from the Mark IV days. Near the end of its service life at Lafayette, Indiana, October 9, 1998.

NERZ 418037 illustrates the Phase II paint scheme complete with the original blue stripe and "We Can Handle It" slogan from its days on the Union Pacific. After the UP ended its RoadRailer service, Triple Crown picked up the lease on all of these trailers, retaining the orig­ inal numbers and reporting marks (the leasing company was New England Merchants Leasing, hence the reporting marks). Construction for the most part is similar to the 41Os. -Lafayette, Indiana, August 28, 1998

TCSZ 460272 is one of the distinctive 53- foot "spreads."The suspension on this trailer is truly massive with its 10-foot 2-inch axle centers. Like all other TCS trailers, the whole suspension assembly slides. Note also the heavy baserail, typical of smooth-aluminum RoadRailer trailers. The phase I paint scheme on the spreads lacks the detailed dimension­ al data of the 41Os. -Lafayette, Indiana, August 28, 1998

20 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 200 1 Tr:pleCrown

TCSZ 461030 is part of the original order of 200 aluminum plate trailers. The distinctive external posts are technically called stiffen­ ers, as their primary role is to keep the side­ wall from bowing out. This particular order of trailers was the first with many features that would later become standard for all TCS trail­ ers including disc wheels and conspicuity striping. Note the upper side marker light (above the crowns), Triple Crown has been slowly removing these lights from trailers that originally had them installed. Phase III paint with the same large logo as the Phase I but with the addition of the Conrail logo. Cup pat­ tern is 12 cups over 2 rows. -Lafayette, Indiana, August 28, 1998

TCSZ 461835 shows the minimal Phase IV paint scheme. The tube at the rear of the trailer below the baserail was used for stor­ age of the hose that connected between the rail bogie and the trailer. It is only found on trailers fitted with the two-pipe train line. Note the twodif ferent types and colors of disc wheels, not an uncommon sight after the trailers have been in service. -Lafayette, Indiana, August 28, 1998

Overhead view showing roof detail of TCSZ 462134. Unlike TOFC trailers, there is typi­ cally very little roof damage on RoadRailer trailers aside from forklift damage. This order of trailers introduced the single row of cups along with the Phase V paint scheme. -Atlanta, Georgia, April 22, 1999

200 1 RAILMODEL JOURNAL · JA NUARY 21 HO, N, S [; ° ROAD RAILERS 464300-464386) were delivered with a smaller fo nt on the unit numbers and reporting marks (Phase V-a). The follow­ ing orders went back to the same font as earlier with units TCSZ 464387-464639 essentially identical to the 1996 units. The remaining units built that year (TCSZ 464640-4653 19) were all lettered in the Phase V-b scheme whjch saw the elimination of the Conrail logo and the addition of a "No Zone" decal on the roadside door (which required the door placard to be moved to the curbside door). As in the last two sets of orders, a small group of special trailers was added to the fleet, but in 1997, these were not new trailers. Three old prototypes used by Wabash for testing and demonstra­ tions were sold to Triple Crown that year. Among the three was the only RoadRailer trailer ever built by Miller (TCSZ 410999), a 48-foot smooth alu­ minum. The other two trailers were two 53-foot smooth al uminum prototypes built by Stoughton (TCSZ 460998- 460999). Despite the fact that these trail­ ers were all built in 1988, they have seen relatively little service and were in excel­ lent shape. All three were given complete overhauls and had their rear underframes modified with the installation of a stan­ dard 4 x 4-inch flip-up bumper. 1998 was the latest year that Triple Crown added new trail ers to their fleet. It turned out to be a remarkable year, not only because of the number of trailers ordered (over 1,300 units) but also because it saw the introduction of a new trailer design, the DuraPlate trailer. Deliveries started out with standard alu­ minum-plate trailers (TCSZ 465320- 465769), the only difference was that the wheels were now two-hole in place of five-hole discs. A small group of these trailers (TCSZ 465567-465614) were delivered with black Wabash mudflaps in place of the standard white RoadRailer flap. While these trailers were being built and delivered, the fi rst three prototype DuraPlates (TCSZ 466000-466002) were being tested at Wabash and out on the road. These trailers followed the same basic spec as before with the exception of the sidewall design. All three of these trailers would only see lim­ ited use in Triple Crown service before they ended up on Amtrak where they - remain today. Production on the DuraPlate design began later that year with a total of 900 units deli vered (TCSZ 466003-466902). The only change was starting with TCSZ 466620: black RoadRailer mudfJaps were installed in place of the white RoadRailer flaps. A small group, TCSZ 466628-466654, was delivered with white 2-hole wheels in

22 RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JANUARY 2001 place of the usual grey. Another trailer scale from Bowser. N scalers have change in this time). Bowser also offers a built to Schneider specs was picked up Deluxe lnnovation's Aluminum Plate Schneider version of the plate trailer with by Triple Crown in 1998, TCSZ 462979. RoadRai ler model available. The three two lock rods per door, but it does not 1998 also saw the retirement of the relevant HO scale Bowser models (their have the correct Schneider cup pattern or AutoRai IeI' trailers from Tri pie Crown aluminum plate, smooth aluminum and the correct wheels. This is easily solved with the 20 units later going to Swift, and DuraPlate models) are al l good represen­ by adding A-Line cups and 2- hole wheels the retirement of the remaining 410000 tations of specific trai lers. Bowser did to the trai ler. Lift pads are not available. series 48-foot trailers. While none of the simplify many of the details including The Bowser DuraPlate trailer model is 410s are in RoadRailer service, some are the parallel-arm suspension and the rear in general a good representation of the still seen in intermodal service or in local underframe, but overall these models are 900 TCS trailers, but it does have some delivery service for Amtrak. very well done. Details such as train lines minor detail shortcomings. The front and Only one unit was delivered to Triple and slider hoses can be easily added. rear frame were based on the plate trailer Crown in 1999, TCSZ 462978, an ex­ The mooth aluminum model is model, which while similar, are not the Schneider aluminum-plate trailer that based on the two 53-foot Stoughton pro­ same (the corner posts, fro nt header and was refurbished for TCS service. Unlike totypes (TCSZ 460998-460999). It is rear underframe design all are different the other Schneider-style trailers, this generally an accurate model of these two on the DuraPlates). The wheels and the unit has a suspension fro m a wrecked trai lers with the exception of the landing rear bumper are likewise accurate for the Triple Crown trailer, TCSZ 46 1710. A gear pads, suspension, wheels and aluminum plates and not the DuraPlates. new service did begin in 1999 with bumper. Using this body with a new sus­ Also, for the rivet counters out there, Triple Crown starting operation on select pension and wheels will also provide a there are some discrepancies in the rear Amtrak trains. All of the trailers used for reasonably accurate model of the 53-foot frame rivets, the baserail rivets and in the this service are inspected and approved spreads, a much more common trailer. location of the seams. These are all rela­ by Amtrak as indicated by a green dot The Bowser aluminum plate trailer is tively minor discrepancies with the wheel painted on the trai ler below the unit num­ ofi"ered with two diffe rent cup patterns (2 and bumper flaws relatively easy to fix. ber. To date, 85 trai leI's have been rows of 12, and 12 cups in the 2+ 1 pat­ The lettering on the Bowser models is approved for Amtrak service, all of them tern). The two-row model is an accurate for the most part accurate fo r the specif­ DuraPlates. model of the two big orders of 1993 ic prototypes. Bowser offers most of the (except for the wing plates) while the TCS schemes on their plates, though Modeling Triple Crown 2+ I-row model is a very good model of some are not accurate to the particular RoadRailer Trailers the 463000 series trailers. By modifying group of trailers represented. The RoadRailer aficionados are lucky in the bumper, this model also could be used DuraPlate model lacks the No Zone deal that there are models available of most for the 1996 and later plates (note that and also lacks the side and end placard basic trailer types in HO plus some in 0 some of the detai ls on the rear frame did frames. RMJ

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RAILMODELjOURNAL ' JANUARY 2001 23 HO, N, S [; 0 ROAD RAILERS The rear-end detail of TCSZ 462503 shows the final version of the rear underframe design for trailers with the two-pipe train line. Note the red-and-white conspicuity stripes on the 2 x 4- inch bumper. -Lafayette, Indiana, March 29, 1999

Front view of TCSZ 461166. Basic nose con­ struction has not changed a great deal from the very first plates to the last. Aside from some small construction differences, most of the basic nose design has stayed the same even on the lat­ est DuraPlates. Details have varied somewhat compared to later trailers: the 1993 plates had low numbers and a high placard frame, a 53-foot x 102-inch decal, slightly smaller Triple Crown lettering, and on the first 200 plates, a plastic card holder in place of the aluminum manifest box (many trailers have had these replaced). Also visible are the two holes in the lower left apron plate where the fixed train line hoses were. These connected to a pair of flexible hoses that were draped across the front coupler to a small brack­ et located on the far right side of the apron. -Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 12, 1998

Rear-end detail of TCSZ 464300 showing the unique font on the numbers of the Phase V-a let­ tering scheme. Note also the weathering on the rear frame from the rail wheels. Ty pically the weathering stops just below the door lock rod handles because of the flip-up rear bumper. -Lafayette, Indiana, March 29, 1999

Rear-end view of DuraPlate prototype TCSZ 466000. The basic rear-end design changed very little from the aluminum-plate trailer rear. The addition of the "No Zone" decal on the roadside door meant that the door placard frame had to move over to the curbside door. -Lafayette, Indiana, Fe bruary 6, 1998

The Prototype for Bowser's HO Scale Model, TCSZ 463453 is one of an order of 1,000 trailers delivered to TCS in 1994. This group of trailers was the first to feature the now-standard tie-down arrangement of 12 cups in two rows at the rear and one row toward the front. This prototype matches the Bowser model in every way. Note that the next-to-Iast side panel has been replaced but no new decals were applied, a relatively common sight on TCS trailers. -Lafayette, Indiana, March 27, 1999

24 RAILMODEL JOURNAL ' JA NUARY 2001 TCSZ 464000, the class unit from the 1996 orders. The only real difference from the 463s was the switch to the 4 x 4-inch bumper. Note the front-end detail. -Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 12, 1998

TCSZ 660010, one of 20 unique AutoRailers. Note the cutouts in the baserail, the extra-long Tr :pleCrO�11 slider rails and hose, and the extra sets of tie­ down cups on the sidewalls. These trailers were also different in that the rear frames and the lCS2 680010 front couplers were painted grey instead of the usual white paint. -On a special test train in Naperville, Illinois, December 12, 1996 � . ------�---�-.-�------.-:-:.- --�:.---. �--�--.; - - ---',-';:- TCSZ 462978 is one of 22 Schneider-spec trail­ ers in Triple Crown service, but this particular trailer is the only one that was actually in service as a Schneider trailer (RA 428097). All of these trailers have 21 cups per side in the standard Schneider layout and 5 hinges per door. Most also are unique among TCS trailers in that they have two lock rods per door and lift pads. Note the white conspicuity stripes on the top rail. Lettering is Phase V-b. -Lafayette, Indiana, March 30, 1999

TCSZ 466034, part of the first production run of DuraPlate RoadRailers. Externally, in some ways they look more like a smooth aluminum trailer than an aluminum plate, but the opposite is actually true. The cup pattern and many trailer components were carried through from the last batch of aluminum plates. This trailer has the current Phase V-b lettering scheme with standard 2-hole grey disc wheels and white mudflaps. -Lafayette, Indiana, August 28, 1998

TCSZ 466643 was delivered with white wheels in place of grey and with the now-standard black RoadRailer mudflaps. Compare the front-end detail with the aluminum plates; while it is sim­ ilar, here are a few differences. For example, note that the corner post is not full length. -Lafayette, Indiana, October 20, 1998

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 200 I 25 MODULAR MODELING] ------[ ------FR��-MO MODllJllAR RAltROADING IN HO SCALE By Chris Palolll arez Photos by Robert Schleicher

Now you can actually model a prototype scene on a set of modules. The Free-mo system of modular layout construction allows you to create a layout to match a single-track as well as a double-track line, and still pro­ vides an interface point so other modelers' modules can be connected to build really large layouts. The first major public exhibition of the Free-mo system in America was at the NMRA National Convention in San Jose, California in July 1999. The photos are of the 30 x 120-foot layout that was operated at the trade show dur­ ing the convention. There's an index of previous articles on layout design on our web page at

www.railmodeljournal.com

Gregg Fuhriman's series of four Free-mo modules is called "Glen Frazer" after the prototype scene on the Santa Fe. He used three 4S-degree-shaped modules for the set.

26 RAILMODELjOURNAL -JANUARY 2001 subject to having some sort of life span. Very rarely do you find a club with a truly permanent home. What are the solutions to this prob­ lem of desiring big-time railroading with a limited space? Railroad modelers are faced with three immediate conventional solutions for portability. The first is a diorama. Dioramas are excellent as there are no guidelines for how you build it and no restrictions on wiring (if any). The disadvantages are that expandability becomes much more difficult; once built to a particular size and shape, it wi II be a large obstacle to adapt to anything but that configuration. The second is a sectional layout. Sectional layouts share many of the same advantages and disadvantages of a diora­ ma, except sectional layouts are typically parts of a larger-scale diorama that are made specifically for portability. Achiev­ ing big-time rai lroading is much easier, but it comes at the same cost as a penna­ nent layout, and it can be more cumber­ some due to all the attention to making it portable. The third layout alternative is mod­ ules. Conventional modules are plagued by not being very realistic to operate. The typical setup format is an oval or a close cousin. Setups of modules are pret­ ty mismatched as there are no common interfacing ends to which scenery must adhere. Many modular clubs are set up to promote model rai lroading to the general public, to generate interest within the hobby, and they have no interest in pro­ totypical operations. The great points of modular railroading are the interchange­ ability of modules. Those building mod­ ules can relocate and be assured that they will be able to reuse the modules they Art Armstrong's three Free-mo modules are joined with modules from Arizona to create this 32- create later on in some way. foot-long scene with two dry riverbed crossings. What if all the good points of each system were compiled into one method that is portable, modular, but still retains seamless integrity between modules and more challenging operating sessions than ailroad modeling is going ing at rai lroad modeling, and the wealth oval configurations? When combined, through a renaissance as of knowledge of new media such as the you arrive at the fourth and final solution newer products celebrate a internet, it's now easier than ever to which is the unconventional Free-mo. higher fidelity and accura­ model a specific railroad as accurately as cy that was never dreamed possible. Unfortunately one thing has Introducing the of before. With these changed for the worse recently. More and Free-rno Standard R advancements in model more people are limited in size and space Free-mo is by no means a recent stan­ railroading, more modelers have become in their homes or apartments, which dard. Free-mo is actually a descendant of devoted to accurately representing a pro­ makes a permanent or sectional layout the German FR EMO. FREMO has been totype ra ilroad. More interest has devel­ prohibitive. In the past this was solved around long before the American system  \'1'\ 'l'l'lood\\\g a. region or section of a by belonging to a club with a permanent which was developed and first imple­ particular favorite railroad as the vast layout. But now it is harder for even a mented in 1995. FREMO has had a pro­ products available make it easier and club to absorb the operating expenditures fo und impact on Free-mo as it was the more economical to pursue such an of rent, and fi nding a place to settle down framework for the standards now cur­ endeavor. With all these advancements permanently as the modern economy rently used. The two are very similar in within the industry, more modelers look- takes on a more mobile state. Layouts are nature but different enough to be worthy

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_ San Luis Obispo Model Railroad _ Arizona Railroad Society _Northern California Free-rna Operational Club (SLOMRC) (ARS) (NCF) I block division The layout plan for the Free-mo modular layout that operated at the San Jose, California NMRA National Convention in July 1999. Fo ur clubs and dozens of individual modelers combined their modules to produce this layout. of being separate entities due to the met­ radius, and turnouts, then maximum for module construction are, the mod­ ric vs. imperial measurement systems, grade. With this approach to modular ules, or module sets, must have at least different methods and materials that are standards, it is easy to obtain modules four legs and stand on their own. It also comfortable for modelers, and different that accurately reflect a prototype loca­ must support any equipment run on the prototype themes. The beginnings of tion with the added benefit of multiple mainline without any sort of flexing or Free-mo were spawned from a few rail­ uses within a setup. A diorama may now buckling. The ends are the only part of road modelers in a conventional modular be operational and easily expanded upon the module that carry some sort of com­ club who were convinced that there was in a large-scale setup, and can be used in mon standard for compatibility. a better way. Many options were exam­ may different ways to dynamically fit ined and scrutinized. Unfortunately none any sort of setup area. Layout Height and of them could fulfi ll the requirements of Symmetrical module ends have many Damage Control these members until FR EMO came to advantages over conventional module Conventional modules usually have a light in an issue of Model Railroader. It standards, as Free-mos may be inverted height of 40 inches to better be viewed became fuel for the fi re and set us on a ] 80 degrees without any special adapters by the general public in a mall or other corrected path. Communication was dif­ or jumpers still retaining the aesthetic public facility where accessibility for all ficult with FR EMO, Before wide use of integrity between modules. For th is rea­ audiences is necessary. The Free-mo the internet, the Atlantic stifled commu­ son, Free-mos are more modular than the height is focused around a more comfort­ nications with the group. A committee conventional double-track modules. able height for operations at 50 inches. headed by Art Armstrong and Chris With adoption of a symmetrical module This also protects models from being Palomarez set forth in developing a new format, a completely diffe rent method mishandled by the public as it becomes standard that was open-ended (walk in, for wiring must be employed to utilize necessary, by default, for parents to have and linear) from member requirements, this feature to fu llest extent. The Free-mo control of their children when inspecting American building techniques and obser­ wiring format has a redundancy to it so if the layout. The 50-inch height also vations from FREMO. To day the two one component fa ils, the other can still brings the models closer to the average entities communicate freely. A few be used as a backup; it also doubles the adult, making details more apparent. FREMO members have attended Free­ current avai lable through the bus. All this mo setups and are very welcome to the is essential for the DCC control system. Module Sets events of their younger American Free-mos by default are 100% plug-and­ Module sets are defined as a module Cousin. play, making it easier to arrange setups that is divided into smaller sections for In efforts to reduce standards to an and gain maximum flexibility for this transportation and setup purposes. The absolute core of necessary functions for open-ended system. A module itself may joints within the module sets fall within seam less i nterchangeabil i ty, Free-mo have any sort of intermediate geometry. no particular standard and are at the standards take advantage of symmetry to The module might curve 45 degrees and builder's complete discretion. Reliability obtain maximum flexibility in setting up. have a shape not of a rectangl e. It's only for these joints are the only requirement, A single-track mainline centered on a 2- the interfacing ends that are symmetrical, and they must be able to nandl e all foot end is the starting point for the bare not the entire module. equipment without incident. All rail essentials. Due to the ends being the Modules may employ any sort of con­ joints between modules in a set must be main area where compatibility is exer­ struction method that is fami liar to the powered by some external connections cised, this is the fo cus of the Free-mo builder. Whether it is "010" girder type through plugs, or equivalent, and not rely standards, leaving as much as possible in construction, or if you like, to pioneer the 011 fitters to carry power across modules. between to the builders' discretion. A few more modern luan plywood "waffle" This guarantees a reliable connection and other standards call out for minimum type construction. The few requirements minimizes any sort of problems that 200 1 28 RAILMODEL JOURNAL ' JA NUARY The passing siding on Gregg Fuhriman's set of modules is detailed to match the prototype with a derail on one end of the MOW spur. The far end of the siding (shown on page 39 of this issue) is marked with a signal gantry. might develop from inadequate connec­ their own color fo r their modules. The will make operations more interesting tion on the rai l joiners. The leg arrange­ exact color is up to the group or individ­ and smoother. More consideration needs ment, intermediate module set ends, ual, but it is highly encouraged that to be taken to the module's track arrange­ track arrangements and wiring connec­ members of a club follow the color cho­ ment than its length or the angle it turns. tions are at the builder's discretion. sen consistently throughout the layout, More often than anticipated, there is Module lengths do not need to be in even so module joints are more visually cohe­ some degree of compromise to achieve or odd increments. Free-mos can be any sive. the best operational configuration with length that a builder can reasonably han­ Stronger industry support for code 83 the best use of space avai lable for the dle setting up and transporting. prompted the Free-mo mainline to be a layout. There are two types of general Double-sided modules are also a pos­ more accurate rail size. The newer track configurations Free-mo is capable of; sibility fo r Free-mo. Currently, develop­ products not only look better than code most of the time it is the first. Non-linear ment is underway for this fo rmat, and 100 but also have tighter tolerances for configurations have sections that double concepts are still being tested. Modules more accurate wheels and flanges. There back on each other. These types of setups may double the length of mainline and were some compromises with code 83 require many short curved modules and achieve a backdrop to expand the depth that were very acceptable. Due to the are the most complicated to arrange and of field. These modules will eventually smaller size rai l, there are some areas satisfy both conditions for operability have standards that wi II make them around frogs that do not permit larger and use of space. Linear setups are the 100% compatible with the standard Free­ flanges. This affects only equipment most prototypical, as the point of origin mo modules now in use. Some concepts from Roco or other older models that do and point of destination are on complete­ include using a double-sided module not conform to RP25 or P87 flanges. ly opposite sides of a setup space with with a fi ddle yard to add more opera­ More care must be taken when aligning modules arranged in a line, not necessar­ tional possibilities to the layout. This is modules for setup as well as transporta­ ily a straight line, between them. still an open area in Free-mo and will be tion . There are solutions to these issues Non-linear configurations are the developed within the coming years. which make them less significant; details most common for setups involving an More interest is blossoming in Free-mo; on these methods appear online at the abundant amount of modules. More effi­ this addition to the standards will make Free-mo home page (www.free-mo.org). cient use of space is possible due to most options more vast, yet interchangeable rooms being rectangular or square and and flexible for clubs and individuals to Setting Up and not linear. Special consideration must be build upon. Operational Opportunities made to the amount of shorter curve Free-mos are required to have some Free-mo setups are most versatile to modules available as they will make or sort of fascia to improve the appearance arrange. Ty pically there can be several break a setup. There are never too many of the module, making it more "fi n­ variations using the exact same modules, short 45 or 90-degree modules. A club or ished." Free-mos can be operated on the same amount of space in completely organization should consider having a e.�lb.e� "'lde � both sides must be pre­ different configurations. For this reason member or group of members construct a sentable for a setup. The fascia is gener­ it's best to plan ahead to reduce the time fleet of these necessary modules, as ally some sort of earth-tone brown or it takes to set up a layout for operation. without them a club will be confined to beige that complements the scenery. A Even the largest amounts of space setting up a linear layout which may be club might decide on their own particular require just as much planning as a small­ difficult to accommodate. color for the theme they choose to model. er space. A coordinator may discover a Linear layouts are the most prototyp­ An independent modeler may choose better position for a siding or yard that ical, but suffer in feasibil ity due to RAILMODEL JOURNAL ' JANUARY 2001 29 NEW MODULAR RAILROAD DESIGNS accommodation and efficient-use-of­ while everyone else waits. Yards on being enough 45 or 90-degree modules, space issues. Linear setups do provide opposite ends of a layout should have there are never enough modules that are optimal operation, as there are no approx imately equal capacity. This will just scenery. A consideration for clubs is obstructions or aisle spaces for an opera­ allow for trains to originate and termi­ to have a builder construct a simple mod­ tor to encounter enroute to their destina­ nate at both ends of the layout without ule that isjust scenery before building an tion. Operators will enjoy large areas to much staging overflow. Layouts do not industrial district, or even having an step back and view the layout, and this need to be strictly point to point. A club equal amount of scenic modules to al lows others to enjoy observing without or individual might decide to construct a switching modules. The idea is to pro­ much confinement. Wherever possible, a bal lon and yard module to reverse trains vide the appearance that the trains are linear layout is preferred for user friend­ at the end of the layout and for staging actually going somewhere and not just to liness, however impractical it may be. purposes. add trains to the scenes. When setting up a layout, a coordina­ Helper districts can be used with Free-mo sets the stage for prototypi­ tor must envision how many sidings will grade modules. It is usually handy to cal operations. Each setup presents its be needed to support the operating struc­ have a siding located before and after the own operational challenges even when ture of the layout. For smoother opera­ grade so a train can add and cut out the same modules are used in a different tion, sidings should be arranged to be helpers for the hill. Run-through helpers configuration. Once a plan for a setup is about the same length of the longest may also be implemented from yard to finalized, a setup scenario can be imple­ track within the main yard. For more yard if there is no convenient way to mented with a timetable and milepost challenging setups, sidings should vary locate sidings around a grade. If helpers callout. If grades are used, a grade chart in length being shorter and longer than are not avai lable fo r a steep grade, oper­ profi le may be in order for operators to the longest track within the main yard. ators may have to double or triple a train. estimate their need for helpers. Operators may have to perform prototyp­ Industrial districts can be arranged A dispatcher wi II usual I y be needed ical meets such as a sawby or to double a anywhere on the layout. Usually it makes for large Free-mo setups to arrange siding. The key is enjoyment; arrange the operat ion easier if there is a siding avail­ meets and keep traffic flowing. Usually layout to make operation enjoyable. able around a industrial district for a the dispatcher communicates through a Sidings and yards should be spread local to duck in and clear the mainline wal kie talkie two-way radio to the crews. out evenly through a layout, leaving for through trains. Operating a local can A standard rad io protocol is fo llowed to enough separation to make them logical be an all-day occupation for those taking ensure the right instructions are fo llowed and useful. Having many sidings the job. Many Free-mos have a spur or as it is possible to have corn fi eld meets bunched together and a long single track switching area to spot cars. Operational wi th Dee on a si ngle-track mai n line. section will not be very logical or effi­ appeal is greater when there is some cient to operate as only one person will scenic separation between towns and Conclusion be able to use the single track section switching areas. Along with there never Free-mo brings operations and the abi lity to construct a layout to those that never had the ability to execute and devote the resources necessary to con­ struct a fu ll-blown layout. Free-mo pro­ vides a logical and flexible format to allow us to enjoy big-time railroading in a manner that is much more suitable for a smaller space at home, at the same time supporting immense-size setups that sup­ port a lot of operators. And prototype modelers may now be able to model a region without having designs dictated by confining standards. Modelers now are able to make a diorama portable and expandable, thereby lengthening its use­ fu lness if moved to another residence. As we move into the next millennium of railroad modeling, we find a new way of expanding on the latest developments that manufacturers and technology have made possible in a way that will always have application. Disposable layouts and having limited room are a thing of the past. We all can enjoy big-time rai lroad­ ing in a new realm that is modular. A new option: Free-mo. RMJ Kevin Isbister's Athearn ex-Conrail EMD leaser GP38-2 on Art Armstrong's module set. NEW MODULAR RAILROAD DESIGNS

dards Ends shallbe 1X6 birchor equivalent to female pin right The samewiling situation pro�Gl.s�L­ 1 clampingto aqjacentmcxlules. Ends to be rail,would befOl md for therail. other end(s). wide. Roadbedto be 114 colk or equivalentare on 112 plywocxlor equivalent,braced toprevent sagor H"",-iT",,,,, AccesSOlYpower is straightthrough. A bridge The mcxlule (set) shall have at least rectifierwired and filteringcapacito r, four --_I•. ,",,�'" alone. Nominal and um height to �C r Minim may �used convert � thefloor 50 inches. Maximwnheight of Mainline at module end DCC SlgpaltoDC . Appli�ons is 62 inches. withgrades, the elevationof the that On mcxlules Must be perpendicular reqWl-e AC or DCC Slgna1 high end shallbe some multipleof 3/4 inch abo�dow to the end and may utilize power directly end. Legs shallhave adjustmentof plus or 1 ch. 6" fum the bus. The bottoms ofthe legs shall have lUbbertip minor Stra' ht and Level equivalentfloor protection. Mainlinemaximum gradeis 1" 2.0 percent (1/4 mch per foot) withthe tracklevel for 6 Rail Setback inches :fium each end. Vertical CillVes shall be 3/8 " appropliate for e operation of contemporatylong Subroadbed mainlin Cat.'S. Mcxlulesmay beused with on either to top of rail side. spectators Each 6" Track mcxlule Track shall becode-83 nickel-silver flex or handlaid. needs a Minimum is42 inches withat least12 inches of RJ12 Loconet straighttrack radiusbetween reverse cmves. M turnouts ainline connectionpoint, one shall be at At the ends of the mcxlulethe track shall least #6. on eveLY end, mounted becentered on the 24inch width,perpendic ular tothe end, on the inside of the also straight and level fo r 6 inches :fiumeach end of the module, and one dual mcxlule. shall becut off linch away fummcxlule end; 6 Rail flushmount conductor ties and ballast shall becontinued to the mcxlule endfor RJ 12 fa ceplatemounted good appearanceand matchingwith the adjacentmodule. on each exposed side of Free-rna end plates fo r ends. are recommended mcxlule, for throttles.

Wi . Allof the Loconetconnectol'S 2 Till hall not relyon pointsto power:fiug. and associatedcables need to be � connectedtogether straightthrough (i.e, WIre shall be#1 8 or largerstranded. Feeder wiL -ecan. l?eof pin 1 - pin pin 2 - pin 2, pin 3 - pin 3, etc. 24 gauge or heaviet: There shallbe a 4(or more) posltlon ... notestandard 1, telephone cables batrier strip at each end under the mcxlulefo r hook­ straightthroug h). at-eNOT wiLro up. wn-e To connectthe DCCbus between mcxlules, a 2 WIri ng consists of 4 separate bus and 6 c�)llductor foot RJ 12 toRJ 12 cableis DCC DigitlaxLoconet bus. endswiL-es have a parr of male utilized. and 2 pin jones plug All Numberop-302-CCTat1d fema1e (patt To connecta DCC boosterto amcxlule, a 4 foo t S-302-CCT) for the mainline, a single 2 pin trailerplug RJ 12to RJ12 cable is A 4 foot cable with Radio Shack(pN270-026) for the accessorypower, and a one female and one utilized.2 pi n Jones plug on one surface mount 6 conductor RJ 12 box mounted to insideof end, plugged betweenma1e interf acing mcxlules, mcxlule 1X6 end. connectedto the outputof theboo ster.

Mainline wiring isas fo llows for jones plugs (must be Control facing mcxlule end for COlrect perspective): DiginaxDCC and accessories standardfor interoperabilityamong Free-moare clu bs, For more Male pin 2 rightra il, ma1e pin 1 left Fema1e pin 2 left rail. infonnation about Tech nica1 specifics consult

32 RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JANUARY 2001 CINCH Jones Plugs Sockets No. Dimensions (mm)& Digi-Key Pricing Cinch Contacts Description A 8 C D E Part No. 1 25 50 100 250 500 Part No. 180' Clam Cable Mount) 2 .53 9.12 CJ 1 02P-ND 2.63 50.01 90. 7 728.84 P-302-CCT 3 7.95 9.12 CJ103P-ND 2.88 54.80 99.68 798.67 P-303-CCT 4 9.53 11.91 CJ104P-ND 3.24 61 .64 112.13 898.42 P-304-CCT 6 11.13 12.29 CJ106P-ND 3.51 66.80 121 .51 973.56 P-306-CCT 2 9,53 9 � CJ1 02S-ND 2.80 53.20 96.78 775.39 S-302-CCT 3 7.95 9.12 CJ1 03S-ND 3.25 61 .87 112 .55 901 .74 S-303-CCT 4 9.53 11.91 CJ1 04S-ND 3.29 62.60 113.88 912.38 S-304-CCT 11.13 12.29 CJ1 06S-ND 3.75 71 .31 129.73 1039.40

• Two-contact "Jones" connector is round, all others are rectangular. Features:

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RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 33 [ MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYPE ] ------RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS MEET AT THE NMRA NATIONAL CONVENTION. SAN JOSE Photos by Robert Schleicher on the Free-Mo modular layout

type Modelers RPM is a group of modelers who simply show up at conventions around ar to share each( others') modeling efforts. There is no address, no dues, no newsletter. We rthcoming conventions in the "Calendar" section of "The Journal" whenever possible. You hope you bring some of your prototype-based models in any scale to share with atten­ times a popular vote contest among the viewers, but the emphasis is on modeling. There ototype modeling clinics that you can attend as well as the RPM display. The consistent de this get-together as part of the NMRA National Convention, a meet in Naperville, September 6-9, 2001 weekend as the National Hobby Show at Rosemont Chicago , the outhern California, a new East Coast meet in Pittsburgh. A meet is scheduled( to be) held the NMRA National Convention at Saint Louis in July. We'll list these RPM meets in the the magazine as soon as more information is available.

Pat LaTorres painted, lettered and detailed a Proto 2000 EMD GP7 to match a specific Western Pacific prototype, right down to the weathering patterns and colors.

Gene Deimling displayed an entire train of 0 scale cars, each as well weathered and detailed as this San Juan Car Shops injection-molded plastic kit.

34 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 200 1 Randy Wilson scratchbuilt the sides, ends, roof and floor of this S scale FMC 5347- cublc-foot-capacity X-post box car, then made resin molds. The car is equipped with Proto 64 wheelsets.

Kevin Shanahan added an A-Line weight and Microscale decals to an Athearn 89-foot flat and rebuilt two Athearn 40-foot Fruehauf vans to match prototype photos. The first van has a nose­ mounted A-Line refrigeration unit and it is a PFC series that PFE classified as a "container" because its bogie was removable. The second van has an underssllung refrigeration unit a:n�d�w�as :------: classified as a PFT series (for "trailer") by PFE. ::�:: � �; � _ :::::�:�� � 1

Ken Williams aisplayed this three-car set ofTTX "Twin-28" Trinity spine cars. The models are scratch built, and we'll have an article on how you can build them in a future issue of "The Journal."

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 200 1 35 RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS MEET

To m Baccarela used an Accurail reefer kit, added a new sidesill and Plano roofwalk, then shaved off the molded-on ladders and grabirons and replaced them with free-standing detail parts. Yes, the model is a replica of specific BN proto­ type.

Tim Costello's InterMountain cylindrical covered hopper was painted with Accu-Paint Stencil Black and lettered with Microscale 87-706 decals. The steps, coupler cut levers and wire grabirons are Detail Associates parts.

To m Vanden Busch assembled a West Shore Line cast-resin kit with added wire detail parts to build this replica of a circa-1946 New York Central covered hopper.

Dave Harley and Kevin Shanahan presented a dinic on PFE reefers and about 20 cars, from virtually all eras, were on display including this Athearn car with a scratch built Landis-style door to match the PFE prototype.

Michael Johansson removed the factory lettering from this Proto 2000 EMD GP7 to match the model to a prototype photo of number 3700 as it appeared in the early seventies. Michael was the youngest RPM member to display his mod­ els; he's 12.

36 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 2001 Gregg Martin displayed this exact scale replica of the Pennsy's number 5759 that he created from an undecorated Proto 2000 model.

Mike Brock started with a Genesis, by Athearn, USRA 2-8-2 and added the cast detail parts to match his model to the prototype Union Pacific 2550. There are prototype photos of similar locomotives in the November 1999 issue of "The Journal."

Cindy Winters displayed this Norfolk Southern Dash 8-40C that she kit-converted using a Rail Power Products frame, Dash 8-40CW body, a Dash 8-40B body, a Dash 8-32C anti climber with Athearn trucks and Train Station Products truck sideframes.

Steven Bechtold used an undecorated Atlas RSI as the basis for this Tidewater Southern unit. He used photos of the prototype to position the details, decals and to serve as guide for the weather­ ing.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 37 RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS MEET

Dave Bayless started with a Train Miniatures reefer, but all that remains are the side details. He replaced the ends, roof and underframe with Red Caboose parts to build this replica of the PFE R40-2-18 wood reefer.

Scott Pitzer displayed this InterMountain 40-foot box car that he detailed and painted to match a specific COlO prototype.

John Johnson matched the weathering from a black-and-white prototype photo to current weathering patterns to build this replica of a Pennsy gon from Bowser's kit. He sanded the painted-on lettering, applied wire grabirons, then painted and weathered the model with an airbrush, and finished the job with powered pastels applied with a wet brush to achieve the three-dimensional effect of the rust.

James Kochner started with an undecorated Kato CX44-9W and added all of the details he could find to match this specific prototype.

38 RAILMODELjOURNAL -JANUARY 2001

[PAINT & DECALS] ------

MODELING ROCK ISLAND E8A DIESELS IN HO SCALE

By Frank Jordan Prototype photos from the collection of AI Chione

hat two words most smooth and slightly bevel the outside edge Step 3 will focus on adding details to appropriately all around the tank. Now shim up the tank the lower half of the locomotive. Glue described the once­ by applying two Evergreen .060 x .OSO­ both nose lift rings to the front of the nose famous roster of Rock inch plastic strips to the inside bottom of just above the pilot. Add factory-provided Island locomotives? the fuel tank piece. Glue the tank back coupler lift bars to the front and rear of the Probably "infinite vari­ onto the bottom of the mechanism as unit as we ll as MU hose detail parts. Don't ety." For anyone famil­ before. Your tank should now simulate an forget to add the MU receptacle to the nose iar with the CRI&P, it could hardly be dis­ independent assembly from the body and as it seems to be positioned differently on agreed. One would be hard pressed to pro­ frame. This offers an excellent illusion of many units. duce an all-time engine roster so diverse! such. Add fuel and water filler parts if you Step 4 requires just a bit of craftsman­ What made the Rock so appealing to fol­ wish. ship. You must scratch build a step ledge lowers? The mYliad of visual images cre­ Step 2 will prepare the top details of for the side of the nose and cab front. This ated power from the Union Pacific and your locomotive. Start at the rear by was an addition that most E and F owners Southern Pacific supplemented the pletho­ adding four round air vents to the top of added to their locomotives to foster safety ra of bizarre Rock Island paint schemes. the unit. These will be two on each side of in servicing the units between runs. According to a Rock Island Diesel the steam generator area on the back of the Simply cut two pieces of .0 10 x .060-inch Locomotive Roster compiled by Louis roof. Move to the front of the cab and add stJ'i p styrene and gl ue them at a 90-degree MatTe, the railroad owned 19 ESAs and 4 your 5-chime horn. You will have to bend angle. Measure their length to be 6 112 feet E9As. Five of the ESAs and fo ur of the yom own .0 1O-inch steel grabs CL-shaped) long. Fabricate tJiangular-shaped support E9As were purchased second-hand from to put on top of the cab on the engineer and studs if you want to get exotic. I did. DO the Union Pacific in 1969. The remainder fireman sides of the roof. These are the NOT glue this piece to the locomotive of the fleet was purchased new. The E unit safety grabs that allow laborers to safely until after you have painted the model. At 952 was purchased from the builder after a navigate the roof. I recommend that you that point, paint the step ledge separately demonstrator tour on several railroads, an replace the factory windshield wipers with and apply it to the finished model. I wish I ex-GM factory unit. those manufactured by A-Line. Don't for­ had heeded these instructions myself. The models I have chosen to replicate get to add the DW prime-type cab deflec­ Step 5. The fun part. Remove the wind­ are the Rock Island's once-mighty ESs and tors to the front of the window areas as shield glass and headlights. Also remove E9s. These locomotives began their well. the numberboard glass as well. Leave the careers as high-speed race horses. Many While we are still concerned with the porthole glass in place, add some cyano­ fm ished their careers on the point of inter­ upper portion of the locomotive, be sure to acrylate glue to the surface of the porthole modal hotshots and manifest freight trains. add the grabirons to the top and side of the glass and gasket area. Now wet-sand the This was an obvious testament to the E nose. Once again it is recommended you portholes flush with the body. You may units' successful design and construction bend your own from .0 1O-inch wire to need body putty or a fi lIer to make the sur­ and an interesting aside to the Rock simulate the prototype. face pelfectly flat. Rock Island 652 had Island's mechanical and operating depart­ ments. The majOJity of aging Es soldiered on in suburban commuter service up until the late 70s, signaling the railroad's demise. Many hulks remained at liquida­ Bill of Materials tion, time after the road was shut down. My two projects are an original Rock Evergreen: Decals: Island ESA that was later adomed in the 269- 103 .010 x .060-inch strips 87-18 Microscale Rock Island maroon and yellow "wing" scheme, and diesels an ESA in the hastily heralded "canarie" scheme worn by the ex-UP Es purchased Details West: 87-389 Microscale Milwaukee second hand. Both are classic schemes for 229- 1102 Nose lift rings Road E units (red stripes on this unit. 229-3102 Fuel tank fittings roof) If you are one of the many who loved the "legendary" ES/9 series of passenger 229-2 103 Exhaust stacks locomotives, there is a prototypically 229-23 12 Cab deflectors, prime type PAINT: accurate replica available from the Proto 229- 1 603 Five-chime horn Floquil: 2000 division of Life-Like Products. This 03062 Military colors British model offers the basic starting point for 229- 1508 MU hoses this unique project. 229-6206 Freight car air hoses Crimson (for maroon) 229- 1901 Round air vents 110350 CSX Grey (for weathered Rock Island 652 grey roof of To save time and effort, purchase a UP decorated Life-Like ES/9 with dual head­ Any type of .010 brass or piano lights and a freight pilot. Fi nding an wire for bending roof or side Scalecoat II: undecorated unit could prove to be very grabirons over windshield and yellow (for nose and entire difficult. The decorated models come UP UP already assembled or "ready to run." The side of units unit scheme) undecorated ones do not. Preparing this locomotive fo r painting Utah Pacific: Testors: and decaling requires very little work. Step 1 begins by removing the body 755-83 UP snow shield 1146 Silver for UP E9 trucks shell and modifying the fuel tank. This step is very important in recreating the A-Line: Any kind of "black" paint for prototype. AftertJ imming off the four tabs molded to the top piece of the fuel tank, 116-2920 1 Short wipers underbody of maroon E8 you should have a flush piece. Sand it

42 RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JANUARY 2001 The prototype for the number 652 model rests at Chicago, Illinois on July 20, 1969. -photo from the collection of AI Chione

three portholes missing, and many other the mediums possible. A combination of jects that manufacturers provide. Today's units do as well. Check your prototype to paints, acrylics, or oils and pastel chalks options are incredibly accurate. Just about be sure. The front porthole will remain give you the best means of recreating the everything you can imagine is becoming intact and be painted over, dupLicating the "used" look when duplicating your proto­ available. Especially ready-to-run. unit's look we are modeling. type. Don't forget that the actual locomo­ Add the details most visible to the eye. Step 6. It's time to paint and decal. The tive in this case is the best example. There Include the things that are unique to that best way to ensure a decent coat of maroon are numero us slides, prints and books or subject being recreated. Apply correct col­ is to pIime your decorated unit. I use a articles to be referenced fo r "the look." ors and decals. Don't forget the dirt, dust thinned-out coat of grey, just enough to Try to develop a style that best sup­ and grime! Now you're capturing "the cover. Prepare a mask for the yellow nose. P0l1S your efforts. I have always admired look." Yo u're recreating the prototype. Paint the nose yellow fi rst, then go back the examples of Dan Holbrook and Bob Remember, linage is everything. after it dries and mask it. After you mask Rivard. They fai thfully recreate the proto­ it, paint the entire body and pilot maroon. type without having to scratchbuild or The trucks and fuel tank are black. reconstruct a model from the ground up. Microscale decals are recommended Each of these modelers personally demon­ fo r this project. The lettering and heralds sU'ates how to successfully recreate the are excellent. Don't forget to paint the spitting image of a locomotive or freight numberboards black before applying the car by using commercially available kits Rock Island or F Unit "winged nose" template decals. To seal your efforts, overspray the and parts. The key to modeling is to fi nished model with a 70/30 mix of clear emphasize the most visible details, thus coat and dull coat. Mix that combination adding believability and conformance to This template is designed to be used on with a fair amount of thinner and apply. the prototype. Finally, the finished model any Rock Island unit with an E or F desig­ Keep in mind that recreating the proto­ shows how important correctly applied nation. Be sllre when extending the left of type requires close study of your subject. weathering is in reflecting the look they this template to curve the pOl1ion for the As far as I am concerned, the proj ect is not desire. front of the nose in a downward angle. over until the model is weathered. For the Time is of the essence. Unfortunately, Each unit you do will require curvature for most real istic results, be certain to use all there is not nearly enough of it. Pick pro- that particular nose. RMJ

The left side Of the upgraded- Proto 2000' Rock Island number 652.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 2001 43 ------PAINT & DECALS] [ ------

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By Jim Eager

CB&Q 20887, series 20695-20999, class XML-16, built in June through August 1969 Berwick's first box cars built new from the ground up were a group of X-post cars built for the Q in 1969. Delivered in pre-merger Cascade Green with just the Burlington roadname, the idea was that the word Northern could be added after the merger, but that was never done on these cars. They featured R+3/4 Improved Dreadnaught ends, an overhanging diagonal-panel roof, 9 panels to either side of the 10-foot plug door, cushioned underframes, and DFB loaders. The Q had built a similar group of cars in their own Havelock, Nebraska shops in 1967, series 23300-23499, class XML-14, but they were painted Chinese Red. -J im Eager photo, June 1979 HO Scale Decals: Kevin's Decals BC-l plus Herald King B-410 data

erwick Forge & ing specialty heavy-capacity flat cars in using sides supplied by Berwick, although Fabricating (BFF), later the later 1960s and constructed its first that has not been conflrmed. Both classes a division of Whittaker complete box cars in 1969. Berwick went had eight side posts to either side of the Industries, began car­ on to supply a fair number of X-post box door, or nine panels, with a prominent hor­ building operations cars to several class I and 2 railroads, IPD izontal flange ru nning along the bottom of when the company took shortlines, and to Railbox in the 1970s. the posts. Both had 10-foot Youngstown over AC&F's Berwick, The first new box cars constructed by plug doors, and both used Stanray's R+3/4 Pennsylvania plant in Berwick were a group of single-sheathed Improved Dreadnaught ends and over­ 1962. At first BFF concentrated on freight exterior-post 50-footers built for the hanging diagonal-panel roof. The only car rebuilding and fabricating subassem­ CB&Q in mid- 1 969, series 20695-20999, obvious construction difference between blies fo r other car builders and railroad car class XML- 16. The Burlington had built a the two classes was the shape of the notch shops, including exterior-post car sides for similar group of cars in their own in the sidesill to clear the corner steps: the Reading's class. RBLc and Pennsy's Havelock, Nebraska shops in 1967 straight across then curved down on the Q­ class X-58 box cars. The fi rm began build- (23300-23499, class XML- 14), possibly bu i It cars, versus straight across then 44 RAILMODEL JOURNAL · JANUARY 200 1 BN 319613, series 319500-319699, built in June and July 1970 A second group of cars was delivered from Berwick in full Burlington Northern livery. About the only noticeable differencefrom the (B&Q cars was that the notch in the sidesill extended past the bolster on the BN cars. GTW 309400-309434 were identical except for their mineral red paint and GT noodle lettering. -J im Eager photo, June 1979 HO Sc�le Decals: Herald King B-410

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series 319000-319499, built in March 1970 Great Northern received two groups of cushioned, exterior-post box cars froin Berwick in 1970. The GN cars were built to the taller Plate ( clear­ ance diagram and had only 8 panels to either side of their 10-foot plug doors. The ends were 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught. This car was delivered with DF2 belt rails, but they had apparently been removed. GN 137000-137099 were identical, and 138700-138999 were very similar although they were constructed by P(&F. -Jim Eager photo, June 1979 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-660

MP 253309, series 253200-253449, built in April and May 1974 Missouri Pacific ordered a group of Plate B cars in 1974 that came with only 7 panels to either side of a 10-foot, 6-inch plug door and 4/4 ends. The sidesill architecture was quite a bit different from previous Berwick cars as well. -Jim Eager photo, June 1979 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-7 10, plus a MoPac herald

RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JANUARY 2001 45 IPD, RAILBOX & OTHER X-POST CARS BAR 5802, series 5800-5999, built in January 1972 The Bangor and Aroostook ordered cars with 10-foot plug doors, 7 panels to either side, and a straight sidesill with a veryshallow notch at either end. A more radical departure was the use of non-terminating corrugated sine-wave ends similar to those used on Pullman-Standard cars of the same period, except that the ends were riveted in place on the Berwick cars. MEC 30000-30249, delivered in 1973, were identical except for a slight difference in the door levers. -Jim Eager photo, June 1979 HO Scale Decals: none known

NW 281100, series 281100-281174, class 8-130, built in January 1973 Norfolk & Western also ordered cars with the new corrugated non-terminating ends, but theirs came with sliding doors that were 12 feet 6 inches wide and DFB loaders. The sidesill dropped to strengthen the underframe at the extra-wide door. DT&I ordered similar cars with conventional 10-foot doors and straight sills, DT&I 18800-18874. (Sorry for the blurry grab shot.) -Jim Eager photo, April 1980 HO Scale Decals: none known angled down on the Berwick cars. More The Great Northern ordered slightly cars went to the Maine Central (MEC obvious was the Chinese red paint and her­ diffe rent plug-door cars that were deliv­ 30000-30249). A group of 75 Plate B cars ald plate on the Havelock cars versus ered in Big Sky Blue in early 1970 just were built in 1972 for Detroit Toledo & Cascade Green paint and white before the creation of BN (GN 137000- Ironton with 7-panel sides and lO-foot BURLINGTON roadname on the pre-BN­ 137099 and 319000-3 19499). These were sliding doors (DTI 18800- 1 8874), while a merger Berwicks. These first 9-panel taller Plate C cars with eight panels to 1973 order built for the Norfolk & Berwick cars are somewhat similar to either side of the 10-foot plug door, 4/4 Western was equipped with 12-foot, 6- Athearn's old exterior-post plug-door kit, ends, and notched straight side sills. (GN inch sliding doors, only six panels to either but that car has early 5/5 Dreadnaught also ordered nearly identical cars from side of the doors, and drop side sills (NW ends, a non-overhanging roof and an 11- Pacific Car & Foundry.) The Sao Line 281100-281174, class B-130). What was foot plug door. It can either be modified or Historical Society's 8-panel kit can be unusual about all four of these orders was used as a stand-in to model these cars. used to make a stand-in model of these the use of corrugated non-terminating Newly formed Burl ington Northern cars, as in Bob Rivard's article in the ends that were very similar to those used received 200 more plug-door cars in 1970 January 2000 issue of "The JournaL" on some of Pullman-Standard 's exterior­ (BN 319500-3 1 9699), and Grand Trunk In 1974 the Missouri Pacific ordered a post cars, but the ends of these Berwick Western got 35 clones (GTW 309400- group of lower Plate B cars with only 7 cars were riveted to the side sheets just 309434). About the only diffe rence from panels to either side of a lO-foot, 6-inch inboard the corner posts, which would the Bmlington cars was that the side sill plug door, and 4/4 ends (MP 253200- become a key spotting feature on all sub­ notch extended past the bolster on these 253449). Accurail's ACF kit can be com­ sequent BFF cars. later cars. Meanwhile, Berwick supplied bined with a Details West plug door to All of these early Berwick cars were cars with only 8 panels and conventional model a stand-in for these cars. custom designs, but that would soon sliding doors to the Chesapeake & Ohio in Meanwhile, in early 1972 Berwick change. We 'll look at Berwick's later late 1969 (C&O 484000-484649, class B- delivered a group of 7-panel Plate C cars "standard" cars in our next installment. 92). This group of cars also had fo ur rows to the Bangor and Aroostook (BAR 5800- RMJ of waffle impressions stamped into the side 5999). The cars were equipped with 10- sheets to accommodate OF belt rai Is, and foot Yo ungstown plug doors and notched the cars had drop, or fishbelly side sills. straight sidesills. A year later 250 similar

46 RAILMODEL JOURNAL ' JANUARY 200 1 ver the past several DCC is shorthand fo r the Standards imum and many of the DCC-specific years there has been an and Recommended Practices for Digital terms wi \I be defined as they are used. increased emphasis on Command Control as defined and Richard Schumacher gave a clinic at realistic prototype mod­ descri bed by the National Model the NMRA National Convention in St, eling. This may be the Railroad Association (NMRA). The Paul in 1999 that was entitled modeling of specific DCC features and capabilities described "Designing Model Railroad Operations." railroad scenes, specific in these articles are not manufacturer­ In this clinic he presented his eight step trains, specific locomotives, specific cars specific, but can be found in most mid-to program to get to more realistic opera­ or, for most of us, a combination of upper-range DCC systems. This is not tion. His first step was "Running At everything from our choice of prototype intended to be a description of DCC and Scale Speeds". railroad environments. Th is series of arti­ what it is and how it works, but rather Some modelers go to a lot of trouble cles will provide some methods to use some examples of how to use the fe a­ to get the details on their locomotives Digital Command Control (DCC) to tures and capabilities of DCC to make and cars just right and then proceed to achieve a more realistic representation of your train operations more realistic. The run their trains at 80 to 150 scale miles prototype operation. technical language will be kept to a min- per hour (smph). If you don't run YOLU"

RAILMODELJOURNAL ·JANUARY 2001 47 OPERATING WITH Dee

The New York Central's Tw entieth Century Limited could travel as fast as 90 mph and more during its heyday-that's about half the speed that most modelers would operate an HO scale version of the train. -photo form the collection of Louis A. Marre

trains at near scale speeds, then it doesn't Table 1-1 Cars and speed foot long cars to pass a fixed point at var­ matter how great your modeling is, the ious speeds. This table applies to all trains just won't look right. Seconds fo r five 88 foot scales. Part of the problem is that running at Speed cars to pass a fixed point Looking at specific cases, consider scale speeds isn't easy with a conven­ the New York Central 's Twentieth tional control system. Many modelers 10 mph 30 Century Limited or the Santa Fe's Super find it diffi cult, if not intimidating, to 20 mph 15 Chief might have a l2-car consist, each calculate realistic scale speeds, then fig­ 30 mph 10 approximately 85-feet long with perhaps, ure out how to run each locomotive at the 40 mph 7.5 a 72-foot long baggage car and a 60-foot correct speed. DeC can make it much 50 mph 6.0 RPO, for a total train length of about 982 easier to operate each of your locomo­ 60 mph 5.0 feet. This trains should take I J seconds tives at a correct scale speed. 75 mph 4.0 to pass a fixed point on the prototype as There is a very simple method fo r 90 mph 3.5 well as in any scale. the Super Chief or calculating scale speeds. A prototype 100 mph 3.0 Century might run as fast as 100 mph train traveling at 60 miles per hour cov­ 120 mph 2.5 and, at this speed, it would take about 6.5 ers 88 feet every second. HO scale is seconds for the train to pass by. approximately I :87, so an HO train trav­ At the other end of the scale, look at eling at 60 smph should cover about one cars, an auto rack or a two-trailer inter­ the kind of drag freights that the fo ot in every second. This calculation is modal flat car is also about 90-feet long. Southern Pacific was notorious for run­ quite easy for HO scale, but what about On the prototype, five of these 90- ning up to the late 1980s. These trains 0, S, TT, N, or Z? Yo u can simplify the foot cars or combinations of cars will might be doing well to travel at 30 mph. calculations by taking advantage of the pass a fixed point in one second when the A t this speed it would take two seconds fact that both freight and passenger trains train is traveling at 60 mph. Since we are for each auto rack or each pair of 40 and can be divided into "chunks," each about using scale models, this means that our 50-foot cars to pass by. When this train 88-feet long. distances are also reduced to match the reaches the steep grades of Donner Pass A full length heavyweight passenger scale we are modeling. Thus, five of or the Te hachapi loop, the speed might car is about 85 feet between couplers, a these 90-foot cars will take five seconds drop to 10 mph or even 5 mph, assuming full length lightweight passenger car is to pass a fixed point in EVERY scale. mechanical fai lure did not cause the about 85 feet between couplers. Yo u can This means, of course, that the smaller trains to stop completely. At 10 mph it use fre ight cars by assembling a train of the scale, the slower the model trains takes six-seconds for each auto rack to pairs of 40 and SO-foot cars coupled must move in real time. Table 1-1 shows pass and, at 5 mph it takes twice as long. together. If you operate modern freight how many seconds it takes for five 88- Looking at it another way, a model

48 RAILMODEL JOURNAL ' JANUARY 200 1 A Santa Fe train drifts down grade into what Figure 1-2. Unmodified Speed and Throttle remains of Cajon. -Bill Pearce photo 200smph

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RAILMODELjOURNAL ·jANUARY 2001 49 OPERATING WITH Dee consisting of two SD40-2s at the head [t is always possible to run your trains In the simplest case, there is one ev end, twenty-four 50 foot cars, with at prototype speeds by restricting the which we can use to control scale speed. another SD40-2 helper cut in about two­ amount of throttle used. However, this Th is is eY5, also known as Ymax. eV5 thirds of the way back, would be about requires conscious thought and will controls the maximum amount of power 1450 fe et long. At 10 smph this train will require diffe rent limits for each different sent to the motor when the throttle is fu ll take 100 seconds to pass; at 5 smph the locomotive. As an engineer there is open. Figure 1-2 is a graph showing train would take 200 seconds, or over always the temptation to run just a little Speed v.s. Throttle position on a typical three minutes to struggle by. Running at bit faster, especial ly in the smaller scales. Dee controller straight out of the box. scale speed will certainly make your lay­ Our model locomotives don't have work­ Th is corresponds to the throttle move­ out seem larger because the trains will ing speed recorders to report our break­ ment in Figure 1.1. Figure 1-3 shows probably be moving much slower than ing of the ru les. what happens when we set evs so that it what you are used to seeing. This is espe­ Dee systems that are operated will send only 50-percent of fu1l power at cially true of N scale, where there's a ten­ straight out of the box can have the same maximum throttle. dency to run the trains as fast as their HO speed control problems of a convention­ Each DCC system will have a differ­ scale counterparts which, as you've seen, al power pack. One of the strengths of ent procedure for changing CV5 and is about twice too fast. Dee, however, is that we can achieve some systems may have more than one Not all of this too-fast operation is our scale speed running easily and naturally. way of doing this. eV5 has a range of 0 fault. Many manufacturers produce model Each locomotive that we intend to recog­ to 255. Fifty percent of 255 is 127. Most locomotives with very high top speeds, as nize Dee commands must be fitted with Dee systems will require you to set the much as 200 smph or even 300 smph, a decoder. This decoder is a small com­ CY in hexademal, a base- 16 number especially in N scale. Just look at the loco­ puter which monitors the Dee signals system commonly used to handle com­ motive performance reviews published in passing through the rails, decodes the puter numbers. In hexadecimal, 127 is "The Journal." This high top speed commands and responds to the com­ represented by 7F. means that to run at scale speeds, using mands addressed to it by varying the With CV5 adj usted almost all of the most conventional power packs, we can power sent to the locomotive's motor. throttle range can be used for scale speed only use a very small portion of the throt­ Like most computers, each decoder has a ru nning. Our top speed is now limited to tle movement. In many cases, the locomo­ number of internal memory locations about 80 mph. Figures 1-4 and 1-5 show tive wi II start to move at about 15-percent which allow the user to customize its how this process might be applied to the of the throttle range on the power pack performance. These memory locations locomotives which pull the example and, at SO-percent of the throttle range, the are called eonfiguration Vari ables, or Super Chief and Southern Pacific drag train may well be moving at a scale 80 evs. They allow us to explicitly config­ freight. mph a shown in Figure I-I. ure the performance of each loco.

Passenger trains often operated at speeds approaching 90 mph. When reduced to N scale or HO scale, however, that's far slower than you might think. There's a simple system explained in the text for determining scale speeds by simply counting the seconds it takes for a passenger car to pass a given point. -courtesy AAR

50 RAILMODELjOURNAL 'jANUARY 2001 This process can be repeated for each individual locomotive so that its maxi­ mum speed is limited to a value appro­ priate for each type of locomotive. This adjustment can also be used to produce 200smph diffe rent speed operation ranges for the same locomotive so yo can recreate the optional gear ratios of the prototype locomotives. For example, some of the EMD F-units purchased by the Santa Fe and other real rai Lroads were intended for 140smph freight operation and were geared for 65 mph, the F-units intended fo r passenger Unmodified operations were geared for 100 mph performance operation. Some F-units, intended for use 80smph on either passenger or fre ight trains, were geared fo r 85 mph. You can adj ust your Dee system so your F- units can be geared to match the protype speeds just as you might renumber the F-units to 50% 100% match specific freight or passenger units. 15smph Throttle Throttle Once the customization process is completed our operators, and especially visiting engineers, don't need to worry about running unrealistically too fast. Of course they still need to obey operating rules and speed limits just like the proto- type engineers. Figure 1-4. Super Chief Speed and Throttle RMJ

200smph

140smph

Unmodified performance 80smph

100% lSsmph Throttle

Figure 1-5. Drag Freight Speed and Throttle

RAILMODELJOURNAL . JA NUARY 2001 51 EXTRA 77, CONNERS POINT, SUPERIOR, WISCONSIN, SEPTEMBER 18, 1972

By Dan Holbrook Modeling by Range Research

52RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 200 1

------[ONE-DETAIL-AT-A-TIME] ------

Photos from the collection of Louis A. Marre

The parts, paint and details you'll need to duplicate this full-size diesel in miniature from Proto 2000, by Life-Like, and Walthers HO scale models, and Aristo­ CraftG scale (1/29 scale models. )

ailfans and modelers consider the FA-series and PA-series Alco diesels to be some of the most charismatic loco­ motives ever made. Alco introduced the body style on the FA l in January 1946. The 1,500- horsepower Alco FA I and FB 1 were pro­ duced between January 1946 and October 1950. Most of the FA l and FB l diesels were delivered as ABA or AB sets as reflected in the production fi gures of 432 A units and 249 B units. The FA2 and FB2 with 1,600 horsepower superceded the FA I and FB 1 in October ]950. Alco produced a longer carbody for the FA2 and FB2 to accommodate an optional steam generator unit. The cool­ ing fan on the roof of the FA l or FB I is about as far from the end as from either side-the cooling fan on the FA2 and FB2 are much farther toward the front of the carbody-so it's relatively easy to tell the FA I and FB 1 from the FA 2 and FB2 diesels. The grilles on the sides of the cal'bodies are also different on the two Alco models. The New York Central pmchasecl 1010 (and ] 000) as part of number series 1000-1013) in 1948. The Central pur­ chased FA Is 1014 through 1043 during the remainder of 1948 and 1949. FB 1 3300 and 3301 were purchased in 1947, and FB 1 3302 through 3322 were pur­ chased in ] 948. The photo of number 1010 was taken at Elkhart, Indiana on January 20, 1962, and the photo of num- � ber 1000 was taken at Springfield, Massachusetts in July 1961.

S4 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 There's more information on the FA 1 SCALE MODEL FA 1s Paint and FB l diesels, including a "One­ NYC Dark Grey: Floquil llOlSl, SMP HO Scale: Proto 2000 by Life-Like, and Detail-At-A-Time" article on the Union Accupaint 46, Pro Color OS I, Badger Pacific number 1640 in the April 1997 Wa lthers ModelFlex 1627, or Scalecoat 66 issue of "The Journal," a Lehigh and Scale: none available, but Life-Like N NYC Light Grey: Floquil l10180, SMP New England FA IIFB lIFAl set in the has FA2/FB2 models Accupaint 45, Pro Color 080, Badger October 1993 issue, a similar article on a Scale: none available, but Weaver has o ModelFlex 1628, or Scalecoat 65 New York Central FA2 in the August FA2/FB2 models 199] issue, an article on the GN FA l S Scale: none available, but American number 3 lOA in the July 1990 issue, and Decals a Spotters Guide to the FA 2 and FB2 Models has FA2/FB2 models HO Scale: Microscale 87- 149 or Champ Aleo diesels in the September 1991 issue. G Scale: Aristo-Craft BRH-69 or Walthers 934-7 1930

RAILMODELjOURNAL . JA NUARY 200 1 55 ALCO FA t AND FB I N Scale: Microscale 60-149 or Northeast Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Rd., Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. NYC-05 Orange, MA 01364: Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: o Scale: Microscale 48-4 1 or Champ 4-215 Air horn 2.69 ea. 4-9008 Air horn $3.50 ea. BRO-69 7-228 Speed recorder 1.69 ea. 6-9 150 Coupler lift bars 1.70/2 S Scale: Microscale 60-4 1 16-9 170 Door handles 3.85/6 G Scale: none known, but Aristo-Craft Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis 9-935 1 MU hoses 7.35/4 sets offer their models painted in New York Obispo, CA 93403: 11-9327 Mirrors 3.35/4 pI. Central colors 8-1 106 Lift rings $1.2511 2 (wind deflectors) 9- 1508 MU hoses 2.001 16 One-Detail-At-A-Time ] 0-1 708 Classification light 1.25/12 Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 (HO Scale) lenses North, Stevensville, MT 59870: Step-by-step instructions on how to 6-2204 Coupler lift bars 2.00/2 2-3968 Wi ndshield wipers $1.2514 install many of these detail parts wlbIackets 12-4968 .012-inch-diameter 1.75/6 appeared in the June 1989 issue of "The 1 1-2304 Wind deflectms 2.50/3 pro wires Journal." That article is also reprinted 12-2505 .Q1 5-inch-dj,mleter 2.50/10 5-39080 Fuel fillers 1.00/4 in the book TUNING & UPGRADING wire fOI handrails 4-39083 Air horns 2.00/2 ATHEARN LOCOMOTIVES. 13-2522 .0 10 x .01 8-inch 2.50/6 17-39088 Ve nts 1.75/3 brass strips (for steps) 3-39 118 Air hoses 1.50/10 A-Line, Box LaVerne, CA 14-2702 Etched griHes 3.00/2 7916, Ordering Information: 91750: 5-3 1 02 Fuel tank fittillgS 1.00/set 1-29 100 Grabirons $3.25/50 3-6206 Air hoses 1.25/6 All of these parts are available to any 2-29200 Windshield wipers 1.85/8 1-6603 Grabirons 1.75112 hobby dealer, so your dealer can order for you. If you must order dU'ect, order Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. Details West, P.O. Box 61, Corona, CA the full package quantities shown and include $5.00 peI order for postage or Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montoursville, 91718: UPS and handling. RMJ PA 17754-0322: 5-166 Fuel fil lers $1.0014 3-320 Air hoses $1.85/2 sets 4- 173 Air homs 2.95/2 2-4 19 Windshield wipers 3.5012 pr. 4-422 Air horns 2.5012 M.V. Products (available to dealers 5-43 1 Fuel fillers 2.50/set through Walthers): 6-476 Coupler lift bars 3.75/2 15-280 Lenses $1.50/4

S6 RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 [PAINT & DECALS ]------MODEliNG 4Q-F.00if eN S I EEl-FrRAME BOX CARS, PA RT! II, TrYR'E e AND "DE D CARS IN N0 SCAlE frR0M AeeURAIL 1(11($ By Staffo rd Swain

These 40-foot cars were some of the most common Canadian box cars. Many lasted in revenue service into the sixties. Part I, in the October 2000 issue, illustrated the prototype cars that can be duplicated in HO scale using Des Plaines Hobbies and Sylvan Scale Models kits. There's an index of previous articles on modeling Canadian freight cars and of freightcars of the fifties on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

The author's model of CN. 464106 (Type A Series 1) is a modified 4000 kit. The major modification is the removal of the side ladders and replacement of same with separate hand grabs. -:,S. Swain photo

G.T.W, 575692 originally was a Type D Series 5 steel-frame automobile car built in June 1927 by Pressed Steel Car. Although it carries its original num­ ber, it has been converted to a 6-foot O-inch width, single-door box car at some point in its career. -J ames Gilmore collection �1IIIit

RAILMODELjOURNAL . JANUARY 200 I 57 MODELING 40-FOOT eN STEEL-FRAME BOX CARS, PA RT II

eN. 464558 is a Type C Series 1 car built by Canadian Car & Foundry in July 1923 as eN. automobile car 580558. It was converted to box car 464558 in the 1933 to 1940 period and was photographed in Tr uro, Nova Scotia on May 31, 1962. -James L. O'Donnell

eN. 573535 is a Ty pe D Series 1 or 2 car built in July 1925 which has been converted to the wider 12-foot O-inch door opening in the 1936 to 1939 period. Note the two 6-foot O-inch doors and the additional undersill bracing under the door opening. It appears the re-numbering at the time of these conversions was not sequential, therefore the author has no record of the origi­ nal car number. The car was photographed in Newcastle, NB on June 13, 1966. -James L. O'Donnell

eN. 574292 is an October 1940 Po int St. Charles Shops (Montreal) rebuild of a Type D Series 3 or 4 car as photographed in Hamilton, Ontario on July 4, 1942.This side view shows the 12-foot O-inch double door opening with the additional sidesill bracing under the door open­ ing. -George Carpenter collection

eN. 74162 had become a non-revenue service box car when photographed in St. John, New Brunswick on February 21, 1966. It originally was a Ty pe D Series 3 or 4 car built in June 1927 which has been converted to the wider 12-foot O-inch door opening in the late 1930s. The 74162 number would have been assigned (the prior car number is not available to us) when the car was downgraded to work service in January 1962. The step under the side door and the win­ dow opening would have been part of the trans­ fer to work service process. -J ames L. O'Donnell

58 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 round the time of the As box cars, Type C cars can be rep­ o cars into "true" double-door cars with 1923 absorption of the resented in HO scale by the Accurail wider 13-foot 6-inch openings with the Grand Trunk lines, the 4000 seri es kit. Agai n, refer to the program ending in 1941. This conversion CNR was in the midst of October 1993 issue of Model necessitated beefing up the lower siclesill establ ishi ng standard Railroading for the minor changes under the door opening and a renumber­ designs for the new sys­ required to achieve reasonable accuracy. ing into the 573500-574696 series. tem. The roots of this The Journal's April 1993 issue has a In 1960 through 1963, 269 of the 1923 standard box car design were the Richard Hendrickson article with some CNR's remaining rebuilt cars were con­ highly similar Type C automobile cars. excellent ideas regarding conversion of verted to roofless wood-chip cars in the In fact, other than being door-and-a-half the Accurai I model to an origi nal door­ 455000-455269 series (these were cars, these 1923 automobile cars (1,000 and-a-half design car. The Standard Car renumbered again in 1967/68 as part of for the CNR and 1,000 for the GTW) Company, a division of New England the CNR's system-wide freight car were clones of the 1923 standard box Rail Service, now produces its "# 1 000 - renumbering plan). Another 240 Ty pe D cars (or, more correctly, vice-versa as the 1/2 door kit (wood)" as a styrene after­ automobile cars were converted into automobile cars were built first). market kit especially to facilitate this stock cars from 1962 through 1965 conversion. I suspect this kit would also (174000- 174300 series). Finally, 16 cars Modeling The Type C Cars assist in the conversion of an Accurail were converted to 6-foot-door box cars One design change made was the 4200 car to an original Type B car. in 1966-68 (586000-586030 series). equipping of the 1923-design boX. cars The remaining rebuilt CNR automo­ with side ladders while the Type C auto­ Modeling the Type 0 Cars bile cars were removed from the roster in mobile cars only had grabirons on the After building the Ty pe C cars in 1973. The wood-chip-service conver­ sides. It should also be noted the Type C 1923, the CNR must have realized that sions were finished by 1978, the box cars cars had the same overall dimensions as their traditional 9-foot inside car body by 1977 and the last stock car exited in the Ty pe B cars. However, the Type C height was rather restrictive for trans­ 1983. ends were composite steel-frame, wood­ porting automobiles. In 1925 the CNR Some 42 1 of GTW's Type 0 cars sheathed types such as were fo und on the added an additional foot to the design's were converted to 6-foot single-door box Ty pe A cars and 36-foot O-inch Fowler height and came up with the Type D cars. cars both before and after the Second box cars. In total, five series of Type D cars were World War. Collectively these conver­ CNR converted all of its 1,000 Type bui It between 1925 and 1927 for both sions were renumbered into the 572 1 00- C cars into 6-foot door box cars in a pro­ CNR and GTW (1927 also marked the 572999 series. I haven't come across any gram which started in 1933 and was end point for the construction of the photos of these particular box cars, so I completed in 1940 (renumbered as CNR's 1923 standard box car design). won't speculate what these conversions 464000-464999). GTW was more The 1,200 Ty pe D cars of the CNR looked like. The GTW automobile cars restrained and left the majority of its (582000-5 83 199) retained the 10-foot were gone by 1970, while box cars dis­ Ty pe C cars in as-built condition. These door opening, door-and-a-half design of appeared off the GTW roster in 1978. were primarily used for auto parts ser­ the Type C cars. The GTW's 1,000 Type The modeling of Ty pe 0 cars in any vice in later years. One quarter of the o cars (575000-575999) were "true" scale would be challenging as there are GTW cars were rebuilt as 6-foot door double-door cars with 12-foot openings. no kits available. Logic suggests that box cars in late 1933 and early 1934 The CNR's versions of Type D cars using an Accurail 4000 series kit shell or (465000-465249 series). As well, 75 largely remained as automobile cars two and stretching the sides, ends and were converted into stock cars during the throughout their service lives. Starting in doors is the way to go in HO scale. same time period. 1937, CNR opted to convert all its Type RMJ

C N. S82110 is a lune-I92S-built, Ty pe D Series 1 car from CClXF. Note the subtle change in the slope of the side : diagonals from those on Ty pe 2 and 3 cars due to the additional one foot in car body height. -Merrilees Collection ' National Archives of Canada, PA 187271

RAILMODEL JOURNAL · JANUARY 200 1 59 MODELING 40-FOOT eN STEEL-FRAME BOX CARS, PA RT II

The builder's photo of CN. 580999 is a Ty pe C Series 2 car from National Steel Car as delivered in 1923. Note the use of grabirons on the sides and ladders on the ends. This car was rebuilt in 1939 as box car 464999. -Merrilees Collection, National Archives of Canada, PA 164052

CN. 582240 is a July-1925-built, Ty pe D Series 1 car from CCOCF. The three quarters view makes the additional one foot in car body height perhaps more apparent than in a straight­ on side view. -Merrilees Collection, National Archives of Canada, PA 187268

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60 RAILMODELJOURNAL · JA NUARY 200 1 CN. 74163 was a non-revenue service box car when this car was photographed in Moncton, New Brunswick on March 27, 1976. It originally was a Type D car built in the 1925 to 1927 peri­ od which has been converted to the wider 12- foot O-inch door opening in the late 1930s. The large riveted corner braces in the lower left and lower right corners would have been added to strengthen the car body. -J ames L. O'Donnell

C N. 74490 was a non-revenue service box car when this photo was taken on March 20, 1977 in Moncton, New Brunswick. The car originally was a Ty pe 0 steel-frame automobile car built in either 1925 or 1927 which has been converted to the wider 12-foot O-inch door opening in the late 1930s. A coal stove has been added to the interior as part of the work service conversion. -James L. O'Donnell

G.T.W. 572166 originally was a Type D Series 5 steel-frame automobile car built in June 1927 by Pressed Steel Car. When photographed at Richmond, Michigan in the early 1950s, it had been converted to a 6-foot O-inch width single­ door box car. It would be interesting to learn if the steel "planks" (which sheath the lower three quarters of the car side) were part of the 1938 to 1947 period rebuilding program as suggested by the 1950 reweigh date. -William 1. Miller, James Gilmore collection

CANADIAN NATIONAL SYSTEM'S 40-FOOT SINGLE-SHEATHED Z-BRACED AUTOMOBILE CARS Table C

Year Car Buill Reportin9 Slart End Car No. 01 Bldr. Door HO Numbers 51 ill in service per ORERs Series Converted Mar1

Typ e C - 3,098 Cubic Feet (Wood Ends, Inside Width 8'6", Inside Height 9'0")

1 1923 CN 580000 580599 Aulo 600 C.C.F. 10'0' Kilbash 995 856 2 0 0 0 2 1923 CN 580600 580999 Aula 400 N.S.C. 10'0' Kilbash above above above above above above 3 1923/24 GTW 581000 581999 Aulo 1,000 P.S.C. 10'0' Kilbash 999 734 731 725 698 22

3 1933/34 GTW 465000 465249 Box 250 GTW 6'0' Accurail 4000 N/A 187 187 185 f7B 17 3 1933134 GTW 180000 180049 Stock 50 GTW 6'0' N/A 50 50 48 48 4 3 1933/34 GTW 182000 182024 Stock 25 GTW 6'0' N/A 25 24 23 22 1 1 1933140 CN 464000 464599 Box 980 CNR 6'0' Accurail 4000 N/A 131 979 962 920 78 2 1933140 CN 464600 464999 Box CNR 6'0' Accurail 4000 N/A above above above above above 1 1969172 CN 515067 515086 Box 20 CNR 6'0' Accurail 4000 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 2 1969172 CN 515087 515092 Box 6 CNR 6'0' Accurail 4000 N/A N/A NlA N/A N/A N/A

Tolal Built 2,000 1,994 1,983 1,973 1,943 1,866 122

Notes: Car Builders Rebuilt and renumbered series are shown in italics. C.C.F. Canadian Car & Foundry Some conversion da tes are estimated based on ORER data. N.S.C. Nalional Sleel Car P.S.C. Pressed Sleel Car

RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JANUARY 200 I 61 ------[PERFORMANCE]------

ATHEARN SD40-2 'SNOOT' TEST REPORT

Performance Te sts by Guy Th rams

he six-axle SD40-2 was the most popular prototype high-power diesel of the seventies and most of the eighties. Essentially, EMD mounted the GP40-2 body on a six-axle chassis with a larger fuel tank option. The longer chas­ sis produced extremely long front and rear platforms. Some of the railroads opted to fi ll some of that "waste" space on the front by extending the nose to house radio control electrical compo­ nents to serve booster units back in the train. The longer nose SD40-2s became know, among railfans, as "Snoots." We 've featured a One-Detail-At-A­ Time article· on the Union Pacific 8008 and 8009 "Snoot" diesels in the August 1999 issue of "The Journal." Yo u can use this info rmation to add details to the Athearn model if you wish. Athearn has modeled the EMD's SD40-2 Snoot with the 116-inch con­ stant-slope nose with a brake wheel. With the exception of the sandbox plugs, it matches several UP units and, by changing the brake wheel fo r a hand-

62 RAILMODELJOURNAL ·JANUARY 2001 brake lever, it matches several SP units. plenty of room inside the body for both contribute the somewhat quieter opera­ Some of the SP unit and some Santa Fe extra weight and a DCC unit with direc­ tion. The model is improved in both units had even longer snoots at 123-inch­ tional and constant lighting control. appearance and performance. The trac­ es, while some other roads had l02-inch The revised motor and the balanced tive effort can be improved to match the snoots, so the Athearn unit is a "typical" brass fl ywheels improve the model's per­ larger AC4400CW with the addition of example. The model has virtually com­ fo rmance and the new drive shafts may metal weight inside the body. RMJ pletely revamped tooling-only the cab, trucks and electrical pick up system remain the same as those on previous Athearn models. The model includes both the standard Athearn metal handrails and stanchions as well as new all-plastic items. The grabirons are no Action Analysis: Observed Performance: longer molded onto the body, and there As received CP Rail 5743 are small dimples so you can drill your own holes and install metal grabirons. 0.17 The tabs and pegs that retained the earli­ 0.73 er Athearn bodies to the chassis are gone, .94 leaving a more realistic sidesill. The body is now retained by separate coupler pockets. The coupler mounting pads on the frame are drilled and tapped so the o coupler pockets can be mounted with n.3 screws. The. model includes operating knuckle couplers in place of the original NMRA-style horn-hooks. The model utilizes the same electrical

pickup system used by Athearn for .025 decades. The axles are in two pieces with a plastic insulation bushing and gear

molding holding the two wheels into a FI gear, axle and wheel assembly. Metal e e xcellen strips on each side of the truck hold the Excenent square sintered-bronze bearings that also provide electrical contact with the axles. One of the axle-support strips is bent to contact the truck pivot point and the other axle-support strip extends upward to contact a steel spring that clips onto the top of the motor. the brush-retaining 4.0 strip on the bottom of the motor contacts

RAILMODEL JOURNAL ' JANUARY 2001 63 HO SCALE SCALE

E-R Models injection-molded plastic 62-foot deck girder bridge. The kit includes plastic guardrails for $7.95.

The Overland Models, Inc., P.O. Box 248, Yorktown, IN 47396-0248 Double-Track Cantilever Signal Tower is fabricated from brass etchings, castings and strip. The assembled unpainted model is available from your Overland Models dealer.

(annon & (ompany is producing a set of injection-molded plastic detail parts for modern fuel tanks including drain and vent hoses, fillers and end crash bars (common to many SP locomotives).

American Limited, Box 7803, Fremont, CA 94537-7803 is offering a modern-era wig-wag signal in injection-molded plastic with brass poles. The signals are $6.95 a pair. Bowser now offers the end-door version of their injection-molded plastic replicas of the 50-foot Pennsylvania Railroad round-roof box cars for $12.95 each with a choice of circled Keystone, circled Keystone with "Automobiles" or shadow Keystone lettering.

64 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JANUARY 2001 What's New in HO

Cannon & Company offers etched-brass safety tread and see-through anti-skid steps for Athearn SW1000 and SW1500 diesels for $12.50.

Walthers now offers this injection-molded repli­ ca of the 53-foot Stoughton trailer in a choice of 12 owners including JB Hunt, XTRA Leasing, Schneider, and Ryder.

CMR, 3937 Keswick Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211 is producing a variety of indexing systems for turntables. The PTC Mark III unit is fully assem­ bled with a high-torque stepper motor, printed circuit board and 12-track rotary or push-button track selector. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for more information.

Chooch, P.O. Box 217, Redmond, WA 98073- 0217 offers fully painted cast-resin loads to fit most brands of HO scale gondolas and hoppers including the newest Proto 2000 and InterMountain cars. See your dealer.

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66 RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JANUARY 2001 AI Buchan is recreating the Pennsylvania Railroad branchline that he worked on during his career on the railroad. There's a tour of his layout and a dis­ cussion of his concepts for modeling in the February issue of "The Journal." -Robert Schleicher photo

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Not just a re-issue of an old model, but an improved version over the standards set by PROTO 2000 years ago I Because hobby standards (as well as our own!) have risen significantly since we first offered the SD7, PROTO 2000 has re-tooled this improved model to give you today's state of the art technology. These changes provide a locomotive that is more reliable and easier to detail with reduced maintenance- all with a more prototypical appearance! Improvements on our re-tooled SD7 include: screw-on coupler covers, Proto 2000 magnetic

The knuckle couplers, and an expanded consumer applied parts package which includes left and SD7 3rd Release is right side breather pipes and a see-through winterization hatch screen. But even with all available in the those improvements, we didn't stop there ! Paint schemes are also new on the SD7! Here's following road names with the line-up: B&O: is featured in Blue with yellow gothic "B&O" on sides and dome her­ two or three road numbers alds on the ends; CB&Q: The redbird scheme; D&RGW: new road numbers for the small each: Baltimore and Ohio; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy; Rio Grande Scheme; MILW: Post-1959 renumbering (500 series) with revised herald, class Denver and Rio Grande Western; number and road numbers; SP: Tiger Stripes; UP: Post-1960 slogan HO SCALE Southern Pacific; Milwaukee "Dependable Transportation." Road; Union Pacific; and It seems everything old is new again I The newly re-tooled SD7 is Undecorated. available in limited quantities I Get to your hobby dealer todayl If your dealer is sold out, call 1-800-638-1470 for suggestions.

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