NW2HO SCALE i PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS
Zebras and Tigers and I It may be a jungle out there, but KATO Precision Railroad Models is proud to "unleash" two new paint schemes for the HO scale EMD NW2 switcher model. These two new schemes - the Black & Silver Santa Fe Zebra Stripes and the Black & Orange Southern Pacific Tiger Stripes - may be your last opportunity to capture this popular model. Considered by many modelers to be one of the finest ready-to-run models of a switcher ever produced in HO scale, our NW2 will deliver dependable "horsepower" and staled realism to your yard or throughout your layout. A five-pole motor, accurate detailing, brass bell, cab interior and lighted headlight all contribute to the beauty of these beasts. The safari begins soon. These models are expected to be on the loose at your local hobby shop in May. ROAD NAME PAINT SCHEME ENGINE # ITEM # SANTA FE "Zebra Stripes" 2405 37-1008 Black Silver & 2406 37-1009 SOUTHERN PACIFIC "Tiger Stripes" 1313 37-1010 Black Orange & 1319 37-1011 Undecorated model for purposes of illustration only. Undecorated models are not available in this production run. WARNING: Modelers may go "wild" over how well these new H:.ATO KATO U.S.A., Inc. paint schemes look with our recently released three-pack r ACF 70-ton Covered Hopper Car Kits. See your retailer. 100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, IL 60173 1 I 1 I 1 I ALL SCALES: N SCALE: DEPARTMENTS: Te chniques: Modeling Freight Cars of the Sixties: Editorial ...... 4 Your Top Tips, readers' Recreating CNW's Freight Car Fleet from Railroad Historical Society ... Micro-Trains & InterMountain models 6 ...... "better ideas" for modeling ...... 11 Address Directory 17 locomotive Performance: ...... Vintage-Dating Freight Cars, Part 1/ ...... 12 Dealer Directory . . 52-63 Summary of All Previous Locomotive Calendar ...... , ...... , ... , ...... 64 Test Reports ...... 10 What's New ...... , ...... 66,67 Key Imports C&O H8 2-6-6-6 Test Report ...... 26 Te chniques: Painting Metal Trucks & Automobiles, HO SCALE: Part I: Assembly, Chrome & locomotive Performance: Windows ...... 19 Summary of All Previous Locomotive Build an oil Dealer Depot, Part IX: Test Reports ...... 1 0 oil Tank Trucks ...... 24 Techniques: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Painting Metal Trucks & Automobiles, EMD 509 as Southern Pacific 3974 from Part I: Assembly, Chrome Atlas models...... 28 & Windows...... 19 Modeling Freight Cars of the Fifties: Build an Oil Dealer Depot, Part IX: 40-Foot PS-7 Box Cars from Micro-Trains oil Tank Trucks...... 24 or Atlas models ...... 36 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD SD9 as Southern Pacific 3974 from Proto 2000, Athearn, or Rail Power kits ...... 28 layout To urs: Terry Trank's & Rob Marstens' Union Pacific Mainline ...... 31 o SCALE: Dennis Blunt's Omaha Road Locomotive Performance: Mainline ...... 39 Summary of All Previous Locomotive Modeling Freight Cars of the Fifties: Test Reports ...... 10 40-Foot PS-7 Box Cars from InterMountain, Te chniques: McKean, Walthers, Model Power, Painting Metal Trucks & Automobiles, Con-Cor or Cannonball kits...... 36 Part I: Assembly, Chrome & Modeling Modern Diesels: Windows ...... 19 500 Line EMD F7A from Stewart's kit .....37 Build an Oil Dealer Depot, Part IX: Modern Freight Cars: Oil Tank Trucks ...... 24 Yreka Western (TsRD) 50-Foot box car Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: from MOe's kit ...... 38 EMD 509 as Southern Pacific 3974 ...... 28 Passenger Car Modeling: Modeling Freight Cars of the Fifties: Boston & Maine and WM Coaches from 40-Foot PS- 7 Box Cars from Bethlehem Car Works kits ...... 49 Weaver kits ...... 36 .Q .2a. f§o E o I RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 3 ------[EDITORIAL]------Zen and the art of I s your hobby a pastime or a pursuit eliminate any incongruities that would type from a photographic fantasy into a of perfection? Railmodel Journal is make the scene look like a model. The modeled reality. The exceptions, you loyal crafted to appeal to those who, frankly, expert witness to the "pelfection" of this readers know, are industries. Here, we try consider the hobby to be a search for per- scene would be an imaginary person who to inspire you to create one-off models fection. A definition is in order here: that was actually there at the time and, if alive built from scratch or to extensively modify word perfection is meant in the same sense today, retained a pelfect memOlY of every kits so no building in your historical scene as a "picture perfect day." If you've stud- detail. Sometimes, that "expert witness" is will look just like a building in anyone ied Zen, you'll understand that the concept the modeler recreating a piece of his or her else's scene. It is, too often, the structures "impeccable" better defines the hobby. own history. Only those modeling the near- that prompt that familiar statement, "Oh, That concept was applied to machinery in present can rely on perfect memory, the rest it's a Bogus-Brand kit, isn't it!" This steals general in Robert Pirsig's classic Zen and the credibility from those historical scenes the Art of Motorcycle Main.ten.ance. The __ we strive to create. ....,:::;;;;;jjiiiiiiijjiiiiiiijjiiiiijjiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii concept can be simplified to just � iiiii;;iiii;;;:� This recreation, though, is not plain old "realistic," but that just a static museum diorama word has been so overused but a piece of action where that none of us seems to those impeccably mod- know what it means. eled trains travel at the same speeds, in Perfection as a the same operating Goal, Not a Law patterns, pulling When strangers the same cars, stop ask me what kind of ping at the same model railroad maga places, fo r the same zine I edit, I start my reasons that the real reply with an explana ones did. That model tion that it is a magazine railroad brings history to intended for enthusiasts, not life . just casual or Christmas-time play- If you have actually pursued this ers. If they still seem to be awake, I'll dream, you realize that the more you Bob Boelter photo explain that the person I consider a typical know and the more you learn, the more reader has the goal (I am sure they miss of us substitute photographs and historical you find missing. It is very much like try that key word-goal-but it's most impor research for that "perfect memory." ing to fi nd the end of the rainbow. For most tant you get it) of recreating a specific day, This model railroad you are building or of us, though, just knowing that there is a in a specific place, on a specific railroad. If planning is a historical recreation and, as rainbow keeps us moving toward our goal they are still attentive, I go on to state that such, you need something better than (that word, again). I believe a typical reader our typical reader wants everything, from memories that are likely very imperfect or has a goal of pelfection, but (and here is the clothes on the people to the shine on good guesses. That's where this magazine where you need to pay the closest atten the correct automobiles, to be exactly as it can help: we supply samples of specific tion) it is up to you-not me, not our would appear at that place on that day. memories in the form of prototype photos. authors, not your hobby dealer, not a club The most important element in that spe In the pages of "The Journal," every one member, not someone you meet at a con cific day/time/railroad scene is, of course, of those prototype photos is meant to be vention-to establ ish a definition of per tbe railroad. To be truly �redible, every car inspil'ation for a model freight car, passen fe ction. The concept of "personal best" is traveling through the scene should be a ger car, or locomotive. We make that goal overworked in sports, but it can serve here. replica of a car that really did (or could attainable by publishing only photographs If you really do your best, you have have) traveled through that scene on that of prototypes for which there is a matching achieved what the Zen masters call impec day, right down to the correct car number model available (and, on the good days, cability. and the COlTect amount and style of weath matching models in several scales)-to It is my goal to try to present aU the ering. The goal (that word, again) is to make it easier for you to bring that proto- information I possibly can that will help 4 RAILMOOEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1 997 you achieve your goal. It's an interesting make this a magazine you can be proud to add command control to a locomotive for approach that finds me being accused of use, so let me know what you want less than $30 and, with it, forget about being an elitist by some and of not being improved or fixed... chasing your train around the layout with thorough enough by others. If you are just toggle switches. You can now focus your learning to weather, for example, or just Breakthroughs in the Hobby attention on running the train, not running learning how to really operate your rail Since you only get a chance to read my the layout. Command control also simpli road like a real one, or if you've produced philosophy once a year, I usually choose fi es wiring to the extent that you may be your first freight car that exactly matches a this time to bring you up to date on what I able to justify the cost of the system (espe prototype photo, or built a tree that really feel is most significant that's happened in cially if MRC's unit has enough features to looks like a particular tree, or modeled an the hobby during the last year. The excite suit your operating style) in the lack of industry because you want it so you can ment for the past year has focused on cou wires, toggles, rail gaps and general grief. duplicate the services the rai lroad supplied plers. Some of Kadee's patents ran out, and If you want to run more trains, have sound and not because you liked the look of the significant parts of their coupler design now, or be able to operate turnouts, you art on some kit's box, you are on the were free for the taking. Now you have a can easily move up from MRC's entry threshold of a whole new hobby. And this wide choice of couplers that will couple level system to one of the established com is your magazine. with the Kadees. The ready availability of mand control systems. It makes it a bit eas Our (myself and the several hundred a Kadee-style coupler should finally kill ier to attain that goal of creating a moving contributors) intent is to do everything we the dreaded horn-hook coupler, but that museum because you can focus on the can to inspire you, to teach you, to chal will mainly affect trainset buyers and museum and the movement of the trains lenge you to both build and operate that entry-level modelers. This may be a break and lose yourself in history. living piece of history. All you need to join through for the manufacturers, and it could this "elite" group is to set your personal save you a few bucks in coupler costs, but Pick the Next New Kit goal (that word, again) of pelfection-you it's hardly exciting. Excitement would be a You can have another chance to influ can do it with Lionel models, you can do it coupler that is not oversized (like the ence the future of the hobby. In 1988 many with all-brass or all-resin kits, or you can Kadees and their mates) and that could be of the current contributors to Railmodel scratchbuild everything-it's that goal that operated at the push of a button anywhere Journal expanded upon a list from Freigh.t is the common standard among our con on the layout. Precision Scale has been Cars Journal to create a new list, pub tributors, and our readers and for every selling an HO scale plastic dummy coupler lished in "anothe ....ing " magazine, of issue of this magazine. for 20 years that is the correct size, and model locomotives, freight cars and pas some modelers are using it on equipment senger cars that were needed in the hobby The Editorial where an operating coupler is not an but missing as injection-molded plastic If you've just joined us, please under advantage. And Lionel has a new coupler kits or ready-to-runs. The plastic kit manu stand that I consider every page of the that can be operated at the push of a button facturers responded over the intervening magazine to be my personal editorial com anywhere on the layout on their newest years, and about 90 percent of the models ment because I choose all the articles. high-end locomotives. But it's a long way on that list are now available. It's time for Publishing an editorial statement like this from being the correct size, even for 0 you readers of Railmodel Journal to ask once a year is enough for me. I do not run scale, and it's not available on freight or for what you want. [n the October 1997 a "letters to the editor" column because passenger cars. issue, we plan to publish an extensive list nearly all of those columns contain more To me, the breakthroughs for the year of the cars and locomotives that experi flattery than useful content. But I do want appear to be the incredible increase in the enced modelers want to see produced. We to hear your comments on the magazine use of the internet by model railroaders intend to provide the opportunity for you (even if they don't get printed) because I and the introduction of relatively inexpen to vote on that list for your favorites or to do heed and fol low much of your advice. sive command control by a major player in add to that list. If you already know what We have the "Errata" column to help us the hobby, Model Rectifier Corporation. you want, send in your list now. If we get correct technical elTors. Ifyou have a lot of The internet has a number of chat enough responses, we'll divide the list by additional information on any article, we'll groups and, if you have the time and incli scale. We'll publish the final tally early in publish another article-there's a rule, nation for that kind of thing, you already 1998 and we hope, of course, that the man here, that every article is only part of a know it's on the net. The internet is sud ufacturers will repeat their performance to series on that subject, never the tinal word. denly a source of very up-to-the-minute fi ll all the important gaps in your roster. I am also devoting more effort to information on new ideas and new prod Cars and locomotives that are "eligible" improving the appearance of the magazine. ucts (too much of which proves to be noth fo r the list need to be economically viable Brian Bevirt has been very effective in ing but a whole lot of fa lse rumors). Just to produce as injection-molded plastic helping me eliminate typographical errors. beware of the source: no one qualifies as models-they must appeal to enough mod We are also addressing graphical an expert just because they "publish" on elers to be sold in quantity. That means, "errors"-visual aspects of the magazine the internet, so it's up to you to decide briefly, that the prototype equipment must we understand you want improved. We are what's credible and what's not. have traveled extensively and/or have been increasing the minimum width of pho The MRC command control system produced in larger quantities. Some excep tographs; a photograph of a real freight car, fi nally takes what was a product fo r really tions would be "signature" cars, as Steve for example, is now going to be two-thirds dedicated enthusiasts and makes it avail Hile has suggested, that appeared nearly of a page. The magazine is on computer able at a low enough cost, with easy everywhere in the country but might have disk, and we finally have the ability to enough installation, and compatability been produced in limited quantities. The actually increase the quality of both color both with existing locomotives and with B&O "wagon top" box cars are among the and black-and-white photos. You should other command control systems, so that dozens of examples. have seen an improvement in the May anyone can use it. The major advantage, RMJ issue and in this issue. I do keep trying to beyond all the hype, is that you can now RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE ·1997 5 ------[PAINT & DECALS ]------ In N Scale For Micro-Trains and InterMounta in Models By Scott Seekins Micro-Trains CNW box car with all printing stripped except the herald. The lettering is CDS dry transfers. The door is a new six-foot cor rugated part with placards positioned, and a Micro-Trains wood roofwa lk in place or the original. Microscale numbering was applied over black ends. -Gerald Gustafson photo Micro-Trains CNW box car, distressed and dented, all printing stripped with the exception of the herald, CDS l ettering, over restenciled fresh paint, Micro-Trains Superior door, JnJ Tra ins 40-root etched roofwalk, and Microscale numbering over black ends. . -Gerald Gustafson photo F or a rai lroad etched deeply in wood reefers. in both gray and American Railroad history, the yellow/green schemes. authentic-looking CNW freight fleet is an endangered freight cars are very limited. CNW enthu species in N scale, especially ro lling stock siasts are left to their own resources . I felt from the 40s and 50s steam transition peri the need to complete a number of cars to od. Aside from the At las R53 and 509. and line up behind my diesel locomotive Life Like GP-18 diesels, and Micro-Trains power . 6 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 19 7 Box Cars If one were to attempt to acquire a num ber of CNW box cars frol11 this era, lettered in the cOl11l11on route of the "400" billboard style, or in the route of the Challenger series, inevitable frustration would be the result. Though Micro-Trains produced a number of 40- and SO-foot box cars, they were of limited runs and have become col lector items, similar to rare antique stamps. Roco released a wood composite 40-foot box car that can be found in flea markets, and a few other obscure releases have dri fled through. Yet, a number of varied Prototype 1007 box car at Saint Louis, Missouri, May 1979. -John Luckfield photo carbodies are now available, and even more important, prototype lettering and markings have made their appearance. The carbodies include the InterMountain 40- foot AAR box car, to go along with the M icro-Trai ns PS-I box cars, and a host of door possibil ities. Microscale decal set 60-735, intended ror Fowler wood box cars (although the cars are not available as N scale models), is a great asset in compleling other CNW rolling stock including CStPM&O cars. Another unique set, which I employed on a CMO car, was Oddballs' Decals number 263. These lettering sets can be combined to allow you to match a prototype photo graph, using decal sets and possibly dry CN&W Micro-Trains box with body-mounted Z scale coupler, brass air hoses, plano transfers. You may come across these pro etched-steel roofwalk and CDS dry transfers. -Gerald Gustafson photo totype photos in magazines like "The Journal." Cut them out and assemble a CNW file, subdivided into types of freight cars. Another excellent reference is Northwestern Lines, the official publica tion of CNW Historical Society. This pub lication alerted me to the use of black ends on many 50s box cars or unique examples like CStPM&O "Route of the 400" bill board yellow and green scheme. Strip off existing factory lettering, leav ing box cars with the underlying base color. usually Box Car Red. Apply a thin coat of fresh similar hue. J body-mount Micro-Trains Z scale couplers on all ro lling stock, and often install brass air This InterMountain 40-foot car has been upgraded with Precision Scale air hoses, Gold hoses and etched-steel roofwalks. Not Medal Models etched-brass brake wheel, wire grabirons and Micro-Trains Superior doors, trucks, low-profile wheel sets and 905 Z scale body-mounted couplers. -Gerald Gustafson everyone would be interested in complet photo ing hundreds of cars with this amount of detail, and maybe adopting only certain current models, is that a finished consist of enable one to simulate rebuilds. An excel steps might be more realistic. There is a freight wiII appear much more realistic lent source for these reefer possibilities i s certain feeling of achievement in N scale (with different heights, doors, and color North Western Lines CNW Historical to duplicate specific box cars relating to schemes) than a chain of identical PSIs. Society Vol. 141 I 1987 issue on NWX cars actual ones. and their history. Dry transfer lettering, such as the CDS Reefers number N-78 40-foot steel box car set, can Flats Gondolas (with Microsca\e decal number combina Steam transition era CNW reefers are tions) be applied to painted cars, then bolstered by Micro-Trains' reefer models Almost nothing exists JI1 CNW weathered. If you are exclusively using dry in both the grey and the later yellow and schemes, so correct model s have to be transfer material, you may want to pre green schemes which appear close to the improvised from existing cars, repainted weather the model before application. The NWX prototypes. Composite steel ends and decaled by employing photo reference. best part of kit-bashing, and repainting and roofs cut from Con-Cor models will Con-Cor released a piggy-back flat car RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 7 Weathered and dented Micro-Trains two-bay hopper with the original CMO stenciled over with CDS dry transFers and Microscale additions. -Gerald GustaFson photo with a 40-foot trai IeI' in the green and yel low paint. I also stripped a Box Car Red M icro-Trai ns flat and pieced together Microscale lettering to reproduce a proto type scheme shown in Figure 2. I cemented Mr. Plaster transformers on scale wood supports on each end of the weathered car. Human synthetic hair was adhem-ed to tiny droplets of Hot Stuff to form minute sup port bands. Micro-Trains released a CMO two-bay hopper which T stripped of all lettering, then renumbered and restenciled with CDS dry transfers. Restenciling adds realism and uniqueness on weathered rolling stock. Con-Cor has three-bay hoppers, and gondolas have to be created ancl lettered from existing undecorated or stripped Figure 1. models. As far as T know, no decal sets are Use a sharp hobby knife to scratch available in CNW flats, gons or hoppers at the Micro-Trains plastic rooFwalks this moment. with a pattern of wavy raised lines to simulate wood grain. Note the typi Cabooses cal black ends and the body-mount ed Micro-Trains Z scale coupler on Atlas, Life-Like, Con-Cor ancl Micro this car. -Dave Engler photo Trains have released CNW cabooses, but all are far from any prototype, and many hours will be needed to recreate even a few were out of place were filled in, and the Floquil Engine Black, and the trucks 1940s-S0s-era models. One of the most sides, ends and roof were made as close as Floquil Grimy Black. The bay window helpful pieces of information is another possible to the prototype. Handrails were frames and door window frames were North Western Lines article on these bent from fine brass wire and installed lined with Floquil Old Silver. Later, the cabooses in Vol. 13, number 2, 1986. From along with Micro-Trains ladders, brake prot otype for this car would be repainted this I was inspired to kit-convert a Con-Cor wheels, and body-mounted Z couplers. It characteristic CNW in greenm yellow and caboose shell combined with a Micro was painted Floquil Caboose Red, with green with Flag. To have a realistic CNW Trains underframe and detail parts (similar brake wheel, ladders, grabirons and steps freight consit from this era, it is imperative to the model assembled in the July 1994 Scalecoat C&NW Yellow with a touch of that some of these waycars are present. issue of "The Journal"). Windows that white to lighten. The underbody was painted RMJ 8 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL - JUNE 1 997 Figure 2. Use a hobby knife to gently scratch wood grain effects into the decks of Micro-Trains flat cars. For loads, use Mr. plaster castings tied down with synthetic human hair. Hold the hair in place with tweezers and attach it with a drop of hobby -type cyanoacrylate cement, then spray a bit of accelerator or "kicker" for an instant bond. -Dave Engler photo Improvised decals from Microscale sets were applied over red corrugated car. -George Heinrich photo f�flll_MODFL JOUFil'>JAI_ • JUNE 1997 9 [PERFORMANCE] ------� The more significant figures from 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 (aI/ow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins tests these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues. HO, N, 0 AND G SCALE LOCOMOTIVES Manufacturer/Importer Prototype Min. Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Manufacturer/Importer Prototype Min. Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Speed (over Speed Power Response Date Speed (over Speed Power Response Date #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload Scale Miles Force (Volts) Scale Miles Fo ce (Volts) per Hour In Oz.) per Hour In rOz.) AthearnHO Scale as'iS) Diesels EMD GP38·2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' Alhearn �w/Helix Humper EMD GP38·2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 can motor conversion) N Scale Diesels Arnold Alco 52 1.90 151.4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991 Proto Power West EMD F7 A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 lhearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990 Alias EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct. 1995 jtthearnlPPW, weighled EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990 Atlas/Kato GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989 Athearn w/NWSL molar EMD GP38·2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990 (.31) (189.6) (1.37) (2.0) June 1989 Athearn w/NWSL motor, EMD GP38·2 weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990 Atlas/Kala EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990 Athearn/Proto Power Alias/Kala EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 Wesl w/replacemenl Bachmann EMD SD40·2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept. 1989 Wheelsets: NorthWesl Short Line EMD GP38·2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Oct. 1990 Bachmann wIN Scale of EMD 5040·2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989 Jay·Bee EMD GP38·2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990 Nevada Chassis Athearn GE C44·9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 Bachmann/Spectrum G E Dash 8·40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Alias Alco 52 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992 AllasiRoco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) Aug. 1993 Bachmann·Plus GE B23·7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992 (1.92) (2.3) Bachmann·Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 Kala GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990' (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Key/Endo EMD F7 A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 Con·Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 Con·Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 (.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992 (with Mashima can motor) Life·Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.0 Aug. 1989 Sept. 1996 Con·Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 E·R Model3 rateschi Alco FAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Oct. 1993 E·R Models tFrateschi l Alco FAI .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 Life·Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 (.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 (1.50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) Jan. 1994 Life·Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994 (wilh 25 ounces added w�ghl) 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) Jan. 1994 Life·Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 IHC EMD SD35 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 Life·Like EMD SD7 .29 121.tl .48 2.45 June 1996 EMD 5040 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Kalo Model Powerl Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.t 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989 (Similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989 Mehanolenika EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' SamhongsaiHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989 Kalo EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994 (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989 Kato G.E. Dash 9·44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Oct. 1996 Ke stone/NWSL GE 44·Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' Ho� bytown EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 S Scale Diesels MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994 American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990 AjiniOverland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 AU � AtiniOverland Models EMD 5060 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 2� : erland Models EMD GP38·2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 19911��? o Scale Diesels ����� EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 Central Loco. Works EMD F7A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989 Model Power PRR 2·8·0 4.77 73.8 0.85 1.5 August 1996 (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989 Proto 2000 Lite·Like Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991 KeylSamhongsa Alco PAl .41 76.2 21.85 5.6 April 1992 Prolo 2000 Life·Like EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' PrOia 2000 Life·Like EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990 Prolo 2000 Life·Like EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 (.24) (74.1) (12.80) (1.9) June 1990 Prolo 2000 Life·Like EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 Proto 2000 Life·Like EMD SW9/SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 3.7 May 1996 Spectrum aChmann EMD F40PH Phase 111.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 Spectrum Bachmann GE Dash 8·40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990 Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989 Speclrum Bachmann GE Dash 8·40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 6.4 Feb. 1996 r l Weaver (Hi·Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 August 1995 Spectrum Bachmann F·M H16·44 .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Stewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 Alco FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (19.25) (2.0) August 1995 (.13) (72.0) (7.67) (2.6) Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 WalthersiRoco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 WalthersiT rainline Alco FAI & FBI .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 Feb. 1995 .16 65.3 8.22 3.8 WallherslTrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 o Scale Steam Locomotives SamhongsaiHalimark On3·EBT 2·8·2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989 AtlasHO Scale Steam LocomotivesGE C30·7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Bachmann-Plus SP 4·8·4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 Bowser (En IiSh's G Gauge Diesels � PIY) B&00-4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 N/A April 1990 BO R 2·8·0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 IHC��� �� ��� 4·4·0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 " Railway Express Agency Alco FAI 3.79 68.2 15.25 N/A July 1990 IHClMehano B&O 0-4·0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992 IHClMehano SP 2·6·0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 IHC/Mehano C&O 4·8·2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sept. 1994 IHC 2·8·0 .42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 Key Imports UP 4·8·8·4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 G Gauge Steam Locomotives AU8��t Arislo·Crafi (ART) B&O 4·6·2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Oct. 1991 Life·Like B&00·4·0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Manlua 2·6·6·2 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 19911��1 Arislo·Crafi (ART) PRR 0·4·0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Manlua 0·6·0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 and 0·4·0T Manlua 2·8·2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Lehmann (LGE) 0·4·0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 N/A May 1992 w/Mashima 2·6·6·0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991 Mantua 0·4·0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 Bachmann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992 Mantua with 812 Can Motor 0·4·0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 Bachmann Radio- AiiniOverland Models NYC 2·8·2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept. 1991 Controlled Baldwin 4·6·0 .55 25.2 28.81 N/A June 1989 Rlvarossi 4·6·6·4 5.90 71.6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997 Rivarossi USRA 2·8·2 1.78 70.7 4.47 2.4 May 1997 Bachmann Track- SamhongsaiPowerhouse USRA 2·6·6·2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 Powered Baldwin 4·6·0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Oct. 1990 Spectrum Bachmann Reading 2·8·0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 � l Delton Loco. Works D&RG 2·8·0 .12 40.9 17.00 2.0 Dec. 1989 �nn PRR 4·6·2 1.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 �e ���� " l� �� SP 4·6·0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992 LGB 2·6·0 2.65 54.8 22.45 N/A Nov. 1991 ; g ; LGB Forney 0·4·4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 N/A July 1994 Lionel Baldwin 0·4·0T .12 54.5 9.60 1.8 Oct. 1989" KatoN Scale Steam LocomotivesUSRA 2·8·2 N/A N/A NlA N/A April 1996 C&02·6·6·6 .59 96.9 1.27 3.8 June 1997 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0·4·0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991 � ����?v�� ATSF 4·6·2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4-0 .82 67.1 13.18 1.3 Jan.1991 R:ivarossi USRA 2·8·2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 Rivarossi (w/N Scale of USRA 2·8·2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Nevada frame & NWSL Nole: Figures in parentheses are lor two locomotives operated together. Sagami 1420 can motor) 10 RA)LMODEL JOURNAL · JUNE 1997 [ ] ------yIPs ------ Buy one of the heavy foot-long steel rulers from a home builders or hardware store. It works fine as a ruler, but it's more useful to modelers as a weight to hold flat parts, especially roofwalks, onto the tops of cars while the cement sets. Cover the edge of the ruler with waxed paper (not shown) so the cement won't stick. -Albin Burroughs Simulate wood grain on soft metal or plastic parts with the teeth at a razor saw. Hold the ruler by the - sides of the blade and pull it along the model while you wiggle it slightly to simulate the wave of wood ,� grain. Paint the model, then brush-on a wash of a darker shade and the darker paint will settle into the lines scribed with the teeth of the razor saw. -Bill Wright o - o o This tip will help prevent breaking fragile wood or plastic strips (especially long ones) wh en sanding - or roughing their surfaces. Use sJ?ray adhesive or H rubber cement to attach three di erent grits (fine, 200 and 600 are a good place to start) of sandpa- per, rough side up, to a piece of 1/4-inch plywood. A strip of each type of sandpaper about two inches wide is enough. Clamp the plywood to the workbench with C clamps. You can now hold the thin strips rather than sandpaper. Just pull the strips across the appropriate grit of sandpaper using light finger pressure as shown. -Burley J. Packwood RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 11 ------[PAINT & DETAILING] ------AC�i'�S�: MODELING HISTORY'S MILEPOSTS VINTAGE-DATING FREIGHT CARS, PA RT II By Richard Hendrickson Burlington end-door auto car CB&a 48524 was built new in 1941 , so irs modeled with six-plus yearsworth of dirt and soot. Note the Hdo not humpn placards on the doorsand the brake service stenciling, located on the side sill ratherthan on the reservoir itselF since ihe reservoir wasn't readily visible on this car. The mOdel is from a factory- leHered Life-Like Proto 2000 kit with Eastern Car Wo rks National B-1 trucks. Like all of the models shown here, this Pennsylvania Railroad X28A box car represents its prototype as it appeared in October 1947-in this case, on its first revenue run after receiving a new paint job. Nate that, as a repainted cor, it's entirely oxide red, even the trucks-and, yes, the color is correct for WWII vintage Pennsy freight cars. In the light weight stenciling, "PSO" was the Pennsy's symbol for its giant Altoona, Pennsylvania shops. Note that there's no weathering on the model except for a bit of grime on the wheels, rust on the couplers, and oil stains around the journal boxes. A couple of chalk markings and the ever-present route cards complete the effect. The model is a brass import with Champ decal lettering. 12 I�AILMODEL JOURNAL - JUNE 1997 w, orange o w�lre 1 ''''' "','" , The effects of dirt and weathering were especially obvious on refrigerafor cars with their ye!l� � s,,�es, , lob. Bnght ora ge pamt patches for r s lettered long's/lnterMountain kit built up to represent a Santa Fe Rr-32 class reefer with ltS ongmal 940 pamt , � � , � sills and the brake service tenciling really stand out on reefer models, as on their prototypes, ote also the restended repack�ng data on the stub side data on the support bracket for the tronsverse-mounted air reserVOir�, both standard Santa Fe practice, Repainting and restenciling of weight and repacking data was sometimes done in a different color from the rest of the car, as illustrated by this model of a Detroit, To ledo & Ironton auto frame gondola. The prototype was painted mineral red when built in 1941, but by 1 947 the DT&I was painting its gon dolas black so the repainted panels for restenciling were black. The model was kit-converted from an Athearn gondola, though today it would be easier to use a life-like kit; decals are Champ and Walthers. The auto frames ore now sold by J.J.M. Railroad Enterprises, P.O. Box 1273, Elgin, Il 601 21. Chesapeake & Ohio 4121 represents an early AAR-design steel box car with a Viking roof originally built in 1936 and repainted ca, 1944, Weathering represents three years' accumulation of grime, and the journal repacking and weigh station symbol and date have been restenciled (but not the light weight and load limit, which remain unchanged), URN' was the C&O's symbol for its Raceland, Kentucky shops. The model was built from a factory-let tered Des Plaines Hobbies/Innovative Model Works kit. l\I1ILEPOSTS I n Part one I explained the concept of brakes and vertical staff handbrakes with Station Symbols vintage dating. The perspective of more modern AB equipment and geared Part I was a broad one: how to make all the handbrakes. After about 19S0, reweighing On most railroads, station symbols were cars in a model freight car fleet look like was required less often- IS months after abbreviations derived from the station they belong together at the same point in the car was first built and every 48 months names where the scales were located. time. Here I want to move in for a closer after that-and by the 1960s it was only Thus, for example, the symbols for look and describe some of the details that mandatory fo llowing major modifications Denver, Colorado were DE on the Union contribute to the vintage dating of individ or repairs. Pacific, DEN on the Burlington, DR on the ual cars. Among the most obvious such If the light weight and load limit sten Rock Island, and BHM (for Burnham details are restenciled weight, journal ciled on a car changed by more than 300 Shops) on the Rio Grande. A few railroads repacking and brake servicing data, since pounds, it had to be restenciled. Also, employed other schemes, however. Some this newer stenciling and the fresh paint whether the stenciled weights required times such symbols are relatively easy to patches on which it was applied make an revision or not, the date of reweighing and interpret, but not always. implicit statement that the rest of the car's the station symbol of the location where The Pennsylvania Railroad used numer paint job is at least several years old. the car was reweighed had to be stenciled ical symbols with a "P" prefix instead of over the old symbol and date. For example, letters because its weigh stations numbered Reweigh Stenciling a car reweighed at the New York Central's in the hundreds. Thus "PSG" was Altoona, Beech Grove shops in June 1948 was sten and "P44 1" was Fort Wayne, Indiana. The light weight stenciled on every ciled "BG 6-48." (New cars usually bore Some other railroads used telegraph codes, freight car was important info rmation the legend "NEW" along with the date which often had no relationship to the because the charges for most freight shjp when they were built, but this only lasted name of the location. The Great Northern, ments were based on the total weight of the for a couple of years.) for example, had arbitrary single letter or car and its cargo minus the light weight When cars were reweighed without letter-plus-number symbols: "A" for St. shown on the car. Inaccuracy would have being repainted, the old data that needed to Paul, "Z" for Whitefish, Montana, and "C- resulted in shippers being charged too be changed was painted over with quick 1" for Spokane. On the Sao Line, Schiller much or too little, so the car service rules drying paint. Light weight, load limit, and Park Yard in Chicago was "NY," and of the Association of American Railroads station symbol and date were then partly or Marquette, Michigan was "K." required freight cars to be re weighed peri entirely restenciled as necessary. Most cars The Canadian National used early let odically. The only exceptions were tank were reweighed and restenciled by their ters of the alphabet for stations on the east cars, as their tariffs were based on gallon owners, but if a car required repairs or if its ern part of the system, later ones further age, not weight. deadline for periodic reweighing expired west. For example, "AK" was Moncton, During the late steam era, each car was while it was off-line, the weighing and New Brunswick; "HQ" was Point St. weighed when new and then at IS- or 30- stenciling could be carried out by the shop Charles, Quebec; "PU" was Transcona month intervals thereafter, depending on fo rces of another railroad, using whatever Shops in Winnipeg; and "SM" was its age and type of construction. paint and stencil paste they used on their Vancouver. Even where the station sym Reweighjng was also required if a car's own cars. This might result in mineral red bols weren't arbitrary, the location they weight was significantly affected by paint patches on a black car or black ones identified wasn't always self-evident. The changes such as the replacement of a on a mineral red car, or even mineral red symbol for the Union Pacific's Portland, wheel set or a truck, the application of a with white stenciling on a refrigerator car Oregon yard and shops, for instance, was new roof, or the replacement of K-type air that had yellow sides and black stenciling. "AT," since the yard was named "Albina 14 RAI LMODEL JOURNAL - JUNE 1997 lV1ILEPOSTS Te rminal," and on the Southern Pacific the paint, if the car's loading equipment or ser and are well worth modeling. They can be Portland symbol was "BKN" for Brooklyn vice assignment changed. represented by small bits of decals or dry Ya rd. Again, repacking and brake servicing transfers, which need not have printing on A comprehensive list of station symbols data is included in many decal and dry them as the printing on the prototype cards for all of the Class I railroads and major transfer sets. It can also be simulated with was invisible from any distance greater car lines is in the fi nal stages of develop tiny lettering from any lettering set, since than two or three feet. ment and will be published when it is com (at least in HO or N scale) it's too small to plete. Watch for announcements in "The be legible without magnification. On my Journal." HO rolling stock, r often use lettering from Wheels, Treads and Flanges N scale data sets for this purpose (turning Modeling We ight Stenciling it upside down so that it can't be read with The wheels on modern freight cars with the naked eye even by a determined viewer). roller-bearing trucks are almost invariably Whatever point in time you model, For modern modelers, Microscale rusty except fo r the treads and flanges, most cars that were only a year or two old includes white-bordered black FRA data which are brightly polished by friction on that date should not be restenciled. New blocks in its freight car data sets, and sep against the railheads. This has led to the or nearly new cars should have "NEW" arate sets of FRA data blocks are offered common misconception that the wheels on fo llowed by the month and year they were by Walthers (decal sel 706900) and Herald earlier cars were rusty, as well. Not so! On built. Rebuilt cars should have the station King (three different sets for single panel, cars with pre-roller-bearing plain journals, symbol for the shop that rebuilt them fol double panel, and the latest 3-4 panel data the journal boxes were filled with oil and lowed by the month and year they were blocks). the oil seals around the axles were of the rebuilt. Other cars should have appropriate most rudimentary kind, so oil invariably reweigh station symbols and dates and, in Placards and Route Cards leaked from the journals to the axles to the many cases, some of the weight data res wheels, where centrifugal force spread it tenciled as well. Increasingly, station sym Various kinds of placards were often over the entire wheel face. Even new bols and a variety of dates are being secured to a car's placard boards. On cars wheels became oily almost as soon as they included in decal and dry transfer lettering carrying hazardous loads, the steam/early were installed, and the oil soon collected a sets, and, if all else fai ls, this stenciling can diesel era equivalent of today's numbered thick layer of dull and dirty grunge. be represented one character at a time and color-coded DOT placards were all This coating can be simulated with flat using alphabet sets or leftover material purpose white diamonds with "Dangerous" dark gray paint or by spraying black plas from data lettering sets. printed in red and the exact cargo recorded tic or blackened metal wheel sets with by hand; these had to be displayed on both clear flat finish. In any case, polishing the Repacking and Brake sides and both ends. On empty cars that treads and fl anges of metal whee1sets adds Service Stenciling still contained hazardous vapors, the dia dramatically to a model's realism, as they mond placards were printed on the left half were often the only really shiny sUliaceon In the days of fr iction bearings, journal and the right half was solid black. a prototype freight car. This is easily packing information was also stenciled on Somewhat smaller (and usually rectan accomplished by clamping the axle ends in all cars. Consisting of 3/4-inch or I-inch gular) placards provided train and switch a suitable sized collet in a motor tool or characters, it was usually located on the ing crews with other important informa jeweler's lathe and spinning each wheel side sills or lower side sheathing adjacent tion-"glass," "do not hump," "unload while holding a piece of very fine (400 or to the right-hand truck or, on tank and other side," etc. Microscale makes decals fi ner) abrasive paper against the tread. skeleton log cars, on the center sill near the for 1960s-70s-vintage warning and info r right-hand bolster. This data was resten mation placards (set 87-287) and will soon ciled whenever the cotton waste that offe r decals for steam/early diesel era plac The Overall Effect wicked oil onto the truck journals was ards as well. Two sets of information plac replaced-typically once every year or so. ards printed on paper are also available in In themselves, the small details In later years, this stenciling included the HO scale from Jaeger (2100 and 2150). described here may not stand out enough type of lubricators installed on the car, and In pre-computer days, small square or to be noticed by a casual viewer. after 1975 journal lubrication data was rectangular route cards indicated each Collectively, though, they impart what I required by the Federal Railroad Admin car's destination and routing. These were like to call "the texture of real ism." When istration to be enclosed in rectangular tacked or stapled to the car's wood sheath combined with realistic aging and weather black lube plates framed in white. ing or, on steel cars, to small wooden route ing, they add up to a convincingly lifelike Similar small stenciling was applied to card boards mounted on the side sills near overall effect. Viewers of the rolling stock indicate when a car's air brake equipment the bottom of the side sheathing or (on models displayed at Railroad Prototype was last inspected and serviced. This data most box cars) near the bottom of the Modelers meetings often comment on their was placed on the side of the air reservoir, doors. On empty cars ready for loading, realism as if there's something uncanny or on its outward-facing mounting if it was car inspectors' or car cleaners' cal'ds were about their resemblance to the real thing. hung crosswise, or on the side sill adjacent affixed in the same places; these were But there's really no mystery about how to it if it was concealed behind a fish belly. often square, sometimes octagonal. such realism is achieved. It's just a matter Special loading or assigned routing infor Though tiny, these bits of white or buff of skillful aging and weathering plus care mation was also subject to being resten colored paper were highly visible against ful attention to the details. ciled, or simply painted over with ti'esh their typically dark and dirty backgrounds, RMJ RAILMODEL JOURNAL • J UNE 1997 15 lVlILEPOSTS The prototype for this Santa Fe Bx-27 was built in 1937 and repainted ca. 1943, at which time it got map-and-slogan stenciling. The model was built from an Innovative Model Works (now Red Caboose) AAR box cor kit with square-cornered ends; the underframe was reworked to represent a Duryea cushion underframe, and the lettering is from Chomp decals. Note the restenciled weight and journal repacking data ("RD" was the symbol for the Santo Fe's Richmond, California shops), chalk markings and route cards. Heavy weathering on this model is based on a 1 949 photo of the prototype. A rebuilt USRA box cor, it hadn't been repainted since the mid- 1930s, and the 10-47 reweigh stenciling exactly duplicates that in the photo. Patches of new paint, restenciled repacking data, and chalk markings all contribute to a well-used look. The model was built and upgraded from a Tichy kit and is lettered with Champ and Walthers decals. GTW 581 974 was an auto parts cor, so it is modeled with ball-and-bar door symbols indicating special loading equipment and recently repainted assigned route stenciling on the sides (service assignments for parts cars changed frequently, often with the annual introductions of new models by the auto indus try). As the prototype's auxiliary doors were secured shut, they have "single door cor" stenciling. Again, note the restenciled weight data ("VT" was GTW's symbol for Port Huron, Michigan), repacking data, and route cards. On wood-sheathed cars, the latter could be tacked almost anywhere, but they were usually on or near the doors. The model was kit-converted from an Accurail box car kit. This Red Caboose factory-lettered PFE reefer has been finished to represent on R-30- 12 with a grimy seven-year-old paint ob; wood reefers collected even more dirt in thej steam era than steel cars. Note that some sections of the side sheathing represent wood that was replaced and repainted at some time after the cor's last trip through the paint shop, and that some of the grime has been rubbed off around the grabirons by the feet and hands of trainmen and icing plat form workers. PFE repacking data was enclosed in distinctive rectangular boxes, modeled here with Champ decols. "COLN" was the PFE station symbol for Colton, California. 16 RAILMODEL JOURNAL · JUNE 1997 [SOCIETV]------AN ANNUAL REPORT Addresses and Dues of Railroad Historical Societies • ••• �fiI Canadian Northern Society, P.O. Box '142, Bib Va lley, Alberta TOJ OGO, Canada. Send stamped, self-addressed envelope for more information. Railroad Historical970) Societies Early Piggyback (pre- I Special Interest Group, c/o Mark Va ughn, P. O. Box Early Canadian & Northern Alberta Railway (Special Interest Group), clo 24223, 60690. Chicago, U- Group just forming - send a SASE with your possi Wolf Ki.l'chmeir, Box 1164, Blind River, Ontario POR lBO, Canada. Quarterly ble list o:f contributions and interests. news magazine, $15. 196, Akron, Canton & Youngstown Historical Society, P. O. Box Sharon Center, Canadian PacUic (Special Interest Group). 5 Govemest Dr., Scarborough, 44274-0096. $18. OH Quarterly slick-paper news magazine, the AC& Y News, Ontario MIE 4J2, Canada. Send SASE for more information. 53 1 168, , 35253. American Truck Historical Society, P.O. Box Bimlinghum AL Central of Georgia HistOrical Society, c/o William 1. Pippin, Jr., P.O. Box $25. Bi-montWy slick paper magazine, Wh eels or nme, 9966, Atlanta, GA 303 19. Send SASE for Illore information. 804677, 60680-4 108. Amtrak Historical Society, P.O. Box Chicago, IL Central Railroad of New Jersey, Historical Society. P.O. Box 4226, $15. QUaJterly magazine, Ounnelen, NJ 088 J 2-4226. Send SASE for more information. Ann Arbor Railroad Technical & Historical Association (also covers Michigan Central Vermont Railway Historical Society, c/o Neil Richardson, P.O. Box NortJ)em and Tuscola & Saginaw Bay), P. O. Box 51, Chesaning, Ml 486 16. 766, Windsor, VT 05089. Send SASE for more information. Newsletter, $10. Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, P.O. Box 79, Cljfton Forge, VA Anthracite Railroads Historical Society (Central of New Jersey, Lackawanna, 24422. Monthly s1.ick-paper magazine, $19.00. Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New England, Lehigh Valley, Reading), P. O. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Historical Society, Box. 606, Box 519, Lansdale, PA 19446-05 19. Magazine, newsletter, $20. Crestwood, IL 60445-0606. Quarterly magazine and calendar, $12.50. Atlantic Coast Line/Seaboard Air Line Railroads Historical Society, P. O. 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PA 18088-0038. Monthly Casdorph. newsletter, $25. CN Lines Sig, clo Nick Andrusiak, CN Lines Treasurer, 1010 Elm Park Rd., Conrail Technical Society, clo John P. Krattinge" P. O. Box 7140, Garden City, Wiruupeg, Manitoba, R2M OW3, Canada. Quarterly slick paper magazine, $16 NY 11530-7 140. Send SASE for more in:formation. Monthly slick-paper mag (US) and $20 (Canadian). azine Conrail , $22. RAILMOOEL JOURNAL · JUNE 1997 17 North American Railroad Maintenance of Way Association, clo Ben Bendever. 816 Columbus St., Maryville. TN 37804-42 15. Quarterly newsletter Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society (StLSW), P.O. Box 2044, Pine Bluff, AR Sp ikes. Ti es & Rails. Send SASE for membership information. 71613. Send SASE for more information. Northern Pacific Railway Historical Association, 13044 87th Place, N .E .. Delaware & Hudson Railway, clo Bridge Line Historical Society, P.O. Box Kirkland, WA 98034. Bi-annual slick-paper magazine, $20. 7242, Capital Station. Albany, NY 12224. 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Send SASE for more information. 18 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 [ TECHNIQUES]------ Part I: Basic Kit Assembly, Chrome, & Liquid Windows By Robert Schleicher The most common delivery trucks of the forties and fifties were the 1'/2 and 2-ton flat or stake beds like Alloy Forms HO scale 2044 1955 Chevrolet (left). The cab was used to produce a city oil delivery truck (right) as described in the following article. There are only a few simple techniques to master the metal truck and automobile kits from firms like Alloy Forms, Dyna-Models, N.J. International, On-Trak, Pirate and Wheel Works in HO scale. Detail Associates, GHQ, Metal Miniatures and N.J. International make similar unpainted cast-metal trucks and automobiles in N scale. Most of these N scale models have solid bodies with the windows molded in metal. The parts from the Alloy Forms 1955 Chevrolet 2-ton stake bed truck kit (2044- $9.95). All of the parts are finely-cast soft metal with a minimum of flash. Alloy Forms includes clear plastic window material. RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 19 Allow Forms offers a range of HO scale heavier trucks that can help "date" your layout with a vehicle appropriate to its alleged era . These kits have plastic wheels with black soft plastic tires and most have etched-metal mirrors and decals for the truck. This is the Mack Model B61 Dual Axle Dump with Heil Dump bed kit (3028-$2 1.95) that wou ld be appropriate fo r scenes depicting the sixties and later. The Alloy Forms Mack Model B6 1 is also available as this fuel oil tanker (3023-$21 .95). For thi rties-era modelers with oil depots, Alloy Forms has the 1933 Mack Model CJ oil Ta nker with five-dome fuel-oil tanks (31 47- $21 .95). They also offer the 1940 Mack 7078 Model BQ oil Ta nker with the same tank (7078-$21 .95) for forties-era modelers. Alloy Forms' 1 933 Mack Model CJ Truck kit (3105-$ 19.95). 20 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 The Alloy Forms Diamond Reo with Heil Dump Body kit (3145- $21 .95). For an oil depot scene set in the fifties and sixties, Alloy Forms has the Diamond Reo Fuel oil Ta nk Truck (7050-$2 1.95). ' ' Use a hobby knife to gently shave the mold flash from inside the Use a medium file to remove the flash froi-n the wheels. For more windows. Wo rk carefully, because you can �asily alter the shape of realism, file a slight flat on the bottom side of each set of wheels so the window. they appear to be compressed from the weight of the truck. Use a medium-cut file to remove the mold parting lines from the edges of the flat bed for the Chevrolet truck. Use jeweler's files to remove traces of mold seams from the more complex parts. RAil_MODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 21 Use a scrap of thick cardboard or a piece of 1 /2-inch-thick wood Test-fit the body to be sure the seats and steering wheel are in their as a painting stand. Fold masking tape into a loop with the sticky correct positions. Use five-minute epoxy to secure the seat and side out. Press one side of the loop onto the cardboard or wood to steering wheel. form a sticky surface to hold the parts. Use a paint brush to paint the insides of the wheels, but use an aerosol can or airbrush to paint the body and other major parts. Spray one side of the parts and let that dry, then turn the parts over and spray again. Assemble the parts with thickened hobby-type Creating Chrome Plating cyanoacrylate cement, followed with a quick spray of accelerator The easiest way to simulate the chrome trim on these metal models or kicker for an instant bond. is to simply scrape the paint away to reveal the shiny metal. Use just the side of the tip of the hobby knife so you can control how much paint you remove. If you remove too much, cover the mistake with fresh paint and try again. Work very carefully to accent the door handles by removing ·ust a sliver of paint. When you are satisfied with the chrome, app y the decals, then protect the shine with a coat of semi-gloss paintI like Model Masters or Microscale Micro Satin. Do not use gloss paint on Polish the headlights. For maximum realism, drill out the headlights models smaller than about '/" scale or the model will look too with a bit that matches their diameter, then install MV products shiny. diesel headlight lenses. 22 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 J Magnuson Models offers this cast-resin 1953 Ta nk Truck in HO scale I wanted a 1955 Chevrolet 2-ton oil tank and no one offers such a (921-$7.98). The kit includes cast-metal wheels. Wa lthers also has kit. I used the tank from the Magnuson 730 model and the cab and a model of a heavier Mack-style "Oil Truck" (730-$7.98). wheels from the Alloy Forms 1955 Chevrolet 2-ton Hatbed truck kit (2044-$9.95). Alloy Forms offers a range of oil delivery truck kits, but they are the next step up in size from the 2-ton Chevrolet. For fifties and six ties-era modelers, Alloy Forms has the Mack Model B61 Fuel Oil Ta nker (3023-$21.95) and Diamond Rea Fuel Oil Ta nk Truck Use a razor saw to remove (7050-$21 .95). For earlier era modeling, Alloy Forms has the the Alloy Forms chassis, 1933 Mack Model CJ Oil Ta nker with five-dome fuel-oil tank before assembling the body. (3147-$2l .95) and the 1930 Mack 7078 Model BQ Oil Ta nker with the same tank (7078-$21 .95). Earlier era fuel delivery trucks are available in plastic from Jordan (Walthers sells them) including a 1928 Ford (229-$6.95) and a 1 923 Mack (212-$6.95). Con-Cor has also produced the Mack, but t hey are currently out of production . . - � . " -� e ._ . - Ultimate N Scale Products, 3444 So. Leland St., San Pedro, CA Paint the body and apply decals before assembling it to the back of 9073 1, has a series of assembled and painted N scale clear cast the Alloy Forms truck cab with five-minute epoxy. I used 1/8-inch dry resin oil trucks that includes this 1949- 1 955 White c.o.e. (cab over transfer letters for the "Sinclair" and Microscale's 60-969 N scale eng ine) tandem axle with a 2,500-gallon tank (2605, top), 1949-55 round sign for the rear of the truck. Then I painted the tank green and White c.o.e. with single axle and 900 gallon tank (2603, center) and the cab red. If you opt for this paint scheme, you could use the a 1949-1953 Studebaker tandem axle with 1,500 gallon tank Sinclair sign lettering from the Microscale 87-969 HO scale set. The (2504, right). Each of these unpainted models is $6.95 plus $3.00 set also includes the Sinclair letters in red. shipping and handling. The combinations of tanks and single or tan dem axles can be mixed as desired. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for their catalog. The decals are from Microscale sets. Ultimate N Scale also has tank trailers and cab and chassis models in clear cast resin, ready to paint. This is their 1949-53 Studebaker tractor (2501 ) with 3,500-gallon shrouded trailer (2304) and 1949- 55 White c.o.e. tractor (2601 ) with 3,500-gallon partially-shrouded trailer (2305). Each tractor and trailer set is $9.00 plus $3.00 postage and handling. RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1 997 25 ------[PERFORMANCE]------ By Guy Thrams I n the early ] 940s the Chesapeake & The Key Imports Allegheny locomo ing, non-directional circuit is built into Ohio Railway was interested in a tive and tender have an excellent appear this model. A low-voltage headlight is new locomotive to replace their fleet of ance that is expected of brass models of connected to a solid-state device with a 2-8-8-2 H7s. The railway had upgraded this caliber. The model has a single-shaft, maximum output of 1.4 volts with 3 volts their Allegheny subdivision in the early .50-inch-diameter by .80-inch-long flat can input. 1930s by enlarging tight tunnel clearances motor. The motor is out of sight behind the The thiTd driver set of the front engine so they could consider larger power. At stamped detailed back head inside the cab. have almost undetectable traction tiTes about this time, Lima Locomotive Works From the 1110tor, drive shafts with univer that increase tractive force, but do not con entered the scene with the design of a sal joints run to idler gearboxes mounted duct electricity. The headlight was con heavy, single-expansion 2-6-6-6 articulated on the center drivers of both engines. The nected for the efficiency test. locomotive with 67-inch drivers and total first and third drivers of both engines are The pilot wheels scale 36'/2-inch engine wheelbase of 62 fe et 6 inches, that driven by the engine's side rods. This idler diameter, the drivers 65-inch diameter, the would become known as the Allegheny gearbox design, along with properly quar fro nt two wheel sets of the trailing truck class H8. tered drivers, produces a quiet and 36'/4-inch diameter, the rear wheelset The fi rst Alleghenys (numbered 1600 smooth-running model. The 1110tor-to-dliver 43 '/4-inch diameter, and the tender trucks through 1609) were shipped to the C&O gear ratio is 25 to I. 36-inch diameter. The .0 1 8-inch-deep between December 10, 1941 and January The electrical pickup for the motor is wheel fl anges present a good appearance. 1942. Four more orders for a total of 60 from the right side of the first and second The wheel sets fo r pilot, trailing and tender were delivered from September 1942 to drivers of the front engine, the right side trucks scale to within less than II2-inch of December 1948. An additional eight were of all three drivers of the rear engine and the full size. The model driver diameter is ordered in 1945 by the Virginian Railway the left side of the seven tender wheelsets. 2 inches smaller and the driver wheelbase that were slightly heavier. -From Alvin F. The connection from the tender is com is 5 inches longer. This small difference Staufer's C&O POWER and the 1950-52 pleted through the locomoti ve drawbar from the prototype makes room fo r the LOCOMOTIVE CYCLOPEDIA. with a wire to the 1110tOr. A constant light- driver brake shoe details. RMJ 26 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1 997 liquid Window Glass Dip the toothpick into the fluid once again and gently touch just the Alloy Forms includes a sheet of clear plastic window material in fluid (but not the toothpick itself) to the already-wet edge. Move the most of their truck and automobile kits. We'll show you how to cut toothpick on around the opening slowly, working it in a spiral and fit that in later issues. It's much easier to create windows with toward the center. Yo u should find that the Krystal Klear fluid is the clear window fluids like Microscale's Krystal Klear. dragging behind the toothpick to form a triangular-shaped fillet. To use the fluid, dip a toothpick into the fluid and remove it with The goal is to coax that fillet to reach all the way from the top to the out rubbing the side of the bottle. Gently touch the fluid to the edge bottom of the opening and then on across to completely fill the open of the window opening. Slowly move the toothpick around the edge ing. Note that there is enough fluid to make the opening appear of the window opening to coat the entire edge with the fluid. white. With practice, you can fill the opening in less time than it has Control the application of the fluid so it defines the edges of what taken to read this. will become the "glass." This step is critical because the fluid will When the window is filled, rest the vehicle on its nose while the stop just where you place it with the toothpick. If you make a mis fluid dries overnight. This will help to reduce the inward buldge that take, wipe off the excess and continue on around the opening until occurs on any larger or wrap-a round-style window openings like the entire edge is wet with the fluid. this one. Repeat the process for the side window and let it dry overnight, then do the opposite side, and finally the rear window. To tint the windows, color the dried windows with a broad dark blue felt tip pen. An Alloy Forms 1941 Plymouth Coupe, 1951 Ford Panel Delivery and 1955 Chevrolet Nomad Wagon, each with clear windows cre ated with Microscale's Kristal Klear. Superdetails Use drafting or drawing ink to make the openings in the grille and in the wheels appear to be hollow. Brush the fluid into the cavities and wipe away any excess before it dries. If you want to accent the seams around the doors, hood and trunk, scribe lightly over the lines with a hobby knife. Paint the drafting ink into the sliced lines, Point the taillights silver or aluminum and let it dry, then center a then wipe away the excess before it dries. The ink will remain only drop of red inside the silver. When the paint dries, paint just the red in the sliced lines to provide a hairline-thin shadow. with clear gloss. RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE '1 997 23 ------[YECHNIQUES]------ In HO, N or 0 Build An Oil Dealer Depot, Part IV By Robert Schleicher The kit-converted Sinclair delivery truck is at work in the oil depot that was featured in the January 1997 issue of liThe Journal./I Those oil drums could have been unloaded directly into the stake bed of the truck shown in the previous article in this issue. A 1/43 scale version of a 1953 Chevrolet oil tank truck, very similar to this HO scale model, is avail able for $24.99 (number 33850o-Iettered for Lionelvillel from Eastwood Automobilia, P.O. Box 3014, Malvern, PA 19355-0714. Greg's Garage, 91 1 Maple, Saginaw, Micl-iigan48602, has a wide range of cab and chassis as well as three different oil tanks, all as one-piece clear cast-resin models. Their trucks are ready to paint. This is their White c.o.e. with a tandem axle tank. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for a current listing. 24 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 Observed Performance: Action Analysis: (as received) Prototype To p Speed Driver diameter x 1.1: 73.7 MPH RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 27 ------[OETAIL]------ Photo from the collection of Louis Marre A. , The parts, paint and decals you'll need to duplica� this full·size diesel in ' ' , I " , I miniature. . • �" " \�;'�I.'>�!' VIl""j l�W.D�'4!:!\W�U-\�ill:.il.tL��l�';.\'" �-'-"�. � • ,s,. z.' "' " '" "� \; �� • T he SD9, and its predecessor the SD7, were the heavy-duty road locomotives of the mid-fifties. EMD pro duced 47 1 of the 1,750-horsepower SD9s between January 1954 and June 1959. The 1,800-horsepower SD 18 and the turbo charged 2,400-horsepower SD24 super seded the SD9, but maintained the "First Generation" round roof, hood contour and general style of the SD7 and the SD9. This Southern Pacific locomotive is one of the mid-production SD9 Phase II loco motives with channel-style handrail stan chions. Early SD9s (Phase I) had the bolt on handrail stanchions like the SD7. This SD9 varies from many Phase II SD9s in having two ladders, rather than one, on the ends of the hood. It also has variations in the louvers beneath the word "Pacific"; some SD9s had four sets of louvers here, other SP units had three but with the single set behind the two sets. It also has two pairs of louvers along the skirts on only the right side as shown on the 4418 locomo tive in the July 1991 issue. The Southern Pacific was one of EMD's best customers for both SD7 and SD9 diesels, with 149 SD9s and 143 SD7s. These locomotives were all deli vered in the black with silver and orange stripe "Black Widow" paint scheme shown on the Proto 2000, by Life-Like, HO scale model tested in the July 1995 issue. They were repainted into the gray with red hood "Bloody Nose" paint scheme like 3914. Locomotive 3914 was part of number series 3900-3954 that were renumbered (in about 1965) into the 4300-4441 series. A few were repainted into the bright yellow, scarlet and black "Kodachrome" scheme like the SD45 number 7558 in the August 1995 issue and the SD9 number 44 18 in the July 199 1 issue. Most of these were 28 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 repainted back into the "bloody nose" three locomotives from the same railroad o Scale: None known, but some brass scheme before the Rio Grande merger. by comparing the three Southern Pacific models have been imported. There's a "Diesels, One-Detail-At-A locomotives. Time" feature on the Baltimore & Ohio PAINT (Chessie) Phase II SD9 in the September SCALE MODEL SD9s 1993 issue of "The Journal" and a simi SP Dark Gray: Floquil 1101 32, Te stors lar feature on the Burlington (Colorado & HO Scale: Proto 2000 and Athearn (with Accu-Flex 16-35, Polly Scale 414182, Southern) Phase II SD9 in the October a slightly over-width hood). Rail Power Scalecoat 28, Badger Model-Flex 16-35, 1995 issue. There are also articles on the Products (7283 No. Stagecoach Dr., Park SMP Accupaint 65, or ProColor 103. Southern Pacific SD7 (1431) in the City, UT 84060) also makes an SD9 body SP Scarlet: (most decal sets include this September 1993 issue and the Southern (with a hood the correct width) to fit a portion of the paint scheme): Floquil Pacific Phase II SD9 (4418) in the July modified Athearn chassis. Proto Power 11 0136, Te stors Accu-F1ex 16-37, Polly 1991 issue of "The Journal." You can West and Overland Models also make Scale 414183, Scalecoat 29, Badger compare the differences in the spotting chassis for the Rail Power Products body. Model-Flex 16-37, SMP Accupaint 66, or features between the S07 and S09 on N Scale: Atlas ProColor lO4. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JUNE 1997 29 Custom Finishing, 379 1\llIeyRd., *7-9351 MU hoses (4) 1.75/4 sets . Orange, MA 01364: *11-9150 Coupler lift bars 1.75/2 DETAIL *3-2 19 Air horn $2.49 ea. 20-9550 Snowplow 8.95 ea. *7-258 MU hoses (4) 2.39/4 sets (modified) Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 Obispo, CA 93403: North, Stevensville, MT 59870: DECALS * 1-6206 Air hoses $1.25/6 *1-39118 Air hoses $1.50/10 *3-1601 Air horns U5/2 *2-3968 Windshield wipers 1.2514 HO Scale: Microscale 87-177, Champ *4-3 102 Fuel tank fi ttings I.OO/set *4-39080 Fuel fillers 1.00/4 EH206W, or Herald King L- 140 *6-1301 Cab sunshades 1.50/6 *7-39059 MU hoses (4) 1.75/4 N Scale: Microscale 60- 177 *7-1508 MU hoses 2.00116 *8-39018 Drop steps 1.75/2 *8-]402 Drop steps 1.50/2 *9-39039 MU stands 1.50/6 ONE-DETA IL-A T-A-TIME *9-1507 MU receptacles 1.25/12 * 12--48277-I Lift rings 2.25112 (HO SCALE) * 10-2202 Grabirons 2.50/24 (eye bolts) *11-2204 Coupler lift bars 2.00/2 *14--48237 Chain 2.50110 in. Step-by-step instructions on how to w/brackets *16--4968 .01 2-inch- 1.75/6 install many of these detail parts appeared *12-2206 Lift rings (eye bolts) 3.00/36 diameter wire ", 13-2207 Ladders 2.25112 in. in the June 1989 issue of "The Journal." 20-39062 Snowplow 3.00 ea. That article is also reprinted in the book (etched brass) *2 1-3935 Handrail stanchions 4.50/20 2.25/12 in. TUNING & UPGRADING AT HEARN *14-22 10 Chain *22--48427Pipin g set 1 .50/set 1.25/8 LOCOMOTNES. *Note: AU parts marked 1 5-2302 Cab arm rests 2.50/10 with an asterisk are included as separate * \6-2505 .01 5-inch-diameter Keystone Locomotive Works, P.O. Box plastic parts with the Proto 2000 HO scale wire for handrails (plus Precision ScaJe J, Pulltney, NY 14874: SD9 modeL Some modelers may want to or Smokey Va lley stanchions, below) 17-2808 Speed recorders 23-Cab interior $9.98/set replace the plastic lift bars, grabirons, 1.75/4 chain and handrails with the metal parts (right side) *18-300 1 Sand filler hatches listed below. The parts without asterisks 1.25/6 A-Line, Box 7916, LaVerne, CA 91750: are unique to this particular unit and can *2-29200 Windshield wipers $].85/8 be added to the Proto 2000 model to make Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacienda *6-292 lO Cab sunshades 1.95/3 pr. it a more precise replica of this specific Heights, CA 91745: locomoti ve. "'3-190 Air horn $2.50 ea. *4-J 66 Fuel fi llers 1.00/4 Smokey Valley Railroad Products, P. O. Box 339, Plantersville, MS 38862: Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. Co., 5-155 Snowplow L50/ea. *21-101 Handrail stanchions $11 .95/28 Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montoursville, *6-188 Cab sunshades .80/4 PA 17754-0322: *7-221 MU hoses 1.95/2 *1-320 Air hoses $1.85/2 sets 19-101 Headlights 2.75/2 Ordering Information: All of these parts *2--4 19 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pI'. *20-132 Brake stand 1.00 ea. are available to any hobby dealer, so your *3--422 Air horns 2.50/2 dealer can order for you. If you must order *4--43 1 Fuel fillers 2.50/set Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. direct, order the fu ll package quantities *5--456 Snowplow 5.95 ea. Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: shown and include $5.00 per order for *6--437Cab sunshades 3.95/pr. *3-90 1 0 Air horns $3.50 ea. shipping and handling. RMJ 30 RAILMOD EL JOURNAL • JUNE 1 997 [LAYOUT TOUR ]------ In HO Scale By Te rry Trank & Rob Marston By To m Maladecki photos by Robert Schleicher UP/Malady Bay intermodal and To m Maladecki from observation prototype intermodal sites. This 25 . x 35-fooi layo�t i� de;lgned Cf61')l'olli�'g'. 16.;'9 malrilirietra iriS.. lt is essentially a double-tra.ck mainline wrapped twi.c� around a basement with a peninsula and a stub-ended engine yard. The trains sweep around 60-inch-radius curves (there's one "tight" 48-incher). A three-track staging yard allows the operators to vary the sequence of the timetable trains. The modern classification yard functions more as visible staging than as a place to make up or break down trains. There are a variety of on-line industrial sidings to keep wayfreights busy. The industry mix includes two intermodal yards as well as two grain elevators, both based on existing prototypes on the Union Pacific mainline. This HO scale layout is one of the model railroads that you can see for yourself during the layout tours that are part of the 1997 NMRA National Convention in Madison,.Wisconsin on July 28-August 2. T he teaming of a group of model watch. Each member contributed to the grid construction. The legs are a pair of L ers brings together a pool of planning and execution of the different shaped 1x6s. These legs are a unique knowledge, skills and abilities that can phases of construction. aspect of the layout because they are accomplish great things. In the case of this Work started with preparing the base painted UP grey and yellow, with the req rendition of the present-time Union Pacific ment in 1987 when Te rry moved into the uisite red separation stripe. A blue-painted RaiLroad in HO scale, the team of Te rry house. To seal the layout from dust, the masonite backdrop was installed and Trank, Ron Kiewel, Rob Marston, John noors and walls were painted and a ceiling made into sky as a joint project. The dou Swanson, and To m Maladecki got together was hung. Ceiling work included recessed ble-track mainline makes two laps of the and produced a truly great layout that nuorescent light fixtures, ceiling tiles, and entire basement on sweeping broad-radius looks spectacular and runs like a Swiss fi nish plywood. Benchwork is heavy-duty curves (minimum of 48 inches). The sub- RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 31 This coal-fired electric generating station is a Korber kit built by Rob Morston. It has flashing LEDs on the smoke stacks and flickering lights inside. The Commonwealth Edison cars are MDC kits built by To m Maladecki. North platte yard. The three tracks nearest the aisle are the main intermodal tracks. The middle six tracks are for classification. The This is the main control panel for the layout. It was built by Te rry last three tracks are receiving/departure tracks. At the for left of the Trank. The layout's engine facility is in the left background. photo are the double-track moinlines. Partial view of the mainline showing the Nebraska COOP elevator's Nebraska COOP elevator scratchbuilt by John Swanson. The ele storage track. Also shown is part of John Swanson's farm. Platte vator was built from photos of the elevator at Lawrence, Kansas. In Va lley elevator is in the background to the left. the foreground is a farm also built from scratch by John. 32 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 roadbed is 314-inch flakeboard on I x 4 risers. At joints, splice plates were glued and screwed in place. Roadbed is cork. All trackwork is Atlas code 100 nickel-silver. Rob and Terry did most of the track work. All track is painted and ballasted, using appropriate prototype colors. The hun dreds of feet of heavy-duty, orderly wiring (Terry's specialty) is ready for the planned computer interface. Prototypically long coal, double-stack, piggyback and Amtrak trains traverse scenery carved from Styrofoam to repre sent Wisconsin rock strata formations. The carved Styrofoam is To m's fo rte, but each member participated in making the land Modern conyeniencE!s are coming to this home. syptic tank is laeing installed. The house and septiC: forms. Scenery is about 98 percent com 'tank were scrcitchbuilt by John Swanso,r.l. The plete. The scenery is enhanced by John's seener� -was dOFu� by To m Maladecki. This' is just hand-painted backdrops and To m's one of many lJilini-s Bes on the layout. . fo liage. The diversified structures include several scratchbuilt by John. The struc tures are presented in a series of mini pete for local business, and add interest to agreed to leave this layout in place until scenes, each requiring several moments of operations as the MWL crosses the UP after the NMRA National Convention's attention. mains twice. layout tours. The convention will be July The equipment (diesel locomotives, Team members contributed their skills 28-August 2, 1997 at Madison, rolling stock, etc.) is provided by each to the buiIdin g of three di fferent layouts. Wisconsin. Tuesday, July 29 is the date of member of this circle of friends. As an This is just the second layout built by this the tour of Rockford, Illinois area layouts, example, Te rry, Ron, Rob and To m each team of modelers that we will visit. The which includes Terry, Rob, John and own three Amtrak trains. A branch of July issue will cover John Swanson's lay Tom 's layout. Rockford area layouts will Ron's Midwestern Line is also represented. out and Tom Maladecki's layout was in be Tour Number 133. After the conven The MWL hosts To m's Malady Bay, and the April issue. tion, Rob plans to replace this layout with they both interchange with the UP, com- Te rry sold his house to Rob, who a large-scale layout. RMJ Farm scene built by John Swanson. Almost the entire scene was built from scratch. All structures are styrene (scribe-and-snap method). Two Woodland Scenics scenes are included: To mmy's Treehouse and Tractor Pit Stop.. Wiking farm tractors are used, but the remainder of the farm ment was built from scratch John. RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 33 Eastbound C&NW mixed train passes the elevator at lawrence, Kansas. Dave Peterson's GP50 (Athearn) and To m Maladecki's SD40 (Kato) are working off hours on the UP. are ighway trucks scratch- built from Isa by John Swanson. Note the replacement ties along right-of-way. 34 RAil MODI] ,IOUI=iNAL - JUNE 1997 C&NW GP50 eastbound at Lawrence, Kansas. Athearn GP50 modeled by Dave Petersof\. �MRANational Convention 199j 7. • I 'ladison.\\isconsin Julr 18-:\Ugu�11 North Platte engine facility built by Te rry Trank. A mix of engines supplied by group members (Terry Trank, Rob Marston, Ron Kiewel, John Swanson and To m Maladecki) is serviced here. [ ] ------KIT UPGRADE ------ , Modeling 40-Foot PS- l Box Cars, Part X By Ed Hawkins Photos from the Dick Kuelbs collection This SLSF cor hod eight-foot door openings. It was port of number series 17300- 1 7799, built in June 1951 . HO Scale: Microscale 87-149 N Scale: Microscale 60- 149 o Scale: None known This Lake Superior and Ishpeming cor was port of series 2400-2489, built in August 1952, with eight foot door openings. HO Scale: Chomp HB-3166 (discontinued) N Scale: None known o Scale: Chomp OB-3166 (discontinued) 36 RAILlv10DEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 [CREATE YOUR OWN KIT]------ From Stewart's HO Scale Kit By Bob Rivard A few details, specific to the500, Bill ot= Jvtat:e ri a l s were all that was needed to match A-Line Kadee 29200 Windshield wipers 5 Couplers this Stewart model to a particular Stewart Hobbies Detail Associates Undecorated F7 A Phase 1I with 70 1 F -Unit detail kit proto�pe, double headlights 220 I Grabirons 270 1 Etched Farr grilles PA INT & DECALS: Scalecoat: Details West 10 BIack 124 Spark arrestors II White 126 Strobe flasher 14 Caboose Red 163 Winterization hatch Microscale: Y favo';te Soo F un;t was th, 173 Horns 87- 1 17 Decals M number 212B, probably because it was one of the last of the Fs to be retired in 1980. Every Soo F unit had unique spotting fe atures, and 212B was no exception. I started the project with an undecorat ed Stewart F7 A, Phase II with double headlights and horizontal grilles. The model matched the prototype except for the horizontal grilles. I added Detail Associates Farr grilles to match that fea ture to 212B. I also added a winterization hatch, lift rings, horns and grabirons before painting the model. After the model was painted and decal s ap plied, installed windshield w ers, I ip spark arrestors, stFobe flasher and the handrails, lift rings and MU oh ses fromthe Detail Associates 701 Detailing Kit. I weathered the model and finished it with an application of Testors DullCote. RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 37 ------[PAINT & DECALS ]------YREKA ESTER RD' B X From MDC's HO Scale Model Painting With Decals By Mike Rose Bill o� �aIeria ls A factory-lettered MDe kit was the basis for this model. i The prototype TSRD car was purchased from the Yreka Kadee: Western, the road name and reporting marks painted- . 5 Couplers out in blue over the grime, and restenciled. It was pho MDC (Roundhouse): tographed near Conrail's Middleboro/ Massachusetts 3647 50-foOL FMC double-c1oor yard in 1996. I weathered the car with an airbrush, cov box car kit ered the "repaintedll portions with Microscale's pre-col ored Conrail Blue Trimfilm, then added Microscale PA INT & DECALS: reporting marks. Microscale: 87-2 Decals Trilll fi l ill Conrail Blue 38 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 ------[LAYOUT TOUR]------ By Dennis Blunt V. photo by Robert Schleicher Photo 3. The division point depot is a 1900's style freelance design kitbashed from five Vollmer two-story factory kits and features a large canopy scratchbuilt from styrene with Campbell shingles. The tower came from a Vollmer newstand kit. he Chicago, Saint Paul , T Minneapolis & Omaha ("Omaha" for short) was designed in 1961 and has been under construction for over 30 years, a testimonial to the challenges and durabil ity of this great hobby. The original design concept of maximum visual impact has remained virtually intact during that time except for changes to improve operation such as greater convenience in switching or additional industrial sidings. The layout is a freelance efi'ortat capturing the flavor RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 39 u I l_-- South Yard Merrillan North Yard J Lu..�-I-\--- Photo 1. A view of Merrillan Ya rd looking west from Merrillan Tower, with twokit -con verted Wa lthers engine shops flanking a transfer table. The sandstone bluff hides the hidden reversing loops of the Milwaukee Road line that passes through Tunnel City. ( 1 / 1 1 \// \ / � ( ') \ ; ) and locale of the Chicago and Northwestern's CSt.PM&O "Omaha" mainline in west central Wisconsin. While no specifi.c locations are modeled, main line routings and station names capture the feeling of Chicago to Minneapolis traffic with branch line operations to the towns of Geddesberg and Tunnel City. In addition, a Milwaukee Road mainline (via hidden reverse loops) provides operating interest and interchange with the CNW at Tunnel City. The feeling you experience when first Photo 12. Depot at Tunnel City looking west. The depot is a scratchbuilt model by Joe entering the layout room is that you are Follmar of the Kendall, Wisconsin depot that now serves as the bike trail headquarters for railfanning at a large division point yard. the Elroy-Sparta State Trail. The 4-6-0 is a kit-converted CNW class R from a Va rney ten The yard and sweeping mainline are pur wheeler with a brass import tender. posely curved as in a wide-angle photo to enhance the illusion of distance in the places on the hidden mainline. Scenery limits of Merrillan. Follow a branch line scene. The large buildings, including the methods adhere to the time-tested train along the wall on its run to large 1900's style depot, signal, this IS, Hydrocal hardshell coated with molding Geddesberg, a medium-sized railroad indeed, an important rai lroad facility. plaster and rock castings. All of the origi town that is now a terminus fo r the CNW The layout is 49 inches high at nal zip texturing has been replaced with because of a recent abandonment. A teth Merrillan, with the yard nestled between the great new products from Woodland ered throttle is used in Geddesberg to two sandstone bluffs providing a view Scenics for a much improved look. make it easy to switch along the 20-foot across the peninsula that includes the tops The new scenery techniques are very length of this community. of buildings in Tu nnel City and on to the evident in the scene at Black River Bridge painted backdrop on the far wall. This where a long gauntlet-track deck-truss Operations By and For Railfans feel ing of breadth and depth is perhaps the bridge crosses the rock-strewn riverbed in most dramatic on the railroad. The origi an attention-getting scene on the railroad. Since the layout is divided into scenes, nal plan included a central backdrop for A [1111 114 of the peninsula is devoted to the operators are assigned to a particular the peninsula, but I have never been com this one scene. With water-soluble scenery location and do not follow their trains pletely sold on the idea. All benchwork is techniques, it is easy to match lhe color of around the layout. Visitors and operators the very versatile L-girder pioneered by the real red granite rock with the plaster view the trains running "through" the Linn Westcott, free-standing in the middle castings to excellent effect. scene as if they are railfanning. I call this and fastened to the wall around the perim Continue on to Tunnel City, the end of concept "Through Train Operation." Each iter of the basement. Roadbed is J/2-inch a branch for the CNW but a provider of operator is responsible for the operation of plywood with Homosote and, later, cork mainline action on the Milwaukee Road. the train(s) in his scene, all under the con roadbed on which Shinohara code 70 track The Tunnel City operator controls the trol of the dispatcher who is in contact was laid and ballasted with real pink lady Milwaukee trains as they enter and leave with them by telephone. ballast from CNW's Rock Springs, the town, a source of interchange traffic This division of scenes provides for Wisconsin quan-y. Additional roadbed was for both roads. unique operating responsibilities starting added later by using the spline method to Turn around and you will find yourself with the town operator and working up to work additional track into some very tight at Norma, a small station stop at the yard the mainline engineer. Operators at 42 RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1 997 Photo 13. A view of Tunnel City's downtown area with the Milwaukee Road mainline and tunnel on the right. The grain elevator is kit bashed from Wa lthers' Cornerstone series as is the "Haught Box Factory/' the angled factory in the background. The 4-6-0 Class 'R' is a Va rney ten-wheeler with a brass import tender. The platform track in the foreground is the Milwaukee-Chicago Northwestern interchange. Geddesberg and Tunnel City are responsi Chicago and Minneapolis in through the mainline engineer hostles locomotives ble fo r bringing their trains into town from freights. In addition, the North Yard oper from the diesel house and the roundhouse their respective staging areas, switching ator runs trains east and west on the for both mainline and branch line trains all the industries and sending them back branch to the staging areas of Boyd and the while adding to the realism by manip toward Merrillan Yard. Most trains are run Norma where they are picked up by the ulating MRC and PFM sound controls. No as "extras," but a few are scheduled, such town operators. This job is the most chal trains may enter or leave Merrillan with as the "Holcombe Flyer," "The Dairyland lenging on the railroad. out the express consent of the dispatcher. Express" and a Doodle Bug called "The All yard operations are handled by Namakagon." Newcomers are always Digital Command Control, eliminating a Loop-Staging assigned to these jobs. Likewise, the rather complex toggle control system nec M en-illan House Switcher position is rela essary to provide the large number of The fact that mainline trains arrive and tively easy to work, handling switching blocks for convenient operation. The DCC depart the scene to hidden trackage under around the depot and the local industries. system is connected in place of one of the neath the layout requires some explana regular throttles, cab "C" on the control tion. When I designed the layout, my Ya rd Operations panel; just set all cabs to C cab and run; no experience with turnouts was somewhat wiring changes were needed to set this up, negative so I designed the hidden storage The yard is divided into two working so all conventional wiring is in place just tracks under the layout as very long fo ld segments: North and South Yard. South in case trouble develops with the com ed-over loops, one for Chicago and one Yard handles cuts of cars from mainline mand control. for Minneapolis. The track is compressed trains, sending cars to North Yard where in the viewing area to represent dual main they are assembled into branch line trains Mainline Operations line traffic, but the trains always traverse and vice versa. Some trains originate and the loops one way, elephant style. The terminate in South Yard as well as provid The mainline engineer job is the most one-way traffic 011 the hidden loops great ing a nice mix of classification. The North prestigious. but it is not quite as demancting ly simplifies the control circuits needed to Yard operator classifies cars for as the yard operator's job. The mainline keep them separated. wayfreights to and from the towns of engineer operates all trains on the dual The original plan was a rather compli Geddesberg and Tunnel City, fo rwarding mainline entering and leaving the scene cated relay design, but before I needed it, I cars coming off the branch to South Yard according to a timetable showing sched discovered an experimental circuit in where they are sent on to the terminals of uled arrivals and departures. In addition, Model Railroader that I elaborated on to RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 43 photo 2. Merrillan Ya rd looking east. The freight house is kit-converted from two Wa lthers Water Street Freight Terminals and AHM's 5839 Machine Shop. Full-size GP7 diesel con troller is non-operational. train has a car with resistors across the wheels to provide detection. The dispatch er releases a train from the lead block by build a design I call "The Silent Engineer." holding down a push button for a fe w sec A Twin-T detection circuit shuts down a onds, and the train is then acquired by the simple transistor throttle circuit for each mainline engineer who controls it during block in the loops, allowing a train to the running in the viewing area. This cir move up when the block ahead clears. A cuit has proven very reliable in over 20 typical block length is 20 cars, plus engine years of use; never once have I cleaned the and caboose, but a train may occupy two track, and locomotives always start on the blocks provided the middle and rear of the hidden track. Photo 6. Geddesberg end of the branch looking east bound showing the relief buildings about 2 inches thick that provide the industrial switching in this medium-small town. Photo 7. The large factory building is a 2-inch-deep flat kit-canverted from several AHM retail stores (Luigi's Funeral Parlor). Barely visi ble is the large Guyer Tire factory kit-converted from the Heljan brewery. The depot is two AHM Freight houses kitbashed into a bay win dow station with an adjoining baggage building connected with a canopy roof. Operating sessions are held every two weeks throughout the winter months, just often enough to keep the operators famjl iar with their jobs. My strongest interest is building structures for the layout, espe cially kit-converting plastic models. Many of the structures are from the Cornerstone series, but r try to make changes in every one mainly to show the versatility of these fine designs. Eventually I hope to replace some of them with scratcbbuilt models of specific prototypes, but no matter what, it is all fun! RMJ Photo 8. The major industry at Geddesberg is "Country Maid Dairy" kit-converted from a Heljan brewery with an add-on building from the Cornerstone mine kit. Drier Lumber can be seen on the right. RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 45 Photo 4. The dispatcher's hut under the end of the layout peninsula Photo 9. Aisleway looking east to Norma on the right and Tu nnel City housing the two reverse loops of the Milwaukee Road line. The dis on the left. The Black River Bridge is gauntlet track laid on kit-con patcher operates a four-track engine yard to change motive power (if verted Atlas deck bridges. The bridge in the background is also sev desired) on eastbound mainline trains before they enter Merrillan. A eral Atlas through trusses combined with girders to make a ballasted manual ac board is used to keep track of trains and is coordinated deck bridge spanning the Black River. with a 6-to- 1 fast clock, one of five synchronized around the layout. 46 RAILMODEI_ JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 - - o I- D... CJ (fJ 0 « �g �o o « o a: LL LL LL t 8::J �::J o o o Z §!::J t ::J o The main line oval is compressed in the o LL Cll Cll LL I ciewing area at Merrillan to represent trains I (fJ (fJ W traveling to and from the terminals of « S w o + Minneapolis and Chicago while always run �> o ning clockwise on the oval to simplify wiring a: -' and control. Additional trackage caned east w and westbound cutoff loops have been added to stage open load trains such as ore and coal returning as empties in the oppo site direction. An additional loop called the "Elroy Cutoff" provides a route for the Dakota 400 and the Park Falls Pulpwood. notice the auntlet track at the Black River Bridge anJ the arrows signifying left hand running. the viewing area shown in dotted lines shows how little of the total trackage we can actually see. A total of 29 trains can occupy these hidden tracks at any one time. 48 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 DEALER DIRECTORY ALABAMA HOBBY TOWN USA TOM'S TRAINS CLASSIC TRAINS 9220 HIGHWAY 71 S. #3 2245 EAST HAMMOND AVENUE 18927 EAST COLIMA ROAD SPIVEY STORES FORT SMITH, AR 72903 FRESNO, CA 93703 ROWLAND HEIGHTS, CA 91748-2942 1303 TUSCALOOSA AVENUE SW 501 -452-6543 209-266-3192 818-912-1033 BIRMINGHAM, AL 3521 1 JACK'S HOBBY SHOP BIKES & HOBBIES UNLIMITED BRUCE'S TRAIN SHOP 205-785-9690 1200 JOHN HARDEN DRIVE 1451 EAST MAIN STREET 2752 MARCONI STREET CRUMP CAMERA HOBBY & VIDEO JACKSONVILLE, AR 72076 GRASS VA LLEY, CA 95945 SACRAMENTO, CA 95821 806 BANK STREET NE 501-982-6836 916-272-3690 916-485-5288 DECATUR, AL 35601 BASELINE STATI ON GREAT TRAIN STORE #10 205-353-3443 HOBBY WAREHOUSE 7412 BASELINE 4118 EAST SOUTH STREET 545 DOWNTOWN PLAZA #1001 RED BARON R/C HOBBIES LITTLE ROCK, AR 72209-4439 LAKEWOOD, CA 90712 SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 913 RUCKER BLVD. #44 501-562-7575 310-531-1413 916-443-2793 ENTERPRISE, AL 36330 TOYS GALORE MADIJO HOBBY HOUSE REED'S HOBBY 921 SOUTH MAIN STREET 334-393-3355 4210 MACARTHUR DRIVE 8039 LA MESA BOULEVARD SALINAS, CA 93901 CRUMP CAMERA & HOBBY #2 NO LITTLE ROCK, AR 721 18 LA MESA, CA 92041 408-424-3488 138 WEST MAIN STREET 501-753-0495 619-464-1 672 HARTSELLE, AL 35640 GUNNINGS HOUSE OF HOBBIES SMITH BROS HOBBIES/CRAFTS 550 SAN ANSELMO AVENUE 205-773-8018 1223 WEST AVENUE "I" SAN ANSELMO, CA 94960 H & S HOBBIES LANCASTER, CA 93534 CALIFORNIA 415-454-3087 2327 N. MEMORIAL PKWY. 805-942-6984 HUNTSVILLE, AL 35810 FREIGHT YARD ALL ABOARD TRAINS & HOBBIES TONY'S HOBBIES 205-534-5081 945 NORTH EUCLID STREET 7750 CONVOY COURT 1315 NORTH HACIENDA BLVD. MOSS VALLEY RAILROAD CO_ ANAHEIM, CA 92801 SAN DIEGO, CA 921 11 714-956-1355 LA PUENTE, CA 91744 320 CHURCH ST. NW 619-279-0876 LITTLE DEPOT 818-917-5290 HUNTSVILLE, AL 35801 WHISTLE SHOP 1238-A SOUTH BEACH BLVD. ROGER'S RAILROAD JUNCTION 3834 4TH AVENUE 205-536-3303 ANAHEIM, CA 92804 12 W. OAK ST. SAN DIEGO, CA 92103 RC HOBBIES 71 4-828-5080 LODI, CA 95240 619-295-7340 3303 MERI DIAN ST. N MOTHER LODE HOBBIES 209-334-5623 FRANCISCAN HOBBIES HUNTSVILLE, AL 35811 2066 BIG BONANZA LN. JACK'S HOBBIES & CRAFTS 1920-A OCEAN AV ENUE 205-539-1 347 ANGELES CAMP, CA 95222 1032 6TH STREET SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94127 PAINTS CRAFTS & HOBBIES 209-736-4989 LOS BANOS, CA 93635 415-584-3919 816 PELHAM RD. 5 BOYS AND THEIR TOYS 209-826-3595 HOBBIES UNLIMITED JACKSONVILLE, AL 36265 124 SOUTH ELM GREAT TRAIN STORE #12 17950 HESPERIAN BLVD. 205-435-5576 ARROYO GRANDE, CA 93420 GREAT MALL OF THE BAY AREA SAN LORENZO, CA 94580 G M & 0 "REBEL:' HOBBIES 805-481 -4628 150 GREAT MALL DRIVE 415-278-1 150 820 AZALEA ROAD CENTRAL COAST TRAINS MILPITAS, CA 95035 LAW'S HOBBY CENTER MOBILE, AL 36693 NEW WEST CENTER 408-956-1797 855 MARSH 205-661-8196 7600 EL CAMINO REAL #4 PRIDE OF CALIFORNIA SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93401 CROSSTIES TRAINS & THINGS ATASCADERO, CA 93422 418 SOUTH MYRTLE 805-544-5518 117THURMAN STREET 805-466-1391 MONROVA, CA 91016 HOBBY DEPOT 3016 STAT E STREET RAINBOW CITY, AL 35906 B & F HOBBY SHOP 818-358-5419 SANTA BARBARA, CA 93105 205-442-1643 1424 BAKER ST. CRESCENTA VALLEY HOBBY & CRAFT 805-682-1000 BAKERSFIELD, CA 93305 2230 HONOLULU AVENUE TRAIN SHOP 805-322-7955 MONTROSE, CA 91020 1829 PRUNERIDGE AVENUE ALASKA 818-957-1779 NOTHIN' BUTTRAINS SANTA CLARA, CA 95050 HOBBYCRAFT INC 5620 DISTRICT BLVD LONG'S DRUG STORE 408-296-1050 25070 ALESSANDRO BLVD. 800 E DIMOND BLVD #136 BAKERSFIELD, CA 93313 DOODLEBUG HOBBIES MORENO VALLEY, CA 92388 ANCHORAGE, AK 99515 805-397-7151 106 THIRD STREET 907-349-5815 RIVERVIEW HOBBY 714-242-5060 SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, CA 95045 215 ROBERTS LN. SAN ANTONIO HOBBY SHOP 408-623-1088 BAKERSFIELD, CA 93308-4341 2550 EL CAMINO REAL WEST SIERRA RAIL SHOP ARIZONA 805-399-4902 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA 94040 19233 ROC KRIDGE WAY BERKELEY HARDWARE 415-941-1278 SONORA, CA 95370 HOBBY TOWN USA 2145 UNIVERSITY AVENUE LOOSE CABOOSE 209-532-6381 3131 STOCKTON HILL RD. #5 BERKELEY, CA 94704 4225 SOLANO AVENUE HOBO JUNCTION KINGMAN, AZ 86401 415-845-0410 NAPA VALLEY, CA 94558 MODEL RAILROADING 520-753-4113 707-258-1222 BURBANK HOUSE OFTRAINS 434 N. CALIFORNIA STREET ROUNDHOUSE ROY'S TRAIN WORLD 91 1 S. VICTORY BLVD. STOCKTON, CA 95202 12804 VICTORY BLVD. 1033 S COUNTRY CLUB DRIVE BURBANK, CA 91502 209-466-2572 NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA 91606 MESA, AZ 85210 818-848-3674 RICHARD'S MODEL HOBBIES 602-833-4353 818-769-0403 TRACKSIDE TRAINS 1324 SOUTH MARY AVENUE SMITH BROS. HOBBY CENTER AN AFFAIR WITH TRAINS 1675 ROLLINS ROAD #B-1 SUNNYSIDE, CA 94087 8941 RESEDA BLVD. 2615 WEST BETHANY ROAD BURLINGAME, CA 94010 408-992-0246 NORTHRIDGE, CA 91324 PHOENIX, AZ 850 17 415-692-9724 MARTY'S HOBBIES 602-249-3781 818-885-8636 1728 MOORPARK ROAD D & J HOBBY VILLAGE MODEL SHOP CORONADO SCALE MODELS 96 N SAN THOMAS AQUINO RD THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360 1544 EAST CYPRESS STREET 112 WEST "B" STREET 805-497-3664 CAMPBELL, CA 95008 ONTARIO, CA 91762 PHOENIX, AZ 85006 408-379-1696 ALL ABOARD MODEL RAILROAD 714-983-7317 EMPORIUM 602-254-9656 RARA AVIS TRAINS ARROWHEAD SCALE MODELS BIG BOYS TOYS 3867 PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY 5650-H IMHOFF DRIVE 2127 EAST PA LMDALE 638 HOLIDAY DRIVE TO RRANCE, CA 90505 CONCORD, CA 94520 PALMDALE, CA 93550 PRESCOTT, AZ 86303 31 0-791 -2637 51 0-685-6566 805-273-6229 SQUARE ROUNDHOUSE 520-445-8409 TRAIN CROSSING JIM'S TRAIN PARADISE ARIZONA TRAINS& HOBBIES 1089-C BAKER 1468 LANDER AV ENUE 6051 SKYWAY TURLOCK, CA 95380 2420 NORTH TREAT AVENUE COSTA MESA, CA 92626 PA RADISE, CA 95969 209-668-4454 TUCSON, AZ 85716 71 4-549-1596 916-877-7363 VENTURA HOBBIES 520-327-4000 ALLIED MODEL TRAINS ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP 2950 JOHNSON DRIVE #128 441 1 SOUTH SEPULVEDA BLVD. 2490 EAST COLORADO BLVD. VENTURA, CA 93003 CULVER CITY, CA 90230 PASADENA, CA 91 107 805-658-8138 ARKANSAS 213-313-9353 818-796-7791 VISALIA HOBBIES WORLD TRAINTOWN MODELS AND MORE LEISURE 2145 WEST WHITENDALE HWY. 7 N. DEGRAY LAKE 303 SOUTH DIAMOND BAR BLVD #H 218 PETALUMA BLVD. NORTH VISALIA, CA 93277 ARKADELPHIA, AR 71923 DIAMOND BAR, CA 91765 PETALUMA, CA 94952 209-734-1283 501 -865-3502 909-61 2-5781 707-762-2378 ARNIE'S TRAINS TED'S TRAINS & TOYS KIT & CABOODLE TRAIN DEPOT 6450 WESTMINSTER AVENUE 15579 MARLANO RD. 550 EL CERRITO PLAZA 2354 RAILROAD AVENUE WESTMINSTER, CA 92683 BENTONVILLE, AR 7271 2 EL CERRITO, CA 94530-4006 REDDING, CA 96001 714-893-1015 501 -273-9915 510-524-9942 916-243-1360 WESTERN DEPOT BROOK'S MODEL HOBBIES BRANCH LINE HOBBIES LOCO-BOOSE ELECTRIC TRAIN 1650 SIERRA AVENUE #203 107 CHEROKEE LANE 250 WEST CREST STREET #F 260 MAIN STREET YUBA CITY, CA 95992 CLARKSVILLE, AR 72830 ESCONDIDO, CA 92025-1715 REDWOOD, CA 94063 91 6-673-6776 501 -754-4936 619-489-5020 415-368-1254 RIVER VALLEY HOBBIES NICK'S HOBBIES HOBBY HOUSE INC 116 MARKET STREET 3031 TRAVIS BLVD. 17721 VANOWEN STREET DARDANELLE, AR 72834 FAIRFIELD, CA 94533 RESEDA, CA 91335 COLORADO 501 -229-1270 707 -429-2232 818-609-1968 18TH STREET STATION TRAIN SHOP FRESNO MODEL RAILROAD PACIFIC COAST HOBBIES COLPAR HOBBIES 2105 W. 18TH STREET 744 "P" STREET 6667 INDIANA AVENUE 804 SOUTH HAVANA FAYETTEVILLE, AR 72701 FRESNO, CA 93721 RIVERSIDE, CA 92506 AURORA, CO 80012 501-521 -2091 209-266-2805 909-341-0180 303-341-0414 TRAINMASTER OF DENVER GOLDEN SPIKE, THE HOBBY TOWN USA RAILROAD HOBBIES 505 SOUTH 17TH 3069 W. BULLARD AV E. #B 119 VERNON STREET 16847 E. LlNVALE PL. FORT SMITH, AR 72901 FRESNO, CA 9371 1-1609 ROSEVILLE, CA 95678 AURORA, CO 80013-1949 501 -785-2557 209-435-3342 916-782-6067 303-671 -8444 RAILMODEL JOURNAL JUNE 1997 52 CUSTOM RAILWAY SPLY/HOBBY RAILWORKS HOBBY WORLD HAPPY HOBO 432 WEST FILLMORE NORTH RIDGE PLAZA 7273 103RD STREET 4040 WEST WATERS AVENUE #1 100 COLORADO SPRINGS. CO 80907 5 PADANARAM ROAD JACKSONVILLE. FL 32210 TA MPA. FL 33614 719-634-4616 DANBURY. CT 06810 904-772-9022 813-886-5072 HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. 203-797-8386 ALPHA TRAIN & HOBBIES GREAT TRAIN STORE #32 CITADEL CROSSING NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY 435 S. LAKE PA RKER AVE. dba TRAIN DEPOT 839 NORTH ACADEMY BLVD. 71 HILLIARD STREET LAKELAND. FL 33801-5713 900 SOUTH ORLANDO AVENUE COLORADO SPRINGS. CO 80909 MANCHESTER. CT 06040 941-687-91 52 WINTER PARK. FL 32789 719·637·0404 203-646-0610 PERKINS HOBBIES 407 ·629-1365 HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. AMATO'S HOBBY CENTER AND COLLECTIBLES 1710 BRIARGATE BLVD., #125 283 MAIN STREET 1117 SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920 NEW BRITAIN, CT 06051 LAKELAND, FL 33803 GEORGIA 719-531 -0404 203-229-9069 813-683-3251 GREAT TRAIN STORE #9 KRIS KRINGLE LTD. HOBBY CENTER FAMILY HOBBY CENTER NORTH POINT MALL #1030 26 19 WEST COLORADO AVENUE 151-3A BOSTON POST ROAD 914 PA RK AV ENUE 1000 NORTH POINT CIRCLE COLORADO SPRINGS. CO 80904 OLD LY ME, CT 06371 LAKE PA RK. FL 33403 ALPHARETTA, GA 30202 719-633-1210 203-434-5309 407 -863-4274 404-751-0943 SUNBIRD TRAIN MART HOBBY JUNCTION DEPOT HOBBY SHOP HOBBY TOWN USA 3650 AUSTIN BLUFFS 11130 56 DANBURY COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918 603 RIDGE ROAD PERIMETER EXPO. RIDGEFIELD, CT 06877 71 9-528-8811 LANTANA, FL 33462 1151 HAMMOND DRIVE 11200 203-438-4452 AT LANTA, GA 30346 TRAIN SHOWCASE 407-585-1 982 SHELTO N RAILROAD SYSTEMS 404-393-4475 "EXCLUSIVELY N" ERNIE'S HOBBY SHOP 15 ELM STREET GANDY DANCER 38 SOUTH SIERRA MADRE 631 APOLLO BLVD SHELTON, CT 06848 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 MELBOURNE, FL 32901 5438 PEACHTREE INDUSTRIAL BLVD. 203-924-8761 719-471-1887 407-724-5257 CHAMBLEE, GA 39341 VALLEY HOBBIES BOB'S WORLD OF HOBBIES II ORANGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES 770-451-7425 777 HOPE MEADOW STREET 2486 SOUTH COLORADO BLVD. 1975 NW 36TH STREET SILVER WINGS & GOLDEN NEEDLES SIMSBURY, CT 06070 DENVER, CO 80222 MIAMI, FL 33142 561 1 RIVERDALE RD. 203-651 -3234 303-757 -0626 305·633-2521 COLLEGE PARK, GA 30349 J & E TRAIN DEPOT CABOOSE HOBBIES TEX N RAILS 770-991 -2225 520 HARTFORD TURNPIKE 500 SOUTH BROADWAY HOBBY HAVEN VERNON, CT 06066 16115 SW 117TH AVENUE DENVER. CO 80209 203-870-731 1 MIAMI, FL 33177 1745 HWY. 138 SE IIC8 303-777-6766 WAR & PIECES 305-255-1434 CONYERS, GA 30208-5710 HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. 7 SOUTH MAIN STREET ART'S HOBBY SHOP 770-760-7509 2531-0 SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE 1475 AT LANTIC BLVD WEST HARTFORD, CT 06107 RAILROAD TRESTLE HOBBY'S FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 NEPTUNE BEACH. FL 32266-1715 203-232-0608 428 W. MEMORIAL DR. 970-224-5445 904-246-0601 HERITAGE HOBBIES DALLAS. GA 30132-1331 MARC'S TOYS & PETS HOBBY OASIS 33 DANBURY ROAD 770-445-7894 GLENWOOD SPRINGS MALL 540 AT LANTIC BLVD 51027 HIGHWAY 6 #181 WILTON, CT 06897 LAKESHORE VILLAGE HOBBY NEPTUNE BEACH, FL 32233 235 WEST BY PA SS GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81601 203-834-0441 904-249-2066 970-945-8176 HOBBY GALLERY GAINSVILLE. GA 30501 ROB'S HOBBY WORLD 404-532-4016 COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM 5 MOHAWK DRIVE 8602 SW STAT E ROAD 200 COUNTRY CLOTH & HOBBY 17155 WEST 44TH AV ENUE WOLCOTT, CT 06716 OCALA, FL 34481 GOLDEN, CO 80403 203-879-2316 956 TEAMON ROAD 904-854-2799 303-279-4591 GRIFFIN, GA 30223 FRANK'S TRAINS & HOBBIES 404-227-6015 DEPOT TRAINS & DOLLS 3910 TA MPA ROAD HOBBY TOWN USA 201 SOUTH AVENUE DELAWARE OLDSMAR, FL 34677 GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 KATHIES HOBBIES 800 ERNEST W. BARRETT PKWY. #20 813-855-1041 296 ROBBINS ROAD KENNESAW, GA 30144-4975 970-245-5504 BIG KIDS WORLD OF TRAINS FREDERICA, DE 19946 404-941 -561 1 HOBBY HUT 1103 NORTH MILLS AVENUE 302-335-1850 KENNESAW TRAINS & HOBBIES 81 1 NORTH 12TH ORLANDO, FL 32803 INLET HOBBIES/RADIO SHACK 2844 S. MAIN ST. GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 407-894-4884 970-242-8761 MILLSBORO TOWN SQUARE KENNESAW, GA 30144 COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY DON'S HOBBIES U.S. 113 770-528-0990 634 NORTH MILLS AV ENUE 815 10TH STREET MILLSBORO, DE 19966 TRAIN WORKS ORLANDO, FL 32803-4675 GREELEY, CO 80631 302-93-INLET 25 1F HURRICANE SHOALS ROAD NE 407-841-1485 970-353-3115 J & S HOBBIES LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30245 HIGHBALL HOBBIES 347 BLACKBIRD STATION ROAD GREAT TRAIN STORE #26 404-339-7780 1000 S. WADSWORTH BLVD. #H TOWNSEND, DE 19734 FLORIDA MALL 11560 HOBBY TOWN USA LAKEWOOD, CO 80226 302-378-8446 8001 S. ORANGE BLOSSOM TR. RIVERGATE CENTER 303-975-1349 MITCHELL:S FAMILY STORE ORLANDO, FL 32809 225-B TOM HILL SR BLVD BOB'S WORLD OF HOBBIES 2119 CONCORD PIKE TRAINLAND OF ORLANDO MACON, GA 31210 6862 SOUTH UNIVERSITY BLVD. ROUTE 202 8255 INTERNATIONAL 1/160 912-474-0061 LITTLETON, CO 80122 WILMINGTON, DE 19803 ORLANDO, FL 32815 DOUG'S HOBBY SHOP 303-770-5430 302-652-3258 407 -363-9002 1467 ROSWELL RD. HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. HOBBY TOWN USA MARIETTA, GA 30062-3668 800 S. HOVER ROAD #27 ORMOND TOWN SQUARE 770-971 -2227 LONGMONT, CO 80501 WASHINGTON D.C. 1474 W. GRANADA BLVD. #430 NATIONAL HOBBY SUPPLY 970-774-1557 GREAT TRAIN STORE #6 ORMOND BEACH, FL 32174 353 PAT MELL ROAD SE HOVER STREET HOBBIES WASHINGTON UNION STATION 904-672-5441 MARIETTA, GA 30060 1600 HOVER STREET 11D5 40 MASSACHUSETTS AV ENUE BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE 404-333-0190 LONGMONT, CO 80501 WASHINGTON, DC 20002 571 9 NORTH 'W' STREET RIVERDALE STATION 970-776-8292 202-371-2881 PENSACOLA, FL 32505 RIVERDALE PLAZA HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. 904-433-2187 6632 HWY. 85 TOWN CENTER BROOKHILL H & RTRAINS RIVERDALE, GA 30274 6975 WEST 88TH AVENUE FLORIDA 6901 US 19 NORTH 770-991 -6085 WESTMINSTER, CO 80021 A & J MODELS PINELLAS PARK, FL 34665 BULL STREET STATION 303-431 -0482 873 LAFAYETTE STREET 813-526-4682 151 BULL STREET MIZELL TRAINS CAPE CORAL, FL 33904 WARRICK CUSTOM HOBBIES SAVANNAH, GA 31401 3051 WEST 74TH AVENUE 813-542-3363 1025 SOUTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE 912-236-4344 WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 TRAINS & TREASURES INC. PLANTATION, FL 33324 800-61 1 -8521 303-429-4811 2551 DREW STREET #105 305-370-0708 PEDAL POWER INC. CLEARWATER, FL 34625 BIG AIRPLANE TOYS 1944 ROCKBRIDGE RD. SW105 813-799-5447 STONE MOUNTAIN, GA 30087 430-A E. SAMPLE RD. SPARE TIME HOBBIES 404-498-2453 CONNECTICUT POMPANO BEACH. FL 33064 23 STONE STREET VALDOSTA HOBBIES BRANFORD HOBBIES COCOA, FL 32922 954-984-9323 3998 INNER PERIMETER RD. 609 BOSTON POST ROAD 407-636-1808 GULF COAST MODEL RAILROAD VALDOSTA, GA 31602 WEST MAIN ACE HOBBIES 3222 CLARK ROAD 912-244-21 01 BRANFORD, CT 06405 2127 S. RIDGEWOOD AVE. SARASOTA, FL 34231 203-488-9865 DAYTONA BEACH, FL 321 19-3015 813-923-9303 BERKSHIRE HILLS 904-761-9780 HOBBY COUNTRY HAWAII MODEL RAILWAY SUPPLY 203 NORTH RIDGEWOOD DRIVE DUNN TOYS & HOBBIES HONOLULU TRAINS 93 MAIN STREET SEBRING, FL 33870 166 SOUTH BEACH STREET 1409 KALAKAUA AVENUE CANAAN, CT 06018 813-382-2455 DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32014 HONOLULU, HI 96826 203-824-0527 ISLAND HOBBIES & STUFF 904-253-3644 808-947-2977 CANAAN TRAINS & HOBBIES TRAIN SHOP 2401 SE OCEAN BLVD. 27 RAILROAD STREET 4984 SOUTH 25TH STREET STUART, FL 34996 CANAAN, CT 06018 FORT PIERCE, FL 34982 407-221-8100 203-824-7433 407 -464-841 1 HOBBY CABOOSE IDAHO HOBBY HOUSE HOBBYLAND INC 1 000-24B W. THARPE NORTH IDAHO HOBBY CENTER 405 EAST PUTNAM AVENUE 25 NW 16TH AVENUE TA LLAHASEE. FL 32303 5624 N. GOVERNMENT HWY. COS COB, CT 06807 GAINSVILLE, FL 32601 904-385-9728 COEUR D'ALENE, 10 83814 203-869-0969 904-372-0478 CHESTER HOLLEY 208-772-0422 DANBURY HOBBY CENTER HOBBY METROPOLIS MODEL RAILROAD SPECIALIST HATCH'S HOBBIES 366 MAIN ST. 11270 BEACH BLVD 3812-20 SOUTH HIMES AVENUE 1811 SOUTH 2500 EAST DANBURY, CT 0681 0-5520 JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246 TA MPA, FL 3361 1 IDAHO FALLS, 10 83406 203-743-9052 904-645-5800 813-839-7594 208-523-5144 RAILMODEL JOURNAL JUNE 1997 • 53 DAPCO HOBBIES TONY'S HOBBY & KEY TOP HAT HOBBIES G & G HOBBIES 211 GARRETT WAY 830 15TH AVE. 126 NORTH 5TH STREET 105 EAST MAIN STREET POCATELLO, 10 83201 EAST MOLINE, IL 61244 QUINCY, IL 62301 GRIFFITH, IN 46319 208-233-8163 309-755-5534 217-222-0040 219-924-6686 TOY SHOP B & G TRAIN WORLD BRASS WHISTLE, INC GREAT TRAIN STORE #2 837 POLELINE ROAD 829 WALNUT AV ENUE ROCKFORD PLAZA 147 INDIANAPOLIS UNION STAT ION TWIN FALLS, 10 83301 ELGIN, IL 60123 630 HOLLSTER AVENUE 39 WEST JACKSON PLACE 208-734-2725 708-888-2646 ROCKFORD, IL 61 108 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46225 RAILS UNLIMITED 815-398-2877 317-634-6688 126 WILL SCARLETT LANE ROYA L HOBBY SHOP N' GAUGE TRAIN SHOP ELGIN, IL 60120 3920 EAST STAT E STREET 4759 NORTH POST ROAD ILLINOIS 708-697-5353 ROCKFORD, IL 61108 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46226-4133 AL'S HOBBY SHOP HOBBY WORKS, INC. 815-399- 1771 317-898-4883 121 ADDISON STREET 160 WEST WILSON STREET TRAINS-REPAIRS TOM METZLER HOBBY CENTER ELMHURST, IL 60126 BATAV IA, IL 60510 637 CRANDELL LANE 741 8 MADISON AVENUE 708-832-4908 708-406-9400 SCHAUMBURG, IL 60193-3104 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46227 END OF TRACK HOBBIES RED BOARD HOBBIES 708-894-4907 317-784-3580 9706 FRANKLIN AVENUE 1 WADE SQUARE GREAT TRAIN STORE #29 TRAIN CENTRAL FRANKLIN PA RK, IL 60131 BELLEVILLE, IL 62221 350 OLD ORCHARD CTA. #L2 6742 EAST WASHINGTON STREET 708-455-2510 61 8-233-3618 SKOKIE, IL 60077 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46219 T AND D TOY & HOBBY HOBBICRAFT OF BELVIDERE NORTH SHORE HOBBY 317-375 0832 116 SOUTH CHICAGO AV ENUE 126 128 NORTH STAT E STREET & COLLECTORS GALLERY TOLIN K & K & FREEPORT, IL 61 032 BELVI DERE, IL 61008 4901 OAKTON STREET 403-405 ARNOLD COURT 815-232-1419 81 5·544-2609 SKOKIE, IL 60077 KOKOMO, IN 46902-3702 DEPOT HOBBY SHOP IRON HORSE EXPRESS 847-673-4849 317-453-9793 180 SOUTH SEMINARY STREET 5555 ST. CHARLES RD. SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS HOBBY HAWKINS RAIL SERVICES GALESBURG, IL 61401 2448 SOUTH 10TH STREET 903 MAIN STREET BERKLEY, IL 60163-121 1 309-342-9323 SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703 LAFAYETTE, IN 47902 630-547-7363 CARDIFF BROS. TRAINS INC. 217-523-0265 317-742-5577 BERWYN'S TOY TRAIN & MODELS 300 CRESCENT PL. WHISTLE POST HOBBY SHOP HOBBY TIME INC. 2827 HARLEM AVE. 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LINDEN RD. 4508 NORTH WOODWARD AVENUE 107 MIRACLE MILE ST LOUIS, MO 631 11 FLINT, MI 48503 ROYAL OAK, MI 48072 ROCHESTER, MN 55901 81 0-720-2500 810-549-6500 507-281-8321 314-352-3750 TINKER TOWN, NC FAMILY HOBBIES ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER BAKER'S CRAFT & HOBBY I 9666 CLAYTON ROAD 3430 DAVISON ROAD 5620 STATE STREET DIVISION PLACE FASHION CENTER SAINT CLOUD, MN 56301 ST LOUIS, MO 63124 FLINT, MI 48506 SAGINAW, MI 48603 612-252-0460 314-991-431 1 810-742-7480 517·790-0080 UNIVERSITY HOBBIES TRAINS TO GO TRAIN HAUS PARK VARIETIES 8185 UNIVERSITY AVENUE NE 115 WEST LOCKWOOD AVENUE 245 SOUTH MAIN STREET #4 14845 SOUTHVIEW SOUTHGATE, MI 48195-3732 SPRING LAKE PA RK, MN 55432 WEBSTER GROVES, MO 631 19 FRANKINMUTH, MI 48734 312-282-3337 612-780-4189 314-961-9150 517-652-4970 WHISTLE STOP HOBBY CENTER R R HOBBIES UNLIMITED HOBBIES 'N' STUFF P & D HOBBY SHOP 21714 HARPER AVENUE 201 2'/2 NORTH 8TH STREET 204 MALL PA RKWAY 31902 GROESSBECK HWY ST CLAIRE SHORES. 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MO 6561 1 MISSOULA, MT 59801 51 7-796-0677 313-722-5700 41 7-779-3800 406-549-7992 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 56 1997 MINIATURE MILITARIA MODELS PLUS MEYER'S DISCOUNT STORE NEWYORK 218 EDGAR STREET 72-C MAIN STREET 595 ROUTE 18 WOLF POINT, MT 59201 MEREDITH, NH 03253 NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 GREAT TRAIN STORE #14 406-653-3558 603-279-9026 908-257-8800 CROSSGATES MALL #B-129 FIDS PHOTO & HOBBY H & R RAILROAD SUPPLY #1 CROSSGATES MALL ROAD ROUTE 1 TILTON SHOp,PINGCENTER ALBANY, NY 12203 NEBRASKA NORTH HAMPTON, NH 03862 331 TILTON ROAD 518-869-1524 OREGON TRAIL HOBBIES 603-964-9292 NORTHFIELD, NJ 08225 BEAM ELECTRONICS 2970 NORTH 10TH STREET #4 MINUTEMAN PAINT SHOP 609-646-8792 ROUTE 434 GERING, NE 69341-1720 GUMPUS HILL ROAD TRAIN CELLAR APALACHIN, NY 13732 308-635-7900 PELHAN, NH 03076 2120 HIGHWAY 35 607-625-2222 HOBBY TOWN USA 603-635-3196 OAKHURST, NJ 07755 C & D JUNCTION 220 NORTH 66TH STREET #282 GRANITE STATE HOBBY 908-493-9854 4548 LAKEWOOD-ASHVILLE ROAD LINCOLN, NE 68505 855 STARK HIGHWAY SOUTH GREAT TRAIN STORE #33 ASHVILLE, NY 14710 402-434-5056 WEARE, NH 03281 GARDEN STAT E PLAZA 716-763-4721 HOBBY TOWN USA 603-529-1670 1109 GARDEN STAT E PLAZA TRI COUNTY HOBBY LINCOLN CROSSI NG PAST TIME TOYS N' STUFF PARAMUS, NJ 07652-2412 197 DOWNER STREET 5130 NORTH 27TH STREET #A-l 55 MAIN STREET TED'S ENGINE HOUSE BALDWINSVILLE, NY 13027 LINCOLN, NE 68521 WEST LEBANON, NH 03784-1 614 6307 WESTFIELD AVENUE 315-635-5270 402-434-5051 603-543-0158 PENNSAUKEN, NJ 081 10 JERICHO HOBBY & TRAIN CENTER TRAIN CELLAR KLiCKETY KLACK RAILROAD 609-662-0222 252-04 HILLSIDE AVENUE 471 1 HUNTINGTON #5 JCT RTE 28-109 & 109A ELM IMAGINATION WORKSHOP BELLEROSE, NY 11426 LINCOLN, NE 68504 WOLFEBORO, NH 03896 479 U.S. HWY. 22 718-347-2160 402-464-4925 603-569-5384 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 08865 HUDSON SHORES HOBBY TOWN USA 908-859-4241 MODEL TRAIN DEPOT WESTGATE SQUARE MODEL RAILROAD SHOP 547-D WESTERN HIGHWAY 1306 NORFOLK AVENUE 290 VAIL AVENUE BLAUVELT, NY 10913 NORFOLK, NE 68701 -5401 NEW JERSEY PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 914-398-2407 402-371-2240 201 -968-5696 MIKES ANTIQUE TOYS & TRAINS HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. 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HUTION'S HARDWARE & HOBBY HOBBY WORLD IMPORTS DOUGLAS MODELS/SINCE 1934 235 SPRING STREET 7525 MAYNARDVILLE HIGHWAY 13155 WESTHEIMER ROAD #107 2065 EAST 3300 SOUTH NEWPORT, RI 02840 KNOXVILLE, TN 37918 HOUSTON, TX 77077-5528 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84109 401·847·1515 615-922-9811 801 -487-7752 APPLE VALLEY HOBBIES TENNESSEE MODEL HOBBIES 281-497-2031 J R'S HOBBY DEPOT GREAT ESCAPE HOBBIES APPLE VALLEY PLAZA 8903 OAKRIDGE HIGHWAY 1773 WEST 4160 SOUTH 9 CEDAR SWAMP ROAD #7 KNOXVILLE, TN 37931 7317 SOUTH KIRKWOOD HOUSTON, TX 77072 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 841 19 SMITHFIELD, RI 02917 615·927-2900 801 -966-7785 401 -231 ·7790 713-568-8754 CHURCH HARDWARE MODEL RAILROAD STATION SHOPS HOBBY DEPARTMENT LARRY'S HOBBIES 9445 SOUTH UNION SQUARE 690 EAST RAINES ROAD 156-F 1960 EAST MEMPHIS, TN 381 16 HOUSTON, TX 77073 SANDY, UT 84070 SOUTH CAROLINA 901·332-1144 713-443-7373 801 -572-6082 HOBBY TOWN USA MODEL RAILROAD/HOBBY SPLY TRAINSOURCE: TEXAS L-HOBBY BELVEDERE PLAZA 3436 PA RK AV ENUE 3264 SOUTH LOOP WEST 45 SOUTH MAIN 3122 NORTH MAIN STREET MEMPHIS, TN 381 11 HOUSTON, TX 77025 SMITHFIELD, UT 84335 ANDERSON, SC 29621 -2763 901 ·324-7245 713·662-0809 801 -770-2457 803-261 -8479 PIGEON FORGE TOYS & HOBBY MODEL TRAIN CROSSING VIC'S HOBBY HOUSE GREAT TRAIN STORE #30 2919 MIDDLE CREEK ROAD #2 522 WEST BEDFORD EULESS ROAD 207 NORTH MAIN STREET 100 COLUMBIA CIRCLE #1210 PIGEON FORGE, TN 37862 HURST, TX 76053-3920 TOOELE, UT 84074-1681 801 -882-4955 COLUMBIA, SC 29212 615-428-0918 817-282-9334 RAILMODEL JOURNAL JUNE 1997 60 • CHESTERFIELD HOBBIES, INC EVERETI HOBBYCRAFT JIMBO'S WHISTLE STOP VERMONT 13154 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE 2531 BROADWAY 3301 DUDLEY AV ENUE CABOOSE CORNER MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113 EVERETI, WA 98201 PARKERSBURG, WV 26104 676 MISSING LINK ROAD 804-379-9091 206-252-6130 304-485-2258 BELLOWS FALLS, VT 05101 KEN'S TRAINS M & M DEPOT FULTON'S HOBBY SHOP, INC. 802-463-4575 2328 ORANGE AV ENUE 2032 MAIN STREET 2646 CHAPLINE STREET AL:STRAIN SHOP NE ROANOKE, VA 24012 FERNDALE, WA 98248 WHEELING, WV 26003 56 HOME AVENUE 540-343-1057 206-384-2552 304-233-5355 BURLINGTON, VT 05401 HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & GIG HARBOR HOBBY & CRAFT 802-658-4935 HOBBIES 6820 KIMBALL DRIVE MIKE'S HOBBIES & RACEWAY 12300 JEFFERSON AVENUE GIG HARBOR, WA 98335 162 NORTH MAIN STREET NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23602 206-858-3000 WISCONSIN GREAT TRAINS & THINGS RUTLAND, VT 05701 804-249-51 19 BEST'S HOBBY CENTER 4127 PACIFIC AVENUE SE 802-775-0059 TOY CRAFT 2700 WEST COLLEGE AV ENUE #8 LACEY, WA 98503 C & J HOBBIES 8481 CHESAPEAKE BLVD. APPLETON, WI 549 14 206-459-7854 ROUTE 7, BOX 25 10 NORFOLK, VA 23518 414-734-5244 P F & S RAILWAY SUPPLY VERGENNES, VT 05491 804-587-4710 WOODCRAFTERS SHOP 560 lONE ROAD 802-877-2997 WALT'S HOBBY SHOP 35520 WEST STAT E STREET PASCO, WA 99301 CANDLE LITE FURNITURE & HOBBY 2791 SOUTH CARTER ROAD BURLINGTON, WI 53105 509-266-4384 128 STRATION ROAD PETERSBURG, VA 23805 414-763-5239 ALL HOBBIES WEST WARDSBORO, VT 05360 804-861-1333 CUDAHY NEWS & HOBBY 1430 EAST MAIN 802-896-6247 GREAT TRAIN STO RE #23 4758 SOUTH PAC KARD AVENUE PAYALLUp, WA 98372 REGENCY SQUARE MALL CUDAHY, WI 531 10 206-841-0089 1404 PA RHAM ROAD 414-769-1500 PACIFIC RIM HOBBY RICHMOND, VA 23229 BARRETI'S HOBBY HUT 124-A WEST 1ST STREET VIRGINIA 804-740-2059 2683 EAST MAIN #B HOBBY CENTER PORT ANGELES, WA 98362 206-457 -0794 EAST TROY, WI 53120 OBIES TRAINS 8908 PATI ERSON AVENUE 414-642-4246 TRACKSIDE TRAINS 6461 EDSALL ROAD #405 RICHMOND, VA 23229 BOB'S HOBBY JUNCTION 202 EAST PIONEER AVENUE ALEXANDRIA, VA 22132 804-359-4720 3621 EAST HAMILTON AV ENUE PUYALLUp, WA 98372 703-658-9520 HOBBY CORNER EAU CLAIRE, WI 54701 HOBBY PORT 7150 HULL STREET ROAD 206-845-9759 715-832-4445 NORTH END TRAIN CENTER 1628 CRYSTAL SQUARE ARCADE RICHMOND, VA 23235 FOCUS, INC. 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SPOKANE, WA 99205 703-532-2224 509-327 -1465 JANESVILLE, WI 53545 SPRINGFIELD, VA 22 151-21 13 608-754-9807 HOBBY PORT HANDS ON HOBBIES 703-242-8668 IRON RAILS OF KENOSHA 5139 LEESBURG PIKE UNIVERSITY CITY MALL STAUNTON TRAINS & HOBBIES 2031 22ND AVENUE FALLS CHURCH, VA 22041 ON SPRAGUE AND UNIVERSITY 703-820-6450 123 WEST BEVERLY STREET KENOSHA, WI 53140. STAUNTON, VA 24401 SPOKANE, WA 99206 HOBBIES 414-552-8075' 703-885-11750 509-927-3364 2370 PLANK ROAD ABC HOBBIES HOBBY US SUNSET JUNCTION FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22401 A 1627 LOSEY BLVD. SOUTH HAYGOOg SHOPPING CENTER EAST 213 SPRAGUF AVE. 703-372-6578 LACROSSE, WI 54001-6151 1063 INDE:PFNQENCE BLVD. SPOKANE, WA 99202. HAMPTON HOBBY HOUSE 3 608-788-8222 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23455 509-8 8-2379 COLlSE:UM MAI,L, DOOR B1 1 HO§BY CRAFT OF tvlADISON 804-464-4140 PACIFIC RAILWAY HOBBIES HAMPTON, VA <3666 A 6632 ODANA ROAD HIJNGAT�'S ART CRAFT & HOBBIES FRED MEYER PLAZ 757·826-3400 . MADISON, WI 5371 9-1012 P-EMBROKE MALL 51 15 100TH STREET SW HAWKS NEST HOBBIES TAC 608-833-4944 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23462 OMA, WA 98499 114 HANOVER STREET MIDVALE HOBBY SHOP 804-490-6086 206-581-4453 HAMPTON, VA 23pq1 CLOCK TOWER COURT T S G HOBBIES TACOMA TRAINS 804-599-3222 6648 MINERAL PI. ROAD 251 WEST LEE HIGHWAY #683 2521 NORTH PROCTOR BLUE RIDGE TRAINS & THINGS TAC OMA, WA 98406 MADISON, WI 53708 WARRENTON, VA 22186-2033 908-827 -7976 121 CARPENTER LANE 703-347-9212 206-756-7517 SPRING GREEN FLORAUHOBBY HARRISONBURG, VA 22801 NORGE STATION EXPRESS STATION HOBBIES 540-574-4884 640 STRANDER BLVD. 1302 NORTH CENTRAL AV ENUE 7405 RICHMOND ROAD MARSHFIELD, WI 54449 HOBBIES PLUS TUKWILA, WA 98188 WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23188 715-387-3421 600 E. UNIVERSITY BLVD. 206-228-7750 804-564-7623 HOBBY TOWN USA HARRISONBURG, VA 22801 MARK'S MODj:LS& TOYS CLOVER LEAF 41 19 MAIN STREET PAVVILION AT MEQUON 703-43�-5575 15 SOUTH LOUDOUN STREET UNION GAP, WA 98903 10970 N. PI. WASHINGTON ROAD LEESI3URG HOBi3Y CENTgR WINCHESTER, VA 2261 0 .. 53-B CATOCTIN CR. NE 509-453-8959 MEQUON, WI 53092 540-667 -8697 A-TRAIN HOBBY 41 4-241-1 862 LEESBURG, VA 20176 RIP TRACK 13503 B-SE MILL PLAIN BLVD. #6 JERRY'S BAY VIEW HOBBY 703.777-1477 2885 PS BUSINESS CENTER VANCOUVER, WA 98684 2633 SOUTH KINNICKINNIC AV ENUE TRAINS !;TC WOODBRIDGE, VA 22192 206-944-5403 MILWAUKEE, WI 53207 7740 GUNSTON PLAZA DRIVE 703-590-6901 LORTO , 414-482-1566 N VA 22079- 703-550-1779 TERMINAL HOBBY SHOP TRAINS !)NlIMITED WEST VIRGINIA 5601 WEST FLORIST AVENUE HOBBY STOP 6910 FORT AV ENUE MILWAUKEE, WI 53218 WASHINGTON 142 WEST MAIN STREET LY NCHi3UR",VA 245Q2-1932 414-461-1050 BRIDGEPORT, WY 26330-1 710 804-239-§377 GREAT TRAIN STORE #27 BEST'S HOBBY CENTER 304-842-2742 BOI3!'!Y'STOY TRAIf'!$ BELLEVUE SQUARE 101 1 SOUTH LAKE STREET 151 BELLEVUE SQUARE FOUNTAIN HOBBY CENTER NEENAH, WI 54956 BRO/lDVII;WSHOPPING CENTER 200 WEST WASHINGTON BELLEVUE, WA 98004 41 4-722-8532 32 BROAD STREET ROAD CHARLESTON, WV 25302 206-455-2454 HOBBY TOWN, USA MANAKIN-SABOT, VA 23103 304-344-1441 INSIDE GATEWAY AVIATION PLAZA 804-784-4473 HOBBY EXCHANGE INC. 14725 NE 20TH STREET 2061 SOUTH KOELLER KMA JUNCTION BELLEVUE, WA 98007 815 4TH AVENUE OSHKOSH, WI 54901 CALVERY VILLAGE SHPG. CTR. 206-747-2016 HUNTINGTON, WV 25701 414-426-1840 9786 CENTER STREET POULSBO PACIFIC 304-522-1 668 S R HOBBIES & CRAFTS MANASSAS, VA 22110 2515 BURWELL LAND SEA & AIR R/C 198-B SOUTH 4TH AVENUE 703-257-�860 i BREMERTON, WA 98312 118 EMT MARTIN PA RK FALLS, WI 54552-1220 OLDE TOWN!; liOBi3Y SHOPPE 360-478,2122 MARTINSBURG, WV 25401 715-762-1901 910g CI=NTER STREET #A N WTRAIN DEPOT/HOBBY SHOP HOBBY HOUSE GARY'S HOBBY CENTER MANASSAS, VA 221 10 1671 NORTH NATIONAL AVENUE 16 CROSSROAD 3701 DURAND AVENUE #215 703-369-1197 CHEHALIS, WA 98532 MT. HOPE, WV 25880-9507 RACI NE, WI 53405-4458 GREAT TRAIN STORE #21 206-748-6536 304-255-7524 41 4-554-8884 TYSON'S CORNER EDMONDS HOBBY SHOP NITRO HOBBY & CRAFT CENTER DAVE'S TRAIN SHOP 8045 TYSON'S CORNER CENTER 120 4TH STREET SOUTH 104-21ST STREET 1017 MICHIGAN AVENUE MCCLEAN, VA22 102 EDMONDS, WA 98020 NITRO, WV 25 143 SHEBOYGAN, WI 53081 703-448-0571 206-774-7891 304-755-4304 414-458-4835 RAILMODEL JOURNAL JUNE 1997 • 61 SCHULTZ SPORT & HOBBY DON'S "HO" SERVICE PANTHER HOBBIES & TRAINS J & J HOBBIES 315 SOUTH THOMPSON 11 EDGEHILL DRIVE 2580 WHARTON GLEN AVENUE SHOP 5/415 BEAUDESERT RD. SUN PRAIRIE, WI 53590-2524 MONCTON, NEW BRUNSWICK MISSISSAUGA, ONTARIO MOOROOKA, BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND 608·837-5677 CANADA El A 4J2 CANADA L4X 2A9 AUSTRALIA 4105 JETCO'S HIAWATHA HOBBYS 506-855-5062 905·848-0743 (07) 277-4429 1701 SUMMIT AVENUE TRAIN TRAX BILL'S HOBBIES PUNCHBOWL HOBBY CENTRE WAU KESHA, WI 53188-3216 2-E LANDING COURT 112 SPENCER STREET 545 CHAPEL ROAD BANKSTOWN, NSW 414-544-4131 QUISPAMIS, NEW BRUNSWICK NORTHBAY, ONTARIO AUSTRALIA 2200 POPE'S HOBBYLAND CANADA E2E 4R2 CANADA P1B 7K6 (02) 709-5082 640 SOUTH 3RD AVENUE 506-847-4147 705·476-7359 WAUSAU, WI 54401 RAIL N'THUSIAST MARITIME HOBBY CRAFT HOCKLEY VALLEY RAILROAD 71 5-842-4371 & 680 CANTERBURY ROAD SCOTIA SQUARE MALL 307254 HOCKLEY ROAD PHIL'S HOBBIE & CRAFT SURREY HILLS HALIFAX. NOVA SCOTIA ORANGEVILLE, ONTARIO 409 WEST MAIN STREET AUSTRALIA 3127 CANADA B3J 1 N9 CANADA L9W 2Y8 WAUTOMA, WI 54982 (03) 890-6364 902-423-8870 519-942-9900 414-787-7232 TRAIN WORLD PTY., LTD. PARNELLRAIL COSBURN'S HOBBY DEPOT LTD. 624 HAWTHORN ROAD WEST BEND HOBBIES 242 CHARLonE STREET EAST BRIGHTON 144 NORTH MAIN STREET DAYTON MALL #16 PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO AUSTRALIA 3187 WEST BEND, WI 53095 A.R. I, BOX 3 YA RMOUTH. NOVA SCOTIA CANADA K9J 2Vl (03) 596·6342 414-334-0487 705-743·0244 CANADA B5A 4A5 PERTH HOBBY CENTER ALDERSHOT JUNCTION 385 MURRAY STREET 902-742-4029 644 MAIN STREETS PERTH WYOMING CHIPPEWA CREEK RAILROAD SAUBLE BE;ACH, ONTARIO WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6000 CENTRAL TRAIN STATION 57-3 #B, 57 SNYDERS RD. E. CANADA NOH 2GO (09) 322-3376 138 SOUTH KIMBALL BADEN, ONTARIO 519-422-3040 CASPER, WY 82601 CANADA NOB 1 GO NIAGARA CENTRAL HOBBIES 307-266-5915 519-634-8836 ENGLAND SHARDS & SHAVINGS 395 ST PA UL WALT'S HOBBY CENTER ST CATHERINES, ONTARIO 21 MANITOBA STREET AMERICAN RAILROAD CENTRE 4170 SOUTH POPLAR CANADA L2R 3Nl BRACEBRIDGE, ONTARIO 15 LOWER BORE STREET CASPER, WY 82607 419-684-7355 CORNWALL PL31 LJR CANADA P1L lS4 307·237-9472 CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY CO. ENGLAND COLLECTABLE CREATIONS 705-645-4531 184 QUI;I;N STRE;ET S. 208-2025 1740 DELL RANGE BLVD. BRANT HOBBY DEPOT INC STRE::ETSVILLE, ONTARIO M G SHARP MODELS CHEYENNE, WY 82009-4946 84 CHARING CROSS CAIliADA L6M 1 [,3 712 An ERCLIFFE ROAD 307-632-2156 BRANTFORD, ONTARIO 905'826-1306 SHEFFIELD S9 3RP CANADA ,H6 TRAIN SERVICE JUNCTIQN III�R THOMTHI.lM!3HOBBIE S/CRAFTS ENGLAND 5 357 NORTH 4TH 1H�9-§§64 I ga F!;DEF1ICA STR�ET WEST (74) 244-0851 LARAMIE, WY 82070 IWTCH'§ 'fRAINs, INC Tt-IUIIIO!;RsAY, QNTAF110 VICTORS 307-745-3531 4�0 �R.!IIIIT STREET CANADA P-7E 3Va 166 PENTONVILlE ROAD EjURLIN(;lTQr--J , ONTARIO eOH77·8a76 Nl 9JL CANA 2G4 EJA l,VR gEQRgE'STRAINS LIMITEO IS�I!;NON"'TOL.ANDIII, LONOON CANADA 416-ga7-:J721 9 1 Q MOYNT PbE;ASAr--JT RQAO (01 ) 278-1019 HOBBY WEST LINTON'S ROUNDHOUSE TElRONTCl, (')NTARIQ 501 1 MACLEOD TRAIL SW 1160 BLAIR RD. #D CANADA M4S 2M2 CALGARY, ALBERTA BURLINGTON, ONTARIO 416-489-9783 FRANCE CANADA T2G OA9 CANADA L7M 2A5 JOHN'S TRAINS & HOBBIES TRANSMONDIA 403-244-9990 416·335-Q58Q 2188 DANFORTH AVI;IIIUE 48 RUE OE DOUAI TRAINS & SUCH LTD IRON HORS� t-IOBBIES TOROlllTO, OIliTARIO 2604 4TH STREET NW 750 KING STREET EAST CAIliAPA M4C 1 K3 PARIS 75009 CALGARY, ALBEflTA CAM�RIDGE, ONTARIO 41�-4�1 -18g0 FI'lANC!; CANADA T2M 3Rl GANADA N,31-j 3N9 HQ�I;IYHQUS E. LTI:I, (14) 28H2Be 403-277-7226 51 9-6�P-3��4 SQ MQIIITRI;iAI.. ROAQ ROUNDHOUSE SALES NORTH YORK HOBBIES VAI\lIIOR QnAWA, ONTARIO 6519 104TH STREET 690 WILSON AVENUE CANADA Kl L 6E8 EDMONTON, ALBERTA DOWNSVIEW TA R O 613-749-5245 GERMANY , O I AI,,� AMeRICAN TRAINS CANADA T6H 2L3 CANADA M3K lEIN HORIZONS HOBBIES AM IIIIWMARKT 1 403-430-9072 416-633-7846 1801 DUNDAS STREET EAST KAAF1ST 41564 CHOO-CHOO WILLIE'S DUNDAS VALLEY HOBBY WHITBY, ONTARIO GERMANY 4418 50TH AVENUE, BAY #2 46 KING STREET EAST CANADA LIN 2L� (213)-176-9640 RED DEER, ALBERTA DUNDAS, ONTARIO 416-404-8888 O CANADA T4N 4B7 CANADA 19H 1 B8 ANADA SOUTHERN H0661ES 403-341 -5291 �857 t-IOWARP AVENI.ll;i 905-628-9156 HOBBY STOP WI DSOR, O TA RIO JAPAN DEN OFTRAINS CRAFTS & HOBBYS 215 CRANBROOK MALL CANADAN N9GN 1 N6 SAKATSU COMPANY, INC. 3076 BLOOR STREET WEST CRANBROOK, BRITISH COLUMBIA 51 9-250-9266 3-2(j·12 YAMAZAKI, BLDG. 2F ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO WIND-SORHOBBIES, LTD. SUCiAMO, TOSHIMA-KU, TOKYO CANADA VIC 301 CANADA M8X IC8 604·426·8874 3895 TECUMSEH ROAD EAST JAPAN 170 416-232-2129 WINDSOR, ONTARIO (33) 949-,,893 PAC IFIC SCALE RAIL BAYSHORE HOBBIES 612 CARNARVON STREET CANADA 1118W lJl 789 KING STREET WEST 519-945-5471 NEW WESTMINSTER, HAMILTON, ONTARIO NEW BRITISH COLUMBIA EAST COAST MODEL CENTER ZEALAND CANADA L8S lK2 13 GLEN STEWART DRIVE #1 CANADA 3VM 1 E5 416-524-2334 BAY H066Y SUPPI..IE;S 604·524-8825 STRATFORD, PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND 1�44 N PETER MACDONALD HOBBY SUPPLY C.!IMERO ROAD CANADA CIA 8X9 CODY BOOKS LTD 20 MONTREAL STREET TAURAIliOA 147-3000 LOUGHEED HWY 902-569·3262 KINGSTON, ONTARIO IIIEW ZE:ALAND PORT COQULTLAM, CANADA K7K 3G6 HOBBY JUNCTION EXPRESS MODEL DEPOT BRITISH COLUMBIA ROAQ 613-548-8427 1761 CARDINAL 623 SWANSON CANADA V3B 1 C5 DORVAL, QUEBEC BROUGHDALE HOBBY/PHOTO 604-464-5515 �wF ��Z�, LA�uqK��N9Ng NORTHRIDGE PLAZA CANADA H9P 1 Y5 , CENTRAL HOBBIES 514-631 -3504 2845 GRANDVIEW HIGHWAY 1444 GLENORA DRIVE LONDON, ONTARIO LE COIN QyCHEMINOT, INC. VA NCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA 5344 6ALANGER lOST SOUTH AFRICA CANADA V5M 2El CANADA N5X 1 V2 MONTREAL, QUI;BEC THOM'S HOBSIES HAVr:N 604-431 -0771 519-434-0600 CANADA HIT lE2 SHOP 45A, N2 CITY TRACKSIDE TRAINS D & R SHOPS 561 HORTON STREET 514-728-8443 GOODWOOD 7460 POBOX 837 HOBBY WORLD LTD SOLJTIi AFRikA VERNON, BRITISH COLUMBIA LONDON, ONTARIO 308 McDONALD STR!;ET (?1) P81 oED,@1 6M8 CANADA N6B 1 M8 CI\NAOI\VIT REGINA, SASKATCHE:WAIII 604·545-4500 519-432·0102 MPlm TRAIN m;HANt'1; CANADA S4111 6P6 RAILVIEWTRAINS & CRAFTS NF\§ §lJlbQIN(3 BC SHAVER & HOBBY 306-7? 1 -43?f! 742 FORT STREET 550 ALDEN RD. #101 �1Q QAK AVr, VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA MARKHAM, ONTARIO FI.A,NQ§YF\8 m� SQUl'H AFRICA CANADA V8W 1 H2 CANADA L3R 3L4 AUSTRALIA 604·383-0051 905-470·6200 A,R,t-I.5·SA� ES GENTRIO PA CIFIC SCALE RAIL INTER-HOBBIES DIST. INC. 67 RENVVICKST F1F.ET 16A 3577 DOUGLAS STREET 19602 CABER ROAD REPFERN, NSW SWEDEN VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA MARTINTOWN, ONTARIO AUSTRALIA 20 16 Hg6�Y6QKt-IANDJ;LN At;! (02) 1l99-1 7 CANADA V8Z 3L6 CANADA K03 1 SO H I'l�X §15� Ej-1Q4 604-475·2860 61 3-525-2892 AU!jTf.\AL MOD�bc,:RAFT flQ STQCKHObM 48 MORIALTA ST MANSFIELQ SWED!;N HOBBY CORNER LARK SPUR LINE 329-A 9TH STREET BRISBANE, QUEEIliSLAIliD 4§§-7;l9,Q49Q RR4, MCRAE ROAD-BOX 416 BRANDON, MANITOBA AUSTF1ALlA 4122 MERRICKVILLE, ONTARIO CANADA R7A 4A8 (07) 343-2138 CANADA KOG 1 NO 204-727-3701 HOBBYCO PTY., LTD. SWITZERI.,.AND 61 3-269-3690 WA RE HOUSE HOBBIES SHOP 402, GA�LERY LEVEL TRAI � HEMLOCK JUNCTION RAILROAD NMAiHFR W�RNIiR MI;r:A 1870 PORTAGE AVENUE #3 MIDCITY CENTER, 197 Pin ST. 1 �� S5.!;/ilTRASS!; WINNIPEG, MANITOBA 150-A MILL STREET SYDNEY, NSW KILCHAJ;;RG CH·6SQ2 CANADA R3J OH2 MILTON, ONTARIO AUSTRALIA 2000 SWITZE;RLANP 204-837-7887 CANADA L9T 1 S2 (02) 221 -0666 (01) 715.3666 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 62 ------[ ]------WHAT'S NEW... IN HO Sheepscot Scale Products, 2 Country Charm Road, Cumberland, ME 0402 1 is producing this lOO-Ton Crane & Barge. The hull is made from two pre-formed plywood pieces with pine strips f9r the sides. The crane b90m, crane cab, deckhouse and clall1?hell are etched brass with cast-me.tal details for the crane and a bqrge. The kit is $205.00 postpaid. N.J. International, Inc., 77 W. Nicholai St., Hicksville, NY 11801 is now producing an injection-molded plastic kit to build this Oil Ta nk & Stand. The model can be used as an oil supply for a small engine facility or as a gasoline storage tank for a larger industry. The kit is $3.99. Rix Products is now shipping this injection molded plastic kit to build the World Wq r 11- ChoQch Enterprises, P. O. BQx 217, Redmond, WA 98072 has a new series of cast era metal Quonset hut. The kit is $9.99 polyurethane loads. This prepainted junk Igad is for the E&C corrugated mill gondola and from your dealer. sells for $5.99 for a package of two. RAI L MOD EL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 63 ------[ ]------CALENDAR Publisher: Larry Bell November 6-8. NTRAK East Editor: Robert Schleicher 1997 Prototype Railroad Convention, West Chester Holiday Inn Copy Editor: Brian Bevirt Modeler Conferences (25 miles SW of Philadelphia), PA . Railroad Regular Contributors: July 28·August 2. Contact: DARN TRAK, P.O. Box 2580, Prototype Modelers meet in conjunction Louis A. Marre, Diesels Upper Darby, PA 19341. JimEager, Today's Modeling with NMRA National Convention, Todd Sullivan, (c. 1960- 1 969) Modeling Madison, WI. Open to models of any John Nehrich, (c. 1945- 1959) Modeling scale and any era. Richard Hendrickson, 4·5. Fourth Annual NMRA National Conventions (c. 1940- 1 949) Modeling October TBA, 1988. Kansas City, Missouri. Tom Hood, Canadian Modeling Prototype Modelers Seminar, Naperville July 17-24, 1999. Minneapolis/Saint Guy Thrams, Model Locomotives Holiday Inn, Naper Blvd. Exit off 1-88, Paul, Minnesota. Doug Gurin (Layout Design SIG), Naperville (east of Chicago), Illinois. Layout Design (On the same weekend as the nearby Rick Brendel, Electronics National Hobby Show in Rosemont, Art Department: Lori Anvik Illinois-also a Chicago suburb). Open Historical Society Conventions Graphic Design: Stu Swineford July 9-12. 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No dealer 0 discount mail order advertising-nc discount ads of any type-will be accepted Publisher reserves the right to reject copy text andlor illustrations or complete ads RAILMODEL JOURNAL is published 1 Errata times a year by Golden Bell Press, 2403 Champ We are working to improve "The Journal" in The performance test report on the Walthers 1 St., Denver, CO 80205. Price per single copy i. both its appearance and in avoiding errors. As FA and FB I diesels in the May 1997 issue l isted $3.95 newsstand; $4.95 office, or $28.00 per year always, we encourage your comments on the the number of cars the two locomor-ives would in the U.S.A. Individnal copy prices higher ir magazine. Also, we consider nearly every article pull as 32.6. The correct number is 39.9. Also, the Canada and other countries. Foreign subscription to be part of an ongoing series, never the "last gear ratio in the chart was correct as 7: I while the $36.00 for 12 isslles, payable ' in U.S. funds word" on the subject. We really hope to receive text indicated it was 14: I. RATLMODEL JOURNAL, ISSN 1043-544 1 corrections, additions and updates from our read copyright 1997 by Golden Bell Press. All right ers. Most often, these will be incorporated into a reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver, CO "Part II" of the original article. Sometimes, how Mike Elkins' conversion of an MDC box car POSTMASTER: Send address changes t( ever, a simple correction is sufficient aneJ that's into a Berwick waffle box car was titled as a 50- Raihnodel Journal, 2403 Champa St., Denver what you can expect to see in this area of the foot car but the prototype and model are 60-foot CO 80205. magazine.. cars. The text contained the corTect dimension. 64 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 John Swanson is creating an HO scale model railroad based on modern-era mid west operations on the Union Pacific. The real railroad serves a wide variety of indus tries that ship and receive dry bulk materials in covered hoppers and those are the industries that predominate on John's layout. His layout is one of fwo tours in the July 1997 issue of '7he Journal," and you can see both of them in person when you attend the NMRA National Convention in Madison, Wisconsin on July 28-August 2. r------, SUBSCRIBE NOW AND SAVE! o New Subscriber my YES! D Enter subscription to liThe Journal" Now! o Renewal o One Year 12 issues @ $28.00 (foreign $36.00 in U.S. Funds) o Two Years 24 issues @ $54.00 (foreign $69.00 in U.S. Funds) o Three Years 36 issues @ $77.00 (foreign $101.00 in U.S. Funds) BOOK ORDER - please send me the following books: _ Upgrading Athearn Locomotives @ $9.95 _ Freight Car Models, vo l. 1-Techniques @ $1 1.95 _ The Journal of N Scale Modeling @ $1 1 .95 _ Freight Car Models, Vo l. 11 - Box Cars, Book 1 @ $1 1.95 _ HO Scale Model Railroad Layouts of the Masters @ $1 1.95 _ Freight Car Models, Vol. III - Covered Hoppers, Book 1 @ $1 1.95 All books are postpaid. Foreign Book Orders: Add $2.00 each. All payments must be in U.S. funds. Is �is og� subKription? FROM: �_ PLEASE PRINT NAME ______� � ADDRESS ______CITY______STAT E ______ZIP _____ PHONE ( __ Check or money order Exp. __ Charge my Visa or Mastercard - Card No. �_Date �_ Signature ��_ __ _ ------L RAILMODI::L JOUI'lNAL • JUNE 1997 65..1 ------WHAT'S NEW IN ... S & ------[ 0] K-line is offering a series of "Napa Va lley Wineries" cars including this Atlas Peak Vineyards wine car ready-to-run in 0 hi-rail. The pro totype cars were designed to haul pickles. River Raisin Models, 6160 Upper Straits Blvd., West Broomfield, Corgi is producing ready-to-run die-cast metal 1/50 scale replicas MI 48324 is importing S scale brass replicas of the Pennsy X3 1 of General Motors 5301 "fish bowl" buses. The models will be and X31 a single-door box cars factory painted and lettered for offered with or without air conditioning and with or without $264.00 with trucks. "standee" windows to match the prototype. Lettering schemes include D.C. Transit (shown), Chicago Transit Authority, San Diego Transit, Greyhound and New York Bus as well as 'fanciful' Pennsylvania Railroad and Lionel City. See your dealer. American Models, 10087 Colonial Industrial Dr., South Ly on, MI S Helper Service, Inc., 2 Roberts Road, New Brunswick, NJ 48 178 has new series of S scale spine-style intermodal "platform" 08901-1621 is now shipping S scale replicas of the 40-foot USRA cars in five-unit sets with trailers for $159.95 in Conrail or unx let style rebuilt box cars with simulated steel sides. The injection-mold tering. They also offer a choice of 18 road names for additional 40- ed bodies have individual .01 6-inch music wire grabirons and foot trailers at $1 1 .95 each. See your dealer. include both AF-compatible and scale couplers and wheel sets. The ready-to-run models are $399.95 each in a choice of C&O, NYC and SLSF (shown) as well as DL&W, Pennsy, ATSF Scout or Grand Canyon, Vermont RR and Pennsy. 66 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JUNE 1997 ------[ ]------WHAT'S NEW... IN HO Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808 is now shipping cast-resin kits to build the Pennsylvania Railroad cast-steel frame class FM Hat cars for $21 . The girder load is $25. They are also producing the earlier class FM riveted flat cars (shown as idler cars on each end of the girder) for $25. The prices are all plus $4.00 per order ship ping and handling. Rutland Car Shops, P.O. Box 64947, Burlington, VT 05406-4947 is now shipping a cast-resin kit to build a replica of the Rutland Railroad's standard 16 x 40-foot station. The kit includes Grandt Line windows and sells for $34.00 plus $4.00 shipping & handling. Sylvan Scale Models, 32229 Sylvan Road, RR #2, Parkhill, Ontario NOM 2KO, Canada is now producing a cast-resin kit to build "wilks' Family Homestead." The prototype was built of field stone. It can be used as a house, or with larger doors, as a warehouse or mill. The kit is $24.95. Westerfield, 53 River Lane, Crossville, TN 38555 is now shipping The February 1997 issue of "The Journal" illustrated this cast-resin the Rock Island 50-foot auto car. The cars were built (as shown) in box car, but the address and price were incorrect. The model is avail 1912-13, rebuilt into 1 1/2-door cars and the end doors removed in able from Ron Va nWerder, P.O.Box 896, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. He 1928 and, finally, the cars were re-equipped with end doors and is producing this cast-resin kit to recreate the Rock Island 40-foot single wider side doors and new roofs in 1930. The kit is available in the sheathed auto box cars with Murphy radial roofs and Camel end original version with CRIP/RIA&L decals or with Linde decals, or with doors. The kit is $25.00 with decals, less trucks and couplers plus CRIP decals in the 1 925 or 1 930 versions. The kits are $27 less trucks $3.50 postage and handling. It is also available with plain ends for and couplers. Specify which version and decals when ordering. the same price. RAILMODEL JOURNAL • JUNE 1997 67 We've merged a tank container with a chassis in one kit kit includes new decals for BOOKS BNSF on the tank along with Santa Fe or Railroad Resources Co. markings for the trailer. Edited by Robert Schleicher Highly detailed parts are molded in color and rubber tires are included. IQUES BNSF Tank Chassis $1 N & VOLUME I: TECH ••• ODELS SEE OUR LINE OF HO AND N fREIGHT CAR M SCALE TA NK CONTAINERS, I r O: CHASSIS, AND MODEL weOathW�-T, chniquY-es:W PaiAYnt' , H RAILROAD ACCESSORIES AT TeEAS ns. d kit conversio YOUR DEALER upgra de an P. O. BOX 7803, FREMONT, CA 94537-7803 (L,er;M� Ij"jt;J 'OO-pages, 9 A Complete line of Scenic Details for N and HO scales $i'i1.i_15 11 California Freight and Detail Company From boxes to crates, tree stumps to roof tops, and everything in between ...... Leave the DETAILS to US! !! See your dealer, or send a LSASE (and specify your scale) to : VOLUME !! 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McHenry Couplers 1207 Pebble Point Trai Goshen, KY 40026 $3.69/2 pro RAILMODEL JOURNAL JUNE 1997 68 • Coal Loads for E&C Coal porters 2pk, 6pk, 72pk Can Motors Athearn Repowering Kits Decals High Hood Kits Woodchip Loads $3.50 & Custom Cars/Mountings (Dealer & Distributor Inquiries invited) (Call us with your needs) NS/Modern Wo odchip Car Kits - Available November 7996 - Price TBA • (LSSAE fo r new catalog) Fits most G.E. Diesels Beryllium copper, cored fo r 0.020 handrail wire. 1/ HS-87 HO Scale Warrant #96-5 32 handrails $8.95 Catalog - $3,00, rerundable Starter Set #SUP-01 For more information send a large self-addressed envelope to: with minimum $5,00 order. 9520 E. Napier Ave...... : ..... , .. Benton Harbor, MI 49022 : � . W�IfJ@I�@W �r1��IJ�@IfJO��� OIfJ�Q "_-.r}j"" == ' P.O. Box 98-0 . Park Ridge, IL 60068-0098 · U.S.A. . Phone/Fax 616-944-5129 VISA -MASTER CARD � � Internet: • Email: [email protected] Stay on Track With E-B Products "'est e oW \l.s 0.0. Scale Freight Car Tr ucks b q/. e7"/ "" c.;1\0� oi <(,{I,\, e Standard or Non-Magnetic /; 'eo I �. 11\1\b Black or Colored l'l'eq,7�./ l'es. (Joon NIIWS liOn IU'I'IIASlllmS RO \ �\le'" ANn S(;ItAT(;1I UUlumns! Add authenlicity Lo your miniature buildings Fully Assembled R.T.R.• RP-25 Wheels - Fully Sprung with sill Non-Shorting . Precision Made OUT WUT Available in N, HO, LUMBER LOAD. .... 0, G and 1" scales. Made in U.S.A. 2005 OekDrive Please send $] ,00 Send large self·addressed stamped envelope for price lists and selection to: Newberg,OR g7132 for product catalog. 1522 Crown Lane, Glenview, IL 60025·1261 • E·B Products sonOnnOnnBBBnBSBSBBSBnBBBSSBBBaOBOBBnBnBnnnBSI , - . ..J _ _ �.'; GD(formerly&R . , . NEEDA TINY GEARBOX?I Lind.'iay /nSlrttJ1leJlfI) �� " Ho\\ about tillS prccision NWSL # 1711-(, gcarbox. :\11: ratio. suitable ro r N. 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