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Celebrating the art of 1:48 modeling Issue #19 Mar/Apr 2005 Vol. 4, No. 2

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OST is a proud Member of the Model Railroad Industry Association Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • H. R. “Hot Rod” Warren squeaks to a stop as he backs away from the boxcar. This is the last heavy load. TMRwy #523, in LCL service, is almost unloaded. Reloading for destinations East won’t start until the third shift. The five-door, four-story Texas Midland Railway Freight House is scratchbuilt using brick paper and basswood columns and beams. The Dallas Fort Worth O Scale Model Railroad Club has tion of three trolley cars simultaneously. This layout is stored at been in existence since 1985. Currently the club owns and members’ homes between shows, as different members own the operates three distinct layouts. Our largest layout of the three different parts of the layout. is The Texas Midland Railway, Sherman Division, located in Our third layout, The Texas Midland Railway, Dallas Division, Sherman, Texas, about 60 miles north of Dallas. This double- is the subject of this article. In 1997 an opportunity arose for track 22’ by 28’ layout was originally built in 1986, utilizing 3’ our club to lease a 14' x 29' room on the mezzanine level of x 6’ modules. This layout was initially designed for display run- the restored historic Dallas Union Station in downtown Dallas, ning at train shows, but now incorporates two additional yards, Texas. Dallas Union Station is a stop on the DART (Dallas Area an eleven-track westbound yard and an eight-track eastbound Rapid Transit) line and is also the eastern terminus for the Trinity yard. These two staging yards are utilized for off-line staging of Railway Express from Fort Worth. This feature allows for conve- through trains. Both yards have handlaid track using code 125 nient travel for our members. This location also has many rail- rail spiked directly on to hollow-core Luan doors. The 1 3/8” fan opportunities as Amtrak trains and several Union Pacific and thick doors are supported every 40 inches. Train lengths are 18 Burlington Northern Santa Fe freight trains are often seen. In this to 20 cars on freights and six to seven cars on passenger trains. new space we decided to build a large urban industrial district The layout’s on-line four-track yard is used to make up way- with lots of switching and large buildings. After seven years we freights to switch the eleven local industries. More industries have built a working layout and we are at the point of actually are planned including a 21-car icing facility. We operate this having operating sessions. We work two Saturdays a month fin- division one Saturday a month. ishing the wiring, scenery, industrial tracks and structures. The second TMRwy layout is a portable 10' x 30' “U” shaped History modular layout built primarily for traction operation. The Texas The Texas Midland Railway is a fictitious regional railroad Midland Railway Traction Division was built in 1993 and oper- (not to be confused with another similarly named railroad, the ates at two to four train shows a year. The operation includes Texas Midland Railroad in east Texas, which was absorbed into both passenger and freight traffic using trolleys, interurbans and the Southern Pacific in the 1930’s). The Texas Midland Rail- box motors. Our traction layout is a big hit at train shows, since way was conceived in the 1880’s as a major trunk line serv- visitors do not see two-rail O Scale that often. It is especially ing east, north and west Texas. Its stated purpose was to service a surprise when viewers discover the layout uses an overhead Texarkana, Greenville, Dallas, Fort Worth and El Paso. Unfor- “hot” wire for powering the trolley poles. The layout features tunately tracks were never laid from Fort Worth to El Paso. The return loops and sidings with spring switches permitting opera- management once even dreamed of extending the tracks east

• O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 TEXAS MIDLAND RAILWAY, DALLAS DIV. DALLAS FT. WORTH O SCALE MODEL RR CLUB DALLAS UNION STATION, DALLAS, TEXAS 29' X 14' OVERALL

Structures Legend 1. Mobilgas- kitbashed Walthers Phoenix Oil kit 23. Cottonwood Station- scratchbuilt 1 2. Runzo Bros. Produce- scratchbuilt 1/8 inch Masonite, rough side out, and 24. Store side- scratchbuilt ⁄4" Masonite flat and printed cardstock side, basswood beams and columns using HO Scale A. G. Smith bldg. enlarged to O scale 3. Farmers Union Creamery- kitbashed Walthers kit 25. House- kitbashed Model Power Jordan’s House, garage and wood fence 4. Engine house- scratchbuilt (future) 26. House- kitbashed from Model Power Jordan’s House 5. Water tower- scratchbuilt using computer disc storage cylinder 6. Blue’s Icehouse and Cold Storage- kitbashed Berkshire Valley kit Layout Particulars 7. Independent Pneumatic Tool Co. - Masonite flat with printed paper building applied Name: Texas Midland Railway and Texas Traction (future overhead) 8. Willsie Tool Supply- scratchbuilt (future) Location: Historic Dallas Union Station, Dallas, Texas 1 Scale: O Scale (1:48) 9. Unnamed Factory building- kitbashed from ⁄4" Masonite walls with reworked Pioneer Valley Apartment Building Kit # 081 cardstock sides, new factory-style Size: 14' x 29' windows added Theme: Regional railroading, urban switching with 17 industries (11 on the 10. Roberts Printing Co.- kitbashed Walthers HO for distance perspective Rwy., 6 on the traction line) 1 11. Steel fabrication plant- scratchbuilt ⁄4" Masonite flat with reworked Pioneer Locale: East of Dallas, Texas Valley Machine Shop #086 cardstock sides Era: Late 1950s- early 1960s, steam and Diesel 1 12. Factory- scratchbuilt ⁄4" Masonite flat with Westport Models #12 Sprag Electric Style: Walk-around Co. cardstock sides Height: 52 inches from floor with no grades 1 13. Factory- scratchbuilt ⁄4" Masonite flat with Westport Models #18 Norwalk Tire Benchwork: L-girders with 2" foam on lightweight grid 1 Co. cardstock sides Roadbed: ⁄2" Homasote mainline and yards, industrial spurs on 0.060" 14. TMRw. tool shed- scratchbuilt (future) illustration board 15. TMRwy Freight House- scratchbuilt 1" foam, basswood beams and columns Track: Combination of Micro Engineering code 125 and handlaid track and with Pioneer Valley brick paper. Windows drawn on computer, then printed on turnouts. Industrial spurs handlaid code 100 on low-profile ties. “overhead” clear material Mainline: Approx. 70' 16. Dallas Union Grain- scratchbuilt using 4" PVC pipe silos and basswood head Turnouts: No. 5 on Rwy. No. 4 on traction - total 27. Most laid with Right-O’- house and elevator 1 Way points & frogs. All turnouts controlled with Caboose Industries 17. Smithton Texas Traction Station- scratchbuilt ⁄4" Masonite flat with A.G. Smith manual ground throws. HO Bank cardstock printed side enlarged to O Scale with new station sign‑ Min Radius: Mainline 60", spurs and yard 48" 18. Smithton Main Street- 1" foam with printed A. G. Smith HO cardstock sides Scenery: Styrofoam painted with latex paint with Woodland Scenic ground enlarged to O Scale. Smithton is named in honor of Mr. A. G. Smith. Main Street contains Epstein’s Dept. Store, Bijou Theater, a bakery, Barrett’s Drug Store, an cover office building and Riley’s Grocery Backdrop: Painted sheet rock with hand painted horizon, clouds and trees 19. Cook’s Electrical Supply Co.- scratchbuilt (future) Structures: 26 mostly scratchbuilt with some kitbashed 20. Texas Power and Light Co.- scratchbuilt flats (future) Control: Conventional DC with block control using Aristo-Craft radio throttles 21. Farmer’s Co-op Grain- scratchbuilt with corrugated siding made from heavy Operation. Card Order, Set Out and Pick Up only, no Hold position duty aluminum foil embossed over a pattern 22. J. W. Holding Co. stock chute and pens- scratchbuilt Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • from Texarkana to Memphis, but that never materialized either. The Texas Midland Railway has always had fierce competition from the Texas and Pacific which serves the same corridor. The TMRwy is a single track railroad with few passing sidings and has always had difficulty main- taining schedules. The meager profits have never allowed the luxury of new equipment, so most of the locomotives and rolling stock are hand-me-downs. Some say the equipment is old and worn out, but expert shop forces keep them running rea- sonably well. The only new locomotives to ever grace the rails are the beautiful pair of EMD F-9s and a GP-9. They were purchased with Uncle Sam’s money when several major government Cattleman J. W. Holding waits anxiously for a TMRwy stock car to be spotted at the loading chute. J. W. flood control projects in east wants this shipment of steers loaded and on their way tonight. The stock pens and loading chute are Texas forced the re-routing of scratchbuilt. TMR 17056 stock car was built from an old Mainline kit. miles of track. Since the outcome was many more route miles, part of the compensation was the two new F-9s and GP-9, increasing train speeds to keep competi- tive with the Texas and Pacific. The fact that the TMRwy even exists today (late '50s through the early '60s) is through shear determination and luck, not profits. The Texas Traction line was acquired in 1923 to service additional industry with a slight increase in revenue. The TMRwy has never been a suitable merger partner or candidate for take- over because no one covets its route. In Texarkana the TMRwy interchanges with the Mis- souri Pacific and the Kansas City Southern. The TMRwy also Extra 162 heads west with F-9 # 162 and # 160. This transfer run has cars for both the Rock Island and interchanges with the Katy and Burlington yards in Fort Worth. The units' paint schemes were designed and applied by Steve Holding. Santa Fe in east Texas at Green- ville but, of course, they both also directly serve the industrial districts of east Dallas, the location we model. On the west end, the TMRwy interchanges with the Frisco, Rock Island, and Ft. Worth & Denver (Burlington) in Fort Worth. Cooperation and interchange with the Texas and Pacific has always been meager, awkward and downright conten- tious at times. The TMRwy crews spend their time switching the many industries on its route and running transfers to the yards of the bigger roads in the Dal- Later in the day, Extra 160 East, with F-9 # 160 and GP-9 #1502, departs Moore Yard for Greenville and las and Fort Worth area. Today Texarkana. There are few through freights remaining for the struggling Texas Midland Rwy. The massive structures in the background are over six feet in viewing height. • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 the Texas Midland Railway functions more as a terminal railroad than a bridge route, because little through traffic remains. Construction Our industrial district layout is built around the walls, with depths varying from 16 to 24 inches. The sections are constructed of lightweight 1" x 2" framing supporting 1 a ⁄4" OSB (oriented strand board) base topped by two lay- 3 ers of ⁄4" high-density blue foam board, a Dow product. 3 After we glued the two ⁄4" foam layers together with Latex Liquid Nails (blue label), we located a supplier in Dallas that has 2" thick high-density blue foam in stock. In the future we will use 2" thick pieces. The roadbed on top of 1 the blue foam is ⁄2" Homasote for the mainline and yards. The industrial spurs use 0.060" illustration board for sub- roadbed. The spurs are constructed on low-profile wood ties and handlaid code 100 rail. The mainline trackage is a combination of handlaid and Micro Engineering code 125 It’s still 15 minutes before the departure of Texas Midland Traction # 45 for flextrack. All the turnouts (27 total) were handlaid by Rich- Cottonwood. The Smithton passengers leisurely take their time boarding. It is cooler ard Moore with most using Right-O’-Way frogs and points. waiting on the benches than sitting in the motionless car. The midday freight run We are using #5 turnouts on the mainline and #4 turnouts has a few wooden seats for hardy travelers. Smithton was created by enlarging A. G. on the traction line. All turnouts are hand thrown using Smith HO building cutouts to O Scale. Caboose Industries ground throws. The height of the layout is 52 inches. Wiring and Control The layout is built with conventional block control. We use Aristo-Craft radio control throttles and have separate controls for the mainline and yard. Number 12 bus wires circumnavigate the bench work and each piece of rail has an electrical drop to the bus. Operation There are 17 possible locations to spot cars during switching operations, with 11 located on the railway and six on the traction line. We are currently using a card-order system, but some members are thinking about changing to a Rail-Op switch list. We use the card-order Set Out and Pickup operations only. We do not use the Hold position. In a typical session both eastbound and westbound way- freights are assembled in Moore Yard with train lengths typi- Railway Express reefer R.E.X. 124, loaded with strawberries, is already spotted on the cally six to eight cars. The eastbound local works industries siding for pickup. A Texas Traction crew delivered # 124 just ten minutes ago. Texas along its way while the westbound is being assembled back Midland Railway eastward Mail and Express #6 is due in just 22 minutes. Cottonwood at Moore Yard. During a normal operating session all indus- passengers prepare to board the single coach and sleeper that round out the consist. tries are switched. The Texas Midland Railway interchanges R.E.X. 124 was downsized from a Mainline wood kit. The 36-foot wood reefer was a few cars for the Texas Traction. The Texas Traction runs narrowed one foot and height reduced one foot to better negotiate the tight trackage between Smithton and Cottonwood. The traction line has and clearances of the Texas Traction line. no access to Moore Yard or the outside world. Locomotives and Rolling Stock The club itself owns only one locomotive and five freight cars lettered for the Texas Midland Railway. The club’s loco is an Atlas SW-9 (recently leased from the Erie Lackawan- na). All other motive power and rolling stock are member owned. Because of our members’ diverse interests at any given time, many railroads are represented, such as South- ern Pacific, Santa Fe, Burlington, Katy, and Frisco with occa- sional visits from the Wabash, Pennsylvania, Union Pacific, Norfolk & Western and others. Standards Our club standards for rolling stock are metal Kadee couplers and metalwheel sets in Delrin sideframes. Our weight standard is 9-11 ounces for a forty-foot car. We have found that it is not necessary to weight cars to a full Final inspection with hatches closed. Heavily weathered F.G.E.X. 59605 is iced and 16 ounces (per the NMRA Standards) to achieve good reli- cooled, ready for pickup. A TMRwy crew is due any minute to move the reefer across able operations. This is true of both our switching layouts, town to Runzo Bros. Produce Co. There it will be quickly loaded with a shipment of Texas the Dallas Division, and our larger Sherman Division lay- grapefruit for eastern markets. Blue’s Ice is kitbashed from the Berkshire Valley kit. out where we routinely back 18-car trains through hand-

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • laid #5 turnouts into the staging yards. Scenery The terrain is relatively flat. The blue foam was slightly contoured with a Stanley “Surform” curved rasp shaver and then painted with latex paint. Woodland Scenic ground foam was sprinkled on while the paint is wet. The backdrop is sheetrock with sky, clouds, horizon and trees handpainted in. At the location of the streams, the blue foam was removed down to the OSB. The streambeds were made by using dry- wall compound. When the compound was dry, it was then painted with several blends of acrylic paint colors. All four of the bridges are scratchbuilt. The two mainline bridges use HO Scale Chooch stone abutments and Atlas steel girder sides. The two wooden pile trestles on the spur tracks are made of basswood we cut to size using a Micro-Mark table saw. Mir- rors are used at the end of Moore Yard and Smithton’s main street to achieve the illusion of distance. Another example of simulating distance is an HO model of Roberts Printing, kitbashed and set back near the window a few feet from the Charley completes the unloading of the tank car as Mr. DeMarco drives by layout. HO vehicles complete this scene. with a few barrels of roofing tar. Ted, the slacker, steals some naptime in Structures. the shade of Tank #4. The Mobilgas facility is kitbashed from the Walthers There are 26 structures currently built or planned. The kit. The office/warehouse is an old Revell HO building up-sized for O Scale. majority are scratchbuilt, while others are kitbashed. Most The Mobilgas tank car, GATX 6324, is a K-Line product with scale couplers, are as large as we could make them; for example, the bolsters, trucks and corner frame wire grabs added. TMRwy Freight House is a four-story structure, 38 inches long and 20 inches high. The Dallas Union Grain silos are made from four-inch diameter PVC pipe, and are 22 inches high. The building is 33 inches long overall. This puts the top of these structures over six feet high for viewing. The town of Smithton is named in honor of A. G. Smith. Brady McGuire used Mr. Smith’s Main Street (a Dover Pub- lication product) HO cardstock building fronts for our main street. He took the building fronts to Kinko’s and enlarged them to O Scale, increasing the print size by 181%. He then mounted the heavy paper enlargements to 1” foam back- ing. Brady had Kinko’s print the enlargements on light grey paper, not white, for a more toned down weathered color- ing. Future Plans We plan to add overhead trolley wire to the traction portion of the layout from Cottonwood to Smithton. Also, a three track staging yard under Cottonwood is planned, loop- ing two thirds of the way around the layout to minimize the TMRwy carmen study the problem. It appears the brakes are stuck on grade. By adding an angled peninsula into the center of the TMRwy covered hopper # 336. The model is a Williams (KMT) car, with scale room, we can build a new industrial switching district add- couplers, bolsters, trucks and wire grabs. Decals are Champ's data and ing five or six new industries. The resulting switching fees custom made road name. The slightly undersized car operates well on the will be greatly appreciated by the shareholders of the Texas traction trackage. The bridges are scratchbuilt. The stone abutments are Midland Railway. Credits modified Chooch HO product. Most of the work has been done by all members, but some were put in charge of things in which they excel. Dick Kuelbs designed the track plan, wiring and control pan- We normally meet three times a month, two Saturdays at Dallas els. Richard Moore, our switch building expert, built all of Union Station and one Saturday in Sherman. New members and the turnouts (hence Moore Yard). Steve Holding and David visitors are always welcome. Contacts for information (such as times Jeter laid most of the track and installed the electrical feeder the layouts are available for visits) are. Richard Kuelbs, 17432 Mari- drops. Brady McGuire planned the scenery and buildings. anne Cir, Dallas, TX, 75252, 972-248-6262; David Jeter, Denison, Brady built cardboard mockups for each of the structures, TX, 903-465-6276; Richard Moore, Richardson, TX, 972-234-2726; then a member constructed the actual building needed. Brady McGuire, Sherman, TX, 903-868-2726. ◆ Steve, David, Richard and Brady built up the permanent structures. Bob Brown took the photos and Bob Robertson drew the scale drawing of the layout.

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Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • us that made ‘em do it, though, is beyond me!). There are a couple things to consider here. First is the fact that the significant investment is time. Wash, Ted Stepek, John Armstrong, they all took time away from something and invested it in my contin- You’ll have to pardon me a bit, this else a generation down? If you can answer ued model railroading education. When issue, because I’m going to be a little more the second question with as emphatic a they could have been working on their serious than usual. You see, I’ve a bit of a “yes” as you did the first one, you are rare own stuff, they were working on me. We cob up about some trends in the O Scale indeed. As a generation, this is where we need to get past this one, as we tend to world. Let’s look at a couple of points. are failing miserably. guard time more jealously than treasure. First, although we are experiencing While I’m not saying that our taking up It will take time to show someone the a pretty healthy growth in O Scale, the the mantle where it was dropped will bring nuances of even a simple kit, but it is an model railroading hobby as a whole is kids flocking to model railroading in gen- investment that pays off big when that kid slowly shrinking. If the latest TCA mem- eral, and O Scale in particular, I am say- reminds you of it as an adult. ber numbers are indicative, the toy train ing that it will help reverse the first point. Second, especially if you are dealing hobby is also in decay, important only One excuse I’ve heard over and over is, with your own offspring, is that the kid because this is an important source of new “Kids don’t see trains like we did, so they may just not be interested. You can’t force blood for us. Although we are currently aren’t interested.” Well, I didn’t see them craftsmanship or a love for the game on experiencing good times in O Scale, the regularly when I was a kid, either. It took anyone. Don’t give up, though. There are long-term ramifications look a little less someone like Wash Loveland to make the “30-somethings”, “Gen-X-ers”, and other optimistic. time to take me to them before I saw trains folks out there who are very interested, Second, within our world, there are on a regular basis, especially with some- but can’t find anyone who can inspire. those who complain of the “dumb- one who could explain what was going They may be found at a club (another ing down” of O Scale, what with all the on. Before then, they were a noisy novelty environment that’s in trouble!) or at the ready-to-run stuff coming out. I hear of, of staying at my grandparent’s house out hobby shop. and read about, concerns that no-one by the B&A. Third, again especially important while wants to build anymore. There are no real Here’s another one. “Kids just sit in dealing with offspring, interests change. craftsmen left, fidelity is taking a hit, and front of the computer playing computer Your protege may love train watching at the people who want to operate (the “car games.” In my youth, it was the televi- age three, simple kits at age eight, joining shifters” is a term I’ve read), rather than sion and that hellish rock-and-roll noise, your friends for an operating session and painstakingly scratchbuild museum qual- but the same lame excuse. ity models, are to blame for the death of Who taught us about kits, the kit, the loss of the art of scratchbuild- scratchbuilding, and (as a ing, and the defeat of the Greeks at Ther- result) patience? Why don’t mopylae. we? I guess you could call Third, a couple of issues ago, we intro- me both a “car-shifter” and duced a feature we call O Scale Influenc- a craftsman, but it took a es. These are stories about the folks who couple of older guys to took us under their wing and spent the pry me away from the TV time and effort to educate and inspire us. and inspire me to learn it. We all had ‘em, whether it was the likes All you guys who are wor- of Joe Fischer, Bill Lenoir, Wash Loveland, ried about the “dumbing- Ted Stepek, or the old guy who lived in down of O Scale” could the house up the street with the Icken out- take a lesson from that side-third stuff who gave us our first crack one, because that’s what at one of the old card-sided kits he had happened to you, too. You mouldering away in his basement. weren’t born with it. Some- These three points are related, strange- one took the time and ly enough. While the previous generation interest in you. was so generous to us, we aren’t doing so So, at OST, we reserve hot in doing the same for the next gen- some space for these eration. Maybe we think our stuff is too heroes who saved our butts valuable for the next generation to see from the clutches of Japa- and feel; maybe we jealously guard our nese monster movies, Elvis, skill-sets and time so closely that we don’t Milton Berle, slot-cars, have the patience to teach the next gen- and other diseases. We do eration. But I ask you, can you remember this so they can inspire us the one-on-one tutelage you got from that again, to invest some time mentor you remember so fondly? Can you in the new blood as they say you’ve done the same for someone did in us (What they saw in 10 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 seriously defending the Pennsy against all comers as a teenager. He very well may then lose interest for college, women, or R/C boats, instead of railroads. Good for him! The time you spent together will never be forgotten, and the lessons learned (patience, saving money for a big purchase, craftsmanship, creative cussing) will be your gifts carried forever. Think about the old O Scale Influenc- es from your past, and try your hand at it with the next generation. I think you’ll be surprised and, if we assume that responsibility from our previous generation, it will help improve the prospects of a healthy future for our hobby and our scale. Mean- while, I’m going down to my shop and mix myself a drink, put on a little Glenn Miller, put my kid up on my shoulders and run my railroad. I already have a bunch of kits ready for him, and the brat across the street has been showing a hint of tolerable behavior as of late… Let’s go Exploring! ◆

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Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 11 and oil spills, and sand spills around the pit. The accompanying photos show an example of a modernized, but not new, BNSF turntable. It was originally built in 1923 during the early Frisco Railroad days. The table is 80' in length, and can handle SD75 and DASH 9 locomotives with care. It has undergone updating, repairs, and lots of use. The green paint is a Burlington Northern remnant. Notice the bridge decking around the tracks in Photo 2. If your turntable bridge decking has wooden walkways, consider covering this with thin styrene to represent the installation Modern Engine Facilities: Turntables of a metal deck. This table still uses the overhead elec- Once they were a necessity to the operation of a railroad. trical connection for motor power. They could be found everywhere back in the steam era. Most The details around the BNSF table also tell the story of mod- were at the end of a division, at a major junction, or at the heart ernization. Notice in the photos how a concrete curb now encir- of a classification facility. Every railroad, regardless of size, used cles the pit. No tracks other than the through route are present. them. They were turntables. A railroad could barely function The table now has the one purpose of turning engines, instead of without some method to turn their steam locomotives. When the multiple duties associated with a roundhouse. Look closely a steam locomotive arrived at its destination, a usual course of at Photo 3, shot from several yards back, and you’ll see remnants action was for the hostler to fuel, sand, and “turn” the engine so of abandoned roundhouse tracks. Most obvious here is the total it faced forward on its return. Quite often the steam locomotive lack of a roundhouse. Perhaps the concrete pads visible in Photo was simply backed into a roundhouse track until “called-up” for 3 were once support pads for the roundhouse. The hint that a a train. If you think about the purpose of a turntable then, you building once stood here shows how progress reclaims valuable space. 1 You don’t have to rip out your roundhouse to mod- ernize the turntable. Many railroads still use a roundhouse for Diesel storage and maintenance. Don’t overlook the obvious details though. Change the steam era details for Diesel. A lot can carry over, but stored 72" drivers aren’t modern. If your turntable and yards are representing a major Class 1 railroad, then the area around the turntable and roundhouse might be junk-free. Think like a railroad here. If you are going for modern from the start and space permits, consider

can see why they are still in service today. 2 Cosmetically a modern turntable would resemble a steam era turntable in most ways, including size, construction, and operation. Originally, turntables were built big enough to hold the largest steam power used on a particular section of the railroad, for example long enough to accommodate the massive Union Pacific 4-8-8-4 “Big Boy” locomotives. A modern version would not need the length these steamers required. No more than a 90' bridge (24" in O Scale terms) would hold most current Diesel locomotives. Here are few modernizing considerations. A wooden or brick pit wall might be remodeled in concrete or possibly steel. The bridge house may be removed, as well as any power lines to the bridge, as many modernized turntables have underground power

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All kits include brass etched grills, appropriate detailed parts, and preformed grab irons for indicated model. These kits include only the parts above the frame. Building a Small O Scale Layout Part Two Michael Culham Welcome to Part Two of Building a Small O Scale Layout. In 2 Part One, I talked about building the benchwork for my industrial switching layout (The corrected track plan is included in this issue - Ed). In this issue we will be covering the laying out of the track plan on the table-top, and gluing down the ties to get everything ready for hand-laying the track and turnouts. We’ll actually lay the trackage in Parts Three and Four. I decided that, on this layout, I would handlay my track as I With these tools in hand and a fine tipped marker pen we are did on my old layout but I would use 48-inch radius curves and ready to draw out the track plan (see Photos 3 & 4). Now is when #5 turnouts. This would give the look of industrial trackwork, with its tight curves and short turnouts, made to fit into the small areas 3 between buildings. Once I had decided this, there was no question about using the turnout and track components from Right-O- Way as they would give me the detailed track work that I wanted on my layout. I know there have been articles over the years on handlaying track and turnouts, but I thought I would show you the techniques that I use, and how to use Right-O-Way track and turnout components. With this in mind, it is time to get started putting down tracks. Laying Out the Track Plan 1 With the benchwork in place and the ⁄2 inch foam glued down, I was ready to draw out the track plan. I found that draw- 4 ing the plan in full scale helps to work out any problems that may arise, such as clearances and turnout locations near the joints in the bench work. When marking out the plan, I have three tools that I use, a curve template, a metal ruler and a turnout template. A friend of mine who moved to Canada from the U.K. is also modeling in O Scale. He loaned me some metal curve templates in the radii of 48 inches and 60 inches, purchased in the U.K. These are designed to be placed between the rails of flextrack when laying out curves. I also found them useable to mark out my curves on the tabletop, so I made some copies of these out of 0.040" styrene (see Photo 1). These work well in that you can mark out the alignment of both rails. you’ll want to mark out the location and the footprint of your 1 buildings, as this will help in locating where the track will go. Have a freight car handy to check the clearances as well. When you are done, you will have a full-scale plan of the layout, showing the path of both rails instead of just the centerline. I find this is handy when gluing down the ties, as they can be equally positioned on either side of the lines. Also, when you start spiking, it will show you the location of each rail. 1 For the straight sections, I used a steel ruler that measures 1 ⁄4 Installing the Ties inches wide, the same as the gauge for O Scale track. Once you have the track plan marked out, you are ready to I also needed a template to lay out the turnouts. Here is how I glue down the ties. I have read about making fancy jigs for spac- made the #5 turnout template out of styrene. First, on a piece of ing the ties. You can do this if you want (and have the time), or 0.040” styrene sheet at least 14 inches long and four inches wide, you can do as I did. Take a piece of flextrack (in my case Micro I marked out the straight section of the turnout (I used my steel Engineering) and turn it upside down. Instant tie jig. 1 ruler for this). Next, I marked the start of the points and mea- The ties that I decided to use are 4" x 9", with a length of 8 ⁄2 1 1 sured a distance of 10 ⁄2 inches back along the straight section. feet (part # TT 8-6). For the turnouts, you will need ties 16 ⁄2 feet This gave me the location of the frog. I then placed one of the long (part # TT 16-6). I purchased these from Right-O-Way. Put ROW # 5 frogs on the styrene and marked the angle of the frog. the ties along the flextrack in the spaces between the cast plastic With this done, I took the 48-inch curve template and marked ties. As these tie strips are being made up for an industrial rail- out the curved section of the turnout. Then, I cut out the styrene road, they do not have to be neat; a few ties slightly out of align- along the outside of the stock rails and the “V” at the back of the ment is fine. I usually make each strip of ties a foot long, as I find frog (see Photo 2). I used the resulting template to trace out the it a lot easier to handle. 1 turnouts on the tabletop. One template can be used for both the Next, put a strip of ⁄2-inch masking tape along the center of left or right turnouts; just flip it over as needed. the ties and make sure all the wood ties are stuck to it (see Photos 5-7). Lift the masking tape and ties off of the flextrack. Make sev- 18 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 eral of these tie strips at a time, so you can do a large area during 7 a work session. You can make tie strips for turnouts the same way, as you can see in Photo 8. The turnout ties will have to be cut to different lengths, also visible in Photo 8. Using a North West Short Line “Chopper”, set the cutting guide so it is the length of one regular tie (8' 6") plus 5

8 a small scrap piece of styrene sheet to spread the glue. As you see in Photos 9- 11, put down a bead of glue along the center of the track lines. 6 Then spread it out in a thin layer with the scrap of styrene so that it covers in between the lines and 1 out to about ⁄4-inch outside of the lines. Then place the tie strips along the track location lines and push them down into the glue. I use a piece of wood for this. Once the glue is set, peel off the masking tape. It took a total of about eight hours to make all the tie strips and glue them all down on the whole layout following the the width of a tie (9".). Cut three ties. Now, reset the guide using track plan. Let the glue dry fully for a couple of days, then paint the last tie you cut and add the width of a tie and cut three more. the ties using Polly Scale Rail Tie Brown paint. Next, drybrush on 1 Keep doing this until you get to the 16 ⁄2’ length (see Fig.1 for the some gray and tan colors to give a weathered look to the ties. Let position of the ties). the paint dry for a few days. Now you are ready to start spiking With the tie strips all ready to glue down, you will need to rail. get a bottle of white glue (it does not matter what brand). I use In Photo12, you can see the tools that I use to lay track. These

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12 Oops! The layout diagram used in Part 1 (OST#18) was incorrect. This is the correct layout plan. Also, in the text in Part in Part in the text Also, plan. layout This is the correct incorrect. was 1 (OST#18) used in Part diagram The layout Oops! The 1/2". both are incorrect; That was made from 1/4" plywood with foam on top. was 1 it stated the benchwork however. correct, 1 were with Part drawings

are a must, so make sure you have them From Right-O’-Way From Micro Engineering (or House of Duddy) before we start laying the track in Part Description Part # Qty Code 125 nickel silver rail – 99 feet (one bundle) Three. Here is a list of what you will need: 1- Frogs FB25-5 9 All the above supplies will cost about $700.00 2- Points P25-16 9 US, not a bad price for good-looking track work. Needlenose pliers 3- Guard rail GR25 9 Heavy-duty rail cutters 4- Throw rod TR 18 House of Duddy, 5B Tealwood Dr., Creve Coeur, Small files 5- Rail braces RB25 9 MO 63141, www.houseofduddy.com Three point gage for code 125 rail, two 6- Gauge plates GP25 9 required (Precision Scale) 7- Switch tie plates TPF4 3 NMRA gage 8- Insulated joiners IJ25 4 list of what I purchased: Modeling knife with sharp # 11 blades 9- Tie plates TPF2 (125) 9 Progress is being made on the new lay- Tweezers 10- Rail joiners (metal) NJ25 3 out. With all the ties in place, I could start A truck with metal wheelsets that are in 11- Joiners (cement on) CJ25 3 to visualize what the overall layout would gauge. 12- Spikes 10 oz. 1 look like, and know that it would work. I Map pins (These are straight pins with little 1 13- 4x9 Ties, 8 ⁄2' long TT 8-6 2 was confident that, yes, an O Scale lay- colored balls on the end of them) 1 14- 4x9 Ties16 ⁄2'’ long TT 16-6 3 out could work in this small area. In Part Three, I will show you how to handlay You will also need the rail and the turn- Right-O’-Way, 23682 Road 15-3/4 Chowchilla, CA track and add details to make it look like out parts, plus all the detailing compo- 93610 the real thing. nents as well. I have made the following So until next time, Happy Modeling! ◆

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22 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 How to Build Fencing Have you ever needed some fencing for that industry or along the right-of-way? Maybe you want to build a cattle pen? Well, here are two simple ways you can build as much wooden fencing as you need, all in one night. The secret is in the jigs; once made you can churn out fence after fence. For my wooden fencing, I go to the local hobby shop that stocks all that cheap wood used for boat building. It’s not cut as precise as your normal scale wood, but it’s ideal for fencing and very cheap compared to the price of scale wood. The jigs are made up using lengths of full-size 2" x 3" lumber as a base. Then, all you have to do is glue off-cuts spaced out to suit the type of fence you require. The size of my wooden fence is six scale feet high using scale six-inch wide plank- ing. The dimensions for the cattle pen fence are, again, six feet high with six-inch wide rails spaced nine inches apart. The posts are a scale 6" x 6" square. The photos show the method of construction using the jigs. ◆

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 23 Upstairs, we agreed on an open concept sitting room/dining room/kitchen, a generous master bedroom with en suite NarrowNarrow bathroom, an office/computer room/guest bedroom, a guest bathroom, laundry room and extra storage closets. A free- standing gas stove provides emergency heat, and a 43’ x 10’ MindedMinded deck runs across the back of the home, accessible from the Bobber Gibbs eating area and the master bedroom. All rooms are wired for security, phone, television and computer systems. Dream Layout or Nightmare? The Trains Level In 2005, I hope to celebrate my 65th birthday and 44th wedding When you descend to the Trains Level from the garage, you pass anniversary. Like many older model railroaders, I have often thought a large visitors’ coat closet and, in the center hallway, you face the about downsizing from our large empty nest and having a new home door to the Northway Railroad’s Head Office, Executive Washroom, designed and built around my dream layout. Since my last column in Meditation Center and President’s Jacuzzi Tub. OST #18, Karen and I decided the time was right and our new home If you descend by the main stairway, you arrive at the same hall- is now well under way. In this column, I’ll tell you about our plans way and face the door to the Dispatcher’s Office, Control Center and and some of the construction features I insisted on for my Northway Maintenance Shop. It is a large utility room and houses the gas fur- Railroad. The Northway Railroad is a modern switching layout featur- nace, water heater, sump, extra laundry tub and paint spraybooth. ing around- and through-the-wall construction, standard-gauge Die- Northway, the 28’ x 12’ room to the left off the hallway, is con- sel power, three yards, industrial spurs, narrow-gauge trains, some nected to Rockwood, the 31’ x 15’ room to the right, via special dual-gauge tracks and a railroad museum. openings through the walls into the Dispatcher’s Office. Although In Wasaga Beach, on Georgian Bay in Canada, the water table the general trackplan is settled, several industrial spurs will be added is high and, if you want a high basement, the usual choice is a when construction begins. raised bungalow where you go up a few steps to the main floor or This is the scenario: In the booming Rockwood District, small down a few steps to the lower level. After having both knee joints industrial switchers work several quarry, mining and timber spurs, replaced, Karen’s demands were simple: “Put all our living space preparing loads for transportation south to a connection with the CN on the upper level and you can have the garage and basement! I railroad at Beague City. Ore cars are actually loaded at the quarries want all the electrical outlets 24 inches from the floor. Make sure and mines, and timber and lumber is loaded at other sites. Twice the house is completely finished and maintenance-free.” each day, a pair of back-to-back 1800hp road switchers from North- After a long search, we found a friendly, local builder who had way delivers more empties to the Rockwood Yard, and removes load- completed the shell of a home that fully met our requirements, and ed cars for the nine mile trip back to Northway. Southbound trains he was waiting for a buyer to determine how it would be finished. are often limited to half-loads and severe speed restrictions. Following a few meetings and lots of discussions and drawings, we Once a day, and more often as necessary, a pair of heavier GP38’s agreed on a deal. The home is to be completed by May 15. arrives at Northway from Beague City with strings of empties and The Lot loads of supplies, and departs with up to 16 loaded ore cars for the Our present home is on a half-acre lot in a good neighborhood on 11-mile trip back to Beague Yard. Later, the Beague switcher moves the Nottawasaga River, and our new home is just two blocks away on loaded ore cars to the quad rotary dumper for unloading before the a quiet street on high ground. The new lot is smaller, and that means next return trip to Northway. less grasscutting, less snowplowing and a smaller tax bill. As this column is being completed on the final day of 2004, The Garage a new pair of Sunset RDC-1’s is expected shortly, and they are The double garage has a single 16’ overhead door and a direct expected to handle commuter, tourist and excursion passenger stairway into the basement. It will be insulated and paneled with its service between Beague City, Northway Station and Rockwood own heating system and raised storage cupboards, making it the per- Station. fect Bobbershop. An On30 narrow-gauge industrial railway services several The Main Level industries, and one test section of track is to be built to Proto48 standards. The layout is designed to be operated by one person, or a crew of operators. A dispatcher can work from his control board and monitor operations through the closed circuit video system, keeping in touch with all operators with wireless radio sets. The dispatcher, or another operator, can operate the Beague Yard from the Control Center and, although the yard does extend into both main rooms, it is hidden behind a divider and only visible to the Beague operator. The separate mainline track through the Control Center simulates the nine miles between Northway and Rockwood, and the passing siding at Midway allows for meets with the passenger train. It also provides a suitable time delay after a train leaves one room, and before it arrives at the other. I prefer slow and challenging switching operations to repeated loops around a room, and the hidden passing

24 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 track simulates a long run nicely. In my next column, I will describe some other features of the Northway Railroad, including the narrow-gauge lines and the operating railroad museum. Although this is intended to be my dream layout, I know how things can go wrong, so we’ll see if the dream comes true or turns into a nightmare. If you care to follow the design and construction of the North- way‑Railroad,‑check‑out: [http://groups.yahoo.com/ group/Northway/] on the Internet. Happy rails to you. [email protected] ◆

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Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 25 26 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 The Ultimate Series of Laser-Cut Kits from

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P O Box 856 Web: www.btsrr.com Elkins, WV 26241 E-Mail: [email protected] Full Catalog - $5.00 Phone: 304-637-4510 Fax: 304-637-4506 Celebrating over 25 Years of Service since 1979 Glenn Davis By Stanley Harper II Several months back, I was talking to Brian Scace on the how the Miami had just rotated duty with her sister ship, the phone. We were talking about a great friend of ours who passed Santa Fe, before the aircraft carrier Franklin was hit. away back in 2003. Somehow in the conversation, obituaries In 1946, Glenn left the Navy and returned home to Ver- came into play. I thought it sad that so many people I knew mont, taking a job as an inspector for the Vermont State Motor in O Scale had passed on, but were never mentioned in the Vehicle Department. A year later, he transferred to the newly train magazines. Maybe they weren’t the most famous of mod- created Vermont State Police. He rose through the ranks, retir- elers, but they left their mark with people in the hobby. Brian ing as Major in 1978 (promoted to Lt. Colonel after retirement). stated that he really didn’t like the idea of obituaries, per se, Immediately after retirement, Glenn was appointed President, in the magazine (too depressing), and I suggested that I would General Manager, and CEO of the Green Mountain Railway rather write an article about a person who influenced me in O Corporation, retiring in 1991. Scale. Brian thought the idea was great, so I’m submitting my While working for the State Police and for the Green Moun- first influential person to the readers of this magazine. There are tain, Glenn would take his vacations in Florida, often visiting many kind people who took interest in my modeling develop- Bill Lenoir and other modelers he knew in the Tampa area to ment, but I want to start with this gentleman first. swap trains and stories. Often, he would bring his mother along Glenn Earl Davis was born on April 11, 1923, in Putney, to see friends of hers in the Deland area, while he visited Lefty Vermont. His parents owned a general store across the street Gateman and other O Scalers in that part of the state. When from their house, and the mainline of the Boston and Maine I met Glenn, he and his wife, Beverly, had bought a mobile home in the Deland area as a place to hang their hats when they came down on vacation, usually in the spring and fall of the year. I got into O Scale after just one trip to Lefty’s house. He was finishing up some Southern Crescent cars that impressed me so much I knew I was hooked. Lefty hosted Tuesday night get- togethers that included Lefty, myself, Dewayne Roberson, and Chuck Jakobsen. One night in October of 1980, there was a new face (to me) in the crowd. Glenn and I hit it off pretty well. I found him to be very knowledgeable, and an excellent modeler. Over the years, we became great friends. He found my first brass steam locomotive on his travels back and forth to Vermont. When Glenn was up north, we kept in touch by calling each other on every Sunday, and when he was in town we planned lots of trips to area train shows and to visit other modelers. He was always very helpful with my questions about railroading, O Scale or prototype. circa 1957 Our friendship went beyond the hobby. In 1992, I went through a nasty divorce and a job loss. I’ll always be grateful for Glenn and Beverly, who stood by me during that really rough and Central Vermont was less than a mile away. Glenn spent his time, and helped me get back on my feet again. In 1995, my childhood in Putney, and became fascinated with railroading present wife and I, with Glenn and Beverly’s help, were mar- and photography at an early age. Although money spent on his hobbies was limited by the Depression, he used to travel down to Brattleboro to visit an elderly gent who had a model railroad in his basement. At the time, the models fascinated him but, as he admitted to me over the years, they were very crude by today’s standards. Glenn tried his hand at a few cars as a teenager, and in 1937 his parents had saved enough to present him with a Lionel 700E Hud- son for Christmas. Glenn kept his modeling and photography interests all through high school, graduating in 1942. Around this time (I’m unsure of the date), Glenn spent a summer up in Maine on one of the two-foot gauge railroads. I’m not sure which one, but I believe it was the B&H Railway, in Brigh- ton, Maine. He actually spent the summer living in one of their boxcars. Glenn joined the Navy after a brief stint with a machine tool manufacturer back in Vermont, and shipped out to the Pacific Theater aboard the USS Miami. The Miami, a light cruiser, saw action in six major sea battles, and Glenn told me many stories of Kamikaze attacks on the fleet. One story that stands out is

28 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 ried at a bed-and-breakfast in Glenn’s A couple of times, he visited on board hometown of Putney. It was a wonderful ship if we were in port somewhere and I Get your degree at trip, and I got to go to my first O Scale couldn’t get away. National at Teaneck, N.J. When I would visit family in the Berk- Scale University! Also in 1995, Glenn and Beverly shires, Glenn, my father, and I would with the 4th offering in the sold their properties in Vermont and in meet in North Adams for lunch. Then, it Deland, and bought a house only three was off to some point of interest, whether miles away from me in Glenwood, Flori- it was the Hoosac Tunnel or following the Scholarship Series da. We were in touch all the time; Glenn roadbed of B&A’s North Adams Branch would come over and do modeling or a look-see at the old Yankee-Rowe Conoco Gas Station projects in my shop, or we would grab Nuclear Power Plant as it was being de- All three items shown included... Scholarship breakfast before heading out to a show commissioned. Of course, there was the Series NEW or on a hobby shop run. We traveled obligatory swapping of O Scale loot from together to Pennsylvania to a fall East- trunk to trunk, delivery of model projects ern O Scale meet, and took in the 1999 to each other, and the discussion of some and 2000 Nationals. It was at the New new undertaking. Ah, they were good Approx. 7 3/4” x Orleans National in 2000 that I started days! -BRS) ◆ 5 1/2” footprint Also available Prepainted and noticing Glenn’s health starting to slip $89.95 Assembled only $119.95 a little. Meanwhile, Glenn and Beverly would spend summers at a friend’s cabin The Freight House in Vermont, and we stayed in touch by NEW Scholarship phone. Errata for #17 & #18 Series Glenn had a nice two-car garage that We did not properly credit the photos was fully air-conditioned. I encouraged that appeared in the Granville Island Muse- him to build a railroad in the garage, and um article in issue #17. The Cover; Page 28: a couple of fellow O Scalers from the top and left images; Page 29: bottom; and Jacksonville area even drew up plans for Pages 32-33: double spread were photo- Approx. 5 1/2” x 9 3/4” footprint Also available Made in USA it. Unfortunately, he never got the chance graphed by Tony Hurley. Prepainted and $59.95 Assembled only $79.95 to build it. The last time Glenn was over The layout diagram used in Mike Cul- at my place for a modeling session, he ham’s article in issue #18 was incorrect. The General Store had just gotten two Atlas RS-1s painted up for the Rutland. He was very pleased The corrected layout plan is included in this FREE issue’s article. Scholarship SHIPPING with them, and we tested them out on my Series test track. Glenn was 80 when he passed away. 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NEWS: Kit – Universal Supply Co. Brennan’s Model Railroading Products, PO Box 520174 Independence MO 64052 816-252-4605 • www.brennansmodelrr.com

Universal Supply, Inc. is a limited edition plaster craftsman kit. This three story factory kit is the fourth in Brennan’s Model Rail- roading Products ultra-realistic kit series. In addition to Grandt Line windows, doors and stairs, the kit features Tichy lamp reflec- tors and nut bolt washer castings, Evergreen styrene detail parts, Berkshire Valley roof vents and full signage. The complete, illustrated, step-by-step instructions are an excellent introduction to plaster kitbuilding and a primer in kitbuilding techniques for the beginner. It sells for $129.95 plus $5.95 shipping.

NEWS: Kit – Soo Line Boxcar #669 Chooch Enterprises, Inc., PO Box 1200 Maple Valley, WA 98038 425-788-8680 • www.choochenterprises.com MSRP: $100/kit, $10 for #669A decals

Chooch Ultra Scale II has announced a new Soo Line boxcar, a flat kit because of the extreme detail and delicacy of this model. The Soo Line cars were essentially unmodified throughout their entire lives, the only changes being to the brakes, trucks, and lettering scheme. The cars were built with K brakes, upgraded to AB sometime around WWII. The only thing that differentiates the 1913 built car (with wood buffer blocks) from the others is the striker casting. While originally equipped with “T” section Bettendorf trucks, such as the old Chooch offering now available from Proto-craft or the plastic truck available from San Juan Car Co., these boxcars received a variety of newer design cast steel trucks after WWII. By the end of their service lives many of the cars lost their A end lumber doors, the end being sheathed solid, same as the B end. More about this car is mentioned in the decal instructions. Special thanks go to Bill Yancey for creating the patterns for this kit and to Dennis Storzek and Ken Soroos of the Soo Line His- torical and Technical Society for their hard work on making this project possible.

REVIEW: Deck Girder Bridge AtlasO, 378 Florence Avenue Hillside, NJ 07205 www.atlaso.com MSRP $99.95 reviewed by Brian Scace

Here’s a nice addition to AtlasO’s line of trackage. It’s a simple girder deck bridge, something that’s been a little lacking in our world of truss bridges. Admittedly, a through-truss has more sex appeal, but deck bridges are cheaper for spans that don’t have clearance constraints underneath. Railroads like ‘em for that reason, and so should we. This bridge is 20" long and comes with a nicely detailed deck with track already laid. Tie spacing is appropriate, and the track gauge checks out using my handy-dandy NMRA gage. All you have to do is attach the deck to the structure, using the clips provided or gluing it in place, and weather ‘er up a bit. The deck is designed so that you can clip the railings off one side, place it next to another one similarly modified, and you have a double track span. This bridge is also just screaming to be used as an approach span for a through-truss bridge. All you have to do is mount it on an abutment on one end, and mate it to your truss bridge on the other, using a stepped pier. So, who’s gonna be first to leave the deck off and make a street overpass out of one of these? Better hurry up if you’re going to beat me!

34 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 REVIEW: Signal System Here are some of the nifty things here. AtlasO, 378 Florence Avenue First, you don’t need to use AtlasO’s track VALLEY MODEL TRAINS PO BOX 1251, Wappingers Falls, N.Y. 12590 Hillside, NJ 07205 system to use these signals. They work www.valleymodeltrains.com www.atlaso.com just fine on my standard ol’ flex-and-han- Order/Info(845)297-3866 Fax(845)298-7746 MSRP $269.95 four-pack, $69.95 single dlaid railroad, built before the Dead Sea Micro Scale Models O Scale kits ...... reviewed by Brian Scace was even sick. 605 The system is powered up from a with details In the world of electronics morons, fixed voltage tap on one of your power I’m leading the parade. Simple DC cir- supplies. Wiring is straightforward. The cuits are fine, but throw in a couple relay shed contains the control board. of circuit boards with those bizarre This is convenient, but you don’t need little black boxes (the knowledgeable to use the relay shed if you don’t want apparently call them “chips” for some to. Simply snap the board out and attach 605 Never Peel Paint Co.10”x 18”....295.00 265.50 unknown reason), and things get rapidly it under the railroad if you want to use Scale University O Scale (Laser cut wood kits) non-intuitive to me. an earlier-era relay box, such as the ones 1001 1003 AtlasO and Custom Signals have from Life-Like. joined forces to bring us a two-rail signal The LEDs are nice and punchy, system for the electron challenged among viewed straight-on. There’s enough of a

us, marketed by AtlasO as the “21st Cen- diffusing effect to that you can see the Visit our website - hundreds of O Kits tury Signal System”. The first offering is a signal aspect from the side, which is single head G-type signal, most familiar handy. These can be wired to operate as 1001 General Store w/signs 5 1/2" x 9" ....69.98 64.40 to me as a New York Central standard on a stand-alone installation, with a timing 1003 Freight Station..5 1/2" x 9 3/4"...... 59.98 51.00 the lines west of Buffalo during the tran- circuit raising the signal to yellow, then Brennen’s Model RRing O Scale (plaster) sition-era. Because the prototype had no green, after appropriate periods. You USII moving parts to maintain, this style of can daisy-chain them together for sin- signal head became popular nationwide, gle-direction ATC-type operation. The so chances are pretty good that this head timing circuit is then disabled, and each saw service on your favorite railroad signal installation controls the adjacent (Okay, you Pennsy guys don’t know what ones appropriately. Instructions are also I’m talking about!) sometime from the provided for “approach” lighting, where ’40s to today. They’re still pervasive. the signal remains dark until a train is The mettle of the product is, of course, detected. Also, you can run this system best tested by putting it in the hands of in a bi-directional CTC-type operation. USI Universal Supply Inc...10” x 12”...... net 129.00 Model Tech Studios O Scale (laser cut wood) the ignorant. Being the natural choice, Each of these installations is covered in the folks at Atlas sent me a box. Included the instruction book, which (thankfully) 402std in the kit were enough signals, detector is written in simple language, rather boards, control boards, and those little than Geek. ORDER ON LINE www.valleymodeltrains.com tin sheds for four complete installations. Although not mentioned, here is a Most important was the little instruction real plus. Custom Signals stuff and AtlasO book. By turning off my brain and having stuff is compatible. This is good, because 402std B&OStd Frt/Pass Sta.5.5 x 17.5” 130.00117.00 blind faith in this little sheaf of wisdom, I Custom Signals makes multi-head instal- American Model Builders O Scale (laser cut) was able to complete installation of one lations that are prototypical for interlock- 488 Diarama size signal in about an hour. The only thing I ings and permissive installations. Also, 20x20x8-1/2 messed up on was the placement of the these guys (along with Steve Horvath signal itself. I originally put it in the mid- at AtlasO) are the signal gurus who can dle of the detection block, and it needs tell you how to integrate this system into to go at the beginning of the detection CTC panels and all that other cool stuff block to properly drop to red as the loco- that is possible with these components. motive goes by. Of course it does. Currently AtlasO is working with them to bring out a single-target head, which 488 Martinsburg Coal Mine 20” x 20”....99.98 85.00 DSL Shops O Scale (cast resin building front) should be out this year, in addition Visit our website - hundreds of O Kits to the G-type. If you always wanted O206 signals, but ran screaming into the night when your friend with the tape on his glasses started talking through his nose about “detection circuits” and “logic-cascade” this, that and the other thing, you can send him and his pocket-protector packing. I can do this, and so can you. O206 building front 12-3/8" wide by 11-3/4" tall by 1-3/4" deep 1-3/4" by tall 11-3/4" by wide 12-3/8" www.valleymodeltrains.com www.valleymodeltrains.com O206 The Riverside Apartments building front.99.98 Add $6.00 S&H in 48 States • Others pay actual postage cost • N.Y. residents add 8.25% sales tax. (prices are subject to change w/o notice) www.valleymodeltrains.com

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 35 REVIEW: On30 Climax Bachmann Trains, 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19124 USA 215-533-1600 • www.bachmanntrains.com MSRP: $275 reviewed by Bobber Gibbs

The new Bachmann On30 Climax just might prove to be the best locomotive that this company has produced in its growing line of winners in various scales. First, where the Bachmann Shay was a much lighter T-boiler geared engine at only ten tons, the Climax is a 28 ton Class B workhorse that just looks right hauling a string of logging, equipment and it was very easy to put my own choice of num- mining or freight cars up and down grades and around sharp ber on my unlettered Climax. curves. After running in the Climax for three hours, I tested it by It is almost exactly the same length and width as the Shay, hauling a string of loaded ore cars up and down some steep and they weigh about the same and run at about the same grades and did not notice any surging or bucking. It should speeds. The Climax is about two scale feet longer than the typi- work well on a typical logging or mining run. cal Bachmann freight car and has directional lighting in forward The Climax is available with steel cab or wooden cab, with and reverse. It is DCC ready and will probably prompt me to different smokestacks, in a number of roadnames or unlettered. purchase the new Bachmann DCC control system in the near Three fuel loads are included so you can choose between a future. wood load, coal pile or oil tank. All the choices can be seen at Where the Shay will negotiate my 12" radius curves while the Bachmann web site. turning to the left only, the Climax marches around without My only criticism is that the coupler pockets have three lev- hesitation in either direction whether turning to the left or right. els but the Bachmann knuckle coupler will only operate in the While it does get around a 12" curve if the trackwork is perfect, bottom level (or HO level) that is compatible with all the Bach- the recommended minimum radius is 15 inches. mann equipment. For those who prefer the 26” height that was The Climax starts to creep at about 1 volt, and although the common for many narrow gauge railroads, including the Den- top speed is a bit too fast, it looks good and runs steadily at ver & Rio Grande and Colorado Southern, it will be a bit of a about six volts. It is quite pleasing to operate at slower switching chore to adapt the higher coupler pockets for knuckle couplers speeds and easily hauls everything I can put behind it on my 16 but I know that someone has probably already figured it out. foot oval of test track before it starts pushing its own caboose. In summary, the Climax has now become my On30 road A few years ago, when Bachmann Trains announced that engine of choice on my logging district and the Shay has been they were going to produce On30 trains with Colorado South- relegated to yard switching duties and light operations. You will ern livery, I wrote a letter to them and suggested that they would probably be very favorably impressed with this locomotive and make a lot of modelers happy if they also provided painted but you have to wonder what Bachmann will do for an encore after unlettered models. Coincidently or not, after they introduced this one. their first freight car line, they did start to produce unlettered

REVIEW: City Building Fronts Elfin Models, 934 Volz Dr St Louis, MO 63126 314-962-9852 • www.elfinmodels.com MSRP: $25 to $75 reviewed by Brian Scace

Every now and again, you find something you can call “the Deal of the Year”. This is right up there. Elfin Models is relatively unknown in our world, but has been around in the 3-Rail world for a while. They sell built up building fronts, made mostly from the Ameri-town line of flats. What’s the difference between a “front” and a “flat”, you may ask? Elfin takes these flats (a single wall meant to be applied to a backdrop, giving the illusion of a complete building) and paints them up, weathers them a little to knock the shine off, and mounts them on a simple three-inch deep plywood box. The box is painted black and comes with a lightbulb installed, so you can light up these puppies at night. Within three weeks after I called, I had a box of these fronts on my doorstep. Assembly was clean, tight, and square. The paint was nicely applied with no drizzles, weathering was just my style, and there was enough detail and signage applied so as to allow me just to plunk them down on the railroad. Voila! Instant city street scene, ready for some sidewalks, figures, automobiles, and other religious artifacts. Price? About $30-35 per three-story building. That’s a deal! You can also get the flats, painted up and ready to go, without the lightbox for less than $26 each.

36 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 REVIEW: GP60 generic EMD sounds as in their GP35 locomotives. The sound AtlasO, 378 Florence Avenue is good at all throttle inputs with little or no distortion from high Hillside, NJ 07205 volume settings, however, I can close my eyes and it’s a GP35 www.atlaso.com pulling the coal train. This was disappointing for such a great DC/DCC-ready MSRP: $419.95, TMCC MSRP: $449.95 looking modern diesel. reviewed by Carey Hinch and Brian Scace Atlas has equipped this TMCC locomotive with the Engineer- On-Board electronics. The EOB is a speed control technology The AtlasO Electro-Motive Division GP60 with standard cab with selectable 32 or 128 speed steps. When in EOB mode, one represents the initial release in a series to include the wide-cab 360˚ turn of the Cab-1 remote throttle equals four speed steps “M” version and cab-less “B” version. O Scale Trains Magazine for the locomotive. It takes a few turns to get the locomotive was fortunate to have on hand a 2-Rail Train-Master Command moving at a reasonable speed (One note about my GP60; it had Control equipped locomotive (Carey Hinch) and the 2-Rail DC been “broke-in” and run for over three hours before I performed version (Brian Scace) for this review. this review). Slow performance is very good for a TMCC loco- The EMD GP60 was introduced in October 1985. This locomotive, while in EOB mode. While in standard TMCC mode, motive produced 3800 horsepower and superceded the 3500 slow performance is not as controllable and the locomotive can horsepower GP50. The Santa Fe Railroad received an order of be jerky. 20 GP60 locomotives in 1988. These high-output engines were A somewhat noticeable “whine” emanates from the locomo- initially assigned to the hot “Q” trains of the late 1980s and early tive during slow EOB settings. This was discovered to be the 1990s. At the time of merger with Burlington Northern the Santa EOB high-frequency pulses being sent to the DC motors. The Fe had 39 standard-cab GP60s on the roster. whine diminishes as speed increases. The overall EOB perfor- Carey’s input: I was able to acquire a 2-Rail TMCC engine mance is exceptional. I ran my GP60 in both EOB modes to see for my personal railroad in the initial shipment from Atlas. My if it would pull 12 Atlas Coalveyor gondolas smoothly up and locomotive represents a GP60 as purchased by the Santa Fe in down my 2.3% grades. It performed this with ease. This loco- 1988. The cab number is 4823, which indicates a locomotive motive is heavy and tractive effort is exceptional. from a later second order. The original 4700-series numbers Brian’s input: Our DC version was also in the same paint changed to the 8700-series with the BN and AT&SF merger. My scheme and details. In straight DC operation, the throttle GP60 came equipped with details that could be associated with response was smooth. The starting speed was acceptable, and later production GP60s. although the high end was a bit frisky, there was an accept- Some early details that were applied to Santa Fe GP60s, as able range for prototypical speed control. This is a common cir- delivered, are not present on the Atlas model. The rotary bea- cumstance for modern cross-over (engineered for both 3- and con which should be forward of the air conditioner on the cab 2-Rail) drives with two nose-mount can motors and spur-gear is missing, but the ditch lights indicate this locomotive could drives. It’s the price paid for all the room needed for electronics, have been updated in the early 1990s and therefore the beacon speakers, and the like. For those folks who want slower speed would have been removed. The blower side of the long hood ranges, AtlasO makes unpowered units, ready for the drive of has a safety-plate applied over the blower housing walk area. your choice. Most of you will find the stock drive to be useable, This detail was not present on early Santa Fe locomotives. This however. could again represent some upgrading by Santa Fe. The dynam- The ditch lights came on, steady, at higher speeds. If you are ic brake housing is squared on both sides of the flare ends. This a DCC type, I would imagine that you can wire them into an would represent a later model like the Southern Pacific GP60s output on your favorite decoder to control them. By the way, delivered by EMD. Atlas has tried to produce a model that can the straight DC version is actually touted as DCC-ready; cer- be painted for several railroads and still carry the same basic tainly there’s room in the carbody for whatever decoder you details. A noticeable detail change compared to earlier AtlasO prefer. diesels was the reduced size of the ditch lights. Atlas has shrunk The fit and finish are what we expect from AtlasO, and the the housings to a more acceptable size. detail level and finesse are quite impressive. Check one out. Using Train-Master Command Control for my 2-Rail layout With the choice of TMCC, DC/DCC-ready, or unpowered ver- has been a good choice. I eagerly wanted to hear the GP60 sions, you folks who model the Modern Image should find a lot come to life and pull a 12-car Coalveyor train around my 2.3% to like here. grades. I was surprised to find that Atlas has used the same

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 37 REVIEW: Two-truck Shay trol systems installed, just good ol’ conventional DC operation, K-Line , 6909 Dodson’s Crossroads and there appears to be plenty of room in the bunker area for a Hillsborough, NC 27278 decoder or other electronic gadgetry to suit. By the way, a pos- www.k-linetrains.com itive aspect of the three-to-two rail heritage is the fact that the MSRP $799.95 coal load lifts off elegantly to expose an area designed for slide reviewed by Brian Scace switches and the like. There’s plenty of potential for the electronics noodlers among us to exploit, without having to perform cir- K-Line is well known for their three-rail offerings, ranging cuit-boardectomies, first. from some of the old KMT stuff up to scale-sized Hi-Rail gear. I had no contact issues on my less-than-stellar switchwork. They have offered two-rail conversion trucks for their full-sized Coupler pads are provided to mount Kadees; pad height gaged freight equipment and generic passenger cars for some years. out fine, with no additional work needed. I spent some time bat- This is their first locomotive offered in 2-Rail, a model of a pretty ting cars about, using a Controlmaster 20 and a variety of brass off-the-shelf standard gauge 50-60 ton two-truck Lima Shay, and and plastic freight equipment. This engine has no bad habits I here is what I saw. could find, and the pistons, gears, and crankshafts exhibited all The model is of die-cast construction, with no visible seams or the sex and violence that makes us like Shays. flaws. The paint, lettering, and finish on our sample were smooth- I am impressed with this as a first shot at 2-Rail from a long- ly applied. There are quite a few details added on, and the model time Hi-Rail manufacturer. The model is good out of the box, and is robust and handle-able. can be made excellent without a lot of rewinding, first. Oper- The model was initially offered in Hi-Rail, so there are a ation is solid and capable, though I’d like to see all the cross- couple of compromises to be aware of. There is a lot of empty over manufacturers bring their top speeds down a bit. I like the space between the end steps, which was originally engineered approach; mechanically well thought out, simple and robust, in to accommodate the huge Hi-Rail couplers. When Kadees are and proportions worth detailing up to ones level of neurosis. The applied, they do look a little lost in all that air. Also, the steps price is reasonable, paying for a model rather than for wizardry. are very thick in cross-section, again a nod to the robustness val- K-line has announced a personal favorite as their next offering in ued in the 3-Rail world. Although I didn’t take the model apart our world, a Boston and Albany Berkshire. Oh, I can hardly wait (I had to return it after the review!), it appears that the casting to get my lunch hooks in one of those, and see what I can make that comprises the end beam and steps can be simply unscrewed with it! and replaced with a new assembly to fill in that void and lighten up the treatment of the steps. Otherwise, this model eyeballs pretty well, to this novice in the Wonderful World of Shays. Browsing through Eric Hirsimaki’s Lima book, I found several pictures of likely candidate prototypes. The proportions are nice; it looks like a Shay. In operation, I thought the upper end of the speed range a bit fast. There is plenty of room at the lower end of the range for controllability, however, and the low-end performance is quite smooth. Our sample had no fancy con- Review: Diesel Drive Conversions drives (“Due to Extreme Whining!”) for quite a while, here at Accurate O Scale, 38623 Orchard St OST, so I figured it was time to check him out. Accurate O Scale Cherry Valley CA 92223 makes a line of trucks, drive components, and maintains a brass 951-845-5237 • www.accurateoscale.com list. Their Diesel drives can be had in both NMRA O Scale and Cost: varies by project in Proto48. Pricing varies from project to project, but you’re not reviewed by Brian Scace going in this blind. Component prices and conversion rates are spelled out on the webpage. I’ve been known to roster some relatively bizarre motive Being somewhat merciless, my evil mind decided that the power. One of my locomotives is an old GE Ingersol-Rand box- afore-mentioned boxcab was about as painful a conversion as cab that was built up by Fred Icken. For it’s time, it was a nicely any. Although there is plenty of room in the carbody, the short detailed and accurate model, and still holds up surprisingly truck spacing creates a bit of a challenge in laying out the joints well. Since it was an outside-third-rail model, it lived over at in the drive. Here’s what came back. John Armstrong’s for years and was somewhat famous for actu- Jerry used an end-tower layout that transfers power through a ally being louder than his old All-Nation EL NW2. ball-bearing cog/belt tower mounted on one truck. The second Meanwhile, there seems to be a lively interest in Diesel drive truck is powered by a propshaft under the frame. All the uni- conversions out there as of late. Folks want to convert over some versal joints are a Delrin-like industrial plastic. The gearboxes of the better 3-Rail stuff, slow down the now-common “power- are all closed-type, so there is no risk of picking up stray ballast truck” designs (You know, the frisky ones with spur gears and or other stuff and jamming up the gear train, something that can motors on their noses over each truck.), or replace some always worries me about exposed gearing (Sometime, I’ll tell of the older brass drives that loosen your fillings when you run you the story of the PA-1 and the Arttista casting of a cat. The ’em. Also, there is the growing interest in converting drives from cat won). NMRA standards to Proto48. A can motor is mounted in a brass cradle, secured with a Jerry Snow, of Accurate O Scale, has been advertising his screw-tightened strap, allowing replacement if ever required. A

38 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 machined flywheel occupies the opposite end of the motor shaft boxcab. Also, the drive is flexible enough to get around in all from the driveshafts. Pickups are mounted in the trucks such my tight industrial trackage, using those old #2.5 Atlas switches that current flows through all eight wheels, making this a sure- from the 1970s. No binds, stalls or other anti-social behavior footed little monster over insulated frogs. Everything used in here. When all is said and done, the result is a nice smooth this drive is of nice quality, and installation is straight, true, and drive that is a pleasure to bat cars with. The only thing left is for solid. The drive has a nice speed range, and is very controllable me to hook up the headlights. Very cool. for those switching tasks you would expect from a 1930s-era

Navigational Hazard? sailing in all weathers. Thank you for the incredibly good coverage you gave Mr. I’m not nit-picking. My own railroad (directly influenced John Armstrong in OST #17. None of the other train hobby mag- by Mr. Armstrong) is a Hi-Rail one, so you can imagine my azines were half as informative or instructive (which I’m sure he tolerances are quite broad on the topic of scale fidelity. But would have liked) in their coverage of his life and layout. He endangering one’s fishing fleet, well that’s another matter. was truly the dean of “O” Gauge, and his well-thought-out con- Best regards, Thomas Meleck, Calif. cepts were an inspiration to all gauges and scales in the hobby. Sign the Fall of Civilization Is Nigh? He was more than a hobbyist; he was an artist who happened to It all started innocently enough. After 10 or so issues of use model trains as his medium of expression. I’ll always regret delicious 2-Rail O Scale modeling, news, pictures, layouts, missing a last chance to see his Canandaigua Southern at the O information, ads, et al., the dreadful embryonic organism Scale National in Washington this year. silently began its remorseless existance. Oh, it sprouted Each of your issues gets better and better. If I ever lose the forth, weakly, quietly, in Issue #12. Turning to page 40, my thrill of getting myself down to The Whistle Stop Hobby Shop in eyes riveted upon the words “Confessions of a Hirailer”. Pasadena to get my current issue, I’ll subscribe. By the way, as How charming. Someone is going to tell us how they got long as we’re on the subject of the magazine, please feel free to the 2-Rail religion and cast off that middle (third) rail, never add as many advertisements to your magazine as will fit. Jaini to be stained nor tainted again with track high enough to does a superb job of integrating content with advertising. The reach the waist of an O Scale railworker. But wait, this is ads are informative and convey much current information that not a guest columnist, this is not a confession at all! He is can be immensely important to the modeler. Unlike some mag- enthusiastically telling his story that he doesn’t “play” with azines, yours has a professional cast to it that makes it stand his trains, he “runs” them! At the end of this narrative, my out in what seems to be a more crowded arena. Even the front stomach stiffens and turns, as he tells us to “stay tuned”, cover of #17 is outstanding. Rather than cluttering it up with because “...a lot of information is headed your way”. This really unnecessary copy, you allow it to achieve artistic excel- is NOT a guest column at all! This guy is gonna take up lence on it’s own merit. Less is more. Despite having said that, a full page of my (our) 2-Rail “bible” every issue with O how about publishing more often? GAUGE information? I check the cover to make sure I’m Jeb Kriigel said in his article about the Granville Island not reading [that other O gauge magazine]... but I’m NOT! Museum (OST #17) that John Keith-King is almost obsessive in I’m reading O Scale Trains! I urgently swallow a mouthful his attention to detail. If this is so, then please forward to John of tummy regurgitation and drop the magazine to mop my my suggestion that one of his details is not only incorrect, it’s now transudating brow. After an adult beverage, I resumed potentially downright dangerous. The centerfold photograph reading the publisher’s “Observations”. In the first para- is beautiful, but it reveals this potential hazard clearly. Imag- graph, he pulls a “McGreevy”, outing himself as a card ine one morning or evening, a thick fog enshrouding the area. carrying TCA member! I replenish my adult beverage (no The only aid to navigation to be seen in the mist to keep those need for new ice, it’s still new!). He (the publisher) goes fishing boats from foundering on the surrounding rocks is a on to say that the 3-Rail community is part of us. I sleep marker buoy placed on those same rocks. Unfortunately, that poorly, despite the Dewars. Issue #16 arrives with a 3-Rail single visible marker is either the wrong color, or it’s placed on layout as the main story! Issue #17 comes with a 3-Rail the wrong side of the channel. When a vessel is returning to a layout ON THE COVER!! Remember a magazine named port, or shoreline, it keeps the red light markers to it’s starboard O Scale Railroading? How long will it take for this journal side (right side-for you landlubbers). All is not lost however. to become “O Gauge Trains”? It’s impossible to wring my Mr. Keith-King only needs to paint the top of this marker green; hands and guzzle scotch simultaneously. Next, you’ll be replace it’s bulb with a green one, and his fleet will enjoy safe telling me that major league baseball players inject them- Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 39 selves with steroids! with my heavy steam era stuff it wasn’t ate putting something near my locomo- Pete Trunk, East Brunswick, N.J. robust enough. I also really didn’t want to tives and rolling stock when knowing it is Joe G. responds: Ah Pete, there’s noth- learn all the nuances, as it’s a pretty open out of [scale]. N, HO, and S all have their ing quite like a reformed 3-Railer. I said architecture. I was spending too much exact scale counterparts for model vehi- from the beginning that OST would fea- time trying to un-nut the system after I cles so why can’t we? Companies such ture 3-Rail trains if they met our standards. jabbed the wrong button, and found it as Model Power or Boley may be good It’s about the quality of the modeling, not pretty non-intuitive for my mechanical canidates to break the ice. the number of rails. I believe that Gary mind. I used Locolink, which is a simple Jack Zunino, Jr., New York Patterson’s Cherel Valley RR fit that bill. and highly bomb-proof radio command Joe G. replies: The only way we’re And while the cover shot on #17 showed control system, on my previous railroad. going to get true 1:48 car models is if some (gasp!) Gargraves track, you have On this temporary one, conventional we talk to the manufacturers and import- to admit the Museum’s layout is spectac- DC made the most sense for me. In two ers and let them know that’s what we ular. As for Hobo, he’s writing about his years, perhaps DCC decoders will be want. I’ve always been puzzled by the transition from Hi-Rail to 2-Rail scale, one more robust. I’m sure I’ll revisit the con- fact that there are 1:24 scale models but step at a time, providing a guide for those trol issue again then, because the tech- not 1:48. And, now I see more and more who might follow. Finally, try drinking a nology will have improved quickly in just 1:64 offerings. In the meantime, scour better class of scotch (I prefer Black Label those few years. The lesson here is that swap meets and Ebay for the old Revell myself. Scace likes Desmond & Duff); the best control system really is a pretty 1:48 Chevy and Ford trucks. They can be you’ll sleep better at night. personal choice. I strongly agree with bashed into many different styles. you; don’t be afraid to try any of these More Modern Stuff, Please Atlas Switch Machine Fix systems. Don’t be afraid to choose what In the “Givens and Druthers” depart- The inspiration for this letter is my works best for you personally. That’s what ment, the construction and small-to- work on six Atlas #5 switches and switch the “G&D” list is all about, after all. medium layout articles are my favorites. machines. I swear I have put in 20 hours O Scale history has been covered com- Building A Market of bad words and glued fingers before I pletely in Railroad Model Crafstman I believe O Scale Trains Magazine is the finally solved the problem of spring ten- and, as a younger O Scaler (54 yrs old), I right direction for the growth of 2-Rail O sion at the points. The first two switches I really don’t have all that much interest. I Scale modeling. Despite any criticism from got and put machines on, I wrestled with am an operator and a builder so you can others, Joe Giannovario took a big step for many hours to get sufficient tension guess my interests. My layout is set in the and was brave enough to give it a shot at a so the points would make positive con- 1 late '60s, so the new column The Mod- time when 2-Rail O Scale comes up short tact and not leave a ⁄64" gap from vibra- ern Image should be right up my branch in popularity of model railroading. This tion. I frittered and fiddled because there line. I do like all of Neville’s stuff. may have helped a great company such is a little too much slack in the [switch Brian Scace mentioned in Jan ’05 as Atlas to keep their 2-Rail vision alive. machine] mechanism. Learning Curve that he can save precious It is people like Joe and his staff who are On my fifth and sixth machine [instal- 3 time by not installing DCC decoders right the pioneers of this hobby segment along lations] I put a small (1” x ⁄32”) piece away. Yes, installation does take time but with the product makers themselves who of heavy electrical tape on the inside don’t let this scare people away from deserve recognition. It is also our duty (the of the throwbar where the slider makes DCC. The only programming that needs consumers) to convince our local hobby contact (see sketch). It worked perfectly. to be done is the address, which can be shops and HO scale friends of the pres- The spring tension is just right on both just two digits. Later on, you can do the ence of this magazine while we have mail sides and cars can still spring through the fancy stuff. I have yet to use the speed order to keep us alive. switch when necessary. curves. My Weaver and Red Caboose The one thing we must do as O Scale Vince Morris, Canada Diesels start moving on step 7 of 128. consumers and modelers is coordinate Enough rambling for now. with O Scale Trains and let them know Richard Cooke, Marquette MI what we are in the market for, and maybe Brian replies: Thanks for the feed- they can coordinate with product manu- back. Regarding DCC and “Givens-and- facturers if there is enough Druthers”, the list given in #18 Learning of us. Here is one very good Curve is my own. The point, here, is to example that I believe we think about “G&D” in a temporary layout are in desperate need of, situation differently from in a more per- 1:48 scale vehicles. These manent one. It is presented only to get are extremely rare and the Place tape here folks to think about their own list, which market is flooded with 1:43 I hope will be different than mine! The scale vehicles. Why should point of the column was not to discuss we have to settle for some- the merits of control systems, but to moti- thing that insults scale size vate folks to think about building, even if fidelity as we strive hard life’s circumstances aren’t presently ideal, for realism. Do not get me rather than armchairing it until circum- wrong, 1:43 scale vehicle stances are ideal (they never will be; sud- replicas are very authentic denly it’s too late!). Now that you bring it with lots detail and some up, though (the price to pay!), I’ve found are sold at a very reasonable that DCC really didn’t work for me; what price, but I cannot appreci-

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Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • I did this project and article not only because I needed a tory Group site, someone suggested coal conveyors were not steam loco service site for my layout, but also to meet what I typically used in the steam era because they took too long to see as a need for a simple scratchbuilding beginner’s project. coal up a tender. That said, another rail pointed out page 41 It seems like some of us are reluctant any more to try building of John Armstrong’s excellent book Track Planning for Realistic things from sheet and strip stock. Here’s an opportunity to jump Operations. There, in the “Service Trackage” chapter, was a pic- in and try your hand at some easy scratchbuilding. There’s noth- ture of an Erie Berkshire being coaled from a conveyor and coal ing complicated here, and you’ll only a minimum of tools. A pit on an adjacent track. If the Erie could use conveyors to coal beginner should be able to complete the sand house and asso- their Berk behemoths, then I felt comfortable using one to coal ciated components in a week or two of enjoyable evenings. If a my 2-8-0. The beauty of conveyor coaling is the space you save part is made wrong and doesn’t fit, don’t be afraid to toss it and and, in the process, you still adhere to the prototype. make another. Sandhouse The required tool complement is minimal. A 12" cork backed Since there were no drawings in the July, 1952 MR article, I steel straightedge, an X-Acto knife, a few #11 blades, 150-grit made my own from the photographs. I eyeball scaled the sand- sanding block, small square, a pile of straight pins, white glue, house and make no guarantee that it’s a carbon copy of the pro- CA glue, liquid plastic cement, needle nose pliers, pin vise, and totype. I “guestimated” the wall height at 14 feet and scaled some 0.030" drill bits are all you need. The sand house and the rest of the structure from there. The front wall and one end coal bunker can be made of styrene or basswood. I like bass- wall feature exposed studs for the sand bin walls. Though there wood because I think it suits the look of a wooden structure, was no picture of the back of the sandhouse in the article, I pre- but there are plenty of modelers doing incredible wood struc- sume there were exposed studs on that wall as well. I chose to tures in styrene so take your pick. omit the exposed studs on the back wall as my sandhouse is so The project started with an article I’d filed years ago from the close to the backdrop you’d never see the exposed studs. If you July, 1952 Model Railroader, a diminutive space-saving sand- choose to model the exposed studs on the rear wall, make the house without the usual outside sand bunker and loading tower. cut-away rear wall a mirror image of the front wall. The prototype was located in Waukesha, WI in the Soo Line yard. If you have the room, you can run a service track behind the There was a roundhouse, turntable, sandhouse, bucket-coal- sandhouse to spot gondolas or boxcars laden with coal and sand. ing structure, and cinders pit where the steamers dropped their Dried sand was shoveled into the sandhouse, perhaps through ashes. Adjacent to the sandhouse was a standpipe that could be windows in the rear wall or roof. Coal may have been dropped swung out and over the track to water a tender. I decided to omit into a pit where a conveyor or arm-strong labor would have shov- the bucket coal loading structure. Instead, I used a wood-sided eled it into the iron buckets that fed the tenders. In those days, coal bunker and a coaling conveyor. section crew labor was often cheaper than machinery. My coal In a discussion of coal conveyor usage at the Yahoo Soo His- comes in by truck and is dumped into the wooden bunker.

42 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 In the Soo sandhouse, compressed air use Midwest birch aircraft ply. Note the except for the delivery nozzle, which I blew the sand from inside the house up corner post and stud wall notching. It’s a painted silver. through a pipe emerging from the roof of good idea to dry fit the walls to ensure I brush-coated the roof’s corrugated the sandhouse and into the locomotive your measurements and cuts are correct. sheets with Floquil’s Old Silver sol- sand dome or box. It’s a unique delivery Errors are better found here than when vent paint to simulate faded galvanized system that negated the need for a sand- you’ve got the walls and floor coated sheeting. To simulate rust buildup, I ing tower. Compressed air was obtained with glue. Satisfied that everything fit, I dry-brushed the corrugations with Delta from the loco being sanded. An air line glued the built-up corner trim posts to the Ceramcoat Terra Cotta acrylic paint. I ran from the sand house to the loco’s air end walls and then glued one end wall to followed this with a light smudging of supply. When not in use, the air line was the floor using a small square to ensure Floquil Grimy Black. The roof was then draped on hooks attached to the exposed the wall was glued square to the floor. over-sprayed with a heavy dusting of front wall studs. Now that we know how The back wall went up next, followed Badger Model Flex Rail Brown and then everything works, let’s get started. by the opposite end wall, and finally the a dusting of Floquil Grime. I wanted a I began construction with the exposed front wall. It was beginning to look pretty roof that had seen many years of service. stud wall portion of the front wall. It’s neat. Inside the front door, I glued scrap All that was left to do now was drape the 1 built separately, and then attached to interior walls of ⁄8" scribed basswood. air supply hose onto hooks set into the 1 the inside front wall. See the drawing The roof panels were cut from ⁄32" front wall studs. for dimensions. I cut my scale 3" x 6" basswood sheet. Again, you could also I simulated the air hose with solid studs on a Northwest Short Line Chop- use Midwest birch aircraft ply. I installed copper insulated wire (gauge unknown 1 per. (Handy darn thing. I didn’t have one interior bracing and a ridgepole before - but it has a ⁄32" O. D). Hooks were bent until recently, and now I wonder how I I attached the roof panels. In the pho- up from 0.020" brass wire and CA glued ever got along without it.) I glued the pre- tos you can see the beam I installed into 0.020" holes drilled into the studs. I cut studs and a matching bottom sill onto between the front wall and the ridgepole. bent the wire from hook to hook to sim- 1 1 ⁄8" scribed ⁄16" thick Northeastern scale This beam anchors the sand pipe, which ulate the drape of the hose. The hose is lumber to make the front wall and one comes through the roof. When all the painted flat black. The hooks are Floquil end wall. Note these exposed studs are parts were lightly sanded and fair, I glued Old Silver. 1 1 notched ⁄32" x ⁄4" at their tops to inlay the the two roof panels to the structure. I sprayed the entire structure with a siding into the studs and make the front I masked off the roof surfaces, then coat of Model Master Lusterless (flat) to wall siding look thinner than it really is. sprayed the walls with Testors Gray prim- flatten the sheen of the Ace Red Oxide 1 1 I cut the main walls from ⁄16" thick ⁄8" er. I followed the primer with a coat of primer and then an overall dusting with scribed Northeastern basswood sheet. Ace Hardware’s Red Iron Oxide primer. Floquil Grime. That done, I glazed and Buy this stuff in six-inch wide sheets so That’s right, folks, Ace spray paint from installed the two windows and the sand- you won’t have to butt-glue the sheets to an aerosol spray can. It has a nice rail- house was complete. get the wall height you need. road looking color and you cannot beat Coal Bunker When cutting basswood and scor- the price. Practice on an old newspaper I built my coal bunker much like I ing styrene, I always use a cork backed and don’t get too close with the nozzle. imagined a section crew might have. It’s steel straightedge ruler and a sharp #11 I applied my paint in several passes. I a three-sided structure with staggered 1 1 X-Acto blade. Mark your outlines with a know guys who spray their rolling stock lengths of ⁄16" x ⁄4" basswood strip to sim- well-sharpened pencil and then make the with this stuff. Ace’s black and gray prim- ulate heavily creosoted 3" x 12" boards. cuts with a series of light strokes. Let the ers work well, too. It doesn’t make the section crew happy, straight edge guide your blade. Keep the I couldn’t tell if the Soo sandhouse having to shovel coal into a conveyor to knife blade vertical while you’re cutting. had corrugated or asphalt shingles. I’d coal the tenders, but it makes me (the Lightly block-sand and square up the cut been wanting to try Plastruct’s #91519 brass hat) happy because I don’t have to edges. corrugated siding, so I bought a pack at build a coaling tower. The scale six inch wide corner trim Walthers’ Terminal Hobby and was not I cut the bin boards to length, laid 1 1 boards are replicated with ⁄16" x ⁄8" bass- disappointed. It comes in very thin sheets, them out on the bin drawing, and wood strips, which are built up into com- nicely done with very small corruga- attached the posts to the pinned down plete corners before they are attached to tions perhaps three scale inches across. boards. A little variation in post height the walls. These built-up corners reinforce The sheets look great on my sandhouse. makes things more interesting. I didn’t 1 the walls and provide nice clean corners. I used Walthers Goo cement to attach edge glue the boards. Rather, I let the ⁄8" See the corner drawings for details. I use these plastic panels. The panels can be square posts hold the boards in line just gap-filling CA glue throughout the bass- butt-joined or overlapped. I butt-joined like the real thing. With an X-Acto knife wood part of construction. A bottle of mine and had virtually invisible seams. I cut away some of the board edges and CA kicker spray makes quick work of the The sand delivery pipe was installed made random cuts into the boards and 1 glue joints. I cut window openings in the at this time. I used ⁄16" brass rod for the the posts. end walls to accommodate Grandt Line pipe coming out of the roof. It extends After assembly into a three-sided struc- #33722 windows. Since the prototype two inches above the roof where it bends ture, I painted the bare basswood with an 3 structure wasn’t heated, I thought win- into an arc and mates to a length of ⁄32" alcohol thinned wash of Delta Ceram- dows would be nice in the summertime O. D. (~16 gauge) solid copper electrical coat’s acrylic black paint. The thinned when it must have been pretty warm wire. The insulation slips over the brass paint soaked in and highlighted the cuts inside. In the wintertime it made no dif- rod and is held in place with a drop of I’d made in the wood, giving the timbers ference and at least let in some wintry CA glue. The other end of the wire was a weather beaten look. When the acrylic 3 light. stripped back about ⁄4" and filed to a paint had dried, I dry-brushed streaks of Before the walls went up, I cut a floor taper to simulate the sand delivery noz- Floquil Grimy Black to simulate paint 1 from ⁄8" thick basswood. You could also zle. The whole thing is painted flat back nearly weathered away.

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 43 A chunk of pink insulating foam was This kit builds up into a pair of convey- is then attached to the underside of the carved into the shape of a sloping coal ors, one large and one small. I purchased belt. Align the motor shaft to the chain pile and glued it into the bin. The pink a kit at Walthers’ Terminal Hobby Shop. belt housing. I added pillow block bear- foam was painted with acrylic gray. After studying the parts, I made up drawing covers at both ends of the conveyor. 3 When the paint had dried, I coated the ings, which are included in this article. These covers are cut from ⁄64" styrene rod foam with a thick layer of white glue onto I built several versions in styrene and and set into the lower sides where the which I sprinkled Highball Products HO basswood. The article drawings depict conveyor end bearings would be locat- 1 Scale six-inch sized coal. Highball Prod- what I think are the most prototypical. ed. The pins should project about ⁄32" ucts coal is neat stuff and the HO coal I used basswood for the conveyor belt from the conveyor side. I added a pair of 3 looks right to my eye. It has a nice coal- (board-and-batten siding with ⁄8" batten 0.030" square styrene strips crosswise on like glint to it. I set the bunker aside and spacing). The rest of the model is styrene. the underside of the belt where the con- turned my attention to the water stand- However, you could build the entire conveyor rests in Frame B. Location of this pipe. veyor with basswood or styrene stock pivot point varies depending on the con- Water Standpipe sheet and strip. veyor length you’re building. In the MR article photos, there was no There are two conveyors shown in the Now’s the time to remove Frames A evidence of a water tower. Perhaps the drawing. The shorter conveyor is suitable and B from the building board and glue Soo yard standpipe used Waukesha city for truck and gon loading. The longer, Frame A to Frame B as shown on the water, or the water tower was simply out higher, conveyor is what you’ll need to drawing. This joint should be a 90° cor- of sight. The prototype standpipe stood coal those tenders. There’s nothing criti- ner. When the joint had cured, I drilled hard against the bucket coaling struc- cal about belt width or conveyor length. 0.045" axle holes into Frame B and glued 3 ture adjoining the sandhouse. The fire- Walthers’ belts scaled out to 12" wide. I in ⁄64" styrene rod axles. Cut the axle man would swing the standpipe out and made both 12" and 18" scale widths. You lengths to suit the wheels you use. I used over the track to water his tenders. When could go to 24" width, depending on the Grandt Line #32 popcorn wagon rear not in use, the spout was swung back material you’re loading. wheels on my conveyors. These scale out against the coaling structure wall. In that After cutting all the Frame A and B to 36" diameter. Don’t mount the wheels photo I spotted something I hadn't seen parts for each conveyor from styrene strip yet, unless you’re going to airbrush them before, a pipe extension right above the stock, I pinned the parts to a copy of my the same color as the conveyor. Jerry shut-off valve that allowed the fireman drawing. For this purpose, I used a small Roy, O Scale buddy and modeling men- to swing the delivery pipe over the ten- sheet of ceiling tile—just like we did back tor, cranked up his Badger airbrush and der. I’d never thought of that, but without in the old stick-and-tissue model airplane painted the four conveyors I’d built. In that pipe handle, how would the fireman days. You don’t have to use any protec- exchange for a great painting weathering have been able to rotate the standpipe? tion over the plan. The plastic glue won’t job, Jerry earned himself two conveyors Needless to say, the pipe handle is on my stick to the paper. When the parts were for his layout (A fair price indeed consid- standpipe. all pinned down and aligned, I dabbed ering the quality of Jerry’s air brushing). 1 I built the standpipe from ⁄16" brass each joint with a drop of Plastruct Plastic The Grandt wheel rims were brush- rod, a balsa base, and some wire insu- Weld glue. Let these glued up parts sit for painted with Model Master’s Steel paint. lation to replicate the elbows and valve an hour or two and the assembled frames This added a nice touch to the finished housing. Short lengths of styrene tubing should pop right off the paper. conveyors. The belts were painted Flo- were used at the threaded elbow ends. While the frames were curing, I cut a quil Black. Weathering was done with For the shut off valve, I used an Inter- couple of conveyor belts from Northeast- Model Flex Steel and Rail Brown paints, 3 mountain brake wheel. ern Scale Lumber ⁄8" spaced board-and- followed by a dusting of Floquil Grime. There are ready-to use standpipe cast- batten stock. You’ll have to butt-glue the These conveyors are simple to build and ings available. But, in the spirit of this ends. I backed up the underside of the look very nice. Why not give them a try? 1 3 scratchbuilding project and the fact that belt with a lengthwise strip of ⁄32" x ⁄8" I got to where I could build a pair in six none matched the Soo standpipe, I made basswood. Being cross-grain to the belt hours or so, and it took Jerry three or four my own in a matter of a few hours. See stiffens it quite a bit. The battens simulate hours to paint and weather all four units. the drawing for assembly notes. the conveyor belt cleats. The ends of the They do look nice on the layout. I use the Coaling Conveyor conveyor belt should be radiused. smaller conveyor at my feed mill for load- After deciding to use a coal conveyor, The conveyor sides are cut from ing bulk grain into trucks. The taller unit 1 1 1 I must confess I did check the Internet 0.030" thick ⁄4" wide styrene, or ⁄32" x ⁄4" is just getting dirty in the service yard. to see what was commercially avail- basswood. I added a top flange of 0.030” (NB: All drawings are ©2004-2005 by able. To my surprise, I found only one O x 0.060" styrene and then vertical 0.030" Tom Houle and may not be used com- 15 Scale coal conveyor kit. Manufactured by square stiffeners at ⁄16" intervals. That mercially without the expressed written K & P Brick & Building Co., this kit is a done, the bottom flange is then added. permission of the author.) nice looking vintage loader and, at $22 The motor chain belt housing is added for two conveyor kits, the price is right next. I cut mine from a sheet of 0.060" ◆ enough. But it was too small to reach the styrene sheet. It stands off the conveyor bunker of my tender. It would be great side with a small hidden piece of 0.030" for loading trucks and gons but not suit- styrene. able for my coaling conveyor. I needed The sides are glued to the conveyor an overall conveyor height of at least 20 belt using slow setting CA glue. Make feet. What to do? sure the sides are flush with the bottom It turns out, after more research, that of the belt and the sides are square to Walthers has an HO conveyor kit avail- the belt. It’s easy to develop an inward able as part of their Cornerstone kit series. cant to the sides. The Plastruct motor

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Bill of Materials Northeastern Scale Models Basswood - 1/16" x 3" plain sheet - 1/16" x 6" 1/8" scribed sheet - 1/16" thick board-and-batten siding (3/8" batten spacing) - 1/16" x 1/8" strip - 1/8" square strip Finished side and end sandhouse walls and roof panels. - 1/16" square strip Evergreen styrene - 0.060" plain sheet. - 0.030" plain sheet - 0.060" x 0.125" strip - 0.060" square strip - 0.030" x 0.060" strip - 0.080" x 0.125" strip - 0.030" square strip - 0.030" x 0.250" strip - 3/64" rod Plastruct - Corrugated siding #91519 - Motor #M-2 Grandt Line - Popcorn wagon wheels #32 - Attic windows #3722 Highball Products Assembled sandhouse walls. Be sure the walls are square when assembling. - Coal #132 Intermountain - Brake wheel K & S Brass - 0.060" brass rod - 0.020" brass wire Paints - Ace Hardware Red Oxide Primer spray - Floquil solvent Grimy Black - Floquil solvent Old Silver - Floquil solvent Dark Green - Floquil solvent Santa Fe Yellow - Floquil solvent Grime - Badger Model Flex Rail Brown - Floquil Polly Scale Pacemaker Red - Model Master Steel - Model Master Clear Lusterless - Delta Ceramcoat acrylic Terra Cotta Rear view of assembled sandhouse.

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Two roof panels in place. You can use 1 ⁄32" basswood or ply sheet.

Sandhouse walls sprayed with Ace Hardware Red Oxide primer. Neat color.

Coal bunker walls.

Water standpipe. A unique easy-to-build model and not commercially available.

Conveyor Frame A and B assembly with old Conveyor components ready for assembly. Can fashioned straight pins and ceiling tile. be basswood or styrene. Two conveyors, one suitable for loading truck/gons and the other tenders.

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Making Grab Irons stand up to harsher handling, but it does insert the partially formed grab iron into We have talked about making ladders, require more effort to fabricate. Proto- one of the holes. Mark the location of the so now we should touch upon another type grab irons come in various shapes. second mounting hole on the wire using basic detail. Making your own grab irons The most common are the straight and a pencil or marker. Grasp the wire with is one of the easiest ways to improve the the drop. You can find more exotic, such the needle-nose just inside the mark. realism of your models. Most commercial as drop-style on one end and straight on You’ll have to account for the wire diam- models are made with oversized wire or another. Try to find a good photo of the eter and bend radius when you bend. I plastic grab irons. Some even have cast- car you are modeling. Look closely at the allow about 0.010" for bending. Bend the on blobs that are supposed to be grab grab irons. wire by pushing down with your finger. irons. Railroad trade organizations like the Be mindful of the orientation so you don’t What is a scale grab iron? If you were American Association of Railroads (AAR) end up with the ends going in different to measure a steam-era grab iron on a established standards for interchange angles. Test fit the grab. It may take a try freight car, you would likely find that they cars. The length and exact position of or two to get the hang of it. You can buy 3 are ⁄4" in diameter. That reduces down grab irons vary somewhat, but generally a bending tool, for example from Micro to 0.0156" in diameter. You can read- you will find two grab irons on the left Mark (part number #83139), that allows ily find 0.015" brass, phosphor-bronze side of house cars (reefers, boxcars and you to make repetitive bends to the same and steel wire available from suppliers stock cars). Early in the 20th century, only length. The tool is really handy but a bit like Details Associates, Tichy and others. one grab iron was required. If you look at pricey. I find that, with practice, I can While 0.015" wire may seem too delicate car photos or drawings from the 1920s or bend a bunch of grab irons to a same to some, it is quite durable. You can use earlier, you will find a single grab iron on length very quickly. phosphor-bronze or stainless steel if you the side. Early house cars and gondolas The drop-style requires one more want a more robust wire grab while not often used ladders made from grab irons step to the forming process. I use a giving up scale size. I have used these rather than the more traditional-style lad- small machinist’s vise to hold a straight harder wire types for Diesel handrails. der. If you model in the post-Depression grab iron. I insert a small strip of styrene They don’t bend as easily, so they can era, cars should reflect the change in AAR standards. You only need a few simple tools to form grab irons. I use a couple of small pliers, small machinist’s vise and a wire cutter. You will need a good measuring device to accurately scale the grab irons. I like to start the fabrication with some fine sandpaper to clean the

underneath the wire as a gage to position it uniformly above the vise face. Using a hard flat object, like a blank cutting tool or a file, I push the wire over forming the “drop”. The styrene gage will ensure that the drop portion is parallel. I like to install the grab irons before I close up the body on boxcars or reefers. Secure the grab in place with a dot of CA adhesive. I like to blacken the wire using brass wire. I like to blacken my grab irons a “Q-Tip” as an applicator. The finishing before painting, to act as a primer. Mea- touch to grab iron installation is to simu- sure the length of the required grab iron. late the tab and bolt-head, used on the Make your first bend using needle-nose prototype to mount them to the carbody. pliers. Form a sharp right angle. I like to I have used two different part sources for

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 53 1 these details. The hopper photo shows an injection molded part in ⁄4" Scale. The ends and sides have detail inside and out. The made by MacLeod Western (http://www.macleodwestern.com). Improved Dreadnaught ends are beautiful, with full rib details The part numbers are N-46 and N-47. They come on a sprue on both sides and only a 0.018" wall thickness. The car will be with a mounting pin on offered with two different ends. That allow accurate modeling the back of the individual of the B-50-20 and B-50-23 classes. They are planning to do a part. I cut the mount- steel-sided version at a later date. The kits will be sold in both ing pin off using a sharp traditional O Scale and Proto48. single-edge razor blade. San Juan will be releasing a new pair of trucks along with the Glue the part to the body B-50-20 version. It is the much needed American Steel Found- with the elongated end ries A-3 Ride Control truck. The truck is being made with a two- of the part touching the piece sideframe, so that the correct “C” channel shape can be wire. Another source is P- replicated. This design feature is a first in model railroading. B-L. They sell a part made They are going to use an engineering plastic bearing insert, so for S Scale that will work the truck should be smooth rolling and long-lasting. San Juan as well. It comes without Decals is doing a very accurate lettering set for the kits, based a mounting pin, so it is upon artwork developed by Charles Givens, recognized South- easier to use. They can be ern Pacific expert. Look for the kit to be released in the late- found at http://www.p-b- Spring timeframe. l.com/PBL2002/main-ws- Chooch Enterprises has several new projects in the works. ltm.html. The part number First up will be an AAR War Emergency 53' 6" flat car used by is PBL-111. Both sites allow you to order via the Internet, so 19 different railroads. This will be followed by a NP 42' wood give them a try. reefer and NP 4700-series single sheathed 50' auto boxcar. Smokey Mountain Model Works is working on a urethane Proto48 News model of the B&O wagontop boxcar (class M-53), planned for There are a few new developments that are worth mention- release this year. The kit will feature a single-piece body with ing in this issue. San Juan Car Company is making good prog- custom injection molded hardware and decals. The kit is sched- ress on their new Southern Pacific drop-bottom gondola. The car uled for release in 2005. This is a classic car that ran all over the will set new standards for finely detailed and accurate models country, well into the 1960s. ◆

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Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 55 Back in 1785, Robert Burns wrote these signs, structures, vehicles, and people should road. Are they all clean and shiny? Should lines from his poem, To A Louse, “O wad convey a certain time period. It should all they be weathered? Would rail joiners and some Power the giftie gie us, To see oursels make sense. For example, if you are modeling tie plates be appropriate details? Today, solid as ithers see us!”. Now, this column is not a 1944 and have a freight train stopped at the ribbon rail is a modern aspect of railroading. poetry lesson, but, to this old hobo, the con- station, a 1955 Corvette in the scene will not Before 1960, most railroads used sectional rail cept of seeing ourselves as others see us is a be appropriate. A scene of the 1930s would with staggered joints. Track manufacturers do real eye opener. Take our model railroading not have a Pacific loco pulling a consist of not make sectional track that is prototypical; for example. piggy-backs and double-stack containers. all the joints are flush at the end. This leaves When was the last time you invited some- Sometimes this requires research to find out an opportunity to assemble your track in a one to look at your models and critique your what would be correct for the specific time. more prototypically correct manner. Proper modeling? Sure, you have guests over, and Certainly, details are important and they planning will prevent problems and a greater they give you lots of compliments. We have do make the difference. But more importantly, level of detail is possible. just completed the busy holiday season and they need to be the right details to convey the Consider the ballast. Is it scale-sized? Do everyone knows the part the trains play, with overall story. Spruce trees belong in a logging your ties fit snugly into the ballast? In proto- lots of open houses, train-laden mantles, and scene with a Shay locomotive; they would be type railroading, the ballast is a bed to hold the circular layouts with that one large tree very much out of place in a scene from the the ties in place; it is not a solid foundation. in the middle. Hi-Railers traditionally like to deep South. Amtrak passenger trains do not fit The next time you see a train at a crossing, show-and-tell and are more open about shar- in with steam coal drags of the ’30s and ’40s. stop and watch the ties and rail under the ing their modeling ideas. Nor do bikini-clad sunbathers belong in a weight of the wheels. You will be surprised at But what about the serious scale modelers? beach scene with a coastal Daylight of 1940 the allowable up-and-down movement. This question is for both 3-Rail and 2-Rail hob- in the background (Even though the Daylights Take a look at the telephone poles, line byists. Would your layout stand the real test? ran well into the '50s, the bikini didn’t hit the poles, and telegraph poles that you have. Try taking some photos of your layout. Look beaches until 1963). Don’t settle for placing just the poles. Try at the photos. You will be amazed at what the Look closely. Examine what you do. Stop stringing thread to simulate lines. Yes, it is a camera lens actually records. You may even and think, “Does this fit? Does this convey the lot of work and effort, but you will be amazed see some things and details that you missed, look and feel of the era that I am modeling?” at the finished result. simply because you were working too close to Many of us model things that we have seen In conclusion, look around for opportuni- the subject. You may need to tweak or adjust in our lifetime. These are things we know and ties to add details. Shipping boxes, crates, and some things, because the camera doesn’t lie. can identify with. That is the easiest. Model- barrels will highlight any station scene. Storm Share those photos with people who are not ing what we have not seen with our own eyes drains and manhole covers will bring realism model railroaders; they are the most objective. is the real challenge. A few of us remember to your streets. Trashcans near buildings add Try it. Share them with your wife, girlfriend, steam. Most of us, though, have to rely on a lot of interest. Detailing is really fine-tuning or significant other. Get some feedback. You photos, documents, and books to get it right. the scene. Go back and take some more pho- might be surprised at their reaction and com- And it is a matter of getting it right. Modeling tos and share them again. Look at the “before” ments. Just think about it for a moment. correctly is not a matter of nit-picking or rivet- and “after” scenes and you will come to real- Consider some guidelines to help you counting. It is a responsibility that we have as ize that there really is an art to scale model become a better modeler. Think of your lay- serious scale modelers. It is an opportunity to railroading. Stay tuned! More great ideas are out as a story. Each scene around the layout become better at modeling. We have come to just ahead. ◆ should be an active part of the story. Certainly realize that Scale Modeling is an art. the trains are the main characters. All of the Check out the ties and rails on your rail-

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Key NYC E7 A-A, latest run F/P, new, never run ...... $2595 Kohs NYC J3a 4-6-4 F/P #5437, builder's photo edition, 1 of 10 with white tires and running board ...... $3500 Key SP E7 A&B, latest run F⁄P Daylight, new, never run (pair) . . .$2495 Key UP FEF3 4-8-4, unptd, coal version, rare ...... $2495 Key PRR E7 B unit, F/P Tuscan, buff stripes, new, never run . . .$1250 Key D&RGW L95, 2-8-8-2, F/P #3400, grn boiler, new, never run . . .$3600 PSC SP AC-9 2-8-8-4 Coal 222 R-1 Tender F⁄P - Black Boiler New . . .$3195 PSC D&RGW L-131, 2-8-8-2, FP Rd#3600, black boiler (one of a kind), OMI UP FEF-3, F⁄P, Road# 844, new, never run ...... $2550 boiler tube pilot and tri-color herald w/D&RGW spelled out . new, never run ...... $3895 PSC C&O T1 2-10-4, C⁄P, like new condition, reduced ...... $1600 OMI UP DD40X F⁄P Road# 6931, like new w⁄Cockerham drive . . .$2250 OMI UP FEF-3, F/P #835, w/triple stacks, new, never run . . . . .$2550 Kohs & Co ., PRR GG1, F/P #4913, 5 stripe, gold leaf and Tuscan, Key PRR J1 2-10-4, F/P Rd #6170 ...... $3250 new, never run ...... $2800 PSC DM&IR M4 2-8-8-4, F/P w/black jacket, Worthington FW s/n1 . . . $5000 PSC NP Z5 2-8-8-4, F/P Rd# 5006 ...... $3295 Fine Arts NYC passenger cars,‑never out of box, CALL (only 4 left) . ea $800 Key UP Challenger, 4-6-6-4, FP Rd#3977, oil version, two-tone grey, Key PRR F3 A-B, latest run, F/P Brunswick Green, new never run . . . $2495 silver stripe . New, never run ...... $3650 Key PRR FP7 A-B, latest run, F/P Tuscan 5 stripes, new, never run . . . $2495 Key UP Challenger, unptd, coal version . New, never run . . . . .$3195 Key C&O FP7 A-A, latest run, F/P, new, never run ...... $2595 PSC NYC F12e 4-6-0, 5000 gal . tender, F/P, new, never run . . . . .$1195 Key C&O FP7 A-B, latest run, F/P, new, never run ...... $2495 OMI N&W J 4-8-4, F/P #611, Excursion Version, new, never run .$1650 Key C&O FP7 A-B,-A latest run, F/P, new, never run ...... $3850 Key PRR E8 AA, FP Brunswick Green, gold stripe . New . . . . .$2695 PSC SP GS5 4-8-4, latest run, F/P Daylight Rd #4458, new, never run . . $2995 Westside NYC J3a 4-6-4, C/P #5447, streamlined, Boxpok . . . .$2095 Key B&A K3n 4-6-2, latest run, F/P Rd #506, new never run . . . . . $2550 Trail of the Frisco Flyer 2005 O Scale National Convention June 15-18 • Collinsville, Illinois‑

Sponsored by the Big Bend Railroad Club, Inc., PO Box 4357, St. Louis, MO 63123 at the Gateway Center, 1 Gateway Dr., Col- linsville, Ill., just east of St. Louis. For more info contact Paul Metzler, convention chair, 314-968-6847 or send email to [[email protected]]. Visit the convention website for schedule details: [http:// www.geocities.com/bbrrclub/]. Guest speaker for the banquet will by noted railroad photographer Joe Collias.

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 57 Buy–Sell–Trade Buy-Sell-Trade ads are $5 for 30 words plus your address information. Additional words are $0.25 each. Subscribers are permitted one free ad FOR SALE: Seven (7) brass locomotives, incl. two Erie K5s, and 135+ per subscription cycle. All B-S-T ads are prepaid. You may send ads by freight cars, many brass. SSAE for list. Ph: 607-547-9610, Joseph Rank- postal service with a check or money order. Ads sent by email or called er, 408 Christian Hill Rd, Cooperstown, NY 13326-6501 in must use a credit card. See our contact info on page 2. FOR SALE: PECOS RIVER BRASS painted cars... $189, tank cars, FOR SALE: PACIFIC LIMITED First run USRA box cars arrived in the fol- Clinchfield cabooses, Airslide covered hoppers, 50’ grain cars, Santa lowing road names: Southern Pacific, Milwaukee, C&NW, Clinchfield, Fe TOFC flats, Santa Fe flat cars, Pullman-Standard covered hopper. Ann Arbor, RDG, D&H, NYC, RF&P, CNJ, Maine Central. SASE Listings. Listings SASE, Ph: 727-391-3135, John Clemens, 5273 97 Way N, St. Ph: 727-391-3135, John Clemens, 5273 97 Way N, St. Petersburg, FL Petersburg, FL 33708-3752 33708-3752 FOR SALE: INTERMOUNTAIN BUILT-UP gondolas: C&O, NYC, CB&Q, FOR SALE: O Scale brass etched C&O and N&W, round, oval and rect- MoPac, PRR, Frisco, Espee; box cars: B&O Sentinel, B&O Timesaver, angular number plates. Ten different builder’s plates like Lima, Baldwin, EJ&E, Monon, NC&StL, Western Pacific. SASE for lists. Ph: 727-3914- Alco,and Rodgers. Geo Washington Cameo, cylinder stars, 2 superheat- 3135, John Clemens, 5273 97 Way N, St. Petersburg, FL 33708-3752 er and B&O Capitol Dome logo and much more. Call 304-736-7765 evenings, or go to www.candoplates.com. Wilbur Epperly, 1115 Main FOR SALE: OMI #0246 E7A, $750; #0520 ATSF FT A-B freight, St, Barboursville, WV 25504-1504 $1500; #0521 FT A-B, passenger, $1500; Key Samhongsa SP PA3- PB3, f/p red/grey, set #90, $2600; PRB #4706 ATSF peaked roof FOR SALE: INTERMOUNTAIN BUILT-UP CARS - Gondolas: CB&Q, C&O, caboose, $275. Ph: 404-237-6265, D Michael Kelly, 2836 Hermance NYC, SP, MoPac, PRR, SL&SF; Box cars, refrigerators, hoppers, tankers, Dr NE #5, Atlanta, GA 30319-2700 $39 plus $10 shipping. SASE for three pages of listings. Phone: 727- 391-3135, John Clemens, 5273 97 Way N, St. Petersburg, FL 33708- WANTED: Looking for O Scale SP equipment. Call Dave at 805-685- 3752 3527.

FOR SALE: KEYSTONE MODEL WORKS: PRR H-25 quad hoppers; PRR WANTED: Overland Super Liner and Super Liner II cars. Also, gear gondolas, PRR drop-bottom gondolas; PRR scrap tin gondolas. Scale boxes, castings, basket case brass, etc. Phone: 619-593-0886, Albert E versions only at dealer cost. Much more brass, SASE for three page list. Espinosa, 316 E Camden Ave, El Cajon, CA 92020-4504 Ph: 727-391-3135, John Clemens, 5273 97 Way N, St. Petersburg, FL 33708-3752

An old P&E caboose passes through Selinsgrove on Pete Trunk’s Philadelphia and Erie layout.

An SP TOFC train has just passed. The caboose is a brass model from Overland. The cars and trailers were built by Juerg Luetscher, Wallisellen, Switzerland, from Red Caboose and Berkshere Valley kits. All the models are weathered to represent operation in desert regions. The photo was taken on Juerg’s modular layout, the “Orange Empire”.

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Steam Locomotives KEY WP EMD F3 A-B, FP, New, 1st Run...... $2,795 USH AT&SF Texas Type 2-10-4, UP, Late Run, L/N...... $1,350 WS C&O T1 2-10-4, UP, New...... $2,000 Rolling Stock PFM GN E-6 Class 4-6-0, FP, Glacier Park, New...... $1,250 PSC AAR 40’ 50 Ton OB Box Car, UP, L/N, Previously Painted ...... $175 ORI GN R2 2-8-8-2, UP, Vestibule Cab, New...... $2,450 OMI Baldwin Scale Test Car, UP, New...... $225 OM NP Z-8 4-6-6-4, UP, New...... $2,650 PSC DM&IR Wood Caboose, UP, New ...... $350 PSC N&W Z1b 2-6-6-2, FP, New - No. 1462 ...... $1,395 PSC GATX 6 Dome Wine Car, FP, New...... $350 SS NYC K-5 Pacific, UP, L/N...... $875 BCRK GN X580/X683 Wood Caboose, FP, New ...... $400 WEAVER PRR A5 0-4-0, FP, New ...... $475 PLTD GN Truss Rod Box Car, UP, New...... $395 WS PRR J1 2-10-4, UP, New ...... $2,000 HILL IGA Wood Reefer, FP, Billboard Scheme, New...... $375 PSC PRR K4 4-6-2 Modernized, FP, L/N...... $1,175 CNJB Jones & Laughlin Tank Car, UP, New...... $395 WS UP Big Boy 4-8-8-4, UP, New...... $2,750 OMI LV Steel Caboose, UP, New ...... $275 SS UP Early Challenger 4-6-6-4, CP, Cockerham Dual Drive...... $2,750 PLTD MDT Composite Reefer, UP, New ...... $350 KEY UP Challenger 4-6-6-4, FP, Gray, Silver Stripes, New...... $3,150 OMI NKP Wood Caboose, UP, New ...... $325 KEY UP FEF-2 4-8-4, UP, Coal, 1 of 10 ...... $2,795 W&R NP 24’ Wood Caboose – 1700 Series, UP, New ...... $355 OMI WM H-9a 2-8-0, UP, New ...... $1,250 PSC NYC 18000 Series 30’ Wood Caboose, UP, New...... $375 OMI WM I-2 Decapod 2-10-0, CP, New ...... $2,295 CNJB NYC Pacemaker Caboose, UP, New...... $350 CNJB NYC 19000 Series Wood Caboose, UP, New ...... $295 Diesel Locomotives PLTD P&LE - NYC USRA Design Steel Box Car, UP, New...... $375 KEY AT&SF EMD F3 A-B, FP, Ph 2, New, 1st Run...... $2,750 OMI Palace Poultry Car, UP, New ...... $395 KEY D&RGW EMD F7 A-B, FP, New, 1st Run ...... $2,350 PSC PFE 50’ Wooden Ice Reefer, UP, New...... $325 KEY GN EMD F7 A-B, FP, New, 1st Run...... $2,250 PSC PRR K7a Stock Car, CP, L/N...... $285 OMI N&W C36-7, UP, New...... $850 PLTD PRR X-23 Work Car with Panel Door, CP, Gray Scheme...... $295 KEY NYC ALCO PA-PB, FP, Lightning Stripe, New...... $2,695 PCO PRR X-42 Mail Storage Car, UP, New...... $395 KEY NYC EMD E8 A-A, FP, Lightning Stripe, New, 1st Run...... $2,495 PLTD Seaboard 1932 ARA Box Car, UP, New, 56” Herald ...... $350 OMI NYC FM H-12-44, CP, Lightning Stripe, New...... $1,245 PRB, SP Greenville 70’ 100 Ton Gondola, FP, New ...... $275 KEY PRR ALCO PA-PB, FP, Brunswick 5 stripe, New ...... $2,595 PSC NYC Standard 70’ Heavyweight Coach, UP, New ...... $425 CLS PRR ALCO RS-11, UP, New ...... $1,195 PSC NYC Standard 70’ Heavyweight Combine, UP, New ...... $425 KEY PRR EMD E8 A-A, FP, Brunswick 5 stripe, New, 1st Run ...... $2,595 PSC PRR B70 Baggage, UP, New...... $400 KEY PRR EMD F7 A-B, FP, Brunswick Freight, New, 1st Run ...... $2,095 PSC PRR B70 Baggage, FP, New...... $450 KEY SP ALCO PA-PB, FP, Daylight, New...... $2,695 PSC Pullman HWT Dining Car, UP, New ...... $425 KEY SP EMD E9 A-A, FP, Black Widow, New, 1st Run ...... $2,495 PSC Pullman Standard HWT Observation, UP, New...... $450 KEY UP EMD E9 A-B, FP, New, 1st Run ...... $2,295 PSC Harriman Passenger Cars - Various Styles, UP, New...... $445 KEY UP EMD F7 A-B, FP, L/N, 1st Run...... $2,000

Mar/April ’05 - O Scale Trains • 59 A current list of events is now available at our website [http://www.oscalemag.com]. If you have an event you’d like listed, we have a submission form at the website (the preferred method), or EventsEvents you can mail the info to our office address given on page 3.

March 2005 family max $12; 8’ tables $55, free electricity (bring your own cords). 4-20: Carldstadt, New Jersey Info: ECSMRA, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd, Columbia, MD 21045; Howard The New York Society of Model Engineers, Inc., will be holding its Zane, 410-730-1036; email: [email protected]; www.gsmts.com 79th Anniversary Exhibition of both its HO and O Scale railroads for 3 weekends in March at the Society’s headquarters, 341 Hoboken Rd, in May 2005 Carlstadt. Time: Friday evenings from 7 to 10 pm, Saturdays & Sundays 7: Merchantville, New Jersey 1 PM to 6 PM. Admission: adults $5, children $1. For more info contact Cherry Valley Model RR Club O Scale Swap Meet held at the Grace Andrew Brusgard, 908-686-4856. Episcopal Church, 7 E. Maple Ave. Merchantville, NJ. Admission $4.00 (spouses & children under 14 are free), tables are $16.00 for the first 5: Wind Gap, Pennsylvania table (includes one admission) and $12.00 for each additional table. Eastern “O” Scalers Swap Meet at the Plainfield Fire Hall, 6480 Sul- Info/reservations, SASE – CVMRC PO Box 192, Maple Shade, NJ livan Trail – 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Adm. $5; (spouses & children 08052, Harry Hieke (856) 625-5506 between 6 & 9 pm or Dave Rich- under 14 are free), $16.00 for the first table (includes one admission) ter (215) 639-3864. Contact [email protected] and $12.00 for each additional table. Dealer’s set-up Friday evening 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday morning 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. 13-15: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Info/reservations, SASE – EOS, PO Box 1781, Bensalem PA 19020; 17th National Model Trolley Meet held at the National Guard Armory, (215) 639-3864. Bring an index card with your name, address etc., for Rt 1 and Southampton Rd. Hours: 6 pm to 11 pm Friday, 9 am to 10 a $1.00 off your admission. Contact [email protected] pm Saturday, Fan Trip on Sunday. Dealers, model layouts, clinics, photos, books and videos. Admission: $20 per person (spouses & children 18-20: Arlington, Illinois under 18 free). Registrar, Charles Long, 17 Lanfair Rd, Cheltenham, PA Chicago Midwest O Scale Meet sponsored by Hill’s Hobby & Collec- 19012. Contact [email protected] tors’s Shop at the Arlington Park Sheraton Conference Ctr, 3400 W Euclid Ave (hotel 847-394-2000). Sales, display layouts, tours, and 21: St Paul, Minnesota model contest. Registration $15, spouse & under 18 free. Vendors Twin City Model RR Museum Model RR & Hobby Sale At the Education tables $45 until 12/31/2004, $50 after that date. Info: SASE for Building, Minnesota State Fairgrounds. From 9 AM to 3 PM, admission dealer confirmation. March Meet, PO Box 333, Park Ridge, IL 60068; $4, under 8 free (includes admission to the Model RR Museum at Ban- show message center 847-823-1719. dana Square if you get your hand stamped). Contact paulgruetzman@ usfamily.net 20: Old Greenwich, Connecticut 33rd Annual Spring Train Meet Westchester Model RR Club at the June 2005 Greenwich Civic Center. Admission: $6 adults, $4 seniors, $8 family 15-18: Collinsville, Illinois (East of St. Louis) (kids under 12). Call Ron Rosenberg (914-967-7541) or Doug Kadow Trail of the Frisco Flyer — 2005 O Scale National Convention at the (607-326-7317) for more info. Operating layouts, railroad antiques, Gateway Center, 1 Gateway Dr. Info: Paul R. Metzler (club president, trains of all scales, memorabilia, gifts, books and lots more. convention chair), Big Bend Railroad Club, Inc., PO Box 4357, St. Louis, MO 63123, 314-968-6847; Email: [email protected] or April 2005 www.geocities.com/bbrrclub/. All checks should be made out to: O 2: Stamford, Connecticut Scale National 2005 and mailed to: Forest Trent, Registrar, O Scale Stamford Model RR Club Swap Meet and Open House O Scale swap National Convention 2005, 304 Christopher Pl, Union, MO 63084. meet (9:00am to 2:00pm) and open house (layout open 10:00am to 2:00pm). Admission: $5.00, kids under 12 free. Dealer tables $12.00 25-26: Timonium, Maryland (includes 1 admission). Located at St. John’s Episcopal Church, Main The Great Scale Model Train Show & The All-American High-Rail & Col- and Grove Sts. Stamford, Ct. Exit 8 Ct. Tpke. Contact Jim Mardiguian lectors Show - Maryland State Fairgrounds, Fri: dealer setup 5 pm to 718-347-3159. Contact [email protected] 11 pm; Sat: setup 7 to 9 am, sales & exhibits 9 am to 4 pm; Sun: setup 3: Hudson, Massachusetts 8:30 to 10 am, sales & exhibits 10 am to 4 pm; $6, kids under 12 free, Metrowest O Scale Train Show Metrowest Model RR Society’s New family max $12; 8’ tables $55, free electricity (bring your own cords). England 2-Rail and Hi-Rail O Scale trainshow at the Hudson Elks Hall, Info: ECSMRA, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd, Columbia, MD 21045; Howard 99 Park St, Hudson, MA, from 10 AM to 4 PM. White Elephant table, Zane, 410-730-1036; email: [email protected]; www.gsmts.com sales, and exhibits, operating layouts, model display area, door prizes August 2005 and food on site. Six foot vendor tables $15 before March 1st and $20 6: Denver, Pennsylvania after (helpers must register). Setup 6:30 AM to 10 AM. Admission $4, Eastern “O” Scalers Swap meet at the Denver Fire Hall, 4th & Locust 5-12 $1. Contact Larry Grant at 508-337-6661. Sts. - 9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Adm. $5; (spouses & children under 14 3: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada are free), tables are $16.00 for the first table (includes one admission) Hamilton Society of Model Railroaders Open House. Operating and $12.00 for each additional table. Dealer’s set-up Friday evening O Scale 2-Rail “Algoma Eastern” model railway. Located at 131 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Saturday morning 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. John Street South, Hamilton Ontario Open House Sunday 11:00am Info/reservations, SASE – EOS, PO Box 1781, Bensalem PA 19020; - 4:00pm Adults $3.00 Seniors and Youths $2.00. Steam & Diesel (215) 639-3864. Bring an index card with your name, address etc., for locomotives pulling freight and passenger trains of the 1950s - 60s era. a $1.00 off your admission. Contact [email protected] website Hand laid point to multiple loops, single track with passing sidings. Con- tact Bill, 905648-1570 or Ken, [email protected] September 2005 3: Merchantville, New Jersey 10: St Paul, Minnesota Cherry Valley Model RR Club O Scale Swap Meet held at the Grace Twin City Model RR Musuem/Circus Train Noon to 5 PM, $3 admis- Episcopal Church, 7 E. Maple Ave. Merchantville, NJ. Admission $4.00 sion, under 5 yo FREE. TCMRM, 1021 Bandana Blvd. E, Ste 222, St (spouses & children under 14 are free), tables are $16.00 for the first Paul, MN 55108, 651-647-9628. Contact [email protected] table (includes one admission) and $12.00 for each additional table. Info/reservations, SASE – CVMRC PO Box 192, Maple Shade, NJ 16-17: Timonium, Maryland 08052, Harry Hieke (856) 625-5506 between 6 & 9 pm or Dave Rich- The Great Scale Model Train Show & The All-American High-Rail & Col- ter (215) 639-3864. Contact [email protected] lectors Show - Maryland State Fairgrounds, Fri: dealer setup 5 pm to 11 pm; Sat: setup 7 to 9 am, sales & exhibits 9 am to 4 pm; Sun: setup 8:30 to 10 am, sales & exhibits 10 am to 4 pm; $6, kids under 12 free, 60 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’05 Jus Atlas O Gauge K-Line Lionel 2-Rail Offerings Trains C424/425 2R 389 TMCC 415 Fall Fair Days Product Close-outs K-Line Shay, DC Powered 679 Orders (888) 453-9742 EL, RDG, DH, BN, CP, NW Dmy 209 Steam Passenger Sets 825 HO Challenger Ret $700 Sale $275 Undec, Lack Coal , Pac. Lumber Info 302 453-0465 Fax 368 6447 GP60M/ B 2R 389 TMCC 425 Rdg, WC Plymouth Set 109 HO Veranda Ret. $500 Sale $225 Woodside Reefers for $47 4/$185 Del * M-F 10-6 Sun 12-5* SF, BNSF (Warbonnet or Heritage) Merchant’s Dispatch WS Rfr 5-Pk 229 Swing Bridge 175 Lighthouse 69 NW, PFE, Heinz, McLhaney, Peacock, Dummy 209 Pwr & Dmy Set $625 15” Interurbans 175 18 ” Bus. 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Another $2 book that contains great of this magazine) but that’s a short-sighted view, especially for older drawings that can be adapted to models. issues of MR and RMC. There is a wealth of information contained in those older issues and many of the articles up through the 1950s The Internet as Library are O Scale specific. In the “good old days” before the Internet, I had to go out look- In addition to MR and RMC, I also have a collection of Mainline ing for these books at flea markets and swap meets. Now, with the Modeler. I was a charter subscriber, but let my subscription lapse in Net, I can “look” for these old volumes online without leaving my the early 90s. I re-subscribed and am filling in the missing issues. If office. Just a few years ago, I finally completed my MR collection you are interested in narrow gauge railroading then you must sub- finding a Kalmbach-bound Vol. 2 on Ebay. scribe to Bob Brown’s superb Narrow Gauge & Shortline Gazette. My library of books, magazines and photos is a real treasure The Gazette is one of the finest model mags out there. for me. I derive satisfaction from the “hunt” for the material. When I am a nut about old magazines, books and photos. As an N&W I look for an article in the all-time magazine index at Trains.com modeler, I have an extensive library about the N&W and belong to [www.trains.com], if it was in MR, I’ve got it at my fingertips. the N&W Historical Society. You should join the historical society But, I can’t own all the books, magazines and photos I’d like for your favorite railroad. You will be amazed at the wealth of infor- to. I have neither the room nor the money. I do, however, have the mation available. Mainline Modeler and Model Railroading maga- next best thing: access to the Internet. zines list most all of the historical societies extant. I can find out almost anything I need to know about railroads, I also collect photos of N&W steam and, both revenue and non- model or prototype, by judicious use of search engines. For exam- revenue equipment. No matter how much you read about your ple, when I reviewed the MTH ATSF 4-6-4 a few issues back, my favorite railroad, there is nothing quite like poring over old photos paper resources led me to believe the model had some incorrect to see exactly how the road puts its equipment to use in daily work. details. I jumped on the Net, plugged in my search terms and found Here’s an example. A few years ago I wanted to scratchbuild an O a photo of the prototype in a public park that showed me the details Scale model of the N&W GKd 70 ton gondola based on an article on the MTH model were, in fact, correct. Didn’t take but 10 min- in a 1945 MR. The article showed the gon with unique N&W six- utes to find what I needed. wheel trucks that were not commercially available. There was no Here’s another way to use the Net as an information source. I way I could scratchbuild those trucks without a lot of effort. Then, needed drawings of a specific engine to do a review of a model. at a swap meet I found a photo of a GKd with what appeared to I do not have a drawing of this loco in my personal library. I posted be very early Buckeye six-wheel trucks. At the time, Quality Craft a note on the Yahoo OTrains list and in less than 30 minutes I had Model had a white metal casting of the more typical six-wheel the information that the drawing I needed could be found in the Buckeye truck. Based on the newly found photo, I determined I Gregg Train Shed Cyclopedia #23, a book that is now out of print. could modify the QC trucks to be an almost exact match to the Not to worry! There are thousands of used booksellers on the trucks in the photo. The result was the model shown in OST #14. Net. 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I cut my “Scratchbuild An N&W Steam Era uncovered on these forays: Caboose” article from this issue in order to make room for Tom Structural Details or Elements of Design in Timber Framing, Houle’s steam service facilities article. I could have split them both by Henry Jacoby, John Wiley & Sons, 1913. The foldouts are but thought you’d appreciate them each as a whole. Lemme know worth hundreds of times the few dollars I paid for this book. if you agree or not. Included are: Roof Truss for a First Class Freight Depot of the Meanwhile, keep high ballin’ ◆ Northern Pacific Railway, and Cross-Section of the Central

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