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Time Capsule: Union Pacific manifest at Caliente, California, September 4, 1997, by Pelle Soeborg ............... ... ..... ..... .....6 Editorial: Modeling from the prototype, by Robert Schleicher... ............ .. ..... ... 15 Freight Cars from the Thirties: 40-Foot billboard reefers from Accurail and Branchline Trains kits, by Hol Wagner... 7 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Aleo C628 diesels from Stewart kits, by Louis Marre ... ........ ... .... ............... 12 Intermodal Modeling: GN 40-foot flatbed trailers from Lonestar Models kits, by Duane E. Buck .......... 16 Freight Cars from the Fifties: AAR 50-foot flat cars from Proto 2000 kits, Part I, by Richard Hendrickson .... ..... 22 Layout Tour: The Sierra Railway, Part I, by Edward E. Petry ........... .......... .....28 Diesel Modeling: Inside Athearn's Genesis Line, by Brian Kriemendahl ........ ....... ... ....46 Locomotive Performance: How We Test Locomotives, by the late Robert Higgins. ........ ... ... .. SO Summary of all previous locomotive performance test reports... .... .... ........ 64 Modern Freight Car Modeling: ATSF 60-foot box cars from Con-Cor's kit, by Stephen M. Priest..... ... .... ....... S2 4 RAILMODELJOURNAL ·JUNE 1999 • Freight Cars from the Thirties: Layout Tour: Experience-At Your Fingertips, more 40-Foot billboard reefers from Micro-Trains Minnesota Heartland Railway, about what's in this issue from articles in .. .. ..... ... by Ken Zieska . .. .... ... ...... ............... previous issues .... .. ..... ... ... kits, by Hoi Wagner ... .... .............. ...... 7 . 42 58 Calendar................ ................................... Freight Cars from the Fifties: Locomotive Performance: 60 Railroad Historical Societies.... ...... .... Milwaukee 40-foot box cars from Micro­ How We Test locomotives, 62 What's New .... ................. ............. .. ... 65 Trains or Deluxe Innovations kits, by the late Robert Higgins.. ...............50 Summary of all previous locomotive by James R. Nelson. ......... ... ...... ........40 Modern Freight Car Modeling: performance test reports. ............. ..... 64 ATSF 60-foot box cars from Con-Cor's kit, by Stephen M. Priest.. ...... ........... 52 Locomotive Performance: islUes, payable in U.s. fundi. ISSN 1043· Life-Like EMD GP20 Test Report, 5441, copyright 1999 by Golden Bell Press. All rights reserved. Periodicall Postage paid at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send address by Guy Thrams ............. ...... .. ............. 20 How We Test locomotives, changes to Railmodel Journal, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. by the late Robert Higgins.. ..... ....... ...50 Summary of all previous locomotive performance test reports .......... ......... 58 MODEUNG fromthe RAILMODELPROTOTYPE JOURNAL . JUNE 1999 5 TIME CAPSULE ] -----------[ ----------- AT CALIENTE., CALIFORNIA., SEPTEMBER 4., 1997 By Pelle Soeborg 6 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' JUNE 1999 [PAINT DECALS ]------------ ------------ & BILLBOARD REEFERS IN HO SCALE FROM ACCURAIL AND BRANCHUNE TRAINS KITS IN N SCALE FROM MICRO-TRAINS MODELS By HoI Wagner Model photos by Robert Schleicher reight cars, primarily refligerator cars, painted with giant advertise­ ments for the products of the company that owned or leased they car were quite common in the latter part of the 19th Century, but their widespread use declined substantially during the early years of the 20th Century. A new populatity came in the 1920s, and soon the cars could be found in record numbers. The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 led brewers across the The standard BREX paint scheme of the mid-1920s through the 1940s featured reefer yellow sides, country to quickly jump on the bandwag­ mineral red roof and ends, with black hardware (ladders, grabirons, hinges and door locks) and under­ on to take advantage of tllis traveling bodies. The small panel beneath the doors was also painted mineral red. Black lettering, in the same advertising medium. By 1934, there were block serif style employed by Fruit Growers Express and Western Fruit Express, spelled out "VENTILA­ thousands of billboard reefers in service TOR-REFRIGERATOR" on the right side and "BURLINGTON REFRIGERATOR EXPRESS" on the left side. Note that on throughout the U.S., with individual com­ the car ends, the fascia is two separate boards, peaked to match the roofline; in later years, a single­ pany fleets ranging from a single car to piece end fascia board was used with a horizontal bottom, giving the piece a triangular shape, as on the Accurail model. -Hoi Wagner collection hundreds. But in July 1934, the Interstate Commerce Commission, bowing to pres­ sure from shippers, effectively put a stop to the use of billboard cars with an order that has for years been widely misunder- RAILMODELJOURNAL 'JUNE 1999 7 BIlIUl.B:OARD REEFERS The Burlington Route Historical Society offers four alternate versions of the BREX cars. -Jim Singer photo Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the GBX 4400-4419 cars. VENTILATOR- REFRIGERATOR � (YRlllA Branchline Trains painted and lettered the � Accurail kit to duplicate the THE-- THREE-- LEADERS CMRX 4500-4507 cars. Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the SNBX 4600-4603 cars. Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the lone BCCX 4900 car. Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the two TUX 5100-5101 cars. 8 RAILMODELJOURNAL . JUNE 1999 Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the two FBX 5300-5301 cars. Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the MACX 3300-3309 cars. Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the MBIX 3900-3907 cars. Branchline Trains painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the single "Skyland Eggs" car. stood by railfans and modelers alike. The ICC order banned, as an illegal re bate, all NATIONAL CAR COMPANY billboard cars not owned by the company VE N TIL" TDR· R I:rRI G II RATD R co. for which they were lettered. Cars owned J10NARCH BREWING by the company whose billboard advertis­ CHilL. ing they canied were still legal after the order's effective date in July 1938. (This was the same date that the ICC order ban­ ning archbar trucks on cars in interchange service also took effect.) By the late 1940s, the ICC relaxed its Branchline Tra ins painted and lettered the Accurail kit to duplicate the two NX 3070-3071 cars. ban, and billboard cars again began to gain in popularity, particularly among brewers and meat packers. But the classic era of billboard reefers in the 20th Century last­ ERATDR ed only slightly more than a decade, from the mid to late 1920s until 1938. IHlP Burlington Refrigerator Express, the G.HEILMAN BREWING Co. reefer arm of the Burlington Route rail­ LA. CROSSE. WIS. Il1l'1I roads (CB&Q, C&S and FW&D), and its , affiliate