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Celebrating the art of 1:48 modeling Issue #43 Scale Mar/Apr 2009 Vol. 8 - No.2 Editor-in-Chief/Publisher Joe Giannovario Trains MAGAZINE [email protected] O Features Art Director Jaini Giannovario [email protected] 4 Modeling Thurmond on the C&O A city with no streets? Yep, That’s Thurmmond, West Virginia. Greg Bergman has captured the feel of this unique town in O Scale. Managing Editor Mike Cougill 9 Building A GE 44-Tonner in Styrene [email protected] A unique joint project built by Charlie Purin and Tom Houle. 21 A Signal System for the ALCO Belt — Part 1 Advertising Manager If anyone should know how to signal a model railroad it ought to be a Jeb Kriigel [email protected] real railroad engineer. Gene Clements will show how he designed and installs a signal system on his O Scale layout. Customer Service 30 Quick Background Buildings Spike Beagle Need a lot of background buildings? Jerry Zaret has one solution. Complaints 36 Culverts and Drain Pipes L’il Bear Small but often overlooked details can add a lot to a scene. L. Lee Davis describes how he makes these items. Contributors Ted Byrne Gene Clements 39 A Makeover for the MTH 64’ Wood Coach Carey Hinch Roger C. Parker Ed Bommer can’t seem to leave well enough alone. Here he describes Neville Rossiter how he made these coaches even better looking. Subscription Rates: 6 issues 52 Logging Caboose: A Diversion Model US - Periodical Class Delivery uS$35 US - First Class Delivery (1 year only) uS$45 Looking for something different to do, William Davis scratchbuilt this Canada/Mexico US$55 nifty piece of rolling stock. Overseas US$80 Visa, MC, AMEX & Discover accepted. Call 610-363-7117 during 54 2009 O Scale Convention Layout Tours Eastern time business hours. Dealers contact Kalmbach Publishing, 800-558-1544 ext 818 or email [email protected] Advertisers call for info. www.oscalemag.com • ©2009 All Rights Reserved Printed in the U.S.A. Departments O Scale Trains Magazine, ISSN 1536-9528, USPS 24457, is published bi-monthly in January, March, May, July, Septem- ber and November by OST Magazine, PO Box 289, Exton PA 19341-0289. Subscription rates: US Periodical Mail, 15 The Art of Finescale – Mike Cougill $35 per year, US First Class Mail, $45 per year; Canada or Mexico, $55 per year; Overseas, $80 per year. Postage paid 17 The Modern Image – Gene Clements at West Chester, Pa., and additional mailing offices. POST- MASTER send address changes to O Scale Trains Magazine, PO Box 289, Exton PA 19341-0289. 18 Reader Feedback Contributors: O Scale Trains welcomes your feature articles, 26 Traction Action – Roger Parker photos, and drawings. Such material should be sent to the above address for possible publication. If we accept, you will be notified 47 Product News & Reviews immediately. For more information concerning article preparation guidelines, please send an SASE to the above address and 60 Buy-Sell-Trade Ads request our “Guide For Authors” or visit our website at: www. oscalemag.com. 60 Events Listing Cover: A C&O K-3 2-8-2 gets her tender filled at the C&O 61 Advertiser Index Thurmond, WV, coaling dock on Greg Bergman's O Scale layout featured in this issue. 62 Observations – Joe Giannovario

Centerspread: A C&O K-3 2-8-2 running light crosses the bridge into Thurmond, WV, on Greg Bergman's O Scale layout.

Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 3 Modeling Thurmond on the C&O

Text & Layout by Greg Bergman Photos by Eric Waggoner

Looking west shows the engine house, bunk house and the remains of the town of Thurmond.

“The Chesapeake & Ohio’s main street – her only street C&O locomotives. The 40 x 30 foot layout was built over a – but she’s the greatest town on the river.” Eugene Lewis period of five years. The layout was built at a height of 41 Scott, October 1943. inches using ¾ inch plywood with 2x4 legs and supports. The Chesapeake and Ohio opened up the New River Occasionally I must walk on the layout and this is not a prob- coalfields and the town of Thurmond, West Virginia, was lem. The roadbed is Vinyl Bed and there are 36 switches on established in 1873. Thurmond was unique. For years it was the layout, consisting of 15 scratchbuilt; the others from Roco the only town in the world without a street; there was not a single road leading in or out of town. The main street was the C&O tracks running east and west. The population was never over 500. In 1910, Thurmond handled 4,283,681 tons of freight and the revenue from this amounted to $4,824,911. It also handled 76,541 passengers. By 1930 Thurmond had lost her attraction as a commercial center and business began to decline. The towns and cities back on the plateau, served by highways, became the business and commercial centers of the New River Coalfield. The little town of Thurmond was left with little more than its railroad station. I selected Thurmond because of the many railroad structures located This photo shows Thurmond National Bank on the left, the Goodwin-Kincaid building is center, and to the in a small space and because I like right is the Mankin-Cox building. 4 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 commissary

The commissary is next to the water tanks. The bunkhouse is across the tracks in the foreground. Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 5 and Atlas. Tortoise switch machines are used on only two switches. The rest have handthrows. The tightest curves are 85 inch radius with the largest being 103 inches. The track is Micro Engineering’s with electrical connections every 15 feet. Several electrical blocks are used to add or remove track power. Until recently, I have used a Pacific Fast Mail system for power and sound. One locomotive has been equipped with DCC using NCE power cab with a Soundtraxx Tsunami sound decoder. Thurmond looking east All structures are scratchbuilt with the exception of the two water tanks. I take credit for the skewed bridge, enginehouse, signal bridge, coaling dock, freight station and commissary. The other buildings were built by Reed Artim and Ken Anz. Selective compression was avoided in building the layout which forced me to leave out two buildings. One was the Hotel Thurmond, located next to the Thurmond bank, and the Armour Meat House. Across from the hotel was the coaling dock, but since a coaling dock cannot be located on curved track, I was forced to place this further down the track. Sections of the layout have no scenery because they do not reflect what was around A C&O Allegheny (H-8) approaching the signal bridge. Thurmond and function as storage or staging areas. The hills are made of foam board cut and glued together. This works well to hold

Looking east, an H-8 crossing the skewed bridge with the passenger and freight stations in the background. 6 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 A better view of passenger and freight station.

the many trees. Ninety percent of the trees are made from installing DCC and Tsunami sound decoders, I turn to two goldenrod, a weed found in the Midwest. Foreground trees more friends, Gary Schrader and Stew Kleinschmidt. are made from armatures imported from China or scratch- The good thing about the layout is sharing it with friends. built from cuttings of a hydrangea bush. These took about 2 The best thing is seeing the excitement and joy in my grand- ½ hours each to construct. Rock formations were made from children’s eyes when they help me run my trains. rubber molds I borrowed from Miles Hale. The water and References: ground cover is from Woodland Scenics. Two Views of Thurmond: One Hundred Years of History by Seven of my locomotives are unpainted and not shown. Walter R. Witschey, Gatewood Co., 1978. Friends like Jerry Ballard are good enough to show me the Scale drawings of many of the structures at Thurmond are many errors on my locomotives which I attempt to correct. available for free at [http://www.wva-usa.com/newsite/www. When I cannot do the work, like regauging the wheels, wvrailroads.com/drawings/]. u

Another view looking east.

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www.goldengatedepot.com FAX: (408) 904-5849 8 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 Building a GE 44-Tonner in Styrene Charlie Purin and Tom Houle

The ubiquitous GE 44-tonner is perfect for layouts small Society magazines that contained photos of their three 44- and large. This loco was used by most Class 1 roads and tonners. Tom and I also find the Internet to be an excellent many industries as well. source of prototype data. Whatever loco you choose to build, I (Charlie Purin) sowed the seeds for this article many years remember the same styrene materials and drive we used can ago when I built and painted the styrene body and frame. apply to your project. The Bob Klubertanz and Ted Davis Thirteen years later, Tom Houle added a Q-Car drive and articles are still available from Kalmbach for a nominal copy- trucks, handrails, grabs, lighting and other details to finish up ing fee. Go to the Model Railroader website and look for Cus- the project. We wrote this article not so much to show how to tomer Service. replicate a GE 44-tonner, but to demonstrate that any O Scal- I’ll begin with building the styrene body and frame. Tom’s er who is familiar with styrene can easily build this loco or comments on finishing up the loco will follow. any other short-coupled Diesel. It’s meant as an inspirational Body and Frame - Charlie Purin project for those who have never tried building a loco from When I was a junior in high school, my modeling skills scratch because they don’t believe they can. Well excuse us, were very limited, but there was something about the Klu- but we’d like to prove that you really can. bertanz article that I never forgot. The beauty of Bob’s article Yeah, we know all about the good old days when one had is that most of the techniques he used to build his brass loco to be a blacksmith or a tin bender to build a locomotive with can be replicated in styrene. 40 years later and newly retired all the associated soldering, tin-snipping, shearing, bending, from a long military and merchant marine career, Bob’s filing, drilling, tapping, etc. and then it weighed ten pounds. article came to mind. I did some digging and found a fellow Today it’s possible to do that same kind of work in styrene model railroader, Dick Scott of Midland MI, who had a great with a straight edge, a sharp modeling knife, a few files, drill collection of Model Railroaders and even remembered the bits, and a 2-56 tap. And folks, when your project is painted article I had in mind. and weighted, it’s virtually impossible to tell the difference A lot of changes have occurred in the 53 years since that between brass and styrene. So if you’re hankering for a GE, article was published. Bob used a Main Power M-70 motor, Baldwin, Midwest Locomotive Works, Whitcomb, Plymouth, Jerry Martin Centriclutch belt drive; U-joint coupled drive Davenport or other Diesel critter and you don’t know where shaft, Lindsay gearboxes and 33”wheelsets for his drive. He to start, consider researching and rounding up the necessary even painstakingly built his own sideframes. drawings and photos and try a styrene loco. When I started my project, I was familiar with Q-Car’s pow- My research began with a three-part article and a proto- ered trucks for traction modeling. I found Q-Car sideframes type drawing in the May, June, and July 1955 issues of Model that were a close match to the prototype. (Tom made minimal Railroader by Bob Klubertanz. There is another article on modifications so that the sideframes match the GE prototype.) building styrene Diesels that’s worth looking at. It’s a Dollar Things were looking good on the project until my life changed. Car article that ran in the December, 1967 issue of Model I found myself suddenly un-retired and working again. Railroader. It was written by Ted Davis and is titled “Build a I was a merchant mariner and I knew I’d have plenty of Baldwin”. This article covers the construction of a 1,500 HP time between watches to do some model building. I decided Baldwin Diesel in styrene. The author brings many useful to build a static model for display purposes only. Though construction techniques to the table. Since I’m a Milwaukee space on board ship was limited, the little desk in my state- Road nut, I also located three Milwaukee Road Historical room was big enough to provide a small work space and to Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 9 accommodate a cutting board. I decided to limit the materials scoring the styrene is sufficient to snap out the four unwanted for my project to what I could fit in a shoebox. My favorite triangles from the opening. When the parts were all cut, I tools for styrene are: an X-Acto knife, O Scale rule and a took them home to my workbench. metal ruler with a non-slip backing. I cut pieces that would fit I assembled the hoods, cab, and radiator shutters using in my shoebox from 0.020”, 0.030”, 0.040” and 0.060” sty- plastic cement. I’ve forgotten the brand I used (Photo 1-2). rene sheets. My plan was to take Part 1 of Bob’s article with The radiator shutter frames with their requisite nine angled me and cut out the necessary parts for the two hoods and and parallel louvers about drove me nuts. I tried all sorts cab. I would bring them home between trips and assemble of support jigs to align the individual louvers, but nothing them later. In retrospect this worked out fairly well. seemed to work as well as simple trial and error. I eventually The first thing I did was convert Bob’s comprehensive HO got them right; but there is probably a better way to get them drawings to O Scale. I discovered the drawings had shrunk perfectly aligned. slightly. Either the Kalmbach printing press or running the I made the two exhaust stacks by cutting pieces of rect- article through a photocopier caused the shrinkage. So I con- angular cross-section styrene tubing in half lengthwise and verted the HO dimensions in inches on Bob’s drawings to HO added ears to get the U -shape. I sanded the stacks to match feet and inches and then into O Scale. In retrospect I could the hood and stack angles. Spoiled by the space on my work- have simply multiplied the HO dimensions by 181% and got- bench, I decided it would be easier to complete the project at ten my O Scale dimensions. Live and learn! home rather than at sea. I next laid out all the components. I typically increased I cut the frame deck from 0.060” styrene (Photos 3 & 4). the thicknesses of my styrene pieces vis-à-vis the brass sheet The frame ends and side skirts were cut from 0.040” styrene. thicknesses Bob used. For example, where Bob used 0.030” I assembled these parts into a complete frame including bol- brass for the hood sides, I used 0.040”. This gave me a little sters and coupler pads. I painted the body and frame in the more strength and the necessary thickness on which to scribe Milwaukee Road’s circa mid-fifties black and orange. At that the door panels. I tend to have a heavy hand, so for me, thicker is better. 3 The hood sides weren’t much trouble, but I must confess I screwed up many cab ends, sides and hood ends before I had pieces I was satisfied with. Working with styrene can be a learning experience. I tried drilling small holes in the corners of the window openings and then carefully cut away the window outlines with an X-Acto knife. I also tried cutting away from the corners without first drilling the holes. In either case, some filing was required to square up the corners. In the end it came out OK. I found out later the easiest way to accurately cut window and door openings in styrene is to cut a pair of diagonals in the opening (an X pattern) and then cut the four 4 sides. The styrene doesn’t have to be cut all the way through; 1

point I was sidetracked by several home projects, ship modeling projects, and some models on consignment. My little 2 switcher ended up unfinished and relegated once again to the shoebox. Time passed and I found myself in Wisconsin in a home with a real basement. At long last, there was the possibility of a layout of my own and I resurrected the little switcher. I ordered truck bolsters, sideframes, 33” wheelsets, and a Mashima gearmotor drive from Q-Car. As fate would have it, I got side-tracked again, this time by a huge, scratchbuilt O Scale Lake Michigan railway car ferry. This turned out to be a three year project. During this period I also renewed a bunch of old modeling friendships and made some new ones, too.

10 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 One of my new friends, Tom Houle, came to the rescue and holes in the truck bolster. The sideframes are retained to the agreed to finish my switcher, for which I’m grateful. bolsters with 2-56 screws. My sideframe bosses fit so tightly Power, Detail, and Lighting - Tom Houle in the bolsters they were almost a press fit. They would not When Charlie first blew the dust off his shoe box and opened move at all. Using a long rattail file, I carefully filed each it up to show me his styrene 44-tonner body and frame, I was bolster opening, test fitting along the way to achieve what an totally impressed. Charlie had done a great job replicating Bob old machinist friend of mine terms a “snick-fit”. I also had to Klubertanz’s excellent brass workmanship in styrene. open up the 2-56 screw holes in the sideframe bosses. Easy As depicted in Photos 1-4, Charlie gave me a completely does it! You want just enough clearance to allow the side- painted body and deck-frame assembly. The end grabs, hood frames to pivot about their retaining screws just a few degrees grabs, and the railings had not been installed. Charlie wanted either way to equalize the trucks when operating over uneven me to power it up, add the details and constant lighting. I was trackage. Too much clearance between the screw holes and somewhat skeptical about the Mashima #MT10LP 26:1 gear- the retaining screws and you’ll have what I call a bag of mar- motor. It looked pretty small. Would it provide enough torque bles instead of a working truck. and would it run slow enough? I recently completed an As shown in Photo 5, the Mashima power truck comes Adirondack Car & foundry GE /Alco boxcab kit and powered with a 33” steel wheelset and its own special bolster that also it with a NWSL double-shafted motor and couplings, 32:1 retains the gearmotor. The bolster has a 1” long 2-56 brass gear boxes, and Grandt Line sprockets and chains. The NWSL mounting screw permanently attached. Due to the height of drive albeit being somewhat noisy - perhaps due to my work- the gearmotor, the bolster is unusually high (though this did not manship - is a real stump puller. pose a problem in the installation). I simply removed the deep styrene bolsters Charlie had originally installed on the under- 5 frame and replaced them with much shallower 3/32” deep bolsters. Note on the power truck all four wheels are powered via a wound spring belt drive between the two wheelsets. The height of the unpowered truck bolster is much lower. To enable common frame bolsters and truck retention, I glued ¼” wide styrene strips to the top of the un-powered truck bolster with CA and added a 0.030” thick washer so that the height of the un-powered truck bolster matched the height of the powered truck bolster. Then I drilled through the styrene to clear a 1” long 2-56 screw that I glued to the underside of the bolster. Now both truck bolsters had the same mounting system and height. I hooked up the Q-Car gearmotor to a MRC supply and With the two trucks built up but sans their electrical pick- was pleasantly surprised. It ran in both directions so quietly ups, I drilled 2-56 clearance holes in the deck and styrene I could hardly hear it. Voila! A gearmotor that eliminates body bolsters for the truck mounted retaining screws. I set the shaft-coupling to gear boxes and it’s truck-mounted. What a trucks on the rails, dropped the frame onto the trucks, and super-neat package (Photo 5). Will it provide as much torque checked the deck-to-rail height. Spot on! as the NWSL system? No, but two of these gearmotors, safely I got out my Kadee® coupler height jig, set it on the rails, weighted to prevent current overloads, should be an easy and checked Charlie’s coupler pad heights. The coupler pads to install underbody drive for many small Diesel projects. were exactly the correct height. How Charlie did that aboard a And with the Q-Car spring-wound coupling to the un-driven rolling ship in a tiny stateroom and without a jig is beyond me. wheelsets, you have eight-wheel drive. I attached the couplers with one screw per coupler by drill- I began construction with the trucks. They are not sprung ing and tapping a 2-56 hole into the pads. I drilled 2-56 clear- but they do provide equalization. We’d decided the trucks ance holes through the deck for the other two centerline coupler should have eight-wheel pickup - best for sneaking past the screws. These two screws retain the couplers and the loco body occasional dead frog or dirty spots on the rails. I cut off the to the frame. I also added ¼” thick styrene blocks to the insides 0.060” square brass tubing cross-members that were soldered of the hood ends. These blocks were drilled and tapped 2-56 to the ends of the sideframes. I assume these were meant to hold the sideframes together while in transit. While check- 6 ing the sideframe’s profile against the prototype drawing, I noted the extensions on the ends would need to be nipped off. The sideframes are white metal and can be cut with a side cutter or Zona saw. After the unwanted ends were removed, I squared up the corners with a small flat file and then with the same file, carefully radiused the corners to match the MR drawing. I next did a trial assembly of the trucks to check for fit and equalization. To mount the sideframes there are large cylindrical bosses on the inside faces that slide into mating

Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 11 to accept the screws that hold the body to the underframe. That bolsters and the underframe itself are both styrene, there is done it was time to add the truck’s electrical pickups. no chance of a short circuit there. I had to remove a bit of the Before I measured the wheelset’s spacing and laid out the body bolster material to allow for truck swing and to clear the pickups on Walthers 0.010” phosphor bronze sheet, I added pickup’s nylon screw heads. mounting bosses to both truck bolsters (Photo 6). These are Detailing simply 1/4” square styrene pads that are glued to the tops of The handrails and grabs were next (Photos 7 - 8). I used the truck bolsters and drilled and tapped for Walthers 2-56 0.030” brass wire for the handrails which is a bit heavy. 0.020” nylon screws. The bosses should be at least 1/8” deep to pro- wire would look better, but with 0-5-0 handling the heavier vide adequate thread retention. wire makes sense. I laid out the railings on a clean piece of 1 x The pickup pattern was laid out on paper and then I trans- 8 pine, using the Model Railroader drawing as a guide. ferred the dimensions to the 0.010” phosphor bronze sheet. While I use ordinary 60-40 rosin core solder from the I used an old pair of scissors to cut the bronze sheet. Red hardware store for all of my electrical soldering, as far as I’m motor leads were soldered to the pickups before I attached concerned, the best solder for handrailings is Tix solder sticks them to the bolsters. I left these leads 7-8” long. I trimmed and liquid brush-on flux. I used a small 39-watt soldering them after the truck and lighting wiring was run up into the iron. Just touching the tip of the iron to a joint along with a body. A bit of bending and tweaking was required to position stick of the Tix solder completes the joint. It couldn’t be sim- the pickup tabs on the inside faces of the insulated side of pler. Just be sure you brush on the Tix flux before you heat the the wheelsets. There shouldn’t be any undue side pressure. wire. Walthers carries it if you cannot find it locally. The strips should just graze the wheelsets. The other side of I spotted the handrail locations on the deck and then the power comes up from the uninsulated wheelsets into the drilled the holes with a #69 bit, which gave me a nice tight fit metal truck bolsters, and then to the gearmotor. I soldered for the posts into the deck. I left the vertical posts and the hor- black leads to the white metal bolsters. Make sure the red izontal railings where they plug into the body about 1/8” too leads do not contact the truck bolsters or you’ll have a dead short. That’s why I used nylon screws. Since the underframe 9 7

8 long. The vertical railings were glued with CA to the underside of the deck after they were installed. The extensions were trimmed off after the glue kicked. I drilled #69 holes where the horizontal rails join the cab ends. These locations have to be marked on the body and then drilled. In Photo 9, you can see how I attached the handrails to the deck and the Tichy/CMA bronze wire straight grabs to the end sills. The same grabs were attached to the hood ends per the photos Charlie provided. The vertical handrails are painted white per Milwaukee Road practice in the fifties. I tried every model paint known to man and none of them gave an opaque white finish. In desperation I broke out a quart can of Ace Hardware exterior gloss white acrylic enamel. Using a very fine brush, I hand painted the end railings. One coat covered them beautifully. Yes, the paint is thick and no, it doesn’t clump if you keep the brush clean and flow it on very lightly (it cleans and thins with water). I wouldn’t paint a car with it, but for small white areas I’ll certainly use it again. The couplers and trucks were also installed at this time.

12 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 Wiring and Lighting 11 I added a Miniatronics two-pin polarized connector between the loco body and the frame to allow easy access to the lighting circuit and the truck mounting screws and nuts. I soldered the red leads from both trucks directly to the red lead of the Mashima gearmotor. The black power leads from both trucks were soldered together and then brought up through a hole in the center of the deck and soldered to one lead of the female side of a Miniatronics two-pin polarized connector. The gearmotor’s black lead was brought up through the hole in the deck and soldered to the other lead on the female connector. I used heat-shrink tubing to encap- 10

before it could be put to work shifting cars. In Photo 11 you can see the lead wheel weights under the frame and the truck wiring routed up into the body. The locomotive is weighted to one pound. On the flat and through 48” curves it will easily move 6-7 plastic cars and draws about .25 amps. On sharper curves it needs a shot of throttle due to the extra drag of the curved rails. Q-Car didn’t list a maximum current draw for this gearmotor, but with a motor this small I think 0.25 amps is probably approaching the maximum safe limit. sulate the leads and to keep everything neat. This is a great little loco and I’m honored to have played I installed a forward bright/reverse dim Miniatronics light- a part in its completion. The 1700 is hard at work now shuf- ing kit in the loco body. I soldered the two leads on the male fling cars on Charlie’s layout. Now I just have to decide what side of the Miniatronics connector to the leads of the lighting loco I’m going to build next. Maybe a GE 70-tonner? Stay module and then stuck the module to the interior of the cab tuned… with the double-sided tape that came with the kit. I retained the lamp leads in their respective headlamps with Walthers Bill of Materials: Goo. I connected the two halves of the Miniatronics lighting Q-Car Mashima #MT10LP 26:1 gearmotor with special connector and then attached the body to the underframe with bolster and 33” wheelset. two 2-56 screws and it was time for a test run (Photo 10). The Q-Car #G. E. 95 84” wheelbase sideframes. little loco ran like a jewel, very quietly and slow enough that Q-Car Unpowered truck bolster and 33” wheelsets. I was able to couple to a boxcar without even moving the Miniatronics two-pin polarized connector. car. The lighting worked great, although I could see the little Miniatronics Forward Bright/Reverse/Dim lighting kit. critter was definitely going to need some additional weight Sheet, tube, and strip styrene. u JD’s Trains Exclusive Heavyweight Custom Runs Coming Fall 2009 Golden Gate Depot 80’ Heavyweight Coaches in FIVE new roadnames: Chicago & Northwestern, Nickel Plate Road, Rock Island, Seaboard & Southern

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14 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 The Art of Finescale Michael Cougill

What year is this? that way but I don’t, at least not anymore. I grew up in a small town during the ‘60s and have tons of great memories of forty-foot boxcars and other steam era rolling stock that were

I don’t think we’re in the 1990’s anymore Dorothy.

Those of you who have followed this column for a while still plentiful during that decade. The photo above shows an (there is at least one person I know of, but I’m married to her) N&W boxcar spotted at the grain elevator in Centerville, IN will remember that I’ve said I’m modeling the modern era. As about a block from my parents’ house. I don’t recall the date emphatically and as many times as I’ve said that, observant this was taken (it may have been the early ‘70s.), but the cut eyes will notice that every time rolling stock appears in my down ladders and missing running board on the roof are layout photos, they’re from the transition era. Further evi- strong clues to go by. Joe and I have been trying to figure out dence in the form of the Wabash single-sheathed boxcar proj- what class of car this was for the N&W and we’re closing ect mentioned in issue #41, also suggests something is fishy in on it. The neat thing for me is that it’s sitting on a pair of era-wise. So, what’s going on here? Well, it’s time to come National type B-1 trucks. I have a pair from Rich Yoder just clean and confess that the choice of modeling era on the begging for a car body of some kind and this N&W boxcar I&W has changed. I’ll be drifting back in time to the 1960s. seems like a good candidate. When I started building the layout, I wanted to model a In addition to easier freight car modeling, the layout’s modern day shortline based on one in nearby Brookville, IN. operations will also be enhanced in that more, and often The one thing that really stands in the way of doing that to my smaller industries (such as local grain elevators), were still satisfaction is (get the moans ready) P48 roller bearing trucks. served by rail in the ‘60s than are today. For the layout this They are just too hard to come by. A couple of sources have means that a feed mill that is now abandoned can be re-acti- hinted they would do a run, but that may be several years off, vated for occasional car loadings. That’s a plus on a small lay- if ever. So, what does a guy do in the mean time? out like mine. My Red Caboose Geep will be right at home I could use replacement wheelsets in the Standard O truck in the new era with a new basic black paint job. While I may frames as a stop-gap. I’ve tried that with limited success. have to rethink the operations and overall concept a bit, I Given that the trucks are often hard to see, even on a chest don’t foresee anything that can’t be overcome under the cure- high layout like mine, what’s the problem? Nothing really. I all banner of freelancing. I don’t yet know if I’ll nail down the just wasn’t satisfied with the results or the performance. The era to a specific year or not. more I learn about freight cars, both vintage and modern, the Is this what one does when there’s no more layout to more demanding I’ve become toward my modeling. There build? It could be. There are a lot of things to consider and is always going to be a compromise of some sort. The ques- research in an era change like this but that’s part of the fun tion one has to answer is: How much of a compromise am I of the hobby, isn’t it? I still like the idea of a modern day willing to accept? Since trucks and wheels are so basic to a shortline in P48 and I’ll continue to lobby for the production model’s appearance and operation, for me, the compromise of P48 roller bearing trucks. Who knows, maybe I’ll have to was too much. have two eras to keep things interesting. u Is the era shift a second choice option? Some might see it

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They are distinctive from their previous versions Currently its proprietary DCS control is its only flaw, especial- due to the raised height of the carbody with all possible con- ly if you are using any other type control system other than nections for air, fuel and electrical being mounted on the out- DCS. That is supposed to change this next year. With DCC side of the frame or underneath the walkway instead of inside compatibility and the current quality and attention to details, the long hood. Along with carbody changes, (this is the part MTH should elevate its competitive status to that of the Atlas of the upgrade that is visible) improvements go much deeper O Gold Line. Having converted several of their Premiere Line from the prime mover and its efficiency and performance to cars to 2-Rail in the past, a factory offering of scale cars with overall electrical and tractive effort upgrades. 2-Rail trucks and wheelsets, plus coupler pockets that accept Kadee couplers would, I think, go over well in the 2-Rail marketplace. The 8-40C started me on a research mission of MTH Diesels, the ES-4400 DC is produced in BNSF livery but the SD70ACe is not. A set of Microscale decals and a custom paint job would solve that problem. An SD70ACe was ordered and arrived in MRL colors, it is currently operating on the layout in DC mode but it, along with the ES-4400 DC when it arrives, will be converted to DCC control and sound, along with several remaining TMCC diesels. As O Scale modelers this translates into some new and Some readers are probably thinking: why go to this much different Diesels that we can add to our locomotive roster. In times past, the fact that modern Diesel power was either unavailable or out of my price range caused me to model in a more popular scale simply due to availability of what I wanted to model. Today, that is not the case. With brass models still at the top of the list in regards to detail, performance and cost, the manufacturers that produce plastic and die-cast models are gaining ground in the marketplace at a rapid pace. For proof, take a look and read the review on the MTH 8-40C in this issue. If you’ve been involved in O Scale 2-Rail a minimum of 10 years or longer then you remember or own some of MTH’s 2-Rail limited production locomotives that were available in the late 1990s. I have two: an SD60-M in CSX paint and a BN SD70 in executive colors. These were both a basically correct SD60 Body with China Drive, 2-Rail trouble? Simple answer: it’s my desire to have models of the wheels and the same fuel tank and detail parts used on the GE & EMD locomotives I work on each and every trip operat- 3-Rail version minus the electronics. The differences between ing on my layout. Although what I would like to have is not the two were the truck side frame castings and the paint jobs available ready-to-run out of the box, I can achieve my goal and that was it. at a reasonable cost with a little work and effort. That’s just Over the last few years, I have seen other models produced part of being a model railroader; if you can’t get it ready-to- by MTH in 2-Rail that I did not know about. At the time I run, then build it. purchased my MTH models, I was tickled pink to have them So stay tuned for this and other locomotive projects in the because there was nothing else like these (except brass) in the works. As work is completed, I’ll cover the results here in marketplace. By today’s standards most modelers wouldn’t OST and hopefully one of the projects might be your inspira- give these models a second look on a display table. Now I tion to start on that locomotive of your own. Oh by the way, would probably be considered a member of that group. MTH staff, an 8-40CW in a Santa Fe Redbird scheme, or There was a time in O Scale when economical plastic BNSF Heritage scheme could probably find itself a home on models were produced only by MTH, Weaver and Lionel, the Alco Belt. u Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 17 Looking For A Mentor and the centerspread are great photographs too. I would really The cause of this letter is in response to your editorial and like to know if Don handcrafted the building fire escapes or are your desire to bring more “younger people” into the hobby and they a commercially available product? Any information you can O Scale in particular. provide would be greatly appreciated. I have been interested in O Scale since 2001-2002 when I was Bob Garrelts, Tarpon Springs, FL a member (briefly) of the Denver O Scale club in the basement of Union Station. Needless to say, I was probably one of the young- Traction “Trouble” est members. Since relocating back to Pennsylvania in 2003, I I want you to know how much “trouble” Roger Parker gets have not had the opportunity to do any modeling for a variety me into every time he does his column. As a new person to of reasons, but I know that one is that I don’t feel “prepared” scratchbuilding trolleys, I think it would be a very good idea to to work in O Scale, and I know that there are many excellent do a story on the basic features and equipment on a trolley. Why resources in this part of the country. OST is right down the road a pole instead of a pantograph? How about an update on near Philly, and many vendors listed in the magazine are in PA, Labelle? I have heard some of LaBelle’s kits are now available NJ, MD, and VA. I even had the opportunity last year (or was it as laser-cut, but which ones? I get the most bang for my buck the year before) to go to the Estate auction for the late Mr. John through your Traction Action column. Armstrong. I regret that I did not buy that Hi-Cube Hershey’s Thanks. boxcar. Jim Bengert, via e-mail As a 41 year old man, I realize that I am not the “younger Joe replies: Jim, you can contact LaBelle by email at info@ people” that you hope to attract, but I would love to meet with labellemodels.com and receive guidance and wisdom from some of the more experi- enced O Scalers who would be willing to share their knowledge. Challenged Again Donald J. Dissinger, via e-mail Thank you for challenging me with your articles on kit build- Mike replies: Don, in O Scale young is a relative term. We’re ing rather than settling for RTR models. You have rekindled an always happy to welcome new converts to the scale. 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18 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 19 20 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 A Signal System For The Alco Belt - Part 1 Gene Clements Introduction end of the siding are named “North & South Adamsville” You’re the engineer on empty Coal Train E-PAMNAM30- respectively. 1A, onboard BNSF #8810, an SD70MAC. You are at MP694 Photo 2 shows the control point at “North Benoit”. The and in #4 Dynamic drawing 26kbs of braking force running north and southbound mainline signals are mast type search- on a clear signal. Traveling at 40mph you’re in the process of slowing down for the 30 mph curve ahead. As you round the 2 curve at North Jasper, this is what you see: A clear signal on the NS Interlocking and Intermediate north of the interlocker (Photo 1). 1

light signals with the southbound signal in the distance having two signal heads. The top head applies to the mainline and the lower one to the diverging route. The northbound siding signal is a dwarf located to the left of the siding. Dwarf signals are usually found where there may be a clearance This scenario is typical for train crews operating over CTC issue with passing rail equipment. Notice too the equipment territory across this nation every day. These signals instruct the bungalow in the distance. The bungalow has a sign mounted crew as to what’s ahead and how their train should be oper- on the building with the name “North Benoit” identifying this ated. Anything less than strict compliance with signal aspects location. and the operating rules can result in a tragic collision, caus- While most signals are mounted on a mast or tower and ing tremendous property damage and injury or death. can contain multiple signal heads (Photo 3), they can also be Signal systems came about many years ago as a means of mounted on a concrete base low to the ground. These low to moving multiple trains over a section of railroad in a safe and the ground signals are called dwarf signals and are no differ- effective manner. The three-color signal system: red, yellow 3 and green, share a similar meaning with our highway traffic laws. The railroad’s rules go into more detail concerning these color aspects in relation to their placement, use and meaning. Make any of these three colors flash and you create a whole new set of aspects, rules and responses. The addition of a number or milepost plate to a signal changes it from an Absolute to a Permissive Signal. The difference? A red aspect on a Permissive signal means stop. After stopping, you may proceed at restricted speed. A red aspect on an Absolute Signal means stop. You can only pass this signal once you have authority to do so from the Signals Control Operator, or you get a more favorable aspect that allows you to move. In CTC territory the location of control points is usually given a name and identified in the timetable for the territory. ent from their taller counterparts in regards to their aspects or For example, the small town I live in is called Adamsville. meaning. Dwarf signals are usually found where there may The BNSF runs through the town and has a controlled siding, be a clearance issue with passing rail equipment. which is named after the town. With operations being in a Signal aspects and meaning do get complicated on proto- north–south direction, the two turnout control points on each type systems, but for the purpose of designing and installing Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 21 a functional three color signal system on an O Scale home or tem. If your layout is under construction, or complete to the club layout, I’ll try to keep it simple and relate my expertise point of doing finished scenery, you can still include a signal as a model railroader instead of a prototype engineer. system. It’s never too late. Plan Experience has taught me to keep detailed notes and With the introduction of the Atlas O 21st Century Signal records on the current layout, especially the electrical system. System components, plus multi-head “SA” signals and acces- The Alco Belt was originally a conventional DC layout with sories from Custom Signals, the plan is to use current sensing common rail wiring to track blocks that could be turned on detectors from NCE to create a type “SA” Searchlight Signal or off by a SPDT switch mounted on a track diagram display. System for my layout that would handle bi-directional train When 2-Rail TMCC came out, I converted the layout into movements on the mainline tracks and also include the sid- three separate power districts by separating the common rail ings and other mainline access points from the yard or indus- and installing two new common circuits. I decided to keep try tracks. I intend to include some type “D” signals once they the conventional DC system and installed DPDT switches for become available (Photo 4), as this would create a model of each power district so I could switch either one or all districts the system that I operate by while on the BNSF. As a source from DC to TMCC. The original block wiring stayed the same of reference, take a look at the review of the Custom Sig- and this allowed me to turn individual blocks on or off in 4 either mode of operation. Then along came DCC. One by one the power districts were converted by removing the TMCC. An existing block in the Diesel shop was designated as the programming track, which can be switched between the program function and standard operation via a DPDT switch. The ability to turn individual blocks on or off remained in place as before, and is now a key element in installing the NCE current sensing detectors that will function as the heart of the signal system. Current sensing detectors are the preferred means of block detection for layouts where constant voltage is supplied to the track, such as DCC, TMCC or DCS command and control. (Check out Ted Byrne’s article: Block Detection in O Scale. Sept/Oct. 2008 OST.) Current sensing detectors will work on conventional DC systems but only after the throttle is turned up to supply a locomotive or lighted car, thereby giving the detector a source of current that it can detect. If there is not a source of current, you can get a false indication showing the block is clear when it is actually occupied. As a result of this possibility, you may want to consider optical or other sensors if you intend to retain conventional DC control. Having covered the basic principals for the design, it’s time to drag out pencil and paper, CAD system or layout design software on your computer. The first step is to draw a nals multi-head searchlight signals on page 53 of OST #31, simple version of your layout showing every track that you March/April 2007 and their Tumble Down Control-1, Turnout intend to signal. On this or a separate drawing, lay out the Signal Controller-2 and Block Signal Flasher-3 control boards electrical blocks of your track for your proposed signal sys- reviewed on page 56 of OST #32, May/June 2007. tem. Once you have this done you can start placing signals to The control boards for the 21st Century system are modu- guide trains and their operators through your railroad accord- lar and designed for use in conjunction with each other. They ing to prototype practice. are, for lack of a better descriptive term, plug and play and the Each signal from Atlas O and Custom Signals comes with signals will change color aspects as the train moves through a manual that explains the possible uses for the signal and the system. For APB signaling, you may add a Tumble Down includes different design and placement suggestions as well Control board to override the appropriate signal boards as as controller connections. If you’re uncertain where signals needed. To make a color aspect flash, such as a flashing red should be located, observe the prototype or check the Track means Restricted, a flashing yellow: Advanced Approach and Configuration Library and Signaling Section of the Custom flashing green: Limited Proceed, you can install a Block Signal Signals website [www.customsignals.com]. If you find your- Flasher board (BSF) for the specific signal head and install a self stumped over a signal scenario, feel free to e-mail Terry Turnout Signal Controller (TSC) to display the proper aspect for Christopher of Custom Signals at [TerryC@customsignals. a diverging route at a turnout. With a plan in mind for the proj- com] or call Terry at 1-845-592-1302. Terry will do custom ect, it’s time to move to the design phase. Signal Installation designs for a nominal fee. Design While designing the system for my layout, I decided to With no two layouts being identical, I’ll relate the design relocate my mainline control panel. I drew a pattern to fit the process for my layout, the Alco Belt, in the hope that parts or size of the new panel and I decided to use this drawing as the all of this process will work for you. If you are designing your master signal plan, and make additional smaller drawings for future layout, now is the best time to design your signal sys- each control point (See Figures 1-5). These smaller drawings 22 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 Fig. 1 Master Signal Plan

are done on standard letter sized paper and will be inserted problem or making a change as the installation progresses. into a master electrical book for the layout where any notes, I’m now at a point where I know how many blocks will revisions and relevant updates can be added as the project require detection, and how many and what type of signals goes along. This will save a lot of time in tracking down a and control boards are needed. In the case of my layout, Fig. 2 Fig. 4

Fig. 3 Fig. 5

Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 23 there will be 26 blocks requiring detectors that will control 80 three-color signal heads on 35- Atlas #6932 Type SA, 6 7 Single Head Searchlight Signals, 15- C&S #SL-45 Dual Head Searchlight Signals and 5- C&S #SL-55 Triple Head Searchlight Signals. Not all of these will be mast signals. #SL-11 or #SL-12 Dwarf signals will be used where necessary due to clearance issues and the number needed will be determined as #1 and #2 respectively. I go along. Dual head signals will be used at turnouts to Once operational, I’ll do an cover both the mainline and diverging route movements. evaluation on the progress Triple head signals will be used the same as dual head sig- for the next article of this nals, except their application will apply when more than series. 8 a single diverging route is involved. Also several tumble Stay tuned for the next down, turnout and flasher control boards will be used to installment, which will make this system function according to plan. cover installing signals, wir- Since I now know the basics of the system, it’s time ing up the control boards, for a few other considerations. I will need a master board plus the detectors and large enough to hold the 80 control boards plus the tum- power supply. I’ll give you bledown, turnout and flasher boards. These will be placed a straight up account of the in a central location under the layout that will be easy to work in progress, as well access and allow a minimum of wiring to interconnect as the pros and cons and the boards and detectors into a working system. Modular specialty tools needed for a extension wires will be used to connect the signals at their project of this caliber. Until permanent locations to their respective control boards. then, may all your signals With the primary control panel relocated, I will now be be clear. u able to add a dispatcher for possible multiple operators (Photo 6 ). For one-person operation, everything is easily accessible (Photo 7). A new master cabinet for the DC & DCC base units was constructed and located close to the new primary control panel. This will clean-up some of the old wiring and match the home built bookcases around the layout’s perimeter (Photo “Quality for the Craftsman”™ 8). O SCALE BF&M With some of the remodeling KIT 004 LOGGING CAMP $61.98 ™ complete and relocation of the con- Includes: color coded trol panel in progress, it’s time to start USA wood, sheet brass, SHIPPING hook, windows ordering the necessary parts to get $4.02 and pulley blocks. Baldwin Forge & Machine this project off the drawing board Box 5, Baldwin MD 21013 (logs not 12” x 14” and into the construction phase. Stub included) space required How can we help you? Custom machine Main tracks #3 and #4 will be the work, 3-R to 2-R conversions for steam, first segments to be completed. With CA RESIDENTS diesel or electric. Driver castings only 3 track blocks each, they will add $5.11 tax machined. General repairs to O Scale loco- be the simplest to set-up and create motives. Call Joe, evenings 7 to 9 PM. Catalog $2.00 (refundable) a lead in Control Point for Mains P.O. Box 700 Artesia, CA 90702 410-592-5275 or [email protected] www.suncoast-models.com Dealer Inquiries Invited Stevenson Preservation Lines O Gauge Kits and Parts from past Master Modelers Catalog 2005 Price: $3.00 Baldwin Model Locomotive Works Lobaugh http://RailsUnlimited.ribbonrail.com/ Adams & Sons email: [email protected] Lenoir “We take time to give you full service” Kansas City Kit Unique O Scale models • Urethane cars; 40’ & 50’ boxcars, Hines Lines reefers, stock cars, milk cars, pickle car & circus cars. Alexander Full Service O Scale Dealer • Kits, DCC & Sound Supplies Pearce Tool Co. Books: new & out of print • Darkroom Services • Railroad Photos Model Railroad Sales & Service NEW! Wagontop Boxcar & Gons for PRR and SAL Bob Stevenson, 2326 230th St. Ames, IA 50014 Ted Schnepf 126 Will Scarlet Elgin Il 60120-9524 847-697-5353 or 847-697-5366 24 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 CHICAGO “O” SCALE MEET March 2Oth - 22nd 2009

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Pacific Electric Los Angeles Elevated Terminal Junction Consider adding an upper level to your downtown terminal! I recently noticed a Pacific Electric photograph with great modeling potential while thumbing through Donald Duke’s excellent West Coast Interurbans: California, recently published by Golden West Books. The photograph documents the junction where the upper level tracks of the Pacific Electric’s Los Angeles terminal joins street trackage. This junction would make a great addition to any traction layout. It opens up numerous modeling possibilities for both new layouts and adding visual and operating interest to existing layouts. Like all of the layout “centerpieces,” or modules I have been exploring during the past few years, the junction and upper level trackage can be as simple or complex as desired. Modeling the PE Junction The junction itself is very simple. Located at the bottom of the ramp leading to the upper level trackage, the junction is basically a “T” intersection, or looked at another way, one-half of a Grand Union. Trains traveling in either direction on street level trackage can proceed through the junction in either direction, or proceed up the two-track ramp to the upper level platforms. Likewise, trains descending the ramp can turn either left or right. Although the junction opens up numerous possibilities, it is relatively simple, requiring only 4 turnouts and two crossings. All that’s needed to model the junction are a pair of wye switches, a pair of matching-radius left and right-hand turnouts, and two crossings. To operate the junction, only 3 of the turnouts need to be powered: the wye turnout on the descending ramp, and the street-switch left and right-hand turnouts. The remaining turnout (on the “up” track of the grade) will take care of itself. Modeling Options, Stage 1 One of the nice aspects of the Pacific Electric junction is the ability to model it in stages. In the first stage the junction would be modeled, but only the first few feet of the ramp tracks would be completed. All trains on the street level would pass through the junction. At this stage it would primarily add visual interest and the sound of car wheels passing through the turnouts and crossings. A non-operating junction could be added to narrow by creating an upper level loop. The loop could be either visible modules or shelf layouts. or hidden behind adjacent buildings or scenery. In either case, If a few feet of the ramp were modeled, static trains could be some, but not all, street level trolleys would proceed up the ramp shown ascending or descending the ramp trackage. This would to enter the hidden staging area or immediately turn around and provide a space to display excess rolling stock right from the start. descend the ramp. Alternately, if a modeler had experience painting layout back- One of the nice things about the loop idea is that no additional grounds, the ramp and second level could initially be painted on turnouts would be required, unless you wanted to include a pass- the background! ing siding or holding area on the loop. Modeling Options, Stage 2 If you’re short for space and have negotiated the right to “tun- Another option would be to simulate the upper level terminal nel through” the walls in your layout room, you could even place

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It quickly became clear I recommend you use windows with a lip molding around that it would be necessary to come up with a creative solu- the window and not masonry windows (like those used in tion to filling all of this background real estate. roundhouses or in some commercial buildings) as they are I had some Clever Models brick texture sheets in my shop very difficult to get a close fit without light coming through but hadn’t decided how I wanted to use them. When the from the back. problem of the background buildings came up, the proverbial 5. Cut out the windows in the foam board with a very light came on and I was off and running towards a realistic, sharp #11 blade. (TIP: Don’t drag the blade or you might rip inexpensive and easy solution that from virtually any distance the paper. Press down on the blade and gradually move along looks as good as three dimensional buildings. And, you can the drawn lines). Make sure you’ve gone all the way through construct any of these “flats” in about one day! the foam board. If not, you can also finish the scoring from The whole key to making this idea work is 3-dimensional the back. Pop out the foam core window and dry fit the cast- additions. The more creative you are with these items, the ing to make sure you’re getting a close fit and the window more realism you’ll get out of the brick paper walls. frame covers the opening. If it does, you’re in business and Basic Materials you can cut all the remaining windows the same way. • Clever Models [www.clevermodels.com] brick texture 6. If you’re using black foam board, you can start gluing sheets. They have dozens of options, not only brick but other in the windows. If you’re using white foam board, paint the finishes as well. They are currently peel and stick but are inside sashes of the window with any black acrylic paint so considering switching to non-stick so you may need a spray the white doesn’t show behind the glass. Now glue in the adhesive. windows. I use GS-Hypo glue. It has a very thin applicator so • Foam board 3/16” thick which is available at any craft store that you can get glue around the entire inside of the plastic like Michaels or online. There are thicker versions, but will be window frame. You can also use CA (medium or thicker, not harder to cut. the thin version) but you’ll need to use a micro-brush or a • Commercial ads available online at Mike Tylick’s website toothpick as an applicator and be very careful about not glu- [www.trainweb.org/tylick/indes.html], in magazines or from ing your fingers to the windows. (Don’t ask me how I know Google Image. this!) Glue clear styrene on the back of the flat for the win- • A selection of 3-dimensional items like Tichy or Grandt Line dow glass and also some shades made from craft paper. (Glue windows and various vents, billboards, doors, styrene tubes, etc. the shades at different heights for added realism.) • A #11 hobby knife, some weathering chalk 7. Apply the ad(s) using Elmer’s white glue or Rubber 10 Easy Steps Cement. I usually sand the front lightly and then run a light 1. Cut the foam board to the size you want. Virtually any coat of India ink/alcohol wash over the ad to tone it down size will work. Remember that scale is determined by the and give it a weathered look. When you paste the ad directly size of windows and doors, so how high or long you want the to the brick paper you can’t get the ad to sink into the spaces building is up to you. between the brick so it looks painted on (as you do on a resin 2. Mount the Clever Models brick sheets on the foam or Hydrocal brick wall) since there’s no texture in the paper. board. If you’re doing a larger flat, you’ll need to match the But, from any reasonable distance it will still look pretty multiple brick sheets as best you can so that the foam board great. An option for smaller ads is to mount them on a thin doesn’t show. If you’re using white foam board, you can spray board or even cardstock, make a thin wood border around paint it black before mounting the brick sheets. This will help the ad and create a 3-dimensional billboard (Photo 2). hide any minor gaps. Don’t worry about the seams between 8. Add a business name either on the building or on the sheets. They’ll be taken care of later. After mounting the roof. There are many ways to do this. You can do a separate paper, I like to dust on some gray or black weathering chalk sign with dry transfer letters, and then add it to the flat. You and then wipe it vertically with a paper towel to tone down can also apply the dry transfer letters directly to the brick the brick paper and age it a bit. paper. The Garen Photo letters are 3-dimensional letters that 3. Lay out the ads and windows in a rough way to see I had in my shop (Photo 3). The Goar & Vetter letters were how you’d like the building to look (Photo 1). done by painting the background wood strip white, putting 4. Now the careful part: outline the size of the windows on self-stick letters, then painting the whole thing with a

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black spray can. After it dries, peel off the letters and Voila!, an instant sign. Of course, you can always just make an original sign on your computer. 9. We’re almost finished. so now is the time for some optional details. Depending on how deep you’d like the flat, you can add a faux roof the width of the building and 1-2 inches deep. Skip this part if you don’t have the room. Its purpose is to provide a platform for roof billboards, vents, etc. 10. Finally, remember those seams? If they show too much, paint some 3/32” and/or 1/8” round styrene and some Berkshire Valley electrical boxes (or cut just the boxes from some rectangular styrene) and place the round styrene strip along the seam. You can glue it to the brick with CA (mind those fingers, though). You can further hide the seams by applying white glue and then some Woodland Scenics foliage material to create climbing vines (Photo 4). That’s about it. There are many options to make each building flat look different from the others. The Garen Photo Supply has a double bay-window type extension. Use you own creativity and in no time you’ll have a whole row of background flats that will add immensely to the realism of your layout. u

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Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 35 Culverts And Drainage Pipes

L. Lee Davis

Railroads have always had to reckon with drainage prob- You can get either plastic or brass tubing and it is offered lems of the track bed and have, over the years, utilized sever- in quite a lot of sizes to fit almost any scale. Take your scale al methods to deal with this on going problem. One of which ruler with you when you shop for tubing so you can measure is plain old drainage pipes. This is an easy and inexpensive the diameter of it. As an example 7/32” = 12” pipe, 3/8” = way to add a touch of realism to your right-of-way. I have 18” pipe, and 1/2” = 24” pipe in O Scale (Photo 2). Plastic rarely seen drainage pipes used on most layouts and it’s hard or brass tubing will work fine for concrete pipe when painted to understand why they’re not used more often. Let’s do a bit of thinking on this. Where am I going to put drainage pipes? 2 Like the real railroads we want to put pipes where water wants to congregate. Water pools at the lowest point flooding out the roadbed. If your base scenery is done, then it will be self-evident where the pipes or culverts will go. If not, then a little planning is in order. The method used to do your subroadbed will determine the best way to mount your drainage pipes. You could just drill a hole through the subroadbed but I think that would weaken it and waste a lot of pipe. I would suggest straight cutting pieces of brass or plastic tubing in lengths 4 to 6 scale feet, then glue and clamp them on to the subroadbed just 3 below the ballast line. With some methods you might need to place small 1” x 1” square mounting blocks along the edge (Photo 1). 1

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Recently, MTH released an O Scale 64 ft. open-platform wooden coach. It’s based on a Long Island Railroad prototype 2 built for commuter service around the early 1900s and numbered in the 200 series. I altered the MTH car to represent one of fifty B&O open-platform wooden coaches in various classes built between 1886 and 1912. They were sent to the Staten Island Rapid Transit in the early 1920s to help with increasing passenger traffic. The prototype cars had steam heat and electric lighting supplied by a generator on the locomotive. As the SIRT’s electrification was completed, new steel subway-compatible cars were delivered and the coaches were then returned to the B&O. In this motley fleet were three 64 ft. cars having nineteen side windows. They were built by Pullman for the Coal and Coke Railway of West Virginia in 1912 and were the new- est cars in that group of fifty (Photo 1). The C&C became 1

part of the B&O after WW I. While the C&C cars had paired side windows, the MTH car has nineteen single windows. It would be close enough to look like a former branch-line coach pressed into metropolitan rapid transit service late in its life. side was altered to be a shorter arched window, like the C&C While made initially for the 3-Rail market, this car is easily prototype. More details, new paint and SIRT lettering will converted to 2-Rail as shown in an article by Joe Giannovario complete the transformation. (OST #39, July/August 2008). Read on and see how the Disassembly appearance of this MTH coach can be made over. Disassemble the car by removing the six large screws from The Car the underframe and then lift the body off. There are many Made for operation with tight curves, MTH placed the screws of various sizes in this car. Sort and save them and the steps beyond the car sides to allow for maximum coupler other little parts in an empty egg carton or other container. swing (Photo 2). Over the lowest steps the car measures 10’9” Take out the screws to remove the car steps. Use care in wide – more than a large steam locomotive! These steps pulling the steps off the underframe. They are a tight fit and should be about one to two inches inside the width of a car are delicate. Do not try to twist them off. Pry them up gently for proper AAR (and NMRA) clearance. Brake parts are the with a thin screwdriver blade around the mounting flange. second item to be addressed. There is a small, square box The steps are indexed right and left. The notched side of the on the underbody; it’s supposed to be a brake cylinder and step faces the carbody. Remove the interior seating from the should be round. Also, there is no control valve for the brake underframe along with the steel weights. Remove the trucks system. The end windows were blanked on the MTH model, and disconnect the lighting wiring. Do not lose the thin brass as the prototype did not have them. The last window on each truck washers.

Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 39 Next, remove the lighting assembly from the roof. The wires Next, cement shims made from 0.010” thick styrene to unplug from the gray contact connector and from clips on one each side of the piece. These shims will replace the material end. Pull off the gray connector, taking care not to lose the the saw kerf removed. After the cement dries, be sure to trim contact springs. Leave the reflector tape in place. Remove the and notch the shims on each side to match the part’s profile. car ends from the body. These may be a tight fit as they slide Check the fit and, if necessary, lightly sand each side evenly out of grooves in the car sides. Use care when pulling them for a snug fit. Cement the part back in place on the under- free. The underside roof end pieces can stay in place. body, being sure it is even on the top side. I found it best to Remove all of the car’s window glazing. If one is damaged work and finish each step one at a time. To stiffen the ends, it can be easily replaced. Replacements for the green glaz- I added centersill beams made from 3/32” x 3/16” styrene ing may be more difficult to find. The coach is now ready for strip. They are located so their centers line up with the nut modification work (Photo 3). detail on the end sills. These bolts represent the ends of the 3 inner truss rods on a prototype car (Photo 5). 5

Two pieces of 0.060” scribed styrene 0.020” thick were cut to 1-19/32” long and 17/32” wide (9 boards) and sanded on the back until they were reduced to 0.015”or a bit less in thickness. These were cemented to the top of the smooth platform to better represent a wood deck (Photo 6). I used some Athearn drop style grabirons on the end sills. Brass wire of 0.022” or 0.025” diameter can also be used. Figure A shows the dimensions for the grabirons. Figure B, from the Car Builder’s Cyclopedia, shows the location and dimensions for these on the coach. 6 The Car Steps The first order of business is to relocate the car steps 3/16” inward on each side. To move them in, use a fine-toothed razor saw and cut 1/2” further in at each side of the step recess on the underframe. Use a drawing motion with the saw; do not push. Score a deep, straight line on the underside between these cuts, making several passes with a fresh single- edged razor blade. Be sure all cuts are square and true. Snap off the car step mounting area and smooth the cut surfaces with a file or fine emery paper. Trim 3/16” from the inner edge of the broken-off piece. This cut should be about 1/32” from the step mounting boss (Photo 4). 4 Figure A

40 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 Figure B

The Underframe 8 The square box-like brake cylinder was pulled off the The Coal and Coke underframe and replaced with an All Nation passenger brake coaches had arched side cylinder. The large box with the wood detail was removed windows at each end. To and its mounting bosses were cut down to the side sill height. make them, drill two 1/2” An All Nation passenger UC brake control valve was cement- diameter holes in a piece of ed between those bosses. 3/32” thick styrene sheet. Next, the truss rods were bent so their angles would be at It took several changes of the queen posts and not some point beyond. The center of bits, each a little larger than each truss rod was fitted with a 5/32” long piece of wire insu- the other and drilling by lation slipped over it to represent the turnbuckle. All of these hand to keep from ruining were secured in place with CA (Photo 7). the styrene. The drilled holes are 7 cut to make four half-round arched sections. Each section is then trimmed to fit a window opening. The bar in each end window was cut out and the arched piece is cemented in its place. A 3/32” x 3/32” styrene strip was fitted over the top of the lower window sash of each side’s end windows to shorten them. A 0.020” thick by 0.060” scribed overlay 3/32” wide was cemented below it over the original lower sash. A small strip of 1/32” x 3/64” styrene was added for the window sill (Photo 9). 9 This model does not have a generator and battery box. While these old B&O coaches had electric lighting, they did not have generators or battery boxes. Running in three to five car trains with a mile or less between stops, the locomotive’s generator supplied the lighting needs at night. The Car Ends And Sides With the steps relocated, the ends must now be filled in at each lower corner to close the resulting gaps. Pieces of 3/32” thick styrene were used with overlays of 0.020” thick, 0.060” scribed styrene sheet. They are matched to the car siding as best as possible. Door thresholds made from a piece of 1/32” The Car Roof x 3/64” styrene strip were notched to fit along the lower edge More details were applied to the car roof. Small round of the door. They fill the gap between the scribed platform vents from Keil Line were installed over the arched windows deck and car door bottom. at each right-end of the car. Two ladder stays were made from Since the Coal and Coke car did not have end windows, 0.022” diameter brass wire and installed on the lower part of the end windows were filled in with pieces of 3/32” thick sty- the roof at each right end. Figure C is not scaled; so follow rene and more 0.020” thick by 0.060” spaced scribed over- the dimensions shown. Drip rails, made from 1/32” x 3/64” lays. This matches the thickness of the car end (Photo 8). styrene strip with one edge rounded off, were cemented to Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 41 Figure C 10

coats about an hour apart. I brush painted the brake wheels, end sill grab irons and platform railings PolyScale Engine Black, along with the conductor’s brake valve. the roof at each end. These details were brush-painted with Between coats, the interior seating piece was airbrushed PolyScale Engine Black, which reasonably matches the MTH with Floquil’s New York Central Dark Gray. Micro-Mark has roof paint. replacement paint bottles with caps that match the Badger Conductor’s Brake Valve airbrush. They make changing colors much easier when air- A conductor’s brake valve was added on one end platform. brushing. It is located at the left end of the side where the UC valve is Lettering on the underbody. the valve is made from 0.028” diameter After drying for a day or two, the masked car sides and brass wire with a handle of 0.019” diameter wire flattened, ends were given a spray of Glosscote in preparation for let- wrapped and soldered to it and then bent (Figure D). tering with Champ’s “Dulux Gold” alphabet decal sets. Car numbers for the ends and the sides were done with 3/32” Figure D Express and 5/32” Railroad Roman respectively. The road name is 1/8” Chelsea. While Champ’s Chelsea lettering is rather heavy-looking, it’s as close as I could get to a B&O/ SIRT font. The corners of each E, L, and T were trimmed and the E’s center tail tweaked to more closely match SIRT lettering. Champ’s decal setting solution was used to bed down the lettering. Air bubbles, showing under the decals as whitish spots, were poked with a pin and a bit more setting solution was applied. After drying overnight, the lettering was wiped with a damp cloth to remove any remaining decal glue. When dry, another spray of Glosscote was applied to seal them. The next day, several light sprays of Dullcote were applied, to further seal the decals and to dull the shiny MTH roof. Paint and decal work was also detailed in an article on painting and let- Painting tering a B&O baggage car (OST #20, May/June 2005). Now the car is ready for paint and new lettering. The car’s After removing the masking materials, the clerestory glaz- old lettering was rubbed with fine emery paper and steel ing strips were matched and reinstalled in their original loca- wool to remove as much of it as possible. The car has rather tions with drops of CA. deeply “grained” wood siding, so it is difficult to remove all The clear MTH window glazing was replaced with 0.015” of it. The parts to be painted were cleaned to remove dust, thick clear styrene. Frosted window areas were made by rub- fingerprints and bits of styrene. Glued joints were checked bing the inside surface of the glazing with fine emery paper. over and cleaned up if needed. The underbody and trucks Use an up and down, then side to side motion first. Dust it off were airbrushed with a coat of Floquil’s Engine Black and and then rub it again in a circular motion. This makes a uni- Grimy Black in a 50/50 mix. This lightens the Engine Black form, frosted glass look when seen from the outside. The glaz- and avoids the bluish hue that Grimy Black sometimes shows ing was glued in place along with window shades cut from in photos. Once dry, the underbody was wrapped in news- black ribbon, using Walthers Goo with a Micro-tip. Take care paper and masked to cover the black areas, so the end sills that the glue will not show in a window! Shade heights can and platforms could be painted green. The black areas of be varied if they are cut to one, two or three window widths the roof were masked since the sides of the clerestory will before cementing in place. be the body color of the car. Masking tape was also applied Reassembly inside to cover the clerestory and coach windows (Photo 10). When inserting the car ends, be sure to scrape off any A piece of rolled newspaper stuffed into the clerestory roof paint that may be on the tapered flanges that slide into the car covered the light reflector strip. Floquil’s current shade of sides. These ends fit very tightly. Reinstall the light strip in the Pullman Green is reasonably close to the B&O’s coach/olive roof and fit the wiring into the slots on the car end. Plug the green which the SIRT also used. The car steps, ends, body wire into the connector and then slide the connector onto its and underbody platform ends were given two light airbrushed post. The brass spring contacts face the car floor. Attach the 42 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 weights and the interior to the underframe. When attaching the trucks, scrape off any paint on the bolster and the contact Figure F area on the truck. Be sure the thin brass washer is in place over the truck’s mounting boss. Because MTH screws trucks on from inside the car, be sure that they are tight. The screws could work loose and a truck could possibly come off. Fixing that will require disassem- bling the car. Attach the couplers and the car steps. My car came with coupler shims and self-tapping screws hidden in a compart- ment of the packing. These shims were sanded down to get the coupler at the correct height. The self-tapping screws were replaced with brass 2-56 machine screws cut to the correct length. Self-tapping screws can eventually strip the One end link of the chain was slightly squeezed with pli- threaded hole in the plastic underbody. ers and attached to the underbody with a cut-off straight pin When installing the steps, it helps to clean out any paint and a drop of CA. These details were brush painted with the from inside the mounting hole with the tip of a rattail needle Floquil 50/50 black mix. A specific detail for the SIRT is the file. That way, they should fit over the boss on the underbody electrical jumper cable for the locomotive powered car light- without undue force. Be sure the notched side of the step ing that hangs from the roof at each end. MTH’s roof detail- faces the carbody. Put in the attaching screws. Finally, the ing represents Pintsch gas piping for car lights. It can also coach body is mounted to the underframe. Take care here; it represent electrical conduits. The jumpers are made from fine only fits one way. When securing the body screws, be sure stranded insulated wire with a short piece of larger insula- they turn into place without cutting new threads. Otherwise tion applied at one end for a plug. Clamps made from 0.022” they could strip the plastic mounting posts. diameter brass wire hold them in place at the roof ends A Few More Details (Photo 11). Steam lines on older cars like this were hoses. These are 11 modeled with short pieces of #20 black insulated wires. A collar of larger insulation was put on one end to represent the coupling union. The safety chains were made from a piece of discarded costume jewelry. It had flat links that scaled 6” long. Pull-type uncoupling rods were made from 0.019” diameter brass wire fashioned to look like those sometimes found on cars like this. Pieces of 0.015” x 0.060” brass strip are used for the uncoupling rod support. The coupler end is fitted to wrap around the Kadee® box. Figure E is not to Figure E

scale. Follow the dimensions and bend the rod to fit the location. Small pieces of 3/32” styrene were cemented between The Staten Island Rapid Transit had high-level platforms the steps and coupler box on each side to provide a place for at all stations since 1884. The 50 open-platform cars were attaching these parts. modified for that with trap plates and gates. On this model, The steam line and air hoses are attached closest to the the trap plates are made of thin styrene sheet painted Pullman coupler. The steam lines are #20 stranded, black insulated green and applied over the step openings (Photo 12). Four wires. One end of the insulation was cut back about 1/8” and safety gates were made from 0.015” x 0.060” brass strip for tinned with solder. This end was bent and fitted into a hole in the top and bottom. Holes for 0.022” brass wire were spaced the pad on the left side of the coupler, then formed and cut 1/8”apart from the outer end. The inner ends were drilled to the proper length. A snippet of larger insulation was fitted 0.028” (a #70 bit) and cut to make slots for the gate to fit onto as a collar to represent the coupling union. Two cast brass air the handrail. The vertical rods were fitted, soldered in place hoses were similarly attached to the right side of the coupler. and trimmed to length, as shown in Figure G. The safety chains have four links on the right side of the cou- The safety gates were painted PolyScale Engine Black. pler and three on the left side, with a hook on the end made These trap plates and gates are fitted so they could be easily from 0.030” diameter brass wire. (See Figure F.) removed if no longer wanted. With a different look and iden- Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 43 into their attachment holes in the bottom of the car. I also left off the eyelets that MTH used. This looked much better to me and was more pleasing. Photo 13 shows the differences from start to finish.

Materials, Supplies and Tools: Liquid cement for styrene CA glue Walthers Goo and Micro-Tips 0.015” clear styrene sheet for replacement window glazing Black ribbon 1/2” to 3/4” wide – window shades 0.010” white sheet styrene - shims 0.020” white sheet styrene, scribed .060” 3/32” styrene sheet 1/32” x 3/64” styrene strip 3/16” x 3/8” styrene strip 0.019”, 0.022” or 0.025”, 0.028” and 0.030” diameter brass Figure G wire 0.015” x 0.060” brass strip Four Grandt Line 1/16” diameter nut/bolt/washer details Four air hose detail parts Passenger type brake cylinder with slack adjuster extension Passenger type air brake valve 2” of 20 AWG wire with black insulation, for steam hoses 14 links of chain with links no more than 1/8” or less than 3/32” long for car end safety chains Four straight pins for fastening safety chains to underbody Floquil Pullman Green, Engine Black and Grimy Black Poly Scale Engine Black Spare bottle for mixing and storing paint Testors Glosscote Testors Dullcote Single edge razor blades Fine toothed razor saw tity, this old coach is back in service. Files, emery paper, sandpaper, 000 steel wool At this point I thought I was finished but the more I looked No. 74, No. 72 and No. 70 drills (0.022”, 0.025” and 0.028” at the coach the more those low hanging truss rods bugged dia.) me. The Long Island prototype and the car I was modeling Pin vise for the SIRT both had truss rods that were much closer to the Drill bits up to ½” diameter underframe. Phillips head screwdrivers I pulled off the rods and cut back all eight of the plastic Flat blade screwdrivers queen posts by about half. With a small file, I cut a shallow Tweezers groove into the cut ends of each queen post. Then I rebent Empty egg carton or other storage for small parts the truss rods to fit back over the shortened queen posts and

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*All Offers Cordially Considered LSASE for Complete List Layaway Available Shipping 6% - $6.95 Min., $15.00 Max Ohio Residents Add 6.75% Sales Tax 46 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 NEWS: Laser-cut Architectural Materials; MSRP: $9.99 & NEWS: 2-Rail Converted GENERAL 4-4-0; MSRP: $1499.95 $12.99 each SMR Trains, PO Box 753, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 Model Tech Studios, PO Box 1497, N. Hampton NH 03682 Email: [email protected] 603-964-5995 • www.modeltechstudios.com It’s not often that folks can get a second chance to own a Model Tech Studios has begun sellout! When SMR’s ground-breaking, fully decorated, all- producing a new line of architectural brass model of the famous Civil War locomotive the GEN- materials which ERAL was introduced, only 25 2-Rail models were made. are essentially These sold out immediately and no resale of this popular laser engraved engine has been noted to date. wood sheets. Now SMR has contracted the original Korean builder They sent us a of their Civil War era locomotive to convert a total of 18 sample of a brick remaining models from 3-Rail to 2-Rail operation. With sheet painted and these additional models the number produced will still be weathered, as just 43 pieces total! well as a sample The conversion will consist of replacing the 3-rail of a cut block wheels, pickups and other electronics, with all new wheels wall and heav- and drivers, having RP25 flanges and profile with new ily worn and weathered wring and insulation for 2-Rail. The revised model will also siding. Available on the feature a real wood load to replace the original casting Model Tech website is along with additional weight. Of course, everything will be a sheet of old, worn, fully decorated with SMR’s super-detailed, museum-authen- cracked concrete side- ticated, 12-color paint scheme. walk, also etched into The additional 2-Rail GENERALs are expected this wood. spring. Price is just $1499.95, delivered. A refundable The idea behind these deposit of $100 is required to hold your model. Because engraved sheets is to save time making structures by not this is an extremely limited, special release, it is expected having to laminate materials to backer sheets to get the that these models will sell out quickly. look of brick, stone, etc. Contact SMR directly by email to [email protected] or The O Scale brick, stone and siding sheets are 6” x write to SMR Trains, PO Box 753, Mount Laurel, NJ 08054. 24” and cost $12.99 per sheet. The sidewalk sets provide 30 linear inches of material and sell for $9.99 per sheet. NEWS: Autumn Colors In The Northeast, Fall Foliage series Model Tech Studios will be producing more of these unique from SceniKing. products during 2009. BPH Enterprises, 4 Palmer Drive, Barrie, ON L4M 9V4 Canada. NEWS: Kit #O214, The Auto Dealer Relief; MSRP: $49.95 705-739-4878 •www.sceniking.com DSL Shops, 630-858-1803 • www.dslshops.com Now shipping to dealers, the Fall Foliage Series from This new kit is a circa 1920-30 brick auto dealer in relief. SceniKing creates new, longer images in all scales from N It is made from cast urethane that must be cleaned, painted to G. The full line of 104 SceniKing photo backdrop kits and assembled. It features pre-cut dealer signs and pre-colored are printed as individual panels on 8-1/2” x 14” 24-pound dealer sign pieces, plus other paper signs. The finished building paper. Careful assembly using the manufacturer’s instruc- is 13-3/8" wide by 3-3/8" deep by 5-5/8" high. See your local tions can create a seamless image. hobby dealer first, or contact DSL Shops at [dsl@dslshops. Package #R028 Autumn Treeline provides 9-1/2 feet of com], 630-858-1803. brilliant fall foliage for O and S scales, and connects with #U029 Autumn Camp, to add 9-1/2 feet more. These kits sell for $49.95 each. SceniKing photo backdrop kits are available through authorized dealers or direct from BPH Enterprises.

Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 47 NEWS: Evans Gondola Kit #19201; MSRP: $99.95 that the roof fits on the tank only one way and is marked BTS, RR1 Box 141A, Belington WV 26250 with an "F" on the underside. I could not find the mark, nor 304-823-3729 • www.btsrr.com did it seem to matter which way the roof sat on the tank. All of the cast parts were examined for flash and cleaned In 1975, the Southern Iron and Equipment Co. (SIECO) up accordingly. I noted a strong odor, almost like kerosene, started building a 52'-6", 100-ton gondola. Evans took over coming from the resin castings. This odor was present SIECO and continued building the cars through December whenever I sanded or cut the resin. 1981. A total of 1,730 cars were built with three minor body I test fitted the roof to the tank body and noted that the variations. This model represents the second and the most top of the tank casting was not level. The only way to get common version. a level top surface was to either saw off the excess resin or The unpainted kit consists of a one-piece body and machine it off, as simply filing it off would take forever. I frame casting made of high quality, no-odor urethane, hid- opted to machine it off using a Dremel rotary tool in a ver- den weight along with brass and white metal brake compo- tical tool holder. I could have used a table saw but it would nents. Assembly is easy using CA or epoxy. Decals, trucks, have taken longer to set that up. The resin machined easily and couplers not included. Decals for the Evans Gondola and the tank body was level in no time. I then followed the are available for Maine Central, #12720, for $7.95 and for instructions for assembly. I used CA glue for almost all of CNW, #12721, for $5.95. the assembly. Since the V&T was a standard gauge railroad, I figured REVIEW: Franktown Water Tank #VTFTWT: MSRP: $79.95 the tank would be okay for use on the OST Coal Creek Wiseman Model Services, 627 Cedar Lake, Ewing, KY 41039 Rwy. layout. Oops! Nope. The Franktown tank was used 606-267-3466 • www.locopainter.com with standard gauge locomotives, yes, but they were rather small. The assembled tank has a height more appropriate Reviewed by Joe Giannovario for On30/On3 locomotives. So, I modified the model by adding an extra four scale feet (1") to the bottom of the tank The Prototype base which I then covered with Plastruct masonry sheet. This unusual square water tower serviced the Virginia & Had I really thought about it before I started, I would have Truckee Railroad at Franktown, Nevada in the Washoe Val- cut new, longer tank supports. ley. The tank stood until late 1983 when it was lowered to Getting back to the roof, I fitted soffits of 2x6 styrene to the ground because it had become unstable. A two-thirds the lip on the under side of the roof. I then glued additional sized replica can be seen at the Nevada State Railroad 0.040" styrene strips to the inside edges of the soffits. This Museum [www.nsrm-friends.org/nsrm88.html]. allowed the roof to slip down over the tank body and sit The Kit centered on the body. This kit consists of a cast resin base, tank, roof; a bag of The only other area that gave me some trouble was set- pre-cut wood parts, and a bag of soft white metal castings, ting the tank on the supports. It’s very difficult to get all the plus plans and instructions. supports to line up with the notches in the tank base. So I Assembly used a Dremel tool and opened up all of the notches a bit I read all the instructions before assembly and familiar- except at the four corners of the tank. I set the tank down ized myself with the various parts. The instructions note on the supports making sure it was supported at the four corners and was both level and square with the base. I then used a polyurethane cement to attach the tank to the supports. The cement foams slightly and expands as it sets, filling any voids in the machined out notches. This worked out very well. I chose not to install the water spout and mechanism as the CCR likes to use water plugs. The frost box on the prototype came out of the back of the tank. I installed a new frost box down the center of the tank into the base (just barely visible in the photo). I painted the tank with a combination of Floquil Rail Brown on all the wooden parts and acrylic craft paint on the rest of the tank parts. Conclusions The kit was easy to assemble and paint. It only took about 6 hours of work total and builds into a unique water tank. My only real issue was having to machine off the top of the tank body. For $80, I think the manufacturer should make sure the top is level before it goes in the box. If you need a water tank for a narrow gauge railroad or just want something different, this might be what you are looking for.

48 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 REVIEW: Canadian Pacific 4-4-4 Jubilee, 2-Rail w/o sound; extended on the model by 4 scale inches. I presume this was MSRP: $995. done to permit operation on sharp curves for the 3-Rail versions. Weaver Models, PO Box 231, Northumberland PA 17857 Nevertheless, the overall length of the locomotive and the driv- 570-473-9434 • www.weavermodels.com ing wheelbase is not compromised. For those who object to the smaller diameter wheels, they can be replaced. I also noted that Reviewed by Joe Giannovario the boiler diameter is a scale foot too wide but it is not really noticeable. The color of the cab window frame, which should The Prototype have been Tuscan Red, was near fuscia. The tuscan panel on The Canadian Pacific built two series of 4-4-4 Jubilee loco- the tender seemed a tad too long in both directions. The former motives. The first series of five built in 1936, designated F2a, is fixable, the latter is not. The air pipes on the air tank over the had 80” drivers and the main rod was connected to the first lead truck are missing but are an easy addition to make. Lastly, I set of drivers as if it were a 4-4-0 American. The second series noted the tender has markings indicating a 7000 gallon capac- consisted of 20 locomotives designated F1a and numbered from ity while both the drawing and online references indicate 7700 2910-2929. These F1a engines, built in 1938, had 75” drivers gallons. Also, the drawing shows 12 tons of coal marked on the and were lighter in weight than the F2a class. tender while the model has no notation for coal. The F1a engines were designed for lightweight streamlined Compatibility intercity passenger service which never materialized. They were All the wheels and drivers checked out against an NMRA then assigned to secondary local passenger service on the prai- O Scale Standards Gage. Since this is a DC-only model it will ries and in eastern Canada. One photo I found online showed operate with other DC-only locomotives. Because of the very an F1a pulling a string of three heavyweight passenger cars. low starting voltage, it will not run well with Dual-mode DCC Locomotive #2929 was known to have operated between or DCS engines in DC mode. The tender came equipped with a Montreal and Ottawa in 1957 and as late as 1958 between Kadee® compatible scale coupler. Montreal and Farnham, Ontario. The 2929 was sold in 1959 Performance to American entrepreneur F. Nelson Blount who founded the The test model was 2-Rail DC without sound. The engine original Steamtown in New Hampshire. The 2929 resides in weighed four lbs. exactly and the tender weighed 1.5 lbs. The the current Steamtown outside of Allentown, Pa. One other F1a model started moving with no load at 1.7 Volts and 300mA. exists at the Canadian Railway Museum in Delton, Quebec. No The speed was steady at five scale miles per hour. With nine O examples of an F2a exist. More information about the Jubilee Scale freight cars attached (approx. nine lbs.) the current draw at class can be found online at [http://www.nps.gov/history/history/ the same voltage was 400mA on level track. However, with the online_books/steamtown/shs3h.htm]. nine cars attached, the engine could not pull the train up a 3+% The Model grade. I reduced the number of cars from nine to eight and then Weaver has produced a brass model of the F1a Jubilee. The to seven before it would take the train up the grade with a great model sent for review was painted, lettered and numbered deal of slipping. 2929. Weaver also offers number 2928. A certificate was includ- I suspected the model suffered from low engine weight ed with the model that indicated only 70 2-Rail models have because of the lack of a smoke unit in the boiler as did the CP been made. The model is constructed in the manner typical of Empress I tested earlier (OST #37, pg 58), so I grabbed a chunk imported brass locomotives: a formed brass boiler, cab and ten- of Tungsten from my workbench and taped it on the boiler over der with assorted cast brass fittings. The model was assembled the center of the drivers. This extra 6.5 ounces made a huge dif- nicely and the finish was flawless. The model has lighted class ference in performance and the locomotive climbed the grade lamps, headlight and backup light. The headlight and backup with no problem drawing 700mA. light are directional. Conclusions Fidelity This is a very nice model of an unusual wheel arrangement Upon removal from its packing, the valve gear rods were specific to the Canadian Pacific Railway. Nonetheless, it's nice observed to be bent, as were the hangers. I was able to bend to see small steam locomotives on the market. It runs smoothly them back in shape with my fingers. The rods seem to be made and quietly but I would strongly recommend adding extra of soft plated brass. I would prefer the rods and valve gear be weight to this engine if it's purchased without sound and smoke. made of harder material like Nickel Silver. The main rod and eccentric are held in place with a slotted screw. A hex head screw would have been better looking. Other than these two items, the model looks very nice. I located plans for the F1a in the December 1963 issue of Model Railroader. I checked all the major dimensions and found only a few discrepancies. The most notable difference is the lead truck wheel diameter. They should be 33” but measure out at 29”on the model. The lead truck wheelbase was also

Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 49 Review: MTH GE Dash 8-40C w/Scale Wheelsets; MSRP: $449.95 without knowing better, you’d swear a couple of the pistons were MTH Electric Trains, 7020 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, MD 21046 swapping cylinders as the prime mover idles. After returning www.mthtrains.com home, I ran the MTH 8-40 again and can say it sounds like the real thing. Reviewed by Gene Clements & Joe Giannovario Compatibility (Joe Giannovario) I checked all the wheels with the NMRA O Scale standards The Prototype gage. All the wheelsets passed. Once installed, the scale couplers Produced by General Electric, the first production Dash 8 mod- were at the correct height without the need for shimming. els went to the Union Pacific as 9100 series in December of 1987. Performance Although similar in carbody design to the C-39-8, the cab was I tested the unit on a conventional DC system while Joe tested raised sufficiently to match the hood contours over the dynamic both DC and DCS systems. Our results are: brake apparatus resulting in a smooth roof design. Originally pro- Gene’s Comments - The unit was operated using a Starr duced with the GE standard cab and low nose, later production Tech “Hogger” DC throttle. The sound system turns on and goes units were equipped with the wide North American style cab and through start-up at 4 volts. At 5 to 6 volts the headlights illuminate carried a (W) designation for Wide Cab. The unit’s identification and at 7+ volts (@ 200mA) the unit will start to move. At standard stands for Dash 8, 1980’s improved electronics and features, which speed on my layout (30-40 smph) the unit drew 12 volts at 55% included the primary dynamic brake grids enclosed in an enlarged throttle. At 90% plus throttle this unit will move an estimated 60+ box over the brake blower fan mounted at the cab end of the smph. prime mover. 40 stands for 4,000 H.P. plus and the “C” stands for Once the sound system goes through start-up, the prime 6 powered axles. mover revs up with the increase of power; likewise it throttles The Model down as power is decreased until you stop and the sound system This is not the MTH 2-Rail model from the 1990s. Although returns to idle. Once stopped with the throttle off, the battery this locomotive has a plastic body and metal frame as used before, backup keeps the sound system active in idle for about 30 sec- the quality and detail is much improved. Twin vertical can motors onds. Then the sound system cycles through shutdown and turns power the unit. The die-cast fuel tank houses the speaker for the off. The sound system is not playable or adjustable in DC mode, sound system and brings the weight in at 7 lbs. 4 ozs. This weight with the exception of the volume control located underneath the produces excellent tractive effort. Without scale plans to check radiator housing. Since MTH’s DCS system is proprietary, you will measurements, the unit is a scale 71’ 6” over the face of the need to use it to enjoy the full effects of the sound system. Kadee® couplers. It is a scale 10’ wide and stands 15’ 6” from the In testing on level track the engine reached 28 ozs. of drawbar rail top to the roof of the cab. pull prior to wheel slip. The unit is factory equipped with Proto-Sound 2.0, a variable As everyone knows who reads my writings, I like to run mul- smoke unit, operating headlights, flashing ditch lights and scale tiple powered units in consist. I operated the 8-40C with an MTH wheels with fixed front and rear pilots. The unit is also available in SD70ACe and other conventional DC Diesels without onboard 3-Rail and unpowered versions. Other road names include CSX, electronics. MU’d with the 70ACe, the two ran together as a team C&NW and Norfolk Southern. but the electronics seemed to compete with each other. Operat- Fidelity ing with non-electronic units, these engines tended to push or The unit was painted in Union Pacific colors, lettered and pull the 8-40C simply because of the electronics’ power require- numbered correctly. The paintwork is sharp and crisp down to ments. Operating as a single unit or with a dummy yielded good the warning placards on the long hood. Grab irons, stanchions results. and safety railings all appear to be installed per prototype photos. Joe’s Comments - The slowest speed in DCS mode was 2.5 Additional details included coupler lift levers, m.u. hoses and cab smph. Since this is a road engine, not a switcher, this is quite crew. The pilots accept Kadee No. 806 coupler boxes which are acceptable. In DC mode the slowest smooth speed attainable was attached with two machine screws supplied with the engine. An 4.3 scale mph which is a bit on the high side. The power draw at included snowplow also attaches to the front pilot in the same this speed was 9.8 Volts and 400mA. Under a full load using my manner. 12 standard freight cars, the locomotive drew 800 mA at 12 Volts A word about the sound: a couple of days after this unit arrived on grade. and had been through its paces, I caught a trip with BNSF #863, Conclusions a Dash 8-40CW built in 1992. The idle of the 8-40 is distinctive; It is obvious from just viewing the model that MTH has been listening to its customer base. For those of you like me who own MTH 2-Rail Diesels from the 1990s, you will be impressed by the attention to detail and efforts to improve their products in order to compete in the O Scale marketplace. As Joe noted in his Observa- tions from issue 41, Nov/Dec 2008, MTH plans to have DCC compatible locomotives out in the fourth quarter of 2009. I, for one, will be looking forward to those products because when our hobby suppliers listen, the consumers win.

50 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 Product Review: Standard O and P48 passenger car trucks.; Drive unit that was mounted to one axle. These power extrac- MSRP, $150 tion units were typically mounted on the inboard axle closest Wasatch Model Company, PO Box 5669, Vernon Hills, IL to the body-mounted generator. My preproduction samples 60061 also included a casting for the generator which can be 847-833-5862 • www.wasatchmodel.com mounted to the carbody and connected to the axle unit with a length of flexible rubber tubing. The axle unit slides easily Reviewed by Mike Cougill in a lateral fashion on the axle to accommodate our much tighter than prototype curves. The Prototype Fidelity Lightweight passenger car technology came onto the rail- Checking the wheels against a P48 track gage showed road scene quickly in the pre and post-War eras, along with them to be right on the money. The same with the Standard new designs for four wheel trucks. According to an article O version when checked with an NMRA gage. Both trucks by Pat Wider in the Railroad Prototype Cyclopedia’s Vol. 6, are fully sprung and very free rolling. Since the I&W is a unlike freight car trucks, there really wasn’t a widely accepted freight operation, I don’t have any passenger equipment to way of classifying lightweight passenger trucks. Truck designs test the trucks on. However, I took the P48 truck for a stroll were all over the map due to the variety of manufacturers on the layout and it tracked well everywhere with a satisfying who were competing for the business. The Pullman Company clatter through the turnouts and rail joints. While I won’t be came up with a descriptive system of numbers and letters modeling any passenger service, these trucks are a welcome that identified most of the trucks in use with their cars, but it addition for O Scalers who do. The Standard O versions are is complicated to remember and use. For a more technical available from Wasatch while the P48 will be available from explanation of the details of the prototype’s truck designs and Protocraft. features, I refer all of you gentle readers to Pat’s article. The Model Roger Lewis of Wasatch Model Company is producing lightweight passenger car trucks based on the Southern Pacific’s 1939 prototype designs. The trucks are available with either Standard O (1-1/4” gauge, .145 wheels) or P48 wheelsets. The P48 version also has a correctly scaled bolster, which is 3-1/2 inches narrower than the Standard O trucks. Two confes- sions are in order immediately. I know next to nothing about passenger car trucks and even less about the Southern Pacific’s passenger cars and operations. Upon initial examination, the Wasatch trucks look very nice indeed. They are made of heavy brass castings that feature crisp detailing, right down to the lettering on the lids of the journal boxes. I was able to read most of this tiny lettering with the help of a strong magnifying glass, although some of it was obscured by the paint layer. The triple bolster design of the prototype is nicely represented on the model along with the brake hangers and other details. Overall, the workmanship was excellent and very clean. The wheelbase scaled out correctly at 8’-6” and the unpainted nickel silver wheels are insulated for two rail operation. Both versions featured a Spicer Positive Generator Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 51 Logging Caboose: Review: Non-Derail Circuit Board #6924, 2 or 3-Rail; MSRP: $ 19.95 Atlas O, LLC, 378 Florence Avenue, Hillside, NJ 07205 908-687-9590 • www.atlaso.com

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A new electronic board released by Atlas O is designed to insure correct current polarity when throwing switches (turnouts) for train routing. Engineered to work in either a 2-Rail or 3-Rail application, the board will control up to two separate turnouts. The Non-Derail Circuit Board is compatible with DC control systems and AC systems such as TMCC/Legacy, DCS and DCC. Although designed for use I tend to model in spurts. There are times when I can’t get in O Scale, the Non-Derail Circuit Board can be used in enough time at the workbench and other times when I don’t other popular scales. go out there for weeks. Happily right now, I’m in a busy The board requires a power supply of 6-22 Volts, AC or spurt! However, when I went to work on my current projects, DC. The electrical non-derail operation is provided by a I sadly discovered I couldn’t do much of anything. It seemed DPDT 8 amp latching relay for power routing plus auxiliary that every project needed something that was back ordered. uses. Optional outputs are provided for connecting add-on accessories such as the Atlas O Dwarf Signals to provide I know we all have been there and know how frustrating that turnout indications or LEDs for control panel turnout indica- can be. I have walked away more than once because of it. tions. Additionally, the Non-Derail Circuit Board interfaces Many years ago in the mid ‘70s, I built a narrow gauge with the Atlas O 21st Century Signal System and Custom four wheeled logging caboose for a friend. A very fun proj- Signals products and signal control boards. When used in a ect! I always thought I would do one for myself someday. 2-Rail control system application, the non-derail board pro- Well, recently, my friend Dan Downing and I have discussed vides polarity reversing for the turnout points and closure building a logging caboose or two. Both of us have become rails or frog dependant on the type turnout being used. interested in standard gauge modeling after our many years An additional 2-Rail feature of the board is the auto- of narrow gauge modeling. As a result of this, I have been matic control of a reverse loop by adding separate detec- going through my parts bin to see what can be used for stan- tion units for the loop and its approach. Designed to work dard gauge. with the Atlas O turnout motors, the board will also work Among the parts I found were an old set of eight Lee Town with Tortoise turnout motors and other electrically powered pedestals and another half of a set. I also found a pair of P48, turnout motors commonly used on O Scale layouts. 30” Northwest Shortline wheels, some link and pin couplers, In conclusion, rated at 8 Amps the Non-Derail Cir- Grandt Line brake shoes, assorted NBWs and all the things cuit Board should handle most all O Scale locomotives I’d need for an interior. Gee, I have everything needed to and lighted cars by providing correct power routing and build this model and I can build it much the same way a real improved electrical pick-up through your turnouts. Its logging line would by using what I had on hand. This would ability to control your turnout motors, either manually or be a nice diversion while I waited for the back orders for my automatically by route selection, should ease some of the other projects. headaches involved with wiring and dead spots on your After a little research, I was ready. I had enough stripwood turnouts. from Mt. Albert on hand; however, I needed some special A detailed wiring diagram is included with each circuit pieces, so I cut those on my table saw with a veneer blade. board that shows the power hook-ups, auxiliary signal wiring, non-derail switch motor and Tortoise switch motor With my wood cut I was ready to start the assembly. Since wiring, as well as diagrams for reverse loop wiring (2-Rail), this model was being built board by board, I pre-weathered turnout position indica- every piece. I always try to do something new with every tion, power routing and project and hopefully add a new technique to my skills. installation in a TMCC/ For this project I wanted a very weathered car, one where DCS SC2/ AIU electrical the paint was nearly gone! Photo 1 shows the tools and system. materials I used. Photo So check out the Non- 1 2 shows each step of the Derail Circuit Board at process on a sample piece your local hobby shop, of stripwood and explains Atlas O dealer or on the how I achieved the effect I Atlas O website. I’m sure wanted. It is basically a 6- you’ll find a spot where step process: it will be useful on your Step 1: I grained the layout. wood with a scriber and a wire brush (shown on the

52 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 A Diversion Model William W. Davis 2 lon drum and some Grandt Line caboose stove parts. I also scratchbuilt a bench for the figures, added a calendar on the wall, some firewood for the stove and the interior was done (Photo 4). far left section of the sample piece). I don’t like using the The undercarriage is pretty simple and Photo 5 illustrates Zona saw method as I feel the graining looks to uniform to be the creosote effect on the wood. realistic. Afterward I lightly sanded the pieces with some 400 This was a fun project! I’m glad I did it! I’m sure if you are grit wet/dry sandpaper to remove the wood fuzz and soften digging around in your parts box, you just might be amazed the graining effect a little. We all tend to overdo the graining at what you have in there. Who knows what fun diversion because it looks so good. That’s OK as it adds character to our project might be waiting for you. Bottom line: Have fun. After models. However on the other side of the coin, if you were all, isn’t that what this is all about? u to take a piece of wood that had been left in the desert to be sandblasted by the wind, took a picture of it and reduced the picture to ¼” scale, that piece would look nearly smooth. 3 Step 2: Next I dipped the wood into a home brewed mix of black shoe dye and alcohol (second segment). You can use commercial products like Weather -It or Silverwood. Step 3: I have been using a lot more craft paints on my models these days. The Apple Barrel brand can be bought at Wal Mart or your local arts and craft store. I feel they work well in many applications, especially when it comes to weathering. Now, to me, the wood looked too gray. So after it dried, I gave it a light coat of an Apple Barrel country tan which I rubbed in with my finger (third section). Messy, but fun. This made the wood look much better. Step 4: For the underframe, I gave the pieces a coat of a sweet and sour mix and put it in my shop microwave which made it look like it had been creosoted. I don’t recommend 4 doing this in your kitchen, as your wife will kill you for mess- ing with the microwave. Now for the siding, I drybrushed on Apple Barrel Barn Red, being careful to leave some of the unpainted wood color showing through, and let it dry natu- rally (fourth segment). Step 5: When the siding pieces dried, I lightly sanded them with 100 grit sandpaper, which removed a lot of the red, making it look like it hadn’t been painted in many, many years. The effect I was after! (Fifth segment.) Step 6: Finally, I again brushed on a coat of the shoe dye and alcohol mix to even it all out. I know this sounds like a long process but the end results are worth the effort (sixth segment). Now that the wood was ready, it was time to assemble all those little pieces into something. I basically winged it. I did what looked good to me as I went along. Probably what a 5 real logging line did. This gave me a lot of freedom and was a fun way to create a model. I wouldn’t do this on most of the models I build but this, as mentioned earlier, was a diversion model so it was anything goes. I made several simple drawings of the underframe, the walls and the roof framing and I assembled the pieces over these drawings. This created a series of sub assemblies to create the caboose. The roof was to be removable. I needed to hide that fact and at the same time keep it on the car. To do this I mounted the fascia to the roof instead of the walls, making sure that it had about a 3” reveal below the roof framing (Photo 3). This made it fit tight and it doesn’t look removable. For the interior I added a bunch of tools, some figures, and a stove that I built years ago from a Grandt line 55 gal- Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 53 2009 Conven- Gary Eames: This multilevel, medium-sized layout is tion Layout Tours - another John Armstrong Hi-Rail design and includes a helix as Part 1 well as unique solutions to the mushroom design. Based on The 2009 O the Pennsy’s Northern Central, it features numerous scratch- Scale National built buildings based on prototypes in Baltimore (Fell’s Point, features a large number of layouts to visit representing O Scale, Proto48, On3, On30, and scale Hi-Rail. Many of the layouts have been featured in the model press. We are arranging for a significant number of layouts to be open so you can visit them before the convention on Wednesday, June 17, or afterwards on Sunday, June 21. These layouts will be organized along travel corridors. The three major groupings are southern (Routes 95 and 81 from the south), northern (Routes 95and 81 from the north), and western (Routes 70 and 68 from the west). Layout tours during the convention will be available Thurs- day evening and Saturday afternoon. Some layouts will be open on multiple dates. A detailed schedule of layout dates and times will be posted on the convention website, and will be made available to registrants at the convention. A sampling of the layouts arranged as of December is described below. Additional layouts are expected to be available. Southern Group: Layouts in Northern Virginia, DC, and Maryland suburbs near DC. Bob Guillete: Bob’s New York, New Haven and Hartford Canton, & Pig Town) and suburbs (Monkton). There is a rotary Railroad layout demonstrates that you really don’t need a lot of dumper with sound effects, a coal loading facility, a spectacu- lar union station and other interesting scenes. John Sethian: A PRR layout that includes electrics, and a mid-town Manhattan scene. John retained the MTH DCS control system for full-featured sound effects and control. There is a double (and in some places four) track main line. The visible curves are all super elevated, with radii ranging from 57 to about 200-inch. John’s goal is to depict GG1s, P5s and the occasional K4 flying over the townships of New Jersey. The broadest radius section has a four track main crossing a four track flyover. Western Group: Layouts in or near Cumberland, West- minster, and Rockville, MD, Berkeley Springs, WV, and Get- tysburg, PA. Wes Morganstern’s Western Maryland East Subdivision is space to have a great O Scale layout. This layout features the 32’ X 24’ 2-Rail with DCC layout based on the Westminster best of the New Haven’s steam as well as colorful early Die- to Highfield, MD, segment of the original WM line between sels. The layout’s urban setting provides the perfect backdrop Baltimore and Hagerstown, in the 50s. The focal point of the for train watching and way freight operation. layout is Union Bridge, where a large cement plant and the Rick Wright: Rick’ s CONUS Lines (CONUS is short for WM’s car shop provide significant traffic. Equipment includes Continental United States) is a 24x35 ft. John Armstrong- Soundtraxx equipped steam and Diesel locomotives. Most of inspired, Hi-Rail layout featuring a double-tracked mainline the scenery is in place and operating sessions with switch lists with a 2.2% ruling grade; extensive yard and engine terminal and Form 19 train orders have been started. facilities, and a branchline to service a coal mine and apple Pat Mitchell’s Proto 48, Black Fork Grade on the Western warehouse. The layout is designed for prototypical operation. Maryland features heavy coal trains and helpers between For this convention, trains of the Western Maryland, Baltimore Elkins and Thomas WV. All steam operation with battery & Ohio, and Norfolk & Western will be featured in the 1948- power and DCC with sound running on highly detailed P48 55 timeframe. track. This large railroad is under construction and has several 54 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 outstanding innovations, including a train elevator. Jay Beckham’s layout is based on the fabled Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad. Currently under construction, June 18 - 20, 2009 it will eventually feature 400 feet of point to point running. The layout will be controlled by a dispatcher using a CTC machine. Join us for the The CTC will be interfaced with a PC using DCC by NCE, Bruce Chubb’s C/MRI, and JMRI. All benchwork is completed and 95% of the track has been laid. You can track Jay’s progress on his web site at [http://www.south-shore-line.com/.] 2009 Lee Gasparick’s Large 2-track mainline railroad features Pennsylvania and New York Central RR steam and 1st genera- tion Diesels pulling long passenger and freight trains through O scale National the countryside. Construction of the benchwork and track is essentially complete, but continues on sidings, industries, and scenery. Lee has the ability to run guest locomotives on Convention conventional DC even though his trains run on battery power, using RCS (Remote Control System) hand-held, walk-around n throttles. Lee has invested considerable time and effort into his locomotives to improve their low speed performance and pulling power. By Baltimore O Scale, LLC Arthur Selby: The 1950s Blue Ridge Midland Railroad is a John Armstrong designed 36 x 25 foot multi-level layout housed in its own building. Hagerstown, the operational cen- & The Baltimore Society ter, features motive power of the Western Maryland, Reading, B&O, C&O, PRR and N&W. White Sulfur Springs, WV, the of Model Engineers passenger terminal, features equipment from many railroads. Six DC Cabs are available to keep the trains moving. n George Eschbach’s Bald Eagle and Northern Railroad (BEAN) emphasizes passenger train operations centered at a Friday Evening Banquet n Model Contests n Layout Tours n Tours & Visits to nearby: large urban station, and features beautiful long distance and B&O Transportation Museum local BEAN and PRR passenger trains. A large freight yard, coach yard, engine facility, and commissary are near the sta- Baltimore Streetcar Museum tion. The city scene features many fine scratchbuilt and kit- BOSS,LLC., bashed structures. The layout appeared in OST #30, Jan/Feb 2007. A narrow gauge branch is under construction. P.O. Box 14, Baldwin, MD 21013 Rich Randall’s layout is under construction and features the Milwaukee Road at the Avery, Idaho Division Point in the early 70s. Trains to and from the east will transit the Rocky Moun- tains into Montana. Trains to and from the west will transit the Idaho panhandle into eastern Washington. Electric locomotives and helpers will be exchanged with Diesels at Avery with For Updates, visit: the help of DCC control. Occasional steam railfan specials are run (not prototypical, but they look good). The east end of the www.OscaleEast.com railroad is not built and there is no scenery as of December but work continues. u

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Mar/Apr ’09 - O Scale Trains • 61 Joe Giannovario

7 Going On 8 After that we’ll show you how to build your own rivet Welcome to the seventh anniversary edition of O Scale embossing tool (John Gizzi), a lighted switch stand (Charlie Trains Magazine! It doesn’t seem like it was all that long ago Morrill), a small retail coal trestle (Ed Bommer) and a pair of that I decided to publish an all O Scale magazine. I guess cabooses (cabeese, cabice?) in styrene (Tom Houle). the aphorism is true: Time flies when you’re having fun. There’s more, of course, including some great layouts, Many things have changed since Issue #1 and all of them but I don’t want to give it all away. You should be surprised for the betterment of the magazine. The biggest change is a little at each issue. our subscription base which, even in these difficult times, We’ll keep doing what we’ve been doing these past continues to grow steadily every issue. While I hear most seven years, bringing you the best articles and photos of O other magazines bemoaning declining subscriptions and ad Scale craftsmanship. Your job is to keep sending in those revenue, we seem to be bucking that trend. great articles and photos. Together, we’ll get through these My guess is that we fill a need that isn’t filled by other difficult times and enjoy our hobby. publications. I believe that need is the “how-to” construc- Technology Rules tion article, whether it be rolling stock, buildings, scenery, There is just no getting away from the fact that our trains or whatever. You just don’t see those kinds of articles much are now marvels of modern technology, whether you like it in the other model railroad magazines, and certainly not O or not. I know there are some O Scalers out there who still Scale oriented. use DC Cab Control but Digital Command Control (DCC) For me, the “heyday” of model railroading was the 1950s is here to stay and making more converts everyday. In fact, through the 1960s when virtually every article in the model DCC is the main player in every other scale but O where press was how to build something. I recall a particularly we have 3 competing systems (DCC, TMCC, and DCS) all useful article by Linn Westcott in HO Monthly (later sub- of which will work on both 2 and 3 rails. However, even sumed into Model Railroader) where he described in detail M.T.H. recognizes that DCC is the hurdle to cross and rath- how to add brass details to an HO Scale diecast locomo- er than try to get people to give up DCC for DCS, they’re tive. I still use those techniques today. making DCS compatible with DCC controllers. Here’s a O Scale has always been, and continues to be, the scale quote from M.T.H.’s Andy Edelman, VP of Marketing, “... for the model craftsman. I’m guessing it’s pretty tough, if [We] here at M.T.H. recognize that some of you out there not impossible, to make working brake gear in N Scale. like DCC and don’t wish to purchase a new control system. But, if you’re in N Scale then detail isn’t what you’re after, Our goal is to give you what you want and we’re commit- it’s operations. O Scale is where you can make those fine ted to including DCC in the new package next year [2009].” details like brake gear, chassis equalization, valve gear, and The other cool new technology we can look forward to uncoupling brake hoses actually work. I’m not saying it will also be coming from M.T.H., a scale, operating elec- can’t be done in other scales, just that it’s a lot easier in O tro-coupler. They’re going to debut this device in HO Scale Scale. first. What makes this possible is SMA, shape-memory 2009 Preview alloy, specifically two-way SMA, sometimes called “muscle Financially, times are tough. Many people are having wire.” When heated this wire can contract, rather than trouble paying bills. The only bright spot is gas at less than expand, and in doing so can exert enough force to open the $1.80 a gallon. If you are an O Scaler what do you do? coupler knuckle. Way cool! How do you continue to enjoy this hobby without gobs Now, whether or not this will be operable from DCC of money to spend? Well, allow us to help you out in that is still to be determined and how long it will be before we regard. As I said earlier, OST seems to fill the “how-to” see it in O Scale is a second unanswered question. Finally, need and here’s a sampling of what you can expect from us we also don’t know if the scale electro-coupler will be sold in 2009. separately. We will keep you posted on these develop- Starting with this issue there is the reworking of those ments. great M.T.H. wooden coaches (Ed Bommer), and scratch- In the meantime, I am still waiting for the first brass bashing a 44 tonner (Tom Houle) and a small caboose (Bill importer to produce a DCC-ready model or maybe even Davis). one with DCC and factory installed sound. Come on guys! Next issue I will start a short series on detailing diecast The 3-Railers get sound in their brass so what about us 2- locomotives. We’ll show you how to realistically weather Railers? Maybe 2009 will be the year for this to happen. a Diesel (Don Smith) and how to scratchbuild a Virginian Keep Highballin’ u Battleship gondola in styrene (Conley Wallace). 62 • O Scale Trains - Mar/Apr ’09 O Scale Trains mth 1-2009.qxp 11/4/2008 1:23 PM Page 1

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