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20 ▼ GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 6: & Rio Grande Western 60 by George Melvin Photo by Jim Mansfield 24 ▼ St. Paul Coal Mine in Cherry, Illinois — Site of the Cherry Mine Disaster, 50 ▼ Jim Powers’ On3 November 13, 1909 Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge Part 2: The St. Paul Mine Model Layout by Jim Powers by Ray J. Tutaj, Jr. 56 ▼ DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP 33 ▼ The “In’s & Out’s” of the City of Amherst Milwaukee Road EMD GP40 The Contest Answers Revealed by Rich Picariello by Art Fahie 60 ▼ BEHIND THE SCENES 35 ▼ MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL A Finale for Chupadera Loop — Part 6 Transamerica Distribution Services The Last Act Part 1: History and Prototypes by Margaret Mansfield by Gary Walton 62 ▼ ON TRACK 46 ▼ CONTAINERS A-Z Fine Scale Operations: Jersey Western Style — EKLU to FRSU The Switchman by David G. Casdorph by Jim Mansfield DEPARTMENTS 50 5 ▼ Editorial 9 ▼ Letters 12 ▼ New Products 17 ▼ Product Reviews 42 ▼ Product Reviews (cont’d) 59 ▼ Society Page 63 ▼ Dealer Directory 71 ▼ Boys in the Basement 73 ▼ Your Trek Plan

Photo by Bud Rath 78 ▼ Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER Turn to page 50 for a tour of Jim Powers’ On3 Colorado & Southern narrow gauge layout. Here, mogul #8 hauls a passenger above an interesting octagonal-based water tank that is a C&S prototype from the Clear Creek Lines. Photo by Bud Rath. INSET: Starting on page 24, Ray Tutaj, Jr., shares how he built and photographed his St. Paul Coal Mine layout for the display at the Cherry Public Library in Cherry, Illi- nois. The prototype mine was the site of one of the Nation’s worst mine disasters on Saturday, November 13, 1909. Photo by Ray Tutaj, Jr. �_ Quality Railroad Books from Withers Publishing .<>

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Mention the name Sherman Hill to railroad enthusiasts and images of Union Pacific's mammoth steam locomotives, colorful Armour yellow streamliners, and lonely wind· swept landscapes come to mind. This photographic journey not only highlights the diesel and turbine power that operated over Sherman Hill since 1960, but also show· cases the desolate beauty of this area.

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During the development of the 1 ,000·horsepower swilcher, FM officials knew thai the company would have to produce a road unit if it were going to make it in the locomotive business. FM engineers designed a road locomotive around a carbody styled by industrial designer Raymond Loewy. Since FM did not have the shop capacity to build a large locomotive itself, it contracled that work to Electric, which produced the units at its Erie, Pa., plant, hence the name "Erie·built." With a 1 ,000·horsepower switcher and a 2,000·horsepower road , FM wanted to enter the road· switcher market. During 1946, the company's engineering team designed a 2,000·horsepower end·cab unil for its first road switcher, named the Heavy Duty unit. Few railroads saw the H20·44's potential- moving tonnage at a higher speed Ihan could a typical 1 ,500· and 1 ,600·horsepo.ver four·axle road switcher of the era. Also available: Train Master· The Most Usefut Locomotive Ever Built S29.95 and C·Liners·FMs Consolidation Line of Locomotives S22.95, add $3.50 s&h each.

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Diesels of the Union Pacific 1934-1982 The Classic Era· Volume One by Don Strack 224 pages· 500-plus color and black-and-white photos· Hardcover with dust jacket

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KCS has always been an unusual property, and this book examines some of the qualities that have made it so. The heart of this book is the diesel age, but the age of steam that preceded it (and co-existed with it for about 15 years) is covered, too. Join us as we observe the passage of the SouthernBelle , await the arrival of repowered FM Erie-builts, or hear a quartet of first-generation diesel locomotives crawl, working at full , up the grade at Rich Mountain.

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Traffic Light Corrections vision to see the side of the , high enough to read signals in Randy, other words, with almost the same field of view as would be possible A few minor typos and omissions crept in somewhere between with the control stand on the opposite side of the cab. the original drawings I sent you and the final publication of “Scratch- Regarding the “Before and After...” Andy did his homework. building HO Scale Traffic Lights” in the Nov/Dec 2000 issue nothing Many have “bashed” the high nose GP30 (with cab), but few made serious: the correct shortening of the cab brow as Andy did. He also correctly 1) In the first column on p. 28, 1 talk about locations “a” and “b” on the spotted the unique, smaller, unhinged sander valve doors and kept circuit board as places to put optional capacitors. On the PC board them on the . His approach to replicating the extended- pattern, “b” is labeled correctly, but somehow “a” became “3.” range dynamic brake access door was a of genius. The addition 2) Also on the PC board pattern, the label “Q1-Q5” should be “Q1-Q6.” of the two 3" x 3" gussets, 10" apart, on the front and back of the 3) On the circuit diagram (p. 26), the label for the potentiometer con- turbo stack was time very well spent. nected to pins 6, 7 and 8 of the 555 timer is missing; it should read Okay, Andy, now that Proto 2000 has released the Phase I GP30, “VR1 - 10k.” when will we see an N&W unit to go with the existing pair? None of these are likely to cause anyone to build a non-working Thanks for the good material in MRG. Keep it up. unit, so I don’t think they’re serious. Jerry T. Moyers Huntsville, AL Jeff Scherb Naperville, IL RDCs Randy, SOU/NS GP30s I was in Dallas last Christmas, and while I was Dear Randy: there saw the RDCs used by Dallas Area Rapid Transit. While wait- I am responding to the pair of excellent articles by Andy Lester ing for our train (Sunset Limited), I talked to the DART personnel in in the November 2000 MRG, the “Southern and Norfolk Southern their offices, and they said that they would be able to use them for GP30s...A Brief History” and “Before and After...Modeling a Pair of many years to come, due to being completely re-built with new wir- High-Nose GP30s.” ing, controls, and engines.... If I might, I would like to add to “A Brief History.” Andy men- Chris lvins tioned the 5-man crew for the Union Pacific GP30s. Three men Eugene, OR would fit much more comfortably. [email protected] The styling of the GP30 was the result of need. The need was to cover an electrical cabinet that was approximately 9" taller than Dear Mr. Lee: the long hood. It has been said that the GP30 long hood was lower, Per our phone conversation enclosed are photos (only one repro- which caused the problem. Based on EMD drawings, the heights, duced here) of (DART) RDCs presently from platform to the top of the long hoods are: GP7, 8' 10"; GP40, 9' utilized in commuter service between and the 4¼"; SD45, 9' 4½"; GP35, 9' 2¼"; and the GP30, 9' 4¼". As a mat- Irving, Texas, area. Operation is daily except Sunday. These units ter of fact, the GP35 is a deshrouded GP30 with the electrical cabinet were completely refurbished prior to entering TRE service. Cars resolved, and “Spartan” cab. shown...are laying over at Union Station during a Sunday hiatus. Another GP30 feature not existent on previous or following EMD models is the routing of traction motor air in the raised duct along the right side of the platform while routing the traction motor cabling in the raised duct (with bolted-on access panels) down the left side of the platform. All subsequent domestic models had the raised duct ONLY down the left side of the platform, and only for traction motor cooling air. I am not sure Andy’s conclusion regarding conversion to “mod- ern” sand fills is correct. The first group of 60 units for the Southern, road numbers 2525-2584, order number 5636, with builder’s numbers 27313-27342, 27428-27457, built between 8/62 and 11/62, were Phase IIa, and were delivered with end-of-hood sand fills. The second Walter Zahn photo group came about a year later, road numbers 2585-2644, order num- ber 7669, with builder’s numbers 28555-28614 (but not in consecu- ...a current timetable...also lists service to Richland Hills, west of\ tive road number order), built between 9/63 and 11/63. These units the Irving area, provided by diesel-hauled ex-GO Transit coaches. were Phase IIc and were delivered with top-of-the-hood sand fills. We trust the information and photos are of interest and will answer The question remains: was the Southern not satisfied with the end Mr. Burnside’s query as contained in the November/Decemher 2000 sand fills when they ordered this group? issue of Model Railroading. The overriding question remains, why did the Southern purchase Walter J. Zahn single control, short hood front locomotives? The answer may never Mesquite, Texas be forthcoming; however, the Southern did develop a unique Solu- tion to this challenge — MIRRORS! It is a little-known fact, outside Styrene Modeling Book the operating department, that the Southern installed two mirrors, Hello, approximately one-foot square, in the cab. One mirror was mounted I received my copy of Styrene Modeling from you yesterday. on the electrical cabinet, on the side away from the control stand, and What a great book! Keep promoting this book, it should be a great one on the front cab wall next to the door. 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Accurail, P.O. Box 1202, Elburn, IL 60119, has announced the Funaro & Camerlengo, RD #3, Box 2800, Honesdale, PA 18431, Proto:HO Accumate® magnetic “scale” coupler. The coupler follows is offering the following cast polycarbonate resin kits: all major dimensions of the AAR Type E (introduced in 1932 and still ▼ 6660 CP 1930 “Mini- standard today) and comes w/mounting boxes that simulate proto- box” w/AB brakes type draft gear. Proto:HO couplers will couple with all knuckle-style ▼ 6661 CP 1930 “Mini- couplers in use today. When equipped with these couplers, coupled box” w/K brakes cars will be spaced a prototypical distance apart. Couplers can also ▼ 6670 CN 1924-25 ARA be used in Sn2 and HOn3. Price for #1020 is $2.98/2 pair; #1030 is 503500 series, $15.98/12 pair. wood door & AB brakes Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, will offer two new ▼ 6671 CN 1924-25 ARA road numbers for the RTR 60' single (CSX and NS) and double-door 503500 series, (DT&I) boxcars. steel door & AB brakes Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836, has new graffiti ▼ 6672 CN 1924-25 ARA 503500 series, wood door & K brakes decals in HO scale: ▼ 6673 CN 1924-25 ARA 503500 series, steel door & K brakes ▼ 2241 Doi-zilla Kits come with Tichy Trains brake and detail parts plus decals. ▼ 2242 Muse Price is $27.99 per kit. No shipping charges if ordering direct. These decals are $3.50 per set. InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering Bowser, P.O. Box 322, Montoursville, PA 17754, has the follow- the following new “Premium Line” kit: ing new parts: ▼ PFE R-40-10 reefer, 1936 scheme w/UP-SP heralds (12 nos.), ▼ Bowser #55499 railings & steps for Coupler Mate®...$9.95/set #41701P...$21.95 (two railings & two steps) Re-released kits are: ▼ Selley #714 flatcar load, wheel cradles w/wheels...$9.95 ▼ MKT ACF 2-bay covered hopper (12 new nos.), #41502...$17.95 ▼ Selley #713 flatcar load, welded rail racks (two end & one mid- ▼ D&RGW ACF 2-bay covered hopper (12 new nos.), dle)...$9.95 #41504...$17.95 ▼ Cal-Scale #190-497 lift rings for FM C-Liner...$3.25 Fully assembled models are: ▼ Cal-Scale #190-498 antenna set for PRR FM C-Liner...$10.95 ▼ GN PS-1 40' boxcar (6 nos.), #45453...$26.95 ▼ Iowa Beef Packers R-40-23 reefer (12 nos.), #45530...$26.95 Custom Finishing, 379 Tully Regal Line fully assem- Rd., Orange, MA 01364, a Certi- bled, decorated & powered fied American Pewter collector’s F7s: kit (w/80+ parts) for the Tamper ▼ SP, UP or PRR A units are Mark II w/jacks. Kit has detailed $129.95 cab interior, early and late model ▼ SP, UP or PRR B units cab components, shadow board and tamper motors that raise and are $119.95 lower, detachable projector buggy and trolleys, decals for Canron, ▼ Santa Fe (Warbonnet), Tamper and Fairmont Tamper logos, insulated wheels and window B&O, GN or WP A units glazing. Price for #7051 is $69.95 plus $5.50 S&H (in the US) if are $134.95 ordering direct. ▼ Santa Fe (Warbonnet), B&O, GN or WP B units Downtown Deco, 4319 are $124.95 Rainbow Dr., Missoula, MT 59803, is releasing a limited- Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503-1078, offers the fol- edition kit (will not be re-run) lowing new RTR PS-1 40' boxcars: for “The Old Brownstones.” ▼ Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern (Road No. MNS 1050), Kit is based on a real structure #4017...$28.45 and features Hydrocal castings, ▼ Rock Island w/8' door (Road No. R.I. 5816), #5234...$28.45 full-color signs and a laser-cut New RTR PS-1 50' car is: stencil for painting the large ▼ Rio Grande 15' double-door (Road No. D&RGW 63510), wall sign. The footprint is #6708...$28.45 1 11" x 4 /2". Part #DD1010 is $49.95; add $4.00 S&H if ordering direct. Kato, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173, is re-releasing

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12 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 the SD40. Updated models feature white LED headlight, MU hoses, ▼ WM 30100 series w/Dur- DCC socket, printed numberboards and Kato semi-automatic cou- yea underframe and steel plers. Roadnames are Algoma Central, Conrail, I&M Rail Link, Santa roofwalk...$32.00 Fe, Wisconsin Central, UP, CP Rail and GM&O. All are available in ▼ Rock Island 161000 series two road numbers each except Wisconsin Central with one road num- w/fishbelly sidesill and ber. Targeted price will be from $130.00 to $135.00. wood roofwalk...$30.00 ▼ Seaboard AF-1 furniture, steel, round-roof w/steel roof- Life-Like, 1600 Union Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211-1998, will walk...$32.00 offer the EMD Phase I GP30 decorated for: ATSF, B&O, CB&Q (3 ▼ Southern 1928-built, double-sheathed w/wood doors and roof- road numbers ea.); BN, D&RGW, EMD Demo, KCS, L&N (2 road walk...$30.00 numbers ea.) and undec. Price is $100.00. CORRECTION: Last A single-door boxcar is also available: month’s listing for their Proto 2000 War Composite Hopper kit price ▼ Seaboard steel B-7, round-roof w/steel roofwalk...$32.00 should have read $32.00/2-pack not 6-pack. We apologize for any Appropriate ARA trucks w/metal wheelsets are $5.00/pr. Add inconvience this may have caused. $4.00 S&H for up to five kits in the US or $15.88 for six kits to Canada. Microscale, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley CA 92708, has the following new decals for HO scale: Tichy Train Group, ▼ 87-1089 Pullman Heavyweight Sleeping Cars — Assigned to P.O. Box 39, Plain- UP (pre-1938) view, NY 11803-0039, ▼ MC-4304 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Diesels (1977-’80) announces an ABS plastic kit for the 52' 6" composite wood and steel ▼ MC-4318 Illinois Central Gulf 40' Trailers (1979+) War Emergency Gondola. Kit features a one-piece body, full brake ▼ MC-4319 Frisco 40' Trailer (1978-’80) rigging, trucks, concealed steel weight and separate drop ends: ▼ MC-4322 Bekins Tractor & 40' Trailer (1970s-’80s) ▼ 4041 Undecorated...$14.95 These decals retail for $4.50; Minicals (MC) are $2.50. ▼ 4041D Kit w/decals (PRR, NYC, RI, Santa Fe, N&W)...$16.95 ▼ 6041 6-pack undecorated...$77.00 Mississippi Gulf Coast Model RR Club, c/o Roger Bush, 13880 ▼ 6041D 6-pack w/decals...$89.00 Gulf Haven Rd., Gulfport, MS 39503, is offering a limited-run MDC Pre-painted and printed kits, priced at $17.95 each: 50' boxcar kit decorated for the Mississippi Export RR (900-999 ▼ 1040 PRR series, built by FMC in 1978) in two nos. Price is $15.95 plus $3.50 ▼ 1041 NYC S&H for up to two cars. ▼ 1042 Santa Fe

Red Caboose, P.O. Box TLH Scenics, 6290 Gander Rd., Dayton, OH 45424-4167, www. 250, Mead, CO 80542, and tlhscenics.com, is offering over 200 new cast-metal detail parts as W. A. Drake Co. are joining follows: vents, small tools, Coca-Cola® machines, barrels, trash piles, to produce a series of brass freight stacks, workbenches and power tools, roof top details and tank cars. The G.A.T.C. many others. See website for photos. 8,000-gal. riveted tank car comes decorated for NATX in six nos. (WAD-1006), U.S. Army in Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53201-3039, six nos. (WAD-1007), A. E. Staley in four nos. (WAD-1008), Baker announces 1700-series baggage cars in Phase IV, Phase IV Castor Oil in two nos. (WAD-1009), Crystal Car Line in six nos. w/US Postal Service markings and undec ($31.98); Superliner 2-pack (WAD-1010) and undec (WAD-1005). The Southern Pacific O-50-14 w/diner and sleeper cars found only on Amtrak’s Auto Train ($49.98); 8,000-gal. tank car comes in six road numbers each decorated in 1942 United Petroleum Refining kit w/improved detailing parts ($59.98). (WAD-1001), 1955 (WAD-1002) and 1955 w/ACI labels (WAD- 1003) lettering schemes. An undec version is also available (WAD- Westerfield, 63 River Ln., Crossville, TN 38555, is offering a new 1000). Price is $185.00 for a decorated car or $175.00 for an undec. cast-resin kit for a B&O mill gondola and LCL company merchandise containers as used by B&O and NYC: Sheepscot Scale Products, 2 Country Charm Rd., Cumberland, ▼ 8101 B&O class O-27/O-27A USRA mill gondola, 1st deliv- ME 04021, is offering a 1950s-’60s era International-Harvester “R” ery...$30.00 cab truck chassis kit. The “Comfo-Vision” cab is a solid urethane ▼ 8151 B&O class O- casting. Various bodies will be available 2 7 A U S R A soon as will other hoods. Kit #95102 R- clone mill gon- 220 w/11.00-20 tires and spoked wheels dola w/flat end for tandem rear end is $22.00; kit #95103 ...$30.00 R-180 w/10.00-20 tires and disc wheels for ▼ 8161 B&O class O- single rear end is $14.00. 2 7 A / O - 2 7 C USRA clone mill gondola w/creased end...$30.00 Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997, has ▼ 8193 LCL container carload, side door, early NYC...$20.00 vacuum-formed gray urethane kits for 40' double-door boxcars built ▼ 8194 LCL container carload, side door, B&O...$20.00 from the late 1920s to 1942: ▼ 8195 LCL container, side door, early NYC...$6.50 ▼ Southern 272000 series, steel, w/Hutchins roof and wood roof- ▼ 8196 LCL container, side door, B&O...$6.50 walk...$30.00

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Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, will offer two new factory frames for the Life-Like FA1/FB1 that have been machined road numbers for the RTR 60' single (CSX and NS) and double-door with a decoder pocket and wire channels. Part #TM3023 is $10.00 (DT&I) boxcars. plus your exchange frame. Add $3.50 S&H for orders under $50.00.

Aztec, 2701 Conestoga Ave., Carson City, NV 89706, has stock Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836, has new graffiti

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JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING T 15 decals in N scale: #1241 Doi-zilla, #1242, Muse. These decals are 15th year of N scale North American production with the SD80MAC $3.00 per set. and SD9043MAC. Either loco will come in three road numbers each. The SD80 comes in Conrail and undec. The SD9043MAC is deco- Boulder Valley Models, rated for Canadian Pacific, Union Pacific, Union Pacific w/“We Will 2525 Arapahoe, #E4-516, Deliver” slogan and undec. Targeted price for either model is $99.98. Boulder, CO 80302, is offering a fully assembled, painted and Microscale Industries, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley, CA decorated model of Caboose 92708, has the following new decals for N scale: Hobbies located in Denver, ▼ 60-986 Assorted Tank Cars ACFX, C&NW, Frisco, Texas Co., Colorado. The model is only WP (1910-’50) available direct from Boulder Valley Models. The built-up model ▼ 60-1089 Pullman Heavyweight Sleeping Cars — Assigned to UP has all the features described in the Caboose Hobbies entry shown (1928-’47) below. Price is $119.95. To reserve a model, send an e-mail to ▼ 60-1094 Penn Central Boxcars w/PRR Style Nos. (1968-’76) [email protected]. An HO version should be available in mid- ▼ 60-4304 Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Diesels (1977-1980) February. ▼ 60-4322 Bekins Tractor & 40' Trailer (1970s-1980s) ▼ 60-4335 Northwestern Oklahoma (NOKL) 50' Coal Gondolas Caboose Hobbies, 500 S. Broadway, Denver CO 80209, www. (1999+) caboosehobbies.com, will offer a kit of their store made for them by These decals retail for $3.50. Boulder Valley Models. Model kit has resin walls, domed roof w/ , a/c units, billboard letters, Caboose Hobbies logo, window Micro-Trains®, P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR 97540-1200, has stock and assembly bracing. Decals for the mural of a locomotive released the following items: breaking thru the bricks on the side of the building and “World’s ▼ Seaboard System 100-ton 3-bay open hoppers (Road Nos. SBD Largest Train Store” (printed backwards to be mounted on the inside 341345 and SBD 341457), RTR of the front window glazing) are included. The model measures 45/8" #108052...$39.40/2-car set x 5¼". Kit is available exclusively thru Caboose Hobbies; #CA-01 is ▼ CNW w/UP heralds 2-bay cov- $49.95 plus $6.95 S&H via UPS. Caboose will donate $5.00 of the ered hopper (Road No. CNW kit price to medical research on behalf of two Caboose employees 175072), RTR #92130...$21.40 who recently passed away. ▼ GN 50' steel covered gondola (Road No. G.N. 73818), RTR InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering #106210...$14.10 the following new kit: ▼ Special Edition Fantasy Cars ▼ C&NW ACF 2-bay covered hopper (12 nos.), #61501...$13.95 — Snoboy (Road No. 69110) Fully assembled models are: and Snomaid (Road No. 69120) ▼ Morrell R-40-23 reefer (12 nos.), #65524...$17.95 51' mechanical reefers, RTR #69112...$38.35 ▼ Lehigh Valley AAR 50' double-door boxcar (12 nos.), #65611 ...$17.95 Bill Mosteller, 2813 Hogan Ct., Falls Church, VA 22043, has new ▼ B&O 1937 AAR 40' boxcar, “Sentinel Fast Freight Service” in decal sets: blue & silver scheme (12 nos.), #65742...$21.95 ▼ VGN G-3, G-3C & G-4C “battleship” gondola...$2.49 ▼ 72 Monon 40' boxcars...$3.49 Kato, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173, kicks off their Decal sets are postpaid.

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Akron, Canton & Youngstown RR Historical Society, P.O. Box and O scales. Signs are made of brass and are painted and lettered. 196, Sharon Center, OH 44274-0196, announces a laser-cut wood kit HO scale #1308 is $19.95; O scale #3308 is $27.95. of the AC&Y Standard Type III Victorian Combination Freight and Passenger Depot in HO, S and O scales. Model is based on a 16' x Oddball Decals, 26550 227th St., McLouth, KS 66054, offers the 40' prototype that still stands at New London, Ohio, and it is similar following decals in HO, N, S & O scales: or identical to AC&Y stations at many other locations. Victorian sta- ▼ 582 DM&E 100-ton cement covered hopper (8-96) tions with a similar appearance were also common on C&O, Wabash, ▼ 583 GE Rail Services (KRIX) 3-bay covered hopper (5-96) DT&I, NYC, NKP and W&LE. ▼ 584 Southern 2-bay ACF covered hopper (4-71) ▼ 585 DM&E 3-bay covered hopper (6-96) Con-Cor, 8101 E. Research Ct., Tucson, AZ 85710, is offering ▼ 587 Packers Car line (PCX) (3-57) or TRAX (6-54) 40' steel their 2000 48-page Winter HO/N Catalog, which includes many new reefer w/ large ARMOUR logo items and sale items. Over 300 items are illustrated in full color. Price ▼ 588 CGW 3500-cu.ft. dry-flow covered hopper (10-61) is $2.00, postpaid. ▼ 589 MP 3500-cu.ft. dry-flow covered hopper (10-59) ▼ 590 C&NW 3500-cu.ft. dry-flow covered hopper (8-79) Midwest Products, P.O. ▼ 592 CB&Q 2-bay ACF covered hopper (7-68) Box 564, Hobart, in 46342, ▼ 593 CB&Q or FW&D 3-bay ACF covered hopper (12-76) offers laser-cut wood bill- ▼ 594 CB&Q PS 3-bay covered hopper (3-68) board kits in HO, N and O ▼ 595 SBGX Scoular 3-bay covered hopper (4-64) scales, designed by Mike Barrett of Black Bear Const. Co., kits con- ▼ 597 Rock Island 3,500-cu.ft. dry-flow car (10-62) tain basswood and plywood components and an assortment of pres- ▼ 598 HZGX Thrall 50'gondola (8-85) sure-sensitive signs. Kit #3080 makes three billboards in N, #3081 ▼ 599 CNW 50' hi-cube boxcar (3-95) makes two billboards in HO and #3082 make one billboard in O ▼ 600 Rock Island 3,500-cu.ft. dry-flow car (10-62) scale. All kits are priced at $14.99. ▼ 602 GATX Minnesota Corn Products 40' tank car (8-98) ▼ 603 VICX Union Tank Car Co. ACF 4-bay cov. hopper (2-91) N.J. International, P.O. Box 99. E. Norwich, NY 11732, Use prefix 60- for N; 87- for HO; 64- for S; 48- for O. HO and N announces the release of a set of 18 different blue safety signs in HO scale are $3.00; S and O are $5.00 plus $1.75 S&H.

16 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 HO SCALE REVIEW Athearn Pullman Standard 5344 Boxcar by Stuart Thayer

Photo by the author

he newest freight car release from Ath- T earn is a model of Pullman Standard’s most successful Incentive Per Diem (IPD) Boxcar, the 5,344 cu. ft. 50' single-door boxcar. This car was a standard design that was built for over 20 railroads between 1977 and 1981. It featured a flat roof with extra tall eaves to increase the overall cubic ca- pacity, yet stay within the Plate C clearance diagram. The popularity of this car with the prototype railroads is easily seen by the fact that a large number of these cars went on to serve other railroads secondhand after the IPD craze came to an end in the 1980s. In fact, these cars can still be regularly seen in operation today. This is also one of the freight cars that has been most requested by HO modelers for many years. The reasons these kits at the same time I would recom- a compression-fit mounting. Again, it is a being that, due to its popularity with the mend that you do all of your drilling first in very secure mounting, and the delrin makes prototype railroads, these cars were and are an assembly-line fashion. This will speed up this otherwise delicate part quite resistant seen all over the US in general freight ser- the final assembly of the kits. to moderate handling. vice. Modeler that model an era from the late Another issue that I encountered The paint jobs on the sample kits shown 1970s through today need a representative involved the mounting holes for the door here are very well executed. The paint fin- number of these cars on their layout to be re- latches. The kit instructions say to drill ish is even and thin, which does not obscure alistic. these out with a #65 drill. Do not do this. any of the detailing. The lettering is opaque This new kit from Athearn is a bit of a The result will be a mounting hole that is and very sharp. Even the smallest letter- departure from the type of freight-car kits too large for the part, and you will have ing is legible and crisp. Athearn has also that Athearn has traditionally manufactured, trouble getting it to mount properly. Instead, attempted to simulate the overspray on to in that extra details are supplied as separate use a #76 drill. the roof that is characteristic of boxcars of parts that need to be added by the modeler I also discovered that the truck mount- this era. Most of the prototype cars did not rather than being molded in. In this respect, ing screws are a bit too long and interfere have painted roofs, and when the cars were this new kit is a lot like Athearn’s Double with the installation of the car weight. To painted the roofs were not masked. The Stack car kits. The difference being that in remedy this, use ¼" 2-56 screws instead of result was the body color would get “over- this kit metal grabirons are included. This the ones provided with the kit. The last issue sprayed” onto the roof along the edges. The is a first for an Athearn freight-car kit. A list encountered in building these kits involves result was often a very jagged, uneven and of the separate detail parts to be installed the painted parts. In removing the stirrups feathered color edge on the roof that can includes: ladders, stirrup steps, tack boards, for the parts sprue you will most likely be very tricky to represent on a model. The door latches, brakewheel and housing, metal encounter some fracturing and chipping of Athearn models have a feathered edge, but grabirons, and underbody brake components the paint. This was most prevalent on the it is straight, and at first glance may appear and linkage. To those of you that are used to Apalachicola Northern car. The yellow was to be masked. The effect is not completely Athearn’s previous freight-car kits, this may noticeably thick on this kit’s parts, and eas- successful, but it is definitely better then seem a bit overwhelming. However, there is ily chipped off when removing the parts having the roofs masked off, and it goes a no need to fear. This kit goes together easily from the parts sprue. I should also mention long way to recreating the effect that was with only a moderate level of difficulty. that the stirrups are very fragile, and extra prevalent on the prototypes. To get it any During the course of building a few of care should be taken when removing them better would have required a lot of extra these cars I came up with a few issues that from the sprue. work that is simply not practical in the modelers need to be aware of. Assuming A couple of interesting things I noticed manufacturing process. I appreciate the you are building a predecorated kit, you during construction was how certain fea- results that they achieved. will need to drill out the mounting holes tures of the kit were engineered. In the case In the final analysis, this new kit from for the stirrups and ladders with a #69 drill of the coupler pockets, they use an inter- Athearn is a real winner. It exhibits innova- instead of the recommended #76. This is locking system between the cover, pocket tion, attention to detail, and continues the due to paint accumulation in the holes. I and a mounting pin. These three parts are reputation for quality products from Athearn. tried the #76 first, but still had trouble get- combined and secured via a compression- Modelers of any timeframe from the late ting the parts into their respective mounting fit to the underframe. There are no snap-on ’70s through today now have a well-detailed, holes. The mounting hole for the handbrake metal covers. You may be suspicious of this easy-to-build model of the Pullman Standard housing needs to be drilled out with a #66 type of mounting system, but it seems to 5,344 cu. ft. boxcar. This model fills a large drill, and the mounting hole for the brake- work extremely well, as the couplers are hole in the arena of HO modern freight cars wheel itself required drilling out with a #65 securely mounted. Another feature is that that has existed for a very long time. My hat drill. All of this only takes a few minutes to the brake equipment (part 58007) for the is off to the good folks at Athearn with the accomplish. If you are building several of underframe is made of delrin and also uses introduction of this kit.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 17 HO SCALE REVIEW Stewart Hobbies Baldwin VO1000 type. An example is the Northern Pacific’s VO1000s that had an ex- bell mounted on top of the hood. Accumate® couplers are provided in a separate bag. The metal pin must be installed in one half of the coupler and the coupler inserted into the coupler box. A plastic clip slips over the coupler box and then snaps into the frame to secure the coupler box. VO1000 features are: ▼ Can motor with dual brass flywheels ▼ All-wheel drive and electrical pick-up ▼ Directional lighting ▼ DCC socket on circuit board ▼ Accumate® magnetic couplers ▼ Tall conical (4), tall straight (1) and short by Rich Picariello hood louvers. Decorated models will come conical (4) exhaust stacks with the proper carbody to match the pro- ▼ Near-scale handrails and grabirons Photos by the author totypes. Please note that this model will not ▼ Fully detailed cab w/seats, control stand accurately portray a VO660, which was three and brake wheel eeding a more powerful switcher in feet shorter than a VO1000. Surface detail on Stewart and Ajin have created an out- N their line, Baldwin introduced the the shell is crisp and very well done. Detail standing model. The mechanism is smooth 1,000-hp VO1000 in 1939 as a contemporary part sprues are provided with air hoses, cab and quiet. This model weighs only 8.6 of the 660-hp VO660 (built from 1939 to handrails, grabirons, pilot and side hand- ounces and exerts a drawbar pull of 1.9 1946). Sales of the VO1000 were relatively rails, hood handrails, air horn (single chime), ounces. It should be capable of hauling good with 548 units sold between 1939 and exhaust stacks, coupler lift bars and num- about 44 average freight cars on level track. the end of production in 1946. VO1000 pro- berboard inserts. An etched stainless-steel There is some room in the shell to add more duction can be divided into three carbody sheet has two each of short, medium and weight if desired but, in my opinion, the styles. The early carbody had a pointed nose, long windshield wipers. These parts must chassis could have been made of a heavier oval front grille, curved skirts on the cab be cut from the sprues and installed by the metal. Our sample is an undecorated (mid- walkways and side radiator grilles. A total modeler. Guide dimples are provided inside production) VO1000, so I cannot evalu- of 39 VO660s and VO1000s were built with the hood for the stack locations. There is a ate paint and lettering quality, but Randy this carbody configuration. The mid- and single-stack dimple near the cab and four examined some pre-production samples late-production carbody (1941-1946) had a dimples in a row for the four-stack version. at the MRIA Show in Chicago in October rectangular front radiator grille mounted in A #42 drill will allow a press-fit of these and said they were decorated exquisitely. a slightly pointed nose and curved skirts on parts. Refer to prototype photos whenever Decorated models will be offered, in two the walkways. Additionally, some mid-pro- possible to determined what parts are needed roadnumbers and unnumbered, in CB&Q, duction units built around 1942 had a small and their location. Additional detail parts B&O, SL-SF (Frisco), NP, PRR, ATSF; supplemental rectangular-shaped radiator may have to be acquired from other detail SAL and UP. Undecorated models come in screen, located at the top of the hood ahead manufacturers to match a specific proto- both versions. The price is $115.00. of the first set of louvers; this feature was omitted on all units built after this date. Late- production units had the same carbody as the mid-production units, but the skirts were eliminated and four additional louver sets were added to the existing line of louvers on the top edge of the hood. An engine back-pressure problem was experienced with units equipped with a sin- gle stack. Baldwin tried different stack and manifold arrangements. A two-stack version did not entirely solve the problem, but the four-stack arrangement adequately relieved the back-pressure. The four-stack configu- ration became standard on later Baldwin switchers except the single-stack, turbo- charged S12. Stewart Hobbies has introduced the first plastic model of a Baldwin VO1000, manu- factured to Stewart’s specifications by Ajin Models of South Korea. Two versions are offered: the mid-production version with skirted walkways, and the late-production version with non-skirted walkways and extra

18 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 HO SCALE REVIEW Life-Like Proto 1000 Fairbanks-Morse Erie-built A & B Units

by Rich Picariello units with the early windshield were later ▼ Clear flush-mounted windows; wind- modified to the higher type. In later years, shield has wipers (painted silver) Photo by Chris Lane all KCS units except one were re-powered molded-in with EMD prime movers. These re-powered The models display the typically fine airbanks-Morse introduced their 2,000- units could be spotted by their porthole side decoration that has come to be expected F hp, six-axle passenger/freight A and windows, a modification made by EMD. of the Proto series. Our A-B-A sample set B diesel locomotives in 1945. By the end For further prototype information, see is decorated for Union Pacific. The colors of production in 1949, 82 A units and 29 B Erie-builts and H20-44s by David Sweet- appear accurate, the red separation stripe is units had been built. Because the carbodies land, published by Withers Publishing. straight, and the heralds are very well done. were assembled at General Electric’s Erie, The newest entry in the Proto 1000 series I purchased a C&NW A unit and found the Pennsylvania, plant, they came to be known is the F-M Erie-built. Life-Like has modeled green and yellow colors to be accurate and as “Erie-builts” (or sometimes just “Eries”). the late version, which had the large wind- the paint scheme especially well done. A They were especially attractive locomo- shield and GSC trucks. This is a good choice powerful and quiet mechanism of the same tives that could be easily mistaken at a quick as around 90% of Erie-built production had quality as Proto 2000 locomotives is uti- glance for an Alco PA or PB. these features. A modeler desiring an early lized. In fact, the mechanism and trucks (as Milwaukee Road A units had fluted version could use styrene strips to narrow previously mentioned) are the same as those stainless-steel nose plates that were later the front windows. Because the models use on the Proto 2000 PA/PB. These locos are removed. All A units built before March 28, the same trucks as on the Proto 2000 Alco brutes weighing in at 23.8 ounces each. Our 1947, had thin windshields that made them PA/PB models, the trucks only represent an test shows a single unit to have a drawbar appear as if they were squinting. After this approximation of the GSC trucks. A scratch- pull of 5.75 ounces. An A-B set should pull date, a higher windshield design became built sideframe could be made as a pattern just about any passenger-car set or freight standard. Fabricated truck sideframes were to cast others for those desiring more proto- train that one would care to put behind them. used on early-production units as follows: typical accuracy. The units do not have a DCC plug-in socket; early UP units, KCS units built in 1946- Features include: a decoder would have to be soldered onto ’47 and NYC units delivered in October ▼ Ready-to-run out of the box the circuit board at the proper marked loca- 1947. In all, only 17 units out of the 111 ▼ A and B units are powered tions. Refer to the installation instructions units produced utilized these trucks. All ▼ 5-pole skew-wound motor w/dual fly- that come with your decoder for wiring later-production A units had higher wind- wheels directions. The shell is very well done; the shields and both A and B units rode on ▼ 12-wheel drive and electrical pickup fan grilles have fans that are visible under General Steel Casting (GSC) trucks that ▼ Will operate on 18" radius curves them. Unlike the earlier Proto 1000 C-Liner, were similar in appearance to those used ▼ Headlight on only in forward direction which had separately applied grabrails, the on Alco’s PA. The Erie-built GSC truck ▼ Proto 2000 couplers installed; X2F cou- handrails on the Eries are molded onto the had three brake cylinders, and the top of plers supplied carbody. The models accurately capture the the sideframe was flat while the top of the ▼ Only authentic paint schemes and road- look of the Eries with all major dimensions Alco sideframe was more curved. A few numbers will be offered being very close to the prototype. This is another fine entry in the Proto 1000 line. Life-Like offers all the roadnames Erie-built owners included: A Units B Units of the Erie-built owners. KCS, Milwaukee Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha 4 0 Road, NYC and Santa Fe come in A-B sets. (subsidiary of Chicago & North Western) For these roads, an additional A unit, with a Kansas City Southern 6 3* different roadnumber, is available separately. *An A-B-A set went to subsidiary Louisiana & Arkansas Two A units with different roadnumbers are Milwaukee Road 14 6 offered for C&NW (units are sub-lettered New York Central 12 2 CStPM&O). There are two A-B sets (704- Pennsylvania 36 12 704B and 706-706B) for Union Pacific and Santa Fe 2 1 a separate A unit (705). The price is $130.00 Union Pacific 8 5 for an A-B set or $65.00 for the separate A unit. Undecorated or unpowered models will not be offered.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 19 DRGW GP40 3134 is on a ballast train at Minturn, CO, on May 30, 1989. One of 23 GP40s acquired from Conrail in the fall of 1983, the shade of orange in the trim and lettering is much deeper than the standard color seen on the road’s “own” GP40 fleet. It lacks the warning light unit, having only the standard pair of sealed beams above the cab windows. The style of the numbers in the num- GP40: berboards is another clue to the unit’s background. It has no sunshade or wind deflector. Decals: Microscale 87-28. George Melvin photo

he Denver & Rio Grande Western, maintained road hustled westward with the T probably better known simply as the freight offered by the Burlington at Denver Rio Grande, was one of the most widely and the Missouri Pacific at Pueblo across known railroads of its size. While operating Colorado and Utah to connections with the in relatively rural areas compared to trans- Southern Pacific and Western Pacific in Salt The continental giants Santa Fe and Union Pa- Lake City and Ogden, UT, respectively. To cific with which it competed, the Rio Grande make up for its rugged operating terrain, the was equally well known certainly through track was well maintained and engineered to to the end of the wide-spread use of long- allow for the fastest train running possible. distance travel by rail in the mid part of the This was complemented by the best motive past century. The major cities the road served power available. were Denver and Salt Lake City, and they The diesel arrived on the Rio Grande in a First were of relative unimportance as rail centers big way, with the tour of the FT demonstrator compared to cities like Chicago or Los An- 103 in 1940. Unlike most railroads in 1940, geles. In contrast to this, the region the road the Rio Grande had not sampled the diesel traversed was the most rugged and scenic of switchers that had been on the market, wait- any western railroad and some would argue ing until after the FT tour to sample switchers any North American railroad! from four builders later in 1940. This was The old slogan for the Rio Grande, soon followed by an order for a dozen FT “Main Line through the Rockies” was a freight units, arriving as three A-B-B-A sets 645 direct reference to its routes from the edge received in early 1942. These engines set the of the Great Plains directly through the stage for a loyalty to General Motors products roughest part of the Rocky Mountains. It that lasted to the end of the railroad more than also implied that the bigger roads skirted four decades later! A total of 48 FTs were those mountains either to the north (as the acquired in the next two years, and they saw Union Pacific) or to the south (as in the duty in freight and passenger service. So suc- case of the Santa Fe). The Rio Grande, in cessful were these engines that the purchase Geep contrast, plunged headlong westward from of non-EMD road power through the diesel- Denver through the Front Range and Mof- ization of the road in the 1950s would be a fat Tunnel and across the high plains of total of only eight units — three Fairbanks- western Colorado and Utah and then over Morse H15-44s and five Alco RS3s. The — Part 6 Solider Summit and into Salt Lake City. F-unit catalog offerings were all tried from To the south, its route from Pueblo, CO, followed the Arkansas River through the DRGW GP40 3070 is one of 12 units, Royal Gorge to the highest mainline cross- 3069-3080, in the third order received ing of the Rockies at Tennessee Pass with in February 1967. It features the stan- an elevation of 10,424 feet. dard three-chime horn cluster cen- Much could be said about the road’s pas- tered on the cab roof. Shown at age senger service but our focus for this article four at Pueblo, CO, February 24, 1971. is on its freight operation and how the little Decals: Microscale 87-28. by George Melvin road succeeded in the shadow of the giants. Photographer unknown, From its eastern connections, the well- George Melvin collection

20 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 This view of DRGW 3146 shows the engineer’s side of one of the former Conrail GP40s. The Rio GRANDE name on the hood side is a bit further aft than on some other GP40s, and this unit also does not have the warning lights. The engineer’s side window has a sunshade and wind deflector. The small bulge beside the road number is an air vent. In helper service at Minturn, CO, on June 1, 1989. Decals: Microscale 87-28. George Melvin photo

DRGW GP35 3046 leads three other GP35s past the station at Helper, UT, on September 17, 1965. To the east, the first order of GP40s was being built. Despite the weaknesses in the GP35, the Rio Grande was loyal to EMD and built a great fleet of four-motor Geeps. The presence of footboards rather than plow pilots offer a quick way to tell that these units are GP35s and not the more popular (on the Rio Grande!) GP40. Decals: Microscale 87-28. Ed Fulcomer photo, George Melvin collection the F3 in 1946 through the F5, F7 and F9, the final examples arriving in 1955. The EMD road switcher models were also well received with 14 GP7s arriving in 1950 and 1952 and two dozen GP9s being acquired in 1955-’56. The last first-generation units to arrive were ten SD9s in 1957; these followed the purchase of five earlier SD7s four years prior in 1953. The timing was wrong for the first turbo Geep, the GP20, and its nor- mal aspired counterpart, the GP18. The next power to arrive was three experimental Ger- man-built Krauss-Maffei diesel-hydraulics in 1961. Along with three built for the Southern Pacific, these 4,000-hp units were an attempt to define the next chapter in diesel locomo- tive development as the limits of the 1950 technology offered at the end of the decade was being reached. These engines were not a success on the Rio Grande and were sold to the SP in 1964. DRGW GP40 3077 is another unit from the 3069-3080 group. This view of the Returning to the conventional trail, the fireman’s side shows the standard sunshade and wind deflectors as well as the first of two orders for GP30s, 13 units num- location of the bell just forward of the fuel tank. Note also the rerailer hanging bered 3001-3012 were received in 1962. in front of the rear truck. Salida, CO; May 30, 1970. Decals: Microscale 87-28. This was followed by another order the Ed Fulcomer photo, George Melvin collection following year for 15 more GP30s. A trend for the second generation of diesel locomo- Motors to correct the situation with the new location. Six months later, a small order for tive purchases had been established on the and much-improved GP40 and was near the five more GP40s arrived and was numbered Rio Grande...”If EMD builds four-motor head of the line to purchase that model. Right 3064-3068; these arrived in February 1967. A Geeps, we will buy them.” For the 13 years after the first order from another EMD loyal- dozen more GP40s arrived in February 1967; from 1962 to 1974, the road only missed ist, the New York Central, was an order for 13 these were numbered 3069-3080. buying second-generation Geeps in three GP40s placed in July of 1965. These arrived In 1968, the road locomotive purchases years: 1968, 1970 and 1973! The GP35 in early 1966 and were numbered 3051-3063, were limited to SD45s but more GP40s also captured two orders, for 19 units in after the GP35s. They carried the standard were purchased in 1969, a small order for 1964 and three units in 1965. These were Rio Grande black with orange trim but were five units numbered 3081-3085. These are numbered 3029-3050 after the GP30s. The equipped with a permanent plow pilot in lieu notable as the first GP40s to arrive with the first order for GP35s was the largest sec- of footboards. As with the earlier GP30s and new Rio GRANDE lettering variation that ond-generation Geep order prior to a pur- GP35s, all the GP40s were equipped with also included the Rio Grande name stretched chase of GP40-2s in 1972. dynamic brakes, large fuel tanks, headlights across the nose. A final group of GP40s was Despite the problems encountered with in the low nose and warning lights between acquired in late 1971, near the end of the the GP35, the Rio Grande trusted General the numberboards in the standard headlight GP40 production run. This was for eight units

DRGW GP40 3082 is from the small order for five units, 3081-3085, built in October 1969. It was the first group to arrive in the large lettering that went along with the road’s last slogan, “The Action Road.” The large side lettering also coincided with the addition of the roadname across the nose in a black panel on the traditional V-stripes. This order also was the first with the new-style rectangular builder plates. Pueblo, CO; May 7 1970. Decals: Microscale 87-28. Ed Fulcomer photo, George Melvin collection

22 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 DRGW GP40 3091 is from the final order of GP40s, eight units numbered 3086-3093 built in November 1971. It differs in one major feature; it is equipped with the extended-range dynamic brake, an option that was standard on the GP40-2 orders that would follow through the early 1970s. Pueblo, CO; May 5, 1974. Decals: Microscale 87-28. Ed Fulcomer photo, George Melvin collection numbered 3086-3093. This group also carried This ended the successful run of factory-new darker color than the original Rio Grande the newer lettering and was also equipped Geep purchases as the road turned to six- units. As the Rio Grande-Southern Pacific with extended-range dynamic braking, evi- motor power, buying 73 SD40T-2s and then merger became a reality about 1988, the denced by the longer blister on the hood. turning to the SD50. fleet soldiered on with a trademark lash-up Not at all tired of high-horsepower four- Late in 1983, a large group of second- of a quartet of high-horsepower four-motor axles, the road continued on to purchase hand GP40s started arriving. A total of 23 Geeps. They were a common sight from the two orders of GP40-2 units in 1972 and former Conrail units were received on a Big Ten Loop just above Denver through the 1974, for a total of 35 units. These were “lease to buy” arrangement. They were num- mountain passes to the flat running near the numbered above the 43 GP40s: 3094-3128. bered above the last pair of GP40-2 units, shores of the Great Salt Lake. Nine years later, two units wrecked at Par- becoming 3131-3153. These units brought A fitting finish to the road’s roster was shall, CO, on August 7, 1982, were sent to the road’s total ownership of the GP40 to the arrival of three GP60s in May 1990. LaGrange and rebuilt to new GP40-2s. The 66; a sizeable fleet of one model for a road While built to Southern Pacific specifica- wreck victims were GP30 3025 and GP40 the size of the Rio Grande. These units dif- tions, they carried the famous Rio Grande 3058; they returned as units 3129 and 3130 fered somewhat from the Rio Grande stan- black-and-orange livery and were numbered in 1983. In addition to GP40 3058 being dard. They were rehabilitated and painted in the famous 3000-series, carrying road wrecked, two other GP40s were in major at Mid America Car shops in Kansas City, numbers 3154-3156. Next month, we will mishaps; unit 3063 was traded in on GP40- MO. By September 1984, 15 of the 23 had consider two small owners of our subject 2 3128 and unit 3081 was rebuilt to Dash-2 been repainted. They could be spotted eas- GP40, those of the DeQueen & Eastern and features but retained its original number. ily by the fact that the orange trim was a Detroit, Toledo & Eastern.

With about 145 units in the GP35/40/40-2 categories, a quartet of these units was a trademark on through-freights any- where on the Rio Grande. Here we seen six-month-old GP40-2 3103 leading GP40 3054, GP35 3048 and a similar fourth unit with a manifest train arriving at Provo, UT, on September 5, 1972. Decals: Microscale 87-28. Ed Fulcomer photo, George Melvin collection

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 23 St. Paul Coal Mine in Cherry, Illinois Site of the Cherry Mine Disaster, November 13, 1909

Part 2: The St. Paul Mine Model Layout by Ray Tutaj, Jr.

Historical photos courtesy Cherry Public Library Model photos by the author

A view looking southeast reveals many buildings, each with its own purpose for the mine...the carpenter shop, blacksmith shop, mule barn, scale house and powderhouse to name a few. You can see how the tracks at the left are elevated to allow the cars to slowly roll toward the tipple.

he dimensions of the layout are basi- structure, which was supported by a maze of matte board was used as a base for the roofs. T cally 4' x 16' with a 6' mid-section iron girders, trusses, beams and cables, etc. I Using photos as a guide, shingles or tarpaper where the slag piles are located. The surface literally had to look at old photographs with roofing was added. The shingles (made by material is 3/8" plywood. The slag piles were a magnifying glass to make sure I placed the Campbell) were applied one row at a time, carved from Styrofoam and covered with proper girder in the right place. I sure am and the tarpaper was made from scotch tape sifted authentic slag/shale gathered from glad that Central Valley had identical gird- strips painted weathered black with Mars the hills in Cherry and secured with Elmer’s ers available. Ninety percent of the build- black acrylic paint used for tar lines. Glue-All®. Cinders found at the site of the ing structures are built from styrene with A cutaway view was also made so visi- old railroad bed were ground up and used for various patterns such as corrugated metal tors can get an idea of what the interior of about half of the track ballast/rock. The ma- siding, board and batten, and clapboard, to the mine looked like. There are map dia- terial was gathered with the help of Charles name a few. With the exception of the tipple, grams of the mine below, which helped me Bartoli of Cherry who owns the mine-site land. Charles also helped me measure some existing foundations where buildings once stood and some remnants remain. Because his father had owned the mine-site land after the CM&StP left in 1927, Charles was able to answer many of the questions I had. (The mine was shut down completely about 1935.) The two locomotives on the layout are Mantua models that I painted and deca- led as CM&StP engines. The boxcars and caboose are LaBelle kits and look very realistic, but I’ll tell you...they’re no fun until they’re done. The gondola coal cars were basically scratchbuilt. All cars are equipped with Kadee® couplers and trucks. The layout uses an automatic reversing unit that allows the trains to go between points A to B. The train passes by the mine office and through the railyard then underneath the tipple where the coal cars The St. Paul Coal mine office was the first building the miners came to when are filled. The tipple was the most diffi- entering the site. It was located a few hundred feet from the other structures at cult structure I had ever built, even more so the mine. Coal miners signed in here before starting their workday. Employees than the which is on display also picked up their paychecks at the office. Coal diggers averaged $3.50 per in Mendota, IL. The tipple was an elevated day, depending on the amount of coal they dug; they were paid $1.08 per ton.

24 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 An early morning photo of a train outside the St. Paul mine office with the coal mine in the distance. This train will depart the mine later in the day. It must wait for the many coal cars to be filled. Most of the cars will be coupled together by gravity, caus- ing the cars to roll into each other due to the slight incline designed into the site for this purpose. represent this section accurately. The cut- an old watering stop named Culton on the take time exposures. away section reveals the second and third ex-Illinois Central Railroad. Midday out in the wide-open country vein levels, which also show the main shaft I had everything set up by 7:30 and began proved to be a challenge. The wind began and the escape shaft. These are in vertical photographing the layout in the natural light. blowing, and actually toppled a couple of alignment with the tipple and escape shaft It looked so realistic the way the shadows the buildings and rail cars. My focus had on the surface. In addition, a peek hole was fell from the structures that I really felt I had turned from taking pictures to protecting the added in the side of the layout to get a feel traveled back in time and was beholding the layout from the wind and high-noon sun. of what it was like down in the mine. You mine in living color. This was my reward I was not happy about these storm force can see a rugged tunnel with various details for building it. All my hard work paid off winds introducing themselves to this model and a track fading into the distance. I used that day when I saw it outdoors like that. I of the Cherry mine. However, beforehand I real slag and dirt from the mine to model shot a total of 36 rolls of film/slides. It was did place weights in most of the buildings this passageway. as if God had said, “Would you like to go or had them fastened to the surface with At the library in Cherry, where the lay- back to 1909 and behold the St. Paul mine in a wood dowel piece to prevent any gusts out is displayed, a photo album is available Cherry?” I said, “Yes!” and took my camera from blowing things around. For the most for viewing, which has numerous pictures with me. I shot every angle I could think of part it worked, except for some of the build- of the building of the diorama that reveal and used the morning, midday, afternoon, ings that were not secured with weights. I how each step of the project was done. dusk and evening light. When darkness fell, would say the winds picked up to about 20- I put lights inside some of the buildings to 30 mph...that’s an incredible 1,740 to 2,610 The Outdoor Photo Shoot Once the project was completed, which was months ahead of schedule, I wanted to photograph the entire layout in the natural light of the great outdoors. I had done this with small sections of the Mendota layout and wished I had done more. The results are usually very impressive because natural light and the use of the horizon bring the project to life. When I mentioned this idea to Mom and Dad and a few friends, I’m sure they thought I was crazy. I dreaded the day because I knew it would be a major under- taking. I wanted to photograph it on sunny and clear day just like the day on which the disaster happened. Well, the right day came along, and on a moment’s notice I called my father for some assistance...I don’t think he was too excited about my idea. We started In a remote setting a relatively short distance from Cherry, I set up the entire before sunrise about 5 AM and made two layout for the shoot at the ex-site of Culton, two miles south of Mendota on trips in two trucks to a pre-selected area two the ex-Illinois Central “Charter” line; you can see the old roadbed I set up on. In miles south of Mendota. It was a remote order to get the correct lighting on the model, I positioned the layout the way country setting and had a nice background at the mine sat in Cherry, with track pointing northwest and southeast. After the every angle. The place where we set up was 17-hour day was done I was exhausted and sunburned.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 25 The reddish brick structure with the six smokestacks is the house. The steam pressure produced by the massive coal- burning provided power to the nearby engine room to raise and lower the iron cages that carried the loads of coal or dirt from below. When coal was needed for the boilers, coal cars were parked in front of the boiler house’s large door openings and emptied into the building. To the far left in this view you can see the fan house and escape shaft structures. The huge 16’ fan is located in the semi-circular structure. This fan provided fresh air to the miners below. The escape shaft is next to the fan house. During the disaster the fan was reversed, which proved to be a fatal mistake. The raging fire was pulled up the escape shaft to the surface, destroying the fan, thus cutting off oxygen to any surviving miners below. The wooden staircase in the escape shaft was also consumed, thus eliminating this way of escape.

mph in HO scale...considerably more than 20 times hurricane-force winds!!! For the most part I was surprised how everything else was holding up. About 1 PM I took a short break and was visited by Mom and Dad who brought lunch. The winds started dying down around three o’clock and weren’t blowing at all in the late afternoon and evening. When I finished with my night shots at 10 PM, my friend Wayne and I began packing up. After being out there for 17 hours I was exhausted and sunburned, but I knew that if the images I beheld in the viewfinder turned out, I’d be pretty happy. I then could share those pictures with others and give people a glimpse of what the mine site looked like in living color. I was very pleased with the results of the photo shoot. For the 90th anniversary of the disaster I made a set of four, 4x6 color pho- The stock cars, which transported the mules to the site, were first brought to tos of the mine model available. Each year a the barn. The mules, led by a “driver,” pulled the mine cars below in the mine. set of different photos will be available until The mules were trained to obey a few commands such as go, stop, right and left 2009, which will mark the 100th anniversary before they worked in the mine. of the disaster. Come and Visit During the summer of 1999 I assembled the project in the Cherry Public Library as a permanent display. I included a special photo viewing section, which surrounds the layout and contains numerous pictures of

The inside of the tipple consisted of a multi-track system in which mine cars brought up from below could be guided where desired. Most all coal was dumped inside the tipple to a sublevel to be rinsed and sepa- rated according to size, then dumped into the train cars below. The cables, which hoisted the cages, can be seen in the distance.

JANUARY 2001 Scene at the Cherry Mine Disaster on November 13, 1909. the mine. Many maps and diagrams are also displayed in the Library. When the 90th anniversary came along on November 13- 14, 1999, it turned out to be a great success. Each year during the anniversary there are a variety of mine-related displays to view along with the model layout. In Cherry you can still see the slag hills at the mine site and some remnants of structures. Also visit the cemetery to see the Miners Memorial and tombstones of the miners. To see the HO scale model of the Cherry Coal Mine and other mine-related artifacts on this anniversary Sunday, the library is open between 9:00-4:00 (second weekend of November). The usual Library hours are Wednesdays 5:00-7:00 PM or Saturdays 9:00-11:00 AM. For special times/tours call (815) 894-2919. Located on the west side of Main Street across from the Cherry State Bank, you can’t miss it! Also while in the area, come and visit the Mendota Railroad Museum located 11 miles northeast of Cherry. The Railroad Museum is home to the Mendota model Looking into the ill-fated Cherry Mine. This is the main shaft where the cages railroad display that was featured in the ascended and descended. This is also the entrance to the mine below. May 1999 MRG, plus CB&Q 4978 and other rolling stock. The Railroad Museum is open noon to 5:00 PM on weekends, and on Wednesday through Sunday from Memorial Day to Labor Day or by appoint- ment. Call (815) 538-3800 or 539-3373. The Hume-Carnegie Museum is open weekends 1:00-4:00 PM. Find Out More If you have questions or interests in photos, available music recordings, audio version of Cherry Mine Disaster, or the Cherry mine slide show presentation, write to: Ray Tutaj, Jr., 802½ Monroe St., Men- dota, IL 61342. If you would like to view a collection of historic photos on the Cherry Mine Disas- ter, etc., check out the website: http://cher- rymine.www9.50megs.com/. I hope you have enjoyed taking this The fan house area contained the escape shaft and airshaft. Unfortunately, as journey with me back in time to 1909 at can be seen here, the fire that was pulled up the shafts destroyed the building the St. Paul Mine. I hope this article has to the left of the fan enclosure. This also destroyed a means of escape for the sparked an interest in this most fascinating miners. It also brought great distress to the women seen at the left of the photo. story and helped you to realize the power Amid the confusion their demeanor displays much anguish and sorrow for their of historic model railroading. loved ones trapped below.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 27 Looking northeast from the back of the tipple gives a good view of the engine house seen at the right. The smokestacks belong to the boiler house, which is connected to the engine house. The cable leading from the building is wrapped around a 9’ drum with enough cable to reach the top of the tipple and approximately 315’ below the surface, thus reaching the second vein. (The third vein was accessible via the escape shaft.)

Day after day, year after year, the miners down below filled the mine cars with slag and dirt that formed the pink mountains that would for- ever be a landmark of Cherry. The miners were only paid for the coal loads and not the dirt and shale that had to be removed to get at the coal. When a pile became high enough, the trestle would be extended so a new pile could be formed. The down- ward chute seen on the right was used to form a single massive pile. The slag was dumped into this down- ward chute where it would be loaded in a pit car, which had a track going up the ever-growing hill. The car was pulled by a cable-and-pulley system. When the full car reached the top, a triggering mechanism (skipjack) forced the load to be dumped onto the pile.

28 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 Train working at St. Paul mine pauses momentarily near the company’s office, before backing to the tipple area to begin work.

Two wood-sided CM&StP boxcars are seen here parked near a work- ing locomotive. The towering tip- ple fills the sky in the background. These 40’ cars brought many tools and machinery supplies needed at the industrious coal mine. Boxcars such as these contained the necessary wire and electrical components to replace the electrical system that shorted out only weeks before the disaster. Some delay was experienced in filling the order, and the new wire and parts arrived at the mine on the morning of the fatal day.

Looking down at the yard tracks you can see a train at work. The engine house rooftop can be seen at lower right. The heavy-duty steel cable com- ing from the opening in the engine house eventually ends at the top of the cages by way of the headframe atop the tipple. The slag piles in the background were the first to be formed at the site.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 29 Under a beautiful sky, the end of the loaded coal train is spotted heading northeast of Ladd. The CM&StP standard caboose car seen here was built at West Milwaukee around Here the tipple headframe towers above the rugged mine the turn of the century (approx. 1898-1905). The wood- site as the early morning light reflects off the length of sided caboose was equipped with a cupola lamp, which the tipple. Each day a worker had to climb the stairway to was loaded from inside the caboose. Color indications the top and lubricate the sheaves and moving parts, which were simply changed by revolving an internally mounted guided the heavy-duty steel cables. Directly below this . Green and red glass slides displayed signals to section is the main shaft. The miners entered and left the the front and rear only. The gondola seen here with the underground mine by riding the cages in the main shaft. caboose is loaded with actual coal from the mine. It has One went up while the other went down. The cages were an inside dimension of approximately 40’ and a capacity controlled by the cage operator in the engine house, seen of 100,000 lbs. The height of the wood-sided gondola is 8’ at lower right of picture. All coal and slag was brought up 33/8”. Many of these cars were built at Dubuque and Min- the main shaft. neapolis around the turn of the last century.

30 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 Meet Ray Tutaj, Jr. Ray has been caretaker of the Mendota Amtrak Depot/RR Museum since August of 1997. His parents help maintain the depot, allowing Ray more time to pursue other interests. He enjoys train photogra- phy and is a professional musician who enjoys performing, playing his guitar. He has made several recordings and some of his latest endeavors include: a music recording containing songs and composi- tions about the Cherry Mine Disaster; a slide show presentation combining live music, storytelling and slides of the Cherry Coal Mine Story. He is also near comple- tion of a new guitar teaching method book. He doesn’t think he will be doing any sig- nificant model building in the near future.

Ray is seen here with his guitar, leaning against remnants of the brick boiler house at the former mine site. In the background is one of the tree-covered slag piles. The headframe of the big black tipple at the St. Paul coal mine towers above the Mike Gleason photo main shaft below, which was the entrance to the underground workings.

Darkness falls upon the quiet St. Paul mine after another hard workday.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 31 WALTHERS HO N ® &

Congratulations to the winners of Model Railroading Magazine’s “Eye Of The Craftsman” contest!

Here are the Walthers Cornerstone Series® kits which were for kitbashing, the architectural styling and detailing of Walthers used in the construction of the town of Amherst on Art Fahie’s Cornerstone Series® buildings and industrial details add realism Niagara & Pearl Creek Railroad. This fantastic scene incorporates to any HO or N scene. Here are the Walthers Cornerstone Series® both HO and N Scale kits. kits used in Amherst before Mr. Fahie took a saw and paintbrush Whether you use them right out of the box or cut them up to them.

Walthers Cornerstone Series® HO and N Kits Are The Building Blocks, All You Need To Do Is Put Them Together 10 16 11

N Northern Light & Power 933-3214 $32.98 5-2/8 x 4-1/8" N Hardwood Furniture Co. 933-3232 $29.98 6-3/8 x 7-3/16" N Ice House and Icing Platform 933-3245 $34.98 ice house: 6-1/2 x 2-7/8" two platforms, each measures: 9-7/8 x 7/8"

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N Vulcan Manufacturing Co. 933-3233 $24.98 main building: 5-5/8 N Brach’s�Candy Factory Discontinued This kit is retired. A future HO Milwaukee Beer & Ale 933-3024 $69.98 12-3/8 HO Brick x 5-11/16" crane canopy: 5-3/8 x 5-1/8" Used in buildings 6 and 12. production run may be scheduled if there is enough demand. To find x 10 x 12" Smokestacks Stacks are used on buildings 19 and 20. dealers who might still have it in stock, use the product locator at 933-3509 walthers.com. pkg(2) $9.98 10-1/4" tall To see more Walthers Cornerstone Series® structures, visit WALTHERS.com Pre-production models shown; some details may vary. Colors shown are painted by modeler; paint not included. Figures, vehicles, railroad equipment and other accessories sold separately. ©2000 Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. The “In’s & Out’s” of the City of Amherst The Contest Answers Revealed by Art Fahie Photos by the author

s promised, here are the answers 7 Recognize the wall pattern? George 13 I couldn’t remember the manufac- A to the “Eye of the Craftsman” con- Sellios made it famous; it’s a rear wall turer of this structure, but the con- test, which was presented in the September section of a Victoria Falls Hotel. Orig- test winner correctly identified it as 2000 issue, along with the winners who cor- inally offered by Magnuson, the kit is the Industrial Heritage Scale Mod- rectly identified the most structures in my currently available from Period Minia- els Retail Coal Dealer. It was built N-scale city of Amherst. tures.3 straight from the box.3 1 N scale kit 8 This Model Power building is available 14 I hate to rub it in, but those are more 2 HO scale kit under the name Baldwin Locomotive rear walls from the Victoria Falls 3 Available in both scales Works, among others. The rear walls Hotel...and there are more coming!3 were stacked on the front ones to 1 Perhaps the most obvious of kits...a achieve this height.3 15 This is the famous “hybrid” brew- direct assembly of the Adam’s Ave. kit ery made by Kibri...the manufacturer by Downtown Deco.3 9 Rear walls are seldom recognized... claims that it can be used in both N DPM to the rescue...stacked for and HO scale, and although the bricks 2 Another easy one, a laser-cut garage height, these walls could have come are huge for N scale it still works.3 by Blair Line.1 from almost any DPM offering.3 16 Walthers Cornerstone Series® again... 3 This is perhaps the toughest commer- 10 This is an interesting combination... a Hardwood Furniture Co. with all walls cial structure of the contest... made by any one of three answers would have used up front...but just one kit was Langely in England.1 been correct because the building is used to create this interesting struc- a combination of all three. The large ture!3 4 Don’t feel bad if you didn’t get this “arched” windows are from Walthers one...it’s actually the Hilltowne Hotel Northern Power & Light3; the fac- 17 This should twist a few minds...N- by DPM...the windows should have ing large wall is from Victoria Falls scalers have a serious lack of really been the clue!1 Hotel3; and the tip-out is from the big structures, so I went to HO on Model Power building used as #8. this one. These are some wall sec- 5 Three Walthers Cornerstone Series® The doors between the windows were tions from the Walthers Cornerstone Brach’s Candy structures were com- covered with a paper sign3...all three Series® Brewery!2 bined to create this large structure... structures are available in both scales! some re-arranging, but no heavy kit- 18 This one is almost invisible in the two- bashing yields this structure.1 (coming 11 Stack two end-wall sections of the page spread photo. Here again it’s the in HO) Walthers Ice House together and this Model Power Baldwin Loco Works. is pretty much what you can expect.1 Anyone who could figure out this one 6 An interesting but simple kitbash of deserves to win a lot more than I can Walthers Cornerstone® Vulcan Manu- 12 Vulcan Mfg. again! It took three think of!3 The contest winner got this facturing.3 structures to build Nos. 6 and 12.3 one right too.

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19 You must know this one by now! Vic- tectural look. This technique can be the bottom-level floor pieces from toria Falls Hotel (with a smokestack used with any number of structures. the original kit...I just decided to use from Vulcan Mfg.).3 This one only happens to be available in them for upper floors!3 N-scale!1 20 Remember the DPM Hilltowne Hotel 31 DPM rear wall section...nothing new that was kitbashed for the over- 26 I like towers; they help add distinc- here.3 head railway office? This is it again... tive rooflines to cities normally domi- used more traditionally...and with yet nated by mortar “boxes.” The tower is 32 It says “Milwaukee Beer & Ale”...and another Vulcan Mfg. smokestack adorn- part of the Victorian Mansion available that’s exactly what it is! Another Wal- ing it!1 from Model Power!3 thers® Cornerstone kit...in HO this time.2 21 The bi-scale Kibri Brewery strikes 27 Generic wall sections, stacked for again!3 height, with a hole drilled and sur- 33 Need I say it? More wall sections rounded by thin styrene strips to from the above kit. I tried to bring 22 Anyone who has ever built the Kibri represent architectural stone. The the visual emphasis to the sign on the Industrial Complex surely must recog- walls were originally flat on top; I cut structure...and not to the oversized nize this tower! It is actually suspended the peaked roofline to provide some windows!2 at an angle off the back of the struc- variation in the scene. Without the ture in front of it! sign, this building would never attract 34 Any N-scaler should know this one... attention. Answer: generic?3 unfortunately it was never available in 23 DPM modular wall sections are great HO...a DPM Jerry Riggs gas station... for filling-in otherwise nondescript 28 A decal from the Walthers Brewery straight from the kit. See, you don’t background areas.3 was placed on this rear wall section of have to reinvent every kit!1 Victoria Falls hotel.3 24 This structure is almost invisible, but In Summary the arched windows were covered with 29 Another structure so generic that it’s The idea of this contest was to provide signs to disguise the otherwise over- hard to remember its origin, but the modelers with a challenge that would pro- sized (for N-scale) arched windows. It’s wall sections (should you recognize vide more interest and insight than simply the HO Walthers Cornerstone® Brew- them) were from the Kibri Brewery; submitting a “personalized” index card ery...there were a total of FOUR back- the exposed wall was “peaked” to pro- to receive a “prize.” The 34 structures, ground structures made from that one vide visual relief.3 when combined into an N-scale scene only kit...with wall sections to spare!2 6' long, combined to make these “usual 30 Remember the Kibri Industrial Com- & commercial” structures into something 25 Mike Tylick’s favorite structure (I plex that provided us with the tower quite unusual. Like many of us I enjoy the wonder why!)...DPM’s Mercantile wall (#22)? The kit is so widely used sharing of my efforts as much as I do the sections were stacked...the end one that using it in a more creative way creative process itself. You don’t have being heated and wrapped around a is a necessity. The wall sections just to spend a lot of money, or be a master dowel to achieve an even more archi- below the sign are actually craftsman to achieve outstanding results. Was this contest easy? Maybe not, but it sure was fun! And the Winners Are... Thanks to Walthers for the great prizes, 1st Place — Marvin Johnson, Jamaica, NY to Randy Lee for letting us all share a little bit of an “interactive” challenge, and to all 2nd Place — Lou Kalogeras, Riverhead, NY of the contest entrants for their responses! 3rd Place — Al Sohl, Jr., Hauppauge, NY Now surely, there must be some modelers of the urban scene outside of New York???!!!

34 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 MODELING MODERN ▼ INTERMODAL Transamerica Distribution Services Part 1: History and Prototypes

by Gary Walton With assistance from Peter Bambach Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated

Great Dane Plant, Savannah, GA, 1981. Pete Bambach photo

y motivation for a modeling project ’60s and early ’70s. Unfortunately we are more freedom to set rates and compete for M usually begins with an interesting all too familiar with the systematic collapse business they otherwise had no chance of prototype photo or two. Like many of you, of the railroad industry during this period. winning (precursor to the Staggers Act of I take hundreds of train pictures every year. Fortunately the mid-’70s spawned reforms 1980). The ICC was now empowered to Once the pictures are developed I look for that gradually swept away most of the regu- deregulate any commodity if it was found unique, well-weathered and interesting pro- lations that had strangled the railroads for to be in the public interest. In 1979, due to totypes. Appealing subjects are filed in a box the last 80 years. mounting pressure from shippers and agri- labeled “Articles/Intermodal” or the other The Railroad Revitalization and Regu- cultural lobbyists, the ICC deregulated rail box labeled “Articles/Everything Else.” latory Act of 1976 granted the railroads movement of all fresh fruits and vegetables. Thus began my interest in writing a piece on the reefer equipment of Transamerica Dis- tribution Services (TDS). Personally I think TDS reefers are neat...they’re different, full of character and becoming rare in my rail- fanning haunts. TDS is also a case study for successful intermodal start-ups in the dereg- ulation era. Former TDS Vice President Peter Bambach provided valuable assistance filling in the blanks and piecing together fragmented data. If not for his help, this would have been just another modeling project without the benefit of an accurate historical perspective. Throughout most of the 20th century the rail industry had to comply with ever-tight- ening government regulations that stipu- lated, among other things, petitioning the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) with rate requests or changes. Usually an exercise in futility, the railroads knew their request would most often be denied. After WW2, government funding was poured into the nation’s Interstate Highway System. In summary it was becoming increasingly difficult, more like impossible, for railroads TDSZ 550201 is a brand new Great Dane 45’ x 96” reefer. This pre-delivery shot to compete with trucks throughout the ’50, was taken at Great Dane’s plant in Savannah, GA, 1981. Pete Bambach photo

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 35 Presto a “new” customer-friendly, full-ser- vice refrigerated transportation company could now emerge. By utilizing “multiple modes of transportation” (truck-rail-truck), door-to-door service could now be delivered for a single, very competitive price. This created a wonderful opportunity for trucks and trains to be partnered as “complimen- tors,” instead of natural enemies. Moving highway reefers by rail was now much more efficient and cost effective. Established transportation icons scrambled to take full advantage of this. Parent company Transamerica responded quickly to deregulation by developing and energizing the TDS business model. Their comprehensive plan provided a single point Two of the first 100 Utility 45x96 vans built. Photo was taken at Utility’s El Paso, of customer contact and offered a seam- TX, plant in 1981 during a pre-delivery inspection tour. Notice the placement of less service for one price. In practice this the Transamerica symbol as compared to the Great Dane van. 1981 approach made it easy to do business with Pete Bambach photo TDS. Their target market was West Coast agricultural shippers. This decision was eas- ily justified because of California’s long growing season, abundant crop yields, and Santa Fe’s robust east-west physical plant. By combining rail and highway modes, thereby greatly reducing cost per mile, TDS was able to offer a lower price than a “truck-only” solution and still generate a healthy profit. In 1981 TDS officially began operations. Laden with perishables from various Califor- nia growing centers, TDS reefers raced east- bound on Santa Fe’s hottest intermodal trains (991, P-FRCH, P-RICH). Once grounded in Midwest or East Coast hubs, dray services (“intermodal-speak” for the highway move) trucked the vans directly to the customer’s receiving dock. For example, the receiver could be a major East Coast produce dis- tributor taking in a load of carrots destined The first 45, Utility-built TDSZ 550000 TOFC, in Santa Fe’s Corwith Yard in Chi- for a regional grocery chain. Once unloaded, cago. It is set for the westbound move back to California in this 1981 photo. the reefer units were shut down, and the Pete Bambach photo vans were returned empty to the intermodal hub’s “available pool,” meaning they were fair game for any shipping agent to back- haul almost any type of lading to California. (Although haz-mats were discouraged, any hazardous lading required pre-load installa- tion of a disposable plastic liner to prevent interior contamination.) The goal was to get the reefers back to the West Coast as quickly as possible for another eastbound perishable move. Major end-point service hubs included Chicago (TDS’s corporate HQ), Detroit, St. Louis, Cleveland, North Jersey, Boston and Philadelphia. Direct competition came from the likes of CO-OP, Cornucopia, Intermodal Express (IMEX), Agricultural Express of America (AXXA), Martrac (UPS owned), Clipper (merged with AXXA eventually), and of course truckers (this is an incom- plete list). In early 1981 TDS received 100 41' 4" long x 96" wide refrigerated trailers from Utility numbered TDSZ 500000-500099. (Sorry gang, a search for photos of the 41’s The ground man checks to see that the king pin is lined up with the hitch plate. netted zero). A Thermo King RMV die- Corwith Yard, Chicago; 1981. Pete Bambach photo sel temperature control unit was mounted

36 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 TDSZ 550886 is one of the 45x96 reefers that TDS acquired in 1984. This is an important image because this van was sold shortly after this photograph was taken. Notice also the reversed logo as seen on some of the initial 45’ Utility vans. Con- rail’s Harrisburg TV Terminal, 1996. John Becker photo

provide ample clearance for two 45’s on one platform. Totally frustrated, a red-faced TDS VP had no choice but to leverage his trump card by firmly reminding SF that, “Transamerica is a large and important rail customer.” Only slightly humbled, but still not completely convinced, SF reluctantly authorized TDS to operate the 45' reefers because they could no longer support their position by claiming, “We have always done it this way, so you can’t do it that way.” Vic- tory reigns supreme; strike that rule from the stone tablet! This breakthrough milestone was an industry first. An additional 238 cubic feet of cold space was gained, allowing two additional pallets of lading (translated: a lot TDSZ 550003 gives us a good look at Utility’s signature Barrier door. 1981. more salad tossed into a bigger bowl). This Pete Bambach photo may not seem like much except when you are trying to compete for business with a beneath the trailer floor (AKA belly-mount) implemented for a more strategic reason, as trucker that already has 45' reefers blasting to lower the risk of damage during the “lift” you will soon see. The paint scheme adopted through your corridor. operation. This design feature was also was similar to Transamerica’s dry vans of this TDS immediately ordered 100 Utility 45' era, except the red and blue bands extended x 96" reefers as soon as Santa Fe officially the length of each side. lifted the 41' 4" rule. This gave TDS a slight During this “start-up” period, TDS was advantage over their intermodal competi- engaged in heated negotiations with Santa tors by putting their 45’s on Santa Fe rails Fe to relax a 41' 4" length restriction for rail first. The 45' Utility vans were numbered in movement of highway reefers. TDS pro- series TDSZ 550000-550099. Later in 1981 posed moving two 45' belly-mount reefers an important partnering relationship was loaded elephant style on 90' platforms. They established with Georgia-based trailer manu- approached the SF fully aware that railroads facturer Great Dane. This joint relationship had been loading two 45' dry vans per plat- flourished until the end of TDS’s existence. form since 1980. The 45' belly-mount reef- From 1981 to late 1982 Great Dane deliv- ers stamped an identical footprint. Santa Fe, ered 440 45' x 96" vans numbered TDSZ however, would not recant, stating, “No, it 550100-550539. cannot be done.” Why not? SF’s “book o’ Enter the era of the 102s. In 1983 the Sur- rules” assumed that all refrigeration units face Transportation Authority Act (STAA) were nose-mounted on the front wall of the was amended allowing the legal width of This is an interior view of a TDS 45’ van. These rules were chiseled on stone tab- semi-trailers to increase from 96" to 102". Utility reefer. Notice the corrugated lets long before belly-mount reefers were In a 45' van this change would provide an aluminum floor (square flutes), lower installed on 45' intermodal trailers. (Truck- additional 151 cubic feet of space. Desir- sidewall and “roof chute.” The ver- ers’ use of the belly-mount design dates back ing to take advantage of this, TDS quickly tical “posts” normally seen on the to the ’50s.) Don’t forget that the deregula- began designing specifications for their new interior of a sheet-&-post dry van are tion era was only five years old. Railroads 45x102 reefer. (Of course they had to go encased in foam insulation, covered had just awakened from an 80-year slumber another round with Santa Fe for approval with a Kemlite® inner wall making and might have been somewhat sluggish to of the increased width.) Like the previous them invisible in a reefer. The Kemlite respond to the obvious. equipment, TDS chose to partner with Great surface forms a smooth, easy-to-clean TDS’s ever-persistent executive team Dane and Thermo King. The tried and reli- interior that helps to shield lading vehemently pleaded their case to SF opera- able Thermo King RMV was again specified from exterior temperatures. 1981. tions managers, repeatedly showing proof as the belly-mount reefer unit. Pete Bambach photo that the belly-mount design would indeed The increased width introduced the pos-

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 37 TDSZ 540695 45’ x 102” Great Dane photographed in Cresson, PA, rolling on Conrail’s east/west mainline. Notice the record box has been moved from the nose to the driver’s side of the reefer unit. The original landing gear was replaced, evi- denced by the presence of square “sand shoe” type ground pads and square tubing for the gear legs and angle iron for the bracing. As delivered new the landing-gear components were round. The faint outline of the once bold red stripe is barely visible. March 1998.

The record box mounted on the reefer unit is quite obvious on TDSZ 540596. Eastbound on Horseshoe Curve; July 6, 1997. sibility of added weight. The previous 45x96 numbered TDSZ 540540-540599 for the ’83 designs were already heavy beasts. Tipping batch and 540600-540819 for the ’84 batch. the scales at over 17,000 pounds pushed Many of these vans initially had a “5” as the their empty weight to a payload robbing second digit of their number before being 26% of the overall AAR-mandated gross of placed in service. To comply with updated 65,000 lbs. per van. (The average 45' dry AAR-suggested numbering practices, TDS van of this era was 14,000 lbs.) Options requested that Great Dane change the second were explored to lower overall weight with- digit from a “5” to a “4” to identify a 45' long out sacrificing durability. TDS focused their x 102" width van (a “5” denotes 45' long efforts on the interior floor. By combining x 96" wide). TDS maintained an ascend- two different corrugated aluminum floor ing numerical sequence for the last three designs, a reduction in weight was achieved digits of the reporting number throughout but not at the expense of compromised their entire 45' fleet (45x96 Utility and Great strength and durability. Floor strength was Dane 000-539, 45x102 Great Dane 540-819, an important consideration due to the pay- 45x96 Great Dane 820-899). For additional load weight, reefer equipment weight and information on intermodal trailer and con- the stress of the “lift.” The new floor design tainer numbering, refer to the November featured a staggered corrugation pattern of 1995 MRG. “square-” and T-shaped flutes. As a result This is where it gets a little confusing. tare weight of the 102" wide design was Somehow TDS picked up an additional 80 within a few pounds of the 96" wide design Great Dane 45x96 vans in 1984 (after the (both 45' van types, 96 and 102 are listed 102" allowance came to be) numbered TDSZ with 17,040 lbs. specified as their empty 550820-550899. It is uncertain if they were weight). The advanced design of the TDS built for TDS as part of an original order or “T” floor also increased air flow, especially acquired as part of a corporate acquisition. beneath the palletized load. From this point However, they were painted in the full TDS Rear shot of 540615 gives a good forward all new TDS reefers featured the livery. Eleven used 1986 Fruehauf 45x102 look at the vent hatch and the unique patented “T” floor design. vans (TDSZ 540900-540910) became part of “boxed” Great Dane door frame. East By the end of 1984, 278 Great Dane the fleet in 1988. The large fleet of 45' reef- , CA; April 1997. 45x102 reefers were in service. They were ers prompted TDS to dispose of the capac- Brian Kreimendahl photo

38 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 This picture gives us a good look at the curbside of 540699. Clovis, NM; July 1997. Brian Kreimendahl photo

ity-challenged 41' equipment. The entire lot was sold to a Chilean businessman in 1985. A true Kodak moment occurred when 97 of the original 100 Utility reefers were loaded on a ship destined for South America. TDS acquired an additional 400+ 45' x 96" vans through the used market, short term lease or from competitors abandoning their reefer business. The reporting marks, numbers, original owners and manufacturer(s) of the aforementioned 400 vans is not known. Although California provided a steady flow of fruits and vegetables, peaks did occur due 540560 is showing signs of age as numerous vertical “stress” folds are seen to above-average crop yields (very similar to on the sidewall. These folds are caused by the numerous “lifts” performed on grain traffic). During these peak times, TDS loaded pig vans. Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, PA; July 1998. supplemented their fleet by short-term lease arrangements with various reefer companies. One such company was Joseph Land of Lake Wales, Florida. Florida perishable movements were not consistently profitable to ship by rail because of several factors including congestion and interchange delays on the North/South mainline. These factors made it “win-win” for TDS to periodically lease inactive Joseph Land equipment. TDS continued to experiment and test new equipment designs. Some attempts paid off and of course, some didn’t. To lever- age double-stack technology TDS tested and leased twenty 48' composite reefer con- tainers from Stoughton in 1989. Ten were equipped with a recessed Thermo King Super II. The other ten had a new Thermo King reefer unit called an RC3 that hung off the front of the container, occupying only the top third of the nose. This allowed enough clearance for the container to be set in the lower well of a stack car and did not sacri- fice valuable cargo space in the container. Only 20 were placed in service but not for long. Citing reliability problems (not “rail friendly” was the quoted party line), TDS promptly returned the cans to Stoughton as soon as the lease expired. Another experiment that did succeed These three pho- was the 48' van. TDS commissioned Great t o s p ro v i d e a Dane to build a prototype 48' rail spec look at the reefer reefer. This van was equipped with an aero- equipment, 100- dynamic Thermo King SB II refrigeration gal. fuel tank unit mounted on a polished stainless-steel and landing gear. nose. An exterior height of 13' 4" deviated March 1999. from the norm of 13' 6". Unveiled at the Brian Kreimendahl 1985 Intermodal Expo in Atlanta, it sported photos a rather Spartan paint job sans the red-and- blue stripe, no reporting marks or ID num- ber. It is not known if this van was placed

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 39 in revenue service. In response to this suc- 543100-543105. Unfortunately a freeze (no cessful prototype, TDS eventually ordered pun intended) was put on capital purchases 150 Great Dane 48' vans with Thermo King in late 1990, eliminating any opportunity for Super II nose-mount reefer units. Adorned Great Dane and Carrier to leverage the suc- Not To Scale with a redesigned paint scheme that com- cessful test. Upon hearing this news, Carrier TDS patented corrugated “T” plimented the corporate trademark “Trans- hastened to replace the Phoenix reefer units floor design is a combination of america Tower” (or pyramid), the new vans with used “Thunderbird” units. Great Dane square- and T-shaped flutes. This projected a striking image. The 48’s were responded in a like manner and proceeded to is an example of the flutes as placed into service beginning in 1988 num- raise the monthly lease to $1,028 per trailer. they appear when viewed from bered TDSZ 542100-542249. By late 1989 TDS had sold most of their the rear-end of the van. In 1990 TDS agreed to test six Great obsolete 45x96 fleet. As the business cli- Dane, Therma Cube vans equipped with mate changed in the ’90s, corporate strate- new aerodynamic Carrier “Phoenix” reefer gies like downsizing and business process chased all assets and business from TDS in units. Cost of ownership to TDS was $1 reengineering became synonymous with June of 1991. This transferred ownership per month for each van; the reefer units radical cost cutting. In late 1990, due to of the remaining TDS vans: 45x96s (73), were basically free. If the results of the test a refocus on their core leasing business, 45x102s (266), 48x102s (156) and one lone proved successful, then Great Dane and Car- parent company Transamerica put TDS on Fruehauf 45x102, for a total of 496 vans. rier would likely win a major order. The test the selling block. Tennessee-based Mark The reporting marks and paint scheme vans were put into service numbered TDSZ VII (the “Ice Cold Express” company) pur- remained intact, preserving the original

TDSZ543102. One of the four remaining Great Dane 48’ “Therma Cube” reefers displaying the Phase 2 TDS paint scheme. Notice the Carrier Thunderbird reefer unit. June 1997. Brian Kreimendahl photo

Two of Pete’s buddies are showing off the prototype of the Great Dane 48’ reefer at the 1985 Intermodal Expo in Atlanta. Pete Bambach photo

40 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 This Great Dane 48’ IMEX reefer is a former TDS van. The original six-digit ID number was kept by IMEX. Temstar rosters TDSZ 542108 and 542110. The gap is explained by the IMEX-owned 542109. Galesburg, IL; June 1997. John Becker photo

TDS look. Mark VII started a new division tive company that worked hard to deliver a California, Santa Fe(BNSF) east/west inter- called Temstar to market and deliver the customer-focused, full-service transporta- modal operations or one of the major service former TDS services. tion value. At the height of TDS’s opera- hubs like Chicago. If you like the bleeding As we end the year 2000, 199 of the tions in 1988, their highly visible reefer edge of the mid-to-late ’90s, it is prototypi- original 278 45x102 Great Dane vans are fleet numbered 1,500 vans. TDS equipment cally correct to include a healthy number of still in active service for Temstar (although constantly pushed the design envelope to 45x102 and 48' TDS vans in your pool. they are looking a little tired at this point). maximize efficiency, capacity and durability. In future issues of MRG, several modeling This remarkable example of durability is a The amazing service record of the fleet icon, articles will be presented representing early real tribute to the original TDS engineer- Great Dane’s 45x102 reefer has eclipsed 17 and later TDS equipment phases (45x102, 48 ing specifications and Great Dane’s quality years. From a historical perspective, they and Therma Cube). manufacturing. Temstar continues to roster were one of several pioneering organiza- My sincere gratitude goes out to veteran 54 of the original TDS 48-footers, including tions that helped define the benchmark for intermodalist and new-found friend Pete four of the six Therma Cube units. Some of intermodal operations of today’s long-haul Bambach. Without his experience, gener- the 48s have had the original TDS graphics trucking companies like J.B. Hunt, Swift ous help and abundant patience, this project replaced with a small rectangular Temstar and Schneider National. For modern inter- would never have gotten off the “bench.” logo. The last of the Great Dane 45x96 reef- modal modelers, especially if the ’80s is Thanks also to John Becker, David Bontrager, ers (TDSZ 550820-550899) were sold in your chosen era, you would be well served Brian Kreimendahl, and Temstar’s Joe Gar- 1996 (to an antique dealer!). The remain- to have a strong TDS representation in your rity for their contributions to this article. Until ing TDS Fruehauf was sold in 1999. Of the fleet...even more so if you model Southern next time, happy inter-modeling. original 45x102 reefers, 79 are unaccounted for. Due to their age and condition, the 102s were either scrapped or sold for possible use as storage vans. Wrecks also could have claimed some of the original fleet. Temstar sold 100 of the TDS 48s to IMEX (Intermodal Express), thus accounting for the entire “542” number series. Many were repainted into IMEX livery, re-stenciled with IMXZ reporting marks but left with the original red warning labels and TDS numbers intact. The faint outline of the removed TDS graph- ics is still visible. (If you are interested in a complete roster list of TDS vans in active ser- vice for Temstar, please e-mail your request to [email protected]). Temstar has added to the original fleet of TDS vans by purchase and lease of 48' and 53' reefers (various build- ers including Great Dane, Wabash and Trailmo- bile), bringing their current “piggyback” reefer fleet size to 352. One notable example is the acquisition of Wabash- built vans from the This 1983 Great Dane, Thermo King and Transamerica publicity photo features former Conrail Shared Asset, Merchants Des- the first 45x102 reefer van and the supporting management teams. Shortly patch. before delivery to TDS, the number was changed at the factory from 550540 to TDS was an aggressive and innova- 540540. Great Dane company photo

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 41 HO SCALE REVIEW

Bachmann 3-Truck Shay

Bachmann’s 3-truck Shays are available in either wood-cab or steel-cab versions. Note small detail differences between headlights, air tanks and steam turrets. An oil-burning version is also available with approprate oil bunker.

attached to the wheels. In either 1879 or rotated at a 2:1 or 3:1 ratio to the by Chris Lane ’80 he sold the manufacturing rights to the drivers (depending on the number of cylin- Lima Machinery Co. (later Lima Locomo- ders), and received either 12 or 18 impulses Photos by the author tive Co.) in Lima, Ohio. They built the first per driver rotation. This compares to the four Shay in 1880 and sold it to the J. Alley Co. impulses on conventional locomotives. This odel railroaders have always been Ephraim Shay was awarded a patent for the is why a Shay sounds like it is going 50 mph M fascinated with Shay locomotives. locomotive that bears his name on June 14, when it’s only going 5, and why they are One of the hobby’s pioneer modelers, Hugh 1881, and another for his universal joint in such steady pullers. The crankshaft is con- Boutell, built an indoor, live-steam Shay in December of 1882. It is interesting to note nected to a universal joint that is also con- the early 1930s for his Pine Valley RR. Pa- that the Shay’s main competitor, the Cli- nected to a square line shaft. This allows the cific Fast Mail (PFM) was started because max, was invented by another logger named rotational power to be transmitted even as the the late Bill Ryan wanted models of HO Charles D. Scott between 1875 and 1878 shaft deflects from the center on curves. Shays, and importing brass models from near Corry, Pennsylvania. Like Shay, Scott The line shaft consists of two assem- Japan was the best way to obtain them. Raoul used a marine engine mounted on a flatcar to blies: a hollow square shaft that connects to Martin of NorthWest Short Line ended up in drive a shaft geared to drive wheels. the crankshaft and a solid square shaft that business the same way. So when Bachmann Lima built three locomotives to Shay’s fits inside the hollow shaft and connects to announced that they would be producing design in 1880, over 20 in 1881, 32 in another universal and the bevel gears on an HO 3-truck Shay, it was big news. The 1882 and not quite 50 in 1883. By 1900 the truck. The solid shaft slides in the hol- bigger news is that these models are arriving they had sold nearly 600 locomotives and low shaft on right hand turns and out on now, and they are outstanding. when they built their last Shay (Western left hand turns, giving the shaft a variable Maryland #6) in 1945, they had sold 2,761 length while maintaining rotational torque. The Prototype Shays worldwide. Shays are known to have This allows the truck assemblies to move The Shay locomotive was the 1880 worked in China, Japan, Australia, South independently of one another, greatly dimin- invention of a Michigan lumberman named American. While very popular with logging ishing the radius of curves the locomotive Ephraim Shay. Demand for lumber was and mining operations, a number of Class can operate on. In fact, the largest 125-ton at an all-time high at this period so Shay 1 railroads also rostered them, including class “C” in the 1911 Lima catalog can tip- and his contemporaries had begun to use the B&O, C&O, Western Maryland, Kansas toe around a 60 degree curve on 70 lb. rail. old, used steam locomotives in attempts to City Southern, D&RGW, Great Northern, That’s the equivalent of a 14" curve in HO move logs to their mills more efficiently. New York Central (in the streets of Manhat- scale. An equivalently sized 2-8-0 Lima Loggers quickly discovered that these dis- tan no less!) and the Union Pacific. locomotive would take an 18 degree curve carded mainline locomotives were not up The keys to the Shay’s success lay in its which would be 44" in HO. to the task. The steep grades, poor track innovative design. Offered as a class “A” A steam locomotive can develop tractive and sharp curves necessitated by the terrain (two cylinders, two trucks), class “B” (three effort of no more than 25% of weight on the in the woods severely limited their haul- cylinders, two trucks), class “C” (three cyl- drivers. Conventional locomotives waste ing capacity and many spent as much time inders, three trucks), and class “D” (three tractive effort hauling the dead weight of on the ground as on the rails. Like most cylinders, four trucks), they ranged in size their own tenders, and any weight supported lumbermen of his era, Shay was a tinkerer in the 1911 Lima catalog from a 13-ton class by lead or trailing trucks robs pulling power. and mechanically adept. He started as early “A” to a behemoth 150-ton class “D.” The Shay’s entire weight rests on its drivers as 1872 on a design better suited to the The cylinders are mounted vertically on and every driver is geared to the cylinders. demands of his logging operation. He used a the right side of the boiler and are connected This allowed the Shay to maintain its foot- single cylinder, supposedly from a wrecked to a crankshaft. The boiler was offset to the ing on ridiculously steep and curving track. steam barge, to drive a shaft that was con- left of center to compensate for the weight They were routinely operated on grades nected to a pair of trucks with bevel gears of the cylinder and crankshaft assembly. The upwards of 14%.

42 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 the even, flat finish that was applied...very nice. Secondly, the spark arrestor screen in the stack was as fine as I’ve even seen on a production model. I was also impressed with the overall detail and the crisp rivets. This is important as the model consists of only a few plastic parts! The vast majority of the model is die-cast metal. Shades of tinplate, but this isn’t your father’s Berkshire. Using the same CAD/CAM and CNC technology that has made styrene models so wonderful, the Shay looks every bit as good as plastic, but weighs enough to pull some cars! More on this later. The only decoration on the models is the Shay plate on the cab sides, builder’s plates, and number plate on the front. These are done in gold and are completely legible. Examining the locomotive closely, I noticed the fully detailed backhead, and the prototypical green paint in the cab’s The prototype #5 taken just below Whitaker Station prior to her 1995 rebuild- interior. The fuel bunker comes empty with ing. Photo courtesy Cass Scenic Railroad either a die-cast oil tank or one of two die- cast coal loads, depending on prototype. The Model the next five years completely disassembled Bachmann also provides three plastic bun- The basis for Bachmann’s Shay is ex- while the shop crew worked on her. When I ker support braces should the modeler wish Greenbrier, Cheat & Elk No. 5. Better visited the shop in May of 2000, the boiler to duplicate an empty or partially empty known to the world as Cass Scenic Railroad work had been completed, but many of the coal bunker. I suspect most modelers will No. 5, it is the oldest and longest operated engine’s gigantic components were still choose to not use those as the die-cast coal Shay in West Virginia. Built in 1905 as C/N scattered around the shop. Finally in August load provides considerable weight for trac- 1503, this 80-ton(+) Shay went right to work of 2000, she steamed out of the shop and tion. The coal loads are about as nice in in the Cass and Spruce, West Virginia, area has resumed her duties to the delight of the appearance as one could reasonably expect and continued until the Mower Lumber Co. tourists and railfans. from a cast load, and they are painted a purchased her in 1942. Like the rest of us, This extended disassembled period glossy black, which contracts nicely with No. 5 put on some weight in middle age and enabled the Bachmann design team to mea- the flat finish of the locomotive. The mod- was found to be over 100-tons in 1943 when sure, photograph and document the locomo- eler is given an assortment of cast-metal reassigned by Mower to work on the nearby tive to a previously unheard of degree over a toolboxes and a rubber siphon hose, which Western Maryland. This caused her to be period of several years. That documentation can be added to the locomotive at the mod- equipped with a power reverse as per then has led to a simply superb model. eler’s discretion. The only nits I can pick current ICC regulations. We received two painted, undecorated with the appearance are barely worthy of Because of her great size, she was used models: one each of the wood-cab and steel- mention. The rivets on the air tanks are infrequently after 1955. No. 5 was used as a cab version. Both boxes showed some ship- not as crisp as the ones on the body, and stationary boiler in 1958 at the Cass Lumber ping damage, but thanks to the foam inside the dynamo casting is not as detailed on Mill until a cylinder cracked. Set aside in the the boxes and hard-plastic insert that the the steel-cab version as it could have been. Cass shop, her last monthly boiler inspection locomotive rests in, both models arrived On the other hand, the whistle, bell and air was August of 1958. Sold as scrap with the completely unharmed. Several things struck compressor are beautifully rendered as is rest of the property in 1960, No. 5’s story me as I unpacked the locomotive. First was all the stay bolts and braces on the firebox. should have ended there. But in 1962, the state of West Virginia purchased the Cass property, No. 5 and her stable mates No. 1 and No. 4. Early estimates of $20,000 to get No. 5 back in service proved to be unrealis- tically low, and the state ended up replacing or rebuilding every part of the Shay except for boiler, trucks and cab. She made her debut in the spring of 1966, and except for some shop time in 1968 and all of the 1969 season, she served as the regular Bald Knob road or helper engine until fall of 1995. Slated for a fire- box flue sheet replacement, the shop crew later discovered a cracked boiler throat sheet. Further work revealed that all new stay bolts were needed, a cylinder replace- ment was called for, as was a new smoke- box, smokebox ring, smokebox door and the replacement of the rusted-out water tank. With other Shays available to carry the load, the decision was made to rebuild Drive-train detail of wood-cab version. Note Shay plate on cab and interior No. 5 from the ground up, and she spent detail. This Shay features the “non-bracketed” engine found on pre-1910 Shays.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 43 Bachmann was also kind enough to pro- duce a log car for your Shay to pull. Based on a surviving American Car & Foundry example preserved at Cass, this car was produced by ACF’s Huntington, WV, plant from 1907 to 1935 and populated a number of eastern logging outfits. Like the Shay, the body is die-cast metal so weight won’t be a problem. Also equipped with factory EZ- Mates, the car features full underbody detail, metal wheels, wood grain on both the frame and deck and a full log load. These logs are cold-cast resin, hand painted with bark and knot detail. The masters were made from twigs collected at Spruce, WV, so it doesn’t get more authentic than that. Also included are bendable plastic stakes to simulate the branches eastern loggers jammed into the stake pockets to hold the logs on the car. The car is every bit as nice as the Shay and a worthy companion for it. Bottom line here is, if you are a slobber- ing Shay nut like me, you gotta get some of these locomotives, regardless of the The “wrong side” of the Shay shows the same excellent detail as the engineer’s scale you usually model in. These models side. The firebox is equipped with flickering LEDs. are exceptional in every way. Even if you haven’t really considered owning a Shay No drawings of No. 5 exist that I’m to the rest of the locomotive and connected before, check this model out, you won’t aware of, but the model scales out right on electrically by a plug and hidden wires. All be sorry. The wood-cab version is avail- the money when compared to drawings of wheels pick up power from the rails, and the able decorated as Greenbrier & Elk River or other Shays in the same class and the few trucks pick up separately from one another. Ely-Thomas Lumber Co., and the steel-cab dimensions available from the 1911 Lima If you can stall this loco Bubba, its time to version is offered as Weyerhaeuser Timber Catalog. So far, so good, but the thing that clean your track! or Cass Scenic RR. Both cabs are also avail- makes a Shay a Shay is the drive train and Testing the locomotive at our new state- able as painted but undecorated. Suggested here is where this model really shines. The of-the-art test facility, we found the model price is $250. trucks have bolt detail on the top, bottom weighs 13.6 oz and has a drawbar pull of and sides and feature both brake shoes and 2.25 oz. This equates to 53 average 40' cars hangers. The wheels are the correct solid on the level and 8.3 on a 4% grade. The Additional Web wheel on the gear side and spoked on the locomotive’s scale top speed is about 16 fireman’s side. The universal joints are scale mph. You will hear a faint motor noise and Shay Resources and the detailing on the crankshaft brack- see the universals turn before the engine ets, cylinders and Stephenson moves. This is normal and entirely proto- is jewel-like. But most impressive is that typical for a Shay. The third-truck bunker www.shaylocomotives.com the motor, gear train and mechanism are is equipped with a DCC-ready plug, so if COMPLETELY hidden. All one can see are you are a DCC user, just remove the tank, www.trainweb.org the scale components that feature a special plug in, and you’re ready to go. If you’re a design stainless-steel crankshaft. From the SoundTraxx user it might be a bit harder to /gearedsteam/shay gear covers, to the bevel gears, through the install the speaker. This is a big Shay pro- universals up to the castings, the totype, but the model is still only 7.5" long. appearance of the drive train is top-notch in SoundTraxx is working on a plug-and-play www.msrlha.org every way. I could go on about the detail, decoder for this locomotive and hope to but look at the photos and see for yourself. have it available in March. Appearance is meaningless if the model does not run well, and as the resident Shay nut of the staff, I was afraid Bachmann might not be up to the task. Many have tried and most have failed (including the brass guys) to make a Shay that runs slowly, qui- etly and reliably. I’m pleased to report that both our samples ran beautifully right out of the box and their running quality should only improve with break-in. You should lubricate your locomotive before you run it. They are lubed and test run at the factory, but it’s a long way over here and proper lube as the locomotive breaks in will assure that your Shay will run well for years to come. The locomotive comes factory equipped with EZ-Mate® spring knuckle couplers. This ACF prototype log car is the perfect companion to the Shay. Note the wood The third truck tender is coupled by drawbar grain on deck and sidesills and the side stakes.

44 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 N SCALE REVIEW Blair Line Blairstown General Store Kit

commonly found wood warp, we strongly recommend you on these structures. assemble the walls before painting them. This kit would also The windows and doors may be painted make a nice com- before assembly.” I think it would be better pany store for your if this note was actually included in assem- mining commu- bly Step 1. Otherwise, I found the instruc- nity.” All of these tions clear and well organized. Everything suggested uses are fit together perfectly. You do have to cut to subjective, because length the corner posts and the posts that the model doesn’t support the front porch. A cutting diagram appear to be based is provided for this. On some pieces, light upon a specific sanding is required to remove the small by Kent Charles prototype. When I looked at the finished tab that had held the part to its sheet. The building, I thought it looked like a real estate “glass” and “screen” have to be cut along Photo by the author office. The point here is that you can use printed lines from the supplied clear plastic. your imagination to decide what the building The front window “glass” is preprinted with lair Line has added a new N scale will be used for on your layout. Blair Line the words “Hardware” for one window and B building kit to their product line. The does not leave the decision for the building’s “Notions” for the other window. This detail Blairstown General Store Kit arrived in use entirely up to you though. A number of is practically impossible to see on the fin- a bright blue box, with all the appearance color signs, representing the tin and porce- ished model due to the overhanging porch of a “craftsman” kit. I expected it to be an- lain signs mentioned are printed on a 3" by roof. Because of their small size, removing other cut, file and fit kit that somehow ends 3" thin styrene sheet. The signs are repre- the window frame adhesive backing cover is up sitting on the project table for a long sentative of advertising that could be found a stubborn task, and the window frames and time. The box says: “Laser-cut wood, fea- during the majority of the twentieth century. doors are a little difficult to handle because turing tab and slot construction, for quick Most of the supplied signs would be appro- the adhesive back sticks to the tool used to and easy construction. Precision fit and priate for use as a small country store. These put it in place. The design of the windows, professional looks that only CAD design signs add a great deal of color and interest to with several overlapping parts, gives them and laser cutting can deliver.” This label the finished model. a realistic appearance of depth in the assem- is printed in such small type that it wasn’t The kit includes several sheets of thin bled model. Clear plastic printed in a mesh until after I completed the kit that I noticed wood that hold the laser-cut walls and pattern is applied to the screen doors, giving this understated claim. Well, in my opinion, roof. One wood sheet contains the window a realistic effect as well. Blair Line should use larger type to make frames and doors, complete with an adhe- The chimney casting is almost an inch sure everyone knows that this truly is an sive back. One sheet of adhesive-backed long, much longer than needed, so I cut it extremely easy kit to assemble. I think it is paper for roofing, clear plastic for windows, in half. It fits into a hole in the roof without just as easy, if not easier, than most plastic and a cast-metal chimney complete the kit. any stops. Be sure to hold it in place until kits. Anyone wishing to build his or her first The instructions consist of an introduction the glue sets because there is no way to get kit should do well with this model. Another sheet and four pages of directions organized it out if it drops into the building. I painted benefit of the kit is that it makes a dandy into six steps. One page of the instructions the building before applying the roofing and finished structure. I think you will be proud is a line drawing of all the parts labeled colored the roofing with a felt-tip marker of it, no matter what your skill level. with identification numbers. These numbers before installation. This gives good clean Blair Line says in their advertising: are repeated in “exploded” drawings in the lines at the joints. “Nearly every town had one or more of appropriate assembly step. Not included in I was slightly confused by the instruc- these common structures and few survive the kit, but noted in the requirements, is tion’s prominent reference to the decals in today in the deepest areas of rural America. a hobby knife with a sharp No. 11 blade, Step 6. The only sign in the General Store This common structure was found covered double-sided tape and gap filling CA (cya- kit that is a decal is the large Coca Cola with tin and porcelain advertising signs noacrylate) or wood glue. The wall edges sign, everything else is printed on styrene everywhere in the USA. General stores often are hardened by the heat of the laser cut and, and must be cut out and glued in place. housed the local grocery store, butcher, post in my opinion, will not work well with wood One observation about the building is that office, hardware glue. In spite of the requirement for double- it would be dark inside the prototype. Blair store, clothing sided tape mentioned above, I did not find Line makes room for lots of signs by the store and local any mention of the use of tape in the step- absence of any side windows. No provision gossip center. by-step instructions. I used CA to attach the for plumbing (no roof vents) or electric ser- False fronts were window “glass” in place and did not use any vice is included in the kit. These are minor nearly a ‘stan- tape. I also used a file, sharp tweezers and concerns, but opportunity abounds here for dard’ design for a couple of rubber bands to hold the walls customization. The lack of big windows general stores, together as the CA set. means that detailing the interior is unnec- and our kit also Having examined the parts and the essary. The large front porch would be an includes a store instructions, I wanted to jump right into Step ideal place to super detail. The finished room built on 1. Note that Blair Line says in the middle of model fills a modest 2" by 3¼" space on the back as was the introduction page: “to avoid having the your layout.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 45 CONTAINERS ▼ A to Z EKLU to FRSU by David G. Casdorph

Photos courtesy Freight Cars Journal

EKLU 202289 displays the newer, larger K-Line logo. This is a 40’ x 8.5’ aluminum non-vented dry container. It utilizes the standard 19 side post design (APL’s 20-posters are the oddballs among exterior-post containers but actually more numer- ous in total quantity). Photographed in March 1990.

And even a few steel contain- ers received the EKLU mark as this photo of 208599 shows. Photo- graphed in February 1990.

EKLU is a mark of K-Line. This ‘70s-ish Fruehauf (actually Nippon Fruehauf) built 20’ x 8.5’ aluminum dry con- tainer was photographed on a Santa Fe train near Tehachapi, CA, on March 27, 1986. Note the container to the left is an 8’ high container — a not- so-rare sight during these early years of intermodal growth.

46 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 EMCU is the reporting mark for Ever- green Marine out of Taiwan. EMCU 267876 happens to have a rare paint scheme with the Evergreen logo on the side and the earlier vertical Ever- green Line lettering. Photographed on August 3, 1985, in downtown Los Angeles.

EMCU 921219 (on top) has a typical contemporary Ever- EMCU 274309 represents the more common vertical Ever- green livery. This is an all-corrugated steel vented 40’ x 9.5’ green Line livery without a side logo. Photographed in high-cube container. Photographed in November 1997. December 1989.

EMSU. Well, I’ve not yet been able to find a published source that identi- fies what company to whom EMSU belonged. Maybe a reader can help. This stack of containers was photo- graphed in Long Beach, CA, during May 1981. Handsome bunch of con- tainers, huh?

EMUU is one of the reporting marks of EMP...that consortium pool of containers that was originally formed by Con- rail, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific (hence the colors — however, a few things have changed since then). This is a Stoughton-built 53’ x 9.5’ domestic container. EMPU and EMHU are also marks for EMP.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 47 FBZU 423077 is a 40’ version being used by Florens Shipping. Though photographed in January 1995, the containers below illustrate the fate of Hong Kong’s container lines.

FBZU is Florens Shipping Corporation SA (previously Fairbreeze Shipping) out of Hong Kong. This nearly brand- new container was photographed on October 11, 1989. Square corrugations were still used for construction at this time — within a few years nearly all new container production would be with beveled corrugations.

FDSU is for Foodsource Inc. hailing from sunny California. No. 507240 is a colorful Budd-built refrigerated unit (40’ x 9.5’). There were 250 of these, numbered 507000-507249. These are designed for a nitrogen gas controlled atmosphere. The large tank on the FDSZ 111776 chassis is actually a liq- uid nitrogen tank to feed the Nitrol controlled atmosphere system in the container.

FMGU is for Columbia’s very own Flota Mercante Grancolumbiana out of Bogota. No. 204437 is an earlier liv- ery shown here on December 9, 1984.

48 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 FMGU 206807 in the bottom part of the well (sorry) is a later livery that was photographed in October 1998 (still those old “standard” vents though...ummm).

FRLL is for Farrell Lines caught in Los Angeles on January 1, 1986. This is a 40’ standard-height dry van (series FRLL 202001-202700).

FRLL 767322 is a 20’ 8’ high insulated container (series FRLL 767001-768034). Photographed in Long Beach, CA, in September 1989.

FRSU is another mark of Florens Ship- ping (Hong Kong). This two-logo- paneled squared corrugated 40’ standard-height container was photo- graphed in July 1995.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 49 1 Above: The trestles at Beaver Creek. A passenger train headed by #8 is crossing the steel bridge at the lowest point on the layout. The double-head freight on the upper level is 17” higher. With all the trains rumbling overhead, the fish won't be biting for hours! Below: No. 8 leads her train toward the Beaver Creek trestles on the High Line. 2 Jim Powers’ On3 Colorado & Southern by Jim Powers Photos by Bud Rath Narrow Gauge he original concept of this On3 layout by the spline problem was later re-laid using Scenery T was an extension of the existing Colo- PSC track. Turnouts were built to match the Modeling plaster over screen wire with rado & Southern Railroad west from Central diverging route, consequently the minimum cardboard formers for support was the method City to a newly discovered mining district. frog number is 5½. Switchmaster machines I used to create the scenery. The first coat was The line was to eventually be extended with operational harp switch stands power paper towels dipped in plaster followed by south to tie in with the Como District, thus the turnouts. The operating switch stands are a coat of plaster mixed with Vermiculite for fencing off the huge South Park and Middle in addition to toggle switches mounted in rough texture. Various rock molds were used, Park for the C&S. Falling ore prices stopped the fascia board to show the position of the then the plaster was colored using acrylic col- this dream, and the railroad was left with a turnout. The trackplan is shown on the fascia ors sprayed on with a hand sprayer. roundhouse and car repair facilities at the fu- board with map tape in different colors to Ground cover consists of real dirt from ture division point of Plainview. distinguish between mainline, passing tracks the local mining districts and my back and storage tracks. yard. I used commercial dyed ground foam Construction and dried leaves and twigs ground up in a The layout is all L-girder benchwork, blender and spread around. This was then designed to be 32" wide for easy access. sprayed with diluted white glue to make However, design and reality don’t always it secure. The pine trees are a mixture of mesh, and there are a few areas where the Duane Danielson’s method of twisting flo- benchwork is wider than 32" in order to ral wire and rope fibers, then painting them fit in another building or siding. I used ¾" brown and sprinkling with ground foam. I 1 by 1/8" Masonite or wood spline covered also used tapered cedar shingles with fiber with ½" Homasote. I would not use spline cushion material glued on and sprinkled with again because when you try to form a verti- colored foam. The aspen trees are twigs from cal curve or a horizontal curve the material Rabbitbush with polyester foam stretched bends in strange and different directions very thin over the branches and various col- creating an uneven roadbed. If there is ever ors of foam sprinkled on and set with hair a “next time” I would use half inch plywood spray. Dark spots on the trunk were added and the cookie cutter method and level the with a Magic Marker pen. Homasote with spackling or drywall mud. Lighting Trackwork I wanted even lighting without glare All rail was handlaid using weathered and heat, so I installed fluorescent light- Code 100. Some rough trackwork caused ing above all the benchwork. A friend, Bud 4

3 Leased D&RGW #345 crossing one of Jim's scratchbuilt No. 71 takes on another six tons at the Plainview coal dock. bridges. The train will soon arrive in the Plainview yard. The huge structure is based on the dock that once stood at The bridge was built by R.J. Bowman. Como, CO, and is completely scratchbuilt.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 51 Rath, pointed out that the layout scenery looked flat and suggested trying a track light. Thirty-two Halogen 50-watt spotlights later, the layout comes alive! I am really impressed by the difference the lighting makes and would recommend that if you want a whole new look, you might try this. Track Power Track power was originally supplied by two PFM sound units modified by Speed, Direction and Sound with a two-cab block system. I have recently switched over to DCC, using North Coast Engineering con- trollers and SoundTraxx decoders. The change has been worth the effort of slowly equipping the engines with decoders. The command control has enhanced operation by eliminating the need to throw block switches all the time, although I would install some 5 block switches for locating short circuits. I have always been more of a builder than an Another view of mogul #8 in charge of her train. The interesting octagonal operator, but the installation of DCC cer- based water tank is a C&S prototype from the Clear Creek Lines. tainly makes it enjoyable to work helper ser- vice, saw-bys and general running without worrying about throwing block controllers. Structures Buildings are a combination of scratchbuilt 6 and modified kits. Many are from my previ- ous layout of the Colorado & Southern South Park - Como Division. Many of the structures have roof and wall cutaways revealing interior details. I find this works very well to display interior detail rather than having to remove the roof and risk damaging the model. Motive Power and Rolling Stock Motive power for the layout is provided by several C&S brass locomotives equipped with DCC, painted and lightly weathered. The roll- ing stock is a combination of kits and scratch- built cars using wood or styrene and most have some degree of weathering. All cars are weighted to five ounces, and are equipped with Kadee® couplers and metal wheels. The uniform weighting of the cars has paid large dividends in performance reliability. Thanks Several individuals have helped with the construction of this layout. The “Thursday night group” of Don Meeker, Jim Murphy, The stockyards and Silverado Mine. All these structures are scratchbuilt except Bud Rath and Jim Schwingle has contrib- for the small office from Foothill Model Works. uted much to its success. In the past I have always worked alone on layout construc- tion, but it is exciting and amazing to see so many different ideas of construction and scenery come together in a layout as a result of working as a group. This railroad has 7 brought a great deal of joy, not only in its construction and operation, but also in the camaraderie that exists among those who have helped make it a reality. Model Rail- roading is Fun! ENJOY THE HOBBY!

No. 8 entering the town of Beaver Falls. The distinctive Harp switch stand is a leftover from the railroad’s Denver, South Park & Pacific days.

JANUARY 2001 Mogul #21 shimmers in front of the 8 Plainview roundhouse. Sporting a cone cinder catcher, this design was the precursor to the well-known Ridgeway or "Bear Trap" cinder catcher you see on Jim's other loco- motives. Sharp-eyed readers will note that C&S #21 and sister #22 were the prototypes for Bachmann's popular On30 mogul.

9 Caboose #1003 trails a freight below the Grand Central Mine. Unlike the rival D&RGW, who early on went to eight-wheel cabooses, the C&S stuck with their bobbers until the end. Two examples still exist: #1006 preserved in Silver Plume, CO, and #1009 at the Colorado Railroad Museum in Golden.

No. 8 drifts past the Buffalo Boy ore tram house. The model was from a Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette article by Jim's friend Don Meeker. The prototype Buffalo Boy still stands near Silverton, CO.

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JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 53 11 12 No. 71 eases a short freight onto the high trestle at Beaver Creek. No. 8 leaves the Beaver Falls yard on the way to Oro City. 13

14 The prototype #71 was preserved in Central City. Restored and operated briefly in the 1980s, she is again idle at a Another view of the massive coal dock at Plainview. casino in Black Hawk.

Photo of the Silverado Mine and the Old Maude mine in the background. 15 17

16 Some of Jim's scratchbuilt structures with the exposed interior details. Jim has found that this shows off the detail Interior view of the fully detailed Plainview roundhouse. without the wear and tear off a removable roof.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 55 DIESEL DETAIL ▼ CLOSE-UP Milwaukee Road (MILW) EMD GP40 HO and N Scale Models by Atlas

2 46 13 43 31 28 37 by Rich Picariello

Photos from the author’s collection

he Prototype GP40: EMD introduced T the 3,000-hp GP40 in 1965. By the end of production in 1971, 1,243 had been built. GP40s could be ordered with or without dynamic brakes. GP40s built after March 1971 have extended-range dynamic brakes. The other major option was the fuel-tank 10 size. In addition to the standard-production 34 35 15 GP40, two passenger versions were built, the Ottumwa, IA; March 1982. Mark R. Lynn photo GP40TC (8) and the GP40P (13). 5 6 From the photos, it appears that Milwau- kee GP40s were delivered with the smaller fuel tank. They have solid-bar end handrails with no walk-through or drop steps. As of January 1, 1996, when Milwaukee became part of the Soo Line, there were 71 GP40s numbered 2000-2027 and 2029-2071 on the roster. These units were renumbered into Soo Line’s 4600 series. Number 2028 was either involved in an accident, stored, scrapped or sold as it is not shown as an active unit in the 1996 roster. The Scale Model GP40: For HO scale, Atlas has introduced an all-new GP40. This new model should in no way be confused 10 with the original Atlas GP40 (imported 38 from Roco) that was offered in the 1970s. Bledsoe Rail Slides Con-Cor once offered an improved ex-Roco GP40, but it is not currently listed in their 29 catalog. Likewise, Bachmann also once offered a GP40. Another, but more diffi- cult, route would be to backdate an Athearn GP40-2. Necessary changes are replacing the cab (pre-Dash 2 cabs have no roof over- hang) with the listed Cannon cab, filling-in the fuel sight glass (on the right side of the long hood) and replacing the blower housing with a smooth housing. Atlas offers a GP40 in N scale that should still be currently available. Paint and Decal Notes: Milwaukee units are painted black and orange. The handrails are black with white at the step areas. The underframe, fuel tank, trucks and pilots are black. Milwaukee orange paint is offered 9 38 42 B A 40 by MODELflex, Polly Scale and Scalecoat. Accu+paint or Floquil orange might be too Bensenville, IL; October 1985. M.G. Lovis photo dark; lighten with white.

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33 32 Milwaukee Road GP40 Detail Parts for HO Scale: 37 - DA3001 Sand-fill hatch, EMD round (plastic)* 1.25/6 1 - DW139 Air filter 1.00/2 OM9400 Sand-fill hatch, EMD round (brass)* 3.35/2 2 - CS420 Air horn (brass) 5.20 ea. 38 - CF196 Speed recorder (brass) 4.39/4 DA1601 Air horn (delrin) 1.75/2 DA2807 Speed recorder (delrin) 1.50/4 DW186 Air horn (brass) 3.25 ea. 39 - CC1103 Short hood, 81"* 6.95 ea. 3 - DA3201 Air tanks, 15" (plastic)* 2.25/2 40 - DW196 Spare-knuckle holder (metal) 1.00/2 DW204 Air tanks, 15" (metal)* 1.95/2 OM9702 Spare-knuckle holder (brass) 4.10/2 4 - CF239 All-weather window, small (brass) 9.95/2 41 - AL29241 Steps, Con-Cor GP40 (etched see-thru)* 3.15/set DA2301 All-weather window, small (plastic) 1.50/2 42 - CC2052 Underframe/step light (plastic) 2.95/6 OM9716 All-weather window, small (brass) 7.35/2 CF112 Underframe/step light (brass) 2.95/2 5 - CF113 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 4.95/2 DW172 Underframe/step light (metal) 1.25/8 DA1805 Antenna, firecracker (plastic) 1.25/6 43 - DA2312 Wind deflector 2.50/3 OM9050 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 2.90/2 44 - GD WG-1 Window gasket decals, Cannon EMD cabs 3.25/set DW157 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.95/5 45 - CC1505 Window glass, Cannon EMD cabs* 2.95/set 6 - DA2902 Beacon (plastic) 1.50/2 46 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin)* 2.95/8 DW106 Beacon (metal) 1.00 ea. CS419 Windshield wipers (brass)* 3.50/4 OM9101 Beacon (brass) 3.00 ea. ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass)* 2.98/set 7 - CF137 Bell, side mount (brass) 4.95 ea. PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic)* 1.50/4 DW129 Bell, side mount (metal) 1.25 ea. UP94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper)* 2.00/4 8 - CC1602 Blower housing* 3.50/2 UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic)* 1.50/4 9 - DA2809 Brake-cylinder air line* 1.50/4 10 - DW132 Brake ratchet* 1.00 ea. Detail Parts for N Scale: PSC39082 Brake ratchet* 1.50/2 1 - ME NF5 Air filter 2.50/set 11 - CC1502 Cab, 35 Line* 5.95 ea. 2 - DA8204 Air horn, 3-chime* 1.25/2 12 - CC1201 Cab sub-base kit, EMD 35 line* 6.95/2 JNJ113 Air horn, 3-chime* 3.50/2 13 - DA1019 Classification lights 1.25/8 SE15700 Air horn, 3-chime* 1.65 ea. MV300 Classification lenses, clear 2.00/4 3 - SE15346 Air tanks* 1.85/2 14 - DA2205 Coupler lift bar, original* 2.75/10 4 - JNJ21 All-weather window 3.00/2 OM9150 Coupler lift bar, original* 1.75/2 5 - JNJ178 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 3.00/2 15 - DA2212 Coupler lift bar, AAR 3.50/10 ME NA4 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.70 ea. OM9151 Coupler lift bar, AAR 2.25/2 SE15453 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 1.65/4 16 - OM9171 Door handle (brass)* 1.70/2 6 - SE15300 Beacon 2.00 ea. PSC3998 Door handle (plastic)* 1.50/6 7 - JNJ162 Bell, side hood 3.00/4 17 - DW107 Electrical filter box* 1.00/set SE15352 Bell, body mount w/bracket 1.85/3 18 - TSP140 Fan, 48" flat w/blades (plastic)* 7.95/3 17 - SE15501 Electrical filter cabinet 1.65/2 OM9216 Fan, 48" flat w/blades (brass)* 4.10 ea. 18 - JNJ105 Fan, 48"* 3.00/2 19 - DA3102 Fuel filler (plastic)† 1.00/set 19 - JNJ227 Fuel filler & gauge 3.00/4 DW166 Fuel filler (metal) 1.00/4 ME NF4 Fuel filler & level gauge 3.35/set PSC39080 Fuel filler (plastic)* 1.50/4 22 - JNJ395 Grabirons (w/drill template) 3.00/18 20 - DA3102 Fuel gauge, top tank mounted†* 1.00/set 28 - PSC6704 Hose, air line (brass) 2.00/6 PSC39037 Fuel gauge (plastic)* 1.50/6 PSC6705 Hose, air line (plastic) 2.50/24 21 - DA3101 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (plastic) 1.00/6 31 - ASM0101 Lift lugs/eyebolts/U-bolts (etched brass) 8.29/set OM9251 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (brass) 1.75 ea. JNJ16 Lift rings (etched brass) 3.00/16 22 - AL29100 Grabirons (formed wire)* 3.25/50 SE153000 Lift rings (etched) 3.25/36 DA2202 Grabirons (formed wire)* 2.50/24 32 - SE15850 MU cable 2.00/3 UP54 Grabirons (cast brass)* 5.95/12 33 - JNJ14 MU hoses 3.00/12 23 - DA2217 Grabiron, curved* 1.50/3 SE15550 MU hoses 3.95/4 24 - SV30 Handrail set, Athearn GP40-2* 15.95/set 34 - JNJ168 MU connectors 3.00/4 SV12 Handrail set, Bachmann GP40* 15.95/set 35 - DA8211 Plow 1.25 ea. SV5 Handrail set, Con-Cor/Atlas GP40* 15.95/set SE15204 Plow 2.00 ea. 25 - DA1024 Headlight, front w/visors, vert.* 1.00/2 SR603 Plow 5.00/2 26 - DA1023 Headlight, rear, horiz. (not shown)* 1.00/2 38 - SE15499 Speed recorder 1.65/2 27 - MV22 Headlight lenses* 1.15/4 40 - SE15371 Spare knuckle holder 2.00/3 28 - CS227 Hose, air line (brass)* 2.35/4 43 - JNJ25 Wind deflector 3.00/16 DA6206 Hose, air line (delrin)* 1.25/6 46 - JNJ31 Windshield wipers 3.00/9 29 - CC1303 Inertial filter, GP38 to early Dash-2* 2.50/4 ME NW1 Windshield wipers 3.33/4 30 - CC1353 Inertial filter hatch, GP40* 2.95/2 31 - DA2206 Lift rings* 3.00/36 The following parts must be fabricated by the modeler: 32 - DW219 MU cable 2.15/4 A — Drain pipe — make from wire. 33 - CF257 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass)* 7.95/4 B — Underframe piping — make from various sizes of wire. DA1508 MU hoses, individual (delrin)* 2.00/16 DW266 MU hoses, 3/bracket (metal)* 3.50/4 * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the Atlas HO or N scale OM9350 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass)* 7.45/4 34 - DA1505.0 MU stand 1.25/2 models; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the discretion of the modeler. 35 - DW233 Plow (metal)* 1.95 ea. 36 - CC1404 Radiator grille, GP40* 3.95/4 † DA3102 Fuel Tank Fittings (set) contains other parts that may or may not be needed for DA2720 Radiator grille, GP40* 3.95/4 this detailing project.

Decals Paints MODELflex: Scalecoat: HO Scale: Accu+paint: 1601 Engine Black 10 Black Champion EH-221 1 Stencil White 1602 Reefer White 11 White Microscale 87-789 2 Stencil Black 1642 MILW Orange 83 MILW Orange Walthers 934-43761 15 Warm Orange Polly Scale: Scalecoat II (plastic compatible): N Scale: Floquil: 414110 Steam Power Microscale 60-789 110010 Engine Black Black 2001 Locomotive Black Walthers 938-43761 110011 Reefer White 414113 Reefer White 2011 White 110030 Reefer Orange 414152 MILW Orange 2083 MILW Orange

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JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 59 BEHIND ▼ THE SCENES A Finale for Chupadera Loop — Part 6 The Last Act

by Margaret Mansfield

Photos by Jim Mansfield

1 — High desert scenery is a natural for modeling tracks working their way up the side of a mountain. We like this type of scenery because we can have all the benefits of mountain railroading, as well as being able to view trains almost continu- ously while they are moving up and down the Jersey Western mainline.

hat’s in a name? In geography, the After Adam’s passing, the ranch was tently as a hunting lodge and, thanks to Adam W name of a place can reveal a great claimed and soon became known as the O’Rourke’s sturdy construction, stayed in deal about its history and character. Take Gilmer Place. The new owners tried farming fairly good repair until the mid-1980s. Calamity Canyon, for instance. This small in the canyon, but discovered that the lush Today, the small house guarding the green oasis snuggled between the walls of grass and water of the canyon, even when southern end of Calamity Canyon shows Chupadera Loop has experienced its share supplemented by some surrounding land, was the effects of time and neglect, yet its very of ups and downs in recent times (“recent” better suited for ranching than for agriculture. existence recalls the many stories that have as in the past 200 years or so, give or take a After a few years (circa 1924) the Gilmers shaped the history of the canyon, and that millennium). The suspicion that humans had moved on. The house was then used intermit- affirm the reality of the land, the railroad visited the canyon long ago was confirmed when an archeological dig in the late 1800s unearthed a temple built by Hakowi Indians in the distant past. This dig was instigated by the newest inhabitant of the canyon, an east- erner named Adam O’Rourke who had trav- eled west after the Civil War, searching for his destiny in the wilderness. While roaming the New Mexico Territory, Adam “discov- ered” the canyon, claimed it for himself, and immediately returned to the bustling settle- ment of Santa Fe 150 miles to the north to purchase supplies and building materials. Instead of opting for the more traditional adobe abode or using rough-cut timber, he hired two teams of horses and employed large wagons to bring in mill-cut lumber, windows and other materials needed for a frame house. The house was small, but fit his needs. He also built a windmill to draw water from the well he had dug and a small corral to hold his horses. Once finished, he named his new homestead the O’Rourke Ranch 2 — In the back of Calamity Canyon lie the remnants of a small house, corral and and lived peacefully on his land for a good windmill that once constituted the O’Rourke Ranch. Today, the site is but a reminder twenty years. of a simpler and harder time in an era before trains, missiles and computers.

60 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 the door was opened The End of the Story: and a ½" soft brush The Ranch was used to feather Completing the center of Calamity Canyon the paint toward the was the last step needed to finish the scenery edges of the seams. within Chupadera Loop. To create the canyon The last bit of paint floor, the temporary in-process activity open- was applied using a ing was filled in with a fully scenicked panel drybrush technique, made of Masonite and 1x4s. (Construction so that NO latex paint of this panel was described in the May 1997 would adhere to the “Behind the Scenes.”) This panel was attached edges of the seams. to the opening edges using 23 wood screws If paint were allowed and Elmer’s Glue-All®. Then, with the door to get on one of the hanging vertically, ground foam was applied edges, we would be to the seams surrounding the panel and the inviting trouble, for, heads of the screws using the glue-solution- with the door closed, soaked wet finger technique, known locally as the dry latex will have the “wet-willie.” a tendency to stick Our focus now turned to the old ranch across the thin .010 house. Photos 2 and 3, respectively, show the wide seam, and will “ol’ homestead” in its complete form and as 3 — Shown here are the parts of the Gilmer farmhouse pull pieces of plaster the separate piece-parts prior to assembly. (nee O’Rourke Ranch) prior to final assembly. The interior free when the door is There were no special tricks used here — just reveals nothing but a shell of a house that once served as later opened. Finally, care taken to give the structure the complete the home of a settler in these here parts. An old windmill is in order to paint the worn-n-ravished look found so often in the the second main structure in the valley. inside of the seam, a desert. The house is made from commercial fine, soft brush was milled wood siding, strip wood and plastic and the layout. As this tale describing the used to flow on a wash window/door castings. The roofs were con- scenery within Chupadera Loop draws to a of artists’ oils mixed to a slightly lighter structed using strips of painted and weathered close, we will finish the landscape surround- shade than the color of the latex paint. The typing paper and pencil shavings. Floquil ing this structure and place it in its rightful lighter hue was chosen to prevent the actual Paints were used to color and weather the position as the focus of the story. seam from appearing as a dark line. model. An interesting note: this model actu- Once the latex paint was dry, a slightly ally adds yet another layer to the history of The End: Fine Line Finale darker oil wash was brushed over the ground Calamity Canyon, as it is actually 25 years The two fine line seams on the northern surface, and additional scenery materials old and was known as Gilmer Farm on our and western sides of the canyon were com- such as grasses and bushes were applied previous Jersey Eastern layout in Atlanta. pleted last month, sans the final coup de to the scene. Much care was taken not to The windmill, watering trough and corral grâce: scenery. In preparation for this last allow any glue or scenery materials on the fence (what’s left of it) were constructed from step, we let the plaster around the seams set edges of the seams; like the latex paint, “home-milled” 5x5, 3x3, 2x4, 1x4 and 1x3 up for about a week. Once the plaster was any glue present in the seam will create lumber, all made from one 3' stick of 3/32" completely dry, we painted the surface of the problems. Photo 1 shows the western seam square balsa! Narrow strips of .010 styrene ground using a light hued latex house paint fully treated. The fine line that is visible in sheet, a boxcar brakewheel from the scrap to create the base color of the landform. This the dirt in front of the crevice leading to the box, a small section of Plastruct channel and paint was flowed onto the plaster with a 1" black rock appears to be simply a cracking two small washers, a bit of 1/16" brass tub- wide trim brush, just as if we were painting of the ground surface that so often happens ing, and pieces of manila folder were used to interior door trim. This painting style was in the hot, dry desert during the spring and make the fan and wind vane. A piece of .020 stopped an inch or so from the seams; then, summer. wire created the drive rod in the center of the derrick, and a “Sienna Brown” colored pen- cil sufficed to show the iron bolts holding the paddles and vane in place. Floquil’s Grimy Black, Reefer Orange and Tuscan were used to color the plastic parts, tubing and wire, and their Aged Concrete was used for the wood and manila folder parts. The house and windmill are held in position on the door using a “pin-n-clip” arrangement. Because the structures must be placed on the door while it is in the verti- cal position, pins made of 22-ga. copper wire for the house and the insulation from the wire for the windmill were attached to the bottom of each structure using cyano- acrylate (CA) adhesive. The pins were then inserted into holes in the door and alligator clips were attached to the pins below the scenery. This allows the structures to be removed when the door is down so we don’t 4 — A trick of the eye was used to hide the southwest corner of the seam. The accidentally damage them. With this final 3D plaster rock on the south edge of the layout scenery was “extended” around touch, Calamity Canyon has reached the the corner by painting the same type of black volcanic rock on the layout’s ply- last act — and the entire scene and, indeed, wood fascia lining the sides of the opening. play, is complete.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 61 ON ▼ TRACK Fine Scale Operations: Jersey Western Style The Switchman

by Jim Mansfield

ere on the Jersey Western, the job of procedures of the JWRR “Cub Training Man- Procedure 4: Setting/Releasing Car Hand H switchman is seen from the viewpoint ual” that operators are required to learn and Brakes. of the crewman being “on the ground” on the master before they pass their cub training. Procedure 5: Hand/Radio Communications layout. There are a number of enjoyable tasks during Operations. included in this job. 9: Spotting a Single/Group of Cars at an Procedure 6: Throwing Turnout Switches. A JWRR switchman is responsible for Industry Procedure 7: Leaving Cars in a Yard Track. all the tasks required to do a switching or 1) Position car(s) properly for loading/ Procedure 8: Picking Up Cars in a Yard mainline move. The list of his responsi- unloading. Track. bilities includes: “walking” among the cars 2) Ensure all equipment is not moving Procedure 9: Spotting a Single/Group of and spotting locations, throwing switches, (i.e., no residual “slack action”). Cars at an Industry. coupling/uncoupling cars, “knocking off” 3) Apply (“wrap up”) two or three hand Procedure 10: Picking Up a Single/Group of and “tying up” car brakes, sorting out the brakes as required {Procedures 4 & 11}. Cars at an Industry. details of switching a cut of cars into differ- 4) If you need some slack to lift the cou- Procedure 11: Setting Out & Leaving Cars ent classifications, spotting and pulling cars pler pin, instruct the engineer to shove on Grades. at switching locations...and the list goes on. towards you slightly and stop without Procedure 12: Safety. The switchman job is the most interesting moving car(s) from the proper location job on the layout — I try to catch-out as a (“a little on the pin”). Benefits of the Crew Approach switchman every chance I get! 5) Once all equipment is again still and not We desire the operators of the Jersey All crew members are responsible for moving, close the air hose angle cock Western to think “railroad” on the layout for working at a safe pace (we do not run for on the train side of the uncoupling. these five basic reasons: switches on the JWRR), being careful when 6) Instruct the engineer to pull ahead a) This is about the closest one comes to around the big machine and communicating slightly (“slack off”) and stop once actually working on a real railroad. in an authorized manner when using hand the uncoupling is complete AND the b) Operators learn some inside tasks of a signals, telephones and radios. The Train air hoses have disconnected AND the railroad’s transportation department. Master tends to frown on radio chitchat! air brakes on the car(s) being spotted c) A small to medium layout can “be” a The switchman job picks up where the have gone into emergency (“busted”). lot bigger and a whole lot more fun. conductor’s job leaves off. Once the switch- 7) Once the train has stopped, re-tighten the d) The pace of an operating session can ing location is decided, the ground crew hand brakes previously applied (“set”). be more realistic by using 1:1 time. takes over. Actually, if the conductor is 8) Return to the end of the train and e) When we just want to run trains, we off the engine and working the ground, he instruct the engineer to move ahead can still play in a very realistic way. becomes a working part of the crew and may {Procedures 3 & 5}. This Fine Scale Operations scheme is well be taking orders from the switchman 9) Climb on the end of the train {Proce- where we actually start our operations design. who is doing the actual switching. dure 2} or walk to the engine. Just like a cub working their way up the lad- der, our operating schemes develop in a real- What It’s All About The titles of the procedures contained in istic way. A final benefit is that; when we “just Fine Scale Operations Jersey Western style the CTM are: run trains,” we are practicing prototype opera- can best be demonstrated by the method that Procedure 1: The Cut Lever, Coupler Pin & tions in order to get the moves right. (The we use when we teach our cubs (new opera- Air Hose Gladhand. proper handling of slack by both train and tors that just “hired out”) to uncouple and Procedure 2: Use of Hands & Feet When switcher crews is a major goal of our play.) leave cars at an industry. Most of the steps Climbing On/Off Cars & The complete philosophy of using this type given below are a mental exercise, but keep Engines. of operations on the JWRR layout is discussed in mind that they add a lot of realism to opera- Procedure 3: Direction of Travel as it in an “On Track” entitled “The Cast, the Stage, tions and slow the activity to a realistic pace. Applies to Direction of Move- and, Oh Yes, the Props” in the December 1996 This procedure is one of a set of a dozen such ment. issue of Model Railroading.

62 ▼ MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 SUGAR HILL CULVER CITY SAN LUIS OBISPO SPRINGFIELD SHREVEPORT ALLIED MOOEL TRAINS LAWS HOBBY CENTER TRAIN MASTER MODELS SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER ALABAMA 4411 SEPULVEDA BLVD. 855 MARSH MEMORIES MALL HOBBIES 4402 YOUREE DR. 90230 310-313-9353 93401 805-544-5518 4450 NELSON BROGDON BLVD 2448 S. 10TH ST. 71105 318-865-7632 BIRMINGHAM (HOMEWOOO) WILMINGTON 30518 770-878-8395 62703 217-523-0265 HOMEWOOO TOY & HOBBY EL CERRITO SAN MATEO MITCHELL'S, INC. 770-878-0426 FAX 2830 S. 18TH ST. KIT & CABOOOLE TALBOT'S HOBBIES 2303 CONCORD PIKE 53209 205-879-3986 550 EL CERRITO PlAZA 445 SOUTH B ST. FAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER MAINE 94530 510-524-9942 94401 415-342-0267 19803 302-652-3258 INDIANA OECATUR ILLINOIS FALMOUTH CRUMP CAMERAlHOBBY SHOP ESCONDIDO SANTA CLARA BREMEN FALMOUTH HOBBIES 806 BANK NE BRANCHLINE HOBBIES TRAIN SHOP NORTH AURORA BREMEN HOBBIES 847 MAIN ST 35601 256-353-3443 250 F CREST ST. 1829 PRUNERIDGE AVE. 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" Model NP "Torpedo Boat" GP9s Of '0 On3 WV&W RR FEBROA�)c f995 Fuel Foolery (pt.l) " Enhancing Predec SP C44-9W """ "K" line Containers (pt.2) 00 '" Crossing at Grade l a MM BN America (pt.l: Prototype) NYC EMD GP30 OaOBER 199 n Tunnel Masquerade '0 First Raton Snake Valley (N) " Install DCC on Home Layout (Pt.4) 00 Of IF �"' JB Hunt's Inter modal Service K Tank Cars Boston & Maine EMD GP9 In Control E7 (Pt.9: SAL, SCL MARC 1998 " Columbus & Greenville (pt.4:) " HOn3 Colorado & Western (pt.l) Fe Double-Stacking in N Scale • 00 ""IF � Model an MPIUP C36-7 (Pt.1) CB&Q E7A • PLANS: E&N Victoria Car Shop BN America (Pt .5: 28' ContiChass) '0 Day in the Life of Lomax Lumber • Syversons: Typical Rural Scene (N) K ISO Container 'Specials' • A Few Freelanced Flats !A SP Nogales Branch (Pt. l) � Husky-Stack': Prototype & Detail " Model ACL 40' Boxcars '0 Enny Valley Railroad (HO) " N Rock Primer • Model ATSF Ph 1/ 11 GP50s (Pt.2) A-line's HO Model an Walrus and Woodcarver: A Ta le • Early SDs: (Pt.6: C&S, DM&E, DSR) Of " Virginian Train Masters • Model Freelanced Wreck Tra in " Carolina & Western Update 00 Santa Fe (ATSF) ALCO PA lIPBl Gran Quivera Jct.: Design Study " DCC (pt.13): Turnouts, Rev. 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MM Y t#V " The Other Helix Y Upgrade CN Jordan Spreader Y PLANS: Model Lehi Roller Mills Y Modeling MEC F3s Variations: Life-Like P2K 28' limpte Trailer. SEPTEMB£IL 1998 • Kitbash Ellis Engineering (N) • Geology I Revisited Y Kitbash Psycho Bates House Moore & Co. Warehouse co Badger Creek Lumber Co. (HO) or If co Lehigh Valley RSll • Model PRR X-45 Boxcars Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.n " DCC (Pt.22): Richmond + More " Model Bullnose Kenworth DCC (Pt.25): Post-Convention " 1998 1ntermodal Expo Report If Early Intermodal (Pt.3: CGW) JULY/AUGUST 1999 " Ground Texturing on "Back to the Future" News + Choosing/Installing MW 00 If or SP Golden Pig Service Mobile Waterfront (Pt.3) Maine Central (MEC) GE U25B on Into Night: Oro Grande (Pt.2) Ballasting the Turnout Switch Accessory Decoders o APR/MAY 00 I (AccuraiI 45' Van) on Bridging the Gap (Scenic " Plastics Cars (Pt.1) r Feeding of our Track (Pt.2) f Model RR Ops/Granite Mtn (Pt2) LO I Buffalo Ridge (N) Dilemma) W.O Athearn's 20' Cont. Chassis (Pt.1) DEC 9!WA� 00 DO Santa Fe SD40-2 "Snoot Nose" f NS GP40/RP-E4D Slug Set (Pt.2) O DO If DCC (Pt.16): Mobile Decoders or Operational Friendly Turnouts L Monon's Southern Sub (HO) IC SD40, SD40-2 & SD40A " Containers - ACLU to AVLU • GP 40: (Pt.l: Alaska & B&O) If Early SDs: (Pt.12: PRR, PGCR) FEBRUARY 1999 Y 30 Mile Point (Pt.4) (N) " 60' Auto Pants Boxcars MM ABF/Carolina 28' Monon on A Finale for Chupadera Loop DO MM If PRRlMILW Composite Gons (N) Santa Fe SD75M " Aleo PAs: (Pt.6: NYC & NKP) ABF Freight Service Overview Freight Pup #86878 or Benefits of Duck-Under LO LO SEP/OCT 00 If Kitbash SAL Phase-1 GP9 K GERSCO's Boxcars (Pt.l) " Model NS GP40X 7001 Rocky Mountain Line (HO) Utah Northern (HO) If Early Intermodal: Interurbans MM Model XTRA ICG Re-Pigs (Pt.2) Y DCC Update (Pt.20): lips, New If Model N&W Redbirds (GP9) " SOU (S&AlCG) GP35s (Pt.2) DO Erie Lackawanna FlA&B O m Gran Quivera Revisited L North Shore Div'/URR (HO) Items & Getting Into N Scale If GP 20: (Pt. l: ATSF) " SOU SD40TH-2 Tunnel Motor K Union Pacific's Boxcars (Pt.3) O If If L Of Bridging the Gap DCC Update (Pt.18): New Stuff on Chupadera Lower Access Panel If 1950s Treehouse in N Crossing Signals for DCC Athabasca System Granite OCTOBER 1998 & More Stationary Decoders or Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.2) Y GMRI - A Case Study Y Anatomy of a Grade Crossing Canyon (N) co Illinois Central GP9 " Aleo PAs: (Pt. l: AT SF) UG/SEP 1999 " Build Control Panel w/Computer Y Flatcar Loads Y "Eye of Craftsman" Contest o If If Y K Enclosed Autorack Evolution Model Clinchfield GP7 DO Western Maryland GP35 n Into Night: Oro Grande (Pt.3) GP 20: (Pt.5: NYC, PC, Conrail) Model RR Ops/GraniteMtn (Pt3) "'" Spine Cars (Pt.3): All-Purpose If Model B&M FTs K Plastics Cars (Pt.2) or Oro Grande Turnout Indication on Vilsousterrs: Overall Scheme Y PLANS: Scratchbuilt CP Salmon If Of LO Old Colony Railroad (HO) Mobile Waterfront (Pt.4) MM Athearn 20' Cont. Chassis (Pt.2) JAN/FE.B 00 Ballasting Turnout Switch (Pt.2) Arm Station f n co DO MAY/J UNE.. OO " I Early SDs: (Pt. 13: P&WIW&P, o What's In a Name? Bear River Lumber Co. 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(Pt.1) - Quest Continues • Painless Rivets ABF/ex-Carolina 28' Wabash "M ABF Ford AeroMax Road Tractor NOV/DEC00 I LO DO m Creating Plaster Rock Walls MAY/J UNE 1999 f Building Swanson Holler National Rib-side Tra iler Coldwater Guleh (HO/HOn3) BNSF5W12 00 LO Of Bridging the Gap (Pt.3) UP GP40X on Cleaning Up the Act Rocky Mtn Line Revisited (HO) If Modeling SAL FTs " Union Pacific's Boxcars (Pt.5) f Of O DECEMBER 1998 ( UP's Gondola Fleet (Pt.2) Track & Wheel Mtce. (Pt.4) If RML "Mini-Humanity" Contest " DCC (Pt.24): Resistance, Power L Gladstone & N. Houghton (HO) LO f co Oakway SD60 Mendota Museum Layout (HO) OCT/NOV 1999 I DCC (Pt.23): New for 2000? 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AT LANTA .... Piedmont Division Monthly Meeting. 2nd CA LIFORNIA Tuesday each month. 7PM. Bldg. K, Habersham Office ANAHEIM .... Orange County Model RRers meeting. Park, Northlake Pkwy., Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer, Tony's populor PowerShield(PS) Dee circuit breakers and Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana­ 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow. GA 30260, (770) 968- 1921. auto-reversers (PSRev) continue the tradition to give you the heim Public Library, corner of Harbor & Broadway in Ana­ MARlEnA .... Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Society best in layout power regulation. Now we have added : heim. Info: Steve Tibbells, e-mail: [email protected]. of Ferroequinologists & lield trips. 2nd Fri. of each month, * EZto progrom jumpers to *Exdusiveovervottage protection to protectdecoders (714) 843-1 820. customize pwr district & trock-powereddevices from DCC System failures 7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell St. Free. Info: Robert MU,.. ","'Pricioj·PSS2 .. 95,S2l.00 lo

LOS ANGELES .... East Valley Lines '-Scale Model RR ILLINOIS * Chief II. $339, Radio $489 Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. IIA 1-3P 1. Traveltown. CHAMPAIGN .... Illinois Traction Society Annual Meet­ ��=; * Emp Bider II. $249, Radio $399 Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors. P. O. Box 5732. ing. Apr. 28. 9AM. Chancellor Hotel. Info: Dale Jenkins. * EZOCC Wireless Sel$574 Glendale. CA 91301 (213) 662-8339. 264 Victoria, Decatur, IL 62522, (217) 423-4877. * Lenz Sel 01 Adv w/dec $389 SAN DIEGO .... San Diego Model RR Museum Toy Train PA LATINE .... MRA Fox Valley Div./Midwest Atlal: Commander OCC * Lenz Set 02 w/dec $239.95 & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Tues-Fri IIAM- 51 19.95. GeneralOr S31.95. Reg.lNMRA Highwheeler 2001 Model RR Show. Mar. 3- Soundtraxx Low Cost 4PM. Weekends, IIAM-5PM. Mar. 6 Apr. 3 are free days. Dee Duo·Pal< 5t43.95. * S79.95 & 4, 9AM-5PM. William Rainey Harper College, Wellness & Casa De Balboa Building in Balboa Park. 1649 EI Prado. $4, Sports Center (Bldg. M), 1200 W. Algonquin Rd. (at Pinewood Plaza Dee PROFESSIONALS discounts for students/seniors/military 10, under 15 free. River Rd, Box 1023 Roselle Rd.). $5, children & seniors $3. Info: Richard �yeors of service Beth Cain, San Diego Model RR Museum, 1649 EI Info: Sweet. II Park Place Cir., Hawthorn Woods, IL 60047, Essex Jet, VT05452 Prado, San Diego, CA 921 0 I, (619) 696-0199. info@ttx·dee.eom WE SUPPORT MORE COMMAND (847) 550- 1 399. [email protected]. Fax 802·878·5550 CONlROLSYSTl MS THANANYONE ! SAN FRANCICSO/BAY AREA .... Golden State Model RR Museum Open House. Sundays. May 6-0ct. 28. IOWA I PM-5PM. Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline Park, 900-A OTTUMWA .... Great River Ry Club Annual Train Dornan Dr., Pt. Richmond. 52, seniors & under 12 51. fa m­ Show & Swap Meet. Mar. 3-4, IOAM-9PM (Sat), Noon- ily 55. Info: (510) 234-4884. www.gsmrm.org. 5PM (Sun). Quincy Place Plaza Mall at Hwy. 34 & Quincy SAN LUIS OBiSPO .... Pacific Coast Region 2001 a Ave. Free. Info: Richard Hood, 803 Jefferson St., Burling­ Train Odyssey Convention (hosted by San Luis Obispo ton. IA 5260 I, (319) 754-4979. Model RR Club). May 2-6. Veterans Memorial Hall & KENTUCKY Sand's Hotel. $65, YOlllh $30, one day (no barbecue) $35. Info:Terry Taylor, 575 Bassi Dr., San Luis Obispo, CA LOUiSViLLE .... Mid Central Region NMRA Conven­ 93405, (805) 595-9535, [email protected]. tion. May 17-20, 2001. Galt House Hotel. $44 (before Includes: One assembled II/I; $49 after). Info : Stan Perry, PO Box 9904 1, SIMI VA LLEy .... Santa Suzana RR Hist. Soc. Swap HO Scale monorail, 12 curved Louisville, KY 40269, (502) 339-9207. track sections, straight track Meet Open House. May 19, 7AM-IIM (Swap Meet), 6 & sections, 18 track supports, May 19-20, IOAM-4PM (Open House). 6503 Katherine MA RYLA ND support bases, and metal track Rd. Swap meet in Pavilion next to RR Station in Santa joiners, powertransforrner and connecting leads. $189.98 each Suzana Park. $2. Info: Richard Parshall, 998 Ellin Ave., TIMONiUM .... Great Scale Train Show. Apr. 7-8, 9AM- Simi Valley, CA 93065, (805) 526-0371, oltwntrn@pac­ 4PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). MD State Fairgrounds, 2 HO Scale bell.net. miles north of Baltimore Beltway, exit 17E (Padonia Rd.) E-R Models'" Plastic from Rt. 1-83. $6 (returnSun free), 12 & under free, fa mily Building Kits SONORA .... West Side Reunion/Logging Modelers 512. Info: HOlVard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd., Colum­ Convention. Apr. 21. Sonora Elks Lodge, 100 Elks Dr. $15, bia, MD 21045, (4 10) 730- 1036, IVlVw.gsmts.com. 5- 12 SID. Info: WSR, PO Box 117, Fish Camp, CA 93623, (559) 683-7764, www.sierratel.com/shayman/loggingconv. TIMONiUM .... Great Scale Train Show. June 23-24, 9AM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). MD State Fair­ COLORADO grounds, 2 miles north of Baltimore Beltway, exit 17E (Padonia Rd.) from Rt. 1-83. $6 (return Sun free), 12 LAKEWOOD .... 52nd Annual Rocky Mtn. Region/ & under free, family 512. HOlVard Zane, 5236 Thunder NMRA Convention (sponsored by Front Range Div.). June Info: Hill Rd., Columbia, MD 21045, (410) 730- 1 036, 7- 10. Public train show Sat & Sun, 9AM-5PM. Sheraton wlVw.gsmts.com. Denver West, 360 Union Blvd. Info: Don Strait, 1938 Payne Ct., Aurora, CO 800 II, (303) 365-93 17, MA SSA CHUSETTS [email protected]. Registration form & convention flyer available at www.narrowgauge.orgJrmr. BOLTON .... Nashua Valley RR Assn. Railfair 200 I. Mar. 24. IOAM-4PM. Emerson School. 692 Main St., Rt. 117. FL ORIDA $4, seniors $3, 5-12 $1, under 5 free. Info: George A. Bishop, PO Box 72. Bolton, MA 01740, (978) 779-5056 or PA LMEno .... Sarasota Model RR Club Model RR (978) 779-6977 after 7PM, [email protected]. Show. Feb. 24-25, 9AM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-3PM (Sun). Manatee Civic Center, I Haben Blvd. 56. kids w/parents BOLTON .... Nashua Valley RR Assn. Annual Open free. Info: Dan Cioffi , (941) 723-342 1. House. Mar. 24-25, IIAM-5PM. Club Quarter, Rt. 85.

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING .... 73 $I/day or free w/Railfair admission. Info: George A. Bishop, PO Box 72, Bohon, MA01 740, (978) 779-5056 or (978) 779-6977 after 7PM, [email protected].

DEDHAM T Hub Div'/NMRA Spring Convention & Train Show. Mar. 31, IOAM-5PM. Holiday Inn, Provi­ dence Hwy. Rt. IA (Rt. 128 exit 15A). $5, 12 & under free, family $10. Info: Bill Goldthwait, 30 Baker St., Lexington, MA 0242 1, (78 1) 862-8078, trainshow@norfolk­ county.com.

MICHIGAN

SAGINAW T Saginaw Valley RR Hist. Soc. 19th Annual Model Train Show & Sale. Apr. 29, IOAM-4PM. Knights of Columbus Hall, 2280 Williamson Rd. $2.50, students & seniors $2, under 10 free (admission includes admission to Railway Museum at 900 Maple St.).

WARREN T Gratiot Valley RR Club Show & Sale. Mar. 4, IOAM-3PM. Macomb Community College Sports & Expo Center between 12 Mile & Martin Rd. and between Hayes & Bunert (off 1-696). $4.50, 12 & under free. Info: Doug Kass, 28 1 North Ave., Mt. Clemens, MI 48043, (8 10) 468-4877, www.michvhf.coml-gvrr.

MISSOURI

JOPLIN T SW MO Model RR Assn. Show & Swap Meet. Mar. 31, 9AM-5PM. Joplin Museum Complex in Schifferdecker Park, 7th & Schifferdecker. $3, under 12 $1. Info: Rick Gardner, 11486 County Ln. 214, Oronogo, MO 64855, (417) 673-4888, [email protected].

MONTANA

HELENA T 21st Annual Helena RR Fair. Apr. 22, 9:30AM-4PM. Helena Civic Center. $2, under 12 free. Info: Helena RR Fair, PO Box 49 14, Helena, MT 59604, (406) 443-03 15, [email protected].

NEBRA SKA To mix OMAHA T Western Heritage Div/NMRA Spring 2001 BallastHopp er Cars Model Train Show & Swap Meet. Mar. 31, Apr. I, 9AM- N Scale 5PM (Fri), IOAM-4PM (Sat). Holiday Inn Convention #2777- To mix Ballast Centre, 3321 S. 72nd St. $5, under 12 free. Info: Eugene Shaw, 1512 S . 56th St., Omaha, NE 68106, (402) 558- Hopper Cars 5208, [email protected]. Two cars per set, added details NEW JERSEY Retail $28.00 per set BELLMAWR T Spring Train & Toy Show & Sale for Available fr01ll YOllr dealer or benefit of Bellmawr Fire & Rescue and So. Jersey "S" direct fr01ll Mokei Imports for Gaugers. Apr. I, 9AM-2PM. Bellmawr Fire & Rescue all additiollal $3 S/H Hall, 29 Lewis Ave. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Chick Viggiano, (856) 423-0773.

MOKEI IMfORTS PEMBERTON T Pemberton Twnshp Historic Trust 3rd . Annual Collectible Toys & Train Show/Sale. Apr. 7, 9AM- 6950 KINGSBURY • Sf. WUIS, MO 63130 4PM. Pemberton Twnshp HS, Arney's Mount Rd. $3, seniors $2.50, 14-18 $2, under 14 free. Info: (609) 893- 6876.

WINSLOW T Great Winslow Junction Scale Train & RRiana Meet. Apr. 29, I OAM-2PM. Winslow Fire Hall, Introducing The Chopper II Hall & Hay Sts. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Bill Pow­ ell, 306 Broad St., Williamstown, NJ 08094, (856) 727- • Replaceable cutting mat for continuing clean cuts 1327 (till 9PM) . • Mitres any angle, comes with 30', 45' & 60' guides NE W MEXICO • Rigid aluminum construction assures BELEN T Belen Model RR Club Open House. March, & high accuracy repeatability Tues-Sat, 12:30PM-3:30PM. Belen Harvey House • Compact 7"x7" size Museum, 1st & Becker Sts. Info: Jon S. Sem, 1845 Ash Dr. SW, Los Lunas, NM 8703 1, (505) 565- 1639 (before 9 PM). • Handle safety stop for safe operation BELEN T Belen Model RR Club Show & Swap Meet. • Cuts styrene and wood strip materials up to 1/8" thick Mar. 10-11, 24-25, 9AM-5PM. Belen Harvey House NorthWest Short Line Museum, 1st & Becker Sts. Info: Jon S. Sem, 1845 Ash Dr. SW, Los Lunas, NM 8703 1, (505) 565- 1639 (before 9 PM). p. O. Box 423, Seattle, Washington 98111-0423 www.nwsl.com 539.95 LAS CRUCES T Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO Meets. Third Thurs. each month, 7PM. Thomas Brannigan

74 T MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 Memorial Library, Spruce Ave. & N. Main St. Info: Mike Hallock, 1941 Poplar Ave., Las Cruces, NM 88001.

NEW YORK

FAR MINGVILLE T Long Island Model RR Engineers Open House. Mar. 17-18, IOAM-4PM. 1055 Portion Rd. (,I, mile west of Nicolls Rd.lCR 97) $1.50, family $4. IInfo: (63 1) 736-5308, www.L1MRRE.com.

KINGSTON T Kingston Model RR Club Annual Kingston Model Train & Hobby Expo. Mar. 18. 10AM- 4PM. NY State Armory, N. Manor Ave. $4, under 12 $1. Info: KMRRC, PO Box 1885. Kingston, NY 12401-1885, (845) 334-8233.

ROCHESTER T Lakeshores Div.INMRA Spring Meet. Apr. 21, 9AM (reg. 8:30AM). Rochester Model RR Club, First Universalist Church, 150 Clinton Ave. So. $4, NMRA members $3. Info: William Cialini, 185 I Clark Rd., Rochester. NY 14625, (716) 586-2571, BLT2HAUL@ aol.com DUE FEB 2001 - P. R.R. F-22, F-28. F-29 & FD- NORTH CA ROLINA 1 FLAT CARS RESERVE NOW!!! GREENSBORO T Carolina Model RRers Swap Meet DUE FEB/MAR 2001 - N.H. "COMET" RESERVE & Train Show. Apr. 7, IOAM-3PM. National Guard NOW!!! Armory, 110 Franklin Blvd. $4, family 55. Info: Tom & DUE MAR/APR 2001 - RUTLAND WOOD MIL K Maryann Knowles, 42 11 Compton Dr., Winston-Salem, CA RS #337 & 338 and WOOD COMBINES #253. NC 27107, (336) 784-8 124, [email protected]. 255 & 256 F/P& U/p. RESERVE NOW!!! COMING SOON!!! OHIO N. YC ELECTRICS "Q" L..;::ti:iI1IiIIIIlE.IlUlit.i&...... i>:.,;,...... ia_1IfI1fd MOTORS "Ra " MOTORS & DES-3. BOSTON & BUCYRUS T Bucyrus Model RR Assoc. Train Show & MA INE #1600 & #1700 WOOD 4 DOOR MILK BE SURE TO RESERVE NOW AT YOUR FA VORITE Swap Meet. Apr. 22, IOAM-4PM. Crawford County Fair­ CA RS F/P and RUTLAND G-34 2-8-0 and the RAILWORKS HOBBY DEALER!!! grounds, Whetstone St. 52, 12 & under free. Info: Dave RUTLAND "WHIPPET" 2-8-0. Moore, BMRA, 1010 Bucyrus R .. Galion, OH 44833, (419) 462-5035. See yoilr dealer for the complete RAILWORKS line up of finely crafted models in HO Scale Brass!

CINCINNATI T Cincinnati Div 7/MCR/NMRA 10th Watch for new releases to be announced. Annual Model RR Flea Market. Mar. 10. IOAM-4PM. SEND SSAE FOR LATEST BROCHURE Scarlett Oaks Career Development Campus, 3254 E. Kem­ PO BOX 148 WOODBURY, NY 11797 TEL: 631 -692-8805 per Rd. 53, table $15 (in advance). Info: Gerry Albers, 7102 Knoll Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45237, (513) 53 1-35 12.

WOOSTER T CJ Trains Spring Wooster Train & Toy Show. Mar. II, IOAM-4PM. Black Tie Affair Party & Con­ ference Center, north side of Wooster, 50 Riffe l Rd. $3, 12 & under free. Info: Jon Ulbright, 94 1 Buchholz Dr., Wooster, OH 4469 1, (330) 262-7488 (after 6PM), cathi­ [email protected].

OKLAHOMA

OKLAHOMA CITY (MIDWEST CITY) T SE Okla­ homa City Area Model RR Meet. Mar. 24, 9AM-4PM. Rose State College Student Union, 6420 SE 15th St., Mid­ west City. $3, family $6. Info: Henry Reed, 52 1 E. Ricken­ backer Dr., Midwest City, OK 73110-5636, (405) 737-5 122.

OREGON

CLACKAMUS T Willamette Model RR Club 16th Annual RR Swap Meet. Feb. 24, IOAM-3PM. Camp With­ ycombe Armory, SE 102nd off of Hwy. 212/224. Free. Colorado Railroad MuseulD Info: Bruce Barney, 10832 SE Stephens, Portland. OR 97216, (503) 257-8855, [email protected]. The Railroad Book Source

EUGENE T Willamette Cascade Model RR Club 13th Annual Model RR Show & Swap Meet. Mar. 31, Apr. I, CALL US FIRST ! 800-365-62"63 IOAM-5PM. Lane County Fairgrounds, 796 W. 13th. £5, family $9, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Michael Adams, Best Selection of Biggest & Best RR Book Members receive discounts! 656 Heywood Ave., Eugene, OR 97404, (541) 461-0156 Railroad Books Catalog $2.00 Call for information, and charge to eves, [email protected]. We stock over 1000 (refundable with first purchase) your credit card, today! PORTLAND T Columbia Gorge Model RR Club 23rd titles from throughout Annual RRiana & Model RR Swap Meet. Mar. 10, 10AM- the country, hundreds P� fwm«4 � 4PM. Collectors Market (formerly Pay-N-Pak Antique & of videos, calendars ad�to ��/ Collectors Market), 8900 N. Vancouver Ave. (Delta Park). and gifts available. 53, under 12 free wladult. Info: Doug Auburg. clo Colorado Railroad MuseUIll FA ST PERSONAL CGMRC, 2505 N. Vancouver Ave., Portland, OR 97227, P.O. Box 10, Golden, CO 80402-0010 (503) 288-7246 any time (leave message) or (360) 694- SERVICE! 800-365-6263 / 303-279-4591 / fax 303-279-4229 7769 eves, [email protected].

JANUARY 2001 MODEL RAILROADING T 75 ROSEBURG T All Aboard RR Club for All Scales. 1st �® Digitrax DCC & 3rd Saturdays at 3PM, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7PM. 427 n IG I trA� Command Made SE Main St. Info: Debi or Kim Wing (503) 672-0280. ��� Control Simple! TENNESSEE (770) 441·7992 Fax (770) 441·0759 NASHVILLE T Cumberland Div/SER/NMRA Spring www.digitrax.com 2001 Meet/Model Train Show. Mar. 17, 9AM-4PM. Cum­ berland DivlTC Ry Museum Bldg., 220 Willow St. $4, under 12 $1. family $10; Boy/Girl Scouts in uniform free. Learn how simple Info: Bob Hultman, 220 Willow St., Nashville, TN 37210, D igitrax Command Control (615) 244-900 I ext. 6 or home (615) 833-5 158, IlUlt­ really is, contact [email protected]. your favorite hobby shop TEXA S fo r a hands on demonstration DALLAS/FT. WORTH T Region/NMRA 50th Anniversary Convention. June 7- 10. Harvey Hotel, Hwy. 114 at Esters. $75. Info: Stan Pirzchalski, 4832 Lakeside Dr., Colleyville, TX 76034, (817) 540-2350, [email protected].

TM {J!Z?!�ff -r&n W T" NEW BRAUNFELS T New Braunfels Historic RR & Basic DCC Set Advanced DCC Set Premium DCC Set Modelers Soc. Annual Model RR Jamboree. Apr. 14. New Braunfels Civic Center, 380 S. Seguin Ave. $5, children $260 msrp $335 msrp $460 msrp $1. Info: Kermit R. Baese, 1285 Common St., New Braun­ fels, TX 78130, (830) 625-2656. Radio Equipped Radio Equipped Empire Builder II Chief II UTAH $535 msrp $660 msrp ODGEN T Hostlers Model RR 200 1 Festival. Mar. 2-4, 5PM-9PM (Fri), IOAM-6PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Odgen Union Station, 25th St. & Wall Ave. $4, 12 & under free. Info: Mike Murphy, 752 W. 4375 S., Riverdale, UT 84405, (80 I) 394-4952.

VIRGINIA

VIENNA T Northern VA Model RRers Open House. , I PM-5PM. Washington & Old Dominion RR Station, 23 1 Dominion Rd. (at Ayr Hill Rd.). Donations accepted. Club meets on Tuesday evenings. Info: (703) 938-5 157, hllp://www.geocites.com/Heartland/Plains/6 120.

WA SHINGTON

PULLMAN T Palouse Empire RR Show & Swap. Mar. 18, IOAM-4PM. Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, WA State University Campus. $2. Info: Noel Randall, 805 Panorama, Moscow, ID 83843, (208) 882-3773.

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RIVERVIEW T Moncton Model RR Society Show & Sale. Apr. 21, 9AM-4PM. Coverdale Recreation Center. $3, under 12 $1. Info: Mike Duncan, (506) 386-6453, dun­ [email protected] or hllp://trainweb.org/mmrs.

ONTARIO

ABERFOYLE T Aberfoyle Junction Model Ry Open House. May 5-6, 12-13, IOAM-5PM. Club quonset hut at southern village limits, 128 Brock Rd. $5, students/seniors $3, children $2. Info: Craig Webb, 257 Broadway Ave., Hamilton, ON L8S 2W7, (905) 527-5474.

COPETOWN T Ontario & Eastern Ry. ModellersTrain �� 1993 Show. Feb. 25, lOAM-4:30PM. Copetown Community "We SteIIIIIt AN/!} We Use It " Lions Centre. $5. Info: Richard Chrysler, (905) 679-4279.

MARYHILL T Prototype Ry. Modellers 9th Annual Toronto & Southern Ontario Area Meet. May 5, 9AM- 5PM. Waterloo Region Model Ry. Club at St. Boniface Separate School, 1350 Maryhill Rd. $6 or $5 w/model. Info: Ed Barry, 4113 Uxbridge Ln., Mississauga, ON L4W Railroads, Businesses, Bill 3NI (SSAE), (905) 306-0162, barry @gncom.com. are Streets, Interiors, Windows and sheets OTTAWA T 13th Annual Ottawa Train & Toy Show. for: WindowlInterior Combinations Mar. 3-4, IOAM-5PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Nepean Sportsplex Halls A & B, 1701 Woodroffe Ave. (2 miles south of Hwy. 417). Info: Frank Steel, Box 3A-10, Centre­ ville, ON KOK I NO, (613) 378-0309. �

76 T MODEL RAILROADING JANUARY 2001 NEW 50' PS-1 BOX CARS

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Announcing the improved NEW release!

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

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

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