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2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 5 NEW BODY STYI,E! HEAVYWEIGHT DEPRESSED-CENTER FLAT CAR Wjbuckeye TRUCKS ▼ AMHERST CONTEST WINNERS ▼ REVIEWS ▼ INTERMODAL CONTAINERS ▼ DIESEL DETAIL: MILW GP40 ▼ Jan/Feb 2001 $4.50 Higher in Canada JIM POWERS’ On3 ColoradoColorado && SouthernSouthernPAGE 50 ModelingTransamericaTransamerica Modern Intermodal DistributionDistribution ServicesServices Page 35 St. Paul Coal Co. 01 > EMDEMD GP40sGP40s Page 20 Page 24 0 7447 0 91672 7 More than just your average locomotive, the Baldwin 2-6-0 was railroad royalty. Making its debut alongside the 4-4-0 at the Centennial Exhibition celebrating the United States' 100th anniversary, the 2-6-0 carried 4 million of the visitors around the Exhibition site. Its impressive size and strength led the engine to be christened the "Mogul," and the 2-6-0 reigned over the narrow gauge rails of its day. Bachmann's Spectrum@ 2-6-0 Mogul is a 1 :20.3 large scale reproduction of the revered Baldwin locomotive. It features prototypical detailing and parts, including a working Stephenson valve gear with operating piston valves, Johnson bar, and linkage. Also included is a polarity switch that allows you to � choose the direction the 2-6-0 travels (either according to NMRA standards or large scale model railroad practice). A perfect companion to the SpectrumlB! 4-4-0 Centennial, our new 2-6-0 exhibits all the power and style needed to make it your railroad Mogul. January 2001 VOLUME 31 NUMBER 1 FEATURES 20 ▼ GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 6: Denver & 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 train 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 .<> Pennsy Electric Pictorial by Martin S. Zak & Paul K. Withers 160 pages· 300-plus black-and-white photos· Hardcover with dust jacket The largest collection of PRR electric photos ever published! The Pennsylvania Railroad did everything on a large scale and the acquisition of 267 electric locomotives to move both freight and passengers over its 674 route·miles of electrification was no exception. From the famed GG 1. the classic P5 boxcabs and Modifieds. modern·looking E44s, and even the experimental E2Bs, E2Cs, and E3Bs of the early 1950s; all are covered in this hardcover, horizontal·format book containing more than 300 crisp black·and·white photographs. A specially commissioned cover painting by Gil Bennet highlights this must· have book for Pennsy and electric fans alike. Price: $39.95 plus $5.00 s&h. Union Pacific's Sherman Hill in the Diesel Era by A.J. Wolff 224 pages· 500-plus color and black-and-white photos. Map· Hardcover with dust jacket 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. Price: $48.00 plus $5.00 s&h. Fairbanks-Morse Erie-builts and H20-44s by David R. Sweetland The third book in our series covering opposed-piston-powered locomotives· 88 pages. 300-plus color and black-and-white photos· Perfect-bound During the development of the 1 ,000·horsepower swilcher, FM officials knew thai the company would have to produce a road cab 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 General 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 cab unit, 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. Price: $24.95 plus $3.50 s&h. (Not the actual cover) 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 The reference book for Union Pacific fans! The most complete roster/pictorial book published to date, this two·volume set covers builder's data and dispositions of each member of this western carrier's diesel-electric and turbine locomotive fleet as well as a varied selection of photo­ graphs detailing each model. From the early EMC E units and giant GE-built gas turbines to the varied EMD SD40-2 fleet that moved transcon­ tinental freight into the 1980s, all are covered. Price: $45.00 plus $5.00 s&h. Kansas City Southern in the Deramus Era by Louis A. Marre and Gregory J. Sommers 232 pages· 500-plus photos· Roster data· Maps 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 throttle, up the grade at Rich Mountain. Price: $48.00 plus $5.00 s&h. Available at hobby shops, book dealers, or direct. Withers Publishing, 528 Dunkel School Road, Halifax, PA 17032 Telephone: 1-800-694-5148 or 1-717-896-3173 Mastercard and VISA accepted - PA residents add 6% sales tax ▼EDITORIAL EDITOR / PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR Jim and Margaret Mansfield Expectations George Melvin Rich Picariello Larry J. Puckett Larry E. Smith, MMR hat do you expect to get out of the hobby of W model railroading? This is a basic question that all modelers should ask...not CIRCULATION / OFFICE MANAGER just once, but fairly regularly. When you first got interested in model railroading, you Donald R. Strait were probably attracted to one or more specific areas that captured your imagination. [email protected] Those captivating areas might have been determined by your age at the time, the cir- cumstances you were in, or a wide variety of other possible considerations. 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Parker for a budding railfan/modeler but left a lot to be desired for a steam fan. With EMD’s Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. Price LaGrange plant only a few miles and two towns away, steam was a fairly rare occur- per single copy is $4.50 in U.S.A.
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