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Ako PAs Modeling C&NW SD9s Plastics Cars (Part 2) DCC Update (Part XXI) Diesel Detail: WM GP35 A Closure for Chupadera """' :J Track & Wheel Mtce. (Part 3) Athearn's 20' Container Chassis I :20.3 Narrow Gauge Large Scale MINE STRUCTURES & ORE CARS Capturing the atmosphere of a real, working industrial railroad, Bachmann presents 1 :20.3 Scale Mine Structures and Side Dump Cars. The Mining Kit features a realistic Mine Head with Shaft and Mine Shack, both designed for easy, snap-fit assembly. Also included with the Mining Kit is one Assembled 4-Wheel Side Dump Car that works just like the prototype, with a four-point center sill pivot for manual operation (allowing you to dump your cargo to either side of the tracks). A set of three assembled Four-Wheel Side Dump Mining Cars is also available. Four Wheel Side Dump Mining Car • I :20.3 narrow gauge model • prototypical manual operation (dumps to either side of track) • four-point center sill pivot • metal tie down chains • appropriate for mining and many other industrial applications 24.5mm SMALL METAL WHEEL SET Mine Shack Item #92422 MSRP: S 17.00 snap-fit assembly • If desired, you can install • operating window shutter Bachmann's new 24.5mm • tin-style roof Small Metal Wheel Sets on your • chimney Mining Cars. Available separately. • woodgrained wall planking • simulated, rolled-canvas doorway cover Mine Head with Shaft • snap-fit assembly Bachmann Industries, Inc. Philadelphia, PA • simulated timber supports, -_ ....... -... _ .'- frame and mine shaft walls � www.bachmanntrains.com RAILROADINGMODEL August 1999 VOLUME 29 NUMBER 8 FEATURES 20 ... The Alco PA - The Burly Beaty Part 7: New Haven by George Melvin 24 ... Modeling Chicago & North Western SD9s by Chris Munson 30 ... DCC UPDATE MRG Takes a look at DCC - Part XXI: Getting Into N Scale by Larry Puckett 34 ... MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL Detailing Athearn's 20' Container Chassis... 57 ... DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP Part 2: The Basics and Beyond Western Maryland (WM) EMD GP35 by Gary Walton by Rich Picariello 40 ... Bear River lumber Company (HO) 60 ... BEHIND THE SCENES by Paul Templar A Closure for Chupadera 46 ... Modeling Prototype Scenes by Margaret Man.�field by Doug Geigel; MMR 62 ... ON TRACK 52 ... FREIGHTCAROLOGY Track and Wheel Maintenance - Plastics Cars - Part 2 Part 3: The locomotive Wheel Process by David G. Casdorph by Jim Mansfield DEPARTMENTS 5 ... Editorial 9 ... letters to the Editor 12 ... New Products 16 ... Product Reviews 19 ... Society Page 59 ... Book Beat 63 ... Dealer Directory 71 ... Boys in the Basement 73 ... Your Trek Plan 78 ... Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER Modeling the prototype can mean much more than just detailing locomotives and rol ling stock. Doug Geiger shares how he modeled the Joint Line's bridge area near Larkspur, Colorado, on one side of his FoamRail N-scale module, and the east portal of the Moffat Tunnel on the other side. Turn to page 46 for more. Photo by Doug Geiger. INSET: British modeler Paul Te mplar has been at it again ...la yout building that is. This time, he's switched back to HO to build a layout with a logging theme which is featured on pages 40-45. Photo by Pa ul TemplGl: Railway Express by V.S. Roseman modeling projects and prototype arti From 1850 to 1975 Railway Express cles are illustrated with hundreds of Agency moved the nation's pack photos (mostly color). $14.95 retail. ages and freight. Once as common as FedEx and UPS of today, the big The Norfolk & Western Railway: green trucks and rail cars of the REA Williamson Te rminal - 1953 were a welcome sight to anyone Author Vern French takes the reader expecting a package. 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This 80-pg, full models and wonder how the pros color book is loaded with tips and do it, this book is for you! Nationally inspiration from George Sellios, its known author and photographer builder and the owner of Fine Scale Bruce Nail takes you step by step to Miniatures. shooting clear, sharp photos every This huge 23' x 42' layout may be time: All without spending thou the most highly detailed layout of all sands on photo equipment. time and renowned photographer Illustrated with over a hundred pho Dave Frary takes you into every tos and diagrams, this book will nook and cranny. A must for any have you shooting like a pro in no model railroader who appreciates time!. Retail $8.95 quality modeling, Retail $19.95 Model Railroad Electronics Vols. 1-5 Written by electronics and DCC expert Rutger Friberg, these books contain hundreds of proj ects for the modeler; All illustrated with easy to follow, color schemetics. Book 1: Basics. Book 2: Digital Trains + connecting your com puter to your railroad Book 3: Sounds, Lights, & movement Books 4 & 5: DCC, sound and computer proj ects including building your own decoders. Also dozens of mini-tips. $18.75 Retail Digital Command Control Finally, a book for everyone interested in learn ing about DCC. Written by Rutg6r friberg, Stan Ames and Ed Loizeaux this book covers DCC from A to Z. $18.75 Retail MODEL RAILROADING EDITOR I PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Millennium David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Bugged Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR ometimes you just have to break from the norm ...and this Jim and Margaret Mansfield month, I'm going to do just that. Rather than write some George Melvin Sthing that is just hobby re lated I need to get something off Rich Picariello my chest that has been bugging me no end here lately. I'm really getting sick and Larry J. Puckett tired of all the hype about the coming new year starting the new millennium. It Larry E. Smith, MMR seems that everyone, even our President, has jumped onto the "new millennium" bandwagon. I believe they should have looked before they leaped. CIRCULATION I OFFICE MANAGER Am I the only person in the world who hasn't forgotten that a century is a hun Donald R. Strait dred years ...and that a millennium is a thousand years? The I st Century was I to 100, the 2nd was 101 to 200, and so on up to the current century, the 20th, which is NATIONAL SALES MANAGER 1901 to 2000 - NOT 1999! The year 2000 is not only the last year of the century, but also of the millennium. The new century... and millennium ...start on January I, Chris Lane 2001. Anyone who saw 2001: A Space Odyssey, should not have any trouble 1-888-338-1700 remembering this since the date symbolized the beginning of a new era starting with the dawn of a new millennium. ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Now don't get me wrong, I'm excited about the coming new millennium too, but Rhett B. Lee apparently I'll be celebrating it a year after almost everybody else ... but then, wouldn't you expect that from an editor/publisher who gets his magazine out more than a Volume 29, Issue MODEL RAILROADING is published 8. month after almost everybody else. 12 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. Price per single copy is $4.50 in U.SA Subscriptions are Diesels Are All Alike ... Or Are They? .. Part $34.95 in the U.s.A or $43.00 in Canada (or foreign) 2 payable in U.s. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or photo graphs should be accompanied by return postage, and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for the loss or damage of such material. No part of this publication may be reprinted without written permission from the publisher Printed in U.s.A. The information contained in the various articles in this magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no con trol over the physical conditions surrounding the applica tion of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any lia bility for untoward results and/or for any physical injury in curred by using the information herein. Copyright © 1999 by Highlands Station, Inc. ADVERTISING For advertising information contact Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 [email protected] VISIT OUR WEB SITE www.modelrailroadingmag.com ast month I noted that many modelers feel that diesels are "all alike." For many, however, one of the greatest challenges that modeling diesels affords is capturing SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS Lthe subtle diffe rences that make seemingly identical-looking locomotives unique.