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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

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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 thingS 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.

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Praise and a Request was bad when YOU mispLaced a modell BUI befo re you go oul in Dear Randy, search of your reward, I just learned that CSXT has recovered Ihe Yo ur ModeL Railroading series on Modeling Mobile's Docks was missing cars. Ifind il inleresting Ihat lhe "reward" is less than I have great. Yo ur Freightcarology series is unbeatable anywhere. The pho­ seen fo r sOI'l1.e missing brass 1110dels ...gofigure. - Randy) � tos being in color provides us modelers a wealth of information with­ out excess written descriptions. One request. Could we get an update on the Granite Mountain Railway from Doug Geiger. It's been fo ur Wanted! DEAD OR ALIVE! years since his last article on this great model system. Jay H. Becker IfI 57 MISSING NYC open-top Coal Hoppers (used for rock) Troutdale, OR To help secure the return of these cars so they can make money You 're in luck, Jay. Doug just recently cOl11pleled inSlallalion of a for the company, a Bounty has been placed on these two groups of Computer/Model Railro ad Intelface (C/MRI) on Ihe Cranile Moun­ outlaw cars! tain Railway. Layout operators can now rely on ./i.dly operalional track signaLing on the CMR, and Doug will explain how il all works The "Oak Harbor 33" in an article that will appear sometime this winleJ: - Randy These cars were last seen leaving Oak Harbor, OH, together, Missouri Pacific PA just before 5 am on July 10. The record shows the cars are still in Dear Randy, the possession of the NS, but that might not be true. The cars are On page 24 of your June/July issue in the article "A leo PA : The believed to be hanging out together somewhere in the To ledo area. Burly Beauty," George Melvin asks the significance of the designa­ tion E-40 on the MoPac units. This designation is not a class number, NYC 4847 18 NYC 486990 NYC 487438 NYC 487494 but the Coopers Rating for the locomotive. MP had miles of light NYC 48753 1 NYC 487600 NYC 487662 NYC 487744 branch lines, apparently they thought it wise to put the weight rating NYC 487864 NYC 487865 NYC 487907 NYC 487986 of the locomotives in a prominent location. I know of no other Class I NYC 488026 NYC 488282 NYC 488289 NYC 4883 13 railroad that used this practice. NYC 488403 NYC 488534 NYC 488556 NYC 488565 Richard Ryker NYC 488678 NYC 488696 NYC 488703 NYC 488803 Omaha, NE NYC 488805 NYC 488889 NYC 489834 NYC 489858 NYC 489922 NYC 489971 NYC 490003 NYC 490032 Well Done! NYC 490 167 Randy, This (July 99) is an outstanding issue. The final chapter on build­ The "Bedford Gang" ing 30 Mile Point should have several more chapters. This one is worth the subscription for the entire year! I'd really like to read more These 24 renegades were last known to be departing Bedford, about how he fastens the parts on to a fi nished building, weathering OH, for parts unknown on the NS on June 15 at about 8:30 PM. tips for making the vines on the smokestack, etc .... They have not been heard from since, but are believed to be still That pipe spilling water needs more explanation. I want to do that hiding out in Ohio. on the side of a coal mine. The water stains everything shades of red from the iron and acids in the water. NYC 4745 II NYC 483686 NYC 487 184 NYC 487326 Then there is the article on DCC by Larry Puckett. That has NYC 487398 NYC 487480 NYC 488027 NYC 488 176 arrived just as we are about to seriously start on DCC. NYC 488358 NYC 488553 NYC 488789 NYC 488793 Rick Shoup NYC 489 197 NYC 489827 NYC 490049 NYC 490294 Sun City Center, FL NYC 491626 NYC 49 1 695 NYC 491737 NYC 492240 NYC 492273 NYC 494023 NYC 494252 NYC 494869 Your requesls have been passed on to Art Fahie. Wa tch fo r more of Arl'S work inti/lure issues. - Randy CSXT's Minerals Commercial and Car Management Teams will reward: The Frog Paradox Randy, $250 to the finder of the "Oak Harbor 33" The Flange Bearing Frog as described by Al Buchan in the July -and- letters has been used for years by model railroaders. A solder-filled $250 to the finder of the "The Bedford Gang" frog is such a frog. While it is done to lower maintenance for the prototype, it actually increases maintenance on the layout. This type To claim the bounty, you must be the first Bounty Hunter to of frog requires cleaning as grime will settle in the flangeways of report the milepost and track where the outlaws are hiding, to: the frog,. Lori Roets Jim Mansfield (904) 366-4058 (RNX 322) Las Cruces, NM Note: At least 3/4 of each group must be fo und to claim the bounty. The Bounty will be awarded once the cars are verified to (Editor's Note: Th e fo llowing "Wanled Poster" is an actual CSXT be in CSXT custody. release Ihat was re centLy received in our ojjice... and you Ihought it

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AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ... 11 NEW PRODUCTS

THE SANDHOUSE A Product News Column HO SCALE

Accurail, P.O. Box 1202, Elburn, IL 60 119, is releasing bi-Ievel E-R Model Importers, 1000 S. Main St., Newark, NY 14513, and tri-Ievel open autorack cars decorated for Santa Fe, UP, PRR, offers a plastic RTR Prisoner Transport Bus made by Herpa; #040- NYC, B&O and undec. ($ 1 4.98 ea.); 3-bay covered hoppers in Sigco 9085 I is $16.95. Sunflowers (limited-run special, $ 1 0.98) and CSX (6 no. set, $59.88); 40 ' wood reefer in GTW (limited-run special, $10.98); SO' double­ Funaro & Camerlengo, RD #3, Box 2800, Honesdale, PA 18431, door boxcar in NYC "Early Bird" (limited-run 3-pack, $29.98); SO' is offering a cast polycarbonate resin kit for the Pennsy FM flatcar. AAR boxcar in Rock Island ($8.98) and SO' exterior-post boxcar in Kit contains two cars and has cast stake pockets, decals and Tichy Railbox ($8.98). Trains brake and detail parts; #650 1 is $29.99. No shipping charges if ordering direct. Athearn, 190 I 0 Laurel Park Rd., Compton, CA 90220, will offer powered and dummy SD40-2s in the extended "snoot" nose version GHQ, 28 100 Woodside Rd., Shorewood, MN 5533 1, has the fol­ w/2 nos. each decorated fo r BNSF, Santa Fe, CP Rail, KCS, UP and lowing new cast pewter kits in their Roadmaster® series: undec. Prices are $46.50 (powered) and $28.75 (dummy). Also new is .... 60-002 1950s Manure Spreader... $14 .95 the 50' PS 5344 cu. ft. boxcar in Apalachicola Northern, Corinth & .... 60-003 Three Bottom Plow ...$1 4.95 Counce, D&H, Guilford (B&M), KCS, Milwaukee Road, NS, Rock Island, South Branch Valley, Illinois Term inal, Ve rmont Ry. and InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering undec. This model will be produced only once; price is $10.00. All the following new kits: rolling stock will eventually be upgraded w/new paint schemes and/or .... 40336 Frito-Lay 3-bay covered hopper (12 nos.), $14.95 tooling. .... 408 14 Southern 10' 6" modified AAR 40' boxcar (12 nos.), $14.95 A tlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hil lside, NJ 07205, will release the .... 41321 Stauffe r Chemical Co. ACF Type 27 8,000-gal tank car AEM-7/ALP-44 electric locomotives. Roadnames for the AEM-7 are (12 nos.), $15.95 Amtrak, Amtrak NE District, MARC, Septa and undec; the ALP-44 .... 4450 1 NYC "lighting stripe" F7B shell (4 nos. and no number), comes in J Transit and undec. Deco�ated locos come in two nos. $64.95 plus unnumbered; price TBA. Also ne)¥ is an ACF 23,000-gal tank .... 44502 SP "Black Widow" F7B shell (4 nos. and unnumbered), car wiAc cumate® couplers and two nos./roadname in GAF Corp., $64.95 Honeymead, Amoco, Mobil, Reilly Industries, Republic Car Line and Fully assembled model: undec. New roadnames are coming for the pulpwood flatcar (ACL, .... 46006 SP&S 12-paneI 40 ' boxcar (12 nos.), $24.95 C&O, D&H, Santa Fe and WM), the 2-bay hopper (C&O, Clinch­ Other new products: field, NKP) and the 33,000-gal tank car (ACFX, Suburban Propane .... 40052 33 " semi-scale wheelsets (.088 width) ...$7.95 112 and Union Texas Petroleum). New road names (w/2 nos. ea.) for the .... 40054 36" semi-scale wheel sets (.088 width)... $7.9 51 12 Evans 53 ' double-plugdoor boxcar are Aloha Shake, Ogden Corp. and .... 40059 36" ball-bearing wheelsets ...$1 9.95/6 TP&W; new road numbers for BN, Ralston Puri na, UP, C&NW, B&M, BC Rail and Evans Products. Brin.ton R. Jones: The web address listed in the June Sandhouse is incorrect. Correct address is [email protected]. We are sorry for Bachmann, 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124, in an any inconvenience this may have caused. exclusive licensing arrangement with Amtrak, will produce a scale model of the Acela high-speed passenger train that will revolutionize Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503- 1078, offers the fol­ travel in the Northeast Corridor. The model train will be DCC ready lowing new RTR PS- I 40' boxcars: and feature cab interiors, operating pantographs, working headlights .... C&EI (Road No. 66844), #5209 ...$29.45 and ditchlights, powered front and rear locomotives and three passen­ .... D&H (Road No. 20244), #52 15... $27.9 5 ger cars w/lighted interiors (Bistro, Coach and 1st Class Car). Price .... M-K-T (Road No. 99), #52 18... $29.95 and availability date TBA. Kato, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60 173, announces new Burlington Route Historical Society , P.O. Box 456, Dept. MRR, products available in 1999-2000: EMD SD40-2 "snoot nose" version La Grange, IL 60525, www.burlingtonroute.com. annou nces a cus­ and EMD GP35 Phase Ie. Price and roadnames TBA. tom-lettered, limited-production Con-Cor 60 ' auto parts boxcar painted in two styles of the Chinese Red scheme (with or w/o white Lonestar Models, 270 1 W. 15th St., Plano, TX 75075, has door stripes). Each scheme comes in two road numbers. Price is announced the following releases for coming months : December - $16.00 ea. for 1-3 cars or $15.00 ea. for four or more cars; add $6.00 Wilson Grain trailer w/blue or black tarp ($1 9.95 ea.); January - 18 S&H for US or $9.00 for Canada or overseas. Also available is a 20- Hunt or MP Trailmobile 40 ' trailers ($1 5.95 ea.) and Trailer marker & slide set of 35mm color photos of 60' and 85 ' auto parts cars; $18.00 taillight lenses (tinted either blue or green - $4.50/set); February - per set plus $1.50 S&H. Pay less Cash ways lumber truck bed wlFord L9000 ($ 1 8.95), Rock

Editor's Note: Please talk to your dealerjirsl regarding any new products. If you would like additional information fr om the I'nanufa ctllrel; please don 'tforget to include a number ten, self-addressed, stamped envelope. Th is will help all concerned.

12 ... MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 island Trailmobile 40' flatbed trailer ($15.95) and Wilson Grain Red Caboose, P. O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, is offering the fol­ Trailer (white or black - $2 1 .95 ea.). lowing new kits: ... RC-8068 ew Haven 1937 AAR boxcar, orange (6 nos.) ... $14.95 LBF Co. , P. O. Box 404, Glide, OR 97443-0404, has acquired all ... RC-8070 New Haven 1937 AAR boxcar, black (6 nos.)... $1 4.95 the assets of U.S.A. Plastics, Inc. d/b/a E&C Shops and will be ... RC-8069 DL& W 1937 AAR boxcar (6 nos.)... $1 4.95 upgrading this product line. New items coming now or due soon are ... RC-7064 Seaboard-REA X-29 boxcar (6 nos.)... $1 4.95 Aeroflo cars in BN and Procor, Coal porters in BN brown/silver or ... B&O M-26 boxcar, #RC-7069 ...$1 4.95; #RC-7070 6- BN dark green, Aluminator in UP, Boeing Skybox in two versions, pack ... $89.70; #RC-707 1 12-pack ...$1 79AO high-capacity woodchip cars and Autoflood II in BNSF ... PRR X-29 boxcar, #RC-7066 ...$1 5.95; #RC-7067 6- pack ...$95 .70; #RC-7068 12-pack ...$19IA O Marklin®, P. O. Box 510559, New Berlin, WI 53 151, announces ... PRR X-29 "Merchandise Service" boxcar, #RC-7026 ...$1 5.95; the ICE 2, a high-speed RTR passenger train set that comes with an #RC-7027 12-pack ...$1 79AO oval of C track w/turnouts, Delta electronic circuit for multi-train control and a 32VA transformer. Delta ICE Starter Set #29785 will be S&S Hobby Products, P. O. Box 2724, Garden Grove, CA 92842, available in the third quarter of 1999. Price TBA. announces radio antennas as used on most Santa Fe locos and some of their cabooses. Platforms and legs are etched stainless steel; brass Micro Engineering, 1 120 Eagle Rd., Fenton, MO 63026, is releas­ rod and Detail Associates plastic can-type antennas are also included ing 3' sections of Code 83 flex-track w/concrete ties. Ties are molded in the kit. Kit #3 10 is $8.99. in Delrin plastic. Weathered track is # 12-105, $26.80/6; non-weath­ ered track is #10-105, $25.75/6. Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997, has cast urethane kits for the CNW/CMO low-height USRA clone 40 ' Bill MosteLLer, 28 13 Hogan Cr., Fal ls Church, VA 22043, has single-sheathed boxcars. Kits come in fo ur versions: 1923-'25 CNW decals for Virginian composite hoppers wl l2 road numbers. Set is cars with either a Hutchins or Common Sense roof and Murphy ends; $2.99. 1927 clone cars w/early Viking roof and Dreadnaught ends in either CNW or CMO lettering. Price is $30.00 ea. Andrews trucks w/metal Northstar Railroad Models, 840 1 Blaisdell Ave. S., Bloomington, wheelsets are $5.00/pr. Add $4.00 S&H for up to 5 kits. MN 55420, is offering acrylic passenger car sides for GN Red River and 1l1Iern({/ional trains. Available now are RPO/Baggage, Conduc­ Wa lthers, 560 I W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 5320 1 -3039, tors/60-seat coach and 60-seat coach ($69.50 ea.); Red River or announces the Amtrak 60' express boxcar decorated in either Amtrak Mountain Series Observations are $74.50 ea. Due in Sept. are the w/phase IV stripes or Amtrak silver; $17.98 ea.; 2-pack is $34.98. Dinette/28-seat coach ($69.50) and Parlor Lounge/Observation There are three diffe rent car nos. per paint scheme. Undec car price is ($74.50). All car sides include an EasternCar Works core kit. $17.98. Also new is the Cornerstone Series® Backwoods Locomotive or Carshop kit. The 2000 HO Scale Model Railroad Reference Book Pa nna International, 13927 Progress Pkwy., N. Royalton, OH has 900+ pages and products from over 375 manufacturers; #9 1 3-200 44 1 33-4394, www.parmapse.com. has a new line of vacu-formed is $19.98. white plastic tunnel portals and walls representing cut stone slab. Sin­ gle portal ($2.75), double portal ($3.00), tunnel port/wall wings (right Hlesteljield, 63 River Ln., Crossville, TN 38555, offers their and left - $3.75), recessed wall ($3.00), retaining walls & cap annual salute to the NMRA National Convention city, a CM&StP 36' ($3.00/3 pieces, retaining wall blank ends ($3.00) and incline walls drop-bottom stock car kit. The Milwaukee Road ordered 1.500 cars in (right to left or left to right - $4.50 ea.) are offered. 1925 and 500 in 1927 that were identical except for minor details. Some cars lasted in service until 1973. Kit covers both the 1925 and Plallo, 270 1 W. 15th St., Suite 1 13, Plano, TX 75075, is releasing 1927 designs and all four lettering styles; #820 I is $29.00. Also new pre-painted etched-metal replacement stanchions for Walthers Thrall are Equipment Registers on CDs for June 1900, June 1905 and PRR double-stack cars to match color of offered road names; $4.00/set. 1 927- 1950. Price is $20.00 ea.

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Aztec, 270 I Conestoga Ave., Carson City, NV 89706, announces ... Stauffe r Chemical Co. ACF Ty pe 27 tank car (12 nos.), their 15th Micro Brewery car, Full Sail Brewing Co. (of Hood River, #6 1321... $1 3.95 OR). Car is an MDC 50' plugdoor boxcar painted red w/silver roof and includes Micro-Trains® trucks and couplers: #MB 2047- 15 is KCIIO, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60 1 73, announces new $26.50. Free shipping on orders over $50.00 in the US. N scale products for 1999-2000: EMD SD40-2 (both early production and "snoot nose" versions), ACF 70-ton closed-side hoppers (2nd Deluxe Innovations, P. O. Box 42 13, Burbank, CA 91503-1667, run ), corrugated passenger car sets, EMD E8/9 and EMD offers the fo llowing new cars: SD80/SD90MAC Price and roadnames TBA. Also new is a plastic ... CB&Q AAR 40' boxcar, Chinese Red; #141 101, $13.25 single kit, made for Kato by Heljan, for three high-tension electrical towers . car; #141 102, $26.50 2-pack; #141 103, $39.75 3-pack To wers could also be used in HO scale as background models. ... Soo Line ACF covered hopper; #7 1902, $19.90 2-pack ... C&NW ACF covered hopper; #7 180, $9.95 single car; #7 1 80-3 Micro-Trains®, 35 1 Rogue River Pkwy., P. O. Box 1200, Ta lent, $29.85 3-pack OR 97540- 1 200, has released the following items: ... Tiphook 20' containers; #3050, $8025/2 ... CNJ 40' USRA boxcar (Road No. CNJ 21567), RTR ... E-L 40' AAR 40 ' boxcar; #141201, $13.25 single car; #141202, # 120020 ...$9.25 $26.50 2-pack; #141203, $39.75 3-pack ... Milwaukee Road 60' double-plugdoor boxcar (Road No. MILW ... Atomic Power ACF covered hopper (glows in the dark); #72202, 4295), RTR #103040 ...$ 16.75 $ 1 9 .90 2 -pack ... CB&Q 50' auto boxcar (Road No. CB&Q 48500), RTR #78090 ...$1 3.45 InterMolllllain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering ... KCS 50' boxcar (Road No. K.CS. 20899), RTR #34230 ...$1 2.35 the following new products: ... CP 40 ' boxcar (Road No. CP. 5 1022), RTR #20436 ...$1 OAO ... Frito-Lay 3-bay covered hopper (12 nos.), #60336 ...$1 3.95 ... Eastern bonus pack, w/5 50' single-door boxcars in St. Mary's

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 13 RR, Maryland & Pennsylvania, NYC, Milwaukee Road and Read­ 'yo 160-16 Garvey Grain Elev. ACF 3-bay Center Flow hopper (8-79)

ing, RTR #19990 ...$63.20 'yo 160- 144 TLCX-Bunge Corp. PS 16-rib grain hopper (10-70)

'yo Western bonus pack, w/5 50' plugdoor boxcars in NP (2), Santa 'yo 160- 163 TLCX-Tabor & Co. PS 16-rib grain hopper (10-70) Fe, SP and UP, RTR #19899 ...$63.45 'yo 160-4 13 TLCX-Cargill PS 16-rib grain hopper (I0-70)

'yo US Navy 50' boxcar (Road No. USN 61-05 146), RTR Each set will letter three cars; price is $3.00/set. Add $1.75 S&H #77040 . ..$1 1.05 if ordering direct.

'yo Cambria & Indiana 2-bay hopper, bicentennial paint scheme (Road No. C&I 1976), RTR #55430 ...$2 J .65 Red Caboose, P. O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, is offering the fo l­

'yo Gondol a 3-pack w/covers in Reading, B&O and SCL, RTR lowing new RTR cars:

# I 050 19... $3 1 .70 'yo RN-I72 17 UP 62' boxcar (6 nos.) ...$1 7.95

'yo BN Intermodal trailer, "St. Louis" scheme (No. BNZ 237829), 'yo RN-I7213 SP 62' boxcar (6 nos.) ... $17.95

RTR #67 120 ...$1 9.25 'yo RN- I720 1 BNSF 62' beer car (6 nos.) ... $17.95

'yo Andrews trucks w/low profile wheel sets, #1051-1... $3.00/pr. 'yo RN- I 7207 Golden West Service 62' beer car (6 nos.) ... $17.95

'yo Andrews trucks w/low profi le wheelsets & couplers, # I 052- 'yo RC- 1 5604 MKT 4750 covered hopper (6 nos.)... $1 1.95

1 ... $4.55/pr. 'yo RC-15616 BN 4750 covered hopper (6 nos.) ... $12.95

'yo Magne-Matic® low-profi le wheel sets, bulk pack, #1008- 'yo RC-15606 Boone Valley 4750 covered hopper (6 nos.) ...$1 1.95

48... $1 3.95/48 'yo RC- 1 5804 SP 5-bay Ortner hopper (6 nos.) ...$1 1.95

'yo RC- 15815 CSDPU 5-bay Ortner hopper (6 nos.) ...$1 1.95 Oddball Decals, McLouth, TX, offers the fo llowing N scale decals: Wa lthers, 560 1 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 5320 1 -3039, is

'yo 160-247 SLSF tri-Ievel auto rack (10-60) re leasing an N scale version of AI's Victory Service gas station kit in

'yo 160-200 KCS 89' autorack (7-70) August; #933-3243 is $24.98.

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Atlas 0 , 603 Sweetland Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, offers the ACF 'yo Model Railroader 65th Anniversary R-30- 12-9 wood reefer (Road 60' auto parts boxcar in both 2- and 3-rail versions, with two nos. per No. MR 346599, #RC-402 2-rail; #RC-401 3-rail

roadname and two door configurations. Single-door boxcar comes in 'yo PFE R-30- 12-9 wood reefer (12 nos.), #RC-460 2-rai l; #RC-46 1 B&O, E-L, N&W, WM and undec, double-door boxcar in GTW, Rio 3-rail

Grande, Southern, UP and undec. Price is $52.95 (3-rail) or $59.95 'yo Merchant's Dispatch R-30- 12-9 wood reefer (12 nos.), #RC-464 (2-rail) per car. 2-rail; #RC-465 3-rail

'yo WP/PFE R-30- 12-9 wood reefer (12 nos.), #RC-462 2-rail; #RC- InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering 463 3-rail the following new products: All cars are priced at $42.95.

'yo 20 138 NH 1937 AAR 40 ' boxcar kit, black (4 nos.)... $29.95 'yo 20050 33" blackened brass wheelsets ...$6. 95/4 Wa lthers, 560 1 W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 5320 1 -3039, has released the Cornerstone Series® 01027 kit for Krazy Ken's Car Red Caboose, P.O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, is offering the fo l­ To wn, a typical small town auto dealership. Kit #933-3312 retails fo r lowing new RTR cars: $49.98.

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Funaro & Camerlengo, RD #3, Box 2800, Honesdale, PA 18431, NJ International, P. O. Box 99, E. Norwich, NY 1 1732, announces is offering a cast polycarbonate resin kit for a New York Central 9- their 1st S scale signal. The Crossing Gate is brass w/bi-directional panel 40 ' gondola. Kit #S-210 is $32.99. Order direct only (no ship­ LED lighting, either red/white arm (#4 160) or black/white arm ping charges). (#4161) and movable "A" type wood gates. Price is $49.95/pair.

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Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, is celebrating their (streamlined steam powered) and the Milwaukee Road Olympiall 50th Anniversary with the release of the 60 ' auto parts boxcar in HO Hiawatha (powered by electric locos; location is Union Station in and N scales. 0 scale cars in 2- and 3-rail versions will be offered by Seattle, WA). Price for an 8x lOis $25.00 and a 16x20 is $35.00. Atlas O. All cars are decorated in gold and feature colorful printing. Proceeds from the sales of these cars will go to benefit the Stephan J. Kachina Press, Box 816266, Dallas, TX 75381, offers the Santa Schaffan/Atlas Model Railroad Co. Scholarship. Fe Freight Car Series - Vo l. 2: Santa Fe GA Class Cars by Thomas H. Chenoweth and A. Dean Hale as the newest entry in their Chief Homabed®, 801 Chesley Ave., Richmond, CA 9480 1-2135, Way Reference Series. Price TBA; advance reservations are being www.homabed.com: HO scale 6"-wide turnout blocks, roadbed w/o accepted. bevels for hidden track and trolley line roadbed are now in production as is N scale roadbed with a 45° taper. Projects currently in the works Micro-Format, 830-3 Seton Ct., Wheeling, IL 60090, www.paper­ are roadbed for Z scale, large scale roadbed and other new products. paper.com/water-slip-decals.html, has a system to make real water­ slip decals using a color ink jet printer. Supercal® kit includes five Jelsma Graphics, 2238 Winding Creek Ln., Jacksonville, FL sheets Ink Jet decal paper, a can of Last-Step® Decal Spray and 32246, offers passenger train prints of the Lehigh Va lley John Wilkes instructions. Price is $20.00. �

14 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 Built as a carshop with clerestory skylight. HO Scale Very Versatile The Deluxe Backwoods Locomotive or Carshop is a perfect facility for those out-of­ the-way terminals. The board-and-batten building can be customized to fit your steam- or diesel-era railroad's needs. Build it as a carshop with a clerestory skylight or as an locomotive shop with smoke stacks. End walls of this versa­ tile kit have scribed cut lines so you can add a through track or up to three interior shop tracks. Best of all, the Deluxe kit includes all the cast resin details you need to make your loco or carshop come alive. The Deluxe Backwoods Locomotive or Carshop includes the Industrial Building Detail Kit shown at left. Deluxe Backwoods Locomotive or Carshop i ncluding detailing kit, 933-3701 $54.98. This distinctive structure is also available with­ out the detail kit. Backwoods Locomotive or Carshop HO Scale basic kit, 933-3083 $39.98 The Right Stuff Already got a loco or carshop or industry that needs some dressing up? The Industrial Building Detail Kit includes an overhead crane, forge smoke stack, two small sheds, three ash cans, three 55-gallon drums, an awning for the office door, a bin, a waybill/mail box, a phone/electrical box, and a fuel oil tank. Detailed parts cast in resin are perfect for detailing industrial scenes such / as foundries, saw-mills or / �-< powerplants. r:; 933-3512 $19.98 AL'S - ' VlCTORY • SEJMC< �-�

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In the 19.-30s�-- -=thousands of stations like AI's Victory Service sprang 11ffft�h�;;���;:::::::--���==--'-�-up along highways from coast to coast. To day, many of these sharp looking stations are still in business. AI's Victory Service includes gas pumps for the 1 930s/1 940s, 1 950s/1 960s and 1 970s/1 980s so you can customize it to fit your railroad's era. Parts include baseplate with inspection pit, two different styles of signs, and authentic decals. 933-3243 $24.98

® , I HO Scale I ' Express Service Whether hauling bulk U.S. _""iEO' Mail or express parcels, 60' Ask for these hot new products Express Box Cars are real at your Walthers dealer. money makers for Amtrak. Use these www.walthers.com cars to complete your Amtrak Superliner II, 5601 W. Florist Ave. Amfleet and Horizon Fleet long distance trains. Milwaukee, WI 53218 Ready-to-run cars feature separate door latch bars, ladders and door release wheel. Cars come Pre-production models shown: some details may vary. equipped with working knuckle couplers and metal wheelsets. Single cars: 932-6040 series Colors shown are painted by modeler; paint not Amtrak Phase 4, Amtrak Silver and Undecorated, each. 2-packs: 932-26040 series Phase included. Figures, vehicles and other accessories sold $17.98 separately. 4 and Silver, (with different numbers), $34.98 ©1999 Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. DoueT REVIEWS

Life-Like Proto 2000 PS2 High-Side Covered Hopper

by Doug Geiger, MMR

Photos by the author

ife-Like 's latest addition to their Proto doesn't seem to fit, then you probably have Part #25 does not look like the actual pan, 2000 (or P2K) line of excellent rolling it oriented wrong. Several of the larger so just have the angle plate face the bottom Lstock products is a Pullman-Standard pieces have either tabs or pins to aid during of the car. modern high-side covered hopper. The com­ assembly. Watch when cutting these parts In Step 3, dry fit the parts in Steps I and pleted car, although not a quick-to-assemble from the sprue so as not to remove a mount­ 2. When everything lines up correctly, place kit, is one of the best plastic models available ing pin (like on Part #9). a rubber band around the car and across the today. With all the brake piping and tiny de­ As good as the kit is, I did fi nd several bolster. Everything may not fi t tight without tails, this covered hopper is simply beautiful. instances where a change or clarification in a clamp or two. Then glue from the inside. The hatch castings and hold-down dogs are the instructions will help. In Step I, chisel Otherwise, the liquid plastic cement may the best I've ever seen. The factory-applied out the large injector pins inside the coupler seep onto the car side. Let Steps I and 2 dry paint and lettering was crisp and well done. pocket on Part #9. In Step 2, add all of the completely before proceeding. Before The kit fo llows the 1966- 1971 produc­ Part #26s and #27s and glue them all from adding Part #2s, carve off the ejector pin tion of a 4,427 cubic foot, center-discharge inside the cal·body. Note that Part #27 fits from the hopper bottom. Although all the covered hopper. Over 10,000 cars were built into a slot found in Part #26. You may have brake plumbing lines are included as in Pullman Standard's Butler, PA , shops. to slightly thin Part #27 to get it to fit tight injected plastic pieces with all the correct With its trough hatches on the roof and cen­ in the carbody side slot. All the Part #26s bends, they are quite fragile. [ broke the ter discharge gates underneath, this car is should be parallel with the carbody under­ train line (Part #2 1) several times during great for grain hauling and carrying other frame. Carefully trim off the mounting pads assembly. To fix it, I inserted tiny pieces of medium-density loads. fo r all the Part #25s or they won't fit flush some very small surgical tubing to act as a The instructions are found on a six-page to the hopper side. The callout diagram for connector between the breaks. Also note that fo ld-out that contains fo ur pages of step-by­ the train line needs to go under the bolster step directions plus diagrams. The other two support piece and over the bolster itself. pages consist of several poorly reproduced This shows on the diagram, but can be easily copies of black-and-white photos of a fi n­ overlooked. Forcing any of the brake plumb­ ished car. With the incredible level of detail ing lines will snap them. on many of the parts and their fi neness, r Steps 4 and 5 should be done after Steps used a new sprue cutter tool available from 6 and 7 so as to better handle the thin ladder InterMountain Railway Supply. By using castings. It is also easier to install the gra­ either tool #BB 1015 or #BB 1025 (the diffe r­ birons after the ladder assemblies are ence is in the size of the cutter head), the cemented to the carbody. The holes that the tiny cas t i ngs can be trimmed off th e ir Part 22s fit into will need to be enlarged. In respective sprues without risk of damage. I Step 6, installing the brake arm (Part #24) is would highly recommend obtaining and best done after the end ladder assembly is in using InterMountain's tool. Also, use of a place. The end of Part #24 fi ts into a hole in single-edge razor blade is preferred to an X­ Part 32. Part 14, the air reservoir will have Acto® blade kni fe to remove large pieces to have its mounting surfaces fl attened from their sprues. Again, the pieces are slightly to sit on its mounting brackets. molded quite close to the sprue, so it's easy There were injection gate marks on the to damage a part while removing it. miter edges of Parts 34 and 35 which will There are many small parts and no extras need to be removed to ensure a tight fi t. are provided, so it's best to use some type of There was some flash on the ladder parts, so magnification during assembly. Plus, with trim this off after installation of the ladders magnification, you can really appreciate the to the carbody. details much better! There is some flash, In Step 8, cement the hatches (Part #28s) especially in the small holes, that will need from inside the car roof. Clamps will proba­ to be either reamed or drilled out. If a part bly be needed to hold the roofwal k to the

16 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 roof. Glue it from the underside and watch truck to get the coupler height correct. I did many hobby shops. There have been three for excess glue. Use gap-filling cyanoacry­ glue the roof assembly to the carbody. No releases to date (7/99) with many road late (CA) glue for this. If desired, the air-hose casting is included. This is about names and multiple numbers for each name. roofwalk can be painted aluminum before the only detail missing! Single cars have included: undecorated, attaching it. If all four weights are installed, After assembly, brush paint any sprue TLDX, BN, MP, CRI&P, AT SF, D&RGW, the car is very heavy. [ just installed two and marks left on any pieces. For the USLX car CNW, Continental, MKT, North American the car tracks just fine. All the wheel sets in this review, MODELflex Green Drab was Car, NP, UP, USLX and Frisco. Four-packs were in gauge. Pre-blackened, 36 " metal a very close match. Use whatever paint have been lettered for D&RGW, TLDX, NP, wheels are included. To get the coupler matches the best. Practice on the inside of UP, USLX, AT SF, CNW, Continental, MKT, pocket (Part #12) to fi t, I had to shave down the car before adding the roof assembly. North American Car and Frisco, For the the coupler post pin slightly. P2K couplers The kit took about three hours to assem­ modern modeler, this kit is great and truly are included which work well, although I did ble. Its retail price is $14.00 for a single car shows the state-of-the-art in plastic injec­ have to add one red Kadee® washer to one and $56 for a 4-pack and can be fou nd at tion molding.

Jerry Riggs' Service Station by DPM

by Art Fahie

Photo by the author

first ran into this kit in late 1997, at the Chicago Hobby Industry Trade Show. Jt Istopped me in my tracks. Not just a gas sta­ tion, but one that came with all, and I do mean, all the details. It looked better in person than on the box, and [ knew that one pump, to the totally unusual car jack is to emphasize patches of tarpaper added day I'd have one of these babies as my own. included with this kit... even a tow truck and over the years. A drybrushing of white over There has been a glut of N-scale gas sta­ wrecked vehicle! the roof, be it paper or gravel, will help to tions on the market as of late; I've built Before beginning construction I applied give a faded and more detailed look to the one, and checked out most of the others. 220-grit sandpaper that had been primed structure. The ' 50s-era type structure must be in fash­ gray and cut into scale 20' squares to my While plastic cement might be the first ion, because everyone is making one. Why styrene base. Using contact cement as an choice of adhesives for this project, when it then did DPM take the plunge in this, their adhesive, the concrete slabs would later be came to installing the (metal) canopy onto third "Gold Series" kit to be offered? My chalked a light brown, to help represent the the (styrene) structure I used Walthers Goo, guess is that this structure isn't truly a warm look of real concrete . Te aring the clamping it into place and letting it dry "gas" station, it's more of a garage. No sandpaper before installation introduces overnight. The signs and graphics included "brand" name fuel, no corporate logo, just great looking "cracks"; a wash of with this kit are top notch, the metal castings a place where a bunch of greasy-hand alcoholiindia ink will blend in any unpainted required very little clean-up, and even the employees probably would leave your gas edges caused by the tearing. smallest details fi nished very nicely. cap looking pretty fi lthy! Assembly is straightforward. I always As I didn't have a small enough piece of As with any DPM offering, this one is prime my kits, usually before putting the wire handy, T glued the back of the meant to be kitbashed, or at least rearranged; wall sections together, with automotive gray "wrecked" car directly to the diorama, its changing wall configurations has always primer... straight from the can. After con­ nose up in the air... a close look will show been a strong point of any DPM model. [ structing the wall sections I used a thin piece that it isn't attached to the tow truck' built the model to fit a specific area on my of styrene, painted with Polly Scale E-L As for those "extra" detail pieces ... well, railroad. The suggested footprint of this kit Gray, to act as a roof cornice. The corner any experienced model railroader will tell is 13'/, " x 9", and if you are modeling an assembly sections of DPM kits have most you, "There ain't no such thing." - at least area along a rural road that would sport that always disregarded this step, but the individ­ this one will. This kit can best be described kind of facility you should have no problem ual pieces that comprise this structure are as $25 worth of detail parts ...wit h a building at all making it fi t. In my case I had to build too easily noticed to go without a cornice. thrown in' it to fit tighter quarters. After drybrushing the main structure a This kit is a terrific offering. You say you While this kit boasts over 150 white­ suitable brick color, T applied individual don't need a service station? Buy it for the metal castings, ['11 have to apologize to the paper strips, cut from lightweight construc­ parts; the wall pieces can always be squir­ DPM fo lks ...even with as much detail as tion paper, to simulate rolled-tarpaper roof­ reled away for another project. Right after I I've used I still have about 50 pieces left ing. Gravel (fine sand or ballast) could be built it, the first thing I did was to go out and over' Everything from the obvious gas used instead, but I wanted the opportunity buy yet another one '

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 17 Kato 5040-2

by Rich Picariello this problem and has indicated they will cies on some of the other available schemes, correct the problem on future releases and but on our UP sample, paint application Photo by the author offer replacement sideframes. This is good (especially the gray) appears better than on to know since correcting the hole place­ previous UP models. MD introduced the SD40-2 in 1972. ment by fi lling them and drilling new ones A problem has been reported concerning Among the improvements incorporated would be difficult since they are made of an a possible electrical failure due to contacts Ein their Dash 2 line were electrical upgrades engineering plastic. on the circuit board. If your unit is affected, and high-adhesion HTC trucks. Over 3,900 1 Although our review sample didn't have go to Kato's website at www.katousa.com had been built by the end of productiqn in dynamic brakes, I had an opportunity to and look in the Customer Care section for 1986 making them one of EMD's all-time view a dynamic-brake equipped model at the information on how to correct this potential best sellers. Options that could be ordered hobby shop. The dynamic-brake vent should problem. (for early-production SD40-2s) were regular look like a "T" when viewed from the end or Features of Kato's SD40-2 are: or extended-range dynamic brakes and a side, but since they chose to mold it on, their ... TT:Kato semi-automatic couplers choice of three fuel-tank capacities. Later representation lacks the vent's distinctive lip. ... Directional lighting; DCC ready production units had a large anticlimber on If it had been made as a separately applied ... Separate brake cylinders and brake air the front pilot (optional from 1973), a choice part, it could have been done correctly. Parts lines of short-hood lengths (81 ", 88" or 116 "), a sprues include handrails w/stanchions, an air ... Dynamic or non-dynamic brakes to brakewheel (instead of the brake ratchet horn and grabirons. The handrails slip easily match prototypes handle), louvered radiator grilles and "Q" into their locating holes. As recommended in ... Five-pole motor w/two brass flywheels fans (after 1980). the instructions, drilling out the grabiron ... All-wheel electrical pickup w/all axles Kato has chosen to offer the early-pro­ holes with a #76 drill bit will al low easier powered duction version with an 81" short nose, installation of the grabirons. The models ... Separate press-tit parts small anticl i m bers, ratchet brake lever, come with Kato's semi-automatic couplers. Even with the shortcomings mentioned, extended-range dynamic brakes, large fuel Although the couplers should mate with any Kato has produced another fine model. tank and wire-covered radiator screens. The magnetic automatic coupler, they will only Roadnames without dynamic brakes are models co me with or without dynamic uncouple manually as they lack the uncou­ UP (yellow & gray scheme; ex-Missouri brakes to match the prototypes. These fea­ pling pin necessary for hands-off operation. Pacific), MP (in yellow & gray scheme), CN tures may or may not match all of the Replacement is easy as the coupler boxes (North America scheme w/GTW lettering) actual fe atures on the prototype paint will accept any of the magnetic couplers and Soo Line. Roadnames with dynamic schemes offered. As with previous Kato now on the market. brakes are: EN, C&NW "Falcon Service," locomotives, this model runs smoothly and Our sample is decorated for Union CSX, Milwaukee Road, Norfolk Southern, quietly. The body shell is crisply molded Pacific, representing an ex-Missouri Pacific UP "We Can Handle It" and EMD Leasing. and all major details are present. Dimen­ unit with the "North Little Rock shops" style All road names are offered with two road sions of the model compare favorably with of lettering and numbers. Colors appear to numbers except EMD Leasing. The undeco­ published drawings. The HTC truck side­ be accurate, and the red stripe is straight and rated model comes with both dynamic and frames are well done with separate brake sharp. The nose anti-glare panel is green but non-dynamic brake hatches. air lines (a first for Kato) and brake cylin­ the color did not fi ll in around the sand Price is $124.98. Other SD40-2 versions ders that must be applied by the modeler. hatch, thus allowing some of the underlying will be offered in the future. Already U nfortunately, the holes in the sideframes yellow to show through. Other reviewers announced for future production is the 1 16" are too low, they should be centered verti­ have reported fuzzy color separations, incor­ long-nose version (nicknamed "snoot" by cally on the sideframes. Kato is aware of rect fonts and a few other lettering inaccura- railfans). �

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AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 19 NH PA1 0784 at Providence, RI, on New Years Day 1956 is still dressed in its as-delivered olive and gold, despite being eight years old and about in the middle of its career. The second order of 17 units, numbered 0760-0786 arrived in this scheme rather than the short-lived orange livery. While 19 PA1 s received newer images, it appears that this unit wore its original colors until retirement. Decals: Microscale 87-1060, 1061 (stripes). Dave Sweetland photo

he New Haven, officially the New web of lines covering nearly all the territory electritied branches swinging northward off York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad between Boston and New York City. While this corridor. The road's main freight stem defiesT attempts to categorize I Was it a pas­ only 229 miles apart, the area between the was a hilly line running from Maybrook, senger or freight railroad? Did it operate in two cities was one of the most heavily popu­ NY, across the Hudson River and southeast urban or country settings? Did it operate lated and industrialized areas of the country. into New Haven. This route handled the bulk with steam, diesel or heavy electrics? The Because of the underground rights-of­ of the line's tonnage to and from its densely answer to these and other questions we could way and a law prohibiting steam locomotive trackaged area in Connecticut and southeast­ pose is "Yes!" The road formed in the usual operation in New York City after 1907, the ernMassachusetts. manner by absorbing and consolidating road developed a heavy electric passenger As with most railroads with operations nearby lines to form a system. The system on and freight operation from New York for 72 in urban areas, the "smokeless" diesel was the New Haven evolved into a heavily woven miles eastward to New Haven, CT, with fo und of interest on the New Haven quite early on, but not early enough for the road to roster any boxcab-design diesel­ electrics. In 1931, Alco fielded a demon­ strator with a walkway around the sides and back and a full-width cab at the fro nt. It was powered by a six-cylinder, 600-hp Mcintosh & Seymour model 53 1 engine, a design acquired by Alco in 1929. This engine, now considered a "pre-High Hood," was purchased, becoming the road's first diesel. It was numbered 0900, fo llowing the practice of numbering the Modeling a quite fresh coat of its third paint scheme, PA 1 0762 is at Springfield, electrics with a zero before the number. A MA, in 1959. The white area over the length of the grilles was a drawback of single three-car articulated passenger set, using this scheme on PAs (and FA freight units as well). Beyond the various paint named the Comet arrived in 1935. schemes, the fleet received little outward modification. The unit still has all its Te n unique 600-hp switchers followed in tank skirting and original horns and in 1959 had not been equipped with any 1936. Built to New Haven specs by General hand grabs for roof access. Decals: Microscale 87-937. Dave Antonopoulos collection Electric, five had a GE 8-cylinder engine,

20 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 but the other had a very similar Ingersoll­ Rand engine. From 1936 to 1940, the NH bought 20 more production model High Hoods, giving them the largest fleet out of a total of 177 built. The year 1941 saw seven GE 44-tonners and ten Alco S 1 units join the diesel switcher ranks. Battle-weary NH PA 1 0771 is in freight service at South Braintree, MA, on March On the eve of World War II, the road was 19, 1963. Carrying the standard green scheme, it is equipped with a walkway operating about 170 steam locomotives, 130 plate attached to the bottom edge of the carbody extending from the ladder up electrics and 38 diesel switchers; none of the to the cab forward to the row of grabirons ascending the side to the top of the latter built by General Motors. Contrary the nose. It also has a pair of longer grabs above the windshields. The attachment road's early involvement in diesels, no pre­ hardware from the coupler shroud is still intact. Decals: Microscale 87-1060, 1061 War EMC switchers were purchased. The (stripes). Dave Antonopoulos collection steam roster was show ing its age; a few Mountains and 0-8-0 switchers built in the and ten RS2 road switchers. The FA sets tonnage train. Owing to their bigger trucks late 1920s were the newest freight power introduced a radically new paint scheme, and being 50,000 pounds lighter, their trac­ and save for ten streamlined Hudsons built solid orange from the grilles and nose down tive effort rating was 51,750 pounds vs. in 1936, the passenger power all harked with fo ur silver pinstripes around the nose 59,000 for a DL- I09. The fo llowing year from the Teens. The stage had been set for and down the sides. The roof was dark saw a repeat order for PA I s, this time for 17 Alco's first success with a road diesel, an green. Along with the fa mous script herald units numbered 0770-0786. This was the event that would cause the New Haven to be on the nose, "New Haven" was spelled out largest diesel order to date and marked a dominated by Alco diesels until the mid- on the sides and the road number at the rear. return to the green and gold paint scheme 1950s ! These engines soon dominated the freight but not before some DL- I 09s are actually The DL- I 09 was designed as a passenger action on the bridge route to Maybrook. updated to the orange scheme, now obsolete engine, conforming to the "two engines on a The following year, more passenger after just two years' At this time, the PA Is single six-axle platform" design that EMC power in the fo rm of ten PA I s arrived. were assigned almost exclusively to passen­ had initiated with the EA in 1937. Beginning Painted in this same scheme, they were ger service and were to be utilized on spe­ with four DL- I09 A cabs in 1941, the road numbered 0760-0769, above the DL- I 09 cific mainline trains such as The Ya nkee purchased a total of 60 units. Used com­ fleet. They featured the small numberboards, Clipper, The Merchants Limited and The monly in pairs, there was a booster unit, the front coupler shrouds and a pair of single­ Colonial. Still seeing their value for extra DL-I IO, available but not purchased by the chime horns. They were stunning in the new mileage in freight duty, exceptions were NH. A total of seven roads bought a total of orange scheme' They were used in pairs and made, such as an overnight freight run 78 DL-109 and DL-IIO units built; the New singly matched with a DL- I 09 and began between Providence and Worcester, MA. Haven had just over three-fourths of all of operation in both fre ight and passenger ser­ These burly beauties were never far from them! The New Haven ran many passenger vice. According to Andrew Pavlucik in The hauling a fre ight train.

trains, principally during the day to accom­ New Haven Railroad - A Fo nd Loaf.: Back There were no more FA units purchased; modate commuters and the many intercity (Pershing Press, 1978), they were not as an order for booster units, five model FB2s travelers within the confined but busy area it sure-footed as the DL- 1 09s with a heavy arrived in 1951 in Hunter Green and the served. Its freight trains ran over shorter dis­ tances than most rai lroads and many were scheduled at night when the railroad was not so congested with the varnish. This allowed the New Haven to try the DL- I 09s in freight service during their layovers from passenger duty and this was an immediate success. Early on, the units were considered dual ser­ vice. Repeat orders came every year from 1942 to 1945, with 30 delivered in 1945 alone. They were numbered 0700-0759 and painted in the stylish Hunter Green with gold striping. Their use marked the first dual-service use of a fleet of diesels on any railroad. Any attempt by General Motor's sales­ A nose view, at the turntable in Springfield, MA, in the early 1960s, shows how men to get an order from the NH was a the McGinnis paint scheme was modified to fit the much-different nose of the waste of time as the road was firmly seated PA 1, compared to the FL9. The result was very effective, and the paint scheme at Alco's table. In 1947, the road would looked great on either type of cab unit. Some of the road's F-M passenger cab begin widespread dieselization with their units also got the McGinnis scheme. Decals: Microscale 87-937. products, 15 A-B-A sets of FA I freight units Dave Antonopoulos photo

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 21 little success. More important was the arrival of 80 new diesels - 60 road switchers, 15 each of Alco RS I I s and F-M H 16-44s but 30 GP9s from EMD. Also purchased were the road's last switchers, 20 EMD SW1 200s. Tw o-year-old PA 1 0773 is carrying the green and gold paint applied to the sec­ Up to this point, the road had bought small ond order of PA 1s, units 0770-0786, received in 1949. The coupler shroud has groups of F-M road switchers and Lima already been removed. Decals: Microscale 87-1060, 1061 (stripes). switchers, but Alco had hardly been chal­ Dave Antonopoulos collection lenged; the road had acquired 45 RS3s in the early 1950s. In one year, EMD had a major solid orange scheme was not repeated. By design consultant in redecorating his office, place in the roster! All these engines came in 1952, PA I s from the first order were starting the iinn was hired to design a new image for a variation of the McGinnis paint, and all the to be repainted in the green, but the the entire railroad l The result was the road switchers were equipped with steam re painted units had yellow lettering and fa mous "McGinnis color scheme" consisting generators; the dual-service role was now striping rather than the gold used originally. of blocks of black, white and orange and a being reversed as diesels pri mari I y designed A hint that the New Haven could have used bold block "NH" replacing the conservative for freight service would be expected to be a few PB I s is evidenced by the modification but classy "New York New Haven & Hart­ available for passenger duty. of DL- I 09 0727 in 1953 with nose MU and ford" script herald. The scheme was first Also that year, a pair of prototype cab an extended nose door to make it safe to applied to electric locomotives; ten new units arrived. The FL9, essentially a modi­ pass through from the rear of the PA L cou­ class EP-5 streamlined passenger engines fied FP9 with electric pick-up equipment to pled to it. built by GE in 1955. Nicknamed "Jets," they allow it to draw power from the third rail in In 1954, the results of a tumultuous New were the last electrics bought by the New use on the line in Grand Central terminal. Haven stockholders meeting would ch,�nge Haven. They had a primarily red nose with a This would allow the diesel engine to be the look of the railroad for the entire 14 large white "NH" herald; the sides fe atured shut down when the engine was hauling a years it would continue to exist. Patric� B. three wide panels of red, black and white train into the underground station. The point McGinnis became President in April 1 954 from top to bottom. The large herald was to elimjnate the diesel-to-electric engine and although his tenure was short - George spanned the black and white bands with a change at New Haven. This pair soon led to Alpert replaced him in lanuary 1956 - his large white "N" on the black and large red the arrival of 28 more in 1957 and 30 more mark was indelible. McGinnis stepped into a "H" on the white. Colorful and controver­ in 1960. The FL9s worn a reversed arrange­ period of new equipment purchases, such as sial, the scheme is now legendary. ment of the McGinnis scheme applied to the self-propelled MU coaches and Budd RDCs In 1956, diesel orders were placed for EP-5 Jets; the nose was mostly white and the acquired in 1952. The road was making a several types of locomotives. Three different sides were white, black and red with a white valiant attempt to reverse the national down­ lightweight experimental trains arrived, all "NH" spanning the red and black side panel ward trend in rail passenger patronage. in variations of the McGinnis scheme fi rst areas. The scheme quickly spread to older After being impressed with the work of a seen on the lets. These train sets met with units, with PA I s and even FA I and FB I freighters and box cab passenger electrics getting into the act. Two PA 1 s, units 0760 and 0785, were repainted into the EP-5 style; the 0760 got repainted into the more common version seen on diesels, but the 0785 remained in its "reversed image" until scrapped. Not counting the 0785, at least 13 PA ls, units 0760-0763, 0766, 0767, 0770, 0772, 0775-0778 and 078 1, got the McGin­ nis scheme before this scheme was replaced with a fifth scheme used on the PA Is. In 1960, the New Haven had lost money and a cost cutting scheme was developed, a simple two tone with black upper half and orange lower half. The orange-black separa­ tion sloped upward from the cab door ladder to just below the numberboards, then went across the nose. The headlight grille was also orange. The scheme had white "NH" One of seven of the 17 PA1s de in the second order to carry the McGinnis heralds, roadname and numbers. President scheme, unit 0776 is nearing the end of its career at New Haven, (T in October Alpert led the road at this time, and the 1963 and is likely only seeing an occasional call to passenger service. Despite its scheme has been called the "Alpert scheme." complexity, the McGinnis scheme was applied with few changes from unit to The New Haven went into bankruptcy on unit. Decals: Microscale 87-937. Jerry Pinkepank photo, Lou Marre collection July 7, 1961. I tend to think of this as the

22 ... MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 road's bankruptcy garments, infl uenced strongly by the appearance of some oil­ stained Alco FA I units in the rain in Boston in 1963, during my first look at the once mighty New Haven. At least five PA I s got this scheme: 0768, 0779, 078 1, 0783 and 0786. Despite the arrival of many new units in 1956-'57, the PA l fleet had remained intact and in demand on passenger trains. In 1960, the arrival of the balance of the FL9s, With at least 11 cars in tow, PA 1 s 0782 and 0776 lead a passenger extra out of another 30 units, and the beginning of large South Station in Boston in 1956. lacking dynamic brakes, the New Haven PA 1 cutbacks in passenger service brought the had a lot of flat area on its roof. The dynamic brake would be located in the first beginning of the end for the PA I s in passen­ roof panel directly behind the pair of single-chime horns. Decals: Microscale 87- ger service. By this time, some had received 1060, 1061 (stripes). Herman Shaner photo, George Melvin collection nose MU and this made them more fl exible in freight service, allowing more than a pair Haven toward New York in the electrified seeking more information or photos of the of PAs to be used to power a single freight. territory. Their status as "dual-purpose" New Haven's PA fleet. The history of the All 27 units were still in service officially in power was doomed in 1964 with the arrival units is recorded in the New Haven Railroad 1960, although the 0777 had been repainted of new freight power: 26 U25Bs and ten Historical Te chnical Assn. Shoreliller, in 1958 at the shops in Readville, MA, out­ C425s. All were traded to GE in late 1965 Spring 1979 issue. Two books, New Havell side Boston. The shops closed before the and early 1966, for credit on the U25B Railroad: The Final Decades by Scott Hart­ shiny engine could be put back in service. order, although most of them were scrapped ley (Rai Ipace, 1992) and Th e New Haven Hauled to New Haven, the 0777 never at New Haven. One unit, the 0786, avoided Railroad: A Fo nd Look Back by Andrew 1. returned to service, finishing out its days in this fate as it was sold to the Delaware & Pavlucik (Pershing Press, 1978) offer both a dead line in fresh paint' Hudson by GE and used for parts on that photos and information about the PA fleet. A After 1960, passenger usage declined as road's foursome of ex-Santa Fe PA Is. thank you is extended to reader Peter Ness freight usage increased, with a set of three or Within a couple years, the New Haven itself for his assistance with this installment of. four PA I s hauling tonnage not unusual. This was gone, becoming part of Penn Central. Next month, we will continue with the service seemed most frequent from New Many sources are available for those Pennsylvania Railroad. �

Wearing its rare "reverse McGinnis" scheme, PA 1 0785 trails another PA 1 in the two-tone Alpert scheme, pulling a train into Boston's South Station about 1960. The other units to carry this variation, the 0760, was repainted into the standard McGinnis arrangement, but the 0785 remained unique until its retirement. In the background, another pair of PA 1s, one in green and one in the Alpert scheme back an outbound train from the coach yard to the station. Decals: Microscale 87-937 (may not contain two-tone side herald). Herman Shaner photo, George Melvin collection

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 23 Modeling C&NW SD9s

by Chris Munson

Model photos by the author Prototyp e photos courtesy of Railview Photos

mongst the variety of railroads that uti­ November 1955 delivery - Four dynamic-equipped (passenger) unit, turn the lized EMO equipment, the Chicago and units, 1721-1724, wearing the simplified hood over and drill out the steam-hardware ANorth We stern was indeed a major supporter. scheme. Equipped for passenger service as guide holes (#55 intake, #61 exhaust); leave Like many Midwestern roads, the C&NW those in the 1703-1710 group, but wearing the boiler intake and exhaust unattached, but sampled a variety of six-axle units, yvith "standard" (late) S09 stamped handrail cement the generator exhaust in place. Addi­ EMO SOs well represented. The earliest SOs stanchions, and a short-hood bell. Open tionally, drill out the left pair of roof grab to arrive on the road included both S07s and end handrails. Some were modified later mounting holes from beneath with a #74 bit, S09s, outfitted for freight and passenger ser­ (after 1963) by having their dynamic but leave the grab uninstalled. Finish the vice alike. These locomotives served many brakes removed. short hood roof by cementing the sand-fill years in both mainline and switching service, Like most railroads, fe atures changed hatch and eyebolts in their mounting holes. surviving rebuilds and repaints until retire­ over the years as a result of reassignment For a freight (non-dynamic) unit, drill ment in the late 1980s. and/or re-shopping. By the early 1960s, the only the grab holes as indicated, and attach With a variety of excellent books and Streamliner units were repainted in a simpli­ the sand-fill hatch and eyebolts as above. magazine articles available, as well as fied scheme (removing the long-hood slo­ See Photo I which shows the two short superb models from Life-Like, recreating gans and mUltiple chevrons), lost their solid hoods, one with parts temporarily placed. them in miniature is a snap. Since a friend handrails, commuter electrical connectors, B) Long Hood Ends, all units: Fill the fac­ at work asked me to model some of these and, in some cases, dynamic brakes/steam tory horn holes on the long hood with sec­ units in the C&NW scheme, I took the equipment. In the '70s, members from all tions of .030 x .040 styrene strip and CA in adventure one step further and decided to groups were rebuilt with chopped short prepare units from two orders, in three vari­ hoods, and were repainted in a third scheme. ations. Research was supplied through the With my friend interested in early '60s C&NW Motive Po wer book by Paul Withers units, we decided to model one unit from and the "SO" article by George Melvin in each representative group. the February 1998 Model Railroading. ppe­ cial thanks to Lloyd Keyser for his assis­ Construction Techniques tance with prototype photos. The construction techniques begin with the common changes to model any of the Unit Differences three series, fo llowed by more specific The C&NW owned a variety of SOs instructions to complete the series. which had a number of spotting differences and delivery dates. In all, three distinct Roof Details order/unit types were received, as follows: A) Short Hood, all units: See Figure I. For a

May 1954 delivery - Two units, 1701- 1702, wearing a simplified paint scheme place. Trim flush to the roof surface and fill (single nose chevron, no long-hood slogans). with putty. Once dry, sand smooth with Equipped for freight service, these lacked 500-grit sandpaper. From within the shell, dynamic brakes or passenger appliances, drill out the three factory winterization­ were fitted with early "S07-style" bolted hatch mounting holes using a #68 bit. The handrail stanchions, and had solid end hatches and cooling pipes will be installed handrails. later. Attach the fans within the grilles,

May 1954 delivery - Eight units, 1703- using CA. Cement the sand-fill hatch and #65 17 I 0, wearing the Streamliner paint scheme, eyebolts in place. Install the factory hand­ J#55 with multiple nose stripes and long-h ood brake equipment in the long-hood opening slogans. Equipped for passenger service, and CA in place. these units possessed dynamic brakes, steam C) Long Hood Center Inserts: See Figures 2 boilers and electrical connections for com­ #61 and 3; there are three possible options for muter service on both hood ends. Fitted with Figure 1 - Short hood/cab drill plan the long hood insert. stanchions and handrails as above. 1) On the non-dynamic insert (units

24 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 CNW SD9 1702, from the first order, has SD7-style stanchions, no dynamics or steam-generator equipment. February 1968. Courtesy Ra ilview Photos

170 I, 1702), there is a small mounting fit the dimensions of the stack top, and Cut mesh to Remove Cut fine hole toward the rear of the insert; attach shape of cement atop the stack. Review Photos 2 DA base, mesh .065 stack top the factory "pipe" in it and trim flush to stack shorten wide and 3, which show the DA stack, cut &glue .1 """""'" J:::l. to top � Side Series 1703-1710 � \." of stack = \ 1=1Top

Fans Wrap mesh� around stack & glue attached (Note: height exaggerated)

Figure 3 - Creating spark arrestors

the roof with a razor as it will interfere Series 1721-1724 with winterization-hatch mounting. Cement all eyebolts in place. To create spark arrestors for the exhaust stacks, see Figure 3. From a DA exhaust stack, cut the stack away from the base, and file the stack until it is about .065 tall. Using fine brass wire mesh, cut a length of mesh to an equal .065 width. Carefully tack .4 90 square plates attached cement the mesh to the stack, and "wrap" Figure 2 - Dynamic-brake housings it completely around the stack as shown. Cut a second piece of mesh, shaping it to

SD9 1723 has dynamic brakes, late-style stanchions, high-mounted bell and steam-generator equipment. February 1968. Courtesy Railview Photos

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 25 stack/base, cut mesh and completed To create warninglamps, use early Pyle (DA Units 1721-1724 - Perform procedure stacks on the long hood before painting. LT I004) castings, dividing them in half with "A" above. Since these units utilized both 2) For dynamic-equipped units (1703- a razor blade. Carefully trim away the the LT I004 or late PyLe (LTL003) head­ 1710, 172l-1724), prepare the exhaust excess material to create two individual lens lamp (depending on unit number), review stacks/screens and eyebolts as above. holders. prototype photos to determine which is

Cement the small fans in place. Units 1703-1710 - Perform procedure appropriate. In our case, unit 1721 is fitted 3) For modified-dynamic units (post "A" above. On both hood ends, cement an with the LT I 003. Cement the casting in 1963) where dynamic-brake equipment LT I004 headlamp casting over the fi lled place as above, aligning it to the bottom of has been removed, review the photos. lamp holes, aligning it to the bottom of the the numberboards. Using a large rasp file, remove the brake numberboards. Review Figures 4 and 7. To These units also utiLized a high-mounted grids from the sides of the dynamic insert construct warning-lamp brackets, cut a bell, located above the short-hood lamp until the surface is flat. Finish with a mill length of .005 styrene sheet .145 wide. assemblies (see Figure 6). Prepare the bell file and sand smooth with fine sandpaper Divide it into two pieces, one .220 long to make the assembly appear seamless. (front bracket) and a second, .190 long (rear Cut plate To simulate fan removal/rework, cut two bracket). Bend the front bracket in half (.110 from .010 Casting & plate pieces of .005 styrene sheet into .490 x .LIO), and cement at 900 above the head­ Stock styrene bracket sheet & Side Front squares. Mark each square at its corners lamp and back to the sand-fi ll hatch. Bend glue to with a pounce tool to create "rivets," and the rear bracket offset (. 1 lO x .080) and cement the squares in place over the fa n cement wi th the . L 10 portion above the holes. Add eyebolts and screen s as headlamp and the remainder back to the above. The final assembly should appear sand-fi ll hatch. If.065 :��V � .125 like shown in Photo 4. Once complete, JI-+ cement the warn­ ing-lamp castings Tr im edges Align & glue to the brackets as of warning to Attach lamp to fit bracket/plate bell shown in Photo 6. bracket In addition to the steam hardware that will be added, the engineer's side of the g � short hood must also be modified (see Fig­ @ ure 5). Cut a .243 x .662 (estimated) rectan- Figure 6 - Bell bracket modifications

Hood Details A) Create housing Units 1701-1702 - Remove the four by cutting a .065 x .125 plate from .0 I 0 cast class lamps with a sharp blade and drill 030 sheet and cement it to the bottom of the bell a shallow hole in each position with a #55 bracket. Trim the edges of the warning-lamp bit; lenses will be fitted later. From both housing created in Figure 4 hoods, shave off the existing headlamp +"g so that it fits snugly into the assembl i es and sand the faces smooth. bracket assembLy as shown. -1/- .020 Within the shell, behind the factory lamp t Cement in place and add a holes, CA small sheets of .010 styrene as .030 sheetI bell (see Photo 8); since the barriers . Fill the lamp holes with .062 approx ..243 x .662T bell supplied with the styrene rod and cement in place. Fill the bracket was quite large, I B) Attach housing & door to hood side areas with putty, replaced it with a Life-Like 8 let dry and sand GPI8 beil. smooth as in the ° v Cannon To Locate the bracket attachment point, � door;. sand Photo 5. place the completed assembly against the to .010 See Figure 4. thick, glue short-hood nose and gently press the metal here "tab" into the plastic to mark it; drill a #74 Original Tr im O"t�r-l---!" O'-----1 hole in the spot (see Photo 9). The bracket Cut in half casting excess .035 --jJ-- i--- .355 should conform to the roof Figure 5 - Short hood side mods o @ curve, with the �--@@- ___ warning-lamp @ bracket flush to gle from .030 sheet styrene and use a the nose; Photo Cut plates from .005 styrene sheet fi le/sandpaper to create a taper about .215 10 shows the from the bottom. Cement to the hood as 9 assembly tem­ .d f- .190 shown, with the taper fac ing the walkway. porarily placed. o Sand a Cannon To model the 22" x 65 " door electrical (com­ .145 J to a thickness muter) connec­ of about .0 I 0, tions on both .OBO ¥ and attach to hood noses see .110J the hood at the Figure 7. At a face/side inter­ point .7 15 above Bend in half to Bend as shown to make front bracket make rear bracket section, with the deck, drill a the hinges fac­ .088 hole below

Figure 4 - Warning lamp/bracket ing fo rward the headlamp (see Photo 7). casting. Using a

26 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 Add "early" Create warning and cab with CNW Green and set aside to Remove Fill/sand casting & glue lamp & attach dry for 24 hours. On the long hood, first head lamp holes warning plate to plate apply tape along a horizontal line that extends from the cooling-fan intake grilles forward. At the hood end, use prototype Units 1701-1710 photos to estimate the location of the r005PI�' chevrons. You will need to decide at this L point how to handle them; in my case, [ .820I decided to paint the chevrons rather than Trim hole decal them. As J do not like to paint over � � Add "late" square, add Glue� electrical paint, I chose to double mask - a tedious Remove Fill/sand casting; drill sheet connector in process. Ta pe was applied so that only the headlamp holes hole behind it hole center green chevrons were exposed (see Photo 14); all chevrons turnedout to be about .150 Units 1721-1724 .088 .010 "['j' 1A-,,, Figure 7� - Shor�t hood jj nose modif" ica�tions � sharp blade, trim the circular opening to cre­ improve the process, disassemble the shell ate a square hole. Cement a small portion of into its basic components and separate the .0 10 styrene sheet behind the hole as a detail parts fo r pre-painting. Before proceed­ block. Trim material away from the mount­ ing, note the fo llowing: ing "stem" of a square MU connector so that 1) S07-style bolted handrails MUST be its length will closely match the hole depth. used on units 1701-1710 (available from Cement the connector in place, attaching it Life-Like). to the sheet behind the hole. Review Photo 2) Before painting horns, review prototype 10 which also shows this fe ature. photos, as hornsVARY from unit to unit. wide. As you tape this area, be very careful Complete the steam-equipment short­ 3) To upgrade the appearance of the winteri­ to "snug" the tape as it traverses various hood requirements as denoted in "B" above. zation hatches, remove the cast plastic mesh contours (numberboard openings, headlamp and replace with brass mesh for a more real­ areas) to avoid bleed/overs pray. Cab Details (All Series) istic appearance (see Photo 12). With taping complete, I sprayed the On all units, the cab details are identical CNW Green, thinned to 50% at 20 PSI (except horn type, see below). Shave away through a Paasche H. As soon as coverage the cast gutters above the side windows. was adequate, I used a blow dryer to set the Using putty, fi ll the small depressions on paint (medium setting, three minutes) and either side of the gutter, the small door immediately removed the tape. The hood mounting holes in the cab-roof corners and was then set aside for 24 hours. the mold depression at the center of the roof The process for the short hood is the (see Photo II). Let dry and sand all smooth same, though the paint edge line will be slightly diffe rent (see Figure 8). For the sill 4) Cut the plastic lenses from the headlamp castings, as they are no longer required. Green 5) Optional - upgrade boiler intake with a OW casting; the Life-Like exhaust is ade­ quate. Fireman's side �� 6) Optional - upgrade wiper blades with A­ Line #29200. 7) Optional - replace cast grabs with wire grabs and eyebolts with aftermarket plas­ tic/brass units.

Press all of the above part , including Green with 600-grit paper. Sunshades and wind cooling pipes, sunshades, spark arrestor deflectors will be added later. mesh, ladders, grabs and pilot details into a Per Figure I, measure back .275 on the clay block fo r painting (see Photo 13). Engineer's cab roof centerline, drill a #65 hole for a side .m�- new horn, but leave uninstalled. - 0 Paint/Decals Preparation - While the Life-Like Ll shells are already primed, I suggest that you Figure 8 - Short hood painting spray your rework areas (horn holes and cab guidelines roof/sides) to fi ll and flatten before painting. I use Floquil Reefer White thinned to 50%, then sand with 600-grit paper. piece, units 1703- 1710 and 1721-1724 will Since undecorated Life-Like units come be painted solid green, while units 170 I and unassembled, painting is easier, since you 1702 will be yellow beneath the raised can get better coverage in tight spots. To First painting - Airbrush detail parts walkways.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 27 Be especially cautious with the yellow, as the gray primer will affect the fi nal color depth. It is best to apply several coats to achieve best color uniformity.

Decals - You must investigate prototype photos to determine which are appropriate for the time frame you are modeling. While this seems obvious, differences can be as subtle as the cab heralds, which can read either "C&NW Railway" or "C&NW Sys­ tem," an important difference! The cab her­ alds designated below are specific to the models featured. All decals were applied with Microscale solutions, placed according to prototype photos, and fixed with a clear coat. The fo l­ lowing items are applied to each series: 1701-1702: Two pairs of number sets, with one pair per hood. White letters for numberboards. Cab heralds (C&NW Sys­ tem). SD9 model designation plates beneath the raised walkways. Builder plates on the battery boxes. 1703-1710: Two pairs of number sets, cab heralds (C&NW Railway), unit num­ bers, model plates as above. Small green "CNW" letters above hood-end chevrons (see photos). Builder plates as above. 1721-1724: Two pairs of number sets, cab heralds (C&NW System), unit numbers, model plates as above. Small yellow "CNW" letters within hood-end chevrons (see photos). BLANKED DYNAM IC UNITS: "Radio equipped" slogans over side grid areas. Builder plates as above.

Model Finishing

HOODS - On both hood ends, cement the class lamps and warning-lamp lenses in their fi xtures. Install the steam-generator equipment, and bell (units 1721-1724), to the short hood. Attach all nose ladders and grabs and CA from within the shell. Add the cooling pipes and winterization hatch atop the rear fans and CA in place. Paint the nlllnberboard surfaces black and decal with white numbers. Seal with clear coat and affix within the ends.

CABS - Brush paint the cab side win­ dow frames silver, as well as six pairs of DA wind deflectors. Create "glass" in the deflec­ tors using Microscale's Micro Kristal Klear adhesive. Carefully glue them beside the cab's side windows; these will appear "upside down" by normal convention (see photos). Use the same adhesive to secure the factory windows inside the cab. Cement sun­ shades above each side window set and all window wiper blades in place. Cement each appropriate horn to its cab roof.

PILOTS - Finish the body by securing the pilot hardware to the pilots, and trim the mount tabs away within the stepweJls. To uch up all necessary details with a brush. Leave

Second painting - With the paint fully voids. All areas were carefully "snugged," as the footboards unattached until the chassis dry, all green areas are re-taped, exposing the second taping is critical to a clean, non­ detail is complete. only the remaining primer which wi ll be spoiled (oversprayed) final finish. The yel­ MAIN BODY - Check all body sur­ painted yellow. Since it is difficult to cut low was applied and treated in the same faces and small details, touching up any tape to the exact chevron width, I used thin manner as the green paint, and the assem­ paint as necessary. Spray all body subassem­ tape strips at the edges, and filled in the blies were set aside for 48 hours. blies with a clear coat (flat/satin/gloss as

AUGUST 28 T MODEL RAILROADI NG 1999 desired) to fi x the decals. Let dry, then head will interfere with the shell; I use install the cab windows. Assemble the cab, Kadee® #33s. Once secure, snap the shell short walkways, long hood, short hood and assembly onto the chassis and add the pilot sill together. footboards, which will help secure every­ Install the correct bolted/stamped thing tightly.

handrails to the appropriate body and WEATHERING - Though I enjoy cement in place. weathering, we decided to model these units

CHASSIS - To add speed recorders, as relatively new, adding only a flattening drill out the center hub of the fireman's side agent to the roof surface, some chalk soot front truck and cement a DA casting in near the exhaust stacks and a light coat of place. To secure the cable end, drill a #74 dust to the fuel tank/trucks. hole into the sill and tuck the cable end into it, but do not cement it permanently. For the Final Notes cable, I use insulation fro m a small wire. Review the photos which compare the

ASSEMBLY - To properly fit the cou­ units side by side, and to the prototype. Try­ pler boxes in the pilot openings, use a large ing a scheme different from my own favorite file to reduce the coupler land thickness by roads was a challenge, but if you choose to about .040. Cement the boxes to the lands, model one of these units, may your own but do not screw them in place, as the screw adventure be as rewarding! !!! �

Bill of Materials

Manufacturer Part No. Description A-Line 29200 Windshield wipers (optional) Detail Associates ]003 Pyle head lamp, late ]004 Pyle headlamp, early 2304 Wind deflectors 1301 Sunshades Details West 118 Steam-generator equipment (optional) 190 Three-chime Leslie horn 172 Truck lamps Kadee® 33 Couplers Life-Like 584785 SD7 handrail set (units 1701-1 710) GP 18/20 style bell from parts kit/see box literature MY Products LS 220 Red warning lamplenses LS22 Clear headlamp lenses LS300 Class lamp lenses Overland Various Bell bracket Floquil 110262 C&NW Green 110260 C&NW Yellow Champ EH-220 Hood numbers, "System" heralds Herald King L-22 (newest set) - contains "Radio Equipped" decals and small CNW letters for hood ends Microscale 87-134 Diesel data (builder plates)

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Getting Into N Scale

Part XXI kaY ...last month it was steam loco installations, now let's doO some diesels. Diesel installa­ tions offer more challenges than steam locos since they don't have a big empty tender into which we can stash a decoder. Consequently you have to shoehorn the decoder in there somewhere or trail it along in a dummy loco or a piece of rolling stock. Since I prefer to operate locos in a prototypical manner I prefer the shoehorn approach. There are three basic ways to do this: 1) fit a decoder into the ex­ they wouldn't inter­ isting space, 2) carve out a slot in the chassis for the fe re with the cab when it was reinstalled. The decoder, or 3) use one of those new plug-n-play de­ net difference after the decoder is installed is only coders. Let's take a look at each approach. about .3 ounces less. , Now here comes the part that violates the war- �DCc "'t­ Li fe-Like SW9 Lru nn uu ni1 u Life-Like's SW9 hit the market a couple years ago and gained immediate acceptance. After all it looks great, runs great, and pulls great. However it is absolutely the most difficult installa­ tion I have ever done. Also, what I'm going to show you will violate your decoder's warranty, so it's not for the timid. The only decoder small enough fo r this installation is the Digitrax DZ 120 and even that one is a little too big. Digitrax has announced the release of the DZ 121, which is sized to fit in the SW9 and hopefully it will be avail­ able soon; however, in the meantime I used the DZ1 20. Basically, the only place I could fi nd room for a decoder was in the cab, how­ ever there are problems even there. First, the weight insert has to go, and second some windows have to go with it. After removing the shell from the chassis and sepa­ rating the cab, I slid out the weight and popped out the win­ dow inserts. To retain a little of by Larry Puckett the weight, I cut off its lower sections and glued them to the sides of the shell Photos by the author where they originally fit, making sure

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ranty. (Note: If the DZ121 is as small as promised, these steps may not be necessary). Because the DZ 120 is a little too long to fitin the cab I removed the plastic shrink-wrap and trimmed the edges of the circuit board. The board has small "bumps" on the corners left over from the automated cutting process. With these and the shrink wrap removed, the decoder just fits. I even had room for the large rear-window glass insert. I also cut out the front window inserts and trimmed them so they would fit flush in the cab openings. The only exception to this was the side windows which I left open to prevent heat buildup. At this point you should decide whether you want to add any lights to the top or rear of the cab and get that done first. Then you can attach any wires and gently insert the decoder into the cab, being very careful not to break any wires loose from their solder pads. The rest of this project is easy. Loosen up the screws that hold the chassis hal ves together and slide the motor out making sure to mark the top of the motor. There are a couple bronze contacts on the brush caps that slide off. Remove these and solder the there is just enough room for an N-scale decoder - gray wire from the decoder to the lower brush contact well, almost enough room. Actually, with the decoder and the orange wire to the top. Reinstall the motor sitting on top of the rear gear tower the hood will fit life-like's little and tighten up the screws. close enough to the walkway that the gap is almost 1 SW9/1200 switcher The final step is to modify the small light board. unnoticeable. If it gives you heartburn you may try has been very popular This board serves both as the circuit board for the fi ling down the top of the plastic gear tower but make with N-scalers, in spite headlight as well as making electrical contact with sure you leave clearance over the worm gear. I also of the fact that both sides of the chassis; we can use this to our think it's a good idea to put a piece of tape on top of decoder installations advantage. Cut through the traces on the board just the gear tower as additional protection for the are very difficult. forward of where they slide into slots in the frame, decoder. Let's go over the installation steps now. leaving enough of the trace to solder a wire to. Now First, the unit gets power from two metal strips Oigitrax OZ120 with the board installed in the chassis, solder the that run under the plastic frame and wrap up behind 2Adecoder with its black wire to the left trace and the red wire to the the motor. Work ing quickly with a pencil-tip solder­ shrink wrap removed right one - this now serves as your power pickup ing iron I disconnected the contacts from the motor to is inserted into the for the decoder. Solder the blue wire to the right leg these strips. Next I removed the rubber tubing that cab. It's important to of the LED and the white wire to the rear wire on serves as the universal connection between the worm keep the wires as the resistor as shown in Photo 2. Make sure you gears and the flywheels. Once these are loose the short as possible. keep the wires as short as possible so that everything motor will pop right out of its mounts and can be will fit under the hood. I laid the shell next to the removed and set aside. Underneath the motor is a The decoder is chassis while making these connections to keep the screw that holds the fuel-tank casting in place - 3 positioned so that wires short. Finally all you have to do is slide the remove it and set aside as well. Finally remove the there is some ventila­ shell back on, being careful not to pinch any wires, pins that hold the trucks in place and remove them. tion through the side and hit the tracks. Let's start with the trucks. The metal wipers windows. Otherwise quickly lose their spring, which results in poor you can't even see electrical contact and erratic operation. To com­ that it's there. pensate for this I soldered Kadee® coupler springs to the metal wipers as shown in Photo 7. life-Like's S07 I've tried two different methods: I) soldering 4appears to have them to the strips with about half the spring pro­ plenty of room under truding above it, and 2) soldering them on with that hood for an easy no spring above the strips. Either way seems to installation. work equally well - the main object is to make sure there is fi rm contact between the wiper and There's just - the metal strips. Leave the truck off until the rest 5 6enough room of the job is complete. behind the motor for Next let's wire up the headlight. Notice that an N- or Z-scale it's essentially impossible to run wires from the decoder if you remove Life-Like's SD7 is a good example of a loco decoder in the rear of the loco past the motor to the the weight. Note the without any apparent room, but it does have a couple headlight in the front - this means you have to go placement of the rear removable weights. With the rear weight removed under it. To simplify this r decided to use half-wave light.

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are cast with a slot in them. For this installation I used an Aztec frame and a standard N-scale decoder. Basically, all this installation requires is removal of all the components from the old frame and reinstallation in the new one. I laid out

wiring as I described last month. This means only the white wire has to be run forward. To disguise it I shortened it and added a length of black wire to it. I then drilled a couple holes in the bottom of the plastic frame, one behind and one in front of the motor. With the decoder perched on top of the gear tower I ran the headlight wire through these holes and under the motor. Now take a look at the fuel-tank casting and you'll see that there is a groove running through the top of it the motor and decoder on the left half of the frame just big enough for the wire to fit in. Carefully place and precut the orange and gray wires (Photo 9). the fuel tank over the wire and screw it in place. This Notice that the orange wire goes to the leaves the wire practically invisible once the shell is motor brush on the bottom. To prevent back on. Disconnect one of the headlight wires and attach it to the wire you just ran from the decoder, protecting all connections with a short piece of heat-shrink tubing. While you're working on lights let's add one to the rear of the unit. I used a Miniatronics 14V bulb with one lead soldered to one of the metal contacts and the other attached to the The bronze wipers yellow wire on the decoder. It's important to 7 on thf� trucks lose use the high-voltage bulb in this case to pre­ their spring quickly, vent as much heat buildup under the decoder and this results in as possible. I left this bulb "floating" as shown poor electrical contact. in Photos 5 and 6, making sure it was below the level the frame from pinching the orange wire I cut a To give them back of the decoder. You also may need to trim some of the groove in the side of the motor's plastic commutator their spring I soldered excess heat-shrink cover to get a good fit. housing and glued the wire to it using cyanoacrylate Kadee" #5 coupler With the lights taken care of I reinstalled the (CA). Again be careful soldering the wires to the springs on them. motor and soldered the red and black decoder wires brushes, as too much heat will melt the plastic. With to the right and left bronze strip contacts and the gray the motor contacts completed, reassemble the chassis, The Atlas RS3 was and orange wires to the top and bottom motor brush running the orange and gray wires up through the top 8one of the f i rst contacts. Make sure you route the wires around the as shown in Photo 10. really reliable N-scale flywheel and motor shaft to prevent binding and Power pickup and light installation is very locomotives. shorts. Finally, reinstall the trucks and the similar to the SW9. The RS3 uses the same shell and you should be ready for action. type of light circuit board insert, so fo llow Aztec modifies Although I used an N-scale decoder here, 9original frames by one of the small Z-scale decoders should milling out an area for make this installation even easier and allow the decoder and wires. more room for the headlight and shell. I further modified the motor by cutting a Atlas RS3 notch along the side Atlas's RS3 has been a very popular N­ of the plastic commu­ scale locomotive for more than a decade and tator housing for the the latest release should be hitting the stores orange wire. any time now. Because the frame fi lls the shell the instructions given above. In this case there is entirely, there is little choice other than carving out a plenty of room for both the blue and white wires so ThiS top view slot in it for a decoder. Fortunately a couple compa­ you can use either full or half-wave wiring. I added a 1 shows how nies offer replacement frames with the slot already rear headlight using the same procedure as on the everOyth ing fits to­ cut out. Aztec (www.aztectrains.com. 702-883-3327) SD7 - the only difference being that I spliced in gether, including the offers factory original frames that have been individu­ another blue wire for full-wave lighting. Again, using wires for the track ally machined, whereas Southern Digital a Z-scale decoder will give a little more room for the pickup and headlight. (www.sodigi.com. 770-929-1888) offers frames that rear light installation.

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- just bend these metal wipers up a little and make sure they are correctly positioned under the small pads on the decoder. If you do have to adjust these wipers make sure they aren't forced out against the frame where they will short and destroy the decoder.

Kato C44-9W Kato uses a slightly diffe rent plug-n­ play decoder board. Power pickup is sim­ ilar in that the decoder is held in place by slots cut into the frame, however the motor contacts are in the form Atlas and Kato have taken slightly diffe rent approaches to providing for decoder installations. The Atlas S060 and S060M are the most recent of their locos that use plug-n-play decoders. The plug-n-play concept was introduced by Oigitrax, however for this locomotive Atlas decided to go with Lenz as the sup­ pi ier for thei r factory-eq u i pped decoder, the LE06 IXF. Alternatively Oigitrax offers the ON146A as an aftermarket option.

of wipers that project down from the decoder board and press against metal strips attached to the motor. This is the original design implemented by Oigitrax for the first N-scale plug-n-play decoder which was for the C44-9W. The only caveat with this decoder is the small piece of yellow plastic fi lm that comes with it. This is provided to insulate the underside of the decoder from the top of the chassis and is barely visi­ ble above the rear flywheel in Photo 14. In addition to decoder is basically clamped the C44-9W Kato's other decoder-ready locomotives between the two halves of the frame. include the E8s, PA s and the new RS2. Oigitrax has Installation is simple, all you have to do is plug-n-play decoders for all of these locomotives. loosen up the two screws holding the chassis together We ll that wraps up this article on N-scale instal­ Atlas's 5060 is a just enough to side the decoder board in place, and lations. I hope this helps those of you who, like me, 11big locomotive then retighten the screws. This arrangement provides have recently developed an interest in N-scale or that can haul a for positive power pickup since the decoder fits in even you old timers. These new decoders offer respectable stri ng of slots molded into the frame. However, because the extremely smooth operation and give modelers the cars. decoders turned out a little thinner than ability to prototypically operate trains even expected, it was necessary to add a little sol­ on modular layouts. .1 The Atlas 5060M der to the metal tabs that make electrical con­ 1 2 uses the same tact. The Lenz decoders come with this decoder as the 5060. modification, however the Oigitrax decoders I have seen do not, so it is necessary to add a Kato's C44-9W is couple drops of solder to them. 1 3 one of the Another problem that has been mentioned smoothest running by several modelers is that often the lights will locos I have in both N come on, but the locomotive will not run. This and HO scale. has happened to me with both the S060s and GP40-2s. In every case I've seen it's always The Oigitrax been the same reason - poor contact between 14decoder uses the decoder and the motor contacts. These are bronze flanges on a couple metal wipers that stick up under the either side of the decoder and press against two small pads on motor for electrical the bottom of the board. The fix is real simple contact to the motor.

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n Part I of "Detailing Athearn's 20' Con­ on their model. It has tubular leg bracing, the two top bolts on the mounting plate tainer Chassis" basic tricks and tech­ square legs, inboard-mounted gearbox and (about .040 from the top of the plate). Iniques were described to transform a square ground pads. An interesting note The landing gear legs need to be braced predecorated kit into a more proto-like about inboard-mounted gearboxes is that per the prototype (check the photos from replica. Part 2 builds on the steps covered in some in the industry believe by mounting Part 1). Start by cutting a 2x3 strip 4' 3" Part I to create a specific prototype example. them so, the box is better protected from the long for a cross brace. On the inner edge of In this case the model will closely resemble elements and the possibility of damage. The each main leg, cement a 2x2 strip at the bot­ the prototype chassis shown in Part 1 (July trade offis maintenance becomes more diffi­ tom edge to act as a mounting lip. Cut the 1999 issue). Please have it handy, because it cult due to the location. Sounds good .... front end fl ush with the edge of the leg and will be referenced throughout the text pre­ None the less our model will have an allow a 3" overhang on the rear. Cement the sented here. First offa brief explanation is in inboard-mounted box. Basically the landing cross brace between the main legs resting order. The prototype Hyundai chassis was gear needs to be scratchbuilt. Obviously this on each mounting lip. Cut two pieces of photographed in Conrail's Harrisburg TV is the most time consuming step, although .025 rod 2' 6" in length for the tubular angle Te rminal ill April of 1998. The unit had been like anything else the second time I went bracing. Make a 3" crimp in each end. in service for only a short while when the through this, it seemed to move quicker. Notice that the tubular bracing on the proto­ pictures were taken. Judging from the mark­ Start the landing-gear mods by cutting off type has its mounting surfaces flattened. ings, APL (American Presidential Lines) the large angled wing plates on each side of Attach the braces to the front of the cross leases this chassis from Transamerica the gear mounting plate (this piece has two brace at each end. The other end of the Leasing. The markings caught my eye, and I rows of four bolts and a vertical groove from tubular angle braces is attached to the back took a liki.ng to this basic chassis with yellow bottom to top). Don't confuse this with the of the front mainframe cross member sup­ wheel hubs. Notes were made on how the small gusset braces toward the top of the porting the landing-gear assembly. When markings could be replicated since no single mounting plate. Cut off6" from the bottom complete the tubular angle bracing should decal sheet would do the trick. If you are like of each mounting plate. File and sand the form an upside down V. me and desire unique prototype models in cuts smooth. Cut two pieces of .060 x .060 The side braces are each cut from .025 your collection or displayed on your layout, styrene strip 2' 6" long for each main leg. rod 3' long, again crimping each end. The then I invite you to read on. (Note that all Slightly bevel the edges with a file. For the prototype side brace mounting plate is a measurements '/s " or more are in scale inches lower leg cut two pieces of 4x4 strip I ' 9" if large U-channel welded at about a 45° and feet.) in the "lowered" position and 3" if "raised." angle behind the landing-gear mounting Start by removing the container guides Center mark and drill a #72 hole on one end plate on the mainframe. To replicate this (angular bumps) on the front bolster. Do so of each of the leg pieces. Take about 12 detail first cut two pieces of 2x6 strip 6" very carefully by either using a razor saw or turns on the drill. CA and insert a small long to act as mounting pads. Cement I' to razor blade. Again I can't overemphasize the piece of 1'//' OD brass rod in each end of the rear of each landing-gear mounting need to be very careful - I trashed two the main legs to act as a mounting pin. Then plate. This piece must be centered between models before I got it "right." In my opinion CA the lower leg onto the main leg mount­ the channel edges of the mainframe at a 45° the razor saw is the better choice as it is eas­ ing pin. This will provide your model with a angle. Cut two sections of lx6 strip I' 6" ier to control. Finish up the cut by filing and tad more durability and makes for a more long. Make two scores, one at the 6" point sanding. Snip off the kingpin and replace accurate alignment of the legs. Cement the and the other at the I' point. Fold the strip with a .040 long piece of .025 styrene rod. main leg assembly to the mounting plate on at the scored lines to form a U. Cement this The prototype landing gear is very differ­ the mainframe of the chassis. Align perpen­ piece to the 2x6 (mounting pad) so that the ent from the gear Athearn chose to replicate dicular to the mainframe edge and even with open ends are pointing down to the end of

34 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 the main gear leg. The 1 x6 piece should Sorry gang, we're still not tinished with ribs on each side of the mainframe around wrap around two opposing edges of the 2x6 the landing gear. Cut a I x3 3" long and the landing gear. Add a vertical rib from a strip. Look at the prototype photos for help cement to the curbside landing-gear main .010 x .020 strip cut to 1 '. Yo u may have to with this; it's clifficult to describe. Cement leg. Position .050 from the top edge. Mark trim to fit. Cement this piece on edge 9" the one end of the side angle braces to the and drill a #72 hole through the middle of ahead of the main gear leg. Cut a .010 x .020 middle of the Ix6 mounting plate, the other the I x3 about 15 turns. Mark and drill a #76 2' in length for the horizontal rib. Cement end to the back edge of the cross-brace hole above the 1 x3 just installed on the curb­ this forward of the vertical rib .050 from the mounting lip. Attach square ground pads to side leg. Drill this hole through to the inside lower edge of the mainframe. Use the verti­ each lower leg end. These pads can be of the mainframe. Mark and drill an oppos­ cal rib as a mounting point. The horizontal found in either the Walthers chassis kit or ing hole on the driver's side main landing­ rib should align at a 90° angle to the vertical the A-Line (Wabash or Pines) landing gear gear leg. Insert a piece of 1" rod through rib and the landing-gear leg. Look at the kits (see Figures 1 and 2). botb of these boles for a drive shaft. Trim top/outer edge of each lancling-gear mount­ allowing a slight protrusion. Bend a 1'/,' OD ing plate on the stock model. Notice the two Side View brass rod into the shape of a crank arm. angle gussets reinforcing the gear to the Check the picmres and Figure I for correct mainframe; a lower set needs to be installed. shape. CA and insert in the lower hole on This is accomplished by cutting a .060 long the curbside leg. (Yes ... that was fun ... !) piece of .0 lO x .060 styrene and then cutting Refer to Photos 1 and 2. a 30° angle on one end. Cement to the land­ Our prototype has some extra reinforcing ing gear mounting plate edge and mainframe .020 from the lower edge. This piece should

Mounting plate attached look like the molded-on plate above it. One at angle, centered on 6" long 2x6 45° pair needs to be cut for each side. Again mounting pad mainframe l' behind land­ ing-gear mounting plate refer to Photos 1 and 2. The remaining mainframe work involves Front View the addition of a service hookup, drilling out the appropriate lock pins, twist locks, front

Angle braces crossmember lip and registration holder. attach in rear Please refer to Part 1 for the how-Io's. There is however one deviation from this. The cra Angle braces twist locks on the models in Part I appear arm� Cross• m l' 6" long 1x6 too large, more specifically too tall. Close­ brace bent in thirds up photos sure do bring out the worst in a

Figure 1 - Landing Gear Detail Figure 2 - Side Brace Mounting Plate person's work. I cut them about .020 shorter on this model. I've never measured the

- 1 Landing gear and extra ribbing before painting. 2 - Finished gear, curbside.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ... 35 3 - Tw ist locks, service hookup and front bolster decal placement. 4 - New crossover framework and crossmember. height of your basic twist lock, but from another model for reference). Cement two axles. Four brake shafts were made by cut­ viewing photos I'd say they stand about 3" .010 x .020 strips just below the top edge of ting I' pieces of .025 styrene rod. Cement above the bolster. In addition a mistake was the tandem inner side forming a narrow each shaft to tbe lower front side of each found in Part 1 wbere it specitied tbat the flange. These nanges will act as a mounting axle so one end stops at the inside of the twist locks were made from .040 x .060 and framework for the new crossover. Trim suspension springs. Normally these shafts .040 x .040 respectively. Wow, much too big. these flush with the rear edge of the tandem. extend into tbe brake drums. The other end In actuality they were fabricated from .030 x The new crossover is cut from diamond is where the push rod of the brake cylinder .030 and .030 x .040 strip (see Pboto 3). treadplate from On The Mark Models. Cut a is attached. CA the cylinder/push-rod Sorry, my mistake. For now set the main­ l'9" x 2' 6" piece of the tread. Use an exist­ assembly to each axle so the cylinder faces frame aside. ing edge to square up the treads when cut­ to the rear and the push rod wraps around The tandem assembly is the next area to ting. CA to the framework so the rear edge the top of the axle. See Figure 3 and Photos receive attention. For this model I wanted of the tread is nush with the rear of the tan­ 5-7. An air tank is made from a I' 6" long the brake detail to be visible due to the fact dem. (I suggest waiting to install the new piece of 'Is"� styrene tube. Round each end. tbat it can be seen from above. For the same plate until after all the brake work is com­ Drill a #70 hole in each end and insert two reason I also wanted a more scale-like axle plete, it is presented here for purposes of pieces of 2x2. Trim to a total width of 2' 6". and diamond treadplate for the crossover. clarity only.) This plate represents the scale Mount just forward of the center tandem Athearn's axles are a bit on the "light" side. thickness I was looking for (see Photo 4). crossmember. The diamond-plate crosswalk is very thick, On to the brakes ... last chance to back A top slide rail is made from a Ix3 cut to especially noticeable from the rear. Decide if out. Round the end of a '/'6" styrene rod. Cut 3' long. Drill #77 holes every 6". Make two. you want to go to this extreme. If the chassis off a 3" long piece. Repeat three additional is not a foreground model and being dis­ times. The four pieces will serve as the air­ played without a chassis this might be a brake cylinders, two per axle. Drill a #79 worthwhile step to omit. Did I talk you out hole in each flat end, centered. Only take of this yet? If you choose to do the brake about 6-8 turns of the twist drill so you detail and get halfway through it, please don't punch through. Bend the end of a '/," don't complain to me if the mode l is OD brass rod to a 90° angle forming an L. launched in frustration across the basement, The longer section should be I ", while the hitting a far wall. I warned ya! Okay, enough shOlter section is 6 ". CA and insert the long of the ho-ho 's, back to business. Cut and section into the hole in the air-brake cylin­ remove the diamond-plate crossover and der to serve as a push rod. Set aside to dry. rear crossmember. I had good success with a Use the ax.les hom an A-Line wheel kit. If razor blade. Replace the crossmember with a you want your wheels to turn,use a '/'6" alu­ .030 x .060 strip cut 2' 6". Fi le to fit. minum tube (K&S metal) cut to fit between Cement exactly where the molded-on cross­ the suspension mounting points and insert a member existed (you may want to mark this 2'/," OD brass rod to serve as the axle shaft. before cutting existing crossmember or use Cut this shaft the length of the Athearn 5 & 6 - Slider assembly showing Rear View bumper, axles, brake detail and stabi­ lizer bars. To p of axle � Cylinder �

Shaft

leaf spring Front View Top of aXle�

Brake cylinder push·rod assembly

Push rod

Figure 3 - Air Brake Detail

AUGUST 36 .... MODEL RAILROADING 1999 7 - Slider assembly showing installed tread plate. slide rail. 9 - Finished view of rear details showing paint. decals and air tank and taillight brackets. weathering.

section. CA the license plate/marker light mounting holes found on the prototype. section directly to the underside of the cross­ Insert pieces of lis "� OD brass rod into each walk treadplate. Make sure it is centered and hole. Use gap-filling CA. Once dry cut each dries true and square. Ta ke a break and allow rod flush with the bumper. I know this seems this to thoroughly cure. a little warped, but trust me, if done right it Cement each mudflap/taillight/bumper will look very cool. Refer to Photo 9 and upright to the end of the tandem ends. Use Part I prototype photos for guidance. Do not the locator nib to ensure a proper fit. Make cement the tandem to the mainframe yet. It's sure they are aligned before the cement easier to paint them separately. hardens. Install a new bumper from a .040 x

.040 strip cut to a lengtil of 3' 6 ". A proto­ Painting and Oecaling typical gap should occur between the Painting this model is very easy... black. I

8 - Mud flap and bumper cuts. bumper and the lower edge of the license cut the black with several drops of white. before and after. plate/marker light section. Add two dock Seal with Clear Gloss for decal application. bumper blocks as stated in Part 1. This time The wheels however are a different story. Cement to the top/forward edge of the tan­ however drill fo ur #80 holes at a slight angle The center hub is yellow, the bearing cap is dem side. Check fit to ensure the rail does in each block fa ce (two at the top and two at light gray and the rim is light gray. Make not interfere with attachment of tandem to the bottom). These holes represent the sure black is used to highlight the half-moon mainframe. Install slider stops (four) and two cross stabilizer bars (front and center) per instructions in Part 1. (Now would be the time to install and CA the crosswalk as pre­ viously referenced.) In order to accommo­ date and show off tile scale thickness of tile crosswalk the bumper/mudflap part must be cut into three separate pieces (see Photo 8). First angle cut each mudflap outside/upper edge; use the photos as a guide. Remove the lower bumper. Cut off each mudt1ap/tail­ light/bumper upright assembly from the cen­ ter license plate/marker light mounting section. Remove .020 from the bottom edge of the license plate mounting/marker light 10 - To p down look for painting and weathering.

11 - Close-up of custom decals and tandem weathering.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 37 The Athearn model can be worked into a variety of prototypical scenarios. Loaded with a container, without container, parked with other container/chassis combinations such as you would see in a yard ...and of course my personal favorite ...hitched to a tractor. This typical scene is played out numerous times each day in sea container or rail intermodal yards across America. cutouts between each of the hub spokes. tires. CA one tire to a wheel, pushing it to Black. Use a light application of CA on the This trick alone gives the wheels a sense of the back edge of the wheel. Paint the back of wheel surface then slide the tire over it. depth that otherwise is lost. It took me two the wheel/tire Grimy Black. Paint the inner There should be a slight gap between the separate brush applications of yellow to wheel sidewall Grimy Black. Try not to get two tires. Use a dull hobby blade to set the achieve opaque coverage. At this point I paint on the road tread. Before installing the gap. Mix light gray and brown chalk might as well continue with the wheels and second tire, paint its inner sidewall Grimy together. This mix forms the "color of mud"

38 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 (coming 10 a theater near you). Liberally it black with the face being aluminum. Paint .- apply this "mud" to the sidewall treads and the service hookups aluminum as refer­ ®noo @1! [M]c!l�@rrOc!lO� road treads. Blow off the heavy dust. Gently enced in Part I. Manufacturer remove the excess with your pinkie, espe­ Final weathering of this model is very Part No. Description cially the road tread. Scuff up the sidewall of different as evidenced by the wheels already. Athearn the outer tire using either chalk or lightly Isolated areas of the prototype were very 5760 Undecorated 20' container dry brushing any combination of Dirt, Mud dirty, while other areas were almost pristine chassis or Grimy Black. Seal with Clear Flat. Keep (typical of new equipment). The look I tried Detail Associates in mind you might have to repeat the weath­ to achieve was that of splashed mud, isolated 2502 1/, " brass rod ering because the clear application reduces areas heavy with caked on mud, while other 2503 'I," brass rod the chalk. Now you gotta be thinking, "Why areas had dried streaks and splatters. Our ! 2505 1"brass rod go to all this trouble for weathering tires'?" landing gear received the largest dose of dirt, 2506 1'//' brass rod Walton is just getting his weathering fi x but only on the front surface exposed to the 2509 2'/," brass rod truck tractor tires. Apply an overall applica­ 6206 Air hoses, freight car again. Well maybe, but remember on a chas­ I i sis displayed empty all this detail is conspic­ tion of chalk "mud" to the front legs and Evergreen uously visible. On the prototype this is very cross bracing. Then move to the rear bolster 100 .010 x .020 strip styrene obvious, so "why not" the model? Trust me gusset angle plate and coat the fm nt and bot­ 101 .010 x .030 strip styrene it will look great! tom. Do the same thing with the tandem, J03 .010 x .060 strip styrene Decaling this model is a tedious exer­ focusing on areas that would receive lots of 121 .020 x .030 strip styrene cise in "decal-bashing." Refer to the photos tire spray or splashed mud. This is especially 131 .030 x .030 strip styrene for placement. Begin by applying the con­ noticeable on the mudflaps and hangers that 132 .030 x .040 strip styrene spicuity striping from Microscale's 28' pup face the tires. 133 .030 x .060 strip styrene data to the sides, rear bolster and rear Ta ke a fine liner brush and dip in a mix­ 153 .060 x .060 strip styrene bumper. The rear bolster ends received a ture of 3/1 Light Gray to Roof Brown. Dry­ 219 .025 styrene rod vertical white stripe, whereas the ends of brush streaks and splashes of Mud on the 220 .035 styrene rod the front bolster received a horizontal white side of the mainframe (where the tires would 222 '/'6' styrene rod stripe. Cut a white 6" stripe for the side be) and tandem. Do the same for the top 8102 lx2 strip styrene badge backing 2' 9" long. Cut a white 4" two-thirds of the landing gear. Lightly apply 8103 1 x3 strip styrene stripe l' 9" long for the rear bolster and some splattering to the sides of the landing 8106 lx6 strip styrene front/left bolster badge backing. The TRZZ gear as well. The tops of the bolsters need 8108 1x8 strip styrene badge was made on a computer using MS some rust streaks. Use a 21 1 mixture of Rust 811 0 I x I 0 strip styrene Word. A 4 point bold Arial Narrow font was to Rail Brown for this. Use washes for the 8202 2x2 strip styrene used for the larger badge. The smaller badge base coat then drybrush the streaks. Some of 8203 2x3 strip styrene is 2 point. Print on whitelwhite paper and the streaks come down the sides of the bol­ 8404 4x4 strip styrene copy onto decal paper. sters, especially where the twist locks are K&S Metal The Transamerica decal was cut from located. Drybrush the rust mixture below the 100 '/,6" aluminum tube the lower part of the trailer door marking dock bumper blocks and over the bumper. On the Mark Models (Transamerica #2 sheet). The tower is a 2" The rear of the mudflaps received some MSC-lO1 Diamond treadplate white stripe cut .050 long and to a point. streaking here and there. "Scuff- up" the rear MODELflex The backer is 6" red decal stripe. Now the bolster conspicnity stripe by scraping with a 1601 Engine Black sticking point for this project was the APL knife blade. Seal with Clear Flat. For the 1602 Reefer White , decal. I unsuccessfully tried reducing the final weathering trick the lower third of the PoUy-Scale I eagle symbol from the APL sheet. What I gear leg received "wet" mud. Drybrush Rail 404 100 Clear Gloss came up with was to create the red "APL" Brown onto the lower third, then drybrush 404 103 Clear Satin using a 2 point Arial Bold font. A color Clear Satin. This gives the allusion of wet, 404 106 Clear Flat I copy was made on decal film. The eagle caked-on mud. Finally paint the twist locks 414137 Grimy Black was created from cutting pieces of a 2" red with the rust solution. Place in the holes, 414179 SP Letter Gray (light gray) stripe. The main part of the eagle is .060 cementing is optional. At this point sit back, 414191 CNW Yel low long. The upper wings are .020. All are cut relax and enjoy... you deserve it. 41425 1 CP Rail Gray on an angle. I could have taken this further had if I 414275 Roof Brown Moving to the rear, the Transamerica had the time to "plumb" the brake lines 414299 Flat Aluminum towers on the mudflaps were cut from the (maybe next time). Even so the model is a 414308 Dirt Transamerica #2 trailer sheet. The Hyundai rather unique addition to any intermodal 414323 Rust ! marking was cut from the BNSF vans and fleet. Writing the article was much more dif­ 414326 Oily Black containers. When I complete the sister to ficult then the actual modeling. To reiterate, Microscale this model I plan to use the N-scale equiva­ the Athearn model is fantastic. I love it! It is 87-110-5 3"-4'/4' red stripes lent for the Hyundai marking. Using the HO good out of the box and with time and imag­ 87-124- 1 1 "-2" white stripes version forces a compromise on positioning ination can be converted into many different 87-1 24-5 1 "-2 " red stripes with the license plate. The remaining decals prototype chassis. Until recently it was quite 87-2 14- 1 4"-6" white stripes (mostly lights) were taken from either 28' difficult to display those terrific A-Line 20' 87-703 Transamerica trailers #2 pup data or container and trailer data. cans on anything other then a railcar. There MC-852 Trailer & domestic container A couple of ditties remain before final are numerous possibilities with this model, data weathering. Add a license-plate light cut some of which will be explored in future MC-4168 Commercial license plates from a 2x3 strip and paint it CP Rail Gray. articles. Think goose-neck with a tri-axle MC-4258 BNSF 48' vans & containers Paint the bolts on the mudflaps aluminum. bogie, yeah buddy ... ! !!!! MC-4204 28' trailer data Remember the dock bumper mounting As promised, several months ago the bolts? Paint them aluminum using a liner Accurail series will resume with the finale brush (2010). The registration holder was being floor-mounted reefers built in the just moved (to a bigger basement) and my cut from .035 styrene rod, .020 long. early ' 80s. Please allow me a couple of workshop needs to be unpacked. Until then, Cement behind the main gear leg and paint issues to get "caught-up." My fam ily and I keep on truckin' ...on the rails of course! �

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING .. 39 Diesels 2 and 3 are hard at work in the logging area while a GP18 hauls timber and logs over the trestle bridge.

Company Bear River byLumb Paol Te mplarer Photos by thll author

THERE. In the immortal words of a look at DB (German) in HO and N - built tures, so the whole railroad would not have ShI erlock Holmes - "When you have Swiss in HO and N, then changed back to anything in it I didn't like, or was not keen explHored all avenues of possibilities, what DB for a few more layouts in N gauge. on. So I thought about an HO switching ever remains, how ever improbable, must be Finally changing to American modeling, I've "logging" layout (emphasis on switching). the answer." - Okay, I've explored all av­ had HO and N. I've changed from HO to N This would include a small shanty town, enues of possibilities in model railroading, and back to HO (twice) just for the fun of dockside/pier head, lumber company, looked at the remains of many a torn-down it. .. now, to continue. The only remaining sawmill, wood yard, freight depots, small railroad, thought how improbable it would possibility after much deliberation and head passenger depot and a logging camp for the be to better the last layout, then come up scratching must be the right answer, and that loggers to eat, sleep and rest after a long with the right answer. was to build a layout which combined all day's hard work. It would also have numer­ Before I continue, let me explain that I aspects of my previous layouts. In other ous logging lines, dramatic scenery with have built layouts from 0 gauge down to N words all the best parts I liked. I must trestle bridges, plus numerous trees, and of gauge (ev en dabbled in Z once), b uil t explain at this point that every layout I have course some water. .. and it would feature numerous layouts in all gauges and come to ever made had at least one aspect of it that multilevel trackwork. the conclusion that all have their own fasci­ stood out from everything else. This time, I Could such a layout be constructed nation. I built British in 00 and N, then had would try and incorporate all the best fea- which would enable all of the above to take

40 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 place. At fi rst I thought I was biting off more than I could chew, but after much thought, I came up with a solution. Why not go around the walls of my room with a simple duck­ under by the doorway. This would allow me to take advantage of the full room size of II' by 14' and try and keep it under 2' 6" wide, all the way around. This would give me ample room in the middle. I have never liked the idea of a duck­ under, but I had to use one this time in order to get the layout I wanted. Anyway, it keeps you fit crawling under the opening every time you need to leave the room. Enough ramblings, on with the story. Many track­

-. plans were drawn before I arrived at the ti nal solution. r could get everything in that I liked plus the logging side which 1 have always been fond of. Now add to this the scratchbuilding of all items appertaining to logging, including a vertical boiler steam donkey engine mounted on log skids for yarding (at least two), a large duplex machine combining two steam engines to handle yarding and loading simultaneously, spar trees with high leads and a heel boom for the car-loading facilities. GP18 hauls a freight past the revamped SW9/12 which is spotting a wheel car as Also needed would be a speeder for taking one of the logging cars has damaged a wheel set.

Doodlebug #5 (now owned by Bear River lumber Co.) returns to the depot with the wheel car.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING .... 41 personnel and supplies to various camps, not to mention the acquisition of a Shay (when funds permit), a Heisler, plus a Climax. With the advent of having to make hun­ dreds of 13" to I 8" tall ti mber trees, scratch­ building various buildings, and doctoring diesel bodies to suit the locations, I shall be very busy for a number of years. However, part of it is now fully scenicked, so share with me the results of a probable answer to a dream layout. The trackplan itself is quite straightfor­ ward, twice around the room with a lead off to the logging camp and logging areas when required. The switching facilities in the small town are endless, inasmuch as there are three freight buildings to serve, plus a small passenger depot with freight house, plus a wood yard and pulp loader. Traveling in a counterclockwise direction from the town (on the inner tracks) we come across the sawmill, Cooper's Barrel Com­ pany and the large seafood factory situated on a pier head. All need servicing in a day's routine. Now we turn our attention the log­ ging side. There is one small freight-handling facil­ ity to take various equipment to and from the logging camp. Then there is the loading and unloading of logs, either by yarding donkeys, loaders, or even a straddle loader from various skeleton cars. Once loaded the logs are then taken to and dumped into the log pond (opposite the lumber yard) where­ upon the workers guide the logs into the sawmill. The timber is then cut into planks and some of it is shipped to the barrel com­ pany. Anyway, I think you can get the pic­ ture of what I was trying to achieve, in making a layout which included all aspects of my previous layouts. I did have to make ten camp-car struc­ tures for the loggers, including fi ve sleeping cars, a kitchen car, dining car, entertainment car, office and a blacksmith's car. When they were completed, I had to make various length stilts for them to stand on as the ground was uneven. Also, I added board­ walks everywhere for my little people to walk on. Apart from the blacksmith's car, I also made an outside blacksmith shop, just in case the weather is too hot to work indoors. The Trackwork In the past I have always used Peco fi nescale track and points, but this time I used their code 100 track since I wanted to bury the sleepers (ties) halfway while bal­ lasting the track in the logging area. I didn't want the hassle of changing from finescale to code 100 and back again at various places, so I just used code 100 for every­ thing. Anyway, when the tracks are ballasted and painted rusty, you would be hard pressed to tell whether it was finescale or code 100. Scenery Ii Bridges I stated earlier that I required dramatic Number 2 is about to tread gently over the timber trestle. scenery, only because I like to see trains run-

42 .... MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 Consolidation 2-8-0 passing Camp Number 4 ...this site is fully equipped with kitchen car, dining car, rest room, blacksmith's car, office and bunk cars. ning over trestle bridges and deep gorges. So wood base with cork underlay and sat on a ample room (length and height). It's amazing I set about building the 3' long trestle which pair of frames only, one at either end. I sug­ the amount of knowledge you acquire over stands 15" tall at one point. When this was gested we make a frame for the plywood many years of railroad building. You have to completed, I turned my attention to the and then raise the plywood on stilts. This be an architect, carpenter, painter, electrician, smaller trestle situated above it. This one is we did and eventually I managed to fi t the model maker, and an electronics wizard. And only 14" long by 8" tall. viaduct in for him. (Boy, was that a task ') when the layout is nearly finished (never fin­ The trestles were built before the base­ Ever since then, I have always studied my ished really) you could do with being a pho­ boards were put down; this way I could pic­ trackplans and made provisions for all tographer and a computer buff. I suppose you ture the best way to install the bridges so the bridges, making quite sure that there was don't really need to be a computer buff or desired effect I was looking for could be achieved. The framework is 2' 6" off the floor and made from I x3s. To this 18" tall 2x2 timber risers were added where the long trestle was going to be placed. Laid on top of this was '/, " chipboard and '/," insulation board; I then marked where the bridge was going and used ajigsaw to cut out the shape I required. After the big cleanup (with the vacuum cleaner) I inlaid the trestle bridge, cutting both ends of the insulation to accept the trestle ends. This ensured that the bridge was level from end to end. The upper level trestle was done the same way. I do tend to install all bridges before I lay any track at all; this way I get the satisfaction of seeing a railroad being built the way they did it on the prototype. In my younger days (as a teenager) I did lay track before the bridges, then had the unpleasant task of removing part of the track to inlay a bridge, then relay the track. I soon realized my errors when I had to install a 4' viaduct on a British lay­ out for a friend of mine. He had laid the tracks and asked me to help him fit the viaduct. Nothing was cut out when I got to boxcar has just been spotted outside Herman's Metal Shop as #2 heads for his home. The track was laid on a 3/, " ply- daylightA out of the forest.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 43 photographer... yo u could always get some­ body to draw the trackplan for you and to photograph the layout afterwards, but it's nice to be able todo it yourself. I was lucky in one respect as I was a pro­ fessional photographer 30 years ago and used to have my own studio. I started this while in the world of show business (musi­ cian). Apart fr om appearing on the sse and television, and occasionally going abroad to work, I used to photograph celebrities from time to time. As for the computer side, my son is a professional computer whiz and so I just happened over the years to grab as much information as possible from him, and from

1Ii::::::::""".1>.:.....•.;; " I. time to time, ask questions. In fact I still ask Jack Cooper's Barrel Co. has just very r of their very own. It many questions on various aspects of the will soon to be repainted in the red and cream livery of Mr. Cooper's football computer, but I've learned to use it for what team. Meanwhile, the GP18 is going to have a small problem soon as the engi­ I need it for - drawing trackplans, word neer wants to drop off some newly felled trees. processing, plus writing and playing music.

Tw o sleeping cars at Camp No. 4 are Down in the depths of the forest sits a lone duplex which will handle yarding about to have their wheels removed and loading of logs; the Consolidation at the rear is taking on water for its as this is going to be a permanent site. return journey. The lone old passenger car is now used as an office.

...,.t' _ - "Y' I...... �.....;:.� Checking out the condition of the water barrel on the tres­ Just leaving Camp Number 1 with a load of new timber is tle bridge is the site foreman from Camp Number 4; he the 2-8-0 Consolidation; behind it, the donkey engine is uses the rail bus to get from place to place. hard at work yarding.

44 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 Looking at the photography side of it, it's amazing how railroading and photography go hand in hand inasmuch as the photogra­ pher has to have the eyes of an artist to be able to create just the right picture inside the camera. The model railroader also has to be the same kind of artist, to create his or her landscape into a believable picture.

Rolling Stock & Motivv Powvr My rolling stock to date consists of many skeleton cars, boxcars, flatcars and gondolas. The motive power is unique, to say the least. I kitbashed a Kato RS2 by removing the cab from the body, fi lling the hole with sheet styrene and adding a cab from a 2-8-0 Consolidation at the rear of the RS2 body. After fi tting many other parts, I painted it a medium green. The RS2 cab was used to replace the cab on a The scratchbuilt wheel car en route to another breakdown, Proto 2000 SW9/12 which was also painted medium green to match the other diesel. I now have two odd-looking diesels fo r the logging side. At present I also have a Climax and a Consolidation and am in the process of mak­ ing a Heisler from another diesel chassis; it should be finished shortly. I have also revamped an old school bus into a railroad vehicle. I obtained an old BN railroad car with a Minitrix motorized unit in it and made a new chassis for it. So my little people can now go to work at the lum­ ber camps in comfort. Thv Final Conclusion I've had more fun building this railroad than any of the previous layouts that I have built in the past. At present, only part of it is fu lly scenicked, and I expect to do a bit more scenery in the near future, but I have other items I must get on with fi rst, like building more trees for instance. Then there are more tree stumps to make and plant, more fo liage and ground cover to add plus a Consolidation drifts downgrade with the local freight, couple of scratchbuilt structures to make. None of the buildings are as yet illuminated (that's a must-do-soon job). All the rolling stock has been weathered, but I also have one or two new items to build so these will need weathering when they are complete. r suppose an alteration to the tracks if needed wouldn't be too aggressive, and wouldn't ruin the scenery, but I'll leave that part of it to my imagination fo r later on. My long-time friend John To ll (Raton Snake Va lley, August 1997 MRG) has now decided to retire his American rolling stock and locos and once again delve into the British side of the modeling world. I will no doubt be taking an active part in the plan­ ning of it, plus benchwork, and the electrical side of things. Meanwhile, I shall carry on adding to my little pine fo rest empire. That reminds me, I �oom SIze n' 14' must pick up some dead leaves out of the x garden this year. When ground up in the mixer, they make a marvelous ground cover, and it's free. Happy modeling. �

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ... 45 Left: Rio Grande S045 exits East laPortalA of lal the Moffat Tuypnnel on the e author's N-scale FoamRail module.

MOFFAT or many, modeling the prototype can lead to several alternatives. One can su­ TUNNIL Fperdetail a diesel to represent a specific type and even a specific locomotive. Or one can model a real building, down to the inte­ rior details and all the roof lines and vents. A few try to model the scenery around a real building. But fewer yet try to model a whole prototype scene, including track layout, buildings and surrounding scenery. The thrust of the hobby these days (and probably even more in the future) is to­ wards more prototype perfection. The free­ lancer is becoming a minority as more products are developed that simulate the real thing. For me, prototype modeling has been limited to locomotive and rolling stock detailing until recently. As a member of the Boulder Model Rail­ road Club (BMRC) N-scale FoamRail group (see June 1995 Model Railroading), I elected to design and build an 8' N-scale fo am module (see Photos 1 and 2). With my commitment to fine-scale N-scale (see July 1996 and October 1997 MRG) and an inter­ est in doing further prototype modeling, I chose to model two complete prototype scenes near where I live: the east entrance of the Rio Grande's Moffat Tunnel and the large Santa Fe girder bridge found on the Joint Line just south of Denver. What I found during the process was eye-opening, especially since I am usually a died-in-the­ wool freelanceI'. In this article, I hope to give you some idea of what I faced in modeling the prototype and how I solved it. For many who have done this type of modeling before, this article just contains common sense. For others, maybe I can alert you to some of the problems and joys in modeling the prototype scene. The photos will both entertain you and give you perspective on my efforts. I wish to thank John Templeton of the BMRC for his comments and camera knowledge in writing this article. Choosing a Site and Era All of the decisions you must make dur­ ing the project will probably be dependent on each other. Change one decision and that will change another. One of the first and maybe the hardest decisions to make is the choice of location to model and when to model it! You have only a fixed amount of model real estate and there are probably ten times more railroad scenes that interest you. Maybe it's a bridge or a particular piece of scenery that has captured your attention. The N-scale Moffat Tunnel module is posed next to the real thing ! Maybe it's a particular track arrangement

46 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 Scthat is ofene interest on a particular railrsoad. Or maybe a particular building intrigues you. So, how to choose one? There are many factors to consider, none of which by them­ selves will determine which site to choose. To begin with, consider accessibility. Is it easy to get to the scene? Can you go back for more data or is it a one-time shot? Has the scene changed much over the years? How accessible and prolific is the data if you have chosen to model the past? Con­ sider books and historical societies for photo sources of the scene. Remember, text is not The foreground scenery blends very well into the hand painted backdrop. usually as important as a photo when trying to achieve perfection in modeling a proto­ type scene. I choose to model the Moffat Tunnel dur­ ing the 1970s, before the Rio Grande Rail­ road changed forever the configuration of the tunnel building in the mid- 1 980s. Sev­ eral books as well as personal slides pro­ vided the necessary photos. One of the main reasons I chose the Moffat Tunnel was that there were a set of scale plans of the tunnel building (Photo 3). And although the build­ ing has changed recently, most of it remains intact. Since the building is the main focal point of the scene, having plans to the build­ ing was of prime concern. Without plans that scene would not have been chosen. For the Joint Line bridge site, I decided to model the bridge as it exists today. No plans were available, so I had to draw my own, but the site was very accessible.

Research and Photography From the rear, the East Portal building looks very large. The structure is entirely So now you have chosen a site and a time scratchbuilt from styrene sheet and strips and resin castings. (year and season) to model. So what's next? Now comes researching the site. If you've chosen to model an area that can be seen today, be prepared for some field work. If the area has disappeared, then book research will be necessary. For field work, permission may have to be obtained from the landowner(s) and the railroad. This can be difficult if not impossi­ ble. It may also be almost impossible to physically get access to the site. These chal­ lenges may alter your site decision. Be pre­ pared to visit the site at least twice. Yo u will never get all the necessary photographs on the first visit. If an Amtrak passenger train travels through the scene you want to model, consider taking a train ride. If possible, visit the area in at least two seasons. Fall and winter are good because the fo liage has dis­ appeared, making the landforms more visi­ ble. Buildings are not obscured with leaves, either. Spring and summer are usually easier to schedule a site visit (called a vacation), and it is easier to measure and photograph without dodging snowflakes or cold weather. The tail end of a DRGW Coal Liner train passes by the MOW shed just east of the Winter travel to a site can prove difficult, Moffat Tu nnel.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 41 Book research is a bit more civilized, but 1 - The Larkspur bridge side of can be more frustrating when you can't find a FoamRaii module. photograph that will shed light on some item. This is especially true for colors of buildings since most photographs taken before the 1940s were black-and-white. However, the proliferation of color books these days has made the painting task easier. But be warned: the dyes on color photographs change, espe­ cially as the image gets older. A red will always be red, but the shade of red can change dramatically. If possible, use several color photos to obtain consistency. For instance, although many photos were fo und that showed the face of the Moffat Tunnel building, there is a real dearth of pic­ tures that show the back of the tunnel build­ ing. I only had two photos to use for reference for that section of the building. 2 - Moun­ Hardcover books are a great source of pho­ tains on Moffat tographs if you can find the right ones. If side are built from you are modeling a fallen flag railroad, cor­ layers of foam. respond with the historical society that deals with that railroad. Almost every present and

3 - Plans of the past Class One railroad (and some short­ MQF'r�T 'l'U;NNI

4 - The pier mold and casting for the

Larkspur bridge. 7 - The Moffat Tu n nel bui Idi ng before painting and installation. The entire struc­ ture is built using styrene and Alumilite castings.

Society Page that lists these

8 - The watercourse for the Mof­ organizations. For some rail­ fat Tu nnel scene was built roads, like the Chesapeake & from styrene sheet. Ohio, the information available is staggering. Others may take a

5 - Tu nnel liner (and snowshed) cast­ bit more sleuthing and persis­ ing and mold for the Moffat Tu nnel. tence. If you cannot fi nd any data (or not enough to model from), then it's back to square one to choose another site to model, otherwise you'll just be freelancing again. If the site still exists, the too. Consider that once during the research field trip visits should be planned early. For of my Moffat Tunnel scene, we left Denver fi eld research, take lots of notes. Measure­ in decent weather and arrived at the tunnel ments will need to be made if plans and

6 - Castings and the mold for various in a blizzard ! I didn't get much information, track layout don't exist. A 100' tape mea­ parts of the Moffat Tu nnel portal but I did obtain a beautiful shot of Amtrak sure will be indispensable as will be a yard­ building. #5 coming through the snowflakes. stick. A measure-stick is also an invaluable

48 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 From an elevated vantage, the bal­ lasted deck shows clearly on the Joint Line bridge. tool. Although not available commercially, a measure-stick can be made easily by paint­ ing a good, straight 3' lx2 board white. Subdivide the rod into three I' sections and paint the middle section red. You may also wish to further divide the first section into inches and paint every other inch division red. Lay the measure-stick somewhere in the scene whenever you need to take a pho­ tograph to document some item at the site. The measure-stick provides an instant refer­ ence for calculating dimensions. You can also use a yardstick, but it won't show up as well and will make it more difficult to get accurate information. For onsite photography, there are several things to remember. First and foremost - fi l m is cheap when compared to the time and travel needed to get to the site. Take lots of photos. Prints are usually preferred unless you have access to a good quality, large slide viewer (10" screen or larger). Slides tend to give the truest colors at a site, but prints can be compared against each other concurrently to check items of conflict. Prints are usually easier to handle on the workbench, too. If you use a 35mm SLR camera, you must use a 50mm lens to avoid distortion of the pho­ tographed object. A wide-angle lens (28mm is common) can provide good overall shots, but the wide-angle lens will distort locations and sizes of objects. Use a disposable panoramic camera to record the overall scene, but it also may distort objects. When in doubt, always use a 50mm lens and try to take the shot directly at the object. Photography during a cloudy day is best to document the scene. Lighting can be tough since it is best to photograph all sides of everything. By definition then, some sides will be sunlit and others will be in the dark. A cloudy day doesn't obscure details like a bright, sunny day will. Details are not hid­ den in deep shadows on a cloudy day. Plan on taking a photograph of each side of every building at the site. Take detail pho­ tographs of intricate roof angles, eave brack­ ets and other architectural items. Of course if the building has changed from when you want to model it, photography and measure­ ments will be more difficult, but harder for others to verify ! Take photographs of any plaques and signs at the site. Try taking pho­ tographs that can be directly used later on the model. For example, on the Moffat Tunnel scene, there are several iron signs that flank the actual portal. By taking a straight-on pho­ tograph 60 ' from the sign (with a 50mm lens) and having it processed as a 4x6 print, the print provided an almost N-scale sign that when cut out was glued directly onto the tun­ nel building. Similar geometrical calculations can be used for other scales, too. Make an itemized list of everything in the scene. List all the structures and their adjacent ground clutter. Take note of all the One of the large buttes is visible over the bridge as an intermodal passes by.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 49 A southbound pig train passes over the Larkspur bridge as a motorist drives underneath. power and telephone poles and lines that the track elements or you may loose the Putting It All Together run through the scene. Record all the water prototype fe el of the site. After all the research, field notes and elements, including both manmade (like If your chosen scene includes a large measurements have been taken, it's now dams or ditches) and natural (streams, building or two, you may have to compress time to actually model the scene. Don't fa ll ponds or waterfalls). Almost any scene will the building to squeeze it into the available into the research trap of trying to obtain that have drainage courses, so don't forget them. space and to align it with the model track­ last bit of prototype data... because you never Note where the trees are found and where age. Leaving off a section or reducing a wall will. Although research is necessary, you any rock outcroppings are. Take pho­ in length may be needed to get it to ti t. will never get everything. A rule of thumb is tographs of the trees and rocks to be able to Of course, whenever you compress that you will obtain 90% of the necessary color match them during the model phase. something, you need to strike a compromise modeling data in 10% of the time. To get the Note where any sidewalks and pavement on what gets omitted. This comprising is remaining 10%, you will need 90% more are. Record all the roadways and highways. usually a personal thing and reflects on your time. The key is to strike a balance. Only Most also have signs, so don't forget them. interest in the scene. Rank all the items in you will know when it's the time to begin This itemized scene element checklist will the prototype scene checklist by importance modeling. The research trap is especially be quite u seful when deciding on what to to you and importance to the scene. This can nasty if you have chosen to model a scene compress or eliminate. It can also be used to give you a way to choose what to compress from a bygone era. ensure progress during the modeling. For or even eliminate completely. The elusive At some point, you will need to choose a my prototype scenes, the Moffat Tu nnel goal of the prototype modeler is to compress modeling scale. It may be what you're used checklist included: main tunnel building and compromise as little as possible. to, like HO scale. Consider, however, chang­ (with snowshed), MOW building and �ome On my module, the real Joint Line ing scales to better represent the scene. N­ of its surrounding clutter, communication Santa Fe bridge is built on a large, sweep­ scale has a huge advantage over the larger poles, grade crossing, stream, rocks and ing curve. Unfortunately, my FoamRail scales since more can be included on the trees. The trestle side of the module con­ module did not allow a curve within the same model real estate, thus leading to less tained: the trestle, dirt and paved roads (and constraints of the module. So the model compression and fewer compromises. their signs), retaining walls, power lines, ATSF bridge was built straight. Very few Scenery can dominate the trains in N-scale trees and the stream. people have noticed the change. On the in a way that HO or larger can never hope Moffat side, there are several ancillary for. Changing scales can also stimulate your Compression and Compromise buildings next to the MOW shed. Again model railroading hobby. These two words can make or break the because of space limitations, I elected to When matching a prototype scene, the project. No matter how much scale real eliminate all those extra buildings. How­ structures will be the easiest to model, fo l­ estate you have to work with, it will be next ever, I felt that the track layout needed to lowed by the trackwork. Scenery will be the to impossible to i nclude everything. be to scale, so the turnout leading to the hardest to duplicate. Trying to plant every Because of limitations in available track tunnel portal is in correct relationship to tree and bush and carve or cast every rock components, the actual track layout will the scene. This necessitated handla ying outcropping can be a recipe for frustration. probably have to be compressed. To include code 40 rail and building the turnout. Also, Try, however, to follow at least where the every switch and spur may just take too the portal building is the star of the scene, trees and rocks occur in the real scene. much room. Or the natural flow of the so no compression was allowed there. Duplicating the colors of the rocks and trees trackwork may have to be adj usted to fit the Although the trackage within the actual is easy. Plant model grass (foam) where the confines of the room or space you have to Moffat Tunnel is straight, I had to bend it prototype has real grass and weeds. work in. Whatever the case, be prepared to within the tunnel to again match existing Don't forget the backdrop. During your compress or even bend the track arrange­ FoamRail specifications. Compression and visit to the site, take some photographs of ment to fit. Try not to change too much of compromise at work. the distant mountains or hills, water or at

50 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 least clouds. Take these photos with slide 1996 MRG). After all, without the train, scene can earn you the NMRA Achievement filmso that you can use them to project onto probably only the track tells the viewer that Program's Prototype Modeler certificate. an unpainted backdrop. Outline the scenery this is a railroad scene. Few modelers have obtained this award with a light pencil. Then paint in the clouds. Both the ATSF bridge and the two build­ because of the challenge it represents. But Next fill in the outlined areas. There have ings on my N-scale FoamRail module were for some, a modeling challenge is what been several excellent articles that deal with scratchbuilt. I used a computer-aided draft­ keeps the hobby fresh. backdrop painting and most use the "fill-in­ ing (CAD) program to develop the Santa Fe the-blanks" approach. For many people, a bridge. Fortunately, I had prototype plans to Conclusion well-done backdrop can instantly identify work from for the Moffat Tunnel building, Modeling a prototype scene can be the scene. I had mine done by a professional but I still used CAD to refine the prototype rewarding, especially if you consider your­ landscape artist. plans into model form. Photos 4-6 show self an advanced modeler. Prototype model­ Be prepared to scratchbuild most, if not some of the rubber molds that I created ing is not for the beginning model railroader. all, the structures since few real buildings while scratchbuilding the various compo­ Research takes time and commitment. Find­ have been captured in kit form. You may nents for both scenes. Photos 7 and 8 illus­ ing that elusive piece of data can be frustrat­ also consider scratchbuilding the trackwork trate the basic structural models used on the ing and rewarding. Compression and to better match the prototype. This is espe­ Moffat side of the module. The other proto­ compromise will become necessary watch­ cially important for turnouts since the proto­ type photos illustrate various details around words during design and modeling. Dupli­ type has much longer turnouts (like #12 each of the two scenes that I modeled. They cating scenery will be difficult, but not through #22s) than any commercially avail­ are provided to illustrate a sample of what to impossible. Finally, the knowledge that you able turnouts. Even in N-scale, handlaid record when visiting the selected scene. have captured a piece of time and history in trackwork is not difficult (see April-June As a fi nal note, modeling a prototype model form makes it all worthwhile.

Photograph all water­ courses in the scene. Record all the grade crossings and their placement along the track.

Photograph details like the Take head-on shots of all telephone poles. sides of all buildings in the immediate vicinity of the chosen site.

Photograph the distant clouds and background for later duplication on the backdrop. Ta ke photos of all If possible, ride Amtrak the trackside If signals are Even small details through the chosen site to equipment like included at the like a telephone gain access not normally this power switch site, photograph box should not be permitted. machine. each one. overlooked .

Track is part of Photograph each bent of a trestle the scene, so whenever possible to avoid discrepan­ record a sample cies later. of each section for later dupli­ cation of color Field notes don't and tie spacing. have to be neat - just record every­ thing and plan on revisiting the site to obtain over­ looked items.

Photographs can Signs play a very record the orienta­ important role in duplicat­ The engine in this photo­ tion and juxtaposi­ ing a prototype scene. Note graph provided a rough tion of various the relationships between measurement of the span details at the the highway, bridge piers length of the Larkspur scene. and retaining wall. bridge! �

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ..... 51 HO SCALE MODELS NEEDED

ast month I discussed available first decade of the next millennium. models of plastics cars. Two of the There are four steel-bodied designs Lmodels mentioned were only available in (Trinity's 622 1, ACF's 6200/6224, brass, the Pullman-Standard 5820 and Thrall's 6270 and NSC 6245). The first the Richmond 5800. Both of these are three are being built in about equal num­ very much needed in plastic (no pun in­ bers. The other model I suggest would be tended) in HO scale. However, I have not the Trinity-built aluminum-bodied cars seen any of the new "high-cube" plastics that are very diffe rent looking and stand cars (6,000 cU.ft. or more capacities) in out in a train like a neon light. All told, as brass or plastic (HO scale). These will of June 1999 there are over 18,000 high­ probably be the standard car during the cube plastics cars in service.

" macbline.ry" of the plastics unloading Texas ation is usually exposed (see Figure). These N(lw Jersey. sites usually have large storage tanks and modelers, having plastics industries permanent pipes on supports outside. on the layout can be as simple or complex The largest concentration of plastics groups: quasi- as the modeler wants. In the basic form a cars (other than in Houston, TX) can usu­ commodity engineering plastics siding next to a large warehouse type of ally be found at bulk transfer facilities. This and specialty plastics. building with a permanent or flexible hose is where one can fi nd anywhere from one to For modelers and freight-car enthusiasts running from the building to the railcar a dozen tracks or more arranged so high­ the commodity plastics group is the pri­ location is typical of a small packaging way vehicles (with pneumatic trailers) can mary concern. Most of what is transported company. Usually these small packaging pull alongside the car to receive the load. in today's bulk plastics covered hopper cars companies will handle 1-2 cars on its sid­ Formosa Transrail Corporation (For­ comes from this group. Generally, the cars ing. The hoses may come out of the build­ mosa Plastics Corporation USA) operates a transport plastic in one of three forms: pel­ ing through the wall in a permanent mount fleet of nearly 3,000 plastics cars. The fo l­ lets, powders or granules. One of the more or through a warehouse door when in use. lowing is a partial photo roster of Formosa common is the plastic pellet ranging in size The next step, a large packaging firmor Transrail (FPAX).

Plastics Railcar Figure - Basic components of a vacuum-pressure unloading system for handling plastic pellets. The plastic pellets start inside the covered hopper rail- Blower Filter car where they are drawn out through one of the . . . _ _ _ 9.��::: � �:�C::I::: __ car's pneumatic outlets into the hose (or pipe) that . . . . . leads to the cyclone receiver. The receiver sepa­ Aerolock rates the pellets from the conveying air and sends it into the aerolock which meters the product into the pressure side of the system. At this point the air stream carries the pellets at a high volume to

Vacuum Lines ...... the storage tank.

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FPAX 940128. One of the early versions of Trinity's 5851 design (this is actually the second variation with the larger holes in the side sheet). There were 252 of these delivered in 1994. FPAX 940000-940251. Photographed August 1998 in Fontana, CA.

FPAX 5753 is one of eight cars in the FPAX 5750-5757 series. These were built in 1978 by CNCF in Mexico. The cars have a stenciled capacity of 5,750 cu.ft. This design is indeed very simi­ lar to North American Car's plastics car, most notable because of the strik­ ing angle on the side sheet's ends.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 53 fl'il ...., X 5835 .,

Casdorph, David G., A Catalog of Modern Plastics Cars. Society of Freight Car Historians, CA. 1994. Casdorph, David G., Freight Cars Journal #80. "High-Cube Plas­ tics Cars." In press. Dick, John S . , Compounding Materials for the Po lymer Industries - A Concise Guide to Po lymers, Rubbers, Adhesives, and Coatings. Noyes Publications, NJ. 1987. Premier Pneumatics, Inc., "Vac­ uum Pressure Rail Unload," pp. 23- 20 1 through 23-206, eff.4- 1 5-93.

FPAX 945214 above is part of the FPAX 945200-945226 series. This car was lined and painted in April 1996 by Phillips Petroleum Company. It was originally built in 1968 by ACF for ACSX 852100-852125. These came to Formosa via GCX 945200-945226 in 1983. These are 5,250 cu.ft. design cars. Photographed August 1998.

FPAX 950122 (at left) was built in 1995 by Trinity's Bessemer, AL, plant. Series is FPAX 950000-950599 (600 cars). This is a 5851 design. Pho­ tographed December 1998 in the City of Industry, CA.

FPAX 980500 is part of the latest group of plastics cars for Formosa. Tw o series, FPAX 980001-980500 and 980501-980560 were built almost con­ secutively in early-to-mid 1998. This is a Trinity 6221. Photographed Novem­ ber 1998 in Fontana, CA.

54 T MODEL RAILROADI NG AUGUST 1999 These five views of FPAX 970025 highlight details of a Trinity 6,221 cu.ft. "high­ cube" plastics cars. Note the darker shade of gray (compared to car on left in top photo) used on this series. FPAX 970001-970390. The photo below shows their model SG-3AQ pneumatic outlet. These 390 cars were built in 1997 by Trinity's Saginaw and Beaumont, Texas, plants. Photographed in June 1997. � · RELEASe- OF CAR · ..-- .. END HOPPER 1708 CU.FT.

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 55 DIESEL DETAIL G OSE-UP

Western Maryland (WM) EMD GP35

HO Scale Models by Athearn, Bachmann Sp ectrum™, Ka to and Rail Po wer Products N Scale Model by Kato by Rich Picariello

Photos from the author's collection; photo credits as indicated

he Prototype GP35: EMD introduced motor and powered Blomberg Type B close. For a more accurate WM Red, try this the 2,500-hp GP35 in 1963. By the end trucks. Proto Power West offers two GP35 formula (from Alpine Software's paint for­ Tof production in 1966, 1,333 had been built fully-assembled, weighted chassis; use mula book): 5 parts Socony Red (or Caboose (1,250 US, 26 Canada and 57 Mexico). #555 19 ($80.00) fo r RPP or #42302 Red), 3 parts Santa Fe Red, I pan Black and I Western Maryland's five GP35s, built in ($74.00) for Athearn. Either chassis comes part Reefer Gray. Most paint manufacturers 1963, were originally numbered 50 1 -505 with a can motor, Athearn trucks and tuned have these colors in their line. The fuel tank, and were later renumbered 3576-3580. Athearn drive components. air horn, top of long and short hoods, under­ The Scale Model GP35: For HO scale, Kato made a limited-production GP35 frame and trucks are black. Handrails are red Athearn has a GP35 that has wider-than­ in N scale. with yellow at the step areas. scale hoods once needed to fi t their old Paint and Decal Notes: Western Mary­ motor; B achmann has a GP35 model in · land GP35s were delivered in the black Decals their Spectrum™ Series; Kato has offered a scheme. All had been repainted into the red­ HO Scale: limited-production GP35 and Rail Power and-white "circus scheme" by the mid-'60s. Champion EH-20 I Products makes an undecorated GP35 shell Bachmann once offered their HO scale GP35 Microscale 87-130 kit. The RPP shell requires handrails, an in this scheme. No paint supplier makes WM N Scale: Athearn GP35 chassi s, drive components, Red; Caboose Red or Socony Red may be Microscale 60- 130

Riverside ElF - Baltimore, MO; May 31, 1982. C. Tra inor photo

56 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 Note the "mail slot" type door; replaced sometime between 1975 and 1982. Curtis Bay - Baltimore, MD; May 31, 1982. C. Trainor photo

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Photo shows #3577 with a louvered battery-box door - Hagerstown, MD; March 25, 1975. C. Tra inor photo

Port Covington - Baltimore, MD; November 2, 1980. C. Tr ainor photo

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 57 Western Maryland GP35

Detail Parts for HO Scale: 35 - AL 29210 Sunshade (etched brass) 2.50/6 CC 1551 Sunshade (plastic) 2.95/8 1- DW 154 Air filter 1.00lset DA 1301 Sunshade (plastic) 1.50/6 2- DA 1602 Air hom (Delrin) 1.75/2 DW 188 Sunshade (plastic) 1.00/4 DW l87 Air hom (brass) 2.95 ea. 36 - AT 42011 Trucks. Blomberg B, powered 11.00/pair UP 60 Air hom (brass) 2.00 ea. Note: Trucks needed only for the RP P shell. 3 - DA 2903 Beacon, Xenon (plastic) 1.50/2 37 - ec 1951 Turbo hatch w/stack" 3.95/2 OM 9100 Beacon (brass - need 2) 3.00 ea. 38 - CF 112 Underframe/step light (brass) 2.95/2 4- DA 1202 Bell, underframe (plastic) 1.50/2 DW l72 Underframe/step light 1.25/8 DW 127 Bell. underframe (metal) 1.25/2 39 - DA 2312 Wind deflector, straight (clear plastic) 1.25/4 5 - RPP 512 Body shell, GP35 wldynamic brakes 14.00 ea. OM 9327 Wind deflector, straight (brass) 2.50/4 6- DA 2809 Brake cylinder air line, Blomberg 4-wheeJ 1.50/4 UP 77 Wind deflectorlmirror (brass) 2.00/2 7 - DW 132 Brake ratchet* 1.00 ea. 40 - AMB 245 Window glass, RP P GP35 3.95/set PSC 39082 Brake ratchet' 1.50/2 CC 1505 Window glass, Cannon EMD cabs 2.95/set 8 - CC 1502 Cab, 35 line* 5.95 ea. RUN 1863 Window glass, RP P GP35 2.00/set 9 - CC 1201 Cab sub-base' 6.95/pair 41 - AL 29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 3.15/8 10 - CC 1204 Cab sub-base doors, Chessie "mail slot" type 2.95/8 es 419 Windshield wipers (brass) 3.50/4 Note: Only on #3577 (see photos). ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.98/set 11 - ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet PSC 3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) l.50/4 DA 2210 Chain, blackened 2.25/12 " VP 94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) 2.00/4 PSC 48237 Chain 2.75/10" UP 97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.5014 12 - MV 300 Classification lenses 2.00/4 13 - DA 2211 Coupler lift bar w/brackets 2.50/2 Detail Parts for N Scale: OM 9151 Coupler lift bar 2.25/2 1- ME NF5 Air filter 2.50/set 14 - OM 9171 Door handle (brass) 1.70/2 2 - .TNJ 115 Air hom, 5-chime 3.50/2 PSC 3998 Door handle (plastic) 1.5016 SE IS704 Air hom, 5-chime 1.65 ea. 15 - DA 1401 Drop step 1.50/2 3 - SE 15302 Beacon (need 2) 2.00 ea. 16 - OM 9216 Fan, 48" flat w/blades (brass)' 4.10 ea. 4 - IN.J 117 Bell 3.00/4 PSC 3932 Fan, 48 ", see-thru* (plastic) 2.75/4 SE 15352 Bell 1.85/3 TSP 140 Fan, 48" w/blades· (plastic) 7.95/3 11 - ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 Ipi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet 17 - DA 3101 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (plastic) l.00/6 DA 2210 Chain, 40 Ipi 2.25/12" OM 9251 Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (brass) 1.75 ea. IS - DA 8206 Drop step 1.0012 18 - AL 29100 Grabirons (formed wire) 3.50/50 JNJ 188 Drop step 3.00/2 DA 2202 Grabirons (formed wire) 2.50/24 16 - JNJ lOS Fan, 48'" 3.00/2 UP 54 Grabirons (cast brass) 5.95/12 18 - .JNJ 153 Grabirons 3.75/12 19 - RDP 118 Handrails, RP P GP 35 9.95/set 20 - JNJ 20S Headlight, front* 3.00/4 SV 214 Handrails. RPP GP35 15.95/set 23 - JNJ 142 Hose, air line (brass) 3.50/1 0 20 - CF 253 Headlight, front wlvisors (brass)' 3.95 ea. pse 6704 Hose, air line (brass) 1.50/6 DA 1024 Headlight, front w/visors (plastic)· 1.0012 PSC 6705 Hose, air line (plastic) 2.50/24 21 - DA 1003 Headlight, rear* 1.00/2 26 - ASM 0101 Lift lugs/eyebolts/u-bolts (etched brass) 8.29/sheet 22 - MV 22 Headlight lenses* 1.15/4 JNJ 16 Lift rings (etched brass) 3.00116 23 - CS 227 Hose, air line (brass) 2.35/4 28 - JNJ 237 MU stand 3.00/4 DA 6206 Hose, air line (Delrin) 1.25/6 29 - ,INJ 14 MU hoses 3.00/12 24 - ec 1302 Inertial filter" 2.95/4 SE 15550 MU hoses 3.95/4 25 - CC 1351 Inertial filter hatoh" 2.95/2 31 - DA 821 1 Plow 1.25 ea. 26 - ASM 0101 Lift rings (etched brass) 8.29/sheet SE 15203 Plow 1.85 ea. DA 2206 Lift rings (formed metal) 3.00/24 SR 601 Plow 5.0012 27 - CC 1151 Long hood end, GP35 (optional - not shown) 3.5012 33 - SE 15499 Speed recorder 1.65/2 Note: Hood end used to correct the RPP GP35 shell. 35 - DA 8201 Sunshade (plastic) 1.25/4 28 - DA 1503 MU stand 1.25/2 JNJ 208 Sunshade 3.00/4 29 - CF 257 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.95/4 ME NS6 Sunshade (brass) 2.0012 DA 1508 MV hoses, individual (delrin) 2.00/16 40 - JNJ 31 Windshield wipers 3.00/4 DW 266 MU hoses, 3/bracket (metal) 3.50/4 ME NWI Windshield wipers 3.33/4 OM 9350 MU hoses, 3/bracket (brass) 7.45/4 30 - DW 195 Pilot buffer (optional for Athearn) 1.50/2 The fo llowing parts must be fa bricated by the modeler: 31 - DW 120 Plow 1.75 ea. A - Underframe piping - make from various sizes of wire. 32 - CC 1402 Radi ator screens' 2.50/4 33 - CF 196 S peed recorder (brass) 4.95/4 " Similllr parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the HO or N scale mod- DA 2807 Speed recorder (Delrin) 1.75/4 els; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the discretion of the modeler. The 34 - AL 29235 Steps, (etched see-thru)* 3.25/set HO soale RP P GP35 shell will require most of the listed detail parts.

Accu+paint: Floquil: MODELOex: Polly Scale: Scalecoat: Scalecoat II I Stencil White 110010 Engine B lack 16-01 Engine Black 414113 Reefer White 10 Black 2010 Black 2 Stencil Black I 100 I I Reefer White 16-02 Reefer White 414122 ReeferYellow II White 2011 White 14 Socony Red 110020 Caboose Red 16-08 Caboose Red 414128 Caboose Red 14 Caboose Red 2014 Caboose Red 20 Medium Ye llow 1I003 l Reefer Yell ow 16-10 Reefer Ye llow 414290 Engine Black 15 Reefer Yellow 2015 Reefer Yellow

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ASM: Athabasca Scale Models CF: Custom Finishing ME: Miniatures by Eric RDP: Rail Detail Products UP: Utah Pacific 77 I Wilkinson Way 379 Tully Road RR #I P. O. Box 427 9520 E. NapierAvenue Saskatoon, SK S7N 3L8 Orange, MA 01364 Busby, Alberta TOG OHO Hondo, TX 78861 Benton Harbor, M I 49022 Canada Canada DA: Detail Associates RPP: Rail Power Products Note: These detail parts may be AT: Athearn, Inc. Box 5357 MY: MV Products 7283 N. Stagecoach Drive available at your 10c,,1 hobby 190 I 0 Laurel Park Road San Lu is Obispo. CA 93403 P.O. Box 6622 Park City, UT 84060 dealer(s) so try there first. If you Compton, CA 90222 Orange, CA 92667 must order directly from a manufac­ DW: Details West SR: Scale Replicas turer, include at least $4.00 for CS: Cal-Scale 13781 Roswell Ave. OM: Overland Models Inc. Box 3052 postage and handling. You must 2 I Howard Street Unit B 3808 W. Kilgore Avenue Monterey, CA 93940 purchase the fu ll quantities as Montoursville. PA 17754 Chino, CA 91710 Muncie, IN 47304-4896 shown in the detail parts list. �

58 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 \BPOK BEAT v by Rich Coleman

SAWMILL MODELING MOIIOAN GRLFFITHS

S.\w)'lIlLlNG FROU ISse TO 1060 IN TItE TRUCKSI'. RI\- EK ilNlllol OF i\OIlTU[ftN CAUFORNIA

Northern New England Sawmill Modeling Kansas City Southern Color Guide to Freight and in the Deramus Era Passenger Equipment Morgan Grifti ths Paradise Publishers Louis A. Marre and David R. Sweetland with Stephen Horsley 433 Town Center, Suite 688 Gregory J. Sommers Morning Sun Books, Inc. Corte Madera, CA 94925 Withers Publishing Co. II Sussex Court $2 1 .95, softcover 528 Dunkel School Road Edison, NJ 08820 Halifax, PA 17032 $49.95, hardcover awmills have always made interesting $39.95, 232 pages, hardcover subjects for modeling. They are small, his book covers the equipment of six Soften railroad-served, industries that could he Kansas City Southern runs from the northern New England railroads: be found almost anywhere that timber was railroad hub of Kansas City south to the BostonT & Maine, Maine Central, Central harvested. Because many of these sawmills maTjor ports of New Orleans and Port Arthur. Vermont, Bangor & Aroostook, Rutland, and were built in the field by the logging crews This book examines the 50 years on the rail­ Canadian Pacific's International of Maine di­ themselves, using whatever materials and road between 1939 and 1989 - the title vision. It focuses on the period from 1940 to equipment were at hand (but not necessarily comes from the three members of the Der­ 1970 and is divided into three main sections: a set of plans), they tended to be unique and amus family who were presidents of the Freight Cars, Passenger Cars (including have a lot of "character," which can make a KCS for most of that period. head-end equipment), and Miscellaneous sawmill a real eye catcher, and a fun mod­ In spite of the book's title, which might Equipment (MoW and Cabooses). eling project. suggest that it focuses on the fortunes of The variety of equipment presented in There were, however, some things that the company under this family manage­ this book will be of interest not only to fans sawmills had in common, such as the basic ment, the emphasis is on the operations of of New England railroading, but also to types of equipment needed to turn logs into the railroad itself, and its motive power in those interested in freight cars in general. lumber, the way that the wood moved particular. There is a brief history of the Because each of these railroads transported through the process, etc. The modeler needs KCS, and some of its subsidiary lines, as comparatively few commodities, they did to have a good understanding of these things well as a chapter devoted to the railroad's not need as wide a variety of car types as in order to create a believable model, even if steam power. some of the bigger roads. However, it also they are not trying to recreate a specific pro­ Much of the rest of the book is devoted meant that many of the cars were more spe­ totype example. to the railroad's diesel locomotive fleet. The cialized - often having been modified for a This book provides that understanding. It KCS employed a wide variety of locomo­ particular use by the road's own shops. The is an excellent introduction to the world of tives over the years. The pictures are sharp book also includes the trailers that the rail­ sawmills and lumber production between and clear, but almost all are in black and roads owned for use in piggyback service, 1860 and 1950. It is written in a clear, con­ white. This is not a problem for the rail­ starting in the late 1950s. cise style, and assumes no prior knowledge road's later gray and white paint schemes, In addition to assembling an excellent on the part of the reader. It starts with a brief although some of the impact of the red, yel­ collection of pictures, the authors have also history of sawmills, then explains the steps low, and black paint scheme of the '40s and done a considerable amount of research into in cutting a log up into boards, the equip­ '50s is lost. when certain types of cars were purchased, ment that was used, and the layout and func­ The KCS was one of the railroads that modified, and disposed of by the railroads. tion of the sawmill building. The prototypes took great pride in its passenger service, and They've provided both an interesting collec­ that the book presents are from the Truckee worked to maintain it into the late 1960s. tion of photos and modeling ideas for the River basin in Nevada on the eastern shore There is a chapter devoted to the KCS casual fa n, and a wealth of information for of Lake Tahoe, but the information in the streamline service, and its flagship train, the those who want to learn more detail about book applies to sawmills everywhere. Southern Belle. the equipment of these railroads. The book is extensively illustrated with In addition to the excellent pictures and Even if you are not modeling one of the period photographs, detailed plans (drawn text, there are also complete steam and subject railroads , it is full of ideas for inter­ by the author), and engravings from sawmill diesel locomotive and passenger equipment esting and distinctive "visitors" to your lay­ equipment manufacturers' catalogs. It also rosters, maps, and grade profiles for the out, particularly if you are modeling includes a glossary of terms, and a set of ref­ entire system, as well as depot and other anywhere in the northeastern United States. erences for further reading. facilities pictures. �

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 59 by Margaret Mansfield

Photos by Jim Mansfield

1 - Seen here is the west side of Chupadera Mountain completed and in place. The two panels we just installed form a transition between the west face of the peak and the escarpment that climbs from the desert floor a number of miles to the west. Due to the number and length of the seams between the access panels and the layout. the scenery was designed to represent an area of the planet that has a long history of volatile seismic activity. The UP train on the mountain originally started on the lower track in this photo and has climbed nearly four scale miles as it starts across New Bridge directly to the south of the Chupadera Access.

here is nothing quite like the feeling of satisfaction that results from finishing a lengthyT project - whether it be enclosing a backyard patio or reading all the way through an engrossing book, from the very first sentence to the very last word on the fi nal page. Closing the back cover and putting the book on a shelf doesn'l detract from this sense of accomplishment; in fact, the very act of closure implies an agreeable feeling of fi nality: "It's done!" "Closure" in this sense means just that: the act of concluding or ending an ongoing activity. Nowadays the term is often used in an emotional or sociopolitical context to sig­ nify a final and satisfying solution to a com­ plex problem. When the case is "closed," it is assumed that all the parties involved have had their say and have come to a mutually agreeable understanding. Building a miniature railroad involves a multitude of separate, yet interconnected, long-term projects. Can we ever honestly reach that point of closure, that instant 2 - With the addition of a bit of vegetation after the lower panel was set in when we can say, "It's fi nished?" I would place, this edge (the north edge) of the access panel blends into the complete venture to say, "No!" A miniature railroad scene, establishing a realistic background for running and watching trains. This is never finished. Yet, there are certainly portion of the access opening is in close proximity to an operating area of the times within the overall building process layout. While it is not recommended as a general practice, once in a while we can when it sure seems like things are getting hide an access seam by enhancing it into a highly detailed mini-scene to make done - for example, when an indi v i dual the layout more enjoyable. Shown here is our UP train nosing into the frame.

60 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 With these points in mind, each edge of the access opening - a total of 161/, ' in all - was detailed, with special attention being paid to each of the four corners of the open­ ing. Even the corners present different chal­ lenges: one corner represents the continuation of a fault line, whereas another is the end of the same fault. The other two have peculiarities that require different scenery techniques. See Photos I and 2 for the diffe rent examples.

Finishing the Panel Scenery In order to complete the scenery on the upper panel, we set it in place in the opening and applied foliage materials where required completely around the perimeter of the panel in about a 6" wide swath. Once we were happy with the scenery match between the layout and the panel, the remainder of the scenery was completed with the panel in place in the opening. We then fi nished the scenery on the lower panel while it was out of the layout by

3 - As a review, here is a scene of the mountainside as viewed looking directly matching the scenery along the edges of the east up the escarpment, with the panels in the first stage of development. Com­ panel with the perceived scenery along the paring this view with Photo 1, you can see how the original panel contour set the layout opening edges. For the most part, this stage for the completion of Chupadera Mountain. Completing the transition from was an easy task, since most of the lower this photo to Photo 1 is one of the pleasures derived from building a layout! panel edges rest against rocky hillsides on the layout. We did, however, pay close atten­ project has reached the closure point. If the of the opening could take place. First, how­ tion to the scenery on the corner of the panel proj ect is large enough to have a signifi­ ever, we needed to fi nish the scenery, both that is closest to the viewing/operation area, cant impact on the railroad, it is called a on the layout and on the panels themselves. as shown in Photo 2. "milestone." One such milestone is the completion of the Chupadera Peak area on Finishing the Layout Scenery Scenery Closure the Jersey Western Railroad. During the In order to establish a scenic link The fi nal scenery process began with past few months we have constructed and between the backdrop and the open area in both access panels installed. Although the installed the two removable panels for the the side of the mountain, we completed all panels are designed to appear as an integral Eagles' Nest access opening, and this scenery on the layout before starting scenery part of the remainder of the layout, por­ month, we wish to announce that we have on the two panels. This was done for two tions of the seams between the panels and "finished" a large section of the layout! reasons. First, the scenery itself is com­ the layout are visible, representing natu­ pletely different on each side of the opening. rally occurring fault lines. Once the panels "Finished," You Say... On the east side rises Chupadera Peak, with were in place, however, we noted a couple We ll, there remain a couple of small its rugged rock faces extending to the very of locations where a bush or two could be tasks that are required in order to complete edge of the opening; on the south side, green added along the seams for additional con­ the total scene on this half of the layout. rolling hills flatten out to the irrigated ranch cealment. We need to match the scenery along the land seen in the backdrop; and on the north Finally, in order to ensure the scenery seams of the access panel in the middle of and west sides the land fa lls to a section of application was complete and fu lfilled the Chupadera Loop (see September and Octo­ railroad track. These different types of ter­ idea we had conceived a number of years ber 1997 Behind the Scenes). Tn addition, rain are highlighted using different types of ago, we studied the entire area, both from we need to do a 4" square patch of scenery fo liage. As a result, the scenery for each of long-distance viewing locations and from at the edge of the layout next to the loop the panels depends heavily on these strong up close and personal locations. Trains - itself. This second task will be completed scenic elements. all kinds of trains - were operated after all the trackage has been built and the Second. with the scenic anchors on the through the scene in order to evaluate how visible portion ball asted; it will be our layout complete and fully detailed, including they are enhanced by the landscape. After "golden spike." No doubt, it will be a cou­ all foliage, it became a simple task to use all, the years of scenery work we have ple of years before we do finish these two fo liage to blend or separate the anchors devoted to the layout are simply for the round-to-its, but, relatively speaking, fi nal­ scenically. [n other words, two scenery ele­ enhancement of the trains. Trains must izing the Eagles' Nest access represents ments can be made to look close together or look right as they traverse this miniature closure on the most predominant portion fa rther apart simply by applying different version of New Mexico. One of the tricks of the Jersey Western layout. fo liage treatments. The tall spikes of century we have learned in miniaturizing high­ What about closure in the literal sense? plants, for instance, characterize both a por­ desert scenery is to design large locations After all, the term may also be used to tion of the lower panel scenery close to the that allow the trains to be viewed without denote the closing or shutting up of an area, operating area and an area near the rocks; any obstruction between the viewer and such as a door or window opening, or even a these spi kes are not present, however, as the the trains. Just the opposite holds true for patio - or, in this case, the actual enclosure terrain gives way to rolling hills. Varying the a forested mountain scene, where part of of the Eagles' Nest access opening. With the amount, size, shape, type and color of the viewing pleasure is derived from two Chupadera access panels fu lly plastered ground cover in such a manner is an excel­ watching the trains as they pass by trees and detailed and with the assurance that they lent way to blend or to separate major and through cuts that partially block the both fit as required, the actual "closing up" scenery elements on your layout. view of the trains. �

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 61 Track and Wheel Maintenance - Part 3: The Locomotive Wheel Process

by Jim Mansfield II. Once finished with cleaning the locomo­ tive(s), turn off the power supply and Photo by the author remove the power feeders from the power supply. ith the turnouts and rolling-stock Once the wheels are clean, replace the wheels up to speed, it is time to turn unit on the layout. As with the cars, I always ourW attention to the wheels that make ou� lay­ replace the clean units in one area of the lay­ outs come alive. Locomotive wheels must be out (e.g., passing sidings) so that I can tell cleaned for two reasons: first, to eliminate de­ which locomotive wheels have been cleaned. railments and second, to ensure good electrical Upon completion of the cleaning, I check contact between the rails and the wheels. the wheel gauge with the NMRA gauge and The equipment needed to clean loco­ use a soft brush to carefully remove any dust motive wheels is a cleaning fixture. a The Plan on the model before placing it on the layout. liquid cleaner (Goo Gone™ is a good For the same reason that we have a Cleaning steam locomotive wheels is just choice). a power supply and paper wheel-cleaning schedule for rolling stock, a bit different. Today there are two methods towels for cleaning the fixture and we also have a scheduled wheel-cleaning of power pick-up for steam locomotives. The removing excess liquid cleaner. To use plan for cleaning locomotive wheels. The older method has the drivers picking up the fixture. power is applied at maxi­ same criteria for scheduling rolling stock power from one rail while the tender picks mum. The truck to be cleaned is set on wheel cleaning are used for locomotive up power from the second rail. I use a jumper the 600-grade emery paper strips wheels. See last month's On Track. cable for the power strip that gives power to (attached to the top of 4" long•. 060 the drivers. The free end of the jumper is thick plastic strips: these strips are The Process then attached to the frame of the locomotive. attached to the board with Walthers The cleaning of locomotive wheels is a bit The newer method of steam locomotive Goo"). The second truck is then placed more complicated than rolling stock because power pick-up has the locomotive drivers and on the pair of .032 thick (1" by 6") you cannot simply roll the locomotives back tender wheels taking power from both rails. brass power strips. These two strips of .. and forth as you can with cars. The items In either method of steam locomotive metal are separated by '/. . The soft that you will need are shown in the photo. wheel cleaning, all non-powered wheels foam strip on either side of the power The process we use for cleaning diesel loco­ (pilot, trailing and tender) will need to be strips holds the powered truck motive wheels is (JWRR Procedure 6.3, cleaned using the fi xture used for cleaning straight and is very friendly to Paragraph 4): rolling stock wheels. The cleaning of steam detailed sideframes. The small paint­ 1. Attach the power pick-up strip feeders to locomotive wheels is defined in JWRR Pro­ brush is used to remove dust from the variable DC terminals of the power cedure 6.3, Paragraph 5. locomotives after their wheels are supply. clean. 2. Turn on the power supply and apply full The Conclusions power to the power pick-up strips. My experience has shown that dirty loco­ These wheels are very porous and will collect 3. Wet both of the emery cleaning strips motive wheels fa ll into four categories, dirt quite quickly. It is often recommended to with Goo Gone. based on the material of the wheels. replace these wheels with one of the better 4. Place one locomotive truck on the emery Brass wheels get the dirtiest of all wheels available. With some use, however, the cleaning strips and the other truck on the wheels. While most model locomotives do Athearn wheel tread will become quite power strips. not have solid brass wheels, some do have smooth and hard (a form of case hardening) 5. Slide the locomotive an inch or so in brass wheels that are plated. The plated and will in fact stop collecting as much diJt as both directions while the locomotive wheels do stay much cleaner, but after a few when it is new. Most of the Athearn locomo­ runs for a minute or so. years of heavy operations, the plating does tive wheels on our layout have a few hundred 6. Remove the locomotive from the clean­ wear off and the brass starts to collect dirt, hours of operating time and stay fa irly clean. ing fixture. corrosion and pits due to electrical arcing. While you are hardening the wheels on your 7. Wipe the dirt and cleaning fluid from the This arcing is a major cause of poor opera­ layollt, the wheels themselves can be a great cleaning strips. tion, no matter the material of the wheels. way to collect dirt from the track. Run a clean 8. Inspect the wheels just cleaned and, if By far, the best wheels are made from a newer Athearn locomotive around all your still dirty, repeat Steps 3 through 7. solid nickel-silver material. They stay trackage a couple of times and clean the 9. When the wheels on the locomotive smooth (this helps eliminate dirt starting to wheels. When the wheels stay clean after a truck are clean, place a piece of collect) and do not pit as bad as the other run, the dirt has been removed from the track absorbent paper towel over the emery types of wheels. rails. This track cleaning trick is especially cleaning strips and run the locomotive a The most popular model locomotive useful during the windy season (a month or few seconds to remove the remaining wheels on most layouts are included with so) here in the desert! Goo Gone. Athearn locomotives. These wheels are made This trick is also good to do before doing 10. Once the wheels on the first truck are using the sintering process - a process any major scheduled track cleaning, as we clean, repeat Steps 3 through 9 for the whereby the wheels are made by pressing a will discuss next month when I end this remaining locomotive truck. metal powder into the shape of the wheel. series on track and wheel maintenance. 1.

62 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING'S DEALER DIRECTORY SACRAMENTO SARASOTA MERRillVillE COSTA MESA WESTMINSTER OECATUR BRUCE'S TRAIN SHOP GUlf COAST MODEL RAilROAD HOBBYTOWN - MERRillVillE TRAIN CROSSING MIZEll TRAINS INC. HAMMERS HOBBY 2752 MARCONI AVENUE 3222 CLARK ROAD 1858 E 80TH AVE 1089C BAKER ST. 3051 WEST 74TH AVE. 1959 E. PERSHING RD. 95821 916-485-5288 34231 941 -923-9303 46410-5734 219-736-0255 ALABAMA 92626 714-549-1596 80030 303-429-4811 62526 217-875-2627 SACRAMENTO'S URGESr mAIN STORE TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS

BIRMINGHAM (HOMEWOOD) CULVER CITY SAN DIEGO (lA MESA) TAllAHASSEE OES PLAINES MICHIGAN CITY REEDS HOBBY HOMEWOOD TOY AND HOBBY ALLIED MODEL TRAINS THE HOBBY CABOOSE DES PLAINES HOBBIES B & A HOBBIES & CRAfTS 8039 MESA BLVD. 2830 S. 18TH ST. 4411 SEPULVEDA BLVD. LA 1000-24 THARPE ST. 1468 lEE ST. 408 fRANKLIN 91941 619-464-1672 W 53209 205-879-3986 90230 310-313-9353 CONNECTICUT 32303 850-385-9728 60018 847-297-2118 46360 219-874-2382 DAilY 10-1 SAr 10-5SU11 12-4 DECATUR TAMPA El CERRITO SAN OIEGO BRANfORO OOWNERS GROVE NASHVlllEjBROWN COUNTY CRUMP CAMERAlHOBBY SHOP BRANfORD HOBBIES CHESTER HOllEY MODEL KIT & CABOODLE THE WHISTLE STOP DOWNERS GROVE HOBBIES NASHVillE RAilROAD COMPANY 806 BANK NE 609 BOSTON POST RD. RAilROAD SPECIALIST 550 El CERRITO PLAZA 3834 4TH AV E. 6234 S. MAIN ST. PO BOX 1273 35601 205-353-3443 WEST MAIN 3818 S. HIMES AVE. 94530 510-524-9942 92103 61 9-295-7340 60516 708-960-5900 47448-1273 812-988-1558 800-353-3446 06405 203-488-9865 33611 813-831-7202

ESCONOIOO HARTSELLE SAN fRANCISCO CANAAN ELGIN NEW CARLISLE BRANCHLINE HOBBIES CRUMP CAMERAlHOBBY SHOP fRANCISCAN HOBBIES BERSHIRE HillS HOBBY SUPPLY B & G TRAIN WORLD CREST ENTERPRISES HOBBIES 250 f CREST ST. 138 WEST MAIN ST. 1920-A OCEAN AVE. 93 MAIN ST. 829 WALNUT AVE. 6672 E. POppy IN. 92025 619-489-5020 35640 205-773-8018 94127 415-584-3919 06018 860-824-0527 GEORGIA 60120 847-888-2646 46552 219-654-8409 DAILY 10-6. TH. 12-9, CLOSED SUN MOBilE MANCHESTER ATLANTA (KENNESAW) fRESNO SAN lUIS OBISPO fRANKLIN PARK ACMR TRAIN STORE NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY TRAINS & HOBBIES INC. fRESNO MODEL RAllROAO lAWS HOBBY CENTER END Of TRACK HOBBIES 810 HOLCOMB AVE - THE TRAIN EXCHANGE 2844 S. MAIN ST. 744 P. STREET 855 MARSH 9706 fRANKLIN AVE. 36606 334-476-B866 71 HilLIARD ST. 06040 30144 770-528-0990 93721 559-266-2805 93401 B05-544-551 B 60131 70B-455-2510 IOWA A FULL SERVICE TRAIN STORE 860-646-0610 WMl'IIEHOBBYCOM 770-528-0910 CHAMBLEE MONTGOMERY fULTON SANTA ROSA) SAN MATEO OlO lYME lA GRANGE CEOAR FAllS GANDY DANCERS UNCLE AL'S HOBBIES fULTON �TATION TALBOT'S HOBBIES HOBBY CENTER GRANGE HOBBY CENTER INC. CABOOSE STOP HOBBIES PEACHTREE SHOPPING CTR. LA 6017 E. SHIRLEY LANE 3204 fULTON RD. 445 SOUTH B ST. 151-3A BOSTON POST ROAD 25 S. LAGRANGE RD. 301 MAIN ST. 5438 PEACHTREE IND. BLVD. 361 17 334-277-1715 95439 707-523-3522 94401 415-342-0267 06731 860-434-5309 60525 708-354-1220 50613 800-642-7012 30341 404-451-7425

lOS ANGELES (CULVER CITY) CEDAR RAPIDS SANTA CLARA SHElTON KENNESAW MUNOElEIN ALLIED MODEL TRAINS SHELTON RAILROAD SYSTEMS HOBBY TOWN USA BOX KAR HOBBIES TRAIN SHOP RON'S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES 4411 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD. 15 ELM ST. 800 E. BARRETT PKWAY, 3661-B 1 ST. AVE. S.E. 1 B29 PRUNERIDGE AVE. 431 N. LAKE ST. ALASKA 90230 fAX 310-313-9365 PO BOX 2272 SUITE 20 52402 319-362-1291 95050 408-296-1050 60060 708-949-8680 310-31 3-9353 06484 203-924-8761 30144 770-426-8800 TOWN & COUNTRY SHOPPING CENTER

SOLDOTNA LAKEWOOD TORRANCE VERNON MACON PALATINE DES MOINES CRAfTSMAN HOBBIES HOBBY WAREHOUSE ALL ABOARD MDDEL RR J&E TRAIN DEPOT HOBBYTOWN USA PALATINE HOBBY, LTO. HOBBY HAVEN 35060 KENAI SPUR HWY. 4105 E. SOUTH ST. 3867 PACifiC COAST HWY. 911 HARTfORD TPK., (RT. 30) 225-B TOM HILL SR. BLVD. 772 W EUCLID AVE. 7672 HICKMAN RD. 99669 907-262-2839 90712 213-531-1413 90505 213-791 -2637 06006 860-870-7311 31210 912-474-0061 60067 B47-359-78B8 50322 515-276-8785

lOOI VENTURA WOLCDTI MARIETTA PALOS HEIGHTS MASON CITY RODGER'S RAILROAD JUNCTION VENTURA HOBBIES THE HOBBY GALLERY NATIONAL HOBBY SUPPLY THE RIGHT TRACK EAST SIDE TRAINS ARIZONA 12 W. OAK ST. 2950 JOHNSON OR. #128 1810 MERIDEN RD. 353 PAT MEll RD. 6421 W 127TH STREEET 932 B E. STATE ST. 95240 209-334-5623 93003 805-658-B138 06716 203-879-2316 30060 404-333-0190 60463 708-388-3008 50401 515-423-1748

RIVEROALE MESA MILPITAS WESTMINSTER PEORIA RIVERDALE STATION ROY'S TRAIN WORLO HOBBYTOWN USA ARNIES TRAINS MIKE'S MAINLINE HOBBIES 6632 HWY. 85 1033 S. COUNTRY CLUB OR. 1465 LANDESS AVE. 6450 WESTMINSTER AVE. 1227 D. WESTGLEN AVE. RIVERDALE PLAZA KANSAS 85202 602-833-4353 95035 40B-945-6524 926B3 714-893-1015 DELAWARE 61614 309-692-1909 30274 770-991-6085

WILMINGTON SAVANNAH LENEXA MORENO VAllEY PEORIA MITCHELL'S, INC. BULL STREET STATION DESTINATION TRAIN CENTER LONG'S DRUG STORE #224 MIKE'S SCALE RAILS 2303 CONCORD PIKE 151 BULL ST. 13444 SANTA fE TRAIL OR. 25070 ALESSANDRO BLVD. 5901 N. PROSPECT RD. fAIRfAX SHOPPING CENTER 31402 912-236-4344 6621 5-3655 913-541-8800 ARKANSAS 92388-4313 909-242-5060 COLORADO 61614 309-689-0656 19803 302-652-3258 1-800-61 1-8521 913-541-8860

COLORAOO SPRINGS SKOKIE MISSION NORTH LlTILE ROCK MOUNTAIN VIEW CUSTOM RAILWAY SUPPLY NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND J'S HOBBY HAVEN MAOIJO HOBBY HOUSE SAN ANTONIO HOBBY SHOP 432 fiLLMORE COLLECTORS GALLERY 5303 JOHNSON OR. 5302 MACARTHUR OR. 2550 W. EL CAMINO REAL W W 80907 719-634-4616 FLORIDA ILLINOIS 4901 OAKTON ST. 66205 913-432-8820 721 18 501-753-0495 94040 605-941-1278 847-673-4849 1 BLOCK EA ST OF 1-25 60077 II'II'WJHDBBYHAVEN.CDM CLEARWATER SPRINGflELO NAPA COLORAOO SPRINGS BLOOMINGTON TOPEKA "I NEVER MET A HOBBY SHOP TRAINS AND TREASURES, INC. SPRINGfiELD HAMMERS LOOSE CABOOSE KRIS KRINGLE LTD. HOBBYLAND INC. fUN FOR ALL HOBBIES I NOT LIKE." 1710 N. HERCULES AVE. HOBBIES 010 4225 SOLAND AVE 2403 W. COLORADO AVE. 616 N. MAIN ST. 2023 SW GAGE BLVD. WILL ROGERS SU ITE 1 04A1105A 2448 S. 10TH ST. 9455B 707-258-1222 80904 719-633-1210 61701 309-828-1442 66604 913-272-5772 33765 813-298-0350 62703 217-523-0265

COLORAOO SPRINGS NORTH HOLLYWOOO LANTANA BLOOMINGTON WICHITA TRAIN SHOWCASE THE ROUNDHOUSE THE DEPOT HAMMERS HOBBY ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES 38 S. SIERRA MADRE 12804 VICTORY BLVD. 603 RIDGE RD. 1206 WOWANDA PLAZA SUITE 2 INDIANA 2718 BOULEVARD PLAZA CALIFORNIA 91606 81 8-769-0403 liN OLD RIO CRANDE SrAI/DN) 33462 561-585-1982 61701 309-829-9797 67211 316-685-6608 80903 719-471-1887

BERKELEY ORANGE OENVER MIAMI BOURBONNAIS BREMEN BERKELEY HARDWARE CABOOSE HOBBIES FRANK'S HOBBY SHOP ORANGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES WIMPY'S HOBBY WORLD BREMEN HOBBIES 2145 UNIVERSITY AVE. 500 S. BROADWAY 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. 1975 NW 36TH ST. 263 N. CONVENT, SUITE 8 308 N. BOWEN AVE. 94704 510-845-0410 80209 303-777-6766 KENTUCKY 92667 714-639-9901 33142 305-633-1517 60914 815-932-6100 46506 219-546-3807 fAX 510-845-3617 WWWCABODSEHOBBIES.CDM

BURBANK PASAOENA ENGLEWOOO MILTON BURBANK EVANSVILLE LOUISVILLE NISSEN TRAINS & HOBBIES BURBANK'S HOUSE OF HOBBIES THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP WEST flORIDA RR MUSEUM GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP A A HOBBY SHOP SCALE REPRODUCTIONS, INC. 1835 BAKER AVE. 911 S. VICTORY BLVD. 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. W 206 HENRY S1 6357 79TH ST. 2023 W. FRANKLIN ST. 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE 80110 303-922-5765 W 91502 81 8-848-3674 91107 818-796-7791 32570 904-623-3645 60459 708-598-3114 47712 812-423-8888 40220 502-459-5849 NlssrRAINSflWDRLDNHATrNET

BURBANK PETALUMA fORT COLLINS ORLANOO CHICAGO INOIANAPOLIS THE TRAIN SHACK MODELS AND MORE HOBBY TOWN COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY INC. CHICAGDLAND HOBBY N GAUGE TRAIN SHOP 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY 218 PETALUMA BLVD. N. 2531 0 S. COLLEGE AVE. 634 N. MILLS ST. 6017 NORTHWEST HWY. 4759 N. POST RD. 91505 818-842-3330 94952 707-762-2378 80525 303-244-5445 32803-4675 407-841-1485 60631 773-775-4848 46226 317-898-4883 LOUISIANA

BURLINGAME REODING GRANO JUNCTION ORLANOO/WINTER PARK CHICAGO KOKOMO BROUSSARO TRACKS IDE TRAINS TOLIN K&K RON'S MODEL RAILROAD TRAIN DEPOT DEPOT TRAINS THE TRAIN DEPOT CHICAGO TRAIN COMPANY MODElRRs & EXClUSWELY 403-405 ARNOLD C1 SHOP BOOKS 2334 RAILROAD AVE. 201 SOUTH AVE. 900 S. ORLANDO AV E. (17-92) 1922 W. IRVING PARK ROAD 1675 ROLLINS ROAD B-1 46902 317-453-9793 106 E. MAIN STREET 96001 916-243-1360 81501 970-245-5504 32789 407-629-1365 60613 312-929-4152 94010 650-692-9724 DUALITYCUSTOMER SERVICE 70518 318-837-3799 lOGANSPORT CAMPBEll ROSEVILLE GREElEY PENSACOLA CHICAGO SHREVEPORT SUPERIOR TRAINS 0&J HOBBY RAILROAD HOBBIES DON'S HOBBIES BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE TROST HOBBY SHOP COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER 220 SIXTH AVE 96 N. SAN TOMAS AQUINO RD. 119 VERNON ST. 815 10TH STREET 5719 NORTH W ST. 3105-3111 W. 63RD ST. 4402 YOUREE OR. 46947 219-732-1312 95008 408-379-1696 95678 916-782-6067 80631 303-353-3115 32514 904-433-2187 60629 733-925-1000 71105 318-865-7632 MAIL ORDERS WELCOME

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FERNOALE SPENCER LEOMINSTER ST. CLAIR SHORES BILLINGS JACKSON AOVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS SUSIE-Q HOBBY SHOP lITIlE CHOO CHOO SHOP, INC. THE SHEPAUG RAILROAD CO. WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS JIM'S JUNCTION JACKSON HOBBY SHOP IN THE OEALER OIRECTORY RD BOX 220 500 S. SALISBURY AVE. 24 COLUMBIA ST. 21714 HARPER AVE. 811 B 16TH STW 2275 W. COUNTY LINE RD. FOR ONLY S9.00 PER MONTH BUSHVILLE·SWAN LAKE RD. 28159 800-334-CHOO 01453 508-537-2277 48080 313-771·6770 59102 406-259·5354 08527 908·364-3334 12734 91 4-292-0921 704-637-8717

MERCERVILLE MALO EN TAYLOR HICKSVILLE Z & Z HOBBIES CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO. RIOER'S HOBBY SHOP HICKSVILLE HOBBYS 116 FLOCK RD. NORTH 662 CROSS ST. 22661 NORTHLINE RD. 230 WEST OLD COUNTRY RD MAINE NEBRASKA 08619 800·586·2281 02148 617-321-0090 48180 313-287-7405 11801 516-822-8259 FAX 609·586-7765 DAKOTA

GRANO ISLANO PARK RIDGE FALMOUTH SUOBURY WESTLANO INTERLAKEN BISMARK HOBBYTOWN USA RAILROAD SWITCH FALMOUTH HOBBIES KEN'S TRAINS DAVE'S HOBBY & ROCK RIVER MODEL HOBBIES DAVE'S HOBBIES TV 3537 13TH ST. 126 PARK AVE. B47 MAIN ST MILL VILLAGE, RTE. 20 29026 WARREN RO. W. 7762 ROCK RIVER ROAD 200 W. MAIN IN STATE ONLY 1-800-286-3451 07656 201-391-5414 02540 508-540-4551 01776 978-443-6883 48185 313-422-4464 14847 607·532-9489 58502 701-255-6353 68803 308-382-3451 201-391-5644

LINCOLN NORTH YARMOUTH WARREN WESTLANO PENNSAUKEN ISLIP GRANO FORKS HOBBYTOWN TRAIN & TROOPER TUCKERS HOBBIES NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY TED'S ENGINE HOUSE GOLD SPIKE HOBBIES MCGIFFIN'S EAST PARK MALL 68 MEMORIAL HWY. (ROUTE 9 BOX 1090-8 BACON ST. 35101 FORO RD. 6307 WESTFIELD AVE. 189 ISLIE AVE., RT. 111 1200 S. WASHINGTON ) 220 NORTH 66TH ST. 04021 207-829-321 1 01083 413-436-5318 48185 313-722-5700 08110 609·662-0222 11751 516-277-3700 58201 701-772-5311 68505 402-464-2858

OMAHA PISCATAWAY JOHNSON CITY HOUSE OF TRAINS MODEL RAILROAD SHOP THE TRAIN SHOP MARYLAND MICHIGAN MINNESOTA 8106 MAPLE ST. VAIL AVE. & NEW MARKET RD. 210 GRANO AVE. OHIO 68134 402-391-2311 08854 732-968-5696 13790 607-797-9035

AOA (GRANO RAPIDS) ARNOLO LITTLE CANAOA RUTHER FORO KINGSTON ALLIANCE J&J BASIC HO LAYOUTS, LLC "I NEVER MET A HOBBY SHOP STAR HOBBY HUB HOBBY CENTER CHOO CHOO EDOIES J&J'S HOBBIES, INC. ROB'S TRAINS 6670 CONSERVATION, N.E. I NOT LIKE." 1244 RITCHIE HWY., STE. 15 82 MINNESOTA AVE. 010 38 AMES AVE. 37 N. FRONT 914-338-7174 333 E. MAIN 49301 616-676·5983 WILL ROGERS 21012 410·544-7547 55117 612-490-1675 07073 201-438-4588 12401 FAX 91 4-338-7381 44601 330-823-7222 VISA/MC MON·SAT 8 TO 8

8ALTIMORE ANN ARBOR RICHFIELO SEA GIRT UNCTION EXPRESS CINCINNATI M B KLEIN, INC. RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HUB HOBBY CENTER JERSEY SHORE HOBBY CENTER DEER RIVER CAMPSITE GOLF MANOR HOBBIES 162 N. GAY ST. �j 115 W. lIBERTY 6416 PENN AVE. S 2175 HWY. 35 HCR 01 BOX lOlA 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVE. NCLUDES MAIL ORDER NEVADA 48104 313-668·8950 55423 612-866-9575 08750 732-449-2383 12953 514·631-3504 45237 513-351-3849 �1202 410-53 -6207 J 514-631-1376 BERLIN ANN ARBOR SPRING LAKE SPRING LAKE PARK LAS VEGAS MINEOLA CLEVELAND DENNISON'S TRACKS IDE HOBBY TOWN,USA JERSEY SHORE HOBBY CENTER UNIVERSITY HOBBIES HOBBYTOWN USA WILLIS HOBBIES WING'S HOBBY SHOP, INC. HOBBIES 2252 S. MAIN STREET 304 MORRIS AVE 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE 5085 W. SAHARA #134 300 WILLIS AVE. 17112 DETROIT AVE. 14 S. MAIN ST. 48103 734-996-2444 07762-1339 732-449-2383 55432 612-780-4189 89102 702-889-9554 11501 516-746·3944 44107 216-221-5383 21811 410·641-2438 WOODlAND PIAlA SHOPPING CENTER WWW.wEBAllIANCE.NETIWAlJSHC

PAINTEO POST COLLEGE PARK CANTON ST. PAUL NORTH LAS VEGAS SOMERVILLE COLUMBUS LACKAWANNA TRAIN SHOP BURRED HOBBIES RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP SCALE MODEL SUPPLIES IMAGINATION UNLIMITED THE BIG lITIlE RAILROAD SHOP STRETE HOBBIES 86 VICTORY HIGHWAY 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE. 42007 FORO RD. 458 N. LEXINGTON PKWY. 4934 EAST TROPICANA 206 W. MAIN STREET 3655 SULLIVANT AVE. (RT. 17 EXIT 43 20740 301-982-5032 48187 313·981-8700 55104 651 -646-7781 89030 702·434-5696 08876 908·429·0220 ) 43228 614·279-6959 14870 607-962-5164

WAY NE SCHENECTADY FINKSBURG COLOMA THIEF RIVER FALLS RENO COLUMBUS TOTOWA HOBBY SHOP MOHAWK VALLEY RAILROAD TRAIN WORKS J & W MODEL TRAINS ME RAILROAD HIGH SIERRA MODELS THE TRAIN STATION 131 MT. VIEW BLVD. COMPANY 2934 CEDARHURST RD. 6450 BECHT RD E HIGHWAY 325 4020 KIETZKELANE 4430 INOIANDLA AVE. US HWY. 202 2037 HAMBURG ST 21048 410-526-0018 49038-9546 616-468-5586 56701 218·681-4251 89502 702-825-5557 43214 614-262-9056 07470 973·696·5170 12304-4793 518-372-9124

GAITHERSBURG FARMINGTON RENO WESTMONT SMITHTOWN LORAIN PASTIMES JOE'S HOBBY CENTER HOBBIES OF RENO SATIlER'S HOBBY SHOP THREE GUYS HOBBIES THE CORNER STORE 531 QUINCE ORCHARD RD. 35151 GRANO RIVER AVE MISSISSIPPI 535 E. MOANA LANE 14 HADDON AVE. 99 E. MAIN ST. 1249 COLORADO AVE. 20878 301-977-7902 48335 248-47/-6266 89502 702-826-6006 08108 609-854-7136 11787 516-265-8303 44052 440-288-2351

KENSINGTON FLINT SYRACUSE EAST JACKSON MAUMEE MAYBERRY & SONS RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP OF fliNT CENTRAL HOBBY SUPPLY HOBBYTOWN USA J & M HOBBIES TRAIN & HOBBIES 2061 S. LINDEN ROAD NEW 716 WEST MANLIUS ST. 6880 D. RIDGEWOOD COURT 1238 CONANT ST. 10527 SUMMIT AVE. 48532 810·720-2500 NEW MEXICO 13057 315-437-6630 39211 601-957-9900 43537 419·893·2621 20895 301-564-9360 FAX 810-720-2505 HAMPSHIRE WWWCENTRALHDBBrCDM

ALBUQUERQUE WAPPINGERS FALLS LAUREL FRASER LAUREL HAMPTON NORTH CANTON TRAINS WEST INC. VALLEY MODEL TRAINS PEACH CREEK SHOPS P & 0 HOBBY SHOP HOBBY CORNER NEAt:SN-GAUGING TRAINS NICK'S SALES & SERVICE 6001 SAN MATEO BLVD. NE 91 ST., STE. 32, BLOG. 10 201 MAIN STREET 31902 GROESSBECK HWY. 1534 N. FIRST AVE. 86 TIDE MILL RD. MARKET 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH NE SUITE B-3 12590 914-297-7511 20707 301-498-9071 48026 313-296-6116 39440 601-649-4501 03842 603·926-9031 44721 21 6-494-0125 87109 505-881-2322 14 YEARS IN BUSINESS

NORTH HAMPTON TOLEOD GRAND RAPIDS LAS CRUCES FIDS PHOTO & HOBBY SHOP STEVE'S FALLEN FLAGGS HOBBY WORLD THE HOBBY HUT 79 LAFAYEDE RD NORTH HOBBIES 2851 CLYDE PARK SW 126 WYATI OR. MASSACHUSmS MISSOURI 03862-2406 603-964-9292 5414 MONROE ST. 49509 616-538-6130 88005 505-524-0991 603-964-9417 CAROLINA 43623 419·843-3334

CHARLOm 8EDFORD GRAND RAPIDS BLUE SPRINGS TROY TRAINS LTD. LLC. BEDFORD TRAIN SHOP RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP MAINLINE TRAINS THE ERIE RAILWAY DEPOT 5600 ALBEMARLD RD SUITE 300 32 SHAWSHEEN AVE. 2055 28TH ST. SE 807 MAIN ST. 319 PUBLIC SQUARE S.w. NEW JERSEY NEW YORK 28212 704-566-9070 01730 781-275-7525 49508 616-247-9933 64015 816-224-6962 45373 937-440-9922 FAX 704-566-9007

BOSTON (ROSLINDALE) FLORISSANT OENVILLE BLAUVELT CHARLom PORT HURON THE flYING YANKEE HOBBY SHOP HENZES HOBBY HOUSE INC F&M HOBBIES HUDSON SHORES CHARLom ELECTRIC TRAIN BLUE WATER HOBBIES 1416CENlRES TREET 715 S NEW FLORISSANT 3118 ROUTE 10 MODEL TRAIN CENTER 4018 LAPEER ROAD 02131 617-323-9702 63031-7748 314-839-0600 07834 FAX 201-361-3855 547 WESTERN HIGHWAY 114-0 FREELAND LANE OKLAHOMA 48060 810-984-8764 0 FAX 617-323-8594 201-361-0042 10913 914-398-2407 28217 704-527-0392

PARKVILLE BUFFALO HARRISBURG OKLAHOMA CITY OEDHAM ROYAL OAK EDISON J&L HOBBIES K-VAL HOBBIES A READY TO RUN HOBBY SHOP WOODWARDS B.G'S MODEL TRAIN SHOP TRAIN CENTER HOBBIES MEYER'S DOLLS, TOY & HOBBIES 1362J NW HWY. 9 277 HINMAN AVE. 3600 HIGHWAY 40 4401 WEST MEMORIAL ROAD 16 FOX MEADOW LANE 33722 WOODWARD 561 ROUTE 1 SOUTH 64152 816-746-1282 14216 716-875-2837 28075 704-455-2220 QUAILBROOK CENTER 02026 781-407-0067 48073 248-549-6500 08817 732-985-2220 WWWISTPA G£.CDW1lJANDITRAIN WWWKVALHD8BIE5.COM 3 MILES FROMCHARLOTTE SPEEDWAY 73134 405-751 -4994

SAGINAW ST. LOUIS EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP BUFFALO EAST WEYMOUTH MOUNT AIRY TULSA ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER INC DOUBLE TRACK HOBBIES BEACHCOMBER COLLECTIBLES NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAFT MART SOUTH SHORE HOBBY CENTERS DRY BRIDGE STATION ACTION HOBBIES 5620 STATE RD 7726 WISE AVE. SHOREMAl� OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY 1245 COMMERCIAL STREET 236 N. MAIN ST. 4955C SOUTH MEMORIAL 48603-36BO 517-790-0080 63117 314·644-5545 6725 BLACK HORSE PIKE 3366 UNION RD. AT WALDEN 02189 781-335-9009 27030 336-786-9811 74145 918-663-8998 517-790-0358 1-888-DBL-TRACK 08234 60%45-1031 14225 716·681-1666

HANSON SHElBY TOWNSHIP IDETROIT) HIGHTSTOWN EAST ROCHESTER SELMA TULSA THE BRASS CABOOSE SHOP GREAT LAKES HOBBY & TRAIN o K & B RAILWAY SUPPLIES DESPATCH JUNCTION THE FREIGHT YARD WINGS-N-THINGS, INC. 669 W. WASHINGTON, RT. 14 46660 VAN DYKE MONTANA 116 MAIN ST. 100 STATION RD. 1 1108 S. POLLOCK ST. 5241 S. PEORIA 02341 781 -447-0100 48317 810-323-1300 OB520 609-448-5070 4445 716·385-5570 27576 919·965·6101 74105 918-745-0034

64 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING'S DEALER DIREC-rORY SALT LAKE CITY SPRINGFIELO READING PIGEON FORGE APPLETON EOMONTON THE TRAIN SHOPPE GRANO DAD'S HOBBY SHOP G K HOBBY CENTRE PIGEON FORGE TOY HOBBY BESTS' HOBBIES ROUNDHOUSE SALES & & 470 S. 900 E. 5260'A PORT ROYAL RD. 720 GORDON ST. 2919 E. MIDDLE CRK. RD , STE 2 2700 COLLEGE AVE , #8 6519104 ST. OREGON 84102 801·322·2729 22151·2113 703·242·B668 W 19601 610·374·8598 37868 615·428·0918 54914 AB T6H 2L3 403·430·9072 NEW & ANTIQUEMODEL TRAINS OPEN 7 OAYS A WEEK SALT LAKE CITY STERLING FOREST GROVE STRASBURG EAU CLAIRE OOUGLAS MODELS RIDEN'S HOBBY SHOP MAINLINE TRAINS CHOO CHOO BARN, INC. BOB'S HOBBY JUNCTION •••• 55TH yEAR ···· 21800 TOWN CENTER PlAZA, BRITISH 2707 PACIFIC AV E. ROUTE 741E, BOX 130 3621 E. HAMILTON AVE. 2065 E.33RO SOUTH ST. SPACE 236 971 16 503·992·8181 17579 717·687·0464 TEXAS 54701 715·832·4445 84109 801 ·487·7752 20164 703·430·2202 COLUMBIA

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KEY TO CODES • PLANS: E&N Victoria Turntable "Flatcars " Ballast Cars " Thrall's 52' Gondola Cars (1963+) • Kitbash CNICP "Shorty" Snow- 00 LO LO LO Diesel Detail Close-Up '" Beyond Scorpion Canyon HO Grand Valley RR Return to Hooch Junction Onion Valley Lumber & Mining plows K Freightcarology or Benchwork "Bag-o'-Tricks" "'" JB Hunt (Pt.6: Summary Update) "W Intermodal Eqpt. Numbering ",. UPS 26' 6"/2B' Drop-Frame Trailers · DCC Update (Pt.7: What's New for LO Layout Feature NOVEMBER 1994 " N&W 12 Pole line (Pt.2: Model) " The Biltmore Railroad (Pt.2) 1997) "" Modeling Modem Intermodal 00 M-K Rebuild Utah Ry. SD45CAT • Model ATSF GP60/60M (Pt.1) • • " Prototype Adventures Model NKPALCO RSD12 " Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Pt.3) E7 (Pt.3: Frisco, GN, GM&O, IC) • • • • " Short line Adventures " Research Freight Cars wlPhotos Model ACL F2s (#324-335) DCC Update (Pt.3: Motors & Handlay N Track (Pt.2: Turnouts) Tim Mears' Sorry Valley Railway • Special Feature LO Eagle Rock Canyon (N) • Rutland PS-1 40' Steel Box (N) Decoders) • SAL EB for the Silver Meteor m Fascia Treatments (Pt.2) or '" Behind the Scenes "M' JB Hunt (Pt.3: Proto ContiChas- • WorklWreckTra ins (Pt.5: Ballast • EB/9s (Pt.5: NJT, RF&P, RI, Santa • Enhancing Predec SP C44-9W Cast, Stage & Props or On Track sis) Maintenance -CleaninglUnder- Fe, SAL, SCL) '" Tunnel Masquerade DECEMBER 1996 O 00 • '------'For ���e:�e��::; ���:994, W." Kitbash TTWX AII-Purp. Flat cuttinglSledding) WorklWreck (Pt.B: Maintenance) T In Control Great Northern EMD E7 t r " Ty bee Island Railroad (Pt.1) '" Layout Access: The Basics + One '" lighting the West End JUNE 1996 - SOLD OUT "NS Freight (Pt.3: SOU Coal Cars) 132 Tres Dr. • Model E-L F3s 01 Inspection Trains (Pt.1) OT Fuel Foolery (Pt.3) 00 Colorado & Southern SD40 ,,� Detail an Athearn Husky-Stack· Huntsville, A1 35811 • Kitbash Story Hides JUNE 1995 DECEMBER 1995 K Thrall's 52' Gondola Cars (Pt.2) LO Don Mayo's Happy Valley 1-256-859-5959 • N&W Class E-3 Pacifics (Pt. 1) 00 D&RGW EMD SD7 00 Amtrak P32-BWH/ATSF B40-BW "" Build CP Rail 20' & 40' Power • Model Alton & Southern 811 Reversing Scorpion Canyon "Autoracks " Refuse by Rail Packs SW1 500s or LO IF F JUNE 1994 What-Where-When-Why-Who LO Big Thompson & Northern (N) Model Railroading in Utah Handlay N Track (Pt.3: Turnouts) I Model Santa Fe Reefers MM M 00 Conrail EMD SD60M DECEMBER J994 ' Kitbash 40' Hi-Cube Container � Maxi-Stack IIls® (Pt.1: Prototype) • U33GU34CH/U36C (Pt.1: BN, CR, Kitbash CN Double-Track Plow 00 " Golden West Servo Freight Cars C&NW GE C40-B .. Rockton, Rion & Western (Pt.1) • Model B&LE SD7 Clinchfield, D&H, E-L) • Model WW2 C&O Hoppers (Pt.4) LO On3 WV&W RR " Converted Hopper Cars • End of the line • DCC Update (Pt.4: Plan System) LO Rob Spangler's Northern Nevada E7 Pt.4: KCS, L&N, MEC) M W BN America (Pt.1: Prototype) <0 D&RGW Pueblo Division • FoamRail - Modular Concept • Kitbash Shorty Rotary Snowplow · Model PRR ALCO RS3 (AS16ms) '" Now You See It... Now you Don't •.cw OT ""' JB Hunt's Intermodal Service BN America (Pt.4: Cont Chassis) • Model ATSF GP60/60M (Pt.2) • EB/9s (Pt.6: SOU, Sp, Up, Wabash) • Model L&N ALCO FA2fFB2 Basic Ballast Techniques I '" Columbus & Greenville (Pt.4:) " Tybee Island RR (Pt.2: Modeling) • IMIIMWX 40' Boxcars/Reefers F WorklWreck (Pt.9: Snowllce) m A Tale of Two To wers MARCH 1997 IF IF 00 PLANS: E&N Victoria Car Shop CofG SD7/9s in Blue & Gray • WorklWreck (Pt.6: Wood Tie m Layer Upon Layer or Construct Curved Fascias (Pt.1) Lehigh & New England ALCO IF • A Few Freelanced Flats Model an Autorack Ramp Work TrainsiTieRenewal Ops) or Fuel Foolery (Pt.4) JULY 1996 -SOLD OUT FAlIFB1 IF • N Rock Primer Model SAL ALCO S2 m "Spacious Realism" (Pt. 1) JANUARY 1996 00 Union Pacific (UP) GE C30-7 "NS Freight (Pt.4: N&W Boxcars) IF OT IF • Virginian Train Masters N&W E-3 Pacifies (Pt.2) Inspection Trains (Pt.2) 00 Union Pacific GE C41-BW " Used Cars & '96 lntermodal Expo E7 (Pt.5: MILW, MP [T&P)) IF IF IF Model Virginian Train Master Plans: CP's Glacier Station JULY 1995 " Revolutions LO G. Petersen's Salt Lake Southern Proto 2000 GSC Mill Gons LO • '" Layout Fascia & Front Drops '" LOS (line of Sight) 00 C&NW GE C44-9W Mercur & Topaz Railroad "m N-Scale B9' Trailer Flats Model Mantua ACL 41' Fixed-End OT OT MW • Gon Lower Athearn Trailer Flats Handlaid Track Made Easy (Pt. 1) " AEI Tags Maxi-Stack Ills· (Pt.2: The Model) BN's "Denver" SW12s • LO Model Central of Georgia's EBs JUt: 199,4 JANUARY 1995 Granite Mountain Railway (Pt.1) • Southern Ry. NW2 Switchers • DCC Update (Pt.6: S19 Kit 00 LO DF&GDecrepit Mountain RRs 00 MMl • CN GP40-2L UP Rebuilt SD40-2R as United Gunderson Husky-Stack 3-Well Model WW2 C&O Boxcars (Pt.3) Decoder & On-Board Sound) • Model D&H SD45s • • " Modern Boxcar Doors Spirit #3300 BN Drawbar-Connected Car Model FPPX Rotary Dump Gons Making Waves '" A Hike into Calamity Canyon OT LO Holy Cross & Crystal River RR " Recent Intermodal Eqpt. Trends " Rockton, Rion & Western (Pt.2) • Model SP P-B Pacific #2470 • West Clarksfield: A Modelable New Track ." Generic Fixed-Length Chassis LO Shenandoah and Western • EB/9s (Pt.1: Alaska, Amtrak, ACL, • PLANS: CN Todd Creek Wood Prototype APRIL 1997 WM Ml. JB Hunt Transport, Inc. (Pt.1) JB Hunt (Pt.4: Model Conti B&O) Trestle IF U33GU34CH/U36C (Pt.2: FCp, GN, : DM&IR EMD SD9 IF • NS Freight (Pt.5: SOU Boxcars) " Virginian Railway (Pt.1) Chass) Model L&N "Frog Eyes" WorklWreck(Pt. 10: Photos) IC MILW• " NdeM NJDOT) IF IF ' E7 (Pt.6: NYC) IF NW2 (Pt.1: ACL, ATSF, B&O, BAR, Carolina & Western Diesels IF Con-Cor PS-2 3-8ay Cov Hopper '" Building a Backdrop '" Packaging of a Many-Scene IF OT Freelancing! Cabooses (Pt 1) IF • or . B&M, BN, CN, CNJ, C&O, CB&Q, Model ATSF Ph 1/11 GP50s (Pt.1) WorklWreck (Rail Renewal: Pt. 1) Fuel Foolery (Pt.5) Curved FaSCias (Pt.2:Ctri Panels) "M' Maxi-Stack® Well Car (Pt. F BTl 1: C&EI) I N&W E-3 Pacific Kitbash (Pt. 1) "Spacious Realism" (Pt.2) FEBRUARY 1996 AUGUST 1996 IF Prototype) IF OT • Model an SCL SD45-2 Simple Detail Enhancements for Operation Shorthand 00 CB&Q EMD FTA&B 00 Reading FP7 CP Diesels in Black and White O • T A Switch in History Con-Cor PS-2 Covered Hoppers AUGUST 1995 " 4B' Exterior-Post Domestic Con- " Blue Island Reefer Pictorial (Pt.1) A Look at Vehicle Model Today IF an • 00 La Lenses by the Dozen Through the Doorvvay WorklWreck Trains (Pt. 1) SP EMD GP60 tainers Warren Johnson's UP Layout IF LO Southern Railway 2160 - CL3 AUGUS 994 " Modern Refrigerator Cars (Pt.1) Union Pacific Wahsatch Division W. Model UPS 2B' Drop-Frame Trail- l:1 '" InsidelOutside BTl l WM MM Wide Open Spaces 00 01 . . OT C&S EMD SD9 Handlaid Track Made East (Pt 2) Granite Mountain Ry. (Pt 2: UPS Eqpt. 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RICHMOND (BAY AREA) T Golden State Model RR I • Oynatrol • Lenz • MRC • Onboard Museum's 1999 Operating Season. Sundays, Thru Oct. 31, coast · limo · System One · Soundtraxx BIRMINGHAM T Wrecking Crew - Steel City I PM-5PM. Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline Park, 900-A Div.lNMRA Model RR Train Show. Oct 9- 10, 9AMAPM Dornan Dr., Pt. Richmond. $2, seniors & under 12 $1, fam­ (Sat), Noon-4PM (Sun). Bessemer Civic Or. $4, 6- 12 $1, ily max $5. Info: (5 10) 234-4884. 800-978-3472INFO, QUESTIONS, CATA LOGUE under 6 free. Info: Troy Hight, 314 Frisco Ave .. Apt. 20, SAN DIEGO Ji!! � WWw.ttx-dcc.com �_ Leeds, AL 35094, (205) 699-3485. T San Diego Model RR Museum Toy Train & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Sep., Tues-Fri Automotically stops and starts SHEFFIELD T Shoal Model RRers Inc. All Scales club. IIAM-4PM, Weekends & Labor Day (Sep. 6), IIAM- , your Dee trains at station or I st Thurs. & 3rd Tues. 6PM. 200 Chickamauga St., (Old . 5PM. Casa De Balboa Building in Balboa Park, 1649 EI " , , siding without computers or Brewster School). Info: David Reid, 565 Alexander Ln., confusing wiring. Prado. $4, discounts for students/seniors/military !D, under $39.95 Tuscumbia, AL 35674, (205) 381-7 133. 15 free. Sep. 7 is free day. Info: Barbara Hultenius, San _ Diego Model RR Museum, 1649 EI Prado, San Diego, CA 92 101, (619) 696-0199. TTX Northcoost System 1 ANCHORAGE T Military Soc. of Model RR Engineers 10 RS2 5220 Powerhouse ProS369 SlJp-O I 5679 SAN DIEGO T O. lVinston Link: Memories & 10 GP7/30 5220 Pwrhs Pro 10 5489 Wcr·OI 5149 Fall Model RR Expo. Oct. 16, IOAM-5PM. Basement of 4PS2 574 C 4 SBR-OI 5199 Machines exhibit at the San Diego Model RR Museum. b Matanuska Hall, 7153 Fighter Dr., Elmendorf AFB. Free. XFR8 535 tb�>,. , m wyR,mp 2 5r CMX 584 Ca 05 4 DH 103S 5140 Thru Oct. 31, normal museum hours & admission fees. b 595 Info: Jeff Childs, (907) 264-0530 (days), UTI' 511 pBI05 SI19 4 DHI57A SI50 Cas a De Balboa Building in Balboa Park, 1649 EI Prado. CMC PB205 5199 cjch [email protected] or club at (907) 552-5234. SIO Zimo Sound&Power 50AI02 SIIS Info: Barbara Hultenius, San Diego Model RR Museum, MXI 5639 Bxh2.s.ow/snd 5224 50102 5115 4 MX61/N $150 4 B020 1649 EI Prado, San Diego, CA 92 10 I, (619) 696-0 199. Bach4-6-2 W/5Ikl $224 546 4 MX61 R1N 5154 K..o SOOw/.-.l SWJ CBB 01 527 4 MX65UN 5220 Digitro)( Lenz FLAGSTAFF 1999 NMRA PSR Convention "In the Soundtrou T Chict 5329 01 5469 s" DSX W Chier Radio 5479 LHIOO 5169 Pines in '99." Sep. 15-19. Little America Hotel, 2525 E. DSD 5m BOREAS PASS Empire Builder 5239 5124 T USDA Forest Service Boreas Pass RR LV IOO Siem $145 Butler Ave. $65. Info: Richard Dick, 5948 E. Hawthorne Empire R:ldio 5389 LZlOO 5229 Days. Sep. II, 10AM-? Start/end tour at either Rotary Genesis $184 LKIOO 542 Misc. St.. Tucson, AZ 85711 or [email protected]. Railroad Crane 5154 Snowplow in Breckenridge or Roundhouse in Como. Info: OTIOOtR 5114 2LE030 590 OTIOOR 5143 2 LE040 595 GantryCrane 5249 Becky Anderson, USDA FS. SPRD, PO Box 219, Fairplay, UR91 Sl09 4 LE062XF 595 Sp«domclcr SS4 UR90 533 10 LEI03XF SI89 AUIO Reverser 525 CO 80440. (719) 836-203 1. www.fs.fed.us/r2/psicc/sopa JACKSONVILLE 100HI21 5i49 10 LE I04XF 5220 5.&4/rrllll(},.I]1 T Arkansas Valley Model RR Club's /index.html & click on Boreas Pass. 10 DZlll 5310 10 LEI05XF 5220 roAupstJ/, 1999 1st Annual Train Show. Oct. 16, IOAM-5PM. Jacksonville COMMAND CONTROL COLORADO SPRINGS T Pikemaster Model RR Club 24 Corduroy Road Comm. Or., 5 Municipal Dr. 53, 12 & under free w/adult. PROFESSIONALS Open House. Sep. 25-26, 9AM-5PM (Sat), 9AMAPM Essex Jet, VT 05452 Info: Jerry Fussell, 412 W. 51st St., N. Little Rock, AR �xeors of service (Sun).City Auditorium (west entrance), Kiowa & Weber Sts. Fax: 802·878-7684 721 18, (501 )758-2590 or Daryl W. Conner, 1402 Carson WE SUPPORT MORE COMMAND Free. Info: Phil Johnson, (719) 591-4198, [email protected]. Bridge Rd., Lonoke, AR 72086, (50 I) 676-0784, info@ttx·dee.com CONTROLSY5nMS THAN ANYONE ! [email protected].

EAST WINDSOR T Nutmeg Div. NERlNMRA Annual New HO Scale Vehicles Train Show. Oct. 3, IOAM-3PM. Howard Johnson Plaza ANAHEIM T Orange County Model RRers meeting. Hotel, 383 S. Center St. $3, seniors (60+) & children 6- 12 Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana­ $2. under 6 free, family $5. Info: Joseph Sokol, 1170 Hart­ heim Public Library, corner ofHarbor & Broadway in Ana­ ford Tpk #E-5 1,Vernon, CT 06066, (860) 872-2240. heim. Info: Steve Tibbetts, e-mail: [email protected]. (714) 843- 1820. HARWINTON T Harwinton Westside VFD 7th Annual Train Show. Sep. II, IOAM-3PM. Harwinton Consolidated CROCKETI T Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club's N School, Rt. 1 18. $3.50, family $7. Info: Philip A. Lent, 123 scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. McGuiness St., Torrington, CT 06790, (860) 489-896 1. Pacific depot has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM- 3PM & 7PM-9PM, Sat. 10AM-4PM. Depot on Rolph St. MANCHESTER T Silk City Model RR Club Fall Show next to the SP mainline, 900 Loring Ave., Crockett, CA. & Open House. Oct. 16. 71 Hilliard St. Free. Info: Robert Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View Lane, Pinole, Bell, 71 Hilliard St., Manchester, CT 06040, (860) 646-0610. CA 94564, (510) 758-93 10. ORANGE T New Haven & Derby RR Club Annual CU LVER CITY T Model Vehicles Unlimited 5th 1/87 Model Train Show. Oct. 10, IOAM-4PM. High Plains Scale Vehicle & Construction Eqpt. Swap Meet & Model Community Crr.. 525 Orange Ctr. Rd., $3. 6- 12 $1 w/adult. Show. Sep. 25, IIAM-3PM. Veteran's Memorial Audito­ under 6 free, family 56. Handicap accessible. Info: Tom rium. Culver Blvd. At Overland. 53. Info: Bob Kelley, Kane, 14 Kindle Ln., Derby, CT 06418, (203) 735-4127. (310) 398-31 11 or Rich Johnson, (310) 454-8075. 46400 Chevy Blazer $11.49 WEST HAVEN T Roundhouse II Train Show. Sep. 26. FREMONT T Coast Div. PCRlNMRA Quarterly Meet. IOAivI-3PM. Knights of Columbus, 262 Center SI. 53, Sep. 12, 9:30AM-6PM. CA School for the Deaf. 39350 seniors $2, under 12 free. Info: Dennis Romano, 74 Alling Ex clusive Gallaudet Dr. (at Stevenson Blvd.) Free. Info: Rod Smith, St. Ext., West Haven, CT 065 16, (203) 933-6406. ..� Series 40330 Monte Ct., Fremont, CA 94538, (510) 657-3362. ·ti LA HABRA T We slern Protolype Modelers & Railfillls New to the State Police Series: BRADENTON Meet. Oct. 10, 9AM-5PM. La Habra Comm. Ctr.. 101 W. T Sarasota Model RR Club Model RR 49071 Utah Hwy Patrol Crown Vic. 12.95 La Habra Blvd. $10 (discounts for those bringing displays Show. Oct. 17-17, 10AMAPM (Sat), IOAM-3PM (Sun). 47679 NJ State Police Caprice 12.95 or contest models). Info: Pete Solyom, 440 Portola Ave., Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, 100 10th St. W. 54, kids 49072 Oregon State Police Crown Vic. 12.95 La Habra, CA 9063 1, (562) 69 1A139. free w/parents. Info: Dan Cioffi, (941) 723-392 1. 47680 Nevada Hwy Patrol Caprice 12.95

LOS ANGELES T East Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR Available 01 YOllr local hobby shop. Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. IIAM-3PM. Traveltown. Selld $2.50 fo r Bllsch Ve hicle Catalog Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors, P.O. Box 5732, AT LANTA T 1999 L&NHS Convention. Sep. 10-12. Glendale, CA 91301 (213) 662-8339. Atlanta Marriott NW, 200 Interstate North Pkwy. 560. E-R Model Importers, Ltd. Info: L&NHS 1999 ConI'. Registration, PO Box 17122, 1000 South Main Street · Newark, NY 14513 MONROVIA T We st Brass '99. Sep. 19, IOAM-3PM. Louisville. KY 402 17. Wy ndham Garden Hotel, 700 W. Huntington Dr. $5. Info: Dealers: (800) 365-3876 Dan Smith. (626) 444-06 14. AT LANTA T Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st 331-0288 ' FAX (877) 331-4090

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 73 Tues. of cach momh, 7:30PM. Church of Ihe Atoncment, 945 High Poinl Rd., Atlama. Info: Charles Leake, (404) SOUTHERN PACIFIC TYPE 23 DEPOT 262-2969. ATLANTA T Piedmonl Division Monlhly Mceting. 2nd Tuesday cach monlh, 7PM. Bldg. K, Habersham Office Park, NOrlhlake Pkwy., Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer. 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) 968- 1921.

MARIETTA T Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Society of Ferroequinologisls & field trips. 2nd Fri. of each mOlllh, 7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell SI. Free. Info: Dave Muller (404) 974-4608 or Larry Smith (404) 926-0739.

TUCKER T Piedmonl Div. SE Region Regular Monlhly Meeling. 2nd Tuesday of every month. 7:30PM. Building K, Habersham Office Park, orthlake Parkway. Free. Info: *** HO SCALE KIT NO. 150 ***** N SCALE KIT NO. 650 *** Ed Palmer, 7058 Stephens CI., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) SOUTHERN PACIFIC COMBINAT ION TYPE 23 DEPOT WITH DOCK 968-1921. A BEAUTIFUL KIT FOR ANY SOUTHERN PACIFIC MODELER. FEATURES INCLUDE INCREDIBLE ENGINEERING FOR SIMPLICITY AND EASE OF CONSTRUCTION. 100% LASER· CUT WOOD WITH LAYERED, PEEL & STICK COLLINSVillE WINDOWS, DOORS, AND SHINGLES, TABBED AND NOTCHED WALL AND ROOF PIECES, PRE·CUT DOOR T NMRA Gateway Div. "Gatcway Get­ AND WINDOW OPENINGS, LASER·CUT WOOD LOADING DOCK WITH LASER·SCRIBED DECKING, away" Annual Show & Meel. OCI. 16-17, 9AM-4PM (Sat), AND CORRECT, SOUTHERN PACIFIC STYLE CAST WHITE METAL CHIMNEYS IIAM-4PM (Sun). Gateway Center, One Galeway Dr. $5, all SCOUIS & Maslers ill IIlIifo rlll free, 12 & undcr free LASERKIT® *** THE INNOVATIVE LEADER IN LASER-CUT MODEL RAILROAD KITS w/adult. Info: Richard Lake, 585 1 Waterman Blvd., SI. ** SEE WHAT'S NEW *** VISIT OUR WEB SITE AT WWW.LASERKIT.COM Louis, MO 63 1 12, (3 14) 727-7378, [email protected]. SEE YOUR LOCAL DEALER TO REQUEST LASERKITS® OR SEND $2.00 FOR HO • $1.00 FOR N, 0 OR S SCALE CATALOGS TO: COLUMBIA AMERICAN MODEL BUILDERS, INC. 1420 HANLEY INDUSTRIAL CT. ST. LOUIS, MO 63144 T Columbia Model RRers, Inc. Annual Meel. Sep. 19, IIAM-3PM. Columbia Gymnastic Assn. Hall, 211 Cherry SI. Info: Russ Lungwitz, 230 W. Virginia. HO SCALE BRASS FROM RAILWORKS Columbia, IL 62236. (618) 28 1 -5337 (before 9PM). FREEPORT T Stephenson Soc. of Model Trainmen Open House. Oct. 23-24, IOAM-4PM. Soc. Bldg., 600 Fever River PI. off Island Ave. $1. Info: Jim Kalllor, 848 W. Stevenson St., Freepon, IL 61032, (815) 232-643 1.

SOUTH BEND T SI. Joe Valley RR Club Fall Show & Sale. Ocl. 17, IOAM-3PM. Elks' Lodge Post 235, 3535 E. McKinlcy Ave. $3, $6 families. Info: Larry Krucger, 51877 Kenilwonh Rd., South Bend, IN 46637, (219) 243- 1467.

TIMONIUM T Great Scale Train Show. OCI. 2-3, 9AM- 4PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Maryland Slale Fair­ grounds, 2 miles nOrlh of Baltimore Beltway, Exil 17E (Padonia Rd.) from RI. 1-83. $6, 12 & under frec, fa mily IN STOCK NOW!!! P.R.R. "FM " Flat Cars. P.R.R.lL.l.R.R. 3rd RAIL REA CH CARS and RUTLAND $12. Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd., Colum­ #2700 SER. Flat cars. See vo ur fa vorite RAILWORKS Dealer now!!! bia, MD 21045, (4 10) 730- 1 036, [email protected]. DUE in Augu st !! N. Y.C. and Rutland wood milk cars. RESERVE NOW! COMING SOON!!! Pennsvlvania Railroad Clearance Car #497125. PR.R. Container Cars PR.R. To wer Cars DL&W "Phoebe Snow" Ta vern Lounge Diner & NYNH&H EF- I EP- I and EP-2 Box Cab Eleetries. DL &W #201-260 0-8-0's RESERVE NOW!!! ROCKLAND T Rockland Train Show. OCI. 3, 10AM- See your dealer for the complete RAILWORKS line up of finely crafted models in HO Scale Brass! 4PM. Rockland High School, 52 Mackinley Way. Info: Wm. O'Hara, 192 Groveland SI., Abington. MA 0235 1. (78 1) 857-2873, [email protected]. PO Wi�il�I��l�1,38�;;���fi:97 WA KEFIELD T Nonh Shore Model RR Club Show. OCI 23, 9:30AM-3:30PM at Americal Civic Clr., 467 Main SI. Club Open House, OCI. 23-24, 9:30AM-3:30PM, 404 Main �Exa� ct�[ sc: ale�� wheel!� sJ& in nickel9:� silver:� § fo:r J�unequal ��� led appearance and performance ... SI., rear. $3, $1 children & seniors, under 5 free. fa mily $7 max. Info: Ron Nadeau, Box 183, Wakefield, MA 01880, Proto:87 andPro to:HO Wheelsets (78 1) 245-4742 (Tues & Thurs eves). Upgrade your locomotives and cars today with NWSL's exact scale HO and HOn3 nickel silver DETROIT (HOLLY) T Detroil Model RR Club Carrie wheels in bright or weathered fi nish. Choice of Nation Fcslival. Sep. 11-12, Noon-5PM. Delroit Model RR Proto:HO or Proto:87. Nickel silver upgrade Club, 104 N. Saginaw SI., Holly. $3, $2 seniors, $1.50 5- 18. wheelsets are also available in code 88 and code under 5 free. Info: Edward MacDowell, (248) 634-5811. 11 O. They're perfect for DCC use. Send SSAE or HO 33':/0 64 Proto:87 wheelsets in nickel silver with standard (1.015") length 2mm pointed see you hobby retailer for more information. axles #27617-4, $7. 95/set of 4. (More information on THIEF RIVER FAllS Proto:87 a ,'ailable from the NMRA's P:87 web site T TRF Model RR Club 71h SIC Complete 80+ page product and reference catalog available for 58.00 in through www,nmra.org). the US, S 1 0 outside (postage included). Annual Train Show. OCI. 9- 10, IOAM-6PM (Sat), 10AM- 4PM (Sun). Huck Olson Arena. $2.50, under 12 free BOX 4�3 SEATTLE, WA 9�111-0423 • 206/932-1087 • FAX 206/935-7106 .�Wj#JI. emaIl:. [email protected]·V.s.t our Webslte at nwsl.com w/adull. Info: Chuck Kimbrough, A&E RR, HW 32 SOluh, Line NorthWest Short Thief Rivcr Falls, MN 5670 I, (218) 68 1-425 1, NWSL, bringing you products to make your modeling more accurate, easier - and just plain fun. [email protected].

74 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 ••• HASTINGS T 1999 Imperial Mall Model RR Expo. s� tk �e4t from InterMountain Sep. 11-12. IOAM-5PM (Sat). Noon-5PM (Sun). Imperial in HO Scale Mall. 300 1 W. 12th St. Free. Inro: Imperial Mall Mktg. Dept. (402) 462-667 1.

BELLMAWR T Fall Train & Toy Show & Sale (all scales) sponsored by South Jersey "S" Scalers. OCI. 10, IOAM-3PM. Bellmawr Fire & Rescue Hall. 29 Lewis Ave. EMD F-7A New S3, under 12 free w/adult. Inro: Chick Viggiano, (609) (Phase I) Shell EMD F -7B Shell 423-0773. Kit Kit Now Available: Now Available: MANTUA T Train Show. Oct. 17. IOAM-3PM. Manilla #4400 I New Yo rk Central - #44501 New Yo rk Central - Vo l. Fire Co .. 42 Main St. $3. $5 family. Inro: Bill Becken. $74.95 $64.95 (609) 468-9399. Lightning Stripe Lightning Stripe #44002 Southern Pacific - #44502 Southern Pacific - MERCHANTVILLE T Cherry Valley Model RR Club $74.95 Black Widow $64.95 Annual 0 Scale Train Meet. Oct 2. IOAM-3PM. Grace Black Widow #44003 $74.95 #44503 $64 95 Church. Maple Ave. & CeIller St. Inro: Charles Jacobs, Union Pacific - Union Pacific - . 100 Grant Ave.. Moorestown. NJ (856) 234- 1898. #44097 Undecorated $49.95 #44597 Undecorated $44.95

NORTH HALEDON T Model Engineers RR Club of Another work of art from Nonh Jersey 0 Scale Only Meel. OCI. 30. 9:30AM- I PM. InterMountain Railway Company 1st Presbyterian Church. 20 1 SquawBrook Rd., $4. Inro: E. Ninth Ave. Box Longmont, Karl Geffchen, 39 Rugby Rd .. Cedar Grove. NJ 07009, 30 - P.O. 839, CO 80502 (201) 857-2825 (before 10PM). Available at your hobby dealer. For information call: 1-800-472-2530 or Fax: 1-303-772-8534. E-Mail: intermountain @sni.net. Web Site: http;//www.intermountain-railway.com. WINSLOW T Great Winslow Jet. Scale Train & RRiana Meet. Sep. 12. IOAM-3Pm. IOAM-3PM. Winslow Fire Hall. Hall & Hay St. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Inro: Bill Powell, 306 Broad St., Williamstown, NJ 08094. (609) 728- 1327. Santa Fe 3751 Steam Locomotive LAS CRUCES T Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO Meets. Third Thurs. each month. 7PM. Thomas Brannigan (www.3751.com) Over 1000 photos and video clips and a Memorial Library, Spruce Ave. & N. Main St. Info: Mike www.TrainWeb.com Hallock, 1941 Poplar Ave., Las Cruces, NM 8800 1. travelogue of a journey on the SF 375 1 w train round trip from Los Angeles to Model Railroading Railfair'99 in Sacramento, Californial o Photos BUFFALO (GRAND ISLAND) T IntI. Div.lNFR/NMRA Meeting. Oct. 2, lOAM (registration at o Helpful Hints 9:30). Grand Island Rec. Clr.. 3278 Whitehaven Rd. S3, o Hundreds of Links Live Rail Video members $2. free if model eIllered. Info : Ed Norman, 40- From 6 WebCams at the 18 Carson Dr.. Hamilton. ONT L8T 4 n, (905) 318-03 13. Railfans Fullerton Santa Fe Depot o Photos o Hundreds of Links CARY T Southeastern Model RRers Forum SMRF-Fest '99 (formerly SEMRA). Sep. 24-25. IOAM-5PM. Kirk of The Rail Industry Kildaire, 200 High Meadow Dr. Panicipams $10, visitors 55. Inro: Craig Zeni, 1435 Huntly Ct.. Cary, NC 27511. o Rail Industry Index (919) 380-03 10. hnp:/Ismrf.railfan.netlSEMRAI Rail Travel CHARLOnE T Train-Toy Show. Oct. 23-2-1. 9AM- o Travelogues 5PM (Sat), 10AM-4PM (Sun). Metrolina Expo Center. I­ n exit 16A. $5, under 12 free. Into: Skip, Tri-City Shows, o Photos PO Box 825. Johnson City, TN 37605, (888) 955-8697, o Travel Advice www.RaiICams.com hnp:/Iwww.usit.netltoytrain.

RALEIGH T Southern Jet. Model Train Show. Sep. 11- 12, 9AM-5PM (Sat). IIAM--IPM (Sun). NC State Fair­ grounds, Donon Arena, 1025 Blue Ridge Rd. $4. under 12 free w/adult. Inro: Rick Allen, PO Box 5183, Cary. NC 275 12. (919) 467-8 105. [email protected] or visit i9@f!9'EZ' Install website at www.trainweb.org/nrmrc/soulhern.hlml. Dec od e r �1!;1!i)1JjjL.-...... ;::.-�,....,:JTG'ifii1:roMM�� NOW ...converting your existing HO Scale locomotive roster to DeC just got easier. The new DH-104 is an advanced, NMRA . .c;'\;L''''' ' compatible DeC decoder that's a drop-in conversion for 22 I 'T"\ (r FINDLAY T PUlnam Assn. of Railfans Model RR & · popular locomotive models. To make it really easy, in most cases � Farm Toy Show & Swap Meet. Oct. 24. IOAM-4PM. Find­ it can be installed WITHOUT SOlDE ING. The DH-104 is a full­ lay HS, 1200 Broad Ave. & US 22-1. $3. under 12 free featured, extended­ Drop-In Installation packet decoder with full �-==��- IV/adult. Early Bird Admission (SAM- I OPM). $5. Inro: lighting effects that conforms to ali applicable NMRA Standards for DeC. This means they can be operated on Terry Oliver. 225 Mohawk Dr.. Onawa. OH 45875. (419) North Coast Engineering ''' , Ramtraxx ''' , Lenz, MRC'''' , 523-4996. Digitrax ,. and Easy DeC ,. systems. See them at your authorized SystemOne ,. dealer today! GREENVILLE 20lh Greenville All Trains Flea Market. T For more information send a large self-addressed envelope to: Sept. 26. IOAM-3PM. Darke Counly Fairgrounds. 800 S C425, C30-7, U33C WANG ROW ELECTRONICS, INC. Slate Rt. 49. 52. under 12 free w/adult: lables $10 ea. Inro: and U36C. Not Pictured: !!I"'i fljj.�"","� Inllovations in Model Railroad Electronics STEWART F3A, F3B, F7A, F7B, . Larry Zeller. 4646 W. US Rl. 36, Piqua, OH 45356. (937) F9A and F9B; KATO GP35, 5040, C44-9W; P.O. Box 98-B Park Ridge, IL 60068-0098 · U.S.A. 773-7 IS6. LIFE-LIKE PROTO 2000 507, 509. Internet: http://www.wangrow.com • Email: [email protected]

AUGUST 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 75 OCI. 9· 10, IOAM·5PM (Sat), IIAM-4PM (Sun). Fircrest HILLIARD (NW COLUMBUS) T Cenlral Ohio S Rec. Ctr., 555 Conlra Cosla Blvd.,$1 donation or canned DCC for the lifelike GP7 Gaugers 9th Annual All Gauge Model RR Show & Sale. food donation. Info: Wall Huslon, 1210 141st SI. E., and GP30 that actually fits! OCI. 10, IIAM·4PM. Edwards & Ganyard bldgs., Franklin County Fairgrounds. 53, family 56. 10& under free. Info: Tacoma, WA 98445, (253) 535·8787, [email protected]. John Gafney, 4972 Dunkerrin Ct.. Dublin. OH 43017. (614) 764·3925. [email protected]. MADISON T MRA/South Cenlral Wisc. Dil'. Meet. PARMA T Cuyahoga Valley S Gauge Assn. Cleveland's Sep. 12, Oct. 3, Nov. 7, IPM. Fitchburg Comm. Ctr., 55 10 All Gauge Train Show. Sep. 19, IOAM·3PM. UAW Hall, E. Lacy Rd. Free. Info: Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilliop Dr., 5615 Chevrolel Blvd. S3, $6 fam ilies. Info: Kim Koschki, Madison, W1 5371 1, (608) 23 1·1817. 14483 Mayfield Rd., Hunlsburg, OH 44046, (440) 635· No complicated wiring! Just plug it in. 0222. MANITOWOC T Winnebagoland Div. NMRA Fall Just fo llow lifelike's instructions o conversion Meet. Oct. 2. 8AM·5PM. Manitowoc CounlY Expo Ctr. 57. f r DeC SIDNEY T Fall Model RR Flea Market. OCI. 17. lOAM· under 12 55. Info: Matt Borchardl, Clipper City Model RR 4PM. Shelby County Fairgrounds. Fair Rd. 52, 12·18 SI, • All [he advanced fe atures you WJnt - 1101 a stripped Club, 321 Kennedy St., Valders, WI 54245, (920) 775· down entry level decoder under 12 free. Info: Ted Desch, 900 Chesinul St., Sidney, 3995, [email protected]. 1.3 Amp (2 amp peak) power handling OH 45365, (937) 492· 1 660, girard @briglll.nel. • 2/4 digit addressing & advanced consisting • 28/128 speed mode w/adjustable stan VOltCampus, Woodroffe Ave. & Baseline Rd. SALEM/ROANOKE T Train·Toy Show. Oct. 16·17, $6, leens/seniors $4, 5· 12 $1. Info: Tom Panerson, 159 9AM·5PM (Sal), 10AM-4PM (Sun). Salem Civic Center, McCurdy Dr., Kanata, aNT K2L 2Z7, (613) S3 1·1 133.

1·8 1 exit 141. 55, under 12 free. Info: Skip, Tri·City MARYHILL T Weslern aNT Dil'.lNFR/NMRA Meel Shows. PO Box 825, Johnson City, TN 37605, (888) 955· hosted by Waterloo Region Model Ry. Club. Sep 25, 8697. hnp://www.usit.nelfloytrain. 9:30AM-4PM. St. Boniface Separate School, 50 Church St. N. $6, members & 1st timers, 52. Info: Ted Kocyla, 509·444 Connaught St., Kitchener, aNT N2C I C3, (519) LY NNWOOD T Swamp Creek & WeSlern RR Club 894·0842. 21 st Annual Sooper Swap Meet, Train Show & Clinic. Sep. SAS.E. for Info! ST. CATHARINES T Inll. Dil'.lNFRlNMRA Meeling. Latest 19. IIAM·4PM. Scriber Lake School, 19400 561h Ave. Sep. II, 2PM (C R ·'Iron Bridge" lrain walching). Dinner T.S . West. $4. under 12 $1. Info: Ron Bartels, 7322 25th Ave. BPOB. ox 561 * Seffner, FL 33583·0561 & slide sholl' (6 PM) at Heritage Family Restaurant, Glen· Phone: NW. Seanle. WA 98 1 17. 813·759·6300 FAX: 813·759·8218 dale Ave. Info: Ed Norman, 40· 18 Carson Dr., Hamilion, [email protected] www.btsrr.com E-Mail: * TA COMA T N·Scalers Model RR Sholl' & Swap Meet. aNT L8T 4Y3, (905) 318·03 13. �

76 T MODEL RAILROADING AUGUST 1999 ESCAPE TO S SCALE Enjoy the great advantages of S scate, the mid-size scale more model railroaders are tuming to. Leam all about this main line scale, discover the bi-monthly S Gaugian magazine. Articles, photos plans, ads, $29.00 a year; $35.00 outside USA. Sample copy $6.25. Sn3 Modeler magazine, semi-annual; great narrow gauge plans, photos, features. $12.00 a year; $1 8.00 outside USA. Sample copy $6.25. Other books for your railroad ilbrary NEW! America's Rail Pictorial by artisVphotogra­ pher Russ Porter features hundreds of ali-color pho­ tographs of steam, diesel, freight and passenger trains from the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. This de­ luxe large format 10' x 11' hardbound book uncovers Porter's vast color photo collection, covering 37 differ­ ent rail lines across the country, including large and small railroads. $44.95 plus $4.00 postage. The American Streamliner, Prewar Years by Don Heimburger and Carl Byron focuses on the years be­ tween 1933 and 1942 when America rose to the fore­ front of deluxe passenger train travel. The history of numerous famous passenger trains such as the Burlington's Zephyrs and the Santa Fe's Super Chief and EI Capitan are just a few presented in this 176- page, hardbound book. $44.95 and $4.00 postage. Monon Route by George W. Hilton brings to light in­ credible details on the shortestline between Indianapo­ lis and Chicago. This 324-page hardcover book con­ tains 468 illustrations along with a locomotive roster. $49.95 and $4.00 postage. Glover Steam Locomotives: The South's Last Steam Builder by Richard l. Hillman covers the company's history, manufacturing facility in Marietta, Georgia and the various sizes of steamers built by this century-old firm. This 128-page hardbound is the only history ever published and includes a photo gallery and locomotive roster. $38.95 and $4.00 postage. Illinois Central: Main Line of Mid-America by Don Heimburger relives the history of this major north-south 6,700 mile railroad in all-color photography. The 128- page 10' x 11' deluxe hardbound book highlights the IC's extensive steam, diesel and passenger car ros­ ters. $42.95 and $4.00 postage. Train Country by Donald MacKay and Lome Perry illustrates the history of the Canadian National Rail­ way. Softbound, 192 pages with nearly 160 terrific black and white photos. $24.95 and $4.00 postage. John Norwood's Railroads, the fourth volume in a series, Norwoodrecounts his experiences and the his­ torical background of numerous standard and narrow gauge lines in the U.S. Hundreds of photos and vivid text. $44.95 and $4.00 postage. Chicago & NorthWestern-Milwaukee Road Picto­ rial by Russ Porter is an all-color hardbound book fea­ Why risk derailing your railroad project? Your perfectly Grafted turing nearly 120 photographs from these two Midwest railroads. Artist Porter also includes 10 of his beauti­ models deserve the perfect paints from the Floquil line of enamels ful oil paintings. $29.95 and $3.Y5 postage. and Polly Scale acrylics_ Each color is authentically matched to Trains of America by Don Heimburger is 204 pages, 10' x 11'hardbound featuring nearly 400 superb, large actual railroad line paint chips. They are CQmpletely plastic color photos of 85 U.S. railroads! $44.95 and $4.00 compatiBle and specially fo rmulated of "to scale" pigments so they postage $7.00 foreign. Wa bash Standard Plans & Reference, 128 pages, won't hide even the smallest details. Choose from original formula 105 photos, $22.95 and $3.75postage. Floquil enamels or Polly Scale acrylics that wash up with water. The Last of Steam by Joe Collias presents 300 ex­ celient steam photos from all the great photographers. Both will keep your railroading hobby on track. 272 pages, hardbound, $39.95 and $4.00 postage. Catalog of SfSn3 Products, 172-pgs., $7.95, $11.95 Availaole at your favorite hobby shop. outside USA. Dealer Inquiries Invited Heimburger House Publishing Co. www com 7236 W. Madison SI. • Forest Park, IL 60130 .•. (708)366-1973 Model by An-nour Peterson 1-800 TESTORS © 1999 The Te stor Corporation, an RPM Company

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, .. ; f ' .'� ...... L' '" . '.. � , . Burlington model pictured from first production. ACF 70-Ton Closed-Side Covered Hopper in 2-Car Sets N THE COMING MONTHS, we're beefi ng up our N scale rolling stock roster with the addition of six new road names on our ACF 70-ton Closed-Side Cover Hopper. If you're hauling any bu lk materials or commodities on your railroad, you'll Iwant to add these new cars to your operation. The fl rst production of these models received several strong rev iews for our accurate detail, crisp printing and precision craftsmanship. Our ASF Ride Control™ truck and semi-automatic KATO coupler further enhanced these hopper car models. While praising the molding and overall detail appearance of these cars, however, some reviewers fe lt Item # Roadname/Car Nos. Expected them to be "too light" despite weighing in at a weight 186-0201 Erie Lackawanna / 21019 & 21035 August comparable to that of rolling stock by other well-known 186-0202 Erie Lackawanna / 21028 & 21047 August manufacturers. Throughout our development of these cars, we have sought an optional balance in car weight. 186-0203 Milwaukee Road / 99073 & 99208 August

We have sought a weight capable of preventing 186-0204 Milwaukee Road / 99142 & 99099 August derailments on moderately imperfect track while still 186-0205 Nickel Plate Road / 91 034 & 91085 August allowing hobbyists to operate a "long" train without sacrificing locomotive performance. 186-0206 Nickel Plate Road / 91 067 & 91078 August Nevert heless, we reacted to the feedback and 186-0207 Denver & Rio Grande Western / 18335 & 18372 December subsequently conducted further investigations, looking 186-0208 Denver & Rio Grande Western / 18364 & 18368 December for an acceptable "heavier" model while maintaining that critical balance. 186-0209 Seaboard Air Line / 8100 & 8247 December The end result ...we'r e "bulkin' up" these new cars 186-0210 Southern Pacific / 90602 & 90801 December by adding several additional grams of weight to each, 186-021 1 Southern Pacific December but not so much as to hinder the operational capability of / 90735 & 90798 the full consist. 186-021 2 Southern Pacific / 90654 & 90785 December Three new roadnames are scheduled to be released to hobby shops worldwide in August, and three other roads are expected to be delivered in December. There are different car repOlting numbers for roads with more than one set. The prototype cars where introduced by ACF in the early 1940's, built throughout the 50's and operated well in the 80's. These hopper cars have a place on most layouts, including yours ! Whether you're haulin' powdered lime or concrete, granular sugar or sand, these popular steam-to-diesel transition-era covered hoppers can certainly deliver the goods ! See your local hobby dealer to couple on to some now.

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Presenting th e PROTO 2000 GP30, 2nd Release

Whatever your colol's. whatever your road. there is no bettel' way to celebrate the American spirit than with this model. The 8MD GP30 was a domestic manufacturing success. In active production for over two years. it sold to nearly thirty railroads­ The GP30 including most of the large U.S. systems. This exquisitely rendered replica repre­ 2nd Release is available undecorated and in the sents a Phase II version. featuring the distinguishing l'ounded cab and roortop. with following roadnames. a longer cab on the left side to make l'oom for a third seat in the prototype. It also 2 numbers each: Atchison. To peka & Santa Fe offers authenticity galore. with road-specific details like 8MD or ALCO trucks. low (available in 3 numbers). or no hood lights. multi-sized fuel tanks. and dynamic or non-dynamic brakes. Chesapeake & Ohio. Chessie. The unrivaled accul'8cy continues with the supel'ior on-track performance afford­ Conrail. Great Northern. Illinois Central. Milwaukee ed by a heavy die cast chassis for maximum tractive effort; and a DC motor with 5 Road, Pennsylvania Railroad. pole skew wound balanced armature. superrite anisotropic magnets. sinterecl Seaboard Air Line, SOD Line, Southern Pacific, and bronze oilJess bearings and dual machined brass flywheels. Precisely-meshed Wisconsin Central. worm gear and spur teeth provide silent running for the alJ-wlleel drive and elec­ trical pick-up. The GP30 comes equipped with PROTO 2000 magnetic couplers. but X2F' coupler are supplied. and the model is DCC ready. Proclaim your independence from the ordinary. Look for the GP30 at your local ® 110bby dealer today.

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