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A bright light in the dawn of modern·day passenger modeling in N scale . . . and it is good, it is VERY good!

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Correct front profile features bright­ Finely printed warning labels on roof. MU hose detail and full y automatic white headlig ht and translucent knuckle coupler. numberboards.

HESE MODELS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED to hobby shops world-wide in a Ttwo-unit set and as a single unit in both Phase III and Phase IV paint schemes.A single unit in the Northeast Corridor scheme will also be available. For more specific details about these models, please visit your local shop or our website at www.katousa.com. These locomotives will soon be followed by a release of Superliner passenger car and Material Handling Car sets. Be sure to reserve these sets with your retailer when purchasing your locomotives. Don't sit back and wait ...this is the time for your modeling to go AMTRAK.

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Constructed of metal, the HO 2-Hail DC Big Boy is the largest HO steam locomotive ever built by IHIX. Built specifically for North American 2-Rail DC model railroaders, the limited edition TRIX Big Boy has TRIX HO a scale length of 18-5/16" and weighs over 2 Ibs. 10 oz. Representing a level of craftsmanship only found previously on brass models at a much higher price, the TRIX Big Boy has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of only $598.

The Big Boy features a metal frame, boiler, tender body and tender frame. A high-efficiency can motor with bell shaped armature and flywheel powers eight axles that drive all 16 wheels. Headlight and number boards are equipped with LEDs for lighting. In addition, the Big Boy has these features: • RP 25 wheel flanges • Kadee� coupler #18 • DCC connector for locomotive decoder installation • Factory-ready for installation of two Seuthe smoke generators • Tender factory-ready for digital sound effects system (offered in near future)

Purchased by Marklin in 1997, TRIX manufactures HO products with the same quality workmanship and technical innovation that Marklin has been famous for since 1859.

Initial delivery is expected at the end of 2001 . For more information on the TRIX HO 2-Rail DC Big Boy #T22594, visit www.frixfrains.com/bigboy. or call (800) 825-0888 for the name of your nearest dealer. Also available are ten different UP boxcars, hopper cars and caboose. Check www.trixtrains.com/bigboy for details. www.trixtrains.comlbigboy MSRP $598.00 RJ 4-02 April2002 Volume 13, No. 11

ON THE COVER: Sugar Land, Te xas, circa 1951 in N scale. Russell Straw has completed the industrial complex that he began nearly a decade ago. This is truly" Modeling From The Prototype" at its best, and you can see it beginning on page 29 of this issue. -Robert Schleicher photo

-TECHNIQUES: -ASSEMBLING MtJLTI-STORY CITrY BUILDINGS FROM KIT PARTS, Page 35 -SCRATCHBUILD DE BRUCE GRAIN, Page 10 -PAINTING BRASS CABOOSE MODELS, Page 68 -END-Of-TRAIN DEVICE, FROM CIRCUITRON'S MODULE, Page 58 -BRANCHLINE'S NEW COACH KITS, Page 53 -EMD GP 9 AS SOO LINE 409 AND 414 FROM PROTO 2000 MODELS, Page 8 -READING WAR EMERGENCY HOPPERS FROM STEWART'S KIT, Page 18 -FIVE MODERN FREIGHT CARS, Pages 62, 64, 70, AND 71 -APL 20-FOOT CONTAINERS FROM A-LINE'S KIT, Page 46 -N SCALE: -SUGAR LAND, TEXAS IN 2 X 20 FEET, Page 29

4 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Enil-of-Train Device, from Circuitronls iesel Modeling: module, by Steven E. Cerka ...... 5 Modern EMD GP9 as Sao line 409 and 414 from CP Rail 301571 Flat Car from the Proto

Proto 2000 models, by Bob Rivard...... •... 8 2000 kit, by FrankJordan ...... •.... 61 Industry: Modeling Industry: Scatchbuilt RI91827 Bulkhead Flat Car from Walthers Scratchbuild De Bruce Grain in Styrene, De Bruce kit, by FrankJordan ...... 62 byJohn Swanson ...... •...... 10 GrainJ USLX 11167 Evans 53-foot Box Car from Freight Cars of the Fifties: page 10 Atlas' Model, by Dennis Lippert ...... 63 Reading War Emergency Hopper kit­ conversion from Stewart's kit, by V. S. D&RG 31010 Greenville Gondola from

Roseman ...... 18 LBF's kit, by Mark Hines ...... 70 Railroad Prototype Modelers' Meet, MP 641203 Greenville Gondola from lBF's Chicago, 2001, by Matt Kosic ...... 40 kit, by Doug Fleming ...... 71 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: G.E. U23B as l&N 2736 and 2737 from Intermodal Modeling: APL 20-Foot Containers from A-line' s kit, Atlas Models, by Louis A. Marre ...... 14

by David G. Casdorph ...... 46 Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous Locomotive Passenger Car Modeling: Performance Test Reports ...... 27 NYC Single-Window Coaches from G.E. 44-ton diesel Test Report, by Dean Branchline's kits, by Tom Madden ...... 53

Windsor ...... 51 Modern Freight Cars: Railroad Prototype Modelers' Meet,

Chi�ago, 2001, by Matt Kosic ...... 40

N SCALE: odeling Industry: cratchbuild De Bruce Grain in Styrene, byJohn Swanson ...... 10

Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous locomotive

Performance Test Reports ...... 27 Layout Tour: Sugar land, Texas in 2 x 20 feet, by RusseU Straw ...... 29 Intermodal Modeling: APl 20-Foot Containers from Deluxe Innovation's kit, by David G. Casdorph ...... 46

ALL SCALES: Techniques: Modular Structures, Part II: Assembling multi-story city buildings from kit parts, by Ken Patterson ...... 35

Painting Brass Caboose Models, by Mont

Switzer ...... 68

Time Capsule: Eastbound Extra on the CN at Pont-Rouge, Quebec City, Canada on August 15,

1995, by Pierre Dion ...... 65 DEPARTMENTS: RAILMODELjOURNAL is published 12 times a year by Golden Sell Pre!!, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. Price per single copy is S5.50 newlltand; What's New ...... 6-7 $6 .95 direct from publisher, or S48.00 per year in the U.s.A. Individual copy prices higher in Canada and other countries. Foreign subscriptions S60.00 for 12 Calendar ...... 66 illues, payable in U.S. funds. RAILMODELjOURNAL, ISSN 1043·5441, copyright 2002 by Golden Sell Pre!!. All rights reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send addre!! changes to Railmodel journal, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. Visit our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 5 Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Road, Orange, MA 01364 is prod ucing HO scale replicas of logging truck bodies with cherry pi cker cranes. The kit includes cast-pewter parts to build the bed and a functional tag axle and is designed to fit on the Atlas Ford LNT-9000 tra ct or. The body kit is $39.95 plus $6.50 shipping and handling.

Funaro & Camerlengo, R.D. #3, Box 2800, Honesdale, PA 18431 is producing cast-resin kits wit h one-piece bodies to duplicate the Central Vermont 36-foot wood box ca r with Hutchins roof for $27.99 and the B&O 40-foot class P-l 1 fish belly-side flat car for $32.99 for a kit with two cars.

The enclosed cab Fa irmont Speeder is avai lable as a ca st-pewter kit from Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Road, Orange, MA 01364. The kit includes window glazing and non-shorting wheelsets. Two speeders are in each $23.95 kit. Add $6.50 for shipping and handling.

Chooch Enterprises, P.O. Box 217, Redmond, WA 98053 is now shipping cast-uret hane gondola loads of simulated new metal freight car wheels and a load of scrap metal freight car wheels. The pre-paint­ ed loads fit MDC or At hearn 50-foot gondolas. Ea ch load is $5.99.

6 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836 is extend ing their series of laser-cut billboards to include Conoco, Studebaker and Firestone. The billboards are offered in a size for N and HO at $9.95 or a larger size for HO, S and 0 at $11.95 .

The Friends of the Caboose Museum are offering HO scale MOC caboose kits assembled and ready-to-run wit h Kad ee couplers and Virginian lettering to raise funds to repair flood damage to the museum. The .' proceeds go entirely to the museum. Each model is Norwest Kits & Castings, 1585 E. Pender St ., Vancouver, BCV5Y $45 postpaid. Order online: 1Z9, Canada is now shipping cast-resin kits to recreate the www.avirginiasampler.com/virginianrailway-mullens.htm Canadian Pacific 284414-288477 series double-sheathed wood box cars. The kits are $34 each plus $6 shipping and handling.

West erfield, 53 River Lane, Crossv ille, TN 38555 is now shipping cast-resin kits with one-piece carbodies for easy assembly. The newest model is a replica of the Vanderbuilt 50-ton hopper built in 1901 for Western Maryland's West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Railway subsidiary. The cars were rebuilt in 1926 and lettered for the WM and some last­ ed until 1939. The kits are av ailable for either the early or later versions at $30.00 each.

Creat ive Model Associates, P.O. Box 39, Plainview, NY 11803-0039 is producing injection-molded plastic kits to duplicat e the ACLISAL 40-foot pulpwood flat cars. The kit includes decals but is less tr ucks and couplers for $16.50 each or $87.00 for a six pack. Add $1.50 for postage on single kits, two or more kits are postpaid.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 7 [ DIESEL MODELING] EMD GP9 AS SOD LINE 409 AND 414 IN HO SCALE FROM PROTO 2000 By Bob Rivard

Proto 2000 does not offer the GP9 in paint schemes for every road that operated these EMD diesels. Yo u can use the undecorated model to make your own. I prefer to remove the gray primer from the body shells for the white Soo paint. Disassemble the body and soak it in 91-percent rub­ bing alcohol to remove the paint. Scrub off any paint residue with a toothbrush and rinse the model in water, then let it dry overnight. From there on, just follow the captions. The only detail I needed to add to the Proto 2000 model was a Details West number 119 rerail frog. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling diesels on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

Remove these two louvers from the right and left sides of the hood to match 500 Line 409. Use Plano Models number 461 etched louvers to add two sets of louvers to the right side of the hood and one set to the left side of the hood. ----

Use an X­ Acto knife with a num­ ber 17 blade to remove the band on each side of the hood so it matches the 500 Line's diesels.

8 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Number 414 can be modeled without replacing the louvers on the hood .

I painted the body com n ts with 5 lecoat II 2011 white, then used my trusty "red curve" emplati! t mask off for the red. I used Scalecoat II CB&Q Red. I used Microscale 87- 117 decals to finish the model, followed with a coat of Testors DuliCote to protect the decals.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 9 MODELING STRUCTURES ------[ ] ------SCRATCHBUILD DE BRUCE GRAIN IN HO SCALE FROM EVERGREEN OR PLASTRUCT STYRENE

By John Swanson

The two end silos are full-round pieces of 4-inch inside diameter PVC pipe, the silo in the rear is 2- inch 1.0. PVC pipe. All three are 19-1/4 inches tall. The two end silos are positioned just far enough apart so the small silo is in line with their outer ed ges.

The Model: John Swanson's HO scale replica of De Bruce Grain. The st orage capacity of older concrete silos complex has been supplemented with a more mod­ ern st eel silo and new conveyor systems.

The front panel is cut from .060-inch-thick Evergreen sheet styrene so its surface is also flush with the front faces of the two outer tubes. The base of the silos is .040-inch-thick Ev ergreen st yrene with the extension for the truck-u nloading lean-to foundation in place. 10 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 The modern grain elevator is an 11- inch-long piece of 6-inch I.D. PVC pipe. It is wrapped with Ev ergreen .040-inch-thick milled styrene "cor­ rugated" sheet with .060-inch corru­ gation spacing. The sheet is scribed into 4 x 8- foot panels before bending it around the cylinder. The sheet must be pre-bent ar ound the 2-inch PVC pipe to get the curve tight enough. The curved sheet is cu t so each piece is about two inches wider than neces­ sary because those extreme ends are too difficult to curl as evenly as the rest of the sheet. When the sheet fits the pipe, the extra inch of scrap material is cut from each end. The vertical strips are .0lD-inch square. The base was wrapped with .080- inch-thick styrene sheet.

The caged safety ladders are Gold Medal Models (Route 2, Box 3104, Lopez, WA 98261) etched-brass The prototype. parts. The stairs are fr om Central Valley with handrails soldered together from .OIS-inch brass wire.

The lean-to in front of the truck-unloading bins is assembled fr om .020-inch styrene sheet braced with .100 x .IOO-inch styrene strips. The "lid" for the tops of the silo complex is .020- inch-thick styrene sheet.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 11 MODELING GRAIN SILOS

The prototype and the model dryers. Again, John simplified this area somewhat and placed the complex at ground level rather than in the foot-deep pit of the prototype.

The prototype and model truck-unloading or "front" of the complex.

The motors and pumps for the conveyor system are housed in a concrete block shed on the "front" corner of the silos. John used Holgate and Reynolds sheet styrene " block" for the surface over a structure made from pieces of .020-inch styrene sheet.

The blower cages are leftover safety ladder components with wood dowels for the blowers and small chunks of styrene for the supports and vents.

12 RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 The "modern" end of the com­ plex with the newer corr ugated metal si lo. John fabr icated the tr uss rod cage that supports the conveyor pipe fr om .102-inch brass wire soldered around a 1/16-inch brass rod.

Two flights of safety cage ladder are used to gain access to the roof of the metal grain si lo.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 13 MODELING GRAIN SilOS

This photo has been reproduced at exactly 1/2 HO scale so you can enlarge it to serve as a full­ size template or simply take HO scale measure­ ments and double whatever you measure.

MODELING GRAIN

The model was assem bled on a 112-inch plywood base so it could be fin­ ished on the workbench and set into the layout as a com pletely detailed scene. This is the "rear" of the com plex where grain trucks are unloaded.

John simplified them a bit using styrene strip and brass wire. The tallest con­ veyor is 8-3/16 inches above the top of the roof. You can modify the Walthers 3124 Grain Conveyor if you pref er.

The "old" end of the com­ plex has seven safety lad­ ders. There are three grain dryers on this end of the structure. John used sheet styrene to build his, but you could also use Walthers 3128 Grain Dryers, modified to match the diff erences in the three prototype units.

16 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 The "rear" of the com plex where covered hoppers are loaded beneath the gantry. The gantry that supports the loading pipes above the cars was assembled from 3/32-inch Plastruct H-beams and 1I16-inch angles.

The grain conveyors are a com plex network of pipes, ladders, railings and braces.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 17 orld War n came as In practice, however, these cars often varied avai lable to modelers as aftermarket parts, the a shock to quite a bit in optional equipment that was hardware data takes increasing importance as Americans, and in selected by the individual railroads. As shown details. reaction to it conser­ here, the Reading's war emergency cars were In spite of the intense fighting in 1944 and vation programs actually a continuation of earlier plans for afterward, the American war machine had were initiated to construction of their own drop-frame type of geared up to such a high production level that organize strategic cars. additional steel was released for railroad use. materials for build­ In 1941 Reading built class HTo 55-ton Santa Fe and other roads began to plate over ing weapons of war. One of the main cars in series 8000-80999 which were the last wood-sided war emergency box cars. and the resources called for by the War Production pre-war Reading hoppers. These were mod­ Reading returned to all-steel hopper car con­ Board was plate steel, which unfortunately, ern all-steel cars with dropped sidesills. This struction with the class HTr hopper cars in was also an essential element for every rail­ type of car construction permits extension of number series 65000-65999 which were road and builder of rolling stock. the coal-carrying area down below the fra me essentially identical to the pre-war cars but As background, it should be realized that with the hopper bays being installed as low as for having Enterprise door hardware. (The in the First World War, strings of rolling stock possible. On these cars there is a visible drop pre-war series steel cars had Wine hardware.) were tied up outside marine ports of embar­ in the middle of the car sides and sidesills that Postwar rebuilding of these cars with steel cation with loads waiting for unloading. is often referred to as "drop fr ame" or "sow sides would increase their capacity from Traffic soon ground to a halt due to the lack belly" type. Early in the war, al l-steel class 1.936 cubic feet to 2,028 cubic feet because of coordination between railroads and the HTp was built by the Read ing. These were the steel plate being used was thinner than the government. Eventually, this led to the similar to the pre-war cars and were num­ old wood. Federal Government taking over the railroads bered 67000-67338 with the builder's date of Unfortunately, data from several sources for the duration. This is important here September 1942 according to the Eric on the rebuilding of individual cars conflicts. because during the Second World War, the Neubauer article in the Bee Lille (house organ but it would be safe to say that the first railroads would do anything they could to of the Reading Co. Te chnical and Historical replacement of steel floors and sides began prevent a takeover from recurring. Society). These cars were equipped with about 1949. Cars were rebuilt in various pro­ The Reading's wartime composite design Wine door hardware. grams of modernization throughout the I 960s saved about two tons of plate steel per car. As Reading's first wartime composite cars when the last of the wood-sided cars were the building program numbered in the thou­ were the composite cars in class HTs. The scrapped. A few of the rebuilt cars with steel sands of cars, the quantity of plate steel freed number series 67339-67999 HTs hoppers sides and floors lasted until December 1970. up was considerable. were built in 1943 with Wine Company door just one year before Conrai l took over Wartime composite construction was used hardware and latches. These were fo llowed Reading Company operations. on Burl ington, Lehigh Va lley, Pennsylvania, by an additional group of HTs cars in series Figure I (labeled 2240- 1 and dated Balti more & Ohio, and many other rai lroads, 66000-66999 in 1944. being delivered with 9/ 1 7/42) shows the layout of the construction mostly in the building of gondolas and hopper Enterprise door hardware. As castings of as seen in a car with essential structural steel cars based on ARA "war emergency" designs. additional door hardware type are becoming work assembled. [f you like to scratchbuild

18 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 your models, start by building what you see the 1950s and 60s. The photo of the wreck the wood parts to the steel fr ame. On your here. Just add the woodwork and your model displays a steel corner panel at the left end of Stewart model, the rivets from the body is complete, The "under-construction" photo car 63485. The photo is undated, but the car should be scraped off with a number 17 X­ of the prototype shows the frame when board­ was last weighed (probably at Reading) in Acto chisel blade. File the corners of the ed over with wood planking. Note that the January 1955. The photo of car 67355 lettered blade slightly to round them, and you won't end panels are steel. for raw coal carloading service in class HTs tend to gouge as much as if you leave them Specified on all of the Reading composite clearly shows steel panels in place at the car square (a hint fr om master modeler Fred hoppers was the Duryea Cushion underframe ends and that the sides are steel plated from Wright of Carlstadt, New Jersey). I left the (note the draft gearbox of the coupler) which the hopper bottoms up to about midway on rivets on the car's structural frame (including was an attempt to smooth the motion of starts the body. Photos of these cars that had com­ the hat bracing on the carside as these resem­ and stops and reduce damage to the cm-body, plete steel sides looked much like the ble the bolt heads on the composite car). See thus reducing maintenance. The subject of the Reading's HTo, HTp and HTr classes (or the below if you want to come closer to the pro­ Duryea underframe might be a good one for a original Stewart model of an all-steel car) but totype by adding more bolt heads. rail historian to investigate, because as far as for two remaining triangular cut-outs, the Labeled 2240-4 and dated 9/24/42 the I can tell. the results seen after a half century ones over the trucks. The middle openings photo of the unpainted car "under-construc­ appear debatable. Freight cars on many roads were apparently plated over with fu ll steel tion" shows the car with the wood planking in retained their Duryea underframes for years, panels. place for the sides and upper floors. The all­ while on some others they were removed The fu lly plated cars were classed HTs. steel bays were of modern construction with rather early. I have not been able to tell how The last of these cars ran in 1971, and I would­ tight-fining Wine or Enterprise locks depend­ successful they were in reducing damage in n't be at all surprised if at least a few of them ing on the car series. The photo has a good any read ing I have done. The Duryea frames still hadn't been completely rebuilt with full view of the Ajax brake wheel, the gearbox, represented an additional cost to the railroads steelwork when they were finally scrapped. and the retainer valve on the car end, the pol­ and as in the case of many optional appli­ Several railroads operated all-steel cars ing pockets, steps, and the coupler release ances, some railroads, such as the Reading, similar to the Reading design, and these are bar. B&O, and the CNJ had them applied to whole nicely represented by the Stewart 55-ton hop­ Not all of us really want to scratchbuild fleets of cars while other railroads avoided per kit in HO scale. Virtually identical CN] these cars, so the two steps you will need to them as "gadgets" with additional things that hoppers were built in that road's class HTm do after you get a Stewart model of their 55- could go wrong. and numbered 67000-67999 in March 1942. ton hopper car will be: At some point-possibly after 1949 when Some of the other roads operating these cars Step I: Scribe board in your carbody. Fill rebuilding of these cars started-board areas are available prepainted from Stewart. the holes for the ladders on the sides and ends in need of replacement were patched with The fr amework of the cm-body is of weld­ with you favorite body putty such as Testors steel plate. The photos show panels of steel ed construction. Visible fastenings on this car or Squadron, because these holes will not replacing just part of the car side throughout appear to be the heads of bolts used to hold have any use for the version of the cars we are building. Space the scribe lines for your wood Diagram B-To give the ladders something to hold them to the carbody, I notched the tops at an angle 1 to fit as shown so there would be strip material that would engage the outside of the carside, strength­ planks at 9 /4 scale inches apart or as close as you can get to this. On the prototype car, the ening the joints, I filed the backs very carefully. 3 1 wood planks were specified as I /4 X 9 /4- inch ship-lap wood for the sides. In HO scale the 91/4 inches comes to .08323 inches, or a CAR SlOE ON SIDE LADDERS­ little more than 2. 1 mm. I usually use a num­ FILE SHADED FILE STRAIGHr ber 11 blade for the scribing. AReAS AcROSS oN END LADDERS I estimated 6 inches for the metal frame at the bottom of the carsid e. I then scribed the separation of the frame from the first board using the diagram and photos as guides. I divided the rest of the Cal-side (which would be the planked area not including the flange on top) into 10-1/2 equal spaces. (The car had 9- 1/2 planks top to bottom, plus steel plating on top that appears about the same size as one more plank or a total of 10 112 di visions.) The body height fr om the inside of the flange to the top of the frame I scribed is FRONT REAR 1.032 inches: dividing this by; 10.5 equals REAR VIEW LADDER£fll> FILE NoTCH AT TOP OF LADDER LEGS .9828 inches. You could roLlnd it off to .1 inch

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 19 STEWART KIT-CONVERSION

built my cars the hard way, trying to carve out the car floor from the outside of the car sides (to cut into part of the bays in the case of the middle triangular openings). It will probably be much easier to temporarily remove sec­ tions of the car floor that block these open­ ings by working from inside or below the car in back of the side. When the openings in the side are finished, you can plate over the floor or by bottoms as needed with thin styrene sheet, or if you are really neat, you might be able to fit the parts of the hopper bottoms you removed back in place. I am not that neat. Step 2: Add the diagonal bracing. I have been unable to find suitable sized "z" bars in 1-10 scale. I estimate the real ones have about a 5-inch flange (.056 in 1-10) with about a 3- inch total thickness including the web (.0315 inch in HO). The flanges are defined as the Reading composite hopper framework built up. This shot clearly shows the diagonal bracing at the two outer pieces of the "zee" while the web is interior car end which you may elect to add inside the frames. Note the lack of rivets. Several bolt the connecting part. In the end I used .040 heads do show up, and the frame appears to be mostly of welded construction. The drop-type sidesills inch on the outer flanges because when I fin­ are apparent.- Collection of John W. Hall ished one side with the .060 inch size zees that I built up, it was overwhelming and (approximately 2.5 mm if you are more com­ length of reach across the interior of your car. looked too wide compared to the vertical fortable with metrics). Draw divisions on it making 16 parts. braces. Remember, I am estimating anyway, On most composite cars, parts of each Measurements and the diagram both indicate and in the end it will be the appearance of seam between boards might be so smooth that that there were 16 boards across the width of your model that counts-at least that is how I two or three boards appear to be one. Just a these cars. Mark your "interior ruler" with the see it. If you decide to scratchbuild this car few feet fa rther on, however, there might be a tip of a knife or with a sharp pencil point. The you can use exact sizes, but when you kit­ slight but visible separation between boards, width I measured for the Stewart car interior convert it is necessary to utilize most of the or more commonly one board protrudes out comes to 1.2565 inches, which you divide by details on the model or you will end up doing o farther than its neighbors. This effect can be 16 to give you .07853 inches. This is almost more work than starting from scratch. Y u effectively modeled by varying the pressure of exactly 2 mm, and that is what [ would use to will have to make your own choice about the your scribing tool from fairly sti Ff pressure to check the board widths. 01· put a coal load in width of the outer flanges of the zee braces. just barely touching the surface along the the car. (l use a digital caliper which gives a Diagram A: Zee bracing. I simulated the seam lines. If you like to use guide lines, draw four-decimal-place readout, but it is still only web of the zees with a .030-inch square sec­ them with a fine-pointed pencil. A .05 or .07 as accurate as you are in making the initial tion so the flange would have greater strength mm mechanical pencil is ideal for this use. measurement, so you sti II need to use care and still have a nice overhang. If this were to (Bic or any good brand from the drug store and consistent pressure.) be a shelf model, I would have used thinner will do.) Of course, you should carefully erase Triangular openings at the lower parts of material to be more realistic. the pencil lines when you are through, or they the sides of the car (four on a side) must be For adding boltheads and rivets, there are may resist paint colors when you paint the car cut open. I did this by drilling out a hole in several methods to use. The neat way to do later. If your scribing raises ridges along the each location and carving around these to these would be with a riveting machine l ike edges of the "boards" you are creating, care­ form the little triangles. I later realized that I the NorthWest Shortline Riveter table and fully sand over the sidepanels in the direction Reading class HT composite hopper car with wood plank sides in place. Note that the top "plank" is of the wood with 400 or so Flexi-grit or your actually steel: this appears to partly cover the top plank. End details as the handbrake and coupler favorite sandpaper. This slight roughening can lifting bar arrangement are easy to see. Note the steel plating on the car end. -Collection of John W. also simulate woodgrain seen on some areas Hall of wood-bodied cars. If you are doing a lot of scribing work, you may want to invest (around $5-10) for a Panel Line Scriber. This is a stainless steel tool generally resembling a dental pick. It has a specially shaped point used in aircraft mod­ eling to scribe panel lines in styrene without raising a bead on each side of the line (which usually happens when using a knife point for this purpose). The importer and distributor of this particular tool is Squadron Hobbies in Texas; you or your local hobby shop can order it from them. Squadron has a number of other interesting tools for use with styrene as well. The upper floorareas of these cars (every­ thing above the steel hopper bays inside the car) had planking specified as 2'/8 x 71/4 inch­ es. Scribing the interior of the car would make a striking model. Measure the interior width of your car. Use your fo lding ruler, or cut a piece of plastic cardboard or paper to a

20 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 have had success with some paint the color of the car lightened slightly and dotted in place with a very fi ne brush after the car is painted. You need a steady hand for that kind of fine work, and a power" ul magnifier or Opti-Visor tool will always help. This completes the two main steps for converting the Stewart model into a Reading war emergency composite

Top vie ...... of hopper car. ladders �'ueJ Step 3: Finishing up. The ladders and to fol"('h CorM!r small details come next. I used a Precision posT Scale Ajax brake wheel an the cars I buill. The cast-on Stewart brake wheel housinG is acceptable to me, so I left it in pl:ce. Alternatively, you might want to use a sepa­ rate casting like the PSc. The Stewart ladders are not correct for this version of the car. At Diagram C-To buil� up a corner post, I cut this point I had to make a decision. The cor­ down CMI-brand Canadian ladders which I cut to rect corner details include drop-type steps on length for this project. The corresponding right very thin cornerposts that would be extreme­ Diagram A-This diagram show the zee bracing side of the ladder stringer for the side and left ly frag ile and would get bashed in as in the as it appears to be on the prototype in full-size stringer for the end are filed or sanded to a 45- photo of the train wreck. Every time some inches. I am estimating a 1/4-inch thickness of degree angle section permitting them to be meat-handed guy wanted to look at the car or the part sections, with a 5-inch flange width, 2- glued together into a solid post. rerailed it because he didn't remember (0 l/z-inch web, and a 3-inch total thickness. The throw the turnout before backing the train I second part is in HO scale: .002-inch thickness tool. While a fu ll setup with all the tools will would have damage. I expect these cars to be of all parts, .056-inch flanges, and total thick­ come to about $100, you will be able to do a handled a fa ir amount, so I used CMA's ness of .0315 inch including the web, and flange whole lot of very neat rivets over a period of Canadian-type car ladders cut down to size. thicknesses. Even if I am off on the thickness of years-this is an investment in your future Detai ls West or other good-quality box car the prototype, it hardly matters for a kit conver­ projects. I don't suggest using a rivet wheel ladders would do as well. r cut the ladders for sion as you would probably need to use such thin because I think the "steel" strips in this pro­ the sides down to three rungs with the right brass or typing paper to simulate the zee that it ject are too hard to line up even if you taped strut to about 3/4 or the way to the next rung. would be extremely hard to work with. It is of them down, but you may be a lot better at this I then removed the corner car support as it course possible if you scratchbuilt the car in thun r am. You could use the professional becomes redundant in the next step. The top metal. I went to a more practical thickness of model builder method of slicing off the rivets ends of the ladder posts were sanded from the parts with an .040-inch-wide flange by .0lD ['rom an Athearn passenger carbody (heavy­ back to make them very thin so the ladder inch as available from Evergreen Co. The web I weight coach or diner bodies are available would not stick out from the sides too far (see used is .030 x .030 inch to provide the strength separately for a couple of dol lars from Diagram B). Between the top of the ladder needed for handling the model. I might have Wa lthers and provide many thousand rivets.) and the upper side of the car'side, I added used .005-inch-thick sheet and cut the webs Then glue the individual rivets onto the three IS-inch straight grabirons to match the myself, but the .0lD-inch seems to give a good flange of the diagonal brace to simulate the ladders on the carsides and continue the rest impression. bolts holding the boards to the bracing. You of the ladder. could also try what I do when faced with tiny File a 45-degree flat on the back of the areas of riveting: either leave them off or just right side of these ladders (see Diagram C). Diagram D-This shows how you could use touch the strip with the tip of a thin drill such Using a six-rung section of ladder with a straight 18-inch wire grabs on the car ends to as a number 79 or SO and twist a couple of matching flat filed from the left side of the avoid interference with the drop grabs on the times in a pin vise. The idea is to simulate a ladder, butt the two together at a 90-degree sides. If you used the correct drop grabs on both pattern in the surface to create an illusion: angle and mount to the cornerof the car. Two sides and ends, the holes you drill in the end while you are actually creating a depression, sets of these will complete the installation. posts would intersect, leaving nearly no post the eye often reads these visually the same as Add IS-inch grabirons to the cal'body on the material. Moreover the side or end grabirons a rivet or bolt head because they are so small. sides above the top of the ladder, two "rungs" would be cut so short that they might not even As an alternative to either of these methods above each completes the corner ladders. hold the grabs in place. you could use dots or black ink, although r These are still thin and fragile, but they look

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RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 21 STEWART KIT-CONVERSION

DIAGRAM E-The Reading Class HTss postwar rebuild hopper with all-steel plating to replace the original wood-on-steel frame construction. The diagonal braces were removed, as necessary, and only the two triangular cutouts near the truck bolsters reveal that this was originally one of the composite cars. better than just gluing on the original ladders. to match the crossbars on the sides fo r the end the I 940s up to 1955 when the large diagonal Even an easy kit conversion like this requires grabirons and use straight ones on the car ends speed leltering came into use. In S scale, John a number of compromises. (which are generally less visible when the W. Hall, 27 11 Pecksniff Rd., Wilmington, DE A closer-to-scale method using drop-type model is in a train) instead of the dmp type. As 19808-2 177 has decals for Reading hoppers: grabirons fo r the ladders would be to retain the crossbars of all the side and end grabs set 101. Send a large self-addressed stamped the corner post and add a second .030-inch would be at exactly the same levels, they envelope for a complete list, or if you have square post on an 18-inch center in from the would give the illusion of matching. You now web access he is a member of a community of corner along the side, running from the frame have several alternative choices for installing small decal manufacturers-www.greatde­ of the car to the lower edge of the body (see the grabirons to give the best illusion. cals.com-who will have this complete list Diagram D). Add 18-inch drop-type gra­ T don't have any clear info rmation or good online as well as some of a number of other birons. You will be unable to fit the side grabs photos to model the Duryea cushion under­ decal makers. at the same heights as those on the ends or the frame, so I left the coupler pockets as they came. The molded-on Wine door locks are quite stems will have to intersect in the corner These f-il most popular magnetic couplers. fine and represent these small fittings in a sat­ posts. This might be possible if you are very Champ Decals has a very nice Reading isfactory way. I recently have seen door latch­ careful, but you will have nearly no corner Hopper set, and if you want to modify the es available from one of the aftermarket part post material left where these grabiron stems data to match the prototype cars more closely manufacturers if you want to change to anoth­ pass through them. You could using a slightly you can also use parts from their Reading er type. Charts in Eric Neubauer's article on staggered grabiron pattern on the car ends Roadname set in white. The Champ hopper these cars appearing in Th e Bee Line, issue (raise each end grab about .0 15 inches or so). car set includes the colorful red banner dated Spring 1980 indicates that the Alternatively, you could drill out pairs of holes emblems that appear to have been used fr om Reading's HTs class from 67339-67999 all

Table A- Attrition of Reading Composite Hoppers in Class HTs and HTss (This data compiled by Johll W Hall, fo r Reading Te chnical and Historical Society. )

Cars 66000-66999 Cars 67339-67999 Class Class Class Class HTs HTss Rebuilds (See Notes) HTs HTss Rebuilds (See Notes) 1000 0 Apri l 1947 66 1 0 April 1947 997 2 January 1950 Note E 66 1 0 January 1950 Note E 99 1 4 July 1953 Note F 658 4 July 1953 Note F 726 263 July 1956 Note A 494 164 July 1956 Note A 693 296 January 1957 466 189 January 1957 603 383 October 1957 388 262 October 1957 561 424 April 1958 359 290 April 1958 216 769 July 1960 143 504 July 1960 128 855 April 1961 85 562 April 1961 128 854 July 1961 85 561 July 1961 75 904 October 1962 46 597 October 1962 44 845 July 1963 13 358 July 1963 13 708 January 1964 8 493 January 1964 2 375 April 1966 Note G 0 238 April 1966 Note G 0 38 April 1969 0 21 April 1969 Note A: Rebuilt to Class HTss (Others rebuilt retained Class HTs Note E: 66064, 66228, First two cars re built to Class HTss in 1949 Note F: 66064. 66 153, 66228, 66330 Class HTss Note G: 66240, 66395, HTs, Last 2 HTs never rebuilt HTs cars 66529, 66662, 66944 retired 1 1/80 I-ITs cars 66595, 67432, 67870 retired 12170

ZZ RAILMODELjOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 had Wine door latches, while Enterprise door latches were installed on the cars of class HTs built in 1944 and numbered 66000-66999. Unfortunately, the only reference to the

trucks is "c . St." on the diagram indicating a cast-steel sideframe. Reading Co. freight car expert John Hall suggests that they were likely to have been a Birdsboro design. The Stewart trucks resem­ ble those [ have seen on many Reading cars, although I am not certain which model trucks would best represent the ones shown on these cars in the photos. Until then my cars will roll on the Stewart cast-sideframe trucks. A basic technique for modeling in many scales: It is possible to do a similar conver­ sion to create other war emergency cars, or to create Reading HTs cars in other scales. Using the American Models hopper in S scale, you could extend the sides with sheet styrene and extend the side stiffener girders by matching the girder pattern with strip styrene. Then the "Z" braces could be built up as described in this article, sufficiently small ones might be available fr om Plastruct. In 0 scale, a USRA or similar ribbed-side car could be used as a starting point for a Reading Train wreck showing class HTs car at middle. Note near end of the Reading hopper has a plated-over car. In 1/32, 1/29, or 1/24 scales, it is just a side panel showing rivets. Shot is undated, but the hopper has a reweighing date of Readingll-55 so problem of finding a suitable car for this con­ it was probably taken within a couple of years after that. -Collection of John W. Hall version. As so many have been coming on the market recently, it may just be a matter of time until a 55-ton Reading-pattern steel car comes onto the market. In the meantime, cars that resemble the USRA 55-ton cars have been spotted and would be a suitable starting point for the ARA version of these cars. For a reasonable close model to the more common ARA-type war emergency cars used by Pennsylvania, B&O and others, you would do the scribing and add the braces but leave off the extension of the lower body. And if you are not too fussy about making "z" braces, you could substitute a simpler geometric grid­ er form and build these cars in N scale. These are such distinctive cars that they are real eye catchers with their diagonal brac­ ing and red banners One of the nice things about modeling these cars is that if you are modeling any railroad other than the Reading Raw coal service car 67355 in service. Panel at left on car side is white with black letters. Banner on during or right after wwn, you only need to carside right is red, white and black. Small mark on lower left frame is painter's data mark. Two large build a couple of them because you can add to end panels on the carside are replaced with steel as is about half of the body side Reweighing appears a cut of Reading steel cars which are available to be 1956, and there is a repacked date that looks like B&O '57. -Collection of John W. Hall right out of the box from Stewart, Athearn, Accurail and others. Of course the farther you got from Anthracite Country of eastern Pennsylvania, the fewer Reading cars you would be likely to see. However, Anthracite was used all over the country, and photos show that even Santa Fe trains to the west would have a fe w Reading hoppers in them. Now you just have to fill those cars you have just built with black diamonds and feed the hungry furnaces of industrial America. Much of the research comes from John Hall, author of CABOOSES OF THE READ­ ING. The prototype photos are all from his collection. This article would not have been possible without his generous help and advice. RMJ Builder's photo showing car 66710 with full wood planking of course, October 1943. The next letter­ ing scheme (speed lettering) is not known to have existed on the wood-sheathed cars, although it did show up on the steel rebuilds.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 23 ------f[DIESEL S, ONE-DETAIL-AT-A-TI ME]1------

Photos from the collection of Louis A. Marre

hese L&N U23B units are the fourth in a recent series of " One-Detail-At-A-Time" articles on the U23B. You can compare the details that each of fo ur real railroads applied to these locomo­ tives so that each was distinctive from the others, and each could be identified as belonging to just one road. The U23B as Conrail 2744 and 275 1 was featured in the July 200 I issue, and the U25B as Norfolk Southern 3909 and 39 14 was featured in the October 200 1 issue. The AT SF 630 1 and 6305 units were featured in the February 2002 issue. The U23B was only rated at 2,250 horsepower, but the medium-sized locomotives apparent­ ly provided superb traction. The L&N purchased 2736 and 2737 as part of number series 2700-277 1 in 1970. There's a " One-Detail-At-A-Time" article on the L& N U28C diesels in the November 1990 issue of "The Journal"

Scale Model GE U238 HO Scale: Atlas N Scale: None known Paint L&N Grey: Similar to SP Lettering Grey: FloquiI 110130. Polly Scale 414179, Badger ModelFlex 16-39, or ProColor 067 (L&N Grey) Decals HO Scale: Champ EH J07A or Wa lthers 934-5 1771 N Scale: None known

24 RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 25 G.E. U23B AS L&N 2736 AND 2737

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The more significant figures from Guy Thrams' and Bob Higgins' evaluations of model locomolives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with asterisks are out

of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2. 00 each (a llow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins and Guy Thrams test these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues. , , HO, N, 0, S & G SCALE LOCOMOTIVES

Manufacturer/lmporler Prototype Min. Max. Max. Throttle Magazine Manufaclurerilmporler Prototype Min. Max. Max. Throttle Magazine Speed No. 6 Speed Traclive Response Date Speed No. 6 Speed Tractive Response Date Swilch (smph) (smph) Force (oz.) Midload (v.) Switch (smph) (smph) Force (oz.) Midload (v.) HO Scale Diesels Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990' Ajln/Overland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 August 1990' Athearn (as·is) EMD GP38·2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' AjiniOverland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 April 1991 ' Athearn (w!Helix Humper EMD GP36·2 .83 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sepl. 1995 (Chassis) can motor conversion) AjiniOverland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991' Proto Power Wesl EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990' (Chassis) (Alhearn w/can molar) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990' AjinlOverland Models EMD GP15T 3.55 76.2 4.69 1.2 March 2000 Alhearn/PPW. weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990' Mantua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991' Athearn wlNWSL motor EMD GP36·2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990' MRC (Model Reclifier Corp.) EMD F7 A .52 86.1 2.90 1.0 August 2000 Athearnw/NWSL motor. EMD GP38-2 Proto 1000 (Life·Like) EMD F3 .19 80.8 3.69 3.7 January 1999 weigh led .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990' Proia 1000 F-M C-Liner 0.61 90.0 4.97 3.2 April 2000 Alhearn/Proto Power Proto 1000 (Llle'Like) Budd RDC-2 3.71 65.3 1.87 4.9 Dec .. 2000 Wesl w/replacement Proia 2000 (Life-Like) Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991' Wheel sets: Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' NorthWest Short Line EMD GP38·2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Ocl. 1990' Proto 2000 (life-like) EMD GP9 .06 79.2 3.29 4.8 March 1998 Jay·Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Ocl. 1990' Proto 2000 (Life·Like) EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Athearn GE C44-9W 1.85 100.7 3. 18 3.6 March 1996 Proia 2000 (Life· like) EMD GP30 .23 78.2 4.17 4.0 Jan. 2000 Alhearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Proto 2000 (Lile·like) EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994' Atheam EMD SD40·2 1.94 103.3 3.01 3.3 Jan.2001 Proto 2000 (life·like) EMD SD7 .52 73,3 3.58 5.0 Juty 1995 Atlas Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991' Proto 2000 (Life· Like) EMD SW9/SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 3.7 May 1996 AtlaS/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990' Speclrum (Bachmann)EMD F40PH Phase 11 1.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. f992' Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 Spectrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8·40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990' Atlas GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Speclrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8·40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 6.4 Feb. 1996 Atlas EMD GP40 .33 81.9 3.41 1.7 Nov. 2000 Speclrum (Bachmann) F-M H16-44 2.32 49.5 1.27 2.4 July 1997 Bachmann·Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992' Speclrum (Bachmann) EMC Gas Elec. .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Bachmann-Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 Speclrum (Bachmann) EMD DDMOX .68 133.5 6.68 3.2 Aug. 1997 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Stewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991· Stewart Hobbies Alco C628 1.20 69.5 2.92 2.2 Aug. 1999 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 Aprit 1991' Stewart Hobbies Baldwin va 1000 1.05 77.1 1.65 0.7 Feb. 2000 (wilh Mashima can molar) Wallhers/Roco EMD 8Wl .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 Con-Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sept. 1996 WallhersiTrainline Alco FAI (& FBI) .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 April 1997 Con-Cor EMD SW1 500 (SW 7) 1.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997 (.16) (65.3) (8.22) (3.8) E·R Models (Frateschi) Alco FAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 OCI. 1993 WallhersiTrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 E-R Models (Frateschi) Alco FAI .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 WalihersiTrainl,ne with Alco FAI .98 92.1 3.9 nla Sept. 1998 E-R Models EMD FP7A 3.70 92.8 3.24 3.4 May 1999 MRC DCC Decoder Genesis. by Athearn SD751 2.12 110.0 4.01 3.5 July 1999

Genesis, by Alhearn EMD F7A .14 95.0 4.19 4. I March 2001 HO Scale Electric Locomotives IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 Feb. 1995 Alias EMD AEM-7 2.42 123.8 4.33 1.0 June 2000 (1 .50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) (w�h 25 ounces added weighl) 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 HO Scale Steam Locomotives (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) Feb. 1995 Bachmann-Plus SP 4·8·4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sepl. 1993 IHC EMD 8035 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 Bowser (English's InterMountain EMD F7A 0.78 77.6 3.79 1.7 June 2001 Model RR Supply) B&O 0-4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992' Kato EMD 8040 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Bowser PRR H-9 2-8-0 ,64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 KATO EMD 6040 2.86 74.3 3.48 2.2 Dec.2001 Bowser PRR Ml-a (stock) 4-8-2 1.30 78.2 5.97 2.8 July 2000 KalO/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989' Bowser PRR M1-a (w/Helix Humper can) 1.81 '69.1 5.40 NA July 2000 (similar GP7 models by Ailas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sep!. 1989' Bowser PRR Ml-a (SWINWSL can & gearsl l.37 49.1 7.99 2.7 July 2000 Kala EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Genesis. by Athearn USRA 2-8-2 Light .58 52.8 2.51 1.4 Dec. 1999 Kala EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3,0 Feb. 1994' Genesis, by Athearn USRA 4·6-2 Light 1.90 64.6 2.20 1.0 Sept. 2001 Kala G.E. Dash 9·44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Oct. 1996 Heritage, by Proia 2000 USRA 2·8-8-2 2.25 46.0 3.52 3.0 Feb. 2000 Kato Alco RS2 1.48 78.7 3.40 2.0 Feb. 1999 Herilage, by Proto 2000 USRA 0·8-0 2.80 51.0 2.09 3.5 Sept. 2000 Kalo Alco RSC2 2.58 75.2 4.19 2.1 Feb. 1999 IHC 4-4-0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 Keystone/NWSL GE 44-Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' tHC/Mehano B&0 0·4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992' Hobbylown EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991' IHClMehano SP 2·6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 InterMountain EMD F7A .78 77.8 3.79 1.7 June 2001 tHC/Mehano C&O 4-8·2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sepl. 1994 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.96 2.8 April 1994'

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Manufacturer/Importer Prototype Min. Max. Max. Throttle Magazine Manufacturer/Importer Prototype Min, Max, Max. Throttle Magazine Speed No. 6 Speed Tractive Response Date Speed No, 6 Speed Tractive Response Date Switch (smph) (smph) Force (oz.) Midload (v.) Switch (smph) (smph) Force (oz,) Midload (v.)

IHC 2·8·0 ,42 74,7 2,53 2,5 March 1997 Model Power/

Key Imports UP 4·8·8·4 ,44 62,2 6,47 4,6 Aug, 1991' Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3.14 184,7 .83 3,8 Sept. 1990'

Lile·Like B&O 0·4-0T 1,37 104,2 1.01 ,9 Dec, 1992' SamhongsalHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) ,29 150,3 1.03 3,2 July 1989-

Mantua 2·6·6·2 3,00 70,2 5,27 7,0 June 1991 (,35) (151,4) (2,04) (3,2) July 1989' Mantua O·S-OT NA 126,4 2,09 3,2 June 1991 N Scale Steam Locomotives Mantua 2·8·2 ,65 76,2 3,36 3,5 June 1994 Kalo USRA 2·8·2 3,10 111.8 .7 2,5 April 1996 Mantua w/Mashima 2·6·6·0 ,24 50,6 2,17 4,2 June 1991 & Ocl. 1997 Mantua 0·4·0 ,90 107.0 3,55 4,0 June 1995 Kalo USRA 2·8·2 4,80 122,5 1,04 2,9 June 1998 Mantua with 812 Can Motor 0·4·0 1,86 84,9 3,39 1.8 June 1995 (GHQ PRR L·l) MDC (Roundhouse) Class B Shay 2,54 33,1 1,54 2,2 Del. 2000 Key Imports C&O 2·6·6·6 .59 96.9 1.27 3,8 June 1997 Model Power PRR 2·8-0 4,77 73,8 0,85 1.5 August 1996 MDC (Roundhouse) Baldwin 2·8·0 ,10 110,1 ,51 1 .6 Jan, 2002 Ajin/Overland Models NYC 2·8·2 ,50 74,3 3,79 1,6 Sepl. 1991' Pecos River AT SF 4-{;·2 .44 87.2 ,88 4,4 Jan, 1995 Precision Scale (Iron Horse)UP 4·10·2 7,02 53,0 3,08 2,9 Jan, 1998 Rivarossi USRA 2·B·2 3,00 177,2 1,14 9,0 Ocl. 1991 Rivarossi 4·6·6·4 5,90 71.6 9,47 3,3 Jan, 1997 Rivarossl (wiN Scale 01 USRA 2·8·2 ,49 160,3 ,66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Rivarossi USRA 2·8·2 U8 70.7 4,47 2,4 May 1997 Nevada Irame & NWSL SamhongsaiPowerhouse USRA 2·6·6·2 ,28 57.1 8,78 3,0 July 1989' Sagami 1420 can molor) Spectrum (Bachmann) Reading 2·8·0 .22 104,2 2,38 2,1 Dec, 1993

Speclrum (Bachmann) PRR 4·6·2 1.21 91,4 2,32 2,2 Ocl. 1994

Speclrum (Bachmann) PRR 4·6·2 ,72 80,8 2,50 2.4 Ocl. 1999 S Scale Diesels

Speclrum (Bachmann) Batdwin 2·8·0 ,30 83.7 2,83 2.4 July 1998 American Models EMD GP35 ,54 78,0 7,85 2,0 June 1 993

Speclrum (Bachmann) USRA 4·8·2 2.75 64.9 2,41 2,8 Nov, 1999 S Helper Service EMD SW9 ,29 55,6 4,32 1.7 Oct. 1998

Speclrum (Bachmann) ClassB 3·Truck Shay ,46 15.3 2,26 1,8 Aprit 2001

Weslside "Classic" SP 4·6·0 ,49 49.1 3,24 1.7 August 1992' o Scale Diesels

Central Loco, Works EMD F7A (& F7B) ,25 72.0 20,68 4,4 Sep\. 1989' N Scale Diesels (,20) (65,5) (39, 10) (4,0) Sept. 1989'

Amold Alco S2 1.90 151,4 ,44 2,0 Mar, 1991' Key/Samhongsa Alco PAl ,41 76,2 21.85 5,6 April 1992'

Alias EMD GP7 ,48 237,0 ,57 2,0 Ocl. 1995 P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5,79 1.2 June 1990'

Alias (wilh DCC decoder) EMD GP 40·2 ,42 203.7 ,73 3,6 May 1998 (,24) (74,1) (12,80) (1,9) June 1990'

Alias EMD SD 60 1.63 222,4 0,90 1.6 March 1999 P&D Hobby EMD F3B ,25 77.1 5,81 1.6 Jan, 1993

Atlas/Kalo GE U25B (Iwo) ,29 222,4 ,64 2,0 June 19B9' Red Caboose EMO GP9 ,27 81.9 12,78 2,2 June 1992'

(.3t) (1 89,6) (1.37) (2,0) June 1989" Weaver (0 scate) Alco FA2 ,22 72,8 15,31 1 .9 Juty 1989'

AtiasiKato EMD S07 1.29 231.9 ,60 1.7 April 1990' Weaver (Hi· Rail) Alco FA2 ,21 100,8 12.53 2,2 AU9ust 1995

AllaS/Kato EMO GP35 1,07 213,7 ,61 2,2 Nov, 1992' Atco FA2 (& FB2) ,25 (94,9) (19.25) (2.0) Augusl 1995

Bachmann EMD S040·2 ,74 148,3 1,03 2,4 Sepl. 1989' Weaver EMD EB ,30 105,6 14.45 2,1 July 1993

Bachmann wiN Scale of EMO S040·2 ,82 155,7 t,25 2,6 Sepl. 1989' Nevada Chassis o Scale Steam Locomotives Bachmann/Spectrum EMC Gas Etec, 20,0 110,\ 0,3B 3,2 Aug, 1998 SamhongsalHalimark On3·EBT 2·8·2 ,22 33,8 9,09 2,4 Aug, 1989' Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8·40C ,44 113,0 1.15 5,2 April 1993 Lionel (Hi· Rail) UP 2·8·0 12,64 89,7 20.01 7,6 May 2001 Bachmann/Spectrum EMD D0A40X ,35 163,9 1,13 3,8 Sepl. 1997

Con Cor EMD E7A ,57 99,8 4,19 3,4 Oct. 1992' G Gauge Diesels

E·R Models Baldwin Sharknose A·R38 75,2 .52 3,4 Feb, 2002 Alias EMO SW8/9 ,63 60,1 12,49 2,1 April 1999

Kalo Alco PAl (& PB1) 1.43 167,7 1.25 1,7 Dec, 1998 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27,01 NIA Aprit 1990

(1 ,07) (1 56,8) (2,328) (1.8) Dec, 1998 Lionel EMD GP7 ,38 55,6 14,74 5,9 May 1991

Kato EMD E8A ,26 222,4 ,96 2,0 Aug, 1993 Railway Express Agency Alco FA I 3,79 68,2 15,25 NIA July 1990

EMD E8A & (E8B) (,26) (220.4) (1 ,92) (2,3) Aug, 1993

Kalo GE U30C ,48 242,2 ,88 2.4 Feb, 1990' G Gauge Steam Locomotives

Kato GE Dash 9·94CW ,11 198,2 ,84 1,4 Nov, 1997 Aristo·Crali (ART) B&O 4·6·2 1,15 51.9 28,08 2,0 Oct. 1991 Kato Alco RS2 ,30 167,7 ,52 1,4 Sepl. 1999 Aristo·Crali (ARn & PRR 0·4·0 .94 72.7 12,1 3 1 ,6 Jan, 1992' EMO F7A (& F7B) ,39 145,3 .57 3,8 Mar, 1992' KeylEndo Lehmann (LGE) 0·4·0T 2,40 28,7 7.24 N/A May 1992' (,50) (150,3) (3,0) Mar. 1992' (1.27) Bachmann 0·4·0T ,31 25,6 6,38 2.6 Aug, 1992' life·like EMO F9A (& F9B) 2,04 177.2 1,41 5,0 Aug, 1989' Bachmann Radio· (1 ,84) (166,4) (4.7) Aug, 1989' (2.78) Controlled Baldwin 4·6·0 ,55 25,2 28,81 N/A June 1989' Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158,0 ,91 4,0 May 1993 Life·like Bachmann Track· (,66) (149,3) (1,81) (3,4) May 1993 Powered Baldwin 4·6·0 5,50 38,4 11 .23 1,0 Oct. 1990' Lile·like Alco PAl 2,97 139,7 1,21 3,4 Nov, 1998 Bachmann 2·Truck Shay ,95 14,0 29,22 3.3 May 2000 life·Like EMD GP18 1,20 167,0 ,84 3,0 April 1994' Delton Loco, Works D&RG 2·8·0 ,12 40,9 1 7,00 2,0 Dec, 1989' life·like EMD E8A 1.63 149,3 1 ,27 4,0 April 1995 LGB 2·6·0 2,65 54,8 22.45 N/A Nov, 1991' Lile·Like EMD SD7 ,29 121,11 ,48 2,45 June 1996 LGB Forney 0·4·4T 2,74 36.1 26.39 N/A July 1994 Life·like EMO E7A 3,14 140,6 1,33 4,3 Feb, 1998 Lionel Baldwin 0·4·0T , t 2 54,5 9,60 1.8 Oct. 1989' EMO SW9 ,45 106,9 ,40 2.0 April 1998 Life·Like Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0·4·0T ,48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan, 1991'

· ,57 1.6 June 1999 Life Like EMO GP20 3,59 116,6 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4·4·0 ,82 67,1 13.18 1,3 Jan,1991'

28 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 [LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS] SUGAR LAN D, TEXAS IN N SCALE, PA RT II: THE IMPERIAL COTTON GIN By Russell Straw Model photos by Robert Schleicher

fter completing the fi rst 12 feet of modules fe aturing the Imperial Sugar Company, my fr iends and I wanted to keep adding more to the town of Sugar Land. To continue to the west, I built a new corner module fe aturing the Imperial Cotton Gin. A new club member built an additiona l module depicting the Visco Products Company. I ended up building most of the structures on that module, so when he moved away and quit the club, I inherited it. I continued the research I had started to obtain prototype information on the Imperial Sugar Company as it existed in 1951. Visco Products is now the Nalco/Exxon, where I was able to find period photographs to go along with the Sanborn fire insurance maps I had. The corner really spread things out, so I changed it to a 4-foot straight module to better represent the real world. Sti II we had to compress, bend, and squash things to get a reasonable representation of the subject to fit on standard modules. There were a fe w structures like an ESSO/Humble Oil bulk plant and a new cotton gin building that was not shown on the 1940 Sanborn map that just begged to be modeled. However, there was just no room to put them on these modules. The I-foot mod ule made it necessary to have another one-footer to make things come out right in an NTRAK layout. Also, these new modules were standard NTRAK with the three mainlines running at the front, and this detracted fro m what we accomplished building the first three. I fi nally decided rebuild these and one of the first modules to correct the problems.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 29 SUGAR LAND IN N SCALE

When we built the original three NTRAK modules to model Sugar Land, we also made many compromises to bend the prototype railroads into a workable track plan. We wanted something that would be close enough to what existed but still begin and end with the standard NTRAK spacing at either end. The east end of the modules worked out really well, but the west side of town had to have a lot of extra track that broke up the prototype feel. I took this opportunity to get rid of the extra track and continue the second and third tracks (the yellow and blue NTRAK lines) along the back of the modules further down the layout before bringing them together again for the standard spacing. I also added more real estate to the back of the module to give me more room for additional structures. On the far west end I now had room to put a balloon loop that was used to An aerial view of the town side of the Visco Products cotton gin complex at Sugar Land, Texas circa bring interchanged cars off the Southern 1953. Russell moved the three oil tanks on the far right closer to the larger buildings. -Bob Bailey Studio photo from the Russell Straw collection Pacific into the back end of the Missouri Pacific yard. There was also plenty of room to put an ox bow lake left from the old Oyster Creek riverbed. The super module had grown from 12 to 20 fe et. Modeling the Cotton Industry [n 195 I, cotton was still a major crop on the prairie west of Houston. The farmers would mechanically harvest the crop and pack it into wagons to be taken to the local gin. At the gin facility in Sugar Land, the wagons would be weighed at the scale house and then taken back to the new gin building where the cotton was unloaded and cleaned. After mechanical harvesting became common in the 1940s it was necessary to add additional processing to remove debris such as sticks and leaves from the raw cotton. The "cyclone" bins behind The Visco Products Company at Sugar Land, Texas as it was in 1953. The Missouri Pacific yard is in the new building collected all this debris the far upper right. Russell moved the bulk oil dealer that is just visible closer and used the two until it could be hauled away. Then the NTRAK tracks that are routed across the rear of his multi-module set to simulate the MoPac yard. -Bob Bailey Studio photo from the Russell Straw collection cotton was moved to the older buildings where the seeds would be combed out of the fiber. The fibers would be baled in a The N scale recreation of Sugar Land, Texas. The standard NTRAK 2-foot interface with three tracks is at the far left. The sugar refinery shown in the December 1993 issue of "The Journal" (reprinted in compress and sent for storage in the THE JOURNAL OF N SCALE MODELING) attaches at the far right. The nominal 2-foot-deep NTRAK cotton shed with the sawtooth roof where module standard has been extended a foot to the rear of this multi-module set. -Russell Straw

30 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 left foreground: VlsGO (�em storage shed and loading platform. Center: Office and plant building of Visco. Right foreground: for Imperial Cotton Gin. Billboard on seed house Is advertising "Delta Pine" brand planting seed for cotton.

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32 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 Looking west along Sunset Route businesses along Sugar Land St.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 33 SUGAR LAND IN N SCALE they cou ld later be shipped out by rail or Center foreground: Southern Pacific Depot truck. The seeds would be removed from In Sugar Left: Dr. Slaughter's Medical Clinic. the debris and sent by conveyor over to the seed house where they were stored until they could be sent to a plant a few miles away in Richmond to be pressed for oil. All planting seed was specially grown elsewhere on seed farms where the plant hybrids could be more easily controlled. The Visco Products Company was a supplier of drilling mud, oil field lubricants and other products for the oil exploration and production industry. At this time, the Sugar Land plant did some refining and mixing but was primarily fo r packaging, storage and distribution. Bulk products and feed stock were brought to the plant in tank cars, box cars, and by truck. Shipments for distribution went out by rail or truck. Most of their products were shipped in 55-gallon drums so there was a large yard for storing barrels, both empty and fu ll. RMJ

The USGS topographic map of Sugar Land, Texas showing the Southern Pacific and Missouri Pacific on either side (top and bottom) of the town with Highway 6 at the far left.

The features of the Sanborn Insurance map of the cotton gin portion of Sugar Land that Russell Straw has recreated on these three modules. The remainder of the map to the left is shown in the December 1993 issue of "The Journal" (reprinted in THE JOURNAL OF N SCALE MODELING).

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34 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 [MODELING STRUCTURES] MODULAR STRUCTURES, PA RT II: ASSEMBLI NG MULTI-STORY STRUCTURES FROM KIT PA RTS By Ken Patterson

Shows the assembled building, and painting has been partially completed.

Once you get the hang of the table top sled, you can create any of the structures seen in these photos. This city section of modules is part of the Midwest Valley Modelers layout and is about 11 feet long. It includes about 29 such buildings cut and kit-converted as described in this article.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 35 MODULAR STRUCTURES

36 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Here you see the main four wall assemblies fully assembled. This project took about 14 kits total with a lot of back and side walls left over to use on future kit-conversion projects.

I made a tree of floors out of Plexiglas and slid them down through the building after interior partitions were added. You can get really crazy here and fill the structure with furniture, lights, and actual scenes. A structure like this can weigh up to ten pounds when completed.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 37 MODULAR STRUCTURES

38 RAILMODEL)OURNAL . APRIL 2002 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 39 [ MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYP�] RAILROAD PROTOTYPE MODELERS MEET CHICAGO, 2001 By Matt Kosic

Each October, fans of "Modeling From The Prototype" gather in Naperville, Illinois just west of Chicago for a two-day Railroad Prototype Modelers meet. There is no contest, no prizes, and no newsletter, just a gathering. There is a fee that includes admittance to 20 or more differentclini cs on modeling and on the prototypes for our models. You can find the nearest and next Railroad Prototype Modelers meet by watching the "Calendar" page of "The Journal. " We list the meets as soon as we know the exact dates.

The Rivarossi 12-1 Pullman body was modified by Stan Rydarowia with scratch built window panels to simulate the sealed picture windows of the Wabash modernized heavyweight parlor observation car City of Decatur. The car was painted with Pactra paint and lettered with Mark Vaughn decals.

To m Casey used a Rivarossi diner as the starting point for this replica of the Santa Fe 's number 1404 as it was in 1949. He had to make six splices on the kitchen side of the model, and he lengthened the car to 83 feet 6 inches. Thefloor and underbelly were assembled from styrene sheet and strips. He used a variety of detail parts.

40 RAILMODELjOURNAL · APRIL 2002 The Rivarossi combine was the starting point forTom Casey's replica of the Santa Fe's number 1348 San Vincente buffet-library car. The model has a nar­ rower baggage door and a new sidesill and underframe. The air conditioner roof duct, APWS water tank, and battery boxes are from New England Rail Service, the Pullman box fan vents are from Precision Scale, the steam vapor traps, air, steam and signal lines are from Cal Scale, and the diaphragms are from American Limited.

Bill Hanley modified a Proto 2000 double-door box car with Sunshine doors and a new sidesill. He mixed Badger ModelFlex paints to match the proto­ type and lettered the model with Sunshine decals.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 41 CHICAGO RPM MEET

Stan Rydarowiu started with an old AHM hopper, removed the grabirons and added wire details to create this ACF stone hopper.

This Pennsylvania gondola is an out-of-the-box Sunshine Models kit assembled by Bill Henley. He painted the model with Badger ModelFlex paint, a mix­ ture of 95 percentTuscan and 5 percent Caboose Red.

42 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Keith Fink created this 1 x 4-foot diorama to duplicate the Milwaukee Road's Rocky Mountain Division at milepost 1542.5 near Morel, Montana. The Little Joes are Overland Models brass imports.

Jim Dalberg used styrene sheet and strip, with a Walthers roof, to a wood floor to create this Lehigh Valley car from the "Black Diamond" fleet.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 43 CHICAGO RPM MEET

These four Santa Fe reefers are both undecorated out-of-the-box InterMountain kits that Stan Rydarowiu painted with Floquil paints, lettered with Champ decals, and weathered to match prototype photos.

44 RAILMODEL)OURNAL ' APRIL 2002 RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 45 [INTERMODAL MODELING] APL CONTAINERS, PA RT I: 20- FOOT CORRUGATED IN HO SCALE FROM A-LINE AND IN N SCALE FROM DELUXE INNOVATIONS By David G. Casdorph

These brown or blue containers are some of the most common sights on intermodal trains or on inter­ modal pads. Here's how you can add the subtle differences so your models match the prototype. There's an index of all previous articles on intermodal modeling on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

odeling pre-nineties­ built APL 20-foot containers is difficult because of APL's unique front logo panel. This includes most of the square­ corrugated / two-sided logo-panel sides and early all-bevel-corrugated-sides con­ tainers. In N scale, DeLuxe ]nnovatiolls makes a 20-footer that is based on one of the more contemporary (late 90s) APL prototypes. Tn HO scale, A-Line has the closest with several all-bevel-corrugat­ ed-sides containers. Both Athearn and Walthers make 20- foot containers, but neither is an exact match for the APL design because they have beveled corru­ gations with logo panels.

Ed McCaslin modified this A-Line 25520 20-foot 150 corrugated dry box with smooth doors to more closely match an APC prototype by adding logo panels to the front wall. --Brian P. Kreimendahl photo

APL5 302864. A late nineties (circa 1999 built) full­ bevel-corrugated-side box in the new blue scheme. Thereare two vents on this container. -June 2000

46 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 APLS 276974. An early steel 20-foot dry box with square corrugations and two logo panels. The vents seen on this box are among the earli­ est standard vents. Note the vertical white center line under the top rail. -October 1998

APLS 277146. This one is placarded for UN 2811 and does not have the centering line.

APLS 285401 is similar to APLS 283847 but has only one vent (next to the AEI tag on the right). Note how the door bars are painted silver. -October 1998

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APL's Container Reporting Marks APeu APLU Used for all 53 footers The most common APL container reporting mark

APHU APZU .Introduced circa 2000 for high cubes Introduced circa 2000 for standard containers

APLS For 20 footers

48 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Major Livery Groups (in approximate order of appearance) ·Sideways blue APL on white rectangular background. -Eagle, fOll r stars and three-line "American President · Sidew ays white APC. Lines." ·Small red eagle over sideways blue APL on white oLike above plus large vertical APL. rectangular background. -Large red eagle with white "American President ·Red eagle over a h ori zontal white APL. Lines" inside. ·Like above except much larger. -Large solid red eagle witbout inside lettering. oVery small red eagle over horizontal blue APL. -Sideways white APL. -Red eagle over horizontal blue APL.

APLS 267779 is a rare photo of a Seventies-era side-door 20-footer on the Southern Pacific in the City of Industry during 1983. This is the earliest type I've seen on an APL container.

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APLS 120040. Looks like a standard 20-foot container, right? This is actually a high- APLS 120040 detail. A close-up of the rear-end specialized bulk products of the container showing the discharge outlet in container built by Nippon the center of the photo (to the right of the "OK" Fruehauf. decal).

APLS 270831. The next step in the APL logo evolution adds the vertical APL. Square corru­ gated with two logo panels. Note the four fork­ lift pockets.

APLS 274817. By this time the APL logo lost the fancy "eagle and stars." There are 20 square cor­ rugations on this style of container. This one only has two forkliftpockets.

SO RAILMODELJOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 ------[PERFORMANCE ]------SPECTRUM, BY BACHMANN,G.i. 44-TON DIESEL TEST REPOIT

By Dean Windsor

The G.E. 44-ton diesel switcher was the first of Bachmann's upmarket line of Spectrum-series models. The original had a motor in each truck. This new G.E. 44-tonner has a more conventional drive system with more pulling power and finer details than the original. There's an index of .all previous Locomotive Performance Tests in this issue and our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

he fi rst of 400 of these tion, GE designed this locomotive at Safety Stripes." lt has a fu ll die-cast diesels were produced by 88,000 pounds as the heaviest allowable chassis encompassing a skew-wound can General Electric in 1940 for under this rule. It was used primarily for motor. Plastic universals and drive shafts railroads around the world. light branchline and industrial work with feed through a bronze bearing into a By 1956 GE had produced 400-horsepower caterpillar engines. brass worm gear on each truck. This dri­ the last, but many are still in While available in 14 paint schemes ves four nylon idler gears to each axle at operation today. Due to the and undecorated, our test sample is a total gear reduction of 24: I. The steel 90,000-pound rule for single-man opera- model 80035, "Unlettered, Ye llow with axles are press-fit into the nylon axle gear.

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The axles sit in a steel side plate, which acts RAILMODEL JOURNAL as both bearing and electrical pickup and LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE REPORT NO. enclosed into a plastic truck. All fo ur side ------163 plates and the motor are hard-wired to a cir­ Spectrum, By Bachman�, G.E. 44-ton cuit board mounted on top of the chassis via HO Scale a plastic carrier. The circuit board is built with directional lighting and is Dee ready. Action Analysis: Observed Performance: A set of instructions contains a wiring dia­ As Received: gram for DeC decoder installation. The plastic shell has fi nely detailed Minimum Speed, level (no load, scale miles p�L !lOU�) With full wave power: 2.63 lines. Additional details include black With pulse power: 1 .23 wire cut levers and grabirons, separately Over No. 6 switch, pulse power: 1.28 applied plastic handrails, windshield Maximums (at 12 volts max. where applicable) wipers, horn, screened side intake vents No load top speed, level, full wave, smpn: 55.0 and "Kadee style" plastic couplers. The UI2hiIlgrade maximum, percent: 17.0% wheels are chemically blackened with Tractive force, ounces: 0.81 Nu be( of cars pulled, level: 19 RP2S contours. A second style of head­ Number of cars pulled, 4% grade: 4 light is included as a replaceable option. The paint and markings are well applied, and lettering is finely detailed even under Mechanical Measurements a magnifier. Motor-to-drivers gear reduction ratio: 24 to 1 Driver diametm:, scale inches: 32 For testing, we fo llowed the manu­ Flange depth, actual inches' 0.052 facturer's instruction for a break-in peri­ Model weight) ounces: 4.75 od. We powered the unit in a cradle for Truck eelbase� scale inChes: 81 Distance. between truck centers, scale fee,t: 18.45 one hour at moderate speed in each direction. The instruction sheet also includes directions for lubrication and maintenance. Although it warns against excessive lubrication, r fo und a need to clean some excess oil from the trucks before proceeding with the tests. Te sts showed that the maximum speed was slightly down from the proto­ type at SS mph compared to 8S mph for the prototype. This unit scored well on slow speeds and was in line with test pro­ cedures. The unit had a good tractive force rating, but scored slightly lower on motor efficiency due to higher current draw at the standard test grade. Overall OVEBALL RATING: 3.6 this unit received a 3.6, a fine piece of rototype Top SpeeCl: motive power fo r industrial switching Prototype Gear Ratio: activities. RMJ

52 RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 [PASSENGER CAR MODELING] NEW YORK CENTRAL SINGLE-WIN DOW COACHES FROM BRANCHLINE1S HO SCALE KITS By To m Madden Prototype photos from the Bob's Photos collection

NYC 1278, location and date unknown. This car has not been air-conditioned and still has its Ward clerestory vents. It is equipped with six-wheel trucks and has a split letterboard.

etween 1912 and 1930, their lives ru nning in suburban service. Marquette, and others. Visually similar, the New York Centra l They also saw service on NYC sub­ these cars showed minor variations in built over 1,400 coaches sidiary lines such as the Boston & number of windows and/or roof design. to a standarcl design. Albany, Pittsburgh & Lake Erie, and oth­ These cars were the ers. The main spotting fe ature of the car Branchline Trains' Model NYC's equivalent of the is a so-called "single window" side Branchline Trains' model fo llows a Pennsy's P-70, seeing design with 20 equally spaced windows New York Central prototype from a service throughout the system and enjoy­ per side plus two lavatory windows, one group built in the late I 920s by Pullman, ing a long service life. Pullman, Osgood at either end of the car. and fe atures a one-piece letterboard. It is Bradley, Pressed Steel Car Company, The NYC coach design was widely offered in coach green with numerous Standard Steel Car Company, ACF, and copied. Nearly identical cars were built lettering schemes, as well as New York others contributed cars to the NYC fleet. between 1914 and 1934 for the New Central grey, New Haven's "McGinnis" Early lots fe atured a split letterboard Haven, Mobile & Ohio, Rutland, colors, and Great Northern green. The design, but lots built after approximately Louisville & Nashville, Southern, Nickel car body consists of a one-piece core 1927 featured a one-piece letterboard. Plate, Missouri Pacific, and Delaware & (floor, ends, inner sidesill, vestibule NYC's cars were fitted with both four Hudson with only minor variations from doors) to which sides, roof, centersill and and six-wheel trucks, many using six­ the NYC cars in the areas of vents and crossbearers are added. Lugs on the back wheel trucks salvaged from retired lavatory windows. Similar cars were of each side snap into matching holes in equipment. Originally used on long-dis­ built for the Great Northern, Burlington, the inner sidesill, providing perfect tance trains, many of these cars fi nished Spokane Portland & Seattle, Pere alignment. Window openings are

RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 53 NEW YORK CENTRAL SINGLE-WIN DOW COACHES

NYC 823 at North Adams, Massachusetts on February 22, 1937. This air-conditioned car has had its clerestory vents removed and ice bunkers installed. It features a one-piece letterboard, and four-wheel trucks.

recessed on the inside forming glazing sions. Each non-air-conditioned insert Six-wheel trucks, couplers and working pockets, so only a thin window fra me is has ten Ward vents. The plated-over ver­ diaphragms are also included, as are visible when the glazing is in place. sion can also be used as a base on which fo ur-tread steps with the characteristic Sides and ends fe ature nearly scale-size to mount other styles of vents. Like the flare of the bottom tread. Ot's wider at rivets. sides, the clerestory inserts snap into the front than at the back.) The roof is fu lly detailed, including place. On the prototype, couplers are rivets along the edges of the clerestory. The kit includes a one-piece interior mounted on a long-radius arm that pi vots Clerestory vents were removed and the and a fu ll array of underbody details­ above the first truck axle. The entire draft openings plated over when air condition­ piping, brake cylinder, rods and levers, gear, with steam and air hoses attached, ing was installed, and Branchline's kit air tanks, battery boxes, steam traps, etc. can move radially within a shallow U­ includes clerestory inserts for both air­ End detail fe atures steam and air hoses, shaped yoke or carrier at the car end. conditioned and non-air-conditioned ver- coupler release levers, and safety chains.

Branchline Tra ins coach built from test shots and lettered for the New Haven is not air-conditioned and it has six-wheel trucks.

54 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Branchline's model includes this long­ ilar cars with different side or vent con­ have been less generous. In HO most of rad ius coupler mounting and has a fi gurations. Rutland coaches, for exam­ the commonly available models come built-in centering spring for the radius ple, can be modeled by adding an addi­ from decades-old tooling or represent arm. The model's steam and air hoses tional Ward vent between each pair on uncommon prototypes. Walthers' recent are mounted prototype-style on the the clerestory, bringing the total to 19 on introduction of Budd lightweight cars sides of the coupler pockets, so they each side. solved part of the problem for post- 1950 swing with the couplers. Steam-era modelers who strive for modelers, and Branchline Trains' new The kit's modular construction modeling accuracy have long had a wide heavyweight coach kit should help fi ll should provide many opportunities for variety of freight cars to choose from, the gap for steam-era fans, and spawn kit converters and aftermarket parts both kit and built-up. For passenger car another round of aftermarket detail parts manufacturers to model the many sim- enthusiasts the offerings, until recently, and replacement sides. RMJ

December 1928 builder's photo of NYC 469, lettered for subsidiary P&LE. This car was built by Pressed Steel Car Co. and features four-wheel trucks and one-piece letterboard.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 55 NEW YO RK CENTRAL SINGLE-WINDOW COACHES

The major sub-assemblies of the Branchline kit.

Coach end detail parts-steam lines and air hoses, coupler release levers, safety chain parts _ ...1 and grabirons. '______

56 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Closeup view of model showing rivet detail

NYC 2098 in two-tone grey paint at Poughkeepsie, New Yo rk on April 13, 1963.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 57 [ MODERN MODELING] MODEL AN END-Of-TRAIN DEVICE

By Steven E. Cerka ' The caboose is gone frommodern railroading;' but it has been replaced with a metal box that's hung from : the coupler of the last car. You. can recreate that significant element of modern railroading in HO scale with this working ETD. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling modern freight cars on our . , . website at www.railmodeljournal.com ,

abooses, Cabins, Cnllnmies or Hacks, whatever you call them they have all but disappeared from today's rai lroading scene. Most rai lroads have held on to several cabooses for work train, military or local service. One thing· that is saving the caboose from extinction is the policy of some railroads, like the BNSF, of putting a caboose on the rear of all local freight trains. This policy is not strictly adhered to; if there is a local ready to depart the yard and a caboose is not available, the train may be released without one. The cabooses that remain on the BNSF are nothing but rol ling shelters, most if not all of the appliances have been removed or have become inoperable. With this in mind, The ETO mounts permanently to the coupler knuckle so this 50-foot box car becomes, in effect, a what's a modeler supposed to do with the "caboose" for operating sessions. end of their train?

FRED, what's a FRED? line could reduce or eliminate the train used by many railroads. It comes com­ pletely wired to a battery pack and Here's a brief explanation for the term brakes from the obstruction to the rear of mounted on a Kadee No. 5 coupler. All FRED and what it does. The term the train. They inform the head-end crew the modeler has to do is paint the ETD, "FRED" is an acronym for "For Rear of air pressure, and they still have that run the wires, mount the coupler and bat­ End Detection." When the first rear-end flashing red light warning of the end of tery pack and install two AAA batteries. devices were pressed into service, they the train. Computers and the ETD may I chose Sunrise Enterprises ETD because were not the most reliable piece of equip­ have rendered the caboose obsolete, but the first time I saw it I was blown away ment on the railroad. When one would most of us sti II miss that I ittle red fa il, the engineer could be heard telling caboose at the rear of the train. by the detail and size. The manufacturer the dispatcher, "1 lost my F'n Rear End The subject of this modeling exercise claims that their bulb is the smallest available, and it is cast into the ETD's Device." This is the more popular expla­ is a City of Prineville offset double-door housing. The bottom of the housing has nation for the acronym FRED. The pre­ box car. My inspiration to build this car two six-inch coated copper wires and a sent term fo r this device is ETD or End­ came from the Pentrex video Santa Fe 's bracket that slides over the Kadee cou­ of-Train Device. The first FREDs simply Arizona Mainline. What caught my pler trip pin for mounting. informed the head-end crew of the air attention about this car was that all four The starting point for modeling this pressure at the end of the train and in an doors were open. I thought this would be emergency situation the air would be an interesting modeling challenge: build­ City of Prineville car was a Model Die dumped from the head end of the train, ing this car with all four doors open and Casting Offset Double Door Box Car. I making for a slower application of the keeping the electronics and battery out of Since this is a Hydra Cushion car, used brakes at the rear of the train. Today's sight. a Details West 20-inch Hydra Cushion I two-way ETDs give the engineer the The first step was to select my FRED. Underframe. wanted to use a switch of option of dumping the air from the front There are presently three ETDs readily some kind to turn the ETD on and off, so available to the public. The first ETD I used a miniature two-position slide and rear, vastlY�l ��g a train's st0p­ was Details West's older square FRED. switch that fit inside the frame just in � ng power. � � tne r. rom Because [ model the late 1980s through front of the coupler pocket. This hides Iront *or*@ tfi; rear? September 27, 1995, this ETD was too the switch from view but is easily acces­ ...tr nt * to the old. Accurate Lighting has a new FRED sible to turn the ETD on and off. Next I g (g! Before the two-way rearETD, any. obstruction in the train's air that represents the larger ETD that is drilled a three holes, one in the back

58 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 The fully open doors of the 50-foot box car make it more difficult to believe it houses the battery and circuit for the flashing End ofTrain Device.

The ETD is not much larger than a coupler knuckle, but the flashing light makes it highly visible.

lower corner of the coupler pocket, one on the top of the Detai Is West floor then drilled holes through the floor and in the side of the frame, and one in the added Evergreen Strip Styrene to the through the .25-inch blocks and tapped floor to run the wires 1'1'0111 the FRED to sides and ends of the 1"1001' to better fi t the the blocks for 2-56 screws . the interior of the car. Then I glued the MDC shell. I mounted a .020-inch With the heavy reconstruction of the frame to the floor. Because this step per­ Evergreen Styrene partition to the floor floor and underframe complete, it was manently closes the coupler pocket, I .75 inch from the end of the floor to hide time to start carving up the MDC shell. mounted a pair of Kadee No. 5 couplers the electronics. With the partition in First [ re moved the small cast-on details before gluing the frame to the floor. I cut place and braced, I coated the entire like the grabirons. the coupler platform the Kadee trip pins off all my models remaining floor with putty, then sanded grabiron, and the coupler platform. because I do not use magnetic uncou­ the 1"1001' strai ght and Sl11ooth. The fl oor These details were carved ofT with an X­ piers, and I add scale air hoses to al I my needs to be re movable to replace the bat­ Acto knife with a number II blade then models. You'll need to leave about .0625 tery or for maintenance of the electron­ sanded smooth. Next [ removed al I four inch of the trip pin on the rear coupler to ics. To do this I mounted one .25 inch cloors. There are many ways to cia this: I mount the ETD on. r trimmed off the lip square block in each cornerof the shell. I prefer scoring the door edges with the

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 59 MODEL AN END-Of-TRAIN DEVICE Product List

Manufacturer P�rt No. Descr,iption Qty. Along the TI acles Inc. P&S l Gold plated plugs and sockets 4 Builders In Scale 25(:) Precision de tail chain, 40 links per inch 1 CircuitTon FLNI Strobe fl asher 1 Creative Model Associates 1101 .OIO-inch phosphor bronze wire 1 Detail Associates 6202 Freight car air ho ses 2 62 13 Handles, hatches, and tackboards 4 6214 Roping Lings 4 6246 AEI data tags 2 6247 Modern brake set 1 64 16 Stirrups 4 Details West Fp· 183 50-foot Evans 20-inch cushion underfratne 1 Evergreen Styrene Misc. Strip styrene Multi The Herald King W- l Wl.:teel.inspection dots 2 Kadee 5 Cou:plers 2 256 Plastic 2-56 screws 4 JnterMountain Railway Co. 4005 1 36-iucb wheelsets 4 Microscale Decals MC 4280 ACl labels 2 M€4193 City of Ptineville Railway 1 Model Die Casting 3640 5Q-foot offset dQuble-door box Car 1 Plano Model Products 12'7 Coupler platform, round '2 Radio Shack 270-405A "N" Battery holder 1 23.:023 "N" Battery 1.5V 1 S umise Bnterpdses lIS-50 ETD 1 H-�OOO Lift rings 4

back of an X-Acto No. 11 blade. This body from the same .0lO-inch wire. I like of the body and the floor Polly Scale takes some patience because of the thick­ tbis wire because it will take a 90-degree Reefer White and let this dry for two ness of tbe sbell at the doors, but it leaves bend without cracking or breaking. I days. Next I painted the roof of the car straight, precise door openings tbat need used another Sunrise Enterprises lift ring with Te stors Metalizer Steel Non Buffi ng little or no additional work to tbe open­ in the center of eacb coupler platform paint and sealed it about 45 minutes later ings. grabiron. Next I added a set of Plano with Testors Metalizer Sealer. I masked ] do not add a lot of details to the Model Products coupler platforms and a off the roof, the inside of the body, and underside of my cars because tbey are Detail Associates brake wheel. The only the interior floor, then painted the sides, runners, not static models, and half the details left to add were a set of Detail ends, underframe, and three of the fo ur details on the underframe are left on the Associates AEI data tags, wire roping doors with a custom-mixed Polly Scale mainline. The only details I added to the rings and stirrups. paint as suggested on tbe Micro Scale underframe are tbe reservoir and triple The stirrups are the l ast detai Is I add instruction sheet. The fo urth door I paint­ valve from a Detail Associates brake kit. because they are so fragi le. The doors ed Polly Scale Oxide Red Pri mer so it I added a pair of Detail Associates freigbt were my next obstacle. Originally I would appear to have been replaced but car air boses mounted in a piece of brass wanted to install a set of Youngstown not repainted. As soon as I fi nished tubing that I space from the Hydra doors like the kit doors. But no one sells painting the shell, I unmasked the roof Cushion pocket with rings sliced from aftermarket Yo ungstown doors that fi t and lightly fogged the edges of the roof larger tUbing. The only other details that the MDC openings. I considered cutting with the same orange to give the appear­ I added to tbe underframe were a pair of up a second MDC car to get the doors, ance of overs pray on the roof. I scratchbuilt coupler cut levers. I built but instead I opted to scratchbuild a set unmasked the remainder of the car and tbese cut levers with Detail Associates of Superior doors. [ sat cl own with my let it dry overnight. The next evening I .G\. O J\. .030-inch flat bar and Creative stock of Evergreen styrene, and in a cou­ sealed the entire car with Polly Scale Model Associates .0l O-inch phosphor ple hours I had a very nice set of Gloss Coat to give a good finish for bronze wire. Usually I hang a set of cut Superior doors tbat fi t tbe MOC shell decaling. I gloss-coated tbe entire model levers between an eyelet on the body and perfectly. I did not mount the doors until to keep the color consistent; the gloss the bottom of the coupler pocket. In this the entire car was complete. coat has a tendency to enrich the color. I case 1 needed to make a set of brackets This was the most time-consuming let the Gloss Coat dry for at least three and mount them to the car floor so the paint job [ have ever encountered on a days to ensure it will be dry enough to floor would still be removable. I use box car. First I primered the inside of the decal on. I decaled this car using Sunrise Enterprises photo-etched lift body and the floor with Gunze Sangyo Microscale's Mini Cal for the City of rings on the ends of the car for hanging Mr. Surfacer 1000 ancl let them dry for Prineville box car, a pair of Microscale's the cut levers. three days. Then I primered the outside new ACT Labels, and a pair of Herald With the underframe complete, I of the body and the underside of the floor King wheel inspection dots. ] seal the turned to tbe body and bent new gra­ and let that dry fo r another three days. paint and decals witb a mixture of Scale birons for the sides and ends of the car With the primer clry, I painted the inside Coat Gloss Glaze and Flat Glaze, about

60 RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 not to overpower their ETD. Next r mounted the battery holder to the back of The wiring diagram for the ETD. the partition with foam double-sided tape, making sure to leave enough room for the Circuitron flasher unit below the battery holder. I soldered the red lead from the battery holder to the center tab on the switch, then the red lead on the Circuitron flasher unit to the outward tab on the switch. I soldered the black lead from the battery holder to the black lead on the flasher unit. The two wires on the Sunrise ETD are coated copper, and they aren't marked positive and negative. The instructions tell you to hook it up, and if it doesn't flash then reverse the connec­ tion of the wires. To make this fu nction easier, I soldered a set of Along the Tracks Inc. mini plugs and sockets to these wires and the remaining two wires on the flasher unit. T plugged them in, Sunrise Enterprises then unplugged them, turned them HS-50 ETD around and plugged them back in, and it Tw o Position worked. After some minor celebrating I assembled the floor and body with fo ur Slide Switch Kadee Plastic 2-56 screws, and turned the ETD on to make sure nothing got 60% Flat Glaze to 40% Gloss Glaze and weathering step was a light dusting on unplugged while sliding the floor into the let this sealer dry for at least one week. the lower parts of the car body and car. This car was weathered with a combi­ underframe with Floquil Rail Brown, The last details added to this car were nation of washes, chalks, colored pen­ then using a mask T added wheel spray to to the ETD itself. T added a .12s-inch­ cils, and airbrushing. The fi rst step was the ends of the car. 1 use the lowest air long .008-inch-diameter wire to the top to apply a wash of Polly Scale Earth pressure possible when I add the wheel of the ETD for it's antenna and about ten Brown mixed with a dash of Grimy spray. This helps with the effect of wheel links of Builders in Scale Precision Black to tone the shade a little. I mix my spray from the cars in front and behind Detail chain between the ETD and a col­ washes 15% paint to 80% rubbing alco­ this car. The inside of the car needed to lar on the car's air hose. This chain is hol and 5% Polly Scale Air Brush be weathered to simulate 20 years of use. here to prevent the ETD's air line from Thinner, and 1 mix my base washes in The trucks, wheel sets and couplers were being unplugged from the car's train line. quantity for future use. Washes can also the fi nal parts to receive a coat of Floquil The fi nal detail was a scrap of leftover be mixed in small quantities on an artist's Rail Brown. When I was satisfied with insulated wire from the battery pack to color palette. Polly Scale is a water­ the weathering, [ sealed the entire car serve as the air line to the FRED from the based paint, so it won't damage the seal ­ inside and out with a fi nal coat of my train line. The Sunrise Enterprises FRED er, paint, or decals, and because this Scale Coat Sealer mix. is painted yellow with two red Scotchlite wash is mostly rubbing alcohol, it dries The supplies needed to install the squares, r painted the yellow areas silver very fast. Let the wash dry completely ETD are as fo llows. One HO scale and left the Scotchlite squares red. before moving on to the next step. Sunrise Enterprises ETD, one Circuitron This project was a real thrill for me This car was built by FMC in 1977 FL I flasher unit, one N battery holder because I had never attempted any type and leased from SSI Rail to Oregon's and a pair of "N" batteries from Radio of lighting on any of my models. Now City of Prineville Rail way. This car was Shack, two pairs of miniature plugs and maybe I'll try some headlights and ditch upgraded in the eighties, so 1 brush­ sockets from Along The Tracks Inc., and lights on my diesels. Now what other painted Floquil Engine Black over the the already installed slide switch. The type of cars should I add a working capacity data as well as all the other data first step was to feed the wires from the FRED to? An auto rack or a gondola with and the builder's date and let this dry. Sunrise ETD through the back of the a load or maybe a tallk car; now that Then I brushed Polly Scale Gloss Coat coupler pocket, out the side of the frame, would be an interesting project. But r i ght over the old data, let this dry overnight, and through the floor into the car. With now I'm headed to my club to show off then added new data for the LD LMT, the the wires almost snug, [ mounted the my new toy. LT WT, and the date of the rebuild. 1 also ETD to the coupler with some AC, made RMJ painted black around the AEI Data Tag to fi nal adjustments to the wires and the give the appearance that the tag's base ETD, then reinforced the ETD bond with plate was welded to the car and touched a coat of Five-Minute Epoxy and ACed up with black paint. Then I painted the the wires to the side of the coupler shank. data tag itself with Floquil Primer Gray. I used the "N" battery because it is a Next [ used a combination of shaved small l.s-volt battery that does not stick chalks and colored pencils to fur­ require a resistor to cut the voltage. The ther the weathering process. The fi nal Sunrise packaging and instructions warn

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 61 [ SUPER DETAILING] SUPERDETA IL CP RAIL 301 571 FLAT CAR AND RI 91 827 FLAT CAR IN HO SCALE FROM PROTO 2000 AND WA LTHERS KITS By Frank Jordan

The qualityof today' s ready-to-roll plastic models is the equal of most imported brass models. There are, however, some superdetails you can add to the best of these models.

CP Rail 30 1571 two halves together. I used Chart Pak heads, intended to carry sheet rock wall­ CP Rail operated 463 of these cars in 1I32-inch-wide black drafti ng tape to sim­ board. The wallboard is heavy enough to 1978 in number series 30 1 205-30 1799. I ulate the tie-down straps. I cemented load the car to capacity within the height used an undecorated Proto 2000 50-ton small chunks of HO scale 2x4 to the of the shorter bulkheads. tlat car and painted it with Scalecoat num­ extreme lower ends of the nat car's deck Use a razor saw to shorten the bulk­ ber 89 red on the sides and number 41 E­ to keep the load centered, but I did not heads in the Walthers kit to 8 fe et 6 inches. L Grey for the deck with Champ HC-659 glue the load in place. The load can be If you want to simulate the broken boards decals. I installed Kato number 31601 removed to operate the car as an "empty." that are common on the prototype bulk­ ASF Ride Control trucks and Kadee num­ heads, cut sections from the Wa lthers plas­ ber 5 couplers. I created a removable lum­ RI 91827 tic bulkheads with a razor saw. The proto­ ber load for the Proto 2000 flat car using The Rock Island purchased 50 bulk­ type had welded bulkheads, so scrape off one of the Wa lthers number 1 105 loads for head flat cars in number series 91825- any rivet detail from the Walthers bulk­ their Centerbeam tlat car. I cut the load 91874 in 1966. These were 53-foot 6- heads. If you want to replace the cast-on down to 48 scale feet and cemented the inch cars with 8-foot 6-inch-high bulk- grabirons with wire parts, remove the cast­ on grabirons. Drill new holes for wire gra­ buons and bend them from .010 inch brass wire. Bend coupler cut levers from brass wire. Finish assembling the modeJ, but do not install the plastic "wood" bulkhead

faces or the deck. Paint the model and apply decals. I used Microscale 87-19 for the Rock The painted, lettered and weathered Proto 2000 50-ton flat car without the load. The "scraps of Island and leftover numbers and dimen­ wood" left on the deck are glued in place to keep the removable load from moving. sional data decals for the remainder of the lettering. J replaced the deck with an American Model Builders 234 laser-cut wood deck. J used a razor saw and a hobby knife to hack-up both the wood deck and the simulated-wood plastic bulkheads. I also used a square jeweler's fi le to fi le notches in the ends of random boards. I painted the deck and the bulk­ heads with Floquil Grimy Black, then scraped away at the paint and added a wash of grey and a wash of rust. J applied some powdered pastel chalks to better The Proto 2000 flat car with the cut-down Walthers centerbeam flat car load in place. match the weathered look of the proto­ type. The wood deck and the bulkhead "wood" faces can now be installed. Weather the remainder of the model to match the prototype. I cemented some scraps of 1I32-inch-wide black Chart Pak tape to the deck to simulate leftover steel strapping. I used Kato 602 Barber T- l trucks to match the prototype.

The Walthers bulkhead flat car was modified to match the Rock Island prototype. RMJ

62 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' APRIL 2002 The bulkheads from the Walthers kit were cut down to match those on the Rock Island cars.

The Walthers bulkhead flat car with the bulkheads shortened to match the prototype.

RAILMODEL)OURNAL . APRIL 2002 63 ------MODERN MODELING [ ] ------EVANS 53-FOOT BOX CAR AS USLX 11167

FROM AT LASBy DeHOnnis Li SCppertALE MODEL Model photo by W. Te rry Stuart

64 RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 [TIME CAPSULE] ------.-;.�+,:.-'!I'- " " ,II,,'

• ON AUGUST 15, 1995 By Pierre Dion

RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 65 ------[CALENDAR]------

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C&O BRASSBy Mont Swit CAzer BOOSE You can resurrect an older brass model by using these techniques to paint it to match a specific proto­ type. There's an index of all previous articles on painting and weathering on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

wo significant changes came to C&O wood cabooses late in their lives. First, as steel cabooses took over mainline duties, most wood cars were either scrapped or downgraded to yard and transfer service. Second, these cars received new all-yellow paint schemes quite different from the old steam-era red. An excellent Cincinnati­ area photo of 90783 taken well into the diesel years by Dr. Jim EuDaley appears on page 321 of Alvin Stauffer's book C&O POWER. This photo was the inspi­ ration for this caboose-painting project. The appearance of C&O cabooses changed little during the steam-to-diesel transition except for siding material, paint and lettering schemes. Some cars The model looked like new after the sandblasting as can be seen in the photos. It was already fully had plywood side and end sheathing disassembled for sandblasting with all screws run into their respective holes for safe keeping. The first color to be applied with an airbrush was Floquil grey primer. Apply the primer both inside and out. I applied where needed at which time the have found that these light colors cover much better over a coat of light grey primer. yellow paint scheme was also applied. Bake the model in the kitchen oven after each paint application. I have a couple of discarded cookie Steam-era modelers may want to refer to sheets just for this purpose. Set the oven on bake at 150 degrees Fahrenheit and leave it in for an hour. the September 1993 issue of Mainline After cooling, the model is ready for the next step. Caution: the model might not be the only thing that Modeler. Contained therein are photos of cools off up there in the kitchen if you fail to convince your wife of the importance of baking on the var­ two different steam-era paint schemes ious coats. for this same series of cabooses. Frankly, Next apply the Scalecoat reefer yellow to the car and cupola sides and ends. Go over the model regardless of era and color, the painting from four directions to make sure you have good coverage in all areas resulting in a color that is techniques for this caboose are the same. opaque. Now back to the oven for an hour. Let's get started. The brass model is nicely done with After showing my wife the pitiful look­ die any bad paint job that comes along good detail. I believe it to be an older ing bargain I had come home with, con­ including some of my own less-than-sat­ Overland Models product, although there vincing her of the need fo r our own sand­ isfactory efforts. RMJ is no identification on the model, and the blaster went pretty well. Now I can han- original box was not available. 1 picked up my model at a train show for less than Bill of Materials $100.00. This low price took into consid­ Evergreen Scale Models: Champion Decal Co: eration that the model has been previous­ ly painted with less-than-satisfactory 9005 .005 clear styrene HC-247 C&O caboose decals, blue results. The original paint job apparently did Kadee: Scalecoat II: not turnout well, and the model had been 5 couplers with pockets 2010 Black immersed in some sort of paint remover. 2015 Reefer yellow paint The result was a hOiTible-looking fi nish that would take hours of scraping and re­ PA INTS & DECALS 2020 Motwgrey soaking to get clean. A lot of time was Floquil: saved with a new hobbysize sandblaster. ] 1009 Grey primer paint

68 RAILMODELJOURNAL · APRIL 2002 are obtained when the ends of the car body are masked and then the end railings and steps are covered separately. Recheck everything to be sure the masking is down tightly against the painted surfaces and head for the paint booth. Now airbrush the cupola and car body roofs with Scalecoat MofW grey paint. Then while you are still at the paint booth, paint the underbody, wheels and truck sideframes with Scalecoat black. Clean your airbrush and take the model to the workbench for careful removal of the masking. Then for the last time take the entire model except for the wheelsets to the oven. The wheelsets are spared the baking process because the heat might harm the insulation between the wheels and the axles. You can save a little time by cutting out the decals while the models are baking. The decals should be cut out as close as pos­ sible to the color to avoid dealing with extra decal film. This is particularly easy to do with a straightedge along the red stripes. Then apply the decals in the usual manner. I used Micro Scale Micro Sol to position the decals followed by Micro Set to soften them so they would snuggle into the uneven surfaces of the model. After the decals have dried, slice open any air pockets with a sharp razor blade and reapply the Micro Set solution. While the decals are setting, assemble the underbody and trucks and add the couplers. Now is the time to do any touch-up paint­ ing. The steps must also be painted black. As tedious as this is, it is easiest done with a sma" paintbrush. Leave the ends of the steps yellow. If you mess this up, the new paint can be wiped off of the step ends with a Q lip dipped in lacquer thinner. Now add a clear coating of Floquil flat finish to the carbody to protect the decals. Floquil flat finish dries more like a semi­ gloss finish, which is what I needed to represent my model as just coming out of the shop as seen in the EuDaley photo. If a more-used finish is preferred you might want to start with Te stor's Du"Cote and weather from there. Windows are more of a problem than you might think on this model. Using Evergreen clear styrene, the carbody windows are easily filled from inside the body. I recommend white glue for this as it dries clear thus minimizing the appearance of any mis­ takes. The cupola windows are a different story. Although Overland Models was a leader in the design and building of models that could be finished with relative ease, things were not a" that good 25 years ago. The cupola on this model is completely enclosed, making it impossible to add window glazing from the Start masking with the cupola sides and ends by masking around the edges with sma" inside. I had to settle for the tedious task of cutting the glazing strips. Then fill in the open areas with larger pieces. Mask the car body sides and ends to size and gluing it to the outside of the window frames. A" the same way covering large areas with paper held in place with tape. The best results things said and done, it turned out pretty we".

RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 69 [MODERN FREIGHT CARS] GREENVILLE 65- FOOT GONDOLAS

IN HO SCALE FROM LBF1S KIT By Mark Hines Prototype photo by David Casdorph from the collection of Jim Eager

The LBF kit is a model of the corrugated-side gondolas. Nearly every road that bought these cars ordered some unique variation. I opted to create a "stand-in " for the Rio Grande 31010 car using an LBF kit. The prototype has a different number of posts, so each panel is smaller and the corrugations are shorter. I added .01 O-inch Evergreen sheet styrene letterboard panels to the LBF kit. I cut the underframe�s bolster and coupler pockets to move the trucks closer together to match the prototype and replaced the cast-on brake system parts with individual components. I replaced the ends with Improved Dreadnaught ends cut from another gondola kit, then painted and lettered the model to match the prototype. There's an index of previous articles on modeling modern freight cars on our web­ site at www.railmodeljournal.com

70 RAILMODELJOURNAL . APRIL 2002 PAINT & DECALS [ ] ------GREENVILLE 52-FOOT GONDOLA AS MISSOURI PACIFIC 641 203 FROM LBF1S HO SCALE KIT By Doug Fleming Prototype photo by Charles Derus

I used a prototype photo from the November 1995 issue of "The Journal " as the inspiration for this model. I started with the LBF number 1910 kit and removed the corner posts and grabirons. I fabricat­ ed extra corrugations from .020-inch Evergreen styrene dowels, made blank panels from .020-inch-thick styrene sheet, and added an ACI panel cut from .010-inch styrene sheet. I replaced the ladders with Details West parts, fitted Walthers roller bearing trucks with InterMountain 36-inch wheelsets, and installed Kadee couplers. The model is painted with Floquil Box Car Red, and most of the decals are from Oddballs. There's a PROFILE on the 52-foot, 14-panel smooth-panel and corrugated-panel gondolas from LBF (ex-EliCShops ) HO and N scale kits, as "Car Spotters Guide No. 25, " by Jim Eager, in the November 1995 issue.

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