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Complete with a glowing ﬁrebox, the Light Mountain is an

81601 Painted Unleꢀered

outstanding representation of post-World War I steam.

81602 Southern

This latest addition to our HO scale Spectrum® line is,

81605 Union Pacific

of course, DCC ready. Our unique belt drive provides

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& St. Louis

81605 New Haven

see-through clearance between the boiler and diecast frame, and a sprung axle on the 2nd driver allows for excellent pickup and tracking performance. Additional premium features include

81606 Missouri Pacific

finescale driver spokes and counterweights, separately-detailed

81607 Southern Pacific

leaf springs, and separate sanding lines.

Suggested Retail Price: $170_00

Watch for the glow of the Light Mountain's ﬁrebox as she

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RAILROADING

November 1999

VOLUME 29 NUMBER 1 1

FEATURES

20 T Modeling Maine Central F3s

by Mark ꢁ Sharp

32 T FREIGHTCAROLOGY.

Kansas City Southern's Boxcars

by David G. Casdorph

26 T Kitbashing the Psycho Bates House

by ꢂ S. Roseman

52 T MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL

Visual Impressions:

Using the Prototype as Your Guide

by David A. Bontrager

36 T Greg Gatewood's

56 T DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP

Colorado Midland & Western (HO/HOn3) - New Blood in the Cab on the Midland

by Greg Gatewood

B&O EMD GP30 Phase I

by Rich Picariello

60 T ON TRACK

44 T DCC UPDATE

The Feeding of our Track - Part 2: The Techniques

by Jim Mansfield

MRG Takes a Look at DCC - Part XXII:

Fun & Frustration in Richmond Plus Lots More

by Larry ꢃ Puckett

61 T BEHIND THE SCENES

49 T SCENERYTECHNIQUES

Into the Night - Oro Grande: Part 2

The Fine Art of Ground Texturing

by Margaret Mansif

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by Clayton Ben),

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Editorial

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New Products

Product Reviews

Society Page

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19 T

59 T Book Beat

63 T ^{Dealer Directory}

Boys in the Basement

69 T

73 T Your Trek Plan

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ABOUT THE COVER

Train 540, the Junction Hopper, provides passenger service and protects the mail contracts from Grand Jꢀnction to Aspen and Basalt on Greg Gatewood's Colorado Midland & Western. Here the "Growler" is on a retꢀꢁ trip leaving Aspen over the high bridge. Below we catch the rear of train 110 (GJDE), "ꢂhe Graper" eastboꢀnd, loaded with fresh fruit from Grand Jꢀnction. ꢂꢀꢃ to page 36 for more. Pharo by Randy Lee. INS ET: Vic Roseman shows ꢀs what can be done with Polar Lights' Bates Hoꢀse from Psycho on page 26. Pharo by ꢁꢂꢃ Rosemanꢃ

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EDITORIAL

Randall B. Lee

The Adventuꢀ Begins

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS

David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Doug Geiger, MMR

Patrick Lawson, MMR

Jim and Margaret Mansfield
George Melvin

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Rich Picariello

.find time... you rnake it. So, with a strong commitment to that philosophy, work began in the basement the weekend of October 23-24. But I ' m a firm believer that the basement should be fi nished before a layout is built in it. Why? Well, there are numerous reasons, but the most important one in my mind is the simple fact that I expect to be spending a lot of time working on and enjoyi ng my layout...and I really don't want that time to be spent in a "basement" atmosphere.

Larry J. Puckett

Larry E. Smith, MMR

CIRCULATION I OFFICE MANAGER

Donald R. Strait

Psychologists and employers know the simple truth of how much the environment we find ourselves in affects not only our feel ings, but also our productivity. Bright, pleasant surroundings go a long way to improving how productive we are. Since I expect to be spending countless hours in my basement in the years ahead, I want it to be a bright, cheerful environment with finished walls and ceiling and generous lighting...not a dark, concrete-walled hole with floor joists and spider webs above.

Another important reason for fi nishing the basement involves future layout photography. Over the past several years I have had the privi lege of photographing a number of layouts for the magazine, Many of those l ayouts have been in basements which were finished, but some were in unfinished ones. Not only does an unfinished basement change the ambiance of a layout, it also makes photographing it more difficult. The added difficulty is caused by the inability to bounce as much light off an unfinished ceiling. I should also mention that the color of a finished ceiling can also greatly impact how much l ight can be bounced. A black cei ling (or any dark color) may help focus attention to the layout, but it makes photography much more difficult.
So anyway, back to finishing the basement. After obtaining enough of the necessary lumber, nails, screws, etc., to keep me going for awhile, I started framing out the basement walls. I have chosen to frame the outer basement walls with 2x4 studs rather than attaching fin'ing strips directly to the concrete wal ls. My reasons for this are twofold: first, J don't want to use the skinny electrical boxes mandated when firring strips are used, and second, I want to add insulation.

Living along Colorado's Front Range has many benefits, but one drawback is the need to build "floating" basement walls. What is a "floating" wal l? And why is it necessary? The second question real ly needs to be answered first. The soil throughout much of the Front Range contains varying amounts of a substance known as bentonite. When bentonite gets wet, it expands. And if that expansion occurs under a house, it can cause the basement floor to rise, or lower when it dries. To prevent this potential expansion and contraction from causing serious structural damage, floating walls are used in basements to allow the floor to go up and down without lifting the house off its foundation or ripping the wall apart. Basically, a floating wall is framed so that it is several inches shorter than the space between the main-floor joists and the basement's concrete floor. Before being put in place, treated studs are attached to the concrete floor and then the floating wall is secured to the main-floor joists above. Holes are then drilled in the wal l 's bottom studs and large spikes are placed in the holes and hammered into the sꢀds attached to the floor. This permits the wall to slide along the spikes several inches if the floor rises or falls, and thus prevents any serious structural damage to the house.

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So, with great enthusiasm, I began framing the wall s. And I was making good progress...until Tuesday, November 2nd, that is. For you see, that evening, while going out to the garage, my heel caught on the step and I fe ll, breaking my ankle. So con-

struction is on temporary hold.

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THE SANDHOUSE

A Product News Column

1999 National Hobby Show Report

by Larry E. Smith, M M R

Grandt Line: HO - Gomꢆz Storꢆ; N - Rꢆꢆsꢆ St. Hoꢀsꢆs.

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InterMountain : HO - USRA compositꢆ gondolas w/lasꢆr-cꢀt

wood insꢆrt siding; 0 - ACF typꢆ 27 tank car w/lasꢆr-cꢀt woodꢆn walkways.

and annoꢀncing thꢆir nꢆw prodꢀcts that will bꢆ appꢆaring in thꢆ nꢆxt yꢆar. As ꢀsꢀal, thꢆ big nꢆws was in thꢆ nꢆw locomotivꢆs that wꢆrꢆ bꢆing rꢆlꢆasꢆdꢅ bꢀt thꢆrꢆ wꢆrꢆ also somꢆ major nꢆws in thꢆ nꢆw cars that arꢆ bꢆing rꢆlꢆasꢆd in thꢆ nꢆxt fꢆw months. This rꢆport is dividꢆd by manꢀfactꢀrꢆr and not by scalꢆ and is prꢆsꢆntꢆd alphabꢆtically.

Accurail: HO - USRA doꢀblꢆ-shꢆathꢆd boxcars in 6 roadnamꢆs, 40' stock cars in 6 roadnamꢆs, 50' modꢆrn doꢀblꢆ-door boxcar in 6 road namꢆs, 50' modꢆrn boxcar with low-laddꢆrs in 6 roadnamꢆsꢅ 50' plꢀgdoor boxcar with low laddꢆrs in 6 roadnamꢆs, 40' plꢀgdoor

boxcar. American Model Builders: HO - Victorian Hoꢀsꢆ, 50,000-

gal. watꢆr tank, roꢀndhoꢀsꢆ. Athearn: HO - A nꢆw ꢀnannoꢀncꢆd

Life-Like: HO - Nꢆw Hꢆritagꢆ Sꢆriꢆs USRA 2-8-8-2 ꢅ Proto
2000 Ty pꢆ 2 1 tank car with 1 Oꢅ000-gal tankꢅ Proto 1 000 USRA compositꢆ gondola, Proto 1 000 powꢆrꢆd F3B ꢀnits; N - 3rd rꢆlꢆasꢆ of thꢆ SW9.

MDC: HO -RTR 2-trꢀck Shayꢅ 2-6-0 Mogꢀl. Model Re ctifier
Corporation (MRC): HO - F7 B ꢀnit powꢆrꢆd. Micro-Trains®: N

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Bach man n : HO - 80-ton 3-trꢀck Shayꢅ 0-6-0T saddlꢆ tank switchꢆrꢅ 2- 1 0-0 Russian Dꢆcapod, Chinꢆsꢆ DFl l diꢆsꢆl; N - Baldwin Consolidation; 0 - On30 0-4-0 Portꢆr; 1:20.3 Scale - 2-6-0 Mogꢀl w/working Stꢆvꢆnson valvꢆ gꢆar. Bo ley: HO - Navistar

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body stylꢆs); modꢆrn hook and laddꢆr, firꢆ tankꢆr ꢀnitꢅ brꢀsh firꢆ tfꢀckꢅ dꢀmp bodiꢆs; Navistar ꢄaglꢆ tractor.

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Deluxe Innovations: N - MoPac cars w/graffiti, Cast 20' con-

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60' bꢆꢆr car WP w/whitꢆ lꢆttꢆring and fꢆathꢆr logo.

Stewart Hobbies: HO - Alco Cꢆntꢀry 630 in two roadnamꢆs, rꢆ-ꢆnginꢆꢆrꢆd Baldwin RS- 1 2 and AS- 1 6 with Btihlꢆr motors.

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