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HO Western Coal Flood Loader 933-3089 $39.98 N Scale 933-3247 $36.98 Flood Up To Thirty Cars

An Hour Loading To Other Loaders Out in the western coal fields, (Optional) surface yields an amazing amount of clean- Here are a few sample place- burning, low-sulfur coal. ments for the flood loader. Under the prairies and up in Make sure to place the the Rockies, the depth of some loader at the center of a sid- coal seams are measured in ing or loop long enough to yards, not feet as in most older handle double the length of eastern mines. your longest , including Huge and gigantic, . This way 125-ton-plus dump trucks feed can pull completely through conveyors stretching for miles the loader without fouling between mines and the rail- This structure, located in In the U.S. alone, coal is a $21 This way you can add heavy- the mainline. central Colorado, has been head. The tall concrete silos of billion per year industry. With duty mining equipment to converted into a washing western coal flood loaders, so the easy-to-build Western Coal your scene. facility fed by a conveyor named because they literally Flood Loader, you can feed In some locations, the loader directly from the mine. flood 100-ton gondolas and entire unit trains of gondolas is on the site of an older mine Trains are loaded by the hoppers with coal, seem to or hoppers to your modern-era facility or along an existing flood loader. Walthers HO or N railroad. Adding the In This Issue scrape the big skies; their Archives Photo branch with limited space; long, angled conveyors creat- flood loader to your pike is cars are loaded on a siding easy; read on for a few model- ing a geometric skyline rather than a loop track. Often, Flood Up To Thirty Cars ing suggestions. against the . Most can home to similar structures. In the flood loader is built next to An Hour ...... 1 load a 100-car train in just a some cases, conveyors run Perhaps the easiest way to add an older tipple like the New Makes Its few hours. from the mine to an older the Western Coal Flood River Mining Co. At a few washing facility and then into Passenger Trains While most western mines use Loader to your pike is to con- sites, the older facility still the loader. Such is the case of struct a loading loop and posi- handles occasional cars and Make Money ...... 3 them, you’ll also find these one prototype facility used in cylindrical loaders at newer tion the mine head conveyor has its own trackwork; at other 95 Reasons to Take the design of the Cornerstone so it appears to come from a locations the older tipple is ...... 5 midwestern mines in Illinois, Series® HO and N New River Indiana and Ohio, and in the mine off the layout or under- abandoned or has been con- Mining Co. kits. ground. If you want to include verted to alternative uses such Turnouts For More Track Allegheny and Appalachian Planning Possibilities . . . 7 coal regions at new or rebuilt Grab A Chunk Of part of a mine on your layout, as a washer. The photo of the mine heads. British Columbia The Coal Industry you can place the loader on a Colorado mine and loader is Very, Very Versatile . . . . . 8 and Nova Scotia are also For Your Railroad loading loop at a surface mine. an example of the latter. 1 Walthers HO Scale Bethgon Single Car Kits Coalporter® Gondolas Ready- 932-5300 Undecorated $9.98 To-Run 6-Packs $59.98 Bethgon Coal Load 6-Pack 933-1039 $14.98 First Roadnumber Series 932-5301 BN Walthers Cornerstone Series® 932-5302 CSXT Western Coal Flood Loader Vital 932-5303 UP Statistics 932-5304 NS The Western Coal Flood 932-5317 BNSF Early Merger Loader includes a ground- Scheme (aluminum, black, white) level metal conveyor shed, Set #1 four sections of covered, open- 932-5319 BNSF (green) 932-5330 CN sided conveyor, a silo with a 932-5331 BNSF (Mineral Red) loading tunnel and realistic 932-5332 CSXT (silver) decals. Sectional construction Second Roadnumber Series allows you to customize the 932-5311 BN flood loader height to fit your 932-5312 CSXT scene.I 932-5313 UP 932-5318 CSX 932-5327 BNSF Early Merger Scheme (aluminum, black, white) Set #2

This large facility in the Powder River Basin includes facilities for sorting different grades of coal and maintain- ing machinery. Photo by Steve Barry

As for blending the flood loader into your scenery, the surrounding grounds are usu- ally quite clean. Aside from a little black coal dust around the loading tunnel, under the conveyors and along the tracks, the sites blend into the surrounding countryside and vegetation. Don’t Forget The Freight Cars Since Western Coal Flood Loaders have been around since the Walthers 49' 100-Ton Quad Hoppers 1970s, you can use a variety of coal Here are a few cars you can use to serve your Western Coal Flood cars to serve them. Loader. Back in the early 1970s when these loaders came into use, Back in the 1970s, some roads were still using a few 70-Ton cars for coal service. railroad-owned Car Model Manufacturer Era cars like Bethgon Coalporter Walthers 1980s-Present Walthers 49' 100-Ton Quad 49' 100-Ton Quad Hopper Walthers 1960s-Present Hoppers and a 45' 100-Ton 3-Bay Hopper Bachmann 1960s-Present Bethgon Coalporter® mix of other 100-ton and 90- Greenville 12-Panel 3-Bay Hopper Con-Cor 1960s-Present and similar bathtub cars are ton hoppers were the norm. Various kinds of other suitable Greenville 15-Panel 3-Bay Hopper Con-Cor 1960s-Present currently most common. 100- coal cars are available in both Also on the scene were boxy, 100-Ton 3-Bay Hopper Life-Like 1960s-Present high-sided rotary dump gon- ton-plus aluminum hoppers HO and N from a variety of dolas. Today, long trains of are also popular. Both utility- manufacturers. Thrall 50' High-Side Gondola Roundhouse 1970s-Present identical cars, like Walthers owned and railroad-owned 50' Bathtub Gondola Roundhouse 1970s-Present Bethgon Coalporter® Gondolas cars operate to the coalfields. 54' 5-Bay Rapid Discharge Hopper Roundhouse 1970s-Present AAR 70-Ton 14-Panel 3-Bay Hopper Stewart Hobbies 1960s-1970s H39 70-Ton 12-Panel 3-Bay Hopper Stewart Hobbies 1960s-1970s 70-Ton Offset 3-Bay Hopper Stewart Hobbies 1960s-1970s

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A train of bathtub gondolas HO Scale 933-3089 $39.98 skirts past a large flood Overall dimensions as shown: loader in the Powder River 32 x 4-1/2 x 16" 81.3 x 11.4 x 40.6cm Basin in 1994. Photo by Conveyor sections each Steve Barry 7-1/16" 18.0cm N Scale 933-3247 $36.98 Overall dimensions as shown: 19 x 2-11/16 x 9-5/8" Visit us at 48.3 x 6.8 x 24.4cm Conveyor sections each WALTHERS.com 4-1/4" 10.8cm 2 Amtrak® Makes Its Passenger Trains Make Money On day one of Amtrak in May, 1971, what little mail and par- cel business Amtrak inherited from the passenger railroads was hanging on by a thread. As part of Amtrak’s charter, it was given the authority to offer mail and express service. Over the last 29 years, mail and express business has been an ever-increasing contributor to Amtrak’s bottom line. Today, with an aggressive new busi- ness plan, new express traffic, new express , new routes and a new mandate for self-sufficiency, Amtrak has turned many passsenger trains into moneymakers. A Long Uphill Climb Before Amtrak’s creation in 1971, its predecessor passen- An AEM-7 hustles MHCs and a 1700-Series Baggage Car ger railroads had long known along the at Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania in that mail and express ship- January, 1995. The “” handles bulk mail and express ments helped their trains cover on an expedited schedule. Photo by Steve Barry costs. In the late 1960s, disas- ter struck; the Post Office pulled most of its mail ship- Even More Cargo look for the single baggage ments and railway post offices Space Needed door in the middle of the car. off the rails. As a result, many Under pressure to end its Like MHCs, these cars have passenger trains which had dependence on government electrical pass-through handled mail became big money, by the mid-1990s cabling, so they can be used money losers; most were dis- Amtrak was scrambling for on the head end behind the continued. more ways to meet its expens- locomotives or on the rear es. Its cash-cow mail and When Amtrak took over the end, ahead of the . express business continued to In service, you’ll find them nation’s passenger trains, it A 1700 Series Baggage Car gets switched at Amtrak’s Chicago grow and it started marketing its express passenger yard in May, 1999. Photo by Jim Hebner mixed in with MHCs and parcel service as a way to sup- express box cars. plement its subsidies. By the mid-1970s, new express con- Amtrak acquired a fleet of for- the 1400 series, these cars tracts were signed, and even mer U.S. military ambulance were the first express box cars the Post Office began returning and kitchen cars and converted to be built in decades. Within some bulk mail to the rails. them into baggage cars. a few years, these

Walthers 60' Express Box Car decorated in Amtrak Phase IV colors. Some of the prototype cars were delivered The in plain Platinum Mist. new Walthers model is based on the cars rebuilt from Budd Walthers 60' Material needed more hauling capacity. fluted-side stainless steel coaches. Walthers 1700 Series Handling Car is based on Reinventing The But again, money was a prob- Baggage Cars feature metal Amtrak’s 1500-series cars. Express Box Car lem; the company was just tak- GSC passenger truck side- This photo shows the car Express traffic grew ing delivery of new frames, metal wheelsets, add- decorated in Amtrak Phase rapidly during the 1980s to were joined by II cars to cope with soaring rid- on metal grab irons, working III colors. the point where dedicated mail more cars numbered ership. trains began operating along diaphragms, and an interior in the 1500 series. The delivery of new the Northeast Corridor vestibule bulkhead. Wanted: Superliner II cars saw old sin- Between and The 1500 Series MHCs were gle-level coaches become sur- Amtrak’s Make More Baggage Cars Washington D.C. Amtrak delivered with new GSC pas- Added business quickly out- plus. Amtrak saw these old Or Break Challenge needed more cargo carrying senger trucks, a door mecha- stripped Amtrak’s cargo capac- warhorses as the basis for an capacity. By this time, howev- nism wheel, side ladders and a In 1998, Amtrak was given a ity. Because of its recent inexpensive conversion pro- er, the former passenger rail- diagonal-panel roof. All huge chunk of money on the investment in new gram. The road’s shops gutted roads had scrapped their pas- MHC’s are outfitted with elec- condition that it become self- cars, there was little money on the coaches, plated over the senger fleets. Amtrak’s solu- trical connections so they can sufficient by 2003 or be liqui- hand for additional baggage windows, cut a roll-up door in tion was a new twist on an old be used anywhere in the train dated. With a steady and pre- cars. Amtrak tapped former the center of the car and voila idea – the express box car. consist. The Walthers 1500 dictable funding source, the passenger railroads for the few Series 60' Material Handling -- a baggage car was born! carrier put into action a busi- baggage cars which hadn’t yet Designated Material Handling Cars are accurate replicas of Numbered in the 1700 series, ness plan that it says will keep been scrapped. In addition, Cars (MHC) and numbered in these Amtrak workhorses. these cars are easy to spot; just 3 Express and less-than-car- couplers and both as-delivered load freight was big business paint schemes. Because the cars on many trains in pre- were delivered as the company Amtrak times. Even this wrangled over how to paint its Erie commuter train, prepar- express fleet, some of the 60' ing to leave Port Jervis, NY cars came in plain Platinum for Hoboken, NJ in the mid Mist, the rest were delivered 1960s, carried express traffic with Phase IV striping. Many in its baggage and combine. have since had U.S. Mail letter- Bob Gallegos Collection ing and pooling information applied. In December, 2000 a few cars even received the new it from being broken up. Much -like Platinum Mist and of the new business plan Blue scheme with the new hinges on express traffic Amtrak logo. expansion and the AcelaSM Express high speed trains. Beyond The Boxes and MHCs For the first time in its history, Entry into new express freight Amtrak could plan ahead. markets has brought about the Amtrak Orders More introduction of even more new Express Box Cars equipment. Amtrak now oper- New routes and longer trains ates RoadRailers, highway carrying more mail and trailers designed to operate on express created an immediate railroad wheels, on the rear of demand for more cargo capac- many of its long-distance ity. To accommodate the trains. Time-sensitive cargo, The first Lake Country Limited scoots through Walworth, Wisconsin in April, 2000. This train increase, Amtrak ordered hun- such as auto parts, printed dreds of express box cars. materials and perishables, is was created to carry mainly express and mail traffic between southern Wisconsin and connec- These new 50' and 60' cars, shipped in RoadRailers. In tions to other Amtrak trains in Chicago. Dash-8 Locomotives, Horizon Fleet Coaches, 60' plus another 100 ordered in addition to Amtrak’s own cars, Express Box Cars and RoadRailers are typical on this train. Photo by Bob Gallegos late 2000, have no electrical you’ll also find BNSF, connections and must be oper- NS/Triple Crown and Swift shipments of Washington State days of railroad-operated pas- major terminals like Kansas ated on the rear of the train. RoadRailers tacked onto the apples in express reefers. senger trains, Amtrak now runs City, Toledo, San Diego and This round of new cars has rear of many trains. In HO, a few dedicated mail trains and the Twin Cities, where they Fill Out Your Amtrak changed the look of Amtrak Bowser makes these cars. even an occasional extra train move express cars between Train Consist trains across the country. Amtrak’s sales force is also of express box cars. You’ll also depots and truck transfers or With all its added mail and courting western growers for see trains performing switch- RoadRailer facilities. The Walthers 60' Express Box express business, Amtrak their shipments moving to ing enroute. In 2001, just as in Cars feature detailed body trains have become fun to With Walthers HO 60' eastern markets. In mid-2000, pre-Amtrak times, switch shells with plug doors, free- watch and interesting to model Material Handling Cars, 60' Amtrak began hauling test engines work express cars at rolling trucks, working knuckle in HO Scale. Just as in the Express Box Cars and new 4 1700 Series Baggage Cars, Express Box Cars. Carries an Amtrak 1700 Series Baggage you can fill out your Amfleet Snack Coach or Cars $31.98 Each, April Delivery 95 Reasons to Take Auto Train 932-6231 Phase IV Superliner and Amfleet con- Coach on the hind end, north- Interstate 95 between Washington D.C. and Florida is a traffic night- 932-6232 Phase IV w/U.S. Postal mare. Luckily, there’s an alternative which allows you to take your sists to represent trains across bound only. Service Markings the country. 932-6230 Undecorated own car along for the trip: Amtrak’s Auto Train. While vacationers •, Chicago- 60' Express Box Cars, $19.98 driving between Washington D.C. and Florida deal with bad traffic, Express business has also Kansas City, a great small lay- 932-6041 Phase IV Scheme you can sit back and relax as you glide along the high-iron. increased the size and altered out-sized train, Fall 2000: 932-6042 Silver Scheme Meanwhile, your car is cooling its wheels in the security of an Amtrak 932-6040 Undecorated the arrangement of train con- F40PH or Dash-8 , 75' Auto Carrier. Upon arrival, there are no rental car hassles; just pick- sists. Before the delivery of 2-4 Horizon Fleet Coaches, Amtrak Material Handling Cars, up your car and you’re on your way. Express Box Cars and Horizon Fleet Food Service, Single Cars $19.98 932-6021 Phase III RoadRailers, Amtrak operated 1-4 50' and 60' Express Box 932-6022 Phase III w/U.S. Postal MHCs and baggage cars in the Cars or 60' MHCs Service Markings traditional head-end location •, last train 932-6023 Phase IV 932-6020 Undecorated just behind the locomotives. of the evening and first in the Because the new box cars lack morning, Chicago-Milwaukee, Amtrak Material Handling Cars, 2-Pack With Limited-Run electrical equipment, all cargo Winter 2001: F40PH or Dash-8 handling cars now operate on Roadnumbers $43.98 Locomotive, 3-5 Horizon Fleet 932-26021 Phase III the rear end, except for Coaches, NPCU (nonpowered 932-26022 Phase III w/U.S. Heritage Fleet and 1700 Series cab/baggage car converted Postal Service Markings 932-26023 Phase IV baggage cars, which operate in from an F40PH), 1-2 60' both locations. For a few sam- Express Box Cars or Baggage ple long-distance train con- Cars. In the Twin Cities, Minnesota Commercial (MNNR) han- dles Amtrak’s switching. On November 24, 2000, an Alco Here’s how these cars look today. Following rebuilding, the cars RS18 has just positioned now sport high-speed trucks, short ladders and no roofwalks. A some MHCs and 60' Express few cars have also received new doors. Walthers Archives Box Cars at Amtrak’s trans- fer warehouse. Photo by Bob Gallegos 1950s-Era Cars Find A New Niche Amtrak’s 75' auto carriers first hit the rails in the 1950s as Canadian National embraced multi-level cars to carry autos. The new end-door cars were huge by the standards of the time; each could carry 8 vehicles. The cars were a big success and helped lead to the development of today’s enclosed auto racks.

A CN 75' Auto Carrier poses with doors open for the company photographer sometime in the 1950s.

In the early 1970s, Auto Train Corporation began hauling passen- gers and their autos between Washington D.C. and Florida. This startup company began service with the same fleet of former CN auto carriers. The service was a big hit with travelers and soon Auto Train was looking to expand into other markets. A new train serving the Chicago market lasted for only a few weeks before the company realized it was overextended. Soon, all service ceased and the Auto Train Corporation’s purple, red and white fleet was put up for sale. Eventually, Amtrak acquired Auto Train’s rolling stock and terminals in Lorton, Virginia, and Sanford, Florida. After thoroughly rebuilding the equipment, Amtrak reintroduced Auto Train in 1983 and before long, passen- gers began to flock to the trains. Today, Auto Train is Amtrak’s shining star along the east coast. Add Amtrak’s Star Performer to Your Layout New Walthers Amtrak 75' Auto Carriers are just the thing for Box Car Extra, Summer 1999: building your Auto Train consist. Under Amtrak ownership, the sists, check out Insiders In January 1992 the Genesis P42, 17 empty 50' and trains have operated with both Heritage Fleet and Superliner con- Report Volume 1, Issue 1, carried its 60' Express Box Cars being sists. Heritage Fleet cars ran on the trains through the mid-1990s available in PDF format at MHCs and Baggage Cars walthers.com. ferried between Chicago and when Superliner II cars arrived. Toledo for forwarding to ahead of the passenger cars. According to Amtrak, in 2001 trains typically carry two to three Here are a few more typical Philadelphia and New York Photo by Bob Gallegos locomotives, six coaches, six sleepers (including two Deluxe train consists, including a typi- Box car trains are operated Sleepers), two Lounges, three diners and 32-34 auto carriers during cal Northeast Corridor mail only as needed; are limited to peak season. Off-peak trains operate with slightly smaller consists. train and a solid express box freight train speeds; and haul Over the years, locomotives have included F40PHs, Genesis P40s car move. only empty cars in order to and P42s and, during the 1980s, P30CHs. On an HO layout, a real- •The Fast Mail, Washington reposition them for loading.I istic Superliner consist could include a pair of F40PH or Athearn D.C. - Springfield, MA, Visit us at Genesis locomotives, three coaches, two regular sleepers and one 1990s-Present: 1-2 AEM-7, WALTHERS. deluxe sleeper, a diner, a lounge and ten auto carriers. 1-20 mixed MHCs, Baggage, com 1700-Series Baggage, 60' 5 Auto Train Corporation was responsible for bringing the 75' Auto Carriers to the United States. Here, one of the company’s U36Bs rests at Lorton, VA. Photo by Steve Barry

In 1989 a trio of GE P30CHs totes a Heritage Fleet-equipped Auto Train consist through rural Virginia. Photo by Steve Barry

Cars unique to Auto Train include Deluxe Sleepers, with ten deluxe, four economy, one family and one handicapped bedroom; and a Superliner Lounge, which is a Superliner I Diner outfitted with lounge amenities. Except for its letter- ing, the lounge retains the same external appearance as a diner. Walthers offers these cars as a limited-run two-car set, 932-908 $49.98, which includes a special decal sheet with Auto Train-specific car names and numbers. With the release of Walthers

Walthers HO Amtrak Phase IV 75’ Auto Carrier, 932-6222 $21.98 932-6220 Undecorated Compare the HO 75' Auto 932-6221 Amtrak Phase III, Short Carrier with the prototype Ladders, Optional Roof Walk car. Over their careers, sever- 932-6222 Amtrak Phase IV, Short Ladders, Optional Roof Walk al cars have had their doors 932-6223 CN/Auto Train, Long replaced because of damage Ladders, Roof Walk or wear. The Walthers cars 932-6224 Auto Train Corporation, come with as-delivered doors. Short Ladders, Optional Roof Walk This Amtrak phase IV model 2-Packs 932-26220 Undecorated has no roofwalk and includes 932-26221 Amtrak Phase III, appropriate low ladders. Short Ladders, Optional Roof Walk 932-26222 Amtrak Phase IV, Short Ladders, Optional Roof Walk 932-26223 CN/Auto Train, Long Ladders, Roof Walk 932-26224 Auto Train Corporation, Short Ladders, Optional Roof Walk

In 1956 CN officials look on as a new car is driven into a new 75' Auto Carrier. Walthers Archives

75' Auto Carriers you can easi- 75' Auto Carrier Specifics ly model the Auto Train over Walthers ready-to-run 75' Auto the course of its career with Carriers come with add-on Amtrak. Walthers offers separate door details, short or Superliner I and II cars long ladders, roofwalks, and (Insiders Report vol. 1 no. 1) brake details. The cars have for modeling post-1996 con- these details applied as appro- sists. Before 1996, Heritage priate for each prototype. Fleet cars ran ahead of the Other features include GSC auto carriers. Budd-built express trucks and working Heritage Fleet coaches, diners knuckle couplers. The cars and sleepers are also offered decorated for Canadian by Walthers. In addition to the National come with Bettendorf 75' auto carriers, Auto Train freight trucks as this is how also carries some 89' tri-level they operated on CN. auto carriers with unusual flat Undecorated cars come with side panels. No models of GSC trucks and unattached these cars are available. details so you can match your specific prototype. $21.98 each, 2-Packs $43.98 I Walthers limited-run Amtrak Auto Train 2-Pack 932-908 includes a Lounge and a Deluxe Sleeper. 6 At Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, pairs of passenger tracks serve adjacent platforms. Escape tracks allow locomo- tives to be removed from the train while passenger cars remain at the platforms. The turnout in the foreground leads to a cen- ter escape track as in the diagram. Photo by Bob Gallegos

#10 Turnouts. Just imagine plastic ties with realistic wood how good your passenger grain and color add detail to trains and long-wheelbase your lines and live frogs and locomotives will look as they power routing keep your trains glide through the gentle curve moving where you want them of a long #10 turnout. No side- to go. Walthers Code 83 rail ways jolts here, just a smooth joiners also feature simulated flow from one track to another. bolt and joint bar detail. Transition tracks are available Walthers Code 83 HO for Code 100 to 83 and Code When you need to lay as much track as possible in a small Track System Offers Wide 70 to 83 rail. For complete Turnouts For space, sharp turnouts can help conserve space. Canadian Variety Of Turnouts information about Walthers Pacific’s ex-Soo Line yard at the Ford Twin Cities Assembly With the addition of new #4, More Track track products including scale Plant uses small turnouts and close track spacing to conserve #10 and #2 Wye Turnouts, track planning templates, see space. Photo by Bob Gallegos Walthers offers the widest vari- Planning the Walthers HO Model ety of Code 83 track available. Railroad Reference Book. I Possibilities Manufactured exclusively for Turnouts For Walthers by world-renowned New Walthers #4 and #2 Wye sidings and escape tracks ate the turnouts into passing turnouts, $14.98 each. Tight Spaces track expert Shinohara, while maintaining complete sidings. 948-801 #4 Left Hand Turnout In a big commerical district, Walthers HO Code 83 track is 948-802 #4 Right Hand Turnout compatibility with the rest of the squeal of flanges on sharp When you look at a high-speed patterned to look like typical 948-887 #2 Wye Turnout your Walthers Code 83 track. curves and the growl of a mainline switch, you’ll see that North American track. Walthers #10 Turnouts, $26.98 ea. switcher revving up reverber- New #4 and #2 Wye turnouts they’re long and the diverging Walthers Code 83 Track fea- 948-884 #10 Left Hand Turnout ate off the walls of the brick are designed to be used route has a very wide radius. tures oxidation-resistant nick- 948-885 #10 Right Hand Turnout and concrete canyon between together. Check out the track In HO Scale, modelers usually el-silver rail that captures the buildings as a crew works the diagram to see how easy it is use #8 turnouts to simulate the look of typical 132 pound industry sidings. All along the to make a center escape track look of high-speed turnouts, mainline rail. Thin-profile switching lead, spurs branch or siding at a station or indus- but they still appear too sharp. Passenger Platform or Loading Dock Passenger Platform or Loading Dock off in all directions. Some trial scene. Now, realistic-looking high- speed crossovers duck into huge roll-up doors at High-Speed High Iron and siding factories, others wind their Out on the mainline, the goal way through curved alleys, is to keep trains moving by #10 RH Turnout and a few fan out to huge mul- eliminating delays. tiple track loading docks. Tiny Crossings, #2 Wye pocket yards, squeezed into spaces between buildings, are crammed with cars wait- ing to be spot- ted at loading #4 RH Turnout doors. #4 Right Turnout #4 Left Turnout Wouldn’t you like to At stub-end passenger sta- recreate the junctions, curves, tions and multiple loading twisting trackwork of a crossovers and dock scenes, trains can pull big industrial district on your encounters with in locomotive-first. Engines pike? Now you can, using other trains can really can uncouple and switch to slow things down. One way the center track to depart. Walthers HO Code 83 #4 and #2 Wye Turnout #2 Wye Turnouts. Designed to keep speeds up is to reduce switches for use in tight spaces where the number of speed reduc- are yours sharp radii are a must, these tions trains must make as they Visit us at with new new turnouts allow you to add cross over between mains on Walthers Code 83 WALTHERS.com double track or as they negoti- 7 forklift to move logs indoors. Very, Very Along the waterfront, the Versatile building makes a good net or cordage shop. In shipyards, Have you ever wanted a build- creaky, old wooden overhead ing you could use just about traveling cranes are great for anywhere on any layout? How unloading freight cars and about a structure which is trucks and for moving parts equally at home on your pike around. Jib cranes are used for as a small, stand-alone busi- moving fishing nets and ness or as part of a larger machinery between piers and industrial complex? vessels. In waterfront settings, When Walthers released its make sure to weather the Cornerstone Series® Midstate structures heavily to give Marble Products a couple of painted surfaces a faded look years ago, modelers praised it and to give wood parts a sil- as a realistic model of a track- HO Midstate Marble Products 933-3073 $39.98 very, exposed look. rying regions of the northeast. side business you might find At mines, , older paper A few similar structures are anywhere decorative stone is mills, and other large industri- still standing today. quarried. Since then, however, al complexes, board-and-bat- modelers have latched onto it Stone finishers like Midstate ten buildings are used as because you can use it in so use rock saws to cut down machine shops, garages, tool many different ways. freshly quarried stone into shops and, in early 1900s set- usable, shippable slabs. At tings, wagon works. It’s easy Set Your Scene In Stone these businesses, freshly blast- to detail these scenes with ed or rough cut stone is moved machine parts, old machinery, to a staging area next to the oil drums, barrels, tires, pipe, cutting house. A jib is building materials and junk Overhead vehicles.I Crane 10" used to place the chunks onto Jib narrow gauge push carts for Crane This small structural slate mill in Pennsylvania produces shin- Main Building the trip inside for cutting. Small gles and tile. The side door and block and tackle are used for Sawmill Once they’re cut down, the loading pallets onto trucks. Photo by William C. Schaumburg 11-1/4" slabs are carted or forklifted The Cornerstone Series® outside into a storage and offered the aforementioned building, a jib crane and a Midstate Marble Products kit, loading area served by a rail- Log road siding and an overhead consumer products, making wooden beam supported over- sort 933-3073 $39.98, is a detailed pile model of a typical early- crane. Flat cars, gondolas and them even busier because head crane. in ring 1900s stone cutting shop. trucks haul the slabs to spe- these products were often Board-and-batten structures Businesses like these were cialized shops for further fin- shipped in box cars. with large doors were usually Chain conveyor or once commonplace in all cor- ishing into products such as Everything in a stone cutting in demand at all kinds of chain/winch Rough-cut piles ners of the continent, with gravestones, tiles and architec- scene is usually covered with industries. Logging railroads Siding large concentrations of them tural trim. Some shops a fine layer of light gray dust. often laid track through the in the slate and marble quar- similar to Midstate also Even nearby trees and bushes large doors and used the over- At a sawmill, logs are sorted have a powdery look. At the head crane to handle truck and using the jib crane. Short base of the jib crane and wheel changeouts on skeleton hardwood logs are dragged Links To Walthers Products Mentioned log cars and flat cars. Small along the tracks of the over- inside using a winch and In This Issue Of Insiders Report sawmills, especially those han- head crane, dark patches chains or they’re brought in dling short hardwood logs, appear anywhere oil and with a forklift. Cut lumber is Walthers Cornerstone HO Amtrak Material performed cutting inside and ® grease contact the dust layer. stored outside for drying and Series structures Handling Cars stored finished lumber outside featured in this issue: It’s easy to simulate this look shipment. using chalks. as in the diagram. All you need HO Western Coal Flood HO Amtrak 75' Auto to add is a chain conveyor or Loader 933-3089 Carriers Railroad Spur N Scale Western Coal HO Amtrak Auto Train Overhead Flood Loader 933-3247 Limited-Run Superliner Crane HO Midstate Marble 2-Pack, 932-908 Products 933-3073 Trainline® HO Amtrak Dressed Stones Other coal industry Locomotives products related to those mentioned in HO Amtrak Superliner Stone Cutting Shop this issue: Passenger Cars HO New River Mining HO Amtrak Horizon Fleet Company 933-3017 Passenger Cars Control N New River Mining House Company 933-3221 HO Amtrak Amfleet Jib HO Coal Flood Loader Passenger Cars Crane (modern corrugated metal HO Amtrak version) 933-3051 Sleepers This modern crane in Big Stone City, South Dakota loads Freshly Walthers locomotives freshly quarried granite from mine haul trucks into gondolas Push Cart Track Quarried and rolling stock men- Walthers Code 83 for shipment to a finishing shop. 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