PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS

HE WORDS AT THE LEFT Tappeared in the initial ad for the RDC by the Budd Company in Railway Age. Reportedly, the idea of the RDC was conceived and built without the knowledge of railroad executives.

At KATO, the development and production of the RDC in N scale has been no secret!

In the Fall, we will release 16 different two-car sets for 11 North American railroads, as well as a couple of unlettered sets for home road modelers to letter themselves. True to the prototype, all of the models will be powered, for individual operation or to be coupled with others to form a train.

Our production will include the four most popular configura­ tions of the original Budd Roadname Cars In Set Item Number Demonstrator railcar. The RDC-1 was strictly passenger-oriented CANADIAN PACIFIC RDC-1+RDC-3 106-3001 with 90 coach seats. The RDC-2 CANADIAN NATIONAL RDC-1+RDC-3 106-3002 contained 71 seats and a separate NEW HAVEN RDC-1+RDC-3 106-3003 baggage compartment. The RDC- UNLETIERED RDC-1+RDC-3 106-3004 3 combined a Railway Post Office CANADIAN PACIFIC RDC-2+RDC-4 106-3005 with 49 seats and a baggage CANADIAN NATIONAL RDC-2+RDC-4 106-3006 compartment, while the RDC-4 NEW HAVEN RDC-2+RDC-4 106-3007 was a self -contained RP O­ UNLETIERED RDC-2+RDC-4 106-3008 Baggage/Express unit. SANTA FE RDC-1+RDC-2 106-3009 All models will feature CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RDC-1 +RDC-2 106-3010 directional headlight /taillight, NEW YORK CENTRAL RDC-2+RDC-3 106-3011 knuckle couplers and fine NORTHERN PACIFIC RDC-2+RDC-3 106-3012 detailing and lettering. The ROC K ISLAND RDC-3+RDC-3 106-3013 interior can be lighted with the WEST ERN PACIFIC RDC-2+RDC-2 106-3014 installation of our #11-204 Lighting Kit (sold separately). ALASKA RAILROAD RDC-2+RDC-2 106-3015 JERSEY CENTRAL RDC-1+RDC-1 106-3016 Although delivered as two­ un it sets, each model wi II be BUDD DEMONSTRATOR RDC-1 (single unit) 166-3001 contained in an individual jewel Further specifications of the models can be seen on the box. www.katousa.com web site. While delivery is expected in October, you'll want to reserve ImYT I KATO U.S.A., INC .. 100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, IL 60173 with your dealer now. What's the latest update on the HO SD80/90 and Business Car and the N Genesis and Superliner cars? Check out FAQ #11 at katousa.com. It's not every day you get to control something of this size and magnitude. Train Simulator puts you in command of the powerful BNSF Dash 9, the lightning fast • Amtrak" Acela'"Express and 7 other highly detailed locomotives. Choose from 6 world-famous rail routes and over 600 miles of accurately recreated track. Pull into charming stations, pick up freight cars and stick to tight timetables. It's all up to you, because you're the engineer.

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• IN THIS ISSUE:.

• SPECJiRUM�S 2-10-0 PROTOiITPS, ,age 18 • NEW GEN,ESI5, BY Al'ftEARN, X-P-oST BOX CARS, page 27 MOMENTUM,, OPERAJ'ICD,N5 .,Tlft: DCC, ,age 25 , . WEED&-IIV-THE-ROLL "'6RASS-TH�Ji;"G'RO.S,1 page 12 I • GLENWOOD" MINNESOiliA,JU1'Y 24, 119'54 ON THESOO, pagel'S' .' II U-80AIf CASS II, FOR EIMD SD40 AND SD'40-2' FROM KATO MOD,EI.S, page 8'

• WEAliHERING, kADE'E HO SCAlE BOX CARS, ,age 10 .' WEAliHERI'N,6 COV>ERED H:OPPE'RS, pa'ge, 117 ., GUNIDERSON 51-FOOT P�PER� SERYI'CE BOX CAR FROM WA LTHERS Klif, page 52 .' CANADMN, 'AORC COACH) fROM,NORWESTtS m, page 37 • I NiFERM:ODAIL, CRANES FROMI A-UNE"S DIE-CAST MO,DEt" page 40 ., ROD6ER-K�Rli SELEClil�E IIAIILAST CARS FRO'IM August 2001 . Volume 13, Number 3 CH�LIEN6ER "S MO,DELS, page! 4·5 ., G,�E. 1123-7 AS C'O, 11 '05 IS 11968' fROM BACHMANN NRAll ON THE COVER: -The Chesapeake and Ohio Triple-track mainline snakes along the OR,RAI,LPOWER, MODELS), paI ge 4·9' banks of the New River and out of sight around NIS:CAIE: x the bend. It's all on an 8 8-foot NTRAK • module and there's more beginning on page MAntERING M[CRO-liRAINS BOX CARS, page116 32 of this issue. -Robert Schleicher photo ., KA*Wf.MI FAW' ON: THE CHESAPEAKEAND OHlO� page3,2

.. G.E. 823-7 AS CONRAIL 1i9'05' Lf 119 68 FROMIATlAS MODELS, pag� 49'

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4 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' AUGUST 2001 Modeling Steam: Santa Fe Manifest 991 near Tenachapi, HO SCALE: The Russian 2-10-0 from the Spectrum California, by Pelle Soeborg ...... •.. 57

model, by Robert Schleicher ...... •... 18 Diesel Modeling: Passenger Car Modeling: "U-Boat Cabs" for EMD 5040 and 5040-2 Canadian Pacific Coach from Norwest's from Kato models, by Bob Rivard ...... •. 8 N SCALE: ...... •...... •. Techniques: kit, by RWJ Pinchbeck 37 Intermodal Modeling: Techniques: Weathering Kadee HO scale box cars, Straddle Carrier Cranes from A-line's Weathering Micro-Trains HO scale box by Mont Switzer...... 10 cars, by Mont Switzer ...... 10 Weathering Covered Hoppers, Die-cast model, by Brian Locomotive Performance: I<.reimendahL ...... 40 by Mike ROJe ...... 17 Summary of all Previous locomotive Scenic Modeling: Freight Cars of the Fifties: Performance Test Reports ...... 14 Weeds-by-the-RolI, "Grass-That-Grows" Rodger-Hart selective ballast cars from Layout Tour: for railroad rights-of-way, by Robert Challenger's models, by Richard HendrickJon ...... 45 Kanawha Falls on the Chesapeake and Schleicher ...... 12 Ohio on a 6 x 8-foot NTRAK module, Locomotive Performance: Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: by John PLant ...... 32 Summary of all Previous locomotive G.E. B23-7 as Conrail 1905 and 1968 from Bachmann Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Performance Test Reports ...... 14 or Rail Power models, G. E. C23-7 as Conrail 1905 & 1968 from Modern Freight Cars: by Louis A. Marre ...... 49 Atlas models, by Louis A. Marre ...... 49 Quaker Oats QOCX 193 50-foot box car

from Walthers kit, by Dennis Lippert .... 16 IPD, Railbox and other X-Post box cars ALL SCALES: from Genesis Models, by Jim Eager ..... 27 Operations: DEPARTMENTS: ICG 50-foot box cars from InterMountain Momentum Operations with DCC, What's New ...... 6, 7

...... and Atlas kits, by Bob Rivard ...... 31 by John Palmer 25 Calendar ...... 58 Gunderson 50-foot paper service box car Time Capsule: from Walthers kit, by D. Scott Glenwood, Minnesota, July 24, 1954 on

ChatfieLd ...... 52 the 500 Line, by Ray Groner ...... 38

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 5 What's New in HO Scale

Funaro & Camerlengo, R.D. #3 Box 2800, Honesdale, PA 18431 is now shipping cast-resin kits to build a variety of different Canadian National 40-foot box cars including 40-foot steel box cars from the "Mini-Box" series and the single-sheathed 503500-series cars with a choice of wood or steel doors. All three different kits are also offered with your choice of AB or K­ style brake components. The kits are $27.99 each less trucks and couplers but including decals.

These HO scale vehicles are pre-painted cast­ metal ready-to-roll models from Classic Metal's "Mini Models" series. The newest releases include (left to right) 1953 Ford police car, 1961 Impala police car, 1957 Chrysler 300C and 1958 Chevrolet Impala. See your dealer.

Design Preservation Models is now offering this injection-molded plastic structure kit called "Popa Wheelie's" with cast-metal details. The kit includes 10 motorcycles and 70 other metal detail castings as well as the two buildings for $49.98. See your dealer.

Classic Metal is now producing a "Mini Models" series of painted all-metal HO scale vehicles. The series of 1953 White 3000 trucks includes your choice of (left to right) tractor, dump truck, box truck or fuel delivery truck. See your dealer.

6 RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 What's New in HO Scale

Pro Modelbuilders, 1585 E. Pender St., Vancouver, B.C V5L 1 V9, Canada is now ship­ ping cast-resin and metal kits to recreate the Canadian Pacific 336260-series flat cars and 338100-series Stone cars. The kits include decals and trucks but less couplers for $20.00 plus $6.00 postage and handling.

Train Station Products, P.O. Box 360, Granville, OH 43023 offers a selection of corrugated Santa Fe Hi-Level passenger cars including a coach and this diner. The cars include correct swing-hanger trucks and blackened wheelsets for $35.95. A similar Amtrak car is offered undecorated for $3 2.95.

Circuitron, P.O. Box 322, Riverside, IL 60546 offers a variety of railroad crossing bucks and crossing gates including these 8006 two-lamp gates with crossing signals for $74.95. The kit includes the slow-motion operating mechanism and a lighting for two gates.

Life-Like is producing a new series of fully-painted detail scenes including the number 1322 Steam Crane with separate air compressor, pump and four welding rigs and the number 1321 Fa rm Scene with stake bed truck, tractor, windmill and farm family. See your dealer.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 200 1 7 ------[OIESEL MOOELlNG]------

"U-B SlMO-2 IN no SCALE FROM KATO MODELS By Bob Rivard

The Soo Line is one road that favors the four-window car sides on their EMD diesels. The windows are similar to those used on General Electric diesels, and some modelers refer to them as "U-Boat Cabs." Cannon and Company is now offering their EMD cab with the four-window sides. I used the Cannon 1507 cab on the SD40-2 (Soo Line 747) model and the Cannon 1506 cab on the SD40 (Soo Line 768) model. There's an index of all previous articles on diesel modeling on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

8 RAILMODELJOURNAL' AUGUST 2001 Cannon & Company: Detail Associates: Scalecoat II: 1506 Cab (for SD40) 20 13 Winterization hatches 20 11 White 1507 Cab (for SD40-2) 230 1 All-weather windows 2076 CB&Q Red

Kato: Details West: Microscale: ��;;.,;.;,;�"'"" Undecorated SD40 119 Rerail frogs 87-117 Soo hood units Undecorated SD40-2 248 Filter set MC-4056 Builders plates ;]����SE��� PAINT & DECALS

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 9 ------WEATHERING [ TECHNIQUES] ------WEATHERING By Mont Switzer

Circa 1973

ortheast Ohio in the early 1970s was an exciting place for the rai I enthusiast. Many of the now-fallen flags were then flowing in the cool breeze off Lake Erie as the 'rust belt' economy that drove them prospered. "Enjoy it while you can" someone said, "and get your photographs now. Changes are coming." Through the late 1970s, 1980s and well into the I 990s, those changes came. There was railroad merger upon merger, a huge portion of the steel industry virtually died before our eyes, and the automotive industry was in total upheaval. And whi Ie Akron on the Akron

10 RAILMODELJOURNAL · AUGUST 2001 protecting it from the weathering process Canton & Youngstown (AC&Y) is sti II on or decal lettering, and with a little known as the "Rubber City," tires are no help from a brush it will be ruined. with masking tape. longer being "built" in the "rubber Most brown box cars darken with age The final step in the weathering shops" of Goodyear, Firestone, due to an accumulation of dirt and soot. process is to overcoat the entire model Goodrich, General, and others. Add this feature to your model with a with Testor's DullCote. Th is is a But back to the early 1970s, the smell wash of Weather It, the same stuff as completely fl at finish that also protects of rubber permeated the air as millions of Rustall only in dark grey. This wash will the weathering and decals previously tires were being built in the "rubber also enhance many of the details on the applied. It will also diminish the shops" of Akron, Ohio. The bulk of the model as the black wash lies in around weathered appearance of the model local switching for the rail portion of the them. somewhat. tire business was done by the AC&Y. Back in the days of box car ACY 845 looks nice right out of the They used ex-Nickel Plate switchers and railroading, almost every car went to a box, but it is much too yellow and clean­ GP-9s with a former Wabash unit or different destination causing them to be looking when compared to my personal two-all painted Norfolk & We stern-to switched or classified one at a time. recollections, color slides and photos. visit the various rubber shops and Conductors overseeing the work would Since both the brown and yellow cars are warehouses of such big names as B.F. often mark cars in advance of the exposed to the same elements, the Goodrich, Firestone, Goodyear, General switching moves with white chalk as a weathering steps are the same. The and others almost daily. Tires were method of communicating where the car Rustall is particularly good at bringing shipped in box cars, many of which were was to go. Car inspectors made their out the warmth in the yellow found on lettered for the AC&Y. So when Kadee share of marks also so that cars could be the prototype ACY cars. On the introduced their two 40-foot Pullman PS­ switched to a location where repair work prototype, rust obviously shows up more I box cars lettered for AC&Y, those days could be done. The chalk marks were on the lighter cars, and steps must be in the early 1970s at Akron came to mind usually location-specific, and they faded taken to make sure certain rust stains are once again. and washed off quickly, so there was modeled. These are on and at the ends of Both the brown car with "The Road little confusion with older markings. the door tracks where metal goes against of Service" herald and the bright yellow Those H2 sticks of white chalk came in metal every time the doors are opened or car with two slogans in black are very boxes labeled-you guessed it­ closed. accurately done. Combine this with an "railroad chalk." Last but not least are the trucks. They extremely well-detailed Kadee model, Chalk markings are available in decal are subject to all kinds of dirt, none of and AC&Y fans have a pair of winners form from both Sunshine Models and which are easily identifiable. First spray here. The only thing not included with Champion Decal. I prefer to make my them with Floquil grimy black paint for a the models is weathering-the subject of own markings using the prototype photos basic dirty look. The springs are usually this article. as a guide. This is done simply with always rusty due to their flexing, and the AC&Y 750 has the oldest of the two white india ink and a fine pen from the area below them is usually appropriately paint and lettering schemes, having been art supply store. This one purchase will stained. Dry brush Floquil rust onto the I applied by Pullman-Standard at the time last you a lifetime. springs and the area below. If the trucks of manufacture. Due to age, this scheme Freight car lettering is subject to have brake shoe detai I, now is the time to offers the most opportunity for change throughout its life as is so well dry-brush them with rust also. The weathering. Unfortunately (or maybe by illustrated by the covered grain hoppers journal areas are usually pretty oily design if you are a car manufacturer of today which seem to get new looking. A thin wash of gloss black paint and/or railroad), the weathering stays ownership and reporting marks every in these areas simulates this nicely. The hidden pretty well by the brown paint year or two. But the lettering also final touch is a light overspray of Floquil and model photography mutes the efforts changes when cars are re-weighed or grime, which blends in the weathering on one's weathering even more. when the friction journal bearings still in with the truck details. Nonetheless, here is how you go about use in the 1970s had been repacked. My Akron Canton & Youngstown box dirtying up this car. prototype photo of AC&Y 750 shows cars could be seen transporting Akron The PS- l gal vanized steel roofs did that both of these changes have been products to automobile manufacturers not hold paint well and ended up with a made. and tire warehouses all over the United grey appearance. Model this by dry­ Re-weighing usually results in new States. More information about the brushing the panels between the ribs with dimensional data and date of re-weigh. Akron Canton & Youngstown and a fIat light grey paint. I recommend a This interesting detail is easily modeled predecessor railroads can be obtained by 50/50 mixture of Floquil Reefer Grey by marking out the old dimensional data joining the AC& Y Historical Society, and Reefer White. and old weigh date with a black P.O. Box 196, Sharon Center, Ohio No matter what you do, a steel car is permanent marker representing black 44274. Annual membership is a very going to rust somewhere, and the runoff paint. Then simply apply new reasonable $18.00 and includes four very from that rust will eventually find the dimensional data lettering from the decal well done magazines per year. white lettering. This weathering feature scrap box. Journal repack data decals can be is accomplished simply by giving the The same method as described above obtained from Model Railroad Supply, entire car a wash of Rustall, a can be used to update the journal repack P. O. Box 369, Middletown, Indiana commercially available alcohol-based data of the cars. Decals for this purpose, 47356. A set capable of doing over 50 pre-mixed rust-colored weatheri ng if not available in your decal scrap box, cars sells for $7.50. solution. Brush it on right out of the are available from Model Railroad Rust-All and Weather-It are available bottle, but limit the number of strokes Supply. You can also make the factory­ at hobby dealers or by mail from Micro­ that you use to spread it on the model. painted journal repack data look as if it Mark, 340 Snyder Ave., Berkeley That a I cohol can loosen some pai nted- were recently applied by simply Heights, NJ 07922. RMJ

RAILMODELjOURNAL ' AUGUST 200 1 11 ------[SCENERY]------WEED5-B�THE-ROLL uGR&S5-TRAT-GROWS" FOR RAILROAD RIGHTS-OF-WAY By Robert Schleicher

This new flocked mat material from Busch allows you to duplicate the tall grass that covers most of the embankments or fills on real railroad right-of-ways. The material is available to dealers from E-R Models and Walthers. There's an index of previous articles on modeling scenery, including the "Grass-That-Grows" series on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

Busch offers their new long-fiber weed "Wild Grass Mat" material in 16 x 20-inch rolls for $8.99 or 32 x 32-inch rolls for $23.99 in a choice of Dark Green, Spring Green or Corn Field. This is the "Corn Field" and it's similar to how the weeds along most midwestern rights-of­ way appear by mid-summer.

I created a small fill diorama using the Busch flocked mats. The track is supported on a 2-inch­ high strip of Woodland Scenics "Risers." The track is Kato's HO scale Uni-Track, which is real­ istic as-is. You can improve the realism slightly by applying a wash of 9 parts water and 1 part black India (waterproof) ink to highlight individ­ ual grains of ballast then spraying a similar wash of light grey with an airbrush to weather the ties.

12 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' AUGUST 2001 This is virtually realism in a kit: the track, ties and ballast are ready-to-snap-together Kato Un i-Track, and the "weeds" came in a roll from Busch.

a)The flocking is more realistic than you can apply yourself because near­ ly every strand is standing straight up (reaching for the sun, as is real grass and weeds). The strands are about an HO scale 2-feet long, which is pret­ ty close to the length of most wild grass in the midwest. The material is far too evenly spaced, however. To make the material more realistic, use a hobby knife or single-edge razor blade to scrape random patches of the material down to the paper. You can save the strands to be used with an electrostatic dispenser or they can be used as piles of hay around cattle pens. b) Use a tea strainer to sift real dirt onto the grass mat, particularly on the spots you scraped clean. Rub the flocking lightly to force the dirt to settle in between the strands. The effect is that the "grass" is growing out of the dirt. "Fix"the dirt in place with a spray of half water and half Artist's Matte Medium from a window cleaner bottle or use Woodland Scenics "Scenic Cement" and "Scenic Sprayer." c) The Busch "weeds" can be teased so they protrude from the edges of the ballast shoulders. On mainline track, the weeds would be mowed or killed with weed killer for about 5 feet or so on either side of the right-of-way. You can simulate that by scraping nearly all the fibers away from the edges, leaving a few random fibers in place, then covering the edges with a thin layer of sifted dirt.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 13 [PERFORMANCE ]------=--- .------

The more significant figures from Guy Thrams' and Bob Higgins' evaluations of model locomotives 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 (allow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins and Guy Thrams test these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues.

Manufacturerllmporter Prototype Min. Max. Max. Throllie Magazine Manufacturerllmporter 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.) Midioad (v.) Switch (smph) (smph) Force (oz.) Mldload (v.)

HO Scale Diesels AjiniOverland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 August 1990' Ajin/Overland Models EMD 8060 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 April 1991' Athearn (as-is) EMD GP38-2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' (Chassis) Athearn (w/Helix Humper EMD GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 Ajin/Overland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991' can motor conversion) (Chassis) Proto Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990' Ajin/Overtand Models EMD GP15T 3.55 76.2 4.69 1.2 March 2000 (Athearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990' Mantua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991' Athearn/PPW, weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990'

Athearn w/NWSL motor EMD GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990' MRC (Model Rectifier Corp.) EMD F7A .52 86.1 2.90 1.0 August 2000

Alhearn w/NW8L motor, EMD GP38-2 Prolo 1000 (Lile-Like) EMD F3 .19 80.8 3.69 3.7 Jan. 1999

weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 Augusl 1990' Proia 1000 (Life-Like) BUDD RDC·2 3.71 65.3 1.87 4.9 Dec. 2000

Athearn/Proto Power Proia 1000 F-M C-liner 0.61 90.0 4.97 3.2 April 2000

Wesl w/replacement Proia 2000 (Life-Like) Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991' Wheelsets: 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 Oct. 199()O Proto 2000 (Lite-like) EMD GP9 .06 79.2 3.29 4.8 March 1998 Jay-Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990- Proto 2000 (lile-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 Proto 2000 (Life-like) EMD GP30 .23 78.2 4.17 4.0 Jan. 2000 Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Proto 2000 (life-Like) EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994' Athearn 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 July 1995 Atlas AlcoS2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991-

AtlaS/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990- Proia 2000 (Life-Like) EMD SW9/SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 3.7 May 1996

Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 Speclrum (Bachmann)EMD F40PH Phase II t .39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992'

Atlas GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Speclrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8-4OC 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990'

Atlas EMD GP40 .33 81.9 3.41 1.7 Nov. 2000 Spectrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8-40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 6.4 Feb. 1996

Bachmann-Plus GE B23-7 1.75 64.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992- Spectrum (Bachmann) F-M H16-44 2.32 49.5 1.27 2.4 July 1997 Bachmann-Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 Spectrum (Bachmann) EMC Gas Elec. .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Spectrum (Bachmann) EMD DDA40X .68 133.5 6.68 3.2 Aug. 1997 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991-

Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991-

(with Mashima can motor) HO Scale Electric Locomotives Con-Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sepl. 1996 Alias EMD AEM-7 .42 123.8 4.33 1.0 June 2000 Con-Cor EMD 8W1500 (SW 7) t.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997

E-R Models (Fraleschi) Alco FA1 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Oct. 1993 E-R Models (Frateschi) Alco FAI .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 HO Scale Steam Locomotives E-R Models EMD FP7A 3.70 92.8 3.24 3.4 May 1999 Bachmann-Plus SP 4-8-4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 Genesis, by Athearn SD751 2.12 110.0 4.01 3.5 July 1999 Bowser (English's Genesis, by Athearn EMD F7A .14 95.0 4.19 4.1 March 2001 Model RR Supply) B&O 0-4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992' IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 Feb. 1995 Bowser PRR H-9 2-8-0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 (1.50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) Bowser PRR Ml-a (stock) 4-8-2 1.30 78.2 5.97 2.8 July 2000 (wi� 25ounces added weight) 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 Bowser PRR Ml-a (w/Helix Humper can) 1.81 '69.1 5.40 NA July 2000 (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) Feb. 1995 Bowser PRR Ml-a (sW/NWSL can & gears) 1.37 49.1 7.99 2.7 July 2000 IHe EMD SD35 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 Genesis, by Alhearn USRA 2-8-2 Light .58 52.8 2.51 1.4 Dec. 1999 interMountain EMD F7A 0.78 77.6 3.79 1.7 June 2001 Heritage, by Prolo 2000 USRA 2-8-8-2 2.25 46.0 3.52 3.0 Feb. 2000 Kato EMD 8D40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Herilage, by Proto 2000 USRA 0-8-0 2.80 51.0 2.09 3.5 Sept. 2000 Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989' IHC 4-4-0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989' IHC/Mehano B&O 0-4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992' Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' IHC/Mehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 Kato EMD NW2 76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994' IHC/Mehano C&04·8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sept. 1994 Kato G.E. Dash 9-44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Oct. 1996 IHC 2-8-0 .42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 Kato Alco RS2 1.48 78.7 3.40 2.0 Feb. 1999 Key Imports UP 4-8-8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 Aug. 1991' Kato Alco RSC2 2.58 75.2 4.19 2.1 Feb. 1999 Life-like B&O 0-4·0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Dec. 1992' Keyslone/NWSL GE 44-Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' Mantua 2-6-6-2 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 1991 Hobbytown EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991' Mantua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994' Mantua 2-8-2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990' Mantua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991

14 RAfLMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 200 1 Manulacturernmporter Prototype Min. Max. Max. Throttle Magazine Manulacturernmporter 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.)

Mantua 0-4-0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 Lile-Like EMD SW9 .45 106.9 .40 2.0 April 1998

Mantua with 812 Can Motor 0-4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 Life-Like EMD GP20 3.59 116.6 .57 1.6 June 1999

MDC (Roundhouse) Class B Shay 2.54 33.1 1.54 2.2 Oct. 2000 Model Power/

Model Power PRR 2-8-0 4.77 73.8 0.85 1.5 August f996 Mehanotenlka EMD F40PH 3. t 4 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990'

Ajin/Overland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept. 1991' SamhongsalHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989'

Precision Scale (Iron Horse)UP 4-10-2 7.02 53.0 3.08 2.9 Jan. 1998 (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989'

Rlvarossl 4-6-6-4 5.90 71.6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997

Rivarossi USRA 2·8-2 1.78 70.7 4.47 2.4 May 1997 N Scale Steam Locomotive

SamhongsalPolYerhouse USRA 2-6-6-2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989' Kato USRA 2-8-2 3.to 111.8 .7 2.5 Apnl 1996

Spectrum (Bachmann) Reading 2-8-0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 & Ocl. 1997

Spectrum (Bachmann) PRR 4-6-2 1.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 Kato USRA 2-8-2 4.80 122.5 1.04 2.9 June 1998 (GHQ PRR L-l) Spec�um (Bachmann) PRR 4-6-2 .72 80.8 2.50 2.4 Oct. 1999 Key Imports C&O 2-6·6-6 .59 96.9 1.27 3.8 June 1997 Spec�um (Bachmann) Baldwin 2-8-0 .30 83.7 2.83 2.4 July 1998 Pecos River ATSF 4-6-2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 Spectrum (Bachmann) USRA 4-8-2 2.75 84.9 2.41 2.8 Nov. 1999 Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 Spectrum (Bachmann) Shay .46 15.3 2.26 1.8 April 2001 Rivarossl (w/N Scale 01 USRA 2-8-2 49 160,3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Stewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 Nevada Irame & NWSL

Stewart Hobbies Alco C628 1.20 69.5 2.92 2.2 Aug. 1999 Sagami 1420 can motor)

Stewart Hobbles Baldwin VO 1000 \.05 77.1 1.65 0.7 Feb. 2001 Walthers/Roco EMD SWl .21 53.3 2.47 14 March t993 S Scale Diesels WalthersiTrainline Alco FAl (& FB1) .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 April 1997 American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 (.16) (65.3) (8.22) (3.8) S Helper Service EMD SW9 .29 55.6 4.32 1.7 Oct. 1998

WalthersiTrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.84 4.0 March 1995 WalthersiTrainline with Alco FAI .98 92.1 3.9 nla Sept. 1998 0 Scale Diesels MRC DCC Decoder Central Loco. Works EMD F7 A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989' Westside 'Classic' SP 4-6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992' (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989'

Key/Samhongsa Alco PAl 41 76.2 21.85 5.6 April 1992' N Scale Diesels P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990' (.24) (74.1) (12.80) (1.9) June 1990' Arnold Alco S2 1.90 151.4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991' P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 Atlas EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct. 1995 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992' Atlas (with DCC decoder) EMD GP 40-2 .42 203.7 .73 3.6 May 1998 Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989' Atlas EMD SO 60 1.63 222.4 0.90 1.6 March 1999 Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 August 1995

Atlas EMD GP40 .33 81.9 3.41 1.7 Nov. 2000 Alco FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (19.25) (2.0) August 1995

Atlas/Kalo GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989' Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 Juty 1993

(.31) (189.6) (1.37) (2.0) June 1989' AtiasiKato EMDSD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990' 0 Scale Steam Locomotives AtlasiKato EMD GP35 \.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992' SamhongsalHallmark On3-EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989' Bachmann EMD SD40-2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept. 1989' Lionel UP 2-8-0 12.61 89.7 20.1 7.6 May 200t Bachmann wIN Scale 01 EMD SD40-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989'

Nevada Chassis G Gauge Diesels Bachmann/Spectrum EMC Gas Elec. 20.0 110.1 0.38 3.2 Aug. 1998 Alias EMD SW8/9 .63 60.1 12.49 2.1 April 1999 Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8-40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 N/A April 1990 Bachmann/Spectrum EMD DDA40X .35 163.9 1.13 3.8 Sept. 1997 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 Con Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 34 Oct. t992' Railway Express Agency Alco FA 1 3.79 68.2 15.25 N/A July 1990 Kato Alco PA 1 (& PB1) 1.43 167.7 1.25 1.7 Dec. 1998

(1.07) (156.8) (2.328) (1.8) Dec. 1998 G Gauge Steam Locomotives Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 Ansto-Craft (ART) B&O 4-6-2 1.15 EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) (1.92) (2.3) Aug. 1993 51.9 28.08 2.0 Oct. 1991 Aristo-Craft (ART) & PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992' Kato GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990· Lehmann (LGE) 0-4-0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 N/A May 1992' Kato GE Dash 9-94CW .11 198.2 .84 1.4 Nov. 1997 Bachmann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992' Kalo Alco RS2 .30 167.7 .52 1.4 Sept. 1999 Bachmann Radlo- Key/Endo EMD F7A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992' Controlled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 25.2 28.81 N/A June 1989' (.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992' Bachmann Track- Lile-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 l.4t 5.0 Aug. 1989' Powered Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Oct. 1990'

(1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989' Bachmann 2-Truck Shay .95 14.0 29.22 3.3 May 2000

Life-Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 Delton Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.00 2.0 Dec. 1989'

(.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 LGB 2-6-0 2.65 54.8 22.45 N/A Nov. 1991' LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 Lile-Like Alco PAl 2.97 139.7 1.21 3.4 Nov. 1998 26.39 N/A July 1994 Lionel Baldwin 0-4-0T .12 54.5 9.60 1.8 Oct. 1989' Lile-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994' Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991' Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 Apnl 1995 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4-0 .82 67.1 13.18 1.3 Jan.1991' Lile-Like EMD SD7 .29 121.11 .48 2.45 June 1996

Lile-Like EMD E7A 3.14 140.6 1.33 4.3 Feb. 1998 Nole: Figures in parentheses are for two locomotives operated together.

RAILMODEL)OURNAL 'AUGUST 200 1 15 ------[PAINT & DECALS] ------

QUAItEa OATS QOCX 193 JO.Jt'OOT INSUlATE" BOX CMt FROM WALTHERS HO SCALE KIT By Dennis Lippert

The Walthers model is not an exact match for this car, so I left the details in place, substituting A-Line stir­ rup steps, Detail Associates ladders, .010-inch brass wire coupler cut levers, and Kadee wheelsets and cou­ plers for the items in the kit. I also added some restenciling data, earlier-style lube plates and a U-1 wheel dot fromMicroscale decal sheets. I weathered the car with Floquil paints and an airbrush. The prototypecars are part of a fleet of used 50-foot cars purchased by Quaker Oats and could be considered the modern incar­ nations of the HO scale Tyco toy fleet of billboard cars (or not). There's an index of all previous articles on modeling modern freight cars on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

16 RAILMODELJOURNAL' AUGUST 2001 ------[PAINT & DECALS ]------

By Mike Rose

Use these techniques to match the weathering on prototype photos of your matching models. There's an index of all previous articles on painting and weathering on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

've seen a lot of these re-stenciled various other decals, including Islington a bit and help to blend it in. Then I added hoppers, and 1 thought it would Station's yellow hazardous placard, and some darker rust shadings with oil be nice to make one stand out a used tilted small squares of black to colors, straight from the tube, mostly bit. While the Athearn is a 4-bay represent those areas adjacent to that burnt umber. The white washings on the car and the prototype is a 3-bay decal on the prototype. Once the basic side were done per the prototype photo that more closely matches the decals were done, I gave the car two again using white oxide oil color, dry Accurail hopper, none of theirs thorough coats of Du llCote to seal brushed repeatedly to get the right effect. was pre-decorated in the blue and yellow everything, and let it all set up a day or Trucks, couplers, and Jay Bee 36-inch scheme as shown. I chose to weather this so. Then r used Post-It Notes to mask out wheelsets were given my custom darker car prior to assembly, something I've the repainted area, and shot the whole car rust mix for a well-worn effect. I love been doing consistently now on covered with a mix of medium rust based on mixing this car in with a string of newer, hoppers. I carefully scraped off the blue Model Flex Rust that had been darkened. tan CSX hoppers. RMJ reporting marks, then covered the On the last pass 1 removed the Post-Its "repainted" area with a rectangle of and gave the repainted area just the Microscale yellow trim fi lm. I also added slightest mist of rust to tone it down just

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 17 ------[ MODELING STEAM]------

IN HO SCALE FROM THE SPECTRUM MODEL By Robert Schleicher Photos from the collection of Harold K. Vo llrath

The Spectrum division of Bachmann has introduced the third HO scale steam locomotive. This model, like the Pennsylvania Railroad K-4 4-6-2, is a recreation of a specific prototype; the 2-10-0 or "Decapod" that was built, first, fo r export to Russia, then purchased by over two dozen American railroads. The locomotives on these pages are some of the prototypes that you can duplicate with minor modifications to the Spectrum model. We 'll have a full Performance Test Report on the model in a later issue. There's an index of all previ­ ous articles on modeling steam locomotives on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

This is how the "Russian" Decapods appeared as they were delivered to the Russian government. This locomotive was purchased by the Louisiana Railway & Navigation Company and photographed in New Orleans in September 1923. Note the diesel-style handrails (and two of them) as well as the handrails on the front, the long pilot that had become obsolete on American railroads, the flat-top steam dome, and the European-style small cab windows.

efore World War [, the chasing the lot. The relatively poor tracks According to Harold Vo llrath, who lmpelial Russian Govern­ in Russia were probably simjlar to the actually rode in some of the prototypes, ment, with lots of help light tracks on many of America's branch­ "These Russian engines were quite a stir from America's State lines and shortlines, so it's no surprise that in our world. In actuality, they were labo­ Department, placed an many of the roads that purchased these 2- rious mules and could pull anything, but order for 1,230 Decapod 10-Os were shortlines or, when purchased not very fast. I handled them on the locomotives with Baldwin, by Class One roads, the locomotives were SAU&G Ry with 75-plus-car trains in Richmond, Brooks and Aleo. The turmoil often assigned to branchline services. The the middle of the night, and most often that preceded the War, however, resulted relatively long wheelbase and large num­ they had to double-saw as most of the in 200 locomotives being left in America, ber of drivers spread the load over the passing sidings only held 45 cars." undelivered. Clearly, this was a case of a rails to make it possible for these locomo­ The locomotives had relatively tiny bargain locomotive being available and tives to be used where, previously, noth­ 52-inch drivers. Originally, the drivers America's railroads responded by pur- ing larger than a 2-8-0 was permitted. were gauged for the Russian 60-inch

18 RAILMODELJOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 Another as-built Russian 2-10-0 lettered for the government but operating on the Reading Railroad as their number 1106. The American locomotive manufacturers used oversize driver tires to reduce the gauge from the Russian's 60- inches to our 58 liz inches. This locomotive has a distinctly European-style tender. It was pho­ tographed at Reading, Pennsylvania in 1919.

The "Russian" tenders were very similar to the Reading's own design except for that front extension. The Reading shops soon removed most of the strange handrails and this is typical of their locomotives. This one was photographed in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania in May 1930.

The Reading had made few changes on number 1128 apart from a round number plate and a switcher pilot. This 2-10-0 was photographed in Bridgeport, Pennsylvania in May 1926.

The Erie was the largest customer for Russian Decapods; they bought 75 of them. The Erie didn't bother to change much, retaining the original cab but adding only divided windows. The Erie shops modified the locomotives over the years: the engineer's-side running board was stepped­ up to clear the power reverse, the European handrails and long pilot were removed, large air compressors and injectors were added as part of a general upgrading program for all Erie steam, and the tender's coal capacity was extended with simple wood boards and steel brackets. Number 2475 was photographed at North Hawthorne, New Jersey on August 1940, and 2454 was pho­ tographed in Secaucus, New Jersey in August 1938.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 19 SPECTRUM'S HO 2-10-0 track gauge, but they were easily smokebox front-mounted headlight. type roads that purchased these l oco­ respaced to match America's standard 58 Some roads also retained the small cabs motives. Yo u also have the choice of 1/2-inch gauge. The re latively large sand whose shape was dictated by the modifying the locomotive to match dome and ta ll steam dome that were Russians' smaller " loadi ng gauge" or your favorite prototype. The compo­ more common on European prototype clearance standards. Fortunately for nents the real railroads used to modern­ locomotives remained on nearly all of American modelers, Alco and Baldwin ize these locomotives are available in the 2- 1 O-Os. Most roads, however, soon supplied two or three different styles of HO scale from Bowser (Cal Scale) and removed the diesel-style handrai l stan­ tenders, but all were nearly identical to Precision Scale including the lifting chions and exterior handrai ls to replace American designs. injectors, power reverse, dual air them with boiler-mounted handrail posts The Spectrum model captures the pumps, headlights and brackets , num­ and handrails. Similarly, the bare smoke­ details and outline of typical Russian 2- berboards, pilots, and air cylinders. box front with rectangular number plate 10-0 locomotives very well. You can Precision Scale and Detai I Associates was often replaced with a more common operate the locomotive as-is and know it offer brass wire for handrails and pipes. American ro und number plate or a is correct for at least some of the proto- RMJ

The fireman's side of a typical Frisco Russian 2- 10-0. Note the oil conversion tank in the tender, the new air compressor and the steam coils along the running board. Number 1631 was photographed at Chickasha, Oklahoma in April 1935.

The Frisco shops enlarged the cab wi ndows, modified the handrails and installed a new pilot and boiler front-mounted Frisco-style headlight and numberboard. Number 1615 was pho­ tographed in Kansas City, Missouri in April 1950, 33 years after she was built. She has been modernized with more piping and fittings includ­ ing new injectors and a power reverse-both parts are available from Cal Scale and Precision Scale in HO.

The NC & St.L bought their 5 Russian Decapods for use on branchlines. Both locomotives were photographed at Bruceton, Tennessee. Number 953 was at work in May 1936 when this photo was taken, and num ber 954 was at work in October 1940. Note the strange stack that was likely on the original, the more-or-Iess as-deliv­ ered cab and cut-down tender. The new air pump on number 953 is mounted on the pilot deck.

20 RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 200 I A rare chance to see both the engineer's and fireman's sides of the same locomotive. Missouri Pacific's number 948's left side was captured in Corpus Christi, Texas in July 1947, and the right side photo was taken at San Antonio, Texas in April 1948, both on the SAU & G Ry. The MoPac made a host of alterations over the years includ­ ing extending the height of the roof of the cab (but leaving the windows more-or-Iess in the same place), adding a large oil bunker and a doghouse to the tender, and fitting the usual injectors, extra air tanks and cooling coils that were typical of nearly every railroad's mechani­ cal updates. Strangely, the MoPac seems to have felt the original two air pumps were adequate for its operations.

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The Susquehanna bought 11 of the Russian Decapods. These two were photographed in 1941, number 2461 at North Hawthorne, New Jersey in September and number 2476 in Paterson, New Jersey in October. The Suzy 'Q made few modifications: the running boards were stepped-down over the cylinders to avoid the need for the steps, the original handrails and pilots were removed, and the tender capacity was increased with riveted steel plate. The extra pipes, injectors and new air pump were all com­ mon "upgrades" that the real railroads added to all their older steam locomotives.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 21 SPECTRUM'S HO 2-10-0

The Gulf Mobile & Northern 210 looks like it just left the shops. Note the booster truck with out­ side side rods on the tender. The cab has been modified, the tender capacity increased with riv­ eted steel sheet, there's a new boiler tube pilot and a tall stack and smokebox-front headlight and number plate, but the running boards and manual reverse are the same as they were in 1918. It was photographed at Slidell, Louisiana in July 1929.

Seaboard Air Line was the second-biggest buyer of Russian Decapods. The SAL bought 40, including number 517 that was photographed in Macon, Georgia in May 1948. The SAL shops have added a step in the running board to clear the power reverse and a new stack, but the majority of the locomotive looks just as did in 1918.

The DT&I left the typical European smokebox release knob in place on number 301, but they added a new air pump, extended the tender sides a foot or so, and framed the cab windows. It was photographed at Springfield, Ohio in May 1923.

Number 90 spent its life on Southern shortlines. It was built for the New Orleans Great Northern in 1918, and it belonged to the GM&N when it was photographed at Jackson, Minnesota in November 1940. The cab roof has been extend­ ed and the steam dome cut down to eliminate the last two features that would identify it as a locomotive built for European operation.

22 RAILMODELJOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 The shortline shops always seem to have a unique touch that they add to their locomotives. The Louisiana & Arkansas fitted a relatively small oil bunker inside the coal area on the ten­ der of 102 and mounted the headlight on top of the smokebox. The shops also added some cool­ ing coils of pipes, but most of the locomotive is as it was in 1918. It was photographed at New Orleans, Louisiana in August 1937.

The Charleston & Western Carolina was working number 403 in Spartansburg, North Carolina in May 19S0 when this photo was taken. The shops have modernized the locomotive with injectors and a power reverse, but the running boards are as-delivered.

The Atlantic Coast Line bought nine Russian Decapods. Number 800S"was at work in Richmond, Virginia when this photo was taken in May 1932. The small­ er stack, smokebox-mounted headlight and number plate, switc�er pilot, braced cab windows and awning and boiler-mounted handrails were enough to make these locomotives look like they were built for American, rather than Russian, railroads.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 200 1 23 SPECTRUM'S HO 2-1 0-0

The Western Maryland was another customer for the Russian Decapods. The WM brought 10 of them. Number 1103 has the characteristic "Fireball" herald on the tender. It was photographed at Ridgely West Virginia in May 1947.

Only the rather odd sand dome and blank cab side are indications of the European ori­ gins of the design for the Decapods after the American railroad shops had their way with these machines. Number 1101 still has the spoked pilot wheel of the original.The tender now carries the later-style lettering with no herald. -Photo at Cumberland, Maryland August 1949

24 RAILMODELJOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 [ OPERATIONS]------

NT1JJM PERATIONS WITH DCC By John Palmer

The momentum adjustments on DCC systems allow you to duplicate the operations of a low-drivered steam locomotive pulling a coal drag to a barely perceptible movement or to adjust the throttle so the locomotive will perform like this New York Central 4-6-4 hustling down the Hudson River. -photo courtesy AAR

n the first part of this series, the These two Configuration Variables miles of mainline. At the prototype fi rst and best start to control the rate at which the speed accelerat ion rates, our model trains customizing the performance of changes when you make changes to the wou ld never get up to even half speed your locomotives was throttle setting. They can be used to before needing to slow down for the discussed. This was running at represent the momentum and inertia of next stop. Equally importantly. prototype speeds. Th is was the locomotive and its associated trai n. customization of these values to some achieved by modifying While I recommend realistic extent is recommended. As a minimum. Configuration Variable 05 to limit the prototype speeds and performance for empirical values should be assigned to maximum voltage sent to the motor at locomotives, I definitely do not these two CV s based on your own fu ll throttle, and so limiting the recommend using prototype acceleration experience, ra ilroad and locomotives. maximum speed. There are, of course, and decelcration rates. A normal large, Every rai lroad is different, but you need several other simple Configuration fu lly loaded freight train may take well to live with them. Va riables which can be modi fi ed to over ami Ie to stop from its fu ll speed of From a purely practical point of view, customize the loco's performance 60 miles per hour to avoid risking these two Confi guration Variables can be further. These are: damage to the brakes, the wheels and the set from 0 to 31 (00 to I F in CV02 Start Vo ltage track. At prototype acceleration rates, the hexadecimal). If the Configuration CV03 Acceleration same train may take well over fi ve miles Variable is set to O. there is no delay in CV04 Deceleration to get up to fu ll speed from a standing changing speeds except for any inertia in start. the train, locomotive or flywheels fitted CVOs Maximum Vo ltage Even the largest model railroads to the motor. Each larger number from I CV06 Mid-point Voltage. rarely have a mainline in excess of ten to 31 is approximately the number of Th is article is devoted to the scale miles in length. Almost all model tenths of a second delay to change speed momentum effects that can be achieved rai lroads are considerably shorter than by one control step. Thus a locomotive by the customization of CV03 this, with between one and five scale with CV03 set to 10 will take about Acceleration and CV04 Deceleration.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 200 1 25 MOMENTUM OPERATIONS WITH Dee seven seconds to increase speed by seven dynamic view is possi ble. Th is does all the normal paperwork that a way speed steps. Taken to the extreme, with take some experi mentation and freight crew must handle to make the CV04 decelerati on set to 31, the preparation, but there is no reason why required pick-ups and set-outs. addition­ maximum value, and using 128 speed the Yardmaster or Hostler who prepares al instructions can be included to direct steps, it will take nearly seven minutes the train for the road crew cannot the train crew to change the momentum for the train to come to a halt fro m fu ll customize the momentum effects effects as the composition of the train is speed. This is sti II faster, however, than somewhat to reflect the train that they changed. For example, to keep things the prototype might stop. are making up. The momentum effects si mple, fi ve empty cars are defined as You should establish rates suitable fo r can be increased for long and heavy weighing as much as one fu ll car. For your operational needs. To reflect the coal trains and drag freights. and the each fi ve fu ll cars in the train, the two prototype, the rate of acceleration should effects can be reduced for lighter, hotter, momentum effects must be increased by be slower than the rate of deceleration. It COFC or TOFC trains. This dynam ic one. This means as the empties are set is much more important to stop fast than customization is not performed on the out and the loads are picked up, the train it is to start fast. Locomotives assigned to basis of an educ ated guess, instead the gets heavier, and the handling becomes passenger service should have noticeably operation paperwork accompanying the slightly more s luggish . Again this is a faster acceleration rates than locomotives trai n and the moti ve power tells the case where some experimentation is assigned to freight service. Yardmaster what values are required. needed to determine the exact values for Without consi derable practice, it is The road crew doesn't worry about your trains and your layout. It may take very diificult to do switching using a setting these values, but they do need to some ti me to establ i sh the correct locomotive with significant momentum live with the consequences. As with all values, but once this is done, it is very effects. At the speeds normally used for things, this should not be taken to easy to reset the values to those switching it is very difficult to judge extremes, but the additional realism of determined to be appropriate. switching movements, and it is easy to diffe ring train dynamics for diffe rent The use of momentum effects that push cars off the end of a spur. If you do trains adds significantly to the can be cLlstomized for specific use momentu m eff ects, use the smallest simulation of the prototype. locomotives, specific trains, and specific values possi bl e and test them very Customizing the momentum effects situations is yet another example of how carefully. In the article on Boomers, for a particular train is not a difficult or DCC can be used to simulate prototype DCC was shown to be an example of complex thing to do. Most DCC systems operations and prototype trai ns in making operation easier for visitors to allow for the recon figuration of the general better than a conventional your layout. Giving a switcher with locomotive on the rails and without control system. Today this kind of significant momentum effects to a visitor having to move it to some special thinking is way out on the leading edge, will not make life easy for them or the location or track. In any case, the but how long ago was it considered operating session. Yardmaster or Hostler is a senior unusual to be modeling specific Many user s of DCC consider the position reserved for more experienced prototype railroad cars or specific customization of the Configuration users of DCC. prototype trains? RMJ Values to be something done once, and Finally, there is the pos sibility of then never changed. However, a more dynamic reconfiguration. [n addition to

Real railroads use hump yards like this to allow gravity to propel the cars into the appropriate sidings. Yo u can adjust the momentum on the controls for the switch engine that feeds cars to the hump yard (or that shuffles them in and out of a conventional flat yard) with Dee systems.

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-=--:-�" IN HO SCALE FROM AT HEARN'S GENESIS KIT By Jim Eager

The vast majority of the box cars still rolling on the rails were built during the seventies. You can duplicate most of these cars in HO, N, S or 0 scale. Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 of these articles on the Berwick-built cars appeared in the January, February, March and April 2001 issues of "The Journal." Part 1 of the FMC series, illustrating the early cars, appeared in the June 2000 issue, and Part 2, illustrat­ ing the Plate B cars that can be modeled in N scale with Micro-Trains models, appeared in the August 2000 issue. Parts 3, 4 and 5, illustrating more of the single-door and double-door Plate C cars, appeared in the September, October and November 2000 issues. Previous articles in this series began with Part I, in the December 1999 issue, that included a history of the "Box Car Boom" of the seventies and Part II, also in the December 1999 issue, and Parts III and IV in the January and February 2000 issues, illustrated and described the ACF-built cars and the matching HO, S, 0 and Z scale models. Part V, in the March 2000 issue, began the coverage of cars built by Pullman-Standard with the early cars, most of which can be duplicated with Walthers kits. Part VI, in the April 2000 issue, illustrat­ ed most of the Pullman-Standard cars that can be duplicated with the MDC HO and N scale kits. The Pullman­ Standard cars in the May 2000 issue can be duplicated with Athearn's new 5344-series HO scale kits. The ear­ liest of these Pullman-Standard cars with diagonal-panel roofs can be kit-converted from MDC kits as described by Bob Rivard for his MNS model in the May 2000 issue. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling modern fr eight cars on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

P&lE 39748, series 39500-39999, built by SIECO in May 1975 The Pittsburgh & lake Erie bought 500 8-panel cars from SIECO in 1975, sold off as the P&lE self-destructed in the 1980s. -John Benson pmlw,'l.av HO Scale Decals: 87-335

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GBW 7595, series 7450-7649, built by Evans-SIECO in July 1979. This Green Bay & Western car is atypical thanks to its diagonal-panel roof. Also note that it has only seven side panels to either side of the door. -J im Eager photo, July 1985 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-13

vans Products (EP) was a Dreadnaught inset between the corner corrugated ends. However, the SIECO­ long-time manufacturer of flanges and riveted in place. The roof built cars conspicuously did not have specialty load restraining was Stanray's overhanging diagonal­ cornerposts. Instead there was a vertical equipment for use in panel design. The NS cars were built to row of punched holes at the ends of the freight cars, but the com­ Plate C height and had a capacity of car side where the sides were plug-weld­ pany began building com­ 5,277 cubic feet, but most of the other ed to the end sheets. At first the cars con­ plete rolling stock in the early SIECO cars were built to the lower tinued to have six side posts and a ladder early 1960s when it developed a special­ Plate B clearance diagram and had a stile to either side of the door, or eight ized cushioned and hooded gondola for capacity of on ly 5,077 cubic feet. [n panels, but later only six rearranged side hauling coiled sheet steel. Specially addition, almost all subsequent cars used posts were used, or seven panels. Evans­ equipped box cars followed in the mid- Stanray's X-panel roof. SIECO deli vered these later cars to the 1960s when Evans acquired U.S. Boston & Maine ordered cars from Florida East Coast (FEC 230075- Railway Equipment (USRE) of Blue SIECO in 1973 (B&M 78000-78599) 230124), Aberdeen and Rockfish (AR Island, Illinois, and capacity expanded and reordered in 1974 (B&M 3000-3049 1025- 1048), Chattahooc hee Industrial again in the mid- 1 970s when Evans & 3100-3 149), along with the RR (CIRR 91000-9 1199), Green Bay & acquired Southern Iron & Equipment Milwaukee Road (MILW 50000-50569), Western (GBW 7450-7649), St. (SIECO) of Atlanta, Georgia. As separate and NRUC shortline Pickens Railroad Lawrence (NSL 10 1000- 10I 099), and components of Evans Railcar, these two (PICK 50000-50 149). In 1975 Wabash Valley Rai lroad (WVRC 8 100- companies supplied exterior-post box Minneapolis Northfield & Southern 8199), and there may well have been cars to several Class 1 railroads and IPD received a group of cars (MNS 51001- additional customers. shortlines, and a few cars even ended up 51050), as did Florida East Coast (FEC Athearn has just introduced a in the Railbox fleet second-hand. This 23000-23074), Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Genesis-series exquisite HO scale model time we'll look at the cars built by (P&LE 39500-39999), Norfolk & of the early eight-panel Plate B SIECO SIECO and return later for a look at the Western (NW 57500-57999), and short­ cars with the inset Dreadnaught ends. slightly different USRE designs. line Raritan River (RR 400-499). For drawings and more information on Southern Iron & Equipment had been Production of this design wrapped up in the early SIECO cars, consult Eric a supplier and rebuilder of railroad 1976, with cars going to Canadian Neubauer's article in the November 1996 equipment since the 1890s, but the com­ Pacific (CPAA 207 1 83-207322, Plate C), Railroad Model Craftsman. pany only began building freight cars for Louisiana & North West (LNW 1200 1- The later seven-panel Evans-SIECO mainline service in the 1960s. SIECO 12008), and NRUC shortline St. cars with box-corrugated ends can be turned out its first exterior-post box cars Lawrence Railroad (NSL 100000- modeled in HO Llsing Athearn's older in 1972 when it delivered a group of 50- 100099 and 100500- 1 00599). ACF "Rail box" kit by replacing the side­ fo oters to the Norfolk Southern (NS After being acquired by Evans, sill with styrene strip and remov ing the 2300-2449). These cars had six side SIECO continued to build cars through corner posts from the model. The kit's X­ posts and a ladder stile to either side of the 1970s, turning out Plate C X -post panel roof will be correct for all but a the door, or eight panels. The C-channel box cars of a slightly different design few cars. 0 scale modelers can do the sidesiU ran straight from bolster to bol­ from those produced earl ier. These later same Llsing We aver's kit, however, in ster, reinforced with a section of angle SIECO-built cars shared some fe atures both cases the resulting model will be a stock beneath the door. The car ends with cars built in Evans' USRE shops, bit lower than the prototype Plate C cars. were non-terminating R+3/4 Improved such as the use of non-terminating box- RMJ

28 RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 NSL 100066, series 100000-100099, built by SIECO in December 1976 The Saint Lawrence Railroad was one of the few shortlines that acquired SIECO cars for IPD ser­ vice. This car shows off the recessed non-termi­ nating Dreadnaught ends used on these cars. -Ed Hawkins photo, April 1977 HO Scale Decals: Factory-painted or Herald King B-1000

NS 2358, series 2300-2449, built by SIECO in 1972 Norfolk Southern bought the first X-post box cars built by Southern Iron lit Equipment. This car exhibits SIECO's characteristic sidesill con­ struction and recessed non-terminating Improved Dreadnaught end, but it is not quite typical of the design as the NS cars were taller than most other early SIECO cars, plus they used Stan ray's diagonal-panel roof. Bearing an AAR classification of XF, the NS cars were restricted to loading foodstuffs. The cars were later renum­ bered to SOU 527850-527999. -Ed Hawkins photo, August 1977 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-2 10

FEC 23094, series 23075-23124, built by Evans-SIECO in September 1977 SIECO's design had changed a bit by the time they built a second order for the Florida East Coast. Not only does this car use a different box­ corrugated end, but there were also no corner posts. Note the series of holes running up along the edge of the car side where the ends were plug-welded to the the side sheets. -John Benson photo, January 1989 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-1210

HS 5953, ex-MNS 51001-51050, built by SIECO in 1975 This former Minneapolis Northfield & Southern car was working for the Hartford lit Slocomb in 1993. -Chris Butts photo, 1993 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-1300 plus new HS reporting marks

AR 1034, series 1025-1048, built by Evans­ SIECO in April 1978 Aberdeen lit Rockfish was another road that ordered the later SIECO design. -Ed Hawkins photo, April 1981 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-1630

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AN 7027 A second-hand SIECO car completely repainted for Florida shortline Apalachacola Northern. -Gary Zuters photo, August 1995 HO Scale Decals: Not available

BM 78162, series 78000-78599, built by SIECO in December 1973 Boston & Maine was SIECO's second customer, buying 700 cars in three series. BM 3000-3049 were identical, but 3100-3149 came with cush­ ioned underframes. The B&M cars used the stan­ dard X-panel roof and were built to the unre­ stricted Plate B clearance diagram. -Jim Eager photo, October 1981 HO Scale Decals: Decorated or Herald King B-620

MILW 50324, series 50000-50569, built by SIECO in October through December 1974 The Milwaukee Road's SIECO cars were not the first to wear the road's yellow and black America's Resourceful Railroad paint scheme, but I believe they were the largest group to do so. Note the length of angle iron welded below the door to reinforce the channel sidesill. -Jim Eager photo, March 1984 HO Scale Decals: Decorated or Herald King B- 373, Walthers 43220

ClRR 91005, series 91000-91199, built by Evans-SIECO in July 1981 Georgia shortline Chattahoochee Industrial Railroad employed late-model seven-panel SIECOs in paper service, hence the AAR classifi­ cation XP. The reinforced holes at the end of the sidesill are for moving the car using an in-plant car puller. -Chris Butts photo, 1993 HO Scale Decals: Not available

NW 57694, series 57500-57999, built by SIECO in October 1975 Norfolk & Western was another road that employed their SIECO cars in XF food service. -J im Eager photo, April 1980 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-50

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IN HO SCALE FROM INTERMOUNTAIN Be. AT LAS KITS By Bob Rivard

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KANAWHA FALLS ON THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILROAD IN N SCALE, BY JOHN PLANT By Robert Schleicher

The view looking upriver is completely different from that looking downriver.

he NTRAK portable lay­ fa vorite scenes, and they cooperate and Layout To ur articles on most of the outs are usually remem­ help one another during the planing and group's modules have appeared in past bered as a collection of construction phases. They have agreed to issues of "The Journal," including: random 4-foot or 6-foot make the extreme ends of their modules to Gary Burdette's 2 1 /2 x S - foot long scenes. There is, interface with standard NTRAK modules recreation of Thurmond, West Virginia, however, a way of utilizing and with other modules from the group. April 1992. the NTRA K concept of The ballast size, color, and the dirt, grass Paul Fulk's 2 x 8-foot N scal e assembling a large model rai l road from and trees that will be used on the individual recreation of Thurmond, West Virginia, individual modules and still matching the modules have been standardized so that July 1993. look of a home or club layout. A group of any of the modules can be joined with any Bernard Kempinski's Quinnimont modelers in West Virginia have elected other and the colors will flow uninterrupted NTRAK module, New River layout and to model scenes along the New River from one module to the next. It is a most 21 x 30-foot home layout, August 1996. that are part of the Chesapeake and Ohio effective way of combing the portable John Plant's 6 x 14-foot recreation of Railroad's mainline. The modelers have advantages of NTRAK without the Hinton, We st Virginia on the New River, agreed that each will prod uce their disadvantages of disconnected scenes. May 1997.

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KANAWHA FA llS IN N - John Plant's recreation of the crosses the t'iver at one end of the module realistic. It adds a new dimension to the Kanawha Falls area of the New River is to reach the town and the power plant. realism that is possible with some built on 8 x 8-foot three open-grid The module can be used, in place of a creati ve use of the NTRAK concept. And benchwork segments. The triple-track "standard" NTRAK corner module and John can have the pleasure of watching mainline makes a 9G-degree turn through two or three standard 2 x 4-foot modules those I GO-plus-car trains snake through the module, with an additional ess-curve so it wi ll fit into virtually any NTRAK his layout every time he sets it up with inserted into the bend to allow the tracks layout. the NTRAK or West Virginia modular to fo llow bends along the banks of the The scene, looking down the curving gatherings. RMJ New River. A fourth branchline track mainline and the New River is extremely

The power plant was built from sheets of styrene plastic with walls cut from DPM kits plastic brick. Most of the windows are scratchbuilt, but some are Grandt Line products.

36 RAILMODELJOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 ------[PASSENGER MODELlNG]------CANADIAN PACIFIC COACH FROM NORWEST'S HO SCALE KIT By Russ Pinch beck

The Norwest (4663 Prospect, No. Vancouver V7N 3M1, British Columbia) cast-resin kit was the basis for this replica of a Canadian Pacific 2200-series First Class coach as built in 1948. Russ assembled the interior fromPike Stuff seats with styrene walls. The underbody was detailed with various sizes of brass wire and PSC valves. The vapor regulators are scratchbuilt castings. The model was on display at the Railroad Prototype Modelers meet in Naperville, Illinois in October 2000. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling passenger cars on our website at www.railmodeijournal.com

RAILMODELjOURNAL·· MARCH 2001 37 ------[TIME CAPSULE]------G�ENWOOD, MINNESOTA, . ;y 24, 19;4 ON THE sao By Ray Grosser

38 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' ttrJGU5T2 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' ------[INTERMODAL MODELING ]------

FROM A-LINE no SCALE KITS By Brian P. Kreilllendahl

lbe die-cast straddle crane, imported by A-Line, is suitable for a variety of intermodal terminal scenes. Here are some of the prototypes to help aid in weathering and superdetailing the A-Line model. There's an index of all previous articles on intermodal modeling on our website at www.railmodeljoumal.com

Straddle carriers often work hand-in-hand with other types of lift equipment at both marine and non-marine intermodal facilities. In this photo, a Valmet straddle carrier works the Norfolk Southern intermodal ramp in New Orleans in tandem with a Mi­ Jack IOOOR rubber-tired gantry (RTG) crane. Walthers makes a plastic kit for the IOOOR in both HO and N scales, and GHQ makes a IOOOR kit in pewter in N scale. -Brian P. Kreimendahl photo taken in June 2000

40 RAILMODELJOURNAL · AUGUST 2001 Unit 45 is a Noell-built straddle carrier very much like A-Line's kitThere are A-line's die-cast metal HO scale kit of a more than 60 straddle carriers from several different manufacturers used at Noell/Peiner straddle carrier. the Virginia International Terminals. -Photo taken in 1998 at the Virginia International Terminals by Preussag Noell, Brian P. Kreimendahl collection

This photo shows the roof detail including the roof-mounted diesel engine found on a A-line's die-cast metal HO scale kit of a Noell-built unit. This matches the arrangement on A-line's model kit. Modelers may want Noeli/Peiner straddle carrier. to use this photo to perform additional detailing. Date and location of photo unknown. - Photo by Preussag Noell, Brian P. Kreimendahl collection

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Valmet-built straddle carrier 4446 at the Maher Terminals of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Most straddle carriers may stack ISO boxes three-high, but some newer, taller models stack boxes four-high. This is one of 60 ValmetiSisu­ built straddle carriers currently used at the Maher Terminals with more currently on order from Kalmar. Photo date unknown. -Photo by the Port Authority of New Yo rk and New Jersey, Brian P. Kreimendahl collection

42 RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 odern container- need for horses to move lumber at the built eight-wheel contai ner-handling handling straddle Crosselt-Western Lumber Company in straddle carrier. This kit is made from carriers are built and Wauna, Oregon. Su bsequent develop­ die-cast metal. A-Line's catalog number used on a worldwide ment of the straddle carrier continued in for this kit is 50000. The basic model basis and have a Oregon where the companies Gerli nger, shows nice detailing and good fidelity to strong presence at Hyster and Miller all developed their the prototype. It is easy to add additional North American inter­ own straddle carriers for sale to the detailing if one wants to update the modal terminals. The use of straddle lumber industry beginning in the 1920s. model to represent a later Noell/Peiner carriers is on the rise as 249 were sold The rise of intermodalism and prototype. Further, the model would worldwide in 1999 by six different containerization in the 1950s led to the make an excellent starting point for kit manufacturers: Belotti, Mitsubishi Heavy development of container-handling modification to model the straddle Industries (MHI), Nelcon, Noell. straddle carriers. Clark Eq uipment was an carriers of other prototype manufact­ Kalmar/Sisu, and Toyo Umpanki early developer of straddle carriers for use urers. This offering from A-Line is Company (TCM). Because these machines in intermodal terminals with its line or van certainly a welcome addition to the are so popular, intermodal modelers may carriers. Clark built straddle carriers until pantheon of container-handling want to consider adding one or more it exited that business in the 1980s. equipment kits available to intermodal straddle carriers to the mix of container­ An excellent resource on the history modelers. handling equipment on their layouts. of early straddle carriers is D. Earl Thanks to the following people fo r The origins of this unusual-looking Starner's self-publi shed book A their help and assistance with this article: piece of equipment may be found in the PICTOR IAL HISTORY OF THE Joe D'Elia of A-Line, Ti m Frederick, Rod United States Pacific Northwest where STRADDLE CARRIER FROM Koon of the Port of Tacoma, Michael B. straddle carriers were first developed for BEGINNING TO PRESENT. Those Krupp of Noell Crane and Service, lise in the lumber industry. The Stetson­ interested in obtaining a copy of this Debbie Lewis of Tropical Shipping, Ross Machine Works of Seattle, book may write Mr. Starner at P. O. Box Allen Morrison of the Port Authority of Washington, built the worl d's first 29 1, Lowell, Oregon, 97452. New York and New Jersey, and D. Earl stradd le carrier in 1913. The Stetson­ A-Line offers an HO scale pre­ Starner. Ross machine was used to eliminate the assembled model of a 1980s-era Peiner- RMJ

FEL International-built straddle carrier at the Norfolk Southern/Triple Crown Service intermodal facility in Kansas City, Missouri. FEL straddle carriers are manufactured in Great Britain. Norfolk Southern is the biggest user of straddle carriers at domestic non-marine intermodal facilities. -Brian P. Kreimendahl photo taken in August 1998

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Pictured here are 5 of the 32 Noell-built straddle carriers at the Virginia International Te rminals at the Port of Virginia. Peiner began building straddle carriers in 1968. Noell acquired Peiner in 1980, and that year Peiner introduced the T-Ty pe straddle carrier. The Noell/PeinerT-Ty pe is the straddle carrier prototype on which the A-Line model is based. Since 1980, Noell has built and sold 900 T-Type straddle carriers (the first 400 under the Peiner name and the last 500 under the Noell name) using the same basic design. -Photo taken in 1998 at the Virginia International Te rminals by Preussag Noell, Brian P. Kreimendahl collection

This is an early Clark-built six-wheel two-high straddle carrier wearing the livery of Matson Terminals. The tubular frame elements are typical of a Clark-built straddle carrier's structural design. Date, location and photographer unknown. A good guess for the date may be the 1950s. -Brian P. Kreimendahl collection

44 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' AUGUST 2001 ------[PAINT & DECALS]------

FROM CHALLENGER no SCALE MODELS By Richard H. Hendrickson

These bottom-discharge hoppers were common freight cars in the forties and fifties, often used fo r hauling sugar beets and other large-bulk commodities as well as earth for fills and ballast. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling freight cars of the fifties on our website www.railmodeljournal.com

By 1938, when this Burlington ballast hopper was built, the double drop door arrangement originally applied to the 70-ton Hart Selective hoppers had been adopted for the 50-ton cars as well. The double doors, being smaller, were more durable, and they gave greater control over the volume of ballast rock being discharged. The trucks on this car were AAR cast steel with spring planks, and the hand brake was Universal. -Rodger Ballast Car Co. photo, AI Hoffman collection

he Rodger Ballast Car Co. of dump ballast either inside or outside of similar design, though with different Chicago became prominent the rai ls, they couldn't do both at once. door operating mechanisms, was soon early in the 20th century for The Rodger company therefore introduced by the Enterprise Railway its Hart Convertible developed in the early 1920s a design for Equipment Company, and the Enterprise gondolas, which were used 50-ton all steel hopper cars which had cars were fo r more than three decades the in ballast service by many ingenious drop bottom door only serious competition to the Hart railroads. These composite mechanisms. These cars, which the Selective ballast hoppers. cars combined steel undeIi.'rames and body Rodger company called Hart Selective framing with wood side and end sheathing ballast cars, could discharge their load to Early Hart Selective Hoppers and floors. Though they underwent several either or both sides, to the center, or to The earl iest Hart Selecti ve hoppers changes over the years, all of the Hart any combination thereof. were 50-ton cars with outside side stakes Conveltible gondolas were designed so Though intended primarily fo r ballast and an overall length of about 30 fe et. By that they could be set up either as side service, Hart Selective cars could also be 1925, however, a slightly longer dump gondolas or as self-clearing center used as conventional hoppers for other alternative was developed which had dump cars with sloping Iloors. types of bulk loading. Their versatility inside stakes and flat riveted steel side Popular though they were, the Hart enabled their owners to keep them busy sheathing. This became the standard gondolas had a couple of drawbacks. in all seasons, and when not needed in version of the 50-ton design, with minor Converting them from side to center maintenance of way service they were changes, for the next two decades. dump cars or vice-versa was a laborious often used to haul coal, gravel, sugar There was also a variation on the Hart process. In addition, though they could beets, and other revenue fre ight. A Selective hopper called the "Maxend"

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGU5T 2001 45 RODGER-HART SELECTIVE BALLAST HOPPERS

An alternative version of the Hart Selective hopper was the "Maxend" ballast car, which had greater capacity than conventional hoppers. This was accomplished by filling the normally vacant spaces at the ends of the car and discharging the load in the end pockets through small side dump doors at each corner. The drop door arrangement at the center of the car was the same on other Hart Selective cars. This variation was built in limited numbers from the late 1920s through the late 1930s. Santa Fe 88283, built in 1930, had been in service for a quarter century when photographed in the mid-1950s. -George Sisk photo from the Charles W. Winters collection

An early example of the larger 70-ton Hart Selective hoppers, this 40-foot car was built by AC&F for the Erie in August 1930. Its greater length required two sets of drop bottom doors and its increased tonnage was accommodated by 70-ton Dalman one-level trucks. The Erie was apparently the only northeastern railroad to purchase Hart Selective ballast cars; most owners were in the midwest, far west, or south. -ACOcF photo, Bob's Photo Service collection

The Great Depression brought a halt to most new railcar construction for several years, but by the mid-1930s AC&F was turning out new Hart Selective ballast hoppers again, as illustrated by this Chicago and North Western car built in May 1937. Trucks, as on many earlier cars of this type, were Dalman two-level, but by this time AB air brakes were being applied. Note the line stenciled on the side indicating the level beyond which the car was not to be loaded with crushed rock, sand or gravel. -AC&F photo, Hawkins­ Wider-Long collection

car which had full-depth pockets at each variants, remaining in production for disappeared from the trade journals and end with side-discharge doors at each almost three decades. However, by the AC&F began marketing Hart Selective corner, in addition to the long side-and­ late 1930s a shorter version of the hoppers directly, having apparently taken center discharge doors in the middle of double-door arrangement was also being over Rodger's patents. AC&F continued the car. As this more complicated applied to the 50-ton cars, and in that to build Hart selective hoppers until the arrangement produced only a modest form the smaller "slab-sided" Hart design became obsolete. increase in carrying capacity, it never Selective ballast hoppers continued to be The Rodger-Hart ballast cars long became widely popul ar. However, built through the I 940s and well into the outlasted the company that invented "Maxend" ballast hoppers were built for '50s. Some of these smaller cars were them. Cars used in ballast service seldom a number of railroads and continued in ordered by the Southern Pacific with went off-line and were well maintained, production until the late 1930s. heav ier trucks and 70-ton nomi nal so it wasn't unusual to see both the large capacities. and small versions of the Hart Selective Hart Selective Hoppers in For almost half a century the Rodger ballast hoppers still in service in the the 19305 and Later Ballast Car Co. had a very close 1970s and 1980s, a half century and Larger 40-foot, 70-ton Hart Selective relationship with American Car & more after the design was first hoppers were introduced ca. j 930 with Foundry, and almost all of the Hart introd uced. double discharge doors, and by the early Selective ballast hoppers were built by I am much indebted to Al Hoffm an 1940s these became the most popular AC&F. Then in the early 1940s, the for assistance in gathering photos and Rodger company's advertising data on these cars. RMJ

46 RAILMODELJOURNAL · AUGU5T 2001 Soo Line 60099, built in July 1941, was nearly identical to Monon 5001 except for its Universal hand brake and AAR self-aligning spring­ plankless trucks. It was a common practice for car builders to whitewash the trucks and underbody before taking "portrait" photos, in order to show the details more clearly, but this was washed off before the car was delivered. ACM photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection.

As the limitations of the Hart Convertible gondolas became increasingly obvious in the 1920s, Rodger turned to an entirely new design. Named the Hart Selective ballast car, it was an all-steel hopper with ingenious longitudinal drop bottom doors which could be adjusted to discharge to the center, either or both sides, or all of the above. The earliest cars of this type had outside side stakes, as illustrated here by Western Pacific 10400, built at the Madison, IL shops of AC&F in 1927. -AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection

Hart Convertible ballast gondolas like this one first put the Rodger Ballast Car Co. on the map. Many railroads purchased this and later versions of the design ca. 1900-1925. Though stenciled "Patented and Built By Rodger Ballast Car Co. Chicago 1\Ii.," this car was actually constructed in 1916 at the Madison, Illinois shops of American Car & Foundry; ACM built almost all of Rodger's ballast cars for more than half a century. -Santa Fe photo, Frank Ellington collection

Pere Marquette 1099, built in May 1929, was an almost identical twin of the 1927 Burlington ballast hoppers, right down to its Dalman two­ level trucks, except that it had bottom-operated couplers with rotary uncoupling mechanisms. These PM cars later served the Chesapeake & Ohio when the PM car fleet was absorbed into the C&O's after World War II. -AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 47 RODGER-HART SELECTIVE BALLAST HOPPERS

The Union Pacific bought 2000 50-ton Hart Selective ballast hoppers of classes BA-50-3 and BA-50-4 in 1937 and 1941. UP 87000, built in January 1941 had Barber Stabilized trucks with spring planks, while the handbrake was a relatively uncommon Champion model. Towing eyes at the bolster ends were optional. -AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection

The Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville, better known as the Monon, received this 50-ton Hart Selective hopper from AC&F in February 1941. Note the Miner power handbrake. Tr ucks were AAR standard cast steel with spring planks. -AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection

Beginning in 1940, the Southern Pacific purchased several classes of small Hart Selective ballast hoppers with their usual 50-ton capacity beefed up to 70 tons. This H-70-3-class car was built in March 1942. To handle the increased capacity, AAR 70-ton trucks with six springs per side and spring planks were fitted. -ACOcFphoto, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection

A wartime shortage of sheet steel resulted in a War Production Board mandate to use composite construction where possible on the relatively small number of freight cars that were being built during World War II. As a result, the Union Pacific's HK-50-5 class of July 1943 was built with wood side sheathing and slope sheets, the only Hart Selective ballast cars that were not of all-steel construction. Trucks were Barber Stabilized with spring planks, hand brake was Universal. -ACOcF photo, Hawkins-Wider­ Long collection

These detail shots of a Southern Pacific H-70-9 built in March 1953 show the drop bottom doors on the Hart Selective hoppers in both closed and open positions. -AC&F Photos from the Southern Pacific archives, Tony Thompson collection

48 RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 200 1 ------[ ONE-OETAIL-AT-A-TIME] ------G.E. B2�-7 AS CONRAIL 1905 &. 1968 Photos from the collection of Louis A. Marre

he B23-7 was General Scale Model GE B23-7s Journal." That article is also reprinted in Electric's replacement for HO Scale: Bachmann and Rail Power the book TUNING & UPGRADING the U23B. Both locomotives Products (7283 No. Stagecoach Dr., Park AT HEARN LOCOMOTIVES. The produced 2,250 horsepower. City, UT 84098) has a body shell to fit August 1993 issue has a step-by-step The B23-7 was produced modified Athearn or Proto Power We st article on how to apply superdetails to between September 1977 (A-Line) chassis the Santa Fe Dash 8-40CW that would be and December 1984, when N Scale: Atlas very helpfu l in upgrading a Walthers or there ceased to be a demand for a low­ Paint Rail Power Dash 8-40BW. horsepower 4-axle locomotive from Conrail Blue: Polly Scale 414206, General Electric. The B23-7 is two fe et Badger Modelflex 16-29, FJoquil A-Line, PO Box 2701, Carlsbad, CA longer than the U23B, but the most visi­ 1 10058, SMP Accupaint 7, Scalecoat 75, 92018: ble difference is that the vertical offset of or ProColor 032 1-29200 Windshield wipers $\.85/8 the wider portion of the long hood is fur­ 2-292 10 Cab sunshades 1.95/3 Pl'. ther fo rward on the B23-7, including four Decals 3-292 16 Chain 2.95/ 10 in. access doors. There's a "Spotting Guide" HO Scale: Microscale 87- 157, Champ 4-29233 Etched-brass steps 3.15/set to the various Dash-7 GE diesels in the EH246, Walthers 938-32570 or Herald for RPP B23-7 September 1998 issue of "The Journal." King L700 Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. Conrail numbers 1905 and 1968 are Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montoursville, prut of number series 1900-2023 built in One-Detail-At-A-Time PA 17754-0322: 1978 and 1979. (HO Scale) 5-320 Air hoses $ 1.85/2 sets Atlas offers the B23-7 painted and Step-by-step instructions on how to 1-419 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pr. lettered for Conrail numbers 1913 and install many of these detail parts 6-420 Air horn 4.95 ea. 1928. appeared in the June 1989 issue of "The 7-430 Bells 3. 10/2

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Ordering Information: All of these parts are available to any hobby dealer, so your dealer can order for you. If you must order direct, order the full package quantities shown and include $5.00 per order for postage or UPS and handling. RMJ

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 51 ------[PAINT & DECALS]------

GUNDERSON SO-FOOT PA PER S�RVI(;E BOX CAR FROM WALTHERS' HO SCALE KIT By D. Scott Chatfield

These flat-roof, hi-cube box cars are designed to haul rolls of paper, primarily from Canada to towns and cities all over North America. Walthers now oHers the car as a ready-to-run model in HO scale. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling modem freight cars on our website at www.railmodeljoumal.com

CDAC 1052 built 12198 series CDAC 1000-1099 The Canadian American Railroad operates the old Canadian Pacific "International Of Maine" division. While most of the Gunderson-Trenton paper boxes wear plain red or blue paint jobs, the CDACs wear this spiffy grey with a CP­ inspired logo. Typical of Gunderson-Trentons, it has a 10-foot plug door and the wide posts inboard of the bolsters. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Marietta, Georgia, June 1999

BN 287262 built 12/94 series BN 287000-287299 This paper box has an unusual "weathering" pattern, to say the least. It looks like the door was replaced (or repaired and repainted), and some minor dings touched up on the sides. The rest of the Cascade Green has faded badly. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in West Colton, California, October 2000

IC 533046 built 8/96 series IC 533000-533099 Illinois Central uses some of their Gunderson­ Portlands to haul kraft paper rolls used in making cardboard boxes. This overhead view shows the Stanrail "Red i-Roof" panels with the three rectangular ribs. The Walthers model captures this very modern roof design nicely. - D. Scott Chatfield photo in Atlanta, March 1999

52 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' AUGUST 2001 NS 456678 built 7/96 series NS 456675-456724 Yes, the Norfolk Southern does have at least 50 blue boxcars, although they do not have the customary NS logo or class code. Apparently these Portland-built 6269s were intended for lease to the Upper Marion & Plymouth and were diverted before delivery, or Gunderson built them on speculation. The UM&P did get 100 identical cars built at the same time. -Doug Stark collection photo in Cleveland, January 1999

IBT 19224 built 10/98 series 19100-19299 "IBT' is the International Bridge & Te rminal Railroad, a "paper" subsidiary of the Minnesota Dakota lit Western, itself owned by Boise­ Cascade. They have both Portland and Trenton­ built Gunderson paper boxes. Presumably the IBT mark allows these cars to run freely in the US and Canada, since the IBT owns the railroad bridge at International Falls, Minnesota. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Smyrna, Georgia, June 2000

BAR 20041 _ built 12194 series BAR 20000-20078 Most of the 6,269-cubic-foot Gunderson-Port­ lands actually do have logos on their sides, but there are always exceptions. Bangor & Aroostook leases these from GE Capital (GERSCO), which has become (in)famous for its boring paint jobs. The small lettering over the consolidated stencil (the black box) says the car is made from a special steel and to contact GE for repair procedures. -David Casdorph photo, January 1996

CSXT 151360 built 9/96 series CSXT 151200-151399 CSX has bought (or leased) several groups of paper boxes from Gunderson, Trenton, and National Steel Car. This is one of the 6,269- cubic-foot Gunderson-Portlands with a 10-foot plug door. Note the door's center post does not go all the way to the top, a quick way to tell the 10-foot plug doors from the 12-footers. The CSXT 151000-151099 series are Gunderson­ Portlands with 12-foot plug doors. Many of these cars were relettered NOKL not long after delivery. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Oregon, Illinois, August 1997

CP 217270 built 1/99 series CP 217000-217299 Now that Canadian Pacific owns the Delaware & Hudson and the Soo Line, they do buy some of their freight cars from American plants. These Portland-built 6269s have a 10-foot plug door and red and white conspicuity striping along the sidesill. The rib spacing does not quite match the earlier CSX cars that had 10-foot doors. -Doug Stark photo in Bensenville, Illinois, February 2000

RAILMODEL)OURNAL . AUGUST 200 1 53 WA LTHERS 50-FOOT HO BOX CAR

althers has brought having an interior height of 10 feet, 6 In the meantime, FMC had sold their out a new HO inches or 11 feet. The Canadian roads POitland, Oregon carbuilding plant in 1984 model of initially preferred smooth-side box cars for to The Greenbriar Companies (a leasing Gunderson, Inc. 's paper service, and they fielded a large fleet outfit), who named it Gunderson Inc., SO-foot high-cube of cars built by National Steel Car that honoring the plant's origin as the box car. While it is could be seen delivering Canadian Gunderson Brothers Engi neering only a couple feet newsprint to printers all over the continent. Company. FMC had built many of the IPD taller than the common exterior-post box The American roads preferred exterior-post box cars in the '70s, so the skills to build car of the '70s, this car has a l07-ton cars, since they cost less to build, and in new paper boxes were still in place even capacity, heavy duty floor, and plug doors fact paper boxes were among the first big though Gunderson concentrated at first on so it can carry large rolls of paper. It is not groups of steel exterior-post box cars built building intermodal and lumber flat cars. intended to be a general-purpose box car. in the late '60s. Gunderson has two competitors in the Since paper is used everywhere, these cars Most of the box cars built in the mid to paper box mru'ket, National Steel Car of have been seen all over the country since late '70s were general-service "incentive Hamilton, Ontario, and TIinity Industries, the mid-'90s. per diem" box cars built to cure a grave willch has several plants in the States. The shortage of box cars. These are the cru'Sthat NSCs and Tlinities use fewer side posts " "Paper Boxes Jim Eager has been covering in his and djfferent ends, so they are not likely to Back in the early ' 80s, at the end of the continuing series on the IPD box car be confused with the Gundersons. "shortline box car" boom, it was widely builders here in the "The Journal." While The first few Gunderson high-cube predicted by the seers that the last new IPD most shOitlines took advantage of the IPD paper boxes sinlply looked like tall versions box car had been built. Box cars were "old rules and bought or leased general-service of the old FMC paper box, but they used a technology," not efficient enough fo r the boxes, several shOitlines that served paper flat diagonal-panel roof. BN, Washington railroads of the post-deregulation world, mills ordered paper boxes for th eir own Central, and Stone Container bought this railroads that desperately wanted to get rid fleets. FMC built several hundred paper version in the late '80s. In the early '90s of switch yards and local freights. Hereafter boxes with ] 2-foot plug doors for the likes Gunderson added a distinctive mark: the containers and trailers would be the new of the Chattahoochee Industrial, the East wide side posts over the bolsters. On some, box cars. But reality killed that theory. Camden & Highland, and the Minnesota the wide post is the second fromthe end, but Turns out there are a few commodities Dakota & Western. These cars ru'e the on most it's the tllird post. They use that are not well suited to containers or prototypes for Model Die Casting's 3620- Starn'ail's "Redi-Roof' with three trailers, which are limited by highway series (in HO) FMC plug-door box cru·s. rectangular stiffeners on each pru1el. Paper weight and size laws. Not all heavy and/or The northwestern roads (BN, MILW, boxes come with either a 10-foot or 12-foot­ large products are immune to the weather SP, and UP) also bought high-cube double­ wide plug door, depending on customer either, so they need to be can'ied in a box of plug-door box cru'S to haul rolls of a low­ preference. A lower version (II-foot, 2-inch some kind. One of those commodities is grade fonn of paper called "liner board," inside height) with a peaked roof is also rolled paper. It is both large and heavy, so used to make cardboard and similar available, and Kansas City Southern and it's costly to ship by truck, and paper is products. Several builders supplied these Wisconsin Central have bought these. definitely allergic to rain, so it's not going cars, ruld they ru'e the direct ancestors of Except for the wide ribs neru' the bolsters in a gondola. It is an ideal box car load, and today's paper boxes. and the peaked "Redi-Roof," these look like it fetches a handsome rate. An important change in the paper the '70s-era FMC paper boxes. Box cars have long been "graded" for industry canle in the late '80s when the To gain a foothold in the Canadian their suitability to haul types of cargo. Yo u width of the standard paper roll was market, in 1996 Gunderson bought the old wouldn't want to load your high-value increased from 36 inches to 48 and even 58 Marine Industries plant in Trenton, Nova products in a beat up old car, especially one inches. This was a real problem for the Scotia that was doing business as Trenton that leaks. Paper has always needed "high railroads, since rolls could no longer be Works. Trenton had built a few paper boxes grade" cars that are watertight, and rolled stacked three high in a paper box (they are for C&NW, CSX, and SouthernRailway of paper needs cars that have smooth walls shipped standing on end). This relegated British Columbia (SRY) in 1995. The free of proj ections that could snag and the existing paper boxes to cut paper Trenton paper box was similar to damage the rolls. In the '60s the shippers shipments, which are a smaller portion of Gunderson's early design except for its and railroads realized that the sliding plug the traffic. A few had their roofs raised to deep fishbelly sidesill. Gunderson-Trenton door, originally designed fo r reefers, provide an inside height of 12 feet, 6 continues to build paper boxes, but now provided a smooth, continuous wall across inches, but most of these conversions were they look more like the CUlTent Gunderson­ the interior when it was closed. A plug door actually old general-service boxes refitted Portland design with straight sidesills. also fits tightly into the door opening, for paper service, and generally intended They are not identical, however. The most adding rigidity to the car willie it's in for low-grade kraft paper used to make noticeable difference is the Gunderson­ motion. Otherwise nonnal box cars with cardboard. They were still 77-ton cars, Tr enton's lack of an outside corner post, so plug doors carne to be known as "paper however, which limited how many rolls it has ladders at the corners rather thrul boxes" on most railroads, and they were they could CruTy. So there was demand for Gunderson-Portland's grabirons. Most of usually kept in assigned service to keep new high-cube 100-ton paper boxes. This the Trentons also have 10-foot plug doors, them from being loaded with cargoes that demand increased when axle loadings were while most Portlrulds have 12-foot plugs. could damage their inteliors. raised from 263,000 to 286,000 pounds in Trentons also have smaller, squared-off The original "paper boxes" looked 1995, allowing the current generation of cOlTUgations on the ends, welded sidesills, much like the insulated box cars of the paper boxes to carry ] 07 tons of cru'go, in and other minor differences. time, generally having a single 1O-foot or effect a 40% increase from the 77-ton Not surprisingly, most of the big paper­ 1O-foot, 6-inch plug door on each side, and paper boxes of the '70s. hauling railroads have bought high-cube

S4 RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 f paper boxes in recent years. Bangor & "shortline" cars share one common "Redi-Roo ' is very nicely rendered. Aroostook, Burlington N0I1hern, Canadian characteristic: boring, herald-less paint Plastic knuckle couplers come preinstalled. American, Canadian National, Canadian schemes, quite unlike the fancy schemes Separate wire grabs for the sides and ends Pacific, CSX, lllinois Central, NOLfolk on shortline cars dllling the Incentive Per are left for the modeler to add and paint. Southern, Union Pacific (with CHIT Diem craze in the late '70s. But these Most of the factory-painted schemes at'e marks), and Wisconsin Central have 50- schemes are so much a patt of the modern correct for Portland-built Gundersons, but foot high-cube Gundersons and/or railroad scene that the prototype modeler a few are Trentons. Trentons. Boise Cascade-owned shortline can't ignore them. The only details a modeler might want International Bridge & Terminal (at Freight Cars Journal issue number 84 to add are the brake pipes, levers, rods, and International Falls, Minnesota) also has (October 2000) was dedicated to the hangers on the undeIframe. These cars use high-cube Gundersons. Gunderson paper boxes. It contains a roster vettical brake levers (similar but smaller The rest of the paper boxes have been and several photos pointing out the than those on the Evans double-plug-door built for leasing companies that use differences between the Portland and box car tllat Atlas makes), so they are quite shortline repOL1ing marks, so Gundersons Trenton-built cat·s. (Contact editor David visible hanging down from the body. built at Portland and Trenton have worn Casdorph at PO. Box 2480, Monrovia, CA Fortunately these parts are easy to fa bricate marks Like "IATR" (Iowa Traction, the 91017, or e-mail FR8CARS @aol.com for from plastic strip and brass wire. Detail little electric-powered line that's a ways ordering info.) Associates and Eel River also make from any paper mills), "LW" (Louisville & modern brake gear sets that you might find Wadley, an east Georgia shortline that HO Scale Paper Boxes useful. The stimlps on the sidesiIls could hasn't turned a wheel in years), "NOKL" The new HO-scaJe Walthers model also be replaced with Detail Associates (N0I1hwestern Oklahoma, a LONG way matches the Portland-built Gunderson 6419 "Gunderson Type" bottolIl-mount U­ from any paper mills), "UMP" (Upper 6,269-cubic-foot paper boxes. It has a 50- shaped stirrups, but otherwise the body Marion & Plymouth), and "YKR" foot, 6-inch interior length and 13-foot doesn't need any work unless you want to (Yorkrail, allied with the historic Maryland inside height. The plug door is 12 feet wide change the door size or modify the detai Is & Pen nsylvania). Most of these cars are by 12 fe et, 4 illches high. The model has to represent a Trenton-built 6269. Trentons with lO-foot doors, and many are separate door latch bat·s, end ladders, and RMJ owned by GE Capital (GERSCO). These crosswalks over the couplers. The Stamail

CHIT 160091 built 4/96 series CHIT 160000-160199 Union Padiic assigns"CHIT' reporti ng marks to freight cars it leases rather than owns outright. CHIT was the Chicago Heights Terminal & Transfer, a C&EI subsidiary that UP got when it merged the Mopac. Though the scheme is typical boring GERSCO, UP's standard freight car red is a tad brighter than the brown used on many other GERSCO-owned Trentons. TheseTren ton-built 6269s have the wide rib directly over the bolster,a spotting feature ofTrentons built in 1996. Later Trentons have the wide rib inboard of the bolster, like those built in Portland. (note: The Walthers model comes correctly lettered for the CHIT 405000-series that were built at Portland.) -Doug Stark photo in Mendota, Illinois, June 1997

AG 2002 series AG 2000-2049 "AG" stands for the Abbeville & Grimes Railroad, a shortline north of Dothan, Alabama that is owned by the Bay Line (formerly known as the Atlanta & st. Andrews Bay). The Bay Line in turn is owned by Stone Container, thus the paint scheme. These cars are actually loaded at the Stone fiberboard plant on the Bay line, not the A&G. These are early Gundersons, built in July 1990, but they are 50-foot, 6-inch cars with a 12-foot interior, smaller than the BN and WCRC boxes. They are not technically "high cubes," so the tops of their ends are not painted white. These might be easier to kit-convert using the Model Die Casting FMC with the 12-foot plug door (their model 3620). -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Avondale, Louisiana, August 1991

Walthers HO scale model of the Gunderson 50-foot "paper" box car is ready-to-run, but the customer must drill the dimpled holes to install the wire grabirons

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 55 WA LTHERS 50-FOOT HO BOX CAR

CNW 520022 built 1995 series 520000- Trenton Works built at least three batches of 6,257-cubic-foot paper boxes before being bought by Greenbriar (Gunderson's parent). Like the early Gundersons, these early Trentons do not have the wide posts over the bolsters, but they have a deep fishbelly sidesill. The C&NWs have a lO-foot plug door, while CSXs and SRYs have 12-footers. The Walthers model is a useful stand-in for these pre-Gunderson Trentons, but an accurate model will require significant rebuilding. -Paul M. Rome photo in Riverdale, Illinois, October 1996

WC 21643 built 6/97 series WC 21550-21649 Wisconsin Central makes its living on the paper mills of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan, and they have re built a number of older "shortline" and "Railbox" cars with plug doors for paper service. They have also bought some new Gunderson-Portlands and Gunderson-Trentons. This car is a Gunderson-Trenton; note the ladders on the sides, since there are no corner posts to attach grabirons to. This is the easiest way to tell a Gunderson-Trenton from a Gunderson-Portland. WC also has two series of Gunderson-Portlands: WC 21500-21549 are 6,269 cubic foot cars like the Walthers model, and WC 21000-21499 are lower peaked-roof "Plate C" cars with an interior height of 11 feet, 1 inch. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Winnebago, Nebraska, August 2000

BN 376865 series BN 376750-376959 These were the first Gunderson high-cube paper boxes, built in December 1988. Unlike the later cars, these have an interior length of 52 feet, 8 inches, a diagonal-panel roof, and they do not have the wide posts over the bolsters that has become a Gunderson signature. Washington Central also received 40 of these, WCRC 6000-6039, built in January 1989. Built several years before the weight limit was raised, these are 95-ton cars. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Atlanta, Georgia, December 1989

MRL 11007 series MRL 11000-11099 The paper mills in the northwest often make heavier paper products like liner board, which need bigger forklifts to carry them. Montana Rail Link bought two groups of early Gundersons that have twin 8-foot plug doors to give the larger forklifts room to maneuver; MRL 10001-10100 is the other group. It appears to have an "X-panel" roof, not the "Redi-Roof" of later Gundersons. Note the top of the end is not painted white, as their interior height of 12 feet, 10 inches is just two inches short of "high cube" status. This one recently received the new "lion's head" logo. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Sioux City, Iowa, August 2000

CN 406712 built 12194 series CNA 406700-406724 This Portland-built 6269's dull brown paint leads me to believe it was built for the H&S Railroad. Leased from GERSCO, it was built from the same special steel as the BAR cars, but their paint is a richer red-brown. -Doug Stark photo in London, Ontario, April 1999

BN 287237 built 12194 series BN 287000-287299 This Gunderson-Portland box is a perfect match for the new Walthers model, with its 12-foot door and wide ribs inboard of the bolsters. The ABDX brake gear, vertical brake levers, their hangers, and the train line air pipe are clearly visible here. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Aberdeen, South Dakota, May 1997

S6 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' AUGUST 2001 ----[TIME CAPSULE]----

By Pelle Soeborg

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 200 I 57 DIESEL MODELING ° S2 as NYC 854 1 Aug. 93 ° GP35 as C&NW 826 April 94 ° S4 as NYC 9736 March 91 ° GP35 as CR 2276 April 92 Articles from past issues of "The ° S2 as B&O 9133 and 9166 Oec. 97 ° GP35 as SP 6333 Sept. 94 Journal" ° S2 as Pennsylvania Railroad 890 I July 99 ° GP35 as UP 757 Aug. 92 Use these indexes of articles on how ° S2 as Union Pacific 1111 and 1151 Oct. 99 ° GP35M as MP (UP) 2606 Oct.OO individual modelers used prototype pho­ ° GP38 as B&O 3816 Nov. 93 tos as a guide to installing detail parts to Baldwin: ° GP38-2 as MKT 314 (w/HO decals) June 89 recreate specific real railroad locomo­ ° OR-4-4- 15 Sharknose as PRR 9588, Sept. ° GP38-2 as Conrail 8077 April 93 tives. The indexes include two types of 01 ° GP38-2 as BN 2088 Feb. 98 articles: the first series includes articles ° RF-16 Sharknose as PRR 9736, Sept. 0 I ° GP38-2 Rock Island 4300 and 43 12 March that show only the prototype locomotive ° RS-12 as SAL 1466 Oec. 92 99 as part of "The Journal's" monthly ° S- 12 as MKT 24 and 34 Nov. 99 ° GP38-2 as [CG 960 1,9606 & 9621, Feb. 0 I series of "One-Detail-At-A-Time" arti­ ° VO 1000 as AT SF 22 13, 2228, 2229 & ° GP40 as Penn Central 3252 Jan. 90 cles i Ilustrati ng prototype locomoti ves 2243, May 01 ° GP40 as Rl 4705 Nov. 92 with part-by-part listings of all the avail­ ° GP40 as CN 4007 Jan. 93 able detail parts needed to duplicate that Budd: ° GP40 as Penn Central 320 I and 3252 June fu ll-size locomotive in miniature. ° RDC-2 prototypes, Dec. 00 00 The index of the second series ° GP40X as 3804 and 3809 Feb. 00 includes articles on HO or N scale model EMD: ° GP40-2 as Chessie (B&O) 4302 March 92 locomotives that have been detailed and ° BL2 as C&O 83 Nov. 89 ° GP40-2 as Conrail 3280 and 3295, July 00 painted to match the prototype locomo­ ° CF7 spotting guide Aug. & Oct. 90 ° GP60 as EMO Demo 5 June 95 tive in an accompanying photograph. ° CF7 in color AT SF, NS, MC, PV, AMTRAK, ° GP60 as SSW 9704 March 93 When two brands of models are listed, BRW Aug. 90 ° GP60M as AT SF 105 Jan. 97 the first brand indicates the body and the ° CF7 in color FN, PV, JR, FM, CC&G Oct. ° MPI50C as CNW 1304 and 1307 Sept. 96 second listing is the chassis (in some 90 ° P40 "Genesis" as Amtrak 806/808 March 98 cases, Rail Power provides the frame as ° CF7 as SEK 1000 (ex-ATSF 2542) Aug. 90 ° NW2 spotting guide Nov. 93 well as the body, while Athearn provides ° 0035A (0040A) as UP83 June 93 ° NW2 as AT SF 2405 Feb. 94 only the motors, drive shafts and trucks). ° E7 A as PRR 5865 Oct. 92 ° S07 as SP 143 1 Sept. 95 Each article includes a complete Bill of ° E8A as AT SF 81 and 85 Jan. 91 ° S09 as Southern (ex-CG) 207 April 90 Materials of all parts, paints and decals ° E8A as C&O 4005 Feb. 95 ° S09 as C&S (CB&Q) 823 Oct. 95 used. ° E8A as IC 4025 March 94 ° SD9 as Chessie (B&O) 1836 Sept. 93 The articles in bold type include step­ ° E8A as PRR 5793 July 93 ° SD9 as SP 44 18 Aug. 91 by-step instructions on how the project is ° E8A as UP 936 May 93 ° S09 as Southern Pacific 3914 June 97 done so you can do it yourself. With the ° FT spotting guide Nov. 96 ° SP9 Phase TV, as Burlington (C&S) 83 March knowledge you can gain from those how­ ° FTA and FTB as Santa Fe 189 Nov. 96 00 to articles, you can use the "One-Detail­ ° F3 diesels in color B&M, GM&O July 89 ° SD35 as Conrail 6022 July 96 At-A-Time" articles (with the dozens of ° F3 diesels in color Erie, DL&W and E-L ° S035 as Conrail's 6002 and 6008, Aug. 00 arrows and numbers) to apply detail parts Sept. 89 ° SD35 as Pennsy 6000 and 60 16, Nov. 00 to almost any locomotive model so it ° F3 diesels in color TP&W, SN(WP), CNJ, ° SD38 as B&LE 862 June 96 matches that specific prototype in every SAL Nov. 89 ° S039 as CSX 4 ??? detail. ° F7 A and F7B Phase I spotting guide April ° S040 as CR 6249 Sept. 91

99 ° S040 as C&O 7450 April 96 DIESELS, One-Detail-At-A-Time: ° F3 and F7 as Santa Fe 13C, 19 and 45 Feb. ° S040-2 as Family Lines 8100 June 91 Alco: & April 99 ° S040-2 as Conrail 6409 and 64 10 Jan. 99 ° C628 as Southern Pacific 7102 and 7118 ° F7 A as Penn Central (PRR) 1903 Oct. 90 ° S040-2 "Snoot" as Union Pacific 8008 & June 99 ° FP7 A as C&O 803 I Dec. 90 8009 Aug. 99 ° C628 as Lehigh Valley 626 and 628 Jan. 00 ° FP7 A as PRR 9835 Nov. 91 ° S040-2 as Milwaukee Road 167 and 174 ° FA I as GN 310A July 90 ° F40PH as Amtrak 206 Sept. 90 April 00 ° FA I as Union Pacific 1640 April 97 ° F59PHl spotting guide, Aug. 00 ° S040-2 as CP Rail 6037 & 6040, March ° FA I as L&NE 70 1 Oct. 93 ° GP7 Phase T as WM 21 Feb. 90 200 1 ° FA I & FB I as New Yo rk Central 10001 I 0 I 0 ° GP7 Phase II as PRR 8557 Aug. 89 ° S040T-2 as SP 8304 May 91 & 3300, Jan. 0 I ° GP7 Phase II as MEC 574 .Ian. 92 ° S045 as C&NW 917 Feb. 93 ° FA2 as NYC 1110 Aug. 91 ° GP9 Phase II as Chessie (B&O) 6607 June ° S045 as CNW 8582 Jan. 95 ° FA2 & FB2 spotting guide Sept. 91 92 ° SD45 as CSX 8903 Oct. 91 ° PA I as AT SF 58 Sept. 89 ° GP9 Phase II as SP 5788 June 90 ° S045 as SP 7558 Aug. 95 ° PA I as New York Central 420 I and 4204 ° GP7 Phase 11 as ATSF 2837 March 97 ° SD45 as E-L 802 Oec. 95 May 98 ° GP9 Phase III as Southern Pacific 57 13 July ° S045 as BN 6435 and 6485 Oct. 98 ° PA I as Union Pacific 600 and 604 June 98 97 ° S045-2 as E-L 3679 Oec. 94 ° PA2 as Southern Pacific 6023 and 6035 ° GPI5- 1 as Conrail 1633 Oct. 89 • SD50 as CSXT (B&O) 858 1 July 94 Sept. 98 ° GPI8 as B&M 1752 Sept. 92 • S050lS060 Spotting Guide, Oct. 00 ° PA2 as Erie-Lackawanna 858 and Erie 859 oGPI8 asRI I352 March 95 • SD60 as EMO/Oakway 9038 Dec. 89 Nov. 98 ° GP I8 as ICG 94 10 Oct. 97 • S060 as NS 659 1 April 91 ° RS I as Chicago & North We stern (M & St. ° GPI8 as Norfolk & We stern 92 1 Jan. 98 • S060 as NS 6634 Jan. 96 L) 21 1 and 22 1 May 99 ° GP35 spotting guide April 92 • S060 as ATSF 40 II Aug. 98

° RS3 as O&H 4085 May 94 ° GP35 as B&O (Chessie) 35 10 July 95 • S060 as Conrail 6845 and 6853 Sept. 99

58 RAILMODELJOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 • SD60 as Union Pacific 6028 Dec. 99 EMO: • GP35 Kato as SSW 6502 by Bob Rivard

• SD60M as UP 6259 Oct. 94 • Santa Fe 1450 "Beep" by Bob Ernst Feb. 98 Jan.95

• SD70M as Southern Pacific 9805 and 9822 • Wrecked Santa Fe GP 7 on flat car by Bob • GP35 as EMD Leasing 182, by Mike Rose Dec. 98 Ernst March 98 Oct.96

• SD75M as AT SF 205 Nov. 95 • CF7 Rail Power body/Athearn AT SF 2543 • GP38-2 Athearn (how-[O add "One-Detail­

• SD80MAC as Conrail 4101 and 4109 July 98 by Gordon Cardell Aug 90 At-A-Time") as MKT 304 June 89

• SD90MAC as UP 80 12 and 8024 Sept. 97 • CF7 Rail Power body/Athearn as AT SF • GP38-2 Athearn as GTW 6223 by To ny

• SW I spotting guide Jan. 93 2634 by Gordon Cardell Oct. 90 Horvatin Dec. 94

• SW I as BN 88 Jan. 93 • E8A lHC (Rivarossi)/Hobbytown as AT SF • GP38-2 upgrade to match Missouri Pacific

• SW9 as B&O (Chessie) 9620 May 96 87 by Albert Hetzel Jan. 91 prototypes March 99

• SW9 as Union Pacific 1851 April 98 • E8A IHC (Rivarossi)/Athearn /Proto Power • GP38-2W to match CN units from Jay's

• SWIOOO spotting guide Feb. 91 West kit conversion how-to) as ATS F 87 by Train Parts & Athearn kits, by Reg Neale.

• SW12 00 as Baltimore and Ohio (Chessie) Albert Hetzel Jan 91 Nov. 00

9620 May 96 • E8A as Rock Island units from Proto 2000 • GP40 Cannon cab/Athearn as WM 3798 by

• SW 1500 spotting guide Feb. 91 models, by Frank .Iordan, .I an. 0 I Ed San icky Sept. 92

• SWI500 as SLSF 329 Feb. 91 • F3A and B Stewart as KCS 30 by Tom • GP40 Con-Cor as RI 47 12 by Bob Rivard Bartzen April 92 Oct. 92

Fairbanks-Morse: • F3A and B Stewart as CB&Q 125A & 125B • GP40 from Athearn and Cannon parts as

• HI0-44 as PRR 9080 Feb. 92 Nov. 92 733 and 735 by Bob Rivard as Aug. 92

• H 16-44 as N&W 114 June 94 • F7A on the Soo, from Stewart's kit by Bob • GP40 as Soo diesels, from Atlas HO mod­

• H-24-66 "Train Master" as Pennsy 6706, Rivard June 97 els, by Bob Rivarci, June 0 I

Dec. 00 • F7 B Highliner body/Stewart as Soo 2204C • GP40 as Soo 355, 394 & 4708 from Atlas

• H-24-66 ''Train Master" as SP4806 & 48 15. by Bob Rivard Nov. 95 models, by Bob Rivard, Sept. 01

April 01 • F7 A as Rock Island 116 and 120 from • GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as D&RGW InterMountain kits by Bob Rivard Jan. 00 3099 by Mike Elki n Feb. 92

General Electric: • F7 A as Western Pacific 92 1 and 92 1 D from • GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn Reading 3673

• AC44CW as CSXT 9100 Feb. 96 Athearn models, by Jim Providenza. Dec. 00 by Ed San icky as July 92

• AC44CW as UP 9998 Dec. 96 • F7 A units on the Santa Fe from Stewart bod­ • GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as WP 3548

• C23-7 as Conrail 1905 and 1968, August 0 I ies on Athearnchassis, by Jim Bright, Feb. 01 by Clyde Queen, Jr. Sept. 92

• B30-7 as CSX 5562 Aug. 96 • F7 A units on the Rock Island from Stewart • GP40-2LW as Canadian National 9607, an

• C30-7 spotting guide Feb. 97 & InterMountain kits, by Bob Rivard, March illustrated kit-conversion from an Athearn • C30-7 as Conrai I 6582 Feb. 97 01 HO scale GP40-2, by Tony Horvatin, April 96

• Dash 7 spotting guide Sept. 89 • F40PH Life- Like/Proto Power West • GP60 as Santa Fe 4033 from Athearn's kit,

• Dash 8 spotting guide May 90 (Athearn kit-conversion how-to) as Amtrak by Bob Ernst Aug. 98

• Dash 8 spotting guide Sept. 90 229 Sept. 90 • GP60M Cannon cab/Athearn ATSF 100 by

• Dash 9 spotting guide March 96 F50PHI diesel spotting guide from Ernest Rizzuto as May 91

• Dash 8 and Dash 9 spotting guide (the Athearn's kit by Louis A. Marre Aug. 00 • GP60M Cannon cab/Athearn as Maersk 146

AC4400CW units) Dec. 96 • GP7 Ty co body/Atlas as SOO 24 1 1by Bob by Ed McCaslin April 92

• Dash 8-32BWH as Amtrak 503 and 517 Rivard June 93 • NW2 Kato as Soo 300 by Bob Rivard July

April 99 • GP7 as MoPac diesels, by Lee Freeman 95

• Dash 8-40B as LMX 852 1, June 0 I April 97 • sm Proto 2000 as CB&Q (C&S) 810 (kit­

• Dash 8-40BW as ATSF 507 May 97 • GP7 as Union Pacific diesels, superdetailed upgrade how-to) by Robert Schleicher Oct. • Dash 8-40C as UP 9162 May 90 from Atlas or Proto 2000 models, by Steve 95

• Dash 8-40CW as CSXT 7777 April 95 Orth, May 01 • SD7 as MILW and CB&O "half-fuel-tank"

• Dash 8-40CW as CR 6055 July 92 • GP9 Front Range as SP5603 & 5604 by Joe models from Proto 2000 kits by Jeff Goucher

• Dash 9-44CW as AT SF 632 March 96 Swain June 90 Sept. 00

• Dash 9-44CW as CNW 860 I Oct. 96 • GP9 Cary body/Athearn as UP 21 1 by Tim • SD39 Santa Fe by Stephen Priest April 98

• Dash 9-44CW as UP 9735 Nov. 97 Fornstrom Apri I 91 • SD39 from Cannon parts with scratchbuilt

• Dash 9-44CW as BNSF 43 12 Sept. 00 • GPI 5- 1 Smokey Va lley body/Athearn, as body shell and walkways by Chris Zygmunt • 44-Ton as AT SF 460 March 90 MP 1680 by Richard Barnes Jan. 92 Dec. 99

• U23B as Conrail 2744 and 2751, July 0 I • GP I 5- 1 as Missouri Paci fic 1562, from • SD40 Kato as Soo 738 by Bob Rivard May

• U25B as C&O 81 14 Dec. 93 Athearn and Smokey Va lley parts by Lee 92

• U25B as Milwaukee 5000 Nov. 93 Freeman Sept. 92 • SD40 "U-Boat Cab" as Soo 747 & 768from • U25B as SP 6750 July 89 • GP 18 Proto 2000 as Rl 135 I by Bob Rivard Athearn's HO model, by Bob RIvard. August

• U28C as L&N 1526 Nov. 90 March 95 200 1

• U30C as CR 6838 Dec. 91 • GP 18 Proto 2000 as MoPac 1858 by Lee • SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as UP 3440

• U33C as AT SF 85 1 I May 95 Freeman Feb. 97 and 3493 by Ti m Fornstrom July 90

• GP30 as Great Northern 3000, from • SD40-2 Athearn as UP 3593 "Desert Storm" HO SCALE MODELING ARTICLES: Bachmann's model, by Duane Buck June 98 by Warren Johnson Oct. 91

Alco: • GP35 Rail Power body/Kato Motor/ • SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as MKT 629

• RS 18 (MLW) Atlas (kit-conversion how-to) Athearn as Rl 32 1 by Bob Rivard .l une 92 by Rick Groom July 92

as CN36 18 by Jay Rotsch Jan 91 • GP35 Rail Power body/Athearn as Soo 730 • SD40-2 Athearn as Montana Rail Link 256 • HH660 kit-conversion how-to from Atlas by Bob Rivard Aug. 92 by Ta mi McClung Feb. 93

S2 and RS3 parts, by Stan Rydarowicz Dec. • GP35 Rail Power body/Athearn as AT SF • SD40-2 GSB body/Athearn as RI 4792 by 97 2858 by Dana Stark May 93 Mike Daniels Sept. 93

RAILMODELjOURNAL . AUGUST 2001 59 • SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as KCS 675 • SW900 and SW 1200 diesels from Proto • GP30B kit-conversion from Atlas GP30 by by Mike Daniels April 94 2000 models, by Frank Jordan, April 01 Bill Pearce May 00

• SD40-2 Athearn as MKT 63 I by Scott • SW12 00 Cannon cab/Athearn as Sao 433 & • GP35 Atlas/N Scale of Nevada as UP 740 by Bimson May 95 437 by Bob Rivard April 92 J. Fred Coots, lr. Aug. 92

• SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as BN 7277 by • SW 1200RS Athearn (SW7 kit-conversion) • GP38-2 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as SP 4843 Mike Daniels Feb. 96 as CN 1396 by Tony Horvatin Oct. 93 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. Nov. 91

• SD40-2 as Norfolk Southern 6131, from • SW 1500 Athearn as WP 150 I by Clyde • GP38-2 as MoPac's diesel, from Kato's Athearn's HO scale kit, by Alex King July 96 Queen, Jr. June 95 model by Buzz Lenander May 97

• SD40-2 as Norfolk Southern 6121, by Andy • SW1500 as Missouri Pacific 1519, by Lee • GP50 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as SSW 9620 Harman May 98 Freeman May 99 by J. Fred Coots, lr.Jan. 92

• SD40-2 as Conrail 6420, from Athearn's kit, • GP50 upgrade to match Santa Fe proto­ by Bob Rivard, Oct. 00 General Electric: types, from Kato's model, by Bill Pearce Feb.

• SD40-2 "U-Boat Cab" as Sao 768 from • Superdetailing the Dash-8s (a step-by-step 99

Athearn's HO model, by Bob Rivard, August how-to) by David Hussey Nov. 92 • GP60 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as SP 9704

200 1 • B23-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as UP 124 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. March 92

• SD40-2B Cannon cab/Athearn as BN 7500 by Warren Johnson July 91 • Upgrade Life-Like or Kato SD7 to match by Richard Barnes Jan. 92 • B23-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as AT SF the Union Pacific's "Laramie Switcher", by

• SD40T-2 Athearn as SP 8352 by Kermit 743 1 by Dana Stark July and Oct. 93 Bill Pearce, October 1998.

Gaines May 91 • B30-7 as CSX5672, from Athearn and Rai I • Upgrade Life-Like's SD& to match CNW

• SD40T-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as SP 8338 Power Products parts, by Alex King Aug. 96 prototypes, by Keith Kohlmann, April 0 I

by Mike Daniels March 94 • C30-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as NW • SD9 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as SP 44 18

• SDF40-2 on the Santa Fe from Athearn's 8024 by Gordon Cardell Oct. 90 (Kodachrome) by J. Fred Coots, Jr. July 91

SDP45 March 99 • C30-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as AT SF • SD40 Kalo/N Scale of Nevada as SP 7360

• SD45 Cannon cab/Athearn as UP 25 by 8077 by Great Escape Hobby Feb. 91 by J. Fred Coots, J r. Sept. 91

Mike Daniels May 94 • C30-7 Rail Power cab/Athearn as UP 244B • SD40 Kato as SP7347 by Bill Pearce Jan. 93

• SD45 as Guilford (S-T) 683 from Athearn's by Mike Daniels June 94 • SD40-2 Bachmann/N Scale of Nevada as SP

kit, by Mike Rose, Feb. 0 I • B30-7B Smokey Va lley cab/Athearn as BN 5022 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. Aug. 91

• SD45B as AT SF 5502 from Athearn & 40 18 by Gordon Cardell Feb. 91 • SD40-2 Bachmann/N Scale of Nevada as

Cannon parts, by Eric Goodman, March 0 I • C36-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as UP 9029 UP 3526 by 1. Fred Coots, Jr. May 92

• SD45MK MOITison Knudsen SD45 from Rail by Warren Johnson May 93 • SD40-2W as Canadian National 524 1 and

Power and Athearn Parts, by Bob Ernst Jan 99 • Dash 8-40B Rail Power body/ Athearn as 5248, N scale kit-conversion from Kato and

• SDP45U as Sanla Fe 98 from Athearn's kit, AT SF 800 by Dana Stark '/uly & Oct. 93 Prototype N parts, by Michael Livingston

by Bob Ernst Nov.98 • Dash 8-40CW Rail Power body/Athearn as May 96

• SD50 Rail Power body/Athearn as AT SF 800 by Dana Stark Nov. 92 ·SD60 superdetailing the Atlas model with

D&RGW 5507 by Gordon Cardell Nov. 91 • Dash 8-40CW Rai I Power body/Athearn as scale-size handrails by Bill Pearce Dec. 99

• SD50 on the Rio Grande from Rail Power, AT SF 814 by David Hussey Nov. 92 • SD60MAC superdetailing the Atlas model

Cannon and Athearn parts, by Steven Orth • Dash 8-40CW as Santa Fe 803 from Power to match Union Pacific prototypes by Bill July 00 Products kit with etched-metal detail parts Pearce April 00

• SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as EMD (including step-by-step information on installing Demo I by Bill Schultz as Demo 90 etched steps), by Stephen F. Cerka Dec. 98 General Electric:

• SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as NS 6672 • Dash 9-44CW Rail Power body/Athearn • Scale-size wire handrails for N scale diesels by Warren Johnson April 91 (kit-conversion, how-to) as CNW 8503 by (step-by-step how-to) by Bill Pearce Feb. 96

• SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as NS 6632 Ray Meyer Feb. 95 • Dash 9-44CW as British Columbia Rail

by Alex King Jan 96 • CN Dash 9-44CW from Athearn's kits by 4645 , an N scale kit-conversion using

• SD60 upgrading Atlas factory-painted mod­ Reg Neale July 99 Prototype N's body on a Spectrum Dash 8-

els, by Steve Orth, July 0 I • U28B Stewart as Rl 253 by Mike Daniels 40CW chassis, by Michael Livingston July

• SD60M Rail Power body/Athearn as BN Aug. 93 96

922 1 by Gordon Cardell Nov. 90 • U30C from cut-down Athearn body shells • Dash 8-40B KatolN Scale of Nevada (kit­

• SD60M Rail Power body/Athearn (kit-con­ on Atlas chassis as Sao diesels by Bob Rivard conversion how-to) ATSF 7432 by Bill version how-to) as UP 6292 by Robert Feb. 00 Pearce Aug. 94

Schleicher Oct. 94 • Dash-9-44CW Kato factory-painted diesel

• SD60M Phase II as Burlington Northern N SCALE MODELING PROJECTS: upgrade with decals and details, Buzz 9289, an HO scale kit-conversion from Alco: Lenander July 98

Athearn drive train components & Rail Power • PA l, Upgrading Con-Car's models, step­ • Dash 9-44CW as BNSF diesels from Kato's Products body & chassis, by Mike Daniels by-step by Bill Pearce, April 97 model, by Buzz Lenander Sept. 98

June 96 • U30C Kato as UP 286 by 1. Fred Coots, lr.

• SD70, SD7OI, SD70M, SD751 and SD75M EMD: March 92

prototypes for the Genesis (by Athearn) mod­ • Scale-size wire handrails for N scale diesels • U30C Kato body/M initrix as Western els, by D. Scott Chatfield Jan. 99 (step-by-step how-to) by Bill Pearce Feb. 96 Pacific 7924 by Kent Charles Oct. 92

• SD70I on the Canadian National from • E8A and E8B Upgrading the Kato Models, • U33C Kato body/M initrix as AT SF 873 1 by Athearn 's kit, by Reg Neale Jujne 00 by Bill Pearce Nov. 96 Kent Charles Oct. 92

• SD90MAC in HO scale with Rail Power • GP9B kit-conversion from Atlas Model to • U33C Kato as BN 5704 by 1. Fred Coots, Products and Athearn parts Sept. 97 match Union Pacific by Bill Pearce Nov. 99 Jr.Oct. 91

• SD90MAC-H from Rail Power Products, • GP20 Proto 2000 (kit-conversion how-to) as • U33C Kato as CR 6569 by 1. Fred Coots, Jr. Athearn and Cannon parts March 00 AT SF 1 122 by Bill Pearce March 96 Dec. 91

60 RAILMODEL)OURNAL . AUGUST 2001 Each of the industries on Lawson Stevenson's HO layout is matched to a specific prototype-and the prototypes are massive. There's more on his ore and steel operations industries in the September 2001 issue. -Lawson W.Stevenson photo

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62 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' AUGUST 2001 ONLY ROUNDHOUSE MAKES THE WORLD'S LARGEST SELECTION OF FMC BOX CARS! 50' FMC Box Car - 50' FMC Box Car - HO-SCALE Double Door N-SCALE Offset Double Door 50' FMC Box - 1980 Undecorated 50' FMC Box Car - B340 Undecorated Combo Door 1981 Western Pacific Combo Door 8341 Union Pacific 1982 Amador Central 1930 Undecorated 8230 Undecorated 8342 East Sf. Louis Junction 1983 Chicago North Western 1 931 Railbox (ABOX) & 8231 Railbox 8343 Columbia & Cowlitz 1984 Milwaukee 1932 Seaboard Coast Line 8232 Seaboard Coast Line 8344 Pend Oreille Va lley 1985 Cotton Belt SSW 1933 Missouri Pacific I 8233 Missouri Pacific 8345 Oregon Pacific 1986 Southern Pacific 1934 Minnesota Dakota & Western 8234 Minnesota, Dakota & Eastern 1987 Seattle North Coast 1935 Burlington Northern & & Western 8346 Galveston Wharves 1936 B. C. Rail 1988 Longview, Portland & Northern 8235 Burlington Northern 1989 McCloud River 1937 Union Pacific 8236 B. C. Rail FMC Box Car - 1993 B. C. Rail 50' 1938 Railbox '1995 Lettering- 8237 Union Pacific 1994 Burlington Northern Plug Door 1944 Railbox (CN) 8238 Railbox (CN) 1995 Chesapeake & Ohio "Chessie" 8239 Railbox '1 995 Lettering' 8360 Undecorated 1996 Union Pacific 8240 Minnesota, Dakota 8361 Santa Fe 50' FMC Box Car - 8362 G rand Trunk Western 1997 Wisconsin Central & Western Single Door 8363 Burlington Northern 1950 Undecorated 50' FMC Box Car - 8364 Milwaukee 50' FMC Box Car - 8365 Minnesota, Dakota 1951 Grand Trunk Western Plug Door 1952 Maine Central Single Door & Western 3620 Undecorated 1953 Warwick Railway 8250 Undecorated 8366 Canadian Pacific 3621 Santa Fe 1954 Ashley, Drew & Northern 8251 Railbox 8367 Sao Line (Black Letters) 3622 Grand Trunk Western 1955 Providence & Worchester 8260 Grand Trunk Western 8368 Sao Line (Red Letters) 3623 Burlington Northern 1956 Lake Erie, Franklin & Clarion 8261 Warwick Railway 8369 BNSF 3624 Milwaukee 1958 Sabine River & Northern 8262 Lake Erie, Franklin 8827 Denver & 1959 Savannah Sf. Docks 3625 Minnesota, Dakota & Western & Clarion Rio Grande Western 3626 Canadian Pacific 1960 Marinette, To mahawk & Western 8263 Marinette 3627 Soo Line (Black) 1961 Meridian & Bigbee & To mahawk 3628 Sao Line (Red) 1962 Bath & Hammondsport 8264 Southern Pacific ORDER TODAY 3629 Denver & Rio Grande Western 1963 Pert Huron & Detroit 8265 Norfolk Southern 3630 BNSF FROM YOUR FAVORITE 1964 Seaboard System (Black) 8266 Railbox 3631 Wisconsin Central 1965 Seaboard System (Red) '1995 Lettering" HOBBY RETAILER! 1966 CSX - C & 0 For A FREE Checklist Of 1967 Norfolk Southern 50' FMC Box Car - 50' FMC Box Car - 1972 Railbox '1995 Lettering" Offset Double Door Double Door ROUNDHOUSE 1973 Railbox - Original scheme 3640 Undecorated 8280 Undecorated 1974 Railbox - S. Remark P 3641 Union Pacific 8281 Western Pacific PRODUCTS 1975 Railbox - Southern Remark 3642 East Sf. Louis Junction 8282 Amador Central Send A Long S.A.S.E. TO: 1976 Railbox - B. N. Rennark 3643 Columbia & Cowlitz 8283 Chicago & Model Die Casting, Inc. 1977 Railbox - Santa Fe Remark 3644 Pend Oreille Va lley North Western Dept. RMJ-1 1978 Railbox - Seaboard Remark 3645 Oregon Pacific & Eastern 8284 Milwaukee 1979 Railbox - Richmond, 5070 Sigstrom Drive 3646 Galveston Wharves 8285 Cotton Belt Fredricksburg Petonnac (Remark) Carson City, & 3647 Yreka Western 8286 Southern Pacific NV 89706

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