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On November 15, 1980, a Seaboard Coastline train passes the Largo Feed and Grain Supply store. The s iding which once served the store has been long since removed. Julian Cavalier Photo

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June 1981 5 Monon# 18 pauses under the coaling towerat Lafayete, Indiana in November 1946. W.A. Swartzphoto. Monon #18, An Unique H10-44 by Montford L. Switzer

The Prototype: In 1960, the Monon installed EMD 16 cylinder 567B Fairbanks-Morse power on the Monon was minimal at engines in the two roadswitchers, allowing the railroad to best. An HI 0-44 switcher, the subject of this article, was move closer toward the standardization of its prime movers purchased in November, 1946, followed byapairofH 15-44 and eliminating the sometimes troublesome F-M opposed roadswitchersinlate 1947. piston engines. These conversions were successful and the Monon# 18 wasa stock H I 0-44 from the erecting halls at # 18 received a 12 cylinder 567 B engine in March of 1961. Beloit. The only external additions were rerail frogs The locomotive was rated at 1000 h.p. mounted on the frame below each side of the cab, and a Other than four new exhaust stacks, the repoweringdid chain mounted above the right front truck. Sometime dur­ not result in any noticeable external changes. ing the 1950's handrails were added along both sides of the Number 18 could usually be found workingatLafayette, hood, and the hood mounted handrails removed. Indiana, extremelyquickonresponseandagood puller, the

6 PROTOTYPE MODELER locomotive was well liked by yard crews. Engineers found handrail to be pulled out of the brackets located along the the "u" shaped F-M air throttles unique to work with, as hood. Also removed were the row of grab irons and the compared to those on the more common EMD and Aleo round "F-M" plate below the headlight. The grab irons engines. were replaced with Detail Associates #220 I grab irons Very few photos of# 18 exist. The earliest photo located which are closer to the prototype. Solder a scrap piece of (date November, 1946) and reproduced here, shows the brass inside the hood to coverthe"F-M"platelocation. Fill original paint scheme. Thesecolors were black and yellow, the hole with solder and filesmooth,even with thenosecon­ like several post war units. This scheme lasted until tour. Do the same forthe handrAil bracket holes, and fi le to November, 1948, when it was replaced with the better match the surface. J known black and gold paint scheme. A set of Cal-Scale#280 Marer Lights were installed on The first blackandgoldschemeisillustrated witharepro­ each side of the nose, at the same height as the headlight. duction of the official painting diagram. A darkslide taken Since heat from soldering could disturb the previously in 1959 in my collection confirms the accuracy of this filled holes, the markers should be attached with cyranoa­ diagram. cryliccement. Sometime after 1959, the locomotive was painted black The same modifications were made to both pilot. Theair and gold again as shown, but the lettering was changed to hose was removed and replaced withaCal-Scalebrass#277 gold. The modelillustra tes this scheme as seen ina poorslide air hose located to the right of tJhe coupler. Also removed taken in 1964,afterthe unit had beensold. Thediagram was were the two grab irons and a scale 8'6" piece of .020 brass made prior to relocation of the handrails from the hood to wire soldered across thehandrailstanchionsaboutonefoot individ ual stanchions. above the pilot deck. My thanks go to Ron Marquardt, Dave Randolph, Bill Roof modifications depend on the version of# 18 being Darnaby, and EXlra2200 South f ortheirassistanceinsupp­ modeled. The locomotive came from the builderwithflush lying information on this locomotive. stacks. To model these, file the elf-istingstacksflush with the top of the hood. The Model: The EMD repowered# 18 hasfourstacks. Modelthese by The modelofMonon# 18 beganwitha Hallmark Models drilling four 1/ 8" holes in the center of the hood; the first 5 HO scale brass F-M HI 0-44. This model isagood starting scale feet back of the radiator opening, the second 7 scale pointformodelinga "stock" H 10-44, and onlysuffersfrom feet back, the third 9 1/ 2 scale feet back, and the fourth II the minor complaint that the etching for the hood detail is 1/ 2 scalefeet back. Notice the hdlesareinpairs. Solder I / 8" not deep enough. These models are no longera vaila ble, but pieces of 1/ 8" o.d. brass tubi~g into each hole, leaving can be found in the magazine advertisements and atmodel approximately 6 scale inches of stack extending above the railroad flea markets. topofthehood. I The model of Monon # 18 is as it appeared in teh early 1960's in its final paint scheme. Before beginning the neces­ sary modifications, the drivers were disassembled and lub­ ricated. Kadee #5 couplers were installed in the space created byremovingthecouplerpocket"ears". the pilot was derilled and tapped for acentermountscrew. themodel was then test run to check for any problems. This model is a smooth runner and easily hand lestencars in normals witch­ ing operations. There appears to be room for a larger fly­ wheel and additional weight if desired for even smoother operation. Detailing began with the nose. The headlight, a poor representation of the prototype, was heated with a solder­ ing iron and removed. The hole which appears behind the headlight casting was then drilled out with a 7/ 32" drill. A The only external modification 10 #18 at the time of small 1/ 4" long piece of7 / 32 o.d. brass tubing was then installation ofan EM D 12 cyl. 5678 prime mover was the inserted into the hole and soldered in place. Leaveapproxi­ removal oftwo flush F-M stacks and the addition offour mately 3 scale inches of tubing extending from theholefora new exhaust stacks as shown. The stacks are 1/ 8" o.d. good representation of the headlight. This procedure Brass tubing. The original stack lot alions can be seenjust I should be repeated forthe rear headlight. to the right oftheforward stack. Note the handrails have The nose mounted handrail brackets were loosened from been moved. the nose with a soldering iron allowing the remainderofthe

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Some ofthe modifications done are shown in this beforepainting, modelphoto. Note the I 1 hood to stanchions on theframe, correctly positioned horn, radio antenna, roofmountedgrab . 1 builder's identification plate. Stack modifications have not been done here.

A grab iron is spotted on each side of the hood roof just trunks. After removing this shaft, the fuel tank-air tank back of the radiator opening. A Detail Associates#2201 assembly can be detached. A pipe should run from both grab iron was installed at each location. A Details West ends of both tanks and bend upward at about a 90° angle. # 157 "firecracker" radio antenna was attached in the mid­ Drill a hole in the center of the tank ends and solder .020 dle of the cab roof, two feet back from the hood joint. brass wire into the holes. Only the rearline of the righttank Remove the air horn bracket and fill the hole with solder. had a valve. Adraincock valve(the typewithalevertocon­ Remove the handrail posts from the hood sides and fill trol it) from Cal-Scale set# 314 is suitablefor this. Bend all the holes as done on the nose. Fit each deck with Kemtron lines upward about I 1/ 2feetfrdm the tankend.Determine #789 short E MD handrail stanchions, spaced 9 feet, 16 feet, the length of the lines by refitl" ng the fuel tank/ air tank and 23 feet from the front ofthe deck. Adjust the height so assembly to the frame. that the new stanchions are 3 1/ 2 feet above thedeck. The handrail stanchion closest to theca bon eachsideis 29 feet back from the deck front and was shortened to stand2 1/ 2 feet above the deck (battery box or raised walkway) at that point. Thewirefrom the old handrails was used to make the new ones. All posts and handrails should be soldered in place after the final fitting. Monon# 18 hasacast"F-M"foundplate beloweachdeck about four feet from the front. One plate was provided by using the plate previouslyremovedfromoneside. Theaddi­ tional plate was made from a Cal-Scale #245 plain round numberplate.ltsdiameterwasmatched to that of the origi­ nal plate by chucking it in a motor tool and turning itdown withafile. The final detail on the hood sides is thesolderingofa piece of scrap brass behind both ofthe number boards located at The fuel/ air tank assembly can removed as a unit for the front of the hood. Remove the air hornfromits bracket, detaihng .. 020 wire is run in holes di illed in the ends ofthe air and drill a hole for it above the right front cab window. tanks. Only the right rear air tankpipehadashutoffvalveas Solderitinplace. shown here. The fuel tank hides a shaft which runs between the two

June1981 9 Looking inside the cab end ofthe shell, the rerailfrog It is necessary to notch theframe to accomdate the rerail mounting is visible. frogs and their mountings.

The Monon intended for# 18 tocarrytworerailfrogsand above the front truck. The hooks are made from wire and a tow chain, all mounted from hooks on the frame. The installed in the same manner as the rerailers. Sold er the Backstop# 101 rerail frog was centered about9 feetforward chain to the hooks as these can get lost easily. of the rear of the model frame. This was done by soldering Painting and Finishing: each frog to the side of the frame portion of the body shell The usual methodsfor preparation and painting of brass and then bending them outwards slightly. A notch in each were employed to finish the model. side of the chassis (frame) is necessary to accomodate the The engine is painted black with a gold hood stripe,anda rerail frog lugs and the solder. These details are not positi­ smaller gold stripeon theframe. Thepaintingdiagrampro­ oned exactly on theframeasshown in the prototype photos, vides the dimensions and loca tions of the paint. The black is but the above mentioned mountings allow enough truck Floquil Engine Black, and the gold is a mixture of six parts swingfortrouble-free operation. Floquil bright gold to one part bright silver. The trucks are The tow chain is carried on two hooks on the right side painted bright silver.

Theframe, maskedforpainting, was set over thefuel and air tank assemblyfor thisphoto. Note the rerailer, chain on hooks and added air tank piping. The truck gear cases and theframe can be painted as shown, thus avoiding disassemb­ ly. Montford L. Switzer Photo

10 PROTOTYPE MODELER The three m odel photos show the finished locomo­ tive. Notethe clean lines, exact­ ing paint scheme, and basic mod(fi­ cations which turn the stock modelintoa replica oft he Prototype.

Acomplete set of decals forthis locomotive is nota vaila­ the roof. A fine film of grimy black was sprayed overthese ble, but thevariousindivid ualletteringi terns are included in areas, followed by a light coati ~ g of grime over the entire an umberof different decal sets. The gold "M onon" isfroma model. The wheel tracks on t ~ e pilots were sprayed with Walthers set,#42-66. The numberscamefromaChampset, mud. The paint job was finished by accenting areas of the # HN-27. The two "Keep Off" signs per pilot came from a trucks and couplers with rust a ~plied witha brush. Micro-Scale freight car data sheet, # 87-1. The gold 'F' for Install clear acetate for window material and MY Pro­ the front designation canalso be located in the Walthersset ducts#LS-I I headlightlenses(t S-21 forunmodifiedhead­ #42-66 by cutting up some words. The F-M plates can be lights). Windshield wipers can be made from wire and decaled with F-M emblems from the Walthers set# D683. installed. Winddeflectorsarepiecesofacetatecutandglued These are available in white only. beside the cab side windows to represent them in a folded Since# 18 spent most of its working life nearthe Monon's back position. Marker lights jewels should be installed, largest maintenance facility, it stands to reason that the amber to the front and green to the sides, thus completing locomotive's appearance would be better than average. the model. Pb otostendtoconfirmthattheenginewaskeptpaintedand clean. The model was weathered lightlywith FloquiJcolors giving the most attention to the trucks, air tanks, pilots and

June 1981 11 Union Pacific Standard Storage Buildings for Oxygen and Acetylene Cylinders by Julian Cavalier

Original drawings of the Union Pacific siding as are the lower sides below the door bolts, padlocks, door handles, etc., System dated February II, 1931 , show floor level. painted black. two versions of their standard storage The length of both buildings may vary There are products commerically buildingforoxygenandacetylenecylind­ in multiples of 4 feet; and the width may available in various scales for modeling ers. The building without the platform vary in mUltiples of2 feet; to a maximum either of these storage buildings. The "K was adopted by the railroad on April 7, of 24 feet. The dimensions shown in the & L House ofW oodand Scratch Builders 1962 and was revised slightly onFebruary drawings are minimum. Standard lead Work Bench", have an excellent variety II, 1931, the same date the building with washers are used under all nail heads for offine bass woodfortheframingand plat­ the platform was adopted. fastening all wire cloth and corrugated form. They also ha vea selection of corru­ The basic building design itself is the siding in place. The exterior of these gated siding in various wid thsand lengths same for both structures ha ving the same buildings were painted with a color to that is quite suitable for modeling these floor plan and general construction. The harmonize with that of surrounding buildings. building without the platform is anchor­ buildings, but with hardware such as For those interested in styrene con- ed to a concrete floor ha ving a perimeter foundation. The building with the plat­ form has a wood plank floor on a wood Union Pacific Common Standard framing that tests on 10" diameter pile Storage Building For Oxygen and butts. Both buildings have a basic wood Acetylene Cylinders framing of walls and roof. This framingis Drawn by Julian Cavalier covered on theexteriorwith20gaugecor­ Scale 1/ 4" = 1 '-0" ruga ted galvanized iron on all sides and on the roof. As the drawings show, the corrugated sidingattheendandsidewalls halts just on a line even with the upper GALV. WIRE CLOTH door frames. Above the line of the siding, the walls continue on the ends and sides with a covering of No. 8 20 gauge galvan­ ized wire cloth all around the upper por­ tions. This wire provides for ventilation of the rooms with greatest exposure on ( the upper end walls. Theinsidewallparti­ CORRUGATED GALV. IRON tionalso has corrugated sidingtypicalfor " both designs. The rainwater gutter runs on the eave side where the pair of double doors are located. The building with the platform has its floor level, even with that of the planked platform. The platform sides and end ramp are also enclosed with corrugated

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June 1981 15 struction, Evergreen Scale Models have As a finishing touch, Durango Press would be appropriate for the model on new corrugated sidings available in the does have a torch set of cylinders and a the roofing and lower portions of the various scales, as well as numerous sizes two wheel cart in "0" Scale, complete wa lls that is less protected by the roof of styrene stripfor interior bracing, with gauges and hoses, Extra cylinders overhang, Extra finishing details could As an added feature, one of K & L's could also be madetoanyscalefromcom­ include "No Smoking" signs, wooden power poles can be placed near one end of mercial hard wood doweling, such as tha t wa ter barrels and buckets, and perhaps a the building to complete the overall set­ from "K & L", Be sure to paint the oxygen workbench outsidewithsometools, Both ting, Depending on the particular scale, cylinders a different color than the acety­ styles of this buildingaresimple butinter­ some fine gauze may be used to simulate lene cylinders, esting, and will provide a good reason to the wire cloth portions above the corru­ With the corrugated siding of these add another spur line to the model ga ted siding of the side and end walls, buildings, some rusted wea theringeffects railroad, r 5' -0" 24'-0" A ~I r+ ---r- fZI va .l7hf 1'61

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June1981 17 G NO-2 7613 and B30-7's 78 15 ofroad freight V/ CCY await entry tojoin! Texas Mexican Railway-SP yardat Corpus Christi, Texas, November 28, 1980. Tom Cobb SPFreight photo. Train Symbols by TomCobb All photog raphs by the Author

The principal objective of this article is out, we were on a siding waiting for the we were able to travel as far as Alpine, to describe the system currently used by arrival of an eastbound freight. Once the Texas, a quaint settlement nestled in the the Southern Pacific to assign symbols to longfreightwas byus, ratherthan moving scenic Big Bend region, truly an oasis for their roadfreigh ts. Anaddi tionalaimis to forward, we backed out oftheeastend of the weary traveler. While most of our introduce the railroad modeler to a prac­ the siding. The power switch at the west group explored Alpine in questofa better tical and simple method of determining end was not functioning. Obviously with understanding of local folkways and train symbols which, hopefully, will this sort of second class handling, thepos­ lores, the true cognoscenti among us prove useful to future operatingsessions. sibility of making the EI Paso connection remained down at the station partaking As the reader will discover, the SPsystem for the return trip became part of the of the generous hospitality of the station has a definite application for model rail­ impossibledream. agent. Our patient and accommodating roading, particularly those systems However, fortune was to smile upon agent provided us with nothing less than incorporating train dispatching and ter­ us, although short of our ambitious goal, apocalyptic revelation while presiding minal to terminal movement. Nowto ourstory: Onachilled weekend S P B30-7 no. 7870 and its six-axle companions get a roll on a westbound combination in March of 1979, certain adverturesome A VLATandA VLAKat Ramsey Siding near Eagle Lake, Texas on April3, 1980. Tom members of the Gulf Coast Chapter Cobbphoto. (Houston) of the National Railway His­ torical Society set out on an ambitious roundtrip journey to EI Paso aboard Amtrak's Sunset Limited. Being one of the few souls foolish enough to board a chaircarforthe West Texastrip(a major­ ity of those making the trip wiselyselected sleeper car accomodations), I was pro­ vided with an unique view of the proceed­ ings. After a delayed departure from Houston, I drifted off to sleep bycounting the endless parade of Boy Scouts being halted in the aisle and questioned regard­ ing their intentions by the conductor and flagman seated in the forward section of the car. Near Luling, sometime in the early morning, our train made an unscheduled stop out in the countryside. As it turned

18 PROTOTYPE MODELER SOG LY run-through over a computer terminal tied into SP's the typical SP alphabet soup train sym­ power 3196J,3162L, TOPS computer in San Francisco. bols, so we took the opportunity to ask 3023 Tidleonyardlead On command the terminal churned out our agent to help clarify the meaning of at Glidden, Texas, inbound train line-ups for both Sander­ the somewhat confusing road freight April3, 1980. Located son, Texas, and Valentine, Texas, ther­ designations so often encountered in approximately 90 eby keeping us up-to-date on SP freight train radio conversations. miles west ofHouston, traffic moving east and west toward those First let's look at the descriptive desig­ Gliddenfunctions as a points and eventually through Alpine nations for freight trains as utilized by the satellite yardfor S P itself. On the inbound line-ups we noted SP. These code letters form the suffix of trafflc to andfrom the the train symbol. Houston area. Tom TypeofTrain ...... PrimaryFolJowers Cobbphoto. Auto Parts Load ...... A B Auto Parts Empty ...... H J Chemical ...... K Drag ...... D Empty Paper Service Cars ... X The bodyoftheSPfreighttrainsymbol Forwarder ...... F G is made up of a combination of letters General Service Empties .. ... E representing the pointsoftrain originand Mail ...... M destination.1 For example: A merchan­ Manifest...... Y Z, W, dise train @rginating of Lufkin (LU) ...... V,U bound for Houston (HO) on Cyril Dur­ Perishable ...... P renberger's ko scale Houston East and Reefers ...... R West Texas ("Hell Either Way Taken") Sugar Beets ...... S would receive the symbol "LUHOY". Sugar Beets Empty ...... Q (See Dec., 1979 issue of; Model Rail­ TrailersorContainers ...... T roader for article on Cyril Durren­ UnitChip,Coal,Oil, ...... berger's Houston East and West Texas Ore, Steel ...... L Railway). Thefollowing list is butasam­ UnitEmptyTrains ...... N piing of the SPstation or terminal codes.

June 1981 19 Train Identity Origin & Destination Codes AL ...... Albina Yard (VP) LA ...... Los Angeles AX ...... Alexandria LR ...... Los Angeles Harbor AS ...... Alton & Southern RR LS ...... Los Angeles Shops AR ...... Alturas LH ...... Los Angeles 8th St. AN ...... Anaheim LT ...... Los Nietos On the in-bound line-up printouts AU ...... Austin LV ...... Lufkin obtained at Alpine, a freight train was AV ...... Avondale (New Orleans MZ ...... Martinez identified in the format illustrated below: BK ...... Bakersfield MX ...... McAllen BE ...... Beaumont ME ...... Medford OlPBWCY09 BR ...... Brooklyn MF ...... Memphis o Alternate BlockingCode BV ...... Brownsville MI...... Milpitas I Section Number CD ...... Caldwell MO ...... Modesto PB Origin ofTrain (mayre­ CM ...... Camden NA ...... Nacogdoches presenta terminal or CH ...... Chicago NI ...... New Iberia connecting road) CX ...... Chico NO ...... New Orleans WC Destination CI ...... Cityoflndustry NG ...... Nogales Y Descriptive Designation CE ...... Commerce NF ...... N & W RR 09 Departure Date CR ...... Conrail NL ...... North Little Rock CC ...... Corpus Christi NP ...... North Platte T herefore, the above letters and CZ ...... Corsicana OA ...... Oakland numerals translate as follows: First sec­ OS ...... Dallas, Oregon OG ...... Ogden tion of Pine Bluff Yard (Arkansas) to DA ...... Dallas, MilierYd. ON ...... Orange West Colton Yard (near Los Angeles) · OX ...... '. .... Oxnard Manifest, departed from Pine Bluff on DR ...... 0 e I R 10 DE ...... Deming PX ...... Phoenix the9th dayofthemonth. Reviewingsome ON ...... Denison PB ...... Pine Bluff typical SP train designations onecaneas­ ily identify their meaning: DV ...... Dunsmuir PT ...... Portland LA EST - Los Angeles - East St. Louis EL ...... Eagle Lake RJ ...... Raceland Jct. Trailers/ Containers EG ...... Eagle Pass RA ...... TRRA E. St. Louis WCESP - West Colton Yard - East St. EO ...... East Oakland RD ...... Redding Louis Perishable ES ...... East St. Louis RC ...... Redwood Ci ty LA CH H - Los Angeles - Chicago Empty EH ...... Echo RG ...... DRSWRR Auto Parts Cars EP ...... EIPaso R V ...... Roseville SOGLY - Southern Run-Through (V ia EN ...... Ennis SQ ...... Sacramento New Orlean gateway) to Glidden Ya rd EU ...... Eugene SY ...... Salinas (near Colombus, TX) Manifest ER ...... Eureka SA ...... San Antonio A VLA T - Avondale Yard (Louisiana) ­ FR ...... Fresno SF ...... San Francisco Bayshore Los Angeles Trailer / Containers FW ...... Ft. Worth SJ ...... SanJose SRA SK - Strang Yard (La Porte, TX)­ GA ...... Galveston SL...... San LuisObispo Alton & Southern RR at East St. Louis GL ...... Glidden SP ...... Shreveport Chemical GB ...... Globe SO ...... SouthernRR A special thanks to the Southern GR ...... Gregory SK ...... Sparks Pacific Transportation Company for SR ...... Strang making available information for this HA ...... Hayward SX ...... Surf article. If any readers have additional HE ...... Hearne TK ...... Texarkana information or questions regarding train HO ...... Houston, Englewood Yd . TO ...... Torrance symbols or such, please contact me IC ...... ICGRR TR ...... Tracy through PM. IL ...... Illmo TA ...... TronaRR IN ...... Indio TV ...... Tucson JK ...... Jackso nville TY ...... Tyler JO ...... Jonesboro UP ...... UPRR JY ...... JYard UV ...... Uvalde KA ...... Kaiser WO ...... Waco KC ...... KansasCity WS ...... Warm Springs KF ...... Klamath Falls WJ ...... WatsonvilleJct. LF ...... Lafayette WD ...... Weed LC ...... Lake Charles WC ...... West Colton LO ...... Lodi WI ...... Willits LB ...... Long Beach YK ...... Yoakum LG ...... Lordsburg YU ...... Yuma

20 PROTOTYPE MODELER SOUTHERN PACIFIC B-50-20 BOX CAR by Cyril Durrellberger

The Prototype: The 8 -50-20 class box cars were built used along with an Athearn 40' steel for the Southern Pacific in 1940 and 1941 weight#90700 and a n Athearn 40' under­ by General American Transportation frame partf 12026. This new underf rarne Company and Pressed Steel Car Com­ has better deta il than the MDC cast pany. T hese 1500 cars we re originally underframe. One may wish to remove the numbered 83240-84739. A builders incorrectly located Athearn brake gear photo of car 84199 appears on the page componen s and replace wi th Cal Scale 125 of the 1943 "Car Builders' Cyclope­ set#283. Use Athearn# 12022forthedoor dia", which was reprinted in "Train Shed as the M DC panel door was not used on Cyclopedia Number 17". Inside dimen­ this class o ~ car. sions were: 40'6", width 9'2", and height 10'0". Typical light weight was 46,000 re~~~:~ ~~l~i;~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ti~~~~~ pounds with a load limit of 123 ,000 rungs, grab irons and end steps,and addi­ SP BoxCar84 199isan pounds. Capacities we re 100,000 pounds tion of the coupler release handles. easily modified M DC box a nd 3713 cubic feet. The ca'rs had 4/ 5 Standard AAR (Rettendorf) cast steel car# 1040. Note the loca­ dreadnaught ends, corrugated steel side trucks were used on this car. Lettering tion ofthe lettering and doors and wood roofwalks. came froml the Champ Decal SP road the slight wea t hering The Model: name set and various Walthers and streaksfrom the roof A reasona bly accurate model oftheSP Champ dirrle nsional data sets. Ph OIO by Cyril 8-50-20 box cars can be made in HOscale Durrenberger. by usinga Model DieCasting40' steel box car I(it# 1040. The MDCplasticfloorwas

June 1981 21 Largo Feed and Garden Supply by Julian Cavalier All photographs by the Author

The Largo Feed & Garden Supply age, nowpartofasmallraod that parallels Building is located in the town of Largo in the mainline north for about 300 yards. west central Florida, about 2 miles east of At the north end of the road, the original Clearwater Harbor, nearthe intersection portion of the siding still exists and of West Bay Drive and MissouriAve.,the resumes for some distance until it rejoins latter also being a part of alternate high­ with the mainline. way 19. The Seaboard Coast Line'smain­ The building is basically rectangular line runs immediatelywestofthe building with the west end wall angled, so that the in a north-south direction, and at one south side wall is shorter than the north A view looking south with portions time the building had a siding to its west side wall. Thewestend elevationdrawing ofold original siding ties at lower end door. Some railroad ties are still vis­ presented here is shown in its true width left with the S. C. L. mainline at ible giving evidence of the former track- position, and therefore the door, win- right.

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June1981 23 dows, signs, etc., are slightly distorted in the drawing. But all of these details are actually the same in sizeas on othereleva­ tions. The windows, signs, and floor level door are the same as those of the south wall and east end wall. The north side platform, seen in thewestendelevation, is not distorted and is atits correct true size. The buildingis basically constructed in rough-cut concrete blocks with a corru­ gated tin roof. The corrugated tin siding on the upper portions of both end walls continues along both sidesofthe building just under the roof overhang. The north end wall has a wide hinged door opening to a small wood constructed platform. The platform steps are precast concrete with a metal railing on the outside. All the windows on this north wall are small and placed high in a line just under the roof overhang. All other doors around the building are large sliding doors. The east end wall has no windows butdoeshavean air vent under the roof overhang. The west end wallhasapairofwindowsflank­ ing the central double door, one ofwhich has asmall window sillairconditionerfor East end view with Purina Chows truck making deliveries. Note the upper air vent. the office room inside. The south side wall, although shorter in length than the opposite north wall, has more double doors and full sized windows than any Overallso7Jfheast viewshowing most ofthe various outside signs.

24 PROTOTYPE MODELER Overallsouthwest view with S. C. L. tracks crossing the road and the build­ ing's west end in the foreground.

other wall. The largest door on this side such good include: seed tools, garden area natural wood color but weathered to wall is an outside sliding door that is supplies such as fertilizers, insecticides, a brownish-gray. The main Largo Feed moved on a wall mounted slide rail. This tools, also bird feed, horse feed and tack, and Garden Supply Signs have a black door extends down to grade level and is hardware items, bails of hay, guns and background with white lettering. Flank­ angled at the bottom to the sameslopeat ammunition, fencing wire, pails, garden ing these signs on theend walls are red and the grade. Inside steps, from this door, hose, Purina Chows, etc. white checkerboard patterns. The long, lead up to the raised fl oor that is on a level The outside of the building is painted rectangular, borner signs that list goods with the bases of all doors around the white on the concrete blocks down to the sold have white backgrounds and red building. Most of the building'sinterioris floor level. Below this, the blocks are lettering. one large room witha few partitions. painted a bright red down to the grade It appears that this building was The outside walls have various signs level. All tin siding on the upper ends and erected and posi tio ned to sui t the angle of indicating the types of goods that can be sides is a light gray, same for the roof. the S.c.L. npinline and former siding. purchased at this building. Examples of Some of the doors are white while others The west end wall angle closely matches

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I.. 88'-1 " LARGO FEED & GARDEN SUPPLY WALL POSITION PLAN Drawn by: JUlian Cavalier Scale: 1" = 20' Scale: 1/4" = l'

June1981 25 -- Location of Company Sign

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(weotEod Elevation.

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North Side Wal l is 13'-3" Longer than South Side Wall. 15'-5" 8'-0"

26 PROTOTYPE MODELER I. I 39'-10" _____----'- 1______

EAST END ELEVATION

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WEST END ELE t ATION

29 June1981 LARGO FEED & GARDEN SUPPLY Drawn by: Julian Cavalier Scale: 3/16" = l'

Partial north side view showing the platform which is the only oneat this building.

A close-up ofthe southwest corner showing the outside slidingdoorat the right. Note the angled west end building wallat left.

---- 17 '-4" :1

PROTOTYPE MODELER 28 Corrugated Tin Ro ofing ----

Concrete Blocks

--.!4----- 12'-2" ------.!.------46'-6"

101 '-4" NORTH SIDE ELEVATION

Corrugated Tin Roofing

15'-4" ------..,.__-- 8'-0" 16'-0" ------~ __- - 8'-0" ---....~ I"I-- - 88 '-1 " SOUTH SIDE ELEVATION

June1981 27 Grade Slope

-J- 4'-1 " ~ Apartialsouth wallviewshowingfulllength doorat left end upper floor level dooral right.

that of the tracks and there is no other both truck and train operations. Thewest apparent reason for the building to be wall does not have to be angled as on the angled at that end. It is believed that the prototype. The south wall may be siding ended with a bumper whose loca­ extended to the same length as the north tion is now occupied by one of the road wall and the west wall shortened to the crossing gates at that corner ofthe build­ length of the east wall to square-up the ing. (See the site plan drawing for structure. reference.) During the several visits I made to this Anyone wishing to construct a model building there was constant activity with of the building could use commercially trucks delivering various goods and available materials, perhaps using plain many people with cars and small trucks wood for the walls, then covering them stopping to make purchases. There were withappropriatesidingmaterialsuitable only a few moments when I was able to to the particular scale. (Northeastern photograph the building without the I Scale Models offers Concreteand Cinder view obstructed with cars and trucks. I This activity should be included as part of I Block siding-Ed.) Corrugated siding is ______- __ _ _ J also available commercially for the roof the model scene, but without over- and upperwalls. The building is not com­ crowding. plicated and does have interesting fea­ :1 tures and details that would make it an active structure on the model layout for

30 PROTOTYPE MODELER ATTENTION by Walter Olevsky GETTERS

A door holder in the nude. The holder can be constructed of scale wood, plastic or metal shapes. L-______~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~2---~~~----~ -

AG #105 ... STACKING DOORS Photographed at the car shops of the Reading Railroad at Reading, Pennsylvan­ ia. A slightly differ­ ent scene for your railroad's car shop area would be a bunch of box car doors stacked as shown while they await the use of car repairmen.

June1981 31 IN SHORT SUPPLY

The Antiques of Scale Model Railroading

The purpose of this feature is to make tables or on resale tables. Wherepossible, STOCK CARS: newer hobbyists and model railroaders listing of car kits as well as descriptions of (All sold with trucksfor $3.10) a ware of ki ts which were offered years ago the car parts will be described. Any cor­ Denver & Rio Grande Western and are now no longer available, but rections, additions, or comments about Missouri Pacific which may be found on dealers shelves, companies featured will be greatly Atchison, Topeka&Santa Fe hidden in thedimrecesses of basements or ' appreciated. Union Pacific at hobby shows, on the White Elephant PMStajJ Wabash Chicago & Northwestern HOPPERCARS: 1878 Wood Hopper(also offered as BINKLEY MODELS Although these kits are relatively rare, HOn3) One of the most extensive lines of HO the pink and black box still appears on CABOOSE: wood and metal freight and passenger dealers shelves and at railroad shows. Drover's Caboose - H 0 or H On3 cars to beofferedduringthe 1950'swas the They provide an enjoyable diversion Three Way Passenger / baggage and Binkley Line of models. Based in Ingle­ from the mass-produced plastic market caboose wood, California this line beganadvertis­ and the heavily super-detailed car kits of FLATCARS: ing in late 1953, and ceased operations in the 1980's. Pennsylvania well type flat car with Summer of 1962. load While a few car kits were carried over Binkley ListofKits Pennsylvania Low Board Flat Car­ from the Red Balliinein 1953, many of the Freight Cars truss rods car kits were new during the 1950's. TANKCARS: Denver & Rio Grande Western Low In 1955, Binkley acquired the Laconia Shipper's carline( I dome) Board FlatCar- truss rods brand of car kits and continued manufac­ DX2dome GONDOLA CAR: turing these in conjunction with the regu­ Hercules Powder( I dome-red car) Chesapeake and Ohio High Side lar line. This article deals only with kits Union Tank Line( I dome-black car) Gondola -all die cast car manufactured by Binkley. Binkley was one of the pioneers in HOn3 car kits, and during the company's existence, offered at least ten narrow gauge cars, as well as certain kit which could be trucked to either HO or HOn3. A typical Binkley freight car kit con­ sisted of a wood body stock, wood sides, cast metal ends and hardware, wire truss rods or cast center sill, cast metal doors and in some cases a cast metal under­ frame, and the HO kits had trucks. For their time they were an excellently detailed model, yet when a car was said to be a steel side car, it was wood siding with the rivet holes punched into the wood. In some cases the wood siding was poorly scribed, and the preprinted sides did not fit the wooden body stock, necessitating the use of filler strips to adjust for the missing material. It appears from kits which have been purchased, that these Binkley began offering tank cars in 1959. The Union Tank Line car with wood minor defects increased as the company wrapped tank and truss rods is one of two similar kits they offered. moved into the 1960's.

32 PROTOTYPE MODELER BOXCARS: Kansas City Southern Belle Northern Pacific40' Auto Box Shasta Route Ba ltimoreand Ohio Globe Line Box Car, 36' long Rutland Green and Yellow Box "steel" car Boston and Maine Blue Box "steel" car Union Pacific"DF" Orange box car Chesapeake and Ohio Black "steel" car Denver & Rio Grande Western "steel" car-orange, silver & black Minneapolis and St. Louis "steel" car Southern Pacific Overnight Box Car "steel" -silver / black and red Western Pacific"steel"car-red/ orange and yellow lettering New York, New Haven& Hartford "steel" red car / black and Binkley Reefers were colorful. Both the Farmer's Co -op and the Dairyman's white lettering League were white with black lettering. New York, New Haven& Hartford "steel" black car / red door, REFRIGERATOR CARS: white lettering Dairyman' Milk Express Reefer MerchaL s Dispatch 38' reefer- white Baltimore and Ohio 40"'steel" car Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe4 door sides, black lettering, red and Pennsylvania Merchandise40"'steel" reefer bluestripes. car Armour"oldie" reefer Henderson Produce Reefer- yellow Colorado Midland wood Box Car Swift Meat Express Reefer with ~lack lettering St. Louis & Southwestern Box Car Chicago, Minneapolis&St. Paul Klingan[Reliable Hams "old Time" Canadian Pacific"Spans the World" "steel" reefer reefer red car Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe "steel" Western Pacific(Pacific Fruit Express) Canadian National red car reefer Reefer Union Pacific Wood Box Car Fruit Growers Express "steel" reefer­ Farmer's Co-operative(Pelican Great Northern BoxCar:offeredas yellow Butte Truss Rod orsteel beam Northwestern Wood Reefer-grey, red Overland Dispatch Wood Box Car and black

The Canadian National Box Car is, an exam­ ple of Binkley's wood sided, steel end car.

June 1981 33 Binkley offered an extensive line of HOn3 car kits, includ­ ing the two reefers shown. The Colorado and Southern is an orange car while the Tif­ fany is white with black let­ tering. Sides came prelettered and painted. The caboose was offered as HO or HOn3 and came unlet- tered.

PASSENGER CARS: WORKCARS: (Binkley has an extensive line, differen­ Rail and Tie car tiated byprototype dates ofthe cars.) Domestic Water Car-Two Versions 1890 Baltimore&Ohio Royal Blue Box Car red orblack Coach Chicago, Minneapolis, St. Paul and Pullman PalaceCar"Linda" Pacific Wheel Car 1892 Exposition Car-open vestibule HOn3 CAR KITS: 1890 Combination passenger / Colorado and Southern Box Car baggage car East Broad Top Box Car 1890 Shorty Observation Car Denver and Rio Grande Western Box 1864 Pullman Palace Sleeper Car 1890 United States Postal Car Denver and Rio Grande Western Stock 1890 Express Baggage Car Car 1900 Chair Car-wide vestibule TiffanySummerand Winter Reefer 1850 Central Pacific Coach Southern Pacific Box Car Walthers LZ:..~~..::.:u;~~~ 1870 Baggage Mail Colorado and Southern Reefer 1890 Closed vestibule coach Denver, South Park and Pacific Reefer no Railroad Catalog 1850 Pay Car (originally a Red Ball Kit) Denver & Rio Grande Western Reefer & Craft Train Reference Manual 1850 Business Car Rio Grande Southern Stock Car The "Source Book" for prototype 1880 Coach Nevada County Narrow Gauge modeling kits, parts & accessories. 1870 Baggage Mail Hopper(1878 HO Hopper) Hundreds of new items and 480 1890 Coach Narrow Gauge Coach pages. 230 Manufacturers' lines 1880 Business Car Narrow Gauge Combination passen represented ..• from Acme switch controls to Zona saws! Shorty Baggage Car ger / baggage car Shorty Combine Dual Gauge Coupler Car- D& RGW All major items illustrated - kits & HOtrucks parts grouped by product category, Shorty Passenger Car all items have part numbers and Sierra Combine MISCELLANEOUS: current prices. Sierra Coach Little Brut Switch Machines 913-626 1981 HO Cata log 7.95 1890 Observation Car Ringling Brothers, Barnum and LTHERS 5601 W FLORIST AVE Bailey Advance Passenger Car ~ M ILWAUKEE, WI 53218

34 PROTOTYPE MODELER MYSTERY CAR #2

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; ~ - ' " " I .. .,;. ... --:. . - .:". - :.~ -~. - - - ' " In the February 1981 issue o/PM, we ran this pront 0/ the PDAX 1050 which Doug Jackson/oundon May3 1, 1980at the Lawndale Team Track on Houston Belt and Terminal trackage. Below is theftrs! information we have received on thiscarand PROTEX. PROTEX '------1050 The following information w s sent to us by Paul Rechnilzer Protex is listed in the 1972 Official Railway Equipment Register on pages 1042 and I 187. Elbvencars were li sted but not number 1050. Listed were cars 100 I, 1002, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1053- 1055, and /102-/104. Capacities ranged from 4,500 to 10,000 gallons.# 1050 should be in the 1950seriesas thosecars had a capacity of6,000 gall ons. The company was not li sted in the 1932 Register. Three dome tank cars were often used in theearlydaysofthe petro­ leum industrvfor transporting refined lubricating oils.

June 1981 35 cal aspects ofthe Union Pacific. It is pub­ lished every month but December. PM Staff Painting Union Pacific Cabooses Can you providedetailsonthepaintingof Union Pacific Cabooses? R.B. Pero,Jr. The grab irons on the CA-5 Cabooses were evidently red, and I am sure that the CA 3 & 4's also received red grab irons when they were pain ted in 1947-48. The end platforms, step treads, and floor were maroon. The CA-7'sdifferedfrom the CA -3's& 4's inat least three ways: 1) The CA-3, 4 didnot have thediago­ nalpanelroof 2) The CA 3,4,5 did not have an extra row of rivets above and below each window. 3) The small windows on the CA-7 is level with the bottom of the other win­ dows. On the other caboose classes, this A.H.M. Sleepers windowisplacedhigher. Can moreinformation beprovided on the The lettering on both the two-tone Frank Peacock, Associate Editor prototype to A.H.M.'s 1930's series grey, and yellow and grey cars, is in the sleeper 10 roomettes/ 6 double bedrooms? characteristic serifstyle ofthe Pennsylva­ Great Northern Caboose Details Peter D. Hall nia'scharacteristic tuscan red cars. I recently purchased a Lambert Asso­ The 10 roomette/6 double bedroom For. HO modelers, A.H.M.'s staple ciates #924 Great Northern brass Sleeper Cars built by Pullman Standard 1930's "Sleeper 85 feet" appears to be caboose. Having compared the model and A CF were very similar, but not iden­ based on a smooth side Pullman Stand­ with the caboose roster in the 1973 BN tical, in appearance. The window arran­ ard Car; however, it is also extremely Annual, I discovered some differences gement appears to be identical; the chief close to the A C Fear. M H P (Wright which bothered me, such as missing end distinctions between the two manufac­ Enterprises) once offered a Pullman windows, different ladders,and only one turers are to befound in differing under­ Standard 10-6. In 0 scale, Indianapolis small window on each side ofthe cupola. body details, and, on the A CF cars, the Car Company has a 10-6 sleeper which is Did the Great Northern ever own a characteristic raised belt along the side of based on a Pullman Standardprototype caboose that rna tches Lam bert's model? the car just below the windows. builtfor the New York Central. Thiscar, Keith C. Kranz Photos of the Pullman Standard Car however, had roomettes on the vestibule The Lambert caboose you describe is a may be found in the popular reference end, as opposed to the Pennsy prototype model ofthe early version (as built) ofthe works: Some Classic Trains (p. 95); and which had bedrooms lo cated on the ves­ GN's25footers. Aphotooftheprototype More Classic Trains (pp. 158-159). tibule end; reference is made to the photo isonpage545 of Woo d's book, The Great Photos ofthe A CFcarmaybefoundin onp. 73 of Some Classic Trains. Northern Railway. At least one unrebuilt Some Classic Trains (p. 94); and More Dave Schumacher caboose still exists at Rio Vista Junction Classic Trains (p. 160). in California. The trucks are very close to The Sleeper "Blue Rapids", an ACF U.P. Historical Society the Central Valley trucks occasionally 10-6, painted in the two-tonegreyscheme Is there an Union Pacific Railroad His­ supplied with the Lambert model. This used on the Overland Route prior to the toric Society and where are they located? particular car was sold by GN quite some adoption ofthe morefamiliaryellowand Alex Walker time ago to the McCloud River Railway, grey appears in More Classic Trains (p. Yes there is a Union Pacific Railroad and apparently that railroad never 160). On page 15 of Wayner's Pullman Historic Society located at: Union bothered to "upgrade" the car. and Private Car Pictorial is a picture of Pacific Railroad HistoricalSociety, 8082 But, the Great Northern did upgrade the A CFbuilt"Buffalo Rapids"intheyel­ H Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68127. the cabooses in the 1940's. (I'm guessing low and grey livery. Thisparticularphoto Membership is $20.00 which entitles the there). The cars were modified to con­ shows rivet strips on the side of the car; member to receive the publication "On form to the photo in the BN Annual; the later ACF products featured smooth, the System" which covers articles about ladders were changed to the typical G N rivetless sides. the technical details as well as the histori- style, the largercupolaside windo ws were

36 PROTOTYPE MODELER instal/ed, andfour windows were added company called American Model Com­ The SAL R R was the second railroad on the "main "jloor -two in thefront end, pany once made models of the later ver­ to serve the Clea rwa te r area. T he first was one in the rearend(the right sideasyou 're sion. These models are probably rather a forerunner of the ACL and was con­ facing the end), and one in the right side rare as there seemed to besome difficulty structed pribr to the turn of the century towards the rear of the car. The curious in production or shipping oftheproduct. with a gauge of 3 ft. From information distribution o/these windows was caused Since the Lambert modelisanoldie, I'd printed in ~rince's book "Seaboard" a by the placement of the toilet in the left paint and letter the car according to company called the TAMPA AND rear corner ofthe car. Also changed were Champ decal set number HC-J93A. GULF COAST (financed by SAL the end railings and cupolaroofgrabs. A Ed Sutorik, G N Editor monies) constructed a line from north Tampa -Sulphur Springs, through Olds­ mar (named after Roy Olds of Oldsmo­ bile fame) ~ nto Safety Harbor (called Hy-roof appli­ Green Springs in those days) westward to cation car UP Clearwater where the rails turned south 518157 photo­ to St. Petersburg(which incidently got its graphed at name from Peter Denning, the man who Houston, Texas brought the first railsC') into thearea. on May 5, 1978. A photograph in the book, Yesterday BF-50-4 class Clearwater by Hampton Dunn shows box cars were East Street, the one on which the current built up at UP's station now faces, was in 1922a dirt road Omaha Shops and somewhat the eastern limits of the and 1967 and town of Clearwater. The same picture come equipped depicts passengers waiting to board an with end of car incoming train at what is now the SCL cushioning freight station. This thengoesalongwitht units. Tom he data in the article thatindicatesthesta­ Cobb tion in the article was built in the 1923 -24 UP's BF-SO-4 CLASS produced in HO scale by Cal-Scale. End time frame. Before moving into recent HY-ROOF BOX CAR -ADDENDUM of car cushioning units are installed years, I would like to add a bit of addi­ This note is written asanaddendum to between couplers and body bolsters. tional information concerning what Staffan Ehnbom's excellent piece about Located under ends of the center sill of appears to be two passenger waiting Union Pacific's 40' hy-roofbox carin the UP 518157 are the restoring spring areas. There were TWO passenger wait­ December, 1980 PM. In regard to the mechanisms characteristic of this type of !ng areas. P I ~ior to thefederal courts forc­ location of shock absorbing devices on cushioning unit designed to protect lad­ mg mtegrahon two equal BUT separate this car, it is equipped with end of car ing and car structure. facilities fo~ the colored and whites was cushioning rather than a hydra-cushion Tom Cobb very predofuiate in the south. Thusly, the underframe with hydraulic cylinder as two sections commented upon. Myinfor­ mation doesn't indicate which side was for the white and which was for the MOREON colored but I would guess that the north CLEARWATER waiting room was for the whites since it STATION was l arger~nd had largerfacilities. Equal but separate doesn't mean equal in size but justin what was offered. Now for a bit of more recent history. The colors 1n Mr. Cavalier's article were applied by Amtrak, I believe, for the Bicentennial (or in that general time frame). Torlay the station has been more tastefully repainted. The walls are now a light depot buff with medium or choco­ late brown doors, roof supports, bench­ es, window trim; while the roofwas given a fresh coa of silver or aluminum paint. Slides taken in 1968 show the basic color to be yellow beige with green trim as just

June1981 37 outlined while in 1972 the colors where white with black trim and in 1974 white with green trim. I would suggest that at some point in time the station was also painted a pink or flamingo color with white trim since this color scheme was used by the SAL on anum ber of its pas­ senger sta tionsand maystill beseenon the Florida east coast stations. Incidently with the SAL-ACL merger the two routes through Clearwater were merged into one with the younger being the survivor. Robert Wa rren

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38 PROTOTYPE MODELER some of whioh ha ve up to eight pieces of a particular part-well over 50 castings. A nice feature of the window is that the Kit. Part. Detail Reviews lower sash castings are separate so that they may be added to the main window All kit, part, and detail reviews published by Proto­ castings in e ~th~r an open or closed P?si­ type Modeler are prepared by Staff and Contribut­ tion. There is lIttle flash to the castings ing Editors. Rev iews reflect the opinion of the in­ and the bra ~ s trimming pieces have no dividua l reviewer; any comment or suggestions flash and arelreadytouse. shou ld be subm itted to the reviewer in care of All of the individ uallumber pieces are Prototype Modeler magazine. to scale, so dare should be taken in han­ dling them, especially the smaller sizes. The thin veneer sheets are of excellent SIGNS FOR INDUSTRY architecture. All of the parts are of high quality. By following the instructions on Micro Scale Decals Set 87 -2 73 quality rna terial and are expertly made to making shingles from them, the results Krasellndustries standards of good craftsmanship. will give a very realistic random appear Santa Ana, CA 92705 The kit comes with detailed assembly ance. I Micro Scale's newest decal set#8 7 -27 3, instructions, full '0' scale dra wings, tem­ The sever11template cards are all care­ is one which includes various signs found plates, scale lumber, wood veneer sheets fully marked and letter coded for assem­ in industrial settings. All in bright colors, for shingles, scribed wood siding, cast­ bly ofthewobd walls, sothereisnochance the signs are of two types, larger advertis­ ings for windows, doors, and several of making an error in the multi-patterns ing name signs and small cautionary other trimmings and brackets, order of the wallddsigns. Thisfeaturealonealso placards. board signal, lamps; acetate window saves much assembly time andaddstothe The larger signs include two for Solar material, time table sign board, depot ease of constructing complicated wall Electronics, two for Brown Bear Brew­ name signs, as well as etched brass trim­ patterns as as giving very pleasing ery, three for Hill Foundry, two for mings tha t are fully detailed. results. Washout Realty, two for Superior Gear Company (in bright yellow and red) and one for American Pump & Engineering. These are extremely eye catching with company sym bois on each sign: the sun, a brown bear, a large W, and a large red gear. The multi tude of smaller placards ( 152 in number) are all different colors and generally measure about 12" x 18 " in HO scale, and are quite usable for small signs in 0 scale. Therearedifferenttypesof"N 0 Smoking" signs, fire warning signs, safety signs, and even one saying "This is yo ur lunchroom - keep it clean". The let­ tering on most of the signs is clean and Reading through the instructions area The timetablesign boardandthedepot readable, with only a few indistinct letters must as they are clearly written and pro­ signs are printed onstiff, whitecardstock. on the smallest printing. vide assembly procedures which are easy Care should lbe taken in cu tting these out. These are an excellent addition to the to follow as well as information on the As with all ~ parts , the drawings clearly decal signs currently available. prototype and a complete parts list. The show their locations on theexteriorwalls. Peter Barney sheet containing the 0 scale drawings is The Victbrian style of this wooden keyed to the step-by-step instruction depot with lits exterior "Gingerbread" GRIZZLY FLATS DEPOT '0' SCALE sheet by letters and numbersso itiseasyto trimmings is certainly an appealing one. Period Minatures coordinate the various parts with the This togethe1r wi th thema terials provided P.O. Box 1332 assembly instructions. The drawings results in a most handsome, eye-catching Hawthorne, Ca. 90250 show good clear elevations, details, iso­ scale model comparable to some of those Price: 0 Scale Kit -$54.95 metric assembly view and a photo of the a ward -winning modelsa tcontestcompe­ (HO Scale Kit: $24.95) completed model. Color painting titions. Thislstation would also beagood Period Minatures Grizzly Flats Depot schemes for both theinteriorand exterior choice forthe main theme ofa diorama in is one of the finest scale depot kits I have are completely provided. eitherO or HO Scales. seen with its earlier style of Victorian There are 24 different casting parts, Julian Cavalier

June 1981 39 INSTANT HORIZONS The Instant Horizons: (Scenic Backgrounds) Adhesive (#602) and wore a surgical 701 Sierra Boomtown William K. Walthers mask to protect my nose and mouth (Gold Rush) 5601 W. Florist Ave. from the spray as my basement is not all 702 Tall Timber Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53218 that well ventilated. The background 703 Mountain to Desert Price: $7.95 each sheets were all stretched and flattened to transition Newly available from Walthers is a get the curl out of them and then test fit­ 704 Desert to Mountain complete line of scenic backgrounds ted against the wall to check for location transition featuring 12 different full color panels and size. The last sheet had to be 705 Dry Wash Desert each measuring 24" x 36" and capable of trimmed shorter to fit the wall space. I 706 Saguaro Desert being joined to form a continuous back­ began by spraying adhesive on both the 707 Desert to Country ground scene for thirty-six feet without a wall and first six inches of the back­ transition repeat. Of course, they may also be ground and then quickly test fitting the 708 Country to Desert transition 709 Prairie/ Grain Elevator 7lO Whistle Stop 711 Freight Yards 712 Hotel/ Business PM Staff

MISSOURI PACIFIC COLORADO EAGLE PASSENGER CARS A.H.M. 411 E. Tioga Street Philadelphia, P A 19134 Modeling the Missouri Pacific in any form is a problem becausetherearesofew kits in ready-to-runform. But something new has just arrived on the scene for the M. P . modeler. repeated with the varying of the scenery paper against the wall. When I was satis­ The first of A.H.M.'s Colorado Eagle in front of them so as to make the repeti­ fied with the fit, then the rest was sprayed cars have been released. The first three tion less obvious. Included with each is on both surfaces and cemented in place. I cars released were the observation car an instruction sheet which describes did this for the other three sheets, being Shrine Towerand thetwovistadomes. creative ways to blend the scenery in sure that the joint between the sheets was To be brief, the cars are not prototype front of backgrounds and the proper neat and a clean buttingjoint and not an and there is little chance of making them ways to hang the sheets, which may overlap. Overlapping the two sheets that way, as they are extensions of the either be installed as temporary panels leaves a noticeable bump in the back­ AHM 1930 smooth side cars painted in on wooden frames of sheets of linoleum drop. Air bubbles were quickly and care­ the Eaglecolorswith unpainted interiors. or plywood, or they may be put in place fully pressed out of the sheets and the The exterior painting appears to be permanently with spray adhesive. resulting effect of the addition of just the close to the M.P. passenger car colors. I Walthers takes the opportunity to warn 'backdrops to the model railroad was as think that they are close enough to about working in a we ll-ventilated area intended - the expansion of the scene impress fellow modelers. The light Eagle when working with the spray adhesives wi th increased depth of field for the view­ gray painted sides appear to be too light, and this is a must as the spray should not er's eye, thus expanding the scope of the but this is a value judgment based on the be inhaled. Water based glues should not model railroad without adding more lighting on my layout. be used to attach the paper sheets as they benchwork or mirrors. These carsdoappearto be the solution will warp the surfaces. The color, quality, ease of handling to many problems that plague M.P. I chose to install four sheets - #703, and valuable instruction guide make modelers. The cars are not exact dupli­ 70 I, 702, and 704 on the plywood walls these scenic backdrops an excellent and cates, but I doubt that there will be any­ sections behind our HOn3 model rail­ recommended product for any model thing closer to the prototype at a road, since this layout is western railroad. Now, if Walthers would pro­ reasonable price. oriented and the backdrops tend to have duce some with Allegheny or Applach­ Once the cars are purchased, the ques­ a western flavor, (deserts, boom towns, ian mountains and perhaps an eastern tion arises as to what form oflocomotive barren hillsides and mining, prairie logging motif to compliment the western shall pull the train. This question can be whistle stop, etc.) I used Floquil Spray scenes. solved in one of three ways --eitherwith

40 PROTOTYPE MODELER from the 1860's through the 1880's. COLORADO EAGLE CARS Although fotind on occasion in later W I INTERIORS years, most of these early vintage turnta­ 145J655131 Pullman#657 Eagle Hill bles gave way to the more contemporary 145J655231 Obser/ation Shrine Tower steel deck and thru types with the arrival 145J655331 *RPO#71 2 of heavier locomotives. Built to take I h . 145J655431 Coach#731 advantage of the land contours, t e typI- 145J655531 *Vista Dome#893 cal A-Frame turntable was installed with 145J655731 Baggage #703 a minimum of land excavation with the 145J65583 1 Pullman#606 Arkansas River circular pit dug just large and deep 145J655931 Vista Dome#896 enough toaccomodatetherathermassive Cost:$14.98+ $16.98 pivot support Manpower was often the WI INTERIORS AND CONSTANT LIGHTING only availab~e source for turning the 145J 650131 Pullman#657 Eagle Hill bridge and would require strong leg and 145J65023 1 Observation Shrine Tower back muscle forcesapplied totheapprop­ 145J65033 1 *RPO#712 riately named "arm-strong bars" located 145J650431 Coach#731 at the ends of the bridge. Prototype A­ 145J 650531 *Vista Dome#893 Frame turntables were generally only as 145 J 650731 Baggage #703 long as the largest locomotive, and a nice 145J650831 Pullman#606 Arkansas River feature of thi1s kit is that it can be built to 145 J 650931 Vista Dome#896 any length f Jom a conservative 50 scale Cost:$39.98+ $43.98 footer (approx. 7 inches), on up to agen­ *Corrected number on car ewu, 87 f0 l' ,calo Iong!h (appw'. 12

AthearnPA-I's, ModeIPowerE-TsorE- of the M.P. soitwasnotmypleasuretosee 9's, or with ARM's E-8's. It should be any of the Eagles on a regular basis. But NOW THkT THE AUTHORS IN remembered that each of these models most photos I have seen would tend to PROTOTYPE MODELER HAVE will need some additional work and/ or indicate a longer train than theeightcars WHET YOUR APPETITE, repainting. The Athearn PA's will presented by ARM. This problem could require the least rework, but the ARM E- be overcome by the purchase of addi­ 8's from JMC in Chicago will notrequire tional chair cars or Pullmans or more the painting. If the PA's are chosen, head end cars from adifferentsource. rememberthat the M.P. didnotpurchase My recommendation for the ARM any PB's. The E-9 can be selected from cars is to purchase them and overlook the PARTS Model Power since the CEI did purchase lack of prototype cars. The cars I the one E-9. reviewed were without constant lighting. DECALS I grew up on the old southern division by WalterS. Brown PAINTS

A-FRAME TURNTABLE CAN MOTORS R -DScaleModels FLYWHEELS Sterling Junction, MA02565 E Current Price: $6.95 T STYRENE H-O Scale Models ETC., ETC. has the bridge for an A-Frametimberturn­ table available in RO scale inkitform. Their kit # lOis of afreelance design, but represents from typically the light­ THE TRAIN EXCHANGE 70 Hilliard Street weight wooden turn­ Manchester, Conn. 06040 tables found on log­ gingand narrow gauge Min. mail order $5. + 10% postage and handling railroads.

June1981 41 inches). The choice islefttotheindividual plete and include a written text, a scale REYNOLDS RAILROAD modeler's needs. plan, and a photograph of the completed PRODUCTS The kit is composed ofan ample supply model. Once you've pre-stained all the 40 Foot Undecorated 0 Scale Box Car Kit of good grade basswood with most pieces wooden pieces, the actual assembly is 4711 East Washington Street cuttosize. ThisinciudesthetiesandtheA­ quite simple and rapid. I built this kit in Indianapolia, IN 4620 I framing support beams. Details included only two evenings. The fastidious Price: $20.95 Undecorated are eye pins, cast turnbuckles and nylon modeler will want to add details such as Price: $21.95 Decorated monofilament line forthe truss rods. The nut and bolt castings (not included) and It isarare pleasure to write a review ofa turntable drive is not included (nor the any other appropriate "scrap box" items. fine old product line which is now being bridge rails), but a long bolt and locking The H -D Scale Models A-Frame turn­ produced by its newest owner. Reynolds' nuts are supplied along with several sug­ table kit will be a welcome and inexpen­ 40 foot box car kit is the old Irving A. gestions as to motorizing the unit on the sive addition to the period and narrow Athearn kit first introduced in 1943 and layout. gauge modeler's pike. It'sa fun model. has been on the market ever since. Thecar Instructions for this kit are fairly com- Pete Singher is a 1937 AAR design with a 40'-0" inside length, 10'0" inside height, and 9'-2" inside width. The prototype car was the "high cube" of its day. The prototype chosen to be reproduced was an excellent choice since this version and the 1942 AAR design which was 6" taller and a close "cousin" are the ubiquitous brown box cars that were found everywhere in the 1940's and 1950's. Most of these cars are now out of service, but a few , less their roof walks, can still be found. Remem ber that modeling the 1940 era today is sim­ ilarto modeling the 1900erain 1940. You are a period modeler and that's that. The car is offered with painted, silk­ screen lettered sides inseveralroad names as well as undecorated. The paint used is stock Floquil-Poly S, so color matching isn't a problem. The kit being reviewed is undecorated. It includes Athearn Delrin HOn3FLATCAR details. The car can be constructed with trucks and Kadee couplers. Most of the Kemtron Sales either 2 or 4 truss rods, and with hand of parts are sheet metal stampings with the P.O. Box214236 KC type airbrakes. I assembled the kit exception of the brake system (which Sacramento, Calif. 95821 using Sa tali te City's Hot StuffS u per T, as consists of five detailed zamak castings), A while ago Kemtron released an the metal castings need a durable adhe­ anda wooden sub-body. HOn3 flat car kit, kit no. 4211, whichisa sive to bond to the plastic underframe. Construction isn't difficult and not 24' car featuring cast underbody, wood Unfortunately the HOn3 trucks above the skills of a beginner who has decking, brass castings and brass trucks included with the kit are difficult to knowledge of how to use a pin vise and with plastic. assemble. The cast bolsterinterfered with jewelers' pliers. It consists ofassemb ling a The 24' flatcar was notall thatcommon the wheels to fit into the frames. Then the wooden sub-body shell to which the on narrow gauge railroads, and the one whole unit has to be assembled by fitting stamped sheet metal sheathing and other railroad easiest to mind that has 24' cars the side frames into the bolster and at the details are fastened with small escut­ was the Westside Lumber Co., though same time keeping the wheel sets in place. cheon pins. This results in a very realistic those cars did not look like this, having I opted for putting handbrakes on only built-up appearance. The wooden parts either 6 stake pocketsorno pocketsdueto one truck and leaving the other truck were accurately cut and square on thetwo rebuilding. The Gregg Company offered without brakes shoes. Grandt Line Hon3 examples I have. The metal parts are 24' flat cars forthe sugarcane railroads of trucks could be substituted in place of the cleanly stamped from either brass, steel, the Hawaiian Islands and other places, Kemtron trucks. or aluminum. Most of the basic body but those cars also did not look like this The flat cars come either individually parts interlock so tha t the car will remain kit. for $10.00 each or three to a box (#4311) square and sturdy once the shell is com­ Regardless of possible prototype, this for$27 .00 plete. My kit included both a plywood is a fine little car which assembles easily Peter Barney and paper-covered sub-side set and a wi th the u nderbod y and decking and cast hard pressboard set. I chose tousetheply-

42 PROTOTYPE MODELER wood ones and found that the resulting don't follow the brake system diagram of course isn '~seen once the car is painted. assem bly was too wide f orthe metal ends. because it was drawn backwards, upside I can only fa ult afew of the parts fornot Use of the pressboard results in the cor­ down, and the air reservoir is in thewrong being up to current standards. The rect carbody width. Don't worry about place as compared with the general prac­ ladders and roof running boards could be the final appearance as the only wood vis­ tices of the prototype cars this is pa tterned of better quality. However, both parts are ible in the completed model is the floor. from. Thisdoesn't mean the car kit is bad, easily replaced. The manufacturer sug­ The instructions are excellent. They it just means thatthemodelerwill have to gests using All Nation etched brass Bla w­ have been rewritten by Reynolds and find a better drawing. The 1940 Car Knox roof rurning boardssimulatingthe included a reprint of an article by Ted Builders' Cyclopedia by Simmons prototype steel safety tread type of newer Stepik on detailing the car. Mostpartsfor Boardmanand Gregg's "Train Shed Cyc­ versions, and he may begin including detailing are included, but the completed lopedia No. 17" would be another good these in the kit. I would suggest wood run­ car is plain by comparison with today's source. Some of the brake rigging kit ning boards if one wants to simulate acar plastic models. It's notthatthe detail that makers also include the proper diagrams ofthe 1940's. exists on the car is incorrect; in fact, it is needed to install authentic brake rigging. In my opinion, the chief virtue of this excellent along these lines. It's just that we Reynolds' major change to the kit, product line is that is uses modular con­ ha ve become accustomed to seeing much other than the addition of Kadee struction techniques which lend them­ more. Notes in the instructions by Bob Couplers, has been to begin stamping selves to easy kit-bashing. The possibili­ Reynolds and the article by Ted Stepik parts in brass as he uses up the existing ties are numerous! Reynolds is very suggest how one can fill this void and if stocks of steel and aluminum parts. The helpful, reintroducing several types of followed, the product will rival the best contrast between the various metals end styles to the product line which will cars on the market today. One caution, make a very attractive unpainted car and further assist the kit-basher. For an example, a modeler can use the refrigera­ tor kit and Ikit-bash a PRR X-29 Box (October, 1979 Prototype Modeler). For another, one can use the 40' box car kit plus the ends and end blocks from the 50' automobile box car together with a new , taller set of sides to makea 1942Standard Design AA~ Box Car. The unpainted carin thephotosrepres­ ent a Baltimore and Ohio M-55 as pic­ tured on page 124, center illustration, of Gregg's "Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 17". Reyonlds offers the B & 0 end, part no. 7119 separately. I replaced the visible steel parts rdmaining in the kit with brass made by other manufacturers. (When painted, no one can tell the difference, but some happen to like brass. This will bethe Reynolds RR Products, Boston & Maine Box car subject of a future article in Prototype Modeler). [T he car was detailed and assembled following the Stepik article and the one "Train Shed Cyclopedia No. 17" photo. Other major changes I made from the sock Athearn-designed car included th addition of a set of"W" bar strips, part no. 7130from a reefer kit (this represents the "Z" bar roof eave on the prototype), wooden running boards, and detail castings (such as New Jersey Cus­ tom door follers) from other sources. When completed, the car compares favorably ~ ith any imported brass car in appearance and exceeds most of them in authenticity . . 1-' . . _.. ..._. .••·:: •. r.·. _,-:_=--. ,".. .. _:·: • - .. . . . :. .. " ""'..I • '- '. ~ " .- ~ .~ ..- .,;:;.-~~ ~.' • " : ' • • , ' • . ~ ~. ',-~. ;, ~.·.: ._ ~(l• '" ~,·. ~" .. _·.. - ,• . Jeff Freeman Reynolds' RR P~~d~c~~: p~~~';;l~ a-';i; RR B~'; ~;;r -

June 1981 43 NO. 501 BELLEFONTE CENTRAL truss rods are made from thread, NEW ITEMS: BOXCAR although the modeler may wish to substi­ Limited Editions Ye Old Huffn' PuffManufacturers tute either nylon orwireformore rigidity P.O. Box278 4820 W. Whitehall Road in the rods. Cast plastic ladders are Spanaway, Washington98387 Penna. Furnace, PA 16865 included for the ends, the car having no Limited Editions will be releasing the Price: $7.50 side ladders and onlyonegrabironateach following parts for detailing HO pas- The Bellefonte Central railroad oper­ end of one side. The roof ribs are metal senger cars: ated between Bellefonte and State Col­ stampings which bend to the contour of Part # Description Price lege, Pennsylvania, a distance of eigh teen the roof and are held in place by bending 116 Car Ends ...... 4-3.00 miles, with stops at Krumrine, Waddle, over the underside of the roof edge. The 139 Battery Box ...... 2-2.25 and Hunter's Park,in the 1940's. Byearly finished car measures 35'6" over outside 140 RadioConverterBox...... 4-2.75 1963, the stops had changed to Coleville, end sills, and 10'3" to the underside of the 141 ElevatorControIBox...... 4-2.74 Chemical, Filmore, and still included roofedge. 153 WasteChute(straight) ...... 5-2.25 Waddle. A photograph of the prototype Since the ends, doors, and roof are 154 WasteChute(angled)...... 5-2.25 car appeared in the May/ June 1980 issue 188 FreshAirlntake(slatted)...... 4-2.25 unpainted, it is probably better to paint 189 Fresh AirIntake(screened)...... 4-2.25 of the Narrow Gauge and Shortline them before installing the sides. Floquil 901 Steam EjectorAirCond. Unit . .. . 3.50 Gazette. With the exception of the proto­ Dark Green isaclosematchtothecolorof 905 100GallonAPWS...... 2.95 type's 4 rung ladder as compared to the the sides. 906 178 Gallon APWS ...... 2.95 model's six rung, the kit appears to be a The instructions are straightforward 907 356GallonAPWS ...... 2.95 fairly close reproduction of the original and easy to understand. This is a most 908 900Gal!onAPWS ...... 2.95 car. interesting model and quite suitable for 914 540 Gallon APWS ...... 2.95 The HO car kit is of a 34' green box car newer modelers as well as more expe­ 915 200GallonAPWS (Pullman)... . 2.95 with white lettering. It consists of floor, rienced builders who desire to add an 910 WaukeshaIceEngineAC...... 3.75 end blocks, roof, prepainted and lettered other than standard box to their period 911 Waukesha7\t2KWEnginator .... 3.75 sides of scribed siding, stripwood, and a pikes before 1930. few soft metal castings - the bolsters, air Peter Barney o SCALE ATLAS F -9 WHEELS brake cylinder, and queen posts. Thefour Chassis System 2621 Pine Avenue Mattoon, Illinois 61938 New from the Chassis System are new wheels for the "0" Scale Atlas F-9. The

Micro Scale Decal Set #87 -246, tains 18 photos of the rigs being modeled. TRACTORS AND TRAILORS The HO modelers are all set as the photos This set of decals by Micro Scale is very are all "freightliners" cabs which are The Chassis System's new double good. Theartworkisclearandat$2.00the available from Athearn. 0 scalers will flywheel set installed in an Atlas 0 set is a real value, as it will decalfour trac­ find these sets useful,also,asmanyoutfits scale F-9. The left photo shows the tors and trailors. are going to smaller lettering on some drive arrangement before installation, As to "Accuracy to Prototype", you newer trucks as an economy measure. the right photo after the flywheels are can't miss, as the instruction sheet con- by Edwin Lyons installed.

44 PROTOTYPE MODELER wheels are solid steel, finely machined, black oxide coated turnings. Set CS I Atlas F-9 Replacement Wheels sell for $9 .95 for a set of8. Also available for the Atlas F-9 are single and double flywheel sets. The photo shows the installed dou­ ble flywheel set. The single fl ywheel (part no. CS2S) sells for $9.95 and the double flywheel set (part no. CS2D) sells for $16.95

The Chassis System's new wheelsets on the right compared to the original Atlas wheelsets on the leji.

Newport Brass International WhitegrOundjModel Works P.O. Box271 P.O. Box273 517 Spring Street Randallstown, Maryland 21133 Newport, R.I. 02840 Retail Price: $14.95 Newport Brass announces a solid state Available about March 1st from Steam Locomotive Sound-Control Sys­ Whiteground will be the HO Scale Notch tem featuring drop-in locomotive sound j Cliff Passenger Shelter featuring Camp­ receiver and a paint-on synchronizer with bell shingles, basswood, cast milk cans, hand-held autopulse and walkaround and hydrocal castings. Notch Cliff was a momentum throttle system. The system stop on the Maryland and Pennsylvania connects to 16 volt ac terminals on the Railroad. I power pack. It is designed by a railroad locomotive engineer. Retail price is $129.95 plus $2.00 shipping charge per order. Additional locomotive Receiver units: $24.95, two for $44.95. Specify: HO or N scale.

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REVIEWS been an unstable political situation. The steam locomotive pictures, as there were Honorable Mr. Wilder died shortly the­ few diesels in the islands. HA W AllAN RAILROADS reafter and his heirs operated the line until Peter Barney Narrow Gauge In A Kingdom its sale. THE MODEL RAILROAD TRACK Sugar Trains The text of this book includes many PLAN BOOK Sugar Trains Pictorial reproductions of the original correspon­ byJohnH. Armstrong, BooksbyJ.C. Conde, Glenwood dence concerning the costs and develop­ Tab Books Publishing, Publisher, ment of a railroad in what was virgin Blue Ridge Summit, Pa. Post Office Box 194, territory. Excellent photographs of the For some years I have searched vainly Felton, CA95018 period, and index, both topographical for a reference source which I could During the past few years the railroads maps and maps of the railroad, and a bib­ recommend to new modelers and even of Hawaii have received increasingly liography of sources make this a well­ some experienced ones, who desired wider coverage with articles in many of researched and informative resouce more information on different model the railroad publications and an assort­ book as well as a good story of the trials railroad track plans and thetechniquesin mentofbooks. Much of the creditforthis and tribulations ofconstructing anarrow determining factors of good operational upsurge inaccura teresearchand publica­ ga uge railroad in the last third of the 19th layouts. Well the long search is over. This tion must go to J.C. Conde whose three century in a remote area. book will become a central part of my books are the subjectfor this review. Sugar Trains and Sugar Trains Pictor­ model railroad reference shelf. While the majority of Hawaiian rail­ ial are companion books. Indeed, for a Logically written with ample defini­ roads were offshoots of the plantations complete understanding ofthemanyrail­ tions and a series of appendices which with pineapple and sugar cane as princi­ roads in the Hawaiian Island complex, define some operational terms and sol­ pal products, there were seven common both books are a necessity. Sugar Trains dering techniques. The chapters begin carrier lines, including one standard is basically an encyclopedia of the planta­ with a chapter on fundamentals and ga uge railroad, the Ha waii Consolidated tion railroads on the islands arranged in standards in which the basic concepts of Railway Ltd. Most of the railroads were an island by island tour with rosterinfor­ real railroading are explained as they either 36" gauge or less and were one step mation, photographs, and brief histori­ effect the model railroad space and above ind ustrial tram wa ys ha vi ng a large cal notes on each. Each railroad has an layout. For, as all model railroaders real­ number oftank engines and locomotives inset map which points to its location on ize, the amount oflayout space available with small wheel arrangements (O-4-0T, the appropriate island. Besides biblio­ will seriously determine just wha t type of 24-0,24-2, 2-6-0T, 2-6-0, 2-6-2T, and2- graphic indexes, italso containsa section layout, as well as the possible availability 6-2) . The fortunes of these lines were of Baldwin locomotive classifications, of track planning, chosen and con­ directly tied to theprosperityoftheindus­ for the majority of locomotives on the structed by the modeler. try they served, andalmostallsuccombed islands camefrom Bald win. From the theoretical to the practical, to the modernization of the industry with Sugar Trains Pictorial expands this author Armstrong moves the texttosam­ trucks assuming the duties of the coverage in a picture book, which not pie plans of various model railroads railroads. only includes a photo section of more which progress from simple in a small Narrow Gauge In A Kingdom traces plantation pictures, but also features a area to moderate size as well as large. the fortunes of the Hawaiian Railroad section on the major common carrier There is even a section on the coffee table Company from 1878 to 1897. The rail­ lines: the Oahu Railway and Land Co. , railroad. In each section there is also a road continued beyond 1897 becoming the Kahului Railroad Company, toname mixture of scales and gauges so that part of the Kohala Sugar Company in just two. And one of the most fascinating almost everyone has a sample in their 1900, butthebookstayswiththeearlyhis­ sections is a reproduction of the Gregg interest, (N, HO, HOn3, HOn2 1/ 2,0 tory of the premier railroad lineon the big Company catalog of Cane cars and plan­ On3, S) and an explanation about modi­ island (Hawaii). With its charter signed tation railroad equipment, including fying a given scale/ gauge plan into by King Kalakaua, the company pro­ track parts and complete cars (such as 24' another scale/ gauge with a multi-page ceeded to expand to 20 miles of service, flatcar),all with photos. Thefina1chapter table of proportional sizes to help. having three engines, 60 flatcars, II tank takes a look at the Lahaina, Kaanapali, Furthermore, each plan is graded as to cars, 4 passenger cars, and 7 inspection and Pacific, the tourist railroad on the switching, train running, scenic oppor­ and section cars. Its affairs took a sour island of Maui and includes photos of tunity, space adaptability, and ease of tum when the owner, Samuel G. Wilder, both the island operation and the testing construction. was unable to obtain financing to con­ of the 2-4-2 locomotive" Anaka"( Angus) My own favorite type of track plan is tinue expansion in 1887 when the islands # I at Orbsonia on the East Broad Top in one which includes the possibilities of underwent a revolution which overthrew Pennsylvania. continuous running as well as point-to­ the Hawaiian king in favor of a pro­ These three books areexcellentandare point operation. All three model rail­ United States provisional government well recommended to all railfan's inter­ roads currently under construction in the and madeforeigninvestorsskittishabout ested in narrow gauge, plantation rail­ basement have this feature incorporated investing large sums of what might have roads, island railroading, and just plain (HO, HOn3,and On2).However,neither

46 PROTOTYPE MODELER of the two model railroad track plans I graphs, in color and blackand white, with heavily on photographs, the main criti­ like the best in this book havethisfeature, model railroad diagrams ofpossibleloca­ cism of the books concerns the pictures. pages 133 and 166, which stress continu­ tions for some of the projects, along with One of the more difficult photographic ous running with switching possibilities miniature right-of-way. The articles are angles is to clearly ca pture the details of a (the former) or in-and-out with a return clearly written with sufficient instruc­ building, which are hidden in shadows loop (the latter). There is the possibility tions to allow even the novice modeler to under an overhanging roof. Unfortu­ with the second plan that it could be create superb models and scenes, and nately in many of the prints, the window added onto at a later date and its single although all are HO, thearticlesareappli­ and door detail is obscure, hiding the point end yard be part of a continuous cable to any scale or gauge. actual details of the building. Part of this opera tion with a second loop added. My ciwnfa vorite is the Machineryshel­ is no doubt due to the angles necessary in Which brings up the other major point terona flatcar, whichisextremelysimple, orderto phot0graph the buildingatall,as about track plans and the plans included yet totally appealing as adifferent piece of railroad statibns were not laid out with here -- that they areinnowaycompletein maintenance of way car, easily modeled the railfan in rhind. themselves. Any or all can be modified to from either readily available parts or left This is ,ho*ever, but a small criticism the individual's discretion or included as overs from the scrapbox. as the majority of the pictures are clear part of a later larger railroad as the Anyone interested in kit-bashingexist­ and do provide an accurate record of builder's experience or interests in types ing plastic models or creating inexpen­ buildings which are still standing. Any of operation changes. sive model scenes should find this booka railfan who is interested in the present The only minor criticism of the design pleasure. location and condition of stations on the of the book is the layout of most of the PMSlajJ Boston& Mainewould do welltosecurea plans as they fall across the binding and RR STATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND copy of this book. there is a large gapofblank space between TODAY Peter Barney the two halves of most plans, which Vo lume 1, The BaSIon and Maine requires the potential builder to take Railroad much time in studying the more complex by M ark W. Beauregard, I ~ plans which contain hidden trackage as Published by Railroad A venue Enter­ the two halves do not always line up prises (J 979) HQ for BLW Photos! across the I" gap. Price: $7.95 "A BOON to roil historions. including Troins." Regardless of this, this book receives a This picture book ofstations is planned So soys David P. Morgan of the span large recommendation from this re view­ to bethe first inaseriesofbooksdedicated (1860-1950) depth (8.000 photos). and service of H.l. Broodbell's original collec­ er as author Armstrong's considerable to preserving, through photographs, the tion 01 Soldwin Locomotive Wor1r.s nega1iYes. knowledge about model railroad con­ railroad stations of New England. 100-poge olphobetical index' $5. (in­ cluding two 8 x 10 prinls 01 your choice). struction is a benefit to all potential and The railroad station was the predomi­ Prinls: 4 x 7 / 5OC ; 8 x 10 / 1.00. II the engine experienced model railroaders. nant village and town structure, which bore 0 BoldWln plole, we've almost cer­ Peter Barney during the heyday of railroad travel, pro­ toinly gol n i- ~om 0-4-0 soddletonkers to Mollels. No wonder D.PM. acclaims Brood­ 35 MODEL BUILDIN G PR OJECTS vided the vocal point of transportation be~ os Ihe Boldwin photo relerence. by Wall er Olevsky and communication with the rest of the Please, no deolers. Published by Walter Olevsky, country. New England with its abun­ Money bock guoronlee. Write: Distributed through Wm. K. Walthers, dance of small towns and villages had H_L. BROADBELT 560 I W Florist Avenue many stations as the townspeople of each 146 Princess Margaret Driv3 Newport News. VA 23602 Milwaukee, Wis. 53218 hamlet proudly constructed their own. Looking for that little something dif­ However the age to which these buildings ferent? That small detail which brings a belong has departed and through aban­ scene or a railroad yard alive? 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