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4 ... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING

EDITOR I PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Conventional David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Wisdom Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR Jim and Margaret Mansfield e are all familiar with the term conventional wisdom. George Melvin WEssentially, it is something that is understood to be fact Rich Picariello by the majority. But, unfortunately, just because something is ac­ Larry J. Puckett cepted as fact, doesn't make it so. Jim Six This point was recently proven to me again by my friends at InterMountain. Back Larry E. Smith, MMR in the "good old days" when the only F unit models were the early offerings of manu­ facturers like Athearn (Globe), Bachmann, Tyco, etc., modelers accepted their models ART DIRECTORS as good representations of the prototype. One feature that was almost universally Michelle Ruffner agreed upon by these early manufacturers was that the front of the headlight housing Stephanie Martin was vertical. That was the conventional wisdom of the day. When Stewart raised the mark with their line of outstanding F-unit models in the CIRCULATION I OFFICE MANAGER late '80s, they redefined how the front of the headlight housing should appear. Their Donald R. Strait models featured a slight, but very noticable, angled face that leaned the top of the housing several degrees back toward the cab. Modelers delighted in the vastly NATIONAL SALES MANAGER improved appearance and performance of the Stewart units and relegated the older Chris Lane offerings to the "toy train" category. Finally, a manufacturer had "captured the look" 1-888-338-1700 of the F-unit's distinctive nose. Since then Bachmann Spectrum® and Life-Like Proto 1000TM have also introduced new F units that feature a tapered headlight housing. To ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT anyone paying attention, it was obvious that the conventional wisdom had changed - Rhett B. Lee the front of the headlight housings on F units should not be vertical. When I got a chance to examine the samples of the new Athearn Genesis/Highlin­ Volume 29, Issue 3. MODEL RAILROADING is published ers F unit, I carefully scrutinized the model, and they looked absolutely superb to me, 12 2600 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., SParker but in all honesty, I don't recall how they treated the headlight. Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. Price per single copy is $4.50 in U.s.A. Subscriptions are But then last October I had my first opportunity to see some of the early test shots $34.95 in the U.SA or $43.00 in Canada (or foreign)­ of InterMountain's new F unit. It too looked superb, but something about it bothered payable in U.s. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or photo­ me ...the front of the headlight housing was verticaLit didn't lean back like conven­ graphs should be accompanied by return postage, and tional wisdom said it should. Along with a lot of praise, I offered my "constructive Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for the criticism," and hoped that they would fix this "mistake." loss or damage of such material. No part of this publication But when I saw another sample recently, I was disappointed to see that they hadn't may be reprinted without written permission from the publisher Printed in U.SA fixed what conventional wisdom said was a very obvious mistake. When I mentioned The information contained in the various articles in this this oversight to them I was politely, but firmly, told that the vertical front was correct. magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is Well, even though I knew that it should be tapered, I didn't press the point. Instead I given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any went to all the photos of F units I could lay my hands on ...and they "proved" my patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no con­ poinLthe front of the headlight housing leans back. It was obvious, and we all know trol over the physical conditions surrounding the applica­ tion of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, that photos don't lie. Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any lia­ But then I decided to check out Rio Grande F9 (#577 1) at the Colorado Railroad bility for untoward results and/or for any physical injury in­ Museum. To my amazement I discovered that the housing was in fact vertical, not curred by using the information herein. tapered. How could this be? And then it occurred to me ... today's conventional wisdom Copyright © 1999 by Highlands Station, Inc. is based on photographs rather than actual prototypes because we rarely get a chance ADVERTISING to see these units in person anymore. While a camera lens distorts all vertical lines, we For advertising information contact don't really notice it on photos of GPs and SDs because adjacent lines::m:e distortep Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 similarly. But when combined with the non-vertical curved form of an F-unit nose we [email protected] don't have a visual reference to compare it to, so we presume that the front of the housing does, in fact, lean. Armed with this new insight I re-examined some of those VISIT OUR WEB SITE www.modelrailroadingmag.com same photos that convinced me it was tapered. When I looked beyond the locomotive to observe things like window mullions on a building ... things I knew were truly verti­ SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS caL. .! discovered that they were also leaning at the same angle. As we depend more on For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Station, photos instead of the real thing, let's try to remember that sometimes photos do lie, 2600 1-211, 80014 Inc., S. 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Keep Up the Intermodal Larry Smith's series provide quite a bit of detail of the trailer sides, but just like the "Modern" guy's trailers, the undersides and fronts of Dear Randy, the older trailers are visible at layout level, too. Any takers? I am writing concerning a letter that was published in your "Let­ Peter R. Ness ters to the Editor" section of the January issue. Please do not discon­ Berlin, Germany tinue the intermodal articles. Not everyone out here in model railroading is interested in the same topics, but I get something out of NWP Decals all the articles, be it intermodal or the excellent articles by Jim Six. I Dear Randy, personally model the D&RGW before the SP merger. Anyway keep I was looking through the August 1998 issue of Model Railroading up the good work. yesterday and discovered that, in the article on early SD Units, you David A. Dane mentioned in the photo captions on the Northwestern PacificSD9s that [email protected] there are no decals available for this scheme. You may be interested to P. S. I was curious if Dave Bontrager had any articles upcoming? I know that we have had a decal in both HO and N for this scheme for really enjoy his work. some time. It is number MC-4188 in HO and 60-4188 in N. Thanks, and keep up the good work on the magazine. Yo u 're in luck. Dave has several items in this issue. - Randy Craig Walker New Product Development Former SBVR Boxcar http://www.microscale.com Dear Randy, Congratulations on another fantastic issue. As a modeler, this CN SD75i magazine has been invaluable to my enjoyment of the hobby. How­ Randy, ever, the picture on page S7 of the February 1999 issue literally made The article on the Santa Fe SD7 SM (February 1999 MRC) was me sit up and take notice. very good. However the author stated that Santa Fe was the only user The photo I am referring to is the one of LRWN #122S, formerly of this series, when in fact Canadian National Railway has well over belonging to the South Branch Valley Railroad. I grew up in Moore­ 100 units of the SD7Si. This might be of interest to some people. field, WV, which is where the shops and office of the SB VR is Keep up the good work in your monthly magazine. located. I always wondered what had happened to those yellow box­ Paul Shantz cars with the thick green stripe that ended in a "V" (which, I have [email protected] been told, refers to both the word "Valley" as well as the 7-mi le long gorge known as the "Trough" in which the SBVR passes through). Heartland Express Corrections Model Die Casting makes a model of this car in both N and HO Gary (Walton), scales, and this would make a great starting point for someone I do believe that your Heartland truck (July 1998 MRC) is the (including myself!) to model the re-stenciled "LRWN" car. I was nicest looking that I have ever seen in a detailing article. After read­ wondering where I could find more information and photos of these ing it, I ordered the parts listed. I regret very much to have to tell you cars, especially as they appear today. that this list contains several error: Thanks again for the great magazine and to David Casdorph for - Promotex 326-I S289 is a Kenworth tractor with the short wheel­ his fine article' base and without the full sleeper, Gene Parker -A-Line 1 16-S01 S and SO l6 should have read SO lOS and S01 06, Morgantown, WV - Plano 373 and 374 are sets of mirrors; they are not the mud flaps nor the crossover platform. Jordan Spreader and More Also it seems that an extra set of A-Line/Microscale decals is nec­ Dear Randy: essary for the third tractor logo on the streamlined roof, because there Just got my January issue, and how Bob Boudreau knew that I just are only two of them on the decals sheet. purchased a Jordan spreader kit from the same manufacturer, and that And finally there is no mention whether the lining of the tractor is I was not only wondering how I would treat the front end, but also if I to be made by trimming and bending the red lines on the Heartland would have any difficulties in assembly, I'll never know. I am very decals, or if a specific set of tractor lining is used. grateful for the information he provided... right on target and on time! Can you let me know what the correct items are? Re: Early Intermodal Series: I'm very interested in this topic. Is it Phil Dupeyrollx possible to provide addresses of the model trailer and lettering suppli­ Fontainebleau, France ers mentioned in the series? As an alternative to waiting for three years until additional truck­ Th ank you fo r calling these errors to my attention. I apologize fo r ing firm lettering may be available, modelers may also consider that any inconvenience they might have caused. As hard as 1 try to be per­ decals and transfers of some circus and alphabet jungles of different fe ct, I seldom come close. The chrome-tipped mu{!flaps are Plano fonts and colors may prove a source of suitable lettering. #352, and the crossover plate is #368. An additional set of A-Line's Re: "No Trucks/More Trucks": Although some readers may never Heartland decals (50167) is required to create the red stripe on each model the current scene, they may still find some of the info regard­ side of the T600 and fo r the logo on the air-dam. ing trailer weathering and wheel and tire painting very useful. Even As fa r as the Prontotex part number is concerned, I went with some of the tips regarding landing gear detailing may be suitable to what was in Wa lthers ' catalog. .. unfortunately, the number is fo r the an earlier era. I also think your magazine presents a fair balance of T6 00, less sleeper (as you already know). The correct number is 326- trailer- and container-carrying car construction and detailing articles. 35289. Th e A-Line nurnbers you !loted, 50105 and 50106 are correct. This type of traffic does represent a considerable percentage of what 1 certainly app reciate it when som.eone is considerate enough to moves on the rails today. notify rn.e of any mistake that 1 m.ake in my articles. Th ank youfor let­ All the same, how about some of these Modern Intermodal Equip­ ting Randy know about th.is. Again please accept my apologies, 1 will ment Masters taking a crack at providing some of us early intermodal strive to prevent this sort of thing fr om occurring in the fu tu.re. fans with a paragraph or two on what the underside and front ends of Cw)' Wa lton some of these older trailers Looked like? The photos accompanying Exton, PA 1.

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ... 11 NJ:W PRODUCTS

THE SANDHOUSE A Product News Column HO SCALE

Accurail, p.o.Box 1202, Elburn,IL 60 1 19; the 1st re leases for the $5.00 to $30.00 depending on the complexity of the kit. Write or call autoracks will be available in both bi-Ievel and tri-Ievel versions dec­ for further details. orated for Santa Fe, UP and B&O; also undec bi-Ievel and undec tri­ level. New 89' TOFC flatcars are Santa Fe (white) and Southern, both Custom Traxx, P.O. Box 64 1 175, W. Los Angeles, CA 90064- available with or without trailers. Other new cars are ACFX ACF 3- 1 175, has traction decals for Philadelphia (PRT/PTC) car destination bay hopper, Milwaukee Road 40' PS- I boxcar, C&NW and Swift 40' signs (#CT-6000, $9.95) and Pacific Electric and Predecessors strip­ wood reefers, and LV and Rutland 55-ton USRA hoppers. Standard ing and details (#CT-257, price N/A). shank (# 1015) and medium shank (# 1013) Accumate couplers now come w/coupler boxes priced at $1.98. DOWlllown Deco, 43 19 Rainbow Dr., Missoula, MT 59803, 406- 25 1 -8005, announces the 3rd and final installment in their Addams Bachmann, Ave. Series. Kit has Hydrocal wall castings, full-color signs and 1400 E. Erie awnings, Grandt Line doors and windows, air-conditioners and a Ave., Philadel­ stencil for painting "Card Room" on the building; #DD I 003 Addams phia, PA 19124, Ave. Part 3 is $39.95. Note new address and phone number. now offers a retooled Spec­ IlllerMounwin, P. O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering trum® Series PRR K4 4-6-2 in two road numbers. Model comes DCC the fo llowing new products: ready and has fine-scale metal drivers, brass flywheel, one-piece chassis, .... 407 16 B&O 1937 AAR 40' boxcar (12 nos.)... $1 4.95 new drive train, 5-pole skew-wound motor, redesigned valve gear, sprung .... 41408 GN 60' wood-deck flatcar, Glacier Green (12 center driver, electrical pickup on the loco and tender, front and rear E-Z nos.)... $ J7.95 Mate® magnetic couplers and many other features. Retail $114.00. ------Kade , 673 Ave. C, A �"�, / ...,.. n-.&� Blair Line, P. O. Box 1136, White City, OR 97503- W.' Carthage, MO 64836, has a laser­ 1078, has the following ------.--. cut wood One-Car Garage kit suit­ - ':::'; :'::: ACY new RTR PS- I 40' boxcars: ".  r'c-Of, Ii able for all eras from the 1920s to .... 4042 D&H (D&H _ z .. •••.• the present. It represents a typical 18661), $29.45 .- - -- -. ------IStAND garage that was once built for nearly .... 5204 CN] (CN] Ra:� lJ;t . .... "'-- . . : every house until the advent of the attached garage; # 173 is $16.95. 23527), $29.45 - � .... 5205 C&NW (CNW Bowser, P. O. Box 322, Montoursville, PA 17754, has new road­ 24739), $29.45 names for the PRR GS 40' gondola; PRR (original lettering), .... 4000 Undec dark Tuscan, 6' door, $24.95 StL,V&TH (Vandalia), TWV&O RR, E&PRR and GR&I. Single cars .... 5000 Undec dark Tuscan, 8' door, $24.95 are $10.95; 12-car packs wl l2 nos. are also available. .... 404 1 AC&Y (ACY 772), $27.95 .... 5201 Te xas Mexican (TM 8956), $27.95 Cape Line Models, Box 493, Wilbraham, MA 01095, a division of .... 5202 Rock Island (R.!. 5809), $28.45 Railway Design Associates, announces their 1st injection-molded .... 4032 NYC (NYC 169000), $28.95 styrene fre ight-car truck, the Allied Full Cushion. Price is $5.95/pair. .... 4033 NYC (NYC 169004), $28.95 They eventually hope to re-introduce all the Cape Line trucks as well .... 4034 NYC (NYC 16901 6), $28.95 as some new products. Kalo, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60 173, advises that Creative Railway Engineering, 15176 Laverda Ln., Moreno Va l­ the engine nos. for the upcoming Norfolk Southern SD40-2 were ley, CA 9255 1 -4099, 909-243-8 195, offers lighting kits (too many to incorrect in their original announcement; they should be #1642 and list individually) and accessory kits designed to fit Athearn diesels. #1652. All C.R.E. kits come with a motor clip and wires w/spade connectors (to replace the Athearn metal clip that supplies power to the motor Life-Like, 1600 thru the trucks) and are designed to fit specific Athearn locos supply­ Union Ave., Balti­ ing the proper combinations of headlights, beacons, Mars lights or more, MD 21211- ditchli ghts as required. Especially interesting are four Alternating 1998, will offer the Flashing Ditchlight Kits w/all necessary bulbs, the HW- IOO Hard Proto 2000 EMD Wire Kit that replaces the Athearn metal clip with a motor clip and GP30 Phase II for wires w/spade clips for better electrical contact and the EK-600 late March delivery Equalization Kit w/6 diodes that balances the voltage drop in trailing decorated with two unites) w/o lighting to a lead unit wllighting. Prices range from under or three numbers per

Editor 's Note: Please talk to your dealerfirsl regarding any new products. If you would like additional information from the manufactu.reJ; please don 't fo rget to include a number ten, selj�addressed, stamped envelope. Th is will help all concerned. Thanks.

12 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 road name for ACL, B , CB&Q, C&NW, CSX, D&RGW, GM&O, T 187-393 CNW paired Airslide'" covered hoppers (4-75) L&N, NKP, N&W, SSW (Cotton Belt), UP and undec (see review in T 187-394 CNW FMC 3-bay covered hopper (I 1 -80) this issue). Price is $95.00. Proto 2000 E6A & B units (late April All decals retail for $3.00. delivery) will come decorated for ACL; B&O; SAL; Southern Cres­ cel/t, Te nnessean and Southerner; UP City of Los Angeles and City of Pa rma Interna­ San Francisco. Decorated A units only (w/2 nos.) for C&NW, FEC, tional, 13927 Prog­ L&N and Rock Island. An undec A&B will also be available. Price is ress Pkwy., North $110.00 for the A unit and $50.00 for the B unit. The 2nd run of the Royalton, OH 44 133, GP7 Phase II will be offered w/3 nos. decorated for Santa Fe and GN, offers HO train dis­ and with 2 nos. for B&O, C&NW, RI, FEC, IC, L&N, MP, NYC, play cases designed PRR, SAL and undec. Price is $85.00. Proto 1000 powered F3B units to be an affordable alternative to expensive plexi-glass and wood base (w/2 nos.) are coming in the same roadnames already available on the cases. Cases have a gray plastic base, a mounted piece of nickel-sil­ Proto 1000 F3A; Santa Fe, C&NW, CB&Q, LV, UP and PRR. Price ver track and a clear top. Three sizes are offered: 22" (#30001, will be $50.00. The Proto 2000 AAR flatcar announced in last $13.00), 18" (#30002, $12.00) and 14" (#30003, $1 1.00). month's Sandhouse is $56.00 for a 4-pack, not a 6-pack as reported. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused. Roundhouse Products, 5070 Sigstrom Dr., Carson City, NV 89706, has 60' bulkhead flatcar kits in WP, UP (yellow body), UP Moloco, 36 Bristol St., Adlinga Beach, (brown body) and SP. Turn-of-the century 50' passenger cars in mail, SA 5173, Australia, has a plastic kit for the baggage, sleeper and business car types are decorated for C&NW and cabin part of a transfer caboose that can be C&O. Head-end 36' boxcars come decorated for the same roads. mounted on any size flatcar. #TC-300 1 sells for $9.95 and is available from distributors in the US. Scale Rail Models, P.O. Box 2019, Elmhurst, IL 60 126, has photo­ etched detail part kits for the standard Dash 9-44CW (#150), the NorthWest Short Line, P.O. Box 16485, Seattle, WA 98 116-0485, Santa Fe Dash 9-44CW (# 160) and the AC4400CW (#1 70). Also has true P:87 (code 64) HO scale wheelsets with a scale-size tread available are flush-mounting window kits for the Athearn Dash 9 and designed to meet the proposed RP specs to be submitted to the AC4400CW (#300) and RPP Dash 8-40B (#3 10). Items are available NMRA. Two styles are offered: Set gauged for .6501.649 track on a direct only; send two 33¢ stamps for a color catalog. P:87 axle (.9 17 long) will only fit trucks that have bolsters narrower than standard; 2nd style is P:87 wheels on standard HO axles gauged Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997, has to fit the NMRA check gauge and will work in regular truck frames. cast urethane kits for the Pacific Fruit Express (PFE) R-40- 10 steel All production sets will be non-magnetic and have solid nickel-silver 40' reefer (4,700 built starting in 1936). In 1941, the wood running wheels in 28", 33" and 36" sizes. Half-axle 40" wheels will be avail­ boards were replaced with Apex steel running boards. Fifty cars were able to fit Athearndiesels with plastic sideframes. refurbished in 1953 for Railway Express as express reefers with the necessary steam and signal lines. Kit w/wood running board is Oddball Decals, 26550 227th St., McLouth, KS 66054, offers the $28.00; w/steel running board is $30.00 and the express car is $32.00. following new decals: Appropriate plastic ARA trucks w/metal wheels are $5.00; National T 187-55 Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf hood units Ty pe B-1 trucks as used on the cars built by Pullman-standard are

T 187-338 AT SF 50' plugdoor boxcar (11-73) $5.00. Add $4.00 S&H for up to 5 kits in US or $8.55 for 3 kits to

T 1 87-365 D&RGW 98-ton gondola (5-7 1) Canada. T 187-370 Morrison Grain P-S 4750 cU.ft. covered hopper (5-74)

T 187-380 C W PS2CD covered hopper (2-79) Wa lthers, 560 I W. Florist Ave., Milwaukee, WI 5320 1 -3039, has

T 187-38 1 Wisconsin & Southern 52' gondola the Stamping Plant (933-3075; $64.98) and the Pullman-Standard 60 '

T 187-384 CNW 86' auto parts boxcar (2-79) Hi-cube Auto Parts Boxcar ($1 5.98 ea.) in CB&Q, NYC, UP, C&NW, T 187-385 CNW 50' Evans boxcar (3-77) Conrail, GTW, BN, Santa Fe and undec as the latest releases in their

T 187-386 CNW 50' waffle-side boxcar (10-88) "A merica's Driving Force" Series.

T 187-387 CNW 50' boxcar (7-79) T 187-388 CNW PS2 cement car (4-85) We sterfield, 63 River Ln., Crossville, TN 38555, offers the built­ T 187-389 CGW van trailers, normal lettering (#504000-504099) end door variant of the 1916 NYC auto boxcar available in the origi­ T 187-390 CGW van trailers, bold lettering (#504000-504099) nal version lettered for Michigan Central and the re-built modernized T 187-39 1 CNW 50' ext. post boxcar (9-87) version for NYC, Michigan Central and Canada Southern. Price per T 187-392 CNW 50' ext. post boxcar (6-77) car is $27.00.

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. - . Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, T Brown smooth-side woodchip car C& E I .....: ·X:: .. MO 64836, has a laser-cut wood kit for w/dimensional data; #1700 1, $9.95 ea. � - - a Company House as found in mining T Undec smooth-side woodchip car; .--- towns and timber camps, or kit could be #17000, $9.95 ea. -�

used for other small houses. Kit #076 is T C&ET 1944 AAR 40' boxcar: #14090, $13.25; #14090-2 2-pack, $17.95. $26.50

Deluxe Innovations, P.O. Box 42 13, Burbank, CA 91503, offers GHQ, 28100 the following new freight cars: Woodside Road,

-- . - T Santa Fe smooth­ Shorewood, MN side woodchip car: Santa re = 5533 1, offers Road­ - - :--' #17010, $10.95; master Series kits for 1953 White 3022 6x2 truck (#56-007, $17.95), - .. ..- Qfb .�]::.: . _ #170 I 0-6 6-pack, 1930 Model A Ford Phaeton (#57-005, $7.95) and 1991 MIA2 �-- $65.70 Abrams main battle tank (#58-003, $17.95).

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 13 InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering T Santa Fe MOW service 40 ' steel reefer the following new products: (Road No. ATSF 188457), RTR #59030 ... T 60304 Soo Line 4750 cu.ft. 3-bay hopper (12 nos.) ...$1 3.95 $1 1.95

T 61308 Bell Oil & Gas ACF Type 27 8,000-gal. tank car (12 T WP 60' boxcar (Road No. WP nos.)... $1 3.95. 3767), RTR #102050 ...$1 6.00 T CP/Soo Life-Like, 1600 �- --- .... Line ACF Union Ave., Baltimore, 3-bay hopper (Road No. SOO 16145), I ...� .. � ...... MD 21211-1998, pre­ RTR #94 140 ...$22.85. ��.�:� sents the EMD GP20 decorated for Santa Fe Roundhouse Products, (3 nos.), BN (2 nos.), 5070 Sigstrom Dr., Carson NYC (w/o dynamic City, NV 89706, has Pickens brakes - 3 nos.), SP (2 re-paint 50' single-door box­ nos.) and undec. Price cars (w/2 nos. ea.) in Ontario is $65.00. Northland, BN, B&O (Chessie System), CSX, C&NW and

.• - Micro-Trains®, 35 1 Rogue River Pkwy., �:�.. f r KCS. Gunderson Husky Stacks (in 4 nos. ea.) now come in BN P. O. Box 1 200, Talent, OR 97540- 1200, has .. - (white logo), BN (blue logo) and Santa Fe. released the following items:

T Monon PS- l 40' boxcar (Road No. ClL 861), RTR #20486 ...$1 6.75 T CGW PS-1 40' boxcar (Road No. CGW Ye steryear Crealions, P. O. Box 2504, Florence, OR 97439. is 93365), RTR #20466 ...$1 0.00 C8dM � releasing a photo-etched Barbed Wire Fence Kit with 400' of fence

T C&IM PS-1 40' boxcar (Road No. ClM � _ _ _ B. (40' sections), cattle guard, additional fence posts, drive-thru gate and 16073), RTR #20476 ...$1 6.00 � two walk-thru gates. Retail $14.25 plus $2.50 S&H if ordering direct.

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Atlas 0 , 603 Sweetland Ave., Hill- InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering a side, NJ 07205, has two- and three-rail kit fG r a Baltimore & Ohio 1937 AAR 40' boxcar (4 nos.), versions of the Evans 53' double-plug­ #202 1 1 ... $29.95. door boxcar. Roadnames are Boston & �- Maine, Burlington Northern, Evans Bill Mosteller, 2813 Hogan Ct., Falls Church, VA 22043, has 0 Products, Ralston Purina, Tropicana, scale decals for Virginian H-8A composite hoppers that will fi t the Union Pacific and undecorated. Retail $54.95 (2-rail), $49.95 (3-rail). Precision Scale or Overland Models brass cars. Price is $5.99.

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® ® Micro-Trains , P. O. Box 1200, Talent, OR 97540- 1200, has T SP 40' boxcar, (Road No. 97947), RTR #14140 (w/Marklin cou­ released the fo llowing items: plers) ...$15. 15; #14140-2 (w/Magne-Matic® couplers) ...$1 6.80

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Showcase Miniatures, P.O. Box 753, St. Charles Stmion, Route 1, Box 225B, Cherry Valley, CA 92223, has done primar­ Guthrie, MN 5646 1, 218-224-2498, offers a ily N scale products and now enters a new 1:32 scale brass RTR Alco RSD 15. All scale with four I :20 scale figures to go with wheels are powered w/NWSL ball-bearing the Bachmann Shay. Figures are $16.95 ea. drive trucks. Write or call for further details or $59.95/4. on this loco and catalog info.

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Albion Software, p. o. Box 127, Russell, PA 16345, announces their basswood siding line with eight new additions: Flooringlsiding Ve rsion 1.0 of Ship It! Scheduler, a Windows-based program with the in '/,6' and '/,," thick sheets each with '/,6', 'Is " or 'h, " spacing following capabilities: creates train graphs, contains a fast clock, pro­ ($ 1 .99/sheet) and '/,6" thick clapboard siding with 'I"," or '/,," spacing vides graphical editing of train schedules and helps in layout design ($2.49/sheet). by calculating time, speed and distance between towns. Program works alone or in conjunction with Ship It' Railbase Professional and Sp ecial Shapes, P. O. Box 7487, Romeoville, IL 60446, has 17 Ship It! Car Cards. new sizes of Brass Etched Mesh sheets. Mesh shapes are diamond. square or truss (I size) for bridges. Send for a full line catalog; web­ MidlVest Products, P. O. Box 564, Hobart, IN 46342, has expanded site is www.specialshapes.com. .1.

14 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 DDueT REVIEWS

Life-Like Proto 2000 GP30 Phase II by Rich Picariello

Photos by the author

MD introduced the 2,250-hp GP30 (originally designated GP22) in 1961 in Eorder to compete with General Electric's 2,500-hp U25B. The GP30s distinctive raised fairing over the cab and the forward section of the long hood made it a railfan favorite. This unique styling makes it visu­ ally unmistakable from any other EMD diesel. Most railroad historians and railfans consider the GP30 to be the first of EMD's second-generation diesels. GP30 features were sealed cal·bodies, centralized air dis­ tribution, louverless hood access doors and all radiator fans located at the rear of the locomotive; these fe atures would carry only GP30s so equipped). Southern and snapping the shell onto the chassis. There is over into all future EMD models. At the N&W GP30s were delivered with high short a cutout in the frame that allows the body­ end of production in 1963, 950 had been hoods as these railroads preferred to run mounted bell to clear the frame. Any mis­ built. The total includes two EMD demon­ their diesels with the long hood forward. alignment could break off the bell as Randy strators and 40 cab less B units (built for the GP30s without dynamic brakes went to found out when he snapped the body onto Union Pacific). ACL, C&NW, L&N, NYC, NKP and the chassis, breaking the bell off. Also be GP30 production can be divided into two TP&W. Some of the later owners, with careful when installing the coupler pockets phases: Phase I (337 built by late 1962) had GP30s acquired through mergers or pur­ to make sure you don't catch the cut lever cab sides of equal size, while the cab of the chase, were BN, PC, Conrail, CSX, Chessie under the upper lip of the draft gear box. Phase II (573 built) was 10" longer on the System, Family Lines, ICG, NS, Seaboard The Proto 2000 GP30 comes with: left side to allow extra room for a third seat. System and SCL plus numerous shortlines. '" Or without dynamic brakes to match pro­ The cab modification was originally speci­ totypes fied by the UP after the delivery of their first The Model '" Either single headlight or dual headlights (Phase I) order, and it became standard for Life-Like's GP30 Phase II is the latest to match prototypes all GP30s (not already in production) start­ offering in their limited-run Proto 2000 '" EMD Blomberg B or AAR Ty pe B ing in November 1962. Original GP30 own­ Series. The model features the fine detail, trucks to match prototypes ers were Alaska (I), ACL (9), B&O (77), exceptional running qualities and first-rate '" One of three diffe rent sizes of fuel tanks CB&Q (38), C&El (3), C&O (48), Cotton paint schemes as on previous Proto 2000 to match prototypes Belt - an SP subsidiary (10), CGW (8), locomotives, and it has the thinnest cross­ '" 5-pole motor wlsintered bronze oil-less C&NW (14 ), CP (2), D&RGW (28), section on the (engineering plastic) handrails bearings GM&O (31), GN (17), KCS (20), L&N yet seen in HO. In places they actually mea­ '" All-wheel drive and electrical pickup; (58), MILW (16), NKP (10), NYC (10), sured about 13/,6" in HO scale which is a DCC ready N&W (44), PRR (52), Phelps-Dodge (9 - scale '1,6' less than the prototype's FRA min­ '" Proto 2000 magnetic couplers installed; only GP30s built without MU capability), imum handrail diameter of 1'//'1 Fan blades X2F couplers supplied separately Reading (20), SAL (35), Santa Fe (85), Soo are visible under the see-thru grilles of the Life-Like has created an outstanding, Line (22), Southern and subsidiaries radiator fa ns; the steps and pilot running high-quality model of the GP30. A GP30 CNO&TP and AGS (120), SP (8), TP&W boards are perforated. Hand grabs, MU model of this caliber has been on the want (I) and UP (152). B&O, NYC, N&W and hoses, drop steps, lift rings, air lines and list of many modelers (well, guys and gals, Reading only had Phase I units; Santa Fe, horn are separate fa ctory applied parts, this is it!). Roadnames offered in two road CB&Q, C&O, D&RGW, L&N, Phelps­ while the MU stands are part of the walkway numbers and with dynamic brakes are BN, Dodge, SAL and UP had both Phase I and Il assembly. Windshield wipers are molded as CSX, D&RGW, GM&O and SSW; with units, and the rest had only Phase II units. part of the window glass and painted silver. dynamic brakes and three road numbers are EMD's two demonstrators, numbered 1962 Ty pical of Proto 2000 locomotives, the CB&Q and UP. Roadnames without and 1963 (later renumbered 5629 and 5639) model comes almost RTR; the box contains dynamic brakes (all with two numbers per became UP 875 and SAL 534, respectively. the cal·body, the chassis, instruction sheets, roadname) are ACL, C&NW, L&N, N&W Milwaukee, GM&O and Soo units rode warranty card and a bag of detail parts con­ and N KP. An undecorated version is also on traded-in Ako AAR Ty pe B trucks. Eight taining cab sunshades, X2F couplers and all­ available. Retail price is $95.00. scale of UP's 40 B units had steam generators (the weather windows. Be very careful when models will follow.

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 15 American Model Builders Passenger Car Sides and American Limited Passenger Car Core Kit by Kelly Cruise

Photos by the author

rototype-specific passenger equipment A " has been something that N-scale mod­ elersP have wanted for many years. The var­ ious manufacturers of brass and plastic car sides have given us a chance to model dif­ ferent cars, but the details and rolling quality ers just about all railroads, and is worth You'll need to refer to prototype plans of the "donor" cars hasn't been up to par, owning. Also many plans have been pub­ for information on the underframe details. until now. lished in various magazines. The various parts are identified in the American Model Builders has added The core kits include instruction sheets instructions, and there should leftover parts laser-cut -scale car sides made from and the parts in several bags. The sheet has for other projects as well. acrylic plastic to their product line. This some assembly steps, an exploded view of makes for smooth parts. Another feature of the core kit and a diagram sheet of the dif­ these sides is the laser-cut windows and ferent underbody parts. This is a big help in doors. The acrylic plastic that AMB uses is figuring out what is what. protected on both sides by an adhesive­ backed paper which they can cut with the .... - ..... laser. This enables them to cut masks for the windows. When the modeler removes the :t:'.h. ,.\ Also, if you use any of these cars for main protective covering, it leaves the masks Amtrak service you'll need to add HEP for the windows in place, making it easy for equipment to the cars. If you go this route, the modeler to paint the car sides. In effect, you'll need to body mount the couplers you can assemble, paint and decal the car, since you'll also have to model the HEP and when completely finished, remove the connectors. A pad of .010 or .015 styrene for window masks and have clear, flush win­ the couplers and pieces of styrene rod for the dows. . 1 connectors should work. The Santa Fe bag­ I used American Limited's recently gage car was modeled as Amtrak 1080, the released smooth-side passenger-car core kit Assembly of the core kit goes fairly well. only car from this series that made it into for this review. Anyone who has used their Most of the sides are the fu ll 85' length, but Amtrak. diaphragms and trucks will also be delighted the Santa Fe baggage car is a shorter kit with this kit. The kit provides everything, which requires the modeler to cut the roof including the roof, ends, floor, diaphragms, and floor l't, " from each end and to cut the trucks and details, for both the roof and center section to fit. This is fairly easy. The underframe. Details include water tanks, ends are simple, and the end doors attach brake equipment, generator, battery boxes, from inside. I cemented the ends to the end air conditioning systems (Waukesha LC.E, roof sections, and then used the side to Anyone who has used American Limited Frigidaire and Safety Car Heating and Light­ determine the center section's length (just trucks and diaphragms doesn't need me to ing) and roof vents. The only things needed less than 1'//' long). When dry, attach the tell them about these products. The trLlcks, are the sides. sides and then do the same with the floor. when built correctly, roll smoothly and with­ The tools you'll need for these sides and Mine was I "/'6" long. Roof details for the out problems. The diaphragms are the same, core kits are: a hobby knife, jeweler's files cars are also included. with very little adjusting needed. Micro­ and/or 200- and 400-grit wet/dry sandpaper, The doors on both the Santa Fe baggage Trains® 1025 couplers attach to the trucks a pin vise and drill to ream out the grabiron car and the IC combine didn't quite fit. They fairly easy, and are adjustable for close cou­ holes (if needed), a pair of needle-nose pli­ were designed for flush mount, but there pling of the cars. ers for bending the wire to make grabirons, was a gap, due to the laser-cutting process. I Finishing the cars is fairly easy. The and flush-cut nippers for removing parts used .030 square strip styrene around the masking covering the windows is left on (such as the PBL De-Spruing Nippers). baggage car's doors. This filled in the gaps until everything is done. Build, paint, decal, Additional materials needed to finish nicely. Cut a strip to fit across the top, and weather and seal the models then remove it these models are .008 brass wire (Detail two pieces to cover the sides. AMB is when you are completely done. This leaves Associates 2502), couplers (Micro-Trains® addressing this problem even as I wri te this the windows crystal clear and saves a lot of # 1023), paints and decals for the prototype article and should have a fix when this is time and frustration. car, and plastic solvent. AMB recommends published. Contact them in regards to this. After building several of these cars, most not using Testors, but suggests Ambroid With the body is finished, it should look modelers will be surprised how easy it is to Proweld. I used Plastruct Plastic Weld with like the following photo. get great looking cars without much work. an A-West applicator bottle, part #16. When combined, these products from Amer­ The modeler will also need to reference ican Limited and American Model Builders materials for the cars being built. The Pull­ make a great model for modelers wanting man Standard series of reference books cov- smooth-side passenger cars.

16 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 InterMountain's 4, 750-cu.ft. Covered Hopper

by Kelly Cruise

Photos by the author

nterMountain's newest release is the BBs and Elmer's Glue®. Follow the direc­ assembling the "A " end. I didn't, and IPullman-Standard 4,750 cubic foot cov­ tions for installing the roof. enjoyed trying to add air lines to the cars ered hopper. Thousands of these cars have Step 2 - I body mounted the Inter­ after I attached the steps and ends. Also, the been, and continue to be, used by many rail­ Mountain couplers using the supplied bol- directions don't note if the braces on the bol­ roads and private companies all over the ters in the kit. Also provided are bolsters sters go above or below the ends. r glued country. There have been countless photos for truck mounting the couplers as well. The mine above, but I think they attach to the published in the model press of these cars in center sill parts in my kit were cast with the bottom of the end rai I. many colors. molds out of alignment. This one must have Step 4 - The "B" end goes together The first releases for this new model are: slipped by their usually excellent quality much the same as the "A" end. Add the BN, green wlwh i te letteri ng (#60302); control people. A file took care of this for brake-gear assembly and air line before you C&NW, yellow wlblack lettering attach the end. Glue the cylinder of (#60320); Santa Fe, gray wlblue let­ the brake gear onto the pins on the tering (#60333) and undecorated car, let it dry, and then attach the (#60399). More schemes will follow SantaFe other end to the brace. The end and on a regular basis. The decorated brake gear go on fine, but I needed models retail for $13.95, while the to ream out the hole for the brake­ undecorated is $10.95. wheel a little.

My review sample was the Santa Step 5 - Assemble the trucks Fe with gray paint and blue, black, and couplers and attach them to the white and yellow lettering. Inter­ body. Mine were a very snug fit, so Mountain's ads say it's a white car, be careful! Also, leave a little play 'oU\ it's the grayest white I've ever for the truck. With body mounts, the seen. The printing on the car is very car went through II" radius curves crisp; even most the smaller lettering without a hitch. is very easy to read, including the Step 6 - There are only two end reporting marks. Markings grabirons to attach on this model ! shows this to be a Ga-905 car, built It's a big change from the tank car. in February 1979. Both go on the roofwalks after the The kit comes in 44 pieces in the roofwalks have been installed. The familiar InterMountain kit box. The instructions suggest using CA to parts are very crisp with minimum attach them, but I've had good luck flash. Some of the parts were a little with Walthers Goo® or Elmer's Glue­ bent in the box, but nothing was bro­ All®. A small bead is all that is ken. Pay attention to the end railings needed. The parts are held together especially! These look like they'll bend and me, but InterMountain will gladly provide by small brass runners that need to be break very easily. replacement parts to customers when they snipped off and filed down. Watch that you Assembly is pretty straightforward fol­ encounter a problem (whether the problem don't bend the ends over in the process. lowing the instructions provided. I'll provide was caused by InterMountain or the mod­ Finished, the car looks like a champ. It's a couple of notes in regards to the different eler, I might add). The center bay bottom on basically the same model as the Red steps of construction. Tools needed are sim­ mine needed to have the excess material CabooselPrecision Masters P-S covered ple. I used a hobby knife, sprue cutters, trimmed and filed off, and the holes for the hopper, but the detail is much better, for small fi les, wire cutters and a 3/0 brush for outlets should be checked and cleaned about the same price. Assembly took me the model cement. before installation. Refer to the instruction's about an hour and a half, including the wait

Step 1 - The roof and dividers in the illustration or accompanying photo for the for the glue to dry. Modelers wanting to car assemble very easily. Be sure to add direction of the outlets. model the grain industry will want several of weight before putting the roof on; I used Step 3 - Fo llow the directions fo r these cars for their layouts. �

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 17 BEHIND THE SCENES

A Scenery Pril11er by Margaret Mansfield

Photo by Jim Mansfield

ost children in the United States This up train, seen as the SPUP engine and the trailers and Railbox near the cam­ begin to read by the time they are era, is pulling slow and hard to get in the clear at To olong siding for the down Msix years old. Some, of course, can recognize trains seen in the distance. This view of the action from Eagles' Nest across Chu­ and decipher words on a page or screen at a padera Loop to the backdrop - 16' in all - shows how the scenery on the Jer­ much earlier age; to encourage early reading sey Western Railroad has progressed through the modeling of many-scenes. parents will often point out street signs and Planning ahead and considering the basic building blocks involved in scenery simple words as they go about their daily ac­ construction will do much to enhance the enjoyment of building scenery for tivities. Reading a variety of books to tod­ your trains! dlers and pre-schoolers reinforces word recognition and an appreciation for lan­ Block No. 1: Lighting and Such Block No. 2: Benchwork for guage. Ye t, recent studies have shown that The Jersey We stern Railroad represents Backdrops the basic building blocks of language - the a type of layout sometimes referred to as a After the main structural support mem­ phonetic and grammatical rhythms of the "spaghetti bowl"; the track curves and bers for the layout were placed and secured. spoken word - are grasped when children loops back on itself in a complex pattern the next step was to build the bench work to are even younger, in fact just a few months that occupies the broad perimeters and support any track along the walls. This was old. Such building blocks represent the foun­ depths of the railroad room while leaving done to within 12" or so of the wall surfaces. dation for more abstract concepts, such as a central aisle open for operation. This At this time, too, backdrops were con­ the letters of the alphabet and simple type of layout requires careful attention to structed using large expanses of cotton duck phonemes, which in turn support the com­ the sequence of bench work construction, canvas stretched over wood frames and plexities of grammar and style. both for track and for scenery. This is primed with acrylic Gesso. These back­ Likewi se, constructing scenery for a especially true as the layout grows, drops, ready for artists' oils, were then miniature railroad starts with a foundation of because access to perimeter areas along placed against the walls of the room on fo ot­ basic building blocks. These blocks need not the walls rapidly becomes limited. With ings built into the benchwork. The bottom be physical in nature; in fact, the most critical this in mind, Jim and I realized that cer­ edges of these canvases extend below the cnes are purely conceptual. Yet all of these tain preparatory steps had to be taken even future meeting of scenery and backdrop, blocks must be solidly in place prior to the before basic bench work cons truc tion' thus ensuring a continuous, uninterrupted addition of actual scenic fe atures. This could begin. We painted the room walls a scenic vista. scenery "primer" discusses and illustrates non-committal hue that would not detract Some model railroaders have, of late, some of these building blocks using the Jer­ from the layout scenery, removed existing advocated leaving a gap between the two­ sey Western Railroad as an example. hardware from the ceiling and walls, and dimensional, painted scenery on the back­ discarded the door that opens to the rai 1- drop and the three-dimensional layout The Cornerstone: Planning road room. Finally, we mounted a series of scenery. They apparently theorize that this Ahead fluorescent lighting fixtures in a roughly open area enhances the illusion of atmos­ Regular readers of this column will recog­ circular pattern on the ceiling. These fix­ pheric space between the foreground and the nize this familiar theme: track planning and tures were placed so as to cast just the background scene. However, in practice, this scenery planning go hand in hand. This princi­ right amount of light on the main fe atures gap only separates the layout from the two­ ple applies not only to overall scenelY design, of the track design without creating shad­ dimensional vista depicted in the painted but also to planning the actual steps involved ows on the adjacent walls (read: fu ture landscape. A much more effective result in scenelY construction. From Day One, care­ backdrops). Two-tube fixtures resulted in may be obtained if no gap is allowed, but ful thought must be devoted both to the type of bright sunshine over the mainline loop rather the scenery and the backdrop are scenery envisioned and to the process of con­ track, and one-bulb fixtures gave us dim­ allowed to merge into one another through a s01Jcting the vision. If the layout is designed as mer light over the yard areas. At the same blending of color and form. A case in point an against-the-wall affair with a ceno'al operat­ time, we routed electrical cables for the is the view on the Jersey Western Railroad ing aisle, how will access be provided as lighting, as well as for future layout south of Humphreys Tank, as seen in the scenery building proceeds? If the trackplan power, to two different electrical circuits, October 1994 issue of MRC and as shown, occupies a linear and/or peninsular arrange­ providing surge protectors for each one. from a popular railfanning vantage point at ment away from the walls, how will backdrops Obviously, we already had to have the Eagles' Nest, in the lead photo this month. fit in with the narrow strips of scenery? And, if trackplan on paper, as well as an idea of Here, the painted mountains far away, as a double-deck layout is being built, what steps the broad scenic features we planned to well as those in the near distance adjacent to will be taken to ensure the most realistic model, before we could accomplish even the empty expanse of desert, are seen from a scenery and backdrop construction possible? these preliminary steps. Only then, II ridge that supports track and is modeled in These questions must be answered before years ago, did we actually begin construc­ three dimensions. The ridge conti nues in hammer and wood meet in the railroad room. tion of our layout. painted form on the backdrop before the

18 T MODEL RAILROADI NG MARCH 1999 view drops away to the desert bottom. The modeled convincingly; otherwise, the track scenic detail. Rather than being confronted painted ridge functions effectively as a con­ would rise into the air and seemingly hang with the daunting chore of creating realistic tinuation of the layout scenery for several upon nothing I This appears to be the case scenery from yards of plaster-draped screen reasons. First, the three-dimensional struc­ with several modern layouts recently seen wire, the modeler can spend time working in ture of the ridge continues naturally into the on the Internet and in print. Photographs a manageable area with a minimum of mess two-dimensional painting, where small show risers that simply extend upward into and a maximum of creative license. In addi­ daubs of plaster placed on the backdrop sur­ space, supporting narrow strips of track­ tion, access for modeling scenery can be face mimic the actual rocks on the layout. board, but nothing else. The question natu­ much more easily obtained when the areas Second, the shadows present on the actual rally arises: how will scenery be constructed around and beyond the section to be mod­ layout are echoed in the backdrop painting; to support the track? Will additional risers eled have already been finished, and there is and, finaUy, the same colors are used on the be placed alongside the benchwork support­ much less chance of disturbing the existing, backdrop as those visible on the layout. This ing the track, and if so, how will there be completed scenery. scene would not have been possible had access to fi nish the scenery in between the there been a gap between the actual layout strips of track? Block No. 4: Planning for and the backdrop surface. On the Jersey Western Railroad, scenery Materials Another example of the effectiveness of building and trackwork function in tandem. A fi nal basic building block in our layout and backdrop juxtaposition occurs at During the initial phases of layout construc­ scenery primer involves the choice of materi­ the Oro Grande fuel facility and the adjacent tion, the trackwork closest to the walls of the als for scenery construction. These days. a nighttime scene that was modeled after Jim's railroad room was completed. At the same wide variety of scenic materials is available, experiences as a C-shift switchman on the time, the backdrops were being painted; full from foam and foamcore to Hydrocal plaster L&N in Atlanta, Georgia (see August­ access to the backdrop surfaces was thus to the traditional plaster-soaked paper towels November 1995 M RG). In this scene, the easily maintained. One of the photographs over a screen-wire framework. Whatever the backdrop acts as a foil for the surrounding featured in the cover story of the February choice of scenic materials, preferred methods darkness; buildings placed directly on the 1999 Model Railroader shows a backdrop of utilizing these materials should be backdrop surface simulate the types of struc­ being completed in this manner. Scenery researched and planned well in advance of tures that line the tracks in Atlanta's West along the perimeter was also begun at this their use. so that the appropriate support can Side district. When entirely blacked out, the time. so that the backdrops and the three­ be built into the benchwork in advance. only lights visible are those actually in the dimensional landforms could be blended Screen wire, for instance, requires sturdy fuel facility, some distant street lamps, and into a convincing, unified landscape. The riser support so that the weight of the wet approaching engine headlights that glimmer underlying benchwork thus contained sup­ plaster does not crush the landform; I x2s and shine on the tracks. Again, the effective­ port not only for the trackboard, but also for work well when strategically placed under­ ness of this scene depends on the close prox­ the landform; risers for both were planned neath the wire. Crumpled newspaper may imity of backdrop to layout. A point to and added simultaneously. also serve to support the plaster as it dries. ponder: this area of the Jersey Western Rail­ As the railroad grew towards the center On the Jersey Western Railroad, straightened road comes close to resembling a double­ of the room, we turned our attention to con­ coat hangers have come in handy where a deck layout, with a nighttime scene below structing "many-scenes": small, well­ large, flat expanse of land was desired within the upper tracks, and daylight above. Could defined and detailed areas of scenic interest Chupadera Loop (see December 1997 MRG). this be one way to realistically model that focus the observer's attention while Hydrocal plaster needs a less sturdy frame­ scenery on a double-deck layout? extending the overall scope of the layout. work for support than regular plaster; we Of course, modelers with peninsular lay­ Each of these scenes was modeled in its have seen instances in which crumpled news­ outs face different challenges when it comes entirety, with an emphasis on both the track­ paper held together with strips of masking to designing benchwork for backdrops. They work and the scenery involved, and each tape has formed the support for this hardshell may choose to use long, sinuous backdrops was confined to an area of manageable size. type of scenery. Foam, of course, requires a that curve to fo llow the curvature of their In other words, the scene modeled was nei­ di fferent type of support structure altogether. track work. In this case they too need to ther too large to be completed in a reason­ Whatever the type of support the scenic design and construct supports for their back­ able time frame with a minimum of layout material demands, it too should be planned drops while they are doing so for their track. mess and down-time, nor too small so as to and constructed along with the basic bench­ In addition, they need to choose appropriate escape the observer's notice. A case in point work. This planning will do much to materials for their backdrops, such as is the Calamity Canyon cattle crossing under enhance the enjoyment of scenery building. linoleum or Masonite, and design supports Chupadera Loop leading to a pasture nestled accordingly. These particular backdrops within the loop itself (see October-Decem­ Let's Read! would of necessity be double-sided, so con­ ber 1996 M RG). Here, track work, tunnel, There is no doubt that the cornerstone of sideration needs to be given to preparing both fascia and scenery were all modeled as a successful and enjoyable scenery is planning sides of the backdrops for painted scenery. un i t. The scene focuses attention on its ahead. Add to this foundation the building unique details, while adding to the overall blocks described above, and a convincing Block No. 3: Benchwork for scenic lay of the land. landscape for your trains becomes an Scenery Several many-scenes are visible in the achievable reality. This is not to say that Track and scenery construction are often photo, which looks across the loop to Buf­ there won't be some stuttering from time to separated by time: model railroaders gener­ fa lo Ridge and the far distance. The Sand­ time. In fact, one of the most challenging ally fi nish their track and electrical work castle Road and grade crossing may be seen. and diffi cult aspects of scenery building before paying much attention to the sur­ as well as a portion of the adjacent borrow involves the planning and construction of rounding scenery. And, of course, this is pit; nestled in the rocks below the loop sits adequate access. Every inch of railroad track understandable, since most of us want to see the temple built by the Hakowi tribe. Each on the layout should be accessible for repair our equipment up and running rather than of these scenes has been discussed in the and maintenance. This holds true particu­ sitting in the box! Yet, ideally, track and pages of this column as a self-contained larly for turnouts, hidden track in tunnels, scenery work should progress simultane­ scenic unit. Creating such small, well­ etc. Of necessity, then, access must at times ously. At the very least, bench work con­ defined scenes benefits scenery construction be available even though scenery totally sur­ struction for scenery should parallel in many ways. Primarily, it allows a modeler rounds the trackwork to be serviced. Afford­ bench work construction for track. After all, to focus attention on smaller scenes, thus ing such access in difficult terrain will be the land on which the track rests must be affording an opportunity to create greater our subject next month. See you then! �

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20 T MODEL RAI LROADING MARCH 1999 odelers today are blessed with several and South Carolina. Included have been ities at Augusta, GA, and these models can excellent GP7 models from which to Atlantic Coast Line; Charleston & Western all work in the same setting. Mchoose ...but it wasn't always that way. For Carolina; and Columbia, Newberry and Lau­ As the nation rediscovered the "South" in many years Athearn's GP9, really closer to a rens purple GP7s - all Atlas models. Now I the years following the Second World War, GP7, was the only game in town. But that have the Central of Georgia GP7 featured increased traffic demands forced southern rail­ model is a 1950s vintage model that cannot here. All four of these diesels are detailed roads to seek new motive power. They turned compete in realism or operation with today's and painted for a lllid- 1 950s appearance. to the diesel-electric locomotive and were high-quality models. Atlas's Kato-produced Having completed our two-part series on among the first to complete the conversion GP7 first showed up about ten years ago, ACL and ACL-subsidiary GP7s of the from steam. The Central of Georgia geared up then disappeared from hobby shop shelves as 1950s, we turn our attention to the Central with GP7, GP9 and GPIS hood diesels from they sold out. of Georgia. The ACL and CofG shared facil- EMD along with a few cab units and RS3s Not only did Atlas listen to from ALCO. The Central fre­ the hobby and bri ng back quently lashed four road their GP7 in their Classic switchers together to handle Series, but they also released their featured freights. I have decorated versions represent­ seen photos of a pair of Geeps ing railroads all too often flanking a pair of RS3s! overlooked by hobby manu­ The Central of Georgia's facturers. Among them are fi rst GP7s were stripped­ GP7s decorated in the orange­ down plain-vanilla Electro­ trimmed blue, gray and black Motive GP7s. with no Central of Georgia scheme. dynamic brakes and a small These models have a very 1.20D-gaIlon fuel tank to professionally applied paint minimize locomotive weight job and remain good runners. being the norm in many Of late I have been instances. The Central's first preparing one diesel after GP7s fit this bill. Thanks to another trying to keep up the Atlas Classic Series, with the outpouring of new having an HO-scale GP7 in HO-scale diesels. I have con­ this early Central scheme is centrated on diesel locomo­ Note the added detail parts, replaced railings and grabirons and no problem. The model fea­ tives that worked in the milled pilot front. With cautious attention to your work, even a tured here is my first Central vicinity of northeast Georgia predecorated model can be upgraded. of Georgia model locomo-

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING y 21 The modified fuel tank is quite noticeable in this view. tive, and it is the factory-painted Atlas early 1960s the Central was repainting its Classic Series G P7. locomotives into the dark green scheme that To transform this model into a realis­ preceded a coat of black and imitation alu­ tic replica of its prototype a few detail minum paint of the Southern Railway. items need to be addressed. For one, the Horns are an EMD single-trumpet "blat" molded-on grabs and lift rings should be hom on the flreman's side of the long hood removed and formed-wire replacements and a three-trumpet hom on the engineer's substituted. This is a touchy proposition side of the short hood. The locomotive bell* when working with a painted model! Then has been installed at the tip of the short there is the cast-on pilot detail, which as hood. Other details added include rerail frog, I've said many times before, is complicated formed-wire grabs, speed-recorder drive and by the fact that they are cast in hard metal cable, coupler cut levers, lift rings, replace­ rather than plastic. ment exhaust stacks, windshield wipers, Cast-on pilot detail was milled off. Wanting a Central of Georgia GP7 to train-line air hoses and MU hoses. interchange with my Atlantic Coast Line and The trick in this project was to carve off Charleston & Western Carolina models, I the molded-on grabirons without destroying made a trade with a friend for one of the Atlas the paint. This was accomplished using a Classic CofG Geeps. After doing some Dremel #1 10 engraving cutter in my Dremel research on the CofG's GP7s I learned that the tool. Paint was touched up using a small railroad had the early 1,200-gallon small fuel paint brush and MODELflex acrylic paint tank rather than the 1,600-gallon size on the colors that were mixed to match. Moul1tillg model. Not easily discouraged, I decided that I holes were drilled and formed-wire grabs was going to model one no matter what it took. installed. The grabs were painted yellow. As Off came the body, motor and trucks. [ took with my purple Geeps, this model has its the metal frame to Mike Maruschak, a friend Atlas stanchions cut from the railings and fromwork who just happens to be a machinist. drilled to pass .019 brass rod railings. The Mike cut off the cast-on pi lot detail and method used is the same as with the ACL A friend with a milling machine was reduced the fuel tank size to better represent Geeps. However, I plan to retrofit all four needed to reduce the fuel tank size. the smaller GP7 fuel tank. The remainder of models with Smokey Va lley brass GP7 stan­ the project consisted of removing and replac­ chion replacements. ing the molded-on grabirons and roof-top lift Sometime during the late 1950s the rings, and doing so in such a way that the fac­ Central of Georgia added a high nose-top tory paint was preserved. bell to many of its Geeps. I decided to add Since the steps taken to detail this Central this distinctive featme to my Geep. A Cal­ of Georgia model are essentially tlle same as Scale #BE-322 diesel bell was ll sed. The those performed in preparation of the two bottom sprue was removed and a short sec­ Atlantic Coast Line GP7s a couple of months tion of .019 brass rod was soldered to the ago, I will refer you to those articles except for bottom of the bell bracket extending back items specificto the CofG model. toward the hood. A mounting hole was then The Central of Georgia's Geeps like those drilled into the tip of the nose to hold t.he of other railroads underwent an evolution of bell in place. A short piece of .0 I 0 brass paint and detail changes. The model featured rod was curved to represent the air line to The exhaust stacks were replaced here represents a locomotive of about the mid­ the bell. A hole was drilled into the top of with DA 2401 EMD exhaust stacks to-late I 950s, a time just prior to the railings the bell bracket and into the hood top for which have the proper taper. and stanchions being painted yellow. By the each end of this airline.

.. The original location was under the front steps. However; it was fo und that in service the bell would sometimes fill with dirt and wouldn't ring. This prompted the service department to move the bell up high on the short hood. Th e bells came from retired steam engines and were brass, later they were painted the same color as the locomotive.

22 ... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 MARCH 1999 Randy Lee photo

he Union Pacific was an early convert to In the past few years several nice HO scale ladder mounts, grabirons, and the rivets for the the internalcombustion engine, ushering tank car models have been produced by a num­ tank dividers. Set the cleaned up tank aside. Tin a new era in passenger train power with the ber of manufacturers, including Life-Like The dome's diameter is too small and M-l OOOO Streamliner in 1934. The early Proto 2000, Red Caboose and InterMountain. needs to be increased. Begin by cutting off Streamliners, unlike subsequent passenger lo­ Having built some of each, I have added the safety valve that is opposite of the man­ comotives, were powered by distillate rather appropriate details such as brake rigging, hole hinge on the dome. The 0-50-6 only than diesel or gasoline engines. This required etched-metal running boards, and coupler cut had two safety valves. File the outer edges that the distillate fuel be transported over the levers to bring their detail up to match the rest of the dome smooth, removing the grabirons UP system to the fueling points fo r the Stream­ of my freight car fleet. Unfortunately, none of and rivets. I cut a piece of .020 styrene, long liner trains. In 1937 the Union Pacific pur­ these models were of the COITect prototype to enough to wrap completely around the chased 200 single-dome tank cars built by model the UP 0-50-6. dome, and about 3/g " high. This was wrapped General American Tank Car Corporation to Following careful study of the available around the dome and secured with solvent. transport the distillate fuel. These tank cars models, it was noted that the tank and frame An additional layer of .015 styrene was CUl were distinguishing, as they were almost 40' of the ubiquitous Athearn 40 ' single-dome and wrapped around the first added layer. I long and had a large diameter, short dome. The tank car was very close to the 0-50-6. It is secured this with solvent. When the solvent car capacity was large for tank cars of their era, fairly well known that this Athearn car has had dried, I fi led the top edges of the dome being 12,5 1 7 gallons. no prototype. Several problems exist on the and styrene wrappers until they were The 0-50-6 cars were the only tank cars car, including the dome size. For a car of its smooth. At this point, the dome will be taller built for the UP during the '30s and '40s. capacity, the dome is too small. The model than the original and larger in diameter. The cars were very durable, as 191 of the is in fact a single-dome version of the Gaps around the top edge of the dome were original 200 were still in service in 1971. Athearn triple-dome tank car with two filled with putty as required and sanded with Several continue in maintenance-of-way ser­ domes removed. The dome is more closely 600-grit paper to finish the surface. vice today. One was sighted as late as July sized for a triple-dome car. Fortunately for The fi nal skin wrap was cut from .005 1997 in North Platte, NE. modelers of western railroads, the Athearn styrene. Use a sharp object, such as a drafting As previously mentioned, the tank was kit can be kitbashed into a very good model compass point, to emboss rivets around the top nearly 40' long, with an inside diameter of of the 0-50-6 without too much difficulty. of the skin. Be careful to space the rivets to 89'1,". The dome inside diameter was 69", with Metcalfe Publications, P. O. Box 48 1 I, match the existing rivets on the tank. Carefully a height of 17" from the top of the tank to the Englewood, CO 801 55-48 11 produces an wrap this skin around the dome, aligning the top of the dome sides. The cars were originally excellent set of 18 Union Pacific freight-car top edge with the top of the dome. Keep the delivered with National Ty pe B I trucks and mechanical drawings which includes the square edge intact, as this was how the proto­ smooth back, one wear, wrought steel wheels. 0-50-6. This drawing was used to compare type dome was constructed. Place the seam, The cars were painted black and were deliv­ the Athearn model to the prototype and to after embossing it with rivets, on the left side ered with white roman lettering. The accompa­ construct the model. A reduced version of the of the car, away from the brake end, as shown nying prototype photos show this paint and drawing is included here for reference. in the photos and drawing. lettering scheme. Several were repainted with Carefully cut out a hole in the tank to fit white gothic lettering over the years. The cars Ta nk Modifications the enlarged dome. Be careful to not make were numbered in the 69000 to 69 199 series. I began the modifications with the dome. the hole oversize; do the fi nal enlarging with They retained these numbers until they were Begin by cutting the dome off of the top of the a file, being careful to test fit the enlarged retired or put into maintenance-of-way service. tank, then remove the queen posts, platforms, dome as you proceed. When the hole is the

24 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 UP 69151, still in the original paint. Note the short, large-diameter dome, welded grabirons, and the "Distillate Service" stenciling. Union Pacific Railroad Museum Collection correct diameter, wrap a piece of .005 styrene over the hole. This styrene will be used to make a new dome flange. Mark the hole size on the inside of the styrene with a pencil through the hole in the tank. Carefully draw a second line approximately .050 out­ side of this traced line. Emboss the rivets on the flange, and cut it out on the outside line. Cement this flange on the tank, covering the dome hole. When dry carefully cut out the dome hole with a sharp hobby knife. Insert the modified dome into the hole, locating it so that the top edge of the dome sides is .195" above the top of the tank. Make sure the safety valves are perpendicular to the axis of the tank, and cement the dome into the tank with solvent. Fill any gaps around the Union Pacific 0-50-6, UP 69012, in original roman lettering. Note the National flange with thick CA. This completes the Ty pe 81 trucks with their pair of characteristic holes under the bolsters. most difficultpart of the kitbash! Union Pacific Railroad Museum Collection I completed the tank modifications by drilling out the queen post locations with a #74 brackets and platform from the Tichy tank the bottom of each platform. The queen drill, four on each side and one on each end. car detail set were added to the tank. A posts from the Tichy detail set were added Weight was added to the tank. The Athearn Tichy 18" straight grabiron was added to to the tank, in an angled-down orientation. weight is insufficient, so add the appropriate amount of weight to bring the model up the NMRA recommended weight of approxi­ mately 3.5 ounces. Cement the tank bottom in place. Trim offthe molded-on tank saddles and turnbuckles if you wish to replace �hem.

Tank Details Detailing the tank begins with the dome. Some of the detailing is optional, depending on the modeler's preferences. I added all of the details described here. If you wish to replace the safety valves with the Tichy valves from the Tichy #3007 Tank Car Detail Set, remove the molded­ on valves and add them. Holes were drilled with a #80 drill for grabirons on the dome and tank ends. Tichy #302 1 grab­ irons were inserted into the holes. Addi­ tional #76 holes were drilled on the ends of the grabs and Detail Associates #2203 nut-bolt-washer castings were added. In my opinion, this significantly improves the realism of the grabirons. The platform Randy Lee photo

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ... 25 Chassis Modifications Chassis modifications began with the removal of several molded-on items: the stir­ rup steps, the two outside drains, the mold ej ection pins, air reservoir, brake rigging, brake cylinder, and the triple valve. These details were replaced, and the air lines added to improve the looks of the car. Because of the open area on a tank car, the brake rigging and air lines are highly visible, even from above. The big screw block in the center of the sill was cut off. This resulted in the loss of some of the rivet detail, but it removed the unprototypi­ cal blob which could be seen from the side and above. I feel that this is an improvement to the model, in spite of loosing the rivet detail. Using '/,, " x '1,, " styrene angle, make the brace under the center sill fo r the walkway Modified "A" end. Modified "8" end. support that does not hold the triple valve. This brace is on the brake end of the car. The handrai l was bent from two pieces of together to get sufficient length. The origi­ Cement the brace in place with solvent. .019 brass wire that had been soldered nal Athearn handrail was used as a guide. Next to be added was the air reservoir from Tichy #30 13 AB Brake Set. To add it. first cut two 'h," x 'h, " styrene angles II,"� long. Fasten these angles to the center sill, locating them such that it will place the air reservoir under the other walkway brace. Before attaching the air reservoir with sol­ vent dri ll #79 holes in the tank for the air lines. Also drill four #79 holes in the triple valve from the Tichy kit in the indentations molded into the valve. Mount the triple valve under the walkway brace, opposite the air reservoir, as shown in the drawing. I fab­ ricated a brake-cylinder mount from .020 styrene and attached it to the sill, just inside of the angle brace as per the drawing and photos. Drill a #79 hole in the back of the Tichy brake cylinder and mount it to the Underframe detailing. bracket with solvent.

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26 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 The reworked dome. Kitbashed 0-50-6 before painting.

the brake arm if desired. Make the brake­ couplers were prepared for installation, but Chassis Detailing wheel staff from .019 brass wire. Insert it were not installed until after painting. A­ Drill holes through the bolsters for the through the brakewheel ratchet included in Line #29000 stirrup steps can be added by train line, using a #70 drill. The train line the Tichy AB brake kit and fasten the drilling #74 holes in the chassis, although was bent from .019 brass wire, using the assembly to the chassis by drilling a #74 they are not of the correct type. Since com­ drawing as a guide. Note that the trainline is hole and cementing it with solvent and CA. pleting the car, I discovered that Detail bent in all three dimensions, going up over Attach the brakewheel from the Tichy kit to Associates makes the correct stirrup steps the sill and passing between it and the tank the staff with CA. (#6608). Detail Associates #62 15 coupler bottom. Install the train line, securing it with Cut off the angle braces from the end cut levers can be added by drilling #79 holes CA. Using .012 brass wire, bend the air line sills to the coupler pockets. Replace these in the end sills and coupler boxes. from the triple valve to the brake cylinder, braces with .030 x .030 strip styrene or the two lines to the air reservoir, and from angles, attaching them to the inside of the Final Assembly the train line to the valve. These were end sill. The use of angle is more accurate in Install the tank to the chassis by cement­ secured with CA. this instance. Wire grabirons should be ing it with solvent. The center screw pro­ Mount the brake arms from the Tichy added to each corner 01' the chassis. These vided by Athearn is not necessary. Install the brake kit to the sill using the drawing as a grabirons were welded to the chassis on the ladders from the Tichy tank car detail kit guide. Brake hangers were made from 18" prototype, so NBW castings should not be onto the walkways and tank handrail. straight-wire grabirons mounted in #79 added to their ends. Using a chisel blade in a hobby knife, holes drilled in the sill. Cut .012 brass wire Wood saddle blocks can be modeled remove 3/,6" of the molded-on tank bands, to length for the brake rods, once again from .040 x .060 strip styrene cut '//' long. beginning at the lower rivet strip. Replace using the drawing for guidance. At the bol­ Attach these blocks to the saddles with sol­ the removed segments with '//' long .0 lO x ster end, bend the rods at 90° and mount vent. The Tichy or Athearn hazard placards .030 styrene strips, attaching them with sol­ them in holes drilled in the bolster. This can be installed in the appropriate locations. vent. Sand where the strips meet the will be hidden by the trucks when they are The steel Athearn placards have the advan­ molded-on bands to hide the joint. Drill #77 mounted. The handbrake rod should be cut tage of being very durable. Kadee® #420 air holes in the tops of the bolsters for the sad­ and added in a similar fashion. A chain can hoses and brackets were installed to the dle band rods, just inside the walkway. Insert be added between the end of the rod and chassis next to the coupler boxes. Kadee® #5 two pieces of .0 I 5 brass wire into a Grandt Line #5039 turnbuckle. Insert one brass wire into a hole in the bolster, and slip the oppo­ Bill of Materials site piece of wire behind the styrene strip MANUFACTURER PART No. DESCRIPTION that was added to the tank. Fasten all 01' A-Line 2900 Stirrup steps these turnbuckles and rods with CA. Detail Associates 2203 NBW casting Finally, I installed Proto 2000 National 2504 .012 brass wire Type B trucks mounted to the bolsters using 2505 . 01 5 brass wire the Athearnscrews . 2506 .019 brass wire Painting and Decaling 62 15 Coupler cut levers The car should now be painted black. 6608 Baggage car stirrups Microscale offers both the roman and gothic Evergreen 131 .030 x .030 strip styrene font lettering as a Minicals set. Depending 143 .040 x .060 strip styrene on the era of your layout, either would be 9009 .005 styrene appropriate. If the car is going to be in distil­ 90 15 .01 5 styrene late service on your layout, be sure to add 9020 .020 styrene the "Distillate Service" lettering to the car sides. After the decals have dried, clear coat Grandt Line 5039 Tu rnbuckles the car with a flat clear coat to seal the Life-Like Proto 2000 1436 National Ty pe B 1 Trucks decals and give the car a flat finish. Weather­ Kadee® 5 Couplers ing, in the form of streaked lettering, as 438 Air hose & angle cock wlbracket shown in the prototype photos could be Microscale MC4079 UP Ta nk Cars 12,500 Gallon (1 937-1955) added, along with spills around the dome. MC4080 UP Ta nk Cars 12,500 Gallon (1 955+) The use of a black oil paint wash around the l i chy Train Group 3007 Ta nk car detail set dome would simulate the glossy characteris­ tic of spilled oil nicely. A light misting of 3013 AB brake set road grime and dust, using Floquil Grime 301 5 18" drop grabirons would also add realism. 302 1 18" straight grabirons Finally, the couplers were installed, and the car was ready for service on my layout. �

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 27 Part 5 - Structures, Scenery & Ships

ur POlt project is chose to name Front O really beginning Street Warehouse after to take shape. The fi nal a prototype business structures are gradually operating in Mobile replacing the mock-ups. during the late '50s The scenery and de­ and early '60s. Mike tailing has begun to used two sources for bring life to our minia­ finding the name. ture Mobile. We now First, issues of the can begin to focus on Po rt of Mobile Nelvs some of the other struc­ contain a directory of tures that round out the companies operating facility. We used the in Mobile such as Model Power Embassy fre ight forwarders, Building (540) for our ship chandlers, steve­ main dock facilities office complex, two Korber Models water tanks (a dore, and towing companies. He accessed back issues from the period 1900 vintage and a 1930s era) and a Walthers Glacier Gravel Co. (933- that are archived by the University of South Alabama to find names. 3062) for our bulk-loading area. The POlt is an integral prut of the city and addresses and phone numbers of potential companies. Next, he used city as such, many of the businesses that support the port operations are lo­ maps produced by the Sanbolll Map Company to locate businesses that cated close by. We wanted to represent this interrelationship of port, rail­ fe ll in the modeled area. Sanborn Map Company was the country's pre­ road and conunerce by including a portion of a city street. We will use the dominant fire insurance map publisher in the 19th and 20th centuries. new Walthers Front SU'eet Warehouse, the Water Street Freight Station Their maps include numerous details useful to modelers such as type of (933-3009) and several DPM buildings to give us the connection we need. structure, general dimensions, and company names. Sanboll1 maps can be found tlu-ough your local public library in the reference section. McGowin-Lyons Included in Walthers' Watelfront Series is a kit for a three-story The Tug brick building called Front Street Warehouse (933-3069). The kit Every harbor scene needs a tugboat, the equivalent of a model could easily be a warehouse or a small factory, especially a turn-of­ railroader's yard switcher. And if you ru'e modeling a railroad cm'l1oat the century textile plant. In fact, we've been told that the kit is based like we are, you have to have one to push the 110at back and fo rth. on a plant in South Carolina. Since all the slips were already laid out, Tugs come in all sizes just like switchers, from small "yard" tugs of we didn't need this kit as a dockside structure. In fact, it wouldn't 50' to 70' in length (like the LW Deagon, pictured last month), to really fit. However, it would make a great downtown building. Hence, large ocean-going vessels up to 200' in length. The Waterfront Series Wal thers' Front Street Warehouse became the sh i p chandler Railroad Tug Boat (933-3153) represents a 106' hull tugboat designed McGowin-Lyons Hardware and Supply. by the naval architecture firm ofTams, Inc., fOf the Lehigh Valley and The kit was assembled per the instructions and went together easily, New Haven railroads. The tugboat kit can be built to represent the which was a nice change from all of the kitbashing or blasting we have two classes Lehigh Valley began acquiring in 1949. This design is been doing. This kit has a lot of large windows, and you really should typical of tugs used by many railroads in carnoat and general marine add view blocks or a detailed interior. For now, Mike installed black service with some still in use today. In fact, the Walthers tug design cardboard view blocks that someday will be replaced by interior details. looks very similar to several operated by Port of Mobile towing com­ He painted the kit's brick walls with Krylon® Ruddy Brown Primer, the panies such as Crescent Towing & Salvage Co. and Mobile Bay Tow­ windows and trim with Floquil Dru'k Green, and the roof with Reefer ing. An excellent reference source for modeling railroad tugs can be Gray. The timber loading docks were painted with a mixture of Weath­ fo und in a series of articles written by Preston Cook in the April-July ered Black and Roof Brown to resemble creosote timbers. Mike created 1983 Railroad Model Craftsman, aptly titled "Railroad Tugs." a computer-generated sign, which he printed on plain paper with a We chose to model our tug with the shorter stack and deckhouse LaserJet. The sign was backed with heavy paper to add bulk, making it more typical of a tug called on to perfofm duties other than cm'float appear to be a signboard attached to the front of the building. service. This is easily accomplished by cutting down the stack (Parts Many modelers name buildings or companies for friends, fa mily 31 & 32) at the scribe lines. The walls that form the pilothouse (Parts members or fellow modelers. Though we have done this myself, we 34-36) must also be cut at the scribe lines. Finally, trim the ladder

28 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 (Part 44) to fit. Overall assembly was straightforward though we never did get a tight fit between the hull sides (Parts 6 & 9) and the base (Part I) which fortunately can­ not be seen without turning the tug upside down. Be careful and take your time when applying the handrails (Parts 57-59) since they break easily. The tugboat was painted with Floquil Marine colors and then sprayed with Te stors Dullcote. The hull was painted Dull Black, bulkheads were painted Bulwark White and the decks were painted Anti-foul­ ing Red. The tug was then named for Eddie Shaw, a Mobile modeler and University of Georgia alumni who provided valuable infor­ mation on the Blakeley carFioat service.

Carfloat new With Gulf Towing's Eddie Shaw tugboat found in Mobile. McGowin-Lyons, built stock from \RI;UTr,,,,r,,­ ready for service, the next step was to con­ Warehouse. is based on a prototype business. struct Wa lthers' Carfloat kit (933-3 152). Barges were used by the Frisco (AT&N her- itage) to move tank cars across the Mobile River to plants on Blake­ We did not remove the third set of rails from the carnoat since ley Island. The prototype barges or carfloats were approximately doing so would make it difficult to mate the carfloat with the 200' in length with two tracks holding eight empty modern tank cars. aprons. As an added benefit of leaving the stock rail arrangement, Walthers' kit is over 260' long with three tracks making it longer our model barge will hold ten or eleven 40' cars, thus allowing more than our prototype, and most importantly, too long for the confines car movements between Mobile and Blakeley Island. We did of the 30" aisle which represents the Mobile River. You guessed it, replace the plastic rail supplied in the kit with Code 70 pre-weath­ another kitbash! Fellow Wrecking Crew club member Troy Hight ered rail from Micro Engineering. This rail more closely matches took on the challenge of modifying Walthers' kit to more closely the 70-lb. rail used on the Frisco barges. We also replaced the kit's match the barges operating in Mobile. bumper system with wheel stops borrowed from a Pier and Travel­ Walthers' CarFioat kit has three sections (two ends and a middle ing Crane (933-3067) kit. section) that form a 3'-long fi nished model. The simplest way to shorten the float is to remove the middle section, using the two ends Constructing the Work Barge to form a fi nished model of 26 J//' or a scale 194', which is very close The Alabama State Docks has several different methods available to our prototype. Troy began construction by removing the edge of to load and off-load cargo, bulk materials and other products such as the bow-end deck plate (Part 7) up to the pig iron and scrap metal. Besides the first row of rail supports. He then chose heavy lift crane on Pier C, there is an one of the hull plates (Part I) for the bow unpowered work barge with a crane end and trimmed its edge up to the bulk­ mounted on it. It is maneuvered by tugs head rib support. Troy removed the rib to wherever it is needed for cargo han­ support from the other end hull plate and dling. The crane has interchangeable sanded the edges to ensure a square fit. hooks or buckets that can be fitted out Next, he glued side supports (Part 12) to for the particular job. This work barge is the Float sides (Parts 3 & 5), assembling often used to off- load materials received the ends (Part 6) and sides to the hulls in barges transshipped from Kentucky or (Part I) per the directions. You will only Tennessee down the To mbigbee Water­ need to use five of the seven bulkheads way, the Mobile River and to the Port for (Part 15) if you shorten your kit. Using a international distribution or transfer to flat surface as a base, Troy glued both rail cars. This barge and its crane would ends together, attached sides (Part 4) and be an essential element and readily rec­ decks (Parts 7 & 9), and then let the ognizable fe ature of our port, providing assembly dry overnight. You will have to additional potential operations for rail notch the back of side (Part 4) to fit over and ship traffic. the center bulkhead if you use this After Troy built the carfloat kit, the method and drill new holes at the deck 10"-long center section was left over joint to use the provided signboards. with side pieces of similar length but no After attaching cleats (Part 14) and bitts ends. We also had an additional crane (Part 13), the model was airbrushed with assembly from the second pier kit (933- Floquil Weathered Black. Rustall'" 3067). We used these pieces to build our weathering solution, manufactured by the work barge. Th is is an easy kitbash. Kuras Design Group, was applied in mul­ were used to build the work barge. The Begin by removing the cast-on rail sup- tiple coats to obtain a rusted appearance ends of all the pieces have been tapered. port plates except those for the two out­ typical of all the barges in Mobile. side rails. These will support the rails for

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 29 ".·R f%"t·,... l"k"l :� ! �: h: O �

��" Bucket, make 2 Not to scale

HO 2x4 - 3/4" long. make 4

the crane. Use a chisel blade and patience. Take care to not gouge the The bucket halves are 5' wide and 4' deep (see Figure). Use '/,, " deck (Part 8), but if you do, these gouges can be converted to the styrene rod and '/"," OD styrene tube to fabricate the bucket pivot results of day-to-day stress and damage caused by operations. Yo u axle. Build a pulley roller assembly from '/'6" OD styrene tubing and can modify the deck to provide a prow (slightly pointy end), reduce center it on the rod. Place a '/,," thick "donut slice" of the tubing '/'6" the width of the deck at each end to form a slight taper to the deck or in from the end of the rod. Install the bucket halves on the rod and you can construct it flat and square (blunt). Yo ur decision will affect position another styrene donut on the outside. The bucket is con­ how you proceed with the gunwales (sides) and hull. Square and nected to the closing pulley block by four guide anTIs. I used J/,' long blunt is the easiest; tapered (like the carfloat's bow and stern) is visu­ pieces of HO scale 2x4 styrene for my bucket aI·ms. Attach these ally pleasing. Either would be correct. arms to an 'Is"� square styrene pulley block that is connected to the We chose to taper our deck and create a slope to the hull at the hauling line from the crane beam. Closing lines and retrieving lines bow and stern. Here's how we did it. Use the bow of the carfloat as a will need to be added, running back to the crane cab aI·ea. I painted guide and cut the barge sides (Part 4) to provide a 2' lip at the deck our bucket Reefer Orange to match the prototype, but Rust, Iron tapering back 15' to the waterline. Do this for each end on both sides. Oxide or Black will also work. Align the bottom with the sides and mark where the taper ends. Scribe a line on the inside sUiface, square to the long edges. Make this scribed line a kerf using a sharp knife BUT DO NOT CUT all the way through the bottom. Bend this piece at the kerf to match the slope angle of the sides. You may want to fabricate styrene stiffeners to help maintain the shape of the hull. Glue the hull bottom (Part 2) to the sides and install the cross ship stiffener (Part 15) provided with the original kit. The stiffe ner keeps the barge shape and provides sup­ port for the deck. The cast-on rub rails on each side should be tapered and reshaped to match those on the main caI'float. We used a hobby knife and files to accomplish this on our barge. Install the bits and cleats in their appropriate positions on the deck. Once the barge is assembled, fill any gaps in the joints with modeler's putty and sand smooth any irregularities. Spray paint your barge an Iron Oxide and Rust color. Install some of the rails (Part 21) left over from the main kit to the plates on the deck (Part 8). These rails should be painted Weathered Black and the rail tops drybrushed with Old Silver. Detail the deck with junk, spare parts, oil drums, coils of rope, bits of rail, angle iron and some tools. Old tires protect the sides of the prototype work baI·ge. We used detail castings of tire bumpers available from Crow River Products of Pawtucket, RI. They have a variety of nauti­ cal detail parts available to accent your models. You could also use faucet washers or O-rings available from a hardwaI'e store. Build the crane per the directions from the pier kit and install it on the barge deck rails. Remember this is a working baI'ge so oil spills and paint scrapes would abound.

Clamshell Hoist Bucket We needed to build (or buy) several clamshell buckets to compli­ ment the hook provided in the kit. A brass clamshell bucket kit is pro­ duced by Stewart Products (#20 I , $1 \.95). I also scratchbuilt another bucket based on a design I found on page 36 of the December 1957 Model Railroader. The article by the late Gordon Odegard is about powering the Stewart HO self-propelled railroad crane. His bucket assembly is built from .005 brass. A photocopy of the complete arti­ cle can be obtained from the NMRA library if you are a member. I The coal barge was fashioned from scrap 1 u x 4 It board. built our buckets from .005 styrene using Te nax 7R solvent cement.

30 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 Basic Scenery Techniques The Port of Mobile consists of two pre­ dominant scenery areas: the waterfront and the TRR marshaling yard. The concrete sur­ faces of the dock area were made from thin layers of joint compound sanded smooth then scribed to represent expansion joints. The surface was painted an off-white con­ crete color, and the cracks and expansion joints were accentuated with a wash of India ink and alcohol. The asphalt roads were made from cardboard base, painted black; foundry sand was sprinkled over the still wet paint. Once this had dried, the excess sand was vacuumed up and the road surface painted with a gray wash. Our base of extruded Styrofoam was painted with a beige brown color to provide the initial base earth color. After the tracks were laid, we applied ballast using a mix of Woodland Scenics (Fine) ballast colors. The GM&O mainline trackage was bal­ lasted with a lighter color to visually differ­ entiate it from the TRR yard trackage. The areas between the tracks and alongside the roads were further defi ned using sifted builder's sand and ground foam products held securely in place with diluted Matte Medium. Various pieces of junk and debris were also added, including old ties, piles of rubble and ballast, and fishplates made from brown construction paper. Super detailing these areas will continue well into the future as we find more interesting items to put in place. Our large foliage is made from Woodland Scenics Clump ground foam as well as native weeds and "puff balls" made from fiberfill covered with various colors of fine ground foam. The trees are made from the Oak Leaf Hydrangea blossom, a wild flower that grows abundantly near us. The blossoms are harvested, dried, trimmed and then dipped into diluted white glue. Ground foam is sprinkled over the still wet shape and set aside to dry. Planting these trees in Styro­ foam is simple - poke a hole with a nail, and dip the tree trunk in white glue and plant. TA DA! A forest. The "puff balls" are just as easy. Here's how. Use colored fiberfill or get the white kind from Wal-Mart and dye it. Pull off a ball of fiber about the size of a quarter. Stretch it out until it is about three times its original size and very thin. Roll this loosely back into a ball with the palms of your hands. Make several dozen of this "puff balls" at a time. Mix up a quart of diluted white glue and water with about three drops of liquid detergent. Dump the balls into this glue solution and soak them prior to painting with thoroughly. Using another container, foam brushes and a trim roller. preferably with a top, put a wet ball into it

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 31 along with some ground foam. Shake well (with the top on). Remove the foam-cov­ ered ball with tongs or a pointed stick and place on a tray to dry. Add another ball and more foam until you have covered all of them. HINT: Vary the color of foam you add periodically and you will get a wide variation of color to your shrubbery. After these have all dried, plant them just as you would any other foliage cluster.

Modeling Believable Water There have been numerous articles writ­ ten about modeling water scenes. A discus­ sion of a good technique can be found in Railroading Along the Wa teJfront by Laura Sebastian-Coleman. The procedure is writ­ ten by John Pryke. In other sources, Tony Koester has described making muddy moun­ tain streams and Dave Frary has produced some realistic ocean effects. Check out these other ideas also. A good believable color to water is difficult to achieve in modeling. In real life, the color is affected by reflected sky, pollutants in the water, silt and other debris. The depth of the water will also affect its reflectivity and color. When doing the research on the facilities at Mobile, the water varied from brown to green to blue then to bluelblack depending on the sky con­ ditions, upstream rainfall and river traffic. In "water areas" built by us previously we used Envirotex two-part acrylic resin mixed and poured over our stream beds. The amount of water in this project made using this method prohibitively expensive. We would create this water with latex paint and artist's acrylic gloss medium. We decided that a con­ sistent color would be best for our project. After several trials and color blending attempts, we came up with a Slate Blue color as our base. We had the color analyzed at the local Wal-Mart with their "Color Eye" and purchased a gallon of interior flat latex. In hindsight, gloss latex would have been a bet­ ter choice. All of the water surfaces were cleaned, and dents, gouges and holes in the extruded Styrofoam were fi lled with joint compound and sanded smooth. (There was a tendency to use the water surface as a tool shelf, catchall and elbow rest.) Two coats of the latex base color were applied using a thick nap roller, making sure there was an even application and all the nooks and cran­ nies were covered. After these had thoroughly dried, I applied a thick coat of artist's aClylic gloss medium. This gave the water's surface its initial sheen. Next, I applied thick stippled coats of aClylic gloss gel (heavy) with a stiff brush. The Gel was mixed with some of the base color to give it depth and color. The effect was pretty good but not perfect. Actually it was too perfect. The Three­ Mile Creek area is a slow moving muddy

32 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 stream and ours was a beautiful glossy blue. To remedy this, I mixed several drops of acrylic teak stain (my wife's artist colors) with the gloss medium and thinned it with water to a milky (skimmed) consistency. The amount of stain you use will govern the degree of muddy water affect achieved. Brush this color over your water surface. We also decided to blend this color into the stag­ nant areas in the berths at the port. In the main ship channel we streaked the surface with white acrylic paint using a drybrush technique to simulate wind "cat paws" and wake streams. GO EASY! This can be over­ m"'nllilmcan simulate m algae and other done. Where there are ships, lubricated pollutants. Here a greenish mixture is applied to Three Mile Creek. machinery powered equipment and water, there will be oil slicks. Anything dripped or spilled on the shore or the docks will eventu­ appLied while the paint was wet. After the pri­ cues from Mother Nature. Look around at the ally seep into the water. To achieve the shim­ mary shoreLine was scenicked, I applied our various colors, shapes and textures she pro­ mer of a thin oil film on our water, especially diluted gloss medium brown liquid to the vides, then look at the shapes and textures around the moored ships or the work barge, I water's surface and sprinkled green ground man adds. When you "do scenery" be flexible, used a thin wash of iridescent acrylic paint foam into it along the shore representing the be loose, and experiment. But most impOItant, (used for craft tee shirt painting and available prevalent "duck weed" that grows there. HAVE FUN' at craft shops such as Michael's). Some final words about scenery. There is Next month we will continue our dis­ The creek under the bridges is choked with no right or wrong way to do scenery. There cussion on the structures. We did not pre­ aquatic vegetation (and at least one very large are no absolute rules, either. Over time some sent our grain elevator this month because snapping turtle). To achieve this overgrown methods have proved to be easier or produce it was not ready. Remember, we said this look, I built the shoreline with a thin layer of better (matter of opinion) results than others. was a work in progress. We 'll also cover Sculpt-a-Mold painted our base tan color. Every modeler has his or her "best way." Seek Blakeley Island, the Icing Facility and the Woodland Scenics green ground foam was out their advice and use it, or not. Ta ke your Bulk Materials area. .1

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING � 33 L DETAIL 5E-UP

Paducah & Louisville (P&L or PA L) GP8, GP9R & GP10

HO Scale Models (see text) N Scale Models by Atlas, Life-Like and Rapido by Rich Picariello

Photos taken by the author in Louisville, KY;July 1996

The Prototypes: The Paducah & Louisville, the 48" fans would have to be removed and Kentucky Wildcats in blue and white. fOlllled in 1986, is a 356-mile shortline operating replaced with 36'''' fans. Both the Model Power HaIldrails are painted either red, blue, black or between its namesake cities on fonner illinois or Walthers GP9 have a low nose. On some of silver-gray to match their respective paint Central (IC) lTacks. P&L locomotives were all the models, the addition, re-Iocation or removal scheme; all handrails are painted white at the acquired secondhand. The early roster included of louvers, fan replacement or lowering the step aI·eas. Trucks and fuel tank are black on all ex-IC/lCG GP8s and GPLOs (see IC/lCG GPLO sholt hood (adding numberboards, cab front and schemes. The pilots are black only on the Diesel Detail Close-Up in the October 1998 front windshield) would be neceSSaIy. Note that green-and-black scheme. Some P&L units issue), numerous SW switchers, a lone GPll, the front headlight on all units is mounted on the carry names on the cab sides. Between the two nine ex-Santa Fe GP?Us and three ex-C&NW nose, aIld the headlight mounting aI'ea over the decal sets, all of the herald and lettering vari­ GP9Rs (see photo of #8350). While these units windshield is blank. ants can be done. UnfOItunately, neither set has still make up the bulk of P&L's motive-power For N scale, the Life-Like GP I8 low-hood the college paint scheme logos, the cab names fleet, some are no longer on the roster. In later version, the GP? Phase II or the GP9 Phase or Operation Lifesaver decals. Use a 50-50 mix years, GP30s and GP35s were acquired and III could be used. Rapido and Atlas also once of SP Dark Gray and either silver, aluminum or most recently, a GP39 has been added. made GP9s and Atlas offered a GP? Platinum Mist to make P&L silver-gray. The Scale Models: For HO scale, many Current Atlas (HO & N), Life-Like (N) models are available that can be used to model and Life-Like Proto 2000 (HO) models are the P&L's GP8/9R/1O locomotives. The Atlas limited-production items that may not GP?, Atheam GP?, Life-Like Proto 2000 GP? always be available. Phase II and Trains Unlimited GP? or GP9 are Paint and Decal Notes: P&L's first paint available in high-hood only. Life-Like Proto scheme was green over black (this scheme was 2000 makes a GP9 phase ill (w/48 " fans) with a also used for switchers). In 1990, a silver-gray high-hood only; the Proto 2000 GPl8 low-hood scheme was introduced. Two GPIOs are version can be backdated to a GP9 Phase ill painted in local "college paint schemes," one �ith radiator grilles from Train Station Prod­ for the University of LouisviJle CaI'dinals in red ucts. On either of these Proto 2000 locomotives, and white and the other for the University of

34 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 35 Paducah Louisvill & e GP8, GP9R & GP10 Detail Parts for HO Scale: 29 - AL292lO Sunshade (photo-etched brass) ....•..•..•..•...... 2.3516

1 - DW139 Air filler ...... • ...... 1.00 ea. CCUS1 Sunshade (plastic) ...... 2.95/8 2 - CF225 Air hom (brass) ...... 7.95 ea. DA1301 Sunshade (plastic) ...... • ...... 1.5016 DWI91 Air hom (brass) ...... 2.95 ea. DW188 Sunshade (plastic) ...... •.... 1.0014 3 - CF20} Antenna, Sinclair (brass) ...... 3.9512 PSC39047 Sunshade (brass) ...... •...... 2.25/4 DA I803 Antenna, Sinclair (plastic) ...... 1.25/4 30 - AL29239 Steps (etched see-thru)* ...... 3.15 /set OM9051 Antenna. Sinclair (brass) . . . 3.25 ea. 31 - DA280S Truck journal, square ...... •..•...... 2.25 /S

4 - DAl801 Antenna. can ...... •..•. . . 1.0016 32 - DA2806 Truck journal, sloped ...... •....2.25/S

5 - CFI09 Bell (brdss). . . ..4.95 ea. 33 - CFIl2 Underframe/step light (brass) . . . ..•....2.95/2 DW129 Bell (metal) ...... 1.25/2 DWl72 Underframe/step light ...... 1.25/8 6 - DA2809 Brake·cylinder air line, Blomberg 4-wheel . . 1.50/4 34 - DA2312 Wind deflector, stTaight (clear plastic). . . 1.25/4 7 - DW132 Brake ratchet" . . . .. 1.00 ea. OM9327 Wind deflector, straight (brass) ...2.50 14 PSC39082 Brake ratchet" ...... 1.5012 UP77 Wi nd deflector/mirror (brass) ...... 2.00/2

8 - ASM 0103 Chain, 2S, 42 & 56 Ipi (etched brass) ...... 10.00/sheet 35 - AMB23S Wi ndow glass. Athearn GP7 ...... •...... 3. 95/set

DA2210 Chain, blackened ...... 2.25/ 12" RUN1853 Window glass, GP7- 18 ...... •...... 2.00/set PSC48237 Chain .2.75/10" 36 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) ...... 2.95/S

9 - DAlOI7 Classification lights, GP7-20 ...... 1.25/6 CS419 Windshield wipers (brass) ...... •...... 3. 5014 10 - MV300 Classification lenses, clear...... 2.00/4 ME WS Windshield wipers (brass) ...... 2.98 /set U - DA220S Coupler lift bar...... 2.75/ 10 PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) ...... 1.5014 OM9150 Coupler lift bar...... 1.75/2 UP94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) ...... 2. 00/4 Note: Add lift bar extension rods - make from wire. UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) ...... 1.50/4 12 - CF293 Ditchlights (brass) ...... 4.95/2 DW243 Ditchlights wlbulbs (metal) . . . ..3.50 /2 Detail Parts for N Scale:

13 - OM9171 Door bandle (brass)* ...... 1.70/2 1- ME NFS Air filter . . ...•..•...... 2.50 /set

PSC3998 Door handle (plastic)* ...... 1.50/6 2 - JNJ1l5 Air hom. 5-chime ...... 3.50 /2

14 - DAI402 Drop step ...... •...... 1.5012 SE N704 Air hom, 5-chime...... • ...... 1.65 ea.

15 - DA2402 Ex.haust stack, GP7- IS...... • ...... 1.25/2 3 - SE N450 Antenna. Sinclair ...... 1.65/3 16 - DW142 Fan, 36" (plastic)* ...... , . . ... 1.25/4 4- SE N454 Antenna, can ...... 1.65/3

PSC3990 Fan. 36" w/open ribs (plastic)" ....2.2514 5 - IN.r1l7 BeU...... •....3.0 0/4 17 - DA2707 Filler, Horst . . . . . 3.S5 ea. SE N352 Bell...... 1.6512

18 - DA3101 Fuel gauge. round, side tank mount (plastic)...... 1.00/6 8- ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 Ipi (etched brass) .....•...... 10.00/sheet OM925 I Fuel gauge, round, side tank mount (brass) ...... 1.75 ea. DA2210 Chain, 40 Ipi...... 2.25 /12" 19 - AL29100 Grabirons (formed wire) ...... 3.2 5/50 12 - SE N602 Ditchlights ...... 1.65/4

DA2202 Grabirons (formed wire) ...... 2.50/24 14 - DA8206 Drop step . . . •...... •...... 1.00/2 UP54 Grabirons (cast brass) ...... 5.95/ 12 16 - JNJl04 Fan, 36"" ...... 3.00/2 20 - DA 1004 Headlight. front & rear (plastic)...... 1.0012 17 - JNJ134 Filter, Horst ...... 3.00 ea. DW114 Headlight, front & rear (metal) ...... 1.00/2 20 - DA8216 Headlight, front & rear...... 1.2514 21 - MV22 Headlight lenses . . ... 1.1 5/4 22 - PSC6704 Hose, air line (brass) ...... 1.50/6 22 - CS227 Hose, air line (brass) ...... 2.3514 PSC6705 Hose, air line (plastic) ...... 2.50/24 DA6206 Hose, air line (delrin) ...... 1.25/6 23 - ASMOI01 Lift lugs/eyebolts/u-bolts (etched brass) . 8.29/set 23 - DA2206 Lift rings...... 3.00/36 24 - SE N850 MU cable ...... 1.8512 24 - DW220 MU cable ...... 1.95 ea. 26 - SE N550 MU hoses ...... 3.95/4 25 - DA1503 MU stand ...... 1.25/2 28 - SE N499 S peed recorder . . 1.65/2

26 - CF257 MU hoses. 3-per bracket (brass) ...... 7.95/4 29 - DA8201 Sunshade (plastic) ...... 1.25/4 DA1508 MUhoses, individual (delrin) ...... 2.00 /16 ME NS6 Sunshade (brass) .. . ..2.00/2

DW266 MU hoses, 3-per bracket (metal) ...... • ...... 3.50/4 36 - ME NWI Windshield wipers ...... 3.33/4

0M9350 MU hoses, 3-per bracket (brass) ...... •.....7.45/4 27 - DA3002 Sand-fill hatch, GP7-20 (plastic)* ...... 1.00/4 The fo llowing item must he fabricated by the modeler:

DW201 Sand-fill hatch, GP7-20 (metal)*...... 1.2514 A - Underframe piping - make from various sizes of wire. OM9401 Sand-fill hatch, GP7-20 (brass)* . . . . .4.0012 28 - CF196 Speed recorder (brass) . . ...4.39/4 " Similar pans. either separate or molded on, are included with the listed HO or N scale DA2807 Speed recorder (dehin) .... 1.50/4 models; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the discretion of the modeler.

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MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 39 This is a photo taken during a Walthers photo shoot. I needed a truck to repre­ in our attempt to create an era sent a scene taken sometime in the 1960s. The Alloy Forms tractor was modeled on our model railroad layouts. I fi nd myself from photos in the iconografix photo archive series books. The boxcar is a new spending a lot of time studying prototype uucks Accurail kit spotted next to the Walthers stamping plant, part of their automo­ in the ongoing effort to add realism to my tive series of buildings. I masked the front "clear tape" windshield with pre-cut model photos and ads. Model vehicles help set pieces of masking tape to create the effect of clean glass where the wipers the time and mood in a scene. Are the vehicles would wipe. The truck was weathered with a wash of oil paints and a coating of old? Newer model years? Do they convey a grime sprayed from underneath. The truck worked well in this scene with the sense of heavy use or a lack of money in a given oil-paint-weathered boxcar as the backdrop. scene with regards to upkeep or maintenance? Is it okay to model a 1950s tractor in a 1990s Here is just a sampling scene? What would be the condition of this of books found at the truck? It's questions like this that make mod­ book store that can help eling dus aspect of our hobby really interesting. our modeling effort. Again, I need a lot of scale model cars Mack Model 8 1953- 1966 and trucks to help in making my model pho­ Vol. 1 & 2 Photo Archive tos look prototypical. They need to be of from Iconografix Pub­ many different eras as I model a variety of lishing and the Crestline eras depending on the subject or story being series of books on Ford's told in a photo. trucks and cars, Interna­ Alloy Forms makes many very nice tional trucks and Chevro­ model cars and trucks. They are very accu­ let cars and trucks. rate and can be modeled to represent various Complete with photos model years. The Mack tractor they make and very detailed writ­ was in production from 1953 to 1966. It had ten information makes many different modifications and weight modeling easy. classes. Some had sleepers added to the cab. I findit helpful to study prototype books and Here are the parts of a photos in an attempt to make the models typical Alloy Forms kit. look realistic. As many of you have already In this stage of plan­ found, this can become an involving hobby ning you will need to in itself aside from model trains. decide what you want Here I present ideas for making model to model. Do you fol­ glass and adding occupants to your vehicles. low the directions? Or Also included are some book titles with do you build what you helpful prototype information for modeling can see in prototype the Alloy Forms Ford and Mack trucks along photos? with a few close-up photos of some of the trucks I have made for use as props in my model photos. I do not make perfect-looking model trucks, but they are fun to make just the same ...and every time I build one 1 find my model skilis get better.

40 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 I have found that most of the initial modeling time is spent fil­ The front, side and rear windows on all of my vehicles are ing the parts. Shaping and filing off the flashing is essential to made with a technique taught to me by club member Mike a good fit as is cutting off detail like air filters to modify truck Budde. The use of clear packing tape works well to insure a model type. Diamond dust files are best for this process. I well-seated fit around the edges which can form around any have spent many hours listing to (-SPAN on cable TV while curved surface. This method also guarantees a thin glass just shaping parts. This step is the most important one that must like the prototype. Just press the tape on to the model and cut be done to ensure a nice looking model. along the edges. If you follow-up with a black marker around the edges to represent the window seal, the model will look complete. Ta pe window glass has lasted three or four years so far on my models with no problems.

Here are two tractors modeled in differ­ This Alloy Forms kit was modeled to be ent colors. The red one has the stock a 1972 lS model. It was painted with white metal frame. The yellow model blue Ford automotive paint. Boards has a brass I-beam frame made from scrap brass stock to look like the prototype. with welded brackets were added to With the addition of air lines and MV lenses as taillights the model looks complete. allow the truck to hold more ca rgo. Note how the drive shaft adds to the model's appearance. This simple detail made The chrome frame around the front from .030 wire makes the truck look good when used as a prop in a photo. Actually grille designates this a 1972 model year it's the study of your model photos that will force you to become a more detail-con­ truck. The side mirrors and antennas scious modeler. A model that usually looks great on the layout can be a disappoint­ are from Plano Products of Te xas. ment to you in a close-up photo.

Here is an Alloy Forms single-axle This is a black 1971 model Ford. It has Preiser makes great looking truck dri­ dump truck with a short dump bed. a tarp rolled up on the bar (made vers (Walthers product #590-14009). This is a 1971 model year truck with from aluminum foil) above the dump Spmetimes you will need to cut and the air filters filed off the side of the bed used to keep any loose load from trim to ensure the right fit in the cab. hood. This detail tells us that the flying out of the truck. This was actu­ truck has a gasoline engine rather ally my first attempt at modeling one than a diesel. Also note the A-Line of these trucks. The license plates are wheels and tires with treads. Microscale decals. �

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 41 he next time you are wading through package car prototypes. The distinctive undecorated. 1 don't know if readers can traffic during your morningcommute, ergonomic design dates back to the late ' 70s. obtain UPS decorated models from a UPS noticeT how many of the boxy UPS package The aluminum bodies were fabricated by employee or not, as this item is not listed in cars you spot. It is not uncommon for me to several builders including Boyertown Body the UPS employee's catalog. Although the count two dozen or so of these vehicles and Gruman-Olsen. Ford or GMC supplied sides of the decorated model have the UPS during my morningtrek through the urban the power-train/chassis assemblies, utilizing graphics, the rear door doesn't. Modelers sprawl. Most of us have probably come to a six-cylinder gasoline engine and a five­ will most likely have to settle for using a recognize these vans as the signature vehicle speed manual transmission. The P600's box­ pre-painted Walthers model with decals. I of the United Parcel Service. Package De­ like design, silver outlined wheel rims, recommend supplementing their decals livery Cars number in the tens of thousands roll-up rear door, Kemlite roof and immacu­ with A-Line's UPS 40' and 45 ' van sheet to and come in a variety of shapes and sizes, late brown paint are among the obvious get the correct font for the UPS graphics. but only one color...dark chocola�e brown. spotting features. Because decals of the UPS's logos aren't The selection of prototype photos pro­ Now for the bad news. The Walthers' available (UPS is very protective of their vided is offered as an introducti on to the pre-decorated HO scale reproduction of the trademarks), modelers will most likely have diverse package car fleet. All UPS package P600 in the UPS Globe paint scheme fea­ to settle for a "logo-less" version that is cars are denoted by a "P" followed by a tured here isn't available commercially... the closer to a P600 of the early '90s and number that represents the cubic feet of decorated version was done exclusively for before when the only logo used was . the capacity. Standard step-van sizes vary from UPS. The model can only be obtained UPS package logo. 300 to 1,000 cubic feet. The P600 model offered in HO by Walthers is our speci fic modeling subject. UPS has several thousand P600 cars; it is one of the more common

UPS 650317 is a new P700 package car. Unlike its bigger cousins, the P800 and P1 000, it has rear doors that swing open instead of rolling up. UPS 804363 is a P800. This view clearly shows the anti-scratch surface along the Hagerstown, MO; 1997. top side of the car. Gettysburg, PA; 1997.

42 .... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 UPS71 057, a PSOO, looks almost exactly like a P600 except for UPS 58684 is a P600 with the older style of graphics with­ being slightly shorter. Gettysburg, PA; February 1991. out the globe logo used up to the early '90s. Gettysburg, PA; September 1984.

This represents the Kemlite roof insert. Air­ fi ller is brushed with Clear Flat. Refer to brush the entire body with Clear Satin. After model photos and mask accordingly. it dries apply marker, turn-signal and brake Drill two #79 holes on each corner lights from Microscale's MC-4204 decal where the windshield edge, door edge and sheet. Use MC-4 149 for a license plate. Use roof meet. The top hole should be drilled on the Walthers decal sheet for the ICC data the edge of the roof and the lower hole lined and gold vehicle lD numbers. See accompa­ up with the top of the door handle. The nying photos for correct placement. Apply holes should be a scale 2' 6" apart. This is Flat Black to all window and windshield where each side mirror will be mounted gaskets. Door handles, rear door latch and after glazing the windows. Glaze the win­ steps underneath each side door are alu­ dows using Microscale's Micro Kristal minum. Seal with Clear Satin after the Klear. I'm not a big fan of this stuff, but it's decals have been given several hours to bond a preferred alternative to cutting clear with the paint. A small vent above the dri­ styrene to fit the window openings. Follow UPS 314154 is a P300 that is used on ver's door is made from a 9" piece of I x4 the instructions on the bottle to properly smaller routes and for air package pick­ strip (note, all measurements are in scale "glaze" the windows. Allow it to dry ups/deliveries. Hagerstown, MO; 1997. fe et and inches). Slightly round the corners. overnight. (I'd like to see a manufacturer Brush-paint this with a 50/50 mixture of make laser cut windows for this mode\.) Several things need to be done to make Engine Black and Railroad Tie Brown. CA the model appear more realistic. Start by sep­ the vent piece above the back edge of the arating the one-piece frame from the body, driver's side door. The roof, top panel and then carefully remove the wheels which by panels on each side of the rear door need to today's standards are a bit crude, but accept­ be airbrushed with Clear Flat blended with a able. Upgrading them is not possible because couple of drops of Primer Gray. Mask so they are much smaller than currently avail­ only these areas are exposed. The mask able replacements. Paint the centers semi­ should cover the rear roll-up door, the front gloss Black. Use a fine liner to paint a silver below where the roof overhangs the wind­ band around the outermost edge of the rim. shield, side doors, and from the middle side Brush paint the tires with Clear Flat mixed panel, down. Remove the mask after apply­ with a couple drops of Weathered Black. ing two coats of the flat solution. Paint the Next move to the body. Mask around the headlights with a 50/50 mixture of Alu­ raised area of the roof and airbrush it White. minum and White. The area below the fuel

Here is a rear view of UPS 50011, a P600 with the newer graphics. The models that Wa lthers did for UPS lack UPS 312053 is a Ford Econoline van used for air package deliveries/pick-ups at these rear graphics. Pigeon Forge, TN; BWI Airport. 1996. November 18, 1994.

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 43 Part No. Description 933-1591 Delivery van wldecals (pre "globe" scheme) 129 .020 x .250 strip (interior cargo door) 138 .030 x .188 strip Uump seat) 210 .025 rod (gear shift nob) 223 .093 tubing (seat mount) 8104 lx4 strip (vent door) 8105 I x6 strip (mirrors) 9020 .020 sheet (interior wall) Moving to the mirrors, make each sup­ Detail Associates 2530 .015 x .060 flat brass (railings) port arm by bending a piece of 'I," brass wire. The 90° bends should be 2' 3" apart. 2502 3/8 " brass wire (roll-up door cables. wipers) The P600 has a split mirror, a flat lens and 2503 1/2" brass wire (minor support anns, gear shiftaft) sh a wide-angle lens. The two flats are cut 6203 Roofwalk (rear step grating) or from a x6, 12" long and the wide angle I Plano 191 40' slotted roofwal.k (rear step grating) cut from the same stock, 6" long. Slightly A-Line round each corner. Insert each support arm 50201 UPS 40'/45 ' van & tractor decals (numbers & UPS lettering) into the holes. The arm shoul d be posi­ Microscale 114 Micro Kristal Klear (glazing solution) tioned at approximately a 135° angle from MC-4 149 License plates the side of the van, protruding I' 3" from MC-4204 28' trailer data the roof edge. CA from inside the shell. CA Polly Scale 404 103 Clear Satin the mirror lens (the larger on top) to each support arm. Paint with the 50/50 Rail Tie 404106 Clear Flat BrownlBlack concoction. Paint the mirrors 4141 13 Reefer White Chrome Silver. Make a set of windshield 414134 Undercoat Light Gray (primer) wipers from ]/s" brass wire. Bend each 414233 BAR Gray piece at a 90° angle so the wiper blade is 2' 414239 Railroad Tie Brown long. The other end should be long enough (about 6") to insert into a #79 hole drilled 414290 Engine Black above the rightltop corner of each wind­ 414299 Flat Aluminum shield gasket. Paint the wipers black before MODELflex 1605 Weathered Black inserting. Be careful not to puncture the Testors 1790 Chrome Silver (Reflective surface of mirror) glazing with the wire (the voice of experi­ ence!). Use a steering wheelldashboard from a Herpa model (or an aftermarket aftermarket seat could be purchased. the bottom of the half circle slightly bend steering wheel with a dashboard). Trim off Mount the seat on a 3' section of .093 toward the back of the half circle. Where some of the passenger side of the dash­ styrene tube. Paint the seat black and the long piece aligns with the end of the board piece so that it fits,wi dthwise, inside mount this assembly on the right side of half circle, about I' 6" from second bend, the shell below the windshield. Attach to the floor, against the wall. A gearshift is bend back so the remainder aligns with the the underside of the body so the wheel is made from 'I, " brass wire, cut 3' 6" long. A end of the half circle. The overall length of visible through the driver's side windshield. knob is made from a tiny piece of .025 each fi nished rail is 5'. Paint with the Set the body aside for the moment. styrene rod. Paint black. Drill a #79 hole in brown mixture and mount to each outside Take the frame and cut out a 7' x I ' hole the middle of the floor, insert the shifter, edge of the rear panels. It sounds more in the rear step, leaving a frame. Cover the angled forward. A walk-thru door for the complicated then it is. See the accompany­ frame with an 8' xl' 6" piece of DA or wall is made from a 6' 6" long piece of ing photos. Plano roofwalk material. Pai nt with the .020 x .250 strip. Paint aluminum. All told this project will require about brown mixture. If an interior is desired, cut Attach the wheels to the frame. Friction two evenings of work. The result is a fairly a 7' 6" x 6' 3" bulkhead from .020 styrene fit the body onto the frame, working from accurate P600 model without a major, time­ sheet stock. Mount the shorter side 13' 6" back to front. I didn't cement it, because it consuming effort. It would really be nice if from the rear edge of the step (see photo). seems to fit fairly tight. The last remaining UPS would authorize Walthers and other Paint the wall and floor aluminum. On the details to be added are the rear railings and model and decal manufacturers to reproduce left side of the wall a fold-down jump seat the two roll-up door cables. The cables are their logos so that modelers could build is made from two pieces of .030 x .188 made from two 6' pieces of 3/, brass wire accurate representations of these styrene strip cut 3' and 2' long, respec­ painted BAR Gray. Mount just inside each "omnipresent" vehicles. It would also be tively. CA the short piece on top of the edge of the door, angled ever so slightly nice if someone produced some of the other long piece and paint black. Mount to the inward. Only a bit of CA on the top end of UPS package car prototypes like the P800 left side of wall, 3' from the floor so the each wire is required. The railings were and PI 000. Many thanks to my good friend thicker part of the seat is the lower edge. A bent from .015 x .060 flat brass. Bend a John L. Becker (the Buster-Box Guru) for driver's seat was cut from the interior half circle into one end (becomes the bot­ contributing his knowledge and documenta­ assembly of a Herpa truck tractor, or an tom). On the remaining long end, 2' from tion of the UPS fleet. Thanks Johnl �

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H 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 45 1 - This 1930 Horsch by Wiking displays the squared-off body of older-style cars with the streamlined fenders foretelling body styles of the '40s. Design is similar to Cadillacs and Packards of the era.

ne way people recognize the various periods station parking lot that are more likely to signal is most suitable for cutting (Photos 5-6). of the 20th century is by the vehicles seen in visitors what time period you are depicting. Using a compass with a pen nib, it is possi­ tbe street. Model T Fords signal the first The styling of the first motorcars was ble to fill the pen with white paint and draw yearsO of the 1900s, while rounded carbodies, based on horse-drawn wagons without the your whitewalls on clear decal film.There is or bulbous fenders and lots of chrome signal the horse. As motor vehicles went into commer­ has been a set of decal tires available recendy, middle of the century. You should realize that cial production, however, fancier coach bod­ but I have not been able to locate these. even though the Grand Canyon Limited ap­ ies were provided. Steel sheet was used for Another way to create whitewalls is to proaching the station on your model railroad bodies from pretty much the beginning of paint the entire side of the tire white. Then, (that only ran with your particular consist for a car production, and as time went on more when thoroughly dry, hold the wheel assem­ couple of years in the I 940s), it's that shiny '41 and more curve-formed sheet steel was used. bly by the axle and with flat black paint on a Buick and the banged up '36 Ford pickup in the Through the middle of the I 940s, most cars good brush, twirl the axle and touch the bush were all of '30s or previous styling because of World War n. Although these cars and trucks were seen in decreasing numbers as new cars were bought during the late ' 40s, there were always a few ancient relics about, especially in rural areas (Photos 1-4). Fenders started as mud gnards over the wheels. suspended by flat bars of metal from the bodies. They soon were joined directly to

2 - By removing the rear window th e body and were fair ed in ever more increas­ post and painting the rear panel ingly. The "Cadillac" in Photo 1 (actual1y a "glass," this Horsch has been con­ WikingHorsch) shows the fen der lineof a car verted into a flower delivery truck. of the '308. There was no trunk... you strapped your steamer tnmks or luggage to the back of the car in those days ...an d the spare tires (one 5 - Whitewalls can be cut from sticker material or two depending on tbe car manufacturer and by using a cutter blade in a strong bow compass model) w ere out on the front fenders or like this stainless-steel one from Vemco that is monnted on the back of the car. available in many art supply stores. Whitewall tires became popular for dress­ ing-up one's car and were seen in increasing numbers through the '40s and especiaUy into the 1950s. The width of the white stripe vruied 3 & 4- German "Wanderer" cars gen­ with manufacturer and particular year. Very erally resemble US cars like Chryslers wide stripes were popular in the '30s... in the and Buicks of the '30s. '40s and '50s they weren't quite as wide, and in some cases were only a thin line. Work from prototype photos wherever you can. There are several ways to make white­ wall tires. If you have a good compass and cutter blade (available in most hobby shops or art supply houses) you can cut whitewalls out of a sheet of white decal film or out of sticker material. The small bow compass 6 - A compass and ink nib can be used tc with center wheel is the most rigid type and "paint" whitewalls on decal paper.

46 ... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 the entire sidewall white ...

9 - The trunk on this 1936 Ford is an 10 - The Mercedes 170 strongly integral part of the body. resembles a 1935 Ford - right down to the trim. with cars that looked a lot like the '34 Airflow. This type of styling is shown in the Ford from Wiking (Photo ll) ... even though this car is 8 - ...then hold the tire by the axle not what it pretends to be.. .it is actually a and slowly twirl it as you apply black model of a mid-'50s model Ford built in the over the edge of the tread area. Taunus Plant in Gennany. It obviously harks back to the styling of 1940s U.S.-built Ford to the tread of the tire as you turn it. Work Tudor fastback sedans (which were somewhat around to the side of tbe tire walls unti I you larger tban this prototype). are satisfied with the widtb of white stripe Another good example of this type of 11 - This postwar German Ford showing. Many makers provide a thin ridge styling would be the Wiking model of a GM Ta unus has similar lines to the larger which can be used as the limit of the white car in Photo 14. This strongly resembles the 1939 Ford. stripe (photos 7-8). notch-back sedans of the ' 40s of many makes. Crescent Station Limited has a very nice In fact it strongly resembles a Nash of the ally reached each other and made a single pre-cut set of stick-on whitewall tires available same period but it aculally is supposed to rep­ form. This probably reached its limit with the that simulate the wide-band whitewalls seen in resent a 1951 GM Opel built from jigs of ear­ 1949 through '52 Nash cars (later Rambler the '30s on large tires and on the smaller lier U.S.-built Buicks or LaSalles (LaSalle was and AMC) with the fenders making up most wheels of the 1940s. In this case, you just peel produced by Cadillac up to J 940). of the bulk of the body. Photo 12 shows a them up carefully with a sharp knife and set Most cars of this time period now had a resin model of the similar ' 50 Nash from them carefully on your tire, then press down split windshield that leaned back at a rakish Smokey Mountain, and another resin kit, a with your finger, and it's done. angle, bulbous fenders of teardrop sty ling aud 1947 Chevrolet from Gregg's Garage. As the '30s progressed, rounded trunks bright toothy chrome grilles that were usually Finishing a resin model leaves one with were added to the back of the body, and they vertical elements joining the hood to the the problem of what to do about tbe appear­ eventually became an integral part of the car as bumper in pre-WWII models. The grilles on ance of the windows. An expert modeler in shown in the 1936 Ford in Photo 9 (an S-scale postwar cars evolved quickly into a bOlizontal Germany, Klaus Holl (manufacturer of Dick Tracy car from ERTL) and in the Mer­ element going from one side to tbe other. In ASOA ballast products distributed through­ cedes 170 in Photo 10 (a good stand-in for a the 1930s headlamps were separate fairings out Europe), suggests that after painting and '. '35 Ford coupe or conveltible). generally of teardrop sbape. These soon would fi nishing the model that one take a soft pen­ New automobile styling in the 1940s be sunk into the fe nders. The rare 1942 DeSoto cil (artist pencil with HE or B hardness lead) showed aerodynamic front fenders that would even had disappearing headlamps, generally and color over the window areas carefully to stretch toward the back of the car until they not imitated till the 1970s. produce a dull graphite color. This proves to touched the rear fenders. As time progressed it Many cars went in for fastback styling in be about as realistic as anything I have fo uLld could be seen that the fenders were reaching or sedan models, with a single unbroken line and is quite easy to do. blending together in some cases ot were blend­ from the top of the windshield, back over The late ' 40s and early ' 50s brought ing with the carbody. the passenger compartment blending tbe about straight-through styling that was a bit General Motors introduced the "Ulrret-top u'unk into the contour Line all the way to the more squared off than previously. This is styling" on cars featuring rounded forms now rear bumper (Photos 11-13). Some cars shown by the WilingBo rgward in Photo 16. possible due to the fact that wider sheet steel retained notch-back styling for some sedans These last three cars also show the one-piece was being rolled in the steel mills. Chrysler's and for coupes (having smaller passenger curved windshields that came into use after 1934 "Airflow" model was a leap forward in compartments than a full sedan built in two­ 1947 on most cars. aerodynamic styling. The entire car was door models). Cadillac's fins,tbat I firstremember seeing designed to maximize aerodynamic forms but Photo 15, although not a '40s design, on 1948 models, would get bigger and bigger was not at all popular with the public. Detroit shows the resulting direction that 1940s until they reached their limit in 1960. But they went back to earlier boxier designs and intro­ styling would lead. The photo shows a 1952 weren't the only ones; in 1957 Chrysler intro­ duced elements of aerodynamic fonns gradu­ Buick with an early example of a toothy duced their "FOlward Look" greatly expanded ally until by the turn of the '40s we ended up chrome grille. By this time the fenders actu- their use of finsand brougbt about a variety of

12 - A wide variety of older vehicles are available as resin castings. Here are a 13 - The windows on the resin 1947 1947 Ford and 1950 Nash. Chevrolet are graphite (pencil) rubbed in.

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 47 14 - This 1951 Opel was built in Ger­ 15 - 1950 Buick shows the sculp­ 17 & 18 - Here are 1948 Fords with­ many with forms from earlier US-built tured look that prevailed after front out and with chrome trim. GM cars. In this case, probably a '40 and rear fenders met after lengthen­ LaSalle (never put in series produc­ ing during the '40s. tion) or a Buick of similar vintage. It has a "notchback" design rather than the smoother "fastback" models of the late '40s ...but wait until the '50s! new fin designs. Ford also joined in, but on a much more limited basis. Fortunately these are beyond the scope of this article. Metallic colors became popular after beginning of the model year. So 1942 cars WWII and were seen in various green and blue 16 - Scupltured elements became were fairly rare. Later cars were available for colors. Likewise flashy two-tone coloring was "straight through" front to back lines as emergency services but were the same as the used to dress up many '46 and '47 models early as the 1947 Nash (see 1950 Nash '42s, possibly with painted trim instead of from manufacturers that were not ready yet to photo). Although this Borgward (Ger­ chrome I am told. After World War II, it took produce entirely new designs. The trend con­ many) car is a later model. it displays until 1946 until the car makers were really tinued as the '50s progressed, with some man­ lines seen in many early '50s models. tooled up for car production and the ' 46s were ufacturers Like Dodge even offeling three-color virtual copies of the 1942 cars although there paint schemes. I would suggest looking care­ on the driver's side. Right-side milTors did not are some examples of minor uim changes. So fully at photos of the period to spot realistic become popular until the '70s. the main difference between a 1940 or '41 coloring for your models as there are many With a black paint marker or drafting pen, I time setting would not be much different than combinations that were unlikely to be seen blacken the openings of chrome grilles to add 1946 or '47 except that the cars in the later (photo 14). In every case I can spot, dle colors depth. Many models require painting the time period would be more beat up. When of two-tone cars were separated by a strip of gtilles in the fi rS! place. r have never been sat­ postwar new cars became available the situa­ chrome: this is now easily simulated with a isfied with the aluminum (simulated chrome) tion on the streets changed rapidly with new strip of silver decal fLim. (and several model plating on small scale model cars for dle effect cars rapidly replacing the older worn out cars. car manufacturers offer painted two-tone cars, of chrome does not seem to scale down very By about 1954 prewar cars were fairly rare in making this even easier). well. 1 usually settle for the brightest silver big cities, but they continued to be found in Bright si lver decal film is available that color paint, but this is just my preference. rural areas. Oh, I know, your uncle Phillip had can represent chrome trim on models. It is a 1938 Plymouth that he kept running until necessary only to cut strips from the sheet and 1973, but this was an exception to the general use decal solvent to soften the strip so it can LlCfNSfLicens PLnnSe plates are now available from u'end of what was seen 011 the streets. be bent as required (follow the manufacturer's Microsca1e in decal form, and from several· So whi.le Ms. Frammis on Grand Street specific instructions for .each product). In other companies in paper sheets that can be might have her old cream-colored 1930 Ford cases of elaborate shapes you could also cut cut up and glued onto your cars (white glue and Mr. Green might have his pride-and-j oy ' the form from the decal and apply it without works well for this). If you have access to '37 Packard up into the postwar period of any bending, These are then protected with actual plates or books with photos of license the ' 50s, these were the exceptions. your favorite gloss or flat coating. The differ­ plates you can make your own with either a ence of "with" and "without" chrome is seen camera or a scanner. Many of my models graphically in Photos 17 and 18 in which we have the very unique New Jersey and Penn­ smNowlNG THEthat SCfNfyou are paying closer attention are looking at a 1948 Ford in Midnight Blue. sylvania (with state outline) license plates to the prototype and "vintage" of your vehi­ Some details on models that are offen that I made by photographing actual plates cles, there should be no question of what era overlooked are the radio antennas and rear­ with a 35mm camera. With proper scaling, you are modeling on your rai'lroad: '30s cars view minors. Roco provides several kits with you can cut the plates directly off a contact with rusty bodies, shiny '46 Chevrolets and car and truck details including a whole spec­ sheet (see Photo 20, 21). Plymouths let the viewer know that those trum of rear-view mirrors. You need merely to For modeling the transition era there are steam engines still have some good years paint the mirror and mount it to your model some specific guidelines that can help us to left in them and that this is not a railroad with a suitable glue (photo 19). Most cars and select the most effective cars and trucks for museum. Now you can use your vehicles trucks of the I 940s had sinlple round mirrors our model railroad. In the late '40s cars were creatively to help further expand the limits vutually all of prewar styles. Automobile pro­ of your railroad and increase your enjoy­ duction came to a near stop in 1942 at the ment of model railroading. .1

19 - Roco offers accessories for 20 & 21- Yo u can make your own scale license plates by photographing real improving out-of-the-box vehicles. ones or scanning and printing color pictures of them.

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MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 49 DoueT REVIEWS

Don Mills Models' 1952 Bullnose Kenworth by David A. Bontrager

Photos by theaut hor

he Don Mills 1952 Bullnose Kenworth is representative of a production tractorT approximately midway through its production range. The Bullnose Kenworth was instrumental in the evolution of cabover semi-tractors. Several formal model designa­ The kit is comprised of two resin castings, the cab and the entire chassis; white­ tions were used for this truck, but as far back metal detail parts, such as wheels, mirrors, air horns and exhaust stack; brass as I can remember it has always been fondly axles and vinyl tires. Not shown is an included interior. referred to as the Bullnose. Additional infor­ mation on this truck can befound in my re­ fice if properly painted. If more accuracy is view of the GHQ N Scale pewter Kenworth desired more detailed bullet lights can be in the June 1 998 MRG. shaved off an Athearn Freightliner or Herpa To date, this is the best I :87th scale conventional Kenworth. Door handles are resin-cast "big" truck model that I've seen. tooled in place and look good. The ide and The cab is hollow-cast and reasonably thin, front grab handles are not tooled in, but I at least for resin, and is a very smooth cast­ consider this a plus as these details made ing. Flash is minimal but care must be exer­ from .008 brass wirelook better. cised so as not to damage other detail when The many hundreds of rivets found on removing it. Most of the flash under the cab the prototype cab are not on the model. sidewalls was cut away using a sharp knife, Given the choice between no rivets or over­ then a half-round file and sandpaper were sized ones on a model like this, I'd rather Resin Unlimited produced a frame used to finish up the work and maintain the have none. with as much detail on the underside radius of the tire cutout. Be careful when The frame, or chassis, has everything of the frame as on the topside. cutting, filing or sanding resin as it cuts cast in place, including a correct front Somewhat of a new standard for very quickly. bumper. The front end is made to accept a truck models. Window glazing is not included with the kit, however, flat areas around all window openings inside the cab casting are provided for fitting glazing. I made window glazing from .005 clear plastic, cutting it to fit before painting. Rather than use adhesive, I used acrylic clear gloss to hold the window glazing in place. Acrylic clear gloss is very tacky when it dries and actually acts like an adhesive. On the outside, windshield gaskets are cast in place. The detail cut into the cab is crisp and straight. There's even mesh screen work in the grille in the section directly in front of the radiator and mesh in the square air intake on the front of the cab. The two smaller lights in the front of the cab above the head­ lights are the turn signals, which are correct for this truck. Also correct are only two roof marker lights, although specific detail is This model meets my most important criterion for a truck model, and that is lacking. What is there is suppose to repre­ the proportions of the prototype have been maintained on the model. The sent the bullet-type cab lights, but it will suf- cab is a perfect fit to theframe casting.

50 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 Herpa steering kit #50333. An angle­ mounted Luberfiner oil filter and a fuel filter Resin Unlimited's 1956 is cast in place in the correct locations. The fuel tanks are the correct steel type for this Cab-Over Semi-Tractor tractor, although I believe they're mounted a tad too high, but will suffice unless one is ;, modeling a modernized truck. The engine by David A. Bontrager has enough detail to identify it as a Cum­ mins, which was by far the most popular Photo by the author engine specified in this truck. The frame measures out to a 192" wheelbase, which was a common length for this tractor. However, some of the freight companies, such as Ringsby and ICX used very short wheelbase tractors east of Omaha in order to meet the shorter length laws east of Nebraska. Shortening the resin frame is easy busi­ ness as resin cuts very quickly. For addi­ tional strength, pinning the two frame sections back together is recommended, using CA adhesive. Throughout the life of this truck the most Adding mirrors, air horns and window glazing is common transmission configuration was the left up to the modeler. ever-popular 5 & 3; a five-speed main box and a three-speed auxiliary box with a drive­ his Resin Unlimited model features a CA adhesive works well with resin, although shaft running between the two transmis­ thin-wall hollow-cast cab with a sepa­ it does seem to take a bit longer to set. A CA sions. Needless to say, in the cab there were rateT interior; a higher level of detailing than "kicker" could be used to correct this if it is two gearshift levers, thus "two-sticks" or what we have seen in the past with resin-cast a problem, but I didn't think it was. "two-sticker." This transmission configura­ truck models. Chris Lane adamantly stressed to me the tion is well represented on the model along Resin Unlimited offers several different importance of thoroughly cleaning a resin with open U-joints. resin-cast vehicle models, but this 1956 model before painting to remove stubborn The rear differentials represent the early cabover semi-tractor caught my attention, and mold release residue using warm water and worm-gear type, and the suspension repre­ for good reason. My dad bought one of these Comet cleanser. I did this and had no prob­ sents a Page & Page; both are correct for this as soon as they came out to add to his small lem with paint adhesion using MODELflex truck. This much accurate cast-in driveline fleet of gas-powered tractors. It had sleek water-soluble acrylic. The model was com­ detail is impressive on a resin model. lines and was indeed a good-looking truck. At pletely primed using SP Lettering Gray to There is a lot of very thin flash on the three in the morning most 12-year-old boys obtain a neutral base color. Red covers light frame casting, which is a by-product of get­ are snug in their beds, but one night this 12- gray much better than applying it directly to ting all of the small details cast in place. The year-old was having breakfast in a truck stop bare material, whether it be resin or plastic. flash is easy to remove. It takes time, but it's diner en route to Grand Rapids, Michigan, in The wheels and tires are one-piece cast­ worth the effort. this fairly new 1956 cabover. Yeah, I was on ings, but easy to brush paint due to the lip of The white-metal wheels represent the top of the world. I had known the driver since the wheel acting as a guide for the brush. early (original) five-hole aluminum disc. I I was old enough to remember and as we rode The wheels have good detail, but the tires found that the wheels looked much better by along he would tell me the ins and outs of dri­ aren't quite as good as vinyl or injection­ drilling out the holes. The tires included are ving, along with some stories of course. Later molded tires. Using aftermarket parts items vinyl with tread - very nice touch. I found in my life my first wage earning roadtrip was such as wheels and tires are easy to replace. that the tires will also perfectly fit Trucks N with this same driver. Little did I know that The kit comes with an accurate seat but Stuff wheels and are a tight press-fit to A­ night that I had just entered First Grade of the no steering wheel. I thought the front end sat Line wheels. original truck driving school. The rest is his­ too high so I lowered it by filing a deeper The resin castings were thoroughly tory. This model definitely has special signifi­ groove where the front axle rests. Notice washed in warm water using Comet cance for me. that there are not any frame-mounted gas cleanser, rinsed and allowed to air dry before The model is very easy to build, actually tanks or "saddle tanks"; this is correct for priming with MODELflex Erie Lackawanna self-explanatory, so the instructions are very this truck coming right from the factory. The Gray. As with styrene, better color coverage brief. I am not an experienced resin kit standard gas tank was located inside the cab is obtained over a gray primer instead of try­ builder and had no problem bu ilding this kit, behind the bench seat, with the fi ll cap on ing to paint directly on the bare material. so others without resin experience should the outside behind the driver's door. The Bullnose Kenworth Kit #87- 15 is not be afraid to give it a try. Cleaning up the The review model was built stock out of available directly from: Don Mills Models, flash and fi ling edges smooth and straight the box, except for the painting. As is I 235 Taunton Ave., Seekonk, MA 0277 1, was the most time-consuming part of the would rate it as a scene model rather than a (508) 336-5573. Price is $19.95 plus $3.50 project. Nothing had to be trimmed or tiled stand-alone model. However, with a little shipping. They will also be offering to fit right, but I did drill out some of the more added detailing and window glazing tractorltrailer decal sets for various trucking holes in the wheels as they had fi lled with the model could easily be made into a stand­ companies. resin during casting. [t should be noted that alone re-creation of the prototype. �

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52 ..... MODEL RAI LROADING MARCH 1999 by David A. Bontrager The base model for the tractor is Photos by the author unless otherwise indicated my all-time favorite, the Athearn White Freightliner. I still judge all odeling from memory? Yes, pretty talgia modeling is a compilation of memory other 1 :87th scale truck models M much, although I did go over some old and later-era equipment due to the models against this model, and it still photos of ICX equipment to make sure I got available. The model is not an exact replica­ comes out on top! The major modi­ the lettering correct. Illinois-California eX­ tion, but rather a good representation of the fications include shortening the press was a large freight company with a prototype ...but it looks right. frame, modifying the bumper and much-diversified fleet of trailers. As for the Aside from my personal nostalgia trip I lowering the frame on the axles. tractors, the company always favored Ken­ believe this project is important in demon­ Other items are add-ons, such as worths, both cabovers and conventionals, strating how backdating more contemporary the Alloy Forms wind deflector (an and in the later years ICX also had quite a models is worthy of consideration when the exact match to leX), A-Line wheels, number of Freightliner cabovers. One of the specific models needed are not available. It tires and fuel tanks, Detail Master unique aspects of ICX is that the company should be noted that [CX had quite a roster service lines, Rail Power fifth always used tandem-axle tractors to pull of Bullnose Kenworths, which can now be wheel and MV lenses. Scratch built freight pups in doubles operations. replicated with the new Don Mills Models items include the battery boxes, According to the book, The Va nishing 1952 Bullnose Kenworth (see review). mirrors, wipers and driving lights. Trucking Pioneers, Vo l. 1, by Mike Tere­ Unfortunately it wasn't available yet when The tractor wheels on the right becki the company ceased operations in this model was built. If you build a Bullnose side were left fa irly clean and a lit­ 1984. However, my interests of ICX dates for ICX be sure to shorten the wheelbase as tle parking lot mud was dry­ back to the '50s and '60s, therefore my nos- I did with the Athearn White Freightliner. � brushed on the tires.

The tractor was painted with MOD­ The trailer is an interesting project; it was built from leftover parts from ELflex Erie Lackawanna Ye llow and another kitbashing project. It started out as a Rail Power 48' Timpte with Black. The trailer was painted with tire cutouts and ended up as a 45' Strick without tire cutouts, using the Polly Scale, using an unrecorded mix front and rear sections from the Rail Power 28' rib-side freight pup. An A­ of several different silvers. Line slider kit was fitted to the frame. The rear drive wheel on the left side Microscale decal set #87-246 is an was weathered quite heavily with rust and the front wheel modeled as an oldie, but a goodie as it did a great unpainted replacement. job of recreating my memories!

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ..... 53 How can an HO scale truck model look more like the rig pictured above? It's the little things that make the difference. Granted the truck pictured does not have a representative model for us to purchase, but the details on this rig are fairly con­ sistent with most trucks. The rear of a tractor is a busy place, full of easily modeled details. Generic Detailing of TRUCKTRACTORS by Gary Walton Photos by the author

hen I began to collect Wiking HO whole new hobby for me. Detailing HO scale trucks as a teenager, my at­ scale trucks is now a primary part of my Wtention was immediately caught by the model-railroading hobby. If it eventually fine detail of the models. However I began goes on the layout, it gets detailed. to realize that even with all of the detail, Now you ask, how can all this detail be something was missing. They still looked added without taking modeling time away like toys, not real trucks. I began to exper­ from scenery, locomotives and rolling stock? iment with cheap ways to improve the Set a minimum requirement for trucks (or look, by simply painting many of the any vehicle for that matter) and stick to it. raised detail like marker lights, reflectors First keep in mind that most HO truck mod­ and brake lights. This alone greatly im­ els can be disassembled and they come pre­ proved the realism. Other things were painted. Detailing a pre-dec is very quick, added over time, like mirrors, brake lines especially for Herpa models. and yes, some dirt (big shock for those of Here are my "A" and "B" lists of detail­ you who read my articles). What began as ing requirements. "A" represents the "gotta a mindless diversion from modeling be done" stuff and "B" is the optional list for lI20th scale race cars actually spawned a detailing tractors.

54 ..... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 body color. Most stacks on line-h au l trucks are not chrome, but a flat-looking light gray. Use black chalk to blacken the tip of the stack. For the Ford Aeromax shown, the fuel tank skirts, fender edges and bumper The " A" list air-dam are painted with Testors Metallic used. White or medium gray is a common ... Detail Painting (applies for pre-dec or Graphite. The grille on the Ford has raised color for this wheel type. The front wheel cen­ undec after base paint) -- Black window gas­ Jibs, these should be silver and can be done ter on the Ford was painted with a red dot out­ kets are a must. It can be accomplished with with paint or 1" decal stripes. Lined in silver to represent the bearing cap. paint using a 10/0 brush or I" wide black ... Wheels and Tires - If stock wheels T CB antenna, either single or dual attached decal stripes. Paint the roof marker light and tires are to be used, like the Herpa 10- to the mirrors ..010 styrene rod or '//' brass lenses Orange. The roof light housings are hole Budds, remove the tires from the wire can be used for this. Red/brown, black or usually Chrome Silver or flat aluminum. wheels. Scuff the tire tread with sand white are all acceptable colors. Paint any turnsig nals Orange in the front paper. Paint the tire face with a 75/25 mix T A bug deflector and sun visor were and Red in the back. Brake lights could of Clear Flat/Weathered Black (takes away added to the Ford. The visor started out as a either be painted Red or decals used from the shiny plastic look). On the 10-hole .020 x . I 25 styrene strip, fi led to match the the Microscale 28' trailer sheet. Chrome Budds, take a #78 bit and take a couple of contour of the roof line. The bug "slammer" grilles should be dry-brushed with a wash of turns centered on each hole. This is just was created with clear styrene stained yel­ Flat Black and quickly wiped with your fin­ enough to remove the silver paint revealing low, attached to a lx2 strip. ger to remove paint from the chrome frame. the underlying black plastic. Very easy and ... A stack cap was put on the Ford using Th is trick gives the grille depth and tones effective. Reassemble the tire/wheel and two small pieces of I x4 strip trimmed to fit down the overly bright plating. Cast-on seal with Clear Flat. over the top of the stack. A support bracket grabs can either be brushed with Chrome ... Interior - Paint the interior something was made for the Freightliner with '/16" Silver or a I"or 'I,"� silver decal stripe could flat that is Lighter then black. Medium to Light styrene rod and a I x6 strip cut to fit. Th is be used. Clean up the parting lines on the air gray, tan and maroon are common interior col­ was done somewhat trial and error until it fit horns and paint them Chrome Silver. Wiper ors. Steering wheels can be black, dark gray, and looked right. blades on the Freightliner and Ford are sil­ dark brown or dark maroon. On the Ford the ... Crossover platforms were made from ver. Thi can vary even within a builder, sil­ raised detail of the spokes was dry-brushed scrap Detail Associates roofwalks. ver or black is okay... don't leave them the with Flat Aluminum. ... Air hoses were made from stripped grain

... Mud Flaps - Remove the stock flaps and of wheat wire or A-Line air lines. On the replace with a piece of .010 x .250 styrene FreightLiner a "Pogo" stick was made from 'I;' strip attached to I" brass wire. This can be cut brass rod with a 2' cross piece CA'd toward the on an angle or straight. Paint Flat Black or top. The lines drape over the crosspiece. A White and weather the visible tire walls. Refer slack spring was made by twisting '//' brass to the model photos fo r ideas. wire around a #80 bit in a pin vise. The spring

... Frame - Cement all loose parts, like the attaches to the pogo stick and " gathers" arollnd drive-train assembly. Paint the chassis for the the air lines. The Ford lines were done without most part black. Almost any matching or con­ a pogo stick. The lines were coiled using the trasting color can be seen on truck frames. same technique for the sPJing. That's it for the "A" list. ... On the Freightliner the fifth wheel If executed on a gocd pre­ was lowered a scale 6" by removing the dec like the example Ford mounting plate and replacing it with .005 Aeromax, it's about a 1-2 styrene sheet cut to mount flush with top hour job. With practice two of each frame rail. If this is not done any to three tractors can be done trailer hitched to this model will sit a scale simultaneously in just a little 6" too high. more ti me. ... On the Freightliner, Microscale May truck tractor sheet (87-873) was used. Several The "8" list of the sets on this sheet were designed for the List "B" often depends Freightliner. MODELflex Super Gloss Black on the truck being modeled. was used as the base color of the body. Here's what was applied to That's it. Hopefully I didn't miss any­ the models shown. thing. Obviously detailing trucks can be ... Replace wheels/tires with taken to the same extreme as locomotives. A-Line or Alloy Forms. For This article is what I would consider a prac­ the black Freightliner A-Line tical approach to making a foreground qual­ 10-hole aluminum Budds ity model without going overboard on time were used on the front and and money for aftermarket parts. If you're Alloy forms 10-hole Budds interested in a complete Bill of Materials for the rear. For the Ford, A­ email me at [email protected]. and I'll Line 2-hole steel Budds were email a copy to you. �

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 55 THE COYOTE DIVISION OF THE §ANTAFE RAILROAD

h ave been asked many times why I Santa Fe train set with a Warbonnet F­ did something that I had never thought of model the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe unit...purportedly a Christmas present for doing before .. '! sat down and set out some def­ Railroad in the early 1950s. I guess my my children ... but they never got their hands initions on what I wanted in a layout. Simple! Ibest response has been, "Why not?" The on it. The bug had bitten. I chose my prototype, the Santa Fe, and AT &SF of the '50s offers me everything that My first layout was on a 4' x 8' sheet of picked an era, the early '50s. I know that the I want in modeling. It was a first class plywood on two sawhorses. The track was early '50s is normally considered the transi­ freight hauler; it offered the finest in passen­ sectional brass; the grass was Kelly Green; tion era of steam to diesel, but I had dis­ ger service; but most importantly, it tra­ the buildings were shiny plastic; the era was counted steam engines long before this. versed the ever expanding Southwest. Add anytime; the geography was "who knows"; First-generation diesels would be good to that the type of commodities that the the equipment was cheap; but, the motive enough. Then I picked a geographic area, AT&SF catered to, such as livestock, grain power and caboose were Santa Fe. It was southwest Kansas. Now I had the three and oil, and I found that the possibilities for great. ..at least I thought so. Over the next ten basics for building a layout with a modeling were endless. or eleven years the original 4x8 was added personality, a purpose and a style. Of course I don't attempt to model the onto a couple of times. Up until this point I had always referred entire empire of the Santa Fe. Maybe when I Meanwhile, I started reading the hobby to my layout as the Santa Fe railroad, but for first started out in model railroading 19 yeru's publications and filing articles for future the first time I chose to refer to it as "The ago I might have had delusions of a grand use. But my interest in modeling scenery Coyote Division of the Santa Fe Railroad." pike running from Chicago to Los and structures overshadowed operating a Being a branchline, "division" is somewhat Angeles ...but no more! Imagine cleaning all railroad. My biggest hindrance was that I of a misnomer, but somehow Coyote Branch­ that track. was a loner hobbyist; I was in dire need of line just didn't set well with me ...besides My current layout is a culmination of a personal feedback from other modelers. division is more impressive. Why Coyote? I great deal of not planning. When I was first About seven years ago I took notice of just think they're interesting animals. Every­ bitten by the model railroad bug, I couldn't some ideas, concepts and simple philosophies one has their likes ... me, I like coyotes. buy things fast enough nor get the track that I was lacking. Suddenly all the various Three years ago I redefined my layout's down quick enough. I started off with a $30 ideas I'd read about started to make sense. I purpose. Prior to that it was just a large mod-

56 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 ule for scenery and structures without any purposeful meaning for the railroad's exis­ tence. My trackplan was a spaghetti-bowl design with trains running repeatedly through the same scenes. I tore out two thirds of my layout, leaving only the Mineral mine area, with its east and west approaches. The Mineral Mine area has a mountain, a large hill area, two tunnels and three bridges. It does not really fit into the southwest Kansas scheme, but it was too good to scrap. A pair of GP7s pulls a freight drag past Tane Mountain. I have two people to thank for my current layout design and trackplan. First, David Barrow's concept of linear design helped me in designing the trackplan. The Coyote is a linear pike running east to west. Trains en route pass through each scene only once as they traverse the branch line. Then Doug Geiger impressed me with the "beyond-the­ layout" concept. I have a hidden staging yard that services both the eastbound and westbound trains. Thus it is possible to have traffic coming into and leaving the branch­ line from anywhere in the country. The Santa Fe had a major line coming out of Kansas City that branched off many times in several directions. The section of the mainline that I am interested in comes out of Hutchinson, KS, to Dodge City, KS, and then on to La Junta, Colorado. It is somewhere between Dodge City and La Junta that the Coyote Division (branch line) branches off the main and then returns. It was, in my fantasy world, built to serve the five areas of the Coyote. The branchline and the towns on it are all fictitious. How­ A Bachmann H16-44 in Zebra (of course) pulls out of To luca Junction with a ever, I have made a real effort to model string of passenger equipment. them as if they were in southwest Kansas in the early 1950s. Physically the layout is a self-support­ ing island design that isn't attached to the wall. The benchwork was built as a horse­ shoe using traditional I"x 4" L-girder con­ struction. The legs are 2" x 2" lumber with I" x 2" angle braces. My basement floor is uneven, so I used '/. " bolts on the bottom end of the legs for leveling. The sub roadbed is 'I,"� plywood with Homasote. The horseshoe portion of the layout mea­ sures 20' by 14', and the staging yard is 4' wide by 15' long. Each leg of the horseshoe is divided lengthwise by a '//' Masonite scenic bar­ rier/backdrop. The backdrops rise 24 " above the layout, which is about 18" below the rafters, to allow airflow throughout the room. The backdrop on the base of the horseshoe hides the yard area. I have used Atlas code 100 nickel-silver flextrack for years, and I am quite happy with it. I use Atlas, as well as Peco, turnouts. I have installed Atlas below-the-track switch The local switcher has just dropped off a couple of cars at a local plant machines on the Atlas turnouts and Peco clearing Main Street. machines on their turnouts. In a few situa-

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 57 tions it was necessary to use an above-the­ roadbed Atlas switch mClchine; this was when a turnout sat directly over a Ix4 joist. Poor planning on my part. The mainline and major passing sidings were laid on top of cork roadbed, which in turn was on Homasote. The remainder of the siding tracks where laid directly on top of the Homasote, making them lower than the mainline and major sidings. This makes it easy to distinguish the major tracks, or "high iron," from the sidings. My minimum radius on the mainline and passing sidings which is solely owned by ATSF, ta care IC is 28 ". In yard areas and industrial sidings it in the Coyote City limits. The Coyote Tra ils engine house was scratch built. The is much tighter. I use number six turnouts building flats in the background are scratch built and about 2" deep. on the main and number fours on sidings and in the yard area.

J[ :IE P :IE By defining the Coyote as a branchline in southwest Kansas in the early '50s, I inad­ vertently limited myself to the type of motive power and rolling stock that I could run on my layout. In the past my choice of engines and cars was based on whatever appealed to me, regardless of time or func­ tion. But a branchline like mine would not expect to see F-unit or E-unit Warbonnets pulling streamlined passenger u'ains like the Super Chief or El Captain, or long drags of coal hoppers or reefers. Granted, there might be the scenario where the mainline was tied up and these trains had to be diverted over a branchline, but for now I am concentrating on branchline traffic. As much as I like coyotes, I like zebras even more ...esp ecially the black-and-silver ones with A T & S F on the side of them. My motive power is primarily first-genera­ tion diesels painted in the zebra scheme, my favorite Santa Fe scheme. Although I do have two A -B -A blue-and-yellow "Cat­ whisker" F-unit lashups which I use for long-haul through-freight traffic, the rest of my motive power consists of SW7, NW2 and S2 switchers for yard work and GP7s and RS Is for over-the-road freight service. Passenger yard work is handled by a HI01l2-44 switcher, while over-the-road passenger service is taken care of by H16- 44s and Doodlebugs. When Bachmann came out with the Doodlebu'gs I couldn't resist them, and it was Santa Fe 's practice to use gas-electric's in branchline service. Thus my motive power consists of recent releases from Atlas, Bachmann, Kato and Life-Like, along with some repowered and detailed Athearns. JP O"JrOTYPJE §o P TICA.L T r There is nothing I would like more to say than that my layout is one hundred percent prototypical, but I don't know of anyone Engine Company L6 is a scratch built structure.

58 ... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 stock Bachmann H16-44 is pulling out of the station at Coyote City with several head-end and passenger cars in tow.

Above - The Herrick and Lain building is the largest structure on the layout. It was built from DPM modular components. The building directly in front of H & L is Muskogee Packing, a scratch built meat wholesaler.

Right - It's lunch time, and the icing platforms are empty save for a few blocks of ice. Future project ...add figures to icing platforms.

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T e engineer on 210has slowed down for the crossings in Indian Springs. The freighthouse in the center (a Campbell kit) is busy with LCLfreight.

Bruce operates in Coyote City. Note the ventilation space above the backdrop.

who has achieved that goal. I am sure that some have come quite close. The evidence that I have not is most obvious in my selec­ tion of rolljng stock. Most definitely I have stayed within my chosen time frame and geographic area. For example, all my freight equipment is representative of the mid- 1950s or before. I have a mix of detailed Athearn and MDC cars, InterMountain Giuseppe's Restaurant (a Walthers Rick's Ribs kit) is a favorite eating place for Santa Fe reefers and tank cars, as well as a those who are going to or coming from the Coyote station (in the background). few craftsman kits from Westerfield. Some

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FARGO GRAIN SERVICE

Fargo Grain Service is bustling with activity as the local In the background is an Atlas lumberyard kitbash ala shuffles cars in and out. The grain elevator is a Walthers Curren. In the foreground is Dudek's repair; a simple struc­ kit. The small tanks are made from the plastic centers of ture from DPM, some detail parts and a scene is created. Scotch® Ta pe.

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To luca Junction is a small area outside of a medium-sized city. The coal company is a detailed and painted Walthers kit.

cars are straight out of the box, while others are highly detailed. My current mode of thought is a continuous upgrading. For passenger service I use MDC Harri­ man cars. That's right. .. on the Santa Fe. "Blasphemy ! " you say. Well here is my rea­ soning; in fact, I wrote an article in Railroad Model Craftsmen three years ago, about them. With my 28" radius curves on the mainline, 80' and 85 ' cars just do not look good. But 60' cars looked okay to me. Thus my concept of modeling by necessity. Structures were selected to reflect the time and place of the Coyote. They range from DPM two-story brick buildings to some scratchbuilt, but simple, structures. No indi­ vidual building stands out in comparison to those surrounding it; each was selected to blend in and give an "it belongs there" feeling. I have also kept the scenery simple. I used dirt taken from the area and other areas of comparable color. I use Woodland Scenics foam products throughout the layout. The trees are made from dry weeds and flowers. Southwest Kansas is an interesting area to me. It has a beauty that at times you have to Now there is a man of good taste. Just look at the hat he is wearing. look hard to see, but it is there. Vehicles, peo­ ple, animals and the everyday junk and stuff that would normally be found along the right four road cabs which can be connected to advice and encouragement. Two sources of of way of a railroad in the '50s helps fill out any part of the layout via a dispatcher's prototype information that have been a each individual scene. Of course as tech­ panel. There is a separate cab for the yard tremendous help are the Santa Fe Railroad niques change and more knowledge is gained area and a cab used just for switching in Historical and Modelers Society and the of the area I will continue to upgrade the Coyote City. I use two GML walk-around Santa Fe News Group on the Internet. If I scenery. One of the many reasons that a lay­ throttles, one GML stationary throttle and had to pick one thing that has influenced out is never finished. two Aristo-Craft remote control throttles. I my modeling the most, it would be study­ Presently I am in the process of setting up am quite satisfied with them all. ing the prototype. And that has come from the Coyote for operations. The track is wired There are many people who have helped interacting with other modelers with the in a conventional block system. There are me over the years, mostly in the form of same interests. �

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On the east end of To luca Junction the DRG&W interchanges A local heads out of the foothill tunnel at the west end of with the ATSF.The interlocking tower controls the traffic. Fargo. The two GP7s are repowered, detailed and painted Athearn engines.

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Trackplan by Chris Lane

Grid Scale = l'

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 63 he other very popular IPD (Incentive Per Diem) boxcar from the '70s was theT FMC design. During the '70s, companies such as Itel and Brae provided a host of col­ orful boxcars. Today, under GERSCO's management, most boxcars have been stan­ dardized with a clean, practical, efficient, brown-and-white livery.

HS 9276. A former RBOX car (from the series 17700-19499, built 9175 to 2176, RBOX class XFF10). This Plate B single­ sliding-door boxcar has become a familiar sight throughout the country. Note the incorrect Plate C stencil. Feb­ ruary 1997. Colton, CA.

NLG 5195 is a Plate C 5347-cube box. This car was originally built for the NLG in 1978 in one of those boring "colorful" paint schemes ...now fully repainted in its more practical and efficient brown (author's opin­ ion, of course). November 1993. Mira Lorna, CA.

TOE 5053 is a Plate C offset double­ sliding-door box built in October 1976. 5347-cube design. Painted 2/93 at GERR TX. March 1995. Mira Lorna CA.

64 ... MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 SRN 5224. The peaked roof of this 5295-cube design (basically an inte­ rior-lined 5347 design) is evident in this photo taken in October 1995.

SRN 1032. Obviously a former RBOX car. This one came via Santa Fe (note Bx-222 class stencil). August 1995.

TOE 2644, an offset double-sliding­ door box still wearing its original orange paint. It was built in January 1978. Photographed February 1997.

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 65 AN 5405 was painted this odd cream color when seen in April 1995. Th is car was built in July 1978. Plate C 5347-cube design.

IATR 10154 is still in its original paint despite indications of several opera­ tors use. It was built in March 1978. Colors and markings suggest this car was originally a Providence & Worces­ ter car. October 1996.

MDW 5021 is a 100-ton box (most of the sliding-door cars are 70-ton) with a 12' single plugdoor. Originally built for EACH in 1979. Photographed December 1995.

TOE 2549 was built in December 1977. This car has a stenciled capacity of 5,322 cu.ft. (this is also a 100-ton car). Note the flat (or low pitch) roof. Painted at the Te xarkana Shops in January 1994. Photographed Decem­ ber 1995.

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(Above) NECR 41 30. (NECR is New England Central). This former offset double-door 5347-cube box was con­ verted to a single-door box in Decem­ ber 1992 by Itel's Junction City KS shop. Since that time it was relettered to NECR as part of the 4100-4143 series. Photographed December 1998.

(Two to the right) MDW 9008 and 9012 are both 70-ton single-plugdoor cars. These are FMC's 5277-cube design. Though originally built for the MDW in 1976, these were repainted in 1993 in full MDW livery.

(Bottom left) MDW 1792 was original­ ly built for the Apache Railway in July 1976. This 100-ton double-plugdoor has a stenciled capacity of 6,241 cu.ft. December 1996.

(Bottom right) MDW 13022 is one of the few combination-door cars cur­ rently running under one of GERSCO's managed railroads. Built in October 1976. FMC 5277-cube design. Painted in September 1994 at the ELS shops. Photographed December 1995. �

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 67 D&H PA 1 17 is the former ATSF 60 and is showing some of Wa rbonnet red above the cab. The Farr Air grilles were added by the Santa Fe. The unit waits to take the northbound Montreal Limited from Rouses Point, NY, to Montreal in April 1971 . Decals: Microscale MC-4061. George Melvin photo

he Delaware & Hudson was a buying the Alco passenger locomotive being likely candidate to buy the PA during its offered during this period, the regal PA . The Tdieselization process, but that was not to be. D&H had passenger service, and that was From 1944, when the road purchased its first handled by boiler-equipped RS2 and RS3 diesels, a pair of switchers, until 1953, when it road switchers. The D&H, it would seem, had purchased its last order of first-generation missed its chance to run some PA units, but diesels, ten road switchers, it bought only the history would prove this assumption wrong. products of Alco, a major on-line customer. In 1967, the RS3 fleet was being retired in Acquiring only two styles, they ended up favor of new six-axle freight power. Since D&H PA4 19 displays a second builder's owning 51 S2 and S4 switchers and 130 RS2 none of the later road switchers, such as the plate after rebuilding, something few and RS3 road switchers, quite a bland roster road's RS IIs, were equipped for passenger Alcos received. The original Alco cast­ when other roads were buying everything service, some of the RS3s needed replacement steel plate is riveted on to discourage from Centipedes to Erie-builts! The only with power capable of handling the road's collectors. The Morrison-Knudson plate major road to dieselize solely with products remaining passenger runs, two pairs of trains is chrome plated and states that the from Alco, its quest for standardization and between Albany, NY, and Montreal. The loco is now 2,400-hp. The Aleo builder's penchant for utility oven'ode the possibility of Laurentian, a day train, and the Montreal number is repeated on the M-K plate.

In its last American assignment, D&H PA4 17 rests with Amtrak power at South Station in Boston on April 26, 1978. Several points identify its rebuilding by Morrison-Knudson: it now has a vertically mounted dual headlight, the forward sand filler is now in the nose and both have E9-style filler covers. This angle makes the porthole at the rear visible through the Farr­ Air grille. Decals: Microscale MC-4061. Dick Gassett photo, George Melvin collection

68 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 D&H PA 1 s 18 a 16 a guest appearance in Maine handling an executive train promoting t D&H connec­ tions. Seen here at South Portland, in March 1974, this view shows the MU receptacles cut into the nose, the headlight mounted horizontally and a full complement of MU hoses on the pilot. In spite of looking great in this view, the units will travel to Boise, ID, and receive a thorough internal rebuilding the following year. Decals: Microscale MC-4061. George Melvin photo

A rear view of D&H PA1 19, at Rouses Point, NY, on April S, 1971, shows a number of MU receptacles, marker-light brackets and grabirons above each set of MU hoses. Note also a grabiron inside the diaphragm. The unit is near the end of its first stint in service on the D&H and is a bit battle weary; notice the broken side numberboard. Decals: Microscale MC-4061. George Melvin photo

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 69 D&H PA4s 16 and 19 leave the road's Colonie, NY, shop en route to Albany to pick up the La ng two units this day, November 1, 1975. Note the headlight unit is mounted vertically, and the unit has two E9-style sa nd fillers with the forward one now mounted in the nose. The interior couple cut lever is a different style than the factory issue. The nose MU connections have no hoses, indicating that multiple-unit operation of the PAs through the nose is not a regular event. Decals: Microscale MC-4061. George Melvin photo

Just back from rebuilding by Morrison-Knudson, PA4 19 shows little evidence that a 2AOO-hp Model 251 engine provides the power now. The M-K builder's plate and a change of sand fillers are the primary signs of the most thorough change any PAs received. Decals: Microscale MC-4061. George Melvin photo

70 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 D&H PA4 17 teams with sister 16 on a freight near Oneonta, NY, in April 1977. Service on freight trains south of Albany was less common than around the Whitehall and Lake Champlain area in the northern part of the state, where all four could be seen MU'd together on a mainline local. Decals: Microscale MC-4061 . Photographer unknown, George Melvin collection

Limited, an overnight run, both provided good The new Amtrak route system did not came into use. In Canada, the 25 1 was used service between New York City and Montreal. include operation over the D&H, and the PAs in four-motor cab units built for passenger Late in 1967, fo ur Santa Fe PA Is were rescued were again out of work. Two units were sold service on Canadian National; they were from scrapping and bought by the Delaware & to General Electric, and two were leased to a labeled FPA4s. Hudson. This seemed incredible to railfans and tourist train operator. Their future looked dim. In their new second career at the D&H, perhaps ridiculous to other nearby railroads, By late 1972, the E-L had gone into bank­ they had a chance at one more grand finale, but it made sense on several points. The D&H ruptcy, and the D&H was reorganized with a and grand it was. Until 1977 when replaced had a wealth of experience with the Alco 244 new President, Bruce Sterzing. All fo ur of the by Turbotrains, the rebuilt PAs pulled the engine and their other late I 940s equipment; it PA s came back to the D&H by late 1972 for new Laurentian, frequently in pairs. Early had been the preeminent Alco road in that era. use on inspection trains and fan trips. One 1977 saw the quartet out of work on passen­ The PAs could be bought cheap and provide inspection train in May 1974, run to promote ger trains again. This time, they were used adequate power as single units on the six-and­ freight routing via the D&H, even took the 17 in fre ight service. Found most often on local one-half-hour runs. One other factor favored and 18 to Portland, ME, over the Boston & turns out of Whitehall, NY, on the north end their purchase; the "boss," President F. C. Maine. The fan trips, including Leaf Peeper of the rai Iroad, they even shared assign­ "Buck" Dumaine, thought it was a good idea! u'ips in aunllnn brought the railfans and mod­ ments with a pair of Baldwin Sharks which Units 59, 60, 62 and 66 became D&H 16-\9. elers out in number to admire and photograph the D&H had acquired. Defying reality, the A fifth PA , a former New Haven unit was these handsome engines running off what railroad which had dieselized entirely with bought for pans. Entering service in late 1967 would have to be their last miles. Happily, Alco switchers and road switchers could and repainted in a D&H blue variation of the this did not happen as pressure was building now be seen operating Alco and Baldwin Santa Fe's red Warbonnet scheme, they per­ to reinstate passenger service over the D&H. cab units side by side! Later that year they formed their intended mission until Amtrak With backing from the State of New York, in were leased to the power-short Massachu­ was formed in the spring of 1971. They were 1974 Amtrak resumed service of one u'ain of setts Bay Transit Authority and used on occasionally helped out by other units on loan, the pair of trains they had eliminated two commuter trains from Boston's South Sta­ including Erie-Lackawanna E8s. The D&H, years earlier. The Laurentian once again tion, frequently on the former Boston & along with the E-L, was under the control of offered day service between New Yo rk City Albany line which had seen PAs before the Norfolk & Western at the time and freight and Montreal over the D&H. As part of the under the New York Central banner. During power loaned among the three roads was com­ deal, funding was provided to rebuild the PAs this assignment, one unit even traveled to mon. Your author was alarmed by a pair of E-L and keep them in this service, rather than seek Waterville, ME, for some contract shop E8s present on the Manfreal Limited arriving out other power. They were sent to Morrison­ work on the Maine Central. Have any at Rouses Point one April morning in 197\. Knudson at Boise, 10, and returned totally diesels delighted rail hobbyists more than My goal was to ride behind a PA before the rebuilt with new 12-cylinder 25 1 prime these? Their loan to the MBTA ended in cessation of D&H passenger service. To my movers inside. They were labeled "PA4," 1978, and they went to Mexico to work for re lief the E8s were exchanged, and soon we what might have been the next model in the the National Railway of Mexico. were nonhbound with Alco smoke rolling past series had Alco continued to offer the PA Next month, we continue with the Den- our coach window! series past 1953 when the model 25 I engine ver & Rio Grande Western. �

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING .... 71 Olf T.RACK

ENCHANTED FROGS

by Jim Mansfield

Photos by the author

ur ongoing quest for operational friendly turnouts is eased somewhat byO the use of a few tricks when we build our frogs. The fo llowing set of tips allows more reliable operation and makes our layouts more enjoyable: ... Track gauge through the frog is .653 on straight branches and .656 on a curved A piece of track that is fun to watch is a turnout frog. Using a few tricks when turnoutb ranch building a frog will result in near derailment-free operations. These tricks are ... The flangeway width of the frog guard rail the result of my application of the NMRA trackwork standards to the JWRR lay­ is .043 while the flangeway width of the out. Truly enchanted frogs are possible once you know how a rail wheel rolls frog wing rai I ranges from .048 on the through a turnout frog. straight branch to .05 1 on the curved branch the flange will always stay clear of the frog ... Build curved frogs when the branch con­ point, we add a clearance of .005 to the tinues as a curve past the turnout check gauge Ke for a new value of .612. ...Straight stock rail track gauge is .653 and Then, to arrive at the frog track gauge curved stock rail track gauge is .656 (FTG), we add the flange width (.041) for ... Use beveled guard rails the other wheel on the axle and we have

Knowing the power of this touchstone FTG = .653. of five swords will aid our quest and gives With proper placement of the guard rail, us the know l edge to enchant each and we can keep the wheel rolling through the every frog on the layout. By continuing frog away from the frog point by the .005 your crusade, you shall soon discover the clearance. To maintain this relationship, we secret of these powers: the strength of each set the guard rail so that it has a .04 1 flange­ sword is derived from the proper applica­ way width. This then gives a wing-rail tion of the NMRA Standards and Recom­ flange way width of .046. To allow clear­ ::'='�·:·>,.,,�::;;·:�"V ...:. /'.- . mended Practices. ance between the backs of the wheels and The most important trick of all is to Your first step along the path to enlight­ rails, these widths become .043 and .048, build the track so that the wheel enment is the realization that the gauge of respectively . These widths are within the flange on the frog never comes in con­ the trackage through the frog is dependent NMRA maximum value of .050. tact with the frog point. Notice how upon the CHECK GAUGE of the wheelset. Your next sword to help defeat the derail­ the guard rail next to the curved stock NMRA Standard S-4 shows the check gauge ment dragon is building curved frogs when a is holding the flange of the wheel on to be letter K and is given as .605 for HO. turnout branch continues to curve past the the frog away from the frog point. From last month, we can equate a value for frog. This is so for the very same reason that Eliminating derailments here goes a Ke as the sum of the back-to-back distance you lay smooth curves on the rest of the lay­ long way to ensuring operationally

(.566) plus the flange width (.030 + .011 = out - if you do not want that small jog in a friendly turnouts.

.041) last month. Therefore, Ke = .607. normal curve, why have it in the middle of Next, go to S-2. Find Figures I & 2 to the most complicated piece of trackage on This type of guard rail is described in RP- see how a wheel interacts with a frog. Figure the layout? 13.8, entitled "Flangeway Flares" and can be I shows the wheel against the frog point and The next stride along the path reveals seen in the photos this month. They are Figure 2 shows the back of the wheel against that any curving branch (read any curving more reliable because they: I) guide the the wing rail. When we build a frog, we do closure rail) should have the track gauge wheel flange along more of the length of the not want the wheel flange to ever contact the widen by .003, as should the FTG on the guard rail, and 2) allow for a smoother start frog point. By moving the guard rail shown curved branch. This is due to the rigid for guiding the wheels. They also appear in Figure I closer to the stock rail (to the wheelbase trucks (e.g., three-axle diesel smaller and less noticeable when just look­ right in the figure), the wheel flange would trucks and steam locomotives) we use on ing at the turnout. I also use a shorter length be pulled away from the frog point. our layouts. This gem of information can be (.950 long in the photos) than the 1.187 To determ ine how much we need to found in the NMRA with a diligent search. I called out for a number 4.4 frog in RP-13.6. move the guard rail, we start by saying that should report that the Bachmann 2-8-0 goes I have never had any problems with shorter we want the gauge point of the wheel and through all the JWRR turnouts flawlessly. guard rai Is, and their small size makes a typ­ the track gauge to have the same relation­ DCC friendly, perhaps? ical layout turnout look much more realistic. ship at the frog point as was shown in the And, once you discover beveled guard Next, our quest continues with the dis- On Track figure last month. To ensure that rai Is, this portion of the quest is complete. covery of some friendly points. �

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SD45CAT #9012 " Steel Box in N Scale fC Rutland PS-l 40' : m Researching Freight Cars with Photos . . DCC Update (Part 3: Motors & Decoders) Y Handlaying N-Scale Track (Part 3: Behind the Scenes " WorkflNreck Trams (Part 5: Ba II ast Malnte- On Track ,. Eagle Rock Canyon _ N-Scale American 0 E8/9s (Part 5: NJT, RF&P, RI, Santa Fe, Turnouts) L-______nance - CleaningiUndercuttinglSledding) ---' RR in England SAL, SCL) 0 U33C1U34CH/U36C (Part 1: BN, CR, For back issues before June 1994 lIS Layout Access: The Basics + One , "'" JB Hunt (Part 3: Prototype Containers & Y WorkflNreckTrains (Part 8: Maintenance) Clinchfield, D&H, E-L) contact: Leroy Slater 1-256-859-5959 .. Inspection Trains (Part 1) Chassis _ Standards & Variations) lIS lighting the West End ,. Rob Spangler's Northern Nevada Railway 132 Tres Dr" Huntsville, AL 35811 JUNE 1995 ., Fuel Foolery (Part 3) Y Modeling PRR ALCO RS3 (AS1 6ms) "'" Kitbashing a TTWX All-Purpose Flat 00 D&RGW EMD SD7 Y JUNE 1994 " Tybee Island Railroad (Part 1) DECEMBER 1995 Modeling L&N ALCO FA2IFB2 0 fC Autoracks 00 lIS A Tale of Two Towers 00 Conrail EMD SD60M Gulf Summit Pushers - Modeling E-L F3s Amtrak P32-8WH & ATSF B40-8W ,. 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Maxi-Stack Ills' (Part 2: The Model) AUGUST 1996 fC AEI Tags JULY 1994 LOS (line of Sight) 0 Southern Railway NW2 Switchers DO Reading FP7 fC '" Granite Mountain Railway (Part 1) 0 00 CN GP40-2L '"., Handlaid Track Made Easy (Part 1) Modeling WW2 C&O Boxcars (Part 3) Blue Island Reefer Pictorial (Part 1) fC Modern Boxcar Door Configurations JANUARY 1995 ,,� Gunderson Husky-Stack 3-Well BN 0 Modeling FPPX Rotary Dump Gons ,. Warren Johnson's UP Layout '" Holy Cross & Crystal River RR 00 UP Rebuilt SD40-2R as United Spirit #3300 Drawbar-Connected Car " Modeling SP P-8 Pacific #2470 "-� Modeling UPS 28' Drop-Frame Tra ilers & 0 ... Generic Fixed-Length Chassis K Recent Trends in Intermodal Equipment " Rockton, Rion & Western (Part 2) Plans: CN Todd Creek Wood Trestle Converter Dollies 0 JB Hunt Transport, Inc. 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Conspicuity Striping .w BN America (Part 2: Examining the "-" BN America (Part 5: 28' ContainerlChassis) " E8J9s (Part 2: B&M, CB&Q, BN, CP, C&O, ., New Bridge - A Tale of Time Y E7 (Part 1: ACL, BAR, B&O, B&M) Prototype) " SP Nogales Branch (Part 1) C&EI, C&NW) MARCH 1996 Y Modeling WP GP20s DO " Virginian Railway (Part 2) Y Modeling ATSF Phase I & II GP50s (Part 2) Y Modeling Bowser's 40' Round-Roof Boxcar Conrail EMD SW1200 Y Kitbashing a CP Rail Scale Test Car Y NW2 (Part 2: CGW, C&NW, CRI&P, CR, Y Modeling Freelanced Wreck Train " Modeling Athearn Southern SD40-2 K The Bethgon® Revisited Y Right-of-Way Detail in N Scale D&RGW, Erie, Georgia, GTW, IC, KCS, LV) Equipment " WorkflNreckTrains (Rail Renewal: Part 2) ,. Beaver & Timber Springs (BATS) Y Kitbashing SCL GE U18B "Baby Boat" o Modeling an SAL ALCO RS3 Phase 2 0 Modeling ACL GP7s from Series 100-279 m C-Shift M" UPS Eqpt. 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Ry. (Part 2) ., DCC & Jersey Western RR o APRIL Modeling Dixie .. .sCL GP40 1995 .. Fuel Foolery (Part 1) " Detail the Weather Way NOVEMBER 1996 00 '" Bridging Scorpion Canyon D&H ALCO RSll & RS36 OCTOBER 1995 " GE Dash 9-44CW (Prototype: Part 2) DO Southern Pacific EMD GP35 fC .f fC Rail Wayside Automatic Equipment Gondola Cars 0 DO Boston & Maine EMD GP9 Handlaying N-Scale Track (Part 1) NS Freight Cars (Part 2: N&W Coal Cars) fC Identification '" Modular Locust Grove & Western RR 0 "�, Double-Stacking in N Scale Modeling an ACL E8 Modeling the Martrac Fleet OCTOBER f994 "'" BN America (Part 6: Summary) '" A Day in the Life of Lomax Lumber " Kitbashed Southern BL3 ,. Carolina & Western Update " Rock Island GE U25B & U28B (Phase I) " N&W's Twelve Pole line (Part 1) " Modeling Golden West 57' Mech. 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PLEASANTON .... West Brass '99 Train Show. Apr. II, IOAM-3PM. Pleasanton Hilton Hotel, 7050 Johnson Dr. INFO, QUESTIONS, CATALOGUE BESSEMER .... Magic City RR Club Annual Show. May $5. Info: Dan Smith, 416 W. Jeffries #6, Monrovia, CA m www.ttx-dcc.com = 15-16, 9AM-5PM (Sat), IIAM-5PM (Sun). West Lake 91016, (626) 44-06 14. Bargain Hunter's * Discount Prices * All Scales Mall. Free. Info: Alvin F. Kesler, Sr., 1881 Woodland Ave. RICHMOND (BAY AREA) .... Golden State Model RR * Dallee sound @ S84.95 SW, Birmingham, AL 3521 1, (205) 923-6003. - Museum's 1999 Operating Season. Sundays, May 2-0ct. -;:7::SPEC:-:7-::-:-:7::::-:::-----'IALS--- * MRC Cmd. "2000" $89.9SlS138.95 'N" LL SW 9/ 1200 * 50undtraxx 050 �S139.95 BIRMINGHAM (HOMEWOOD) .... Smokey City 31, I PM-5PM. Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline Park, 900- $46.00 �7@ * 50undtraxx 5ierra � S147.95 Rails Model RR Club's 8th Annual Train Show & Sale. A Dornan Dr .. Pt. Richmond. 52, seniors & under 12 $1. 'HO' 1 $39.95. 2@ $74.95 * 5ystemOne5trSetw/dec S699.00 June 5, 9AM-4PM. Samford University, 800 Lakeshore Dr. fa mily max $5. Info: (510) 234-4884. �r�t@ !2io�� 'HO' 2000 SD9 * Lenz Set 01 wl1 dec$409.00 53, children 6- 12 & students wilD under 6 free. 1 $34.95, 2 $64 95 S I, Info: SAN DIEGO .... San Diego Model RR Museum Swap Proto . * Lenz 103XF 12855 dec S19.95 Bachman@ Shay@ Smokey City Rails, PO Box 94696, Birmingham, AL Meet. May I, 8AM-Noon. Casa De Balboa Building in * Chief 5337. Wireless 35220, David Goolsby, (205) 68 1 -7722 (after 6PM). Balboa Park, 1649 EI Prado. $2 (buyers), $5/table (bring

SHEFFIELD .... Shoal Model RRers Inc. All Scales club. your own table). Info: Barbara Hultenius, San Diego Model RR Museum. 1649 EI Prado, San Diego, CA 92 10 I, 1st Thurs. & 3rd Tues. 6PM. 200 Chickamauga St., (Old (619) 696-0 199. 1!8SSwOoHel Brewster School). Info: David Reid, 565 Alexander Ln., I;";�--�;;;-;;;;;;:;-;-�� Soundapo_r(DI.nl) .... IJ\U nx,loaI�, Sndtru Tuscumbia, AL 35674, (205) 381-7133. SAN DIEGO .... San Diego Model RR Museum Toy Train 126999 He900 113900 111900 S:�rt fl(MStSf 118500 1I1!'J5 11�9lSmoo & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Mar.-May, Tues-Fri 111900 m8 99m900�Q Uhow GIl moo 1).1 95 11995 1169 00 ImOO IB900 nI9 00 H�900 S09 7 moo IJ� 95 16995 I IAM-4PM, Weekends & May 31 (Memorial Day) IIAM- UI"rt.tD H�OO 1199 00 11;900 1159 00 1119 00 UProto Ell! 19500 11995 11495 Imoo 5PM. Casa De Balboa Building in Balboa Park, 1649 EI FLAGSTAFF .... 1999 NMRA PSR Convention "In the Prado. $3, discounts for students/seniors/military 10, under Hud1O-� 1 CooWMt�' 110999 H39()Jl20900 UI900 llPrlllo GP9 moo 15295 18999 111900 Pines in '99." Sep. 15-19. Little America Hotel, 2525 E. 112995 S7� 9S Il099, 199 00 16995 19900 1189 00 15 free. Apr. 6, May 4 are free days. Info: Barbara Hulte­ 11NllIAticl um Butler Ave. $65. Info: Richard Dick, 5948 E. Hawthorne '" nius, San Diego Model RR Museum, 1649 EI Prado, San NorthCoast: Powerhouse Pro user-friendly high performance St., Tucson, AZ 85711 or [email protected]. Diego, CA 92 10 I, (619) 696-0 199. DCC System including an exclusive TTX "Users Guide" S389.OO. Digitra, Genesis Dee Staner System SI89.oo, Empire Builder PHOENiX .... Sahuaro Central RR Heritage Society Dee System 5247.00. * .. TTX guarantees your satisfaction. *'* "Everything RR" Spring Swap Meet. May 15, 9AM- IPM. COMMAND CONTROL Postal Workers Recreation Hall, 3720 W. Greenway Rd. GLENWOOD SPRINGS .... Roaring Fork Valley Model 24 Corduroy Road PROFESSIONALS $4, 12 & under free w/adult. Info: (602) 242-075 1 or (602) RR Show. Oct. 30-3 1, IOAM-8PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM Essex Jet, VT05452 � }'ears of service 846-9245. Fax: 802·878-7684 (Sun). Hotel Colorado. 526 Pine. Free. Info: Jay Buchanan, WE SUPPORT MORE COMMAND info@ttx·dcc.com PRESCOTI .... NMRA AZ Div. Spring Meet & Bar-B­ 218 Ash Ave., Rifle, CO 81650, (970) 625-3045. CONTROLSYSTEMS THAN ANYONE ! Que. Jun. 19, 9AM-4PM. Prescott United Methodist Church, 505 W. Gurley St. $5. $2.50 under 21 & NMRA members, free if joining NMRA/PSR at Meet. Info: Matt FAIRFIELD .... "Station Stop '99" Housatonic Model Ry. THE LEADERS OF THE Furze, 17237 N. 16th Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85023, (602) Club Train Show. Mar. 28, IOAM-4PM. Tom linson Middle 375-8229. School, 200 Unquowa Rd. $4, children $2. Info: LUBRICATION REVOLUTION! Housatonic Model Ry Club., PO Box 234, Fairfield, CT 06430, (203) 255-3795 (Fri eves).

ANAHEIM .... Orange County Model RRers meeting. MANCHESTER .... Silk City Model RR Club Show & Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana­ Open House. June 19, all day. SCMRRC, 71 Hilliard St. 1 heim Public Library, cornerof Harbor & Broadway in Ana­ Free. Info: Robert Bell, 71 Hilliard St., Manchester, CT heim. Info: Steve Tibbetts, e-mail: [email protected]. 06040, (860) 646-06 10. (714) 843- 1820.

CROCKETI .... Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club's WiLMINGTON .... Northern Delaware Model RR Club scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. Spring Train Show. Apr. 18, IOAM-3PM. Cranston Heights Pacific depot has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM- Fire Co., Rt. 2 Kirkwood Hwy. Prices Comer. $4. 56/family, 3PM & 7PM-9PM, Sat. IOAM-4PM. Depot on Rolph St. under 10 free w/adult. Info: Keith Heck, 213 S. Dilwyn Rd .. next to the SP mainline, 900 Loring Ave., Crockett, CA. Neward, DE 19711, (302) 454-8972, [email protected]. Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View Lane, Pinole, CA 94564, (510) 758-93 10.

LOS ANGELES .... East Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR BRADENTON .... Sarasota Model RR Club Model RR • Up to a 50% drop in Amp Draw Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. IIAM-3PM. Traveltown, Show. Jun 19-20, 10AM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-3PM (Sun). • Eliminate Squeaky Wheels Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors, P.O. Box 5732. Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, 100 10th St. W. $4, kids • Safe on all Materials & Painted Surfaces Glendale, CA 9130 I (213) 662-8339. free w/parents. Info: Dan Cioffi, (941) 723-392 1. • Longer Gear, Bearing & Bushing Life • Quieter Running NORWALK .... California Southern Model RR Club • Approved for use in all Bachmann® Open House. Apr. 24-25, 27, IOAM-9PM (Sat), Noon- ATLANTA .... Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st and Athearn® equipment 6PM (Sun), 7PM-9PM (Tues). CSMRRC, 12140 Firestone Tues. of each month, 7:30PM. Church of the Atonement, Blvd. Free. Info: Don Philpott, 17119 Alfred Ave., Cerri­ ACT-1 111 "N" JEL GEAR LUBE SMALL GAUGE 945 High Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Leake, (404) ACT-2002 MOTOR BEARING LUBE tos, CA 90703, (562) 926- 1762. 262-2969. ACT-2222 HEAVY DUTY BEARING LUBE 1/20z. PA SADENA .... SPH&TS Spring '99 So. Cal. Meet. Apr. ACT-2752 HEAVY DUTY BEARING LUBE 10z. AT LANTA .... Piedmont Division Monthly Meeting. 2nd ACT-3103 CONDUCTA LUBE & CLEANER 10z. 17, 7AM (setup), 8AM (swap meet). Boys & Girls Clubs Tuesday each month, 7PM. Bldg. K, Habersham Office ACT-4004 TRAIN PAK of Pasedena, 58 S. Sierra Madre Blvd. 520 (before 41 1), Park, Northlake Pkwy., Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer. ACT-5005 LARGE SCALE MAINTENANCE PAK $25 (after 4/ 1), $30 (at door). SPH&TS, PO Box ACT-6006 TRACK CLEANER Info: 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) 968- 1921. 93697, Pasadena, CA 91 109. call or write MARIETTA .... Piedmont Div. Model Train Show & AERO-LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, a division of PA SADENA .... Slim Gauge Guild Model RR Club Model Contest. Mar. 13-14, IOAM-6PM (Sat), IIAM- AERO-CAR TECHNOLOGY INC. Open House. Jun. 6, 8, IOAM-7PM (Sun), 6PM-IOPM 5PM (Sun). Cobb County Civic Center. $5, under 12 free. P.O. BOX 336, WESTERN SPRINGS, IL 60558 (Tues). SGGMRR Club, 300 S. Raymond Ave. (basement). Info: John Munro, 6105 Milam Dr., Mableton, GA 301 26, phone: (708)-246-9027 fa x: (708) 246-7648 www.tttrains.com/aerocar Free. Info: Jeff Smith, (626) 441-6272, [email protected]. (770) 739-5406.

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING ..... 81 Inspired by section towns along Marshall BESSEMER T Magic City RR Club Annual Show. May Pass, Colorado, on the 15-16, 9AM-5PM (Sat), IIAM-5PM (Sun). West Lake Gunnison Extension, Mall. Free. Info: Alvin F. Kesler, Sr., 1881 Woodland Ave. these structures were SW. Birmingham, AL 352 1 1. (205) 923-6003. built by the railroad to provide living quarters BIRMINGHAM (HOMEWOOD) T Smokey City for laborers and the Rails Model RR Club's 8th Annual Train Show & Sale. Section Foreman. June 5, 9AM-4PM. Samford University. 800 Lakeshore Dr. $3, children 6- 12 & students w/I D $1. under 6 free. Info: HO Section Town Kit 116-11 Includes Bunk House, Section House, Coal Shed, Smokey City Rails, PO Box 94696, Birmingham. AL 2 Water Closets, Single Car & Tool Shed (can be built left or right, SG or NG) 35220, David Goolsby, (205) 68 1 -7722 (after 6PM). $99.00 (Limited Time Offer) • Patterned and dimensioned after existing structures and RR documents . SHEFFIELD T Shoal Model RRers Inc. All Scales club. • Stainable Real Wood Shingles . Precision laser cut wood with self locating tabs. I st Thurs. & 3rd Tues. 6PM. 200 Chickamauga SI.. (Old • Trim and windows sashes feature permanent self adhesive backing . Brewster School). Info: David Reid. 565 Alexander Ln .. • Assembly Jigs included . Tuscumbia, AL 35674, (205) 381-7133 . HO Section House Kit Ill-II $45.00 HO Bunk House Kit 110- 1 J $30.00 HO Coal Shed Kit 112-1 J $20.00 HO Car Shed Kit J 15- J I $20.00 Call for prices on Semi-kit and fully assembled. FLAGSTAFF T 1999 NMRA PSR Convention "In the S and kit arriving September . Shipping and handling USA 0 scale s $5.00 Pines in '99." Sep. 15-19. Little America Hotel, 2525 E. Crystal River Products, Inc. Butler Ave. �65. Info: Richard Dick, 5948 E. Hawthorne SI.. Tucson. AZ 8571 1 or [email protected]. po, Box 598 • Conifer, CO 80433 (303) 697- 1472 · fax (303) 697- 1179 PHOENIX T Sahuaro Central RR Heritage Society "Everything RR" Spring Swap Meet. May 15. 9AM- I PM. Postal Workers Recreation Hall, 3720 W. Greenway Rd. $4, 12 & under free w/adult. Info: (602) 242-075 1 or (602) Easily installed DCC for 846,9245. Even Easier DCC PRESCOTI NMRA AZ Div. Spring Meet & Bar-B, HO locomotives $29.95 Especially for Kato RSC2 T Que. Jun. 19, 9AM-4PM. Prescott United Methodist Church, 505 W. Gurley St. 55, $2.50 under 21 & NMRA

members, free if joining NMRA/PSR at Meet. Info: Matt Furze, 17237 N. 16th Ave .. Phoenix, AZ 85023, (602) 375-8229. Shown approx. 75% actual size Drops in to most Kato, Atlas, Stewart and the new Atheam SD70s Ask your dealer for the ANAHEIM Orange County Model RRers meeting. All the advanced fe atures you want - not a D104KRS $29.95 T "stripped down" entry level decoder Plugs right in to the new Kato RSC-2, RS-2, Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana, • 4 digit addressing & advanced consisting Proto 2K SD7/9 and several other locomotives heim Public Library, cornerof Harbor & Broadway in Ana, 14/281128 speed with start voltage adjust No wires to break! heim. Info: Steve Tibbetts. e-mail: [email protected]. All fo mls of operations mode programming Same advanced fe atures as I 02/DA I 02 our 0 (714) 843-1 820. (program on mainline or programming track) Automatic reversing headlights plus F I and F2 Programmable speed table motor frequency & CROCKETI T Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club's N DA 102US - independent lights (optional Mars) Also announcing: scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. DA I 02EU - automatic reversing headlights Our new 0 I 04EU decoder w/9 Pin wiring harness. Pacilic depot has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM- • Automatic reversing lights plus F I, F2 & F3 NCE INC. 3PM & 7PM-9PM. Sat. IOAM-4PM. Depot on Rolph St. • Support for Rule 17 headlight operation Empire Blvd. Suite .65" 1.9" .17" next to the SP mainline, 900 Loring Ave., Crockett. CA. 1900 303 • Measures: x x S34.95'"'' Webster, NY 14580 716-671-0370 Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View Lane, Pinole, NCE INC. CA 94564, (510) 758-93 10. Response to our new Powerhouse Pro'" system is Empire Blvd. Suite overwhelming! Ifyou have one ordered please be 1900 303 LOS ANGELES T East Va lley Lines N-Scale Model RR patient... We're shipping as fa st as we can Webster, NY 14580 Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. IIAM-3PM. Traveltown, Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors, PO. Box 5732, Glendale, CA 9130 I (213) 662-8339.

NORWALK T California Southern Model RR Club Open House. Apr. 24-25, 27, IOAM-9PM (Sat), Noon- 6PM (Sun). 7PM-9PM (Tues). CSMRRC, 12140 Firestone Blvd. Free. Info: Don Philpott, 17119 Alfred Ave.. Cerri­ tos, CA 90703, (562) 926- 1762.

PASADENA T SPH&TS Spring '99 So. Cal. Meet. Apr. 17. 7AM (setup), 8AM (swap meet). Boys & Girls Clubs of Pasedena. 58 S. Sierra Madre Blvd. $20 (before 41 1). $25 (after 41 1), $30 (at door). Info: SPH&TS, PO Box 93697, Pasadena, CA 91 109.

PASADENA T Slim Gauge Guild Model RR Club Open House. Jun. 6, 8, I OAM-7PM (Sun). 6PM-IOPM (Tues). SGGMRR Club, 300 S. Raymond Ave. (basement). Free. Info: Jeff Smith, (626) 44 1 -6272, [email protected].

82 T MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 1999 PLEASANTON T West Brass '99 Train Show. Apr. II, IOAM-3PM. Pleasanton Hilton Hotel, 7050 Johnson Dr. $5. Info: Dan Smith, 416 W. Jeffries #6, Monrovia. CA WHEN "GENERIC" ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH 91016, (626) 44-0614.

RICHMOND (BAY AREA) T Golden State Model RR Museum's 1999 Operating Season. Sundays, May 2-0ct. 31, I PM-5PM. Miller-Knox Regional Shoreline Park, 900- A Dornan Dr., Pt. Richmond. $2, seniors & under 12 $1, fa mily max $5. Info: (510) 234-4884.

SAN DIEGO T San Diego Model RR Museum Swap Meet. May I, 8AM-Noon. Casa De Balboa Building in Balboa Park, 1649 EI Prado. $2 (buyers), $5/table (bring your own table). Info: Barbara Hultenius, San Diego Over 50 correct variations of this caboose can be built using parts supplied with this kit. Model RR Museum, 1649 EI Prado, San Diego, CA 92 10I, Minor additions allow even more versions. Build correct cabooses for: (619) 696-0 199 Reading Central of New JerseY Leigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New England, Leigh Valley, Western j SAN DIEGO T San Diego Model RR Museum Toy Train Maryland, Conrail & many shortines. & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Mar.-May, Tues-Fri Changing stePs will build Pittsburg & West Virginia, Chesapeake & Ohio, Norfolk Western, Chessie IIAM-4PM, Weekends & May 31 (Memorial Day) IIAM- System and Norfolk Southern versions. 5PM. Casa De Balboa Building in Balboa Park, 1649 EI North East Standard Caboose kit ...... Prado. $3, discounts for students/seniors/military 10, under 400 $20.00 15 free. Apr. 6, May 4 are free days. Info: Barbara Hulte­ nius. San Diego Model RR Museum, 1649 EI Prado, San Se nd SSA E (55¢ postage) Diego, CA 92 01, (619) 696-0199. . . for current kit list. 1 . . - Eastern Car Works� •• • P.O. Box "L" 624 ' Langhorne, PA 19047 Visit our web site: Manufacturers of Craftsman Style Injection Molded Styrene www.easterncarworks.com GLENWOOD SPRINGS T Roaring Fork Valley Model HO Railroad Kits and Parts RR Show. Oct. 30-3 1. IOAM-8PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Hotel Colorado, 526 Pine. Free. Info: Jay Buchanan, 218 Ash Ave., Ritle, CO 81650, (970) 625-3045. ORGANIZE AND PROTECT FAIRFIELD T "Station Stop '99" Housatonic Model Ry. Club Train Show. Mar. 28, I OAM-4PM. Tomlinson Middle YO UR COPIES OF School, 200 Unquowa Rd. $4, children $2. Info: Housatonic Model Ry Club., PO Box 234, Fairfield, CT 06430, (203) 255-3795 (Fri eves). MODEL'\7 RAILROADINgV MANCHESTER T Silk City Model RR Club Show & These custom-made titled cases and binders are ideal to Open House. June 19, all day. SCMRRC, 71 Hilliard St. protect your valuable copies from damage. They're Free. Info: Robert Bell. 71 Hilliard St., Manchester, CT designed to hold a year's issues (may vary with issue 06040, (860) 646-06 10. sizes), constructed with reinforced board and covered with durable leather-like material in black, title is hOI­ stamped in gold, cases are V-notched for easy access, Cases Binders WILMINGTON T Northern Delaware Model RR Club binders have special spring mechanism to hold indi­ 1 - $8.95 1 - $1 1 .25 Spring Train Show. Apr. 18, IOAM-3PM. Cranston Heights vidual rods which easily snap in. 3 - $24.95 3 - $31 .85 Fire Co., Rt. 2 Kirkwood Hwy. Prices Corner. $4, $6/family, 6 - $45.95 6 - $60.75 under 10 free IV/adult. Keith Heck, 213 S. Dilwyn Rd . Info: . Model Railroading

I elVard, DE 1971 1, (302) 454-8972, [email protected]. Jesse Jones Industries, Dept. 99MRG Enclosed is S __ for __ Cases; __ Binders 499 East Erie Av e., Philadelphia, PA 19134 Add 51.50 per caselbinder for postage & handling. Outside Continental U.S. (including AK & HI) $3.50 per caselbinder BRADENTON T Sarasota Model RR Club Model RR Name (PLEASE PAINT) ______(U.S. funds only). PA residents add 7% sales tax. Show. Jun 19-20, IOAM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-3PM (Sun). CHARGE ORDERS (Minimum 515): AmEx, Visa, MC, DC Address ______Bradenton Municipal Auditorium, 100 10th St. W. $4, kids (NO P.O. BOX NUMBERS PLEASE) accepted. Send Card Name, Number and Exp. Date.

free IV/parents. Info: Dan Cioffi, (941) 723-392 1. City ______CALL TOLL FREE 7 days, 24 hours 1-800-825-6690. StatelZip Allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. L ______AT LANTA T Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st Tues. of each month, 7:30PM. Church of the Atonement, 945 High Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Leake, (404) 262-2969.

AT LANTA T Piedmont Division Monthly Meeting. 2nd Tuesday each month, 7PM. Bldg. K, Habersham Office NARROW GAUGE GA Park. Northlake Pkwy .. Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer, AND SHORT LINE ftZE 1"'& TE 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) 968- 1921. MARIETTA T Piedmont Div. Model Train SholV & "Have enjoyed each and Model Contest. Mar. 13- 14, IOAM-6PM (Sat), IIAM- every issue of NARROW 5PM (Sun). Cobb County Civic Center. $5, under 12 free. Info: John Munro. 6105 Milam Dr., Mableton, GA 30 126, GAUGE AND SHORT (770) 739-5406. LINE GAZETTE since MARlEnA T Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Society Send for a year issues) 1978 . ..It is without a doubt of Ferroequinologists & field trips. 2nd Fri. of each month, $24.00 1 (6 subscription in U.S.A. to: the best on the market." 7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell St. Free. Info: Dave BENCHMARK PUBLICATIONS Muller (404) 974-4608 or Larry Smith (404) 926-0739. John P.O. Box 26 · Los Altos, CA 94023 Blairsville, GA TUCKER T Piedmont Div. SE Region Regular Monthly

MARCH 1999 MODEL RAILROADING T 83 Meeting. 2nd Tuesday of every month. 7:30PM. Building MA 01740, (978) 779-5056. K, Habersham Office Park, Northlake Parkway. Free. Info: BOLTON " Nashua Valley RR Assoc. Open House. Mar. Ed Palmer, 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260. (770) 27-28, IOAM-4PM. Take Exit 27 from Rt. 495. follow 968- 1921. DIGITRAXUSERSI PWG (, PROGRAM signs to Clubhouse, Rt. I 17 to 85. $3, seniors $2. 5- 12 50¢. family max $7. Info: NVRA, PO Box 72, 63 Hudson Rd .. The PT6-2© Power Rt. 85, Bolton, MA 0 1740, (978) 779-5056. COEUR D'ALENE T Inland Northwest Garden RR Soc. TOPSFIELD .. Tracks & Train VII Spring '99 Train Model RR Train Show (all gauges). May 16, IOAM-4PM. Transformer Kit, Show. Mar. 28, IOAM-4PM. Masconomet Regional HS 16V AC, 6.25 Amp. power supply with Kootenai County Fairgrounds. $3, II & under free. Info: Fieldhouse. $4, under 12 free, family max $10. I;fo : Doug thermal circuit breaker. Assembles easily Chuck Inglow, 225 E. Hanley Ave., Dalton Gardens, ID Peck, 6 Storeybrooke Dr., Newburyport, MA 0 I 950, (978) 83815, (208) 762-4206, [email protected]. to provide ample power for Digitrax 465-8798. (Genesis, Empire Builder, Chief) and other DCC or conventional high power needs. BLOOMINGTON T Central Illinois Railroad Club ST. PAUL .. NorthStar '99 NMRA Annual Convention. Great Train Show. Mar. 21, 9AM-3PM. National Guard Jul. 18-24. Info: NorthStar '99, PO Box 18394, W. St. Dealer Inquiries Welcome Armory, 1616 S. Main St. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Paul, MN 55 1 18-0394, email info@ northstar99.org. Web Alan Mowrer, 404 E. Poplar SI., Normal, IL, 61761, site: http://lI'wlI'.nonhstar99.org. [email protected]. SPRINGHAVEN SHOPS ST. PA UL .. 1999 atl. Assn. of S Gaugers Convention. Authorized Digitrax Dealer ROCKFORD T Rock River Valley Div. NMRA Model RR Jul. 22-25. Best Western Kelly Inn, 161 St. Anthony. Info: Show & Sale. Apr. 10-1 1, IOAM-5PM. Harlem HS NOl'lh CCS Assoc., 66 11 Countryside Dr., Eden Prairie, MN Dept D, 25998 Rose Lane � = Campus gym, 9229 N. Alpine Rd. $2, under 12 free. Info: 55346, (6 I 2) 934-6741. [email protected] or www.train­ South Riding, VA 201 52-1 764 Joe Whinnery, (815) 96 1-53 13 (W), (815) 398-8973 (H). web.com/nasg99 Phone/Fax: (703) 327-6769 E-mail: [email protected] HASTINGS 1999 Imperial Mall Maciel RR Expo. SOUTH BEND ..St. Joe Va lley RR Club Spring Show & .. www:http://members.ool.com/sprshops/homepage.html Sep. 11-12, IOAM-5PM (Sat), oon-5PM (Sun). Imperial Sale. Mar. 21, IOAM-3PM. Elks' Lodge Post 235, 3535 E. Mall, 300 1 W. 12th St. Free. Info : Imperial Mall Mktg. McKinley Ave. $3, fa mily $6. Info: Larry Krueger, 51877 Dept. (402) 462-667 1. Kenilworth Rd., South Bend, IN 46637, (219) 243-1467.

LAS VEGAS T Silver State Div.mOS. May 21-22, BURLINGTON T Burlington Route His. Soc. Spring 6PM-9PM (Fri), IOAM-4PM (Sat, public not admilled till Meeting. Apr. 16-18. Train Show: Apr. 17, 10:30AM-3PM noon). Plumbers & Pipefitters Local #525 Union Hall, 760 (Sat). Pzazz! ConI'. Or., 300 I Winegard Dr. David Lotz, Simplify Tra in Detection Info: N. Lamb Blvd. $4, members $2, $1 off for active military. 3040 Southoaks PI., St. Louis, MO 63 129, (314) 846-8623. HO Wheel sets with Info: Bill Ness, 4800 E. Cheyenne Ave., #223, Las Vegas. Built in Resistors DES MOINES .. 3rd Great Midwestern Div. Meet. Mar. NV 89 115. (702) 644-5003. 13, 8:30AM-3PM. North HS, 2500 block of 2nd Ave. $4 Use with Signaling Solutions, advance, $5 al door. Info: Alan Berg, 8704 Carole Cir., Integrated Signaling Systems, Box 26, Urbandale, IA 50322, (515) 324-7347. HOOKSETI T Hooksell Lions Club 4th Annual Model Dallee Electronics and other RR Show. Apr. 18, IOAM-4PM. Hooksett Memorial Jr. systems DUBUQUE 14th Annual 1999 Dubugue Rails Maciel .. HS, Rt. 3, exit 9N off Rt. 93. $3, 5- 12 $1, under 5 free. RR Show & Swap Meet. Nov. 7. IOAM-4PM. Tri-State Part No. Description Price Info: Gregg Gilbert, 14 Bert St., Hooksett, NH 03 106m Independent Blind Soc. Bldg., 3333 Asbury Rd. $2.50. 5. 1K OHMS (603) 485- 1190, [email protected]. child 50¢ w/adult. Info: Gary Weiner, 557-7626 (eves). 10605 36" Wheels 12/pk $1 9.50 10805 33" Wheels 12/pk $1 8.50

20K OHMS BELLMAWR T Spring Train & Toy Show & Sale. Apr. ONAGA POllawatomie RR Soc. Assn. Swap Meet & 10620 36" Wheels 121pk $1 9.50 .. I I, IOAM-3PM. Bellmawr Fire & Rescue Hall. 29 Lewis 10820 33" Wheels 12/pk $1 8.50 Train Show. Apr. 10-11, 9AM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-3PM. Ave. $3, fa mily $5, under 12 free w/aclull. Info: Chuck Onaga HS, 500 High St. $3, under 10 free w/adult. Info: Viggiano, (609) 423-0773. 39K OHMS Dale Renfro, 4 17 Lucein, Onaga, KS 66521. (785) 889-7 I 94. 10639 36" Wheels 12/pk $1 9.50 MANTUA .. Mantua Vol. Fire Co. Train Show. Apr. 18. 10839 33" Wheels 12/pk $1 8.50 IOAM-3PM. Mantua Vo l. Fire Co., 42 Main St. $3, fa mily $5. Info: Bill Beckett, (609) 468-9399. P.O. Box 7031 SEVERNA PARK .. Severna Park Model RR Club's Villa Park, IL 60181 WINSLOW The Great Winslow Jct. Scale Train & Semi-Annual Open House. May 1-2, Noon-5PM. Fonner T RRiana Meet. May 2, IOAM-3PM. Winslow Fire Hall, B&A R wy. Station, Rt. 648 & McKinsey Rd. Info: Sam (630) 832-3615 Fax (630) 832-3631 Hall & Hay Sts. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Bill Pow­ Shepherd, (410) 647-6077. ell, 306 Broad St., Williamstown, NJ 08094, (609) 728- TIMONIUM .. Great Scale Train Show. Apr. 17-18, 1327 (till 9PM). THE SIGNALING SOLUTION Jun. 26-27, 9AM-4PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Mary­ land State Fairgraounds, 2 miles nOl'lh of Baltimore Belt­ Grade Crossing Control System way. Exit 17E (Paclonia Rd.) from Rt. 1-83. $6, 12 & LAS CRUCES "f' Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO Grade Crossing Controller under free, family $10. Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thun­ Meets. Third Thurs. each momh, 7PM. Thomas Brannigan True PrototypeAction der Hill Rd., Columbia, MD 21045. (410) 730- 1 036, Memorial Library, Spruce Ave. & N. Main St. Info: Mike Action begins when trains are distant [email protected]. Hallock, 1941 Poplar Ave., Las Cruces, M 8800 I. Action stops when train crosses the road Outputs to gate motor, bell and crossbucks Compatible with DCC, DC, AC, etc T BARNSTABLE T Cape Cod Model RR Club's 30th CARY T Southeastern Model RRers Assn. (SEMRA) '99 and the Annual Model Train Show. Apr. 25, IOAM-4PM. Cape Natl. Meet. Sep. 24-25, IOAM-5PM. Kirk of Kildaire, 200 Grade Crossing Control Expander Cod Community College Gym, off Rt. 132. $2.50, $1.50 High Meadow Dr. Participants $10, visitors $5. Info: Craig each GCX allows you to add 1 more track seniors & under 12, family max $6. Info: Richard Hough­ Zeni, 1435 Huntly Ct., Cary, NC 27511, (919) 380-03 10, add up to 7 GCX for an 8-track crossing sys tem taling, (508) 432-2287. http://semra.railfan.netlSEMRNEvems.html Send large SSAE for information Order from: W. S. Ataras Engineering, Inc. BOLTON .. Nashua Valley RR Assoc. 37th Railfair. Mar. MC-VISA 40 Laughton Street 27, IOAM-4PM. Take Exit 27 from Rt. 495, follow signs to CHECK - MO Upper Marlboro, MD 20774 former Emerson School entrance, olf Rt. 117, across from BUCYRUS .. Bucyrus Model RR/Model Train Show & Phone: (301 )-249-51 84/FAX (301 )-249-8362 Police Station. $3, seniors $2, 5- 12 50¢, family max $7. Swap. Apr. 18, IOAM-4PM. Bucyrus HS, 900 W. Perry St. Website: www.wsaeng.com/Signaling_Solution Info: VRA, PO Box 72, 63 Hudson Rd., Rt. 85, Bolton, $2, 12 & under free. Info: David E. Moore, 10 I 0 Bucyrus

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The second release dynamic brakes. It also comes complete \Vi tll over factory applied detail pa l'ts like includes at least two 135 road numbers each: Atchison working cab doors. constant and directional heacllights, and lighted number boards for To peka & Santa Fe; Baltimore & Ohio; Chicago North Western; maximum realism. Also included are authentic roaclname-specific features. like M.U. Florida East Coast; Great boxes, \Vinterization hatCh, sunshades. and drop-steps. For maximum tractive effort, the Northern; Illinois Central; Louisville & Nashville; Missouri model also olTers a heavy die cast chassis. DC motor \Vith 5 pole ske\V \Vounel balanced Pacific; New York Central; Pennsylvania Railroad; armature, superrite anisotropic magnets, sintered bronze oilless bearings and dual Seaboard Ai r Line; Chicago, machined brass f1y\Vheels. Precisely-meshed worm gear and pUI' teeth provide smooth Rock Island & Pacific, and undecorated. running for the all-\Vheel dl'ive and electrical pick-up. The OCC-reacly GP7 is equipped

with PROTO 2000 magnetic knuckle couplers; X2F couplers are also supplied.

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