The EMD SD40·2 PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS Early Production Version

HO Scale model pictured. N scale truck sideframes will differ.

ThisHE workhorseEMD SD40-2 is onewill of runthe landmarklike a thoroughbred and pull like a mule! diesel locomotives in railroading history. EMD SD40·2 Diesel Locomotive TheT Early Production version of the locomotive Early Production Version N Scale first rolled onto the rails in January of 1972, and Item # Roadname Road # many of those original units are still in service Without Dynamic Brakes today. 176-4701 Canadian National 5931 176-4702 Canadian National 5934 Now, KATO Precision Railroad Models 176-4705 Union Pacific 4202 will recreate the Early Production version of the 176-4706 Union Pacific 4213 SD40-2 in N scale. 176-4700 Undecorated These models will be equipped with the With Dynamic Brakes world-renowned dual brass flywheel motor and 176-4801 Burlington Northern 6333 frictionless, all-wheel electrical pickup trucks 176-4802 Burlington Northern 6363 KATO is famous for. The split, all-lJIetal chassis 176-4803 Chicago & North Western 6910 provides plenty of weight for powerful tractive 176-4804 Chicago & North Western 6922 effort and will be designed for the easy 176-4805 CSX 8186 installation of a Dee decoder. 176-4806 CSX 8204 The semi-automatic KATO couplers, 176-4807 EMD Leasing 6047 directional lighting and accurate recreation of 176-4808 Milwaukee Road 149 prototype paint schemes will further enhance 176-4809 Milwaukee Road 160 the beauty of the beasts. Seven popular liveries 176-4810 Norfolk Southern 6142 will be recreated, including the versatile EMD 176-4811 Norfolk Southern 6152 Leasing. Two styles of undecorated models will 176-4812 Union Pacific 3220 also be released - with and without dynamic 176-4813 Union Pacific 3242 brakes. 176-4800 Undecorated These fixed-production models will be Expected Delivery: November/December 1999 delivered to hobby shops worldwide in For more about KATO models and UN/TRACK, see your hobby dealer or visit us on the worldwide web at www.katousa.com NovemberlDecember 1999. The KATO SD40-2, Early Production version in N scale . . . KATO U.S.A., :K:.A.TO dash to it! 100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, ILINC. 60173,:t t t t tI Take a Second Look

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ON THE COVER: Tony Steele and his crew are recreating a major portion of the Delaware & Hudson Railway in HO scale. This is the Mill Street overpass (Sr. 50.64) hear Richmondville, New York. The GP39-2 is a John Anderson kit-conversion of an Atlas GP38. The bridge is a modified Micro Engineering kit on abutments carved from wood by Tony Steele. The school bus is the D&H Rail Gang's lindberg model detailed by Mill Mischler. Part I of October 1999 . Volume 11, Number 5 a tour of the layout begins on page 21. N SCALE BODY-MOUNT MICRO-TRAINS COUPLERS, page 11

Intermodal Modeling: Nations Way Transport 2a-foot pup trailers from Rail Power Products kits, by Brian Kreimendahl...... 6 Locomotive Perfonnanee: Spectrum, by Bachmann, Pennsylvania Railroad K4 4-6-2 Tert report, by Guy Thrams ...... 16 Summary of all previous locomotive

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FROM RAIL POWER PRODUCTS KITS

By Brian P. Kreimendahl

NW 9474 has a round bumper tube and no conspicuity striping. Note the difference between the color of the door and the doorframe. This trailer has had its original driver's side mudflap replaced. -photographed at Seligman, Arizona, August 1998

ationsWay (NW) Trans­ assumed the servicing of many fo rmer NW Rail Power Products Model port Service was a customers. Rail Power Products (RPP) offers an Denver based l ess-than-truckload (L- T-L) The large majority of NW's trailer equip­ HO scale kit that is based on a 1990-and­ carrier that declared bankruptcy and ment fleet is comprised of 28-foot long, 102- later Strick-built NW pup trailer proto­ ceased operations in May of this year. inch wide and 13-feet 6-inch high exterior type. RPP number 807 kit contains an Although not as large as the so-called "b ig post (X-post) pup trailers. NW rostered pup undecorated trailer with a NationsWay four" national L-T-L carriers ABF, CF, trailers built by both Timpte and Strick, with decal sheet. The basics for a credible Roadway and Ye llow, NW was considered the largest number being Strick-built pups. model are found in RPP 807 kit. After a super-regional carrier and had a signifi­ The Strick-built pups come in two basic comparing the kit to photographs of the cant transportation presence in North body styles: a pre-1990 version with sixteen prototype, I decided to make detailing America. NW generated intermodal loads unevenly spaced exterior posts and no exte­ additions to the basic kit so that the fin­ on a number of major rail corridors inc lud­ rior sidewall baserail, as well as a 1990-and­ ished product would more closely match ing the BNSF's Chicago to Seattle and later version with thirteen evenly spaced the prototype. Chicago to California lines, UP's line exterior posts on 24-inch centers and an For this article, I built four trailers from Chicago to Portland through Salt exterior sidewall There are a number of other representing two specific different prototypes Lake City, and the former Conrail line spotting features, such as bumper style, land­ of the 1990-and-later Strick-built NW trailers. from Chicago to Harrisburg. At the time of ing gear variations, and presence or absence Two trailers would represent trailers built this writing, NW trailers may still be seen of lift rails, that further subdivide the Strick­ on the rails carrying loads for CF, as CF built NW trai lers into different body types. circa 1992 with a round lower bumper tube

6 RAILMODELJOURNAL' OCTOBER 1999 This NW trailer has thirteen exterior posts and two-hole disc wheels. The red and white alternating safety striping NW 9696 shows the typical nosewall details found just above the base rail is called conspicuity striping. This trailer was built after December 1, 1993 when on 1990-and-later Strick-built NW pup trailers. conspicuity striping became mandatory. -photographed at Bakersfield, California, July 1998 Note the King document box the bottom of the nose just to the right of the air and electrical connections. -photographed at City of Industry, California, December 1996

and without conspicuity striping. The other way that you leave enough clearance to that I measured were located seventy-four two trailers would represent trailer built locate the mudflaps between the front of inches apart. The cast-on RPP mounting circa 1994 with a square lower bumper the mudflap hangers and rear of the gussets were also undersized compared to tube and with conspicuity striping. suspension rails. Additionally, the axle, what I found on these prototypes. The wheels and front edge of the suspension stock RPP landing gear had squarish landing Floor Detailing rails must be correctly located to match the gear legs and round sandshoes while the After an overall examination of the prototype when viewing the trailer in side prototype NW trailers that I examined had RPP kit, I found that the trailer's components profile. round landing gear legs and square sand located below the floor would require the To ac hieve this, I first removed .080-inch shoes. As a result, I decided to create new most attention in order for the overall from the rear of each suspension rail. landing gear from A-Line Wabash National appearance of the model trailer to more Using the cast-on suspension rails on the components. closely match that of these particular bottom of the trai ler floor as a locator, I To create a new driver's side landing prototypes. These prototype NW trailers glued the A-Line suspension on the outside gear mounting gusset and leg, r completely have two-hole disc wheels while the RPP of the cast-on suspension raiIs. 1 left a removed the forward diagonal support. r kit provides five-hole disc wheels. I used .060- inch gap between the forward face of then cut off the landing gear leg just below A-Line's 50004 two-hole disc wheels for the mud flap hangers and the rear of the A-Line the gearbox. To form the new driver's side these models. J also chose to use A-L i ne's suspension rails. This allows enough clearance landing gear leg, I glued a .330- inch length 50118 mudflaps as they are thinner and between the rear of the suspension rail and of .062-inch styrene rod just below the generally have an appearance that more forward face of the bottom of the rear gearbox. T then glued one of the square A-Line closely matches the prototype than do the doorframe to place the mudflap. sandshoes on the bottom of the new landing stock mudflaps provided in the RPP kit. I To further detail the suspension, 1 cut gear leg. I bent a length of ,0IS -inch brass - also used A-Line's SO 104 vinyl tires. off the two airtanks from A-Line's suspension ­ wire to form the crank handle and inserted The undercarriage and suspension on subframe. I filed the ends down to fit and it in a hole that I drilled in the gearbox. the prototype is more complex and robust placed one air tank between the first and To create a new curbside landing gear than what is reflected in the stock RPP second floor ribs from the rear and the second mounting gusset and leg, I completely cut parts. When I built a test model using the air tank between the fifth and si x ribs from away the forward diagonal support. I then stock RPP suspension, the rear of the the rear. I then created a leaf spring suspension cut out the landing gear leg leaving two model was several scale inches short of the cross brace from an .SSO-inch length of separate sections of the lancl i ng gear gusset correct J 3-foot 6- inch height of the proto ­ .030-inch round styrene and glued it with the rear diagonal support still attached type. To achieve the correct height and for between the forward end of the two leaf to the rear gusset section. To form the new additional detailing opportunities, I decid­ spring suspension components to locate it curbside landing gear leg, I attached the ed to use modified pup trailer suspension per the prototype. two gusset sections and rear diagonal support parts from A-Line. to a .S3S-inch length of .062-inch diameter Prototype photos revealed that the thin Modeling The Landing Gear styrene rod. I placed a .IIO-inch length of metal mud flap hangers are attached at the .0 lOx .060-inch strip styrene behind the middle of the bottom of the rear dOQl'frame The stock RPP landing gear represented landing gear leg to close the gap between on each side of the bumper. On the model another modeling challenge. Measured the two gusset sections. shell, the cast-on mudflap hanger is located from their outside faces, the two large cast-on The cross shaft was made from a .76S-inch at the forward edge of the rear doorframe. triangular landing gear mounting gussets length of .020-inch styrene rod. The horizontal The key is to size and locate the replacement are located fifty scale inches apart. The cross brace was made from a .78S-inch A-Line I-beam suspension rai ls in such a landing gear gussets on the prototype trailers length of .020-inch diameter styrene rod.

RAfLMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 7 28"'FOOT X",POST PUP TRAILERS The diagonal landing gear cross braces were made from two .4S0-inch lengths of .020-inch diameter styrene rod.

Superdetailed Bumpers There are three different stock bumper styles that J have documented on the 1990- and-later Strick-built NW trailers. The primary diffe rence is in the shape of the bumper tube. The three bumper tube types are round, square and offset I-beam . For this article I modeled trailers equipped with both round and square bumper tubes. The square bumper tube was the easiest to model as I simply cut off the stock square Rail Power Products bumper tube outside of the bumper support posts. To model the round bumper tube, I completely cut away the stock square Rail Power Products bumper tube. On the prototype, the round bumper tubes are welded in a notch on the bottom of the bumper support posts. I used a small file and notched the bottom of the bumper support posts. For the round bumper tube, I used a .S70-inch length of .030-inch styrene rod. File and test fit the new bumper tube until the upper half of the round bumper tube fits snugly in the notch. Per the prototype, the lower half of the bumper tube hangs below the bumper support posts. The safety chain attachment loop that goes around the cast-on pintle hook was fashioned from a length of .0IS -inch brass wire.

Painting li Oecaling The RPP body shell itself is a fine match for these NW prototypes. J painted the floor and body shell with AccuPaint Primer. I painted the floor and attached parts Light Ghost Gray. [ painted the trailer body shell Aluminum. I painted the door frame, bumper and mudflap hangers Southern Pac ific Light Lark Gray. The roof, door and the bottom rail on the nose were painted Light Ghost Gray. The wheels were also painted Light Ghost Gray. I used a sharp black artist's pen to color the wheel hubs and bolts. For decaling, the biggest variation seen in these trai lers is the lack of or presence of conspicuity striping. There is also some variation in the number and location of some of the smaller decals on the prototype. r used Microscale's MC-4 l99 NW decal sheet and MC-4 l99 28-ft Trai ler Data Sheet. These decal sheets provide complete On the left is the stock Rail Power Products shell decals for decorating a NW pup trai ler. I with the generic bumper tube. The center shell has used .0 LO-inch thick sheet styrene for the the bumper tube completely cut away. A notch has NW logos on the X-post sidewalls. been filed in the bottom of the bumper support posts and a length of styrene rod has been added to Final Superdetailing model the round bumper tube. The shell on the used false eyelashes to model the right has the stock Rail Power Products square wheel well anti-spray skirts, which is an bumper tube cut away outside of the bumper support idea pioneered by Carter Osborne on his posts. On the modified shells a length of wire has UPS pup trai ler models. There is a lot of been added to model the safety chain attachment variation in false eyelashes and the best loop. type to use modeling anti-spray skirrs are the false eyelashes that are very dense with individual hairs. Geisha brand false eyelashes most closely matched in miniature the

8 RAILMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 On the right are the stock Rail Power Products suspension parts. In the middle are the stock replacement A-Line suspension parts. On the right are the replacement A­ Line suspension parts that have been short­ ened and will go on the model.

characteristics of prototype anti-spray three feet by five inches with a .7 5-inch lip skirts. I don't know how widely distributed at the top. I modeled this using a .41S-inch the Geisha brand of false eyelashes are as I length of .OGO-inch styrene channe l. Using found them at a Kabuki theater costuming a hobby blade, I cut off the bottom lip of and make-up store in the Little Tokyo district the channel. I airbrushed the door I ift plate in Los Angeles. aluminum and attached it to the door of the The exposed portion of the anti-spray trailer body per the prototype. skirts found on the prototype NW pup trailers is forty-eight inches long by six inches Weathering wide. I cut false eyelashes into .SSO-inch I used thin brass wire to apply spots by .OG8-inch lengths to match the prototype and smears of burnt umber weathering dimensions and attached them to the trailer chalks to simulate the rust spots in the rear body shell. I modeled the aluminum cover bumper area. The rusting and fifth wheel that is found across the top of the spray grease spots found on the bottom raiI of the skirt with a .SSO-inch length of .010 x nose were done with burnt umber and .030- inch strip styrene. I painted these black weathering chalks. I sprayed the covers Aluminum. wheels, tires and mudflaps with heavily The document box found on the nose of thinned Floquil Mud. The floor, including the prototype is a King-built document the landing gear and suspension, was box. A-Line offers these specific document sprayed with heavily thinned Floquil Rust. boxes with the characteristic three-cell surface I then oversprayed the entire trailer with a detail as a separate detail part. I painted the heavily thinned solution of Floquil SP King box Sand as it most closely matched Letting Gray. the weathered coloring I found on the When finished, these NW trailers will prototype. Next, I then thinned the A-Line make a striking addition to your intermodal King box by lightly rubbing it on a sheet of trailer fleet. Thanks to John L. Becker, sand paper. I attached the A-Line King box Dave Bontrager, Joe D'Elia of A-Line, Chad on top of the cast-on RPP document box. Hewitt, Ed McCaslin, and Carter Osborne. The door lift plate on the prototype is

. Bill of Materials A-Line: Rail Power Products: 50004 Two hole shells with axles 807 NationsWay 28-foot X-Post 501 04 Vinyl tires wedge trailer 50] 18 Vinyl mudflaps PAINT DECALS 50] 23 Document boxes & AccuPaint: 50133 Wabash National landing gear 98 Primer 50147 28-foot trailer suspension Floquil: Details Associates: ] 10130 SP Lettering Gray 2505 .0IS-inch brass wire - 110073 Rust 110083 Mud Evergreen Styrene: J 0 1 .010 x .030-inch strip styrene Testors Modelflex: 103 .010 x .060-inch strip styrene 16-02 Reefer White At the top is the stock Rail Power Products landing ] 15 .0 15 x .100-inch strip styrene 16-35 Southem Pacific Lark Light gear. In the middle is the stock A-Line replacement 210 .030-inch styrene rod Gray landing gear. At the bottom is the modified A-Line replacement landing gear with the pieces of styrene 218 .020-inch styrene rod to be used to make the landing gear that will go on 220 .062-inch styrene rod Testors Model Master: the model. 26 J .060-inch styrene channel 1706 Sand 90 J 0 .010-inch sheet styrene 1.728 Light Ghost Gray 1781 Aluminum Geisha: ] 05 Kabuki False Eyelashes Microscale: MC-4]99 NationsWay 28-foot trailer & tractors MC-4204 28-ft Trailer Data

RAILMODELjOURNAL 'OCTOBER 19999 This underbelly shot of 9696 shows a front view of the prototype's landing gear. The landing gear legs are located on the outside of the large triangular mount­ ing gussets. The lower cross brace between the landing gear legs on 9696 has taken a beating as it was originally straight and unbent. Note the accumulation of grease around the kingpin from contacting tractors' fifth wheels. -photographed at City of Industry, California, December 1996

This view of 9696 shows the location of the airtanks and other suspension details. The airtanks are mounted on the bottom of the suspension rails. -photographed at City of Industry, California, December 1996

This curbside view of 9696 shows thirteen evenly spaced exterior posts and no con­ spicuity striping. The thirteen evenly spaced posts tells us that it was built in 1990 or later and the lack of conspicuity striping tells us that it was built before December 1, 1993. Examination of the builder's plate reveals that it was built in 1992. Note the two-hole disc wheels, round landing gear legs and square sand­ shoes. -photographed at City of Industry, California, December 1996

Rear bumper detail of trailer 10534. -photographed at Fontana, California, December 1996

Rear bumper detail of trailer 11022. -photographed at Fo ntana, California, December 1996

Rear view of 10534 and 11022 shows two of the different bumper styles found on NW's Strick-built pup trailers. Both trailers are 1990-and-later trailers as they have thirteen evenly spaced exterior posts. 10534 has a round lower bumper tube and 11022 has a square lower bumper tube. 11022 has conspicuity striping indicating that it was built after December 1, 1993. -photographed at Fontana, California, December 1996

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We 've presented many articles on body-mounting N scale couplers. There's an index of previous articles on pages 52-53 of this issue, and easy conversions. On some cars, shims most of the articles are reprinted in the book THE JOURNAL OF N were needed, on others he was able to SCALE MODEUNG. You can use those specific techniques in con­ attach the coupler directly to the under­ Junction with the techniques in this artide. What's different here is frame of the car. I have been using that the first step in the conversion is to lower the car to make up another technique that, although a bit for the excess clearance that is no longer needed for the truck­ more diffic ult and time consuming, mounted couplers. Next, mount and adjust the height of the cou­ results in a better appearance. plers to suit the now-lowered car. One of the less well known dis­ advantages of truck-mounted cou­ having the coupler mounted on the plers is the clearance needed for the body of the car: prototype appearance couplers' large moving draft gear box. and operational reliability. I've body­ Like older locomotives, the ends of cars mounted Micro-Trains couplers on over may appear toothless. The most obvi­ a hundred cars, and I can assure you ous disadvantage, though, is the height ometimes N scale is a bit that operations are greatly enhanced . of the car. Since the car is ra i sed above like Peter Pan. It's a scale The most obvious improvement is in rails more than the prototype, cars that is resisting the chance to grow up. back-up movements. The improvement appear to be on stilts. There's the attitude that N is only for in appearance should be obvious. The degree of rise varies with the those short of space thanks to those manufacturer-some more than oth­ cursed 9-inch radius curves, the truck­ Two Techniques, ers-but many cars require shimming mounted couple and that #@*+$%! Nearly Equal the body-mount coupler down to meet Rapido coupler. Let's get over these Editor Schleicher has given us a the Micro-Trains 1055 gauge. The unfortunate remnants of our childhood series of articles on body-mounting Micro-Trai ns cars draft gear box and grow up! Micro-Trains couplers in previous requires a shim of .0 15 - .020 of an Let's start with body-mounting issues of "The Journal." In those, he inch. The obvious answer is to lower couplers. There are two advantages to uses the standard techniques, for quick, the car to meet the coupler so you won't need such a thick shim. RAILMODELjOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 11 BODY-MOUNT N SCALE COUPLERS

The latest Micro-Trains flat cars. The car on the left is equipped with the talgo truck from the factory, while the car on the right has had the cou­ pler body-mounted and the car lowered.

The Micro-Trains 1055 gauge and Micro-Trains underframe with body-mounted couplers. Just removing the coupler from the truck and mounting it on the underframe results in too-high coupler mounting as well as the car itself being too high. For the most realistic results and for best operations, the coupler mounting must be shimmed (to lower the coupler itself) or the bolster filed slightly (to lower the entire car, including the coupler). File the bolster first to correct the height of the car so you can determine if there's still a need for the shim between the coupler pocket and the frame.

A Gauge for Accuracy The most important part of this job is To make my job easier, I made a Use the Right Wheels to keep the underside of the body bolster simple fixture for my workbench. [n all cases, this modification square to the car. An easy reference is glued two lengths of 2x4 edge to edge requires the use of low-profile wheels. the appearance of the fi led area against to make a 2x8, and put a length of track Most manufacturers now use low­ the painted (unfiled) area. If the area on top. This raises the car closer to eye profile wheels exclusively for their remains round, and the paint is level, to better observe the alignment much-improved appearance. For removed equally from the two nubbins of couplers without a sore back. An Bachmann, Life- Like, and Mic ro­ on either side of the hole. File carefully, essential tool is the Micro-Trains lOSS Trains cars, wi th their huge flanges, with long, even strokes, to avoid making gauge. This handy tool indicates on one you will need to change 10 low-profile a pointed cross section. If the filed end the correct level of the under­ wheels. Atlas, Red Caboose, and area is not entirely fl at, the car will frame, and the other end has a 1023 Micro-Trains make plastic low-profile rock or set at an angle. coupler mounted at the correct height. wheels, and Atlas, Northwest Short­ After fi ling a bit, place the trucks All my work is done with simple fi les. line, and Con-Cor make metal low­ on the test track, and put the under­ This work could be done easier and profile wheels. The Con-Cor wheels frame on the trucks. Then use the more accurately with a milling machine, make exce llent replacements for the underframe-height end of the gauge to but it isn't necessary. (Don't you just new Kato freight trucks. ascertai n if you have fi led enough. If hate those articles that begin "First, I The cars that req uire the most not, file some more. If the gauge indi­ clamped the locomotive frame in my shimming, the Micro-Trains cars, are cates that things are okay, it's time to Bridgeport milling machine ..." That's also the easiest. The metal underframe attach the coupler. I frequently use the like saying, "[ drove my Rolls Royce to can be easily lowered by reducing the coupler that I have cut fr om the truck.

the hobby store to buy parts ...." ) height of the bolster with a large file.

12 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 An Intermountain car with a Micro-Trains 1025 coupler mounted on the underframe. The alignment is quite dose to the Micro-Trains gauge. The amount of material to be removed from the bolster to obtain the correct coupler height with body-mounted couplers varies more from car to car with the Intermoulltaln �. so check each 1�lIation wHh a Micro-Trains gauge.

A Micro-Trains 40-foot box car with body-mounted cou­ pler. The coupler has been lowered to match the gauge with a .020-inch shim.

The coupler that was removed from the Micro-Trains truck is mounted to the Micro-Trains underframe with a self-tapping 00-90 screw. The white plastic shim is necessary to move the coupler back down to the correct height. However, the car itself still sets too high on the trucks.

. RAILMODELJOURNAL OCTOBER 1999 13 BODY-MOVNT N SCAIUE COVPIUERS

Micro-Trains 1025 coupler mounted on the underframe.

A typical Micro-Trains underframe with the bolster filed to lower the car.

A screwdriver is used to unlock the free-standing assembly from the new Micro-Trains underframe.

File the bolster until it is flush with the underframe, then test-fit the couplers and trucks to see if the cou­ pler needs to be shimmed with the now-lower car body and underframe height.

14 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 Two Atlas box cars. The difference isn't as dramatic as with the Micro-Trains flat cars, but the eN car has been lowered, and the ATSF hasn't.

Two Micro-Trains cars with the truck-mounted couplers removed and mounted to the body. After clearing out the cast-in hole in gons present an unsolved problem The Southern Pacific car was left as-is, but the the coupler with a number 56 drill, I because they have a different underframe. Norfolk and Western car was modified with the tap the hole in the underframe, and use Other brands are easier fO convert, bolster filed to reduce the height of the car to a 00-90 screw to attach the coupler. as there is less material to remove, but correct scale proportions. For proper clearance, the back two the improvement in appearance is less. clips must be cut from the box. Since I have con verted DeLuxe Innovations, this removes half of what holds the Intermountain, and Atlas box cars with box together, save this step for the last good results. Most all require the possible moment. removal of only a few thousandths of New Micro-Trains cars with the 3-D material from the bolster. underframes are also easy to convert. The first time you attack an expen­ The free- standing elements of the sive Micro-Trains car with a big file is underframe are easy to remove. This a scary event. But with a little experi­ new underframe has also been applied ence, a conversion can be done in 15 to to flats and gondolas, and they respond 20 minutes. The improvements in to this conversion with improved appearance and running qualities will appearance as well. Older flats and please you. RMJ

RAILMODELjOURNAL' OCTOBER 1999 15 [PERFORMANCE] ------

By Guy Thrams

Inside the Model frame sUITounds the motor, flywheel and The model has a double-shaft flat can worm. The frame is open at the top so the motor with a machined brass flywheel worm is easy to lubricate. The brass mounted on the forward motor shaft and worm drives the plastic worm gear and the single-lead worm mounted on the compound gearing that drive the gear rear shaft. The injectIon-molded metal mounted on the last (third) driver axle.

Action Analysis: Observed Performance:

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Modifications - Adjusted the alloy metal electrical pickup wipers located behind the locomotive drivers

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he Spectrum, by Bachmann, fT.42 Baldwin 4-6-2 K-4 Pacific fO�2 is an improved version of their first edition K-4 reviewed and tested by Bob Higgins in xce en the October 1994 issue of "The xce en Journal." Their first edition model had Exee e the "boiler tube" pilot which represents the fleet of 425 K-4 Pacific locomotives, 2.1 with 80 inch drivers, that the 2. Pennsylvania Railroad built from 1914 to �����======�Z�.8�====� 0.3 0 1928. The model for this review and test ��== 1.30 is a representation of the prototype as it Performance Ratings (1 to 5) appeared after World War II. The proto­ Tractive force: type K-4s were upgraded in 1923 from Efficiency: the screw reverse to the power reverse, Noise: Speeds: with a complete rebuild in the 1930s AssemBly worKmanship: which included a cast pilot. The heavier OVERALL RATING: 4. 6 rebuilds had more tractive fo rce, and true to form, this model with the cast pilot has Prototype Gear Ratios: 1 :1 74:18 Top Speed: 88 mph 65 mph more tractive force.

16 RAILMODELJOURNAL' OCTOBER 1999 This arrangement allows for the see­ results. The PCB has a DCC eight-pin the metal frame, just ahead of the two­ through clearance between the super­ socket with ajumper plug for analog DC pin and four-pin electrical sockets. structure and drivers. operation. Remove the screw. Turn the model Al! of the drive mechanism is out of Other Observations upright and lift the superstructure off sight, covered by the injection-molded It is easier to connect the tender to the from the rear by pulling up on the cab. plastic superstructure and backhead locomotive by removing the tender body Then slide the superstructure fo rward to detail. Properly quartered drivers pro­ shell from the tender frame. Turn the ten­ disengage the smoke box at the front. duce a quiet and smooth running model. der up side down. Remove the two The pilot and trailing trucks (bogies) do The final motor to driver gear ratio is screws located near the axles of the ten­ not need to be removed. 27.S to I. The blackened engine side rods der trucks and lift off the shell. Then pro­ If the tender wheel sets need to be drive the other four drivers in the con­ ceed with the instructions enclosed with removed from the truck frames, make ventional manner. A light coil spring the model. certain the wheels are reinstalled in the under the pilot truck puts pilot wheel Do not tighten the coupler pocket original arrangement, with the insulated pressure on the rails. The trailing truck screw too tight. If the screw is too tight, hub to the left side on the front truck, and does not have spring pressure, but tracks the draw bar lifts the tender mid front right side on the rear truck. If the wheels well. trucks causing the front tender truck to are not installed correctly, a short circuit Electrical Hardware derail. Filing off some plastic material is the result when the tender is plugged The electrical pick up for the motor is from the coupler pocket, at an angle, will into the engine. Working marker lights from the right and left side of all six dri­ also help. added to the tender could be easily wired vers on the locomoti ve and from the right The drive and one-piece metal frame into the PCB or DCC module. front wheels and left rear wheels of the (and weight) for this model K-4 is much My friend Bill Phelps brought his tender trucks. Formed copper alloy more basic than the drive and metal Red Ball imported brass K-4 and wipers contact the back of the driver frame for the 2-8-0 Consolidation as Spectrum first edition K-4 to triple head tires. A black and red copper wire are reported in the July 1998 issue of "The with this new Spectrum K-4 for a run on connected to each of the wipers and the Journal." The injection-molded plastic the Grafton & Ohio Railroad. These dif­ printed circuit board (PCB) terminal strip boiler and cab superstructure is easily ferent eras and models of the K-4 ran mounted at the rear of the locomotive removed from the metal frame by remov­ well together up the 3-percent Indian Hill frame. Red and black wires run from the ing one screw. Turn the model up side grade with a heavy train in tow. rear PCB to the two pin socket mounted down. This screw is located at the rear of RMJ on the locomotive frame. The two-pin plug from the tender has the red and black wires connected to the PCB mounted inside of the tender frame. The red and black wires for the electrical pickup from the axle wipers for the right front wheels and left rear wheels of the tender trucks also connect to the tender PCB. The PCB has all of the components needed to operate the model on analog DC or Digital Command Control (DCC). From the PCB are four wires (red, orange, yellow and brown) that run to the four pin plug that plug into the socket mounted on the locomotive frame. The wires from the four-pin socket run to the motor and directional headlight incan­ descent lamp mounted on the front PCB. The locomotive headlight lamp draws .029 amperes of current at 12 volts. As the headlight is �ot very bright at 12 volts, I would suspect it will operate on the DCC constant 16 volts with good

. RAILMODELjOURNAL OCTOBER 1999 17 [ONE-OETAIL-AT-A-TIME] ------

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The parts, paint and decals you'll need to recreate this full-size diesel in miniature.

leo had nearly half of the diesel switcher market in the forties, and the S2 and its slIccessor the S4 were the locomotives that fostered their sllccess. 1,502 S2s were sold between April 1940 and J ulle 1950. The S2 was superseded by the nearly identical S4 with an upgraded prime mover and AAR Ty pe A Switcher trucks (like EMD's diesels) in place of the S2's Blunt trucks. AJco sold 697 of the S4 diesels between August 1950 and January 1961. The S2 and S4 series were contemporary with EMD's SW1, NW2, SW7, SW8, SW9, SW900 and SW1200 diesel switchers. The Union Pacific purchased num­ ber 1111 as part of number series 1104- 11 12 in 1943. Number 1151 was part of number selies 1 140- 1153, purchased in 1945-46. The Union Pacific was one of Ako's best customers, with nearly 100 S2 switchers on the roster. Both loco­ motives have extended�height end handrails on the cab end and canvas radiator shrouds. Number 1I11 has two air horns mountedon the roof. Note the Union Pacific's standard rerail frog on number 11]1 and the empty hooks to hang a rerailing frog on 115 J. The lid to the battery box on 115] is open.

18 RAILMODELjOURNAL' OCTOBER 1999 RAILMODEL)OURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 19 A C S2 AS 5

14-2522 .018 x .01O-inch 2.50/6 Scale Model S2s Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. brass strip (to support screen) HO Scale: Atlas and Roco Co., Inc.), 21 Howard Street, 15-2727 Etched SW grilles 5.00 ea. N Scale: Arnold Montoursville, PA 17754-0322: (modified) 3-320 Air hoses $1.85/2 sets 5-3 102 Fuel tank fi ttings l.OO/set Paint 1-419 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pro 3-6206 Air hoses 1.25/6 UP Armor Yellow: Polly Scale 414170, 4-412 Air horn (for 1151) 2.50 ea. 16-6502 Etched caboose 2.50/2 Floquil 110166, SMP Accupaint 67, Pro 4-424 Air born (for 1111) 4.95 ea. platfOlUlS (cut to fit over grille) Color 107, Badger Modelflex 1624, or 5-43 1 Fuel fillers 2.50/set Scalecoat 22. 6-476 Couplerlift bar 3.75/2 Details West, P.O. Box 61, Corona, CA UP Harbor Mist Grey: Polly Scale with stanchions 91718: 414176, Floquil l 10167, SMP Accupaint 7-127 Bells $1.25/2 68, Pro Color 106, Badger Modelflex Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Rd., 5-166 Fuel fi llers 1.00/4 1625, or Scalecoat 32. Orange, MA 01364:. 4- 173 Air horns 2.95/2 7-137 Bell (modified) $3.89 ea. Decals 4-2 19 Air horn (for 1151) 2.49 ea. Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. HO Scale: Microscale 87-169 or Champ 4-220 Air horn (for 1111) 2.69 ea. Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: EH- 103 8-239 All-weather cab 9.95/2 4-9008 Air horns $3.5012 N Scale: Microscale 60-169 windows 7-9 130 Bell 2.50 ea. 6-9 150 Coupler lift bars 1.75/2 One-Detail-At-A-Time Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis 17-9375 Rerail frogs 3.75/2 (HO Scale) Obispo, CA 93403: 18-9563 Spark anestors 4.00/2 Step-by-step instructions on how to 9-1107 Lift rings $1.25112 (modified) install many of these detail parts 10-2201 Grabirons 1.75/18 8-97 16 All-weather cab 8.35/2 appeared in the June 1989 issue of "The 6-2204 Coupler lift bars 1.75/2 windows Journal." That article is also reprinted with brackets in the book TUNING & UPGRADING 11-2209 Footboards 3.75/set Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 ATHEARN LOCOMOTIVES. (modified) North, Stevensville, MT 59870: 12-2210 Chain 2.35/12 in. 1-3968 Windshield wipers $1.25/4 A-Line, P.O. Box 2701, Carslbad, CA 8-2301 All-weather cab 3.00/2 13-4869 .016-inch-diameter 1.75/6 92018: windows wires for handrails J -29200 Windshield wipers $1.85/8 13-2505 .015-inch-diameter 2.50/10 5-39080 Fuel fjlJers 1.00/4 2-29254 SW7 steps 3.15/set wires for handrails (plus Precision 3-39 118 Air hoses 1.50/ 10 (modified for pilot) Scale stanchions. below) 19-48427 Piping set I.50/set 12-48237 Chaiu 2.50110 in.

Smokey Valley Railroad Products, P. O. Box 339, Plantersville, MS 38862: 20 Prefonned handrail & $12.99 stanchion kit (modit1ed at cab end)

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

20 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 [LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS ------]

By Jim Odell and To ny Steele Track plans by To ny Steele Prototype photos by To ny Steele, Jim Odell and Ga rdiner Cross Model photos by Robert Schleicher

PHOTO 12. D&H 4541760917325 on Freight RW6 (the Paper Tra in-with pushers) in August 1982. It is southbound on the now­ single track Howes Cave Hill at Central Bridge wih the former Freight House to the right and Beacon Milling (E. A. Howard) to the left rear. -Jim Odell photo

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e are recreating the consist of each train), and a flow and transitions from curves to most of the challenging profile. We 've managed straights. We 'll have an article on the Delaware & Hudson Railway's to fit it all into a 25 x 39-foot basement, spline roadbed in a future issue of (Upper) Second Subdivision. The using the entire room as a helix. "The Journal." prototype was originally constructed Design features include a three-level In part, the aim was to produce as the Albany and Susquehanna double-track mainline that is about proper elevation differences and Railroad, the Second Subdivision of 500-feet long, with 2.08 percent ruling slopes between tracks and "natural " the Delaware and Hudson Rail way grades, extensive staging capacity (27 ground, proper drainage features, and has operated for 130 years train-length tracks), and an attention and accurate vertical separations at between that city and Binghamton, a to track geometry and construction. bridge and culvert sites starting with traditional gateway to New York's Construction Methods the construction of the benchwork. Southern Tier. It serves as a key link The roadbed and bench work The design also includes abandoned for the Bridge Line, from routes out construction utilizes a novel method roadbeds in the appropriate locations, of Pennsylvania and the Great that is developed with wood and scenery flats and photos (from Lakes, to lines into New England columns, cantilever beams, and lam­ the actual sites), integrated into the and Eastern Canada. inated splines to support trackwork backdrop areas . The HO scale layout offers a and fo am-based scenery areas. The Trackwork close representation of the D&H's benchwork design involves the basic The trackwork consists of line running southwest from Albany, planning for realistic modeled surfaces upgraded Shinohara code 55, 70, and New York to the summit of the 1.36 and visible h i storical context ("4- 83 fl extrack and pre-fab number 6 percent grade on Richmondville dimensional modeling"). It also provides and 8 turnouts, as well as scratchbuilt Hill. The prototype fe atures long for long areas of "shelfwork." number lOs and 15 turnouts. All the runs between on-line villages, unobstructed by up-front support turnouts are decorated with add-on connections to off-line destinations columns. A structure of laths and detai I parts. The trackwork is (which are easily recognized from spacers was used to provide natural designed to fit into a careful structure

30 RAILMODELJOURNAL' OCTOBER 1999 PHOTO 2. D&H Train POPY, powered by EMD Demo GP59s, is working uphill on August 16, 1987. A Portland, Maine to Potomac Yard (Alexandria, Virginia) symbol freight, is southbound on Main 1 at the West Richmondville crossing, with the Power Authority of the State of New York (P'A.S.N.Y.) track in foreground. -Jim Odell photo

York, with a "Rainbow Coalition Power" assortment (DH/ST +Helm+CS+NY5W+ST units). The "RPPY" symbol Indicates Rouses Point (New York)-Potomac Yard. It's a freight (the Paper Train), climbing southbound (on Main 2) over Br. 50.64 (at Mill St.) In Richmondville, with Trout Brook Farm In fore­ ground .. -Jlm Odel� photo units are easing a northbound freight downhill on Main 2 on August 17, 1985. Th e ladder for Cobleskill yard is in the foreground, Cobleskill Coal is to the right, and Borst & Burhans (Parlor Village Mills - Buckwheat Pancake Flour) is in the left rear. -Jim Odell photo

of grades, track centers, curves, spirals, for D&H gateways to the south and HO scale D&H, they will find new and superelevation. There are also west). All southbound trains face a economic vigor and remain very vital. electric locks and working derails as stiff fi ght up Howes Cave and Passenger operations may be well as accurate signals, interlockings, Richmondville Hills (and for particularly prototypically minimal, but there is pole lines, fence lines, grade crossings, heavy northbound consists: up planning for some, when the era culverts, and bridges. We 'll also Esperance Hill); helper and pusher seems right: an accommodation train have an article on the turnout con­ movements can be essential. before 1963 or, perhaps, some future struction techniques in a future issue Extremely active facilities, such as commuter or Amtrak regional train. of "The Journal." the Howes Cave cement plant and Blocking and switching assignments Operations other "relocated" plants at Kenwood, for all trains and yards are reflected Operations are a pivotal consideration the Northeastern Industrial Park, in the Movement Plan for all cars in the design. Heavy through freights Cherry Valley Junction, the Cherry and are communicated to operators from the D&H and interchange Valley Branch itself, and the small­ by the Waybill and Train Instruction points move south from the lower town industries of Central Bridge, documents. A novel form of magnetized staging areas (or the Albany terrllinals), Cobleskill, and Richmondville, require Waybill envelopes is being used to climb the mainline (exchanging an active array of Yard and Local "stack" those documents on vertical blocks at Cobleskill, for local handling) Jobs, to serve the on-line customers or inclined steel plates for yards, telminals, then disappear into the upper staging directly. The names of the businesses industries, and even hip-pocket areas, overhead (ostensibly headed may change with the era, but on the "Bill-folds" The system provides a

32 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 PHOTO 7. The O&H station at Cobleskill, New York, September 1969. Across Main 1 at Cobleskill with yard tracks in foreground is the venerable Cobleskill station, and Purina (Checkerboard Feed Store) in the right rear. -Tony Steele photo

PHOTO 8. OH train SU-l1 at Flintkote Cement's Upper Plant. Howes Cave, New York, October 1981. OH 5013 with SU-l1 (Mechanicville-Howes Cave Local) climbing uphill, northbound on the Cliff Track toward the Flintkote Cement's Upper Mill at Howes Cave with other lead and main tracks in foreground. Note the example of a "new" (1954) rock cliff-there are many older ones along the tracks. -Jim Odell photo. Tony Steele collection

PHOTO 9. D&H Fantrlp Special, at Howes Cave, New Yo rk, circa 1958. OH Ing uphill southbound on Main 1, past the North American Cement Cave. The Receiving warehouse, bagging plant, packhouse, are silos • tracks, with four Kilns, the old crusher, and the P Materials Shed, and Upper Silos of the lines of covered hoppers at Lower Slklr"lUDl111rlh: THE DELAWARE & HU movable but eminently readable dis­ play of current car-movement plan status. Train Control Systems The control systems have been selected to maximize realism (and enj oyment). Operating power transmission is run through selector switches, to allow for gradual fu ture changes of operating technologies, but only minimal confl icts at that time with the cunent ones. Dynatrol analog-based command-control was the original choice for tethered throttles, and is to remain for Yard and particular Local assignments (generally short consists, with one-man crews). Rail Lynx infrared/digital-based command­ control has been chosen for the remaining positions; usually long trains, with two-man crews (except for Pusher and Helper jobs). The prototype and the model mainline has always featured long freight trains (and the largest cars), meeting heavy grades with big, sinewy power, both steam and diesel. In its style and execution, it frequently set the example for other, larger Class I carriers. The USS D&H is intended to continue this tradition.

descencilng the hili on the now-single Main, past the being demolished by Vulcan Iron Works) at Howes (Jac:khouse, and silos are nearest the tracks, with the head­ Ili'if "v';rli"nllh�1I"dormer s" of the packhouse at the loading PHOTO 11. DH/CPTrain 556 at Central Bridge, New York, January 1992. CP 4713 (and other) units on Ta in 556 (the Paper Train) gathering speed, for the imminent assault on Howes Cave Hili, southbound on (now-single) Main at Central Bridge with stately residences in the left rear. -Jim Odell photo ------[PAINT DECALS ------& ] 89-FOOT WIDE-BODY AUTO RACKS FROM WALTHERS HO SCALE KITS

By D. Scott Chatfield

This is a "PROFILE" article that describes the history of the cars and how they were operated. The June 1992 issue of "The Journal" includes an article, also by D. Scott Chatfield, on the other Walthers auto racks, as well as the Shaefer and Bachmann HO models and the Con-Cor and Bachmann N scale models. There is an index of previous articles on both these enclosed auto racks and the open auto racks and how they were operated on pages 52-53 of this issue.

althers is fi lling a big cars just couldn't compete with auto trans­ Vegas were carried vertically in the car nose-down I hole in the modern HO porters speeding down the new Interstates. The Aside from this mild silliness (the Vega had to freight car fleet with their new model of a Thrall solution was an open auto rack designed to ride on be specially designed for this), Vert-A-Pak loading tri-Ievel enclosed "wide body" auto rack mounted long piggyback fl ats. By keeping the rack a sepa­ areas took up five times more real estate than on a "Iow flush deck" flat car. The specific proto­ rate structure from the flat car, the design was traditional end-loading auto racks. Not hard to see type first appeared in the late seventies, and is cheaper to build and easier to adapt to changing why Ve rt-A-Pak died an early, unlamented death. now quite common on the rails. These racks are market needs. This also allowed cash-strapped Stac-Pac wasn't quite as silly, and did point seen carrying new American-made autos from railroads to just invest in the racks, and rent the the way to the eventual solution. Stac-Pac assembly plants across the country to distribution flat car from Trai ler Train or a leasing company. consisted of separate enclosed boxes that carried yards in metropolitan areas, and bringing import Open aUla racks provided an efficient means autos three deep, and these boxes were loaded autos inland from the ports. of transporting autos. but they provided inviting onto low-deck flat cars with special straddle load­ From Box Car to Open Rack targets for thieves and vandals. The problem got ers. Unlike the Vert-A-Pak, which could only to Enclosed Rack so bad by 1970 that the ra ilroads and auto carry short cars like the Vega, Stac-Pac could Wide-body auto racks started to appear in the man ufacturers were willing to try anything to stem carry autos 01' any length, and they didn't have to early seventies to solve the problem of rampant the losses. Notable examples include the Vert-A­ be specially designed for the ride. Yet it was still vandali sm to new autos in transit. AFter losing Pak and Stac-Pac. Vert-A-Pak had doors in its too labor intensive, and took lip too Illuch real almost all of the new auto traffic to trucks in the sides hinged at the bottom. Chevy Vegas were driven estate. fifties, railroads won back much of this lost business onto the doors, tied down, and then the doors were In the meantime, open racks starteel to receive starting in the early sixties. "Auto-Loader" box lifted up by a special fo rk.lift and locked. Yes, the side panels to at least minimize the target area for

mx 700389 The latest paint "scheme" for auto racks is the standardized nx scheme. The whole rack is painted nx Ye llow, with only the logo panel in the rack owner's color. This Conrail rack was fresh from the paint shop when shot in March 1999. The flat car is a Bethlehem class BLH21 built around 1976, the rack is probably a mid-eighties Thrall/W&K "WK-2," but it has been rebuilt with new side panels and the filler pieces between the panels. A near perfect proto­ type for the new Walthers model. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Marietta, Georgia

36 RAILMODELjOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 rnx 853012 Early "enclosed" wide-body racks had doors that only went up to the eaves, leav­ ing a gap at the top that bums and vandals could climb through. The rack builders solved this problem by 1981 with full-height doors. In the case of Whitehead & Kales, the new door req uired a slot to clear the top chord and a notched-back roof. By 1992 racks with low doors were quite rare, but if you model the late '70s your racks would all have such doors. This is a Wo.K"WK-1" rack mounted on a

- Pullman class PLH21D low flush deck built in June 1978. D. Scott Chatfield photo in Fremont, Nebraska, August 1992

ElTX 853519 rack: ATSF 1245 This is one of the earliest W&K "WK-2" racks, built in 1979. It was repainted into Santa Fe's "Q" scheme in the early '90s. The doors have had extensions riveted to their tops to fill the gap under the roof. The roof itself is a flatter design used to keep the overall height to 18-foot 2-inch, common at the time on cars assigned to routes in the northeast and midwest. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Atlanta, Georgia, September 1997

ETTX 820039 rack: UP 2540 For a short time after taking over Chicago & North Western in 1995, Union Pacific applied the "We Will Deliver" slogan to cars and locos. The slogan was quickly shelved because some felt it was better suited for a pizza chain, not a railroad. This tri-Ievel is a Whitehead & Kales "WK-1" wide body on an ACo.F class ALH21 low flush deck. Although TTX's and UP's yellows are very similar, the flat and the rack are not quite the same shade. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Sutherland, Nebraska, June 1996

GTW 310011 In the mid-90s GrandTrunk leased some of its tri-Ievels to CP Rail. They were probably due for overhaul at the time, so CP repainted the cars red but retained the GTW reporting marks. This is a Whitehead & Kales "WK-1" wide body on a low flush deck. -Doug Stark photo in London, Ontario, December 1998

RAILMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 37 rnx 852675 rack: NS 30570 is the primary work of Thrall's plant in Winder, This is a classicThrall-W&K"WK-2" rack on a Pullman class PLH21D flat, a beautiful match for the Walthers model. Georgia, although they have also built W&K­ The Thrall logo tells us this rack was built sometime from the mid-80s into the early-90s, but the flat was built in design racks at their Cartersville, Georgia plant. mid-78, when W&K was building the"WK-l" design. So this is not the first rack mounted on this flat, and a check Spotting the Rack Designs of the July 1983 "Equipment Register" shows that the 852675 then wore rnx reporting marks, the mark of a Wide-body racks can be grouped into two roofless widebody rack. So you can't trust the flat car's data to tell you when the rack was built. Only trust dated basic design families: those whose doors slide photos. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Marietta, Georgia, March 1999 outside the end of the car, and those that stay inside. The W&K designs normally use "radial" the rock throwers. Several companies offered rack hanging sides on the racks the vandals starting doors that slide on tracks mounted outside the panels, so for a few years it seemed like no two hanging out on bridges so they could get a clear rack, a feature that both Pullman and Thrall racks looked alike. But the panels had the shot at the unprotected cars on the top deck. And copied. The Portec designs kept the doors inside the unintended effect of providing more cover for the soon after the roof came end doors, and now the car·body. thieves. And now bums could stow away on the auto rack had come nearly full circle back to a Spotting racks is simplified by the fact that the racks for a ride far plusher than an empty box car. glori fied box car. are based on An automobile occupied by a bum for a week The Auto rack Builders vast majority of racks on today's rails W&K's second design, introduced in 1979. I call brought new meaning to that "new car smell." Whitehead & Kales and Portee's Paragon Since Stac-Pac's separate boxes were too were the dominant builders of open racks, this the "WK-2" rack, and almost every rack Thrall fragile, the solution was a permanent enclosed although there were several other builders who has built since buying W&K has been a WK-2, so they now number in the tens of thousands. stack. In other words, a big box on a flatcar. One dabbled in racks. By the time the wide-body rack Since most wide-body racks use those problem was letting enough light into the box so came out, the field was pretty much down to five punched metal panels made by Youngstown, you workers could see while driving and securing the players. The others were Thrall Car, whose racks autos. The first major effort was Whitehead & looked like a cross between the W&K and Portec have to look at the ends and posts for their spotting features. A key feature is the design of the last side Kales' "Saf-T-Pak" rack, which used large designs; Pullman, whose racks looked like early punched-metal sheets for its sides. While fundamentally W&Ks but with channel side posts; and National panel at each end. What sets the WK-2 and its sound, Saf-T- Pak's sides were expensive to make Steel Car, who had the license to build W&K's Thrall and National clones apart is that the end panel is set back even with the rear of the side and difficult to repair. Portec's "ParaPac" looked designs in Canada. more like later racks but used mesh panels in sep­ W&K built their racks in Detroit. Porlec's posts. There is a squarish hole at the top center of each end panel where the upper door track arate frames, and these were easily damaged. Paragon Division was in Novi, Michigan (a ends. Then Youngstown Steel Door (YSD) came up Detroit suburb), but Portec also built racks at their In contrast, the basic Portec wide body had its with a frameless corrugated and punched metal Georgia Railcar Operations plant in Winder, end panels flush with the outside of the posts. panel which would be easy for repair shops to Georgia. Thrall built racks at its Chicago Heights Most early Portec wide bodies used the handle. The primary rack builders of the mid-sev­ plant. I believe Pullman built its racks at the Youngstown "Tri-Fold Door", which gives their enties (Whitehead & Kales, Portec's Paragon Bessemer, Alabama plant. National Steel Car's Division, Thrall Car, and Pullman) completely plant is in Hamilton, Ontario. ends a much boxier look than the curved radial redesigned their auto racks to make the new side Thrall bought W&K in 1981, shut down the doors used by W &K. Portec also used screened 1980 panels an integral part of the rack. To provide Detroit plant and consolidated production at doors on a few orders. In late Portec more room to safely drive the autos onboard and Chicago Heights. Thrall then bought Portec's introduced their RAVE door. This is the famous for workers to move around, the new racks were designs and assembly plants in 1985, and moved "skis-on-end" door. The tops of the "skis" were widened nine inches to a nominal 9 feet 9 inches, auto rack production to Georgia. Trinity bought curved inward so the door would fit inside the thus the nickname "wide-body racks." Since the Pullman's assets in 1984. Pullman had been roof. BN, CN, Chessie, and Mopac bought a fair vast maj ority of wide-body racks use that YSD moribund for two years, and Trinity never built a Ilumber of RAVEs in the early eighties, and their side panel, they tend to all look alike at first. But Pullman-design rack. Thrall apparently sold the distinctive appearance makes them seem much like anything in railroading, nothing built over Portec rack design to Greenville Steel Car soon more common than they really are. many years by several builders is going to look after buying Portec, probably to satisfy anti-trust When Greenville bought the Portec RAVE exactly alike. law, although Thrall did build a few Portec-style design, they simplified the door segments. This One other big difference in the sides of the RAVE (Rack Anti-Vandalism Enclosure) racks. "Improved RAVE" door looks more like a picket new wide-body rack was it had a top chord for Soon, Trinity bought Greenville and was back in fe nce. Since the tops will not fit under the roof, mounting a roof. This solved the other problem the rack business, but by 1991 they left the field the door slides into a slot between the top chord with open racks, because once the railroads started and today Thrall has it all to itself. Building racks and the roof. Grand Trunk and Rio Grande have a

38 RAILMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 SSW 80606 but Pullman's rack design fell victim to their financial troubles in the early eighties, they built a few hundred racks for Chessie System and Cotton Belt. They are easy to spot by their channel side posts and curved flares at the bottom of each post. The Cotton Belts have "radial" doors like the W&K door, while the Chessies have Youngstown "Tri-Fold" doors. It's safe to assume the flat was also built by Pullman (the Chessies are mounted on TTX-owned Pullman PLH21B flats). This car also shows a common feature of Southern Pacific-system racks in the nineties: rust.This rack had not been painted in 10 years when photographed in March 1999. The automakers hate to put their new cars in rusty racks, which is why most racks are are overhauled and repainted every six to eight years. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Marietta, Georgia

nGX 854008 rack: # ATSF 854008 The Santa Fe has a small number of bi-Ievel racks mounted on low-deck fiats, in this case a Pullman class PLH21D. The nGX reporting marks and single set of slots in the doors give this away as being a bi-Ievel. These were built as tri-Ievels and converted to bi-Ievels in the late '80s. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Duluth, Georgia, January 1992

ETTX 852338 rack: BN 4410 Portee's wide body rack differed in several important ways from the Whitehead & Kales design. The side posts did not have the small horizontal piece at the top, the flares at the bottom of each post are narrower, the roof panels go all the way to the corner posts, and the panels at each end of the sides are flush with the posts. Early Portecs used Youngstown's "Tri-Fold" doors as seen on this BN rack. Later Portec built some with screen doors for SP before introducing their RAVE door in 1981. This rack has an unusual small logo. Most BN racks have a larger logo on the next panel to the right. It rides on a Pullman class PLH21C low flush deck. -D. Scott Chatfield photo in Marietta, Georgia, March 1997

fair number of Improved RAVEs. Trinity continued piggyback flats. But this design was ill-suited to Low decks use 28-inch wheels, but with the side to build Improved RAVEs. They also offered a mounting the new wide-body racks, because the sills below the deck, room had to be left for the bulky version of the radial door, and true to form rack was wider than the flat, and that bulb angle trucks to turn, and for maintenance access. it stays inside the cat'body when opened. BN and could not support the rack. So most early wide­ Prototypes for Walthers CP appear to be the only customers. body tri-level racks are mounted on low Ilush­ HO Scale Model Pullman's wide body used those channel side deck Ilats built new for the purpose, or rebuilt low Flush decks were built in the United States by posts, which makes it easy to spot. Chessie and decks with new side sills higher than the deck that ACF, Bethlehem, and Pullman-Standard. At first Cotton Belt were the two main customers. make them look like a normal-height Ilush deck each bu i IdeI' had their own idea of how to bu ild the Even though it hasn't been built in 20 years, flat. I call these latter cars "wide-body bowl side sills for their standard flush decks, and this indi­ the first W &K wide body (" WK- l") is probably decks" because of their cross-section, however vidualism carried over to their low flush decks. still the second most common on the rails. Only there is no industry standard term for this deck Bethlehem notched the sills over the trucks. Pullman the lower third of each end panel was inset. The design. Within the last ten years, TTX has bought bowed the sills out w'ound the trucks and cut fo ur upper two-thirds were flush with the outside of the a few hundred new wide-body bowl decks, but holes in it for inspection. But by the late seventies posts, so at first glance it looks like a Portec. A lot most of the cars carrying wide-body racks today when most low flush decks were built, Trader Train of the low flush-deck Ilats still carry their original are older than the racks mounted on them. forced all three to use Bethlehem's notched-sill WK- l racks. Flush decks have their side sills below the design, so this is the most common low flush deck. The Flat cars cleck like normal flat cars, giving them a smooth TrX has over 5 ,000 of them. Walthers wisely used it Before the double stack revolution in the late­ "flush" deck. This is in contrast to the earlier low­ as the prototype for their new HO scale tri-Ieve\. eighties, clearances limited the choices of routes deck and standard-deck designs, which had their Trailer Train segregated its low flush decks from for many auto racks. The cat'builders tried to keep side sills above the deck. The first flush decks the three builders into three number series. The the overall height of their racks as low as possible, were the "all-purpose" flats used for piggybacks Bethlehem class BLH21 s w'e 700000-700844, and the and the easiest way to do this was to mount the and containers (Accurail and Athearn make HO BLH2 lAs are 700845-701039. The ACF class rack on a flat with a low deck height, generally all-purpose flats, and Micro-Trains makes one in ALH2ls are 820000-820299, and the ALH2 1As w'e about 35 inches (instead of 43 inches). This was N, for comparison). This standard-height design 820300-820999. The most common w'e the PuUmans. especially true of tri-Ievel racks. Most early low­ was quickly adapted for open auto racks, both bi­ The PLH2 l B, C, and D classes are numbered level flats (commonly called "low decks") used a levels and tri-levels (Accurail offers these), but a 8509 1 8-854320. The PLH2l ancl PLH21 A classes, fo rmed metal deck with a bulb angle for a side low-height version was needed for wide-body 850000-8509 17, w'e the eW'lier Pullman design with chord, rather then the channel side sill of most enclosed tri-Ievel racks because of their roofs. the fo ur holes in the side sills at the trucks.

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Almost all of these today wear ETTX marks Wisconsin Central. Currently, the smallest road new set to clear the bi-Ievel's "B-deck," although as they carry enclosed tri-Ievel racks. But there with racks is Fl orida East Coast. Illinois Central the ri vet pattern won't match. are still some TTGX bi-Ievels on low flush decks, has a few racks lettered for its subsidiary Waterloo The Walthers model is not particularly suited and in the late seventies and early eighties the Railroad, but this is just a paper arrangement and to modeling a roofless CTTX or doorless TTVX. rootless CTTX tri-Ievels and doorless TTVX tri­ these cars do not see Waterloo rails. The model's smooth interior walls would show, levels were common. Most imports are backhauled from the ports in and no parts exist to change that. Until some Today, "wide-body bowl decks" are more racks returning to domestic assembly plants. But enterprising manufacturer makes etched common than low flush decks because almost all there are exceptions. BN has hauled Nissans from Youngstown side panels, the less-than-fully­ of the early "low deck" cars have been rebuilt Portland to Chicago using racks dedicated to the enclosed widebody racks will remain the domain with new bodies. That's over 10,000 cars. A wide­ service. Th is is the only unit auto rack train I have of the brass importers. body rack mounted on one of these flats does not ever seen where all the racks were owned by the For those wanting to decal their own racks. need its posts bent in at the bottom, and has no home road, but even that train had non-BN racks Microscale Ind. (P.O. Box 1 1950, Costa Mesa, CA jacking pads, so they are pretty easy to spot. on occasion. 92627), Oddballs Decals (26550 227th Street, Rack Ownership Modeling the Major McLouth, KS 66054), and Islington Station and Operations Rack Designs Products (P.O. Box 843, Islington Station, MA Trailer Train (called just "TTX" since mid-9 1) The new Walthers rack is a replica of the 02090) make decals for wide-body auto racks. owns most of the flats used for auto racks, but Thrall/W&K "WK-2" riding on a low tl ush deck Changes in Rack Land until very recently all of the racks were owned of the standard Bethlehem/ACF/Pullman design Unlike other freight cars, auto racks are over­ separately by the individual railroads. So the flats from the late seventies. This combination was hauled and repainted every 6 to 12 years, depend­ were painted in standard Trailer Train colors built from 1979 into 1981. While at first glance ing on mileage. The automakers do not want rusty (bright yellow from 1971 into the late eighties, the model might look like the bi-Ievel rack racks hauling their pretty new autos. For one now a mustard yellow), while the racks were Walthers introduced in 1992, this is all new tool­ thing, the rust can blow off and stick to the autos' painted in the owning railroads' colors. The rack ing. The side panels have more holes, and the fresh paint, and it's not easy to clean off. The usually has a separate number for accounting pur­ brake lever and side ladders are separate. upshot of this is that old rack paint schemes do not poses, although the flat car's number is always The model can be easily backdated to a "WK­ hang around. It is almost impossible to find a rack used for the waybills. l" by adding filler pieces to bring the upper two­ today with a paint job over 12 years old. Unfortunately for modelers, TTX does not thirds of each end panel out flush with the side Mergers are changing the names found on assign the racks to the railroads in any order. The posts. Make sure to leave the gap between the side racks. The BN and Santa Fe racks are rapidly railroad would ask fo r "X" number of flats, and ladders and the end panel. You will see why W&K being repainted BNSF. The SP, Colton Belt, and TTX sent whatever was available to the rack went to the fu lly inset panels of the "WK-2" Rio Grande racks are getting UP's Armour Ye llow. builder. The only way to know the correct car design. GTW's racks are getting painted for CN, while CP numbers for your favorite road's racks is to have a Although outnumbered by the "wide-body has about wiped out the Sao and Milwaukee photo. The various "color guide" books that have bowl decks," the low flush deck design is a better fleets. And Conrail's racks will soon be divvied up come out in the last fe w years are a great source choice for modelers since it is easier to widen and between CSX and NS. The only truly new rack for rack photos. raise the side sills than it is to narrow and lower owner is KCS, which now has a few racks to haul Many railroads also bought their own flats. In them. Such a conversion will take some careful autos to and from Mexico. the United S tates, Grand Truck Western, Santa Fe, cutting and fi ling. Basically you want the new After seeing few design or operational the Southern, and Southern Pacific/Cotton Belt side sill to cover the bottoms of the side posts and changes in nearly 20 years, the last couple years had the biggest fleets, and all four have the the blank filler panels below each set of side pan­ have seen some major changes that will soon have tri- Ie vel modeled by Walthers. Since Trailer Train els. Trim the old side sill off even with the tops of a tremendous effect on the look of the fleet. In does not have a strong presence in Canada, the truck notches, and bevel the cross bearers on response to automaker complaints about dirt and Canadian National and Canadian Pacific own the underframe. The new smooth side sill is easy graffiti paint getting through the panel holes and most of their own rack flats. The Canadian roads to make from strip plastic. These wider cars do not damaging the autos, YSD has modified the panels do use some TTX flats for international traffic. have separate jacking pads, so that is one less so they have far fewer holes. They also have filler Auto racks are assigned to the auto makers' detai I to worry about. pieces covering the joints between panels, and the assembly plants in what are called "pools." Each Converting the Wal thers model to a Portec or slots in the doors are gone. You can't see through road contributes racks in a percentage that Pullman rack will take some more work. For a the newer racks very well. matched the revenue they get for the various Portee you will have to scratchbuild the "Tri­ Thrall has also introduced their "Universal movements from that assembly plant. (Auto parts Fold" doors or the later RAVE doors and fi ll the Car" articulated bi-Ievel rack. It sti ll has the box cars are assigned the same way.) For instance, end panels. A Portec also lacks the little horizon­ perforated sides, but the rack and the flat are not if Conrail gets 35 percent of the revenue for tal piece atop each side post, but a look at ETTX separate units. Most of these wear TTX logos, but shipments from an assembly plant, it must supply 852338 shows that these and the tops of each side a few are leased to NS and UP. It remains to be 35 percent of the racks that plant needs. The cars panel can be trimmed off leaving a gap below the seen whether the "Universal Car" will be the wave of the contributing railroads are then mixed freely. roof. It is doable. The doors are the major challenge. of the future. TTX also has a few hundred tri-Ievel So you don't need to model a certain railroad to A model of a Pull man rack will need new racks with their logo for short-term lease to rail­ run its autoracks. channel side posts and curved flares at the bottom. roads. These ride on brand-new 90-foot flats built Back twenty years ago when there were still a The Chessie System's Pullmans had "Tri-Fold" in 1995 by Johnstown. fair number of smaller Class One railroads, many doors, although CSX appears to be replacing them Aside from mergers reducing the number of of these lines got at least some new vehicle traffic, with radial doors. The Cotton Belt's appear to owner railroads, the owners have also agreed to let so they had at least a few auto racks. Even the have been built with radial doors, so they're the TTX repaint all the racks a uniform shade of yellow Clinchfield got a couple wide-body tri-Ievels in easier conversion. so that repair shops don't have to stock as many 1 980. But today"s big Class Ones hog all of this Changing the Walthers tri-Ievel into a low­ colors. Pretty soon the rainbow of racks will traffic to themsel ves. so the newer regional rail­ deck bi-Ievel should only require substituting the disappear, and the logos will be all that roads get very little if any of it. That's why we door from Walthers' bi-Ievel. Or you can fi ll the distinguish them. RMJ haven·t seen racks lettered for the likes of two sets of slots in the tri-Ievel's doors and cut a

40 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 [CONTROL] (MRC) MODEL RECTIFIER CORP»0. TECH 4, RAil POWER WALK-AROUND THROTTLE TEST NO. 22

By Rick Brendel

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his throttle has some of the momentum just in case your cat has voltage that the locomotive responded best ideas offered on a decided to take a nap on that piece of with movement and added about six - model railroad control system that I have track that doesn 't have a safety net under more volts to that for a "top speed." .. ever seen. Yo u have the ability to pro­ it. This unit also has the optional walk­ Control was outstanding and allowed the gram the maximum voltage fo r the fu ll around controller that has a long tele­ kind of slow speed realistic coupling that sweep of the control rheostat. Yo u can phone-type coiled cord for roaming J5- a switching problem just begs for. I will also program in the amount of momen­ 20 fe et away from the base station. The admit that until I read the instructions I tum that you wish to use so that you can hand-held unit has speed control, direc­ was at a loss to correctly use the features more realistically start and stop your tion, brake and stop fu nctions as well as designed into this throttle. "When all else long freight as it comes into the yard. a pi lot light. fa ils, read the instructions" was never The momentum works with the direction The instructions fo r operation of the better demonstrated than by my floun­ control so that you can reverse direction unit are straightforward and easy to fo l­ dering around on my own. with power applied and watch as the low. J especially liked the abi lity to pro­ I figured out how to use the max volts train slows to a stop and then proceeds in gram the maximum voltage that the fu ll setting to control the top voltage (speed) the opposite direction without a hint of rotation of the rheostat would provide. I fo r slow-speed operation. If you can, jerkiness. There is, of course, a panic did a test with one of my own locomo­ imagine being able to take your best stop button that allows fo r bypassing the tives. J first determined the minimum switcher and have the approximately 270

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degrees of speed control rotation give you a maximum of 5 volts. Talk about slow speed control ! The momentum fea­ ture works by first activating the pro­ gram button and then holding the momentum button down while rotating the control knob to whatever voltage you wanted to ramp slowly up to. The loco comparison table, as always, is furnished so that you might - have an idea of the throttle's capability with the variety of equipment that is out there. RMJ

Railmodel Journal Walk-Around Throttle Evaluation Test Report No. 22 THROTTLE: RCS 200 RIC CORDLESS WALKAROUND INPUT VOLTAGE: 16 VOLTS CIRCUIT BREAKER: No

Test Te st HD Locomotives N Locomotives Condition Samhongsa Frt. Range Atlas Athearn Bachmann Kato Bachmann Sam.

No Load ] Starting Level .69 1.26 .82 1.79 2.12 .92 1.30 .90

Voltage 4% Up .89 2.03 .84 2.23 3.32 1.29 2.75 1.35 4% Down 1.28 1.32 .66 2.13 2.39 .94 1.33 .90

No Load )

Starting Level .08 .19 .06 .19 .11 .07 .085 .04 Current 4% Up .08 .22 .07 .21 .12 .1 1 .08 .05 4% Down .07 .14 .06 .20 .1 0 .07 .05 .04 Degree of ThroHle Rotation to Start

Locomotive Level <90' <90' <900 90' 90' <90' 90' <90' No Load

Maximum Level 16.3 16.2 15.3 12.6 14.81 13.45 13.4 13.85 Voltage 4% 16.28 16.06 15.37 12.5 14.72 13.70 14.49 13.64 Up r 4% Down 16.25 16.10 15.32 12.5 14.76 13.71 14.56 13.72 f No Load

Maximum Level .26 .29 .43 1.16 .20 .57 .28 .34

Current 4% Up .26 .32 .44 1.14 .19 .52 .26 .33 4% Down .26 .28 .46 1.16 .19 .57 .27 .33

VOLTA GE OUTPUT @ CURRENT: 11.9 VOC @1.18 AMPS

42 RAILMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 [ PAINT & DECALS]

HO SCALE BOX CARS

By Ed Hawkins

Photographs and decal information for the majority of the 40-foot AAR box cars built by , R American Car Ii Foundry (and those purchased by the Santa Fe) during the immediate postwar 15 a period appeared in the September, October, and November 1989 issues of "The Journal" and were reprinted in the FREIGHT CAR MODELS, VOL. I, BOX CARS, BOOK 1. Branchline Trains' new 40-foot box car kit series and the CIiBTShops kits provide the models so that many of the postwar AAR box cars can be accurately recreated in HO scale. The riveted-side 12-panel ATSF, D&RGW and RI cars are only available from CIiBT Shops, however. The 12-panel welded cars for CP, Erie, and Wabash can be made form the CIiBT Shops kits by scraping off the rivets as shown in the May 1991 issue of "The Journal." The roster in this issue includes American-built AAR cars with 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught Ends and Canadian cars built to the same basic design. Builder's pho­ topaphs of the ACF cars were shown in the October and November 1989 issues of "The 'ournal" jIInd will not be repeated here. Refer to the August 1993, February 1994, and October 1994 issues of Railroad Model Craftsman for comprehensive articles and detailed roster information ,f the Canadian National and Canadian Pacific cars. Part II of this article will appear in the N9vember 1999 issue of "The Journal" and will illustrate additional prototype cars.

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D&RGW 67682, series 67500-67999, built March 1946 by Pressed Steel. This r car was in MofW service when photographed at Denver, Colorado on July 2, 00 1991. -Ed Hawkins photo HO Scale Decals: Champ HN-4 and HD-2

! , End view of D&RGW 67682 shows the end lettering with the highly unusual use of lettering on five ribs. Note the Ajax hand brake and the second rib from the bottom is stenciled "Duryea Underframe." Also note the short top rib used on these cars of lO-foot 4-inch inside height.---Ed Hawkins photo, r. .. Denver, Colorado, July 2, 1991 , ...

RAILMODELJOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 43 end were constructed in large numbers 'Murphy rectangular panel roof by the industry between ] 945 and J 948. (diagonal panel roof used on some This was a period when the railroads Santa Fe and Canadian cars) were upgrading their fleet of rolling oTabbed side sill (variations exist) he box car that is the sub­ stock after World War II had ended. In 050-ton capacity ject of thi s article has 1948 the diagonal panel roof was intro­ 03836 to 3902 cubic foot nominal been dubbed "1944 AAR Box Car" in duced as well as the R+3/4 early ver­ capacity the past. In fact, C&BT Shops used sion of the Improved Dreadnaught End. Sides and Side Sills As noted in the above list, there this terminology on the label of their Thus, 1948 is considered a transition were a number of variations and cus­ HO scale box car kits. However, there year for most American-built cars. tomer options available. The IO-panel was no discussion in the CAR However, Santa Fe built cars in their riveted side panel arrangement with 6- BUILDERS CYCLOPEDIAS using company shops with 4/4 Improved foot door opening was by far the most this terminology, and there were no Dreadnaught Ends, 12-panel ri veted common. However, a number of cars drawings of the car shown in either the sides, and diagonal panel roofs as late were constructed with 12-panel riveted 1946 or 1949/195 1 CYCs. Thus, the as 1952. Also, the Canadian roads (CN, sides as well as 10-panel or 12-panel "1944 AAR" terminology is concluded CP, and TH&B) had thousands of cars welded sides. Santa Fe had a large to be a modelers term to differentiate built to this same basic standard through number of 12-panel riveted cars as the cars with 4/4 Improved the mid- 1 950s. It was also the time well as 500 cars each for Rio Grande Dreadnaught Ends from other AAR when Pu llman-Standard developed their and Rock Island. Monon had the only designs. Thus, I will simply refer to own proprietary design for an end and series of 10-panel welded cars . These the car as the postwar AAR 40-foot roof (more on this later). were built by Pullman-Standard and box car as it does not appear to have Standard Features Standard features of the postwar AAR were considered the immediate prede­ any "official" designation. 40-foot box car were as fo llows: cessor to the PS-1. The Pullman­ The AAR design was modular in 01O-panel ri veted sides (variations Standard lot number list actually spec­ concept, and the primary aspects of the included 12-panel riveted sides or ified the CIL order as PS- I s, but they design standard were dimensions that welded sides) were not built with PS-l proprietary were conformed to by the car builder. 06-foot door opening (7 and 8-foot ends and roof. Erie and Wabash had The side panels, ends, and roof were door openings also built) cars with 12-panel welded sides. Also, nothing more than component parts o I 0-fo ot 4-inch to 10-foot 6-inch 7-foot and 8-foot door openings were that could be used interchangeably. inside height sometimes used. Pittsburgh & West As such, the 50-ton postwar AAR 40- 04/4 Improved Dreadnaught End Virginia, Reading, and Southern foot box car was one illustration of a stan­ (two versions used) Railway had cars with an 8-foot-wide dard car in a continuing series of AAR standard designs that began in ] 932. The original ]932 AAR standard inside height was established at 9 feet 1 inch (some cars were built with up to 9-foot 4-inch inside height), and the 1937 AAR Standard box car had a 1O-foot O-inch inside height. According to the 194911 95 1 CAR BUILDERS' CYCLO­ PEDIA, i n 1941 the Committee On Car Constru ction approved an optional increase in inside height to ] 0 feet 6 inches. In 1946 designs for a 50-ton lightweight welded car were complet­ ed, and in October, 1947, the

Committee On Car Construction - revised the inside height from 10 feet 0 [ inch to 10 feet 6 inches because there had been little demand for the 10-foot O-inch-height car. The postwar AAR box car was ] essentially the same as the 1937 AAR Modified Standard box car (sometimes Two versions of the 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught End are shown to illustrate the difference with the top rib. referred as the 1942 AAR box car), but The end used on NP 29756 was typical of cars having an inside height of 10 feet 6 inches, and the end used on Erie 82525 was typical of cars having an inside height of 10 feet 4 inches. Actually there were the 5/5 Dreadnaught End was replaced three versions, as some 10-foot 6-inch IH cars had the short top rib. These ends had two additional inch­ with the 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught es of space between the top rib and roof carline. These include cars built by CB&Q and all the Canadian End. 40-foot box cars built with this cars listed in the roster. -Both photos ACF Industries, Hawkins/Wider/Long collection

44 RAILMODELjOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 ATSF 38177, series 38000- 38699, Class Bx-62, built by Santa Fe May 1952 at their To peka shops. Note the 5/5/4 (top to bottom) rib pattern of the Improved Yo ungstown door and the rather unusual shape of the tabs where the crossties connect with the side sill. Cars came with an Ajax hand brake, Apex running board and brake step, diagonal panel roof, 12- panel sides, 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught Ends and A-3 Ride Control trucks. -Joe Collias photo, 1952, Kansas City, Missouri HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-505 or Champ BRH-124 doorway. Side sills were typically of cars also came with a Duryea under­ 1952 and many Canadian cars built as the tabbed design, however some cars frame and continLioLi s straight side sill. late as 1957. Depending on the inside had a straight side sill between the bol­ The Ends height of the car, there were two ver­ The 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught End sters. The CMO 37500-38298 (odd sions of the 4/4 Improved Dread­ was introduced in 1945 and was exten­ numbers only) and RDG 104000- naught End. Cars for most American sively used on 40-foot AAR box cars 104699 side sill was built to conform railroads with 10-foot 6-inch inside through ] 948. It was also used beyond to the spacing of the Duryea under­ height had the top rib that extended all 1948 for Santa Fe cars built through frame crossbearers . The Rio Grande the way across, identical to the other

ATSF 34477, series 34000-35049, Class Bx-60, built by Santa Fe April 1951. This car sports the Grand Canyon Line train slogan on the left side of the car. The right side had the "Ship and Travel" slogan. Cars had 12-panel riveted sides, diagonal panel roof, and 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught Ends. This combi­ nation was uncommon in the industry as a whole, but Santa Fe built some 3,750 cars of this configuration. Cars in this series came with an Ajax hand brake and A-3 Ride Control trucks. -Joe Collias photo, 1961, St. Louis, Missouri HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-506 or Champ HN-137 plus HD-2

ATSF 274332, series 274000-274749, Class Bx-48, built November 1946 by Pullman­ Standard. This series was the first of many Santa Fe 40-foot box cars that followed with 12-panel sides. This car came with a Murphy panel roof, Ajax hand brake, Gypsum running board, and A-3 Ride Control trucks. -Joe Collias photo, April 1963 at St. Louis, Missouri HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-506 or Champ BRH-123

RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 45 seven main ribs. Cars with lO-foot 4- inch inside height as well as lO-foot 6- inch cars for CB&Q had the top rib shortened. Please refer to the two pho­ tos on page 44 to spot the ddferences. In either case, the rib contour was the "rolling pin" shape and the ends came with a ro und corner and W-section internal bracing. The manufacturer of the ends, Standard Railway Equipment Manufacturing Company (SREM) c/L 336, series 1-500, built June 1947 by Pullman-Standard. The second half of the cars in this series came with revised the design in the latter part of ImprovedYoungslown doors of the 5/5/4 pattern and Apex running board and brake step. Cars 1-100 and 201- 1948 and hence the transi tion to the 300 came with Barber S-2 Stabilized trucks. Cars 101-200 and 301-500 came with A-3 Ride Control trucks. early version of the R+3/4 Improved -Paul Dunn photo circa 1954, courtesy Richard Burg Dreadnaught End (see the November HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-143 1998 issue of "The Journal"). The end offered by Branchline Trains is the 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught End with all main ribs full width. The Roofs The Murphy panel roof was com- monly used on cars built from 1945 to early 1948. During the early part of 1948 the roof design changed and the diagonal panel roof became standard. The car builders had but one source, SREM, fo r buying ends. However, SREM also required the builder to buy their roof when purchasing ends. Is it any wonder why Pull man-Standard devel­ ERIE 82038, series 82000-82499, built October 1945 by ACE This series of repainted Erie cars with large Erie oped their PS- 1 design duri ng this diamond came with the earlyYoungstown door and 8-rung ladders. Ajax hand brakes were applied to cars in series same time period? This alleviated the 82000-82099, Universal 82100-82299, and Equipco 82300-82499. Apex running board and brake steps were applied to 82000-82249 and Gypsum to 82250-82499. -Paul Dunn photo circa 1960, courtesy Richard Burg requirement fo r Pullman-Standard to HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-3 be held captive for ends and roof com­ ponents from SREM. Also, ACF tions that joined the panels. Another the end havi ng see-through slots. The experimented with a proprietary end version used during this period had a Plano stainless steel runni ng boards during this period but chose not make 5/5/4 rib pattern (top to bottom). Still may be substituted. Many types of hand the same long-term commitment as another version of the Youngstown brakes were appl ied to the prototype Pullman-Standard to manufacture their door was an interim design with very cars. An Aj ax hand brake comes with own proprietary design in large num­ wide raised partitions that joined the the Branchline Trains kit. Kadee and bers. Rather, a few series of cars built panels. Th is door was used on the Detail Associates make a variety of for C&EI, DT&I, MKT, RDG, and Santa Fe Bx-44 series and hal f of the hand brakes that can be purchased sep­ W&LE c ame with the ACF ends In Rock Island series. Otherwise, arately and substituted as necessary. 1948-1949. Superior 7-panel doors were used . The car is the same height as the Doors fs Appliances Some Canadian cars built in the 1950s Kadee PS- I and Kadee's exquisite Doors and other appliances varied came with Superior 5-panel doors, hand brakes can be applied to make widely in application. You ngstown the model more prototypically accu­ steel doors were used extensively. some of which had ribs that extended across the fl at panels. rate. Cars with the pre- 1 949 Universal However, there were at least four ver­ / Steel running boards were typically hand brake are still a problem for accu­ sions of Youngstown doors used on rate modeling. I cars built during this period. The earl i­ used, and these cars were equipped with any of the running boards avail­ Ladders on the prototype cars est Yo ungstown door used was the able at the time, including Apex Tri- included both 7-rung and 8-rung designs. same as that used on the Modified All the Canadian cars came with 8-rung 1937 AAR 40-foot box cars, having 10k, Gypsum, and Morton. One series ladders, as well as cars for CB&Q, CIL, recessed partitions to join the three of CB&Q cars came with a wood run­ D&H, D&RGW, D&TS, Erie, MKT main panels and 5/7/5 rib pattern (not ni ng board, considered an anachronism on new cars built in 1945. The (one car), NKP, NP, P&WV, and counting the top and bottom frame). = SP&S. Other items like roping staples The later improved version of the Branchline Trains HO scale kit comes were fo und on some cars, most notably Yo ungstown door had a 4/5/5 rib pat­ with a simulated Apex Tri-Iok running fo r New York Central. Variations were tern (top to bottom) and raised parti- board with the portion that overhangs

�, .. 46 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 " ATSF 38475, series 38000-38699, Class Bx-62, built by Santa Fe June 1952. This car was identical to the 38177 except the for the train slogan. The Santa Fe typically used brake reservoirs that were trans­ versely mounted on 40-foot box cars built during this period. -Joe Collias photo, 1964, SI. Louis, Missouri HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-505 or Champ BRH-123

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found on the tabs below the ladder and nearly equals the cars of this type built for ed in the roster) that came wi th either a side grabs and poling pockets. all the American rail roads ' Cars were built diffe rent type end (NSC) and/or PS- I Trucks by the three pri mary Canadian car roof. All the Canadian cars came with 8- A variety of trucks could be found builders including Canadian Car and rung ladders, and the cars typically had on the prototype cars. Th is was a period Foundry (CCF), Eastern Car Co. (ECC), stirrup steps below the end ladders. Refer when A-3 Ride Control trucks were and National Steel Car Co. (NSC). to the very comprehensive arti cles in the very popular and used extensively. Canadian Pacific also built some in com­ August 1993, February 1994, and October Among others, cars were equipped pany shops. From 1945 to 1948 the 1994 issues of Railroad Model Crqi'rsman with National Type B and Barber S-2 Canadian cars typical ly were equipped for additional information. Stabilized trucks. with the Murphy raised panel roof. Most With more than 42,000 cars built for Canadian Cars later cars came with the diagonal panel American railroads and 36,000 for the More than 36,000 cars with 4/4 roof. Cars built fo r Canadian roads used Canadian roads, a representative number Improved Dreadnaught Ends were built the 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught Ends as of models from Branchline Trains should for the Canadian roads Canadian late as 1957. Actually, there were other be considered for anyone modeling the National, Canadian Pacific, and To ronto, cars built for Canadian National (not list- period 1945 to the 1980s. Hamilton and Buffalo. That number RMJ

CNW 143380, series 142100-143698 (even numbers), built October 1946 by General American Transportation Corporation. The original paint scheme (with black ends) and lettering is still used on this car photographed in 1962. Since the "RQute of the 400 Fleet" slogan is shown on the side nearest the "B" end, the other side should also have the same slogan. All cars had the early Youngstown door and Barber S-2 Stabilized trucks. Of the 800 cars in the series, 600 had Miner and 200 had Ajax hand brakes. The first 400 cars came with Apex running board and brake step, and the last 400 were equipped with Gypsum. -Paul Dunn photo courtesy Richard Burg HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-22

IC 29119, series 29000-29499, built April 1946 by the IC at their Centralia, Illinois shops.

Cars originally came with a Superior 7 -panel door, Miner hand brake, and A-3 Ride Control trucks. It appears the hand brake on this car was replaced with a Universal design. There were 400 cars equipped with Gypsum running boards and 100 with Morton. -W.e. Whittaker photo circa 1962 HO Scale Decals: Champ HB- 150

RAILMODELJOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 47 4O-FOOT A..AUt SO-"ION BOX CARS

POSTWAR AAR 40-FOOT BOX CAR, lO-FEET 4-INCH - lO-FEET 8-INCH IH, 4/4 IMPROVED DREADNAUGHT END

QTY BUILDER! DOOR DOOR SIDE LADDER ROAD SERIES BUILT B1;r LOT NO. SIZE TYPE PA NELS ROOF END RUNGS REMARKS A&WP 37600·37649 9-47 50 PS 5869 6 YSD-2A 10 P I 7 AA 68000-68049 5-47 50 WAB 6 YSD- I 10 P 7 Straight si II bet ween bolsters AT SF 30000-31249 I-51 1250 AT SF 6 YSD-2A 12 0 7 BX-53 ATSF 34000-35049 5-5 1 1050 AT SF 6 YSD-2A 12 0 I 7 BX-60 ATSF 35250-35998 7-52 749 AT SF 6 YSD-2A? 12 0 7 BX-63 ATSF 35999 Only -52 I AT SF 6 YSD-2A? 12 0 I3X-65 AT SF 38000-38699 5-52 700 AT SF 6 YSD-2A 12 D BX-62 AT SF 138700- 139199 12-45 500 MV 6 YSD-3 10 I' I3X-44 AT SF 274000-274749 10-46 750 PS 5832 6 YSD-2A 12 I' 7 BX-48 ATSF 274750-275499 -48 750 ATSF 6 YSD-2A 12 I' I 7 BX-5 1 AT SF 275500-276499 3-48 1000 AT SF 6 YSD-2A 12 I' I 7 BX-50 CB&Q 29000-29499 -46 500 CI3&Q 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CI3&Q 34600-34854 8-45 255 CB&Q 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CB&Q 35000-36999 5-47 2000 CB&Q 6 YSD-2 10 P 2 8 CIL 1-500 5-47 500 PS 5860 6 Note I lOW I' 8 CMO 37500-38298 8-45 400 AC 2770 6 Note 2 10 P 7 EVEN NOS., DURYEA U/F CMO 38300-39098 10-48 400 ACF3256 6 71' SUP 10 I' 7 EVEN NOS. CN 522500-523999 1-48 1500 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CN 524500-526199 10-47 1700 ECC 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CN 526200-526499 6-48 300 ECC 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CN 526500-527 199 4-48 700 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CN 527200-528199 8-48 1000 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CN 528200-530199 5-5 1 2000 CCF 6 YSD-2 10 0 2 8 CN 530200-53 1 699 5-5 1 1000 NSC 6 YSD-2 10 D 2 8 CN 53 1 700-533 1 99 5-51 1500 ECC 6 YSD-2 10 D 2 8 CN 533200-533449 7-52 250 CCF 6 YSD-2 10 D 2 8 CN 533450-534 1 99 8-52 750 CCF 6 5P SUP 10 D 2 8 CN 534200-534699 II-52 500 CCF 6 YSD-2 10 D 2 8 CN 534700-534959 10-52 260 ECC 6 YSD-2 10 D 2 8 CN 534960-536 1 59 6-53 1200 CCF 6 51' SUP 10 D 2 8 CN 537560-538759 5-54 1000 CCF 6 51' SUP 10 D 2 8 CN 540260-540509 I-56 750 CCF 6 51' SUP 10 D 2 8 CN 540760-54 1659 6-56 900 CCF 8 51' SUP/R 10 D 2 8 CN 542760-543759 I-57 1000 CCF 8 51' SUI'/R 10 D 2 8 CNW 84300-86298 8-48 1000 AC 3255 6 Note 3 10 I' 7 EVEN NOS. CNW 1 42 100- 143698 10-46 800 GAT 2969 6 YSD- I 10 I' I 7 EVEN NOS. CI' 50000-50999 8-56 100 CCF 8 51' SUI'/R 10 D 2 8 CI' 52000-52499 7-56 500 ECC 8 YSD 10 D 2 8 CI' 52500-52899 1 2-56 400 CCF 8 YSD 10 0 2 8 CI' 53200-54 199 4-57 1000 CCF 8 51' SUP/R 12W D 2 8 CI' 140200- 1 40949 3-54 750 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CI' 141700- 142 199 8-55 500 CCF 6 51' SUI' 10 D 2 8 CI' 252250-253999 9-47 1750 CCF 6 YSD- I 1 0 I' 2 8 Last car welded side panels CI' 254000-254749 10-47 750 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CI' 254750-255499 3-48 750 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CP 255500-256499 12-48 1000 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 256500-256999 2-49 500 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 CP 257000-257 1 99 9-50 200 ECC 6 YSD- I 10 0 2 8 CP 257200-257499 9-50 300 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CI' 257500-258199 12-50 700 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 258200-258499 I-51 300 ECC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CI' 258500-258999 3-5 1 SOD ECC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 259000-259499 3-5 1 500 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 259500-260499 3-5 1 1000 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 260500-26 1 399 7-5 1 900 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 261400-26 1 699 7-5 1 300 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 261700-262699 7-5 1 1000 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 262700-263899 2-52 1200 CP 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CI' 263900-264899 6-52 1000 CCF 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CI' 264900-265249 4-53 350 NSC 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CI' 265250-266049 8-52 800 CI' 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 CP 266050-2672 1 0 3-53 1161 CI' 6 YSD- I 10 D 2 8 D&H 1 7775- 1 7799 9-46 25 ACF 2962 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 10'-4" rH D&RGW 67500-67999 3-46 500 PSC 6 71' SU I' 12 I' 2 8 10'-4" DURYEA U/F, straight sill D&TS 3000-3049 2-48 SO l'S 5891A 7 YSD- I 10 I' I 8 ERIE 82000-82499 1 0-45 500 ACF 2779 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 10'-4" IH ERIE 82500-83199 7-46 700 ACF 2862 6 YSD- I 10 I' 2 8 10'-4" n-l ERIE 90000-90499 8-47 500 ACF 3116 6 YSD- I 12W I' 2 8 10'-4" IH GA 29000-29049 9-47 SO PS 5869 6 YSD-2A 10 P 7 GM&O 21000-21999 5-47 1000ACF 3057 6 Note 4 10 I' 7 GM&O 22000-224 19 12-47 420ACF 3141 6 YSD-2A 10 I' 7 GOC 222-25 1 9-47 30 PS 5876 6 YSD-2A 10 I' 7 GulF Oil Co., no AB brake system GTW 5 15000-5 15499 -48 500 PS 589 1 7 10 I' Unconfirmed

48 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 QTY BUILDEIU DOOR DOOR SIDE LADDER

ROAD SERIES BUILT BLT LOT NO. SIZE TYPE PA NELS ROOF END RUNGS REMARKS

IC 29000-29499 4-46 500 lC 6 7P SUP 10 P 2 7 10' -4" IH IC 29500-30499 4-47 1000 lC 6 7P SCP 10 P 2 7 10'-4" IH ITC 6500-6849 7-47 3S0 ACF 3063 6 Y SD-2A 10 P I 7 L&N 15000- 15399 9-46 400 ACF 2950 6 YSD- I 10 P 7 L&N 1 5400- 1 5799 5-46 400 ACF 2888 6 Note 5 1 0 P 7 L&N 1 5800- I 6799 5-47 1000 MV 6 YSD-2A 1 0 P 7 MKT 90080 Only 11-49 I PS 589 1 7 YSD- I 1 0 P 8 R&D test car NC&STL 1 9000- 19499 9-47 500 PS 5866 6 YSD-2A 1 0 P 7 XM35 NKP 5000-5249 8-46 250 PS 5840 7 7 P SU P 10 P 8 NKP 5250-5499 9-46 250 PS 5840 7 YSD- I 10 P 8 NKP 7000-7299 9-45 300 RSC- 2559 6 YSD- I 10 P 8 NKP 7300-7499 10-45 200 RSC- 2559 6 7P SUP 10 P 8 NP 1000- 1 009 8-45 o PS 6 7P SUP 10 P 8 Green car, renumbered 1954 NP 25000-25999 10-47 1000 NP 6 7P SUP 10 P 8 Cars modified w/su'aight sill late 1950s NP 29000-29499 8-45 500 PS 5807 6 7P SUP 10 P 8 NP 29500-29999 2-46 500 ACF 2786 6 YSD- I 10 P 8 NS 27000-27249 8-47 250 PS 587 1 6 YSD-2A 1 0 P 7 XM5 NYC 162000- 163999 9-45 2000 DESPAT CH 6 YSD-I 10 P 7 LOT 743-B NYC 164000- 164999 10-47 1000 DESPATC H 6 YSD-2 1 0 P 7 LOT 759-B NYC 165000- 165999 4-48 1000 GSC 495 6 Y SD-2 10 P 7 LOT 763-B NYC 166000- 166999 5-4S 1000 ACF 3284 6 YSD-2 10 P l 7 LOT 764-B P&WV 1200- 1 299 1 2-46 100ACF 296 1 8 YSD- I 10 P 2 8 10'-4" IH RDG 104000- 104699 7-46 700 RDG 8 7P SUP 10 P I 7 XMw, DURYEA U/F, Note 6 RDG 106000- 106799 9-47 SOO RDG 8 7P SUP 10 P 7 XMy Rl 25000-25499 4-46 500 PS 58 17 6 7P/YSD 12 P 7 Note 7 SERX SOO-S05 11-47 6ACF 3229 6 YSD-2 10 P 7 Linde, straight sill between bolsters SERX 930-993 11-47 64 ACF 3229 6 YSD-2 10 P 7 Linde, straight sill between bolsters SOU 23000-23299 5-4S 300 PS 5855 8 YSD-2A 10 P 7 Lot list indicates cars built 1946 SOU 23300-23486 8-47 187 PS 5855 8 7P SUP 10 P 7 Note S SOU 262040-262049 -47 10 PS 5855 8 7P SUP? 10 P 7 Nore 8 SOU 307025-307027 -47 3 PS 5855 8 7P SUP? 10 P 7 Note 8 SOU 330000-3330499 1 0-46 500 PS 5855 8 YSD-2A 10 P 7 NO&NE SP &S I 1000- 11499 5-46 500 PS 5826 6 Note 9 10 P I 8 Note 9 TH&B 3000-3299 7-49 300 NSC 6 YSD- I 1 0 D 2 8 TH&B 3300-3599 5-53 300 NSC 6 YSD 10 D 2 8 UP 1 96000- I 96999 7-46 1000 MV 6 YSD-I 1 0 P I 7 B-50-38, Alternating Rivets UP 197000- 1 98499 4-47 1500 PS 586 1 6 Y SD-2A 1 0 P I 7 B-50-39, Alternating Rivets UP 198500- 1 98999 11-47 500 GATC 6 YSD-2A 10 P 7 B-50-39, Alternati ng Rivets WAB 88000-88 199 3-47 200 WAR 6 7P SUP 10 P 7 Straight sill between bolsters WAR 88200-88699 12-48 500 ACF 3226 6 YSD-2 12W P 7 WAR 88700-89524 4-48 825 WAB 6 7P SUP 10 P 7 Straight si II between bolsters WP 2055 1 -20800 3-47 250 MV 10559 7 YSD-2A 10 P 7 WofA 17600- 1 7649 9-47 50 PS 5869 6 YSD-2A 10 P 7

GENERAL: DATE SHOWN IS EARLIEST DATE DOCUMENTED BY PHOTOGRAPH. PRODUCTION FOR SOME SERIES SPANNED SEVERAL MONTHS. CARS ARE I O-FEET 6-INCH INSIDE HEIGHT UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. SIDES ARE 10-PANEL OR 12-PANEL RIVETED UNLESS DESIGNATED WITH "W'· FOR WELDED. REFER TO AUGUST 1993, FEBRUARY 1994, AND OCTOBER 1994 RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN FOR ARTICLES ON CANADIAN CARS. REFER TO RAILMODEL JOURNAL COMPENDIUM BOOK, BOX CARS ... BOOK I. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 0 ' CARS BUILT BY ACE

NOTES: I - SERIES 1-250 7-PANEL SUPERIOR DOORS: SERIES 25 1 -500 YSD-2A WITH 5-5-4 RIB PATTERN. 2·SERIE S 37500-38098 YSD-I DOORS: SERIES 38 1 00-38298 7-PANEL SUPERIOR DOORS. 3 - SERIES 84300-85698 YSD-2 DOORS; SERIES 85700-86298 7-PANEL SUPERIOR DOORS. 4 - SERIES 21000-2 1 749 YSD-2A DOORS: SER I ES 2 I 750-2 1999 7-PANEL SUPERIOR DOORS. 5 - SERIES 15400- 15599 YSD-I DOORS; SERrES 15600- 15799 7-PANEL SUPERIOR DOORS. 6 - SOME CARS RENUMBERED TO 18000- 18109 WITH OF LOADERS CIRCA 1955. REDESIG ATED CLASS XMwa. 7 - SERIES 25000-25249 7-PANEL SUPERIOR DOORS; SERIES 25250-25499 YSD-3 DOORS. 8 - ORIGINAL ORDER INCLUDED SERIES 405000-405 199 THAT WERE REPLACED BY 23300-23486. 262040-262049. AND 307025-307027. 9 - SERIES 11000-1 1249 7-PANEL SUPERIOR DOORS; SERIES 1 1250- 1 1499 YSD- I DOORS.

LEGEND: YSD-I - PREWAR VERSION OF YOUNGSTOWN STEEL DOOR WITH RECESSED PA RTITION BETWEEN PA KELS. YSD-2 - IMPROVED YOUNGSTOWN STEEL DOOR WITH THREE SECTIONS (4/515 CORRUGATION PATTERN , TOP TO BOTTOM ). YSD-2A - IMPROVED YOUNGSTOWN STEEL DOOR WITH THREE SECTIONS (5/5/4 CORRUGATION PATTERN, TOP TO BOTTOM) YSD-3 - IN TERIM YOUNGSTOWN STEEL DOOR WITH THREE4 SECTIONS AND WIDE RAISED PA RTITIONS. 5P SUP - 5 PA NEL SUPERIOR 51' SUPIR - 5-PANEL SUPERIOR DOOR WITH THREE RIB STIFFENERS PER PANEL 7P SUP - 7-PANEL SUPERIOR

E"'D: 1-4/4 IMPROVED DREADNAUGI-IT END, ALL 8 MAIN RIBS ARE FULL LENGTH. 2 - 4/4 IMPROVED DREADNAUGI-IT END, TOP MAIN RLB SLIGHTLY SHORTER. USED ON CANADIAN CARS, CB&Q CARS. AND NUMEROUS CARS OF 10'-4" IH.

ROOF: o - DfAGONAL PANEL. P - PA NEL (MUPRJ-fY RECTANGULAR PA NEL).

RAILMODELjOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 49 ATSF 276122, series 275500-276499, Class Bx- 50, built March 1948 by Santa Fe in theirTopeka, Kansas shops. These were the first home-built 40- foot box cars with 12-panel sides, Murphy panel roof, and 4/4 Improved Dreadnaught Ends. Note the small Santa Fe insignia that is less that one panel width. Other examples show a larger version of the insignia that is slightly wider than one panel. -w.e. Whittaker photo, November 7, 1948 at Salinas, California HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-506 or Champ BRH-123

CB&Q 36262, from series 35000-36999, built May 1947. This car was specially painted for the Christian Rural Overseas Program (CROP) in January 1948. There is no evidence that more than this single car received this paint scheme. The car was red, white and blue with black lettering and heralds. The photo was taken on February 13, 1948. -CB&Q photo, Bat Masterson collection. HO Scale Decals: none known

CB&Q 35000, series 35000-36999, built May 1947 by the Burlington Route at their Havelock, Nebraska shops. This CB&Q builder's portrait displays the "Way of the Zephers" on the side nearest the 'B' end. The other side had "Everywhere West." This car was equipped with a Miner hand brake, 4/5/5 Improved Youngstown doors, 8-rung ladders, Apex running boards and Barber stabilized trucks. -CB&Q photo, Bat Masterson collection HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-17

50 RAILMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 when photographed circa November 1965. The CB&Q 38221, renumbered series 38000-38799. This car was right out of the paint shop door. Note the tackboards had also been lowered. car had received modifications, evidenced by the side sill reinforcement under the -Photo courtesy Burlington Route Historical Society HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-17

AA 68035, series 68000- 68049, built by Wabash May 1947. This series of 50 cars came with the early Youngstown door, Miner hand brake and A-3 Ride Control trucks. The straight sill between the bolsters was quite com­ mon for cars built in the Wabash car shops. 1he "marks" to the right of the reporting marks appear to be pieces of tape. -W.e. Whittaker photo, July 1956 at San Francisco, California HO Scale Decals: Wa lthers 934-3100

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MODELING INTERMODAL walkways, steps and grabirons, June 1996. cupola caboose with M icro-Trains couplers and CARS AND EQUIPMENT 1.B. Hunt 53-foot plate wall trailer from A-Line's finer ladders and railings, November 1993. (A con­ HO scale kit, by Brian Kreimendahl, April 1998. (A rticle appears 011 pages 6-10 OJ this issue.) version with a complete chassis appeared in the 50-foot piggyback flat cars and trailer prototype Modeling a rail/marine intermodal terminal with July 1994 issue.) photos, with model and decal sources, in color, plans for a container-loading crane from dock to Part X, on upgrading MDC/Roundhouse N scale tank July and September 1989. ship, by Bernard Kempinski, May 1998. cars with Plano (or Gold Medal Model s) etched­ Athearn HO scale 50-foot piggyback flat car and 24- MD&W 48-foot containers from Walthers kits, by metal platforms, ladders and walkways with fo ot trailer upgrade to match B&O prototype, Brian Kreimendahl, June 1998. Micro-Trains steps and low-profile wheelsets, October 1 989. UPS 40-foot drop-frame van from Railpower's HO February 1994. B&O 53-foot 6-inch flat cars and 24 and 33-foot scale kit, by Brian Kreimendahl, September 1998. Part XI, on upgrading Micro-Trains flat cars or gon­ trailer photos and equipment diagrams, October Modeling the Pines-built 45-foot intermodal trailers dolas with body-mountecl couplers, low-profile 1989. in HO or N scale from Atlas Models, by Brian wheelsets and simulated wood-"rain" decks , May Prototype photos for Walthers HO scale Kreimendahl, November 1998. 1994. Stainless steel 48 and 53-foot utility reefer trailers "Piggy packer" trailer-loading crane, August 1989. Part XII, on upgrading Con-Cor extended-vision Intermodal yard track plan with prototype photos of operated by Stevens Transport from A-Line kits, cabooses with Micro-Trains chassis, couplers and matching Beacon Park (Boston), Massachusetts, by Ed McCaslin, December 1998. ladders, July J 994. (A similar conversion, with XTRA Corporation 45-foot trailers from Atlas HO or yard on the NYC, October 1989 and August only new ladders, wheelsets and couplers, N scale models, by Brian Kreimendahl, January 1989. appeared in the February 1993 issue.) 1999. Prototype photo of sixties-era Pennsylvania Railroad Parr XIlI, on upgrading Bachmann's extended-vision Roadway Express "ETCS" 28-foot FRP trailers fro m piggyback train of 75-foot Bethlehem Steel Corp. caboose with Micro-Trains caboose chassis trucks, Rail Power Products HO scale kits, by Ed flat cars, in color, January 1990. couplers and ladders, September 1994. McCaslin, February 1999. Thrall (A-Line HO and Walthers N and HO) and Part XIV, on upgrading the Bachmann four-wheel Modeling the smooth-side and corrugated-side 32- Gunderson double stacks (A-Line HO and caboose with Micro-Train couplers and (an option­ foot trailers of the fifties from stock Sparrows DeLuxe Innovations N), April 1990. al) new body, October 1994. Point Division resin kits and kit-conversions, by Prototype photos and roster of 75-foot Bethlehem Parr XV, on upgrading the Con-Cor auto rack cars Mont Switzer, March 1999. with etched-metal side panels and Micro-Trains Steel Corp. flat cars to match Walthers HO scale Great Northern 40-foot tl atbed trailers form Lonestar trucks and couplers, November 1994. kits, April 1990. Models HO scale kits, by Duane E. Buck, June 1999. Part XVI, upgrading Atlas or Micro-Trains two-bay 40-foot exterior-post trailers (from Walthers 35-foot Maersk vans and containers in HO and N scale, by Center Flow CF2980 covered hopper cars with HO scale kits) and prototypes for the Walthers David Casdorph, August 1999. body-mounted couplers, etched-metal roofwalks 75-foot Bethlehem Steel Corp. flat cars, June 1990. Nations Way 28-foot pup trailers from Rail Power and new wheelsets, January 1995. Athearn and A-Line containers and trailers and Products kits, by Brian Kreimendahl, October 1999. Upgrading N scale freight cars with inked-on shad­ Athearn flat cars as modeled in HO scale by ows to make molded-on grabirons and ladders Robert Rogers, September 1991. appear to be separate wire parts, April 1995. Roadrailer Mark IV rail/highway trailer kit conver­ UPGRADING Part XVII, upgrading Atlas 50-foot FGE box cars sion in HO scale from McKean kits, October 1991. N SCALE MODELS with etched-metal steps, platforms, brake wheels Kit-conversion : Baltimore and Ohio class P-35 40- (A rticle app ears 01/ pages 13-]5 OJ this issue.) and Micro-Trains couplers, June 1995. foot intennodal flat cars (circa 1960), from Part I of this series, on upgrading the Atlas or Part XVlII, upgrading Atlas PS-2 two-bay covered Central Valley flat car kits and modified A-Line, Bachmann PS-2 three-bay covered hoppers with hoppers with Gold Medal Models roofwalks, by Greg La Rocca, November 1991. Plano roofwalks and truck-mounted couplers, June Micro-Trains couplers and weathering, August Athearn HO scale 85-foot TOFC and COFC flat cars 1992. 1995. and Micro-Trains N scale 89-foot TOFC and Part II, on upgrading Atlas (and most other brands) Note: Parts I through IX of this series also appeared COFC flatc ars, prototypes and models, March 1992. open-top hoppers with N Scale of Nevada body­ in the book, THE JOURNAL OF N SCALE Fruehauf 48-foot trailers, prototypes and matching mount coupler adapters, November 1992. MODELING. models in HO scale from A-Line kits, April 1992. Part III, on upgrading Atlas box cars with Plano Adding shadow details to simulate wire grabirons and Trucks and trailers in HO scale, from A-Line, Model roofwalks, Micro-Trains steps, brake wheels, ladders on 40-foot box cars, August 1995. Power and Aurora kits, May 1992. wheelsets and body-mount couplers, plus brush-on Derail-proofing Con-Cor's 'Fuel Foiler' intennodal Commonwealth Cast Steel (GSI) 53-foot 6-inch flat pastel chalk weathering, February 1993. articulated spine cars, September 1995. cars from Walthers HO scale kits (Car Spotters Part IV, on upgrading the Precision Masters 54-foot Upgrading Atlas, Delaware Valley or Bachmann cov­ Guide No. II), December 1992. covered hoppers with shaded-in roofwalk details, ered hoppers with wire handrails and end suppotts, Upgrading Walthers Thrall double-stack cars with Micro-Trains brake wheels, wheelsets and cou­ November 1995. Plano walkways and converting stand-alone cars plers, with the Precision Master body-mount cou­ Correct-scale handrails and stanchions, the easy way, into five-unit articulated sets, December 1992. pler adapters, May 1993. for any N scale diesel locomotive, by Bill Pearce, Athearn, Walthers and A-Line HO scale single-unit Part V, on upgrading any of the MDC (Roundhouse) February 1996. double-stack well cars, prototypes, models, paint­ 50-foot cars or reefers with Micro-Trains body­ Adding roof hatch detail to Atlas, Delaware Valley or ing and upgrading information, January 1993. mount couplers, brake wheels & wheelsets, July. Bachmann covered hoppers, May J 996. 20-foot HO scale containers from A-Line kits, with 1993. Converting the Kato SD40 and Bachmann or Con­ paint and decals for modeling and matching pro­ Part VI, on upgracling the Atlas or Bachmann 55-foot Cor SD40-2 into Canadian wide-cab diesels, by totypes, April 1994. Center Flow covered hoppers with Micro-Trains Michael Livingston, May 1996. Gunderson Maxi-3 (five-unit) intelTIlodal weLl cars from body-mount couplers, low-profi le wheelsets and Upgrading Walthers N scale Thrall intermodal well Atheam or Con-Cor HO scale models, June 1994. brake wheels and Plano etched-metal roofwalks, cars with Gold Medal Models etched-metal walk­ Derail-proofing Con-Cor's 'Fuel-Foiler' intermodal August 1993. ways, steps and grabirons, June 1996. articulated spine cars, September 1995. Part VII, on upgrading Micro-Trains box cars or Upgrading MDC/Roundhouse three-bay rib-side and Spotting the second generation of intermodal dou­ reefers with body-mounted couplers and (where offset-side hoppers with lowered bodies and ble-stack cars-matching the models to their pro­ applicable) Plano etched-metal roofwalks, Micro-Trains couplers, August 1 997. totypes, by D. Scott Chatfield, September 1995. September 1993. Upgrading Kato USRA Heavy 2-8-2 locomotives to Upgrading Walthers N or HO scale or A-Line HO Part VIII, on installing Micro-Trains couplers on match Southern and Burlington prototypes, scale Thrall intermodal well cars with Gold Medal diesel locomotives, October 1993. October and November 1997. Models (N scale) or Plano (HO scale) etched-metal Part IX, on upgrading Con-Cor's extended-vision Modelin" the Penns Ivania Railroad L- t 2-8-2 with

52 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 GHQ's cast-metal conversion kit for Kato's critique of the N scale Cumberland Valley Railroad with sector plate staging yards, by Ed Vo ndrak, Mikado, June 1998. of Bill and Wayne Reid, by the Reids and Doug February 1997. Upgrading Kato's hlctory-painted GE C44-9W diesel Gurin, July 1994. Steel mills, concrete dealers and other heavy industry with details and new decals, by Bill Pearce, July Jim Providenza's double-deck Santa Cruz Northern, on portable, modular layouts. The Calypso Yard 1998. based on the We stern Pacific Railroad, appeared in Railroad. by Phil Baggley, March 1997. the December 1991 issue, and articles on the oper­ Upgrading Model Power 40-fo ot box cars to duplicate Two shortlines. a dogbone-style walk-in layout for ations on that model railroad appeared in the May lO x 14 reet in HO scale, by Ed Vondrak, April 1920- 1923 AAR 40-foot single-door box cars, by and July 1992, May, June and September 1993 and 1997. Keith Kohlmann, August 1998. July 1994 issues. Adapting N scale modular layouts to NTRAK inter­ Upgrade Kato's GE Dash 9-44CW to match BNSF Modeling Minnewaukan, North Dakota. prototype faces on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's New prototypes, by Buzz Lenander, September 1998. plans circa 1902 and 1970. December 1994. River Subdivision, by Bernard Kempi nski, August Upgrade InterMountain's PFE R-40-23 reefers, by 8 x 9-foot double-deck 1-10 scale layout. the Coquille 1996 and May 1997. Keith Kohlmann, September 1998. & Crescent City, by Ed Vondrak, February 1995. "A Change of Scene," Part IV: Changing locomotives Upgrade E-R Models and Model Power bay window 10 x 20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale and rolling stock to recreate HiI1lon, Wes t Virginia cabooses with Micro-Trains ladders. railings. Ve rmont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield as it was on June 15, 1956 and November IS, 1973, wheelsets and couplers, January 1999. Railroad. April 1995. May 1997. Kit-Conversion and upgrade for InterMountain's SO­ 10-root 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch N scale (adaptable. in Staging tracks on a giant turntableas part of around­ foot box car to a Pennsy X-38 car in N scale by the same space to 1-10scale) shelf layout plan. The the-wall layout designed for lO x 12 fe et in HO Keith Kohlmann, February 1999. Westmolll Central, by Ed Vo ndrak. June 1995. scale, the Waldport & East Ridge, by Ed Vondrak, Upgrade Kato's EMD GPSO to match a Santa Fe pro­ 10-I'oot 4-inch x 9-I'oot 7-inch HO scale shelf layoul July 1997. totype, by Bill Pearce, February 1999. plan, the Auburn & Wi nchester. by Ed Vondrak. Two decks. no helix, a double-deck layout in 1-10 scale 40-foot AAR 1932 box car kit-conversion and August 1995. for a 9-foot 7-inch x I I-foot space. October 1997. upgrades from Model Power reefer models. by 27x47-J'00t 1-10 scale DM&IR (Missabe Northern) 12 x 18-foot N scale shelf layout based on the BN and Keith Kohlmann, April 1999. double-deck layout as built and as projected Union Pacific operations in the Coeur d'Alene improved version, by Jeff Otto, December 1995. mountains, December 1997. Union Pacific cabooses in N scale from Golden West NTRAK module planning using transition modules "A Change of Scene," changing eras from July 1945 Models kits, by Bill Pearce. May 1999. and multi-module sets for more realistic scenes, by to July 1974, with locomotives, rolling stock and Milwaukee Road rib-side box cars from Micro-Trains Kelley Newton, December 1995. vehicles on Rick McClellan's HO scale Frisco or DeLuxe Innovations models, by James R. lO x 20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale Rai lroad. February 1998. Nelson. June 1999. Vermont-ba,ed Danby, Ludlow & Springfield Modeling real world scenes fro m the Frisco on Rick Kit-conversion: 40-foot 1932 AAR box cars fro m Railroad, April 1995. McClellan's 1-10 scale layout, February 1998. Model Power reefers, b:y Keith Kohlmann. July 10-root 4-inch x 9-1'001 7-inch N scale (adaptable, in Railroad on a wall; five I x 6-1'001 shelf layouts with 1999. the same space to 1-10 scale) shelf layout plan of carnoat interchange between shelves. by Ed Body-mount Micro-Trains couplers on lowered cars, The Westmont Central, by Ed Vondrak, June 1995. Vondrak. April 1998. by Bill Pearce, October 1999. 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch 1-10 scale shelf layout Layout design using specific prototype track arrange­ plan. the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed Vo ndrak. ments, struclUres and scenery on Doug Taylor's LAYOUT DESIGN August 1995. HOn3 East Broad To p layout, May 1998. 17-I'oot x 7 f'oot 6-inch HO scale Modoc Mine Division (Ar/icle appears 011 pages 21-35 oj /his isme.) - Modeling from the prototype: recreating scenes along or the Santa Fe Southwestern. by Ed Vo ndrak, the Burli ngton Northern in Iowa on Steve Most or the articles on layouts already completed October 1995. Rosnick's 1-10 scale layout, June 1998. in our monthly series "Your Layout. On To ur" include Using removable and interchangeable structures or Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Sunnyside a track diagram that indicates approximately where dioramas to model different eras on the same lay­ passenger yard and the Long Island Railroad's the track is routed. These plans are intended to give out or module as parts of the "A Change of Scene" Freight Yard in 1-10 scale, by Nicholas Kalis. July you a general impression of the layout and where the series, January 1996. 1998. photographs were taken. Few modelers would have Modeling specific real railroad scenes on the L&N. as Modeling the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, with identical spaces where they might want to duplicate recreated by Michael George in 1-10 scale. February notes on yard operations, in HO scale by Ted these layouts exactly. Most of the track plans listed 1996. Wilks, August 1998. below, however, include the precise locations of curve Two lO x II-root rooms, 1-10 scale Cedar Falls & "A Change of Scene," Part VI: Temporary changes of centers, the locations of turnout points and frogs and Maple Valley, by Ed Vondrak, March 1996. season or era, by Gary I-Ioover, September 1998. the locations of track elevations. All of these locations Turnouts versus sector plates, a pair of 2 x 8-foot A revisit to modeling the Louisville and Nashville are necessary to recreate andlor modify a plan in full switching layouts with the space-saving advan­ Railroad's Knoxville and Atlanta Division in 1-10 size to build that model railroad. Some of the articles tages 01' the sector plate. by Ed Vondrak, May scale, by Michael George, September 1998. are discussions of track planning principles that apply 1996. Modeling midwestern Union Pacific engine terminals to any layout. Building racks to transport and store modular layout on HO scale modules, by Mel Johnson, October Ottawa Si lica S and prototype plant photos with both sections, by the Midwest Va lley Modelers, May 1998. model and prototype track plans. August and 1996. The Smithfield and Western, a lO x IO-foot 1-10 scale September 1989. Girford & Tiosa RR. a bedroom-sized layout for HO shelf layout with a second deck of staging reached Frank Ellison's town, Donaldson, and its oil depot. or N scale, by Ed Vondrak. August 1996. via a vertical turnout, by Ed Vo ndrak, November November 1990 and April 1991. Modeling the Norfolk & Western Railroad's 1998. B&O on two decks in N scale (4 x 16 fe et) or 1-10 Shenandoah Division in HO scale in a 52 x 94-foot The Aberdeen Short Line, a 2 x 7-foot 1-10 scale shelf scale (5.5 x 29 fe et), March and June 1991. basement, by Jim Brewer, October 1996. layout with behind-the-scene staging and rail­ AT SF/BN/D&RGW "Joint Line" on two decks, in A point-to-point layout with a loop and easy staging marine cartloat staging, by Ed Vondrak. March HO scale, in 12.7S x 20.S fe et. July and August for two towns. by Don Coppola. November 1996. 1999. 1991. Adapting a prototype oil refinery track plan to an BNSF/CP Rail Joint Line from St. Paul, Minnesota. Thurmond, West Virginia, February 1990 and April NTRAK module, by Buzz Lenander, November south, in HO scale, by Mike Soebbing, April 1999. 1992. 1996. Aberdeen Short Line track plan for 2 x 7 fe et. by Ed Frank Ellison's town, Raymondale. with plans and "A Change of Scene," using oil depots to recreate Vondrak. May 1999. background planning "A To wn Is More Than A industrial scenes circa 1931, 1946. 1956 and 1966. Baltimore & Ohio Freight Yard in New York City. in Station," May 1992 and April 1993. January 1997. S x 8 feet for 1-10 scale or 3 x S feet in N scale. by Modeling the city. a compact track plan (2.5 x 6.5 feet Modeling the Southern Railway's "Rathole" division Y.S. Roseman, September 1999. in HO scale, I x 3.S feet in N scale or 4.5 x 12 feet in HO scale, by J.D. Smith, February 1997. Modeling the Delaware & Hudson Railway, Second in 0 scale, June 1992. Knightstown andlor Princeton, a single or double­ Subsidivion in HO scale, by To ny Steele, October Layout design improvements for existing layouts, a deck shelflayoul for 10 x 10 fe et in 1-10 or N scale, and November 1999.

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& . ManufacturerHO/Importer, Prototype1\1, Min. 0, Max. S Max. Tra ctive Throttle (JMagazine' S�Manufacturernmporter�LE PrototypeLOC Min. OMOMax. Max. TractiveTI ThrottleVES Magazfne Speed No. 6 Speed Force (oz.) Response Date Speed No. 6 Speed Force (oz.) Response Date switch (smph) (smph) Mldload (v.) switch (smph) (smph) Midload (v.) HO Scale Diesels N Scale Diesels Athearn (as·is) EMD GP38·2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' 151.4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991 Alhearn (w/Helix Humper EMD GP38·2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 Arnold Alco S2 1.90 can motor co nversion) Alias EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct. t995 Proia Power Wesl EMD F7 A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 Atlas (with DCC decoder) EMD GP 40-2 .42 203.7 .73 3.6 May 1998 (Alhearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2 6) May 1990 Alias EMD SO 60 1.63 222.4 0.90 1.6 March t999 Alhearn/PPW, weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 30 May 1990 Atlas/Kato GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989 Athearn w/NWSL molar EMD GP38·2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990 (.31) (189.6) (1.37) (2.0) June 1989 Athearn w/NWSL molar. EMD GP38·2 Allas/Kato EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990 weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990 AllaS/Kato EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 Atheari1lProlo Power Bachmann EMD SD40-2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept. 1989 Wesl w/replacemenl Bachmann wiN Scale of EMD SD40-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989 Wheelsets: Nevada Chassis NOrlhWest Short Line EMD GP38-2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Oct. 1990 110.1 3.2 Aug. 1998 Jay-Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990 Bachmann/Spectrum EMC Gas Elec. 20.0 0.38 .44 Athearn GE C44-9W 1.85 100.7 3. 18 3.6 March 1996 Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8·40C 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Bachmann/Spectrum EMD DDA40X .35 163.9 1.13 3.8 Sept. 1997 Atlas Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992 Atlas/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 Kato Alco PA1 (& PB1) 1.43 167.7 1.25 1.7 Dec. 1998 Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 (1.07) (156.8) (2.328) (1.8) Dec. 1998 Bachmann-Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3. 17 2.9 July 1992 Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 Bachmann-Plus EMD F7 A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) (1.92) (2.3) Aug. 1993 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Kato GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990 1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112. Kato GE Dash 9-94CW .11 198.2 .84 1.4 Nov. 1997 Con-Cor/Roce EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 Kato Alco RS2 .30 167.7 .52 1.4 Sept. 1999 (wilh Mashima can molor) Key/Endo EMD F7A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 Con-Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sept. 1996 Con-Cor EMD SW1500 (SW 7) 1.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997 (.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992 E-R Models (FratesChi) Alco F'A 1 1.95 t14.2 2.39 5.4 Oct. 1993 Life-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.0 Aug. 1989 E-R Models (Frateschi Alco FA 1 .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 E-R Models EMD FP7A 3.70 92.8 3.24 3.4 May 1999 Life-Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 Genesis, by Athearn SD751 2.12 110.0 4.01 3.5 July 1999 (.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 IHC EMD E8A (& E8e) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 Feb. 1995 Life-Uke Alco PA1 2.97 139.7 1.21 3.4 Nov. 1998 (1.50) ) (5.03) (4.8) Life-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994 25 ounces added � (with Y«light) 2.97 : 4.38 7.4 Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 136.6)� (8.75) 1995 (1.88) \ � (6.4) Feb. life-Like EMD SD7 .29 121.11 .48 2.45 June 1996 IHC EMD SD35 4.38 23.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 q Life-Like EMD E7A 3.14 140.6 1.33 4.3 Feb. 1998 Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 EMD SW9 .45 106.9 .40 2.0 April 1998 Kato/Slewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989 life-Like (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989 life-Like EMD GP20 3.59 116.6 .57 1.6 June 1999 Kala EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Model Power/ Kala EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3. 14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990 Kala G.E. Dash 9-44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Oct. 1996 SamhongsalHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989 Kato Alco RS2 1.48 78.7 3.40 2.0 Feb. 1999 (.35) (t51.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989 Kato Alco RSC2 2.58 75.2 4.19 2.1 Feb. 1999 Keyslone/NWSl GE 44-Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' N Scale Steam Locomotives Hobby town EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 Kato USRA 2-8-2 3.10 111.8 .7 2.5 April 1996 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 & Oct. 1997 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 �;: 1��ri Kato USRA 2-8-2 4.80 122.5 1.04 2.9 June 1998 AjiniOverland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 (GHQ PRR L-1) AliniOverland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 AURu�1 1�� 1.27 June 1997 �����erland Models E G 2 79.2 1.95 2.0 �v. 1991 Key Imports C&O 2-6-6-6 .59 96.9 3.8 � Pecos River 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 �rJ D cf$�o 5 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 ATSF 4-6-2 .44 Model Power PRR 2-8-0 4.77 73.8 0.85 1.5 August 1996 Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 Proto 1000 Lifa_Like EMD F3 .19 80.8 3.69 3.7 January 1999 Rivarossi (w/N Scale of USRA 2-8-2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Proto 2000 Life-Like Aleo FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991 Nevada frame & NWSL Proia 2000 Life-Like EMD Bl2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' Sagaml 1420 can motor) Proia 2000 Life-Like EMD GP9 .06 79.2 3.29 4.8 March 1998 Proia 2000 Lile-like EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Proia 2000 Life-Like EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 S Scale Diesels EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 Proto 2000 Life-Like American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD SW9/SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 j S Helper Service EMD SW9 .29 55.6 4.32 1.7 Oct. 1998 Speclrum achmann EMD F40PH Phase 111.39 80.3 3.79 U �:6 m� Spectrum Bachmann GE Dash 8-40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 Spectrum Bachmann GE Dash 8-40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 �:j �:6 1��� o Scale Diesels Spectrum Bachmann F-M H16-44 2.32 49.5 1.27 2.4 July 1997 Central loco. Works EMD F7A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989 Spectrum Bachmann EMC Gas Elec. .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Spectrum Bachmann EMD DDA40X .68 133.5 6.68 (.20) (65.5) (39. 10) (4.0) Sept. 1989 Stewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 �:� ���: 1 ��� Key/Samhongsa Alco PA1 .41 76.2 21.85 5.6 April 1992 Slewart Hobbies Alco C628 1.20 69.5 2.92 P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990 WalthersIRoco EMD SW1 .21 53.3 2.47 U M��C� m� (.24) (74.1) (12.80) (1.9) June 1990 WalthersiTrainline Alco FA1 (& FBI) .31 68.7 4.47 �:� April 1997 paD Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 (.16) (65.3) (8.22) ( ) Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 WalthersiTrainline EMD GP9M 1.1a 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989 WalthersiTrainline with Alco FA 1 .98 92.1 3.9 n/a Sept. 1998 Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 August 1995 0 MRC DCC Coder Alco FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (19.25) (2.0) August 1995 HO Scale Steam Locomotives Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2. 1 July 1993 Atlas GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Bachmann-Plus SP 4-8-4 .18 1 12.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 o Scale Steam Locomotives BO E Ii SamhongsalHalimark On3-EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989 �� \ � � ) e � � �PIY B&O 0-4-0T .90 102.4 t.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 Bowser PRR H-9 2-8-0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 IHC 4-4-0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 G Gauge Diesels IHC/Mehano B&O 0-4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992 Alias EMD SW8I9 .63 60.1 12.49 2.1 April 1999 IHClMehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 N/A April 1990 IHC/Mehano C&O 4-8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sept. 1994 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 IHC 2-8-0 .42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 Railway Express Agency Alco FA I 3.79 68.2 15.25 N/A July 1990 Key Imports UP 4-8-8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 August 1991 Ufe-Uke B&O 0-4-0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Dec. 1992 G Gauge Steam Locomotives Mantua 2-6-6-2 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 1991 Aristo-Crall (ART) B&O 4-6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Oct. 1991 Mantua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 Aristo-Crall (ART) & PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Mantua 2-8-2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Lehmann (LGE) 0-4-0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 N/A May 1992 Mantua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 199t Bachmann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992 Mantua 0-4-0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 Mantlla with 812 Can Molar 0-4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 Bachmann Radio- Controlled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 25.2 28.81 N/A June 1989 Ajin/Overland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept. 199t Precision Scale (Iron Horse)UP 4-10-2 7.02 53.0 3.08 2.9 Jan. 1998 Bachmann Track- Powered Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Oct. 1990 Rivarossi 4-6-6-4 5.90 71.6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997 Dellon Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.00 Dec. 1989 Rivarossl USRA 2-8-2 1.78 70.7 4.47 2.4 May 1997 2.0 N/A Samhongsa/Powerhouse USRA 2-6-6-2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 LGB 2-6-0 2.65 54.8 22.45 Nov. 1991 Spectrum (BaChmann Reading 2-8-0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 2 4 N/A July 1994 Spectrum Bachmann PRR 4-6-2 1.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 t��el :�I�:rn��_�� i� ��.� ��� 1.8 Det. 1989' Spectrum Bachmann Baldwin 2-8-0 .30 83.7 2.83 2.4 July 1998 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991 l Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4-0 .82 67.1 13.18 Jan.1991 Speclrum Bachmann K4 4-6-2 .72 80.8 2.50 2.4 Oct. 1999 1.3 Westside 'Classic'I SP 4-6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992 Note: Figures in parentheses are for two locomotives operated tooether.

S6 RAILMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 l WHAT'S NEW ... IN HO j

NorthWest Short Line, Box 423, Seattle, WA 98111 offers a full range of HO scale metal wheel sets for either RP25 standards or these new P:87 (Code 64) finescale with smaller flanges and narrower treads. There's a choice of 28 or 33-inch wheels with either shouldered or pointed axle ends for $7.95 a set of four, or 36 A.W. Enterprises, Inc., P.O. Box 4171, Evansville, IN 47724 is importing this Forney 0-4-4T in both or 40-inch at $10.95 a set of four. HO and HOn3. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for more information.

Cape Line Models, Box 493, Wilbraham, MA 01095 is offering injection-molded plastic to build the Allied Full Cushion trucks. The kits are Vinegar Rail Products, P.O. Box 23, Mt. Pulaski, IL 62568 is offering 3-ounce genuine lead underframes for $5.95 per pair. the InterMountain 60-foot flat cars. The material is the dangerous material that few manufacturers use, but warnings are included. The underframe is $10.00 plus $3.00 postage or two for $20.00 including postage.

GHQ, 28100 Woodside Rd. Shorewood, MN 55331 is producing a series of cast-metal vehi­ cle kits in HO scale including this 1953 IH farm tractor with farmer for $12.95. A McCormick Kato's ESD 40-2 is available now without dynamic brakes in BN, C&NW, CSX, EMD, NS, Up, Milwaukee 200 Manure Spreader and a 3-Bottom Plow are and undecorated or with dynamic brakes in MP, CN, UP and Soo markings. also available.

RAILMODELjOURNAL · OCTOBER 1999 57 ------[ WHAT'S NEW ...IN HO SCALE] ------

West Shore Line, 102 Walter Dr., Syracuse, NY 13206 is now shipping cast-resin kits to recre­ ate the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's M-53 "wagontop" 40-foot box cars. The kit is $26.95 with decals, but less trucks and couplers.

TCS Models, 32320 Redwood Blvd, Avon Lake, OH 44012 is now shipping a craftsman kit to recreate the NKP Small To wn Depot. The kit is $26.95 plus $4.00 shipping and handling or you can find it at your dealer.

The Amarillo Railroad Association is offering ready-built InterMountain models of the PS-2 4750 cubic foot capacity covered hoppers for $25.00 each plus $4.00 shipping and han­ dling. There's a choice of ten road numbers.

Downtown Deco, 4319 Rainbow Dr., Missoula, MT 59803 is now shipping Countryside Models, P.O. Box 5212, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 is producing the third building in their "Addams Avenue" series, the Place Hotel. The injection-molded plastic kits to build this Workshop, Homestead Barn and Hydrocal kit includes plastic windows, full color signs and a stencil for the Garage/Filling Station. They also offer farm tractors, fencing, figures and Card Room" sign. The kit is $39.95 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. metal detail parts.

58 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 [ WHAT'S NEW ... IN S & 0 SCALE ------______]

The Mountain Empire S Scale Associates (MESA), P.O. Box 1201, Westminster, CO 80030-1201 is offering black CB&Q Ps-2 three­ bay covered hoppers as S scale painted and let­ tered ready-to-run models by S Helper Service. The Models are $39.95 plus $5.00 postage and handling. Two road numbers are available.

Des Plaines Hobby, 1468 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 60018 is offering injection-molded plastic replicas of the FMC exterior-post double-door 50-foot box cars in a variety of road names. The S scale kits include dcecals. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for more information.

Rails Unlimited, 126 Will Scarlet, Elgin, IL 60120-9524 is producing 0 scale cast-resin kits to duplicate the Milwaukee Road rib-side 40- foot and 50-foot box cars. The body kit is $55.00 less trucks and couplers. Assembled and painted models are $160.00.

I S Helper Services, 2 Roberts Road, new Brunswick, NJ 08901-1621 is now shipping S scale track with built-in roadbed. The track includes injection­ molded plastic ballast and simple snap-toether assembly. 10 and IS-inch straight sections and 19-inch radius curves are available now the turnouts due later this winter.

South Wind Models, P.O. Box 3175, Plant City, FL 33564-3175 is importing 5 scale brass repli­ cas of Four-Truck 200-ton flat cars with a choice of a boiler or two styles of transformers for loads for $285.00 or without load for $240.00. The models are painted and lettered with Kadee cou­ plers.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . OCTOBER 1999 59 FIRST IN MODEL RAILROADERS' 1997 READERS' CHOICE A WA RD IN Don't drop that screw! HO SCALE ROLLING STOCK AND THIRD IN PRODUCT OF THE YEAR! HOLD IT WITH A NON-MAGNETIC HJJ iJ MOOEL X �r.R'FW-H( DRIVER for Types IA & II cross recess screws, and small diameter slotted screws.

No. 3X and No. 3EX DRIVERS­ .�, 6', S", 10" lenglhs, lor #6, #8, #10, #12, #1/4" screws.

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HIGH LEVEL SWITCH STAND - Molded on pins for direct connection - 2 pins for selective mounting - 1800 handle rotation turns targets 900 EMD F-7A New - .025 "dia" rod for 8' high target - May be possible to operate targets from (Phase I) Shell Kit EMD F -7B Shell Kit below the table Now Available: Now Available:

Model 204S has internal stainless steel springs #44001 New Yo rk Central - #44501 New Yo rk Central - for machine overtravel and turnout point ten- Lightning Stripe $74.95 Lightning Stripe $64.95 sian. #44002 Southern Pacific ­ #44502 Southern Pacific - 6 molded ABS targets supplied. $74.95 Black Widow $64.95 Decorate as you require Black Widow #44003 Union Pacific $74.95 #44503 Union Pacific $64.95 HO Scale with .190" travel $44.95 1 03R Rigid Stand ...... ,," $4.94 #44097 Undecorated $49.95 #44597 Undecorated (Sup/iy your own spring) 204S Spring Stand .,,""""""""""" $5.25 Another work of art fro m Add $2.00 handling per order InterMountain Railway Company Il residents add 61/4% saleslax 30 E. NiniJ1 Ave. - PO. Box 839 , Longmont, CO 80502 1861 J Ridge Dr. Avai lable at your hobby dealer. For information call: 1-800-472-2530 or Fax: 1-303-772-8534. IL CABOOSEnmumm:S Freeport, 61032 E-Mail: [email protected]. Web Site: http://www.intermountain-railway.com 60 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' OCTOBER 1999 I

Make It Look Real Make your layout look like it goes on for miles on with these background structure kits! Based popular Cornerstone Series'" kits, these bUIld­ ings give your backgrounds three-dimensional HO Scale the structures to realism. Yo u can angle or thin Industrial District in a Few Inches them between your the Variety fit your pike. Just place With its curtain wall construction multi-paned windows, added depth. Use them your industrial track and backdrop for Printing Co. Ltd. Building Front is a great addition to with Instant Horizons for extra realism. and a truck dock on one end,. this zone. Complete with street entrance . multiple kits versatile kit blends in perfectly with foreground bUildings. Use inches. painted differently to create a vast industrial district in just a few Kit includes walls, roof section and realistic decals for several different HO Scale 12-114 wide x 1-314 deep x 6- 11/16" tall. Squeeze In One More industries. Kit measures Industry 933-3161 $21.98 Add an industry along your wall or backdrop with the Centennial Mills Inc. Building Back. Perfect for loading or unload- ing box cars and covered hoppers, this kit includes the track side of the mill complete �::1 with wall mount dust collec­ tors, loading canopy, and realistic decals for several businesses. Kit measures 10-3/1 6 wide x 1-15/1 6 deep x 8-711 6" tall. 933-31 60 $21.98

HO Scale Smoke it up! Ta ke existing heating plants, factories, breweries or any other structures that have smokestacks and give them a new look with this tall Brick Smokestack. Kit includes two 10-1/4" inch tall Brick Smokestacks molded in appropriate colors. 933-3509 $9.98 Keep it Cool Here's a really common 1960s-era box car that every diesel-era railroad can use. The Ready-to-Run 50' North American Smooth Side Box Car hauls anything that needs to be kept at a constant tem­ perature. Ready-to-run cars feature plug door and fine rivet detail. HO cars include knuckle couplers, N cars include standard couplers. Roadnames include: Chicago & North Western, Denver & Rio Grande Western, Southern Pacific, New Yo rk Central, Burlington Route (BREX), Western Pacific, Magcobar, Sterling Salt and Undecorated. HO singles: 932-3450 series $1 2.98, 2-packs: (with different numbers) 932-23450 series $24.98, N singles: 932-8950 series $9.98, 2-packs: (with different numbers) 932-28950 series $19.98

HO Scale Breathe Easy - Add these to the walls HO Scale - of major industries for "That'll Do!" [ a realistic look. Wall That's what brakemen Mount Dust say when freight cars Collectors cut down are near the Bumper on dust inside food at the end of a spur. processing plants, Easy-to-assemble mills, woodworking styrene bumpers snap r See these hot new plants, into place and require furniture factories, no special insulation or products at your chemical plants, HO Scale gapping. Parts come Walthers dealer. Build New Skyline textile mills and A molded in appropriate www.walthers.com businesses that Perch these Wooden Water Ta nks on any colors, 12 in each 5601 W. Florisl Ave. Milwaukee, WI 53218 handle and cut paper. industrial building in your business district. package. 933-3511 J Pre-production models shown; Perfect for industries that use water and Kit comes with an $9.98 some details may vary. Colors awning, piping, liquids, these structures also make great shown are painted by modeler; places for business and factory names. paint nol included. Figures, brackets, and three vehicles and other accessories collectors, Kit includes three wood tanks with stands. sold separately. ©1999 Wm. K. Walthers, Inc. 933-351 0 $9.98 933-3507 $9.98 "Building a Complete Roadbed System" N HOn3 HO S 0 Tin-Plate New 60° bevel roadbed Suggested Retail Price N 64' Mixed Box 45° Bevel $22.99 -LINE HO 80' Mixed Box 45° Bevel $39.99 A ''Come Alive with DetaIl" Add $4.00 more for 60° Bevel, either scale

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Our thanks goes to the readers of MtJdel BaiJroaderand discerningmodelers everywhere who helped make the SPeetru� 2-8-0 Consolidation "1998 Product of the Year. " We are trulyhonor ed! In celebration of this achievement, we're addingseven new roadnames to the 2-8-0lineup this fall. Now you'll have even more ways to enjoy this outstandinglocomotive.

From our large scale Shayand HO 2-8-0 (whinersof 1997 and 1998 Product of the Ye ar, respectively) , to our01130 line andJarge scale Climax, the recognition of our efforts hasinspired us to even greater heights of excellence. We urge you to look product introductions comingyo ur fall: AWARDS for additioual way this our HO scale Cityscena'"building kits, 0n30 freightcars andHO USRA4-8-2 Light Mountain. You can �ect the bestfrom Bachmann. . 1998

Unlettered Black ITEM No. 11410

Union Pacific Baltimore + Ohio Southern (green) /HMNO. 11411 IHMNo. 11412 ITEM No. 11413

w. M. Fireball • Santa Fe • Boston + Maine • Rock Island ITEM No. 11414 ITEM No. 11415 /HMNO. 11416 ITEM No. 11418

• Nickel Plate Road .New York Central •Western Pacific • Clinchfield /HMNo. 11419 /HM NO. 11420 IHMNo. 11421 IHM NO. 11422

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