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The Reader Writes: Volume 7 FEBRUARY 1943 Number 37 IMPROVEMENT FOR "A RAILROAD TELEGRAPH" Frederick and Allen Sauder of TABLE OF CONTENTS Lexinit;on, Ohio, submit a suggested improvement on a device whose con­ struction was described in the article "A Railroad Telegraph," published LOCOMOTIVE CONVERSIONS Page 4 in the December, 1942 Model Builder. They write "We find that better results are obtained from the auto- DEMOUNTABLE LAYOUT 8 matic telegraph code sender when the holes punched in the paper tape are made VA-inch in diameter. The 1A- HOW TO CONSTRUCT A WHOLESALE GROCERY 9 inch holes seem to make the dots too long unless the tape is passed quite rapidly through the sender." ST. FRANCIS .& CHARLES RAILROAD 12

WANTS MORE MAGAZINES FUN AND ACTION WITH YOUR ENGINE WHISTLE 16 William F. Love, Jr. of Rochester, N. Y., Wl'ites: "I'm sure that many of the subscribers to the Model Build­ TOOTS AND WHISTLES 19 er will agree with me when I say that it is about the best railroad magazine published at tne present time. The FATHER AND SON PARTNERSHIPS 20 only setback is that it is only pub­ lished six times a year. The information extended in the MAKING A SAND AND GRAVEL YARD 24 Model Builder is for both "0" and "00" Gauge, and 1 think that both types of subscriber are ready and willing to pay more for Model Builder "00" HORSESHOE LAYOUT 27 magazines if they are printed every month. Here's to bigger and more Model Builder magazines!" THIS FOR THAT 34

"0" GAUGE TRACK LAYOUT CONTEST 34 OUTSIDE THIRD RAIL Ray E. Heinly of Pottsville, Pa., writes: "I have just finished reading your last issue of Model Builder. Page 2. Helper engine hauling freight up grade on the Santa Fe Railway. Keep up the good work. How about some dope on outside third rails and engine power pickup Page 35. Line up of five of Southern Pacific's famous "Daylight" engines. for the same in one of your future issues of Model Builder."

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FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 3 LOCOMOTIVE

Two No. 763 factory-built locomotives contributed the parts a nd the basic construction which were used to make this giant 4-8-4 enlline.

HE most extensive stable.of locomotives ever to come to T the attention of Model Builder is owned by Robert J. Fos­ ter of East St. Louis, Ill. It con­ sists of twenty-one converted en­ gines, unusual in their varied char­ acteristics, although most of them were Hudson models before they were altered. Following is Mr. Foster's descrip­ t ion of his railroad and the engines pictured on these pages·: Feedwater pipes and lettering were added to a No. 763 engine and tender to make this model. My system was not constructed to show artistic ability, or to be a show place. I built it for the ex­ press .purpose of railroading. Sev­ eral of my friends and I get to­ gether , we switch our cars, make up our trains in order, following definite switch lists and then, when ready, t he trains are run. This is. repeated over and over, setting out and picking up cars, changing en­ gines, double heading on heavier trains, and to pull my grade. I can run two trains at one time efficiently, three trains or more cause trouble, as I have little or no This is a converted No. 225 locomotive and is used to haul local freight on the Foster layout. block system. My railroad is lo­ cated in a space measuring 20 by 30 feet. The entire space is taken up with main line, freight yards. coach tracks, and engine terminal. It is impossible to walk around the layout, as the platform is built right against the wall. The main line runs around the wall as closely as possible. My rolling stock consists of ap­ proximately 150 cars, of which 50 cars are various types of passenger cars, while the remaining 100 cars are freights. A Worthington pump enhances the appearance of this model which was a No. 763 Hudson. I like to re-design the iocomotives

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to suit myself. I started with Stand­ ard-wide gauge railroad equipment in 1926, which was disposed of in 1936, at the time scale 14, inch guage seemed to come into its own. No. 6602, 4-8-4, was formerly a Hudson 4-6-4, No. 763. The locomo­ tive bed was cut behind the third drive wheel, the third wheel having been removed, The frame was cut into, leaving that part with motor mounting separate from the frame. Another Hudson type was used then, cutting off the rear or third driver. The fact that the top of the locomo- In photograph above, the s h ape and position of the sand dome was a ltered on t h is model 4-8-4. tive frame or bed was flat gave me a good working surface to bolt the first three-wheel unit to the one pair of wheels that was removed from the second Hudson. This was easily lined up, so I then had a frame with four pairs of drivers, with mo­ tor frame and all together in a unit, that gave me my total length. The superstructure was then strip­ ped in the same way it was done for the No. 5400, mentioned later on. Only the cab remained. This tubu­ lar part was then cut into two por­ tions. The front half was mounted A tank type tender considerably changed the appearan ce of t his No. 763 en gine-tender o u tfit. to the front of the frame with the bolt down through the stack the way all Hudsons are mounted. The rear half was also mounted to the frame by means of the two screws that pass through the rear of the engine frame into a mounting in the fire­ box. This then mounted the front and rear ends to the frame. It was then necessary to anchor or couple these two portions so they would be rigid. A piece of brass bar was used, about % inch thick and Y2 inch wide and long enough to bridge the gap between the two sections of Superstructure of this model was altered considerably. Boiler was stripp ed , and tender revamped.

FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 5 A com parison between this model and the oriiinal No. 763 reveals what a ireat amount of work was done on it to obtain the results shown here.

the superstructure. By means of pletely new tender was built. exactly the same way as shown in small 2-56 screws, this brass bar No. 8000 is a 4-4-4-4, built from the diagram of boiler construction was mounted on the underside of parts left from the construction of of the Nos. 6602 and 6633. Total the top of the superstructure. This my two 4-8-4's, Nos. 6602 and 6633. wheel base for the No. 8000 is about then gave me a fairly firm founda­ A factory scale tender was used. 26%, inches, including tender. Over­ tion, so I could begin to make a new The locomotive has, what is sup­ all, length, front to rear coupler wrapping around the boiler struc­ posed to be two stacks enclosed in about 28 inches. ture similar to that on the No. 5400. the large rectangular structure you Since completion, the locomotive is A large course in t he middle then see at the top of the front end. This a huge success. It has become my built up my taper to front and rear. is a type used on the two large Union most powerful engine and will han­ New stack, sand dome and steam Pacific prototypes. Both units of dle considerably more cars than my dome were added, with r unning the drivers are geared. Boiler or former largest locomotives, the 4-8- boards pipe detail, etc. A com- superstructure was constructed in 4's, Nos. 6602 and 6633. It is a

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Page 6 MODEL BUILDER double locomotive, or one having two sets of driving wheels, with two pair of drivers to each set. It is not articulated, but both sets of drivers are mounted rigid. Even with its longer driving wheel base it nego­ tiates my curves very well. Each unit has a gear and I have connected the extra worm gear between both gears, so both sets of drivers pull giving better traction. All my locomotives were originally factory-built. I used the No. 225-E, A large amount of piping and other detail added to the engine gave this model individuality. and No. 226-E. The latter type can be readily converted to scale model operation, and converted in such a way as to work in very well with 1- Hudson types, or the Pennsylvania switcher. My two locomotives of the 225-E type are my No. 606, an 0-6-0 which I use for my switcher, and No. 2119, a 2-6-2 type, used for local fnlight. These locomotives when new were a lA, inch lower than the Hudson, so the superstructure or boiler was raised a lA, inch above the motor to equalize the heights Fee

FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 7 DEMOUNTABLE LA YOUT HE special feature of this miniature railroad plan T is that it can be taken apart in a minimum of time TRACK LAYOUT and stored in a minimum of space. In the small drawing immediately above are details of the table construction to illustrate how adequate support might be obtained by the use of only six legs, although more legs might be added to make the layout stronger and sturdier. In the small drawing at the right, above, is an ex­ planation of the manner in which the hillside is con­ 42 STRAIGHT TRACKS tructed. Blocks of wood are nailed to the table. On top 15 CURVED TRACKS of them, hardware mesh is formed to the contour desired I :l: STRAIGHT TRAGK. 6 R. H. SWITCHES and tacked into place. Then, thin coats of plaster are 4 L.H . SWITCHES applied. The track layout shows that there are two 2 SHORT PIECES ·lengths of track which must be cut to a special size. CUT TO FIT Track may be cut by using a hack saw.

Page 8 MODEL BUILDER How to Construct a 1f7holesale GROCERY OE BLOW, so the station agent will tell you, came he is selling in large volume to the retail grocers of to town with a pack on his back. H e was just a ped­ Donaldson and the neighboring crossroads hamlets. "You Jdler and nobody paid much attention t o him, but he come and get it, pay me spot cash, and I'll sell it to you made friends in his quiet way and built up a nice business cheaper", Joe says, which is the small town equivalent of selling his goods to housewives at their kitchen doors, the bi g city's "cash and carry". and it wasn't long before he needed a push cart, then a Anyway, the mythical Joe Blow has earned his place horse and wagon. He put a bell on the horse collar so in the model town of Donaldson and we present construc­ folks would know he was coming down their street. tion data that will enable you to build a wholesale grocery "Spotcash Joe", they called him. He was always say­ to his honor in your own railroad town. ing, "Credit costs money. I'll sell this mop cheaper than you can buy it anywhere else if you'll pay me spot FULL SIZE DIMENSIONS-SCALE DOWN TO YOUR GAUGE cash". It got so that he had to rent a little wareroom Front wall: 36 feet wide, 28 feet high. for his stock of goods, so nobody in Donaldson was sur­ Back wall: 21 feet high at eaves, 24 f eet hig!, at base of prised much when, later on, he rented that old building ven t ilator, 27 liz feet high at peak. Side walls: 22 feet wide, 21 feet hig h. on Main Street and set up in a regular business as a Doors: All are double hung. Office door is 5 feet wide, 7 feet wholesaler and called it by the name he was best known high ; others 6 feet wide, 7 liz feet high. Windows: 2 feet 8 inches wide, 5 feet high. Lowest windows by- The Spotcash Wholesale Grocery. are 2 Y2 feet, other first floor windows 5 Y2 feet, szcond The railroad ships him whole carloads of miscellane­ story windows 14 lh feet from ground level. Weatherboards: 4 inches wide. ous groceries from the big city jobbers; sometimes a car Window Frames: 5 inches wide. direct from the manufacturers. He's still a pedler, but

FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 9 The four walls are blanked from one piece of cardboard, scored and Spread the four walls flat on work table, plot doors and windows folded at the corners to fit snugly around a quarter-incb thick floor and cut them out accurately with a sharp knife. Note tha t office board. Note shape of the roof ventilator on back wall of building . door and windows in near corner are at ground level, others higher.

.I Lay bristol board beneath the wall panels and trace the outlines of Cement the window franles behind their respective wall openings. doors and windows. Remove and draw the sash frames, then cut out Cement bits of cellophane behind the window sash and smear them with sharp knife areas where cellophane windows are to be inserted. with thin black stain to give them a realistic appearance of being soiled.

Stain walls with medium gray stain made by thinning drop black Shadows; made by weather boards can be imitated by ruling ink lines from artist's tube in turpentine. Rule ink lines around windows and across the walls. Vertical lines where boards join will help to give doors to represent frames. Make one side and bottom of each heavier. building aged appearance. Stain some boards darker gray than others.

Page 10 MODEL BUILDER Make a template of the rear wall, lay it over the rear side of front A missing weatherboard or two will add to the neglected appearance wall and trace accurately the height, pitch and shape of ventilator. of the wholesale grocery. The shadows caused by missing boards are Cement strips here as the supports to which roof will be attached. made with pen and ink. The roof is in three sections. Color to suit.

Letter the sign on separate piece of cardboard. Fill in the letters with pen and ink. Lay a light yellow wash over the entire sign, then attach it to wall. Doors are drawn on bristol board and attached. A miniature light fastened near the roof will make 'a most attractive night scene. A piece of wire fastened to the floor board and twisted around the socket will hold it securely in its place. Run wires beneath the tabl.. .

FEBRUARY, 1943 Pag~ 11 ST. FRANCIS &

HEN Santa Clam; left an By CHARLES E. KECK cannot have the freedom of the electric train and track at road? W our house four years ago, The sharp curves have been used little did we realize that it was the to advantage, then concealed as beginning of the St. Francis and as much as is practical to banish Charles Railroad. Originally it was their absurdity. We like electrical an outfit mounted on a four by remote control, and think it far more eight foot plywood board, hinged in fun and much more realistic than the middle and with casters on one uncoupling scale couplers by hand edge so that it could be wheeled or even small mechanical couplers into a closet. It now has some 240 with a ramp. Rolling stock has feet of trackage, main and sidings, been built from recent articles in two towns, a mountain division, a "The Model Builder". We discard seaboard line, an engine yard, the bodies but retain the solenoid freight yard and passenger car stor­ operated coupling trucks. Inciden­ age tracks, twenty-four switches or Left to right are Frank, Charles and Butch. tally, if anyone changing to scale turnouts, six engines, six passenger trucks doesn't know what to do with cars, and twenty assorted freight The road started in 027, and will the old trucks, we do. By using a cars. be finished in 027. Possibly if we separate source of power to oper­ So in four years, the road has had known anything about railroad­ ate the couplers, we can make flying come a long way. The little world ing when we started, we would have switches that are honeys, and in­ through which it runs knows no selected something else, but since sure positive operation at all times. war, thrives on a prodigious busi­ we were blissfully ignorant of the A furniture factory, a coal mine ness, has a marvelous climate, every­ fact that anything else even existed and tipple, two coaling stations, and one is working, and there never is until we had made a fair start, we worm-driven turntable are all elec­ any sickness. There's tragedy of resolved to prove that we had made trically operated by panel control. course, for cars stall on crossings no mistake, and that 027 could be All buildings are illuminated, the even here, and get smacked by a made into a thoroughly realistic, de­ main streets have street lights. The streamliner; engineers get the speed pendable and rugged railroad, that tracks, main, yards and sidings, are bug and hit a curve too fast; once could "take it" from juvenile hands. all wired in divisions so that four­ in a great while two trains collide; We do . know, that on a partnership train operation, with two switchers bazardous occupations of the tiny road, where the junior partner has besides, can be maintained. Power inhabitants result in broken heads dozens of young friends who love is from a type "Z" transformer, and 'or arms. After all, some excite­ to play at railroading, the firm is four smaller transformers. Two ment has to happen to vary the tran­ wise to stick to tin plate. And what extra rheostats had to be incor- ,quility of this Utopia. fun is a railroad to a youngster who (Continued on page 30)

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~,'''' .... I' A solenoid opens valves to fill cars and a belt conveyor reverses the process interestin~ replica of a Danville, Illinois coal mine.

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Lookklg out over a colorful viaduct at a busy industrial scene, as a he avy Irei~ht dra~ rolls through on the St. Francis and Charles Railroad.,

FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 13. Bearing and gear parts for the construction of this model turntable were obtained from an alarm clock, a meccano set and an old emery wheel.

Towering Hotel St. Francis, ;n the daylight.

Layout 'has nuiDber of convenient stub tracka~ . Model scenery sUhouettes Ii hulle water t.... ' FrOiD tlUs river comea the power and Iillht.

Page 14 MODEL BUILDER. ImalUnation pushes away the walls which bound the room, and the painted backdrop of the model layout adds miles and miles of countryside.

Thfa is trackal1e which can be seen from main controlboard posldon.

And this is the contrd panel foell, upoended to reftlll the wlrinl1. Grain bins proYide plentJ' of buslneea for the road'. frell1ht trains.

FEBRU ARY, 1943 Page 1& !J!lore Fun and Action with your TRAIN WHISTLE BY RAYMOND F. YATES HEN Old No. 27 comes tearing around the curve W and down the straight­ away, it is good to be able to press a remote control button and have the locomotive blast ·out a real rail­ road whistle sign,aJ. If the train operations over"your layout are so complicated, however, that your at­ tention is required at more impor­ tant controls, then you might want to hook-up your locomotive whistle so that it will function automatic­ ally. There are several ways in which the whistle, built into the locomo­ tive, can be wired so that it oper­ ates when the train rolls over a certain section of track. These This a view of the other side of the whistle mechanism, with the pencil pointing to the air­ methods have been described in intake openings of the turbine. The rotor sucks in air and forces it along the chamber previous issues of this magazine. We are concerned in this article with feature into our railroad in the most is, in fact, built into a miniature the use of the No. 48W stationary economical manner. railroad station. On the side of the whistle, which will put the whistle The No. 48W stationary whistle station is a flat plate. When this plate is depressed, at the touch of the finger, a contact is made, cur­ rent is drawn from the track and the whistle is blown. Inside the station is a small elec­ tric motor of the high-speed type. This motor drives an air turbine, the blades of which,1l, pass rapidly before a slot. The resulting sound is an almost perfect reproduction of a locomotive whistle, deep and sonor­ ous. When the contact plate is tapped, the whistle is short and sharp. When .the contact plate is held .down for a few seconds the resulting whistle is loud and long. Combinations of these short and long whistles have been worked into The motor side of the electric locomotive whistle removed from the metal station. This high­ speed motor drives a sm,all turbine that forces air through a slot and into a whistle chamber. a whistle code by means of which

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Page 16 ' MODEL BUILDER case, two bare copper wires are run parallel and close together at the rail side. They are placed so that a special shoe mounted on the locomotive tender will just touch both wires thereby completing the circuit and blowing the whistle. The wires are mounted on the top edges of small strips of plywood. Each plywood strip is supplied with ramps at each end so that no particular attention need be paid to the direc­ tion in which a train may be travel­ ling. In the case of a long whistle blast, a piece of plywood strip about ( 12) inches long is used. (See Fig­ ures 4, 5 and 6). Short blasts may A No. 41 contactor is placed under the track and operated by passage of the locomotive. The weight of the locomotive closes the electrical circuit. One or more contactors may be used. be formed by strips half that length. These pieces are nailed in place along the locomotive engineer is able to with automatic signals, automatic the right-of-way and the nail-heads converse with his train crew, with watchmen, gates, etc. are set so that there will be no dan­ engineers of other trains, with tow­ If we consult the railroad manu­ ger of them short-circuiting the erman and, in fact, with anyone als, we will find the official whistle copper wires. within earshot. code, a part of which is reproduced It will be noticed from the draw­ The low, long, wailing engine here. Naturally every model rail­ ing that this installation may be whistle has come to be regarded as road owner would like to operate made in such a way that only two the symbol of railroading, the "voice his whistle according to the rules lengths of wire are used, even of the iron monster". Because it is and will be interested to know that though a signal with several short so important in railroading lore, it this may be done automatically or long blasts is desired. After the must not be overlooked by the mod­ and with precision each time the two pieces of wire have been eller. train passes a certain location. The threaded through the holes, it will The equipment for the whistle is apparatus may also be arranged in be necessary to pull them up as simple and compact and comes com­ such a way that the whistle code tightly as possible and anchor them. pletelY mounted inside a small metal relating to any situation or circum­ Otherwise they will become loose station. An insulated switch han­ stance may be employed and du­ and bulge and this will prevent the dle is placed on the base of the plicated each time the train passes special locomotive shoe from making building so that the whistle may be a certain point. simultaneous contact. (See Figure blown by hand. It should be pointed The device employed for this is 7) . A little fussing will be neces­ out here, however, that it is very very simple and may be assembled sary here before the device will func­ easy to install wires in such a way in a short time with materials tion smoothly, but function it will. that the whistle may be blown from which are easy to obtain. In any With this device, the train oper- any part of the layout. The method of doing this will be seen in Fig- ure 1 and Figure 2. The wires used for the remote control should ,.be of copper and should be at ~B/I~~ least No. 20 gage. Should the dis­ tance be over twelve feet, the wires ~;;:=~~0~~~~~ should be of No. 18 gage in order ~ ~ ~a5eboord to prevent a serious loss of voltage. /AI' L /." d.J. . hf lIoles il1 baseboard There are two methods that may "Ire oop pu ,e Iltj . be used in blowing the stationary FIGURE 4 whistle automatically. One in­ volves the use of the No. 41 auto­ matic ' contact device which is placed under the track and which Two bore is operated by the weight of the copper wi/'t!$ -~~~ locomotive. More than one blast 1101('5 in baseboard may be obtained by the use of ~ more than one of the contactors. It is also possible to have two blasts with a single contactor if the last car in the train is loaded with a '-- Spuia/ Confac/ piece of iron heavy enough to / Sho~ on Loco bring together the contacts of the Two bore copper wiJ'es %" Plywood S"pporf \ No. 41 device, when the car passes \ over it. Unless the device is very \ carefully adjusted, only the loco­ motive will operate it. It is also ~o be llointed out that the con­ ector holS other uses in connection

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ator does not need to pay any atten­ tor does not have to be completely tion to the blowing of the whistle. disassembled for this operation. Each time No. 27 reaches a certain There is another whistle kink that point in the layout, the whistle will might be worth mentioning. Those be blown on time and accurately. who operate their layouts on benches Every owner of a locomotive whis­ covered with thin plywood know that tle should take care to see that plywood acts as a sounding board board. this ingenious piece of equipment is and greatly magnifies unwanted The special contact shoe must be well cared for and that it is func­ noise. If used in this manner, the insulated from the body of the loco­ tioning properly. It should be oiled whistle motor may become an of­ motive tender. Otherwise electri­ lightly but frequently and its com­ fender but this can be very easily cal trouble will result. The function mutator kept clean. A bit of gaso­ remedied by mounting the whistle of the shoe is simply that of con­ line on a tiny piece of cotton and a building on a piece of sponge, thick necting the two bare copper wires match stick are all supplies that are felt or a piece of muslin or cotton running alongside the track. The needed to remove excess oil from folded several times over. This in­ constructional details of the device the commutator segments. The mo- sulates the motor from the base- are illustrated in Figure 8.

WHISTLE CODE SIGNALS

• Stop' Proceed. Flagman protect rear of train. - - -- Flagman return from west or south. -- --- Flagman return from east or south. Answers to any signal not otherwise provided for. When standini back. Answer to signal to back. When runninC, answer to signal to stop at next stat1 on • . Call for signals. - •• (Single track) To call attention of enaine and crews of trains of the same _class, inferior trains and yard enaines, and of trains at train order meetin£ points, to algnata displayed for a following section. If not answered by a train, the traiD displayfna the slanaIs must stop must stop and ascertain the cause. (Two or more tracks) To call attention of engine and train creWl of trains of the same class and to inferior trains movini in the same direction, and to yard engines to sianals displayed for a following section. -- • - Approachina pubUc crossinis at grade. To be prolonged or repeated until the C1'ossina i. reach ed. Approaching stations, junctions, railroad crossinas at Qrade, etc., as may be required . . Approaching meetint or waiting points. Inspect train Une for leak or for brakes sticking. Succession of short sounds. Alarm for persons or livestock on the railroa.d track.

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Page 18 MODEL BUILDER Page 19 Father and Son HE FATHER-SON partnership division of the and son for a highly ornamental station and station sheds, Model Builder contest was, of all, the most dif­ shown in the photograph below. In describing the sta­ T ficult to judge, for never before have so many tion Mr. Fermery writes: "On three sides of the platform photographs of excellent miniature railroad systems been there is an ornate marble balustrade, the vertical members submitted for any railroad competition. Some excelled in of which were turned by hand. Access to the station is one way and some in another, and nearly everyone showed up a central stairway of wide treads, curved at both ends. that a great deal of time, effort and intelligent planning There are twelve lights on the platform. These are of had gone into the construction of the layout. There were turned bronze, with molded plaster bases finished to imi­ more than half a dozen sets of pictures which would have tate marble. The lamps themselves are flashlight bulbs won a first prize in a normal contest, but the standard of frosted to shed a soft glow in the middle of this platform, all photographs was immeasurably higher than in any which forms the floor of the waiting room. There is a earlier competition. stairway going down to a passage under the tracks to The winners of the first prize were Frank D. and the lower train platform. Charles E. Reck. The Reck entry consisted of an album "Walls of the waiting room have long windows. The of about fifty photographs, a selection of which are re­ main building is decorated with medallions, fluted produced on other pages of this issue of Model Builder. pilasters egg-and-dart cornices, colored marble base, "0-27" track equipment was used for the layout, demon­ decorative motif around the clock and a rather ornate strating that, even with the most economical equipment, entrance vestibule with lacy grillwork, mural paintings, it is possible to construct a varied and unusually interest- vaulted ceiling of hand-carved, gilded panels, bracket ing railroad. . lights and revolving door. The second prize was awarded to Robert Bartlett Riley "Outside train platform has Spanish tile roofs, slightly and Robert J. Riley of Detroit, Michigan. The Riley curved at ends. They are finished in bright red. The railroad, pictured in part on the opposite page, is erected central supporting columns were turned by hand and on a table thirty-seven feet long and sixteen feet wide. are drilled along their axis for lamp wires. Lamps are Three-hundred-and-fifty feet of track are spread out on amber color, located above the columns under the roofs. two levels on the large table. They shed a warm light over the entire platform." The third prize was awarded to Georges H. Fermery Fourth prize was awarded (Continued on page .32 )

Winner of the third prize in the father-son competition is this carefully detailed railroad station constructed by Georges H. Fermery alld SOD.

Page 20 MODEL BUILDER Partnershi ps

Robert Bartlett Riley and Robert J. Riley built this attractive scenic railroad which includes an old covered brid~e and realistic farm scene.

The Riley road covers the top of a table 37 feet lon~ and 16 feet wide. Over 350 feet of track in the Riley layout is used on two elevations.

Coal yard which won fourth prize for Robert Blum occupies larCe area. Robert Blum's all-timber coalln~ depot and shed-covered elevator.

FEBRUARY, 194~ Page 21 Fifth prize was awarded to Charles and Glenn Petrasko of Cleveland, Ohio for this lifelike scene, photographed with street-light illumination.

Electrically operated lift bridge built by Paul J. and Paul D. Hiller.

Cables wound on GeoI"Ce E. and G. Edwin Demack won a prize with this oU derrick.

Page 22 MODEL BUILDER Elevated coal tipple silhouettLd against the sky. Built by Elmer Wolf. William H. Hazlett, Jr. constructed elaborate train shed for his road.

In one corner of John J. Craig's layout is this open-pit iron ore mine. Reproduced from a photograph in Life magazine by Sherman L. Offen.

'Waterfront scene from the layout of Robert Leary shows a wel1-constructed freighter passing under a bascuJe bridge, as it approaches pier.

:FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 23 aking a Sand

By FRANK C. ELLISON ILL B. QUICK, got his start in business by The Quick Sand & Gravel Yard is the oldest business trucking gravel from the gravel pits for grades in Donaldson. Old Man Quick's sons who now run the W when the railroad was being built years ago. yard, added a frame office building facing Main street. When construction work on the road was finished, he The old fellow takes life easy tilted back in a chair in the settled down in Donaldson and opened a sand and gravel shade of his trestle. The sons want to build a shed and yard, selling to local folks and supplying gravel for county warehouse to add lumber and a line of building materials. highWAY .construction; 'As business grew, -he bought the to the business, and to ad,vertise a ·new slogan-UCall low land on the edge of town-"the hollow", the villagers Quick For Building Supplies", but the old man won't called it-built a sturdy trestle {rom hand-hewn timber, have it, said he had to live down one of them thar slogans. squaring the logs himself with an adz, bought old rails coined by a village wit-UDon't Build Your House On which he spiked to the trestle and petitioned the rail­ Quick Sand". road to connect the rails to its sidetrack. This is pure wliimsy, but it has its value in model railroading. Build up a history for­ each of your structures-personal­ !.!(~ /{a i " ',,'1 '·2{j' ize them, put life, action, and reality r-It3,/.. " into your iron pike. ~, /-\" 91 I . ~ ,- - , ------, ---, __ L ______~ __ ...I Most small yards are on level ground and unload cars by the aim-­ pIe expedient of shoveling the ~'.~' ~1 sand or gravel over the sides to­ trackside bins aa old man Quick. TRESTLE BENT did when he was getting his start,_ Equa/r d"pilt but such a yard will provide no in-­ CONSTRUCTION N~uJSt1rl/ 01 d~p"ess"(", terest in a model railroad scene. in """" PiIH 6lfsiollf fDr The small commercial trestle creates· o Gauqe ­ an individual appeal quite apart Appra~ ilH" f6"( holl from other scenes along the right for 00 vow'Ie 'T 1 of way, It can set above flat table work and (Continued on page 92)

Page 24- MODEL BU ~LDER_ and Gravel · Yard

Longitudinal stringers are spaced one inch apart. Make the six bents erossties are in three lengths. Longest are placed over each bent, in­ and cement them to the stringers three inches apart on centers. termediates midway between long ones, shortest as fillers. Longer ties They should carry the tracks at neighboring rail height over depression. support trackside walkways and guard rails. Ties are laid on edge.

The walkway is laid with three'/4-inch planks. Use scale lumber or This picture shows the trestle positioned in the depression of train " Lindex" tabs. If not available, use cardboard strip and score plank table, street descending the hill, and the opening in sidewalk where joints. Hand railing is made from Lindex tabs split to 3/ 32 inch width. entrance gate will be located. Packing Company visible in background.

Bin partitions are made by cementing Lindex t a bs or thin planking The space between bents at outer end of trestle is left open for a . on cardboard. They are 6 inches long, 1 % inches high. Attach '/4 driveway. Bumper is whittled from small wood blocks and mounted inch square upright posts at outer ends. Stain bents and partitions. at end of track. The ladder is a strip of box car ladder material •

. FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 25 Wei~hin~ shed is made with rou~h plank walls. Windows have no Fence posts are pushed into holes in ~roundwork. Rails are fitted frames, may have sash. Roof is plain cardboard painted aluminum between posts. Plankin~ is cut to len~th and attached. Fence is 1 Yo and ruled with pencil to imitate corru~ated metal. Lindex plankin~. inches hi~h. Back wall of scale house, offset, forms part of fence.

Gate can be raised and lowered by a thread passed throu~h wire Cardboard office, 4 Ji,! inches lon~, 3 inches wide, 2 inches hi~h at eyelets attached to posts. Posts are Ji,! inch square, 4 Ji,! inches hi~h . eaves, is painted any dull color. Windows are 11/32 by l Ji,! inches, Crosspiece at top is 3 % inches lon~. Gate plankin~ Is I Yo inches lon~ . % inch from bottom. Rule in weather boards. Mount house on blocks.

Color trestle, fence and shed with thin black stain for weathered appearance. The bins are filled with sand, crushed rock, and travel. Put a roof sign on the office buildin~. Fill in the sides of the depression with plaster or several "Liken" shrubs. Switch No. 716 or No. 2956 scale model hopper cars loaded with sandd or gravel to the trestle, open the hopper doors and drop the load through to the bins below.

Page 26 MODEL BUILDER >,j ttl O;j '-00' Horseshoe Layout q~ > LTHOUGH it is only a very, very small track ~~ A layout, it is immense in the area it represents ...... by comparison to an "0" gauge, quarter-inch scale <0.... C<> system. Notice, for instance, how a modified oil refinery and storage tank yard has been included in the single circle of track at the lower, right side of the layout. The refinery is given its own track siding and two tank cars are stationed there in the drawing. Over on the other side of the rail­ road plan is a passenger station, freight depot and a broad boulevard with parked cars. One section of the main line track passes through a long tunnel at one corner and through a cut in the opposite corner. Tunnel and cut can be built out of plaster and hardware mesh, with wooden supports, as illustrated and described on Page 8 . . By means of a clever arrangement of switches, trains are able to travel in either direction over any part of the main line. This is one of the de­ sirable points to be looked for in any railroad plan. The table arrangement, in the form of a horse­ shoe makes it possible for the railroader to reach any point in the layout from the edge of the table. It also accommodates the control panel in a position which is just about as close as possible to all oper­ ations.

'00' GAUGE TRACK LAYOUT T-SI, STRAIGHT TRACK.' __ BUMPER ~'" S-V2 STRAIGHT TRACI<. C - )/2 CURVf.D TRACK t-:) "'! LOCOMOTIVE CONVERSIONS (Continued j?'orn page 7)

G. C. & N., Gulf Coast & Northern. So far this division has one 10como­ tive, pictured here as No. 160l. My 20th locomotive was completed in December. It is, as usual, a modi­ fied Hudson No. 763. The 4-wheel trailing truck was replaced by a 2-wheel truck, making a 4-6-2 or Pacific type. I used the standard This is the prize of the line a big 4-4·4·4, built from parts of two Hudson locomotives. Hudson boiler, cut half the cab away, made a new cab, or shell mounted pull Up a three percent grade with this operation resulted in my build­ over the portion that was left. This as many as 20 freight cars. ing the 4-8-4s. shortened the locomotive by an inch, The next locomotive, No. 3405, No. 6633, 4-8-4 was constructed making up for the shorter trailing was converted from a Hudson 4-6-4 in practicafly the same way as the truck. A small tender was added. type to a 4-4-4 type. One pair of No. 6602, except that the cab and Pipe detail and other additions were drivers was removed, the worm gear smokebox were completely covered, added. was shortened. The superstruc­ eliminating all appearance of the Due to the lack of desirable types ture was completely built up from factory model. A completely new ten­ of locomotives in a price range with­ my own materials. The only parts der was built. in my reach, I selected the Hudson, of this superstructure built by the In the 6602 and 6633, where a hoping that I could alter them in factory is the boiler front and bell. second Hudson was used to get the many ways. I believe I have done The tender is built up, but the fac­ fourth pair of drivers, it left a two­ just that. I probably have done more tory's scale trucks were used. pair driver unit similar to that of with the Hudson than any other one The following locomotives, Nos. No. 3405, 4-4-4 type. Rather than person. At first I did not notice 5200, 5203, 5204, 5217, 5249, 5252, construct two more 4-4-4 type loco­ the possibilities, until after I had 5268, 5284, are No. 763 Hudson motives, I decided on something en­ ten 4-6-4s. I then experimented, types. All tenders were built up to tirely new. By placing the two units with success. Had I started cutting my own design. The locomotive su­ together, complete with cylinders, I them up sooner than I did, I no doubt perstructures were slightly changed, made a double engine. The super­ would have had even more changed­ by additions of pipe detail and feed­ structure was constructed in the locomotives than I have. water heaters. Bell positions were same manner as for these two 4-8-4s. I would like to add here that what changed, and new pilots were added. No: 5299, formerly a modified Hudson No. 763, has no valve han­ ger or valve gear. The headlight and bell position were changed and a Worthington pump was added. Nos. 5338, 5344, 5376 were for­ merly modified Hudsons No. 763, • with the addition of feedwater heaters, pipe detail and scale ten­ ders. No. 5400 was formerly a modi­ No. 4607 has two· wheel trailing truck. Note pumps on side of engine and painting of wheels. fied Hudson, No. 763. I changed the superstructure of this locomo­ In each of the 4-8-4s the second an'd the model railroader needs is a num­ tive quite a bit. This was my first third pair of drivers had the flange ber of fairly cheap, well-constructed attempt to destroy the identity of removed, to enable them to negotiate locomotives, like the modified Hud­ the New York Central boiler struc­ 4-foot radius curves, and even a son, which can be rebuilt to suit in­ ture. I completely stripped the little less. The new 4-4-4-4, has the dividual tastes. It should be pos­ boiler, so that all that. was left was same drivers with flanges removed, sible to do this at small expense, a tube with a cab at one end and and while its total engine-wheelbase with replacement parts available, so the firebox below it. At a point is two inches longer than the 4-8-4s, that if parts are destroyed beyond about midway in this tube, I placed it will negotiate curves of practic­ repair, new parts are available. a :rather thick course of metal. Then ally the same degree. The total Many persons are sticklers for de­ with another wrapping of brass length of these three giant locomo­ tail. They could add exact detatil I made a taper of the front and tives is about 28 inches. They have to cover a particular prototype. Those rear courses, to give me what I a total wheel base of 26 % inches. persons usually build a railroad cor­ thought was the contour that I Each of the locomotives rebuilt responding to a prototype. Others, wanted. A large sand dome and a from factory Hudson types will han­ like myself, select their own name, steam dome were added, also a new dle freight trains varying from 25 and use various types of locomotives stack and feedwater unit. The cab to 40 cars, and in most cases will pull fashioned from many roads and de­ is still the factory cab as well as nearly their maximum over my three tail them to suit their own require­ the smokebox front. A completely percent grades. ments. There are any number of new tender was built, and a new The name of my main r ailroad is suitable types of locomotives which pilot added, and the headlight posi­ The Atlantic & Pacific. The A & are adaptable to many prototype tion was changed. The success of P has a subsidiary that I call the roads.

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FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 29 ~, > ~ it out of a book, in fact we did up roller of the whistle. By means t• "research" on specific problems, but of a little wire and a two-piece ra­ as a whole, experience gained from dio phone jack, the whistle was con­ ~ ~ • ) trial and error proved to be the best nected into the engine pick-up cir­ < ~ teacher. cuit. When moppets operate they '"~ It Roughly our tables form an "L" are not always particular about 28 feet on the long side, eleven feet keeping track clean, and three pick­ on the other. They vary in width up shoes on the third rail are from thirty inches to five feet. The surer than two, especially with a two towns are located at the extremi­ heavy drag crawling through a ties of the layout with a mountain turnout. division separating them. One city Our chief source of material for is at the ocean side with a third still buildings has been discarded cor­ ST. FRANCIS & CHARLES R. R. larger city suggested across the bay. rugated paper box cartons, in good (Continued from page 12) With its slips and ocean-going liners, condition. Windows have been made porated into one panel in order to it gives promise of far countries. from celluloid, salvaged from spoiled secure train control from both con­ Trackage in the mountains is so X-Ray film obtained from a doctor. trol boards. There are seventy-two laid that in operation it is treated in An X-Ray of somebody's stomach controls, divided between two con­ two ways, first as a space-and-time ulcers will furnish enough celluloid trol boards, in order to develop the consumer, in running transcontinen­ to window a whole town. The emul­ play value to the greatest extent, tal trains from one large city to the sion will dissolve when plenty of yet, by setting the controls on one other; second, as a branch line with hot water and a little persistence panel, everything but one siding and coal-hauling from the mine, and a are used. The result is a nice, clear, the engine roundhouse can be oper­ dinky combination freight and local thick celluloid, easier to handle than ated from one position by a single up and back, twice a day, as its cellophane. individual. As many as six may principal sources of revenue. Also Our only glue for building pur­ have full-time jobs at once, if there in the mountains, is the hydraulic poses has been linoleum cement, are that many to join in the fun. power house furnishing current for which can be had for about seventy­ This is a true partnership road, one city, three types of bridges over five cents a GALLON! It has to for the junior partner has fully held the river, fills, cuts, forests, rocks, be used a little more freely than up his end of the work and the plan­ automobile roads and tunnels. acetate glue or wood glue, but that ning. Frank cub, stained, and laid We learn a g·reat deal from our just suits the young builder. One over twenty-five hundred railroad railroad-and at close, first-hand ob­ never has to cover the glue pot from ties that have gone into the set-up; servation. We learn about indus­ one day to the next. If it gets too he has been glue up to his armpits tries, transportation, communica­ thick one merely adds water to suit. while dipping paper strips for paper tions and geography. Even glue that has dried solid will mache; he has built tiny baggage Our project, as a whole, portrays work up if covered with water and trucks, section gang shacks, bill the origin, processing and distribu­ set in a warm place over night. boards and has molded plaster; he tion of several basic products, coal, Corrugated carton board cuts has done all the under-table wiring, oil, lumber, and grain. When fully easily, is light in weight, and strong. hand-sawed the small parts, painted completed, these can be followed Walls have a solid look because they the buildings, nailed the backdrops through all channels of distribution, have scale thickness, and the internal and, every once in a while, has come to the final, retail sale. corrugations give a texture to the up with a corking good idea. He All turn-outs, except for two easily walls which is suggestive of wood or also was No. 1 researcher for ma­ reached hand switches, have been concrete, depending upon their di­ terial from which to design build­ made derailment-proof by the use of rection in the wall. A scrutiny of ings and back-drops, but principally . small, tin spring contacts just in­ some of our close-ups shows this he was the spark-plug to furnish side the outside rail. These contacts quality. One is never troubled much new ambition to the senior partner form an auxiliary circuit operating with warping, even under the trying whenever the Old Man started slip­ the solenoids in case an operator changes of humidity which are ex­ ping. forgets to pull a lever on the con­ perienced in the average basement. Our layout probably violates every trol board. Dyed coffee grounds are our cin­ rule of railroading in regard to the N ext winter we plan on starting ders. Water glass mixed with se­ arrangement of yards, pike and sid­ a complete block signal system. In lected sand is our track ballast. ings, yet it is the result of many passing, we might say that we had Mountains are paper mache stretched experimental attempts. Therein has a complete double track main line over paper box formers. Over this been a great deal of the fun in rail­ and tore it up, because it wasn't our cat meanders without fear of roading. We would get a certain much fun. It was too easy to oper­ breaking through. Although we had line down, eliminating one bug, only ate. never painted a back drop for a to find we had blundered into an­ Another stunt whi~h we have railroad before, the senior partner other, somewhere else, equally as found highly satisfactory in improv­ had painted some scenery in his col­ bad. Certainly we could have read ing performance is to wire the pick- lege years. The problems of per-

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Daniel Stiteler, Jr., MB, ing depict a train in motion. A could be incorporatecl in the seene_ Elverson, Pa. 1_•• powerful beam in the train's head­ Plans for building a lumber shed IMMENSE 53-page MINI-TRAIN railroad cata­ light sends a beacon of light across were published in the Janl1ary, l og! 1227 different items. Send 25c. VANDEN BOOM'S-3819 Broadway, Kansas City, Mo. Grant Park. It's all very realistic. 1941 issue of Model Builder.

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There are approximately 6,800 roads can do, there will be times See page 34 sleeping cars and 17,500 passenger and places where it will not be pos­ coaches in service on the railroads, sible to provide the sort of accom­ CASH fo r Lionel Nos. 2680 oil, 2655 box, 2656 cattle, 3652 barrel, 3659 coal, 1048X pas.enger and for the duration of this war modations which all travelers will set. Vladimir Kolton, liS S. 8th St., Reading, Pa. that's about all there will be. desire. There will be times and WANTED: No. 400EW Engine Tender-No. 511 to 517 Freight Cars-No. 520 Floodlight car­ About 40 per cent of the sleeping places, even, when it will not be pos­ No. 219 Crane car-No. 300 Bridge--No. 128 Station-No. 440N Signal-No. 25 Bumper.-No. cars and 15 per cent of the coaches sible to provide a seat for every pas­ 31 Rubber Track Bed-No. 47 Crossing Gate.­ are continuously engaged in moving No. 840 Power Station-lves loop cQuplers. State senger who wants to travel. lowest price and condition.-Joseph Osterhoudt, troops, and the armed forces have There are some who must travel, 314 Hamilton St., H arrison, N. I.-Harrison 6·3544. first call on all the rest. and must travel on a particular WANTED : Gilbert A. F. 3/ 16" equipment and Besides the special-train and spe­ train on a certain day, if the war accessories; a lso order 4·6·2, 4-4·2, 0·6·0 made 19 38·40; Lionel 1630·1, 2623-4, 2755-7-B, 2900 cial-car movement of soldiers, sail­ business of the nation is not to be series, transformers, 47, 153, 154, 313, 64, 35, ors and marines, great numbers of 9 11-1 2-13, 308, 1684, 865B, . 140W, B46W, 291W, impeded. There are others who 890W, 10B6; Marx 3/ 16" equipment and acces­ individual service men are traveling have more latitude, and who may sories; Hornby-Bing-Maekerlin equipment.-CPL. A. McDuff ie, 16th Comnl. Sqdn., Air Transport either under orders or on reduced be able to choose the train they are Command-Group D . A. P . O. No. 462 c/o Post­ furlough fares, in the regular cars to ride, 01' the day they are to go. master, Minneapolis, Nlinnesota. WANTED: No. 906B .witcher and tender; two of ordinary trains. They can plan their trips for the " Q"gauge electric remote control switches, No. 2755 "Sunoco" oil tanker, No. 275 automobile On top of that, because of the rub­ less-crowded days, and can pick the car.-Victor Copestake, 7121 Chambers Road, ber and gasoline situations, the least congested trains. It is our . Baltimore, Md. WANTED: One or two No. 2613 Illuminated railroads have been called upon to hope and belief that those who can, Pullmans, Blue and White. Offer No. 2615 Bag­ absorb a considerable percentage of will do this because it is the help­ gage car or 75 Watt JefFerson Transformers, or part cash.-Charles Hare, Box 344, Baden,. Pa. the travel which formerly moved by fU4 the patriotic and the sensible RA VE "0" gauge equipment. Two No. 226 highway. thing to do. Locos with whistle one 902B less Teledyne WIth bell 2623's, 2750's and 2900 series cars "022" It all adds up to a tremendous in­ * * a nd "711" switches. What have you to offer. '* Send stamp for Ii st.-Howard Garey, 711 E. crease in railroad passenger travel In the old days there were 56 sizes 53rd St., Brooklyn, N. Y. - almost double what it was two and kinds of axles for freight cars. WANTED: American Flyer car. 476, 47B, 4BO, 486; also remote control or manual switches and years ago. Handling such an in­ There were 58 different kinds of track.-Oscar 'Olson, 1760 Howell Mill Rd., crease in travel, at a time when journal boxes. There were 26 kinds Atlanta, Ga. R A \IE : 763E Hudson engine, 263W tender, B12 other war necessities have made it of car couplers, 20 kinds of brake gondola . 814 box, 815 tanker, 817 caboose, 2BI0 impossible for the railroads to get shoes, 27 kinds of brake heads, and derrick, 67 controller, 16 sections 761 curved track, 4 sections 762 straight track. Also Gilbert additional equipment in which to just about as many different sizes, H O: Bakelite base track; I B straight, 16 curved, 2 electric switches, baggage car and 2 coaches. move it, means that some trains are shapes and kinds of brake beams, Will trade for 0, 027 or HO scale equipment.­ crowded, especially on week ends wheels and other parts of railroad J'red Arnet, 924 N. Main, Ann Arbor, Mich. WANTED : Lionel Flying Yankee cars with and at holiday times, and some cars and locomotives. vestibule. Will trade 2 new American Flyer trains are late. Some stations are But railroad men got together Union Pacific type streamline passenger cars.­ Phillip Harkins, Collegeville, Pa. over-taxed on certain days and at and decided this only made for con­ WILL TRADE: 1 pair 021 switches, 1 020x 'certain hours. fusion, expense and trol!lble. So crossing, 1 020 crossing, 2 transformers (75W), for 1 Lionel 2225EW L.Qcomotive set with whistle Much civilian travel is on busi­ they established standards for every­ controller.-616 North R eed St., Joliet, Ill. ness directly 01' indirectly essential thing. The result? Today all freight WANTED: "00" gauge locomotives, cars and equipment. Will buy or trade for 110" gauge to the prosecution of the war. Much cars are equipped with axles and locomotives, cars and track.- John -Bergmann, 934 of it is about imperative personal journal boxes of standard design 8th St., Beloit, Wisconsin. WAN TED: Back copies of Lionel Magazine and affairs. Much of it is part of the ;n five sizes for cars of different Model B uilder. Also want back cepies of other model magazines and catalogs. Will trade 0 proper recreation and relaxation sizes. Today there is ont standard gauge equipment or pay cash . .Please state c.o~di~ which the people of the nation must coupler, which will couple with and tion and cash value of magaZ ll1es when wrItIng. Charles N. Vallette, 1906A Penfield St., Phila­ have if the war effort is to progress interchange with all pre"iQus de­ delphia, Pa. signs which may still be in use. W A_ ' TED: 2 "0" gauge passenger cars and as it should. But much of it, also type HQ" transformer. Have "0" gauge engine is unnecessary, and, if need be, can There is also one standard brake and tender with caboose and transformer. Good condition.-Frank Mayls, B07 McKinsley Ave., be dispensed with without undue shoe, brake beam, brake heads and Kellogg. Idaho. hardship. wheel. HAVE : Ives standard gauge 12 wheel locomo· tive 3243 or 3243R. Matching cars (Observa­ Each traveler knows what his own * * * tion 182, Parlor 181, Combination baggage and Have you ever heard of railroad buffet 180.) Lionel standard gauge No. IB Pull­ mission is and is able to exercise man, No. 19 Pullman and Baggage, No. 190 his own discretion as to the neces­ dogs? Observation. Lionel locomotive No. 6 or 7 (steam ' typc) No. 42 and 54 (electric t)'1le). Also 402E sjty or importance of his trip. Cer­ Twenty-five highly trained 'Sheep and 408E. Dorfan standard gauge locomotive No. tainly the railroads cannot deter­ dogs are on the payroll of the 3930. Pullman 990, Observation 992. American Flyer O-gauge train No. 1307, consistin~ of mine that for them, and have no Great Western Railway in England Locomotive 3020, Baggage car 3000, Pullman wish to do so. and they perfol'm a really impor­ 3001. Lionel, American Flyer, Ives, Dorf-an, 1vIa rx t and all other clockwork or electric train The job of the railroads is to keep tant service. catalogs for 1925 and earlier.-D. Cameron Peck, 140 W. Ontario St., Chicago, Illinois. the trains running and to furnish a In the picturesque Welsh valleys, HA VE: Two 150 watt transformers, "O" ~ gauge service which today, with the dif­ sheep have a dangerous habit of track and a postca rd size printing press.-Otis Tvie. Ocone1, Ill. ficulties that beset all forms of coming down from the hills and WHAT AM I OFFERED for Lionel 0 gauge transportation, is more essential trespassing on the railroad tracks. equipment: 2225 Engine and Tender with whistle, 201 Magic Electrol Eilgine and Tender with bell, than ever. To do that, they are By so doing they not only endan­ Type V 150 Watt transformer, pair 022 remote control switches, 165 electric magnetic crane, 6- striving to get the fullest use out ger their own lives, but threaten cars (2600) remote control uncoupling, including of each passenger car and locomo­ delays to trains. operating lumber (3651) and gondola (3652) cars, 3 remote control track .3ections, 61 sections 0 tive, by such adjustments of sched­ To meet the Problem, track fore­ track, 020 crossover, automatic crossing watch­ man, 4 lockons, all controls; miscellaneous station,. ules and services as are found prac­ men have trained 25 sheep dogs flood -li ght tower, minor extras. 1 and 2 years old, ticable in each case. to patrol the right-of-way and scarcely used, perfect condition. Can be seen operating. J ohn Ahrens, 126 Hendrickson Ave., But with the best that the rail- drive off the trespassers. Lynbrook, N. Y., Telephone Lynbrook 4B55 .

~ FEBRUARY, 1943 Page 33 passenger cars for 027.-Walter W . Hulbert, 34 Hersey Rd., Cranston, R. I. WILL TRADE: "HO" Equipment, time tables (1890-1942), and Locomotive Pbotograph. (Iize 116) for books on freehand drawing, (especially Anatomy and Oil Painting). Donald Baker, 175 THIS for THAT Lott St., Brooklyn, New York. HAVE: 200 sections Lionel Solid Steel track, TRADING POST FOR MODEL ENGINEERS ONLY some of it never been used, 13 remote control switches, 7 Lionel Block signals (Never Used), two 250 watt Lionel "Trainmaster" transfromerl, one 700EW Scale-Model Hudson and five scale This "tradi1tg post" is conducted as a service to ,.eaders of this magazine as individuals and is not coupled cars, one 701 switcher, one 227 switcher, for 1<$e of established business. No notice will be accepted for these colum1ts unless they _offer _to. one Electric Coal Loading Elevator, one station trade or exchange one item for another. No "For Sale" advertisetne1tts accePted under any circum'; platform, one water tank, one floodlight tower. Have bad most of this equipment about one year. stances. Rate for notices in these columns, one cent per word, payable in advance. In order to avoid loss Ricbard F. Page, R. R. No.3, Linton, Indiana. in mail, send stamps or U. S. mo1tey order, to MODEL BUILDER, IS East 26th St., New York, N Y. While MODEL BUILDER takes every precaution to guard against the accepta1tce of deceptive WANTED: "0" Gauge Engine. Good Condition. advertising, readers are warned that MODEL BUILDER and its publishers accept no respIYTIsibility for David Fish, 2229 Walnut Blvd., Ashtabula, Ohio. diftere1tces that may occur between advertisi!r s and subscribers as a result of notices prl,nted in these WILL TRAPE: I Jensen Manufacturing Com­ cO/limns. Be certain that you understand all COt.ditions of an exchange before you conc/"de negotiations. pany Steam Engine (A. C.-D. C.) witb genera­ tor manufacturing 4 Volts D. C. This engine is practically new. Pre-War retail price was $37.50. WANTED: Lionel Locomotive No. 907B, with 2623, one observation car No. 2624, one pair 022 Will trade for No. 902 Switching Engine and Magic Electrol - State condition and terms. switchers, one No. 020,90 0 crossing, one electric Tender with "Teledyne Couplers" and built-in Carlo. Milanez, 410 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, coal elevator No. 97-1 No. 165 electric crane, electric bell. Must be in perfect condition. Will Mass. one number 153 automatic Block control, two also trade "K" transformer-Two No. 95 Rheo­ No. 314 girder bridges and "0" gauge 2800 stats and about ten No. 41 Contacters. Paul WANTEJD: Lionel 227 Locomotive, 2651, 2700 series freigbt cars.-Carl Carrera, 703 Forest Forst, 653 Barretto St., Bronx, New York. and 2900 series cars, also Union Pacific Stream­ Ave., Tampa, Florida. liner and 0-72 switches, remote and manual. TRADE: Lionel "0" Gauge No. 224 Locomotive D. M. DiIIingham, R. F. D. No. 10, North LIONEL MINIATURE SCALE MODIFIED and Tender. Excellent condition. Kansas City, Missouri. "OO"-NEW. Including 002 Locomotive, 002W Tender and Whistle, 0024 Box Car, 0025 Oil WANT: "0-27" Locomotive No. 1666 and Ten­ WANTED: Lionel type Z, 250 Watt Tran.­ Tanker 0027 caboose, eleven 0051 curved track, der in good condition.-Rudy Lewis, 2544 W. former, must be in perfect condition. Also cars­ four 0052 Straigbt, one 0054 track, 167X whistle Lebigh Ave., Phila., Pa. Nos. 2954, 2956, & 2957. 072 Remote Control or and reverse controL Perfect condition. Run less WANTED: All types "HO" equipment and 6 or manual switches (Lionel). Louis J. Caiazzo, Jr., tban ten bours. Trade for HO-260 or HO-261 166 Clinton Place, Port Richmond, Staten Island, 12 volt power pack. Send your list and prices New York. track, HO-268 switches, HO cars as follow: 113, to: R. Rosinqulst, 238 Woodside, South Bend, 115, 116, HO-118, 122 Gilbert Kaster Kit. Indiana. WANTED: Lionel "0-27" or "0" switcher re­ Polaroid Sr. Microscope set, or wbat do you mote control switche.. Have complete Gilbert offer? Also could use otber HO cars if same TRADE: A. F. HO Gauge Locomotive Tender freight set, two hand switches. O. M. Seifert, 123 scale. Home Built Kits, etc. Mine in original with tank car, gondola, Ref. car, caboose, illum­ Mark Twain Ave., Reno, Nevada. boxes. Not scratcbed up. Guaranteed.-Bob Eu­ inated baggage car and coach with circle of track bank, 1227 Windsor Ave., Ricbmond, Va. with very little use. WANT: Lionel 0 gauge W' ANTED: Lionel switehes, prefer "072" remote cars Nos. 2623, 2624 and Locomotive No. 224 or controlled, but will take any kind, I have "0" WANTE'D: 711 switches--2900 freigbt cars- 225 with tender in good condition. Write: V. and "072" Track for sale or trade. J. Paul 2623 or 2624 passenger cars. Send list condition Graham, 34 Sterling Ave., Buffalo, New York. Ellis, P. O. Box 168, Mempbis, Tenn. and prices to A. W. K line, 36 So. 29th St., Camp Hill, Pa. HAVE: Gilbert No. 15 Chemistry Set. What am WANTED: "0" and "027" gauge cars. Good I offered in American Flyer 3/16" Scale Equip­ condition. Liddell Dahlstrom, Route 2, Box 92, WANTED: Straigbt and curved track, remote ment. AlI letters answered. List Articles.- John A uotin, Texas. control switches and track sets, freight and Scroggins, 988 Morris Ave., New York. WANTED: Anything and everything in Lionel tinplate 0 gauge equipment and rolling stock; alio baggage, express reefer, passenger and f reigbt .cale model cars, with or without Lionel truck!; PRIZE -WINNING TRACK LA YOUT DIAGRAM at.o American Flyer 8-wbeel switcber with tender. Will buy for cash, or HAVE: Long list of o gauge items, which I cannot use, to trade. Please send price and full particulars in first letter. Ralph Cliff'Ord, THE RANCH, Plano, minois. WANTED: "027" track. W. S. Pinkham, R. F. D. Vineyard Haven, Mass. WANTED: 6, right 022 style switch e.. I will buy or trade. For more information write, Van Mason, Riderwood, Maryland. W ANTEJD: "027" gauge switcher and tender, freigbt cars and misc. equipment. Will purcbase or trade for sporting equipment. All letters answered.-H. L. Muir, 55 Waverly St., Spring­ field, Ml(l;sachusetts. HAVE: 227 switching engine-4 No. 2623 pas­ .enger cars-O gauge straigbt and curved track­ OOBOW three rail .et-Detrola 4.5 lens Camera­ t:amera supplies-all like new. What do you. bave to trade and what do you need. Albert Rosse, 607 Grandview Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. DISMANTLING our 0 Gauge 3 pro Wide radius twitcbes. Two U. P. Streamliners. Good condi­ tion. 2 type v trainmasters almost new. One pro I i1tandard gauge switches new Elec. controlled.­ J.; Joe Jagers, Athens, Ohio, 34n. Congress St. xl . WANTED: All kind. of O. accessories and ·equipment. Bruce Perlatein, 250 Lincoln Ave., T Elizabeth, N. J . \ WANTED: A 12B Amer. Flyer Twin Control \ Transformer. Pair of electric switcbes No. 688. Amer_ Flyer Freight Cars with automatic coup­ 'x X ling. 3 Electic Uncouplers No. 675. A. Koostikm Passenger Station No. 597. Street lamps and bridge. Anyone having parts of this. please write. "-t----" I wiII answer promptly all letters. Ge~. Koster, 3544 Granton Ave., Cleveland, O. WANTED. 0-27 passenger train in good condi­ tion. Also 0.27 rolling stock. Describe in detaiL _____ £J.EVATED TRACK SECTIONS CUT TO FIT James O'F1abenty, 18110 Wildemere Ave., De­ x troit, Mich. WANTED: 250 Watt Transformer. HAVE: 027 train set and aceessories. William H. Bird, 1886 Ninth Ave., Watervliet, N. Y. H. M. Veasey of Wilmington, Delaware is ard 15" radius. Straight section may be cut the February winner in Model Builder's to fit. Address your entry to: Track Layout WILL TRADE large collection of campai~n but­ monthly contest for the best " 0" gau ge track Contest Editor, MODEL BUILDER, 15 East tons, badges, pins, for cast·iron mechanical or layout to occupy an area of 6 feet by 9 feet. 26th Street, New York, N. Y. dectrical driven engines made by BING, IVEJS, Each month Model Builder will pay $5 for All entries must bear the name and ad­ HAFNER, A. F., etc.-Thomas Gutman, 34 Soutb the layout selected and printed on this ~ page. dress of the contestant. The judgment of Parks ide Ave., Chicago, Ill. Send in your ideas of an ideal layout. There the Contest Editor is final. Entries become is no limit to the amount of track and num­ the property of M ODEL BUILDER and will \VANTED : "0" gaUlle Lionel Switcbing engine ber of switches and crossings that can be not be r eturned. In case of a tie, duplicate tender outfit No. 903B, two pullman cars' No. shown. All curves, however, must be stand- awards will b e given.

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