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Model by Armour Peterson 1·800 TESTORS ®..!!29 The•• Testor Corporation, an RPM Company IN• NEW THIS HERITAGE, ISSUE BY ... PROTO 2000, USRA 0-8-0 PERFORMANCE TEST REPORT, page 20

• MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYPE:

• ATLAS'NEW HO BRICK ROUNDHOUSE, page 24

• SUPERDETAILING TRACK &- RIGHT-OF-WAY, page 14

• RPM EAST COAST MEET REPORT, page 8

• MODERN MODELING:

• ATHEARN 86-FOOT X-POST AUTO PARTS CAR KIT­ CONVERSIONS, page 36

• EASTERN CAR WORKS AIRSLIDE COVERED HOPPERS ON THE SP, page 22

• FMC 50-FOOT X-POST BOX CARS, FROM MPC'S MODELS, page 40

• MODELING SD7 "HALF-TANK" DIESELS FROM PROTO 2000 KITS, 45 September 2000 • Volume 12, Number 4 page

• WAYFREIGHT OPERATIONS ON THE CN R, page 27 ON THE COVER: - Wayfreight operations

• PFE NP 40-FOOT REEFERS FROM INTERMOUNTAIN KITS, are one of the more enjoyable aspects of the &- hobby for many model railroaders. Ian Wilson page 48 recreated a small portion of Western Canada in • N SCALE:

121/2 x 12 feet. His wayfreight operations on • DETAILING KATO'S GE DASH 9-44CW DIESELS, page 11 the CNR at Grand Forks begin on page 27 of • FMC 50-FOOT X-POST BOX CARS, FROM MDC'S MODELS, this issue. -Ian Wilson photo page 40

4 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 flO SCArE: Modeling From The Prototype: East Coast Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, by D. Scott Chatfield ...... 6 Superdetailing Track, Turnouts and

Right-of-Way, Part II, by Tony Steele •••14 Prototypes for Atlas' new brick

roundhouse kit, by Chuck Yungkurth ... 24 Layout Tour: Canadian National Railway at Grand River

in 121/2 x 12 feet, by Ian Wilson .•....• 27 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: GE Dash 9-44CW as BNSF 4312 and 4333, from Athearn or Kato models,

by Louis Marre ..•..••....••...•.•...... •.•••..••.11 Locomotive Performance: Heritage, by Proto 2000, USRA 0-8-0

Test Report, by Guy Thrarm ....•..•....•.. 20 Summary of all previous locomotive

Performance Test Reports ...... 54 Freight Cars of the Fifties: PFE R-40-25 & NP 40-Foot Combination-Door Reefers, Part II, from Amarillo MRRC (InterMountain) kits, by Ed Hawkins ...... •...... 48 Modern Freight Car Modeling: SP Single Airslide Covered Hoppers from Eastern Car Works kits,

by Bob Rivard ...... •...... ••....•...... 22 FMC 50-Foot IPO, Railbox and Other X­ Post Box Cars from MOC kits, Part 3,

by Jim Eager...... •...... •... 40 86-foot X-Post Auto Parts Box Car kit­ conversion, from Athearn's kit,

by Mike Budde ...... 36 Diesel Modeling: EMO S07 diesels on the CB&Q and Milwaukee, from Proto 2000 models,

by Jeff Goutcher ...... ••.45

DEPARTMENTS:

What's New ...... 54-57, 60

Experience- At Your Fingertips, more about what's in this issue from articles in previous issues ...... 52 Calendar ...... 58 Locomotive Performance: N SCALE: Summary of all previous locomotive

iesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Performance Test Reports ...•...... 54 (if Dash 9�44CW as BNSF 4312 and RAILMODEl JOURNAL is published 12 times a year by Golden Bell 4333, from Kato models, Press, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. Price per single copy is S4.50, or $36.00 per year in the U.S.A. Individual copy prices higher in by Louis Marre...... 11 Canada and other countries. Foreign subscriptions 548.00 for 12 issues, Modern Freight Car Modeling: payable in U.s. funds.RAILMODElJOURNAl, ISSN 1043-5441, copy­ FMC 50-Foot IPO, Railbox and Other right 2000 by Golden Bell Press. All rights reserved. Periodicals Postage X-Post Box Cars from MOC kits, paid at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Railmodel Joumal, Champa St., Denver, CO Visit our website at Part 3, by Jim Eager ...... 40 2403 80205. www.railmode�ournal.com

MODELING from the PROTOTYPE RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 5 ------MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYPE] [ ------

By D. Sc ott Chatfield

To provide a better viewing platform than just plopping the models on tables, Randy Anderson built two raised displays with built-in ov erhead lighting. This allowed the models to be viewed at a height similar to many layouts, which is how we are used to seeing them. And with several tracks per platform, it allowed more models to be displayed in a smaller area. As it was, enough models showed up that table space was at a premium.

Meet co- host Bill Welch showed several of his Fruit Growers Express ice reefers built from Sunshine Model's 1927 FGE Reefer kits. Bill Welch used .004-inch brass strips embossed with rivets to model the diagonal straps. He even buckled the right strap and "popped" a rivet.

6 RAILMODELjOURNAL· SEPTEMBER 2000 Larry Kline brought a trainload of detailed 0 scale freight cars, many from metal kits older than tturpho­ tographer, but his scratchbuilt Gulf Oil 1((-103 tank caught this tank car junkie's eye.

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Stan Rydarowia showed two projects kit-converted from Ca.nnonball Car Shops' Pennsy X-23 box car kit. The prototypes were also kit-con­ verted. PRR 501847 received a round roof to increase its measly inte­ rior height, and NX 6598 was converted into a reefer.

8 RAILMODELjOURNAL· SEPTEMBER 2000 Layout Design SiC coordinator Doug Curin showed proof that he can build models with his scratch­ built O-scale Milwaukee Road coaling station. Doug used Strathmore board (a thick paper made for artists) and followed Paul Larson's article in the June 1955 Model Railroader. The prototype was in Broadhead, Wisconsin, where they obviously didn't fuel too many engines. At his current model-build­ ing pace, Doug will finish his HO-scale wartime Pennsy layout in 2964. (The photographer now feels much better about his own slow pace. His layout should be done by 205L ..) Mike Pulaski showed several modern diesels, including Guilford 684 built from a Kato SD45 with a Cannon high hood, and CP 5690 built from an Athearn SD40-2 with its nose stretched to 102 Inches and Cannon's Dash-2 cab and 40-Series radia­ tor grilles.

co-M�t Randy Anderso.1'l showed .the in· pr()gre.5s B&O M-15 box cat he's building from a Weste/'field kit. RjUldy has modified the ends and added North West Shortliile Proto:87 wheelsets and a Sergent WOrking knuckle coupler to the B-ehd. The A-end has a K. adee HOtl3 coupler, which has been Randy's standard. Randy is a pioneer in the Proto:87 movement, and one of his motivations for hosting the PMS-East meet was to show that Proto:87 is doable.

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Ian Clasper flew across the pond and foot flat loaded with a Bucyrus Erie '1'1_. ..· ._'" Sunshine resin kit, and the crane Is a Langley U.K. The blocking is Evergreen styrene painted to .A .....· ......

Jim Eager brought this Trailer Train class F- 60BHM OTTX flat that he scratchbuilt long before the similar Intermountain kit came out. just to prove that not all of the contributors to "The Journal" research rather than model. The carbody is styrene and brass with a wood deck.

Gary Smith built BOlO 3837 from the Roco GP38 (sold by Con-Cor) and backdated an Athearn GP40-2 to make WM 3798, a late GP40.

Ken Gross, Jerry Dembeck, and Stan Rydarowicz showed three ways to build and letter BOlO N-34 wagontop covered hop­ pers. Ken's 630471 and Jerry's 630354 were built from Central Hobby Supply resin kits, while Stan built 630487 from an old Cannonball Car Shops kit

10 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 ONE-DETAIL-AT-A-TIME ------[ ] ------G.E. DASH 9-44CW AS BNSF 4312 & 4333 HO SCALE: ATHEARN OR KATO N SCALE: KATO George Cockle photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre . - The parts, paint.and decals you'll need to recreate this full-size diesel in,miniatl;'re fr om Athearn, Kato or Rail Power HO scale models or Kato N scale models.There is an index of all previous "One-Detail-At-A-Time" arti­ cles on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

he General Electric Dash Scale Model GE Dash appeared in the June 1989 issue of "The 9-44CW has become the 9-44CWs Journal." That article is also reprinted most popular new locomo­ HO Scale: Athearn and Kato. Rail in the book TUNING & UPGRADING tive with North America's Power Products (7283 No. Stagecoach ATHEARN LOCOMOTIVES. An article railroads. Alaska RR, ATSF, Dr., Park City, UT 84060) Dash 9-44CW on how to disassemble an Athearn chas­ BCR, BNSF, CNR, CNW, body and fran1e. The Rail Power frame sis to instaU a Rail Power Products frame SP and UP all own versions will accept the trucks and motor from the and body and how to install the handrails of these wide-cab diesels. By the end of Athearn SD40- T2. Proto Power West, and details on the body appeared in the 1998, General Electric had delivered 436 Overland and Hobbytown also make October 1994 .issue. An article on how to of these Dash 9-44CW diesels, compared chassis to fit the Rail Power body. apply similar superdetails to the GE to EMD's sales of 24 comparable SD70 N Scale: Kato Dash 8-40CW, by David Hussey, and 61 SD751 diesels. There's a "spotting appeared in the August 1993 issue. guide" to the differencesbetween various Paint Steven Cerka's article, in the December Dash 8 and Dash 9 GE diesels, by Louis BNSF Orange: Badger Modelflex 16- 1998 issue of "The Journal" on detailing A. Marre, in the March ] 996 issue that 152 or Scalecoat 78 his HO scale number 804 Santa Fe Dash illustrates the differences between these BNSF Silver: Badger Modelflex J.6-195 8-44CW (built from a Rail Power newest GE diesels. There's also a "One­ or Scalecoat 47 Products body and frame kit) will be Detail-At-A-Time" feature on the AC BNSF Green: Badger Modelflex 16- helpful in applying the pmts listed here. version of the Dash 9-44CW diesel, the 15] or Scalecoat 79 That article also desclibes where to apply AC4400CW as CSXT 9100, in the some of the etched parts including February 1996 issue of "The Journal" Decals Details West 273 and in Scale Rail's 160 and a "one-Detail-At-A- Time" article on HO Scale: Microscale 87-979 etched-brass detail parts kits. the Santa Fe's 600-699 selles Dash 9-44CW N Scale: Microscale 60-979 diesels in the March 1996 issue. A-Line, Box 7916, LaVerne, CA The BNSF purchased these locomo­ One-Detail-At-A-Time 91750: tives as part of number series 4300-4608. (HO Scale) 1-29100 Grabirons $3.25/50 They were built in January 1999. Step-by-step instructions on how to 2-29200 Windshield wipers $1.85/8 install many of these detail parts 3-29210 Cab sunshades 1.95/3 pro RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 11 G.E. DASH 9-44CW AS BNSF 4312 & 4333 4-292] 6 Chain 2.95/12 in. Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. 20-9403 Sand filler 3.75 ea. 5-29248 Etched brass steps 3.15/set Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: 26-9550 Snowplow (modified)10.85 ea. (for Rail Power) 8-9010 Air horn $3.50 ea. 5-29249 Etched brass steps 3. IS/set 23-9042 Salem dryer 2.20 ea. Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 (for Athearn) 10-9 130 Bell 2.50 ea. North, Stevensville, MT 59870: 2-3968 Windshield wipers $1.25/4 27-9 145 Cab interior 13.35/set Cal -Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. 14-39059 MU hoses (4) 1.75/4 ] 5-9151 Coupler lift bars 2.50/2 Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montoursville, 26-39062 Snowplow 3.00 ea. 28-9200 Exhaust stack 6.70 ea. PA 17754-0322: (modified) 1 1-9277 Headlight 2.30 ea. 6-314 Drain cocks $4.25/13 9-39080 Fuel fillers 1.00/4 7-320 Air hoses 1.85/2 sets 16-9327 Mirrors (wind 3.35/4 8-39084 Air horn 2.75 ea. 2--419 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pro deflectors) 3-39087 Cab sunshades 2.25/4 8--420 Air horn 4.95 ea. 14-9351 MU hoses 7.35/4 sets 7-391 18 Air hoses 1.50110 10--430 Bell 2.95 ea. (set of 4) 16-39150 Wind deflectors 2.25/4 pro 9--431 Fuel fillers 2.50/set 21-9352 MU hoses 9.40/4 4--48237 Chain 2.50/ 10 in. 3--437Cab sunshades 3.95/pr.

Custom Finishing, 379 Tu lley Rd., Orange, MA 01364: 8-22 1 Air horn $3.69 ea.

Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis Obispo, CA 93403: 11-1003 Headlights $1.00/2 12-1022 Ditch lights 1.00/2 13- 1 1 04 Lift rings & hinges 1.50/12 I 0-1202 BeUs 1. 25/2 3-130 I Cab sunshades 1.50/6 14- 1508 MU hoses 2.00/16 8-] 60 1 Air horns 1.75/2 1-2202 Grabirons 2.50/48 4-2210 Chain 2.25/12 in. 15-221 1 Coupler lift bars 2.25/2 16-2304 Wind deflectors 2.50/3 pro 17-2810 Anti-hunting dampers 2.95/4 9-3102 Fuel tank fittings 1.00/2 (fillers) 18-3517 GE C44-9W truck 8.95/4 sideframes 7-6206 Air hoses 1.25/6 19-6238 Brake wheels (left side) 1.25/2

Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745: 11-117 Headlights $.70/2 10-127 Bells (included with 1.25/2 263, below) 9- 149 Fuel fillers 1.00/4 3-188 Cab sunshades 1.80/4 8-190 Air horn 2.50 ea. 20-203 Sand filler hatches 1.25/4 21-220 MU hoses 1.95/2 22-224 Traction motor cables 1.95/set 23-225 SaJem dryer (included 1.50 ea. with 263, below) 12-228 Ditch lights 2.25/2 24-263 DetaiJ set w/air tank, 5.25/set filters, bell, Salem dryer 14-266 MU hoses 3.50/4 7-267 Air hoses 1.25/2 25-273 Radiator plates, (17) $8.50/set anti-hunting dampers, X panels, hatches 26-287 Snowplow 1.75 ea. 11-290 Headlights 1.00/2

12 RAILMODELJOURNAL· SEPTEMBER 2000 Rail Detail Products, Rt. 1, Box 777C, 3 1-300 Flush-mount laser-cut $2.95/set Run 8 Productions, P.O. Box 25224, Angleton, TX 77515: windows for Athearn Dash 9 Rochester, NY 14625: 29-100 Handrail and $9.95/set 31-1865 Dash 9-44CW $2.95 stanchion kit (modified) Smokey Valley Railroad Products, P.O. window Box 339, Plantersville, MS 38862: Rail Power Products 7283 No. 29-86 Preformed handrail and $15.95 Ordering Information: Stagecoach Dr., Park City, UT 84060: stanchion kit (modified) All of these parts are available to any 18-143 GE Dash 9-44CW $7.00/4 hobby dealer, so your dealer can order truck sideframes Windows for the Rail Power for you. If you must order direct, order Dash 9-44CW Body Shell: the full package quantities shown and Scale Rail Models, P.O. Box 2019, American Model Builders, Inc., 1420 include $5.00 per order for postage or Elmhurst, IL 60126: Handley Industrial Ct., St. Louis, MO UPS and handling. RMJ 30- 160 Etched-brass door, $12.95/set 63144: roof panels, X-panels and 31-Dash 9-44CW window $3.95 other details for Rail Power body

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DE-rAILING -rRACK IN HO SCALE, PAR,. II By Tony Steele Photos by Robert Sc hleicher

To ny Steele is one of the pioneers in duplicating the details on the track itself as well as duplicating the subtle shapes, signs and appliances of a specific real railroad right-of-way. Tony has presented this material, with proto­ type slides, at clinics at RPM meets and NMRA National Conventions and a video is available from the NMRA. An article on his Delaware Ii Hudson Railroad appeared :in the October and November 1999 issues of "The Joumal./I Part I of this track and turnout-detailing series appeared in the June 2000 issue, an article by Dave Davis on how to apply Details West and Skyline track detailing parts to match the prototype. There's an index of previous articles on track and roadbed on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com . -Robert Schleicher

ight-of-way cut-and-fill the tracks above the scenery supports. Drai nage structures permeate the philosophies (including Also note the "tree-drop" foam (placed right-of-way: yard drains, pipe culverts sidehill construction) are just before the backdrop), for tightly and box culverts; also slab and rail-top visually fundamental, spaced, adjacent foliage that blends the quasi-bridges. The Engineering credo­ with obvious variations narrow three-dimensional views. "drainage, drainage, drainage!"-should in drainage design and Vegetation effects frame and decorate be interpreted as "Out of the track, Along maintenance practices. I the scene close to the tracks. Among the the Ditching, and Away from the model with 1.5-inch-high roadbed interesting examples: "tree-drops" beyond Roadbed." Drainage systems may have splines and shaped-foam scenery to cre­ the vegetation maintenance programs, upgrades and changes over time, with ate an average minimum elevation (5 feet industry-interchange "leaf-tunnels," yard extensions of culverts and additions of 7 inches above local flood-elevations) of overgrowth, and lineside gardens. extra pipes to reach subsequent man-

14 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 At Richmondville, the Hous e Track has a revised Micro Engineering number 6 RH Code 83 turnout, with Grandt Line angle bars at the "j oints," PC-tie "headblocks, Micro Engineering guard rail clamps, and putty to approximate the fabricated frog casting heel-block. Note the sh ort guard rail, in advance of the points, because of the curved approach. Also visible is the (unusual: two tracks on one switch stand) twin Hayes derail site from Alexander Models­ they actually work by means of small wood wedges!

made improvements. I am fond of plas­ lend themselves readily to such model­ the track geometry design. Track-con­ tic, brass, and aluminum tubing (plus ing. struction standards can vary from small balsa "stone and concrete" culverts, with Roadway grade crossings are ubiqui­ rail (with no tie plates) to tall rail (all "scrap" rails) to represent these simple tous, yet display many variations: simple welded). There can be all good ties, or structures, with liberal calcification stone, ti mber, asphalt, and (public-fu nd­ hardly any; if the latter, then steel gage (whitening) of the oldest portions. ed) rubber. They may be active, inactive, rods begin to appear. I put particular Slope-retention structures include abandoned, and closed (balTicaded). For emphasis on jointed rail construction individual piling, to pin sliding slopes multiple-track crossings of curved rail (with 4-hole, 6-hole, compromise, and and walls to create near-vertical faces. lines, it is ad visable to have "planar" insulated joint bars) on 8.S-foot wood Timber and concrete cribwalls, steel bin­ superelevation design (all railtops in a ties (spaced 24 ties/39 feet, for main­ wall, and concrete and stone retaining lateral straight line for motoring com­ lines), because of the character and detail walls are common examples. Rails, ties, fort). There is a long-time railroad indus­ it confers upon the modeled track, partic­ basswood, and balsa (with putty and/or try trend toward elimination of crossings ularly the included tie plates. I favor sealing) can model them all. by either replacement with fewer, superi­ Grandt Line On3 4-hole bars, glued on Bridges cover a lot of ground! or site (bridges or improved crossings) Rail Craft FlexTrack with cyanoacrylate, Avoiding discussion of the main spans replacement with paralleling frontage but HO entries also now include nice themselves, various prominent features roads. I favor the following model con­ offerings by Details West and Sky\ine . and appl ications can be interesti ng to struction: plywood roadway under-struc­ Track coloration is very distinctive, a portray. Typical examples are abutment ture (base), with masonite roadway result of ballast choice, maintenance jacketings, track/bridge/backwall raises paving, leading to crossing sites. practices, and local weathering. In gener­ (requiri ng grilles, backwall timbers, Basswood and putty complete the in­ al, for wood-tie track I like to use and cribwalls), road-and-stream com­ track areas. Floquil's FloStain, because of its pre­ bined underpasses, grade-separation thinned consistency (it can be sprayed realignments, truss-to-girder pier Track and Ballast directly from the bottle). Ve ntilation is extensions, "humpback" highway over­ Simple track needs character: indus­ highly advisable! A base coat of passes, pedestrian overpasses, and trial, switch lead, and mainline qual ity. Driftwood (grey) is sprayed on a large pedestrian subways. Plastic, plaster, Spirals, superelevation, track center­ area of track, including ballast slopes. pine, balsa, basswood, etc. materials widening, and reverse tangents all drive This is fo llowed (a week later) with a RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 15 DETAILING TRACK

At Richmondville, the BackTrack has a revised Walthers/Shinohara number 8 LH Code 83 turnout (cut to form the curve) , with Grandt Line angle bars at the "joints," three PC-tie "headblocks" (two for the switchstand and the third for the electric lock) .

This turnout has Plastruct Ih6-inch column scraps for adjustable braces (at the switchpoint stock rail), 3h2-inch Plastruct tubing (sliced and glued to each rail) at the guard rail locations, and styrene approximations of spring-boxes and hold-downs for spring-frog castings. 16 RAILMODELJOURNAL· SEPTEMBER 2000 At Richmondville, the RV Crossover is a scratchbuilt number 10 RH with Code 83-to-70 transition rails, on wood and PC timbers, with Grandt Line angle bars at the "joints." Each turnout has three tie "headblocks" (two for the switch stand and the third for the electric lock).

FloStain Oak (medium-brown) over­ Turnouts may include stub switches or tongue­ spray, over the track alone-some of Turnouts are usually placed on tan­ and-mate in street-running track. which is then brushed off the wood sur­ gents, with the straight route having the I like to represent much of this on faces, of random ties here and there, to majority of traffic. They also are general­ turnouts revised from Micro Engineering reveal "strains" of the gray underneath: ly oriented trailing-point, with respect to and Walthers (or other Shinohara the older ties. This is followed later by the original design for any directional importers) or scratchbuilt with wood and random brushings of Raw Umber (dark­ double track. Timbers (ties) used to be PC ties. I can recommend non-metal brown) Casein-from my dwindling graduated in 6-inch increments; nowa­ rods, Plastruct I !J6-inch column scraps supply-to portray newer ties, still days, 12 inches is the norm. (for adjustable braces) or Evergreen showing their creosote. The switchpoint areas have all sorts styrene .030 x .040-inch scraps (for fixed For other forms of track, concrete of hardware: rods (connecting, locking, braces) glued to the rails with cyanoacry­ (heavy-traffic lines) and sheet-steel ties switchpoint detector), braces (fixed ver­ late, Capart gas heater strips, and the (clearance-sensitive areas, such as tun­ sus adjustable: mains, at the switchpoint Grandt Line joint bars; as for tie plates, nels or underpasses)-plus old D&H stock rails), specialty tie plates (gage, unless they are cast to the ties (from my steel-rail ties may be modeled. Atlas transition, sl ide, frog), swi tch heaters experience with one #15 crossover), it FlexTrack and Micro Engineering Code (gas, electric, and air), the aforemen­ does not seem worthwhile to mess with 83 Flex-Track are available with con­ tioned jointed rai I vat1ations (if not weld­ them! For ease of future resoldering of crete ties, and skillful insertion of plastic ed), etc. the switch points, I solder two or three shapes (Plastruct and Pikestuff guard Attached to the points can be manual PC-tie "headblocks" (two for the switch­ rails?) may do for the steel varieties. switchstands (high-stand versus low­ stand and the third for the electric lock) Stone ballast was placed atop the stand-with or without electric locks or on every turnout. There are many fine original dirt or cinder ballast, as upgrad­ switch circuit controllers-or remote­ switchstand/machine (and electric lock) ing and maintenance programs create controlled pneumatic or electric models to attach to these; I have quite a differential ballast elevations and color­ machines). Add the occasional switch­ supply of Alexander/SS Ltd/Rollins, ings. N-scale fine cinders and a blend of point protector (a wheel deflector) or off­ Alexander/MEW, Apag/Sequoia, Juneco, HO light-grey plus dark-grey ballasts is set (extra-long connecting rod) switch­ Century and Capart detailing items for used for my freshest ballastings; brown­ stand options, and a great variety of man­ these purposes and will probably exhaust ish weathering is added to represent the ufacturing detail is possible, even for one them before turning elsewhere. At one dust and oxides of time. railroad location. Specialty construction location, I have even had to install a short RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 17 DETAILING TRACK guard rail, in advance of one set of angles and putty), styrene approxima­ stand-operated with direct connecting points, because of a curved approach. tions of spring-boxes and hold-downs for rod or longitudinal pipe rodding, with or The frog areas feature either primi­ spring-frog castings (non-working, just without electric locks, or electric tive fabricated frogs or self-guarded like the fabricated ones), and styrene­ machine operated. (both non-Main Track), spring-frog, or and-putty approximations of manganese­ There are also single or double manganese-insert castings, on hook twin insert frog castings. If there are no Micro switchpoint derails (just like a frogless tie plates. For other than the self-guarded Engineering guard rail "C clamps," then turnout). I have· scratchbuilt a double frogs, there can be a variety of manufac­ 3h2-inch Plastruct tubing may be sliced switchpoint and several working Hayes turers' guard rails, with "C clamps" and Ih2-inch thick and glued to each rail at derails (AlexanderIMEW), including an drive wedges, fixed braces, cast-on the guard rail locations; otherwise unusual two tracks on one switchstand braces, or adjustable braces (main tracks, Plastruct 1/16-inch column scraps may be twin Hayes derail site (Alexander); by usually)-supported by special hook Llsed for adjustable braces or other strip means of small wood wedges, even the twin tie plates, and attached with spikes, scrap for non-adjustable braces. Again, I latter work! M&L clips, or Pandrol clips. Specialty cannot recommend the bother of the spe­ Right-of-way fencing is generally construction may include lapped (3-way) cial tie plates-unless you simply paint fo und in urban or agricultural areas, turnouts with extra frogs, laced timbers them on! along the boundaries of railroad owner­ (just off the end of the longest timbers), Derails are placed to guard superior ship (which typically varies from 60- 100 and crossover timbers (long or end­ tracks (mains, leads, or runners) from feet wide) or along the base of embank­ spliced). unauthorized entry of cars from lesser ments or the top of cuts. It is readily evi­ For modeling, I have used soldered tracks, particularly if there is a down­ dent in most places, even if it is decrepit rails on PC ties for fabricated frogs (with grade to the superior track or if very and lying on the ground. The most com­ putty to approximate the fabricated frog heavy or dangerous cars may be mon forms are livestock mesh (rectangu­ casting heel-block), built-up flanges for a involved. They can be "flop-over" yard­ lar openings) and barbed wire, supported self-guarded frog (modeled with brass type or "sliding-block" (Hayes), manual by wood posts, steel posts, or even old

At Richmondville, the RV Crossover, is a trailing-point, as per the original design for ABS double-track. This crossover is a scratchbuilt number 10 RH Code 83-to-70, on wood and PC ties, with Grandt Line angle bars at the "joints." Each turnout has three PC-tie "headblocks" (two for the switchstand and the third for the electric lock).

18 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 A D&H freight approaches Wingard Road Bridge at milepost 52.44 near West Richmondville, New York. The curve is slightly superelevated. Note the shape of the ballast and the flat shoulder before the grass-covered embankment slopes down. There are joint bars every 39 feet on the rails. Note the yellow "Flanger" sign warning the plow crews to lift for the guard rails on the bridge. Also note the oval milepost sign.

ties. I do the mesh on wood posts, using ors, line-drops, over-crossing and cable­ major bridges are usually very specific to nylon "tule" bridal-mesh found in brown crossing sites-with continual track and the locality, line, or railroad. They should coloration, cut on the diagonal to achieve signal-rationalization variations over the be modeled per the particular sites or a quasi-rectangular opening and N-scale years. I have used the very nice N&G vicinities inspiring the layout. switch timbers, set 1/2 inch into the pole kits and (when those run out) the Atmospheric effects: the haze of a scenery. RIX poles; painting can be very specific valley, hilltop, or precipitation that par­ Signal pole lines (in my area) typical­ to location and era, to match a particular tially obscure, whiten, or tinge blue the ly paral lel the mainline, set such that the prototype. observations made-are a modeling farthest crossarm end is almost on the Signal instrument structures can technology yet to be conquered. Until we right-of-way line and the lowest involve a variety of relay cases and bun­ do, ceil ings will not look like the sky, crossarm is about locomotive cab-win­ galows, even on a short segment of line, backdrops will look uniformly painted, dow height. On sidehill construction, a tied to the era (and funding source) of and no amount of layout width will pro­ line seems invariably to be sited on the installation. Old signal bases are fre­ duce a proper look of "depth." So far, the lower slope. The number of arms and quently reused for decades after the head only resort has been the use of camera insulators is highly dependent on the technology is no longer acceptable. filters or post-production effects to do number of signaled tracks, type of sig­ Particular manufactures- such as this but if someone develops a non-toxic, nals, and era of signal technology General Railway Signal, Union Switch non-conosi ve lighter-than air "cloud," involved. Like power and telephone & Signal, Hall, Federal, etc.-may have I'd like to do it on my layout! lines, abrupt changes in horizontal or to be specially fabricated for scale RMJ vertical alignment of the poles and wires appearances. Since (for my USSD&H) are unusual. For me, typical construction most of the fine model offerings are of of the pole lines may involve single and inappropriate prototypes, I plan to pursue double bracket (extra strength) crossarms special castings with a manufacturer. (l to 6 levels), insulator patterns and col- "Signature" signals, tunnels, and

RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 19 ------[PERFORMANCE]------

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By Robert Schleicher Performance Tests by Guy Thra ms

The USRA 0-8-0 is the second HO scale steam locomotive in the Heritage series, from the Proto 2000 division of Life-Like. Each locomotive in the series is - matched to the specific proto­ type railroad's locomotive details, as well as paint and num­ bering.

he United States Railroad Administration (USRA) PM, P&LE, EJ&E, ERIE, GA, IHB, created a series of standard­ RUT, SLB&M, SOU, T&OC, Wof A design steam locomotives, and W&LE. with the cooperation of the The Heritage, by Proto 2000, HO chief mechanical engineers scale USRA 0-8-0 is an exact replica of of the country's major rail­ the as-del i vered locomoti ves. Fortu­ roads. Standard designs were needed to nately, for modelers, the real rai lroads meet the limited supply of raw materials did not make as many visible changes on and the increased need for efficient trans­ their switchers as they did on road loco­ portation resulting from America's motives, so the as-built models are often involvement in World War 1. The 0-8-0 accurate for any era from 1918 to as late switcher was one of several standard as 1958. The Heritage model has scale­ designs that included an 0-6-0 switcher, RI and Wabash. Unlike other USRA size pipes and steam lines that are sepa­ 2-8-2, 4-6-2 and 4-8-2 'heavy' and locomotives, the "clones' that were pur­ rate plastic moldings, so it is relatively 'light', 2-6-6-2 and 2-8-8-2 locomotives. chased after the War were often very easy to make changes to match a particu­ Most of the 1,375 0-8-0s were deliv­ similar ot the originals. The "clone" cus­ lar prototype. The free-standing parts ered in 1918 and 1919. The locomotives tomer railroads included the A&WP also provide increased realism that is dif­ were usually assigned to large yards, CNOTP, CB&Q, CCSL, CR&l, K&M: ficult to achieve with molded-on pipes especially hump yards. They were also LE&W, L&N, MC, NO&NE, NYC, NP, used to transfer long cuts of cars from one yard to another in the same metro­ politan area. There's an article on the prototype locomotives, with photographs of most of the locomotives being deliv­ ered in HO scale by the Heritage division of Proto 2000, in the August 2000 issue of "The Jou rnal." Fi fty-two roads bought USRA 0-8-0 switchers or ordered copies after the end of the First World War. The 'original' customers included AC&Y, AGS, ACL, Aliq.& S, BAR B&A, B&M, CNE, C&O, C&lM, C&NW, Con &BL, D&TSL, IGN, MKT, MP, NH, NKP, N&W, P&E, P&PU, P&LE, FEC, Hocking Val ley, IC, IND U,

20 RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 and lines. The handrails and coupler lift bars are metal. The valve gear, rods and RAILMODEL JOURNAL driver tires are plated and blackened ------LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE REPORT NO. 150 slightly to capture the look of in-use Heritage, by Proto 2000 USRA 0-8-0 locomotives. The cab features fu ll interi­ HO Scale or details. Observed Performance: The Heritage model has the motor Action Analysis: fully-hidden inside the boiler, with the As Received: gear train and its housing passing Minimum Speed, level (no load scale miles per hour) through the firebox area. Th is leaves the With full wave power: 0.95 area between the tops of the drivers and With pulse power: 0.14 the bottom of the boiler open as it is on Over NO. 6 switch, pulse power: 2.80 the prototype. The chassis is metal and Maximums (at 12 volts max. where applicable) extends through the firebox into the boil­ No load top speed, level, full wave, smph: 51 .0 er to provide as much weight as possible. Uphill grade maximum-" percent: 14.0 Tractive force, ounces: 2.09 The visible portions of the model are Number of cars pulled, level: 49 plastic moldings, wrapped around the umBer of cars pulled, 4% grade: 7.0 metal weight. The motor is a s-pole Modifications - None skew-wound and balanced can-style design with a single flywheel. The worm Mechanical Measurements Motor-to-drivers gear reduction ratio: 24 to 1 on the motor shaft dri ves a series of Driver diameter, scale inches: 50.72 worm gears and spur gears to provide Flange Depth, actual inches: 0.026 power to a single drivers and the con­ Model weight, ounces: 12.06 Driving wheelbase, scale feet and inches: 15-0 necting rods provide power to the Model turntable length, actual inches 7.88 remaining three drivers. Subjective Judgments Metal wipers contact the driver axles Noise at fast speed: Excellent to provide electrical pickup. A clever Basic shape and proportions: Excellent snap-together connector couples the Painting and marking quality: Excellent Downhill run smoothness: Excellent locomoti ve to the tender and provides the wire connections to the constant-intensi­ Electronic Responses ty and directional lighting in the tender. Throttle response at no load, volts: 3.6 Throttle response at mid load, volts: 3.5 A small plastic tab must be depressed Thro!!J§ response at full load, volts: 4.6 (with a jewelers screwdriver) to discon­ Motor current at full load, amperes: 0.180 Motor stall current at 12 volts, amperes: 0.85 nect the locomotive (and the wiring) from the tender. The printed circuit board Performance Ratings (1 to 5) for the lighting control has sockets for Tractive force: 5.0 Efficiency: 4.0 standard Dee decoder installation. Noise: 5.0 There is no electrical pickup through the Speeds: 5.0 tender, but dri vers 2 and 3 are sprung so Assembly workmanship: 5.0 all eight of the locomotive's drivers OVERALL RATING: 4.8 should follow any imperfections in the Prototype Top Speeds: Driver diameter x 1.1 56.1 mph track to maintain reliable electrical pick­ up. RMJ RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 21 [PAINT DECALS ------& ] ------SP 403037 AIRSLIDE COVERED HOPPER FROM EASTERN CAR WORKS HO SCALE KIT

By Bob Rivard

Bill of Materials Eastern Car Works PAINT & DECALS: 2600 Airslide Covered Hopper kit Microscale: 87-4 19 SP decals

It might seem strange to see The HO scale model. blocks of southern Pacific freight cars in Minnesota. The Cream of Wheat plant in northeast Minneapolis recieves carloads of grain in both two-bay and single­ bay covered hoppers. Most of the covered hoppers are still in the seventies-era paint. The Minnesota Commercial Railroad serves this historic fa cility. I've painted the models to match the well-weathered prototypes in a variety of greys, some with white added to produce the sun­ bleached effect.

The Ilrototype, Airslide SP 403037 photographed on November 14, 1974.

22 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' SEPTEMBER 2000 of these two-bay co vered hoppers, mo stly the Southern Pacific, await unloading at the Cream of Wheat plant.

A block of two-bay covered hoppers being unloaded at the HO scale cereal factory's facility.

The Cream of Wheat factory in Northeast Minneapolis with the carloads of wheat being worked into the facility.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 23 ------[MODELING FROM THE PROTOTYPE] ------

ATLAS HO SCALE

ROUNBy ChuckDHOU Yu ngkurth SE Model photos by Ken Patterson

The Delaware and Hudson roundhouse at Binghampton, New York in the mid-fifties. It appears to be about one-fourth of a circle in diameter with, perhaps, 12 stall s.The turntable is barely visible, aligned with the tracks where the two Alco diesels are resting. -Chuck Yungkurth photo he new Atlas roundhouse is a replica of a standard­ design roundhouse most commonly seen on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad. The new Atlas roundhouse is designed to fi t the 9-inch-diameter Atlas turntableand, hence, is a shorter than the prototype with re latively large angles between the stalls that place the round­ house very close to the track. The design is fi ne for cramped 4 x 8-foot tabletop layouts, but it doesn't work with larger turntables or even medium-size locomo­ ti ves. As-is, the roundhouse is large enough for most 4-axle diesels and first­ generation 6-axle diesels or for small steam locomotives like Bachmann's 2-8-0. [f you are willing to make a new roof from sheet styrene and new foundation, and simple razor saw cuts in the walls of a second kit, you can enlarge the Atlas roundhouse to fit medium-size locomo­ ti ves so the model wi II more closely match the prototype. The roundhouse can be extended by purchasing an additional kit (which will also allow you to add up to three more stalls). Use a razor saw to remove the rear one-third of each wall, cutting along the vertical brick pillar to hide the seam. Te mporarily hold the cut piece beside the rear of the original wall with the top (roof) edges in alignment. Note that you will need to remove fo ur rows of "bricks" from the top of the new wall extension. Mark the wall along that line and use a razor saw to remove that portion from the top of the new wall. Repeat the process with the opposite side and the second kit's opposite side wall. The walls are now long enough to � -"'---- accommodate medium-size steam loco­ motives like Athearn's Genesis 2-8-2 and, in a squeeze, even the Bachmann 4- 8-2 or similar-size steam locomotives. Make similar cuts to increase the length The Binghampton roundhouse in of the interior posts. doo rs similar to those offered by Leave the rear walls alone and assem­ ble the kit without the roof. Mark the out­ line of the model on a sheet of .030-inch­ th ick Evergreen styrene sheet and cut new roof sections to fit the new shape. You will have to provide your own fo un­ dation, and if you wish, cut inspection pits between the rai ls into the foundation. The easiest-to-cut material for the fo un­ dation is 1/4-inch-thick Foamcore, an artist's poster board sold by art supply stores or shops that mount posters. You may have to buy a 4 x 8-foot sheet, but there are lots of building sites that you can create with the material. You can cut the material with a razor saw, craft knife or with a saber saw with a fine-tooth blade. Cut the inspection pits right through the 1/4-inch board and use .020- inch-thick styrene sheet to make a false floor on the bottom of the Foamcore for each inspection pit. RMJ

RAILMODELjOURNAL . 5EPTEMBER 2000 25 ATLAS HO SCALE ROUNDHOUSE

The Atlas HO scale roundhouse is a fine replica of atypical brick roundhouse. It was based on a Delaware and Hudson prototype, but there were dozens of similar brick roundhouses on many other railroads. -Ken Patterson photo, courtesy Atlas Model Railroad Company

The model, like the D&H prototype has wood doors and a wood wall for the clerestory section. To match the D & H prototype paint the walls and doors white (and accent the mortar with a wash of grey and weather the model with a wash of black ) like this painted and finished model. - Ken Patterson photo, courtesy Atlas Model Railroad Company

The Atlas model is design as a companion for their 9-inch turntable. To adapt the model for larg er turntables (and to allow it to be positioned further from the turntable) you can extend the side walls and make a new roof as described in the text. -Ken Patterson photo, courtesy Atl as Model Railroad Company [ LAYOUT TOUR ]

By Ian Wilson

' Ian Wilson recreated a significant site in Ontario for his Canadian National Railways 12 /2 x12-foot HO scale layout. He captured the look and fe el of small city and town railroading. His article on how to build the "Gooderham fI Worts" distillery appeared in the February 1998 issue of "The Journal." The Grand River lay­ out is based on the prototype Canadian National Railways' Stratford Division. Ian Wilson's book on the pro­ totype, TO STRATFORD UNDER STEAM has 250 black-and-white and color photos on 192 pages. The book is $41.95 (U.S.) plus $5.00 shipping and handling ($66.29 postpaid in Canada) from Canadian Branchline Miniatures, P.O. Box 2565, Orilla, Ontario L3V 7B1, Canada. An index of previous articles on layout design, operations and prototype-based layout tours appears on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

orning is breaking of engines is being heard as the early power and a bountiful local grain supply over the smoke­ delivery trucks begin arriving on their b(ought the plant to the river town during stacks, water tanks rounds to the awakening factories. From the Industrial Revolution. Now the and towers of the the tall chimneys, black smoke is drifting unmistakable aroma of a distillery alTests industrial roofiiJle of out, signifying the prosperity and pro­ our nostrils as we peer up at the massive Grand Ri ver, a rugged duction of postwar industrial Canada. rooftop sign. Tucked into a hollow along factory town in the Tucked away in the south end of the west wall of the plant is the Hogg heart of Ontario's manufacturing district. Grand River, the ancient stone retail coal trestle. Above the stone retain­ Soot-blackened blick and stone walls are Gooderham & Worts distillery stands. ing walls enclosing the coal dealer, the coming into focus, and the points of yellow Constructed in 1857, it has since been sounds of thumping hammers and grind­ Light glowing behind windows coated dwarfed by a massive brick complex, to ing lathes are escaping from the large with grime are fading in the dawn. which it is connected by an overhead windows of the Canada Iron & Machine Already, the whir of machinelY and nimble walkway. Avai lability of cheap water Company. Over be)lond the fmthest siding, WfiYFREIGHT QPERflTIQNI the Grand River Furniture factory is search of a switchlist for the morning's leniency is allowed on occasion. Backing beginning another working day. work. into the company siding which is shared A small commercial district is nestled Immediately behind the locomotive is with the Grand River Furniture beneath the railway tracks, and from the a box car load of merchandise, acting as Company, the wayfreight locks couplers sidewalks we have a lovely view of the today's "way car." Beyond the station to with the load of steel parts, and the railway embankment as it curves around the north, the shed man and his assistant brakeman fastens the "hose bags" and from the south and crosses the roadway have come on duty at seven o'clock. With hops on the tail-end car. With the other on a through girder bridge emblazoned half a carload of packages to handle brakeman flagging the roadcrossing, the with the distinctive "Canadian National before the peddler leaves, the freight wayfreight eases out of the private siding Railways Courtesy & Service." As was shed staff will be busy. Customarily, a and sets the loaded car on the adjacent the case in most Ontario industrial areas, wayfreight spots the way car first, so the team track for the moment. railway and road traffic going head-to­ men have time to work the car while In today's wayfreight consist is a car­ head at level crossings fo rced the streets other switching duties are being per­ load of lumber from the Northeastern to burrow under the tracks. For coming fo rmed. On the ground, the conductor U.S. picked up from the bond siding at generations, the bottlenecks at under­ has conferred with his brakemen about the junction this morning, and destined passes will cause much fuming in rush the work to be done. A coupler lever is for the Grand River Furniture Company. hour commuters. pulled, the engineer and firemen are sig­ A couple of employees are waiting on the nalled to pull ahead, and with a bark platform to receive the car as it is backed A CNR Wayfreight from her stack the ten-wheeler ro lls for­ alongside. This plant receives about a A whistle resounding through the ward to the siding switch, then reverses carload of lumber each week, and ships brick and stone catacombs announces the and runs around her train. Leaving the out a large volume of hardwood furniture arrival of the morning wayfreight from caboose on the mainline, the remainder by less-than-carload (lei) and occasional­ the junction. Grand River is located on a of the consist is switched to the service ly express, which are both picked up by branchline that winds its way north track. Working into the freight shed sid­ CN trucks. When an unusually large through a hundred-mile progression ing at the north end of the yard, the crew shipment to a distributor warrants a full fr om factories to agricultural districts spot the box car adjacent to the platform. car, it is handled directly from the and finally the sparkling waters of An orange CN Freight delivery truck unloading platform. Alongside the siding Georgian Bay. The daily CNR peddler coughs to life and backs alongside the shared by the machine shop and the fur­ carries the bulk of freight traffi c on the car, to receive any piece for local deliv­ niture factory is a second siding, which line, and its consist sometimes swells to ery. serves as both a railway team track and a 20 cars. Today, H-6-c class Ten Wheeler Two carloads of grain are backed tail track for switching a number of 1303 has drawn the assignment, and she down the narrow corridor between the industries in the north end of the city. A is stepping carefully around the tight Gooderham & Worts stone distillery box car load of bagged portland cement curving mainline atop the limestone building and the main complex onto a from a distributor in Toronto is spotted retaining walls. private siding at the south end of the on the team track, and following a We leave our coffee at the breakfast yard. The cars pass beneath an overhead runaround move in the yard, the engine counter in the corner grocery store, and walkway and the brakeman signals the backs into the tail track and clear of the hop into our automobile which we left engineer to stop at the unloading plat­ switch. parked near the Supertest station. Not a form. After the pin is yanked, the engine By now, the train crew has been on moment too soon, either: in the morning pulls ahead past the switch for the siding duty for almost five hours, and it is time rush a parked car quickly causes a traffic leading into the coal trestle. Built in the fo r the customary lunch stop. It is the snarl. early 1920s, this retail facility also serves head end brakeman's turn to buy provi­ We drive under the steel girder bridge the heating needs of the distillery. Space sions, and he walks up the street a short and up to the station, where the Ten­ restrictions necessitate a steep grade fo r way to the downtown district. A row of wheeler is just coming to a stop on the loaded trucks to climb on their way out solid Victorian storefronts, including mainline. Like several of the early indus­ of the pit, and on occasion a tow chain is banks, grocery stores, hardwar� and dry trial buildings in the area, this original required to coax one of the venerable goods merchants, extends offin the dis­ Grand Trunk Railway structure was con­ Mack trucks up the incline. To day there tance. structed of durable limestone quarried is a load of coal fo r the trestle from the A favorite with train crews is Gerry's from local pits. A schedule board, wait­ CNR-Lackawanna interchange at Black Grill on the corner, whose owner pro­ ing room door, mailbox and platform Rock, New York. With the remainder of duces spicy German sausage. The life ­ wagons attest to the passenger trains that the train used as a handle, the ten-wheel­ embracing proprietor typifies the attitude still serve this branchline. A couple of er nudges the hopper car onto the timber found in railway towns all over the divi­ hours ago, the morning accommodation structure. A grimy worker from the Hogg sion, where local merchants are fond of headed through on its daily run to the yard climbs onto the deck and releases the train crews and their patronage. Georgian Bay terminus, where it will lay a trap door at the bottom of the car. Armed with a freshly wrapped package, over and return southbound, calling here Under a cloud of coal dust, tons of black the brakeman returns to his hungry again at nightfall. In company with his diamonds cascade into the bin below. mates. colleagues in hundreds of branchline The Grand River station agent has Half an hour later, we hear the fire­ CNR stations, the agent/operator at advised the conductor that on his morn­ man's shovel scraping the footplate as he Grand River is kept busy with passenger, ing yard check he sealed a car for ship­ stokes the ten-wheeler's firebox in prepa­ express, telegraph and freight business. ping from the Canada Iron & Machine ration for the afternoon's work. As he is booking in the arrival of the Company. A shipper is allowed two days Sprawling over the north end of the city work extra, the conductor is making his loading or unloading time before demur­ are factories standing shoulder to shoul­ way from his orange van to the office in rage charges begin kicking in, but a bit of der, jammed in between streets, track and

28 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' SEPTEMBER 2000 wheel stops, and a couple of dock The day shift at Gooderham & Worts has begun and employees break the seal. Over at the the Grand River commercial district is coming to life freight shed the way car is retrieved, then as ten-wheeler 1303 drifts past the post office with the consist is assembled in front of the the daily wayfreight. station. Orders in hand, the engineer answers the conductor's signal with a couple of blasts on the whistle, the brakes are released, and the wayfreight is on its way up the branchline. Beyond the industrial heart of Ontario, the landscape and economy becomes agricultural in nature. Typifying the hundreds of communities spread over the vast expanse of southwestern Ontario is Minessing. Its red frame combination station comes into view, with the quin­ tessential grain elevator and coal dealer at tracks ide. A collection of wooden houses and small mills make up this quaint village. Train time is an event in the community, and a half-dozen people are always at the station to watch the activity surrounding the arrival of the daily wayfreight. A local contract trucker is waiting on the platform for the way car as the train brakes to a halt at the order board. While the conductor proceeds to the station, the brakeman coaxes open the large steel door on the box car and assists the trucker with the packages. There is a hopper car of coal in the consist for the Dominion Coal bunker, which has taken advantage of summer prices in laying in a supply of anthracite for the autumn and winter. Through tall grass and beneath the dusty canopy of the Tamblyn Grain mill, the hopper car is rolled to the unloading bin. Grain, coal, and feed, with the occasional farm implement traffic, are staples for this community on the railway line, which ships and receives about 50 carloads per year. In 10 years, the highways will have taken most of this business, and in anoth­ er decade hence these trackside buildings will be gone, along with the rails. Back at the front of the station, the crew prepares for departure, as some children watch from the platform. The afternoon sun high overhead is blocked A couple of local children on bicycles topography. Crews are not fond of work­ by a column of coal smoke as the 63-inch are watching the locomotive as it chugs ing this area, with its tight clearances, low drivers begin to turn. Screaming a warn­ visibility and curves. Flanges are squeal­ out from the cleft between the buildings. ing for a farm crossing, the little train ing as the train snakes between the From the service track, there is work gathers speed and begins rolling across remaining at a couple more large mills. Scroggins Shoe works, yet another indus­ the green Southern Ontario meadows. Both the Galt Flour Mills and Grand try tied to the original local economy, and The train slows as the town of Fergus the silos of the Lill & Swain Coal River Knitting Mills employ over 100 comes into view. Brick smokestacks and Company, the largest fuel dealer in Grand men working two shifts, and in the vicin­ rooftop water towers speak of the indus­ River. With a brakeman walking ahead, ity of the two plants, the air is dry with trial flavor of this community, nestled on dust. With a bang, the engine locks cou­ the engine chugs beneath the massive red the banks of the Grand River. After the brick Rosenquist-Wilson piano and organ plers at the timber platform with a car­ stop at the train order board, the conduc­ load of export flour, which is then set on factory, a behemoth in its declining years. tor walks to the station and enters Finally arriving at the Wagner & Strang the freight shed siding. A box car load of through the wooden screen door. Inside, stove & furnace works, a carload of wool is eased alongside the concrete the agent/operator is booking the train assembled appliances is picked up. platform of the knitting mill near the arrival time as he hands a switch list to

RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 29 WflYFREIGHT QPERflTIQNI the conductor. Back outside, the crew is directed to spot the way car alongside the station platform, where a contract deliv­ ery truck is waiting for lcl shipments. A second box car, loaded with metal castings, is destined for the Beatty Foundry. Walking ahead of the train on the siding, a brakeman checks the spindly rail, which rarely sees a freight car any more. Alongside the weather­ beaten wood loading dock, the brakeman pulls the pin, and the locomotive retreats back along the weed-grown siding to the mainline. In addition to the customary lumber, grain, and coal industries at this branch­ I ine point, there is a stock ramp. Tuesdays are cattle-loading days in Fergus, and an empty car is to be spotted at the chute. On the southbound run tomorrow, the crew will no doubt be waylaid, as the loading always seems to take longer than expected. But with busi­ ness being constantly lost to Ontario's developing system of reliable highways, the crew do not grumble for long. On the chute siding, the car is left alongside the whitewashed ramp. As the wayfreight crew reassemble their train in front of the station, the head end brakeman rolls the large steel door on the way car shut. We bid farewell to the train here, as it makes its way up the branch to other small communities. Many miles and hours from now, the locomotive will be taken off and ser­ viced, the crew will head to the bunkhouse, and another working day for a CNR wayfreight will be finished, only to be repeated tomOlTOW in reverse, as the crew and train head back down the line toward the junction. RMJ

Two box car loads of grain are spotted in narrow corridor between distillery building and main complex of Gooderham & Worts. Rarely a day goes by when this industry does not receive a few cars.

A hopper car full of black diamonds is spotted on Hogg coal trestle. While oil furnaces are begin­ ning to take hold in this area, the vast majority of industrial and commercial customers still rely on anthracite for heating.

30 RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 Traffic is held while ten wheeler eases across roadway af ter retrieving box car from Canada Iron & Machine. Grand River Furniture is a maj or employee in this industrial city.

Fuel delivery driver chats with conductor as brakeman signal s enginemen spotting hopper car. In a matter of minutes, the air will be black with coal dust from unloading operation on tres­ tle.

Spindly track that threads between larg e indus­ tries in Grand River's east end would put any engine larger than a ten wheeler on the ground. Lill & Swain Coal in foreground also handles While grain trucks call atTam blyn Mill with local pickups and deliv­ eries, wayfreight eases to a stop at Minessing station. Rural life in outlying areas off ers sharp contrast to rigors of city. Frame homes and small industries such as the Gockel Organ Works characterize rural communities along branchline. Daily passage of wayfreight is acknowledged by friendly waves in town and country alike.

Tw o-story station at Fergus speaks of railway' s prominence in this small manufacturing town. People and wagons on platform are aw aiting call of passenger train on heels of wayfreight.

The lean-to coal shed and cattle dock in Fergus is typical of hun­ dreds of such structures that flank branchline stations all ove r southern Ontario on the CNR. WBVFflEIGHT 9PEflBTI9NI

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Key To Buildings 1. Canada Iron & Machine 16. Freight Shed 2. Grand River Furniture 17. Sutherland Press

3. Coal Trestle 18. Dominion Coal 4. Gooderham & Worts 19. Coal Shed 5. Distillery 20. Ta mblyn Grain Mill 6. Scale House 21. Minessing Station

7. Post Office 22. House 8. Stores 23. Gockel Organ Works TRACK PLAN FOR IAN 9. Gas Station 24. Beatty Foundry WILSON'S GRAND RIVER 10. Grand River Station 25. Fergus Station 11. Hopkin Ice Company 26. Cattle Ramp & NORTHERN RAILWAY 12. Scroggins Shoe 27. Coal Shed 13. Lill & Swain Coal 28. Water Tower 14. Galt Flour Mills 29. Coaling Dock 15. Grand River Knitting Mills 30. Rosenquist-Wilson Piano & Organ

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While the remainder of crew chat under watchful eye of fireman, tail end brakeman has walked to pros­ pering downtown district in search of provisions for lunch break. A box car of castings is set at Beatty Foundry, a small industry that got its start with the coming of the ra ilway in th e previous century. The work train on siding equips extra gang. ------[AUTO PARTS CARS]------SS-FOOT PC&F X-POST HI-CUBE BOX CARS

FROM ATHEARNBy Mike BuddeHO SCALE KITS

There are no kits for the exterior-post 86-foot hi-cube box cars, but it is easy enough to kit-convert Athearn's kits to match these specific prototypes. There's an index of previous articles on auto parts box cars as part of the "Modern Freight Cars" index on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

This photo illustrates the difference between the kit­ converted Paccar model (top) and the stock Athearn Thrall kit (bottom). The kit-conversion in the top of the photo was done by adding the styrene ribs directly over the Athearn out-of-the-box SP paint job. The new ribs were then painted with red and grey paint to match the original paint, and weathering was used to blend it all together. Sharp-eyed observers will also notice slight differences in the lettering on the newer Athearn reis­ sued kit used in the conversion, (top) as opposed to the original issue of the model (bottom) which dates back to 1971.

The first step is removing the weld seams and corner rivets with a razor blade or hobby knife. After this is done, corner ribs (1) are added using .020 x .030- inch styrene, and the short top chord is formed from the same strip. New side ribs (2) made from 125132- inch (about 13 scale feet) lengths of .030 x .030-inch styrene strip are placed over the old weld seams. The lower ends of these ribs should extend slightly below the side sheets and the bottom edges should be beveled to a 45-degree angle to line up with the cast­ on posts visible along the bottom sill. Fill in the recessed panels on each side of the doors (3) with .030 x .250-inch styrene. These strips are not quite wide enough to completely fill in the recessed areas, so posi­ tion them away from the doors leaving the small gap right next to the doors. This gap will be covered (4) with strips of .030 x .080-inch strip which is used to form new door frames. The letterboards will need to be shimmed at the corner ribs to keep them level. Finally,

new upper door tracks (5) are made from 1 h6-inch Plastruct angle glued directly over the old door tracks.

The Cotton Belt and Santa Fe cars were done using undecorated kits as a starting point After adding the new ribs, these models were sprayed with a coat of grey automobile primer. The Santa �e car was then painted red. When this model was almost finished, I found out from Scott Chatfield that the Santa Fe had only the 4-door cars, so this 8-door car is completely incorrect! I used to have an N-scale Santa Fe 8-door Paccar hi-cube that came painted that way from the manufacturer, so I just assumed it was correct. Well, we all know what happens when you "assume!"

36 RAILMODELJOURNAL . 5EPTEMBER 2000 ere is a simple kit-conver­ replacing the cast-on weld seams with styrene book SOUTHERN PACIFIC COLOR sion that can add a little strips to represent the outside braces. If GUIDE TO FREIGHT AND PA SSENGER variety to a few of your 86- you're careful, th is can even be done on EQUIPMENT, by Anthony W. Thompson. foot hi-cube auto parts cars. Athearn's model that's already decorated for Studying these photos will reveal that the This quick conversion of an SP. While the finished model is not an exact locations for the exterior posts on the PC& F Athearn 8-door Thrall hi­ copy of the Paccar prototype, (the most cars are in the same places as the weld seams cube can change this model notable difference being the recessed panels on the Thrall cars. Removing these weld into a reasonable representation of a Pacific left at each end) the exterior bracing added to seams on the Athearn model is easily accom­ Car & Foundry prototype. Santa Fe and the model is enough to represent the unique plished using a single-edged razor blade or an Southern Pacific-Cotton Belt had a number of look of these somewhat rare hi-cubes used by X-Acto knife with a chisel blade. Some minor 4-door and 8-door versions of these cars built the SP and ATSF. sanding may be needed, but most imperfec­ in 1964 that lasted well into the 1990s. The The prototype photo that accompanies tions will be covered by the new ribs. Once most distinctive feature of these cars was the this article was taken in St. Louis in 1990. A you remove the weld seams from the Adlearn outside bracing, which was unusual fo r hi­ much better photo of one of these cars when model, follow these simple steps to complete cubes. Thi s simple conversion requires new appears on page 24 of the Morning Sun your Paccar hi-cube. RMJ

I did not want to try masking those distinctive grey arrows over all of the ribs, so the outlines of these grey areas were lightly scribed with a sharp blade. Testors 1150 flat red was used to brush-paint the rest of the car, leaving the arrows grey. The scribed line helped to keep a sharp color separation line between the red and the grey.

The finished SP car is shown at the top of the photo after weathering. The car that will be the Cotton Belt model, at the bottom of the photo, had the area between the doors, including the arrowheads, painted by hand. Next, a piece of waxed paper was used to trace the oval from the SP car, and this shape was transferred to a sheet of Microscale white trim film. The oval was then lengthened horizontally by about 1/4 inch to allow it to settle over the ribs, and applied to the car with Walthers Solvaset. A sharp blade was used along with repeated treatments of decal set to get the large white oval to settle properly.

Since I couldn't find a red "Cotton Belt" decal, I used the same Testor's 1150 flat red to carefully paint over the black letters on Microscale's 87-219 decal sheet. Before application of these letters, the car was weathered using my oil paint method described For added realism on my hi-cubes, I always replace the cast-on end grabs with wire in the December 1997 issue of "The JournaL" This method of weathering will some­ parts, and on these cars the end walkways were replaced with pieces of Plano times highlight the edges of decal film, so that is why the lettering was not added to roofwalk material. These cars will also receive coupler cut bars, air hoses, and some the white oval until the weathering was completed. When the weathering was dry, the of the end details described in Davis Davis' article in the February 200 issue of individual letters were cut apart and applied between the ribs with Solvaset. "The Journal." RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 37 The prototype for the Cotton Belt car is so long that I need­ ed two photographs to cover the car. I caught this one in October 19?O at St. Louis, Missouri.

------PAINT DECALS ------[ & ] IPD, BAILBOX a OTHER X-POST CARS FROM THE BOX CAR BOOM 017 THE 1970&

FMCHO SCCARSALE: FR,OM PA MDCRT 3 N SCALE: FROM MDC

By Jim Eager

The vast majority of the box cars still rolling on the rails were built during the seventies. Yo u can duplicate most of these cars in HO, N, S or 0 scale. Part 1 of the FMC series, illustrating the early cars, appeared in the June 2000 issue and Part 2, illustrating the Plate 8 cars that can be modeled in N scale with Micro-Trains models, appeared in the August 2000 issue. Next month, we'll fe ature the FMC-built Plate C double-door cars. Previous articles in this series on "IPD, Railbox and Other X-Post Cars .•• " began with Part I, in the December 1999 issue, that included a history of the "Box Car 800m" of the seventies and Part II, also in the December 1999 issue, and Parts III and IV in the January and February 2000 issues, illustrated and described the ACF-built cars and the matching HO, S, 0 and Z scale models. Part V, in the March 2000 issue, began the coverage of cars built by Pullman-Standard with the early cars, most of which can be duplicated with Wa lthers kits. Part VI, in the April 2000 issue, illustrated most of the Pullman-Standard cars that can be duplicated with the MDC HO and N scale kits. The Pullman-Standard cars in the May 2000 issue can be duplicated with Athearn's new 5344-series HO scale kits. The earliest of these Pullman-Standard cars with diagonal-panel roofs can be kit-converted from MDC kits as described by Bob Rivard for his MNS model in the May 2000 issue. There's an index of all previous articles on modeling modern freight cars on our website at www.railmodeljournal.com

5RN 5050, series 5000-5199, built in April 1976. Texas shortline Sabine Ri ver & Northern, via S51 Rail, was FMC's fi rst custom er for a tall er, Plate C versi on of the 5077 design, with a nominal volume capacity of 5,347 cubic feet. The SRN cars have a capacity of 5,295 cubic feet due to having plywood-lined sides and ends. SRN 5200-5399 followed in 1977-78. Note the wider-spaced ribs on the upper half of the ends. -Ed Hawki ns photo, August 1976 HO Scale Decals: Herald King 8-790, or Microscale 87-218 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60- 218

40 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 RBOX 38111, series 37750-38749, class XFF20, built in April 1980 through June 1981. Railbox didn't order taller Plate C cars from FMC until 1980, and even then they were 5,277 -cubic-foot cars that were about one and a half inches lower than FMC's standard 5347. They also have an X rib in the end roof panels which most other FMC cars do not, thus matching MDC's kits. This car has a 6-panel Superior door, but other cars in the series came with Yo ungstown doors. -Jim Eager photo, July 1981 HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-160, Champ HB-414 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-160

NLG 5026, series 5001-5100, built in October and November 1977. North Louisiana & Gulf ordered 53475 in three lots. NLG 5026 is from the first, while 5101- 5400 and 5551-5600 were delivered in 1978 and 1979. -Ed Hawkins photo, May 1978 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-1110 N Scale Decals: none known

ASAB 7171, series 7150-7199, built in December 1976. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay added 5347s to their fleet of Plate B 5077s. More Plate C cars were ordered in 1978 (7200-7299). -Jim Eager photo, May 1985 HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-377, Herald King B-802 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-377

CIRR 90098, series 90001-90100, built in April 1977. Georgia's Chattahoochee Industrial RR ordered 5347s in 1977. This car was in assigned service when photographed in 1992. -Jim Eager photo, March 1992 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-721 N Scale Decals: none known

PHD 2047, series 2000-2199, built in October 1977. PH&D was another shortline that got both Plate B and Plate C cars from FMC. Model Die Casting offers an accurate FMC 5347 in both HO and N scales, except that the end roof pan­ els should be smooth instead of having an X­ rib. -Jim Eager photo, March 1979 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-101O N Scale Decals: none known

RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 41 MDC HO & N BOX CARS

PW 446, series 401-553 , built in Decemb er 1977. Another road that had both Plate B and C cars, Providence & Worcester rostered three groups of FMC 5347s. PW 101-300 came earlier in 1977, 554-703 arrived in 1978. -J im Eager photo, April 1978 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-940, or Microscale 87-224, or 87-321 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-224 or 60-321

ROCK 300328, series 300000-300499, built in August & September 1978. The Rock Island ordered 500 FMC 5347s in 1978. After the demise of the Rock in 1980, these cars became C&NW 716000-716499 and ran for years in faded blue with hastily restenci led CNW reporting marks and heralds. -J im Eager photo, August 1979 HO ScaleDecals: Miaoscale87-259, HeraldKing B-542 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-259

MTW 4550, series 4400-4599, built in September and October 1978. Although with a stenci led capacity of 5,355 cubic feet, Wisconsin shortline Mari nette Tomahawk & Western's cars were identical to FMC's production 5347s. Three addi tional lots were delivered between 1976 and 1978 (4000-4399). -Jim Eager photo, March 1984 HO ScaleDecals: Miaoscale87-394, HeraldKing B-750 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-394

MEC 31872, seri es 31750-31899 , built in November 1978. The Maine Central bought single-door 5283s from FMC in 1974 (MEC 31000-31249), and the road obtained the newer Plate C desi gn in 1976 as well (31250-31749). MEC 31872 is a 5347 from a thi rd order, equipped with Freight Master EOC cushioning and an Eq uipco 6-panel door. MEC ordered 600 additional cars in 1979 (20000-20149) and 1980 (20150-20349 and 31900-32149), equipped with a mix of Keystone cushioned underframes and EOC cush­ ioning. -J im Eager photo, March 1979 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-880 N Scale Decals: none known

GBW 7014, series 7000-7049, built in April 1979. Green Bay & Western got FMC 53475 in 1979, and another 300 cars followed in 1980 (16000-16299). -Jim Eager photo, February 1983 HO Scale Decals: Herald King B-12 N Scale Decals: none known

42 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' SEPTEMBER 2000 RV 1019, series 1000-1024, built in April 1979. New Jersey shortline Rahway Valley leased a small group of 5347s from Itel in 1979. -Jim Eager photo, June 1984 "0 Scale Decals: Herald King B-1380, or Microscale 87-217 N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-217

CCR 6472, series 6400-6499, built April and May 1979. Corinth & Counce boug ht both FMC 5347s and Pullman 5344s to ha ul paper products from on-line Te nneco and Kimberly Clark mills. -Jim Eager photo, April 1984 "0 Scale Decals: Microscale MC-4308, Herald King B-1081 N Scale Decals: none known

HS 14071, ex-GRN 8100-8149 series, built in May 1979. Greenville & Northern rostered FMC 5347s in addition to Pullman 53445 and ACF 5300s. This ca r was still in excellent condition work­ ing for the Hartford & Slocomb. -D. Scott Chatfie ld photo, July 1991 "0 Scale Decals: Herald King B-960 N Scale Decals: none known

TTlS 25108, ex-B&H 25101-25150 series, built in May 1979. Western New York shortline Bath & Hamondsport ordered their cars in purple with a champagne glass logo to reflect the vine­ yards of the region. Coincidentally, purple is also one of the colors used by its new opera­ tor, Transkentucky Tra nsportation. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, June 1987 "0 Scale Decals: Herald King B-1450 N Scale Decals: none known

TSE 5108, series 5001-5020, built in June 1979. Texas South Eastern's handful of 53475 wore this plain-jane blue-and-white-paint job. -Ed Hawkins photo, May 1982 "0 Scale Decals: Herald King B-1560 plus logo (added after delivery) N Scale Decals: none known

RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 43 MOC HO & N BOX CARS eginning in 1976, FMC Central of Ve rmont (CV 600 I 00- Amador Central (AMC 1001-1075) began to produce a taller 600299) leased cars from Harvey, while ordered slightly longer 52-footers with Plate C version of their Lamoille Valley (LVRC 3000-3099) and centered double sliding doors in 1979. IPD design in both 5,277 Vermont Rai lway (1200 1-12200) got Several scale plans of FMC cars have and 5,347 -cubic-foot cars from Rex Leasing. New Hope & been published in the hobby press. A sizes. Railbox ordered Ivyland (NHIR 85 1 -900 & 5001-5150) drawing of a centered double door 5077 1,000 class XFF20 cars and the Warw ick Rwy (WRWK 5151- is in FMC BOXCARS SINCE 1972, by in 1980-8 1, but Boston & Maine (BM 5300) also obtained single-door cars, and Eric Neubauer, Freight Cars Journal 80000-80024), Maine Central (MEC San Luis Central (SLC 1000- 1099) Monograph No. J, which includes rosters 20000-20349 & 31250-32 149), and leased a batch from Interpool. Brae sup­ of all of FMC's box car designs built Rock Island (ROCK 300000-300499) plied cars to Delta Valley Southern(DVS between 1972 and 1982. FMC's single­ were the only Class 1 railroads to order 1001-1050), Helena Southwestern (HSW door 5347 design is featured in the pre­ these cars new. 1001-1050), Moscow Camden & St. mier issue of Freight Cars Journal (Issue SSI/Itel ordered them by the thou­ Augustine (MCSA 6075-6124), and no. I , August 1983), while the July 1980 sands, though, including single-door cars Vi rginia & Midland (VAMD 3000- issue of RaiLroad Model Crqftsman has a for Apalachicola Northern (AN 5400- 3049), plus offset double-door cars to detailed set of plans for the ABOX 5599), Arkansas & Louisiana Missouri East St. Louis Junction (7700-7750), XFF30 class. (ALM 1000-1 149), Atlanta & St. Galveston Wharves (GWF 1001-1200), Andrews Bay (ASAB 7150-7299), Bath Oregon Pacific & Eastern (OPE 15101- Modeling the Plate C Cars & Hammondsport (BH 25 101-25150), 15200), Yreka Western (YW 25 101- HO and N scale modelers are fortu­ Cadiz (CAD 1100- 1 149), Chattahoochee 25200), and Port of Ti llamook Bay nate to have several kits for these FMC Industrial (CIRR 9000 1-90 1 00), Corinth (POTB 101-150). prototypes. Model Die Casting produces & Counce (CCR 6400-6499), East FMC built a few of these taller Plate no fewer than five different versions of Camden & Highland (EACH 200 1 -2200 C cars with plug doors as well. MD&W FMC's 5277/5347 Plate C cars in both & 235 1 -2500), Green Bay & Western ordered them with both 10-foot single HO and N scales: single-door (1950 (GBW 7000-7049 & 16000- J6299), plug doors (8000-8099 & 9000-9099) series in HO, 8250 series in N), centered Green Mountain (GMRC 700-799), and with 12-foot plug doors as well double door (1980 series in HO and 8280 Greenville & Northern (GRN 8100- (8100-8 199). Hel also leased 12-footers series in N), offset double door (3640 8149), Marinette To mahawk & Western to CIRR (9020 1 -90300), EACH (2501- series in HO and 8340 series in N), com­ (MTW 4000-4599), Meridian & Bigbee 2700), and NOPB (4 100-4 199), while bination plug and sliding door (1930 and (MB 4000-4099), Mississippi Export Santa Fe ordered similar cars built with a 8230 series), and 12-foot plug door (MSE 900-999), New Orleans Public flat roof (ATSF 151900- 152299). The (3620 and 8360 series). These kits are Belt (NOPB 3975-4099), North Apache Rwy (APA 1800- 1949) and highly accurate models of FMC's cars, Louisiana & Gulf (NLG 500 1 -5400 & Te xas Oklahoma & Eastern (TOE 2500- although FMC only built double-door 555 1 -5600), Port Huron & Detroit 2599) ordered cars with offset double cars with centered doors in the lower (PH&D 2000-2 199), Providence & plug doors and flat roofs. Plate B height (as illustrated in the Worcester (P&W IOJ-300 & 40 1 -703), FMC also constructed cars with com­ August 2000 issue). Many of the paint Rahway Valley (RV 1000- 1024), Sabine bination plug and sliding doors. Railbox schemes offered on the MDC models of River & Northern (SRN 5000-5399), ordered 2,050 cars as their XFF30 class FMC cars are accurate, but some of them Savannah State Docks (SSDK 1000- in 1978-79 (ABOX 50400-52449), but were only applied to Plate B cars. Herald 1099), Toledo Peoria & Western (TPW Itel actually supplied a small group to King once produced numerous decal sets 70101-70 1 50), and Va ldosta Southern MD&W (10000- 10199) in 1976, long that were correct for these cars and (VSO 6000-6399). before any of the ABOX cars were built. Microscale is currently releasing new Meanwhile, Columbus & Greenville Finally, Southern Pacific (SP 245990- sets that can used on them. (CAGY 19100- 19124 & 21000-21199), 2465 14, B-70-80), Longview Portland & RMJ Erie Western (ERES 9000-9049), and Oregon (LPN 52000-52099), and

MDC's HO scale mo dels in their 1950 series are available in a variety of paint schemes, including undecorated and this number 1973 Railbox-I et­ tered car.

44 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 DIESEL MODELING ------[ ]------

BURLINGTON & MILWAUKEE ROAD SD7s

FROM PROTO 20By '00Jeff GoutHO cher SCALE MODELS Milwaukee Road SD7 by Jeff Goutcher, weathered by Mark Hills Burlington SD7 by Bill Nelson

The Burlington and the Milwaukee Road were two ofthe customers fo r EMO's S07 diesels that opted for the smallest possible fuel tank to keep the axle loads as light as possible. The lighter load, spread over six axles, rather than four, allowed these diesels to traverse the unkempt track of the fa rmland branchlines of these two roads without damaging the track.

II but three of the nary hack saw to make both cuts, then Milwaukee Road SD7s used a Dremel tool and mill fi le to clean Body Shell were delivered with the up the rough edges. Build up several pads of .040-inch 1,200-gallon, or "half' I'm not happy with the frame-mount­ styrene to body-mount the coupler of fuel tanks. The Milwaukee ed couplers on these locomotives. The your choice. It should be a short-shank specified this option to cast coupler tab extends too far out past coupler. It's an extremely tight fit but save weight as the loco­ the pilot. I body-mounted Kadee number well worth the trouble. motives were destined for its vast 33 couplers. There's very little clearance The only other modification required branchline light-rail network. I wanted to for the coupler, so wh ile you've got the on the shell is to make a new front wall capture this distinctive look for my Dremel out, cut off the cast coupler for the plastic fuel tank that wi II cover future Midwest-based layout. At first mounting tabs and then grind away mate­ the re maining tank on the frame. As with glance, the Proto 2000 SD units appeared rial from both the ends of the frame and the frame, cut the plastic tank assembly to have the motor engineered too low to the metal weights at each end to clear the just in front of the rear tank. Discard the remove the tank. Then Bill Nelson coupler (see PHOTO 2 where I've modi­ front tank. showed me his model of a Q' SD7 and fied the rear of the frame only fo r clari­ Next cut a piece of .040-inch sheet proved to me it could be done. What fo l­ ty). With the heavy work done, wash the styrene approximately 22 mm x 10 mm. lows is a brief outline of the steps frame to remove any stray metal fi lings. Then cut out a notch roughly 6 mm x 4 required to remove the front tank and Now take the rubber motor mounts mm in the center of the tank. Yo u'll also capture that light axle-loading look. and cut them just forward of the rear rub­ need to fi le the edges leading into the ber peg (see PHOTO 3). You can discard notch to fit (see PHOTO 4). This notch Underframe the front mounts as there is no longer a will allow the tank to clear the brass strip Begin by disassembling the unit. location for them. With the front mounts below the motor and the motor itself. Remove the four screws under the fuel missing, the motor can and probably will Glue the finished piece into the tank. The tank, the fo ur screws holding the printed tilt forward, causing the flywheels to tank opening is not square, and you'll circuit board, and the two screws on the come in contact with the cast weights need to trim, putty and sand for a good end of the cast-metal weights on the top surrounding them. To sol ve this problem, fit. Once the glue and putty are dry, paint of the frame. Note the positions of the cut two 25-mm lengths of .80 x .80-inch the fuel tank Engine Black. I attached the r wires on the circuit board prior to dis­ styrene. File one corner lightly on each painted plastic tank cover to the frame in connecting them. If you get turned of the pieces to form a slight bevel. Glue the same manner Life-Like did, with around easily like I do, the front of the the styrene pieces along the inside of the double-sided tape. frame is the side with the cutouts for the frame. The beveled edges should be piping. I scribe a fo rward-pointing arrow pointed toward the center of the frame Paint and Decals with an old X-Acto number II blade in forming a "cradle" for the motor. The Since I started with a factory-painted the frame so I don't accidentally cut off styrene keeps the motor from moving Milwaukee Road unit, I didn't repaint the the wrong tank. either vertically or horizontally and still shell. I did however replace the "as deliv­ Once the frame is bare, clamp it hori­ allows removal of the motor at a later ered" road number, herald, and locomo­ zontally and make your first vertical cut date for replacement or maintenance. tive class decals to represent the locomo­ just in front of the rear fuel tank (see Finally, paint all the newly cut metal and tive as it appeared in 1968. PHOTO I). Then with the frame styrene flat Engine Black to hide any clamped vertically, make the second cut shine once the locomotive is finished . Summary parallel with the underside of the frame Once the paint is dry you can reassemble That's al l there is to it. The total pro­ and intersect the first cut. The front tank the frame, trucks, drive shafts and ject should take you 4-5 hours including should now just fall away. I used an ordi- weights.

RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 45 BURLINGTON & MILWAUKEE ROAD SD7s

PHOTO 1. Make the first cut in the Proto 2000 frame just in front of the rear tank.

PHOTO 2. Grind the rear of the Proto 2000 frame to clear the body-mounted coupler.

drying time. The motor does extend 4 mm below the frame, so this isn't a per­ fect model, but given that the bottom of the motor housing is black and extends down from the center of the frame, you PHOTO 3. The Proto 2000 can't see it at all from a viewing angle of motor mounts must be cut in about 5 degrees and higher. Even from a half so they are less visible in broadside view, as the photos show, the now-open space beneath you'll barely notice it. This locomotive the frame. has a unique look and fits perfectly in any branchline application. Special thanks go to Mark Hills at Express Station Hobbies in Tukwila, WA and Bill Nelson of Seattle, Washington for their help and encouragement. RMJ

PHOTO 4. The shortened fuel tank with its new front wall as described the text.

46 RAILMODELJOURNAL ' SEPTEMBER 2000

CARS OF THE FIFTIES ------[FREIGHT ]------

HO SCALE PFE R·40·25 IE NP 40·FOOT REEFERS By Ed Hawkins

The 40-foot PFE R-40-25 reefer was also purchased by the Northern Pacific. You can now purchase HO scale InterMountain kits to build either car through the Amarillo Railroad Museum, P. O. Box 3l105, Amarillo, Texas 79120-l105. The Amarillo Railroad Museum has additional details and ordering information in their website: http://www.amarillorailmuseum.com. The kit is $15.95, and assembled models are $24.95, plus $5.00 postage and handling for 1-4 cars, $10.00 for 5-8 cars, $15.00 for 9-12 cars, etc. Payment may be made by check or money order (aDow two weeks for personal checks to clear). Visa, Mastercard, and Discover cards are also accepted (expiration date required). There's an Index of all previous articles on "Freight ears of The Aftles" and on "Modeling the Refrl�eratfon fndiiStrf CJII. ,J)f,W Wtb$lte .t www.rallmodeJJournal.co: i \

The Amarillo Railroad Museum club offers spe­ cial runs of a new InterMountain-produced injec­ tion-molded plastic kit. These models were assembled by Jerry Michels. -Virgil Young photo

The PFE and the Northern Pacific operated near­ ly identical 40-foot reefers. This is the PFE ver­ sion in the repainted paint scheme. This model is also available from the Amarillo Railroad Museum club. -Virgil Young photo

The Northern Pacific cars are available as either kits or ready-to-run models from the Amarillo Railroad Museum Club. -Virgil Young photo

48 RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 PFE 3351, series 2001-5000, built 7/49 by SP Equipment Co. Shown is a freshly repainted car that was last reweighed atTucson, Arizona in January 1954.The car was photographed by the Te rminal Railroad Association of St. Louis on May 29, 1954 and came from the TRRA's accident files. The car had been repainted with the post- 1953 scheme that has the SP monogram ne arest the B end and reporting mark lines and periods dropped. -F. Crawford photo, Museum of Transportation collection

. . , 3 351 .:

eginning in 1936, Pacific The R-40-23 had an inside height of 7 there were some design changes and vis­ Fruit Express (PFE) pur­ feet 3 inches and 1,988 cubic feet capac­ ible differences between the two classes. chased their first all-steel ity. The cars were equipped with an over­ The R-40-25 came equipped with an refrigerator cars, and hang-type Murphy rai sed-rectangular­ overhang-type diagonal panel roof that these were assigned class panel roof, 3/3 Improved Dreadnaught had been introduced by the Standard designation R-40- 10. A Ends, and Preco Model FG-36 circulat­ Railway Equipment Manufacturing total of 4,700 were built ing fans. Company since the R-40-23s were built. during 1936- 1937 by five different Also during the late 1930s and 1940s, Also, an additional thin rib was added to bui Iders, and this marked a major mile­ PFE continued to upgrade their fleet by the top of the 3/3 Improved Dreadnaught stone in refrigerator car construction. reconditioning or rebuilding all-wood End, presumably for some added stiffen­ Prior to th is, all-wood construction was cars and equipping some with new ing. Another difference was the lack of the norm. The R-40- 10 class was Murphy steel roofs and/or various types tabs at the corners and push-pole pockets assigned car number series 4000 1 - of Dreadnaught Ends. Some of these cars on the ends. Route card boards were 44700. These were followed by other can be modeled lI sing Sunshine kits in added to the left of the door, and Preco steel reefers built during the 1940s cast polyurethane resin or styrene plastic Model FK-6 fans were used. The cars including the class R-40- 14 in 1941, kits offered by Red Caboose or Te rry were constructed with a welded under­ R-40-20 in 1945, and R-40-23 in 1947- We gmann of Pacific Freight Enterprises. frame, a photo of which is shown on 1948. As the decade of the I 940s came to a page 181 of the Pacific Fruit Express An HO scale model of the R-40-23 close, the next class of all-steel ice book. PFE steel reefer was introduced by reefers added to the PFE fleet was the The 3,000 R-40-25 cars were InterMountain Railway Company in R-40-25 class. A total of 3,000 cars were equipped with five different types of 1995 , and these kits are available in var­ built by the SP Equipment Company in hand brakes; Aj ax, Universal, Miner, ious lettering schemes. A total of 5,000 1949- 1950 and assigned to the 200 1 - Superior, and Klasing. Running boards R-40-23 cars were built by six diffe rent 5000 car number series. The physical were either Apex Tri-Lok, Morton, or builders and assigned to the 46703- dimensions and capacity of the R-40-25 Gypsum. Car number assignments for 48702 and 500 1-8000 car number series. were the same as the R-40-23. However, the hand brakes and running boards

RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 49 HO SCALE REEFERS

NP 91326, series 91250-91499, built June 1949 by Pacific Car & Foundry. This car was photographed on August 18, 1949 when only two months old. It was equipped with A-3 Ride-Control trucks, an Apex Tri-Lok running board, and Universal hand brake. -W.e. Whittaker photo at Lewiston, Idaho

PFE 2001, series 2001 -5000 , built January 1949 by Pacific Fruit Express. The builder's photo and class car from the R-40 -25 series was built at PFE's Los Angeles shops. The car was equipped with an Ajax hand brake and Morton running board. Note the side hard­ ware, including tackboards, ladders, and door hardware was painted orange.The side sill tabs were painted black. The Union Pacific shield was red/white/blue. -PFE photo from the National Archives of Canada. Negative Number PA186372.

NP 91440 was photographed at St. Louis in 1968. By this time the train slogan previously used was removed, leavin g the Northern Pacific monad. Note that the side tack boards have been lowered, but the original brackets remain. -Joe Collias photo

50 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' SEPTEMBER 2000 could not be determined from the PFE 1949. These were numbered 91250- HO Scale Models freight car diagram sheet. Barber 91499 and were built at PC&F's Renton, Accurate HO scale models are avail­ Stabilized trucks were employed on the Washington plant. The NP cars had the able for the PFE R-40-25 series 2001- 327 1 -3350, 4001-4758, and 4839-5000 corner sidesill tabs that were used to sup­ 5000 and NP series 91250-91499 steel series. A-3 Ride-Control trucks were port the corner steps (like those used on reefer from the Amarillo Railroad used on the 2001-3270, 3351 -4000, and the PFE R-40-23). The cars were Museum. The museum arranged with 4759-4838 series cars. equipped with an Apex Tri-Lok running InterMountain Railway Co. to tool a new board, and photos of several cars show set of ends and roof to match the proto­ PFE Painting and Lettering the use of the Universal hand brake. The type features of the R-40-25 prototype In addition to the physical differences cars rode on A-3 Ride-Control trucks. cars, as well as accurate painting and let­ described above, the initial painting on tering. The new tooling includes the thin the R-40-25 class was significantly dif­ NP Painting and Lettering rib at the top of the end and the diagonal ferent than the original scheme used on Various articles published on NP panel roof. The car body and under­ the R-40-23 . In lieu of black ladders, reefers have documented conflicting frame is the same as that used for grabs, door hardware, fans, tackboards, information regarding the colors used on the InterMountain Railway Co. PFE and corner steps, all of this hardware was these cars. Based on what I believe to be R-40-23 model. painted orange on the R-40-25 class. The the best sources of information I have For the PFE R-40-25 model, the only underframe, AB brake parts, sidesill tabs, collected, the as-built NP R-40-25 additional change that is necessary to and center door steps were painted black, copies were painted with "Dulux Gold" match prototype cars is the elimination same as the R-40-23. Ends and roof were (yellow-gold) sides, freight car red ends, of the corner tabs and end "tab" at the freight car red. A builder's photo of car aluminum roof, and black underframe bottom corners on the ends. Simply cut 200 1 (built 1-49) appears on page 180 of and trucks. The photo of NP 91326 off this material flush with the sill at the Pacific Fruit Express book. As built, shows that the seam caps were a dark the outboard side of the bolster. Type C the lettering was consistent with that color and may have been coated with car A-Line metal steps are accurate for these used on the R-40-23 with the cement. The side hardware and sidesill cars and easily installed. Other prototype red/white/blue Union Pacific shield and tabs were painted black. The running detailing may include substituting items Southern Pacific Lines black and white board and brake step appear to be such as the running board, hand brake, monogram. unpainted galvanized steel (possibly and trucks with aftermarket parts. During their years of service, the painted aluminum). The 36-inch NP The Amarillo Railroad Museum R-40-25 cars received various painting monad was used with "Northern offers four models of these cars as and lettering schemes. These schemes Pacific" stencil around the perimeter. described below, and they are available conformed to changes made on all new Under the NP monad was the "Main in kit form or fu lly assembled: or repainted PFE cars throughout the Street of the Northwest" slogan in script 1. As-built 1949 PFE scheme with 1950s and later. These changes included lettering. The scheme was changed sig­ red/white/blue UP shield, per photo on the black-and-white version of the UP nificantly circa August 1954 and includ­ page 180 of the PACIFIC FRUIT shield introduced in June 1950. This ed the 60-inch NP monad with "Scenic EXPRESS book (12 road numbers). black-and-white shield read "Union Route of the Vista-Dome North Coast 2. 1962 PFE repaint with large bill­ Pacific Railroad" whereas the earlier red/ Limited" slogan. At the same time, the board lettering, black ends and alu­ white/blue version read "Union Pacific" side hardware and roof were painted minum roof, and the SP monogram with only. Other changes that occurred during Dulux Gold. The sidesill tabs continued the initials "SP" in the middle of the the early 1950s included rearranging the monogram, per the scheme shown on to be painted black. In 1957 the scheme location of the UP shield and SP mono­ page 179 of the PACIFIC FRUIT was modified with freight car red ends gram such that the SP monogram was EXPRESS book (4 road numbers). and roof and "Railway" added to the 60- closest to the B-end on both sides of the 3. NP car with 60-inch monad and inch monad. During this period, it is car. Also in the early 1950s, the lines at "Route of the North Coast Vista-Dome believed that some cars received an alu­ the reporting marks were dropped, fol­ Limited" slogan with red ends and roof, minum roof. Photos of two versions of lowed by dropping the periods in the 1957 paint scheme with "Northern repainted cars appear in Volume 3 of reporting marks. In April 1960, major Pacific Railway" around the perimeter of CLASSIC FREIGHT CARS by John changes took place with "Pacific Fruit the monad (4 road numbers). Henderson and NP COLOR GUIDE Express" in large billboard sans-serif let­ 4. As-built 1949 NP scheme with 36- MORNING SUN BOOK by Todd tering to the right of the door, and the inch monad and script "Main Street of Sullivan. monograms moved to the left of the door. the Northwest" with freight car red ends, According to the October 1966 In April 1962, the freight car red ends black side hardware, and aluminum roof and roof were changed to black ends and Of ficial Railway Equipment Register, (4 road numbers). there were 2,234 R-40-25 and 245 NP aluminum roof. Refer to the Pacific Fruit Reference: PACIFIC FRUIT Express book for complete details, spe­ reefers remaining from the original EXPRESS, by Anthony W. Thompson, 3,000 and 250 cars, respectively, cific dates, and photographs for these Robert J. Church, and Bruce H. Jones, changes, plus additional schemes that However, within a few years the num­ Central Valley Railroad Publications, were used during the 1960s and later. bers declined dramatically as the use of 1992. Note: This book is in the process ice reefers was being phased out and of being updated and reprinted. The Northern Pacific "clones" replaced by mechanical cooling. By July author wishes to thank Mr. Virgil Young In addition to the 3,000 PFE R-40-25 1971, the number of PFE R-40-25 cars and Mr. Jerry Michels of the Amarillo cars, the Northern Pacific Railway pur­ in service dropped to 76l. The July 1976 Railroad Museum for their valuable chased a total of 250 cars of the same ORER lists only 9 cars remaining in the assistance. design from Pacific Car & Foundry in 2001-5000 series. RMJ

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UPGRADING ATHEARN 5070. 50-foot double-door exterior-post ("Railbox") Realistic Right of way. Part m. duplicating tie and box cars, the prototypes, Februru'y 1992. ballast colors, by Dan Holbrook and Jeff Lemke, FREIGHT CARS 5070, 50-foot double-door exterior-post box cars, the August and October 1990. on (A rticle appears pages prototypes for the lPD an Railbox eru's and others, Review of Lima HO scaJe sectional track with code 83 36-39 of this issue.) by James Eager, December 1999, January. and rail. March 1991. (The first [o ur-digir /llimber is rhe Athearn undecorar­ February 2000. Upgrading. installing and wiring Peco N scale low­ ed kit parr IIl1mber. ) 5230, 40-foot double-sheathed box cars, the proto proti le rail turnouts, by George Preston, April 1200, 40-foot single-door steel box car as Pennsy X- types. by Martin Lofton, February 1994. 1991 (also reprinted in THE JOURNAL OF N 37. by Curt LaRue. September 1990. 5300. PS three-bay 54-foot 4,740-cubic-foot-capacity SCALE MODELING). 1200. 4O·foot box car underti1Ulle upgrading, May 1991. covered hopper, the prototypes (as a " Car Spotters Tnrnout Construction, Rail-by-Rail. Scratchbuilding 1200, 40-foot box car kit-conversion to double-door as Guide"), by James Eager, Januru'y & July 1991. turnoutswith perfect electrical conductivity in any Pennsy class X-26C, by Tom Meacham. August 5300, PS three-bay 54-foot 4,740-cubic-foot-capacity scaJe. by Herb Chaucliere, September 1991. 1992. covered hopper upgrading with wire details. a Deck and Plate Girder Bridges, rTom Micro 1200, 40-foot single-door box cars. the prototypes and Union Equity TCAX 60660,by Bob Rivm'd. May 1996. Engineering HO and N scale and Central Valley paim and decal infomlation. August 1996. 5300, PS three-bay, 54-foot. 4.740- cubic-foot-capaci- HO scale kits, by Thornton Waite, Augllst 1992. 1200, 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior height, 40- ty covered hopper repainted as Central Soya Lightweight Layout Construction, Part I: styroforun for foot single-door cars with 5/5 Dreadnaught ends, PTLX 33793. by W. Terry Stualt. July 1996. bench work and scenery shapes, by Spike March 1997. 5300, PS three-bay 54-foot 4,740-cubic-foot-capacity McGinty, November 1993. 1200, 40-foot box car Wesu'ail Kit npgrades. covered hopper as Milwaukee GWlX 97802 Weathering track with an airbrush, March 1994. February 1995. repaint car, by Mike Rose. October 1997. Layout Lighting for Daylight, Dawn and Night Effects, 1285, bay window caboose (as a "Car Spotters 5300, PS three-bay, 54-foot. 4.740 cubic-foot capacity by Dave and Shirley Rowe. August 1994. Guide" ), by Hm Eager. September, October, covered hopper a� Welch Grain 388499 1.by Lightweight Layout Construct.ion. Part 11: Using November and December 1996 and January 1997. Mike Daniels. September 1998. Styrofoam for scenery supports and conventional 1309, 1941 AAR IO-foot 6-inch interior heigbt, 50- 5300, PS three-bay, 54-foot. 4.140 cubic-foot capacity Hydrocal and paper towels for the surfaces. January foot double-door cars with 5/5 Dreadoaught ends. covered hopper heavily-weathered with rust as 1995. by Richard Hendrickson, October 1995 and PLCX. 1634. by Mike Rose, November 1998. Lightweight Layout Construction, Part 1l1:Open-!,'Tid March 1996. 5300, PS three-bay. 54-foot, 4,720- cubic-foor-capaci­ benchwork with fabricate "hollow-core" I x 3 1336, 50-foot exterior-post box car kit-conversion to ty covered hopper 'IS GCCX7 1797 (ex-Soo crossmembers, March 1995. double slicling doors, by Bob Rivard. June 1994. Line), by Mike Rose. September 1999. Lightweight Layout Construct.ion. Part IV: Wood 1- 1349, 40-foot flat car upgrading. by Richard 5300, PS three-bay, 54-foot. 4,740 cubic-foot capacity beam sides and hollow-core beanl ends. with Hendrickson, AUgllst 1993. covered hopper as CSXT2242653 weathered ruld Styrofoam insulation fo um roadbed supporrs and 1399, 50-foot piggyback flat car upgrading. by decaled from tne painted and decorated 531 1 kit, scenery, August 1995. Gregory LaRocca. October 1989. by Mike Rose, November 1999. Laying HO scale track with CenD'al Valley's CVT tie 1399, 50-foot flat car kit-converted into rack cars to 5360, Wide Vision caboose (as a "Car Spotters strip, April 1996. transpolt welded rails, by Ray Meyer, May 1999. Guide" ), by Jim Eager. October 1995. Spine subroadbed and bench work construction with 1449, 40-foot pulpwood nat car. ki.t-conversion to 5520, 50-foot exterior-post sliding door box c,u·s as Homa-Bed or Homasote roadbed, by Bi.11 Neale, accw'ate model. by Lan'Y Denton, October 1993. IPD, Railbox and others from the Boxcar boom of January 1998. 1520, 62-foot tank car (with walkway removed). by the seventies. by Jim Eager, December 1999 Lightweight Layout Construction Part IV; using the Bob Rivard. August 1992. and January 2000. Woodland Scenics "SubTerrain" systems of the J 520, 50-foot tank car kit-conversion to 24-foot "beer 5400, 34-foot two-bay off�et-side hopper car kit PRO expanded-styrofoam to build subroadbed and can" tank cars, by Dennis Lippert, March 1999. FILE and upgrade. by Ed Hawkins, March 1999 scenery profile boards, May 1998. 1549, 40-foot chemical (propane) tank car as Skelgas, 5447, 34-foot rib-side hopper, as Pennsy Class H-31. Superdetailing HO scale track with jOint bars and UTLX, by Frank Hodina, July 1989. by Ed Bley. July 1991. slIperdetailing turnouts with Dctails West parts, by 1549, 40-foOl chemical tank car as CGTX cm, by Rich 5460, 57-foot steel reefer, the prototypes (as a "Car Dave Davis, June 2000. Gher. November 1993. Spotters Guide''). by James Eager. December Superdeta iling track and right-of-way on the D&H by J 549, 40-foot chemical tank car, seven prototypes. 1993. Tony Steele. Sept. 00. September 1989. 5800, 50-foot exterior-post kit-collversioJ1 10 MNS car, 1570, 40-foot single-dome tank car prototypes and kit­ by Bob Rivard, May 2000. PROTOTYPE-BASED conversions for two cars, by Richard 5800, 50-foot exterior-post box cars as IPD, Railbox LAYOUT TOURS Hendrickson, August 1996. and others frOI11 the box car boom or the seventies. (Art icle on 21-35 1900, 55-foot ACF CF5250 covered hopper as Honey­ by Jim Eager, May and June 2000. appears pages mead ACFX 56 194. by Bob Rivard, November 5910, five-unit Gunderson " Maxi-3" intermodal wel l of this issue.) 1992. cars, the prototypes, by D. Scott Chatfield. June (All are HO scaJe unless indicated otherwise) 1900, 55-foot ACF CF5250 covered hoppers. proto 1994. ATSF (see Santa Fe) types ("Car Spotters Guide" series ), by James BNSF (see ATSF & BN) Eager, November 1994. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (B&O) Larry Kline's 30 x BENCHWORK, ROADBED, TRACK­ ] 974, 89-foot two-door box car kits. the prowtypes (by 20-1'00t 0 scale layout, April 199L Scott Chatfield) and kit upgrades (by Mark Ala), WORK U BRIDGES Greg Smith's 14 x l6-foot Monongah Division, JanualY 1994. (A rticle appears on pages October 199 I . ] 974, 89-foot two-door box car convelted to 60-foot 14-20 of this issue.) Steve Krauss' '16 x 40-foot Noslalgia Line in N scaJe. car, by Robert Schleicher, February 1990. No More Derailments.·using the NMRA gauges to pre­ May 1995. 1974, 89-foot two-door box cars repainted and weath­ vent derailments by adjusti ng cleru'rulces on Bessemer & Lake Erie (B&LE) Harry Smith's 2 x 12- ered by Mike Budde, March 1996. tTacks. wheels and dri vers, by Robert Schleicher, foot NTRAK N scalc ore docks, September 1997. 1985, 89-foot fOUl�door box car as EL 923 10, by Te rry October 1989 . Boston & Maine Railroad (BM) Charles Harmrunas' 2 Stuart, June \991. Building turnouts with printed circuit board lies, by x 24-fool Nashua layout, August 1997 1985, 89-[00l four-door box car kit-conversion to e){te­ Mike Horner, November 1.989. British Prototypes: rior-posts, by Mike Budde, Sept. 00 Weathering track with aerosol cans and bOllled paints, Dave and Shirley Rowe's 4 x 9-foot Exebridge Quay, 1000, 20 15 and 2090. 86-fool container and trailer flat January 1990. August 1993. cars, the prototypes, March 1992 and May 1995. Building turnouts. track und roadbed for G gauge out­ Tim Watson's 5 ]/2 x II-foot Caldecot Green on dle 2000, 89-foot nat cars kit-converted into open auto door layouts, by Herb Chaudiere, March 1990. London. Midland and Scottish, in N scale. rack cars, by Mike Budde, August 1998. Derail-Proofing and Upgrading Peco and Shinohara December 1994. :!025, 40-foot containers prototypes used by OOCL. by (and WaltherS) HO scale turnouts, April 1990, by David Casdorph, October 1998. Peter J. EisJe and Gerald W. Reed. Burlington Route 2050, 20-foot containers prototypes used by OOCL. by Real.istic Right of way, Part r, building realistic baJlast (also CB&Q, FW&D & C&S) David Casdorph, October 1998. shoulders and roadbed shapes with Hom3sote and Midwest Mod-U-Trak 10 x 20-fool modular layout, 2090, 40-foot steel grain-loading box car kit conver­ plaster. Model templates ancl protbtype cross-sec­ April 1990 and reprinted in LAYOUTS OF THE sion to Sallla Fe 22400, March 199.1. tions, by Dan Holbrook and Jeff Lemke, July MASTERS 5050, 50-foot single-door box car (as a "stand-in" ), 1990. March 1990. ealistic Right of WHY, Part II. duplicating track, tie Burlington Northern (BN) 5050, 50-1'001 Single-door box car (as prototype 1C and ballast.colors and textures. by Dan Holbrook Norris Zinn's 15 x 20-foot Camas Prairie layout. 33682). June 1990. and Jeff Lemke, August and October J 990. M.arch 1995.

52 RAILMODELjOURNAL ' SEPTEMBER 2000 April 1993. Tim Dickinson's 20 x 33-foot layout, July 1996. Great Western (sugar) Railway (GW) Russell Straw's 2 lI2 x 12-1'001 N scale modules of John Swanson's 30 x 70-foot Nebraska mainline, Ju .Jy George Booth's 20 x 20-fool layout, Febru,u'y, March Sugar Land, Te xas. December 1993. 1997. ancl June l 99 1. Pelle Soeborg'S 15 x 16-foot Te hachapi layout, Steve Rosnick's ] 8 x 36-foot Iowa Divi sion Oil two December J 998. lIIinois Central Railroad (IC) decks, June 1998. Mike Palmiter's 12 x 27-fool Chicago Te rminal . Seaboard Coast Line (SCL) Pete Mathews' 3 x 12-root N scale Ri bbon Cl iff. .I anuary l 996. Wayne Sidelinger's 3 x J 6-foot pulpwood paper planl Washington NTRAK modules, August 1999. Lehigh Valley Railroad (LV) D0ug & Steve K ley's 16 modules. January 1991. x 36-fool . two-deck. Lehigh Valley and Reading Canadian National (CNR) Sierra Railway (SRR) railroad, December 1990. Jan Wilson's Grand River in 12 x 12-feet in 110scale, Edward Petry's 34 x 50-foot Sierra (all of it) on three­ Seplember 2000. Long Island Railroad (LIRR) decks. June and July '1999. Brian Sheron's 17 x 31-1'001 layout, September l\)97. Soo Line (SOO) Canadian Pacific (CP) Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N ) Michael Bob Rivw:d's 20 x 30-foot layout, on two decks, Mike Soebbing's 25 x 29-foot BNSF/CP Joint Line, George's Knoxville & ALlaJlla Division in 24 x 31- January 1992 and repri nted in LAYOUTS OF April 1999. feet, February 1996 and September 1998. Tom Combs' 15 x 20-foot layout, February 2000. THE MASTERS, January 1993 (the St. Paul Milwaukee Road (CMSt.P) Waterworks), and January 1999. Centt'al Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) Bill Denton's 12 x 20-foot Chicago, Rockford & Ray and Renee Grosser's 14 x 34-foot modular layout, Vic Roseman's J I x 14-1'00t lafayette Branch. LaCrosse Railroad, in N scale, February 1994. March 1998. December 1996. Jim Nelson's 10 x 22-l'oot layolli on two decks, April Marv Koelling's 24 x 40-foo\ St.Paul to Chippewa 1999. Falls on two decks. March 1999. Chesapeake & Ohio Missabe Railroad (DM&m) Southern Pacific (SP) (also C&O,Chessie, & CSX) Jelf Otto's 27 x 47-1'00t Missabe Northern on two Joe Fugate:'s 25 x 45-foot Siskiyou Line, on two Gary Burdde te's 2 112 x 5-foot module of Thurmond. t decks. December 1995. decks. September 1993. West Virginia, April 1992. Sy Simonton's 26 x 48-1'001 0 scale layout. June 1996. Paul Fulk's 2 x 8-foot N scale NTRAK module of New Haven Railroad (NH) Pliny Holt·s N scale Oakland Mole layout, in 18 x Thurmond. West Virginia, Ju ly 1993 .lohn Klotz 25 x 35-foot York Haven, Noveluber 1989 22-feet, January j 998 Bemard Kempinski 's Quinnimollt NTRAK module, and reprinted in LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS Pelle Soeborg's 15 x 16-fool Tehachapi layout, New River layout and 21 x 30-foot home layout. New York Central System (NYC) December 1998. August 1996. Ron Parisi's 2 x 6-foot New York Ci ty 's West Side Gene Martin's 12 x 16-foot Lodi, California layout, 10hn Plant"s 6 x 14·foot Hinton, West VU'gillia module, December 1992 and reprinted in LAY March 2000. NTRAK module set on lbe New River, May 1997. OUTS OF THE MASTERS. Scon Kew's 26 x 61-foot Dunsmuir to Blaok Rock lay Te d Wilke's 18 x 50-foot layout 011 four decks, A ug st Mike Palmiter's 1 2 x 27-foot Chicago Termi nal. u out on two dech, June 2000 . 1998. .I anllary 1996. .l im Sweeney's 15 x 44-foot S scale Oakland-to-Reno C. Bryan Kidd's 2 x 16-fool Allegheny. Virginia. Mike Palmiter's S scale 12 x 27-foot Hudson-Harlem l ayout, Jnly 2000. October 1998. Division, September 1999. Southern Railway (SRR), �SOUTHERN) Norfolk & Western (N&W) Chessie System (see B&), C&O & CSX) Chicago Wayne Sidelinger's 3 x 16-foot pulpwood paper plant Jim Brewer's 52 X 94-foOL Shenandoah Division, & North Western (also CNW, CM&O, Omaha) modules. January 1991. Oclober 1996. Dennis B lunt's 18 x 28-foot Omaha Road, June 1997. J. D. Smi th's 32 x 4 I.-foot Rathole Division, February Bob DaBrllzzi's 13 x 48-foot St. Croix Division. Northern Pacific Railway INP) 1997. February 1999. Norris Zinn's 15 x 20-foot Camas Prairie layout, Steve Abernathy's 4 x 4-foot Juliette, Georgia (" Fried March .1 995. Green Tomatoes") module. October 1997. Chicago Great Westenl (CGW) Norfolk Southern (NS) ( see N&W llOd Southern) Susquehanna (New Yo rk, Susquehanna Bob Mozawa's 1 3 x 23-foot layout, May 1997. Northwestern Pacitic (NWP) and Western), (NYSW) Union Pacitic (UP) Clinchfield (CRR) Don Caoral l's 15 x IS-fOOl Hessel & Lone Pine. April Bob Gilmore's and Kelley Newton's Utah N Rail DaVid O. Johnston's 22 x 40-foOL Clinchl'ield. Janllary 2000. modules of the Weber River canyon in N scale, 1995. Penn Central (PC) Apri l 1993, February and December 1995. John Lassabn's 16 x 24-fool Penn Central. on two Bill PisteIJo's los Angeles Subdivision in I 1 /2 x 22- Conrail (CRR) decks, ill N scale, October 1994. feet in N scale, March 1994. Mike Hulbert's N scale 18 x 22-foot Trap N ' Garnett Norris Zinn's 15 x. 20-foot Camas Prairie layout, Ridge, November 1991. Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) March 1995. Bill and Wayne Reid's 23 x 27-fool Cumberland Valley Buzz Lenander's 3 x 8-foot N scale NTRAK Illodu.le Delaware & Hudson Railway (D&H) Railroad, February J 990 and repri nted in THE of McPherson, Kansas oil refinery, November To ny Steele's 25 x 39-foot Second Subdivision on JOURNAL OF N SCALE MODELING. 1996. four decks. October and November 1999. John Swanson's 30 x 70-fool Nebraska mainline. July Howard Zane's 26 x 26-foot Piedmont Div ision. 1997. November 1990. Denver & Rio Grande Western Mel. Johnson's 2 1/2 x 12-foot modules of Marysville, Bob Davis's 20 x. 20-[oot B l ue MOllnlain D ivision, KWlsas, November 1998. (narrow gauge) (D&RGW) March 1993. HalTY Sage, .lrs.' 15 x 22-foot HOn3 Chama Chw-J ie Stapleton's 24 x 40-foot Kansas Division. Ken McCorry's 16 x 32-1'00\ Buffalo Division. on four­ March 1998. Subdivision, April 1992. decks, May 1993. Pelle Soeborg's 15 x 16-foot Tehachapi layout, Slim Gauge Gui ld's 30 x 30-foot H003 layout, May Ken McCorry's "new" 31 x 79-foot Buffalo Division. December 1998. 1996. on two-decks, March 1994 and re printed in LAY OUTS OF THE MASTERS. Westem Maryland Railway (WM) East Broad Top (EBT) Nick KllUi ' II x 26-foot Sunnyside Yard, July 1998. Bill and Wayne Reid's 23 x 27-foot Cumberland Valley Pittsburgh Model Railroad Society 12 x 20-foot mod­ 'Railroad, February 1990 and reprillled in THE uiar HOn3 layout, May 1990. Reading Company (RDG) JOURNAL OF N SCALE MODELING. Doug Talyor's 12 x 36-foot HOn3 EBT (all of it). May Doug & Steve Kley's 16 x 36-foot , two-deck. Lehigh Larry Kline's 30 x 20-foot 0 scale layout. April 1991. 1998. Valley and Reading railroad, December 1990. Jim Coshun's .l x 2-foot N scale module ofDetour. Richmond, Fredricksburg & Potomac (RF&P) Maryland, November 1993. Frisco (SLSF) John Cook's 2 x 12-1'00\ NorthernVir gini.a N scale Western Pacific Railroad (WP) Rick McClellan's 25 x 40-foot Springl'ield Terminal NTRAK modules, July 1996. Di vision, Fe bruary 1998. Jim Providenza's 18 x 20-foot layout. on two decks. December 1991 and reprinted in LAYOUTS OF Rutland Railroad (RT) THE MASTERS an December 1999. Great Nortbern Railway (GN) Rensselaer Model Railroad Club's 22 x 58.foot New Jim Dias' 20 x 20-foot Feather River Illyout, May Jeff Otto's 27 x 47-foOL Missabe Northern on two bngland. Berksbire & Western. December 1989 2000. decks, December 1995. mId reprinted in LAYOUTS OF THE MASTERS Ole Melhollse' 11 x 22-foot Dakola Northern, Santa Fe Railway (ATSF) Yosemite Va llcy (YV) November 1997. John Altschool's 25 x 40-foot Santa Fe Southwestern, Jack Burgess' 20 x 20-foot Yosemite Val ley (all of it) on four decks, January 2000. RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 53 ..------[PERFORMANCE ]------. Th e more significant figures from Guy Thrams' and Bob Higgins' evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with asterisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2. 00 each (a I/ow 30 days for shipment). Expla nations of how Bob Higgins and Guy Th rams test these loco­ motives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues. HO, N, 0, S & G SCALE LOCOMOTIVES Manulaclurernmporter Prototype Min. Max. Max. Tractive Throltle Magazine Manufacturernmporter Prototype Min. Max. Max. Tractive Throltle Magazine Speed No. 6 Speed Force (oz.) Response Date Speed No. 6 Speed Force (Oz.) Response Dale switch (smph) (smph) Mldload (v.) switch (smph) (smph) Midload (v.) Spectrum aChmann R n -o 2 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 HO Scale Diesels Speclrum Bachmann ��� u:� 1 1 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 Athearn (as·is) EMD GP38-2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' Spectrum Bachmann PRR 4·6-2 .72i 80.8 2.50 2.4 Ocl. 1999 Athearn (w/Helix Humper EMD GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 Spectrum Bachmannl Baldwin 2-8-0 .30 83.7 2.83 2.4 July 1998 can motor conversion) lB nn USRA 4-8·2 2.75 64.9 2.41 2.8 Nov. 1999 Proto Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990' �e��I�� ' I����!, SP 4-6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August t992' (Athearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) .20 94.2 4.01 (�:g) ��� g g: N Scale Diesels E DG _2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990'§ Athearn����:� w/NWSL�����I� moto��r , EMD�� GP38-2�� Arnold Alco S2 1.90 151.4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991' weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990' Atlas EMDGP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct. 1995 AthearhiProto Power Atlas (with DCC decoder) EMD GP 40-2 .42 203.7 .73 3.6 West w/replacement Alias EMD SD 60 1.63 222.4 0.90 1.6 M Wheelsets: Atlas/Kala GE U25B (IWo) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June��� 19l��g89' NorthWest Short Line EMD GP38-2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Ocl. 199()O (.31) (189.6) (1.37) (2.0) June 1989' Jay-Bee EMD GP38·2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Ocl. 1990' Allas/Kato EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 l Athearn GEC44-9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 Allas/Kato EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 : Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Bachmann EMD S040·2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept.:r; � l��g1989' Alias Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991· Bachmann wiN Scale of EMD S040-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989' AliasIRoco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 199()O Alias GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 Nevada Chassis Alias GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Bachmann/Speelrum EMC Gas Elec. 20.0 110.1 0.38 3.2 Aug. 1998 Bachmann-Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3.17 J Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8-40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 Apnl 1993 Bachmann·Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 J �.I 6 Bachmann/Speclrum EMD DOA40X .35 163.9 1.13 3.8 Sept. 1997 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4)�. � Jan.� 19?:�96 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992' Con-Gor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991' Kalo Aleo PA 1 (& PB1) 1.43 167.7 1.25 1.7 Dec. 1998 Con-Gor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991· (1.07) (156.8) (2.328) (1.8) Dec. 1998 (with Mashima can motor) Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 Con-Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sepl. 1996 EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) (1.92) (2.3) Aug. 1993 Con-Cor EMD SW1500 (SW 7) 1.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997 Kala GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990' E-R Models (Frateschi) Aico FA 1 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Ocl. 1993 Kalo GE Dash 9-94CW .11 198.2 .64 1.4 Nov. 1997 E-R Models (Frateschi) Alco FA 1 .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 Kato Alco RS2 .30 167.7 .52 1.4 Sept. 1999 E·R Models EMD FP7A 3.70 92.8 3.24 3.4 May 1999 Key/Endo EMD F7A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992' Genesis, byAthearn SD75 2.12 110.0 4.01 (.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992' IHC EMD E8A (&1 E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 (1.50) (5.03) (4.8)�:3 ��� l��� Life-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.0 Aug. 1989' (with25 ounces added weight) 2.97 4.38 7.4 (1.84) (168.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989' (1.88) (m(136.6)�) (8.75) (6.4) Feb. 1995 life-Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 IHC EMD SD35 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 (.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Life-Like Alco PA1 2.91 139.7 1.21 3.4 Nov. 1998 KatO/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sepl. 1989' Life-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 Ap ril 1994' (similar GP7 models by Alias) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sepl. 1989' Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Lite·Llke EMD S07 .29 121.11 .48 2.45 June 1996 Kato EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994' Lile-Llke EMD E7A 3.14 140.6 1.33 4.3 Feb. 1998 Kato G.E. Dash 9-44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Ocl. 1996 Lile·Like EMD SW9 .45 106.9 .40 2.0 April 1998 Kato Alco RS2 1.48 78.7 3.40 2.0 Feb. 1999 Life-Like EMD GP20 3.59 116.6 .57 1.6 June 1999 Kato Alco RSC2 2.58 75.2 4. 19 2.1 Feb. 1999 Model Power/ O WSL 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' Mehanolenlka EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990' ���� �� 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991' �M'IE1o,r :�6 SamhongsalHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989' MDC�oundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 U :r;�1 1���: (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989- Ajin/Overland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 A N Scale Steam Locomotives A in/Overiand Models EMD S S .37 80.3 4.49 U l D O 2 � (ChaSSis) 1:6 � : 1���: Kato USRA 2-8-2 3.10 111.8 .7 2.5 April 1996 Ajir\lOverland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991' & Oct. 1997 (ChassiS) Kato USRA 2-8-2 4.80 122.5 1.04 2.9 June 1998 rland Models 3 76.2 4.69 1.2 March 2000 (GHQ PRA L-1) ���2� l�  35Ji D 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991' 6 .59 96.9 1.27 3.8 June 1997 MRC (Model RectifierCorp.) EMD F7A .52 86.1 2.90 1.0 Augusl 2000 4�it2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 .19 80.8 3.7 January 1999 ?v ���1 Proto 1000 (Life·Like) EMD F3 3.69 �:��� �� 1.14 Ocl. 1991 Proto 1000 F-M C-Liner 0.61 90.0 4.97 Rivarossl USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 9.0 Proto 2000 Life-like Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 Jl '11 q Aivarossi (wIN Scale of USAA 2-8-2 .49 t60.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 �.�5.4 Nov.f� 1989'fg� Nevada frame & NWSL Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD GP9 .06 79.2 3.29 4.8 March 1998 Sagaml 1420 can motor) Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD GP30 .23 78.2 4.17 4.0 Jan. 2000 Proto 2000 Life·Like EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994' S Scale Diesels Proto 2000 Life-Lii

Overland Models, Inc. (OMI), PO Box 248, Yorktown, IN 47396-0248 is producing a series of EMD GP59, GP60, GP60M and GP60B diesels in a variety of paint and lettering schemes, including this EMD Demonstrator paint scheme for EMD 5 and EMD 7. The details are matc hed to the specific prototy pe. See your dealer.

Alkem Scale Models, 6056 Estates Drive, Alexandria, VA 22310 is now offering pho­ toetched kits to duplicate the (&0 and Southern cantilevered signal bridges. The larger sty le was used by the (&0 for double and triple-track installations and sells for $19.95. The smaller style was used by the (&0 and by the Southern for single and double-track installations and sells for $18.95. A lighting kit is $5.50. Order direct or see your dealer.

Midwest Products offers flexible cork roadbed for N scale. They now have switch blocks "Turnout Pads" for both the Atlas "Standard" Switch and number 6 turnouts right and left. The pads are $5.99 each.

InterM ountain is' producing an N scale replica of the 40 -f oot composite gondolas featured in the Februaryl2000 issue of "The Journal." The kits have a one-piece injection-moided plastic body with laser cut wood sides and deck. The first kits are painted and lettered (B&Q for $13.95 each in a choice of 12 road numbers. Undecorated box car red or black kits are $10.95 each. See your de�ler.

RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 55 WHAT'S NEW IN HO SCALE ------t[ ]t------

N. J. Internati onal, 230 W Old Country Rd., Hicksville, NY 11801 has a series of fully-assem­ bled searchlight si gnals. The series includes mod­ els (left to right) double with short relay cabinet for $25.99, single with short relay cabinet for $19.99, double without relay cabinet for $21.99 (also available single for $19.99), double with tall relay cabinet for $25.99 and single with tall relay cabinet for $22.99. They are painted in your choi ce of black or silver.

Grandt Line Products, 1040 Shary Ct ., Concord, CA 94518 is now shipping two injection-molded plastic kits that you can use to build the oil depot very similar to that shown in the January, April, May and June 1997 issues of "The Journal." This is the "Corrugated Iron Warehouse" and this injection-molded plastic "Midwest Petroleum Distributors" kit for $29.95 with three tanks, standpipe, loading rack, pump house, ladders and railings was shown in the August 2000 issue.

Overland Models, Inc. (OMI), PO Box 248, Yorktown, IN 47396-0248 is importing fully­ painted and lettered brass replicas of the one EMD 5045 high hood diesel painted by the N & W for that bicentennial.

Custom Trax, PO Box 581, Indianapolis, IN 46206-0581 is offering handlaid track with code 83 rail, wood ties and individual spokes, ballast on flexible roadbed for $9.49 in three foot lengths. Number 6 turnouts are $21.95. All prices are plus shipping and handling.

56 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2000 WHAT'S NEW IN HO SCALE ------I[ ]1------

Trai n Canada, 3801 16th St. S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2G 4W5, Canada is now producing injection-molded plastic Bettendorf trucks with separate journal box lids. The trucks include both plain bearing and roller bearing covers. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for more information or e-mail them at hdhobby@ag t.net

Stan Rydarowia built this Pennsy K-ll stock car from a Sparrows Point Models, Box l-624, Langhorne, PA 19047 kit. The prototype was kit­ converted from an X-31 box car. Bowser has the 50-foot K-9 stock car, and will soon have a K- 11.

Resin Unlimited, PO Box 410, North Prairie, WI 53153 is producing cast-resin kits to duplicate the Seagrave tractor aerial fire engi nes. The kit includes fire hydrants, fireman's helmet, fire ex tinguishers an d etched-stainless steel move­ able ladder for $37.99.

The Proto 2000 Di vision of life-like is now shipping HO scale replicas of the Ako FA1 and FBI diesels in Erie, GM&O, L&NE, MP, NYC (Lightning Stripe), RI and Union Pacific in a choice of two road numbers. The models are sold as A and B uni t sets, numbered to match prototype photos of the two multi­ ple-united together, for $180.00. Both uni ts are powered and include assembled free-standing grabirons, handrails and working di aphragms.

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Introducing the New Time-Saver Release of the 52'6" Drop End Mill Gondola Kit

With its size and capability of carrying just about any kind of load - fro m structural steel to lumber and coal - it's no wonder why the 52'6" drop end mill gondola became the unomcial industry standard for more than 20 years. Boasting a 70 ton capacity, the innovative design includes drop ends allOWing for even longer cargo. And speaking of innovative design, PROTO 2000's newest version of this powerful freight car is now better than ever! Featuring partial assembly, this new Lime-saver kit means qUicker build time without compromising scale or detaill Enhancements include: painted and formed wire grab irons reducing small parts breakage and de-gating time as well as preassembled underbody detail sub-assemblies and screw-on coupler covers for qUicker, easier installation I Getting this gon on the track in less than an hour will give you more time to enjoy the rest of its outstanding fe atures: PROTO 2000 magnetic knuckle couplers, handbrakes and dreadnaught ends comct to prototype II"iiij'''' road (ends can be positioned up or down), non-magnetic blacl

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1. The At las Commander. (Item #330) Gives you the ability to control speed and functions like headlights, ditchlights and sound of up to 99 locomotives, and 99 accessories (i.e., turnouts). It supports up to five additional Commanders and/or walk-around throttles and three additional power stations (for added power). 2. The Atlas Generator. (Item #335) This UL Recognized Component provides power to the Commander or other DCC command stations. Any layout, either complete or under construction, con be easily verted to DCC by replacing your power pocks with the Atlas Commander for control, and the Atlas Generator for power. Output: 15V 3.0 Amps 3. The Atlas HO Dual-Mode'" Decoder for Separate Sale. (Item #340) Atlas currently offers a potent-pending HO scale Dual-Mode Decoder which allows you to easily switch your locomotive from analog to digital mode and bock again. This gives you the flexibility to run your decoder-equipped locomotives in analog mode without the typical speed differential. These multi-function decoders can be easily installed into almost all Atlas locomotives produced over the lost 15 years, as well as most other locomotives with a motor-mounted light board. Make your entire fleet DCC-reody!

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Powerful and efficient with a brain like a computer - what more could a railroad ask for? Introduced in

1984, EMD's Special Duty locomotive was designed to replace the SD50. The technical innovations of the

1980s were put to good use as three separate microcomputers were employed to control engine speed, fu el economy functions and interactive troubleshooting.

The prototype was designed for heavy-duty drag operation and PROTO 2000's model is no exception. Its silent performan_ce and rugged ability to pull long consists make it every bit as desirable as the original. And just like EMD's improvements, PROTO 2000 goes a step beyond the ordinary. Included with this locomotive is the largest, most comprehensive consumer-applied detail parts package ever off ered: a winterization hatch with see-through screening, cab sunshades, cab side window wind deflectors, ditch lights with lenses, snowplows, large and small beacons and three types of antennae - radio, firecracker and end-of-train device. Easy-to-follow instructions and prototype information are included to gUide you through assembling these parts. Front and rear classlights as appropriate to the prototype road round out the loco's outstanding characteristics.

But remember, a good loco is hard to find - especially in limited time. Hurry to your dealer and snatch one up , before all the good ones are gone!

The introduction of the 5D60 is available in two numbers in each of J�,} --,- "':. -� J.: the following roads: Burlington Northern; Chicago Northwestern; C5X; -': - ,� : EMD; Union Pacific; Norfolk Southern and Undecorated. �4t� J

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