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Publisher: Larry Bell Editor: Robert Schleicher Regular Contributors: Louis A. Marre, Diesels Jim Eager, Today's Modeling Todd Sullivan, (c. 1960-1969) Modeling John Nehrich (c. 1945-1959)Modeling Richard Hendrickson, (c. 1940-1949) November 1994 Volume 6, Number 6 Modeling Tom Hood, Canadian Modeling Robert Higgins, Model Locomotives Doug Gurin (Layout Design SIG Layout All Scales: Operations: Design 10 Auto Rack Cars In Action Rick Brendel, Electronics Modeling Industry: Art Director: Joe Simpson 17 Pittsburgh's Ice Plant Graphic Design: Stuart Leuthner Techniques: Circulation Director: Sherri Patterson 20 Your Top Tips, Reader's "Belter Ideas" for modeling Phone: (303) 296-1600 40 Weathering Diesels With Powdered Pastel Chalks Fax: (303) 295-2159 Time Capsule: Contributions: Mail to 2403 Champa St.. Denver, 59 ATSF Extra 26, Marceline, Missouri. July 19, 1992 CO 80205. All material must be accompanied by return postage. We assume no liability or respon­ sibility for loss or damage to material. Any mater­ HO Scale: ial accepted is subject to such revision as is neces­ the Cover: Techniques: On This ice slorage sary in our sole discretion to meet the require­ 4 Rock Island Auto Rack from Walthers Kit building served all of Pitts­ ments of the publication. Payment will be made 21 Upgrading C&BT Shops 40-Foot Santa Fe Reefer Kits burgh's produce terminal and within 45 days of publication, unless previous 39 Kit-Conversion: Athearn 5250-to-4600 Covered Hopper more. Dick Schweiger buill the arrangements have been made in writing, at our 56 Upgrading MDC's 60-foot Flat Car on current rates which cover the author's and/or con­ 62 Experience - At Your Fingertips, more of what's in model as illustrated pages tributor's right, title and interest in and to the this issue from articles in previous issues 17-19. The Santa Fe 40-foOl material mailed, including but not limited to pho­ reefers are also the subjecl of a Locomotive Performance: tographs, drawings, charts and designs, which kit-upgrade article lhal begins I I Summary of All Previous Locomotive Test Reports shall be considered as text. The act of mailing the 12 Stewart GE U25B Test Report on page 21. manuscript and/or material shall constitute an express warranty that the material is original and Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: in no way an infringement upon the rights of oth­ 14 GE U25B as Milwaukee 5000 ers. Readers: note that the procedures and mate­ Freight Cars: rials contained in the various articles in this mag­ 27 Santa Fe Steel-Sheathed Ice Bunker Reefers from C&BT Shops Kits azine are presented in good faith but that no war­ 35 ACF CF 5250 Center Flow Four-Bay Covered Hoppers from Athearn or ranty is given and no results guaranteed from any Bachmann models use of this material. Nor is any freedom from 42 40-foot PS-I Box Cars from Intermountain, Con-Cor, McKean, other patent or copyright implied. Since there is Model Power, Cannonball or Walthers kits no way for us to control the application of materi­ Layout Tour: al presented in this magazine, Golden Bell Press 48 Kurt E.P. Mirisch Sr.'s Kay-Gee Canyon Lines and the respective editors, authors, photographers and illustrators disclaim any liability for untoward results and/or for any physical injury that may be N Scale: incurred by using any of the material published in Techniques: this magazine. 6 Upgrading Con-Car's Auto Rack Cars 8 Micro-Trains Couplers for Con-Cor's Auto Rack Cars Advertising Director: Robert Bickley Locomotive Performance: 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205 II Summary of All Previous Locomotive Test Reports Telephone (303) 296-1600; Fax: (303) Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: 295-2159 14 GE U25B as Milwaukee 5000

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 3 TECHNIQUES ROCK ISLAND AUTO RACK FROM WALTHERS HO SCALE KIT

By Mike Daniels

Modify the sides of the basic rack, the extra side panels needed. extend the individual panels, and cre­ Use a rectangular file to remove the pair of raised and lowered ribs from one ate a replica of this Rock Island auto ends of the T-shaped supports for the set of side panels. Cement that set of two rack. sides before painting or assembling the ribs to the tops of the first set of small model. panels. The goal is to fill the small open­ This Rock Island auto rack differs from Use a razor saw to remove the top ings with the modified panels. the prototypes for the Walthers HO ribs from all the large panels on both kits Paint the model before installing the scale and Con-Cor N scale models. The as shown in the drawings. Use the razor side panels. I mixed equal parts Floquil tops of each of the vertical posts on again to remove the top rib from one set 110056 GN Blue and 1100 11 Reefer both these kits terminate in aT-shaped of large panels. The goal here is to make White for the Rock Island Blue and used support for the roof rail. On this proto­ new large side panels that will not have 110100 Old Silver for the roof and type, the vertical supports lack that T­ the notched upper corners. Test-fit the 110144 Platinum Mist for the sides. The shaped support. The sides on the panels as you make each cut to be sure decals are a combination of Herald King Schaefer kit (shown in the June 1992 the panels completely fill the openings in F-54l (for the fl at car side sills) and issue of "The Journal") match the the sides. Microscale 817 and 87-705 fo r the upper Rock Island car, but I preferred the Remove the top two rows of ribs (one portion of the sides and ends. detail and size of the Walthers model. I raised rib and one lowered rib) from all RMJ used two kits; the second kit supplied the small side panels. Remove the next

Remove first two Remove rows off small Shaded Replace with a side panel Replace with a full width Rib Full width raised (one raised & one lowered) raised lowered row rib from extra & from extra sides ! side panel ! ! I L

modified stock modified stock Walthers Walthers side panel side panel (small) (large)

Remove the shaded "tee" portions of vertical supports Put in new modified side panels

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PAGE 4 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 5 TECHNIQUES UPGRADING CON-CDR'S N SCALE AUTO RACKS

By Robert Schleicher

Replace the side panels on the Con­ Cor auto rack with etched brass parts from N Scale of Nevada to capture the "see through" appearance of the pro- totype cars. An index of previous arti­ cles in. this series on upgrading N scale equipment to match typical HO scale models appears on pages 62-63 of this issue.

Before .. .

. . . And after. New etched metal side panels and Micro- Trains couplers bring the Con-Cor N scale auto rack much closer to being a dead- accurate replica of the prototype car.

A close-up of the side panels on a ty pical prototype auto Use a jeweler's screwdriver to gently pry the side panels from rack. - J. Fred Coots, Jr., photo the Con-Cor model.

Remove all the side panels. The model will not require painting for this upgrade.

PAGE 6 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Etched brass side panels for the Con-Cor model are $12.00 Use a sharp hobby knife to slice through the small tab s that plus $7.00 shipping and handling from N Scale of Nevada, hold the panels to the sprue. 15150 Sheri-K- Bar, Reno, NV 89511. The kit also includes finer ladder castings, but they have not been applied to this model to avoid the need to repaint the sides.

Gently rub the cut edges of the panels on a flat file to Use a straight pin to apply a small dab of thickened hobby­ remove any traces of the metal sprue. Test-fit each panel to ty pe cy anoacrylate cement to the four edges of each recess. the car. The panels on the prototype cars are galvanized steel. Paint the panels with a single coat of Floquil 110144 Platinum Mist (for a new car) or a mixture of four parts Badger Accu-Paint white and one part CP Gray for an older, weathered car.

Gently lower the panels into their recesses in the car side so you don't smear the cement. Use a thumbnail, if necessary, to get the panels seated firmly before the cement sets.

The finished model has been upgraded with Micro-Trains couplers and trucks as described on the following pages.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 7 TECHNIQUES MICRO-TRAINS COUPLERS FOR CON-COR AUTO RACKS

By Robert Schleicher

To upgrade appearance and minimize derailments, replace the couplers on the Con-Cor cars with Micro-Trains body­ mounted, pivoting couplers, as used on Micro-Trains 89-foot flat cars.

Con-Cor offers its N scale auto rack in a variety of prototype paint schemes. The placards with the road names on the sides are separate pieces (as they are on the prototype), so you can remove them for painting or to upgrade the car with etched brass side panels as shown on the previous pages.

Use a jeweler's screwdriver to pry the trucks from the Con-Cor As semble the Micro- Trains 10 19 couplers and pockets as auto rack car. described in the ins tructions. These are the same couplers and pockets us ed on the Micro-Trains 89-foot flat cars.

Us e flus h-cut diagonal cutters to nibble away at the edges of File the sides of the bolster flus h with the underside of the the bolsters. floor. The Micro-Trains 1019 coupler's U-shaped coupler pocket shank must fit around the bolster and be able to pivot about 5 degrees fro m side to side. File the sides of the bol­ ster, too, to fit the coupler pocket.

PAGE 8 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Move the file from side-to-side to shape the edges of the bol­ Test- fit the shank frequently as you file to be sure you st'ers so the Micro-Trains coupler pocket shank can swing remove just enough material from the sides of the bols ter. freely from side to side.

Us e a common staple to retain the coupler pocket. Tes t- fit the Place the coupler on the frame. Apply a drop of cyanoacry­ coupler and pocket to see where to install the staple. Use a late cement to the tips of the staple and insert the staple into no. 78 drill bit, held in a pin vise, to drill holes to accept the the holes you just drilled. tips of the staple.

Replace the trucks with Micro-Trains 1006 roller bearing trucks with low- pro­ file wheelsets. The trucks fit the pins on the bolster. Test the action of the cou­ pler pockets to be certain they swivel freely, and pry or push the staple so the coupler pocket has a smooth side-to­ side motion.

Check the coupler mounting height with the Micro-Trains 1055 coupler height gauge. If the coupler is too low, insert a no. 2 or a 2-56 brass washer between the truck and the bols ter. If the coupler is too high, try loosening the staple a bit to allow the coupler to droop slightly.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 9 OPE RATIONS AUTO RACKS IN ACTION

D, Scott Chatfield

The first article on auto racks, in the racks since it now got a bigger share of lot of empty miles, and they used to. June 1992 issue, described the proto­ the revenue. Since the racks are Starting in 1979, GM set up reciprocal types and the matching models from assigned to pools for each auto plant, pooling with foreign automakers to Walthers and Schaefer in HO scale. A they can be loaded to any destination, backhaul their cars in GM's racks. Ford similar car is now available in N scale regardless of rack ownership. This is followed suit with Mazda, which is part­ from Con-Cor. There is a pattern to why you will see racks from many dif­ ly owned by Ford. This allows the the movement of most of the auto rack ferent roads waiting to be loaded at auto American builders to send a loaded rack cars that you may want to duplicate on plants, because there is no "home road" west, then route it to a West Coast port your model railroad. for the racks. And there is no guarantee for reloading with imports that are then that solid blue Grand Trunk Western hauled east. railer Train may own most of rack you saw being unloaded at your A rack mounted on a Trailer Train the flats, but it owns no racks. local ramp was loaded in Michigan. In flat will have a separate number sten­ TThe actual racks are owned by 1986, there were 25,000 racks assigned cilled somewhere on the rack. This is the railroads. Some roads to the Big Three American automakers. the railroad's number for its rack, since mount their racks on their own flat cars, This pooling of racks is a key opera­ strictly speaking the rack and flatcar are or have some of each (Southern, for tional feature of auto racks. Since each separate entities. Unfortunately, this instance). Most of the "traditional" auto manufacturer uses a different number does not appear in any publica­ Class One railroads have enclosed method of tying down its autos in the tion I'm aware of, so there is no way to racks, and how many racks each railroad racks, each rack needs special equip­ look in the Equipm.ent Register and see owns is determined by formulas based ment that limits it to cars for that whose rack is on which flat car. In fact, on the revenue they share from hauling builder. A shortage of racks at a Ford there are few solid number series, as the automobiles. So a small bridge line with plant can't be filled with extra racks builders put the racks on whatever cars no on-line auto plants will have only a from a GM plant. And thus you will see Trailer Train sends them. This is espe­ few racks (Clinchfield, for instance, the same cars over and over again at cially true of racks on rebuilt flats. So which had a few ETTXs), while even a your local auto plant. So even if you one car might have a Conrail rack, the small road that originates or terminates don't actually model an auto plant, you next car a Santa Fe rack, the third a a lot of rack loads will have a fair num­ have a prototypical excuse to see the North Western, and so on. The only way ber of racks (Florida East Coast). So same cars repeatedly on your layout. to know the right number for modeling when the Rio Grande got trackage rights From the sounds of this pooling sys­ purposes is a photo of the prototype. to Kansas City, it needed to buy more tem, you'd think racks would run up a RMJ

A solid train of auto racks on the Southern Pacific mainline east of Reno,

Nevada. � J. Fred Coots, Jr., photo

PAGE 10 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PERFORMANCE SUMMARY

The more significant figures from Bob Higgin's' Evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with as terisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2.00 each (aI/ow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins tests these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues .

HO, N, 0 and G Scale locomotives

Manufacturer/Importer Protoype Scale Mile Max Pulling Manufacturerl1mporter Protoype Scale Mile Max Pulling Per Hour Power Throttle Per Hour Power Throttle Speeds Min. (Tractive Response Speeds Min. (Tractive Response Speed (over Max Force) at mld- Magazine Speed (over Max Force) at mld- Magazine #6 switch) Speed In Ounces load (volts) date #6 switch)Speed In Ounces load (volts) date HO Scale Diesels Alhearn (as·is EMD GP38-2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' N Scale Diesels Arnold Alco S2 1.9 151.4 .44 Proto Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 2.0 Mar. 1991 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992 (Athearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990 Atlas/Kato GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 Athearn/PPW. weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990 2.0 June 1989 (.31) (189.6) Alhearn w/NWSL motor EMD GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990 (1.37) (2.0) June 1989 Atlas/Kato EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990 Alhearn w/NWSL motor, Atlas/Kato EMD GP35 1.07 2t3.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 weighted EMD GP38-2 .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990 Kato EMD E8A Athearn/Proto Power West w/replacement .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 EMD E8A & E8B .26 Wheelsets: 220.4 1.92 2.3 Aug. 1993 Kato GE U30C .48 NorthWest Short Line EMD GP38-2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Oct. 1990 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990' Jay-Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990 Bachmann EMD SD40-2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept. 1989 Alias Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991 Bachmann wiN Scale Allas/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 Nevada Chassis EMD SD40-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 lt2.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8-40C .44 lt3.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 Key/Endo EMD F7 (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 (with Mashima (.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992 can motor) Life-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.00 Aug. 1989 E-R Models (Frateschi) Alco FA 1 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 October 1993 (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Life-Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989 ( .66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 Life-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 (Similar GP7 models .84 3.0 April 1994 SamhongsalHalimarf< EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989 3.2 July 1989 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989 Model Power/ Kato EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .83 KeystonelNWSL GE 44-Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' 3.8 Sept.1990

Hobbytown EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 Lile-Like Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991 o Scale Diesels P&D Hobby EMD F9A(& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990 Life-Like EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' .24 74.1 12.80 1.9 June 1990 Ajin/Overland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991 P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994 Central Loco. Works EMD F7 A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990 (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989 Ajin/Overland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 August 1990 Key/Samhongsa Alco PA 1 .41 76.2 21.85 5.6 April 1992 Ajin/Overland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 April 1991 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 Mantua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 Weaver Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989

Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 Proto 2000 (Life-Like) EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 Spectrum (Bachmann) EMD F40PH Phase 111.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992 S Scale Diesels Spectrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8-40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990 American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993

Spectrum(Bachmann) F-M H16-44 .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Spectrum (Bachmann) GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992 o Scale Steam Locomotives StewartlKato GE U25B .79 84.3 2.79 2.0 Nov. 1994 SamhongsalHalimark On3-EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989 Walthers/Roco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 G Gauge Diesels HO Scale Steam Locomotives LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 NA April 1990

Bachmann-Plus SP 4-8-4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 Bowser(English's Railway Express Agency Alco FA1 3.79 68.2 15.25 NA July 1990

Model RR Supply) B&O 0-4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 IHC/Mehanotenika B&O 0-4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992 G Gauge Steam Locomotives Aristo-Craft (ART) B&O 4-6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 Oct. 1991 IHC/Mehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 2.0 Aristo-Crafi (ART) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 Jan. 1992 IHC/Mehano C&O 4-8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sept. 1994 1.6 and 0-4-0T Key Imports UP 4-8-8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 August 1991 Lehmann (LGE) 0-4-0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 NA May 1992 Life-Like B&O 0-4-0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Dec. 1992 Bachmann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992 Mantua 2-6-6-2 3.0 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 1991 Bachmann Radio- Mantua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 Controlled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 25.2 28.81 NA June 1989 Mantua 2-8-2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Bachmann Track- Mantua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991 Powered Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Oct. 1990 AjiniOverland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept. 1991 Dellon Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.0 2.0 Dec. 1989 SamhongsaiPowerhouse USRA 2-6-6-2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 LGB 2-6-0 2.65 54.8 22.45 NA Nov. 1991

Spectrum(Bachmann) Reading 2-8-0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 NA July 1994 Spectrum (Bachmann) PRR 4-6-2 1.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 Lionel Baldwin 0-4-0T .12 54.5 9.6 1.8 Oct. 1989' Westside 'Classic' SP 4-6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991

Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4-0 .82 67.1 13.18 1.3 Jan. 1991 N Scale Steam Locomotives Aristo-Craft (Art) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 and 0-4-0T

Rivarossi (w/N Scale of Nole: fjgures in parenthesis are for two locomotives operated together.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 11 LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE STEWART HO SCALE GE U25B TEST

By Robert Higgins

Stewart has adapted Kato's trucks and chassis are molded of acetal plastic. motor to their series of injection-mold- Lead weights are added for good tractive ed plastic locomotives. This particular force. The headlight lamp is hooded so model is the Phase IV version of the as to realistically light the headlights and General Electric U25B, but all Stewart numberboards. models should have very similar peifor- mance. These end sills are designed to Drive System accept a Kadee no. 5 coupler. A flat enclosed motor with a fi ve­ tooth armature is fitted with two brass he powerful General Electric flywheels. A brass worm in each truck U25B locomotives were dri­ drives a IS-tooth spur wormgear. Each ven by a 2,500-horsepower driving wheel pair is fitted with a 14- Tmodel FDL-16 diesel engine. tooth spur gear driven by idler gears. The generator furnished power to four The reduction gear ratio is 15 times traction motors with optional reduction 1411 5, or 14 to I. Track power pickup gear ratios of 74: 18, 72:20 and 64: 19 points are at each wheel bearing. The for safe fast speeds of 70, 80 and 85 sample tested weighed 13.96 ounces. miles per hour, respectively. The Phase IV versions can be identified by a slant­ Performance Tests ed nose and split windshield windows. The Stewart HO model's cab and The smooth and quiet drive system hood are realistically molded in plastic gave the StewaIt Hobbies model a near and fitted with handrails molded of perfect performance rating. Tractive tough acetal plastic. Dynamic braking force and drive efficiency rated fine, grids are fi tted with fine screens. A while operating noise, scale speeds and diecast frame supports the motor and assembly workmanship rated excellent. truck mounts. Truck sideframes and RMJ

PAGE 12 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Railmodel Journal Locomotive Performance Report No. 80

Stewart HO Scale GE Phase IV U25B

Observed Performance: Action Analysis:

Minimum Speed (scale miles per hour) With full-wave powe r 1.27 With pulse power 043 Over no. 6 switch, pulse power .79

Maximums No load top speed, full wave, smph: 84.3 Uphill grade maximum, percent: 2004 Tractive force, level, ounces: 2.79 Number of cars pulled, level: 64.9 Number of cars pulled, 4% grade: lOA

Modifications Replaced lubricant with LaBelle No.: Added additional weight, ounces: Adjustments:

Subjective Judgments Noise at fast speed: Excellent Basic shape and proportions: Fine Painting and marking quality: Fine Downhill run smoothness Fine

Electronic Responses Motor current at full load, amperes: .253 Throttle response at no load, volts: 1.0 Throttle response at mid load, volts: 2.0 Throttle response at full load, volts: 3.0 Motor stall current at 12 volts, amp.: 1.1

Performance Ratings (1 to 5) Tractive fo rce: 4.0 Efficiency: 4.0 Noise: 5.0 Speeds: 5.0 Assembly workmanship: 5.0

OVERAll RATING: 4.6

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 13 DIES ELS,ON E-DETA IL-AT-A-TIME GENERAL ELECTRIC U258 AS MILWAUKEE ROAD 5000

Photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre

The information you need to select the Paint 10 - 2204 Coupler lift bar paint, decals and HO scale detail parts w/brackets 2.0012 Milwaukee Road Orange: Badger to make a precise replica of this proto­ 11 - 2207 Ladders 3.50/pr. Accu-Paint Milwaukee Orange 16-42, type locomotive from HO, Nor 0 scale 12 - 2304 Wind deflectors SMP Accupaint Orange AP-13, or models. (modified) 2.50./3 pr. Floquil: mix 20 parts 110 134 SP 13 - 2504 .012-inch-diameter Daylight Orange and one part 110010 wire (for handrails) eneral Electric began pro­ Black. duction of the U25B in April Black: Pick your favorite. Gof 1959. It was the first Gen­ eral Electric locomoti ve for Decals U.S. use to adopt the square, boxy style that was to characterize GE diesels for HO Scale: Microscale 87-789, Champ nearly 30 years. The prime mover, a EH221, Walthers 934-43761 or Herald Cooper-Bessemer V -16, developed King L370. 2,500 horsepower, compared to the N Scale: Microscale 60-789 or Walthers 2,000 horsepower of the competing 938-43761. EMD GP20. Early U25Bs, built prior to o Scale: Microscale 48-32 1, Champ 1965, had a large one-piece front wind­ E221 or Walthers 936-43761. shield almost the width of the hood. The cost of replacing broken glass prompted One-Detail-At-A-Time conversion to a two-piece windshield (HO Scale) for the last run of U25Bs. The top of the Illustrated, step-by-step instructions low nose on late U25Bs, including this on how to install many of these parts Milwaukee Road unit, sloped downward appeared in an article in the June 1989 toward the front, much like the noses of issue of That article has contemporary EMD Geeps. "The Journal." also been reprinted in the book The Milwaukee Road purchased unit Upgrading Athearn Locomotives. 5000 as part of series 5000-5010. The units were renumbered 5050-5060 in Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. 1973. Unique Milwaukee Road details Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montours­ include the relatively flat snowplow and ville, PA 17754-0322: the unusual hanging strobe light just 1 - 276 Air hose $2.55120 above the headlights. The strobe can be 2 - 419 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pr. fabricated from Evergreen styrene plas­ 3 -425 Horn 4.95 ea. tic strips. The snowplow is available in 4 - 431 Fuel filler 2.50/set HO scale. The final U25B was produced in February 1966. A similar U25B, as Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Rd., purchased and operated by the Orange, MA 01364: Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad, appeared 5 - 112 Ground (ditch) lights $3.09/2 6 - 113 Antenna 3.0912 in the December 1993 issue of "The 7 - 196 Speed Recorder 4.39/4 Journal." 3 - 225 Horn 5.19 ea. Scale Model U25Bs Detail Associates, Box 5537, Sa n Luis HO Scale: Stewart. Obispo, CA 93403: N Scale: Atlas/Kato. 8 - 1024 Headlight o Scale: Some brass models have been (modified) $1.0012 imported, and the Gilmaur U23B (from 3 - 1601 Horn \.75/2 Des Plaines Hobbies) could be exten­ 9 - 1708 Classification lights 1.25112 sively kit-converted into a U25B. 6 - 1805 Antenna 1.25/6 PAGE 14 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 6 - 2808 Speed recorder 1.75/4 8 - 9275 Headlight (for grabirons) 1.75/6 1 - 6206 Air hoses l.25/12 (modified) 2.05 ea. 5 - 39072 Inspection 12 - 9327 Mirrors (ditch) lights 1 .50/1 0 Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacien- (wind deflectors) 2.50/4 4 - 39080 Fuel filler 1.00/4 da Heights, CA 91745: 17 - 9352 MU hose and 3 - 39085 Air horn 3.90 ea. 14 - 132 Handbrake stand $1.00 ea. receptacle 6.70/4 1-391 18 Air hose 1 .50/1 0 6 - 157 Antenna 1.50/5 15 - 9550 Snowplow 18 - 48237 Chain 2.75/10 4 - 166 Fuel fillers 1.00/4 (modified) 8.85 ea. 19 - 48427 Piping set 1.50/set 5 - 172 Step (ditch) lights 1.25/8 II - 9704 Ladders 5.1012 - 180 Snowplow 1.50 ea. IS 5 - 9708 Walkway (ditch light) 6.55/6 A-Line, Box 7916, La Verne, CA 91750: 16 - 221 MU hose 1.95/2 2 - 29200 Wipers $1.85/8

Overland Models, Inc., 6120 W. Kil­ Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 gore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: North, Stevensville, MT 59870: Ordering Information: All of these parts 3 - 9000 Horn $3.20 ea. 8 - 3933 Headlights are available to any hobby dealer, so your 6 - 9050 Antenna 2.90/2 (modified) $2.25/2 dealer can order for you. If you must order 10 - 9150 Coupler lift bar 1.70/2 2 - 3968 Wipers 1.25/4 direct, include $5.00 per order for postage 17 - 9170 Door handle 3.35/6 13 - 4868 Wire .012-inch-diameter or UPS and handling.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 15 MODELI NG WITH PA INT & DECALS ROCK ISLAND 40-FOOT BOX CAR

FROM MICRO-TRAINS' N SCALE MODEL

Robert Ortiz started with an underco­ rated Micro-Trains™ 20009 40-foot PS-J box car. He used the W. C. Whittaker photograph from the August 1993 issue of ""The Journal" along with with Polly S Box Car Red Paint and Northeast CR1&P-09 decals to build this accurate replica of the real car. ,( The Rock Island apparently used the simplified herald and sans serif style lettering when repainting this box car in the mid-fifties. This 1962 photograph was the inspi­ ration for the paint scheme on Robert Ortiz's N scale model of a freshly repainted and lettered car. This W. C. Whittaker photo appeared in the August 1993 issue .

This Rock Island car was the prototype for Robert's model, but he opted for the later lefttering on repainted cars. Micro­ Trains once produced a model with this lettering (as car 20700). This W. C. Whittaker photo appeared in the August 1993 issue of "The Journal.""

Robert picked a Micro- Trains box car with a seven-panel door.

PAGE 16 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 MODELING INDUSTRY PITTSBURGH'S PRODUCE TERMINAL IN HO SCALE

FREIGHT HOUSES, PART IV

By Robert Schleicher Dick Schweiger used the techniques for In the background of the 1941 photo­ Dick used .040-inch-thick Evergreen simple "Snap-Out" styrene construction graph was the prototype for Dick styrene sheet plastic for the walls, in the June 1990 and January 1991 Schweiger's HO scale model. The struc­ braced with .250x.250-inch strips. The issues of "The Journal" to build this ture was built for the Lake Chautauqua exterior surface is Holgate & Reynolds replica of a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Ice Company to store ice. The small plastic brick sheet. the windows and ice storage industry. square holes are ventilators. Ice was most doors are Grandt Line castings. delivered to the building by rail. A The platforms and tracks in front of hiS model was created from a switch just outside the corner door lead the structure are used for unloading box single photograph of the proto­ to two unloading tracks inside the build­ cars and reefers. Usually, the freight Ttype structure that appeared in ing. Ice could also be unloaded at the cars are aligned so the workers can walk the August 1990 issue of "The outside platforms. All the ice for the through one already-unloaded car to Journal."The article was a reprint, with huge produce warehouse was carried by reach another car on an adjacent track. additional information, from the dollies across the end of the yard. Ramps to span the tracks are also avail­ Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Today, the structure is being renovated able when there is no convenient empty Historical Society's magazine, The to serve as a regional history museum reefer or box car. Keystone. The article described oper­ for the Historical Society of Western ations at the Pittsburgh produce terminal Pennsylvania. in 1941 and 1951.

Only the drain pipes (made from Evergreen styrene rod) break the solid expanse of brick wall. The placement and size of the windows and doors was estimated from the prototype structure. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 17 PRODUCE TERMINAL

This photo originally appeared in the PRR T&HS magazine, The Keystone, and it was reprinted in the August 1990 issue of "The Journal. " The "White Terminal Co. " building is visible near the center of the photograph. - Photo from the collection of Andrew J. Hart, circa June 1941

The HO scale street trackage is made by Hartel and imported by F & H Enterprises. Most reefers were un­ loaded inside the building.

PAGE 18 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 The details like the "Private Parking" sign and the barrels are simply good guesses based on other photographs from the Fifties.

The freight cars are C&BT Shops kits. The Hudson is an Alloy Forms model, the truck is from Con-Cor, and the trucks and trailer are from Walthers. The building on the left was made from City Classics components.

Only about 6 inches of the building's depth was modeled. The structure will eventually rest against a wall behind a major HO scale freight yard. The truck is from Walthers.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 19 YOUR TOP TIPS

To aid in properly mixing up solids which have settled out in model paint jars, first stir up the bottom, then drop in a steel nut or a ball bearing, close the lid and shake to mix. The ball will pulverize and evenly distribute the pigment throughout the paint volume. The nut or ball may be left in the jar for its next use until fin­ 1 ished. Ball bearings (about 18 inch in diameter) are usually available in sur­ plus shops, or a 6-32 hex nut may be substituted for the ball. Also, remember to use brass nuts in water-base paints to avoid rusting. - Tony Horvatin

Use short jumper leads with mini-alliga­ tor clips on both ends to hold small detail parts such as grabirons when painting by dipping or airbrush. The parts are easily manipulated in front of the spray by holding the alligator clip in your free hand. The jumper lead may then be draped over a support to dry. A suggest­ ed lead set is Radio Shack 278-1 156, set of 10 14-inch miniature jumper leads, at about $4. - Tony Horvatin

Yo ur Top Tips

We'll pay you $20.00 for each "Top Tip" we publish. Just send us your tip, preferably with a sketch (photographs are optional) and enough of an explan­ ation so we can photograph a recreation of the idea or redraw it. Keep the tip sim­ ple; a minimum of one step and a max­ imum of three steps must complete the technique. If the tip is more complex, you should consider inquiring about our interest in a full-blown article. The ideas sketches, or photographs will not be returned, and their use as illustrations or as part of ideas or Top What happens to the fireplace match after the fire has been lit? It usually goes into Tips, is our option. You may, of course, the flames ... a great contribution. But not at my house! I shake first, then break off incorporate them into articles for this or the burnt end, and then it goes into the "wood scraps" box to later become building other magazines. We pay approximately material. Admittedly, it's rather coarse cut lumber, but it makes HO scale 8x8-inch 45 days after publication. Be sure your name and address is on each Top Tip timbers ...almost tie size. I generally sand all four sides before using, and it serves you submit. We reserve the right to well for roadside guard railing, heavy fence posts and poles. Soaked in hot water, it can be bent into a shallow curve or chopped into short sections for a tighter radius. reprint the material, in any form, without further payment. Come on, share 'em! It's not basswood, but neither is the price. - R. B. Montague PAGE 20 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 TECHNIQUES UPGRADING C&BT SHOPS HO SCALE SANTA FE 40-FOOT REEFER KITS

By Richard Hendrickson

The C&BT Shops kits are the only in­ jection-molded models of 40-foot Santa Fe reefers. The kit can be upgraded to match the quality of a brass locomotive with these techniques.

Bo ttom view of model under co nstruc- , tio n. Co upler po ckets and all molded-on details except the crossbearer ends have been removed from the kit under­ frame and Kadee co upler pockets fitted. Strip styrene flanges have been added to the center sills, along with end sill, side sill and bolster end castings from the Jordan parts set.

he HO scale Santa Fe refrigera­ couplers much too close to the rails. Box 16126, Shawnee, KS 66203-0 126. tor car kits currently available Other deficiencies included a roof that Do it now - if you procrastinate, you from C&BT Shops represent was too wide and sat too high on the will miss out! the Rr- 19 through Rr-32 class carbody, ends that didn't correctly repro­ C&BT kits can also be used to model Tcars as rebuilt with inverse Dreadnaught duce the contours of the prototype ends, the Santa Fe's early rebuilt reefers after ends between 1936 and 1940. (C&BT hatch platforms that overhung the ends they were modernized in the 195.0s, Shops also plans to issue kits fo r these of the roof, and detail parts that were, in though I haven't described the process in cars as modernized in the 1950s, as well many cases, oversize. detail here. Electric fan drive boxes are as for the later rebuilt reefers with 4/4 Some of these deficiencies - included in the kit, the stock under­ Dreadnaught ends and. after 1946, 3/3 notably the coupler height and roof frames and hatch covers can be modi­ Improved Dreadnaught ends, but release height problems - were rectified on fied, and the side sill reinforcements are dates for these versions have not yet later production kits, but the detail parts easily modeled with strip styrene. Other been announced). The kits come with remained as a stumbling block. Some of needed parts would include a Plano or one piece bodies molded in yellow­ these parts can be replaced with readily Overland etched metal running board, orange plastic; separate roofs, under­ available alternatives: Grandt Line door A-Line Type C corner steps, and Detail frames and running boards/hatch plat­ hinges, Westerfield grabirons, A-Line Associates 62 I 5 uncoupling levers. forms molded in black; and a variety of steps, Detail Associates ladders and One more thing, before explaining separate detail parts. Also included are Detail Associates or Tichy brake gear. how to modify and upgrade the C&BT Andrews U-section trucks of USRA For the others, Santa Fe reefer guru kits using Keith's parts. C&BT shops forty ton design with wheelsets that Keith Jordan has made patterns for ure­ got a lot of complaints about how diffi­ combine plastic centers and axles with thane resin castings and arranged to cult it is to attach all the separate detail machined metal treads and fl anges. have them cast by Martin Lofton of parts supplied in its kits; apparently a lot Detailed assembly instructions are pro­ Sunshine Models. of modelers are either lazy or, in politi­ vided, along with prototype data pre­ Keith's parts set includes running cally correct terms, "constructionally pared by the Santa Fe Modelers board, hatch platforms, hatch covers, challenged." Consequently, all C&BT Organization. placard boards, defect card holder, end car kits are in the process of being When first introduced in 1992, and side sills, and bolster ends. He is redesigned with most of the detail parts C&BT's Santa Fe reefer kits had several currently taking orders for a one-time­ � ladders, grabirons, door hinges, hand shortcomings. One was a major problem only limited run of these parts, and you brake - molded on. This is bad news with coupler height: the draft gear boxes can get information about them by send­ for serious scale modelers; for years, molded onto the underframes put the ing an SSAE to Keith Jordan at P.O. we've been trying to persuade kit manu- RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 21 40-FOOT REEFER facturers not to mold such details inte­ grally with the carbody. Many C&BT Shops dealers still have kits with sepa­ rate detail parts on their shelves, howev­ er, so if you don't want molded-on lad­ ders and grabs, now is the time to acquire the older kits before they're gone and you have to beat the bushes at swap meets. With the introduction of the revised kits, factory lettering will also be dis­ continued; instead, the kits will include individual decal lettering sets made especially for C&BT Shops by Microscale. These decals are crisply printed and prototypically accurate. However, supplying decals instead of pre-printed carbodies seems to be at Underside of Rr- 19 model with details in place (modified kit end and side sills were odds with the shift to molded-on details, used on this model, as the Jordan parts were not yet available). Brake cylinder and since the same toy train types who don't AB valve are mounted on strip styrene supports; brake levers extend through slots want to build kits with a lot of separate drilled and filed into the center sills. Note the styrene rod side ladder supports; lad­ pieces in them are also likely to turn ders should not be installed until after the carbody is painted. pale at the prospect of lettering a car with decals. Go figure.

Pre-Assembly Modifications Before beginning to assemble a C&BT Shops reefer, several changes to the major kit components are in order.

Underframe If you have an early production underframe with thick-floored coupler pockets, cut the coupler pockets off the This roof view shows the hatch platform underframe before assembling it to the supp orts in place at the left and the carbody (fitting the new coupler pockets Jordan hatch covers and platforms will be covered later). The side sills and added at the right. Only later rebuilds end sills should also be entirely had the slots in the platforms for the removed at this time, along with the bol­ hatch cover latch bars, so these were ster ends. later filled with styrene and filed smooth. How far to go in re-detailing the underframes depends in part on how your models will be viewed. Since mine are intended to be seen at or near eye level, I modify the underframe rather extensively. This requires the removal of all the molded-on air brake system parts, since they are rather crudely ren­ dered and the rods and pipes are way oversize. There are also some shallow dimples in the center sills resulting from shrinking in the molding process, and Close-up of end shows how acrylic auto these can be filled with acrylic putty. I body putty is used to make fillets also cement lx6-inch strip styrene between the ribs at the outer edges, giv­ flanges onto the center sills and cut slots ing the kit ends the proper contours. The in the center sills for the brake levers by incorrectly located grabiron holes at the drilling closely spaced series of small bottoms of the ends have also been holes with a .025-inch drill bit and then filled with . 030-inch styrene rod; the enlarging them and cleaning lip their grabs mount in pre-marked holes on the edges with a hobby knife and a minia- end sill castings. PAGE 22 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 ture file. round-ended taper and bent into a gentle curve would work equally well. Then, Carbody after scraping off the excess filler from the corrugations and outer edges, I used If you are modeling an Rr-19 or Rr- a soft brush to "paint" liquid styrene 23 class car, remove the two horizontal adhesive over the fi ller, smoothing it rows of rivets that are located toward and blending it into the styrene surfaces the bottom of the four side sheathing of the ends. (A thick, slow-setting liquid panels that are directly above the truck like Testor's is unsuitable for this pur­ bolsters, as these were only on the pro­ pose; use a thin, highly volatile adhesive totype cars of the Rr-25 class and later. like Tenax 7R or IPS Weld-On no. 3). (C&BT Shops deserves a round of After the fi ller had set hard, a little light applause for including this rivet detail, sanding with very fine abrasive paper as it's a lot easier to take rivets off when took care of any remaining surface they're not called for than to add them imperfections. when they are.) The C&BT carbodies are molded in Roof and Running Boards yellow-orange styrene which closely approximates the color of the sides on The stock roof sits too high above the the prototype cars, and the factory letter­ eaves when assembled to the carbody; ing is applied directly to the unpainted on the prototype reefers, there was only plastic, an approach that has both advan­ a very narrow gap between the top of tages and drawbacks. While there's no the sides and the roof overhang. This Hatch cover supports for Rr- 19/- 23/- paint buildup to blur or hide the fine can be fixed by cutting off part of the 25/-27 class models are made of details molded onto the car sides, and ledge around the roof that rests on the .030x. 030-inch styrene with HO 1x3- the lettering prints clearly and precisely sides and ends, using a single-edge razor in ch styrene strips cemented on top, on the smooth plastic surface, the plastic blade and a scale rule or other metal wrapped around the edges of the roof isn't entirely opaque so the sides have a strip of appropriate thickness as a guide an d cemented to the eaves. slightly translucent appearance. Painting (see diagram). the inside of the carbody black helps to The roof overhangs also extend too eliminate this effect. So does a coat of far out over the sides, which isn't so clear flat finish, which should be applied easy to correct. However, a couple of at the outset to protect the lettering from modelers I know have solved this prob­ being rubbed off when you handle the lem by making a couple of cuts along model while working on it. the center of the roof to remove about The factory-applied lettering in these 1 / inch of material and then cement­ toms of the ends with .030-inch styrene 32 rod, as these holes are in the wrong kits is generally very well done, but if ing the roof sections back together again you want to replace it or are building an (the resulting seam is hidden under the place, and cut the pieces of rod off flush after the cement sets. unlettered kit, taking the lettering off running board). Thus narrowed, the roof with denatured alcohol or mineral spirits should fit further down inside the car­ After marking the screw hole loca­ and then airbrushing the sides with a body without additional modification; tions for attaching Kadee no. 5 draft thin coat of yellow-orange paint is the adding 2x2-inch styrene strip spacers gear boxes to the underside of the floor, ultimate cure for the translucence prob­ under the eaves will insure that the drill the holes and thread them with a 2- lem. (I lettered two of my models with undercut between the body and roof is 56 tap. While you're at it, you may want decals because the only kits I could get even all the way around. to thread the truck screw holes as well; when they first came out had later style machine screws are preferable to self­ lettering, which is wrong for the era I tapping screws for truck mounting model.) because their finer threads provide for Assembly and Detailing more precise adjustment, so the trucks Secure the steel weights to the inside pivot freely without rocking from side Ends of the floor with hobby type cyanoacry­ to side. Cement the upper halves of the The prototype inverse Dreadnaught late adhesive (CA); if you stack them Kadee boxes to the floor and, when the ends are very nicely rendered on the one on top of the other in the center of cement has dried, attach the lower model except at the outer edges, which the car, they won't be in the way when halves of the boxes temporarily with the take the form of sharp-cornered vertical you drill and tap the truck mounting mounting screws. File the running board ribs rather than having a gradual taper screw holes. Then cement the roof and supports flat and level and attach the from the corners into the depressions underframe in place on the cal·body. Fill Jordan running board with CA, making between the corrugations. I found that it the ladder mounting holes by cementing sure it is exactly centered both cross­ isn't difficult to correct the shape of the short pieces of Grandt Line .030-inch wise and lengthwise. existing ends (see diagram). styrene rod into them after drilling or I first worked some acrylic filler into reaming them out slightly so the rod will Underframe Detailing the depressions between the corruga­ fit. Then cut off the pieces of rod so tions, being careful not to get fi ller on they extend about .025 inch beyond the Fit the Jordan end sills in place so the rivet detail; I used an old leather­ surface of the sides and ends; they will they are snug against the sides of the 1 working tool, but a stiff piece of /16- now serve as ladder mounting studs. Kadee draft gear boxes and carefully inch metal rod with its tip filed to a Also fill the grabiron holes at the bot- mark their locations; then remove the

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 23 40-FOOT REEFER

This model represents an Rr-19 as it appeared in 1947 after being repainted with slo gan and map, ca. 1943. The prototype car's Andrews L-section trucks were modeled by reworking the journal box retaining bars on a pair of Kadee Andrews trucks. Clean spots by the door latch and grabiron and behind the ladder rungs, where dirt was rubbed off by the hands and feet of trainmen and cargo loaders, were simulated by using a pencil-type ink eraser sharpened to a point to rub offthe weathering.

The later (and most common) style of straight-line map, used on SFRD cars aftermid- 1940, was applied to this Rr-19 mo del. All lettering is from Champ's excellent BR H-221 decal set. Two hori­ zontal ro ws of rivets above the bolsters were removed from the carbody, as these were absent fro m Rr-19 or Rr-23 class reefers.

Rr-28 SFRD 35243 is mo deled as a seven-year-old car with original paint and lettering. Note the abbreviated hatch platforms that were applied to this and later classes of Santa Fe rebuilt reefers. Note the simulation of re-stencilled weight, brake servicing and repacking data, as well as trainmen's chalk markings and destinatio n cards, common details on steam and early diesel era freight cars that modelers often overlook. PAGE 24 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 lower halves of the Kadee boxes before attaching the end sill parts with CA, so the draft gear boxes won't be glued on along with the end sills. Determine which type of side sills were applied to the prototype car you are modeling and fit the appropriate Jordan parts. Then drill the side sill castings .021-inch with a no. 7S drill bit for A-Line Style A (29000) steps. Note that, after installing the steps, they should be bent outward at an angle. Then fit your choice of AB air brake set and add brake levers, rods and piping as desired. You will need to fab­ ricate mounting brackets for the brake cylinder and AB valve from stri p Curved-line style maps, introduced in January 1940, were applied only to later pro­ styrene, as shown in the model photos. duction Rr-27s and to a few older cars repainted at Topeka or West Wichita in early 1940. Bolster ends, placard boards, and defect card holder are from the Jordan Detailing the Ends parts set; door hinges are from Grandt Line, ladders from Detail Associates.

Drill .0 I S-inch holes with a no. 78 drill bit for the end sill grabirons (Westerfield 1198) and install them. Fit 1 x3-inch styrene mounting straps for the right corner grabirons; drill .01S-inch holes and install the grabs. Form two running board end supports from com­ mon wire staples. Drill .020-inch mounting holes with a no. 76 drill bit for these at the upper edges of the top end ribs and secure them in place with CA. On the B end, fit the Ajax hand brake housing and the retainer valve. Fit the ·:t ', -- hand brake fulcrum in the slot in the end . �� .. : ; .? " sill. Install the brake operating rod > • < , • • ��� " ,.: ", '�. ··�lti · .,' ...,.. ... ', (.OIS-inch brass wire) and the retainer ,\" valve pipe (.Ol O-inch brass wire). . ',.. :i¥� . ' : , . " �"..", . Determine the location of the brake . � \" step and drill four .02 1-inch holes for High angle view shows the Rr-28's hatch support rests and corn er grab mounting the brake step supports. Form these brackets, modeled with strip styrene. which were required by the shift to short hatch from A-Line steps (after annealing them platforms. As on the Rr-19 model, all lettering - including the seldom-modeled reporting marks and nu mbers on the hatch covers - came from a Champ decal in a flame until they glow red, so they set. Only the Rr-28 class got straight line maps without the word "Ship. " will bend without breaking) and fit them in the holes (which may need to be widened slightly to clear the flat parts of Detailing the Roof corner grab brackets and hatch cover the supports). Make a brake step from supports from styrene strip stock; see I x lO-inch styrene strip, notching it to Cement .030x.030-inch styrene hatch the prototype and model photos for clear the hand brake rod and retainer platform supports to the roof as shown guidance . Holes are spotted in the valve pipe, and secure it to the supports in the model photos; note that these are Jordan hatch covers for grabirons; drill with CA. arranged somewhat differently when these with a ,DI S-inch bit, bend the Now drill .018-inch holes with a no. modeling an Rr-27 or earlier car with grabs from .DIS-inch wire, and secure in 17 drill bit immediately adjacent to the full hatch platforms than an Rr-28 or Rr- place with CA. Then make fo ur hatch mounting points for the righthand corner 32 with short hatch platforms. Then cover rests from pieces of A-Line steps, grabs, running board end supports and form Ix3-inch styrene to represent the drill .02l -inch holes to insert them in brake step supports, and cement Detail ends of the supports where they curve the hatch covers, attach them with CA, Associates 2203 nut/bolt/washer cast­ down over the eaves and cement these and add small bits of 1 x3-inch styrene to ings in the holes. Drill .0 IS-inch holes in place. Next, install hatch covers and represent their inboard mounting tabs. in the end sills and fit Detail Associates platforms from the Jordan parts set. If eye bol ts; then form uncoupling levers your model has fu ll platforms, drill Detailing the Sides from .0I S-inch brass wire, insert them .0IS-inch holes and form the corner in the eye bolts, and CA them in place. grabs from .0 I 5-inch wire. Install them Fit Grandt Line reefer door hinges Cut Detail Associates 6207 ladders to with Detail Associates 2206 eye bolts at with their pins in the existing mounting the correct length and cement them to the corners and CA everything. holes and cement in place. Paint the the ladder supports. Finally, attach the If you're modeling a reefer with short large and small placard boards and the placard boards with CA. platforms, you'll need to fabricate the defect card holder from the Jordan parts

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 25 drews, however). Tichy's "Bettendorf' tions. In 1959, giant cross-and-circle 40-FOOT REEFER trucks closely resemble the prototypes' heralds with modernized"Ship and ASF trucks and will accept either the kit Travel ..." slogans were adopted, but wheelsets or Kadee wheel sets. The Rr- by this time all the surviving cars had set black or yellow-orange, as appropri­ 19s' Andrews L-section trucks can be been modernized and a lot of them had ate. CA them to the car side in the loca­ modeled by modifying the journal box sliding plug doors. tions shown in the photos (the defect retaining straps on Kadee's ASF Many of these paint and lettering card holder goes on the left side only). Andrews trucks, as shown in the model schemes were well represented in facto­ Drill .0 IS-inch holes at the pre-spotted photos. ry-lettered C&BT kits, and the decals locations for the two grabs at the left of now being supplied in the kits are also each side and the grabiron and the door. Painting and Lettering very good. In addition, Champ has first­ Fit Westerfield 1198 grabs and secure rate and exhausti vely complete decal them with CA. Then drill .01 8-inch When new, the 1936-37 rebuilds had sets for all versions of Santa Fe reefer holes directly adjacent to them for yellow-orange ends as well as sides, lettering, and Clover House has an Detail Associates 2203 nutlbolt/washer with black roofs, underframes and hard­ equally comprehensive line of dry trans­ castings. (Note: to model an Rr-32 with ware. After 1938, only the sides were fer sets. Even if your kit is factory-let­ bracket grabs, use Detail Associates yellow-orange, and everything else was tered, you'll need decals for the report­ 6209 Delrin grabirons; this will require black. Beginning in 1953, the hardware ing marks and numbers on the ends and some filling and relocating of the holes on the sides - ladders, grabirons, door ice hatch covers and for the air brake in the sides.) Finish the sides by cutting hinges and latches, etc. - was no servicing and journal rep acking data. Detail Associates 6207 ladders to the longer painted black but remained the correct length, painting them black, and same color as the sides. From the 1930s Conclusion cementing them to the ladder supports. through the 1950s, SFRD yellow-orange Though accurate, well-detailed mod­ was about the same color that was used els of Santa Fe rebuilt reefers don't just on PFE cars, which was about the same fall out of the C&BT kit boxes and as­ Trucks as Southern Pacific's "Daylight semble themselves, Keith Jordan's detail The trucks supplied in the C&BT Orange." In the 1960s, it was a some­ parts now make it possible, with a bit of Shops reefer kits are Tichy's Andrews what more orange hue. extra work, to build highly realistic HO frames with C&BT's metal-tired plastic As for lettering, slogans and maps scale replicas of these historically wheel sets. Though realistic and smooth were applied from 1940 to 1947. Be­ important prototype cars. When C&BT rolling, they're the wrong type for the ginning in 1947, later style slogans with expands its line, as promised, to include early SFRD rebuilds, all of which had "Ship and Travel Santa Fe All the Way" the later cars in the long series of Santa ASF self-aligning spring-plankless instead of maps began to replace them. Fe reefer rebuilds, you'll find informa­ trucks except for the Rr-19 class (some For details on both lettering schemes, tion about both the prototypes and the later classes did have U-section An- see Tables II and III and the photo cap- models in "The Journal." RMJ

The out- of-the-box C&BT Shops HO scale kit.

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PARTIAL SECTION THROUGH ROOF

Modifying the excessive roof overhang of the model. Using body filler to improve the inverse Oreadnaught ends. PAGE 26 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 MODELING WITH PAINT & DECALS C&BT SHOPS HO SCALE SANTA FE STEEL-SHEATHED ICE BUNKER REEFERS PART I: 1936-1 940

By Richard Hendrickson

Accurate models of the early (1936- ies and truss rod underframes. These them by applying new bodies to their 1940) rebuilt Santa Fe reefers can now cars were in the process of being retired existing underframes in the railroad's be modeled with a combination of or relegated to company ice service. own car shops. This expedient not only injection-molded styrene kits from There were also 2,900 40-foot refrig­ required a much smaller capital invest­ C&BT Shops and limited-production erator cars of classes Rr-5, -6, -7, -8, -9 ment but also kept the shop forces styrourethane resin detail parts molded and - I I that had been purchased be­ employed at a time when many Amer­ from patterns by Santa Fe expert Keith tween 1927 and 1931. Built to a design icans were out of work. Jordan. Most modelers, however, will that was adapted from the 1925 As a first venture in this direction, a be satisfied to simply assemble, and American Railway Association standard single Rr-X was reconstructed in 1935 perhaps repaint and letter, the out-of­ wood-sheathed box car, these cars had with steel body framing, wood side the-box kits. composite bodies with wood side and sheathing and corrugated steel ends sal­ end sheathing over steel body framing, vaged from a retired box car. This car, he Santa Fe Railway began ARA standard underframes, and flexible reclassified Rr-16 and renumbered operating one of the first rail­ metal-sheathed roofs . (These ARA SFRD 4100, retained its original USRA road-owned refrigerator car design reefers can be modeled in HO underframe, Andrews L-section trucks fleets in North America well scale with Sunshine Models flat molded and Miner draft gear but got AB air T styrourethane kits). brakes and an Ajax hand brake. It was before the .turn of the century. During the early 1900s, with perishable shi p­ The backbone of the SFRD fleet, soon followed by four Rr-18 class ments growing in volume, the railroad's however, consisted of over 10,000 40- reefers, rebuilt from Rr-Ws, which reefer operations were greatly expanded foot reefers with wood bodies, flexible resembled the solitary Rr-16 but had and their management assigned to a new metal-sheathed roofs and fishbelly steel wood-sheathed rather than steel ends administrative unit, the Santa Fe center sills, built between 1920 and and welded steel roofs. These four Refrigerator Department. 1926 as classes Rr-W, -X, -Y, -2, -3 and experimental cars were the forerunners The SFRD fleet eventually numbered -4. These cars were slightly modified of another 150 Rr-18 rebuilds with nearly 15,000 cars, second only to that versions of a design that was developed Murphy panel steel roofs in late 1935 of Pacific Fruit Express (which was during World War I by the United States and early 1936. jointly owned by the Santa Fe's main Railroad Administration but never The wood sheathing on the rebuilt competitors, the Southern Pacific and ordered into production by the USRA. Rr- 16 and Rr-18 classes was representa­ Union Pacific railroads). Santa Fe ti ve of standard refrigerator car con­ reefers went just about everywhere, not 1935: Making New Reefers struction at that time. While steel only on the sprawling Santa Fe system sheathing had become the norm for box from Old Ones but on most other North American rail­ cars, gondolas and hoppers, wood roads, as they transported fruit and veg­ By 1935, some of the Santa Fe's sheathing continued to be used almost etables from the fields of California and USRA-design reefers had been in ser­ universally on reefers owing to its natur­ the Southwest to markets in the North, vice for as long as 15 years, and their al insulating properties and resistance to East and Southeast. wood bodies were deteriorating though corrosion. The superior strength and In the early 1930s, three groups of their underframes and trucks were still durability of steel could not be ignored, cars accounted for most of the SFRD serviceable. Owing to the severely however, and the Rr- 18 design was reefer inventory. The oldest of them depressed economy, the Santa Fe could­ therefore reworked to incorporate heav­ were obsolete 40-foot cars built before n't afford to replace them with new cars, ier insulation, steel ends and steel side and during World War I with wood bod- so it was decided to begin rebuilding sheathing. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 27 SANTA FE REEFERS

An added incentive to adopt all-steel reefer bodies (except for wood interior linings and floor racks) was the fact that several of the Santa Fe's competitors began placing orders for new steel­ sheathed refrigerator cars to be deliv­ ered in 1936-37. By far the largest group of these new cars, 4,700 in all, was built for Pacific Fruit Express, becoming PFE's R-40-10 class. Smaller numbers of similar steel-sheathed cars were also ordered by Illinois Central Despatch and American Refrigerator The first of the Santa Fe's steel-sheathed reb uilt refrigerator cars, SFRD 31254, was Transit Co. The design of all these cars rolled out of the West Wichita shops in March 1936. The USRA- design underframe bore a strong resemblance to that of the and Andrews L-section trucks were from an Rr-W originally built in 1920, while the 1932 AAR standard box car. brand new body bore a strong resemblance to that of the 1932 AAR standard box car. Only two Rr- 19 class cars (SFRD 31255 was the other one) got the flat plate 1936-1 937: The First steel ends shown here. - Canadian National Archives, Neg. PA 185608 SFRD Steel Reefers For openers, the Santa Fe rebuilt two Rr- 19 class cars from former Rr-Ws at its West Wichita shops. Completed in March 1936, several months before PFE began receiving new steel-sheathed refrigerator cars from the carbuilders, these two cars were unique in having flat steel sheathing riveted to the ends as well as the sides, reminiscent of the ends used on the Pennsylvania Railroad's X28 and X29 class box cars in the 1920s. Roofs were of the same solid steel design with raised panels that Production model Rr-19s had inverse Dreadnaught ends supplied by the Standard was used on most of the Rr-18s, and the Railway Eq uipment Co. , as shown on SFRD 31332. Orthochromatic film made the original USRA underframes and sides and ends appear dark, but both were painted yellow-orange, as was standard Andrews trucks were renewed and re­ SFRD practice in the mid- 1930s. - Santa Fe Railway, Frank Ellington collection applied. These two cars were followed by 400 "production line" Rr- 19s, which were identical except that they incorpo­ rated inverse Dreadnaught ends (for the number series of these and other rebuilt SFRD refrigerator cars, see Table J). Economic improvements in 1936-37 enabled the Santa Fe to purchase 500 new Rr-2 1 class 40-foot reefers and 200 50-foot Rr-22s from General American. From the side sills up, the Rr-2 1 s were practically identical to the Rr- 19s, but they were equipped with Duryea cush­ ion underframes and ASF double-truss self-aligning spring-plankless trucks. The 50-foot cars were similar in con­ The Rr-28 class reefers, rebuilt in mid-1940, were the first to get abbreviated ice struction, but, being intended primarily hatch platforms and also the only reb uilt reefers to be stencilled with the first version for frozen food service, they had thicker of the Santa Fe's straight-line system map, which lacked the word "Ship. " When SFRD 35304 was photographed in 1948, the map had vanished beneath a new coat side walls with extra-heavy insulation. of paint to be replaced by "Ship and Travel ..." stencilling. - Santa Fe Railway, At the same time, the Santa Fe great­ author's collection ly expanded its reefer rebuilding pro­ gram, authorizing the reconstruction of got new ASF trucks like those on the added to the roster when an Rr-23 was 1,500 USRA-design Rr-W class cars in Rr-2 1s in place of their original equipped with experimental air circulat­ 1937. These rebuilt reefers, which Andrews trucks. ing fans designed by the Pacific became class Rr-23, duplicated the Rr- No additional reefers were rebuilt in Railway Equipment Co. and reclassified 19s except that their doors had steel 1938, owing to a brief relapse in the Rr-24. This marked the beginning of an framing instead of wood and all of them economy, but a new one-car class was important new development: Preco's

PAGE 28 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 L SJILcECOHQ ouMV lRAVEt 1JTesr

..."" ...... �:-�. , a.... --. --�- :.. Like the Rr- 19s, the 1, 500 cars of class Rr-23 were rebuilt in Roof detail of SFRD 32635 shows the 1937 without maps or slogans, which first appeared in January full hatch platforms applied to the Santa 1940. SFRD 32670 had its placard boards moved and "Scout" Fe 's rebuilt reefers until mid- 1940, as advertising applie d when it was repainted, pro bably for the first we ll as the Santa Fe's unique "reverse time, in September 1946; the "Scout" slogan was dropped soon opening" hatch covers with metal sup­ afterward. Periods were deleted from SFRD reporting marks in ports to hold them in a near-upright 1944. - Santa Fe Railway, Keith Jordan collection position when open. Note the 2-inch reporting marks and numbers on the right hand hatch cover, which were stencilled at both ends of the car so it could be easily identified by icing dock workers. - Santa Fe Railway, Frank Ellington collection

cilled when new with the giant system map and advertising slogans that began to embellish the sides of Santa Fe box, auto and refrigerator cars in January of 1940. To ac commodate this lettering scheme, the placard boards on the sides were relocated so that both were to the left of the door on each side. The Santa Fe also began making this change on This Rr-23 had just be en repainted at We st Wichita in October 1948; the car had earlier steel refrigerator cars as they not yet been re weighed, so the load limit and light weight ste ncilling weren't com­ came through the shops for repainting plete. "Ship and Travel Santa Fe All the Way" began to replace the system map and restencilling. afte r March of 1947, along with re-styled advertiSing slogans, though it was months With rail traffic rapidly increasing later before all the syste m car shops got the new stencils. Note the full-length side and war clouds gathering on the hori­ sills between the end sills and bolsters; some USRA rebuilds had these but most zon, the expansion of the Santa Fe's did not. - Santa Fe Railway, Frank Ellington collection reefer fleet continued at an accelerated floor-level mechanically driven fans above the bolsters; a hundred cars pace in 1940. General American deliv­ solved one of the major problems in the (SFRD 33456-34555) were also ered another 300 new 40-foot steel rail shipment of perishables, the wide equipped with steel grid running boards, reefers of class Rr-29, as well as15 0 50- variations in temperature from one part which had recently been introduced as a foot cars of classes Rr-30 and Rr-31, in of the car to another. more durable alternative to wood, and the spring and early summer of 1940. Fans improved matters by circulating 10 cars (SFRD 33197-33206) were fit­ These were near-duplicates of the 1937 cold air from the ice bunkers toward the ted experimentally with Transco steel Rr-21 s and Rr-22s, but they had later center of the car, forcing warmer air to floor racks. In addition, a single Rr-25 style 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, National rise and return to the bunkers for re­ (SFRD 4249) became the first of many Type B-1 "ride control" trucks, and cooling. Normally powered by rubber­ Santa Fe steel reefers to have air circu­ map-and-slogan billboard stencilling. tired drive wheels that were held against lating fans installed while it was being Meanwhile, the Santa Fe's own car the wheel treads by spring pressure, rebuilt. shops were busy converting another these fans could also be driven by The Rr-27 class reefers, identical 1,000 USRA-design reefers into Rr-28s detachable electric motors to provide air twins of the Rr-25 class rebuilds, includ­ and Rr-32s. These rebuilt reefers were circulation when the car wasn't moving. ed 49 fan-equipped cars and another 45 1 essentially the same as their predeces­ that were rebuilt as conventional reefers. sors except that all of them had rolled 1939-1940: Rebuilt Reefers As on the Rr-23s and Rr-25s, the origi­ steel wheels, the hatch platforms that by the Thousands nal trucks were replaced with ASF dou­ had surrounded the hatch covers on ear­ Early in 1939, with freight traffic and ble-truss self-aligning spring-plankless lier classes were replaced by rectangular revenues picking up again, the Santa Fe trucks, a variation on the AAR standard platforms located inboard of the hatch shops began converting another 501 design; some cars also got wheels of covers, and the Rr-32s were fitted with USRA-design reefers into Rr-25 class rolled steel instead of cast iron. bracket type grabirons. When the last steel-sheathed cars. The Rr-25s had Later production Rr-27s had the dis­ Rr-32 rolled out of the shops at the end additional bracing in the side framing tinction of being the first reefers sten- of 1940, the Santa Fe had, in only five

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 29 SANTA FE REEFERS years, transformed almost 4,000 of its wood-bodied USRA-style reefers into modern refrigerator cars with all-steel bodies. The Rr-19 through Rr-32 classes were, it turned out, only the first chapter in a rebuilding program that continued for another decade and introduced a variety of improvements on the original Rr- 19 design. By the time the last rebuilt USRA-design refrigerator car emerged from the Santa Fe shops, the SFRD reefer fleet had been almost com­ pletely modernized and the stage had This Rr-28 class roof view shows the short, inb oa rd ha tch pla tforms with slots for the been set for even further upgrading in ha tch cover la tch bars which were fitted to this and subsequent cla sses of reb uilt the 1950s. We'll save the rest of this reefers. Note also the ironwork that wa s added to provide stops for the ha tch cover supports and atta chment points for the corn er grabirons. - Santa Fe Railway, story, however, for future issues of author's collection "The Journal," since models of the later rebuilt reefers are not yet available.

Prewar SFRD Rebuilds in Service The Santa Fe's early rebuilt reefers were versatile cars. With ice in the bunkers, they hauled fruit and vegeta­ bles from Western farms and orchards. With hatch covers open for ventilation, they carried onions and potatoes. With charcoal heaters installed, they trans­ ported the winter citrus crop. During the off season, they filled in as merchandise cars when clean box cars were in short supply. They even played a role as Santa's helpers, serving as express and SFRD 35894, an Rr-32 cla ss portra it ca r in December 1940, shows the bracket type grabirons and la ter style stra ight line ma p with "Ship, " which were the only differ­ storage mail cars during the holiday sea­ ences between the Rr-32s and the immedia tely preceding Rr-28s. Note the tra ns­ sons. verse-mounted air brake reservoir supported on a bracket atta ched to the side sill, In the 1950s, various modifications sta ndard Santa Fe pra ctice in the 1940s and 1950s. - Sa nta Fe Ra ilwa y, author's began to appear on the prewar rebuilt collection reefers, and as they were modernized, they were renumbered (see Table I). At first, only side sill reinforcements and electric fans were added, along with post-1947 stencilling (new sty Ie slogans with "Ship and Travel Santa Fe All the Way" replacing the system map). Next VE' came steel grid running boards and hand reversed ice hatch covers - that is, the hatch covers were turned around with SA'"T F the hinges toward the center of the car - .oJ£tA fl-£ifO.i and the openings facing toward the end. This was done to avoid interference with the mechanical icing machines that I came into widespread use in the early 1950s. By the late 1950s, the SFRD's rebuilt The modernizing of the Santa Fe's prewa r rebuilt reefers which bega n in 1953 reefers were being transformed again, included repla cing the underframe ends and bolsters (b ut not the center sills), with extensive side and end sill modifi­ adding side sill reinforcements under the doors, and fitting new dra ft gea r, bottom­ cations, electric air circulating fans and opera ted couplers and steps. Electric air circulating fa ns were also installed along - on many cars - sliding plug doors. with steel running boards, the ha tch covers were turn ed around, and the ca rs were In this form, many of them lasted well renumbered. On Rr-19s such as SFRD 21053, ASF trucks with integrally ca st jour­ into the 19605, and some were still in na l boxes repla ced the origina l Andrews trucks. PAGE 30 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Ta ble I: Classes and Number Series of Early (1936-1 940) SFRD Rebuilt Refrigerator Cars

Class No. Series Qty. Yr. Rblt. Construction Details Notes

Rr-19 31254-31 655 400 1936 Full hatch platforms, Andrews L-section trucks 1 Rr-23 31656-331 55 1500 1937 Full hatch platforms, ASF spring-plankless trucks 2 Rr-24 4250 1 1937 Rr-23 rblt. w/Preco fans; later returned to Rr-23 class Rr-25 331 56-33655 499 1939 Full hatch platforms, ASF spring-plankless trucks, extra rivets above bolsters 3 Rr-25 4249 1 1939 As above, built new with Preco fans Rr-27 34500-34950 451 1939-40 Full hatch platforms, ASF spring-plankless trucks, extra rivets above bolsters 4 Rr-27 4200-4248 49 1940 As above, built new with Preco fans Rr-28 35000-35499 500 1940 Short hatch platforms, ASF spring-plankless trucks, extra rivets above bolsters 5 Rr-32 35500-35999 500 1941 Short hatch platforms, ASF spring-plankless trucks, extra rivets above bolsters, bracket-type grabirons 6

Notes: 1. Renumbered to 21000-21392 series when modernized in 1953. 2. Renumbered to 16000-1 7499 series when modernized beginning in 1955. 3. Renumbered to 17500-1 7999 series when modernized beginning in 1955. 4. Renumbered to 18000-1 8499 series when modernized beginning in 1954. 5. Renumbered to 19500-18999 series when modernized beginning in 1955. 6. Renumbered to 19000-1 9499 series when modernized beginning in 1956.

Ta ble II: Map/Slogan Stencilling SFRD Classes Rr-1 9, -23, -25, -27, -28 and -32 service as late as the early 1970s. Original Slogans Until mechanical reefers brought an end to the ice age on the North American rail system, the Santa Fe's Class No. Series Map Slogan rebuilt USRA refrigerator cars were Rr-1 9 31254-31 655 None None almost equally at home in a hotshot Rr-23 31656-33155 None None reefer block eastbound on the Erie to Rr-25 331 56-33655 None None New York, the New Haven to Boston, Rr-27 34500-34648 None None or the Baltimore & Ohio to Washington, Rr-27 34649-34699 Curved Line Scout D.C., as on the Santa Fe's own rails. A Rr-27 34700-34799 Curved Line Grand Canyon Line model railroad representing any period Rr-27 34800-34899 Curved Line EI Capitan from the late 1930s through the 1960s Rr-27 34900-34950 Curved Line Chief can hardly be considered complete with­ Rr-27 4200-4248 Curved Line Scout out at least a couple of these colorful Rr-28 35000-35099 1 st Straight Line (w/o "Ship") Chief Rr-28 351 00-351 49 1 st Straight Line (w/o "Ship") Scout Santa Fe reefers in evidence. RMJ Rr-28 351 50-35199 1 st Straight Line (w/o "Ship") Grand Canyon Line Rr-28 35200-35299 1 st Straight Line (w/o "Ship") EI Capitan Rr-28 35300-35399 1 st Straight Line (w/o "Ship") Super Chief Rr-28 35400-35499 1 st Straight Line (w/o "Ship") Chief Rr-32 35500-35599 Final Straight Line (w/"Ship") Grand Canyon Line Rr-32 35600-35699 Final Straight Line (w/"Ship") Scout Rr-32 35700-35799 Final Straight Line (w/"Ship") EI Capitan Rr-32 35800-35899 Final Straight Line (w/"Ship") Super Chief

Santa Fe Reefer Book

A highly detailed and extensively illustrated account ofthe Santa Fe's early USRA rebuilt refrigerator cars, and of the entire SFRD ice-cooled reefer fleet, has recently been published in book form by the Santa Fe Modelers Organization. Titled Refrigerator Cars: Ice Bunker Cars 1884- 1979, by C. Keith Jordan, Richard H. Hendrickson, John B. Moore and A. Dean Hale, it's Volume Two in the Santa Fe Rolling Stock Reference Series and is available for a limited time at $39.95 postpaid from the Santa Fe Modelers Organization Inc. at 1704 Valley Ridge, Norman, OK 73072.

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Ta ble III: Slogans on Repainted Cars

Note: because slogans were not stencilled on repainted cars on a systematic basis, the only way to know which cars got which slogans and maps is on the basis of photographic evidence or actual sightings. Below are some cars which are known to have carried the slogan shown in the year listed.

Cars Repainted with 1940-1 947 Maps/Slogans Class Number Slogan Date

Rr-19 31 325 EI Capitan (Curved Line Map) 1940 Rr-19 31 789 Grand Canyon Line 1948 Rr-23 32433 Chief 1943 Rr-23 32670 Scout 1946 Rr-23 32672 Grand Canyon Line 1969 Some updated Santa Fe reefers kept Rr-32 35914 Scout (originally Chief) 1943 the ir original 5-foot-wide hinged doors, but many were equipped with 6- foot slid­ ing plug doors, as shown on Rr- 23 SFRO Cars Repainted with 1947-1959 Slogans 16856. C&BT Shops intends to produce With "Ship and Travel Santa Fe All the Way" Replacing the Maps a kit for this version, though it isn't avail­ (Note: "Texas Chief' adopted in 1949, "San Francisco Chief" in 1954; words "All able yet. Note the arrangement of plac­ Pullman" deleted from "Chief" slogan in 1954.) ard boards on plug-door cars with 1947- 1959 stencilling. The Texas Chief slogan Class Number Slogan Date was adopted soon after that new train entered service in 1948. Rr-19 21 084 Grand Canyon Line 1970 Rr-19 21335 Chief 1977 Rr-19 21350 Chief 1968 Rr-19 31335 Chief 1957 Rr-19 31 381 Texas Chief ? Rr-23 16002 Super Chief 1968 Rr-23 161 10 EI Capitan 1960 Rr-23 16439 Grand Canyon Line 1972 Rr-23 16543 Grand Canyon Line 1963 Rr-23 16641 Grand Canyon Line 1968 Rr-23 16725 San Francisco Chief 1973 Rr-23 16754 EI Capitan 1970 Rr-23 16803 Chief 1969 Rr-23 16856 Texas Chief 1972 Rr-23 16926 Texas Chief 1976 Rr-23 16945 Texas Chief 1967 Rr-23 31 810 Chief 1963 Rr-23 32 153 EI Capitan 1961 Rr-23 32423 Super Chief 1974 Rr-23 331 10 Chief 1954 Rr-25 9344 Chief 1974 Rr-25 16856 Texas Chief 1954 Rr-25 17539 Super Chief 1963 Rr-25 17748 EI Capitan ? Rr-25 17819 Chief 1971 Rr-25 17834 Chief 1971 Rr-25 17839 Chief 1974 Rr-25 17851 Texas Chief 1968 Rr-25 35525 Chief 1963 Rr-25 33538 Chief (pre-'54 "All Pullman") 1953 Rr-27 18095 Chief 1968 Rr-27 18292 Chief 1972 Rr-27 18667 Super Chief 1961 Rr-28 35147 EI Capitan 1973 Rr-28 35066 Grand Canyon Line 1953 Rr-32 19123 Chief 1955 Rr-32 19137 Chief 1980 Rr-32 19168 Super Chief ? Rr-32 19277 San Francisco Chief 1957

PAGE 32 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 When repainting with the "giant herald" stencilling scheme began in 1959, placard board location was changed again so they were placed within the vertical bars of the cross-and-circle heralds, as shown on Rr-2S SFRD 17749. Underframe modifi­ cations on the modern ized cars eliminated the original USRA end sills and stub side sills.

Though it got al/ the other mid-1950s improvements, this Rr-32 kept its origi­ nal doors. Sometime in the 1960s, the ASF spring-plankless trucks it got when first rebuilt were replaced with ASF A-3 ride control trucks. Still in revenue ser­ vice in the early 1970s when pho­ tographed, its original USRA-design center sills were 40 years old.

S.F. R.n, 34944 CAPY rHHlQ lJ) lNI' (I� LT \IT 00 wtH�

This portrait shot shows the short-lived early style curved-line map applied to the right sides of the later Rr-27 class reefers. An advertisement for the Santa Fe's "Chief" streamliner adorned the other side of SFRD 34944. The inverse Dreadnaught ends applied to SFRD 's 1936-1940 rebuilt reefers are also clearly illustrated here. - Santa Fe Railway, author's collection

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 33 WHAT'S NEW . .. IN HO

Ba chmann ha d pre-production models of its GE Dash 8-40CW on display. The model is due at your dea ler by Christma s. An SD45 will be next.

Accura il is producing a 55-ton USRA steel hopper with a one-piece injection­ molded pla stic body. It will be offered in a va riety of road na mes. See your deal­ er.

The Ra ilwa y Express 6100 series and Atla ntic Coa st LIne 3000 series welded steel express reefers are the latest Sunshine Models relea ses. These HO kits come with deca ls for the three REA schemes used between 1947 and 1960 and the 1947-60 ACL pa int scheme. The kit includes the high speed AB brake system unique to the ca rs. A Prototype Da ta Sheet and full instructions are included. Kits sell for $36. Plastic trucks with meta l wheel sets are availa ble sepa ra tely. Any of the four kits ca n be obta ined from Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808. Include $3 for shipping up to five kits in the U. S. and $5. 60 for two kits to Ca na da .

Red Ca boose, P. O. Box 2490, Longmont, CO 80502, is now shipping this injection­ molded pla stic kit to build 10, 000- ga l/on Type 103W ta nk ca rs. The model is $13.95 with trucks in UTLX, SHPX, Dupont, Texa co, Conoco, Shell, Standard Oil, Dow or Gulf markings.

PAGE 34 RAILMODELJOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 MODELI NG WITH PA INT & DECALS . ACF CF5250 FOUR-BAY CENTER FLOW COVERED HOPPERS

ATHEARN HO SCALE - BACHMANN HO SCALE - ATLAS N SCALE - BACHMANN N SCALE - WE AVER 0 SCALE

CAR SPOTTERS GUID E NO. 21

By Jim Eager

Athearn was the first to produce a model of this very common prototype, and that kit has been used for a variety of kit-conversions to make shorter and longer versions of the ACF Center Flow cars (see page 39 of this issue for one of the three-bay CF4600 kit-con­ versions). Here's the information on the proper prototypes for the CF5250 mod­ els.

or years, Athearn's fo ur-bay elongated or continuous trough hatches feeds and lighter grains like barley. Center Flow® covered hopper and gravity or gravity-pneumatic outlet With eight 20-inch round hatches and was a workhorse for modern- gates, they are used to carry blended pneumatic outlets, they're used for plas- era modelers in HO scale. At P ,--______--, one time it was the only available model of ACF's distinctive tear-drop cars and was kit-bashed into every major varia­ tion by those who had figured out the diffe rences among the Center Flow line. They were converted into three-bay grain cars, chopped down into two-bay cement cars, even extended into longer four-bay plastic pellet cars. Now that there are finally models of all those ver­ sions, just what is Athearn's car correct for right out of the box? Simple, ACF's CF5250 (Center Flow, 5,250-cubic-foot capacity). And what is that? It's a four-bay, 5,250-cubic-foot, lOO-ton, 54-foot (53 feet 3 inches IL), Plate C covered hop­ Model CF5250s per built between 1964 and 1982. It was Atlas is the most recent company to produce a CF5250. The current Atlas N the second of the modern high-cube scale model (shown) has the beaded side plate of the latest ACF prototype cars. Center Flow designs to be produced, Atlas once produced the early version (to match Athearn's) in N scale, but following the CF4650. Like all Center those are out of production. Athearn's model is a replica of the CF5250 with Flows, it has no center sill and a single . low side ladders and angle stiffening ribs running the length of the car. The hopper and outlet gate for each compart­ Bachmann and Tyco HO scale cars and Weaver's 0 scale car are based on the ment, hence the name. Equipped with same prototype as Athearn's model.

PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 35 AFC CF5250 outlets as used in plastics service. schemes as decorated cars in the past, Elongated trough hatch covers are also but decal sets are available or adaptable supplied, but not gravity outlet gates. for those marked with an asterisk. Details Associates set 6229 provides The overwhelming majority of tic pellet service. Cars used for food­ four straight gravity gates if you're mod­ CF5250s and CF5250m's were used in stuffs like corn starch, sugar or flour eling grain cars. Just add a bit of styrene plastic pellet service, either with as­ usually have six round hatches and flu­ sprue to model the gravity-pneumatic signed shipper reporting marks or leased idized butterfly outlets and some cars type. You're on your own for the flu­ from ACF's Shippers Car Line fleet with are set up for pressure differential idized butterfly and other specialized SHPX or ACFX reporting marks. In unloading. Clay, fluid cracking cata­ outlets. both cases, colorful shippers logos were lysts, carbon black and bulk peanuts are The kit has a crude triple valve and often applied billboard fashion to cars also carried in 5250s. air reservoir molded in place, so you on long term lease, at least in the early Besides hatch and outlet options, may want to add better castings, but days. Later, spartan reporting marks there are several variations in the de­ there's no brake cylinder. That's because became the low-profile norm for chemi­ sign. For instance, CF5250s built before all CF5250s have truck-mounted cylin­ cal companies. Below is a list of some September of 1966 have full-height side ders. The train air line runs along the of the major private operators of ladders and a high-mounted brake bottom of the right side si Il (A end to CF5250s and 5250m's. Some of them wheel, while subsequent cars have only the right), the smaller one on the left sill wore colorful liveries, but many did not. partial side ladders and a low brake is the branch pipe to the far truck. Athearn has done a few schemes and wheel. Cars built before 1975 have 13 For those of you looking for a chal­ there are decals for many others running board supports, while later cars lenge, the side ladders could be extend­ (marked*). have only nine. In 1968, the design was ed and the brake wheel raised to model Private operators of CF5250s and lengthened a scant 4 inches and desig­ the very early cars. To model a late early CF5250m's include: SHPX/: nated the CF5250m, but was otherwise CF5250m, the angle ribs can be sanded Gulf*, Rexall Chemical*, W.R. Grace*; unaltered. All CF5250s and those off, strip styrene added to build up the ACFX/: American Cyanimid, Amoco*, CF5250m's built before the latter part of top side plate, and the beading added. BASF-Wyandotte*, Carlon, Cosden Oil, 1971 have a prominent angle rib stiffen­ Try Grandt 3901 .010-inch styrene rod. El Rexine*, Hercules*, Honeymead, er running the length of the cars ide, Pressure differential cars will require Pantasote; AFPX/Allied Chemical*, about 18 inches below the top chord, or slightly more work to add their beefed AMCX/Amoco*, BWCX/Borg-Warner, side plate, and the carside is made up of up side plates and end bracing. I sup­ CARX/Carlon*, CCBX-RAIX­ three steel sheets, plus the cut-out end pose Athearn's kit would make a good UCFX/Union Carbide, CCLX/Corn sheets. The angle reinforcing rib was starting point for modeling ACF's Products*, CELX/Celtran, eliminated and replaced by distinctive Pressure aide cars too, but that'll be a CHEX/Chemplex*, CONX/Conoco, beading in a somewhat heavier side big project modifying the hoppers and DOWX/Dow Chern, DUPXlDupont*, plate on cars built toward the end of adding the outlet piping. EABX/Ethyl Corp.*, ECUX-HPLX/Ex­ 1971. Soon after, ACF began using Bachmann and Tyco also offer xon, ELTX/ Soitex Polymer, ETCXlTen­ seven 6-foot-wide steel panels to fabri­ ready-to-run CF5250s in HO as well, nessee Eastman, FPAX/Formosa cate the carsides. Pressure differential but they come with a mix of molded-on Plastics: Rocor Resins, Roginteck, cars have an even heavier side plate trough and round hatches. Weaver's 0 GCX/Plaskon-Allied Chemical*, without beading, and they also have scale car is a near-clone of Athearn's GCX/Rocor Resins*, HCLX/Hercuies reinforcing angles on the end and slope 5250, and it can serve as a starting point Canada, HPCX/Hercules*, JMHX/J.M. sheets. Another variation on the design for kitbashing other Center Flow varia­ Huber, KCAX/Kaiser Aluminum, was the CF525 1, with slightly shallower tions just as Athearn's kit once did in KCIX-DYLX/ARCO Polymers*, end slope sheets and correspondingly HO. Atlas's original N scale car was KCIX/SincJair-Koppers *, MCPX­ taller end sheets, but all of them had the also a close model of the early 5250, but MOHX/Mons anto, MOBX/Mobil, beaded side plate and not many were Atlas has recently introduced an all-new NAHX/Great Western Malting, built. car that is a late 5250m with the beaded NDYXlDresser, PPGX/PPG Ind, ACF also produced several other side plate and no stiffening angle. That PSPX/Phillips Petroleum, SCJX/Gulf, four-bay Center Flows. The current means N scale modelers now have both SCPx/Shell Plastics* and USEX/PACO Pressuraide 5000 is only about a foot versions, but you might have to hunt for Plywood Adhesives. longer than the CF5250, but it has a PO the older cars. Many of these shippers operate late side plate and a very distinctive hopper Santa Fe*, Great Northern*, Kansas CF5250m's with the beaded top chord as design with interconnecting piping. It's City Southern*, Rock Island* and the well. The following companies operate mostly used for flour, corn starch, clay Cotton Belt* operated early design only late CF5250m's: ACFX/: Georgia and catalysts. The CF5700, CF5701 and CF5250s, with BN* and UP* acquiring Kaolin*, Dry Branch Kaolin, Goodyear; CF5800 four-bays are all much longer cars secondhand or through merger. ADMX-UELX/ADM**, BFGX/B.F. 60-foot-plus cars used mainly for plastic B&O*, EL*, Penn Central * and the Goodrich, CPIX/Continental Polymers, pellets. Reading* operated pressure differential CSPX-CPSX/Cities Service-CITGO*, Athearn's kit faithfully duplicates 5250m's in the Pillsbury flour pool, with DAXlDiamond Shamrock, DBCX/Ba­ CF5250s built with low side ladders, Conrail*, CSXT and Rock Island pick­ dische, ELCX/Eli Lilly, GAPX­ angle stiffening ribs and the original ing up cars secondhand. B&O*, GPPX/Georgia Pacific, ROIX/Shintech side plates. It's a little long at 55 feet, D&RGW*, EJ&E, KCS, P&PU and and USSX/US Steel. ACFX and but otherwise it's a pretty accurate SCL* operated later 5250m's with bead­ NPCX/Norchem are the only operators model as is. The kit comes with eight ed side plates. Athearn, CM Shops and of the CF525 1. 20-inch round hatches and pneumatic Bev Bel have offered some of these Operators of AFC's Pressuraide 5000

PAGE 36 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 include: ATW, SaD, ACFXI: Amaizo, Corn Products*, Crown Zellerbach*, Cyprus*, Grace Davison, 1.M. Huber, Johnson & Johnson*, Katalistiks, Pen­ ford Products, Penick & Ford, Staley, ADMXIADM* and DBCX/Badische. RMJ

D&RGW 15590 is a late CF5250m built in March 1973 with trough hatches and gravity outlets. Note that the stiffening angle has been eliminated and that there are now two thin ribs or beads pressed into the side plate, matching the new Atlas model. Series 15500-15599. - Jim Parker, photo, August 1973 Decal: HO - Microscale 87-55; N - Microscale 60-55.

GN 171405 was built in June 1965 with full-height ladders, trough hatches an d gravity outlet gates. Series 171250- 171449. Note the prominent stiffening angle running the length of the carside below the smooth side plate. This matches the Athearn, Weaver, and older Atlas models. - John Benson photo, July 1988

HPCX 50501 is a CF5250m built in December 1974 for Hercules Plastics, series 5043 1-50580. - Jim Eager photo, October 1983 Decal: HO - Mi croscale 87-394 or Herald King PR-129 plus block gothic reporting marks; 0 - RGS 124.

RA1LMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 37 AFC CF5250

ADMX 85033 is a late CF5250m built in March 1982 for Archer-Daniels-Midland, series 85001-85250. These are grain cars, with trough hatches and gravity outlets. - Jim Eager photo, March 1986 Decal: Microscale 87-324.

The Athearn CF5250 fo ur-bay cov­ ered hopper can be converted to create an accurate replica of the CF4600 cars that were fe atured in the May and Au­ gust 1994 issues of "The Journal."

he Athearn four-bay CF5250 covered hopper, featured on the previous pages of this issue, is Tthe starting point for this sim­ ple kit-conversion project. McKean Models produced an HO scale CF4600 model to match this, but the rib along the top of the side was not as accurate as Athearn's and the bays did not extend far enough from the bottom of the body. This kit-conversion corrects both of those fa ults. Use a razor saw to remove a scale 5 feet from the center of the car. Make the first cut along one of the' weld seams, so the weld seam remains with the finished car to help hide the glue seam. If neces­ sary, fill in the joint with body putty and sand it smooth with 320 grit emory paper. Use a hobby knife to lightly scribe in another weld seam. Use the razor saw to remove the matching 5 feet from the underframe of the car to eliminate one of the bays. Make the cuts so the second bay will be centered beneath the car. ACt=X 51408 is one of ACF's 5, 000- cubic-foot Pre ssuraide cars. This one was built Use the roof hatches from an in November 1986 and leased to Staley. Though only a foot longer than ACF's InterMountain 4750-cubic-foot capacity CF5250, there are several major diffe rences, such as a heftier side plate, end and covered hopper kit and cut them to slope sheet bracing, and pneumatic piping connecting the four hoppers. - Jim match the length of this model. Cut Eager photo, June 1988 down an Overland Models 2161 etched stainless steel roofwalk to fit the short­ ened model. For this paint scheme, use an airbrush to paint the car with Scalecoat White. Apply Microscales 87-3 14 decals and protect them with a coat of Testors DullCote clear flat spray paint. I weathered my model wi.th thinned­ down mixtures of Floquil Grimy Black ACFX 548 11 is an early CF5250m built in 1970 with eight 20-inch hatches and and Rail Brown. cut a thin slot in a pneumatic outlets. Its spartan paint scheme is typical of many of the cars used by I petrochemical companies for plastic pe llet service. Series 54742-54880. scrap of .Ol O-inch thick Evergreen sty­ Jim Eager photo, OCtober 1983 rene plastic and used it as a mask to Decaf: Microscale 87-244 reporting marks and Center Flow data; - HO: N apply the streaks ot "ro��' �Il,ffi\\\\% d(),\�t\ Microscale 60-244. from the roofwalk supports. RMJ PAGE 38 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 TECHNIQUES ATHEARN 5250-TO-4600 CENTER FLOW COVERED HOPPER KIT-C ONVERSION

By Bob Rivard

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 39 TECHNIQUES WEATHERING DIESELS WITH POWDERED PASTEL CHALKS

By Robert Schleicher

Real railroads cannot affo rd to run brand new looking diesels fo r more than a fe w weeks. If, then, you want your model diesels to look like theirs, apply that "used" look with these techniques. A listing of pre­ vious articles on weathering appears on pages 62-63 of this issue.

Before .. . .. and after. The weathering is a subtle effect, es pecially on newer locomotives and rolling stock. This HO scale EMD SD60M is a simple combination of Athearn and Railpower parts. The steps to build the model appeared in the October 1994 issue of "The Journal."

Pastel chalks are available at most art supply stores. Nupastel is a common brand, but there are many others. Buy black, light gray, burnt umber, burnt sienna and ochre. I'd als o suggest that you buy five small empty paint jars to store Find a color photograph of the prototype you are attempting the powdered chalks. Rub the chalk over a piece of fi ne to duplicate. It need not be exactly the same locomotive, but sandpaper to reduce it to powder. it should be of the same vi ntage. Use a no. 1 paintbrush to apply the powders. Start with the dark brown or burnt umber. Brush this color into the grilles and around all the panel openings to accent the shadows .

The prototype for this particular locomotive had a yellowis h cast, even around the gray trucks, fuel tank and snowplow. There's a lot of beige dirt in the West, and some of it stuck to this diesel. Apply the ochre to all the gray areas. If you're mod­ eling a railro ad from another part of the country, the "dirt" may be reddish brown (burnt sienna), dark brown (burnt umber) or black.

PAGE 40 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Wet the couplers and any other areas that may appear rusty. You can always go back and add more weathering. I decid­ Brush a thick layer of burnt umber over these areas and let it ed the exhaust fans needed more shadow detail, so I dry. Keep the powder away from the moving areas of the applied more black with a wet brush. couplers, however.

The light gray is the final color. It's primary purpose is to sim­ ulate the effects of the sun bleaching the colors. It also helps to tone down some of the dark brown, rusty brown or black you've applied previously. It looks white at first, but most of it will not stick to the model.

Use a cotton swab to remove any ex cess weathering from the model. In some areas, particularly around the sides, rub­ bing the surface can help accentuate the panel lines and other molded-in details. When you're satisfied, spray the model with Testors OullCote. Install any clear plastic win­ dows after the clear flat is dry because the paint may etch The weathered model in action. This is really an out-of-the­ the clear plastic (Run 8 and American Model Builders now box locomotive. Any Athearn, Atlas, IHC, Kato, MOC, Model make clear windows for this model, I just did not install Power, Stewart, Proto 2000, Sp ectrum, Stewart or Walthers them) . diesel can look this realistic. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 41 MODELING WITH PA INT AND DECALS

MODELING 40-FOOT PS-1 BOX CARS

Part IX Ed Hawkins

InterMountain is now shipping HO scale PS-l box car kits with both the 6- foot and 8-foot-wide six-panel Superior doors, and models with the 8-foot Youngstown corrugated door wi II fo l­ low. Here are some prototypes to match those cars for those of you who prefer to paint, letter and weather your own rolling stock. Part I of this series, with a roster of all the cars built by Pullman-Standard, plus a step-by-step "how-to" article on upgrading the McKean Models HO LS&12483 was photographed at Fort scale kits, appeared in the March 1993 Worth, Texas, on April 1, 1961. The car issue. An article on upgrading the roofs still carried its original black ends and and underframes of the McKean Models Youngstown corrugated door covering kits appeared in the November 1993 an 8-foot-wide opening. - Dick Kuelbs photo issue. Parts II through VIII appeared in HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-166. the May, June, August, October and N Scale Decals: None known. November 1993 and January and June o Scale Decals: None known. 1994 issues. An updated roster with more information on door styles and details appeared in the November 1993 issue. An index of all the photos (over 130!) that had been published in "The Journal" to date, appeared in the June 1994 issue.

40-foot PS-1 Box Car Models

HO Scale: Intermountain, McKean Models, Walthers, Model Power (former­ ly imported by AHM), Con-Cor and Canon ball. A comparison of all these C&EI 66839 also carried black ends and models, except the new InterMountain (probably) a listing of who owned and kit, appeared in the March 1993 issue. leased the car in the upper left corner. - N Scale: Micro-Trains and Atlas. Dick Kuelbs photo, November 7, 1971 Scale: Weaver. HO Scale Decals: CO S HO-44 dry o transfers. N Scale Decals: COS N-44 dry trans­ fers. o Scale Decals: COS 0-44 dry trans­ fers.

PAGE 42 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 CG 7049 was advertising passenger ser­ vice in 1956. - K.B. King photo from the collection of Dick Kuelbs HO Scale Decals: Champ HB174. N Scale Decals: Northeast CGA-02. o Scale Decals: Champ B174.

NH34002 had apparently been upgrad­ ed with load-cushioning interior fi ttings and racks when photographed at Fort Worth, Texas, on June 23, 1963. - Dick Kuelbs photo HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-27 or CD S HO-474 dry transfers plus Walthers 934-706641 for "OF" letters. N Scale Decals: None known. o Scale Decals: Champ B-27 or CD S N-474 dry transfers plus Walthers 936- 70664 1 for "OF" letters.

SSW 35155 had the blue and white freight herald when photographed on November 6, 1960. - Dick Kuelbs photo HO Scale Decals: CDS HO-179 dry transfers. N Scale Decals: CD S N-179 dry trans­ fers. o Scale Decals: CD S 0- 179 dry trans­ fers.

SAL 25348 in a rare blue paint scheme on May 28, 1961. - Dick Kuelbs photo HO Scale Decals: None known. N Scale Decals: None known. o Scale Decals: None known.

RAILMODELJOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 43 PS-1 BOX CARS

L&C t001 ha s the Superio r six-pa nel door over an 8-foot-wide opening. - Dick Kuelbs photo, December 16, 1962 Ho Scale Decals: Wa lthers 934-12610 (discontinued). N Scale Decals: None known. o Scale Decals: Wa lthers 936-12610 (discontinued).

NYC 175020 ca rries the legendary "Pa cemaker" fa st freight pa int scheme. - Dick Kuelbs photograph, Fo rt Wo rth, Texa s, December 24, 1961. HO Scale Decals: Champ HB24 or CD S HO-395 dry tra nsfers. N Scale Decals: No rthea st NYC- 12 or CDS N-395 dry tra nsfers. o Scale Decals: Cha mp B24 or CDS 0- 395 dry tra nsfers.

ELS 801 8 ha ils fro m a Michigan short­ line. Decals could be pieced together from individual letters or Cha mp or Wa lthers private na me deca ls plus reporting ma rks. - K. B. King photo, circa 1958, from the Dick Kuelbs co llec­ tio n

USAX 26158 in fa ded olive drab in

Da llas, Texa s, on October 10, 1962 . - Dick Kuelbs photo HO Scale Decals: Wa lthers 934- 131 11. N Scale Decals: None known. o Scale Decals: 936-1311 1 . PAGE 44 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Th e new InterMountain PS- 1 40-foot HO scale box car kit is available with either a 6-foot door or with the Superior six-panel 8- foot door or Youngstown corrugated 8-foot door.

The ladders and grabirons are separate, finely molded parts. The kits do not include couplers.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 45 WHAT'S NEW . .. IN N SCALE

N Scale of Nevada, 11510 Sheri-K- Bar, Reno, NV 89511, is shipping these cast metal detail parts (clockwise from upper I left): UP02 snowshields for Union I Pacific diesels ($9.9913 pr) GP-1801 winterization hatch and plow for Life­ >" Like GP18 ($6. 99), DL-02 MK- style ditch R j lights with jewels ($4.9912), D&RGW-01 . c, U-shaped rerailer frogs ($4.9912) and D&RGW-02 rerailer frogs for GP301SD50. Add $7. 00 per order for shipping and handling.

Con-Cor is now shipping this ready-to­ roll Husky Stack intermodal car com­ plete with a 48-foot and a 53-foot con­ tainer for $16.98. The prototype car is designed (as is the model) to allow a single highway trailer to be carried in the well (the trailer is not included).

Micro-Trains is now shipping this 1054 adjustable micrometer cou­ pler height gauge. The tool allows you to determine the exact cou­ pler height needed before installing the coupler. Find the height, select the proper Micro-Trains coupler and install it . The tool is $15. 95.

C& S Scale Industries Ltd., 350 Columbia St. , New Westminster, B.G. V3L 1A6, Canada, is producing cylindrical covered hop­ pers painted and lettered in Santa Fe, CP Rail and this Government of Candad sc heme. Each car is $9.95 plus $2.00 postage and handling. PAGE 46 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 CALENDAR

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Several dozen writers, photographers and do have space for completed projects, providing we know the true value of the article or pho­ consulti ng editors combine their talents to pro­ YOIl have an original black and white photo­ tographs. We would like your permission to duce Railmodel Journal magazine each graph or color slide of the actual prototype you hold the material for at least 12 months (yes, month. We do. however need YOllr input, as a modeled (published photos won't help in this months - we are currently working on the contributor to the magazine. No one on our cur­ case). We are not currently searching for proto­ magazine with a cover date six-months from rent list of contributors is a professional author type photographs unless they are accompanied this one and have a rough format for next year's (although a few are professional photogra­ by photographs of a matching model. The edition of this month's issue). If the material. is phers); the majority of the photographs and all exceptions? Additional photographs of freight completely unacceptable, we try to return it the editorial' material are prepared by people cars we have shown, but here the cars must be within 45 days, but stuff we hope to use can sit just like you. of identical configuration (a 13-rib hopper is in these offices for as long as 12 months. This magazine, as described in the editorial not a match. in this example, for cars in an arti­ For complete articles. we try to average in the third anniversary issue (June 1992), is the cle on 14-rib hoppers). We try to publish these about $60 per published page as payment. result of questions and suggestions from the photographs in the "Reader's Roster" section as Intricate line art drawings and cover pho­ readers. This magazine is not "created" for the follow-up to freight car articles. If we get tographs are more valuable to us. so payment whims of experts, but in response to the needs enough of these photographs. we'll prepare for that material will be somewhat higher. of our readers. We want to see your ideas, your "Part II or Part III" articles (as we did with the Before you write or photograph an article, models and your experiences in print, and General American/Evans box cars in 1990). send us your ideas with a note on how far you we're willing to help you to get there. We prefer typed text. double-spaced. with can carry the article. (Will you take step-by­ First, we want ideas that you can fulfill - about three pages the maximum (unless previ­ step photos? Supply line art? Supply matching we have more than enough "unfulfilled dream ous arrangements have been approved by the photographs of the prototype?) Also, tell us ideas" of our own, thank you. You must be able editor). how soon you can finish the work and, if possi­ to supply 5x7 glossy black and white photo We pay for everything we use in this maga­ ble, send photographs of your finished work so prints or 35mm color slides of the work, or zine. but we must know to whom the work we can guess, at least. whether your photo­ drawings in black ink as illustrations. Again, belongs. If you borrow photos or use duplicate graphic and/or modeling skills are "repro­ the writ1en material is relatively simple; it's the slides. we try to pay the original source. but you ducible" in a magazine. illustrations that are the critical part of a maga­ must supply that address. We'll also pay you Address all inquiries to the editor. Bob zine like this. In very rare cases, we will pholO­ for the captions for those photos. Currently. we Schleicher. Railmodel Journal. 2403 Champa graph the model for the article. but that model pay at least $7 each for the use of a black and St .. Denver, CO 80205. Please. don't try to call. must either be in Colorado or delivered to us at white photo and $15 each for the use of a color If you need to discuss something personally, one of the NMRA national conventions, and the photo. We will return the photographs within include your telephone number, and I'll try to arrangementsmust be made well in advance. 90 days of publication if you ask. Payment is call you. I call all contributors before their first We prefer step-by-step, how-to photographs made within about 45 days of publication. With article, at least, is accepted so both know what (that show "in-process" what you are actually rare exceptions, we do not pay in advance but ·each of us expects from the other. - doing. rather than what you have done), but we rather upon publication. because only then do Bob Schleicher

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 47 LAYOUT TOUR KAY-GEE CANYON LINES

By Kurt E,P, Mirisch, Sr,

This 14x25-foot railroad recreates the famous narrow gauge East Broad Top Railroad's location but with standard gauge equipment.

he Kay-Gee Canyon Lines is a foreground models are easily replaced, waterfalls and thunderstorms. fictitious branchline model of and spring contacts supply electricity to The layout, begun in 1985 and still the Pennsylvania Railroad, interior lighting. Most of the buildings incomplete, strives for realism and s;:>e­ serving the coal fields in the have interior illumination. cial effects, and perhaps even theatrics, T thus affording most spectators an oppor­ Appalachians. The inspiring prototype Lighting of the entire room is was the East Broad Top narrow gauge, through incandescent track lights on tunity to visit the coal fields of with home offices located Orbisonia, dimmer control. Secondary lighting is Pennsylvania in miniature and to turn Pennsylvania, and an interchange with provided by black light fl uorescents back the calendar to 1935. RMJ the Pennsylvania Railroad in Mount which provide a nighttime effect and Union. However, the Kay-Gee Canyon permit the "stars" to come out at night Lines is standard gauge. - actually fluorescent paint on the Engine 4 approaches the Redenshek Most of this model layout is of shelf walls. Mining Company's facility on Monroe construction, keeping much of the track­ To create an even greater illusion of Ridge. The track gang is busy repairing work and scenery within arm's reach. realism, a steam locomotive tape record­ the siding and doing misce llaneous The exception is in corners, and return ing is played which also incorporates maintenance. loop areas where most of the trackwork is accessible from either side. This con­ cept enables easy scenery construction as well as accessibility during operating sessions. Further, electric wiring is posi­ tioned on the support legs at the front of the shelf, and using color-coded lines permits tie-in for signals, switch machines and other electronic devices. Scenery construction employs hard shell technique over l-inch-square chicken wire, using minimal support. Ultracal C-30 plaster (available at pat­ tern supply houses) is used for the hard shell. All surfaces are painted with latex house trim paints, diluted with water where necessary. All the trees pictured are of polyester stuffing material, tufted, painted a base tone of green, sprayed with contact cement and covered with conifer dark green ground foam and highlights of spring green ground fo am. Rock cast­ ings were used to create the rock detail on the layout using a specially fo rmulat­ ed material developed by the author. All the structures on the layout were either scratch built or kitbashed. The emphasis is on creating a 1935 era so that steam engines can be used for motive power. All the structures in the foreground are removable to enable additional working and detai ling on background items. On completion, the

PAGE 48 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Preparations are being made to move engine 2 into the roundhouse as the evening sun begins to drop behind the mountains. Passenger car on siding was just repaired by the foundry and shop personnel and will be moved to the mainline.

Engine 4 slowing to a stop in front of the water and pum p station at Monroe Ridge. Water is supplied from the mountains on the left and is piped to the pumphouse.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 49 KAY-GEE CANYON LINES

Engine 8 and passenger string heading for Mount Union, passing in front of Marblehead Cataracts. Trestles and scenery are all scratchbuilt.

The blacksmith's car was moved here to take on a small amount of coal and coke at the March Mine at Gilford Point. PAGE 50 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Engine 12 waiting for train orders and pickups at the Kandrac Mining Company while gandy dancers move ties in the foreground.

Thomas Foundry in the fore ground supplies many small castings to the engine­ house. Some folks are relaxing on the upper deck of Belle's Diner. The next building over is a dry goods facility for railroad personnel, and the next over is a boarding house, also for railroad personnel.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 51 KAY-GEE CANYON LINES

fJ .!' . �",J.'#' Engine 7, taking on water at the fuelingsiding, will do ublehead with engine 12 on the grade at Mo nro e Ridge.

Track repair wo rk is being accomplis hed at the Redenshek Mi ne. The vertical shaft mine with a closed ti pple is scratchbuilt. PAGE 52 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 I F" S'c. �t...G CA 7"5I-II<--r !iffll/flUHOIP

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4<',_� " � Engine 12 lea ving the Ka ndra c Mine with a string of full hoppers. Ka ndra c Mine is scra tchbuilt and is a vertical shaft mine with open tipple.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 53 KAY-GEE'CANYON LINES

The passenger train waits for departure from Beckston Station. Be/ow, passengers are busy go ing to and from the station.

Trackwork never seems to end - a/ways something to fix or fine- tune, no t just in the picture but in rea/ life too!

PAGE 54 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 A view of the congestion on Rapids Road to he left and the mainline of the Kay-Gee Canyon Lines on the right.

The J. Kidder Mfg. Co. supplies machined partsto the mining companies in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 55 TECHNIQUES UPGRADE MOC'S HO SCALE 60-FOOT FLAT CAR

By Patrick Lawson

The MDC model is very similar to (the 1992 ORER lists 383 MTTX chains from falling through. Thrall-built 60-Joot fiat cars purchased cars) is a good starting point for this Builders in Scale makes a very fine by the TTX Company and carrying model conversion, as the length and 40-links-to-the-inch chain that can be OTTX reporting marks. Replace the width of the MTTX and OTTX cars are used on the deck to simulate the 48 tie­ deck with a wood deck, install the con­ the same. However, the deck and num­ downs. Much of the lettering on the car spicuous chain tie-downs along with ber of stake pockets are different. can be saved if it wasn't too badly dam­ new grabirons and air hoses, and paint I began my conversion by tryinr to aged when removing the stake pockets. and decal to match photographs oj the rip a 2-foot-wide (HO scale) by ' 16 Notice the different paint schemes of the prototype car. inch channel down the center of the car prototype cars. on my table saw. On the last pass, 1 cut Most of these cars had cushioned into the part of the deck I was trying to couplers. Simulate these with no. 27 or ith over 84,000 freight save and then had to remove the rest of no. 28 long shank Kadee couplers. Lead the deck. 1 replaced it with l ' -inch weight needs to be added under the car cars, TTX Company owns 1 32 more equipment than scribed wood siding and ' 16-inch or a load attached to the deck to increase W Plastruct channel. the weight to about 4 1 ' ounces. many Class I railroads. 2 Most of the cars TTX owns are flats or The model has 13 stake pockets while A further improvement that should COFCrrOFC cars. the prototype has 16. You can live with be made to these cars is to the brake The subjects of this article are OTTX this discrepancy or cut off the existing gear, particularly the air tank. It is hang­ stake pockets and replace them with 8- ing down too low and should be moved flat cars numbered 90000-97955. The 1 1992 Official Railway Equipment inch (HO scale) lengths of ' 16-inch up closer to the underside of the car. Register lists 1,997 of these OTTX cars. Plastruct channel. Notice that hinged Superdetailers may want to add the These cars were designed to carry metal plates have been welded over the distinctive cushion-style air hoses and agricultural equipment. They are stake po�kets, presumably to prevent the coupler cut levers. RMJ equipped with 48 chains, with snubbers, each secured to movable and retractable tie-down winches in four longitudinal channels. (I have counted the number of chains on prototype cars; they may have started out with 48 chains, but most have about 25 now. Some cars have stencilling that indicates they started with 36 chains). Although they were designed for agricultural equipment, they can be seen carrying just about anything their 145,000- to 155,000-pound load limit will allow. I have seen loads ranging Replace the MOC plastic deck with individual wood strips. from large drums of microwave cable to trucks, military equipment and heavy construction equipment. Just about any load that can be tied down is a candidate for these cars. The only major difference between the individual cars is that some have regular couplers while the majority have cushioned couplers. Other minor differ­ ences are in placement of stirrup steps, grabirons, lube plates, ACI labels (if still on car) and lettering. The MDC/Roundhouse MTTX car The prototype for the model, Trailer Tra in's OTTX 92366.

PAGE 56 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 ;;v » MODELI NG NOTES: ;= � o NOTICE GRAB IRON VARIATION AT CAR ENDS ALSO CHAIN CHANNELS o TRUCK CENTERS AND FRAME CROSS BEARER LOCATIONS ARE DIFFERENT m , FOR EACH CONVERS ION L- REMOVE PLASTIC DECK - ADD WOOD DECK WITH CHAIN CHANNELS o REMOVE STAKE POCKETS - ADD CORRECT NUMBER OF STAKE POCKETS C FURTHER GRAB IRON END DETAILS ;;v ADD CUSHIONED COUPLERS (11 27 OR 28 KADEE) AND AIR HOSES z NOT TO SCALE » COUPLERS EXTEND 30" OUT FROM END OF CAR ,

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The tie-down chains are supposed to travel with the prototype car. The lefttoverwood pallet, however, is an extra detail.

The wood deck soon weathers to a light gray with black and dark brown streaks.

The grabirons mount beneath the sill and bend upward.

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MARCELINE, MISSOURI, JULY 19, 1992

By Ken Patterson

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Previous articles that provide addi­ UPGRADING and Micro-Trains trucks and couplers. tional information for articles in this issue(on the pages indicated). N SCALE MODELS (continued) November 1994. Note: Parts I through IX of this series also sis, couplers and ladders, July 1994 (a appeared in the new book, Th e Journalof UPGRADING similar conversion, with only new lad­ N Scale Modeling. N SCALE MODELS ders, wheelsets and couplers, appeared in the February 1993 issue). (Article appears on pages 6-9) • Part XIII, on upgrading Bachmann's • Part I of this series, on upgrading the extended-vision caboose, with a Micro­ Atlas or Bachmann PS-2 three-bay cov­ Trains caboose chassis,s trucks, couplers ered hoppers with Plano roofwalks and and ladders, September 1994.

truck-mounted couplers, June 1992. • Part XIV, on upgrading the Bachmann • Part n, on upgrading Atlas (and most four-wheel caboose with Micro-Trains other brands) open-top hoppers with N couplers and an (optional) new body, Scale of Nevada body-mount coupler October 1994. adapters, November 1992. • Part XV, on upgrading the Con-Cor auto • Part III, on upgrading Atlas box cars with rack cars with etched metal side panels Plano roofwalks, Micro-Train steps, brake wheels, wheelsets and body-mount cou­ plers, plus brush-on pastel chalk weather­ ing, February 1993. • Part IV, on upgrading the Precision CAR SPOTTERS GUIDES cars appeared in the May 1992 and April Masters 54-foot covered hoppers with 1994 issues), November 1991. appears on pages shaded-in roofwalk details, Micro-Trains (Article 35-38) • No. 10: Precision Masters N scale (and brake wheels, wheel sets and couplers, This series of articles, most prepared by Jim the Walthers HO scale) Greenville-built with the Precision Master body-mount Eager, presents specific prototype cars, usual­ two-bay covered hoppers (the similar coupler adapters, May 1993. ly with a roster of all cars built and their buy­ Trinity-built cars appeared in the June ers and operators. Dozens of other articles, 1993 issue), April 1992. • Part V, on upgrading any of the MDC presenting prototypes for specific models, • No.ll: MDC HO Scale 4,700 cubic foot (Roundhouse) 50-foot-cars or reefers with have appeared in "The Journal." Those arti­ capacity grain cars, August and Micro-Trains body-mount couplers, brake cles are indexed on these "Experience---At December 1992. wheel and wheelsets, July 1993. Your Fingertips" pages as they apply to spe­ • No.12: Walthers HO scale 53-foot 6-inch • Part VI, on upgrading the Atlas or cific freight car articles in each issue. Commonwealth cast steel flat cars. Bachmann 55-foot Center Flow covered • No. I: Life-Like HO or N scale flat-roof December 1992. hoppers with Micro-Trains body-mount box cars, January 1990. • No. 13: Walthers HO scale GSC four­ couplers, low profile wheelsets and brake • No. 2: Details West HO scale 50-foot bay or "quad" hoppers, January 1993. wheels and Plano etched metal roofwalks, smooth plug door box cars, March 1990. • No.l4: . Walthers HO Scale 50-foot FGE • August 1993. No. 3: Details West HO scale and Con-Cor plug-door insulated box cars, February N scale 50-foot double-plug door box cars, and April 1993. • Part VII, on upgrading Micro-Trains box June 1990. • No.l5: Con-Cor HO and N scale 57-foot cars or reefers, with body-mounted cou­ • NO. 4: Details West HO scale double plug RPL-c1ass insulated box cars, March and plers and (where applicable) Plano etched door, exterior post, box cars, October May 1993. metal roofwalks, September 1993. 1990. • No.16: Stewart Models HO scale • Part VIII, on installing Micro-Trains cou­ • NO. 5: Eastern Cars Works/Con­ Pennsylvania RR Class H 39 triple-bay plers on diesel locomotives, October CorlWalthers HO scale and Atlas N scale hoppers, April and May 1993. 1993. 70-ton Airslide covered hoppers (owned by • No. 17: Athearn HO scale and MDC • Part IX, on upgrading Con-Car's extend­ private owners- the railroad-owned cars (Roundhouse) N scale 57-foot mechani­ ed vision cupola caboose with Micro­ appeared in No. 8, February 1991), cal refrigerator cars, December 1993. Trains couplers and finer ladders and December 1991. • No.18: Walthers HO scale Pullman • No. 6: Stewart Hobbies HO scale 40-foot 4427-cubic-foot-capacity covered hop­ railings, November 1993 (a conversion three-bay, 14-panel hoppers, January 1991. pers, February 1994. with a complete chassis appeared in the • No. 7: Athearn HO scale and Precision • No. 19: Accurail HO scale three-bay ACF July 1994 issue). Masters N scale 4740-cubic-foot-capacity CF4600 Center Flow covered hoppers, • Part X, on upgrading MDC/Roundhouse covered hoppers (the similar 4750-cubic­ May and September 1994. N scale tank cars with Plano (or Gold foot-capacity cars from Precision Masters • No.20: McKean HO scale, Micro-Trains Medal Models) etched metal platforms. in N scale and Intermountain in HO scale and Atlas N scale and Pacific Rail Shops ladders and walkways with Micro-Trains appeared in the July and October 1993 S scale three-bay ACF CF4650 Center steps and low profile wheel sets, February issues), January and July 1991. Flow covered hoppers, October 1994. 1994 . • No. 8: Eastern Car Works/Con­ • No. 21: Athearn and Bachmann HO CorlWalthers HO scale and Atlas N scale • Part XI, on upgrading Micro-Trains flat scale, Atlas and Bachmann N scale and 70-ton Airslide covered hoppers, railroad­ Weaver 0 scale ACF CF5250 four-bay cars or gondolas with body-mounted cou­ owned ( the private owner cars appeared in Center Flow covered hoppers, November plers, low-profile wheelsets and simulated No. 5, December 1990), February 1991. 1994. wood grain decks, May 1994. • NO. 9: Model Power HO scale cylindrical • An update for most of the previous Car • Part XII, on upgrading Con-Cor extended covered hoppers (similar Intermountain Spotters Guides appeared in the vision cabooses with Micro-Trains chas- HO scale and Precision Masters N scale November 1993 issue.

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Previous articles that provide additional information for articles in this issue (on the pages indicated).

SCRATCHBUILDING • Tracing plans directly onto styrene sheet • Scratchbuilding the Grand Isle Creamery using a fluorescent light, steel ruler and with model photos and plans, June 1993 (Article appears on pages 17-19) hobby knife, December 1991. (more plans and prototype photos, March • "Snap-Out" construction in sheet styrene • M.J. Pritchard grain elevator and silos 1991).

plastic, June 1990. scratchbuilt from styrene, January 1992. • Scratchbuilding brick and stone structures • "Snap-Out" construction with styrene brick, • Scratchbuilding the steel trestle near in styrene, some with carved clay surfaces stone or shingle sheet, December 1990. Minot, North Dakota using styrene strips, at Exebridge Quay, August, September • Building the Troy, New York station in with plans and prototype photos, and November 1993. brick sheet plastic and styrene, January September 1992. • Scratchbuild a coil transfer crane from 199 1. • Scratchbuilding a giant Midwest (Denver, styrene strip and sheet, February 1994. • How to reduce or enlarge any plan \0 any Colorado) grain elevator from styrene in N • Scratchbuild a steel coil mill from Pike scale with a photocopy machine, March scale, December 1992. Stuff parts, August 1994. 1991. • Scratchbuilding the brick "Cumberland • Scratchbuilt Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ice • Building a metal-sided feed mill from Laundry," with construction layout dia­ storage warehouse, November 1994. styrene, November 1991. grams and model photos, December 1992.

MODELING THE CITY • Modeling the City, A Compact Track Plan • Painting Design Preservation Models kits (2'12 x 6 'h-feet in HO, I x 3'12 in N or 4 'h and modular wall panels, June 1993. Article appears on pages 17-19 • Fells Point recreated for HO scale as a x 12-feet in 0 scale), June 1992. • Pour Your Highways and City Streets(with 7x 11- foot track plan, October 1993. • Midwest Mod-U-Trak's Chicago industrial • Fells Point and San Francisco's wharf modules, April 1990. ScaleCrete Modeling Compound)---a step­ by-step, "easy-way" how-to, August 1992. trackage combined in a city scene track • City Classics Models HO scale curtain plan to fit a 4x7-foot area in HO scale, wall-style industrial buildings and their • Baltimore's Fells Point City street opera­ October 1993. . prototypes, May 1990. tions, Part I: operations overview and track diagrams, October 1992. • Modular city buildings with clear Plexiglas • Pittsburgh's produce and freight terminals cores, using Design Preservation HO, N or (photos and description of the prototypes), • Baltimore's Fells Point city street opera­ o scale wall panels, December 1993. August 1990 tions, car float, locomotives and overview, November 1992. • Build a tether-control throttle for switching • Steve Kayan's HO scale multi-story city in complex city scene trackwork, April backdrop scenes, September 1990. • New York's West Side meat packing plants on the New York Central, as modeled in 1994. • A Railroader's Story (operating techniques • Superdetails to bring any city scene to life, for reduced-size city terminals like HO scale by Ron Parisi, December 1992. September 1994. Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia), • The Saint Paul, Minnesota, Water Works in • Pittsburgh's ice storage warehouse, December 1990, May 199 1, December HO scale by Bob Rivard, January 1993. November 1994 1991, April 1993 and August 1993. • Stuart Leuthner's West End City, built from Design Preservation Models HO scale kits • Jim Sacco's 2x4-foot HO scale city module "Layout Tour," June 199 1. and modular wall panels, February 1993.

AIRBRUSH & FLAT CARS & BULKHEAD Hendrickson, June 1993. WEAT H ERING TECHNIQUES CARS • Build a pulpwood flat car as a kit-conver­ sion from Walthers' HO scale bulkhead car, Article appears on pages 40-41 of this issue Article appears on pages 56-58 April 1994. • Weathering with conventional paints • Simulating wood decks on HO scale plastic • Basic flat car kit assembly techniques (for 9 appeared in the December 198 issue. flat car models, April 1994. Walthers' HO scale kits), April 1994. • Basic airbrush selection and spraying tech­ • • Real wood decks, step by step, for Con­ Simulating wood decks on N scale plastic ni ues appeared in the January 1992 issue. g Cor's HO Scale 54-foot flat cars, by Bob flat cars, by Robert Schleicher, May 1994. • Pamting with water-based acrylics appeared • Upgrade MDC/Roundhouse 60-foot flats in the March 1992 issue. Rivard, February 1994. • with real wood decks, by Patrick Lawson, • Weathering structures with an airbrush MDC/Roundhouse 66-foot Canadian bulk­ November 1994. appeared in the April 1993 issue. head flat car kit conversion with plans for a • Painting Design Preservation and scratchbuilt version, by Patrick Lawson, Magnuson buildings with paint brush December 1993. appeared in the June 1993 issue. • MDC/Roundhouse 50-foot 6-inch CP Rail • W eathering freight cars with powdered pas­ bulkhead flat car kit conversion with plans, tel chalks appeared in the December 9 19 3 by Patrick Lawson, November 1993. issue. • Athearn kit-conversions and semi-scratch­ • Simulating wood decks on plastic flat cars, built pulpwood bulkhead cars, by Larry Apri I and May 1994. Denton, October 1993. • Weathering freight cars with repainted data markings, June 1994. • Painting plastic decks to look like wood • Weathering covered hopper cars with gen­ and superdetails for Athearn's 40-foot flat uine cement, July 1994. car, by Richard Hendrickson, August 1993.

• Weathering diesel locomotives with pow­ • Tichy's HO scale 40-foot flat car prototypes dered pastel chalks, November 1994. and superdetailing, by Richard

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 63 WHAT'S NEW . .. IN HO

Challenger Imports is shipping 40-foot steel reefers in factory painted brass including the Union Pacific R40- 10, R40- 23 and R40-25 cars and the Northern Pacific versions of the cars in four "name" schemes. See your dealer.

The Burlington 50- foot double door XA- 14 series is the latest HO kit release by Sunshine Models. Sunshine offers the kit in two versions to finish all subclass­ es of this car-with and without end door-all with steam/early diesel era decals. Each kit sells for $30. Appropriate plastic AAR style cast side frame trucks with metal wheel sets are available for $5, plus shipping. Contact Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808.

Cannon & Company, 310 Willow Heights, Aptos, CA 95003, is producing the doors needed to make perfect repli­ ca locomotive conversions of EMO GP39-2s and S039-2s as well as cor­ rect S040T-2 models. The doors are thin enough that they can simply be cemented to a flatplastic body side.

Westerfield, Route 21, Box 374, River Road, Crossville, TN 38555 is now ship­ ping this cast resin kit to build the mod­ ernized Harriman standard B-50-1/2/4 box car. Union Pacific rebuilt its car beginning in 1924 using a reverse corru­ gation Murphy end. The cars ran into the 1950s. The car is $25.00 post paid, less trucks and couplers, with decals for UP and subsidiaries with decals appropriate for 1939- 1950s.

PAGE 64 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 WHAT'S NEW ...IN S&O SCALE

RailroadArt, 1220 Greystone Rd. Bel Air, MD 21015-8601 is now shipping this injection-molded plastic S scale model of the Pennsy H-39 hopper. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for the firm's catalog.

Since 1964, makers of fine quality model rai/way track. RAILROAD LOGOS NYC, FRISCO, MILW, NKP, SP. (others coming) Si C i baked enamel finish Q 01' TT :: : � �! Beautiful _ superb u Cars, Track� �:and Accessories.:�� : � 'ity.K. ... in 2,3,4 colors on aluminum . ...TR at ReasonableAC Prices Ready for Fun! .025 ::::r New!! Slow Motion Turnout Motors with Great fo r hobby, layout, doors simple installation and multiple auxiliary contacts. and walls. Inside or outside. Send SASE for current list. = High Precision Nickle-Silver rail in coming. codes 100 & 83 HO & 83 n. = Starter Set Special! $99. 95 = Turnouts include fully electrified metal with MRC Power Pack - Contact frogs which give you no-stall performance us for details! LOGO-MOTIVES during switching! Dealer inquiries invited. ���� RailTech, Inc. Box 818 Dept. C SA SE $4. 00 313·74 1 :0976 l""""="'-\..l� 231 Main St. For price list send FAX 313-761 -2948 Manchester, MI 48 158 Wheeling, IL 60090 for color catalog/layout guide. --_5

II Scalelilt'sco howat Modelyou finish Rathatilr counts.oad Paint Pennsylvania Railroad Style 2 * � HO Scale Catenary Poles SCALECOATI FOR DIRECT USE ON BRASS The first HO scale North American prototype catenary AND META L WITH NO PRIMER * poles' Give your layout the spiderweb look of the SCALECOAT II FOR USE ON PLASTIC AND Northeast Corridor with these H-column poles. Look like Ihose used by many other railroads also. Great for WOOD WITH NO BARRIER Interurban fans too. Simple to install zinc castings are * strong and plated for easy soldering. Instructions pro- 75 AUTHENTIC COLORS vided for single & double track span. * DRIES TO A HIGH GLOSS LIKE FINISH (PA residents add sales lax) plus Only $8.95/pr. 6% * $2.50 S&H on orders under $25.00. Orders over $25.00 WILL NOT SCRATCH OFF pp. Dealer inquiries invited. * � 'i? EXCEPTIONALLY EASY TO DECAL ON FRIEDLEIN'S RAIL * NEEDS NO PRIMER ON EVEN META L 1'= REPLICAS * �/ ) (Since 1978) AN EXCEPTIONAL VALUE FOR ONLY $2.95 P.O. Box 140 PER 2 OZ BOTILE - D Jenkintown, PA 19046- FOR MORE DETAILS CALL OR WRITE TO THE ADDRESS BELOW.

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1994 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER PAGE 65 Phone 1-717-368-2516. Mondoy thru Fridoy 9 AM to 5 PM. Retail orders include $5.25 shipping 21 Howard St, PO Box 322 and handling. PA Residents i.nclude 6% sales tax. Montoursville, PA 17754 VISA & Moster Cord Accepted. Bowser HO 14-WHEEL TENDER PICKUP KIT FOR CHALLENGER & BIG BOY #150681 $19.95 TENDER IS IN CON COR'S BIG BOY KIT #15-201 Available fo nn Bowser fo r $15.98 list each TIle Pick-Up Kit includes instructions with drawings; brass wheels with needlepoint axles fo rfronttntckand brass wheels and bearings fo r rear trucks; coupler pocket and cover; electric wireless drawbar and weight. Tools required are a knife. file. screwdriver and #43 & #49 drills.

Molded of black delrin wtthexter­ nal cam for strength. Molded on -NEWFR OM DETAIL S 'IlPS T- GROUND pin for direct mounting. Sprung -Detail Parts- stand has internal springs for · DL-228 DITCR LIGHTS W!BVLBS 2EA. DL_229 DITCH LIGHTS W/BllLBS 2EA... THROWS over travel and turnout point ten· Pll'OT .,;- "E'W" $2.95 .,OUII/T"GE" $2.'5 sian. Non-rated "OPOT" contact � TI l-1008 FlATCAn TllA1LElC I.,TCI' ,.no&: to power relay coil. LEO·s. etc. STYLE " 2£". $3.45 with Stationary leads are 2" long fo r _ -"n.'!ertable wiri",ng"". ____

CONTACTS HO Scale wHh .165" travel �

with round connection pin T"� I007 FLATCAlt TRAILER nlTe" C(:-IOIO CVS,"0N COUPLER POCKET for moat tu moute STY'�E , 2£;1. $3.45 lllR Rigid .....$3 .19 GENERAL 60' FREIGIIT C.

AT DEALERS OR DIRECT. Shops built 500 of these 50' outside braced Add $1.00 handling par order IL res idents add 6.25% sales tax XA-14 auto cars in 1937. Lasted into the '60s. A massive car fo r the period. With and without end door. $30. Shpng: $3 per 5 kits in At Chicago Prototype Modelers Meet U.S. Naperville Holiday Inn, Nov. 12 SSAE to Sunshine Models Box 4997, S rln fi eld MO 65808-4997

(HOOSING THE RIGHT TRACK PECO When only the best is good enough - insist on ... PECO Set Track • Flex Track • Turnouts • Crossings & More

N-SCALE HO-SCALE O-SCALE Set Track Code • Set Track Code • Flat Bottom Rail Code 80 • 100 143

Universal Code • Streamline Universal Code • Bullhead Rail Code 80 • 100 124 Code 55 • Universal Fine Code 75 • Streamline Fine

7501 McFadden Avenue Huntington Beach, CA 92647 SEE YOUR DEALER NOW FOR FULL DETAILS FH O FAX (714) 794-4954 PAGE 66 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PRR Betterment Car Pullman Plan 4084 2105.1 6 Section, 6 Double Bedroom with Ice Air Conditioning. Factory Painted and Decorated .

PRR Betterment Car Pullman Plan 341 1 2106.1 10 Section, 3 Bedroom with Ice Air Conditioning. Factory Painted and Decorated .

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converting your HO SCALE 87·827 Locomotives. 1993+ ro lling stock" Willamette & Pacific 87·828 42' Ta nk Cars, SCM Chemicals. Engelhard. Thiele, 1975+ over to 87·829 Canadian National 5-Unit Orawbar Connected Double Slack Cars. Blue or Orange Cars. 1990+ Micro·Traills® 87·830 Buningtion Aoule (C8&Q) Covered Hoppers, Gray Cars, 1958·1970 Magne·Matic® 87-831 Santa Fe OL-109 & Erie Buill Locomotives, 1941-1963 Coupling Sy stem. 87-832 Santa Fe Two Tone Gray Sleeping Cars. 1940-1 965 N SCALE Brillg your layout 60·827 Willamete & Pacific Locomotives, 1993+ to life with 60-828 42' Ta nk Cars, SCM Chemicals, Engelhard, Thiele, 1975+ 60-829 Canadian National 5-Unit Orawbar Connected Double Stack the most Cars, Blue or Orange Cars. 1990+ 60-830 Burlingtion Route (CB&O) Covered Hoppers, Gray Cars. prototypical, 1958-1970 hallds·free 60-831 Santa Fe DL-l09 & Erie Built locomolives, 1941 ·1963 60-832 Santa Fe Two Tone Gray Sleeping Cars, 1940·1965 cOl/pling system! 60-4103 Holly Sugar Rapid Discharge Beet Hoppers, 1990+ 60·4104 Rock Island Golden Stale Sleeping Cars, 1947-1 960 60-521 Castrol, Quaker State, 40' & 45' Trailers 60-4043 Dole 40' Refrigerated Containers Excellent for MINICALS MC-41 03 Holly Sugar Rapid Discharge Beet Hoppers, 1990+ b dy mount 1947·1960 o Since 1933 'The finest Decals made." MC·4104 Rock. Island Golden Slale SleepIng Cars, a d pilot o SCALE n . s 48·374 SCM Chemicals 42' Ta nk Cars 1991+ ' New Catalogs for all scales!!!! 48·375 Engelhard 42' Tank Car 1975+ a EACH KIT INCLUDES: apjJlic tJQJ1 . 48-376 Thiele 42' Ta nk Car 1979+ • Couplers #1015 (assembled), 48·377 Burlingtion Route (CB&Q) ACF Center Flow Hoppers, 2 & 3 • This kit includes 3 sets of Bay Cars. 1963-1970 couplers. The size of yollr #1023 (assembled), & #1128 48·378 Santa Fe Two Tone Gray Sleeping Cars, 1940-1965, Silver train will dictate tile total (unassembled) Lettering 2 sheets • number of couplers you will #1020 Coupler 'I\"eezers 48·379 Santa Fe Gray Steeping Cars, 1955-1960, While lettering "eed to cOllverl your • #231 Greas-emlt 48·380 Rock Island Golden State Sleeping Cars. 1947-1960 elltire fleel! • #702 Coupler Assembly Jig 48-381 Southern Pacific Golden Stale Sleeping Cars, 1950·60 2 Sheets • #1059 lh p & Drill • #1055 Five in Dne Height Gouge • #1056 Trip Pin Height Gauge ·-6, (] fill " • #IJll Uncoupler Send for lIIu.tr.ted Call1ionga NOWI HO & N Sella�ICROS Cat.tlog . $5.00 CALE INDUSTRIES,P. O. Box 11950 INC� Available from your Authorized Micro-Tra;ns® Line Dealers O,G & S Scala Cat.log ·$3.00 Costa Mesa, CA @ 1994 Mlcro-Tralns® Line Co. · 351 Rogue River Parkway Pt .... allow 30 day. 'Of catalog delivery 92627 or purch... from your - P.O. Box 1200 -Talent, OR 9754()..1200 U.S.A. (714) 434·8995 FAX 434·9607 LOCAL HOBBY DEALER.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 67 This becomes this... then this. In about two hours, the unhandiest of handymen can transfonn the Train Terrain molded plastic layout into an operating railroad. See it today at your local hobby dealer. Priced from $99.95. F or fr ee brochure, write to TRAIN TERRAIN PRODUCTS From the moment you start, you're half finished. Box 1960, Burbank, CA 91507 Dealer inquiries invited. N-Scale 48" X 30" X 5" overall

Manufacturers of Craftsman Style Injection Molded Styrene HO Railroad Kits. The following kits are available undecorated without couplers. Send SASE for list of available kits. Dealer inquiries invited. P.O. Box L624 ' Langhorne, Pa 19047 Made in USA The Ultimate Caboose Kit?

Body ends supplied with kit -7

Includes windows, Reading Caboose (northeast standard) and separate grab irons

Over 50 correct variations of the basic caboose can be built using the parts supplied with this kit. Minor additions allow more varieties.

Correct models for the following railroads: Reading, Central Of New Jersey, Lehigh and Hudson River, Lehigh and . . New England, Lehigh Valley, Western Maryland, Conrail, and many short Imes. CABOOSE DETAIL PARTS 9107 CABOOSE END LADDER DETAIL $ 4.00 Steps may differ from those supplied for the following railroads: (FITS ATHEARN and MODEL DIE CASTING KITS) Pittsburg and West Virginia, Chesapeake and OhiO, Norfolk and Western, 91 11 CABOOSE SUPERDETAIL KIT for Athearn $10.00 Chessie System, Norfolk Southern. and MDC center cupola caboose (includes end details, 4000 NORTHEAST STAN DARD CABOOSE $20.00 roof walks, smoke jacks, AB brake equipment)

PAGE 68 RAILMODELJOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 ARRIVI NG OCTOBER '94

REA Steel Ice Refrigerator Cars ------"HO" SCALE ------

Starting in late 1947, the Rai lway Express Agency took del ivery from ACF of 500 welded side ice refrigerator cars. Our two versions are both factory painted and decorated - Production Sample 2141 .1 one in the green, silver, and red delivery scheme; and the other as repainted in the mid-1 950's scheme. Both versions will be available in a choice of road numbers.

Production Sample 2141 .2

Challenger 1m ports, Ltd. P.o. BOX 93244 • CAPITAL SQUARE STATION · DES MOINES, IOWA 50393 r------� ------� Athearn Caboose Lighting and Flasher .. � �II � rl iJ-::J #1627 Conrail 2-Bay ... � -��-' Covered Hopper A - !;z.- 3700 cu. ft. ,....� ; . , ==� 1{j}� ; I : lUJ � Cars are painted Light Gray wilh Black Letters Road Nos. 883944, 88395 1 Single ... $8.75 Catalog No. �#157. �is a lighting kit for the three styles of the Athearn caboose. This kit is "Track-Powered" so as to eliminate batteries or an ON/OFF switch. The kit includes brass wheel­ sets, contacts mounting studs, prewired printed circuit board and red LED. Mounting of the printed board is with a 24 ft.Set of Doubles, Flat Beds double sided foam tape, eliminating SuggestedRetail Price need for mounting hardware. $8.99 The lighting circuit is of the constant 24 ft. Set of Doubles, Grain Hoppers type where as the light bulbs attain full brightness at about 3.5/4.0 track volts. A Suggested Retail Price $9.99 flashing rate of 70 per minute is pro­ duced by the LED mounted to the rear Coming in October '9 4 of the caboose. Current draw to power Set of Double Bottom the lights and the flashing circuit is 150 milliamps. Dump Dirt Trailers, Installation time is minimal and the Suggested Retail only tools required are a small drill Price (#65), screw driver, and a long nose  $9.99 pliers. Complete kit is $18.50. (Caboose not included). l]mJ@�0ure �� Repllea s Dealer and Wholesale .e r or� Miniat BENNETTENTERPRISE S Ma nufa etul Distributor Inquiries Welcome P.O. BOX 7031 Villa Park, Illinois 60181 (209) 469-0115 • Fax (209) 469-0882 . P.O. BOX 30772 . STOCKTON, CA 95213 (708) 832-3615 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 69 IRDOT "State of theArt "

IRDOT: Infra red train See your local Catalogue: $2 � Radio detector for hidden sidings dealer first. or call: (refundable with order) ($32.95 US. $38.95 Can) Todd Armstrong 5% shipping & handling � Controlled IRDASC: Two light RAILWAY DEPOT signal controller 124 King S1. East, Oshawa, ($35.95 US. $42.95 Can) Ontario, Canada L1 H 186 Throttle (905) 433-0507 IRDOT-P: Automatic Not Command Control FAX (905) 433-3863 turnout control ($35.95 US. $42.95 Can) ORDER LINE 1 800 422·7962 No Locomotive Conversion

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#3508 CONTAINER For Sale ' Mainline and Shartlin e Alea RS-3 FORK LIFT Excellent power chassis, paint and print all top condition. The following roadnames are available Can be used as a 2390 Rutland , 2391 New Haven , 2392 Frisco HO Scale Fork Lift 2393 MKT , 2394 SP&S , 2395 Lehigh Va lley T T T c!Ommglj» See your dealer or write to: MOKEI IMPORTS MODEL DIE CASTING, INC, 6950 Kingsbury, St. Louis 63130 P. o. Box 1927 , Carson City NV, 89702 U.S.A.

PAGE 70 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 We asked over 3,000 model railroaders what � wanted in a digital command control system . . . then we built it.

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 71 Lenz DIGITAL Plus Systems MODEL RAILROAD PRODUCTS Command Control Systems for Model 9520 E. Napier Ave. Benlon Harbor. Mich. 49022. TEEN-AGERS Railroads. Conformsto the tentative

The Teen Association NMRA Standard for Digital Command CABOOSE STACKS of Model Railroaders is Control suitable for all scales. Decoders dedicated to helping for all scales: Z; N; TT; HO; S; 0; I; G. teens with the hobby. For information write: Ideally suited for Tro lley and Traction CS ­ TAMR, and other high density traffic operations. cia John Reichel, M-U capability. CS - D -- DIGITAL $2 .00 �!1 PER PACXAGE 'Jf Factory Aulhorlzed ServicePlus Center Systems ud System Support Post Offlle 99 12 45209-0912 CUSTOM tiD GUAGE LOS:: T WAX," BRASSI CAS T I NGI BaH: Cinlinnati, OH CA TAl.OG nOD REFllNDABl.E wrm $5.00 ORDER Phone: 1-(000)-841-9956 FaH: (513) 631 -1514

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SCALE SCALE HO & '0' HO & '0' Thousands of these cars were built from Undecorated and the late 40's Many Paint Schemes through the early 60's. Many are still Includes Free in fuel service Rolling Trucks today. Pulled by steam, early and HO Models Due in late diesels, they Late September will be right at home on just about '0' Scale Models Due any model railroad. in Late November

HO Undecorated Kits $12.95 ' HO Painted Kits $13.95 ' 0 ' Scale Price To Be Announced 1st Paint Schemes HO# 0# HO# 0# RC-3000 300 undecorated Sept. RC-3005 305 CO NaCO Oct. RC-3001 301 UTLX 6 rn Sept. RC-3006 306 Shell Oil Nov. RC-3002 302 SHPX 6 rn Sept. RC-3007 307 Standard Oil Nov. RC-3003 303 Dupont Oct. RC-300B 30B Dow Chemical Nov. RC-3004 304 Texaco Oct. RC-3009 309 Gulf Oil Dec. rn means road numbers - all cars come in 4 rn unless noted For More Information Send a SAS.E. and Specify Scale ' Dealer Inquires Invited

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* 1..-______See How Real Your Trains Can Be! * ------� TA NKS AGAIN! FINE QUALITY • R-T-R This 14,000 gallon, non-pressure, clay slurry tank car has free-rolling trucks, bIackened metal wheels, and will accept Kadee #5 couplers. We ighs 3.5 oz.

The third run of tank cars are the same roadnames with two different road numbers than the first run.

The third run of HO tank cars will be available at Item# Roadname Road# Item# Roadname Road# your local hobby shop in November. 1700 Undecorated 1704A Thiele Kaolin (0. 78074 1701A 1M. Huber 79333 17048 78048 For a new Fall/Wintel' Atlas Catalog, send $2 ($3 in 17018 79372 1705A E(( International 75721 Can.) with your name and address to: ATLAS CATA­ 1702A Engelhard 71901 17058 75735 LOG, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 17028 71963 1706A Dry Branch Kaolin 78809 07205 USA. 1703A Georgia Kaolin 73020 17068 78825 17038 72971

DRY TRANSFERS!!! WE HAVE THEM! FOR MOTORS? COVERED HOPPERS fo r premium quality operation of your fine mo�els or experiments. Precision miniature 12V DC motors suitable for N, HO, S, 0, #1 scale locomotives or other powered unit. Eliminate fast, poor power, high amp draw, noisy, unreliable operation with the aid of NWSL precision quality motors, gearboxes, gearing, u-joints and other mechanism components, tools. See the full line NWSL catalog listings available at better hobby shops evel}'Where (too many special choices for most shops to stock), or inquire directly for fu rther AVAILABLE IN N, HO, S, and 0 information and complete product listing ($ l .00 handling for product list; $8 for fu ll line catalog). C·O·S lettering ltd. P.o. BOI 78003 CITVV1EW NEPEAN ONTARIO 1(2G 5W2 NORTHWEST SHORT LINE BOX 423 (206) 932-1087 fax 935-7108 SEATTLE , WA 98111-0423

#13 SAMPLE TEST KIT Kadee® offers the #1 3 Sample Test Kit to provide you with every­ thing you need to easily figure coupler conversions. This conve­ nient package includes: one each of our Magne-Matic® HO­ Scale Couplers; one each of our #308 Uncouplers; one each of our #321 Uncouplers; and Individual Coupler In­ structions. With a sample of every HO-Scale Kadee® Coupler in your hands and complete coupler instructions to guide you, you can figure the exact best coupler for each of your conversions. Now you can be a Kadee® Magne-Matic® Coupler Expert too! A must-have tool for every HO-Scale modeler! AVAILABLE AT YOUR NEARBY HOBBY SHOP KA DEE® QUALITY PRODUCTS l�lJtln.�lJ'MI

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Presenting the newest But to really appreciate the

PROTO 2000 ES IE9 'So A new ES/E9, pick one up and locomotive so outstanding examine it closely. The laser­ it excels on every level. printed graphics, paint

Consider the motor. A schemes and micro-molded remarkable mechanism detail on each model accu­ that can pull 13S cars on rately replicate its proto­ a level track and 23 cars type's deSign. The new up a 4% grade. And can PROTO 2000 ES/E9 from achieve a range of speeds Life-Like. An awesome com­ from .51 to 95.S smph. bination of beauty and power.

PROTO 2000 EBIE9 offeredIn two road numbersper paint scheme. Available In MILW. DLW. IC. RI. SOU and Undecorated.

St. Louis-San Francisco Erie

© 1994 Life-Like Products. Inc .. Baltimore. Maryland 21211 In Canada: Concord. Ontario UK 4EZ Shop �� �,�,�a�Y me (··NEWi"----F-3,-F7-��-dF9-.� Diesel Locomotives in "0" Scale ; (2 rail only) • ,'"••• __ ...... I I Engineered by P&D I . I I . USA production in high impact I styrene : I I Units with or without dynamic . • I brake ventilators I I I . A Unit-Powered or Dummy I I I . B Unit-Powered or Dummy • I • • I I I P&D HOBBY SHOP F7 AB I I CUSTOM PA INTED SETS I I I I #8000.01 F7AB "SP" I Black Widow ...... $6 75 : : #8000.02 F7AB "ATSF" • I Blue & Ye llow Freight .....$7 00 • I I #8000.03 FFAB "ATSF" • I • Passenger Warbonnet ...... $700 I I • I • I . Complete inventory of body I • shells and detail parts available I • .I . Compatible in appearance with former Atlas/P&D units : • I . Operationally compatible with I • Atlas/P&D F9's, P&D GP's. P&D • I RSD's and Weaver RS3 , FA and I I Buni� • I • • • I I I • For more information, contact: I : I I • P&D HOBBY SHOP I I 810-296-61 16 • - 0 � . I Or send $2 and large SASE fo r latest 0 gauge list: I 31902 Groesbeck, Fraser. MI 48026 I I • , . . �. ---.--.-.----.--.. --. ----.---.---...... WE DO WIN DOWS!

fi'OIll Cbmllpioll Decal Company F's PA 's I""m_-"- $7.00 cach for fourth class mail •' . ' Gullwi�g, 60M's! Plan Book #2 contains freight car lettering " plans produced by Champ prior to 1966. No w 28 Styles! Now Available Plan Book #3 contains Champ's new and revised freight car lettering plans produced Fit 40 Different Locos from 1966- 1 990. and Cabooses. Our decals are guaranteed 10 be the 1I10st authentic & finest 1ualityf or Olier 52 years. .... 0 "Satisfaction HO & 0 Scale Catalog #9S. $5.00 I st Class Postpaid (i).. Guaranteed" PRODUCTIONS Send LSSAE for Info CHAMPION DECAL CO. �f()p.o. Box 25224 P.O. Box 1 178G . Minot, North Dakota 58702 Rochester, NY 14625 De a I er I nqUtr..teS We I come

New Atlas Catalog

HO Scale: #315 Stainless Steel BulkTainer Walkways to fit American Limited Model $ 2.25 each

#311 Stainless Steel Truck Style Placard Frames $ 1.50 set

#310 Stainless Steel Tank Car Placard Frames $ 1.75 set

#1 58 Spine Car Walkway Platforms for Walthers All-Purpose Spine Car $ 2.25 set

Available at your local hobby dealer or direct (add $1.50 S&H). Send an SSAE for complete product listing.

Plano Model Products 2701 W. 15th Street, Suite 113 Plano, TX 75075

11" The all-new Fall/Winter Atlas Catalog contains 48, 812 x pages with color photographs of all currently available Atlas HO and N scale products, plus many new products. Inside you'll find complete product descriptions and usage �" """""""'" instructi �'D l�. " P.O. Box 1424 Nexooss. GA 30091 � ons, basic model ra ilroading definitions, and much more! Everything � � (404) 441·7992 Fax (404)441·0759 beginners and serious modelers need for the hobby of model ra ilroading is all in � v v THE � �. V OF FUTURE .... this one informative catalog. For a copy, see your local hobby shop or mail rAGITAL IgCOMMANOCONTROLl trR� WAVE HE $2 � in Canada) along with the completed coupon. CoolactYoor Loca Hobby Dealer For CDfl1Il�e Producl lnlclnJalioo ($3 f. ------f. It's Easier & Less ExpensiveThan You Think! f.� Challenger ($250 msrp) operates up to 16 Locos f. f. _ � Name ______� independently Withol/IBlocking! f. � Small decoder sizes & complete instructions � � make in�t�lation simple in N, HO, S, 0, & G locos. � Address ______f. All Dlgltrax decoders ($49.99 to $59.99 msrp) � have 14, 28 or 128 speedstep control, constant � � City/State/Zip ______� directional lighting, programmable address, � " momentum, braking, start·voltage& mid· point voltage � Mail with $2 ($3 in Canada) to: Atlas Catalog, 378 Florence Ave., " & tlley arerepairable. Most have addt'l function 1e.1ds. Hillside, NJ 07205 USA 1'1111111111111111i��

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 PAGE 77 ALL NEW FROM ATLAS! �ENTERLINE For All Scales � PRODUCTS

c Ll -.r,..�, W CJ0 �t.. CT-::') t.•• ••1 · ��0 ....1 ,j C Ci { •. .. #3 10 Atlas Custom Power® RAIL CLEANERS 1700 Power Pack Atlas' new, high quality, affordable power pack has THAT WORK circuit breaker protection, overload indicating lam'p, SOLID BRASS CASTING NON ABRASIVE / NON DERAILING separate power and reversing switches, and is Ul CLEANS RAILS AND WHEELS listed. Output is 14V DC, 17 V AC, 1.2 Amps at no IMMEDIATE RESULTS N-I (Standard w/Rapido coupl) 831.25 load. Total output 17 V A. ® N-2 (Micro-Trains trks/coupl) 836.00 1'10-1 (Originall'!. Inch Wide) S43.50 ® HO-2 (Narrow w/Kadee coupl) S48.75 HOn3 Drawbar Adapter S5.00 S-Gauge (Hi-Rail trucks/coupl) 863.40 O-Gauge (Any Radius 3-Rail) 871.25 HO and N Scale Rubber O-Scale (Weaver trucks/coupl) 878.50 Roadbed G-Gauge (Aristo w/mctal whls) $170.00 (I llinois residcnts add 7% Sales Tax) Flexible and easy to use (installs just like split cork (N&J- IO - $3.50 s&h) (S&O - $5.00 s&h) roadbed), Atlas roadbed is a prototypical gray color. (G-Gauge - $7.50 s&h) Ask At Your Local Hobby Shop Comes in a 50' strip (as shown) which makes 25' of Send # I 0 SASE fo r Information to: roadbed. Available for HO (item #1 12) and N scale CENTERLINE PRODUCTS, INC. (item #2545). 18409 HARMONY RD., MARENGO, IL. GO 152

Advertisers Index Allentown Locomotive Works ...... 73 Atlas ...... 74, 77 & 78 Bachmann ...... 79 Bowser ...... 66 CDS Lettering LTD ...... 74 Caboose Industries ...... 66 Centerline Products ...... 78 Challenger Imports ...... 67 & 69 Champion Decal ...... 77 Details West ...... 66 Digital Plus System ...... 72 Digitrax ...... 77 Eastern Car Works ...... 68 F&H Enterprises/Peco ...... 66 Atlas Colored Layout Wire Friedlein Rail Replica ...... 65 Hobby-Tote System ...... 70 Make wiring your layout easier than ever before by color coding the different types of Jay Bee Products ...... 69 connections. Twenty gauge stranded copper; reel. Kadee Quality Products ...... 74 50' Kato ...... 2 Life-Like Products ...... 75 Logo-Motives ...... 65 Micro Scale Industries ...... 67 Spade Tongue Micro Trains ...... • ...... 67 #201 Model Die Casting...... 70 Solderless Wire Connector Mokie Imports ...... 70 Northeastern Scale Models ...... 71 This handy, small electrical hook-up connector was Northwest Shortline ...... 74 designed by Atlas for tight model railroad electrical Overland Models ...... 80 P&D Hobby Shop ...... 76 spaces. For use with Atlas and other #18-22 wire Plano Models ...... 77 Precision Masters ...... 69 and #3 screw post. 24 pieces per package. Rail Tech...... 65 Railway Depot - IRDOT ...... 70 Red Caboose ...... 72 Remote Control Systellls ...... 70 Run 8 ...... 77 See your local hobby shop for these new items and the Scalecoat Model RR Paint...... 65 new which contains all Atlas Sunshine Models ...... 66 Fall/Winter Atlas Catalog ...... Train Movers . . . . . 72 products. Or, send $2 ($3 in Canada) to: AT LAS CAT­ Train Terrain ...... 68 Trucks N' Stuff ...... ALOG, Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ U.S.A.. . . . 69 378 07205 Utah Pacific ...... 72 Wangrow Electronics ...... 71

PAGE 78 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - NOVEMBER 1994 Sp ectrum 1928 Pennsylvania Multistripe K4, Coaches and More!

For discriminating collectors and quality-conscious modelers everywhere, the next editions of Spectrum Pennsylvania Railroad K4's and heavyweight passenger cars are ready fo r your approval. All in HO scale. All in beautiful new 1920's colors. And all in limited editions.

We have two roadnumbers of the PRR K4 in its original "as delivered" 1928 paint scheme. With the distinctive look of Brunswick (very dark) green, accented by simulated gold leaf pinstriping (even on the wheels!), these locomotives are looking sharp.

Our PRR heavyweights' paint and detail fe atures have been backdated to complement the new K4s with an original tuscan red accented by simulated gold leaf lettering and pinstriping, and bronze color roofs. Together, the K4 and passenger cars make a fa ntastic combination! Visit The K4's detail and performance features include: your hobby retailer today to secure your copies of these List price: $99.95 • HO scale very special limited edition Item # Description • limited edition models. 84001 PRR #5404 Sp ectrum 84002 PRR #5425 (4800 pieces each roadnumber)

• 5 pole skew-wound can motor

The Heavyweights' detail • Brass worm/flywheel drive and performance features • Operating headlight include: • Spring-loaded center drive axle

• Prototypically-correct round • HO scale number plate • Spectrum limited edition (6000 pcs. each roadnumber) (rather than keystone) • "Chicken coop" pilot • Full, lighted interiors • Full cab interior with • Separately applied metal handrails painted engineer and fireman • Chemically blackened, • Rubber diaphragms fu ll diecast chassis • Full underbody detailing • Metal cut levers • Body-mounted swing coupler pockets • Metal deck plate • Pennsy-style tender trucks • Pennsy-style two window door on combine

• PRR diecast trucks (green)

• RP25 metal wheels

List price: $24.95 Item # Description 89111 PRR Combine #5112 89115 PRR Coach #1700 89114 PRR Diner #4493 89112 PRR Coach #1705 BACHMANN 89113 PRR Coach #3325 • 89116 PRR Obsrvtn #7507 1400 East Erie Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19124 OVERlANd CAboOSES ANd �PS,l' Box CARS

Overland Models has a wide variety of custom painted "PS_l " box cars, only a few of which are pictured here, plus many different styles of painted cabooses. Custom painted models are available in limited quantities and limited by decal availability. Al l of the models pictured are HO scale and each is exquisitely handcrafted in brass by Ajin Precision of Korea. To keep up to date with all the latest news from OMI send $24.00 for six issues of The Overland Mail. Each issue is· packed with black and white photos of many of our models and a complete suggested retail price list for all of our current products.

UNION PACIFIC "PS·l " Box Car with 6-Foot Door, Custom GRAND TRUNK WESTERN "PS_l " Box Car with 8-Foot Painted Brown and Lettered - OMI #3296.3 Door, Custom Painted Brown and Lettered - OMI #3297.2

NEW YORK CENTRAL "PS-l " �ox Car with 8-Foot Door, CANADIAN NATIONAL "Van" Caboose Nos. 76501 -76709, Custom Painted Jade Green and Lettered - OMI #3297.4 Factory Painted and Lettered - OMI #1 173.1

BALTIMORE & OH IO Class "1·1 2" Modernized "�,,'_\J\I.n BALTIMORE & OH IO "Class 1-1 2" Modernized Bay.Window Caboose, Factory Painted Blue with Yellow Ends and Caboose Factory Painted Yellow and Lettered Lettered - OMI #1 227.1 - OMI #1 227.1

SOO LINE Wood Sheathed Caboose Two Side Window Cupola, Unpainted - OMI #3921