U25B PHOTOROSTER FREIGHT CARS Journal Little Things Make a Freight Cars Journal is the only magazine devoted exclusively to the study of prototype freight car history and modeling. Big Difference Each issue is packed with data and photos of America's freight cars. High-quality glossy paper. Design and Evolution· Spotter's Guides. Bu ilders' Production· Modeling Details. News. Logos & Li veries • Detailed Rosters • Scale Drawings Reviews. Historical Forum. Intermodal Development . Bibliographies. Publi shed Quarterly. $15 .00 per yea r. Sample copy $5 .00 ppd . FREIGHT CARS JOURNAL P.O. Box 1458 Monrovia, CA 91016

~'!=!!e~~iof the CALIFORNIA STATE RAILROAD MUSEUM 933-822 Diesel Dress-up Kit $3.89 934-702090 Number Board Decals $1.30 Fits HO Scale F7 or F9 units. Includes all grab Features two styles of HO Scale number Over 1000 Titles Mwa~ .. \n Stoel<. \ irons and "glass" for one A and one B unit. boards: white numerals on black background ~ CAll US FIRST! .... Complete instructions and mounting template or black numerals on white background. Milepost 1 and the State Railroad Museum are provided. Your Dealer can get it from Walthers. are open 7 days a week 10 AM - 5 PM 933-429 Diaphragm pkg/2 $1.98 For a list of Dealers near you , send a #10 SASE Includes folded bellows with vinyl striker to the address below. plates. Use on E and F units or heavyweight PHONE ORDERS (9 16) 447-9665 VISAIMC passenger cars. 115 "I" STREET· OLD SACRAMENTO, CA 95814 904-299 Hobsco GOO 1'/.oz $2.29 SEND $1.00 FOR CURRENT CATALOG ••• WALTHERS The perfect adhesive for mounting diaphragms! Joints stay flexible without letting go. 5601 W Floris/Ave. Milwaukee, W/53218 PACifiC COASI CHAPIER RAILWAY &LOCOMOIIV[ HISTORICAL SOCIHY.IN C. © 1987 Wm. K. Walthers. Inc.

2 PROTOTYPE MODELER Probtype ~--- The MODELER'S Magazine of Prototype RAILROADING Vol. X, No.3 MAY-JUNE 1988 F35

Publisher Jim Walker

Senior Editor/Art Director features Mike Schafer Editorial Assistant Don Gulbrandsen Art Production Modeling a Union Pacific GP9Bu-the 'Omaha Mark Danneman GP20' ...... 12 Contributing Editor Stephen R. Heath John Swanson PM Modeler's Notebook: Painting three Typesetting Publishers Studio generations of Texas & Pacific boxcars Waukesha, Wis. for a 1950s-era layout ...... 18 Image assembly, halftones Jim Ogden and color separations Jim Walter Graphics, A GE U25B photoroster ...... 20 Beloit, Wis. Warren Calloway and Don Gulbrandsen

ADVERTISING INQUIRIES: Contact Interurban Press, P.O. Box Erie Lackawanna passenger equipment 6128, Glendale, CA 91205: (818) 240-9130. Or send postcard requesting rate card. prototype and model/Part IV: PROTOTYP' MOD"'R (ISSN: 0734 -1482) is published bimonthly by Sleeping cars ...... 31 Inlerurbon Press, 1212 S. Brand Boulevard, P.O. Box 6128, Glen­ dale, CA 91205. Second-class postage paid at Glendale, Calil, Joe Lofland and Martin abed and at a dditional o ttice. (USPS 710-590). POSTMASTER: Send form 3579 10 PROTONPE MODElER, P.O. Box 6128, Glendale, CA Prototype Profile: The Belton Railroad ...... 35 91 205.

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CHANGE OF ADDRESS FOR SUBSCRIPTIONS: Please send c hange-of-address nolice atleasl 4-6 weeks prior 10 moving. The Post Of lice does not regularly forward Second Class mail and Inlerurban Press/PROTONPE MODELER is nal responsible for c opies destroyed or not forwarded by the Post Ottice. Re­ placement copies/P.O. notifications will be billed. departments SUBMISSIONS: Fealure and photo submissions are welcome and should be sent to the Wisconsin address. Accepted arti­ cles and pholographs are held on file and paid for upon publication. When submitting material for consideration, in­ clude relurn packaging and postage if you wi sh il relurned. PROTOTY PE MOD ELER assumes no responsibility for the safe return of unsolicited material. Modeler's Newsbox ...... 4

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BUSINESS ADDRESS : Address a ll corresp ondenc e regarding On the cover: Racing along near Sheffield, III., on a late-summer day in 1966, a Rock subsc ription, including new orders and renewals, and busi­ ness-related matters to: Island U25B is on the point of a westbound merchandiser on its way to the Quad Cities INTERURBAN PRESS and points beyond. Starting on page 20, PM features a photoroster of this noteworthy GE P.O. BOX 6128 locomotive, (Mike Schafer photo) What is culm coal? For more information on this GLENDALE, CA 91205 product, which has spawned lucrative processing and packaging industries, turn to ©19BB Inlerurban Press page 40, Author/p hotographer Mike Collins also explains how he modeled a culm coal Mac Sebree Jim Wa lker packaging plant (seen in the cover photo) on his own layout, PRESIDENT VIC E PRESIDENT

MAY-JUNE 1988 3 Chris Mitchell Ex-Santa Fe CF7 583 still wears its former own­ er's colors, but today it's an Amtrak locomotive, as revealed by the logo on its nose. The loco­ motive was photographed on Dec. 13, 1987 at Amtrak's New Haven, Conn., maintenance fa­ cility enjoying a Sunday off from its usual rou­ tine of hauling track maintenance crews be­ tween New Haven and Boston. modelerfs newsbox

Have you photographed any new paint schemes lately? New locomotive models (prototype)? New rolling stock? Send your entries to PROTOlYPE MODELER, P.O. Box 379, Waukesha, WI 53187-0379. We might be able to use your photos in Model­ er's Newsbox or in the news section of sister magazines PACIFIC RAILNEWS or PASSENGER TRAIN JOURNAL Color slides are preferred, although high-quality sharp color prints will be considered. Slides will be returned, whether used or not; please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Payment is made promptly following publication. Union Pacific On Feb. 15, 1988 Union Pacific initiated its new "Rail-Rider" service between Chicago and Dallas. The Mark V trailers ride directly on special railroad wheel assemblies (manufactured by Thrall Car Company of Chicago) without the use of flatcars.

This fire may have started on a "hot" Wis­ consin Central pulpwood train, but to rail­ road modelers this wasn't the most news­ worthy event pictured in Junction City, Wis., on April 16, 1988. It's hard not to notice the WC gondola in fresh paint- not a colorful scheme (compare with the locomotive in the March-April PM) , but definitely not shy about ownership, either. Most WC rolling stock and locomotives wear the paint of past owners, but the railroad paint shops are rel easing a steady stream of equip­ ment in WC maroon-and-yellow and black-and-white.

4 PROTOTYPE MODELER Can you guess the heritage of this box­ car? No, C&NW has not adopted a new logo for 50-foot insulated boxcars, b ut rather somebody took advantage of the fact tha t a few minutes a nd a can of spraypainl were all that was needed to convert some existing reporting marks. This Fruit Growers Express-owned c ar was p hotographed in front of the old Great Weste rn dep ot in Fort Dodge, Iowa, in March 1988.

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A trio of c risp -looking Oakway SO-60s in EMD paint pull an empty Burlington No rthe rn/Hous­ ton light and Powe r Company coal train northbound through Bellevue, Texa s, on April 2, 1988. BN le ases 100 of the 3,800-h.p . units, deliv­ e red in the last two months of 1986, fro m Oak­ way.

THE BIC POWER Norfolk & Western Steam-Then & Now! INTERURBAN Here it is . .. a video to match the power and majesty of Norfolk & Western 's A-class 1218 and J-class passenger engine 611-back in steam! Bill Films/VIDEOS Warrick 's camera captures these locomotives in 1987, the year they were PO Box 6444, Glendale CA 91205 back in action ... PLUS 1958 footage (most in natural sound!) of these two classes, plus the Y6b and other great N&W power when steam was king ! DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Great color--jJreat action. FR535V Dr B, 30 min ...... $39.95

PLEASE INCLUDE $1 .00 PER VIDEO FOR POSTAGE/HANDLING • FREE CATALOG INCLUDED! PROTOTYPE MOOELER welcomes letters that provide interesting information, corrections or your views on railroad modeling or the magazine itself. Mark at the top of your letter "To PM Junction" if it is to be considered for possible publicati on. Your full address will be given ONLY if you so request. Be­ cause of limited staffing, we are not always able to answer all mail (although a self-addressed, stamped envelope will help!J, but we do read all mail.

Happy EL modeler want to thank you for the informa­ I tive series (beginning in the No­ vember-December 1987 issue) on the Erie Lackawanna passenger equip­ ment. I have gleaned more useful mod­ eling information from these 11 pages and 30 pictures than from my 10-year membership in the Erie/EL Historical SOCiety. I am sure that I am one of many who thank Joe Lofland and Marty Obed for their effort in sharing­ with us their knowledge. Dana R. Jackson Kenton, Ohio

More magazine? uring the past year I have particu­ D larly enjoyed the articles on the Yellowstone Branch, the Go With the (Traffic) Flow series, the Southern E8 More on Southern boxcars AD&N boxcar error Covered Wagon Trail and the Georgia nclosed you will find slides with just picked up the J anu ary-Febru­ Group photoroster. But, I feel that you E more information on Cyril Dur­ I ary 1988 PM and found a big need to provide "more magazine" to be renberger's Southern 40-foot boxcar OOPS! On page 30 is a photo of ADN competitive at the current rate. article (November-December 1987 9687-an Evans-built car, not an FMC Rufus Cone PM). The photo of 500756(above)indi­ car. This can easily be seen by the char­ Bozeman, Mont. cates that car 500801 pictured in the acteristic side-sill design and the Ev­ article would have at one time been an ans logo below the "SE" in "SERVICE." I'm glad you enjoy the magazine, but I XF-class car. My January 1982 equip­ The article is a good approach and I have to take exception to your feeling ment register shows 227 XF cars, like the finished model, but why was tlJat PM needs "more magazine" to be 500575-500874. no detail of the builder, series, number, competitive. Ichallengeyou to critical­ I used my slide of 29930 to modify an build dates and design cap acities giv­ ly compare the content of PM with oth­ Athearn 40-footer; this particular car en? For the record: series 9550-9699, er model railroading magazines. This h auled appliances. I used a Microscale 154 XM, built 5/6/79 by SIECO Atlanta issue of PM has 34 pages strictly de­ decal for the DF logo. I hope you people (Evans), 5 ,486 cu. ft. design. voted to features, lots of color photos can get back on a reg'ular schedule-I I really like PM and wish it contin­ and a ti ght, but attractive layout; this look forward to your magazine. ued success; I normally don't take the compares favorably with, or outdoes, Virl "Red" Davis time to call other magazine's errors, our competitors. The "heft" of other Scottsbluff, Neb. but I want to see PM get bigger and model railroad magazines is often ad­ better. Please be as prototypical as pos­ vertising or weak "filler" materia1. As We 're doing our best to get the maga­ sible. we grow, I'm sure PM will add addi­ zine back on schedule. We 've managed David G. Casdorph, Editor tional advertising pages, but prosper­ to pick up about a month with each of FREIGHT CARS JOURNAL ity will al so mean even more feature tlJe l ast two issues, and without com­ pages, more color and more useful promising quality. Starting with the Thanks for your input, constructive modeling information; we will always July-August issue the m agazine will criticism and support. You are correct! h ave a commi tment to giving modelers be rel eased in the month prior to the As an important informational source the best value for their dollar.- D .G. cover date.- D.G. to modelers and railfans we need to be

6 PROTOTYPE MODELER as factual as possibl e. On the positive tion , platform, pile supports and side, I think this was a fine modeling beams, stairs, ramp, six skids, win­ article and I'm sure our readers found dows , door and freight door. The it usefu1. The error slipped by because freight door has detail on both sides so this was an in-house feature and none it can be placed either open or closed of us is an expert on freight cars; we simply by flipping the casting. Writ­ rely on input from readers and contrib­ ten instructions are included for con­ utors who are better versed in this spe­ structing the building, the platform cial ty for prototype inf ormation. Un­ and the skids. A photo of the finished fortunately, our outsi de supply of kit is also provided. Assembly is easy freight car articles cannot meet the de­ and straight-forward; if you follow the mand for this subject expressed by our instructions you should encounter no readers. I hope all of you potential difficulties. freight car modelers/authors take note Reporting Marks serves as an evaluation guide for potential purchasers of model railroad an d railroad-relaled products. A very nice feature of the kit is that of this subtle plea for help. - D . G. Products are reviewed by persons we feel are accomplished the shed is the same width as the plat­ modelers, and it is the intention of the reviewer to provide form. This allows you to h ave an L­ readers wi th fair and accurate accounts of assembly and performance. Manufacturers are invited to send their prod· shaped platform around the shed or to ucts for review to PM. Shipments should be made to P.O. Box have the shed at the end of the plat­ PM classified 379, Waukesha, WI 53187·0379; if UPS is used for shipping, form (which is what I chose to do). shipments must go to 923 Friedman Drive, Waukesha, WI PM Classified is th e bargain way to advertise-Only 20 cents 53186 (UPS does not deliver to post office boxes). Items are I decided to transform my Williams­ per word (no charge for zip code), 55 minimum. Count initials, excepted as gratis in exchange for review and cannot be single numbers, groups of numbers (such as phone num· returned. burg Freight Station into a Texaco bers), address number, street number, city and state each as bulk oil dealer. With assembly com­ one word . We reserve the right to edit all copy or refuse any plete, I painted the shed Floquil An­ ad. Orders must include name of owner, street address and telephone. PREPAID ONLY. Send order along with check or WILLIAMSBURG FREIGHT tique White (No. 110085) and added a money order to PROTOTYPE MODELER, P.o. Box 379, Wauke· light-green trim that seemed a close sha, WI 53187·0379. STATION HO Scale match to the Texaco company colors . I $4.98 also added some Woodland Scenics dry SOUTH AMERICA October 27-November 17: "Trai ns in Ihe transfers for the company logo. I sand­ Soulhern Andes." Argentina and Paraguay. Steam, diesel and electric five charter tra ins, private cars, dining cars and some AM Models ed the platform, ramp, stairs and pil­ regular trains on three gauges far 2.500 miles. Includes charter ings with coarse sandpaper, going train up the famous Ramel C·14 line in Argentina to 12.916 feet. 23 76th Street S. W. 2-10·2s. 2·8·2s. wood·fired 2-6-0s. Alco diesels. and ex-Pacilic Kentwood, MI 49508 Eleclric equipment. Plenty of cab lides. photo run-bys and mOle_S end 10 1 ilinelolY: l rains Unlimiled Tours. 1430 Myers 51 .. Suile H. Oroville. CA 95965. (916) 534-8555. 35-37 AM MODELS HO SCALE Williamsburg G SCALE WIND MILLS and wooden lunnel poria Is: plans andlor Freight Station represents a small kils. LGB ilems up 10 25 percenl all retail. Se nd $2 lor c urrenl freight shed that could also serve as a calalog.A·1 Hobbies. E. 10517 Sprague. Spokane. WA 99206. 35 milk station and platform, a company 'The Jlrt SOUTH AMERICA August 14·September 4: "Deep South RaIl ­ materials storage point or even a ware­ - of road Adventure." Sleam. diesel and eleclric in Argentina and house at a bulk oil plant or dealer. Paraguay! Four charter trains. private cars. dining cars. and [roaaing some regular trains on three gauges for 1.500 miles. 2-10·2s. 2· There are many other uses that can be 1ZfLi B-2s. wood-fired 2-6-0s. Alco diesels and ex·Pacific Electric found for this nice little kit. equipment. Plenty of cab rides. photo run ·bys and more. Send The kit is made up of injection-mold­ for itinerary: Tra ins Unlimited Tours. 1430 Myers 51.. Suite H. Oro· ville. CA 95965. (916) 534-8555. 35 ed styrene parts for the freight sta-

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MAY-JUNE 1988 7 NEW ". . . So, as always, Southern Pacific is changing. BOOKS Uncertainty now attends the identity of what has so HERN PACIFIC 2 been a great railroad. Let's hope no one will pull the pin on a name that has become such a tradition!' OUNTRY FOR 'BB! - FROM THE INTRODUCTION Southern Pacific, 1988: Look at it while you can, for tomorrow may bring ... what? It's the present we dwell upon in this dynamic new book by Donald Sims, who knows the Espee down to the last rail, spike and cinder. And look we do, in color and black and white photos from the author's own camera. It's the 1970s and 1980s we celebrate; no other steel trail twists so often, tunnels more, nor climbs so many mountaintops as does the Espee. We see it from New Orleans to Portland, Ogden to Los Angeles, Kansas City to San Francisco - for everywhere the red and grey diesels went, so did Donald Sims. Focus with us on the contemporary SP: massive fleets of six­ axled locomotives, double-stack container trains, Oregon logging turns, Taylor Yard, Sprints, Sacramento Shops, fighting the Sierras in all weathers, topping the Great Salt Lake and, yes, even SOUTHERN PACIFIC COUNTRY. 200pp , 132 photos San Francisco commuters. plus B pages color , 10 division maps , B1f2X11" hard­ bound , color jacket. ISBN B7046-082-X. Quite simply, this is THE Espee book of this or any other year. Trans-Anglo 282 (S1.50 p/ h; Calif. 6% tax) ...... $39.95

FOR TWO CENTURIES St. Louis has been the crossroads of America, and Its public transporta­ tion system was a marvel. Always on the cutting edge of teChnology, St. Louis has seen horse buses, horse­ cars, cable cars, electric streetcars, double-deck buses and today Is on the verge of getting a new light rail line. Now, a major new book by Andrew D. Young tells this story, In every detail. The routes, the cars, the Shops and facilities, expansion and contrac­ tion of the street railway network- It's all here. But Young goes much further. The people behind each successIve St. LouIs undertakIng are explored In detail, right down to the smoke-filled rooms where politicians and tycoons made their deals. You 'll ride the rickety "County Lines" and the lordly Lindell trolley, visIt the great St. LouIs World's Fair, and see why St. Louis streetcars and buses were shiny and well-maIntained despite chronic corporate anemia. A grand selection of photos and maps accompany this landmark book. INTERURBAN THE ST. LOUIS STREETCAR STORY. 232 pp , 165 photos , 15 line drawings . PRESS 81f2X11" hardbound with co lor jacket painting by Larry Fisher . ISBN 0-916374·79·3. PO Box 6444, Glendale CA 91205 Special 108 (S1.50 p/ h: Calli . 6% sal es lax) ...... • • ..... • • ...... $39.95 DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED with the imitation wood grain. Next, I sprayed the platform with Floquil Reefer Gray (No. 110012), let it dry a few minutes, and then I sprayed it with a coat of Floquil Foundation (No . 110084). After letting the platform dry for a week, I lightly sanded the coat of Foundation until streaks of Reefer Gray were showing throu gh. Then, I washed the boards with varyinig in ­ tensities of Polly S Roof Brown (No. 410070) and let it dry again. The final step in the weathering process was a wash of acrylic black. With painting and weathering com­ plete, the freight shed was glued to the platform and oil drums and a few other details were added to complete the model. The results were really satisfy­ ing! This model lends itself to a multi­ tude of uses on any layout.-Jol1n Swanson

BOILERHOUSE Kibri's medium-sized boiler house is problems of any kind. This is a well­ HO Scale a model that is large enough to look engineered kit that is fun to build. $10.95 good without overpowering the rest of To "Americanize" the structure I left the layout. The kit consists entirely of off the side entry and carved off the Manufactured by Kibri superbly done styrene moldings. The two locating ribs for the entry from the Imported by Wm. K. Walth ers brick detail is very good. In particular, concrete base. I then added a Magnu­ P.O. Box 18676 notice the attractive smokestack. The son vent to the roof peak. Milwaukee, WI 53218 stack is cast completely round, in two I did not paint the finished struc­ sections, with no seams to hide. Details ture. As an experiment I washed the D URING THE INDUSTRIAL COAL AGE, boiler such as the top with its tapered brick model with an India ink/isopropyl al­ houses were part of just about every rings are excellent. The stack alone is cohol (rubbing alcohol) mixture, then industry. In some instances, such as in worth the price of the kit. dusted it with talcum powder and re­ food processing plants, the main pur­ The instructions included with the peated the wash with the ink mixture. pose of the boiler house was to provide kit consist of exploded-view drawings The results are very nice, giving the steam. In many factories the boiler and written steps that completely cov­ boiler house a sooty, gTubby appear­ house ran large stationary steam en­ er assembly. I assembled the kit using ance looking' as though it were aban­ gines that drove the shafting which liquid cement and encountered no doned.- Jo11n Swanson. powered machinery via belts.

A MAGAZINE OF DISTINCTION "Th e rail industry has never had such an important forum to insure that our rail transportation heritage does not go the way of the dinosaur. " Fred Bartels Strasburg Rail Road Discover Locomotive & Railway Preserva­ tion-a one-of·a·kind magazine that brings you Ra ilroading as it once was, Ra ilroad ing as it was meant to be- Railroading as it is again. We build each magazine like a fine crafts­ man restores an old coach or locomolive ­ with care, resp ec t and an eye for detail and beauty. Mark Smith Ed itor/Publishe r Locomotive & Railway Preservation P.o. Box 246-Subscription Dept. Richmond, VT 05477-9983 $16.00-1 Year (6 Issues), $31.00-2 Years (12 Issues) $18.50-1 Year $36 .00-2 Years

MAY-JUNE 1988 9 Sand Creek Models, 2508 Sturgis Rd., trical pick-up. This model is capable of Colorado Springs, CO 80909 is now running slowly, clocking in at a realistic 2.1 marketing a product which could be scale miles per hour. The affordable loco­ very helpful to modelers. The Airspray motive lists at $26 and is available in BN, sprayer emits a super-fine mist which is CSX and AT&SF (blue-and-yellow)paint perfect for spraying ground foam or for schemes. any other modeling job where you used to rely on old Windex bottles. It is a lightweight plastiC bottle which is Hobby Craft SpeCialties, 505 Woodlawn pressurized by a simple pump Suite 136, North Belmont, NC 28012, now mechanism built into the bottle. The offers two templates for use in track plan­ Airspray is available for $3.95 per bottle ning. Their "Sunshine Orange" HO scale plus $3 per order shipping. template (No. 1001) is available for $7.95 Manufacturers: We'll be happy to spotlight your new products and their "Carolina Blue" N scale tem­ in Now Arriving. Sample products andlor a photo of the prod­ uct, a description and price list should be sent to PROTO'fYPE plate (No. 1002) retails for $6.95. Each tem­ MODELER, P.O. Box 379, Waukesha, WI531 87-0379. lfdeliv­ plate is for planning in 'N' = l ' scale and ery of products requires UPS, ship to PROTO'fYPE MODELER , 923 Friedman Drive, Waukesha, WI 531 86 (UPS does not each provides a good selection of cros­ deliver to post office boxes). Items submitted are accepted as sovers, turnouts, curve radii and other gratis in exchange for announcement and cannot be reM useful trackplanning features. turned; items may also be reviewed in detail in PM's Report­ ing Marks column.

Oriental Limited, 4001 N. St. Joseph Ave­ nue, Evansville, IN 47712, has a new offer­ ing for logging road enthusiasts. Their brass HO scale model of a Baldwin articu­ .' lated 2-4-4-2 is based on a prototype which had an illustrious half-century ca­ Wm. K. Walthers, P.O. Box 18676, Milwau­ reer with logging railroads in the Great kee, WI 53218, now has an all-new 55-foot Smokies and the Pacific Northwest. The cushion coil car available.This HO scale I model retails for $225 and is available in model is based on cars built by Evans in five variations: No. 8050 Little River 126, the 1960s and 1970s which move steel No. 8051 Columbia River Belt "Skookum", coils used in making appliances, auto No. 8052 Deep River Logging # 7, No. 8053 bodies and other products. The hoods on Black paint and No. 8054 Brass color. these cars are removable and interchan­ gable which follows prototype design. Each easy-to-build kit costs $6.98 and is available in six roadnames and an unde­ Cannonball Car Shops, Box 411 , Roan­ corated version: NO. 932-3851 C&O, oake, lN 46783, just released a new wood­ NO.932-3852 N&W, NO.932-3853 P&LE, side refrigerator car kit. The kit features No. 932-3854 DT&I, NO . 932-3855 PRR , separate and complete detail parts such No. 932-3856 AT&SF and No. 932-3850 Un­ as latch bars, hinges, ladders and grabs; decorated. its working ice hatches have a prototypi­ cally correct appearance when installed in any open position. The kit (No. 30305) is available unpainted only and retails for $6. Marklin, Inc., P.O. Box 319, New Berlin, WI 53151 , has expanded their Digital Control system to cover nearly all scales of rail­ road models including HO, N, G, Z, and 1- gauge. Digital Control simplifies wiring re ­ quirements and allows hobbyists to control up to 80 locomotives and 256 ac­ cessories-switches, signals, etc.-from a Track 2 Hobbies, 4324 West Saginaw, Lan­ single point. The system will also interface sing, MI 48917, is now marketing its first with personal computers to allow control product- Proto-Bed. Proto-Bed is the from a pc keyboard. most prototypically correct roadbed on Life-Like, 1600 Union Avenue, Baltimore, the market; it is half the height of other MD 21211, has added an N scale GP38-2 brands being produced. This product is diesel to its product line. An independent Chooch Enterprises, P.O. Box 217, made without a split down the center; testing laboratory gave the model high Redmond, WA 98073, just released its you slice it yourself for curves and avoid marks, commenting on its low running new 0 scale catalog and price sheet. unnecessary splits on straight-aways. noise and high workmanship. The loco­ The publication features a complete Proto-Bed is available in both HO and N motive features a 5-pole skewed motor, listing of its new freight cars and super­ scale widths. eight-wheel drive and eight-wheel elec- detail parts and costs $2.

10 , PROTOTYPE MODELER a message to our readers

Ed Wojtas Prototype Modeler: The Modeler's Magazine of 'Doable' Railroading here's been some discussion around our of- other that gives us pages and pages of scale draw- T fices about the fate of our subtitle (The Model- ings for structures we'll never scratchbuild. Are er's Magazine of Prototype Railroading). Is it re- they really giving modelers what they want? I dundant? Should we keep it? What does it really like to think that PM is appealing to the bulk of mean? All of these questions have been discussed model railroaders and that someday we can shed in high-level meetings (i.e., over lunch) with no that euphemistic label of 'specialty magazine' (all resolution to this dilemma; fortunately we devote that really means is small) since I think that we a lot more time to producing the magazine than to are right in the mainstream of railroad modeling. thinking about these types of 'serious' problems. This issue of PROTOTYPE MODELER is no exception Actually, asking these kinds of questions is al- to the continuing theme of 'doable' model railroad- ways good for a magazine editorial staff because it ing. Take, for example , Mike Collin's article on spawns more important discussions about where culm coal. Mike is a new author for PM, but he has your publication fits into the world and about done a fine job of taking a complex, modern indus- what your readers want to read, and so on. Since try and turning it into a fairly simple, but attrac- I've started working with PM, I've spent a lot of tive model that anybody could build for their lay- time thinking about what kind of magazine it out. PM-regular Cyril Durrenberger offers us a should be, and what our readers perceive us to be, great Prototype Profile about a short line railroad and I think I'm getting a clear picture in my mind in Texas, the Belton, that would make a modest, of the 'real' PM. Recently, I had a phone conversa- though challenging, layout that any modeler tion with a PM reader/contributor who said some- could put together in a spare bedroom. And Steve thing that really hit home; he said that he enjoyed Heath, another first-time PM author, presents a PM because it always focused on 'doable' projects project on modifying an Athearn GP9 into a that could be attempted by any modeler. He felt Union Pacific GP9 booster that would m ake a per- intimidated by other railroad modeling maga- fect project for a modeler looking for something a zines filled with pages of projects that could only little more difficult than simple kit construction. be completed by master craftsmen. Go ahead and enjoy this issue of PM. For now I knew exactly how he felt. I had always enjoyed we'll leave the subtitle as it is, but we'll continue to PM more than other modeling magazines (even fill the pages of PM with challenging, but fun before I became part of its editorial staff) because I ideas from the world of prototype railroading that perceived it as more approachable , more informa- modelers of all skill levels can enjoy and include tive and more useful to me. Looking at other mod- on their layouts.

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MAY-JUNE 1988 11 Modeling a Union Pacific GP9Bu the "Omaha GP2O"

\ . ~ - .. ~ .~ ..." ---- - 0 , -::.;;;;;:. - - .. George R. Cockle GP9Bu 3358 at Counc il Bluffs, Iowa, in June 1977. The author discusses how modified fue l ta nk (inc lu din g the accessory piping) and oth er details he converted an Ath earn GP9 into th is unique booster wh ich was used by would make this an inte resting additi on to any layout with UP trains. UP until the late 1970s. The cabless deSign, the turbocharging features, the Th is hybrid can be modeled with a straight-for ward conversion of a GP9 shell using readily available parts.

iesel rebuilds conducted by the BY STEPHEN R. HEATH On the exterior of the locomotive, this railroads' own diesel shops added some interesting details. Two D have produced some very in­ some interesting distinguishing fea­ fuel fillers were required, as well as teresting hybrids. One of my favorites tures and look quite different than the exterior piping on the left side of the is Union Pacific's GP9Bu. It is not only GP9s we commonly think of. They fuel tank. The pipe was required to interesting in terms of appearance have a single forward 48-inch radiator route the Bunker-C fuel to a heater but, according to some sources, it is fan and a huge winterization hatch near the air compressor which the prototype of the GP20, EMD's first over the rear fan. The units feature a brought the fuel up to operating tem­ turbocharged Geep. Starting in 1955, single, fat turbo stack instead of the perature. In later years, as the tur­ UP's Omaha shops added turbo­ two smaller stacks they were delivered bines were being phased out, the chargers to a total of 61 GP9s (in­ with. They have a large (2 ,400 g'al­ GP9Bus were converted back to con­ cluding both units with cabs and cab­ Ions) fuel tank which necessitates the ventional fuel; as the tanks were less boosters) increasing their horse­ use of only one air tank instead of the changed back to their single compart­ power from 1750 to 2000 h.p. usual two. ment state one of the fuel fillers was Therefore, these units are sometimes The Omaha GP20s were converted to removed and, on some units, the acces­ referred to as "Omaha GP20s." run on the cheap Bunker-C fuel also sory piping was taken off. My model is a close replica of G P9Bu used by the UP turbine fleet. Apparent­ For more information on the No. 302B. This particular unit was ly, these units were started and idled GP9Bu, refer to two books on UP m o­ built in September 1957 and was on conventional diesel fuel, but once tive power. UNION PACIFIC 1977-1980, turbocharged in July 1962. It stayed on the road switched over to the by George Cockle, (which refers to the on the UP roster until December 1976 cheaper fuel. This required that the locomotives as GP9MBs) includes when it was sold to Precision National tank be divided into two compart­ operational data on the units as well as Corporation. These locomotives have ments to accommodate the two fuels. roster and detail photos. The other

12 PROTOTYPE MODELER book is UNION P ACIFIC MOTIVE POWER the shell with the exception of the two mimicking the prototype. On each side REVIEW , 1968-1977. My detail work small sets located on the left side of the of the coupler, '/S" above the bottom of was based on the photo of 302B on short hood. the pilot, cut out a recessed area %2" page 105 of this publication. The next step is to modify the pilot wide and %2" high. Cover the rear of adjacent to each coupler for a more these openings with styrene scraps. Modeling Techniques prototypical appearance. On the proto­ Reshape the skirts above the fuel I used an Athearn undecorated dum­ type GP9Bu the footboards have been tanks, and remove all of the details on my GP9 to build my GP9Bu. Some removed and there is a large open area the skirts and the side sills except for modeler s may prefer the scale-width below the coupler. Modify the model the fuel gauge on the right skirt. I add­ hoods of the new Front Range GP9 pilot by filing the entire piece smooth, ed new fuel filler openings which were shell. Using this shell should not sparing only the buffer casting 5132" wide and 1/ ,6" high; locate them change the nature of the modeling around the coupler opening. Filing re­ under the rear cab steps just as on the project. veals a large hole below the coupler, prototype. The first step in the project is to re­ move all the detail parts to be modified . Left: This front-end view of an I started with the grabs, but before tak­ Omaha GP20 shows the modi­ ing them off completely, I drilled holes fied pilot with the large open area below the coupler and no for the parts replacing them. Next, footboards. The recessed areas note the location of the handbrake and on either side of the coupler are remove it and the headlights. Now file cut out when modifying other pi­ the protruding lens flat on the class lot features. The empty number lights and, using a '/ ,6" bit, drill a dim­ board was common on these ple deep enough to set the marker jew­ units. Below: A view of the right el. Next, note the locations and dimen­ side shows the louver arrange­ sions of the roof hatches and remove ment which is quite different from a standard GP9 due to the addi­ all detail on the roof, saving only the tion of the turbocharger. On this sand fillers and the dynamic brake fan side the protrusion from the turbo housing (which had its fan removed). unit lies behind the steps while on Finally, remove all of the louvers from the left side it sits on top of the steps.

Both photos. George R. C oekle

MAY-JUNE 1988 13 The next area to work with is the latches for the new doors using bits of comes complete with handrail parts; equipment access door located behind styrene. however, I decided to build my own the cab. Remove the center latch and The largest job in this project is con­ conversion kit. Build new cabsides us­ hinge, and scribe a deep vertical line verting the GP9 shell to a B-unit. Smo­ ing .040" styrene and size them to fit from top to bottom creating two equal­ key Valley Railroad & Machine Co . flush with the hood sides such that the ly sized doors. Fashion hinges and makes a GP9B conversion kit which tops reach the seam where the roof curvature begins. Before adding them to the model, drill porthole openings with a '/4" drill. Scribe the outline of the doors located ju st to the rear of the portholes and add hinges and latches Below: This shot shows the GP9Bu made from .010" styrene. roof details. Note the turbo stack Cut out the original cab and fill in just behind the front radiator fan. the holes in the walkway where the cab This particular unit lacks the win­ terization hatch on the rear fan. had been attached. Insert the doors Right: A c lose-up view of the rear and make no effort to conceal the roof detail s. In the foreground is joints with the original side; they are the dynamic brake fan and to quite visible on the prototype. To form th e rear is the large winterizati on the new cab roof, laminate squares of hatch. The author scratchbuilt this styrene together (u sing lots of ACC as part to the following dimensions: filler) and u se a file to apply the curva­ 1'/'6" long by "/'6" wide by %,' ture at the joint of th e roof and cabside. hig h. These were scaled from hatch dimensions taken from The resulting cab roof will bulge prototype photos. slightly above adjacent sections of Both photos. George R. Cockte roof. The next step is to add the louvered, box-like protrusion from the turbo­ charger to the model. I took mine from a Tyco G P20 shell which was inexpen­ si ve and easy to obtain; they would probably make an easy scratch­ building project as well. It takes some work to adapt them to the Athearn shell, particularly around the rear cab steps. The top of the protrusions should fit exactly under the riveted frame of the front radiator. At this point add louvers to the shell. I made my own louvers from Williams Bros. Inc. corrugated aluminum sheets. Some modelers may prefer to use Cary Locomotive Works ten-louver EMD set rather th an make their own. The next step is to detail the skirts. Add the emergency fuel cut-off to the left skirt; this is simply a %2"-square of styrene with a h ole drilled in its cen­ ter. Add a fu el cut-off to the right skirt as well, along with a large (%2" by I/S") fuel gauge. I constructed this using .020" styrene with a hole scooped out of its center. Modelers should note that none of the prototype units I saw pho­ tographs of had a consistent detail ar­ rangement on either skirt; the only constant was th e emergency fuel cut­ off on the left side. I attached Details West early Pyle headlights (less jewels) to the ends of the hoods, but I now believe that their late-style Pyle headlights would be more correct. Place the bottom of the headlight casting slightly above the bottom of the number boards. Next, add a handbrake (less handle) to the model. Details West makes a correct handbrake for this Geep, but I built my own. Paint the handle and add it dur­ ing the final stages of assembly. The next stage of construction is the

14 PROTOTYPE MODElER addition of roof details. Cut replace­ ment roof hatches from .010" styrene and emboss rivet detail (spaced 1/ 16 " apart) around their perimeters. Use a Details West 48" cap-top fan for the front fan, centering it on the front roof hatch. For the dynamic brake fan I used a 48" fan from a Tyco GP20, but a Detail Associates 48" dynamic brake fan will work here, too. I scratchbuilt a winterization hatch using dimensions taken from proto­ type photos; as far as I know, no detail part manufacturer offers a version of th e large hatch found on the Omaha GP20. Construct a box out of .040" sty­ rene and work it into the shape of the prototype hatch. The top opening is then scribed into the styrene, in­ cluding diagonal lines to represent the wire m esh. Add U-shaped pieces of wire to the sides of the hatch to repre­ sent h andles. At this stage, cover the Athearn ex­ hausts with pieces of styrene and add the turbo exhaust behind the front ra­ All photos this poge. George R. Cockte diator fan. I took mine from a Tyco Above: This front-end close-up shows GP20, but Detail Associates makes a some important details. Notice how the more accu rate GP20 turbo exhaust roof of the modified cab bulges slighlly which you may prefer to use. above adjacent hatches. The louvered Moving to the underframe, lengthen turbocharger box is aiso fully visible. The the Athearn fuel tank toward the back stack on top of the short nose indicates of the locomotive, leaving> adequate that this unit had been outfitted with a steam generator. These units were room to install just the rear air tank sometimes used for branchline passen­ (which will be added later). Lengthen ger service by Union Pacific. Right: the fuel tank with strips of .040" sty­ Number 3038 provides some contrast to rene on the bottom and sides of the the unit above. Notice the differing po­ tank; these should be shaped to match sitions of fuel fillers on each unit; when the contour of th e tank. Install Detail the Omaha GP20s had partitioned fuel Associates fuel gauges on both sides of tanks both fillers were operable. On the the tank, and add a narrow strip of cab, note that the units without steam styrene to represent a weld seam to­ generators lack the door in front of the window. ward the rear of the tank. At this point

Above: This broadside of 3258 offers a good view of the enlarged GP98u re present this upward extension nicely if painted appropriately. The ac­ fuel tanks. The weld seam shows where the tanks have been lengthened cessory piping which once transported 8unker-C fuel to a heating unit to the rear. Apparenlly they were also extended up under the wa lkway. has been removed from this locomotive. The flat area revealed by ski rt modification on your Athearn shell will

MAY-JUNE 1988 15 BILL OF MATERIALS UNION PACIFIC GP9Bu .~ General Athearn: No. 3051 Undecorated dummy Gpg No. 11529 Handrail set Smokey Valley RR & Machine Co.: No. 676-1 GP9B conversion kit Tyco: No. 228-17 GP20 Evergreen Scale Models: Assorted styrene sheets Williams Brothers: No. 600 Corrugated aluminum

Details Detail Associates: No. 1101 Lift rings No. 1401 Drop steps No. 1502 M. u. stands No. 150 8 M. u. air hoses No. 2003 Dynamic fan No. 2201 Grabirons No. 2204 Coupler lift bars No. 2403 Exhaust stack No. 3101 Round fuel gauges George R. Cockle Details West: The cooling coil found on the right side of these units can be modeled using a Precision Scale No. 11 7 Headlight cooling coil or can be scratchbuilt using .021 " wire. The emergency fuel cut-off seen here is the only No. 132 Handbrake constant sill or skirt detail found on the GP9Bu. Notice that whil e only one fuel filler was present No. 143 48" cap-top fan when this photograph was taken, a second filler had once been located here. No. 166 EMD fuel fillers Precision Scale: No. 31163 Cooling coil add oth er details i n clud ing the C­ moved from som e u n i ts after conver­ Cal-Scale: No. 276 Freight car air hoses shap ed pi pes (m ade f r om .039" copper sion back to convention al diesel fu el so Canadian Prototype Replicas: wire), th e sight glasses (5/,s" l engths of you could leave it off if you prefer. No. 1020 Clear 7" jewels .018" w i re) and th e overflow pi pes (th e As you approach th e painting stage No. 1024 Clear 4W' jewels insul ation stripped from .039" w i re). of th e proj ect, assemble the D et ail A s­ Next, add th e ai r t an k and build th e sociates m.u. stands and prepare drop Paint cooling coil. Pr eci si on Scal e offers a steps; I scratchbuil t my own, al th ou g'h Testors: vari ety of cooling coils, but I ch ose to Detail Associ ates provides some nice No. 1214 Yellow build mine u si ng . 021" wire for th e coil ready-built ones. U sing a flat g r ay to No. 1260 Dullcote an d '/ ,s"-wi de nickl e silver strips for match UP's H arbor Mist Gray, spray Pactra: the h angers. The f inish ed coil assem ­ pain t the body sh ell, th e cooling coil, No. 2149 Dark Earth bly should be p ai nted separatel y an d th e m .u. stands and th e drop steps sep ­ Floquil-Polly S: attached during th e final con stru cti on aratel y . After allowing plenty of dry­ No. 110100 Old Silver No. 130010 Engine Black stages. While working on the fu el ing t i me, mask all areas on the shell No. 41 0011 Reefer White tank, add the pipe whi ch extends down which are to be l eft gray. Th en spray No. 410070 Roof Brown th e l eft-han d side of the Geep; i t i s sim­ th e sh ell with several lig ht coats of yel ­ No. 410073 Rust ply .0 39" w i re bent to the correct l ow t o match U P's Arm or Yellow. No. 500088 Light Gray sh ap e. Make mountin g brack ets ou t of While g i ving th e shell t ime to dry, do Miscellaneous: pieces of styrene. This pipi ng was re- some detail and paint work on the Gray spray primer Stephen R. Heath Decals Micro Scale: No. 87169 UP hoods No. 871105 UP stripes

The author's finished model showing the left side and roof detail. The additional length of handrail was spliced in on top of a stanchion to hide the connection. The accessory piping along the fuel tank was modeled intact, just as on prototype 302B. Note also the realistic fit of the modified cab, slightly bulging above near­ by sections of roof.

16 PROTOTYPE MODELER This photo of the unpainted model gives a clear view of the various details added to the main structure of the shell.

80th photos, Stephen R. Heoth

Here, the finished model is on display in Union Pacific livery and with all detail parts added. Notice the weathering which was not overdone, but strategically applied to areas of wear. The numbers, letters and striping are all from Microscale UP decal sets.

trucks and frame. Using .018" piano gray, and brush rust on the brake­ used a photo of prototype GP9Bu 302B wire, add brake cylinder air lines and shoes and around the springs and oth­ for help in positioning the decals, sanding lines, Attach the sanding er areas of wear, Finally, paint all visi­ After setting the decals with Solvaset, lines to the outer ends of the truck ble areas of the underframe, except for spray the entire shell with Testor's with a small brass strip inserted under the fuel and air tanks, flat black. Dullcote and lightly dust the pilots, the brakeshoe rigging. Spray the fin­ The next step is to add numbers, let­ the front and rear of the fuel and air ished trucks flat black and drybrush tering and striping. The numbers and tanks and the areas around the fans the sidefra.mes and wheel rims with sil­ l etters come from a Microscal e and exh aust with Pactra Dark Earth. ver enam el. Using Polly Spain ts, No. 87169 UP Hoods set and the strip­ Finally, paint the glassed area with brush the sand and air lines light ing from their No. 871105 UP set. I g lossy varnish, paint the number boards gray (prototype photos often show no numbers) and add a black bead around the n umber boards. Now add the fine details. I formed and added my own coupler lift bars, grabs and lift rings, but Detail Associ­ ates offers their own versions which you might prefer to employ. Add the h eadlight and classification light jew­ els and the porthole windows; the lat­ ter are cut from clear plastic with a ho!¢ punch . Next, add the stanchions anq handrails after redrilling all the mounting holes, The extra set pro­ vides the materials needed to extend the handrails past the cab area. On the ends, add the h orizonta l grabiron at the base of the stanchions, the coupler lift-bars, the painted m.u. stands and drop steps and the m. u . hoses. The trainline air hose is modeled using a

Kenneth R. Combs Cal-Scale plastic freight car air hose. Not all of the Omaha GP20s were cabless boosters, Unit 332 shows many of the features of the To complete the project, add the final GP9Bu, but is a cabbed locomotive, This particular Union Pacific GP9 rebuild with the cab intact is touches of paint and weathering to the referred to as the GP9u or the GP9MA model using various Polly S colors.

MAY-JUNE 1988 17 the prototype modeler's notebook

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- H- of-'rexas-&-Pacif-ie-boxcars­ fo-r-a1-950s-era layout-=-

--BY JIM OGDEN PROTOGRAPHY BY THE AUTHOR

~ike many modelers I have always been fascinated may have worn the same red paint usedJ2 y MoPac my .... Wlth house cars and especially the "lowly" box­ memory and personal slide collection suggest a deep­ car. This fascination stems from the boxcar's utility; er, darker red for T&P. Substantiating this is very diffi­ such a car looks the same externally whether it's cult as very few cars remain in their original T&P _ carrying cotton bales, furniture~ppliances or a doz­ _paint, and those you can find are highly weathered by en hobos en route to their annual convention. For a many years of use. modeler, the boxcar's enclosed nature doesn't create The base coat for all three cars is Scalecoat 12 Tus­ havoc at an operating session. Delivering a gondola can Red, which has a glossy finish well-suited for loaded with scrap iron to a gravel dealer or spotting a decal application. I sprayed the roof of each car with string of loaded hoppers at the local mine does not Floquil 110119 Graphite to represent galvanized met­ look realistiC! No wonder boxcars comprise a higher al, while I sprayed the underbodies with Floquil percentage of car types on most model railroads than 110017 Weathered Black. I a dded rectangular on the prototype. blotches of paint to the lower sides for repack data Although my primary modeling interest is Missou­ application on a contrasting background. I decaled ri Pacific's Arkansas Division from 1955 to 1961, my the cars with Champ's HN-38 T&P White Roadname horizons have now expanded to include their fiercely set and Microscale 8702 Gothic Style Data sheet. After independent subsidiary, Texas & Pacific. Since T&P the decals had dried, I sprayed the cars with Floquil was such an important southwestern link to MoPac, I 110015 Flat Finish to remove the decal sheen. Finally, wanted to add some of the road's boxcars to my layout. I airbrushed the lower sides of each car with a mix­ discuss were the result of a ture of Floquil 110083 Mud and 110011 Reefer White. _ -.-1>roject to do this. Forty-foot,40-ton boxcar 82846 began as an unde­ All the boxcars were painted to represent their ap- corated Model Die Casting kit and should represent a ---...H ____.pearance in the late 1950s. While T&P freight cars typical car from the mid-'20s to the early '60s; it fe a-

PRGTONPE-MGDELER TlFP4 mrS7 is a modelmaboxcar built between 1937 and use. 0 e tne additIon of ille T&PUiamond1ogototlTIs serl"'e"'s------1940; it has been weathered lightly to show some years of of cars.

___-1 1__ -"" ;.... " SO-fooJ;..!l.xJlas_a...'.'jJ.ls_t -de liver~d" look with its fresh paint and minimal weathe The

tures metal ends, panel doors and wood sides. After a advantage of the six-foot panel door that was so prev- ---l~-~~.ill!~~" bath in warm soapy: water to remove an alent. The full "T&P" reporting marks are correct, as oils (this is standard procedure for every painting they were used until the mid-1950s. I lightly weath­ lITQjec.t.), I rinsed the body in tap ~ater and set it aside ered the car to show its age, but much less so than the to air dry. I painted the model with an airbrush and older 82000 series car. ___-Ij __ ~ =.:::c.=~i~t _:"t!O:O~S~l~·t~f~o:.:.r_:"a::c..::c=ou:Q l e of days while the aint An even later st age in Texas & Pacific boxcar design hardened. I heavily weathered the car to represent its is exhibited by 50-footer 70705. This model began life ~...Jlearance late in service life. I arbitrarily chose a as a decorated Athearn kit; I removed all the lettering number in the 82000 series for my car, but I have using Hobsco Solvaset. I substituted numbers from ==...t.~~-tt-_-",-,=",-:~,-,c~o~v~e:.:.r~e 7'd~~= " .. the Missouri Pacific Hi ~ Microscale 8718 Rock Island Diesels set which m=a..:.tc::..:h=-____ torical Society that this series included a number of the Champ decal in type and style. The reporting steel-sided rebuilds. I don't yet know if 82846 was ~ m arks h ad been shortened to "TP" by the May 1956 of these rebuilt cars. building date, but horizontal bars still flank the nurn- A more modern~rance is reflected by th&.... bers and~orting marks on the carside. I applied ~ _____ 40000-series boxcars built between 1937 and 1940. weathering to this car. M _ 40957 was built from another MDC kit to take

MAY-JUNE 1988--- 19---- AGEU25B PHD 10ROSI ER -

/.-. -~ -.-. H. G. Goerke. collection of Warren Calloway ROSTER BY WARREN CALLOWAY TEXT BY DON GULBRANDSEN he year was 1960 and the era of American dieselization was over and ing the domestic locomotive market the first-generation diesels was the industry was littered with casual­ with a 4-motor, high-horsepower unit T coming to a close. Many rail­ ties. EMD was the only company specifically aimed at Class 1 custom­ roads needed to replace their aging which appeared to be able to rise to the ers- it was going head-to-head with equipment, but with sagging revenues challenge of those tough times; Bal­ EMD! Actually, this shouldn't have they had limited budgets for new loco­ dwin was dead, Fairbanks-Morse was been so surprising, since GE was motives. Railroads were demanding all but out of the locomotive business qualified to pull this off. True, in the high-horsepower hood units for pull­ and Aleo was hurting. road diesel department, GE had only ing profitable piggybacks and high­ In what could be called a daring (and been a participant by supplying trac­ tonnage trains and not much more. some would say foolhardy) move, 1960 tion motors, generators, controls and This created a one-product market was also the year General Electric other electrical components to other which drastically affected the locomo­ dropped a bombshell on the railroad manufacturers (most notably Alco, tive-building industry; the heyday of industry by announcing it was enter- who they teamed with until 1953); but GE had an advantage in that it had the capability to build from scratch a prod­ uct demanded by railroads, and it could do it without being committed to existing designs or components. The result ofGE's labor was the now­ famous U25B (U for GE's Universal line of export diesels, 25 for 2 ,500 horsepower and B for the wheel ar­ rangement). Initially, sales were slow and skepticism abounded. Few thought that railroads would risk scarce money on the new GEs which had not been proven and which could cause headaches for maintenance crews unfamiliar with the new design. This was especially true since alterna­ tive products were available from in­ dustry standard-bearers EMD (GP30) and Aleo (DL721). But, by January 1962, there were orders for 20 U25Bs

J. Sullivan. collection of Warren Calloway (eight each for Santa Fe and Frisco and Norfolk & Western 8139 started out as Wabash 510; it was rebuilt by GE in 1965-66 and returned as four for UP). By the time production of N&W 3516. In 1970 it was given its final number which it carried when photographed in Roanoke, Va ., the U25B was halted in February in 1974. 1966, 475 of these first "U-Boats" had

20 PROTOTYPE MODELER Left: Departing Detroit in January 1965 with a freight in tow, New York Central U25B 2519 shows off the lines that made it a classic. Right: One of the first U25Bs delivered by GE (in 1961), Frisco 802 sports the high short­ nose which adorned only about 20 early units. When this photo was taken in May 1978 the locomotive had been leased by SlSF to Conrail.

James K/as, colfec/ion of Warren Calloway

been sold to American railroads. GE ratios were available allowing 75, 80 for the final U25Bs was also the same did not usurp the No. 1 spot from and 92 mph maximum speeds. Other design used by GE for its early U28Bs; dominant EMD with this first road die­ options included a steam generator later this model was delivered in the sel offering (EMD still managed to sell (mounted in the short end) for passen­ long-bodied, snub-nosed design which 908 GP30s, its initial "second-genera­ ger service, m.u. control and dynamic became standard for post-U25B "U­ tion" diesel), but it had established it­ brakes. For upkeep-conscious rail­ Boats." self as a strong No.2 and had laid the roads the locomotive featured a main­ Modelers wishing to include a U25B foundation for the position it holds to­ tenance-oriented layout, a sealed car­ on their layout really have only one day as the top locomotive supplier in body and a new air filtration system model from which to choose. Stewart North America. with a self-cleaning primary filter. Hobbies, Inc. , (P.O. Box 341 , Chalfont, The first prototype of the U25B ap­ The U25B's lines were simple and PA 18914) offers a very nice powered peared in 1955 when No. 750, GE's ex­ unadorned. The demonstrators and a U25B in plastic. The model replicates perimental unit, ran on the Erie. The few other early units (owned only by the early "classic" version with the unit featured 4-cycle, V-type power Frisco and UP) featured a high short­ low-nose and the single-plate wind­ plants supplied by Copper-Bessemer. hood; most U25Bs sported the low­ shield and is available in a variety of GE dispelled rumors that it was going nose and the single-plate large window roadnames. Apparently, quality brass to enter the big-time domestic market that is so familiar. This latter feature models of the U25B are no longer avail­ by announcing it was testing for pro­ was abandoned in 1965 in favor of a able-until recently Oriental Ltd. of­ duction of a line of export locomotives. two-plate window which was less ex­ fered one, but it's now out of produc­ This, in fact, happened in 1956 with pensive to replace. The carbody used tion and may be difficult to locate. the release of an export line under the "Universal" name. The locomotives, available in units offering 700 to 1,980 h.p., proved very popular with overseas customers. Spurred by this success, GE replaced test unit 750 (which was sold to UP) with No. 751, another "rolling laboratory." This new prototype, featuring turbocharged V- 16 engines also built by Cooper-Besse­ mer, was also tested on the Erie, but with little fanfare. Obviously, the tests of this final version must have been successful because on April 26, 1960, GE announced it was offering this new locomotive to the domestic market as the U25B. The success of the U25B centered around its ability to combine utility with simplicity. It offered more horse­ power per axle (625 h.p.) than any oth­ er locomotive available at that time-in fact, it could out-perform three con­ ventional cab units. The units mea­ sured 60 feet 2 inches over the coupler faces, weighed 130 tons and developed Mike Schafer a maximum starting tractive effort of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy owned only a half-dozen U25Bs including 101 which was photo­ 81,000 pounds. Standard equipment graphed in Clyde Yard in Berwyn, III., in July 1966. Note the Mars and emergency lights that C8&Q in­ was 74:18 (65 mph) gearing but gear stalled on their U25Bs which represented a departure from the typical unadorned nose.

MAY-JUNE 1988 21 GE U25B Photoroster

All photos this poge. collection of Louis A Morre Two versions of C&O painl on U25Bs. Above: Unit 2517 wears the Chesapeake & Ohio scheme it was delivered in as it motors through Walbridge, Ohio in August 1965. Below: In colorful Chessie Sys­ tem/C&O livery 8108 (renumbered from 2508) sits in Russell , Ky., in October 1977.

This Louisville & Nashville unit was delivered less dynamic brakes as evidenced by its see-thru rear end. Number 1624 was part of a shipment of 14 U25Bs delivered to L&N in 1964.

PROTOTYPE MODELER - ORIGINAL OF GE U25Bs

ROAD DATE OWNER NOS. QTY. BUILT NOTES

AT&SF 1600-1607 8 1962 Rnbd. 6600-6607 1970. 1608-1615 8 1963 Rnbd. 6608-6615 1970. CB&Q 100-105 6 1964 To BN 5424-5429 1970. CMStP&P 380-391 12 1965 380 rblt. to U28B by GE 1966. 381-391 rnbd. 5000-5010 1968. C&O 2500-2537 38 1963-64 Rnbd. 8100-8137 1970. 8100, 8103, 8105-06, 8113, 8116, 8121-22, 8125, 8127-29,8132-33, 8137 to NdeM 7600-76141980. CRI&P 200-211 12 1963 201 , 203, 210 rblt. to slugs 50 (rnbd. 53), 54, 55 1970. 212-224 13 1964 212, 221 , rblt. to U28Bs by GE, rnbd. 254, 261 1966. 222 rblt. to slug 284 1977. 225-238 14 1965 To MEC 225-238 1980. EL 2501-2512 12 1964 To CR 2570-2581 1976. 2513-2527 15 1965 To CR 2582-2596 1976. GE 750 1 1955 Original prototype. Sold to UP 1959. 751-752 2 1959 Hi-nose, orig. Model XP24-1. Scrapped by GE c1968. 753-756 4 1961 Hi-nose. To SLSF 804-807. 2501 1 1962 To UP 633. 2502-2504 3 1962 Hi-nose. To UP 635, 634, 636. 51-54 4 1962 To SLSF 812, 814, 815, 813. GN 2500-2508 9 1964 To BN 5400-5408 1970. 2509-2523 15 1965 To BN 5409-5423 1970. L&N 1600-1612 13 1963 1600, 1602-1612 to SBO/CSX 3400, 3402-3412. 1613-1626 14 1964 To SBO/CSX 3413-3426. NYC 2500-2559 60 1964-65 To PC (1969) and CR (1976) 2500-2559. 2560-2569 10 1965 To PC (1969) and CR (1976) 2560-2569. NYNH&H 2500-2509 10 1964 To PC (1969) and CR (1976) 2660-2669. 2510-2525 16 1965 To PC (1969) and CR (1976) 2670-2685. PRR 2500-2528 29 1962 Rnbd. 2600-2628 1966. To PC (1968) and CR (1976) 2600-2628. 2529-2533 5 1964 Rnbd. 2629-2633 1966. To PC (1968) and CR (1976) 2629-2633. 2534-2548 15 1965 Rnbd. 2634-2648 1966. To PC (1968) and CR (1976) 2634-2648. 2649-2658 10 1965 To PC (1968) and CR (1976) 2649-2658. SLSF 800-803 4 1961 Hi-nose. 808-811 4 1963 To BN 5210-52131980. 816-823 8 1965 To BN 5218-5225 1980. 824-831 8 1966 To BN 5226-5233 1980. SP 7500-7505 6 1962 Rnbd. 6700-6705 1965. 7506-7527 22 1963 Rnbd. 6706-6727 1965. 6708, 6724 rblt. to U25BE, rnbd. 6800, 6801. 6800 rnbd. 3100 1979. 7528-7567 40 1964 Rnbd. 6728-6767 1965. 6717, 6733, 6745, 6752, rblt. by MK with Sulzer engines, rnbd. 7030-7033. 6761, 6756, 6736, 6744, 6747, 6712. 6741 , 6711 , 6713 rblt. to slugs 1601-1609 1981-82. UP 625-628 4 1961 Hi-nose. 629-632 4 1962 637-640 4 1962 632 rblt. to CRI&P slug 283 1978. 639, 633, (ex-GE 2501) 640, 628. 638 rblt. with EMO engines, to OC&E 7601-05 1976. 629, 636 (ex-GE 2504) rblt to slugs by MK, to OC&E 7606-07 1976. 637 rblt. by MK with EMO engines, to Weyerhauser 310 1976. 635 (ex-GE 2502), 631 , 630 rblt. by MK with EMO engines, rnbd. 5301-03. 634 (ex-GE 2503) rblt. by MK to slug, to SP 1600 1980. WAB 500-514 15 1962 Rblt. by GE 1965-66, to N&W 3529, 3522, 3520, 3518, 3517, 3524, 3526, 3523, 3521 , 3516, 3525, 3528, 3515, 3519, 3527.3515 given new short-nose when rblt. N& W 3515-29 rnbd. 8138-52 1970. Total 478

MAY-JUNE 1988 23 GE U258

Left: Southern Pacific 3100 has had a colorful history and was the last SP U25B in active ser­ vice. Today it is on display at the Orange Em- l pire Railway Museum. Turn to page 30 for more information on this locomotive and a look at it in different paint. Below: A trio of U25Bs hustle PhD toroster

an Erie lackawanna eastbound freight through Griffith, Ind., in late summer 1965. Right: Penn Central 2567 was originally a New York Central unit of the same number. Its two-piece windshield identifies it as one of the later U25Bs, delivered in 1965. Mike Schafer High-nose 751 and 752 (model XP 24-1) were the prototypes that General Electric later mar­ keted as the U25B. Though the power plant was little changed in later units, the exterior under­ went many design changes. Notice the bul­ bous high-nose front end as well as the air Above: Th is shot of a Wabash U25B rolling through Logansport, Ind., in April 1963 offers modelers a intake grilles, underbody tanks and steps good view of front end details. Take note of the "firecracker" radio antenna and of the unidentified which were altered in later U25Bs. bag strapped to the front end. Below: The very plain U25B roof is displayed on this New Haven unit sitting in Boston in 1965. Aside from the air horn, the only features present ore the single turbocharger stack and the radiator grilles. All photos these p ages. collection of LouisA. Marre

26 PROTOTYPE MODELER GE U25B Photoroster

Right: A trio of Santa Fe U25Bs in Sheffield, Mo., in April 1965. AT&SF made two early orders of eight units each 10 GE lor Ihe new locomotive; 1600- 1607 were delivered in 1962 and 1608-1615 ar­ rived in 1963. In 1970 all of Ihe units were renum­ bered 6600-6615.

Above left: UP 634 was one of the few U25Bs thaI sporled the sharI high­ nose. This unil was an early ex-GE demonstrator (No. 2503) which was b uill in 1962 and sold 10 UP later Ihal year. In 1968 the unit was rebuililo a slug; il was sold to SP in 1980 and remained on the roster as of 1986. Above right: Pennsy 2527 sports that railroad's unique radio antennae in Toledo, Ohio, in June 1964. Left: Mil­ waukee Road 5010 (pictured in Ben­ se nvi ll e, III., in 1969) was delivered as unit 391 as part of a 1965 order of 12 U25Bs; eleven of the locomotives were renumbered in 1968 while one, No. 380, was rebuilt to a U28B by GE in 1966.

MAY-JUNE 1988 27 GE U25B Photoroster

Don Gulbrandsen John Worren. collection of Warren Calloway Maine Central bought 14 U25Bs from Rock Island in 1980; 9 of the units are still on the roster and are making the transition to Guil­ ford Industries (current owner of MEC) Char­ coal Gray. Above: With ditchlights flaring U25B 228 (accompanied by a GP38) runs a string of empty tankers north from a paper plant in Bucksport, Maine on a gloomy spring day in 1981. Left: MEC 231 (photo­ graphed in Springfield, Mass., in October 1982) exhibits the two-piece windshield which became standard for all U25Bs in 1965. Notice the lower placement of ditch­ lights compared to the above MEC unit.

28 PROTOTYPE MODELER Great Northern 2515 was captured in Min­ neapolis in 1965 in a classic broadside pose. The elongate. angular fuel tank is a distinctive "U-Boat" trademark. The sq uares behind the radiator grilles are dynamic brake grids.

Tom Smart. collection of Warren Calloway Keith A,dinger, collection of Warren Calloway

Burlington Northern amassed a collection of 54 U25Bs (tom CB&Q. GN and SLSF ; all were still on the roster in 1982. but all have since been retired. Right: This is a BN unit (its number and the reporting marks below the cab give it away). but it still wears an erod­ ing coat of GN Big Sky Blue as photo­ graphed in W73. Below: Wearing fresh Cas­ cade Green this unit had recently made the transition from Frisco 813 to BN 5215. Lon Coone. collection of Warren Calloway

MAY-JUNE 1988 29 GE U25B Photoroster

Left: SLSF 800 (in an early Frisco paint scheme) was one of a handful of U25Bs that were delivered directly to railroads (UP got the others) featuring design anomalies such as the high short-nose, the un ique steps and the short, rounded fuel tank. Be­ low: SP's Bicentennial U25B No. 6800 (seen on page 24 in fourth and final number- 3100) at Colton, Calif., in April 1978. Th e unit was garnished with its red-white-and-blue paint when it was one of two U25Bs rebuilt in 1975 to U25BEs; the "E" units had relocated electrical components. This rebuilding pro­ gram was suspended shortly thereafter due to high costs. Collection of Louis A. MOffe

Both photos. Left: This Seaboard System U25B (a former L&N unit) wore number 1613 active duty. Right: Conrail 2567 is a former NYC unit of the same number. when photographed in Hazard, Ky., in 1984. Today the unit is No. 3413 and is Note the ladder which was found on the left rear of most U25Bs. Late units one of only about 50 (of which Seaboard accounts for 26) U25Bs stil l in had this feature replaced with grabirons.

30 PROTOTYPE MODELER ERIE LACKAWANNA PASSENGER EQUIPMENT-PROTOTYPE AND MODEL

Railroad Avenue Enterprises. 8ab Pennisi photo Photographed at Dove r, N.J., in December 1965. th e Pocono was one of Eri e Lackawanna overni ght service. The sta inless steel cars were built in nine ex-DL&W 10-section 6-double bedroom lightweight sleepers used for 1949 by Ameri ca n Car & Found ry.

BY JOE LOFLAND AND MARTIN OBED

ver the years television and movies h ave romanticized rail O travel and one th eme is u sual­ ly common: The quintessential rail ex­ per ien ce is typified by tr aveling in a sleepin g car. On-screen romantic en­ cou nters, intrig u e, even slapstick rar­ ely occur in the con fin es of a mere coach ; you n eed th at special atmo­ sphere tha t can on ly be fou nd in a

The westbound El Loke Cities arrives in Youngstown , sleeper r oom . While TV and movies Ohio . on Nov. 9. 1969. During a 14-minute station stop sometim es exa ggera te r eality , in the train will tose one of its E8s and a steeper. Phit ip R. Hastings p hoto. m a ny cases they simply mirror the em otions of our society. This is espe­ cially tr u e of th e sleeping car experi­ = en ce. While oth er modes of domestic transportation can boast various ad­ va ntages, the a bility to travel in a pri­ va te room h as always been the domain of the r ailroads. Erie Lack awanna was n o str anger to

MAY-JUN E 1988 31 Table 11 A selection of EL heavyweight sleepers

Car name Configuration Disposition Car name Configuration Disposition (Ex-Erie) Hidden Lake 10-s 1-dr 2-c Rebuilt to business car No. 6 Minocqua 10-s 1-dr 1-c To EL 76; last listed on roster 1950, later to No.4; last on roster 1964. 1969. Rapid City 1O-s 1-dr 1-c To EL 77; last listed on roster Ochelata 10-s 1-dr 2-c Out of Pullman service mid- 1964. 1950s; to EL work car 473028 Shakopee 10-s 1-dr 1-c Out of Pullman service 1953; to and later CR 45910. EL work car 473027. Sioux City lO-s 1-dr 1-c Out of Pullman service 1953; to (Ex-DL&W) EL work car 473031. Scenic Slope lO-s 1-dr 2-db Last on roster 1964; still in DL&W Scenic Cascade 4-s 6-c 4-db To EL sleeper 75 in EL lettering paint. but Erie green; last on roster Scenic Trail 10-s 1-dr 2-db Last on roster 1965; still in DL&W 1964. paint. Scenic Island 10-s 1-dr 2-db Last on roster in 1963; never Scenic Valley 10-s 1-dr 2-db Last on roster 1965; still in DL&W painted or lettered EL. paint. Lake Worth 10-s 1-dr 2-c Out of Pullman service mid- 1950s; to EL work car 473035. Legend Josephine Lake 10-s 1-dr 2-c Out of Pullman service 1952; to s = section c = compartment EL work car 473030. dr= drawing room db = double bedroom

the sleeping car busin ess. Both Erie and Delaware, L ackawanna & Western brou ght sleepers into the n ew r ailroad and, at l east for a short t ime after th e m erger , EL boasted a number of trains of fering sleeping -car service. The De­ cember 1960 OFFICI AL GUIDE, for exam ­ pIe, lists the followi n g trains as offer­ ing sleeping -car ser vice: E rie­ L ack a w anna Limited , L ake Ci ties, Pacific Exp ress, Phoebe Snow, West­ er n er , Owl , Atlantic E x p ress, N ew Yor ker and N ew York Mail. B y the end of 1966 m an y of these trains wer e g one and the only on e w ith sl eeper service w as the N ew York-Chicago L ake Ci ti es . In this l ast installment of the EL pas­ senger car series, l et 's look at som e of the sleepers u sed by Er i e L ack aw anna on its overnig ht trains. Heavyweight sleepers

Collection at EL Historical Society When Er i e and DL& W merged in Oc­ When photographed at Hoboken, N.J., in 1968, this was EL office car No.5. lis lingering Erie paint tober 1960 , they offered to the new clues us in to its original identity as American Liberty, one of four ex-Erie 6-6-4 lightweights, all of r ailroad 3 1 h eavywei ght sl eepers th at which su rvived at least until 1969 on the EL roster. Only one of the cars ever received Erie Lacka­ h ad been purch ased following World wanna paint and lettering. War II. I n cluded in this gr oup w ere th e

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N,G,MED CARS I L . SAME

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following types of cars: 12-section 1- drawing room; 10-section 1-drawing room 1-compartment (two of which Erie rebuilt to 4-section 6-compart­ ment 4-double bedroom cars in 1951); 10-section 1-drawing room 2-double bedroom; and 10-section 1-drawing room 2-compartment. Few of these cars lasted the merger period and all had been taken out of revenue service by 1966. Table 1 profiles some of the more-interesting heavyweights used by Erie Lackawanna. Lightweight sleepers The principal lightweight sleeper type used by Erie Lackawanna was the 10-section 6-double bedroom car (com­ monly referred to as a "10-6"). Both Erie and DL&W purchased examples of these in 1949; between the two roads there was a total of 16 such cars brought to the merger. Erie 10-6s were named after that road's former presi­

dents and superintendents, while Railroad Avenue Enterprises. Bob Pennisi photo Lackawanna car names were geo­ Seven ex-Erie 10-6 Pullman lightweights became part of the EL roster after the 1960 merger. One of graphic. Table 2 lists all of the light­ these was Daniel Craig McCallum, photographed on train No.1 in Dover, N.J., in September 1966. weight 10-6s that were on the EL ros­ These cars were delivered to Erie in 1949, the same year DL&W received its order of lightweight 10- ter. 6s.

DANIEL CRAIG MICALUJM B J...... ,N DER CH RLes MIN SLEEPERS

MAY-JUNE 1988 33 Table 2/EL lightweight 1 0-6 sleepers

Ex-Erie Ex-DL&W Marvin Kent Chenango James Gare King Cohocton Benjamin Loder Kittatinny Eleazar Lard Lackawanna Daniel Craig Pequest McCallum Pocono Charles Minot Tioghnioga William Reynolds Tobyhanna Tunkhannock All photos this page. Joe lolland Author Joe Lofland has modeled ex- DL&W sleeper Pequest in EL paint and lettering. This model is simply an AHM 10-6 model painted to prototype specifications.

Above left: This model of 10-5 sleeper Spirit of The easiest sleeper to model is the chased by Erie in 1945 and all lasted Youngstown was constructed using an AHM 10- 10-6. Simply use an ARM car and paint well into the EL period. These cars 6. This is actually an easy project requiring only it using Accu-Paint or Scalecoat col­ were in Erie's American series and modification of window arrangements. Above ors. For EL or DL&W maroon-and­ sported patriot names obviously right: The author's model of 6-6-4 sleeper gray use Accu-Paint Maroon No. 23, spawned by the country's immersion American Way in its original Erie paint scheme. Gray No. 47 and Yellow No. 23 (for in World War II. Table 3 briefly out­ striping) or Scalecoat Maroon No. 42, lines the fate of each of these cars in EL Gray No. 41 and Yellow No. 43. For service. You can model these cars by Erie two-tone green, Accu-Paint offers using Eastern Car Works 6-6-4 sleeper an exact match with Green No. 55 and or you can get 6-6-4 sides from Brass Table J/Ex-Erie Gray-Green No. 56. Car Sides. American series 6-6-4 All of the ex-DL&W cars were white­ Erie also had two 10-5 sleepers man­ lined in 1969 and 1970. Five of them ufactured by Pullman in 1954. The sleepers were subsequently sold to James E. cars were named Pride of Youngstown American Liberty Strates Shows, Inc. In December 1966 and Spirit of Youngstown and both To office car NO.5 in 1964; white­ fi ve of the ex-Erie cars were purchased were repainted and relettered for EL in lined May 1970 still in Erie paint and by Canadian National, and a sixth car, 1962. Pride was white-lined in Janu­ lettering. the Eleazar Lord (named after Erie's ary 1970 and sold to James E. Strates American Life first president), was scrapped. The re­ Shows, Inc. Spirit became a non-rev­ To office car NO.6 in 1965; sold in maining Erie 10-6, William Reynolds, enue executive sleeper in 1970 and to­ February 1969. was apparently wrecked in 1966 and day is still in service on the Conrail in­ American Unity languished in storage u ntil white­ spection train as car No. 11. Modeling White-lined in September 1969 still in the 10-5 sleeper is not as hard as you Erie paint and lettering. lined in September 1969. American Way There were two other types of light­ think. The basis for a 10-5 model is an Repainted maroon-and-gray and re­ weight sleepers used by EL. Four were ARM 10-6. All that is required is to fill lettered for EL in 1960; white-lined in built by Pullman in June 1942 to a 6- certain windows in and to swap sides September 1969. section 6-roomette and 4-double bed­ with some window arrangements. room configuration. They were pur-

34 PROTOTYPE MODELER prototype profile

THE BEI~Il)N RAIIBOAD

Tile Belton Railroad relies on aging, second-hand EMD switchers to run its trains--and doesn't bother to cover their old paint. SW1200 No. 44 is the Bel­ ton's "newest" locomotive and is obvi­ ously an MKT cast-off. --

Trains on the Belton aren't known for high-speed travel-this view up the "main line" reveals why. In the back­ ground is Rockwool Industries, the rail­ road's primary customer. The main pro­ cessing building is to the left (south) of the tracks, while storage piles of raw materials are scattered about the com­ plex.

A modern, open-air shop is a prominent Belton Railroad landmark. The company's business co; is often stored inside. In the right foreground, a concrete loading ramp serves local customers shipping freight by box­ car on the railroad.

TEXAS * This modest short line would make a great small layout for modelers of all skill levels. n 1882 the Missouri- Kansas-Texas BY CYRIL DURRENBERGER the faded paint of their original own­ Railroad completed a branch line PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE AUTHOR ers) to pull short trains slowly over I through the r olling hill country poor trackage. The quaint charm of of central Texas which extended from ton Railroad which today operates 6.2 this short line should be particularly the Katy main line at Smith, Texas, miles of track between Smith and In­ appealing to modelers who are over­ west to the town of Belton, Texas. In terstate 35 just east of Belton. whelmed by the thought of trying to 1961 MKT decided to abandon the The railroad utilizes aging, second­ recreate Class 1, mainline operations. branch, but instead sold it to the Bel- hand EMD switchers (which remain in The Belton lends itself well to a mod-

MAY-JUNE 1988 35 To Temple, Texas THE BELTON RAILROAD

G pit To Taylor, Texas I

military diesels, but later purchased freight cars used on the line; the an old SWl from the Terminal Rail­ countryside, industries and traffic road Association of St. Louis (TRRA). hauled have changed little in the past TEXAS This unit, No. 504, is adorned in faded 27 years. TRRA red which, after years of weath­ I have designed an around-the-wall * ering, actually appears pink. Later, model based on the Belton which will the Belton added No. 44, an ex-MKT fit into a 9 x 10-foot room. The layout SW1200 which retains its Katy green­ is designed to fit on three shelves and, and-yellow, but has had its MKT mark­ if built at a high elevation (at least 50 ings painted over. The railroad also inches), the rest of the room can still be owns an 80-foot business car and a used as a study or even a bedroom. The flatcar with a small crane (ex-MKT focal point of the layout is the Rock­ 13284). On the freight-car roster are a wool Industries plant. The main build­ ings for this industry are selectively est, but very workable prototype lay­ single dome tank car (No.2 , ex­ out which would be an enjoyable proj­ GATX) , a side-dump car (ex-PP&L compressed and included on the lay­ ect for modelers of all skill levels. 4070) and a side-dump ballast hopper out. Interesting details you may want (ex-AT&SF 92071). At one time box­ to include on the modeled plant are A look at the prototype cars BTN (Belton) 31263 and Roscoe, smoke stacks and raw material stor­ Snyder & Pacific 30 were on trucks, age bins. Hoppers with raw materials The main purpose of the Bel ton Rail­ but both are now used as storage for rock wool are spotted over a dump­ road is to provide rail service to the sheds. ing area and unloaded. A front-end Rockwool Industries rock wool plant loader is used to carry raw materials near Hobbs, Texas. The plant receives Modeling the Bel ton from the dumping area to storage bins raw materials (rock, slag and coke) Railroad and is also used to charge the cupola from the Belton and then ships some of With only minimal changes you (furnace). the finished products by rail. Also could build a layout to represent the Also in this part of the layout is served by the line are McCoys, a large Belton at any time between its 1961 McCoys, the building supply company, building supply company; a company start-up date and today. You would which is simulated with a narrow that makes wood trusses for construc­ only have to vary the motive power and warehou se and a flat. The railroad tion projects from lumber; a fertilizer plant; and a roofing plant that gets shipments of tar (in tankers) and felt (in boxcars) by rail. There is also a gravel pit near Gould, but it has not used rail sevice for a number of years. The spur to the pit is currently used to store Belton company service cars; a short siding is located to the east of the spur. At the western end of the line the company h as built a modern open-air shop which is partially covered. At the shop the Belton sometimes stores its locomotives and a business car. The Belton takes a fairly straight eastward run to Smith, gradually climbing out of Leon River valley. The line crosses the river on a truss bridge east of Gould. The countryside sur­ rounding the Belton is hilly with a few trees (especially near the river); many of the fields adjacent to the right-of­ way are committed to agriculture, with cotton, grain sorghum and wheat being the main crops produced. Locomotive 504 is an SW1 purchased from the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis. The The Bel ton Railroad has never locomotive was never painted after the Belton purchased it, and today it sports a unique pink owned much equipment. It started color scheme-actually heavily weathered TRRA red-and some ambiguous reporting marks. This business with a couple of small ex- October 1986 photo shows the unit parked at the Belton shops with the company business car

36 PROTOTYPE MODELER Above: The main structure at the Rockwoollndustries plant near Hobbs, Texas. The building abounds with a variety of interesting details-pipes, conveyors and much more. A simple corrugated building model with some key details would be more than adGquate to model this important Bellon Railroad customer. Right: The cupola (furnace) and its stacks would make appealing details to include with your Rockwoollndustries model. This part of the rock wool plant actually sits across the Belton tracks from the main structure. In the foreground note the crumbling concrete walls which are used to separate storage piles of raw materials delivered to the facility by rail. shop building is a modern corrugated is located. This is an important loca­ structure located next to McCoys; this tion on the railroad since a short sid­ will also need to be compressed. Two ing is located here, too. I've used some boxcar bodies which have become stor­ modeler's license by making the gravel age sheds are located on either side of pit an active shipper and by including the rock wool plant. The "main line" another customer, a country grain ele­ track in front of the rock wool plant vator (these are very common in this doubles as a team track for a number of part of Texas). Actually, an asphalt small industries. You may want to plant and a concrete batch plant are model a small concrete loading ramp located in Gould, but neither ships by to serve the needs of these customers. rail; you could employ your own mod­ Moving eastbound past the rock eler's license and include these on the wool plant you come to the fertilizer layout as Belton Railroad customers. distributor which is served by a short Both the gravel pit and the grain eleva­ spur. The fertilizer distributor can be tor are served by their own spurs reproduced using a simple, modern which will be frequented by rock hop­ metal building accompanied by a tank pers, and grain hoppers, respectively. for storing ammonia. Covered hoppers The eastern terminus of the Bel ton is deliver pellets to the building, while the MKT main at Smith. This is a very tank cars will stop next to the storage simple interchange with only a siding tank to unload liquid ammonia. For (on the Belton track) and a turnout; as more information on fertilizer distrib­ on the prototype there is no wye. A utors and how to model them, refer to short section of the Katy main has my article in the September-October been modeled visibly, but two sections 1987 PM. of hidden trackage have been em­ Just east of the fertilizer distributor ployed for efficient handling of Katy the line crosses the Leon River on a locals which route cars to and from the short through-truss bridge and then Belton. The southbound Katy main arrives in Gould, where the gravel pit swings into a hillside and drops below

MAY-JUNE 1988 37 Rockwoollndustries Raw material storage piles McCoy's Warehouse

some challenging moves thrown in due to the limited track to work with. Fertilizer Let's briefly run through a typical op­ distributor HOBBS Carbody storage shed erating session. Hidden yard below bench- Start the session by firing up No. 44 work representing MKT and picking up an empty boxcar at trackage to the south McCoys. Moving over to the Rockwool Leon River siding there are two empty hoppers and a boxcar loaded with insulation. The main track near the rock wool plant is also used as a team track by a some customers, and an empty boxcar Gravel pit THE that delivered lumber to th e truss Grain g elevator builder waits there to be picked up. The GOULD collection of cars is sorted and the BELTON RAILROAD switcher is put on the lead. At the fer­ tilizer dealer there is an empty ammo­ nia tank car which is tacked on the / rear of the consist. I HO SCALE Moving eastbound the train crosses I the Leon River and arrives at Gould, I All turnouts No. 4 finding a loaded grain hopper and a I hopper loaded with gravel waiting to SCALE FEET I be picked up. This makes a total of I o 2 3 eight cars in the train- a really good I day! Apparently the Katy local has left I eight cars on the interchange track, \ SMITH Backdrop Hidden ya rd represen- another hefty block of cars. Because of \ " ting MKT trackage to th e the short amount of siding available, a \ north doubling move will be required to transfer the two sets of cars. At Gould, ",------I ~:::==;:;;:;:;::~:::::::::,,------I::MKT Main line ------; No. 44 drops off four cars, makes the run to Smith (remember even on the prototype it's only three miles) with the bench work to a two-track h idden could use this yard for handling short the remaining four. It drops these on yard which can be used to stage locals locals and it will provide additional the interchange, picks up four of the working from the south. A short sec­ track for interchange moves. cars from the Katy and returns to tion of northbound main is visible, but Gould. The process is repeated to com­ then the tracks duck through a back­ Operations on plete the exchange of cars. drop (use some scenery or a building to the Belton layout After setting out two empty grain obscure this maneuver) to a two-track Operations on your model version of h oppers at the elevator and an empty hidden yard on. a narrow shelf. You the Belton will be simple, but with gondola at the gravel pit, the train

Two former boxcars adorn the right-ot-way as Belton Railroad storage sheds. Former Belton 31263 has lost its trucks and now has a permanent home next to the "main line" as a storage building in the vicinity ot the Rockwool Industries plant.

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heads west. At the fertilizer distribu­ This fertilizer distributor is not tor a covered hopper is set out. Further actually located along the along, two hoppers of coke are dropped Belton, but in nearby Bartlett, Texas, on the MKT. II would at Rockwool Industries, a flatcar load make an excellent prototype oflumber is delivered to McCoys and a for the facility included on the boxcar load of fel t for the roofer is left Belton track plan. Fertilizer on the "team track." With its work fin­ pellets are unloaded from ished No. 44 is parked at the shop. covered hoppers into the The MKT local working from the storage building while liquid north shows up later with a GP9, a few ammonia is unloaded from cars and a caboose. After dropping its tankers spotted next to the caboose the local sets out cars for the storage tank. Belton on the interchange track, runs around the cars already there and pushes them out to the main. After picking up the caboose, the local con­ These grain storage bins are tinues on its southbound run (actually part of a grain elevator also running to the hidden yard below the located along the Katy in benchwork). The next session will see Bartlett, Texas, but they would this same locomotive working a north­ look right at home on a Belton bound local out of the hidden yard be­ Railroad layout. Note the low the benchwork. overhead conveyor pipe used to load grain into cov­ c To add variety to your operating ses­ sions, use your storage tracks to in­ ered hoppers and the small shed which is the truck dump fuse new rolling stock to the layout. At for incoming grain. anyone time in an operating session there will be five sets of cars-one at the industries, one at the interchange, one on the Katy local and two in the storage yards. By rotating cars in and out at your storage yards, you can con­ nect your modeled Belton to the out­ side world and avoid the unprototypi­ cal practice of shuffling the same cars around the layout.

MAY-JUNE 1988 39 CULM

I· COAL ..

Surrounded by culm banks accumulated from generations of coal min­ shipped to a nearby packaging plant that the author has reproduced in ing, Culmtech's modern processing building in Inkerman, Pa., turns waste model form on his layout. material into a valuable product. Much of the processed culm coal is Modern technology has turned this waste product into a valuable commodity supporting a thriving industry. We'll show you how to model a culm coal packaging plant for your 1980s layout.

oday, in some of the coal mining BY MICHAEL J. COLLINS al into a usable product, a coal process­ areas of the country, a new in­ ing "factory" must first be built at the T dustry has been born based on PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE AUTHOR culm bank. These facilities include a "culm" coal. Culm is the refuse part of EXCEPT AS NOTED modern structure which resembles the mined coal, the residue left over from distinctive "breaker" which is com­ grading and washing processes. For search for alternative fuel sources. monly a ssociated with collieries. years, culm was piled into mountain­ The search led them to the culm banks These modern buildings are smaller , ous heaps around the colliery (a coal which were energy storehouses just have fewer windows and are often mine and its connected buildings); waiting for somebody to apply the brightly colored. these "culm banks" were composed of right technology and entrepreneur­ The culm is moved to a conveyor at coal, shale, rock, silt (pulverized coal) ship to turn them into a valuable re­ the plant by large bucket tractors; the and dirt. There were few practical uses source. Culm, or its by-products, is conveyor lifts the raw culm into the for the waste culm. It was not economi­ now being used as fuel in some power processing building. Inside, the coal is cal to extract the tiny coal pieces mixed plants and industrial furnances. Fine separated from non-coal material , in with the other material. Culm was coal is burned on moving grates or is then ground to the desired size. Bulk sometimes used as landfill or canal fill, ground to a powder, sprayed into the quantities of the finished product are and some locomotives with large fire­ combustor by means of an injector and shipped from the plant by truck or by boxes (like the camelback) could burn ignited. The fine carbon reclaimed railroad hoppers. culm coal, but there was little demand from culm is used in industrial filters Significant amounts of the product for this waste product and the culm for pollution control, in the manufac­ are sold to companies who package the banks grew as coal processing contin­ ture of gun powder and wherever culm coal and sell it to customers who ued. graphite material is needed. need only small quantities. The pack­ Today the story had changed. Rising aging plants often use an existing energy costs have forced government How culm is processed building, such as an abandoned fac­ agencies and private industries to To convert the piles of waste materi- tory, not far from the processing plant.

40 PROTOlYPE MODELER Carbon Sales in Miners Mills, Pa., has converted an abandoned flour mill into a culm coal packaging plant. This view features the building in which the 100-lb. sacks are packaged. Note the conveyor which carries coal from the truck dumping pit into the building. In the fore­ ground are maintenance vehicles belonging to the Po­ cono Northeast Railway.

An overall view of Carbon Sales facility. Left to right the buildings are: supply ware­ house; one-ton bag packaging building; (in background) 100-lb. sack packaging building; storage and loading building (with a boxcar ready for a load out front); and office. Notice the heavily weathered state of all the buildings.

PNER n is out of commission (permanently) near fhe Carbon Sales plant. In the back­ ground is another view of the facility with the storage and loading building in the center of the photo. Modelers should note such details as the conveyor servicing the one-ton bag packaging building, the abandoned brick stack at right and the pile of wood pallets wait­ ing for stacks of packaged culm coal.

The product is bagged in two sizes: gi­ ant one-ton nylon bags and smaller lOO-pound sacks (which are stacked on pallets after being filled). Bags are filled either inside the building or in the yard using either a permanent loading facility or a portable loader mounted on a trailer or a truck. After bagging, the culm coal is either put in storage or shipped off immediately. Large orders of packaged culm coal usually travel by rail. The sacks are o loaded into DF (damage-free) double­ door boxcars. Forklifts, both large and small, handle the skids of lOO-pound sacks. The giant nylon bags have two large loop handles. These one-ton bags are moved from storage to boxcar by a front-end loader using the tines, or special hooks on the bucket, to lift the bags by the handle. Once a load is in­ side a boxcar, a small forklift (with its A busy day at Carbon Sales. With numerous 100-lb. sacks waiting nearby, a front-end loader prongs turned upside-down for ceiling transfers a one-ton bag to a double-door boxcar. Inside the car a forklift positions the loads for clearance) will stack the bags. After transit. At left, a truck dumps a load of processed culm coal from the Culmtech plant into a bulk the loads are stacked, movable walls or storage pile.

MAY-JUNE 1988 41 restraining bars are locked in place to D&H to Binghamton, N.Y. /. keep the load from shifting in transit. DELAWARE & HUDSON Prototype culm processing TAYLOR YARD operations The prototype for my model of a culm processing and packaging oper­ ation can be found in the Wyoming Valley of northeastern Pennsylvania near the town of Pittston, between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. Figure 1 is a map of the area and shows the geo­ graphical relationship of the plants and shows how they are tied into local rail lines. Both the processing and packaging plants are served by the Po­ cono Northeast Railway (PNER), a short line headquartered in Exeter, Pa., which operates over former Le­ To Newark, high Valley, Erie Lackawanna and N.J. Laurel Line (Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley) trackage. The PNER, which was fou nded in 1982, has been plagued with poor track conditions and protests from To Philadelphia citizens concerned about the safety of CARBON SALES PACKAGING PLANT railroad operations; the state has pledged money to rehabilitate the right-of-way so that the PNER can _ POCONO NORTHEAST continue to serve its 21 regular and 20 RAILWAY TRACKAGE occasional customers. The PNER owns - OTH ER RAILROADS four locomotives. Two, GP9 1751 and SWl 601, sport the PNER green-and­ Fig. 11Cu lm processing and packaging yellow paint scheme, while ex-Conrail operations near Pittston, Pa. NW2u 87 stills sports CR blue livery. The fourth locomotive, ex-Montour SW9 77, is not in operating condition

MAP AREAl and is u sed strictly for parts. Culm is processed at the Culmtech , PENN SY LVANIA Ltd. plant near Inkerman, Pa. Culm­ tech built a modern processing struc­ ture amidst the towering culm banks overlooking the Susquehanna River. Three times a week, abou t 20 hoppers of processed culm coal are shipped out via the PNER to either Conrail's (ex­ LV) Pittston yard or D&H's Taylor Yard in Scranton, Pa. From there the coal is routed in all directions, some to power plants on-line and some destined for customers overseas (in Europe and Asia). A portion of the processed culm is trucked from Culmtech to the Carbon Sales packaging plant five miles away. Carbon Sales occupies a former flour mill in Miners Mills, Pa. Figure 2 shows the compact plant layout, which includes five buildings. Two of the buildings are devoted to the actual packaging process, with one building handling the filling of 100-pound sacks and the other the filling of one­ ton bags. An office, a supply ware­ house and a storage and loading build­ ing (where rail cars are loaded with the bagged culm coal) complete the roster of structures. The PNER serves the plant on an as­ When a switcher is nol available, Carbon Sales moves boxcars using a fronl-end loader whic h needed basis, routing all loads to the sporls a coupler. He re , Ihe fronl-end loader is aboul to move a boxcar filled wilh packaged culm CR Pittston yard. Carbon Sales gener­ coal away from the storage and loading building so that it can be handled laler in Ihe day by a ates about eight boxcar loads of bagged PNER locomotive. culm coal each week.

42 PROTOTYPE MODELER Right: Some 100-lb. sacks are filled in the yard at Carbon Sales using a portable Kustom Kar loader. Without too much work this device can be modeled by creatively combining a vari­ ety of easily obtainable detail parts. Below: If you are considering modeling an on-line cus­ tomer for bulk processed culm coal, you might want to use a portable hopper unloading conveyor. This hopper of processed culm coal (probably from Pennsylvania) was photo­ graphed as it was being unloaded in Austin, Texas. The product is trucked from the unload­ ing facility to a nearby sewage treatment plant where it is used for water filtration.

":-\ Modeling a ~ culm packaging plant I decided to model a culm packaging plant since it h as more outside activity than a processin g plant and requires less room. The main structu re for a packaging plant can be any "generic" factory or warehouse model, either a modern corrugated building or an older brick one, such as the ex-flour mill used by Carbon Sales. I used a De­ sign Preservation Models Cutting Scissors Co. building for my Culm Tech (my modeled packaging com­ pany, based on the prototype Carbon Sales but borrowing and slightly modifying the portotype Culm tech n ame) structu re. I added a variety of extra details which not only made the Cvril Durrenberger

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Fig. 2/Carbon Sales processed culm coal packaging plant, Miners, Mills, Pa.

MAY-JUNE 1988 43 Above leff: The front of the Culm Tech packag­ ing building on the author's layout. The struc­ ture is a Design Preservation Mode ls building with a number of detail parts added for real­ ism. Above right: This view of the Culm Tech model shows the yard behind the main build­ ing complete with a crane fo r transferring bulk culm coal, a bag loader made from an Ath­ earn hopper and a truck dumping load of processed culm coal. building look more realistic, but also gave it a "re-claimed" look as if it were an abandoned factory that had been renovated for this new purpose. Rather than "hide" most of the bag­ ging activities inside buildings (such is the case at the Carbon Sales plant), I wanted to have more work done out in the open on my modeled version. One­ ton bag loaders can take the form of modified hopper cars which have ex­ ceeded their useful lives on the rails . I modeled a hopper loader using an Ath­ earn 34-foot twin-rib side hopper. I cut the hopper in half, closed the open end with styrene and raised it on steel In the Culm Tech yard a front-end loade r fill s a boxcar with one-ton bags while a forklift loads the beams (actu a lly styrene structural smalle r sacks onto a truck for a local customer In the background at right is the autho r' s modeled pieces). A number of details, including porta ble loader a nd the ex-hopper bag loader; in the foreground at left is the small storage shed. concrete footings, a mesh screen and a ladder, were added; the hopper was weathered heavily before adding to the modeled scene. Carbon Sales fills some of its bags using a portable, trailer-mounted load­ er manufactured by Ku stom Kar. You could model this using an Athearn 25- foot van trailer with a suction-pres­ sure container from a Preiser contain­ er kit mounted on it. Portable loaders are also mounted directly on flatbed trucks and this is the type I included with my model. I reproduced this spe­ cialized piece of equipment using a Wiking truck cab, a diamond tread­ plate made by The Parts Department, a Preiser suction-pressure container and a selection of detail parts. A number of other items are needed to round ou t the scene at a modeled culm packaging plant. A dump truck or trailer can be positioned for deliver­ ing loads of processed culm coal. I in­ cluded a crane for handling piles of coal delivered by truck and for unload­ ing gons with incoming processed culm arriving by rail. I modeled this using a Walthers 25-ton crane with a Stewart clam shell bucket. A couple of

44 P ROTOlYPE M ODELER BILL OF MATERIALS CULM COAL PACKAGIN G PLANT

Structure Portable Loader Crane Design Preservation Models: Athearn: Walthers: No. 103 Cutting Scissors Co. No. 1425-1431 25-foot van trai ler, or No. 5501-5509 25-ton crane Alloy Forms: Wiking: Stewart: No. 2016 20-ton roof air condi tioner No. 16671 Dump truck No. 201 Clamshell bucket Builders-In-Scale: Preiser: Cal-Scale: No. 501 Ribbed seam roofing material No. 1152 Container kit No. 304 Pyle light Cal-Scale: The Parts Department: No. 304 Pyle light No. 125001 Diamond tread plate Other items Campbell: Cal-Scale: AM Models: No. 255 Brass light shades No. 247 Poppet valve No. 104 Jennysville shanty No. 909 Skylight Detail Associates: Electrotren: Central Valley: No. 1901 Air vent No. 7 Cotton bales No. 1601 Fencing, ladders and stairs No. 21 05 Spark arrestor Highba ll Products: Chooch: Details West: No. 134 Coal dust No. 7121 Electric meter No. 158 Air conditioner Kibr i: Lee Town: No. 10002 Forklift No. 3051 Gas tank No. 10208 Front-end loader Hopper Loader No. 3091 Air cleaner Scale Scenics: Athearn: Micro Scale: No. 5002 Pall ets Nos. 5441-5446 34-foot twin rib side hopper No. 273 Signs for industry SST Ltd. : Evergreen: Plastruct: No. 2031 , 2126, 2127 or 2350 Sacks No. 9020 Styrene (,020") Nos. 603-604 Round tubing Wiking: Plastruct: No. 2603 Reducer No. 12659 Forklift No. 102 Angle structural shape SST Ltd. (now Finestkind Models): No. 16651 Front-end loader No. 204 I-beam Nos. 2194-2196 Pipe and valves Woodland Scenics: No. 76 Fine cinders

forklifts will be necessary as they are or three others, remove only a small ers. Culm processing is not a clean in­ used to load the stacked lOO-pound amount of the cotton, leave the wood dustry; you'll want to weather a ll bags into the boxcars. Wiking, Kibri block and glue some coal dust on top to structures and equipment appropri­ and others offer appropriate models. represent recently filled bags waiting ately and a liberal application of coal Remember to turn the fork prongs up­ to be sealed. dust and fine black cinders is encow'­ side-down on the forklift working in­ To complete the scene I added a num­ aged. Storage piles of coal can be re­ side the boxcars. ber of other details including a fence, created using Woodland Scenics' bal­ A front-end loader is an essential tools, barrels, a scale, lights and work- last material. piece of equipment at culm packaging plants. As mentioned earlier, front­ end loaders are used to carry loaded one-ton culm coal bags and they are also used to move unbagged coal around the processing site. Carbon Sales also u ses their front-end loader to move rail cars when a switcher is not available. The backside of the loader is equipped with a coupler, and with it single cars can be moved to or away from the dock at the loading building. Both Wiking and Kibri offer front-end loaders and a dummy coupler can be attached to your model. The bags and sacks which result from the packaging process are an es­ sential tou ch of realism for your culm processing plant. For lOO-pound loads, I used Scale Structures Ltd. sacks. The loaded sacks are piled on pallets manufactured by Scale Scenics. The one-ton bags were reproduced us­ ing Electrotren cotton bales; cord han­ dles were attached and the bales were dipped in paint (the company colors) and allowed to dry overnight. Cut open some of the dry, painted bales. Remove the cotton and wood block from a cou­ At the end of an operating session the PNER Geep replaces a loaded boxcar at the Culm Tech ple and place them on your layout as plant with an empty one; the same procedure happens at the end of each work day at the empty bags waiting to be filled. On two prototype Carbon Sales plant.

MAY-JUNE 1988 45 interests of their company. In the same cise answer to the questions. An in­ vein, before you write about your rail­ depth study of train orders would take road experiences, check with the com­ up the entire magazine for many is­ pany involved and make sure that you sues. In reference to the first part of will not cause any harm with your your letter, when I was working for good intentions. Illinois Central in the late 1960s, the employee timetable listed first, second and third class schedules complete Opposing trains and dieselization with times at stations. Railroading un­ der those conditions was interesting Here are some interesting comments indeed. from Mike McLaughlin about the sub­ jects of the March-April 1987 Com­ pany Mail column: Q : What kind of car should be used to carry engine sand to locomotive ser­ 1. Opposing trains: Scheduled first vicing areas? It seems most model­ class trains have specific positive ers use gondolas, but I know that meets as noted in the employees time­ many railroads are now using com­ table. Inferior trains may advance Company Mail is a question-and-answer column covering all pany-owned hoppers to carry sand. aspects of railroading, both model and prototype. Please against the timetable schedule of su­ send your questions to John Swanson, PROTOTYPE MODELER, perior class trains, and extras may P. O. Box 379, Waukesha, WI 53187-0379. A: Engine sand h as to flow freely and advance against the schedules of reg­ not clog up sand pipes or lines. As a ular trains. Only in the case of the opposing extra trains are train or­ result, engine sand is a high-quality, CONDUCTED BY ders required. Obviously, with late uniform-sized sand (usually white). It JOHN SWANSON superior trains, orders serve to ad­ is definitely not the sand found in vance inferior and extra trains with sandboxes and is fairly high-priced. less delay. In addition, train superi­ To be usable, the sand must be clean Roofwalks ority is eliminated in Rule 251 (same and dry. This is why covered hoppers direction), Rule 261 (opposing' and are commonly used to transport sand This is from a letter written by a San­ following' trains) and CTC territory ta Fe employee whose name I will not and protect it from the elements. There where movements are controlled by have been a number of magazine arti­ use: signal indication. Of course, most of this is moot in these days of track cles about hoppers used in company The regulations prohibiting train, warrants and direct train control. sand service by various railroads. engine and yard employees from rid­ 2. Dieselization: Two railroads in the Some railroads did use gondolas, but ing roofwalks went into effect about northwest took opposite approaches primarily in arid parts of the country 1964. Althoug'h the rule was there, to dieselization. GN, in common with where rain and waste material like we still rode the roof at times because most railroads, placed diesel switch­ dead leaves are a minimal problem. In it was the only way some moves could ers in terminal areas across the sys­ be executed-we had to pass sig'ns to the steam era, sand was usually car­ te m and , in the post-war era, diesels each other, since the fireman had ried in boxcars and shoveled into a h eaded the through passenger been eliminated on many jobs and storage shed; it was often further trains. However, serious dieseliza­ this was in the days before radios be­ cleaned and dried before use. tion was on a division-by-division ba­ came common (especially the hand­ When I was working West Yard in sis from west to east. This allowed sets so prevalent today). Roofwalks immediate retirement of all steam fa­ South Beloit, Ill. , on Milwaukee Road began to be eliminated in mid-1966. cilities in a given territory. In con­ there was always a company service This I know because violent weather trast , NP m aintained steam across boxcar spotted on the sand track with a interrupted a Santa Fe mechanical the system until the bitter end, re­ chute between it and a below-ground reefer building program at Topeka, quiring both steam and diesel facili­ storage tank. The CB&Q sandhouse in Kan. , and when it was resumed they ties in the major terminals for a num­ were able to eliminate the roofwalks. Rock Falls, Ill. , was ~u.st a small, ber of years. Economies favored the sloped-roof shed on piles. The sand This is a good place to remark that GN practice; aesthetically, NP was was shoveled in through a small door you should be careful when you write the hands-down winner. in one end. Inside was a pot-bellied about your railroad experiences. A few For literature on the subject, I rec­ ommend two books: The first is the stove with a drying hopper. When a years ag'o an author wrote an article two-volume RIO GIlANDE DIESELS, by locomotive needed sand, a bucketful about riding a Soo Line mixed train Joseph Strapac. This is a detailed was passed out through the small door and mentioned riding on the rear plat­ look at what engines were purchased and loaded on the engine. Illinois Cen­ form of the caboose (which is against when and the service/location in tral used converted auxiliary water the rules for passengers). The crew which they were utilized. However, tanks from steam locomoti ves to carry ended up getting fired over this inci­ the definitive work on dieselization is sand when I worked for them in the dent and some would say that it helped D-DAY ON 'I'I-IE WESTEIlN PACJJ'I C, by late 1960s. These were apparently discontinue the service. A lot of rail­ Virgil Staff. The detail is incredible: filled at central drying and processing road officials take a dim view of things the rationale behind certain model purchases, maintenance, tonnage locations and sent to outlying servic­ that could cost the company a lot of ratings and developments and tests, ing areas to load sanding' towers. money. yard and road operations, mechani­ This is an extreme case and your cal details, even the design and pur­ first reaction might be to call the com­ chase of the car ferry M. V Las Plu­ pany officials nitpickers. Consider, m as. This book leaves no questions though, that if the author of the Soo unanswered. article had fallen from the platform the company mig'ht have faced some Thanks for the comments. I hope serious legal problems. The railroad they will generate more reader input officials were just trying' to protect the that will add up to a complete and con-

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You'll see why Aussie railroads are a peculiar mixture 01 U.S. and European FR538Vor 8,13:25 min ...... 29.95 practice. and understand that steam tocos were an object of great affection there. too. WESTWARD HO! BY LUXURY TRAIN fR537V or B, 21 :05 min ...... 19.95 A 1926 trip on the Northern Pacific. Step aboard the North Coast Limited. SAFE SWITCHINC settle down for adventure. From your Pullman window you'll see (in black & Do's and Don 'ts on the Great Northern. Originally entitled "Why Risk Your Life," this white) the wonders of the Great Plains . the majesty of the mountains, glimpse GN safety film is a graphic instruction on how to handle engines and cars in a busy wild Buffalo. a 26-horse combine! Catch vignettes of the cities and towns of freight yard (we think SI. Paut) . All the black & white action is from 40 years ago, and America 60 years ago. Double-headed steam and varnish-see it inside and most of the power is steam. A great period piece , fully narrated . oul! 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