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TH( PROTO 2000 (8: TH( 6(NIUS IS IN TH( D(TAILS. 8&0 All of them. In fact. 170 there's never been a locomotive so precisely Two locomotive numbers per detailed and as proto road name. typically accurate as the new PROTO 2000 ES/9. So true to life in styling ............. ...... U'-=�:" ..::;==== - =--- and performance that it .. :;;;:-== (= It will change the way you I IHllle I think about model .........l N ��-.--ION [ railroading. With its all new body. the is the first ES/9 UP of its kind to feature accurate detail by road on everything Also available in: ATSF. Amtrak. Demo name from pilots to steam and Undecorated. generators. headlights to grilles. And. like the prototype. our is exceptionally ES powerful. with innovative six-wheel trucks designed to enhance all-wheel traction and electrical pick-up. The PROTO tradition continues with the new 2000 See it today at your favorite hobby store. ES/9. PRR OVER 110 DETAIL PARTS AND MORE • Working diaphragm. Mars light and doors. An engine so powerful it • can haul 135-150 on a level track. • See-thru steps. fan grilles. screening on cars winterization hatches. Can climb an uphill grade of over and • 23% can easily pull cars up a grade. • Photo-etched stainless steel grilles. 22 Lj% • Diecast chassis for maximum • Laser printed paint schemes and decoration. tractive effort. • Detailed cab interior with crew. • Sintered bronze oilless High-performance motor with superrite • bearings. Dual machined anisotropic magnets, pole skew wound 5 fly-wheels. Universal coupler armature, and low amp draw. pockets. A NtflSllMItd.£rrtllt«Ii.Hf)StIlt L&N Life-Like Products, Inc., Union Avenue. Baltimore, @ 1993 1600 MD 21211 740 '-800-465-6100 In Canada: Applewood Crescent, Concord, Ontario L4K4E2 • To order VIA and CP in Canada contact: February 1994 NUMBER VOLUME24 2 - -::; �- - ----- :::: • • .-' • Lee Photos by Randy FEATURES 14 PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STEEL OPEN HOPPERS: H37 by John G. Teichmoeller 19 ON TRACK: CONTROL AND POWER PLANNING- PART ONE by Jim Mansfield 21 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE·UP: ERIE·LACKAWANNA EMD GP7 by Rich Picariello 24 MODELING MODERNINTERMODAL: SCRATCHBUILDING A MI·JACKTRANSLIFf STRADDLE CRANE - PART I by Doug Geiger 26 A FREELANCED SP ARTICULATED CHAIR CAR by Bill Morrissey DAYUGHT 35 WATSON'S BREWERY by LarryWright 40 RATON SNAKE VA LLEY - AN AMERICAN RAILROAD ENGLAND by Paul Templar IN 44 MODELING UNION PACIFIC E8,'J LOCOMOTIVES: KITBASHING PROTO 2000 B UNITS by Randy Lee 54 MODELINGMODERN INTERMODAL: DETAILING FACTORY·PAINTED MODELS: UPGRADING THE ATHEARN HUSKY-STACK AND WALTHERS THRALL STAND·ALONE CAR by David A. Bontrager 61 SHORTLINE ADVENTURES: THE DELTA ROUTE - COLUMBUS & GREENVILLE RAILROAD: PART by Larry Smith, MMR III BEHIND THE SCENES: WATER IN THE DESERT - PART by Margaret Mansfield 64 n DEPARTMENTS 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 12 VIDEO REVIEW 67 DEALER DIRECTORY 5 EDITORIAL I3 YOUR TREK PLAN 71 SHOPPINGGUIDE 6 NEW PRODUCTS 53 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 78 CLASSIFIEDS 9 PRODUCT REVIEWS 78 ADVERTISER INDEX ABOUT THE COVER A pair of Gccps head toward Swmyvalc hauling a heavy consist on Paul Tcmplar's Ralon Snake Va llcy layout as a pair of U28Bs cross the stccl bridge on their way to Dabble Creek. Turn to page 40 for more on this American-prototype railroad in England. INSET: In this month's installment PhOiO by Paul Tempfar. of Modeling Modem Intcrmodal.Dave Bontrager discusses upgrading boththe Athearn and Wallhers stand-alone well cars. PhOIO by David A. BOnirager. TO THE EDITOR chances of beingable to photograph one vaporiz�. I put this project away Affec�on from Florida . in mothball status until I was satisfied I had a solId Idea of thc power-cable Hi Randy, routing scheme. Hence, the search for the Holy Grail. Regards lhe Rankled (December '93 Letters), we still like you down here Jim Mansficld's ''Thrall Five-Unit Double-Stack Car - Senes APLX in Florida, especially since you are gelting on track With Ronda TrulrOadS. 5000" article (November 1993) filled the gap in my research. Thank you, Now - if you could only come up with a way for us here to model plas Jim! Not only did his article inform me that the power cables are routcd tic NAHX (National) Loncstar Cement Hoppers as found on FEe Rail . tllC through the hollow-side top chord of the walls, but also pr vl ed a very . ? � way Co. Overland makes a brass, but I'd like to model a dozcn. However. clear diagram of the layout of the three separate electncal cncmts used to should I win the Florida Lottery??? route powcr to the recfer units. lohn Niedcrhauscr Before I attempt to model a car, I take a zillion close-up shots of the pro New Smyrna Beach, FL totype .... This records the placement of hardware, lettering, paint-scheme transitions and weathering. Even if modifications arc made to the prototype at a later time, I have a "freeze-framc" of this specific car version at this point in time. A picture really is worth a thousand wor s. � . Jim's articlc is also worth a thousand words, of pralsc. The text IS clcar A Perspecllve and informative. Bob Benson's prototype photos are exactly what I was looking for. I have enjoyed the series on Modeling Modem In�ermoda1, but Dear Randy: Jim's article really stopped mc in my tracks. It filled a gap my under Lee for demagogue? On a day already flavored with the estimable if m standing of a modem double-stack wcll car that I wanted to model. My TetroMr. Zhirinovsky, the peaceable Serbs, those nice folks at Hamas and analytical side needs to have complete, thorough research on each car. a truly noisome clutch of homegrown bigots determined to sic God �pon (l am a computer programmer/analyst by trade, so you can image how much everyone they happen to dislike, I turned in happy �ticip tion of rehef to � data it takes to accomplish that!) my newly arrived December '93 issue of Model Rallroadtng. Not so fast: I will spend many hours building each car. I like t? know that ha�c There on page 4 was Mr. Horch, bound and determined to take umbrage r been as faithful as possiblc (wilhin rcason) to reproducmg the prototypeIn because, right there in the editorial gracing the October '93 issue, you had miniaturc. After investing 50+ hours rcsearching and building a five-unit the chutzpah to conclude: "The 'why' of model railroading is in the shar well car, it is dcpressing to find an "error" after the facl.. .. This article will ing." How could you sink so low? I though everybody �ew that lh� real help kccp the nit-pickers at bay. With this information in hand, I c� �e purpose of model railroading is creative escape fr m this gentle an Idyl � � my A-Line red clectric-car project off of the shelf and complete It WIth lic world in which nothing of real significance arises to scar the mmd or confidence. make so e the heart, let alone engage our serious efforts. But then I've ; Keep those contemporary modeling idca articles coming! been hearing those birds and whistles, so maybe my operations ain't too Thank you for your lime. Have an outstanding day! smooth. One thing's sure, though: this hidden agenda of goodwill, inclusiveness David Donaldson and hobby enjoyment is an outrage and an insult. and it's probably subver Ventura, CA sive, to boot. If the UN can't schedule full-scale debates on your outra P.S. ConCor makes a DOLE refrigeratcd container (223-1023), but the geous demagoguery in the next calendar year, maybe I can arrange for containers are not sold separately (you havc to buy thc tractor-rig and con some Preiser people to demonstrate at your office. tainer chassis as well). Microscalc makes a DOLE MiniCal (460-MC- And peace on earth, goodwill to men to you, Mr. Horch. 100, 4043) sct that dresses up the ConCor unit. Bear Rowell P.P.S. I am hoping that the rumors of a forthcoming Walthers 401 reefer Hardinsburg, KY container will materializc. (Walthers has been instrumcntal in filling thc void of modem intcrmodal cars and accessories available to the model rail road enthusiast. Bravo!) Report from a Searcher Hello Randy! You've helped me find the elusive Holy GraiL "How so?" you ask. Let Cab Nomenclature me explain. Dear Randy, Ever since A-Line produced the electric-car version of their double First I'd like to say that I think you have done a fine job of turning out stack car, have been tryingto obtain prototype photos of how the power r articles that are informative and technically correct. I evcn enjoy Jim Six's cables are routed from the generator to the outlet boxcs. Were thcy loopcd articles that occasionally takc a swipe at thc establishment, and I agree with along the outside of the car? (Unlikely due to the risk of damagc.) Did they him for the most part. But think that you and your diesel experts are doing run another conduit alongside thc car? (If so, I couldn ' see one in the few 1 { a disservice to thc hobby by continuing to print misinformation in regard to photos I found ... but was it on the side of the car the photo didn't show?) your so-called "wide" cabs on current production dicsels. You magazine is Was the power daisy-chained through special internal wiring within the the only one to my knowledge that is continuing to use this term refer to refrigerated containers? (Probably not, since this would increase the pro 10 the larger cabs in use now by many railroads.