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Have you photographed any new paint schemes lately? New locomotive models [protolypel? New rolling stock? Send your entries to PROTOTYPE MODELER, P. O. Box 379, Waukesha, WI 53187-0379. We might be able to use your photos in Model­ er's Newsbox or in th e news section of sister magazines PACI FIC RAILNEWS or PASSENGER TRAIN JOU RNAL. 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.

rs Kansas City Southern going to abandon white for its locomotive paint scheme? Apparently not, but 5040-2 652, photographed in June 1988 at Neosho, Mo., was recently decorated with thi s attractive gray­ red-and-yellow livery. Reports are that this scheme is strictly experimental and will not be applied to any other units.

An out-of-place SW1200 found itself stranded in Colo, Iowa, this past June, apparently set out while being ferried to its new home in Indiana by C&NW The unit was rebuilt by Wilson Railway Co. of Des Moines and sold to Nucor Steel: Nucor's black-and­ white paint scheme proudly salutes the Hoosier state with an Indiana "I" logo painted on the radiator.

Paul Michelson

The caboose is a dying breed, but Chi­ cago Central & Pacific is putting fresh paint on some of the waycars in its fleet, su c h a s this ex-GM&O c ar photo­ graphed outside the railroad's Free­ port, II I., paint shop. Interesting ly, the ra il­ road d id not use the same bright red that has become o\licio\ \01 i\'i> locomo­ tives. This c aboose is black with yellow ends: it also wears the Chic ago Central green diamond herald, a device that reminds us that the regional railroad operates what was once Illinois Cen­ tral's Iowa Division.

4 PROTOTYPE MODElER Bruce H. Boker More and more Norfolk Southern freight cars are turning up in fresh paint. In the July-August PM you'll remember that we featured an NS gondola with white-on-black paint. This time, an ACF centerflow hopper displays a variation on the original theme with black-on·white paint.

Wiregrass Central Railroad is a 27-mile short line running from Enterprise, Ala., to a connec· tion with CSX at Waterford Jct., Ala. The former CSX trackage serves wood products industries and the Sessions Peanut processing plant at Enterprise. An ex-SP GP9 in WC paint is shown at Opp, Ala ., in front of the headquarters of the Alabama & Florida Railroad which painted all WC locomotives. Apparently, A&F and WC (and possibly other roads) are part of a "fam­ ily" of short lines that share similar paint schemes. (Can anybody confirm this specula­ tion?)

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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 5 would have answered some of these Peoria turn fans questions. Since writing this article, Jim Ogden did further research and identified some problems with his original models and even rebuilt one of them. I goofed by not incorporating his new information into the article. My apologies to Jim and all ofyou with unanswered questions about these cars. Here are some improvements Jim suggested for modeling these cars:

1937 AAR boxcar-Add full-height PROTOTYPE MODELER welcomes leiters that provide interesting doors (from Westrail), narrowed door information, corrections or your views on railroad modeling or the magazine itself. Mark at the top 01 your leiter "To PM tracks (Evergreen strips) and wire stir­ Junction" il it is to be considered lor possible publication. rup steps and grabirons (Detail Associ­ Your lull address will be given ONLY il you so request. Be­ ates). cause 01 limited staffing, we are not always able to answer all mail (although a self-addressed, stamped envelope will Single-sheathed car-Research showed help!), but we do read all mail. that the 82000 class cars were consider­ ably different from the MDC car used. Build a reasonable match starting with T&P Boxcars Westerfield's MoPac auto car (No. 1900), save the sides, roof and underbody, but enjoyed Jim Ogden's article on add dreadnaught ends and a five-panel I T&P boxcars in the May-June PM. I door from the new Front Range kits. These gentlemen enjoying the July-August PM did wish, though, that he'd been able to 50-foot, double-door car-Try replacing are none other than the clew of N&W D41DO, provide more prototype information as the sides of a Front Range ACF car the Peoria Turn train profiled in the issue's cov­ I have some questions about the cars. (No. 5001) with the sides from the Ath­ er story. Engineer Jack Hinesley (left) and bra­ earn kit. Modify the side sill to T&P keman Bud Conklin, shown at Goodfield, III., on The model of the 1937 AAR car, July 18, 1988, in front of thot doy's D41DO 40957, is a correct body style, but I practice. Paint-Improved T&P colors can be (powered by an ex-NKP GP30) are now closet wonder if that door style is correct. The achieved mixing equal parts of Floquil railfans, having ordered a dozen copies of the single-sheathed car, 82846, is modeled Tuscan Red, Caboose Red and Reefer issue for themselves. (Steve Smedley photo) with the MDC version which resembles White or equal parts of Scalecoat Tuscan the "war emergency" car of WWII and, Red, Bright Caboose Red and White. Frisco (?) U25B to my knowledge, T&P didn't have any he "Frisco" U25B on page 21 of the such cars. The 50-foot double-door car, Thanks for the follow-up informa­ 70705, is puzzling in that T&P cars of T May-June issue was not being tion, Jim.-D.G. leased by SLSF to Conrail; notice that it this number group had smaller dimen­ doesn't have any lettering. In 1977, sions than the Athearn car until the TOFC couplers mid-1950s. By 1958, however, the Frisco traded its eight high-nose number group had grown and was ike Roger Kujawa, I like operating U25Bs (800-807) to GE for eight B30- listed in the EQUIPMENT REGISTER with TOFC/COFC trains and, like him, 7s. The U-boats were in such good con­ L dition that GE leased them out- hence, larger dimensions. Were the cars re­ I body-mount Kadee couplers on Ath­ built or did renumbering take place? earn flats. But, I mount the couplers in 802 was being leased to Conrail by GE. Either way, I wouldn't expect the Ath­ a different manner which may be of Michael M . P almieri Metairie, La. earn car to be a very good match for interest to readers without the luxury the T&P prototypes. of large-radius curves. I appreciate the continuing commit­ ment of PM to freight car modeling. Anthony Thompson PM classified

Pittsburgh, Pa. PM Classified is the bargain way to advertise-Only 20 cents per word (no charge for zip code), 85 minimum. Count initials, I've got to take some responsibility single numbers, groups of numbers (such as phone num­ bers), address number, street number, city and state each as for not providing information that one word. We reserve the right to edit all copy or refuse any ad. Orders must include name of owner, street address and telephone. PREPAID ONLY. Send order along with check or money order to PROTOTYPE MODELER, P.O. Box 379, Wauke­ sha, WI 53187-0379 . ..~WVT~ Assemble Kadee couplers in the nor­ • SOUTHERN.~ RAILWAY mal manner, and attach the box to the TP&W DECALS IN HO AND 0 SCALES. Send SSAE for lisling for ~I:_ 11I,,~'{I} underbody with a screw through the diesel and Prairie Marksman caboose decals. Midwest loco­ (: ., ' STANDARDS molive, RR-1. Box 174-B, Morocco, Indiana 47963. 37-38 ,. • .,- OF THE DEPARTMENT or center hole. Tighten the screw only fJh, ~ . )O(AlNTENAl'ICE OF WAY AND STRUCTURES enough to stop up-and-down move­ ~ VOLUME I. FREIGHT CAR DUPLICATE SLIDES loken by Cyril Durrenberg er. REPLICA!E THE SOIIl1IERH AS IT K'5 INTHE ment while allowing side-to-side rota­ New lisls reefers. tank cars, MK1 MP, Santo Fe, SP. LSSAE lor 1910's ~H O mo'S ~ details. Austin Modeling Associotes. 7214 Lamplight Lone. Aus· tion. Then, cut the shanks off two X2F tin , TX 78731 36·38 SOIIl1IERil RAILK\Y S!/.HD'-WS - VOWIIE I is choct full of diag"" and drallir.qs depicti~q ro:dside structures, trackside signs, MofW couplers, and cement these on either ROCK ISLAND AND ONTARIO AND WESTERN one ounce silver equip:.ent, tmkplc!ls, dnoiJIcb,Wlcboore. side of the coupler box so that the medats. $30.75 eoch or $60.30 per set plus $3 posloge. Corey Sched'Jledforlate·fall1988reie:se.lOOpsg:s(:anyfold -outs), springs hold the box centered (see ac­ Tucker Coins. Dept. PM, 879 W Park Ave .. Suite 231. Ocean, periectbound, liitedrun. companying drawing). On curves, the NJ 07712-7205. N.J. residents add 6 percent sates tax. 38 SfECmflE-PUBLI01IOHOfFB: SI9.9S(.fterIOIJl/88,SIUSea. ) Add S3 P£H for eacn order; IiC residents add 5\ sales tex. springs will allow the whole assembly B&O CALENDAR FOR 1989. Fifteen photos. B&O'style printing. to move as needed. 17 x 11 with space for doily nololions. $4 each ($3 to B&OHS members) plus $1 postage & handling. Marylond residents Michael Tolich odd 5 percent tax. Dealer inquiries wet come. B&O Historical Aukland, New Zealand Society, P.O. Box 13578, Boltimore, MD 21203. 38·39

6 PROTOTYPE MODELER ucts from this line include stone, concrete and D&RGW C-48 2-8-0 (No. 1144 freight and timber tunnel portals, an engine­ and No. 1151 passenger). All models are house, a deck truss bridge and a timber available painted and lettered or un­ trestle. New HO passenger detail parts painted. include Skirt Screens (No. 122), 4" Exhaust Blower Housing (No. 179), 12" Exhaust Blow­ er Housing (No. 180) and Battery Box Front (No. 334). The big news from Limited Edi­ tions is its all-new line of polyurethane passenger car kits featuring roof, skirt and side details incorporated into the cast­ ings. The first release was a complete sev­

Manufacturers: We' lI be happy to spotlight your new products en-car 1939 Daylight, also available are in Now Arriving. Sample products andlor a photo of the prod­ three 1950 C&O/D&RGW cars and a com­ uct. a description and price list should be sent to PROTOTYPE plete seven-car 1937 Daylight. A com­ MODELER, P.O. 8 0x379, Waukesha. WI 53187-0379.lfdeliv­ ery of products requires UPS, ship to PROTOTYPE MODELER . plete 1937 T&NO Sunbeam and four 1941 923 Friedman Drive, Waukesha, WI 53186 (UPS does not Daylight cars will be released in the near deliver to post office boxes). Items submitted are accepted as gratis in exchange for ann ouncement and cannot be re· future. All cars are available individually; turned; items may also be reviewed in detail in PM's Report­ write to the above address for prices and Micro Engineering, 1120 Eagle Road, ing Marks column. more information. Fenton, MO 63026, has released another in its series of N scale modern metal Withers Publishing, P.O. Box 36, Halifax, PA buildings. The N Modern Engine House Kit 17032, has a new hardcover release for (No. 60-001, retail price of $9.95) consists of G UIDELINE, P.O. Box 270092, St. Louis, MO pre-colored injection-molded plastic Southeastern railfans. SEABOARD, by Warren 63127, is a new quarterly publication de­ L. Calloway and Paul K. Withers, is a history parts, roll-up doors, roof vents and stor­ voted exclusively to consumer review of age space for four locomotives. of Seaboard Air Line motive power from N scale products. The GUIDELINE 'S staff of the first gas-electrics of 1917 to the merger avid N scale modelers promises a non­ with ACL in 1967. The 256-page book fea­ commercial format with comprehensive tures over 400 color and B&W photos and reviews of locomotives, rolling stock, Railway Engineering Agency, 1760 Mon­ retails for $45. structures and more, plus regular col­ rovia A-15, Costa Mesa, CA 92627, has re­ umns-ali for $15 per year. introduced the HO King Truss Bridge kit. The kit contains cut-to-Iength Kappler scale lumber plus plastic and white met­ al castings for building a 58-scale-foot­ Key Imports, 98 Main St. # 409, Tiburon, CA long ridge and retails for $10.95. 94920, has a number of new brass loco­ motives available this fall in HO scale: UP 2-10-2 Standard Freight Locomotive (four Sublime Design, 9582 Hamilton Ave. versions); PRR K-4S 4-6-2 NO. 3768 1936 # 120, Huntington Beach, CA 92646, now Broadway Limited (as-delivered and offers an HO scale Quonset Hut kit. The kit, side-skirt-removed versions); UP 4-12-2 touted as being craftsman-quality but (No. 9000 as delivered and as modified); ideal for beginners, fills a long-standing

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Model Railroad Supply, RR1 Box 45M, 1@droa C£ing Middletown, IN 47356, has added three new sets to its line of Monon decals. Num­ ber 100 is a Modern Locomotive Lettering set with decals for a variety of Monon diesels; it lists for $5. Sets 200 (red and white) and 201 (gold and red) are Mod­ ern Passenger Car Lettering decals and list for $3.50 each. Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745, has a variety of new detail parts available for HO scale mod­ Old Pullman Model Railroads, 8195 25th elers. Shown above: No. 197 EMD Fuel Tank .For railfans and business persons gen­ St., Vera Beach, FL 32960, has just released erally-An 1880s manual on how to the 1989 Old Pullman Catalog. New prod­ run a railroad (or any other business) ucts listed include a line of 0 scale code 100 track and 0 scale passenger car The A rt of Railroading is a collection of essays by Charl es Paine, published in trucks. The catalog is available free by TIGER VALLEY MODELS The Railroad Gazette in 1884 and reo sending a No. 10 SASE (postage $.45). C420 Kits S80 . C420-I-Lo L &HR 2 1,22 (Essex Termmal 106) (CR 2072) leased as a book in 1895. It's wonder· LVID&H 404-15 NKP 578 ' (N&W 2578) ful rea ding, telling how to ru n a rail· l &N 1300-05- (A PA 8' ". 84·) roa d-o r an y other kind o f business­ C4 20-1'/2 -Lo SAL "0·35 (Sel) (lBN '35'·75) Microscale Decals, 1555 Placentia, New­ ME 63 for long·term su ccess and pro fit! C420-I-Hi LI 200·2, (NYSBW 2002) (MBO) (AB S) (D&M 9761 port Beach, CA 92663 has four new decal (LA&W'01) Fo re word by Ben Minnich sets in HO scale: Number 87-524 EMD C420-I V2-Hi N&W 41 3-20 C4 20 -II -Lo PN 2000. 0 ' (LBN ' 377 .78) 160 pages, solteover, 4·5 /8 x7'1' ·. $6.95 GP59, GP60, SD60 Demos & Oakway SD60; L&HR 23·29 (eA 2073·77) (O&H ' 0') (GS& W 323) (M&O 2073. 74) (SeA 631. 32) Please add Soc s/h . Calif. buyers add 6 '7. tax No. 87-522 Union Pacific Locos, North Little EM 7220·22 TC 400.01 (L&N 1316, 17) Published by Claycomb Press Rock Style Lettering; No. 87-532 Union Pa­ Monon 503,'8 (LBN 1320·35) (APA 83) SAL '36 (LBN '376) cific High Tech. Locos, Dash 8-40C and L&N '306,' 5 (M&O) (NYS&W 2000) (LA&W ' 02) Others; and No. 87-521 Quaker State, Cas­ APA . 82 ' C420·Il ·Hi LI 222-29 trol 40- and 50-foot Trailers and Tractors. Monon 501 , 02 (L& N 1318, 19) NOTE' APA uflii s were heavily " Kltbashed" by GE The sets list for $3 each. ' Two sand IlUs In low nose Send SASE for mformatlon TIGER VALLEY MODELS 1070 County Road "'23. Phelps . N Y 14532-9769

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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 9 not run your ad unless you contact us. The Ann Arbor Railroad Technical & If you want to place an ad for the first Historical Association 1989 photo time in Society Page, we will need a calendar is now available . This year's camera-ready ad from you; for a one­ issue features an all-stearn line-up of time fee of only $10 we can prepare an classic AA photos and can be obtained ad for you using information you sup­ for $5 , plus $1 postage , from ply. AARRT&HA, PO. Box 51, Chesaning, MI 48616. The Milwaukee Road Historical As­ The C&O Historical Society has two sociation is currently conducting a new publications to offer. The 1989 model survey to help determine de­ CHESAPEAKE & OHIO CALENDAR features mand for Milwaukee Road models. The 12 B&W photos of C&O railroading in survey covers all scales and a wide Editor's note: This marks the long­ both the stearn and diesel eras. The cal­ range of interests including motive awaited return of the PM Society Page. endars are available postpaid for $3.75 power, rolling stock, and structures. Historical and modeling societies are ($3.25 for C&OHS members) from Lou The survey is open to everyone inter­ an important information source for Krue, Dept. NL, 93 Buckboard Lane, ested in Milwaukee modeling, not just prototype modelers; we gladly run Fairfield, CT 06430 . Th e secon d edi­ MRHA members. To receive a survey these ads free of charge (asking in re­ tion of C&OHS vice president William form, mail an SASE to Bradley H. Dob­ turn only to receive each group's peri­ Sparkmon's book THE CHESAPEAKE & bins, 825 Park Lane SW, Roanoke, odical---excellent information sources OHIO RAILW AY IN WEST VIRGINIA-HUN­ VA 24015. for p r ep aring articles) as a service to TINGTON DIVISION is also now available. modelers and to the societies. Since The Nickel Plate Road Historical & The 52-page softcover book features June, we've been trying to update our Technical Society 1989 calendar in­ eight new pages and retails for $7.95 ads, but unfortunately some groups cludes 14 photos of NKP stearn and ($6.25 for C&OHS members), plus $1 have been slow in responding to our diesel railroading. It's available for postage , from C&OHS Books , requests for information. Even if you $5.25 (postpaid) from NKPH&TS, PO. 2450 Knob Hill Dr. , Dubuque, advertised with us in the past, we will Box 45222, Cincinnati, OH 45244. IA 52001.

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10 PROTOTYPE MODElER a message to our readers

Keep your eyes open for the next PM­ cific paint scheme. Rules: 1) One vote for one mod­ you may not recognize it! el in one paint scheme only. 2) Don't vote for any­ thing we've featured in the past (for your hen you go to the hobby shop to buy the information, the past CWTs were: CMStP&P E9s; W January-February issue of PROTOTYPE MOD­ EL F7s; AT&SF Fs in Warbonnet Red; SAL E7s; ELER, you may have to look twice befor e you recog­ and SR E8s). This means, for example, don't vote nize the magazine. The cover will feature a dy­ for Santa Fe Fs in any scheme and don't vote for namic new look, something that will help us any model in Warbonnet Red. 3) Remember that promote the first-rate magazine we're producing . even though we've featured only EMD Es and Fs Inside the new cover, you'll find the same g r eat in past CWTs, there are a number of other covered articles you've come to expect from PM. Keep your wagons that deserve consideration, including eyes open at your local hobby shop during the Alco PAs and FAs, Baldwin Sharks, latter-day upcoming holiday season! EMD F45s and FP40Hs, etc. Direct your votes to the following address: Help us pick the next Covered Wagon PROTOTYPE MODELER CWT PO. Box 379 Trail! Waukesha, WI 53187 tarting on page 17 is the latest installment in Your vote needs to be in the mail by Feb. 1, 1989, S PMs famous Covered Wagon Trail (CWT) se­ to be counted. I won't announce the results until ries, this time featuring Pennsylvania Railr oad the next Covered Wagon Trail issue hits the news­ E7s and E8s. The Covered Wagon Trail series and stands. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this its attractive centerspread artwork is something issue's tribute to Pennsy Es. that we're very proud of, especially considering the tremendous reaction from PM readers. Don Gulbrandsen, Editor Even as this CWT has just been completed, it's time to start working on the next one. We've decid­ ed that you, our readers, should pick the subject for the next CWT. Starting right away, send us a postcard or letter with a vote for your favorite cab unit. Specify locomotive model, railr oad and spe-

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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 11 aaD PLASTICS: AMODERN TRACKSIDE INDUSTRY

Left: The B&D Pla stics building has an array of exterior del ails. On the trackside wall of the plant sit two grinding rooms for waste plastic (with concrete block walls) on either side of a row of chillers. At left are a ir condition­ ing units, piles of building materi­ als and the truck trailer storage unitAbove: A string of four cov­ ered hoppers sits in front of B&D's two silos used to store incoming plastic pellets. The silos, though different in height, have identical capacities,

Producer of plastic containers for the fast-food industry, this small plant would be a welcome addition to any modern- era layout.

ith a growing number ofpeo­ BY TOM SMILEY 3-inch piping to storage silos. B&D has pIe modeling today's rail­ two silos-one for food-gr ade pellets PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE AUTHOR W roads, there's a need for in­ and one intended for industrial-grade formation about modern industries to pellets. B&D now concentrates on food add to, and to authenticate, a modern pellets are heated to 375 degrees; then, service products and uses both silos layout. The plastics industry has been a column of melted resin is dropped for food-grade pellets. The piping sys­ around since World War II, but really into a molding head which has been tem allows the hoppers to be unloaded started to take off in the 1960s; a small cooled to 30 degrees. A blast of air into either silo, or directly in th e plant plastics plant would be a perfect cus­ forces the resin to the sides of the via a l'h -inch pipe. tomer for a modern-era layout. molding head, where it solidifies and A typical plastics plant has several B&D Plastics, served by Norfolk forms a container. The blow-molding external structures and mechanical Southern in Troy, Ala" is a typical method creates a lot of "flash" which is devices: chillers for the molding ma­ small plastics plant, B&D manufac­ trimmed from the product and placed chines; flash grinders; storage silos; tures bulk containers for the food ser­ in a grinder that chops the waste plas­ and a piping system to route pellets to vice industry, such as one-gallon ket­ tic into small pieces which can be the plant or silos. The main structure chup jugs for companies like Wendy's mixed with fresh pellets for reuse. can be just about anything, from Hamburgers, B&D employs the blow­ The resin pellets are delivered to the an older factory building renovated for molding method for producing its plant in covered hoppers. A vacuum a new purpose to a new, metal "Butler" products. In this method, plastic resin system transfers the pellets through building sitting on a concrete,sl oolik e

12 PROTOTYPE MODELER Fig. 11 Layout of B&D Plastics showing equipment located adjacent to rail spur

CHILLERS STORAGE SILOS

GRINDING ROOMS 11f2" PIPI NG

r~----~------~----~----~~--~- C==~ I ~ ____ _ COVERED HOPPER

B&D Plastics utilizes a nonde­ sc ri pt modern metal building with a brick addition for office space (at right). The two truck loading docks are used to deliver cardboard cartons and for shipping out fin ished plastic containers.

A flexible hose is used to empty pellets from hoppers into three-inch piping next to the track; then the material is directed to a storage silo. Narrow 1%-inch pipes (to left of and paralleling ladder) carry pellets into the building from the silo.

B&D Plastics uses. B&D's facility also features exterior building air condi­ tioners and an equ ipment storage building made from a tru ck trailer re­ moved from its wheels. B&D has en­ closed its grinders in concrete block rooms outside the plant proper, at ei­ ther end of a row of chiller m ach ines. There are fou r chillers-one for each of the fou r blow-mold ing m achines. Fully two-thirds of th e bu ilding is used for storage and packaging of the product. Large n u m bers of paper car­ tons are bou ght from St. Joe Paper in Apalachicola , Fla ., and shipped by tru ck. You may prefer to ship cartons in by boxcar to your model plastics plant. Actually, th e prototype had Nor­ folk Sou thern spot a boxcar on its spu r for several m onth s so it could experi­ ment with r ail pack aging and loading, and may even tu ally decide to ship oth­ er products in and out by rail.

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 13 Covered hoppers delivering plastic resin pellets to B&D tend to be nondesc ript, privately owned cars. Here's a Pullman­ Standard four-bay hopper seen recently on the B&D spur; no model is available of this particular car, though Athearn offers a PS three-bay hopper that could be used.

American Car & Foundry covered hoppers also frequently deliver pellets to B&D. Athearn and CM Shops both offer ACF 55-foot hopper kits that would function well se rvicing a model plastics plant; the correct paint color for these cars is Reefer Gray.

Currently, Norfolk Southern works this branch three to four times a week, Fig. 21 Vacuum loader though they service B&D only once a week. When they do work B&D, only a Simplified ~ ___ Main 3" loading pipe single car will be spotted or rem oved piping from the siding, though as many as four covered hoppers may be sitting diagram next to the plant at anyone time. The Storage silo siding has a capacity of 12 cars and NS occasionally uses the track to hold overflow tank cars from a nearby food From 2nd silo processing industry. Private-owner, four-bay covered hoppers of both ACF and PS styles are used to deliver plastic ~:PiPefor resin pellets to B&D. 3" pipe for direct connection --j--- -J. sending pellets TI~~~~~/ A nice model of a pl astics plant can to hoppers or 2nd silo to plant be made from a Pikestuff Distribution Center (No. 10), with the attached grinder rooms built from Pikes tuff Concrete Block Sheets. The silos can be made from a DMK Refinery Models Vertical Storage Thnk Kit (No. 1040), with the piping constructed from De­ 1 W' pipe along siding 3" pipe for loading 2nd silo tail Associates brass wire (No. 2507 I for 1 1i2-inch pipes and No. 2510 for 3------inch pipes). The chillers can be repre­ sented by Alloy Forms' 20-ton Roof Air Conditioner (No. 2016). In the case of B&D Plastics, all of the important de­ :r' pipe along siding tails are on the side of the building fac­ ing the railroad spur. This means that you could easily model this industry in a small space by showing it as a flat or a partial building.

14 PROTOTYPE MODELER Kilbash a Conaete Grain Elevator

Two distinctly different grain elevators can emerge from the Creative elevators feature head houses built from office and platform parts includ­ Design kit. On the left, a structure with an outside elevating mechanism ed with the kit. New, larger offices have been constructed using parts from and, on the right, an elevator with an interior elevating mechanism. Both other kits. Start with Creative DeSign's kit-then, with a little ingenuity and extra parts you can build a more-realistic structure for rural scenes on your layout.

he use of poured concrete to TEXT AND PHOTOGRAPHY vator, but the resulting structure was build grain elevators started BY JOHN SWANSON out of proportion. Also, you must con­ T surprisingly early; Princeton, sider that, on the prototype, a tall Ill., has "Farmers Elevator 1914" cast kit provides nearly all the parts neces­ structure can cause excessive pressure right into the concrete and Kaneville, sary to make a neat small town con­ at the corners-this is the reason that Ill. , has both a poured concrete grain crete elevator. most modern grain storage structures elevator and concrete grain silos dat­ I purchased two of the kits to show are cast round. ing from 1918. The early elevators how different the kit can be made to The two resul ting kitbashes are easi­ were, for the most part, cast using look with only minimal conversions. I ly done. The headhouses are made up wooden forms that had to be jacked up tried stacking the kits for a taller ele- from office wall parts with pieces of to the next level after each pour had platform wall glued on to increase hardened. This limited both the size height. Glue the platform sections ei­ and the height of these country eleva­ ther to the top or bottom of the walls, tors. The lack of heavy construction at depending on what height you want rural locations also entered into the the windows-the wall section with picture; transporting equipment over the roof access door should have a plat­ primarily dirt roads was often a diffi­ form section glued to the top. Make a cult venture. new roof out of .060-inch Evergreen I noticed the Creative Design Grain styrene sheet cut large enough to al­ Elevator kit in a hobby shop. Measured low an overhang of about six scale against "standard" grain elevator fea­ inches. Most concrete structures with tures, the kit has a few things that slab roofs have an overhang; a recessed need changing: no head or machinery roof requires drainage structures and house, improper spout assembly, no maintenance, causing unnecessary ex­ grain wagon or truck dump and ques­ This is how the Creative DeSign kit is supposed pense to an elevator owner. tiona'b'ie 'Use of a platform and large to look if assembled as instructed. You can see New loading spouts will have to be door at the front of the elevator. None the basic parts that have been employed in made for each elevator kit. The spout of these factors is a real problem as the other ways on the author's kitbash. included with the model is hinged,

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 15 kit (No. 3506) mounted over the plat­ form walls of the elevator kit. Center Anatomy of a concrete grain elevator the loading spout baseplate at the top of the second level of the trackside ele­ vator wall. Then, install a pipe reach­ SLAB ROOF HEAD HOUSE ing nearly to the ground. The triangu­ (,060" SHEET SYTRENE) (OFFICE + PLATFORM WALLS) lar "wagon ramp" walls (actually pieces of sheet styrene) should be filled with scenicking material when the model is placed on the layout. Low­ maintenance cast concrete retaining walls with earth or gravel fill were OFFICE common at country grain elevators. (FROM IHC KIlT) The second elevator was built with a long, narrow headhouse and an out­ side elevating mechanism; again, the / headhouse results from combining parts of the elevator kit office and plat­ form. Leftover pieces of the platform form the walls of the elevating mecha­ nism; a piece of .030-inch sheet styrene makes up the rear face of the enclo­ sure. The office-grain dump portion of this model is a mixture of parts; unfor­ (FROM MISC. PARTS) ('Ie" BRASS TUBING) WAGON RAMP tunately many were unidentified ex­ RETAINING WALLS tras from the parts box. The rear wall is simply an office wall from the eleva­ tor kit. The side walls with the large doors are from unknown origin; simi­ lar walls could be obtained from a which does not follow prototype prac­ the tube so the spout hangs almost ver­ number of styrene structure kits or tice; this would result in grain spilling tically. could even be scratchbuilt . The angled everywhere. In building new spouts, The elevator with the square head­ slab roof is simply .060-inch sheet sty­ start with the base plate provided with house centered on the roof represents a rene. Position the loading spout base the kit. Shape a new spout from 1/ 8 - inch structure with an interior elevating plate at the bottom of the second level aluminum or brass tubing (available in mechanism. The office part of this of the elevator and fit it with a short 12-inch sections from K&S Engineer­ structure is a boiler house from an IHC pipe that reaches nearly to the ground. ing); put a smooth bend at the top of (formerly AHM) Sand & Fueling Depot With all the joints and splices the model looks more like "seam-city " than concrete. I wanted to eliminate the seams and simulate a concrete tex­ ture. The first step is to shave all the seams as smooth as possible. The next step should be done in a spray booth or well-ventilated area-the resulting fumes are dangerous! Lay the struc­ ture flat, then flood the top surface The concrete grain elevator with lacquer thinner. As the plastic in Princeton, III., dating from 1917. The round design em­ softens, use a toothbrush to stipple it; ployed here is more common repeat for all sides of the elevator. The than the rectangular design seams almost disappear and a rough on which the Creative Design concrete surface will emerge. Though kit is based (at least among I stopped when the surface looked Midwestern concrete eleva­ good, I didn't realize how much paint­ tors) and is more-sound from ing would smooth the effect. Thus, I an engineering standpoint. recommend carrying the stippling even further. Let PM know about your results should you try this. Spray the elevators with a coat of Floquil Concrete (No. 110082) and al­ Iowa week drying time. Then, brush paint the windows and doors with Flo­ quil Pullman Green (No. 110045) and the brickwork of the one office with any acrylic brick red. The only other thing you'll need is an appropriate sign for your elevator. Since my mod­ els will probably end up in the Far­ mington District of the Wyanet when I rebuild it in 1989, it will be a simple matter to add the names I decide on for these elevators at a later date.

16 PROTOlYPE MODELER CAPTAINS OF TO F~ BROADWAY

____--' C~o~lIecfion of PRRT&HS

Above: A pair of E7As (EP20s in Pennsy jar­ gon) power a PRR passenger train on Horseshoe Curve in 1949 wearing the Bruns­ wick Green paint and Gold Leaf pinstriping that originally adorned all E7s. Left: A well­ weathered Tuscan Red E8 (EP22) is on the point of the Manhattan Limited in Gary, Ind ., in the summer of 1966.

Mike Schafer Pennsylvania Railroad assembled an impressive roster of E7s and EBs; Doug Nuckles and Warren Calloway outline techniques for detailing and painting models of both re-Amtrak passenger railroad­ BY THE PM STAFF tensive network of passenger trains. ing conjures many images, but Pennsylvania bought its first Es in P visions of streamlined E-units airline travel and the Interstate High­ 1945, receiving delivery of a pair of in action are among the most power­ way system and were witness to the E7s, then waited until 1947 before dra­ ful. The E-unit was born in 1937, al­ decline of U.S. passenger train service matically raising its roster tally to 60 though it wasn't until after World in the 1960s. As passenger trains were E7s (including 14 boosters) with a two­ War II that railroads began turning to discontinued, many Es were given an year buying spree. When EMD intro­ the attractive EMD series in large early trip to the scrapper. Several ESs duced the ES in 1949, PRR responded numbers to help maintain the pre­ and E9s persevered into the early vigorously, purchasing 74 ESAs by eminent position of railroads in trans­ 19S0s working for Amtrak and var­ the close of 1952, but also ending its porting passengers. ious transit authorities, but today the foray into the E-unit market. Thirty-six American railroads (as last handful of active Es handle Metra The E7 was internally very similar well as Canadian Pacific) purchased suburban trains in Chicago on Burl­ to its predecessor the E6, carrying a the various models of Es between 1937 ington Northern and Chicago & North pair of slightly modified 567A engines and 1964, pu tting the locomotives in Western lines. producing 2000 h .p. Externally, the almost every corner of the U.S. and Pennsylvania Railroad, notable for E7 was distinctly different from earli­ providing a colorful array of paint many things, held the honor of having er Es: The slanted shovel nose had been schemes to adorn th e locomotives. But the largest fleet of E-units, with 134 replaced by a shorter, blunt snout. even as E's performed admirably and locomotives. Composed entirely of E7s This model proved to be the best-sell­ reliably, powering many of America's (designated EP20 by PRR) and ESs ing version of E-unit. The ES showed most-revered passenger trains, they (PRR EP22), the far-flung fleet was minimal differences to the model it su­ couldn't compete with the growth of essential for maintaining Pennsy's ex- perceded. Internally, upgraded 567B

NOVEMB ER-DECEMBER 1988 17 nose together with the class lights. In the 1950s, these were replaced with PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD forward-set, large number boards which extended out from the frame. All E8s carried the stock EMD flush­ E7 (EP20) ROSTER set number boards. ORIGINAL NOS. Q1Y. DELIVERED NOTES Pennsylvania E 's wore two memora­ ble paint schemes and two distinctly 5900-5901 2 9/45 1 different lettering and striping 59008 1 4/47 schemes. All E7s were delivered in 5840A-5865A 26 8/47 Brunswick Green (very dark-often 58408-58548 8 9/47 2 mistaken for black) paint with five 58568-56648 5 2/48 2 Gold Leaf pinstripes, Gold Leaf letter­ 5866A-5883A 18 3/49 ing, Toluidine Red Keystone nose her­ Total 60 a ld and Black underbodies. After Aug. 11, 1952, a new paint scheme NOTES: was adopted: Tuscan Red replaced 1. E7As Brunswick Green and Buff replaced Gold Leaf. The five pinstripes officially 2. Even numbers only gave way to a single wide stripe on July 20, 1956 . This wide-stripe scheme also included the addition of a engines worked to produce a total of seven different horns appeared on large Keystone herald to each locomo­ 2250 h.p. while an improved layout the PRR E-units. tive side, and the 8-inch -high PENNSYL­ eased access for service calls. The E8 Nose lift rings-Lift rings were not VANlA lettering was replaced by 16- was also the first E-unit to offer dy­ found on E7s prior to 1949; E7As inch-high letters in a new typeface. namic brakes (a feature lacking on the 5866-5883 were the first units fac­ The paint history for E8s is more tory-equipped with lift rings. Start­ Pennsy units). On the outside, there complicated. The first 28 units (5808- ing in March 1949 and progressing 5810, 5835-5839, 5884-5899, 5902- were changes that operationally/me­ over several years, lift rings were chanically were minor, but signifi­ added to all E7s. All E8s were 5905) delivered in 1950-51 arrived in cantly major in terms of visual spot­ equipped with lift rings. Brunswick Green. The next batch of 24 ting features: Four round portholes E7 air intakes-The first E7 A's units (5765-5769, 5788-5799, 5801- replaced the earlier rectangular win­ (5900-5901) had double ventilator 5807), arriving in mid-1952, were also dows and a full car body-length stain­ panels behind the cab doors; this de­ delivered in Brunswick Green-except less-steel grille covered the air-intake sign was not duplicated. Units 5840- for two or four unidentified units that vents on the upper sides of each unit. 5883 had a louvered arrangement in­ came in Tuscan Red with the same stead; these remained intact until Gold Leaf striping. The final 22 units, Accurately modeling a single Penn­ 1953-57 when replaced by a new de­ sylvaniaE7 or E8 may prove to be quite sign with over and under screens. built in late-1952, (5700-5716, 5760- a challenge. Ironically, "The Standard Also starting in 1953, a group of 5764) all wore Tuscan Red with Buff Railroad of the World" was not very three additional ventilator screens striping and lettering. The Brunswick standard about the details that was located ahead of the forward win­ Green E8s were repainted to Tuscan adorned each locomotive; over their dow on the body sides of both E7 As Red starting in August 1952. The E8s lifespan, the E7 and E8 together re­ and E7Bs, replacing the front half of adopted the same lettering and strip­ ceived some 350 external changes. A the paired openings. In addition, be­ ing innovations employed on the E7s brief look at some of the variations: tween 1953 and 1960, all E7s re­ starting in 1956. ceived a ventilator grille at the top Special thanks to Ch uck Blardone Air horns-EMD purchased horns rear of the car bodies on each side. and the Pennsylvania Railroad Techni­ from several different suppliers and Number boards-The E7s were deliv­ Pennsy swapped different types ered with the small EMD number cal & Historical Society, for providing when units were shopped. At least boards molded into the sides of the valuable assistance in preparing this articl e. For more information about the PRRT&HS, its activities and its fine quarterly publication, THE KEY­ PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STONE, write to: PRRT&HS, PO. Box 389, Upper Darby, PA 19082. E8 (EP22) ROSTER ------~------ORIGINAL Q1Y DELIVERED 5584A-5893A 10 3-4/50 Modeling an E 7A 5835A-5839A 5 1/51 In the five-stripe scheme 5894A-5899A 6 3/51 5902A-5905A 4 3-5/52 BY DOUG NUCKLES 5765A-5769A 5 3-5/52 5788A-5799A 12 5-6/52 chose to model a Pennsy E7 show­ 5801A-5807 A 7 7/52 I ing the clean, as-delivered detail­ 5700A-5705A 6 9/52 ing of 5900 and 5901, the first pair of 5706A-5716A 11 E7s delivered. Excellent broa dside 9-10/52 photos of the two locomotives appear 5760A-5764A 5 10/52 in the book P ENNSY POWER II, by Alvin 5808A-5810A 2 10-11/52 F. Staufer and Charles Bertram Penny­ Total 74 packer. These photos clearly show the distinctive train phone antennas. In

18 PROTOTYPE MODELER All photos this poge. collection of PRRT&HS Wearing the most-common version of the Brunswick Green scheme, an E7A (above) and an E7B general, the antenna stanchions were (below) pose for the camera. The earliest E7s had some minor paint scheme differences, including not placed into any of the removable striping that ran right over the portholes. Both of these units have been altered since delivery: Note roof cover plates, resulting in uneven the three air intakes fore of the middle porthole on both units and the large number boards on the spacing. These photos also show dis­ E7A. B-units were not equipped with PRR's train phone antennas. tinctive traits such as the early num­ ber boards, the full side skirting and the separated fuel and water tanks. These early locomotives carried two roof-mounted air horns-one in front of each ofthe antennas. The right side air horn faced forward and was slight­ ly larger than the left side horn which faced the rear. Getting started There are at least three E7A body shells available for HO modelers. Hobbytown of Boston makes a nice offers a lead alloy casting that is easier the one I chose to work with, is Model zinc alloy casting, but it is very diffi­ to work with and is heavy enough to Power's imported styrene E7 which is cult to drill this material for adding improve pulling performance on a available powered or as a dummy. detail parts. Cary Locomotive Works working layout. The final model, and I started with a decorated Model Power E7A-wearing a ficticious Ches­ sie System scheme--and soaked the shell in Preston brake fluid for a cou­ ple of hours to loosen the paint for re­ moval with a toothbrush. Once you've got an undecorated shell, remove cast­ on details that will be replaced, includ­ ing roof top lift rings, steam generator muffler, handrails, grabirons and m.u. hoses. The number boards are ac­ ceptable for early E7s; the only addi­ tion required is countersinking a small hole for the class light just for­ ward of the number. The rectangular air intake grilles are also acceptable; I chose to leave them alone, but some modelers may wish to replace them with brass wire screen grilles. Next, work on roof modifications. All Pennsylvania Es eventually were decorated with Tuscan Red paint. Along with new paint came First, drill out all the holes in the ex­ a change in striping and lettering: One wide stripe replaced the pinstripes and a 16-inch PENNSYLVA­ haust stacks and the steam generator NIA replaced 8-inch letters. Note how the side herald has grown in size and has been incorporated stacks. Then, drill .030-inch holes for in the stripe. This unit again has the full complement of detail variations including nose lift rings the train phone antenna stanchions (added after March 1949) and an additional ventilator grille at the top rear of the carbody. which are simply Athearn short stan-

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 19 into appropriate holes and then secure the entire assembly with ACC. Fall colors, bright sun shine MOving to the nose, cut a round plug and a Tuscan PRR E7 make of scrap styrene to fit the hole for the for a memorable scene on lower headlight; after cementing in Horseshoe Curve in October place and allowing ample drying time, 1968. The E7, weathered after cut the plug flush with the shell sur­ two decades of service, face and sand smooth. Turning your shows some late-career attention to the underbody, cut a notch changes: The unit has been in the center of the fuel tank to sepa­ renumbered and the rate the fuel section from the boiler wa­ PENNSYLVANIA side lettering and single herald have been ter section. The horizontal cross­ replaced by two heralds. mounted air tanks should be left in place, but the curved skirt ends should be modified to match Pennsy specs. Cement all of the detail parts to the shell from the inside using ACC. For the air horns, use a forward-facing Athearn horn on the right side and use the Model Power horn on the left side. After the parts are dried and secure, Mike Schafer cut off the extensions of the air hoses and grabirons inside the shell to allow chions. Drill two rows, spaced four drill two .016-inch holes at the front of correct fit on the frame. Next, replace scale feet apart, of nine holes each. each row; into these will fit the ends of the couplers; I decided to use Front Space the holes to miss radiator shut­ .015-inch brass antenna wire sections. Range dummy couplers. After remov­ ters a nd roof h atch plates. In addition, Slide the stanchions over the wire, fit ing the stock couplers, insert your coupler of choice in the pocket and seal with a small piece of .060-inch styrene cemented in place. Painting and decaling The natural color of the shell is me­ dium blue, which allows for satisfac­ tory paint coverage without priming. A variety of paints are available for pain ting this model in either of the two schemes. Accu-Paint Brunswick Green matches the early scheme and either PRR Maroon or Engine Maroon Text continued on page 27 Doug Nuckles Doug Nuckles An undecorated Model Power E7A shell on its way to becoming a Pennsy unit. Above left: At the rear of the unit, a diaphragm, m.u. hoses and a steam generator muffler should be added. Above right: The lower headlight has been plugged and two air horns are in place along with other detail parts. Right: The trainphone antennas are the most distinctive details of the model. Note the uneven spacing of the supports, which are simply Athearn short stanchions.

Doug Nuckle's finished Pennsy E7A model. Doug chose to mod­ el unit 5901, one of the first pair of PRR E7s, in the five-stripe scheme with the as-delivered detailing. Note the distinctive lack of nose lift rings and Keystone herald on the side of the unit and the single number above the stripes. Doug Nuckles Doug Nuckles

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E7A Model No. 1508 M. u. air hoses Walthers No. 110017 Weathered Black No. 1702 Red 7" jewel No. 429 Diaphragm No. 110025 Tuscan Red No. 110034 Brunswick Green Model Power No. 1703 Clear 4" jewels No. 909 E7A powered, No. 2202 Grabirons Paint undecorated No. 2205 Coupler lift bars Scalecoat No. 2206 Roof eye bolts No. 1 Locomotive Black No. 2505.015" brass wire Accu-paint "'CII i ~ . No. 31 Brunswick Green NO.6 PRR Brunswick Green ;:0 Details Details West No. 37 PRR Maroon No. 12 Tuscan Red ~ o No. 118 Steam generator a Athearn Testors No. 10424 Short stanchions Front Range No. 11 60 Dullcote Decals =<-0 m No. 10440 Couplers s:: Detail Associates FloqUi l Microscale o No. 1102 Nose lift rings Precision Scale No. 11006 Dust No. 8739 Pennsylvania 5-stripe o No. 1302 Cab sunshades No. 3967 Windshield wipers No. 11 0010 Engine Black locomotives m r­ m ;:0 Continued from page 20 (weather the latter lightly with Accu­ Paint Dust) will replicate Tuscan Red. Floquil matches both schemes with Tuscan Red and Brunswick Green col­ ors. Scalecoat features a choice of ei­ ther PRR Brunswick Green or Tuscan Red. All underbody parts should be painted black. Scalecoat and Accu­ Paint will dry to a smooth, glossy fin­ ish suitable for decaling; Floquil paints will need additional Crystal Cote application to prepare for decal­ ing. Microscale offers an excellent set for decaling the early five-stripe scheme. These are exceptionally easy to apply single decal. However, the letters in PENNSYLVANIA are not correctly spaced and will have to be cut apart and posi­ tioned individually for an overall Collection of PRRTH&S length of 38 scale feet. Microscale also This E8 shows off an uncommon Pennsy paint scheme; it was one of a handful of units delivered in offers a decal set for the later single­ the summer of 1952 in livery that combined the original Gold Leaf pinstripes and lettering with the new Tuscan Red paint. Units delivered shortly after this featured Buff lettering and a single wide stripe scheme, but while the stripes stripe. Note such features as striping that goes right over the portholes and the "number" nose and heralds are satisfactory, the letter­ herald. ing is incorrect and shouldn't be used. After the decals are dry, spray the gan in 1963, the Chicago-Miami PRR­ type photographs, position a Detail entire model with Testor's Dullcote. L&N-ACL-FEC South Wind was de­ Associates M3 horn with all bells for­ Then, mask off the air intake grilles toured off the FEC between ward. and spray them black; also spray a Jacksonville and Miami and onto SAL. Build the Pennsy induction anten­ light coat of black around the exhaust PRR and ACL set up a pooling ar­ nas from shortened Athearn handrail stacks. Weather the lower part of the rangement which sent ACL units into stanchions and brass wire; the main locomotive with Dust and spray a little Chicago on every third South Wind antenna should be formed from .019- Weathered Black on the trucks. trip and, likewise, PRR Es into Flor­ inch wire and the connecting pieces ida. I decided to model one of the E8s from .015-inch wire. The stanchions that had been photographed on SAL. are placed about six-feet apart, but are --v-- My model of 5837 A is not a difficult spaced unevenly, and placement even project using an undecorated Model varied from unit to unit on the proto­ Modeling a 1960s-era E8A Power E8/E9 as the basis. Start with type. Refer to a photo of the unit you're body modifications: remove the dy­ modeling for correct placement. In­ namic brake fan, plug the lower nose stall the PRR standard nose grabirons BY WARREN CALLOWAY headlight and remove the molded-on just behind the anticlimber on the grabirons, handrails and lift rings. right side. Leave the stirrup step off as ome of you might wonder why a Replace the grabirons and lift rings it impedes swing of the truck. Also, S Southeastern modeler whose in­ with wire Detail Associates parts. add two nose lift rings on each side of terests revolve primarily around Sea­ Shape new handrails from 0.015-inch the door. board Air Line, Altantic Coast Line brass wire and install. Replace the At this point you'll find the detailing and Southern Railway would build a stock pilot with a Detail Associates adequate to give the model a Pennsy model of a Pennsylvania E8. During part and the steam generator vents "feel," but you may wish to carry the the Florida East coast strike which be- with Details West parts. Using proto- project further as I did by modifying

U. Florion Warren Calloway based his E8 model on units that temporarily traveled wide-stripe scheme. Note important detail changes such as removal of on SAL during the South Wind detour of 1963. The Model Power E8/E9 has the dynamic brake fan, addition of two sets of steam generator vents and been painted with Scalecoatll Tuscan Red and decaled with a Champ removal of side skirting. decal set, currently the only set available with correct lettering for the

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Collection of PRRT&HS A PRR E8 (EP22) photographed in the five­ stripe scheme in Harrisburg, Po ., in 1956. Though Pennsy's E8s had relatively few detail changes in their service lives compared to E7s, com­ pare this early photo with photos from the 1960s that follow.

Two E8s photographed in the 1960s show some changes in detailing. Right: This 1961 photo shows fresh single-stripe paint and some other changes. Of particular note is the lack of skirting around the fuel tank and the addition of m.u. equipment. Below: This is the unit on which Warren Calloway based his model. Number 5837 has also had m.u. equip­ ment added-the uncovered plug is quite ob­ vious. Note also the handrails next to the num­ ber board, another feature lacking at delivery. Collection of Warren Callowav Collection of PRRT&HS

28 PROTOTYPE MODELER Collection of Warren Calloway Another late-in-the-service-life E8 shows the new nose heralds that were added. These red-and­ white heralds replaced the red-and-Buff version and were actually placed higher on the cab access door than the previous herald. [J. Florian Above: You'll need to fill in the lower headlight on the Model Power E8/E9 shell and add a few other details (in­ cluding nose lift rings and a set of grabirons) to authenticate the model as a PRR unit. Left: The trainphone an­ tennas are replicated with shortened Athearn stanchions and .019-inch brass wire. The removal of side skirts makes it im portant to add details to newly exposed underbody parts, such as piping on the air reservoir.

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the fuel tank. Remove the skirts; with Single Stripe Locomotives set. After glass; sand these to fit as flush as pos­ the tank exposed, add fuel filler plugs setting the decals with solvent, spray sible and ACC in place. and piping for the air reservoirs. Fill the locomotive with Dullcote thinned in the gap left by removing the skirt­ with 50 percent lacquer thinner. After ing by building it up with pieces of lightly weathering the model, add a We're going to let our readers pick scrap styrene. Then, use short strips Detail Associates grille. At the time I the next Covered Wagon Trail! of .010-inch styrene to simulate the built this model, the correct early-style fuel tank mounting structural mem­ grille was not available so I used the Have you got a favorite covered wagon bers. Farr-style grille. The temporary grille in a favorite paint scheme that hasn't The next steps are painting and de­ was applied using doulbe-sided Scotch been featured in PM's CWT series yet? caling the locomotive. I matched the tape which holds the part tight, but Over the next couple of months, we're late Pennsy scheme with Scalecoat II allows easy removal. going to let our readers vote for the Tuscan Red and the Buff single-stripe After reattaching the shell to the covered wagon they'd most like to see and large lettering with Champ decals. frame, install Kadee couplers. Then fit featured on our pages. Turn to page 11 Position your letters one at a time us­ glazing cut from .005-inch acetate for more details. ing photos as a guide. The heralds all sheet to fill the window openings. Use came from Microscale's Pen nsylvania a hole punch to make the porthole

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 29 SOUTHERN PACIFIC RBL BOXCARS

Southern Pacitic RBL 699539 is a 100-ton car from class B-100-38. Note the 14-foot centered, single plug door which is unique to this class of cars and the peF 1 side sill with its distinctive curved drop. These 7,000 SP and SSW cars are linked by a common AAR designation; they actually encompass 22 car classes with some surprising detail variation.

etween 1968 and 1980, South­ BY DAVID G. CASDORPH in trying to match these cars to cur­ ern Pacific (SP) and Cotton Bel t PHOTOGRAPHY BY THE AUTHOR rent plastic kit offerings is the roof. B (St. Louis Southwestern­ There are no models of PCF-roof-pan­ SSW) took delivery of 7 ,000 new RBL eled cars except for Athearn's 57-foot boxcars. All were buil t by Pacific Car Most of the SP/SSW cars are "50- mechanical reefer which isn't a close and Foundry in Renton, Wash. These foot" interior-post, smoothside, Pla­ match in any way. A couple of Model were placed into 22 classes totaling 31 te C cars, but there are a number of Die Casting Roundhouse kits may pro­ number series. other varieties as well, including exte­ vide the basis for scratchbashing these What is an RBL? "RBL" is AAR's me­ rior-post, 60-footers and Plate F (high­ cars. MDC No. 1780, the double-door, chanical designation for refrigerator cube) cars. SP/SSW uses these cars pri­ high-cube boxcar, is superficially simi­ cars without ice bunkers or mechani­ marily to transport beer, canned food lar, but only correct in that it's a 50- calor chemical refrigeration. Simply, and other temperature-sensitive com­ foot smoothside, riveted boxcar with it's a heavily insulated boxcar with modities. These ubiquitous cars turn double plug doors; there are probably loading equipment (bulkheads, air up on rail lines around the country. 50,000 boxcars in the U.S. that fit this bags, side fillers, etc.). Technically, the Undoubtedly, almost any modern-era description. Modifying this kit to AAR classifies these as refrigerator modeler could put a few of these cars to match SP/SSW specs would require a cars. The most common (but not work on his or her layout. scratchbuilt roof, kitbashed ends, re­ unique) thing about these cars is the Modeling SP RBLs duced height, centered double-doors use of plug doors. Southern Pacific's and modified side sills . . . then you fleet exhi bi ts a wide variety of sizes and Unfortunately, correctly modeling could start work on minor details. types, ranging from "8 and 6" double the SP/SSW RBLs will be a scratch­ An alternative is MDC's No. 1760 doors and single 10-foot doors to extra­ building or, at minimum, a major kit­ kit, the single-door high-cube boxcar. wide 14-foot doors. bashing project. The biggest problem This model is fairly workable for the

30 PROTOlYPE MODELER Complete Roster SP /SSW RBL Boxcars

Number Series Class AAR Built CuFt Loaders IL EX-L IH PI Sill Sides Doors Roof Notes

SSW 21800-21899 B-1 00-21 176RBL 12169-1/70 5041 Car Pac 50-02 57-08 10-08 C PCF5 141PNI CSP10 F-PCF6 SSW 23000-23249 B-70-62 140RBL 9-10171 4788 LD Equipco 50-06 58-00 10-03 C PCF 1 12 iP/R COP 816 F SSW 23250-23349 B-70-66 138RBL 10172 4805 LO Equipco 50-06 58-00 10-03 C PCFl 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF3 SSW 23350-23449 B-70-66 139RBL 10172 4892 OF-B 50-06 58-00 10-03 C PCF 1 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF3 SSW 23450-23749 B-70-68 142RBL 12173-2174 4898 LOAir Bag 50-06 58-01 10-04 C PCFl 12 iP/R COP 14 F-PCF3 SSW 23750-24249 B-1 00-36 178RBL 10-11 /74 4889 LOAir Bag 50-06 58-11 10-04 C PCFl 121P/R CSP 14 F-PCF3 SSW 24250-24399 B-70-79 134RBL 6-7179 6286 LOAir Bag 52-06 60-02 12-07 F+ PCF3 121P/R CSP14 F-PCF3 SSW 25600-25999 B-70-50 141RBL 10-11 /70 4836 OF-B 50-06 57-11 10-04 C PCFl 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF6 2 SSW 26000-26099 B-l00-15 170RBL 1/68 6094 CarPac 60-05 68-01 10-09 C CSP10 PCF6 SSW 27200-27499 B-70-46' 140RBL 6-7/69 4858 See Note 50-06 58-00 10-04 C PCFl 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF6 3 SSW 28200-28499 B-l00-14 171RBL 2-3168 6057 See Note 60-05 68-01 10-09 C PCFl 161P/R COP 816 F-PCF6 4 SSW 28500-28699 B-100 -17 170RBL 12168 6057 LO Equipco 60-05 68-00 10-09 C PCFl 161P/R COP 816 F-PCF6 SSW 28700-28749 B-1 00-29 168RBL 8-9/71 6560 OF-B 60-05 68-01 11-10 F PCF2 161P/R CSP 10 F SSW 28750-28799 B-1 00-29 168RBL 8-9171 6600 LO Equipco 60-05 68-01 11-10 F PCF2 161P/R CSP 10 F SSW 28800-28899 B-1 00-37 167RBL 8-9/75 5691 LOAir Bag 60-00 67-11 10-04 C PCF2 16 EPIR CSP10 P-PCF3 5 SP 674800-674899 B-1 00-21 176RBL 11-12/69 5041 Car Pac 50-02 57-08 10-08 C PCF5 141PNI CSP 10 F-PCF6 SP 674900-675099 B-1 00-27 182RBL 2-4/71 5027 Car Pac 50-02 57-08 10-08 C PCF5 141PNI CSP10 F-PCF6 6 SP 691649-691698 B-1 00-49 168RBL 3180 5570 LO Bulkhead 60-10 70-03 09-11 C PCF4 14 EP/R CSP12 P-PCF3 SP 691700-691749 B-1 00-37 167RBL 8175 5691 LOAir Bag 60-00 67-11 10-04 C PCF2 16 EP/R CSP10 P-PCF3 SP 691750-691799 B-1 00-35 167RBL 3176 5570 Air Bag 60-10 70-01 10-04 C PCF2 14 EP/R CSP12 P-PCF3 7 SP 691800-691899 B-1 00-31 172RBL 7172 5553 LO Preco 60-00 67-09 10-05 C PCF2 16 EP/R CSP 10 P-PCF3 SP 691900-691999 B-1 00-28 168RBL 10170 5369 See Note 60-00 67-09 10-03 C CSP10 F-PCF6 8 SP 693350-694229 B-70-57 141RBL 12170-2171 Note See Note 50-06 58-00 10-03 C PCFl 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF6 9 SP 694230-694429 B-70-66 140RBL 8-11172,1-2/73 4892 OF-B 50-06 58-00 10-03 C PCFl 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF3 SP 694430-694629 B-70-66 140RBL 8-9/72 4805 LO Equipco 50-06 58-00 10-03 C PCF 1 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF3 SP 694630-694829 B-70-68 140RBL 1-2174 4898 LDAir Bag 50-06 58-01 10-04 C PCFl 121P/R COP 14 F-PCF3 SP 697100-697499 B-70-66 140RBL 11 /72-2/73 4898 LO Air Bags 50-06 58-00 10-04 C PCFl 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF3 SP 698200-698499 B-70-41 140RBL 11 /68-1 /69 4836 OF-B 50-06 58-00 10-04 C PCF 1 121PNI COP 816 F-PCF6 10 SP 698500-699199 B-70-47 140RBL 11 /69-1/70 4836 OF-8 50-06 57-1 1 10-04 C PCF 1 121P/R COP 816 F-PCF6 11 SP 699200-699499 B-70-50 140RBL 2-4/70 4836 OF-B 50-06 57-11 10-04 C PCFl 121PNI COP 816 F-PCF6 SP 699500-699749 B-1 00-38 179RBL 7-8175 4898 LOAir Bag 50-06 58-01 10-04 C PCF 1 121P/R CSP14 F-PCF3

LEGEND AAR = Nominal capacity ex 1000) and AAR mechanical designation Ends CuFt=Capacity in cubic feet All with wrap-around ends, 2 panels each, with 4 major corrugations and 6 Loaders = Internal loading equipment "fins" or "tabs" on top panel. IL = Interior length EX-L= Exterior length Notes IH = Interior height 1. Landis doors PI = Plate diagram (clearance diagram) 2. Some assigned to SLSF, Memphis, Tenn. Landis doors. 3. Either LO Preco or LO Bulkhead loaders. Sill 4. Either LO Equipco or OF-B loaders. PCF 1: Orop before first post. The drop is curved as opposed to squared. Sill 5. Some aSSigned to CRI&P, Kansas City, Kan. and side sheets flush. 6. For tin and tin plate loading. PCF 2: Orop before first post. Like PCF 1, but drop is squared rather than 7. Some assigned to C&S, Golden, Colo. rounded or curved. Shallow recessed sill at side and sill joint. 8. Some aSSigned to C&S, Golden, Colo. Either LO Preco or LO Equipco PCF 3: Angular drop at second post. Shallow sill recession at silil side jOint. loaders. PCF 4: Long and shallow with drop at third post. Shallow sill recession at 9. Loaders: OF-B or LO-Equipco (4,788 cu. ftl or LO Preco (4,797 cu. ftl. side/sill joint. 10. Some rebuilt 8-9/80 SP RAMAC with LO Bulkhead (5,051 cu. ftl. Classed PCF 5: Same as PCF 1 with a "deep" recessed sill structure. B-70-41 -R. 11 . Both youngstown and Landis doors. Sides EP/R: Exterior post, riveted. IP/R: Interior post, riveted. IPNI: Interior post, welded.

Doors COP 816: Centered, double plug, 8- and 6-foot wide. CSP 10: Centered, single plug, 10-foot wide. CSP 12: Centered, single plug, 12-foot wide. CSP 14: Centered, single plug, 14-foot wide.

Roof F: Rat roof P: Pitched roof PCF3: 3 corrugations per panel. PCF6: 6 corrugations per panel.

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 31 Left: The end design common to all SP/SSW RBLs of this period. " features two panels, each with four major corrugations, and six rectangular tabs on the top panel. Above: Cot­ ton Belt 28805 is an example of an exterior-post RBL and features the PCF 2 side sill design. Note the slight­ ly pitched roof line.

SSW 24250-24399 series; in its stock re-do the roof and kitbash the ends. Above left: SP 698397 displays welded, form this kit could pass for these cars, The only major discrepancy would be smoothside design and centered, double­ but would have some detail errors. the door-to correct this would mean plug eight-foot and six-foot doors. The small Let's look at how this model stacks up. changing the already-correct sides. rose symbol next to the ladder on the right has Actually, if you're interested in been applied to several series of cars rebuilt at SP's Roseville, Calif., shops. Above: On the F­ Roof: Flat (which is correct), but correctly modeling SP RBLs with a PCF6 roof design, each panel has five wide wrong panels. minimum amount of work, your best corrugations and one thin one. The alternative Sides: Correct. course of action might be to lobby mod­ F-PCF3 design has smaller panels with three Door: Wrong width (four-foot dif­ el manufacturers and suggest this corrugations per panel. ference). group of cars as the basis of a future Sills: Very close to correct. release. The demand for an easy-to­ Ends: Wrong. build kit decorated for the ever-popu­ Height: Wrong, but close. lar SP alone should warrant manufac­ Length: 21/2 scale feet from cor­ ture of a PCF RBL model. A correct rect. model based on a common, modern PCF car would be a real ground­ This could be a very close model if you breaker.

32 PROTOTYPE MODELER The most noticeable items on Cotton Belt 25686 are the Landis Doors which turn up on only three classes of SP/SSW RBLs. Other features on the car are much more "typical," including PCF 1 side sills and riveted sides.

SSW 24328 is a unique car in several ways. Though stenciled "Plate F," this car is actually a Plate F + (interior height 12 ' 7") the only SP RBL series with this design. The car also lacks the typical six tabs at the top of the ends, but has instead an unusual "strap" above the top corrugation. This car also ., demonstrates the PCF 3 side sill design, another feature unique to this class of cars.

SP 691653 is another exam­ pIe 0' on ex\erior-post car, but it is unique because it carries the PCF 4 side sill design. The door is centered, single-plug 12-footer. The partially visible undertrame-mounted tank to the right of the door is an air reservoir for the air bag load­ ers.

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NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 33 Alex Moyes The dynamic look of today's Soo Line on display in Waukesha, Wis ., in sharply angled color break fore of the cab number, a change incorpo­ October 1982. The paired GP38-2s show off the red-light gray-and-black rated in 1974. livery which became standard for the post-merger Soo in 1961. Note the

PART D: THE DIESF:I. ERA

BY CYRIL DURRENBERGER AND THE PM STAFF

oo Line's steam and diesel ros­ ters were different in a number S of ways. The steam roster was made up primarily from six basic wheel arrangements, while the diesel roster contained a great variety of loco­ motives from all of the major diesel manufacturers except Lima, and in­ cluded some rare models. Soo Line uti­ lized conservative steam designs, but showed willingness to buy newly in­ troduced diesel models. Soo Line steam had a businesslike look, but the early maroon-and-gold and later light gray­ red-and-black diesel schemes were classy and anything but drab. This roster has been limited to Soo

Collection of Cyril Durrenberger diesels before the acquisition of Mil­ The classic look of yesterday's maroon-and-gold Soo. This freshly painted GP9 was actually a waukee Road and Minneapolis, North­ Wisconsin Central unit; the "Wc." stencil on the cab gives it away. Notice that road freight units such field & Southern. This pre-1983 time­ as this did not receive the nose herald applied to passenger units. This is one of four Soo Line GP9s frame also avoids recent confusion which eventually received chopped noses after being damaged in collisions. The others were 411. caused by transfer of locomotives to 413 and 2403. the "new" Wisconsin Central Ltd.

34 PROTOTYPE MODELER Early Soo diesels assigned pri­ marily to switching service were delivered in a simple paint scheme: black with pale yellow (officially "Imitation Gold") end striping and lettering. Left: Num­ ber 383 was one of seven GP7s purchased by MSIP&SStM starting in 1950 and assigned to work the Minnesota/Dakota grain country out of Enderlin, N.D . Below: The old Soo was fairly conservative when ordering new units such as this we SW1200-no special op­ tions such as Flexicoil trucks or m.u. connections. The back side of the cab also sported striping. Both photos, collection of Cyril Ourrenberger The "old" Soo Line (Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie­ MStP&SStM), subsidiary Wisconsin Central * and CP-owned sister and "new" Soo predecessor Duluth, South Shore & Atlantic were not pioneers in dieselization. In fact, as late as 1954, an MStP&SStM dieselization plan called for use of steam until at least 1960' the conservative Soo Line re­ gard~d its steam locomotives with fondness and resisted eliminating them completely even though econom­ ics frowned on this emotionalism. The old Soo began its slow road to an all-diesel fleet in 1938 with WC's pur­ chase of three NW1As from EMD (the only examples of that model sold). The units were assigned switching duties at Schiller Park yard outside Chicago. The following year, MStP&SStM bought two NW2s for Shoreham Yard in the Twin Cities and an SW1 for the Minneapolis local territory. The stur­ dy Minnesota trio enjoyed long service lives; the SW1 was sold by Soo in 1977 and the SW2s were retired in 1980! In didn't take full advantage of what this number of years before Soo started 1941, MStP&SStM bought a single GE new breed had to offer. MStP&SStM breaking apart the pairs to operate 44-tonner and assigned it to switch added a fou rthbuilder to the Soo diesel them independently or made the sim­ grain cars in Minot, N. Dak. The un­ fleet in 1945 by buying a single Bald­ ple circuitry changes n ecessary to run derpowered locomotive was a poor win V01000 switcher. Soo made its EMDs and Alcos together. Wisconsin choice for the job and was eventually first foray into "regional" dieselization Central was the only Soo road to buy a sold in 1952. The next diesel order for by purchasing eight DRS 44-1500s. booster unit. The first F3Bs came as the old Soo was two Alco S2s bought by The units were assigned to work the part of four WC F3 A-B-A sets- run as WC in 1942-four orders, three manu­ grain lines west of Thief River Falls, single 4 ,500-h.p. units in typical Soo facturers. Soo entered dieselization Minn., and taught Soo Line some im­ fashion. A fifth "back-up" booster was cautiously, testing the wares of differ­ portant lessons, including how eight also purchased. ent builders. diesels could do th e work of 12 steam MStP&SStM increasingly turned to Early Soo diesel purchases were ap­ engines and how diesels h ad to be h an­ road-switchers for branchline jobs; it parently done with little planning dled in the harsh winters of th e upper first purchased some rare Alcos: four about the long-range future of diesels Midwest. RSC2s in 1949 and three RSC3s in in the Soo fleet. The old Soo replaced Starting in 1947, the old Soo entered 1950. These weight-spreading six­ steam with diesels on a one-for-one ba­ the covered-wagon market with the axle, four-motor units were specifical­ sis' Soo officials failed to realize that purchase of five EMD F3 "locomo­ ly purchased for light-rail branches diesel was a much different ma­ th~ tives." Each "locomotive" was actually west of the Twin Cities. The old Soo chine than the steam locomotive and a pair of cab-equipped F3As coupled followed its pattern of "spreading the back-to-back; Soo designated each of weal th" by purchasing seven EMD *MStp&SStM bought a controlling interest in we these pairs as a single 3,000-h.p. road GP7s between 1950 and 1952 and rais­ in 1909 and l eased the line for 99 years in 1910. It The old Sao operated the line until the 1961 m erg­ freight locomotive. followed a simi­ ing its tally to 24 road-switchers. WC er, but we maintained a separ ate corporate identi­ lar pattern with five pairs of Aleo FA1s lagged behind with only 10 road­ ty and equipment. that started arriving in 1948. It was a switchers, nine RS1s and one RSC3

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 35 MStP&SStM three-digit numbers. DSS&A diesels were a different story. The DSS&A was very independent from Sao Line and had its own unique paint scheme. The line's first diesels (Alco RSls) were delivered in black paint with diagonal gold nose stripes. Starting with an order of Baldwin DRS66-1500s w hich arrived in 1949, a new scheme became standard. The colorful livery combined yellow and green bands with Chinese red trim. After the merger and formation of the "new" Sao Line in 1961, a new light gray-and-red scheme was introduced. This livery continues in use on today's Sao Line. In this scheme, "soo" is spelled out in 48-inch-high black Ve­ Mike Scholer nus Bold Extended lettering on the Hardy NW2 301 stayed on the 500 roster for almost 40 years. Here it's shown wearing the livery of side of each locomotive, while a small­ the new 500 and working its regular haunt, Shoreham Yard in the Twin Cities, in 1972. After retirement er "sao LINE" is emblazoned in white on in 1978, this unit ended up working for U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh. the nose. An al ternati ve herald used in 1974 on some locomotives (and still an official corporate logo) placed a slant­ that was used exclusively between scheme, the classic maroon (described ed white "SOO" in a black parallel­ Neenah and Manitowoc, a trip that in­ by some as the color of rich chocolate ogram. The logo was applied to the volved some very light Milwaukee devil's food cake) with gold sripes and side of locomotives as a two-piece, 5- Road rails. lettering, was first applied to F3s. This foot high by 12-foot long applique As slow as fledgling steps of dies eli­ scheme also featured the Sao Line " $ " manufactured by 3M. The material zation occurred, the final transition herald on the nose. There were two ver­ proved to be of limited durability, was was startlingly abrupt. In March sions ofthis herald: One had an outline soon abandoned and the original big 1954, Wisconsin Central emerged only, while the other placed the letter­ SOO lettering readopted. Another from a 22-year corporate reorganiza­ ing on a dark background. The nose change to Sao paint in 1974 was a re­ tion (a record for railroads) and short­ striping was reminiscent of a squared­ working of the color break on the cab; ly thereafter new company manage­ off pine tree and looked a lot like strip­ the curved line was abandoned in fa­ ment ordered that dieselization be ing also found on Northern Pacific die­ vor of a straight break at about a 60- completed as soon as possible. This sels. Road-switchers in passenger or degree angle. forced MStP&SStM to dieselize, too, or road freight service also sported ma­ For more information on Sao Line bear all costs of maintaining steam lo­ roon-and-gold paint, but did not wear diesels, refer to THE LITTLE JEWEL by comotive facilities. By January 1955, a herald. One interesting paint anom­ Wallace Abbey, THE Sao LINE by Patrick MStP&SStM had taken delivery of 34 aly to note: The Alco FAls were actual­ Dorin and THE Sao, the publication of new diesels and WC 25 new units. ly delivered in the wrong color. Their the Sao Line Historical & Technical So­ Thirty-four of these units were GP9s; "maroon" paint was apparently much ciety. The latter publication has fea­ they were the first Sao locomotives closer to brown. tured detailed articles on Sao Line lo­ equipped for multiple-unit operation Wisconsin Central diesels shared the comotives (including Fs and GP7s) and included 15 units equipped with MStP&SStM paint scheme, but had two that would be very valuable to model­ steam generators for passenger ser­ identifying traits: (1) The locomotives ers. vice. carried a small "W.C. " stenciled on the Special thanks are extended to Otto P. Dob­ After the 1961 merger, the new Sao cab, and (2) WC units were all num­ nick who provided valuable assistance in pre­ started moving toward a standardized bered in the 2000-series, contrary to paring this article. fleet ofEMD equipment. Interestingly, the first second-generation power add­ ed to the Sao roster was a pair of Alco RS27s in 1962. An order of ten GE U30Cs (eventually proven unreliable) arrived in 1968, but future purchases were strictly EMD. In the 1960s, 22 GP30s (1963; arrived on trade-in Alco trucks), ten GP35s and four GP40s were added. By 1980, the roster had become even more simplified. Most trains were under the charges of a fleet of reliable GP38-2s, SD40s and SD40- 2s purchased during the 1970s. There have been three basic paint schemes on Sao Line, with some minor variations. The first scheme was black John Kuehl with yellow (or sometimes white) end Fairbanks-Morse was represented on the 500 roster by only a si ngle model, the H12-44, consisting stripes and was used on switchers. of five units, one of which is shown at Shoreham Yard in 1971. This unit, one of four delivered in 1954, is Road-switchers assigned to switching identified as a later FM by its lack of Loewy-inspired features: no rear cab overhang, no battery box service, such as RSls and GP7s, also fairing and no slanted nose. The first 500 FM on the property, No. 315, had these stylish features, but received this paint scheme. The second the newer, conservative lin es seem more appropriate for the old 500.

36 PROTOTYPE MODELER 500 LINE DIESEL ROSTER

ALCO EMD

Road Original Date Road Original Date Model Numbers Owner Built Notes Model Numbers Owner Built Notes S2 2103-2107 WC 1942-46 NW1A 2100-2102 WC 1938 ~ 2109-2110 WC 1949 NW2 300-301 MSP&SSM 1939 S4 2116 WC 1952 2108 WC 1948 FA1 205A-211A SW1 320 MSP&SSM 1939 2058-2118 MSP&SSM 1948-49 SW9 2111-2115 2220A- 2117-2119 WC 1952-53 2223A SW1200 321-328 MSP&SSM 1954-55 2220A- F3A 200A-204A 22238 WC 1949 2008-2048 MSP&SSM 1947-48 RS1 100-107 OSS&A 1945-51 2200A, 350-353 MSP&SSM 1954 22008 WC 1948 2360-2368 WC 1950-52 F38 2200C WC 1948 RS27 415-416 Soo 1962 F7A 212A-214A RSC2 368-371 MSP&SSM 1949 1 2128-2148 MSP&SSM 1951-52 RSC3 372-374 MSP&SSM 1950-51 2 2201A- 2380 WC 1951 2203A 22018- 22038 WC 1949 BALDWIN 2224A- 2230A Road Original Date 22248- Model Numbers Owner Built Notes 22308 WC 1953 VQ1000 310 MSP&SSM 1945 F78 500C-503C MSP&SSM 1949-51 OS44-1000 311 -312 MSP&SSM 1949 2201C- S12 313-314 MSP&SSM 1952 2204C WC 1949-52 AS16 379-380 MSP&SSM 1951 25008- ORS44-1500 360-367 MSP&SSM 1947-48 25018 WC 1950 6 ORS66-1500 384-387 OSS&A 1949-50 3 FP7A 500A-503A MSP&SSM 1950-51 AS616 388-395 OSS&A 1951-52 4 504-505 MSP&SSM 1952 OT66-2000 396-399 OSS&A 1949-1950 5 2500A- 2501A WC 1950-53 7 GP7 375-378 MSP&SSM 1950-51 381-383 MSP&SSM 1952 FAIRBANKS- MORSE GP9 400-414 MSP&SSM 1954-57 550-558 MSP&SSM 1954-56 8 Road Original Date 2400-2413 WC 1954-57 Model Numbers Owner Built 2550-2556 WC 1954-56 8 H12-44 315-319 MSP&SSM 1952-54 GP30 700-721 Soo 1963 9 GP35 722-731 Soo 1964-65 10 GP38-2 790-799 Soo 1977-78 11 GENERAL ELECTRIC 4410-4452 Soo 1979-83 GP40 732-735 Soo 1967 Road Original Date S09 2381 WC 1954 Model Numbers Owner Built S040 736-756 Soo 1969-71 44T 330 MSP&SSM 1941 S040-2 757-789 Soo 1972-75 U30C 800-809 Soo 1968 6600-6623 Soo 1979-84

NOTES 1. 368, 369 renumbered 370, 371 March 1962 and retrucked to four-axle 1964. 2. Retrucked to four-axle 1963-1964. 3. Original numbers 200-203. 4. Original numbers 204-211. 5. Original numbers 300-303. 6. Former EMD demonstrators 7002, 7003; redesignated "C" units Nov. !Mfr) 1959. 7. 2500A former EMD demonstrator 7001. 8. Passenger units equipped with steam generators. 9. On Alco trucks from trade-in FA 1s. 10. Number 722 on Alco trucks from FA1 trade-in. 11. Renumbered 4400-4409 1979.

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 37 RSC3 No. 372 was one of a number of Alco road switchers purchased by MStP&SStM specifically to work light-rail branch lines west of the Twin Cities. The RSCs used six axles to spread out the weight of the four motors. The four RSC3s were retrucked to B-B in 1962 and 1963. Four-axle status is apparent in this 1969 photo of 372.

Mike Scholer

Wisconsin Central's nine SW9s saw service system­ wide. Shown in the colors of the new Soo in 1968, 2117 dis­ plays some interesting details including the plug-in classifi­ cation lights at the corners of the radiator and the rerailer hanging next to the front truck. Note also the rearward­ facing air horn visible on 2119, sitting to the left of 2117.

Collec tion 01 Cyril Durrenberger Mike Scholer

38 PROTOTYPE MODELER SOD Line Photoroster

Alco 52 2107 wears a variation of the black­ and-yellow paint that decorated all Sao switchers prior to the merger-yellow radia­ tors. Take note of added cold-weather gear: the roll-down canvas radiator covering and the bay window on the cab. Wisconsin Central rostered seven S2s along with a single 54.

R.C. Wollin. collection of 0110 P Dobnick

Both WC and M5tPS.55tM rostered Alco FA1s. As was typical in the early days of Sao covered wagon operation, a single FA "locomotive" ac­ tually consisted of two separate units; it was many years before the railroad actually broke apart pairs such as 207A&B and operated them independently. An interesting note: the FAs were actually delivered in the wrong color, a tone much closer to brown than Sao's official ma­ roon.

Colleclion of Harold K. Vallralh R.C. Wollin. collection of 0110 P DObnick

Classic views of 500 covered wagons in maroon-and-gold also show some paint variations. Left: F3 No. 200 was the first cov­ ered wagon on the property and it soon became a media celebrity via company advertisements. It carries the unusual out­ line-only nose herald. Notice details such as "chicken wire" extending down be­ tween the portholes and the high-shroud fan housings. Right: Only color can do jus­ tice to the old 500 paint, exemplified by this F7A. This unit displays the typical dark-back­ ground herald; notice a lso the black pin­ striping which has been added around the gold stripes.

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 39 Two models that represented 500 Line's first forays into second-generation diesel power. Left: RS27 No. 416 was half of the famous "Dolly Sisters" pair (415 being the other half) that worked the Twin Cities for almost 20 years. Their mechanical unreliability was probably a big factor in 500 avoiding later Alco models. Below: Twenty-two GP30s arrived on the property in 1963 riding on Alco trucks salvaged from trade-in FA1s. Traction motors also salvaged from the FA2s later proved unreliable during winter operation, though 18 of the GP30s remain active with Wisconsin Central. All photos this page. John Kuehl

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Above: This GP35 shows the attributes of the origi­ nal post-merger paint scheme: light-gray sides and roof, black underbody and red ends and side sills. The logo is 48-inch-high Venus Bold Ex· tended lettering. Note the curving color break on the cab which was standard until 1974. One GP35, No. 722, was delivered on trade-in Alco trucks. Left: 500 Line rostered only four GP40s. The units were plagued with various problems including exces­ sive wheel wear.

40 PROTOTYPE MODELER 500 Line Photoroster

Except for a lone 44-tonner purchased in 1941, 500 Line's utilization of GE products has been limited to 10 U30C's, Nos. 800-809, leased starting in 1968 and purchased outright in 1982. The units represented Soo's first serious use of six-axle power, but they didn't perform well under the stress of high tonnage loadings on main line freights. The U30Cs were eventually relegated to secondary line and transfer jobs.

John Kueht

EMD six-axle units were apparently better­ suited to 500 Line power utilization as the satisfied railroad purchased 21 SD40s and 57 of their Dash-2 descendents. Lett: An SD40-2 photographed in ore service at Crosby, Minn., in 1978 wears the short-lived parallelogram logo. Applied to a selected number of units in 1974, the 3M applique had limited durability and was abandoned in favor of the original logo. In recent years reflective "Scotchlite" has been used for the lettering. Below: Though the six-axle units were purchased primarily for heavy­ tonnage grain hauling on the high plains, this SD40 was photographed off-line on Illi­ nois Central Gulf in front of Chicago's Sol­ dier Field. Cyril Durrenberger Photogropher unknown Soo Line Photoroster

RS1100 was Duluth South Shore & Atlantic's original diesel. The unit is noteworthy for its ending up in the bottom of ravine in Michi­ gan's Upper Peninsula atter a track wash­ out in September 1952. Shown in 1967, the unit wears an experimental pre-merger paint scheme that was applied to only a handful of other locomotives: 102, 105, 106, 212A, 396, 502C and 2224B. The "plain Jane" solid maroon (actually closer to brown) with gold lettering and no stripes was soon abandoned as the red-light gray-and­ black scheme was developed tor the post­ merger railroad.

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The 1960 merger brought together an in­ teresting array ot motive power and a colorful collection ot paint schemes. Right: Wearing the unique livery ot DSS&A, Bal­ dwin DRS66-1500 has been relettered and renumbered for Soo Line in this 1962 photo. Below: Eight AS616s, 388-395, arrived on the DSS&A in 1951-52; the units were originally numbered 204-211 . DSS&A relied heavily on six-axle diesels and also employed m.u. operation, two important concepts that its Soo cousins failed to recognize for years. Robert C. Anderson. col/ection ot 0110 P. Dobnick Col/ecl/on ot HQloid K Vol/roth

42 PROTOTYPE MODELER DSS&A purchased four DT66-2000 center­ cab freight units which it figured were well­ suited to its high-tonnage, slow-speed op­ erations, Unfortunately, design flaws rendered the units unreliable and they were relegated to less-challenging chores, After the merger, No. 397 (nee 301) displays a 500 paint anomaly-the only diesel lo­ comotive model to ever wear 500 and LINE on its sides.

R.C. Wollin, collection of Olto P. Dobnick

SD9 2381, the only unit of its type on the old 500, was described as "the pullingest locomotive" on the We. Shown at North Fond du Lac in 1969, this first si x-motor unit was originally purchased exclu­ sively for use on WC's Milwaukee Turn.

This broadside of FP7 2501 shows the post-merger paint applied to covered wagons, we and MStP&SStM purchased eight of the dual purpose cab units for passenger service, though they were used primarily for freight­ hauling after the merger, The FP7s are clearly distinguishible from F7s by the extra four feet of space behind the front porthole. Olto X. Dobnick

NOVEMBER-DECEMBER 1988 43 size with the same tractive effort is a Ed: ''I'm going back to work." rarity- a larger locomotive will usual­ Art: "Clear the main!" ly weigh more and hence, have a great­ Ed: "He's an extra and doesn't have company er tractive effort. an y rights over m e. I've been giNen The DW &LS tonnage ratings were clearance to do the work. I'll clear the main when I'm done." determined by finding the number of Art: "Clear that main linel " cars that each class oflocomotive could Ed: ''I'm busy." mail reliably handle up the ruling grade out of OJ Yard. Then, I just tacked two Ed was within his rights as, by the zeros onto the number of cars to deter­ rules, an extra has no rights over any­ Company Mail is a question-and-answer column covering all mine tonnage; i.e. 15 cars means 1500 thing-the only rights can be con­ aspects of railroading, both model and prototype. Please ferred by train order. The situation send your questions to John Swanson, P ROTOTYPE M ODELER, tons, 20 cars means 2000 tons, etc. A P. o. Box 379, Waukesha, WI 53187-0379. quick perusal of employee timetables ended with Ed switching away at High for roughly similar profiles found Ridge, Art at the dispatchers desk CONDUCTED BY these values to be suprisingly close to with smoke coming out his ears and the rest of us convulsed with laughter. JOHN SWANSON prototype tonnage ratings. Eventually, I intend to have a chart The point here is that everyone knew Q: I was interested in what system on the employee timetable that will what they were doing and how it was you use to determine tonnage rat­ show the changing tonnage ratings of done in the "real world." Because we all ings for locomotives on your Dixon, the locomotives with the change in dealt with the serious nature of real Wyanet & Lake Superior, how that gradient over the district. But, with railroading, the operating session was translates to number of cars and rebuilding of the south end of the a time to enjoy the fun part of proto­ whether that translates to, or is re­ DW &LS planned for the summer of type railroading without having jobs lated to, tractive effort. 1989, this project has been placed on or lives on the line if a mistake was A: On the prototype, a Consolidation or hold. made. I left Craig's with a feeling of a Mikado of the same size would gener­ contentment. Q: How are your operating sessions ally be able to handle the same ton­ I have since adopted on the Wyanet conducted? Are they "by the rule­ nage. But, where the Consol would Craig's approach to operating ses­ book" prototypically serious ses­ sions. First and foremost, they are to move at maybe 15 mph, the Mike, due sions? to its greater steaming capacity, would be enjoyed! Old hands feel at home and A: My serious operating sessions, com­ new operators, I hope, don't feel over­ handle the same tonnage at 35 mph, plete with dispatcher, were started and would do it using less coal and wa­ whelmed and feel that they can learn after exposure to Ron Robert's Shag & any job on the road. Don't get the idea ter. However, in the model world, find­ Bayside Northern in 1975. At one ing locomotives of visibly different that sessions on the Wyanet are a time the sessions were conducted with gigglefest. I've put my dreams and my the O~ly concession being that the rail­ time into the layout and I expect a rea­ road was in the basement and run by sonable amount of concern that the 12 volts DC. The goal was to have a "by trains and layout are run properly. the book" railroad, run as a prototype Scale Over the years, I've had people operate Model with form 31 train orders and a con­ with "don't give a damn" attitudes Traction densed rulebook taken directly from about running things properly or and the Consolidated Code of Operating about taking care of the equipment. Trolleys Rules. The only sound was to be the The simple solution to this is to not Quarterly murmur of conversation with the dis­ invite them back-it is your layout, patcher. This was fun, yet I used to go and you should decide who gets to to bed with a headache after most ses­ share your enjoyment. At roe time, rot so l ong ago, s treetcars sions because the railroad had not run roved Alrerica. They operated in every maj or There is no single, correct way to city and IImlY secondary cities throughout the as I expected and trains were delayed conduct your sessions. The only thing nation. People took trolleys to work, shopping by unforseen conditions that totally or to the theater. They played a ma.jor role in that I feel is absolutely necessary is to cormecting the cities with rural Airerica and al­ screwed up the sequence of operation. gain some knowledge of prototype op­ so relped in real estate growth and develo~t . Then, after hiring out on the Mil­ erations to serve as base for your mod­ Today in lIDS t ci ties the trolley car i s waukee Road, I went to an operating long gone, giving way to the autarobile, bu t the el operating sessions. merrories of those carefree days still linger. session at Craig Willet's Shenandoah Na.r there Is a magazine that can take you back Valley & Gulf. At the session were com­ to that qui eter time. Perhaps through pho to­ Q: In your operating sessions, do you graphs, even take you for a visit back to your pany vice presidents, superintendents, hcme~ or present a pleasant look at a famil­ move by train orders as per your 1929 iar street you once traveled. engineers, trainmasters, brakemen setting? "Scale liJdel. Traction & Trolleys Quarterly" and a lot of other railroad profession­ A: I started sessions on the Wyanet is tha.t magazine! Each issue presents a nostal­ als. The session was filled with laugh­ gic visi t to a by-gone trac tion systan. There is still using the form 31 train orders. sanething for the !lDde1er too, as we visit 00 ter and people setting up each other in While the session is run using a 6: 1 and 0 scale traction layouts, plus keep up-to­ prototypical situations; it was one of date reports on whats new in light-rail systems . fast clock, the orders required 1: 1 the best times I'd ever had. A memora­ Why rot give this unique publication a try, time. I found that the train orders were traIl)' of the photographs are fran old glass ble example; Art Danz was dispatching hindering rather than helping the op­ plates and private collectors, never viewed by and Ed Abbott was working the High the public before! A one year subscription is eration. As a result, I have gone to a just $11 .90 for four issues, a two year sub­ Ridge Patrol. They had a conversation modified Track warrant verbal train scriptioo is $23 . 75, eight issues. Add $2.50 that went something like this: per year ou tside USA . Cover price $3.00. Q1e control. While not really keeping with issue per year feautres a beautiful full color Ar t: "High Ridge." my 1929 era, it has allowed the rather cover. /iail to; Ed: "Yeah , High Ridge." complex operation to run much Scale Model Art: "264 is out and coming to you. Traction And Trolleys Quarterly Clear the main!" smoother. I would rather use track clo Vanishing Traction Products Ed: ''I'm busy. What is h e running warrants and have the session finished P.O. 80104016, Milwaukee, WI 53204 as?" in a 24-hour day than use train orders Make checks payable 10 lJamsh lnQ TractIOn ProClucts Art: "264 is Extr a 8536 North. Why?" and have the session require 36 hours.

44 PROTOTYPE MODELER This is what worked for me, but I vantages.) The AGE runs like a dream; have a large and complex operation. his operation is slower paced than the There is another side to the coin. Twice Wyanet and train orders work like a 1989 Rail I've had the pleasure to operate Jack charm. Jack uses both a dispatcher Ozanich's exquisite Atlantic Great and an "operator" who copies and de­ Eastern. (The first time I was intently livers train orders. One other great ad­ Cale'ldars watching the Rangley River J ct. help­ vantage is th at the better part of J ack's Steam • Diesel • Electric er and backed into, and nearly demol­ regular crew knows both the r ule book ished, a wall. The second time I tripped and the functioning of orders, rights, All on a throttle chord and shorted a con­ etc. As a result, the AGE immediately Color nection. 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