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Available from Withers Publishing· 528 Dunkle School Road· Halifax, Pa., 17032· 717.896.3173 Add 52.50 p&h for each book ordered' PA residents add 6% sales tax MODEL RAILROADING June 1996 VOLUME 26 NUMBER 6 FEATURES 16 T Handlaying N-Scale Track Part 3: Turnout Construction by Doug Geiger, MMR 36 T Rob Spangler's Northern Nevada Railway by Robert Spangler 20 T MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL Reefer Power - Building CP Rail 44 T Modeling a Pennsylvania 20' and 40' Power Packs (Gen Sets) ALCo RS3 (AS16ms) by Bob Boudreau by Jim Six T 25 FREIGHTCAROLOGY 48 T DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP Thrall's 52' Gondola Cars Colorado & Southern (C&S) EMD SD40 Since 1963 - Part 2 by Rich Picariello by David G. Casdorph 51 T Modeling Louisville & Nashville's 28 T BEHIND THE SCENES A Tale of Two Towers ALCo FA2/FB2 Locomotives by Margaret Mansfield by John Welther 30 T The Big Boats - Part One 57 T ON TRACK General Electric U33C1U34CH/U36C Constructing Curved Fascias by George Melvin by Jim Mansfield DEPARTMENTS 4 T Letters to the Editor 5 T Editorial 6 T New Products 8 T Product Reviews 14 T Computer Applications 15 T Book Beat 58 T Video Review 63 T Dealer Directory 67 T Your Trek Plan .8o 0': _...... .- 71 T Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER We return to Utah for a visit to Rob Spangler's Northern Nevada Railway. Rob's predominantly shelf layout is designed for operations and illustrates how wide-open spaces can be captured in very small areas. Turn to page 36 for a closer look at this outstanding layout. Photo by Randy Lee. INSET: For this month's Modeling Modern Intermodal feature we head north for a look at CP Rail's 20' and 40 ' generator sets. Canadian modeler Bob Boudreau shows us how he modeled these two pieces of equipment. Photo by Bob Boudreau. TJI THE EDITOR v Dash 9 Coverage I) The Southern Railway NEVER operated 2-10-2s on the Murphy Dear Randy, Branch, in spite of Mr. Smith's comments and those he references in I've just finished reading Part 2 of GE Dash 9s by Dave Bontrager the 1949 Railroad Magazine article. According to Timetable 89, and Don Zimmerman (April '96 MRG). Major applauds to these guys dated December 18, 1938, the largest motive power to operate on the for the very thorough job they've done! It was most enjoyable for me line were Ms and Ms- I class 2-8-2s, and they could only go as far to help Dave coordinate the technical aspects of the Dash 9. west as Addie (the bottom of the western slope of Balsam grade). I was especially gratified to have the CSX Dash 9 "controversy" These engines were not allowed on the line anywhere until after the covered as this has been a pet peeve of mine for some time with other bridge upgrades were completed in early 1924, as stated in the Sep publications' attempts to cover these particular locomotives. I'd like tember 1923 Southern News Bulle/ill, the predecessor to TIES. to point out other Dash 9 "spotting fe atures" of the CSX units not 2) While both classes of 2-1 0-2s (5000s and 5200s) used Ashville covered in the article. as a base point, only the 5000s could run east to Spencer and south to Note that these engines incorporate an earlier version of split Spartanburg via Saluda grade because of the floating front drivers cooling as evidenced by the radiator awning's thicker cross section. (again, as stated in the 1938 tit above). They could not be double A down-on view of the radiator area would reveal four large radiator headed unless separated by at least three cars. The 5200s (USRA panels (a la Dash 9) versus six smaller radiator panels found on Light 2-10-2 clones) did not have the modified driving boxes and Dash 8s. Another notable fe ature is the larger, Dash 9-style exhaust were limited to traveling between Ashville and points west on the silencer stack. Te nnessee Division because of broader curves on the "river line." On another note, as this article's deadline was breathing down 3) The Great Smoky Mountains Railway has always operated everyone's necks I was just compiling info on the NS Dash 9 "Fat between mileposts T47 (Dillsboro) and T1 14.3 (Murphy). They share Cabs." As luck would have it, some notable features on these locomo joint trackage with NS between T45 (Sylva) and T47 for the sole pur tives did not make it into the article, so here they are: pose of accessing the NS/GSMR interchange but are not allowed to ... NS Dash 9-44CWs have ditchlights at both ends. switch the two NS-serviced industries in-between. GSMR has ... There is an additional notch in the fuel tank (right side), just NEVER operated to Waynesville (T28.5). In the early 1990s, Norfolk below where the two air-tank reservoirs meet (see lead photo of Southern and the State of North Carolina fa iled to negotiate transfer article). This enables easier access to the manual drains on the air of this portion of the branch. Since then, shipments of paper products tank reservoirs. from Jackson Paper Manufacturing in Sylva have increased and the ... There is a spare-knuckle box on the walkway, behind the air-con intense desire by NS to rid itself of more "of the Murphy" has less ditioner unit, and as a result, there is a supplemental handrail ened. GSMR was practicing wishful thinking when they printed attached to the standard handrail where it vertically drops from the schedules and advertised the new passenger service over Balsam extra-long stanchion at this location. Mountain into Waynesville. On a final note, for those attending this year's NMRA National Jim King Convention in Long Beach, CA, some of your readers may be inter Asheville, NC ested in attending a clinic I will be giving on the evolution of GE locomotives from Dash 7 to AC. Rebutta l to Jim King's Letter John We lther Dear Randy, Bowling Green, KY The information that Jim is quoting is from an employees' timetable dated 1938 and is correct.