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20 T DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP Santa Fe GP7 by Rich Picariello 48 T MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL Spine Cars, Part 4A: 23 T Build A Custom Track-Cleaning Modeling a Thrall 48' All-Purpose Coalporter® in N Scale by Doug Geiger; MMR by Jon Myers

24 T The Early SD Units - Part 14: 54 T The Waterfront Series Project Southern Pacific & Union Pacific Modeling Mobile's Alabama State Docks by George Melvin Part 1 - A Look Back in Time by Mike Broadway with Bob Beaty 32 T FREIGHTCAROLOGY Amtrak's Boxcars by David G. Casdorph 58 T BEHIND THE SCENES Rough Cut: Creating 36 T Harvey Robinson's Rock Walls with Plaster Essex Lakeside Railroad & by Margaret Mansfield by Art Fahie

42 T Royal Purple - Part 1: 60 T ON TRACK The Atlantic Coast Line GP7 Bridging the Gap: The Dilemma (Part 3) by Jim Six by Jim Mansfield

DEPARTMENTS

5 T Editorial

12 T New Products

16 T Letters to the Editor

17 T Product Reviews

63 T Dealer Directory

73 T Your Trek Plan

77 T The Boys in the Basement .8 o it '" "'--_ ____ T Advertiser Index ____ 78 ABOUT THE COVER We stern Pacific GP7 7ll climbs out of the valley with a short mixed freight in tow on Randy Lee's Blake modules. The modules, which are part of the Colorado Rail Link modular layout, have just recently received a new continuous backdrop, courtesy of Backdrop Warehouse. Turn to page 17 for a review of this new Proto 2000 locomotive and to see what details were added to turn it into this prototypical WP GP7. Photo by Randy Lee. INSET: Next month, Harvey Robinson's Essex & Lakeside Railroad celebrates is 40th anniversary. Join Art Fahie as he takes us for a tour of what has become a New England tradition to many. Phoro by Art Fahie. The Premier Track Planning Tool for All Scales The accuracy of CAD layout ... Easier to use than a penc[ Drive your train in 3D! Now you can easily create accurate custom model railroad designs with stunning landscapes, prototypical rolling stock. buildings and bridges -then drive your train through it in 3D. Watch your trains from the perspective of a user, or be the engineer, even looking out the cab's side windows!

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EDITOR I PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee

CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Sharing the Spirit David Bontrager A. ovember. ..a time for thanksgiving ...a time for celebra­ David G. Casdorph tion... and a time for sharing the hobby of model rail­ Doug Geiger, MMR N roading. It seems hard to believe that November is already here Patrick Lawson, MMR again. Isn't it amazing how much faster each year goes by... al­ Jim and Margaret Mansfield most like somebody forgot to turnoff the fast clock in the layout George Melvin room ...and it's now keeping time for the I: I world. Well, be that Rich Picariello as it may. it's once again National Model Railroad Month, and our "Your Trek Plan for Larry J. Puckett the Weekend" column is overflowing with announcements of shows and open houses Jim Six that are scheduled around this time of year to enable modelers to share their love of Larry E. Smith, MMR model rai lroading with others in their communities. By the time you read this, more than half of November will be gone, but there are probably still plenty of opportunities for you to visit one or more of the events sched­ ART DIRECTORS Erik Fritz uled for your area. And if there aren't any events scheduled in your area, now is your chance to plan one of your own for next year. Michelle Ruffner But shows and open houses aren't the only way you can share the joys and plea­ CIRCULATION I OFF ICE MANAGER sures of model rai lroading this year. Next month, in communities throughout the Donald R. Strait US ...and probably the world ...orga nizations will be sponsoring campaigns to provide toys for chi Idren. These programs are often coordinated by local radio stations that collect information about the wants and desires of children in need from charitable NATIONAL SALES MANAGER Chris Lane organizations, social agencies... even from police and fire departments. They then try to find a donor willing to commit to filling a specific child's unique request. 1-888-338-1700 Why not take the initiative and let them know that you are willing to purchase one... or more ...train sets for a child(ren) who might ask. Who is better qualified to Volume 28, Issue 11. MODEL RAILROADING is pub­ select a train set than you? Your years in the hobby have given you the knowledge to lished 12 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338- diffe rentiate between a quality set that can start a child on the road to a lifetime of 1700. Price per single copy is $3.95 in U.S.A. Subscriptions enjoyment. .. and a junky, but usually glitzy, set than will only lead to frustration and are $31.95 in the U.S.A. or $40.00 in Canada (or foreign) disappointment. You could end up giving a lot more than a mere toy - you could be - payable in U.S. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or giving a child a pastime that he ...or she ...will enjoy for the rest of his or her life. If not photographs should be accompanied by return postage, you, then who? and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for But even if you can't afford to do it on your own, what is stopping you from get­ the loss or damage of such material. No part of this publi­ ting your club, division, or a few modeling buddies to pool your resources to see that a cation may be reprinted without written permission from the publisher. Printed in U.s.A. child has the opportunity to sample firsthand what has given you so much pleasure? The information contained in the various articles in this While I don't pretend to speak for your local hobby shop owner, I suspect that many magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is would be more than happy to offer a special discount if they knew the purpose of your given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any purchase. But remember too, this is your gift. .. not theirs. patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no con­ And finally, I'd like to let you know of one more event you can take part in this trol over the physical conditions surrounding the applica­ month that isn't listed in "Your Trek Plan." On Saturday, November 21, from 9AM to tion of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, 9PM, the Southeastern Model Railroaders Association (SEMRA) will be holding a Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any lia­ bility for untoward results and/or for any physical injury in­ one-day event at the Radisson at the Airport (formerly the Double Tree) at 50 I 0 Old curred by using the information herein. National Hwy. in Atlanta. This group, which is an Internet user group of modelers Copyright © 1998 by Highlands Station, Inc. interested in modeling southeastern roads, was started by Jim Six and a few others earlier this year. What started as a forum for the exchange of information over the ADVERTISING Internet soon produced a desire for a face-to-face get-together, and Atlanta was For advertising information contact selected. So if you will be in the area, why not plan on attending. The registration fee Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 for the day is $10. The meet will provide you with the opportunity to meet l [email protected] severa modelers whose work you have seen in the pages of Model Railroading and to see VISIT OUR WEB SITE their work in person as well as be able to attend clinics and just visit. Although I can't www.modelrailroadingmag.com guarantee all of the fo llowing will be able to make it, here is a partial list of authors who at the time of this writing, have indicated they will try to be there: Jim Six, LaITY SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS Puckett, Larry Smith, Jim Te ese, John Welther, Mike Broadway, and even me, your For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Station, UP-modeling editor. So what does a UP modeler have to do with southeastern model­ Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014 or call (303) 338-1700. Email [email protected]. Visa, Mas­ ing? We ll, you could say I'm just looking to the future ! For more info tercard or American Express accepted. FAX (303) 338-1949. email Jim Six at [email protected] or call him evenings at (440) 417-0 1 17. From all of us here at MRG, have a wonderful Thanksgiving' MODEL RAILROADING (ISSN 0199-1914) is published monthly at $31.95 per year (12 issues) in U.S.A., $40.00 in Canada, by Highlands Station, Inc., at 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014. Periodical Class postage paid at Aurora, Colorado, and additional mailing #9591. offices. Canadian Second Class Permit Editor/Publisher POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Model Railroad­ ing, 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014.

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Athearn, 19010 Laurel Park Rd., Compton, CA 90220, will be brake hatches (all are ABS plastic); #2002 ($5.95) has etched .005 releasing the following Athearn Special Edition locomotive in black-oxide stainless-steel parts for a 48" fan grille, five 36 "/34" fan December: BNSF C44-9W, road #79 1 painted in primer gray w/road grilles, lift rings and door handles. nos. in black (#2227, $69.50). InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering ALCO Products, 312 Hunter the fo llowing new kits: Forge Rd., Macungie, PA 18062, T 41313 Globe Oil & Refining ACF Type 27 8,000-gal tank car has DCC-compatible "Quick (12 nos.) ...$1 5.95 Kit" remotoring kits for the T 41012 GN 12-panel (orange & green) express boxcar (12 Bowser "Old Lady" 2-8-0 nos.) ...$1 6.95 (#1 80925, $39.95) and a two­ T 407 19 M&StL 1937 AAR (bright red) boxcar (12 uos.. ) ... $14.95 motor kit for the PRR T1 4-4-4-4 (#181000, $79.95). Also new is a Marklin®, P. O. Box machined alu­ 510559, New Berlin, WI minum tool 53 151, introduces the that will center #37500 Ontario North­ an axle gear land 1980 Northlander and gauge wheels in one operation for Athearn or passenger train in a one­ Proto 2000 wheel sets; Gauger To ol is $19.98. Add time special series. Train $3.00 S&H for any item. has an FP7 (equipped with a C90 decoder), compartment car, diner and cab control car. Champion Decal, P.O. Box 1 178, Minot, ND 58702, has the fol­ lowing new, re-issued or upgraded decal sets: Maryland & Pennsylvania Railroad T BRH-55 Santa Fe 50nO-ton open hopper... $4.40 Preservation & Historical Society, P.O. T BRH-120 Santa Fe "Super Chief" boxcar... $4.40 Box 224, Spring Grove, PA 17362, is T HC-70N PRR covered hopper... $2.20 offering a limited-run kit (produced by T HN-78 NP roadname set...$2.00 Red Caboose) for MA&PA's lst all-steel T PH-158 T&P passenger set ...$2.20 boxcar # I 02 1, put into service in 1931 (X- 29 type, ex-CGW RR). Kit is prototypically accurate and comes with Custom Traxx, P. O. Box 64 1175, W. Los Angeles, CA 90664- car history and magnetic-type couplers. Retail $15.00 plus $3.00 S&H. 1 175, has the following new traction decal sets: T CT-995 PCC "dress-up" kit w/decals plus 6 red lenses, 6 Miracle Castings, P.O. Box orange-yellow lenses, 2 PCC headlight wings and 3, Brantford, Ontario, Canada destination signs N3T 5M3, phone: (5 19) 757- T CT-996 Streetcar & Interurban General Markings ...$1 2.95 0625, website: http://mc.cyk­ T CT-997BR Banners, black or red lettering ... $13.95 lone.com/default.htm, T CT-997BY Banners, yellow-gold and blue lettering ...$1 3.95 announces a cast-resin kit for a Baldwin A-unit shark-nose 6-axle pas­ T CT-998 Roof and Dash Route indicators ...$9.95 senger diesel. Kit includes a one-piece shell and a resin chassis that will T CT-999P Pacific Electric Dash Signs ...$9.95 accept Athearn PA drive components and trucks. A factory-powered Catalog is $1.00. Website is www.trolleyville.com. version and a B unit will be offered at a later date. Prices NA.

Gareway Division, Mid­ Bill Mosteller, 28 13 Hogan Ct., Falls Church, VA 22043, has a continent Region NMRA, c/o UTAH BELT custom-printed Rail Graphics decal for Virginian class BL-4 ballast , .. U.B .. Ken Thompson, 9 I I Queens­ u •• ·.... _. cars. Set will do one car; price is $3.29 postpaid. .. bridge Rd., Ballwin, MO .. 6302 1 -6709, is selling a lim­ OK Engines, P. O. Box 355, Mohawk, NY 13407, has added two ited-run Roundhouse 50' hi-cube boxcar kit decorated for Eric new passenger cars to their OK Streamliners line: #84 Santa Fe Brooman's Utah Belt RR. Car comes in 2 nos. and is $14.00. Add "Indian" style 24 duplex sleeper and #85 RI "Golden Rocket" obser­ $3.00 S&H (1-2 cars) or $5.00 (3 or more cars). vation-buffet-lounge car. These 85' all-metal kits come with decals, nameplate or name board. Catalog $2.00. Highliners, P.O. Box 22435, San Diego, CA 92 1 92, has released detail parts for EMD F-series A&B units: #200 1 ($1 4.95) has a 48 " Reboxx, 8A Henshaw St., Woburn, MA 01801-4624, has green fan, five 36" low fans, four 36 " tall fans, four exhaust stacks, two replacement foam for Fujiyama Crown model boxes. Storage boxes steam-generator vents, eight sand-filler hatches and fo ur dynamic- w/customizable foam inserts are available for a single diesel, MU

Editor's Note: Please talk to your dealerfirst regarding any new products. �f you would like additional information from the manufacturel; please don't forget to include a number ten, self-addressed, stamped envelope. This will help all concerned. Thanks.

12 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 diesels (2-4 units), drawbar-connected diesels, small and large steam paper fl ags. Available flags are USA, Canada, UP, NS, Conrail, locos. Send SASE for list. CP/Soo, CN/GT, We. Amtrak and FEe. Price is $5.95 per kit.

Red Caboose, P.O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, offe rs the follow- Sunshine Models, Box 4997, ing new kits: Springfield, MO 65808-4997, T RC-8008 CN 1937 AAR boxcar... $14.95 has cast gray urethane kits for T RC-8009 CP 1937 AAR boxcar. ..$1 4.95 36' wood meat reefers. First cars T RC-IOI7 American Beef Packers Mather meat offered are Cudahy standard, reefer... $14 .95 North American 12000- 13899 series and Armour I 1000- 1 1999 series. T RC-IOI8 Kahn's Packing Co. - Mather meat reefer. ..$1 4.95 Price is $28.00 per kit. Appropriate ARA cast-metal trucks w/metal T RC-442 I BAR R-30-9 reefer. .. $15.95 wheelsets are $5.00. National B- 1 trucks, common on Cudahy cars, T RC-4433 Lackawanna R-30-9 reefer ... $15.95 are $5.00. Add $4.00 S&H in US for up to 5 kits, $8.55 S&H for 3 kits to Canada. Sheepscot Scale Products, 2 Country Charm Rd., Cumberland, ME 0402 1, Wa lthers, 560 I W. Florist offers an Industrial Brownhoist rai Iroad Ave ., Milwaukee, WI 53201- pile-driver kit that features a cast-urethane 3039; new releases for Nov. : ¢ .. ===- carbody, cast-metal detai I parts and a are: Amtrak 60' material han­ photo-etched pile driver and machinery dling cars in phase ill 3-stripe .:!l el Im"l .[[ - .-Il.-----;­� house. Model can be built in working or and phase 1lI 3-stripe w/U.S. ,.1;' fo lded (travel) position. Also included is a track-laying machine kit that can be mounted on a 40' flatcar. Kit #1340 is .} 1111 $135.00. Another new kit is a Bucyrus-Erie 11 15-B truck crane that can be mounted on any truck chassis (not included ; #9502 1 , $30.00. Mail emblem (single car, $19.98; 2- CORRECTION: The notice for Stelvart Hobbies, P. O. Box 34 1, pack, $39.98) and a Douglas DC-3/C- Chalfont, PA 18914, in last month's Sandhouse incorrectly stated that 47 airplane kit ($24.98). In the Stewart would be releasing a number of decorated ALCO C628s with Cornerstone® Series, Milwaukee Beer either single or dual sand fillers. They have actually only announced & Ale Brewery kit ($69.98). decorated PRR and SP C628 models with single sand fillers. The release should have stated their undecorated model w/single sand We stelj"ield, 63 River Ln., tillers was appropriate for Conrail, D&H and PC, while their undeco­ Crossville, TN 38555, has more rated version w/dual sand fillers was appropriate for ALCO Demo, SP S-40-4, -5, -8, -9 and -10 ACL, D&H, Family Lines, L&N, LV (ex-Monon), Monon, SCL and stock car kits. Between 1913 to SP (ex-ALCO demos). We apologize for any inconvenience caused 1924, SP assigned these cars to by this error. subsidiaries Northwestern Pacific, Pacitic Electric, San Diego & Arizona and Sud Pacifico de Stewart Products, P.O. Box 613, Lake Delton, WI 53940. has Mexico (these roads did not receive all classes). Kits are available in released Series I "Corporate Colors" flag and flagpole kits fe aturing original and modernized versions with decals for the subsidiaries plus three aluminum flagpoles, draw ropes, bases and detailed full-color SP and T&NO as appropriate. Retail $29.00/kit.

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AmericaI'! Limited, P. O. structural metal load Box 7803, Fremont, CA for all gondolas 94537-7803, has released 4- - • (#FNS-206); all loads • • wheel Commonwealth are $5.25/3-pack. The streaml i ne passenger-car 5-unit articulated well­ trucks. Trucks have Inter­ car kit (#FNR-2302) is $49.95. Mountain 36" wheelsets and separate press-in brake cylinders (#8 1 50, $4.95/pr.). New passenger-car core kits #80 15 (gray) and IlIterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering #8025 (black) include these trucks. the fo llowing new kits: T 602 15 Trona Chemical cylindrical covered hopper (12 deLuxe Innovations, P. O. nos.) ...$1 3.95 Box 42 13, Burbank, CA 91503, T 61306 Harbor Tank Line ACF Ty pe 27 8,000-gal tank car (12 has re leased 40' wrinkle-side nos.) ...$1 3.95 containers decorated for SeaLand (#C5 12) and Japan Micro-Trains®, 35 1 Rogue River Pkwy., P.O. Box 1200, Ta lent, Line (#C5 15). Retail $8.25/2. OR 97540- 1200, has released the following items: T GTW 60 ' boxcar (Road No. GTW 384063), RTR Fine N Scale Products, P.O. Box #1040 10... $1 4.30 2687, San Pedro, CA 9073 1, has T UP 50' covered gondola (Road No. UP 229606), RTR shipped a 2nd run of the Pioneer # I 06020... $ 1 2.85 Zephyr. New products are baled T Hamm Brewing Co. 50' plugdoor boxcar (Road No. H.A.M.X. scrap-metal loads for E&C (#FNS- 31221), RTR #38230 ...$1 6.75 204) and Micro-Trains® (#FNS- T PRR "Coal Goes to War" 33' hopper (Road No. 140162), RTR 205 ) gondolas and plate & #56270 ...$12 .10

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 13 T V&T 30' Nn3 boxcar (Road No. 1013), RTR #15109 ...$1 3.25 Red Caboose, P.O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, offers the follow- ing new kits: Mokei Imports, 6500 Kingsbury, St. Louis, MO 63030, has a RTR T RN-15014 BNSF 3,000 cu.ft. 3-bay hopper. .. $1 1.95 Eurorail boxcar used in high-speed movements and often seen in pas­ T RN- 1 5202 FMC 4,700 cu.ft. 3-bay hopper. .. $1 1.95 senger trains; price is $40.00 for 2-packs. T RN- 1 7050 NYC X-29 boxcar. ..$1 3.95

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Champion Decal, P. O. Box 1178, Minot, NO 58702, has the fo l­ T K76 1-I 37 1 Milwaukee Road 40' boxcar (#293 1) lowing new, re-issued or upgraded decal sets: T K761-159 I GN 40 ' boxcar (#39398) T BRO-55 Santa Fe 50/70-ton open hopper... $1 1.00 T K76 1-8012 Needham 40' plugdoor boxcar (#2374) T BRO-120 Santa Fe "Super Chief' boxcar. ..$1 1.00 T K762-1331 Burlington Route wood reefer (#74538) T CN-70N PRR covered hopper... $5.5 0 T K762-80 11 Swift wood reefer (#1021) T N-78 NP roadname set...$5.10 T K763- 1051 Santa Fe stock car (#27026) T K763- 1751 NYC stock car (#3121) InterMountain, P. O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering T K764-4091 P&LE modern boxcar w/riveted sides (#7 124) kit #204 17, M&StL USRA 55-ton hopper (12 nos.)... $29.95. T K764-424 1 SP&S modern boxcar w/riveted sides (#1 1091) T K765- I 53 I E-L modern boxcar w/welded sides (#63404) MDf<®, P.O. Box 2831, Chapel Hill, NC 275 15, offers the follow­ T K765-2 1 11 UP modern boxcar w/welded sides (#4933 12) ing K-Line® prototypical freight cars w/authentic numbers; separate ladders, brake wheel and grabirons; metal operating couplers; sprung Midwest Products, P.O. Box 564, Hobart, IN 46342, has the Cedar die-cast trucks; stainless-steel roofwalks; operating ice hatches Fa lls Truss Bridge, an entry level all-wood kit suitable for 0 scale or (where applicable) and stamped-metal chassis w/underside detailing; 027. Kit includes steel nails, plastic NBW castings and pre-cut music price is $39.95 each: wire for tension rods. Kit #3060 is $49.99.

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Model Power, 180 tered (white, black or red) and a tractor w/flatbed trailer in D&S Smith St., Farmingdale, (w/cables) or unlettered (white, black or blue). All are priced at NY 117 35, offers G $79.99 (except D&S, $89.99). scale (1/24) fully assembled Kenworth T- Precision Products, 763 Cayuga St., Unit #2, Lewiston, NY 600B tractor w/Great 14092- 1724, announces two new styles of Plastic Veneer sheets in '/," Dane trailer in Fed Ex, (G) and 1" scales: SKU#12018 'I," Flagstone Paving, SKU#12028 Santa Fe, CP America, '/," Gravel Roof and SKU# II0 18 1" Flagstone Paving. New '/''' scale Conrail, US Mail QED drawings are #15 Stables, #2 1 Waiting Platform, #25 Covered (1999), SP and unlet- Bridge and #30 Victorian Row Houses.

Z SCALE Marklin®, p.o. Box 510559, New Berlin, WI 53151, introduces a Micro-Trains®, 35 1 Rogue River Pkwy., P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR new starter set, #8 1465 American Freight train set with Santa Fe 97540- 1 200, will release the SP Class M 2-6-0 in 3 versions, $449.00 EMD F7 A, PRR boxcar, B&O gondola, Santa Fe caboose, 3 struc­ ea. They have released a BN flatcar, RTR #14508 (w/Marklin® cou­ tures, track and transformer. plers) ... $9.65; #14508-2 (w/Micro-Trains® couplers) ... $l 1 .30.

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Dallee Electronics, 246 W. Main St., Leola, PA 17540, has their Sets are $3.95 for HO and $7.95 for 0; add $3.00 S&H if new #19 Catalog & Wiring Guide covering their steam sound systems. ordering direct. Price is $4.00. InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering Giesler Engineering, P. O. Box 80, Lenni, PA 19052, offers the the B&B Hobby Supply #BBTl015 Precision Sprue Cutter; price PRR Bell, genuine replicas of a PRR steam loco bell. Bell is offered in is $14.95. fu ll size ($6,240), 3/4 size ($3,850), half size ($1,410) and quarter size ($585). Steel bases (in either Etruscan Red or PRR Green) are available Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503- 1078, has a new #84 for the full and half size bells; walnut or California redwood bases are Catalog (listing products as of July 1998) featuring HO, G and #1 scale offered for the 2 smaller bells. Bells are cast bronze and hand-polished; coupler conversion lists, couplers and HO PS-l boxcars. hardware is stainless steel. The cast iron yoke, frame and lever are painted with 6 coats of gloss black enamel. Also available are less­ Underground Railway Press, P. O. Box 1 1279MG, Burke VA 22009- expensive rough-cast bells (same 4 sizes) in the Motif Line. 1279, has released their 1998 catalog of over 2,000 scale plans from over 50 collection archivists or plan makers. Plans cover mainline, log­ Greg Komar Dry Transfers, 15532 Woodway Dr., Tampa, FL ging, mining, nan·owgauge, shOltline and traction. Copy is $2.00. 33613, has the following new dry transfers for Pennsy cabooses; each set contains all "region" lettering and will letter one car: Wo od/and Scenics, P. O. Box 98, Linn Creek, MO 65052, offers the T PRR-341 Classes ND, N6a, N6b, N5, N5b, N5c; 1 926-' 55 10 I-page "SubTerrain Manual" (STI402, $4.98) which gives instruc­ scheme tions on how to use the SubTe rrain Lightweight Layout System to cre­ T PRR-347 Class N8; as-built 1950-1951 ate a complete layout with mountains, valleys and inclines. The manual T PRR-348 Classes N6a, N6b, N5, N5a, N5b, N5c, N8; can be used in conjunction with "SubTerrain: A How-To Video" 1955-'61 scheme (STI401, $24.98). �

14 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 SO MANY FREIGHT CARS,

SOPRESENTING tiTTLE THE TI PROMETO. 1000 FREIGHT CARS Now you don't have to pick just one; because the new PROTO 1000 Series makes a complete roster, completely affordable. And instantaneous, too. Built for the modeler who wants to get right on the rails, our freight cars offer the same great paint quality and smooth track endurance as the PROTO 2000 Series, but with the authentic details already in place. Add the 50-foot Evans box car, a favorite of the Penn Central line, valued for its easy loading capacity. Select the unusual Thrall door box car, popular with lumber companies due to the accessability of the entire cargo space. Choose the 100-ton hopper, tile unofficial standard for coal transport from the sixties through the eighties. Or take them all home-Proto 1000 prices make it possible. For added convenience, body mounted PROTO 2000 magnetic knuckle couplers come standard-so do PROTO 2000 trucks with blackened metal wheels and needlepoint axles. What are you waiting for? Your ready-to-run railroa? is at your hobby store today. The line of PROTO 1000 Freight Cars includes the fo llowing road names wi th three numbers each: 60' Thrall Door Box car-Sacramento Valley and MCMillan-Bloedel; 50' Hi Roof Box car-Penn Central and Western Pacific; I DO-Ton Hopper-Southern Pacific and B&O.

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NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 15 TO THE EDITOR I

Ex-CR 6999 Spotted I have assembled many models (not just trains) in the course of Dear Sir: my 48 years, and this is one of the most difficult kits I have assem­ As usual I enjoy very much getting Model Railroading magazine. bled in a long time. The installation of the railing around the car is In the September issue there was a comment, in the SD7/SD9 the most time consuming part of the entire as:,embly. story concerning ex Conrail SD7 6999 and its whereabouts. This past I concur that you must drill out all the holes for the parts before week 1 was at a railroad meeting (I work for Canadian Pacific Rail­ you attempt to assemble the car as the holes appear to be on the tight way) in St. Louis. I was able to get out and do some nosing around side. You do end up with an excellent tank car that will appear in for trains and just by luck came across the 6999. It is sitting on what many different paint schemes. appears to be a disconnected spur at the Continental Cement facility a Craig A. Sonnen mile or so north of downtown St. Louis, along the TRRA tracks. It is Grove City, OH painted solid black and appears to be generally in good condition. It is surrounded by high weeds and looks like it has been sitting there More on LS&BC Boxcars for quite some time. I have no information where it might be going or Dear Randy, who actually owns it, but being in St. Louis would make one think it In response to the letter by Mr. Morris in the August issue of might be going to the Transportation Museum in Kirkwood. We also Model Railroading, concerning the Kadee LS&BC boxcars ...the visited this museum with its numerous steam, diesel and electric LS&BC car is not a transfer of ownership. Back around 1971, a cor­ locomotives. This museum is top notch with the equipment mostly poration, entered into a contract with the New York Central to restored and in excellent condition. You will be hard pressed to find a rebuild boxcars at a facility at LaSalle, IL. Somewhere along the weed growing anyplace. way, someone with the vision of easy per diem money decided to do B. L. (Bud) Bulgrin things a little differently. A car would be brought in for repairs, the Brooklyn Park, MN rebuild company would notify the NYC that car no. 123456 is beyond repair, they would be told, okay, scrap it. Then the repair N Scale Ta nk Car Review fa cility would fix a bad track roller, patch a hole in the floor of the Dear Randy, car, or whatever needed to be done. Then the reporting marks would I usually do not write and disagree with a reviewer, but I must dis­ be painted over, and restenciled either for the LS&BC or CLC agree with Kelly Cruise on body mounting couplers on the tank car. I (Cadillac & Lake City Railroad), which was in effect a sister rail­ have body mounted MTL 1025 couplers on my tank cars. [ use the road to the LS&BC. Reference the July J 972 Railroad Model short screw that comes with the 1025 coupler. Paint the screw top Craftsman. black after putting a drop or two of super glue on the exposed threads These cars would then be sent out to earn some easy and prof­ and it is not noticeable. I have had no problems operating the car over itable per diem money. So now, Mr. Morris, you now know that the my home layout which has II'h" radius curves on the mainline and Kadee LS&BC boxcar is not a resale, but "borrowed." 93//' radius curves in the yards and sidings. I did replace the Inter­ This car can also be modeled rather cheaply by using Athearn Mountain wheelsets with the MTL 1007 wheelsets so that all my boxcars, a little paint and some rub-on transfers. wheel sets match. Kelly Cruise was doing good to assemble the kit in Leo McCauley 2.5 hours, I took 4 hours on my firstkit and 3 hours on the other kits. Granville, IL

In Memorium - Greg Krasel We were saddened to learn of the passing of Greg Krasel, owner of Microscale, on October 6, 1998, at the age of 65. Greg was a Intly decent man who will be missed not only by his wife ioie and his family, bUI by all who had the privilege of knowing him. Although Microscale will continue ils tradition of providing model railroaders with quality decals, we have all losI a good friend with his passing. Our deepest sympathies go 10 ioie, his children, Vi ckie and Mike... and to all who held him. dear - and that includes every model railroader who ever applied a decal to a model. Thanks, Greg, for making this hobby so much more enjoyable. - Randy

When I first learned of Greg Krasel's passing I took time, as one will do under these circumstances, to reflect on the many years I knew Greg, both as an employee of his and a friend. While doing this I soon realized l owe Greg a lot. I first met Greg in the spring of 1973 when I applied for ajob as a press operator for Microscale Industries. My first impression of him is that he was one of the most enthusiastic and encouraging individuals I have ever met. To this day those impressions of him still hold true. Greg's father, Martin, had begun a printing business known as Studio Decals. This company primarily manufactured decals for decorating furniture, among other things. I find it amusing that while I was a boy growing up in northern Ohio I would spend time in my uncle's Sher­ win Williams store looking at the many fascinating designs Studio had in their sample book. Greg went to work in the family business after serving in the army and graduating from USc. Greg became experienced in all aspects of the business including pre-press (art work) preparations and press operations. Eventually Greg and his brother Ted took over the running of their family's company which eventually led to the formation of Microscale Industries in the early '70s. Although Greg was not a model builder he certainly understood them. In fa ct, I would say that was one of Greg's best qualities; he could understand and sympathize with individuals. I, for one, certainly expeIienced and benefited from this, firsthand. Although I had about three years' experience when I started at Microscale my skills needed further development; Greg was patient and worked alongside me to help me further develop those skills. Greg realized I shared his strong enthusiasm for the model railroad industry, and he felt my enthusiasm would pay off in the long run. If Greg hadn't taken this gamble on me I wouldn't be where I'm at today, and fo r that I will always be grateful. Besides taking an interest in me as an employee, he was also concerned for me as a person. He was like that with all under his employ, much like a nurturing older brother. He was the first to recognize some modeling skills in me and encouraged me to write for magazines. I can't emphasize enough how much Greg Krasel influenced my life and career. I will miss him, dearly. John We lther Maryland Heights, MO �

16 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 PRODUCT REVIEWS

Life-Like Proto 2000 EMD GP7 Phase II by Rich Picariello

lectro-Motive (EM D) introduced the WP GP7 711 is seen here as it comes out of the box with only the winterization E 1,500-hp GP7 in 1949. EMD had hatch added. Rich Picariello photo sold 2,724 GP7s plus five cabless "B" units (for Santa Fe) by the end of production in have cast stanchion fittings bolted to a flat following: skirt removal, chopping the 1 954. Dynamic brakes were optional from vertical stanchion. This stanchion lasted short hood, removal or relocation of lou­ the start of GP7 production; presence or ab­ into GP9 production until 6/54, when it was vers (usually by installing new doors), new sence of this feature is not a spotting differ­ replaced by a cheaper, formed stanchion prime movers, new exhaust systems or ence between the GP7 or GP9. Some other that is still used to this day. Over the years, other modifications. options were a steam generator for pas­ some were scrapped, traded for newer mo­ The GP7 Phase II is the latest offering senger service, roof-mounted air tanks with tive power, rebuilt in Capital Rebuild Pro­ in Life-Like's Proto 2000 limited-edition a large fuel/water tank and smaller fuel grams by the original owners or by other series. All major dimensions compare tanks. Some GP7s rode on AAR Ty pe B rebuilders or sold to other railroads. Re­ favorably with published scale drawings. trucks removed from trade-ins. All GP7s bui lding could include some or all of the As is the case with all Proto 2000 loco-

Additional detail parts were added to more accurately portray a WP GP7 as modified by the railroad. Added parts include Detail Associates #1010 large "Mountain" type Pyle headlights, #2807 speed recorder, #2312 wind deflectors and #2809 brake-cylinder air line; Details West 119 rerail frog and MV Products 14" lenses #159, and Kadee'" #5 couplers. The Life-Like part'S U':,ed are the winterization hatch and MU stands. The sunshades were made from the Life-Like shades by trimming off the tapered ends, adding .018 brass-wire supports and painting. To install the barrel headlight typically used on WP motive power, first file off the molded-on headlights. The new headlights are drilled out to allow the light to shine through. They are then painted black and glued in place. An MV lens is installed in each headlight. Weathering was done with chalks. WP 71 1 is seen here on Randy's Blake modules for the Colorado Rail Link. The backdrop is one of the new con­ tinuous backdrops offered by Backdrop Warehouse. Randy Lee photo

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAI LROADING T 17 GP7 Phase1 Spotting Features Diamond-Tread Phase Build dates Length Number Built Spotting features 10/49-8/52 55' II" Plain skin; 36"

behind cab unlil 1950; 3 rows of louvers on ballery box. Wal kways II 3/52- 1 2/53 56' 2" 2,688' Perforated skin' after 3/52; 48"

as cabbed units.

odelers have been delighted that Ill' 3/54-4/54 56' 2" 36 Perforated skirt3; one row of louvers on bauery box; M Proto 2000, Atlas and Kato road two rows of louvers on two doors aft of the front grilles. switchers and switchers have been of­ fered with molded-in diamond safety Phase designations are railfan identifying fe atures and were not used by EMD to show differences made I tread walkways in recent years. However, during the production run of a locomotive model. this added detail is not always correct, as Combined phase I and n produclion lOlal, mOSl of Ihis lOla I were phase n. 1 diamond-tread walkways were not al­ J For units with dynamic brakes only; units without dynamic brakes have 86" doors. ways used. At present, we have not been , GP7 Phase 1I1 and early phase I GP9s were visually identical. able to confirm what determined the type , Skin perforaled w/4 fu el-lank inspection slols as mandaled by Ihe ICC. of safety tread used on various locomo­ Phase information came from the OCloberlNovember/December 1971 issue of EXIra 2200 SOlllh . tives. Determining exactly what type of walkway a locomotive had is further motives, the GP7 will only be available complicated by the fact that very few Some features of the GP7 are: close-up look-down photos of the walk­ decorated for railroads that actually ... Skew-wound five-pole motor w/flywheels owned them. The first run of road names, ways exist. Because of the fineness of and all-wheel drive. with three road numbers, are Santa Fe this detail, look-down views from over­ ... See-through steps, footboards, winteriza­ (black & silver), PRR (Brunswick Green) passes, etc., of an entire locomotive usu­ tion hatch and fans (with fan blades). and UP; with two road numbers, for ally don't clearly show what type of tread ... Directional-lighting circuit board; DCC C&O (blue & yellow), Maine Central was used because the detail can be ob­ ready. (green & gold), Reading (green) and WP scured by the grain of the film. Published ... Frame-mounted Proto 2000 magnetic cou­ (orange & silver). An undecorated model photos make it even harder since the plers (X2F couplers in parts bag). is also available. All these models are printed screen pattern obliterates any vis­ ... Lightly weathered walkways with dia­ equipped with dynamic brakes, cast ible tread. mond safety tread, black discs under the handrail stanchions and the single 86" radiator fans. As this issue pertains specifically to door aft of the front grilles (indicating ... Accurate bolted stanchions with nearly the GP7, I have confirmed that at least units built before 3/53). Additional detail scale handrails. three different types of safety tread can parts, bagged separately, can be installed ... Factory-installed lift rings, horns, MU be found on early GPs: diamond tread, by the modeler to match the prototypes. hoses and grab irons. welded-bead nubs and sand-in-paint The parts include various styles of MU ... Crew figures in cab (unpainted black plas­ anti-skid textured surfaces. Brian Banna stands, cab sunshades, winterization tic). confirmed my recollection that the WP hatch, all-weather windows, X2F cou­ ... Operating cab doors and drop steps. GP7s at Portola have the welded-bead plers and a door opener hook. The mod­ Our decorated Western Pacific GP7 711 nub walkways, and Don Strack stated he els are offered almost RTR; the desired sample locomotive was painted in accurate remembers UP GP7s having welded­ detai parts will have to be installed (if WP silver and orange with nearly perfect bead tread. Warren Calloway found coo­ I desired) and the body screwed onto the color separation between the orange and clusive photographic evidence that SAL chassis. Unlike previous Proto 2000 silver except for a very slight overspray GP7s could be found with diamond­ offerings, the GP7 shell is secured to the near the curve on the right side of the short tread as well as welded-bead walkways. chassis by two screws that are hidden hood. The black striping is well done and And Chris Toth informed me that he had under the press-fit plastic fuel tank piece the lettering is sharp and readable. Western recently been on some former Michigan and by the coupler mounting screws. On Pacific acquired 13 phase II GP7s, built Northern GP7s that were on the W&LE the test track, our sample ran as from 10/52 to 4/53 and numbered from 701 until a few months ago that had the moothlY and quietly as other Life-Like to 713. There is very subtle weathering on sand-in-paint anti-skid treatment. Rich roto 2000 offerings. The GP7s perfor­ the walkways as the black (on our WP Picariello also has several GP7 photos �mance is similar to the previously unit) is toned down as compared to the that seem to indicate this latter treat­ offered GP9 and GP20. It should be able black on the cab roof. Is this an indicator ment. At present, I have been unable to to pull 50+ freight cars on level track and of things to come? Will weathered as well relate these different types of walkways run well in a multiple-unit set. Another as unweathered versions of upcoming loco­ to either a timeline or to customer order. major change made on the GP7 is that motives be offered? Is it possible that EMD just used what­ the footboards are now molded as an This model should prove to be popular ever was handy? Hopefully, further integral part of the pilots; they were sep­ with steam-to-diesel era transition fans as research will shed some more light on arate parts on the GP18, GP9 and GP20. well as modelers of later eras. More road­ this puzzling question. Do any of our Another improvement is that the 36" names will be offered in future runs. Let's readers have any information to share on radiator fans now have black plugs under hope that Life-Like will offer a non-dynamic this matter? them to prevent light from the headlight brake version in the future. Retail price is bulbs showing through the fans. $85.00. An N scale version will follow.

18 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 Kato ACF 70-ton Covered Hopper

by Doug Geiger, MMR

Photo by the author

ato, renowned manufacturer of model K railroad locomotives in both HO and N scale has entered the freight car business by offering an HO-scale transition-era cov­ ered hopper. The prototype ACF (American trucks should be painted rusty-brown before sprue, make sure you don't trim offthe tiny Car & Foundry) covered hopper began pro­ assembling the trucks. All the wheels were mounting pin. When adding part F (the duction in the 1930s, with only minor gauged tight, but were easy to twist into the hatch lockjng bars), note that a pin is miss­ changes during its long production life correct spacing. The axles are shorter than ing from the casting, but its corresponding (bigger hatches and a slightly increased ca­ an Athearn, so other brands of wheel sets hole is in the body side. The casting covers pacity). Ve ry few of these cars can be found may not fit (important if you need resistance the hole so no filling is necessary, but the on today's modern railroads. They served wheels on this car for signal detection). The lockjng bar may need more glue to hold it in well during the 1940s through the 1970s and trucks are Kato's ASF Rjde Control (friction place. Use a gap-filling cyanoacrylate have been replaced by larger capacity cars. bearings) that have been available sepa­ cement. Glue in parts E (brake wheel - two The kit's parts are free of flash and fit rately. Kato includes their new "semi-oper­ styles are included) and D (brake-wheel together well. A single-sheet, three-section ating" dummy couplers with these kits. platform) before adding the body to the instruction sheet is included, along with an Each is made in two parts that slide and underframe. You can then trim off their order fo rm. The instructions are well-written snap together to form a coupler that is mounting pins from the inside for a better and the diagrams illustrate the parts well. sprung and will mate with Kadee®-compati­ appearance. Be sure to use the ends that The car comes pre-lettered for various rail­ ble couplers, but since it lacks a trip pin, it match the body casting since all these pieces roads and includes trucks and couplers cannot be used if you want magnetically have reporting mark numbers and there are (more on those later). Graphics are sharp, activated uncoupling. Be careful not to three different numbers included (since there but do not include a build date. An undeco­ damage the small pins that hold the two are three cars per box). Since the car is light rated car is not currently available. This kit parts together; assembly can be a little even with the supplied weights, I added lead has a mjxture of slippery delrin plastic and tricky the first time or two. I recommend shot placed in a pond of epoxy in the hopper traditional styrene parts. There is no cement replacing their couplers with Kadee #5s if bottom. After that was dry, I also glued the that will join these two disparate plastics you want automatic uncoupling. You will body to the underframe assembly to keep together, so upgrading or superdetailing the need to add a spacer of .015 x .250 styrene everythjng together in the future. Finish the kjt will be a bit difficult. And since most of in the coupler pocket so the Kadee will not car by gluing the stirrups (part E- l) to the the included detail parts are delrin, using kjt droop. The Kadee coupler with the spacer body for security. components (like the brake appl iances) matched a height gauge precisely. Glue the The hopper set is offered in the following won't work on another model. Even so, the coupler pocket in place to avoid releasing roadnames: C&O (#38-0101), UP (#38- detail is very nice and crisp over all the kjt the coupler during switching moves. 0102), Frisco (#38-0 103), CB&Q (#38- so there isn't much to change. Sprues A The trucks are held to the underframe 0104), Erie (#38-0 105) and ATSF (#38-1 06). (hatches), C (roofwalks), E brake appli­ with screws which by design cannot be over All have different reporting mark numbers ances), F (hatch latches) and G (hopper tightened because the boss into which the and come three hoppers per box. Kato has gates) are delrin; sprues B (body ends), D screw goes is slightly deeper than the truck not made single cars available. Even the box (bolsters and underframe cover) and the bolster is thick, so the trucks were a bit loose illustrations are different so as to match the body, hoppers and frame are styrene. The for my taste. Glue the weights to the hopper roadnames! The retail price per set is grabirons are molded into the body, but bottom with epoxy. Note that the B-2 end $45.00. They can be found at most well­ c()uld be removed and separate wire grabs has a hole (the B-1 end does not) which stocked hobby shops. Although I consider added fairly easily. needs to be added to the hopper end with the the kjt's no-glue, snap-tight feature to be a Although Kato's covered hopper brake gear. Also make sure you use match­ gimmick, this hopper kjt builds into a very requires no glue for assembly, I would still ing ends (there is printing on parts B-1 and nice car. However, because of all the delrin recommend cement at several key places as B-2). Glue the underframe to the hopper parts, the kitbasher will have a harder time described below. The metal wheels in the body. When trimming part E-6 from the upgrading or changing the car. �

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 19 DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP

Santa Fe GP HO Scale Models by Athearn, Atlas, Life-Like Proto 2000 and Trains Unlimited N Scale Models by Atlas and Life-Like

by Rich Picariello

Photos from the author's collection

he Prototype GP7: EMD introduced accommodate Athearn's original wide available in either powered or un-powered T the 1,500-hp OP7 in 1949. At the end motor. Over the years, the cast-metal truck versions or as a shell only. Proto Power of production in 1954, 2,729 had been built sideframes have been updated with highly West makes a complete chassis with a can (total includes the five cabless "B" units for detailed plastic sideframes, and a new nar­ motor and tuned Athearn dri e c ompo­ Santa Fe). Phase I OP7s has solid skirts with row motor has replaced the wide motor. nents to fi t the Tu/FR OP7/9 (#39902, a 36" dynamic-brake fan (if so equipped) The Atlas OP7, recently re-re leased as an $80.00). while the Phase II has inspection slots in the Atlas "Classic," is a Phase I with or with­ N scale modelers can use the Atlas OP7, fuel-tank skirt and a 48 " dynamic-brake fan out a 36" dynamic-brake fan and a solid in both standard or "torpedo tubes" versions, (if so equipped). skirt over the fu el tank. Proto 2000's OP7 or the upcoming Life-Like OP7 Phase II. Santa Fe ordered both dynamic and non­ is a Phase II with a 48" dynamic brake fan For a Santa Fe OP7 rebuild, the skirt dynamic brake OP7s. Some were equipped and slots in the fu el tank skirt. The slots need to be cut-out or enlarged if the with the large long-range fuel tank which handrai Is on these models, made from a chosen model already has them. necessitated moving the air tanks to the top flexible engineering plastic, have a very Paint and Decal Notes: Santa Fe units of the roof. The roof-mounted air tanks were fi ne cross-section (the Proto 2000 were painted in blue with yellow stripes. nicknamed "torpedo tubes" by railfans. SF handrails are thinner than the Atlas) and The hood ends, step edges, sidesills and later rebuilt many OP7s at their Cleburne, accurately represent the bolted, early style handrails were yellow; handrail stan­ Te xas, shops. cast handrail as fo und on Phase I, II and chions and steps were blue, and the The Scale Model GP7: The Athearn III OP7s and early OP9s. Trains Unlimited underframe, pi lots, fuel tank and trucks model has wider-than-scale hoods made to (TU) makes the former Front Range OP7, were black.

MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 20 ....

Santa Fe GP7

Detail Parts for HO Scale: OM9401 Sand-fill hatch, GP7-20ISD7-24 (brass)* . . ..4.00/2 1 - CS420 Air horn (brass) . .4.9Slea. 24 - DA2104 Spark arrestor, ATSF ... I.S0/2 DA160l Air horn (delrin) ... 1.7S12 25 - CF196 Speed recorder (brass) . .. 4.39/4 · . .. DW175 Air horn (brass) ...... 2.9Slea. DA2S07 Speed recorder (deh'in) .. . I.S0/4 2 - DA3202 · Air tanks, 12" GP roof mount (plastic)* ...... 2.2SI2 26 - AL29239 Steps, GP7/9 (etched see-thru)* ...3. ISlset DW146 · Air tanks, 12" GP roof mount (metal)' . 2.2Slset 27 - CF112 Undetframe/step light (brass) ...... 2.95 /2 · TP46 Air tanks, 12" GP roof mount (metal)* ...... 2. 10/set DWl72 Underframe/step light (metal) . 1.2S/8 3 - DA1SO] ...... •...•.... Antenna, can type ... 1.0016 2S - DA23 12 Wind deflector, straight (clear plastic) . .. 1.2514 4 - DW222 · Antenna base (metal) ...... 1.75/2 OM9327 Wind deflector, straight (brass) . ..2.S0/4 · OM9053 Antenna base, AT SF (brass). . 2.50 ea. UP77 Wind deflectorlmirror (brass) ...... 2.00/2 PL41S2 . Antenna base (etched stainless steel) 2.2SI3 29 - AMB235 Window glass, Athearn GP7* ...... •...... 3.9S/set 5- DA2S09 · Brake-cylinder air line, Blomberg 4-wheel . 1.2SI4 RUNlS53 Window glass, GP7-18* . · . .2.00/set 6- DW132 Brake ratchet* . 1.00/ea. 30 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) ...2.9 5/8 PSC390S2 Brake ratchet* . ..1.50/2 CS419 Windshield wipers (brass) . . .. 3.50/4 Not shown, on end of long bood. Note: ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) . .2.98/set 7 - DA]017 Classification lenses ...... 1.25/6 PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic)...... 1.5014 MV300 Classification lenses ...... 2.00 /4 UP94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) ...2. 00/4 S - DA2205 Coupler lift bar .. .2.75/10 UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) . . ... 1.5014 OM9150 Coupler liftbar ...... 1.75/2 9 - OM9171 Door handle (brass) .. . 1.7012 · . Detail Parts for N Scale: PSC399S Door handle (plastic) . 1.50/6 · . 1 - DA8204 Air horn. 3-chime " " " I.2SI2 10 - DA2402 Exhaust stack, GP7 - 18 * ...... 1.2S/2 JNJ113 Air horn, 3-ohime .3.50/2 11 - DW142 Fan, 36" (plastic)' . . 1.2S14 · SE N700 Air horn, 3-chime . ..1.65 ea. PSC3990 Fan, 36" wlopen ribs (plastic)* . . .. 2.25/4 2 - JNJ245 Air tanks, roof mount ... .4.00/4 12 - DA220S Footboard, pilot* ...... 3.25/2 · SE N348 Air tanks, roof mount ...... 2.00 /4 13 - AL29100 Grabirons (formed wire) ...... 3.2 5/50 3 - SE N454 Antenna, can ...... I .65/3 DA2202 Grabirons (formed wire) . .2.50/24 ...... 4 - SE N725 Antenna stand ...... 1.75 ea. UP54 Grabirons (cast brass) ... ..5.9S I12 · 11 - JNj104 Fan, 36" GP" ...... 3.0 0/2 14 - SVS2 Handrail set, Atlas GP7 . . 15.9Slset · . 17 - PSC6704 Hose, air line (brass) ...... I.S0/6 15 - DAI024 Headlight* ...... 1.00/2 PSC6705 Hose, air line (plastic) . . . ..2.50 /24 16 - MV22 Headlight lenses I.IS14 ...... 18 - ASMOI0l Lift lugs/eyebolts/u-bolts (etched brass) . . . . . 8.29/set 17 - CS227 Hose, air line (brass) ...... 2. 15/4 21 - SE N550 DA6206 Hose. air line (delrin)...... 1.2516 MU hoses...... 3.9 5/4 24 - DA8207 IS - DA2206 Lift ri ngs Spark arrestor ...... 1.0012 ...... 3.00/36 .. . _ 25 - SE N499 19 - 0M9325 Mirror, AT SF/BN cab mount ... 1.70/2 Speed recorder. ... 1.6SI2 · . 30 - ME NWI 20 - DA1501 MU stand ...... 1.2S12 Windshield wipers . . ..3.33 14 · Note: Cut offupper receptacle. 21 - CF25S MU hoses, 4lbracket (brass) ...... 7.95/4 The fo llowing parts must be fabricated by the modeler: · . DA150S MU hoses, individual (delrin) .. . . 2.00116 A - Canvas sunshade - make from .015 wire and thin styrene or tissue paper. · . DW265 MUhoses, 4/bracket (metal) ...... 3.75/4 B - Undelfranle piping - make from various sizes of wire. · . 0M9351 MU hoses, 41 bracket (brass) . 7.45/4 C - Pole-mounted MU stand - make from wire and DA 1507 MU receptacle pans. · Note: For 5-hose set, add anotber MU hose to 4lbracket sel. Note: Proto 2000 GP7 comes with pole-mounted MU stands as separate parts. 22 - DA2220 Pilot grab bar, GP7-18...... 2. 00/2 . 23 - DA3002 Sand-fill hatch, GP7-20ISD7-24 (plastic)* . .. 1.0014 * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the listed HO or N scale DW201 Sand-fill hatch, GP7-20ISD7-24 (metal)*. . 1.25/4 models; replacement of an y or all origulal parts is left to the discretion of the modeler.

Decals Paints 1 10177 Santa Fe Blue 414150 AT SF Blue

HO Scale: Accu+paint: 1 10178 Santa Fe Ye llow Scalecoat: Champion EH -107 2 Stencil Black MODELflex 1.0 Black Microscale 87-12 63 Santa Fe Warbonnet 16-01 Engine Black 15 Reefer Ye llow Walthers 934-22910 Blue 16-33 Santa Fe Yellow 24 Santa Fe Blue N Scale: 64 Santa Fe Warbonnet 16-34 Santa Fe Blue Scalecoat II (plastic compatible): Microscale 60- 12 Yellow Polly Scale: 2001 Locomotive Black Walthers 938-229 10 Floquil: 4141 10 Steam Power Black 2015 Reefer Yellow 1100 I 0 Engine Black 414125 Reefer Yellow 2024 Santa Fe Blue

ALIPPW: DA: Detail Associates OM: Overland Models Inc. SV: Smokey Va lley Railroad A-LineIProto Power West Box 5357 3808 W. Kilgore Avenue Products P. O. Box 7916 San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 Muncie, IN 47304-4896 P.O. Box 339 La Ve rne,CA 917 50 Plantersville, MS 38862 DW: Details West PL: Plano Model Products AMB: American Model Builders P. O. Box 61 2701 W. 15th Street, Suite 113 TP: Trackside Parts 1420 Hanley Industrial Coun Corona, CA 91718 Plano, TX 75075 P. O. Box 322 St. Louis, MO 63 144 Sauk Rapids, MN 56379 JNJ: JnJ Trains PSC: Precision Scale Company ASM: Athabasca Scale Models P. O. Box 1535 3961 Hwy. 93 North UP: Utah Pacific 771 Wilkinson Way Ottumwa, IA 52501 Stevensville, MT 59870 9520 E. Napier Avenue Saskatoon, SK S7N 3L8 Benton Harbor, MI 49022 Canada ME: Miniatures by Eric RUN: Run 8 Productions RR #1 P. O. Box 25224 Note: These detail parts may be avail­ CS: Cal-Scale Busby, Albena TOG OHO Rochester, NY 14625 able at your local hobby dealer(s), so 21 Howard Street Canada try there first. If you must order directly Montoursville, PA 17754 SE: Sunrise Enterprises from a manufacturer, include at least MV: MV Products P. O. Box 172 $4.00 for postage and handling. You CF: Custom Finishing P.O. Box 6622 Doyle, CA 96 109 must purchase the fullquantities as 379 Tully Road Orange, CA 92667 shown in the detail parts list. Orange, MA 01364 �

22 T MODEL RAI LROADING NOVEMBER 1998 I 15/. "---.,I I +-- 16 I � 1'81/ " Build A Custom Track­

1 /6" \-!z::;=:zz:t;W;ab� 1 Cleaning Coalporte� I in N Scale figure by Jon Myers (not to scale)

Photos by Randy Lee a vertical cut through the two bottom tubs just inside of the vertical end of the tub wall that faces the car end. DON'T CUT ALL THE ecause I model the Rio Grande/SP/uP Te nnessee Pass line in WAY THROUGH THE TUBS TO THE SIDESILLS. Stop your cut B Colorado, unit coal loads heading east, and similarly sized empty about '/,6' from the bottom of the sidesills. Using the roller housing unit trains heading west, are a primary traffic source for my layout. With as a guide for positioning the second cut, again use the razor saw to the introduction by Deluxe Innovations of the PSCX (Public Service cut to about '/,6' from the sidesills. The distance between these two Co. of Colorado) Coal porter"' cars, my opportunity to build a prototyp­ ical unit coal train for my layout had arrived. I operate Aztec Manufac­ turing track-cleaning cars, but at the time I was assembling my PSCX unit coal train, Aztec only made a track cleaner which fit into a 40 ' boxcar body. Although I had an Aztec 40' Micro-Trains® MOW boxcar track-cleaning car, I wanted a u:ack cleaner in a PSCX Coalporter that I could run in a unit train. It's a fairly simple kitbash, so let's get started.

What You Will Need Tools Hand razor saw blade and hacksaw Assorted small model files Flat mill bastard fi le, preferably 51, " wide Wonder Cutter"' wire foam cutter Materials One Aztec Mfg. Track Starn, 40' Boxcar Cleaning Car (TSll05-N used, but TS llOI-N & TS ll02-N are similar The modified car, roller housing and coal load. The small and $10 cheaper) notch seen on the bottom of the long end is not necessary. Deluxe Innovations PSCX Coalporter (No. 794, or other road) cuts should be I ". Because these cuts aren't made deep enough to Fine N Scale or Deluxe Innovations Coal porter coal load cut through the center beam between the tubs, you will need to use the point of the razor-saw blade to cut it. On all these cuts, take your First, take the shell off the Aztec Track Star, revealing the anodized time so that you do not mar the outside plastic of the carbody. aluminum roller housing to which the trucks are attached and into Once these cuts were done, I used the foam cutter to remove the which

23 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 SP SD7Rs 1509 and 1535 idle between assignments at Los Angeles on July 18, 1982. Originally unit 5326 built in the last SP order for SD7s, it is looking great at age 29, rebuilt just three years earlier. The passenger equipment including the water tank has been removed, but the dynamic brake is in place, in contrast to trailing unit 1535. Note the stencils for its assignment point of Los Angeles. Though primarily a yard unit, it still has a red warning light mounted in a recess above the headlight. Decals: Herald King L-400, Microscale 87-177 or 87-447 (lat­ ter includes assignment stencils). Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

Another down-on view, this of SP SD7R 1514, the former 5281 built in the first order of SD7s in late 1952 without a steam boiler, shows the class-light assembly has been modified, and it has the raised roof panel aft of the cab but otherwise is not changed greatly. Note the trailing unit has had its rear numberboards removed. Retired in 1994, it had 11 years left when photographed at Los Ange­ les in October 1983. Decals: Herald King L-400, Microscale 87-177 or 87-447 (lat­ ter includes assignment stencils). Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

as the Southem Pacific famous for units (almost twice those owned by the next W early SDs, or were the early SDs fa­ largest fleet), or 32% of SD9 sales. Between mous because of the Southern Pacific? The its SD7s and 95 the SP managed to operate answers, of course, are "yes" and "yes"! 29% of all early SD units built. They were a Owning the largest fleet of SD7s, its 43 units highly distinctive and visible part of the rail­ represented 23% of that model's production. road's interesting motive-power scene and It also had the largest fleet of SD9s, with 150 were most common in the densely populated

NOVEMBER 1998 SP SD9 5440 shows off the Black Widow scheme at los Angeles on February 25, 1963. From the third and largest order of SD9s, it was built in early 1955 for freight-only service with the larger fuel tank. It has two styles of extra warning lights, whip antenna and three­ chime horn, all original equipment for this order. The numberboards are still being used as train number indi­ cators and have no number in place in this view. It has a rerailer hanging from the forward truck. Note original class DF-122 stencil under the road number; two years hence, it would become unit 3918 and class EF 618-3. Decals: Microscale MC-4001. Alan Miller photo, Bill Linley collection

SP SD9E 4337 leads two brethren on a long freight in September 1983. Built in January 1956, this 27-year-old vet is still very capable. The "Radio Equipped" stencil is a bit of a holdover from its Black Widow days. Note the middle unit, the 4350, is equipped with electric windshield wipers and retractable icicle breakers on the roof for snowplow duty in the Sierras. Decals: Herald King l-400, Microscale 87-177 or 87-447 (latter includes assignment stencils). Pete Coulombe photo, We st Coast areas served by the big western the steam fleet, save for a group of ten FTA-B George Melvin collection road. You could hardly visit the SP on the sets for affi liate Cotton Belt. After the War We st Coast without seeing one, or even four dlOUgh, dle time had come to consider bigger SP SD9E 4351 is at Tracy, CA, on Sep­ or five, on a tonnage train tackling Cajon diesels. This was prior to EMD entering that tember 19, 1982. Note plow pilot, all­ Pass or the famed Tehachapi Loop. market, so the first SP road switcher could weather cab-window insert and It might not have turned out that way have only been either an Alco or a Baldwin. Roseville assignment stencil. Pairs and though, as the road was interested in six-axle The fU'st one was a Baldwin; in fact, the first trios of Cadillacs dominated locals and road switchers several years before the first 79 road switchers were Baldwins' secondary freight throughout Califor­ S07 came along. In 1939, the road got its Starting with a trio of A I A-trucked DRS nia for over two decades. After retire­ diesel ball rolling with the purchase of three 6-4- 1 500s in 1948, the road proceeded to ment in 1994, this unit was sold to Alco high-hood switchers, including a demon­ acquire a total of 76 DRS 6-6- 1500 and Omni-Trax and became Midwest Con­ strator which was the first of many diesel AS6 16 types through 1952. All these units struction 102. Decals: Herald King l- demos picked up by the SP over the years, and were assigned class DF for Diesel Freight 400, Microscale 87-1 17 or 87-447 (latter six SW Is. While embracing the diesel and numbered 5200-5278; they were later includes assignment stencil). switcher and buying what was available re-classed to BS for Baldwin Switcher. Pete Coulombe photo, because of the War Production Board restric­ Another small but interesting group of Bald­ George Melvin collection tions, road freight power was largely left to wins arrived simultaneously with this Bald-

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 25 ",-I' SP 507 5329 is from the last order of 20 units built in August and Septem­ ber 1953 with steam generators and dynamic brakes. Most noticeable is the "trash can" warning light perched on a substantial bracket on the short hood, typical of the S07s for the first part of their career. The cab window features a large sunshade and arm rest, along with wind deflectors. The roadname intersects the hood louvers; later on, it was more common along the smooth area below the dynamic-brake blister. Roseville, CA; August 27, 1965. Decals: Microscale MC-4001. David Lustig photo, George Melvin collection

SP 507 2700, originally unit 5279, was the road's first 507. It was built in November 1952 and added to the first order to replace an Alco RS05. Built for branchline freight duty, it has the small fuel tank. The trash-can warning light has been replaced with a red­ and-white Mars unit with the regular headlight below it; notice the solid pane of glass over the twin sealed beams. It carries a rerailer on the front truck and another just forward of the fuel tank. Tw o tiny "LA" stencils below the road number and on the battery box indicate its maintenance point as Los Angeles. The stencils on the pilot read "Watch your Step" (left) and "Always be Careful" (right). Los Ange­ les, CA; April 2, 1966. Decals: Herald King 1-600, Microscale 87-177 or 87-447 (latter includes assignment stencils). Photographer unknown, George Melvin collection

With the SOTs worth proven, no more Baldwins would arrive, but two more orders for S07s came - seven units numbered 5309-5315 in July 1953 (equipped like the fL Ist order) and another 20 numbered 5316- 5335 with dynamic brakes and steam gener­ ators in August and September 1953. With the exception of the former demonstrator, the S07s weighed in the mid range of win fleet - a cab less ORS 6-6-1500 in 1950 Originally in the OF class, they were re­ 328,000 to 329,000 pounds. All would be re­ and five cabless AS616s in 1951. Numbered classed to ES for EMD Switcher. Next in classed to ES from OF, indicating their con­ 4900-4905, they were originally OF class this series was a group of a competitor's sideration as big switchers, despite their but later changed to the BS class. The only offering, 14 Alco RS05s numbered 5294- common duty in sets on freights and singly other cabless Baldwin road switchers were a 5307, arriving in the Spring of 1953. on local passenger and commuter runs. As pair of AS616s bought by the Milwaukee Its work done for the builder, S07 demo the diesel years unfolded, SP would show its which were converted to standard units 990 was up for sale; SP grabbed this unique penchant for renumberings, and the SD7s within a couple years. The SP units engine and numbered it 5308, above the got their share. The system renumbering of remained as built and served with their stan­ Alcos. Oavid Lustig presented an excellent 1965 was done to group similar models into dard brethren until retired. article entitled "Electro-Motive 990" in the consecutive numbers and units of similar Now the stage was set for our favorite September 1997 issue of Trains magazine, service into single large blocks of numbers. latecomer, the S07, and SP was ready for it. including photos of the unit as SP 5308 in its This meant the S07s became units 2700- In November 1952, delivery started on IS original tiger-stripe scheme when acquired 2742, in the 1000-2999 block reserved for S07s, numbered 5279-5293 above the Bald­ by the SP. Later it would wear the Black all switchers. In 1973, they were renum­ wins. They were equipped with dynamic Widow colors and then the gray-and-scarlet bered again to 1400- 1 442 to make room for brakes and small I ,200-gallon fuel tanks and "bloody nose" scheme of the modern South­ new MPI5s. At the end of the decade, the were assigned to the Northwestern Pacific ern Pacific. Visible diffe rences from the pro­ S07s each went through a rebuild program, subsidiary, where light rail and bridges made duction S07s was a series of holes drilled in emerging as a model SD7E or SD7R with a the units well suited. They were likely deliv­ the sidesill after the unit was built (all subse­ new 1500-series number. They were renum­ ered in a version of the switcher "tiger quent production units had the well-known bered at random into a 1500- 1 542 series. stripe" scheme, black with silver ends and louvers), and this would also be the only SP None of the SD7s appear to have been orange stripes on the sidesill and fuel tank. S07 with a winterization hatch. retired from wreck damage, surprising when

26 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 SP SD7 2731, built as the 5324 in the final order of dual-service units in Sep­ tember 1953, is in the 1965 number series. In 1973, it became the 1431. When rebuilt as a model SD7R in 1980, it was renumbered to 1520 and was among the last few retired in the mid 1990s. The steam-generator intake and exhaust clearly show in this photo; the latter featuring a raised cover. The water filler bears a stencil reading "Steam Generator Water." Los Angeles, CA; May 1, 1966. Decals: Herald King L- 600, Microscale 87-177 or 87-447 {latter includes assignment stencils}. Photographer unknown, George Melvin collection

SP SD7 1420, built as unit 5313 in July 1953, was in the second order of freight-only units. At San Francisco, CA, on December 28, 1976, it was rebuilt into an SD7R in 1980 and retired in 1995. The road number on the nose is a bit lower than on other units. Decals: Herald King L-600, Microscale 87-177 or 87-447 {latter includes assignment stencils}. Vic Reyna photo, George Melvin collection

In its original number but second paint scheme, we see SP SD9 5452 at Ta ylor Ya rd in Los Angeles on June 21, 1966; from the fourth order of SD9s, it is just past ten years old. Despite what you consider their widespread usage in the concurrent with an order for four Alco appears to be the steam-generator rugged territory of northern California and RS05s numbered 5336-5339 during the intake on the top of the short hood, all Oregon. The firstretirements from the group period when similar engines of different roster records indicate this unit was were six units in late 1987, with their num­ builders were grouped together. One of built for freight only with the 2,400- bers declining gradually into the mjd 1990s. these, the 5339, must has been wrecked very gallon fuel tank. The three-unit lighting Over the years, they were found on more early on, as a single S09, also numbered package is typical of the later SD9s, unglamorous assignments such as working 5339 was added to the EMO order to replace while the earlier ones received the transfer runs in the Los Angeles area and it. The RS05s were most unsuccessful on trash-can warning light above the stan­ switching the big yard at West Colton, CA, the SP, as its 20 oldest ones were traded dard headlight unit like the SD7s. The but they still earned their keep for more than back to Ako after just six years, for new lower headlight unit here has the solid two decades until the last 11 were retired RSO 12s. Equipped with dynamic brakes (as glass over the sealed beams like SD7 from yard service at Roseville, CA, in 1995. were all SP S09s) and a steam generator, 2700. The train-number indicators are If the road's S07 fleet can be considered this group weighed 328,430 pounds and set for Train 802. The assignment sten­ successful, the S09s were certainly a real were Phase I units, much like the finalorder cil below the road number is BTF; any smash hit. Seven months after the last S07 for S07s received the previous Fall. All the reader care to tell us what this is? order, the S09 was the current model, and S09s arrived in the Black Widow paint Decals: Herald King L-600, Microscale SP placed its first of five orders for S09s, on scheme and sported an array of diffe rent 87-1 77 or 87-447 {latter includes assign­ its way to amassing the largest fleet of the lights as only the SP could boast. Classed ment stencils}. model. Order #5322 for 32 units numbered originally as OFI20 and later EF618-1, all Dave Lustig photo, George Melvin collection 5340-537 1 came in April and May of 1954, the S09s, in contrast to the S07 fleet,

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 27 SP SD9Es 4359 and 4375 are at Houston, TX, on February 23, 1990. One of their few assignments on the eas t end of the road was the hump yard at Houston; note the 4359 has an assignment stencil for Houston, and the initials on the nose are lower than usual. This unit has lost its upper warning light. The raised hood area behind the cab shows clearly in this angle and was a com­ mon feature of the rebuilds. Decals: Herald King L-400, Microscale 87-1 17 or 87-447 (lat­ ter includes assignment stencils). Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

SP SD9E 4375 models the "Kodachrome" scheme of the proposed Southern Pacific­ Santa Fe merger of the mid 1980s that was applied to perhaps a dozen SD9s. The SP ini­ tials are located forward to allow space to add "SF" behind it, completing the SPSF ini­ tials after the merger. After the merger plan fa iled, the SPSF initials were said to stand for "Shouldn't Paint So Fast." This unit has its class lights blanked out and a raised box on the hood roof for a paper air filter. Decals: Microscale 87-469 and 87-476 (latter are red shapes for long hood). Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

This view of the fireman's side of SP SD9E 4385, rebuilt in 1974, shows the opening in the paper air-filter box on the long hood. Note the plow pilot with small steps on the outboard corners; also, the cab numbers are larger than usual. When not fitted with the ca b-window insert, a sunshade and wind deflectors were usually present; this unit also has a rather large armrest in the cab window. Klamath Falls, OR; July 1983. Decals: Herald King L-400, Microscale 87-1 17 or 87-447 (lat­ ter includes assignment stencils). Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

UP SD7 450 glows at Cheyenne, WY, on Sep­ tember 30, 1974, in what was likely its last repainting, featuring the "We can handle it" slogan. Tw enty-one years old, it is very much in original condition, including metal grating footboards. The removable pilot insert under the drawbar is missing in this view, perhaps still to be added after the shop work. Note the tiny "F" indicating the front on the sidesill; this hardly shows on a unit with any weathering. Decals: Microscale 87-169. Ed Fulcomer photo

28 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 UP SD7 455 is pretty soiled in this view at Salt Lake City, UT, on June 24, 1978. With the "We can handle it" slo­ gan, it is probably in its third paint job. The extra warning lights have been removed, and the pilot has been modernized with the footboards removed and new coupler cut levers installed. The unit has two years of service left. Decals: Microscale 87-169. Ed Fulcomer photo

UP SD7 457 is working the Cheyenne, WY, yard on August 16, 1970. It bears its third slogan, "Dependable Trans­ portation." This view shows the stack extensions with spark arrestors and forward position of the horn; the lat­ ter perhaps unique to this unit. The Coalmont plow is fully in place in the view; note the steps cut into it. Decals: Microscale 87-15. Ed Fulcomer photo

The "Coalmont unit," UP SD7 457 models a faded but clean original paint in this rear view. Note the brackets for the upper panels of the snowplow, removed for the summer season. The long hood has an exhaust stack for a watchman heater under the hood. Laramie, WY; mid 1960s. Decals: Microscale 87-35. Ed Fulcomer photo

menced, for 58 units numbered 5387-5444. These units lacked passenger equipment and were equipped with the 2,400-gallon fuel remained classed as EF, remaining as freight The following winter, an order for 15 tank, as would the final two orders for the units in the realm of classification based on more similarly equipped units, numbered model. These orders brought the total of assignment. The comparable RSD5s built 5372-5386 arrived; these weighed 359,870 freight-only SD9s to 103, just over two during the delivery of the several SD9s pounds and all subsequent orders would be thirds of the fleet. Southern Pacific had dis­ ordered which were not retired early on, for engines in this weight range. A full year covered a rugged freight hauler; these were re-classed as AS, demoting them to passed and in February 1955 a three month engines would hold forth for many years heavy switchers like the SD7s. delivery of the largest order of SD9s COIl1- wheeling locals and heavy branch and sec-

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING ... 29 ondary mainline freights on all the road's numbered 5449-5463 in January and Febru­ components; they were done four or five per western lines. They were common sights ary and a final 30 numbered 5464-5493 in month and renumbered at random into the anywhere from Portland, OR, to the Mexi­ March and April. 4300-4400 series. Two units, the 3800 and can border south of Tucson, AZ, but were As the group reached its first decade of 3822, retained their passenger equipment especially preferred in northern California operation, the system renumbering in ]965 and were renumbered 4450-445 1. The and Oregon, where big locals and branch fo und two units already retired, the 5358 rebuilding extended for a decade with the drags were even referred to as "Haulers." after a fire in Eugene, OR, in 1964 and the later units designated as SD9Rs. This They would also gain a nickname. The 5482 after a wreck the following year. The rebuilding gave these engines more than a crews called them "Cadillacs," stemming remaining units became 3800-3830 and decade of pri me service before age and the from their smooth riding characteristics over 3850-3966 in order. In March 1966, units constant demands of the no-nonsense South­ less-than-perfect track. Early 1956 saw two 3930, 3941 and 396 1 were wrecked at ern Pacific started catching up with the ven­ orders received almost together, for 15 units Tehachapi, CA, and traded in to GE for new erable Cadillacs; during the 1980s, several U-boats and then sold for scrap. Another were retired with the pace quickening in the UP SD7 450, the first of ten owned by accident victim, the 3953, was wrecked in first half of the 1990s. During this time, a the road, was built in June 1953. It Los Angeles in 1970 and scrapped. number were sold off to shortlines and loco­ poses with the 453 at age 11 at Provo, The year 1970 marked the beginning of motive dealers. By 1995, less than 20 UT, on April 29, 1964. All were the second best thing to happen to the SD9 remained in service and perhaps in spite of equipped for long-hood-forward fleet (after being built in the fi rst place); the the modern and mighty Union Pacific, a operation and saw few changes over fleet started through the Sacramento, CA, couple might still be running at this writing. nearly three decades of service, pri­ shops in the SD9E rebuild program, a thor­ As the years went by, the SD7s gravitated marily in heavy yard work. Note red­ ough rebuilding and modernizing of some almost exclusively to yard work, becoming and-white Mars warning lights, exhaust-stack extensions and three­ chime horn. A canvas sunshade, wind deflectors and a large armrest "trim" the cab window. The small shield stencils on the ends of the hood say "Fire Extinguisher Inside." Decals: Microscale 87-35. H. N. Proctor photo, Lou Marre collection

UP SD7 452 is carrying the "Serves all the West" slogan, probably in its sec­ ond paint job at Provo, UT, on Sep­ tember 5, 1966. The hood ends featured UP on the right face and the road number on the left face. Horn placement, ahead of the cab and off center to the engineer's side appears the same as on unit 450. Decals: Microscale 87-35. Ed Fulcomer photo

NOVEMBER 1998 30 .", MODEL RAILROADING UP 507 456 appears in fresh paint at Omaha, NE, on April 18, 1978; retired one week previous according to records in Extra 2200 South ! It was the first of the group to leave the roster. The trucks have brackets for rerailers, and the step and pilot area is reworked, with a sloping pilot and steps featuring a wide bot­ tom platform and two new steps built out into the step well to reach the upper original cutout step. Only the wind deflectors remain on the cab window. The topside has a rotating beacon on the cab roof and two-chime horn in the usual horn position. Decals: Microscale 87-169. 1. R. Quinn photo, Lou Marre collection

Carrying its train number for Coal­ mont Branch service in the train indicator/number boards, we see UP 507 457, recently renumbered from 782 and repainted with the "Serves all the West" slogan. The unit had large snowplows on both ends, necessitating long MU hoses to pro­ trude over the top. The short hood has a single ladder while the long hood had a pair of ladders. Note the box on the walkway to the rear of the cab; what is its purpose? At Laramie, WY, on March 1, 1964, it had served over a decade primarily on this one assignment. Decals: Microscale 87-35. Ed Fulcomer photo

less noticeable, while the SD9s remained a The first "mainstream" road switchers for Four more, units 450-453, were retired the staple of local freights and were common a road which had heavily invested in F3 and following year, and the remaining fo ur sights even on the mainline late in their FA I freight cab units late in the 1940s were were gone by 1981. They made a small careers. Liked by railroader and railfan 30 GP7s and ten SD7s, all built in 1953, fol­ contribution to the diesel roster, but they alike, the Cadillacs might have been the very lowing the last freight cab which was bought made their presence known on UP by the best SD9 fleet! the previous year. The SD7s were classics, many SD units which fo llowed, starting The Union Pacific is the last road in our bought with special duties in mind. Num­ with SD24s in 1959. Despite the road's flir­ study of the early SD units; they had a small bered 775-784, there were three distinct pur­ tations with turbines and custom-built dou­ but distinctive fleet of SD7s, which by them­ poses behind their acquisition and ble-engined diesels, the road was selves on such a big road might seem quite specifications. According to the SD7 article dominated by the most successful unremarkable, but they did in fact accom­ in the November/December 1995 issue of SD40/SD40-2 fleet for a number of years, plish much for the big western road.A total Diesel Era, the first seven were ballasted in no small part due to the success of those of ten SD7s were delivered in June 1953, and assigned to heavy switching and seen in few SD7s. following some experience with six-axle the Provo and Salt Lake City, UT, area. The The Union Pacific experience is the main road switchers from Alco and Baldwin. 782 was unique; it weighed 13 tons less than theme behind the early SDs which we have Baldwin came in with a single unit, the for­ the earlier ones and was assigned to the I I 1- studied; with few exceptions, most roads mer DRS 6-4- 1500 demonstrator numbered mile Coalmont Branch which ran from the went on to buy the modernized second-gen­ 1500 built in 1946 which became UP 1250, mainline at Laramie, WY, south to Coal­ eration version of the same concept started its second road switcher (after a single RS2) mont, CO. This was once the Laramie, with the SD7 in 1952. The appeal of a six­ in January 1948. This arrived in the midst of North Park & Western and was served by a axle heavy duty freight engine lives on today a delivery of ten Alco RSC2s numbered pair of mixed trains, number 221 and 222, as newer and bigger SDs are built. 1180-1189 built from February 1947 to into the early 1960s. This line was in a April 1948; these were joined by former "snow belt," and the unit usually carried Acknowledgments RSC2 demonstrator 1190, which demon­ massive snowplows on each end. The fi nal A thank you must go out to all those who strated in UP colors. In this era, these two were built with steam generators and made this study possible; the legion of pho­ engines were numbered with a "D. S." prefix used for standby passenger power along tographers whose work makes our examina­ to their road numbers, indicating they were with switching duties. They were renum­ tion of locomotives possible long after their Diesel Switchers. The Alcos were renum­ bered in late I 963-early ] 964 to 450-459. demise, as well as several individuals who bered to 1280- 1 290 in 1955. Baldwin came In 1973, the UP built six yard slugs offered information in addition to photos, back with six AS616s numbered 1260- 1265 from GP9Bs; three of these were mated including Peter Coulombe, Ed Fulcomer and in late 1951 and early 1952. These firstroad with modified SD7s 454, 458 and 459 and Dave Sweetland. Much material has been switchers were primarily used as heavy used at North Platte, NE, and Pocatello, ID. gleaned from the ti les of Extra 2200 South, switchers; the AS616s were commonly Two units, the 456 and 457, were retired in as well as the three issues of Diesel Era cov­ assigned to the hump yard at Pocatello, ID. 1978; the latter following wreck damage. ering the SD7s and SD9s. �

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAI LROADING T 31 AMTK 70001. A former Southern Pacific class B-100-40 boxcar was refurbished by Gunderson's Springfield, OR, shops in mid-1997 for Amtrak service. A m r a k , 5

B o x c a r 5 by David G Casdorph Photos courtesy Freight Cars Journal

assenger cars and freight cars coupled verted 50 cars from these two classes into ton Works began deliveries of the new-built P together in the same train!? Calm Amtrak's 70000-series. The original config­ 71000-series 60' boxcars. A total of 200 cars down freight-car fans; it isn't the end of the uration of the cars remained, with minor were completed by November 1997. The world (re: Bill Murray's line from Ghost­ changes for Amtrak's needs - the most cars fo llow contemporary Gunderson (Tren­ busters, ...dogs and cats living together... "). noticeable being the REA-ish green paint ton Works having been acquired by the " Amtrak, our nation's rail passenger service job and Amtrak's style of door opener (also, Greenbrier/Gunderson family earlier that began operating true tail-end freight cars in I'm aware of at least one car, AMTK 70003, year) boxcar architecture with external posts mid- 1997 with the introduction of 50 former that received a silver & stripe paint job). and non-terminating ends. A notable charac­ Southern Pacific 50' boxcars. These were fol­ teristic is the wider side posts located third lowed several months later by 200 brand­ Specifications: from each end. This series of cars was new 60' boxcars from Trenton Works in Load limit: 120,000 Ibs. (60 tons) painted in Amtrak's silver paint scheme. Canada. Let's take a freightcarologist's look Cubic Capacity: 5,195 cu.ft. Many were delivered in plain silver, others at Amtrak's boxcars. Loading length: 50' 7" were later painted in the silver with blue and AMTK 70000-70049. These come from Loading width: 9' 4" red stripes scheme. two Southern Pacific boxcar classes. Class Outside length: 57' 9" (SP rounded up B-IOO-40, SP 656200-656449, were built in their measurement for the original cars to Specifications: 1976 by Pacific Car & Foundry. Class B- 50' 10") Load limit: 120,000 Ibs. (60 tons) 100-43, SP 656450-656549, were built in Truck centers: 40' 10" Cubic Capacity: 6,288 cU.ft. 1978 by Pacific Car & Foundry. Externally DOOl' opening: 12'0"W x 10'5"H Loading length: 60' 8" the cars are basically identical. The original Loading width: 9'4" cars diffe red in cushioning devices and inter­ AMTK 71000-71199. In September Outside length: 66' 3'12 " nal loaders. Between June and August 1997, 1997, the month after conversions were Truck centers: 46' 3" Gunderson's Springfield, OR, shops con- complete for the AMTK 70000-series, Tren- Door opening: 12'0"W x lO'2" H

32 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 AM lD LIlT *120000TK 71 008 llWT moo fIl

AMTK 71008 was delivered in the plain silver paint scheme during September 1997 from Trenton Works. This view shows (I the non-terminating ends with six large corrugations. The outside length or Lange liber Puffer is 66' 3'j," know we don't have Puffers here, but it's the closest equivalent measurement for our European readers).

AMTK 70024 left side detail shows the typical Pacific Car - & Foundry (a.k.a. Paccar) sidesill architecture. The "half-waf­ AMTK 70024 door detail. Original door was modified to - fled" sides were uncommon, but not unique to these cars. accommodate the "Amtrak wheel."

AMTK 71008 left side detail. Note the starred load limit - AMTK 70024 right side detail. Notice the huge door-stop indicating that its trucks are capable of a higher load limit, - position plates. but Amtrak has restricted it to 120,000 Ibs.

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AMTK 71008 - door detail. Standard plugdoor but notice the large "Amtrak wheeL"

AMTK 71008 - right side detail. Very Spartan! Standard data and black box present. Note the wider post third from end - a characteristic started by Gunderson on their box­ cars almost a decade ago. paint scheme.

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AMTK 71 184 - door detail in the blue-and-red stripes AMTK 71184 - right side detail in the blue-and-red stripes paint scheme. paint scheme.

34 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 _\,. :�AMTK��;��;� 70024. Roster �view� \in: ' the-� REA-ish-' . .. green pain._ -t scheme. At least one (and probably more) of the 70000s have been painted into the silver and stripes scheme.

SP 565212 is how some of the AMTK 70000-series looked when they were originally built for the Southern Pacific. This photo shows the car in original paint except for the small reweigh "SP 5-84" stencil. Photographed in October 1984. In addition to Amtrak, other cars from this class went on to work for Greeenbrier's Golden West Service (VCY AMTK 71012. A three-quarter roster view showing the side reporting marks) and the David J. Joseph Company (WC post arrangement of this design. and CHTT reporting marks).

AMTK 71184 has the silver with blue-and-red stripes paint scheme. This car was built in November 1997 by Trenton Works. �

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING ... 35 elebrating 40 Years 01 New England Railroading

ow many of us stay with a project H through its completion? Not that many I'll bet. Yet, on a cold New England by Art Fabie Christmas in 1958 Harvey Robinson as­ Photosby die author sembled the track that would evolve into his Essex & Lakeside Railroad. Now, 40 years later, Harvey operates with the infa­ mous "Broken & Mangled" operating group, busily dispatching trains and enter­ taining the ten or more operators that duti­ fully arrive to enjoy one of New England's true legacies. The E&L is a fr eelance railroad, and despite nearly 40 years of growth and development Harvey will be tbe first to tell you, "It's not finished yet!" The huge backdrop was painted by Harvey's son, Gary, a third-generation sign painter, while he was still attending art school! The railroad is loaded witb structures, some from kits, others scratchbuilt, but all crafted to fit the New England style of modeling the E&L strives to represent. An attention to details, accentuated with a variety of colorful signs and graphics, help to give the railroad an identity of its own ! It seems tbat after 50 years of being a sign painter, Harvey is still finding new clients for his craft, tbis time in HO of course! The E&L is designed to be operated with between five and 12 modelers, and utilizes any one of tbree schedules, depending upon the number of operators present. All movement is dispatch con­ trolled [T om a CTC board, which itself is a focal point of the railroad. As a fi ctional New England railroad, the E&L acts as an interchange between several shortlines. Such station names as Swampscott, Fort Fungus & Cedar Springs line the route, accommodating as many as 20 trains on a full operating schedule. The bencbwork is L-girder, using a plywood or pine base with cork roadbed. In larger yards Homasote replaces the cork, and hundreds of pounds of Hydro­ cal landforms are supported on a founda­ tion of crumpled newspaper and paper towels. The railroad itself measures 25' x 28' and follows a point-to-point route. The mainline is code 100 rail, and the 22 mainline turnouts are dispatcher/CTC controlled. The average layout height

MODEL RAIL NOVEMBER 1998 36 ... ROADING 1 Ty pical of New England manufac­ - turing, this factory is a kitbashed combi­ nation of DPM and Kibri structures. The crane is by Alexander Scale Models.

2 Cedar Springs is home to a variety - of industries; the real Anthony Lumber Yard makes its home in Harvey's home town. Here, an Atlas NYC RS3 gets "clear rail" for entering the main. Gary Robinson handpai nted the backdrop.

ranges from 44" to 53", Harvey has taken the time to revise the trackplan to eliminate all duck-unders. Lit with incandescent lights, dimmers serve to lower the lighting as structures come alive with interior illumination, and the background becomes aglow with the twinkling of stars. Although Harvey reserves the theatrics for open-houses, it's an effect even non-rai Iroaders won't soon forget.

Operation Operation is at the heart of the E&L; with up to 12 operators working at a time, things can get mighty hectic, so a color­ coded card-order waybill system is used in conjunction with a 9: I fast clock. "Broken & Mangled" operators are each responsible for bringing their own two-way FM transceiver radios to avert any communications prob­ lems. This point-to-point single-track railroad has its eastern terminus at Essex and its west end in the town of Lakeside. Multiple pass­ ing sidings allow two-way traffic. A wye around the station at Essex accommodates the several passenger trains and freights which turn there. A number of freights OIigi­ nate at the large yards across from Essex Tower. The Essex tower operator also has a complete view of the Swampscott Branch switch. Traveling west, the Glen Valley Railroad meets up with the E&L at Hillside. Freight and coal trains, plus one passenger train, originate on the Glen Valley Line. Continuing westward, the E&L alTives at Cedar Springs. The Cedar Springs Switcher

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 37 3 The lakeside Industrial Park is home - 4 to multiple kitbashing projects. DPM, Cor­ nerstone, and even printed paper store­ fronts combine to make the scene come to life. ---. / / -AII.. 4 A sign painter by trade, Harvey - knows how to use signs to define the era and location of his railroad. Here, at Essex Ya rd, a large paper sign, cut out of the Sunday paper, adds detail to an oth­ erwise quiet scene.

resides there and is used to handle classifica­ tion duties as well as to spot cars at the local industries. The westward journey takes us to the "Lalime Divide," where most road freights make trailing-point pick-ups and set-outs. Traveling through the tunnel we emerge at Summit, a location just before the East Lakeside Yard. Activity increases at East Lakeside, an E&L hub that services several freights, both incoming and outgoing. A local switcher also works from this yard and handles the plentiful chores at the industrial

MODEL RAILROADI MAY 1998 38 ... NG 5- At the Lal

6 This ice house once existed on Flax Pond in Lynn, MA. Back in - 1939, Harvey started working there, cutting the ice from the frozen pond and hauling it into waiting wagons. The structure is scratchbuilt of wood and styrene. The prototype was torn down in 1965.

7 An old caboose finds work as the Essex Yard office. A Proto 2000 - B&M switcher gives the crew a break. The caboose is a four-wheel bobber by Athearn.

MAY 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 39 I

Railroad Mainline Trackage

Sidings & Branches

MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 40 ... area of nearby Lakeside. It's here, at Lake­ side, that the E&L interchanges with yet passenger another carrier, the Fort Fungus & Feeble structures are commercially produced models; the Lal�e!;jd'e/s:talti()ln " lVas Flats Railroad. made from an old AHM Rico Station kit. By agreement, all passenger trains origi­ nate, terminate, and are serviced at Fort 9 Trackside at Fort Fungus reveals an approaching Bachmann Doodlebug - Fungus. The "4-F" originates one freight already lettered for E&L. The switching in this area can made even an experi­ train per day and keeps the local switcher enced operator cringe! busy with heavy local industry. Home-road locomotives are the norm, with regular 10 With the E&L going strong at 40, Harvey still enjoys dispatching. The - appearances by Fort Fungus and Glen Val- B&M boasts two real-life Amtrak dispatchers in its group... ther e's no room for mistakes when it comes to operating this railroad!

ley power which has trackage rights on the E&L. The E&L operates with the help of Athearn, Atlas and Bachmann. All rolling stock is equipped with Kadee® couplers, and numerous uncoup!jng magnets are buried in the track around the layout. Har­ vey uses pastel chalks to weather and age his rolling stock. You'll find no expensive brass here! It seems that after four decades, and thousands of man hours, Harvey would be ready to embark on a new adventure. Yet, the thrill of operation and the skill of modeling have only elevated the sights of a man who has done so much already. So, somewhere in the basement of a home in Lynn, Massachusetts, while many of us are busy watching TV, Har­ vey goes about a passion that seems to bring out the boy in us all... and many a New Englander wouldn't have it any other way. �

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 41 Often wonder what it would have been Among them were the Atlantic Coast Line; time for railroading "down South." I can pic­ I like to have witnessed first hand the col­ Gulf, Mobile & Ohio; Illinois Central; ture myself on a steamy summer morning orful display of Southeastern diesels during Seaboard Air Line; and Southern Railway. tagging along with an ACL purple-and-alu­ the 1950s. As much as I have come to appre­ The Coast Line had purple-and-aluminum minum Geep as it went about its way ciate models and photographs of them, I locos trimmed in yellow. The GM&O's picking up loaded wood racks and setting know that I would have loved seeing the diesels were red and maroon. IC. .. well, IC out empties. "real thing." The early 1950s was a time locomotives were "black" albeit with a small As the Second World War ended the when the last old steam locomotives were green diamond herald and white stripe. Atlantic Coast Line found itself with a fleet ushered away and bright, colorful new Seaboard had its "citrus" scheme of Pullman of steam locomotives that were too old, too diesels took charge throughout the Deep Green, pale yellow and orange, and then small and too few to handle the growing South. Not counting the many smaller rail­ there was the Southern with its bright green traffic needs. In the late 1930s, the Coast roads, the South boasted several larger Class- and "off-white" locomotives with yellow or Line had added diesel-electric locomotives 1 railroads that crisscrossed the Deep South. gold trim. Indeed, the 1950s was a colorful to pull passenger trains. The success of these

MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 42 ..... "diesels" prompted the road to add EMD FT part icular paint scheme is weatheri ng. exposed area just above the fuel tank were freight locomotives during the war years. Unweathered, a shiny, new model ofan ACL removed to ease maintenance. Since these Following the cessation of hostilities, similar purple diesel just doesn't "get it" for me, but skirts are cast as an integral part of the walk­ F2 and F3 carbody diesel were added to han­ weathered, it looks great. way/frame of the Atlas model, nobody but a dle over-the-road freight trains. However, as When Atlas announced that they would machinist with the proper machine tools is other railroads found out, the classic F unit include an ACL GP7 in their Classic Series I going to de-skirt this Atlas model. This rea­ was not well suited for switching and local was elated. The Atlas GP7 is an excellent son alone relegates the Atlas GP7 pretty train service. It wasn't until the alTival of the operating model with plenty of pulling much to an as-built configuration, rendering it GP7 road switcher that this dilemma would power. It is also well proportioned with useless to those wishing a de-skirted Geep. be solved. excellent molded-on detail, including radia­ Again, not to belittle the Atlas GP7 in In the spring of 1950 general purpose tor grilles that show the shutters behind any way, I have set my standards higher that GP7 locomotives began to arrive on Coast them. As such, this diesel is perfect for all what this model has to offer as it comes out Line property. By December the fo llowing but the more demanding prototype modelers of the box. A standard feature of all of my year, the number of ACL GP7 locomotives among us ... yes, including me. diesels is separate grabirons, pilot details bought new from Electro-Motive had totaled Though the Atlas GP7 has made and will and other details that match specific locomo­ 154 in all ( 100-253) . These new "Geeps" continue to make many model railroaders tives. As one should expect from any loco­ were pressed into service handling local very happy, it has not pleased prototype mod­ motive produced for the mass-market, the trains and were used on an as-needed basis elers wanting a GP7 for settings more recent Atlas model comes up just a bit short in rail­ sandwiched between F units on through than the 1950s. Most all railroads had "de­ road-specific detail. So then, what did I do freights. Geeps leading Coast Line's main­ skirted" their GP7s and GP9s by about 1960. to the Atlas model to make it fit in with my line freights in the 1950s were rare. How­ That is, the skirts covering the otherwise other Coast Line diesels? ever, it was local train service where the GP7 planted its roots. The Southeast is pop­ ulated with forest-products industries, and ACL was a major player in servicing these industries. The road employed one of the industry's largest fleets of wood racks (pulp­ wood flatcars), wood-chip hoppers and spe­ cialty gons for stumps and other forest products. The Electro-Motive Geep was ide­ ally suited for this service. These secondary trains called for but one or two locomotives and operated over light rails - many of the Coast Line's routes throughout the Caroli­ nas, Georgia and Alabama remained on 90- pound of even lighter rail throughout the 1950s. For shunting short cuts of cars into and out of lumber mills and other industrial spurs, the Coast Line found that its Geeps couldn't be beaten. Though a staunch Coast Line modeler, I fo und it difficult to warm up to purple diesels! Purple diesel locomotives? Give me a break. However, my lady wanted to see a model of one of the Coast Line's purple diesels so ACL 347, a phase-4 F3 was pre­ pared as "Joanne's engine." In time, T grew to not only appreciate this colorful arrange­ ment, but to really like it as well! As with many models, for me the "key" to liking a

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING .. 43 Here we see that detail was milled off of the cast-metal pilot The cab should be removed to ease removal of cast-on faces. Modified shell has received its first application of detail. paint. molded-on grabirons off the first model, it was in such a state that I fe lt the entire model needed to be repainted. Why not? The paint was ruined at each hood end - might as well repaint the entire body - which I did. What a shame, as the factory-applied paint was good for the most part. Had it not been for the molded-on grabs I could have certainly "lived" with the pale yellow-trim stripes. Weathering would disguise any perceived problem there. You guys that feel that the molded-on grabs are okay are fortunate indeed! The one-piece cast-metal fuel tank/frame will cause the detailer more grief. Cast-in pilot detail is not up to current standards either, and if you are going to replace molded-on grabs and other detail, then pilot detail should be removed as well. The problem is the metal frame is very hard, and it is difficult to remove unwanted detail. The only reasonable way to do so is to "machine" it off. I did so using a milling bit in my Dremel® tool. Be sure to wear eye protection when performing this surgery as metal filings will fly! At this point one might ask, "With all of these obstacles to over­ come, why should the detail-conscious modeler even bother with the Atlas GP7?" There are good reasons. First and fo remost is that the model is the only game in town for those wanting a phase- I GP7 with Cast-on detail has been removed and lights modified. scale hood width. Further, it runs very well and has some good molded-in detail that need not be replaced. This model is also very When I purchased my Atlas ACL GP7s, there were three items accurately proportioned and when enhanced becomes a superior pro­ that I felt needed to be upgraded. One, the molded-on grabirons had totype model. On the other hand, the Life-Like phase-2 GP7 may pre­ to go. Second, the too-thick railings needed replacing. The third item clude Atlas from ever again offering this model. The Life-Like model is that the yellow trim stripes on the model were not yellow enough to is easily "de-skirted" making is a shoe-in for 1960s and 1970s model­ suit me. My first thoughts were to overlay yellow decal stripes to cor­ ing. It also has separate grabirons and pilot detail. In short, Life-Like rect the problem with the trim stripes. However, after carving the has removed all of the obstacles presented by the Atlas model. On the other hand, the Life-Like phase-2 GP7 has slotted skirts unlike the plain skirts of the phase- I version. This means that it is not accu­ rate for ACL GP7s of the 1950s. Confused? Hope not! This project was begun by carefully remov­ ing the handrail/stanchions from the model. Ta ke care, as the handrail stanchions are prone to breaking off at the walkway level just above their base. I learned this the hard way. Next, snap off the hoods and cab. Remove the cab from the hood section. See the accompanying photos. Now it is time to begin re moving molded-on detail which will be replaced. For me, this included the roof-top nubs that repre­ sent lift rings, the exhaust stacks and the hood end grab ladders. I started at the roof by clipping off the two exhaust stacks using a pair of Rail Nippers®. The remaining part of each exhaust stack was then "milled" off using a small auger bit in my Dremel tool, then cleaned up with 600- Endfield, NC; 1954. M.B. Connery photo grit sandpaper. Detail Associates F-unit exhaust stacks (DA 1708) were cemented in

44 T MODEL RAILROADING NOV EMBER 1998 place. Next, the lift-ring nubs were removed using a chisel blade in an X-Acto® knife. A .075 hole was then drilled at each location and DA 2206 formed-metal lift rings were dabbed in CA cement and pressed into the holes. The included horns are not right for an ACL GP7 so each was cut off flush with the hood side. I suggest puttying the surface and sanding it smooth. I didn't, and I regret it. Note that ACL diesel locomotives did not have a hand­ brake mechanism. Instead, the wheels were blocked using wedges. Carve the molded­ on hand brake from the end of the long hood and sand the surface smooth. Yet another reason for repainting the entire body. In case you wondered why I replaced the molded-on exhaust stacks, I do have a rea­ son. On the prototype, the exhaust stacks are tapered so that they flared out at the top. Study the accompanying photos and you

will see what I mean. Those molded onto the plastic body are tapered in at the top instead of flared out - just the opposite of the pro­ totype. Though Detail Associates offers replacement exhaust stacks for early Geeps, they too taper "in" instead of "out." They are an improvement over the molded-on rendi­ tions, but as long as you go to the bother of replacing them, why not get it right? The solution lies in Detail Associates F-unit exhaust stacks (DA 2401). They do not have the base plate which means that care needs to be taken so as not to damage the Atlas GP7 molded-on exhaust stack base plate, but they are the proper size and shape. Another detail fe ature of the Coast Line's Geeps is the headlight arrangement at both ends of the locomotive. Although both ends had twin Pyle sealed-beam headlights (DA 1004), they were positioned under dual red­ and-white warnings lights. Most of the pro­ totype photos show these to be oscillating dual Pyle Gyralights (DA 1002), but some units were equipped with other types. I used a DA 1008 oscillating dual Mars light because it was handy. I filedoff the molded­ on headlights to make way for the warning lights. The downside of this is that having lighted headlights is sacrificed. For me this did not matter as I use MY headlight lenses on all of my diesels - in this case LS22 clear and LS220 red. I also fit DA 1708 classification lights to the models featured in this two-part article. Drill out the molded-on lenses with a #56 drill (.046) and press the new lenses in place. Apply a dab of liquid styrene cement from inside of the body to secure each in place. I find the appearance of these clear plastic lenses to be more "believable" that A good view of the roof of GP7 261 on the Charleston & Western Carolina south other options. of Spartanburg, SC, between Switzer and Woodruff. June 1960. Note that these Now comes the grab ladders. I suggest former C&WC units do not carry the ACL circle herald. 1. P Lamb photo drilling mounting holes for replacement fo rmed-wire grabs before carving off the molded-on grabs. This makes a good guide

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 45 Trim each so that they do not stick too far through the body. Though not done until after the photos were taken of my model of ACL 106, I drilled holes just above the ends of each grabiron, then pressed DA 2203 NBWs in place. The grabs and these bolt heads are painted purple. The horn that you select for your ACL GP7 should be decided by photographs of the spe­ cific locomotive that you are modeling. For instance, some units have two single-trumpet horns. For this application I recommend using Details West horns (#174 large and #173 ACL GP7 103 at Elyton yard in Birmingham, AL; May 1951. 1. P. Lamb photo small). Other ACL GP7s have a single horn with three small forward-facing trumpets. For this application you should use Overland Mod­ els #90 14. Some ACL GP7s had a single horn with five small forward-facing trumpets. Over­ land Models #9003 is accurate for this. Then some units had a single horn with five small trumpets. Overland Models #9005 is the clos­ est representation of this horn that I have been able to fi nd. The ACL placed the locomotive bell atop the short hood of its GP7 locomotives. Unfortu­ nately, there is no accurate bell available that that matches the prototype. You could use a Richmond, VA; Early 19505. photographer unknown Details West # 128 cast white-metal bell for this application. This bell is close to the ACL pro­ for placement. Next carve offthe grabs and sand the surface smooth. totype, but the frame around it is too thin. This bell is also prone to be Do NOT fit the replacement grabirons until after painting and apply­ broken off as the white metal is soft and the bell mount bends easily. ing the aluminum decal bands, otherwise, you will have considerable A couple of bends and that's all she wrote! For the models pictured difficulty in decal application. After paint and decals have been here, I used an Overland Models #9 131 bell. This bell looks right applied, dab each grab in CA cement and insert into the mounting save for the slot in each side bracket. I believe that I will go back, holes drilled before painting. Use Tichy drop-type grabs (#3015). putty this in, and repaint the bell bracket. This bell is hard brass and

Note different style of warning light on ACL 113. Date and location unknown. Marshall R. Church photo

46 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 Richmond, VA; Early 1950s. photographer unknown

will not break. All in all, I rec­ ommend the Overland bell. The next segment of this pro­ ject was to remove unwanted detail from the cast-metal frame pilot faces and to add detail that matched the ACL prototype. Let me te ll you ... this ain't no easy task! The metal is so hard that you can forget filing. The only reasonable way that I have come up with to remove unwanted detail here is to mill it off. For this, I used my Dremel Tool fit­ ted with a milling bit. Once unwanted detail has been removed, there is yet another obstacle to overcome. You need to drill holes to fi t grabs, cut levers, air hoses and MU-hoses. Have extra drill bits at hand and make sure all are sharp and not worn out. Just in case you ACL 154 has a local passenger train in tow at Naylor, GA, on March 4, 1951. William J. Husa, Jr., photo

haven't noticed it yet, I hate the cast-metal frame on these models. Today two Life­ Like Proto 2000 GP7s arrived at the door,

.1 and let me te ll you, that is the way to go. I will explain in a future article utilizing the P2K GP7. Now it's time to carefully consider paint. I have found the purple used by Atlas on this model to be a perfect match for the ACL Royal Purple formerly pro­ duced by Pro Color and distributed exclu­ sively by the ACLISAL Historical Society. My research indicated that this color is accurate for ACL Royal Purple, so touching up the purple paint should pre­ sent no problem, that is, if you have any of this paint. Unfortunately, it is no longer being produced. .� That does it for thjs month. Next month ACL 223 with a work train in Gainesville, FL, on March 18, 1953. we'll look at SAL's RSC2s before we fi n­ William J. Husa, Jr., photo ish up with ACL's Royal Purple Geeps. �

NOVEMBER 1998 LROADING MODEL RAI .... 47 LING MODERN ERMODAL SPINE CARS

BY DOUG GEIGER, MMR The HO-scale Thrall 48' all-purpose spine car rolls smoothly along with its load of Roadway pup trailers. The scene is typical of several daily intermodal trains in operation on Doug Geiger's Granite Mountain Railway. PHOTOS BY THE AUTHOR UNLESS OTHERWISE INDICATED

n the next three parts of this series, we will concentrate on appropriate. Then the trai ler-wheel decks at'e made from either stock I modeling the all-purpose spine car. Although each spine car mod­ kit parts and/or scratchbuilt pieces. A metal anti-skid tread material is eling project is similar, they are presented as stand-alone projects. applied to each deck fo r realism. The moveable container pedestals Three HO-scale cars will be built: a 48' Thrall (TAP55), a 53' Tri nity are also included during this step. Next, either the brake-gear appli­ (RAF53) and a 48 ' Trinity (RAF55). The car projects all begin with a ances and plumbing are done or the wheel-deck supports and decks Walthers five-unit all-purpose spine car die-cast metal kit. With the are added, depending on how the air lines are routed. Then the other addition of details and the rebuilding of certain features, this basic car portion of that step is described. Constructing the end platforms kit can become a superdetailed representation of a specific builder's (including frames, steps, grabirons, and hitches) concludes the detail­ spine car. Since the basic kit closely follows the RAF55 prototype, ing steps. Finally, painting and decaling instructions are provided that conversion is the easiest (Part 6). The TAF55 model featured in along with some weathering tips. Use the photos provided in Part 3 to this article (Part 4A this month and Part 4B next month) is more diffi­ aid during this step. As always, use prototype pictures if possible dur­ cult to construct than the RAF55 model because of added details. The ing decal placement to avoid mistakes. most difficult conversion will be the RAF53 car (Part 5), since the Photos of some of the relevant prototype details will be included. main center sill must be lengthened and the trailer wheel decks must References to kit components are provided so keep the Walthers be scratchbuilt. instructions handy. Because of the somewhat fragile details, the working container Construction draw­ pedestal feature is removed from the stock kit. The first decision to ings are also included make during construction will be to determine what load(s) the car to aid during the lay­ will carry. I built all three spines in this series to haul model trailers out and building of exclusively. Although the container pads are modeled, the hitches are each spine-car model. glued in and model containers cannot be loaded. For a container-car­ The drawings have rying unit, a collapsed hitch will have to be modeled together with the been developed to appropriate container pedestal pins. Although the text describes the allow a wide range of steps necessary to model the "trailer-only" all-purpose, the drawings HO-scale trailer-tire show the locations for all the container pedestals if that is what the spacings as loads. builder desires. Of course, like any all-purpose spine, trailers and However, the draw­ containers can be mixed on the same car. Just decide which units will ings only provide a CatTY which load and build appropriately. generic container Each of the three successive construction articles follow the same pedestal pin location. general format. A specific spine-car project begins with preparation With careful attention 1 - Remove the triangular knob on the of the metal center sill. This step includes removing the cast-on to detail and quality center sill at the hitch location. The side rib trailer-wheel deck supports and adding or changing the truck stabi­ workmanship, the has not yet been removed. The new fixed lization supports and modifying the articulation joints between units. basic Wa lthers 5-unit container pedestals will fit in the large slot. The fixed container-pedestal mounts are also added or changed where All-Purpose HO-scale To p - original, bottom - modified.

48 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 4 - Hold the die-cast center sill in a vice and use a hacksaw to gently remove the small wheel deck sup­ ports. The one large support on each side should be left in place.

sion by removing the triangular protrusion at the articulated end of each center sill (Photo I). This piece is directly behind the large slot. Cut off the walkway supports and brakestand from the coupler ends of units A and B. File the top and sides of the coupler pocket flat. Also remove the lip from the front of the coupler pocket. Photo 2 shows what needs to be removed. Use a cutoff disk in a motor tool (always use eye protection) or a jeweler's saw to cut off the unwanted metal. Save the brakestand cast­ ing for a later step. Next file the sides flat on the large wheel-deck support so the new wheel deck will fit flush against the metal casting. Also remove the large square knob from the top of this support (see Photo 3). Using a hacksaw, trim off all the small wheel deck supports (see Photo 4). There are four per side on the intermediate units (C, 0 and E) and five per side on the end units (A and B). Do not remove the large support at the articulated end that was modified ear­ lier. Then using either an end mill with an end cutter or some patience with a motor tool, mill off the remaining stubs from the cut supports. During that process, also remove the horizontal rib on both From top to bottom are units B, C, 0, ,� ,,= sides that runs the length of the center sill. E and A of the kitbashed TA F55 spine car. By Use a curved riffler fi le to smooth the die- carving off some of the die-cast metal parts from cast metal center sill. There may be some the Walthers kit and adding additional details and pa rts, a deep scratches because sometimes the kit very convincible builder-specific all-purpose spine car can be built.

2 The ends of units A and B are - changed as shown. All the cast walk­ 3 - The large cast-on wheel deck 5 - Fill in any holes in the center sill way supporting structure is removed. support is modified as shown here. with short pieces of st yrene rod (top The fixed container pedestal supports The bl ocky end is removed and the frame). Stretched sprue could also be are also modified. Save the brakestand sides filed flat. Right - original, left used. Trim off the plugs and sand partfor later use. - modified. smooth (bottom frame).

kit can be transformed into a superdetailed masterpiece of the inter­ castings are rough or the milling process makes a gouge or two. Fill modalist modeler. in any deep scratches with body putty and sand smooth when dry. When you are satisfied with the smoothness of the center-sill side, CENTER SILL plug any holes (Photo 5) in the sides with .040 styrene rod using gap­ To begin the Thrall TA F55 spine car project, strip all the paint fi lling cyanoacrylate (CA) cement. When dry, trim the rods smooth. A from the metal center sills and all the trailer-wheel decks. This chisel blade works well for this. No putty work should be needed applies to either a decorated or undecorated kit since both have paint since the CA will fi ll in any small cracks around the rod. At this applied to these parts. Use a strong paint remover as the paint can be point, the center sills should look like Photo 6. Turn eachunit upside difficultto strip from the metal center sill. Start the center-sill conver- down and label the end units A and B on the bottom of the center sill.

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING ... 49 Thrall 481 Thrall 481

Top View Not to Scale

fixed Cross-sections Detail container air : I Scale: full-size HO pedestal reservoir : <> � ,<> ,/{ Lhitch 1 ! 1 control/+ : valve IT 1 �: B : move<;lble /l WHEEL DECK SUPPORTS container : :1 manual pedestal � : brake .100x. 125 . _ _ _ _ _ j/ M .020x.060 .020x.060 I rod flexible : line F coupling Q) Q) 0. 0. vent <> 0 -<> type >, .030x.100 .030x. 100 � l- I e::( .015x. 156 valve I .015x.156 �

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brake trailer cylinder D wheel , �.015 x. 100 pipe deck '060X'080 2 x 6 ------' I \! ',I .. , .'OOX. '25 . M : ! -- ' hitch � F .01 5x. 100 i .030x.080 (angle cut) I <> 0 <> train U-joint./ brake FIXED CONTAINER PEDESTAL pipe SUPPORT (1 needed per C, D and E platforms) ,

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MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 50 .. Thrall 481

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NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 51 6 - This is the finished center sill before 9 - add the moveable container pads any of the detail are added. Note that all to the modified support brackets on the trailer wheel deck supports and the units A and B. For variety, leave some 12 - The male joint casting is modified horizontal side rib have been removed. To p of these pads up and some down like the female casting: remove the two - original, bottom - modified. (both are up in the photo). ears. To p - original, bottom - modified.

The three intermediate units should be labeled C, 0 and E. Then, off the mounting pin on the top of Part #6 and add a short piece of using Figure I as a guide, arrange each unit and mark the ends of .040 x .080 at that location. Glue on two pieces of 2x6 to simulate the each unit M or F, depending on the location of the trailer-wheel container mounting pins. These pins should be perpendicular to the decks. Note that the articulated end of unit B is male and the articu­ center sill as illustrated in Photo 9. For variety, make one of these lated end of unit A is female. flip-down container pedestals in the up position and the other three in Construct three of the fixed container pedestal supports using Fig­ the down position. Or use any combination you choose. ure 2 as a reference. The main body fo r the support is a piece of .060 Add container pads supports (.060 x .125) to the ends of the cast­ x .080 styrene. Cut pieces of .030 x .080 on a shallow angle and on support arms located on the coupler ends of units A and B. These attach these to the bottom of the main piece. Add .015 x .100 strips as pads are flush with the sides of the support arm and are slightly inset. the top and bottom plates. Note that the top piece fits around the hitch Use CA to attach dle styrene to the metal. As before, use short pieces

7 - The TA F55 car uses a much differ­ 10 - Short pieces of styrene strip are ent fixed container pedestal support added to the ends of the fixed con­ from the kit. Fashion new supports tainer pedestal supports on units A 13 - This view shows the modified articu­ from styrene. The container pads and B. Note how the coupler pocket lation joint castings and the fixed container from the kit can be used. To p - origi­ from the original center sill casting has pedestal support. The truck stabilization nal, bottom - scratch built. been filed flat on the top and sides. details have not been addedyet.

casting (to be added later). A short section of .100 x .125 plus a bit of of styrene 2x6 for the container pins on these pads (see Photo J 0). styrene 2x6 make up dle container pad. Photo 7 compares the kit part Photos 11 and 12 show the modifications needed for the female (#12, cross bearer) to the new support. These three supports are added and male articulation joint castings (Parts #10 and I I). The truck sta­ to the large slot in units C, D and E and should be flush with the top bilization "ears" are removed from both pieces. Glue the modified of the center sill. If there are any gaps around any support, fi ll these joint pieces to the appropriate ends of all the units with gap-filling in with putty. These brackets tend to break off easily from the center CA (see Photo 13). When dry, file the castings flat with the edges of sill, so be careful. the center sill. Fashion new truck stabilizers using Figure 2 and Photo Modify the two Part #5s (center cross-bearer supports) as shown 14 as references. The large top support bracket is .100 x .100 with a in Photo 8. Remove the top flanges and replace with short strips of cap strip of .010 x .125. The stabilizers are angle cut from .100 x .100 .020 x .156 styrene. These new flanges should be flush with the top strip. Provide a fillet for the top support bracket using angle-cut .060 of the support. Be patient not to damage the container-pedestal x .100 pieces. mounting locations located at the ends of the support. Fill in any injection holes with putty and sand smooth. Split the cross bearer in "TRAILER-WH EEL DECKS half and epoxy both pieces to the center sill on units A and B. The Modification to the kit's trailer-wheel decks (Parts #16 and 17) staI1S new flanges should be flush with the top of the center sill. Add Part by shaving off dle two mounting ribs located on the underside near the #6, the swinging pedestal to the ends of the modified supports. Trim center. Also remove pieces of the pedestal retainer mounting locator

8 The cross bearer casting is - changed to better represent the 11 - The female articulation joint 14 TA F55 car. The top edge of the part is casting is changed by removing the - The Thrall car has a blocky, rec­ filled in with styrene. To p - original, ears on both sides of the casting. To p tangular truck stabilization mount bottom - modified. - original, bottom - modified. and trapezoidal pads.

52 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 15 Trim off several of the mounting 16 - The outside face of each wheel deck should 18 - Trim off part of Part #22, the - ridges under each wheel deck. To p - be sanded smooth as seen in this end-on view. Left pedestal retainer so that it will fit modified, bottom - original. - original, right - modified. under the modified trailer wheel decks.

ribs. See Photo IS for details on what to remove from the underside of For a trailer-carrying unit, the moveable container pedestals are usu­ the decks. The outer edge of each kit deck is completely removed as ally flipped down into the wheel deck and their cover is closed. How­ seen in Photo 16. Be careful not to gouge the soFt plastic or round over ever, sometimes these stay up or the covers stay open. For a the ends of the deck. The finished deck should look like a capital L container-carry ing unit, the moveable container pedestals must be up throughout its entire length when this step is completed. Add a vertical and the covers open. strip of .030 x .100 and a cap strip of .020 x .060 as seen on the left side Decide on the configuration of the wheel-deck SUpp0I1 diagram from Figure 2 for a new outer edge. and make the appropriate Using Figure 3, cut the treadplate strips for all the trailer-wheel number of pedestals and decks. These pieces are cut from the stainless-steel raised treadplate covers. If the cover is material. Use quality scissors and magnification to accurately cut this closed, no pedestal is material. The treadplate pattern will provide a straight cutting line. required. These moveable Unfortunately, this material is not flat, so gap-filling CA must be used pedestals are made from with weights and clamps to attach it to the plastic wheel decks. Avoid .100 x .125 styrene, with a getting excess glue on the treadplate sluface. It will be somewhat diffi­ rounded end and a bit of cult to attach and keep flat, but dle results are wOl1h it. For the raised pad 2x6 for a container pin. The at one end, cut a piece of .030 covers are .015 x .188 strips 19 - Again for variety, change the posi­ styrene to fitbetween the sides with a short piece of .020 tion of the moveable container of the wheel deck. Round over styrene rod to simulate the pedestals. If the model is being built to one edge and attach a piece of hinge. Three different ver- haul trailers, most of these pedestals treadplate (see Photo 17). Use sions of the moveable should be collapsed and the cover closed putty to fill in any gaps pedestal are shown in Photo (as seen on the lower deck). On a few, between treadplate and 19. The completed trailer either raise the pedestal vertically (top styrene at the ends of the wheel decks will be added deck) with the cover open, or folded in, 17 There is a short raised platform decks. Using Photo 18 as a after all the brake gear and but with the cover open (middle deck). - on the wheel decks near one end. guide, modify the container plumbing is finishedsince the deck SUPPOl1S pass under the air lines. Also note the use of the tread mater­ pedestal retainer so it will fit Next month, we'll fi nish up the rest of the assembly and then do ial on the deck surface. under the new wheel deck. painting, decaling and weathering.

BILL OF' MATERIALS

Manufacturer Part No. Qty. Description 127 I length .020 x .156 styrene strip Walthers 932-3930 I Undecorated spine car kit 134 I length .030 x .080 styrene strip Athearn ? 2 Brakewheel from lmpack car kit 135 6 lengths .030 x .100 styrene strip 90501 4 33" plastic trucks with wheel sets 144 I length .040 x .080 styrene strip 59 10 I' Maxi-Stack rn car, undecorated 154 I length .060 x .080 styrene strip Details Associates 2206 2 Eye bolts 155 I length .060 x .100 styrene strip 2213 2 Coupler lift-bar brackets 156 I length .060 x .125 styrene strip 6206 2 Plastic air hoses 175 I length .100 x .100 styrene strip 6238 1 pkg. Handbrake & relay valve 176 I length .100 x .125 styrene strip On the Mark Models MSC- IOI 2 sheets Extra small standard pattern 211 I length .040 styrene rod treadplate 218 I length .020 styrene rod Details West 1014 I pkg. Spine-car hitches 26 1 I length .060 styrene channel 1018 2' Spine-car detail kit 8206 I length 2x6 styrene strip Cal-Scale AN-277 4 Brass ai r hoses 9030 I sheet .030 styrene sheet Tichy 3021 4 18" straight grabs Plastruct 90501 I length 'I", " styrene angle Plano 158 Spine-car decks Precision Scale Co. 487 1 6 lengths .022 brass wire Detail Tube ST20 I length Modeling tubing (o.d ..035, i.d.. 024) 4870 6 lengths .0 19 brass wire STl9 I length Modeling tubing (o.d.. 042 , i.d ..028) 4869 I length .0 IS brass wire EYergreen 102 I length .0 lO x .040 styrene strip Builders-in-Scale 250 I pkg. Black chain 104 1 length .0 lO x .080 styrene strip Kadee� 27 2 Coupler 106 I length .0 lO x .125 styrene strip Microscale 87-822 2 sheets TrailerTrain & TTX48' & 53' All-plupose 107 I length .0 lO x .156 styrene strip spine car decals 108 I length .0 10 x .188 styrene strip A-Line 2670 1 I sheet' APL Thrall decals 113 12 lengths .0 15 x .060 styrene strip Miscellaneous ? 10 I'/''' 2-56 bolts 115 I length .0 15 x .100 styrene strip 117 12 lengths .0 15 x .156 styrene strip , Only uses the fo ur I 25-ton lrucks plus the four side bearing castings (truck stabilizers). 118 1 length .015 x .188 styrene strip , Only uses the two small step-ladder castings from the second kit, but having the 123 6 lengths .020 x .060 styrene strip second kit provides for spare parts. 124 I length .020 x .080 styrene strip Just uses the Thrall builders plate decals. J

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 53 Modeling Mobile's Alabama State Docks

Part1 - A Look Back in Time

by Mike Broadway with Bob Beaty

rowing up in Mobile, I spent many Sunday afternoons at the Al­ Ships and boxcars crowd the pier in this vintage photograph. G abama State Docks watching ships and trains from exciting Erik Overbey collection, University of South Alabama Archives and exotic places - slips were filled with ships tbat carried flags from many nations and the Terminal Railway shuttled car loads of materials from the yards to ship-side dock trackage. Today, the port is as busy as ever, with a directory list of over 165 shipping lines from 150 major ian-Coleman to see how to proceed. I then researched the Alabama global trading areas. The Terminal Railway annually switches over State Docks. With the help of a close friend and fe llow model rail­ 130,000 freight cars of every description between the dock facilities roader, we determined that the new Walthers structures offered the and the four resident Class 1 railroads. Railfans can see unit coal most flexibility and that several were almost "dead ringers" of struc­ trains, intermodal trains, mixed freights with autoracks, gondolas, flat, tures that existed or are still in operation at the port. Over the next box and tank cars. Even Amtrak's Sunset Limited stops in Mobile as it few months we will share how we built the port, modified structures travels between Miami and Los Angeles. to mimic ASD operations, and provide some pointers on modeling The Port of Mobile facilities at the Alabama State Docks (ASD) and operating a truly unique transportation facility. beg to be modeled, and I vowed that one day I would build a model railroad that captured the excitement I remembered from my youth. I History now have the space, the time and support I need to realize a miniature The Alabama State Docks is located on Alabama's Gulf Coast at port and rail operation. The timing of recently released port structure the city of Mobile. The Port is situated along the Mobile River which kits by manufacturers such as Sheepscott Models, Sierra West and the flows into Mobile Bay and then into the Gulf of Mexico. The river Walthers Waterfront structures in their Cornerstone® series coincided provides access to inland waterways via the Tennessee-Tombigbee with a personal opportunity to concentrate on this project. I pur­ Waterway. Barges transport bulk materials to the port from the Ohio chased the book, Railroading Along The Wa te/front, by Laura Sebast- and Te nnessee River valleys. The port is served today by CSX, BNSF,

54 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 NOifolk Southern and the Illinois Central. ASD operations have been The Norwegian three-island, or tramp, steamer Lisbeth officially serving the region's seaport needs for more than 70 years, unloads its cargo of coal to waiting gons at the Bulk though port facilities have existed longer. Terminal. Engine #61, an 0-6-0, handles the switching French settlers founded the colony of Mobile at its present loca­ duties. tion in 1711. In 1820, Mobile's first cotton compress was built serv­ S. Blake McNeely collection, ing cotton exports carried down the river system by steamboats. University of South Alabama Archives Prior to 1860, a 1O'-deep channel was cleared from Mobile to the Gulf of Mexico, establishing Mobile as second only to New Orleans in cotton exports. During the Civil War, during which the famous Battle of Mobile Bay was fought, Mobile's port development was severely restricted. The first ship to call on the State Docks was the lucken­ In 1915, a bill was introduced in the Alabama State Legislature by bach Line's Edgar F. Luckenbach. The ship off-loaded 750 Harry T. Hartwell, a future Mobile Mayor, to create the "State Harbor tons of sugar on May 23, 1927, while the warehouses Commission" to develop port facilities. The bill passed, but State were still under construction. constitutional conflicts prevented its enactment. However, these early Erik Overbey collection, University of South Alabama Archives legislative efforts set in motion the coordinated effort to develop Alabama's only seaport. With the outbreak of World War I, the United States Government moved to form a national policy on sea­ port development in the interest of National Defense. The govern­ ment's interest led to the availability of Federal funds for several states. In 1923, State constitutional questions were resolved and the State of Alabama formed the State Docks Commission. The legisla­ tive act enabled the Commission to promote, construct, operate and maintain dock facilities including terminal railroads. General William L. Sibert, a native Alabamian and Panama Canal builder, wa per­ suaded to undertake the planning and engineering of the Alabama State Docks as Chief Engineer.

The Facilities The site chosen for the State Docks was located on 540 acres, pri­ marily swamp and marshland below high-water mark, north of the city and along the Mobile River. There were a few sawmills, a naval­ stores yard, and the mainline of the Louisville & Nashville Railroad on the property. Just south of the site were wharves operated by the City of Mobile, the Mobile & Ohio Railroad, and the Southern Rail­ road. These included the Mobile & Ohio Fruit Wharves, or Banana Dock, which were rebuilt and improved in 1906 to accommodate the increasing banana trade carried by United Fruit Company steamships. After four years of extensive dredging, construction of concrete piers and apron wharves, warehouses, rail lines and rail fa cilities, the Alabama State Docks and Terminals were dedicated on June 25, 1928. Much of the credit for the successful completion of the project was given to General Sibert. This was reflected in the December II, 1927, edition of the Atlan.ta Constitution, which stated, "The whole South owes a debt of gratitude to the genius of General Sibert, which made possible the rapid, scientifically perfect completion of a project

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAI LROADING T 55 which, in other hands and under other cir­ cumstances, might easily have degener­ ated into a pudding of political plums." At the dedication, W. R. Cole, President of the L&N Railroad, announced plans for the L&N to spend $1.25 million for the construction of new yards and termi­ nals at the State Docks, to become known as Sibert Yards. During the 1930s, additional ware­ houses, wharves and a five-story ship-side Cold Storage Plant were constructed. Also, in 1937, the Aluminum Ore Com­ pany located facilities for the processing of bauxite ore into alumina on State Docks property. The bauxite was imported from Surinam, to the State Docks' bulk-material plant adjacent to the Alcoa plant for processing. The alumina was then shipped by rail to Alcoa plants in East St. Louis and other locations. Work also began on the American Cyanamid & Chemical Corporation plant and the Hollingsworth & Whitney (later to The newly installed Linkbelt rotary car dumper prepares become Scott, and then Kimberly-Clark) to unload a cut of Frisco hoppers. paper mill located off State Docks prop­ Erik Overbey collection, University of South Alabama Archives erty but served by the Terminal Railway. Blakeley Island, located on the east side of the Mobile River, was also being developed at this time. Refineries, an asphalt plant and Africa. Immediately following the war, exports of coal, coke and tank farms were built on the northern end of the island, while ship­ relief supplies to war-torn areas resulted in large tonnage moving building and dry-docks were established on the southern end. Rail through the State Docks. traffic to the island arrived by carfloats operated by the Alabama, In 1946 the State Docks expanded significantlywith the acquisition Tennessee & Northern (AT&N) Railroad. Initially, the cal'floats were of riverfront property south of the State Docks to Dauphin Street and wooden vessels that were replaced in the ' 50s by steel-hulled vessels. east of Commerce Street. Propelty adjacent to this area would be pur­ Usually the carfloats carried tank cars taking raw materials to, or chased from private owners for railroad tracks and warehouses. This bringing back asphalt from, the Coastal Petroleum Corporation plant. area included the City of Mobile's Municipal wharf and wharves owned With America's entry into World War II, the State Docks shifted to by the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio and Southern railroads. In August, the Gulf wartime duties. Refrigerated ships of the U.S. Navy transported cargo Canal Lines began what may have been the first containerized service. from the Cold Storage Plant to forces in the Pacific, Lend-lease mate­ The company moved loaded truck trailers packed at the shipper's plant rial moved through the port destined for Great Britain and Russia. to destinations along the Intracoastal Canal from Mobile to Brownsville, Raw materials, such as bauxite, manganese ore, nitrate, rubber and Te xas. The Gulf Canal Lines used converted wartime LSMs and LSTs sugar were being imported from Cuba, South America and West on a regularly scheduled service, including stops at New Orleans, Galveston and Houston. In October, the Ideal Cement Company leased The Three Sisters - The Te rminal Railway's trio of 0-6-0s, waItime facilities adjacent to the Alcoa plant. numbers 60 through 62, pose for the photographer. Erik Overbey collection, University of South Alabama Archives

56 ... MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 Ore Terminal for unloading/loading bulk moterials to and from 5hip, and THEN - This June 1962 aerial photograph shows the rail or barge major facilities of the Alabama State Docks during the era (Aluminum Company of America) that is being modeled. The Alabama State Docks, begun in 1928 and designed by one of the builders of the (Ideal Cement Company) Shipside Cold Storage and Freezing Panama Canal, ranks among the top ten ports in the Plant United States. Public Groin Elevator Terminal Switching Railroad University of South Alabama Archives 52 miles of track, 7 diesel locomo· tives, and marginal tracks 75 ton Stiff.leg Derrick (locomotive cranes lifting 40 tons also ovail· ablo) In 1975, another major expansion at the Alabama State Docks Callan Compress and Warehouse 29 General Cargo Piers took place with the completion of the McDuffie Te rminals bulk­ coal export plant. This terminal is located on the southern side of the City of Mobile along the Mobile River and adjacent to the Import warehouses and bonded storage orcas former GM&O's Frascati property. The McDuffie Te rminal is capable of receiving coal by ship, barge or rail car. A 45-long-ton container crane was purchased for the Container Port in 1978 supporting the shift in shipping to containerized cargo. The Container Marshaling Yard increased to 22 acres to handle the rapidly expanding operation. Recently, additional Roll On/Roll Off (RO/RO) facilities have been added and several US auto manufacturers are shipping truck chassis and vans through

Marginal Rail Tracks ASD to and from the Port of Tux pan in Mexico. The State Docks now operates 36 berths for ocean-going ves­ sels and has more than 4.3 million square feet of handling area. The Grain Elevator capacity has increased to 3.1 million bushels, although the original Grain Elevator is being demolished to make room for additional general-cargo storage. The McDuffie Te rmi­ nal has an annual throughput capacity of 23 million tons utilizing two rotary car dumpers - one a tandem unit - with a total capacity of 90 cars per hour. You can find almost every conceiv­ able material handled by the port. .. from lumber, paper products, During the '50s and '60s, the State of Alabama spent $10 million in the steel pipe, aluminum ingots, bagged goods, bulk materials, grain, liq­ consttuction of inland pOtts on the State's river systems. This, along with uid petroleum and vegetable by-products. The TRR loads and unloads the 1952 construction of the Grain Elevator at the State Docks, led to tank cars onto ocean-going barges at the facilities. The Chemex increased grain shipments tlu'ough the pOIt. When initially opened, the ele­ ocean-going rail barge transports chemicals and food ingredients to vator storage capacity was 1.6 million bushels, but this was increased to 2. I Puerto Rico with two sailings monthly. These barges are million tlu'ough expansions in the I 960s. Grain shipments were also deliv­ loaded/unloaded at the port's car'float facilities near the grain eleva­ ered by rail car and emptied by auto car dumpers. In the '60s, the Bulk tors. As this service increases in demand, ASD plans to expand and Handling Plant was expanded, and a bulk-Liquid plant began operation. improve its barge-loading capability. Next month we'll take a look at the railroads serving the Port, and since [ don't want to exclude those who might be interested in model­ ing a more contemporary port scene, we will offer a selection of present-day views of the port before we get started on my modeling project. 'TIl then. �

NOW - The bulk loading facilities can be seen clearly from this aerial view looking south down Mobile River. Towards the center of the picture, are the Grain Elevators with the slips behind them. Immediately to the right of the slips is the Te rminal Railway's trackage, CSX's Sibert Ya rd, and to the far right, the Industrial Canal. March 1998. Alex Thigpen photo, courtesy Alabama State Docks

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 57 BEHIND THE SCENES

Rough Cut: Creating Rock Wa lls with Plaster by Margaret Mansfield

Photos byJim Mansfield

rom cardboard mockup to rock wall - F this month, Jim and I will show you the 1 - The scenery below and in front of Gran Quivera on the Jersey Western lay­ technique we used to create two rough-cut out features two carved rough-cut rock retaining walls that were constructed rock retaining walls that shore up the earth using a cast-plaster technique. below and in front of the area known as Gran Quivera Junction on the Jersey Western Rail­ last month's "Behind the Scenes" shows the enough when dry so as to be sturdy and road. Photo 1 depicts the completed walls in mockups in place in the scene. In order to unbreakable when affixed to the layout, place on the layout. The open area west of the maintain continuity on the mainline, Jim and I without being unduly heavy. We then walls will be completed with the addition of decided to finish two of these mockup pieces placed plastic report covers - the sort scenery and bushes, while the area to the east as rough-cut rock walls similar to the south available in office supply stores - under­ of the walls will be spanned by a short bridge. abutment of Two Stick Draw bridge (see lead neath the balsa forms, to function as the As the scene expands both to the east and to photo in the March 1993 "Behi nd the material upon which the plaster would be the west, additional features will be added, Scenes"). That particular structure was made poured. We fe lt that this slick substance such as a poured concrete embankment and a using dental plaster formed by hand-and­ would easily peel off the plaster once it had large concrete arched bridge. These structures trowel directly on the layout. This time, we dried. Photo 2 depicts the four balsa shapes were planned in conjunction with the transi­ decided to cast the pieces separately off the cut to fit around the cardboard template for tion from high-mountain scenery to the big­ layout. Our task therefore consisted of con­ the smaller rock wall. city atmosphere of Vilsousterrs, as discussed structing forms and pouring plaster in order to Next, the balsa pieces were glued to each in last month's "Behind the Scenes." Now, to create the basic wall sections. other and affixed on top of the plastic report the task at hand ... Our first step was to remove the card­ cover material using Hobsco Goo®, as shown board mockups from the layout so that we in Photo 3. In order to ensure that there Step One: Building the Mold could use them as templates for construct­ would be no air space between the balsa­ Each of the rock walls began as a lowly, ing the molds in which to pour the liquid wood forms and the plastic, where plaster two-dimensional mockup that was cut from plaster. To create these molds, we used 3/s " could conceivably penetrate, the Goo was corrugated sheet cardboard and tacked in posi­ x 3" balsa sheet, cut in pieces to fit around carefully applied first as a continuous thin tion so that we could visualize and design the the cardboard shapes. The 3/s " thickness of bead close to the inside edge of each balsa scenery in this portion of the layout. Photo 2 of the balsa allowed the plaster to be thick piece. This bead was fanned out with a stiff

3 - Hobsco Goo® was used to affix the various pieces of 2 Balsa sheet 3/8" thick and 3" wide was cut in pieces to the mold together. Plastic report cover material functions - fit around the cardboard templates that had functioned as as the bottom surface of the mold; this surface will not mockups on the layout. Each separate piece is labeled with stick to poured plaster, thus allowing for easy removal of its position relative to the completed wall. the finished sections.

58 T MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 4 Bricks support the balsa mold sections as the plaster 5 - Each of the dried plaster wall sections was carved by - dries. preventing any warping. The long edge of the plastic hand with the aid of a #11 X-Acto" blade. A soft bristle drafting triangle was used to smooth the uppermost layer brush was used to clean out the plaster dust from between of the plaster after it was poured. resulting in a smooth each rock. After the carving. the rocks were colored with and level surface. thinned artists' oils piece of paper to form an even, thin layer of the mold, then troweled over the entire for the walls were predominantly the earth over the entire bottom side of the balsa. A upper surface to the other end of the mold. tones of BurntUm ber, Raw Sienna and little bit of the Goo was then placed where This process resulted in a smooth and flat Burnt Sienna, with touches of Titanium the balsa pieces touch. As can be seen in the edge all around the mold. White, Cobalt Violet and Green Earth. The photo, two pieces of the cover material were Bearing in mind that the uppermost sur­ "mortar" lines were washed in with Burnt required to underlay the large wall; these face of the plaster is the surface that will be Umber to create depth, and when dry, the were overlapped 'f," and glued together with visible, Jim and I made sure that any devia­ entire surface of the walls was dusted with a a very thin layer of Goo. tions in the level of the plaster were very thin layer of dry plaster powder to create a Gluing the seams between each of the small. After all, a 'I,," variation in HO scale dusty and worn look. Photo 5 shows a por­ balsa-wood pieces required the application translates to about 5" in reality - and how tion of the large wall in three separate stages of just a little bit of Goo to each piece. The many rock walls exhibit such a large dis­ of fi nish; bare plaster, carved plaster, and seam was allowed to cure just a bit, then crepancy in surface area? carved and painted plaster. broken and set back together again. This To ensure that the plaster would dry With both walls carved and colored, they process resulted in the formation of a rubber without warping the balsa forms, we then were ready to be taken from their molds and latch that could easily be broken when it was placed bricks on the edges of the balsa installed on the layout. time to release the plaster from the mold. around the plaster molds. Photo 4 depicts the molds as they dried. Step Four: The Installation Step Tw o: The Pour Our mold construction technique The material we have found best to use Step Three: Carving the Plaster allowed the dry walls to be easily taken for casting plaster forms that will subse­ The plaster sections dried and hardened in from the balsa-wood formers and trans­ quently be carved is Superior Hobby Prod­ their molds, without warping, in 36 hours. A ported to the layout. By holding the mold ucts' dental casting plaster. This plaster dries fe w air bubbles appeared here and there, but with one piece of balsa hanging over a hard, but with a fine, soft surface that, unhke these were of no consequence as the surface counter top, a quick, light tap with the fin­ Hydrocal, responds well to carving. So, with was to be carved to represent large, irregular gers will allow the wood to separate from our plaster at hand and our molds prepared, rocks appropriate to a retaining wall. We the plaster casting; the piece of balsa will we were ready to pour. decided, for the sake of stability, to carve the remain attached to the plastic report cover First, we mixed the dental casting plaster walls while they were still in their molds. material. Do this four times, and the casting with cool water in an approximate 2: 1 ratio Only when we were ready to actually install is free of the mold frame. Cut the plastic until the mix approached the consistency of the walls on the layout would we remove along the casting, and the frame can be set cake batter. (A plastic container is perfect them from their molds; in this way there aside. The plastic film then simply peels off for mixing; it cleans up easily, and if any would be less Jjkelihood of casting breakage. the back of the casting. plaster should harden in the container, the Individual rocks were then carved in The side of the casting that had dried plastic is flexible enough so that the plaster each plaster wall section with a #1 1 X-Acto" against the plastic sheet was quite hard and will pop out when the container is knife. No particular pattern was used for smooth, like ceramic tile. We tentatively fit squeezed.) Then, we poured the semi-liquid these walls; the general size of the rocks was the walls in position on the layout and mixture into each mold with the aid of a determined by comparison with the abut­ applied Goo to the areas where wall and lay­ large plastic spoon. The long edge of a plas­ ment we had constructed at Two Stick Draw. out were in contact; after letting the Goo dry tic drafting triangle, seen in Photo 4, proved Variations in size and shape occur naturally for a few minutes, we set the walls in place, helpful in smoothing the upper surface of in these types of walls, so the few small ensuring that they stood vertically, that their each piece. As the plaster collects in the irregularities that had resulted from the pIas­ upper surfaces paralleled the level of the mold, water floats to the top, so the edge of ter pour were used in forming separate track ties, and that the outer edge of each the triangle was dragged along the surface of rocks. As plaster dust collected in the cracks rock wall remained at a consistent distance each casting, flush with the balsa-wood between the rocks, it was swept out with a from the outside rail of the track. The result fo rms, to ensure an even surface. To further I " soft bristle brush. may be seen in Photo 1. aid in leveling the uppermost surface of each After a fi nal brushing out, the rocks were As the scenery progresses in this area, we plaster section, a little bit of additional plas­ colored with artists' oils thinned to wash will digress for a bit and head over to Two ter was added in a mound at one short edge consistency with turpentine. The colors used Stick Draw bridge. See you then! �

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 59 ON TRACK

Bridging the Gap: The Dilemma (Part 3) by Jim Mansfield

Photos by the author 1 A styrene frame was made for the free end of the 1x2 bridge support. In - this way, the styrene-sheet facade will have a solid support structure. Such a ith the Two Stick Draw bridge's solid support is important, especially in the corners; the styrene frame will not W north abutment-support assembly in warp as would a thin wood frame. place on the layout, it is time to add the con­ crete facade. This styrene-sheet facade adds behind the scene will be fi lled with scenery no strength to the model abutment, but does and some trackage when we expand the lay­ contribute character to the model. For the out. complete bridge scene, we wanted to capture The Facade A Beginning the look of one of those large construction - feats we often see featured in programs on The first step in building the styrene­ The Learning Channel or the History sheet facade was to attach a plastic frame­ Channel. You know - bridges that are work to the support assembly. This major-feet tall and way-long. framework can be seen in the photos. Last month, you read that the dimensions Remembering from last time, the one end of of the support assembly were determined the wood abutment support was designed to from measurements made of the existing end in mid-air. Because of this, a solid track sub-board and risers on the layout. To attachment point was needed for the pieces 2 - The facade framework was made start the measurements, we defined that the of styrene sheet that will become the facade. as a styrene sandwich. The Plastruct width of the completed abutment would be By "solid," I mean as a true and square sup­ structural shapes are '1''' x '/4' I-beam the same as the existing track sub-board port for the styrene. and '/4' x 5/'6" rectangular tube. All the seen in the photos. The width of the track The length of the long I x2 that will even­ plastic pieces came from the scrap box. sub-board (hence, the abutment) allows for a tually support the bridge was made 3/s " realistic ballast treatment. Leading up to the shorter than the width of the track sub-board we will soon be adding. bridge, the width of the sub-board is wide (see October "On Track"). The framework is Once the framework was attached as in enough to allow for a proper angle for the designed to provide the missing 3/s " on the Photo 2, the second "piece of bread" for the edge of the ballast. The sub-board's width end of the [x2. The framework was attached sandwich was added to the ti"amework. This not only gives enough room for proper track to the 1 x2 and the sub-board using my piece of plastic is "normal" styrene sheet ballasting, but also permits a small strip of favorite adhesive mix: Hobsco Goo" and and was used instead of the Plastruct ABS "ground" along the base of the ballast. We Loctite liquid Quick-Tite" CA. sheet. This is because the stronger Plastruct will see this in a few months when we add The framework is made of a sandwich of ABS-type plastic requires the Plastic We ld scenery to the scene. '/'6' plastic sheet and Plastruct structural adhesive to soften its surface. Sometimes, Now, at the abutment, its width allows shapes. As can be seen in the photos, the when we use the Plastic We ld to attach the ballast "dam" of the abutment (the very structural shapes were measured, cut and sheets of normal styrene, the softer styrene top of any abutment) to contain all of the then placed on a section of Plastruct sheet will buckle and ripple. By covering the ballast where the ground gives way to the using Plastruct Plastic We ld" as the adhe­ framework with the normal styrene, we can bridge. If the abutment were narrower than sive. Once the adhesive had cured, the sheet use the less strong Te stors Plastic Cement the width of the ballast at ground level, the was cut along the shape of the frame using a for attaching the facade pieces. final scene would be less than realistic. The #1 I hobby blade. This sub-assembly was The completion of this framework is the top of the abutment must prevent any of the then attached to the end of the I x2 of the actual starting point for the design of the track ballast from falling into the valley support (see Photo 2). plastic facade that will represent a large con­ below. Therefore, all of the ballast must be Also notice in both of the photos that the crete railroad structure - a SU"ucture that is behind the abutment. lx2 sub-board support attached to the riser representative of the great railroad structures In contrast, if the abutment were any has been shortened. (Refer to Photo I in the found in mountain railroading. At this stage wider than the track sub-board, it would October "On Track" to compare this short­ in the project, we can finally design the dominate the narrow 18" wide future scene ened length to the original length.) Once the I I-piece styrene sheet "kit" that wiII allow in which it is placed. Remember, this scene framework was completed to the stage the wood and plastic structure seen in the is above the "duck under here" entrance to shown in Photo 2, the riser support was cut photos to transform into scale scenery. the layout room. The photos are taken from to length using a 10" hacksaw. The angle of Next time, we will describe how we inside the room. Eventually, the blank wall the cut is based on the design of the scenery made our own Abutment Facade Kit. �

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" BN's "Denver" SW12s: Prototype & Model Prototype) Reversing Scorpion Canyon " End of the Line Removal) m " DCC Update (Part 6: $19 Kit Decoder & JB Hunt's Inter modal Service " What-Where-When-Why-Who " FoamRail - A New Modular Concept Layer Upon Layer M_," DECEMBER m On-Board Sound System) " Columbus & Greenville RR (Part4: 1994 Modeling ATSF GP60 & GP60M (Part 2) Fuel Foolery (Part 4) • 0' " Making Waves To day's Railroad) 00 C&NW GE C40-8 " InterMountain & IMWX 40' JANUARY 1996 " Plans: Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry. Victoria " Converted Hopper Cars Boxcars/Reefers " West Clarksfield: A Modelable Prototype 00 Union Pacific GE C41-8W Car Shop (& Service Facilities) D&RGW Pueblo Division WorkiWreck Trains (Part6: Wood Tie U33GU34CH/U36C (Part 2: FCp, GN, IC, " Revolutions • '0 • MILW, NdeM, NJDO A Few Freelanced Flats: Simple Projects "", BN America (Part 4: Container Chassis) Work Trains & Tie Renewal Operations) Mercur & Topaz Railroad n o '0 That Add Variety " Ty bee Island Railroad (Part 2: Modeling RR) "Spacious Realism" (Part 1) Packaging of a Many-Scene Maxi-Stack Ills' (Part 2: The Model) m an " N Rock Primer CofG SD7/9s in Classic Blue and Gray " Inspection Tra ins (Part 2) ,,_W " Curved Fascias (Part2:Control Panels) 0 ;; Southern Railway NW2 Switchers Virginian Train Masters: A Family Tradition " Modeling an Autorack Ramp JULY 1995 AUGUST 1996 • " Modeling WW2 C&O Boxcars (Part3) Modeling the Virginian Train Master " Modeling Dixie ...SAL ALCO S2 00 C&NW GE C44-9W 00 Reading FP7 o " Modeling FPPX Rotary Dump Gons Layout Fascia & Front Drops " N&W E-3 Pacifics (Part2) " AEI Tags " Blue Island Reefer Pictorial (Part 1) m Modeling SP P-8 Pacific #2470 " Lowering Athearn Trailer Flats " Plans: CP's Glacier Station Granite Mountain Railway (Part 1) 0 Warren Johnson's UP Layout LO LO " Plans: CN Todd Creek Wood Trestle JULY 1994 LOS (Line of Sight) "" Gunderson Husky-Stack 3-Well BN .... Modeling UPS 28' Drop-Frame Trailers & m WorkiWreck Trains (Part 10: Photos) CN GP40-2L " Handlaid Track Made Easy (Part 1) Drawbar-Connected Car 0 Converter Dollies 00 Building a Backdrop " Modern Boxcar Door Configurations JANUARY 1995 " Rockton, Rion & Western (Part 2) orm Plans: CP Railway Salmon Arm Station Fuel Foolery (Part 5) • Holy Cross & Crystal River RR 00 UP Rebuilt SD40-2R as United Spirit #3300 If ES/9s (Part 1: Alaska, Amtrak, ACL, B&O) FEBRUARY Modeling ACL SW9 Switchers LO 1996 If Generic Fixed-Length Chassis " Recent Trends in Intermodal Equipment If Modeling L&N "Frog Eyes" 00 U33GU34CH/U36C (Part 3: Np,Pc. Santa M_W CB&Q EMD FT A&B If ... JB Hunt Transport, Inc. (Part 1: Examin- Shenandoah and Western " Con-Cor's PS-2 3-Bay Covered Hopper Fe, SCL, SOU, Squaw Creek, SP) LO " 4S' Exterior-Post Domestic Containers ing the Prototype Trailers - Standards JB Hunt (Part 4: Modeling " WorkiWreck Trains (Rail Renewal: Part 1) Poist Gas - Small Propane Distributor M�' Union Pacific Wahsatch Division LO • and Variations) Containers/Chassis) "Spacious Realism" (Part 2) " Kato C44-9W: An In-Depth Review on MM' UPS Eqpt (Introduction'' Part 1 ) " Virginian Railway (Part 1) Diesel Doings on the Carolina & Western " Operation Shorthand 0 " Athearn GE C44-9W. In-Depth Review " Modeling Unseen Propane Industry " NW2 (Part 1: ACL, ATSF, B&O, BAR, B&M, Modeling ATSF Phase I & II GP50s (Part 1) AUGUST 1995 : " Building a Helix Perspective, Per Se BN, CN, CNJ, C&O, CB&Q, C&EI) N&W E-3 PaCIfiC Kltbash. Engine (Part 1) SP EMD GP60 In 00 " Kitbashing Great Northern SDP40 " In Control - Upgrading Cable Harnesses " Modeling an SCL SD45-2 Simple Detail Enhancements for Con-Cor " Modern Refngerator Cars (Part 1) SEPTEMBER • ' " Modeling NYC ALCO RS3 Road Switcher 1996 " A Switch in History PS-2 Covered Hoppers Granite Mountain Ry. (Part 2. Inter- MM cratc hbu 'Id' ng Ort ner 3-Ba Rap id F (ATSF) ALCO PA l/PBl "s l 00 S an ta e Through the Doorway " WorkiWreck Trains & Camp Cars (Part 1) modal Hub Construction - Building the � Y In DISC harge Hoppers (partl) " Blue Island Reefer Pictorial (Part 2) AUGUST 1994 , I nSI 'd e10 u t Sl 'd e B remer H u b) -II Into the Fourth Dimension Doug Jolley's Former Timber Creek Ry. m C&S EMD SD9 " Handlaid Track Made East (Part 2) St. Maries River RR (Part 1) or LO 00 : New Bridge A Tale of Time ... Upgrading Walthers' 40' Reefer Container " Dates (Built, New and In Service) and FEBRUARY 1995 Casting a CP Rail Gondola _ MARCH 1996 Conspicuity Striping YSD Sliding Doors NYC EMD GP30 ES/9S (part 2: B&M, CB&Q, BN, CP, C&O, MW 00 • Conrail EMD SW1200 E7 (Part 1: ACL, BAR, B&O, B&M) David Trussell's Modular Layout " Tank Cars C&EI c&Nw) 00 If '0 he Bet g n R visited SOU 4S' Piggyback Trailer HOn3 Colorado & Western RR (Part1) " Mod ling Bowser's 40' Round-Roof Boxcar " Modeling WP GP20s LO � :: � �� � � •.• eaver 1m er pnngs (BATS) " Kitbashing a CP Rail Scale Test Car BN America (Part 2: Examining the BN America (Part 5: 28' Container/Chassis) I; Modeling Athearn Southern SD40-2 M_W MJ" W UPS Eqpt. (Introduction. p art 2) Prototype) " SP Nogales Branch (Part 1) WorkiWreck TrainS (Rail Renewal'. Part 2) M " Right-of-Way Detail in N Scale 0 Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Part 1) " Virginian Railway (Part 2) " Modeling ATSF Phase I & II GP50s (Part 2) C-Shift : " Kitbashing SCL GE U18B "Baby Boat" m DCC Update (Part 5: New Developments) NW2 (Part2: CGW, C&NW, CRI&P, CR, " Modeling Freelanced Wreck Tra in " The Railway Junction " Foam Rocks and Trees o Modeling a� ACL M3 Caboose D&RGW, Erie, Georgia, GTW, IC, KCS, LV) Equipment SEPTEMBER 1995 : Fitting the Pieces To gether m Plans. CP Rail Nelson Station " Control Panels - The Artistic Side Modeling an SAL ALCO RS3 Phase 2 " Modeling ACL GP7s from Series 100-279 00 Florida East Coast EMD GP38-2 . o " ScratchbUlld ng Ortner 3-Bay Rapid Realistic Billboard Lettering in N Scale " N&W E-3 Pacific Kitbash: Engine (Part2) " Modern Refrigerator Cars (Part 2) l oaOBER 1996 o Dlscharge® Hoppers (Part 2) WorkiWreckTrains (Part 2: Work Trains) The New England Rail Story SP&S ALCO RS3 Welcome to Plasticville LO i 00 • • I GE Dash 9-44CW (Prototype. Part 1) Is Beauty Really Skin Deep? Setting It All in Place W.O A Look at Hoosier Lift "NS Freight Cars (Part 1: Intro) m m An ExerCise In Reverse Eng neenng " Photo Spot! " EZ Turnout " St. Maries River RR (Part 2) In l MM' The Martrac Story New Bridge - A Second Time SEPTEMBER 1994 MARCH 1995 " Modeling WW2 C&O Boxcars (Part 1) 01 Tim Mears' Sorry Valley Railway APRil 1996 LO UP SW10 " Freight Car Builders " DCC Update (Part 1: Digital Command " Propane Industry (Part 2: Modeling a 00 00 NYC ALCO FA l/FB1 " Modern Youngstown Doors LO HOn3 Colorado & Western (Part 2) Control) Small WW2-Era Distribution Plant) Modular Railroading with Pocahontas JB Hunt (Part 5: HazmatiPlacards) " E8/9s (Part 3: CR, DL&W, E-L, FEC, D&RGW's oal Cars LO f: � " E7 (Part2: CB&Q, CofG, C&O, C&EI, ,,�, . Chapter/NRHS Scratchbuilt Vertical Chassis Rack GM&O IC L&N) , Bob MaZZI s 0 Scale Empire MM' ' ' C&NW, FEe) "'" JB Hunt (Part 2: Modeling Trailers - "SP Nogales Branch - Modeling the Line Modeling ACL Fs (Part 1: The F3) UPS 26' 6"/28' Drop-Frame Trailers ,�, " Modeling Union Pacific C44-9W #9717 0 (Part 1) Specific & Generic) " Modeling a CP Rail GP35 " WorkiWreck Trains (Rail Renewal: Part 3) " Modeling Central of Georgia's E8s " Virginian Railway (Part 3) N&W E-3 Pacific Kitbash: Class 15-A Tender Oro Grande at Night (Part 1) " Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Part 2) I; SOl " A City Classics Car Barn BC Rail Caboose You Can Model " Train Fillers " Fuel Foolery (Part 1) " Detail the Weather Way • Fascia Treatments (Part 1) " NW2 (Part3: L&N, MILW, MP,Monon, " WorkiWreck Trains (Part3: Camp Cars) oaOBER 1995 " GE Dash 9-44CW (Prot type: Part 2) m s " DCC & Jersey Western RR Handla lng N-Scale Track (Part 1) NYC, NKP, N&W, Np,PC, PRR, Reading)) Modeling a Glass Building 00 Boston & Maine EMD GP9 Y m NOVEMBER 1996 Making a Rock-Lined Tunnel " The Multi-Operational Concept " Double-Stacking in N Scale " Modeling an ACL ES o Southern Pacific EMD GP35 " Modeling Dixie ...SCL GP40 APRil 1995 A Day in the Life of Lomax Lumber " Kitbashed Southern BL3 00 LO " Modeling West 57' Mech. Reefer " NS Freight Cars (Part 2: N&W Coal Cars) Bridging Scorpion Canyon D&H ALCO RSll & RS36 Gunderson's Husky-Stack®: Prototype & Golden . In 00 MM' ,,," Modeling the Martrac Fleet " Rail Wayside Automatic Equipment ;( Gondola Cars Detailing A-Line's HO Model Bridges, Bridges, Bridges m " New Bridge Time Again " Carolina & Western Update Identification " Modular Locust Grove & Western RR If Carolina & Western Update oaOBER MAY 1996 Kitbashing CN/CP "Shorty" Snowplows 1994 BN America (Part 6: Summary) " Modeling WW2 C&O Boxcars (Part 2) I; M'" Rock Island GE U25B & U2SB (Phase I) " N&W's Tw elve Pole Line (Part 1) " DCC Update: A Closer Look (Part 2) Loco. Mgmt. Servo (LMS) GE C40-8W " DCC Update (Part 7: What's New for 1997) 00 00 " Researching Freight Cars and a Look at " Carolina & Western ...Changing History " ES/9s (Part 4: MILW, MP, NYC, PRR, PC) " Thrall's 52' Gondola Cars Since 1963 "E7 (Part3: Frisco, GN, GM&O, IC) Modern Coal Cars " CNO&TP 6306 - A High-Hood SD30 " Modeling ACL Fs (Part 2: F7 & F9) " Onion Valley Lumber & Mining Co. " Tim Mears' Sorry Valley Railway Fascia Treatments (Part 2) Flatwheel Creek & Western RR If Proto 2000 Monon BL2 " WorkiWreck Trains (Part 7: Ditching & "", UPS 26' 6"/28' Drop-Frame Trailers (Part 2) LO m ... BN America (Part 3: Modeling 48' " Modeling B&O's Wagon-Top Boxcars Vegetation Control) " Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Part 3) " Cast, Stage & Props Containers) " Privatizing a Railbox Boxcar Oro Grande at Night (Part 2) " Handlaying N-Scale Track (Part 2: Turnouts) DECEMBER 1996 m MW Thrall Double-Stacks - 3-Well DTTX Great Northern EMD E7 " WorkiWreck Trains (Part 4: Ballast Work " Fuel Foolery (Part 2) " SAL ES for the Silver Meteor 00 Drawbar-Connected Car Trains and Surfacing & Lining) NOVEMBER 1995 " Enhancing a Predecorated SP C44-9W "NS Freight Cars (Part3: SOU Coal Cars)

" Virginian Railway (Part 4: Modeling RR) Changing Horses in Mid-Stream 00 D&RGW EMD SD50 Tunnel Masquerade Detailing an Athearn Husky-Stack' so m '"0 NW2 (Part 4: SAL, SCL, SOU, Sp, SLSF, " Bridges & the Miniature Railroad Ballast Cars " In Control LO Don Mayo's Happy Valley o f( Back Issues of Model Railroa ding Modeling Alton & Southern SW1500s Con·Cor 40' Plugdoor PS·l Boxcar Projects NOV.EMBER 1997 MAR.CH 199.8 .. Tranamerica 45' Accurail Trailers Ii Ii Modeling Santa Fe Reefers Ii An Operating Tower Clock D&RGW PA1/PBl CB&Q E7A " Great Northern Cascade Division (HO) Ii 00 DO Kitbashing CN Double·Track Snowplow Step Back, Take a Look FGE's Fe Modern Mechanical Reefers Fe ISO Container 'Specials' " DCC Update (Pt.15): Reverse Loops & Ii m Modeling WW2 C&O Hopper Cars (Part 4) The Active Rail Junction Spine Cars: Pt.l - Single·Purpose nx I " Enny Valley Railroad (HO) More i 01 •.•, E7 Part 4: KCS, L&N, MEC) JULY 1997 Bear Creek Railroad (HO) Ii i Early SD Units: (Pt.6: C&S, DM&E, DSR) Early " I Ii SD Units: (Pt.l 0: Kennecott Copper Now You See It... Now you Don't! " Conrail (CR) SD50 Plans: E&N Modern Deck Bridge Ii DCC Update (Pt. 13): Turnouts, Reverse m Ii INN] & MILW) Basic Ballast Techniques " Covered Hoppers for Cement, Etc. Early SD Units: (Pt.2: B&LE) Loops 01 Ii East End of the Erie t:: IMABCI:L 1997 "'" "K" Line Containers (Pt.2) " Modeling Updates: NYC E71EB, ACL EB, Modeling ACUC&WC USRA Rebuilt Ii ==: Ii i B&O 50' Boxcar (N) Lehigh & New England ALCO FA lIFBl " First Raton Snake Valley (N) ACL )·27 Boxcar, CofG PS·l Boxcar, CofG Boxcars I 00 " Modeling ACL E7 " NS Freight Cars (Part 4: N&W Boxcars) "E7 (Part 9: SAL, SCL PS·2 & Mather Stock Car " Vehicle Modeler Supplement " HeartLand Express " DCC Update (Pt.ll): Decoder Installations E7 (Part 5: MILW, MP [T&P]) i Modeling an MP/UP (36·7 (Pt.l) Rooster Cruiser & P'I'E Ii I Ii n Tricking the Eye Proto 2000 GSC Mill Gons Syversons: Creating a Ty pical Rural " Modeling Southern EMC FTs " Ta le of a Short Dog ...and its Flatbed I Ii Ii Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.9) in Sandcastle Road (Pt.l) OT i Modeling Mantua ACL 41' Fixed·End Gon Scene (N) " Roadway Express 2B' Freight Pups I A"UGUST 1998 Modeling Central of Georgia's EBs Modeling ACL 40' Boxcars Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.l) Living i 01 on the Edge Ii I .DECEM.BE ]9.91 m GM&O FA lIFBl " DF&C/Decrepit Mountain Railroads Walrus and Woodcarver: A Tale Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.5) DO on 01 General American's Other Freight Cars 00 Conrail SDBOMAC A�RIL 19.98 Fe " Modeling D&H SD45s 0 Gran Quivera Junction: A Design Study 1 " Vented Containers I REAZ Green Braes (AccuraiI 45' Van) A Hike into Calamity Canyon AUG.uS1 199 MM on 00 CSX SD50/60 Spine Cars: Pt.2 - Single·Purpose " Wentworth Valley System (HO) I New Track 00 Union Pacific SD90MAC .� " ISO Container Doors 01 --'..:n1.l :.19.91 Minority Owners " Early SD Units: MRL, NKp, "-- Fe Coil Steel (and related) Cars Kitbashing CF 2B' Freight Pups (Pt.ll: __ " Clark Fork (HO) .J,O N&W & NWP) DM&IR EMD SD9 "'" Newest Prototype Well Cars: Kitbashing " Johnstown & Gerryville (HO) 00 i Modeling CN C44·9W " Modeling Clinchfield F Units Fe NS Freight Cars (Part 5: Southern Boxcars) Possibilities I " PRR BLT EMD Transfer Locomotive " Early SD Units: Birmingham _ " E7 (Part 6: NYC) " Raton Snake Valley (HO) (PtJ: " Early SD Units: (Pt.7: D&RGW & DM&IR) " Modeling ACL FP7 Southern & BN) Early Intermodal: Circus Connection " Freelancing! Cabooses (Part 1) i E7 (Part 10: SOU, SP and SP&S) Modeling Southeastern PS.l Boxcars I Modeling NKP SD9 Ii If i A Matter of Proportion Maxi.Stack® Well Car (Part 1: i Modeling an MP/UP (36·7 (Pt.2) I Detail on the Edge MW I Modeling N&W Hay PS·2 Covered m m Prototype) Modeling CofG PS·2 2·Bay Covered Ii Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.6) The Other Helix If O 01 01 CP Diesels in Black and White Hoppers MAY 1998 SEPTEMBE 1998 Ii . '" a tle Road (Pt.2) A Look at Vehicle Modeling Today DCC Update (Pt.9): Decoder Installations NP Lehigh Valley RSl l � tdc�� 00 00 Ii Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.2) Lenses by the Dozen Blockhouse at Dog Site OT " GATXFTs Tank Cars (Pt.l) i JANUARY 998 Fe 1998 Intermodal Expo Report I m ' Southern Railway 2160 - the CL3 Out by the Sycamores Weathering "Pigs" (Pt.l) O MM SP Golden Pig Service (AccuraiI 45' If T k enesis" Series P32, P40 & P42 MMI I Wide Open Spaces EP'TEMB.ER .J.997 00 " CP Chatham Subdivision (HO) in ���.l�� Van) Track Maintenance C&NW SD45 00 i DCC Update (Pt.14): Detection & Turnouts Buffalo Ridge (N) 01 " Container MGW & Container Car Load I to MAY 1997 Re·Searching the Registers .....___ f Early SD Units: (Pt.B: EJ&E & FW&D) " Limits I f DCC Update (Pt.16): Mobile Decoders Wheeling & Lake Erie EMD GP35 (Part 1) Reefer PowerII: Chassis· Mounted Unit Modeling UP SD9043MAC B039 (Pt.l) I 00 MW Modeling UPS 45' TDP Trailers (Pt.l) If " Early SD Units: (Pt.12: PRR, PC & " Space Age Grain Cars Plans: E&N Modern Deck Bridge •.• " Different CN Boxcar Ii " HOn3 Crystal River Railway Conrail) Maxi·Stack® Well Car (Part 2: Maersk E7 (Part 11: UP, Wabash) Modeling ACL 2·Bay Covered Hoppers I i MM I DCC Update (Pt.12) p·s PRR & MILW Composite Gon (N) Ii If s If Model) f Car Dumps: Simple Modeling Projects Variations on a Theme I i Early SD Units: (Pt.4: California North. on " Kitbashing SAL Phase.l GP9 " The New Beaver & Timber Springs Ii Modeling a Chessie SD35 I Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.7) ern, CofG & CB&Q) OT " Early Intermodal: The Interurbans E7 (Part 7: PRR & PC) SOU "Big John" Covered Hopper JUN.E J998 Ii Modeling Erie Lackawanna's SDP45 Ii Ii Gran Quivera Revisited Freelancing! Cabooses (Part 2) East of Barren m so The Borrow Pit Amtrak F40PH Ii in 00 Bridging the Gap DCC Update (Part B: Decoders) Modeling a Yard Ladder (Pt.l) " GATX Tank Cars (Pt.2) OT Ii lling a Home 01 Insta DCC on Layout (PtJ) OCTOBER 1998 Modeling Southern GP7s OCTOBER J9.97 OT FEBRUA"RV: 1998 Weathering "Cans" (Pt.2) 00 If ""' I llinois A Pasture in Plaster SP Central GP9 00 Phase III GP9 Springfield Terminal GP35 Railfanning on the G&J (N) LO 00 Enclosed :� color cues " Freight Car Roofs " Evolution of Steel ISO Containers " Early SD Units: (Pt.9: GN & GWR) Fe Autorack Evolution .----JUNE 19:9'7 Spine Cars AII·Purpose Early SD Units: (Pt.l: AW&W, A&StAB & .,. Modeling UPS 45' Inter modal Trailers Modeling UP SD9043MAC B039 (Pt.2) MMI (PtJ): Ii If Old Colony Railroad (HO) Wheeling & Lake Erie EMD GP35 (Pt.2) B&O) (Pt.2) Modeling Clinchfield ACF & p.s 2-8ay to 00 Ii Early SD Units: 13: P&W!W&P, Fe 50' High·Cubes " Superdetailing N Scale D&RGW SD45 " Brandywine & Benedictine (HO) Covered Hoppers If (Pt. ... "K" Line Containers (Pt.l) Modeling CofG, S&A & A&EC 40' Boxcars " PLANS: CP's Vernon,BC, Station Transitions RMCo, Soo) If BTl " West Virginia Midland " DCC Update(Pt.10): Enhancing Kato Thru·Truss Bride (N) Decoder Installations Early SD Units: (Pt.5: C&IM & C&NW) Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.B) I If OT f E7 (Part B: RI) Modeling PRR ES12 & ES12M Switchers Modeling B&O F·Units JULY 1998 " Modeling PC RSl l Ii If Ii Modeling Modeling SOU U23B Proto 2000 NYC E7s & EBs " Another Log Story " Modeling NP "Torpedo Boat" GP9s 00 UP GP20 If If Modifying Accurail's Single·Sheathed Secrets of the Hakowi Crossing at Grade General American Airslide & Power Flo Can't See the Forest... If m BTl Fe on Boxcar Modeling a Yard Ladder (Pt.2) Installing DCC on a Home Layout (Pt.4) Covered Hoppers 0 T Bridging the Gap 1 OT O (Pt.2) Back Issue Sale

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ESCONDIDO BRANFDRD BIRMINGHAM HOMEWOOD) SAN LUIS OBISPO TAllAHASSEE CHICAGD BRANCHLINE HOBBIES BRANFORD HOBBIES HOMEWOOD Tb Y AND HOBBY LAWS HOBBY CENTER THE HOBBY CABOOSE TROST HOBBY SHOP 250 F CREST ST. 609 BOSTON POST RD. 2830 S. 18TH ST. 855 MARSH 1000-24 W. THARPE ST. 3105-3111 W. 63RD ST. IOWA 92025 619-489-5020 WEST MAIN 53209 205-879-3986 93401 805-544-5518 32303 850-385-9728 60629 733-925-1000 DAilY 10-6, TH. 12-9, CLOSED SUN 06405 203-488-9865

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LDS ANGElES (CULVER CITY) HARTSELLE SANTA CLARA DLD LYME DOWNERS GROVE CEDAR RAPIDS ALLIED MODEL TRAINS CRUMP CAMERA/HOBBY SHOP TRAIN SHOP HOBBY CENTER DOWNERS GROVE HOBBIES BOX KAR HOBBIES 4411 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD. 138 WEST MAIN ST. 1829 PRUNERIDGE AVE. 151-3A BOSTON POST ROAD GEORGIA 6234 S. MAIN ST. 109 THIRD AVE. SE 90230 FAX 31 0-313-9365 35640 205-773-8018 95050 408-296-1050 06731 B60-434-5309 60516 708-960-5900 52401 319-362-1291 310-313-9353

ATLANTA (KENNESAW) MONTGOMERY LAKEWDOD TORRANCE RIDGEFIELD ELGIN DES MOINES TRAINS & HOBBIES INC. UNCLE AL'S HOBBIES HOBBY WAREHOUSE ALL ABOARO MODEL RR HOBBY JUNCTION B & G TRAIN WORLD HOBBY HAVEN 2844 S. MAIN ST. 6017 E. SHIRLEY LANE 4118 E. SOUTH ST. 3867 PACIFIC COAST HWY. 56 DANBURY ROAD 829 WALNUT AVE. 7672 HICKMAN RD. 30144 770-528-0990 36117 334-277-1715 90712 213-531 -1413 90505 213-791-2637 06877 203-438-4452 60120 847-888-2646 50322 515-276-8785 770-528-0910

SHELTON CHAMBLEE LODI VENTURA FRANKLIN PARK MASON CITY SHELTON RAILROAD SYSTEMS GANDY DANCERS RODGER'S RAILROAD JUNCTION VENTURA HOBBIES END OF TRACK HOBBIES EAST SIDE TRAINS 15 ELM ST. PEACHTREE SHOPPING CTR. ALASKA 12 OAK ST. 2950 JOHNSON DR. #128 9706 FRANKLIN AVE. 932 B E. STATE ST. W PO BOX 2272 5438 PEACHTREE IND. BLVD. 95240 209-334-5623 93003 805-658-8138 60131 708-455-2510 50401 515-423-1748 06484 203-924-8761 30341 404-451-7425

KENNESAW SOLDOTNA MILPITAS WESTMINSTER VERNON LA GRANGE HOBBY TOWN USA CRAFTSMAN HOBBIES HOBBYTOWN USA ARNIES TRAINS J&E TRAIN DEPOT GRANGE HOBBY CENTER INC. 800 E. BARREn PKWAY., LA 35060 KENAI SPUR HWY. 1465 LANDESS AVE. 6450 WESTMINSTER AVE. 91 1 HARTFORD TPK , RT. 30) 25 S. LAGRANGE RD. KANSAS ( SUITE 20 99669 907-262-2839 95035 408-945-6524 92683 714-893-1015 06006 860-870-731 1 60525 708-354-1220 30144 770-426-8800

LENEXA MORENO VALLEY WOLCOn MACON MUNOELEIN DESTINATION TRAIN CENTER LONG'S DRUG STORE #224 THE HOBBY GALLERY HOBBYTOWN USA RON'S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES 13444 SANTA FE TRAIL DR. ARIZONA 25070 ALESSANORO BLVD. COLORADO 1 Bl 0 MERIDEN RD. 225-B TOM HILL SR. BLVD. 431 N. LAKE ST. 66215-3655 913-541 -8800 92388-4313 909-242-5060 06716 203-879-2316 31210 912-474-0061 60060 708-949-8680 913-541-8860

COLORADO SPRINGS MESA MOUNTAIN VIEW MARlEnA PALATINE MISSION CUSTOM RAILWAY SUPPLY ROY'S TRAIN WORLO SAN ANTONIO HOBBY SHOP NATIONAL HOBBY SUPPLY PALATINE HOBBY, LTO. J'S HOBBY HAVEN 432 W. FILLMORE 1033 S. COUNTRY CLUB DR. 2550 W. EL CAMINO REAL W. DELAWARE 353 PAT MELL RD. 772 W. EUCLID AVE. 5303 JOHNSON DR. 80907 719-634-4616 85202 602-833-4353 94040 415-941-1278 30060 404-333-0190 60067 847-359-7888 66205 913-432-8820 1 BLOCK EA ST OF 1-25

WILMINGTON RIVERDALE NAPA COLORAOO SPRINGS PEORIA TOPEKA MITCHEL�S, INC. RIVERDALE STATION LOOSE CABOOSE KRIS KRINGLE LTD. MIKE'S MAINLINE HOBBIES FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES 2303 CONCORD PIKE 6632 HWY. 85 ARKANSAS 4225 SOLAND AVE 2403 W. COLORADO AVE. 1227 D. WESTGLEN AVE. 2023 SW GAGE BLVD. FAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER RIVERDALE PLAZA 94558 707-258-1222 80904 719-633-1210 61614 309-692-1909 66604 913-272-5772 19803 302-652-3258 30274 770-991-6085

COLORADO SPRINGS SAVANNAH SKOKIE NORTH lITIlE ROCK NORTH HOLLYWOOD WICHITA PLUM LOCO OF COLORADO BULL STREET STATION NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND MADIJO HOBBY HOUSE THE ROUNDHOUSE ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES 6543 N. ACADEMY BLVD. 151 BULL ST. COLLECTORS GALLERY 5302 MACARTHU R DR. 12804 VICTORY BLVD. FLORIDA 2718 BOULEVARD PlAZA 80918 719-594-4123 31402 912-236-4344 4901 OAKTON ST. 721 18 501-753-0495 91606 818-769-0403 67211 316-685-660B WWWPLUM-LOCO.COM 1-800-611-8521 60077 B47-673-4849

COLORADO SPRINGS CLEARWATER SPRINGFIELD ORANGE TRAIN SHOWCASE TRAINS AND TREASURES, INC. SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS FRANK'S HOBBY SHOP 38 S. SIERRA MADRE 1710 N. HERCULES AVE. HOBBIES CALIFORNIA 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. IDAHO KENTUCKY (IN OLD RIO CRANOE STATION) SUITE 104A1105A 2448 S. 10TH ST. 92667 714-639-9901 80903 719-471-1887 33765 813-298-0350 62703 217-523-0265

BERKElEY DENVER LAKELAND IDAHO FAllS PASADENA LOUISVILLE BERKELEY HARDWARE CABOOSE HOBBIES PERKINS HOBBIES/ HATCH'S HOBBIES & MORE THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP SCALE REPRODUCTIONS, INC, 2145 UNIVERSITY AVE. 500 S. BROADWAY COLLECTI8LES 2159 E.17TH ST. 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. INDIANA 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE 94704 510-845-0410 80209 303-777 -6766 1117 S. FLORIDA AVE. 83406 208-523-5144 91107 818-796-7791 40220 502-459-5B49 FAX 510-845-3617 WWWCABOOSEHOBBIES.COM 33803 813-683-3251 WWlV.NRRC.COM

ENGLEWOOO BURBANK PETALUMA LANTANA BREMEN NISSEN TRAINS & HOBBIES BURBANK'S HOUSE OF HOBBIES MODELS AND MORE THE DEPOT BREMEN HOBBIES 1835 W. BAKER AVE. 911 S. VICTORY BLVD. 218 PETALUMA BLVD. N. 603 RIDGE RD. ILLINOIS 30B N. BOWEN AVE. LOUISIANA 801 10 303-922-5765 91502 818-848-3674 94952 707-762-2378 33462 561-585-1982 46506 219-546-3807 NISSTRAINS@WORLDNETATTNfT

BROUSSARD 8URBANK REDDING FORT COLLINS MIAMI BLOOMINGTON EVANSVILLE RON'S MODEL RAILROAD THE TRAIN SHACK TRAIN DEPOT HOBBY TOWN ORANGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES HOBBYLAND INC. A A HOBBY SHOP SHOP 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY 2334 RAILROAD AVE. 2531 D S. COLLEGE AVE. 1975 NW 36TH ST. 616 N. MAIN ST. 2023 W. FRANKLIN ST. 106 E. MAIN STREET 91505 B18-842-3330 96001 916-243-1360 80525 303-244-5445 33142 305-633-1517 61701 309-828-1442 47712 812-423-8888 70518 318-837-3799

BURLINGAME BOURBONNAIS HAMMONO ROSEVILLE FULTON (SANTA ROSA) MILTON INOIANAPOLIS TRACKSIDE TRAINS THE OWL'S ROOST THE TRAIN STATION RAILROAD HOBBIES FULTON TRAINS WEST FLORIDA RR MUSEUM N GAUGE TRAIN SHOP & EXCLUSrvRY MODEL RR SHOP 1415 S. MORRISON BLVD. MODEL RRs BOOKS 119VERNON ST. 3204 FULTON RD. 206 HENRY ST. 4759 N. POST RD. 1675 ROLLINS ROAD B-1 263 N. CONVENT, SUITE 8 1-55 71-12 95678 916-782-6067 95439 707-523-3522 32570 904-623-3645 46226 317-898-4883 94010 650-692-9724 60914 815-932-6100 70403-5705 504-345-7601

SACRAMENTO KOKOMO CAMPBEll GRAND JUNCTION ORLANDO BOURBONNAIS NEW ORLEANS BRUCE'S TRAIN SHOP TOLIN K&K 0& HOBBY DEPOT TRAINS COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY INC. DANNY'S TRAINS AND PLANES HUB HOBBY SUPPLY J 2752 MARCONI AVENUE 403-405 ARNOLD CT. 96 N. SAN TOMAS AOUINO RD. 201 SOUTH AVE. 634 N. MILLS ST. 636 SOUTH MAIN ST. 2618 S. BROAO ST. 95821 916-485-5288 46902 317-453-9793 95008 408-379-1696 81501 970-245-5504 32803-4675 407-841-1485 90914 815-932-2000 70125 504-822-3914 SACRAMENTO'S lARGEST TRAIN STORE QUALITYCUSTOMER SERVICE

SAN DIEGO (LA MESA) MERRILLVILLE COSTA MESA GREElEY ORLANDO/WINTER PARK BURBANK SHREVEPORT REEDS HOBBY HOBBYTOWN - MERRILLVILLE 'IQAlN CROSSING DON'S HOBBIES THE TRAIN DEPOT GOLOEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER 8039 LA MESA BLVD. 1858 E 80TH AVE 1 089C BAKER ST. 815 10TH STREET 900 S. ORLANDO AVE. (17-92 6357 w. 79TH ST. 4402 YOUREE DR. 91941 619-464-1672 46410-5734 219-736-0255 92626 714-549-1596 80631 303-353-3115 32789 407-629-131 5 60459 708-598-3114 71105 318-865-7632 OAllY fO-7 SAT fO-5 SUN 12-4

CULVER CITY SAN DIEGO WESTMINSTER PENSACOLA CHICAGO MICHIGAN CITY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ALLIED MOOEL TRAINS THE WHISTLE STOP MIZELL TRAINS INC. BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE CHICAGOLANO HOBBY B & A HOBBIES & CRAFTS IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 4411 SEPULVEDA 8LVD. 3834 4TH AVE. 3051 WEST 74TH AVE. 5719 NORTH W ST. 6017 NORTHWEST HWY. 408 FRANKLIN FOR ONLY $9,00 PER MONTH 90230 310-313-9353 92103 61 9-295-7340 80030 303-429-481 1 32514 904-433-2187 60631 773-775-4848 46360 219-874-2382

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NORTON DOWNTOWN MERCERVILLE SPENCER TAYLOR HICKSVILLE NORTON HOBBIES Z & Z HOBBIES LlTILE CHOO CHOO SHOP, INC. RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HICKSVILLE HOBBYS 46 W. MAIN S1 116 FLOCK RD. 500 S. SALISBURY AVE. MAINE 22661 NORTHLINE RD. NEBRASKA 230 WEST OLD COUNTRY RD 02766 508-285-2B05 08619 800-586-2281 28159 800-334-CHOO 48180 313-287-7405 11801 516-822-8259 OPEN MON. - SUN. FAX 609-586-7765 704-637-8717

GRAND ISLAND PARK RIDGE FALMOUTH SUDBURY WESTLAND INTERLAKEN HOBBYTOWN USA RAILROAD SWITCH FALMOUTH HOBBIES KEN'S TRAINS DAVE'S HOBBY & ROCK RIVER MODEL HOBBIES NORTH TV 3537 W. 13TH Sl 126 PARK AVE. 847 MAIN ST MILL VILLAGE, RTE. 20 29026 WARREN RD. 7762 ROCK RIVER ROAD IN STATE ONLY 1-800-286-3451 07656 201-391-5414 02540 508-540-4551 01776 978-443-6883 48185 313-422-4464 14847 607-532-9489 DAKOTA 68803 308-382-3451 201-391-5644

LINCOLN NORTH YARMOUTH WARREN WESTLAND PENNSAUKEN ISLIP BISMARK HOBBYTOWN TRAIN & TROOPER TUCKERS HOBBIES NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY TED'S ENGINE HOUSE GOLD SPIKE HOBBIES DAVE'S HOBBIES EAST PARK MALL 68 MEMORIAL HWY. ROUTE 9 BOX 1090 - 8 BACON Sl 35101 FORO RD. 6307 WESTFIELD AVE. 189 1SLlE AVE., Rl lll 200 W. MAIN ( ) 220 NORTH 66TH Sl 04021 207-829-3211 01083 413-436-5318 48185 313-722-5700 08110 609-662-0222 11751 516-277-3700 58502 701-255-6353 68505 402-464-2858

WARWICK OMAHA PISCATAWAY JOHNSON CITY GRAND FORKS AA HOBBIES HOBBYTOWN USA MODEL RAILROAD SHOP THE TRAIN SHOP MCGIFFIN'S MARYLAND 655 JEFFERSON BLVD. MINNESOTA 14655 W. CENTER RD. VAIL AVE. & NEW MARKET RD. 210 GRAND AVE. 1200 S. WASHINGTON 02886 401-737-7111 68144 402-697-9514 08854 732-968-5696 13790 607-797-9035 58201 701-772-5311

ARNOLD LlTILE CANADA OMAHA RUTHERFORO KINGSTON STAR HOBBY HUB HOBBY CENTER HOUSE OF TRAINS CHOO CHOO EDOIES J&J'S HOBBIES, INC. 1244 RITCHIE HWY., STE. 15 MICHIGAN 82 MINNESOTA AVE. 8106 MAPLE Sl 38 AMES AVE. 37 N. FRONT 914-338-7174 OHIO 21012 410-544-7547 55117 612-490-1675 68134 402-391-231 1 07073 201-438-4588 12401 FAX 914-338-7381

BALTIMORE ADA (GRAND RAPIDS) SPRING LAKE RICHFIELD UNCTION EXPRESS ALLIANCE M B KLEIN, INC. J&J BASIC HO LAYOUTS, LLC JERSEY SHORE HOBBY CENTER HUB HOBBY CENTER DEER RIVER CAMPSITE ROB'S TRAINS 162 N. GAY Sl 6670 CONSERVATION, N.E. 304 MORRIS AVE  6416 PENN AVE. S NEVADA HCR 01 BOX lOlA 333 E. MAIN INCLUDES MAIL ORDER 49301 616-676-5983 07762-1339 732-449-2383 ( ) 55423 612-866-9575 12953 514-631-3504 44601 330-823-7222 21202 410-539-6207 VISNMC MON-SAT TO 8 8 WWW.WEBAlliANCE.NET/WA/JSHC 514-631-1376

BERLIN ANN ARBOR SPRING LAKE PARK LAS VEGAS SOMERVILLE MINEOLA CINCINNATI DENNISON'S TRACKSIDE RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP UNIVERSITY HOBBIES HDBBYTOWN USA THE BIG LlTILE RAILROAD SHOP WILLIS HOBBIES GOLF MANOR HOBBIES HOBBIES 115 W. LIBERTY 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE 5085 W. SAHARA #134 5 NORTH DOUGHTY AVE. 285 WILLIS AVE. 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVE. 14 S. MAIN Sl 48104 313-668-8950 55432 612-780-4189 89102 702-889-9554 08876 908-429-0220 11501 516-746-3944 45237 513-351-3849 21811 410-641-2438

WAYNE PAINTED POST COLLEGE PARK CANTON ST. PAUL NORTH LAS VEGAS CLEVELAND TOTOWA HOBBY SHOP LACKAWANNA TRAIN SHOP BURRETT HOBBIES RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP SCALE MODEL SUPPLIES IMAGINATION UNLIMITED WING'S HOBBY SHOP, INC. 131 MI VIEW BLVD. 86 VICTORY HIGHWAY 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE. 42007 FORO RD. 458 N. LEXINGTON PKWY. 4934 EAST TROPICANA 17112 DETROIT AVE. US HWY. 202 RI 17 EXIT 43 20740 301-982-5032 48187 313-981-8700 55104 651 -646-7781 89030 702-434-5696 ( ) 44107 216-221-5383 07470 973-696-5170 14870 607-962-5164

SCHENECTADY FINKSBURG COLOMA THIEF RIVER FALLS RENO WESTMONT COLUMBUS MOHAWK VALLEY RAILROAD TRAIN WORKS J & W MODEL TRAINS A&E RAILROAD HIGH SIERRA MODELS SATILER'S HOBBY SHOP STRm HOBBIES COMPANY 2934 CEDARHURST RD. 6450 BECHT RD E HIGHWAY 325 4020 KlmKE LANE 14 HADDON AVE. 3655 SULLIVANT AVE. 2037 HAMBURG ST 21048 410-526-0018 49038-9546 61 6-468-5586 56701 218-681-4251 89502 702-825-5557 08108 609-854-7136 43228 614-279-6959 12304-4793 518-372-9124

GAITHERSBURG FARMINGTON RENO SMITHTOWN COLUMBUS PASTIMES JOE'S HOBBY CENTER HOBBIES OF RENO THREE GUYS HOBBIES THE TRAIN STATION 531 OUINCE ORCHARD RD. 35151 GRAND RIVER AVE MISSISSIPPI 535 E. MOANA LANE NEW MEXICO 99 E. MAIN Sl 4430 INDIANOLA AVE. 20878 301-977-7902 48335 248-477-6266 89502 702-826-6006 11787 51 6-265-8303 43214 614-262-9056

KENSINGTON FLINT ALBUQUERQUE SYRACUSE EAST JACKSON LORAIN MAYBERRY & SONS RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP OF FLINT TRAINS WEST INC. CENTRAL HOBBY SUPPLY HOBBYTOWN USA NEW THE CORNER STORE TRAIN & HOBBIES 2061 S LINDEN ROAD 6001 SAN MATEO BLVD. NE 716 WEST MANLIUS Sl 6880 D. RIDGEWOOD COURT 1249 COLORADO AVE. 10527 SUMMIT AVE. 48532 810-720-2500 SUITE B-3 13057 315-437-6630 39211 601 -957-9900 HAMPSHIRE 44052 216-288-2351 20895 301-564-9360 FAX 810-720-2505 87109 505-881-2322 WWWCENTRALHOBBYCOM

LAUREL FRASER LAUREL HAMPTON LAS CRUCES UTICA MAUMEE PEACH CREEK SHOPS P & 0 HOBBY SHOP HOBBY CORNER NEA�S N-GAUGING TRAINS THE HOBBY HUT VILLAGE HOBBIES J & M HOBBIES 201 MAIN STREET 31902 GROESSBECK HWY. 1534 N. FIRST AVE. 86 TIDE MILL RD. 126 WYAn DR. 2011 GENESEE Sl 1238 CONANT Sl 20707 301-498-9071 48026 313-296-6116 39440 601 -649-4501 03842 603-926-9031 88005 505-524-0991 13501 315-733-0611 43537 419-893-2621

NORTH HAMPTON WAPPINGERS FALLS GRAND RAPIDS NORTH CANTON Fins PHOTO & HOBBY SHOP VALLEY MODEL TRAINS HOBBY WORLD NICK'S SALES & SERVICE 79 LAFAYETTE RD 91 MARKET Sl, STE, 32, BLDG. 10 2851 CLYDE PARK SW MISSOURI NEW YORK 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH NE 03862-2406 603-964-9292 12590 914-297-7511 MASSACHUSETTS 49509 616-538-6130 44721 216-494-0125 603-964-9417 14 YEARS IN BUSINESS

BLAUVELT TOLEDO BEDFORD GRAND RAPIDS BLUE SPRINGS HUDSON SHORES STEVE'S FALLEN FLAGGS BEDFORD TRAIN SHOP RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP MAINLINE TRAINS NORTH MODEL TRAIN HOBBIES 32 SHAWSHEEN AVE. 2055 28TH Sl SE 807 MAIN Sl NEW JERSEY 547 0 WESTERN HIGHWAY 5414 MONROE Sl 01730 617-275-7525 49508 616-247-9933 64015 816-224-6962 10913 914-398-2407 CAROLINA 43623 419-843-3334

FLORISSANT DENVILLE BUFFALO CHARLDTIE OEOHAM PORT HURON TROY HENZES HOBBY HOUSE INC F&M HOBBIES K-VAL HOBBIES TRAINS LTD. LLC. 8.G'S MODEL TRAIN SHOP BLUE WATER HOBBIES THE ERIE RAILWAY DEPOT 715 S NEW FLORISSANT 3118 ROUTE 10 277 HINMAN AVE. 5600 ALBEMARLD RD SUITE 300 16 FOX MEADOW LANE 4018 LAPEER ROAD 319 PUBLIC SQUARE s.w. 63031-7748 314-839-0600 07834 FAX 201-361-3855 14216 716-875-2837 28212 704-566-9070 02026 781 -407-0067 48060 810-984-8764 45373 937-440-9922 201 -361 -0042 WWWKVALH08BIES.COM FAX 704-566-9007

PARKVILLE BUFFALO CHARLOTIE EAST WEYMOUTH ROYAL OAK EDISON J&L HOBBIES NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAFT MART CHARLOTIE ELECTRIC TRAIN SOUTH SHORE HOBBY CENTERS TRAIN CENTER HOBBIES MEYER'S DOLLS, TOY & HOBBIES 1362J NW HWY. 9 OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY CENTER 1245 COMMERCIAL STREET 33722 WOODWARO 561 ROUTE 1 SOUTH OKLAHOMA 64152 816-746-1282 3366 UNION RD. AT WALDEN 114-0 FREELAND LANE 02189 617-331-7275 48073 248-549-6500 08817 732-985-2220 WWW1STPA GE.COMllIJANOITRAIN 14225 716-681-1666 28217 704-527-0392

SAGINAW ST. LOUIS EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP HARRISBURG OKLAHOMA CITY HANSON EAST ROCHESTER ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER INC DOUBLE TRACK HOBBIES BEACHCOMBER COLLECTIBLES A READY TO RUN HOBBY SHOP WOODWARDS THE BRASS CABOOSE SHOP DESPATCH JUNCTION 5620 STATE RD 7726 WISE AVE. SHORE MALL, 3600 HIGHWAY 40 4401 WEST MEMORIAL ROAD 669 W. WASHINGTON, Rl 14 100 STATION RD. 1 48603-3680 517-790-0080 63117 314-644-5545 6725 BLACK HORSEPIKE 28075 704-455-2220 OUAILBROOK CENTER 02341 781-447-0100 4445 716-385-5570 517-790-0358 1-888-0BL-TRACK 08234 609-645-1031 3 MILES FROM CHftRLOT1E SPEEDWAY 73134 405-751-4994

FERNOALE LEOMINSTER SHELBY TOWNSHIP (OETROIT) HIGHTSTOWN MOUNT AIRY TULSA SUSIE-O HOBBY SHOP GREAT LAKES HOBBY & TRAIN K & B RAILWAY SUPPLIES DRY BRIDGE STATION ACTION HOBBIES THE SHEPAUG RAILROAD CO. o RD BOX 220 24 COLUMBIA S1. 46660 VAN DYKE MONTANA 116 MAIN S1. 236 N. MAIN S1. 4955C SOUTH MEMORIAL BUSHVILLE-SWAN LAKE RD. 508-537-2277 48317 810-323-1300 08520 609-448-5070 27030 336-786-9811 74145 918-663-8998 01453 12734 914-292-0921

MALO EN ST. CLAIR SHORES BILLINGS JACKSON GLENS FALLS SELMA TULSA CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO. WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS JIM'S JUNCTION JACKSON HOBBY SHOP TRAINS PLUS THE FREIGHT YARD WINGS-N-THINGS, INC. 662 CROSS Sl 21714 HARPER AVE. 811 B16TH ST W 2275 W. COUNTY LINE RD. 12 WARREN Sl 1108 S. POLLOCK Sl 5241 S. PEORIA 02148 617-321-0090 48080 313-771-6770 59102 406-259-5354 08527 908-364-3334 12801 518-761-0173 27576 919-965-6101 74105 918-745-0034

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STRASBURG KENNEWICK MILWAUKEE VANCOUVER CHOO CHOO BARN, INC. THETRAN STAnDNATfANTftSTICKS TERMINAL HOBBY SHOP CENTRAL HOBBIES OREGON ROUTE 741E, BOX 130 TEXAS VERMONT 135 VISTA WAY 5619W FLORIST AVE. 2845 GRANDVIEW HWY. 17579 717-687-0464 99336-3120 509-735-1750 53218 414-461-1050 BC V5M 2El 604-431-0771

OLYMPIA ST. ALBANS MONROE FOREST GROVE YORK AMARILLO PACIFIC SCALE MODELS HOBBYTIME NORTH JUNCTION HOBBIES THE HOBBY DEPOT MAINLINE TRAINS G. & L. HOBBY SHOP 503 CHERRY 227 LAKE STREET 835-1 7TH STREET ONTARIO 2707 PACIFIC AVE. 1706 W MARKET S1. 1409 S. HARRISON NEXT TO FOREIGN AUTO PARTS 806-374-6643 05478 802-524-0733 53566-2347 608-325-5107 971 16 503-992-8181 17404 717-843-2520 79101 98501 360-352-9261 -

SEAmE OSHKOSH BAOEN AUSTIN VERGENNES LA GRANOE AMERICAN EAGLES INC HOBBYTOWN USA CHIPPEWA CREEK RAILROAD RHODE KING'S HOBBY C & J HOBBIES HOBBY HABIT 12537 LAKE CITY WAY, N.E. 2601 S. KOELLER 57-3 UNIT B, SNYDER'S RD. E. 8810 N. LAMAR RTE. 7, BOX 2510 411 FIR 981 25-4424 206-440-8448 AVIATION PLAZA BADEN, NOB lGO 78753 512-836-7388 05491 802-877-2997 97850 1 -800-963-9602 ISLAND 206-364-6569 54901 414-426-1840 519-634-8836

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SAN DIEGO T San Diego Model RR Museum Toy Train & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Nov.-Dec., Tues-Fri SHEFFIELD T Shoal Model RRers Inc. All Scales club. IIAM-4PM (closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and at 3PM I st Thurs. & 3rd Tues. 6PM. 200 Chickamauga S1.. (Old Christmas Eve). Weekends IIAM-SPM. Also open Nov. II. P. O. Box "L" 624, Langhorne, PA 19047 Brewster School). David Reid. 565 Alexander Ln., www.easterncarworks.com. Info: IIAM-4PM): Dec. 4-5. 5PM-9PM: Dec. 28, IIAM- Tuscumbia, AL 35674. (205) 381-7133. 5PM;Casa De Balboa Building in Balboa Park, 1649 EI FREIGHT & PASSENGER CAR Prado, (619) 696-0 199. $3, discounts for students/seniors/mil­ TRUCKS itary \D. under I free. Nov. 3, Dec. free days. Bar­ PHOENIX S I Inlo: Tr uck kits do not include wheel sets T RR Open House. Nov. 21. 10AM-4PM. bara Hultenius. San Diego Model RR Museum, 1649 EI Adobe Mtn. RR Park & Museum. 23280 N. 43rd Ave. Prado, San Diego, CA 92 101. (619) 696-0 199. PASSENGER TRUCKS Info: Ellie Barbieri, (602) 494-7430 or Dave Harnish(602) FOUA WHEEL SANTA CLARA 846-9245. T 9th Annual 0 Scale West Meet. Feb. 9000 6-36 inch axle sets S2.00 9001 Pennsylvania A.A. 2D-P5 55.00 TUCSON 11-14 (swap meet 12-13 only). Westin Hotel. $20 family. T NMRA Arizona Division Fall Meet. Nov. 9002 Commonwealth 2D-E5 General Steet Castings S5.00 0 Scale West, 876 Boyce Ave .. Palo Alto. CA 9430 1. 15. 9AM-4PM. Pima College, West Campus. 2202 W. Info: 9003 Pullman-Standard tightweight S5.00 9004 Commonwealth swing motion S5.00 Anklam. $5. under 21/ NMRA member $2.50. joining TURLOCK San Joaquin Valley Div. TTOS Model T 9005 Pull man-Standard S5.00 NM RAlPSR at meet free. Mall Furze. 17237 N. 16th Info : Train Show. Dec S-6, IOAM-SPM (Sat), IOAM-3PM 9006 Taylor 55.00 Ave .. Phoenix. AZ 85023. (602) 375-8229. (Sun). Stanislaus County Fairgrounds Bldg. I, 900 N. 9007 Pullman-Standard 41 -BNO S5.00 9008 Pullman-Standard Low Profile S5.00 Broadway. $3. S6/family. $1 (seniors). under 12 free 9009 4 Wheel General Steel Casting Double Equalized 55.00 w/adult. Info: Robert Silva. 22512 E. River Rd., Escalon. FAY ETTEVILLE T NW Arkansas Model RR & Toy CA 95320. SIX WHEEL Show. Nov. 14, 9AM-3PM. Ramay Jr. High School. $3, DLD# NEW# 901 1 9021 Pennsytvania R.R. 3D-PI, 3D-P7 55.00 under 16 free. Steve Beal. (501) 521-2091. Info: CONNECTICUT 9022 Pullman-Standard Straight Equalized S5.00 9013 9023 Put 1m a n-Standard 61-NO S5.00 NORTH HAVEN T New Haven RR Hist. & Tech. Soc. Train Show. Nov. 13. 7PM-?: Nov. 14, 9AM-3:30PM. Hol­ ANAHEIM EXPRESS TRUCKS T Orange County Model RRers meeting. iday Inn. Rt. S. Exit 12 off 1-9\. 53, family $5. Info: 9040 Commonwealth Express Reefer - 8 Foot Wlleel Base S5.00 9041 A.C.F. Mechanical Ventilation Fans - 6 Foot Wheel Base S5.00 Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana­ JohnKasey. 2S2 Nicholas Ave., Stratford. CT 066 1 4-4927. 9042 Commonwealth BX S5.00 heim Public Library, corner of Harbor & Broadway in Ana­ (203) 378-0373 eves. 6- IOPM. 9043 Allied Full Cushion S5.00 heim. Info: Steve Tibbells, e-mail: [email protected]. (714) 843-1820. E FREIGHT TRUCKS FOUR WHEEL CROCKEn Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club's N T DELMAR T Delmarva Model RR Club 14th Annual Hol­ 9050 4-33 inch axle sets Sl .50 scale modular layout group in operation in retired So. 9051 Barber- Betlendort Caboose S3.00 iday Open House. Dec. 5-6. Jan. 9- 10, 16-17. IIAM-SPM Paeifle depot has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM- 9052 Taylor 70 ton caboose/freight S3.00 (Sat), I PM-5PM (Sun). 103 E. State S1.. Camelot Hall 2nd 9053 Betlendort friction bearing S3.00 3PM & 7PM-9PM, Sat. IOAM-4PM. Depot on Rolph St. Fl. (on MD/DE state line). Free. Info: MD - Bill Shehan. 9054 Barber S-2 S3.00 next to the SP mainline. 900 Loring Ave .. Crockell, CA. 9055 Birdsboro/Andrews caboose/freight S3.00 (410) 742-9325: DE- Ken Kidcl. (302) 87S-7043. Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View Lane. Pinole, 9056 Bettendorf roller bearing conversion S3.00 9057 National B-1 S3.00 CA 94564. (510) 758-93 10. WILMINGTON Northern Delaware Model RR Club T 9058 Buckeye 125 ton (38" Wheels) S3.00 X-Mas Train Sholl'. Dec. 13, IOAM-3PM. Cranston LOS ANGELES T East Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR 9059 National C-l Friction Bearing S3.00 Heights Fire Co., I

RICHMOND Coast Div .. PCR NMRA Quarterly ATLANTA Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st T T ___ plus Meet. Dec. 6, 9:30AM-6PM. Salesian HS. 285 1 Salesian Tues. of each month. 7:30PM. Church of the Atonement. by Lenz Ave. Free. Info: Rod Smith. 20330 Monte 0 . Fremont. 945 High Poilll Rd .. Atlanta. Charles Leake, (404) . Info: CA 94538, (510) 657-3362. 262-2969. HoLictaySpecial Starter Set $499.00 ROSEVILLE Sierra Division/PCR/NMRA, European AT LANTA T T Piedmolll Division Monthly Meeting. 2nd 5 LE-1 03 Decoders for $99.00 Train Enthusiasts. Sacramento Modular Railroaders & Tuesday each month, 7PM. Bldg. K, Habersham Office Visit our home page for more at Roseville Roundhouse Model RR Club International Rail­ Park. Northlake Pkwy., Tucker. Free. Info: Ed Palmer, fair. Nov. 14, 10AM-SPM; Nov. 15. IOAM-4PM. Placer 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow, GA 30260, (770) 968-1921. http://www.nywsystem.com Coullly Fairground. Washington Blvd. at Junction Blvd. Your authorize dealer is Richard at MARlEnA $S, kids 5- 12 $2, Sat. admission valid on Sun; Sunday $10 T The Model Train Sholl'. Mar. 12- 14. Cobb Henderson Roundhouse & Back Shops family day; parking $1. Info: Eugene or Lori Volz. 1024 0 County Civic Center. Under 12 free w/adult. Inlo: Charles 8930 State Road 84 #318 St .. Rio Linda, CA 95673; (916) 99 1 -4343: e-mail: Cole. 918 Arbor Forest Landing, Sw. Mariella. GA 30064. Davie, Fl. 33324-4456 (954) 472-6383 [email protected]: web: www.mei-protel.com/irf.htm. (770) 427-3 133, [email protected]. email at Trainfield@nyw system.com.

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING .. 73 MARIETTA 'f' MOlllhly Meeling of Ihe Georgia Sociely of Ferroequinologisls & field Irips. 2nd Fri. of each monlh, 7:30PM. Nmions Bank of Waddell 51. Free. Info: Dave Muller (404) 974-4608 or Larry Smilh (404) 926-0739.

SAVANNAH 'f' Coaslal Rail Buff. Inc. 1 0lh Annual Model RR & Train Show. Jan. 16-17. 9:30AM-4:30P II. Nail. Guard Armory, 1248 Eisenhower Dr., Savannah, GA 31406. $3, seniors/kids $2, under 12 free w/aduh. Info: Ken Hull'man, 414 Inglewood Dr., Savannah. GA 31406, (9 12) 927-4976.

TUCKER 'f' Piedmonl Div. SE Region Regular Monlhly Meeling. 2nd Tuesday of every month. 7:30PM. Building Lengths 10 to over 1 00 ft. Heights J 2 in. to 36 in. K, Habersham Office Park, 'onhlake Parkway. Free. Info : Over 200 scenes available Scaled fo r N HO S 0 Ed Palmer. 7058 Slephens CI., Morrow. GA 30260, (770) 968- 1921. 4 price grollps Clistom designed 01' stock pieces Prices starting wel/ limier $]00 IIU"ff lSt BLOOMINGTON 'f' Cenlral IL RR Club Greal Train '� 'A �' ''' AIL'" �·.� "'�". A�"'�·�.A t111 · rl%e5 . "A l'A IA � 0 Show. Nov. 22, 9AM-3PM. Natl. Guard Armory, 1616 S. 1':� 1M'Yt' ��. � D400 P $ Main 51. $3, under 12 free w/adull. Info: Alan Mowrer. http://www.backdropwarehouse.com also http://www,hllltvldeo,Qom 404 E. Poplar 51., Normal, IL 61761, amowrer@dav­ esworld.nel. Check out our murals at your favorite hobby shop GLENVIEW 01(11 exeC ,,4wc ,4t4t� (4Of/ f4eMC1f "eeIt"'" at ft(J1(1I((Jellt «ea(C1f 10' - 964-6'55 'f' NS&W Division Midwesl Region NMRA Division Meel. Nov. 22, Dec. 20. Diedrich Park Field House, Golf, IL. Info: Mary Goettsche, 1814 Henley SI.. FIRST IN MODEL RAILROADERS' READERS' CHOICE A WA RD IN HO SCALE Glenview, IL 60025. (847) 724-0427. ROLLING STOCK A D THIRD IN PRODUCT OF THE YEAR! ROCKFORD 'f' Rock River Valley Div. NMRA Model RR Show & Sale. Apr. 10-11, IOAM-5PM. Harlem HS onh Campus gym, 9229 N. Alpine Rd. $2, under 12 free. Info: Joe Whinnery, (8IS) 96 1-5313 (W), (815) 398-8973 (H).

DELMAR (DE) 'f' Delmarva Model RR Club 141h Annual Holiday Open House. Dec. 5-6, Jan. 9- 10, 16-17. IIAM-5PM (Sal), I PM-5PM (Sun). 103 E. Siale 51.. Camelot Hall 2nd FI. (on MD/DE stale line). Free. Info : MD - Bill Shehan. (410) 742-9325; DE - Ken Kidd. (302) 875-7043 40FT PSt 6FT & 8FT DOORS SEVERNA PARK 'f' Severna Park Model RR Club Semi-Annual Open House. Dec. 5-6, Noon-5PM. Former ftem# Road Name Door Price Item# Road Name Door Price B&A Rwy. Stmion, RI. 648 & McKinsey Rd. Donalions 4000 UNDECORATED 6' C-Y $24.65 40 16 GBW #799 6' 71' Sup $29.95 accepled. lnfo : Sam Shepherd, (410) 647-6077. 4002 ACY #750 6' C-Y $28.95 40 18 AT SF #3 1698 6' C-Y $29.95 TIMONIUM 'f' Greal Scale Train Show. Jan. 30-3 1, 4004 D&H #191 14 6' C-Y $28.95 40 19 LS BC # 1 70685 6' C-Y $28.95 9AM-4PM (Sal), IOAM-4PM (Sun). $6, $1 (7- 1 2), $10 4005 CGW #5200 6' C-Y $27.95 4020 RI #2 1110 6' 71' Sup $29.95 family. Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder H il l Rd., 4006 CP #269 1 42 6' C-Y 527.95 4021 MNS #1835 6' 51' Sup $28.95 Info: Columbia, MD 21045, (4 1 0) 730-1036. 4007 NYC #170699 6' C-Y $27.95 4023 CP #269 142 6' 5P Sup $28.45 4010 D&H #18570 6' C-Y $27.95 5000 UNDECORATED 8' C-Y $24.65 4013 MONO #843 6' C-Y 528.95 5001 &W #44324 S' C-Y $27.95 BOLTON 40 15 AT SF #3 1 440 6' C-Y 529.95 5002 VGN #63226 8' C-Y $28.95 t Nashua Valley RR Assn. Open House. Nov. 14. 10AM-4PM. 63 Hudson Rd., RI. 85. $1. Info: 'ashua Valley RR Assn., PO Box 72, Bolton, MA 01740, (978) 779-5056.

FALL RIVER 'f' Old Colony & Fall River RR Museum's on3D TRACK & COMPONENTS FROM PECo 121h Annual RR Show. Jan 17, IOAM-4PM. B.M.C. Dur­ SL-500 Flexible Track. Code 100 rail fee HS Gym, 360 Elsbree St. $3, $1 (2- 1 2), under 2 free. SL-E595 RH TUlllout. Electrofrog Info : Jay Challenon, PO Box 3455, Fall River, MA 02722, SL-E596 LH Turnout. Electrofrog (508) 674-9340. SL-E597 Y Turnout, Electrofrog SL-E501 Sleeper Stock (converts HO WEST SPRINGFIELD 'f' 1999 Big RR Hobby Show. fO Tu rnollts (llld ClvssillgS 01130) Jan. 30-3 1, 1999, 9AM-5PM. Beller Living Celller & IL-S Code 100 Rail. nickel silver Young Building on Ihe grounds of the Eastern Siaies Expo­ IL-13 Rail Spikes silion, Memorial Ave., West Springfield, MA. $6, under 12 SL-tO Joiners. nickel silver SL-ll Joiners. insulating $1. under 5 free. Info: Raben Buck, Show DireclOr. SL-14 Track Fixing Pins Amhersl Railway Society, P.O. Box 718, Warren. MA 01083-07 18, (413) 436-0242. & 2562 SlLVER STATE PARKWAY i WORCESTER 'f' Worcester Model RRers meelings. BUILDING C, SUITE 3, � Tuesdays, 7:30PM. 70 James 51., Room 200. Info : Ralph r. � MINDEN, EV D N 89423 H A A Kimball, (508) 755- 1873.

MODEL RAILROADING NOVEMBER 1998 74 ... Inspired by section ANN ARBOR (SALINE) ... Rails on Wheels' SE Michi­ towns along Marshall gan Model RR Flea Market. Nov. 15. IOAM-4PM. Washte­ ection Town Pass, Colorado, on the naw Farm Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-Saline Rd. Gunnison Extension, 53. under 12 free w/adult. Info: Jeff Fryman. PO Box 546. these structures were Saline. M1 48176. (734) 944-9872. built by the railroad to DETROIT ... Detroit Model RR Club "Old-Fashioned provide living quarters Christmas" Open House. Nov. 27-29, Noon-SM. 104 N. for laborers and the Saginaw St., Holly. $2.50, $2 (seniors), $1.50 (5-18), under Section Foreman. 5 free. Info: Edward MacDowell. (248) 634-58 11 (Tues HO Section Town Kit 116-11 Includes Bunk House, Section House, Coal Shed, eve or leave message). 2 Water Closets, Single Car & To ol Shed (can be built left or right, SG or NG) NOVI ... Toy & Hobby Expo. Dec. 26-27, 3PM-9PM $99.00 (Limited Time Offer) (Sat), 9AM-5PM (Sun). Novi Expo Center, 43700 Expo • Patterned and dimensioned after existing structures and RR documents . Clr. Dr. $6. $3 (4- 12). RR Promotions Inc., PO Box Info: • Stainable Real Wood Shingles . Precision laser cut wood with self locating tabs. 6094. Plymouth, M1 48 1 70, [email protected]. • Trim and windows sashes feature permanent self adhesive backing • PLYMOUTH ... Train Show. Jan. 16, IIAM-5PM. Ply­ • Assembly Jigs included . mouth Cultural Clr., 525 Farmer St. $4. $1 (4- 12). Info: HO Section House Kit 111-11 $45.00 HO Bunk House Kit 110- 11 $30.00 RR Promotions Inc., PO Box 6094. Plymouth, MI 48170, HO Coal Shed Kit 112- 11 $20.00 HO Car Shed Kit 115-11 $20.00 [email protected]. Call for prices on Semi-kil and fu lly assembled. S and 0 scale kils rriv g Seplember . Shipping and YPSILANTI ... 28th Annual Ann Arbor Model RR Train a in $5.00 handling USA Show. Feb. 21, IOAM-4PM. Ypsilanti HS. Hewitt & Packer 1\.� STAL Rl"�Jj> C Crystal River Products, Inc. � Rds. $4, under 10 free w/adult. Info: (734) 426-5 100. PO. Box 598 • Conifer, CO 80433 �PRODUCTS (303) 697- 1472 · fax (303) 697- 1179 � ST. PA UL ... NorthStar '99 MRA Annual Convention. Jul. 18-24. Info: NorthStar '99, PO Box 18394, W. St. Paul, MN 55 118-0394. email [email protected]. Web site: http://www.northstar99.org. VOTED #1 MODEL RAILROAD BILOXI ... Mississippi Gulf Coast Model RR Club Show & Meet. Nov. 14. IOAM-6PM. Holiday Inn (Coliseum), WEB SITE * 2400 Beach Blvd. $2, $1 children. Info: Wm. Michael Barry, 1810 Resca DeLa Palma St., Pascagoula, MS 39567, (228-762-0929. Mark Yo ur Browser

'ERSEY> www.modelrailroadi ngmag.com AT LANTIC CITY ... Patcong Valley Soc. Of Model On Line Now! RRers Annual Open House. Dec. 5-6, 12-13, Jan. 9-10. 16- 17, 23-24, IOAM-4PM. Fire Rd. between Mill and Zion Start a Subscription Rd.'s Bargaintown, Egg Harbor Township. Free. Info: Ray­ Find Back Issues mond W. Cox, 206 16th St. So., Brigantine. I J 0820), Order Books (609) 266-8682. Cruise Our Links Page CINNAMINSON ... Burlington County Model RR Annual Open House. Nov. 27-29, Dec. 5-6, Jan. 9- 10, 6PM- I OPM (Fri), Noon-5PM (Sat & Sun). Basement of Footlighter's Playhouse. 808 Pomona Rd. $2. Info: Harry G. Ivory, Jr.. 8 Kings Ct. RD 1. Bordentown, NJ 08505, MOD L (609) 499-2561. RAILROADING LAKEWOOD Ocean County Soc. Model RRers ... or *as voted by a guy named AI in Wayne. HJ Club Show & Sale. Jan. 9, IOAM-4PM. All Saints Episco­ ------' pal Church. Rt. 9 between 2nd & 3rd Sts. $2, Si5/family max. Info: Bob Jacobs. 18 Cathedral Dr., Lakewood, NJ 0870 1, (732) 363- 1430. Get that yard under control! NORTH HALEDON ... Model Engineers RR Club of North Jersey Annual Open House. ov. 27-29, Dec. 4-6, (Command control, that is. 11- 13, 7PM-IOPM (Fri), 2PM-5PM (Sat & Sun). 569 High Mountain Rd. $3, children free w/adult. Info: Paul Har­ bord, (973) 427-4905 before 9PM.

ROCKY HILL ... Pacific Southern Rwy. 35th Annual Model RR Exhibition. Dec. 5-6. 12-13, IOAM-4PM. Park­ ing at Princeton Gamma Tech on Rt. 518 east of Rt. 206. 55. Info: PSR, PO Box 488, Rocky Hill, NJ 08553, (609) 921-9276.

WINSLOW ... The Greal Winslow Jct. Scale Train & RRiana Meet. Jan. 10, IOAM-3PM. Winslow Fire Hall. Hall & Hay Sts. $3, under 12 free w/adult. Info: Bill Pow­ ell, 306 Broad S1.. Williamstown. NJ 08094, (609) 728- 1327 lill 9PM.

NOVEMBER 1998 MODEL RAILROADING T 75 LAS CRUCES " Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO ALLENTOWN " AlienlOwn Train Meet Assn. "Firsl Meels. Third Thurs. each month, 7PM. Thomas Brannigan Frost" Train Meet. Nov. 14-15. 9AM-3PM. Agriculture Memorial Library. Spruce Ave. & N. Main St. Info: Mike Hall. 17th & Chew Sts. $4.75. S2 under 12. Info : Bob Hallock. 1941 Poplar Ave .. Las Cruces. NM 88001. House. 1120 S. Jefferson SI.. Allentown. PA ISI03. (610) 82 1 -7886. NORTH CA ROLINA BETHLEHEM " Lehigh & KeyslOne Valley Annual RALEIGH " 14th Annual Neuse River Valley Model RR Christmas Show. Nov. 27-Dec. 31, I PM-9PM. 705 Linden Club Train Show. Nov. 14-15, 9AM-6PM (Sat), 9AM-4PM St.$S/family or $3/adult. Info : Ron Wilson, 1409 S. 3rd INFO. QUESTIONS, CATALOGUE (Sun). >NC State Fair Grounds, Kerr-Scoll Bldg., 1025 SI.. Allentown, PA ISI03. (610) 366-2500. ::=: Www.ttx-dcc.com e Blue Ridge Rd. $3.50. under 16 free w/adult. Info: George DOYLESTOWN " * Discount Prices * All Scales Chalfont Boro PBA 4th Annual New Arrivals ! W. Lasley (919) 834-553 1 or Peter K. Hansma. P.O. Box TTX Exclush"e: Specialdecoder. * Dallee sound @ S84.95 Train Show. Nov. 21. 9AM-3PM. Lenape Middle School. plugJpla) for K:no RS-YRSC-1. 19573. Raleigh. NC 27619. (919) 217-0407 * MRC Cmd. "2000"SI01 .951S138.95 Rt. 202 at R!. 611. DoyleslOwn. $3. under 12 free. Info : 118SS advanced fo rmal. * Soundtraxx DSD � S139.95 I�S25.95ea,, [email protected]. SOUTHERN PINES " Sandhi lis Cenlral Model RR Paul Myers (215) 345-50 17. �IRC: AD520,Auto Rc\'('rscr * Soundtraxx Sierra � S147.95 Club Annual Train Show. Nov. 21-22. 1 2-SPM. The Camp­ ELKINS PARK " MSRP S:ll.98 TIX524.95 * SystemOne Str Set wfdec 5699.00 Chellon Hills Model RR Club Annual ZI�IO: supersonir.lo3d compensated. * lenz Set 01 wf4 dec S469.00 bell House, 482 East Connecticut Ave. Info: Jim Brown Open House. Nov. 28-29. Dec. 5-6, Jan. 9- 10. Noon-SPM. ,uI. 128 SS d"odm (910) 295-6694 eves. MX611N.HO I � 512.95.1 � S)9.95 * lenz 103XF 128SS dec S19.95 SOOO Old York Rd. Donalions accepted. Info: (215) 635- )LX651N. O. G I @ S59.95.1 rg Sj.1.95 * Chiel S337.oo,Wireless S499.OO 9747. WILMINGTON " Cape Fear Model RR Club 3rd Annual Model RR Show. Jan. 23-24, 10AM-SPM (Sat). GETIYSBURG " Ellicon City Scale Mode RR Assn. "HONEY DO" IOAM-4PM (Sun). American Legion Post 10 Bldg.. 720 "Brass Expo." Feb. 20-2 1, IOAM-4PM (plus clinics 7PM­ How about a great Dee gift fo r you! Pine Grove Dr. 53, $1.50 children. 5 & under free. Info: I apM Sat). Eisenhower Inn. Bus. Rt. 15 South. Weekend Give this ad to that "special person". Te ll them, or Ben Jackson, (910) 270-2696. SI5 (advance)/$ 17 (atdoor) or SIO daily. inc!. family (50'70 write in below what you want. Ask them to call off with item for sale at White Elephant table). Info: To ny @ 800-978-3472 and we will do the rest! NEW YORK Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd., Columbia. MD 21045. (410) 730- 1036. BUFFALO (GRAND ISLAND) " International Divi­ sion, NFR, NMRA Division Meeting. Dec. 5, Feb.6, 1999: MONACA " Beaver County Model RR & Hist. Soc. POPULAR STARTER SETS Registration 9:30AM: Meet stans lOAM. Grand Island Chrislmas Holiday Open House. Dec. 4-6, 11-13. 18-20. NorthCoast: Powerhouse ProHI user-friendly high Recreation Cenlre, 3278 Whilehaven Rd., Grand Island. 26-27: 6PM-9PM (Fri). I PM-6PM (Sat/Sun). Free. dona­ performance DCC System including an exclusive TTX S3. S2 members. free if you enter a model. Ed or­ lions accepted. Info: Joe Ricker. (724) 774-54 14. "Users Guide" 5389.00. Digitrax: Genesis DCC Starter Info: man 40- IS Carson Dr., Hamilton. Ontario Canada L8T System SI99.00, Empire Builder DCC System 5247.00 PHILADELPHIA " The 1999 East Coast Hobby Show. 4 Y3: (905) 318-03 13. COMMAND CONTROL Mar. 13-14, show days open to public: Mar. IS. Irade only 24 Corduroy Road PROFESSIONALS Essex Jct, VT05452 day. Fon Washinglon Expo Center in Suburban Philadel­ ---.:!i ),earsof service Fax: 802-878-7684 phia. Info: Scon Pressman (SOO) 252-4757. www. hob­ WE SUPPORT MORE COMMAND MARION " Marion Union Slation Assn. 131h Annual byshow.com. info@ttx·dcc.com CONTROLSVMMS THANANYONE ! Model Train Show. Dec. 5, IIAM-4PM. $2. under 12 free PITISBURGH " Pinsburgh Model RR Historical Soci­ w/adult. Jerry Richie, 556 Siesta Dr .. Marion. OH Info: ely's IIth Annual Holiday Train Show. "A RR Journey in 43302. (740) 389-5 162. Miniawre". Nov. 21, I 99S-Jan. 10, 1999, Fri. eves. 6-9PM, We are computerized MAUMEE (TOLEDO) " To ledo Toy & Hobby Expo. Sat. & Sun. IIAM-SPM. Holiday Hours: Nov. 27-28. SignsGalore for you to get what IIAM-9PM: Dec. 26, I I AM-9PM; Dec. 28-30. I I AM- Madel Railroad you need. Th ere are Nov. 14- 15, IIAM-7PM (Sat), 9AM-SPM (Sun). Lucas Gra.phics over 200 sheets County Recreation Ctr., 290 I Key St. Info: RR Promolions 9PM: Dec. 31. IIAM-SpM. 5507 Lakeside Dr. Gibsonia. Most at $3 Inc .. PO Box 6094. Plymouth, M1 48170, (734) 455-2110. PA (IS miles north of Pillsburgh). 54. under 12 $2. Info: ARE YOUR STREETS [email protected]. Ianhew Hughes. 8828 E. Van Burgen Dr., Pinsburgh. PA 15237. (412) 26S-4970.

BARE ?? OKLAH OMA YORK " Min iature RR Club of York Annual Open 8 We have sheets of OKLAHOMA CITY " Nlrak Soulhwest Regional Con­ House. Nov. 29, Dec. 6, 13, 20 & 27, I PM-SPM. 3S1 Street signs. Two are vention. Dec. 3-6, 4PM-7PM (Fri). SAM-7PM (Sal), 9AM­ Wheatfield St. $2, 50¢ (6- 12). Info: Ivan E. Frantz. 1126 for 30s thru 50s SPM (Sun). Okla. State Fairgrounds, NW 10lh & May Ave. Hanover Rd., York, PA 17404. (717) 225-5470. SIO. Bruce Alcock or Gary Banley. OK N-Rail, PO Write or Call for Details Info: Box 52916, Oklahoma City, OK 73 1 52, (405) 38 1-43 14. Please send $1 for Brochure, Catalog and Order Form NASHVILLE " Trains of Christmas. Dec 12-13, 9AM- SignsGalore OKLAHOMA CITY " Central Okla. Chp. NRHS OKC 4PM (Sat), I PM-4PM (Sun). Tenn. Central Ry. Museum. 9 Carlson Lane, Palm Coast, FL 32137-8150 Train Show. Dec. 5-6, 9AM-SPM (Sal). IIAM-SPM (Sun). www.tttrains.comisignsgalore 20 Willow St. $4. $1 under 12, $10 family max. Info: email: [email protected] Tranportalion Bldg. Okla. Slate Fairgrounds. $5. Ed Info: TCRM, (615) 781-0262. Birch, 1313 W. Briton Rd., OKC. OK 73 1 14.

OREGON FORT WORTH " Holiday Train Show. Nov. 7-8. PORTLAND " Columbia Gorge Model RR Club's IOAM-5PM. Will Rodgers Memorial Center. #1 Amon Annual Show. ov. 7-8. 14-15, 21-22, 2S-29, IOAM-5PM. I Caner Square. Fort Worth 76 107. 55. under 12 free. Info: 2505 N. Vancouver Ave. $3.50: kids $1 (3-11) or free Robert Bray. 1820 Spruce Ln. Benbrook, TX 76126. (SI7) w/can of food for charity. Info: Phil Maggs, 2925 SE I 64th 249-4965 (6- I OPM CST), (SI7) 777-2022 (work). Ave., Portland, OR 97236, (S03) 761-9527 or (503) 28S- PLANO " Dallas Area Train Sholl'. Jan. 16-17. 10AM- 7246, [email protected]. 5pM. Plano Centre. 2000 E. Spring Creek Pkwy. $5. under PORTLAND " Mt. Hood Model Engineers Open House. 12 free. Info: Roben Bray. 1820 Spruce Ln .. Benbrook. Nov. 14-IS, 21-22, Noon-SPM. 5500 SE Belmont St. SI. TX 76 1 26. (817) 249-4965. Gerry Howard, 6207 N. Concord Ave.. Ponland, OR Info: SAN ANTONIO " San Antonio Model RR Assn. 23rd 97217, (503) 289-9457. 2373 N.W. 185 AVE. Annual Jamboree & Train Show. Feb. 6, 8:30AM-4PM. Suite #4t6 ROSEBURG " All Aboard RR Club for All Scales. 1st & Live Oak Civic Ctr.. 8101 Pal Booker Rd. (al l-35), Univer­ Hillsboro. Or. 97 124 3rd Sawrdays at 3PM, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7PM. 427 SE sal City. 55. SS/liunily. Info: Chuck Booth, (210) 674-5 123 503-29 1- 1221 Main St. Info : Debi or Kim Wing (S03)672-0280. or Thad Taubert (210) 522-9325.

76 T MODEL RAI LROADING NOVEMBER 1998 MONROE T Green County Model RRers' 20th Annual rebate $2: participant rebate $3: layout tour $16: banquet Model RR Show & Swap Meet. Jan. 9- 10. IOAM-5PM 525. Info: Brian Clogg, 15440 99a Ave .. Surrey Be. V3R MURRAY T Sail Lake Trackers Model RR Club Christ­ (Sat), 10AM-4PM (Sun). Monroe Middle School, 1510 13th 9H4. (604) 588-2 194: show registrar Dick SutcJilfe. 12140 mas Express '98. Dec. 12-13, 9AM-6PM (Sat). 9AM-4PM Sl. $1. Info: GCMRR. PO Box 593. Monroe, WI 53566. 230 SI.. Maple Ridge, BC V2X 6R5 (Sun). Murray Natl. Guard Armory. 5200 S. State St. $4, WYOMING 12 & under free. Info: Todd Wallon, (801) 261-3304 or ONTARIO SHERIDAN Cindy Meiser (80 I) 966-74 1 1. T Sheridan Model RR Assn. Open House. HAMILTON T International Division. NFR. NMRA Dec. 5. IOAM-4PM. 1030 N. Main. South Basement. Free. Division Meeting. Jan. 9, 1999: Registration 9:30AM: SALT LAKE CITY Wasatch Div. RMR, NMRA T William Tulley, (307) 674-4885. Info: Meet startS lOAM. Hamillon Spectator, 44 Frid St. Hamil­ Wasatch Rails '98. Nov. 13-15, 5PM-9PM (Fri), 9AM- ton. Free. Ed Norman 40- 18 Carson Dr. Hamilton 6PM (Sat), IOAM-4PM (Sun). Grand Bldg., Utah State Info: Ontario L8T 4 Y3: (905) 318-0313. Fairpark. ISS N. 1000 W. $4. 12 & under free. Info: Dou­ ST, CATHARINES glas Baney. 9300 S. Redwood Rd, Apt. 16-07, West Jordan, T International Division . NFR. UT 84088. (80 I) 256-35 18. BURNABY T British Columbia's Largest 16th Annual NMRA Division Meeting. Mar.6, 1999: Registration Model Railway Show & Meet. Nov. 7-9; Sunday, Nov. 8- 9:30AM; Meet starts lOAM. Facer St. Baptist Church. St. Public, 9AM-4PM. Cameron Recreation Center, 9523 Catherines. $3, $2 members, free if you enter a model. Cameron SI. (north side of Lougheed Mall). $5: Info: Ed Norman. 40- 18 Carson Dr.. Hamilton Ontario BRATILEBORO Brattleboro Museum & Art Center's T seniors/students $2: fa mily $10; meet fare £10: NMRA L8T 4 Y3. (90S) 318-03 13. Vintage Trains & Other Toys Exhibition. Dec. 4-6, 11-13. 4-8PM (Fri), IOAM-4PM (Sat/Sun). Union RR Station. $5, school-aged kids $2. Info : Nancy Dutton, BMAC, 10 Ver­ non St., Brattleboro, VT 05301, (802) 257-0124.

IHE:'{ SP!::ND E,'iER'{ Wll,\(JNG �Ol.lR RICHMOND T Richmond Freelance & Prototype Model IN THAT Bll,SEMHtT PLA'IING WITH THE.IR RRers Annual Show. Nov. 7-8. 14-15, 9:30AM-5PM. Sci­ TRAINS . ence Museum of VA. 2500 W. Broad SI. £5. $4.50 (seniors). £4 (children). under 4 free. Info: Ted McCor­ mack. 2032 Wrens Nest Rd., Richmond, VA 23235, (804) 320-8403. [email protected].

VIENNA T Northern Virginia Model RRers Inc. Open House. Nov. 14 & Dec. 12; I PM-5PM. Washington & Old Dominion RR Station, 23 1 Dominion Rd. (at Ayr Hill Rd.). Donations. Info: (703) 938-5 I 57 or www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/6 120.

KENNEWICK T Tri-Cities Model RRers Annual Work­ shop, Train Show & Clinics. Jan. 30, IOAM-4PM. Benton County PUD Auditorium, 2721 W. 10th Ave. Free. Info: Train Station at Fantasticks, (509) 735- 1750.

RICHLAND T Tri-Cities Model RRers Annual Open House, Nov. 21-22, IOAM-5PM. 1660 Columbia Dr., SE (Richland V). Donations accepted. Info: Train Station at Fantasticks, (509) 735-1 750.

BLUEFIELD T Pocahontas Chapter NRHS Model RR Show. Nov. 14-15. Stadium Dr., Bluefield. $3, Family $5. Info: Kelley Massie, P.O. Box 151. Bluefield, WV 24701, (304) 43 1 -2593.

PA RKERSBURG T Mid-Ohio Valley Model RR Club 3rd Annual Flea Market & Open House. Nov. 7, 10AM- 4PM. Parkersburg Boys & Girls Club, 1200 Mary St. $2, OKA'! .. OKf;,'Y, \!liESEE '{CUR , PAIN , WHI'-T tF W� kids 6- 12 $1, under 6 free. Info: Tom Ratkovich, 60 Green 1=1')( IT 50 WE'- CAN INCORPORI'-TE: OUR HOSS'! view Dr., Parkersburg, WV 26104; (304) 485-7026. WITH t:>N f;,PPROPRIATE. E.)( ERCIS,E'- REc61N\EcNT 3'

LA CROSSE T The Great Tri-State Rail Sale/RR Flea Market & Swap Meet. Jan. 30, 9AM-3PM. Days Inn, 101 Sky Harbour Dr. (1-90 & Airport Exit #2). $2, under 12 free. Info: The 4000 Foundation, PO Box 34 1 1, La Crosse, WI 54602, (608) 582-476 1.

MADISON T NMRA South Central Wisc. Div. Meet. Dec. 6, I PM. Fitchburg Comm. Ctr., 55 10 E. Lacy Rd. Free. Info: Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilliop Rd., Madison, WI 53711, (608) 23 1-1817.

MADISON T NMRA South Central Wisc. Div. Meet. Jan. 10, IPM-4PM. Fitchburg Comm. Ctr., 5510 E. Lacy Rd. Free. Info: Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilliop Rd., Madi­ son, W1 5371 1, (608) 23 1-1817.

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