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With the track securely integrated with the realistic-looking roadbed, UNITRACK's unique design substantially reduces the "work" in building your model railroad layout. In or N scale, UNITRACK lets you set up on a variety of surfaces and literally in minutes. HO UNITRACK track items are available in a wide variety of track lengths/radii and operational capabilities, offering far more versatility than other track-with-roadbed lines. UNITRACK's patented Unljolners provide strong and reliable connections between track sections time after time, as well as decreasing the likelihood of frustrating joints that may cause electrical problems or derailments. UNITRACK eliminates the time-consuming (and potentially expensive) tasks of laying cork roadbed and tacking or gluing everything down. The modular track pieces also let you easily experiment with alternative layout designs and configurations, without the hassle of ripping out everything that's already been put down. Regardless of whether your layout is temporary or permanent, basic or elaborate, "UNITRACK puts it all together. " Just as it has for the past decade and it will for years to come, UNITRACK provides realism, simplicity and convenience like no other modular track system, letting you enjoy the fun and excitement of model railroading. That's why we can say the UNITRACK is the only modular track system with a allowing you to plan UNITRACK into your railroad with confidence . �roven "track record" ....
It's a snap! UNITRACK's patented It's easy! Precision, pre-w ired turnouts It's true! can even be used with - Unijoiners UN/TRACK securely join track sections. el iminate tedious electrical work! conventional track.
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ALL SCALES: Techniques: Your Top Tips, readers� "Better ideas" for modeling ...... 11 Scratchbuilding a distillery with slyrene patterns for plaster castings ...... 45 Modeling Industry: Model a "Team Track" freight Int,'r mnNj." Meet ...... ,...... platform ...... 14 Layout Tour: Layout Design: John Falatovich's Millsite on A Change of Scene: Modeling History's an NTRAK Module ...... 12 Mileposts on the Frisco Railroad, Diesels, One·Oetail-At-A-Time: circa July 1950 and July 1970 ...... 38 EMD GP38-2 as BN 2088 from Kato or Life-Like models...... 24 Locomotive Performance: HO SCALE: Life-Like EMD E7A Performanc;� Test Report ...... Modern Freight Car Modeling: .. . . . ,., ...27 Summaryof All Previous Locomotive Modern Intermodal Meet ...... 4 Performance Test Reports ...... "HTTX" 60-foot flat cars , . and their loads ...... 7 SIGCO '570 I' Centerflow covered hopper from Accurail's kit...... 44 Passenger Car Modeling: Modeling Air Conditioning, Part II, More Underbody Details ...... 15 Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports ...... 23 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD GP38-2 as BN 2088 from Athearn or Life-Like models ...... 24 Layout Tour: Rick McClellan's Springfield Division of the Frisco Railroad ...... 30 Diesel Modeling: Santa Fe 1450 "Beep" from Athearn and Trains Unlimited parts ...... 42 Techniques: Scratchbuilding a distillery with slyrene patterns for plaster castings ...... 45 Modeling Freight Cars of the Fifties: AC&F Type 21 Tank Cars from Proto 2000 kits ...... 53
RAILMODEL JOURNAL is published 12 times a year by Golden Bell Press, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. Price per single copy is $3.95, or $28.00 per year in the U.S.A. Individual copy prices higher in Canada and other countries. Foreign subscriptions 536.00 for 12 issues, payable in U . S. funds. RAILMODEL JOURNAL, ISSN 1043·5441. copyright 1997 by Golden Bell Press. All rights reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver. CO. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Railmadel Journal, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. [INTERMODAL MODELING] ------
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By Brian P. Kreimendahl The models you see here are but a fraction of the and scale inermodal equipment that was on display at the first SouthernHO CaliforniaN Modern Intermodal Group Meet. There's an index of previous articles an intermodal modeling on pages 62-63 of this issue.
outhern California is one of the modelers of modern intermodal to show world's leading intermodal trans slides, display models, exchange informa portation centers. The area's ports, rail tion, network, and engage in fe llowshjp yards, and distrib ution facilities all com with those who share a common interest bine to create an incredibly active and and passion. diverse intermodal environment. It was There was an outstanding array of slide only natural then, that a group of inter presentations. Matt Hannes presented a modal enthusiasts and modelers gather in fe ature on container ships at Southern Southern California. California ports. Dave Casdorph's presen The Modern Intermodal Group (MIG) tation focused on a number of themes Meet took place on Sunday, August 17, including old liveries of the OOCL con 1997. This meet, resulting from an ongo tainer fleet. Joe D'Elia's presentation fea ing e-mail dialogue between George tured images fro 111 the large American Johnsen and freight car historian David G. President Lines (APL) facility in Oakland Dave Hussey used an HO scale A-Line 53- foot Monon sheet and post container to kit Casdorph on old container liveries, had and the Swift RoadRailer train at UP's City convert this Hunt 53-foot Stoughton been in planning for several month s. of In dustry yard. Brian Kreimendahl, Ed J.B. built plate-wall container. This container George Johnsen, of DeLuxe Innovations, McCaslin, and Harry Wong made eclectic shows the Stoughton characteristic of hav procured the studios of a video special presentations showing a wide variety of ing stiffeners immediately next to the stack effects house in Burbank as the site for the intermodal equipment and liveries. ing posts and the bottom side sill outside of meet. This provided the appropriate venue The Moclern Tn termoclal Grou p (MIG) the stacking posts. Dave sanded off the side for the meet as the facility was re adily hopes to meet quarte rly in Southern detail and used Grandt Line nut-bolt wash equipped to handle visual presentations. California. For more information contact ers to simulate the tie-down covers and strip The concept fo r this meet was simple Brian Kreimendahl via e-mail at: styrene to model the stiffeners. The container is riding on a Wa lthers container chassis create an opportunity for enthusiasts and [email protected]. RMJ that Dave modified to model a 53-foot J.B. Hunt chassis.
Ed McCaslin modeled this VikinB 28-foot b 1 Q2-inch Wa bash National-built H erglass reinforced-plywood wedge trailer using a Rail Power Products HO scale kit. The RPP kit is based on a Wabash National-built Viking FRP trailer. Ed's used MicroScale's MC-4203 Viking trailer decal sheet. Ed detailed this model by modifyi ng the land ing gear and adding ALine's two-hole disc Wheels and mud flaps. The conduit at the front of the trailer is a strip of .010 x .020- inch Evergreen styrene strip.
4 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY -I 998 This 45-foot 02-inch Santa Fe Monon-built 1 sheet and post container was kit-converted by Dave Hussey by cutting-up an HO scale A-Line 48-foot Monon container. The con tainer is riding on an American Limited Models 40/45/48-foot extendible container chassis decorated for OOCL. Dave upgraded the chassis by adding A-Line spoke wheels.
This 53-foot Monon plate-wall container was kit-converted by Dave Hussey from an HO scale A-Line 53-foot Monon sheet post & container. Dave sanded off the side detail and used strip styrene to model the stiffeners and Grandt Line nut-bolt washers to model the tie-down cups. Dave modified the top of the stacking posts so that it has a pin- liltfit ting with a triangular hole to match this spe cialized Hunt container feature.
Ed McCaslin modeled this Overnite fiber glass-reinforced-plywood 28-foot l02-inch wedge trailer using A-Line's HO scale model and MicroScale decal sheet MC- 4169. Ed modified the landing gear so that it more closely matches the prototype.
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Harry Wong painted and detailed A-Line's HO scale model of a 28-foot l02-inch Dorsey-built UPS drop-frame parcel trailer. Harry used A-Line decals and super detailed the rear and nose of the trailer. Harry cut up electrical tape to simulate the anti-spray skirts on the sides of the trailer.
Brian Kreimendahl heavily modified an HO scale Custom Rail 89-foot flush-deck flat to model this nx all-purpose flat. The model can now be more easily built because Accurail has released a greatly improved version of this kit. The nx flat is carrying a Wa lthers 40-foot Hi Cube corrugated international container and twoWalthers Agmark tank containers that are detailed with plana walkways.
To m Sisson kit-converted this model-of an 89-foot nx flush deck flat from Athearn 85' all-purpose flats. Riding in triple 28 style are three A-Line 28-foot 02-inch wedge trailers built and decorated by Joe D' Elia using A-Line decals. 1
Dick Billings built this N scale model of a Gunderson-built nx Husky-Stack well car from a Fine N Scale Ihe well Products kil. In of the car are two DeLuxe Innovations 48- foot l02-inch Monon-built sheet and post domestic containers.
This N scale model of a 5-unit Gunderson-built nx Twin-Stack car was built by Dick Billings using the DeLuxe Innovations kit. The load is a mix of DeLuxe Innovations containers. 6 RA/Uv/ODEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1998 [PAINT DECALS ]------&
By Dan Goins
This shot clearly shows the deck of onx 92559. In the background is the DODX car with three-axle trucks, designed to carry two M 1 Abrams or two M60 tanks. -Steele Craver photo, Ft. Wo rth, Texas, September 1995
This shot of an HTIX deck shows the detail of the chain tie-downs and wood decking. The chains and tie-downs are included as plastic parts in the InterMountain HO scale kit. -Dan Goins photo
RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 7 • CARS)
Here are the load adjusters on the OTTX deck. InterMountain This excellent shot shows John Deere construction equipment on a includes plastic moldings for these parts in their HO sc ale kit. BN car. Note that the brake wheel can be lowered out of the way -D an Goins photo, Irvihg, Texas, June 1996 during loading and unloading, hence the cut-out in the floor. closest model loads would be th e NZG 120 Caterpillar D4 model and Kibri 10692 JCB 4 x 4 backhoe. -D an Goins photo, Irving, Texas, June 1996
A l though the UP 52030 is a 62-foot car, it is very similar to the HTTX car. The MLRS vehicles are available from Roco as number 555. -Steele Craver photo, Ft. Wo rth, Texas, April 1997
ne of my aJl-time fa vorite freight cars is the 60-foot flat car most commonly marked "HTTX" or "OTIX. " Introduced in the mid-60s, this car was designed to carry agricultural equipment and. quickly caught on within the industry because of its flexibility in adapting its tie-downs to various sizes and shapes of machinery. The permanently mounted tie-down chains can be moved the entire length of the car. Also, these tie downs can be attached to the load from four points across the car floor: two fro m the ce nter si ll slots and one on each outside edge of the car. Construction and military equipment fou nd a new ride, as these cars HTTX 92923 is carrying two M3 Bradleys. The Bradleys are available from Roco as 435 were constantly being used to ship these M2, 494 M3 or 512 M3 with latest armor protection. products. UP, ATSF, BN and other class -Steele Craver photo, Ft. Wo rth, Texas, April 1995 one railroads acquired sim ilar if not identi-
8 I1A/LMODEL JOURNAL • FEBRUARYI998 OTTX 97293 has two John Deere combine loads with out-cutter attachments similar to an Ertl piece that was produced in 1/90th scale (but would require modification). -J im Kurtz photo, Denver, Colorado, April 1995
OTTX 918 1 9 is loaded with two John Deere Cotton Pickers with cutting heads similar to an Ertl piece that they offered in 1/90th scale. -Dan Goins photo, Ft. Wo rth, Texas
OTTX 92780 with a military load that is produced by Roco as number 515 (M548 with trailer) and 388 (the M 107-203 self-propelled gun). -Gary Gager photo, Denver Colorado, June 1996 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1 998 • 9 .. _.
HTIX 93789 is loaded with a single huge Caterpillar 235 Excavator. A similar model is available form NZG. -Steele Craver photo, Ft. Wo rth, Texas, April 1995
cal cars for their fleets. From a railfan's sian of the the Thrall-built "HTTX" car for (6590 SW Fallbrook PI., Beaverton, OR perspective, these cars look very similar to several years that is excellent. It retails for 97008) is in the middle of a 12-piece series a run-of-the-mill 60-foot flat, unless you around $80.00. The big news, of course, is of a limited-production run of imported can see the top side which has a combina that InterMountain Railway Co. is produc brass Caterpillar equipment. Wiking and tion of the channels, tie-downs and wood ing an injection-molded plastic kit of the Trident also have a variety of construction deck that are so distinctive. Pullman Standard car, which is nearly equipment that could be used on these Several articles have been written on identical to the Thrall car. InterMountain's cars. E-R Model Importers (1000 So. Main these cars. The most recent, by Jim Panza kit was produced from plans that St., Newark, NY 14 5 13) has a catalog I in the September and October 1997 issues acquired from Trinity Industries, who pur sheet that illustrates and lists the price of of Railroad Model Craftsman, cover the chased Pullman Standard's freight car divi most of these loads. Later this fall Ertl will entire family of cars that includes the sion in 1981. be releasing a line of agricultural equip OTIX cars. In addition, Patrick ment in 1187th scale. Several years ago HTIX and Lawson wrote an article about converting Heavy-Duty Loads in HO Scale Ertl produced a corn picker and a combine the MDC car into an OTTX (whjch I think in 1/90 scale that can be found at swap is an excellent resource) that was pub The very nature of the car makes it an meets. lished in the November 1994 issue of "The interesting model from the standpoint of Finally, Roco and Trident make numer Journal" with prototype and model photos the great-looking loads it carries. There are ous exciting contemporary military loads and HO scale plans. No production model quite a few choices for interesting HO that would be appropriate fo r these cars. of this car has be en produced, although the scale loads: Kibri has a large number of Although you won't normally find the MI MDC model is closest. It is of a Thrall construction equipment kits that would be Abrams loaded on these cars, most of the designed car that has a standard nailable appropriate for this car. NZG makes a die trucks, arti llery, techn ical su pport, steel deck. Ed Petra (9 1 4-858-2645), a cast version of a Caterpillar 225 Excavator Humvee and APCs (armored personnel mold maker who builds custom model and D4 Dozer (E-R Model Importers, carriers), including the Bradleys can be freight cars to order, has been marketing a Walthers and Stevens have NZG available seen on these unique freight cars. hand-built RTR cast-resin and plastic ver- to dealers). Classic Construction Models RMJ 10 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1 998 • [yIPs]------
I prefer to mount the early Athearn peg-mount bod Plastruct 3/1 6-inch square ABS tube 90261 works ies and some of my kit-conversion bodies (like the well with 4-40 screws. It's relatively difficult to get ABS to adhere to the styrene plastic of most diesel HH660 in the January 1998 issue of "The Journol"-ed.) with screws. There are no places body shells, but it will hold the threads better. If you �- inside the hoods or cabs to accept screws, how - preFer to work with styrene, use Plastruct's 1/8-inch ever, so I install by own with square plastic tube square styrene tube 90621 and telescope it inside and screws. their 3/16-inch square styrene tube 90622 for additional strength. You can simply screw the 4-40 or number 2 self-tapping screws into the plastic tube; the screws will cut their own threads.
I would suggest you drill the mounting holes in the chassis before gluing the mounting posts inside the body. Test-fit the body and mark the locations of ,.� the screw holes on the chassis. A number 31 drill bit provides a tight clear =-- ance hole. At tach the mounting posts to the chassis, then lower the body over the posts to determine if you located the holes in the chassis correctly' -:::! H � so the posts fit snugly inside the body. Chances are, the posts will be o �"'l"" slightly, but you can correct this by removing the posts and drilling the holes in the chassis with a larger-size drill bit. When you get the alignment of the mount d ing posts and the body right, cement the mounting posts inside the bo y while the body is still attached to the chassis. I use Te stors Model Master Liquid Cement tor plastics because it is a bit thicker than most liquid cements but provides a stronger bond than tube-type plas tic cements. Model Power and Kibri make similar cements. It you use ABS plastic, secure the mounting posts to the body with five-minute epoxy or thickened hobby-type cyanoacry late cement. -Bill Wright RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY • 1998 11 -----[LAYOUT TOUR]-----
By Jo hn M. Falat0vi ch photos by Robert Schlei ch er
- • ';--: - :v- " ;.-.,':; " p- 1"-;;- 1------, John Falatovich scratchbuilUhe. mill· building on' his' NTRAKI{niodlile' tOI match. i a scene in western Pen sylvani�" but it look so' m�cHl!.��. M in� ,h�t.� e � , � � . � �0'A' : , calls the model what viewers have aubbed It;.the "Mame Mill.> " • ' ; : ...� \ !
tlr NTRAK club is about 21/2 The small residential area on the oppo years old. When I finally site side was to indicate a typical made the commitment to go NTRAK, my Pennsylvania rural scene in the mid 50s. first project was to replace my small home selected the Atlas bridges mainly for I layout with modules. Ilive ill a small town visual interest. It really doesn't make mllch house, so the largest could build was an sense to have all those individual bridges I oval made of two four-foot and two three otherwise. foot corners. The whole scene was designed to cap The second part of my plan was to ture the flavor of Western Pennsylvania. for use with the club as The last was to make the scene build a module decision soon as possible. To be operational quick autumn. My four home layout modules are ly, the track plan was simple. There is only each a different season, and I was pleased one siding to service the mill. There is with the autumn effect. water in all of my modules, but I wanted a So how did Maine Mill come into exis l11�ior body of water in this scene with the tence? At virtually every show this module three mrun tracks crossing the water. has been in, someone has come by and A photo of an old mill along a watm-fall commented thaI it reminded them of their was the inspiration for the large structure home or Maine. Some have in Vermont along the river, but the building in no way even identified the exact and mill. location was based on the photo. The building was This amuses me I made the entire since scratchbuilt from matte board and is still in scene up as went along. I've never been in 1 add details whenever get new Mrune, but I'd Hke to go someday. Anyway, progress. T I ideas from photos or real life. dubbed it Maine Mill for the show. I 12 F1AfLMODI::L JOUriNAL • FEBRUARY 1998
Virtually every town and city in America had someplace where a truck could back up to an open box car or reefer door and unload merchandise. The railroads usually called these "facilities" "Team Tracks." In some towns, these unloading facilities were nothing more than a single track buried deeply enough in the surround ing dirt so the trucks' tires would not get caught on the rails. A freight platformprovided the "luxury" of being aDle to rearrange the load before loading it onto the truck. Even more upscale were the freight docks that had covered roofs to protect the crews from rain and snow. In some locations, like this one near Montevideo Minnesota on the Milwaukee Road, the "Team Track" was an extensionof the railroad's freight house. The freight dock would be easy enough to scratch build from stripwood or strip styrene.Th e stuff on this dock appears to be a pile of side gates and tailgates (from a truck similar to the one being loaded) and corrugated cardboard boxes of what is probably fruits and vegetables. Two of the five visible cars are reefers. As common as these scenes were in real life, virtually no one bothered to photograph them. Fortunate\y Ernest Lehmann caught this scene on July We're searching for more photographs of team tracks, so send them in if you have them. There's an27, index 1948. of previo us articles on freight houses and their operations on pages 62-63 of this issue. ------[PASSENGER CARS ] ------
Part II Electro-Mechanical Air Conditioning Ice Engines, H.E.P., and "Poor Man's" Air Conditioning I.C.E. Engine Air Conditioning (Head End Power) Air Conditioning Forced-Air Conditioning
By VS. Roseman
Electro-mechanical air conditioning as applied to an Eastern Car Works HO scale light weight car. This is the compressor side ot the underbody.
y proceeding only one step beyond the ingenuity of Mechanical Air Conditioning (described and illustrated in the October J 997 issue of "The Journal"), the problems of that sys tem are are solved nicely without the use of corrosive brine. Electricity was generated by belted or geared shafts run off the car's axles, and batteries were used as stand by now be possible to run the power. It would air conditi oner's compressor whenever called for and not only when the train was Electro-mechanical air conditioning as applied to an Eastern Car Wo rks HO scale light in motion. The Pullman Standard electro- weight car. This is th e alternator si de of the underbody. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 15 • "Clover plot" was owned by the Western Pacific is an 8-section/5-double bedroom car to Pullman plan 4036f, Diagram 245. The air con ditioning is Pullman Mechanical with the underbody equipment including (left to right): belt-drive generator, single battery box, brake cylin der (in front of air tanks), single battery box, two air conditioner storage and winter-cover boxes. The car is painted in the final Pullman colors and the photograph probably dates to the late fifties. -Gerrit Bruns photo from the John Nehrich collection
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ElECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM as applied to a lightweight car Note: The diagram illustrates a modern application with D-22 brake valve and large water tank. Alternators, amplidynes, or o-current inverters were used to convert DC current to AC for shaver outlets in bathrooms and tlou rescent lights. Single 30Kw generators were com mon in place of two smaller 15Kw units.
16 RA/LMODEL JOURNAL - I=EI3RUARY '1 998 mechanical units on their cars used a sep arate motor and large compressor box much like their straight mechanical air cond i tioners. Current CAC) came into As Alternating demand fo r car lighting with fluorescent lamps and for outlets for passengers' shavers, alternators and current inverters were provided in the underbody equip ment to convert the generated DC current to AC. Check the sample installation sketches as these took the fo rm of ampli dynes or alternators depending on the spe cific use. These could be seen in any underbody electrical system, but as they often appeared with air conditioning it is only fa ir to note their existence. Frigidaire compressor unit on Pullman sleeper at Chicago, Illinois in 1970. I.CE. Engine Air Conditioning
"The Amazing Ice Engine" caused me a good deal of trouble tracking down the exact method that ice was used with an AIR CONDITIONING CONDENSERS FOR MECHANICAL, engine. This may seem humorous to a few ELECTRO-MECHANICAL AND HEP SYSTEMS readers but for most of us, the term "ice engine" causes more than a few pair of crossed eyes and fun'owed brows as high school and college chemistry is painfully recalled: Ice can, in certain circumstances, go directly from its solid-seeming state to a gas. A gentleman at Trane Co., manufac turers of all kinds of air conditioning equipment, was able to find the real Typ ical underbody condenser units. answer. All he could locate under "Ice Com presser-condenser units shown without covers.
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Engine" air conditioning was an "l.C.E." powered generator is used to run an electro- from virtually any town in case of an emer- engine, an Internal Combustion Engine mechanical air conditioner. gency that could stall a train far from a sta- installation." Some source (possibly an Some midwestern railroads invested tion. Another reason for using a Waukesha- advertisement or some article in an engi heavily in this type of installation: among type system is that there are no belts or neering paper) left out a couple of periods these were Rock Island, Milwaukee, Gulf drives running off the axles of the car, per- in this abbreviation and created the mys Mobile and Ohio, Burlington, Northern mitting somewhat easier-rolling so more tery. The "Waukesha air conditioning unit" Pacific and Un ion Pacific. The Long cars could-at least in theory-be pulled is often used as a generic term fo r l.c.E. Island Railroad used Detroit Diesels to by a locomotive. The Southern Pacific engine air conditioning systems, original power their l.C.E. units on cars in "steam" even found that they could use a second ly built by the Waukesha Corp. There is service at the east end of Long Island. Waukesha unit known as an "Enginator" in still a Waukesha Air Conditioner Division Friends who worked with some of these a neat package to run the other electrical of Dresser Corporation, although they no cars pointed out that on long runs in west- circuits in passenger cars (lights, for exam- lo nger make railroad installations. Some ern states, the air conditioning could be pIe), and these were known as Waukesha specific conditions usually dictate the kept running as long as a crew could fit or LC .E two-engine systems. need for this type of air conditioning: bottles into their sockets below the cars. As with many types of air conditioning instead of batteries, a diesel or propane- Diesel fuel or propane could be obtained systems, replacement parts were often not RA I LMODE L JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1998 17 from the original manufacturer, and so some Waukesha installations actually got Caterpillar or even John Deere engines. Due to their versatility, many business cars got Waukesha systems as they could then be hauled on freight trains or could be left on sidings as needed, providing cool com fort for the occupants.
HEP (Head End Power) Air Conditioning
To day virtually all intercity passenger cars are head end power equipped (H.E.P.), which means that the engine Condenser powers all lights and air conditioning. Usually this would be modeled either by Belt-drive or k Water Ta nk using recent vintage style electro Air Con d itioner generator y, Battery Box Compresser mechanical air conditioning units and pos Start Box sibly adding appropriate plugs and sockets B&O YORK ELECTRO-MECHANICAL SYSTEM or simulating the wiring from car to car as On a B&O modernized heavyweight coach at Camden Station New Jersey in 1969. required.
Forced-Air Conditioning
In researching this topic, I found yet one more system of air conditioning which I have actually experienced as a child. I didn't thjnk too much of it, as I recall. The forced-air system built by the B.F. Sturtevant Company was known as "poor man's air conditioning." It was designed for inexpensive installations or where real air conditioning was not required, such as in commuter cars where the railroad was losing money. The system used filtered air brought in through ducts in the roof and was circulated through the car with the windows sealed shut. This system was known as the "Railvane Pressure Ve ntilation System." The Grand Trunk Railway was one user of this system in at least some of their 4854-series 80-seat coaches. This is simi lar to the system experimented with by the New York City Transit system in the late Typical belt-drive generator as used with the Baltimore and Oh io Yo rk Electro-Mechanical air conditioning. Prototype at Paul's Hobby Shop in New Oxford, Pennsylvania. 40s and early 50s. There was no special underbody equipment except for an extra battery box. If you are modeling this sys tem, check photos of your favorite proto ElECTRO-MECHANICAL AND HEP-COMPATIBlE COMPRESSOR UNITS type to be sure. Selecting Accurate Underbody Details
One problem that will be faced by all discriminating modelers is that air condi tioning systems of all types were occa Electric motor-driven compressor. sionally modified. This can lead to finding Also used in Yo rk System. that, on the third day of actual operation of the car you are modeling, the air condi tioner was moved or changed to a different type. Or as I noted in this article, another maker's parts were sometimes substituted. Electric open-frame compressor. Sometimes covered with grille or wire mesh screen. For a perfect model, you may have to specify that your model looked exactly 18 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1 998 Battery box (left), service reservoir, air conditioning condensers and electric receptacle (right) on a heavyweight car at Elizabeth, New Jersey in 1970.
Waukesha Model Brake System Battery Box like the prototype on a specific day! Wherever possible, use photos of the exact prototype you want to model. Plans are also a great help, but to see what a lot of this stuff was under your cars and what some of it looked like, I hope that these articles will prove a helpful guide. Tn later issues, we'll deal with modeling the more visible indicators of air conditioning, the roof ducts. RMJ Water Ta nk Steam Tr ap Battery Box subcooler Unit
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WAUKESHA AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM ON A LIGHTWEIGHT PASSENGER CAR Note: This is a single-engine system. Also, the battery box in this system is not necessarily connected to the air conditioning. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 19 • subcooler Box Model "C" (similar to models "D" and "D-1 ") with internal-combustion engine used for air conditioning Engine-generator unit for car lighting especially in 2-engine Waukesha sys- tems model "B", similar to model "B-1"
Propane bottle units for WAUKESHA AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM INSTALLATIONS fuel - single or ganged installations
Belt-drive system uses the rotation of the axles to turn the generator. Belt-Drive Pulley
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Geared-Drive Unit
Generator
Spicer-drive system uses a geared right-angle drive to transmit the rotation of the axle to the generator.
DC current is developed from the rotation of the axles in the trucks. It is converted to AC current for fluorescent lights and shaver outlets with the use of an alternator or current-inverter unit. These gl enerators were used with all types of electro-mechanical air conditioning systems, except th e two-engine Wa ukesha system which used smal diesel or propane-fueled engines. 20 RA/LMOOEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1 998 Spicer-drive generator on a modernized heavyweight car at the Strasburg Railway Museum in Pennsylvania.
Spicer-drive generator on a lightweight coach in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania In 1970.
The truck end of a Spicer-drive generator on a heavyweight coach at the Kedzie Avenue station in Chicago, Illinois, 1965.
Truck-Mounted Generator
BELT-DRIVE GENERATORS "Safety" Ty pe 7 1/2 Kw Note: Dashed lines indicate stabilizing chains. Generator 1\
RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 21 • "440" type Duplex Va por Trap (vapor """'\:I:;;:=:::r,� traps were also applied singly)
Pullman Main Water Ta nk (ususally 145 gallons)
Newer "955" type Duplex Va Rar Trap (vapor traps were also applied singly)
Cald Wa ter Pump ADDITIONAL UNDERBODY DETAILS
Rigid Electrical Receptacles
Water Ta nks for � S wI"" I �-> H·eavywelgh tor ..-rYf"" Modernized Cars SWIvel-Type Electrical Receptacles
",at"daol<.�-
ADDITIONAL UNDERBODY DETAILS
Alternators
Railraad-Installed Electrical Cabinets (New Haven RR examplesl
Rail rt)o.d l(\si"4l\ed
22 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY • 1 998 [PERFORMANCE] ------�
The more significant figures from Guy Th rams' and Bob Higgins' Evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with asterisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2.00 each (aI/ow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins and Guy Thrams test these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues.
Manufac\urerllmporter Prototype Min. Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Manufacturer/Importer Prototype Min. Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Speed (over Speed Power Response Date Speed (over Speed Power Response Date #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload Scale Miles Force (Volls) Scale Miles Force (Volts) per Hour In Oz.) per Hour In Oz.)
AthearnHO Scale aS-iS) DieselsEMD GP38-2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' N Scale Steam Locomotives Kato USRA 2-8-2 3.10 111.8 .7 2.5 April 1996 Athearn w/Hellx Humper EMD GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 l & Oct. 1997 can motor conversion) Proto Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 Key Imports C&O 2-6-6-6 .59 96.9 1.27 3.8 June 1997 (Athearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990 Pecos River ATSF 4-6-2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 AthearnIFPW, weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990 Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 Athearn w/NWSL motor EMD GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990 Rivarossi (w/N Scale USRA 2-8-2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Athearn w/NWSL motor, EMD GP38-2 01 Nevada frame & NWSL weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990 Athearn/Proto Power Sagami 1420 can motor) West w/replacement Wheelsets: NorthWest Short Line EMD GP38-2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Oct. 1990 N Scale Diesels Arnold Jay-Bee EMD GP38-2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990 Alco S2 1.90 151.4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991 Athearn GE C44-9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 Alias EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct. 1995 Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Atlas/Kato GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989 Alias Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991 (.31) (189.6) (1.37) (2.0) June 1989 AllaS/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 Allas/Kato EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990 Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 Atlas/Kato EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 Bachmann-Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3. 17 2.9 July 1992 Bachmann EMD 8040-2 .74 148.3 2.4 Bachmann-Plus EMD F7 A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 1.03 Sept. 1989 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Bachmann wiN Scale 01 EMD 8040-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 Nevada Chassis Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 Bachmann/Spectrum G E Dash 8-40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April t993 (with Mashlma can molar) Bachmann/Spectrum EMD DDA40X .35 163.9 1.13 3.8 Sept. 1997 Con-Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sept. 1996 Con Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992 Con-Cor EMD SW1 500 (SW 7) 1.99 265.9 57 2.2 Dec. 1997 Kato E-R Models (Frateschi) Alco FAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Oct. 1993 EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 E-R Models (Frateschi) Alco FAI .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) (1 .92) (2.3) Aug. 1993 Hobbytown EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 Kato GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 Kato GE Dash 9-94CW .11 198.2 .84 1.4 Nov. 1997 Jan. 1994 (1.50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) Key/Endo EMD F7A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 (\�th 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 25 ounces (.50) (150.3) (1 .27) (3.0) Mar. 1992 added weighl) (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) Jan. 1994 Life-Like IHC EMD SD35 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 July 1996 EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.0 Aug. 1989 Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989 Life-Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989 (.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Lile-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994 Kato EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994 life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 Kato G.E. Dash 9-44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Oct. 1996 Keystone/NWSL GE 44-Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' Life-Like EMD SD7 .29 121.11 .48 2.45 June 1996 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994 Life-Like EMD E7A 3.14 140.6 1.33 4.3 Feb. 1998 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990 Model Power/ Ajin/Overland Models EMD SW1 500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 AU2ust 1990 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990 Ajin/Overland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 pril 1991 SamhongsalHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989 AjinlOverland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991 (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989 Mantua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 Model Power PRR 2-8-0 4.77 73.8 0.85 1.5 August 1996 Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991 o Scale Diesels Proto 2000 Lile-Uke) Central Loco. Works EMD F7A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989 Proto 2000 Life-Like) EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989 Proto 2000 Lile-Like EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Key/Samhongsa Alco PAl Proto 2000 Lile-Like EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 .41 76.2 21 .85 5.6 April 1992 ! P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990 Proto 2000 Lile-Like EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 Prolo 2000 I(lIle-Like) EMD SW91SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 3.7 May 1996 (.24) (74.1) (12.80) (1.9) June t990 Spectrum (BaChmann EMD F40PH Phase 11 1 .39 80,3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992 P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.8t 1.6 Jan. 1993 Spectrum Bachmann l GE Dash 8-40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 Spectrum Bachmann) GE Dash 8-40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 6.4 Feb. 1996 i Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989 Spectrum achmann F-M H16-44 2.32 49.5 1.27 2.4 July 1997 Spectrum Bachmannl EMC Gas Elec. .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 August 1995 Spectrum tBachmann) EMD DDA40X .68 133.5 6.68 3.2 Aug. 1997 Alco FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (19.25) (2.0) August 1995 Stewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) .18 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 (.1 3) (72.0) (7.67) (2.6) WaltherS/Roco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 WaliherslTrainline Alco FAI & FBI .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 Feb. 1995 o Scale Steam Locomotives .16 65.3 8.22 3.8 SamhongsalHalimark On3-EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989 WaltherslTrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 S Scale Diesels HO Scale Steam Locomotives American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Atlas GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Bachmann-Plus SP 4-8-4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 G Gauge Diesels Bowser (English's LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 N1A April 1990 Model RR Supply) B&O OA-OT .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 Bowser PRR H-9 2-8-0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 Railway Express Agency Alco FAI 3.79 68.2 15.25 N/A July 1990 IHC 4-4-0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 IHC/Mehano B&O 0·4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992 IHClMehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 G Gauge Steam Locomotives IHClMehano C&0 4-8-2 ,36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sept. 1994 Aristo-Craft (ART) B&O 4-6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Oct. 1991 IHC 2-8·0 .42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 Arlsto-Crall (ART) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Key Imports UP 4-8-8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 Augusl 1991 and 0-4-OT .9 Dec. 1992 Life-Like B&O 0·4-0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 Lehmann (LGE) 0-4·0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 N/A May 1992 Mantua 2-6-6-2 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 1991 Bachmann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992 Mantua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 Bachmann Radio- Mantua 2-8-2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Controlled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 25.2 28.81 N/A June 1989 Mantua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991 Bachmann Track- Mantua 0-4-0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June t995 Mantua with 812 Can Motor 0-4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 Powered Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Oct. 1990 AjinlOverland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept. 1991 Delton Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.00 2.0 Dec. 1989 Precision Scale (Iron Horse)UP 4-10-2 7.02 53.0 3.08 2.9 Jan. 1998 LGB 2-6·0 2.65 54.8 22.45 N/A Nov. 1991 Rivarossl 4-6-6-4 5.90 71.6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997 LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 N/A July 1994 Aivarossi USRA 2-8-2 1.78 70.7 4.47 2.4 May 1997 Lionel Baldwin 0-4-0T .12 54.5 9.60 1.8 Oct. 1989- SamhongsaiPowerhouse USRA 2-6-6-2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991 (Bachmann) Reading 2-8-0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4·0 .82 67.1 13.18 1.3 Jan.1991 (Bachmann) PRR 4-6-2 1.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 "Classicd SP 4-6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 1992
RA/LMODEL JOURNAL . FEBRUARY 1 998 23 [ ONE-OETAIL-AT-A-TIME] ------
photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre
he GP38-2 was EMD's finest effo lt in 1972, but that was over a quarter-century ago and EMD has given up its lead in diesel locomotive sales to General Electric. The GP38-2 was an example of EMD's finest efforts, a product that heralded their "Second Generation" diesel locomotives that Llsed computers to help eliminate wheelsJip and save fuel. The GP38-2 proved to be re liable to operate and was, even then, re1atively inexpensive to purchase. Their stubby length and small cabs have been replaced with wide cabs and longer wheelbases and, of course, more power and vastly more expense. EMD sold 2188 GP38-2 diesels which made it a member of the small rank of eight-axle diesels (including the GP7, GP9 and F7) more than 2000 units. that sold The Burlington Northern was one of the better customers fo r GP38-2 diesels. They bought 22 in this batch, as numbers 2088- 2109. in 1974, 114 in series 2255-2369, and 5 in series 2150-2 154. Only Conrail, CSX and UP had more GP38-2 diesels. These locomotives have received some unique BN tOllches: The engineer's side has been fitted with an all-weather win dow. The units have snowplows, flashing strobe lights on the roof and "firecracker" style radio antennas.
24 RA/LMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 998 • 'j SCALE MODEL GP38- N Scale: Microscale 60-25, Walthers 938- 25 219750, or Northeast BN-02 A-Line, Box 7916, LaVerne, CA 91750: Scale: HO Scale: Athearn and Life-Like o Microscale 48- 16, Walthers 934- 1-29200 Windshield wipers $1.85/8 N Scale: Kato and Life-Like 219750 2-292 10 Cab sunshades 2.35/3 pI'. 3-29237 Etched steps 3. 15/set o Scale: Central Locomotive Works PAINT Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. Co., ONE-DETA IL-AT-A-TIME Inc.), 21 Howard St., Montoursville, BN Green: Floquil 110035, Polly Scale (HO SCALE) PA 17754·0322: 1-419 Windshield wipers $3.5012 414209, SMP Accupaint 70, Badger PI'. Model-Flex 16-26, Scalecoat 38, or Step-by-step i nstrLlctions on how to 2-437 Cab sunshades 3.95/pr. ProColor 009 install many of these detail parts appeared 4-320 All' hoses 1.85/2 sets Black: Floquil 1100 10, Polly Scale in the June 1989 issue "The Journal:' 5-42 1 Air horn 6.95 ea. of 414J 10, SMP AccLlpaint 2, Badger Model That article is also reprinted in the book 6-430 Bell 2.95 ea. Flex 16-01 , Scalecoat 01, or ProColor 400 TUNING & UPGRADTNG AT HEARN 7-43 1 Fuel fillers 2.50/set LOCOMOTIVES. An article on how to 8-432 Fuel fi lter set 3.75/set DECALS disassemble an Athearn chassis to install a (right side) Rail Power Products frame and body and HO Scale: Microscale 87-25, Champ EH- how to install the handrails and details on Calmon & Company, 3947 Freedom 209, Herald King L-4JO or Wa lthers 936- the body appe�u'ed in the October 1994 Blvd., Aptos, CA 95003 219750 issue. 9- 1202 Cab sub base $6.95/set
RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 25 • 10-1501 Cab with separate 5.95 ea. 22-2210 Chain 2.25/ 12 in. 16-935 1 MU hoses 6.75/4 sets doors 23-2211 Coupler lift bars 2.25/2 23-Coupler lif bars 1.95/2 t 11- 1505 Cab windows 2.95/set 24-2217 Curved grabirons 1.50/3 26-9 LO S obe light 2.95/ea. 1 tr 12-1901 Air filter hatch 2.95 ea. 25-2807 Speed recorders 1.50/4 27-9400 Sand fi ller hatches 3.3512 26-2901 Strobe lights 1.50/2 29-9555 Snowplow (modified) 8.85/ea. Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Rd., 27-3001 Sand filler hatches 1.00/4 Orange, MA 01364: 5-22 1 Air horn $3.69 ea. Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacienda Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 6- 109 Bell 3.69 ea. Heights, CA 91745: North, Stevensville, MT 59870: 8-139 Fuel filter set I.OO/set 2-188 Cab sunshades $ 1.80/4 1-3968 Windshield wipers $ 1.25/4 (left side) 5-1 90 Airhorn 2.50 ea. 2-39087 Cab sunshades 2.25/4 13-1 12 Running (ditch) 6- 127 Bells 1.25/2 4-39 1 18 Air hoses 1.50/10 lights 3.29/2 7-1 66 Fuel filler 1.00/4 5-39084 Air horn 2.75 ea. 14-239 All weather cab 5.98/2 8-139 Fuel filter set I.OO/set 16-39059 MU hoses 1.75/4 (modified-for 2088) 13-172 Ditch (grou nd) lights 1.25/8 21-48277-1 Lift rillgS (eye bolts) 2.25/12 15-253 Headlight 2.15 ea. 16-22 1 MU hoses 1.95/2 22-48237 Chain 2.50110 in. 16-258 MU hoses (set of 4) 5.39/2 sets 19-157 Antennas 1.95/5 29-39062 Snowplow (modified) 3.00 ea. 26-126 Strobe light 1 .00 ea. 31-4968 .0J2-in. dia. wire 1.75/6 Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis 27-20 1 Sand fi ller hatches 1.25/4 Obispo, CA 93403: 28-132 Handbrake levers l.OO/pr. 2-1301 Cab sunshades $1.50/6 29-155 Snowplow (modified) J .50 ea. Smokey Va lley Railroad Products, P. O. 16-1508 MU hoses 2.00116 Box 339, Plantersville, MS 38862: 5-1601 Air horns 1.75/2 Keystone Locomotive Works, P. O. Box 31 & 32-30 Preformed GP38-2 $15.95 6- 1 202 Bells 1.25/2 J, Pulltney, NY 14874: handrail & stanchion kit 7-3 102 Fuel tank fittings (fillers) 1.00/2 30-Cab interior $9.98/set 15-1024 Headl ights 1.50/2 4-6206 Ai.rhoses 1.25/6 Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. Ordering Information: All these parts of 17-1 507 MU receptacles 1.25/30 Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: are available to any hobby dealer, so your 18-1703 Marker light lenses 1.10112 5-90 10 Ail' horn $3.50 ea. dealer can order fo r you. you must order If \9-1805 Antennas 1.25/6 7-9043 Fuel fi llers 4.25/set direct, order the full package quantities 20-2202 Grabirons 2.50/48 8-9044 Fuel filter 2. 10 ea. shown and include $5.00 per order for 21-2206 Lift rings (eye bolts) 3.00/36 (right side) postage or UPS and handling.
26 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 • [PERFORMANCE]------
By Guy Thrams
. - , "-','--'-' ,�>' �':,S�· Electrical Hardware The metal half-axle drive wheels are pressed into plastic geared sleeves so they are electrically insulated. The metal half axles contact and run in copper-alloy strips mounted to the inboard plastic truck frame, so all twelve wheels have electrical pickup. These copper-alloy strips on each side of the trucks project above the truck frame and through an opening in the chas sis to contact a stamped copper-alloy flat spring strip mounted on each face inside 4.4 of the chassis. The motor and headlight Prototype Gear Ratios: are soldered to the chassis alloy strip to 57.20MPH 52.25MPH 35 117 complete the circuit. 28 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUAFN 1 998 The headlight bulb draws .032 removed by sliding a thin steel ruJer handle longer trains, so consider removing amperes at 12 volts. The bulb is nestled in between the chassis and body shell and the metal fuel tank casting from the the metal nose weight, just behind the allowing the chassis to slide out. The unpowered unit. This will reduce the clear plastic light rod. This plastic rod is trucks for the unpowered B unit have the weight by one-third, from 1.53 ounces to I inserted in .088 and .07 1 diameter holes to same electrical pickup as the powered A ounce. If wanted, replace it with a light represent 14 and 1l-inch-diameter head unit. This presents an easy way to add a weight plastic tank. light lenses. directional back-up light to the B unit: The cabless B body shell will fit the Some weight may need to be removed Carefully solder lengths of small, very powered mechanism chassis without any from the powered unit to make room for a flexible stranded wires to the truck contact modifications. On the other hand, if you DCC module. Or, a module can be strips, then connect them to the light cir choose to fit the A shell to the B chassis, installed in the unpowered B unit. cuit. It may be easier to remove the truck file off the square cornersat the front end assembly while soldering the wires. To of the unpowered B chassis to clear the Other Observations remove the truck assembly, hold a number nose of the A body shell. 55 driIJ by the flutes with a pin vise and This model received an Excellent rat The open frame motor with a five-pole press out the truck retainer pin with the ing of 5.0 for Noise and Assembly work skewed armature and large flywheels con shank of the drill. manship, a Fine rating of 4.0 for Tractive tribute to a smooth-running model with Free-running trucks and less dead force, Efficiency, and Speeds, for an over good coasting. The body shell is easily weight will allow this AlB combination to all rating of 4.4. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1 998 • 29 [PROTOTyPE MODELING] ------ By Rick McClellan eing a Springfield, Missouri native, my passion fo r the Frisco (SLSF) and the large Springfield PHOTO 1. Nichols Junction on the right is where the SLSF mainline splits and goes to both Yard (SY) is only natural. I can still Tu lsa (next to aisle) and KC (next to wall). remember walking from my grandmoth· er's home on East Avenue to Division Street and watching black Frisco diesels switching cars in the 1960s. We moved several times during my childhood, but we always seemed to be close to the Frisco mainline or the Springfield "belt" that cir· c1ed the core of the original city. I have walked across the pedestrian bridge over the North Yard numerous times and seen countless trains. I was even on hand to see new mandarin and white GE units being sent to the diesel shops for initial servicing in the early 70s. If r only had a 35mm at the time .... Layout Concept The overall concept for the Springfield Terminal Division is a large central yard that receives traffic from five direc· tions-Ft. Smith, Tulsa, Kansas City, St. Louis and Memphis. A smaller yard, the North Yard, handles all of the local indus tries and empty cars. Local switch i ng is done in east Springfield, Kissick, Mt. Vernon and Aurora. The time is summer 1974 and the PHOTO 4. US Highway 60 parallels the Frisco mainline from Springfield to Monett. The highway was made by pouring plaster of Paris between styrene forms and leveling with a Frisco is in the process of trading in F units straight edge for a smooth finish. The background to the right is Aurora, Missouri with the and GP7s for newer GP38ACs and grain elevator. GP38-2s, although the fi nal 20 Fs won't MFA 30 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 • PHOTO 5. Nichols Junction is on the left in th is photo. The Springfield yard is in the upper center with the East Springfield industrial area to the far right. leave the property until November. Rail traffic is booming, especially with the transcontinental service olfered with the SCLlSLSF/ATSF and SCLlSLSF/UP agreements. ATSF, UP and SCL units make daily appearances at SY. Benchwork The Springfield Te rminal Division is located in my 25 x 40-foot basement. The visible portion of the layout is 55 inches high, which gets the equipment close to the operators to facilitate the numerous switching assignments. The bench work on the Springfield Te rminal Division is I x 4 x 18-inch open-grid sections that are attached to the walls with drywall screws. Knee bracing is used to support the outer edge of the bench work. Support legs are used only in the area between Springfield PHOTO More of the East Springfield industrial area. The building fronts and structures and Aurora and the duck under in East 6. Springfield. Knee bracing was selected were kit-converted by Steve Priest. The double mainline splits just beyond the wall, with one line heading to St. Louis and the other to Memphis. because it allows me to get under the lay out quickly and easily as well as to provide room for chairs and bookcases. hardboard glued to the edge of the layout rail for flex track and turnouts. Code 83 The bench work in the cities and towns serves as a fascia for mounting control was selected fo r its overall realistic look. 1 is covered with 3/4-inch AB plywood panels and command control input jacks. have adopted number 6 turnouts as my selected for its strength, smooth surface standard, although older sections of the and reluctance to warp. In the open coun Track layout have number 5 code 83 turnouts. try areas, the benchwork is still x 4 con Mainline and yard turnouts are powered I struction with 3/4-inch plywood used for The standard for track on the by To rtoise slow-motion switch machines, subroadbed. Eighth-inch tempered Masonite Springfield Te rminal Division is code 83 which are activated by nearby toggle RAILMODEL JOUFlNAL FEBRUARY 1998 31 • PHOTO Separate operating sessions are planned that will include steam-powered passenger and freight trains from the fifties. This is 7. the curving mainline that parallels US Highway 60. Control System The Springfield Te rminal Division is an operating layout and requires the use of a solid command control system that allows operators to accompany their train. The Keeler CTC80 system was selected because of its simplicity, ease of use and overall reliability. CTC80 al lows for the random, multiple unit assignment of any number of locomotive type, which mirrors the prototype Frisco. Remote push-button locomotive assignment panels from CTC80 have recently been added at Springfield Yard and the Mt. Ve rnon/ Kissick peninsula to facilitate engine assignments. Scenery PHOTO Lo oking back down the aisle toward the "US Highway 60" curves, with Aurora, 8. Scenery outside of the cities is extrud Missouri and the MFA grain elevator on the left. ed Styrofoam glued together with con struction adhesive and formed with a razor switches. All other turnouts are activated 3/4-inch plywood serves as a subroadbed saw and rasp. In some areas, Plaster of by Caboose Industries ground-throw for the code 83 track. The track is painted Paris was added to provide a platform for levers with green/red color coding on the with Floquil Grimy Black before adding rock castings and to form ditches. Most throw . ballast. The Frisco called their track bal areas are simply Styrofoam smoothed with bar. Each section of track and each turnout last "chat" and it was normally Ozarks the saw and rasp and covered with frog have stranded 22 gauge fe eders to the limestone. As a result, chal on the Woodland Scenics ground foam. Ground 14-gauge power bus for smooth and reli Springfield Te rminal Division is real foam of various colors and textures has able performance of locomotives at any Ozarks limestone that was crushed by my been used to give the scenery the variety point on the layout. Cork roadbed on the friend Louis Griesemer. we see in nature. 32 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL FEBI'lUARY 998 • '1 It's a quiet summer day in 1974 at George and Mary's Market until Frisco's QLA (Quanah, Texas-to-Los Angeles) breaks the silence. The mar ket is a laser-cut wood kit from American Model Builders. STOUTLIIND sLfepER LIfSANON /tOUNO HOU!le· ES PHIU/P �IJURG SnLEM CONWRY /'Jrf2.eAs erN � LAYoUT _ N2£A5 Tb � BUILT POPLAR Je T POPLllR BLUFF CHIfPIN BR�ND.sV'LI. KO.3rlXONONC 5EL/GMtlN --_ _-_MI5S0U . RI . _-_. --_ --_.- .._-_ .,---- .. .. . --_ . .. GARFIELD IlRK4N545 ILLt ll... IIV()CA -a IIIPPL?-o RANCH JeT. ""ROY � BilKER '""t::1 11----'\;-c..,.:,:::-.�je�LL':eLl-$·. -'-""-__- WIL L I� OAD :s;, OLive BNtlfNC RAVl!NDl!N \S' The Springfield Te rminal on the prototype Frisco, like the HO scale model, extends from Aurora northeast to Springfield. The HO scale ver sion includes the branchline to Mount Vernon, and the branch to Ozark is planned for later construction. Sagebrush, harvested from a trip to achieve the look and feel of the railroad SCL and ATSF-SLSF-SCL transcontinen Reno, Nevada, is the basis for many of the they are modeling. The Springfield tal trains of the 60s and 70s and the pool foreground trees. It's hard to beat the look Terminal Division is no exception. My power agreements. Units from all four of a knarly oak tree to capture the feel of philosophy is to scratchbuild most of the roads can be seen passi ng through the Ozarks. Sagebrush trunks fi ll this need industry structures and construct the more Springfield. quite nicely. Foliage on the sagebrush is generic residential and rural structures Frisco's 1974 diesel fleet was approxi Woodland Scenics polyfiber with coarse fro m kits. am not fa r along in my mately 70 percent EMD and 30 percent T ground foam of various shades of green. scratchbuilding to date, although several GE. EMD units in service on the layout Background trees are Wo odland Scenics structures are in various stages of comple include SW9, GP7L, SD40, SD45, GP35, polyfiber balls covered with �oarse tion. The building flats on the layout are F3A and B arid F7A and B. GE units on ground foam in all three green shades. the work of Steve Priest, an award win the Springfield Te rminal Division are Forests made of all three shades of green ning ATSF modeler with a fl air fo r kit U33Cs and U25Bs. All engines in active make very plausible ground cover. I have converting and detailing. service are powered to simplify engine about 600 trees on the layout with about assignments in CTC80. All dummy units 2,000 more needed to achieve the feel of Motive Power are permanently stationed at the diesel those Ozarks woods. repair facility as non-functioning back Power fo r the Springfield Te rminal ground activity. Structures Division consists of a mix of SLSF, UP, The ultimate motive power goal of the Most prototype modelers scratchbuild ATS F and SCL units. This interesting mix Springfield Terminal Division is to have a a great deal of their structures in order to of roads is the direct result of UP-SLSF- mix of SLSF units that mirrors the motive 34 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 998 • 1 PHOTO 9. The peninsula with the Kissick and Mo unt Vernon towns is to the far left behind the train order board. A po rtion of the Aurora yard is visible to the far right. power mix of the era. have chosen Lo T acquire and paint 10 percent of the various makes and models of the Frisco roster for the 1974 era. Fortunately, this translates into an average of three GP35s, five SD45s, etc., which is achievable given the variety and quality of today's diesel manu fac turers. Operations Operation on the Springfield Te rminal Division normal ly includes a schedule of 22 to 25 trains per session. Trains origi nate from hidden staging yards that repre sent Ft. Smith, Tulsa, Kansas City, St. Louis and Memphis and either pass through or terminate in Springfield Yard. In addition, a local train serves east Springfield, another serves Mt. Ve rnon and two locals serve Aurora. Car movements are controlled with the four-position Car Card Waybilling system by Old Line Graphics (1604 Woodwell, Silver Spring, PHOTO 10. The Springfield yard is on the left and North Ya rd is on the right of this aisle. Maryland 20906). We operate with a crew of seven. There are two yard jobs in the main Springtield tries and shuttles cars between its small yard All trains coming into Springfield Yard (SY), consisting of a west end and east and the main yard. Three crew members run must leave their train on one of the R&D end crew. These crews are responsible for freights over the road or the locals that serve (Receiving and Departure) tracks and ser cars in SY as well as classification of all Mt. Ve rnon and Aurora. Radio dispatching vice their engines at the diesel fllel facili helping the hot trains make it through the keeps the crew members in constant contact ty. Operating sessions usually run about Springfield bottleneck as soon as possible. with the seventh crew member, the dis three hours, fo llowed by a session critique Another Springfield yard job is the North patcher. Trainsheets are used by the dis by the operators. Yard crew. This job switches thelocal indus- patcher to record train movements. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 35 • r;;�' .-,.c.. r; ,.., .. - ..� ,...... Future Enhancements for the Springfield Te rminal Division There are big plans in store for the Springfield Te rmjnal Divi sion. Two addi tjonal eras, 1950 and 1978, will add to the operational variety. Steam engines and passenger service will bring back the glory days in a 1950 session. Operators in the 1978 session will do their work with GPI5-ls, GP40s and SD40-2s along with the modern, white-only Frisco coonskin heralds on freight equipment. Equipment for each era is being bu ilt and accumulated. The addition of the Kissick branch will add two more locals to the session with separate locals serving the Ash Grove plant and the City Utilities power plant in Kissick. The Ash Grove lime plant will need covered hoppers for bulk lime, box cars for bagged lime and open hoppers fo r crushed rock. The City Utilities power plant will receive loaded unit trains of coal and send empties back to the mines in eastern Kansas. Nichols Junction is always a hotspot for Frisco ra ilfans. Tra in SYCY (Springfield yard-Cherokee yard, Tu lsa) led by two F7 As (Stewart) meeting Train 61 which ter minates in the Springfield yard. All of these locomotives are custom painted. Signals and a fast clock are also on the radar screen for the Springfield Terminal Division. The fast clock will probably come next simply because it's more affordable. Signals will follow but much later, maybe in two or three years. Summary I never knew how enjoyable model railroading could be until I started operat ing with the KC operating crew a few years ago. Operation opens a whole new dimension to model railroading. Ron White gets the credit for starting me in operations about J 0 years ago on his Frisco layout. have learned a great deal [ about operations from Doug Taylor, Charlie Stapleton, Chuck Hitchcock, Mark Davidson, John Breau, Keith Jordan and others tooK;ii numerous to name. RMJ COR NMRA NMRA N�riorlill COn\/'�tiD"� · July20·26, 1')98 . KIJlH, Cit�, Mi$sourl· RAILMOOEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 37 • 1 998 J------[PAINT DETAILING & 1------1 ---- 38 fiAII_MOOI I JOUfiNAL rn:WlUI\RY • 1 998 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 39 • Springfield City Utilities Power Plant Kissick, MO Ash Grove NMRA National Convention • July20·26, 1998 Lime . Kansas City, Missouri · Down, Memphis/St. Louis MFA Frisco Railway Priest Propane Springfield Terminal Division Upper Level PHOTO 11. Lo( right, North Yo Caboose o Diesel m Track Facility o Tapjac Lumber Team Track Mokan Concrete Springfield, MO North Yard Springfield, MO South Yard Jans Lumber South R&D Tracks Rip Track " "".1'.'''_- .rni North R&D Tracks D PHOTO 2. Tra' Division Nichols B Meteor at Nichols June SI. Jct. Ave. SYCY as p ses . . hl cenlennio1 FI 40 MODel I::;AII JOURNAL • ITBIlLJAI::;Y 19c)8 �------ Up Ft. Smith/Tulsa/Wichita Staging St. Louis/Memphis (ing back up the same aisle as photo 10, with the Springfield yard on the j on the left, and Nichols Junction barely visible in the for upper left. Frisco Railway Springfield Terminal Division Lower Level Kansas City 1, with GP35s 703 and 71 1 (Kato), is holding just short of the crossover , wa iting for clearance to enter Springfield yard, as the caboose of train caboose is an Overland Models import painted to match one of Four cabs. Up lO Springfiel / / �/ ;/ RAIL MODEL JOURNAL · FEBRUARY 1998 41 ------[DlESEL MODELlNG] ------ From Athearn & Trains Unlimited Parts By Bob Ernst Model photos by Robert Schleicher cab and chassis Bob Ernst used theTrains Unlimited (P.O. Box 460341, Aurora, CO 80046-0341) GP7 hood and the n S create this replica of a Santa Fe-rebuilt Baldwin switcher with EMD power. from the Athearn Baldwi 12 to 42 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 998 • -, RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY -1998 43 • [TECHNIQUES ]------ The Gooderham & SOBlTalBUIJ,DIIG Worts Distillery IIClS T-PWTER By Ian Wilson The east end of the prototype structure. The green discs are the orig inal bearing plates and the grey disks are those added after an explosion and fire in the 1880's. By this time (October 1994), all trackage in the vicinity has been removed, and the Gooderham & Wo rts complex stands alone as a reminder of To ronto's industrial past. T ucked away in the old factory district of east To ronto, a limestone dinosaur of North America's early industrial age slill exists. Constructed in 1859, the classic fo ur-story Gooderham and Worts distillery building stands stark and proud, amid elevated roadways, housing developments, and industrial wasteland. Fu ll-scale production of rye whisky ceased here in 1957, and the railway sidings which once served this industry were removed several years ago. This steam era structure is the inspiration for the construction of this HO scale model. Although the focus of this article is a distillery building, the c onstruction techniques are suitable for any similar structure. A stone building nesLied in the industrial district of any model railway layout gives character to the surrounding area, and suggests a history. Carloads In and Out Operations 1n the case of a industry such as the Gooderham & Worts dis The author used a cutout of photograph of prototype sign on his ti llery, many incoming boxcar loads of raw grain (barley, corn and rye. primarily) would be required. Tank car loads of molasses (for model. Note silhouettes, representing blinds and cartons, behind windows. Bearing plates were made �rom punched disks of styrene. disti Ilation into rum) would have been another incoming ship Downspouts to hide vertical joints have not yet been added. menl. Box car loads of whisky, in wooden barrels (until the end of RAILMODEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1998 45 the nineteenth century, and bottles from CAST PLASTER that point on) were shipped out. Other out ������P.l1 going shipments would have included tank car loads of spent wash (a by product of the distilling process, whjch would later be dried and used as livestock feed), malt (for commercial use by others), neutral spirits (orraw alcohol, distilled from the mash of any fe rmentable material and used as a base fo r marking liquors, vinegar, methy lated spirits and perfumes), and anti-freeze (another product of a distilling operation). Constructing the Model You will note that, although I used the Gooderham and Worts distillery building as a basis for my model (and this construc tion article), my structure is by no means an exact replica of the prototype. Selective compression and other measures were taken to simplify the project. With the Closeup of the prototype's mortar, window, drainpipe and bearing plate detail. Features completed model, I aspired to capture the such as single vent in window opening can be easilY modeled, helping to give fi nished d general appearance and feel of the proto model a distinctive appearance. Differing shades ot single stones are rea ily apparent close up. Some time with a small brush and earth or mud colored paint will bring the type structure. As the construction J model's stonework to life. describe is based upon creation and assem bly of modular units, you are free to adapt this process to suit your own purposes. Characteristics and dimensions of the basic wall panel, and the number of these panels used (lengthwise, widthwise, and height wise) will determine the finished appear-. ance of your structure. Repairing the Wa ll Master Panels Construction begins by selecting a plastic sheet material with a recreation of a stone and mortar surface. Suitable patterns for this type of structure are available as sheets of plastic including Holgate & Reynolds (Field Stone), Busch (Random The overhead walkway in another part of the distillery complex is labeled with sign similar Stone 7037 or Cut Stone 7038), or Brawa to that on stone building. Such details give identity to an industry. (Masonry Slabs 2826). r believe I used the Brawa material for my structure. I chose to use a fur-window section (or "panel") and a three-window one-door section for my moulds, to economize on the amount of rubber needed. For my purposes, a build ing three "panels" long by one panel wide by fo ur panels high was appropriate. This arrangement maintained the general pro portions of the prototype structure, and captured the "feel" of the distillery. To have modeled it in a 1: I ratio would have produced a building almost one foot long by two feet wide. Considering the fact that this structure would only represent part of an entire brewery complex, scaling it down was necessary. For the basic wall panel, r cut a section of the plastic stone material measuring 12 fe et high by 30 fe et long. Grandt Line Years of exposure to the elements have roduced a weathered appearance to the limestone. masonry windows (S 154) were chosen to Note the larger windows (not modele! by author) in this section, and vertical drainpipes. represent the prototype windows. Here, The sign can be cut or copied from this il lustration, and added to a model. another compromise fo r the sake of ease of 46 RAil MOD[l JOUI�NAl • n 8riUAI�Y 1998 Trackwalker's view of the Gooderham and Wo rts distillery complex. Note author's overhead walkway, uniting the buildings and provid ing an eye-stop for viewers at the same time. construction was made; the prototype's windows are rounded at the top, whi Ie the Grandt Line windows are square. For the doors, r chose to use some leftover castings from a Heljan Brewery kit; any round or square-top freight door would be suitable, depending on your preferences. I also chose not to represent the keystone-type stones over each window on the prototype. one wishes to incorporate these, some If modification of the master would be nec essary before casting the mould. The general arrangement fo r window location and spacing fo r a wall master which r made is shown in Figure I. On the prototype structure, there is a band of thicker stone running the length of the structure (sides and ends) fl ush with the bottom of each window course. This fea ture proves to be very convenient for the modular construction of the model: the stone course helps disguise the horizontal joints between the panels. On the Brawa stone sheet, strips of View of the prototype Gooderham and Worts stone distillery building, looking east. By this larger stone, one block high, are included time (early 1990's), some trackage has been removed. The trackage in foreground once (presumably for joints). These strips are served the industrial area of east Toronto. The single story extension in foreground is the ideal to represent the prototype's thick fermentation building. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 47 • stone band under the windows. If you are CAST PLASTER using another type of plastic stone materi al, cut a separate strip and cement it along the bottom of the master. Please note that the placement of window openings in the model is designed to allow fo r the raised stone strip at the bottom just ciealing the sill of the Grandt Line masonry windows in place. When laying out your wall panel master, locate the bottom edge of the win dow openings accordingly. See Figure 1. The backs of my waIl panel masters are braced heavily with Evergreen styrene strip material, 3/16 inch square and 3/32 inch x 3/ 16 inch. The larger of these mate rials was nicely sized to run along the bot tom edge of the masters, and provide just the right spacing up to the bottom of the window openings. See Figure 2 for the arrangement of this material. You will note that the plastic strip material braces the panel and provides a square rigidity, while On author's Grand River & Northern Railroad, the Gooderham and Wo rts stone distillery acting as a "dam" around the window building stands adjacent to a brick complex, amid machine shops, furniture factories and openings for pouring of the liquid rubber other industrial structures. to produce the mould. Similar-sized plastic strip material may be used; these dimen sions happened to be what I had on hand at the time of the project. Whichever materi al you use, make sure that the dimension providing thickness for the panel is consis tent with all bracing members. Otherwise, there will be rubber leaks somewhere. Pouring the Wa ll Molds I wanted to remove the patterns from the backing material when the mould work was finished. Therefore, in preparation for pouring the RTY rubber molds, glued the [ plastic wall masters to pieces of styrene, using Walther's Goo. Any similar cement would work. Then, around the masters, construct dams using any suitable material: balsa, styrene, stripwood, etc. Glue this material to the styrene base using a contact cement, you will need to remove the dams when the mould has cured. Allow about lI8 Author's model under construction. For realistic staining of stone, prototype photos were inch border around the patterns, and make referred to continually, under lighting conditions similar to those where the building would sure the dams are at least ] /4 inch higher be placed on layout. than the wall sections, to allow for suffi cient depth in the molds. Pour the RTV rubber according to the package directions. To minimize wastage (this material is not inexpensive), calculate the volume of the required molds by mea suring them (length, width, height) in cen timeters; the product obtained will be the required volume in milliliters. Allow for 5 mm (0.5 cm) above the top of the mould. Deduct the volume taken up by window and door openings. Give yourself about 10 percent more material than your calcula tions call for, to allow for residue. The instructions with the rubber material J purchased (Plasticast Silicone Rubber RTV 302AC) specify measuring the rubber 48 RAILMODCL JOURNAL • ICCBRUARY 1 998 and catalyst by weight. Much easier and more accurate measuring can be done by PLASTIC STONE MATERIAL volume, calculated by using the specific WITH SUITABLE PATTERN gravity values provided with the rubber OPENINGS SIZED TO ACCEPT material. WINDOW CASTINGS SAMPLE RTV RUBBER-TO CATA LYST VOLUME CALCULATION (RTV rubber with typic specific gravi ty of 1.2, catalyst with typical specific of 1.0) Note the directions furnished with the RTV compounds usually call for EXTRA STRIP OF STONE MATERIAL ALLOWING WINDOW CASTINGS TO CLEAR the catalyst to be mixed with the RTV rubber at 5 percent level by weight. [1', for example, 100 mL of rubber has a mass of l.2 you will need 120 grams (1.2 x 100 = 120). Given 120 grams of FIGURE 1--FRONT OF WA LL MASTER PANEL RTV rubber, the required amount of catalyst (in this example) is 5 percent of 120 grams or 6.0 grams. The volume of catalyst required will then be 6.0 -'-1 .0 = 6.0 mL and the ratio of catalyst to rubber by volume is 6: 100, or 6 per cent. Therefore, for any volume of rub ber, amount of catalyst required will be 6 percent of that. After pouring the rubber material, set the molds on a level surface. With a sharp X-Acto knife, prick any bubbles that come to the surface over the first few min ALL BACKING MATERIAL OF UNIFORM DEPTH utes. Based on my experience, you will AND FLUSH WITH EDGES OF WINDOW OPENINGS have to wait at least a fu ll hours before � III III Ii 24 peeling the dam material away and remov ing the molds, but be prepared to wait a couple of days. Do not disturb the rubber FIGURE 2--BACK OF WA LL MASTER PANEL until all tackiness has gone. Humidity and temperature factors have a great deal to do with curing times. Pouring the \Na ll Sections When the rubber cures, and you have removed the molds, you are ready to begin casting walls. 1 have found that this is best done al l at once, such as over a weekend. STYRENE SCALE 1 x2 Wo rking with plaster is a messy job at best. ON EDGE Produce as many wall sections as you wi II NUT-BOLT-WASHER need, plus a couple of extras, to allow fo r CASTING breakages and rejections. Ln my experience, Hydrocal plaster is the only suitable casting material for struc ture walls. Plaster of Paris is too soft and fragile, and does not reproduce fine detail, such as mortar lines, as well. With ordinary plasters, there is a greater tendency for air bubbles, a headache with which you need not have to deal. White or grey Hydrocal (I understand there is no difference in prop erties modeling point of view) are frolll a FIGURE 3--BEARING PLATE DETAIL both suitable; I prefer the white. Small quantities can be purchased at hobby shops, or a 50 pound bag ordered from a building sLipplies hOLise. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 49 • surfaces. Jockey the panels around until small brush and some thinned Polly Scale compatible units are alongside each other. colors such as Earth and Mud, randomly For gluing Hydrocal castings together, the paint individual stones a darker color. Estimate the volume of plaster needed only reliable cement r have fo und is 5- With this step, the stone wall will really to fi ll the mold, using the technique minute epoxy. Weldbond, carpenter's glue take on some character. Dry brush a few described earlier. For the small quantity and cyanoacrylate cement (ACC) may highlights with white, and seal the fi nish required for a wall section, I have fo und work for you, but I have chosen not to with a spray of Testor's DullCote prior to 35 mm plastic fi lm containers to be ideal trust them after a few sections have come the addition of the windows. The basic "measuring cups" for the plaster and apart. Edge-glue the sections together wall coloring is now complete. water. keep one for each. After pouring a with the 5-minute epoxy, and use scrap I couple of walls, you will determine just pieces of sheetwood as reinforcement Bearing Plates, Windows & Doors the right amount required. Mark your con between wall sections. You will note, in the photos of the pro tainers appropriately fo r future pours. Glue the units together face up, to totype, round steel plates on the outsides Set your mold on a flat piece of scrap ensure that adjacent pieces are fl ush of the walls around the entire structure. plywood, surrounded by newspapers. across the front face. [n some cases, the These are actually bearing plates, on the Having mixed the water and plaster in an sections have to be attached face down, if ends of steel rods running the length or appropriate container (small plastic yogurt there is a difference in thickness between breadth of the building. Explosions due to containers work well), pour the mix into the two castings. The front face is the only spontaneous combustion were common in the mold. Fi II it just to the top; if you over important one. [ usually mix up a good grain storage buildings; with 2-feet thick fi ll the mold, skim off the excess with a batch of the epoxy, and glue several units stone walls, a company could not afford piece of stripwood or styrene. It is impor together in pairs. A fe w minutes later, the cost in human lives or the fi nancial tant to maintain a consistent thickness to lightly sand the edges of these double sec cost of a collapsed building. Therefore, the wall panels, for neat assembly. Work tions and glue them to each other, and so the steel reinforcing rods were added. To the plaster around into all the nooks and on, until the entire walls are together. represent these on my model, I used a crannies with a scrap piece of stripwood Make sure you cut enough reinforcing paper punch to create small discs of .0 IO or styrene. Gently raise and drop the mold, pieces of scrap sheet stock in advance, as inch thick Evergreen sheet styrene. Short which forces air bubbles to the surface. you will not have time to scrounge around pieces of Evergreen HO scale I x 2 inch Watch out for spattering plasterl Prick the when the epoxy has been mixed. styrene strips were added to create the "X" air bubbles with an X-Acto knife. Be sure Depending on viewing angles for the shape, and a Grandt Line nut-bolt-washer to run the point of the knife or stripwood structure's placement on your layout or head was attached to each to represen t the around all the window sills and corners as diorama, decide which pair of walls wi II restraining bolt as shown in Figure 3. It air bubbles have a tendency to become overlap the other. On my model, the did not take quite as long as it sounds to trapped in these places. peaked ends overlap the sides. This choice create a fe w dozen of these units, and the With the plaster pouring operation, I eliminates a lot of dusty sanding of plaster result was well worth the effort. usually get all the wall pieces done over a to accommodate a roof joint along the side When the bearing plate assemblies are weekend, breaking out a cured piece and walls. Test-fit the wall sections to be sure complete, lay them out with your window pouring a new one on the hour. Even 45 the structure is square, sanding any gaps and door castings, and spray them an minutes is probably sufficient setting time. or crevices to produce tight-fitting corner appropriate color. case, it was a However, once the plaster sections have joints. Use the X-Acto knife to scrape In my dark green. When the initial color has been liberated from the mold, they need a mortar joints into the unfinished ends of dried, overspray with a few weathering day or two to dry before any attempt can the castings to match the adjacent walls. colors. The bearing plates could also be be made to glue them together. I like to painted in a contrasting color. You will clean the castings with an X-Acto blade Coloring the Wa ll Sections note in the end views of the Gooderham while the plaster is still a bit moist. With the completed wall sections laid and Worts structure that a second set of Combining the Wa ll Sections out flat in front of you, it is time to stain steel bearing plates and rods were added them. Study the accompanying pho some years after the building's construc When the castings have dried suffi tographs of the prototype distillery upon tion, and that they are painted grey. There ciently and have been cleaned, sand the which my model is based. Note the subtle indeed was an explosion in the 1800's, backs of each one with a sanding block greys and earth tones of the stone materi with the additional reinforcement put in reserved only fo r plaster work. You will al. The most important consideration place after that time. see why after a fe w passes over the first when staining the walls is this: do it grad castingl is not necessary to flatten the ually! Start with a thin wash of black It Adding the Window Panes backs completely, but rather to sand off leather dye diluted in alcohol. Then apply and "Interior" any irregularities which may cause the thin washes of greys and earth tones, using casting to lie in a tilted fashion. To achieve diluted Polly Scale or acrylic paints. Take When the parts are thoroughly dry, peaked sections for the tops of the end your time, and let each wash dry before determine the exact dimensions of the walls, carefully scribe and snap a pair of adding another. View the wall under the window castings, and cut a piece of clear wall units, to produce a triangular shapes. lighting in your layout room. Compare the styrene "glass" material. Glue it to the you have sized your openings to accept finish to the photographs. back of a window casting, and test-fit the If Grandt Line masonry windows, the result Light oversprays with an airbrush can assembly in one of the window openings. ing truncated window openings will be also be effective, working with the same Adjust the size of the glass piece if neces nicely sized to accept Grandt Line attic patience as with the washes. When the sary. When you have determined the windows. stains are dry, subtle brushing with pow dimensions to ensure a good fit, cut a Lay out an entire wall of panels face dered pastel chalks (greys and earth tones) quantity of them, and attach the glass to up, and make note of any uneven adjacent wi ll create nice effects. Now, taking a the windows. Then glue the windows into 50 RAILMOOCL JOURNAL FEBRUARY • 1998 :::J Cll Cll :::J Z_. () o.... :::J CDO !l 0...... Cll " '0 " II II CD' � �o � o '. 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OC/7H• AM.rW" J/il OR1". o l., $,rm:- :::J = �'r ' <1l " ;"�,: .. / Wo- ;�(,�, � JJ '< -, -lIn .'I.;".:; ��:.# -,-lit. '(dl.. » eo '< /�/�/:�. ;:.,,,,,-/l i'!ns )N'rlh'{� .I':�/ I r= _:'. ;'�rr' .-Ilurul /1,1 /", .)( " .ff ynUI £'/1 da;r ..: -=--:- : � Q. 8 ,;,;;:':\" ' r �:�U:'\' 'Id,/o,I'l.r,, /�/)'"",'/. \r"u o :::J 3 "�N/ 3 9 ,...., o Cll LJ :���= m r 1010 '- < x 40 o o .f'lop.#' T£/9e-O C z 5", the building. As strength is really not an current roofing on the prototype. Slate or can be added in a number of places. Paint issue in this bond, I have found We ldbond rolled roofing would also be appropriate these black, grey, or a matching color to to be adequate. Spray the back of each on structures of this nature. using either the gutters and downspouts. Signs can be wall with Testor's DuliCote, to produce an plastic or wood stock as a base. After the made using rub-on letters or a computer opaque back surface to the windows. The roof has been attached, spray it with and printer. I chose to photograph the pro exteriors of the panes will still have clear Floqujl Grimy Black paint. There are totype, and cut the sign aLit of the resulting reflective surfaces. metal downspouts on the prototype struc photographic print, a copy of which is A significant degree of depth can be ture, running down every fo urth column reproduced here. Some touch-up on the added to the structure, suggesting an inte of windows, which match our wall panel edges with a paintbrush will be required. rior, by placing paper shades and silhou joints. For our purposes, these downspouts Other optional details would be pulleys ettes to represent machinery, piping, vats are designed to cover up the vertical joints mounted on structural steel brackets, high and cartons, behind the windows. Using between adjacent wall units! Use styrene above loading doors. In the old days, these ordinary bond paper (either white or rod or tubing, scaling out to three to five block and tackles would have hoisted sup ivory), cut rectangles to represent window inches in diameter, to represent these plies to the top stories for the distilling blinds, and glue them with varying pipes. Some gentle bending with round process. Some cast off wooden barrels, degrees of height behind any or all of the nosed pliers at the ends will produce the left over from the cooperage days, would window openings from the top edges. required shapes. Attach them to the sides be appropriate around the building. Now, Then, using black construction paper, cut of the walls with ACC or 5-minute epoxy. locate your structure on a siding, scenic several pieces in various shapes to repre Rain gutters along the edges of the roof the ground around it, and arrange for sent machinery, and glue these behind can also be added, using styrene channel deliveries of grain box cars in, and whisky some of the windows. Piping can also be or half-round material. Paint these fixtures box cars out. presented. Aluminum fo il can be used fo r to match the downspouts. One final word: from comments I vats. Cut beige paper or (even better) There are a variety of fe atures on the have received when displaying my bui Id scrap sheetwood stock to represent car roof of the prototype distillery. A pair of ing, people expect to smell whisky when tons, and situate these behind some of the stone chimneys, made from scraps of cast they come near the structure. 1 have been lower windows. The overall impression of wall material (two pieces glued back to debating about spraying some rye whisky these additions is one of depth to the back for each chimney, with mortar lines onto the structure, and letting it soak into building. Viewers' imaginations will work carved in as required), are appropriate to the plaster, to give the building a pleasing in your favor, convincing them that the grace the ends of the structure. The eleva- prototypical smell. It's worth a try... RMJ structure has interior detailing. Space the bearing plates around the structure in accordance with the arrangement shown in the prototype photos, and attach them with ACC cement. After adding the doors, Bill of Materials the walls are ready for assembly. Wall Master Panels Bearing Plates Assembling the Wa lls Plastic sheet stone material Evergreen .01 O-inch-thick styrene Measure the lengths and thicknesses of Vmious sizes of styrene strip for bracing sheet the fo ur walls. Cut a piece of floor stock. RTV rubber Evergreen HO scale 1 x 2 scale For this I use 1/8-inch-thick hardboard styrene strip material like Masonite. Make sure you allow fo r thicknesses of walls. See sketch. Wall Panel Castings Grandt Line nut-bolt-washer castings Using I inch square or I x lumber, cut 2 Hydrocal plaster fo ur pieces to provide joining surfaces for the walls. Glue and clamp these to the Scrap styrene sheet stock floor stock. When the glue on the floor Roof & Details assembly is dry, attach the walls one at a Evergreen .060-inch sheet styrene time, spreading 5-minute epoxy along the WaDs floor surface and edge of reinforcing lum Window and door castings of your choice ( sub-roof) ber face. Use a square to ensure that they (Grandt Line masonry windows and Roofing material of choice are vertically true. Decide at this time if attic windows, and doors from a Heljan you will be providing any interior or exte Styrene or wood board & batten sheet rior illumination. This must be accommo Brewery kit were used for model shown stock (elevator housing) dated before attaching the roof, or a here) removable roof will have to be produced. Styrene rod or tubing (downspouts) Evergreen .0lD-inch-thick clear styrene Styrene channel or half-round Adding the Roof and Details plastic (eaves and troughs) When the epoxy has dried completely, lightly sand the top surfaces of the wall in Five-minute epoxy Optional details (tubing and/or sprue preparation for attaching a roof. For the Constmction paper material for vents and pipes, roof roof panels, measure the lengths of the tops of the wall surfaces, and add two Scrap 1I8-inch-thick wood sheet stock details, barrels, pulleys) scale fe et all around to the dimensions. I 52 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL 998 • FEBRUARY 1 [PAINT DECALS ]------& From the Proto 2000 HO Scale Kits By Richard Hendrickson Many AC&F Type 21 tank cars were built for Shippers Car Line, the tank car leasing company that was owned by AC&F itself. In the 1920s Shippers became a serious, though smaller, competitor to the two indus try giants, Union Ta nk Car Co. and General American Transportation Corporation. One of the 8,000 gallon Type 21 s delivered to Shippers Car Line was SHPX 9010. Built in August of 1 929, it was among the last Type 21 ta nk cars; by mid-I929 the Type 27 design, which was longer with smaller diameter tanks, already accounted fo r most of AC&F's tank car production. -AC&F photo, Hawkins/Wider/Long collection An early Type 21 built in February, 1923, CONX 3142 had a dome that was slightly smaller in diameter and lower in height than most of the later 8,000-gallon Type 21 s. When photog raphed at Denver in October of 1971 , it had just been restenciled over a weathered and shabby paint job which revealed an earlier black paint scheme with white billboard "CONOCO." In the 1940s and '50s, most Conoco cars were painted aluminum with black underframes, bottom sheets, and lettering. -Frank Peacock photo ne of the most important most important oil fields. This company, tank car builders in the early which dated from 1864, specialized in cars 20th century was American Car & that carried petroleum products, and its Foundry, which came into existence in Milton plant became AC&F's tank car fac 899 tlU'Ollgh the merger of small car tory. J 13 manufacturers. One of the 13 was Murray In 1904 AC&F introduced a series of Dougall & Co. of Milton, Pennsylvania, in standard tank car designs with all-steel the heart of what were then the country's underframes which simplified the con- RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 53 • struction of their tank cars in all types and sizes. Underframe and hardware parts were all the same, except for the length of the center sills and running boards; the only other variations were in tank volume and truck capacities. After several thou sand of these high-running-board "Type 4" cars were built, a modified design was adopted in 1911, with the running boards at bolster height, and many more "Type 11" cars fol lowed. As tank cars became more numerous, concerns about safety and structural integrity led to the development of more rigorous tank car specifications by the Master Car Builders Association. These became effective in 1917 and AC&F's Formerly Cos den and Company, the Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation of Tulsa retained standard design was changed to conform its original COSX reporting marks until the early 1950s; they were changed to SDRX when with the new specifications. Meanwhile, Mid-Continent merged with Sunray to become the DX Sunray Oil Company. This builder's tank car production came to a near-stand portrait shows an 8,000-galion AC&F Type 21 that was delivered in Au ust, 1926. In the still dlll"jng World War setting the stage g I, 1930s through 1950s, Mid-Continent's DX brand gasoline was promoted by painting bill for a boom in demand after the war ended. board DX logos on its tank cars, and life-like's second production run will include models of the cars in this scheme. -AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection The AC&F Ty pe 21 Thanks in large measure to Henry Ford's affordable Model T, the 1920s wit nessed an order-ot-magnitude increase in the number of automobiles on the roads and a corresponding increase in petroleum traffic on the raiJroads. In addition, many new roads were built and older ones were hard-surfaced, creating a strong demand for tar and asphalt. As a result, oil compa nies ordered new tank cars by the thou sands. addition, the expansion of 111 American industry stimulated rail ship ments of liquid chemicals and of animal and vegetable oils in growing volume and variety, and tank cars were also llsed to haul many other liquid cargoes ranging The Kanotex (Kansas-Oklahoma-Texas) Refining Company was another mid-continent from linseed oil for paint to corn sympfor petroleum producer which received 8,000-galion Type 21 tank cars from AC&F in 1926. candy. they were a i nted Numbered in the KOTX 8201 -8404 series, p aluminum and black and had During the decade immediately fo lJow small Kanotex logos to the left of the ladders when new. -AC&F photo, ing World War more tank cars were built Hawkins/Wider/Long collection I, in the U.S. than at any time before or since, with the number of tank cars in service more than doubling, from 50,000 to over 100,000. Amelican Car & Foundry met the demand by introducing the Type 21 design. On the most common sizes of Ty pe 21s, the 8,000 and 10,000 gallon versions, iden tical underfnUTIes were used except for the wood slabbing that supported the tanks at the bolsters. Smaller cars had sholter cen ter sills and mnning boards but otherwise their underframe components were the same as on the larger cars. Early 10,000 gallon Ty pe 21s had 4 course tanks, while later 10,000 gallon cars all 8,000 gal �md Ion tanks were of 3 course construction. Dome di,UTIeters and heights sometimes In the 19305 Kanotex tank cars got billboard lettering in red with black shading. By 1940, varied slightly. A haJlmark of the design when this photo was taken, KOTX 8335 was weathered and dirty and much of the red in was the shaJlow channel-section end sills "Kanotex" had worn off. Note that this car still had its original KC air brake equipment. and stub side sills. In addition to a riveted --George Sisk photo, Charles Winters collection steel center anchor, tanks were secured to 54 RAil_MODEL JOURNAI_ FEBRUARY 'I • 998 Kanotex converted some of its AC&F 21 s into two-compartment cars by the simple expedient of riveting a pair of tank ends back-to-back l inside the tank and installing a second dome, giving the cars one large and one smal compartment. KOTX 8138, shown here, illustrates the 1950s Kanotex paint scheme of aluminum tanks with all-black billboard stenciling. -photo from the Byron Rose collection Two hundred 8,OOO-gallon AC&F Ty pe 21 tank cars were delivered to the Shell Petroleum Corporation of St. Louis (Formerly Roxana Petroleum) as RPX 2301-2500. When new they had colorful yellow tanks with red billboard "SHELL" lettering, but this paint scheme did n't last long; in the 1930s the cars were repainted black with white lettering. Some had modest-sized "SHELL" stenciling above the reporting marks, but many others had only reporting marks and numbers. -AC&F photo, Hawkins/Wider/Long collection the underframes with fo ur straps, one at each bolster and one on either side of the dome. KC type air brakes were fitted and the cars were delivered with arch bar, Andrews, or ARA cast-steel trucks, according to the buyer's specifications. Ty pe 215 in Service The Type 21s were strong and durable, and most of them remained in service through the 1950s and 960s; some sur J vived for half a century or more. Even in the 1950s, they remained one of the most common tank car designs on North American rails, and the number of Type In the 1 960s Kanotex was acquired by the Anderson-Pritchard Company and became the 21s service did not diminish in revenue Apco Oil Corporation. The former KOTX Type 21 s were then painted black with APOX significantly until the 1960s, when they reporting marks and Apco logos, as shown here on APOX 8366 at Council Bluffs, Iowa in began to be displaced by a new generation 1967. This scheme, too, will be modeled in the second production run of life-Like models. of much larger cars with roller bearing -Frank Peacock photo RAIL MODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 55 • During World War II, 150 cars from the RPX 2301 -2500 series were transferred to the Shell Oil Company of California, where they became SCCX 1401-1550. In the late 1 940s and 1950s, they were painted black with white stenciling and yellow and red Shell emblem above the reporting marks and numbers, as shown here on SCCX 1496. -Virl Davis photo trucks. A number of railroads either pur chased Type 21 tank cars new or acquil'ed them second hand in later years for loco motive fuel oil or maintenance of way ser vice. In these roles. some Ty pe 21 s sur vived into the 1970s or even, in a few cases, the 1980s. In the 19308 the KC type air brake equipment originally applied to the Type 21 s began to be replaced by AB brakes, and cars with arch bar trucks got Andrews or AAR type trucks by mid- 1941, after which arch-bars were outlawed in inter change service. AB brakes were mandated after mid-1 953, and by 1958 Andrews trucks were required to be repLaced with AAR types (often, though inaccurately, In the 1920s the Conley Ta nk Car Co. was a major leasing firm. CYCX 9049 was one of a hundred 8,000-galion Type 21 s delivered in 1926 and came from AC&F's Milton works called "Bettendorf" by modelers) which stenciled for lessee Seaboard Midland Petroleum. Conley bought another 150 identical had integrally cast journaJ boxes. cars (except for different, or no, lessee stenciling ) in 1927. Conley then merged with the Tracing the ownership of Type 21 tank Pennsylvania Ta nk Car Company, which built tank cars as well as operating a sizeable leas cars often proves difficult because of the ing fleet, to become the Pennsylvania-Conley Ta nk Car Company, with PTX reporting marks. many buyouts and mergers in both the oil Pennsylvania-Conley, in turn, was acquired in the late 1930s by the General American and chemical industries in the I 920s and Transportation Corporation and its cars were absorbed into the General American fleet ] 930s; Illany cars went through as many as under GATX reporting marks. -AC&F photo, Hawkins/Wider/Long collection three or four owners during their lifespans. General American never bought new tank cars from arch-rival AC&F but over the years it acquired many AC&F Ty pe 21 s sec ond-hand. GATX 41 21, shown at Washington, D.C. in 1941 , wasn't one of the ex-Conley cars, though it was built at about the same time, because it had the slightly smaller dome that was an option on Type 21 s. -Ernest Stefan photo, Kalmbach Memorial Library collection. 56 RAllMODEl JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1 998 • The Union Ta nk Car Company was another major tank car operator which never bought AC&F Ty pe 21 s new but acquired a sizeable number of them second-hand. UTLX 94785, photographed at Pensacola, Florida in 1945, was an 8,000-galion Ty pe 21 in the 94535- 94960 series and, like all UTLX cars, was painted black with yellow lettering. -M. D. McCarter photo In addition, depression-era hard times type railroads they model. This isn't a example, in the steam/diesel transition era caused the economics of tank car owner problem, of course, with UTLX, GATX, the Union Oil Co. of Californiasold gaso ship to be reassessed in the 1930s, with the and SHPX cars, as these large leasing line only on the west coast, while firms supplied tank cars to shippers in aU Continental Oil Company's Conoco was result that many private shippers sold their a cars to major tank car operators like parts of the country. Ta nk cars belonging to mountain and plains states brand. Of General American, Union Ta nk Car Co., giant petroleum companies like Texaco or course, regional oil companies sometimes and AC&F-owned Shippers Car Line and major chemica] manufacturers like Dow used their tank cars to transport emde oil then leased them back as needed. and Hercules Powder also turned up from other parts of the country. Modeling Ta nk Car Traffic almost everywhere. Continental and Texas-based Magnolia Many smaller oil companies and pri Petroleum Co., for instance, both bought Modelers often buy and build tank car vate shippers, however, served only oil in Southern California in the late 1940s models rather indiscriminately, without regional markets, and in some cases their and 19508 and shipped it east in their own regard to the tank car traffic on the proto- cars ran only on assigned routes. For cars. But this was the exception, not the The Rock Island Refining Company started out in the 1930s with a small fleet of tank cars, operated about a hundred cars in the 1940s, and then disappeared in a merger or buyout in the early 1950s. RIRX 588 was a second-hand 8,000 gallon Type 21 in the 559-602 series. It's shown here at Duncan, Oklahoma around 1950. -George sisk photo, Charles Winters collection RAILMOOEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 57 • The Paper Makers Chemical Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan operated a fleet of about a hundred tank cars in the 19305, and a number of them were 8,000 gallon AC&F Ty pe 21s like PMCX 718, shown here when new in December of 1928. In the late 1930s Paper Makers was acquired by the Hercules Powder Company and its tank cars were added to the Hercules fleet under HPCX reporting marks, though still with their original numbers. These ex-PMCX Type 215 have been modeled by Life-Like in 1950s Hercules Powder paint and lettering. -AC&F photo, Hawkins/Wider/Long col lection and the paint and lettering are prototypi cally authentic and razor-sharp in appear ance. Reporting marks, numbers, and repacking data are pad-printed on the cen ter sills and/or side sills; even the tiny brake servicing data is on the air brake reservoirs (and is legible if you have a magnifier). Life-Like makes the detail palts very close to scale, which means that steps, grab irons, ladders and such are quite delicate. For an expel1enced modeler these tank cars are a pleasure to assemble, as they are well engineered and the parts fit together well, but caution is required to avoid breakage, especially in removing small parts from The Philadelphia Quartz Company, which manufactured and distributed silicate of soda, their sprues. A small pair of flush-cutting included a number of 8,OOO-galion AC&F Type 21 s in its ta nk car fleet. PQX 513, built in nippers or a brand new single-edge razor November of 1927, is shown here as delivered. Life-Like has modeled this and other PQX blade are recommended for this task; use a cars in their 1950s paint and lettering scheme. Silicate of soda was used in making, dull knife and you will break things. among other things, soap, glass, paper products, and metal alloys, so the PQX fleet trav The parts are more durable once they're eled widely in the eastern U.S.-AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection assembled, but even then some care in handling is in order, as it is hard to pick up a tank car without grabbing the handrails, ladders, dome platforms, or running boards. Grasping both trucks at the bol rule. the western states in cars with PQCX sters is the safest procedure. Yo u'Jl also Also, it was common for national com reporting marks. want to avoid exposing these models to panies to have regional branches, each Realistic tank car modeling, then, ham-fisted operators on derailment-prone with its own tank car fleet. Thus, the Shell requires not only accurate models but layouts-but then, you wouldn't subject Oil Company's North AmeL1can opera some knowledge of which cars would any of your fre ight cars to that ki.nd of tions consisted of three U.S. branches, have been likely to appear, and how fre abuse, right? Products (repolting marks quently, on the railroad you're modeling. These Proto 2000 tank cars come with SheH Eastern SEPX), Shell of St. Louis, formerly Conoco cars in Seattle, say, would have blackened-metal non-magnetic wheelsets Roxana Petroleum (reporting marks been highly improbable, as would Union whose treads can be realistically polished, RPX), and Shell of California (reporting Oil Co. cars in Boston. as well as with Life-Like's new Kadee marks SCCX), plus a Canadian affiliate style magnetic knuckle couplers. Av ail (reporting marks SCAX). As a result, Life-Like's Type 21 Models able now in kit form, they will be offered Shell cars in the centra] part of tbe country later as completely assembled models. But were almost always RPX cars, with SCCX Life-Like's new Proto 2000 series be advised that they are, like all Proto 2000 and SEPX cars confined mostly to the models of AC&F 8,000 ga llon Ty pe 21 kits, limited production items which wiJ] western and eastern states. Similarly, the tank cars are representative of the best not be re-run in the foreseeable future. Get Philadelphia Quartz company shipped sil- injection-molded styrene kits currently on the ones you want now or you'll have to icate of soda in PQX cars only to eastern the market. They are highly accurate and prowl the swap meets trying to find them. and midwestern locations; its Philadelphia superbly detailed. right down to uncou- RMJ Quartz Co. of California affiliate served pIing levers and air brake retainer valves, 58 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 • O. E. Linsin, Inc. of St. Louis started leasing tank cars in the 1930s with a rag-tag collection of second-hand equipment and grew in size during the 1940s and early 50s until it owned about three hundred cars. OELX 1945, built in February of 1920, is shown here at St. Louis in 1963 and was a recent acquisition which may well have had several previous owners before it turned up in the Linsin fleet. Linsin's cars disappeared from the Official Railway Equipment Registers in the late 1960s. -Joe Collias photo This relic, which once earned revenue for the Duredo Co. as DRDX 8054, somehow survived in the Chicago area until it was photographed in October of 1996, proba bly en route to the scrapper's torch. Note that though this car had 1970s era ACI panels, it was still equipped with Andrews trucks, which were banned in interchange in 1958. Duredo was a subsidiary of the John H. Grace Co. of Chicago, which also owned the Peerless Transit Line and operat ed ta nk cars under both DRDX and PTLX reporting marks as well as under its own GRYX initials. Grace was another bargain basement tank car lessor with an aging fleet of second- and third-hand rolling stock. -David Hussey photo The Proto 2000 HO scale model of the AC&F Ty pe 21 tank car, upgraded with wire handrails and steps. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 59 • ------[CALENDAR]------ Publisher: Lan-y Bell July 20-26. National Model Railroad Editor: Robert Schleicher 1998 Prototype Railroad Copy Editor: Brian Bevirt Association Annual Convention, Kansas Regular Contributors: Modeler Conferences City, MO, Kansas City Marion Down Louis A. Marre, Diesels town. Contact: Peter Ellis, Registrar, Jim Eager, Sixties-era Modeling April 30-May 2. Railroad Prototype 4904 W. 87th St. Parkway, #154, D. Scott Chatfield. 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I __ Charge my Visa or Mastercard - Card No. ______Date ______ Signature ______, __ L ______------�---. ------..I RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 998 61 • 1 [ EXPERIENCE ] r------ Previous articles that provide additional information fo r articles in this issue {on the pages indicated}. MODELING INTERMODAL 57-foot mechanical refrigeration cars from AthearnHo Modeling the Te xaco bulk oil dealer (with prototype CARS EQUIPMENT or MOC/Roundhouse N scale kits, "Car Spoilers Guide plans and models) at Devils Lake, onh Dakota, and No. 17," with ROSTER, by Jim Eager, December 1993. Decem ber 1994. (Article appears on pages 4·6 of this issue.) • PROFILE: 76-foot cryogenic reefers from Walthers HO • Modeling the Standard Oil Co. bulk oil dealer (with 50-foot piggyback flat cars and trailer prototype photos, and N scale kits, by D. SCOII Chatfield, March 1994. prototype plans and models) at Waterford, California, with model and decal sources, in color, J uly and PROFILE: AAR three-bay, nine-panel hopper cars April 1996. fro m MDC/Roundhouse scale kits, "Car Spotters September 1989. 1-10 Modeling the Oil Dealer Depot at Cranbrook, British Guide No. 23," by Jim Eager, June 1995. Columbia, prototype photo and plans, August 1 996. • Athearn HO scale 50-foot piggyback flat car and 24-foot trailer upgrade to match B&O prototype, October 1989. • Plans and prototype photos for Christie Oil Company, MODELING TA NK CARS Phoenix, Arizona, October 1996. • B&O 53-foot 6-inch flat cars and 24- and 33-foot trailer • NCRA Refinery in N scale, by Buzz Lenander, photos and equipment diagrams, October 1989. (Article appears on pages 53-59 of this issue.) Prototype photos for Walthers HO scale "Piggypacker" November 1996. • The nine most common tank cars of the eighties by trailer-loading crane, August 1989. • Modeling oil refineries with flow charts and maps. Kurt Stroer, July 1989. Intermodal yard track plan with prototype photos of November 1996. Athearn chemical car kit-conversion by Frank Hodina, matching Beacon Park (Boston), Massachusells, yard on Modeling oil depots using modified Walthers kits in July 1989. HO, N or scales, January 1997. the NYC, October 1989 and August 1989. 0 • Prototypes (7) for Athearn's 1549 chemical tank cars. Prototype photo of sixties-era Pennsylvania Railroad • Operations at prototype oil dealer depots, by Anhur September 1989. piggyback train of 75-foot Bethlehem Steel Corp. flat Mitchell, March 1997. • Prototypes for the Tichy HO scale small-dome tank car, cars, in color, January 1 990. October 1990 and April 1991. • Thrall (A-Line HO and Walthers N and HO) and LAYOUT DESIGN • 62-foot Athearn 1520 tank car painted and weathered to Gunderson double stacks (A-Line HO and Deluxe match Alberta Gas AGCX 10198, by Bob Rivard, Innovations April 1990. (Article appears on pages 30-41 of this issue.) N) August 1992. • Prototype photos and roster of 75-foo1 Bethlehem Steel Prototypes for the 40-foot Walthers Funnel Flow tank Most of the articles on layouts already completed in our Corp. flat cars to match Walthers HO scale kits, April cars by Bill Onorato, October 1991 and October 1992. monthly series "Your Layout, On To ur" include a track dia 1990. Kit-Conversion: A-Line ends on MDC tank to match gram that indicatcs approximately where the track is routed. 40-foot exterior post trailers (from Walthers 35-foot HO CALX 1020, by Bob Rivard, January 1993. These plans are intended to give you a general impression scale kits) and prototypes for the Walthers 75-foot Athearn 1549 chemical tank car repainted and weathered of the layout and where the photographs were taken. Few Bethlehem Steel Corp. flat cars, June 1990. as CGTX 58904, by Richard Gher, November 1993. modelers would have identical spaces where they might • Athearn and A-Line comtainers and trailers and Athearn Upgrading MDC/Roundhouse HO or N scale 50-foot tank want to duplicate these layouts exactly. Most of the track flat cars as modeled in HO scale by Robert Rogers, cars with etched walkways and ladders, February 1994. plans listed below, however, include the precise locations of September 1991. Walthers or Atlas 40-foot Kaolin tank car prototypes, by curve centers, the locations of turnout points and frogs and • Roadrailer Mark IV rail/highway trailer kit conversion D. Scott Chatfield, May 1994. the locations of track elevations. All of these locations are in HO scale from McKean kits, October 1991. Walthers 5150 40·1'00t Funnel Flow tank repainted and necessary to recreate and/or modify a plan in full size to Kit-conversion: Baltimore and Ohio class P-35 40-foot weathered as UTLX 60702, by Bob Rivard, December build that model railroad. Some of the anicles are discus intennodal flat cars (circa 1960), from Central Valley 1994. sions of track planning principles that apply to any layoul. nat car kits and A-Line, by Greg La Rocca, modified • "Shorty" or "Beer Can" tank cars from MDC HO scale Ottawa Silica S and prototype plant photos with both November 1 99 1. and Atlas N scale kits, by Thornton Waite, July 1995. model and prototype track plans, August and September • Athearn HO scale 85-foot TOFC and COFC ilat cars • Walthers 5250 65-foot tank car modified to side walk 1989. and Micro-Trains N scale 89-foot TOFC and COFC flat way as GATX 926 13, by Bob Rivard, November 1995. Frank Ellison's town, Donaldson, and its oil depot, cars, prototypes and models, March 1992. • Athearn 1570 40-foot single-dome tank car prototypes November 1990 and April 1991. • Fruehauf 48-foot u·ailers. prototypes and matching models and kit-conversions for two cars, by Richard B&O on two decks in N scale (4 x 16 feet) or HO scale in HO scale from A-Line kits, April 1992. Hendrickson, AU2uSt 1996. (5.5 x 29 feet), March and June 1991. Trucks and trailers in HO scale, from A-Line, Model AC&F Ty pe 21, ,000-gallon riveted tank cars, models • ATSF/BN/D&RGW "Joint Line" on two decks, in HO Power and Aurora kits. Mal' 1992. 8 and prototypes, from Proto 2000 HO scale kits, by scale, in 12.75 x 20.5 feet, July and August 1991). Commonwealth Cast Steel (GSI) 53-foot 6-inch flat Richard Hendrickson, February 1998. • Thurmond, West Virginia, Febnrary 1990 and April 1992. cars from Walthers HO scale kits (Car Spoilers Guide • Frank Ellison's town, Raymondale, with plans and back No. II), Deccmber 1 992. MODELING INDUSTRIES ground planning "A To wn Is More Than A Station," Upgrading Walthers Thrall double-stack cars with Plano SERVED BY TA NK CARS: walkways and convening stand-alone cars into five-unit May 1992 and April 1993. Modeling the City, a Compact Track Plan (2.5 x 6.5 feet aniculated sets, December 1992. (Articles appear 011 pages 9- 17 of this issue.) Athearn, Walthers and A-Line HO scale single-unit in HO scale, 1 x 3.5 feet in N scale or 4.5 x 12 fe et in • Tank car team track operations (unloading bulk com 0 scale, June 1992. double-stack well cars, prototypes, models, painting and modities) at Beacon Park Yard (Boston), October 1989. • Layout Design Improvements for Existing Layouts, a upgrading information, January 1993. Modeling the bulk oil dealer at Donaldson, by Frank critique of the N scale Cumberland Va lley Railroad of • 20-foot HO scale containers from A-Line kits, with Ellison, April 1991. Bill and Wayne Reid, by the Reids and Doug Gurin, paint and decals for modeling and matching prototypes, Tank car operations (with molasses loads) at sugar beet July 1994. April 1 994. plants in Colorado, February, April and June 1991. • Jim Providenza's double-deck Santa Cruz Northern, • Gunderson Maxi-3 (five-unit) intermodal well cars from Tank car (with chemical loads) operations at the Saint based on the Western Pacific Railroad, appeared in the Athearn or Con-Cor HO scale models, June 1994. Paul waterworks, by Bob Rivard, January 1993. Detail-proofing Con-Cor's 'Fuel-Foiler' intermodal December 1991 issue, and articles on the operations on • Tank car operations (with inbound fuel oil loads) at the that model railroad appeared in the May and July 1992, articulated spine cars. September 1995. Ponland Cement Co., Glens Falls, ew York, May 1992 May, June and September 1993 and July 1994 issues. SpOiling the second generation of intennodal double and May 1993. the models to their by Modeling Minnewaukan, North Dakota, prototype plans stack cars-marching prototypes, Modeling the Texaco bulk oil dealer (with prototype SCOII Chatfield, September 1995. plans and models) at Devils Lake, Nonh Dakota, circa 1902 and 1970, December 1994. Upgrading Walthers N or HO scale or A-Line HO scale December 1994. 8 x 9-foot double deck HO scale layout, the Coquille & Crescent City, by Ed Vondrak, February 1995. Thrall intermodal well cars with Gold Medal Models (N • Modeling the Standard Oil Co. bulk oil dealer (with scale) or Plano (HO scale) etched-metal walkways, prototype plans and • lOx 20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scalc steps and grabirons, June 1996. models) at Watelford, California, April 1996. Ve rmont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield Railroad, REEFERS INSULATED BOX CARS: Modeling the Oil Dealer Depot at Cranbrook, British April 1995. & 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch N scale (adaptable, in the • PROFILE: 60-foot PA CCAR "beer" cars from Eel Columbia, prototype photo and plans, August 1996. River Models HO scale kits, with ROSTER, by D. SCOIi • Plans and prototype photos forChristie Oil Company, same space to HO scale) shelf layout plan. The Westmont Chatfield, January 1993. Phoenix, Arizona, October 1996. Central, by Ed Vo ndrak, June 1995. Swift 50-foot reefer fleet, by Martin Lofton, Febl1lary 1993. • NCRA Refinery in N scale, by Buzz Lenander, • 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch HO scale shelf layout plan, PROFILE: RPL-c1ass 57-foot refrigerator cars from November 1996. the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed Vondrak, August 1995. Con-Cor HO or N scale kits,"Car SpOilers Guide No. • Modeling oil refineries with now charts and maps, • 27x47-foot HO scale DM&IR (Missabe orthern) dou IS," with ROSTER. by Jim Eager, March and April 1993. November 1996. ble-deck layout as built and as projected improved ver • Modeling oil depots using modified Walthers kits in sion, by Jeff December 1995. PROFILE: FGE 50-foot plug-door insulated box cars 0110, HO, N or scales, January 1997. • NTRAK module planning using transition modules from Walthers HO or N scale kits, "Car SpOilers Guide 0 and No. 14." with ROSTER, by Jim Eager, February and Operations at prototype oil dealer depots, by Arthur multi-module sets for more realistic scenes, by Kelley April 1993. Mitchell, March 1997. Newton, Deccmber 1995. 62 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 998 • 1 • HO scale 1909 Wells Fargo express reefer from MDe IOx20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale • Compressing prototype structures to fit smaller spaces. kit parts by Darrel Taylor, April 1993. Ve rmont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springlield Railroad, September 1991. • Caboose/combine kit-conversion for mixed train opera April 1995. Scratchbuilding a Pennsy class G-4 1 A Steel Coil Car in 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch scale (adaptable, in the HO scale, September 1991. tions in HO scale from MDC's 1 900-era wood passen N ger cars by John Swanson, July 1993. same space to HO scale) shelf layout plan. The • Building a metal-sided feed mill from styrene, November We stmont Central, by Ed Vo ndrak, June 1995. 1991. Duplicating Northern Pacific passenger cars and con sists with kit conversions and painting in N scale by 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch HO scale shelf layout plan, • Tracing plans directly onto styrene sheet using a nuores Stephen Krauss, January 1995. the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed Vo ndrak, August 1995. cent light, steel ruler and hobby knife, December 1991. grain elevator and silos scratchbuilt from • Modeling modern streamlinedpassenger cars in HO • I ?-foot x 7-foot 6-inch scale Modoc Mine Division of M.J. Pritchard 1-10 scale with American Model Builders sides on Eastern the Santa Fe Southwestern, by Ed Vo ndrak, October 1995. styrene, January 1992. Car Works bodies by Ken Patterson and John Hitzeman, Using removable and interchangeable structures or • Using photocopy machines to reduce or enlarge plans to March 1997. dioramas to model diffe rent eras on the same layout or any scale, March 1992. • Boston and Maine and Western Maryland coaches from module as parts of the "A Change of Scene" series, • Scratchbuilding the Thurmond, WV commissary (on the January 1996. C&O) in HO scale from styrene plastic, March 1992. Bethlehem Car Works etched metal sides and plastic carbodies, June 1997. • Modeling specific real railroad scenes on the L&N, as Scratchbuilding the steel trestle near Minot, North recreated by Michael George in scale, February 1996. Dakota using styrene strips. with plans and prototype Modeling MU (multiple unit) passenger cars in HO and 1-10 S scales on the Pennsylvania, Lackawanna, Reading and • Two lOx I I-Foot rooms, HO scale Cedar Falls & Maple photos, September 1992. Valley, by Ed Vo ndrak, March 1996. Scratchbuilding a giant Midwest (Denver, Colorado) Illinois Central by Vic Roseman, July an August 1997. • Passenger car "Want List," readers' chance to vote on • Turnouts versus Sector Plates, a pair of 2x8-foot switch grain elevator from styrene in N scale, December 1992. the cars you want produced as easy-to-build injection ing layouts with the space-saving advantages of the sec Scratchbuilding the brick "Cumberland Laundry," with molded plastic kits, December 1997. tor plate, by Ed Vondrak, May 1996. construction layout diagrams and model photos, • Building racks to transpon and store modular layout December 1992. PA SSENGER TRAIN OPERATIONS sections, by the Midwest Valley Modelers, May 1996. Scratchbuilding the Grand Isle Creamery with model • Milk car operations at Hoboken , New Jersey and • Gifford & Tiosa RR, a bedroom-size layout For HO or N photos and plans, June 1993 (more plans and prototype Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, October 1990. scale, by Ed Vo ndrak, August 1996. photos, March 1991). • Baggage car operations on the Reading by John R. • Modeling the Norfolk & Western Railroad's Shenandoah • Scratchbuilding brick and stone structures in styrene, Green, December 1992. Division in HO scale in a 52 x 94-foot basement, by Jim some with carved clay surfaces at Exebridge Quay, Milk train operations in the Northeast by John Nehrich, Brewer, October 1996. August, September and November 1993. November and December 1991 and January 1993. A point-to-point layout with a loop and easy staging for Scratchbuilding with Plexiglass interior walls and win A Railroader's Story Series: Charles Carangi is two towns, by Don Coppola, November 1 996. dows, April 1992 and December 1993. squeezing most of the operations at the southern end of • Adapting a prototype oil refinery track plan to an Scratchbuild a coil transfer crane from styrene strip and the busy Northeastern Seaboard's "Metropolitan NTRAK module, by Buzz Lenander. November 1996. sheet, February 1994. Corridor," into an average size basement. The railroad is • "A Change of Scene:' using oil depots to recreate indus • Scratchbuild a steel coil mill from Pike Sluff parts, triple-decked and most of the trackage and train lengths trial scenes circa 1931, 1946, 1956 and 1966, JanllaJY 1997. August 1994. have been compressed to a fraction of their size. He is recreating all the passenger train movements ill one of • Modeling the Southern Railway's "Rathole" division in • Scratchbuild Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ice storage ware the busiest areas of the world are operating in scale HO scale, by J.D. Smith, February 1997. house, November 1994. 1-10 Scratchbuilt scale cement plant and plans for the -all-be-it with shoner train lengths. Part of this series • Knightstown and/or Princeton, a single or double-deck 1-10 I shelf layout for lO x 10-feet in HO or N scale, with sec Northwestern Portland Cement Co. plant, February 1995. appeared in the December 1990 issue, with a basic state tor plate staging yards, by Ed Vo ndrak, February 1997. Scratchbuilt CP Rail lineside shed (instnllnent case) with ment of the principles of compressing mainline opera tions into minimum spaces. Pal1 II, in the December • Steel mills, concrete dealers and other heavy industry on prototype and model plans and photographs, March 1995. 199 1 issue, explained how major yard operations can be ponable, modular layouts. The Calypso Yard Railroad, • Scratchbuilt Appalachian coal mine (the Majestic by Phil Baggley, March 1997. Colliery-from plans in the January 1994 issue), May condensed into minimum spaces. Part II. on duplicating the railroad operations at the Aberdeen, MlII'yland mili Two shortlines, a dogbone-style walk-in layout for 10 x 1995. tary installation, appeared in the April 1993 issue. Part 14-feet in HO scale, by Ed Vo ndrak, April 1997. • Modeling a I IO-foot-tall railroad yard noodlight tower IV, on the operations at major towers, appeared in the • Adapting N scale modular layouts to NTRAK interFaces in brass, November 1995. August 1993 issue. Part V, describing the operations at on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's New River • I-Iow-to-build modern round-silo grain elevators from Subdivision, by Bernard Kempinski, August 1996 and PVC pipe in HO scale, March 1996. the Ragan, Delaware interlocking tower, appeared in the October 1994 issue. Part VI, describing the operations May 1997. • How-to-build modern round-silo grain elevators from in the prototype and model yards at Harrisburg, • A Change of Scene. Part IV: Changing Locomotives and PVC pipe in N scale, March 1996. Rolling Stock to Recreate Hinton, West Virginia as it was The "Scribe-'N-Snap" technique for building in sheet Pennsylvania appeared in the April 1995 issue. on June 15. 1956 and November 15, 1973, Mal' 1997. styrene, Part I, using photocopy machines for correct • Operations at the Southern Pacific's Oakland Mole pas senger ferry terminal, by To ny Thompson, January 1998. • Staging tracks on a giant turntable as part of around-the scale plans and back-lighting to trace the plans directly wall layout designed for lO x 12 feet in HO scale, the to the styrene, April 1996. Modeling Air Conditioning Underbody Details, by V.S. Waldpon & East Ridge, by Ed Vo ndrak, July 1997. The "Scribe-'N-Snap" technique, part II, snapping out Roseman, October 1997 and February 1998. • Two-Decks, No Helix, a double-deck layout in HO scale window and door openings and assembling the walls FREIGHT HOUSES, WAREHOUSES for a 9 foot 7 inch x II fo ot space, October 1997. and rooF, May 1996. TEAM TRACKS • 12 x 18-foot N scale shelF layout based on the BN and The "Scribe-'N-Snap" technique, p1lI1 111, plus methods of & Union Pacific operations in the Coeur d'Alene moun cutting styrene quickly and accurately: quick-clip trim and (Article appears on pages 14 and 45-52 of this issue,) tains. December 1997. valances from styrene strip, gang-cutting individual • Kit-conversion: freight house from Model Power HO or • A "Change of Scene," changing eras fro m July 1945 to 'boards' for loading docks, building fo undations and roof scale kits and Pike Stuff and Micro Engineering pans, July 1974, with locomotives, ro lling stock and vehicles suppons from plastic "scale lumber" and making custom N by Robert Schleicher, July 1989. on Rick McClellan's HO scale Frisco Railroad, signs from dry transfers and printed materials, June 1996. • Car-spotting operations at fre ight houses with CNW, February 1998. • Building a tank car unloading standpipe-an "industry" UP, Pennsy and Burlington prototypes, July 1989. • Modeling real world scenes from the Frisco on Rick in a square-inch of layout space, May 1997. • Operations inside fre ight houses, by the PRRH&TS, McClellan's HO scale layout, February 1998. • Build a brick warehouse or distillery, Gooderham & September 1989. Worts, from plastic patterns in cast-plaster modules, by Pittsburgh's cold storage and reefer facility operations. SCRATCHBUILDING Ian Wilson, February 1998. prototype photos and models, August 1990 and November 1991. (Article appears on pages 45-52 of this issue.) PA SSENGER CAR MODELING • Plans and prototype photos of the Baltimore and Ohio • Copying kit parts from larger or smaller scales (for use (Articles appear on pages 15-23 of this issue.) Railroad freight house at Fells Point, Maryland, October in your scale) with a photocopy machine, October 1989. 1992. Drilling pin-sized holes, November 1989. • Upgrading heavyweight passenger car underframes in • Track plans and operations at the Ba&O RR Fells Point • Soldering techniques (for turnouts or any other strip or HO scale by Noel Wilson and Bill Darnaby, May 1991. Te rminal, October 1993. structural stock), November 1989 and November 1995. • Boston and Maine combines and milk cars in HO scale • Plans, model and prototype photos for a Heede 2+2 Resin casting in latex molds with assembly techniques, from Funaro and Camerlengo kits. by John Nehrich, transfer crane/gondola cover lift, by Patrick Lawson. by AI Westerfield, January 1990. December 1991. February 1994. Building structures with balsa wood, April 1990. • Pennsylvania Railroad baggage cars in HO scale from Scratchbuilding the stone and brick warehouses at • "Snap-Out" construction in sheet styrene plastic, July 1990. Bethlehem Car Works kits by Ralph Gotowski, October Exbridge Quay in styrene and poured-plaster, "Snap-Out" construction with styrene brick, stone or 1993. September and November 1993. shingle sheet, December 1990. Modeling Reading Railroad baggage cars in HO scale Build a brick warehouse or distillery, Gooderham & Building the Troy, New York station in brick sheet plastic frol11 Bethlehem Car Works kits), by .Iohn R. Green, Worts, from plastic patterns in cast plaster modules, by and styrene, January 1991. December 1992. Ian Wilson, February 1998. • How to reduce or enlarge any plan to any scale with a • Private owner milk cars from Funaro and Camerlengo • Team track or freight house loading platform opera lions photocopy machine, March 1991. kits and brass imports, by .Iohn Nehrich, JanualY 1993. on the Milwaukee Road, circa 1948, February 1998. RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 63 • ------[WHAT'S NEW-IN AND S] 0 ------ "The Fairfield" is a standard-design station now available from Walthers is producing this "Sur-Sweet Feeds" mill as an easy-build Walthers as an injection-molded plastic kit for $44.98. plastic kit in 0 scale to r $49.98. Des Plaines Hobbies, 1468 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 6001 8, is offering cast-resin kits to build an S scale steel-style filling station. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for more information. Classic Construction Models, 6590 SW Fallbrook Pl., Beaverton, B.T.S.,P. O. Box 561, Seffner, FL 33583-0561, is producing S scale OR 97008, is importing this all-brass painted and lettered replica structure kits with laser-cut wood walls; roofs, signs, pallets, fences of the Caterpillar 914G Wheel Loader in 0 scale. Send a stamped, and the delivery truck are included in this "Elliott & Sons Supply" kit self-addressed envelope for more information. for $179.95. 64 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL · FEBRUARY 1998 [INDEX]------ (A rticle appears on pages 65-67 of this issue) roof, by Scott Pitzer, May 1996. "Rolling Pin"-shaped ends, from C&BT Shops FREIGHT CARS IN THE FIFTIES • PROFILE: 1937 AAR wood-side box cars with HO scale models, by Bob Davis, September 1991. • Wabash 1944 AAR lO-foot 6-inch interior height, (Article appears on pages of this issue.) 5/4 Dreadnaught ends from Sunshine or Athearn 53-59 HO scale kits, by Martin Lofton, February 1994. ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Improved • PROFILE: Modified 1937 AAR 40-foot box cars 4/4 Dreadnaught "Rolling Pin"-shaped ends, from Articles are listed in (more or less) chronological with 5/5 Dreadnaught ends from InterMountain, C&BT Shops HO scale model, by Ed Hawkins, order of first appearance of prototype cars. "PRO Sunshine and AthearnHO scale, Deluxe May 1991. HLE" articles describe the prototype and its match Innovations N scale, Pacific Rail Shops S scale • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior ing model. Usually, mticies on individual cars that and Old Pullman scale kits, with ROSTER, by height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with follow "PROFILE," "Upgrade," or "Kit-conversion" 0 Ed Hawkins, August, October and December "Transitional" rectangular-panel roofs, and listings are individual examples of the same car type 1996 and March 1997. Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from with a photograph of the model and its prototype. • PROFILE: 1941 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior C&BT Shops HO scale models, with ROSTER, 40-FOOT BOX CARS: height, 40-foot single-door cars with 5/5 Dread by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long. (* Note: Articles with a single asterisk are reprinted naught ends, from InterMountain or Athearn HO *February 1990. scale, Deluxe Innovations N scale, or Old Pullman • Kit-Conversion: ITC 1944 AAR O-foot 6-inch in the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol. 11, I scale models, by Ed Hawkins, FebI1lary 1995 interior height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars BOX CAR, BOOK I.) o (** Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in and Richard Hendrickson, March 1997. with "Transitional" rectangular-panel roofs, and • Pennsylvania Railroad X-37 40-foot single-door, the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol. I Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from TECHNIQUES.) 1937 AAR box car from Athearn's HO scale kit, C&BT Shops HO scale model by Ed Hawkins, by Curt LaRue, September 1990. February 1991. • Upgrade: Adding etched-brass or stainless steel • • PROFILE: roofwalks to box cars and reefers, by Robert Pennsylvania Railroad X-37B 40-foot double 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior Schleicher, January 1992. door 1937 AAR box car from Athearn and Front height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Range parts, by Curt LaRue, November 1992. Interim Improved 4/4 "Dartnaught" ends, from • Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to box cars, by • PROFILE: Ed Hawkins, May 1995. 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior C&BT Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Con-Cor N scale, or Atlas scale models-all • Upgrade: simulating separate ladders and grab 0 irons with "shadow painting." Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, by Ed with modified ends, with ROSTER, by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, from C&BT Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, *October • Upgrade: Detai ling Athearn underframes for 40- foot box cars and reefers by Martin Lofton, May Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or Con-Cor 1990. N scale, or Atlas scale models, with ROSTER, • Kit-conversion: 1991. 0 Modeling the "Dartnaught" ends by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, on C&BT Shops HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, • Upgrade: Detailed floors and interiors for HO scale box cars, by Martin Lofton, ':' *January 1991. *September, "'October and *November 1989. May 1992. • PROFILE: 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior • PROFILE: 1944 AAR IO-foot 6-inch interior • PROFILE: Z-braced 40-foot single-sheathed single-door box cars from Accurail and Sunshine height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door cars with height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Models HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from Improved 4/3/1 Dreadnaught ends, from C&BT February 1993. C&BT Shops HO scale models, with ROSTER, Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or Con-Cor by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, June N scale, or Atlas scale models, with ROSTER, • Kit-conversion: J - I!2-door single-sheathed 40-foot 0 box cars from Accurail's HO scale kits, by Richard 1992. by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, • Upgrade: 1944 AAR O-foot 6-inch interior Hendrickson, April 1993. I '!'November 1990. height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door car with • Kit-conversion: • Rebuilt 40-foot USRA single-sheathed box cars 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior from Tichy's HO scale kits, by Martin Lofton and Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door with 1/3/4 Richard Hendrickson, April, May, June 1992 and C&BT Shops HO scale kit, by Ed Hawkins, June tapered-rib Dread-naught ends and welded-side box July 1993. 1992. car from Accurail (ex-McKean) HO scale double • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad X26C box cars door kits, by Ed Hawkins, April 1994. (rebuilt from USRA single-sheathed X26 caJ's) height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door cars with Kit-conversion: 1944 AAR lO-foot 6-inch interior from Athearn and Sunshine Models kits by Martin Interim Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught ends, from height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door box car Lofton and Thomas Meacham, August 1992. C&BT Shops HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, Pat with 1/3/4 tapered-rib Dread-naught ends and riv Wider and Ray Long, *January 1990. eted-side from Accurail (ex-McKean) HO scale • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad X29 box cars from Red Caboose, Sunshine Models, or Walthers • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot interior' height, double-door kits, by Ed Hawkins, April 1994. HO scale or Fine N scale kits, by Martin Lofton, ACF-built 40-fool single-door cars with Interim • PROFILES: PS-I 40-foot single-door box cars: September 1993 and by Richard Hendrickson, Improved 4/3 Dreadnaught ends, with step-by-step Color photos of MNS, LS&L and D&H cars August 1997. how-to article on kit-convelting the C&BT Shops appeared in the "June 1989 issue. Part I of the HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, • PROFILE: 1929 Standard Canadian National 40- se ries, with a roster of all the cars built by foot single-sheathed box cars from Steam Shack's *December 1989. Pullman-Standard, plus a step-by-step "how-to" kit, with ROSTER, by Stafford Swain, June 1994. • Kit-conversion: Updating the IMW 40-foot box article on upgrading the HO scale McKean car with cast-resin Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught ends, Models kits (now offered as an improved kit from • Pennsylvania RR class X3 1 round-roof box cars, with ROSTER, by Rich Burg, March 1995. by Scott Pitzer. Accurail), appeared in the March 1993 issue. • Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad X29B Parts 11, TV, V, VI, VTI, VIII, IX, X, Xl and • PROFILE: 1937 AAR 10-foot interior height, HI, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars from Red "Merchandise Service" 40-foot single-door box XII appeared in the May, June, August, October Caboose (ex-fMW) HO scale, PacificRail Shops cars from Front Range HO scale kits, by Bob and November 1993, January, June and November scale and InterMountain scale (with ROSTER), Davis, March 1991. 1994, and June, July and S 0 December 1991 issue . by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, *July • Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad X29B An updated roster, with more information on door 1991 and by Richard Hendrickson, November 40-foot single-door box cars from C&BT Shops styles and details, appeared in the November 1993 1992. and Sunshine Models kits, by Martin Lofton, issue. An index of all the photos (over 130!) that January 1994. had been published in "The Journal" to that date, • PROFILE: 1937 AAR 10-foot interior height, 40-foot double-door ACF-built cars from Red • PROFILE: 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior appeared in the June 1994 issue. A comparison of Caboose HO scale, Pacific Rail Shops S scale and height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with the HO scale InterMountain, Accurail (improved InterMountain scale, by Richard Hendrickson, Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught "Rolling Pin"-shaped McKean), Walthers, Model Power, Con-Cor and 0 January 1998. ends, from C&BT Shops HO scale models, by Ed Cannonball make cars (except for the newer Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, *.Iuly 1990. InterMountain model) appeared in the March • Upgrade: IMW 1937 AAR HO scale box car kits, by Richard Hendrickson, July 1994. • Pennsylvania Railroad class X-43 1944 AAR 10- 1993 issue. An article on Kadee's new HO scale fo ot 6-inch interior height, ACF-built 40-foot • Kit-conversion: C&O rebuilt 1937 AAR 40-foot model appeared in the May 1997 issue. box car with Hutchins ends and diagonal panel single-door cars with Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught • Upgrade: McKean (now improved by Accurail) l'lAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 65 • 199B [INDEX]------ HO scale PS- I kits with roofs and underframes, HO scale. InterMounain N scale. or Old Pullman Wider and Ray Long, with ROSTERS, April, by Ed Hawkins, November 1993. scale models, by Richard Hendrickson, October o August. October and December 1991. by Jim • Soo 40-foot PS- I box car from McKean Models 1995 and March 1996. Eager, March and May 1994 and by Richard HO scale kit. by Dan Holbrook, December 1990. • PROFILE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior Hendrickson, September 1997. • Upgrade: InterMountain HO scale 40-foot PS- I height, 50-foot double-door cars with one 5/5 • Upgrade: Eastern Car Works HO scale ACF two with backdating infollllation, by Ed Hawkins, Dreadnaught end and end doors, from Proio 2000 bay covered hopper, by Ed Hawkins, April 1991. December 1994. HO scale kits or Micro-Trains N scale models, by • Kit·conversion: Bowser, Kato or Eastern Car • Soo 40-foot PS-I box car from McKean Models Richard Hendrickson, September 1996. Works HO scale ACF two-bay coyered hoppers, HO scale kit, by Dan Holbrook, December 1990. • PROFlLE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior by Alan Mende, March 1994. • Rock Island 40-foot PS-I single-door box car height, 50-foot single-door cars with 5/5 • Kit·conversion: ACF tlVo-baycovered hoppers from Micro-Trains N scale model, by Robert Dreadnaught ends, from Proto 2000 HO scale or from Con-Cor N scale fo ur-bay covered hoppers Ortiz. November 1994. Old Pullman scale models, by Richard 0 by Kent Charles, August 1990. • Kit-conversion: CN 40-foot box cars from Hendrickson, coming in 1998. • PROFILE: Pullman Standard PS-2 two-bay McKean Models (or C&BT Shops or • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foOi 6-inch interior covered hoppers from Atlas or MDC HO scale, InterMountain) HO scale kits and CRM cast resin height, ACF-built 50-foot single-door cars with Atlas N scale, S Helper Services S scale, or parts, by Stafford Swain, December 1992 and Improved 1/3/4 Dreadnaught ends, from We aver 0 scale kits, by Rich Gher, July 1990 and May 1993. Branchline Ylodels HO scale, or Pacific Rail by Ed Hawkins, April. June, September and • Kit-conversion: Linde 40-foot box/tank cars Shops S scale kits (or from 40-foot kit-conver November 1995. from McKean Models HO scale or Con-Cor I sions of C&BT Shops HO scale, Deluxe • PROFILE: Pullman Standard PS-2 two-bay scale kits, by John Ryczkowski, July 1993. Innovations N scale, or Atlas scale models as covered hoppers, as Pennsylvania Railroad class 0 • PROFILE: Santa Fe Extended-Height 40-foot illustrated, step-by-step, in the **March and H34, from Atlas or MDC HO scale, Atlas N box cars from We sterfield's HO scale kit, by ':' *April 1990 issues), ':'*August 1989 (B&O scale, S Helper Services S scale or Weaver 0 Richard Hendrickson, May 1995. cars), **June and ':'�'September 1990 and October scale kits, with H34 ROSTER, by Rich Burg, • Kit-conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad class X- 1992. December 1993 and January 1994. 29G 40-foot box car from Details We st 50-foot • Pennsylvania Railroad (ex-GAEX) 50-foot single • General American single Airslide covered hoppers kit. with Athearn doors. by Ed Bley, February doar "DF" box car from Details West HO scale from Walthers, Con-Cor and Eastern Car Works 1991. kit, by Bob Oavis, April 1991. 1-10 scale and Atlas N scale kits, "Car Spotters • Kit-conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad class X- • PROFILE: Pullman Standard PS-I 50-1'001 dou Guide NO. 5" (private olVner cars), December 54 40-foot plug-door box car from Details West ble-door box cars from InterMountain's HO scale 1990 and October 1992. HO scale 50-foot kit. by Ed Bley, January 1991. and Atlas or Micro-Trains N scale kits, with ROS • General American single Airslide covered hoppers TER, by Ed Hawkins. June and August 1995 and from Walthers. Con-Cor and Eastern Car Works SO-FOOT BOX CARS: January 1996. HO scale and Atlas N scale kits."Car Spotters (** Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in • Pullman Standard PS-I 50-foot single-door box Guide No. 8" (railroad-owned cars), February the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol . I cars from InterMountain HO scale and Micro 1991 and October 1992. TECHNIQUES.) Trains N scale kits, with ROSTER, by Ed • Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to box cars. by Hawkins, December 1995. FLAT CARS: Ed Hawkins. May 1995. • PROFILE: 1951-1980 General American • Bethlehem Steel 75-foot piggyback flat cars from • Upgrade: Simulating separate ladders and grab (GAEX) 50-foot single plug-door and slid Walthers HO scale kits, with ROSTER, by Mark "OF" irons with "shadow paillling." ing-door box cars from Branchline Models HO Vaughan, April 1 990. • Upgrade: Detailed floors and interiors for HO scale, or Pacific Rail Shops S scale kits (or from • B&O 50-foot To fc ee (Piggyback) Flats & scale box cars, by Martin Lofton, **January 40-foot kit-conversions of C&BT Shops HO Trailers, prototype photos and diagrams with 1991. scale, Deluxe Innovations N scale, or Atlas 0 Athearn "stand-in" kit-conversion, **October • PROFILE: Modeling the 50-foot wood and com scale models as illustrated, step-by-step, **March 1989. posite steel box cars manufactured between 1894 and """April 1990 issues,**March 1990, with • Bulkhead, V-deck pulpwood cars in the upper and 1932, with ROSTER, from MDC, Westerfield ROSTER, ':'*April, "":'June "":'September 1990, Midwest, by Dan Holbrook, October 1989, HO scale and Cameron Scale Models (ex **April 1991 and **February 1992. January and May 1990 and September 1991. Berkshire Valley) 0 scale kits, by Rich Burg and • Comillonwealth (GSI) 53-foot flat cars and bulk Richard Hendrickson, ':'July, ':'October, CABOOSES: head cars from Walthers HO and N scale and S �'November 1989, July 1995 and July 1996. Kit-conversion, D&RGW (ex-D&SL) wood Helper Services S scale kits, with ROSTER, "Car • Upgrade: Adding grabirons, ladders and other caboose from MDC's HO scale kit by Darrell Spollers Guide No. 12," by James Eager, details to MDC's HO scale 50-foot single Taylor, August 1991. December 1992. sheathed box cars, by Richard Hendrickson, July Eastern-style steel cabooses from Proto 2000 HO • Upgrade and prototypes for Tichy HO scale 40- 1996. scale kits, Life-Like N scale kits or Weaver 0 foot flat cars by Richard Hendrickson, June 1993. • PROFILE: 50-foot single-sheathed double-door scale kits on the Shawmut, October 1991. • Southern,AT SF, CSXT, C&G, A&WP, RF&P, box cars fro m the late twenties from MOe. Lehigh Valley eastern-style cabooses fro m Life GM&O, MP, W of A, GA and ACL bulkhead Westerfield and Walthers HO scale, Walthers N Like (or Proto 2000) 1-10 scale kits. by Steve pulpwood flat cars, by Rhett Coates, September scale and Cameron Scale Models (ex-Berkshire Kley, October 1991. 1993. Valley) 0 scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, • Kit-conversion: SAL and 50-foot bulkhead Assembling etched-brass caboose kits, step-by 40 1995. V-deck pulpwood cars from Athearn HO scale July step. by David Lawler, January 1992. • PROFILE: 50-foot single-sheathed single-door kits, by Larry Denton, October 1993. box cars from the late twenties from MOC and COVERED HOPPERS: • Upgrade: Simulated wood decks for plastic Westerfield's HO scale kits, by John Nehrich, July (*** Note: Articles with three asterisks are reprinted decked flat cars, by Robert Schleicher, April 1995. in the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vo l. Ill, 1994. • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad X-32 and X-33 COVERED HOPPERS, BOOK • Kit-collversion: V-Deck pulpwood car from I.) 50-foot double-door box cars from Bowser HO • Upgrade: adding separate grabirons and steps to Walthers HO or N scale bulkhead flat car kits, by scale or Fine N scale kits. with ROSTER, by Rich plastic hoppers and covered hoppers by Bill Robert Schleicher, April 1994. Burg, February 1 996. Wright and Ed Hawkins. December 1991. Northeasternpul pwood and wood chip cars, by 1. • Pennsylvania Railroad X-3 1 B 50-foot round-roof • Upgrade: Scale-size covered hopper ends from Emmons Lancaster, August 1997. 1-10 scale box car from Menzies (now made in brass angle, strip and wire, step-by-step, by Ken • PROFILE: USRA-design 42-foot flat cars from plastic by Bowser in HO scale and cast re sin by Patterson, December 1995. Red Caboose HO ar 0 scale kits. by Richard Fine N Scale in N scale) kit, by Bob Davis, • PRO FfLE: ACF two-bay covered hoppers from Hendrickson. August 1991. Bowser, Kato, or Eastern Car Works HO scale, GONDOLAS: • PROFILE: 1941 AAR 10-fo0l 6-inch interior Loco-Motives (ex-V- line) N scale, or Weaver 0 • Kit-conversion: C&O 100-ton gondolas. with 50-foot double-door cars with 5/5 prototype photos and plans, from Athearn three- height. scale kits. July 1990 and (by Ed Hawkins, Pat Dre ldnaught ends. from Proto 2000 or : Athearn 66 FiAILMODEL JOURNAL I=E8RUARY • 1 998 [INDEX]------ bay offset-side hoppers, (and how to cast the H-37 three-bay hoppers from Stewart's HO scale TANK CARS sides and ends in resin), by AI Westerfield, kits, with ROSTER, by Rich Burg, June 1996. • Kit-conversion: Skelgas propane 40-foot tank car December 1989. • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad H-2 1 fo ur-bay from Athearn's LPG tank car by Frank Hodina. July 1989. • Pennsylvania Railroad class G-3 1 54-foot gondo hoppers from Bowser's HO scale kit, by Rich Burg, la from Con-Cor's HO scale kit, by Ed Bley, May 1993. • LPG 40-foot tank cars, circa 1952, from Athearn December 1990. • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad class H-22A HO scale and Rivarossi N scale models, from • Kit-Conversion: EJ&E 50-foot gondola from four-bay hoppers from Bowser's HO scale kit, ACF Industries, September 1989. • Prototypes for the Tichy scale small-dome AHM's HO scale model, by John Nehrich, with ROSTER, by Rich Burg, May 1994. 1-10 October 1994. tank car, October 1990 & April 1991. PROFILE: CN 141000- 1 42749 48-foot REEFERS: • Kit-conversion: Linde 40-foot box/tank cars from gondolas from We sterfield's HO scale kit, with • Upgrade: Adding etched-brass or stainless steel McKean Models HO scale or Con-Cor N scale ROSTER, by Staffo rd Swain, September 1996. roofwalks to box cars and reefers, by Robert kits, by John Ryczkowski, July 1993. • • PROFILE: Greenville-design 52-foot mill gon Schleicher, January 1992. PROFILE: GATC 12,SOO-gaJlon and 10,000- dolas from Proto 2000 HO scale kits, by Richard • Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to reefers and gallon tank cars from kit-converted Athearn kits Hendrickson, November 1996. box cars, by Ed Hawkins, May 1995. in HO scale and Micro-Trains N scale models. by • Upgrade: Simulating separate ladders and grab Richard Hendrickson, August 1 996. HOPPERS: irons with "shadow painting." • PROFILE: GATC 12,500-gallon tank cars from • Upgrade: Adding separate grabirons and steps to • Upgrade: Detailing Athearn underframes for 40- modified Athearn kits in HO scale, by Richard plastic hoppers and covered hoppers by Bill foot box cars and reefers by Marlin Lofton, May Hendrickson, August 1996. Wright and Ed Hawkins, December 1991. 1991. • PROFILE: AC&F ICC- 103W 10.000-gallon • PROFILE: USRA 55-ton twin hoppers from welded tank cars from Red Caboose HO or • PROFILE: Santa Fe Rr-5 through Rr- I I wood 0 Accurail, Tichy, Westerfield and Life-Like in HO side reefers from Sunshine Models HO scale kits, scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson. April 1 996. and InterMountain in scale, with ROSTER, by • PROFILE: AC&F Ty pe 27 ICC- I 03 10.000- 0 with ROSTER, by Richard Hendrickson, January gallon riveted tank cars from InterMountain's Richard Hendrickson, May 1995. 1992. 1-10 • C&S (photos and equipment diagram) and • PROFILE: Santa Fe steel-sheathed ice bunker scale kit, by Richard Hendrickson, July 1997. Berwind USRA 55-ton twin hoppers from reefers Ii'om C&BT Shops (or InterMountain) HO • PROFILE: AC&F Ty pe 27 8,000-gallon riveted Accurail, Tichy, Westerfield and Life-Like in HO scale kits, with ROSTER, by Richard Hendrickson, tank cars from InterMountain's HO scale kit. by and InterMountain in scale, July 1989. Richard Hendrickson, October 1997. 0 November 1994. • • PROFILE: Upgrade: AccuraiJ's HO scale USRA twin hopper, • Upgrade: C&BT Shops HO scale Santa Fe AC&F Ty pe 21,8000 gallon riveted by Richard Hendrickson, May 1995. reefers, by Richard Hendrickson, !\ovember 1994. tank cars, models and prototypes, from Proto • Pennsylvania Railroad class H-3 1 two-bay • Upgrade: InterMountain HO scale Santa Fe 2000 HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson. hopper from Athearn's HO scale kit, by Ed Bley, reefers, by Richard Hendrickson, December 1996. February 1998. July 1 99 1. • PROFILE: Union Refrigerator Transit (40-foot • PROFILE: B&O, CNJ, D&H, LV, N&W, RDG, wood reefers from Westerfield and Tichy HO BRAKE WHEELS and WM fishbellytwo -bay hoppers from scale and Micro-Trains N scale kits, by AI • Finding a model for specificprototype brake Stewart's HO scale kit, with ROSTER, by John Westerfield, June and August 1989 and July 1992. wheels circa 1930- 1 960, by Ed Hawkins, Nehrich, February 1992. • PROFILE: Swift wood and steel refrigerator cars September 1996. • Western Maryland two-bay fishbelly-side hopper from MDC, Sunshine Models and Tichy HO from Stewart's HO scale kit, by Scott Pitzer, June scale. Micro-Trains N scale and Ye Olde Huff n TRUCKS 1994. Puff scale kits. by Marlin Lofton, February • Identifying the HO scale freight trucks. by 0 • C&O version of WM two-bay fishbelly hopper 1993. Richard Hendrickson, February and April 1990, from Stewart's HO scale kit, April 1993. • Upgrade: PFE 40-foot R40-23, R40- 1 0, R40-20 December 1993 and February 1995. • Kit-conversion: CNJ and Reading fishbelly-side and R40-25 steel reefers from Athearn (or two-bay hoppers from Stewart's HO scale kit, by InterMountain) HO scale kits (and InterMountain PAINTING Alan Mende, June 1994. N and scale kits). by Te rry Metcalf, September 0 (** Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in • Western Maryland channel-side two-bay hoppers 1993. the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol. I from Stewart 's HO scale kit, with ROSTER, by • PROFILE: PFE 40-foot R40-23 reefers HO, N in TECHNIQUES.) Ed Hawkins, May 1997. and scale by InterMountain, by Richard • 0 Authentic railroad color chips matched to model • Upgrade: Athearnor Atlas 50-ton offset-side Hendrickson, October 1994. railroad paints, ParlS and II: box car red, mix [ twin hoppers with B&O and three MP prototypes, • PFE R40- 10 and R23 reefers from InterMountain tures and matches with Floquil, SMP and with step-by-step instructions, by Ed Hawkins, N, HO and scale kits-"Guess The Scale?", by 0 Scalecoat paints, by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and March 1998. Richard Hendrickson, March 1995. Ray Long, August 1989 and **June 1990. • 40-foot, three-bay rib-side hoppers from Stewart • PROFILE: PFE wood reefers in HO scale from • Authentic railroad color chips matched to model HO scale kits, with ROSTER, "Car Spotters Red Caboose. Westerfield and Tichy kits, with railroad paints, Part Baltimore and Ohio box Ill: Guide No. 6," by Jim Eager, January 1991. ROSTER, by Richard Hendrickson, April 1997. car colors, by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray • Pennsylvania Railroad (and MILW, PC, CR, WM, • PROlIILE: 36-foot and 40-foot wood reefers Long, August 1989 *';' DRG, CN, E-L and P&LE) class H-39 triple from MDC and Red Caboose HO scale and • Pennsylvania Railroad "Freight Car Red" by CUrl hoppers from Stewart's HO scale kit, "Car Micro-Trains N scale kits, by Richard LaRue, Ralph Gutowski and Brady M cGuire of Spotters Guide No. 16," by Jim Eager, April 1993. Hendrickson, February and October 1996 and the PRRT &HS, **November 1990. • Upgrade: MDC/Roundhouse 40-foot three-bay, March and July 1997. rib-side ACF-built hoppers, from MDC/Round (Note: Articles on color-malching real railroad color house HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, December STOCK CARS chips with the newer acrylic paints are scheduled 1991 and February 1994. • Swift wood stock cars. by Martin Lofton, for publication in 1998). • PROFILE: 40-foot three-bay, rib-side ACF-built February 1993. • Weathering tank cars with an airbrush, by Robert hoppers, from MDC/Roundhouse HO and N scale • Prototypes and modeling tips for the Central Schleicher, May 1997. kits, by Ed Hawkins, December 1991 and Valley HO scale Northern Pacitic stock cars, by • Dating freight cars with journalrepack data mark February 1994, with ROSTER, by Ed Hawkins, Richard Hendrickson, September 1991. ings, by Mont Swilzer, September 1990. February 1994. • PROFILE: Mather 40-foot single-deck stock cars • Dating freight cars with reweigh, station, weight d • AAR 70-ton offset-side triple hoppers from from Proto 2000 kits, by Richar Hendrickson, and service stencils, placards and truck details. by Stewart HO scale and Con-Cor or MDC N scale February 1997. Richard Hendrickson, June 1997. kits, by Richard Hendrickson. April and August • PROFILE: Mather 40 and 50-foot double-deck • "Vintage Dating," Weathering freight cars to 1995 and May 1996. stock cars from Proto 2000 HO scale kits. by match the colors and patterns of the steam era. by • Upgrade: Stewart's HO scale AAR 70-ton triple Richard Hendrickson, May 1997. Richard Hendrickson, December 1995. hoppers, by Richard Hendrickson, August 1995 . • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad H-35 and RAtLMODEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1998 67 [WHAT'S NEW-IN HO] ------ Westerfield is now shipping upgraded cast resin kits to duplicate the 40-foot USRA steel auto cars. The new kits have a one piece roof and detailed floor with both K and AB brake details. The kit with decals, but less trucks and couplers, is $25.00. Sunshine Models, Box 4997, Springfield, MO 65808-4997, is now shipping cast resin kits that duplicate the AAR 70-ton 53- foot 6-inch flat cars. The kits include decals but no trucks and couplers and are $25.00 plus $4.00 shipping and handling. The plastic-sideframe trucks are $5.00. Specify Erie, Pere Marquette, New Yo rk Central, Central of Pennsylvania, IHB, ATSF or DT&I decals. ---� - C��AD'.v' t.ATJQ/;AL � Custom Finishing, 379 Tu lly Road, Orange, 01 364, is producing cast-metal con MA version kits to build a PROCOR Pressure Flow car from the Wa lthers tank car kit. The conversion kit is $12.00 plus $3.50 ship ping and handling in the US and $4.50 in Canada. Hi-Tech Details, P. O. Box 244, Ukiah, CA 95482, is now shipping Grandt line is now shipping this D&RGW Standard Section To ol six variations of the General Electric cabs, each with separate doors House in injection-molded plastic. The HO scale kit is $5.95. The kit and thin walls and flush-mounted windows. This is the 5004 four is also available in 0 scale for $12.95. window post- 1972 style cab that sells for $6.95. 68 RAILMODEL JOUF,NAL - FEBRUARY 1 998 [WHAT'S NEW-INHO]------ North Western Models, P. O. Box 1762, Shepherdstown, 25443, is now ship WV ping laser-cut wood kits to duplicate the C&NW Number 2 Wooden Standard Depot. Send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for their price list. Overland Models is now shipping ready to-run, painted and lettered replicas of the Alco RSD7 diesels in a choice of ATSF, PRR or this Aleo Demonstrator color scheme. See your dealer. Jl Innovative Design, P. O. Box 322, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379, is producing a variety of building kits with Northeastern wood walls and roofs with pre-cut or pre-scribed windows and door openings, Grandt Line windows and doors, and cast-metal details. This Packard Motors kit is $39.95 with color signs and billboards but less vehicles. The vehicles are Alloy Forms available from Jaks Industries. MT S Imports, P.O. Box 50, Middletown, NY 10940, is now ship Con-Cor is now producing ready-to-run models of the Mack cab ping imported brass replicas of the 0-4-4T Forney locomotives with and chassis with American Redi-Mix concrete mixers in red and a Faulhaubaer instrument motor for $350.00 in either HO or yellow, blue and red, or blue and yellow for $16.98 each. HOn3. RA/ LMOD E L JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 69 • [WHAT'S NEW-IN N] ------ Con-Cor is producing a shovel-nose style shrouded/streamlined 4-6-4 in either Burlington or New York Central paint and markings. Custom-painted and superdetailed N scale diesels are now available from Des Planes Hobbies, 1488 Lee St., Des Plaines, IL 6001 8. This Atlas GP7 is $200.00. Other locomotives are available, including a Kato Dash 9-40CW in BNSF "Pumpkin" colors at $225.00. The InterMountain cylindrical covered hopper is now available in both trough hatch style (shown) and with round hatches. Both have an etched-metal roofwalk and sell for $13.95 with trucks and dummy knuckle couplers. Atlas is now shipping blackened metal wheel sets tofit most N scale trucks. The wheelsets are packaged on cards of 1 2 axles for $5.95. Railway Express Miniatures, P. O. Box 322, Sauk Rapids, MN 56379, is producing cast-metal kits to build replicas of the Kershaw Tie Crane & Tie Cart (left-$ 17.95l, Heavy-Duty Speeder and Crew Car (center, and rear track-$9.95 each) and Fairmont Tie Car (/eft-$5.95 for two). 70 RA/LMODEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY 1998 �E�BEdited byOO Robert Schleicher KS BOOK ORDER- Please send me the following books: _ Copies of the 92-page paperback book-Upgrading Athearn locomotives at $9.95 each postpaid. _ Copies of the lOO-page paperback book- reight Car Models, Vol. l-Techniques, at $1 1.95 each postpaid. F _ Copies of the 1 DB-page paperback book-Freight Car Models, Vol. Box Cars, Book at $1 1.95 each postpaid. /I 1 _ Copies of the 1 DB-page paperback book- he Journal of Scale Modeling at $ 11.95 each postpaid. T N _ Copies of the 1 �O-page paperback book-Covered Hoppers, Book One at $1 1.95 each postpaid. _ Copies of the DB-page paperback book- outs of the Masters at $1 1.95 each postpaid. 1 lay Foreign Book Orders: Add each. All payments must be in $2.00 U.S. Funds PLEASEPRINT NAME ______2403 Champa Denver, CO 80205 ADDRESS ______ ClTY ______STATE ___ ZIP ______PHONE ( _ Check or money order _ Card No.______Exp. Date______ Signature ______NEEDA TINY GEARBOX? TT. HO How about this precision NWSL #170-6 gem'box, 50: I r io, suitable fo r N, at scale ------\ ....! Yep, this drawilli!, is aClllal si=e - BOOKS a D _ ". . cOllsider this lIew predsioll milliaillre ' gearhox fo r YOllr HOIl3, - - -.- HO, 77: N Edited by Robert Schleicher W'·, alld similar sl11al/ scale locol11olives. a selection of axle fit sizes. fast, jerky. wobbly, nois\', unreliable, poor locomotives in Eliminate TECHNIQUES operation with the aid of NWSL precision quality motors. gearboxes. gearing. components. tools. VOLUME I: ••• Availahle al heller hoMy shops everyw here, or illquire direcl./iJr furlher illjimllalio/l alld CAR MODELS . fREIGHT comple te product listillg ($ 1.00 halldlilli!, please) - requesl gearbox .ljNC sheel -l-IO. -TO: I Y-WAY' HOW 'EAS nt, weath r, echniques: Pai ? NORTHWEST SHORT LINE BOX 423 T ersions. fax and kit conv 206-935-7106 SEATTLE WA 981 11-0423 upgra de lOO-pages, $ 1 1�.9:.::5��11rni\: PO Box 322 Bowser Montom"svilIe PA 17754 Bowser can manufacture parts and assemblies fo r your needs. We can supply parts using the fo llowing processes: Brass Lost Wax Casting Pewter Spin Casting Zinc Die Casting. 'IOlUME Plastic injection molding n ELS ... Painting and Decorating. l (�R MOD CNC machining center fo r finishing your parts fRElGH its xpensive k s: aS Y' Mold making fo r zinc and pewter Bo�x DCaEr E� ss with M ti ra Pattem making fo r brass pewter casting k as r a IS & \oo � k� :th\is book. technlq�ue •I Complete design services the s,� 95 -pages, $ Contact Lee English at Bowser. lOS .' YllOne: 717-368-2379 Fax: 717-368-5046 The tools and inventory fO I' the Menzi('s and Vanwy metal cal' kits are fO i' sale. ADVERTISING POLICY: Railmoclel Journal will accept advertising only from manufacturers, authorized direct importers, publishers and distributors for their products. No dealer or discount mail order advertising - no discount ads of any type - will be accepted. publisher reserves the right to reject copy, text and/or 'IOlUME U!! illustrations or complete ads. - r BaER ee fOou y ( okV E\IRT hErD &H PP } m BOo '\ding fro ers' ngUI \s Covere d unOPP 'b tter mode . e for e on With E-B Products the prototy models. Stay Track b sca\e HO, N, S& 95 "'est es, $ 1 0.0. Scale Freight Car Tr ucks ,oo-pag 1 . ' s�o oW,{,,\I.e 'Its . Standard or Non-Magnetic \\i�'b \ \to £,,,e'" Black or Colored Fully Assembled R.T.R.• RP -25 ""f heels - Fully Sprung ett or Andrews National Timken B end f • • Non-Shorting . Precision Made ..•• Made in U. S.A. 8) Send large self.addressed stamped envelope for price lists and selection to: E-B Products 1522 Crown Lane, Glenview, IL 60025·1261 72 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 • Norfolkand Western E7s Now Available! In 1958. the Norfolk and West ern BOOKS Railway mode the decision to convert to diesel locomotives on its mainline passenger trains. Since the road's GP9 Edited by Robert Schleicher passenger diesels hod not yel been delivered from EMD. the N&W leased E7s from Ihe Atlanlic Coasl Line & Railway. During Iheir lenure on Ihe luning Ne s N&W. 111ese units retained Iheir distinc· LoAlt\comEA�otw ungrading and live purple·and·silver livery. but were r to know ( re·leHered for Norfolk and Western. O e d an what y U s SO yoU c oto Springhaven Shops is proud to present custom decorated models of these locomotives. These Ufe·like Proto 200J E7s ore offered as a hands-on� P\ ake " o m #530 #533). o If) t limited run of A units only Qust 75 each of two numbers. and r do it y s ot e eally ur arn locom iv ny the Also available is a VERY limited run of 1955·1 958 Atlantic Coast line E7s (A units only) in purple and silver point with block let· o t of a : 12" the m s #528 11536. 25 lering.Two numbers are offered: and Only 01 each number ore available. '2-pages, S9.95 Q They can be purchased from Sprhghoven Shops. and are priced at each. pus 55.00shipping/handling perorder (and exclusively 599.50 4.5% soles tax for orders shipped to Virginia).You may specify on engine number when ordering. orwe 'U ship you the number of our chok:e. Visa/MasterCard accepted. • Order yours today! SPRINGHAVEN SHOPS 25998 Rose Lane, South Riding, VA 20152-1 764 (703) 327-6769 TM Digitrax Command Con trol System Professional Starter Set Run your trains! not your track! Realistic multi-train operation without blocking or computers! Box 1424 r r , 30091 ,,���\\ ��� �® p,O, No c oss GA Digitrax Command Control I (770) 441-7992 Fax (770) 441-0759 Basic Starter Set .1)19 v vtrAX. v THE OF FUTURE ® oLocoNet DIGITAL COMMAND CONTROL WAVE THE � The Digitrax 00 IG BoY� Wor1d Wide Web Site hllp:/lwww.digitrax.com Difference! Digitrax Command Control Contact your local Digitrax dealer for a demonstration. Get off the Bus Advanced Starter Set & on the Netl Call or write Dignrax for a free product information catalog. SCALECOAT PAINT 1ERS: U1S Of lHoutsE tanMdinASg model for a fa st finish! lAperYsOon al t ur 0f 1 1 ed A most experient s � h Y t\'le Stat . _ Scalecoat One for ���:�:rs \ e United _ � . lOS-pages,�� Sl� l.95 Brass & Metal Scalecoat Two for L'AYO UTS Plastic 64 Authentic Colors SCALECOAT MODEL PAINT PO Box 231 RR 1 Northumb erland, PA 1 7857 weill put YOU l Phone: 717·473·9434 Fax: 717·473-3293 in victory ane! © 1998WSi1'JW M:xjels - N()1hurrOef1ard. PA RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1 998 73 • Don't drop that screw! .'�More than just couplers #729 4001 Cil (MONON) $28.95 MONON #843 $28.95 HOLD IT WITH A NON·MAGNETIC • FABULOUS DETAIL KADEE ACY#750 $28.95 ATSF#31440 $29 95 • QUALITY 4002 . HJJQIMODEL . TO X "'�ru ..r-" ...' ....," .. �q[ • READY RUN 4004 D&H#19114 $28.95 DRIVER for Types IA & II cross recess screws, and small diameter slotted screws. No. 3X and No. 3EX DRIVERS ·3", 6", B", 1 0" lengths. lor #6. #B, #10. #12. #1/4" screws. No. 4X and No. 4EX DRIVERS- 3", 6", B" lengths. lor #3. #4. #5 screws.. NO. 5X AND NO. 5XE DRIVERS-3", 6". B" lengths. lor #0. #1. #2 screws. P.O. BOX 60833 Boulder City, NV 89006 Phone (702) 293-2588 FAX (702) 293-4224 http://www.bighoml.com\hjj LINE The Silver Meteor ran from New York Miami and was THE way to get to Florida before the 10airlin es took over. In lhe 1950's it ran pooled equipment from the Seaboard, Pennsy, and Richmond Fredericksburg and Potomac, all painted in matching silver with black lettering! OMI JHO' MOTORS Our new HO motors are now in SCALE stock and ready for use! These !)1ot!lrs arel II&·Z" l,ns;taU excellent for repowering your favorite JY@ r!9 model. Eallh is low-profile and offers smooth and cool operation. Now avail" Dec:odie·r able for delivery to your favorite NOW ...converting your existing,i?; HOr!)/jjj Scale locomotive roster DCC just got easier. The new DH-104 is anL....-.�-....,.-rnGiifAi:COillMlmD-(-E»Illl advanced, NM Cll.J Overland dealer. compatible DCC decoder that's a drop-in conversion for OMI #2394 - 12VDC Slot Motor with a o e s c s22 5 it°��� �� f���,��� ro!���U�os�t�E�r��'.'YT��S���1�g i� ; f��I_ Skewed Armature, Motor Mounts, Twin featured, extended Flywheels (1 0,1 OOrpm) packet decoder with ful $16.00 Drop·ln Installation lighting effects that conforms to all applicable NMRA Suggested Retail Standards for DCC. This means they can be operated on OMI #2395 - 12VDC 5 Sial Motor with North Coast Engineering''' , Ramtraxx''' , lenz MAC'" Skewed Armature, Motor Mounts, with" Digitrax'" and Easy DCC'" systems. See the"'; at you; (1 0,1 00rpm) authorized SyslemOne '" dealer today! $1 6.00 Suggested Retail For more Information send a large self-addressed envelope to: C425, C30-7, U33C U36C. and Not Pictured: WANCiROW ELECTRONICS, INC. STEWART F3A, F3B, F7A, F7B, /1I1101lfltiOJlS ill Model Railroad Electronics !J ' I' F9A and F9B; KATO GP35, 5040, C44-9W; 98-D . IL 60068-0098 . LIFE-LIKE PROTO 2000 507, 509. P.O.Internet: Box http://www.wang Parkrow.com Ridge,. Email: [email protected]. 74 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 • Radio Controlled Throttle Not Command Control No Locomotive Conversion o lockout against accidental reverse o automatic overload/short circuit protections o filtered DC output - safe for LGB"M o adjustable acceleration braking & o SIMULTANEOUS multiple - system capabilities o frequencies 6 o multi channel per frequency o amp cap. 2, 4 & 6 o momentum o range 100+ ft. o SSAE for details '1f?emotee onlrolSy stems o;11linois 1861 J Ridge • IL 61032 Dr. Freeport, E-Mail: microscale @aol.com (or) Home Page: http://www.microscale.com The Three Big Books of Model Railroading ...... Whether you're into superdetailing HO r------, want to see more of the stuff great model railroads Scale locomotives, running long N Yes! I are made of! Please rush my Walthers Scale trains through spectac 1998 Catalog(s) marked below: ular scenery or operating \;.-A1,�a�"i tinplate or garden railroads, , __ Wa lthers 1998 HO Catalog 913-638, Ships in September. Walthers Model Railroad $19.98, Catalogs have all the informa __ Wa lthers 1998 N&Z Catalog 913-625, Ships in October. tion you need. $16.98, __ Wa lthers Big Tr ains Catalog 913-630, From hot, new locomotives, Ships in August. $19.98, rolling stock and scenery to tools, Please add handling charge. Add state and $5.00 scratch building supplies and county sales taxes as applicable. detailing parts, the Walthers Enclosed is a check or money order for 1998 $ ____ HO Scale Catalog has it all. And, if Please charge my: 0 Visa 0 MasterCard you're looking for ideas and inspiration, o American Express 0 Discover the Walthers Catalogs you'll find: yo u'll see some fantastic layouts in the In Card Number Magic of Model Railroading section. Over manufacturers ______• 400 Walthers N&Z Scale Catalog Expiration Date is Thousands of new products ______1998 • filled with color photos of new locomo Hundreds of pages of product Signature _ _ tives, ro lling stock, buildings and acces • ______listings in each catalog sories. Yo u'll also see great N and Name _ Z ______Complete listings of Walthers Scale layouts and modules in the Magic • Address, of Model Rai lroading section. and Microscale Decals ______ City, State, Zip Our all new Walthers Big Tra ins Catalog Spectacular photos of model ______• covers all the big stuff. Equipment in S, O, railroads in the Magic of Model and G Scales. With over Railroading Photo Gallery WA LTHERS 0-27, #1 450 W. Florist Ave. Milwaukee, WI 5601 53218 pages packed full of color photos, this all http://www.walthers.com CCi1997 Wm.K. WaUhers. Inc. new catalog is a must for any modeler MR MRG RMJ AMC 09 10 11 12 01 02 working with big trains. L ______� RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 1998 75 • NUMBER 1 IN A SERIES NUMBER 21N A SERIES NUMBER 31N A SERIES Tools of the Trade for Tools of the Trade for Tools of the Trade for Small Scale Modelers! Small Scale Modelers! Small Scale Modelers! Micro-Trains®#1054 , Micro-Trains® Special #1020 Adjustable Micrometer Micro-Trains® #1055 Purpose & Coupler TWeezers Coupler Height Gauge Coupler Height Gauge Especially designed to hold This height gauge does it all Magne-Matic® Couplers, fOl' An easy to use j;:auge that measures N, Nn3, and Z Scale coupler mountmg fieight, track and yet they work great on rolling stock conversions! many other jofJs around the layout! wheel width, and more! Accurate measurements mean better Works great as a gluing jig for between It makes assembly and performance when you convert to the-track uncouplers, holding them in installation of 'hard-to-handle" the Magne-Matic" Coupler System. correct position while glue dries. small parts easy. Car underbody To ol! The notched-end • height gauge for N, 5 in 1 Wheel gauge tweezers make Nn3, and Scale Z holding coupler Track width gauge • Wheel width gauge shanks a breeze! for N, Nn3, and Coupler height gauge Scale Z Uncoupler gluing jig • Tr ack width gauge for N, Nn3, and Coupler mounting platform Scale Z he�ht gauge . u.s. Army Transportation Corps (Germany) (Post WWl/) in HO scale fr om LILIPUT One sleeping car (red wi gold lettering), two heavy load flat cars. GROUND THROW L3 52000 $79.50 with CONTACTS Liliput Catalog $6.50 Upgrade of old, now obsolete units. Insert molded stationery contact. 5 Available al your local hobby shop selectable end connectors and shim il needed lor height. Blackdelrin with Model Impo rte rs, Ltd. external cam lor strength Sprung E-R stand has internal springs lor over 1000 South Street · 14513 travel and point tension. Non-rated Main Newark, NY "SPOT" conlacl to power relay coil. Dealers only 800-365-3876 • (3 15) 33 1-0288 • (3 15) 33 1 -4090 LEO's, etc Stationary leads are 2" FA X long lor undertable wiring, HO & N Scale with .165" travel. Connectors are as follows: Hole lor PEeD Flat blade 10. ROCO Hook lor Alias Sm. Pin Micro Eng. GD(fo rme&Rrly 101 Lg. Pin for others >SPECIAL SHAPES CO. Lindsay Instrumel1ls) 119R Rigid ...... $4 .14 220S Sprung ... .. $4.40 STANDARD HO Scale with .190" travel MODEL RAILROAD 10tRRigid ...... $2.53 GROUND 202 S Sprung ..... $2.70 ELECTRONICS N Scale with .1 35" travel N THROWS 1 05R Rigid ...... $2.63 HO & SCALE Throtlles - Power Packs, Power 206S Sprung ...... $2.80 Supplies - Detectors Computer Programs Atlas "Mark 2" and 0 Scale with .280" travel Brass Supplies 07R Rigid ...... $2.73 shapes for model builders NTRAK t Cards We lcome 208S Sprung ...... $2.90 AMX Call for Calalog $I.UOJor CI/Slomer FREE AT DEALERS OR DIRECT I'lease sen,) catL/log: Dealer Inquiries We lcome .\/Jecia{ Shapes Co, Add $2.00 handling per order 1'. 0. /Jox 7./87 IL residents add 6.25% sales tax /!olllem·jlle, IL 800 359-6701 61J.J46 1861 J Ridge Dr. I'll/me Orders: 1-8IJO-SI-SIlA I'E GD &R CADOOSEINDUS'I'RIES Freeport. IL 6t032 378 Ta ylor Ford Road VISA/Mastercard accepted Columbia, Kentucky 42725 76 RAII.MODEL JOURNAL - FEBRUARY ·1 998 IN THE RACE FOR AUTHENTICITY WE WIN By A NOSE. PRESENTING THE PROTO 2000 PAjPB From its distinctive squared-oft· nose to its 15'/, realistic scale speeds and smooth, powerful perfor foot long trucks, ALCO's PA locomotive is widely mance. PROTO magnetic knuckle couplers 2000 regarded as one of the best looking diesels ever produced. come installed on both the PA and PB in frame-mounted, The equally handsome PROTO model perfectly screw-in universal coupler pockets, and couplers are 2000 X2F duplicates every aspect of its life-size counterpart. Prototype also included. Our PA is DCC ready with an NMRA road-specific details include Mars light, dual or single head compatible plug. Don't miss out on your chance to own this lights, d)'namic brakes and straight or 45° number boards. distinctive model: hurry in to your local hobby store today. Brake shoes and cylinders come as separately-applied parts. The PROTO PA is now available undecorated and in the follOWing 2000 Life-Like's dynamically-balanced, five pole, skew-wound DC road nailles with two road numbers each, with B-units where appropriate: Delaware Hudson, Eric, New Haven, Nell'York Central, Union Pacific, motor with superrite anisotropic magnets combined with a & Wabash and SI. Louis SouthwcstcrI1. heavy, die-cast chassis and all-wheel electrical pick-up assure ©1997 Liie-Like 1600Union Ave., Baltimore MD 2121 1 140i'roduds,Applewood Inc., Crescent, Concord, L4K4E2 In Canada: Ont,,,io MADE mN THE USA All Ne w Boxcar To oling for older Hi Cube Cars with Dreadnaught Ends Available in November! Th e Finest Scale Ends ever made! 52' ACF XP Boxcar AllNew To oling --- Add-On End " ,, -, -. , -� •-� Details H<"'�<''' ''''11''''-'''' '''' ,-� .. ' RAILBOX OLD SCHEME #21 01 RAILBOX NEW SCHEME #21 ACF BOXCAR ACF BOXCAR E Available Now - See Yo ur Local Hobby Dealer! &CShOPS, PO Box 567, Roseburg, OR 77 RAIL.MODEt_ JOURNAL • FEBRUARY 1998 iiDL1·(Cr1'0-jYUJC@O({,;::.)f] !��cGi:uracy with a Superior Lool, The Ai�a� � Scale I(ao�in Tank Car The Kaolin Ta nk Car is coming in N scalel Used to · haul kaolin clay slurry, , L along with many other liquids, the ENC;EL H. ,�rD 14,000 gallon non-pressure tank car adds a modern flavor to any layout. Realistic features of the Kaolin Ta nk Car include 100-ton roller bearing trucks, separate safety bars, and accurate painting and printing. Each roadname will be available in three road num bers, each having its own item number. ITEM # ROADNAME 34800 Undecorated 34801, 34802, 34803 Engelhard 3481 1, 34812, 34813 Georgia Kaolin ��' 34821, 34822, 34823 J . _ Huber /"II' INC. M MODEL RAILROAD co. . 34831 ,34832, 34833 Omyo 34841, 34842, 34843 Thiele Kaolin www.atlasrr.com Look for these exciting new freight cars at your local hobby shop in December. For a 1998 Atlas Catalog, send $2 ($3 US funds in Canada) to: ATLAS CATALOG, 378 Florence Avenue Hillside, 07205 USA • NJ ADVERTISERS INDEX Atlas _ .. __. __ . ____.. __.. __ .. ______..__ ..._ ...... _ ...... _ . _ ..__ . __ ..._ .78 • Laser cut featuring Ba(hmann ___ . _ ...... __ ... ______.._ ....___ . ___ ..... __ ..___ .._ .....__ . ______wood .79 & slot consirucuon for tab Blair line Signs ___ .....__ ...______....__ .. _ . ___.. __.. ____ .._____ .. _ . ___ . _ . ____ fast, fun & easy assembly. .78 Includes shingle roofand Bowser ____ . _ . _ .... __... _ . _ .._ ...._____ . _ . ___ .. __.... ______. _____. __. _ . __.72 peel-n-sUckbim & windC1Hs. Bran(hline Trains __ . _ ..... __. __... __ . ______. _ ...______.. ___ . ___ ...... 74 • Available in and scale. HO N CDS Lettering ..._____ ... _ . ______. __ . ___ ...__ .. __.. _ ..._ . _ ...... _ . _ ...__ . _ . .7 8 • Visitus a� http1/vrwN.blairiine.com Caboose Industries . ___ . _ ..... ______. ____ ..____ ..___ ..__ .. ____ .._ . ___ ...... _ . .7 6 Digitrax ____ . _____.. _ ..._ . ____ . __. _ . _ .... __.. ___ ...... ____. ______.._ .._ SEE YOUR DEALER OR SEND $1.00 FOR SIGN SAMPLE, . .7 3 pg. $1 COUPON, AND 24 CATALOG OF SIGNS, BRIDGES, E C Shops . _ ....._ . _ ...._ .. _ ... _____ . _____. ____ ...... __ .. _ . _ . ___. _ . _ . . BILLBOARDS, DRIVE-IN THEATRE All'llMORE ...... & ...... 77 E. B _ Products ...... _ .._ . _ .._ ..._ . ___.... _ . _ . __. _____. _ ...... ___. _ . ____ .._ .._ . .72 Blair Line, Dept. RMJ398 E-R Models . _ . ___ . ______.._ ...__ .. _ . ______.._ . ___ . ___. ______.. _ .76 PO Box 2291, Lee's Summit MO 64063 G D & R Electronics _____ .... _ . _ .. ___ . __ . __ ...._ .._ ...... _ ..._ ...... __ . ___ .._ . .7 6 Storeiront,Road Signs 6 Bridges too! H. J. J. Co. _ ...... _ ...... _ ..______.. _ .... ___.. __.. _ ..._ .. __. ______. _ . .74 Kadee . __. __. _ . _ . __ ...... ______....._ ..._ ... _ . _ .. ____. __...... _ . ... .74 Kato . ___ .._ . __ . __...... ______..._ .._ .._ ....___ .. ___ . ___ . ___ . _ ...__ .2 life-line __. _ . __. __. __ .... _ . _ ....._ . _ ..._ .. _ . ____ . __. _ ...... _ . _____. __. _ .._ .77- DRY TRANSFERS Mi(roscale ___ . __.... _ ...... _ .... _ .._ ..._ . _ . ______. _ . _ .. _ ..... _ . ______.._ .. __.7 5 I" Micro-Trains Line __..... __ ...... _ .._ ...... __.... ___ ....._ ...... __.. ____ .._ . .76 THE ANTHRACITE ROADS Northwest Shortline .._ .... __ ..____ ...__ . __.. _ . ____ ...___ ...... _ .. ______. . .72 Overland Models . _ . _ ..... _ .._ . __ . __ ... ___.. _ .._ ...... _ .._ .._ . __. ______. .74, 80 I G H � L E H Remote Control Systems __.... _ ...... ____ . __.. _ . __. _ . __.. _ . ____ . __. ____ .. ___ . ,_ v . .. . .75 VA L L EY Scale(oat _ ...... _____ .. _ .. __.. _ . _ . ___...... ___ ..._ ...___ .... _ . _____. __. _ v c If � .!? .73 f-c i;� I"" � Special Shapes . _ ....._____ . ___ . ___ . ______... _ .._ ... _ ..______.. ___ . _ . ___ -w=- ...... 7 6 in N. HO. S. and a scales Springhoven Shops . . _ .._ . _ . _____.. _ . __. ___ . __. ___...... _ .. ___. ____ . _ . ___ ..__ .73 C-D-S Lettering Ltd_ Walthers . _ ...... ___ . __.. ______... _ ...__ ...... ______. __. _ ..__ . __... _ P.O. Box 65074 ...... 7 5 NEPEAN. ON Wangrow ______. __... _ . ____ ...... __. _ .._ . _ . _____ .... ___ . _ ...... ____ .. ___. __ K2G 5Y3 .74 78 RAILMODEL JOURNAL FEBRUARY 998 • 1 • threaded metal truss rods and turnbuckles • two precision 5-pole can motors • fully detailed trucks with brake beams and shoes • operating piston rods with reverse linkage • metal truck springs • complete operating metal valve gear • keyed stainless steel axles • diecast I-beam frames • chemically-blackened, machined-metal wheels with spokes • modular gear box with metal motor mounts • blackened screws • crankshaft and motor blocks made from engineering plastic • eight sealed ball bearing races (two per axle) Cab Detail and Lighting • all-wheel drive • directional headlight and backup light • gear reduction for prototypical stow-speed operation • interior cab light • removable cab roof Exterior Detail • flickering, load-synchronized LED's in firebox and ash pan for realistic fire glow • 360· boiler (no parting lines) • smoke generator with on-off switch • sliding windows and operating roof hatch • finely detailed stack base with bolts • prototypically painted cab interior • hinged, blackened-brass screen spark arrester • engineer and fireman figures and seat boxes • cast metal whistle • complete backhead detail including steam gauge with piping, • machined brass pop valves and bell turret, throttle, sight glass, fittings and stay bolts, • bell and whistle cords operating firebox door and grate shaker • engraved builder's and number plates • operating coalboard • blackened metal handrails and stantions • miscellaneous tools and accessories • water siphon hose with detailed siphon head • super-detailed diecast air pump with unions, Support Material valves and metal piping • comprehensive video on Shay history • "poling pockets," front and rear and model maintenance • wood grain detail on deck, running boards and end beams • 36 page Owner's and Maintenance Manual • end beams with nut, bolt and washer detail • maintenance screwdriver • hinged ash pan grates • removable coupler shanks • scale coupler pockets with metal link and pins GREAT NORTliERN/BN/SP&S ,�..,-r;,� JO.. Fr Wo od & PLywood CAbooSES Overland Models now has a wide variety of 30-foot Wood and Ply wood Cabooses of Great Northern heritage in stock and ready for immediate delivery. These colorful cabooses are just right ��� to bring up the rear of your mainline freight or local. For the brass enthusiast, these cars would make a great addition to any collection. This series feature a variety of body and truck styles along with numerous paint and lettering combinations. Each is beautifully handcrafted in brass by Ajin Precision of Korea. Most are available factory painted and completely lettered. Visit your friendly OMI dealer to place your order! Mardan PholOW<,phy .... GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. Wood Caboose Nos. X198, X200-228 and X230- • _�·..".....,.,..m21 249 with Swing Motion Trucks, Unpainted -OMI #3954 � GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. Wood Caboose No. X246, with Andrews Trucks, Factory Painted Red/Black - OMI #3954.1 .... GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. Wood Caboose Nos. X21 3 and X223 with Andrews Trucks, Factory Painted Red/Black - OMI #3954.2 � GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. Wood Caboose Nos. X204 and X234, with Swing Motion Trucks, Factory Painted Red/Silver - OMI #3954.3 L.c.���",,--�______� .... GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. Plywood Caboose with Board Ends, Unpainted - OMI #3955 � GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. Plywood Caboose with Board Ends, Nos. X201, X21 1, X221 and X231, Factory Painted Red/Silver - OMI #3955.1 .... GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. Plywood Caboose Nos. X211 and X235 with Swing Motion Trucks, ---_.iiiIIf! Factory Painted Sky Blue - OMI #3956.1 � GREAT NORTHERN 30-ft. All Plywood Caboose No. X244, with Andrews Trucks, Factory Painted Red/Black - OMI #3956.2 ______L.:��=.!���,--�=-- -1 .... BN 30-ft. Plywood She