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2004 Model Railroading CD COVER 2/8/04 5:39 PM Page 1 � ATHEARN PS 5344 BOXCARS � SEATTLE NMRA LAYOUTS � ON TRACK � DIESEL DETAIL: GN GP20 � March 2004 $4..95 Canada $6..95 Paul Templar’sOOn30n30 CooncreekCooncreek && TTuumbleweedmbleweed SpringsSprings ModelingModeling WeWellll--UsedUsed GonsGons Page 22 03> ALCOALCO S-1sS-1s PPageage 4444 0 74470 91672 7 AD TEMPLATE 2/8/04 2:09 PM Page 2 AtAt SecondSecond GlanceGlance Corrugated 15 Panel Roof Corrugated 21 Panel Roof Youngstown Exterior Post Plug Doors Exterior Post Box Car Smooth 15 Panel Roof Seperately Applied Closure Rods Operating Roller Bearing Caps RP25 Machined Metal Wheels Razor Sharp Painting Corrugated 15 Panel Roof Youngstown Flush Plug Doors Seperately Applied Cut Levers Seperately Applied Ladders Seperately Applied Brake Wheel Scale Knuckle Couplers with Springs Smooth Side Box Car Seperately Applied Scale Profile Stirrups Seperately Applied Brake Rigging & Appliances Etched-Metal Walk Overs The New GenesisTM 10'6" Door Smooth Side & Rib Side PC&F Box Cars for 2004 Seperately Applied Placard o facilitate car assignments, most freight cars of the same type have similar overall dimensions. At first glance, a string of modern 50’ boxcars appear all the same, save differing road names. However, the discriminating observer can note a wealth of detail differences, even on cars made by the same T manufacturer. This second glance brings into clear focus the variations among modern freight cars. The Genesis PC&F 50’6" boxcar duplicates these variations to a level never before available on a production model. Each version has a 10’6" plug door: The smooth sided version is fitted with a Youngstown flush plug door, while the ribbed version has a Youngstown exterior post plug door. The roofs of each type of model reveals yet another detail variation between these two boxcars. These and all the additional separately executed details make for a superb model. Smooth Side Cars � 4300 - Undecorated � 4302 - BN #1 � 4304 - BKTY #1 � 4306 - Evergreen #1 Smooth side � 4303 - BN #2 � 4305 - BKTY #2 � 4307 - Evergreen #2 � 4308 - Great Northern #1 � 4310 - Southern Pacific #1 � 4312 - WCRC #1 � 4309 - Great Northern #2 � 4311 - Southern Pacific #2 � 4313 - WCRC #2 Rib Side Cars � 4330 - Undecorated � 4331 - BN - Late #1 � 4333 - Frisco #1 � 4335 - Missouri Pacific #1 Rib side � 4332 - BN - Late #2 � 4334 - Frisco #2 � 4336 - Missouri Pacific #2 � 4337 - Nestle #1 � 4339 - BN - Early #1 � 4341 - BNSF #1 � 4343 - D&RGW #1 � 4338 - Nestle #2 � 4340 - BN - Early #2 � 4342 - BNSF #2 � 4344 - D&RGW #2 � 4345 - Union Pacific #1 � 4347 - BN - No Logo #1 � 4349 - Golden West #1 � 4351 - MP/UP #1 � 4346 - Union Pacific #2 � 4348 - BN - No Logo #2 � 4350 - Golden West #2 � 4352 - MP/UP #2 Athearn Genesis™ Pacific Car & Foundry Boxcar features: • Machined metal RP25 profile wheels • Razor-Sharp painting and printing • Magnetically operated knuckle couplers with metal knuckle springs • Exhaustive documentation & research to assure the highest © 2002 Athearn, Inc. • Trucks with operating bearing caps prototype fidelity • Photo etched detail parts • 70 ton or 100 ton trucks installed as appropriate for each prototype • Precision molded stand alone applied detail parts • Weighted to recommended standards for optimal operation ATHEARN, INC. 19010 LAUREL PARK ROAD, COMPTON, CA 90220 (310) 631-3400 FAX (310) 885-5296 www.athearn.com TOFC 2/9/04 3:04 PM Page 3 March 2004 VOLUME 34 NUMBER 1 FEATURES 22 � Modeling Well-Used Gondolas by Jeff Eggert 30 � Join Us in Seattle — A Preview of Layouts At the PSX 2004 NMRA National Convention by PSX 2004 Convention Committee 32 � PROTOTYPES-FOR-MODELS FREIGHTCAROLOGY 22 Athearn HO Scale PS 5344 Boxcar — Part 3 Eggert Photo by Jeff by David G. Casdorph 44 � S-1: ALCO’s First Standard Switcher — 36 � Cooncreek & Tumbleweed Springs in On30 Part 16: NKP, N&W, NP, NPT and PRR by Paul Templar by George Melvin 42 � ON TRACK 50 � DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP Acme Co. — The Frame-Up (the hang-ups) Great Northern EMD GP20 by Jim Mansfield by Rich Picariello DEPARTMENTS 5 � Editorial 9 � Ready Track 10 � Sandhouse (New Products) 16 � Product Reviews On30: Broadway Limited C-16 HO: Lionel 4-6-6-4 Challenger HO: Bachmann SpectrumTM USRA 2-6-6-2 54 � Society Page 55 � Dealer Directory 63 � Boys in the Basement 22 65 � Your Trek Plan Photo by Paul Templar 70 � Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER The Cooncreek & Tumblewood Springs in On30 is Paul Templar’s latest layout endeavor. After seeing some of Bachmann’s On30 offerings at a train show in England, Paul decided it was time to rebuild his layout and switch to this exciting scale. Here we see several of Paul’s scratchbuilt and kitbashed models deep in the woods on his new logging railroad layout. Turn to page 36 for a visit to the Cooncreek & Tumblewood Springs. Photo by Paul Templar. AD TEMPLATE 2/9/04 10:38 AM Page 4 THISTHIS VALENTINE’SVALENTINE’S DAY...DAY... FFALLALL ININ LOVELOVE ALLALL OVEROVER AGAIN!AGAIN! Available in the Following: HO SCALE Denver & Rio Grande Western PA/PB Locomotive with Improved & Refined Tooling Item No. 30953 #6001/#6002 Item No. 30954 #6013/#6012 Widely regarded as the most stylish diesel locomotive ever produced, the PA was distinguished from the competition. The square-looking six-foot Gulf, Mobile & Ohio long nose, automobile styled grilles and rain gutters, along with an underframe crowded by 15-1/2 foot wheel-base trucks gave the PA a business-like, and at the same time, attractive look. The PA's appearance Item No. 30955 #290 A ONLY was sleek and long, though at 65’ 8”, it is five feet shorter than the Item No. 30956 #291 A ONLY competition's E7. Missouri Pacific From 1946 to 1953 a total of 247 PA cabs and 47 PB boosters were produced for 16 original owners. PAs lasted in domestic service until Item No. 30957 #44 A ONLY 1978 and will always be one of the most admired locomotives in Item No. 30958 #49 A ONLY railroading history. New York, New Haven & Hartford Life-Like’s PROTO 2000 Limited Edition model captures these locomotives with exceptional prototypical fidelity. We’ve made the best even better with improvements such as: Item No. 30959 #760 A ONLY Item No. 30960 #767 A ONLY • Powered B Unit as Appropriate to the Prototype. • Mars Light, Dual or Single Headlights, Dynamic Union Pacific Brakes and Straight or 45° Angle Number Boards Where Appropriate to the Prototype. • 12-Wheel Electrical Pick-Up. Item No. 30961 #602/#604B • Photo Etched Roof Fan. Item No. 30962 #607/#607B • Added Detail of Dynamic Brake Molding. • Air or Water Cooled Exhaust Stacks as Appropriate. Demonstrator ©2004 Life-Like Products, LLC • 1600 Union Avenue • Baltimore, MD 21211 Item No. 30963 #8375/#8375B • www.lifelikeproducts.com • Item No. 30964 Undecorated A&B In Canada: 140 Applewood Crescent • Concord, Ontario L4K 4E2 4 � MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 2004 EDITORIAL 2/13/04 10:45 AM Page 5 �EDITORIAL EDITOR / PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee [email protected] UP? PU!!! CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David G. Casdorph don’t remember exactly when or where I Art Fahie I first saw a photograph of a Union Pacific Big Doug Geiger, MMR Boy, but I do remember that it was love at first Patrick Lawson, MMR sight. The sheer mass of that great locomotive, Jim Mansfield coupled with its tremendous power, etched an George Melvin indelible image on my impressionable young Rich Picariello mind. I knew that I wanted to model the Union Larry J. Puckett Pacific before I turned ten. When it came to Jim Six trains, Union Pacific was my first love...and my Larry E. Smith, MMR first trainset. That childhood love developed into Gary Walton a life-long hobby that has endured for more than half a century. CIRCULATION / OFFICE MANAGER Maybe it was because of this love that I Donald R. Strait chose not to speak out earlier about Union [email protected] Pacific’s efforts to extort money out of the pockets of loyal UP modelers, or NATIONAL SALES MANAGER maybe it was just that I was in denial that a railroad I loved so much could set out Chris Lane on such a despicable course of action in the guise of protecting its trademarks. I’m 1-888-338-1700 sure that you know by now that I am speaking of UP’s requirement that manu- [email protected] facturers must now enter into a licensing agreement and pay the UP for the priv- ilege of using the UP logo...or the logo of any of the railroads the UP swallowed ASSISTANT MANAGER/GRAPHIC ARTIST up through acquisitions over its history. I guess too that I naively thought the UP Rhett B. Lee would come to its senses and abandon this sinister outrage. [email protected] While I acknowledge that the Union Pacific has every right to protect its trade- marks and logos, I find the method it has chosen to do so to be reprehensible. Volume 34, Issue 1. MODEL RAILROADING is published And make no mistake about it, it isn’t the manufacturers who have to pay the UP’s 10 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. fees...it’s modelers like you and me. If you doubt that, just look at the prices for Price per single copy is $4.95 in U.S.A. Subscriptions are new UP (or fallen-flag acquisitions like SP, D&RGW, etc.) products from com- $39.95 in the U.S.A. or $48.00 in Canada (or foreign) for panies like Athearn, Kato and others.
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