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� 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

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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

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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

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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

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�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. A $5 surcharge is now commonplace on UP 12 issues payable in U.S. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or locomotives. I don’t blame the model manufacturers, I put the blame right where photographs should be accompanied by return postage, and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for it belongs, on the corporate greed of this once great railroad. Licensing fees, like the loss or damage of such material. No part of this publi- taxes, are not really paid by model manufacturers (or any corporation); they are cation may be reprinted without written permission from just another cost of doing business that gets passed on to customers. It is the loyal the publisher. Printed in U.S.A. UP fan that is getting the shaft, and that makes me mad. The information contained in the various articles in this The UP corporate geniuses who came up with this brilliant scheme have cho- magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any sen to ignore the supportive and intertwined relationship the model railroad com- patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no con- munity has had with the railroads since model trains first carried railroad logos. trol over the physical conditions surrounding the applica- In those early days, the railroads actually paid model manufacturers to use their tion of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, logos and paint schemes to help promote their railroad. And in the world in which Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any lia- bility for untoward results and/or for any physical injury in- we find ourselves today, where corporations pay millions for the naming rights on curred by using the information herein. stadiums and sporting events, why would any reasonable railroad choose to show Copyright © 2003 by Highlands Station, Inc. such contempt for its biggest supporters? Simply put, a great railroad would not! ADVERTISING Since I don’t see the UP backing down from this practice because of anything For advertising information contact I, or the rest of the model railroad industry, has to say, I would like to challenge Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 them to prove that this is truly a trademark protection action and not merely a [email protected] money-grabbing effort. As a member of the NMRA’s Kalmbach Memorial VISITOURWEBSITE Library Committee, I am quite aware of the Library’s need for grant money to www.modelrailroadingmag.com accomplish its goals and mission. The UP could help its sagging image among modelers by donating $2 to the Library (or other worthy charitable hobby organi- SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Station, zation) for every $1 it collects from model railroad manufacturers. By so doing it Inc., 2600 S. 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Centerbeam flatcars — Red Caboose has released centerbeam flatcars in three styles, including opera window and panel window versions. Cars are equipped with Micro-Trains® trucks and couplers and are offered in 12 road numbers per roadname. Retail is $20.95 (single) or $62.85 (3-pack). (See Sandhouse for roadnames in each style.) Red Caboose P.O. Box 250 Mead, CO 80542 Ph: (970) 535-4601 Fax: (970) 535-4251 www.red-caboose.com

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�NEWPRODUCTS THE SANDHOUSE A Product News Column HOSCALE

Athearn, 19010 Laurel Park Rd., Compton, CA 90220, has new 3-story flat items in the Ready To Roll® Series: rough stone � Wide-vision caboose in Alaska, Chessie System “Handle With front and #306 Care” (C&O) and Conrail Q ($14.98) 3-story flat � SD50 in CSX (YN3 scheme, 3 nos.), CSX (blue & gray), KCS smooth stone (“Operation Lifesaver” in gray), KCS (gray), KCS/NAFTA, KCS front. These (white, 2 nos.) and D&RGW (3 new nos.) ($99.98; D&RGW kits are mod- $104.98) eled after New nos. are also available for: actual build- � GP60M ($99.98) in Santa Fe (3 nos.), BNSF (SF scheme, 2 nos.) ings built in and BNSF (Heritage, 2 nos.) Chicago dur- � GP60B ($99.98) in Santa Fe (2 nos.) and BNSF (Heritage) ing the 1920s to 1940s. Both structures have a bay in the front, a � ACF Centerflow covered hopper (2 nos.) in BN, CSX, Chessie front porch w/steps and a back porch. Price is $69.95 ea. Add $5.00 System (B&O), Cotton Belt, Santa Fe and Lincoln Grain ($15.98) S&H per kit. � 50' outside-braced double-door boxcar (2 nos.) in BN, Camino Placerville & Lake Tahoe, City of Prineville, Cotton Belt, InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering McCloud River and SP ($16.98) the following new fully assembled models: � 40' flatcar w/plane (2 nos.) in Santa Fe, NYO&W, GM&O, � CP Rail bathtub coal gondola, black (12 new nos.), Seaboard, Rutland and CN ($19.98) #47101...$31.95 � 40' flatcar w/boat (2 nos.) in C&NW, SP&S, SP (T&NO), T&P, � Scoular cylindrical covered hopper, yellow (6 new nos.), NYC and FEC ($18.98) #45106...$29.95 � 40' express boxcar (2 nos.) in C&O, SP, FEC, T&P, Frisco and � BN 60' PS-1 boxcar (5 new nos.), #46913...$29.95 WP ($14.98) � Continental ACF 4650 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper (6 nos.), � 40' derrick flatcar in Santa Fe, B&O, BN, CP, CSX and MofW #47022...$29.95 ($16.98) Pinnacle Series fully assembled: � Bay-window caboose in B&O (175th Anniversary), Erie and WP � Frisco 50' P-S 5277 cu. ft. boxcar (12 nos.), #47505...$31.95 (Bicentennial)($14.98). Bethlehem Car Works fully assembled: � Jersey Central Lines Class PBm coach (2 nos.), Atlas, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, announced their #BCW5311...$59.95 first diesel loco with sound at the Springfield (MA) Show. It is a Centralia Car Shops fully assembled: H24-66 Trainmaster. It will also be available without sound. � PRR P85 coach (12 nos.), #CCS4531...$59.95 � Metal 4-wheel passenger trucks w/36" wheels, black, Bachmann, 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124, has intro- #CCS4999...$19.95/pair duced the Spectrum® Series USRA 2-6-6-2 decorated for C&O, � Metal 4-wheel passenger trucks w/36" wheels, silver, Wheeling & Lake Erie, Nickel Plate and undec black. Price is #CCS4998...$19.95/pair $349.00. Lonestar fully assembled: � Wilson Grain Trailer w/black panels & tarps, #LS6006...$29.95 Bowser, P.O. Box 322, Montoursville, PA 17754, has six new roadnames for the GLa 2-bay hopper kit: Buffalo, Rochester & Pitts- Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503-1078, offers the fol- burgh; C&O; Rutland; PA Salt Mfg.; CL&S (NYC); and LS&MS lowing new RTR PS-1 40' boxcars: (NYC). Price is $13.95. � SL-SF “Ship it on the Frisco!” slogan w/8' door, red oxide (Road No. SLSF 19073), #5254...$29.45 Con-Cor, 8101 E. Research Ct., Tucson, AZ 85710, has � Maine Central w/7' door, boxcar announced a RTR model of Burlington’s Pioneer Zephyr lightweight red (Road No. MEC 8119), #4811 three-car train (built by Budd in 1934) in Pioneer Zephyr lettering ...$27.95 (001-8720) and undec (001-8721). Pre-production sale price is New RTR PS-1 50' boxcar: $339.00 valid until May 1, 2004. New roadnames for the HO Gallop- � L&N w/15' double-doors, ing Goose are RGS #5, Santa Fe, PRR, SP, D&RGW, GN, UP, NYC, red oxide (Road No. L&N MofW and undec silver; HOn3 roadnames are RGS #5, D&RGW 98217), #6718...$28.95 and undec silver. Price is $189.98. RGS #5 is presently in tourist New RTR PS-2 2-bay covered operation at Dolores, Colorado. A Goose with a factory-installed cus- hoppers: tom DCC sound unit (made by SoundTraxx) is now available. To � Soo Line, red oxide (Road No. 6877), order a model with the sound system, add “DCC” to the end of the #8010...$38.95 stock number. Price of the DCC version is $369.98. � Florida East Coast, gray (Road No. FEC 14085), #8610...$38.95 Depots by John, P.O. Box 210674, Milwaukee, WI 53221-0674, New 52-page Catalog #85 showing HO to announces two new cast-resin kits in their Windy City Series: #305 G scale is $3.95.

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Kato, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173, introduces the RTR...$28.95; #RC-8901 Kit...$16.95 #3-103 Unitrack WGH Plan Set. This 10-item set is designed for a 4' � Rock Island 40' boxcar w/8' door, DF2 logo (9 new nos.), #RR- x 8' layout based on the one depicted in the World’s Greatest Hobby 38906 RTR...$28.95; #RC-8906 Kit...$17.95 “Building Your First Layout” video. Included track components are: � SAL X-29 40' boxcar, “Silver Meteor” slogan (6 nos.), #RR- 1 manual left turnouts (2), manual right turnouts (2), 19 /4" radius track 37034 RTR...$28.95 3 3 7 (29), 9 /4" straight track (4), 9 /4" straight feeder track (1), 6 /8" � PRR X-29 40' boxcar w/circle Keystone (12 nos.), #RR-37066 7 straight track (4), 4 /8" straight track (3), bumper track (2), rerailer (1) RTR...$26.95 and power pack adapter cord (1). Track pieces easily snap together � NKP X-29 40' boxcar (9 new nos.) #RR-37032, RTR...$28.95; and have Code 83 nickel-silver rail mounted on a molded plastic #RC-7032 Kit...$16.95 roadbed w/ties. Price is $198.00. � NYC X-29 40' boxcar (9 new nos.) #RR-37050, RTR...$28.95; #RC-7050 Kit...$16.95 � PRR X-29 40' Railway Express boxcar (12 nos.), #RR-37072 RTR...$28.95 � D&RGW GS steel gondola (12 new nos.), #RR-35007 RTR...$27.95 � NP GS steel gondola (12 new nos.), #RR-35004 RTR...$27.95 � UP GS steel gondola (12 nos.), #RR-35021 RTR...$27.95; #RC- Life-Like, 1600 Union Ave., Baltimore, MD 21211-1998, has a 5021 (12 new nos.) Kit...$18.95 new RTR 4-car set of Proto 1000 R17 NYC Subway Cars in the blue � SP GS steel gondola w/board extensions (12 new nos.), #RC-5183 stripe scheme. Only one car in the set is powered. Price is $185.00. Kit...$26.95 Proto 2000 fully assembled 10,000-gal. tank cars come in two num- � PFE R-9 40' reefer w/double herald (12 nos.), #RR-34154 bers for GATX, MPCX (Magnolia), MPLX (American Gas), SHPX, RTR...$28.95 SVX (Mobilgas) and UTLX. Price is $30.00. � WP/PFE R-30-9 40' wood reefer w/WP herald (12 new nos.), #RR-34231 RTR...$28.95; #RC-4231 Kit...$16.95 McHenry Couplers, 1207 Pebble Point Tr., Goshen, KY 40026, is � MRRX Mather wood meat reefer (6 nos.), #RR-31001 producing scale-size McHenry Couplers in the AAR Standard E RTR...$28.95 Lower Shelf Coupler design as found on newer freight cars. They are � Rath Mather wood meat available as #21 w/trip pin and #31 without trip pin. Prices are reefer (6 nos.), #RR- $1.19/pair; $5.99/6 pair or $22.99/25 pair. 31004 RTR...$28.95 � MUNX Mather wood MDC/Roundhouse, 5070 Sigstrom Dr., Carson City, NV 89706, is meat reefer (6 nos.), #RR- offering FourPack kits: #663 Virginian w/steel AAR and wood out- 31002 RTR...$28.95 side-braced 40' boxcars, 40' 3-bay hopper and 26' steel caboose � CSX Evans coil car (12 nos.), #RC-32501 RTR...$34.95; ($40.00); #664 Nacionales de Mexico w/AAR 40' boxcar (2), 40' kit...$27.95 gondola and 26' steel caboose ($39.00); #665 Conrail predecessor � EJ&E Evans coil car (12 nos.), #RC-32502 RTR...$34.95; roads w/40' 3-bay hopper, 50' Thrall mill gondola, 40' gondola and as kit...$27.95 a bonus, a TwinPak of two 26' tight-bottom ore cars ($40.00). All RTR cars come w/McHenry couplers and metal wheels.

Microscale, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley, CA 92708, has Sunshine Models, Box 4997, the following new decals for HO scale: Springfield, MO 65808-4997, � 87-1109 Santa Fe Steel Girder & Truss Bridges (1920s-’66) has three cast gray urethane kits � 87-1241 Wisconsin Central SD45 #7525 “Operation Lifesaver” for single-sheathed (outside- Scheme (2000+) braced) boxcars with details � MC-4298 SP 89' Enclosed Autoracks “Speed Lettering” Scheme specific to the prototypes. (1991-’96) Offered are kits for NP w/radial roof, CB&Q and SL-SF (Frisco) These decals retail for $5.00; Minicals (MC) are $2.50. w/steel replacement siding. Kits include all detailing parts and decals. Price is $32.00 per car. Correct ARA or Andrews trucks are Bill Mosteller, 2813 Hogan Ct., Falls Church, VA 22043, has a available at $5.00 per pair. Add $4.00 S&H for up to 5 kits in the US decal set for Van Idestine, an industry located on the Long Island RR. or $15.88 S&H for up to six kits to Canada. Their nine tallow tank cars were numbered 1001-1009. Set #96 is $5.99 postpaid. Walthers, 5601 W. Florist Ave., Mountaineer Precision Products, 6166 Ridgewood Ct., Florence, Milwaukee, WI KY 41042, has new structure kits in the Winton Place Series: #901 53201-3039, is Baggage Building ($13.98), #902 Winton Place Station ($TBA), offering the third #903 B&O Passenger Shelter w/benches ($15.98 or $37.98 for 3- release in the Santa Fe Super Chief passenger car series, the Hotevilla pack) and #904 Octagonal Crossing Shanty ($15.98 or $37.98 for 3- Series 4-4-2 Pullman-Standard sleeper. Decals for the newer Regal pack). series cars are also included. Price for #932-9005 is $39.98.

Red Caboose, P.O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, is releasing the Westerfield, 63 following new products: River Ln., Crossville, � Chicago Great Western 1937 AAR 40' boxcar (6 nos.), #RR- TN 38555, is offer- 38061 RTR...$28.95; #RC-8061 (6 new nos.) Kit...$17.95 ing cast-resin kits for � SP 1937 AAR 40' boxcar (9 new nos.), #RR-38088 RTR...$28.95; the SP “temporary” #RC-8088 Kit...$16.95 cabooses: � New Haven 1937 AAR 40' boxcar, black (9 nos.), #RR-38070 � 10301 B-50-6 temporary caboose, 1937 conversion RTR...$28.95; #RC-8070 Kit...$16.95 � 10302 B-50-6 temporary caboose, double window � New Haven 1937 AAR 40' boxcar, orange (9 nos.), #RR-38068 � 10303 B-50-6 temporary caboose, 1941 conversion RTR...$28.95; #RC-8068 Kit...$16.95 Caboose kits have a one-piece car body and decals. Price is � Maine Central 40' boxcar w/8' door (9 new nos.), #RR-38901 $35.00 ea.

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Aztec, 2701 Conestoga Dr., Carson City, NV 89706, is offering Terminal Transfer). Cars have removable coal loads, knuckle cou- their 35th Micro Brewery Car, Bogie’s Brew Co. of Virginia City, plers and low-flange wheels. Price is $105.00 per set except for UP Nevada. The Atlas 52' boxcar is painted yellow and has their logo to which is $109.00. the right side of the door and three beer names on the left side. Car is equipped w/Magne-Matic® trucks and couplers. Price for MB2047-35 MDC/Roundhouse, 5070 Sigstrom Dr., Carson City, NV 89706, is is $27.95 w/free shipping on orders over $50.00 in the US; add $4.00 shipping a RTR 2-6-0 steam locomotive. Rapido couplers are S&H for orders under $50.00; $7.00 for Canada or $12.00 for all mounted on the tender and loco pilot. The loco has a 5-pole skew- other countries. wound motor w/flywheel, two rear drivers powered, flangeless mid- dle driver (per prototype), operating roof vent, operating headlight and metal handrails. Roadnames are D&RGW, Santa Fe, Central Pacific, SP, PRR, C&O and undec. Price is $189.98. RTR PS-1 50' boxcars in a 4-pack: Reading (two schemes in 2 nos. per scheme); private owner cars (roadnames are Jewel Tea, Libby’s Famous Foods, Nestle Chocolate (NIDX lessor) and NITX); SP (two schemes in 2 Bachmann, 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124, has intro- nos. per scheme). Price is $60.00 per 4-pack. duced the Spectrum® Series USRA Light 4-8-2 Mountain. Road- names are Southern; UP; NC&StL; New Haven; MP; SP; New York, Microscale Industries, 18435 Bandilier Cir., Fountain Valley, CA Ontario & Western; Frisco; and painted unlettered. Price is $175.00. 92708, has the following new decals for N scale: � 60-1109 Santa Fe Steel Girder & Truss Bridges (1920s-’66) Con-Cor, 8101 E. Research Ct., Tucson, AZ 85710, has � 60-1241 Wisconsin Central SD45 #7525 “Operation Lifesaver” announced a model of Burlington’s Pioneer Zephyr lightweight Scheme (2000+) three-car train decorated in Pioneer Zephyr and undec silver to be � 60-4298 SP 89' Enclosed Autoracks “Speed Lettering” Scheme available in late 2004; price is $339.00. Also new is the USRA Heavy (1991-’96) 2-10-2 in two road numbers decorated for PRR, IC, CB&Q, Besse- These decals retail for $4.00. mer & Lake Erie, Erie, Central of Georgia, MP, ACL, UP, SP and undec black. Price is $298.98. Returning to the line are the Alco PA1 Micro-Trains®, 351 Rogue River Pkwy., P.O. Box 1200, Talent, ($89.98 powered w/dual flywheel drive; $29.98 dummy) and PB1 OR 97540-1200, has released the following RTR items: ($27.98 dummy; $199.98 w/factory-installed DCC sound decoder) � State Series USA FT B, #98702501...$95.50 decorated for Santa Fe (Warbonnet), PRR, GN, SP (Daylight), UP, � EMC demonstrator FT A & B (Road No. 103), #99200121...$235.00 D&H, Nickel Plate, B&O, New Haven (McGinnis scheme), Erie, � D&RGW 50' Amtrak, Southern (Crescent), E-L, Rio Grande, MP, NYC and undec. troop sleeper New roadnames for the RTR enclosed Tri-Level cars are SP (w/fly- “ f o r e m a n ing SP logo), CP, TTX (Trailer-Train lease), Auto Train (Amtrak let- office car” tering), CSX (paint scheme #2) and NS (paint scheme #2); re-run (Road No. AX- roadnames include SP, BN, Santa Fe “Quality” logo, NS, PRR, NYC 2410 MW), #116020-1...$17.70 (Jade Green), CSX, BNSF (large logo), TFM, RF&P, BNSF (small � D&RGW 50' troop sleeper “outfit car” (Road No. AX-2566 MW), logo), UP “We Will Deliver” logo, N&W, GTW and WP. Price is #116020-2...$17.70 $21.98. Other new items include tractor/trailer trucks in Vita Fresh Juices, Safeway, Freight Train Trucking, Schneider, BNSF and USPS Express Mail ($9.98); Intermodal flatcar decorated for Trailer-Train (old TT logo) w/two 45' Pacer Stack Train containers, SP w/two 45' EMP containers, Trailer-Train (new logo) w/two 45' Barber Blue Sea containers, UP w/two 45' Transamerica trailers, BNSF w/two 45' � Waddell Coal Mining 33' 2-bay BNSF trailers and Conrail w/two 45' Conrail Mercury trailers hopper (Road No. WDLX ($19.98); Amtrak Express Trak MHC boxcar ($18.98). All the listed 101), #56350...$24.90 items are RTR. � New Haven 50' flatcar w/tarp covered load (Road No. NH InterMountain, P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, is offering 17208), #45270...$14.85 the following new fully assembled models: � Texas State Car 40' plugdoor boxcar (Road No. TX 1845), � Canada CNWX cylindrical covered hopper, red (6 new nos.), #21374...$19.85 #65101...$19.95 � D&H 50' boxcar “I Love NY” slogan (Road No. DHNY 50137), � Canada CPWX cylindrical covered hopper, red (6 new nos.), #77080...$27.60 #65102...$19.95 � CB&Q 50' AAR single-door boxcar, Chinese Red (12 nos.), Red Caboose, P.O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, offers the follow- #65920...$18.95 ing new items: � BNSF ACF 4650 cu. ft. 3-bay covered hopper, green (6 nos.), � KCS center-beam flatcar (12 nos.), #RN-16701 RTR...$20.95 #67024...$19.95 � IC center-beam flatcar (12 nos.), #RN-16707 RTR...$20.95 � Western Fruit Express (WFE) wood reefer (12 nos.), #67703 � BC Rail center-beam flatcar (12 nos.), #RN-16633 RTR...$20.95; ...$18.95 #RN-16634...$62.85 3-pack Centralia Car Shops fully assembled: � CNA center-beam flatcar (12 nos.), #RN-16609 RTR...$20.95 � Santa Fe P-S 6-6-4 sleeper, two-tone gray (six Valley series � TTZX center-beam flatcar, panel window (12 nos.), #RN-16713 names) #CCS6550...$39.95 RTR...$20.95 � TTZX center-beam flatcar, opera window (12 nos.), #RN-16631 Kato, 100 Remington Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173, is releasing 8- RTR...$20.95 car sets for the BethGon Coalporter. Roadnames for the first release � TTZX center-beam flatcar, open panel (12 nos.), #RN-16801 (4/04) are BNSF (silver), CSX, NS and UP; second release (5/04) RTR...$20.95; #RN-16802...$62.85 3-pack roadnames are BNSF (mineral red), BN and CHHT (Chicago Heights � BNSF center-beam flatcar, open panel (12 nos.), #RN-16803

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RTR...$20.95; #RN-16804...$62.85 3-pack � WC center-beam flatcar (12 nos.), #RN-16709 RTR...$20.95 � GTW center-beam flatcar (12 nos.), #RN-16705 RTR...$20.95 � CN center-beam flatcar (12 nos.), #RN-16703 RTR...$20.95

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Atlas O, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, has new paint Spectrum® Davenport 0-4-0 side-rod gas-mechanical in their On30 schemes for the EMD GP35: powered (2 nos.) and decorated for BN, line. Loco is based on a 1940s stock model from the Davenport cata- Reading, Savannah & Atlanta, WM, Nickel Plate and SP; unpowered log. Roadnames are Greenbrier & Big Run Lumber Co., Pocahontas in one number decorated for BN, Reading, Savannah & Atlanta, WM Lumber Co., Midwest Quarry & Mining Co., Colorado Mining Co., and SP. Locos are available w/Lionel® TrainMaster® Command Little River Logging Co. and painted unlettered. Price is $90.00. Equipped featuring RailSounds® (TMCC). Prices are $399.95 3-rail TMCC; $379.95 2-rail; $399.95 2-rail TMCC; $199.95 2- or 3-rail Red Caboose, P.O. Box 250, Mead, CO 80542, has the following unpowered. new freight cars: WFEX/GN wood reefer w/GN herald (6 new nos.) #RC-434 Kit...$39.95; #RC-535...$52.95; #RC-635 RTR 3- Bachmann, 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124, offers the rail...$56.95.

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Bachmann, 1400 E. Erie Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19124, will offer black w/red trim and painted unlettered black. Price is $799.95. the 1:20.3 scale narrow gauge Spectrum® 36-ton 2-truck Heisler geared steam loco as Oregon Lumber, Little River Logging Co., Kadee®, 673 Ave. C, White City, OR 97503-1078, offers replace- Pardee Curtin Lumber Co., Lukens Steel Co., Painted unlettered in ment G scale center-set couplers. Item #1850 is $9.95 for two pair.

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Micro-Trains®, P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR 97540-1200, has plers)...$21.90; #13626-2 (w/ Magne-Matic® couplers)...$23.70; released the following RTR items: Kalmbach 70th Anniversary 50' Canadian Pacific F7B (Road No. CP 4459), #17012 (w/Märklin® boxcar (Road No. WSOR 503149), #13626 (w/Märklin® cou- couplers)...$54.80; #17012-2 (w/Magne-Matic® couplers)...$56.60

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Blair Line, P.O. $122.00) covers the basics of Digitrax systems; Advanced DCC Box 1136, Carthage, Camp (May 12-14, $100.00) includes info on DCC and advanced MO 64836, is offer- usage of Digitrax and Decoder Installation Camp (June 9-11, ing HO and N scale $100.00). Camp prices do not include travel, lodging or meals. Log kits for the Clark Oil onto Loy’s at www.LoysToys.com, send a SASE or call 479-456- Gas Station, one of 2888 for more info. the first oil compa- nies to offer self-service gas at a discount. The structure is based on Oddballs Decals, 26550 227th St., McLouth, KS 66054, offers the design used from the 1950s to the 1990s. At its peak, Clark had the following decals in HO, N, S & O scales: over 1,350 stations across the Midwest and Northeast stretching from � 810 SL-SF FFF logo for steam engine tenders Pennsylvania to Kansas. Kit has laser-cut wood walls, floor, doors, � 811 SL-SF Meteor Steam locos 1 3 1 windows, trim, billboard and signs. Included are four gas pumps, � 812 SL-SF heralds. /2", /4", 1" & 1 /2" (actual, not scale) 3 window glazing, two pump islands, soda machine, desk and full � 813 SL-SF heralds. 1 /4" & 2" (actual, not scale) color signs (gas price signs cover all eras). HO scale #187 is $38.95; � 814 C&NW system heralds for depots, different sizes N scale #087 is $32.95. � 815 C&NW owned heralds for depots, different sizes � 816 C&NW railway heralds for depots, different sizes Con-Cor, Attn: Jim Conway, 8101 E. Research Ct., Tucson, AZ � 817 Rock Island heralds, different sizes 85710-6758, 1-888-255-7826, [email protected], has their New � 818 Herzog ballast car Product Flyer for 2004. Clubs or groups can get a stack of the flyers � 819 UP Gunderson 60' boxcar at no charge. Advance notice at least three weeks prior to the event is � 820 FFF (Frisco Fast Freight) logo for steam tenders necessary. Let them know the approximate numbers of attendees and � 821 Heralds for steam-era black water tanks include street address where the flyers are to be sent. Because they � 822 Heralds for steam-era black water tanks will be shipped via Fed-Ex, flyers cannot be sent to a P.O. box. � 823 Heralds for steam-era black water tanks � 824 C&NW bay-window caboose w/flag (1981) Dallee Electronics, 246 W. Main St., Leola, PA 17540, has � 825 C&NW bay-window caboose w/flag (1981) announced their 56-page Catalog #27 ($6.50) featuring sound for Use prefix 60- for N; 87- for HO; 64- for S; 48- for O. HO and N DC, DCC and AC, speakers, lighting systems, detection products, scale decals are $3.50; S and O scale decals are $6.75. If ordering throttles, LEDs, etc. The Model Railroader’s Wiring Guide is $7.50. direct, add $1.75 for S&H. Order both for $12.50 or get them free via the Internet at www.dallee.com. Underground Railway Press, 216 S. Broad St., PMB 4MG, Bre- vard, NC 28712-3702, has released “The One Source Model Railroad Loy’s Toys, P.O. Box 88, Wesley, AR 72773, will be hosting three Industry Directory for 2004.” This 17th Anniversary edition lists over different DCC camps. Each seminar is on a Wednesday, Thursday 900 active Canadian and U.S. manufacturers and publishers in all and Friday and is held at the Loy’s Toys facility in northwest scales. Each listing has the name, address, products produced and Arkansas. Seminars offered are: Basic DCC Camp (April 21-23, catalog requirements. Item #URP-500 is $9.95 plus $2.50 S&H.

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N Scale 0-6-6-0 Steam Locomotive Japan's only mallet locomotive. Original version features feed water pump on side, modified has cross- compound air pump & piping (shown). Model has 5-pole motor in the cab, operating headlight, all o vvi drivers powered, rear traction tires, beautiful decoration, and fine detailing from pilot to tender. This little oo inn gem can take sharp curves, making it o gg ideal to modify for your logging MM ?? railroad or for additional detailing.

MicroAce A0651 #9812 (original) $148.00 MicroAce A0652 #9801 (modified) $148.00 NN ScaleScale Available from your dealer Send us an email with your new address as soon as possible [email protected]

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Classic Vintage

Volume 1

By Roger V. Amato & Donald J. Heimburger

Classic Vintage Crawlers & Dozers Volume 1, an all-color, 188-page, 11 x 10" hardbound coffee table format book, is here! Over the past two decades, there has been a renewed interest in preserving and collecting antique tractors and construction equipment, especially crawlers and dozers. You’ll enjoy this spectacular book jammed with 400 pictures, illustrations and authoritative text that will make this a “must-have” reference for your library!

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On30 SCALE REVIEW Broadway Limited C-16

by Chris Lane

Photos by the author

arrow gauge enthusiasts everywhere the Durango switcher in 1939 or 1940 and dummy coupler mounted at scale height. Nwill instantly recognize the designation was sold to the nearby Montezuma Lumber The tender is stuffed with the decoder and C-16. Owned by the Denver & Rio Grande Co. in the 1941, where it worked until an speakers for the sound system and has a Western Railroad these C class 2-8-0 Con- inattentive crew burned the crown sheet in metal (YES!) Kadee®-compatible coupler solidations, with 16,000 lbs. of tractive ef- 1947. It was scrapped and replaced by C-19 mounted at On30 (HO) height. I know fort, formed the backbone of the railroad’s 346, which is now preserved at the Colorado someone is going to ask, so yes, this loco- fleet from the 1880s until the arrival of the K Railroad Museum. motive can be converted to On3, and no I class Mikados in 1903 (K-27s), 1923 (K- The Grant-built 223 was assigned to the haven’t tried it yet. It appears to be trickier 28s) and 1925-’26 (K-36s). Bumped to sec- former Colorado & Southern branches out than any of the Bachmann conversions so ondary service, they continued to serve in of Gunnison until 1941. It was then leased far, so watch the various narrow gauge mag- reduced numbers until nearly the end of to Salt Lake City for display. After years of azines and web groups for tips how in the narrow gauge operations. The last C-16 neglect, the locomotive was moved in 1992 months to come. dropped its fire in 1955. to Ogden, where it is slowly undergoing The model comes in a number of paint C-16s were sold to the Rio Grande restoration. The restorers report finding very schemes including the 271 of our sample. Southern, Silverton Railroad, Nevada few traces of the locomotive’s Grant ances- The prototype for the model is clearly 278. County Narrow Gauge, New Mexico Lum- try. It seems the D&RG swapped castings By the 1940s the remaining C-16s had ber Co. and Montezuma Lumber Co. Simi- and parts (including boilers) between loco- become very individualized and none more lar Baldwins worked for the Rio Grande motives frequently. so than 278. It featured an extended sand Southern; East Broad Top; ET&WNC This left 268 and 278 as the only active dome, an unusual smokebox front and the (Tweetsie); Silverton, Gladstone & C-16s. They were the only locomotives light largest tender of all the C-16s. The tender Northerly; Nevada-California-Oregon; Den- enough to used on the old, weak bridges on was so large that many modelers and histori- ver, South Park & Pacific; and others. the Baldwin, Kubler and Castleton coal ans mistakenly believed it came from a K-27. Broadway Limited, Inc., is a relatively mine branches out of Gunnison. They The paint and finish of this model is excel- new company that has made some noise (lit- served the area until their retirement — 278 lent, but there are two small inaccuracies. erally) in the HO world. This is their first in 1953 and 268 in 1955. No. 278 is pre- When the D&RGW went from the “Scenic offering in On30, and indeed is the first served on a trestle at Cimarron, CO, and 268 Herald” (or toilet-seat herald) seen on the major manufacturer besides Bachmann to is at the Pioneer Museum in Gunnison, CO. model of 271 to the “flying” Rio Grande produce locomotive in On30. It is a smooth herald in 1940, they made the cab and ten- runner boasting nice proportions and an The Model der numbers larger. Our sample has the innovative sound system. BLI’s new On30 C-16 represents a larger post-1940 number size on the cab change in direction for On30. While Bach- with the pre-1940 tender lettering style. The Prototype mann’s first On30 locomotive was a C&S Also, the Rio Grande lettered their steam The D&RGW owned four C-16s in Mogul, all of their subsequent efforts have locomotives with “D&RGW” on the left 1940; they were numbered 223, 268, 271 been logging, mining or industrial proto- side of the cab, with the class designation on and 278. They were all that remained of the types. Broadway Limited has replicated a the right under the engine number. The 85 locomotives the railroad had purchased well-known Colorado prototype and by in model is correct on the fireman’s side but from Grant and Baldwin in five orders from large done a very credible job. The model reversed on the engineer’s. These are minor 1877 to 1882. The arrival of the larger K- has a few minor weak points, but its positive errors, but I thought I’d point them out, as class Mikados and the use of the larger and features more than make up for them. these errors could be easily corrected on newer C-17, C-18, C-19, C-21 and C-25 The locomotive and tender both have future runs. class locomotives for branchline service die-cast frames and plastic bodies. The I gave my new digital calipers a work caused massive scrapping and sale of C-16s “heft” of both is impressive and pulling the out on the locomotive and tender, and I’m during the 1920s and ’30s. bodies revealed clean, well-engineered com- pleased to report that I could find no dimen- C-16 271 was the first of the remaining ponents. The locomotive is powered by a sion that varied from my D&RGW folio four to leave the roster. It replaced 268 as can motor and has a flywheel. It has a scale sheets or published drawings. I’d assumed

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that Broadway would have to shave some inches to reduce the prototype 36" gauge dynamo spin up. This is followed by the air loco to the model’s 30", but if they did, it pumps running up. As the locomotive idles, 900 D&RGW C-16 268 (round domes), isn’t apparent. I give the model very high you hear random water, steam and air pump black D&RGW scheme...$269.99 marks on prototype fidelity. sounds. Once the locomotive begins to 901 D&RGW C-16 278 (fluted domes), The detail parts are more of a mixed move, you hear exhaust chuffs tied to the black D&RGW scheme ...$269.99 bag. They range from excellent (Handlan wheel rotation. Broadway makes no men- 902 D&RGW C-16 271, black D&RGW marker lights, coal load, driver centers), to tion of a sound cam, but I purposefully w/Scenic Herald...$269.99 good (air pumps, headlight and headlight slowed down the locomotive by pressing 903 D&RGW C-16 268 (round domes), base, domes, tender trucks), and passable down on it, and the chuffs slowed down in yellow Bumble Bee scheme...$279.99 (dynamo, air tanks) down to not-too-spiffy time with the wheels. If you back off on the 904 RGS 40...$269.99 (bell, whistle). These are easily replaced throttle, you hear the brakes being applied, 905 PRR 9654...$269.99 with castings if you so desire. The only area and once you’ve stopped, you get the ran- 906 Nevada County Narrow Gauge #8 of appearance I feel is a little lacking is the dom idle sounds again. Activating the bell ...$269.99 cast-on piping. In fairness, these are “Pow- and whistle takes a bit of getting used to. 907 Milwaukee Road #4...$269.99 erhouse” models as opposed to Broadway’s It’s done by toggling the reverse switch of 908 D&RGW C-16 268 (round domes), “Paragon” series (think Athearn Ready-to- your throttle back and forth. Doing so painted, unlettered...$269.99 Roll model vs. Genesis or Life-Like Proto quickly starts/stops the bell. Slower move- 909 D&RGW C-16 278 (fluted domes), 1000 vs. their Heritage steam) so Broadway ment sounds the whistle, which will blow painted, unlettered...$269.99 isn’t trying to pass these off as detailed to until the reverse switch is returned to the 1001 Sidekick for HO, DC...$29.99 the nth degree. In fact, the molded-on original position. The whistle fades out sanders and boiler check valves don’t nicely when you do this. Broadway Limited Additional Resources bother me very much. However, the piping sent along their Sidekick DC whistle and History of C-16 #278 & #268 by Jerry associated with the air pumps, including a bell controller. Wired between your throttle Day, The Prospector, Vol. 2, #1 & #3, Rio globe valve molded onto the boiler is dis- and layout, it makes activating the sounds a Grande Modeling & Historical Society Pub- tracting and detracts from the appearance of bit easier, although the bell function did lication, http://rgmhs.drgw.org/ an otherwise excellent looking model. In stick in the “on” position occasionally with Restoration of #223 the future, I’d like to see them go to sepa- it. To actually reverse the locomotive, you http://www.theunionstation.org/pro- rate piping, or at a minimum, leave off the must lower the voltage until the sound sys- jects/223proj/223text.html air pump piping all together. tem drops out, and then throw the reverse Special thanks go to Charlie Mutschler The locomotive and tender weigh 26.5 switch. Under DCC, reversing works nor- for additional prototype information. oz. Based on our formula, that would pull mally, and you gain much more control over 63 HO free-rolling cars on straight, level the activation of sounds, but I give QSI track. On30 cars are usually a bit heavier credit for building a DCC sound system and and not quite as free rolling as your average letting regular DC users join the fun. HO car. The locomotive starts and runs very The Quantum sound system features: smoothly. Starting voltage appears rather chuff, whistle, bell, brake squeal, Doppler high, but that is because 3.5 volts goes to effect, air let off (while idling), air pumps running the sound system and lights. The (while idling), sound of power (change in locomotive has a good speed range from chuff sounds with differing loads), water & creeping to a lively clip. I tested the C-16 in steam sounds (blow down, pop off & injec- our top-secret testing facility...a 4' x 8' lay- tor),blower hiss, headlight (dim head light out where many HO diesels fear to tread while idling), and slave (mutes whistle and that consists of 18" and 22" radius curves, bell for double heading). several S-curves with the barest of tangents Sound is rather subjective. I’ve spent a between them, #4 turnouts and 1% grades. lot of time around narrow gauge steam Broadway’s offering performed flawlessly locomotives, and I found the sound to be even at high speed. I also ran it in reverse very believable. It greatly increased my pushing a string of cars. The running char- enjoyment of the engine. acteristics of this locomotive are some of In the end, I was impressed with the the best I’ve tested. fidelity and performance of this engine. A The final piece of this locomotive is its new manufacturer, going into a new scale is sound system and decoder. Larry Puckett almost guaranteed to stub their toe, but will be giving a detailed review in his DCC Broadway Limited has a winner on their Update column so I confine my remarks to hands. I think the On30 modeler, especially the sound system in straight DC. The sound those with a Colorado narrow gauge bent, system is made by QSI. Once track voltage will be very pleased with this locomotive. reaches about 3.5 volts, you hear the The following variations are offered:

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HO SCALE REVIEW Lionel 4-6-6-4 Challenger

by Rich Picariello and lettering) for use in passenger service, With the introduction of their 4-6-6-4 mainly in the Pacific Northwest. In later Challenger models, Lionel has returned to Photos by Randy Lee years, all locomotives assigned to the the HO market in a big way. This model is Pacific Northwest area were oil burners. made in Korea and features a cast-metal onceived by Otto Jabelmann of the Smoke lifters (called “elephant ears” by boiler and tender shell. The engine and ten- C Union Pacific, the first 4-6-6-4 Chal- railfans) were added to the running boards der frames are also cast metal. The cab is lengers were built by the American Locomo- of 4-8-4 and 4-6-6-4 locomotives used in fully enclosed with non-operating doors at tive Company (Alco) and were delivered in passenger service. UP owned a total of 105 the rear. The lighted interior has a detailed 1936 and 1937. Originally numbered 3900- Challengers. backhead. A large can motor is mounted in 3939, they were renumbered 3800-3839 in During World War II, the Rio Grande the center of the boiler. A flywheel and a 1944. These original 40 Challengers were wanted to purchase additional Challengers drive shaft on each end of the motor power joined by a larger and heavier group of Chal- similar to their existing Baldwin-built Class both driver units. On UP models so lengers, also built by Alco from 1942 to L-105 but instead, the War Production equipped, the smoke lifters are held onto 1944. This second group had shrouded twin Board (WPB) diverted six locomotives from the running boards by four screws. The smokestacks with smoke lifters, larger cabs a Union Pacific order and leased them to the pilot cover is removable in order to install and 14-wheel “centipede” coal tenders. They Grande in 1943. These locomotives, Class either the short scale-length dummy cou- were numbered 3850-3869, 3975-3999 and L-97 3800-3805, were not well liked by the pler or the longer dummy coupler intended 3930-3949. In later years, some were con- Grande as they did not match-up to their to be used for double heading. Both of verted to burn oil and these were renum- own Baldwin-built Challengers and were these couplers are included in the extra bered into the 3700 series. Specifications for later returned to the WPB. Carolina, Clinch- parts package and snap-fit into place. the second series of 65 4-6-6-4s are 69" dri- field & Ohio (more commonly known as Installation of an operating magnetic cou- vers, 280 lbs. boiler pressure, 132 sq. ft. Clinchfield) bought this group of Chal- pler will require more work and is left to grate area, 627,900 lbs. total engine weight lengers from the WPB in 1947. Their first the skills of the purchaser. and a tractive effort of 97,350 lbs. group of 4-6-6-4s were essentially copies of Features of the 4-6-6-4: The Challengers were designed for the early “small” UP 3800 series Chal- � RTR out of the box freight-service use in Wyoming, but in their lengers. After delivery to the Clinchfield, � QSI® Quantum® sound and DCC decoder final years, they were used in freight and the major change done to the ex-Rio Grande � Will operate on analog (DC) or digital helper service on the entire system. Due to locomotives was the removal of the twin (DCC) the fact that there were no turntables long stacks, shroud and lifter assembly, which � Minimum radius of 18"; 22" is recom- enough to accommodate them, they were was replaced by a single stack. mended only occasionally seen in service on the Beginning in 1979, a dedicated group of � Will operate on Code 70, 83 and 100 Nebraska Division. A few were repainted in UP employees restored 3985 to operational track two-tone gray with yellow stripes and let- condition. This locomotive is regularly oper- � 5-pole can motor w/dual flywheels tering (later changed to silver-gray stripes ated in excursion service. � All drivers powered; electrical pick-up by 16 wheels � Constant intensity directional lights � Two speakers in tender � Firebox glow on coal-fired models � Illuminated numberboards and cab light � Provision for installing smoke generator � Cast-metal boiler, tender and frames � Kadee® #5 Magnetic coupler on tender � Many separately applied details & piping � Brass bell, whistle and pop-off valves � Removable pilot cover; two dummy cou- plers provided � Appropriate coal ash-pans or oil-burner firebox details � Sliding cab windows and operable roof hatch � Single smokestack on the Clinchfield version Lionel has done a fine job on the detail- ing. The boiler has simulated lagging plates,

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access hatches, boiler clamps, simulated Clinchfield and UP. The paint on both mod- mode. While the DCC mode is easier to stack lifter mechanism and wash-out plugs. els is smoothly applied and all the lettering program, DC operators can program both The tender has marker lamps (with molded- is crisp and opaque. On the UP version, the sound and other programming by using the on electrical conduits), a realistic coal load small lettering on the air tanks, cab sides, reversing switch. A verbal announcement for the coal-tender version and nicely builder’s plates and the trust plate located of each setting is helpful when doing these detailed truck sideframes. The piping is on the tender are readable. adjustments. made from wire and molded plastic. While The UP version with smoke lifters (less The dual-mode decoder can automati- most of the major piping is freestanding, tender) weighs 1 lb. 15.3 oz., while the cally detect if the locomotive is operating some of the smaller piping is molded on. Clinchfield version weighs 1 lb. 14.6 oz. on DC or DCC. In DCC mode, the sounds The model compares favorably in all major The tender by itself weighs 17.6 ounces! On can be assigned to separate functions, and dimensions to published scale drawings, but our test track, the drawbar pull was about the configuration variables (CVs) can be the drivers measure close to a scale 66" 3.75 ounces. This translates to about 67 programmed. The owner’s manual covers rather than the correct 69" drivers as on the average freight cars on straight and level this in detail. A slide switch located under prototype. This size discrepancy is hardly track. Although the model can be run on the tender frame will reset all values to the noticeable. 18" radius (looking ridiculous in the factory default settings when slid to the The front driver unit is spaced a little process), the manufacturer’s recommended “restore” position. further from the rear cylinders than minimum radius is 22". For appearance Lionel’s Challengers are well-detailed depicted on the drawings to allow more sake, operation on 24" or larger radius and faithful models of their prototypes. front-unit swing. In order to negotiate would be better. Roadnames in two road numbers each are: curves down to 18", the two driver sections Both models ran smoothly and operated � Clinchfield w/coal tender (671 & 673) are pivoted at the center of each main dri- well in all speed ranges. Due to the voltage � Rio Grande w/coal tender (3801 & 3805) ver. This arrangement provides a greater requirements of the sound module, the � UP in black & graphite w/coal tender swing motion to the driver units and is starting voltage is higher when using a DC (3985 & 3989) commonly used on non-brass articulated power pack than when the model is run on � UP in black & graphite w/smoke lifters models by all the model manufacturers. a DCC system. The sound system includes & oil tender (3708 & 3710) However, this system does not accurately air let-off and air pumps in neutral, blower � UP two-tone gray, yellow stripes and let- represent the prototype arrangement that hiss, safety valve pop-off, water injector, tering w/smoke lifters & oil tender has the rear driver unit fixed to the boiler Sound-of-Power® — intensity of the chuff (3976 & 3983) and a pivoting front driver unit. Because of varies depending on the load, Doppler � UP two-tone gray, silver-gray stripes and this articulation method, the large steam effect, authentic Challenger bell and whis- lettering w/smoke lifters & oil tender delivery pipes to the rear cylinders have a tle, helper mode that mutes the bell and (3980 & 3984) noticeable gap between the pipes and the whistle when double heading, squealing Provided in a plastic bag are the two top of the cylinders. On the prototype, the brakes, a turbo-generator sound when the types of dummy pilot couplers, a sound pipes are connected to each cylinder. For a lights come on and coupler crash (DCC adjustment tool, a two-prong female plug better appearance, it might be possible to only). All these sounds are quite good. with wires (use of this item is not specified) cut and install thin sections of round styrene Both models came preset to the highest and a hex-head tool for removing or tight- tubing of the proper diameter to partially volume, which caused some sounds to be ening the main rod screws. Also included in fill the gap (a small gap must remain to pre- rather harsh and/or distorted. A volume the box is a full-color booklet that contains serve the driver unit’s swing). Also due to control is located under the removable rear prototype history and shows all of the mod- the articulation, the power reverse shift water hatch on the tender deck. The over- els offered. There is also an Owner’s Man- lever (on the right side of the rear driver all volume can be adjusted manually to a ual detailing operation and set-up unit) is in two parts on the model whereas it more realistic level with the provided tool. procedures for both DC and DCC modes, is one piece on the prototype. A better method is to program each sound locomotive maintenance and other general Our two samples came decorated for individually in either the DC or DCC instructions. The price is $699.99 each.

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HO SCALE REVIEW Bachmann Spectrum® USRA 2-6-6-2

by Larry E. Smith, MMR group of 15 being purchased from Rich- the front of the smokebox on the fireman’s mond in 1918. side. The builder’s photo on page 144 of Photos by Randy Lee The USRA 2-6-6-2 was designated as a C&O Power, clearly shows this arrange- “light” Mallet as opposed to the 2-8-8-2 ment along with the standard USRA letter- n 1910, the Chesapeake and Ohio began which was classified as “heavy.” Since both ing for the locomotives. I looking for a more efficient way of locomotive designs had the same axle load The Bachmann 2-6-6-2 represents the moving coal from the mines of West Vir- rating, the “light” designation of the 2-6-6-2 modernized version of the locomotive with ginia to the East Coast, as the railroad was was used in reference to clearance rather the addition of a second air pump on the severely limited in what it could haul over than weight restrictions. In all, there were a smokebox and the angled numberboards as the mountains. The limiting factor was the total of 30 USRA 2-6-6-2 locomotives built, applied by the C&O in the early 1930s. A tonnage rating of 1,800 tons, or 30 loaded with 20 going to the C&O and ten going to separate step plate for use over the head- steel hoppers, for the G-7 and G-9 Consoli- the Wheeling & Lake Erie. light is also provided. I have researched this dations. The railroad had two choices of The C&O USRA 2-6-6-2s were classi- feature and haven’t found a C&O 2-6-6-2 motive power available to them, Mikes or fied as H-5s and were assigned numbers with this in place, but I have been told that Mallets. After serious evaluation, it was de- 875-894. The first 15 were built by Sch- it was a standard feature. I suspect that termined that the Mallet would move 750 enectady early in 1919, and the remaining these modifications were also applied to the more tons then the Mike and use less fuel in five were constructed by Baldwin in August Wheeling & Lake Eire Mallets when they the process. and September of that year. While similar to were incorporated into the Nickel Plate With all of this information in hand, the the C&O’s own Mallet design, the USRA fleet as the NKP was controlled by the railroad placed an order with American design had a slightly heavier engine weight Mechanical Advisory Committee which Locomotive Company for a sample com- and larger drivers, firebox and cylinders. dictated standard designs for all of the rail- pound 2-6-6-2 to be produced at the Sch- They were also equipped with piston valves roads under the Van Sweringen group. enectady Works. The locomotive was on the front cylinders as opposed to slide The locomotive reviewed is painted as a delivered in July 1910 and was the first of valves on the C&O Mallets. newly shopped engine with the yellow cab what would become a fleet of 275 locomo- The H-5s were easily recognizable with windows and the white striping along the tives of this design. By the time the USRA their distinct USRA features of small raised walkways. It is numbered 1524, represent- was formed in 1919, the C&O had 174 platforms with short one-step ladders to ing the class as renumbered in 1924, and “light” Mallets in operation with the last provide access to the air pump located on carries the standard C&O lettering scheme for steam locomotives. With the locomo- tives’ field of operations being pretty much restricted to the coal branches, this paint scheme would have been very short-lived on an in-service engine as they got very dirty, very fast. Bachmann is also offering weathered versions of this locomotive, but I have not seen one yet. Bachmann’s design for their first articu- lated locomotive is similar to what we have come to expect for plastic articulated loco- motives in that both sets of drivers move from a central pivoting point. Unlike the prototype and brass models, this is done to allow the locomotive to operate on tighter radius curves. The model will take an 18” radius, but Bachmann recommends that it be operated on 22” radius and above. I operated the 2-6-6-2 on my club’s layout, which has a mainline radius of 30” and the double articulation wasn’t even noticed. The double articulation also has an advan- tage in that the locomotive seems to glide into the curves rather than have the jerky

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motion and exaggerated swing of the front which the separate details are applied. A tioned between the cab and the tender. All of engine on one that isn’t. major concern with model steam locomo- the piping is three-dimensional, as are the To this double articulation, Bachmann tives has been with the proper balance of the pumps, valves and levers you would find on has added their tried-and-true gear mecha- locomotive. The traditional method of a steam locomotive. The builder’s plate on nism. Unlike past versions of this type of mounting the motor and gearboxes has a the side of the locomotive is readable, and locomotive, both sets of drivers are pow- tendency to make the locomotive tail heavy you can see that this was a locomotive pro- ered with gearboxes attached to the center and reduces its pulling capability. Bach- duced by the Schenectady Works of Ameri- axle of each driver set. They are also off mann has overcome this by placing the can Locomotive. The Cole trailing truck is a center as is Bachmann’s common practice. motor and gearboxes in the center of the work of art in itself and is a very accurate There is a pickup on each of the drivers on locomotive. With a weight of 17 oz. (with- reproduction of the USRA design. both sides of the locomotive, however the out tender), it will pull over 60 hoppers and Seven versions are initially being drivers are not sprung. The motor and fly- match the prototype’s capability. offered: 82601 — Painted, unlettered; wheel assembly sits in the middle of the The locomotive operated smoothly out of 82602 — C&O H-5; 82603WE — C&O H- boiler and is connected to the gearboxes the box, and it was nice to see that Bach- 5 weathered; 82604 — Nickel Plate; with short universals. mann has replaced the bright blue arc 82605WE — Nickel Plate weathered; The motor sits in a metal underframe, welder LED from their previous locomo- 82606 — Wheeling & Lake Erie; 82607WE centered over the pivot point, thus adding tives with the more common yellowish color — W&LE weathered. Bachmann has weight to the locomotive where it is needed, of the older headlights. They also did away another winner with the USRA 2-6-6-2. over the drivers. On top of this, is another with the red light in the open firebox door. Suggested retail is $349.00 ($399.00 for metal weight that holds the PC board for the The detailing is exquisite, with complete weathered). The weathered versions are due motor and light connections. All of this is backhead and crew. A hinged deck plate is to for release this summer. Additional num- covered by a thin-wall plastic boiler shell to attached to the locomotive and can be posi- bers are also planned for each roadname.

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ModelingModeling aa WellWell-Used Used GondolaGondola

by Jeff Eggert

Photos by the author

CNW 742129 is spotted at Ducts & Metal Fabrication awaiting a load of scrap metal.

ondolas are a common freight car in panels are literally “beat up.” I also replaced ends, or made from pressed brass. The first G manifest trains today and carry a wide the ends with pressed brass to simulate the gondola I made has replaced plastic ends, variety of materials. With the exception of outward bowing of the ends and translate the second, described here, has pressed coiled steel and a few other delicate loads, the pattern to the inside of the car. With the brass ends. most loads are tossed into the gondolas inside of the gondola looking as realistic as I started with a Proto 2000 52' 6" drop without much care for the car or the load. the outside, weathering is very important. I end gondola kit for modeling the CNW When the contents of a gondola are tossed applied real rust to the outside and inside of 742129. The Proto 2000 kit has good under- into the car, they bang against the sides of the gondola. Using these techniques I was body detail, a tongue-and-groove steel floor, the car, leaving small dents in the steel. Over able to create two very realistic looking and the correct inside length for my proto- time, all the dents in the gondola sides add models. type. To prepare the base of the gondola, the up, leaving the side panels between the ribs sides were removed along with areas of the puffed out. The Base underbody. I sawed off the sides to match I wanted to model the three dimensional, The techniques I will describe can be the final floor height of the model. The floor puffed-out look of well-used gondolas. I applied to any gondola. A gondola model height of the model is about 6" higher than replaced the plastic sides of a gondola with matching the length of the prototype is the real car. This is not noticeable but is nec- very thin brass panels and styrene ribs. The needed for a base. A flatcar would serve as a essary for the model to be weighted prop- ribs give needed structural strength to the good starting point as well. The ends can be erly. The weight provided in the kit was sides. To get the well-used look, the brass left attached, replaced with correct plastic used. I removed a scale 7.5' x 9' section

CNW 742129 is the prototype for the gondola with pressed-brass ends. Mason City, IA; July 1996.

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CNW 741017 at Ducts & Metal Fabrication.

from the underframe above the trucks for proper clearance of the wheel flanges. I also squared up the underframe corners. The weight is used to attach the bolsters and coupler pockets. I glued the weight to the underframe and glued the floor to the weight. The coupler pocket from the removed underframe was re-used and glued in place. The bolsters are made by Preci- sion, but the center post for the truck mounting screw is taken from the removed underframe. I modified the angle on the bottom sidesill by fitting a piece of .040 styrene to the existing bottom sill and gluing in place. Once solidly in place I sanded down the added styrene to achieve the desired look. CNW 741017 is the prototype for model with plastic ends. Nelson, IL; July 1997.

Major pieces of Proto 2000 Kit: carbody, floor and underframe detail as well as End of the underframe before any the Detail Associates Dreadnaught ends. work is done.

The finished base for use with pressed ends looks like a The finished base for use with correct plastic ends looks flatcar. It is ready for the sides and ends. like a bulkhead flatcar. It is ready for the sides.

Precision Bolster Preparing the Sides 7.5’ x 9’ area 1 The prototype car diagram calls for /4" removed from underframe steel sheets to be used for the sides. The sides of my gondola are made using .001 .040 styrene sidesill contour before Weight brass panels from the K&S 258 brass shim and after sanding assortment and styrene HO 4x4s and 1x6s. Re-used For HO scale, the .001 brass is about a coupler third of the prototype’s thickness. My pocket model has 15 panels and 14 ribs. I made the ribs by gluing and centering Squared-up a strip of 4x4 to a strip of 1x6. Once the underframe laminated ribs are dry, they can be cut to corners length. My model has 20 scale-length ribs

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of 6.5' and eight scale length ribs of 5.54'. To produce the well-used look, cut the brass to the individual sizes of each panel. My model has HO scale dimensions as fol- lows: 18 panels of 3.25' x 6.5', four panels of 3.75' x 5.54', four panels of 5' x 5.54', and four panels of 3.25' x 5.54' starting at .010 styrene to one end and sloping to 6.5' on the other. protect flat area Handling the thin brass requires care to of panel. keep it smooth. Starting with perfectly smooth brass panels is necessary to achieve the final look. I recommend holding the brass sheet by a single corner or edge with Brass panel after three hits in the first Brass panel after finishing the first minimal gripping pressure. hammering step. Note how the cover step. Note the sharper edge of the Cutting the brass sheet into the panels protects the flat area. Note the hobby knife handle that will be used also requires care. A perfectly flat hard sur- smooth rounded end of screwdriver. for the second step. face without any small bumps or gouges is needed. A smooth guide such as a scale ruler serves as a good straightedge. A brand-new knife blade is necessary. Cutting the .001 brass sheet does not require much pressure. Many light passes over the brass will yield a smooth cut. Too much pressure will leave the edge wavy, crinkled and unusable. The Hammering Jig A hammering jig is required to “beat up” each panel. The base for the hammering jig can be any hard flat surface. I used a mov- able piece of Plexiglas, about 5" x 7" in size, which allowed the panel to be rotated during hammering. Tape a piece of .010 styrene about 1.5" square to the base. The styrene acts as a cushion during hammer- ing, giving a more realistic puffed-out look to the panels. The styrene cushion stretches From left to right, top to bottom: 4x4, 1x6, laminated rib, perfectly flat panel, out and needs to be replaced after every finished panel after hammering, 1 rib and 1 panel, 2 ribs and 1 panel, 2 ribs and four to five panels. 2 panels, 4 ribs and 3 panels. Draw a three-sided box on the cushion to serve as a guide to align the top and one side Tape down a very thin edge, about .020, of each panel. Draw a horizontal line across of the sides and top of the panel. Then place the entire cushion to serve as the floor line. a piece of tape across the area of the panel The distance between the floor line and the below the floor, aligning the tape edge with other horizontal line of the box is the same the floor line. When removing this piece of as the inside height of the real gondola. My tape, be careful not to kink the panel. The model has an inside height of 4.5'. non-taped part of the panel should be the only area receiving any hammering. Another piece of .010 styrene is needed Plexiglas Hammering Jig Base as a cover to protect the panel below the Non-taped portion to be hammered floor. It is easy to hammer off target and hit this area of the panel. Tape the cover down so it lines up with the bottom edge of the floor line. Backside of the panels with panel Hammering Taped brass panel covering half of rib. Hammering requires a little practice. Before making any panels for the model, tion. Repeat this process until the panel produce a few test panels. For the first step, receives the desired puffed-out look. Each Floor Line I used the end of a screwdriver handle to of my panels received about 75 to 100 hits evenly puff out the panel. The handle, with in this first step. .010 styrene cushion its smooth rounded contour can be used to The second step makes each panel produce smooth shallow dents that blend unique. Use the handle end of a hobby Hammering jig with taped-down together to create the puffed-out look. knife or a sharp-cornered object in the panel. Note three-sided box and floor Hold the screwdriver by the blade over same manner as the screwdriver. The sharp line on styrene cushion. The top and the panel. Lower the screwdriver as if to hit edge produces a deeper, V-shaped dent. one side of the panel are aligned with the panel, but release the pressure on the Add extra force for larger dents. I gave the box. The only area to receive blade, letting gravity be the only force dri- each panel about 25 to 50 hits in the second hammering is the non-taped portion ving the screwdriver onto the panel. Let the step. Some panels can also receive a larger of panel. The styrene cover is not screwdriver bounce off the panel while rais- dent by rubbing the knife in a short line shown. ing the screwdriver back to its original posi- while applying pressure.

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around the plastic end to remove it from the mold. Feather the top and side edges of the mold down to the face of the pattern. Cut a piece of .001 brass larger than the end itself. Slide two .020 L-shaped brass rods, or guides, into the backside of the mold. Lay the .001 brass sheet on the mold pattern with one edge aligned with the bottom of the pat- tern. Slide the plastic end onto the guides, over the brass. Gently press the plastic end into the mold. Remove the guide rods once the brass is securely sandwiched between the plastic end and mold. I squeezed the plastic end and mold between my fingers to avoid cracking the mold. Pressing the brass in small thumb-size areas produces the best Finished sides and ends are ready to be glued to the base. impression in the brass. Inspect the brass for a good pattern and re-press if necessary. The Assembling the Sides pressed .001 brass becomes very strong. Cut Glue one rib to a finished panel. The the pressed brass to size with scissors. panel should only cover half of the back of the rib. It is best to let the rib hang over the Gondola Assembly bottom of the panel a little. The excess rib Glue the sides to the base first. Align the will be removed after the sides are attached bottom of the side panels with the bottom of to the base. Add another rib and check the the base. Curl one end of the side upward, back of the ribs to make sure they are glued away from the base. Lay down about an on straight. Glue another panel to one of the inch of glue on the base and roll the side ribs, using a straight edge to align the bot- The brass is sandwiched between the back down on the glue. Work outwards tom of the panels. Continue to add ribs and plastic end and mold. The guide rods toward the ends an inch at a time. Be sure panels until the entire side is one curly keep the plastic end and mold the flat part of each panel is flat on the base. piece. Put panels that are close in appear- aligned. Seal the bottom sill between the panels and ance, with a similar degree of bowing, next the base with glue. Carefully sand the ribs to each other. Some repainted cars receive and panels flush with the sill of the base and new panels. Perfectly flat or nearly perfect re-seal so there is no loose brass. panels can be found on some repainted cars. The pressed ends should be lightly Be careful when handling the finished side glued to the sides. Bring the sides and ends assembly, because it is very fragile. together to form a sharp corner. Solidly glue the ends to the sides before gluing the Pressed Ends bottom of the ends to the base. The ends To create the pressed brass ends I made will flatten out at the base, but will still a plaster mold from a bowed, correct, plas- tic end. I used the bottom half of Detail Brass end after pressing, but before Associates 6236 5/5 Dreadnaught boxcar trimming. end. The plastic end was cut to fit the dimensions and pattern for the ends of my during pressing. I carefully put a slight bow model. Leave some excess flat area at the in the plastic end so the mold will also top of the plastic end. Trim this excess from receive the outward bow. the brass end after pressing for a precise fit. The rib side of the prepared plastic end At the bottom of the end, two corner plates can be sprayed with WD-40 or mold release. were left in place as tabs. The tabs are Pour Hydrocal plaster over the plastic end to needed for mating the end with the mold eliminate most bubbles. Once the plaster hardens clean off the back of the tabs. I drilled .020 diameter guide holes through Note bow in the end and three- Hydrocal mold .001 sheet brass the tabs and the mold. Clean off the area dimensional puff of side panels.

Shaped .020 guide rods (2) Flat area to be trimmed Pre-bowed from brass plastic end end Tabs with .020 guide holes Pre-bowed plastic end with tabs and excess flat area, L-shaped .020 brass guide rods, .001 brass for pressing, Assembled gondola before details are added. Note bow in end and translation Hydrocal plaster mold. of end pattern to the inside of the car.

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Finished car with all details added before painting. Inside of gondola shows backside of the panels, rib placement, and the bow and pattern of the end before weathering.

weathering on this car that few decals are needed. I added black CNW reporting marks, an ACI label and white weight data. Paint used for weathering consisted of a 2:1 mix of Polly Scale Railroad Tie Brown and Rust on the cars sides, ends, underframe, trucks and couplers. I also used Floquil Rust to touch-up any painting flaws. The final step of weathering my gondolas was to add real rust.

Top chord on sides and ends along with ladder and brakewheel details. Note Real Rust roping tabs, 4x4 styrene cubes, I-beams and top-chord corner braces. Rust comes in many shades. It can be orange and fresh, like the wheel plate of a have the bowed look at the top. the car where the I-beams are visible. Safety new wheelset. It can also appear brown and Press each panel flat to the base and seal chain and a Kadee® brakewheel were added old, like the wheel tread of a freight car in with glue from the inside of the car. Use to the B-end of the car. The brakewheel plat- long-term storage. Many individual shades 600-grit sandpaper to smooth out any imper- form is made from DA 2711 “chicken wire” are visible, but they blend together to create fections on the flat part of the panels. Use grille and styrene 1x6. the color known as rust. Attempting to courser sandpaper to add the angle at the recreate a multi-toned rust color always led bottom of the ribs. Trim the top of the ribs Paint, Decals & Weathering back to looking at real rust. Since I couldn’t with a sprue cutter. Use scissors to level off CNW 742129 was never repainted by the mimic real rust, I weathered my models the top of the panels. CNW; it was originally ROCK 680216. I with actual rust. painted the large black and dark blue To add real rust to a model, four basic Details patches first. After masking the patches, the items are required: a spray bottle or eye- The top chord for the sides is made using entire car was painted a bluish white to sim- dropper, a plastic storage bin with remov- styrene 1x6. I glued a strip to the side of the ulate a very faded blue. There was so much able cover, iron metal shavings and water. I ribs, lining up the top of the strip with the top of the brass panels. A second 1x6 was added to the top of the ribs, connecting the first strip and the brass panels. The top and bottom pieces of the end’s top chord are styrene 1x12s cut to match the bow of the brass end. The side of the end’s top chord is 1x6. The braces on the corners of the top chord are small pieces of 1x6 glued and sanded to shape. I also glued a strip of styrene 1x6 to the side, at the car corners, Painted and decaled model before weathering. where the sides meet the ends to form the corner post. The ladders are .015 x .024 brass bar glued to 4x4 styrene. I used .012 brass rod for rungs on the ladders and grabirons. The ladder assemblies are glued to the sides and ends. The grabirons are placed in holes drilled in the sides and ends of the car. The grabirons are glued from the inside and trimmed off with a flush side cutter. I also used the brass bar to make stirrup steps. I added the underframe detail supplied with the kit. I also cut short pieces of Ever- green .080 H-column to add at the end of Puffing of the side panels is easier to see before weathering.

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Plastic Bin

Spray Bottle

Eyedropper

Plastic Bin Cover

® Same view as on opposite page but Q-Tip after all weathering had been com- pleted. Knife

made fresh metal shavings by sawing car-kit weights. Flip the storage bin cover upside Screwdriver down and place a piece of paper towel on it. Set the model, with the surface to receive rust facing up, on the paper towel. I used a Rusted metal Fresh metal Weights spray bottle to coat the model surface with shavings shavings water, then sprinkled the metal shavings Rust vat with all necessary items except for the saw used to cut the weights. onto the wet surface, where they will stick. Metal shavings on the model are wet, rusted and ready for drying.

Finished model with bowed pressed-brass ends.

The other side with slightly different weathering.

For spotty, random rust, sprinkle the metal shavings on very lightly. For heavy areas of rust, coat the model surface with metal shavings, but be sure the model sur- face can still be seen between the metal shavings. Clean off any areas where rust is not desired with a slightly magnetic screw- driver or a Q-Tip®. The metal shavings should appear wet; if not, lightly spray them with more water. Place the bin onto the cover so the rust will have a moist environ- ment in which to form. Same view as on opposite page but after all weathering. Let the rust vat sit closed for 10-12 hours

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The well-defined puffing of the panels is quite visible on a lightly weathered car.

The “beat-up” panels are enhanced by the addition of real rust. Note the color structure and detail of real rust.

The bowed end from the side.

or longer for good rust formation. Remove thoroughly clean the remaining metal shav- place for real rust. The modeling applica- the bin to let the wet, newly rusted, metal ings from the model. The unique display of tions for using real rust are almost limitless. shavings dry. Once dry I used a screwdriver rust was then sealed with a coat of Dullcote. And although working with .001 brass is a to gently scrape the major areas of metal Most modelers and layouts could use a real challenge, it provides realistic results shavings off the model. A knife was used to well-used gondola, but a gon is not the only that make the challenge worth trying.

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This SOO gondola, built in 11-76, has had more than 25 years of abusive service. It has very puffed-out sides, bowed ends and lots of rust. It is a good example of a well-used gondola. Neenah, WI; March 2002.

1 NOKL gondola, built in 2-99, has 4 /2 years of service, but the sides are still very smooth and appear flat with no apparent rust...

...but this close-up of the sides reveals slight puffing of the side panels even 1 Note slight bow of the B-end. after only 4 /2 years of service. Oelwein, IA; August 2003.

Bill of Materials 2023 Universal brakewheel (alternates, 2033 or 2043) (for CNW 742129) Precision Scale Co. 31083 Bolsters Manufacturer US Gypsum Part No. Description Hydrocal® plaster (end mold) Life-Like Proto 2000 Polly Scale 23637 52' 6" drop-end gondola kit 414113 Reefer White K&S 414203 GN Big Sky Blue 258 .001 brass shim assortment (side panels, ends) 414206 Conrail Blue 8159 .020 brass rod (end pressing guides) 414290 Engine Black Detail Associates 414323 Rust 2504 .012 brass wire (grabirons) 414329 Railroad Tie Brown 2526 .015 x .024 brass flat bar (ladders, stirrup steps) Floquil 2711 “Chicken wire” grille (brakewheel platform) 110073 Rust 6236 5/5 Dreadnaught boxcar ends (pressed ends) Microscale 6429 ACF roping tabs 87-462 Roman Style Railroad Data Decal Set Evergreen 87-515 Airslide Hopper Decal Set 8106 1x6 strip styrene (ribs, top chord, platform) 87-742 50' Coil Car Decal Set 8404 4x4 strip styrene (ribs, ladders) Miscellaneous 282 .080 H-column (underframe detail) Real rust 9040 .040 6x12 styrene sheet (sidesill contour) Spray bottle or eyedropper 8112 1x12 strip styrene (end chord) Plastic bin w/cover Kadee® Metal shavings 438 Air hoses & angle cocks Water

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Dave Woodrell’s Sn3 Rio Grande Southern in Kirkland. Russ Segner photo

Greg Wright’s G scale (1:22.5) Consolidated Republic Mining Company Railroad in Olympia. Burley Packwood photo eattle is a hot bed of model rail- roading as you can see from Sthese photos. Most of the layouts shown are either on the layout tours or will be shown at the train show. A few are at a location to be visited when traveling to, or leaving Seattle. Prototype tours, intermodal facili- ties where containers leave the ship to start their trip across country, Stevens Pass (Cascade nine-mile tunnel), Snoqualmie Pass or Stampede Pass all through the Cascades provide photo possibilities, as do the Puget Sound shore routes. You have to see Dr. Nick Muff’s home. The basement is built around the nose of a KCS F unit (with full- sound operating horn and a partial passenger car). His layout has an excellent reproduction (HO) of the Doug Nighswonger’s HO Milwaukee Road layout in Sammamish. KCS Union Depot. Russ Segner photo

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Register at: Puget Sound eXpress 2004 190 SE 10th Street North Bend WA 98045

Jerry Kinney’s HO Pacific Coast in Wenatchee. Russ Segner photo

Bob Brittell’s HO Illahee Valley layout in Bremerton. Brian Pate photo Russ Segner photo

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Prototypes-for-Models �FREIGHTCAROLOGY Athearn HO Scale PS 5344 Boxcar by David G. Casdorph Part 3 Photos courtesy Freight Cars Today www.DGCasdorph.com

EEC 1031. Painted at GE Texarkana, Arkansas, Shops in September 2003. Replacement panel-design door part num- ber A80351 manufactured 7-03.

everal years ago Athearn released an HO scale model of the ubiq- S uitous Pullman-Standard 5,344 cubic-foot boxcar. The car is designed to meet the needs of a 50' 6" Plate C general-service boxcar with a single sliding door. Most articles have dealt with the original “bright-and-col- orful” paint schemes that existed on these cars. This series of articles will deal with the more practical paint-efficient schemes and some “fallen colors” liveries.

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EEC 939 was originally built in Octo- ber 1979. Painted in September 2003 by Southeastern Railway Services Magnolia, Mississippi, Shops.

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FCCM 180149 was built in December 1978 as part of Lot 9977. Note the black paint-out and brown replace- ment door.

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FCCM 18010. Note the gray paint-out area on this car. Individuality on the prototype makes for exciting model- ing possibilities.

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The donkey engine is hard at work unloading the logs from the skeleton cars.

These three little critters are just sitting out the morning sun. A call to duty won’t be long coming.

36 � MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 2004 LAYOUT 1/31/04 3:08 PM Page 37 COONCREEK TUMBLEWEED&SPRINGS bout a year ago I decided to switch by Paul Templar A from HO to On30. I did this with the complete knowledge that I would have to Photos by the author in On30 scratchbuild all-new structures. Okay, I love scratchbuilding, but it was a daunting task, down (yet, again) my entire HO layout, sell technique to provide openings for different as I really had no idea on the size. Having it, and start yet another dream fantasy. Yes, I scenery elevations. The insulation board is modeled in N scale for a number of years have done that on many occasions in the actually compressed card/paper used in back in the 1960s, then switching to HO for past just to build once again, but this time it household areas to keep the cold out. I more years than I care to remember, I found was different, and something new. I was painted the white insulation board an earth myself once again trying to get my head lucky in that I sold the entire railroad to a color. Apart from it looking nice, it also around a new scale. friend of mine. seals the board and helps secure the track Well, I’ve been with On30 for a while The layout is far from what you might pins. now, and I love it. I just wish I had taken the call finished...it never really is...but most plunge a few years ago. It was my HO Bad- parts are at a reasonable stage. I still have to Kitbashing ger Creek Lumber Company and Red Fox scenic the large logging area at the rear of I had great fun kitbashing a Porter 0-4-2. Lumber Company layouts that really started the layout and finish putting in the large I stripped off the cab and scratchbuilt a new me on the logging trail many years ago. I stumps. roof for it. Then I bought a Boulder Valley liked the idea of a carefree and make-do- Models center cab kitbashing kit and made and-mend attitude that the logging side The Benchwork my little diesel switcher. This was fitted offered. I was quite happy with HO scale It took me quite a while to get all the onto an old Bachmann 44-ton chassis I still until a visit to our once-a-year exhibition benchwork done before I could start laying had lying around. I scratchbuilt a new held at the NEC Birmingham, United King- the track; 1x3s were used throughout. The wooden body for one of my two Shays dom. I wasn’t particularly looking for any- main base structure was an L-girder that is using cardboard and stripwood on the top. thing special; I just wanted to see what was 3' off the floor. The highest point on the rail- It’s the same method of construction I use 1 to be had. However, I found myself drooling road is 5'. The main boards used were /2" when making structures. 1 over an On3 logging layout. Then I came chipboard with /2" insulation (soundboard) Then I scratchbuilt the body for one of upon the Bachmann booth and spotted this placed on top. I used the “cookie cutting” the two remaining 0-4-2 Porters I had into a fantastic-looking On30 Shay...Wow! That was it; I was hooked. Yep, I bought it, took it home and ran it on the HO track just for fun. It was quite large in comparison to what I was accustomed, but it ran well ,and I really liked the look of this loco. So, I spent a few days drawing up trackplans to see what I could get into my small 14' by 11' room. At one point I thought it would not be possible to have a continuous run (I prefer that for running in locos) and tried various track configurations. I guess I came up with around 20 before I finally got what I was looking for, and for me, it works well. The track is continuous with many spurs. I even managed to fit in an engine shed with the usual facilities. If you look carefully at the plan, the configuration of the trackwork is not unlike my original Badger Creek Lum- ber Company trackplan (see August/Sep- tember 2000 Model Railroading). For the first time, I didn’t get any funny looks from the family about tearing it down to start again. In fact, to my surprise, my wife liked this scale. All that remained to be done was to tear

The inside the sawmill is a busy place. All of the machinery was scratchbuilt for this sawmill.

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It looks like the log pond is going to be hectic for the Shay #8 has a quiet time of it today; the engineer is next hour or two as a load of freshly cut logs has just watching the workers place the footboards so they arrived. can keep their feet dry.

type of boxcab; I made a timber cab for the other one. Since I also had an SW9 chassis, I scratchbuilt a new body and made it into a small diesel switcher fitted with a winch at the front. The final piece of motive power I wanted was a Galloping Goose...or Wad- dling Duck...as I like to call it. I had a Gal- loping Goose for my Badger Creek HO logging layout, and really wanted an On30 one. I bought a Model A Ford Van from my local model shop and disassembled it. Taking the body, I cut the rear off and added a sheet styrene back. The sub-frame couldn’t be used, so it went into my scrap- box. My attention then turned to powering this little gem. I bought a secondhand Bachmann 44-tonner, then set about mak- ing the rear unit to house the chassis. What I needed now were two pairs of small wheels on a bogie for the front. I found a couple pairs of HO wheels in my scrapbox and set about making a bogie out of brass for the wheelsets. The hard part of making a Galloping Goose was over; the rest was Three Porters wait to be fed in readiness for the day’s work ahead. just cosmetic touches. I painted the Goose a silver/gray color with a black roof. I turns a yellowish/brown color and the leaves manage to get a few logging types, and used added a cowcatcher to the front, and now (if you can call them that) look like pine some of the UK versions, which I converted it’s running on my layout taking little log- needles and fall off in abundance. I sprinkle by placing large hats on them. Jon Paulsen, gers around and delivering odd and ends to these needles around to represent fallen pine a friend of mine in the USA, made the hats various campsites. needles. out of cloth. To date I have scratchbuilt seven build- Tall Timbers Scratchbuilding ings, plus two donkey engines, one road In O scale, my HO tall timbers weren’t The sawmill was the first structure I bridge, three trestles and two heel booms. really tall enough, so I made many larger scratchbuilt for the On30 layout. Making the The water tower took quite awhile to build ones and placed most of my smaller ones in- frame and surrounding area was easy...what and finish due to the fact that I had to wait between them. Most of my older trees were wasn’t easy was making all of the machin- for more stripwood to arrive in the UK from only 12" to 18" tall, so I set about making ery to fit inside. I spent days on the Internet overseas. More remains to be scratchbuilt, 3 new 2' tall ones out of /4" balsa dowel. searching for sawmill machinery. I found including more donkey engines and a high There are now over 200 trees on the layout, what I was looking for but couldn’t get any lead and heel boom for another logging area but I still have many more to make. Every measurements for them so I decided on that is not finished yet. time I plant a new tree it gets lost. I reckon I apparent scale as opposed to actual scale. still need about 40 more tall timbers to make From what some modelers have said about Rolling Stock it look right. them, they must be about right. (I hope so, So far, I have repainted and weathered a I have used a product called Ming Fern too late now.) few of the Bachmann skeleton log cars, and for making trees and usually buy it in a Getting O gauge people was also diffi- added logs and chains. Two Bachmann box- dried form. I have also bought it as a living cult; most of the ones I can buy here in the cars have been added to provide a bit of plant and let it dry. When it dries out, it UK are for British outline modelers. I did variety to the fleet. As for the rest, it was a

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A scratchbuilt Goose arrives at the campsite.

Here we see some of the scratchbuilt machinery in the sawmill. Shay #3 treads very carefully over the curved trestle.

question of scratchbuilding the items I needed. A blacksmith car and a wheel car were the first two to be made followed by a water tank car. Two small flatcars and a gondola are used with the little Porter. Trackwork I contemplated making my own track- work, but decided to buy ready-made Peco O-16.5 gauge track and turnouts. When it is ballasted and the rail is painted it looks quite nice. Laying track and ballasting is very time consuming. As always, I used wallpa- per paste mixed in with the ballast and spread it in with my fingers. I did add a few drops of white wood glue into the mix so it would set hard. If I have to move a piece of track at a later date, it only needs wetting and it will come up. Scenery The scenery side of making a model rail- road has always been my favorite pleasur- able pastime, and this On30 layout was no Two of the loggers are trying very hard to get rid of this tree and make exception. I took great delight in making all firewood for the camp kitchen. the rockwork then painting and decorating it. Instead of plaster of Paris, I use a product adding the water, thus alleviating the need to around picking up dead twigs and leaves. called Blue Hawk Undercoat Plaster for my paint the plaster an earth color afterwards. The guys I play golf with must have thought rockwork. This plaster generally hardens I spent hours in the garden rooting out I was off my head, but realized after seeing overnight, and when fully dried, can be good-looking twigs, which made great look- the August 2003 MRG with the article about drilled to accept trees. I frequently add an ing logs. After playing golf one day, I spent my Red Fox Lumber Co. that just maybe it earth-colored pigment to the plaster when half an hour dragging a few carrier bags was safe to play a round of golf with me

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Boxcab Shay #2 heads over the scratchbuilt trestle loaded with logs. Below are workers getting ready to unload the Porter, which has arrived with some provisions.

The woodcutter’s shack is rarely visited at this time of year, but a few friends have come over to help cut Scratchbuilt blacksmith’s car trails a scratchbuilt firewood. It looks like that lady is just a little lost. wheel car.

again. These leaves were many different col- Using a 50:50 mix of white wood glue and and weathered them to make them look as if ors, and after grinding them up in my wife’s water, I had to place a weight on it for about they had been in use for years. The steps blender, they looked great for the layout. I two hours to keep it from rising. Plenty of that came with them were a work of art to also used the blender to grind some lichen I real soil from the garden (after sieving the make up; I had to make a special jig just to had left over. I mixed some of this in with stones out) plus a variety different colored construct them, but when completed they the leaves and sprinkled the mixture onto sand ranging from dark red to off white was looked great. the layout. also used. Plenty of Woodland Scenics products, Conclusion i.e., dark and mid green foliage, fine burnt Logging Camp #1 I have had great fun making this model grass, green turf (light and dark) were added This the first time I have not scratchbuilt railroad, and I expect I shall continue to add plus some dried moss I bought from a local my own camp cars. Instead I bought all five to it as time goes on. I still have lots of dried flower shop. This moss is ideal, as it of the kits from Banta Modelworks. I did scenery to add, plus one area to complete — looks real. The only problem I had with it redo the roofs by shingling them with my but that’s another story (I hope). I shall just was getting it to stick to the baseboard. own home-cut shingles. Also, I repainted carry on adding to my little pine empire.

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While the logs are being loaded behind the Class A Climax, the engineer takes time off for a drink.

COONCREEK &TUMBLEWEED SPRINGS Trackplan by Paul Templar

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ON �TRACK Acme Co. — The Frame-Up (the hang-ups)

by Jim Mansfield

Photos by the author http://www.zianet.com/awebsite4u/JWRR.html

1 — The building completed and in place on the layout. All that is left to be done is the final scenery. This scenery will be completed once the big bridge is set in place behind the building. An “interior” drop will also be added as the bridgework is being done.

hroughout history, every great frame- loading doors were also painted this color. realistic weathered color for a city environ- T up has had its hang-ups, and the Acme While an airbrush was used to paint the win- ment was achieved. Using a bristle brush, Co. is no exception. With the frame for the dow castings, a bristle brush was used to the thinned color was flowed into the mortar building completed, including weathering, paint the loading doors. Some doors were lines and allowed to dry. Then, a moistened it is time to discus the hang-ups of the pro- painted a different color to represent doors cloth was lightly wiped across the surface of ject. To start, the required number of wall that were repaired, replaced or added at dif- the brickwork to remove any traces of the and door brick curtains and window cast- ferent times. Five non-kit doors were used color on the surface of the bricks, leaving ings were set aside and the finishing on the model: four from the scrapbox and the lines filled with color. Then, a coating of methods selected. one built from scratch. Dullcote was applied to the pieces to hold The window inserts were assembled per the watercolor in place. the kit’s instruction sheet. Then, the assem- Bricks-n-Mortar bled windows were painted a homebrew Prior to adding the wall pieces to the Hanging Around green color mixed from Pullman Green, BN frame, the brick mortar lines were filled The pieces of brick wall and the window Green and a bit of Reefer Yellow. I do not with a mixture of artist’s tube watercolors. inserts were laid on the workbench in their know the proportions — the colors were The colors Chinese White, Naples Yellow final relationship for a final weathering. The mixed until I liked what I saw. Some of the Hue and Lamp Black were mixed until a lower two floors received a medium heavy

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coating of “big city” environmental grime. The general rule for the rest of the building wall pieces was an increasing lighter coating for the higher floors. An airbrush setting of a fine spray for a very thin liquid was used. The weathering fluid was a 10:1 mix of thinner and grime mixture made from Grimy Black, Grime and Pullman Green. Once completed, the pieces were hung on the frame using Plastruct Plastic Weld. Funny Things The door arrangements provided in the kits are generally sized and spaced for any- thing but modern boxcars. They are, for the most part small, are not on a pitch (spacing) for 50' cars and some of them appear too old for the modern era. In the November issue, I mentioned the various sizes and types of railcars that are going to be used with the building. After much figuring, it was figured that no amount of figuring was going to figure out 2 — Here is a close-up of some of the building doors. Door 7 is described in the what modifications were going to be text. Door 5 is from the scrapbox, and the white roll-up door is scratchbuilt. needed. Then it came to me — I would sim- ply use the doors supplied along with some additional doors and simply let the doors fall where they may. I did arrange the added doors to allow switching pairs of 50' box- cars at some of the doors. But, at the end of the day, not much in the way of easy spac- ing was provided. With the various lengths of cars and the spacing of the kit doors, the seemingly random spacing of the 17 doors on the building does provide a lot of inter- esting switching — a lot of coupling and uncoupling is required. This switching style is based on a “beer house” when I worked for the L&N in Atlanta in the ’70s. As the story goes, the beer house was originally designed for 50' cars. This was great, but the insulated cars we switched were 50' long with cushion draft gear. This added about 4' in length to the cars. Because of this, we had to split the difference between three doors with as 1 many cars and then skip a door and spot the 3 — Since the central section of the building is long, long pieces of /2” alu- next three doors with three additional cars. minum angle were added to the back of the section to provide strength and If the center car was centered on the middle maintain straightness. The corners of the buildings were also braced. The angles door of a group, the building’s loading were attached to small blocks using Goo®. The blocks provide spacing for doors were just wide enough to enable a attaching the wall and window castings from inside the building. forklift driver to get into the other two cars even though the doors of the two outer cars ing/unloading. The small door protects the found in the scrapbox. The pipes them- were not centered on the building doors. As valves, piping and hoses that are used with selves are Plastruct tubes and coated a matter of fact, we needed to spot VERY the tank cars. Sometimes, if things line up wires. The truss is constructed from carefully or else one of the car doors would right, an uncoupling can be eliminated pieces of Central Valley, Micro Engineer- not accessible by a forklift. We had a total because the tank car spot hoses allow a little ing and Atlas bridge parts. The dimen- leeway of only 12"! The building had a leeway when switching. sions were determined by what looked total of 14 doors, allowing three 3-car sets A final funny — peculiar perhaps, not ha good for the situation. of railcars to be spotted and an additional ha — is that some of the spot doors are reg- The most interesting aspect of the piping pair of cars on the end two doors of the ular entrance doors to the building. These is the large steam pipe insulation wrap. The building. This resulted in a lot of doors can have a small ladder to the ground wrap is made from a piece of old bed sheet coupling/uncoupling and tying-up/releasing or simply be opened to allow a little fresh that was wrapped around the plastic tube hand brakes. Work for us railroaders, but air into the dock area. They can also be and attached with CA liquid adhesive. The fun for us model railroaders. used as a spot if clerks are doing something support bands around the insulation were Another funny thing on the model is the with the cars. tied using thread. The final step was to paint dual-door wall casting. While modern in (ten thick coats using a brush) the covering design, one of the door’s sills is higher that The Final Hang-up and thread with a weathered white color. A the other (see Photo 2). On the model, the The piping and truss assembly shown final bit of grimy black spray weathering smaller door is delegated to tank car load- last month was constructed from items finished the pipe.

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PartPart 1616 S-1AS-1LCO’s First Standard Switcher

NKP S-1 85 models the road’s standard switcher paint scheme. The full initials of the road, N. Y. C. & St. L. are stenciled just aft of the numberboard. This was present in small letters on all power while the more familiar nickname was spelled out along the hood. Note the full-size grating over the cooling fan and small tapered stack. The front headlight is a twin sealed-beam fixture inside the original casing. Bellevue, OH; July 23, 1960. Decals: Microscale 87-41. Lou Marre collection

he Nickel Plate Road (NKP), officially on the NKP), four more Limas, three SW7s T named the New York, Chicago & St. by and a single S-1. This unit, numbered 85 Louis Railway, was one of several Class I by and classed AS-6a was built in June 1950 roads that did not embrace the diesel com- and turned out to be the last S-1 built, deliv- pletely until the 1950s. Their first diesels George Melvin ered three months after the first S-3s were were two groups of 1,000-hp switchers that George Melvin built. It wore the standard switcher livery of arrived in 1942: six Alco S-2s numbered 1-6 and four EMD NW2s numbered 7-10. No diesels were purchased for the next five years. Beginning in 1947, the first of 11 PA- 1s arrived, becoming the only straight pas- senger diesels and also the only cab units bought by the NKP. They were also the only diesel road power acquired prior to 1951, when GP7s started arriving to dieselize road freight service. Baldwin also delivered a pair of DS 4-4- 1000 switchers in 1947; the only Baldwin yard units bought by the Nickel Plate. Alco was again favored with a total of 21 S-2s delivered in 1947 and 1948, along with a reorder for 12 NW2s in 1948. The following year saw several minority builders land orders on the NKP. General Electric sold the road a single 44-tonner while Fairbanks- Morse delivered nine H10-44s and Lima- N&W S-1 2085 is at Zanesville, OH, in June 1967, three years after the Hamilton four 1,000-hp yard units. In NKP/N&W/Wabash merger. It wears the then-current blue-and-gold N&W colors. December 1949, the Nickel Plate leased the Note the dent in the cab side that the unit had carried since at least 1960 as it Wheeling & Lake Erie, acquiring four shows in the earlier photo. The earlier stack has been replaced with a medium- NW2s built in 1940 and 1941. These units sized straight stack, and there is a small hand grab on the cab roof above the became the oldest diesels on the road. horn. The rerailer is missing from the hanger above the second journal. Note the In 1950, only ten diesels were delivered; shiny area on the hood corner where crewmen moving onto the walkway have a pair of SW1s (the only units of that model brushed against the unit. Decals: Microscale 87-22. Lou Marre collection

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PTRR S-1 33 is the fourth of five S-1s built for NPT. While it lacks radiator shutters, it does have the square box around the cooling fan. Also notice the full-sized grating, large tapered stack and plated-over front windows. It also has a three- or four-chime horn cluster and yellow rotating beacon on the cab roof. Portland, OR; October 11, 1967. Decals: None. Matt Herson photo, Bill Linley collection

black with yellow frame and pilots and bold 1942 and their single Alco S-1 in 1945. A Joseph W. Shine (Four Ways West, 1994). V-stripes on each end. It is known to have pair of GE 44-tonners bought in 1943 and The Northern Pacific Terminal Com- worked in Buffalo where the larger Alco 1946 completed the small switcher fleet. pany (NPT) of Portland, OR, may have switchers were commonly assigned. The S-1, originally numbered 131 (1st) been affiliated with the NP. Sometime after In 1964, the Norfolk & Western (N&W) and renumbered to 603 in December 1949, 1954 and before the delivery of new Alco T- was merged with the Nickel Plate and was built in August 1945 and was the last 6s in 1968, it became known as the Portland Wabash, causing many new diesel models to 660-hp switcher purchased by Northern Terminal Railroad (PTRR). The NPT owned carry the N&W colors. Just two years prior, Pacific. It wore the standard switcher livery a total of five S-1s. A pair was delivered in the Wabash retired the first S-1 built, the for- of black with yellow striping on the end and July 1940, and they were the 10th and 11th mer Des Moines Union number 1 built in sidesill. It was assigned to Fargo, ND, in S-1s built. They were equipped with straight 1940. Had this unit lasted a bit longer, the the 1950s and went west to Seattle in the handrail stanchions on the ends, lacked the N&W could have operated the first and last 1960s. Sold in December 1968 to dealer square frame around the cooling fan and S-1s built! The Nickel Plate 85 became Pacific Railway Supply, it was resold for also lacked shutters. They were painted in a N&W 2085. The N&W added 2000 to the service at International Terminal, Inc., of scheme similar to the NP but with white road number of former NKP units and 3000 Portland, OR. This was an industrial opera- striping and the line’s initials on the cab to the road number of former Wabash units. tion owned by Dulien Steel Co. A color side. These two were sold to California On the N&W, the little unit got a coat of photo of this unit can be seen in Northern shortline Yreka Western in 1963 and renum- dark blue paint and the half-moon heralds Pacific Color Pictorial — Volume 1 by bered 603 and 604. The 603 then went on to with gold lettering, the standard paint begin- ning in 1966. Retired in 1969, the unit was traded in to General Electric for new road power and then resold through dealer George Silcott to New York shortline Bath & Ham- mondsport, becoming their number 4. For two color views of NKP 85, see Nickel Plate Color Photography — Volume 3 by Fred D. Cheney (Morning Sun Books, 1997). The Northern Pacific (NP) was not very interested in lower horsepower switchers in the 1940s. From 1938, with the first switcher to arrive, a 900-hp EMC NW, the road con- centrated on building a fleet of 1,000-hp yard units. They bought more Baldwins, a total of 28 VO-1000s, than Alco or EMD units. The Alco S-2 fleet numbered 13 and NPT S-1 30 has been restored to its original livery at the Mount Rainier Scenic the EMD NW2s totaled just seven. For the RR. At Mineral, WA, on September 18, 1992, the unit now has a grating over the “mini-fleet” in the 600-hp range, the road cooling fan and still carries its tall stack, horn set and roof-top beacon from its bought a trio of High Hoods, model HH660 tour of duty at the Port of Tacoma. Decals: None. in 1940, three Baldwin VO660s in 1940 and John C. Benson photo, Pete Coulombe collection

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NPT S-1 30 is already eight years old in this 1948 view at Portland, OR. Notice early S-1 production features: straight stan- chions on end platform, no square frame around the exhaust fan and an unusual small straight stack. The style of exhaust stack changed several times through the ten-year production span and many early units were delivered without a visible stack. The substantial cable with hooks hanging on its own bracket on the side of the unit would be a great detail to add to a freelanced S-1 model. Decals: None. Lou Marre collection

The Pennsy was a loyal customer of Baldwin Locomotive Works near Philadel- phia and accounted for good sales of many Baldwin models. Starting in 1943, they bought nine VO660s and another three in 1945 and ten more in 1948. Moving on to the newer DS-4-4-660, they bought 99 of the total production of 138 of that model! One block of 50 units arrived in 1949. The PRR also bought 31 of the slightly bigger DS-4-4-750; there were only 53 examples of this model built. General Motors came in strong also with a total of 85 SW1s built between 1941 and 1950. This broadside view of NPT S-1 31 clearly shows the roadname and number on The S-1s came in four groups in as many the cab side along with a small “DE” for diesel electric. Note the push pole slid in separate number series. The PRR diesel above the rear truck and rerailer above the front truck. This unit has some numbering seemed to group units of differ- safety striping added on its battery box. Portland, OR; 1950. Decals: None. ent manufacturers and even different horse- Lou Marre collection power by the year they were built. This put blocks of S-1s in number series between the Port of Tacoma by the early 1970s and the TMBL. This line also had a third S-1, blocks of F-M or EMD switchers. The was renumbered 703. A decade later, it was built as Alco demonstrator 660 in March groups will be listed numerically: the first still working for the Port of Tacoma but 1950 and delivered to the TMBL as their was a group of ten numbered 5661-5670 renumbered 5703. In 1988, it went to the 905 in December 1950. The fifth NPT S-1, built in May and June 1950. According to the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad and was unit 34, was sold to Central California Trac- 1960 diesel assignment list in Pennsy Diesel repainted back to its original NPT livery. tion in 1965 and renumbered 42. Years — Volume 5 by Robert J. Yanosey Three more S-1s arrived in January 1942 The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR) (Morning Sun Books, 1993), all but one of and were numbered 32-34. After becoming owned 27 Alco S-1s. This statement alone these units were assigned to the New York PTRR 32-34, these three also found new does not reveal that it was the least popular Region with five at Meadows Yard in homes after more than two decades of ser- small switcher bought by the road in the Kearny, NJ, and four at Morrisville, PA. A vice for their original owner. Units 32 and production period of the S-1, from 1940 to single unit was assigned to Indianapolis. This 33 were traded to Alco for new T-6s in 1968 1950. The road was fond of small switchers. group was assigned numbers 9461-9470 prior and were resold by Alco to the Tacoma They bought a fleet of 46 GE 44-tonners to the Penn Central merger, and all but unit Municipal Belt Line (TMBL) and were between 1948 and 1950. In the 600- to 800- 5664 was renumbered. The merger occurred renumbered 901 and 902. Unit 901 was sold hp range, the PRR bought a total of 254 on February 1, 1968, but units were being for scrap in 1974, but unit 902 went to the units between 1941 and 1950. The S-1 por- renumbered as early as 1966. Port of Tacoma, retaining its number from tion of that acquisition was just 11 percent! The next group was three units num-

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Port of Tacoma S-1 5703 sports a fresh coat of orange and black, making it look much newer than its 43 years. The early appearance of the cooling fan and lack of shutters has gone unmodified, but the small diameter stack has had an exten- sion added and it now has the standard issue front stanchion. Tacoma, WA; May 2, 1983. Decals: None. Pete Coulombe photo, George Melvin collection

Port of Tacoma S-1 703 had received a few modifications since its days as NPT 30 by the time of this October 1973 view at Tacoma, WA. The front handrail stanchion is now the familiar Y-shaped piece. Note the tall handrail above the cooling fan, the three- chime horn and warning beacon on the cab roof. The hangers for the rerailer and push pole are still mounted on the frame. Decals: None. John Henderson photo, George Melvin collection

Alco built TMBL S-1 905 as a demonstrator in the last months of S-1 production. Note the electrical receptacle on the front handrail stanchion, small tapered exhaust stack typical of late S-1s and S-3s and the single horn facing the rear on the cab roof in addition to the front facing horn in the regular position. Tacoma, WA; October 9, 1967. Decals: None. Matt Herson photo, Bill Linley collection

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TMBL S-1 901 is the former NPT 32 and is 31 years old in this view at Tacoma, WA, on August 3, 1973. It is stored prior to being sold for scrap. Note the large tapered exhaust stack and full-size grating over the cooling fan. Decals: None. John Henderson photo, George Melvin collection

bered 5954-5956 built in May and June 1947, making them the oldest S-1s on the PRR. They were all assigned to Meadows Yard and renumbered to 9454-9456. The next group of four units were numbered 9100-9103 and built in February and March 1949. Three of these units were assigned to Meadows Yard while one unit was assigned to Enola Yard near Harrisburg, PA. They were assigned numbers 9450-9453. All but unit 9452 was retired in 1966. The final group of ten units were numbered 9237- 9246 and delivered between March and May 1949. They were renumbered to 9437-9446. This group was spread around a bit with six units at Meadows Yard and one unit each at Williamsport and East Altoona, PA, one at Mingo Jct., OH, and one at Indianapolis. Of this group, unit 9441 was retired in 1966. The S-1s were delivered in the solid Brunswick Green with the roadname on the hood and numbers on the end and cab sides in gold. As they were renumbered, they received larger numbers on the cab side and at least two, unit 9238 (before its numbering) and unit 9446 were repainted in the early 1960s scheme with the key- stone heralds on the hood side in lieu of This front view of TMBL S-1 901 gives us a good look at the railing mounted the roadname. alongside the grating above the cooling fan. Tacoma, WA; August 3, 1973. Next month, we will look at the Penn Decals: None. John Henderson photo, George Melvin collection Central roster of S-1s.

PRR S-1 5662, built in May 1950, is from the newest group of S-1s on the road. Some of the features common on the PRR S-1s are radiator shutters (likely on all units), a narrow walk- way grating above the cooling fan and set to the fireman’s side, and a narrow tapered exhaust stack. This unit also has a screened spark arrestor atop the stack. The box in front of the cab is probably a radio- telephone, and the equipment on the walkway in front of the cab may be cab signal equipment. It is wearing the as-delivered livery at Trenton, NJ, on May 30, 1966. Decals: Microscale 87-21. Lou Marre collection

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PRR S-1 9238 is repainted in the later scheme with keystones and the large road number on the cab, despite the fact that it has not yet been renumbered. It lacks the box in front of the cab for the radio and has the screened spark arrestor mounted crosswise on a stack extension. Note the grabiron to the right of the horn on the front edge of the cab roof. Northumberland, PA; January 21, 1966. Decals: Microscale 87-21. Bill Volkmer photo, Bill Linley collection

PRR S-1 9100 is deep in Baldwin coun- try at Philadelphia, PA, in March 1965. The offset of the walkway grating above the cooling fan is more evident in this view. Also note the different style long handrail along the front pilot. It is made of a straight rod with three brackets rather than the single rod with “loops” bent into the ends usually found on later S-1s. Decals: Microscale 87-21. R. S. Short photo, George Melvin collection

PRR 9241 is one of 17 S-1s assigned to Meadows Yard in 1960 and is shown there on June 6, 1965. The cab of S-2 9280 is visible behind the 9241 and shows the position of the road number on the rear of the cab. Decals: Microscale 87-21. Bob Yanosey photo, George Melvin collection

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DIESEL DETAIL �CLOSE-UP Great Northern (GN) EMD GP20 HO Scale Model by Life-Like Proto 2000 N Scale Model Life-Like

by Rich Picariello

Photos from the author’s collection

he Prototype GP20: EMD introduced The Scale Model GP20: Life-Like has shell with a high short hood and the GP20 T the 2,000-hp GP20 in 1959. By the end offered a GP20 model in both HO (Proto long hood and the correct vent configuration of production in 1962, 260 had been built. The 2000 series) and N scale. A complete Life- on the battery-box doors. The GP18 chassis GP20 was equipped with a turbocharger. The Like Proto 2000 GP18 (high hood version) has a small tank and crosswise air tanks as chassis had a larger fuel tank than the small or, if you can find one, a Trains Unlimited used on GN’s GP20s. tank that had been previous used on the GP7 (former Front Range) GP9 Phase III will be Paint and Decal Notes: GN’s GP20s through the GP18 (early) series. This new tank needed for the GN conversion. Tyco/Mantua were delivered in the Omaha Orange and completely filled the space between the trucks. once offered a GP20 with a low hood and A- Pullman Green scheme that featured yellow All GPs with the small tank had dual cross- Line once offered this shell separately. A stripes separating the colors. In later years, wise mounted air tanks. On the GP20, two conversion using either would be much the yellow striping was eliminated. Only longer air tanks were mounted horizontally, more difficult. two GP20s were repainted into this simpli- one on each side above the fuel tank. GN and For N scale, in addition to a Life-Like fied green and orange scheme (2017 and Western Pacific (WP) had the only high hood GP20 (complete model or shell), a complete 2021). The final GN paint scheme adopted versions. All other GP20s were delivered with Life-Like GP18 in the high short hood ver- beginning in 1967 was the Big Sky Blue the low short hood. New York Central had the sion will be needed. (BSB) scheme consisting of blue, white and only GP20s without dynamic brakes. Conversion Procedure: This project is gray-green. This scheme was applied to only Great Northern’s 36 GP20s (numbered more complicated than those normally out- half of the GP20 fleet before the Burlington 2000-2035) were built in 1960 using compo- lined in Diesel Detail Close-up. A complete Northern merger in 1970. GP20s repainted nents salvaged from 36 FT A & B units that GP20 is not needed if you can get only the into BSB were 2000-2006, 2008, 2012, were traded-in to EMD. All GP20s were shell. Remove the long hood from both the 2014, 2015, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2027, 2028, delivered with the high short hood option and GP20 and GP18 shells. The hood on the 2031 and 2034. GP20 units painted in BSB had plows mounted on both pilots. They were GP18 will be replaced with the GP20 long did not have the white stripe dipping to form normally run long hood forward. Unlike the hood. While the Life-Like shells are built-up a Y-shape on the end of the short hood as WP GP20s, the GN units rode on the early using separate components such as hoods, was done on the long hood end. The under- version of the GP18 chassis, which had a cab and running boards/pilots/battery boxes, frame, trucks, fuel and air tanks are black for small fuel tank and crosswise-mounted air these parts are all glued together. Work the orange and green scheme; these areas are tanks. As delivered, the GN GP20s had the slowly and carefully when attempting to gray-green for the BSB scheme. Handrails standard three-step arrangement on all four remove the long hoods from either shell. are painted white at the step areas. Only corners of the units. At a later date, for safety Super glue debonder might work to soften Accu+paint offers gray-green (#56). Floquil reasons, an additional step was added to each the glue joints but try it at your own risk as once offered GN Gray-Green in their line, corner step set. it might damage the shells. This yields a but it has long been discontinued.

Paints 1602 Reefer White Scalecoat II (plastic compatible): Accu+paint: 1663 Big Sky Blue 2001 Locomotive Black 1 Stencil White 1664 GN Orange 12001 Locomotive Black (spray can) 2 Stencil Black 1665 GN Green 2011 White 15 Warm Orange Polly Scale: 12011 White(spray can) 56 Gray-Green 414110 Steam Power Black 2045 GN Empire Orange 414113 Reefer White 12045 GN Empire Orange (spray can) Floquil: 414224 GN Orange 2046 GN Empire Green 110010 Engine Black 414227 GN Empire Green 12046 GN Empire Green (spray can) 130010 Engine Black (spray can) 414203 GN Big Sky Blue 110011 Reefer White Scalecoat: Decals 130011 Reefer White (spray can) 1 Locomotive Black HO Scale: 110030 Reefer Orange 10001 Locomotive Black (spray can) Champion EH-112 Orange & green scheme 130030 Reefer Orange (spray can) 11 White EH-200 Big Sky Blue scheme 110045 Pullman Green 10011 White (spray can) Microscale 87-815 Orange & green scheme 130045 Pullman Green (spray can) 45 GN Empire Orange 87-284 Big Sky Blue scheme 110056 GN Big Sky Blue 10045 GN Empire Orange (spray can) N Scale: MODELflex: 46 GN Empire Green Microscale 60-815 Orange & green scheme 1601 Engine Black 10046 GN Empire Green (spray can) 60-284 Big Sky Blue scheme

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33 October 1971.

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17 The Houser Collection

25 28 24 August 1969.

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29 30 22 B 20 24 10 29 29 June 1968.

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34 11 32 20

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Great Northern GP20 Detail Parts for HO Scale: CF 112 Underframe/step light (brass) 2.95/2 1 - CF 221 Air horn (brass) 5.95 ea. DW 172 Underframe/step light (metal) 1.25/8 DW 190 Air horn (brass) 3.25 ea. 32 - DA 2312 Wind deflector, straight (clear plastic) 1.25/4 ME H25 Air horn (brass) 1.35 ea. OM 9327 Wind deflector, straight (brass) 3.35/4 OM 9011 Air horn (brass) 3.50 ea. PSC 39150 Wind deflector, straight (brass) 3.00/3 pr. 2 - CF 113 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 4.95/2 UP 77 Wind deflector/mirror (brass) 2.00/2 DA 1805 Antenna, firecracker (plastic) 1.25/6 33 - AMB 262 Window glass, Mantua/Tyco GP20* 4.95/set OM 9050 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 3.35/2 34 - AL 29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) 2.95/8 DW 157 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.95/5 CF 314 Windshield wipers (etched brass) 3.95/2 pr. 3 - CF 111 Bell w/bracket, long hood mount 4.95 ea. CS 419 Windshield wipers (brass) 3.50/4 OM 9132 Bell w/bracket, long hood mount 2.70 ea. ME W5 Windshield wipers (brass) 2.00/4 4 - CF 250 Bell, roof mount (brass) 4.95 ea. PSC 3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 5 - DA 2809 Brake cylinder air line 1.50/4 UP 94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) 2.00/4 6 - DW 132 Brake ratchet* 1.00 ea. UP 97 Windshield wipers (plastic) 1.50/4 PSC 39082 Brake ratchet* 1.50/2 35 - DA 2013 Winterization hatch 2.00 ea. 7 - AL 29220 Chain, 27 lpi 3.95/12" ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet Detail Parts for N Scale: DA 2210 Chain, blackened 2.25/12" 1 - DA 8204 Air horn, 3-chime 1.25/2 LB 325-120 Chain 2.49/12" KT 920011 Air horn, 3-chime, black 1.00/2 ME C6 Chain 2.00 KT 920018 Air horn, 3-chime, green 1.00/2 PSC 48237 Chain 2.75/10" JNJ 113 Air horn, 3-chime 3.50/4 8 - DA 1017 Classification lights* 1.25/6 SE 15700 Air horn, 3-chime 1.65 ea. 9 - MV 300 Classification lenses 2.00/4 2 - JNJ 178 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 3.00/2 10 - CS 476 Coupler lift bar 3.95/2 ME NA4 Antenna, firecracker (brass) 1.10 ea. DA 2205 Coupler lift bar 2.75/10 SE 15453 Antenna, firecracker (metal) 2.00/4 OM 9150 Coupler lift bar 1.70/2 3 - JNJ 102 Bell, straight, low hood 3.50/4 11 - OM 9170 Door handle (brass) 3.85/6 4 - DA 8203 Bell, roof mount 1.00/2 PSC 3998 Door handle (plastic) 1.50/6 SE 15350 Bell, roof mount 1.85/3 12 - DW 305 Drain & vent pipes 2.50/5 7 - AL 29219 Chain, 40 lpi 3.95/12" 13 - DA 1402 Drop step 1.50/2 ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 lpi (etched brass) 10.00/sheet 14 - DA 2403 Exhaust stack, GP20* 1.50/2 DA 2210 Chain, 40 lpi 2.25/12" 15 - DW 145 Fan, 48", flared GP20 type* 1.25/4 LB 325-121 Chain, 40 lpi 2.49/12" 16 - DA 2005 Fan, 48", dynamic brake* 2.50 ea. ME C5 Chain, 42 lpi 2.00 17 - AL 29100 Grabirons (formed wire) 4.25/50 12 - SE 15309 Drain pipe 2.00/4 DA 2202 Grabirons (formed wire) 2.50/24 13 - DA 8206 Drop step 1.00/2 UP 54 Grabirons (cast brass) 5.95/12 JNJ 188 Drop step 3.50/2 18 - SV 11 Handrail set, Mantua/Tyco GP20 15.95/set 17 - JNJ 395 Grabirons, 15", w/drill template 3.00/18 19 - MV 22 Headlight lenses 1.15/4 20 - PSC 6704 Hose, air line (brass) 2.75/6 20 - CS 227 Hose, air line (brass) 2.35/4 PSC 6705 Hose, air line (plastic) 2.75/24 DA 6206 Hose, air line (delrin) 1.25/6 22 - ASM 0101 Lift lugs/eyebolts/U-bolts (etched brass) 8.29/set DW 267 Hose, air line 1.25/2 JNJ 16 Lift rings 3.00/16 21 - DA 2206 Lift rings 3.00/24 SE 153000 Lift rings (photo-etched) 3.25/36 22 - CF 258 MU hoses, 4/bracket (brass) 7.95/4 23 - JNJ 14 MU hoses 3.00/12 DA 1508 MU hoses, individual (delrin) 2.00/16 SE 15550 MU hoses 3.95/4 DW 265 MU hoses, 4/bracket (metal) 3.75/4 24 - DA 8211 Plow 1.25 ea. OM 9351 MU hoses, 4/bracket (brass) 7.35/4 SE 15203 Plow 2.00 ea. 23 - DA 1501 MU stand 1.25/2 SR 503 Plow 7.00 ea. Note: Cut off the upper MU connector. KT 934020 Plow 1.00 ea. 24 - DW 287 Plow (metal) 1.95 ea. 25 - ME NR2 Rerail frogs 1.35/set KT 965040 Plow 1.00 ea. SE 15800 Rerailer, Noland 2.00/3 OM 9551 Plow, no doors (brass) 10.85 ea. 27 - SE 15499 Speed recorder 3.00/3 25 - DW 119 Rerailer, Noland, flat butterfly (metal) 1.50/2 32 - JNJ 25 Wind deflector 3.00/16 PS C3204 Rerailer, Noland, flat butterfly (brass) 3.50/2 34 - JNJ 31 Windshield wipers 3.00/9 26 - DA 3002 Sand-fill hatch (plastic)* 1.00/4 ME NW1 Windshield wipers (brass) 1.75/4 DW 201 Sand-fill hatch (metal)* 1.25/4 35 - JNJ 109 Winterization hatch, GP20 3.00 ea. OM 9401 Sand-fill hatch (brass)* 4.70/2 SE 15634 Winterization hatch 2.95/2 27 - CF 196 Speed recorder (brass) 4.95/4 DA 2807 Speed recorder (delrin) 1.50/4 The following part must be fabricated by the modeler: DW 284 Speed recorder (metal) 1.95/2 A— GN letter board — make from sheet styrene (used only on BSB units). 28 - AL 29243 Steps, Mantua/A-Line GP20 (etched see-thru)* 3.50/set B — Misc. piping — make from wire. 29 - DA 2806 Truck journal, sloped (plastic) 2.25/8 DW 289 Truck journal, sloped (metal) 1.25/4 * Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the listed HO or N scale 30 - DA 2805 Truck journal, square (plastic) 2.25/8 models; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the discretion of the modeler. DW 288 Truck journal, square (metal) 1.25/4 # DA3102 Fuel Tank Fittings (set) contains other parts that may or may not be needed 31 - CC 2052 Underframe/step light (plastic) 2.95/6 for this detailing project.

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Robinia Ln., Dept. MRG, Portland, OR 97229-4037. Quarterly PRR � (Philadelphia Chapter, PRR T & HS), Box 663, Wayne, PA Anthracite Railroads Historical Society � (Central of New magazine, $15 per year ($6 to NMRA members). 19087-0663. Annual dues $25/$40 sust includes six newslet- Jersey, Lackawanna, Lehigh & Hudson River, Lehigh & New Hagerstown & Frederick Ry HS � Annual Dues: $20/$30 ters plus slick periodic magazine, The High Line. England, Lehigh Valley, Reading). Annual Dues: $20, family/$50+ benefactor. P.O Box 194, Woodsboro, MD 21798. � Annual Dues: $20 newsletter, PO Box 519, Lansdale, PA 19446-0519. Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc. lllinois Central Historical Society � Annual Dues: Regular $25, (U.S.) $21 (Canadian) includes quarterly Pere Marquette Rails � Atlantic Coast Line & Seaboard AIr Line Hist. Soc. � Annual Sust $35. ICHS Mbrshp Dept., PO Box 288, Paxton, IL 60957. and bimonthly newsletters. PO Box 422, Grand Haven, MI Dues: $24 ($45 sust.), two years $45 ($90 sust.), $100+ Cen- � c/o Dale Jenkins (Editor), PO Box 49417. tury Club, four issues of Lines South, PO Box 4141, Bay Pines, Illinois Traction Society 6004, Decatur, IL 62524-6004, (217) 522-5452 (Springfield, IL); Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical Society FL 33744-4141, http://www.aclsal.org. or Mark Godwin (ITS membership), 121 West St. Louis, Apt. A, � Annual dues $10. 320 W. State St., Wellsville, NY 14895. Baltimore & Ohio � Annual Dues: Regular $30, Contributing Lebanon, IL 62254, (618) 537-2414. Quarterly newsletter, $15. Newsletter. $44, Foreign $44, quarterly magazine Sentinal. B&O RRHS, Kansas City Southern Historical Society � PO Box 5332, Rail-Marine Information Group � Railroad carferries, carfloats, PO Box 24225, Baltimore, MD 21227-0725, www.borhs.org. Shreveport, LA 71135-5332. Monthly newsletter, semi-annual tugs, freight terminals and marine freight operations. Quarterly Boston & Maine RR Historical Society � Annual Dues: $30 US/ magazine & free admission to convention & swap meets. $20. newsletter. Dues: $25 North America/ $31.50 overseas. Mem- $50 Canadian & Foreign. B&MRRHS, C/O Membership Secre- bership info: John Teichmoeller, 12107 Mt. Albert Rd., Ellicott Katy Railroad Historical Society � (MKT). Annual Dues: $15 tary, PO Box 9116, Lowell, MA 01852 regular, $13 under 18 or over 65, $50/supporting. Quarterly City, MD 21042., (410) 531-3207, http://trainweb.org/rmig. B&M (Salisbury Point RR HS) � (Salisbury Point/Amesbury/ magazine, the KATY FLYER and yearly historical calendar. PO Railroad Club of Chicago � PO Box 8292, Chicago, IL 60680. Newburyport). Contact Richard Nichols at (978) 388-0937 or Box 1784, Sedalia, MO 65302, http://web2.airmail.net/rvjack2. Monthly newsletter/magazine, $20 (within 150 mi. of Chicago), visit website at http://salisburypoint.tnsing.com. Louisville & Nashville � Annual Dues: $20/$35 sust., foreign $10 elsewhere. Bridge Line Historical Society � Annual Dues: $22 reg./ $20 $25. L&N Hist. Soc., PO Box 17122, Louisville, KY 40217. Railroad Prototype Modelers � Info: http://www.rpmrail.org. D&H employee & retiree/$34 Canadian/$36 overseas. Includes Lake Michigan RR Carferry HS � No Dues. Online newsletter at Railroad Station Historical Society � Annual Dues: $12/6 mag- monthly newsletter. 2476 Whitehall Ct., Niskayuna, NY 12309. http://yahoo.com/group/carferry. azines & occasional monographs. 26 Thackeray Rd., Oakland, Burlington Northern Railroad � (Friends of the ...), Annual Dues: � Annual Dues: NJ 07436-3312, http://www.rrshs.org. $20 reg., $40 sust., $10 youth (16 and under). Includes one-year Maryland & Pennsylvania Preserv. & Hist. Soc. $25/Cont. $35. c/o Roger Huber, 21 Princeton Ln., Bel Air, MD Railway & Locomotive Historical Society � Annual Dues: $15. subscription to The BN Expediter. PO Box 271, West Bend, WI 21014, http://www.arrowweb.com/Ma&Pa. Railway & Locomotive c/o H. Arnold Wilder, Treas., 46 Lowell 53095-0271. � Annual Rd., Westford, MA 01886. � Annual Dues: $20 US to a U.S. ad- Middletown and New Jersey Railway Historical Society Canadian National Lines Dues: $12, newsletter, c/o Douglas Barberio, 325 Collabar Reading � Annual Dues: $25. RCT & HS, c/o Robert L. Danner, dress and $24 Can. to a Canadian address. Covers CNR, GT- Road, Montgomery, NY 12549. PO Box 5143, Reading, PA 19612. NE, CV, DW&P, GTW and subsidiaries. Nick Andrusiak, CN Lines SIG, 101 Elm Park Rd, Winnipeg, MB Canada R2M 0W3. Milwaukee Road Hist. Assn. � Annual Dues: $20/sust. $40. Rio Grande Modeling & Historical Society � PO Box 25114, http://www.cnlines.com http://www.mrha.com PO Box 307, Antioch, IL 60002-0307. Colorado Springs, CO 80936. Annual Dues: $30, Can $35, Int’l � (MILW-Lines West) Annual Dues: $10, newsletter. $40. Qtrly The Prospector + newsletter. http://www.drgw.org. Central of Georgia Ry Hist Society � Annual Dues: $20, 4403 Milwest Sunnybrook Dr., Nashville, TN 37205. www.CofG.org Kevin McCray, Sec., 6 Park Place, Clancy, MT 59634-9759 Rock Island Technical Society � Annual Dues: $20 Reg., $35 � (Duluth, Missabe & Iron Foreign, add $10 for Sust. Bryon Weesner, 3496 Dexfield Rd., Central Vermont Ry. Historical Society � Annual Dues: Missabe Railroad Historical Society $15/$20 sust. Quarterly newsletter. c/o Jerry Fox, PO Box Range and predecessors). Annual Dues: $25/$40 sust./$100 Dexter, IA 50070-8013. http://stom.simpson.edu/~rits/. 8672, Essex, VT 05451. LSSAE for further information. contributing. Foreign $40 (except Canada). 506 W. Michigan Rutland Railroad � Annual Dues: $15. Quarterly Newsliner. Rut- St., Duluth, MN 55802. Quarterly magazine. land RR Hist. Soc., PO Box 6262, Rutland, VT 05701. Chesapeake & Ohio � Annual Dues: $25/$38 sust. C&O Hist. 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PO Box 94, Derby, KS 67037 Chicago Burlington & Quincy � Annual Dues: $30/$60 sust.; Soc., PO Box 456, Ballwin, MO 63022-0456. surcharge outside US, $6 surface, $20 air mail. Burlington Shore Line Interurban Hist. Soc. � Annual Dues: $20/$30 Route Hist. Soc., P. O. Box 456, LaGrange, IL 60525. Monon Railroad Hist-Tech Society, Inc. � Annual Dues: contr./$50 sus. PO Box 346, Chicago, IL 60690. $20/$25 sust. Monon RR Hist-Tech Soc. Inc., c/o Membership � Chicago & Eastern Illinois � Dues: $15/$25 sust. C&EI HS, c/o Dept., PO Box 6929, Bloomington, IN 47407-6926. Shortlines of Chicago Historical Society Now forming – send Membership Chairman, PO Box 606, Crestwood, IL 60445. LSSAE for information c/o Larsen Hobby, 2571 E. Lincoln Hwy., National Model Railroad Association � Annual Dues: $45. � Annual Dues: Suite #5, New Lenox, IL 60451. Chicago & Illinois Midland Tech & Hist Society NMRA Bulletin is published monthly. National Model Railroad � $20/Sust. $40. Newsletter 4 times per year. Attn: Shane Mason, Association Inc., 4121 Cromwell Road, Chattanooga, TN Sierra Ry HS (includes Sugar Pine, Pickering & West Side) Membership Chairman, PO Box 3882, Springfield, IL 62708-3882. 37421. (423) 892-2846. Annual Dues: $25, quarterly magazine (free sample). PO Box 1001, Jamestown, CA 95327. � Annual Dues: � Chicago & North Western Historical Society National Railway Historical Society Annual Dues: $21. Na- � $24/Cont. $48/$26.50 family+$2.50 each extra/$50 foreign. Quar- tional Railway Hist. Soc., PO Box 58547, Philadelphia, PA Soc of Freight Car Historians c/o David Casdorph, PO Box terly North Western Lines. Membership Secretary, 24632 Anchor 19102-8547. www.nrhs.com. 2480, Monrovia, CA 91017. CD-ROM (Freight Cars Journal). Ave., Bucklin, MO 64631, www.cnwhs.org. � Annual Dues: $20/$30 contr. NC&StL Preservation Society � Annual Dues: $50. NCPS Trea- Soo Line Hist & Tech Soc Colorado Midland � Subscription: $18 a year. Colorado Mid- surer, 4211 Compton Dr., Winston-Salem, NC 27017. Michael Harrington, Treas., 3410 Kasten Ct., Middleton, WI 53562. land Quarterly, 475 Ocelot Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80919. www.ncps-576.org. Southern Pacific � Annual Dues: $30/$45 contr./$45 foreign. Qtrly � SP Trainline. SPH&TS, PO Box 93697, Pasadena, CA 91109. Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society Annual Dues: $20/lifetime New Haven � Annual Dues: $30 reg./$40 sust. 4 Shoreliners, 8 membership $200. Bill McCaskill, membership chairman, PO newsletters, annual meeting. Chris Adams, Membership SP Narrow Gauge HS � c/o Cliff Mestel, 12874 Cty. Rd. 314B, Box 2044, Pine Bluff, AR 71613. (501) 541-1819. Chairman, NHRHTA Inc., 362 High St., Milford, CT 06460. Buena Vista, CO 81211. Annual Dues: $15 .Qtrly Journal. Denver, South Park & Pacific Hist. Soc. � (includes C&S New York Central System Historical Society � Annual Dues: Southern Ry Hist Assn � Dues: $22/$35 sust./$40 foreign. narrow gauge & all predecessor lines). Annual dues: $10. $30/$40 contr./$60 sust.; $35 Canada, Mexico/ $40 overseas SRHA, PO Box 33, Spencer, NC 28159, www.srha.net. Quarterly newsletter. c/o Clifford A. Mestel, 12874 County Rd. (quarterly mag). PO Box 81184, Cleveland, OH 44181-0184. � Annual Dues: $15, foreign $20, 314B, Buena Vista, CO 81211. Spokane, Portland & Seattle New York Connecting Railroad Society � Newsletter $10, sust. SPSRHS, c/o Duane Cramer, 2618 N.W. 113th St., Van- East Broad Top � (Friends of the...), Quarterly magazine, $25 10268 Maria Dr., Fort Worth, TX 76108. couver, WA 98685. reg., other memberships available. c/o Peter A. Clark, 10428 NYO&W Modelers SIG � Internet exchange of info on O&W Terminal Railroad Assn of St. Louis Hist and Tech Society, Inc. Carlyn Ridge Rd., Damascus, MD 20872. [email protected]. and area shortlines and traction companies. http://mem- � Annual Dues: US $20/$35 sust./$100 contr./$250 life. c/o East Tennessee & Western North Carolina � Annual Dues: bers.aol.com/owinwcorp/index.html Larry Thomas, PO Box 1688, St. Louis, MO 63188. $10. ET&WNC Railroad Hist. Soc., c/o John R. Waite, 604 NYSWT&HS � The New York, Susquehanna & Western Tech- Tidewater Southern Historical Society � Annual Dues: $15 (in- North Eleventh Street, De Soto, MO 63020. Newsletter. nical And Historical Society. Annual Dues: $20 (includes quar- cludes biannual newsletter). Tidewater Southern Ry. Hist. Soc., Electric Ry. Assn. of So. Cal. (Pacific Electric/LARy/plus) � An- terly newsletter). PO Box 121, Rochelle Park, NJ 07662-0121 c/o Benjamin Cantu, Jr., PO Box 882, Manteca, CA 95336. nual Dues: $30. Qtrly Timepoints. 1 World Trade Center, PO B http://www.americaninternet.com/nyswths/index.htm � Annual Dues: $12/$15 contr. 615 ox 32161, Long Beach, CA 90832-2161. www.erha.org Toledo Peoria & Western Nickel Plate Road � Annual Dues: $22, senior $20, contr.$40, Bullock St., Eureka, IL 61530, http://people.ce.mediaone.net/ Erie Lackawanna � Annual Dues: $30. ELHS, c/o Bob Rose, Int’l. surface $30, Int’l. air mail $40. NPRHTS, PO Box 381, New lagomark/index.html 279 Eyland Ave., Succasunna, NJ 07876. Haven, IN 46774-0381. Toronto Hamilton & Buffalo Ry HS � Annual Dues: $20 Can, The Feather River Rail Society � Dues from $15 to $300. c/o Norfolk & Southern � Original Norfolk Southern Ry & related $15 US, $15 (US) overseas. Quarterly publicaton, TH&B Harry D. “Hap” Manit, PO Box 608, Portola, CA 96122. lines. Dues $15. Biannual newsletter/magazine. 4729 Bristol Focus. c/o Richard Dilley, 208 Chalmers St., Oakville, ONT L6L Florida East Coast Ry. Society � Dues: $18.95. FECRS, 2652 NE Cir., Williamsburg, VA 23185. 5R9, Canada. www.thbrailway.com 4th Ct., Boynton Beach, FL 33435, www.fecrailway.com. Norfolk & Western HS � (includes VGN) Annual Dues: Union Pacific � Annual Dues: US $25/$45 sust., Canada Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR � Annual Dues: $6, $20/US/Can/Mexico; $35/Sust; $35/Foreign, (US $). Bimonthly $30/$45 sust., Int’l. $45/$60 sust. Qtrly. The Streamliner. UPHS, newsletter. Walt Danylak, 115 Upland Rd., Syracuse, NY 13207. newsletter. PO Box 201, Forest, VA 24551. www.nwhs.org Membership Sec., PO Box 4006, Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006. Frisco Modelers’ Information Group � c/o Douglas Hughes, Northern Pacific Ry � Annual Dues: $20 regular, $15 NP vet- Wabash � Annual Dues: $20/$25 contr. Wabash RR Hist. Soc., 1212 Finneans Run, Arnold, MD 21012. SASE for info. eran. Quarterly Mainstreeter & calendar. Norm Snow, PO Box c/o James Holmes, Secretary, 813 Ayers St., Bolingbrook, IL http://www.frisco.org/fmig/fmig.html 2937, Kirkland, WA 98083-2937. 60440. http://www.users.aol.com/wabashrr/wabash.html Galloping Goose Hist. Soc. of Dolores � Annual Dues: $20, Ontario Northland Ry Hist & Tech Soc � Annual Dues: Western Maryland � Annual Dues: $25/$40 outside the US. $30/family, $100/business. PO Box 297, Dolores, CO 81323, $20Can/$15US. Quarterly The Northlander. CAN: c/o Sheila WMRHS Inc., PO Box 395, Union Bridge, MD 21791. [email protected], www.doloresgallopinggoose5.org. Godby, 1040 St. Paul’s St, Peterborough, ON K9H 6J8; US: c/o � $22 for four is- Robert Godby, 1711 Custer St., Laramie, WY 82070. Western Pacific Railroad Historical Society Gilpin RR Historical Society � Dues: $20. Qrtrly publication. sues of The Headlight. John Walker (916) 671-9584 (eves). c/o Dan Abbott, PO Box 747, Idaho Springs, CO 80452, dk- Ontario & Western � Annual Dues: $21.50 including NRHS PO Box 608 Portola, CA 96122, (916) 832-4131. � Indicates new information. 54 � MODEL RAILROADING MARCH 2004 PG 55 56 57 March 04 MRG 2/6/04 2:17 PM Page 55

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ONE FOR THE ROAD! LOS ANGELES (CULVER CITY) MILTON BURBANK NEW CARLISLE TAKE MRG WITH YOU ALABAMA ALLIED MODEL TRAINS WEST FLORIDA RR MUSEUM GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP CREST ENTERPRISES HOBBIES WHEN YOU TRAVEL & 4411 S. SEPULVEDA BLVD. COLORADO 206 HENRY ST. 6357 W. 79TH ST. 6672 E. POPPY LN. STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS 90230 FAX 310-313-9365 32570 904-623-3645 60459 708-598-3114 46552 219-654-8409 BIRMINGHAM (HOMEWOOD) 310-313-9353 COLORADO SPRINGS HOMEWOOD TOY & HOBBY CUSTOM RAILWAY SUPPLY CHICAGO 2830 S. 18TH ST. LAKEWOOD 1025 GARDEN OF THE GODS RD OCALA CHICAGOLAND HOBBY 53209 205-879-3986 HOBBY WAREHOUSE 80907 719-634-4616 TRAINS OF OCALA 6017 NORTHWEST HWY. IOWA MASSACHUSETTS 4105 E. SOUTH ST. 1729 NE 8TH RD 60631 773-775-4848 MONTGOMERY 90712 213-531-1413 COLORADO SPRINGS 34470 352-369-5152 CEDAR FALLS CHELMSFORD UNCLE AL’S HOBBIES TRAIN SHOWCASE FAX 352-369-5153 CHICAGO CABOOSE STOP HOBBIES MAINE TRAINS 6017 E. SHIRLEY LANE LODI 38 S. SIERRA MADRE ORLANDO CHICAGO TRAIN COMPANY 301 MAIN ST. 210 BOSTON RD 36117 334-277-1715 RODGER’S RAILROAD JUNCTION (IN OLD RIO CRANDE STATION) COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY INC. 1922 W. IRVING PARK ROAD 50613 800-642-7012 01824 978-250-1442 105 S. SACRAMENTO ST 80903 719-471-1887 634 N. MILLS ST. 60613 312-929-4152 M-TU 11-6:30,W-F 11-8 PELHAM 95240 209-334-5623 32803-4675 407-841-1485 CEDAR RAPIDS SAT 9-4:30, SUN 1-3 OAK MTN. HOBBIES & TOYS DENVER CHICAGO BOX KAR HOBBIES 2659 PELHAM PRKWY NAPA CABOOSE HOBBIES SARASOTA TROST HOBBY SHOP 3649 FIRST AVE. S.E. FALMOUTH 35124 205-685-8980 LOOSE CABOOSE 500 S. BROADWAY GULF COAST MODEL RAILROAD 3105-3111 W. 63RD ST. 52402 319-362-1291 FALMOUTH HOBBIES FAX 205-685-8981 2412 JEFFERSON ST. 80209 303-777-6766 3222 CLARK ROAD 60629 733-925-1000 www.boxkarhobbies.com 847 MAIN ST 94558 707-258-1222 www.caboosehobbies.com 34231 941-923-9303 02540 508-540-4551 TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS DES PLAINES URBANDALE NORTH HOLLYWOOD ENGLEWOOD DES PLAINES HOBBIES HOBBY HAVEN EAST WEYMOUTH ALASKA THE ROUNDHOUSE NISSEN TRAINS & HOBBIES TALLAHASSEE 1468 LEE ST. 2575 86TH ST. SOUTH SHORE HOBBY CENTERS 12804 VICTORY BLVD. 1835 W. BAKER AVE. THE HOBBY CABOOSE 60018 847-297-2118 50322-4332 515-276-8785 1245 COMMERCIAL STREET 91606 818-769-0403 80110 303-922-5765 1000-24 W. THARPE ST. www.hobbyhaven.com 02189 781-335-9009 [email protected] 32303 850-385-9728 ELGIN ORANGE B & G TRAIN WORLD MASON CITY MALDEN ARIZONA FRANK’S HOBBY SHOP FORT COLLINS TAMPA 829 WALNUT AVE. EAST SIDE TRAINS CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO. 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. HOBBY TOWN CHESTER HOLLEY MODEL 60120 847-888-2646 932 B E. STATE ST. 662 CROSS ST. MESA 92667 714-639-9901 4348 S. COLLEGE AVE. RAILROAD SPECIALIST FAX 847-888-2711 50401 641-423-1748 02148 617-321-0090 ROY’S TRAIN WORLD 80525 970-226-3900 3818 S. HIMES AVE. 1033 S. COUNTRY CLUB DR. PASADENA 33611 813-831-7202 LA GRANGE SUDBURY 85210 480-833-4353 THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP GREELEY LA GRANGE HOBBY CENTER INC. KEN’S TRAINS 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. DON’S HOBBIES WEST PALM BEACH 25 S. LAGRANGE RD. KANSAS MILL VILLAGE, RTE. 20 PHOENIX 91107 626-796-7791 815 10TH STREET THE B.T. & L. RAILROAD, INC 60525 708-354-1220 01776 978-443-6883 AN AFFAIR WITH TRAINS 80631 303-353-3115 6901 W. OKEECHOBEE BLVD C-15 2615 W. BETHANY HOME RD . REDDING 33411 561-684-2224 LIBERTYVILLE MISSION WARREN 85017-2105 602-249-3781 TRAIN DEPOT WESTMINSTER FAX 561-684-2251 DESTINATION HOBBY CENTER J’S HOBBY HAVEN TUCKERS HOBBIES OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK, 2334 RAILROAD AVE. MIZELL TRAINS INC. www.btlrr.com 525 N MILWAUKEE AVE 5303 JOHNSON DR. BOX 1090 – 8 BACON ST. CALL FOR HOURS 96001 916-243-1360 3051 WEST 74TH AVE. 60048 847-247-8787 66205 913-432-8820 01083 413-436-5318 80030 303-429-4811 www.jhobbyhaven.com ROSEVILLE MARION RAILROAD HOBBIES GEORGIA CHUCK’S DEPOT TOPEKA ARKANSAS 119 VERNON ST. 1913 W. RENDELMAN. FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES 95678 916-782-6067 CONNECTICUT ATLANTA (KENNESAW) 62959 618-993-9179 2023 SW GAGE BLVD. MICHIGAN JACKSONVILLE TRAINS & HOBBIES INC. FAX 618-993-9179 66604 913-272-5772 HOBBY SHACK SACRAMENTO BRANFORD 2844 S. MAIN ST. [email protected] ANN ARBOR 1200 JOHN HARDEN DR BRUCE’S TRAIN SHOP BRANFORD HOBBIES 30144 770-528-0990 WICHITA HOBBY TOWN,USA 72076 510-9826836 2752 MARCONI AVENUE 609 BOSTON POST RD. 770-528-0910 MUNDELEIN ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES 2252 S. MAIN STREET 95821 916-485-5288 WEST MAIN RON’S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES 2745 BOULEVARD PLAZA 48103 734-996-2444 SACRAMENTO’S LARGEST TRAIN 06405 203-488-9865 KENNESAW 431 N. LAKE ST. 67211 316-685-6608 WOODLAND PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER STORE HOBBY TOWN USA 60060 708-949-8680 CALIFORNIA CANAAN 800 E. BARRETT PKWY., SUITE COLOMA SAN DIEGO (LA MESA) BERSHIRE HILLS HOBBY SUPPLY 20 PALATINE J & W MODEL TRAINS ALBANY REEDS HOBBY 93 MAIN ST. 30144 770-426-8800 PALATINE HOBBY, LTD. 6450 BECHT RD E KIT & CABOODLE 8039 LA MESA BLVD. 06018 860-824-0527 772 W. EUCLID AVE. KENTUCKY 49038-9546 616-468-5586 425 SAN PABLO AVE 91941 619-464-1672 LAWENCEVILLE 60067 800-624-9028 94706 510-524-9942 DAILY 10-7 SAT 10-5 SUN 12-4 COLLINSVILLE LEGACY STATION FAX 847-359-71327 LOUISVILLE FLINT FAX 510-524-9042 HOBBY SHOP OF COLLINSVILLE 251-F HURRICANE SHOALS RD www.hobbyshopping.com SCALE REPRODUCTIONS, INC. RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP OF FLINT SAN DIEGO 105 MAIN ST. 30045 770-339-7780 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE 2061 S. LINDEN ROAD ANAHEIM HILLS THE WHISTLE STOP 06022 860-693-9459 FAX 770-339-4417 PALOS HEIGHTS 40220 502-459-5849 48532 810-720-2500 MILEPOST 38 MODEL TRAINS 3834 4TH AVE. THE RIGHT TRACK FAX 810-720-2505 5693 E. ORANGETHORPE AVE 92103 619-295-7340 DANIELSON MACON 6421 W. 127TH STREEET 92807 714-970-3751 TOY LOFT HOBBYTOWN USA 60463 708-388-3008 FRASER FAX 714-970-3900 SAN FRANCISCO 24 MAPLE SY. 3830 BLOOMFIELD VILLAGE DR LOUISIANA P & D HOBBY SHOP www.milepost38modeltrains.com FRANCISCAN HOBBIES 06239 860-779-0865 31206 912-474-0061 PEORIA 31280 GROESSBECK HWY. 1920-A OCEAN AVE. MIKE’S SCALE RAIL BROUSSARD 48026 586-296-6116 BERKELEY 94127 415-584-3919 MANCHESTER RIVERDALE 5901 N. PROSPECT RD RON’S MODEL RAILROAD BERKELEY HARDWARE NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY RIVERDALE STATION 61614 309-689-0656 SHOP GRAND RAPIDS 2145 UNIVERSITY AVE. SAN LUIS OBISPO - THE TRAIN EXCHANGE 6632 HWY. 85 106 E. MAIN STREET HOBBY WORLD 94704 510-845-0410 LAWS HOBBY CENTER 71 HILLIARD ST. RIVERDALE PLAZA SKOKIE 70518 318-837-3799 2851 CLYDE PARK SW FAX 510-845-3617 855 MARSH 06040 860-646-0610 30274 770-991-6085 NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND 49509 616-538-6130 93401 805-544-5518 www.nehobby.com COLLECTORS GALLERY SHREVEPORT BURBANK ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS 4901 OAKTON ST. COOK’S COLLECTORS CORNER GRAND RAPIDS BURBANK’S HOUSE OF HOBBIES SAN MATEO OLD LYME IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 60077 847-673-4849 4402 YOUREE DR. RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP 911 S. VICTORY BLVD. TALBOT’S HOBBIES HOBBY CENTER FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 71105 318-865-7632 2055 28TH ST. SE 91502 818-848-3674 445 SOUTH B ST. 151-3A BOSTON POST ROAD SAVANNAH SPRINGFIELD 49508 616-247-9933 94401 415-342-0267 06731 860-434-5309 BULL STREET STATION SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS HOBBIES BURBANK 151 BULL ST. 2448 S. 10TH ST. SAGINAW THE TRAIN SHACK SAN RAFAEL WOLCOTT 31402 912-236-4344 62703 217-523-0265 NTHMAINE ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER INC 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY FEATHER RIVER TRAIN SHOP THE HOBBY GALLERY 1-800-611-8521 5620 STATE RD 91505 818-842-3330 55 MITCHELL BLVD. SUITE 3 1810 MERIDEN RD. “I NEVER MET A HOBBY 48603-3680 517-790-0080 94903 415-499-0664 06716 203-879-2316 SUGAR HILL SHOP 517-790-0358 ONE FOR THE ROAD! TRAIN MASTER MODELS INDIANA I DID NOT LIKE.” TAKE MRG WITH YOU SANTA CLARA MEMORIES MALL WILL ROGERS SHELBY TOWNSHIP (DETROIT) WHEN YOU TRAVEL & TRAIN SHOP 4450 NELSON BROGDON BLVD GREAT LAKES HOBBY & TRAIN STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS 1829 PRUNERIDGE BLVD. 30518 770-878-8395 INDIANAPOLIS 46660 VAN DYKE 95050 408-296-1050 DELAWARE 770-878-0426 FAX N GAUGE TRAIN SHOP MARYLAND 48317 810-323-1300 BURLINGAME 4759 N. POST RD. TRACKSIDE TRAINS TORRANCE WILMINGTON ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS 46226 317-898-4883 ST. CLAIR SHORES MODEL RRS & BOOKSEXCLUSIVELY ALL ABOARD MODEL RR MITCHELL’S, INC. IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY BALTIMORE WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS 1675 ROLLINS ROAD B-1 3867 PACIFIC COAST HWY. 2303 CONCORD PIKE FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH MERRILLVILLE M B KLEIN, INC. 21714 HARPER AVE. 94010 650-692-9724 90505 213-791-2637 FAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER HOBBYTOWN - MERRILLVILLE 162 N. GAY ST. 48080 313-771-6770 19803 302-652-3258 1858 E 80TH AVE (INCLUDES MAIL ORDER) VENTURA 46410-5734 219-736-0255 21202 410-539-6207 TAYLOR MODEL RAILROADING’S DEALER DIRECTORY COSTA MESA VENTURA HOBBIES ILLINOIS RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP TRAIN CROSSING 2950 JOHNSON DR. #128 MICHIGAN CITY COLLEGE PARK 22661 NORTHLINE RD. 1089C BAKER ST. 93003 805-658-8138 FLORIDA ALTON B & A HOBBIES & CRAFTS BURRETT HOBBIES 48180 734-287-7405 92626 714-549-1596 GREEN CABOOSE HOBBIES 408 FRANKLIN 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE. WESTMINSTER CLEARWATER 2422 EAST BROADWAY 46360 219-874-2382 20740 301-982-5032 WESTLAND ARNIES TRAINS TRAINS AND TREASURES, INC. 62002 618-465-7937 DAVE’S HOBBY & TV CULVER CITY 6452 INDUSTRY WAY #B 1710 N. HERCULES AVE. NASHVILLE/BROWN COUNTY KENSINGTON 29026 WARREN RD. ALLIED MODEL TRAINS 92683 714-893-1015 SUITE 104A/105A BLOOMINGTON NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY JUNEBERRY & SONS 48185 313-422-4464 4411 SEPULVEDA BLVD. 33765 727-298-0350 HOBBYLAND INC. PO BOX 1273 TRAIN & HOBBIES 90230 310-313-9353 616 N. MAIN ST. 47448-1273 812-988-1558 10527 SUMMIT AVE. WESTLAND LANTANA 61701 309-828-1442 20895 301-564-9360 NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY ESCONDIDO THE DEPOT 35101 FORD RD. REEDS HOBBY 603 RIDGE RD. BOURBONNAIS LAUREL 48185 313-722-5700 250 F CREST ST. 33462 561-585-1982 WIMPY’S HOBBY WORLD PEACH CREEK SHOPS 92025 619-489-5020 263 N. CONVENT, SUITE 8 201 MAIN STREET YPSILIANTI DAILY 10-6, TH. 12-9, CLOSED 60914 815-932-6100 20707 301-498-9071 RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP SUN FAX 301-498-9302 4035 CARPENTER http://users.aol.com/peachcreek 48197 734-971-6116

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EAST ROCHESTER CONNELLSVILLE MANASSAS DESPATCH JUNCTION HOBBYS N’ STUFF KMA JUNCTION MINNESOTA NEW 100 STATION RD. 1 OHIO 116 W. APPLE ST. TENNESSEE 9786 CENTER STREET 4445 716-385-5570 15425 412-628-0228 22110 703-257-9860 LITTLE CANADA HAMPSHIRE ALLIANCE JOHNSON CITY HUB HOBBY CENTER INTERLAKEN ROB’S TRAINS GETTYSBURG SOUTHERN STAR HOBBIES MANASSAS 82 MINNESOTA AVE. HAMPTON ROCK RIVER MODEL HOBBIES 333 E. MAIN TOMMY GILBERT MODEL 314 E MAIN ST TRAIN DEPOT, INC. 55117 612-490-1675 NEAL’S N-GAUGING TRAINS 7762 ROCK RIVER ROAD 44601 330-823-7222 RAILROAD SUPPLY 37601 423-929-7955 7214 NEW MARKET CT. 86 TIDE MILL RD. 14847 607-532-9489 346 E. WATER ST. 22110 703-335-2216 MOORHEAD 03842 603-926-9031 CINCINNATI 17325 717-337-1992 MEMPHIS 703-257-5503 BADERS HOBBY CENTER MALONE GOLF MANOR HOBBIES TRAINS AND THINGS, INC. 788 2ND AVE S NORTH HAMPTON HOBBY JUNCTION EXPRESS 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVE. LANSDALE 661 N. MENDENHALL SUITE 105 MIDLOTHIAN 56560 218-291-1654 FITTS PHOTO & HOBBY SHOP DEER RIVER CAMPSITE 45237 513-351-3849 LIN’S JUNCTION 38122 901-682-9402 CHESTERFIELD HOBBIES INC. 79 LAFAYETTE RD HCR 01 BOX 101A 128 S. LINE ST. 1-888-4AHOBBY 13154 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE RICHFIELD 03862-2406 603-964-9292 514-631-3504 CLEVELAND 19446 215-412-7711 23113 804-379-9091 HUB HOBBY CENTER 603-964-9417 514-631-1376 FAX WING’S HOBBY SHOP, INC. www.linsjunction.com NASHVILLE www.chesterfieldhobbies.com 6416 PENN AVE. S 17112 DETROIT AVE. DAS HOBBY HAUS 55423 612-866-9575 ONE FOR THE ROAD! MINEOLA 44107 216-221-5383 MANHEIM 5364 MOUNTAIN VIEW RD ROANOKE TAKE MRG WITH YOU WILLIS HOBBIES RULES MODEL TRAINS 37013 615-731-3827 THE RAIL YARD SPRING LAKE PARK WHEN YOU TRAVEL & 300 WILLIS AVE. COLUMBUS 202 S. CHARLOTTE ST. 2ND FL 7547 WILLIAMSON ROAD UNIVERSITY HOBBIES STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS 11501 516-746-3944 STRETE HOBBIES 17545 717-664-5155 24019 540-362-1714 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE. NE 3655 SULLIVANT AVE. ONE FOR THE ROAD! FAX 540-362-8925 55432 612-780-4189 NEW YORK CITY 43228 614-279-6959 MONTOURSVILLE TAKE MRG WITH YOU MANHATTAN TRAINS ENGLISH MODEL RR SUPPLY WHEN YOU TRAVEL & SPRINGFIELD ST. PAUL NEW JERSEY 14 W 45TH ST COLUMBUS 21 HOWARD ST. STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS GRANDDAD’S HOBBY SHOP SCALE MODEL SUPPLIES 10036 212-840-8700 THE TRAIN STATION 17754 570-368-2516 5260-A PORT ROYAL RD. 458 N. LEXINGTON PKWY. DELRAN 4430 INDIANOLA AVE. 22151-2113 703-242-8668 55104 651-646-7781 M & G HOBBIES 43214 614-262-9056 PITTSBURGH OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK TENBY PLAZA PAWLING A B CHARLES SON TEXAS 2902 ROUTE 130 NORTH T & M HOBBBIES HOBBY SHOP WOODBRIDGE 08075 856-461-3553 32 FENWOOD DR LORAIN 3213 W. LIBERTY AVE. AMARILLO THE “RIP TRACK” MISSISSIPPI www.mandghobbies.com 12564 845-855-0026 THE CORNER STORE 15216 412-561-3068 HOBBY TIME 2885 PS BUSINESS CENTER [email protected] 1249 COLORADO AVE. NEW HOPE 201-H WESTGATE PRKWY 22192 800-790-6901 EDISON EXCLUSIVELY MODEL RAILROADING 44052 440-288-2351 NIXON ENTERPRISES 79121 806-352-9660 NO. VIRGINIA HO & N EXCLUSIVELY MEYER’S DOLLS, TOY & HOBBIES HOBBY SHOP 561 ROUTE 1 SOUTH SCHENECTADY NORTH CANTON 226 BOBWHITE RD AUSTIN MISSOURI 08817 732-985-2220 MOHAWK VALLEY RAILROAD NICK’S RAILWAY SUPPLY 18938 215-862-0265 KING’S HOBBY COMPANY 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH NE www.nixonenterprises.com 8810 N. LAMAR WASHINGTON GRANDVIEW JACKSON 2037 HAMBURG ST 44721 330-494-0125 78753 512-836-7388 SHOW ME MODEL RR CO JACKSON HOBBY SHOP 12304-4793 518-372-9124 FAX 330-494-7817 READING 810 MAIN ST 2275 W. COUNTY LINE RD. IRON HORSE HOBBY HOUSE “I NEVER MET A HOBBY CENTRALIA 64030-0053 800-826-6961 08527 732-364-3334 SMITHTOWN TOLEDO 60 S. 6TH ST. SHOP HOBBYTOWN USA FAX 732-364-9191 THREE GUYS HOBBIES STEVE’S FALLEN FLAGGS 19602 610-373-6927 I DID NOT LIKE.” 1649 KRESKY AVE BUCKNER 99 E. MAIN ST. HOBBIES WILL ROGERS 98531 360-330-2114 J&L HOBBIES MERCERVILLE 11787 516-265-8303 5414 MONROE ST. READING 309 S. HUDSON Z&Z HOBBIES 43623 419-843-3334 G & K HOBBY CENTRE DALLAS FERNDALE 64156 816-650-3531 116 FLOCK RD. SYRACUSE EAST 720 GORDON ST. PHIL’S HOBBIES M & M DEPOT FAX 816-249-6675 08619 800-586-2281 CENTRAL HOBBY SUPPLY TROY 19601 610-374-8598 2740 VALWOOD PARKWAY 2032 MAIN ST., PO BOX 1828 http://pws.prserv.net/jltrain FAX 609-586-7765 716 WEST MANLIUS ST. THE ERIE RAILWAY DEPOT #105 98248 206-384-2552 13057 315-437-6630 2 WEST MAIN ST. STRASBURG 75234 972-243-3603 PISCATAWAY www.centralhobby.com 45373 937-440-9922 CHOO CHOO BARN, INC. KENNEWICK(TRI-CITIES) MODEL RAILROAD SHOP ROUTE 741E, BOX 130 HALTON CITY PARKADE HOBBIES MONTANA VAIL AVE. & NEW MARKET RD. WAPPINGERS FALLS 17579 717-687-0464 ANGELOHOBBIES 216 WEST KENNEWICK AVE 08854 732-968-5696 VALLEY MODEL TRAINS 5515 BONNER SUITE B 99336 509-585-2510 BILLINGS 17 OLD TOUTE 9 OKLAHOMA WHEN HOBBY SHOPS 76148 817-428-0190 FAX 509-585-5419 JIM’S JUNCTION SEA GIRT 12590 845-297-7511 ARE OUTLAWED... www.angelohobbies.com MON.-SAT 10AM TO 5:30PM 811 B 16TH ST W JERSEY SHORE HOBBY CENTER FAX 845-297-3514 TULSA ONLY OUTLAWS WILL 59102 406-259-5354 2175 HWY. 35 14 YEARS IN BUSINESS ACTION HOBBIES GO TO HOBBY SHOPS! HOUSTON SEATTLE [email protected] 08750 732-449-2383 4955C SOUTH MEMORIAL LARRY’S HOBBIES THE TRAIN CENTER 74145 918-663-8998 156-F 1960 EAST 1463 ELLIOT AVE WEST MISSOULA SOMERVILLE 77073 713-443-7373 98199 206-283-7886 THE TREASURE CHEST THE BIG LITTLE RAILROAD SHOP NORTH 1612 BENTON AVE 206 W. MAIN STREET RHODE HURST SPOKANE 59801 406-549-7992 08876 908-429-0220 CAROLINA OREGON MODEL TRAIN CROSSING SUNSET JUNCTION FAX 406-549-6833 ISLAND 1113 W. PIPELINE RD. 419 E SPRAGUE AVE. WESTMONT FOREST GROVE 76053 817-595-0800 99202 509-838-2379 SATTLER’S HOBBY SHOP MOUNT AIRY MAINLINE TRAINS WARWICK [email protected] 14 HADDON AVE. DRY BRIDGE STATION 2707 PACIFIC AVE. A.A. HOBBIES TACOMA NEBRASKA 08108 609-854-7136 236 N. MAIN ST. 97116 503-992-8181 655 JEFFERSON BLVD. SPRING PACIFIC RAILWAY HOBBIES 27030 336-786-9811 02886-1318 401-737-7111 SPRING CROSSING 9525 GRAVELLY LAKE DR. GRAND ISLAND WHEN HOBBY SHOPS LA GRANDE 1420 SPRING CYPRESS RD. 98499 253-581-4453 HOBBYTOWN USA ARE OUTLAWED... SELMA HOBBY HABIT MIDDLETON 77373 281-353-9484 3537 W. 13TH ST. ONLY OUTLAWS WILL THE FREIGHT YARD 411 FIR BELLEVUE CAMERA & HOBBY EXCLUSIVELY MODEL RAILROADING IN STATE ONLY 1-800-286-3451 GO TO HOBBY SHOPS! 27 NOBLE ST 97850 1-800-963-9602 AQUIDNECK CENTRE 68803 308-382-3451 27577 919-934-6229 99 E. MAIN RD. WEST PORTLAND 02842 401-847-5426 LINCOLN SPENCER WHISTLE STOP TRAINS UTAH VIRGINIA HOBBYTOWN NEW MEXICO LITTLE CHOO CHOO SHOP, INC. 11724 S.E. DIVISION ST. EAST PARK MALL 500 S. SALISBURY AVE. 97266 503-761-1822 SALT LAKE CITY 220 NORTH 66TH ST. ALBUQUERQUE 28159800-334-CHOO FAX 503-761-1861 SOUTH THE TRAIN SHOPPE BRIDGEPORT 68505 402-464-2858 TRAINS WEST INC. 800-334-2466 470 S. 900 E. D.W. REED’S HOBBY STOP, INC. 3351 CANDELARIA. NE 704-639-9232 SALEM CAROLINA 84102 801-322-2729 142 WEST MAIN STREET OMAHA SUITE A SKYSPORT NEW & ANTIQUE MODEL TRAINS 26330 304-842-2742 HOUSE OF TRAINS 87109 505-881-2322 ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS 4564 COMMERCIAL ST. SE GREENVILLE AUTHORIZED LIONEL SALES & 8106 MAPLE ST. IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 97302 503-363-4345 GREAT ESCAPE SALT LAKE CITY SERVICE 68134 402-391-2311 ONE FOR THE ROAD! FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH PLEASANTBURG SHOPPING CTR. HOBBY EMPORIUM TAKE MRG WITH YOU ONE FOR THE ROAD! 1426 LAURENS RD. 1773 WEST 4160 SOUTH NITRO WHEN YOU TRAVEL & TAKE MRG WITH YOU 29607 803-235-8320 84119 801-966-0694 NITRO HOBBY & CRAFT STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS WHEN YOU TRAVEL & CENTER NEVADA NORTH STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS SANDY 104 21ST ST. WEST COLUMBIA MRS HOBBY SHOP 25143 304-755-4304 LAS VEGAS DAKOTA NEW BROOKLAND RAILROAD 9445 S. UNION SQUARE HOBBYTOWN USA NEW YORK & HOBBY 84070-3402 801-572-6082 MODEL RAILROADING’S DEALER DIRECTORY 5085 W. SAHARA #134 BISMARK PENNSYLVANIA 405 STATE ST. 89102 702-889-9554 BLAUVELT DAVE’S HOBBIES 29169 803-791-3958 WISCONSIN HUDSON SHORES 200 W. MAIN BETHLEHEM RENO MODEL TRAIN 58502 701-255-6353 CHRISTMAS CITY HOBBIES ONE FOR THE ROAD! VIRGINIA GREEN BAY HIGH SIERRA MODELS 547 D WESTERN HIGHWAY 705 LINDEN ST. TAKE MRG WITH YOU ENGINE HOUSE SERVICES 4020 KIETZKE LANE 10913 914-398-2407 180185 610-974-9590 WHEN YOU TRAVEL & 2737 N. PACKERLAND DR. 2H 89502 702-825-5557 STOP IN OUR LISTED SHOPS FALLS CHURCH 54303 920-490-4839 “I NEVER MET A HOBBY BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT ARLINGTON HOBBY CRAFTERS SHOP MAINLINE HOBBY SUPPLY 230 W. BROAD ST. HARTFORD I DID NOT LIKE.” 15066 BUCHANAN TRAIL E 22046 703-532-2224 HOBBY DEPOT WILL ROGERS 17214 717-794-2860 SOUTH 1524 EAST SUMNER ST. DAKOTA LYNCHBURG 53027 262-670-6242 BUFFALO TRAINS UNLIMITED FAX 262-670-6252 NIAGARA HOBBY & CRAFT MART 6010 FORT AVENUE OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY SIOUX FALLS 24502 804-239-8377 MADISON 3366 UNION RD. AT WALDEN DONOVANS HOBBY CENTER 800-728-3850 HOBBY CRAFT OF MADISON 14225 716-681-1666 INDEPENDENCE PLAZA 6632 ODANA ROAD 3813 S. WESTERN AVE. 53719 608-833-0489 57105 605-338-6945 CALL US FOR SUMMER HOURS

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�YOUR TREK PLAN FOR THE WEEKEND… Better DCC Performance ALABAMA CONNECTICUT Track Cleaner ACT-6006 cleans your track and FAIRHOPE � Fairhope 12th Annual Model Train Show. FAIRFIELD � Housatonic Model RR Club Station Stop leaves a conductive Mar. 20-21. 9AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Fairhope 2004. Mar. 14. 10AM-4PM. Ludlowe Middle School, 689 coating that will Kindergarten Center, 100 S. Church St. $2, children, active Unquowa Rd. Info: Housatonic Model RR Club, PO Box enhance current flow. duty military, police and firefighters free. Info: Herb Kern, 234, Fairfield, CT 06824. (203) 259-9592. www.housaton- • Recommended for use 6405 Magnolia Place Ct. S. Mobile AL, 36695. (251) 660- icmr.org. with DCC and sound 1659, [email protected]. WILLIMANTIC � Connecticut Eastern RR Museum systems. TUSCUMBIA � Shoals Model RRers Inc. All Scales Die-Cast & Model Train Show. Apr. 18. 10AM-3PM. • Inhibits oxidation club. Tues. 6PM. SOU Ry. Depot, 5th & Water Sts. Info: Windham High School, 355 High St. $5, $4 seniors, $3 8- formation on tracks. Neal Jeter, (256) 757-5687 or George Walker, (256) 766- 12, under 8 free. Info: Joseph Sokol, 1170 Hartford Tpk., • Can be used with all 5073, [email protected]. #E-51, Vernon, CT 06066, (860) 872-2240, popular track-cleaning [email protected]. ARIZONA cars. FLORIDA PHOENIX � In The Heat RR Swap Meet. Mar. 13. 9AM-2PM. N. Phoenix Baptist Church, 5757 N. Central PINELLAS PARK � 46th H&R Train Show. Apr. 2-4. Recommended and Approved by: Ave. $5, under 12 free, $20/table. Info: David Jerry, PO 10AM-9PM Fri. & Sat. 10AM-6PM Sun. H&R Trains, Box 56305, Phoenix, AZ 85079-6305. (602) 336-0973, 6901 US Hwy. 19 N. Free admission. Info: Alice Morris, • NCE • DIGITRAX [email protected]. (727) 526-4682, [email protected], www.hrtrains.com. • ZIMO • LENZ PHOENIX � NMRA Arizona Div. Spring Meet. Mar. 13. GEORGIA • ATLAS 9AM-4PM. First Southern Baptist Church, 3100 W. ATLANTA � Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meet. 1st Tues. of Camelback. $5, $2.50 under 21 & NMRA members. Info: For a sample of our track cleaner send $2.00 to Rick Wheeler, 62451 E. Amberwood, Tucson, AZ 85739. each month, 7:30PM. Church of the Atonement, 945 High address below. ONE per customer, please. Clubs: (520) 818-1547. Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Leake, (404) 262-2969. Send request on club stationary for pricing. ATLANTA (TUCKER) � ARKANSAS Piedmont Division Monthly ALSO AVAILABLE: Meeting. 2nd Tuesday each month, 7PM. Elks Lodge, ACT-2002 MOTOR BEARING LUBE BENTONVILLE � Sugar Creek Model RR & Hist. Soci- 1775 Montreal Rd, Tucker. Map at www.piedmont-div.org. ACT-3753 CONDUCTA LUBE & CLEANER 1oz. ACT-4004 TRAIN PAK ety Show. Mar. 27. 10AM-4PM. Clarington Inn, 211 SE Free. Info: Ed Jahns, 1538 Rivermist Dr., Lilburn, GA 30047, [email protected]. call or write Walton Blvd. $4, under 12 free. Info: Larry Keith, (479) AERO-LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, a division of 631-6750, [email protected]. KENNESAW � Kudzu Rails 2004. May 20-23. 8AM- AERO-CAR TECHNOLOGY INC. PINE BLUFF � Cotton Belt Rail Hist. Society Annual 11PM. Southern Museum of Civil War & Locomotive His- P.O. BOX 336, WESTERN SPRINGS, IL 60558 RR Show. Apr. 3. 9AM-4PM. Arkansas RR Museum, Hwy tory. Info: Kudzu Rails 2004, 2829 Cherokee St., phone: (708)-246-9027 fax: (708) 246-7648 www.tttrains.com/aerocar 65B & Port Rd. $4, under 12 free. Info: Gerald Cooper, Kennesaw, GA 30144, [email protected]. PO Box 413, Whitehouse, TX 75791 (903) 839-2501. www.aclsal.org/kudzu04/index.html. CALIFORNIA MARIETTA � Monthly Meeting of the Georgia Society of Ferroequinologists & field trips. 2nd Fri. of each month, ANAHEIM � Orange County Model RRers meeting. 7:30PM. Nations Bank of Waddell St. Free. Info: Robert Second Wednesday of each month. 7:30PM-9PM. Ana- Hunt, (770) 428-3864 or Larry Smith, (404) 926-0739. heim Public Library, corner of Harbor & Broadway. Info: MARIETTA � Piedmont Div. Model Train Show & Steve Tibbetts, [email protected], (714) 843-1820. Model Contest. Mar. 13-14. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM CROCKETT � Bay Area NTRAK Model RR Club’s N Sun. Cobb County Civic Center, 548 S. Marietta Pkwy. $7, scale modular layout group in operation in retired SP depot under 12 free. Info: John Munro, 6105 Milam Dr. Mable- has openings for new members. Wed. 10AM-3PM & 7PM- ton, GA 30126, (770) 739-5406. 9PM, Sat. 10AM-4PM. Depot on Rolph St. next to the SP mainline, 900 Loring Ave. Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 ILLINOIS Hill View Ln., Pinole, CA 94564, (510) 758-9310. CHICAGO � Great Midwest Train Show. Mar. 14. LOS ANGELES � East Valley Lines N-Scale Model RR 9:30AM-3PM. DuPage County Fairgrounds, County Farm Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. 11AM-3PM. Traveltown, Rd. & Roosevelt Rd. $7, under 12 free.Info: CIA Inc. PO Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors, P.O. Box 5732, Box 1192, Lombard, IL 60148, (630) 290-1962, Glendale, CA 91301 (213) 662-8339. [email protected]. LOS ANGELES � Pasadena Model RR Club Open INDIANA House. Apr. 24-25, 27, May 1-2. 1PM-5PM, 7PM-10PM � Sat. 1-5PM Sun. 7:30-10PM Tue. 5458 Alhambra Ave. $3, DANVILLE NMRA Midwest Region, Central Indiana $1 children, under 7 free. Info: Joe Behan, 5458 Alhambra Div. Train Show. Mar. 28. 10AM-3PM. 4-H Bldg. Hen- Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90032. (323) 222-1718. dricks County Fairgrounds, Old US 36. $3, under 12 free. Info: Frank Hermanek, 6818 Westlake Rd, Indianapolis, � SAN DIEGO San Diego Model RR Museum Toy IN 46214, (317) 487-6517. Train & Model RR Show/Operation Exhibit. Tues-Fri SOUTH BEND � 11AM-4PM, Weekends 11AM-5PM. Free Tuesday Mar. 2, St. Joe Valley Model RR Club of Apr. 6. Casa De Balboa Bldg. in Balboa Park, 1649 El South Bend is now accepting new members. 400 S. Main Prado. $4, discounts for students/seniors/military ID, under St., Mishawaka. Info: David Korkhouse, (574) 272-6436. 15 free. Special Events: Circus Day Family Day, Mar. 21, KANSAS 11AM-3PM. Rails Across Time Historical Re-enactment, Apr. 18, 11AM-4PM Info: Beth Cain, SDMRR Museum, LOUISVILLE � Div. 8 MCR/NMRA Train Show. Mar. 1649 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101, (619) 696-0199. 20. 10AM-3PM. Highland Post, American Legion, 2919 Bardstown Rd. $5, under 12 free. Info: Stephen Taylor, SIMI VALLEY � Santa Susana RR Hist. Society Swap 4423 W. 400 N. Madison, IN 47250, [email protected]. Meet & Open House. May 15. 7AM-11AM Swap Meet, 10AM-4PM Open House. RR Depot, 5506 Katherine Rd. MAINE Donations accepted. Info: (805) 581-3462, www.train- web.org/ssmrc/. BATH� Great Falls Model RR Spring Model RR Show.

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Apr. 24. 10AM-3PM. Bath Middle School, 6 Old Brunswick Rd. $4, $2 under 15. Info: Terrence King, (207) 922-2477 (after 6PM), [email protected]. MARYLAND TIMONIUM � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Mar. 20-21. 10AM-4PM. MD State Fairgrounds, 2200 York Rd. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. TIMONIUM � Great Scale Model Train Show. Apr. 3- 4. 9AM-4PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Maryland State Fair- grounds, 2 miles North of the Baltimore Beltway, exit 17E from I-83. $6, under 12 free, $12/family. Info: Howard Zane, 5236 Thunder Hill Rd., Columbia, MD 21045, www.gsmts.com. UPPER MARLBORO � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Feb. 28-29. 10AM-4PM. Prince George’s Equestrian Center, 14900 Pennsylvania Ave. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. MASSACHUSETTS AUBURN � Worcester Model RR’rs Inc. Annual Show. Feb. 29. 10AM-4PM. Auburn Elks Club, 754 Southbridge St. $4, under 12 free. Info: Ralph Kimball, (508) 755- 1873, [email protected], www.wmrr.org. BOLTON � Nashua Valley RR Assn. Railfair 2004. Apr. 25. 10AM-4PM. Emerson School, 692 Main St. $4, $3 seniors, $1 children, under 5 free. Info: George Bishop, PO Box 72, Bolton, MA 01740, (978) 779-6977 after 7PM. HYANNIS � Cape Cod Model RR Club Show. Apr. 25. 10AM-4PM. Cape Cod Community College Physical Education Bldg. Route 132, exit 6 from Route 6. $3, seniors & kids 12-18 $2, under 12 free. Info: Rich Hough- taling, (508) 432-2287. PEABODY � Hub Division, NER/NMRA Spring Con- vention & Train Show. Apr. 24. 10AM-4PM. Holiday Inn, 1 Newburg St. $5, $4 seniors, under 13 & Scouts in uni- form free. Info: Gerald Abegg, 261 Waltham St., Lexing- ton, MA 02421, (781) 862-0388, [email protected]. WILMINGTON � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Mar. 27-28. 10AM-4PM. Shriners Auditorium, 99 Fordham Rd. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.green- bergshows.com. MICHIGAN LIVONIA � Redford Model RR Club Trainorama Extra 2004. Mar. 21. 10AM-4PM. Livonia Community Center, 15100 Hubbard. $4, under 12 free. Info: Steve Johnson, C/O Redford Model RR Club, PO Box 40225, Redford, MI 48240, (313) 565-1027, [email protected]. WARREN � Gratiot Valley RR Club Show. Mar. 7. 10AM-4PM. Macomb Comm. College Sports & Expo Center, 12 Mile & Hayes. $5, under 12 free. Info: Doug Kass, GVRR, 281 North Ave. Mt. Clemens, MI 48043. (586) 468-4877. www.michvhf.com/~gvrr. MINNESOTA BOONVILLE � Eastern Jackson County Model Train Club Display & Show. Mar. 20. 11AM-5PM. Boonville Area Chamber of Commerce, 1111 Rural St. Free admis- sions, donations accepted. Info: (660) 882-2721, [email protected]. HUTCHINSON � Luce Line RR Club Spring Rail Fest. May 1-2. 10AM-6PM Sat. 12PM-5PM Sun. Hutchinson Mall, 1060 Hwy. 15 S. Free. Info: Bruce Crosby, (320) 587-8073. MISSOURI JOPLIN � Museum Complex Train Show & Swap Meet. Mar. 27. 8AM-3PM. Schifferdecker Park, 7th St. & Schifferdecker. $3, under 12 free. Info: Rick Gardner, 11486 Cty. Lane 214, Oronogo, MO 64855, (417) 673- 4888, [email protected].

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NEBRASKA NORTH PLATTE � Nebraska West-Central Div. NMRA 10th North Platte Train Show & Swap Meet. Apr. 17-18. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. D&N Event Center, 501 E. Walker Rd. $3, $5/family. Info: Gene Tacey, PO Box 485, Sutherland, NE 69165, (308) 386- 2489, [email protected]. NEVADA LAS VEGAS � Silver State Div. Of Toy Train Operat- ing Society Meet. Apr. 3. 11AM-4PM. Plumbers & Pip- efitters Local #525 Union Hall, 760 N. Lamb Blvd. $4, $2 children, $15 family, active military free. Info: Bill Ness, 6044 Rocky Mountain Ave. Las Vegas, NV 89156, (702) 644-5003. NEW JERSEY EDISON � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Mar. 6-7. 10AM-4PM. New Jersey Convention & Expo Center, 97 Sunfield Ave. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.greenbergshows.com. NEW MEXICO BELEN � Belen Model RR Club Open House. Tues-Sat, 12:30PM-3:30PM. Belen Harvey House Museum, 1st & Becker Sts. Donations accepted. Info: Jon S. Sem, 1845 Ash Dr. SW, Los Lunas, NM 87031, (505) 565-1639 (before 9 PM), [email protected]. LAS CRUCES � Dona Ana Modular RR Club HO Meets. Third Thurs. each month, 7PM. Thomas Brannigan Memorial Library, Spruce Ave. & N. Main St. Info: Mike Hallock, 1941 Poplar Ave., Las Cruces, NM 88001. NEW YORK ITHACA � Ithaca & Cornell RR Hist. Society/NRHS Annual Finger Lakes Railfair & Train Show. Apr. 24-25. 10AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. The Field, NYS Rt. 34, 4 miles N. of Rt. 13. $5, $2 under 12, $10 family. Info: James Torgeson, 393 Davison Rd. #5, Lockport NY 14094, (716) 439-2577, [email protected]. KINGSTON � Kingston Model RR Club Annual Train & Hobby Expo. Mar. 28. 10AM-4PM. Tech City(Former IBM Complex) Enterprise Dr. $4, under 12 $1. Info: Kingston Model RR Club, PO Box 1885, Kingston, NY 12402-1885, Attn: Vince Decicco, (845) 334-8233. MEDFORD � Long Island Model RR Engineers Meet, Tues. & Fri. 7PM-11PM. 2661 Horseblock Rd. Unit P. Info: (631) 345-3415 on nights of meet, www.limrre.com. STONY BROOK � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Show. Apr. 24-25. 10AM-4PM. Stony Brook University, Nicolls Rd. (Rt. 97). $7, under 12 free. Info: (630) 355- 5029, www.greenbergshows.com. NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE � WNC 14th Annual Model Train Show. Feb. 27-28. 12PM-7PM Fri. 10AM-7PM Sat. Biltmore Square Mall. $2 Fri. $4 Sat, under 13 free. Info: Charles Come join us at the 24th National Narrow Gauge Convention Bryan [email protected]. September 1-4, 2004 in Santa Clara, California OHIO Westin Santa Clara Hotel • 5101 Great America Parkway • Santa Clara, CA 95054 BUCYRUS � Bucyrus Model RR Assn. Train Show & Hotel Reservations: 1-888-627-8405 Swap Meet. Apr. 18. 10AM-4PM. Crawford County Fair- Hotel Convention Rate: $129.00 w/Free Parking (mention NNGC) grounds, Whetstone St. $3, under 12 free. Info: David Moore, Registration: $75 (until 7/31/04), $85 (after 7/31/04). 1010 Bucyrus Rd., Galion, OH 44833 (419) 462-5035. Checks (U.S. funds) or credit card info to: COLUMBUS � Greenberg’s Train, Toy & Hobby Registrar 24th NNGC • 530 Fig Tree Lane • Martinez, CA 94553 Show. Mar. 13-14. 10AM-4PM. Ohio Exposition Center, Contest • Layouts • Garden Railways • Clinics 717 E. 17th Ave. $7, under 12 free. Info: www.green- Manufacturers Exhibits • Ardenwood Park bergshows.com. Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad MASSILLON � CJ Trains New Spring Massilion Train Narrow Gauge and Short Line GAZETTE Office & Toy Show. Apr. 25. 10AM-4PM. Massillon Knights of Columbus Hall, 988 Cherry Rd. NW. $3, under 12 free. Visit us at: www.narrowgauge2004.com $20 dealer tables. Info: Jon Ulbright, 941 Buchholz Dr.

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Wooster, OH 44691, (330) 262-7488 after 6PM, cathi- WASHINGTON [email protected]. PULLMAN � Palouse Empire Rail Society RR Show. WOOSTER � CJ Trains Spring Wooster Train & Toy Mar. 21. 10AM-3PM. Beasley Performing Arts Coliseum, Show. Mar. 14. 10AM-4PM. Greebriar Conference & Washington State University Campus. $3, $10 dealer Party Centre. 50 Riffel Rd. $3, under 12 free. $22 dealer tables. Info: Noel Randall, 805 Panorama, Moscow, ID tables. Info: Jon Ulbright, 941 Buchholz Dr., Wooster, OH 83843, (208) 882-3773. 44691, (330) 262-7488 after 6PM, [email protected]. WISCONSIN OKLAHOMA MADISON � NMRA Midwest Region, SCWD OKLAHOMA CITY � Southeast Oklahoma City Area Monthly Meeting, Mar. 7, Apr. 4, May. 2 2004. 1PM. Model RR Meet. Mar. 20. 9AM-4PM. Rose State College Fitchburg Community Center, 5510 E. Lacy Rd. Free. Student Center, 6420 SE 15th St. $3, $6 family. Info: Info: Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilltop Dr., Madison, WI Dean Gillmore, COMRail, 27 NE 27th St., Oklahoma 53711-1212, (608) 231-1817, www.scwd-nmra.org. City, OK 73105, (405) 799-2827, [email protected], www.comrail.org. CANADA OREGON NEW BRUNSWICK ROSEBURG � All Aboard RR Club for All Scales. 1st RIVERVIEW � Moncton Model RR Society Show. Apr. & 3rd Saturdays at 3PM, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 7PM. 427 17. 9AM-4PM. Coverdale Rec Ctr. Info: Louis LeBlanc SE Main St. Info: Debi or Kim Wing, (503) 672-0280. (506) 383-9425. www.trainweb.org/mmrs/linkspage.html PENNSYLVANIA SAINT JOHN � 2004 Annual Convention of Maritime Federation of Model RR’rs Rails to the Sea. May 14-16. SHAMOKIN � Lower Anthracite Model RR Club 9AM-4:30PM Coastal Inn & Lord Beaverbrook Rink, Open House. Dec 19-20, 26. 6:30PM-9PM. 210 E. Inde- Main St. $4. Info: Foster Parfitt (506) 696-4340, pendence St. Free. Info: Tim Gilbert (570) 339-1550 www.geocities.com/rails2sea/ [email protected]. VALLEY FORGE � RR Prototype Modelers Meet. Mar. NOVA SCOTIA 26-28. Desmond Great Valley Hotel & Conference Center, DARTMOUTH � George’s Model Train Show & Sale. 1 Liberty Blvd. Info: www.phillynmra.org or send SASE Mar. 27-28. 9AM-5PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Cole Har- to Paul Backenstose, 103 W. Uwchlan Ave., Downington, bour Place. $4, $3 kids 12-17, under 12 free. Info: (902) PA 19335. 434-0268, www.georgesmodeltrains.com. TEXAS ONTARIO NEW BRAUNFELS � 17th Annual RR Jamboree. Apr. ABERFOYLE � Aberfoyle Junction Model Railway 17. New Braunfels Civic Center, 380 S. Seguin Ave. $6, Open House. May 1-2, 8-9. 10AM-4:30PM. #128 Brock under 18 $1. Info: Jim Edmondson, 1738 Sunnybrook Dr., Rd. $6, $4 students & seniors, $3 children. Info: Craig New Braunfels, TX 78130. Webb, 257 Broadway Ave. Hamilton ON L8S 2W7, (905) UTAH 527-5474. COBOURG � Cobourg Model Train Show. Mar. 6. OGDEN � Hostler’s Model RR Club Festival. Mar. 5-7. 10AM-4:30PM. Lions Community Centre, Elgin Street 5PM-9PM Fri. 10AM-6PM Sat. 10AM-4PM Sun. Historic East. $3, seniors $2, children $1. Info: Ted Rafuse, 181 Ogden Union Station, 25th St. & Wall Ave. $5, under 12 Armour Ct. Cobourg, ON K9A 4S6. (905) 372-8375. free. Info: Mike Murphy, 752 W. 4375 S. Riverdale, UT 84405, (801) 394-4952. KITCHENER � Kitchener Model Train Show. Mar. 28. 10AM-3PM. Bingemans, 1380 Victoria St. N. $3, under 12 VIRGINIA free. Info: Ian Ward, 26 Kennedy Rd, Simcoe, ON, N3Y HARRISONBURG � Shenendoah Valley RR Club 5A6, (519) 426-8875, [email protected]. Model Show. May 2. 10AM-4PM. Rockingham County ST. CATHERINES � CARM & CRHA National Con- Fairgrounds. $4, under 12 free. Info: Mike True, 1224 vention. May 21-24. Brock University. Info: Pete Moffett, Spaulding St., Staunton, VA 24401, (540) 885-5775. 7 Jolie Ct. St. Catherines, ON L2M 6V5, (905) 934-6575, MANASSAS � 6th Annual Model Train Show & Merit [email protected]. Badge Workshop. Mar. 20-21. 10AM-5PM Sat. 1PM-5PM TORONTO � Prototype Modeler’s Meet. Apr. 3. Hum- Sun. Saunders Middle School, 13557 Spriggs Rd. $4, $2 bler College Campus. Info: Al Welch, (416) 239-6454, students, under 6 free. Info: (703) 730-1296, train- [email protected]. [email protected], www.troop964.org. WOODSTOCK � Woodstock Model Train Show. Apr. RICHMOND � Greenberg’s Train, Toy, & Hobby 25. 10AM-4PM. Oxford Auditorium, Woodstock Fair- Show. Apr. 17-18. 10AM-4PM. Showplace Exhibition grounds, 875 Nellis St. $4, under 12 free. Info: Ian Ward, Center, 3000 Mechanicsville Turnpike. $7, under 12 free. 26 Kennedy Rd. Simcoe, ON, N3Y 5A6, (519) 426-8875, Info: (630) 355-5029, www.greenbergshows.com. [email protected].

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ENOUGH HORSEPOWER TO HO SCALE WIN THE TRIPLE CROWN! SD50 LOCOMOTIVE

• Body Assembled to Chassis with Screws. • Finely Crafted Handrails, Lift Rings and Windshield Wipers. • All-Wheel Drive and All-Wheel Electrical Pick-Up. • Precisely Meshed Worm Gear and Spur Teeth for Silent Running. Shipping March 2004, the SD50 Locomotive is available in the following road names and numbers: Chicago & North Western Conrail CSX Denver & Rio Grande Western

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NORTHERN PACIFIC EMD FT A/B DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE SETS COMING IN SEPTEMBER 2004

This highly detailed model will feature: •Predominantly black units with dulux imitation gold “Pine Tree” paint scheme with • 5 pole motor with flywheel on proven drive components for reliable operations Monad Herald and small number boards. • Installed Micro-Trains Magne-Matic® Couplers front and rear • Etched metal side grill detail • Modeler-installed diaphragms • Single headlight, small number boards, phase #3 dynamic brake and drawbar coupling. •Prototypically accurate, grab irons, vents, single headlight and porthole number/detail •Prototype lengths between truck center on both A and B •Powered A & B Units • Crisp, accurate paint schemes #992 00 131 Road #6000 A/B Set $223.30 each set • DCC ready #992 00 132 Road #6003 A/B Set $223.30 each set �The quality leader in N scale � ® Available through your local authorized Micro-Trains dealer © 2004 Micro-Trains® Line Co. • P.O. Box 1200, Talent OR 97540-1200 USA Web: www.micro-trains.com • Email: [email protected]

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GE AC4400 March 2004 PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS GE AC4400 HHOO

As our newest locomotive release, the AC4400CW will continue to maintain the KATO standards of quality and craftsmanship while advancing forward with "Sound Friendly" design and detailed one-piece trucks. These models will feature the traditional KATO mechanism and powerful motor with dual brass flywheels, lighted ditch lights, lighted pre-printed number boards, eight-pin DCC socket and KATO magnetic knuckle couplers. If you're modeling modern, you'll want this model on your roster!

February/March Delivery MSRP $150.00, $155.00 UP With High Numberboards #37-6430 Undecorated #37-6431 CEFX Leasing 1006, Blue with White Stripes #37-6432 CEFX Leasing 1021, Blue with White Stripes #37-6433 Union Pacific* 5714, “Building America” #37-6434 Union Pacific* 5799, “Building America” #37-6435 Union Pacific* 5727, “Lightning Bolt” #37-6436 Union Pacific* 5767, “Lightning Bolt” March/April Delivery MSRP $150.00 With Gullwing Cab #37-6441 Burlington Northern Santa Fe 5608, “Heritage II” #37-6442 Burlington Northern Santa Fe 5615, “Heritage II” #37-6443 Burlington Northern Santa Fe 5624, “Heritage II” With Low Numberboards #37-6471 Canadian Pacific 9524, “Two Flags” #37-6472 Canadian Pacific 9567, “Two Flags” #37-6473 Canadian Pacific 9516, “Golden Beaver” #37-6474 Canadian Pacific 9532, “Golden Beaver” *Union Pacific licensed product NN BBeetthhGGoonn CCooaallppoorrtteerr 88--CCaarr SSeettss c 8-car Set, each car individually numbered c New low flange wheels with shock absorber c Prototypical close coupling construction provide reliable operation c Removable coal loads with molded interior bracing c Ideal for use with our recent SD70MAC models! 1st Delivery expected April Item # Roadnames (Colors) MSRP: $105.00/Set #106-4601 BNSF (Green/Silver) $109.00 UP #106-4602 CSX (Silver/Yellow) #106-4603 Norfolk Southern (Silver/Black) #106-4604 Union Pacific* (Silver/Yellow) *Union Pacific licensed product. 2nd Delivery expected May Item # Roadnames (Colors) #106-4605 BNSF (Mineral Red/Silver) Pre-production undecorated model shown for #106-4606 Burlington Northern (Silver/Green) illustrative purposes only. Undecorated models #106-4607 CHTT (Silver/Red) are not included in actual production.

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1:20.3 Scale H. K. Porter 0-4-0 Saddle Tank Locomotive

MSRP: $179.00 82098 Ely-Thomas Lumber Co. SHIPPING NOW

In a never-ending search for improved efficiency, locomotive designs continually evolved in order to strike a balance between peak performance and a pleasing bottom line for companies they served. During the steam era, one such offering was the H. K. Porter Saddle Tank 0-4-0 Locomotive. The larger water capacity of the saddle-tank design meant longer runs between fill-ups and greater weight and pulling power than its side-tank cousins. And in a never-ending effort to produce advanced, affordable model trains, Bachmann proudly offers our DCC-ready Spectrum® H. K. Porter 0-4-0 Saddle Tank. Based on designs first introduced with our successful Side-Tank Porter, the 0-4-0 Saddle Tank’s heavy-duty can motor and gear box represents the latest 82099 Painted Unlettered development of the drive system also found in our award-winning Baldwin 2-6-0 Industrial Locomotive (voted 2002 Large Scale Locomotive of the Year by the readers of Model Railroader magazine). Visit your local hobby retailer to witness the H. K. Porter 0-4-0 Saddle Tank Locomotive, the next evolution of Bachmann’s revolutionary Spectrum® Large Scale line.

Features include: • DCC-ready • three-position polarity switch for • LED headlights conformance to NMRA standards or large scale model railroading practices, • operating smoke unit and a center “off" position • full backhead detail • metal hand rails and grab irons • heavy-duty can motor and gear box • metal connecting rods and main rods 82097 Westside Lumber Co.