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FEATURES

10 T DCC UPDATE 48 T Making Waves by David Trussell Model Railroading's Continuing Look At Digital Command Control: Part VI - 51 T Sunrise at West Clarksfield: Building a Decoder from a Kit for $19 A Modelable Prototype And Your Own On-Board Sound System by Jim Six by Larry Puckett 54 T DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP 22 T MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL Union Pacific (UP) GE C30-7 N-Scale 89' Trailer Flats by Rich Picariello by Doug Geigel; MMR 58 T FREIGHTCAROLOGY Used Cars (and a Note on the 28 T Burlington Northern's "Denver" SW12s: 1996 Intermodal EXPO) A Prototype Review Modeler's Notebook & by David G. Casdorph by David A. Bontrager 61 T ON TRACK T The Big Boats - Part Two 34 Constructing Curved Fascias: U33C1U34CH/U36C Part Two - Control Panels by George Melvin by Jim Mansfield

T Gary Petersen's Salt Lake Southern - 40 62 T BEHIND THE SCENES A Look at SLS Operations Front Stn��tTow �r: Th� Packagil1g of � M�!1y-S��!1� Dava 01'1 (H \ Pete rsen Mansfie ld by ilh Gmy by Margaret DEPARTMENTS

5 T Editorial 8 T Letters to the Editor 14 T New Products 17 T Book Beat 18 T Product Reviews 20 T Computer Applications 21 T Video Review <:( T Dealer Directory f1l 64 ]Cl 68 T Society Page .2 T Your Trek Plan Bo 73 � L:::�����____ � ______��" � 78 T Advertiser Index

ABOUT THE COVER Mitchell Yard's locomotive servicing tracks are framed by impressive cliffs on Gary Petersen's Salt Lake Southern.Turn to page 40 for a look at operations on this club-sized home layout. Photo by Randy Lee. INSET: A body of water can do much to add or detract from a modeled scene. David Trussell shares how he makes waves like those on his Stockton Bay modules starting on page 48. Photo by Bruce Nail. Hot Products for Summer Modeling

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EXECUTIVE EDITOR Randall B. Lee A Dream CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David A. Bontrager David G. Casdorph Fulfilled Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson Jim and Margaret Mansfield George Melvin y editorial last month, "Of Dreamers and Doers," was Rich Picariello partially written to help set the stage for my column Larry J. Puckett this month. For you see, a dream I have had fo r many years has Jim Six M Larry E. Smith, MMR fi nally come to pass. At lOAM on June 28, the necessary documents were signed and

ART DIRECTOR payments made to transfer ownership of Model Railroading magazine from Wiesner, Donna Pacheco Inc., to Highlands Station, inc., a company I incorporated this past February. Highlands

ADVERTISING/SALES Station, Inc., was organized for the purposes of acquiring Model Railroading and pub­ Chris Lane - 1-800-945-0973 lishing model railroad related books. The Board of Directors of Highlands Station, Inc., is composed of myself as President; Doug Geiger, Secretary; and David Bontrager, Board Member. More than 40 model railroaders who also believed in my dream pro­ n-l WIESNER vided the necessary capital to make this dream possible. Without their faith and confi­ dence, fulfillment of the dream would have been impossible. 4-1CEO PUBLISHINGE. Patrick Wiesner This, the July issue, will be the last issue of Model Railroading published by Wies­ PRESIDENT Dan Wiesner ner. The August issue will be Highlands Station's fi rst. As of July I, Model Railroading EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT can be contacted at: Eliza Metzger Highlands Station, Inc. VICE PRESIDENT OF OPERATIONS 2600 S. Parker Rd, Suite 1-211 John A. Bennett Aurora, CO 80014 CONTROLLER Jon Rich (303) 338-1700 • FAX (303) 338-1949 MIS MANAGER John Wiesner email m.·[email protected] PRODUCTION COORDINATOR Karen M. Calderone Chris Lane will continue with Model Railroading as its National Sales Manager, and DATATRAX COORDINATOR Donna Pacheco, our Art Director, will continue to serve in that capacity on a freelance Margaret Lanctot basis even though she is remaining with Wiesner. Don Strait is joining the Highlands SPECIAL PROJECTS ARTIST Dayna Wells Station staff as Office/Circulation Manager. Don, a fomler teacher, is an HO modeler

CIRCULATION MANAGER who just finished chairing the NMRA's Rocky Mountain Region Convention in Col­ Eric M. Bender orado Springs in June. Needless to say this is an exciting time for all involved.

CIRCUL ATION COORDINATOR I would like to take this opportunity to thank Wiesner and all of the Wiesner staff that Karley Park have helped make Model Railroading a better magazine than it was when it an'ived at DATA ENTY COORDINATOR Wiesner just over two years ago. My special thanks go to Eliza Metzger and Cynthia Joanne Greuter Evans, who have served so well as publishers; to Dan and Pat Wiesner who not only made CREDIT MANAGER Teda Wight the sale possible, but also provided moral support and technical assistance; and to John CREDIT ASSISTANTS Bennett, Jon Rich, Eric Bender, KarJey Park (who has patiently been fi elding all those Treva Johnson, Jacqueline Pacheco calls from concerned readers on why their magazine was late [see Letters on page 8]), ACCOUNTING ASSISTANTS Brent Pickett, Karin Greuter, Helen Willsie John Wiesner, Dayna We lls, Teda Wight, Karin and Joanne Greuter, Helen Wil!sie and of course Chris Lane, Donna Pacheco and all of our Contributing Editors and authors. PRINTED ON RECYCLED PAPER 0 You have my pledge that not only will those improvements that started here at Wies­ Volume 26, Issue 7. MODEL RAILROADING is published 12 times ner continue, but that more improvements will fo llow which will make Model Railroad­ a year by Wiesner Publishing, 7009 South Potomac Street, Engle­ wood, CO 80112, (303) 397-7600. Price per single copy is $3.95 in ing even better and more useful. With this change in ownership, Model Railroading U. S. A. Subscriptions are $31.95 in the U.S.A. or $40.00 in (or foreign) - payable in U.s. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or pho­ truly has become a magazine "by modelers, fo r modelers." And you not only have my tographs should be accompanied by return postage and Wiesner word on it, but that of all of the model railroad owners of Highlands Station, Inc. Publishing assumes no responsibility for the loss or damage of such material. No part of this publication may be reprinted without written r hope to see many of you at the NMRA's Annual Convention in Long Beach. Be permission from the publisher. Printed in U.s.A. The information contained in the various articles in this maga­ sure to stop by our booth and say "Hello." We'll be celebrating the acquisition and shar­ zine is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, no results ing our dreams for the future ... a future that is dependent on you, our readers. We will guaranteed, nor is any freedom from any patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no control over the physical conditions sur­ never fo rget that it is you that makes this magazine possible. rounding the application of information in this magazine, Wiesner Farewell to all my friends at Wiesner. I have truly enjoyed my time here, but I am Publishing and the various authors and editors disclaim any liability for untoward results andlor for any physical injury incurred by using ever so anxious to see what tomOiTOW will bring at Highlands Station. Thanks to all for the information herein. Copyright © 1996 by Wiesner Publishing. your continued support. ADVERTISING For advertising information contact Chris Lane at 1-800-945-0973. SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Wiesner Publishing, attention Circulation, 7009 South Potomac Street, Englewood, CO 8Ib\ 12 or call (303) 397-7600. Visa. Mastercard or American Express accepled. FAX (303) 397·7619.

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Discovered MRG Overseas railroad, this statement is untrue. They indicated that their steam loco­ Dear Sir, motive is only used fo r passenger service, and only on selected trips. I have recently "discovered" your magazine in one of only two I grant that these are small matters, but as a resident of the area shops specializing in American railroading in England. I was so where the GSMR operates, they mean a great deal to me. Please con­ impressed I immediately took out a year's subscription, which con­ tinue to show small railroads that have modeling possibilities. sidering I'm a lowly paid student nurse gives some indication of how Andrew C. Oyaas impressed I really was. As a modern intermodal modeller I found Tuckasegee, NC your "Modeling Modern Intermodal" articles fascinating. Most of your readers can trip down to the local rail lines or depot and see the (AccordiJlg to the letter ji"o/l1 Jim King [June' 96 Letlers), Ihe two actual railstock in revenue service, a great advantage to realistic mod­ fa cilities in Sylva are only served by Ihe NS. Incorporaling them elling. I'm not so lucky and rely on articles like your intermodal would however provide some additional modeling possibilities. - series to keep me informed. I would like to know, therefore, if you Randy) produce a collection of your intelmodal articles (or for that matter, your "Freightcarology" articles). This I feel would offer an invaluable reference guide to those, like myself, who have only recently discov­ UPS Modeling Article Delayed ered your magazine. Dear Randy and MRG Readers, Roy M. Sharpe I am writing in regard to the UPS article on modeling the 28' Worksop, Nottinghamshire drop-frame trailers which was to appear in this issue (July). Unfortu­ England nately, I was unable to complete the models by the deadline for the July issue due to delays in the production of several new sets of (Although we don't currently offer these articles in book fo rm, be decals which are being produced by both A-Line and Microscale. I patient; there is hope. In the meantime, back issues are available. - fe lt these new sets were worth waiting for and opted to delay the Randy) series until they were available. I just received the first A-Line set that includes decals for the 28' drop- and straight-frame trailers, 28' con­ The Best of Compliments tainer and chassis, dollies and tractors. This was a pre-production set, Dear Randy, but the decals will be available soon. Additional decals to be pro­ Doug Geiger's Guest Editorial in the March issue prompted us to duced will include the 40' drop-frames, 45' straight-frames, Martrac, share some compliments we have received in the past couple of Xtra Lease, Transamerica Lease and KBS Lease. The lease trailers weeks. Two visitors - one of our "positive" fans and one of our will include the correct sub-lettering for UPS. "negative" fans - ended their separate visits by giving us the very I apologize to you and the readership of Model Railroading for the same two compliments. While the (-) fan was not appreciative of our delay, but the series should resume with the August issue. I trust the continued bylines in MRG when he walked into our house, he left six readers will understand once dley see the qual ity of dlese new decal sets. hours later on some common ground with the (+) fan. To wit: 1) we Carter Osborne know how to have fun in our hobby, and 2) they both emphasized that Amarillo, TX they were very glad to see that miniature railroading is a family hobby around the Mansfield household. Apparently they are both And While We're Talking About Delays quite tired of the "oh, so serious," sincere and mature hobbyist they Dear Readers and Dealers, fi nd at most clubs and home layouts. They both have had numerous I, too, must apologize to you. My apology is for dle continuing similar negative experiences. You know ... politics - do it my way or late delivery of Model Railroading. As I mentioned in my April edi­ else; follow each and every rule; and so on ad infinitum. You know torial, I lost over two weeks in March due to a hospitalization when what they mean; we have all been there. my back went out. And while I thought I would be able to make up While the (-) fan was surely not moved from his linear, once some of that lost time with the May issue, I ended up loosing even through the scene concrete reasoning approach to the hobby, he did more time when I again was hospitalized to have a persistent kidney give Jim the best compliment he has ever received in his 35 years in stone removed. The two hospitalizations and associated recuperative the hobby. This man said, "You and your son have a very good father­ periods put me nearly three-and-a-half weeks behind schedule. The son relationship, and it really shows." We both feel all the work and end result is that each issue is now arriving at hobby shops and in all the time and all comments were justified with this one two-second subscribers' mailboxes near the end of the month ofcover date rather statement. After all, that's what this hobby is all about. You couldn't dlan near the [lIst of the month of cover date, which is our targeted have made us happier, Mike! delivery date, (I've never believed in having an issue arriving more Margaret and Jim Mansfield than a month in advance of its cover date like some magazines!) Las Cruces, NM If you have already read my editorial this month, then you know Great Smoky Mountains Railway that there is also another big reason why I haven't been able to make up time for the past two issues. All of the blame for dle delays Dear Mr. Lee rests on my shoulders ... not the Circulation Department...not Wies­ I would like to correct an omission and an error in Larry Smith's ner... not the mailer. ..not even the old standby, the post office. I apol­ fine article on the Great Smoky Mountains Railway. ogize for any inconvenience caused our readers or dealers. In Part 3 (May 1996), he has left out the town of Sylva. In Sylva, Due to the change in ownership of Model Railroading and my the Jackson Paper Company is a major user of boxcars. They have attendance at the NMRA Convention in Long Beach, the August two sidings, one either side of dle mainline, as well as a small inter­ issue will also arrive near the end of August. Starting with the Sep­ change yard to the east of the plant. Sylva also offers an interesting tember issue I hope to make up about 4-5 days per issue so that we modeling opportunity with the Southern Materials cement plant on will be back on schedule in early 1997. I appreciate your continued the mainline. Here, there is just one siding, on an incline, that usually support and hope you can understand the reasons behind the delays. holds two hoppers delivering sand for the plant. Randy Lee The error in his article occurs in his operations section. He says, Executive Editor "You can run freight-only trains behind steam." After checking with dle �

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Follow-ups that unit is now available at no cost that will allow it Part VI to work off the lower amperage output of the Digitrax ack in March I commented that it is not possible and Lenz systems as well as making it safe for use B to read DCC track voltage with a standard DC with N scale. Contact North Coast Engineering at the voltmeter because of the nature of the signaL Both address below for more information. Building Stan Ames of the NMRA conformance testing com­ mittee and AJ Ireland of Digitrax came up with A Decoder Kit a Decoder methods that will allow you to do just that The con­ How many times have you heard someone say that formance testers' method is to wire a rectifier under a as soon as decoders are available for less than $20 from a load across the track leads, measure the voltage using then they'd consider switching to DCC? We ll now it's the DC setting on the voltmeter and finally add back time for those individuals to put their money where Kit for $19 1.5V to compensate for the drop across the rectifier. their mouth is! Decoders have always been one of the AJ suggests just measuring the track voltage using the unavoidable expenses of command control - after and Your AC setting and then divide by 2, all, you need one for each locomotive and at $30 to I tried both methods on Digitrax and SystemOne $65 each that soon adds up. At our club we've been Own On-Board boosters and got the results shown in the accompany­ putting together our own CTC 16 receivers for about ing table. My rectifier was a standard I ,5-amp bridge 13 years now at a cost of about $15 each, so the idea Sound System available at Radio Shack with a small motor wired of having to pay three to four times that was not too across the +1- output as the load, As you can see, the appealing, Just in time Jim Scorse at North Coast rectifier method produces results that are closer to Engineering came to the rescue with a new decoder each manufacturer's specifications, Adding 1,5V to kit that sells in quantities of 15 for $19 each ! The new AJ's method would produce almost identical results, decoder (Photo 1) i s 2,25" long, 0.65 " wide, and Some folks might wonder why you would even need about 0.25 " high, so it's just a bit longer than most of the other I-amp decoders on the market, but it will still fi t nicely in a scale-width diesel hood, Most Table - Results of measuring DCC track voltage importantly, this is a fu ll-feature decoder with 128 using the diode method and speed steps, programmable speed table and up to the AC voltmeter method. three fu nctions. To make it possible for hobbyists to construct, AC DC MFG. only one of the 36 components is a surface-mount SETTING AC Ac/2 RECTIFIER RECTIFIER+1.5 SPECS device, and that one is the microprocessor - the biggest component in the kit The main requirement DigitraxlDBIOO is a small pencil-tipped soldering iron in the 10-20 OIG 36,2 18, I 18.2 19,7 21 watt range - if the tip won't fit on the smallest sol­ HO 30,0 15 14,9 16A 17 der pad on the board without completely covering it N no 13,5 13,2 14,7 14 then it's too big. Everything else is supplied in the kit, including the solder and color-coded wires that match Wangrow/SystemOne the NMRA specifications, Jim put a lot of thought OIG 40,9 20A 20 21.5 22 into designing this kit - solder pads for positive HO 27.6 13.8 14 15,5 14 leads are square to make it easier to get polarized N 15.0 7,5 7 8,5 10 components in correctly, and the instruction manual is the best I've seen (it now includes a couple of my to measure voltage across the tracks. Other than old­ suggestions based on my experiences building two fashioned curiosity, it can be useful for tracing volt­ kits). Just to give you an idea of how thorough he age drops through old or questionable wiring, was, once the wires are soldered into place and laid designing simple circuits for occupancy detection and out along the board, they all come out the same lighting, and adj usting and balancing the output volt­ length - nothing is wasted! by age on units like the SystemOne/North Coast Engi­ There are 36 electrical components of 17 different neering lO-amp booster and the new Digitrax unit to types. Instead of tossing all the parts in a bag together, Larry Puckett be released later this year, While we're on the subject those of the same type are bagged individually, making of the SystemOne/North Coast Engineering 10-amp it easier to distinguish them and reduce mistakes. I did Photos by the author booster I wanted to point out that a modification of manage to lose one critical part, but the Digikey

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replacement number is supplied for each so I can easily mies. About a year ago I replace it. As I mentioned, the kits are sold in quanti­ ran across a digital-sound ties of 15 decoders - this is a minimum requirement IC at Radio Shack that to make them profitable. If you're hesitant about pur­ seemed to offer a solution, chasing that many, you might split a kit with a buddy however it was pretty big or another DCC owner in your area, or a club. itself, and once all the com­ Constructing the decoders is relatively straightfor­ ponents necessary to make it ward, just follow the instructions. The most time-con­ work were added it outgrew suming part for me was bending all the diode and my original goals. resistor leads over so they could be mounted verti­ Fortunately, Radio cally. The only place I deviated from the instructions Shack came up with was in pre-cutting the leads and soldering most in the VM-1 1 10A Voice place immediately instead of trying to do it in groups. Record/Playback I also made one mistake; I installed the green FI wire Module with a 10- in the hole to the immediate left of the "FI" printed second capacity. The on the board which is actually a second common-wire VM- I I lOA module comes on a hole. Pay close attention to the instructions at this I" x 1.25" board with all the point - I went out of my way to follow them and surface-mount components still messed up. necessary for a simple record The decoders come configured for two functions and playback circuit; all you have - headlight and FL The FI lead can be used for the to add are the microphone, rear light, sound or whatever you desire. There is also speaker and switches to turn it on an undocumented optional F2 function that is pro­ and off. The package has a

vided on the back of the circuit board - I promised schematic and parts list that Jim I'd only tell my closest friends, and I expect you will allow you to put to do the same. To activate F2 you'll need an together the record circuit. MMBT2222a surface-mount transistor and a IK-ohm, Get everything they suggest lIs-watt surface-mount resistor - both of these are except the speaker - a small available in small quantities from Mouser. Even I" diameter, 8-ohm mylar though they're surface-mount components they're speaker from Mouser will easy to solder on, and it would be hard to get them give better sound than the installed incorrectly. In Photo 2 the resistor should be Radio Shack part. I put this circuit (Figure I) together mounted between the vertical pair of solder pads on using temporary solder connections to the edge con­ The completed kit the fa r left, and the transistor goes over the three pads nector and recorded the sound of a diesel horn. You l decoder compared forming a triangle just to the left of the "F2." The can keep recording over the previous one until you to a SystemOne fac­ wire should be installed in the hole just to the left of are happy with it. At this point all the temporary con­ tory-built unit. the "F2" printed on the circuit board. That's all there nections have to be removed in order to prepare the is to it! VM- II IOA for use with a DCC decoder. By simply install­ This really is a nice kit that I would recommend Now we need to come up with a way to power the 2 ing a resistor and to anyone with the correct soldering iron and a little unit and activate the playback cycle in loop mode. transistor on the ap­ experience working with electronics. If you're a The VM-I IIOA requires 4.5V-5.5V DC at a maxi­ propriate solder pads novice, find someone with more experience to give mum of 35 mA which is well within the capacities of as described in the you a hand on your first decoder. Also go over the a decoder function circuit to power. However I article you can acti­ rear of the board with a stiff toothbrush and check it decided to take power from the track, pass it through vate an additional with a magnifier for solder bridges before applying a rectifier bridge and then through a 7805 voltage function "F2." power to it. I do suggest you purchase some large­ regulator to provide a stable 5V DC - a 16V, 220 IlF diameter heat-shrink tubing to protect the decoder capacitor is placed across the + and - leads on the Once all the parts from shorts before installing it, just like the com­ bridge to reduce noise due to dirty track. The output 3 are assembled this mercially available decoders. The decoder kits are from the positive side of the bridge connects to the is what the VM1110A available from North Coast Engineering, 1900 left pin of the 7805, and its right pin goes to edge sound module looks Empire Blvd., Suite 303, Webster, NY 14580. connector pin 13, the +5V terminal. The negative side like when ready to be Orders my be placed by phone to 716-67 1-0370. of the bridge connects to both the middle pin on the installed. Notice how MasterCard, Visa and American Express are 7805 and edge connector pin 3, the negative terminal. the optoisolator is accepted. By the way, Mouser Electronics can be To make the playback loop continuously I soldered a glued directly to the reached at 800-346-6873 or through their home page lOOK-ohm resistor between holes 5 and II. sound board and a (htlp://www.motlsel:com). To activate the playback cycle all we have to do piece of styrene was is put a remote-controlled switch between edge con­ glued to the back of Build a Sound System nector pin 9 and pin 3, the negative terminal. The the board to serve as Most of the commercially available sound systems switch I eventually chose was a TILl 27 optoisolator. a mounting plate for compatible with DCC are expensive (over $100) or An optoisolator isolates the activating side of the the bridge and volt­ are too big to fit in many locomotives - even dum- circuit from the side being switched on. In this case age regulator.

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the F2 lead is attached to pin I through a gested that Lenz had pulled his products out of the Figure 1 47K-ohm resistor with the common lead North American market. Part of this rumor began Here is a simplified diagram attached directly to pin 2 - this is the because of reported slow deliveries by Lenz dealers. for wiring up the record and activating side of the circuit. Edge con­ The truth is Lenz has not pulled out of the North playback circuit based on the nector pin 9 is then attached directly to American market; in fact, he is getting ready for a Radio Shack plans. pin 5 on the TILl27 and pin 4 is con­ major release of new decoders and an updated operat­ nected to edge connector pin 3 through a ing system. To oling up for the new production has 100-ohm resistor. I used the TILl27 delayed some deliveries of equipment, but that is 0000000000 because I had it on hand, but the choice expected to end soon. 0000000000 of optoisolator is pretty open. Even a Rumor Two had Larry Keeler, manufacturer of simple 4-pin unit will do, but make sure CTC80, ending production of his system. This one is you get the info sheet on it so you'll only partly true - Larry got a new job as a conductor know which pins to connect. As you can on a regional railroad in the Dakotas. Larry sus­

GND +5 V see from Photo 3 I just used a little CA pended production of CTC80 while he moved, but glue to tie everything together in a nice once he gets settled he plans to get back into produc­ Spkr little package. Now all you have to do is tion with enough capacity to at least support current Mic attach your speaker wires to holes 19 owners - he has no plans to develop a DeC system. ...L and 20 on the YM-ll lOA and squeeze Rumor Three has Keith GutielTez abandoning his Play all this into your locomotive shell. Rail Command II system in favor of a DCC product '------Record Here's how it all works. When you hit line. This rumor appears to have gotten its start when the F2 key on your throttle it closes the Keith applied for and received an NMRA DCC manu­ circuit in the optoisolator which activates facturer's number. Keith is selling an 8-pin plug for DCC users and explains that his participation 1n the NMRA DCC committee is just to keep up with devel­ Speaker Figure 2 opments in case he does decide to develop a DCC This diagram shows how to system in the future. wire the sound module for use Rumor Four is that the new Ramtraxx system is oooo o ooo with a decoder and power merely vaporware. Actually, Ramtraxx is being manu­ R1 from the track. 0000000� factured and shipped in Canada. However, it won't hit the American market until it receives FCC approval. Tried and True Trains (http://w ww.ttlrains.com) is the B1 =Bridge 1 amp, 50 PIV U.S. dealer and a good source for information on its C1=Capacitor 16 V, 220!!F status. Q1 =Optoisolator, TIL12 7 R1=Resistor 100Kn Tr Coming Soon R2=Resistor 100 n SystemOne has begun shipping their new basic R3=Resistor 47Kn and intermediate throttles. These are available in Tr V1 =Voltage regulator 7805 two configurations, one with a large control knob F2 Common and the other with push-buttons for speed control. N-scale decoders are still delayed. Digitrax is push­ ing hard to release their new Chief system by the the playback mode. As long as you hold down on F2 NMRA convention. This promises to be a major the sound will continue to loop back at the end of upgrade from the Challenger and Big Boy systems each lO-second recording, making a continuous play­ with advanced fe atures at least comparable to those back possible (remember the resistor across holes 5 offered by SystemOne. In addition to their decoder and I I). The reason I used this approach to power and kits, North Coast Engineering is now offering com­ activate the circuit is that you can use this sound sys­ plete systems as well as individual components, all tem on the layout as well as in locomotives. Let's say interchangeable with SystemOne and Ramtraxx. I'm you have a sawmill and you've recorded 10 seconds really anxious to see their optional radio-control of sounds at the local mill. You could install the YM­ units for their throttles and the pair of new decoders, I I lOA near the mill and activate it with a block-occu­ one is a seven-function FX unit and the other is pancy detector so that the sound is on when your sized to fit into the space Life-Like designed into trains were running through the scene (presumably their SW9 model. I guess the development that has with their engineer). I'm sure you can think of a lot of caught the most attention is word that MRC is devel­ other ways to use this handy little circuit. oping a DCC system. The rumor mill has it offering introductory features similar to a Challenger system The Rumor Mill in a comparable price range. During the last few months several rumors, some I'll try to get the next DCC Update back on a quar­ true but most only partly true, have popped up, so terly schedule in the September issue. By then we let's begin by getting the truth out. Rumor One sug- should have some of these new products to test out. �

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A-Line Products (div. of Discount Model Trains, Proto Power We st), P.O. Inc., 4641 RatliffLn., Dal­ Box 79 16, La Ve rne, CA las, TX 75248, 214-93 1- 91750, has released their 8135, is offering Kato model of a Pines 28' Wedge C44-9W Santa Fe locos in all 100 prototype numbers, including 666, Trailer with one-piece nicknamed "The Beast" by Santa Fe employees. Retail $119.98 plus body; roll-up style rear door; separate floor, landing gear, suspension, shipping. Also available are InterMountain Santa Fe PS-J boxcars wheels and rubber tires. Trailer is used by Roadway, ABF, Ye llow and with the Texas Chief slogan which were produced for the Santa Fe others. Both a ribbed-side (#50129) and smooth-side (#50 130) ver­ Railway Historical & Modeling Society's convention. Retail $ 16.95 sion are offered. Decals will be offered soon. each or $8 1 .36/4 plus $3.00 per order for shipping.

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T August - CORRECTION: Two B&M F7 As (1 pwd, I dummy) are assembled except for trucks and couplers. Coal loads are also in Locomotive Maroon w/Harvest Ye llow stripes and Minuteman available. Send a large SASE for listing of cars and loads. logo (#2209, $59.50) and two NP 50' plugdoor boxcars in dark green, one with "Scenic Route of the Vista Dome North Coast InterMountain Railway Co., P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, Limited" slogan (#2309, $17.50) has released the fo llowing kits (12 road numbers each): Cudahy T September - Two C&NW SD40-2s (I pwd, I dummy) in Falcon R-40-23 reefer (#40526, $15.95); CP 40' PS-l single-door boxcar Service logo (#2210, $79.50) and three WM 40 ' boxcars (#23 10, (#40407, $13.95); and Atlanta & West Point 50' PS-I single-door $24.50) boxcar #409 10, $14.95). Available RTR is Saskatchewan Grain Car

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14 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 Model Rectifier Corporation orated for Hertz and a 40 ' custom-decorated trailer with PHD's has released their MRC Sound­ new logo. Retail $9.95 . master 210 Model AA 220 sound system. System comes complete Sunshine Models, Box 4997, with Soundmaster 210 Master Springfield, MO 65808-4997, has Console and a UP 41' stock car released their Santa Fe Bx-39 50' that contains the necessary on­ War Emergency design boxcar kit. Santa Fe was the only road to buy board electronics already a block of these cars. Their 400 cars came from Pullman in early tnstalled; just add battery to car, 1944. Kits are cast in gray urethane, come less trucks and couplers place on track and connect the and retail fo r $32.00. Add $4.00 shipping for up to five kits in the US console to track and power pack. and $8.55 fo r three kits to Canada. Appropriate ASF A-3 Ride Con­ Te n enhanced digital sounds are activated by push-buttons including: trol trucks are available separately for $5.00. Also available are chalk­ steam loco whistle, conductor's "All aboard!", rail clacking, crossing­ mark decals drawn from close-up prototype photos taken during the gate bell, calliope, diesel horn, traveling steam whistle, engine bell, late '30s. Decals are printed in a soft gray to create the "toned-down" traveling diesel horn andsteam release (hiss). shade which replicates the appearance of chalk marks on a model. Each set contains approximately 70 marks for $4 with kit purchase.

Timberline Scale Products®, P. O. Box 7, Eastlake, CO 80614, has released 354 Juniper Street (#602, $59.00), a craft-style kit with laser-cut N.J. International Inc., 77 W. Nicholai St., Hicksville, NY 1180 I, wood wall sections; peel-and-stick is offering three new plastic kits: Short Truss Bridge (#6 179), Oil Ta nk roofing; Hydrocal chimney, steps and & Stand (#6 184) and Lineside Tool Shed (#6187). Retail $3.99 each. porch; plastic windows, doors, porch spindle railings and gable brackets; plus complete instructions. NKP Car, 8123 Ashgrove Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45244, has Wesleljield, Route 21, released their 7th C&O Pull­ Box 374, River Rd., man-Standard 1950 passenger Crossville, TN 38555, is car kit, the Allegheny Club now offering both the orig­ five-bedroom/blunt-end observation car, also B&O Nappanee and inal and later versions of the PRR XL boxcar. These cars are offered Amtrak Dana versions. Sides are nickel-plated brass; ends are bent in different styles and are available for several lines and railroads: with a drop-in rear door and a roof end piece with correct contour. PRR Empire Line; PRR/PL Union Line; PRR subsidiaries NCR, Body kit with truck frames and roof vent kit also available. Most PB&W, WJ&S, WNY &P; PRR/pL; PRR Anchor Line, Am. Rwy. other C&O kits still in stock. Coming later this year: all five PM's (Adams) Express; LlRR/VRR; CA&C/CV/GR&I; Cleveland Akron 1946 Pere Marquette streamliner and Southern Railways 1941 Te n­ & Columbus; plus several more. Retail $24-$26. nessean and Southernercars. . Williams Bros., Inc., 181 Pawnee St., San Marcos, CA 92069, has Portman Hobby Distributors, 85 1 Washington St., Peekskill, released their 1957 Chevy 2-door hard top cast in clear plastic. Retail NY 10566, has released an Athearn White Freightliner tractor dec- $5.45 each or $11.95 per 3-pack.

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Atlas, 378 Florence trucks/couplers ($94.95); with Micro-Trains® trucks/couplers Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205, ($ 129.95); un-numbered without trucks/couplers ($84.95); and un­ has announced their pend­ numbered with Rapido trucks/couplers ($89.95). Twenty different ing release of a Phase 2 road numbers are offered in all. Un-numbered available in Unitpaks GP9 with 48" dynamic-brake fans, properly located louvers and new and singles only. handrail moldings. Two road numbers plus an un-numbered version will be offered for the fo llowing: B&O, CN, DT&I, FEC, GN, L&N, Design Preservation Models, P. O. , NH, SAL, SP, UP. It will also be offered undeco­ Box 66, Linn Creek, MO 65052, has rated. Retail $82.95. re leased their Woods Furniture Co. kit (#660, $34.98). Styrene kit Blair Line Bridge Company, P. O. includes over 90 white-metal cast­ Box 2291, Lee's Summit, MO 64063- ings, including: woodworking equip­ 729 1, has re leased their first kit, a ment, forklift, pallets, box stacks, wood trestle. Kit includes fu ll-scale wood piles, water tank, fuel tanks, smoke stack, rooftop mainte­ drawings to be used as templates, nance building, etc. scale wood parts (most precut to length) and Micro Engineering Bridge Flex Trak. Kit GHQ, 28 100 Woodside can be built straight or curved and comes in two Rd., Shorewood, MN 5533 1, versions; Kit #067-A includes six pre-assembled has added the fol lowing cast­ piers, retail $29.95; kit #067 requires modeler to com­ pewter vehicle kits to their line: Dodge plete all assembly, retail $19.95. Grand Caravan (#5 1 -006, $5.95); Ford F-350 I ine truck w/boom (#5 1 -007, deLuxe Innovations, P. O. Box 42 13, Burbank, CA 91503-42 13, $14.95); 35' flatbed trailer (#52-003, has [m ally shipped the BN twin-tub coal gondolas. They are available $12.95); Komatsu PC400 hydraulic in singles ($9.75) three- ($29.25) and six-packs ($58.50). A lO-car excavator (#53-003, $21 .95); and front Unitpak is also available in several configurations: with Rapido end loader (#53-004, $17.95).

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 15 I InterMountain Railway Co., P.O. Box 839, Longmont, CO 80502, Microscale Industries, 1570 Sunland Ln., Costa Mesa, CA 92626, has released the following new kits (12 Road Nos. each): WP 50' has the following decals available in N scale: AAR standard double-door boxcar (#60604, $12.95); B&O 1937 '" 60-95 1 Guilford Rail System & Springfield Te rminal Locos AAR 40' boxcar (#607 16, $12.95); and Cudahy R-40-23 reefer 1995+ (#60526, $12.95). Offered RTR in 12 road numbers is SP 1937 AAR '" 60-952 Chessie System C&O Safety Cabooses 1976-'89 40' boxcar (#65701, $16.96). '" 60-4 173 Repainted 50' Railbox Boxcars 1992+ '" 60-4 175 Arkansas Midland Railroad Locos 1992+ Life-Like, 1600 Union Ave., Baltimore, '" 60-4 176 Bay Colony Railroad Locos 1994+ M D 21211, has issued their second batch of These N decals retail for $3.25. SD7/9s decorated for: C&NW, D&RGW, G , PRR, UP and Chessie. Retail $50.00. Rix Products, 3747 Hogue Rd., Evansville, IN 477 12, has released 24' diameter corrugated grain bins in 30' (#628-703, $7.95) MicroTrains®, 35 1 Rogue River Pkwy, P.O. Box 1200, Talent, OR and 40' (#628-704, $10.95) 97540- 1200, has released the following: heights. An 11' extension kit '" Armour Refrigerator Lines 36' wood-sheathed ice reefer (Road (#628-705, $2.99) and 30° top No. 7306). RTR #58030 ...$1 9. 15. (#628-706, $1.99) are also '" Ashley, Drew & Northern 40' double-door boxcar (Road No. available. Kits are molded in a 2413). RTR #23240 ... $9.65. galvanized color. Also offered '" U.S. Army Transportation 50' fishbelly-side flatcar (Road No. are: Roof Ve nts (#628-610, 38066). RTR #45 180 ...$7.75. $5.95) which includes enough '" Barbe roller-bearing trucks w/low-profile wheels and medium­ parts to make eight vents and four swivel bases for mounting on extension couplers. # I 037-1 ... $4.55/pr. peaked roofs; and Roof Ve nts & Cyclones (#628-61 I, $9.95) with '" Assembled #1015-2 body-mount coupler (lid up) ...$7.9 5/2 pr. eight vents and two cyclones.

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American Model Builders, 1420 '" 48-531 CN GP7/9 Locos, Freight Green & Yellow Scheme 1953- Hanley Industrial Cr., St. Louis, MO '60 (2 sheets) 63 144, has released Dill's Market '" 48-532 Repainted 50' Railbox Boxcars 1992+ (#475, $45.95). It is typical of small '" 48-533 SP Passenger Car Lettering, Silver Lettering 1937+ (2 sheets) country stores found across rural Amer­ '" 48-534 KCS Units ica. Kit consists of laser-cut wood parts, '" 48-535 IC E-Units (2 sheets) peel-and-stick tarpaper roofing and These 0 decals retail for $4.25 (single sheet) and $7.50 (two-sheet white-metal chimney. Windows are laser-cut plywood with pre-cut set). glazing that can be modeled partially open. An interior kit will be offered in the fall. Royal Tra in Equipment, One Susan Circle, Norton, MA 02766, has released the following cast-metal railroad signs: No. 103 Railroad Microscale Industries, 1570 Sunland Ln., Costa Mesa, CA 92626, Crossing Signs contains two black-and-white crossbucks and two has the following decals available in 0 scale: black-and-yellow warning signs. Retail $14.95 plus $2.00 shipping.

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Building & Structure Co., ./ohn W. Hall, 27 11 Pecksniff Rd. North, Wilmington, DE 19808- Box 1296, Fenton, MO 63026, 2177, has announced decals for some wood and early steel Reading has released the Dallas Hotel kit boxcars (# 109) from 1930 through 1957. Data included can letter two (#40 19L, $69.95). Kit features cars from the following classes: XMp and XMr double-sheathed; laser-cut, interlocking wall and XMs USRA single-sheathed; XMt, XMu and XMv early steel box­ roof parts; crack-and-peel tar­ cars as well as the XMph "Hershey" cars and XMrx and XMux paper roofing cut to width; glue­ fiangers. Retail $5.00. free assembly of doors, windows and building trim; precut win­ SoulhWind Models, P. O. Box 9293, 2803 S. Frontage Rd., Plant dow glazing; and sufficient decals for several different hotel City, FL 33567, is importing the PRR B-60 and B-60b baggage cars names. Photos of prototype structure can be found in Vol. 1 of The and the P70R passenger car (with air conditioning). All cars are avail­ RGS Story by Russ Colman. able painted and lettered and the baggage cars are available unpainted.

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Real Rail Effe cts Inc., P. O. Box 1627, Highland, IN 46322, has Digitrax™ PR- l computer decoder programmer. It consists of a DC announced the first of many prototype-specific sound effects for their power supply and new wiring harness with a polarized jack to prevent all-scale Primer Mover Phase II, DCC-compatible sound system and improper hookup plus a pair of wires with rail joiners (specify HO or decoder. The first release is for an SW1500 with the Hancock-style N). Retail $20.00 plus $5.00 shipping. horn; it may be ordered with multi-chime or single-chime horns as well. These user-interchangeable sound effects retail for $20.00. Send S&S Hobby Products, P.O. Box 2724, Garden Grove, CA 92642, SASE for information. has released their latest etched-brass street sign kit which features the Smokey Bear forest-�ire prevention sign, National Forest, Deer Cross­ Sp ringhaven Shops, 13416 Springhaven Dr., Fairfax, VA 22033- ing and Falling Rock signs. Kits include brass signs, Microscale decals 1228, has released their PNP-2 "plug & program completer" for the and wood and steel posts. Retail $8.99 (HO & N) and $9.99 (0). �

16 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 BOOK BEAT v

by Doug Geiger, MMR

Union Pacific. .. David Moffat's Denver, Painting and Weathering Salt Lake Route Northwestern and Pacific Railroaa Models by Mark W. Hemphill by P. R. "Bob" Griswold by Jeff Wilson Boston Mills Press, 132 Main Street Rocky Mountain Railroad Club Kalmbach Books Erin, Ontario NOB I TO P. O. Box 2391, Denver, CO 8020 I 21027 Crossroads Cir., Waukesha WI 53 187 $60.00, hardcover $39.95, hardcover $14.95, softcover

his fu ll-color book is a magnificent his book covers the beginnings of the Rio or many model railroaders, achieving a work on the UP's line from Salt Lake Grande railroad's standard gauge main­ great paint job on their latest creation City,T Utah, to Los Angeles, California. Begun Tline west of Denver. The DNW&P, or "Moffat Fcan be daunting. The same goes for weath­ as the Los Angeles & Salt Lake railroad in Road" existed from 1902- 1913 when it became ering that model. The tips and techniques 1905, the railroad existed as a UP subsidiary the Denver and Salt Lake Railroad. Its most fa­ fo und in this book will help overcome those until 1988. The book fo llows the South-Cen­ mous trackwork gains the summit at Corona, fe ars. Each chapter contains many step-by­ tral Division of the railroad, more commonly CO (at 1 1,660') and was christened tlle "Giant's step instructions with full-color photos. The known as the Salt Lake Route. The Oregon Ladder" because of the many horseshoe loops. book begins with paint and color basics. Lac­ Short Line contributed its trackage later in Since Moffat's life was intertwined with the quers and acrylics are discussed along with Utah and Idaho to the Southwestern Division. railroad, the book also becomes a biography of primers and mixing formulas. The next chap­ The line now traverses deserts, mountains, the famous railroad baron. Several chapters are ters cover airbrushes and basic procedures in­ farmlands and urban corridors, but the district devoted to Moffat, including his beginnings in cluding masking. A very useful thinning and has always been dominated by the desert. The Colorado, his association with the D&RG and pressure table is included. Airbrushing prob­ book covers freight and passenger operations Florence & Cripple Creek railroads and his lems are covered. Then, basic decaling and of the UP in Utah, Nevada and southernCal i­ deatll. Several maps and drawings are included, dry-transfer techniques are discussed. We ath­ fo rnia with well-written text and beautiful but many are muddy or poorly-reproduced. ering comes next. After a discussion of basic color photographs. Several intricate maps, Many of the railroad photos have been previ­ techniques, the next few chapters cover spe­ usually by operating division, complement ously published, but those of buildings and cific procedures, from heat effects on dy­ the text; these have been drawn by the author people are new. All photos are black and white. namic brakes on diesels to water marks on in color. Almost all the photographs include Reproductions of important letters and adver­ steam locomotives and many others. We ath­ diesels, usually in breath-taking scenery. tisements complement the text which is well­ ering fre ight cars is a separate chapter which There are few steam engines shown. The written. Many special trains and their famous includes: couplers, trucks, roofs, rust, win­ photos span the period from 1948 to 1994. passengers are described. The book is evenly dows and wood decks. Then weathering Most of the text expands on the photos and balanced over the entire railroad which ex­ processes specific to certain pieces of ro lling their locations. The text is usually arranged on tended From Denver to Steamboat Springs. stock are discussed with text and photos. the same page as the photoes) - a nice touch. Much of the engineering-orientation of the Three HO models are covered next. Each has The tiny text is somewhat hard to read, but a book comes from the primary material source, individual descriptions of how they are bigger font would have demanded smaller a Moffat Tunnel Commission office engineer. painted, decaled and weathered. Then a photos. Most photos are dated for reference The book includes an appendix which includes Chicago Great We stern F7 A-B diesel is and are handsomely printed. Although the locomotive data, mileage charts and track painted in a multicolor paint scheme with book's arrangement is dictated by the pho­ arrangements at several locations. Unfortu­ curved stripping. The next two chapters cover tographs, the text provides plenty of infolma­ nately, these have all been reproduced from brass engines including disassembly and tion on operating history in an easy-to-read original documents and some are illegible. An preparation of the brass. Finally, bridges and style. An index to the locations and equipment index completes this volume. The next volume structures are covered including some great in the photos would have been useful as will cover the D&SL from its inception to its techniques for brick and peeling paint. Al­ wou ld an index to the map pages. This is one absorption by the Rio Grande in the I 940s. For most every model raiIr oader can benefi t from of the best railroad photograph books cur­ anyone interested in how a standard gauge rail­ this book, from the beginner to the advanced rently available. UP fa ns and collectors of fine road conquered the great Colorado Rockies, expert. The weathering techniques are invalu­ railroad books will enjoy this book. this book is recommended. able and great to have all in one place.

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 17 ODueT REVIEWS

Kato GE C30-7

by Kent Charles

John Norwood's Railroads Photo by Doug Geiger by John Norwood Model courtesy of Robert Lutz Heimburger House Publishing Co. 7236 West Madison Forest Park, IL 60 130 ith the introduction of the N scale knuckle on the PM coupler for mounting on $44.95, hardcover C30-7 model, Kato is continuing its the rear pilot and trim the coupler at the well-Westablished tradition of producing high­ unused second hole. Place a coupler spring ince the author was a professional rail­ quality American prototype engines for the N from an unused Rapido-style boxcar truck roader working for the Rio Grande, his scale market. The General Electric C30-7 (C on the post in the center of the coupler Slatest book chronicles many of his experi­ for three-axle truck, 30 for 3,000 horsepower retainer. It is a good idea to have several ences during his long career. Although not and -7 for Dash 7 series) was an incremental springs handy, just in case one takes a flyer. strictly a book about Colorado railroads, at improvement to the U28/U30 line of locomo­ Next, place the PM coupler into the coupler least half of the book is concerned about the tives. According to Warren Calloway, GE pro­ pocket from outside (upside down, knuckle standard and narrow gauge lines. Selected duced a total of 783 units for the U.S. market out, to match the body shell) and visually railroad history is intertwined with the au­ and another 354 fo r Mexico with in-service align the hole with the hole in the body. I thor's stories. The majority of the photos are dates between September 1976 and February hold this in alignment with a small pair of black and white and come from several 1985. Burlington Northern units 5500-5509 clamp-like tweezers. With my other hand, I sources. Many of the Rio Grande photos have were the first of this type to be delivered. The compress the spring against the bottom of been published before. Sometimes the photo major changes in appearance from GE's pre­ the post with a second pair of tweezers, slid­ groupings seen disjointed, e.g., historical decessor model, the U30C, were a radiator ing the points of the tweezers down the cen­ photos followed by moderndiesels. There is with "wings" that extend beyond the width of ter pin. While still compressing the spring, I no "time line" to the book, rather it loosely the body and a widening or "step" in the rear pick up the coupler retainer and place it fo llows the author's career. Some of the rail­ third of the body. Kato's model reflects early­ above the PM coupler. Now, carefully press roads chronicled include: D&RGW (both production C30-7s due to the use of a small down until it locks in place. This may take a narrow and standard gauge), Colorado Mid­ exhaust stack. Prototype production switched little practice, but this coupler almost never land, Rio Grande Southern, C&S narrow to larger-diameter stacks when exhaust si­ comes apart in operation. I like to add plows gauge, GM&O, AT &SF, UP, Rock Island and lencers were mandated by EPA for locomo­ to the nose of my units, therefore I use the a smattering of many others. The author had tives built after January 1, 1980. second (rear) hole in the PM coupler for become acquainted with many of these be­ Kato has produced an excellent appear­ alignment on the front pilot. cause of possible merger proposals with the ing and running model. Following prototype One minor complaint is the lack of Rio Grande. A large chapter deals with the practice, Kato has based the C30-7 model on painted handrails. Although black handrails electric interurban, the Denver & InterMoun­ its previous U30C model. An all-new body may appear slightly smaller, they definitely tain. In the same chapter, the San Diego & shell has been produced to fit the existing look out of place against the fine paint jobs Arizona Eastern (SD&AE), the shortl ine U30C mechanism. Major changes from the Kato provides. I choose to paint my handrails Little Rock & We stern, the Utah, the M&A U30C are the inclusion of a solid pilot and a to match the prototype, adding the white and the electric Butte, Anaconda & Pacific redesigned truck gear case that no longer safety paint at the steps. Another modification (BA&P) are laced together. includes a coupler pocket. These changes I like to make is the removal of the headlight Unfortunately, there are several glaring have improved the appearance and reduced from most of my units. I leave the front head­ errors in the text, so reader beware. For the cost of modification fo r those who dis­ light in only a few units, marking the bottom example, the Santa Fe Southern now con­ like the old Rapido-style couplers supplied. of the fuel tank with an "L." This avoids the nects Lamy with Santa Fe, New Mexico, I like to run several units together, and I non-prototype practice of several MU'd units, not the Santa Fe. GM&O ALCo diesels are do not switch with these road units. I do not all widl headlight blazing. To personalize the mislabeled as EMD GPs. Any idea what install automatic couplers though. Rather, I units and increase the level of detail, I like to railroad was the GM&N? Or the BRI? Or install Precision Masters No. 1065 body­ add decal numbers to the numberboards, non­ TRRA? The text never does define them. mount couplers with a truck spring. To operating nashers and plows. The SOO railroad never entered Montana. replace the fa ctory coupler, first remove the The model is very powerful; on my lay­ The author also left out the Spokane, Port­ body shell from the mechanism. I place the out five units easily pull a hundred-car coal land & Seattle (SP&S) from the BN merger. body shell upside down in a foam cradle. train. Roadnames offered by Kato are Santa Other errors may also exist; the reviewer is Then I pry on the side of the coupler retainer Fe, B urlington Northern, Conrail, CSX, not an expert on all the multitude of rail­ with a small flat-tip screwdriver until it pops Norfork Southern, Union Pacific as well as roads described. An index and bibliography out. The coupler and coupler spring should undecorated. The GE C30-7 comes with complement the book. � be removed. I use the hole closest to the Kato's limited warranty.

18 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 Atlas EMD GP7

by Doug Geiger, MMR

Photo by the author

etween 1949 and 1954, EMD built over 2,600 copies of their "General Purpose" Bdiesel locomotive - the GP7. This 1,500-hp unit became a best-seller production model for many years for Electro-Motive. The even more successful GP9 locomotive fo llowed the GP7 in 1954, but the GP7 put EMD in the homes of at least 74 railroads. Although the two GPs were very similar in appearance, the GP7 had several battery-box louvers under the cab, whereas the GP9 usually had none. This is the main spotting fe ature. One example, the Atlas GP7 runs much fa ster than fuel tank with the underslung air tanks. sixth of the GP7 models were built with the an Atlas GP35 at the same power-pack set­ Some prototype railroads opted for larger characteristic dynamic-brake "bulge" cen­ ting. The locomotive has good pulling quali­ fuel tanks and/or roof-mounted air tanks. tered on the roof of the . Since the ties. On the test layout, a single GP7 could The fuel tank (a separate plastic casting) has GP7 was "General Purpose," one could find manage 16 normally-weighted 40' Micro­ the correctly-shaped profile. The models do this diesel loco either as a single yard unit or Trains® cars up a 3% grade on a 15" radius not have the steam-generator equipment cast in multiples for pulling trains over the main­ spiral. The GP35 could pull more. Although in the roof. Depending on roadname, the line. Although few exist today in mainline front and rear lights show through the num­ dynamic-brake blister casting may or may service, many shortlines and some regional berboards, the lights didn'r work at most not be present. Overall proportions are carriers still use them. Most were retired by speeds, except very fast. This is unfortunate excellent when comparing the model with a the early 1980s. because the lights can actually show through prototype locomotive. On the sample tested, For N scale enthusiasts, the new GP7 the clear numbers and headlight openings. the white paint was applied thickly and release from Atlas is great. The first release The lights were also not completely direc­ tended to fillin the nice body details around of the new Atlas GP7 represented the early, tional, there was some voltage bleed to the doors and louvers. The white paint was not phase 1, GP7. The second release more opposite light at all times. Slow-speed opera­ uniformly applied and did not cover the red closely represents the bulk of GP7s bought tion is good, but would show some limited paint well in some areas. Although the by the prototype railroads, the phase 2. Both cogging at very low speeds or running down a model comes equipped with Rapido-style models utilize the same chassis, power very steep grade (4%) with a train fo llowing. couplers, Micro-Trains® univeral 1015/1016 assembly and trucks. The GP7 model running characteristics will couplers fit perfectly in the coupler open­ The phase 2 differs from the phase I in vary greatly with the power pack. A better ings. The pilots are quite fragile, so care that it has access slots in the sidesill, diffe r­ pack will usually produce better slow-speed should be given when installing new cou­ ent height doors and a 48" dynamic-brake crawl. It can negotiate an Atlas 9.1//' radius plers to avoid breaking the connecting plas­ fan rather than a 36" fan as on phase I mod­ curve, although larger curves work much bet­ tic. The shipping box works fi ne as a els so equipped. ter. The model operates well over Micro carrying cradle, even with Micro-Trains cou­ The model is built with the proven split­ Engineering (ME) code 55 flex-track, and plers attached. frame chassis enclosing a five-pole motor. unlike their GP35 will pass over ME code 40 As with all Atlas N scale locomotives, Two large brass flywheels together with slip­ flex-track without hitting the spike heads the GP7 has been released in limited quanti­ pery plastic worm gears provide excellent because of its slightly-smaller fl anges; the ties, but many can still be found on dealers power transmission. All wheels get rail GP35 bumps along over the code 40 flex­ shelves. Phase I road names include: ACL, pickup via a brass wiper strip well-hidden track. The unit was tested over Shinohara #6 B&M, BN, CP (w/db), C&NW, D&RGW under the walkways. The wheels gauged turnoutswithout any problems. (w/db), Erie*, GN, PRR, AT &SF (w/db) and slightly tight with an NMRA check plate The model accurately fo llows the GP7 sao, plus undecorated. Phase 2 roadnames gauge, but not enough to cause derailments prototype in appearance. All dimensions include: BAR (w/db), CB&Q, CR*, EL, on correctly gauged track. were correct as compared to published draw­ NYC" , NP (w/db), AT&SF*, SOU*, UP Test running on a local N scale layout pro­ ings. The trucks also have the correct wheel­ (w/db), WA B and WP (w/db), plus undeco­ vided running characteristics, most good, base and even include some of the fi ner rated. Models marked with an * are available some bad. The unit is noisy when compared details not normally found on N scale either with or without dynamic brakes (db). to other Atlas releases. This may decrease motive power. The model has blackened Two roadnumbers plus unnumbered versions somewhat with running. Unfortunately, the wheelsets. The handrails are the finest seen are available for each roadname. The Atlas GP7 will not run in multiple, with many other yet on an N scale diesel. Both the phase 1 GP7 retails fo r $82.95 and continues the fine N scale engines, even Atlas models. For and phase 2 models come with the shortened Atlas N scale locomotive tradition. .1

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 19 COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

Let's Go West of Union Station by Larry Puckett

know you've seen the ads for this for viewing stills of models or prototypes and That's all for this session. Until next product in several magazines but may quite appropriately the Computers and Rail­ time, stay on the right track and don't run haveI been reluctant to lay out the bucks roading section (Figure 6) got my attention. out of steam. Send your comments, ques­ without some idea of what you were getting, Here you can even download a copy of Win­ tions and programs to: Larry Puckett, 96 18 so let me ease your mind a bit. I got real ex­ Rail, a layout-design program and get a les­ Dublin Dr., Manassas, VA 22110. For cited back in February when I saw To m son from the developers on how to use it. those of you on CompuServe my userid is Holtman's Cumbres and Toltec Adventure West of Union Station is easy to install 71064,22, or if you have access to email I Kit on CD because I knew this was the wave and use and worked without a hitch under can be reached at 71064.22@com­ of the future. Now that just about all PC soft­ Windows 95. The publishers have done a very puserve.com. If you submit a public ware comes on CDs we're going to be seeing professional job and obviously have a big domain or shareware program for review more such hobby-related products for model investment tied up in it. Since it is labeled as in this column please indicate whether or railroaders. I'm really not sure what to call Vol. 1 I hope we'll see more down the road, not you are willing to provide copies for West of Union Station - I guess the best but I bet it will depend on how many of us interested readers and the conditions for description is a magazine on CD. aren't turned offby sticker shock. In the final that exchange. The layout of West of Union Station is analysis you'll have to be the judge as to blended into a trackplan (Figure 1) which whether it's wOlth the $79.95 list price. Figure 1 - The Master Tr ackplan pro­ basically serves as your table of contents. West of Union Station requires a vides you the ability to immediately From the master trackplan you can jump 386SX25 computer as a minimum but a jump anywhere on the CD that your directly to any of the six major subject areas: 486 is recommended and will give fa ster interests dictate. Union Station, Information Center, Layout results, 6- 10 Mbytes of hard-disk space, 8 Figure 2 - Union Station serves as a Tour, Modeler's Workbench, Railroad Pho­ Mbytes of RAM, Windows 3.x or higher, a more in-depth access point for the rest tography and Computers in Railroading. 2X CD-ROM and a SVGA monitor in 256- of the CD with on-line instructions. Let's take a quick look at each. color mode. The use of a sound card is Figure 3 - The Layout To ur should be Union Station (Figure 2) really is another optional. The two-CD set sells for $79.95 a favorite spot; after all you can't jumping off point for the other subject areas plus $5 S&H in the US & Canada - $15 to see the pictures come to life in any and the Information Center has material on other countries. You can order from Windy magazine. the contributors, etc. The really interesting Point Publishing, P.O. Box 200873, Austin, Figure 4 - Modeler's Workbench will stuffbegins with the Layout To ur (Figure 3). TX 78720-0873, 512-9 1 8-2630, email: give you some ideas for new projects, Chuck Ellis's Great Northwestern Pacific wppc@ windypoint.com. Checks, money no matter whether you're a beginner Railway is the subject of the tours which orders, MC and Visa are accepted. If you want or a seasoned expert. include movie as well as still photos. There is more information take a look at their home Figure 5 - Railroad Photography pro­ some beautiful scenery here, especially with page at http://www .realtime.nel/winciypoinl. vides a range of photographs from a long coal train snaking across some great Now for the rating (1-5, 5 is best): steam to diesel, model to prototype. bridges. I fo und some really interesting stuff User Friendly 5.0 Figure 6 - Computers and Railroading on the Modeler's Workbench (Figure 4), Technical 5.0 can get you started designing your including a neat circuit for a block detector Application 5.0 own layout or give you a link to Com­ that completely separates track power from Value 4.5 puServe (free software and on-line the sensing circuit. Under Railroad Photogra­ Documentation 5.0 time) where you can get more infor­ phy (Figure 5) there are a number of choices Level 1-5 mation in TrainNet. �

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20 ..... MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 Erie Lackawanna Railroad

- Green Frog Productions

By Richard D. Forest Esq.

he Erie Lackawanna, first of the north­ ing, There is also good footage of E8s easternmergers, combined two beloved pulling freights, as common an occurrence andT picturesque railroads in a single entity on the west end of the EL as it was unusual that lasted to Conrail and was noted for good elsewhere. operations. It stretched from Hoboken, NJ, The second half of the tape takes us to and Maybrook, NY, west 't.o Chicago via the eastern partof the system, starting with a northeasternPennsylvania and the southern business car inspection special passing tier of New Yo rk state and across the north­ DL&W's East Stroudsburg, The traditional western corner of Pennsylvania to cross heavyweight MU car trains of DL&W her­ northern Ohio and Indiana. It inherited the itage are seen at numerous locations, such as extensive commuter operations of its prede­ Morristown where a crew takes a train cessors in the New Yo rk area and had good through the Morristown Crossover. SD45s but relatively marginal intercity passenger pull a freight (had to have been CS9) at operations that lasted into the late '60s. Its Dover with its tower uniquely located across intercity trains, despite losing ridership, were the street paralleling the right of way. Exten­ always clean, comfortable, staffed by sive coverage is given a steam excursion fea­ friendly and efficient crews and included the turing a Reading T I Northern cosmetically legendary Phoebe Snow of DL&W heritage. done to look like a D&H 4-8-4. The train Continuing its tradition of putting the was chased west from Hoboken to Bingham­ 16mm movies of brilliant and photographi­ tom over the former Erie and return on the cally prolific Emery Gulish on tape Green ex-DL&W east through Scranton. Particu­ Frog has given us a good look at the latter­ larly nice views catch the train climbing out day EL, particularly the somewhat neglected of Scranton up the Roaring Brook, over the west end that was a casualty of Conrail. Poconos and through the Delaware Water There are good views of EL fre ights in vari­ Gap at Slateford Junction, where the Lack­ ous settings, pulled by a variety of power awanna's North Jersey cut off and old main­ including first-generation power. line joined. There is good coverage of Passenger trains, mostly equipped with Strucca Viaduct. The tapes end with some originally DL&W through-line coaches Midwest stuff and some early Conrail powered by E8s of both predecessor roads, footage of EL units on the former PRR. are seen in various locations. The ex-Erie As with all of the other Green Frog bay-window cabooses of the Erie predomi­ tapes featuring Emery Gulish fi lms, fi lm­ nate on freights. There is real good coverage to-tape transfer is perfect. The original of Marion, OH, with the tower up on stilts at footage was all 16mm, taken by a true pro, the crossing on the corner of the depot. A and is uniformly excellent in all respects. real nice view captures the westbound Lake Locations and angles are well-thought-out Cities leaving town and passing the yard, and creative. Editing, while not especially with an ex-Erie heavyweight diner-lounge at gifted, is acceptable, and the stuff is so the rear. We also see C&O units crossing the good that it really only needs to be shown diamond at Marion, with some nice views of and editing is really a minor factor. Sound ex-NYC units on a PC freight with a dubbing is excellent and narration is pro­ repainted ex-PRR cabin car. We also see an fessional and accurate. Unforgivable is the eastbound PC (really NYC) E-unit-powered lack of mapwork in an otherwise excellent passenger train with the short consist of the production since only my own familiarity late '60s and a mix of NYC and PRR equip­ wi th the various locations prevented me ment together with NYC flexivan cars. Good from becoming completely lost. This tape footage also captures passenger trains being is highly recommended. serviced, switched and even having addi­ Erie Lackawanna Railroad by Green tional units attached. A good shot catches a Frog Productions, 200 N. Cobb Pkwy., Bldg. C&O passenger train with four coaches and 100, Ste. 138, Marietta, GA 30062, (404) an E8 crossing the EL diamond. 422-2220, for orders (800) 227- 1336. Two In Lima, OH, there are good views in tapes, 130 minutes. Color. $79.95 plus $6 snowy weather, with a vintage baggage shipping (GA residents add 5% sales tax). truck, of the Lake Cities and an RS3 switch- Visa, MC, AMEX, Discover. .1

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING .... 21 here are two principal pieces of rolling Above: This dirty, channel-side WTTX was the inspiration for the N-scale version. T stock found in today's intermodal Near Minturn, CO; July 1992. trains: the well car and the piggyback flat. Both wells and flats can be found hauling containers, trailers or a mix, although wells primarily carry containers and flats mostly carry trailers. Within the piggyback ranks, there are many variations, some major and some minor. A closer look at the prototype yields the differences. This article focuses on converting the N­ scale Micro-Trains® 89' flat into several dif­ -� . ferent examples of the modern (post- 1985) Three 48' J.B. Hunt trailers ride on the TTEX flat. Note the center trailer spans trailer piggyback, all owned by TTX, the for­ decks! This is a Tr iple-53 configuration car. mer Trailer Train Company. It will discuss how to build six variations including: 1) a two-unit, drawbar-connected Long Runner TTEX Triple 53; 2) a channel-side WTTX, 3) a container-carrying TTWX and a trailer­ aURUNG10N nURl,lNGTON NORtH(RN NO RlltERN carrying TTWX, 4) a Z-sill KTTX, 5) an RTTX and 6) a WTTX. Choose one or more cars to model, depending on your time and � dollars. Prototype photos are included fo r ��' �������----- ' those cars not covered previously in the ref­ erences List. Note that there are two styles of letteling on these cars. The first is the older "TT" style, the second is the newer "TTX" fa shion. These lettering motifs are not inter­ changeable in many cases. Check with proto­ type photos for correctness. Most of the kitbashing involves updating the Micro-Trains car so that it can handle 45 ' trailers. The basic, unaltered flat is designed to carry 40 ' trailers, very few of which are seen on today's intermodal trains. The article will also address improving the basic car by using common-practice fine-scale standards, with Z-scale couplers, low-profile wheels, Is it N-scale or HO? A tote train runs smoothly on a piece of the N-scale underbody details, correct grabs and stirrups FoamRail exhibit.

22 .... MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 pin. The new brake-gear parts are cemented into the metal undelfran1e using CA. Add new low-profile wheelsets into the truck sideframes. They should snap in place. Make a deck holding jig with two strips of wood glued to a piece of cardstock. The strips should be positioned along the edges of the flatcar deck. Cut a hole in the jig so the brakestand can penetrate the cardstock. This jig protects the delicate sides of the deck. Sand smooth the tiny ridge and pin located at each end of the deck underside. Strip the paint and lettering from the deck using what­ ever stripper you like (I use Scalecoat #56 Paint Remover). For fine-scale N-scale modeling, a com­ mon practice is to use Z-scale couplers. We will body-mount these to the deck underside. Assemble a pair of #903 Z-scale couplers with the supplied coupler boxes. A Kadee® #702 Coupler Assembly Fixture is handy here. For appearance, snip offthe coupler trip pin with a nipper. Do this only if track mag­ nets are not being used for uncoupling. Drill a #67 hole in the deck underside near each end for the coupler mounting screws. Place this hole as close to the deck end as possible and still keep a complete hole. Due to the Dell'in plastic of the coupler pocket, the pocket can­ not be glued to the deck. It must be screwed into the plastic. Because there are no extended-shank Z-scale couplers, the coupler must be mounted as far to the end of the deck as possible so two 45' trailers can fit on the fi nished flatcar (remember, it is an 89' car). The trailers will overhang the car (as does the prototype), and if the couplers are correctly positioned, the cars will couple to others with adequate clearance. Putty the screw-hole opening in the topside of the deck. Screw the coupler assembly into the bot­ tom of the deck with the 00-90 screw sup­ plied with the Z-scale couplers. Cut a piece of .080 x .125 styrene strip to make the center­ sill extension. This piece is added between and fm ally paint and decals. After modifica­ rod wire. The metal underframe is extracted the coupler pocket and the underframe as tions, the car will operate fine, but they will by snapping the body loose. The couplers and seen in Photo 10. Although the car sits too not traverse a radius less than 15 n. The cars casting wiJJ also come loose. Remove the stir­ high on the trucks, trying to lower the car is are also a bit "fussy" with tiny details, but rup casting from each end (Photo 4). Using a not recommended because of interference can still survive operation on a normal lay­ dull knife blade as shown in Photo 5, gently problems. out. The instructions that fo llow describe pry off the upright grabirons. Don't cut them Photo 11 illustrates the next step: carving generic changes to the Micro-Trains flatcar loose as they are used later. Photo 6 shows all off the trailer rub rails. If any nicks or gouges and then car-specific changes to match proto­ the parts from a disassembled flatcar. Save all occur, just fi ll them in with body putty and type TTX cars. As with any open-load super­ the pieces, unless directed otherwise later. sand smooth. The details around each hitch detailed piggyback flat, it is recommended to Cut offthe coupler support bars from each are also carved off. Now decide on which purchase, modify, paint and decal trailers end of the underframe as seen in Photo 7. The prototype cars you want to build. (and containers if necessary) for these cars. brake gear on the stock underframe does not Micro-Trains makes beautiful 45 ' and 48' match a modern piggyback. All the parts Specific Changes trailers that work well on these cars. should be on the same side of the centersill, This section describes modifications and Microscale makes many decals to comple­ not on both sides as tooled by Micro-Trains. details to match specific prototype piggy­ ment these trailers. Using a grinding tool and eye protection, back flats. There are many variations that remove the cast-on air tank, control valve and can be applied to the upgraded flatcar. Here Generic Changes brake cylinder [TOm the underframe (Photo 8). are six mutations, others can be equally well These instructions apply to all variations Use a sharp knife to slice off thin sections of done with other details. However, some of the flatcar. Begin by disassembling the N­ metal as the final dressing. New brass castings variations will be difficult. For example, all scale Micro-Trains flatcar, following Photos are added as illustrated in Photo 9. Two pieces cars that have a vertical brakestand will 1-5. Gently pull off the hitches and span of .020 x .040 styrene should be added under need that brake assembly scratchbuilt. There plates and· pry offthe truck mounting pins. the new air tank to provide for mounting pads. are no commercial castings available. The Remove the wheelsets from the truck side­ Drill a #73 hole for the brake-cylinder mount­ prototype-specific cars are given in no par­ frames by twisting. Remove the manual brake ing pin and a #68 hole for the control-valve ticular order.

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING 'f' 23 See Photo 13 for details. Finally, a piece of .030 x .060 styrene is glued under the brake ratchet and then the brakestand assembly is glued to one end of the deck side. There are no rub rails added to the deck.

TTEX Triple 53 - This flatcar uses two .Micro-Trains flats joined with a drawbar. There is platform A and platform B, both with a B (handbrake) and A (non-handbrake) end. On the prototype, a trailer spans the gap between flats. This allows trailers longer than 45 ' to be loaded'aboard a piggyback flat. The couplers should be flush with the car ends, unlike the directions given previously. Only the B ends should have a coupler. Use .030 x .125 styrene to make a drawbar and mount this in a Z-scale coupler pocket as shown in Photo 14. These boxes are screwed into the deck floor at the A ends. Photo 15 shows the drawbar installed with the centersill extension pieces added. Two outer rub rails per flat are made from .030 brass angle. Styrene strip could also be used. These are located along the outer edge of the deck and are glued down with CA. Inner rub rails are added next.

KTTX Z-Sill - After carving off the deck details, file the deck sides perpendicular to the top. If the sides spLit away from the deck, carve off the side completely and add a new side made from .0 IS x .060 styrene. This is positioned so that the underframe casting can be added without binding. Then add a new deck from .010 styrene sheet. Trim the new deck even at the ends and slightly (.030) wider along each side. This forms the "z" siLl. Fill in the side grab holes with putty and sand smooth when dl:y (see Photo 16). New top grabirons are made from .016 brass wire and glued to the deck surface. Figure 1 has the COITect drilling location for these grabs. Fash­ ion jackingpads from .015 x .060 styrene and glue them to the deck sides directly above the truck bolsters. There should be four pads. Finally, add outer rub rails with .030 brass angle, spaced with a set of trailer (Photo 17). Note that those wheels are not shown in the photo. There are no inner rub rails on this particular flat.

TTWX Flush Deck - When carving off the deck rub rails for this car, mask the con­ tainer pedestal holes since they should remain as cast into the deck. Fill in any low spots with putty and sand smooth. Keep the putty out of the container holes. If containers are to be transported on this car, make pedestals from 3;'," angle and .030 x .060 styrene. Trim these and cement to the deck using a con­ tainer for placement as shown in Photo 18. For containers, the collapsed hitches must be used. Pedestals can either be installed or left

WTIX Channel Side - For this car, a new with the bottom of the old sides. Trim at the off if the car is to carry trailers. Inner rub rai Is deck is added from .010 styrene sheet so ends. Photo 12 shows the new deck sides. are added next. holes and gouges from the chiseling process Drill #67 holes in the channel sides for the RTTXFlush Deck and WTIX Flush Deck do not need to be filled in. Carefully remove new side grabs (taken from the original car). - These two cars have the same detailing. the handbrake casting fromthe deck side with Glue these grabs to the deck side with CA Sand the deck smooth and add a new deck a sharp razor blade. Then sand the sides of and then putty any punched-through holes from .010 styrene sheet. Trim the new deck the deck perpendicular to the top. Attach the along the channel insides. Te n veltical gusset even with the ends and sides and file smooth. new deck and trim when dry. Sand the edges plates are added per side between the channel Watch to avoid sanding the lifting pockets of the deck to match the floor. Cut and glue webs with .0 15 x .020 styrene. These should and tackboards along the deck sides. Clean .125 channel to both sides of the deck, flush be a scale 8' apart, starting II'from the ends. out the side grabiron holes (they may have

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JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING ... 25 each end of an individual rub rail. Position these on the flatcru· deck by using a set of trailer bogies. The tires should fit snugly ru·ound the rub rails, yet remain flaton the deck. Modify a stirrup casting as shown in

18 - Container pedestals are made Photo 20. The center portion of the casting is from angle and strip stock. Make the discarded. The outer pieces should fit snugly pieces oversize and then trim to length. between the deck side and the coupler pocket. Trim off the plate hinges on the stiITUP cast­ ings (avoid the grabiron) before gluing the stirrup piece in place with CA. Fill in any gaps in the deck sUIface around the end grabs with putty and carefully sand smooth. The end grabs should look like they were welded to the end of the deck. The upright grabs ru·e installed in the orig­ inal holes and ru·e held in place with a tiny bit

19 - Inner rub rails are made from of CA. Although the glue will not bond styrene strip. Note the slight bend tightly to the Delrin grabs, they will stay in near the end of each rail. The hitch place during normal operation. Wick up any casting mounting holes have also been excess glue with the edge of a paper towel. drilled in the deck following Figure 1. After triIl1Il1ing the two ears from a hitch, CA it into the deck. Most cars use the raised hitch casting. Only those carrying containers can use the collapsed hitch. Using Photo 21 as a guide, make hitch details from .030 x .060 strips (the piston covers), .020 x .020 (the pistons) and .010 x .030 (the side plates). These pieces are added directly behind the hitch. The piston covers have a diagonal cut -'\ 20 - Cut the stirrup casting apart in at one end. three pieces. These are glued along­ side the coupler pocket, together Painting, Lettering and with an air hose (mounted to the Final Assembly right of the coupler as seen from the CarefuLly wash and dry each cru· to remove end with the car upright). body oils and any sanding dust. Handle the cru· gently to avoid breaking off details or Delrin pruts that have been CA'd. A painting handle for the deck is made using a wood block cut slightly wider thrul the undeIframe. Press the deck onto this block. Avoid breaking the deck sides with the block. You should be able to hold the block in your fingers while airbrush­ ing the deck. Mask the couplers with a bit of

21 - To add detail around the hitch, tape. Be cru·eful around the air hoses since they fashion cushioning parts from can easily be snapped off the deck (and will styrene. In N scale, these pieces are need regluing). The underframe can be painted very tiny, but provide the appearance while attached to a piece of masking tape of complexity. applied sticky-side up to a cru·dboardplate. As with most paint jobs that involve yel­ low paint, a light gray should be applied as an undercoat to get good unifOllli coverage of the yeLlow color. I use Scalecoat MOW Gray for this. After permitting it to dry for several days, airbrush custom-mixed colors for the TTX

22 - Add the manual brake rod with yellow. There are two shades of this yellow, a piece of .012 brass rod. Four lift depending on the age of the car. The older rings serve as rod hangers. variation with "IT" lettering should have a bright yellow paint. The newer version with some glue in them from the new deck) with a ate hitch-casting mounting holes based on the "TIX" lettering should have a mustard yellow #67 drill bit. Use a hand drill. Inner rub rails car variation. These holes match the hitch cast­ color. For the "TI" yellow (using Scalecoat II should be added. ing supplied from the stock cars. Although not paint), mix 15 pms White, 15 parts UP Ye l­ prototype-specific, their hitch represents a com­ low, 4 pans Reefer Orange and 3 pms Roof Car Completion mon pedestal. Scratchbuilt hitches could be Brown. For Floquil, use Erie Lackawanna Yel­ After specific changes to match prototype attached, but will be fragile, especially if trail­ low. For the "TIX" yellow (using Scalecoat II cars, these next steps are applied to all the cars, ers ru·e loaded and un.Ioaded from the flats dur­ paint), mix 10 pruts White, 10 pru"ts UP Yel­ regardless of vru1ation. They deal with the stir­ ing operations. If appropriate to the CiU·, add low and 10 pms Reefer Orange. Floquil mru·­ rups, hitches, inner rub rails (if required) and trailer inner rub rails along the deck as shown kets a color called TIX Yellow for this. Wear grabs. After these steps, the car wiLl be ready in Photo 19. Make these from .015 x .030 rubber gloves while painting when holding the for painting. Using Figure 1, drill the appropri- styrene strip. A sLight bend should occur neru· deck with the wood block.

26 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 The underframe is painted black. Also paint black the sides of the centersill exten­ sion piece between the coupler box and the underframe. Brush paint the hitches either orange or black, depending on the prototype. For these cars, only the center hitch of the TTWX car should be black. All other hitches are orange. Any container pedestals should also be painted black. Also, brush paint A "TTX" paint crr,,,,rn,,, orange the manual brake assembly on the applied to an obviously olde� TTWX and the TTEX cars. All others should "TT" version TTWX prototype car wa be left yellow. Again, this is car-specific and found in Denver's North Ya rd, June 1993. can change even within car classes. Paint the couplers a rust-colored wash. The drawbar of the TTEX car is also painted rust. Paint the hose portion of all the air hoses with Grimy Black. Leave the handle on the air-hose cast­ ing yellow. To simulate black rub rails, run a fine-tipped black marking pen along the tops of the rails. Avoid getting black on the deck. After all the paint has dried, apply decals. In N-scale, the decals are tiny, but readable. Note that the "TT" lettering is applied to the RTTX, the WTTX (both variations) and the KTTX . The "TTX" lettering style goes on the TTWX and the TTEX cars. These match prototype cars. Other lettering styles should be compared against real flats for correctness. is a p totype RTTXpiggy bac Airbrush Pactra Acrylic Flat (half paint, half the basis forro the model version. Note denatured alcohol) over the dried decals to the black collapsed hitch. Denver, CO; June 1993. disguise the decal edges. The flat coat should be applied over the entire car, too. Assemble the car by gluing the underframe into the deck. The details on the underframe should match the deck side containing the Parts List used for a Typical Flatcar handbrake. From .012 brass wire, fashion a Manufacturer Part No. Quantity Description brake rod. Slide on four lift rings (from the Micro-Trains® 71520 1 89' TOFC flatcar Diesel Loco Detailing Set) onto the rod. Posi­ 67000 2 45 ' undecorated trailer tion and attach the brake rod and supports with 68000 2 48' undecorated trailer CA (see Photo 22). The four supports (lift 903 1 pkg. Body-mount Z-scale couplers lingS) should attach against the underbody ribs. 1008 1 pkg. Low-profile flange wheelsets When dry, paint the rod, supports and hand­ Precision Scale Co. 6704 1 pkg. Brass air hoses brake chain black. Press on the trucks using the 6706 1 pkg. Brass air tanks kit's retaining pins. If using Micro-Trains trail­ 6708 1 pkg. Brass brake cyli nders ers, slightly filedown the hitch kingpin to fit 67 10 1 pkg. Brass control valves the flatcar hitch. A trailer should rest on its tires 4867 1 pkg. .012 brass wire and Kingpin. If a trailer is forced into the king­ 4869 1 pkg. .016 brass wire pin, the hitch may break loose from the flatcar Gold Medal Models 160-7 I pkg. Diesel loco detai ling set deck. Add whatever weathering you like (I air­ Microscale 60-579 I sheet TT flatcars - yellow scheme brush a bit of Floquil Grime and diluted Engine 60-747 1 sheet TTX Long Runner flatcars Black) and place the finished piggyback into 60-458 1 sheet 45 ' BN trailers* that next N-scale intermodal hotshot. 60-46 1 I sheet Southerntrailers* 60-490 I sheet UP trailers* References 60-852 1 sheet Trailer data Model Railroading, May 1993: "89' Inter­ 60-405 1 1 sheet J.B. Hunt 48' trailers* modal Flatcars: the Prototype": text and Evergreen** 101 1 strip .0lD x .030 styrene strip photos of actual cars. 110 1 strip .0 IS x .020 styrene strip Model Railroading, December 1993: "89' 111 1 strip .015 x .030 styrene strip Piggyback Flats, RTTX and KTTX": text 113 1 Ship .015 x .060 styrene strip and photos of two HO scale cars. 120 1 strip .020 x .020 styrene strip Railroad Model Crciftsman, December 1993: 122 1 strip .020 x .040 styrene strip "TTX Company's 89' 4" all-purpose flat": 133 1 strip .030 x .060 styrene strip text, plans and photos or flush-deck cars. 136 I strip .030 x .125 styrene strip RaillVad Model Crciftsman, December 1993: 166 1 strip .080 x .125 styrene strip "Modeling a TTX Company Triple-53 90 10 I sheet .010 styrene sheet flat": text and photos (prototype and Plastruct** 110101 1 strip 3/.," styrene angle model) ofan HO scale car. Special Shapes** A-8 I strip .030 brass angle Railroad Model Craftsman, October 1991: Review of the N-scale Micro-Trains 89' ':' Ty pical trailer decal sets, many others available. ** Not used for every flatcar variation. fl�R �

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ROM BOVHOOD to the present, I The intention of this essay is not to be a There is a copper plate directly behind the F have always been fascinated with technical dissertation on the mechanical sideframes and the journals are hollow, which small switchers. That's not to say I'm a se­ aspects of the prototype locomotives. would leave a hole if shaved off. Both of rious student of these diminutive work­ Instead, this is a notebook of information these factors discount both methods of modi­ horses; I just like them. When it comes to pertaining to the details to take notice of for fi cation. It would have been an excellent idea how many louvers or hood doors this one or model-building purposes. As always, it's an if modern sideframes were included in the kit, that one has;I probably couldn't give an in­ individual decision as to how much detailing but they were not. After ponderi ng this telligent answer without checking photos or is to be done or if any body modifications dilemma over coffee and donuts, the shop data, but I'll always take the time for dis­ are to be made. crew made the decision to tea"lle the side­ cussing the topic. Stop and think about it, the Build dates and previous owners and num­ frames alone and call it "good enough." work a switcher is capable of performing, bers have been included. At this point in time when compared to its size and weight, is SW 125 can be considered relics of the past, quite impressive. Even though the railroads so that information is nice to have. It should still rely heavily on the switch engine, many be noted that these switchers were built as railfans and hobbyists don't speak of this SWl200s and rostered by BN as SWI2s. Bibliography mundane piece of motive power with quite The Denver SW 12s presented herein are the same level of enthusiasm as they do road all equipped with 600-gallon fuel tanks and III 1980- 1991 Burlington Northern power. That's okay, I still like them. roller bearings. The fuel-tank size is actually II Annual, Raben C. Del Grosso, Burlington Northern uses two types of irrelevant for modeling purposes since it can't Hyrail Publications. equipment for switching in Denver, SW 12s really be seen, but the roller bearings are 1992 Burlington NorthernAnn ual, and SD9s. When speaking of Denver's another issue. The Proto 2000 SW911200 Robert C. Del Grosso, Hyrail switcher pool, one can't speak of one with­ model represents original equipment, which Publications. out mentioning the other. Often the two is good; this is the only way to approach such Th e Burlin}!ton Northern Rail- types are MU'd together, but there are jobs a project. Therefore, the model features the i road in 1993, Robert C. Del that require the tractive effort of as many original friction-bearing-type journals. The Grosso, Great Northern as three SD9s, and there are jobs that sideframes are cast in an industrial plastic, Pacific Publications require the compactness of one SW12. which of course makes it impossible to glue Burlington NorthernSanta Fe An- Either way, day in and day out, these relics anything to them with any degree of success. nua1 1994, Robelt C. Del Grosso, push, pull, grunt and smoke, working the This presents a problem for modeling a mod­ I FoW" WaysWe st Publishing. yard and running local jobs. If you're in ernized unit with roller bearings. The C&W ATSF, BN & MRL Locomotive Denver to photograph brand new shiny Rebuild Shops uses several methods for I Directorv 1995, Robert C. Del 70MACs, chances are that a 12 will go put­ adding roller-bearing castings to Delrin side­ I Grosso, Great NorthernPacific tering by with a string of cars! So why not frames, or the other way around, adding Del­ Publications. I give due respect and save a few frames for rin roUer-bearing detail to styrene sideframes, ! this little guy. neither of which would work on this model.

28 .... MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 1 - BN 173; build date I-58; 1st owner/number - Northern Pacific 173; MU equipped. NOTES: The 1980- 1991 BN Annual lists 173 as a Havre unit. The 1992 and 1993 BN Annuals List it as a Denver unit. The 1994 BNSF Annual lists it as an Interbay (Seattle) unit. SPECIAL FEATURES: Odd spark aITestors and flag located on sub base. July 1993. 2 - BN 181; build date 3-55; 1st owner/number - Northern Pacific 122; not MU equipped. NOTES: The 1994 BNSF Annual still lists l81 as an active Denver unit. I haven't spotted it for a long time but a local fan has informed me that it's still around. SPECIAL FEATURES: Beacon is missing. Even though BN has removed the beacons from road units, the switchers still use them. The lifting-ring type handrail brackets along the long hood are still in place even though the handrail has been replaced with walkway stanchions and handrails. Equipped with air filters. Notice the newly replaced bright-red brake shoe on the rear axle of the front truck. This type of spark arrestor is typical of the Denver units. August 1995. 3 - BN 244; build date 7-65; 1st owner/number - CB&Q 9286; MU equipped. NOTES: Quite obvious are the centrifugal-type spark arrestors, which I nor­ mally refer to as "balloon stacks." The bat­ tery box appears to be freshly painted, the all-weather window also appears to be fairly new and the tall handrail (forward side of the rear step well) is bent square instead of rounded indicating recent repairs, perhaps a minor accident. Equipped with air fi lters; notice the air- line piping at the front end of the air reservoir. This particular morning finds 244 on the point, coupled with an SD9, heading out of the yard with the "Country Job", which is a daily local that switches the south end of Denver. Notice the wood wedges on the walkway for blocking the wheels of spotted cars. February 1996. 4 - BN 246; build date 7-65; 1 st owner/number - CB&Q 9288; MU equipped. NOTES: If I build another BN SW l2 this one is it. The beacon is located at the front of the roof, the bell air line has a neat bend, the winter front is drooping down, and the weathering is great. Notice the heavy rust along the sidesill where something has scraped pretty hard against it. The lower por­ tion of the cab has been repaired and repainted, but not (as yet) relettered with the name "Burlington Northern." Even though walkway stanchions and handrails have been installed, the upper grabiron along the long hood is still in place. Notice the long grab­ iron around the front of the radiator, a com­ mon feature on units with upgraded stanchions and handrails. February 1996. 5 - BN 247; build date 7-65; 1 st owner/number - CB&Q 9289; MU equipped. NOTES: Notice the high pilot end beam. Remember those colorful scanner labels. Not only does 247 still have the scan­ ner label, but it also still has the plate where the label was originally located. As with all

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 29 A Photo Essay locomotives in use today, AEI (Amtech) tags are now in place. In addition to the labels on the long hood, this unit has those yellow warning labels at the rear, including one on the cab. February 1996. 6 - BN 248; build date 7-65; 1st owner/number - CB&Q 9290; MU equipped. NOTES: With the exception of having a two-trumpet horn, 248 is pretty much a standard unit. As with the absence of sideframe stenciling, notice that "SW 12" and "Denver" are not on the sidesill. April 1994. 7 - BN 249; build date 7-65; 1st owner/number - CB&Q 929 1; MU equipped. NOTES: The beacon is missing and notice the unusual white striping on the rear of the unit. It's unusual for the black paint not to be peeling from the all-weather window. February 1996. 8 - BN 252; build date 2-59; 1st owner/number - C&S 157; 2nd owner/num­ ber - C&S 252; MU equipped. NOTES: The beacon is mounted to the front of the roof; the long horn trumpet is to the left and notice that the horn is bent down sl1ghtly; there are more hood labels than normally found on these units and it also has an unidentified circular label; it was photographed during a time when the Denver units were labeled as "Southern"; notice the air-line piping runs alongside of the air reservoir instead of above it; the MU receptacle is mounted on a stan­ dard deck-mount housing and is to the right instead of to the left (as viewing the end of the locomotive); the white portion of the end handrails does not extend around the curved ends of the handrails to the stanchions at the top, or to the body mount at the bottom; this is a detail item tllat will vary from unit to unit and can also vary on the handrails of one unit. Also notice that the handrail stanchions do not mount directly to the sidesill, but instead are mounted to steel blocks. March 1993. David Va nDrunen photo. 9 - BN 253; build date 3-59; 1st owner/number - C&S 158; 2nd owner/number - C&S 253; not MU equipped. NOTES: The 1980-1991 and 1992 BN Annuals did not I1st 253 as active anywhere. The 1993 BN Annual listed it as active in Splingfield. The 1994 BNSF Annual did not I1st a home domicile. The 1995 BN Locomotive Directory I1sted it as active, but that book does not give a home domicile I1sting. SPECIAL FEATURES: As of May 1993 it is still fitted with tile OJiginal handrails. Since this unit is no longer in Denver it may have been retrofitted by now. At time of photo an AEI tag was not yet installed. May 1993. 10 - BN 255; build date 2-59; 1st owner/number - C&S 160; 2nd owner/num­ ber - C&S 255; not MU equipped. NOTES: The 1980-1991 and 1992 BN Annuals did not I1st 255. The 1993 BN Annual l1sted it as active in Springfield. The 1994 BNSF Annual l1sts it as being domiciled in Cicero. No. 255 is the highest number for BN SWI 2s. SPECIAL FEATURES: As of the photo date it is still fit­ ted with the original handrails and an AEItag is yet to be installed. Notice the different heights of the two exhaust stacks. August 1993.

30 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 '. A Modeler's Notebook

Th e Models Certain items such as roller bearinas are common to all units in service 11 - Predecorated models were used for 11 today. However, variations do exist, even among a small roster as fo und in each project. Denver units 248 and 255 were : 1 Denver. When researchina a aroup of switchers whether it be in Denver or each chosen as modeling projects for spe­ another domicile, the modeler should be aware of the following detail items: cific reasons. No. 248 was chosen because it 'I Walkway stanchion and handrail uPiYrade II .... is one of the factory-painted numbers; it is : Original long-hood handrail and if the brackets have been left in placed or MU equipped; and it has a two-trumpet horn .... replaced with standard lift rinas and is fitted with side stanchions and Long grabiron around front of radiator handrails. No. 255 was chosen because it is Air line for tbe bell not MU equipped, nor does it have side IIII ....; Horn, longor short trumpet(s), one or two chime and long trumpet right walkway stanchions and handrails. But the I or left most important reason it was chosen are the Ty pe of spark arrestors if so equipped different heights of the exhaust stacks. Iii .... Round roof vent an EMD standard but always check anyway .... Placement of antenna .... BN 248 Details : .... Placement of beacon if so equipped 12 - Prototype switchers do not get All-weather window and if painted, does it have peeling paint, etc. quite as grimy as road units, so very light Winterfront for radiator - is it up. down droopina or does it even have one weathering was applied with a double-action I!II ....; Is unit equipped fo r MU operation with MU receptacle and MU hoses air brush. Very thin Floquil Mud was applied I .... Type of base for MU receptacle along the lower areas and extremely thin .... If MU equipped, are there MU-hose retainers at bottom of pilot Floquil Grime used to fade the roof. This : Train air-supplY hose location and pipina confiauration Ii.... unit has five conspicuity markings along the Size of pilot end beam sidesill. .'!I .... Is it equ ipped with air filters A few notes on installing very freely .... Air-line piping around the air reservoir operating Kadee® couplers, which is an I .... Wheel stencilina on sideframes .... absolute must for a switcher. Plane down (on .... Location of emergency fuel-shut-offswitch coarse sandpaper) the inside of the coupler .... The number of the small white conspicuity markinas on the sidesills box lid slightly to assure it does not rub ! Lettering on the sidesill. "F" is always located at the front of the long hood tightly against the coupler shank or the cen­ .... end but "SW 12" and the home domicile location can be found at various tering spring. Don't remove too much, or it II locations and sometimes are absent in whole or in part will allow the coupler to droop when the Size and number of white stripes on rear of cab and battery box model is in an upright position as the cou­ il .... AEI (Amtech) tags, depends on time frame when unit is modeled pler shank will ride against the lid. Plane :1 .... Repaired or repl aced body components down the outer surface of the coupler-box . .... Graphics variations due to repairs lid at least one half its thickness to allow it : Weathering .... to be easily installed with the pilot end II beams in place (the couplers are installed after the body is in place on the chassis). The Kadee centering spring is actually com­ prised of two springs, one on each side. The one side has several angle bends, and the other side is straight and extends beyond the vertical backing plate of the spring stamp­ ing. Cut offthe section of the straight spring that extends beyond the backing plate to allow it to be bent slightly inward inside of the backing plate. This will slightly stiffen up the centering action of the coupler but will always allow it to self-center against the friction of riding against the lid. This W1LL NOT hinder good operation. 13 - Very few models, without modifi­ cations, and especially predecorated can withstand the scrutiny of a close-up lens brought in this close to the model. The eye of the camera does not forgive anything as does the human eye. Notice the brake shoes, sander pipes, radiator grilles and finally the latches, hinges and louvers. The Details We st exhaust spark arrestors are of a quality that complements this model. The A-Line Amtech tag also adds a nice touch of authen­ ticity. The emergency fuel-shut-off switch is scratchbuilt with .040 x .040 plastic strip and .010 brass wire for the push-button. The open area around the push-button is a No. 70 black first, then the switch housing and but­ frames was done using the "Rutherford ho le drilled only about a third the way ton are painted red. Since this switcher will Sponge Technique" (Brian Rutherford, fe l­ through the part. A No. 78 hole is then be used to work an industrial area I thought low modeler and managing editor eTe drilled all the way through and the wire a few wood choking blocks would be appro­ Board magazine). Paint is applied to the CA'd in place. The indentation is painted priate. The coarse mud splatter on the side- model using a sponge or foam rubber. Dif-

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 31 A Photo Es say at angle due to being mounted on the curva­ ture of the roof - both per prototype. The "STOP" labels (a safety label that says something to the effect of "Stop - Use Handrails") are from a Microscale set. The coupler lift-bar extensions are made from .012 brass wire and mounted at an angle right down against the cast lift bar, giving the illusion of being an integral part. An MU cable was added at the front. The cast-in dimples in the end of the MU plug repre­ senting sockets (not as many as on the proto­ type) were highlighted by washing with diluted flat black paint, then the flat area of the plug was lightly sanded to highljght the bare aluminum, which also brings out the black dimples. This of course was done before installation, as were the bends in the cable. At the other end of the cable a No. 78 hole was drilled into the center of the plug and a piece of .012 brass wire was CA'd in place to serve as a mounting pin for attach­ ing the receptacle. After painting, the lid was glued in place against the plug, being sure to line up the hinges to the receptacle hinges. No. 248 has a tall pilot end beam, to which NEW detail was added. The MU hoses were hand-fabricated using .019 brass wire, and the gladhands cut from Kadee air hoses. The .0 19 wire comes close to matching the diam­ eter of prototype hoses. This locomotive is one of several units that uses extra piping to bring the brake air-supply hose out to below center of the coupler. On the model, with the actual hose beginning below the coupler, the length of the hose would allow the gladhand to ride below rail level, thus in turn, allow­ ing it to catch on anything at rail level or lower. The hose was bent back and held in place with a retainer strap (.006 brass wire), much like that used on road units. The brake air hose and piping were bent from .022 brass wire. The MU receptacle is a DA part; the stand was scratchbuilt. The top of the stand is 3/'6" above the deck. At the front only three MU hoses were added to the right side (as viewing the end of the pi\()t) , m\ 'tTIe hose couplings were added to the opposite side of the pilot using .019 brass wire. 16 - The two-trumpet horn with bracket was somewhat tedious to fabricate, but it matches the prototype unjt and looks good.

BN 255 Details 17 - For this photo the camera lens was brought in so close that the depth of field is only about an inch! Therefore, only from the cab rearward is the model in tack-sharp ferent densities (coarseness) of foam can be here. I prefer plastic (only if styrene) com­ focus. The peeling black paint on the all­ used for different effects. After dipping the ponents here because they can be welded in weather window was actually done in tip of the foam in paint most of the paint is place, thus producing quite strong stan­ reverse, i.e., rather than paint the window worked out on a paper towel. The paint left chions. See Bill Of Materials for further frame silver, then remove the paint, silver in the sponge is only wet enough to allow it notes on the stanchions. was applied to the black casting using the to be transferred to the model when the 14 & 15 - Here again, critical close-up sponge technique again. The various sponge is lightly touched to the area to be photography illuminates the exquisite tool­ Microscale detail decals go a long way to weathered, i.e., a medium-dry sponge. A ing found on this model. Even the extremely adding authenticity to the model. As with dabbling of the sponge on the part will pro­ tiny numbers in the headlight numberboards 248 very light weathering was applied with duce a random effect. The smoother areas of are sharp, and the word "sand" is legibly exu'emely thin Floquil paints using a double­ mud and dust was done with an air brush. tooled into the sand-filler hatches. The bea­ action air brush. Just a hint of rust was Older PSC styrene stanchions were used con is slightly off-center, and the antenna is applied to the top of the long hood, cab roof

32 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 Bill of Materials and the top of the air reservoir. A slight dust­ Manufacturer ing was applied along the lower portions of Part No. Description the sideframes, at the ends of the body frame A-Line 29200 Windshield wipers-long & short (248 onlv. factory-cast wipers used on 255) and just a little fade added to the roof. To 29460 AEI tags (248 only) paint the wheels rust, both models were Detail 1026 MU receptacle with cap (248 only) allowed to run in place on a test track and a Associates 1603 Horn kit - styrene (248 only) wet brush was held against the side of the I 1805 Firecracker antenna wheels at track level. The sideframes need I 2203 NBW detail not be removed to do this. I 2501 .006 brass wire - bell air line & air hose retainer stra[! Just in case you haven't noticed, it's time 2503 .0 I 0 brass wire - emergency fuel-shut-offpush-button switch for a confession. While separating the cab 2504 .0 12 brass wire - Iono-hood side orabirons - hand bent and body (as ) from the walkway cast­ 2506 .0 19 brass wire - MU hoses ing, the vertical handrail that makes the 1800 2507 .022 brass wire - brake air-supply hose & pipino bend and fa stens to the battery box was bro­ 101 101 Lift rings - brass, on long hood of248 ken. The mounting pin for this part (and Details 106 Dioital flashino roof beacon other part on the model), when factory West 124 Spark arrestors installed, are held in place by melting the pin 218 MU cable with pluos (248 only) in place on the back side. This "j oint" is Evergreen 102 .0 lO x .040 - upper horn trumpet mounting bracket, 248 shaved off flat with a chisel blade and the pin Scale 105 .0 lO x .100 - lower horn bracket & ousset #248 pushed out using a needle. This only needs to Models 107 .0 lO x .156 - pilot end beam, #255 be done at the lower end of the handrail 109 .0 lOx .250 -[!iiotend beam, #248, notched for cou[!ler o�ning where it mounts to the frame; the upper end 142 .040 x .040 - emergency fuel-shut-off switch housing can be rotated with tweezers to get the 154 .060 x .080 - cut 'hi' long for MU rece[!tacle housing (248 onl}') handrail out of the way for separating the 219 .025 rod - to plug various unused mounting holes on model, #248 components. These parts fit so well that they I! 220 .035 rod - horn-bracket mountino pin hidden behind trumpet bracket will actually stay in place when reinstalled, 22 1 .047 rod - stand for MU receptacle housing (248 only) but the hole is still filledwith CA adhesive to 223 tube - drilled out to No. 50 hole as exhaust stack insert for mountino I 'Ill" create a minute fillet to help assist in holding spark arrestors the partes) in place. Anyway, I broke the Kadee® 5 Couplers with modified sprino see text handrail shown in this photo and a new 438 Air hoses with angle cock valve and handle - styrene, only the gladhands replacement was made with .0 19 brass wire. used on MU and air-supplv hoses and the handle used on the air-supplv hose The point is, a model builder needs to be able I on 248 to represent an angle cock. to repair his/her mjstakes! Notice the wheel­ Life-Like 877 1 SW911 200 - BN 239 grade stencil on the sideframes. The side­ Proto 2000 8798 SW911 200 - BN 248 frames were first gloss coated. Never attempt Microscale 87-364 BN GP30 & GP35 - laroe numbers (255t & short conspjcuitv markings to apply decals directly to bare plastic. The 87-549 BN locomotive data - DENVER brake air hose is a Kadee styrene part, com­ 87-7 16 BN locomotive data & labels plete with an angle cock. 60-70- 1 N Scale numbers & alphabet - tiny numberboard numbers 18 - No. 255 only has three conspicuity Precision Scale Co. markjngs along the sidesills, and opposite to 3936 Short side-handrail stanchions - styrene. 248 which has only the "F" label on the NOTE: I used early parts here these are now cast in Delrin which prohibits a positive bond to the sidesills, No. 255 has "F", "SW I2" and body. No. 3935 brass short stanchions would now be recommended as an alternate, which can be "DENVER" labels. The predecorated number bonded in place with CA adhesive. Earlier st}'rene stanchions ma}' still be found in some hobb}' digits were removed by first applying Model I shops. The plastic stanchions were generally shot in gray styrene and black Delrin, but to be sure Master air-brush thinner (plastic compatible) have the dealer remove the Qarts from the Qackage and a[![!I}' a small amount of a strong ligu id to the individual iligits,then an eraser was used cement such as Te nex 7R or MEK to the sprue. If it instantly evaporates with no signs of marring to break the surface of digit(s), and fi nally the plastic it's Delrin. If the cement lavs there for a moment touch it with vour finger to see if the more thinner applied and the fi nal removal sprue is marred. If it mares it's styrene, if it doesn't mar it's Delrin. Attempting to use Delrin stan- done with the tip of the brush, Q-tips and an chions will produce nothing but frustratino results as thev will break loose at the sliolltest touch! eraser. When using tills technique the brush is NOT touched to the model while loaded with thinner, if it is, the tillnner will nm all over the Accu+Paint BN Cascade Green is a perfect was done by simply painting out the factory side of the model. Only enough thlnner is used match to the Proto 2000 green. The photo­ numbers with gloss black and renumbering to wet just the iligit being worked. The brush is graphic fi lm handled the two greens differ­ with Microscale individual N Scale number rupped in thinner and stroked once against the ently, which is not surprising. The pigments digits. How about those different-height side of the jar, then blotted once on a paper used in greens make it one of the most difficult exhaust stacks? Yes, how about 'em? I think towel, then taken to the model. The area was colors to reproduce accurately on film, but they're pretty neat. cleaned and taped off with 3M Fine Line Tape that's a photography issue. 19 - From front to rear, the Life-Like and then a light coat of Accu+Paint was The tiny numbers in the headlight num­ Proto 2000 SW911 200 switcher is an exquis­ applied with an air brush. To the naked eye the berboards needed to be changed also. Thjs ite model and a pleasure to detail! � BY GEORGE MELVIN

e continue our rai1road-by-railroad . and six more in April 1969, numbered 2539- the fa mous Paducah program, perhaps more examination of General Elec­ 2544. These were the next-to-Iast purchases ICG GEs might have existed. tric's Big Boats. by GN (only 14 F45s bought in the summer The Milwaukee Road had the distinc­ WThe 1,400-mile Ferrocarril del Pacifico, of 1969 came later) and came in the Big Sky tion of owning the second-smallest group of or the Pacific Railway, was originally the Blue scheme. The ten months between U33Cs and the smallest group of U36Cs - Southern Pacific of Mexico and was U33C orders account for both early and late four of each model. The U-boat came to the dieselized exclusively with ALCo products styles on GN, differing internally only in the MILW in 1965 when an order for two-dozen and remained that way until 1971 when use of a different main generator; the early units was split evenly between GP35s and eight U30Cs arrived. Not deterred by units having the GT-A9 and the late units, U25Bs. While EMD GP40s outsold GEs on ALCo's demise, FCP continued buying the GT-All. Renumbered to BN 5700-5714 the MILW by three to one, another 22 U28B ALCo-design locomotives from Montreal on the BN, they joined the second largest and U30B models were bought from 1966 to Locomotive Works and their successor, fleet of U33Cs operated. See the BN section 1968. By then, the Milwaukee had chosen to Bombardier. However, the U30Cs were a for more info rmation. sample C-C high-horsepower locomotives, foot in the door for GE, and they came back After dabbling with ALCo and GE and EMD was again favored with a larger in 1975 for ten U23Bs and ten U36Cs. After switchers in the 1930s and 1940s, Illinois order - ten SD45s to four U33Cs; the road the U-boat era ended, FCP continued to buy Central bought nothing but EMD products seemed determined not to give EMD all ' GE units until their merger into the National from 1947 to 1967, amassing a fleet of nearly their business! The U33Cs, numbered 8000- de Mexico in 1986, finally purchasing 45 300 early Geeps and over 100 GP40 and 8003, were ordered as U30Cs but the order C30-7s from 1979 to 1986; making that their SD40 types by the early 1960s. February was changed while they were being con­ most numerous model. Their U36Cs, num­ 1967 saw a major breakthrough in the form structed, and they emerged in January 1968 bered 409-418 (behind U30Cs 401 -408) of six U30Bs arriving from GE, along with as the first U33Cs built. Renumbered in were the sixth and final order for U36Cs, GP40s and SD40s from EMD. General Elec­ 1973 to 5700-5703, the 5701 was wrecked built in February and March 1975. By 1988, tric and ALCo (almost incredible for IC), got and scrapped in 1981. In June 1972, the fo ur unit 410 had been retired, and the remaining orders in 1968 - ALCo for six C636s and U36Cs arrived, numbered 8500-8503; this nine became NdeM 8988-8996. GE for ten U33Cs. This was their last and was the second order of U36Cs for GE While avoiding ALCo products in the largest order to GE before their merger with (from only six roads) during the four-year second generation, Great Northern regu­ the GM&O to form Illinois Central Gulf in production run of this model. Renumbered larly bought the latest in high-horsepower 1972. Numbered 5050-5059, these big boats the fo llowing year to 5800-5803, they were EMD and GE locomotives, both four- and were IC's next-to-Iast purchases, followed around until the mid 1980s when the 5801 six-motor, for passenger and freight service, only by 20 GP38ACs in 1970. Just over a was scrapped, and the other three went back right up to the merger into BN in March year old, the 5055 was wrecked and retired. to GE for the Super 7 program. To date, only 1970. Following purchases of 24 U25Bs The remaining nine carried their original the 5802 has been rebuilt, becoming GECX (2500-2523) and six U28Bs (2524-2529), numbers on the ICG and were retired in 3009 in GE's lease fleet of ten Super 7 C-C two orders of U33Cs were acquired: nine 1984. Had IC and later ICG not been so units. Two more U-boat orders came from U33Cs in mid 1968, numbered 2530-2538; active in rebuilding their early Geep fleet in MILW, five U23Bs in 1973 and eight U30Cs

DECAL NOTE:

MICROSCALE 87-48

CONTAINS DETAIL LETTERING

AND BUILDERS' PLATES

WHICH ARE APPLICABLE

TO A NUMBER OF THE

LOCOMOTIVES IN THIS ARTICLE.

FCP U36C 411 carries the final FCP paint scheme, very similar to South­ ern Pacific, the road's one-time owner. At Te pic, Nayarit, December 23, 1984, the unit rides on GSC trucks, has no MU hoses in place and has train-indi­ cator numberboards. Otherwise a typ­ ical late big boat. Decals: None. John C. Benson photo, Pete Coulombe collection

34 .... MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 In traditional FCP blue and yellow, a rather-soiled U36C 413 is teamed with an Aleo RSD12 and FA2 with passenger train 4, EI Mexicali, at Te pic, Nayarit, on December 28, 1979; 28 hours and 923 miles from Nogales, Sonora, on the Ari­ zona border, en route to Guadalajara. Note the train-indicator numberboards, a carryover from SP days, sunshade and solid pilot plate with footboards, long outlawed in the u.s. by this date. Although equipped for MU, there are no hoses present on the pilot; perhaps this unit is in single-unit helper service? Decals: None. John C. Benson photo, George Melvin collection

In the new paint of the unified Mexi­ can rail system, Ferrocarril National Mexico U36C 41 5 is still in the old FCP number, 415 (it would become FNM 8993) and still has the trademark train­ indicator boards. Note Sinclair antenna, three-chime horn and sunshade. Small lettering under the radiator says "FNM PACIFICO." Empalme, Sonora; February 1, 1991. Decals: Microscale MC-4081. John C. Benson photo, Pete Coulombe collection

GN U33C 2535 shows the features of the early U33C; tapered radiator over­ hang, screened air intakes for main generator and radiators, eight battery­ box doors, paneled pilot beam, two notches in the sidesill and early Adiron­ dack trucks. Several of these features are only visible on the left side of a unit. GN details include a roof-top bea­ con, firecracker antenna and three­ chime horn and plow pilot. The long battery-box area forces the roadname plate to be placed off center. Cicero, Il; April 9, 1970. Decals: Microscale 87-285. Lee Hastman photo, George Melvin collection

At Cicero, Il, on March 23, 1970 (three weeks after the BN merger), is GN U33C 2541. Built less than a year after the 2535, it demonstrates some newer features: no tapered radiator over­ hang, grilles over the radiator intake, six battery-box doors and late Adiron­ dack trucks. Decals: Microscale 87-285. Lee Hastman photo, George Melvin collection

in 1974; the latter were built for pooled coal­ see the excellent pictorial, The Milwaukee the roster. The only other GEs acquired in train service with the Burlington Northern. Road by Frederick W. Hyde (Hyrail Publica­ 17 years were a trio of used 70-ton switch­ Nine years of GE purchases netted the tions, 1990). Though not depicted in this ers; they were rebuilt with ALCo power MILW a total of 45 U-boats in seven differ­ article, their U33Cs were typical early plants! This started to change abruptly in ent models - not bad for a road seemingly U33Cs, riding early Adirondack trucks and 1973 when NdeM ordered their first U­ dominated by EMDs and particularly SD40-2s in the standard MILW orangefblack livery. boats, 38 U36Cs numbered 8900-8937. in their later years. Part of this illusion of The National of Mexico (NdeM) made These were followed in 1974 by 20 EMD domination was the road's practice of U-boat history in 1956 by purchasing ten U36CGs, steam-generator-equipped U36Cs, headquartering their GE fleet (except the "pre-U-boat" model UB 18B road switchers, numbered 8938-8957 and 29 more-standard U23Bs and U30Cs) in the Pacific Northwest including the two UB 18B demonstrators. U36Cs, numbered 8958-8986. Also bought on the Coast Division east of the electrified These 1,800-hp road switchers looked like a in that year were 45 UI8Bs. The next year, trackage which ended at Othello, WA. While cross between an early U25B and an ALCo 1975, saw another group of U36Cs, 17 units, common in that area, this gave the Milwau­ RS 11. These units, however, did not "start numbered 9300-93 16, acquired along with kee U-boat fleet a measure of obscurity. For anything" on NdeM as first- and second­ some smaller GE units, 30 U23Bs. In three a number of photos of these units in action, generation ALCo and EMD units dominated years, NdeM had amassed a fleet of 179

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 35 In the as-delivered orange-and-white scheme initiated in January 1967, we see IC U33Cs 5056 and 5057 at East St. Louis, IL, on May 24, 1975. Aside from the paper air filters, they are typical early l,J33Cs. Unusual though are the mismatched trucks on the 5056, with a General Steel Castings under the front and an early Adirondack under the rear. Note black area of roof over radiators; this unit and 5052 are known to have had this. Roof-top beacon, five-chime horn cluster and plow pilot are IC features. Decals: Microscale 87-27. Bill Kuba photo, George Melvin collection

Dressed in the uncommon solid orange, ICG U33C 5052 is at Home­ wood, IL, on September 22, 1979. The major feature of this unit is its mismatched trucks, with an early Adirondack up front and a GSC truck at the rear! It has a track for a sun­ shade which has been removed. Decals: Microscale 87-42. Paul Hunnell photo, Pete Coulombe collection

Milwaukee's last U36C, the 5803, originally 8503, is at Ta coma, WA, in April 1976. It rides on GSC trucks but otherwise is a rather standard U36C. A noteworthy exception is the solid front handrail. MILW additions include the plow pilot, all-weather cab window, roof-top beacon and firecracker antenna. Is the appliance directly above the headlight an elec­ tric bell? Decals: Herald King L-370, Microscale 87-789. George LaPray photo, Pete Coulombe collection

36 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 NdeM U36C 8914, built in September 1973, is a late U36C, having the rounded headlight casing initiated on NdeM U36Cs. Note firecracker antenna, late Adirondack trucks, foot­ boards, lack of MU hoses, canvas sun­ shade and paper air filter. Not quite six years old, it is still in its as-deliv­ ered paint. Oriental. Puebla; January 2, 1979. Decals: Microscale 87-538. John C. Benson photo, George Melvin collection

At the shop town of Aguascaliente on New Ye ar's Day, 1980, we see NdeM U36CG 8940 with leased SP U33C 8717. Right-side details of the U36CG version are extra doors to access the steam generator, standard bell loca­ tion forward of the fuel tank and the water-filler door forward of the radia­ tor overhang. Now about six years old, it appears the steam connection below the coupler is removed, indi­ cating the unit no longer has an oper­ able steam generator for passenger train heating. lack of MU hoses on the front may indicate this unit is rather permanently used in a two­ unit combo and seldom used in MU with another unit on its front end. Decals: Microscale 87-438. John C. Benson photo, George Melvin collection

Teamed with an SD40 (and a trio of U18Bs as mid-train helpers), four­ month-old U36CG 8944 leads a south­ bound freight at Monterrey, Nuevo leon, on August 9, 1974. Spotting fea­ tures of the steam-generator-equipped version are the roof-top box behind the cab and a set of louvered hood doors just forward of the main generator screens and water filler above fuel tank and forward of the fuel-filler pipe. Note round top headlight casing, introduced on NdeM U36Cs and standard on all subsequent U-boats. Railroad details include footboards and two-chime horn above the fireman's cab door. Dressed in the standard NdeM scheme, some units also carried the road number in the shield on the nose, including U36CG 8955. Decals: Microscale 87-538. Robert Pierce photo, George Melvin collection

U-boats, including the second-largest fleet this group were actually renumbered. By option, buying U28CGs and U30CGs, even of U36Cs, 84 units (second only to the Santa 1988, U36Cs 89 1 9-892 1 and U36CGs 8946, though the ample carbody of all six-motor Fe). While.these purchases cover our subject 8947 and 8954 had been rebuilt with ALCo U-boats would accommodate this equipment models, it must be noted that NdeM has con­ 25 1 engines, and 19 of the 8900-series without any major changes. Compare the tinued buying new and used GE products at U36Cs and three of the U36CGs had been position of the main generator and its air a regular pace - in 1978-'80 they bought retired. In 1991, there were 28 U36Cs in the inlets on a four-axle U-boat to the position used units from five different U.S. roads in 8900 series and 13 in the 9300 series and 11 on a six-axle U-boat; that space forward of six different models. They have numerous U36CGs remaining on the roster. Many of the openings on the six-axle units is unused Dash 7 GEs built in the U.S., Mexico and those retired units remain today as Super 7 except when passenger-support equipment is Brazil as welJ as the largest fleet of Super 7 rebuilds in the FNM 14000 series. NdeM's ordered. The different features of the rebuilds. The 1986 consolidation of all Mex­ 20 U36CGs are unique as the only U36s U36CG are minor and will be discussed in ican railroads brought the FCP U36Cs to the built with a steam generator for passenger the photo captions. NdeM roster; they were assigned numbers service. Santa Fe had been the only road to Perhaps the most unusual big boats built 8988-8996. However, it is unclear if any of previously order U-boats with a passenger were the U34CHs for the New Jersey

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 37 Originally NJ DOT 3360, NJ Tra nsit Department of Transportation. Essentially they were renumbered to a Conrail passenger U34CH 4160 shows off the disco col­ designed and built as U36Cs a year before the series, 4151-4182. Within a year, New Jersey ors (which first appeared in 1981) at first "true" U36Cs were built for the Clinch­ Transit took control of these units and while Dover, NJ, December 6, 1986. A good field, NJ DOT received their first six U34CHs some were relettered for NJT, they kept this design, these units received almost no in the Fall of 1970. These units were built to number series. An additional unit, originally modifications over their 20-plus-year power commuter trains on the Erie-Lack­ CNW U30C 934, was modified to a U34CH career. Sharing assignments with MU awanna lines north and west from Hoboken, and added to the fleet as NJT 4183. Owned cars on the old lackawanna electri­ NJ, and were equipped with an auxiliary alter­ by New York States Metro-North; this unit fied lines, these units are laying over nator to provide power for the new Pullman­ was added to the pool as Metro-NOlth's share the weekend at the end of the elec­ Standard-built lightweight coaches delivered of the power for trains running beyond the tric commuter district. Decals: Herald simultaneously with the locomotives. This New Jersey Lines into Port Jervis, NY. Most King l- 1930. used up to 200-hp from the engine of these units received major overhauls in the Pete Coulombe photo and thus these units were rated at 3,400-hp, late 1970s, and in 1981 they began to appear the maximum amount of power available for in NJT's current platinum and black paint Faded but still in original paint after traction. The alternator was housed in the usu­ with the "disco stripes." Serving faithfully in 15 years, NJT U34CH 4165 has lost its ally empty steam-generator compartment this strenuous push-pull service for over 20 E-l and NJ DOT heralds but still has behind the cab. A total of 32 units were deliv­ years, they were replaced in the Fall of 1994. a worn "E-l Safety First" diamond ered through January 1973; they were painted A number of them have been shipped to Mex­ by the step well on the short hood. in an NJ DOT blue and silver and lettered for ico; their status south of the border is not Dover, NJ; October 19, 1986. Decals: both E-L and NJ DOT. Though funded by NJ known at this time; perhaps they will become None. DOT, they were nominally E-L engines and Super 7 rebuilds. Pete Coulombe photo, carried a number series following E-L big Next month we'll conclude our look at George Melvin collection boats, 335 1 -3382. At the formation of ConraiJ, The Big Boats. �

38 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 Left-side view of NJ DOT 3375 clearly shows sealed hood in main generator area and position of NJ DOT herald, already faded off on this four-year­ old unit. Note position of three-chime horn, sunshade and marker bracket (above sunshade) and wheel-slip cables to each axle, a feature proba­ bly specified by the E-L, in common with their big boats. Binghamton, NY; July 31, 1976. Decals: None. George Melvin photo

Power-short Conrail often leased NJ DOT U34CHs for freight service during the weekends in 1976; here we see a trio arriving at Binghamton, NY, over the old DL&W through Scranton, PA, on July 31, 1976. By Monday morning, they will be back in Hoboken hauling Manhattan-bound commuters. George Melvin photo

Eighteen-month-old NJ DOT U34CH 3354 is at Hoboken, NJ, on May 23, 1972, about to pull a commuter run from under the train shed to a destina­ tion on the E-L. Myriad features sepa­ rate this unit from its freight-service brethren: additional jumper hose con­ nections in the pilot beam, HEP cable connections above the MU hoses, red rear-end marker (for operating in "push" mode) in the nose. Most notable of the differences in the U34CH is the lack of air inlets in the hood side for the main generator. Also, the door arrangement under the cab is opposite standard U36Cs; the larger door is usu­ ally behind the smaller door. The not­ too-prominent NJ DOT herald is on the hood side behind the third handrail stanchion. Decals: None. Jim Wozniczka photo, George Melvin collection t certainly looks like things are going to I be a mess. An eastbound fleet of freights is headed up over the hill, with priority trains #98 and #124 heading up the pack. Opposing them westbound are a coal train just off the Uinta Sub and a helper set of SD40-2s, heading to South Valley to assist the final eastbound. One final complication for the dispatcher is Coal Extra #9, who is switching at Castle Cliff and blocking one of the two mainline tracks. It's beginning to look as if things might just be in control when...

"Train 17 to the Salt Lake Sub dispatcher." "Go arlead, Train 17." "Yearl, dispatcher, this is Train 17, the Rio Grande Zephyr, ready to depart Salt Lake Tower. We're way offschedule tonight, and the passengers are get­ ting grumpy. We need to get over your railroad iust as quickly as possible."

It is then that the dispatcher considers that another job - perhaps replacing broken Kadee® couplers on a regular basis - might be a better profession. But it's really all in a night's work for the regular crew of the Salt Lake Southern Rail­ road who meet regularly to transport freight and passengers over a stretch of model mountain rail extending from Salt Lake City to near Helper, Utah. And the above scenario is typiCal of the busy, free-wheeling operat­ ing sessions held over the past 13 years. Incidentally, the dispatcher did manage to orchestrate the logjam above by prioritiz­ ing #17 over Main 2 at Castle Cliff, meeting pig train #98 at Scofield, staging a three-way meet at Escalante with the westbound coal drag and manifest eastbound train # 124, and running around the belper set at Aspen. All in all, for the passengers of #17, the dis­ patcher and the operators of the SLS, it was

JULY 1996 I - As a double-stack train drifts down­ grade, a set of helpers (above) follows in its blocks to prepare for the next sflOve upfli/!.

2, 3 - The former classification yard at South Valley, framed by a nearby Inter­ state freeway is the oldest constructed sec­ tion of the Salt Lake Southern. Mirrors are used under the freeway bridge to extend Ul e yard.

4 - Mitchell Yard's locomotive servicing tracks are framed by the impressive cliffs in the background.

5 - SLS 8937 at Scofield, Utah, awaiting its next fl elper assignment.

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 41 Salt Ufle Southern a smooth and satisfying flow of events. But it has not always been so. In fact, the running three-way meet at Escalante would not have been possible a year ago. At that time, traffic density was up on the Salt Lake Southern, and the mainline was constantly clogged. Locals were taking the greater part of an operating session to complete their work. Yards were jammed with freights ready to move but immobilized by occupied sidings and general mainline gridlock. Two things occurred to relieve the congestion: expansion and rail command control.

ExpaWhennsion Gary and son Marty Petersen con­ structed their initial Salt Lake Southern empire back in 1980, the railroad was envi­ sioned to perform some fairly straightfor­ ward tasks: move coal (its primary mission) and a few manifest freight trains and operate a passenger train or two. As the layout grew, operation became more complicated. Although the entire SLS system, in concep­ tion, ran from Tucumcari to Salt Lake City, the modeled portion - the Wasatch Divi­ sion - became the toughest section of mainline to operate. Between the yards at South Valley and Furnace Falls lay the 2.9 percent grade over the Wasatch Mountains, a ------helper district in both directions. Train length - and frequency - was flourishing. Many traffic sources originated on other railroads - D&RGW to the east, Western Pacific to the west, Union Pacific to the northwest and Southern Pacific from the southeast gulf ports (via Tucumcari). But the traffi c increase which caused the SLS Salt Lake Sub dispatcher the most headaches was on-line generated - which is to say, coal. During a 24-hour period, the SLS routinely schedules 15 coal trains over the division, which accounts for the assignment of seven •• •••••• helper sets. Add to that the petroleum, ore and other locally generated freight and you've got a busy piece of mainline, one - ·EJ, which currently hosts 42 trains during a typ­ ...... � ical 24-hour session. Over the years, improvemel) ts were made to promote switching efficiency and traffic flow. Of first importance was the need to rid the SLS of a cramped, stub-end yard facility at Furnace Falls and construct a state-of-the-art classification yard in its place. By 1989, Mitchell Yard had been completed by Marty and David Doiron. This yard has three run-through tracks, eight classification tracks, two long yard leads and an expanded engine facility. At each end of the modeled portion of the SLS are two eight-track staging yards, East Tower (near Helper) and Salt Lake Tower (near Salt Lake City). What connects

42 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 these staging yards is essentially a CTC­ equipped single-track mainline with five p.assing sidings; a section of CTC double­ track exists between East Tower and Castle Cliff. This enables the railroad to use both mains for east or westbound traffic, thus giv­ ing the dispatcher much greater flexibility. By 1990, increased traffic levels had con­ gested the Salt Lake Southern. To facilitate efficient movement of all these trains across the system, Gary decided to extend the mainline by creating a second level. The new section, which added five times the amount of trackage between Aspen and Cedar Creek, also features a three-track sid­ ing at Escalante as well as the cleverly engi­ neered Apache Loop, just below the new summit (72" above the floor). "From both a scenic and operational standpoint, the new line has opened up tremendous new possibil­ ities," Gary says. "We've doubled the num­ ber of trains we run during a session, and the dispatchers don't even have nervous break­ downs - like they used to!" South Valley has changed over the past year, too. Originally a classification yard, it has changed functions because of the expanded capabilities at Mitchell Yard. Gary explains, "We use South Valley as an inter­ modal facility, a helper station, and an inter­ change with the Sandy Creek and South Valley shortline. Without the need of a yard, train movement is a lot less restricted. But with the addition and removal of helpers, it's still a busy place." Busy, but scenic, too. All around that beehive of activity are the panoramas that Utah is noted for: red rock formations, sheer canyons and cliffs, and imposing mountain ranges. The new backdrops and scenery added by Robbie Spangler have added to the visual spectacle crafted over the years by family and friends. It complements the trai ns perfectl y.

Rail Command Control Since the beginning, the Salt Lake South­ ern has employed carrier control. But as the level of complexity grew, Gary kept improv-

6 - An eastbound Montana Western coal drag loops behind the Arizona Cement Co. of Utah.

7 - Run-through Western Central power heads up westbound piggyback #97, one of the hottest trains on the SLS schedule.

8 - An eastbound Montana Western coal train rumbles up the 2.9 percent Wasatch Mountain grade toward a meet at Aspen siding. Helpers shoving hard beflind HI e caboose mafle the movement possible.

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING ... 43 ing the control system. This involved imple­ menting Rail Command, a flexible carrier control system designed specifically for operation. Although a computer was not needed, Gary added one, along with a com­ puter program assembled by Richard Kamrn and Alan Anderson. As a result, operating potential is enhanced. One of those enhancements is the addi­ tion of rear-train helpers, a neat advantage allowed by command control. Helper ser­ vice had always been problematic; the diffi­ culties stemmed from the inability to equalize various locomotives' running speeds - and the necessity of using a sec­ ond helper crew. With the new system, loco­ motive power curves are equalized automatically; furthermore, helpers may now be easily run by the regular engineer. This is further facilitated by the addition of a second dispatcher who, on a second radio channel, assigns the helper to the lead unit. With this communication now on a different radio frequency, helper service is now remarkably easy and not a burden.

And Now - Operation Because ease of operation and a reason­ able resemblance to the prototype are of utmost importance to Gary, the SLS has the feel of a genuine railroad. "We built the rail­ road to operate, pure and simple," Gary says with enthusiasm. "I enjoy getting the operat­ ing group together to see how realistically we can run the railroad - and still have fun." As a testament to Gary's words, a real­ life dispatcher for the Union Pacific spent some time in the SLS's dispatching hot seat, 10 and had a ball. "The SLS is a whole lot more fun - and challenging - than dispatching on the UP. It's mostly because things happen (Uinta and Canyon), or three considerably faster than those in reality." railroad interchanges (West­ The monthly operating sessions are sim­ ern Pacific, Southern Moun­ ply a joy to behold, for observer or partici­ tain and Western Central). pant. There is something for everyone's Once you've located your comfort level: point-to-point non-switching train's starting point, you trains, locals requiring complex switching contact the dispatcher by moves (and a lot of patience with the dis­ radio for permission to patcher), and dispatching chores. There are depart. With that clearance, mainline double-stack trains, and there are the train enters and rolls lazy locals which wander off the mainline across the Wasatch Division, (and off theradio, using track warrants) in a following CTC signal indica­ separate room. tions. For those in charge of A typical session, which can last any­ the locals, switching is more where from 12 to 24 scale hours, usually involved - trying to get involves the following components: your work performed without

Engineers - As a prospective engineer, getting in the way of the mainline trains. cars and distributing them on designated you're given a train order card (which Ya rdmasters - On the current SLS, yard tracks, as well as assembling all explains the details of the train you're about there's only one yard - Mitchell - but it local freights and assigning their motive to run) and the waybills for each car in your may utilize one or two yardmasters. As a power. It's the yardmaster's prime direc­ train. Trains may originate from one of the yardmaster, your basic responsibilities tive to get trains in and out of the yard as two staging yards, or the two subdivisions include classifying all incoming fre ight quickly as possible.

44 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 occasions to celebrate, or bold new plans for the railroad. In the past, Marty has orga­ nized festivities to mark the 5- and lO-year anniversaries of the SLS, as well as operat­ ing special trains, such as the one which tra­ versed the Duchesne branch to honor the opening of the Doiron turkey plant. A "Pumpkin Night" celebration saw many trains bringing in strings of freight cars loaded with the pumpkin harvest. One can only imagine what might be in store in the year 2000, when the Salt Lake Southern turns 20. What else lies in the future? Well, it seems that Utah Steel has announced that South Valley is in the running for the loca­ tion of its new steel-mill complex. It is rumored that South Valley has the edge because of its nearness to a prominent area railroad - and because its water and sky are already visibly polluted. And new coal deposits have been found in the Duchesne valley! There are plans on the board to renovate the weary 90-pound rai I of the almost-abandoned Duchesne branch in anticipation of extending the line to the new coal fields. If these industrial opportunities occur, it will almost certainly mean more trains and changes to the opera­ tional status quo. Change? It's a way of life on the Wasatch Division of the Salt Lake Southern.

9 - Under the imposing cliffs serving as a backdrop to Mitchell Yard, eastbolHld Coal Extra # 1 3 passes Amtrak's west­ bound #41 on CTC double-traerl.

a tremendous benefit 10 - Motl tana Power unit tra in coal because the radio congestion loads passing the Book C liffs west of with one dispatcher was Escalante. overwhelming." The Castle

Cliff East dispatcher has less I I - A pair of SLS engines switch illter­ territory to monitor, but has change cars witft the Southern Mountaill the added duties of issuing Railroad at Scofield, Utah. track warrants on the Duch­

esne branch (a bucolic line 1 2 - The Desert Limited s peeds past isolated from the rest of the Mitchell Yard, a facility designed and built SLS) and assigning the to relieve the congestion and delays fostered "radio-controlled" helpers. It by former stub"end FI(ftlace Falls Yard. may sound confusing, but in

actuality, it works very 1 3 - Montan Power coal drag passes the smoothly. Helper service on maintenance s ft eds and equipmell t at the Salt Lake Southern is a East Aspen.

Dispatchers - Since 1995, the SLS has real operational and visual treat. llsed two dispatchers, one working Castle 14 - A two-locomotive helper set is on its Cliff West and the other managing the rails Down the Road way to South Va lley to assist all east­ east of Castle Cliff. Each dispatcher now As with most model railroaders, Gary bound maflifest freight, while the detollY­ has his own radio frequency as well, cutting and Marty don't let the ground foam grow ing Rio Grande Zephyr crosses Cedar radio chatter in half. Gary notes, "This was under their feet. There are always special Creek trestle.

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A: To eight-track staging yard under South Valley and Utah Steel with return loop under Eagle Mtn. 26- offfloor . B: To East Tower stag­ ing, used for coal trains so loads move west arid 15 - Salt Lake Southem President and General Manager Gary 17 - Extra 8937 East, a priority SLS double-stack train, approaches Petersen poses in front of the dispatching control panel, nerve cen­ Castle Cliff, Utah, and the territory of Salt Lake Sub dispatcher #2. ter of the railroad.

18 - Passillg Furnace Falls is westbound Amtrak #4 1, the

16 - A local freight switcfles cars at Dl4chesne, Utah. This portion Desert Limited, one of two regularly scheduled passenger tra ins of the layout is currently under construction. remaining on the SLS. �

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hen Model Railroading 's Executive water simply gets too deep, too cloudy, too The Base Pour Editor Randy Lee accosted me at a quickly to reveal anything other than color Now we get into plastic resins. I have used train show over the winter and asked if I shading differences, and precious little of that two-pm epoxy for my water long enough to would do a piece for him on modeling waves, in many instances. have become familiat· with it, so I hesitate to I told him the truth: for me, making waves So attempt to follow suit. The base for the experiment much with other processes. One most often has been a matter of hit or miss. bed of your bay can be just about anything: thing to note: be sure the resin you purchase His request was prompted by an article in Sculptamold®, Hydrocal, plywood, etc. Just hasn't been sitting on a shelf for some time. the August 1994 Model Railroading about my be sure to seal it well with a thick coat of flat, The resin tends to jell at the bottom of the HO scale modular layout. One area of that dark-colored latex paint. At this point, color container if it has been around too long. I use layout depicts a wreck scene on the mythical makes little diffe rence. Anything dat'k will be Envirotex®; it's expensive, but many dealers Stockton Bay in which wave action was nec­ fine. Keep an eye out for places where liquid will give you a discount if you're buying in essary to lend some realism. The photos by resin might seep through onto the floor. any kind of quantity. 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With the price of casting resin is an actual bottom they're eyeing or just the and incorporate some fellow model railroad­ these days, that can quickly put a climp in the beginning of murkier depths. ers to help. monthly scenery budget, even the annual There is a series of earth tones with exotic Do not folJow the instructions on the con­ scenery budget! names like Boston Fern, Mudstone, etc., from tainer that tell you to mix the two ingredients an acrylic paint firm named Delta Creamcoat on a 50/50 basis. I always add a little more Pick a Scene that work quite well. But any attists' acrylic hardener than resin. It helps with the wave­ The waters of rivers will Vatygreatly from paint will suffice. Then buy a few of the making later on and tends to insure your pour that of ponds, swamps and mat·shes. Generally cheapest half-inch artists' brushes you can actually sets up as intended. speaking, the larger the body of water, the find.Try to get bristles that are fairly stiffand What's the ratio? Probably something like more appropriate waves wilJ become, convey­ about an inch or so long. Begin painting from seven parts resin to eight parts hardener ing a sense of lat'geness and real ism where the shore line out towat'd deeper water, being would be fine. Nine parts resin to 10 parts placid water is seldom seen. For the purpose careful to blend one color into the next. hardener would be equally fine. I've never of this atticle, let's concentrate on a bay scene. Depending on what you're copying, move had anything overheat or catch fire or crack I've always been of the belief that God is, from tans to greens to blues to blacks as your or do some other equally disturbing thing in and always has been, the very best modeler in water gets deeper. The trick is to avoid dis­ these ratios. The advantage is that the setup the business. If you're going to attempt to tinct lines between the colors. Colors under ti me is shortened and becomes somewhat model His works, study the real thing. Visit water blend together in nature very smoothly, more predictable. some sites. Take some photos. Look closely and that's what you're trying to replicate. As a base pour for large bodies of water, at how shadows, diffe rent times of the day, Take another look at the wreck scene on mix in an opaque color pigment with the clear clouds and bright sun change the color of the our Stockton Bay module. Mud needed to be plastic resins. American Handicraft puts out same body of water. Don't hesitate to take roiled up from the bottom in the water pOltion this substance, but I'm sure others offer a some photos for reference points. of the wreck site so I blended in more tans similar material. How much depends entirely All natural bodies of water have color of and browns farther out from the bank. But I on how much resin you have to mix in order some kind. From the pristine North Umpqua still had to transition them into the bluelblack to cover your area. After you've poured the in southwestern Oregon, spOlting a variety of of deep water. amount of resin into your glass container, add sparkling blues and greens, to the turgid a few drops of the opaque pigment at a time brown of Fat'mer Jones' catfish pond, color is Edge Detail until the resin takes on an extremely light, reflected from the depths. Any detail you want to show in the shal­ translucent tan color. low at'eas next to the bank should go in next. Always under do it, never overdo it. Sealing Once more, your observations and photos can Follow-up by pouring in the hardener to After going through the photo and on-site give you some ideas here: an old tire, a rusted the top of the second line on the container visitation exercise, most observers discover barrel or two, a few pieces of driftwood, and mix thoroughly with a wooden paint stir­ photos rarely reveal anything resting on the along with some vegetation that matches the rer (pick up a batch of these at your local bottom. No weeds, no fish swimming at'ound, scene you're modeling. A rule worth consid­ hardware or paint store). Directions call for no sunken relics, pirate ships, etc. As a matter ering: if it can be found in nature, and it looks thorough mixing, and they mean it. If you of fact, the only discernible debris normally good in nature, it'll probably look good on don't completely blend this mix, you'll wind found is along the shoreline. This kind of the layout - in moderation. up with sticky water - a real no-no, espe-

� -.... fr; -,-):'i..: -"- , '� MODEL RAI : ,�. cially on the final pour. It takes at least three Before this pour is initiated, visit your the areas you want to roil. If you are covering minutes of vigorous effort to make sure your dentist and ask him for a couple of stainless a sizable area of water, you might want to batch of resin is completely blended. steel picks or probes. have a friend help, because some pours tend Pour the mix onto the dried-paint bottom The ones I use the most have "Silverman to set up quickly. of your water area, then blow off any bubbles Tru-Valu Germany Stainless I" stamped on After you've worked for a few minutes, that might float to the sLlIface. I gently breathe their sides. Each end has a slightly different you might find that the spot where you ini­ over the surface as opposed to using hair my­ shape. tially began has assumed a level position. ers, and I work only a few inches away from Go through the pouring procedure for the That only means you started the process a lit­ the cLlling plastic. Be careful not to wear any­ third and (hopefully) fi nal time with these tle early. Simply go back and rework it. thing that dangles. I lost a good shilt that way three exceptions: When the pick leaves a definite impres­ a few projects back when it dipped into wet T First, mix in a drop of green for every sion in the plastic, and it appears the plastic is plastic while I was "blowing bubbles." two drops of blue in the color for your resin. starting to become rigid, or if the plastic You can blow away bubbles for the first Make the final look even lighter than the mid­ wants to hold the pick in place, then time has few minutes of the pour, then it will require a dle pour's color. Look for just a hint of color run out and what you see is what you get. r pin to prick any additional ones that pop up. at this stage. can't give a specific time frame with which When things start to set up, you're T Second, plan on baby-sitting the pour you can successfully work the plastic because through for the night. Close up shop and after you've removed all the bubbles, so start it has varied so much for me, but here's a come back the next day. Try to avoid any the project when you have a few hours to spare. rough idea: activity around curing plastic. It tends to cre­ T Third, this pour should be somewhat T Start u'ying to make waves as early as ate dust, and may lead to accidental bumping, thicker than the other pours. Shoot for '/'6' to 20 minutes after a pour. I've been successful which isn't healthy for the project either. '//'. However, be advised that going over a in making waves as late as two hours after a quarter inch can cause overheating and crack­ pour. In other instances, a two-hour wait

The Mid Pour� ------.... ing. Keep this especially in mind if the bot­ would have been way too long. Follow the same procedures for the first tom of your pour is not flat. T The time I've had to work with the pour, except for the colOling. This time nux After mixing, coloring and pouring, and dental pick in making successful waves has in drops of blue transparent polyester resin after eliminating bubbles, wait for about 30 ranged from about five mjnutes to 15 min-

dyes. Several companies make them, and you minutes and test how fast the resin is setting utes. That sounds like a lot of time, and it is if can usually find them at craft stores. While up by pressing the flat portion of the dental the area you're working is relatively small. you're at the store, pick up some green dye, pick down into the pour. If the plastic has a However, don't bite off more than you can but don't use it yet. tendency to follow your pick upward after chew in the case of larger bodies of water. Once more, it's difficult for anyone to you pull it out of the mix, or if it readily seeks Get a friend involved. come up with a mixing formula for the proper its own level, then it's still too early to make T The closer your resin-to-hardener ratio amount of dye because of the varied volume waves. Sit back and wait five or 10 minutes, is to 50/50, the longer you have to wait before of plastic needed to color a pond that's a scale then test it agai n. you can create waves, and you'll have more 60' across compared to a lake that's 200 yards (At this point, I like to place any boats time to work with the plastic. However, don't in breadth. before what I consider to be a "final" pour. forget that a pure salsa nux can often cause Just try to get the resin to assume a light, There's nothing like a little added pressure some areas not to set up at all. translucent dark blue. And once again, don't to get that final effort perfect. A boat will T Remember, if it sets up too late and overdo it...a good rule of thumb is to keep the do it.) your waves fi ll back in, or if it sets up too resin tint a couple of shades lighter than one When the plastic is ready to work with early and you left a bunch of pick marks in would suspect. you, it'll begin to stay down where you've dried plastic, then you simply revert to Plan B Make the pour, blow away the bubbles pressed your pick in. At that point, it's time to - a fourth pour. The only problem here is to and fl ick it in for another night. Remem­ get in gear. Pressing down the pick as quickly make sure any boats you have floating around ber... no short-cutting. as possible, and working in parallel with each aren't swamped in the process. depression of your tool, move across the Best of luck with your efforts. The fe llows water in places where you want waves. who help run the Denver, Greeley and Tahoe Even if you're a master model craftsman Utilize your photos to study wave action Modules at our shows certainly enjoy all the and a true credit to your hobby, this is still the on the body of water you are copying. I've favorable comments we've received on our point where you can be justified in develop­ found that water tends to be somewhat calmer Wreck Module water. It was fun to do and, as ing a case of sweaty palms. The tinal pour is in sheltered, shallow areas and a little more they used to say an the old "A-Team" series, a biggie. It's what viewers see first, last and wavy in deeper, open spots. Check those pho­ "Don't you just love it when a plan comes foremost. tos for clues and work the dental pick across together?" � · i

'j . ' A MODELABLE PROTOTYPE

I I

5 by Jim Six Photos by the author

BUILDING the Carolina & Western I am finding out that many of the obstacles foreseen before actually starting work are coming true. One is coming up with buildings and structures that are believ­ able, not too difficult to model and not the same as those found on everyone else's layout. The latter is proving to be the greatest challenge. At first I simply assembled readily available plastic kits, added a few details and painted them to match the

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 51 Propane Gas Company West Clarksfield Sunrise Grain Plant

"0 co Wheeling and Lake Erie mainline (north track) 0 ...... a: to Norwalk to Wellington "- Q) .::: a: Q) -

..c"5 (.) Zenobia Road I�I N� setting desired. I soon found that there aren't enough different build­ my Carolina setting. One of my favorites so far is a combination of a ing kits available that fit my setting. The next step was to take out­ Walthers Cornerstone® wood-sided grain elevator with a Pikestuff of-the-box kits and modify them, or at least assemble them in ways metal warehouse. The two went together quite naturally and are very other than intended by the manufacturer. In some instances this believable. Other "combination structures" have followed. meant covering shingle roofs with sheet styrene and narrow strips to Then one day while on a ride tlu·ough the countryside looking for represent metal roofs so common to my North Carolina setting. This model able structures, grain elevators in particular, I came across the approach provided added diversity, but not enough ...not hardly. Sunrise facility presented in the photographs in this article. West Following the normal evolutionary path that many before me Clarksfield is located about 15 miles south of Lake Erie and about 40 have followed, the next step was to combine components from more miles west of Cleveland (Ohio). The Sunrise faciLity is situated on the than one kit to arrive at structures that are both believable and still fit south side of the Wheeling and Lake Erie mainline. A siding comes

52 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 off the main westbound and passes through loading and unloading facilities before entering a three-track stub-end yard. Fitchville River Road crosses the tracks at the east end of the Sunrise plant. Across the road to the east is a propane-gas business that is also served by the Wheeling. What struck me about this Sunrise plant is that it could be repre­ sented by Walthers Cornerstone kits along with a few others. I'm not saying that it could be replicated right down to the exact dimensions, but a reasonable representation of it is within the grasp of any of us with about $50 to spend and the time to put it together. Several readily available kits lend themselves to building a rea­ sonable representation of the West Clarksfield Sunrise plant. Though this is by no means all inclusive, here is a suggested list of plastic kits that should get you well along the way to building a believable model of this facility: 933-30 19 CornerstoneMedusa Cement Company and Accessories 933-3022 Cornerstone ADM Grain Elevator and Accessories 933-3023 Cornerstone Add-On Silos 933-3 123 Cornerstone Grain Bin 933-3 124 Cornerstone Grain Elevator 933-3 I 28 Cornerstone Grain Dryer 933-3 129 CornerstonePropane/A mmonia Tanks 54 1-4 PikestuffPrefab Metal Building 54 1-16 PikestuffYard Office 222- 1715 Con-Cor Palombo Cement Works All of these kits have components that would contribute to putting together the West Clarksfield Sunrise plant. Plastruct and other companies offer products that could be used for the finishing ��. 1

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 53 DIESEL DETAIL LOSE-UP

Union Pacific (UP) C30-7

HO Scale Models by Atlas and Rail Power Products N Scale Model by Kato

by Rich Picariello

Photos by the author

he Prototype C30-7: General Electric Adirondack trucks not GSC and so forth. (GE) introduced the 3,000-hp C30-7 in The models have the correct trucks; Atlas Decals T1976. At the end of production in 1985, over just mislabeled them. HO Scale: 1, 100 units had been delivered. Overall length The UP-decorated models do have the Champion BRH-25 is 67' 3" with truck centers of 40' II" . The correct two-window cab (matching Atlas's Herald King L-482 C30-7 is equipped, apparently at random, choice of road numbers in the 2500 series) Microscale 87-354 with either Adirondack (AD) or General Steel which represents the last 40 units delivered, N Scale: Castings (GSC) six-wheel trucks. numbers 2500-2539. This series, and num­ Microscale 60-354 Union Pacific took delivery of 140 C30-7s bers 2460-2499, all built in the 1980s, have between 1977 and 1980, numbered 2400- the large exhaust-silencer stack; replace the Paints 2539. When delivered, the first 15 units were small Atlas stack with one of the listed stacks. AccuFlex numbered 2960-2974, but they were renum­ Start with an undecorated four-window C30- 16-02 Reefer White bered to 2400-2414 in 1978. In recent years, 7 to model road numbers 2400-2499. 16-24 UP Armour Yellow the beacons have been removed, and the Rail Power Products (RPP) has a C30-7 16-25 UP Harbor Mist Gray classification lights and rear numberboards shell that will fit onto an Athearn GE C­ Accu+Paint have been painted over; units with four-win­ series cast-metal underframe (Part #34206). 1 Stencil White dow cabs have had the outer windows plated Athearn drive components and either an 67 UPIMILW Armour Yellow over. Some C30-7s have been converted to Athearn motor or a can motor will be needed 68 UPIMILW Harbor "B" units (designated C30-7rB by the UP) to finish the chassis. Overland Models has a Mist Gray by removing all controls and other equip­ complete drive to fit the RPP C30-7 shell Floquil ment from the cab. The locomotives thus featuring a cast chassis, brass trucks and a llOO11 Reefer White modified are numbers B2401, B2403- can motor (Part #5361, $80.00). Proto Power 110166 UP Armour Yellow B2414, B2474 and B2489 (see photo of West also offers a drive to fit the RPP C30-7 110167 UP Harbor Mist Gray B2474). UP's first orders for the C30-7s had shell. This drive has tuned Athearn drive MODELflex four-window cabs, but the final order (road components and a can motor in a weighted 16-02 Reefer White numbers 2500-2539) was delivered with the underframe (Part #35502, $78.00). 16-24 UP Armor Yellow two-window cab. All UP C30-7s have cab­ For N scale, Kato has offered a limited­ 16-25 UP Harbor Mist Gray mounted headlights and have a plate cover­ production C30-7 decorated for the UP that Polly Scale ing the low-nose headlight mount. They are may still be found at some hobby dealers. 4141 13 Reefer White equipped with either AD or GSC trucks and Paint and Decal Notes: Union Pacific 414170 UP Armour Ye llow both styles of trucks have high-mounted diesels are painted in the Harbor Mist Gray 4 14176 UP Harbor Gray brake cylinders. and Armour Ye llow scheme. The trucks, Pro Color The Scale Model C30-7: Atlas has intro­ fuel tank, walkways and pilots are gray. 106 UP Gray duced an HO scale C30-7 utilizing the chas­ Handrails are gray with white at all the step 107 UPYel!ow sis and drive of their previous U33/36C. areas. The top of the nose was originally 412 Flat White Depending on the road name, the model painted anti-glare green, but this was ScaJecoat comes with either Adirondack or GSC trucks changed sometime in the early ' 80s to the 11 White and either a two-window or four-window anti-glare light gray corrently used. Atlas 22 UP Annour Yellow cab and separate wire grabirons. Unfortu­ HO C30-7s are available decorated for the 32 UP Harbor Mist Gray nately, Atlas has mislabeled the type of UP with three numbers (2501, 25 15 and Scalecoat II (plastic compatible) trucks provided on the roadnames they offer; 2530) representing the final UP C30-7 order 2011 White for example, UP units come with GSC delivered from August to October 1980. HO 2022 UP Armour Yellow trucks not Adirondack as stated in the Atlas scale B-unit lettering can be found on 2032 UP Harbor Mist Gray magazine ads; Santa Fe units come with Microscale Mini-Cal set MC-407 1.

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Union Pacific C30-7 Detail Parts for HO Scale: DA3S09 Tmck sideframes, GSC ...... 8. 95/4 1 - DW139 Air filter ...... 1.00/2 Note: Trucks and sideframes needed only for the RPP C30-7. 2 - CF221 Air horn (brass) ...... 3. 98/ea. 37 - CF19S Wheel-slip modulator ...... 4.39 /4 DW190 Air horn (brass) ...... 2. 95/ea. 38 - DA2312 Wind deflector, straight (clear plastic) ...... 1.25/4 3 - CF113 Antenna, firecracker (brass) ...... 3. 0912 OM9327 Wind deflector. straight (brass) ...... 2.50 /4 DA180S Antenna, firecracker (plastic) ...... 1.25/6 UP77 Wind deflector/mirror (brass) ...... 2. 00/2 DW1S7 Antenna, firecracker(b rass) ...... 1.50/6 39 - RUN18SS Window glass, RPP C30-7 ...... 2.00/set 4 - DA2302 Armrest, cab ...... 1.25/8 40 - AL29200 Windshield wipers (delrin) ...... 2. 95/8 5 - DA2901 Beacon (plastic) ...... 1. 5012 CS419 Windshield wipers (brass) ...... 3. 50/4 0M9103 Beacon (brass) ...... 2. 80/ea. ME WS Windshield wipers (brass) ...... 2. 98/set Note: Not shown in photos; add to cab roof only if PSC3968 Windshield wipers (plastic) ...... 1.50/4 �odeling era before the late '80s. UP94 Windshield wipers (beryllium copper) ...... 2. 00/4 6 - DA1202 Bell, underframe (plastic)" ...... 1.00/2 UP97 Windshield wipers (plastic) ...... 1.50/4 DW127 Bell, underframe (metal)* ...... 1.25/2 7 - RPP501 Body shell, C30-7 ...... 14.00/ea. Detail Parts for N Scale: 8 - DW179 Brake wheel* ...... 1.0012 1 - ME NFS Air filter ...... 2.50 /set 9 - ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 56 Ipi (etched brass) ...... O.OO/shl. & j 2 - DA8204 Air horn ...... 1.25/2 DA2210 Cbain, blackened ...... 2.25112" JNJ113 Air horn ...... 3.50 /2 PSC48237 Chain ...... 2.75 /10" SE N700 Air horn ...... 1.65/ea 10 - DA2211 Coupler liftbar" ...... 2. 00/2 3 - JNJ178 Antenna, firecracker (metal) ...... 3. 00/2 OM9151 Coupler lift bar* ...... 1.9512 ME NA4 Antenna, firecracker (brass) ...... J.70/ea. 11 - OM9171 Door handle (brass) ...... 1.67/2 SE N4S3 Antenna, firecracker (metal) ...... 1.65/4 PSC3998 Door handle (plastic) ...... 1.50/6 4 - DA821S Armrest, cab ...... 1.25/4 12 - DA1403 Drop step, GE* ...... 1.5012 5 - SE N300 Beacon ...... 2. 00/ea. 13 - 0M9052 End of train antenna (EOT) ...... 1.60/ea. Note: See note in HO scale detail parts section. 14 - DW149 Fuel filler, GE* ...... 1.00/4 6 - JNJ117 Bell, underframe (metal) ...... 3.0 0/4 15 - DA3102 Fuel gauge, top tank mountedt ...... 1.00/set PSC39037 Fuel gauge (plastic) ...... 1.50/6 ME NB8 Bell, underframe (brass) ...... 1.70/ea. 16 - OM92S2 Fuel sight glass (brass)" ...... 1.70/ea. SE N3S1 Bell, underframe (metal) ...... 1.65/2 17 - AL29100 Grabirons (formed wire)* ...... 3.25 /50 8 - ME NBS Brake wheel (brass)" ...... 2.00/ea. DA2202 Grabirons (formed wire)" ...... 2.50 124 SE N698 Brake wheel (metal)" ...... 1.7012 UP54 Grabirons (cast brassY ...... 5.95/ 12 9 - ASM 0103 Chain, 28, 42 & 56 1pi (etched brass) ...... 10.00/sht. 18 - UP55 Grabiron, 90° corner* ...... 1.95/2 DA2210 Chain, 40 links/inch ...... 2.25 112" 19 - RDP128 Handrail set, RPP C30-7 ...... 9.9 5/set 12 - DA8206 Drop step ...... 1.0012 20 - DAI024 Headlight, front w/visors* ...... 1.0012 14 - ME NF4 Fuel filler & level gauge ...... 3.3 5/set 21 - DAI003 Headlight, rear* ...... 1.0012 23 - PSC6704 Hose, air line (brass) ...... 1.50/6 22 - MV22 Headlight lenses* ...... 1.15/4 PSC670S Hose, air line (plastic) ...... 2.50 /24 23 - CS227 Hose, air line (brass) ...... 2. 1 5/4 24 - ASM 0101 Lift lugs, U-bolts, eyebolts (etched brass) ...... 8.29 /set DA6206 Hose, air line (delrin) ...... 1.25/6 25 - SE N850 MU cables ...... 1.8512 24 - DAll08 Lift rings, GE (plastic)* ...... 1.50/12 26 - SE N550 MU hoses ...... 3.95 /4 UP62 Lift rings, GE (brass)* ...... 2.001l 0 28 - SR601 Plow ...... 5.0 0/2 25 - DW218 MU cable ...... 1.95/4 31 - SE N499 Speed recorder ...... 1.65/2 26 - CF257 MU hoses, 3-per bracket (brass) ...... 4.95/ 4 34 - DA8201 Sunshade (plastic) ...... 1.25/4 DA1508 MU hoses, individual (dell·in) ...... 2.00 116 ME NS6 Sunshade (brass) ...... 2. 0012 OM93S0 MU hoses, 3-per bracket (brass) ...... 6. 10/4 41 - SR413 Numberboard set...... 4.00/set 27 - DA1509 MU receptacle set ...... 1. 25/6 42 - SR313 C30-7 detail set (not shown) ...... 6.00/set 28 - DW140 Plow (metal) ...... 1.50/ea. Note: Set includes stack, air filters, bell, spare-knuckle holders 0M9550 Plow (brass) ...... 8. 85/ea. and window plugs. 29 - DW203 Sand-fill hatch, GE* ...... 1.25/4 30 - DW196 Spare-knnckle holder (metal) ...... 1.0012 The fo llowing parts must be fabricated by the modeler: 0M9702 Spare-knnckle holder (brass) ...... 4. 1 012 A - Brake-cylinder air line - fo rm from .010 wire.* 31 - CF196 Speed recorder (brass) ...... 4.39 /4 B - EOT antenna platform - make fromstyrene. DA2807 Speed recorder (dell'in) ...... 1.50/4 C - Misc. grabirons - make from .015 wire.* 32 - OM9200 Stack, exhaust silencer (brass) ...... 5.30 /ea. D - UnderErame piping - make from various sizes of wire. RPP112 Stack, exhaust silencer (plastic) ...... 50/ea. E - MU cable holder - make from brass tubing. Note: Standard stack on all units built from the 1980s on. 33 - AL29245 Steps, RPP C30-7 (etched see-thru)* ...... 3. 1 5/set 34 - AL29210 Sunshade (photo-etched brass) ...... 2.35 /6 "' Similar parts, either separate or molded on, are included with the Atlas HO DA1301 Sunshade (plastic) ...... 1.50/6 or Kato N scale models; replacement of any or all original parts is left to the DW188 Sunshade (plastic) ...... 1.00/4 discretion of the modeler. The RPP HO C30-7 shell will require most of the PSC39047 Sunshade (brass) ...... 2. 25/4 listed detail parts. 35 - DW224 Traction-motor cables ...... 1.95/set 36 - AT34212 Truck. GE C U-series, frontpowered ...... 6. 50/ea. t DA3102 Fuel Tank Fittings (set) contains other parts that may or may not be AT34213 Truck, GE C U-series, rear powered ...... 6.50 /ea. needed for this detailing projecl.

AL/ A-Line!Proto Power West DA: Detail Associates OM: Overland Models Inc. SR: Scale Replicas PPW: P. O. Box 79 16 Box 5357 3808 W. Kilgore Avenue Box 3052 La Verne, CA 91750 San Luis Obispo, CA 93403 Muncie, IN 47304-4896 Monterey, CA 93940

ASM: Athabasca Scale Models DW: Details West PSC: Precision Scale Company SE: Sunrise Enterprises 77 1 Wilkinson Way P. O. Box 5132 3961 Hwy. 93 North P.O. Box 172 Saskatoon. SK Hacienda Heights, CA 91745 Stevensville, MT 59870 Doyle, CA 96109 Canada S7N 3L8 JNJ: JnJ Trains RDP: Rail Detail Products UP: Utah Pacific AT: Athearn, Inc. P.O. Box 1535 P. O. Box 427 9520 E. Napier Avenue 19010 Laurel Park Road Ottumwa, IA 52501 Hondo, TX 78861 Benton Harbor, M1 49022 Compton, CA 90222 ME: Miniatures by Eric RPP: Rail Power Products Note: These detail parts may be avail­ CS: Cal-Scale RR #1 7283 N. Stagecoach Drive able at your local hobby dealer(s), 21 Howard Street Busby. Alberta Park City, UT 84060 so try there first. If you must order Montoursville, PA 17754 Canada TOG OHO directly from a manufacturer, RUN: Run 8 Productions include at least $4.00 for postage CF: Custom Finishing MV: MV Products P. O. Box 25224 and handling. You must purchase 379 Tully Road P. O. Box 6622 Rochester, NY 14625 the fujI quantities as shown in the Orange, MA 01364 Orange, CA 92667 detail parts Jist. �

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 57 Us(and a noedte on the 19 96 CaIntermodal EXPO)rs *

by David G. Casdorph

Photos courtesy Freight Cars Journal

nybody that watches prototype rail­ A. roading today must surely notice the .1-\...volume of used freight cars rolling by in general freights, grain trains and even some coal trains. The obvious used cars have often had the car number and reporting marks painted out and replaced with a new identification. The less obvious used cars have been completely repainted. Either way, used cars are quite numerous. Before I get further into a discussion on used cars, let's set up some definitions. Car Number (also unit identifi cation number) - The car number is the number of that individual car under those specific reporting marks. Numbers on North Ameri­ can freight cars may have from one to six digits.

Lessee - A lessee is a company that leases the car (or series of cars) from another company. The car carries reporting marks other than the lessee's. Compare to Operator. GACX 4010. Here's an example of a car going from one leasing company to

Operator - An operator is a railroad or another (TILX to GACX, Tr inity Industries to General American). Note the gray private company that operates the car rectangular area that was used to paint out the original reporting marks and car through it own reporting marks. It may own number. Kansas City, MO; March 1996. or lease the car. Compare to Lessee.

Operator-Intermediate - There are cases where a leasing company will have cars stenciled with one set of reporting marks and be leasing the cars to another rail­ road ....giving us three different fo rms, the owner-lessor (leasing company), the opera­ tor-intermediate and the lessee.

Reporting Marks - They are also referred to as initials or sometimes, operator code. Each railroad and private owner is assigned a two- to four-letter reporting mark. If the last letter (the letter on the far right) is an "X" then the reporting marks are assigned to a private company. If no "X" is present in the last position then the report­ ing marks are assigned to a railroad. Be careful - CSX Transportation's reporting marks are CSXT. ..the "X" appears in the next to last position.

Used Cars - What I'm referring to here are those cars that have changed operators. This does not include transfers within the railroad or private company. The key word TCWR 20051 has seen several reporting marks over its lifetime. Note the newly painted gray has nothing to do with the car's relettering (which can faintly be '" Not to be confu sed with the J 980 Kurt seen as a different shade of gray over the body color). TCWR is the Tw in Cities & Russell movie of the same name. Western Railroad. Kansas City, MO; March 1996.

58 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 here is "operator," as many cars are owned by leasing companies. For the modeler of the contemporary pro­ totype, used cars (depending on what one's pike is based on) may form a significant por­ tion of one's model freight-car fleet. I was quite impressed when about a half-dozen years ago several pre-painted specialty model companies began offering relettered cars. This was a sign that the model compa­ nies aren't just selling pretty paint schemes ....but realistic ones as well. Any­ WLO 502934. By noting the painted-out logo on the left side by shape one can body that takes freight-car modeling seri­ suggest possible origins of this car (St. Lawrence Railroad). Notice how they ously knows that freight cars aren't neat and used blue (of a different shade and obviously newer) to paint out the original pretty in real life! (At least not for long). reporting marks and car number. To ledo, OH; March 1996. So, as I've said in the past - modeling has no value without understanding the prototype history behind the model (fantasy railroad modelers need to make up histories for their models). Modeling is an expres­ sion of historical appreciation. The ques­ tion begs, "Why are there used cars on the prototype?" First let's compare used cars to some­ thing we're more familiar with, used auto­ mobiles. When you "get rid" of an automobile it usually means it no longer meets your needs (or desires). For whatever reason you've decided to replace or elimi­ nate your automobile. Maybe it's because you want a bigger or newer automobile or maybe you no longer have a need for it and you just want to sell it offbecause it's cost­ ing you money (tax, insurance, etc.). Railroads and private owners, like you, CNW 130004. Note the repainted black rectangle. Used car, right? Wrong. Often are driven by market forces (have we heard the reporting mark/car number area is repainted because it becomes too hard to that term lately in the news?). This means read with aging. that maybe the original reason for acquiring the car has changed since it was added to the fleet. In other words, the market has changed. Maybe the product it was designed to transport is no longer there. But, what may be a "dry hole" for one railroad may be a "boom" for another. Thus cars change hands. Mergers have often caused a surplus of certain car types providing the need to release some of the duplication. Often cars are not actually sold but rather are leased to another railroad. GERSCO or General Electric Railcar Services Corporation is the largest owner of boxcars in the United States. It is not a rail­ road. It is a private company - specifically a leasing company. It leases its boxcars to a number of shortlines (and some Class I and regional roads). Based upon the needs of the shortlines and GERSCO, these boxcars Illay change hands many times during their oper­ ational lives. Often the cars are relettered and renumbered. This means that both the 4J reporting mark and the car number were HLMX 191476. CSX has released a number of coal hoppers to other operators. changed. At other times only the reporting HELM Financial Corporation acquired a number of these for its leasing fleet. The marks are changed (relettered) and the car's dark blue paint covers the former reporting marks only. The number did not number remains the same. Now comes the change. San Antonio. TX; March 1996.

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 59 fun detective game of trying to fi gure out where the used cars came from. The neat thing for modelers is the variety in which the cars are remarked (relettered). Sometimes it's just a small rectangle painted over the old reporting marks and car num­ bei·. Sometimes these rectangles may be a shade or two off or a different color entirely. At other times a huge panel (or panels) may be painted to cover the old reporting marks and car number. Sometimes the original logos are obliterated or painted over. At other times the original logos remain. The extreme case is when the entire car is repainted. AEX 600. The Andersons have expanded their grain-car fleet by adding a num­ Some recent trends have started entirely ber of former Class I railroad cars. This one came from the L&N via CSXT. To ledo, new companies or operators using used cars. OH; March 1996. The grain-car business has been extremely active in this area during the past two to three years. Part of this has been because of new technology (new lIS-ton grain-car designs). Some railroads are trying to get out of (or at least reduce) their interest in the grain business. The neat thing is that cars are being picked up by new operators in the market. American Railcar Company (AMLX) and Southern Illinois Railcar Com­ pany (SIRX) have been notable recent addi­ tions to the grain-car operator list. Both companies have been acquiring numerous grain cars from Class I railroads. The latter, Southern Illinois Railcar, has recently acquired new-built grain cars as well. Another company, The Andersons (AEX) has been around quite some time, but during the past five years or so has increased their fleet by over 20 times since 1975. Most of these have been used grain cars. CUOH 7139. Can you believe it ROCK fans!? This was originally a ROCK 300500- I could go on and on about used cars. series boxcar. General Electric Railcar Services Corporation owns the car and But, what I'm trying to do is simply "open repainted and refurbished it for The Columbus & Ohio River Rail Road Company. the door" on the subject with hope that read­ San Antonio, TX; March 1996. ers will pursue their own path.

1996 Intermodal EXPO I've been going to the Intermodal EXPO in Atlanta, GA, now for nearly ten years (maybe 11). This was the 13th such exposi­ tion. The EXPO lasts two-and-a-half days; it starts at noon on Tuesday. Each time I've been it has literally taken me all three days ...fro m opening to closing ...to "do" the EXPO (collecting brochures, interviewing engineers and sales people, data-izing exhibits and photographing exhibits). This year it took me two hours. Due to the Olympics being held in Atlanta this year there were no outside exhibits (which is lit­ erally all the rai I cars and about half of the trailers/containers, etc.). The inside exhibits were moved to a back exhibit hall at the World Congress Center which seemed (to me) to be smaller. Smaller or not there were fewer exhibits. The major­ ity of vehicle exhibits were tank containers. In any case there simply wasn't any vehicle SR 31016. Sometimes used cars are not only repainted but also rebuilt into a exhibits really newsworthy enough for mod­ new type of car. This was originally a coal hopper. It was rebuilt into this wood­ elers to report here. Hopefully next year will chip car for SouthRail (now a part of KCS). Vicksburg, MS; March 1996. be better.... �

60 ... MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 ON T.RACK ����uuctingCurvedFasCja Control Panels pa�Two by Jim Mansfield

Ph otos by the author

he piece of fascia shown in Photo 3 last month could be set in place perma­ nentlyT and would hold its shape. At the 2" gaps between the formers where the fascia is to be cut apart, the memory of the Masonite caused the material to straighten. Attaching the complete fascia as shown in this refer­ enced photo would bend the Masonite and form the original curved shape matching the rest of the formed fascia. This does not hold true, however, when the fascia is cut, al­ 1 - When the two control panels separated from the first fascia strip shown lowing separate removable control panels. last month are installed along with the permanent fascia pieces, a smooth curve When I first designed the fascia now results. The permanent fascia pieces are attached using glue and wire brads. The being constructed, I was going to allow two control panel blanks are held in place with small wood screws. The fascia's these short, straight ends on the control pan­ construction allows a curved edge to the layout while containing control panels els. As I progressed towards the fi nished fas­ that will hold their shape when removed from the layout. cia, though, I decided to take the extra effort to produce a curved fascia without the 2" straight sections. While taking a lot of extra effort, we will enjoy the results for many years. It's much like making the effort to remove the mold separation lines on plastic diesel truck brake-cylinder castings. The extra time to remove/fill the seams pays for itself every time you look at the model, especially if it has been tricked-out for the contest circuit. Like the smoothing of the castings, the smoothing of the fascia (see Photo I) simply results in a more successful and satisfying project.

Bridging the Gap I cut an additional set of fu ll-length for­ mers (to shape the gaps) and a set of half­ 2 - After full-length formers were attached across the locations where the con­ length fo rmers (where the matching ends of trol panels were to be separated from the fascia, a hacksaw was used to remove the two separate fascia sections meet). C­ small wedges along the cut line. This was done so that the cross-cut saw used to clamps and Elmer's Glue-All® were used to separate the fascia would not be pinched during the sawing process. Also take attach the fo rmers in place. Necessary slots note of the set of half-length formers on the end of this section of fascia. This to clear the new formers were cut into the edge matches the second piece of the formed fascia strip. fascia supports shown in Photo I last month. The panels were then separated using a cross-cut saw along the drawn Jjne on the sur­ were straight and a good match between the drilled based on the final panel length. face of the fascia. Prior to sawing, small panels and/or fascia was produced. A sheet of Recall that the design of the fascia included wedges were cut in the new formers at the 80 grit sandpaper wrapped around a 12" piece an allowance for fascia material removed two future seams. One set of V-grooves can of I x4 was used fo r sanding. during the sawing process. Finally, the sec­ be seen in Photo 2. The grooves keep the With the panels separated, the end-most ond piece of original fascia strip was penna­ cross-cut saw from being pinched during the fascia piece was permanently attached to the nently added to the supports. The resultant 7' cutting process. There is also much less stress supports. Care was used to ensure the bot­ curved fascia includes two removable con­ applied to the panel fo rmers using this dou­ tom of the fascia piece was level. trol panels that hold their shape during ble-saw technique. Once cut, each panel end Then, in turn, the two control panels wiring and when maintenance/upgrades was sanded as required to ensure the edges were positioned and new mounting holes require their removal and replacement. �

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 61 BEBIND T. l: SCENES front Street Tower: The PacRaSJinSJ of a Many-Scene by Margaret Mansfield 1 - The complete Front Street To wer many- -...... scene ready for installation on the layout. looks like �;;i;.;��� Photos by Jim Mansfield the AEAHTS has a good home for their museum and layout. M

e've seen them at our local hobby road may therefore be compared to the Western, was split to a thickness of .150, shop, admired them at regional train overall, hazily seen terrain, while small then cut to fit the area between the tracks. Wmeets and pored over their attractive ads in areas act as many-scenes, punctuating the The finished tower was placed on the the Walthers Catalog. They are the "mini­ overall terrain with extra details that capture board and l ocated as desired within the scene" kits that contain all the structures, ac­ and focus interest. surrounding city structures as seen in cessories and scenic material to produce a In Vilsousterrs on the JWRR, Front Photo 2 last month. A line was drawn small area of interest focused on one theme Street To wer forms the focal point of just around the foundation of the tower to mark and/or industry. Packaged as a unit, these kits such a many-scene. Among taller modern its exact position. The location of railings offer model railroaders the convenience of office buildings, light manufacturing facili­ which would surround the park-like area to ready-made completeness, rather than ties and city structures, this plain two-story the east of the tower was then marked forcing them to scavenge for this or that de­ interlocking tower recalls a bygone era as it directly on the Upson board at a "safe" dis­ tail or accessory to finish a scene - every­ stands guard over the nearby railroad inter­ tance from each track. A walkway location thing from pallets to people may be section. The new coat of blue and gray paint was also determined within these railings. purchased at one time. This is certainly an belies the fact that this tower is no longer Finally, the exact location and height of the advantage, particularly when hobby time is used by the railroad but rather now fu nctions concrete wall which would separate the at a premium. as headquarters of a local historical society tower from the large structure to its west, The disadvantage of these kits, however, and museum (see the June 1996 "Behind the as well as hide the freight main to the rear, is, in fact, their very ready-made nature. Scenes" for details). It is around this distinc­ was determined. The scene was now ready The scenes offered may not suit a particular tive structure that a many-scene was devel­ for "kitting." model railroad locale or time frame, and oped, complete with all the details and even when they do, there is always the accessories to form a complete "package." Assembling and chance that the very same scene may (However, this one is not for sale!) Collecting the Pieces appear on a friend's layout or in a maga­ With the tower and base complete, the zine, sometimes tainting the pride of own­ Defining the Many-Scene additional components of the many-scene ership and the sense of creative The boundaries of the Front Street were constructed, one by one. First, the con­ accomplishment that stem from building a Tower many-scene were defi ned using crete wall was made using two sections of unique model railroad scene. To overcome cardboard mockups to mimic surrounding .060 Plastruct sheet, cut to size with a Zona these disadvantages, yet also to continue structures within the larger context of the saw and scribed with a #1 1 X-Acto® blade to the concept of the mini-scene, Jim and I cityscape, which functions as the "undif­ represent large pre-formed concrete-panel chose to develop the area around Front ferentiated terrain" (see last month's col­ sections. To simulate the texture of poured Street Tower in Vilsousterrs as a "many­ umn.) The large structure to the left and concrete, the scribed sections were placed scene" on the Jersey Western layout. behind the scene forms its westernmost face down on 400 grit sandpaper and slowly The "many-scene," as described in previ­ boundary; to the north, the scene will ter­ rotated while at the same time being turned ous issues of MRG, may be likened to the minate with a painted backdrop depicting in dime-size circles with the fingertips. The snapshot view experienced by many a train older city buildings; while on the east side entire surface of each section was thus cov­ or automobile passenger as they gaze out at the scene will continue over the freight ered with a grainy, circular pattern. The the landscape rushing by. Within the blur of main to connect with the Vilsousterrs walls were then glued together at right motion a particular point of interest may "U nderground" area descri bed in the angles and allowed to dry. To provide sup­ stand out - a farmhouse, say, or a stream November 1993 "Behind the Scenes." The port for a couple of stout, decorative trees, a bed between two hillsides - and attention focal point of the many-scene was thus planter was fashioned from I"-to-the -foot is focused on this point for a few seconds pinpointed as the roughly triangular area scale dollhouse roof gutter milled stock. The before the landscape once again becomes an between the railroad tracks. stock was cut to size and closed at the ends undifferentiated blur and the eyes move on To form a base for constructi ng the with scrap styrene. The bottom of the to another many-scene. The large-scale, many-scene, a piece of scrap Upson board, "planter" was dri lied with two holes to fully detailed scenery on a miniature rail- which we use for trackboard on the Jersey accept the tree trunks, then glued to the

62 ... MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 north wall section. After all glue was dry, the wall and planter assembly were airbrushed with Floquil Concrete right out of the bottle. "Potting" soil was then placed in the planter using dirt, and the two trees were formed of twigs, Woodland Scenics Green Poly Fiber (#FP 178) and Turf (#T46). The next sub-assemblies to be completed were the railings. A simple, effective tech­ nique, reminiscent of the one used by Jim for the walkway railing on New Bridge (see March 1996 MRG) was used for this railing as well. First, along the lines already drawn on the base, pole locations were marked every 3/, ". At each of the marks, an Atlas track nail was inserted and then gently ham­ mered through the Upson board until just shy of complete penetration. When working on a fiat, hard surface, the tip of the nail will stop just before it goes all the way through - an effect felt and heard through the hammer. This ensures that all posts are equally high. The posts were then straight­ ened by eye, and Loctite's Quick Tite CA adhesive was used to secure each one in the base. Piano wire (.020) was cut to length and strung just below the nail heads in­ between the posts to form the railings. Glu­ ing then commenced by first tacking the end of the wire to the end post lightly witli Hob­ sco Goo®. It was then secured with CA. Lego blocks were used to hold the remain­ der of the wire at the correct height between the posts, and a drop of CA was used to 3 - To aid in applying a level layer secure the railing at each post. When the of ballast to the park area, a cardstock railing was thoroughly dry, it was hand added to hold the ballast at the edges of the brushed with Floquil's Light Blue to match �. !Ii)!y.,,1 the interlocking tower trim paint. The fi nal major subassembly for our surface of the base and prevent warping wall, minus trees for the planter, was also many-scene was the walkway which extends from subsequent applications of glue and permanently glued in position prior to the the length of the park to intersect with a water, four coats of DulJcote were sprayed application of gravel. Photo 3 shows the future pedestrian railroad grade crossing on it, followed by two heavy coats of Flo­ Upson board base ready for gravel. connecting Front Street Tower with Vil­ quil's Primer applied with a brush and an The Woodland Scenics ballast was then sousterrs' Underground. This walkway was additional two coats of DulJcote. A dam was carefully poured out onto the surface of the constructed as a unit using .025 styrene then constructed of strip cardstock cut to a base. A thin layer was all that was required. sheet cut to size, then laminated on card­ height of .220 in order to corral the gravel It was smoothed with a soft '/2' paintbrush. stock to add the necessary thickness. Fol­ on the base. The strips were applied to each A very "wet" mixture of warm water and lowing a coat of Testor's Dullcote, the edge of the base using the transfer method dish detergent was then sprayed on the level walkway was hand painted using Floquil's for Goo, using care to apply the Goo only to gravel until it was thoroughly wetted. We athered Black. the bottom half of each cardstock strip. Elmer's Glue-AII® and water mixed in a 1:3 Final details were found in the scrap box: Since we didn't want to secure the tower ratio was then applied with an eyedropper, a park sign made of five strips of wood, park to the base before gluing the gravel, and also and the gravel was allowed to dry. benches and figures. Photo 2 shows all the because we were leery of having gravel elements of our many-scene package, com­ creep under the foundation of the tower, we Assembling the Many-Scene pleted and ready to be combined into one built a removable template to the size of the The final steps involved in assembling convincing scene. tower's foundation. Plastruct sheet (.060) our many-scene involved removing the was cut to the correct size, a handle was tower-base template and seating the tower in Scenery for the Many-Scene glued to its surface, and it was tacked to the position, as well as adding the details. Photo One finalscenic element was required in Upson board base with railroad spikes. I shows the results. Next time we will set order to combine all the elements of our When the gravel dries, the template can be the display in place and produce a small many-scene into one: the gravel terrain that removed and replaced by the tower. backdrop behind the scene prior to con­ covers the Upson board base. We chose The walkway was applied to the base structing the rest of the city that surrounds Woodland Scenics Fine Light Gray Ballast with Goo prior to the gravel, once again the offices of the Arabela Eastern Artistic, (#B74) for this purpose. To seal the porous using the transfer method. The concrete Historical and Technical Society. �

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ORMOND BEACH BERKElEY ORANGE SIMSBURY IDAHO fAllS MUNDElEIN HOBBYTOWN BERKELEY HARDWARE fRANK'S HOBBY SHOP VALLEY HOBBIES, INC. HATCH'S HOBBIES RON'S MUNOELEIN HOBBIES 1747 W. GRANADA BLVD. 2145 UNIVERSITY AVE. 666 N. TUSTIN AVE. COLORADO 777 HOPMEADOW ST. 2235 E. 17TH ST. 431 N. LAKE ST. 32174 904-672-5441 94704 415-845-0410 92667 714-639-9901 06070 203-651-3234 83401 208-523-5144 60060 708-949-8680 1-95; EXIT88

COLORADO SPRINGS BURBANK PASADENA VERNON PENSACOLA NORMAL CUSTOM RAILWAY SUPPLY ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS BURBANK'S HOUSE Of HOBBIES THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP J&E TRAIN DEPOT BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE JEfFREY ALANS 432 W. fiLLMORE IN THE OEALER OIRECTORY 923 W. OLIVE AVE. 2490 E. COLORADO BLVD. 911 HARTfORD TPK., (RT. 30) 5719 NORTH W ST. 701 TOWANDA 80907 719-634-4616 fOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 91506 818-848-3674 91107 818-796-7791 06006 860-870-7311 32514 904-433-2187 61761 309-454-7456 1 BLOCK EA ST OF 1-25

BURBANK PETALUMA COLORAOO SPRINGS WOLCOn PLANTATION PALATINE THE TRAIN SHACK MODELS AND MORE DIAMOND fUN SHDPPE THE HOBBY GALLERY UNIVERSAL HOBBIES INC. PALATINE HOBBY, LTO. 1030 N. HOLLYWOOD WAY 218 PETALUMA BLVD. N. 125 E. BOULDER 1810 MERIDEN RD. 141 S. STATE RD., i7 ILLINOIS 772 W. EUCLID AVE. 91505 818-842-3330 94952 707-762-2378 80903 719-520-0126 06716 203-879-2316 33317 305-581 -9390 60067 708-359-7888

BURLINGAME SARASOTA PARK RIDGE REDDING COLORADO SPRINGS BERWYN TRACKSIDE TRAINS GULf COAST MODEL RAILROAD HILL'S H08BY & COLLECTORS TRAIN DEPOT KRIS KRINGLE LTD. HOBBY CITY N SCALE EXCLUSIVElY 3222 CLARK ROAD SHOP 2334 RAILROAD AVE. 2403 W. COLORADO AVE. DELAWARE 6910 CERMAK RD. 1675 ROLLINS ROAD B-1 34231 941-923-9303 10 PRAIRIE 96001 91 6-243-1360 80904 719-633-1210 60402 708-795-0280 94010 415-692-9724 TRAINS TRAINS TRAINS 60068 847-823-4464

CAMPBELL ROSEVILLE COLORAOO SPRINGS fREDERICA TALLAHASSEE BLOOMINGTON PEORIA o &J HOBBY RAILROAD HOBBIES PLUM LOCO Of COLORADO KATHIES HOBBIES THE HOBBY CABOOSE HOBBYLAND INC. JEffREY ALANS 96 N. SAN TOMAS AQUINO RD. 119 VERNON ST. 6527 N. ACADEMY BLVD. 296 ROBBINS RD. 1000-24 W. THARPE ST. 616 N. MAIN ST. 4601 N. SHERIDAN ROAD 95008 408-379-1696 95678 916-782-6067 80918 719-594-4123 19946 302-335-1 B50 32303 904-385-9728 61701 309-828-1442 61614 309-693-7773

SACRAMENTO COLORADO SPRINGS TAMPA BOURBONNAIS COSTA MESA NEWARK PEORIA BRUCE'S TRAIN SHOP TRAIN SHOWCASE CHESTER HOLLEY MODEL THE OWL'S ROOST TRAIN CROSSING HOBBY ART INC. MIKE'S MAINLINE HOBBIES 2752 MARCONI AVENUE 38 S. SIERRA MADRE RAILROAD SPECIALIST MODEL RR SHOP 1089C 8AKER ST. 215 NEWARK SHOPPING CENTER 1227 D. WESTGLEN AVE. 95821 916-485-5288 N OLD RIO GRANDE STATION) 3818 S. HIMES AVE. 263 N. CONVENT, SUITE 8 92626 714-549-1596 19711 302-731-8784 61614 309-692-1909 SACRAMfllTO'SlARGEST TRAIN STORE �0903 719-471-18B7 3361 1 813-831 -7202 60914 815-932-6100 WILMINGTON CULVER CITY SAN DIEGO DENVER BURBANK QUINCY MITCHELL'S, INC. ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ALLIED MODEL TRAINS THE WHISTLE STOP CABOOSE HOBBIES GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP TOP HAT HOBBIES, INC. 2119 CONCORD PIKE IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 4411 SEPULVEDA BLVD. 3834 4TH AVE. 500 S. BROADWAY 6357 W. 79TH ST. 126 NORTH 5TH fAIRFAX SHOPPING CENTER fOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 90230 310-31 3-9353 92103 619-295-7340 80209 303-777-6766 60459 708-598-3114 62301 217-222-0040 19803 302-652-3258

'64 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING'S DEALER DIRECTORY SKOKIE TOPEKA CATONSVILLE CANTON SPRING LAKE PARK RENO RUTHERFORD NORTH SHORE HOBBY AND FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES PRO CUSTOM HOBBIES, INC. RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP UNIVERSITY HOBBIES HOBBIES OF RENO CHOO CHOO EDDIES COLLECTORS GALLERY 2023 SW GAGE BLVD, 721 FREOERICK RD, 42007 FORD RO, 8185 UNIVERSITY AVE, NE 535 E, MOANA LANE 38 AMES AVE, 4901 OAKTON ST. 66604 913-2i2-5772 21228 410-788-8770 48187 313-981-8700 55432 612-780-4189 89502 702-826-6006 07073 201-438-4588 60077 847-673-4849

SPRINGFIELD WICHITA COLLEGE PARK DEARBORN ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS SOMERVILLE JEffREY ALANS ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES BURRm HOBBIES JOE'S HOBBY CENTER IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY THE BIG LlTILE RAILROAD SHOP 1602 MISSISSIPPI WABASH 2718 BOULEVARD PlAZA 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE, 7845 WYOMING AVE, FOR ONLY PER MONTH 5 NORTH DOUGHTY AVE. 62704 217-787-7771 67211 316-685-6608 20740 301 -982-5032 48126 313-933-6567 $9,00 08876 908-429-0220

SPRINGFIELD WAYNE fiNKSBURG FARMINGTON JACKSON SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS TOTOWA HOBBY SHOP TRAIN WORKS JOE'S HOBBY CENTER HOBBYTOWN USA NEW HOBBIES 131 MT. VIEW BLVO, KENTUCKY 2934 CEDARHURST RD. 35203 GRAND RIVER 6880 D. RIDGEWOOD COURT 2448 S. 10TH ST. us HWY. 202 21048 410-526-0018 48024 313-477-6266 39211 601-957-9900 HAMPSHIRE 62703 217-523-0265 07470 201 -696-5170

FLINT SPRINGFIELD ASHLAND GAITHERSBURG LAUREL HAMPTON WESTMONT RIDER'S WHISTLE POST HOBBYTOWN USA PASTIMES HOBBY CORNER NEAL'S N-GAUGING TRAINS SAmER'S HOBBY SHOP THE BEITER HOBBY PEOPLE 2347 W MONROE PlAZA 500 WINCHESTER AVE, #232 531 1534 B6 14 QUINCE ORCHARD RD, 3012 N, FIRST AVE, TIDE MILL RD, HADDON AVE. 62704 217-744-6675 41101 606-329-1299 2087B 301 -977-7902 CORUNNA RD, 39440 601-649-4501 03842 603-926-9031 0810B 609-854-7136 48503 810-234-4051

LEXINGTON KENSINGTON INTERVALE fRASER HOBBYTOWN USA MAYBERRY & SONS HARTMANN MODEL RR LTD. P & 0 HOBBY SHOP 2329 B NICHOLASVILLE RD, TRAIN & HOBBIES BRASS CABOOSE INDIANA 31902 GROESSBECK HWY, MISSOURI NEW MEXICO 40503 PHONE 606-277-5664 10527 SUMMIT AVE. TOWN HALL RD" RTE, 302 116 48026 313-296-6116 FAX 606-277-5816 20895 301-564-9360 03845 603-356-9933

BALLWIN ALBUQUERQUE BREMEN LOUISVILLE GRAND RAPIDS NEW IPSWICH CHECKERED fLAG TRAINS WEST INC, BREMEN HOBBIES SCALE REPRODUCTIONS, INC, HOBBY WORLD EC, DUMAINE ENTERPRISES HOBBY COUNTRY 6001 SAN MATEO BLVD, NE 308 N, BOWEN AVE. 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE 2851 CLYDE PARK SW 15 SHALON ROAD 14755 SUITE B-3 46506 219-546-3807 40220 502-459-5849 49509 616-538-6130 MANCHESTER RD. 03021 603-878-2163 MASSACHUSETTS 63011 314-394-7600 87109 505-881 -2322

BROWN COUNTY NORTH HAMPTON FARMINGTON BEDFORD GRAND RAPIDS BLUE SPRINGS NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO, finS PHOTO & HOBBY SHOP HOBBY TOWN USA BEDFORD TRAIN SHOP RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP MAINLINE TRAINS 98 W, WASHINGTON, BOX 1273 VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER SAN JUAN PlAZA LOUISIANA 32 SHAWSHEEN AVE. 2055 28TH ST. SE 807 MAIN ST. NASHVILLE US RT. 1 3030 EAST MAIN 01730 617-275-7525 49508 61 6-247-9933 64015 816-224-6962 47448 812-988-1558 03862 603-964-9292 87401 505-325-5156

BROUSSARD BELLINGHAM EVANSVILLE KALAMAZOO KANSAS CITY LAS CRUCES RON'S MODEL RAILROAD THE MODEL RAILROAD A A HOBBY SHOP STAN'S ROUNDHOUSE SPOTLIGHT MODEL RAILROAO THE HOBBY HUT SHOP SPECIALISTS 2023 W, fRANKLIN ST. 8344 PORTAGE RD, 7427 S. TROOST AVE, NEW JERSEY 126 WYATT DR. 106 E. MAIN STREET 395 92 47712 812-423-8888 CAROLINE DR" PO BOX 49002 61 6-324-0300 64131 816-444-7331 B8005 505-524-0991 70518 318-837-3799 02019 508-966-2370

KOKOMO HAMMOND EAST WEYMOUTH LOWELL PARKVILLE ABSECON TOLIN K&K THE TRAIN STATION ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS SOUTH SHORE HOBBY CENTERS EARL'S TRAIN WORLD J&L HOBBIES THE ROUNDHOUSE INC, 403-405 ARNOLD CT. 1415 S, MORRISON BLVD, IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 1245 10560 1362J NW HWY, 9 400 NEW JERSEY AVE. 46902 31 7-453-9793 1-55 71-12 COMMERCIAL STREET CASCADE RD, SE FOR ONLY PER MONTH 02189 617-331-7275 49331 616-868-7495 64152 816-746-1282 08201 609-641 -8474 $9,00 OUALITY CUSTOMER SERVICE 70403-5705 504-345-7601

MICHIGAN CITY KENNER FALMOUTH PORT HURON CHESTER B & A HOBBIES & CRAfTS KENNER TRAIN SHOP fALMOUTH HOBBIES BLUE WATER HOBBIES THE HOBBY & GAME ANNEX 408 FRANKLIN 2000 20TH ST. 847 MAIN ST. 4018 LAPEER ROAD NEBRASKA ROUTE 24 NEW YORK 46360 219-874-2382 70062 504-466-5876 02540 508-540-4551 48060 810-984-8764 07930 908-879-4263

TERRE HAUTE ROCHESTER GRAND ISLAND DENVILLE 8LAUVELT NEW ORLEANS HANSEN TRAINS-N-RAILS JOE'S HOBBY CENTER HOBBYTOWN USA f&M HOBBIES HUDSON SHORES HUB HOBBY SUPPLY THE BRASS CABOOSE SHOP 1701 S. 7TH CAMPUS CORNERS SHPG, CTR. 3537 W, 13TH ST. 311B ROUTE 10 MOOEL TRAIN 2618 S, BROAD ST. 669 W. WASHINGTON, RT. 14 47802 812-232-4493 105 IN STATE ONLY 1-800-286-3451 07834 FAX 201-361-3855 547 0 WESTERN HIGHWAY 70125 504-822-3914 02341 617-447-0100 S, LIVERNOIS STORE HOURS 3 TO 8 PM 48063 313-651-8842 68803 308-382-3451 201-361-0042 10913 914-398-2407

LINCOLN BROCKPORT SHREVEPORT LEOMINSTER ROYAL OAK HIGHTSTOWN HDBBYTDWN MIKES ANTIQUE TOYS 'N' TRAINS COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER THE SHEPAUG RAILROAD CO, TRAIN CENTER HOBBIES o K & B RAILWAY SUPPLIES EAST PARK MALL 5605BROCKPORT IOWA 4402 YOUREE OR. 24 COLUMBIA ST. 4508 N. WOODWARD 116 MAIN ST. 220 NORTH 66TH ST. SPENCERPORT RD, 71105 31B-865-7632 01453 508-537-2277 48073 810-549-6500 08520 609-448-5070 68505 402-464-2858 14468 716-637-9980

JACKSON CEDAR FALLS MALDEN ST. CLAIR SHORES OMAHA 8UFFALD JACKSON HOBBY SHOP CABOOSE STOP HOBBIES CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO. WHISTLE STOP HOBBY TRAINS HOBBYTOWN USA K VAL HOBBIES RT. 526 BENNms MILLS 301 MAIN ST. MAINE 662 CROSS ST. 21714 HARPER AVE, 14655 W CENTER RD, 277 HINMAN AVE, PLAZA 50613 800-642-7012 02148 617-321 -0090 48080 313-771-6770 68144 402-697-9514 14216 716-875-2837 08527 908-364-3334

MERCERVILLE 8UFFALO CEDAR RAPIDS NORTH YARMOUTH METHUEN TAY LOR OMAHA Z & Z HOBBIES NIAGARA H08BY & CRAfT MART BOX KAR HOBBIES TRAIN & TROOPER MODELER'S JUNCTION RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HOUSE Of TRAINS 116 fLOCK RD. OPEN EVENINGS & SUNDAY 109 THIRD AVE. SE 13 MEMORIAL HWY, ROUTE 9 88 LOWELL ST., ROUTE 113 22661 NORTHLINE RD, 8106 MAPLE ST. ( ) 08619 609-586-2282 3366 UNION RD, AT WALDEN 52401 319-362-1291 04021 207-829-3211 01844 508-683-0885 48180 313-287-7405 68134 402-391-2311 FAX 609-586-7765 14225 716-681-1666

PENNSAUKEN EAST ROCHESTER DES MOINES ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS SUDBURY WESTLAND HOBBY HAVEN IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY KEN'S TRAINS DAVE'S HOBBY & TV TED'S ENGINE HOUSE DESPATCH JUNCTION NEVADA 100 1 7672 HICKMAN RD. FOR ONLY PER MONTH MILL VILLAGE, RTE, 20 29026 WARREN RD, 6307 WESTFIELD AVE, STATION RD, 50322 515-276-B785 $9,00 01776 508-443-6883 48185 313-422-4464 081 10 609-662-0222 4445 716-385-5570

TYNGSBORO LAS VEGAS MASON CITY WESTLAND PISCATAWAY EAST SYRACUSE HOBBY EMPORIUM, INC, HOBBYTOWN USA EAST SIDE TRAINS NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY MODEL RAILROAD SHOP CENTRAL HOBBY SUPPLY TJ MAX PlAZA 4719 FAIRCENTER PKWY, 932 B E, STATE ST. MARYLAND 35101 fORD RD. VAIL AVE. & NEW MARKET RD. 716 WEST MANLIUS ST. 440 MIDDLESEX RD, 89102 PHONE 702-259-5295 50401 515-423-1748 48185 313-722-5700 08854 908-968-5696 13057 315-437-6630 01879 508-649-5055 fAX 702-259-0166

FERNDALE ARNOLD WARREN LAS VEGAS PLEASANTVILLE SUSIE-Q HOBBY SHOP STAR HOBBY TUCKERS HOBBIES PRC TRAINS BEACHCOMBER COLLECTIBLES RD BOX 220 KANSAS 1244 RITCHIE HWY" STE. 15 BOX 1090 - 8 BACON ST. MINNESOTA 3920 J W CHARLESTON BLVD, SHORE MALL. BLACKHORSE PIKE 21012 410-544-7547 01083 413-436-5318 89102 702-258-7768 60%45-1031 BUSHVILLE-SWAN LAKE RD, 08234 12734 914-292-0921

BALTIMORE MISSION LImE CANADA NORTH LAS VEGAS POMPTON LAKES EDWARD M B KLEIN, INC, fT, J'S HOBBY HAVEN HUB HOBBY CENTER IMAGINATION UNLIMITED BEN fRANKLIN STORE D-J MODEL TRAINS 162 N. GAY ST. 5303 JOHNSON DR. MICHIGAN 82 MINNESOTA AVE. 4934 EAST TROPICANA 10 WANAQUE AVE, 397 REYNOLDS RD, (INCLUDES MAIL ORDER) 66205 913-432-8820 55117 612-490-1675 89030 702-434-5696 07442 201 -835-8008 12828 51 8-793-2167 21202 410-539-6207

BERLIN OLATHE ANN ARBOR RICHFIELD REN RED BANK GLENS FALLS DENNISON'S TRACKSIDE Q PEACEVILLE TRAIN SHOP RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HUB HOBBY CENTER HIGH SIERRA MODELS HOBBYMASTERS INC, TRAINS PLUS HOBBIES 432 E, SANTA fE 115 W liBERTY 6416 PENN AVE, S 4020 KIETZKE LANE 62 WHITE S1 12WARREN ST. 14 S. MAIN S1 66061 91 3-782-6965 48104 313-668-8950 55423 612-866-9575 89502 702-747-7444 07701 908-842-6020 12801 518-761-0173 21811 410-641-2438

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 65 MODEL RAILROADING'S DEALER DIRECTORY TOLEDO DALLAS HICKSVILLE MOUNT AIRY EAST STROUDSBURG BURKE/fAIRFAX STEVE'S FALLEN FlAGGS PHIL'S HOBBIES HOBBY IMAGES DRY BRIDGE STATION BOB'S TRAINS SOUTH ACTION HOBBIES OF BURKE HOBBIES 2740 VALWOOD PARKWAY 89 JERUSALEM AV E. 236 N. MAIN ST. 15 CRYSTAL ST. 5765G BURKE CTR. PARKWAY 5414 MONROE ST. #105 11801 516·822-8259 27030 910-786-9811 1B301 717-421-6505 DAKOTA 22015 703-978-9770 43623 419-843-3334 75234 214-243-3603

SPENCER � SIOUX FALLS HORSEHEADS EFFORT FORT WORTH CHARLOnESVILLE lITIlE CHOO CHOO SHOP, INC. OONOVANS HOBBY CENTER ALTOONA SHOPS FISHER'S EFFORT STATION OLD TIME HOBBIES THE TRAIN JUNCTION 500 S. SALISBURY AVE. INDEPENDENCE PlAZA 289B WESTINGHOUSE RD. '584 OKLAHOMA P. O. BOX 137, RT. 115 5030 TRAIL LAKE DR. 2116·B BERKMAR DR. 28159 800-334-CHOO 3813 S. WESTERN AVE. 14845-1828 607-739-8916 18330 215-681-4654 76133 B17 -927 -5208 22901 804-974-9499 704-637-8717 57105 605-338·6945

HUNTINGTON OKLAHOMA CITY EVANS CITY FALLS CHURCH HOUSTON THE CABOOSE INC. ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS WOODWARDS CRANBERRY HOBBY DEPOT ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS ARLINGTON HOBBY CRAFTERS LARRY'S HOBBIES 20B WALL ST. IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY 4401 WEST MEMORIAL ROAD 20327 PERRY HIGHWAY IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY WILLSTON CENTER 156-F 1960 EAST 11143 516·427-8288 FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH OUAILBROOK CENTER CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 6176 ARLINGTON BLVD. 77073 713-443-7373 MARKLIN SPECIALISTS 73134 405-751 -4994 16033 412-776-3640 22044 703-532-2224

GETIYSBURG HOUSTON LYNCHBURG INTERLAKEN TULSA TOMMY GILBERT MODEL TRAIN SOURCE: TEXAS TRAINS UNLIMITED ROCK RIVER MODEL HOBBIES NORTH ACTION HOBBIES RAILROAD SUPPLY 3264 SOUTH LOOP WEST 6010 FORT AVENUE 7762 ROCK RIVER ROAD 4955C SOUTH MEMORIAL TENNESSEE 346 E. WATER ST. 77025 713-662-0809 24502 804-239-8377 14847 607-532-94B9 DAKOTA 74145 918-663-8998 17325 717-337-1992 YOUR SOURCE f()RMODEL RAILROADING 800-728-3850

CHATIANOOGA ISLIP BISMARK TULSA LANCASTER KILlEEN MANASSAS CHATIANOOGA DEPOT GOLD SPIKE HOBBIES DAVE'S HOBBIES DISCOUNT TRAIN & MODEL SMITTY'S HOBBY & CRAFT HOBBY CENTER KMA JUNCTION HOBBY SHOP 189 1SlIE AV E., RT. 111 200 MAIN 8988-X S. SHERIDAN RD. 1226 MILLERSVILLE PIKE 414 N. 8TH ST., PO BOX 849 9786 CENTER STREET W. 3701 RINGGOLD RD. 11751 516-277-3700 58502 701-255-6353 74133 918-495-1 525 17603 717-393-2521 76541 817-634-0488 22110 703-257-9860 37412 423-622-0630

MANASSAS JOHNSON CITY GRAND FORKS TULSA LANSDALE JOHNSON CITY LEWISVILLE TRAIN DEPOT, INC. THE TRAIN SHOP MCGIFFIN'S WINGS-N-THINGS, INC. PENN VALLEY HOBBY CENTER SOUTHERN STAR HOBBIES IRON HORSE HOBBIES 7214 NEW MARKET CT. 210 GRAND AVE. 1200 S. WASHINGTON 5241 S. PEORIA 837 W. MAIN ST. 122 SPRING ST. 540 SURF #1 18 221 10 703-335-2216 13790 607-797-9035 58201 701-772-5311 74105 918-745·0034 19446 215-855-1268 37604 423-929-7955 75067 214-221-5891 703-257-5503

RIO GRANDE VAllEY KINGSTON MANHEIM KNOXVILLE MIDLOTHIAN ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS STAR HOBBIES J&J'S HOBBIES, INC. RULES MODEL TRAINS TENNESSEE MODEl HOBBIES CHESTERFIELD HOBBIES INC. IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY PORT ISABEL 37 N. FRONT 914-33B-7174 OREGON 43 MARKET SOUARE 8903 OAK RIDGE HWY. 13154 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 78578 210-943-7546 12401 FAX 914-338-7381 17544 717-664-5155 37931 (423) 927-2900 "SEE THE PI.&E.R.R." 23113 804-379-9091

MEMPHIS SPRING MINEOLA LA GRANDE MONTOURSVILLE RICHMOND CHURCH HARDWARE SPRING CROSSING WILLIS HOBBIES HOBBY HABIT ENGLISH MODEL RR SUPPLY HOBBY CENTER HOBBY DEPT. 121 LOU LANE, STE. 102 285 WILLIS AVE. OHIO 411 FIR 21 HOWARD ST. 8903 PAnERSON AVE. 690 E. RAINES RD. 77388 713-353-9484 11501 516-746-3944 97850 1 -800-963-9602 17754 717-368-2516 23229 804-750-1973 38116 901-332-1144 EXCLUSIVELY MOOEL RAiLROADING

MILTON-FREEWATER PITISBURGH NEW YORK ALLIANCE MEMPHIS RIDGEWAY JODY'S CLOCKSI A B CHARLES SON REO CABOOSE ROB'S TRAINS MODEL RR HOBBY SHOP J&J TRAINS WHISTLE STOP TRAINS HOBBY SHOP 16 W. 45TH ST., 4TH flOOR 333 E. MAIN 3436 PARK AVE. UTAH 6609 GREENSBORO RD. 6 N.E. 5TH AVE. 3213 W. LIBERTY AVE. 10036 212-575·0155 44601 330-823-7222 38111 901-324-7245 24148 540-956-4457 97862 503-938-5785 15216 412-561-3068

PAINTED POST OGDEN ROANOKE 80ARDMAN PORTLAND READING PIGEON FORGE LACKAWANNA TRAIN SHOP J&B HOBBIES ROANOKE RAILS AMER'S HOBBY SHOP HOBBIES UNLIMITED IRON HORSE HOBBY HOUSE PIGEON FORGE TOY & HOBBY 86 VICTORY HIGHWAY 1581 WASHINGTON ST. WAREHOUSE AND GALLERY 6010 MARKET STREET 4503 N. INTERSTATE AVE. 60 S. 6TH ST. 2919 E. MIDDLE CRK. RD., STE 2 RT. 17 EXIT 43) 84401 801·627-9466 113 NORFOLK AVE. SW 44512-2918 330-758-2810 97217 503-287-4090 19602 215-373-6927 37868 615-428-0918 \4870 607-962-5164 FAX 801-627-9067 24011 703-342-5930

ROCHESTER CINCINNATI PORTLAND READING POWELL OGDEN ROANOKE THE WHISTLE STOP GOLF MANOR HOBBIES VIC'S HOBBY SUPPLY G & K HOBBY CENTRE DAN'S TRAINS WONDERFUL WORLD OFTRAINS THE RAIL YARD 1967 RIDGE RD. E 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVE. 606 NE BROADWAY 720 GORDON ST. EMORY ROAD AT 1-75 NORTH 3061 WASHINGTON BLVD. 671 1 A WILLIAMSON ROAD 14622 716-467-7590 45237 513-351-3849 97222 503-281-1032 19601 215-374-8598 37849 423-938-7212 84402 801-392·0391 24019 703-362-1714

SALT LAKE CITY SMITHTOWN CLEVELAND PORTLAND STRASBURG WILLIAMSBURG DOUGLAS MODELS THREE GUYS HOBBIES WING'S HOBBY SHOP, INC. WHISTLE STOP TRAINS CHOO CHOO BARN, INC. NORGE STATION ••••55TH yEAR ···· 99 E. MAIN ST. 17112 DETROIT AVE. 14037 SE STARK ROUTE 741E, BOX 130 TEXAS 7405 RICHMOND RD. 2065 E. 33RD SOUTH ST. 11787 516-265-8303 44107 216-221-5383 97233 503-252-7118 17579 717·687-0464 23188 757-564-7623 84109 801-487-7752

WOODBRIDGE UTICA COLUMBUS SALEM YORK AMARILLO SALT LAKE CITY THE "RIP TRACK" VILLAGE HOBBIES STRETE HOBBIES SKYSPORT G. & l. HOBBY SHOP THE ROUNDHOUSE GREAT ESCAPE HOBBIES 2885 PS BUSINESS CENTER 2011 GENESEE ST. 3655 SULLIVANT AVE. 4564 COMMERCIAL ST. SE 1706 W. MARKET ST. 800 S. GEORGIA 1773 WEST 4160 SOUTH 22192 800-790-6901 B01 -966-7785 13501 315·733-0611 43228 614-279·6959 97302 503-363-4345 17404 717-843-2520 79106 806-372-3453 B41 19 NO. VIRGINIA HO & N EXCL USIVELY

WAPPINGERS FALLS AUSTIN COLUMBUS VALLEY MODEL TRAINS HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS THE TRAIN STATION RHODE 91 ST., STE. 32, BLDG. 10 BRODIE OAKS SHOPPING CTR. IN THE DEALER DIRECTORY MARKET 4430 INDIANOLA AVE. PENNSYLVANIA VERMONT 12590 914-297-7511 4107 CAPITAL OF TEXAS HWY. FOR ONLY $9.00 PER MONTH 43214 614-262-9056 ISLAND 14 YEARS IN BUSINESS 78704

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Akron, Canton & Yo ungstown RR Historical Society Grand Tr unk Western Historical Society ,. Annual Pere Marquette Historical Society, Inc. ,. Annual Dues: ,. Annual Dues: $18. Quarterly publication AG. & )' H.S. Dues: US $12/Canadian $15/0verseas $20/Sustaining $20. $18 includes quarterly Pere Marquette Rails and bimonthly News P.O. Box 196. Sharon Center, OH 44274-0096. Quarterly newsletter. Semaphore. GTWSH, P.O. Box 61 1. newsletters. P.O. Box 422. Grand Haven. MI 49417. Keego Harbor. MI48320- 1205 American Truck Historical Society ,. Annual Dues: . Pittsburgh, Shawmut & Northern Railroad Historical $25, Bimonthly magazine. P. O. Box 531 168, Birmingham, AL Great Northern Railway Historical Society ,. Annual Society ,. RD I, Box 361 , Alfred Station, NY 14803. 35253. (205) 870-0566. Dues: US $20/$40 susl.. others contact GNRHS. 1781 Grif­ Newsletter. fith, Berkley, MI 48072-1222. Ann Arbor Railroad Te chnical & Hisl. Assoc. ,. (also PRR ,. (Philadelphia Chapter, PRR T & HS). Box 663, Wayne, covers Michigan Northern and Tuscola & Saginaw Bay), P.O. Gulf Mobile & Ohio ,. Annual Dues: $18.50. GM&O Hisl. PA 19087·0663. Annual dues of $15 includes quarterly mag­ Box 51. Chesaning. MI 48616. Newsletter, $10. Soc .. Inc., P. O. Box 2457, Joliet. IL 60434-2457. azine, The High Line. Anthracite Railroads Historical Society ,. (Central 01 H.J. Heinz Special Interest Group " c/o Bill Dippert. Rail-Marine Information Group " Covers all railroad car­ New Jersey, Lackawanna, Lehigh & Hudson River. Lehigh & 2650 NW Robinia Ln .. Depl. MRG, Portland, OR 97229-4037. ferries, carfloals. tugs. freight terminals and marine freight New England. Lehigh Valley). Annual Dues: $20. newsletter. Quarterly magazine, $15 per year ($6 to NMRA members). operations. Quarterly newsletter. Annual dues: $20. John P.O. Box 519, Lansdale. 1A 19446-0519. Illinois Central Historical Society " Annual Dues: Reg­ Teichmoeller. t2107 MI. Albert Rd., Ellicott City. MD 21042. Atlantic Coast line and Seaboard Air line Historical ular $15. Sustaining $20. ICHS Membership Depl.. c/o Railroad Club of Chicago ,. PO. Box 8292, Chicago, IL Society " Annual Dues: $17. two years $30, lour issues James Kubajak, 14818 Clifton Park, Midlothian. IL 60445. 60680. Monthly newsletter/magazine, $20 (within 150 mi. of of Lines South. P. O. Box 325. ValriCO, FL 33594-0325. c/o Dale Jenkins (Editor). P. O. Illinois Tr action Society ,. Chicago). S10 elsewhere. Baltimore & Ohio ,. Annual Dues: Regular $20. Con­ Box 6004, Decatur. IL 62524-6004, (217) 522-5452 (Spring­ tributing $35, Foreign $35, bi-monthly magazine. B&O RRHS, field. IL); or Mark Godwin (ITS membership), 12t West 51. Railroad Prototype Modelers ,. Send SASE for more PO. Box t3578, Baltimore. MD 21203-3578. Louis. ApI. A. Lebanon, IL 62254, (618) 537·2414. Quarterly information to: Railroad Prototype Modelers. P. O. Box 7916. La Verne, CA 9t750. BC Rail Historical & Technical Society ,. Annual Dues: newsletter. $15. $20. quarterly magazine Gariboo, BCRH&TS. #187 25852 Kansas City Southern Historical Society ,. P.O. Box Railway & Locomotive Historical Society ,. Annual McBean Parkway, Valencia, CA 91355. 5332. Shreveport. LA 71135-5332. Monthly newsletter. semi· Dues: $15. Railway & Locomotive c/o H. Arnold Wilder. Boston & Maine ,. Annual Dues: $25 US/$30 Canadian. annual magazine and free admission to convention and Treas., 46 Lowell Rd.. Westford, MA 01886. B&MRRHS. Inc. c/o Membership Secretary, P.O. Box 2936. swap meets. $15. Reading ,. Annual Dues: $25. RCT & HS, c/o Robert L. Middlesex Essex. GMF Woburn, MA 01888-9998. Katy Railroad Historical Society ,. (also covers Mis· Danner. P. O. Box 5143. Reading. PA 19612. souri Kansas & Texas Railroad). Annual Dues: $15/regular. Bridge line Historical Society " Annual Dues: 515 reg./ Rio Grande Historical Society " P.O. Box 314. Parker . $13/under 18 or over 65, $50/supporting. Quarterly maga­ $12.50 D&H employee & retiree/$25 Canadian/527 overseas. CO 80134. Annual Dues: $20. Quarterly publication. Includes monthly newsletter. Box 7242. Capitol Station. zine, the KATY FLYER and yearly historical calendar. c/o Roy Rock Island ,. Annual Dues: $15. Rock Island Tech. Soc .. Albany, NY 12224. V. Jackson II. 732 Via Miramonte, Mesquite. TX 75150-3054. David J. Engle, 8746 North Troost, Kansas City, MO 64 t 55. Burlington Northern Railroad ,. (Friends of the ...), Louisville & Nashville ,. Annual Dues: $20/$35 susl., for­ Annual Dues: $15. Quarterly Newsliner. Annual Dues: $16 reg., $32 susl., $8 youth (16 and under). eign $25. L&N Hisl. Soc .. P.O. Box 17122, Louisville, KY 40217. Rutland Railroad ,. Rutland RR Hisl. Soc., P.O. Box 6262, Rutland, VT 05701. Includes one-year subscription to The BN Exp editer Robert Maryland & Pennsylvania Preserv. & Hisl. Soc. ,. Del Grasso. Vice President and Membership Chairman, P.O. Annual Dues: $15, P.O. Box 224, Spring Grove, PA 17362. SI. Louis - San Francisco ,. Annual dues: $12. Frisco Box 17303, Whitefish Bay, WI 5321 7-0303. SSAE for more information. Modelers' Information Group, c/o Douglas Hughes, 1212 * Canadian National lines ,. Annual Dues: $16 US to a Middletown and New Jersey Railway Historical SOciety Finneans Run, Arnold, MD 21012·1876. U.S. address and $20 Can. to a Canadian address. Covers ,. Annual Dues: $12. newsletter, c/o Douglas Barberio, 325 Santa Fe Railway Historical and Modeling Society " CNR, GT-NE, CV, DW&P, GTW and subsidiaries. Nick Andru­ Colla bar Road. Montgomery. NY 12549. Annual Dues: $20/$30 susl. Canada: $25/$35 sust. Other Na­ siak. CN lines SIG. 101 Elm Park road, . MB Milwaukee Road ,. Annual Dues: $16/$32 susl. ($24/$40 tions: $30/$40 sust. Quarterly publication: The Wa rbonnet. Canada R2M OW3. http://1 29.93.226.138/rr/cnr/cnlines.html. foreign) Milwaukee Road Assoc., Inc .. P.O. Box 44576. 1704 Valley Ridge Rd., Norman, OK 73072·3172. Central Vermont Ry. Historical Society ,. Annual Madison. WI 53744. Shore line Interurban ,. Annual Dues: $20/S30 contr./$50 Dues: $15/$20 susl. Quarterly newsletter. c/o John Harop­ Milwest ,. (Milwaukee Road-lines West) Annual Dues: S1O, sus. Shore line Interurban Hisl. Soc., P. O. Box 346, Chicago, ulos, Secretary, 1070 Belmont Street, Manchester, NH 03104. newsletter. Ron Hamilton. Secretary. 3191 SW Yew Ave .. IL 60690. LSSAE for further information. Redmond, OR 97756. Shortlines of Chicago Historial Society " Now forming Chesapeake & Ohio ,. Annual Dues: $19/$38 susl. C&O Missabe Railroad Historical Society " (Duluth, Missabe - send LSSAE for information c/o Larsen Hobby, 2571 E. Hisl. Soc .. Membership Officer. P. O. Box 79. Clifton Forge, VA & Iron Range and predecessors). Annual Dues: $12.50/$20 lincoln Hwy., Suite #5, New Lenox, IL 60451. 24422. susl. Foreign - send for current rate 719 Northland Avenue. Sierra Railway Historical Society (includes Sugar Chicago Burlington & Quincy ,. Annual Dues: $20/$40 Stillwater, MN 55082. Quarterly magazine. Pine, Pickering and West Side) ,. Annual Dues: susl. Burlington Route Hisl. Soc .. P. O. Box 456, LaGrange. IL Missouri & Arkansas Railroad Museum ,. (also $25. quarterly magazine (free sample). PO. Box 1001, 60525. covers Missouri & North Arkansas, Arkansas & Ozarks, and Jamestown. CA 95327. Chicago & Eastern Illinois ,. Annual Dues: $15/$25 susl. others), P.O. Box 44, Beaver, AR 72613. Magazine. $10. Society of Freight Car Historians ,. c/o David G. Cas­ C&EI Hisl. Soc .. c/o Membership Chairman, P.O. Box 606, Annual Missouri Pacific (Includes Te xas & Pacific) ,. dorph, P.O. Box 2480, Monrovia, CA 91017. Magazine Crestwood. IL 60445. Dues: $20/$30 sust./$25 foreign/$10 studenl. Missouri (Freight Cars Journal), $20/4 issues. Chicago & Illinois Midland Technical and Historical Pacific Hisl. Soc .. P. O. Box 187, Addis. LA 70710. Soo line ,. Annual Dues: $20/$30 contr. The Sao line Hisl. & Society " Annual Dues: $20/Susl. $40. Newsletter 4 times Monon ,. Annual Dues: $20/$25 susl. Three videos for sale per year Attn: Shane Mason. Membership Chairman. P. O. and annual car kit projects available. Monon RR Hisl. & Tech. Te ch. Soc .. c/o Michael Harrington, Treas., 34 to Kasten Ct.. Box 3882. Springfield. IL 62708-3882 Soc. Inc.. c/o Membership Chairman, PO. Box 5303, Middleton, WI 53562. Chicago & NorthWestern ,. Annual Dues: $t9/$38 sust./ Lafayette, IN 47903·5303. Southern Pacific ,. Annual Dues: $12.50/$18.75 sust.! $21.50 family of 2/$40 overseas. C&NW Hisl. Soc., Lou National Model Railroad Association ,. Annual Dues: foreign. SP Hisl. & Tech. Soc .. PO. Box 93697. Pasadena, Hamilton, Membership Chairman. PO. Box 1436, Elmhurst, $30. NMRA Bulletin is published monthly. National Model CA 91109-3697. IL 60126-9998. Railroad Association Inc., 4121 Cromwell Road. Chatta­ Historical Association ,. Annual Colorado Midland ,. Subscription: $15 a year. Colorado nooga, TN 37421. (615) 892·2846. Dues: $1 8/$30 susl. Mail to SRHA Inc .. P.O. Box 33, Midland Quarterly, 475 Ocelot Dr.. Colorado Springs, CO National Railway Historical Society ,. Annual Dues: Spencer. NC 28159. 80919. $10/$9 chap + dues. National Railway Hisl. Soc., c/o David Southern Railway Historical Society ,. Annual Dues: Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge Historical A. Ackerman. P. O. Box 58153, Philadelphia, PA 19102. $15. Southern RY Hisl. Soc .. c/o B. F. Roberts, P. O. Box 4094. Society ,. Annual Dues: $25 a year. Quarterly newsletter. New Haven ,. Annual Dues: $25 reg./$35 susl. 4 Shoreliners, Martinez, GA 30907. PO. Box 3246, littleton. CO 80161-3246. 8 newsletters. annual meeting. Membership Chairman, Spokane, Portland & Seattle ,. Annual Dues: $15, for­ Cotton Belt Rail Historical Society ,. Annual Dues: NHRHTA Inc.. P.O. Box 122. Wallingford. CT 06492. eign $20, susl. SPSRHS, c/o Duane Cramer, 2618 N.W. 113th S20/lifetime membership $200. Bill McCaskill. membership New York Central System Historical Society " Annual St., Vancouver, WA 98685. chairman, P.O. Box 2044, Pine Bluff, AR 71613. (501) 541-1819. Dues: $20/$30 contr./$50 susl.; $25 Canada, Mexico/ $30 Te rminal Railroad Association of SI. Louis Historial overseas (includes quarterly magazine). P.O. Box 24817, East Broad Top ,. (Friends of the ...), c/o Ruth H. Keller, ,. Annual Dues: US Lyndhurst. OH 44124-0817. and Te chnical Society, Inc. R.D. #1 Box 966, Three Springs. PA 17264. Quarterly maga­ $20/$35 sust./$100 contr./$250 life. c/o Larry Thomas. P.O. zine. $20. New York Connecting Railroad Society ,. Newsletter Box 1688, SI. Louis. MO 63188. East Tennessee Western North Carolina ,. Annual $10. P.O. Box 1412, Falls Church. VA 2204 1·0412. & Tidewater Southern Historical Society ,. Annual Dues: $10. ET&WNC Railroad Hisl. Soc .. c/o John R. Waite, Annual Dues: $15. NPRHTS. PO. Box Nickel Plate Road ,. Dues: $15 (includes biannual newsletter). Tidewater 604 North Eleventh Street. De Soto, MO 63020. Newsletter. 54027. Cincinnati. Ohio 45254. Southern Ry. Hisl. Soc .. c/o Benjamin Cantu, Jr., PO. Box Erie Lackawanna ,. Annual Dues: $20. Erie Lackawanna Norfolk & Western Historical Society ,. (Also covers 882, Manteca, CA 95336. Hisl. Soc., c/o Dave Olesen, 116 Ketcham Road, Hacketts­ VGN) Annual Dues include bi-monthly newsletter: $20/USA, ,. Annual Dues: $12/$15 contr. town, NJ 07840. Canada, Mexico; $35/Sustaining; $35/Foreign, (payable in Toledo Peoria & Western TP&W Hisl. Soc. , 615 Bullock 51., Eureka. IL61530. The Feather River Rail Society ,. Membership levels US funds). 2328 Orange Ave .. NE, Roanoke, VA 24012. ,. Annual Dues: US $20/$35 susl., Canada ranging from $15 to $300. For information contact Harry D. ,. Annual Dues: $20 regular. Union Pacific "Hap" Manit, c/o The Feather River Rail Society, P.O. Box $15 NP veteran. Norm Snow, 13044 87th Place. N.E .. Kirk· $25/$40 sust., Inll $35/$60 susl. 4 issues of The Streamliner 608. Portola, CA 96122. land, WA 98034. UPHS, c/o Membership Secretary, P.O. Box 4006, Cheyenne, WY 82003-4006. Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR ,. Annual Dues: Qntario & Western ,. Annual Dues: $21.50 including NRHS $6, newsletter. Walt Danylak. 115 Upland Road, Syracuse, $12.50 subscription. Onl. & Western RY Hisl. Soc. Inc.. Box * Wabash ,. Annual Dues: $20/$25 contr. Wabash RR Hisl. NY 13207-1119. 713, Middletown. NY 10940. Soc., c/o James Holmes, Secretary, 813 Ayers St., Bolingbrook, IL 60440. http:/twww.users.aol.com/wabashrr/wabash.html Frisco Modelers' Information Group ,. Annual Dues: Pennsylvania RailroadTechnical & Historical ,. Annual $6. Frisco Modelers' Information Group, c/o Douglas Dues: $30, includes quarterly magazine, The Keystone. PRR Western Maryland ,. Annual Dues: $20/$25 outside the Hughes, 1212 Finneans Run, Arnold, MD 21012-1 876. Te ch. & Hisl. Soc .. Inc .. 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Region's Boulder Model RR Club • CV • NW PAC · BCR • NEV NOR · PRR • W.I&M • DT&I Mini-Meet. Oct. 5, 9 AM - 5 PM. Masonic Lodge. 2205 (Speed or Compass) • BESS · WISCEN ·WEST PT· MN&S • SALT LAKE · SP&S (N.Bankoroval) · EJE ·IHB· DENVER Broadway. $2. Info: Doug Geiger, 701 S. Terry St., Long­ RD · M&STL • L&HR· SUNSET· RUT· NAR · RF&P (Old or CONCORD T Coast Division, Pacific Coast Region. mont, CO 8050 1, (303) 65 1 -2225. New)· PGE (Mapor Moose)' MRL· LV· CofG· C&T ·GOLD NMRA quarterly meet. Sept. 8, 9:30 AM - 6 PM. Caron­ BELT·MP(Saw)· MOPAC ·AMTRAK · REA· PR(Seashore) GLENWOOD SPRINGS T Roaring Fork Va lley • SF (Chief or Cirds) · GN (1940INh or Bkletters. Glaaer Pk. delet High School, 1133 Winton Dr., Concord. Free. Info: Rect. Front Face, Blue or EJjg Sky wllet) 'CLlNCHFIELD oGBW Model RRers Show. Oct 26, 10 AM - 8 PM, Oct. 27, 10 Rod Smith, 40330 Monte Ct., Fremont, CA 94538. (5 10) 'B&0(13stales orcapital)' • GEORGIA· SOUTH PARK· GT AM - 4 PM. Hotel Colorado, 526 Pine. 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To rrington • COTTON BELT· N&W (old. pass or new)·P&LE·NKP ·WP Crockett, CA. Free. Info: John Marshall, 2472 Hill View • VERMONT· NP (yellowslone or monad) ' KCS · C.M,SP&P Armory, 153 S. Main St., To rrington, CT. $3, $7 ramily. Lane, Pinole, CA 94564 (510) 758-93 10. (rect orelect) ·MILW· HIAWATHA ·RGS ·CGW· UP (shieid. Info: Philip A. Lent, 123 McGuiness St., To rrington, CT overland or 844) • NYC (Bar or Oval)• PE • BN • LNE • KATY • ALGOMA · C&O' CB &Q· FRISCO · C&NW· RI · WAB ' LANCASTER T Antelope Valley Model RR Club's 06790-3223, (860) 489-896 1. DM&IR· GRAND CANYON· NY,O&W • LAN • PORT ST. JOE Annual Operating Display at the Antelope Valley Fair. • TONAPAH & TIDEWATER · Whalelse should I dO .. .ideas? Aug 23-Sept. 2. 5 P.M. - 10:30 P.M. weekdays, noon - 5 Ofmore per order.... 9.SOea. 10:30 P.M. weekends and Labor Day. Antelope Valley WILMINGTON T Delaware Transit Corp./Delaware 10 or morep er order... 9.00 ea. Fairgrounds. 155 E. Ave. I., Lancaster, CA. Admission to 20 Of more per order... S.OO ea. Dept. of Trans. Rail to the Fair '96. July 20. Philadelphia, fair. Info: Joel Beckmann, 45840 Picadilly SI.. Lancaster. 10: lO AM; Claymont, 10:40 AM: Wilmington. 10:53 AM; Eac�lAdd $2.50 0 per order for P & H.. Canada add SS.OO. CA 93534, (805) 945-6063. Newark, II: 13 AM; Middletown. 11:54 AM: Dover. 12:37 LONG BEACH T NMRA Los Angeles Division & PSR PM; and Harrington, I: 17 PM. $22.50 (Harrington/Frank­ 727Garland .• Members National Convention, LONG BEACH LIM­ ford) to $67.50 (Philadelphia/Frankford), round trip, W.SIt 'NlllAve .. Spokane, SIt,NS WA 99205 (509) 327�688 . FAX (509) 327-4148 ITED. July 15-21. Long Beach Hilton, Long Beach. $85. including general adm. to the Delaware State Fair. Under Info: Ralph Oxhandler, 454 Ferrara Way, Vista, CA 10 reduced. Info: Christie Connolly. Event Coordinator, 92083. or Bill and Irene Mergard (3 10) 37 1-1955. DTC Marketing, Carvel Stat Bldg., 3rd Floor. Wilmington, DE 19801, (302) 577-6380, (302) 577-6066 FAX. LO NG BEACH T CompuServe's TrainNet Forum NMRA Convention Reception. July 18, 7 P. M. - II P.M. Atlantic Room, Long Beach Hilton, Two World Trade Clr., Long Beach, 9083 1-3102. Free, cash bar. Info: Brian P. BRADENTON T Sarasota Model RR Club Open Kreimendahl. (310) 473-7442 or 73 163.2700@com­ House. July 13-14. Nov. 2-3. 10 AM - 4 PM. 6730 15th St. puserve.com. E. (old U.S. 41 North of the airport). Bradenton. Free. LOS ANGELES Don Morgret, 747 N. Brink Ave., Sarasota. FL 34237 We are pleased to T East Valley Lines N-Scale Model introduce our new SA (941) 952-9037. RR Open House. Every Sat. & Sun. II AM - 3 PM. Trav­ range of controls, all of eltown, Griffith Park. Free. Info: Lowell Majors. P.O. Box TA LLAHASSEE T Big Bend Model RR Assoc. Fifth which feature a gradual slowing and 5732, Glendale, CA 91301 (213) 662-8339. Annual Tallahassee Model RR Show & Sale. Aug. 3, 10 gradual acceleration AM - 4 PM. Elks Club, 276 N. Magnolia Dr., Tallahassee. RICHMOND T Golden State Model RR Museum East of trains. The current FL 3230 I. $2 adults and over 13. 12 and under free. Info: SA range includes: Bay Model Engineers Society Model Train Exhibit & Lay­ BBMRA Train Show, P.O. Box 3392, Tallahassee, FL out. Through-Oct. 27, Sundays, I PM - 5 PM. 900 Dornan 323 1 5-3392, or Roger Stubing, (904) 487-2959 (9 AM - 5 Dr.-Point, Richmond, CA. $2 adults donation, $1 under 14 SA 1-S ShuHle with Signal Control PM EDT). & seniors, $5 family. Info: (510) 234-4884 (24 hours) or SA2 Shuttle with Sidings (5 10) 232-2472 (Fri. 7- 1 1 PM). SA2-S Shuttte with Sidings and Signats SA3 Shuttle with Passing Siding far Alternate SAN DIEGO T San Diego Model RR Museum Operat­ AT LANTA T Metro Atlanta N-Scalers Meetings. 1st Direction Trains ing Exhibit/Show. July 2-7, 9- 14. 16-2 1, 23-28, 30-3 1; Tues. of each month. 7:30 PM. Church of the Atonement, SA4 Passing Siding for Alternate Direction Aug. 1-4, 6- 11, 13-18, 20-25, 27-3 1. Tues.-Fri. II AM - 4 Trains (for oval track) 945 High Point Rd., Atlanta. Info: Charles Leake, (404) PM. Weekends. II AM - 5 PM. Casa de Balboa, Balboa SA4-S Passing Siding for Alternate Direction 262-2969. Park. 1649 EI Prado. 53 adults, discounts for seniors, stu­ Trains (for oval track) with Signal Control dents and military with I.D.. under IS free, July 2, Aug. 6 MARIETTA T Monthly Meeting or the Georgia Society SAS Passing Siding for Same Direction Trains free. Info: John Rotsart, 1649 EI Prado, San Diego, CA or Ferroequinologists and field trips. 2nd Fri. of each (for ovat track) 92 101, (619) 696-0 199. month, 7:30 PM. Nations Bank of Waddell St. Free. Info: SA5-S Passing Siding for Same Direction Trains with Signal Control SIMI VA LLEY Dave Muller (404) 974-4608 or Larry Smith (404) 926- T Santa Susana RR Museum and Santa SA6 Stow Acceterate for tRDOT-P Controlled 0739. Susana Model RR Club Fall RR Swap Meet. Sept. 28, 8 Storage Sid ings A.M. - noon. Santa Susana Depot, Santa Susana Park, TUCKER T Piedmont Div. SE Region Regular Monthly SA7 Slow Accelerate for Two Aspect Signal Katherine Rd, near Kuehner Dr., adjacent to the IT tracks, Meeting. 2nd Tuesday of every month. 7:30 PM. Building Block Section I mile s. of Los Angeles St. $1.50. Info: Bruce Bloch K, Habersham Office Park, Northlake Parkway. Free. SA8 Station Stop (818) 986- 1322 days or (818) 363-4782 evenings. Inro: Ed Palmer, 7058 Stephens Ct., Morrow. GA 30260 SA8-S Station Stop with Signal Controt (770) 968- 1921. PRICES FROM $63.95 TO $89.95 SIMI VA LLEY T Santa Susana RR Museum and Santa Susana Model RR Club Fall Open House. Sept. 7-8. 10 AM - 4 PM. Santa Susana Depot, Santa Susana Park. [I]Railway' Dep'ot Katherine Rd. near Kuehner Dr., adjacent to rr tracks. I BELLEVILLE T Miss. Valley N Scalers St. Louis Area . 124 King Street East, Oshowo ON Canodo l1 H 186 Tel, t905) .33·0507 I·SOO·.22·7962 mile s. or Los Angeles St. Donation. Robert H. Train Sholl'. 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JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 73 PM. Belle-Clair Fairgrounds Expo Cenler, Rl. 13 al Rl. Info: SPRINGHAVEN SHOPS 159, Belleville, III. $3, under 12 free. Dave Terry, 1 109 Longfellow, Edwardsville, IL 62025. INTRODUCES WIRE YO UR CHATSWORTH T Chatsworlh Heritage Days TP&W -NOSE - Hisl. Soc. & Chatsworth Hisl. Soc. Swap Meet and RRi­ THE PNP-2! ana Show. July 27-28, Sal. 10 AM - 6 PM, Sun. 10 AM - 4 Springhaven Shops introduces the PNP-2°"campleter" for with the new PM. American Legion Hall, Chalsworth, IL 6092 1. Free. the DigitraxN PR-1 computer decoder programmer. No Info: Wm. C. & Judilh M. Faese, 70 16 Keeney SI., N iles, assembly required - take it home. plug it into your com­ Xtra Detail Kit... IL 607 14, (847) 967-7352. puter (along with the PR-1) and start programming your Digitrax decoders in minutes! The PNP-2 consists of a DECATUR T Decatur Train Fair 61h Annual Show. Aug. power supply and harness to enable "plug and program " Includes correct front & 24-25, Sal. 10 AM - 5 PM, Sun. II AM - 4 PM. Decatur connections between your computer and your program­ Info: ming track. Produced by Spring haven Shops in coopera­ rear handrails, inside nose Civic Center. $2. $3 family. (217) 422-7300. tion with Digitrax to work with the Digitrax PR-1.Ava ilable DIXON T Rock River Valley Model RRers' Show and direct for 520.00. plus 55 s/h. rails, correct nose & cab Sale. Sepl. 28, 10 AM - 4 PM. Basemenl of Dave's Toys __ . Also available from Springhaven Shops: window grabs and Hobbies, Free. Info: Dave's Toys and Hobbies, 103 S. The PT-6° Power Transtormer Kit, a 16V AC. 6.25 Amp. Peoria Ave., Dixon, IL 61021, (815) 284-66 16. power supply you assemble to provide ample power for - KIT ­ the Digitrax D8 1000 booster (or other appropriate high­ (UP, SP, CNW) EAST PEORIA T Illinois Valley and River Cily RR power needs). Available direct for 530.00. plus 56 s/h. #130-1 (SF, NS, CRX) Clubs' Peoria Train Fair. Sepl. 15, Nov. 24, Feb. 16, April #134-1 20, II AM - 3 PM. Illinois Central College, Rle. 116 and We accept checks. money orders. orVisa/MasterCard. RI. 24. $2, under 13 free, tables $8 in advance. Info: Bob Dealers may call/write for terms. ONLY $8.00 EACH Send orders/inquiries to: Lehman, 21 W. RUlledge, Bartonville, IL 61607, (309) . .. PLUS $3.50 S&H � 1"1111 � 697-30 12. SPRINGHAVEN SHOPS MOLINE T Rock Island Southern 0 Scale Club Swap Dept D. 13416Springhaven Drive ' Fairfax.VA 22033-1 228 RAIL DETAIL PRODUCTS Rt Box 77C Phone/Fax: (703) 742-6073 E-mail: [email protected] I Meel (No Tinplale). OCI. 12. 9 AM - 4 PM. Holiday Inn. www:http://members.aol.com/sprshops/homepage.html Angleton, TX 775 15 6902-271h St.. Moline, IL 61265, next 10 Quad City Air­ port. $5. Info: Russ Pohlmann, 918 1/2 15th Ave. E., Moline, IL 61244, (309) 764-834 1. Run Your Trains, __ _ _ 0 ® P.O. Box 1424 Norcross, GA 30091 PRINCETON T Illinois Valley Division NMRA Meet. �70) 441-7992 Fax �70)44H)759 Not Your Track! Sept. 15, noon - 3 PM. Prouly Community Bldg., 432 S. \.r-VG .Ltl.....l l Main SI. $1 members, $2 nonmembers. Info : Jack Pellee, L:' = l"� World WideWeb ht1p:iJwWl'/.digilrax.cOOl Prototypical D I I J A A.. 417 . Chesinul St.. Printon, It 61356, (815) 872-0375. ITHEl _[5F] [Fl!l"DREl Multi Train Operation DIGITALV VCOMMAND VCONTROL I � 00 I Without Blocking INDIANAPOLIS Computers T Naplown and While River Model OR RR Club's Naplown Model RR Show. Sept. 28, 10:30 AM Up YoorU! - 3 PM. Beech Grove Benedictine Ctr., 1402 Soulhern Ave., Digitrax�UiI1I FX decod ers are W� ��� � Beech Grove, IN. $3, under 12 free. Info: Carl DCC Mobile Decoders with Sp ecial Lighting Effects included. Tomamichel, 222 S. Elevenlh SI., Beech Grove, IN 46 107, No Extra Module To Install. Run up to 4 effects at a time. (317) 786-1183. Choose from Single or Double Strobes, Mars Lights, Rule 17, LocoNet'"' GyraLights, Ditch Lights, Random Flicker, Rotating Beacon, The BOONE T Puffe rbilly Days RR Fest. Tables $ 1 5. Info : & More! DN93FX & DH84FX $59.99msrp DH83FX $64.99msrp Digitrax SCOII Magee, P.O. Box 872, Mason Cily, IA 5040 I, (515) Contact your LocalHobby Dealer For CompleteProduc1 lnformation Difference! 424-4 187, (515) 424-872 1.

MONROE T Twin Cilies Model Train Expo '96. Sept. DET&TIIL§ 8-9, Sat 10 AM - 5 PM, Sun. 10 AM - 4 PM. Monroe Civic Ctr. Conference Hall. Info: Claudine Cartwright, W�P.O. §gBOX 61 P.O. Box 1504, W. Monroe, LA 71294. CORONA. CALIF. 91718

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WAKEFIELD T North Shore Model RR Club Show and Open House. Show: Sept. 21, 9:30 AM - 4 PM, Americal Civic Or., 467 Main St., Wakefield, MA. Open House. Sept. 21-22, 9:30 AM - 4 PM, 404 Main St., rear. $3, $1 kids and seniors. Info: Ron Nadeau, Box 183, Wakefield, MA 01880, (617) 245-4742, Tues. & Thurs. evenings.

ANN ARBOR T North Central/Mid-Central Regions 05-232 1 SET D5·230 1 SET $15.95 05-231 1 SET 513.95 $1".95 MRA "Mileposl 50" Joinl Convention. Sept. 13-15. GE DASH 9-44CW. AC44QOCW GE DASH 9·44CW, AC44QOCW GE DASH 9-44CW. AC4400CW DETAIL SET: ATSF Clarion HOlel Alrium and Conference Or., 2900 Jackson DETAIL seT; SP, CSX. CP, NS DETAIL SET- C&NW, UP Rd., Ann Arbor, MI (AI 1-94 exit #172). 525 before Aug. -Parts in the Detail Sets Available Separately Also­ I, $30 after. Banquet $20. Info: Mileposl 50, P.O. Box Additional Parts Available 76 1, Manchesler, M1 48 1 58-076 1 or Fritz Milhaupt, (3 13) At your local Hobby Shop Now 572- 1 105 evenings.

74 T MODEL RAILROADING J ULY 1996 BILLINGS '" Yellowstone Valley Model Train Show & REDUCE EYE STRAIN Swap Meel. Aug. 17, 9 AM - 4 PM. 1 125 Broadwaler Ave. (upslairs of Ihe Albedoo Shrine Te mple). $2, under 12 free Seeing is Believing w/ adult, $1 11'/0 adull. Info: Dale Mallhaes, 1833 Clark Ave .. Billings, MT 59102, (406) 656- 1042 (after 5 PM) NlagEyc's - Head Mounted- Hands Free Magnif1ers Comes with 2 y!x and 4x optical qual ity lenses Dual lens prevents distortion

Slip on cushioned headband - li ts all sizes LAS VEGAS '" Cajon Division Train & Swap Meel. Swing visor Ollt of way when not in lise Sepl. 7-8. Odd Fellows Hall. 91h and Freemonl. Las Vegas. \'Ve ar with or without prescription glasses $2. $5 fam ilies. free for new members. Info: Ed Hall, 213 Light-weight, comfortable and Simple to lise 'ighlfall Te rrace. Henderson. NV 890 15. (702) 564-6 176. Cbeck witb )'OUI'local store MagEye's ..$29.95 • S&H ... S5.00 • MCNISA CIIlI1-800-210-6662 ,\IFD ENTERPIHSES. INC. BEDFORD ... Bedford Boomers 141h Annual Exhibi­ 222 SIDNEY IIAKEIl SOUTH . STE.204 • KEIlH\� LI.E.TEX1\S 78028 lion. Nov. 3, 10 AM - 4 PM. McKelvie School, Liberty Address: hllp://www. h i lconct.com/-I11:lgcycs - E-mail: :[email protected] Hill Rd. Donal ions. Info: Norm Jones, 38 Spring Valley Rd .. Melhuen, MA 01844, (508) 687-0780.

MOUNT LAUREL ... Mid Easlern Region NMRA "Jer­ sey Limiled '96." OCI. 5-6, II AM - 3 PM. Clarion HOlel. f1?� 915 Rle. 73 N .. MI. Laurel. NJ 08054, (609) 234-7300. Free 10 div. members and convention allendees. $3 non­ � members, under 6 free. $10 family. Info: John Nawn. 144 Laurel Rd., Sharon Hill, PA 19079. (610) 461 ·8644.

WINSLOW '" The Greal Winslow Junclion Scale Train and RRiana Meel. Sept. 8. 10 AM - 3 PM. Winslow Fire Hall. Hall and Hay SIS. $3 adults. under 12 free w/adult. Info: Bill Powell, 306 Broad SI.. Williamslown. N.J. ATALOG 08094, (609) 728·1327 IiI 9 PM. HON3, HO, S, ON3, 0, #1 AND G-SCALE BISMARCK ...41h Annual Model Train and Toy Tractor Show. July 13·14. I3lh - noon 10 5 PM. 141h - 10 AM -=== DEALERS · 5 PM. Communily Hall. $1, under 12 free. Info: Delonce RUSH TO YOUR $395 Synslegard. 719 Munich Dr.. Bismarck. ND 58504, (701) · 258-4848. FOR YOUR COpy

BUCYRUS '" Bucyrus Model RR Model Train Open House. During Crawford County Fair. July 13·20. Fair Admission only. Info: David E. Moore. 10 I 0 Bucyrus Rd.. Galion, OH 44833. (4 19) 462·5035.

DAYTON '" Div. 3. M.C.R. Nail. Model RR Assoc. Model RR Show 1996. Nov. 2-3. II AM - 5 PM. Hara Easl Hall, 1001 Shiloh Springs Rd. Daylon, Ol-\. $4, under 12 free. Info: Dave Decker. P.O. Box 5904, Dayton. OH Manufacturers of

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ALLENTOWN '" ATMA "Firsl Frost" Train Meel. Nov. 9- 10, 9 AM - 3 PM. Agricultural Hall, 171h & Chew SiS. $4.50, $2 under 12. Info: Ted Schwartz. 1240 Wainul SI., Alle11l0wn, PA 18102. (610) 395-6336.

MONACA '" Beaver Counly Model RR & Hisl. Soc. Fall Tra in Sale and Show. OCI. 20. II AM - 3 PM. PNA Hall. 1725 Pennsylvania Ave. $2.50, under 12 free. Info: Joe Ricker. 245 Wilson Ave .. Beaver. PA 15009. (41 2) 774-54 14. 2020 70-Ton Enterprise Hopper $8.95 New Yo rk Central (Shown above) ... UPPER DARBY '" Philadelphia Div. NMRA Second Annual Fall Train Show & Sale. Sepl. 14, II AM - 4 PM. 2021 70-Ton Enterprise Hopper Upper Darby High School. on Lansdowne Ave., blwn. ... $8.95 Siale & Garrell roads. Free 10 div. members, $3 non mem­ Canadian National bers. under 6 free, $10 family max. Info: John Nawn. 144 Laurel Rd., Sharon Hill, PA 19079, (610) 46 1 -8644. All kits undecorated.

JULY 1996 MODEL RAILROADING T 75 WILLIAMSPORT (SOUTH) T Clinton Central Model Station, 23 1 Dominion Rd. (at Ayr Hill Road). Dona­ RR club's Annual Fall Train MeeL Nov. 2, 9 AM - 3 PM. tions accepted. Info: ( 703) 938-5 J 57. Royal P. Steinbacher Post 617, American Legion, 50 E. HO SCALE Eighth Ave., Rte. 15 S., S. Williamsport, PA 17701. $3, $4 AVAILABLE ONLY AT QUALITY fa milies. Info: John Gromley (7 1 7) 398- 1777 or Jim Hill BELLINGHAM T Great Northern Rway Hist. Soc. STORES NEAR YO U. (7 17) 726·6826 or mail e.e.M.R.R., 15 Logan Ave., Cas­ Annual Convention, Members Only. July 7-10. Info: tanea, PA 17726. GNRHS, 1781 Griffith, Berkley, MI 48072- 1222.

LY NNWOOD T Swamp Creek & Western RR Club's 18th Annual Sooper Swap Meet and Train Show. SepL 15, NASHVILLE T Cumberland Div. SER-NMRA Fall '96 II AM - 4 PM. Scribner Lake High School Gym, 19400 Div. MeeL 'ov. 2, 9 AM ·4PM. Exhibitors Bldg. at the 56th Ave. w., Lynnwood, WA. $3, $1 under 12. Info: Te nn. State Fairgrounds, Wedgewood & Rains avenues. $3 SC&W RR Clu b, 211 Railroad Ave., Edmonds, WA adults, $1 under 12. Info: Te rry Bebout, 709 N. Lake Cir., 98020. Brentwood, TN 37027-7844, (6 15) 833-5077. TA COMA T Tacoma N. Western Model RR Club's Third Annual Lakewood Mall Model RR Show. Nov. 2-3, 2nd · 10 AM - 9 PM, 3rd - II AM - 6 PM. Lakewood FORT WORTH T Lockheed Martin 14th Annual RR mall. Free. Info: Toby Evans, 12909 129th St. E., Show. OCL 12-13, Sal. 10 AM · 5 PM; Sun. II AM - 5 Puyallup, WA 98374-2907, (206) 845-6103. PM. Lockheed Martin Rec Assoc., 3400 Bryant Irvin Rd., Fort Worth, TX 76109. $5, under 12 free. Info: Robert Bray, 1820 Spruce Lane, Benbrook, TX 76 126, BLUEFIELD (8 17) 249-4965. T Pocahontas Chapter NRHS Model RR Show. Nov. 9- 10. Stadium Dr., Bluefield, WV. 52, $5 fam­ FORT WORTH T North Te xas Council of RR Clubs ilies. Info: Fred Welker, P.O. Box 151, Bluefield, WV #HZ2010 Holiday Train Show. Nov. 9- 10, Sal. 10 AM · 5 PM; Sun. 2470 1, (540) 322-4297. 520.95 10 AM - 5 PM. Will Rogers Memorial Ctr., #1 Amon +Shipping Carter Square, Fort Worth, TX 76 107. $5, under 12 free. Info: Russ Covitt, 5560 Rice Dr., The Colony. TX 75056, MADISON (2 14) 625-40 12. T 1997 NMRA National Convention, "The Lake Junction." July 28- Aug. 2, 1997. Info: Ross E. Pol­ LIVE OAK Alamo Model RR Engineers 8th Annual T lock, Registrar, 3539 Mill Creek Rd .. Mineral Point, WI Fall Train Show. OcL 5, 9 AM - 3 PM. Live Oak Civic 53565 (608) 987-3396. Ctr., 8101 Pat booker Rd., Live Oak, TX (On the NE side MADISON of San Antonio) $5, $7 fa milies 11'/ kids 16 and under. T NMRA S. Central Wisconsin Div. Meet. SunriseP. o. Enterprises Box 172 Info: Fred Ellis, A.M.R.E., 1173 1 Wetmore Rd., San Sept. 8, Oct. 6, I PM. Fitchburg Comm. Ctr., 55 10 E. Doyle, CA 96109 Antonio, TX 78247, (2 10) 66 1 -7945. Lacy Rd., Madison, WI 537 1 1. $1, $.50 students, first time free. Info: Radleigh Becker, 444 Hilltop Dr., Madi­ NEW BRAUNFELS T New Braunfels Summer Train 91 6-827-2178 son, W1 5371 1, (608) 231-1817. Show. Aug. 24. New Braunfels Civic Ctr., 380 S. Seguin. $4, $1 under 17, 58 families (2 adults per family). Info: Lone Star R ways and Hobbies, c/o Bryan H. Weidner, P.O. Box 134, Fischer, TX 78623. (210) 935-25 17. ABBOTSFORD T Abbotsford Model RlVay Club's RAIL CLEANERS Annual Summer Open House. July 5-6, Fri. 10 AM - 8 PM, Sat. 10 AM - 6 PM. 33772 Essendene Ave., Abbots­ WHITE RIVER JUNCTION T Smith-Thompson FROM ' ford, B.C. $1.50 adults, $.75 kids, $3.75 family. Info: Model RR & RRiana Show, part of White River Area Darren Brkich, 5152 238th St., RR7, Langley, B.C., chamber of Commerce's 4th Annual Glory Days of the Canada V2Z 2 P3, (604) 533-9781 or Jim Rowand (604) Railroad Festival. Sept. 14, 10 AM - 5 PM. American 855-9774. ENTERLINE Legion Hall, 36 S. Main SL, White River Junction. Model BURNABY PRODUCTS RR show, $2, $1 under 12. Festival free. Info: Smith­ T 7th Div. Pacific Northwest Region ~ Thompson, P.O. Box 828, White River JCL, VT 0500 I, NMRA's Trains 96, 14th Annual Meet and Public Sholl'. PATENTED LIMITED-SLIP ROLLER (802) 296-300 I. Nov. 9- 11, 9 AM - 4 PM. Cameron Rec. CtL 9523 SOLID BRASS CASTING Cameron St., Burnaby, Be. $4 adults, 52 seniors/students, $8 family. Info: Dick Sutcliffe (604) 467-430 1. NON ABRASIVE / NON DERAILING ALEXANDRIA VICTORIA CLEANS RAILS AND WHEELS T RunniN' TraiNs '96, The N-Scale T 6th Annual Victoria Model RR Show. East Convention. Aug. 15-18. Radisson Plaza Hotel at Sept. 29, 10 AM - 4 PM. S.L Willis Ctr.-Gym, 923 To paz WILL NOT DAMAGE SWITCHES Mark Center. Info: Charles Greenacre, Registrar, P.O. Box Ave., Victoria. $2 NMRA/PNR members, $6 families, $3 Loco's RUN SMOOTHER 1951, Herndon, VA22070, (703) 620·0812. adults, $2 seniors. Info : David Tomljenovich, 7175 Hagan Rd., Brentwood Bay, British Columbia, Canada, V8M SOUND SYSTEMS GET REAL ALEXANDRIA T Northern Va. All Scales Train Show. IC2, (604) 652- 1 894. COMMAND CONTROLS WORK Aug. 17-18, 17th-9 AM - 4 PM, 18th - noon - 4 PM. Radisson Plaza Hotel, Seminary Rd., w. of I 395. Info : IMMEDIATE RESULTS Brian Brendel, 10503 Manor View Place, Manassas, VA A ( SK SOMEONE WHO HAS ONE ) 22 1 10, (703) 257·0493. TORONTO T Great Lakes Region of NTRAK 5th MODELS IN N, HO, S, 0 & G Annual Convention. Sept. 27-29.Before June 30, $28 U.S .. DANVILLE T Danville Model RRers Old 97 Train $39 Cdn., after June 30, $36 U.S., $49 Cdn. Inro: PalVlo Show and Swap MeeL SepL 7-8, Sal. 10 AM - 5 PM; Sun. (905) 828·4861, e-mai l [email protected]. GRL Con· I PM - 5 PM. Danville Rway Depot, Craghead SI. Free. vention 4189 Treetop Crescent, Mississauga, Ont., Can .. Info: Harvey Garrett, 333 Major Court, Danville, VA L5L 2L7. Home Page http://www.io.org/-ntrkmob/grl­ 24540, (804) 836-2388. conv.hlmL SEE THEM AT YOUR HOBBY DEALER LY NCHBURG T Trains Unlimited "Rail Day." Aug. 10,

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78 T MODEL RAILROADING JULY 1996 • � Union Pacific Wahsatch Division KEY TO CODES � Eagle Rock Canyon - An N-Scale American Work Trains, Wreck Trains and Camp Cars • Modeling Atlantic Coast line Fs Railroad in England (Part 4: 8allast Work Trains and Surfacing (Part 1: The F3) "'" Intro. to UPS Service Equip. (Part 1) '" Diesel Detail Close-Up ... JB Hunt (Part3: Prototype Containers & and lining) • Work Trains, Wreck Trains and Camp Cars • An In Depth Review: Athearn - " Freightcarology Chassis - Standards & Variations) (Rail Renewal: Part 3) The Third Generation GE C44-9W � layout Feature MAY 1995 "'" Kitbashinga nwxAll -Purpose Flat • Building a Helix ".. Modeling Modem Intermodal '" Conrail GE U33C and U36C OCTOBER 1995 " Tybee Island Railroad (Part 1) • Kitbashing a Great Northern SDP40 .. Prototype Adventures " Flatcars 00 Boston & Maine EMD GP9 • Guff Summit Pushers - ModelingE-l F3s • Modeling a New York Central ALCo RS3 " Shortline Adventures W HO Grand Valley RR " Double-Stacking in N Scale • Kitbashing Story Hides • Special Feature "" JB Hunt (Part 6: Summary Update) " A Day in the life of Lomax Lumber (and Western Leather) • Scratchbuilding Ortner Three-Bay Rapid L-______-' . N&W Class E-3 Pacifies: .. N&W's Twelve Pole line (Part 2: "" Gunderson's Husky-Stack' The Prototype Discharge' Hoppers (Part 1) Modeling the Branch) and Detailing A-line's HO Model JUNE 1994 A Look at the Prototype (Part 1) MARCH 1996 • Modeling ATSF GP60 and GP60M • Carolina & Western Update '" Conrail EMD SD60M DECEMBER 1994 Locomotives (Part 1) • Chesapeake & Ohio Freight Cars: Modeling 00 Conrail EMD SW1200 " Freight Cars of Golden West Service '" C&NW GE C40-8 • Modeling with Stewart Hobbies F-Units . the World War II Fleet (Part 2) " The Bethgon" Revisited w On3 Willamette Valley & Western RR " Converted Hopper Cars ACL F2s: A-Units 324-335 and • DCC Update: A Closer Look at Digital W Beaver and Timber Springs (8An ... BN America (Part 1: Examining the � The D&RGW Pueblo Division B-Units 324B-335B Command Control (Part 2) "" Intro. to UPS Service Equip. (Part 2) Prototype) ,_W BN America (Part 4: Container Chassis) • The Most Handsome Car of the '50s? • E8/9s: The Series (Part 4) .. The Great Smoky Mountains Railway '" JB Hunt's Intermodal Service " Tybee Island Railroad (Part 2: Rutland PS-l 40' Steel Box in N Scale • Modeling Atlantic Coast line Fs • Modeling an Atlantic Coast line " The Columbus & Greenville RR Modeling the Railroad) • Work Trains, Wreck Trains and Camp Cars (Part 2: The F7 and F9) M3 Caboose (Part 4: Today's Railroad) • CofG SD7/9s in Classic Blue and Gray (Part 5: 8allast Maintenance - • Work Trains, Wreck Trains & Camp Cars • Plans - CP Railway Nelson Station • Plans: Esquimalt & Nanaimo Ry_ • Modeling an Autorack Ramp Cleaning/Undercutting/Sledding) (Part7: Ditching & Vegetation Control) • Scratchbuilding Ortner Three-Bay Rapid Victoria Car Shop (& Service Facilities) • Modeling Dixie __ .SALALCo S2 Discharge" Hoppers (Part 2) • A Few Freelanced Flats: JUNE 1995 NOVEMBER 1995 • N&W E-3 Pacifies (Part 2) • GE Dash 9-44CW Examining the Prototype Simple Projects ThatAdd Variety '" D&RGW EMD SD7 00 Denver & Rio Grande Western SD50 • Plans: CP's Glacier Station (Part 1) • The N Rod Primer " Autoracks " Ballast Cars • Virginian Train Masters: A Family Tradition JANUARY 1995 � Big Thompsonand Northern - � Returnto Hooch Junction APRIL 1996 • Modelingthe Virginian Train Master '" UP Rebuilt SD40-2R as United Spirit #3300 An N Scale Modular Railroad ". Intermodal Equipment Numbering: 00 New York Central (NYC) FAlIFBl JULY 1994 " Recent Trends in Intermodal Equipment - ,-" Two Kitbashes from the Athearn The Prototype Way " D&RGW's Coal Car What's Hot, What's Not 40' High-Cube Container .. The Biltmore Railroad � Bob Mazzi's 0 Scale Empire DO CN GP40-2L • W Shenandoah and Western .. Rockton, Rion and Western (Part 1) Modeling a Nickel Plate Road "" UPS 26' 6" & 28' Drop-Frame Trailers (Part 1) " Modem 80xcar Door Configurations "" J8 Hunt (Part 4: Modeling • The End ofthe line ALCo RSD12 .. The Great Smoky Mtns.Ry. (Part 2) W Holy Cross & Crystal River RR • Containers and Chassis) FoamRail -A New Concept in • DCC Update: A Closer Look at Digital • Detail the Weather Way, or, ... Generic Fixed-Length Chassis • Diesel Doings on the Carolina & Western Modular Railroading Command Control (Part 3) Weather to Detail '" J8 Hunt Transport, Inc. (Part 1: Examining the • Modeling ATSF Phase I and II GP50s (Part 1) • Modeling ATSF GP60 and GP60M • E8/9s: TheSeries (Part 5) • GE Dash 9-44W - Examining the Prototype: Prototype Trailers - Standards and Variations) . N&W E-3 Pacifies: A Kitbash _ Locomotives (Part 2) • Work Trains, Wreck Trains and Camp Cars Features, Orders, Variations (Part 2) " The Virginian Railway (Part 1) TheEngine (Part1) • Modeling 40' Boxcars & Reefers from (Part 8: Miscellaneous Maintenance • Handlaying N-Scale Track • Rnally ...The NW2! A Look atthe Prototype • • Simple Detail Enhancements for InterMountain and IMWX Operations) Powerfor the Champion, and the Roads ThatUsed Them(Part 1) Con-Cor PS-2 Covered Hoppers • Work Trains, Wreck Trains and Camp Cars Modeling an ACL E8 • Modeling an SCL SD45-2 DECEMBER 1995 • Work Trains, Wreck Trains and Camp Cars (Part 6: Wood Tie Work Trains and Tie • Southern Railway 2150 -The 8L3 Another AUGUST 1994 (Part 1) Renewal Operations) 00 Amtrak P32-8WH #510 and Engine that Never Was Sante Fe B40-8W #554 • TurningBlue - Modeling a Golden West '" C&S EMD SD9 FEBRUARY 1995 JULY 1995 " Refuse by Rail " Dates (Built, New and In Service) Service 57' Mechanical Reefer 00 NYC EMD GP30 '" C&NW GE C44-9W � Model Railroading in Utah and YSD Sliding Doors " Tank Cars " AEI Tags Gunderson Maxi-Stack Ills· MAY 1996 � David Trussell's Modular Layout W HOn3 Colorado & Western RR (Part 1) � Touring the Granite Mt. 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(Part 2) • Modeling Freelanced Wreck Train Equipment Diesel (Part 1) • Kitbashing a "Shorty" Rotary Snowplow UPS 26' 6" & 28' Drop-Frame • Modeling an SAL ALCo RS3 Phase 2 • Modeling a Pair of ACL GP7s • Modeling L&N "Frog Eyes" • E8/9s: TheSeries (Part 6) Trailers (Part 2) • Realistic 8illboard Lettering in N Scale from Series 100-279 • Modeling with Con-Cor's PS-2 Three-Bay • Work Trains, Wreck Trains and Camp Cars .. The Great Smoky Mtns.Ry. (Part 3) • Welcome to Plasticville • N&W E-3 Pacifies: A Kitbash - Covered Hopper Car (Part 9:Snow and Ice Removal) • Handlaying N-Scale Track

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