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HO Modern Freight Car Modeling: Lauhoff '4750' covered hopper from InterMountain's kit ...... 4 -Lou Marre photo CNW '4750' covered hopper from InterMountain's kit ...... 16 Passenger Car Modeling: S Diesels, One-Detail-At-A Time: Experience-At Your Fingertips, more Amtrak and AT SF Hi-Level passenger train about what's in this issue, modeling, Part II, the complete train ..... 5 Alco PA7 as New York Central 4201 and from articles in previous issues ...... 28 Diesel Modeling: 4204 from American Models or Calendar ...... 62 Norfolk Southern SD40-2 from American Flyer models...... 59 What's New ...... 67-73 Athearn's kit ...... 11 Diesel Modeling: Index of all previous articles on diesel Index of all previous articles on diesel modeling ...... 64 modeling ...... 64 Modeling Freight Cars of The Fifties: locomotive Performance: , " � " USRA 40-foot Double-Sheathed Box Cars :L'1/'';1 }' l�.�' l !t•. j;j I I I ,� . ';-1� ��ll ::;-... ",... '-'\ . Summary of all Previous Locomotive 4i �",� ff"'l�\31 '> ( ... $ ' 1 ii' �I' , from Ertl or Westerfield models ...... 17 iU :; l"'-ktl"''/ :I''''' . locomotive Performance: Performance Test Reports ...... 66 n Summary of all previous Locomotive rolling stock. That's what Doug Taylor has done . He has recreated the East Performance Test Reports ...... 66 Broad Top Railroad in HO scale' only layout Tour: ' the distances between the towns have Doug Taylor's East Broad Top Railroad .. 30 Modeling been reduced. There's a tour of his lay­ USRA 40-foot Box Cars Intermodal Modeling: out beginning on page 30. from Berkshire Valley models ...... 17 Rail/Marine Intermodal Terminal ...... 44 Tec hniques Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Alco PA 1 as New York Central 4207 and Lightweight Layout Construction, Part IV 4204 from Lionel or MTH models..... 59 Woodland Scenics' Sub Terra in System.53 , I; ,! Diesel Modeling: I:,-i.�;/,Itt r,'.... l( �I .'If ';.1 �;jiJ �..,.{\c ;:V�, ".H� j �J""" Diesels, One-Detai/-At-A-Time " . Index of all previous articles on diesel Fo�e'9n subscrIptions issues Alco PA7 as New York Central 4207 & 4204 $36.00 for 12 ' from Proto 2000, Life-Like or Athearn modeling ...... 64 pqyoble in U.S. funds. RAILMODEL JOURNAL ISSN 1043'5441, copyright 1997 by Golden Beli Locomotive Performance: Press. All rights reserved. Periodicals Postage aid models ...... 59 p Summary of all previous Locomotive at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 403 Champa St., ...... Railmodel Journal, 2 Performance Test Reports . . 66 Denver, CO 80205. N Modeling Freight Cars of the Fifties -Robert Manning photo USRA 40-foot Double-Sheathed Box Cars from Micro-Trains models ...... 17 locomotive Performance: Atlas GP40-2, with DCC decoder; Test Report ...... 24 Summary of all previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports ...... 66 Intermodal Modeling: .. Rail/Marine Intermodal Terminal ...... 44 Te chniques: Lightweight Layout Construction, Part IV Wood-and Scenics' SubTerrain System ... 53 Diesels, One-Detail-at-a-Time Alco PA7 as New York Central 4201 and 4204 from Kato or Con-Cor models... 59 Diesel Modeling Index of all previous articles on diesel modeling ...... 64 ------[PERFORMANCE]------

L&VOI''F'PTI.X 848 _ '4780' OOVBRBDHOPPER From InterMountain's HO Scale Kit

By Robert Rivard

4 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 [AMTRAK]------

I G C I·LEVEL "EL CA ITAN'& AMTRAK By Robert R. Wright, of Train Station Products, and Michael W. Flick

Now you can duplicate the entire trains that the Santa Fe and Amtrak oper­ ated with the first of the Hi-level passenger cars from the 1960s through the 1990s using available HO scale kits. The Superliner cars are also available in N scale from Con-Cor, and life-like and Bachmann offer the F40PH loco­ motives as plastic models. Overland Models has a complete N scale Amtrak II train including the P42 "Genesis" diesel. American Models offers the F40PH and the Superliner cars in S scale. Part I, in the April 1998 issue, included information on modeling the Hi-level cars from any era using Train Station Products kits. There's an index of previous articles on modeling passenger cars on pages 28-29 of this issue.

There are three Hi-Level cars, but the remainder of the EI Capitan train, on May 31, 1970 at Joliet, Illinois, has conven· tional equipment. -Louis A. Marre photo

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 5 MODELING AMTRAK Hi-Level Passenger Train Consists Here are some of the typical consists in which these cars have been used by both the Santa Fe and Amtrak: Santa Fe "EI Capitan" (1956 -1958) F3 or F7 power 2 Conventional baggage cars 1 Baggage dorm with the step-up adapter on the roof 1 528-series step-up Hi-Level chair car 1 700-series Hi-Level chair cars 1 Hi-Level dining car 1 Hi-Level lounge car 3 700-series Hi-Level chair cars 1 528-series Step-down Hi-Level chair car

With the arrival of the Superliner cars, the Amtrak trains were most commonly solid con­ sists of the higher cars, especially if there was no need for baggage or Material Handling Cars at the head end. photo taken at San Bernardino, California on February 16, 1987.­ Santa Fe "San Francisco Chief" (mid Louis A. Marre photo 1960s) F3 or F7 power 3 Conventional baggage cars 1 44-seat Conventional chair car 1 528-series Step-up Hi-Level chair car 2 700-series Hi-Level chair cars 1 528-series Step-down Hi-Level chair car Full Dome lounge car ("Big Dome" series) Conventional dining car 4- 1 Lounge sleeping car ("V ista" series) 10-3-2 Sleeping car ("Blue" Series) 10-6 Sleeping car ("Pine" or "Palm" series) 6-6-4 Sleeping car ("Valley" Series)

Looking toward the head end of a mix of Hi-Level and Superliner cars on the Coast Starlight Santa Fe "Super ChieflEl Capitan" in Santa Barbara, California. -Bob Wright photo (1966-1971) FP45 power

I Conventional baggage car 1 RPO car 1 Conventional baggage car

I Baggage dorm with the Step-up adapter on the roof 1 528-series step-up Hi-Level chair car I 700-series Hi-Level chair car I Hi-Level dining car I Hi-Level lounge car I 700-series Hi-Level chair car I 528-series step-down Hi-Level chair car 1 10-6 Sleeping car ("pjne"series) 1 4-4-2 Sleeping car ("Regal"series) 1 Dome lounge car ("Pleasure Dome"series) 1 36-seat Dining car (600 series) 2 10-6 Sleeping cars ("Pine" and "Palm" series) Note: the RPO Car was discontinued Looking toward the rear of the opposite side of the train at Santa Barbara. in 1967. -photo at San Luis Obispo, California by Bob Wright

6 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 Amtrak "Lone Star" (mid 1970s) F40PH power 1 Conventional baggage car 1 or 2 Hi-Level chair cars 1. Step-down Hi-Level chair car 1 Conventional dormitory lounge car 1 Conventional dining car 1 10-6 Sleeping car 1 3 Double bedroom, 1 drawing room, dome observation lounge Note: In the late 1970s, the ex­ "California Zephyr" (3 double bed­ room, drawing room, dome observa­ tion lounge) cars were taken off the "Lone Star" and moved to the "Sunset Limited" and replaced with conventional sleeping cars.

This HO scale Amtrak train includes a Train Station products step-up car still lettered for Santa Fe running with high door forward as they might have done on the Sunset and Lone Star trains. The baggage car is an upgraded Athearn kit. -Bob Wright photo

Two FP45s lead the Southwest Chief consist that includes baggage car, a transition car, a string of Hi­ - Level cars, and a conventional dome car at La Junta, nl("1,rnrln on October 28, 1968. -Louis A. Marre photo

• 998 7 RAILMODEL JOURNAL MAY 1 MODELING AMTRAK

The rear of Train 6, the California Zephyr, at Omaha, Nebraska on September 3, 1983, and the front of Tra in 5 at Naperville, Illinois on September 1, 1993 suggest that only a few cars changed in these consists during that decade. -Louis A. Marre photos

Amtrak "Sunset Limited" (late 1970s) F40PH power ] or 2 Conventional baggage cars 2 or 3 Hi-Level chair cars 1 Step-down Hi-Level chair car 1 Conventional dormitory lounge car 48-seat Conventional dining car 11 Double bedroom or 4-4-2 Sleeping car 2 10-6 Sleeping cars 1 10-6 Sleeping car (Southern RR car from/to Washington, D.C.) 1 3 Double bedroom, 1 drawing room, dome observation lounge

8 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 Tra in 4, The Southwest ChieF at Kansas City, Missouri on October 28, 1997 From the Front and rear. Ye s, the F40PH was MUed with the new P40 "Genesis" diesels. Four Material Handling Cars and a conventional baggage car are at the head end of this train. These are the second-generation Superliner II cars. -Louis A. Marre photo

Current Amtrak trains, like this The Southwest ChieF, still utilize the older baggage and "Step-Up" cars like those at the head end of this train at Barstow, Ca liFornia on February 1, 1996. -Louis A. Marre photo

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 9 MODELING THE HI-LEVEL TRAINS IN HO SCALE Some plastic or other non-brass HO scale passengers that were used

with the Hi-Level cars: American Model Builders, Brass Car Sides, Athearn, Eastern Car Works and Con­ SANTA FE CARS: HOMODEL: Cor are available to dealers through whole­ 3432-3452 Baggage AthearnJ781 salers like Walthers. The American Model 3453-3466 Baggage SFRHMA *(roof/floor must be sholtened to match sides) Builders kits include laser-cut styrene sides Baggage dorm Union Station Products Kit 7506T $l9.99 and Eastern Car Works floors, ends, roofs and (with Transition Topper to Hi-Level) truck sideframes. The Brass Car Sides kits 82-88 RPO car SFRHMA *(rooU floor must be shortened to match sides) include etched-brass sides and Eastern Car Works floors, ends, roofs and side­ "Pine" LO-6 Sleeper SFRHMA Kit to be available late 1998 truck frames. Only the Athearn, Walthers and Con­ "Palm" 10-6 Sleeper SFRHMA '" Cor car are available painted and lettered. The "Regal" Sleeper SFRHMA *, or Union Station Products Kit 4144 $15.99 4-4-2 other brands must be assembled, painted and 500-505 Dome lounge SFRHMA ** lettered with decals. Microscale has decals for 600-606 Diner SFRHMA ** virtually all eras of Santa Fe and Amtrak pas­ I 566- l577 Lunch SFRHMA Kit 111. $65 to non-members or $40 to. members senger equipment. counter diner Union Station Products models include 2861-2911. Chair car SFRHMA Kit 109 only the laser-cut cars sides in styrene with 506-509 Fu ll dome Bachmann separate laser-cut fluting. The kits are lounge designed to be assembled around an Eastern Valley 6-6-4 Sleeper Eastern Car Works 1330, or Brass Car Sides 173-9, or " " Car Works 1200 Core Kit for $10.00 less American Model Builders 152-l500 wheelsets.Union Station Products are avail­ "Blue" 10-3-2 Sleeper SFRHMA Kit 110, $59.95 to non-members or $40 to able from PO. Box 753686, Memphis, TN members. or Union Station Products Kit 4145 $15.99 38175-3686. American Model Builder s . Athearn, Con-Cor, Eastern Car Works, and "Nole: SFRHMA indicates kits from the Santa Fe Railway Modelers Association, 98-l7So Springhill Lane, HislOrical & Walthers kits are available at hobby dealers or Highlands Ranch, CO 80126. Cars with single asterisk arc available only in four-car sets for $240 10 non­ through Walthers . members anti $160 to members. Send a stamped. self-addressed envelope to the above address for member­ ship information. ** Note ; cars with two asterisks are only available in four-car sets thnt also incJude a 1339-1334 DOllle lounge and a 4- I Dome lounge Sleeper for $240 to non-member and $160 to members.

AMTRAK CARS; HO SCALE MODELS: Amtrak "Sunset Limited" (mid 1970s) Baggage Athearn 1789 F40PH Power Superliner Coach Con-Cor 1 Conventional baggage car Superliner Baggage-coach Con-Cor Superliner Diner Con-Cor 2 or 3 Hi-Level chair cars Superliner Lounge Con-Cor I Step-down Hi-Level chair car Superliner Sleeper Con-Cor dormit r lounge car Material Handling Car Con-Cor I Conventional o y 48 seat Conventional dining car Superliner 1I Coach Walthers I Superliner IT Diner Walt.hers 1 11 Double-bedroom or 4-4-2 Sleeping Superliner II Sleeper Walthers car Superliner II Transition sleeper Walthers 10-6 Sleeping cars Superliner II Sightseer lounge Walthers 3 1 10-6 Sleeping Car (Southern RR car from/to Washington, D.C.) Note: the Con-Cor cars are available in Amtrak's Phase T, Phase n or Phase JT] lettering schemes. Note: On most of the "Sunset Limited" and the "Lone Star" consists of the LOCOMOTIVES: HO SCALE MODELS 1970s, there was no access from the pas­ F3 Stewart ,md Model Power senger cars to the baggage cars since the F7 Athearn, Bachmann, Mantua and Model Power lead or first Hi-Level chair car on the train

F40PH Walthers, Life-Like and Bachmmlll was usually not a Step-up car. FP45 Athearn P40 "Genesis" Athearn SDP40F Not available but has been imported in brass by Overland Models Dash 8-40BW Walthers Amtrak "Southwest Limited"(mid 1970s) ometimes one or more Material Handling Cars Amtrak western long distance taius Note: S SDP40F or F40PH power (MHCs) will precede the baggage cars. 0" occasion, a 0980s-1990s) or 2 Conventional baggage cars refurbished Hi-Level chair car wOllld be sandwiched in '1 "Sunset Limited," "Southwest Chief," the rniddle of the "Superliner" coaches. Sometimes the I Baggage dorm with the step-up "Coast Starlight" Hi-Level coach dorm or a second coach dorm would be adapter on the roof ("Indian" series) F40PH, Dash 8-40BW or P40 power placed afler the "Superliner" sleepers; and a convention­ or 4-4-2 Sleeping car ("Regal" series) al 10-6 sleeping car or olher conventional pH!iSenger to 3 Conventional baggage cars I cars would be adeled to the reur of the t.rain. Sometimes 1 Dome lounge car ("Pleasure Dome" a Hi-Level coach dorm (refurbished Step­ if any convent.ional passenger eMS \\'erc being lIsed, series) up Hi-Level chair em') they would follow the baggage cars ano precede the Hi­ 1 36 seat Dining car (8040 series ) Level coach dorm. On Ihe "Coast Starlight" of the 2 Refurbished Hi-Level chair cm's 2 10-6 Sleeping cars ("Pine", "Palm", 1990s a Hi evel lounge car which has been refur­ I to 3 S u perliner coaches -L bished is used as a parlor Cilr for the firsL ci<.ISS passen­ and/or "Pacific" series) Superliner diner car I gers. It is usually placed between the "Superliner" din­ 10-6 Sleeping car (from/to "National to 3 Superliner I sleeping ems ing car and tJ1e uSuperlincr" sleeping cars. Limited" fromlto N.Y.)

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 1 0 ------[ DIESEL MODELING] ------

By Andy Harman

Most of the detailing is straightforward. take a Kadee number 5 draft gear, so I One odd feature of this locomotive was a opted for the scratch built one as a com­ mismatched battery box door on the fire­ promise. There are a number of nicer man's side, which I replicated using one alternatives on the market to replace the of the alternate parts provided with the 14-year-old molded-on fans on the SD40- Cannon sub-base kit. 2 shell. One source of some very nice fans The other interesting feature of is the Athearn GP40-2 shell. These fans N&W's SD40-2s are the 3-cylinder, dou­ are sol id styrene but have excellent depth ble-clasp brakes. Most railroads used one and with careful highlighting in a con­ shoe per wheel (2 on center wheel) and trasting color, the "blades" will be visible four cylinders (2 each side) per truck, as below the fine screen detail. I have a on the Athearn model. Norfolk & Western method fo r salvaging the fans from any his model represents a fairly operated these locomotives in mine ru n Athearnshel l. Rough-cut the fans and sur­ early SD40-2 from Norfolk & service and on substantial grades, so they rounding flange out of the shell using a Western's third and largest order fo r 66 were equipped with the older style cast­ Dremel or razor saw. Then, using a large, units of this locomotive type, deli vered in iron brakes - two shoes per wheel, and flat, double-cut fi le, file the base down May 1975 and modeled as it appeared on six cylinders per truck (3 each side). The until only the flange is left. This must be July I, 1995 in Norfolk Southern livery. best representation of these brake shoes done carefully to keep things even. In the The major modifications to the unit from can be found on the Athearn Blomberg-B end, with a little trimming, you will end its original appearance are the addition of sideframes. I carefully cut these off, up with a nice fan and very thin flange the ditch lights at both ends, the newer along with the hangers, and glued them to that can be glued onto the target model. If style MU connectors, the blanking out of the Dash 2's HT-C sideframes. For­ I were attempting this again, I would sim­ the classi fication lights, and of course the tunately, all Athearn sideframes are made ply file the entire fan area off the target NS "Thoroughbred" paint scheme. As of styrene and can be glued using regular model, including the rectangular fan was standard Norfolk & Western practice solvent-type liquid ce ment. I wound up hatch, then replace it with the new Plano fo r the mid- 1 970s, this unit was built with leaving off the outermost brake shoe on GP/SD40 fa n hatch and add the fans on the long hood designated as fro nt but with each truck to allow clearance fo r the truck top of this. a bidirectional control stand. [n early to swivel beneath the pilot steps. This Another alternative for the fans is the days these units often led long hood for­ compromise is nicely hidden by the steps Detail Associates etched-brass gril les, and ward, but most of the time in NS general most of the time. The third brake cyl inder either Overland or Detail Associates fan freight service they are run short hood was added to each truck, and the long pis­ blades below. This is the ultimate in real­ fo rward when leading, as in this photo ton on the center cylinder was fa bricated istic appearance, because the gril les are as taken in Cincinnati. from styrene. close to scale as humanly possible and My model uses the Athearn shell as a I powered the model with an A-Line appear almost invisible from above, just starting point. I used the Rail Power Mashima can motor, and replaced the like the prototype! They are very, very Products frame for two primary reasons: Athearn wheelsets with NWSL 40-inch delicate however, and although ['m it has the correct wheelbase, which places wheels. The slightly smaller wheels hooked on them for appearance, I hesitate the trucks almost up agai nst the step­ lower the locomotive by about .0 1 1 inch, to use them on a "running" model. wells; and it has enough material above which means the extra .029 inch is taken My finished SD40-2 ended up using the bolsters for lowering using an end off the inside of the bolsters with the end the GP40-2 radiator fans and the Detail mill and drill press. This allows the fin­ mill. This is one of those things I have Associates plastic dynamic fans. These i shed model to set at the correct height become more fanatical about. After see­ have a very nice profile but are availabl e above the rail, which really makes a di f­ ing and working with some brass loco­ only in the dynamic fan height. Grilles are fe rence, especially if it will be run with moti ves and a few others that had the cor­ not as fine as the etched ones, but are very other models which are at the correct rect deck height, the extra 30-40 thou­ sharp and fi ner than any other "open" fans height. This process is still experimental, sandths of height built into most Athearn I know of. and 1 am still practicing ...this frame diesels to simplify the design and opera­ Like all of my models, this one broke was my fifth attempt after having broken tion just doesn't look right to me any more. some new ground, and taught me a few fo ur other frames. r scratchbuilt the buffer plates from more things to do differently "next time." 1 used as many Cannon parts as were styrene and closed the front of the pi lots Since the NS still operates hundreds of available at the time, however T did not per the prototype photos I had. Detai Is SD40-2s in quite a few phases and varia­ replace the blower housing or inertial West makes a scale buffer plate casting to tions, there will certainly be a "next time." screens on this model. Next time Twill! fi t the Athearn SD40-2, but it will not RMJ

• MAY -1998 RAil_MODEl JOURNAL 11 The all-weather cab provided safety glass protection for viewing down the track.

The prototype for the HO scale model photographed at Cincinnati, Ohio on July 1, 1995.

12 1998 RAILMODEL JOURNAL · MAY The prototype NS locomotives were usually operated with the side windows wide open like the model.

The finished model as displayed at the Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet at the Madison, Wisconsin NMRA National Convention in 1997.

RAILMOOEL JOURNAL · MAY 1998 13 The truck details include brake shoes cut from Blomberg trucks and wire brake lines.

The end details of the model after the first coat of paint. Note the chain securing the MU hose, scratchbuilt buffer plates, Smokey Va lley handrail stanchions, modified drop step and ditch lights.

Bill of Materials for Norfolk Southern 5040·2 6121 Athearn: Detail Associates: NWSL: 4400 S040-2 kit, undecorated, with A3203 Air tanks 40-inch wheel sets (set of 12) dynam.ic brakes 230 1 Winterized window (fireman's 47200 GP40-2 shell (optional, for mdi side only) Floquil: ator fans) 1404 Drop step, Dash 2 1 10015 Flat finish 42009 Blomberg "B" sideframes (6-8 2006 Dynamic fan (2 required) required, for brake shoes) 3101 Fuel gauge Floquil/PollyScale: 46307 Extra SD40-2 brake cylinders 3102 Fuel tank fi ttings 414308 Concrete 1022 Ditch lights (both ends) 4143 17 Dirt A-Line: 1224 Vertical headlight w/shield 9032 1 Motor and flywheel (large) j 508 MU hoses Scalecoat: 29236 Etched steps, SD40-2 2202 Grabirons 10 Gloss black Cannon & Company: 2206 Eye bolts 1501 Dash 2 cab kit 22 10 Safety chain Microscale: 1202 Dash 2 sub-base kit 22 12 Coupler lift bar (2 required) 87-48 Diesel data sheet, modern EMD J 103 81-inch low nose kit 22 1 8 Dash 2 fan grab 1304 Inertial screens J 902 Cab vent Shell Scale: 1153 Dash 2 long hood end 1904 Dynamic vent Norfolk Southern EMD Diesels 1353 Inertial hatch 2505 .0 15" brass wire 1404 GP/S D40 radiator grilles PIA: 159 Etched-brass treadplate, SD40-2 Details West: Evergreen: 236 MU connectors 126 1/8 x .020-inch styrene strip (for Utah Pacific: 157 Firecracker antenna (2 required) number board inserts) 60 5-chime horn 139 Filter/Dryer 135 N&W bell Smokey Va lley: 224 Traction motor cables 19 SD40-2 lumdrail kit

RAI L MODE L JOURNAL • MAY 1998 14 The model in primer paint. The cab and nose are Cannon parts. The fuel tank looks like it sets lower because the entire model has been lowered .029 inch to better match the prototype.

The Cannon cab and sub-base precisely match the prototype. There are enough detail parts available to allow a modeler to match every detail of the prototype (except that ventilated box).

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 15 LI AI U HI Oi!, F �::§.� ijl.!t�

InterMountain: Paint & Decals: 40308 The Rock 4750-cubic-foot 110056 GN big sky blue rib-sided (18 ribs) 3-bay covered 11 00 11 Reefer white hopper 110006 Dust 110073 Rust 110083 Mud 522 36-inch-diameter wheelset passenger (smooth) Herald King 5 Coupler H-20 CNW open hopper ACI labels [ ------PAINT & DECALS]

In HO Scale from Ertl or Westerfield Models In N Scale from Micro-Trains In 0 Scale from Berkshire Valley By Richard Hendrickson

he onset of World War I found the North American railroads in a sorry state, and by 1917 wartime traffi c had all but paralyzed some parts of the When World War I ended before most of the USRA freight cars were delivered, some rail­ system. As a result, President Woodrow roads refused to accept their allotments. These cars were stenciled with "USA" reporting Wilson nationalized the railroads under marks until they could be re-assigned, as illustrated in this American Car & Foundry the United States Railway Administra­ builder's photo. However, the cars were restenciled with the reporting marks and numbers l tion. One of the most urgent problems of the rai roads that eventually accepted them before being operated in revenue service. confronting the USRA was a severe -AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wi der-Long collection shortage of serviceable freight cars. Many cars were of outdated design, with undersized bodies, fragi Ie wood under­ frames and inadequate safety appliances. A sizeable number were unusable until needed repairs could be carried out. The USRA therefore launched a program to mass-produce large numbers of modern, high-capacity cars in as short a time as possible. Among the standard designs adopted by the USRA for this purpose were three 40-foot box cars, a 50-ton steel-sheathed car, a 50-ton single-sheathed car and a 40-ton double-sheathed car. Owing to a shortage of sheet steel, the steel-sheathed The Atlantic Coast Line's USRA double-sheathed box cars were rebuilt with all-steel bodies box car was shelved. The other two in the I 930s, and in-service photos of them in orig inal form are apparently non-existent. h d designs, however, were both built in large This AC&F builder's portrait s ows how they looke when new. -AC&F photo, Hawkins-Wider-Long collection numbers, as there were differences of opinion about their relative merits, as well as a limited supply of the lumber of these owners, and they established 40- required to build the single-sheathed cars. USRA Double Sheathed foot cars with steel underframes as stan­ As it turned out, most of the USRA Box Cars dard practice. In fact, a number of rail­ freight cars were not delivered until after When the dust settled, 24,500 box roads purchased additional cars in the the war ended, and there were many cars of USRA 40-ton double-sheathed 1920s that were very similar in design changes in the initial al locations, with design had been delivered to 24 railroads and dimensions. some railroads refusing to accept cars in almost every region of the country The USRA double-sheathed box cars originally assigned to them while others (see the table below for details). They represented advanced car building prac­ were willing to take additional cars. were the first 40-foot steel-underframe tice for their day, with 5-5-5 corrugated box cars to be placed in service by most RAILMODEL JOURNAI_ - MAY 1998 17 When reweighed and repainted in November 1946, Boston & Maine 70255 was upgraded with AB air brakes and a Superior power handbrake. The rest of the car, including its Andrews trucks, was of original USRA construction, however. Note the "minuteman" herald, which replaced the B&M's earlier rectangular herald after Wo rld War II.-George Sisk photo, Charles Winters collection

cases, the rebuilt cars got new steel \"Oofs as well, and often their height was increased, with extension panels being added to their corrugated steel ends. In fact, such rebuilding projects were so popular that several manufacturers offered complete assemblies of side fram­ ing and sheathing for replacement pur­ poses which arrived prefabricated and ready to install. Among the railroads that rebuilt all of their USRA double-sheathed box cars were the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Atlantic Coast Line; Chicago & North Western; Detroit, Toledo & Ironton; and Elgin, Joliet & Eastern. The Grand Trunk Western, Rock Island, and St. Louis-San CB&Q 12061 1 was photographed shortly after having been shopped at Havelock, Francisco also rebuilt some, but not all, of Nebraska in November 1942. The stenciling on the bottom of the door prohibiting load­ their USRA box cars. On the other hand, ing the car with anything that would render it unfit for high-class merchandise was stan­ many lines ranging in size from the New dard CB&Q practice. Note also the broken white line around the herald. The Burlington York Central and Great Northern the kept most of its USRA box cars in revenue service until the late 1940s, but fewer than a to Northwestern Pacific and Spokane, hundred of them remained in the roster in 1950, and all of them were retired soon after­ Portland & Seattle kept their USRA box ward.-Jay Williams collection cars in service in their original form, steel ends, flexible metal-sheathed wood by real shortcomings in the ca.rs, howev­ though in gradually diminishing num­ roofs, riveted steel fishbeJly center sills, er, than by widespread indignation in the bers, through World War II and into the and steel-framed wood doors. Mech­ railroad industry toward the USRA itself 1950s. A sizeable number lasted long anical equipment included 40-ton trucks and everything it represented. In any enough to be equipped with. AB air of USRA Andrews design, KC air event, mass production of the USRA cars brakes, and in later years power hand brakes, and vertical staff hand brakes. had significantly lowered their cost per brakes often replaced their original Wood was Llsed for body framing, as well unit and they proved to be durable and "stem-winder" vertical staff hand brakes. as for flooring and both interior and exte­ dependable in service, making them One group of USRA 40-ton box cars rior sheathing. good investments for their owners. changed hands. In 1941 the New York In the mid-1 930s, after a decade and Central transferred 300 of its USRA ca.rs USRADouble-S heathed Box a half of hard use, many USRA 40-ton to the Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo, Cars In Service box cars were in need of general repairs. which the NYC owned jointly with the Though the USRA standard box car By that time, the advantages of all-steel Canadian Pacific. After being overhauled designs were generally well regarded construction had come to be widely by the TH&B, they remained in revenue when first built, they came in for consid­ accepted and many owners of USRA service through the 1950s, and a few sur­ erable criticism after the war ended for double-sheathed box cars elected to vived until the late 1960s. being, among other things, taller and rebuild the cars with steel side framing, Near duplicates of the USRA double­ heavier than necessary. Some of the com­ steel sheathi ng, and steel doors, rather sheathed box cars were also built in the plaints seem to have been prompted less than renewing them in kind. In most early 1 920s for the Great Northern and

RAI LMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 18 The stenciling on Elgin, Joliet & Eastern USRA box cars was quite elaborate when they were new, with black backgrounds behind the big rectangular heralds, as shown in this builder's photo. The "c.r suf­ fix attached to the road number indicated that these cars were owned by the federal government's "Columbia Trust" rather than the EJ&E itself.-AC&F photo, Hawkins­ Wider-Long collection

The EJ&E's USRA box cars looked like this after they were rebuilt in the mid-1930s with steel sides, Creco steel doors, rectan­ gular panel steel roofs, and AB air brakes. Only the underframes, Andrews trucks, and corrugated steel ends were original USRA components. -Tom Martorano collection

Great Northern 24440 was photographed at East St. Louis in the late 1930s with the GN's "Glacier National Park" heralds. It had been repainted at least once and was due to be repainted again; the primitive oil­ based paints of that era didn't hold up very well, especially on wood side sheathing. -Joe Collias collection

The Great Northern liked its USRA double­ sheathed box cars so well that in 1923 it ordered another thousand cars of this design numbered 24994-25993. They dif­ fered from the 1,500 cars the GN received from the USRA only in having 7-8 corru­ gated ends instead of the three-piece 5-5-5 ends applied to the USRA cars. When pho­ tographed in March 1961, GN 25093 had AB air brakes, a Universal power hand brake, and a modern version of the GN's mountain goat herald. Otherwise it re­ mained as delivered almost 40 years earlier. -J. W. Matthews, Jr.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 19 By the late 1940s, Missouri Pacific 45238 had been equipped with a Miner geared hand brake but still had its original KC air brakes. The MoPac's USRA box cars were never rebuilt and most of them remained in revenue service through the 1950s. -George sisk photo, Charles Winters col­ lection

Another railroad that got long service from its USRA box cars and never rebuilt them was the Minneapolis & St. Louis. When photographed at Wa shington, D.C. in 1941 , M&StL 25858 was exactly as deliv­ ered by the Lenoir Car Wo rks in April 1920 except for having been recently repaint­ ed.-Ernest Stefan photo, Kalmbach Memorial Library collection

Wabash, and similar cars were ordered I that the USRA double-sheathed box car other reason than sheer numbers. Built by by several other railroads. By the mid- design went from state of the art in 1918 the thousands, they made an important 1920s, however, steel superstructures to obsolete and outmoded in less than a contribution to modernizing the nation's had replaced wood body framing as stan­ decade. freight car fleet. They could be seen in dard car building practice. So rapidly did Even so, the wood-sheathed box cars freight yards and freight trains every­ the technology of freight car construction built for the USRA were an important where in the country during the period evolve in the years following Wo rld War chapter in freight car history, if for no from the end of World War I to the end of World War II and, in declining numbers, they continued to be a part of the rai lroad scene through the 1950s. Modeling the 40-Foot USRA Single-Sh eathed Box Cars The Silver Streak wood and metal kits of the forties (still available from Ye Olde Huff ' n Puff) could be considered the first HO scale models of these 40-foot cars because of their overall shape, but the ends and other details differ from the USRA prototypes. Westerfield produces accurate models of the cars as cast-resin kits in HO scale. Recently, Ertl intro­ duced an excellent ready-to-run HO scale version of these prototype cars. The AAR trucks on the Ert! models are, however, somewhat more modern than would like­ ly be found on the USRA cars, but any Andrews truck can be Llsed as replace­ ments. Micro-Trains makes the car in N scale, but it also has more modern trucks. This builder's photo clearly reveals the B end of New Yo rk Central 161 525; note the verti­ Berkshire Valley (Box 150, Adams, MA cal staff hand brake, Carmer uncoupling lever, and mechanical data stenciled on the 5-5- 01220) makes cast-resin replicas of the cars in scale. RMJ 5 corrugated end. The "Central" converted some of its USRA double-sheathed box cars 0 into stock cars and retired the rest of them soon after the end of Wo rld Wa r II. -AC&F photo, Joe Collias collection

20 RAILMODEI_ JOURNAI_ • MAY 1998 By the early 1940s, CCC&StL 56843 was looking a bit tired. The USRA cars original­ ly assigned to the "Big Four" line were inte­ grated into the New Yo rk Central roster in the 1940s, becoming NYC 290000- 290999, and by the early 1950s only a handful remained in revenue service (though some had been converted to roof­ less box cars for coke service). -Bob Lorenz collection

The Northwestern Pacific got a hundred 40- ton double-sheathed box cars from the USRA and used most of them in inter­ change service through the 1950s. In the 1940s, however, several cars were equipped for express service in passenger trains and given special black paint jobs with red and yellow stenciling, as shown in this 1941 photo of NWP 1943. Note the bottom-operated coupler with uncoupling levers extending to both sides of the car and the steam and sig nal lines; AB air brakes were also applied. These express cars were h used exclusively for overnig t shipments on the NWP's Eureka-to-Tiburon night passen­ ger trains and did not go off line. -Bob McVay photo

The Rock Island rebuilt many of its 2,500 USRA box cars with steel bodies, but more than 1,500 cars remained as built and stayed in revenue service through the 1950s. Here's RI 155073 as it appeared in May 1948, with a brand new paint job. -To m Martorano collection

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 21 Like the Rock Island, the Frisco rebuilt many of its USRA box cars with new steel-sheathed, or steel-framed and plywood-sheathed bodies. Almost a thousand cars remained in original form after Wo rld War II, however. One of them was SL-SF 129601 , shown here as it appeared in 1 935.-Jack Burgess collection

The Spokane, Portland & Seattle got 40 years of revenue service from some of its USRA double sheathed box cars. SP&S 10071 , shown here in the mid-1 940s, had been equipped with AB brakes but was otherwise original. Note, however, that the USRA box car to the left had been modified with bottom-operated couplers and rotary uncoupling levers.-H. B. Miller photo

This ex-Wabash USRA box car found its way to the To nopah & Tidewater, in the Nevada desert, probably by virtue of being damaged, written off, and then repaired. The T&T used it only in company service, changing the reporting marks but retaining its original Wabash number, 78291. The Wa bash had equipped the car with a Hutchins steel roof and rotary uncoupling levers; otherwise it appears to have been as delivered in 1919. -M. D. McCarter collection

22 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1 998 In 1941 the New York Central transferred 300 of its USRA box cars to the To ronto, Hamilton & Buffalo (of which it was half­ owner with the Canadian Pacific). The TH&B completely overhauled the cars, though without modifying them, and a few of them were still on the TH&B roster in the late 1960s. Th is photo shows TH&B 4603 just after it had been renewed in kind in 1941 .-George Sisk photo, Charles Winters collection

Representative of the 2,800 USRA box cars owned by the Wa bash, WA B 79834 was photographed in the early 19405, at which time it was completely original (including KC brakes) except for having rotary uncou­ pling levers in place of its original Carmer mechanisms.-Howard Ameling collection

In the early 1920s the Wa bash added to its large fleet of USRA box cars an additional 1 ,500 cars of USRA design except that they were automobile cars with 4-foot auxiliary doors. These cars, numbered 23000- 24499, also had 7-8 corrugated ends and Vulcan trucks; otherwise they were right off the USRA drawings. Here's WA B 23512 as delivered in January 1923.-AC&F photo­ graph, AI Westerfield collection

In the 1930s many of the USRA-design 1'/2 door cars in the 23000 series were rebuilt with steel bodies, while others were con­ verted to single-door cars, given radial steel roofs, and renumbered 81000-8 1499. The results of the latter conversion are illustrated in th is December 1948 photo of WAB 81492. -Howard Ameling collection

RAI LMOO EL JOUI� NAL • MAY 1998 23 The new Ertl ready-to-run HO scale plastic replicas of the USRA double-sheathed box cars are excellent models that include work­ ing knuckle couplers. The relatively modern AAR trucks should, however, be replaced with Andrews trucks to duplicate the trucks on the majority of the prototype cars.

USRA 40-TON DOUBLE-SHEATHED BOX CARS {Based in part on James E. Lane, "USRA Freight Cars: An Experiment in Standardization," Railroad History #128, The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Inc, 1973.}

Owner Number Series No. Owned Notes Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe 3700 1 -39700 2,700 Rebuilt 1938- 1941 as steel cars Atlantic Coast Line 46000-46949 950 Boston & Maine 70000-70499 500 Charleston & We stern Carolina (Atlantic Coast Line) 8000-8299 300 Surviving cars reno. ACL 16200- 16287 Chicago & NOltb Western 141200- 143698 (even # only) 1,250 Rebu.i1l 1937-1 940 as steel cars Chicago, Bwolington & Quincy 120500- 1 20999 500 Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific 155000- 1 57499 2,500 Some rebuilt 1937-1940 a� steel cars Chicago, St.Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha (C&NW) 36100-37098 (even # only) 500 Rebuilt 1941-1942 as steel cars Cleveland, Cincinnati. Chicago & St. Louis (NYC) 56000-56999 1,000 Reno. NYC 290000-290999 Delaware, LackawatUla & Western 44000-44799 800 Detroit, To ledo & Ironton 11000- l1299 300 Rebuilt 1936 as steel cars Elgin, Joliet & Eastern 7300-7699 300 Rebuilt 1936 as steel cars Grand Trunk Western 108 100- 1 08299. 108450- 108599, 108850- 1 09099 600 Great Northem 23494-24993 1,500 Kansas City Southem 1.5500- 15599 100 Minneapolis & St. Louis 22000-22598 (even # on ly) 300 Missouri Pacific 4500 1 -45250 250 New York Central 161000- 161999 ],000 Reno. 1937 to 278000-278999 NOtthwestem Pacific 1900- 1999 100 Pere Marquette 80000-8 1 999 2,000 SI. Louis-San Francisco 127000- 130499 3.500 Many rebuilt 1930s with steel or ply wood Sheathing, ladders, new doors. etc. Spokane, Portland & Seattle 10000- 10299 300 To ledo & Ohio Central (New York Central System) 14000- 1 4249 250 Reno. NYC 234700-234949 Toronto, Hamilton & Buffa lo 4500-4799 300 2nd hand 1941 from New York Central Wabash 78200-80999 2,800

24 RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 [TEST]------

By Guy Thrams

he Electro-Motive Division of Inside the Model ings. A drive shaft with universal joint General Motors Corporation The cast-plastic body shell and sill fits connects the motor flywheels to the worm began production of the 3000-horse­ snugly over the die-cast metal frame, shaft. Each single-lead worm meshes with power GP 40 locomotive from November motor and chassis. The split chassis sur­ the plastic worm ear that is mounted to 1965 to December 1971. The production rounds the .378-inch-wide by .60-inch­ each truck assemb1y. The compound­ of GP40-2 units began in 1972. The dash diameter by 1.04-inch-Iong powerful worm gear drives spur gears through an changes were mainly internal with a few double-shaft motor with two .378-inch idler gear train to the geared wheel sets; minor external changes. diameter by .283-inch-Iong flywheels. for a motor-to-drive-wheel ratio of 20 to Atlas 's N scale Digital Command The left half of the assembled cast-metal I. The truck assemblies pivot freely Control (DCC) decoder equipped model split chassis is open at the top for easy under the chassis and contain the worm version is ready to run with any DCC access to the brass worm and bearing for gear and spur gear train that power all compatible system and/or with any tran­ lubrication. Both ends of the metal worm four of the blackened drive wheels in sistor or analog (standard ) DC power shafts run in plastic bearings. Both halves each truck. pack. of the chassis are open at the side to The back-to-back measurements for expose the motor and flywheels. This the drive wheel sets were .296 to .299 makes it easy to lubricate the molor bear- inch. One axle set was .00 I inch under

RAILMODEL JOUFiNAL • MAY 1998 25 26 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 and the other three were well within the NMRA recommended minimum mea­ surement of .297 inch. The wheel flanges are .028-inch deep.

Electrical Hardware Action Analysis: Observed Performance: The half-axle blackened drive wheels are As Received: electrically insulated from each other by CR 9342 the plastic geared sleeves that join them . Minimum Speed, level (no load scale miles per hour) 0.19 The axle ends run in copper bearing With full wave power: With pulse power: 0.36 strips that are made to support and con­ Over No. 6 switch, pulse power 0.42 duct the electric power from all eight of Maximums (at 12 volts max. where applicable) the blackened wheels. The copper strips No load top speed, level, full wave, smph: 203.7 are retained in the plastic outboard truck Uphill grade maximum, percent 27.0% frame assembly and extend above the Tractive force, ounces: 0.73 Number of cars pulled, level: 43 truck frame. This extension on each side Number of cars pulled, 4% grade: 12.5 of both trucks contact spring-loaded formed copper strips that conduct the Modifications - None electric power though the metal fuel tank Mechanical Measurements Motor-to-drivers gear reduction ratio: 20 to 1 that is a part of the chassis halves. The detailed plastic fuel tank snaps over the Wheel diameter, scale inches: 40.64 Flange depth, actual inches: 0.028 metal chassis and covers the formed Model weight, ounces: 2.72 metal strips. Truck wheelbase, scale inches: 107.36 34-0 The Digitrax printed circ uit board Distance between truck centers, sf&i: PCB is retained by slots cast in the chas­ Subjective Judgments sis. Bare traces on each side of the PCB Noise at fast speed: Fine Basic shape and proportions: Excellent make contact with each chassis half to Painting and marking quality: Excellent complete the circuit. Built into the .37- Downhill run smoothness: Excellent inch-wide by 2.67-inch-long by .16- Electronic Responses inch-thick PCB is the DA 120 decoder Throttle response at no load, volts: 3.6 (module) with an amber light emitting Throttle response at mid load, volts: 3.6 diode (LED) mounted at each end. Only Throttle response at full load, volts: 3.7 Motor current at full load, amperes: 0.120 half of the PCB length is needed to Motor stall current at 12 volts, amperes: 0.78 mount the module and LED components, but this length is convenient to place the Performance Ratings (1 to 5) Tractive force: 5.0 two LEDs directly behind the clear plas­ Efficiency: 3.0 tic headlight castings at each end of the Noise: 4.0 Speeds: body shell. The headlight castings are 2.0 Assembly workmanship: 5.0 inserted into .038 inch-diameter holes for excellent representation of full size 6- OVERALL RATING: 3.8 inch-diameter dual headlight. To com­ Prototype Gear Ratios: 65.12 62:16 60.17 plete the circuit to the motor, the brushes To p Speed: 71 mph 77 mph 83 mph have spring-loaded copper terminals that contact bare traces located on the under­ embosses cast on the chassis halves. The When analog DC power is first applied side of the PCB. The PCB circuit draws body shell is easily removed by grasping to the model, it may not run. Increase the .040 to .043 ampere at 12 volts. Although the sides of the plastic fuel tank cover at voltage until the decoder automatically this model is decoder equipped, the test the rear between the fingers of one hand resets to operate on conventional analog runs are still made using the test fixture's and grasping the rear of the body shell DC. In addition, the decoder affects the standard analog unfiltered DC power and sill with the fingers of the other throttle response, which requires a high­ supply and using MRC Tech II hand. Note that the body shell, sill and er voltage to start the model in motion. LocoMotion 1500 transistor throttle other details will remain as an assembly. The 3.6 volts required, at no load, has a power for the pulse power test. The PCB At reassembly, place the front end of the similar operational effect as a series decoder circuit design allows for the chassis inside the shell first. The factory diode constant lighting (and directional directional operation of the LEDs for the installed handrail detail measures a deli­ headl ight) circuit published years ago. headlights using these power supplies. cate but durable .0 1 7-inch diameter to and used in another manufacturer's HO The headlights are bright enough at 3 represent a fu ll size 25/s-inch-diameter scale E8/9s. With the PCB bypassed, the volts to represent a dimmed headlight, handrail. There may be a temptation to no-load response is I volt. The lighting and is at full brightness at 3.6 volts when add a .060 to .080-thick by .38-wide by circuits are bypassed or disconnected. the model starts to move. The opposite .79-inch-long lead piece under PCB and whenever possible for Efficiency test LED turns off in the reverse direction. on the top of the chassis. But beware, this results, with only the motor current and could impair the cooling air space for the speed observed. The same was done for Other Observations PCB components. Also a short circuit the test of this model. The PCB with the The body shell is retained on the chassis will occur if the lead touches the bare decoder and LED components was by four dimples cast inside the shell. The chassis halves. bypassed. RMJ dimples fit into and snap over matching

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Previous articles that provide additional information fo r articles in this issue {on the pages indicated}.

PASSENGER CAR MODELING tions. All of these locations are necessary to recreate Modeling specific real railroad scenes on the L&N, and/or modify a plan in fu ll size to build that model as recreated by Michael George in H 0 scale. (Articles appear on pages 5-9 or this issue.) railroad. Some of the articles are discussions of track February 1996. Upgrading heavyweight passenger car underframes planning principles that apply to any layout. Two lOx II-foot rooms, HO scale Cedar Falls & in HO scale by Noel Wilson and Bill Darnaby, Ottawa Silica S and prototype plant photos with both Maple Valley, by Ed Vo ndrak, March 1996. May 1991. model and prototype track plans, August and Turnouts versus Sector Plates, a pair of 2xS-foot Boston and Maine combines and milk cars in HO September 1989. switching layouts with the space-saving advan­ scale from Funaro and Camerlengo kits, by John Frank Ellison's town, Donaldson, and its oil depot, tages of the sector plate, by Ed Vo ndrak, May Nehrich, December 1991. November 1990 and April 1991. 1996. Pennsylvania Railroad baggage cars in HO scale B&O on two decks in N scale (4 x 16 feet) or HO Building racks to transport and store modular layout from Bethlehem Car Works kits by Ralph scale (5.5 x 29 feet), March and June 1991. sections, by the Midwest Valley Modelers, May Gotowski, October 1993. ATS F/BN/D&RGW "Joint Line" on two decks, in 1996. Modeling Reading Railroad baggage cars in HO HO scale, in 12.75 x 20.5 feet, July and August Gifford & Tiosa RR, a bedroom-size layout for HO scale from Bethlehem Car Works kits), by John 1991). or N scale, by Ed Vo ndrak, August 1996. R. Green, December 1992. Thurmond, West Virginia, February 1990 and April Modeling the Norfolk & Western Railroad's Private owner milk cars from Funaro and 1992. Shenandoah Division in HO scale in a 52 x 94- Camerlengo kits and brass imports, by John Frank Ellison's town, Raymondale, with plans and foot basement, by Jim Brewer, October 1996. Nehrich, January 1993. background planning "A To wn rs More Than A A point-to-point layout with a loop and easy staging HO scale 1909 We lls Fargo express reefer from Station," May 1992 and April 1993. for two towns, by Don Coppola, November 1996. MDC kit parts by Darrel Taylor, April 1993. Modeling the City, a Compact Track Plan (2.5 x 6.5 Adapting a prototype oil refinery track plan to an Caboose/combine kit-conversion for mixed train feet in HO scale, I x 3.5 feet in N scale or 4.5 x NTRAK module, by Buzz Lenander, November operations in HO scale from MDC's 1900-era 12 feet in 0 scale, June 1992. 1996. wood passenger cars by John Swanson, July 1993. Layout Design rmprovements for Existing Layouts, "A Change of Scene," using oil depots to recreate Duplicating NorthernPacific passenger cars and a critique of the N scale Cumberland Valley industlial scenes circa 1931, 1946, 1956 and 1966, consists with kit conversions and painting in N Railroad of Bill and Wayne Reid, by the Reids January 1997. scale by Stephen Krauss, January 1995. and Doug Gurin, July 1994. Modeling the Southem Railway's "Rathole" division Modeling modern streamlined passenger cars in HO Jim Providenza's double-deck Santa Cruz Northern, in HO scale, by J.D. Smith, February 1997. scale with American Model Builders sides on based on the Western Pacific Railroad. appeared Knightstown and/or Princeton, a single or double­ Eastern Car Works bodies by Ken Patterson and in the December 1991 issue, and articles on the deck shelf layout for lO x 10-feet in HO or N John Hitzeman, March 1997. operations on that model railroad appeared in the scale, with sector plate staging yards, by Ed Boston and Maine and Western Maryland coaches May and July 1992, May, June and September Vo ndrak, February 1997. from Bethlehem Car Works etched metal sides 1993 and July 1994 issues. Steel mills, concrete dealers and other heavy industry and plastic caI'bodies, June 1997. Modeling Minnewaukan, North Dakota, prototype on portable, modular layouts. The Calypso Yard Modeling MU (multiple unit) passenger cars in HO plans circa 1902 and 1970, December 1994. Railroad, by Phil Baggley, March 1997. and S scales on the Pennsylvania, Lackawanna, 8 x 9-foot double deck HO scale layout, the Coquille Two shortlines, a dogbone-style walk-in layout for Reading and lIIinois Central by Vic Roseman, & Crescent City, by Ed Vo ndrak, February 1995. lOx 14-feei in HO scale, by Ed Vo ndrak, April July an August 1997. lOx 20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale 1997. Passenger car "Want List," readers' chance to vote Ve rmont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield Adapting N scale modular layouts to NTRAK inter­ on the cars you want produced as easy-to-build Railroad, April 1995. faces on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway's New injection-molded plastic kits, December 1997. I O-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch N scale (adaptable, in River Subdivision, by Bernard Kempinski, August Modeling Air Conditioning Underbody Details, by the same space to HO scale) shelf layout plan. The 1996 and May 1 997. V.S. Roseman, October 1997 and February 1998. Westmont Central, by Ed Vo ndrak, June 1995. A Change of Scene, Part rv: Changing Locomotives Modeling Air Conditioning Underbody Details, Part I O-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch HO scale shelf layout and Rolling Stock to Recreate Hinton, West III update by Don Valentine, March 1998. plan, the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed Vo ndrak, Virginia as it was on June 15, 1956 and November Modeling roof-mounted air conditioning ducts for August 1995. 15, 1973, May 1997. heavyweight passenger cars, Part IV, by V.S. 27x47-foot HO scale DM&LR (Missabe N0I1hern) Staging tracks on a giant turntable as part of around­ Roseman, March 1998. double-deck layout as built and as projected the-wall layout designed for 10 x 12 feet in HO Modeling the Hi-Level uEI Capitan" cars on the improved version, by Jeff OliO, December 1995. scale, the Waldport & East Ridge, by Ed Vo ndrak, Santa Fe and on Amtrak from Train Station's HO NTRAK module planning using transition modules July 1997. scale kits, April 1998. and multi-module sets for more realistic scenes, Two-Decks, No Helix, a double-deck layout in HO Modeling Hi-Level passenger trains on the Santa Fe by Kelley Newton, December 1995. scale for a 9 foot 7 inch x II foot space, October and Amtrak in all eras, by Robert Wright, May I Ox20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale 1997. 1998. Ve rmont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield 12 x IS-foot N scale shelf layout based on the BN LAYOUT DESIGN Railroad, April 1995. and Union Pacific operations in the Coeur 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch N scale (adaptable, in d' Alene mountains. December 1 997. (Article appears on pages 30-41 or this issue.) the same space to HO scale) shelf layout plan. A "Change of Scene," changing eras from July 1945 Most of the articles on layouts already completed The Westmont Central, by Ed Vo ndrak, June 1995. to July 1974, with locomotives, rolling stock and in our monthly series "Your Layout, On Tour" I O-foot 4-inch x 9-foot 7-inch HO scale shelf layout vehicles on Rick McClellan's HO scale Frisco include a track diagram that indicates approximately plan, the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed Vo ndrak, Railroad, February 1998. where the track is routed. These plans are intended August 1995. Modeling real world scenes from the Frisco on Rick to give you a general impression of the layout and 17-foot x 7-1'00t 6-inch HO scale Modoc Mine McClellan's HO scale layout, February 1998. where the photographs were taken. Few modelers Division of the Santa Fe Southwestern, by Ed Railroad on a wall; five I x 6-root shelf layouts with would have identical spaces where they might want Vo ndrak, October 1995. carfloat interchange between shelves, by Ed to duplicate these layouts exactly. Most of the track Using removable and interchangeable structures or Vo ndrak, April 1998. plans listed below, however, include the precise dioramas to model di I'ferent eras on the same lay­ Layout design using specific prototype tract arrange­ locations of curve centers, the locations of turnout out or module as parts of the "A Change of ments, structures and scenery on Doug Taylor's points and frogs and the locations of track eleva- Scene" series, January 1996. HOn3 East Broad Top layout, May 1998.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 28 MODELING INTERMODAL Spotting the second generation of intermodal dou· HO scale, by Doug Taylor, May 1998. BENCHWORK, ROADBED, CARS and EQUIPMENT ble·stack cars-matching the models to their pro· totypes, by Scott Chatfield. September 1995. TRACKWORK BRIDGES (Article appears on pages 44·52 of this issue.) & Upgrading Walthers N or HO scale or A·Line HO (Article appears on pages 53·58 of this issue.) scale Thrall intennodal well cars with Gold No More Derailments, using the NMRA gauges to SO·foot piggyback flat cars and trailer prototype Medal Models (N scale) or Plano (HO scale) prevent derailments by adjusting clearances on photos, with model and decal sources, in color, etched·metal walkways, steps and grabirons, June tracks, wheels and drivers, by Robert Schleicher, July and September 1989. 1996. October 1989. Athearn HO scale SO· foot piggyback flat car and 24· J.B. Hunt 53·foot plate wall trailer from A·Line's Building turnouts with printed circuit board ties, by foot trai ler upgrade to match B&O prototype, HO scale kit, by Brian Kreimendahl, April 1998. Mike Horner, November 1989 October 1989. Modeling a rail/marine intermodal terminal with Weathering track with aerosol cans and bottled B&O 53· foot 6·inch flat cars and 24· and 33·foot plans for a container·loading crane from dock to paints, January 1990. trailer photos and equipment diagrams, October ship, by Bernard Kempinski, May 1998. Building turnouts, track and roadbed for G gauge 1989. outdoor layouts, by Herb Chaudiere, March 1990. Prolotype phOlOS for Wallhers HO scale Derail·Proofing and Upgrading Peco and Shinohara "Piggypacker" trailer·loading crane, August 1989. MODELING RAIL/MARINE (and Walthers) HO scale turnouts,April 1990 by Tntermodal yard track plan with prototype photos of INDUSTRIES Peter Eisle and Gerald W. Reed matching Beacon Park (Boston), Massachusetts, (Article appears on pages 44·52 of this issue.) 1. yard on the NYC, October 1989 and August Plans, prototype photos and operations of carfloat Realistic Right of way , Part I, Building realistic bal­ 1989. transfer bridge at Baltimore's Fells Point District last shoulders and roadbed shapes with Homasote Prototype photo of sixties·era Pennsylvania Railroad on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, November and plaster. Model templates and prototype cross· sections, by Dan Holbrook and Jeff Lemke, July piggyback train of 75·foot Bethlehem Steel Corp. 1992. 1990. tlat cars, in color, January 1990. "Two shortlines," a track plan for 20 x 20 feet in HO Realistic Right of way, Part II, Duplicating track, tie Thrall (A·Line HO and Walthers N and HO) and scale or lO x 14 feet in N scale with the Feyn Gunderson double stacks (A·Line HO and Deluxe Point Wharf for cm'float staging, by Ed vondrak, and ballast colors and textures, by Dan Holbrook Innovations N) April 1990. April 1997. and Jeff Lemke, August and October 1990. Prototype photos and roster of 75·foot Bethlehem "Walport and East Ridge," a track plan for 1 0 x 12 Realistic Right of way , Part 1lI, Duplicating tie and Steel Corp. flat cars to match Walthers HO scale fe et in HO scale or 8 x 9 feet in N scale, width ballast colors, by Dan Holbrook and Jeff Lemke, kits, April 1990. the car fe rry or carfloat staging operations at August and October 1990 40·foot exterior post trailers (from Walthers 35·foot Walport, by Ed Vondrak, July 1997. Review of Lima HO scale sectional track with code HO scale kits) and prototypes for the Walthers Operations at the Southern Pacific's Oakland Mole 83 rail, March 1991. 75·foot Bethlehem Steel Corp. flat cars, June by Anthony Thompson and Piing Holt's N scale Upgrading, installing and wiring Peco N scale low· 1990. model of the "Mole," January 1998. profile rail turnouts , by George Preston, April Athearn and A·Line comtainers and trailers and Railroad on a Wall; five I x 6·foot shelf layouts with 1991 (also reprinted in THE JOURNAL OF N Athearn flat cars as modeled in HO scale by caI'f1oat interchange between shelves, by Ed SCALE Robert Rogers. September 1991. Vo ndrak, April 1998. MODELING ). Roadrailer Mark IV rail/highway trailer kit conver· Modeling a rail/marine intermodal terminal with Turnout Construction, Rail·by·Rail. Scratchbuilding sion in HO scale from McKean kits. October plans for a container· loading crane from dock to llIrnouts with perfect electrical conductivity in 1991 ship, by Bernard Kempinski, May 1998. any scale, by Herb Chaudiere, September 1991. Kit·conversion: Baltimore and Ohio class P·35 40· Deck and Plate Girder Bridges, from Micro foot intermodal flat cars (circa 1960), from MODELING THE BRICK I IDUSTRY Engineering HO and N scale and Central Va lley Central Va lley flat car kits and modified A·Line, (Article appears on pages 30·4 1 of this issue.) HO scale kits, by Thornton Waite, August 1992. by Greg La Rocca, November 1991. Pomona Te rra Cotta kilns and stacks, prototype Lightweight Layout Construction, Part l: Styrofoam Athearn HO scale 85-foot TOFC and COFC flat cars plans and photos, April 1991. for bench work and scenery shapes, by Spike and Micro·Trains N scale 89·foot TOFC and Prototypes: McGinty, November 1993. COFC flat cars, prototypes and models, March Brick·Loading dock, June 1990. Weathering track with an airbrush, March 1994. 1992. Harbison Wa lker's plant and narrow guage railroad Layout Lighting for Daylight, Dawn and Night ' Fruehauf 48·foot trailers, prototypes and matching near Mount Union, Pennsylvania, October 1990. Enects, by Dave an Shirley Rowe, August 1994. models in HO scale from A·Line kits, April 1992. Mount Union's North American Refractories silica Lightweight Layout Construction, Part II: Using Trucks and trailers in HO scale, from A·Line, Model brick works, by Frank Kyper, June 1989, May Styrofoam for scenery supports and conventional Power and Aurora kits, May 1992. 1990 and July 1991. H ydrocal and paper towels for the surfaces. Commonwealth Cast Steel (GSI) 53·foot 6·inch flat Drain tile kilns at Deep River, Iowa on the C&NW, January 1995. cars from Walthers HO scale kits (Car Spotters by F. Hoi Wagner, Jr., May 1991. Lightweight Layout Construction, Part [[ l: Open· Plans and manufacturing operations at the Delaware grid bench work with fabricate "hollow·core" I x Guide No. II), December 1992. Upgrading Walthers Thrall double·stack cars with Brick Works, Oct.ober 1991. 3 crossmembers, March 1995. Plano walkways and converting stand·alone cars Models: Lightweight Layout Construction, Pall IV: Wood I· into five·unit articulated sets, December 1992. Mr. Plaster Ho scale brick kilns and stacks, by beam sides and hollow·core beam ends, with Athearn, Walthers and A·Line HO scale single·unit Howard Zane. September 1990. Styrofoam insulation foam roadbed supports and double·stack well cars, prototypes, models, paint· Scratchbuilding with Holgate and Reynolds styrene scenery, August 1995. ing and upgrading information, January 1993. brick sheets, a technique that can be used to Laying HO scale track with Central Valley's CVT tie 20·foot HO scale containers from A·Line kits, with duplicate brick kilns and stacks, December 1990. strip, April 1996. paint and decals for modeling and matching pro· Import Specialties brick kilns and stacks, by Steve Spine subroadbed and bench work construction with IOtypes, April 1994. Mayers, January 1991. Homa·Bed or Homasore roadbed. by Bill l eale, Gunderson Maxi·3 (five·unit) intermodal well cars Import Specialties Kilns and stacks on the East January 1998. from Athearn or Con·Cor HO scale models, June Broad Top modular railroad, by Dick Schweiger, Lightweight Layout Construction Part TV: using the 1994. January 1991. Woodland Scenics' "SubTerrain" system of �he Detail·prooting Con·Cor's 'Fuel·Foiler· intermodal Modeling Mount Union's North American expandecl·stryofoam to build subroadbed and articulated spine cars, September 1995. Refractories silica brick works at Mount Union in scenery profi Ie boards, May 1998.

RAILMODEL JOURW\L • MAY 1998 29 ------[ ] LAYOUT TOUR ------

By Doug Taylor, Artwork by Craig DuMez, Photos by Robert Schleicher and Thomas Manning

PHOTO 1. Doug Tay lor's recreation of the East Broad To p Railroad in HOn3 is on the right of the aisle with Orbisonia to the right and Robertsdale in the for distant center. His Pennsylvania Railroad mainline is just visible to the far left.

If this type of layout appeals to you, I would suggest you consider joining the Layout Design SIG by sending $15.00 to Layout Design Special Interest Group, Bruce Strickland. 10766 Tullamore Ct., Manassas, VA 221 11 fo r annual membership

that includes the quarterly mailings and the Layout Design News magazine. This group holds an annual meeting in conjunc­ tion with NMRA National Conventions, including the one in Kansas City July 20-26. UsuaLly, the Layout Design SIG has sev­ eral tours of their own at these meetings, in addition to the official NMRA tours. There's an index of previous articles on track planning that have been published in "The Journal" on pages 28-29 of this issue.-Robert Schleicher The Mount Union Silica Brick Company was one of the major industries on the East Broad Top, and Doug has recreated it and its operations. There's also an index of previous ru·ticles on the brick indusu"y, including previous articles about Mount Union, on pages 28-29 of this issue.

hings change. That is a fact of on Homasote. Scenery was hardshell zip­ Middle & Pittsburgh Divisions of the nature, and since model rail­ textured, or painted with latex paint Pennsylvania Railroad. But in spite of roads mirror nature, changes have hap­ sprinkled with ground foam. Water was this, changes and improvements have pened to my East Broad To p recreation in Envirotex epoxy. The results were seen oCCUlTed over the yeru"s. HO scale. by the many people who attended the As far as model railroads go, my 1984 NMRA National Convention in The East Broad Top Roster, in HOn3 East Broad To p is now eighteen Kansas City, the readers of the October years old. For the first couple years of its 1993 Model Railroader, and Kalmbach HO Scale existence, I worked on it steadily. The Vi deo Layout To ur 2. But after that time, The first changes were in rolling stock bench work was L-girder construction the East Broad To p was mostly operated, and motive power. Hall mark released with plywood subroadbed, and the track and the bulk of my modeling efforts went their models of the three big EBT to its across-the-aisle neighbor, the was laid with Lambert Code 70 flex track Mikados, numbers 16, 17, ancl 18. Since I

30 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 already had extensively rebuilt two old Gem rnodels into 16 and 17, I just pur­ chased 18. Then I fo und out that the Hallmark models were really the correct size, and although the Gem engine's pro­ portions looked good, it was about LO percent oversized, and it showed. The checkbook took a real hit with the quick acquisition of the other Hallmark models, and the Gem engines went into the histor­ ical display case for a well-earned rest. Hallmark eventually fol lowed with great models of 12, 14, and 15, which I bought to handle the increased business on the narrow gauge, and to complete the col­ lection. I passed on the prairie I I since that engine disappeared in World War II, and I model 1952. Rolling stock was gradually added. 1 say gradually, because it took me about 14 hours to build a Quality Craft EBT triple hopper. Since a lot of that time was PHOTO 4. Most of Orbisonia is visible in this view. After building just two or three struc­ sanding and sealing the wood parts to tures from scratch, Doug decided it was easier than assembling most kits-and the models represent steel, I began to experiment were replicas of real buildings, not "stand-ins" he would see on a thousand other model with copying those parts in styrene and railroads. This, then, really is Robertsdale, not just an assortment of kits. The track arrange­ using the hardware and decals from the ments at each of the prototype towns are duplicated on the model with the exception of the kits. But after I really geared up for doing leg of the wye at Orbisonia which would lead off the table to the right. that, including the purchase of a small power plane to do the necessary bevel joints, C&BT shops released their plastic EBT three-bay hopper kit. There are now about eighty of those cars on my EBT, a good number of which were built and superdetai led with David Hoffman parts by friends Te m Johnson and Art Riordan. David Hoffman also created brass kits for the EBT steel flat cars, and [ bought and built six, one of which I converted into a tank car as per the prototype. He also offered a kit fo r the miner's car (known on the EBT as the "Brownie"), the unique scale car, and all the EBT non­ Vulcan freight and passenger trucks. Equally important, David created won­ derfu l lost-wax parts to correctly detail roofs, platforms and underbodies of the passenger cars designed and marketed by the Friends of The East Broad Top, as well as freight car parts and EBT's unique harp switchstands. But most important, he had special correct-sized wheelsets PHOTO 5. The gas electric emerges from the tunnel heading for Saltillo. made with the correct axle length of the Vulcan trucks. This standardization of running gear, and the use of Kadee N They also offer some of these kits in On3 Building Robertsdale in HO scale couplers on all EBT rolling stock as well. I bought and built an appropri­ Scale are the big reasons why my EBT operates ate number of these. Chicago Express As one models a particular prototype, once sold EBT twin hopper kits and the as well as it does. one learns more about it. When I first unique fishbel ly flatcar 73. These too are I mentioned the Friends of The East built Robertsdale, I had very little hard on the railroad. Broad Top. Through their company store, information, and in the John Armstrong Miscellaneous items are the steam they have designed and marketed kits for layout design (for another house), the shovel (based on a Rio Grande Models the early wood boxcars, the Billmeyer & station side of the Robertsdale track was kit), a Hallmark M- I gas electric, a soft­ Smalls wood hoppers, the rare stock car, a steep mountain slope that served as a metal non-operating model of the M-3 the Laconia coaches 8, 9, 10 and I I, the view block for Johnstown on the Pennsy two different big combines 14 and 15, the rai Icar, and various standard gauge cars side of the layout. This basic incorrect­ steel box car, the flat car and tank car. operating on narrow gauge EBT trucks. ness began to annoy me, and when friend

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 31 PHOTO 6. Saltillo is on the right and Pogue on the far upper left. The Aughwick Creek concrete arch bridge (upper left) was cut from a fir 2 x 6 for the model. Operators can followalongs ide their trains with wa lk-around control to see the same scenes they would in the real eastern Pennsylvania mountains.

Jim Miller redesigned the Pennsy staging hill much more like the prototype. I impression of the company town, and 21 to take advantage of the additional trains scratch built accurate models of the long­ identical houses give that effect. Since possible with CTC-80 command control, gone engine house, and the now-gone the town area was on a hillside, I cut l­ inch thick foundation footprints of each I ripped out the offending mountain, Company Store, but cheated on a bit on rebuilt the Pennsy staging underneath it, the company houses by scratchbuilding house and plastered them into place after put in a Masonite sky backdrop for the upgraded versions of the old Model carefully leveling each one. Thus some view block, and plastered in the gentler Hobbies ones. The goal was to give the houses have high front porches with long staircases, others have almost ground­ level ones but have high back porches, etc., just like the prototype. Lots of trees, bushes, and power poles complete the effect. I still need to scratch build the rus­ tic concrete block station, old post office, and company office building to complete the town. Orbisonia in HO Scale

The second area that began to bug me was Orbisonia. In the original design, Orbisonia was an 8-foot-long triangle because of space restrictions of the house for which the layout was designed, and besides, it was enough for the very sec­ ondary nature the EBT had in the initial concept. But as operations increased to having four mainline trains working the railroad, it was much too small. I quietly began to get serious about changing this, even though this part of the layout was PHOTO 7. Robertsdale is on the left with Pogue just visible in the far upper right. The black mine tipple is just visible above the turntable. The turntable is one of the few non-prototyp­ the fi rst built, and I had earned the first ical features, but it was needed because there wasn't room for the real ra ilroad's wye at Prototype Scene NMRA Achievement Robertsdale. "Loads-in/Empties-out" tracks connect this tipple with the for opposite end of Certificate with it. First the full-scale the East Broad To p, the coal-washing and transfer plant at Mount Union. washer and dryer were moved and

32 RAIL MODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 rewired and replumbed. Then I talked friend Keith Jorden into drafting the plan of the new Orbisonia. It turnedout to be about 12 feet longer than the first, and was about 7/S full size. Next on a sad Saturday after Thanksgiving, T tore down the original version. It died hard as I sal­ vaged the turntable, turnouts and struc­ tures. Two other friends, Steve Priest and Jason Crupper, seemingly moved into the basement, and two weeks after the destruction, number 17 ran extra from Mount Union to Robertsdale again. By Christmas all the trackwork was in, including two scratchbuilt 3-way stub turnouts built by the renowned Malcomb Vordenbaum of Texas. Dean Clasbey engineered and built the complicated switch machines to power these and a new computer-controlled turntable drive for the roundhouse. By early February, Prairie Rail operating session scenery was roughed-in using sheet Styrofoam PHOTO 8. Mount Union is on the right with Doug's Pennsylvania Railroad mainline and the for the fi rst ti me instead of plaster, and cities of Altoona and Ty rone on the left. The brick kilns are at the far end of this aisle. detailing has continued right up to an hour before the photo session for this tures are in order. On my original ver­ the new Orbisonia. The carshop building article. I am most happly with the rebuilt sion, most of the buildings, with the doubled in size, and the foundry will be Orbisonia. More details and structures exception of the roundhouse, sandhouse, replaced by a Whiteground Models kit. 1 will be added in time, but it now operates paintshop and station, were very com­ scratch built the famous stone farm­ and looks like the prototype, and that is pressed to fit the space. While they gave house/yard office and the leaning sheds the fun of it. the impression of the EBT shops on the behind it. The roundhouse finally got

A few notes on the Orbisonia struc- old Orbisonia, they had to be rebuilt on somke jacks, and hopefully soon, the

PHOTO 9. The gas electric is emerging from the only non-prototypical tunnel on the layout heading for the dual-gauge track at Mount Union after leaving Pogue.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 33 Pennsylvan of layoul und, /

PHOTO 10. The huge Chance sand-process coal-washing and transfer point at Mount Union was the reason the EBT remained solvent. The narrow gauge hoppers dumped their coal here to be cleaned, graded and loaded into standard gauge (and some narrow gauge) hoppers. The plant disguises the fact that the East Broad To p cars are actually being pushed beneath the scenery to reappear at the Robertsdale mine. The three tracks curving off to the left are the Pennsylvania Railroad mainline. The 0-6-0 is one of two EBT standard gauge engines that served Mount Union, each fitted with three couplers on each end for switching the dual-gauge tracks.

PHOTO 13. The brick kilns surround the ganister rock building at Mount Union. carloads of brick were shipped out of the plant over both the EBT and the Pennsylvania Railroad, so the tracks were dual-gauge at th is industry.

34 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 :m portion �onstruction

Siandard gauge Saltillo engine house " Coal lreslle - Juniata River Timber � tranSfer � crane �I ---.To Altoona Loads in/emplies oul coal ------...... ------:- -> washing and Iransfer plant

East Broad Top

roof cupolas. Since the modeled part of the re sidential area was mostly company Waler plug housing, T tried, as in Robertsdale, to give the impression of what really was Engine coaling li n ellI ne- -+-. there. Most of the houses are variations on the Model Power house kits, with foundations replaced with uniform stone sheet, roofs painted one color, and many of the houses covered in my HO version of Insulbrick, that brick printed and tex­ tured tarpaper that covered so many of

the houses in that area and age. To simu­ Yard Iracks late that, I color-copied and reduced 0 scale brick paper, and I am pleased with the fi nal efffect. Non-company houses are from Bachmann, Campbell, Summit Engineering, and Dyn Models. There is a

conscious effort to mirror the social strat­ E.B.T. main line ification of the area. The houses at Orbisonia, although company housing, are grander that the company houses at Robertsdale. Miners lived at Roberts­ Depol dale, and management lived at Orbisonia. Now, the dual-gauge Mount Union Orbisonia yard is beginning to gnaw at my subcon­ scious. The track spacing is a bit wide, and by relaying it, I could add a much needed additional arrival or departure track.. . Time will tell. RMJ Black Log Creek "=..... _ ;o

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 35 THIS IS DIE ElT, IN HO SCALE

PHOTO 11. The transfer crane was used to hoist standard gauge cars so narrow gauge trucks could be rolled beneath them. The opera­ tion made it possible for cost-effective interchange with the rest of the world without the need to load or unload every car. The hundreds of EBT carloads of coal needed to be unloaded at the Mount Union coal-washing and treatment plant in any case, so there was, effec­ tively, no cost in transloading the cool from narrow gauge to standard gauge.

PHOTO 12. The 0-6-0 pushes two EBT hopper-loads of ganister rock in the Mount Union Silica Brick Company's plant.

36 R A I L MODE L JOURNAI_ • MAY 1 998 The M- l and its trailer have stopped for passengers and mail at the Saltillo station. Above the town one can see the tipple at the top of the Narco Branch which provides ganister rock loadings for the East Broad To p. Doug has recently replaced this Alexander station with a scratchbuilt correct one. The typical EBT enclosed watertank won't do any business with this train! THIS IS THE EIT, IN 80 SCALE)

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NMRA National Convention • July20· 26, 1998 . Kansas City, Missouri -

The East Brood To p's unique M- l gas electric with roller-bearing-equipped Coach 8 in tow enters the south end of the Orbisonia yard. Below the cool dock, one of the EBT's six Mikado is busy switching a cut of freight cars into the shop com­ plex. The M- l and Mikados are Hallmark brass imports, coach 8 is on FEBT kit with David Hoffman ports, the PRR covered hopper is on Overland import, the X-29 is a much-rebuilt Train Miniatures kit, and the EBT hoppers are CB&T kits.

38 RAILMODEL JDURNAL - MAY 1998 It's a busy time at Robertsdale as the M- 1 takes advantage of the grade crossing already blocked by an empty coal train being switched to the mine. The store building is kit-converted l from ConCor hotel kits and is not accurate; a l other buildings including the prototypically-correct company store are scratch­ built. There are 20 company houses in Robertsdale.

F,AILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 39 THIS IS tHE IN 80 PHOTO 2. Nearly all of the East Broad To p's structures at Orbisonia are still standing, and EBT, Doug has duplicated every one of them, plus replacing those that have disappeared since SCAlE) 1952. -Robert Manning photo

40 • 1998 RAILMODEL JOURNAL MAY

TRA IN 5 AND EXTRA 2� SEPTEMBER 141 19531 GLENWOOD1 MINNESOTA By Ray Grosser ------[ ] INTERMODAL MODELING ------

A RAIl-MARINE INTERMODAL TERMINAL

IN N ByOR Bernard HO Kemp inskiSC ALE

The freight house and gantry crane are visible in this overall view.

. TAtu n",£, TO Csx00T1fE JOiJ� �Y! i

This container terminal is an N scale model, but the container crane must be built from styrene strips and shapes for either N or HO scale. In HO scale, the Resin Unlimited (P.O. Box 1056, Menomanee Falls, WI 53052) replica ofan ore boatcould be modifiedto sim­ ulate a containership. There are indexes of previous articles on intermodal modeling and on rail-marine modeling on pages 28-29 of this issue.

he surge in container traffic has marine container terminal by describing A specialized container terminal is not swept contemporary railroad­ the important components of such a ter­ necessary for handling containers, but it ing, both prototype and model. Heavy minal and illustrate how I built such a ter­ is faster. Many of the ports in the United trains of double-stacked well cars loaded minal on an NTRAK module. States do not have specialized facilities with colorful containers have replaced Container terminals evolved into spe­ for handling containers, instead they the familiar box cars of the past and are cialized cargo-handling facilities to satis­ make do with conventional layouts and now the hotshots on many rai lroad sys­ fy the peak demand and rapid turnaround handling gear used for non-containerized tems. Fortunately, vendors now offer required by container carriers. Modern cargo. In these cases the ship's gear, models of most intermodal equipment in container terminals allow the unloading mobile cranes on dockside or shore-based both HO and N scale. Providing layout of ships in a matter of hours where fo r­ fixed booms unload the containers. In destinations for this equipment in the merly days or even weeks were the norm. some ports the quays may not be wide fo rm of intermodal terminals, particularly Fast turnaround time for the ship signifi­ enough for maneuvering containers. the rail-sea terminals, will add interest, cantly contributes to the economic effi­ These require assembly areas near the excitement and realism. ]n this article I'll ciency of the whole container transport port where containers can be stored and describe how to design a model rail- process. prepared for loading. However, the more

44 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 interesting fac ility to model is the spe­ looking down the dockside at the gantry crane at cialized container terminal. Shippers the Sealand Terminal in Baltimore Harbor at Canton, were quick to adopt these capital-inten­ Maryland. The loading boom is in the raised position sive facilities because they produce the in this photo. lowest over all cost. Fortunately, the unique, often colorful equipment presents exciting modeling opportunities. The large equipment required to han­ dle and transport containers makes mod­ eling an intermodal facility a challenge. Piggyback flats stretch up to 89 feet long, more than double the length of a tradi­ tional 40-foot box car. Furthermore, dou­ ble-stack well cars with 4S-foot contain­ ers and the length to accommodate the rail bogies are also large . The cranes and facilities needed to transfer, process and store containers cover many acres, while the container ships that dock alongside stretch up to 800 feet long. Even in N scale a ship this large would be 6 feet long. To plan a faithful representation, we need to distill the essential elements of the rail-marine container terminal into a manageable yet believable size.

The loading boom on the proto­ type in its lowered position viewed from the water side.

Rail-Marine Te rminal Functions and Features To model a rail-marine container tenni­ nal, you need to consider the major func­ tions involved in the preparation of con­ tainers for shipboard loading and then incorporate these in some form on your layout. The fu nctions include the fo llow­ ing: inbound receiving, consolidation, container inspection, marshaling, and fi nally loading (see Figure I). The inbound receiving point, located near the terminal gate, logs all incoming cargo. State-of-the-art facilities have automated systems that expedite in-pro­ cessing. All less-than-car-I oad ( I -c-I) cargo is brought to the container freight station and consolidated into outgoing containers, while inbound containers move directly to a truck operations yard, a temporary holding area where workers inspect containers and check paperwork . With inspections and paperwork com­ pleted, the containers move to the con­ tainer marshaling yard. Containers in this area are ready for loading aboard ship. When the ship arrives, yard equip­ ment moves the containers and positions them under the loading cranes. These

RAI LMOOEL JOUI'lNAL - MAY ·I 998 45 front loaders, straddle carriers and gantry They straddle the container, then lift and cranes. Figure shows the array of 4 carry it. They can be the principal carrier cranes place the containers on board equipment Valmet produces for use in a for the terminal or they can be used as an ship. The ship's crew carefully controls container terminal. adjunct to other types of equipment. the process to avoid uneven loading that These vehicles are highly flexible in could capsize the ship. They also plan the Modeling Rail/Marine operation and permit high utilization of blocking to expedite lInloading at variollS Te rminals land area at the expense of higher unit ports. This is the most time-critical phase and maintenance costs. For example, in the whole process. The ideal is unin­ Frontloaders resemble large fo rk lifts experience shows that a frontloader­ terrupted movement of the loading with special cradles that can pick up a based system can store 56 forty­ cranes since this determines the overall container. They carry the containers side­ foot containers per acre, but straddle loading rate. Whenever possible in the ways so they require wide aisles, but can trucks can double this amount. Thus fo r loading sequence, there must be another double or triple stack, which permjts cramped model appli cations, straddle trucks are prototypically justified. No kit is available, but one could kit-convert a model of these by reducing the width of the rubber-tired Mi-Jack crane kits avail­ able in HO and N scale. A-Line has a similar die-cast metal single-width strad­ dle crane in HO scale. The rubber-tired overhead gantry crane combined with trailers for moving longer distances provides an efficient system for terminals that handle larger quantities of containers. Rail-mounted gantry cranes can be even more efficient. The rails can support heavy cranes that can span several stacks of containers,

Looking up at the prototype gantry crane with the loading boom in the raised posi­ tion. container waiting, ready to be engaged by the crane and hoisted on the ship. Te rminal operators use various sys­ tems for container handling depending on several factors such as the re lative availability of land area, labor costs, proximity to other transportation infra­ structure and local demand. Many con­ tainer terminals employ multiple han­ dling systems to tailor their operation to local conditions. So there is ample justi­ fication for including several different A close-up of the wheel units on the gantry crane at the Sea Land Te rminal in Baltimore container handling systems in a model Harbor at Canton, Maryland. terminal. The first system used was simply higher utilization of land. They can truck lanes or railroad tracks. Several containers kept on trailers and pulled by unload containers from rail cars or from gantry crane models are available in HO yard tractors. This system requires the inbound trai lers. In the prototype, opera­ and N scale. highest area but low capital investment tor visibi lity can be a problem since the A popular prototype system, and the and affords easy equipment availability. container is carried in an elevated posi­ one I chose to model, is a large rail On the other hand, storing and stacking tion, but this is not a concern in our mod­ mounted quayside gantry crane with rail containers on the ground allows higher els. Walthers stocks HO models of this and truck lanes below. This compact utilization of land area but requires a type vehicle while an N scale model was arrangement, ideal for model railroads, means to load and move the containers once produced by N Scale of Nevada. It allows loading of containers from both within the terminal. Several systems is currently out of production. trucks and rail cars directly to the ship. evolved for these purposes: for example, Straddle carriers resemble boat lifts.

46 RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 A CSX GP38-2 pushes a Thrall articulated S-car double-stack into position under the are stored in the paved area in front of gantry �rane. Containers and skeleton trailers the engine.

Igure • Moduletrack n andkey 10 buildings Key to Structures

1. American Can Company: Scratchbuilt 2. Warm Ink: DPM Mattress Company with addition from Micro Engineering 3. Atlantic Southwest Broom Company: Model Power Kit 4. Freight Depot: Model Power Kit with Scratchbuilt Pier 5. Freight Transfer Shed: Micro Engineering Kit 6. Paceco Gantry Crane: Scratchbuilt 7. Bell R Class Container Ship: Scratchbuilt 8. Check-In Shack: Scratchbuilt 9. Mel's Produce: Period Miniatures Kit 10.Gas Station: Micro Engineering Kit 11.Yard Office: Small Building from Model Power Engine Works Kit

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 47 The N scale gantry crane is a somewhat-simplified version of the prototype crane at the Sea La nd Terminal in Baltimore Harbor at Canton, Maryland.

with scratchbuilt piers, breakwaters and pilings. The simple scenery helps emphasize the detailed models of intennodal equipment. The Marco Solo Container Ship is a scratchbuilt model based on the Bell Corporation R class container ships. The pro­ The N scale model viewed from the harbor side. totype's compact 86-meter length can accommodate 120 twen­ ty-foot containers. It is typical of the short sea type container vessels and by virtue of its relatively small size is ideally suit­ The Gantry Crane Module ed fo r a model railroad harbor. I obtained the plans by succes­ The Chase Marine Terminal Module depicts a hypothetical sively enlarging a small set of plans published in 1985 JANE'S modern intermodal rail-marine facility on a 2x4-foot NTRAK MERCHANT VESSELS. I was fortunate in that the 1982 module. On the right side of the module, the Chase Marine JANE'S MERCHANT REVIEW published several photos of Te rminal, Inc. represents a fictional corporate entity operating the same ship. The hull is typical of modern vessel desicrn in

that it has a parallel mid-body that also makes modelincbr it I uch an Intermodal transfer point for container traffic intended for . � US-Canadian intercoastal and Caribbean trade. The left side of Simpler. r carved the model hull from a I-inch x 4-inch x 19- the module depicts an older industrial district. The Canton area inch poplar board, while the superstructure and bulwarks are of Baltimore Harbor served as the inspiration fo r the setting and made from sheet styrene and Plastrucl shapes. Commercial ship many of the structures in the module. A small container termi­ fittings and containers as well as scratchbuilt and plaster-cast nal at Port Arthur, Texas, the plan for which was published in containers complete the model. If you elect to make the ship the 1987 JANE'S FREIGHT CONTAINERS, provided the larger, remember that stacks of containers, three or more high inspiration for the general arrangement of the gantry crane, general ly require lashing. freight house and access road. The fe nced-in container yard has a check-in area with a lighted gate house that processes inbound Modeling the Gantry Crane containers. There is a yard office building near the entrance The Container Gantry Crane is also a scratchbuilt model where clerks work. An adjacent small paved area provides based on the Paceco 32-ton gantry crane prototype located in room to store several contai ners and trai lers. the Sea Land facility at the Seagirt terminal in Baltimore, The track plan design shown in Figure 2 provides rail ser­ Maryland. This is one of the oldest, as well as smallest shore­ vice to the container yard as well as to the American Can .Com­ side container gantry cranes. Nonetheless, I had to reduce its pany. The plan includes a spur to the container freight house for dimensions to 80% and remove two sections of the boom to fit I-c-I cargo and two spurs for the gantry crane. These spurs can it into the scene. Figure 2 shows the side elevation that I drew each hold one five-car double-stack articulated set. The plan working from photos and measurements of the prototype. r then Includes a run-around track to shuffle cars and engine. The spur used photos as a guide while constructing the top and end to the American Can Company is unrealistically placed in the views. Although seemingly complex, the model is a collection sense that to serve this industry, the engine has to enter the con­ of many simple shapes; it uses approximately 500 individual tainer yard area. Ideally, the spur should branch directly off the pieces. run-around track, but there was insufficient room to accommo­ T used Plastruct 3/8-inch square tubing for the main struc­ date this without a custom-made crossing track. tural A frame members. This is a simplification, as the actual The scenery on the module reflects the harbor-side theme crane frame members have a varying cross section which tapers

48 RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 The boom is in its lowered position on the N scale model.

towards the ends. The lack of the taper is not too noticeable in N scale. However, builders in a larger scale might consider scratchbuildina these pieces to include the taper. The large mitered cuts o� the top of the A frame are covered with .0 I 0- inch plastic sheet. Trim pieces of .30 x .30-inch styrene glued around the tubing simulate the bolting flanges between main components of the A frame. . The dockside view of the N scale gantry crane. The boom consists of pieces of Plastruct C channel cut to fl t. Use the plans and prototype photos as a guide. An impressive aspect of the model are the see-through walkways. I built these paving for the roads and parking areas. The fences are either by first cutting appropriate lengths of AO x .40-111ch strip photoetched kits or Micromesh superglued to wire posts. styrene. Then I superglued .25-inch-wide strips of Scale Scribed AO-inch-thick styrene simulates the concrete side­ Scenics' Micromesh to these strips. Finally, I glued Plastruct walks. All vehicles, structures, figures and rolling stock are handrails to the sides and ladders to connect the various walk­ painted, weathered and dull-coated. ways. These are time-consuming to build but highlight the A rai l-marine container terminal can provide an exciting model. focal point for any contemporary layout. Although the proto­ [ airbrushed the frame a dark grey and drybrushed with a type faci lities can be very large, this module demonstrates that liahter shade of gray. The handrails received a bright yellow a convincing model with realistic operational potential need not a plied with a small brush. The prototype crane is in remark­ ; require a large area if the design includes the important func- ably good shape given its age. There is little weathering eVident other than faded paint, and the model reflects tillS. ] applied dry transfer letters along the upper cross frame to advertise the name of the facility. I scratchbuilt the spreader from photos, assemblina it riaht on the container. I subsequently obtained a b b . set of drawings for a different spreader and they are shown 111 Figure 3. The American Can Company building is based on the defunct but colorful factory of the same name in Canton, Maryland. This scratchbui It model used styrene and embossed brick plastic. I made the window mullions using door screen, clear acetate and thin zap-a-gap glue. Warn Ink Factory, Atlantic Southwest Broom Company, Gus' Mobil Station and the Freight Warehouse are N scale buildincrb kits sliahtl y modified to fit their sites. The pier adja­ cent to the W31�llOUSe was scratchbuilt with toothpicks and scale lumber. Other scenic techniques included a water surface created by A view from the top of the gantry crane reveals that the boom is gloss Mod-Podge applied in multiple layers over midnight blue wider than it appears in most photographs of the prototype. The paint. The painted masonite skyboard depicts a typical hazy white outlines at the handrails. day. Durham's water putty over matboard bases serves as

RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 49 The dockside wheel units on the N scale model. The container-grappling arm on the N scale model.

50 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 The container ship is a much-shortened version of the prototype. Note that the containers are all heavily weathered to match the prototypes. The ship is a "waterline" model, so it can rest on a harbor with just 1 IS-inch of decoupage resin "water."

Figure 2. Side elevation for gantry crane. Ship shown for comparison. Paceco 32.5 Ton Container Gantry Crane

Scale: 1:160 Del.: 12 April 1991 (hIIII NScIlle -MlfYlprW;9d) Updated25J3n 1995

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1 998 51 Figure 3. Plans for a spreader used to lift various sizes of contain­ ers.

Shipside Gantry Crane Figure 4. A schematic of the various handling systems produced by Va lmet for use in a container terminal.

52 RAI LMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 [ TECHNIQUES] ------

By Robert Schleicher

This partially completed demonstration layout shows the new Woodland Scenics "SubTe rrain" layout-construction system in all the stages from bare tabletop (far right) to finished scenery shapes (far left). All of the materials are available from a rack at stocking dealers.

oodland Scenics is pro­ 2-inch and 4-inch heights so you have a track level. Woodland also as has 12 x 24 ducing a new layout­ choice of "zero" elevations for the track. sheets of white expanded-Styrofoam in construction system they call "Sub­ The Risers are 21/2 inches wide to leave I-inch, 2-inch, 3-inch and 4-inch thick­ Te rrain." The system is based on a flexi­ room for both the ballast and some nesses if you want to elevate the bulld­ ble white expanded-Styrofoam sub­ shoulder. Woodland Scenics' extruded­ ings on solid blocks. Use these same roadbed to support standard cork Styrofoam has been redesigned for materials to make the interior walls of roadbed (or Woodland's new rubber-like greater strength than conventional white tunnels and supports for bridge abut­ flexible roadbed). The subroadbed sys­ Styrofoam. ments. tem is called Risers and it is designed to Building sites, towns and roads will support the track at least two inches also have to be elevated by that 2 inches Cuttingan d Gluing the above a flat tabletop. The two-inch eleva­ or more above the tabletop. Woodland SubTerrain System tion guarantees that you'll have at least Scenics provides 12 x 24-inch sheets of Woodland also makes a Hot Wire some space for streams and fills or 1/4-inch and 1/2-inch-thick white expand­ Foam Cutter that can be used to cut any embankments to elevate the track. The ed Styrofoam that can be used to build of this material. Plastruct (1020 So. "Risers" are available in lh-inch, I-inch, boxes to elevate structures and roads to Wal lace Dr., City of Industry, CA

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 53 The white expanded Styrofoam can be glued with latex cement like Liquid Nails "Foam board" cement or latex caulking. Woodland Scenics "Foam Tack Glue" becomes sticky soon after appl ica­ tion to speed up installing the various Styrofoam components. Woodland Sce­ nics has a new low-temperature "Low Temp, Foam Gun" and matching glue sticks that can be used for instant bonds.

Easy Upgrade Roadbed Construction Perhaps the most useful features of the SubTerrain system are the "Inclines." These are made like the flexible white expanded-Styrofoam Risers, except that the Inclines are available in 2-percent or 4-percent grades. The Inclines, then, guarantee a steady upgrade, an the way from zero to 4 inches, even through curves. Both the 2-percent and the 4-per­ The SubTe rrain system is based on elevating the track at least 2 inches above a flat table­ cent [ncline Sets include flexible Inclines top using the white expanded Styrofoam Risers (top). Mark the location of the edges of the in 2-foot sections, so it takes four pieces track with a pencil to locate the Risers. The risers are 2-1 h inches wide to provide room for from the 4-percent Incline Set to gain 4 HO scale ballast plus a second prototypically correct shoulder. inches and eight pieces from the 2-per­ cent Incline Set to gain the same 4 inch­ es. You can use the Inclines to run a roadbed upgrade from a blue Styrofoam layout tabletop, using the Woodland Scenics' Inclines to stair-step upgrade in 2-inch steps of blue extruded Styrofoam. If you want to use the Inclines with 2- inch-thick blue expanded Styrofoam, buy the Incline Starter Set. The 2-percent Starter Set will need to be supplemented with two pieces of 1/2-inch Risers and two I-inch Risers to gain 2 inches of ele­ vation. The 4-percent Starter Set will also need a I-inch riser to gain that same 2 inches.

The SubTerrain Scenery System The SubTe rrain "system" is designed to be used with a flat tabletop. That table­ top can be a sheet of 1/2-inch plywood or a sheet of liz-i nch chipboard or particle board (braced every 12 square inches with a x 3 benchwork grid to avoid If you are using N scale track, mark the centerline of the track to locate the Risers. The Risers J sag). You can also use blue expanded­ are wide enou h for N scale double track. For sin le track, an additional 1/2-inch-thick g g Styrofoam insulation boards supported Ri ser can be added and its edges tapered to match th e shape of any fills or embankments. by an open-grid system, on shelf brack­ ets or protected by a "shadowbox" of I/S_ 9l748) offers a battery-powered hot wire includes a "Detail Wand" that will hold a inch x 6-to-9-inch-high plywood. cutter as well as a table-saw-style hot 12-inch length of wire that you can bend The SubTerrain system includes wire cutter. Avalon Concepts (1055 to any shape. The tool is especially use­ ribbed "Profile Boards" that interlock for Leisz's Bridge Road, Leesport, PA ful for cutting roadbed shapes and extra length and to form corners. These 19533) also has a hot wire cutter cal led a scenery contours in blue extruded Profi Ie Boards are meant to surround the "Foam Sculpting Detail Station" that Styrofoam, but it works just as wei I with edges of the layout. Begin scenery con­ includes a handle to hold a wire cutter the white material. If you use any of struction by surrounding the edges of the that can be used for cutting both the these hot wire cutters, I recommend that layout with the Profile Boards, then tough blue extruded Styrofoam and the you work outdoors so the slight fumes begin wadding up newspapers as you softer white expanded Styrofoam. The produced by the cutting will not be as would for the standard "hardshell" sys­ Avalon Concepts Detail Station also likely to affect any allergies you may have. tem. Tape the newspaper wads down

54 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1 998 Hold the Risers in place with T-pins (Woodland Scenics sells them The risers are available in l/2-inch, l-inch, 2-inch and 4-inch as "Foam Nails") so you can replace the track to be sure the Risers heights. Yo u can also stack one on the other as shown . are in the proper place before gluing them to the tabletop. The thin Riser in the top ot the photo is a Woodland Scenics "Incline" that provides a choice of 2-percent or 4-percent uphill grades. Th is is the beginning of a 2-percent grade down to the tabletop level for a hidden track.

Attach the White expanded Styrofoam Risers to the tabletop or to one another with a latex-based cement, Woodland Scenics' Foam Ta ck Glue, or caulking compound that will not melt the Styrofoam.

Woodland Scenics also has a new low-tem­ perature hot glue stick and gun that is avail­ able with the SubTerrain system . 1he g\\Je gun provides an instant joint for quicker assembly. --photo courtesy Woodland Scenics

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 55 If you are using blue extruded Styrofoam for your layout base and construction, you can still use the Woodland Scenics "Risers" to pro­ vide accurate uphill grades. Here, a 4-percent grade is being installed on 2-inch-thick sheets of blue Styrofoam. The Incline Starter Set includes 2-foot pieces that elevate the track 1 h inch for 2-percent grades and I inch for 4-percent grades. Fill in the height on the 2-per­ cent grade with two I h-inch and two I-inch Risers, and use a single I -inch-thick Riser with the 4-percent Starter Set piece. You will then be able to stair-step the Inclines for a flat tabletop to a 2-inch-thick piece of blue extruded Styrofoam and continue on up, in 2-inch incre­ ments, indefinitely.

Cork roadbed (or Woodland Scenics own flexible roadbed, or AMI's "Instant Roadbed," or Bachmann's Track, Life-Like's Power-Loc E-Z track, Atlas' True Track, Kato's Unitrack, or Marklin's C-Track) can be glued directly to the top of the Risers or Inclines. Woodland Scenics recommends, however, that you add the roadbed and track after the Risers or Inclines are covered with Plaster Cloth. and, if necessary, spray them with water the track while you apply the Plaster room on the tops of the Risers and to reduce the springiness. To get a better Cloth so you can drape the Plaster Cloth Inclines to provide a mounting perch for feel for the actual shapes, drape the right over the Subroadbed to bond the the Plaster Cloth. For insurance, you can newspapers with damp industrial-grade entire layout surface to the Profile stick Woodland Scenics' "Foam Nails" brown paper towels. Boards at the edges in a sturdy Hydrocal T- pins into the still-wet Plaster Cloth or When the scenery shapes are final­ plaster shell. When the Plaster Cloth has Hydrocal. Similar T-pins are also avail­ ized, surround the layolltwit h Woodland set, use a sanding block to s11100th the able at fabric stores. Scenics "Profile Boards" and cut the subroadbed surface. It's important to Woodland Scenics offers an instruc­ shape of the edges of the scenery into the sand within a minute after the plaster sets tion manual and a video tape that Profile Boards. The final "hard shell" can because it gets almost rock hard in hours. describe the details of the system. be either industrial-grade paper towels If you brace the Profile boards with Certainly, the almost weightless scenery dipped in Hydrocal, or the shapes can be cut-off scraps of Styrofoam glued to the supports and the lightweight thin-shell draped with Woodland Scenics' "Plaster tabletop and to the Profile Boards, the Plaster Cloth shapes will produce a far Cloth" (a Hydrocal-impregnated gauze system should be strong enough so you lighter-weight layout than conventional similar to that used to make casts for bro­ can leave tbe track in place and merely wood construction. The 1/2-inch plywood ken arms or legs). bring the Plaster Cloth (or Hydrocal­ tabletop probably weighs more than the Woodland Scenics suggests that you soaked paper towels) up to the edges of scenery, track and structures that are lise the track to precisely position the the roadbed as you would with conven­ placed on top of it. RMJ Risers and Inclines, but that you remove tional construction. There's just eno'ugh

• MAY 1998 56 RAILMODEL JOURNAL Woodland Scenics sells 12 x 24-inch sheets of 1/4-i nch and 1/2- Shape the hills and valleys with wadded-up newspaper. To better inch-thick white expanded Styrofoam that can be easily cut to make visualize the finished shapes, cover the newspapers with wet brown tunnel interiors and to build boxes to support buildings and roads industrial paper towels. 2 inches or more above the tabletop to match the height of the track on its Risers or Inclines.

Woodland Scenics makes a hot wire cutter that can be used to cut Cut the Woodland Scenics ribbed "Profile Boards" to match the any of the Styrofoam products quickly and with no dust or chips. shapes of the scenery where it re.aches the edges of the table. The Similar cutters are available from Plastruct and Avalon Concepts. ribs allow the Profile Boards to be interlocked tor extra length and -photo courtesy Woodland Scenics for sturdy corners.

Woodland Scenics recommends using their plaster Cloth for a th in lightweight scenery shape. You can use paper towels dipped in Hydrocal, but it wi l l require at least two thicknesses of paper towels, so you are somewhat defeating the "lightweight" con­ cept.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1 998 57 If you decided to remove the track and roadbed, drape the plaster Cloth right over the Risers or Inclines and bond the plaster Cloth to the Profile Boards along the edges of the layout.

There's enough of a perch on both sides of the Risers or Inclines to grip the Plaster Cloth if you decide to leave the roadbed in place. You can use the T-pins or Foam Nails to hold the still-wet plaster CLoth so it does­ n't slide off the Risers or Inclines before it can set and grip.

Use a sanding block to smooth the area that will be beneath the roadbed. Sand within minutes after the plaster Cloth hardens - the plaster will become rock hard in an hour and be much more difficult to sand.

If you removed the track, put it back in place and mark the edges so you can install the roadbed.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 58 ------[ DIESELS, ONE-DETAIL-AT-ATIME ]------

photo from the collection of Harold K. Vo lrath

he PA I A unit and PB 1 B unit become EMD). the ElectroMotive models also have Mars lights (like the diesels were the American Loco­ Division of General Motors) had already D&H, UP and Wabash prototypes), and motive Company's (Aleo) answer to the sold 428 E7A, 82 E7B, 418 E8A and 39 both original number boards (like the successful ElectroMotive Corporation E­ E8B units, so Aleo's share of the market NYC diesels) and 4S-degree I\\.\mber series of passenger diesels. The Aleo was relatively small. boards to match the specific prototypes. PA 1 and PB 1 were produced between Athearn has been producing HO scale The New York Central purchased September 1946 and August 1949. The PA I and PB I models for decades. 420 1 and 4204 as part of number series PA 2, PB2, PA3 and PB3 production con­ Recently, Life-Like introduced the model 4000-4207 in 1948 and 1949. They also tinued until December 1953. The 2- and with each railroad's body style matched purchased PB2 diesels, in number series 3-series were nearly identical to the 1- to its part. The Life-Like bare body shells 4300-4303, in 1948. series, but the horsepower was increased include both non-dynamic brake units There's more information on tbe from 2000 to 2250. Most of the units (like these New York Central diesels) and Santa Fe's PA l diesels, in a "One-Detail­ were delivered as ABA or AB sets as dynamic brake-equipped units (like the At-A-Time" article in the September rel1ected in the production fi gures of 432 Union Pacific and Delaware and Hudson 1989 issue of "The Journal." A units and 249 B units. OEMC (later to models and prototypes). The Proto 2000

RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY '1 998 59 SCALE MODEL PA 1 HO Scale: Athearn and Proto 2000 N Scale: Kato and Con-Cor o Scale: Lionel and MTH S Scale: American Models and American Flyer PAINT NYC Dark Grey: SMP Accupaint 46 or Scalecoat 66 NYC Light Grey: SMP Accu­ paint 45 or Scalecoat 65 DECALS HO Scale: Microscale 87-49, Champ BRH-69 or Walthers 934-7 1930 N Scale: Microscale 60-49 o Scale: Microscale 48-92 S Scale: Microscale 64-92 ONE-DETAIL- AT-A-TIME (HO SCALE) Step-by-step instructions on how to install many of these detail parts appeared in the June 1989 issue of "The Journal." That article is also reprinted in the book TUNING AND UPGRADING AT HEARN LOCOMOTIVES.

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RAI LMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 63 [ ] ------OIESEL MOOELlNG ------DIE�EL MODELING Articles from past issues of liThe Journal"

Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time FT spotting guide Nov. 96 GP38-2 as MKT3 14 (w/HO decals) June 89 Alco PTA and FTB as Santa Fe 189 Nov. 96 GP38-2 as Conrail 8077 April 93 F3 diesels in color B&M, GM&O July 89 GP38-2 as BN 2088 Feb. 98 FA I as GN 310A July 90 Sept. 89 GP40 as Penn Central 3252 Jan. 90 FA as Union Pacific 1640 Apri l 97 F3 diesels in color Erie, DL&W and E-L I diesels n GP40 as RI 4705 92 FA I as L&NE 70 1 Oct. 93 F3 i color TP&W, SN(WP), Nov. 89 Nov. GP40 as CN 4007 Jan. 93 FA2 as NYC II 10 Aug. 91 CNJ. SAL Penn Central GP40-2 as Chessie (B&O) 4302 March 92 FA2 FB2 spotting guide Sept. 91 F7A as (PRR) 1903 Oct. 90 & GP60 as EMD Demo 5 June 95 PA l as ATSF 58 Sept. 89 FP7A as C&O 803 I Dec. 90 GP60 as SSW 9704 March 93 PA I as New York Central 420 I and 4204 May 98 FP7 A as PRR. 9835 Nov. 9J GP60M as AT SF 105 Jall. 97 RS3 as D&H 4085 May 94 F40PH as Amtrak 206 Sept. 90 MPI5DC as CNW 1304 and 1307 Sept. 96 Aug. 93 GP7 Phase T as WM 21 90 52 as NYC 8541 Feb. P40 "Genesis" as Amu'ak 806/808 March 98 S4 as NYC 9736 March 91 GP7 Phase II as PRR 8557 Aug. 89 NW2 spotting guide 93 S2 as B&O 9133 and 9166 Dec. 97 GP7 Phase ll as MEC 574 . an . 92 Nov. I NW2 as ATSF 2405 Feb. 94 Baldwin GP9 Phase J[ as Chessie (B&O) 6607 June 92 SD7 as SP 143 1 Sept. 95 RS- 12 as SAL 1466 Dec. 92 GP9 Phase as SP 5788 June 90 U SD9 as Southern (ex-CO) 207 April 90 OP7 Phase as ATSF 2837 March 97 EMD n SD9 as C&S (CB&Q) 823 Oct. 95 BL2 as C&O 83 Nov. 89 GP9, Phase 1lJ as SOllthern Pacific 57 13 July 97 SD9 as Chessie (B&O) 836 Sept. CF7 spotting guide Aug. Oct. 90 OPI5-1 as Conrail 1633 Oct. 89 1 93 & SD9 as SP 44 18 Aug. CF7 in color ATSF, NS, MC, PY, Aug. 90 OPI8 as B&M 1752 Sept. 92 91 SD9 as Southern Pacific 39 14 June 97 AMTRAK, BRW OP I8 asRf 1352 March 95 SD35 as Conrail 6022 July 96 90 CF7 in color FN, PY. IR. FM, CC&G Oct. GPI8 as ICO 94 10 Oct. SD38 as B&LE 862 June 2542) 97 96 CF7 as SEK (ex-ATSF Aug. OP 18 as or ol WeSlern 98 LOOO 90 N f k & 92 1 Jan. SD40 as CR 6249 Sept. 91 DD35A (DD40-A) as UPS3 June 93 GP35 spotting guide April 92 SD40 as C&O 7450 April 96 E7 A as PRR 5865 Oct. 92 OP35 as 8&0 (Chessie) 35 LO July 95 SD40-2 as Family Lines 8100 June 91. aJld 2 E8A as AT SF 81 85 Jan. 91 OP35 as C&NW 8 6 April 94 SD40T-2 as SP 8304 May 91 E8A as C&O 4005 Feb. 95 GP35 as CR 2276 April 92 SD45 as C&NW 917 Feb. 93 March 94 E8A as [C 4025 OP35 as SP 6333 Sept. 94 SD45 as CNW 858:? Jan. 95 ESA as PRR 5793 .luly 93 OP35 as UP 757 Aug. 92 SD45 as CSX 8903 Oct. 9] E8A as UP936 May 93 GP38 as B&O 38 16 Nov. 93 SD45 as SP 7558 Aug. 95 64 1998 RA/LMOOEL JOURNAL MAY GP 18 Proto 2000 as RI 1351 March 95 SD45 as E-L 802 Dec. 95 GE SD45-2 as E-L 3679 Dec. 94 by Bob Rivard Superdetailing the Dash-8s Nov. 92 SD50 as CSXT (B&O) 8581 July 94 GP 18 as MoPae 1858 by Lee Freeman (a step-by-step how-to) by David Hussey GP35 Rail Power body/Kato Motor/ .J une 92 SD60 as EMD/Oakway 9038 Dec. 89 B23-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as July 91 SD60 as NS 659 1 April 91 Athealll as Rf 32 1 by Bob Rivard UP 124 by Warren Johnsoll SD60 as NS 6634 Jan. 96 GP35 Rail Power body/Athearn Aug. 92 B23-7 Rail Power body/Athearn July & Oct. 93 SD60M as UP 6259 Oct. 94 as Soo 730 by Bob Rivard as ATSF 743 1 by Dana Stark SD75M as AT SF 205 Nov. 95 GP35 Rail Power body/Athearn May 93 B30-7 as CSX5672, from Athearn and Aug. 96 as A S 2858 by Dana Stark SD90M AC as UP 80 1 2 and 8024 Sept. 97 T F Rail Power Products parts, by Alex King SWI spotting guide Jan_ 93 GP35 Kalo as SSW 6502 by Bob Rivard .Ian. 95 C30-7 RaiI Power body/Athearn Oct. 90 OP35 as EMD Leasing 182, by Mike Rose Oct. 96 as .NW 8024 by Gordon Cardell Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time GP38-2 AUlearn as GTW 6223 Dec. 94 C30-7 Rail Power body/Athearn Feb. 91 SW I as BN 88 Jan. 93 by To ny Horvlltin as AT SF 8077 by Great Escape Hobby SW9 as B&O (Chessie) 9620 May 96 GP38-2 Athearn (how-to add June 89 C30-7 Rail Power cab/Athearn as June 94 SW9 as Union Pacific 1851 April 98 "One-Detail-At-A-Time"J as MKT 304 UP 244B bv Mike Daniels SWI000 spotting guide Feb. 91 GP40 Cannon cab/Athearn as WM 3798 Sept. 92 B30-7B Smokey Va lley cab/Athearn Feb. 91 SW 1200 as Baltimore and Ohio May 96 by Ed San icky as BN 40 18 by Gordon Cardell (Chessie) 9620 GP40 COil-Cor as RI 47 12 by Bob Rivard Oct. 92 C36-7 Rail Power body/Athearn as May 93 SW1500 spotting guide Feb. 91 GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as Feb. 92 UP 9029 by Warren Johnson SW 1500 as SLSF 329 Feb. 91 D&RGW 3099 by Mike Elkin Dash 8-40B Rail Power body/ July & Oct. 93 GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as July 92 FAIRBANKS-MORSE Athearnas ATSF 800 by Dana Stark H 10-44 as PRR 9080 Feb. 92 Readi ng 3673 by Ed San icky Dash 8-40CW Rail Power body/ Nov. 92 H 16-44 as N&W 114 June 94 GP40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as Sept. 92 Athearn as ATSF 800 by Dana Stark WP 3548 by Clyde Queen, Jr. GE Dash 8-40CW Rail Power body/ Nov. 92 AC44CW as CSXT 9100 Feb. 96 GP40-2LW as Canadian National 9607, an Athearn as AT SF 814 by David Hussey AC44CW as UP 9998 Dec. 96 illustrated kit-conversion from an Athearn Dash 9-44CW Rail Power body/ Feb. 95 B30-7 as CSX 5562 Aug. 96 HO scale GP40-2, by To ny Horvatin April 96 Athearn (kit-conversion, how-to) as C30·7 spotting guide Feb. 97 GP60M Cannon cab/Athearn as May 91 CNW 8503 by Ray Meyer C30-7 as Conrail 6582 Feb. 97 AT SF 100 by Ernest Rizzuto Dash 9-44CW as British Columbia July 96 Dash 7 spotting guide Sept. 89 GP60M Cannon cab/Athearn as April 92 Rail 4645_ an N scale kit-conversion Dash 8 spotting guide May 90 Maersk 146 by Ed McCaslin using Prototype N's body on a Spectrum Dash 8 spotting guide Sept. 90 NW2 Kato as Soo 300 by Bob Rivard .Iuly 95 Dash S-40CW chassis, by Michael Livingston Dash 9 spotting guide March 96 SD7 Proto 2000 as CB&Q (C&S) Oct. 95 Dash 9-44CW as UP 9735 Nov. 97 Dash 8 and Dash 9 spotting guide Dec. 96 810 (kit-upgrade how-to) by Robert Schleicher U28B Stewart as Rl 253 by Mike Daniels Aug. 93 (the AC4400CW units) Santa Fe SD 39 by Stephen Priest April 98 Dash 8-40BW as AT SF 507 May 97 SD40 Kato as Soo 738 by Bob Rivard May 92 N SCALE MODELING PROJECTS: Dash 8-40C as UP 9162 May 90 SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as .July 90 ALCO Dash 8-40CW as CSXT 7777 April 95 SD40-2 Athearn as UP 3593 Oct. 91 PA I, Upgrading Con-Cor's models, April 97 " Desert Storm'- by Warren Johnson step-by-step by Bill Pearce Dash 8-40CW as CR 6055 July 92 Dash 9-44CW as ATSF 632 March 96 SO 40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as .Iuly 92 EMD Dash 9-44CW as CNW 8601 Oct. 96 MKT 629 by Rick Oroom Scale-size wire handrails for N scale Feb. 96 44-Ton as ATS F 460 March 90 SD40-2 Athearn as Montana Rail Link Feb. 93 diesels (step-by-step how-to) by Bill Pearce U25B as C&O 81 14 Dec. 93 256 by Tami McClung E8A and ESB Upgrading the Kato Nov. 96 U25B as Milwaukee 5000 Nov. 93 SD40-2 GSB body/Athearn as Sept. 93 Models, by Bill Pearce U25B as SP 6750 .Iuly 89 Rl 4792 by Mike Daniels GP20 Proto 2000 (kit-conversion Mar. 96 U28C as L&N 1526 Nov. 90 SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as April 94 how-to) as ATSF 1122 by Bill Pearce GP35 Auas/N Scale of Nevada as Aug. 92 U30C as CR 6838 Dec. 91 KCS 675 by Mike Daniels U3.}C as ATSF 85 11 May 95 SD40-2 Athearn as MKT 63 1 May 95 UP 740 by J. Fred Coots, .II'. HO SCALE: by SCOli Bimson GP38-2 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as Nov. 91 SD40-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as Feb. 96 SP 4843 by 1. Fred Coots_ Jr. Alco Jan. RS 18 (MLW) Atlas (kit-conversion Jan. 91 BN 7277 by Mike Daniels GP50 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as n SSW 9620 by Fred Coots. Jr. how-to) as CN36 18 by Jay Rotsch SD40-2 as Norfolk Southern 6131, July 96 J. GP60 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as HH660 kit-conversion how-to from Atlas li'om Athearn's HO scale kit, by Alex King Mar. 92 SP 9704 by J. Fred Coots, J S2 and RS3 parts, by Stan Rydarwicz Dec. 97 SD40-2 as Norfolk Southern 6121, May 98 r. by Andy Harman SD9 Kato/N ScaJe of Nevada as July 91 EMD SP 44 18 (Kodachrome) by J. Fred Coots. J r. Santa Fe 1450 " Beep" by Bob Ernst Feb. 1998 SD40-2B Cannon cab/Athearn as Jan. 92 SD40 Kato/N Scale of Nevada as Sept. 91 Wrecked Santa Fe GP 7 on flat car March 98 BN 7500 by Richard Barnes SP 7360 by J. Fred Coots, by Bob Ernst SD40T-2 Athearn as SP 8352 May 91 11". SD40 Kato as SP7347 by Bill Pearce Jan. 93 CF7 Rail Power body/Athearn as Aug. 90 by Kermit Gaines SD40-2 Bachmann/N Scale of Nevada Aug. 91 AT SF 2543 by Gordon Cardell SD40T-2 Cannon cab/Athearn as March 94 as SP 5022 by J. Fred Coots, Jr. CF7 Rail Power body/Athearn as Oct. 90 SP 8338 by Mike Daniels SD40-2 Bachmann/N Scale of Nevada May 92 AT SF 2634 by Gordon Cardell SD45 Cannon cab/ AllJearn as UP 25 May 94 as UP 3526 by Fred Coots, Jr. E8A IHC (Rivarossi)/Hobbvtown Jan. 91 by Mike Daniels .T . SD40-2W as Canadian National 5241 May 96 as AT SF 87 by Albert Hetzel SD50 Rail Power body/Athearn as Nov. 91 and 5248_ N scale kit-conversion from Kato D&RGW 5507 by Gordon Cardell E8A IHC (Rivarossi)/Athearn Jan. 91 and Prototype N parts, by Michael Livingston (Proto Power West-kit conversion how-to) SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as Dec. 90 AP38-2 as MoPac's diesel. May 97 EMD Demo I by Bill Schultz as ATSF 87 by Alben Hetzel Buzz Lenander SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as April 91 F3A and B Stewart as KCS 30 April 92 � SD60 Rail Power body/Athearn as Jan. 96 G by To m Bartzen Scale-size wire handrails for N scale Feb. 96 NS 6632 by Alex King F3A and B Stewart as CB&Q Nov. 92 diesels (step-by-step how-to) by Bill Pearce SD60M Rail Power body/Athearn as Nov. 90 125A & 125B Dash 9-44CW as British Columbia July 96 BN 9221 by Gordon Cardell F7A on the Soo, from Stewart's kit June 97 Rail 4645, as N scale kit-conversion using SD60M Rail Power body/Athearn Oct. 94 by Bob Rivard Prototype N's body on a Spectrulll Dash F7B Highliner body/Stewart Nov. 95 (kit-conversion how-to) as UP 6292 8-40CW chassis, by Michael Livingston as Soo 2204C by Bob �ivard by Robert Schleicher Dash 8-40B Kato/N Scale of Nevada Aug. 94 F40PH Lire-Like/ProlO Power West Sept. 90 SD60M Phase II as Burlington June 96 (ki t-conversion how-to) ATS F 7432 (Athearn kit-conversion how-to ) as Amtrak 229 Northern9289, an HO scale kit- by Bill Pearce GP7 Tyco body/Atlas as SOO 24 1 I .I une 93 conversion from Athearn drive GP38-2 on the Missouri Pacific, May 97 by Bob Rivard train components and Rail Power from Kato's model by Buzz LenancJer GP7 as MoPac diesels, by Lee Freeman April 97 Products body and chassis, by Mike Daniels U30C Kato as UP 286 by .I. Fred Coots, Jr. Mar. 92 GP9 Frolll Range as SP 5603 & 5604 June 90 SD90MAC in HO scale with Rail Power Sept. 97 U30C Kato body/Minilrix as Oct. 92 by .Ioe Swain Products and Athearn pans Western Paci fic 7924 by Kent Charles GP9 Cary body/Athearn as UP 211 April 91 SW 1200 Cannon cab/Athearn ,IS April 92 U33C Kato body/Minitrix as Oct. 92 by Tim Fornstrom Soo 433 & 437 by Bob Riv�u'd ATSF 873 1 by Kent Charles GPI5-1 Smokey Valley body/Athearn, Jan. 92 SW 1200RS Athearn (SW7 kit-conversion) Oct. 93 U33C Kato as BN 5704 Oct. 91 as CN 1396 by Tony Horvatin I\tW 1680 by Richard Barnes by .I. Fred Coots, Jr. SWISOO Athearnas WP 1501 .lune 95 OP I5-1 as Missouri Pacific 1562, from Sept. 92 U33C Kato as CR 6569 Dec. 91 Athearn and Smokey Va lley parts by Lee Freeman by Clyde Queen . Jr. by ]. Fred Coots, Jr.

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The more significant figures from Guy Th rams' and Bob Higgins' evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. Th e issues with asterisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2. 00 each (a llo w 30 days fo r shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins and Guy Thrams test these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 iss ues. t

_ r �O lSI.  a. r•."s• I"�" , ,Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Manufacturer/Importer Prototype Min. Max. Max. Pulling Throttle Magazine Manufacturer/Importer, Prototype Min. �= �:�������E��:t��Q�QMQTJM:��, i Speed (over Speed Power Response Date Speed (over Speed Power Response Date #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload #6 switch), (Tractive at Midload Scale Miles Force (Volts) Scale Miles Force (Volts) perHour In Oz.) per Hour In Oz.) HO Scale Diesels N Scale Steam Locomotives Athearn as-iS) EMD GP38-2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' Kato USRA 2-8-2 3.10 111.8 .7 2.5 April 1996 Alhearn !w/Helix Humper EMD GP38-2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sept. 1995 & Oct. 1997 can motor conversion) Proto Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 Key Imports C&O 2-6-6-6 .59 96.9 1.27 3.8 June t997 (Athearn w/can motor) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990 Pecos River ATSF 4-6-2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 AthearnlPPW, weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990 Rivarossi USRA2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 Athearn w/NWSL molor EMD GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990 Rivarossi (w/N Scale of USRA2-8-2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Athearn w/NWSL motor. EMD GP38·2 Nevada frame & NWSL weighted .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 August 1990 Sagami 1420 can motor) AthearniProto Power West w/replacement Wheelsets: N Scale Diesels NorthWest Short Line EMD GP38-2 .23 97,4 2.56 1.6 Oct. 1990 ,44 2.0 Mar. 1991 Jay-Bee EMD GP38·2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990 Arnold Alco S2 1.90 151,4 Athearn GE C44-9W 1.85 100.7 3.18 3.6 March 1996 Atlas EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Oct. 1995 Athearn GE AC4400W .10 95.8 5.06 4.1 Dec. 1996 Atlas (with DCC decoder) EMD GP 40·2 .42 203.7 .73 3.6 May 1998 Atlas Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991 AtlasiKato GE U25B (two) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989 AtlaS/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 (.31) (189.6) (1.37) (2.0) June 1989 Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 AtlaS/Kato EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990 Bachmann-Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992 Bachmann-Plus EMD F7A (& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 Jan. 1996 AtlasiKato EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) Jan. 1996 Bachmann EMD SD40-2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sept. 1989 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 Bachmann wiN Scale of EMD SD40-2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sept. 1989 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 Nevada Chassis (with Mashima can motor) Bachmann/Spectrum GE Dash 8-40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 Con-Cor EMD MP15DC .51 69.7 1.46 1.1 Sept. 1996 Con-Cor EMD SW150D (SW 7) 1.99 265.9 .57 2.2 Dec. 1997 Bachmann/Spectrum EMD DDA40X .35 163.9 1.13 3.8 Sept. 1997 E-R Models ratesChi) Aleo FAI 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Oct. 1993 Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Oct. 1992 E-R Models tFrateschi) Alec FAI .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 Kato EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 EMD E8A & (E8B) (.26) (220.4) (1.92) (2.3) Aug. 1993 (1 .50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) Jan. 1994 Kato GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990 (with 25 ounces added 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 weight) .84 1.4 Nov. 1997 (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) Jan. 1994 Kato GE Dash 9-94CW .11 198.2 IHC EMD SD35 4.38 123.75 2.48 2.0 JU:y 1996 Key/Endo EMD F7 A (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 (.50) (150.3) (1.27) (3.0) Mar. 1992 Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989 Life-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.0 Aug. 1989 (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81.9) (9.00) (2.8) Sept. 1989 (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' Life-Like Aleo FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 Kato EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994 Kato G.E. Dash 9-44CW 1.52 78.7 4.35 2.0 Oct. 1996 (.66) (149.3) (1.81) (3.4) May 1993 KebstoneiNWSL GE 44-Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' Life-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994 Ho bytown EMD E8A .60 81 .4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 t49.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 Aleo RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994 MDC Roundhouse Life-like EMD SD7 .29 121.11 .48 2.45 June 1996 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. t990 Life-Like EMD E7A 3.14 140.6 1.33 4.3 Feb. 1998 AjiniOverland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 Au ust 1990 � Life-Like EMD SW9 .45 106.9 .40 2.0 April 1998 AjiniOverland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 pril 1991 AjiniOverland Models EMD GP38-2 ,42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991 Model Powerl Mantua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 Mehanotenlka EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sept. 1990 Model Power PRR 2·8-0 4.77 73.8 0.85 1.5 August 1996 SamhongsalHallmark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989 Proto 2000 Life-Like) Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991 (.35) (151.4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989 Proto 2000 Life-Like) EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD GP9 .06 79.2 3.29 4.8 March 1998 o Scale Diesels Proto 2000 Life-Like ! EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Central Loco. Works EMD F7 A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989 Proto 2000 Life-Like EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 (.20) (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989 ProIa 2000 Life-Like EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 Proto 2000 Life-Like l EMD SW9/SW1200 .57 55.5 1.36 3.7 May 1996 Key/Samhongsa Alco PAl .41 76.2 21 .85 5.6 April 1992 Spectrum aChmann EMD F40PH Phase 11 1.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992 P&D Hobby EMD F9A (& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1990 Spectrum Bachmannl GE Dash 8-40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990 (.24) (74. 1) (12.80) (1 .9) June 1990 Spectrum Bachmann GE Dash 8-40CW 3.3 109.0 4.54 6.4 Feb. 1996 P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 Spectrum Bachmann F-M H16-44 2.32 49.5 1.27 2.4 July 1997 r Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 Spectrum Bachrnann EMC Gas Elec. .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 l Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989 Spectrum (Bachmann EMD DDA40X .68 133.5 6.68 3.2 Aug. 1997 100.8 12.53 2.2 August 1995 Stewart Hobbies EMD FTA (& FTB) . t 8 70.3 3.94 2.6 Nov. 1996 Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 (.13) (72.0) (7.67) (2.6) Aleo FA2 (& FB2) .25 (94.9) (1 9.25) (2.0) August 1995 Walthers/Race EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 Walthersrrrainline Aleo FAI & FBI .31 68.7 4.47 4.2 Feb. 1995 .16 65.3 8.22 3.8 o Scale Steam Locomotives WaltherslTrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 SamhongsalHallmark On3-EBT 2-8-2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989 HO Scale Steam Locomotives S Scale Diesels Atlas GE C30-7 .71 78.2 3.92 2.2 Feb. 1997 Bachmann-Plus SP 4-8-4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Bowser (English's Model RR Supply) B&0 0-4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 G Gauge Diesels Bowser PRR H-9 2-8-0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 N/A April 1990 IHC 4-4-0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 IHC/Mehano B&O 0-4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992 Railway Express Agency Alco FAI 3.79 68.2 15.25 N/A July 1990 IHC/Mehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 IHC/Mehano C&0 4-8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sept. 1994 IHC 2-8-0 .42 74.7 2.53 2.5 March 1997 G Gauge Steam Locomotives Key Imports UP 4-8-8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 August 1991 Aristo-Craft (ART) B&0 4-6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Oct. 1991 Life-Like B&O 0-4-0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Dec. 1992 Aristo-Craft (ART) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Mantua 2-6-6-2 3.00 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 1991 and 0-4-0T Mantua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 Lehmann (LGE) 0-4-0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 N/A May 1992 Mantua 2-8-2 .65 76.2 3.36 3.5 June 1994 Bachmann 0-4-0T .31 25.6 6.38 2.6 Aug. 1992 Mantua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991 Bachmann Radio- Mantua 0-4-0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 Controlled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 25.2 28.81 N/A Mantua with 812 Can Motor 0-4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 June 1989 AjiniOvertand Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept. 1991 Bachmann Track- Precision Scale (Iron Horse) UP 4-10-2 7.02 53.0 3.08 2.9 Jan. 1998 Powered Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Oct. 1990 Rivarossi 4-6-6-4 5.90 71.6 9.47 3.3 Jan. 1997 Dellon Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.00 2.0 Dec. 1989 Ri\larossi USRA 2-8-2 1.78 70.7 4.47 2.4 May 1997 LGB 2-6-0 2.65 54.8 22.45 N/A Nov. 1991 SamhongsaiPowerhouse USRA 2-6-6-2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 N/A July 1994 Spectrum (Bachmann Reading 2-8-0 .22 104.2 2.38 21 Dec. 1993 Lionel Baldwin 0-4-0T .12 54.5 9.60 1.8 Oct. 1989' Spectrum (Bachmann l PRR 4-6-2 1.21 91.4 2.32 22 Oct. 1994 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991 Westside "Classic" SP 4-6-0 .49 49.1 3.24 1.7 August 1992 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4-0 .82 67.1 13.18 t.3 Jan.1991

Nole: Figures In parentheses are for two locomotives operated together. 66 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • MAY 1998 ------[INDEX]------

(A rticle appears on pages 17-23 of this issue)

FREIGHT CARS IN THE FIFTIES • Kit-conversion: C&O rebuilt 1937 AAR 40-foot foot 6-inch interior height, ACF-built 40-foot box car with Hutchins ends and diagonal panel single-door cars with Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught (Article appears on pages of this issue.) 53-59 roof, by Scott Pitzer, May 1996. "Rolling Pin"-shaped ends, from C&BT Shops Articles are listed in (more or less) chronological • PROFILE: 1937 AAR wood-side box cars with HO scale models, by Bob Davis, September 1991.

• order of first appearance of prototype cars. "PRO­ 5/4 Dreadnaught ends from Sunshine or Athearn Wabash 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior height,� FILE" articles describe the prototype and its match­ HO scale kits. by Martin Lofton, February 1994. ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with • PROFILE: Modified 1937 AAR 40-foot box ing model. Usually, articles on individual cars that Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught "Rolling Pin"-shaped cars with 5/5 Dreadnaught ends from follow "PROFILE," "Upgrade," or "Kit-conversion" ends, From C&BT Shops HO scale model. by Ed InterMountain, Sunshine and Athearn HO scale, listings are individual examples of the same car type Hawkins, May 1991. Deluxe Innovations N scale, Pacific Rail Shops S • with a photograph of the model and its prototype. PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior 40-FOOT BOX CARS: scale and Old Pullman 0 scale kits, with ROSTER, height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with (*Note: Articles with a single asterisk are reprinted by Ed Hawkins, August, October and December "Transitional" rectangular-panel roofs, and in the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vo l. II, 1996 and March 1997. Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends. from • BOX CAR, BOOK I.) PROFILE: 1941 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior C&BT Shops HO scale models, with ROSTER. height, 40-foot single-door cars with 5/5 Dread­ by Ed Hawkins. Pat Wider and Ray Long, C"" Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol. I naught ends, from InterMountain or Athearn HO "'February 1990. TECHNIQUES.) scale, Deluxe Innovations N scale, or Old Pullman • Kit-Conversion: ITC 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch scale models, by Ed Hawkins, February 1995 interior height, ACF-buiI1 40-foot Single-door • Upgrade: Adding etched-brass or stainless steel o roofwalks to box cars and reefers. by Robert and Richard Hendrickson, March 1997. cars with "Transitional" rectangular-panel roofs. Schleicher, January 1992. • Pennsylvania Railroad X-37 40-foot single-door, and Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, 1937 AAR box car from Athearn's HO scale kit, • Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to box cars, by from C&BT Shops HO scale model by Ed Ed Hawkins, May 1995. by Curt LaRue, September 1990. Hawkins, February 1991. • Pennsylvania Railroad • • Upgrade: simulating separate ladders and grab­ X-37B 40-foot double­ PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior irons with "shadow painting." door 1937 AAR box car from Athearn and Front height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Range parts, by Curt LaRue, November 1992. • Upgrade: Detailing Athearn underframes for 40- Interim Improved 4/4 "Dartnaught" ends, from foot box cars and reefers by Martin Lofton, May • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior C&BT Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or 1991. height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Con-Cor N scale, or Atlas 0 scale models-all • Upgrade: Detailed floors and interiors for HO Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, by Ed with modified ends, with ROSTER, by Ed scale box cars, by Martin Lofton, "'*January 1991. Hawkins. Pat Wider and Ray Long, from C&BT Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, "'October • PROFILE: Z-braced 40-foot single-sheathed Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or Con-Cor 1990. single-door box cars from Accun�1 and Sunshine N scale, or Atlas 0 scale models, with ROSTER, • Kit-conversion: Modeling the "Dartnallght" ends Models HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, on C&BT Shops HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins. February 1993. "'September, " October and *November 1989. May 1992. • PROFILE: 1944 AAR O-foot 6-inch • • Kit-conversion: 1-1/2-door single-sheathed 40- I interior PROFILE: 1944 AAR IO-foot 6-inch interior foot box cars from Accurail's HO scale kits, by height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door cars with height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Richard Hendrickson, April 1993. Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from Improved 4/3/ 1 Dreadnaught ends, from C&BT • Rebuilt 40-foot USRA single-sheathed box cars C&BT Shops HO scale models, with ROSTER, Shops HO scale, Deluxe Innovations or Con-Cor from Tichy's HO scale kits, by Martin Lofton and by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, June N scale, or Atlas 0 scale models, with ROSTER. Richard Hendrickson, April, May, June 1992 and 1992. by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, July 1993. • Upgrade: 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior "'November 1990.

• • PROFILE: USRA 40-foot double sheathed box height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door car with Kit-conversion: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior cars from Ertl or Westerfield HO scale kits, Interim Improved 4/4 Dreadnaught ends, from height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door with 1/3/4 Micro-Trains N scale models or Berkshire Valley C&BT Shops HO scale kit, by Ed Hawkins, June tapered-rib Dread-naught ends and welded-side box 1992. car from Accurail (ex-McKean) HO scale double­ o scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, May 1998. • PROFILE: Pennsvlvania Railroad X26C box cars • PROFILE: 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior door kits, by Ed Hawkins, April 1994. (rebuilt from USRA single-sheathed X26 cars) height, ACF-built 40-foot double-door cars with • Kit-conversion: 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior from Athearn and Sunshine Models kits by Martin Interim Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught ends, from height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door box car Lofton and Thomas Meacham, August 1992. C&BT Shops HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, Pat with 1/3/4 tapered-rib Dread-naught ends and riv­ • PROFILE: Pennsvlvania Railroad X29 box cars Wider and Ray Long, "'January 1990. eted-side from Accurail (ex-McKean) HO scale from Red Caboose, Sunshine Models, or Walthers • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot interior height, double-door kits, by Ed Hawkins, April 1994. HO scale or Fine N scale kits, by Martin Lofton, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with Interim • PROFILES: PS-I 40-foot single-door box cars: September 1993 and by Richard Hendrickson, Improved 4/3 Dreadnaught ends, with step-by-step Color photos of MNS, LS&L and D&H cars August 1997. how-to article on kit-converting the C&BT Shops appeared in the *June 1989 issue. Part I of the • PROFILE: 1929 Standard Canadian National 40- 1-10 scale kits. by Richard Hendrickson, series, with a roster of all the cars built by foot single-sheathed box cars from Steam Shack's "'December 1989. Pullman-Standard, plus a step-by-step "how-to" kit, witl� ROSTER. by Staffo rd Swain, June 1994. • Kit-conversion: Updating the IMW 40-foot box article on upgrading the HO scale McKean • Pennsylvania RR class X31 round-roof box cars, car with cast-resin Improved 3/4 Dreadnaught ends, Models kits (now offered as an improved kit from with ROSTER, by Rich Burg, March 1995. by Scott Pitzer. Accurail), appeared in the March 1993 issue. • PROFfLE: 1937 AAR 10-foot interior height, • Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad X29B Parts II, Ill, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI ancl ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars from Red "Merchandise Service" 40-foot single-door box XII appeared in the May, June, August, October Caboose (ex-IMW) HO scale, Pacific Rail Shops cars from Front Range HO scale kits, by Bob and November 1993, January. June and November S scale and InterMountain 0 scale (with ROSTER). Davis, March 1991. 1994, and June, July and December 1997 issues. by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, *July • Kit-Conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad X29B An updated roster, with more information on cloor 1991 and by Richard Hendrickson, November 40-foot single-door box cars from C&BT Shops styles and details, appeared in the November 1993 1992. and Sunshine Models kits, by Martin Lofton, issue. An index of all the photos (over 130! ) that • PROFILE: 1937 AAR 10-foot interior height, January 1994. had been published in "The Journal" to lhat date. 40-foot double-door ACF-built cars from Red • PROFILE: 1944 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior appeared in the June 1994 issue. A comparison of Caboose HO scale, Pacific Rail Shops S scale and height, ACF-built 40-foot single-door cars with the HO scale InterMountain, Accurail (improved InterMountain 0 scale, by Richard Hendrickson, Improved 3/4 Dreadnallght "Rolling Pin"-shaped McKean), Walthers, Model Power, Con-Cor ancl January 1998. ends, from C&BT Shops HO scale models, by Ed Cannonball make cars (except for the newer • Upgrade: IMW 1937 AAR HO scale box car kits, Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray Long, *July 1990. InterMountain model) appeared in the March by Richard Hendrickson, July 1994. • Pennsylvania Railroad class X-43 1944 AAR 10- 1993 issue. An article on Kadee's new HO scale RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 67 ------[INDEX]------

model appeared in the May 1997 issue. Dreadnaught ends, from Proto 2000 or Athearn Loco-Motives (ex-V- line) N scale, or Weaver 0 • Upgrade: McKean (now improved by Accurail) HO scale. InterMounain N scale, or Old Pullman scale kits, July 1990 and (by Ed Hawkins, Pat HO scale PS- I kits with roofs and underframes, o scale models, by Richard Hendrickson, October Wider and Ray Long, with ROSTERS, April, by Ed Hawkins, November 1993. 1995 and March 1996. August, October and December 1991, by Jim • Sao 40-foot PS-I box car from McKean Models • PROFILE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior Eager, March and May 1994 and by Richard HO scale kit, by Dan Holbrook, December 1990. heighl, 50-foot double-door cars with one 5/5 Hendrickson, September 1997. • Upgrade: InterMountain HO scale 40-foot PS- I Dreadnaught end and end doors, from Proto 2000 • Upgrade: Eastern Car Works HO scale ACF two­ with backdating information. by Ed Hawkins, HO scale kits or Micro-Trains N scale models, by bay covered hopper, by Ed Hawkins, April 1991. December 1994. Richard Hendrickson, September 1996. • Kit-conversion: Bowser, Kato or Eastern Car • Sao 40-foot PS- I box car from McKean Models • PROFILE: AAR 50-foot single-door box cars Works HO scale ACF two-bay covered hoppers. HO scale kit, by Dan Holbrook, December 1990. from Proto 2000 HO scale kit�, by Richard by Alan Mende, March 1994. • Rock Island 40-foot PS- I single-door box car Hendrickson, April 1998. • Kit-conversion: ACF two-bay covered hoppers from Micro-Trains N scale model, by Raben • PROFILE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior from Con-Cor N scale fo ur-bay covered hoppers Oniz, November 1994. height. 50-foot single-door cars with 5/5 by Kent Charles. August 1990. • Kit-conversion: CN 40-foot box cars from Dreadnaught ends, from Proto 2000 HO scale or • PROFILE: Pullman Standard PS-2 two-bay McKean Models (or C&BT Shops or Old Pullman 0 scale models. by Richard covered hoppers from Atlas or MDC HO scale. IlllerMountain) HO scale kits and CRM cast resin Hendrickson, coming in 1998. Atlas N scale, S Helper Services S scale, or

pans. by Stafford Swain. December 1992 and • PROFILE: 1944 AAR I O-foot 6-inch interior Weaver 0 scale kits, by Rich Gher, July 1990 and May 1993. height, ACF-built 50-foot single-door cars with by Ed Hawkins, April, June, September and • Kit-conversion: Linde 40-foot boxltank cars Improved 1/3/4 Dreadnaught ends, from November 1 995. from McKean Models HO scale or Con-Cor N Branchline Models HO scale, or Pacific Rail • PROFILE: Pullman Standard PS-2 two-bay scale kits, by John Ryczkowski, July 1993. Shops S scale kits (or from 40-foot kit-conver­ covered hoppers, as Pennsylvania Railroad class • PROFILE: Santa Fe Extended-Height 40-foot sions of C&BT Shops HO scale, Deluxe H34, from Atlas or MDC HO scale, Atlas N box cars from Westerfield's HO scale kit, by Innovations N scale, or Atlas 0 scale models as scale, S Helper Services S scale or Weaver 0 Richard Hendrickson, May 1995. illustrated, step-by-step, in the "''''March and scale kits. with H34 ROSTER, by Rich Burg, • Kit-conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad class X- """ April 1990 issues), .nAugust 1989 (B&O December 1993 and January 1994. 29G 40-foot box car from Details West 50-foot cars). '' '''June and """September 1990 and October • General American single Airslide covered hoppers kit. with Athearn doors, by Ed Bley, February 1992. from Walthers, Con-Cor and Eastern Car Works 1991. • Pennsylvania Railroad (ex-GAEX) 50-foot single­ HO scale and Atlas N scale kits. "Car Spotters • Kit-conversion: Pennsylvania Railroad class X- door "DF" box car from Details West HO scale Guide No. 5" (private owner cars), December 54 40-foot plug-door box car from Details West kit, by Bob Davis, April 1991. 1990 and October 1992. HO scale 50-foot kit, by Ed Bley, January 1991. • PROFILE: Pullman Standard PS-I 50-foot dou­ • General American single Airslide covered hoppers 50-FOOT BOX CARS: ble-door box cars from InlerMountain's HO scale from Walthers, Con-Cor and Eastern Car Works ('.,. Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in and Atlas or Micro-Trains N scale kits, with HO scale and Atlas N scale kits,"Car Spotters the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vo l. I ROSTER, by Ed Hawkins, June and August 1995 Guide No. 8" (railroad-owned cars), February TECHNIQUES.) and January 1996. 1991 and October 1992. • Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to box cars, by • Pullman Standard PS-I 50-foot single-door box FLAT CARS: Ed Hawkins. May 1 995. cars from InterMountain HO scale and Micro­ • Bethlehem Steel 75-foot piggyback flat cars from • Upgrade: Simulating separate ladders and grab­ Trains N scale kits, with ROSTER, by Ed Walthers HO scale kits, with ROSTER, by Mark irons with "shadow painting." Hawkins. December 1995. Vaughan, April 1990. • Upgrade: Detailed floors and interiors for HO • PROFILE: 1951-1980 General American • B&O 50-foot Tofcee (Piggyback) Flats & scale box cars. by Martin Lofton. **January (GAEX) 50-foot "DF" single plug-door and slid­ Trailers, prototype photos and diagrams with 1991. ing-door box cars from Branchline Models HO Athearn "stand-in"kit-conversion. " "October • PROFILE: Modeling the SO-foot wood and com­ scale, or Pacific Rail Shops S scale kits (or from 1989. posite steel box cars manufactured between 1894 40-foot kit-conversions of C&BT Shops HO • Bulkhead, V-deck pulpwood cars in the upper and 1 932, with ROSTER, from MDC, We sterfield scale, Deluxe Innovations N scale, or Atlas Midwest, by Dan Holbrook, October 1989, HO scale and Cameron Scale Models (ex­ 0 scale models as illustrated, step-by-step, "''''March January and May 1990 and September 1991. Berkshire Valley) scale kits, by Rich Burg and . 0 and �* April 1990 issues,**March 1990, with • Commonwealth (GSl) 53-foot flat cars and bulk­ Richard Hendrickson, ';July, *October, ROSTER, *"'April, "''''June **September 1990, head cars from Walthers HO and N scale and S *November 1 989, July 1995 and July 1996. **ApriI 1991 and **February 1992. Helper Services S scale kits, with ROSTER, "Car • Upgrade: Adding grabirons, ladders and other CABOOSES: Spotters Guide No. 12," by James Eager, details to MDC's HO scale 50-foot single­ • Kit-conversion, D&RGW (ex-D&SL) wood December 1992. sheathed box cars, by Richard Hendrickson, July caboose from MDC's HO scale kit by Darrell • Upgrade and prototypes for Tichy HO scale 40- 1996. Taylor, August 1991. fo ot flat cars by Richard Hendrickson, June 1993. • PROFILE: 50-foot single-sheathed double-door • Eastern-style steel cabooses from Proto 2000 HO • Southern, ATSF, CSXT, C&G, A&WP, RF&P, box cars from the late twenties from MDe. scale kits, Life-Like N scale kits or We aver GM&O, MP, Waf A, GA and ACL bulkhead Westerfield and Walthers HO scale, Walthers N 0 scale kits on the Shawmut, October 1991. pulpwood flat cars, by Rhett Coates, September scale and Cameron Scale Models (ex-Berkshire • Lehigh Valley eastern-style cabooses from Li fe­ 1993. Valley) 0 scale kits. by Richard Hendrickson, Like (or PrOto 2000) HO scale kits, by Steve • Kit-conversion: SAL 40 and 50-foot bulkhead July 1995 . Kley, October 1991. V-deck pulpwood cars from Athearn HO scale • PROFILE: 50-foot single-sheathed single-door • Assembling etched-brass caboose kits, step-by­ kits. by Larry Denton, October 1 993. box cars from the late twenties from MDC and step, by David Lawler, January 1992. • Upgrade: Simulated wood decks for plastic­ Westerfield's HO scale kits, by John Nehrich, July COVERED HOPPERS: decked flat cars, by Robert Schleicher, April 1 995. C *.,. Note: Articles with three asterisks are reprinted 1994. • PROFfLE: Pennsylvania Railroad X-32 and X-33 in the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol. III, • 50-foot double-door box cars from Bowser HO Kit-conversion: V-Deck pulpwood car from COVERED HOPPERS, BOOK I.) scale or Fine N scale kits, with ROSTER, by Rich Walthers HO or N scale bulkhead flat car kits, by • Upgrade: Burg, February 1996. adding separate grabirons and steps to Robert Schleicher, April 1994. plastic hoppers and covered hoppers by Bill Northeastern pulpwood and wood chip cars, by • Pennsylvania Railroad X-3 1 B 50-foot round-roof 1. HO scale box car from Menzies (now made in Wright and Ed Hawkins, December 1991. Emmons Lancaster, August 1 997. plastic by BOlVser in HO scale and cast resin by • Upgrade: Scale-size covered hopper ends from • PROFILE: USRA-design 42-foot flat cars from Fine N Scale in N scale) kit. by Bob Davis, brass angle, strip and wire, step-by-step. by Ken Red Caboose HO or 0 scale kits, by Richard August 1991. Patterson, December 1995. Hendrickson, January 1997. • PROFILE: ACF two-bay covered hoppers from • PROFILE: 1941 AAR 10-foot 6-inch interior GONDOLAS: height. 50-foot double-door cars with 5/5 Bowser, Kato, or Eastern Car Works HO scale, • Kit-comersion: C&O 100-lOn gondolas, with

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prototype photos and plans, from Athearn three­ hoppers, by Richard Hendrickson, August 1995. TANK CARS bay offset-side hoppers, (and how to cast the • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad H-35 and • Kit-conversion: Skelgas propane 40-foot tank car sides and ends in resin), by AI Westerfield, H-37 three-bay hoppers from Stewat1's HO scale from Athearn's LPG tank car by Frank Hodina. December 1989. kits, with ROSTER, by Rich Burg, June 1996. July 1989. • Pennsylvania Railroad class G-3 1 54-foot gondo­ • PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad H-2 1 fo ur-bay • LPG 40-foot tank cars, circa 1952, from Athearn la from Con-Cor's HO scale kit, by Ed B ley, hoppers fron; Bowser's HO scale kit, by Rich Burg, HO scale and Rivarossi N scale models, from December 1990. May 1993. ACF Industries, September 1989.

• Kit-Conversion: • EJ&E SO-foot gondola from PROFILE: Pennsylvania Railroad class H-22A Prototypes for the Tichy 1-10scale small-dome AHM's HO scale model, by John Nehrich, four-bay hoppers From Bowser's 1-10scale kit, tank car, October 1990 & April 1991. October 1994. with ROSTER, by Rich Burg, May 1994. • Kit-conversion: Linde 40-foot box/tank cars from • PROFILE: CN 141000- 142749 48-foot REEFERS: McKean Models HO scale or Con-Cor N scale

gondolas from Westerfield's HO scale kit, with • Upgrade: Adding etched-brass or stainless steel kits, by John Ryczkowski, July 1993. ROSTER, by Stafford Swain, September 1996. roofwalks to box cars and reefers, by Robert • PROFILE: GATC 12,500-gallon and 10.000- • PROFILE: Greenville-design 52-foot mill gon­ Schleicher, January 1992. gallon tank cars from kit-converted Athearn kits

dolas from Proto 2000 HO scale kits, by Richard • Upgrade: Adding separate ladders to reefers and in 1-10s cale and Micro-Trains N scale models. by Hendrickson, November 1996. box cars, by Ed Hawkins, May 1995. Richard Hendrickson, August 1996. HOPPERS: • Upgrade: Simulating separate ladders and grab­ • PUOFILE: GATC 12,500-Q.allon tank cars from • Upgrade: Adding separate grabirons and steps to irons with "shadow painting." modified Athearn kits in HiS scale, by Richard plastic hoppers and covered hoppers by Bill • Upgrade: Detailing Athearnunde rframes for 40- Hendrickson, August 1996. Wright and Ed Hawkins, December 1991. foot box cars and reefers by Martin Lofton, May • PROFILE: AC&F ICC- 103W 10,000-galion • PROFILE: USRA 55-ton twin hoppers from 1991. welded tank cars from Red Caboose HO or 0 Accurail, Tichy, Westerfield and Life-Like in HO • PROFILE: Santa Fe Rr-5 through Rr-II wood­ scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, April 1996. and InterMountain in scale, with ROSTER, by 0 side reefers from Sunshine Models HO scale kits, • PUOFILE: AC&F Type 27 ICC- 103 10,000- Richard Hendrickson, May 1995. with ROSTER, by Richard Hendrickson, January gallon riveted tank cars from InterMountain's HO • C&S (photos and equipment diagram) and 1992. scale kit, by Richard Hendrickson, July 1997. Berwind USRA 55-ton twin hoppers from • PROFILE: Santa Fe steel-sheathed ice bunker • PROFILE: AC&F Ty pe 27 8,000-gallon riveted Accurail, Tichy, We sterfield and Life-Like in HO reefers from C&BT Shops (or InterMountain) 1-10 tank cars from InterMountain's HO scale kit. by and InterMountain in 0 scale, July 1989. scale kits, with ROSTER, by Richard Hendrickson, Richard Hendrickson, October 1997. • Upgrade: Accuraii's HO scale USRA twin hopper, November 1994. • PROFILE: AC&F Type 21,8000 gallon riveted by Richard Hendrickson, May 1995. • Upgrade: C&BT Shops HO scale Santa Fe tank cars, models and prorotypes, from Proto • Pennsylvania Railroad class H-3 1 two-bay reefers, by Richard Hendrickson, November 2000 HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, hopper from Athearn's HO scale kit, by Ed Bley, 1994. February 1998. July 1991. • Upgrade: InterMountain HO scale Santa Fe • PROFILE: AC&F Type 21 Tank Cars from • PROFILE: B&O, CNJ, D&H, LV, N&W. RDG, reefers, by Richard Hendrickson, December 1996. Proto 200 HO scale kits, by Richard Hendrickson, and WM fishbelly two-bay hoppers from • PROFILE: Union Refrigerator Transit (40-foot February 1998. Stewart's HO scale kit, with ROSTER, by John wood reefers from Westerfield and Tichy HO BRAKE WHEELS Nehrich, February 1992. scale and Micro-Trains N scale kits, by AI • Finding a model for specific prototype brake • We stern Maryland two-bay fish belly-side hopper Westerfield, June and August 1989 and .July 1992. wheels circa 1930- 1 960, by Ed Hawkins, from Stewart's HO scale kit, by Scott Pitzer, June • PROFILE: Swift wood and steel reFrigerator cars September 1996. 1994. from MDC, Sunshine Models and Tichy HO TRUCKS • C&O version of WM two-bay fishbelly hopper scale, Micro-Trains N scale and Ye Olde Huff n • Identifying the HO scale Freight trucks, by from Stewart's HO scale kit, April 1993. Puff 0 scale kits, by Martin Lofton, February Richard Hendrickson, February and April 1990, • Kit-conversion: CNJ and Reading fishbelly-side 1993. December 1993 and February 1995. two-bay hoppers fro m Stewart's HO scale kit, by • Upgrade: PFE 40-foot R40-23, R40-10 , R40-20 PA II\TING Alan Mende, June 1994. and R40-25 steel reefers from Athearn (or ("�, Note: Articles with two asterisks are reprinted in • Western Maryland channel-side two-bay hoppers InterMountain) HO scale kits (and InterMountain the book FREIGHT CAR MODELS, Vol. I from Stewart's HO scale kit, with ROSTER, by N and scale kits), by Terry Metcalf, September TECHNIQUES.) Ed Hawkins, May 1997. 0 1993. • Authentic railroad color chips matched to model • Upgrade: Athearn or Atlas SO-ton offset-side • PROFILE: PFE 40-foot R40-23 reefers in HO, N railroad paints, Parts I and II: box car red, mix­ twin hoppers with B&O and three MP prototypes, and scale by InterMountain, by Richard tures and matches with Floquil, SMP and with step-by-step instructions, by Ed Hawkins, 0 Hendrickson, October 1994. Scalecoat paints, by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and March 1998. • PFE R40- 1O and R23 reefers from InterMountain Ray Long, August 1989 and """J une 1990. • Upgrade: Athearn or AtlasSO-ton offset side N, HO and scale kits-"Guess The Scale?", by • Authentic railroad color chips matched to model twin hoppers, by Ed Hawkins, March 1998. 0 Richard Hendrickson, March 1995. railroad paints, Part III: Baltimore and Ohio box • 40-foot, three-bay rib-side hoppers from Stewart • PROFILE: PFE wood reefers in HO scale from car colors, by Ed Hawkins, Pat Wider and Ray HO scale kits, with ROSTER, "Car Spotters Red Caboose, Westerfield and Tichy kits, with Long, August 1989 """ Guide No. 6," by Jim Eager, January 1991. ROSTER, by Richard Hendrickson, April 1997. • Pennsylvania Railroad "Freight Car Red" by Curt • Pennsylvania Railroad (and MILW, PC, CR, WM, • PROFILE: 36-foot and 40-foot wood reefers LaRue, Ralph Gutowski and Brady McGuire of DRG, CN, E-L and P&LE) class H-39 triple from MDC and Red Caboose HO scale and the PRRT&HS, "" 'November 1990. hoppers from Stewart's HO scale kit, "Car Micro-Trains N scale kits, by Richard Spotters Guide No. by lim Eager, April 1991 16," Hendrickson, February and October 1996 and • Ullgrade: MDC/Roundhouse 40-foot three-bay, March and July 1997. (Note: Articles on color-matching real railroad color rib-side ACF-built hoppers, from MDC/Round­ STOCK CARS chips with the newer acrylic paints are scheduled house HO scale kits, by Ed Hawkins, December • Swift 1V00d stock cars,by Martin Lofton, for publication in 1998). 1991 and February 1994. February 1993. Weathering tank cars with an airbrush, by Robert • PROFILE: 40-foot three-bay, rib-side ACF-built • Prototypes and modeling tips for the Central Schleicher, May 1997. hoppers, from MDC/Roundhouse HO and N scale Valley HO scale Northern Pacific stock cars, by Dating freight cars with journalrepack data mark­ kits, by Ed Hawkins, December 1991 and Richard Hendrickson, September 1991. ings, by Mont Switzer, September 1990. February 1994, with ROSTER, by Ed Hawkins, • PROFILE: Mather 40-foot single-deck stock cars Dating freight cars with reweigh, station, weight February 1 994. from Proto 2000 kits, by Richard Hendrickson, and service stencils, placards and truck details . by • AAR 70-ton offset-side triple hoppers from February 1997. Richard Hendrickson, June 1997. Stewart 1-10 scale and Con-Cor or MDC 'l scale • PROFILE: Mather 40 and 50- foot double-deck "Vintage Dating," Weathering freight cars to kits, by Richard Hendrickson, April and August stock cars from Proto 2000 HO scale kits, by match the colors and patterns of the era, by 1995 and May 1996. steam Richard Hendrickson, May 1997. Richard Hendrickson. December 1995. • Upgrade: Stewart's HO scale AAR 70-ton triple RAILMODEL JOURNAL MAY 1998 - 69 ------[ WHAT'S NEW-IN HO] ------

NKP Car, 8123 Ashgrove Dr., Cincinnati, OH 45244 is now shipping this kit to dupli­ cate the Southern Railway 1949 Pullman series, the 2-drawing room, master room buffet lounge car. The Firm also has 14.4 and 10/6 Pullmans. The kit has nickel-plat­ ed, etched-brass sides with a plastic rooF, Floor and ends. The kit is $53.50.

Grandt Line products, 1040 B Shary Ct., Concord, CA 94518 is offering this iniection-modeled plastic replica of a small house From Aspen, Colorado. The "No Problem Joe's" kit is $25.00 complete with tool shed, Fence and outhouse.

Ertl is producing this "Farmhouse" kit From cold-cast plastic Fully­ painted and ready For assembly. See your dealer.

The Wa lthers WaterFront series includes this iniection-molded plas­ tic replica of brick building "Warehouse No. 1" for $49.98. The kit is scheduled For availability at your dealer in August.

Midwest products is offering this "Trestle Buddy", an articulated plastic tool to make it easier to line-up trestle bents to match the track conFiguration. The Trestle Buddy tool is $14.95.

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LGB is now producing F7B-unit diesels to match their F7 A. Three models are avail­ able in either Santa FE or New Yo rk Central paint and lettering. See your dealer.

Aristo-Craft is now shipping 1.24 scale replicas of the Rio Grande C-16 locomo­ tives with operating headlights and marker lights, detailed interior and movable cab windows. The model is available painted and lettered for Rio Grande in black or yel­ low, C&S, D&SP, EBT, TET&WNC, SPC, WP&Y, Napa Va lley, PRR, AT SF, UP or B&O. See your dealer.

Life-Like has expanded their series of G scale accessories to include this set of four "working people.

Aristo-Craft is producing painted figures for G scale modelers including this series of three track workers. Each figure is $7.95 fully painted .

RAI LMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1998 71 MU LOCO SWITCH

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Atlas' Parts Catalog is a convenient reference for anyone who owns an • The Journal of N Scale Atlas locomotive or freight car" Modeling Contains: -Comp-Iete list of available parts and prices for Atlas locos, freight cars, • Covered Hoppers­ switches and more Book One -ExfJloded loco diagrams with parts labeled for easy identification -Some maintenance information • Layouts of The Master -Easy fax or mail order form -60 pages

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______Name ______ADVERTISERS INDEX Don't drop that screw! Alco Products ...... ,., . .74 Atlos , ...... 78 HOLD IT WITH A NON-MAGNETIC City /State ______Bodger Air Brush ...... " , ...... 79 HJJ� MODEL X SCREW-HuL.L./IIlu"" Bowser , . , , ...... , , . " ...., , ....76 DRIVER for Types IA II cross ______& Zip, CDS lettering ..., ...... , .77 recess screws, and small Chomp Deeols ...... , ... .77 diameter slotled screws" Digitrox ...... ""...... ,., ..,., ... .72 No. 3X and No. 3EX DRIVERS­ E C Shops ...... , .....,., . .76 -3", 6", 8", 10" lengths, lor ADVERTISING & #6, #8, #10, #12, #114" E-R Models ..". , ... " .... ,." ..... , ....74 screws. POLICY: G D & R Electronics ...... ,", .... ,',. .77 No. 4X and No. 4EX DRIVERS- H. J. J. Co. .,.,.... , ...... " ...78 3", 6", S"lenglhs, lor #3, Railmodel Journal will accept #4, #5 screws. ' Kodee ...... , ...., ....7 6 advertising only from manufacturers, Koto ...... , , . , ..2 NO. 5X AND NO. 5XE DRIVERS-3", 6". 8" authorized direct importers, publishers life-like . , . , ...... 75 lengths, lor #0, #1 , . #2 screws. and distributors for their products. No Microseole , , ...... , .....73 dealer or discount mail order Micro-Troins ..... , ...... , .74, 77, 78 Moloeo advertising - no discount ads of any ...... , , , ..... , . , . .77 P.O. BOX 60833 Northwest Shortline ...... , , ...74 Boulder City, NV 89006 type - will be accepted. Publisher Phone (702) 293-2588 Overlond Models ...... , ..., ....., .74, 80 (702) 293-4224 FAX reserves the right to reject copy, text Speciol Shopes ... . , ...... , ...... 7 6 hnp:llwww.bighoml.com\hll and/or illustrations or complete ads. Springhoven Shops .. , ...... , ...... " ... .73 TroeTronies ...... , ...... , ..... , .74

78 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - MAY 1 998 The MODELflex Advantage

• Extreme fme-coat coverage • ... Air dries in 12 to 15 minutes • Water-based acrylics 3 to 5 minutes with heat drying • Authentic colors • Adheres to most plastics, metals, resins ·120 colors to choose from and many other substrates • Superior color retention • Long shelf life (Lifetime warranty with • Primers are not required unused, unopened bottles)

(Recommended with lighter colors) • Environmentally friendly, • Easy to apply with airbrush or non-flammable and safe to use conventional applicators iOVERlANd' ModEliNG VA RiE - At Overland Models we continue to offer something for all. OMI's latest Orive System is made specifically for Rail Power Products "S080"/"S090" shell. Our UTLX Jumbo Ta nk Ca r is sure to please car collectors because of its, size alone. The North American "Pd3000" Covered Hopper is our first piece of HO SCALE rolling stock from China. The Santa Fe "S07SM"s will roll on to N SCALE model railroads this Summer along with many other "S070" series models. Visit ¥our friendly Overland today to place your order and to find out about all the other

models available from OMI! · Marc/an Ph% gr"ph)'

SANTA FE "S075M" Nos. 200-250. Factory Painted" Completely Lettered, and Equipped with Operating lights - OMI #2845.1

UTLX Jumbo Tank Car No. 83699, Factory Painted and Completely Lettered - OMI #1352.1

NORTH AMERICAN "'Pd3000" Covered Hopper, Unpainted -OMI #3362

��q ORIVE SYSTEM for "S080"/"S090MAC" Rail Power Products Shell - OMI #5426

Overland Models Inc.