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2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 5 ESCAPE to S SCALE Enjoy the Great Advantages of S Scale, the Mid-Size Scale More Model Railroaders Are Turning To ▼ MICROSOFT® TRAIN SIMULATOR ▼ TDS (Part 5) ▼ TRINITY ALUMINATORS® ▼ DIESEL DETAIL: EML SD40 ▼ August 2001 $4.50 Higher in Canada GEORGE FranklinFranklin SELLIOS’S && SouthSouth ManchesterManchesterPAGE 40 DCC Update Page 50 C&W Freelancing 08 > EMDEMD GP40sGP40s MKTMKT PagePage 2020 Page 28 0 7447 0 91672 7 THE HO TTEsrTH ING IN IS 1RAINS NOT A 1RAI N.rrs A FORD C. August 2001 VOLUME 31 NUMBER 6 FEATURES 20 ▼ GP40: The First 645 Geep — Part 11: Missouri-Kansas-Texas (MKT) by George Melvin 40 25 ▼ MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL Transamerica Distribution Services Photo by Art Fahie Part 5: Pictorial Overview of the 48’ Reefers 50 ▼ DCC UPDATE by Gary Walton MRG Takes a Look at DCC — Part XXVII: 28 ▼ Freelancing! New Lenz Software, Digitrax Hardware & NCE Colorado & Western Railroad Co. Decoders, plus Atlas Master DCC & SoundTraxx Road Power: Using the Prototype Follow-ups as a Modeling Blueprint — Part 2 by Larry Puckett by David A. Bontrager 56 ▼ DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP 34 ▼ FREIGHTCAROLOGY Electro-Motive Leasing (EML) Locomotives Trinity’s Aluminun-Bodied Coal Gondolas Part 2: The SD40 by David G. Casdorph by Rich Picariello 40 ▼ SELLIOS — A Scrapbook 59 ▼ ON TRACK The Franklin & South Manchester Time for a Pull, the Last Moves by Art Fahie by Jim Mansfield 48 ▼ COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 60 ▼ BEHIND THE SCENES Microsoft® Train Simulator A History of our Fair City by Jeff Scherb by Margaret Mansfield DEPARTMENTS 34 5 ▼ Editorial 9 ▼ Letters 12 ▼ New Products 15 ▼ Product Reviews 62 ▼ Society Page 63 ▼ Dealer Directory 71 ▼ Boys in the Basement 73 ▼ Your Trek Plan Photo by David G. Casdorph 78 ▼ Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER This month and next we’re off to New England for a visit to George Sellios’s famous Franklin & South Manchester. George’s impressive layout continues to grow and change as he redoes...or sometimes just tweaks...already finished scenes. His work inspires and impresses all who see it, so turn to page 40 for a real treat. Photo by Art Fahie. INSET: Dave Bontrager continues his article on freelancing motive power for his Colo- rado & Western Railroad on page 28. Photo by David A. Bontrager. American Car & Foundry Road NumberAC FX 87281 his 56' general service tank car was built by American Car and Foundry at Milton, Features: TPennsylvania in June 1974 and was painted black with white leltering. Its class, • Superfine underbody, brake hardware, DOT 111 A 100, indicates it is rated for non-pressurized use with a safe maximum and brake wheel detail operating pressure of 100 psi. Developments in materials and manufacturing allowed • Formed wire end rails this tanker to be constructed without an underframe. The bottom of the tank itself • Two separate styles of placard serves as the load bearing structure. Variations in this tank car are mostly internal, • Correct NMRA car weight within 1 gram involving diHerent types of insulation, lining and welding spec's. Still in use today, • Prototypically accurate weld line detail these cars haul everything from fruit juice to weed killers. #110010 . $TBA AVAILABLE THROUGH YOUR LOCAL AUTHOR/ZED M/CRO-TRAINS� DEALER! 351 Rogue River Parkway · P.O. Box 1200 Talent, OR 97540-1200 USA Phone: 541-535-1755 Fax: 541-535-1932 • • Web: www.micro-trains.com· Email: [email protected] ©20OJ Micro·Trai"s� U"e Co. • Learn to add scenery the easy way with Woodland Scenics • Rock Faces - LK951 • Road System LK952 - teaches you how to learn to add roaus and make and color realistic pavement to any layout rock formations • Landscaping - LK954 teaches you to use the complete line of Woodland Scenics ground covers and foliage products ▼EDITORIAL EDITOR / PUBLISHER Randall B. Lee [email protected] CONTRIBUTING EDITORS David A. Bontrager Anniversaries... David G. Casdorph Art Fahie Doug Geiger, MMR Patrick Lawson, MMR and Other Jim and Margaret Mansfield George Melvin Rich Picariello Ramblings Larry J. Puckett Larry E. Smith, MMR his past month...July...marked the fifth anni- Gary Walton Tversary of the opening of Highlands Station, CIRCULATION / OFFICE MANAGER Inc., and its acquisition of Model Railroading. It also Donald R. Strait marked my 11th anniversary as Model Railroading’s [email protected] editor. Boy, time sure does fly when you’re having NATIONAL SALES MANAGER fun. Chris Lane As is usually the case, writing my editorial is the last item of business in put- 1-888-338-1700 ting the final editorial touches on an issue. And so it is with this issue also. All of [email protected] the editorial pages have been shipped off to the printer...Chris is still working on ASSISTANT MANAGER/GRAPHIC ARTIST finishing up the ad pages...and the only thing I have to do yet is write my column Rhett B. Lee so I can hop in my pickup tomorrow and head off to St. Louis to attend this year’s [email protected] NMRA National Convention. I’m really looking forward to the trip with my friend Bob...especially since we missed the convention portion of last year’s NMRA Volume 31, Issue 6. MODEL RAILROADING is published 10 times a year by Highlands Station, Inc., 2600 S. Parker because I wasn’t leaving until the Pennsy Hoppers book was completed. Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014, (303) 338-1700. Although going to the convention may seem like the proverbial “busman’s Price per single copy is $4.50 in U.S.A. Subscriptions are holiday” for the editor of a model railroad publication, I always look forward to $36.95 in the U.S.A. or $45.00 in Canada (or foreign) for attending the National each year...for during convention week I can forget that 12 issues payable in U.S. funds. Unsolicited manuscripts or photographs should be accompanied by return postage, I’m Model Railroading’s editor and just be a model railroader. Believe me, it is and Highlands Station, Inc., assumes no responsibility for a refreshing break. Not only do I get to enjoy the railfanning during the drive to the loss or damage of such material. No part of this pub- St. Louis, but I also actually get to be just another one of the guys attending the lication may be reprinted without written permission from convention. the publisher. Printed in U.S.A. The information contained in the various articles in Since you won’t be reading this until several weeks after the convention, I hope this magazine is presented in good faith, but no warranty I had the chance to see you in St. Louis. If not, then shame on you...you should is given, no results guaranteed, nor is any freedom from have been there. I hope you’ve already started making plans to attend next year’s any patent or copyright to be inferred. Since we have no convention in Fort Lauderdale. control over the physical conditions surrounding the appli- cation of information in this magazine, Highlands Station, This month I am pleased to announce the addition of two new Contributing Inc., and the various authors and editors disclaim any li- Editors to MRG’s masthead...Art Fahie and Gary Walton. Both Art and Gary have ability for untoward results and/or for any physical injury been regular contributors to the pages of Model Railroading over the past few incurred by using the information herein. years and have earned this honor because of the quality and quantity of their con- Copyright © 2001 by Highlands Station, Inc. tributions. Art, an N scaler and former New Yorker who now resides in Maine, has ADVERTISING been most prolific in providing many of the quality layout features of modelers For advertising information contact Chris Lane at 1-888-338-1700 in the Northeastern corner of our country as well as sharing some of his N scale [email protected] modeling efforts with us. Gary, who models in HO and is especially interested in VISIT OUR WEB SITE intermodal subjects, resides in Pennsylvania. www.modelrailroadingmag.com In this issue, Art presents the first part of a two-part look at the handiwork of SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BOOK ORDERS George Sellios on his fabulous Franklin & South Manchester. And Gary continues For subscriptions, please send inquiries to Highlands Station, his examination of Transamerica Distribution Service’s intermodal fleet with a Inc., 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014 or look at their 48' vans. Also, be sure to check out Dave Bontrager’s interesting...if call (303) 338-1700. FAX (303) 338-1949. Visa, Mastercard, Discover or American Express accepted. Email: not unusual...outlook on freelancing from the prototype. Not to say that freelanc- Circulation@ modelrailroadingmag.com ing from the prototype is unusual...just check out Dave’s take on it. Well, enough rambling for this month. Now it’s time to load up the pickup and MODEL RAILROADING (ISSN 0199-1914) is published get ready to head to St. Louis. 10 times per year with issues published monthly from May to December and bimonthly in January/February and March/April. Subscription rate is $36.95 per 12 is- sues in U.S.A., $45.00 in Canada, by Highlands Station, Inc., at 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014. Periodical Class postage paid at Aurora, Colorado, and additional mailing offices. Canadian Second Class Permit Randy Lee #9591. Editor/Publisher POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Model Railroading, 2600 S. Parker Rd., Suite 1-211, Aurora, CO 80014. AUGUST 2001 MODEL RAILROADING ▼ 5 ESCAPE TO S SCALE Enjoy the great advantages of S scale, the mid-size scale more model railroaders are turning to. Learn all about this main line scale, discover the bi-monthly S Gaugian maga­ zine.
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