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TrackAll Plan: Scales: FreightN Cars: Scale: II Glacier Valley Railroad, 8x9 feel. double deck for HO or N scales 16 50-foot PS-I Double-Door Box Cars from Micro-Trains Models 29 Center Beam Flat Cars from Micro-Trains Models Techniques: 25 Your Top Tips, readers "beller ideas" for modeling Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: 40 Assembling Laser-Cut Craftsman Kits 19 EMD SD60 as Norfolk Southern 6634

Layout Design: Locomotive Performance: 45 A Change of Scene - Modeling History's Mileposts: UP Standard 56 Summary of All Previous Performance Test Reports Depots

Cars In Context: 47 Council Bluffs Yard, Circa 1945 Departments 54 Experience - At Your Fingertips,more about what's in this issue, from articles in previous issues 65 Calendar 57-59,62-63 What's New

HO Scale: Freight Cars: 4 Thrall 52-foot, IS-Panel Gondolas, from Walthers kits 16 50-foot PS-I Double-Door Box Cars from InterMountain's kit 26 Greenville-Design 52-foot Gondolas from Life-Like Proto 2000 kits 29 Center Beam Flat Cars from E&C Shops kits

Track Planning: II Redesigning the 27x47-foot Missabe Road

Modeling Today's Diesels: 13 EMD SD60 as NS 6632, from Athearn and Rail Power Products parts

Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: 19 EMD SD60 as Norfolk Southern 6634

Locomotive Performance: 22 Bachmann EMD F7A and F7B Test Report 56 Summary of all previous Test Reports

Techniques: 24 Kadee Couplers for Bachmann F7A and F7B Diesels

Layout Tour: 35 Mike Palmiter's Chicago Terminal Railroad

ON THE COVER: - The craftsman structure kit, with window and wall openings (and, in some cases, with trim, windows and doors) pre-cut with lasers, is one of the latest developments in the hobby. Learn how to assemble one of the better examples of these kits beginning on page 40 of this issue. -Ken Patterson photo

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 3 PAI NT & DECALS

52-FOOT THRALL GONDOLAS

From Walthers HO Scale Kits Car Spotters Guide No. 26

By Jim Eager

Walthers offers these kits in both styles produced by Thrall - smooth panels and corrugated panels. Here are the precise prototypes for the cars and some "stand-ins" that are close enough. There's an index of previous "SpoHers Guides" on pages 54-55 of this issue.

ot on the heels of E&C Models, Walthers has released two new modern 52- foot gondola kits. As with E&C's cars, one model has SP 3381 10, built in 1975, series 3381 00-338199, is one of the only Thrall gons we've smooth side panels while the other one found that matches Walthers' smooth-panel kit. It has two narrow panels where the side simulates the corrugations pressed into drops to maximum depth and a wide middle panel, but nearly all other gons built by the side sheets for increased strength, Thrall have more evenly spaced ribs. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Galesburg, Illinois, butH where E&C's kits are based on November 1993 straight-side cars built by Greenville, Decal: Decorated from Walthers; Herald King G-600. Walthers' kits have a slight fishbelly side, matching cars built by Thrall Car. The Walthers kits also have 14 side posts, where E&C's cars have only 13. Thrall built numerous gons to this general design from 1960 through 1980, when it, too, adopted a design with straight sides. However, this is not to say that all of those cars looked alike. For instance, some of the earliest cars were of riveted construction, but most of Thrall's cars were welded. Depend­ GN 78931 was built in October 1964 as part of series 78900-78999. Though battered ing on the needs of individual cus­ after many years of hard service, its original paint is still largely intact. It's typical of tomers, the height of each batch of cars Thrall's early 70-77-ton 52-footers. Note the thinness of the ribs and depth of the fish­ could vary, reflected in the use of belly side. The interior height of these GN cars was only 4 feet, so they only had three Dreadnaught ends with three, four or end ribs versus the kit's four. -Roger Bee photo, June 1989 five ribs, but four-rib ends were by far Decal: Champ HG-143 plus HH-66 herald; Kevin's Decals HC-5 plus data. the most common. The floor could be plate steel, nailable steel or wood, with risers or coil cradles added to suit the intended service. Several roads ordered

GBW 37 is a 70-tonner built in 1966, series 30-39. Its fresh spartan paint job shows off its bulging side sheets, so typical of heavily used gons. It has four end ribs. -Roger Bee photo, May 1990 Decal: Roman alphabet plus data; Herald King G-1 0 for original scheme.

PAGE 4 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 cars with sectional roofs to protect high grade steel products from moisture. Other options included tie-down bars or loops along the top chord of the sides, and adj ustable interior bulkheads. Another key difference is the exact layout of the sides. The majority of cars had 14 ribs dividing the sides into 15 panels, but some cars had only 13 ribs, and the rib spacing could vary slightly in either case. Most early cars had a MKT 16071 is a 100-ton car built in January 1970, part of series 16000-16499, and weight capacity of70-77 tons, but later it's still in pretty good shape. Note that the side ribs are more substantial than those of 100 tons became the norm, with the ribs the 70-tonners, but they are more evenly spaced than those on Walthers' kit, and the of the heavier capacity cars being side is also deeper. Two steel straps are welded across the end ribs to reinforce the noticeably heftier than those of the ends, and there are tie-down angles along the top chords. -John Benson photo, May lighter cars. Also, the depth of the fish­ 1990 belly became more shallow in later Decal: Microscale 87-479 plus data. years. While distinctive, not very many cars were built with side corrugations, and on top of that, just about every batch was different. All these variations would make it tough to decide just which version of Thrall's gon to pro­ duce a kit for. Roads that ordered smooth-panel Thrall gons include: BN (including C&S), C&EI, CGW, C&NW, D&RGW, DT&I, FEC, GB&W, GN, IC, lTC, MILW, MKT, RF&P, RI, DLRX 1 1262, from series 1 1251-1 1265, is a 90-ton ex-Rock Island car from series SAL, SOO, SP and WP, with CR, CSS, 3820-3869, built in October 1973. It's equipped with cradles and removable 'colonial' C&NW, GTW, rCG, LS&BC, MP, roof sections for coil steel service. The circled W indicates it has a wood SCL, UP and WC obtaining them floor.-American Railroad Photography, July 1988 through merger or secondhand. Roads Decal: Herald King H-549 plus data; Microscale 87-20 plus data. rostering corrugated-panel Thralls include: BN, GN, MP and UP. So which prototypes did Walthers choose? Both models are 100-ton cars with 14 side posts, a shallow fishbelly side and four-rib Dreadnaught ends with two reinforcing straps molded in place. So far, so good, but as best we can determine, the smooth panel kit matches just one batch of cars built for the Southern Pacific in 1975, series 338 1 00-338 199. All other smooth-panel C55 3834, series 3821-3867, is also an ex-Rock Island car, built in August 1973 as cars that r have seen do not have the part of series 3820-3869. It still has its coil cradles, but its roof has been discarded. A few of these cars were also operated by Conrail in the 603820-603869 series. -Gary sl ightly wider middle panel, nor the two Zuters photo, March 1989 very narrow panels where the side dips Decal: Helvetica Bold Italic press type plus data. on the Walthers kit. It is possible that some of the cars I haven't seen might match the kit as well, but usually most of the panels are more or less the same size except fo r the two at each end. As for the corrugated side kit, the rib spacing is close to one batch of BN cars built in 1975, series 560350-560849, but there are two main differences between these cars and the model. First, where the two side panels at each end were smooth on the BN cars, the kit has corrugations on all panels. Second, these particular BN cars were consider- ably taller, with five-rib ends. All other D&RGW 56305 is a 100-ton car built in 1973, series 56275-56334. -Jim Eager corrugated-panel cars that I know of photo, July 1985 have a different side rib spacing than Decal: Herald King G-40.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 5 THRALL GONDOLAS the model, but then each batch is differ­ ent in some way or other. It's disappointing that Walthers did not choose a more common version of Thrall's gon to base its models on, espe­ cially the smooth-panel car. Personally, I would have preferred a car with the deeper fishbelly, the four-rib end and a more common rib pattern. So, what can you do if the kits do not match the pro­ MILW 92301 was built in June 1969, part of series 92275-92324. It's rated at only 80 totype you want to model? Basically, tons, but it's also about 6 inches taller than the Walthers kit. It's in coil steelservice and you have three options: 1) use the kits originally had a sectional roof like those of the RockIsland cars. -Jim Eager photo, May as they are as stand-in models, making 1985 Decal: what modifications you feel are worth Microscale 87-514 plus data. it; 2) remove some of the existing corru­ gations or the side posts and replace them with appropriate sized and spaced Evergreen strip styrene; or 3) replace all the ribs to match your prototype. Most modelers will probably choose the first route, adding whatever details they decide will meet their personal standards. However, merely shaving off the second and 13th ribs and replacing them with ones made from strip styrene positioned further toward the ends will D&RGW 56 121 is a 100-ton car from series 56100-56124, built in May 1969. It's change the look of the car considerably. almost a foottaller than the Walthers kit and has five-rib ends, although the side drop is Some Mopac corrugated cars had steel shallow as on the model. The Rio Grande uses its gons for steel service,scrap and for plates placed over the corrugations to metallic ores and concentrates. -Jim Eager photo, July 1985 Decal: provide a flat surface for the reporting Herald King G-41 . marks, herald and capacity data. Adding styrene plates will hide this rib modifi­ cation on the corrugated panel kit. In the case of the BN cars, it would be rela­ tively easy to sand off the corrugations in the end panels to better match the prototype and just ignore the height dif­ ference. Removing all of the molded ribs from the sides will be difficult, unless you use a milling bit in a drill press and then sand the side smooth. It would D&RGW 56245 is from the next batch of Thrall gons, series 56125-56274, built in May probably be easier to just cut out the 1971. Other than the flashy orange paint, it's identical to the black cars. -Jim Eager kit's sides and replace them with new photo, July 1985 ones fabricated from sheet and strip Decal: Herald King G-40; Microscale styrene, especially if your prototype has 87-356. the deeper fi shbelly side. Either way, you will have your work cut out for you. Many gons constructed by other car­ builders are similar to Thrall's design, but unfortunately, none are any closer to the Walthers kits. To begin with, most have fewer side ribs, with 13 being most common, and often there is also an alternating pattern of thick and thin ribs. Many have deeper fishbelly sides, fre­ quently dropping over two panels, where Thrall's cars drop in one. Still, Other carbuilders constructed 52-foot gons similar to Thrall's cars. UP 32299 was built Walthers' kit could be used as a stand-in by PC&F in 1976, series 32200-32399, class G-l 00-16. Its 14 ribs are evenly spaced for many of these cars, too, and if you as on the maiority of Thrall gons, but its side fishbelly is noticeably deeper. -Jim Eager opt to rebuild the sides completely, it photo, September 1986 would be just as easy to model one of Decal: Herald King G-480; Microscale 87-356. PAGE 6 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 these cars as a Thrall. Bethlehem, Gunderson, Ortner, PC&F and Trinity built similar all-welded cars with four­ rib Dreadnaught ends. Cars built by Greenville were usually riveted, while Pullman used its own end on cars it constructed. RMJ Not all of Thrall's 52-footers had 14 side posts. SP 338020 only has 13 ribs, but otherwiseit's a typical Thrall 100-tonner. Series 337950-338099, built in August 1974. -Jim Eager photo, December 1986 Decal: Herald King G-600.

D&RGW 56405 also has only 13 ribs, but the side fishbelly is shallow like the kit's. It was built in January 1977, as part of series 56375-56424. It shows off the crin­ kled Brandon tie-down bars welded along the top chords, easily simulated by a strand of aluminum screen wire. -Jim Eager photo, July 1985 Decal: Herald King G-540; Microscale 87- 356.

C&NW 742052, series 742000-742199, is an ex-ROCK car from series 400000- 299, built in 1977. It, too, only has 13 ribs and the shallow side drop. Grand Trunk Western also operated ex-ROCK cars. -Jim Eager photo, July 1985 Decal: Herald King G-540 plus G-22 reporting marks and herald. BN 560582, series 560350-560849, built in 1975, is the closest match to Walthers' corrugated panel kit that I have found, and it's really not that close. The rib spacing does match the model, and it has the shal­ low fish belly side, but note that there are no corrugations on the two panels at either end. These can be sanded from the car­ body to provide the flat panels for the BN lettering and herald, but the car is also a foot taller; note the five-rib ends. BN has at least one other series of corrugated-panel Thralls, but they are even more different from tbe kit. -Jim Eager photo, May 1985 Decal: Herald King G-41O, Champ HG- 131, Microscale 87-332.

BN 565724 is a 77-ton car with corrugat­ ed side panels. -D. Scott Chatfield photo Decal: Herald King G041 0, Champ HB- 131, Microscale 87-332. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 7 THRALL GONDOLAS

WC 55008, a former Soo Line car. This Thrall gon has evenly spaced ribs and slightly taller sides. Some had covers for steel service. Built in April 1971, WC repainted it in November 1990. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Chicago, November 1991

DTI 9687, from series 9600-9799. These 200 gons have evenly spaced ribs and a slightly deeper fishbelly. This view should give you an idea how to paint/weather the interior of your gon: Start with brown and add dirt and rust to taste. The lack of soil or racks inside means this car is prob­ ably kept in mill service. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, East SI. Louis, Illinois, July 1991

PAGE 8 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 MP 641 1 10. The Mopac and UP cars are the closest to the Walthers corrugated Thralls by having corrugations in every panel, but this group only has 14 panels (most Thralls have 15) and has plates welded over the corrugations for the reporting marks and herald. Built in 1976, this car should be stencilled "G-1 00-44," not "47." Don't trust everything you read on a repainted car. -D. Scott Chotfield photo, Bald Knob, Arkansas, August 1989

GN 78551. Shave off the corrugations from the outer panels and the result is very close to the GN's 400 Thralls (78400- 78799, built in 1966 and '67). The ribs are a tad narrower and the fish belly deep­ er than the later design modeled by Walthers. It looks like someone touched up the stylized GN reporting marks. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Aurora, Nebraska, August 1994

GN 7871 7 was built in 1966, part of series 78600-78799. Other than the cor­ rugations, it's typical of contemporary smooth-panel Thrall 77-tonners. -Todd Sullivan photo, ca. 1978 Decal: Champ HN-66 roadname plus HH- 66 herald plus data.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 9 THRALL GONDOLAS

BN has overhauled some Thralls for coil steel service and renumbered them. Black is the current BN gon color. This is the class car of series 565455-565599 (76 cars), apparently returning empty to Birmingham. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Memphis, May 1995

DT&I 9652 is a very battered member of series 9600-9799, built in 1971. It's equipped with cradles and fiberglass cov­ ers for coil steel service. -Jim Eager photo, June 1994 Decal: Herald King G-1 1 1 .

UP 31730, built in October 1969 in series 31600-31899, closs G-90-5. Union Pacific rosters corrugated Thrall 52-foot­ ers, but they follow UP specifications and are not typical Thrall cars. All the side panels are corrugated like the Walthers' kit, but the rib spacing is different. Note the very wide middle panel and the ribs at the corners. They're also lower cars with three-rib ends. UP has similar cars built by Bethlehem, Greenville and Gunderson. -Todd Sullivan photo, ca.1978 Decal: Herald King G-480, Microscole 87-356.

Walthers' HO scale model. 1996 PAGE 10 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY TRACK PLAN

GLACIER VALLEY RAILROAD

By Alan Lagocki Artworkby Rick Johnson

An 8x9-foot double-deck layout in Design Goals the Glacier Valley Railroad. The pace of HO scale. The plan includes point-to­ the mainline operation also contrasts point, an oval and a junction. The Six design goals were established: with that of the shortline. stub-end track leading from the "optional crossover" at the "staging I. Realistic operating schematic. 6. Easy stages of construction. yard" can be routed down and The Glacier Valley is a point-to-point Construction of the mainline oval will extended to include an eight-track line. To reach Pine Springs, trains must quickly allow trains to begin running. stub-end staging yard to provide travel up the valley, climbing steadily. Future stages can be completed with more off-layout train capacity. To minimum interruption of this trackage. build it in N scale, use the same plan 2. Staging to convey "beyond the Each new addition (e.g., the wye or the and 8x9-foot area and simply move basement" railroading. The Glacier terminal at Glacier Bay) augments oper­ the passing sidings and other paral­ Valley's anchor to realism is its con­ ating possibilities, increasing enjoyment. lel tracks closer together. This plan, nection to the rest of the world at Cold in its original sketch form, first River Junction. Here is where the rai l­ appeared in the layout Design SIG road interchanges cars loaded else­ Scenic Treatment magazine, Layout Design News, where and headed for the branch's des­ back in 1988. If you are interested in tinations. GV passenger trains meet the The Glacier Valley Railroad traverses track planning and layout design, stream-liners and locals of the main­ di verse scenery. The progression from join the layout Design SIG by send­ line. bay to river to creek to springs is a sub­ ing $15.00 to layout Design Special Staged trains are crucial to these tle vehicle for creating the impression of Interest Group, Richard Steinmann, illusions. Cars moved off-scene during moving through the countryside. Circulation, 24 12 Myrtle lane, an operating session can be "fiddled" The Glacier Bay waterfront com­ Reston, VA 22091, for annual mem­ before the next session, for a changing presses nicely into a I-foot-wide space. bership that includes the quarterly supply of equipment. The diagonal thrust of the dock/wharf mailing s and the layout Design area adds to the illusion of distance. News magazine. Previous layout 3. Continuous running option. At the other end of the line, Pine design articles in "The Journal" are There will be times when a person just Springs is less congested, contrasting listed on pages 54-55 of this issue. wants to run trains. It also allows for with the relative hustle and bustle of troubleshooting and breaking in. Glacier Bay. The distinct difference of the two end-points furthers the illusion 4. Walk-in configuration and good of traveling from one area to another.

he Glacier Valley plan was access. The ability to fo llow a train RMJ developed as an entry in a along its route from Glacier Bay to Pine Model Railroader track plan­ Springs enhances realism and allows ning contest a few years ago close-up views of detailed mini-scenes. T which called for plans to fit an 8x9-foot room with the door at one cor­ S. Diversity and contrast. A wide ner. It is based on previous experience assortment of equipment can be run on as a shortline modeler, well as the writ­ the Glacier Valley layout because of ings of John Armstrong. the mainline/shortline connection. The most interesting features of the GV are that it's a small-space two-deck Mainl ine trains consist of newer loco­ with several railroad staging tracks to mot i ves and better eq ui pment, com­ handle mainline trains and live inter­ pared to the older. slightly worn rol ling change. stock and motive power belonging to

1996 RAILMODEL JOURNAL JANUARY PAGE 11 Quarry face _--'-"'Of">

Gantry crane

Creek

Curved turnout

ROCK CREEK Bag products

Team track PINE SPRINGS

Water _-t-"�I

Coal

Curved turnout

Upper Level Elevation 64"

Section houses

Building flats

turnout

In dustry �!--./.-I-t� Team platiorm

Main St.

No.6 turnouts

Warehouses

Wharf

Lower Level Elevation 44"

Glacier Valley Railroad

Not to scale-each square = 1 foot Overall layout size approximately 8 x9 feet No.4 turnouts and 24" radius curves except as noted

PAGE 12 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 MODELING TODAY'S DI ESELS

ATHEARN/RAIL POWER PRODUCTS EMD SD60

as Norfolk Southern 6632

Prototype photos by Louis A. Marre Model photos by Robert Schleicher

Alex King's model won Testors' Excellence in Finish Youth Award and third place in the NMRA 1995 National Convention "Diesel Loco­ motion contest, and his models were on display in the Railroad Prototype Modelers room at the convention. Learn how he built his award-win­ ning 5060 so you can build one for yourself. There are more prototype photos and a list of all the alternate detail parats on the following pages. An index of previous Mod eling Today's Diesels articles appears on pages 54-55.

orfolk Southern requires big power for its heavy haul freight trains. Maintaining a fleet of over 1,000 locomotives, ranging from SW l 500s to C40-9s, is just part of everyday business. Norfolk Southern uses the SD60s on every type of train, Nfrom hotshot intermodal trains to coal trains out of the Pocahantas. To model the SD60 in HO scale, start with an Athearn SD40T-2 chassis and install the fuel fillers, leaving the caps many SD50s and some SD60s with the disassemble it. Use a hacksaw to I/S inch up from the face of the tank. original Dash-2 sideframes (like those remove the coupler-mounting pads. Sand away any mold marks or file on the Athearn SD40T-2). The Detail Next, saw 1/4 inch from the front of the marks from the fuel tanks and polish Associates 3515 HTC truck sideframes fuel tank to match the NS prototype. with steel wool. Test-fit the body on the push right into the Athearn trucks in This is where the air filters will be chassis so you can install the Detai Is place of the standard Athearn side­ placed. The Norfolk Southern considers West 204 air tanks. The air tanks must frames. Assemble the parts according the long hood end to be the front of its be fi led to fit between the platforms and to the instructions on the Detail locomotives. Use a cut-off disc in a the fuel tanks. Cement the air tanks to Associates label, then drill a no. 76 Dremel motor tool (wear gloves, eye the frame and install the 226 air fi lters hole to accept a brass wire air line. and face protection) to remove enough and brass wire air lines to match the Drill a no. 76 hole in the brake cylinder material from the fireman's side in front prototype photos. Remove the body. lever on the rear engineer's side to of the cab to accept the Rail Power Wash the frame thoroughly in detergent accept a hand brake chain hook. Products SD60 body. Follow the Rail and water and dry. Cover the electrical Assemble the wires and chain and paint Power Products instructions to fit the contact points with masking tape. Spray the truck sideframes Engine Black. body firmly on the chassis. the entire frame with Floquil Engine Check the gauge on the Athearn Use a no. 54 bit in an electric drill to Black and, when dry, with Testors wheelsets with an NMRA standards open the cast fuel filler caps on the DullCote. gauge and paint the faces of the wheels Athearn tank to accept Details West The HTC sideframes were first used with Floquil Rust. Assemble the trucks parts. Use cyanoacrylate cement to on the Norfolk Southern SD50s. NS has and sideframes.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 13 EMD SD60

The SD60 Body

Use the Rail Power Products SD60 body shell. Several alterations and addi­ tions will be needed to match specific NS details. I made the mistake of trying to truck-mount the couplers and removed most of the pilot ends before deciding on body-mounted couplers. I was then forced to make new end faces for the pilots from .01 O-inch-thick Evergreen sheet styrene. Use a Details West buffer plate on each end. File the inside of the plate to accept Kadee no. 5 couplers and pockets. I cemented the pockets to the locomotive, but you could fabricate a mounting block and drill and tap them for 2-56 screws if you want the coupler to be removable. [ then drilled Note that the stanchions on the engi­ holes for the windshield wipers and the 15 holes in the pilot needed to mount neer's side platform require holes above install those parts. Spray the cab Engine the coupler lift bars, air hoses, snow­ the dimples in the body for the Smokey Black (followed with a coat of Floquil's plows, MU hoses and MU receptacles. Valley stanchions. Use the no. 74 drill Crystal Coat clear gloss) and the inside Make a template to locate the seven bit to drill the holes between the roof of the cab with Floquil Light Green. pairs of holes on the front of the short fans for the horn. Install the horn, sand Assemble the Keystone Engineering hood to fit the Detail Associates 2202 fi llers and bell. cab interior kit according to the kit' s grabirons and use a no. 79 drill bit to instructions. Paint the cab interior walls drill the holes. Two more pairs of holes Modeling the Cab and ceiling Rail Brown. The green of are needed on the rear hood, two on the I used a Cannon 1501 cab to obtain the walls reflects off the brown to pro­ toilet hatch, one on the fireman's side the thin walls, open doors and flush vide a realistic dark green glow to the step and one on the right side of the windows. Assemble the cab according cab interior. Paint the central stand and shOIt hood for the grabirons. Use a no. to Cannon's instructions. Use a speed recorder flat black and the brake, 76 drill for the holes to mount the Precision Scale numberboard to match throttle and reverse levers silver. I used Smokey Valley handrail stanchions NS practice. Drill two no. 76 holes for a LaBelle engineer and fireman (the along the platforms and on the end sills. the firecracker antenna and two no. 74 brakeman hasn't boarded yet).

PAGE 14 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 Painting and Decaling

Paint the body with Floquil's Engine Black and, when dry, with Floquil Crystal Coat clear and let it dry. I used prototype photos to determine approxi­ mately where each of the Microscale diesel data markings were located and applied them. Then apply the Micro­ scale NS decals. When the decals are dry, seal them with a coat of Floquil Flat Finish. Finally, install the grabirons and stanchions and bend the handrails from .0 IO-inch brass wire. Paint these wire parts with a brush and Engine Black paint. Use Floquil Yellow for the edges of the steps. Install the cab windows with white glue and leave the rear doors slightly open. Install the MY lenses with cyanoacrylate cement. When the body is completed, ins tali it on the chassis and connect the chains from the trucks to the body. r weathered my model only moder­ ately since these SD60s don't have as many operating hours as, say, a B23-7. 1 began by airbrushing thinned coats of . Engine Black around the exhaust and Bill of Materials/HO Scale Norfolk Southern SD60 6632 fan areas. I sprayed the pilot areas heav­ ier, dri ft ing the paint pattern in a half­ A-Line 221 MU cables circle up to highlight the vent fans. I fol­ 29200 Windshield wipers 226 Air filters lowed with light airbrush touches of rust on the door latches, sills, truck bearings Athearn Keystone Locomotive Works and couplers. Finally, I used a dry­ 4554 Undecorated DS40T-2 3305 Cab interior brushing technique, spraying very thin coats of Engine Black about a foot away Builders In Scale LaBelle Industries from the model, to produce a sooty 250 Black Chain 700 I Engineer and fireman figures effect on the roof and platforms. Cannon & Company MV Products ISO I Diesel cab kit 600 Lenses

Detail Associates Precision Scale 1003 Headlight 3985 EMD numberboards 1508 MU hoses 2007 Fan with blades Smokey Valley Railroad & Machine 2202 Grabirons 135 SD60 handrail stanchions 2206 Eyebolts 2304 Wind deflectors Paint and Decals 2502 .008-inch-diameter wire (air lines) Floquil 2503 .01 O-inch-diameter wire 100004 Crystal Coat (handrails) 1 10006 Rust 3001 Sand filler covers 110007 Rail Brown 35 15 HTC truck side frames 1 10010 Engine Black 6206 Air hoses 1100 11 Reefer White 11004 1 Light Green Details West 110073 Rust 121 Round cab vents 110356 CSX Yellow 122 Rectangular cab vents 127 Bell Testors 155 Snowplow DullCote aerosol 157 Firecracker antenna 166 Fuel fi lIers Microscale 179 Brake wheel 87-435 NS Locomotive decals 195 Buffer plates 87-527 GE and EMD Diesel Data 204 Air tanks decals

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 15 PAI NT & DECALS

DOUBLE-DOOR BOX CARS 50-Foot PS-1, Circa 1948-1961, Part IV HO Scale by InterMountain N Scale by Micro-Trains

By Ed Hawkins

The new InterMountain HO scale 50- foot box cars provide modelers with an opportunity to recreate some of the most common freight cars of the era. Similar models are made in N scale by Micro-Trains. E&C Shops offers an HO scale version of th e later Ipost- 1 966) cars with half­ height ladder and no roofwalks. Micro-Trains also has N scale ver­ sions of this more modern car. Parts I and II of this series, with a full roster RI 6950. This car has the Pullman-Standard-style doors. -Harold Peterson photo of the early double-door cars, HO Scale Decals: Rock Island Decals (40561 Fairlands Dr., pleasanton, CA 94588 - appeared in the June and August send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for information) has set B40 plus data set B51 . 1995 issues. Part III, with models and N Scale Decals: Northeast CRIP-09 (no "OF"). prototypes for the 50-foot single-door Left: SSW 47538, built in 1955. This car cars, appeared in the December appears to have a 7- and an 8-foot set of 1995 issue. Youngstown doors. -Harold Peterson photo HO Scale Decals: Microscale 87-38 or CDS HO-180 plus HO-179 dry transfers. N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-38 or CDS N-180 plus N-1 79 dry transfers. Below: This OSSA car has a pair of corru­ gated Youn9stown. doors, one 7 feet wide and one 8 �eet wide. HO Scale Decals: Microscale MC41 12. N Scale Decals: Microscale 60-MC41 12. Micro Trains made a similar car, no. 341 1 0, that is out of production.

1996 PAGE 16 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY InterMountain now has kits in production with these pairs of 8-foot Youngstown doors as well as with pairs of 8-foot six­ panel Pullman-Standard doors.

SN 2481, built in December 1955. The six-panel Superior doors could be scratch­ built from styrene or cut from an out-of­ production Front Range kit. -W. C. Whittaker photo, circa February 1956 HO Scale Decals: Walthers 934-98210. N Scale Decals: None known. WP 35324, built in September 1955. -W. C. Whittaker photo, circa October 1955 HO Scale Decals: Detail Associates 9003. N Scale Decals: None known.

SP 65000, built in July 1955. This is a riveted side car with 7- and 8-foot-wide doors. -photo 8828 from the Haskell & Barker collection, Smithsonian Institution HO Scale Decals: CDS HO-251 dry transfers. N Scale Decals: CDS N-251 dry transfers. Micro-Trains had a similar car 34091, now out of production.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 17 DOU BLE-DOOR

NH 40506, built in October 1956. This is a welded car with 7- and 8-foot Youngstown doors. -Photo 9209 from the Haskell & Barker collection, Smithsonian Institution HO Scale Decals: Champ HB313 plus HD- 2 or Walthers 936-731 10. N Scale Decals: Walthers 938-731 10.

SLSF 40367, built in May 1960. Only Cotton Belt (SSW) and Frisco had plug doors during this period of PS-1 construc­ tion. The doors for an HO scale model can come from the InterMountain 40-foot PS-1 kits. Micro-Trains has this stylecar in other lettering schemes. -photo from the collec­ tion of J.M. Gruber, June 27, 1960 WP 35155, built in November 1955. -Virl Davis photo, circa 1957 HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-304 HO Scale Decals: Champ HB-169 plus HD-2. (discontinued). N Scale Decals: None known. N Scale Decals: Northeast SLSF-04.

PAGE 18 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 DETAIL

EMD SD60

as Norfolk Southern 6634

photos from the collection of Louis A. Marre

The parts, paint and decals you'll Scale Model SD60s Cal-Scale (division of Bowser Mfg. need to duplicate this full-size diesel HO Scale: Rail Power Products (7283 Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., in miniature. N. Stagecoach Dr., Park City, UT Montoursville, PA 17754-0322: 84060) makes an S060 body and a 1-320 Air hoses $1.85/2 sets chassis to fit that body that will accept 2--4 19 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pr. he S060 is one of the massive Athearntrucks and drive train parts 3--420 Air horn 4.95 ea. "full-bodied" EMO diesels, from the S040T-2. Proto Power West, 4--430 Bell 2.95 ea. with a carbody that fills the Overland Models and Hobby town also 5--43 1 Fuel fillers 2.50/set length of the frame, leaving make chassis for the Rail Power 6--437 Cab sunshade 3.95/pr. only a slim walkway at each Products body. T Cannon Company, Freedom & 3947 end. The basic large locomotive design N Scale: Con-Cor makes an S050 that Blvd., Aptos, CA 95003: goes back to the S050 of the Eighties is similar to the S060. 3-22 1 Air horns $3.69 ea. and continues in the S070M, S075M o Scale: None available, but some 4-109 Bell 3.69 ea. and S080M of the Nineties. brass imports have been offered by 7- 1 104 Low hood with The 3,800-horsepower S060 Overland Models. brake wheel 6.95 ea. replaced the 3,600-horsepower S050 in Paint 8-1502 Cab with separate 5.95 ea. May 1985. Background information on doors the S050 appeared in the July 1994 Black: Floquil ll0010, Polly Scale 9-1 12 Ground (running) lights 3.09/2 issue of "The Journal," and more 4141 10, Testors Accu-Flex 16-56, Pro information on the S050 (as C&NW Color 400, SMP Accupaint 2, Scalecoat Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis 8032) appeared in the August 1994 1 or Scalecoat II 1. Obispo, CA 93403: issue. There is little external difference Decals 1-6206 Air hoses $1.25/6 between the S050 and the S060 except 3-1601 Air horn 1.7512 that most S060s are equipped with HO Scale: Microscale 87-435. 4- 1202 Bell 1.2512 HTC (high adhesion) trucks like those N Scale: Microscale 160-435. 5-3 102 Fuel tank fittings 1.0012 on this NS unit. o Scale: Microscale 48- 155. (fillers) The Norfolk Southern has 151 One-Detail-At-A-Time 6-1301 Cab sunshade 1.50/6 S060s in number series 6550-6700, (HO Scale) 10-1003 Headlight 1.0012 built between 1984 and 1991. A slightly 11-1508 MU hoses 2.00/16 earlier NS (ex-Southern) SO 60, with Step-by-step instructions on how to 12-1703 Marker light senses 1.l0/ 12 some different details and a larger fuel install many of these detail parts 13-1805 Antenna 1.25/6 tank, appeared in the April 1991 issue. appeared in the June 1989 issue of "The 14-1902 Cab vents 1.00/8 Norfolk Southern is one of few rail­ Journal." That article is also reprinted 15-2007 Fan with blade 2.95 ea. roads that ordered (and continues to in the book Tu ning & Up grading 16-2202 Grabirons 2.50148 order) conventional cabs on these high­ Athearn Locomotives. Information on 17-2206 Lift rings (eyebolts) 3.00/36 er horsepower units. Most opted for the upgrading prepainted diesels with addi­ 18-2210 Chain 2.25/12 in. wide nose and "comfort cab" such as on tional parts, road number changes and 19-2211 Coupler lift bar 2.25/2 the S060M featured in the October weathering appeared in the October 20-2304 Wind deflectors 2.50/3 pI'. 1995 issue of "The Journal." 1995 issue. 21-2505 .015-inch-diameter 2.50/ 1 0 wire for handrails 22-3001 Sand filler hatch 1.00/4 23-3201 Air tanks (modified) 2.25/4 24-3515 Truck sideframes 8.95/4 (to fit Athearn trucks) 25-6401 Brake wheel 1.25/6 Details West, P.O. Box 5132, Hacienda Heights, CA 91745: 3-190 Air horn $2.50 ea. 4-1 27 Bell 1.25/2 5-1 66 Fuel fi ller 1.00/4 6-188 Cab sunshade 1.80/4

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 19 Keystone Locomotive Works, P.O. 22-9400 Sand filler hatch 3 .35/2 SD60 Box J, Pulltney, NY 14874: 26-9550 Snowplow(modified) 8.95 ea. 30-3505 Cab interior $9.98/set Precison Scale, 3961 Highway 93 Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. North, Stevensville, MT 59870: 9-172 Ditch lights 1.25/8 Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: 1-39118 Air hoses $1.50/ 10 13-157 Antenna 1.50/5 3-90 10 Air horn $3.50 ea. 2-3968 Windshield wipers 1 .25/4 14-122 Cab vents .75/12 4-9 130 Bell 2.25 ea. 3-39084 Air horn 2.75 ea. 22-20 1 Sand filler hatch 1.25/4 9-9708 Ditch lights 6.60/6 5-39080 Fuel filler 1 .00/4 23-204 Air tanks (modified) 1.95/2 10-9275 Headlight 2.05 ea. 6-39087 Cab sunshades 2.25/4 25-179 Brake wheel 1.00/2 11-935 1 MU hoses 6.75/4 sets 9-39072 Step (ditch) lights 1 .50/6 26-155 Snowplow 1.50 ea. 15-9215 Fan with blade 7.95/2 10-3933 Headlight 2.50/2 27-195 Buffer plates 1.50/2 19-9151 Coupler liftbar 2.00/2 11-39059 MU hoses (4) 1 .75/4 28-221 MU cables \.95/2 20-9327 Mirrors 2.50/4 17-48277-1 Lift rings 2.25/12 29-226 Air fi lters 1.75/2 (wind deflectors) (eyebolts)

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY PAGE 20 1996 18---48237 Chain 2.50/ 1 0 in. Smokey Valley Railroad Products, Ordering Information: All of these 21---4968 .012-inch-diameter 1.75/6 P.O. Box 339, Plantersville, MS parts are available to any hobby dealer, wire 38862: so your dealer can order for you. If you 26-39062 Snowplow (modify) 3.00 ea. 2 I-Preformed handrail $15.95 must order direct, order the full package and stanchion kit quantities shown, and include $5.00 per A-Line, Box 7916, LaVerne, CA order for postage or UPS and handling. 91750: 2-29200 Windshield wipers $1.85/8 6-29210 Cab sunshades 1.95/3 pr.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 21 LOCOMOTIVE PERFORMANCE

EMD F7A and F7B In HO Scale by Bachmann-Plus

By Robert Higgins

Bachmann has upgraded the chassis and molded new bodies for these F7 diesels. We tested the locomotives individually and as coupled A and B Bachmann-plus HO Scale unit sets. EMD F7A and F7B Observed Performance: F7A F7A and B Action Analysis: (One Unit) (Two Units)

Minimum Speed (scale miles per hour) With ful l-wave power 2.31 .54 With pulse power .22 .41 he full-size F7A and F7B loco­ Over no. 6 switch, pulse power .93 .93 motives were designed and built by the Electro-Motive Division Maximums of General Motors to pull more No load top speed, full wave, smph: 88.7 84.9 than the older F3 units that they Uphill grade maximum, percent: 20.4 17.8 replaced and to provide the nation's Tractive force, level, ounces: 3.38 5.82 railroads with needed power after World Number of cars pulled, level: 78.6 135.0 War II. Number of cars pulled, 4% grade: 12.6 21.0 TThe F7 used the same model 567 V-1 6-2-UR diesel as the F3 and could Modifications be geared 65: 12 and 56:21 for rated Replaced lubricant with La Belle No.: maximum speeds of 55 and 102 miles Added additional weight, ounces: per hour, respectively. Between 1948 Adjustments: and 1953 3,72 1 F7s were built. The Bachmann model uses a heavy Subjective Judgments diecast metal frame to produce a total Noise at fast speed: Excellent Excellent weight of 16.91 ounces for good tractive Basic shape and proportions: Fine Fine force. A flat enclosed motor is fitted Painting and marking quality: Fine Fine with brass flywheels for smooth opera­ Downhill run smoothness Fine Fine tion. A lamp illuminates the A-unit headlight. Drive shaftswith universal Electronic Responses joints power both trucks. A brass worm Motor current at full load, amperes: .352 .572 engages a 20-tooth helical worm gear Throttle response at no load, volts: 1.6 1.4 which drives 14-tooth helical gears on Throttle response at mid load, volts: 2.5 2.4 the wheel axles. The reduction ratio is Throttle response at fu ll load, volts: 3.8 3.0 14/20 times 20, or 14:1. Motor stall current at 12 volts, amp.: 1.3 1.3 each

Performance Te sts Performance Ratings (1 to 5) Tractive force: 4.0 3.0 The model's drive system is very Efficiency: 4.0 4.0 quiet and smooth in operation. When Noise: 5.0 5.0 the HO models are double-headed, sub­ Speeds: 4.0 4.0 stantial increases in tractive force are Assembly workmanship: 5.0 5.0 recorded. The A-unit is rated excellent for operating noise and assembly work­ OVERALL RAT ING: 4.4 4.2 manship and fine for tractive force, effi­ ciency and scale speeds. RMJ PAGE 22 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996

TECHNIQUES KADEE COUPLERS

For Bachmann-Plus F7 A and F7B Units

By Robert Schleicher

The new Bachmann-Plus F7A and F7B have been upgraded with new bod­ ies and heavier chassis. There's a test report on their performance, both stock and with weights, on the fol­ lowing pages. Here's one of the easi­ est ways to fit Kadee no. 34 couplers to these models.

Cut off the Bachmann coupler-mounting Use a no. 50 drill bit in pin vise to drill a tabs with a sharp hobby knife or diagonal hole in the far outer edge of the groove in cutters. File the platform smooth. the Bachmann coupler mounting pad.

Use a 2-56 tap to cut threads in the hole in the coupler mounting I found that the no. 34 ("short underset") Kadee couplers pro­ pad. vided the shortest coupler and the correct coupler height. Cut the optional rectangular coupler pocket the same length as the phosphor bronze spring and round the corners of the top and bottom pieces of the coupler pocket to just clear the edges of the spring. You can avoid the cutting if you are willing to use the hairpin wire spring-style coupler pocket also furnished with the no. 34 couplers. I fi nd it easier to cut the pocket than to manipulate those hairpin springs.

Use the ee no. 205 coupler height gauge to be certain the The finished coupler protrudes the least possible distance from the coupler and the pin are the correct height. If the coupler is too nose of the F7A and provides the shortest possible back-to-back cou­ high, substitute a no. 23 or 33 standard-height short-shank pling of the F7A and F7B. coupler. PAGE 24 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 TIPS

A Cradle For Yo ur Cars

Cut a piece of soft cotton cloth the length of the cradle and about 8 inches wide. Tuck about an inch under each side as shown.

Build this cradle to hold rolling stock or locomotives for maintenance. For HO or N scale, use a 1x2 block about a foot long for the base with 1/ 4x2-inch lath for the sides. Nail or glue the lath strips to the sides of the 1 x2 as shown.

Tack or staple the folded edges of the cloth to the edges of the 1x2 base, leaving enough cloth in the hollow of the channel so it can be forced to just touch the bottom of the channel. Test-fit the cloth by placing an old car in the sag of the cloth to be EARN $20.00 sure it allows the car to rest firmly without We'll pay you $20.00 for each touching the 1 x2 board. "Top Tip" we publish. Just send us your tip, preferably with a sketch (photographs are optional) and enough of an explanation that we can photograph a recreation of the idea or redraw it. Keep the tip sim­ ple; a minimum of one step and a maximum of three steps must com­ plete the technique. If the tip is more complex, you should consider inquiring about our interest in a ful\­ blown article. The ideas, sketches or pho­ tographs will not be returned, and their use as illustrations or as part of ideas or Top Tips, is our option. You may, of course, incorporate them into articles for this or other maga­ zines. We pay approximately 45 days after publication. Be sure your name and address is on each Top Tip you submit. We reserve the right The soft cloth will protect the surface of the to reprint the material, in any form, model from scratches. The gentle sag of without further payment. the cloth provides a cushion to avoid dam­ Come on, share 'em! aging roofwalks or roof grabirons. -Albert Hetzel RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 25 PA INT & DECALS

MILL GONDOLAS

Greenville Desig n Cars From HO Scale Proto 2000 Kits

By Richard Hendrickson

Prototypes for the new Life-Like Proto 2000 kits.

he second fre ight car in Life­ Like's highly detailed HO scale "Proto 2000" line represents a 52-foot 6-inch 70-ton drop-end mill gondola. Freight car histori­ ans describe the prototypes as "Greenville design" gondolas because they were first built by the Greenville TSteel Car Co. for the Erie Railroad in November 1940. Though the design was never adopted as an AAR standard, these cars were built in large numbers for a wide variety of railroads from the early 1940s through the mid- 1 950s, and many lasted through the 1970s in rev­ enue service. Greenville design gondolas were built not only by Greenville but by most of the other major freight car builders, and owners ranged from the giant New York Central system to shortlines such as the Patapsco & Back Rivers. A com­ prehensive article on the history of these cars, including many prototype photos, will appear in a future issue of Railmodel Journal. Meanwhile, here are several photos of prototype cars that will be modeled in Life-Like's first pro­ duction run, plus views of a model built from a pre-production sample kit. RMJ

Pere Marquette 18940 was one of a hun­ dred 18850-1 8949 series cars built by Greenville in August 1944. It is shown here less than a year after it was delivered, carrying lifeboats for a World War II ship. The wider distance between side stakes at the center of the car was one of the most distinctive features of the Greenville/Erie design. -Union Pacific photo, Terry Metcalfe collection PAGE 26 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 Nickel Plate's 55000-66049 series cars were built only a month before the Pere Marquette cars and were virtually identical to them. This builder's photo clearly shows the Dreadnaught drop ends and lever style hand brakes applied to these cars. Trucks were a 70-ton AARdesign with six springs on each side. -Greenville Steel Car Co. photo, Jay Williams collection

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 27 Colorado & Southern 21500 was the first of 70 class GM-4 gondolas built in 1953 by the Burlington's Havelock (Lincoln), Nebraska, shops. It was identical to 200 cars built two years earlier for parent Burlington itself and numbered CB&Q 81000-81 999, and was equipped with Barber Stabilized trucks. The C&S gons were intended primarily to serve thebig Colorado Fuel & Iron Co. steel mill at Pueblo, Colorado. -Burlington photo, Bat Masterson collection Owned by the Bethlehem Steel Co., the Patapsco & Back Rivers was a small indus­ trial line in the Baltimore area. PBR 172, shown here ca. 1960, was one of a hun­ dred mill gondolas numbered 100-199 which were built in Bethlehem's Johnstown, Pennsylvania, shops in December 1949; like the C&S cars,they had Barber Stabilized trucks. These P&BR gons carried the products of Bethlehem's Sparrows Point steel mill to all parts of the country and lasted well into the 1970s. -Paul Dunn photo, Rich Burg collection

Life-Like's new kits have free-standing grabirons, separate ends that can be mounted either up or down, and complete, prototypically accurate lettering (even the tiny trust stencilling is completely legible oj when viewed with a magnifier). They ... come with two different styles of ends and both wheel and lever style hand brakes.

The inside of Life-Like's Proto 2000 gon­ dola model is as well detailed as the out­ side; Dreadnaught pattern corrugations are on both sides of the ends and folding stake pockets as well as rivet details are molded on to the insides of the sides. Either wood or steel floors are provided, as appropriate, with thin metal weights being concealed underneath the floor.

Though it's not visible when the car is on the track, the underside is well detailed too, including complete brake rigging. Horn-hook couplers are included in the kit, but Kadee no. 5s drop right into the cou­ pler pockets. Life-Like's AARdesign trucks include machined and blackened cast metal wheels. PAGE 28 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PA INT DECALS & CENTER BEAM FLAT CARS

From E&C Shops HO Scale Models and Micro-Trains N Scale Models

By D. Scott Chatfield

These lumber-carrying cars are a Car, so calling similar cars built by longitudinal high beam" in its trade common sight on many real rail­ Gunderson, National Steel Car or press advertisements (though it is called roads. Here's a guide to which proto­ Trinity "center beams" might get a center beam in sales literature). Dave types are matched by which kits and Thrall's lawyers in a dander. Second, it Casdorph of Freight Cars Journal how these cars are operated. There's wasn't Thrall's idea in the first place, prefers "center-divided," which is accu­ an index of previous articles on simi­ but Canadian National's (though CN rate but not catchy or specific enough. lar bulkhead flat cars on pages never got around to building any). CN The Equipment Register describes them 49-50 of this issue. licensed the idea to Thrall in the late as bulkhead flat cars having a "center '60s. Third, none of them have center beam." beams at all. The early ones have gird­ f you've spent any time at trackside ers and newer ones have NOKL 624070, built in 1969. This car in the past decade, you've probably trusses. But let's give Thrall credit for was the first center beam, built by Thrall to seen the lumber-carrying flat cars one thing: The fleeing stick man stencil Canadian National's original plan. generically known as "center was Thrall's idea. Apparently this car was first painted for beams." You know, those cars with Now that we have that straight, what the Northern Pacific, but the series does not show up in the BN's E ui ment the wall in the middle stencilled with do we call them, and how do we tell q p Register listing until 1973. Northern the little guy fleeing from one that's tip­ them apart? Thrall calls its version a Oklahoma bought them in 1989. Maybe ping over. But there are a few problems "center beam car." Gunderson's is a someday this car will go to a museum. - Iwith calling them all center beams. One, "lumber car with center partition," . D ScottChatfield photo, Atlanta, "Center Beam" is a trademark of Thrall while NSC likes "bulkhead flat car with Georgia, February 1994

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 29 The original Thrall design built for length (64 feet outside), and the open­ CENTER BEAMS BN in 1969 (only nine cars, 624070- ings were oval-shaped, giving the car a 624078, since sold to the Northwestern row of what looked like opera windows. I just call them "beams," a nickname Oklahoma) was 66 feet long between BN (190 cars), Milwaukee, UP and I've heard at lumber yards that unload the bulkheads and had 21 hexagonal­ WesternPac ific (10 cars) all bought them. Think of the top chord as a gym­ shaped openings in the girder. Thrall "short" beams in 1977. BN bought 300 nast's balance beam if you need justifi­ fo llowed these with 30 stretched cars for more in 1980 (624400-624699), and cation. Why build beams in the first SCL to haul prefab steel roof trusses fo r Trailer Train bought 200 of its class place? The problem with a normal flat warehouses. Those have 26 hexagons in TSH64 in 1986. These last two orders car is the depth of its body is so short. the girder and, at 83 feet between the have an oval pulling eye in each corner The centei' sill of a flat car has to be bulkheads, are as big as an auto parts post. All these 60-foot cars have 12 much stronger than on other types of box (these were later sold to the holes in the girder; Thrall later built 100 freight cars (which have tall carsides Southern, which uses them for lumber 60-footers fo r its TCAX lease fleet that functioning as plate girders to carry the like regular beams, though they can't be have only II ovals. Gunderson built load), or the weight of the load will fully loaded). As all second-year civil only one order of short beams in 1989 break the car. A beam cannot carry as engineering students learn in strengths for Domtar to haul sheetrock; these heavy a load as an equally heavy, but class, the center of a beam/girder's web came along after the 73-foot beams were deeper, girder or truss. This makes flat contributes little to the overall strength, introduced. cars heavier than other cars, so they so some can be removed to save weight, The rise in demand for kiln-dried can't carry as much. Lumber flat cars thus the openings. When Thrall resumed lumber (which weighs less) created the also have the problem of load shifts, production in 1977, the design had been need for a longer car, so in 1986 the which is why bulkhead flat cars were shortened to 60 feet 8 inches inside design was stretched out to 73 feet built. But the bulkheads have to be rugged enough to take a hit from a shifting load at the top, so they add even more weight to the car, further reducing its load limit. A "beam's" center dividing structure replaces the heavy center sill, and the bulkhead is tied to the top of the divider, so it does­ n't have to be as strongly built. These changes greatly reduce the dead weight of the car, so it can carry more. A typi­ cal beam can carry 100 tons of lumber, while the typical 60-foot bulkhead flat can only carry 90 tons. A bulkhead flat also does nothing to keep the load from shifting sideways. The floor supports of all beams are angled to tilt the load toward the parti­ tion, with winched cables to hold them there, making it less likely that rocking­ and-rolling through bad track will shift a bundle of lumber off the car. People have been hurt and even killed by lum­ ber falling off flat cars, and by the bro­ ken banding dragging alongside the car, so minimizing the problem is of no small concern to the railroads. This is why some roads have added a partition to regular bulkhead flats, even though it adds nothing structurally, so such cars are not beams.

TIZX86 015, built in July 1986. Trailer Train was late getting on the center beam bandwagon, waiting until 1986 for its first order. With pulling eyes in the corner posts, this 60-foot beam matches the Micro T rains model and is very close to the upcoming E&C Shops model in HO. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Vinings, Georgia, April 1993 PAGE 30 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 ���. ��= Micro-Trains' N scale center beam car.

PAGE 31 opera windows looked nice and provid­ built beams for TTX and a few short­ CENTER BEAMS ed space for billboard-sized names, the lines. But since most Canadian lumber extra weight of the longer car reduced is sold south of the border, BC Rail and between the bulkheads. This added one its load limit to 97 tons. Replacing the CN have also bought cars from Thrall post and oval, with the rest of the length girder with a truss assembly saved sev­ for international service. These have added to the solid panels outboard of eral tons. While the girder-divided cars different reporting marks: BCrT and the bolsters. Trailer Train was the look pretty much alike, there are two CNA. CP has not bought any beams. biggest buyer of Thrall's version, but styles of truss beams. Thrall's has but but is one of several roads that have Gunderson's owner Greenbriar Leasing four diagonals in a Pratt truss arrange­ modified some of their bulkhead nats fo und several lumber distributors to ment. In a Pratt, the diagonals are in with a center partition. lease the cars to (though they have tension, so they can be fairly thin parts. One nice thing about beams is the shortline reporting marks), so it's The partition is still solid between the loads often cover the major spotting fea­ Gunderson girder beams that wear bolsters and the ends. NSC and Trinity tures, so if your model doesn't match names like "Cascade Warehouse" and share a design using 10 diagonals in a the prototype, you can hide the evi­ "Tricon." Gunderson copied the Thrall Howe truss arrangement (diagonals in dence. Loads also add weight, which design almost perfectly. Except for the compression), with small solid panels most model nat cars need, and your rail­ first couple of deliveries, the outermost at each end. The center two diagonals road can't make any money if it hauls holes in a Gunderson girder are egg­ cross near the top, while the outer diag­ nothing but empties. By the same token, shaped rather than oval. Gunderson onals slope opposite the others because the load also covers any interesting let­ probably made this change simply to they are outboard of the bolsters (they tering (and the little neeing stick men). make some visual difference between are still in compression). The Thrall its car and Thrall's. Two other differ­ truss has a light weight of 64,300 Center Beam Operations ences: A Thrall has pulling eyes welded pounds, while the NSCffrinity truss under the side sill near the bolsters, and weighs 63,000 pounds. Compare these Modelers and the magazines are the top surface of a Gunderson's beam to the 73-foot girder beams, which starting to pay more attention to the cap is smooth. weigh over 68,000 pounds. facilities where freight cars are loaded While the girder design with its Almost all of the truss-beams are and unloaded. And one of the big 73-foot cars. Thrall built one order of debates among layout designers is the 60-foot trusses for Union Pacific, mak­ question of parking lots - namely, that BClT 871 551 , built in October 1986. By ing them the only prototypes for most layouts don't have any to speak of. the time Trailer Train bought 60-foot McKean's short truss beam kit. Though What do parking lots have to do with beams, shippers were already demanding promised in ads, McKean never got its beams, you ask? Simple: Parking lots longer beams for dried lumber. Thrall built longer truss to market. For now, are the high tech facilities at which 73-foot girder beams for BC Rail and CN Gunderson is sticking with the girder beams are loaded and unloaded. Well, for international service, in other words, beam design (the company hasn't built maybe not always parking lots, per se, hauling Canadian lumber into the U.S. any beams since 1992, anyhow). but level areas with tracks in the middle only. The 73-foot girder beams only have Trinity's primary customers have buried in gravel, asphalt or concrete, one more oval cutout, because most of the been Norfolk Southernand TTX. NSC where forklifts can gain ready access to extra length is outboard of the bolsters. built its first truss beams for BC Rail, both sides of the car. Tfyou don't -D. ScottChatfield photo, Atlanta, Georgia, July 1 993 reporting marks BCOL, and has since unload the car from each side evenly, it

'. PAGE 32 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 will fall over, which is what the fleeing very good idea. Walthers is working on nzx 84441 . The National Steel stick man stencils warn of. Since many a Thrall 73-foot truss center beam for Car IT rinity truss beam uses a Howe truss, older lumber distribution facilities did release nex t year. Li ke the M icro-Trai ns whose diagonals are in compression, so not have such a track to begin with (it N-scale car, the Walthers car will have a they have to be thicker than the diagonals depended on how and where they metal underframe for weight. These of the Thrall design. Nonetheless, this Trinity (nX class RSH75) is a tad lighter unloaded bulkhead flats), they often laid models should be warmly welcomed by than a Thrall truss beam. nx also has modern-era modelers who need quality one in a parking lot. You can't unload a bought the same design from NSC. It cer­ beam at a single-sided loading dock kits for these distinctive prototypes. Any tainly makes for a distinctive car. -D. (unless you have easy access to the other takers for the 73-foot Gunderson girder Scott Chatfield photo, Smyrna, Georgia, side of the car), because if you unload and NSCITrinity truss beams? RMJ June 1995 one side first, your little stick man is going to get squashed flat when the car falls over. Double-sided unloading docks are not common, but one facility near Atlanta that does have one (Georgia Pacific in Norcross) only uses it to unload box cars; the beams are unloaded on a new spur buried in gravel. Another lumber yard up the road paved the area astride its single-sided dock in order to get to the other side of beams. The operation didn't have space for a separate spur, but this necessitates two forklifts to unload the car, or else one forklift spends a lot of time driving around the building. Home Depot's dis­ tribution warehouse in Lawrenceville, Georgia, extended its concrete trailer parking area to cover the spur track before it ducks behind the building. Box cars are unloaded at normal dock doors on the back side of the building. So if the CSX switch crew needs to pull or spot a box car, it has to clear the beams out first, then set them back, a simple and often overlooked way to add interest to your switching operations. Modeling the Center Beam

Micro-Trains' N scale center beam is UP 273661, built in May 1988. Thrall's truss beams just don't have much room for logos, so UP's shield-only scheme is a natural for these cars. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, a beautiful model of the Thrall 60-foot Norcross, Georgia, January 1989 girder beam, complete with brake rig­ ging. Typical of Micro-Trains cars, it has a metal underframe that gives it enough weight to be run empty. Tech­ nically, with pulling eyes in the corner posts and centered key slots, it matches the later BN and Trailer Train deliveries. N-Scale of Nevada has lumber load kits for several shippers. The old Front Range center beam kit models the origi­ nal. Thrall 60-foot opera window design as delivered to BN, MILW, UP and WP, but it was difficult to put together (it's one good reason why modelers should not keep loaded firearms at their work­ benches). McKean reissued the kit and also offered a Thrall 60-foot truss beam kit, but then only supplied two diagonals that had to be cut in half to thread them CBRY 1809, built in September 1987. Most of the beams lettered for lumber companies through the posts. Not good. E&C are Gundersons, but Thrall did manage to sell at least one outfit on truss beam. Plum Shops is working on an entirely new HO Creek Timber Company is in Montana, so why the cars are leased through the Copper kit fo r the same Thrall 60-foot girder Basin Railway is beyond me. CBRY has several groups of beams, but anyone who has center beam (not a reissue of the Front been to southeastern Arizona can tell you there are no lumber mills along the Copper Range kit). It will come preassembled, a Basin. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Tucker, Georgia, May 1993

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MILW 63031, built in 1977. The original opera-window center beams from Thrall had offset keyhole slots in the center ribs (they are very hard to see) and lacked the pulling eyes halfway up the corner posts. The Front Range kit was based on these cars, though it doesn't have any keyhole slots. The Micro-Trains car is based on the later BN and Trailer Train orders. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Smyrna, Georgia, June 1987 WCRC 7538, built in January 1987. Most of the 73-foot opera window girder beams were built by Gunderson, not Thrall. But if you can't see the builder's stencil, you'll be hard pressed to tell them apart on the fly. In fact, Gunderson's first few orders like the "Cascade Warehouse" and "Desticon" cars are nearly perfect copies; they only lack the pulling eyes under the side sills (how's that for picky?) and have smooth beam tops; which you can't see except from above. WCRC is the mark of the Washington Central, not Wisconsin Central. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Marietta, Georgia, December 1987 CRLE 2872, built in February 1992. If for no reason but pride, Gunderson had to do something to make its beam look different from the Thrall, so by 1988 the outermost ovals were modified into an egg shape. Big deal. If cornered, I'm sure Gunderson would produce a computer analysis show­ ing this strengthens the car. In mid-'87, Thrall changed to the truss design, making it a moot point. This angle does show one other difference: The Gunderson has a smooth top on the partition. The Thrall has an open grid. Workers are not supposed to walk on the top in either case. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1995

TTZX 86587, built in August 1987. Thrall lightened its center beam by substituting a Pratt truss for the girder. With its four thin diagonals, it has a very lacey look. Trailer Train/TIX has been Thrall's best customer for truss center beams. This car was a month old when shot in Denver. -D. Scott Chatfield photo PAGE 34 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 THE CITY AS SCENERY

DOWNTOWN CHICAGO

Mike Palmiter's HO Scale Chicago Te rminal Railroad

By Mike Palmiter

Downtown Chicago in 12x27 feet is electric commuter line skirted Central a loop of track to allow for continuous possible with some careful planning. Station on the east side by crossing the running of mainline trains. Mike Palmiter did it. This is a most mainline leads. All of this fo rmed a The geography which the CTRR credible recreation of the look and very interesting track pattern in a con­ represents covered an area approxi­ feel of the city. Here's how Mike cise area, which could be fa ithfully rep­ mately two miles long and one-half accomplished it. For more informa­ resented in my 12x27-foot train room. mile wide. Even with such a relatively tion on modeling the city, refer to the small di strict, it was still necessary to index of previous articles on pages The Layout employ the fundamental rule of model 54-55 of th is issue. railroading: "Compression and For model operation, the north-south Concession." For the CTRR, this meant mainline was connected to the east-west condensing the characteristic fe atures line with a hidden return trackloop at of the prototype and eliminating those the far end of the layout. Thus, trains that don't fit. odeling urban rail scenes going out one way return to Central One method used to make the layout has been my avocation Station the other way, inferring the appear more like its real life counter­ for the past three decades. departure and arrival of two different part was to hide all returntrack loops. After creating several city movements. Th is scheme also provides This was easily done with the use of a ra ilroad settings using for the re listic backing of each train for street overpasses and buildings. different modeling scales, I've come fu ll subsequent departures. The image of Chicago was incorpo­ circle with the Chicago Terminal The commuter line is a point-to­ rated into the layout by carefully mod- Railroad, an HO scale depiction of point operation where trains simply MChicago's Central Station and environs, shuttle back and forth, disappearing into Central Station is situated at the southeast circa 1957. I chose this prototype for hidden areas at each end of the layout. edge of downtown Chicago, which creates several reasons. First, it was set at the In order to increase overall opera­ a sublime urban backdrop for big-time edge of downtown Chicago, which tional possibilities, r have incorporated railroading. formed a magnificent urban backdrop. Secondly, the track pattern of that area was perfectly suited to model railroad­ ing. The railroads serving there were themselves very appealing: terminal owner Illinois Central with its attractive brown and orange passenger trains, and tenant Big Four (a New York Central subsidiary) with an increasing mix of equipment. Adjacent to the mainline passenger operations were IC's electric commuter service, along with CSS&SB (South Shore Line) trains. Interspersed through all this were freight runs to and from Congress Yard, located just north of Central Station. The physical plant of the railroads consisted of a multi-track north-south mainline that was joined at Central Station by IC's east-west Iowa line. Operations on the Iowa line passed over the terminal throat on a long curving elevation to access Congress Yard. The RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 35 DOWNTOWN CHICAGO eling many of the city's most recogniz­ able architectural features. For example, at one end of the layout is the downtown area with a cluster of high-rises. Each building is a fa ithful model of its proto­ type and placed in correct juxtaposition to the others. Fortunately, modeling the mid- 1 950s time period meant that I would not need to include any of the modern cloud-piercing glass towers which Chicago is known for today. Foremost among the layout's down­ town high-rises is the Prudential Building, which was constructed on "air rights" over IC's Randolph Street com­ muter station. The fa miliar building clearly identifies this segment of the city. At the opposite end of the layout is the Donnelley Press building, a huge structure known to anyone who has passed through this area of Chicago. In between is Central Station and numer­ Central Station is clearly identified by a huge Illinois Central sign atop the annex build­ au. other buildings representing the ing's roof. The waiting room portion of the station straddles passenger platforms. city's near south side. Stairways connect the two levels. Most of the big building models were made from Foamcore box frames over­ laid with horizontal and vertical strips to form their window pattern and outward appearance. The Central Station model was made in this manner with the addi­ tion of wood dowels fo r the clock tow­ er's rounded corners. It was also neces­ sary to scratch build the enormous Illinois Central sign atop the station building annex from cardstock and vinyl adhesi ve letters. A few of the other big buildings, such as the Conrad Hilton, were con­ structed by splicing numerous window panels from City Classics plastic build­ ing kits. Among the many structures on the CTRR are two audio speaker boxes dis­ guised as buildings. These were created by adding commercial building kit wall sections to the speaker box, then setting it in place on the layout. One can be seen next to the Donnelley Press build­ ing, and the other is part of the express houses behind Central Station. Sound is transmitted to them from a Roanoke horn-and-bell generator and from a cas­ sette tape player for ambient city sounds. All trackwork on the CTRR is code 100 prefab stock. Turnoutsare manually controlled, thus eliminating the problem of wiring and hiding switch machines. Each track for the mainline routes is control led with its own power pack Central Station as it appeared just befare demolition in 1974. The large Illinois Central "cab." Interchange tracks al low for train sign atop the station annex had already been removed by this time. PAGE 36 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 • , fI t � it 11 * � '* " .. • ¥ ...¥ '" '" '* �

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Illinois Central tracks north of Central Station parallel Chicago's famous Michigan Avenue. The right-of-way is below street level in an open cut with numerous overpasses.

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movements from one line to another. Eventually, automated circuitry is to be added for the commuter line, which will free engineers for other duties and allow more operation at one time. There is no specific operational scheme for the CTRR. The concept is simply to depict what would have been seen by train watchers in this area of Chicago during the 1950s.

Equipment on the roster is a mix of commercial products, chiefly Proto 2000 locomotives and IHC passenger cars along with an assortment from other manufacturers. The IC electric commuter train was fashioned from Athearn standard clerestory-roof coach shells on RDC drive chassis, which creates a very close look-alike to their prototype. Future plans include adding South Shore com­ muter cars in a similar manner. The CTRR layout is not yet com­ plete, and with so much detailing possi­ ble, it probably never will be. It has, illinois Central's Iowa line sweeps across the north-south mainline to access Congress however, reached a stage that is both Yard, which lies just north of Central Station. visually and operationally satisfying, with a character reminiscent of a very appealing prototype. RMJ

illinois Central's electric commuter line is completely separate from the passenger and freight lines. Here we see a two-car commuter train crossing the leads to Congress Yard on its way to Chicago suburbs. . ;! > PAGE 38 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 A short distance south of Central Station is Weldon Yard, where passenger and express equipment are stored. In the background is the massive Donnelley Press and other buildings which form an urban backdrop typical of Chicago railroading.

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 39 TECHNIQUES

ASSEMBLING LASER-CUT CRAFTSMAN KITS

By Ken Patterson

Wood-walled structure kits are now available with all the window and door openings pre-cut with lasers. Some of the kits include pre-cut win­ dows and doors as well. Here's how to assemble the American Model Builders kits. Many of the techniques apply to other brands, including those with cast metal or plastic win­ dows or doors.

he quality and ease of construc­ tion of the American Model Builders laser-cut kits is no accident. Very well thought out planning is the reason. Also, due to the ease and low cost to intro­ duce a new kit, a large variety of kits is available. This low cost and ease is due Tto the laser cutters that cut all the build­ ing parts out of thin sheets of plywood. Upon opening the Union Pacific depot kit, I was surprised by the large number of parts. AMB is introducing a new kit every Included in the price of the kit is the laser time required to cut all the parts. The shingles month in N and HO scale. This article's are the most expensive part in this kit, accounting for almost half the price. intent is to show how easy it is to build a laser kit. Laser-cut kits have been around since 1989, offered by fewer than three manufacturers in this country. The cuts in kits are not all of the same quality. It would be wise to inspect a kit for good diagonal cuts and not settle for one that has steps (saw teeth caused by the numeric commands of a computer) in its cut. Diagonal cuts should be very smooth. RMJ

This is the gable for the roof. The parts are very clean, and the diagonal cuts have no steps or saw edge in them, as was com­ mon with the very first laser plotter cutters of the past. The parts cut clean and easily, almost falling out of the sheet of wood. PAGE 40 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 Painting took more time than actually building the kit. The trim pieces that were to be painted green are on separate sheets of wood than those parts to be painted white.

I laid the painted sections on trays to dry overnight. I painted all the parts before starting assembly.

Now here is a surprise. You don't need glue for this kit. All the parts that attach to each other have peel-and­ stick backing. Before you say, "The glue won't hold," know that American Model Builders has tested a kit by putting a built-up model in a bucket of water, then plac­ ing it on the black dash of a closed car in the sun. The kit is now three years old and still holding together.

Carefully align the part in its location and press it in place. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 41 LASER CUT

All the notches on the joints are different sizes, so you can't put a part where it does not belong. This kit is foolproof - like a puzzle.

Note how the corners interlock. All sides have a different notch pattern so you won't put the wrong corners together.

The doors and windows also peel and stick. First, peel off the backing.

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The roof construction was easy, thanks to laser-cut peel-and-press shingles. Even the shingle roof row lines are pre-scribed on the roof sections so you won't make the rows wander out of line.

The completed painted roof. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 43 LASER CUT

Here is the completed kit. Your kit will look just like this with two evenings of work. The laser-cut structure is accurate, clean and a compliment to any layout. With the introduction of laser-cut kits, any modeler can be a master craftsman.

The buildings are American Model Builders laser-cut kits. The hopper is from InterMountain, weathered by Ken Patterson. Note the shadow of the plano roofwalk on the end of the car. The eN loco was built and painted by Donny Dahm. PAGE 44 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 LAYOUT DESIGN

A Change of Scene - Modeling History's Mileposts UNION PAC IFIC DEPOTS Circa 1906, 1946, 1956 and 1966 From American Model Builders HO or N Scale Kits

By Te rry Metcalfe

Any model railroad, even a layout and structures appropriate to a your entire railroad. module, can serve as the basic setting General Electric C44-9W diesel - This is the second in this series of for rea l railroading in a variety of and you can do it all on just one 1/A Change of Scene" articles. The eras. How? First, collect the locomo­ model railroad. It's a concept called first, on painting and weathering tives and rolling stock that are appro­ "Scene Sites" in other magazines rolling stock to match specific eras, priate for the specific era. Second, and books, but " A Change of Scene" appeared in the December 1995 change the structures, vehicles, fig­ seems more descriptive. Change the issue. There's an index of previous ures and signs to match the specific equipment and just a few scenes, articles on layout design on pages era of the locomotives and. rolling and you change the appearance of 54-55 of this issue. R. Schleicher dock. The Union Pacific, like many real railroads, changed the color of its depots and standard buildings over the years. If you're modeling the Union Pacific, you can use the American Model Builders HO or N scale laser-cut station kits to duplicate those eras. For this scene, you'd have a choice of three colors: ellow and brown for the first part 0 rthe centu­ ry, white and green for the 1956-60 period and all-white for more mod­ ern eras. To model these different eras, ,,-' . build two or three stations and paint Train No. �7, the "Overland Limited," pass:S by the She�man de�ot in each in the colors appropriate for its this recreation of a 1940s scene on Terry Metcalfe's layout. (Sherman era. Include the Wells Fargo, Railway IS the highest point on the Union Pacific mainline. Helper engines were Express or No Trespassing signs and turned on the wye at that location in the days of steam). other details that are correct for one specific era. You could simply lift out one structure and replace it with its identical twin (or triplet), or build a small removable diorama a few inches larger than the structure to include proper period vehicles, fig­ ures and signs. This concept allows you to have truly broad interests in locomotives and rolling stock but to match rolling stock and structures appropriate to a 4-4-0 steam loco­ motive as well as rolling stock

Beginning around 1909, UP depots were painted yellow with brown trim. Some depots remained in these colors into the 1960s. -Union Pacific Museum collection, Hermosa, Wyoming RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 45 UP STATIONS

The 24x64-foot standard depots were constructed around the turn of the century and remained in use until the 1970s. The original color scheme applied to these depots was Rawlins Red, a color similar to freight car red. -J .E. Stimson photo, Wyoming State Archives

In 1956, the UP introduced its green and white scheme that was applied to depots painted after that time. - Lloyd Hendricks photo, Denver Public Library Western History Collection One of Union Pacific's famed "City" trains passes Sherman as it appeared in the late 1960s and early 70s. The "City" trains ran until the advent of Amtrak in 1971.

The last paint scheme applied to the depots in the 1960s and 1970s was the mundane white with black window trim. -Norm Metcalf photo, Burns, Wyoming PAGE 46 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 CARS IN CONTEXT

COUNCIL BLUFFS YA RD Circa 1945

By Richard Hendrickson Union Pacific Railroad photos courtesy Richard Hendrickson

Want to know the mixture of box prototype data. In fact, the yard was so ing the war, and by 1945, even cars that cars, reefers, gondolas, tanks, flats congested that only the roofs of many were only a few years old were suffering and other cars you need to match cars are visible. Even so, almost 60 cars from hard service and infrequent preven­ your layout to your favorite proto­ can be identified by class or type and, tive maintenance. (Innovative Model type? Take a look at an active yard often, by car number. Works kit). fr om the period you are modeling. Photo A is a panoramic view toward 3. Erie 77592, repainted in March Here's what cross-country freight the northeast. Photo B was taken from a 1945, was one of 400 cars in the 77500- traffic looked like in 1945, with the somewhat different, slightly higher van­ 77899 series. They were originally built Union Pacific's Council Bluffs, Iowa, tage point, looking more toward the in 1929 as double-door automobile box yard chock-full of cars. You can north, and includes a string of cars on cars in the 97500-97899 series with 9- model nearly all of them. While only the track closest to the camera that foot I I-inch inside height, Climax radial HO scale kits are listed, similar mod­ wasn't there in the first picture. roofs and inverse Dreadnaught ends. In els and "stand-ins" are available in (Note: Where an accurate HO scale 1940, they were converted to single­ N, 0 and S scales. There's an index model is available, its manufacturer is door cars with the auxiliary doors of previous articles in this "Cars in listed in parentheses). removed and AB air brakes applied. Context" series on pages 54-55 of 4. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe this issue. PHOTO A 1433 15, a I 94 1 -specification AAR stan­ dard steel box car with I O-foot 4-inch Second Track interior height, was built by Pullman­ The cars in the front row, from left to Standard in 1942, one of more than right, are as fo llows: 5,000 cars in class Bx-37. On the side of hese photos date from the late I. Seaboard Air Line 1 1016, Class the car away from the camera was a sys­ spring or early summer of 1945 AF- l, built in February 1940 and tem map with the legend, "Ship Santa Fe (the freshly painted Erie box car repainted in January 1945. The Seaboard All the Way." Note that this car, like in the foreground had a March owned a thousand of these distinctive many other box cars in the photo, bore 1945 reweigh date, and the trees 40-foot round roof automobile and fur­ placards indicating that it was carrying a in the background were fully in leal). niture cars, numbered 11000- 1 1999, hazardous load and/or required careful The war in Europe was drawing to a plus another 200 nearly identical cars in handling; many of the military and close and the emphasis had shifted to class AF-2, built in 1942 and numbered in.dustrial cargoes carried by rail during Tthe Pacific, where bitter and costly bat­ in the 12000- 121999 series. the war either were fragile or were tles for Iwo Jima and Okinawa had 2. Southern 13232, a 1937-specifica­ explosive, intl ammable, corrosive or brought American forces to within strik­ tion AAR standard steel box car with otherwise dangerous to life and property. ing distance of the Japanese homeland. 10-foot interior height, built in 1939. (Kit coming soon from InterMountain). Military supplies of every sort were The Southern bought these cars by the 5. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy moving west across the prairies of the thousands; the 10000- 13999 series, bui It 121 1 19, a class XM-27 box car from Union Pacific mainline, one of the most in 1938-39, had square-cornered ends, series 121000-121299, 300 cars built in important rai l arteries to the Pacific while the 14000- 15895 series of 1941 the company's Aurora, Illinois, shops in Coast. had round-cornered ends with W -section 1926. Anachronisms from the start, they At Council Bluffs, Iowa, the eastern­ cornerposts. Southern subsidiary lines had wooden underframes with steel cen­ most point on the Union Pacific main­ also got them in large numbers, with ter sills and six truss rods, double­ line, traffic to and from the UP was Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas sheathed wood sides, 6/7 corrugated interchanged with the Chicago & North Pacific cars numbered 260500-262036 Murphy ends reflecting their low 7-foot Western, Milwaukee Road, Burlington, and Alabama Great Southern cars in the 93/4-inch inside height, and metal­ Illinois Central, Rock Island, Chicago 306000-30702 1 series. Note the work­ sheathed radial roofs. Originally mount­ Great Western and Wabash. Predictably, man kneeling by the righthand truck, ed on archbar trucks, these unusual cars then, the yard was choked with traffic in who was doubtlessly looking for got Andrews replacements in the 19305. 1945 - a yardmaster's nightmare, but mechanical problems and perhaps had There were still 287 of the class in ser­ for freight car modelers studying these fo und one. The nation's freight car fleet vice at the beginning of 1946, but all photos a half century later, a bonanza of was used to capacity and then some dur- were retired by the end of 1951. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 47 lowed in 1941 by another 300 rack­ 10. A Baltimore & Ohio M-15 40- COUNC\L BLUFFS equipped cars (lot 694B) numbered fo ot wood-sheathed box car with steel 62300-62599 and 500 cars without racks underframe. The M- 15 series, in its vari­ (Jot 70 1-B) numbered 64000-64499. ous sub-classes, was the standard box 6. A Wabash 48000-49699 series 40- That this car had racks does not, of car on the B&O from 1912 to 1924; they foot single-sheathed double-door auto­ course, mean that it was carrying motor had massive steel underframes with fish­ mobile box car, heavily weathered, with vehicles, as the racks could be stored up belly center sills, and most of them were unreadable number. These cars, built in against the ceiling of the car when not in built with so-called "indestructible" sin­ 1929, were the last of some 5,000 simi­ use so it could be loaded with other gle-sheathed ends. Many were rebuilt in lar cars which were the largest group of kinds of freight. (Kit coming in late sum­ the 1930s with new wagon-top steel box cars on the Wabash roster. Some mer from Life-Like). bodies applied to their existing under­ had end doors, some auto loading racks, 8. An unidentified 40-foot straight-sill frames. Even so, almost 9,000 remained some auto parts loading fixtures, but the nat car with a temporary wood rack for in their original form on the 1945 roster, majority were, like the car shown here, loading some type of farm or grading though their numbers dwindled rapidly in general merchandise service. (Funaro machinery. after the war ended. (Westerfield resin & Camerlengo resin kit). 9. A Chicago, Burlington & Quincy kit). 7. New York Central 623 18, a 50- class GS-5, GS-7 or GS-8 class compos­ foot AAR-design double-door aLltomo­ ite gondola with drop-bottom doors, Third Track bile box car equipped with Evans dou­ built in the Burlington's Galesburg, II. Baltimore & Ohio 272982, an ble-deck auto loading racks (note the Illinois, shops between 1925 and 1938. M-26D class 40-foot steel-sheathed box rack markings on the main door). It was Though intended primarily for coal ser­ car. The B&O owned 14,000 M-26s in one of 300 cars in lot 678-B, all with vice, these general service gondolas the 265000-278999 series, by far the auto racks, built in 1939 by the NYC were used for just about any kind of lad­ largest group of box cars on its roster. system's Despatch shops in East ing that didn't require weather protec­ Built in the mid-to-Iate I 920s, they were Rochester, N.Y. This series was fol- tion. (Sunshine resin kit). essentially clones of the Pennsylvania

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 49 operated a modest fleet of around 2,500 ing branch, serving private shippers as COUNCIL BLUFFS reefers and insulated box cars. Most well as non-NYC system railroads such were leased to small meatpacking and as the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio. food processing companies, but two 17. A Cudahy Car Lines 36-foot Railroad's X29 class box cars (of which larger NADX customers were Hormel wood-bodied meat refrigerator car. there were more than 30,000), with flat and the Hershey Chocolate Co. Cudahy had one of the larger shipper­ plate steel roofs and ends, except that 15. A North Western Refrigerator owned reefer fleets, more than 1,400 later cars of sub-classes M-26D and Line 40-foot wood refrigerator car with cars in 1945, all of them 36-foot wood M-26E had Aj ax type power hand steel underframe and fishbelly center cars. Operated under CRLX reporting brakes and Duryea cushion under­ sills, built in the 1920s. NWX operated marks, they served Cudahy packing frames. reefers for the Chicago & North houses in all parts of the country. 12. Three Union Pacific steel caboos­ Western, whose red and black herald is (Sunshine resin kit). es of classes Ca-3 and Ca-4, built in visible on this car. Though most reefers 18. A Northern Refrigerator Car Co. 1942-44. had yellow or yellow-orange sides, 40-foot reefer (see 16 above) with steel 13. A Union Pacific class CA wood NWX cars had distinctive light gray roof and wood-sheathed sides and ends. caboose built in 1907- 14. sides until the 1950s. (Westerfield kit). 19. A Fruit Growers Express FGEX 16. Northern Refrigerator Car Co. 38200-38449 series 40-foot refrigerator Fourth Track NRC 6834, series 6600-6969, a 40-foot car with AAR underframe, Dreadnaught 14. A N0l1h American Car Co. 36- wood reefer with steel underframe and steel ends, panel steel roof and plywood foot wood refrigerator car, probably an fishbelly center sills. NRC was a wholly sides, built in 1944. NADX 12000- 1 2999 series car built in owned subsidiary of the Merchants 20. A Western Fruit Express (Great the mid-1930s, equipped with meat rails Despatch Transportation Co., which was Northern)40-foot refrigerator car with and leased to the Hormel packing com­ owned, in turn, by the New York Central steel roof, wood-sheathed sides and pany. With home shops in the Chicago and provided refrigerator car service fo r ends, and steel underframe. It was prob­ suburb of Blue Island, North American the NYC system. NRC was MDT' s leas- ably a 49000-49999 series car since,

PAGE 50 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 51 28. Milwaukee Road 702385 was box cars. (Sunshine resin kit). COUNCIL BLUFFS one of 5,000 USRA single-sheathed box 34. Pacific Fruit Express 25 143, an cars acquired from the federal govern­ R-30- 12 class 40-foot wood refrigerator ment at the end of World War 1. It had car built by General American in 1923- unlike most other WFEX reefers, it had recently been reweighed and repainted 24. Though over 5,000 R-30- 12s were ice hatch platforms. WFEX cars, as well at Minneapolis in November of 1944. built in the early 1920s, there were even as Burlington Refrigerator Express Note that the Milwaukee Road herald more R-30- 13s - lQ,OOO-plus - built reefers, were maintained and operated still reads "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. during the same period. The bodies were by Fruit Growers Express. Paul & Pacific," as the simplified ver­ the same on both classes, but the R-30- 21. A Wilson Car Lines 36-foot sion wasn't adopted until the 1950s. 12s had Bettendorf underframes while wood meat reefer. Like Cudahy, the (Westerfield resin kit, Tichy styrene the R-30- 13s had built-up underframes. Wilson & Co. meatpacking firm operat­ kit). By 1945, most of them had been rebuilt ed its own neet of about 1,500 meat 29. An Illinois Central 61000-6 1 199 with steel-framed bodies, but the sur­ reefers, all 36-foot cars with wood series 45-foot nat car built in 1929. vivors still numbered more than 4,000 bodies. (Sunshine resin kit). Basically it was an elongated version of cars. (Westerfield or Sunshine resin kit). 22. One of the Union Pacific's D.S. the Harriman standard flat cars acquired 35. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 1000-D.S. 1035 series Aleo S2 diesel­ by the IC when it was joined with the class Bx-27 40-foot steel box car, series electric switch engines. The UP was an Union Pacific, Southern Pacific and 136500-138499, built in 1937. These early convert to diesel switchers, and by Alton under Harriman management. were 1937 AAR standard cars with 10- 1945 almost a hundred of them were at Like many cars built in the late 1920s, it foot interior height and square-cornered work on various parts of the system. had Dalman two-level trucks. Also ends except that they had Duryea cush­ noteworthy is its load, a Northwest ion underframes. As no map or slogan In the Distance power shovel and crane. stencilling are visible, this car apparent­ 23. Another Baltimore & Ohio M- 15 30. Union Pacific 184350 was one of ly still had its original paint and letter­ wood-sheathed box car (see 10 above). 1,900 class B-50-2 1 AAR-design box ing. (Innovative Model Works kit, mod­ 24. A Pennsylvania Railroad class G- cars, numbered 184000- 185899, with ified). 28 or G-30 52-foot 6-inch "war emer­ square-cornered ends and I O-foot interi­ 36. Ozark Car Corporation tank car gency" mill gondola with drop ends. or height. Built in the company's OZKX 195, an 8,000-gallon General The Pennsy got 3,000 of these compos­ Omaha shops in 1937, it had a new American tank car built ca. 1918. ite gons with steel framing and wood oxide red paint job in mid- 1945 with the Though Ozark was owned by the Deep noors and side sheathing in 1943. After UP's then-current Gothic stencilling in Rock Oil Corporation of Chicago during the war, most had their wood sheathing white and advertising slogans in yellow; the 19405, OZKX cars kept their own replaced with steel. (Sunshine resin kit). "Serves All the West" was on the oppo­ identity, and by 1950, Ozark was on its 25. A Pennsylvania Railroad X23 site side of the car. (Innovative Model own again and Deep Rock had liquidat­ class composite box car, built ca. 1912 Works kit). ed its tank car fleet. with hat section steel side framing and 37. New York, New Haven & vertically planked wood side sheathing. Middle Distance Hartford 40-foot [937 AAR standard The Pennsy owned several thousand of 31. A nearly new Norfolk & Western steel box car with Superior seven-panel these distinctive cars, which were class B-5A box car, numbered in the doors, series 33100-33499, built in among the earliest steel-framed box cars 43000-43999 series. These cars, N&W November 1944. Note that the doors built in the U.S., and about half of them versions of the 1941 AAR alternate were painted black when new, though were still in revenue service during standard steel box car with I O-foot 6- the rest of the car was mineral red. World War II. inch inside height, were unique in hav­ (Innovative Model Works kit). ing shallow fishbelly side sills instead 38. Another Pennsylvania Railroad PHOTO B of the AAR design's notched sills. X29 box car; see (33) above. 32. A New York Central 40-foot 39. Pacific Fruit Express 61019, an First Track double-door steel automobile box car R-30- 18 class 40-foot refrigerator car 26. A Western Fruit Express 100- 199 with end doors, one of 3,000 cars built rebuilt in 1942-43 from a I 920s vintage series express refrigerator car; though in 1929-30 in lots 590-B (Michigan wood-bodied car. The R-30-18 rebuilds the car is dirty, the Great Northern's Central 89000-89999), 594-B (NYC had steel body framing, Dreadnaught mountain goat herald is visible to the 54000-54999) and 610-B (NYC 55000- steel ends and panel steel roofs; only the right of the door. It was not unusual for 55999). By 1945, many of these cars side sheathing and interior lini ngs were express reefers to be used in freight as were equipped with auto loading racks still made of wood. (Sunshine resin kit). well as passenger train service. or auto parts loading fixtures, some had 40. A Pacific Fruit Express R-30- 16 27. Pere Marquette 18940, a nearly been given a 5-inch increase in height, class 40-foot refrigerator car rebuilt ca. new 18850- 1 8949 series 52-foot 6-inch and many had been renumbered. 1940 with steel body framing and panel drop end mill gondola built by the 33. A Pennsylvania Railroad class steel roof. These earlier rebuilt cars Greenville Steel Car Co. in August X29 40-foot steel box car built in 1924- were similar to the R-30- 18s but had 1944. Gondolas of this design were first 28. The Pennsy owned over 30,000 wood-sheathed rather than steel ends. built by Greenville for the Erie in 1941; X29s and was still building them as late This car still had a porcelain enameled by 1945, they were in service on the as 1934, years after the design had steel Union Pacific "Overland Route" Nickel Plate and Pittsburgh & Lake Erie become obsolete. A number of other herald dating from the I 920s, which as well, and in the postwar period many railroads also owned cars of essentially stayed relatively clean even when the other railroads ordered similar cars. (Kit the same design, including thousands of rest of the car was grimy. (Sunshine coming from Life-Like). Baltimore & Ohio M26 and sub-class resin kit).

PAGE 52 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 Background single-sheathed composite box car num­ 52. Chicago & North Western 40- bered in the 16000- 1 6999 series and foot 1941 specification AAR standard 41. A Pacific Fruit Express R-30- 12 built in 1930. The last of three SAL box steel box car with Viking corrugated or R-30- 13 wood-bodied refrigerator car car classes built largely to the ARA roof. The C&NW ordered more than built in the 1920s. This car hadn't standard single-sheathed design of 3,000 of these cars in 1941-42, num­ received major maintenance in years, as 1924, the B-5s had Pennsy style riveted bered in the 71000-74398, 76900- attested by the fact that it still had grab­ sheet steel roofs and ends and corrugat­ 77414, and CMO&StP 20050-22414 irons instead of ladders, which had been ed steel doors. Their underframes were series (all even numbers only). (Kit installed on most older PFE cars by the of non-ARA design, however, with coming from InterMountainlDes mid-1 940s. (Westerfield or Sunshine [ishbelly center sills, and they had Plaines Hobbies). resin kits). unusual Dalman-Andrews trucks. 53. Grand Trunk Western 40-foot 42. A Union Pacific 36-foot stock car 48. Another Union Pacific B-50- 1 I single-sheathed double-door automobile of Harriman standard design, one of class wood-sheathed box car; see (43) box car, series 42 1 25-42499. Originally hundreds on the UP roster which were above. built for the Central of Vennont in built between 1905 and 1918. Stock 49. A New York Central USRA­ 1929, these cars were transferred to the traffic was an important source of design steel box car of the I 920s. The GTW by the Canadian National, which freight revenue in the territory served by NYC system owned more than 1 1,000 owned both the GTW and CV, in the the UP. (Westerfield resin kit). of these cars, which were slightly modi­ early 1930s. They had 3/3/3 43. A Union Pacific 40-foot wood­ fied versions of thesteel box car pro­ Dreadnaught steel ends, radial steel sheathed box car, one of more than posed but never built by the USRA dur­ roofs, corrugated steel doors and fish­ 5,000 class B-50- ll cars built in 1914- ing World War I. Like their 1920s belly center sills. Some had Evans auto 17 and numbered UP 122000-122473, counterparts, the Pennsylvania Railroad racks in the 1930s and I 940s, and oth­ UP 124000- 125899 and OSL 135000- X29s, they were seen everywhere on ers were equipped for auto parts ser­ 135825 . Though becoming obsolete, the North American rai lroad network vice. (Steam Shack resin kit). these were large cars for their day and from the 1920s through the 1960s. 54. Pacific Fruit Express wood had corrugated steel ends and massive (Westerfield resin kit). refrigerator car; see (4 1) above. Bettendorf underframes. Consequently, 50. A Lehigh Valley 40-foot steel 55. Union Pacific 36-foot Harriman many of them were kept in revenue ser­ I I/z-door automobile box car in the standard stock car; see (42) above. vice through the mid- I 940s owing to the 500-5899 series built in the 1926-29 by 56. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe 50- severe car shortage during World War American Car & Foundry. These cars foot steel automobile box car, one of II; this one had even been repainted and were among the earl iest tall (10 feet several thousand cars rebuilt in 1936-40 restencilled fairly recently. More than high inside) all-steel automobile cars. In from pre-World-War-I wood-bodied 1,500 B-50- 1 1 s were modified for ore the 1930s many got fu ll double doors auto cars. The four massive fishbelly concentrate and borax loading, and the and Evans auto racks installed, but this sills of their AC&F-built underframes latter were renumbered into the 300000 car still had its original doors. caused these cars to be nicknamed series. (Westerfield resin kit). 51. Rock Island 146154, a nearly "whalebellies" on the Santa Fe. These 44. A Nickel Plate Road 12000- new 194 1 speci fication AAR standard Depression-era rebuilt cars provided the 12999 series 40-foot wood-sheathed box steel box car built in 1940 and recently Santa Fe with a fleet of modern steel car. Originally built in the World War I repainted in 1945 . The Rock Island auto cars at a fraction of the cost for era as 20000-20999 series double-door updated its box car neetby ordering new ones; many lasted in revenue ser­ automobile box cars with fishbelly steel thousands of AAR design cars during vice through the 1960s. center sills and steel ends, these tall cars the I 940s. They were numbered in the 57. Chicago & North Western40- with I O-foot inside height were rebuilt 145000- 1 48949 series. (Kit coming foot AAR steel box car with Viking as single-door box cars in the early soon from InterMountain). roof; see (52) above. RMJ 1930s and then rebuilt again with all­ steel bodies in the I 940s and renum­ bered in the 26000 series. 45. A Detroit, Toledo & Ironton 1 2000- 12399 series 40-foot round roof double-door steel automobile box car. Originated in 1932 by the Pennsylvania Railroad, the round roof cars were an expedient to get cars thatwere 10 feet high without exceeding most railroads' lineside clearances. That the Pennsy had a financial interest in the Norfolk & Western and the DT&I accounts for the fact that both lines bought copies of the Pennsy's X31c class in 1937. (Bowser styrene kit). 46. A Pacific Fruit Express class R- 30-16 rebuilt refrigerator car; see (40) above. 47. A Seaboard Air Line class B-5

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Pre vious articles that provide additional information for articles in this issue (on the pages indica ted).

CARS-IN-CONTEXT CAR SPOTIERS GUIDES fo ot-capacity covered hoppers, February and September 1994.

(Article appears on pages 47-53 of this issue) (Article appears on pages 4-10 ofthis issue) • No. 19: Accurail HO scale three-bay ACF CF4600 Center Flow covered hoppers, May and August • Yard, Cleveland, Ohio, ca. 1957, in color, June This series of articles, most prepared by Jim 1994, September 1995. 1989. Eager, presents specific prototype cars, usually with • No. 20: McKean HO scale, Micro-Trains and • Trains, Buffalo, New York, ca. 1937, July 1989. a roster of all cars built and their buyers and opera­ Atlas N scale and Pacific Rail Shops S scale three­ Yard, Staten Island, New York, ca. 1928, tors. Dozens of other articles, presenting prototypes bay ACF CF4650 Center Flow covered hoppers, September 1989. for specific models, have appeared in "The October and December 1994, September 1995. • Yard, Buffalo, New York, ca. 1938, September Journal." Those articles are indexed on these • No. 21: Athearn and Bachmann HO scale, Atlas 1989. "Experience - At Your Fingertips" pages as they and Bachmann N scale and Weaver 0 scale ACF • Freight, Jalma, California, ca. October 1958, in apply to specific freight car articles in each issue. CFS250 fo ur-bay Center Flow covered hoppers, HO scale, January 1990. • No. I: Life-Like HO or N scale flat-roof box November 1994, September 1995. • Freight, Fllrt Wayne, Indiana, ca. 1958, in color, cars, January 1990. • No. 22:" McKean Models HO scale, Atlas and February 1990. • No. 2: Details West HO scale 50-foot smooth Bachmann N scale and Lionel 0 gauge CF2970 • Yard, Amarillo, Texas, ca. 1954, June 1990. plug door box cars, March 1990. and CF2980 two-bay Center Flow covered hop­ • Reefer yard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, June 1941, • NO. 3: Details West HO scale and Con-Cor N pers, January and August 1995. August 1990. scale 50-Foot double-plug door box cars, June • No. 23: AAR three-bay, nine-panel hopper cars, • Yard, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, ca. summer 1929, 1990. from MDC/Roundhouse HO scale kits, June 1995. May 1991. • No. 4: Details West Ho scale double plug door, • No. 24A: International Car wide-vision modern • Maine Central freight, Brunswick, Maine. August exterior post, box cars, October 1990. cabooses, from Athearn and Bachmann HO scale 3, 1966, January 1992. • No. 5: Eastern Cars Works/Con-CorlWalthers and Bachmann N scale models, October 1995. • Train, Bear River Canyon, Utah. June 18, 1950, HO scale and Atlas N scale 70-lOn Airslide cov­ • No. 248: InternationalCar wide-vision modern ered hoppers (owned by private owners - the February 1992. cabooses, from Atlas HO scale model, October railroad-owned cars appeared in No. 8, February • Yard, Nashville, Tennessee. January 12, 1926, 1995. September 1992. 1991), December 1990. • No. 25. E & C Shops HO scale 52-Foot 14-panel • No. 6: Stewart Hobbies HO scale 40-foot three­ • Yard, Toronto, Ontario on the Canadian National, smooth-panel and corrugated panel gondolas, bay, 14-panel hoppers, January 1991. August 1950. November 1995. • • No. 7: Athearn HO scale and Precision Masters N Yard, Cleveland, Ohio on the Erie-Lackawanna, • No. 26 Thrall 52-foot corrugated side and plain­ scale 4740-cubic-foot capacity covered hoppers ca. summer 1963, December 1993. side gondolas from Walthers HO scale kits, (the similar 4750-cubic-foot capacity cars from • Yard, Detroit, Michigan, ca. 1895, hnuary 1995. January 1996. • Yard, Council Bluffs, Nebraska, ca. 1945, Precision Masters in N scale and Intermountain • An update for most of the previous Car Spotters in HO scale appeared in the July and October January 1996. Guides appeared in the November 1993 issue. 1993 and July 1994 issues), January and July 1991.

FLAT CARS & BULKHEAD CARS • No. 8: Eastern Car Works/Con-CorlWalthers HO MODELING THE CITY (Article appears on pages 29·34 of this issue) scale and Atlas N scale 70-ton Airslide covered hoppers, railroad-owned (the private owner cars (Article appears on pages 35-39 of this issue)

• Real wood decks, step-by-step, for Con-Cor' s HO appeared in No. 5, December 1990, February scale 54-foot flat cars by Bob Rivard, February 1991. • Midwest Mod-U-Trak's Chicago industrial mod­ 1994. • No. 9: Model Power HO scale cylindrical cov­ ules, April 1990. • City Classics Models HO scale curtain wall-style • MDClRoundhouse 66-foot Canadian bulkhead ered hoppers (similar Intermountain HO scale flatcar kit-conversion with plans for a scratch­ and Precision Masters N scale cars appeared in industrial buildings and their prototypes, May built version, by Patrick Lawson, December the May 1992 and April 1994 issues), November 1990. 1993. 1991. • Pittsburgh's produce and freight terminals (photos and description of the prototypes), August 1990. • MDCfRoundhouse 50-foot, 6-inch CP Rail bulk­ • No. 10: Precision Masters N scale (and the head flat car kit-conversion with plans, by Patrick Walthers HO scale) Greenville-built two-bay • Steve Kayan's HO scale multi-story city backdrop Lawson, November 1993. covered hoppers (the similar Trinity-built cars scenes, September 1990. • A Railroader's Story (operating techniques for • Athearn kit-conversions and semi-scratchbuilt appeared in the June 1993 issue), April 1992. reduced-size city terminals like Washington, D.C., pulpwood bulkhead cars, by Larry Denton, • No. II: MDC HO Scale 4,700 cubic foot capaci­ October 1993. ty grain cars, August and December 1992. and Philadelphia), December 1990, May 1991. December 1991, April 1993 and August 1993. • Painting plastic decks to look like wood and super • No. 12: Walthers HO scale 53-foot 6-inch details for Athearn's 40-foot flat car, by Richard Commonwealth cast steel flat cars, December • Jim Sacco's 2x4-foot HO scale city module Hendrickson, August 1993. 1992. "Layout Tour,: June 1991. • • Modeling the City, A Compact Track Plan (2112 x • Tichy's HO scale 40-foot flat car prototypes and No. 13: Walthers HO scale GSC four-bay or superdetailing, by Richard Hendrickson, June "quad" hoppers, January 1993. 61h-feet in HO, I x 3112 in N or 41/2 x 12-feet in 0 1993. • No. 14: Walthers HO Scale 50-foot FGE plug­ scale), June 1992. • • Pulpwood bulkhead car conversion for Walthers door insulated box cars, February and April 1993. Pour Your Highways and City Streets (with Scale HO scale or N scale) bulkhead flat car kits, April • No. 15: Con-Cor HO and N scale 57-foot RPL­ Crete Modeling Compound) - a step-by-step, 1994. class insulated box cars, March and May 1993 "easy-way" how-to, August 1992.

• • Upgrading Walthers flat cars and bulkhead cars and July 1995. Baltimore's Fells Point city street operations, car with painted wood decks, April 1994. • No. 16: Stewart Models HO scale Pennsylvania float, locomotives and overview, November 1992.

• Walthers 53-foot HO scale bulkhead car upgrad­ RR Class H 39 triple-bay hoppers, April and May • Baltimore's Fells Point city street opertions, car ing and painting to match CGWRR prototype, by 1993. noat, locomotives and overview, November 1992. Bob Rivard, May 1995. • No. 17: Athearn HO scale and MDC • New York's West Side meat packing plants on the • Center beam flatcars, the prototypes and models (Roundhouse) N scale 57-foot mechanical refrig­ New York Central, as modeled in HO scale by. from E&C S�ops and McKean HO scale and erator cars, December 1993, July and September Ron Parisi, December 1992. Micro-Trains N.scale models with prototype pho­ 1995. • The Saint Paul, Minnesota, Water Works in HO tos and operating patterns, January 1996. • No. 18: Walthers HO scale Pullman 4427-cubic- scale by Bob Rivard, January 1993. PAGE 54 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 EXPERIENCE

• Stuart Leuthner's West End City, built from • Athearn EMD GP60M (kit conversion from in our monthly series "Your Layout, On Tour" Design Preservation Models HO scale kits and GP50), as Maersk 146, by Ed McCaslin, April include a track diagram that indicates approximately modular wall panels, February 1993. 1992. where the track is routed. These plans are intended • Painting Design Preservation Models kits and • Spotting Guide to GP35 diesels and Athearn, to give you a general impression of the layout and modular wall panels, June 1993. Rail Power and Kato models, by Scott Chatfield, where the photographs were taken. Few modelers • FeJls Point recreated for HO scale as a 7x I I -foot April 1992. would have identical spaces where they might want track plan, October 1993. • Athearn/Smokey Valley EMO GPI5-1, as to duplicate these layouts exactly. Most of the track

• FeJls Point and San Francisco's wharf trackage Missouri Pacific 1680, by AI Barnes, Jr., March plans listed below, however, include the precise combined in a city scene track plan to fit a 4x7- 1992. locations of curve centers, the locations of turnout foot area in HO scale, October 1993. • Athearn/Rail Power/Smokey Valley EMO points and frogs and the locations of track eleva­

• Modular city buildings with clear Plexiglas cores, SD60M, as Soo 6061, by Rick Groom, December tions. All of these locations are necessary to recreate using Design Preservation HO, N or 0 scale wall 1991. and/or modify a plan in full-size to build that model panels, Decmeber 1993. • Athearn/Rail Power/Smokey Valley EMD railroad. Some of the articles are discussions of • Build a tether-control throttle for switching in SD60M, as Soo 606 1, by Rick Groom, December track planning principles that apply to any layout. complex city scene trackwork, April 1994. 1991 • Ottawa Silica S and prototype plant photos with • Superdetails to bring any city scene to life, • AthearnlRail Power EMD SD50, as Rio Grande both model and prototype track plans, August September 1994. 5507, by Gordon Cardell, November 1991. and September 1989.

• Pittsburgh's ice storage warehouse, November • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD60, as Soo 6009, by • B&O on two decks in N scale (4x16 feet) or HO 1994. Warren Johnson, August 1991. scale (5-lhx29 feet), March and June 1991.

• Modeling a small city scene with Design • Athearn/Rail Power GE B23-7, as Union Pacific • ATSF/BNID&RGW "Joint Line" on two decks, Preservationl Models kits, November 1995. 124, by Warren Johnson, July 1991 in HO scale, in 12)/� x20-lh feet, July and

• Modeling Chicago, in HO scale. A layout tour of • Athearn/Cannon EMD GP60M, as Santa Fe 100, August 1991

Mike Palmiter's 12x27-foot model railroad, by Ernest Rizzuto, May 199 I • Thurmond, West Virginia. February 1990 and January 1996. • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD60, as Norfolk April 1992.

Southern 6672, by Warren Johnson, April 199 I • Modeling the City, a Compact Track Plan MODELING TODAY'S DIESELS • Athearn/Rail Power GE B30-7 AB (cabless), as (2lhx6lh fe et in HO scale, Ix31h feet in N scale AS KIT-CONVERSIONS BN 40 I 8, by Gordon Cardall, February 1991. or 41hx l2 feet in 0 scale, June 1992. • Athearn/Rail Power GE C30-7, as Santa Fe 8077, • Jim Providenza's double-deck Santa Cruz IN HO SCALE February 199 I Northern, based on the Western Pacific Railroad, • AthearnllHC EMD E8A, as Santa Fe 85, by appeared in the December 199 I issue, and arti­ (Article appears on pages 13-15 or this issue.) Albert Hetzel, January 199 I. cles on the operations on that model railroad • Athearn/Rail Power S060, as EMD Demo I, by appeared in the May and July 1992, May, June • Athearn SW 1500 kit-upgrade as Western Paciiic Bill Schultz, December 1990. and September 1993 and July 1994 issues. 150 i by Clyde Queen, June 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD60M, as BN 922 I, • 8x9-foot double deck HO scale layout, the • Clear plastic Run 8-brand windows for Rail by Gordon Cardall, November 1990. Coquille & Crescent City, by Ed Vondrak, Power/Athearn diesels (SD60M), June 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power GE C30-7, as Norfolk & February 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power Products kit-conversion, step­ Western 8024, by Gordon Cardall, October 1990. • IOx20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale by-step (from motor installation to fitting • Life-Like/Bachmann/Athearn/Proto Power West Vermont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield handrails), on an EMD SD60M, October 1994. EMD F40PH kit-conversion, by Robert Railroad, April 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power Products GE C44-9W kit­ Schleicher, September 1990. • 10-foot 4-inch x 9- foot-7-inch N scale (adapt­ conversion steps, February 1995. • Spotting Guide to EMD/ATSF CF7 diesels from able, in the same space to HO scale) shelf layout • Athearn/Rail Power GE C30-7 as Union Pacific Rail Power Products, by Scott Chatfield, August plan. The Westmont Central, by Ed Vondrak, 2448, by Mike Daniels, June 1994. and October 1990. June 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD45 as Union Pacific • Athearn/Rail Power cn, as Santa Fe 2543 and • I O-foot 4-inch x 9-foot-7-inch HO scale shelf 25, by Mike Daniels, May 1994. 2634, by Gordon Cardal I, August and October layout plan, the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed • Athearn/Rail Power GE Dash 8-40CW as Union 1990. Vondrak, August 1995. Pacific 9400, by Dana Stark, November 1993. • Spotting Guide to the GE Dash-7 and Dash-8 • 27x47-foot HO scale DM&IR (Missabe • Athearn SW7 kit-conversion to SW 1200RS, as diesels from Bachmann and Rail Power, by Scott Northern) double-deck layout as built and as pro­ Canadian National 1396, step-by-step, by Tony Chatfield, September 1989 and May 1990. jected improved version, by Jeff Otto, December Horvath, October 1993. • Upgrading the Proto 2000 SD7 to match 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power GE Dash 8-40B (incOiTectly Burlington prototypes with details, parts, num­ • NTRAK module planning using transition mod­ titled B23-7 - with the proper prototype photo in bers, Kadee couplers and weathering, October ules and multi-module sets for more realistic the October 1993 issue) as Santa Fe 743 I, by 1995. scenes, by Kelley Newton, December 1995. Dana Stark, July 1993. • Upgrading the Highliner HO scale EMD F7B • IOx20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale • Athearn/Rail Power GE C36-7, as Missouri diesel body, on a Stewart chassis, as Soo Line Vermont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield Pacific 9028, by Warren Johnson, May 1993. 2204C, by Bob Rivard, November 1995. Railroad, April 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power EMD GP35, as Santa Fe • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD75M, as Santa Fe 2858. by Dana Stark, May 1 993. • 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot-7-inch N scale (adapt­ 204, as a kit-conversion from Rail Power's able , the same space to HO scale) shelf layout • Athearn SW7 kit-conversion to SW 1200, as Soo in SD60M, by Yasushi Sasaki, December 1995. 433 and 437, by Bob Rivard, April 1993. plan. The Westmont Central, by Ed Vondrak, • Athearn/Rail Power kit-conversion to build an June 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power GE Dash 8-40CW, as Santa EMD SD75M from an SD60M as Santa Fe 205, • 10-fo ot 4-inch x 9-foot-7-inch HO scale shelf Fe 814, with step-by-step superdetailing, by Dave by Yasushi Sasaki, November 1995. Hussey, November 1992. layout plan, the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed • Athearn/Rail Power SD60, as Norfolk Southern • Vondrak, August 1995. Athearn/Rail Power GE Dash 8-40CW, as Santa 6634, by Alex King, January 1996. Fe 800 (minimal detailing), by Dana Stark, • 17-foot x 7-foot 6-inch HO scale Modoc Mine November 1992. Division of the Santa Fe Southwestern, by Ed • Athearn/Rail Power EMD GP35, as Soo 736, by TRACK PLANNING Vondrak, October 1995. Bob Rivard, August 1992. • Using removable and interchangeable structures • Athearn/Kato/Rail Power EMD GP35 kit-conver­ (Articles appear on pages 11-12 of this isslIe.) or dioramas to model different eras on the same sion, step-by-step, as Rock Island 321, by Bob layout or module as parts of the "A Change of Rivard, June 1992. Most of the articles on layouts already completed Scene" series, January 1996. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 55 PERFORMANCE

Th e more significant fig ures from Bob Higgin 's' Evaluations of model locomotives in past issues of this magazine. The issues with asterisks are out of print, but photocopies of these reports are available for $2.00 each (a llow 30 days for shipment). Explanations of how Bob Higgins tests these locomotives appeared in the March 1990 and September 1992 issues. HO, N, 0 AND G SCALE LOCOMOTIVES

Manufacturer/Importer Proloype Scale Mile Max Pulling Magazine Manufaclurerllmporter Protoype Scale Mile Max Pulling Magazine Per Hour Power Throttle Date Per Hour Power Throttle Date Speeds Min. (Tractive Response Speeds Min. (Tractive Response Speed (over Max Force at midload Speed (over Max Force at midload #6 switch) Speed In Oz.) (valls) #6 switch) Speed In Oz.) (volls) HO Scale Diesels Alhearn las· is) EMD GP38·2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' N Scale Diesels Athearn (w/Helix Humper EMD GP38·2 .89 112.1 2.76 2.8 Sepl. 1995 Arnold Alco S2 1.9 151.4 .44 2.0 Mar. 1991 can motor conversion) Con Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Dcl. 1992 Proto Power West EMD F7 A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 Alias EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Ocl. 1995 IAthearn w/can molar) 1·26) (95.0) 18.92) 12.6) May 1990 Allas/Kato GE U25B (Iwo) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989 AthearnlPPW. weighted EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990 (.31) (189.6) Athearnw/N WSL molor EMD GP38·2 .2t 60.9 2.30 1.8 August 1990 11.37) 12.0) June 1989 Athearn w/NWSL motor. Allas/Kato EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990 weighted EMD GP38-2 .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 Augusl 1990 Allas/Kalo EMD GP35 1.07 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 Athearn/Proto Power Kalo EMD E8A .26 222.4 .96 2.0 Aug. 1993 Wesl w/replacemenl EMD E8A & E8B .26 220.4 1.92 2.3 Aug. 1993 Wheelsets: Kalo GE U30C .48 242.2 .88 2.4 Feb. 1990' NorthWesl Short Line EMD GP38·2 .23 97.4 2.56 1.6 Ocl. 1990 Bachmann EMD SD40-2 .74 148.3 1.03 2.4 Sepl. 1989 Jay-Bee EMD GP38·2 .27 97.4 2.40 1.5 Oct. 1990 Bachmann wiN Scale Alias Alco S2 .65 82.5 3.52 4.4 Feb. 1991 Nevada Chassis EMD SD40·2 .82 155.7 1.25 2.6 Sepl. 1989 Allas/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 BachmannlSpeclrum GE Dash 8·40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April Alias GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 1993 Bachmann-Plus GE B23·7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992 Key/Endo EMD F7 (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 Bachmann·Plus EMD F7 A 1& F7B) .93 88.7 3.38 2.5 January 1996 1.50) 1150.3) 11.27) 13.0) Mar. 1992 (.93) (84.9) (5.82) (2.4) January 1996 Life-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.00 Aug. 1989 Con·Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 (1 .84) 1166.4) 12.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 Con·Cor/Roce EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 Life-Like Afco FA2 1& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 (wilh Mashima can molor) ( .66) (149.3) 11.81) (3.4) May 1993 E·R Models (Frateschi) Alco FA 1 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 October 1993 Life·Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994 E·R Models (Frateschi) Alco FA t .64 89.3 3.70 3.0 Dec. 1995 Life-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1 .27 4.0 April 1995 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 (1 .50) (136.6) 15.03) (4.8) January 1994 SamhongsalHalimark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989 lwith 25 ounces added weight) 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 (.35) 1151.4) 12.04) 13.2) July 1989 (1.88) (1 36.6) 18.75) 16.4) January 1994 Model Power/ Kato EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3.14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sepl.1 990 Kato/Stewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sept. 1989 (similar GP7 models by Alias) 1.31) (81.9) 19.00) 12.8) Sept. 1989 Kato EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' o Scale Diesels Kalo EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 3.0 Feb. 1994 P&D Hobby EMD F9A(& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1 .2 June 1990 Keystone/NWSL GE 44·Ton .17 36.9 1.52 2.0 March 1990' .24 74.1 12.80 1.9 June 1990 Hobbylown EMD E8A .60 81.4 5.92 3.3 Jan. 1991 P&D Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1.6 Jan. 1993 Ajin/Overland Models EMD GP38-2 .42 79.2 1.95 2.0 Nov. 1991 Cenlral Loco. Works EMD F7A (& F7B) .25 72.0 20.68 4.4 Sept. 1989 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994 (.20) (65.5) 139.10) (4.0) Sept. 1989 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990 Key/Samhongsa Alco PAl .41 76.2 21 .85 5.6 April 1992 Aj iniOverland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 Augusl 1 990 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 Ajin/Overland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 April 1991 Weaver 10 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 15.31 1.9 July 1989 Mantua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 Proto 2000 ILile·Like) Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991 Weaver (Hi·Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 Augusl 1995 Proto 2000 ILile·Like) EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' Alco FB2 & FA2 .25 94.9 19.25 2.0 August 1995 Proto 2000 ILile-Like) EMD GP18 .58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 Proto 2000 ILile-Like) EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 Proto 2000 ILile·Like) EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 S Scale Diesels Spectrum (Bachmann) EMD F40PH Phase II 1.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992 American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Spectrum IBach mann) GE Dash 8-40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990 Spectrum(Bachmann) F-M H16·44 .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 WaltherslRoco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 o Scale Steam Locomotives WalthersfTrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 SamhongsalHalimark On3·EBT 2·8·2 .22 33.8 9.09 2.4 Aug. 1989 HO Scale Steam Locomotives Bachmann-Plus SP 4·8·4 .18 112.1 2.31 1.9 Sept. 1993 G Gauge Diesels Bowser(English's LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 NA April 1990 Model RR Supply) B&O 0-4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 Bowser PRR H·9 2·8·0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.6 14.74 5.9 May 1991 IHC 4A·0 1.17 56.0 1.14 3.5 Dec. 1994 Railway Express Agency Alco FA 1 3.79 68.2 15.25 NA July 1990 IHC/Mehano B&D 0-4·0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. 1992 IHC/Mehano SP 2·6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 IHC/Mehano C&O 4·8·2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sept. 1994 G Gauge Steam Locomotives Key tmports UP 4-8-8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 Augusl 1991 Arislo-Cralt IART) B&D 4·6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 OCl. 1991 Lile·Like B&D 0-4-0T 1.37 104.2 1.0t .9 Dec. 1992 Arislo-Cralt IART) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Mantua 2·6·6·2 3.0 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 ILGE) 0-4-0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 NA 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 NA June 1989 Manlua with 812 Can Motor 0·4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 Bachmann Track· AjiniOverland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sept. 1991 Powered Baldwin 4-6·0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 1990 SamhongsaiPowerhouse USRA 2·6·6·2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 Oct. Delton Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.0 2.0 Dec. 1989 SpeclrumlBachmann) Reading 2·8-0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 Speclrum (Bachmann) PRR 4·6-2 t.21 91.4 2.32 2.2 Oct. 1994 LGB 2-6·0 2.65 54.8 22.45 NA Nov. 1991 Weslside 'Classic' SP 4·6·0 .49 49. 1 3.24 1.7 August 1992 LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 NA July 1994 Lionel Baldwin 0-4-0T .12 54.5 9.6 1 .8 Oct. 1989' N Scale Steam Locomotives Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50.1 13.47 1 .1 Jan. 1991 Pecos River ATSF 4-6-2 .44 87.2 .88 4.4 Jan. 1995 Kalamazoo Toy Trains 4-4·0 .82 67.1 13.18 1.3 Jan. 1991 Rivarossi USRA 2-8-2 3.00 177.2 1.14 9.0 Oct. 1991 Aristo·Craft IART) PRR OA-O .94 72.7 1 2.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Rivarossi (wiN Scale of and 0-4-0T NV frame & NWSL Sagami 1420 can molor)USRA 2·8·2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Oct. 1991 Note: Figures in parenthesis are for two locomotives operated together.

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There's a new series of completely assem­ bled and painted gas stations from the Twenties and Thirties available from Roadside USA (dealers can call 1-800- 938-1 800 to order). This is the "Gas-O­ Mat," circa 1930s, and there are eight others in a varietyof styles. Each cast resin model is assembfed and painted and retails for under $100. The interiors are solid so the window panes are simply glossy paint, but the style and detail are wonderful. The automobile is optional at under $5.00.

Bachmann is releasing a new series of Plasticville USA buildings that will include this "Rural Station" as well as a conve­ nience store, two-storyhouse, theater, library and pizza shop. Each kit is $10.00.

Atlas now has snap-on roadbed included with some of its sectional track with code 83 rail. The new ballast is included with the new "T rue­ Track" sections and is offered in 18-inch curves, 9-inch straights, left and right Snap-Switches and end-of-track bumpers. The plastic ballast snaps and interlocks to make more rigid lay­ outs, either on the floor or nailed to a tabletof.>. Model Power is importing these ready-to-run open platform coaches. The cars are available painted and lettered for Pennsy, D&RGW, Southern or Santa Fe at $10.98 including trucks with metal wheels and NMRA couplers. See your dealer.

Overland Models is importing painted and ready-to-run DDA40X locomotives from Anjin in Korea. The assembled ready-to­ run and painted model has a suggested retail of $1029.00.

Walthers is now shipping this modern-era coal tipple kit in injection-molded plastic. The "Coal Flood Loader" kit is $29.98. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 57 WHAT'S NEW... HO SCALE

Walthers will produce a series of large structures to create an HO scale steel mill including a blast furnace itselt ingot build­ ings and hot metal cars, all in injection­ molded plastic, easy-to-assemble kits.

Athearn will ship this all-new GE C44-9W in December. It will be available with low numberboards, high numberboards and Santa Fe versions with appropriate letter­ ing for ATSF, SP, UP, CNW, CSX, CN, BC Rail and NS as well as undecorated ver­ sions. The powered kits are $56.50, unpowered are $28.25.

Life-Like's pre-production Proto 2000 model of the EMD SW 1200 was on dis­ play at the Chicago Hobby Show in October. The model is scheduled for ship­ ment this spring, undecorated and in a varietyof road names.

Bachmann has shipped its ready-to-run GE Dash 8-44CW in the Spectrum series. The model is available in a choice of three cabs (high and low numberboards and Santa Fe) in the undecorated version for $59.95. Decorated models, each with the proper cab, are available for UP, ATSF, Conrail and CSX, each in three different road numbers for $59.95 each. PAGE 58 RA/LMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 WHAT'S NEW ...HO SCALE

Atlas will ship this 53-foot Evans double­ plug-door box car in December. The let­ tered cars include Ralston, Evans, BN, UP, CNW, BM and BC Rail. We'll have an article on the prototype cars in later issue of liThe Journal.lI Red Caboose, P.O. Box 2490, Longmont, CO 80502, will ship this injection-molded plastic version of the PFE R30-12-9 wood­ side-and-end reefer in December. This is the pre-production model. Decorated kits will be $14.75 with trucks. A Western Pacific version will be available in January, and four cars decorated for authentic winery owners will appear in February.

C&BT Shops, 360 W. Main St., Unit 2, Evans City, PA 16033, is now shipping undecorated plastic kits to recreate the Santa Fe 6-foot sliding plug-door reefers. The kits are $1 1 .88 with trucks. Decorated kits, for $13.88, will be available in early spring .

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Micro-Trains will ship this ready-to-run ver­ sion of the PFE R40-1 0 reefer in December. This is the firm's first model of an all-steel 40-foot reefer. See your dealer.

Bachmann introduced this N scale gas­ electric at the 1995 National Hobby Show in Chicago in October. The ready-to-run model will not be shipped, however, until the 1996-97 winter season.

Con-Cor is now shipping the "Cambria City Fuel Depot Series" including the two fuel tanks kit (for $17.98), the fueling rack (center, for $12.98) and the fueling depot (foreground, for $12.98). See your dealer. l _ ,

Period Miniatures, division of Jaks Industries, Inc., P.O. Box 1421, Golden, CO 80402-1421, is now shipping this wood and cast metal craftsman kit for "Stan's Hardware Supply" at $18.95.

Mokei Imports, 6950 Kingsbury, Saint Louis, MO 63130, is now shipping this ready-to-run plastic Russell-style snowplow in packages of two for $23.00.

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Overland Models is now importing painted and ready-to-run 0 scale brass models of the EMD SD70MAC in the latest Burlington Northern beige and dark metallic green paint schemes. See your dealer.

MTH (Mikes Train House) is now importing cast metal ready-to-run 0 scale models of the EMD SD60 to operate on Lionel-type three-rail track. The model has operating couplers, lights, exhaust smoke and diesel horn. See your dealer.

L. Walthers will produce two brick stores in 0 scale. The injection­ molded plastic kits will be at your dealers in December. International Hobbies Corporation (IHC) is now offering injection­ molded plastic row front stores in 0 scale. See your dealer.

The EMD SD60 is now available in 5 scale from overland Models. The brass model is made by Ajin in Korea and is offered undecorated at a suggested retail price of $997.00. See your dealer. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 63 NEXT MONTH

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Michael George is modeling the Louisville & Nashville precisely as it was on the "Hook and Eye " Division in 1953, He's using inexpensive locomotives and rolling stock and simple scratchbuilt plastic structures to attain incredible real­ ism. It's in the February issue of "The Journal."

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PAGE 70 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 r-�M;�A;n�;�;;N;�A;��bI;------l 40' PFE STEEL REEFER" j EASY TO ASSEMBLE � � Features state-of-the-art detail, painting and printing j #1801 PFE : comes in sets � 2 ,� �3�ffi � � $33.98 per set Special Offer: , , Includes Unimate Coupler � 6 Page �, � Send $1.25 to: , Precision Masters, Inc., , History: First paint scheme is the PFE post-1949 version with black and white heralds. First built in the 1940s, 28094, � � the R-40-23 Reefers were repainted in this scheme between 1949 to 1950 and this paint scheme lasted until the 13111 W. Alameda Pky #1 6 , , late..J.:�_':/lC.s e..r:.� frequen�/y ran in r:efer bloc�:::,f r e ars per train Lakewood, CO �� m�r � 80228-001 0 � � � �' - " , " .UI j � #1 7091 CHICAGO NORTHWESTERN #1 536 NORTHERN PACIFIC � Cars are painted Yellow with Black Letters and Red, Black & White Shield Cars are painted Green with White Road #179009 Road #76472, 76473, 76479 � Single...... $9.98 Single...... $8.98 ..l1li ...J _------

INTERMOUNTAIN U GIVES YOU ALL N HelixHumper�aeY SPow T EMSering M THE PA RTS IS A The new InterMountaill coupler A K - for simple effective perfo rm­ N E ance on your HO layout at home o or at "The Club." Offered in black lI N" T and rust colors, with or without H coupler boxes. E E A SCALE S B E Y Riverossi: 2-8-2 Shown S Shown: NRM-1 10 w/FD400 95 ;:�.OO T T Part #: 110700 4. pr. wlo coupler box $3 2 $1.99 o E 2 pro with coupler box $2.29 Re-powering systems for all single shaft V E New in N-Sca/e . I "N" Scale Locomotives - steam or diesel. N 50-Ft. AAR Box Car N Allentown Locomotive companY Will ship January '96, road names S FAX ONLY: 1-800-930-2022 B to be announced " T 24 HOURS 1-610-845-7300 E INTERMOUNTAIN RAILWAY T COMPANY A 642 Lehigh Street 312 Hunter Forge Road T P.O. BOX 839 J L Allentown, PA 18103 Macungie, PA 18062 LONGMONT, COLORADO E 80502-0839 L CONSISTANT PULLING POWER YOU NEED R RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PA GE l} SO ...YOU SAY YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO MESS WITH A WOOD KIT? @ WHY NOT TRY A lASERKIT ••YO U JUST MIGHT CHANGE YOUR MIND!

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Model 204S has internal stainless steel "stall-motor" type machines. springs for machine overt ravel and turn­ out point tension.

6 molded ABS targets supplied. Decorate as you require For more information send a large self-addressed envelope to: HO Scale with .190" travel 10JR R'rg id Stand ...... $4 .08 (Supply your own spring) 204S Spring Stand ...... 54.65

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Loads For E&C Coalporters® <;;�� �, LBF Woodchip Loads: #100 & #101 each $3.50 A�'»c;litl ""'''', U � 1t n n t nUl "" LBF High Hood Kits: #200 and #201 EMD $4.95 Coal Loads for E&C cars: � ...... ,; _� ,�"",;; p, � N N S 'f L Y II � � . " . • #500 Flatl#501 rounded $3.50/pr. !'Mt � f� ;,�� 1 '" v�" .� . #502 Flat 6 pk/#503 rounded 6 pk $9.50 �.'<£?:rj$6-<;�1f!:j&,ff.: tic@L%, #504 Flat 12 pk/#505 rounded 12 pk $1 7.00 PRR BP20 A&B SETS #506 Flat 12 blanks/#507 round 12 blanks $1 0.00 ea. Iniection moldel shells, large can motor w/fw 's #50e Flat w/wts and #509 Round w/wts $2.75 ea. Separate molded radio antennas and many details. (send $4.50 Shipping & Handling) Assembled, RTR in sets only. Limited quantities. You pick numbers and striping-Kadees included and American Models diaphrams installed. A powered, B dummy. $249.95/set (50% deposit w/order-bal on delivery) (allow approx. 3 months for del ivery)

See Yo ur Local Dealer. For direct orders include $4.50 shipping for each order. MADE IN LBFCOMPANY 200 Shady Drive, Roseburg, OR 97470 TH E USA PAGE 76 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 FOR ENTHUSIASTS WHO KNOW FREIGHT CARS INSIDE OUT.

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - JANUARY 1996 PAGE 77 Road Name Item# Road Name Scheme Dynamic Brakes .1 Undecorated 48017 Rio Grande Black/Yellow yes II Undecorated 48018 Rio Grande BlacklYeliow yes .11 Atlantic Coast Line 107 Purple/Silver no 48019 Rio Grande Black/Yellow yes : 1 Atlcmlic Coast Line 121 Purple/Silver no 48020 Eric 1218 BlacklYeliow yes , 1 Atlantic Coast Line Purple/Silver no 4802 1 Eric 1225 Black/Yellow .11 Burlington Northern 1574 Green/Black no 48022 Eric Black/Yellow :11 Burlington Northern 1586 Grecn/Black no 48023 Eric Black/Yellow '.11 Burlington Northern Green/Black no 48030 Santa Fe 2693 Zebra Stripes Chicago & NW 1518 Streamliners no 4803 1 Santa Fe 2696 Zcbra Stripes :I Chicago & NW 1525 Streamliners no 48032 Santa Fe Zebra Stripes '.1 Chicago & NW Streamliners f1im)� YOUR ATLAS DEALER I S NOW 'l'A KIN G ORDERS FOR FA LI� DELIVERY

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______American Model Builders ]2 Micro Trains ______69

Atlas Model Railroad 0_ Inc. ______.73&78 THE SAFE NEW WATER-BASE PAINT ( , Mokei Imports ______.75 Bachmann, Spectrum ______79 EVERYONE'S TALKING ABOUT! Model Die Casting - Roundhouse..______69

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WIDE APPEAL The GE DASH 8 Wide Cab, the locomotive everyone has been waiting fo r in ready-to-run, is now "widely" available! True to its Sp ectrum ™ name, this new model is loaded with quality and performance fe atures to represent the very latest in third generation diesels. Initially purchased by Union Pacific in 1988, the Wide Cabs are now operating on many railroads around the world. They have been one of the most popular locomotive introductions of all tinle: whether it's the real thing or the Sp ectrum ™ model, this impt·essive locomotive has wide appeal!

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*86001 Undecorated 86009 Conrail #6062 86002 Union Pacific #9372 86010 Conrail #6089 86003 Union Pacific #9404 86011 CSX #7652 86004 Union Pacific #9456 86012 CSX #7664 86005 SantaFe #802 860 13 CSX #7738 86006 Santa Fe #834 SHIPPING NOW: 86007 Santa Fe #854 Limited Edition: 3600 pieces 86008 Conrail #6058 Suggested Retail Price: $59.95

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Bachmann Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. OVE odEIs lIAs A VARiETY of C.-..- SES fOR you! OMI has the widest variety of cabooses to bring up the rear end of your model freight train! Each of these beautifully handcrafted brass cabooses by Ajm Precision of Korea is accurately detailed in HO SCALE and ready to accept Kadee #5 couplers. Whether it's on the front, middle or rear of your train, you can be assured that Overland has made every effort to bring you the most accurate model possible. A wide selection of detail parts, drive systems, hopper cars and auto carriers are all currently available for your modeling needs. Visit your friendly OMI dealer today to place your order.

CNS&M Wood Caboose Nos. 1002-1 005 with cupola, factory painted brown and lettered - OMI #391 4.1