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126-cJ1 69 126-0110 126-0113 126-0114 All Scales: FreightN Cars:Scale: Track Planning: IS Replanning a 27x47-foot 'Dream' Layout 4 Bethgon Coalporter® Gondolas from Deluxe Innovations or E&C Shops kits Techniques: 25 50-foot PS-I Single-Door Box Cars, from Micro-Trains models 32 Vintage-Dating Freight Cars With Weathering Locomotive Ped'ormance: 20 Summary of All Previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports Time Capsule: Diesels, Onc-Detail-At-A-Time: SO Extra 176, Tomah, Wisconsin on the Milwaukee, 22 EMD SD45 as Erie-Lackawanna 802, from Con-Cor or Kato models Track Planning: 38 Portable & Modular NTRAK-Alternative ModuleDesign Techniques: 45 Assembling Cast Resin Freight Car Kits: Fine N Scale's Santa Fe HO Scale: gondola Freight Cars: 4 Bethgon Coalporter® Gondolas from E&C Shops or Walthers kits 25 SO-foot PS-I Single-Door Box Cars, from InterMountain kits 5 I MDS SO-Foot Plug-Door Box Car from MDC's kits

Layout Tour: o Scale: Locomotive Performallce: 8 JefT Ono's 27x47-foot Missabe Road 20 SUlllmary of All Previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: Track Planning: IS Redesigning the 27x47-foot Missabe Road 22 EMD SD45 as Erie-Lackawanna 802 Freight Cal's: Locomotive Performance: 4 50-foot PS-I Single Door Box Cars, from Old Pullman models 18 E-R Models A\Co FA-I Performance Test Report 20 Summary of All Previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports

Diesels,One-Detail-At-A-Time: 22 EMD SD45 as Erie-Lackawanna 802, from Athearn, Bachmann or Rail Departments Power models 21 Experience - At Your Fingertips, more about what's in this issue . from articles in previous issues Techniques: 48 Calendar 42 Build Your Own Scale-Size Covered Hopper Ends 52 Dealer Directory

ON THE COVER: - The Utah-N-Modelers have created some of the most realistic portable model railroads in N scale. Their portable layouts are designed as sets of modules that will'fit in with conventional NTRAK modules. The story begins on page 38. "

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 3 FREIGHT CARS BATHTUB COAL GON DOLAS

Modeling the Bethgon "Coalporter"@ From E&C Shops or Wa lthers HO Scale Kits Deluxe Innovations or E&C Shops N Scale Kits

By D. Scott Chatfield

One of the most common coal-carry­ they are rugged). Most coal gons built This translates into a carbody about 49 ing unit train gondolas is now avail­ since 1980 have been of the "bathtub" feet long, which was based around the able in both HO and N scale from design, with the floor depressed below size of an open hopper that could carry twodi fferent manufacturers. Here's a the side sills, which is more expensive 100 tons of western coal (which is guide to the prototype cars and their to build and easier to damage. Why about 10- 15 percent lighter than eastern matching models so you can pick build them that way? Because the rail­ coal) and still fit under the older coal proper pre-painted models or paint roads and their customers want higher loaders of the time. This explains why and decal your own. cubic capacity, but they can't change westernroads liked the longer quad the length of the car. hoppers, which also just happen to be Give some thought to how you 53 feet, I inch long, coupled. As the unload a coal gon. Certainly not with a older mines closed or were rebuilt to shovel' Coal gons are emptied by turn­ allow taller cars, tri pie hoppers became ne of the most common ing them over in a rotary dumper. To more common, but if they were built cars on today's railroads save time (lots of time), modern coal with rotary couplers, they had to be 53 is the "bathtub" coal gon­ gons and many coal hoppers have a feet long. A quick look at the various dola. They are rarely rotary coupler at one end that allows the designs of 4,OOO-cubic-foot hoppers fo und in mixed freights, car to be turned over without uncoup­ (the western standard) shows this to be so you might not pay much attention to ling it first. The dumper clamps down the case. them. Where you will find plenty of on the car to keep all the parts together. Now rotary dumpers are not particu­ them is in unit coal trains, and with coal But this means the car designs have to larly fast, at least compared to rapid dis­ Oaccounting for about one-third of be of a fixed length so they will fit in charge hoppers. There isn't much room today 's carloadings, unit trains are a big the dumper; otherwise the dumper will for error in spotting the car, which part of modern railroading. grab part of the next car, or drop the means the switch crew spends a lot of Gondolas for Coal wheelsets out of the car it's dumping, with messy results. This also means the WFAX 86638, built in January 1987 by height of the cars can't vary much, lest Bethlehem. Smaller-than-normal Bethgons Three basic designs account fo r (4,OOO-cubic-foot steel cars) were built for the dumper squash them, though this almost all of the coal cars built in the utilities in Texas and Louisiana. This one is depends on the design of the dumper. last 15 years. The traditional open hop­ owned by Western Fuels Cooperative, This length turns out to be 50 feet 5 per with manual discharge gates is still which pools cars for several power plants. inches over the strikers, or 53 feet, I being built, mostly by Trinity in a -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Sterling, inch over the coupler pulling faces. Colorado, August 1994 4,000-cubic-foot version, but more com­ mon are the rapid discharge hoppers (whose gates are pneumatically con­ trolled) and "bathtub" gondolas, each built by several companies. If you' ve been a modeler/railfan for a decade or two, your mental image of the typical coal gon is probably Thrall's 4,000-cubic-foot "High Side" gon as offered by MDC. Similar gons were built by Pullman, Ortner, Darby, Evans and others. Heavy side posts and a /lat /loor make for a simple, rugged, easy­ to-build and easy-to-maintain gon. But that style of gon hasn't been popular in nearly 15 years, and while most are still in service, some are now fi nding their way into scrap metal service (remember,

PAGE 4 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 lime jockeying the cars back and forth, because it isn't easy to spot a 132-ton gondola on a dime using a diesel loco­ motive with air brakes. Some utilities use an automatic car spotter that grabs hold of the couplers of a couple of cars at a ti me and drags the whole train through the dumper; it's still not fast, and you still have to maintain a big dumper. So why bother? It's a matter of economics. Rapid discharge hoppers cost more to buy, cost more to maintain with their complicated pneumatically controlled gates, and cost more to run because you're hauling around that extra hardware rather than the equivalent weight in coal. And you don' t have to worry about coal freezing in a gon in the NORX 2579, built in July 1992 by average hobbyist, Bethlehem was one of dead of winter. If the customer already Johnstown-America. The sunburst back­ the largest carbuilders. The company has a rotary dump, they will probably ground for the reporting marks makes the didn't build many different styles or continue to use it and keep buying coal aluminum J-A Bethgons of Northern cars, it just concentrated on a few and gons. Indiana Public Service among the most co l­ built a lot of them. Bethlehem was best (An aside: Rotary dumpers predate orful. Photographed in August 1992, these known for its triple and quad open hop­ month-old 4,400-cubic-foot cars hadn't the rotary coupler. In those days, each pers, which were the most common after had a chance to get dirty on the outside, car was set into the dumper and uncoup­ 1965, and for intermoclal flatcars. Half but the interiors have that black coating of led before dumping, then kicked out of coal dust. This is a Southern Pacific train of Trailer Train's fleet was built by the dumper to roll into a holding yard. running on BN. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Bethlehem. But during the Eighties, few Usually found at eastern or lake ports, Galesburg, Il linois intermoclal flats were built (Beth never and at some eastern utilities, these tried to get into the double-stack mar­ single-car rotary dumpers can handle a to potential customers. Railroad suppli­ ket), leaving Bethlehem almost entirely wider range of car sizes). ers are no di fferent. However, some­ dependent on coal cars. The company times a product acquires a nickname put its energies into simplifying the The "Bathtub" Gon that is so obvious or catchy that it sticks bathtub and captured a big share of the despite the manufacturer's efforts to market with the "Coalporter," to which Since car length and height are pretty replace or ignore it. Calling EMD GP­ the nickname "Bethgon" was quickly much fixed unless the customer wants to series locomotives "Geeps" is one added. The nickname was used in adver­ invest in a new, larger dumper (which example, and calling Johnstown­ tisements from the beginning, maybe would then render all of its existing car America's coal gon a "Bethgon" is because ACF called its version of the neet useless, so no one has done so), the another. YSD bathtub the "Coalveyor." only way to increase cubic capacity is to Johnstown-America (J-A) bought "Bethgon" is cute, and it stuck and has bulge out the sides or the noor. Since Bethlehem Steel 's Freight Car Division since become a generic term in the field offset sides have already been tried with in 1989. While not widely known to the for all twin-tub coal gons. mixed results (see the AAR standard Whereas the YSD bathtub has a triple hopper, et al), lowering the floor EDGX 3054, built in 1992 by Johnstown­ unique look with its sloped sides and was the only choice. Thus the "bathtub" America . A Bethgon with a couple of ends and no centersill, the Bethgon can gon. I don't know about yours, but my years on it, so you can see how the panels be confused with an open hopper at first bathtub doesn't look like that' Still, the oxidize differently than the posts. EDGX is glance, and in fact uses some of the a reporting mark for Wisconsin Power & name stuck. Canadian Paci fic designed same parts. Rather than one big tub, the Light; apparently WP&L assigns ca rs to and buiIt the first bathtubs around 1970 specific power plants. This empty train wa s Bethgon has two long tubs straddling for hauling Crows Nest coal to on the UP at North platte in August 1994. the centersill. Like the earlier bathtubs, Vancouver for export. CP sold the idea The WP&L cars are not listed in the the fi rst Bethgons were steel, and as to Youngstown Steel Door (YSD), -D. Scott Chatfield such, broke no new ground. In fact, at Equipment Register. which then licensed ACF, Berwick, photo 59,000 pounds, they were four tons Greenville and Ortner to build them in the states. MDe's bathtub gon is a 4,200-cubic-foot YSD as built by Berwick and Greenville (the ACF and Ortner versions are a little different). Bathtub gons also have a lower center of gravity, so they are easier on the track, and the empties are less likely to rock themselves off bad track Manufacturers usually choose the names of their products carefully to

transmit a desired image of the product

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 5 BATHTUB GONDOLA heavier than the YSD bathtub. Bethgons are just cheaper to build and use common brake rigging, so they're easier to maintain. Where Bethlehem (and successor Johnstown) took the lead was in build­ ing aluminum Bethgons. Obviously, BN 534982, built in July 1994 by Trinity. Burlington Northern has bouaht aluminum aluminum is lighter than steel, so an Bethgons from both Johnstown and Trinity; this is a Trinity. Though hardly visible in this aluminum gon can haul more coal shot, the tubs angle up toward the middle of the car and are sloped at the ends, an effort without exceeding the axle limits. An by Trinity to make its twin-tub version different. The J-A Bethgons have a slightly different aluminum Bethgon weighs only 43,000 paint scheme. Another month-old car shot by D. Scott Chatfield in Denver, August 1994. pounds, allowing it to carry eight tons more coal than a steel Bethgon. Over the life of a car, that's a lot of coal. While it might sound like a simple mat­ ter to substitute aluminum for steel, it isn't, especially when coal is involved. First, dumping coal into a gon puts quite a stress on the carbody, and alu­ minum ribs and fasteners are not as strong as similarly sized steel parts. Using steel ribs and fasteners to hold aluminum sheets creates a problem MSTL 279, rebuilt December 1988. Bet you thought the Minneapolis & St. Louis bought called "galvanic action." Yes, it is the its last cars by 1960! Me too. But for accounting reasons, North Western assigned MSTL same principle as galvanizing steel, but reporting marks in 1994 when it bought this group of 120 Bethgons rebuilt (from what?) in this case aluminum is deposited on in 1988. The riveted ho rizontal seam in the ca rside makes it look like a Thrall MaxGon, the steel instead of zinc. The sulfur except those have welded seams and would have Thrall's stencil painted on them. Their fo und in coal aggravates the problem. 4, 150-cubic-foot capacity is also different from any other Bethgon I've come across (they're only 12 feet tall, 9 inches shorter than most aluminum Beth ons). MSTL 220-339 Within a fe w years, there is no alu­ g are a mystery class. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, Northport, Nebraska, August 1994 minum left around the steel parts, just air, and you are left with a car that case, it is rebuilding H-43 class triple the major reason for the bathtub design, needs new side panels. hoppers, themselves mostly Bethlehem­ some Texas and Louisiana utilities Steel Bethgons are still built, but built cars bought by the Pennsy in the bought 4,000-cubic-root steel Bethgons. they are mostly rebuilds of older steel mid-'60s. CSX is doing the same at At I I fe et, 10 inches, they're about a hoppers. J-A supplies "kits" to railroad Raceland, Kentucky. Since they are foot shorter in height than the usual caI'shops, such as Conrail's Holidays­ built on the ullderframe of a 48-foot 9- Bethgons. Perhaps their dumpers won't burg, Pennsylvania, shop, and the rail­ inch triple hopper, they have only 12 handle taller cars. road supplies the old car. In Conrail's ribs, and no need for rotary couplers. Though you might think they would For now, the short 12-rib steel cars are want to call it a "Johngon" now (and only found in the East, probably l-A's sales people get a chuckle out of COLX 4493, built in March 1995 by Thrall Car. The Thrall MaxGon is such a close because Conrail and CSX have plenty the idea), J-A learned from Bethlehem copy that only the weld seam ha lfway up of older hoppers to rebuild. Most power not to buck a good nickname and still the carside gives it away, unless you can plants in the East depend on railroad­ officially refers to the design as the see the very small "Thrall Car" sticker on supplied cars to haul their coal; western "Bethgon Coalporter." Out in the real the sixth panel. This is one of the first utifities are more likely to have their world, everybody calls them Bethgons; Bethgons whose stencilled load limit own fleets, and have been the biggest nobody knows what a "Coalporler" is. (242,300 pounds) reflects the new buyers or alu-minum Bethgons. So far, Of course, succcss breeds imitation, and 286,000-pound gross rail limit. COLX is BN and NS are the only railroads to Thrall and Trinity both build copies. another reporting mark for Wisconsin buy aluminum Bethgons new (both Typical of Thrall, its version is a near­ Power & Light, and this car was only a month old when shot near Hanley Falls, from J-A and Trinity), though C&NW perfect copy; spot it by a horizontal Minnesota, on the BN this April. -D. Scott has bought some used rebuilds. weld seam hal fway up the caI'side. The Chatfield photo While increasing car capacity was sides are built up fr om two long sheets; J-A uses three shorter, fu ll-height sheets. Thrall calls its design the "MaxGon." At least Trinity modified the design a little, trying both arched

tubs and transverse tubs 011 what it calls the "Aluminator." But J-A is still king of the bathtub. Since the copies are basi­ cally identical, the nickname "Bethgon" is used out in the real world to describe all of them.

PAGE 6 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 The latest aluminum Bethgons have most of CSX's are black, the latest an operating rotary coupler, modeling slightly stronger cm'bodies so they can be batch of rebuilds is painted Confederate the dumping operation would be diffi­ loaded to a gross weight of 286,000 gray. Aluminum Bethgons are usually cult (try a "loads in - loads out" design pounds. The car's height has grown a lit­ left natural aluminum, because alu­ instead), but the loaders are no different tle, but mainly they just heap the coal minum oxide is not destructive in the from those used for hoppers. [f you higher at the loader, or they can be filled sense that rust is. But that oxide does model a big coal mine (it would need with heavier, higher-grade coal. These have a distinctive matte appearance, and one of those big storage silos and a newer Bethgons are still stencilled for coal dust and road dirt sticks to it flood loader), it would be perfectly pro­ 263,000 pounds gross loading, but have a (Powder River Basin coal has a high totypical to load Bethgons alongside note near the reporting marks saying they percentage of moisture in it), so the cars open hoppers. Bethgons tend to run as can handle 286,000 pounds. soon acquire a light brownish cast. matched sets, but a few utilities mix in Black gons also pick up a similar older gons, or even hoppers with rotary Modeling the Bethgon brownish weathering. Like steel hop­ couplers, so clon't be afraid to mix train­ pers, the inside of steel Bethgons turns a sets up. BN likes to mix its new alu­ While most aluminum Bethgons don't light rust/tan color fr om the abrasion of minum Bethgons with rotary coupler­ have much in the way of lettering, caus­ coal, but aluminum Bethgons retain equipped open hoppers. Remember that ing most modelerslrailfans to ignore their natural color with a noticeable the rotary coupler ends all point in the them, they are an important part of the layer of coal dust. Leftover coal stands same direction; if two rotary couplers modern railroad scene due to their sheer out against the aluminum insides, so if were coupled together, they could twist numbers. They're a natural to be offered you run the cars empty, glue small and derail the cars in a tight curve. In in plastic, because if you need one, you amounts of coal dust in the corners and the East, CSX mixes its short Bethgons need a whole train (unless you model a in the bottoms of the tubs. Decals will into manifests as if they were regular contract fr eight car repair shop, which soon be available fr om lsi ington Station coal hoppers, so you don't have to run actually isn't a bad idea). [n this spirit, for several schemes not offered by E&C solid trainsets. Now all we need is for a we have four Bethgon models from now or Walthers. manufacturer to produce a model of the three manufacturers. [n N scale, Delux currently produced alumnium rapid-dis­ Innovations just has released an alu­ Unit Coal Train Operations charge coal hoppers, what Trinity calls minum (13-rib) Bethgon, which is the RD-ll (Thrall and J-A build near­ offered in schemes for both aluminum Bethgons are not very complicated to perfect copies, too), and we'll be in high and steel prototypes. Given the propen­ run prototypically: String together as cotton, unit coal train-wise. RMJ sity of many N scalers for running long many as will fit in your staging tracks trains, it should be a quite popular model. and run them back and fo rth fr om mine If you want to run your aluminum Bethgons In HO, fo llowing its tradition of olTer­ to power plant or large industrial plant. empty, this should give you an idea of ing multiple versions of woodchip gons In many modelers' cases, neither termi­ what they should look like. The bracing h and mill gons, E&C Shops has molded nus will be modeled. Most of the west­ matches the E&C kit. The coal dust in t e both the 12-rib steel Johnstown-America ern coal loaded in Bethgons comes from bottom of the bins probably stuck to the insides, then was shaken off on the way Bethgon and the 13-rib aluminum the Powder River Basin of Wyoming back to the mines. The only problem with and Montana and originates on either Bethgon. E&C refers to the 13-rib ver­ running the E&C kit empty is the weight BN or C&NW/UP, but most of the sion as the "Johnstown Alu-minum covers the tubs. Maybe some weight can power plants are on another railroad, - Coal porter," but it can also be used for be hidden in the underframe. D . Scott most Bethlehem-built steel Bethgons. which could be your line. For an excel­ Chatfield photo, Tama, Iowa, April 1995 The 12-rib version is the same length as lent overview of the coal business and the 13-rib; as far as I know, no standard its interaction with the railroads, includ­ length steel Bethgons have been built ing many modeling ideas, check out with only 12 ribs. The only problem I LocoMotive Productions' videotape have with the model is the weight. "The Appalachian Coal Industry: Pinned in place by the cross-braces, it is Modeling the Prototype" (distributed by just a rectangular slab, so it covers the Green Frog Productions of Marietta, tubs. This is fine if you want to run the Georgia). The tape includes shots of car loaded, but empty is a problem. To be Bethgons and Rapid Discharge hoppers honest, properly weighting any empty being loaded and unloaded. coal hopper is a problem. By this winter, There are no coal mines or big con­ Walthers will weigh in with its 13-rib sumers on my Sioux River Railroad, but Bethgon, a natural fo llow-up to the [ do plan several run-through unit trains Bethlehem four-bay hopper already using a variety of coal cars. Loaded unit offered (remember, they're the same coal trains are very heavy (averaging length), though some 12-rib car schemes 14,000 tons), so they crawl up grades, will be applied to it, namely Conrail and and helpers are common. Several roads CSX. Most modelers still prefer to buy are investing heavily in AC traction cars lettered for railroads rather than pri­ motor locomotives to haul these trains, vate owners. so Bethgons are common behind the lat­ What to paint your Bethgons? Most est in motive power. Obviously, the cus­ 53-foot steel Bethgons are flat black with tomer has to have a rotary dumper; it a colored stripe or panel to denote the would be a major operating faux pas to spot Bethgons on an unloading trestle rotary coupler end. Conrai I paints its short Bethgons mineral red, and though meant for hoppers. Since on one offers PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 7 =

Ore dock LOWER LEVEL Elevation 39"

> UPPER LEVEL0 Coach yard Elevation 57" MISSABE > CD

HIBBING

Helper PROCTOR grade to lower level

Jeff Otto's Missabe Northern Railway

Not to scale Overall layout size 27 x 47 feet

PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 8 LAYOUT TOUR MISSABE NORTHERN RAILWAY

Jeff Otto's HO Scale Layout

By Jeff Otto Photos by Robert Schleicher Track plan art by Rick Johnson

This 27x47-foot double-deck layout that runs from Minneapolis to the reasonable turn-back of the helper recreates the heavy freight and ore Duluth/Superior and Duluth to Kelly grade winding its way to Hibbing on traffic of the Great Northern and Lake on the Mesabi Iron Range, plus the upper deck. Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range rail­ the Missabe Division of the DM&IR, A helix with a 2.5 percent grade is roads in the Northern Great Lakes running from Duluth and Proctor to the located inside the stacked loops to pro­ area. It's a larout with real railroad Iron Range. vide a shortcut for post-operating ses­ operations. Jeff has also decided that The track plan was conceived as sion re-staging, and for continuous run­ he could improve the plan if he were loop-to-Ioop with the two reverse loops ning equipment break-in. Not shown on to start over again. The story of the stacked on top of each other on separate the drawing is a turntable with 18 "dream" alternate version of the decks in a 27x47-foot basement. tracks situated on the upper deck at Missabe Northern Railway begins on Formal operating sessions operate Proctor where the helix is located. page 15 of this issue. point-to-point with support from stag­ A six-track double-ended staging ing yards at each end. The midpoint of yard on the lower deck has been aug­ the 325-foot mainline is a 3 percent mented by a seven-track stub-end stag­ he HO scale Missabe Northern helper grade linking the lower and ing yard on top of the original staging is operated by the Great upper decks. The area of the grade is yard, but also beneath the upper deck. Northern and the Duluth, treated as a single-level layout to permit The lower yard holds trains of 20-25 Missabe & Iron Range railroads more dramatic scenery opportunities to handle both freight and iron than the double-decked areas. The ore. It is based on a combination of the mainline is thus linear while passing photo I O-A GN 0-8 2-8-2 rumbles past Mesabi Division of the Great Northern through each scene only once except Mill Siding near the end of the peninsula on the lower deck. Both the grain elevator T and fee d mill were built by Tom Diehl.

PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 9 MISSABE NORTHERN cars plus engines, while the upper yard fits 18-20 cars plus power. One yard is used for staging eastern railroad inter­ changes including the CB&Q, C&NW and the Minneapolis, Northfield & Southern. The other staging yard han­ dles western"through" GN trains to and from the West Coast via Minot and Canada via Fargo. An interchange with the Northern Pacific at Alborn has been extended behind hills to permit staging photo 9-Rem otoring and adding one or level at certain higher-risk locations or more flyw heels is standard shop practice two 25-car trains. to protect the equipment from passers­ The I,I 00 feet of visible track are on the Missabe Northern. Here a GN 0-8 2-8-2 rolls by Sandstone. by. hand-laid code 70 (100-pound on the The layout was originally block prototype) rail with 120 turnouts 30 switch machines after I started using wired for conventional cab control. I scratchbuilt in place. Yard and most sta­ the dowel rod/toggle switch approach. began installing the excellent Keeler tion areas are laid on conventional The lower deck track elevation is 39 CTC80 command control system in Homasote-on-plywood sandwich inches from the floor and the upper 1990 while preserving full block-control roadbed, while most of the mainline deck is 57 inches except for reducing to wiring. Blocks are needed anyway if uses the superior Homasote spline tech­ 55 inches at Proctor Yard to ease the signaling is added in the future, and this nique (see photo). I have found 2-inch­ task of reading car numbers on distant way I can also still run guest equipment deep Homasote splines to be very tracks. The front edge of the upper deck and PFM sound even when other blocks strong while enabling beautifully flow­ is generally set back 6-9 inches relative are under command control. I am cur­ ing transition curves. The technique is to the front edge of the lower deck for rently wiring a Microsoft Windows­ faster and simpler than wood splines better visibility of the relatively wide style program to facilitate simpler, with Homasote "caps" and ideal for lower deck of 30 inches. Aisles are 4 color-coded locomotive assignment for locating track. The Homasote splines have been in place since 1984-85 with V' zero sagging. The helix and hidden staging yards use approximately 300 feet of code 100 flex track and 26 turnouts. Kadee Super Magnets are installed under the ties for hands-off uncoupling, and over 95 percent of the 500 freight cars and 180 ore cars have Kadee wheelsets for wobble-free, non-magnet­ ic operation. Another 100 ore cars are being outshopped. I prefer local control of turnouts using 1/4-inch dowel rods that push/pull DPDT toggle switches below track

level. The switches give positive elec­ � - trical feeds to the frogs, and the points photo 8-A thin fascia boa rd minim izes are moved and held by a wire linking feet wide to ease movement of up to 12 viewer distraction between the upper and the switch handle with the turnout operators. lower decks. Alborn on the upper deck is throw rod. This inexpensive mechanism The upper deck is supported by lx4 59 inches high and Duluth stretches below in combination with all-rail hand-laid boards tapered at the front bottom edge at 39 inches. Visible at far right are two of the 1/ 4-inch dowel rods used for turnout turnouts permits very smooth, slow to preserve maximum visibility of the control . movement of any size locomotive lower deck. I also bring the upper deck through the turnouts. Switch points and scenery from track level down so that in the CTC80 command station. stock rails are not relied on for electri­ many places the upper deck fascia is All locomotives not already so cal contact and thus can be properly only 1 inch tall. This provides a double equipped have been upgraded with can weathered to eliminate any unrealistic benefit of having more interesting fore­ motors and flywheels for smooth, realis­ shiny areas. I did leave diode-coordinat­ ground scenery on the upper deck and tic operation. My roster of about 100 ed electric switch machines in place to minimizing the distraction of the upper locomotives includes over 40 steam control the hidden staging turnouts,but deck fascia when running on the lower engines, permitting full operation with elsewhere removed and "de-wired"over deck. I do bring the fascia up to track either pure steam, pure diesel, or mixed.

PAGE 10 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 photo 6-The new diesel house at Duluth is ignored by several veteran steamers. GN 0-1 2-8-2 3001 was painted by Tony Wagner, and the S-1 4-8-4 be hind it was painted by Jeff. Note the taper on the underside of the 1 x4 upper de ck supports. �' ; � , ;: / I .""'. . 'i".,. , " "

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Photo 2-Canyon Valley merits its own industry switcher and is home to heavy helper power in the form of GN M-2 2-6-8-0 1977, painted by Jeff. The F-8 2-8-0 shows Jeff's weathering of a factory paint job.

ph oto 1-The mainline through Canyon Va lley is flanked by tw o 20-car siding s to support heavy indus­ try switching activity mingled with helper moves for the Big Hill and related train congestion.

PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 11 patcher to help keep track of where his 2-inch-wide by 4-inch-tall car cards last MISSABE NORTHERN trains are. Rubberized magnetic strip year and find them much more conve­ material is cut into 1/2 inch lengths and nient to handle than 3x5-inch index My operating crews encourage a pref­ glued to cardboard markers to represent cards-and they take up less shelf space erence for pure steam, but I do exercise trains on the "CTC board." Train orders for pockets on the layout. Long-range some growlers a bit between sessions. are issued by two-way radio headsets. plans call fo r converting the plywood A common implementation of car mockup ore dock into a genuine wood I have only started organizing oper­ ating sessions since mid- 1994. The cards with pockets for waybills is used dock with 60 pockets, but that'll be a schedule and train sequencing are still fo r car forwarding. One-inch magnetic story for another time! being fine-tuned, but we are having fun clips are used to keep each train's cards along the way. A simple board with together in a packet, which can then be Highlights of the Missabe steel strapping material glued on serves hung on steel strapping strategically Northern Territory as a CTC-style display for the dis- located around the layout. I switched to Hill Yard (Proctor) photo 7-Viewed from the opposite side of the aisle, Duluth is on the left lower deck, Main terminal, anchors upper deck. Alborn above, and Sandstone on the lower right. This gives a g ood feel for the 4-foot­ Engine facilities emphasize steam. wide aisles so important to double-deck desi k gn, and the setbac of the upper decks Eight-track freight yard plus fo ur-track wh ich reduces the need for extra lighting under the top deck.

PAGE 12 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 Proctor Yard sweeps around a curve. The track radii range from 60- to 75-inch, and total yard capacity is over 200 ca rs.

photo 4. Proctor Yard hosts an 0- 1 Mike while an N-3 2-8-8-0 painted by Jeff creeps in on an adjacent track.

Three 1 hx2-inch Homasote splines on edge and laminated with drywall screws every 6 inches are the heart of the roa dbed. A fourth spline ripped lengthwise with a 30-degree angle cut results in two shoulder pieces with a correct 1:2 ba llast shoulder slope. Wood ties are white-glued to the Homasote, sanded, stained and then ba llasted before spiking the rail down as the last step.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 13 Summit (Hibbing) East Bear Creek (Sandstone) Larger iron ore mine. Begin 60-foot­ Industrial park down by the river. MISSABE NORTHERN long 3 percent downgrade to Canyon Valley. Wye for turninghelpers. Twin Ports (Duluth) Busy city yard serving C&NW inter­ change, industrial district and export coach yard. Lead doubles as reverse Canyon Valley grain terminal. Adjacent to the double­ loop. Helix to lower deck and lower Medium-sized agricultural town with ended general yard is an ore yard and deck staging. some diversity of industry. Helper sta­ lion with wye and two engine storage dock on a Great Lake. Engine terminal tracks. Two sidings straddle the main­ designed fo r diesels. Granger (Alborn) line to ease the congestion of slow hill Small agricultural town with traffic, helpers and local switching. Eastern Connections Northern Pacific interchange. Inter­ Two layers of staging yards. The lower yard is double-ended with east­ change stretches into two 25-car hidden Mill Siding end access to the helix and the lower staging tracks. Isolated rural grain elevator and mill. reverse loop. The upper yard is stub­ ended and is accessed from the lower Missabe Bear Creek (Sandstone) reverse loop only. Ore trains are not per­ Iron ore mine, of course! Modest Small town with diverse industrial mitted to back into the upper staging local industry. ambitions. yard. RMJ

photo 3-The peninsula on the left and Proctor Yard on the right, while the end of the mockup ore dock peeks out from below the edge of Proctor. Th e Proctor yard­ master's "office" is on the extreme right.

Below: photo 5-Jhe p en insula on the left has standstone in the lower foreground and Missabe on top, while around to the right is Alborn centered abov e the two ends ot the Duluth yard.

PAGE 14 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 TRACK PLANNING 27x47-FOOT HO SCALE 'DREAM' LAYOUT

By Jeff Otto

The Missabe Northern Railway, on west being to the left on the lower deck, ing equipment that I have accumulated. the previous pages, is a fully opera­ it was to the right on the upper deck. The only real compromise is to uncom­ tional HO scale mainline railroad. Even calling the upper deck north/south promisingly not include the Rio Jeff 0"0 has learned from the con­ makes it confusing for operators. Grande Southern in Minnesota, but struction and operation of this mas­ Solution: Rebuild something. Not so keep it a separate small layout. sive model railroad. If he could start easy to implement! The Great Northern and the Missabe over again, here's the layout he 4) Three percent helper grade is fun, both run east from the Mesabi Iron would build. You can learn from his especially with command control, but Range to Duluth/Superior. The Missabe mistakes (and successes) when too limiting when you don't want to get runs to Proctor, then comes down a 2.2 designing your own model railroad. helpers out all the time. percent seven-mile grade into Duluth. There's an index of previous articles Solution: Set maximum grade at 2 per­ The ON and the NP run railroad west­ �n track planning on page 21 of this cent and/or reduce hill traffic such as by bound from Duluth/Superior to Issue. relocating grade relative to mainline Minneapolis. run. Again, not easy to implement! This is perfect for an upper deck of 5) Major surgery, especially on a the Iron Range from the Hibbing area y present 27x47-foot HO large layout with hand-laid track, is not east to Proctor and a lower deck that scale Missabe Northern a subject to be taken lightly. What do runs from Minneapolis east to Duluth/ Railway layout was do? Superior. The two decks would be developed as a track plan Solution: Research, study, investigate. linked at the right (east) end by Proctor linking typical scenes that Develop the ideal plan. Adapt the key Hill coming down to Duluth and the I was interested in modeling and operat­ characteristics to the existing layout DM&IR's Duluth ore docks. This ing. The geography was allowed to be where practical. geography coincides with the former fictitious to accommodate the mechanics GN's Mesabi Division, although my M The Payoff Iron Range will be more weighted to of fitting my "druthers" into the space the Missabe than the GN, since must available. I While I consider the layout to be rea­ Research led to some very useful dis­ include Proctor. This is to provide a sonably fu nctional, my interests con­ coveries that will allow me to tie to­ home for my DM&IR power, not to tinue to evolve as influenced by the gether the diversity of operations that I mention anchoring the Proctor Hill increasing availability of modeler­ seek while accommodating the interest- operations. oriented historical data, by exposure to other modelers and ideas, and by my own experience on my current layout and traveling. Over the last five years or so, the fo l­ lowing realizations began to hit home: Ideal ScheInatic

I) I was collecting equipment for too broad an era. Hibbing Proctor Solution: Start trading off equipment that is too modern. 2) I was trying to mix too much Minneapo lis obviously diverse geography together. Solution: Don't permanently locate nar­ Duluth row gauge on main layout. Eliminate Staging Montana Rockies helper operations from Minnesota. Not so easy to imple­ ment' 3) Upper and lower deck are geo­ graphically opposite directions. With

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 15 it practical to have multiple feeds into a is the site of the 3 percent helper grade DREAM LAYOUT common set of staging yards for maxi­ linking the two decks. In the ideal mum flexibility and ease of use. The two scheme, the west end should be two large sets of staging yards under separate decks, with the upper deck The Duluth-Minneapolis segment Minneapolis/St. Paul are double-ended being somewhere on the Iron Range, justifies more conventional way for maximum convenience, with their such as Hibbing. The lower deck would freight, through freight and passenger own reverse loop fo r quick restaging and be Union Yard in Minneapolis (some operation than the Iron Range would rerouting. 200 air miles away). Virtually all hand­ warrant. Making Minneapolis the main Following is a more detailed laid turnouts could be used in place by terminal opens up proper interchange schematic of the ideal plan. The preced­ lifting Canyon Valley to the new upper with MN&S, CB&Q, NP and C&NW ing schematic is geographically accurate deck and renaming it Hibbing. Then a equipment that I'd rather not part with. except for showing the ore territory as a new lower deck would be built fresh as T can also properly include ON R-l and hybrid of DM&TR stations at the east Union Yard. Beneath Union Yard R-2 2-8-8-2s lumbering in off the and ON stations at the west end. I'm not would be a large double-ended staging North Dakota prairies (staging), which ready to sacrifice either road to "purify" yard accessed from both ends of Union they did in their later years as the the other! Yard via single loops. I would seek to diesels bumped them from their origi­ I want the capacity benefits of staging avoid an extra helix loop to minimize nal Lines West assignments in with the minimum possible penalty of lost time from hidden running. This also Montana and Washington. running trains hidden in helixes or wor­ restores a modest continuous-run capa­ ry ing about hidden backup-move derail­ bility for equipment break-in and dis­ Filling in the Details ments, especially with short, jack-knife­ play running. prone ore cars. As much as possible, The one other change that would be With a clever vision based on histor­ turnoutsare right at the front edge of the nice would be to bring the current helix ical reality, I then began piecing hidden yards for easy access and obser­ out of hiding by unraveling most of it to together operational features to support vation of clearance points. be visible coming down behind the ore my preferences as much as possible. The fo llowing three diagrams illus­ dock to the ore yard. Since Hill Yard The Kalmbach book, Railroads You trate the ideal ized layout. Outlined layer will be renamed Proctor, and Twin Can Model, included a layout based on numbers are "visible," so the first dia­ Ports will be unmasked as the Duluth it the DM&IR with an inspired imple­ gram depicts the lower deck, the next is has always been, the current helix mentation of the John Armstrong the lower staging underneath the lower makes a disappointing imitation of "loads in/empties out" idea by having deck, and the third is the upper deck. Proctor Hill. Maybe someday ... the end of the ore dock disappear into a Now my future course is clear and fog bank backdrop, connecting through fl exible. I have achievable goals to dra­ with an ore beneficiation plant. I can't Adapting the Key Features matically improve the realism of my work that into the present layout, but current layout with minimal rebuilding The three plans illustrate the pro­ of handlai d tLfrnouts. And if I move the next one must have it to help bal­ ance car flows without moving ore load posed changes to the current layout to again, I won't be caught short on care­ inserts by hand or having to run loads graft some of the ideal fe atures to the ful planning when the urge to start fill­ and empties the long way around to existing layout. ing a new basement impatiently proper starting points. The "west" end of the current layout unleashes itself. RMJ The ON's Union Yard in Minne­ apolis is ideally suited to anchor the west end of the lower deck, for it sees 70' o· the ON transcontinental traffic as well as multiple railroad interchange. The key wye known as Minneapolis Junction and the nearby Coon Creek Junction link the western (Willmar and MN&S), northwestern (Fargo and NP) and northern (Duluth/Superior) ON/NP approaches to the geographic west end of Union Yard. The east approach to Union Yard comes from St. Paul, with Union Depot, CB&Q and C&NW adding to the mix. Since the Minne­ apolis depot is widely separated across I ;:,ne ves the Mississippi River from Union Yard Work anyway, I'll use St. Paul's Union Bench Depot instead for passenger service. . ... Up ...J I I �oing on to St. Paul in this way also 'J, Work Shop t doubles as a route to eastern connec­ j .•.•• Lowest tion staging with the CB&Q and Staging r C&NW. Counte The locations of Union Yard, St. ITa r l B Deck Paul and the approach junctions make i �T��i

PAGE 16 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 Middle Deck

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL DECEMBER 1995 PAGE - 17 PERFORMANCE

E-R MODELS

HO Scale Aleo FA- l

By Robert Higgins

E-R Models has upgraded its HO Performance Tests scale FA 1, imported from Brazil, with a new Mabuchi can motor. The Before the test runs were made on the original model was tested in the inclined track test fixture, the trucks October 1993 issue. The new motor were disassembled to securely lock the provides improved performance for drive wheels onto their axles. The steel this low cost model. axles were lightly knurled aridthe wheels held in place (with hobby-type cyanoacrylate cement) to fit the NMRA HO standards gauge. merican Locomotive The model's weight and powerful Company built 486 model motor resulted in an Excellent tractive FAI diesel-electric locomo­ force rating. The scale slow and fast tives in 1945 through 1950. speed runs were also Excellent. The high Powered by a 1,500-horse­ motor current draw caused the drive power V-12, four-cycle diesel engine, efficiency rating to be rated Good, or the four traction motors are geared average. The model generated an unusu­ A64: 19 for a safe top speed of 80 miles al amount of vibration - generated run­ per hour. The locomotives weighed ning noise. The assembly problem with 230,000 pounds and exerted a starting the fit of the driving wheels on their tractive force of 57,500 pounds. axles was graded as a workmanship The Frateschi HO scale A1co FAl fault. RMJ model, imported from Brazil by Euro­ Rails, was tested in the October 1993 issue of "The Journal." The original model was powered by an open frame motor with ceramic fi eld magnets. A Mabuchi enclosed flat can motor powers the sample tested for this report. Detailing and painting of the body shell is sharp and well done. A crew fig­ ure and headlight, along with chassis and truck sideframe details, add realism. Lead weights for tractive force are mounted in the body shell and in the fuel tank. A formed metal chassis frame supports the motor mount and pivot points for the trucks.

Drive System

A Mabuchi flat can motor, made in China, is fitted with brass flywheels. Both trucks are driven through plastic universal joint couplers. A plastic worm drives a 28-tooth plastic worm gear. The 20-tooth driving wheel gears are driven by idler gears. The reduction ratio is 28 times 20/28, or 20: 1. 1995 PAGE 18 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER E-R Models HO Aleo FA 1 (Mabuchi Motor) Observed Performance: Action Analysis: (as purchased)

Minimum Speed (scale miles per hour) With full-wave power 2.32 With pulse power 1.56 Over no. 6 switch, pulse power 1.40

Maximums No load top speed, fu ll wave, smph: 78.7 Uphill grade maximum, percent: 24.4 Tractive force, level, ounces: 2.97 Number of cars pulled, level: 69.0 Number of cars pulled, 4% grade: 11.5

Modifications Replaced lubricant with LaBelle No.: Added additional weight, ounces: Adjustments:

Subjective Judgments Noise at fast speed: Bad Basic shape and proportions: Excellent Painting and marking quality: Excellent Downhill run smoothness Fine

Electronic Responses Motor current at full load, amperes: .33

Throttle response at 110 load, volts: 2.6 Throttle response at mid load, volts: 3.3 Throttle response at full load, volts: 4.0 Motor stall current at 12 volts, amp.: 1 .2

Performance Ratings (1 to 5) Tractive force: 5.0 Efficiency: 3.0 600 Noise: 2.0 Speeds: 5.0 Assembly workmanship: 4.0

OVERALL RAT ING: 3.8

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 19 PERFORMANCE

Th e more significant figures 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 I/ow 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 C SCALE LOCOMOTIVES

Manufacturer/Importer Protoype Scale Mile Max Pulling Magazine Manufacturerflmporter 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 mid load #6 switch) Speed In Oz.) (volts) #6 switch) Speed In Oz.) (volts) HO Scale Diesels Alhearn (as·i s) EMD GP38-2 .24 126.4 2.76 3.4 Jan. 1990' N Scale Diesels Alhearn (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) Can Cor EMD E7A .57 99.8 4.19 3.4 Ocl. 1992 Proia Power West EMD F7A (& F7B) .35 98.2 4.46 2.4 May 1990 Alias EMD GP7 .48 237.0 .57 2.0 Ocl. 1995 (Alhearn w/can molar) (.26) (95.0) (8.92) (2.6) May 1990 Alias/Kalo GE U25B (Iwo) .29 222.4 .64 2.0 June 1989 Alhearn/PPW, weighled EMD GP9 .20 94.2 4.01 3.0 May 1990 (.31) (189.6) (1 .37) (2.0) June 1989 Alhearn w/NWSL molor EMD GP38-2 .21 60.9 2.30 1.8 Augusl 1990 Allas/Kalo EMD SD7 1.29 231.9 .60 1.7 April 1990 Alhearn w/NWSL molor, 1.07 weighled EMD GP38·2 .24 61.2 3.88 2.2 Augusl 1990 Allas/Kalo EMD GP35 213.7 .61 2.2 Nov. 1992 Alhearn/Prolo Power Kala 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 Wheelsels: Kala 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 Ocl. 1990 Bachmann wIN Scale Atlas 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 Atlas/Roco EMD FP7A .35 97.4 4.23 6.0 Dec. 1990 Bachmann/Speclrum GE Dash 8-40C .44 113.0 1.15 5.2 April 1993 Atlas GE U33C 1.18 89.3 3.81 1.8 May 1995 Key/Endo EMD F7 (& F7B) .39 145.3 .57 3.8 Mar. 1992 Bachmann·Plus GE B23-7 1.75 84.9 3.17 2.9 July 1992 (.50) (150.3) (1 .27) (3.0) Mar. 1992 Con-Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .97 112.1 2.93 9.5 March 1991 Con·Cor/Roco EMD GP40 .29 99.0 2.91 3.2 April 1991 Lile-Like EMD F9A (& F9B) 2.04 177.2 1.41 5.00 Aug. 1989 (wilh Mashima can molor) (1.84) (166.4) (2.78) (4.7) Aug. 1989 E-R Models (Fraleschi) Alco FA 1 1.95 114.2 2.39 5.4 Oclober 1993 Lile-Like Alco FA2 (& FB2) 1.19 158.0 .91 4.0 May 1993 E-R Models (Fraleschi) Alco FA 1 .64 89.3 3.7C 3.0 Dec. 1995 (.66) (149.3) ( 1 .81) (3.4) May 1993 IHC EMD E8A (& E8B) 1.96 144.9 2.51 5.0 Lile-Like EMD GP18 1.20 167.0 .84 3.0 April 1994 (1 50) (136.6) (5.03) (4.8) January 1994 Lile-Like EMD E8A 1.63 149.3 1.27 4.0 April 1995 2.97 146.7 4.38 7.4 (wilh 25 ounces added welghl) SamhongsalHallmark EMD F3A (& F3B) .29 150.3 1.03 3.2 July 1989 (1.88) (136.6) (8.75) (6.4) January 1994 (.35) (151 .4) (2.04) (3.2) July 1989 Kalo EMD SD40 1.18 81.9 3.29 3.0 June 1991 Model Powerl Kalo/Slewart EMD F3A (& F3B) .38 83.1 4.28 2.9 Sepl. 1989 Mehanotenika EMD F40PH 3. 14 184.7 .83 3.8 Sepl.199D (similar GP7 models by Atlas) (.31) (81 .9) (9.00) (2.8) Sepl. 1989 Kalo EMD GP35 .29 82.5 2.87 2.2 Nov. 1992' o Scale Diesels 3.0 Kalo EMD NW2 .76 67.9 2.44 Feb. 1994 paD Hobby EMD F9A(& F9B) .25 77.1 5.79 1.2 June 1 990 Keyslone/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 paD Hobby EMD F3B .25 77.1 5.81 1 .6 Jan. 1993 AjiniOverland 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 Sepl. 1989 MDC Roundhouse Alco RS3 .61 94.3 3.98 2.8 April 1994 (65.5) (39.10) (4.0) Sepl. 1989 Model Power EMD GP9 .26 104.2 2.71 1.7 Nov. 1990 (.20) AjiniOverland Models EMD SW1500 .36 74.3 2.53 1.2 Augusl 1990 Key/Samhongsa Aleo PAl .41 76.2 21.85 5.6 April 1992 Ajin/Overland Models EMD SD60 .37 80.3 4.49 2.0 April 1991 Red Caboose EMD GP9 .27 81.9 12.78 2.2 June 1992 Manlua EMD GP20 .30 78.2 3.07 1.6 Dec. 1991 Weaver (0 scale) Alco FA2 .22 72.8 1 5.31 1 .9 July 1989 ProlO 2000 (Lile-Like) Alco FA2 .20 90.7 3.14 4.2 July 1991 Weaver (Hi-Rail) Alco FA2 .21 100.8 12.53 2.2 AugusI 1995 Prolo 2000 (Lile-Like) EMD BL2 .31 90.7 3.53 5.4 Nov. 1989' Alco FB2 & FA2 .25 94.9 19.25 2.0 Augusl 1995 Prolo 2000 (Lile-Like) EMD GP18 58 99.8 3.40 2.6 Feb. 1993 Weaver EMD E8 .30 105.6 14.45 2.1 July 1993 ProlO 2000 (Lile-Like) EMD E8A .51 95.8 5.94 5.6 March 1994 Proia 2000 (Lile-Like) EMD SD7 .52 73.3 3.58 5.0 July 1995 Speclrum (Bachmann) EMD F40PH Phase II 1.39 80.3 3.79 3.8 Feb. 1992 S Scale Diesels Speclrum (Bachmann) GE Dash 8-40C 1.96 87.4 3.69 3.4 May 1990 American Models EMD GP35 .54 78.0 7.85 2.0 June 1993 Speclrum(Bachmann) F-M H16-44 .41 82.5 2.34 3.0 Aug. 1994 Walthers/Roco EMD SWI .21 53.3 2.47 1.4 March 1993 Walthersrrrainline EMD GP9M 1.18 73.8 2.64 4.0 March 1995 o Scale Steam Locomotives SamhongsalHallmark 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 Sepl. 1993 G Gauge Diesels Bowser(English's Model RR Supply) B&O 0-4-0T .90 102.4 1.46 1.8 Dec. 1992 LGB Alco DL535E 2.67 48.0 27.01 NA April 1990 Bowser PAR H-9 2-8-0 .64 89.3 3.70 2.8 Nov. 1995 Lionel EMD GP7 .38 55.b 14.74 5.9 May 1991 IHC 4-4-0 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 B80 0-4-0T 1.42 132.0 .92 2.0 Dec. i 992 IHC/Mehano SP 2-6-0 .81 77.6 1.90 4.2 Jan. 1994 G Gauge Steam Locomotives IHC/Mehano C&O 4·8-2 .36 89.3 2.71 3.0 Sepl. 1994 Key Imports UP 4-8-8-4 .44 62.2 6.47 4.6 Augus1 1991 Arislo·Crall (ART) B&O 4·6-2 1.15 51.9 28.08 2.0 Ocl. 1991 Lile-Like B&O 0-4-0T 1.37 104.2 1.01 .9 Dec. 1992 Arislo·Crall (ART) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12. 13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Manlua 2-6-6-2 3.0 70.2 5.27 7.0 June 1991 and 0-4·0T Manlua 0-6-0T NA 126.4 2.09 3.2 June 1991 Lehmann (LGE) 0-4-0T 2.40 28.7 7.24 NA May 1992 Manlua 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 Manlua w/Mashima 2-6-6-0 .24 50.6 2.17 4.2 June 1991 Bachmann Radio- Manlua 0-4-0 .90 107.0 3.55 4.0 June 1995 Conlrolled Baldwin 4-6-0 .55 25.2 28.81 NA June 1989 Manlua wilh 812 Can Molor 0-4-0 1.86 84.9 3.39 1.8 June 1995 Bachmann Track- Ajin/Overland Models NYC 2-8-2 .50 74.3 3.79 1.6 Sepl. 1991 Baldwin 4-6-0 5.50 38.4 11.23 1.0 Ocl. 1 990 SamhongsaiPowerhouse USRA 2-6·6·2 .28 57.1 8.78 3.0 July 1989 Powered Speclrum(Bachmann) Aeading 2-8-0 .22 104.2 2.38 2.1 Dec. 1993 Dellon Loco. Works D&RG 2-8-0 .12 40.9 17.0 2.0 Dec. 1989 Speclrum (Bachmann) PRR 4-6-2 1.21 91 .4 2.32 2.2 Ocl. 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 Augusl 1992 LGB Forney 0-4-4T 2.74 36.1 26.39 NA July 1994 N Scale Steam Locomotives Lionel Baldwin 0-4-0T .12 54.5 9.6 1.8 Ocl. 1989' Kalamazoo Toy Trains 0-4-0T .48 50. 1 13.47 1.1 Jan.1991 4.4 Jan. 1995 Pecos River ATSF 4-6-2 .44 87.2 .88 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 OCI. 1991 Arislo-Crafl (ART) PRR 0-4-0 .94 72.7 12.13 1.6 Jan. 1992 Rivarossi (wiN Scale 01 and 0-4-0T NV Irame & NWSL Sagami 1420 can molor)USRA 2-8-2 .49 160.3 .66 4.5 Ocl. 1991 Note: Figures in parenthesis are for two locomotives operated together.

RA LMODEL JOU PAGE 20 I R NAL - DECEMBER 1995 EXPERIENCE

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

MODELING TODAY'S DIESELS • Athearn/Cannon EMD GP60M. as Santa Fe 100, • Thurmond, West Virginia, February 1990 and AS KIT-CONVERSIONS by Ernest Rizzuto, May 1991. April 1992. • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD60, as Norfolk • Modeling the City, a Compact Track Plan IN HO SCALE Southern 6672, by Warren Johnson, April 1991. (2lhx6lh feet in HO scale, I x3lh fe et in N scale

• AthearnIRail Power GE B30-7 AB (cabless), as or 4lhx 12 feet in 0 scale, June 1992. (AMicle appears on pages of this issue.) BN 4018, by Gordon Cardall, February 1991. • Jim Providenza's double-deck Santa Cruz 25-31 • Athearn/Rail Power GEC30-7, as Santa Fe 8077, Northern, based on the Western Pacific Railroad,

• Athearn SW1500 kit-upgrade as Western Pacific February 1991. appeared in the December 1991 issue, and arti­ 1501 by Clyde Queen, June 1995. • Athearn/IHC EMD E8A, as Santa Fe 85, by cles on the operations on that model railroad Albert Hetzel, January 1991. • Clear plastic Run 8-brand windows for Rail appeared in the May and July 1992, May, June Power/Athearn diesels (SD60M), June 1995. • Athearn/Rail Power SD60, as EMD Demo I, by and September 1993 and July 1994 issues. Bill Schultz, December 1990. • • AthearnIRail Power Products kit-conversion, 8x9-foot double deck HO scale layout, the step-by-step (from motor installation to fitting • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD60M, as BN 922 1, Coquille & Crescent City, by Ed Vondrak, handrails), on an EMD SD60M, October 1994. by Gordon Cardall, November 1990. February 1995. • AthearnIRail Power GE C30-7, as Norfolk & • Ox20-foot track plan for Ed Spiller's HO scale • AthearnIRail Power Products GE C44-9W kit­ I conversion steps, February 1995. Western 8024, by Gordon Cardall, October 1990. Vermont-based Danby, Ludlow & Springfield • Life-LikelBachmann/AthearnlProto Power West • Athearn/Rail Power GE C30-7 as Union Pacific Railroad, April 1995. 2448, by Mike Daniels, June 1994. EMD F40PH kit-conversion, by Robert • 10-foot 4-inch x 9-foot-7-inch N scale (adapt­ Schleicher, September 1990. • AthearnIRail Power EMD SD45 as Union Pacific able, in the same space to HO scale) shelf layout 25, by Mike Daniels, May 1994. • Spotting Guide to EMD/ATSF CF7 diesels from plan. The Westmont Central, by Ed Vondrak, Rail Power Products, by Scott Chatfield, August June 1995. • AthearnlRailPower GE Dash 8-40CW as Union Pacific 9400, by Dana Stark, November 1993. and October 1990. • IO-foot 4-inch x 9-foot-7-inch HO scale shelf • Athearn/Rail Power CF7, as Santa Fe 2543 and • AthearnSW7 kit-conversion to SWI200RS, as layout plan, the Auburn & Winchester, by Ed Canadian National 1396, step-by-step, by Tony 2634, by Gordon Cardall, August and October Vondrak, August 1995. Horvath, October 1993. 1990. • 27x47-foot HO scale DM&IR (Missabe • Spotting Guide to the GE Dash-7 and Dash-8 • AthearnlRail Power GE Dash 8-40B (incorrectly Northern) double-deck layout as built and as pro­ titled B23-7 - with the proper prototype photo diesels from Bachmann and Rail Power, by Scott jected improved version, by Jeff Otto, December in the October 1993 issue) as Santa Fe 743 1, by Chatfield, September 1989 and May 1990. 1995. Dana Stark, July 1993. • Upgrading the Proto 2000 SD7 to match • NTRAK module planning using transition mod­ Burlington prototypes with details, parts, num­ • AthearnlRail Power GE C36-7, as Missouri ules and multi-module sets for more realistic Pacific 9028, by Warren Johnson, May 1993. bers, Kadee couplers and weathering, October scenes, by Kelley Newton, December 1995. 1995. • AthearnlRail Power EMD GP35, as Santa Fe 2858, by Dana Stark, May 1993. • Upgrading the Highliner HO scale EMD F7B diesel body, on a Stewart chassis, as Soo Line • Athearn SW7 kit-conversion to SW1200, as Soo AIRBRUSH & 433 and 437, by Bob Rivard, April 1993. 2204C, by Bob Rivard, November 1995. WEATHERING TECHNIQUES • Athearn/Rail Power EMD SD75M, as Santa Fe • AthearnlRail Power GE Dash 8-40CW, as Santa 204, as a kit-conversion from Rail Power's Fe 814, with step-by-step superdetailing, by (AMicle appears on pages ofthis issue.) 32-37 Dave Hussey, November 1992. SD60M, by Yasushi Sasaki, December 1995. • AthearnlRail Power GE Dash 8-40CW, as Santa TRACK PLANNING • Weathering with conventional paints appeared in Fe 800 (minimal detailing), by Dana Stark, the December 1989 issue.

November 1992. (Articles appear on pages and of this issue.) • Basic airbrush selection and spraying techniques 15-17 39-41 • AthearnlRail Power EMD GP35, as Soo 736, by appeared in the January 1992 issue.

Bob Rivard, August 1992. Most of the articles on layouts already • Painting with water-based acrylics appeared in

• Athearn/Kato/Rail Power EMD GP35 kit-conver­ completed in our monthly series "Your Layout, the March 1992 issue. sion, step-by-step, as Rock Island 321, by Bob On Tour" include a track diagram that indi­ • Weathering structures with an airbrush appeared Rivard, June 1992. cates approximately where the track is routed. in the April 1993 issue. • Athearn EMD GP60M (kit conversion from These plans are intended to give you a general • Painting Design Preservation and Magnuson GP50), as Maersk 146, by Ed McCaslin, April impression of the layout and where the photo­ buildings with paint brush appeared in the June 1992. graphs were taken. Few modelers would have 1993 issue.

• Spotting Guide to GP35 diesels and Athearn, identical spaces where they might want to • Weathering freight cars with powdered pastel Rail Power and Kato models, by Scott Chatfield, duplicate these layouts exactly. Most of the chalks appeared in the December 1993 issue. April 1992. track plans listed below, however, include the • Simulating wood decks on plastic flat cars, April

• Athearn/SmokeyValley EMD GP 15-1, as precise locations of curve centers, the locations and May 1994. Missouri Pacific 1680, by AI Barnes, Jr., March of turnout points and frogs and the locations of • Weathering freight cars with repainted data 1 992. track elevations. All of these locations are nec­ markings, June 1994. • AthearnIRail Power/Smokey Valley EMD essary to recreate and/or modify a plan in fu ll­ • Weathering covered hopper cars with genuine SD60M, as Soo 606 1, by Rick Groom, December size to build that model railroad. Some of the cement, July 1994. 1991. articles are discussions of track planning prin­ • Weathering diesel locomotives with powdered • AthearnlRail Power/Smokey Valley EMD ciples that apply to any layout. pastel chalks, November 1994. SD60M, as Soo 6061, by Rick Groom, December Ottawa Silica S and prototype plant photos with • Painting auto racks and automobiles, April and 1991. both model and prototype track plans, August and July 1995. • AthearnIRail Power EMD SD50, as Rio Grande September 1989. • Weathering diesels (the Proto 2000 HO scale 5507, by Gordon Cardell, November 1991. B&O on two decks in N scale (4x 16 feet) or HO SD7) with powdered pastel chalks, October

• AthearnIRail Power EMD SD60, as Soo 6009, by scale (5-'hx29 fe et), March and June 1991. 1995. Warren Johnson, August 1991. ATSF/BNID&RGW "Joint Line" on two decks, • Painting and weathering freight cars to match the

• AthearnIRail Power GE B23-7, as Union Pacific in HO scale, in 12-)/�x20- lh fe et, July and August specific era and geographic locale, by Richard 124, by Warren Johnson, July 1991. 1991. Hendrickson, December 1995.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 21 DETAIL

ELECTRO-MOTIVE DIVISION SD45 As Erie Lackawanna 802

photo from the collection of Louis A. Marre

PAGE 22 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 The parts, paint and decals you'll were the only production six-axle EMD 801-834 that was renumbered 3601- diesels with this feature. 3634 by the Erie Lackawanna. The need to duplicate this full-size diesel in miniature. EMD produced 1,260 SD45s from series was repainted and renumbered in January 1965 until December 1971, Conrail colors as 6066-6099. when it was superseded by the SD45-2. Erie Lackawanna SD45-2 3679, part This is the fifth SD45 we have featured of number series 3669-3681 (renum­ he Electro-Motive Division in this "Diesels, One-Detail-At-A­ bered Conrail 6654-6666 in 1976), was (EMD) SD45 is the six-axle Time" series: CSX no. 8903, was in featured in the December 1994 issue of (C-C) diesel with the slanting the October 1991 issue , Chicago & "The JournaL" You can compare the radiators on the top corners of NorthWestern no. 917 was in the differences between the SD45-2 and the the long hood. The SD45 and February 1993 issue, C&NW 6582 was SD45, when both were fitted with parts the companion SDP45 for passenger in the January 1995 issue, and Southern common to the same railroad, by com­ service (with a conventional-shaped Pacific 7558 was fe atured in the August paring the Erie Lackawanna unit in this Textension on the rear of the long hood to 1995 issue of "The JournaL" issue with those in the December 1994 accommodate the train-heating boiler) EL 801 was part of number series issue.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 23 DETA IL Windows for the Rail Power SD45 Keystone Locomotive Works, P.O. Body Shell: Box J, PuJltney, NY 14874: American Model Builders, Inc., 1420 25-Cab interior $9.98/set Handley Industrial Ct., St. Louis, MO Scale Model SD45s 63144: 140 Windows for Rail Power SD45 Overland Models, Inc., 3808 W. HO Scale: Athearn. Bachmann has $3.95 Kilgore Ave., Muncie, IN 47304: announced a "Bachmann-Plus" SD45. Rail Power Products (7283 N. Cal-Scale(division of Bowser Mfg. 3-90 10 Air horn $3.20 ea. Stagecoach Dr., Park City, UT 84060) Co., Inc.), 21 Howard St., 9-9708 Walkway(ditch)lights 6.55/6 makes an SD45 body with a hood the Montoursville, PA 17754-0322: 9-9708 Ditch lights 6.55/6 correct scale width (the hood on the 1-320 Air hoses $1.85/2 sets 10-9250 Fuel sight glass 2.95 ea. Athearn model is about a scale foot too 2-4 19 Windshield wipers 3.50/2 pr. 11-9275 Headlight 2.05 ea. wide, to clear an earlier motor). The 3-420 Air horn 4.95 ea. 14-935 1 Mu hoses(set of 4) body is designed to fit a slightly modi­ 4-43 1 Fuel fillers 2.50/ set 6.75/4 sets fied AthearnSD45 chassis, trucks and 5-432 Fuel filter set 2.50/set 17-9 150 Coupler lift bar 1.7512 drive train parts. The body is designed 6-437 Cab sunshade 3.95/pr. 21-9327 Mirrors(wind deflectors) to accept Athearn's SD45 handrails. 2.50/4 Proto Power West, Overland Models 23-9400 Sand filler hatch 3.50/2 and Hobby town also make chassis for Cannon & Company, 3947 Freedom 24-9550 Snowplow(modified) the Rail Power Products body. Blvd., Aptos, CA 95003: 8.85 ea. N Scale: Kato and Con-Cor. 7-1 104 Low hood with brake wheel o Scale: None available, but some $6.95 ea. Precision Scale, 3961 Highway 93 brass imports have been offered by 8-1 502 Cab with separate doors North, Stevensville, MT 59870: Overland Models. 5.95 ea. 1-391 18 Air hoses $1.50110 Paint 2-3968 Windshield wipers 1.25/4 Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Rd., 3-39084 Air horn 2.75 ea. EL Grey: Badger Accu-Flex 48, Orange, MA 01364: 4-39080 Fuel filler 1.00/4 Scalecoat 41, a mixture of 80% Floquil 3-221 Air horns $3.69 ea. 6-39087 Cab sunshades 2.25/4 1 10167 UP Harbor Mist Grey Engine 9-1 12 Ground(running)lights 3.09/2 9-39072 Step(ditch) lights 1.50/6 Black and 20% 1 10011 Reefer White, 10-226 Fuel sight glass 2.09/2 or a mixture of 95% Polly S 500012 11-3933 Headlight 2.50/2 Equipment Grey and 5% 410010 Black. 13-39059 Mu hoses(4) 1.75/4 EL Yellow: Badger Accu-Flex 24, Detail Associates, Box 5357, San Luis 18-48277-1 lift rings(eyebolts) Scalecoat 42, a mixture of 80% Floquil Obispo, CA 93403: 2.25/12 11003 1 Reefer Yellow and 20% 1-6206 Air hoses $1.25/6 19-48237 Chain 2.50110 in. 1 10180 WC Gold, or a mixture of 95% 3-1601 Air horn 1.75/2 22-4968 .0 12-inch-diameter wire Polly S 500202 Marker Yellow and 5% 4-3 102 Fuel tank fittings (fillers) 1.75/6 41001 1 Reefer White. 1.00/2 24-39062 Snowplow (modified) EL Maroon: Badger Accu-Flex 34, 6-1301 Cab sunshade 1.50/6 3.00 ea. Scalecoat 43, a mixture of 80% Floquil 11- 1023 Headlight 1.00/2 26-3935 ShOlt handrail stanchions 110282 WC Maroon and 20% 1 10011 12-1404 Drop steps 1.50/2 3.25120 Reefer White, or a mixture of 85% 13-1506 Mu stand 1.25/2 26-3937 End handrail stanchions 410025 Tuscan Red and 15% 410020 14-1508 Mu hoses 2.00/16 2.00/8 Caboose Red. 15-1 703 Marker light lenses 1.10112 26-39073 Extended height handrail stanchions 3.25/20 Decals 16-2202 Grabirons 2.50/48 17-2205 Coupler lift bar 2.75110 HO Scale: Microscale 87-16, Champ 18-2206 Lift rings(eyebolts) 3.00/36 A-Line, Box 7916, LaVerne, CA EH193 or Herald King L24. 19-2210 Chain 2.25/12 in. N Scale: Microscale 60- 16 or 20-22 17 Curved grabirons 1.50/3 91750: 2-29200 Windshield wipers Northeast EL-02. 21-2304 Wind deflectors 2.50/3 pr. $1.85/8 o Scale: Champ E193. 22-2504 .012-inch-diameter wire 6-29210 Cab sunshades 1.95/ 3 pr. (handrails) 2.50/1 0 One-Deta i 1-At-A -Ti me (HO Scale) 23-300 1 Sand filler hatch 1.00/4 Smokey Valley Railroad Products, Step-by-step instructions on how to P.O. Box 339, Plantersville, MS install many of these detail parts Details West, P.O. Box 5132, 38862: appeared in the June 1989 issue of "The Hacienda Heights, CA 91745: 22126-42 Preformed handrail and JournaJ." That article is also reprinted 3-190 Air horn $2.50 ea. stanchion kit $15.95 Tu ning Up grading in the book & 4- 166 Fuel fi ller 1.00/4 Athearn Locomotives. An article on 5-139 Fuel filter set l.OO/set Ordering Information: All of these how to disassemble an Athearn chassis 6- 188 Cab sunshade 1.80/4 parts are available to any hobby dealer, to install a Rail Power Products frame 9- 172 Ditch lights 1.25/8 so your dealer can order for you. If you and body and how to install the 14-221 Mu hoses 1.95/2 must order direct, order the full package handrails and details on the body 23-201 Sand filler hatch quantities shown, and include $5.00 per appeared in the October 1994 issue. 24-206 Snowplow(modified) $1.50 ea. order for postage or UPS and handling. PAGE 24 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PA INT & DECALS

50-FOOT PS-l SINGLE-DOOR BOX CARS With 9-Foot Door Openings Circa 1948-1 961, Part III

HO Scale by InterMountain and N Scale by Micro-Trains

By Ed Hawkins

The new InterMountain HO scale 50- doors began in 1954, including 500 cars foot improved Youngstown door. The foot box cars provide the opportuni­ for Central of Georgia. These cars were door is very well done and makes a tyto recreate some of the most com­ eye-catching with the black and alu­ great detail part to use on other types of mon freight cars of the era. Similar minum "watermelon" or "football" paint cars requiring a 9-foot improved models are made in N scale by scheme. As a source of information and Youngstown door. "The Journal" pre­ Micro-Trains. E & C Shops offers an photos fo r cars built during the post- sented such an article in October 1992 HO scale version of the later (post- 1960 period, you may want to refer to on 50-foot single-door cars built by 1966) cars with 10-foot door open­ the book, Pullman-Standard Color American Car & Foundry. ings, half-height ladder and no Guide to Freiqht Equipme11l, by James By the time you read this, the roofwalks. Micro-Trains also has N Kinkaid. Pullman-Standard door should also be scale versions of this more modern A brief history of the 50-foot PS-I available for use on this car. The car. Parts I and II of this series, with prototype with some of the significant Pullman-Standard door is somewhat a full roster of the early double-door variations was provided in the June similar to the Superior six-panel door, cars, appeared in the June and 1995 article, so this will not be repeated. with the exception of pressed-in stiffen­ August 1995 issues. For the single-door versions, the most ers to provide additional rigidity. This noticeable differences are the side sill door was commonly used on PS-Is dur­ configurations, side panel construction ing the mid- to late 1950s, and into the methods and various door types. The 1960s. It was also a way for Pullman­ n the June 1995 issue of "The InterMountain kit comes with fi shbelly Standard to avoid purchasing doors Journal," the Pullman-Standard 50- sill, 14-panel welded side seams and 9- from other manufacturers and add to its foot PS-l box car was presented. The general description of the design was covered, with special emphasis given to the double-door versions. This was done to coincide with the production of theI initial version of the InterMountain Railway Company HO scale model with IS-foot door opening. In this edition, cars with a 9-foot opening are presented. This relates to InterMountain's addition to its line of quality freight cars with the release of the 50-foot PS-l with a 9-foot single door. At the time of this writing, it remains to be seen if InterMountain will also offer the car with the 8-foot door open­ ing, the other common single-door size. We'll cover the prototype 50-foot PS-1s with 8-foot door at a later time. Refer to the roster for those roads purchasing the prototype with 9-foot door opening dur­ ing the 1948-61 period. Note that the first series manufac­ tured in 1952 (with 9-foot door opening for the U.S. Navy, USNX 8000-8879), A&WP 50001, built in November 1960. The Pullman-Standard six-panel door will be actually came with double doors. available later in 1995 in some InterMountain kits. Paul Dunn photo, from the Richard Otherwise, production with 9-foot single Burg collection. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 25 RI 5153, built in December 1954.-photo from the Charles E. Winters collection HO Scale Decals: InterMountain offers this scheme or Champ HB-32 or Rock Island Decals B-51 (from 4051 Fairlands Dr., pleasanton, CA 94588 - send a stamped, self-addressed envelope for catalog sheets).

InterMountain's first series of HO scale kits will duplicate the cars with welded side seams and Youngstown-style corrugated doors over 9-foot openings. Plug doors are included in the kit. Later, kits with the Pullman-Standard-stylesix-p anel door will be available.

own profit margin. slight variation in the side sill, every­ roads. More than 1 1,000 cars were built The common side sill fo r cars with 9- thing is the same as the finn's original with 9-foot door opening during the fo ot door openings is the fishbelly, very double-door kit. The InterMountain kit period 1952-6 1, roughly 45 percent of much like the versions used on the dou­ replaces and enhances the Robin's Rails the total 50-foot PS-I production. The ble-door cars. On the other hand, 50-foot PS-I that is out of production. I prototype cars shown in the roster were numerous cars with 8-foot openings personally applaud the management and built before the multiplicity of mergers have the notched sill that is more akin to production personnel at InterMountain during the past three decades. As such, the AAR box cars. Most single-door 50- Railway Company for maintaining high many cars wore several paint/lettering fo ot PS-ls were constructed with weld­ standards and supplying exquisite sepa­ schemes, with renumbering done on a ed side panels, but some were riveted. rate detail parts. regular basis. So, modelers of the 1950s The InterMountain 50-foot PS- l with With 50-foot box cars gaining popu­ to the present should consider adding a 9-foot door is another welcome addition larity during the mid 1950s and beyond, representative number of these new to the firm's selection of quality freight a large number of Pullman-Standard's cars to their neet of rolling stock. cars. Other than the door opening and a 50-foot PS-l were built for numerous RMJ PAGE 26 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 50-FOOT PS- 1

KCS 25771 , built in Februarx 1957. -photo from the collection of Bob Lorenz HO Scale Decals: Champ HN-69 plus HD-2. N Scale Decals: None known.

KCS 1338, built in August 1961. -photo from the collection of w.e. Whittaker. HO Scale Decals: Champ HN-69 plus Walthers 934-706653 (yellow "Hydroframe-60") .

MP 82345, built in June 1961 . -p-s builder's photo courtesy Ray Curl, Ed Hawkins collection HO Scale Decals: Oddballs Decals, 26550 227th St., Mclouth, KS 66054 (send a stamped, self-addressed enve­ lope for prices). N Scale Decals: Oddballs (see above) and Micro-Trains has plain "Route of Eagles" model 31 1 80-models 31118 and 31040 (with no slogan) are out of production.

CG5548, built in September 1954. This particular series (5500-5999) apparently had aluminum roof panels, while 1500-1 999 had black roof panels. The car was only two-years old when photographed by w.e. Whittaker. HO Scale Decals: Walthers 934-3248. N Scale Decals: None known. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 27 50-FOOT PS- l BOX CARS WITH 9-FOOT SINGLE-DOOR OPENING BUILT BY PULLMAN-STA NDARD, CIRCA 1952-1961

Road Series Qty. Year Lot Door Remarks BIt. BIt. No. Type

A&WP 39000-39032 33 3-56 8283A Young A&WP 39050-39069 20 -60 8591 A&WP 50000-50009 10 11-60 8591A PS-1 BM 77000-77999 1000 5-56 8288 Young C&O 7700-7749 50 -58 8445F C&O 21000-21499 500 -56 8289 Young CG 1500-1999 500 2-56 8283 Young CG 4999 ONLY 1 -57 8380B CG 5500-5999 500 9-54 8198 Young CG 621 7 ONLY 1 -57 8380B CRR 5660-5684 25 5-60 8570 PS-1 F89 O&RGW 60500-60509 10 10-54 8214 Young G&F 400-499 100 9-59 8512 PS-1 G&F 445 ONLY 1 -60 8572 8ack-Fill GM&O 9600-9849 250 12-57 8380 PS-1 GM&O 56000-56199 200 8-61 8635 PS-1 KCS 1300-1 399 100 8-61 8622 PS-1 H-60, 70-ton KCS 1450-1 499 50 -61 8621 KCS 1500-1 599 100 -57 8336 Young KCS 1600-1699 100 4-59 8483 PS-1 KCS 25300-25799 500 2-57 8336 PS-1 L&N 97100-971 99 100 -57 8395 Young L&N 97200-97309 110 -59 8518 Young M&StL 2500/2502 2 -57 8380A M&StL 2504-2520 9 -59 851 6 Even Nos. M&StL 2800 ONLY 1 -59 8516 MEC 9350-9549 200 6-61 8615 Young MILW 52000-52099 100 -61 8605 Young 70-ton MKT 950-999 50 8-61 8625 PS-1 70-ton MNS 500-501 2 -61 8605A 70-ton MOOX 2300-2399 100 -60 8552 Plug 70-ton, ART MP 8201 5-82339 325 -59 8534 PS-1 MP 82340-82539 200 6-61 8616A PS-1 OF MP 82540-82839 300 5-61 8616 PS-1 N&W 54800-54824 25 -57 8371 N&W 54825-54849 25 -58 8445A N&W 55800-55824 25 -58 84450

N&W 55825-55859 35 -59 . 8507 N&W 55860-55909 50 -60 8575 8-10 N&W 57440-57449 10 -60 8577 8-12, H-60 RF&P 2901-2925 25 10-60 8580 Young RI 5085-51 84 100 12-54 8210 Young RI 30700-30799 100 -58 8445E PS-1 RI 30800-30899 100 -60 8540 PS-1 SLSF 71 00-7799 700 12-55 8269 Young SOO 177500-1 77548 25 -61 8649 Young Even Nos. SOU 35000-35199 200 7-55 82298 6P Sup SOU 35200-36199 1000 4-55 8229A 6P/Young SOU 36200-37249 1050 4-57 8312 6P Sup SOU 37250-37369 120 1-58 841 1 CR&N SOU 263000-263649 650 -57 8312 6P Sup CNO&TP SOU 263650-263709 60 -58 841 1 CNO&TP SOU 308022-308321 300 -57 8312 6P Sup AGS SOU 308322-308341 20 -58 841 1 AGS T&P 3665-3699 35 -61 8608 Plug USNX 8000-8879 880 4-52 8054 5P Sup Ooor-and-a-half WM 34076-34085 10 11-61 8646 Young WP 55926-55950 25 -59 8487 Plug WP 56101-561 75 75 6-59 8487 Plug WP 590001 -59025 25 -59 8525 Plug WP 59101-59125 25 -59 8525 Plug WRA 5000-5009 10 -60 8592A WRA 17250-1 7266 17 4-56 82838 Young WRA 17275-1 7284 10 -60 8592

PAGE 28 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 50-FOOT PS- 1

BM 77530, built in May 1956. -Paul Dunn photo, from the Richard Burg collection HO Scale Decals: Champ HB318. N Scale Decals: Northeast B&M- 16.

CRR 5676, built in May 1960. -Paul Dunn photo, from the Richard Burg collection HO Scale Decals: Champ HN56 plus HD-2. N Scale Decals: None known but Micro­ Trains model 31090 had similar markings plus a large "Clinchfield Cushion Car" slogan (out of production).

Georgia & Florida 491, built in September 1959. -photo from the collec­ tion of Bob Lorenz HO Scale Decals: None known. N Scale Decals: None known.

Below: GM&O 9758, built in December 1957. -Paul Dunn photo, from the Richard Burg collection HO Scale Decals: Walthers 934-551 10. N Scale Decals: Northeast GM&O-06.

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 29 50-FOOT PS- 1

SOU 35205, built in April 1955. -w.e. Whittaker photo, circa 1962 HO Scale Decals: InterMountain offers this car in HO scale. N Scale Decals: CDS N-513 dry transfers or Northeast SR-03.

SOU 3081 57, built in January 1957. -Virl Davis photo, circa 1964 HO Scale Decals: CDS HO-513 dry transfers. N Scale Decals: CDS N-513 or Northeast SR-03PB-16.

I.

9:;J�};w !J�:<�t U�ITE� STAtts liNIY USNX 8538, built in April 1952. Th is is really a double-door car with a pair of 6- and 3-foot doors over a 9-foot opening. The doors could be fabricated from InterMountain 40-foot PS- 1 box car kit doors. -photo from the collection of Charles E. Winters HO Scale Decals: Use data sets. N Scale Decals: Use data sets. PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 30 KCS 1619, built in April 1959. -Vir! Davis photo

MEC 9472, built in June 1961 . -Virl Davis photo

CG 5840, built in 1954, has doors to match the InterMountain model. -photo for the AI Chione collection RA ILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 31 PAINT & WEATHERING

VINTAGE DATING FRE IGHT CARS

By Richard Hendrickson

Capturing the colors, lettering and shi ft in motive power from steam to Whatever date you choose, you then aura of a particular moment in his­ diesel, fo r example) and sometimes have to stick with it, resisting the temp­ tory. Any model railroad, even a more subtle (such as the advent of FRA tation to let anachronisms creep in even layout module, can serve as the standard lubrication plates on rreight when it turns out that certain locomo­ basic setting for real railroading in a cars), but they're always there. Even a tives or cars or paint and lettering variety of eras. How? First, collect short period in the life of a railroad can schemes you're especially fond of don't the locomotives and rolling stock make a lot of difference in the appear­ fit in with the time period you've chosen that are appropriate for the specific ance of its rolling stock. to model. Of course, adhering to this era. Second, change the structures, Freight car fleets keep evolving. principle can sometimes be a bit frus­ vehicles, figures and signs to match Older cars are retired, modernized, trating. On the other hand, no one has the specific era of the locomotives rebui It andlor renumbered. New cars time to model everything, and if you and rolling stock. are delivered. New paint and lettering indulge all your whims, modeling a lit­ There's more to the appearance of schemes are introduced and gradually tle of this and a I ittle of that, you'll a yard-full of freight cars than just replace earlier ones. The process is end­ inevitably end up with a hodge-podge of the cars themselves, however. The less, not only on the prototype railroad rolling stock that's as mismatched as a overall hue of the cars was far dif­ you're modeling but on the other lines room fu ll of yard sale furniture. ferent in the smokey and sooty days whose cars turn up onyour railroad in Prototypical realism requires both of steam than it is today and the interchange service. Making your advance planning and self-discipline. early sixties were an amalgam of freight car models realistic, then, isn't both eras. Here's some basic infor­ enough; not only should each car repre­ Research: the Historians' mation on weathering cars to match sent its prototype accurately but all Time Machine specific eras of real railroad history. your cars should look the way their pro­ A Change of Scene totypes did at the same moment in time. Once you've chosen a time frame fo r It's a concept I have called "Scene your modeling, how do you find out Sites" in other magazines and Defining a Time Frame what your favorite prototype railroad books, but "A Change of Scene" looked like at that moment in history? seems more descriptive. Change the The fact that realism requires a pre­ Since time travel has yet to be invented, equipment and just a few scenes, cise time frame is unwelcome news to a historical research is the next bext thing. and you change the appearance of lot of modelers because their interests In recent years, with the increasing your entire railroad. -Robert are so eclectic that they don't want to be emphasis on prototype modeling and Schleicher pinned down. But there's really no get­ the growth of various railroad historical ting around it; to achieve historical societies and publications, the volume authenticity, you have to settle on a of readily available documents, pho­ n the California wine country where I date, and the more precise the better. In tographs and other prototype data has live, vintage dating is an important most geographical areas, even seasonal increased exponentially, and more concept. Quality wines are always changes can make a big difference; keeps turning up all the time. Finding labeled with the harvest date of the spring is fresh and green, autumn sere your way through this wealth of infor­ grapes from which they were made and brown, and winter brings leafless mation requires some persistence and because one year's wine can be very dif­ trees, if not snow and ice. In addition, resourcefulness, but you don't have to fe rent in flavor and character from there were big seasonal variations in be a professional scholar. In fact, many another's, even if the grapes were grown such rail traffic as fruit and vegetables, modelers have discovered that the I search fo r prototype data is a fascinating in the same vineyard. Opinions may livestock and heating oil. vary about a particular winery's 1993 Consequently, you have to be specif­ and rewarding aspect of the hobby in its Chardonnay as compared with its 1992 ic about the year and season you're own right. Chardonnay, but it's a foregone conclu­ modeling at the very least. Some proto­ If you model contemporary railroad­ sion that the two wines will not taste type modelers go even further; for ing, prototype research may require lit­ exactly the same. example, operations on the celebrated tle more than a visit to the nearest I've borrowed the term "vintage dat­ Yosemite Valley layout of Jack freight yard or engine terminal with ing" and applied it to model railroading Burgess represent a specific day in your camera in hand. However, today's in order to emphasize that prototype August of 1939. My own modeling railfanning has a way of becoming railroads, too, change from year to year. date, determined largely on the basis of tomorrow's history (remember how Just as with different wine vintages, the motive power assignments on the Santa rapidly FREDs replaced cabooses?). For diffe rences in a railroad from one year Fe's Los Angeles Division, is the third instance, with the merger of the Santa to another are sometimes obvious (the week in October 1947. Fe and Burlington Northern,a lot of

PAGE 32 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 "contemporary" Santa Fe and BN loco­ shape my own model freight car fleet. tred more or less indiscriminately, motive models are rapidly being trans­ In the late 1940s, the Santa Fe handled without regard to their role in the over­ formed into historical artifacts with a lot of auto parts from the Midwest to all visual effect of the layout. To obsolete paint schemes. SouthernCal iforniaass embly plants, enhance the realism of an entire model The farther back in time your model­ both in its own cars and in specially railroad, aging and weathering must be ing era is, of course, the more you have equipped cars from industrial-belt lines approached systematically. All the to depend on secondary materials. Still, such as the Pennsylvania, New York rolling stock should "look the part," you can usually locate the information Central, Pere Marquette, Grand Trunk reflecting the era being modeled and you need if you're persistent. For Western,Wabash and Detroit, Toledo each car' s age and type of service. instance, Union Pacific modeler Terry & Ironton. Many complete motor vehi­ New cars should, of course, look Metcalfe discovered some old conduc­ cles also were shipped west, usually in new, and there should also be some tors' time books in which entire train cars equipped with double-deck auto recently repainted older cars. How consists were recorded by reporting loading racks; some of these were Santa often were freight cars repainted? A marks, car numbers and contents. Fe cars, but others belonged to connect­ rough rule of thumb for the late information, he's modeling some of the ing lines. steam/early diesel era is about every 10 trains that ran on Sherman Hill in 1956, In addition, the Santa Fe's Los years, though this varied widely fr om car by car. Though few modelers may Angeles Division received much lum­ one car to another. Typically, cars that want to go that far in precise replication ber and plywood from the Paci fic were in assigned service or were pri­ of the prototype, it illustrates what's Northwest in Great Northern, Northern vately owned returned home on a regu­ possible. Pacific and (Jess often) Milwaukee lar basis and were repainted more fre­ Road and Canadian cars. This traffic quently than box, tank and open-top The Process of Vintage Dating came via the Great Northern to the cars in the general service pool. In more WesternPa cific's Sierra "high line"; recent years, with grime accumulating The process of vintage dating begins the WP then handed it off to the Santa less rapidly and paint being more with selecting the cars to model. The Fe at Stockton, in the Central Valley. durable, cars have been repainted much objective is to run freight trains that The WP's own cars often turnedup on less often. have about the same mix of cars -own­ the Santa Fe as well. ers, car types, and loads and empties (in Apart from new or newly repainted Such information about the nature, the case of open-top cars) - as your cars, every car in your fre ight car fleet origins and routing of fre ight traffic prototype, so you need a lot of the cars should show signs of weathering and often remains elusive, but with model­ that were most common in your era and grime to some degree. How, and how er/historians becoming increasingly geographical location, plus a representa­ much, depends on the car type, service interested in the subject, more is being tive cross-section of foreign road cars assignment and length of time since the discovered all the time. that would have turned up there in inter­ car was last repainted. Dirt accumulated change service. As for unusual rolling quickly when steam locomotives pow­ stock such as pickle cars, six-dome wine Aging and Weathering ered most trains. Smoke, soot, cinders, tank cars and drop-center flat cars, the coal dust and steam vapor combined Much has been written about tech­ less the better; such cars appeared only with rain and snow to coat freight cars niques for weathering rolling stock, and rarely on any prototype railroad. with grunge, and journaloil that leaked a wide variety of approaches and mate­ To detemine what the most common onto the wheels was usually spattered rials can produce realistic results. Here, cars were requires learning something liberally on the cars' undersides and up ['m less concerned with how to do it, about your prototype railroad's freight the ends of adjacent cars. In addition, however, than with why and how much. traffic. Some aspects of this are pretty pollution in the industrial areas where [n the early days of model railroad­ obvious. For example, on lines that fr eight cars tended to congregate was ing, every car looked brand new. Then earned much of their fre ight revenue much more severe than it is today. As a along came the legendary John Allen, from transporting coal, most of the result, it was often only a matter of who, though he may not have been the freight cars were coal hoppers. weeks before fading paint ane! accre­ first modeler to experiment with aging "Granger" railroads used a lot of box tions of dust and dirt began to make and weathering, was certainly the first cars with grain doors (or, later, covered themsel ves visible, and most cars were to popularize it. The unprecedented hoppers). Far westernrailr oads needed quite grimy after they had been in ser­ visual realism of Allen's famous many refrigerator cars to handle perish­ vice for several years. enginehouse model, with its grimy able fruit and vegetables, as well as In the 1960s and '70s, of course, walls, broken window panes and pigeon stock cars for livestock shipments. cars became dirty much less rapidly. droppings on the roof, was enough in Hopper cars, on the other hand, were and weathering was more likely to take itself to make converts of many model­ rare out west, where drop-bottom gon­ the form of fading paint, rust and corro­ ers. The practice of "dirtying up" model dolas were preferred for bulk loads, and sion. Also, the wheels on roller bearing motive power, rolling stock and struc­ railroad-owned tank cars hauled fuel for trucks were rusty rather than being tures soon became commonplace. In steam locomotives (which burnedoil) as encrusted with oil and dir!. But such fact, it was often carried to extremes, well as diesels. generalizations, though helpful, don' t and what had begun as a technique for tell the whole story. Prototype photos Looking at Interchange Traffic making models look more realistic from the period you're model i ng are the often degenerated into making them best guide to aging and weathering ­ Less obvious but equally important look like caricatures of the real thing. preferably color slides, if you can get are a railroad's connections with other Weathering is less often overdone them, but even black and white prints lines. Here, for example, are a few of today than it once was. However, indi­ will provide much information if the interchange patterns that help to vidual models often seem to be weath- studied carefully.

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Some of the vintage railroad fi lms that are now available on videotape can also be very instructive. Though many videos focus almost entirely on motive power and passenger trains, a fe w show freight cars and fre ight trains extensively. Randy Anderson recently called my attention to one video,

Herron's "Glory Machines" Vol. 4, that has especially good views of freight cars fi lmedin the I 940s by noted rail historian/photographer Joe Collias.

The Small Stuff Counts

The careful replication of small details in modeling contributes to what I like to call "the texture of realism," even if viewers aren't consciously aware of the details individually. photo Nothing illustrates this principle better 1 than the stencilling or re-stencilling of weight data, journal repacking and brake service stencilling, chalk mark­ ings, destination cards and such. These details, though seldom modeled, are readily apparent in prototype pho­ tographs and add immeasurably to the visual effect imparted by a string of model freight cars.

In a future issue of "The Journal," I'll offer some detailed information about these aspects of fre ight car mod­ eling and suggest how they can be replicated in miniature. Meanwhile, I hope the approar.h I've outlined here will give you some ideas for making your entire freight car fleet look more like the real thing. RM

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 35 8: Refrigerator cars, with their lighter 1 : Not many color photos date back to 4: Another example of weathering varia­ before World War II, but this one shows tions is this circa 1941 photo from the colored sides, showed differences in dirt the tail end of Union Pacific Extra 3900 Pacific Fruit Express files. PFE 90225, and weathering even more dramatically East at Devil's Gate, Utah, on june 29, class R-30-9, had been rebuilt and than box cars. The Pacific Fruit Express 1941 . Note the widevariat ions in dirt repainted at Los Angeles in july 1940, so car at left represents a brond new R-40- and weathering on the freight cars. its paint job, though already weathered 23, while the 50-foot Santa Fe Rr-42, at Though its accumulation of grime makes and dirty, wasn't much more than a year right, rebuilt in 1946, has the moderate­ it appear almost black, the single­ old. Much heavier layers of grime ly faded and dirty finish of a year-old sheathed auto car at the extreme right, a encrusted the reefers on either side of it. paint job. The paint on the wood­ UP A-50-1 2, was actually painted red This car still had the enameled steel her­ sheathed PFE R-40-1 9 in the center dates oxide - a bright, orangy red . So was alds it came with in the 1920s, which from its rebuilding in 1944 - note the vertically streaked wood siding - while the slightly less dirty Pennsylvania stayed relatively brig ht even when the Railroad X3 1 c next to it. The first two rest of the car was shabby looking. the grimy Santa Fe Rr-27 next to it still refrigerator cars, a Swift meat reefer and Note, too, the route card tacked to the has the early 1940 paint and lettering a Pacific Fruit Express wood car, had side. - Union Pacific Railroad, courtesy with short-lived curved-line style map that nearly new paint jobs with only light of Terry Metcalfe was applied when it was rebuilt from a weathering. The Santa Fe Rr-21 behind wood car. Clearly visible on this model was very dirty are the restencilling of weight data over them, on the other hand, 5: Fresh paint jobs weren't confined to four years old, hav­ fresh patches of paint and also the way - and it was only new cars; Western Fruit Express 60413 ing been built in 1937! john W. some of the dirt has been scuffed off the - was about 40 years old in Au ust 1954 g sides at the ladder rungs. - Richard Maxwell when it was photographed with a brand Hendrickson new coat of paint at Sioux City, Iowa. Compare it with the dirty car of the same series to which it's coupled. Note also the Santa Fe Rr-34 class reefer, with a paint job that appears to be about a year old, and the Pacific Fruit Express 9: The cars in a typical steam era freight car at the extreme left with a blocks of train varied widely in length and height, fresh paint and stencilling on its other­ as well as in degrees and kinds of 2: In this Rio Grande freight train, pho­ wise grubby sides. - George weathering. Here, from left to right, are tographed at Yale, Colorado, on May Berkstresser, courtesy of john Greedy a Western Pacific 50-foot single­ 31, 1941, some cars were dirtier than sheathed auto car, a Santa Fe ballast ·others, but there wasn't a really clean hopper, a Grand Trunk Western single­ 6A, 6B: A study in contrasts is afforded sheathed auto parts box car, a postwar freight car in sight - and the towering by these two photos of identical smoke plume from the coal-burning Santa Fe Bx-44 class steel box car and a Canadian National single-sheathed box New Haven AAR steel box car with an Mallet on the head end graphically cars, both built in 1931 . CN 51 1569 demonstrates why. All those cars were as-built 1941 paint job. Such details as had a fresh coat of paint applied in the clean WP herald (shiny porcelain actually some shade of red-brown under­ 1960; body, trucks underframe and all neath the grime, except for the fifth car enamel heralds didn't collect dirt), the are sprayed mineral red, unlike brand back, an equally grungy American light-colored rock quarry dust on the bal­ new cars which often had the under­ Refrigerator Transit refrigerator car. last car, and the fresh return route sten­ frames and trucks painted black. CN Note, too, that no home road frei ht cilling on the GTW parts car contribute g 428499 was probably repainted at cars are in evidence. On most railroads, to the realistic appearance of this HO about the same time, but by the time it it was common to see freight trains scale train. Note also the black door on was photographed 15 years later it was made up mostly of interd�ange cars from the New Haven car; man railroads heavily weathered, with recently painted y other lines. - john W. Maxwell painted doors, ends and/or roofs black repair patches and new paint panels in the steam era. - Richard Hendrickson under its restencilled weight data. (In the steam era, it would have been much dirti­ er in the bargain.) This car lasted in rev­ enue service into the era of ACI code panels. - Both, Rail Data Services 10: Great variety characterized the con­ sists of many freight trains in the 1940s. 7: Each car in this string of HO scale box Here we have a three-dome GATX wine cars is detailed, painted, lettered and tank car, an empty Sao Line flat, a year­ 3: Especially interesting in this view of a weathered to represent its prototype as of old (but still all-wood) Cudahy meat train on the Denver & Salt Lake are the October 1947. The Pennsylvania X28 in reefer and a brand new Western Pacific three cars at the right. They are all iden­ the center has fresh paint (and, yes, box car. Next, there's a battered and tical Grand Trunk Western USRA-design Pennsy oxide red really was that bright rusty New York Central gondola loaded wood-sheathed box cars - but look at when new). The Southern car next to it with pipe, and partly visible at right, a the differences in dirt and weathering, was delivered new in january 1947, so Pennsylvania X3 1 c round roof auto car reflecting the varying ages of their paint it's only lightly weathered but was paint­ with a 10-year-old paint job, all mod­ jobs. The fourth car, a tall single­ ed a much darker shade of red-brown to eled as they would have appeared in sheathed box rebuilt from a door-and-a­ start with. The Wabash single-sheathed late 1947. Modeling brake rigging does half auto car, was also GTW-owned. car models a prototype with a 1945 a lot for the realism of these cars when Note also the grimy ART reefer ahead of repaint job, while the paint and lettering viewed at eye level - and na"te that the the caboose, with patches of fresh paint on the Santa Fe "EI Capitan" car date NYC gon still had type K brakes, which where the weight data had been resten­ from 1943. Dirtiest of all is the Pittsburgh remained fairly common on older cars cilled (ART provided the Rio Grande & Lake Erie car at the far right, which until well after World War II and weren't with refrigerator car service in the hadn't been repainted since 1937. compl�tely phased out in interchange 1940s). -john W. Maxwell Richard Hendrickson until mld-1953. - Richard Hendrickson PAGE 36 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 photo 7

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12: Prototype tank cars came in all shapes and sizes; most of the cars shown here are brass models, current­ ly the only way to get a prototypical variety of sizes and types in HO scale. The paint jobs on the Kanotex car and the Shipper's Car Line insulated car are both almost new, in contrast to the Union Tank Line car in 11: The UP flat with the pole load has its original the center which is so dirty the lettering is barely visi­ 1941 paint, with white lettering and yellow slogans, ble. On the model at right center, the fresh Western while the 1937 Chesapeake & Ohio box car with Asphalt logo was applied over a dirty, tar-spattered Viking roof has recently been repainted (with black ta nk, just as on its prototype. The Oil States car was roof and ends, standard C&O practice in the 1930s lettered with custom decals based on prototype photos and '40s). Both gondolas were repainted circa 1945 from the Library of Congress. Though model tank cars when fitted with auto frame racks to handle the post­ with colorful paint schemes are eye-catching and pop­ war boom in auto parts traffic. Finally, there's a nearly ular, the vast majority of prototype tank cars were new (April 1947) Baltimore & Ohio triple hopper. The black with little more than reporting marks, numbers UP flat was built from a Westrail (now Pittsburgh Scale and data, and were often very grungy. - Richard Models) kit, the C&O box from a Des Plaines Hobbies Hendrickson kit, and the B&O hopper from a redetailed Stewart kit. The Pere Marquette gon is a modified Model Die Casting car, while the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton car was extensively kitbashed from an Athearn gondola. All these models started out as plastic kits, but you don't get realism like this by popping plastic freight cars together just as they come from the box. - Richard Hendrickson RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER PAGE 1995 37 TRACK PLANNING PORTABLE AND MODULAR

NTRAK-Alternative Layout Design

By Kelley Newton

The Utah-N-Railers have combined two in a club who think they will go to feet. In the next article, I'll show how to standard three-track NTRAK modules some modelers' hell if they stray a little build these. In my opinion 6-foot-long with spectacular portable model rail­ bit from the norm, when in reality your modules are the perfect size to build; 8- road sections. Here's how they used little N scale soul (or any other scale) fo oters are too big and bulky, and 4- specific modules to transition from might become stronger with a little footers are a waste of time. Figure (B) standard NTRAK to their custom lay­ healthy change now and again. One of shows the new shape and track plan. On out segments. There are more photos modular modeling's strong points is, "If the left side, the "yellow line" becomes of their incredible modules in the you don't like what you have, or you're a center passing siding, and on the right, February 1995 issue of "The tired of it, just strip it down to the wood the "blue line" becomes a mi ning com­ Journal." There's an index of previ­ framework and start over." It's just that plex branchline. Also note that if the ous articles on track planning on simple, and I wish more people would NTRAK club across town wants to set page 21 of this issue. realize that you're not redoing a large up with your club, there are nine permanent layout, just one or two small NTRAK-compatible spots to expand the modules that by modeling standards layout. Our layout is still very NTRAK­ don't take a lot of materials, money or compatible, with five areas designed in he Utah-N-Railers wanted a time to modify. for expansion with other NTRAK clubs. modular layout that had the look The best way to start is to replace one The only change needed would be to set and feel of a permanent club or two old areas of your club's layout the NTRAK modules on 6-inch blocks layout with flowing scenery and with new sections. Areas are made up of to raise them up to our height of 46 landscapes that weren't flat. We two or more NTRAK modules. Sections inches, and that's all. Height is the other wanted to model actual railroad scenes are comprised of two or more new mod­ change I highly recommend. Raising in our area and have some form of oper­ ules that make up one continuous scene, our layout 6 inches made a heck of a Tation other than running trains in circles. with your mainline wandering through di fference. In the February 1995 issue of "The the scene. If the new section needs to be There are many other ways of work­ Journal," I talked about the six changes extra deep, narrower or both to enhance ing three NTRAK lines down to two. we made from NTRAK standards to your scene, then do it. Just jump in there You can take "blue" and "yellow" and achieve our club goals. One way or the and let the old creative juices fl ow. make them the mainlines, and "red" other, most worked into NTRAK stan­ To illustrate what I'm talking about becomes a passing siding for "yellow." dards without too much eff0I1 or heart­ and how to go about your club's facelift, On the next section, "yellow" and "red" burn. The one that can't is the most let's take a standard NTRAK layout and are the mains with "blue" becoming a important change we made. It made the make some changes. Figure (A) shows passing siding. You can make "blue" or biggest impact on the layout of all the an average size layout made up of 2- "red" dead-end industrial spurs. changes we implemented. We eliminat­ foot, 4-foot, 6-foot and corner modules. These are just a few ideas of what ed the third track, the branchline, and There might also be some extra deep you as a club can do. I hope it sparks went to a double-track main over the modules, but overall this would be a some good ideas and name calling with­ entire layout. T can't describe (and pic­ NTRAK layout that is typical of those in your club. So just don't sit there, start tures don't truly show) what a dramatic that exist all over the country. Keep cussing and discussing your club's and visually dynamic difference it made your corners, and pick the two 4-footers goals and directions. then take the big to our layout. If your modular club's that best match the scenery on your cor­ plunge and do il. You'll be glad you layout needs a shot of adrenaline, I ners. The 2-footer also stays because did. RMJ would strongly suggest eliminating the one side of the new layout shifts 2 feel. NTRAK "blue line" and going to a Save all the rest of the modules, and double-track main. don't change or get rid of them (yet). Designing new modules and stan­ It's about now that a couple of your dards to replace part or parts of an exist­ members will be on the verge of a major The scenery of Weber Canyon, Utah, has ing NTRAK layout isn't the hard part. stroke, and keeping these modules been recreated by Kelly Newton for this The hard part is convincing the mem­ handy is good medicine for them. spectacular scene. This is actually a "set" of bers of your group to venture forth and The new modules are L-girder 6- modules with a double-track mainline. do it. It seems there are always one or footers that vary in width from 2 to 3 -Robert Schleicher photo PAGE 38 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 39 PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNALA - DECEMBER 1995 40 The transition from double- to triple-track occurs at one end of The transition from a standard NTRAK module (upper right) to the Kelley Newton's set of Weber Canyon modules. -Kelley Newton double-track module requires only about a foot of the transition photo module's length. -Kelley Newton photo

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 41 TECHNIQUES COVERED HOPPER ENDS

Build Yo ur Own Scale-Size Ends

By Ken Patterson

The lacy and relatively delicate look rebuild the ends of any plastic kit ered hopper (shown in the February of a prototype covered hopper car using about $3.00 worth of brass and September 1994 issues of "The end is really only possible to dupli- angle iron as shown in the photos. Journal"), but the procedure would cate in brass. If you don't want to This particular car is the Walthers HO be the same for any covered hopper, buy a complete brass model, just scale 4,427-cubic-foot-capacity cov- from PS-2 two-bay cars to four-bay cylindrical covered hoppers.

This is the factory kit with its over-thick scale details.

File the to ps from the coupler boxes to allow the brass base, fit fl ush with the car sides (as shown). The base is made from 1/16-inch angle part A-2 from Special Shapes Company, P.O. Box 7487, Romeoville, IL 60446. PAGE 42 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 Use tape to hold the brass angle in place during the solderin� or glueing. For the upright angle, use /32-inch A- 1 angle from Special Shapes Company.

Bottom view of base with the diagonal braces ill place. Do not cement tile bases to the car body.

Make ladder rungs made from Detail Associates 2505 l-inch scale brass wire. Hold the ladders and bases in place with masking tape.

The ends after sandblasting. This cleans off the oils and solder resin. They can also be cleaned with solvent. RA ILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 43 HOPPER ENDS

I used prototype photos as a guide to make the ends. The stock kit end provides the placement and size for the brass parts.

Glue .01 O-inch-thick Everg reen styrene plastic cards to the car to hold decals.

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Here is the finished car aher painting. Not a bad improvement for around $3.00! PAGE 44 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 TECHNIQUES ASSEMBLING CAST RESIN KITS Building N Scale Freight Cars From Fine N Scale's Kit

By Bill Pearce

The techniques to build this N scale Santa Fe Railway Caswell gondola can be used to assemble most cast resin kits.

o you're intimidated by the very thought of building a Caswell gondola? Imagine me' watched David Haines s I scratchbuild this complex car, as he modeled it for the first time. That There is some flash on the top of the sides and ends. Use some sandpaper on a flat sur­ face to and remove it, being careful to not remove the top flange. project took him months, with extensive experimenting to develop just the right techniques to complete his contest-win­ ning model. Now, thanks to the fo lks at Fine N Scale, we can all have one. The average modeler should be able to com­ plete this kit in just a couple of hours. The history of the Caswell, a drop bottom gondola common on the Santa Fe, has been covered in detail by histori­ an and "Journal" contributor Richard Hendrickson in the Second Quarter 199 I issue of the Santa Fe Modeler. At the close of this article, Hendrickson states The top may not be perfectly straight, so When rebuilt, four braces were added to that not only have there been no com­ use an X-acto sanding stick to finish the the sides, and .01 Ox.040-inch styrene mercial models of the Caswell, he is job. Clean off all the sanding dust, and fill strip is included for this. Cut to length, and unaware of any scratchbuilt versions. any resulting pinholes with putty. Sand the attach with CA. Sand the top edge smooth David Haines knew that a fleet would be putty smooth with fine sandpaper. with the casting. essential for his Raton Pass layout. He scratchbuilt one (detailed in an article in the fourth quarter 1993 issue of the Modeler), entered it in contests, and began a quest to find a manufacturer that would be interested in the Caswell as a product. Those quirky fo lks at Fine N Scale took on the challenge, and this cast resin and etched metal kit is the result. The amount of assembly is really quite small, as the gondola is cast in one piece. For this project, you'll need a suitable hobby knife, needle-nosed pliers, fine tweezers, a pin vise and a no.

80 bit, some sandpaper and some cyano­ acrylate cement (CA). Don't forget paint Next, drill the pilot holes for the photo-etched parts, at the places that are dimpled. Four and decal setting solution, too. Let's are required on the ends for the operating levers. Two holes are drilled at the ends of begin' RMJ each side for the stirrups. RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 45 CAST RESIN

A hole is drilled through the brake plat­ form into the end sill for the brake staff. Now would also be a good time to drill and tap for the couplers. This car is designed for Micro-Trains Z scale couplers and would look strange with the larger N scale couplers.

Remove the stirrups from the sprue. The ends are bent 90 degrees for insertion into the no. 80 holes. Note that the left and right sides are bent differently. Attach the steps with cyanoacrylate cement.

The operating levers are attached in the same manner. The one to the left of the brake staff is angled differently from the other three. The final detail is the brake wheel and staff. Remove both from the sprue. Glue the staff into place on the car, with the "tee" end up (you may need to shorten it a bit). Then, glue the wheel on top. Now is the time for all good modelers to paint their cars, without obscuring detail. There is a wealth of detail in this casting, including extensive wood grain. The cars were painted a color the Santa Fe called Mineral Brown. This color varied, accord­ ing to where and when the car was paint­ ed, but generally it is a very dark oxide brown. David used a mix of several colors of Badger's Accu-Flex to good result, but since this product is discontinued, he won't again. I used Accu-Paint, a paint that obscures no detail, including unnoticed sanding scratches. I used the Oxide Red color. I vary my mixes for Mineral Brown, to mirror the prototype, and this is lighter than I would generally use. The darker shades of Mineral Brown don't photo­ graph very well, and this photographs a bit better. Accu-Paint dries as quickly as Accu-Flex, so I could decal immediately. A comprehensive set of decals is provided with the kit, enabling the modeler to deco­ rate the car for any of several eras. Apply the decals in the usual way, using Solvaset. Overcoat with DuliCote; these cars lost their sheen almost in minutes. PAGE RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 46 Now, add the trucks and couplers. The Micro-Trains Z scale couplers are attached just like Ns, with a 00-90 screw. You'll probably want to paint it a bit. N scale is unfortunate to lack the varietyof trucks that HO modelers have. Depending on the era yo u're modeling, use either Micro-Trains archbar or Bettendorf trucks. Paint the frames Mineral Brown, and add low pro­ file wheels.

This is the completed car. You should have at least one empty, as the inner detail is as good as the outside. It is too light to run at the head of a long train, but it can run at the end, in short trains, or just sit in a sid­ ing and look good.

A coal load is provided. It will need to be trimmed to fit. The coal load provides barely enoug h weight. Other loads, such as pipe and l umber, are appropriate, and cou l d conceal weight as well.

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HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY DAVE'S HOBBY HUT BENJY'S 1710 BRIARGATE BLVD., #125 71 HILLIARD STREET 509 NORTH ELGIN PARKWAY 5411 EAST BUSCH BLVD COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80920 MANCHESTER, CT 06040 FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32547 TEMPE TERRACE. FL 33617 719·531 ·0404 203·646·06 10 904·864·4942 813·980·3790 KRIS KRINGLE LT D. AMATO'S HOBBY CENTER HOBBYLAND INC CHOO CHOO CHARLIE'S 2619 WEST COLORADO AVENUE 283 MAIN STREET 25 NW 16TH AVENUE 3108 STATE ROAD 60E COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80904 NEW BRITAIN, CT 06051 GAINSVILLE, FL 32601 VALRICO, FL 33594 719·633·1210 203·229·9069 904·372·0478 813·681·4439 SUNBIRD TRAIN MART HOBBY TOWN USA HOBBY METROPOLIS TRAIN DEPOT 3650 AUSTIN BLUFFS #130 NEW LONDON MALL 11270 BEACH BLVD 900 SOUTH ORLANDO AVENUE COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80918 1·95 & FRONTAGE ROAD JACKSONVILLE, FL 32246 WINTER PARK, FL 32789 719·528·8811 NEW LONDON, CT 06320 904·645·5800 407·629·1365 TRAIN SHOWCASE 203·439·1400 HOBBY WORLD "EXCLUSIVELY N" HOBBY CENTER 7273 103RD STREET 38 SOUTH SIERRA MADRE 151·3A BOSTON POST ROAD JACKSONVILLE, FL 32210 COLORADO SPRINGS, CO 80903 OLD LYME, CT 06371 904·772·9022 719·471-1 887 PERKINS HOBBIES GEORGIA 203·434·5309 GREAT TRAIN STO RE CABOOSE HOBBIES SHELTON RAILROAD SYSTEMS AND COLLECTIBLES NORTH POINT MALL #1030 500 SOUTH BROADWAY 1117 SOUTH FLORIDA AVENUE 15 ELM STREET 1000 NORTH POINT CIRCLE DENVER. CO 80209 LAKELAND. FL 33803 SHELTON, CT 06848 ALPHARETTA, GA 30202 303·777·6766 813·683·3251 203·924·8761 404·751 ·0943 MODELER'S PLACE FAMILY HOBBY CENTER VALLEY HOBBIES HOBBY TOWN USA PHAR·MOR PLAZA 914 PARK AVENUE 777 HOPE MEADOW STREET PERIMETER EXPO. 351-K GIRARD PLACE LAKE PARK. FL 33403 SIMSBURY, CT 06070 1151 HAMMOND DRIVE #200 ENGLEWOOD, CO 801 10 407·863·4274 203·651·3234 ATLANTA, GA 30346 303-762·8866 DEPOT, THE KNIGHT HOBBIES, INC. 404·393·4475 HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. 973 SULLIVAN AVENUE 603 RIDGE ROAD HOBBY TOWN USA 2531·D SOUTH COLLEGE AVENUE LANTANA, FL 33462 SOUTH WINDSOR, CT 06074 BROOKWOOD SQUARE FORT COLLINS, CO 80525 407·585· 1 982 203·644·7766 3999 AUSTALL ROAD #701 970·224·5445 ERNIE'S HOBBY SHOP J & E TRAIN DEPOT AUSTALL. GA 30001 MARC'S TOYS & PETS 631 APOLLO BLVD 520 HARTFORD TURNPIKE 404·941·5611 GLENWOOD SPRINGS MALL VERNON, CT 06066 MELBOURNE. FL 32901 TOYS FOR BIG BOYS 51027 HIGHWAY 6 #181 407·724·5257 203·870·7311 3443 HAMILTON ROAD GLENWOOD SPRINGS, CO 81601 ORANGE BLOSSOM HOBBIES WAR & PIECES COLUMBUS, GA31904 970·945·8176 7 SOUTH MAIN STREET 1975 NW 36TH STREET 404·327·4546 COLORADO RAILROAD MUSEUM MIAMI, FL 33142 WEST HARTFORD, CT 06107 LAKESHORE VILLAGE HOBBY 17155 WEST 44TH AVENUE 305·633·2521 203·232·0608 235 WEST BY PASS GOLDEN, CO 80403 TEX N RAILS HERITAGE HOBBIES GAINSVILLE, GA 30501 303·279·4591 16115 SW 117TH AVENUE 33 DANBURY ROAD 404·532-4016 DEPOT TRAINS & DOLLS MIAMI, FL 33177 WILTON, CT 06897 COUNTRY CLOTH & HOBBY 201 SOUTH AVENUE 305·255·1 434 203·834·0441 956 TEAMON ROAD ART'S HOBBY SHOP GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 HOBBY GALLERY GRIFFIN, GA 30223 1475 ATLANTIC BLVD 970·245·5504 5 MOHAWK DRIVE 404·227·6015 HOBBY HUT NEPTUNE BEACH, FL 32266·1715 WOLCOTT, CT 06716 NORDIK TRAINS & HOBBIES 904·246·0601 811 NORTH 12TH 203·879·2316 170 CASTLEAIR DRIVE HOBBY OASIS GRAND JUNCTION, CO 81501 KENNESAW. GA 30144 540 AT LANTIC BLVD 303-242·8761 404·928·2487 COLPAR HOBBIES WEST NEPTUNE BEACH, FL32233 TRAIN WORKS 3333 SOUTH WADSWORTH BLVD. DELAWARE 904·249·2066 HOBBY WORKS 251 F HURRICANE SHOALS ROAD NE UNIT G119 HOUSE OF HOBBIES HAMLET SHOPPING CENTER LAWRENCEVILLE, GA 30245 LAKEWOOD, CO 80227 6622 US HWY 19 1055 WALKER ROAD 404·339·7780 303·988·5157 NEW PORT RICHEY, FL 34652 HOBBY TOWN USA DOVER, DE 19901 ·6572 BOB'S WORLD OF HOBBIES 813·842·4700 302·674·9171 RIVERGATE CENTER 6862 SOUTH UNIVERSITY BLVD. ROB'S HOBBY WORLD INLET HDBBIES/RADIO SHACK 225·B TOM HILL SR BLVD LITTLETON, CO 80122 8602 SW STAT E RD N MACON, GA 31210 MILLSBORO TOWN SQUARE 303·770·5430 OCALA, FL 34481 912·474·0061 U.S. 113 BOB'S WORLD OF HOBBIES II 904·854·2799 DOUG'S HOBBY SHOP MILLSBORO, DE 19966 5066 SOUTH WADSWORTH BLVD. COLONIAL PHOTO & HOBBY 302·93·INLET 1467 ROSWELL ROAD LITTLETON. CO 80123 634 NORTH MILLS AVENUE J & S HOBBIES MARIETTA, GA 30062 303·933·2774 ORLANDO, FL 32803·4675 347 BLACKBIRD STATION ROAD 404·971 ·2227 HOVER STREET HOBBIES 407·841-1485 NATIONAL HOBBY SUPPLY TOWNSEND, DE 19734 1600 HOVER STREET 100;39D5 TRAIN LAND OF ORLANDO 302·378·8446 353 PAT MELL ROAD SE LONGMONT, CO 80501 8255 INTERNATIONAL #160 MITCHELL'S FAMILY STORE MARIETTA. GA 30060 970·776·8292 ORLANDO, FL 32815 2119 CONCORD PIKE 404·333·0190 HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. 407·363·9002 RIVERDALE STATION ROUTE 202 TOWN CENTER BROOKHILL HOBBY TOWN USA WILMINGTON, DE 19803 6632 HWY. 85 6975 WEST 88TH AVE NUE ORMOND TOWN SQUARE 302·652·3258 RIVERDALE, GA 30274 WESTMINSTER, CO 80021 1474 W. GRANADA BLVD. 100;39430 404·991 ·6085 303·431·0482 ORMOND BEACH, FL32174 BULL STREET STATION 904·672·5441 MIZELL TRAINS 151 BULL STREET BOBE'S HOBBY HOUSE 3051 WEST 74TH AVENUE WASHINGTON D.C. SAVANNAH, GA 31401 GREAT TRAIN STORE WESTMINSTER, CO 80030 5719 NORTH 'W' STREET 912·236·4344 303·429·4811 WASHINGTON UNION STATION PENSACOLA, FL 32505 40 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE 904·433·2187 WASHINGTON, DC 20002 H & R TRAINS CONNECTICUT 202·371·2881 6901 US 19 NORTH BRANFORD HOBBIES PINELLAS PARK, FL 34665 609 BOSTON POST ROAD 813·526·4682 HAWAII HONOLULU TRAINS WEST MAIN FLORIDA UNIVERSAL HOBBIES, INC BRANFORD, CT 06405 A & J MODELS 141 SOUTH STATE ROAD #7 1409 KALAKAUA AVENUE 203·488·9865 873 LAFAYETTE STREET PLANTATION, FL 33317 HONOLULU. HI 96826 BERKSHIRE HILLS CAPE CORAL, FL 33904 305·581·9390 808·947·2977 MODEL RAILWAY SUPPLY 813·542·3363 WARRICK CUSTOM HOBBIES 93 MAIN STREET HOUSE OF HOBBIES 1025 SOUTH UNIVERSIT'Y DRIVE CANAAN, CT 06018 1320 S. FORT HARRISON AVENUE PLANTATION, FL 33324 203·824·0527 CLEARWATER, FL 34616 305·370·0708 CANAAN TRAINS & HOBBIES 813-447·3305 GULF COAST MODEL RAILROAD IDAHO 27 RAILROAD STREET SPARE TIME HOBBIES 3222 CLARK ROAD RAILWAY HOBBIES CANAAN, CT 06018 23 STONE STREET SARASOTA, FL 34231 1217 BROADWAY #103 203·824·7433 COCOA, FL 32922 813·923·9303 BOISE, ID 83706 HOBBY HOUSE 407 ·636·1 808 CHESTER HOLLEY 208·343·2800 405 EAST PUTNAM AVENUE DUNN TOYS & HOBBIES MODEL RAILROAD SPECIALIST HATC H'S HOBBIES COS COB, CT 06807 166 SOUTH BEACH STREET 3812·20 SOUTH HIMES AVENUE 2235 EAST 17TH STREET 203·869·0969 DAYTONA BEACH, FL 32014 TA MPA, FL 33611 IDAHO FALLS, ID 83404 RAILWORKS 904·253·3644 813·831 ·7202 208·523·5144 NORTH RIDGE PLAZA DISCOUNT TRAINS CITY HOBBIES DAPCO HOBBIES 5 PADANARAM ROAD 312 EAST OAKLAND PARK BLVD 4042 WEST KENNEDY BLVD. 211 GARRETT WAY DANBURY, CT 06810 FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33334 TA MPA, FL 33609 POCATELLO, 10 83201 203·797·8386 305·564·2440 813·282·8099 208·233-8163 R PO, THE TRAIN SHOP HAPPY HOBO TOY SHOP 18 GREAT PLAINS ROAD 4984 SOUTH 25TH STREET 4040 WEST WATERS AVENUE #1100 837 POLELINE ROAD DANBURY, CT 06810 FORT PIERCE, FL 34982 TA MPA, FL 33614 TWIN FALLS, ID 83301 203·792-5223 407·464·84 11 81 3·886·5072 208· 734·2725

PAGE 54 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 DEALER DIRECTORY ILLINOIS RAILS UNLIMITED JEFFERY ALANS G &G HOBBIES 126 WILL SCARLETI LANE HOBBY WORKS, INC. 4601 NORTH SHERIDAN ROAD 105 EAST MAIN STREET ELGIN, IL 60120 PEORIA, IL 61614 160 WEST WILSON STREET GRIFFITH, IN 46319 708·697 ·5353 309-693· 7773 BATAV IA, IL 60510 219-924-6686 AL'S HOBBY SHOP MIKE'S MAINLINE HOBBIES 708-406·9400 BILL'S MODEL RAILROAD 121 ADDISON STREET 1227-D WEST GLEN AV ENUE RED BOARD HOBBIES WA REHOUSE ELMHURST, IL 60126 PEORIA, IL 61614 1 WADE SQUARE 923 NORTH LYNHURST 708-832·4908 309·692-1909 BELLEVILLE, IL 62221 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46224 END OF TRACK HOBBIES TOP HAT HOBBIES 618-233-3618 317-481-0513 9706 FRANKLIN AV ENUE 126 NORTH 5TH STREET HOBBICRAFT OF BELVIDERE GREAT TRAIN STORE FRANKLIN PARK, IL 60131 QUINCY. IL 62301 126 128 NORTH STATE STREET & 708·455-2510 217·222-0040 147 INDIANAPOLIS UNION STATION BELVIDERE, IL 61008 AND TOY & HOBBY T 0 BRASS WHISTLE, INC 39 WEST JACKSON PLACE 815-544-2609 116 SOUTH CHICAGO AV ENUE ROCKFORD PLAZA INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46225 HOBBY C Y IT FREEPORT. IL61032 630 HOLLSTER AV ENUE 317-634-6688 81 5-232-1419 6910 WEST CERMAK ROAD ROCKFORD, IL 61108 N' GAUGE TRAIN SHOP DEPOT HOBBY SHOP BERWYN, IL 60402 81 5·398-2877 4759 NORTH POST ROAD 708-795·0208 180 SOUTH SEMINARY STREET ROYAL HOBBY SHOP INDIANAPOLIS. IN 46226-4133 HOBBYLAND GALESBURG, IL 61401 3920 EAST STATE STREET 317-898-4883 309-342-9323 616 - 618 NORTH MAIN ROCKFORD, IL 61108 TOM METZLER HOBBY CENTER HAUF HOBBIES & TRAIN REPAIR BLOOMINGTON, IL 61701 815·399-1771 7418 MADISON AV ENUE 309-828-1 442 1826 GLENVIEW ROAD JOHNSON HOBBY & SPORT INDIANAPOLIS, IN 46227 GOLDEN SPIKE TRAIN SHOP GLENVIEW, IL 60025 9 NORTH MAIN 317-784-3580 708-998-0531 6357 WEST 79TH STREET SANDWICH, IL 60548 DON'S HOBBY WORLD VARRY TRAINS BURBANK, IL 60459 81 5-786-2450 6742 EAST WASHINGTON STREET 708·598-31 14 18415 SOUTH HALSTED TRAINS-REPAIRS GLENWOOD, IL 60425 INDIANAPOLIS, IN 4621 9 LEISURE TIME PET & HOBBY 637 CRANDELL LANE 708-754·7988 317-375 0832 123 SOUTH MATIIS SCHAUMBURG, IL 601 93-31 04 DANNY'S TRAINS & PLANES KNIGHTSTOWN HOBBY SHOP CHAMPAIGN, IL 61821 708-894·4907 311 SOUTH WASHINGTON STREET 217-352-4007 678 WEST HENRY STREET NORTH SHORE HOBBY KNIGHTSTOWN, IN 46148 PRAIRIE GARDENS KANKAKEE, IL 60901 & COLLECTORS GALLERY 81 5-932-2000 317-345-5987 3000 WEST SPRINGFIELD AV ENUE 4901 OAKTON STREET OWL'S ROOST MODEL RR SHOP TOLIN K & K CHAMPAIGN, IL 61821 SKOKIE. IL 60077 342 SOUTH WASHINGTON AVENUE 403-405 ARNOLD COURT 21 7-356-6532 708-673·4849 KANKAKEE, IL 60901 SLOT AND WING HOBBIES JEFFERY ALANS KOKOMO, IN 46902-3702 815-932-6100 317-453-9793 1615 WEST SPRINGFIELD AV ENUE 1602 WABASH AV ENUE LA GRANGE HOBBY CENTER HAWKINS RAIL SERVICES CHAMPAIGN, IL 61821 SPRINGFIELD, IL 62704 25 SOUTH LA GRANGE ROAD 217-359-1920 217-787-7771 903 MAIN STREET LA GRANGE, IL 60525 CHICAGOLAND HOBBY SPRINGFIELD HAMMERS HOBBY LAFAYETIE, IN 47902 708-354-1 220 317-742-5577 6017 NORTHWEST HWY LOMBARD HOBBIES 2448 SOUTH 10TH STREET SPRINGFIELD, IL 62703 HI OCTANE HOBBIES CHICAGO, IL 60631 524 EAST ST. CHARLES PLACE #A 21 7-523-0265 518 MAIN STREET 312-775-4848 LOMBARD, IL 60148 WHISTLE POST HOBBY SHOP LAFAYETIE, IN 47901 CHICAGO TRAIN COMPANY 708-620-1084 1922 WEST IRVING ROAD HOBBY TRAIN USA WHITE OAKS PLAZA 317-742-2045 MAPLE CITY SPORTS CHICAGO, IL 60613 MACHEANEY PARK MALL 2827 SOUTH VETERANS PARKWAY 312·929-4152 8750 NORTH SECOND STREET SPRINGFIELD. IL 62704 718 LINCOLN WAY RAM TRAIN & HOBBY MACHEANEY PARK, IL 61 115 217-787-0031 LA PORTE. IN 46350 VALLEY ROUNDHOUSE 6603 WEST HIGGINS 8 1 5-282·0727 219-362-4255 122 WEST SAINT PAUL STREET CHICAGO, IL 60656 CHUCK'S TRAIN SHOP B & A HOBBIES/CRAFTS SPRING VALLEY. IL 61362 312· 775-3382 416 NORTH MARKET 408 FRANKLIN 815-663-34 11 SCOTISDALE HOBBY SHOP MARION. IL 62959 MICHIGAN CITY. IN 46360 LARSEN AND PETERSON PAINT CO. 4705 WEST 79TH STREET 618-993-9179 219-874-2382 JIM'S HOBBIES 2750 GRAND AV ENUE CHICAGO, IL 60652 HOBBY LAND 814-B FRONT STREET WAUKEGAN, IL 60085-2441 312·735·6695 ST ANDREWS PLAZA McHENRY, IL 60050 708-623-0027 STANTON HOBBY SHOP 620 WEST EDISON ROAD 815-363·0333 HOPKINS HOBBIES 4734 NORTH MILWAUKEE STREET MISHAWAKA, IN 46545 HIS & HERS HOBBY CENTURY PLAZA CHICAGO. IL 60630 219-255-1722 15 WEST BUSSE AV ENUE 723 SOUTH 8TH STREET 312-283-6446 GUPTA HOBBY CENTER MT. PROSPECT, IL 60056 WEST DUNDEE, IL 601 18 TROST HOBBY SHOP 1701 WEST JACKSON STREET 708-392·2668 708-428-9621 3111 WEST 63RD STREET MUNCIE, IN 47303 RON'S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES TRAINS PLUS HOBBIES CHICAGO, IL 60629 59 DANADA SQUARE EAST 317-288-6505 31 2·927-1400 431 NORTH LAKE STREET WHEATON. IL 601 89-4566 NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY ZENITH HOBBY SHOP MUNDELEIN, IL 60060 708-949·8680 708-690-5542 ANTIQUE ALLEY 6021 WEST IRVING PARK ROAD HOBBY TOWN U.S.A. VENTURE HOBBIES POBOX 1273 CHICAGO, IL 66034 NAPERWEST CENTER 23 HUNTINGTON NASHVILLE, IN 47448 312-282-3044 504 SOUTH ROUTE 59 WHEELING, IL 60090 812-988-1558 ZIENTEK'S NAPERVILLE, IL 60540 708-537-8669 HOBBY WHEREHOUSE 2001 WEST 18TH STREET 708-778·8707 1955 SOUTH PARK AVENUE CHICAGO, IL 60608 JEFFREY ALANS SCHERERVILLE, IN 46375 312-226-9720 701 TOWANDA AV ENUE INDIANA 219-322-0997 ANDY'S MAINLINE TRAINS NORMAL, IL 61761 CHOO CHOO STATION JEFFREY ALANS 114 WEST MAIN 309·454-7456 1530 15TH STR EET COLLINSVILLE. IL 62234 WEST SUBURBAN MODEL HONEY CREEK SQUARE BEDFORD, IN 47421 61 8-344-7795 RAILROAD CENTER 3349 SOUTH U.S. HWY 41 812·275-31 73 WALT'S HOBBY SHOP TERRE HAUTE, IN 47802 106 EAST L1NCOLNWAY HUDSON PHOTO & HOBBY 1701 NORTH LARKIN AV ENUE NORTH AURORA, IL 62542 812-232-3211 1538 STREET CREST HILL, IL 60435 708-897-2867 T BEDFORD, IN 47421 81 5·741 -0043 VILLAGE GREEN TOYS HOBBY & 81 2·279-0268 IOWA RAILSEND HOBBIES 1320-1 322 SHERMER ROAD BREMEN HOBBIES CRAFTS & HANSEN HOBBIES 669 SOUTH MAIN STREET NORTHBROOK, IL 60062 308 NORTH BOWEN AV ENUE CREVE COEUR, IL 61611 708·559·0047 136 MAIN STREET BREMEN, IN 46506 309-699-4542 PAT'S HOBBIES & CRAFTS AMES, IA 50010·6363 21 9·546-3807 5730 WEST 95TH STREET 515·432-2443 PET & HOBBY WORLD A A HOBBY SHOP OAKLAWN, IL 60453 HOBBY SHOP 2807 NORTH VERMILION 2023 WEST FRANKLIN STREET 708-424-6131 200 MAIN DANVILLE, IL 61832 EVANSVILLE. IN 4771 2 A WORLD HOBBIES AMES, IA 50010 21 7·442-7466 81 2·423-8888 1600 0TIAWA AV ENUE 515-232-6321 HAMMER'S HOBBIES ABC HOBBYCRAFT OTIAWA. IL 61350 MIDWEST TRAINS 1959 EAST PERSHING ROAD 81 5·434-5267 2155 EAST MORGAN AV ENUE 1114 STATE STREET DECATUR, IL 62526 PALATINE HOBBY, LTD EVANSVILLE, IN 47711 BETIENDORF. IA 52722 217-875-2627 REGENCY PLAZA 812-477-9661 319-359-1427 DES PLAINES HOBBIES HOBBY LAND 772 WEST EUCLID AV ENUE BOONE HOBBIES 1468 LEE STREET PALATINE, IL 60067 416 WEST COLISEUM BLVD. 804 STORY STREET DES PLAINES, IL 60018 708-359-7888 FORT WAYNE, IN 46805 BOONE, IA 50036 708-297-211 8 RIGHT TRACK 21 9·483-8186 515-432-2361 DOWNERS GROVE HOBBIES 6521 WEST 127TH STREET PHIL'S HOBBY SHOP CABOOSE STOP HOBBIES 6234 SOUTH MAIN STREET PALOS HEIGHTS, IL 60463 1722 LAKE AV ENUE 301 MAIN STREET DOWNERS GROVE, IL 60517 708-388-3008 FORT WAYNE, IN 46805 CEDAR FALLS, IA 50613 708-960-5900 HILL'S HOBBY 219·426-5056 319·277-1754 B & G TRAIN WORLD & COLLECTORS' SHOP HOBBY LAND BOX-KAR HOBBIES 829 WALNUT AVENUE 10 PRAIRIE AVENUE 204 SOUTH MAIN STREET 109 THIRD AV ENUE SE ELGIN, IL 60123 PARK RIDGE, IL 60068 GOSHEN, IN 46526 CEDAR RAPIDS. IA 52401 708-888-2646 708-823-4464 219-534-0027 319-362-1291

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PA GE 55 DEALER DIRECTORY HOBBY HUT ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES HOBBIES PLUS MASSACHUSETTS 14 NORTH 3RD STREET 2718 BOULEVARD PLAZA 627 BROADWAY SHOPPING CTR GOODWIN'S PHOTO CLEAR LAKE, IA 50428 WICHITA, KS 67211 BANGOR, ME 04401 & HOBBY CENTER 316-685-6608 207-942-3796 51 5-357-2443 30 MAIN STREET HOBBY CENTER, INC ASK YOUR MOTHER MAJOR ART & HOBBY CENTER AMESBURY, MA 01913 1034 EAST HARRY 201-205 EAST 2ND STREET 49 PLEASANT STREET 508-388-1717 DAVENPORT, IA 52801 WICHITA, KS 67211 BRUNSWICK, ME 04011 HOBBYTIME 316-269-3063 207-729-1542 319-323-9042 FEDERAL PLAZA HOBBY HAVEN HOBBY TOWN USA CRAFT BARN, THE 436 SOUTH BRIDGE STREET EAST GATE PLAZA 7672 HICKMAN ROAD 120 MAIN STREET AUBURN, MA 01501 DES MOINES, IA 50322 8229 EAST KELLOGG DRIVE ELLSWORTH, ME 04605 508-832-0807 WICHITA, KS 67207-1811 51 5-276-8785 207-667-7257 BEDFORD TRAIN SHOP HOBBIES UNLIMITED 316-683-7222 SCALE RAILS 32 SHAWSHEEN AVENUE 1198 WHITE STREET R_R. 1, BOX 1934 BEDFORD, MA 01730 DUBUQUE, IA 52001 KEENEBUNKPORT, ME 04046 617-275-7525 319-582-2029 KENTUCKY 207-967-3024 HOBBY TOWN USA DANA'S HOBBY SHOP BAKER'S HOBBY SHOP TRAIN TROOPER & 281 CABOT STREET 1424 5TH AVENUE SOUTH ASHLAND TOWN CENTER 13 MEMORIAL HIGHWAY BEVERLY, MA 01915 FORT DODGE, IA 50501 500 WINCHESTER AVENUE #232 NORTH YARMOUTH, ME 04097 508-921-1559 515-955-9894 ASHLAND, KY 41101 207-829-32 11 STAN'S MODEL TRAIN SHOP HOBBY CORNER, THE 606-324-1 299 HOBBY CROSSINGS SULLIVAN PHOTO TRAIN CTR EASTDALE PLAZA WEST CHELMSFORD 736 FOREST AVENUE 1700 1 ST AVENUE 1750 CAMPBELL LANE 16 SCHOOL STREET PORTLAND, ME 04103 IOWA CITY, IA 52240 BOWLING GREEN, KY 42104 CHELMSFORD, MA 01863 207-773-0146 319-338-1788 502-782-5680 508-251 -8628 C & A HOBBY SHOP LTD JOHNNY'S TOY SHOP HOBBYIST CRANBERRY JUNCTION HOBBIES 1917 4TH STREET SW 4369 WINSTON AV ENUE RR 1, BOX 358 145 SOUTH MAIN STREET MASON CITY, IA 50401 COVINGTON, KY 4101 5 SEARSPORT, ME 04974 CARVER, MA 02330 515-423-6061 606-261 -6962 207-548-0201 508-866-4223 EAST SIDE TRAINS HOBBY HANGAR TRAINS ON TRACK 932-B ESTATE STREET 1862 PETERSBURG ROAD 21 SUMMER STREET MASON CITY, IA 50401 HEBRON, KY 41048-9613 MARYLAND CHEMSFORD, MA 01 824 515-423-1748 606-283-5746 M B KLEIN, INC 508-256-3465 HOBBY CHEST BLUE GRASS DUXBURY GREEN 162 NORTH GAY STREET MODEL RAILWAY SUPPLY 209 EAST MAIN BALTI MORE, MD 21202 382 KINGSTON WAY 820 LANE ALLEN ROAD OTTUMWA, IA 52501 301-539-6207 DUXBURY, MA 02332 LEXINGTON, KY 40504 51 5-683-4436 STONELEIGH CYCLE & HOBBY 617-585-2164 PATC HCRAFT HOBBY SHOP 606-276-4240 BAY STATE MODELS 6717 YORK ROAD 1600 PIERCE STREET HOBBY HOUSE BALTIMORE, MD 21212 8 ROLLINS STREET SIOUX CITY, IA 51105 4918 PRESTON HIGHWAY 410-377-4447 GROVELAND, MA 01834 712-258-1010 LOUISVILLE, KY 40213 DENNISON'S TRACKSIDE 508-372-8828 502-968-9467 BRASS CABOOSE SHOPS HOBBY TOWN USA 14 SOUTH MAIN STREET 669 WEST WASHINGTON STREET EAST GATE SHOPPING CENTER BERLIN, MD 21811 KANSAS HANSON, MA 02341 GREAT AMERICAN TRAINS 12615 SHELBYVILLE ROAD 301-831-7211 61 7-447-0100 901 WEST EIGHTH STREET PRO CUSTOM HOBBIES LOUISVILLE, KY 40243 CENTERLINE HOBBIES COFFEYVILLE, KS 67337 502-254-5755 721 FREDERICK ROAD 167 CORPORATION ROAD 316-251-0640 SCALE REPRODUCTIONS INC. CATONSVILLE, MD 21228 HYANNIS, MA 02601 TAYLOR'S TOYS 3073 BRECKINRIDGE LANE 410-788-8770 508-771-1244 3120 10TH STREET LOUISVILLE, KY 40220 BURRETT HOBBIES HOBBY BARN GREAT BEND, KS 67530 502-459-5849 9920 RHODE ISLAND AVE NUE 5 ANDERSON AVENUE 316-793-9698 HOBBY CENTER COLLEGE PARK, MD 20740 KINGSTON, MA 02364 CROSSROADS BOOK STORE 2106 TRIPLETT STREET 301 -982-5032 617 585-2288 304 NORTH MAIN STREET OWENSBORO, 42303 CREATE-A-HOBBY ; KY BARN SPEED HOBBIES HUTCHINSON, KS 67501 502-683-7611 2095 COLUMBIA MALL 69 CENTER 316-662-1 205 HOBBY SHOP, THE COLUMBIA, MD 21044 LEE, MA 01238 HOBBY TOWN USA c/o THE BOOKSTORE 410-730-4244 HUTCHINSON MALL 405 BROADWAY HOWARD'S TRAINS 41 3-243-2651 SHEPAUG RAILROAD COMPANY 1500 EAST 11TH PADUCAH, KY 42001 5643 GREEN POINT ROAD HUTCHINSON, KS 67501 24 COLUMBIA STREET 502-443-9434 EAST NEW ARKET, MD 21631 316-662-4499 LEOMINSTER, MA 01453 CABOOSE CORNER 301-943-4658 R C HOBBIES 508-537-2277 c/o WILSON DRUG TRAIN WORKS 115 WEST 7TH CHARLES RO SUPPLY CO 2015 MAIN STREET 2934 CEDARHURST ROAD JUNCTION CITY, KS 66441 662 CROSS STREET PARIS, KY 40361 FINKSBURG, MD 21048 913-238-1877 MALDEN, MA 02148 606-987 -1257 41 0-526-0018 GEORGE'S HOBBY HOUSE 617-321-0090 FORREST HILL STATION 1443 WEST 23RD HRRE-N-TRAINS 15 EAST JANETTSVILLE ROAD LAWRENCE, KS 66046 1 EUCLID AVENUE LOUISIANA FOREST HILL. MD 21050 913-843-5087 HARE'S MARY CARTER PAINT MAYNARD, MA 01754-1 527 410-893-1089 HOBBY TOWN USA 4529 LEE STREET 508-897-8135 ENGINE HOUSE HOBBIES SOUTHWEST PLAZA SHOPPING ALEXANDRIA, LA 71302 MODELER'S JUNCTION 315-G EAST DIAMOND AV ENUE CENTER 318-443-2755 88 LOWELL STREET GAITHERSBURG, MD 20877 2016 WEST 23RD STREET LOUISIANA CENTRAL HOBBIES METHUEN, MA 01844 301 -990-9736 LAWRENCE, KS 66044 10230 FLORIDA BLVD 508-683-0885 PASTIMES 913-865-0883 BATON ROUGE, LA 70815 GREAT TRAIN STORE 531 OUINCE ORCHARD ROAD DON'S RR HOBBY SHOP 504-273-0095 NATICK MAILL GAITHERSBURG, MD 20878 1223 PIERRE STREET KENNER TRAIN SHOP 1245 WORCHESTER ST #2172 301-977-7902 MANHATTAN, KS 66502 2000 20TH STREET NATICK, MA 01760 DAD & SONS DISCOUNT HOBBIES 913-537-7624 KENNER, LA 70062 508-655-3341 J'S HOBBY HAVEN 504-466-5876 205 THELMA AVENUE TRAIN PLACE PLUS MIKE'S TRAIN SHOP GLEN BURNIE, MD 21061 5303 JOHNSON DRIVE 247 WEST MAIN STREET 410-761-7810 MISSION, KS 66205 1916 WILLIAMS NORTHBORO, MA 01532 MAYBERRY AND SONS 913-432-8820 KENNER, LA 70062 508-393-2487 TRAINS AND HOBBIES PEACEVILLE TRAIN SHOP 504-466-8531 NORWOOD NEWS & BOOKSHOP GREAT TRAIN STORE 10527 SUMMIT AV ENUE 432 EAST SANTA FE 683 WASHINGTON STREET OLATH E, KS 66061 1 POYDRAS STREET KENSINGTON, MD 20895 NORWOOD, MA 02062 #114 RIVERWALK 301 -564-9360 913-782-6965 61 7-769-0282 HOBBY HAVEN TRAIN DEPOT NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130 BILL'S FRIENDLY TRAIN SHOPPE TIMES SQUARE SHOPPING CENTER 504-581 -3531 2-4 SOUTH MAIN STREET 414 CENTER STREET 10568 METCALF HUB HOBBY MT AIRY, NC 21 771 RANDOLPH, MA 02368 OVERLAND PARK, KS 66212 26 18 SOUTH BROAD STREET 301-607-8155 617-986-5295 913-381-31 11 NEW ORLEANS, LA 70125 ARTS & CRAFTS SHOPPE ED'S BOXCAR BART'S OLD TOY & TRAINS 504-822-3914 329-A CIVIC AVENUE 611 CENTER STREET 1216 SW 8TH AVENUE COOK'S COLLECTORS CORNER SALISBURY, MD 21801 RAYNHAM, MA 02767 TOPEKA, KS 66606 4402 YOUREE DRIVE 410-546-2120 508-822-6563 913-233-4003 SHREVEPORT, 71105 LA MAIL BAG HOBBIES DON MILLS MODELS FUN FOR ALL HOBBIES 318-865-7632 16817 GORSUCH MILL ROAD 2029 SW GAGE BLVD 235 TAUNTON AV ENUE UPPERCO, MD 21155 TOPEKA, KS 66604 SEEKONK, MA 02771 913-272-5772 MAINE 301 -374-1 005 508-336-5573 AIR CAPITOL HOBBIES FREIGHT STATION MORAN'S ARTS & CRAFTS HOBBY CONNECTION 8989 WEST CENTRAL STREET TAY LOR BROOK MALL 2935 CRAIN HIGHWAY 4 FRANKLIN STREET WICHITA, KS 67212 AUBURN, ME 04210 WALDORF, MD 20601 STONEHAM, MA 02180 316-721-4164 207-784-6556 301-843-7774 617-438-1697

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KEN'S TRAINS HOBBY HUB K.D,C, MODEL TRAINS UNION STATION HOBBIES MILL VILLAGE 526 FRANDOR AVENUE 338 15TH AVENUE NORTH 2122'12 MAIN STREET ROUTE 20 LANSING, MI 48912 HOPKINS, MN 55343 JOPLIN, MO 64804 SUDBURY, MA 01776 517-351 -5843 61 2-936-7520 417-623-3959 508-443-6883 RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HUB HOBBY CENTER HOBBY TOWN USA HOBBY EMPORIUM 1609 EAST MICHIGAN AVENUE 82 MINNESOTA AV ENUE CREEKWOOD COMMONS T.J. MAXX PLAZA LANSING, MI 48912 LITTLE CANADA, MN 55117 303-A NE ENGLEWOOD ROAD 440 MIDDLESEX ROAD 517-485-0700 612-490-1675 KANSAS CITY, MO 64118 TYNGSBORO, MA 01 8790 EARL'S TRAIN WORLD DON'S HOBBY COMPANY 81 6-459-9590 508-649-5055 10560 CASCADE ROAD SE 424 SOUTH FRONT STREET SPOTLIGHT RAILROAD TUCKERS HOBBIES LOWELL, MI 49331 MANKATO, MN 56001 7427 TROOST 8 BACON STREET 616-868-7495 507-387-1330 KANSAS CITY, MO 64131 WARREN, MA 01083 RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP HOBBY TOWN USA 81 6-444-7331 413-436-5318 32115 JOHN R ROAD 7 HI SHOPPING CENTER CRAFTS & THINGS TOY TOWN TERMINAL MADISON HEIGHTS, MI 48071 HIGHWAY 7 & 101 312 NORTH FRANKLIN 68 CENTRAL STREET 810-589-8111 MINNETONKA, MN 55345 KIRKSVILLE, MO 63501 WINCHENDON, MA 01475 TRAIN STATION 612-470-7474 81 6-665-3325 508-297 -3362 255 RIVER STREET HOBBY HUT HOBBY STATION ACTON MODEL RAILROAD CNTR MANISTEE, MI 47660 3208 HIGHWAY 10 EAST 301 SOUTH KIRKWOOD 7 WINDSOR AVENUE 616-723-2889 MOORHEAD, MN 56560 KIRKWOOD, MO 63122 WEST ACTON, MA 01720 HOUSE OF HOBBIES 218-233-5590 314-822-1927 508-264-4020 PARK ROW MALL HOBBY DEPOT, LTD SWITCH STAND 962 WEST BROADWAY 1208 EAST 66TH STREET 7828 MANCHESTER MUSKEGON, MI 49441 RICHFIELD, MN 55423 MAPLEWOOD, MO 63143 61 6-733-4555 612-869-4 179 314-781 -4458 MICHIGAN DAVE'S TRAIN SHOP & HOBBY HUB HOBBY CENTER J&L HOBBY & TRAINS BOOK NOOK 585 WEST ANN ARBOR TRAIL 6416 PENN AVENUE NORTH 1362-J NW HIGHWAY 9 18690 ECORSE ROAD PLYMOUTH, MI 481 70 RICHFIELD, MN 55423 PARKVILLE, MO 64152 ALLEN PARK, MI 48101 31 3-454-7337 612-866-9575 816-746-1 282 31 3-388-3365 BLUE WATER HOBBIES HUB HOBBY CENTER TRAIN LAND HOBBIES PARK VARIETIES 4018 LAPEER ROAD 4114 LAKELAND AVENUE N. 3121 SOUTH CAMPBELL 10115 ANDREWS AVENUE PORT HURON, MI 48060 ROBBINSDALE, MN 55422 SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807 ALLEN PARK, MI 48101 313-984-8764 612-535-5628 417-881 -5995 31 3-386-7887 JOE'S HOBBY CENTER SCALE MODEL SUPPLIES MARK TWAIN HOBBY SHOP RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP CAMPUS CORNER SHPG CTR 4619 41 '12 AVENUE NORTH 1205 SOUTH 5TH STREET 115 WEST LIBERTY 105 SOUTH LIVERNOIS ROBBINSDALE, MN 55422 ST CHARLES, MO 63301 ANN ARBOR, MI 48104 ROCHESTER, MI 48063 61 2-536-3979 314-946-2816 31 3-668-8950 313-651-8842 MOON'S HOBBY SHOP BIG BOY TOYS HOBBY HOUSE ALCOVE HOBBY SHOP MIRACLE MILE MINI MALL 707 EDMOND STREET 1039 WEST TERRITORIAL ROAD 2424 NORTH WOODWARD AVE NUE 107 MIRACLE MILE ST. JOSEPH, MO 64501 BATTLE CREEK, MI 49015 ROYAL OAK, MI 48073 ROCHESTER, MN 55901 816-232-0948 61 6-964-9105 810-545-6237 507-281-8321 ASTRO HOBBY HOUSE INC CUM CRAFT MODEL DEPOT BAKER'S CRAFT & HOBBY 1243 S LACLEDE STATION RD. 1008 ADAMS 1210 CATALPA DRIVE DIVISION PLACE FASHION CENTER ST LOUIS, MO 63119 BAY CITY, MI 48708 ROYAL OAK, MI 48067 SAINT CLOUD, MN 56301 314-961 -7093 51 7-892-6177 810-542-8434 61 2-252-0460 CHECKERED FLAG HOBBY COUNTRY HOBBY HEADQUARTERS TRAIN CENTER HOBBIES UNIVERSITY HOBBIES 4451 LEMAY FERRY ROAD 7090 WHALEY ROAD 4508 NORTH WOODWARD AVENUE 8185 UNIVERSITY AVENUE NE ST LOUIS, MO 63129 CADILLAC, MI 49601 ROYAL OAK, MI 48072 SPRING LAKE PARK, MN 55432 314-892-5353 . 616-775-0969 810-549-6500 61 2-780-4189 GREAT TRAIN STORE RIDERS HOBBY SHOP ROGER'S HOBBY CENTER R R HOBBIES UNLIMITED 122 ST LOUIS UNION STATION 42007 FORD ROAD 5620 STATE STREET 20 12'/, NORTH 8TH STREET ST LOUIS, MO 63103 CANTON, MI 48187 SAGINAW, MI 48603 ST CLOUD, MN 56303 314-231 -7731 313-981 -8700 517-790-0080 612-251 -3554 SCHAEFER'S HOBBY SHOP, INC J & W MODEL TRAINS DEL'S TRAIN CENTER 4206 VIRGINIA AV ENUE 6450 BECHT ROAD EAST 23123 LAHSER ROAD ST LOUIS, MO 63111 COLOMA, MI 49038 SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034 314-352-3750 616-468-5586 810-357-5770 TINKER TOWN, INC JOE'S HOBBY CENTER MISSISSIPPI WHISTLE STOP HOBBY CENTER EMPORIUM 9666 CLAYTON ROAD 7845 WYOMING AVENUE 21714 HARPER AVENUE 136 RUE MAGNOLIA ST LOUIS, MO 63124 DEARBORN, MI 48126 ST CLAIRE SHORES, MI 48080 BILOXI, MS 39530 314-991-431 1 313-933-6567 31 3-771 -6770 601-432-1 326 CAVE SPRINGS HOBBY LITTLE PROFESSOR BOOK CTR RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP ORANGE GROVE HOBBY SHOP 4117 MEXICO ROAD 22174 MICHIGAN AV ENUE 22661 NORTHLINE ROAD 1137-H HIGHWAY 49 NORTH ST. PETERS, MO 63376 DEARBORN, MI 48124 TAYLOR, MI 48180 GULFPORT, MS 39503 314-441 -7332 313-278-1023 31 3-287-7405 601-832-0100 TRAINS TO GO JOE'S HOBBY CENTER TRAINS & THINGS HOBBIES HOBBY TOWN USA 115 WEST LOCKWOOD AVENUE 35203 GRAND RIVER 106 EAST FRONT STREET 6380-D RIDGEWOOD COURT WEBSTER GROVES, MO 63119 FARMINGTON, MI 48024 TRAVERSE CITY, MI 49684 JACKSON, MS 39211 314-961-9150 313-477-6266 61 6-947-1353 601 -957-9900 RIDER'S HOBBY OF FLINT DAVE'S HOBBY & TV HOBBY CORNER-MODEL TRAINS 3012 CORUNNA ROAD 29026 WARREN 1534 NORTH FIRST AVENUE FLINT, MI 48503 WESTLAND, MI 48185 LAUREL, MS 39440 810-234-4051 MONTANA 313-422-4464 601-649-4501 HOUSE OF HOBBIES P & HOBBY SHOP NANKIN HARDWARE & HOBBY 0 MODEL SOURCE 1008 NORTH 7TH AVENUE 31902 GROESSBECK HWY 35101 FORD ROAD 110 SOUTH 11TH STREET BOZEMAN, MT 59715 FRASER, MI 48026 WESTLAND, MI 481 85 OXFORD, MS 38655 406-586-5930 31 3-296-6116 313-722-5700 601-234-9170 HOBBYLAND HOBBY WORLD RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP 820 CENTRAL 2851 CLYDE PARK SW 4035 CARPENTER ROAD GREAT FALLS, MT 59401 GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49509 YPSILANTI, MI 48197 406-453-31 31 61 6·538-6130 313-971-6116 VEK CAMERA REPAIR RIDER'S HOBBY SHOP MISSOURI 1316 BOZEMAN DRIVE 2055 28TH STREET SE CHECKERED FLAG HOBBY COUNTRY HELENA, MT GRAND RAPIDS, MI 49508 14755 MANCHESTER ROAD 59sm 405-449-8144 BALLWIN, MO 63011 616-247-9933 MINNESOTA TREASURE CHEST COBBLESTONE CRAFTS/HOBBY MARTY'S R/C & HOBBY SHOP 31 4-394-7600 1612 BENTON AVENUE 210 CENTRAL AV ENUE 416 NORTH MAIN STREET MAIN LINE TRAINS MISSOULA, MT 59801 HOLLAND, MI 49423 AUSTIN, MN 55912 807-A MAIN STREET 406-549-7992 61 6-396-3029 507-437-3923 BLUE SPRINGS, MO 64015 TOY HOUSE HOBBY HUTCH 816-224-6962 400 NORTH MECHANIC PAUL BUNYAN MALL CAPE ART MART JACKSON, MI 49201 BEMIDJI, MN 56601 21 PLAZA WAY 517-787-4500 218-751 -9734 CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO 63701 NEBRASKA RIDERS HOBBY SHOP GREAT TRAIN STORE 314·334-6523 OREGON TRAIL HOBBIES HOBO'S JUNCTION 4415 S WESTNEDGE AVENUE MALL OF AMERICA 2970 NORTH 10TH STREET #4 KALAMAZOO, MI 49008 E. 166 EAST BROADWAY HWY 86 & P GERING, NE 69341-1720 61 6-349-2666 BLOOMINGTON, MN 55425 EAGLE ROCK, MO 65641 308-635-7900 STAN'S ROUNDHOUSE 61 2-851 -9988 41 7-271 -3722 HOBBY TOWN USA OF KALAMAZOO CARR'S HOBBY HENZE'S HOBBY HOUSE LINCOLN CROSSING 8344 PORTAG E ROAD 2009 WEST SUPERIOR STREET 715 NEW FLORISSANT ROAD SOUTH 5130 NORTH 27TH STREET #A-l KALAMAZOO, MI 49002-5726 DULUTH, MN 55806 FLORISSANT, MO 63031 LINCOLN, NE 68521 61 6-324-0300 21 8-722-71 29 31 4-839-0600 402-434-5051

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TRAIN CELLAR FITTS PHOTO & HOBBY IMAGINATION WORKSHOP C & D JUNCTION 471 1 HUNTINGTON #5 ROUTE 1 479 U.S. HWY. 22 4548 LAKEWOOD-ASHVILLE ROAD LINCOLN, NE 68504 NORTH HAMPTON, NH 03862 PHILLIPSBURG, NJ 08865 ASHVILLE, NY 14710 402-464-4925 603-964-9292 908-859-4241 716-763-4721 HOBBY TOWN USA PAST TIME TOYS N' STUFF MODEL RAILROAD SHOP TRI COUNTY HOBBY WESTGATE SQUARE 55 MAIN STREET 290 VA IL AVENUE 197 DOWNER STREET 1306 NORFOLK AVENUE WEST LEBANON, NH 03784-1 614 PISCATAWAY, NJ 08854 BALDWINSVILLE, NY 13027 NORFOLK, NE 68701-5401 603-543-0158 201 -968-5696 315-635-5270 402-371-2240 KLiCKETY KLACK RAILROAD TRAIN SHOP JERICHO HOBBY & TRAIN CENTER T HOBBY TOWN U,S_A_ JCT R E 28-109 & 109A ELM 142 ROUTE 23 NORTH 252-04 HILLSIDE AVENUE GALLERIA PLAZA WOLFEBORO, NH 03896 POMPTON PLAINS, NJ 07444 BELLEROSE, NY 11426 14465 WEST CENTER ROAD 603-569-5384 201 -696-7708 718-347-2160 OMAHA, NE 68144 HI-WAY HOBBY HOUSE GEORGE'S CABOOSE 402-697-9514 806 STAT E HIGHWAY 17 85 ROBINSON STREET HOUSE OF TRAINS NEW JERSEY RAMSEY, NJ 07446 BINGHAMPTON, NY 13901 HOBBY SHOP 8106 MAPLES 201 -327-0075 607 -771 -8358 OMAHA, NE 68134 STRATMORE SHOPPING CENTER HOBBYMASTERS HUDSON SHORES 402-391 -2311 ROUTE 34 62 WHITE STREET MODEL TRAIN DEPOT KIESER'S BOOK STORE ABERDEEN, NJ 07747 RED BANK, NJ 07701 547-0 WESTERN HIGHWAY 312 SOUTH 15TH STREET 201 -583-0505 201 -842-6020 BLAUVELT, NY 10913 DANA'S HOBBY SHOP OMAHA, NE 68102-2207 RIDGEFIELD HOBBY 914-398-2407 402-342-1931 392 BROAD STREET 508 BROAD AVENUE MIKES ANTIQUE TOYS & TRAINS SCALE-RAIL BLOOMFIELD. NJ 07003 RIDGEFIELD, NJ 07657 5605 BROCKPORT-SPENCERPORT RD. 4205 SOUTH 87TH STREET 201 -743-3951 201 -943-2636 BROCKPORT, NY 14420 GENE'S TRAINS OMAHA, NE 68127 CHOO CHOO EDDIES 716-637-9980 402-339-3380 1905 ROUTE 88 EAST 38 AMES AVENUE PEARL PHARMACY TRAINMAN TRADING POST BRICK, NJ 08724 RUTHERFORD, NJ 07070 717 BURKE AVENUE 521 5 SOUTH 21 ST STREET 908-840-9728 201-438-4588 BRONX, NY 10467 BURLINGTON HOBBIES INC OMAHA, NE 68107 TOM'S MODEL TRAINS 71 8-882-4524 402-734-7233 T/A ALLIED HOBBIES 1791 EAST 2ND STREET HOBBY KING 264 BURLINGTON CENTER SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ 07076 2720 AV ENUE U' BURLINGTON, NJ 08016 908-322-6122 BROOKLYN, NY 11229 NEVADA 609-386-5044 HAYMARKET HOBBIES & TOYS 71 8-648-5399 TONY'S TRAIN TOWN HOBBY TOWN USA 2120 LONG BEACH BLVD. CLlF'S HOBBY BARN EAGLE STATION SHOPPING CENTER 599 POMPTON AVE. (REAR) SHIP BOTTOM. NJ 08008 231 HIGHLAND PARKWAY 3789 SOUTH CARSON STREET CEDAR GROVE, NJ 07009 609-494-7228 BUFFALO, NY 14223-1 407 CARSON CITY, NV 89701 201 -857-2337 BIG LITTLE RAILROAD SHOP 716-877-1808 702-883-5475 JOHN'S CLIFTON HOBBY SHOP 5 NORTH DOUGHTY AV ENUE K-VAL HOBBIES B&R RAILWAYS 555 LEXINGTON AVENUE SOMERVILLE, NJ 08876 277 HINMAN AVENUE 3450 E. PROCYON ST. #E CLIFTON, NJ 07011 908-429-0220 BUFFALO, NY 14216 LAS VEGAS, NV 89102 201 -478-4227 SUSSEX COUNTY HOBBY 716-875-2837 702-251-5787 F & M HOBBIES 69 MAIN STREET NIAGARA HOBBY/CRAFT MART HOBBY TOWN USA 3118 ROUTE 10 SUSSEX, NJ 07461 3366 UNION ROAD AT WALDEN WESTLAND FAIR SHOPPING CENTER DENVILLE, NJ 07834 201 -875-8580 BUFFALO, NY 14225 471 9 FAIRCENTER PARKWAY 201 -631 -0042 ALLIED HOBBIES, INC 716-681-1666 LAS VEGAS, NV 891 02-1553 LITTLE HOBBY'S 207 ECHELON MALL MAINLINE HOBBIES 702-259-0166 149 A STATE ROUTE 31 VOORHEES, NJ 08043 9135 SHERIDAN DRIVE PETERSON HOBBIES/CRAFTS OPPOSITE FAIRGROUNDS 609-772-1268 (ROUTE 324 4972 SOUTH MARYLAND PKWY. FLEMINGTON, NJ 08822 GINGERBREAD STOP CLARENCE, )NY 14031 LAS VEGAS, NV 89119 908-782-3474 174 MT. BETHEL ROAD 716-623-8816 702-795-7522 FREEHOLD HOBBY WARREN, NJ 07060 COMPETITION HOBBY SUPPLY PRC TRAINS T/A ALLIED HOBBIES 201 -647-1 660 1006 LOUDON ROAD 300 WEST UTAH #8 FREEHOLD RACEWAY MALL TOTOWA HOBBY SHOP COHOES, NY 12047 LAS VEGAS, NV 89102 3710 ROUTE 9 131 MOUNTAIN VIEW BLVD 518-786-3622 702-383-3325 FREEHOLD, NJ 07728 WAYNE, NJ 07470 LARRY'S HOBBY SUPPLIES GREAT TRAIN STORE 908-462-2626 201-696-51 70 3021 JERICHO TURNPIKE TONY'S STATIONERY c/o RAMADA EXPRESS HOTEL HOBBY TOWN USA EAST NORTHPORT, NY 11731 2121 SOUTH CASINO DRIVE 211 VAN WINKLE AVENUE BERLIN CIRCLE PLAZA 516-499-7166 LAUGHLIN, NV 89028 HAWTHORNE, NJ 07506 ROUTE 73 DESPAT CH JUNCTION 702-298-6235 201-427-3237 WEST BERLIN, NJ 08091-1400 100 STANTON ROAD PETERSON HOBBIES/CRAFTS DK&B RAILWAY SUPPLIES 609-768-7550 EAST ROCHESTER, NY 14445 TRAIN SHOP 3262-B CIVIC CENTER DRIVE MODEL RAILWAY POST OFFICE 716-385-5570 NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV 89030 116 MAIN STREET 3926 INDUSTRIAL ROAD CENTRAL HOBBY SUPPLY 702-649-3927 HIGHTSTOWN, NJ 08520 WEST MILFORD, NJ 07480 716 WEST MANLIUS STREET HIGH SIERRA MODELS 609-448-5070 201-728-7595 EAST SYRACUSE, NY 13057 JACKSON HOBBY SHOP 4020 KIETZKE LANE SATTLER'S HOBBY SHOP 315-437-6630 RENO, NV 89502 2275 W. COUNTY LINE ROAD 3914 HADDON AVENUE SUSIE-Q HOBBY SHOP 702-825-5557 JACKSON, NJ 08527 WESTMONT, NJ 08108 BUSHVILLE SWAN LAKE ROAD HOBBIES EMPORIUM 908-364-3334 609-854-7136 FERNDALE, NY 12734 J B KLINE & SON 5001 SOUTH McCARRAN BLVD 914-292-0921 RENO, NV 89502 29 BRIDGE NAGENGAST HARDWARE 702-825-9670 LAMBERTVILLE, NJ 08530 68-02 FRESH POND ROAD HOBBIES OF RENO 609-397-0314 NEW MEXICO FLUSHING, NY 11385 ALL ABOARD 535 EAST MOANA LANE HOBBIES 'N STUFF 718-821-0958 RENO, NV 89502 1451 ROUTE 46 9577-L OSUNA ROAD NE T & T PHOTO HOBBY & GIFT 702-826-6006 LEDGEWOOD, NJ 07852 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87111 46 13 IIOLLIS COURT BLVD. 201-584-2884 505-293-1217 FLUSHING, NY 11358 Z & Z HOBBIES & CRAFTS TRAINS WEST, INC 718-461-0991 NEW HAMPSHIRE 116 FLOCK ROAD 6001 SAN MATEO BLVD. NE #B3 D-J MODEL TRAINS NEAL'S N-GAUGING TRAINS MERCERVILLE, NJ 08619 ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87109 397 REYNOLDS ROAD \Ill,1010 MILL ROPo.D 609-586-2282 505-881 -2322 FORT EDWARD, NY 12828 HAMPTON, NH 03842 AIR HOBBY & CRAFTS HOBBY HUT 518-793-2167 603-926-9031 HOLLYEDGE SHOPPING CENTER 126 WYATT DRIVE NASSAU HOBBY CENTER, INC_ TOY CITY, INC. ROUTE 38 LAS CRUCES, NM 88005 43 WEST MERRICK ROAD 149 EMERALD STREET #J MOUNT HOLLY, NJ 08060 505-524-0991 FREEPORT, NY 11520 KEENE, NH 03431-3611 609-267 -1177 516-378-9594 603-352-3131 MEYER'S DISCOUNT STO RE TRAINS PLUS RAILS AND CRAFTS 595 ROUTE 18 12 WARREN STREET 637 MAIN STREET NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08816 NEW YORK GLENS FALLS, NY 12801 LACONIA, NH 03246 908-257-8800 GREAT TRAIN STORE 518-761-7654 603-524-2824 H & R RAILROAD SUPPLY CROSSGATES MALL #B-129 HAMBURG MODEL HOBBY LAND TILTON SHOPPING CENTER #1 CROSSGATES MALL ROAD RAILROAD STATION 33 MAIN STREET 331 TILTON ROAD ALBANY, NY 12203 4 SCOTT STREET LITTLETON, NH 03561 NORTHFIELD, NJ 08225 51 8-869-1524 HAMBURG, NY 14075 603-444-5915 609-646-8792 HOBBY TOWN USA 716-649-3568 PERKINS RAIL DEPOT TRAIN CELLAR SHERIDAN CENTER HOBBY IMAGES 18 PERKINS ROAD 2120 HIGHWAY 35 3332 SHERIDAN DRIVE 89 JERUSALEM AVENUE LONDONDERRY, NH 03053 OAKHURST, NJ 07755 AMHERST, NY 14226 HICKSVILLE, NY 11801 603-432-5054 908-493-9854 71 6-833-7700 516-822-8259 MODELS PLUS TED'S ENGINE HOUSE BEAM ELECTRONICS RIDGE ROAD STATION 72-C MAIN STREET 6307 WESTFIELD AV ENUE ROUTE 434 16131 RIDGE ROAD WEST MEREDITH, NH 03253 PENNSAUKEN, NJ 081 10 APALACHIN, NY 13732 HOLLEY, NY 14470 603-279-9026 609-662-0222 607-625-2222 716-638-6000

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ALTOONA SHOPS LEWIS STONE'S RAILROAD HOBBY HOUSE STRONGSVILLE HOBBY SHOP VILLAGE PLAZA 126 MAIN STREET 1211 ASHVILLE 13325 PROSPECT ROAD 2898 WESTINGHOUSE ROAD #5840 RAVENA, NY 12143 HENDERSONVILLE, NC 28739 CLEVELAND, OH 44136 HORSEHEADS, NY 14845-1 828 518-756-2056 704-692-6683 216-572-0430 607 -739-891 6 WHISTLE STOP TRAINS HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & GREAT TRAIN STORE CABOOSE, INC 1967 RIDGE ROAD EAST HOBBIES Al08 COLUMBUS CITY CENTER 208 WALL STREET ROCHESTER, NY 14622 1106 EAST CHESTER DRIVE 169 COLUMBUS CITY CENTER DRIVE ' HUNTINGTON , NY 11743 71 6-467-7590 HIGH POINT, NC 27265 COLUMBUS, DH 43215 516-427-8288 TRAINS & HOBBIES 910-886-8555 614-228-3555 ROCK RIVER MODEL HOBBIES 91 NORTH PARK AVENUE R C KING HOBBYLAND (GRACE LAND) 7762 ROCK RIVER ROAD ROCKVILLE CENTER, NY 11570 5 FORKS VILLAGE 140 GRACELAND BLVD INTERLAKEN, NY 14847 516-764-6676 KING, NC 27021 COLUMBUS, OH 43214 MOHAWK VALLEY RAILROAD CO, 607 -532-9489 91 0-983-3969 614-888-7500 TRAIN SHOP, THE 2037 HAMBURG STREET GRAND CENTRAL HOBBIES HOBBYLAND (SAWMILL) 210 GRAND AVENUE SCHENECTADY, NY 12304 51 96-2 HIGHWAY 70 6658 SAWMILL ROAD 51 8-372-9124 MOREHEAD CITY, NC 28557 JOHNSON CITY, NY 13790 SAWMILL ROAD & 1-270 MODEL RAILWAY STATION 919-247-5355 607-797-9035 COLUMBUS, OH 43235 HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & J&J HOBBIES INC, 49 MOHAWK AVENUE 614-766-2300 SCOTIA, NY 12302 HOBBIES STRETE HOBBIES 37 NORTH FRONT STREET 51 8-382-1714 4217 SIX FORKS ROAD #148 3655 SULLIVANT AVENUE KINGSTON, NY 12401 3 GUY'S HOBBIES RALEIGH, NC 27609 COLUMBUS, OH 43228 91 4-338-7174 99 EAST MAIN STREET 919-782-4436 614-279-6959 HOJACK HOBBIES, INC, SMITHTOWN, NY 11787 HOBBY CRAFT JUNCTION TOM THUMB 400 BUCKLEY ROAD 516-265-8303 1060 TI FFANY SQUARE FAMILY HOBBY CENTER LIVERPOOL, NY 13088 SYRACUSE TRAIN & HOBBYS ROCKY MOUNTAIN, NC 27804 460 WILSON ROAD 31 5-457-2226 921 NORTH SALINA STREET 919-446-2291 COLUMBUS, OH 43204 RUDY'S HOBBY ART & SYRACUSE,NYI3208 LITTLE CHOO CHOO SHOP, INC 614-274-5150 3516 30TH AV ENUE 315-478-4634 500 SOUTH SALISBURY AVENUE TRAIN STATION, THE LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11103 WALT'S HOBBY SPENCER, NC 28159 4430 INDIANOLA AVENUE 718·545-8280 2 DWIGHT PARK DRIVE 704-637-8717 COLUMBUS, OH 43214 POP'S HOBBY SYRACUSE, NY I3209 D & J HOBBIES & CRAFTS 614-262-9056 ROUTE 2, BOX 251 315-453-2291 771 WASHINGTON MALL ANNEX RAIL CROSSING, THE MADRID, NY 13660 VILLAGE TOY SHOP WASHINGTON, NC 27889 119 PORTAGE TRAIL 315·322-7677 2011 GENESEE STREET 91 9-946-6094 CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH 44222 AREA MODEL TRAINS UTICA, NY 13501 HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & 216-945-5552 15 WEST MAIN STREET 315-733-0611 HOBBIES TRAINS ETC. MIDDLETOWN, NY 10940 VALLEY MODEL TRAINS 3500 OLEANDER DRIVE 2046 BAILEY ROAD 914-343-71 4 1 91 MARKET STREET #10-32 WILMINGTON, NC 28403 CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH 44221 TONY'S TRAIN STATION WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590 910-799-2738 216-922-4020 841 ROUTE 211 EAST 914-297 -7511 ANTIQUE BARN DAYTON MODEL RAILWAYS MIDDLETOWN, NY 10940 A & M HOBBIES ROUTE 2, BOX 22 3706 WILMINGTON PIKE 91 4·692-5330 CITY CENTER PLAZA FOREST HILLS ROAD DAYTON, OH 45429 WILLIS HOBBIES WATERTON, NY 13601 WILSON, NC 27893 513-299-7991 285 WILLIS AVENUE 315-782-0524 919-237 -6778 HOBBY CENTRAL MINEOLA, NY 11501 EAST DYKE DEPOT HOBBY CORNER 28 TROY ROAD SHOPPING CENTER 516-746-3944 322 EAST DYKE 464 KNOLLWOOD STREET DELAWARE, OH 43015 HOMETOWN HOBBIES WELLSVILLE, NY 14895 WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103 614-363-0381 HOUSE OF TRAINS 325 ROUTE 17 716-593-0005 919-768-2345 HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & MONROE, NY 10954 TIM'S HOBBY SHOP INC 417 EAST 200TH STREET HOBBIES 914-782-2401 2226 UNION ROAD EUCLlO, OH 44119 R&R HOBBIES WEST SENECA, NY 14224 3320 SILAS CREEK PKWY. #258 216-383-9494 WINSTON-SALEM, NC 27103 FAIRFIELD HOBBY SHOP 977 EAST BROADWAY 716-656-1790 WESTCHESTER HOBBIES 910-765-8250 5148 PLEASANT AVENUE MONTICELLO, NY 12701-3810 FAIRFIELD, OH 45014 914-796-2277 102 EAST POST ROAD TRADITIONAL TRAINS WHITE PLAINES, NY 10601 NORTH DAKOTA 513-863-7281 914-949-7943 DAVE'S HOBBIES WEAVER'S BIKE & HOBBIES 411 JERICHO TURNPIKE L B C MODEL TRAINS 701 WAYNE STREET NEW HYDE PARK, NY 11040 200 WEST MAIN 'N-GAUGE SPECIALISTS' GREENVILLE, OH 45331 516-328-6664 BISMARK, ND 58501 60 SPRING STREET 513-548-1035 RED CABOOSE 701-255-6353 WILLIAMSVILLE, NY 14221 OMNI HOBBY & GAMES WINGS HOBBY SHOP 23 WEST 45TH STREET 716-631 ·3081 4340 13TH AV ENUE SW 17112 DETROIT AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10036 FARGO, ND 58103 LAKEWOOD, OH 441 07-3694 212-575-0155 216-221 -5383 THIRD STREET DEPOT 701 -282-5675 NORTH CAROLINA HOBBY TOWN USA SLATER'S INC 507 3RD STREET CAROLINA ART CRAFT & HOBBY BEST PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER 1141 NORTH MEMORIAL DRIVE NIAGARA FALLS, NY 14301 128 SWANNANNA RIVER ROAD 2500 SOUTH COLUMBIA ROAD LANCASTER, OH 43130 716-285-2043 ASHEVILLE, NC 28805 GRAND FORKS, NO 58201 614-654-2204 NORTH SYRACUSE TRAIN SHOP 704-258-2227 701-746-0708 SMOKE STACK HOBBY SHOP HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & 6037 EAST TOFT ROAD #102 McGIFFINS HOBBIES 358 LINCOLN AVE NUE #A NORTH SYRACUSE, NY 13212 HOBBIES 1200 SOUTH WASHINGTON LANCASTER, OH 43130 315-458-6753 201 SOUTH ESTES DRIVE GRAND FORKS, ND 58201 614-653-0404 NORWOOD HOBBY SHOP CHAPEL HILL, NC 27514 701-772-5311 TRAIN TOWN HOBBY 2 SOUTH MAIN STREET 919-733-7671 520 EAST HUME ROAD CHARLOTTE ELECTRIC TRAIN NORWOOD, NY 13668 LIMA, OH 45806 31 5-353-6621 114-D FREELAND LANE OHIO 419-221-3388 DAN'S TRAINS & SPECIALTIES LACKAWANNA STATION CHARLOTTE, NC 28217 CORNER STORE, THE 704-527 -0392 1901 S. ARLINGTON STREET TRAIN STATION 1249 COLORADO AVENUE HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & AKRON, OH 44306-4268 523-H HIGH LORAIN, OH 44052 HOBBIES 21 6-724-5566 PAINTED POST, NY 14870 216-288-2351 MILLER'S HOBBY SHOP 607-962-51 64 1058 WEST CLUB BLVD JOHN'S HOBBY SHOP ON THE SQUARE DURHAM, NC 27701 3045 MANCHESTER ROAD HARRY'S DEPOT 15 NORTH MAIN STREET 91 9-286-9613 AKRON, OH 44319 ROUTE 112 MANSFIELD, OH 44902 HAYES HOBBY SHOP 216-644-5955 128 MEDFORD AVENUE 419-526-4426 209 ELM STREET ROB'S TRAINS PATC HOGUE, NY 11772 MODEL RAILROAD SCENE FAYETTEVILLE, NC 28303 361 EAST MAIN STREET 516-475-9056 46 WEST THIRD STREET 91 0-485-2337 ALLIANCE, OH 44601 DUFFY'S TRAINS MANSFIELD, OH 44902 BOB & DANA'S HOBBIES PLUS 216-823-7222 R.D. 3, BOX 3 419-524-5959 6023 HENDERSONVILLE ROAD BARBERTON BIKEITRAIN SHOP ROUTE 57 SOUTHEAST HOBBY FLETCHER, NC 28732 356 4TH STREET NW PHOENIX, NY 13135 5150 WARRENSVILLE 704-687 -0407 BARBERTON, OH 44203 315-695-4375 GREAT ESCAPE SCIENCE/HOBBY 216-753-5316 MAPLE HEIGHTS, OH 441 37 SUNRISE HOBBIES 216-663-7171 TRAIL 3044 EAST FRANKLIN BLVD. #4 JOHNNY'S TOYS G & M TRAIN & HOBBY 33 CAIN DRIVE GASTONIA, NC 28056 GREEN HILLS SHPG CTR PLAINVIEW, NY 11803 704-866-7303 ESWIN AVENUE 412 HANOVER STREET 51 6-454-4827 HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & CINCINNATI, OH 45218 MARTIN'S FERRY, OH 43935 HOBBY TOWN USA HOBBIES 513·825-3070 614-633-6055 SHOWCASE HOBBIES SHOPS AT SMITHFIELD 324 FOUR SEASONS TOWN CENTER GOLF MANOR HOBBIES 11 SMITHFIELD BOULEVARD GREENSBORO, NC 27407 2235 LOSANTIVILLE AVENUE 249 FIRST STREET SE PLATTSBURGH, NY 12901-2111 910-854-1 471 CINCINNAT I, OH 45237 MISSILLON, OH 44646 51 8-562-0142 HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS & 513-351 -3849 216-833-2118 BIG TOP HOBBIES HOBBIES DEPOT TRAINS J & M HOBBIES I 406 MAIN STREET 71 4 GREENVILLE BLVD SE 4342 WEST 130 STREET 1238 CONANT STREET ( PORT JEFFERSON, NY 11777 GREENVILLE, NC 27858 CLEVELAND, OH 44135 MAUMEE, OH 43537 51 6-473-1141 91 9-756-0121 216·252-8880 419-893-2621

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PA GE 59 DEALER DIRECTORY HOBBY TOWN USA WOODWARD'S PENNSYLVANIA JENKINTOWN HOBBY CENTER SOUTH TOWNE CENTER 4401 WEST MEMORIAL ROAD ALLENTOWN TOY TRAIN SERVICE GREENWOOD AVENUE 2096 MIAMISBURG­ OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73120 LEEDOM STREET 125'12 NORTH 11TH STREET & CENTERVILLE ROAD #13 405-751-4994 JENKINTOWN, PA 19046 ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 MIAMISBURG, OH 45459 ACTION HOBBIES 215-884-7555 215-821 -0740 513-436-6161 BUCK'S HOBBY SHOP 4955-C SOUTH MEMORIAL BLOCH'S HOBBY SHOP SOUTH PARK HOBBIES TULSA, OK 74 145 232 LEVERGOOD STREET 1015 UNION BLVD. 1815 TYTUS AVENUE 918-663-8998 JOHNSTOWN, PA 15901 ALLENTOWN, PA 18104 MIDDLETOWN, OH 45042 CHALLENGER-N SCALE HOBBIES 814-535-6593 215-432-9975 513-424-5124 MY BROTHERS HOBBY 2230 EAST 56TH PLACE HOBBY CORNER JOHNNY'S TOYS 360 GOUCHER STREET TULSA, OK 74105 16928 WEST TILGHMAN STREET MILFORD SHOPPING CENTER JOHNSTOWN, PA 15905 918-749-1634 ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 LILA AVENUE DISCOUNT TRAINS & MODELS 814-288-3894 MILFORD, OH 45150 610-433-6936 GENE'S BOOKS 8988-X S. SHERIDAN ROAD SEVENTH STREET DEPOT 513-831 -8434 TULSA, OK 74133 KING OF PRUSSIA PLAZA TRAINS, PLANES AND HOBBY THINGS 619 NORTH SEVENTH STREET KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 918-495-1 525 88 WEST GRANVILLE ALLENTOWN, PA 18102 215-265-6210 WINGS-N-THINGS NEW ALBANY, OH 43054 215-433-2868 CROSSING 5241 SOUTH PEORIA ARDMORE HOBBIES 614-855-8058 2160 LINCOLN HWY EAST #11 TULSA, OK 74105 TRAIN CAR LTD 19 WOODSIDE AVENUE #A LANCASTER,PA17602 918-745-0034 21 WILLIAMS ROAD ARDMORE, PA 19003 717-394-2743 NEWARK, OH 43055 610-896-6615 SMITIY'S HOBBY & CRAFT CHRISTMAS CITY HOBBIES 614-745-2798 MANOR SHOPPING CENTER PLANES TRAINS'& ARTISTS THINGS OREGON 312-316 SOUTH NEW STREET 1226 MILLERSVILLE PIKE BETHLEHEM, PA 18015 121 SOUTH BROADWAY TUMBLEWEED TOYS & TA LES LANCASTER, PA 17603 610-974-9590 NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH 44663 1911 MAIN STREET 717-393-2521 MAIN HOBBY CENTER LEVITIOWN HOBBIES, INC 216-364-4789 BAKER CITY, OR 97184 NICK'S SALES & SERVICE ROUTE 6 T/A ALLIED HOBBIES 503-523-3411 SCRANTON CARBONDALE 7251 MIDDLEBRANCH ROAD NE TAMMIE'S HOBBIES & 243 OXFORD VALLEY MALL NORTH CANTON, OH 44721 HIGHWAY LANGHORNE, PA 19047 12024 SW CANYON ROAD 216-494-0125 BLAKELY, PA 18447 215-757-8086 BEAVERTON, OR 97005 TRAINS-N-THINGS 717-489-8857 HENNING SCALE MODELS 503-644-4535 MAINLINE HOBBY SUPPLY 128 SOUTH LINE STREET 6587 WHIPPLE AVENUE NW D'S TOYS/HOBBIES NORTH CANTON, OH 44720 15015 BUCHANAN TRAIL EAST LANSDALE, PA 19446 3312 NORTH HWY 97 BLUE RIDGE SUMMIT, PA 17214 215-362-2442 216-499-1 666 BEND, OR 97701 MARS MODEL INC 717-794-2860 PENN VALLEY HOBBY CENTER 503-389-1330 NICHOLAS SMITH 837 WEST MAIN 146 EAST AURORA ROAD TRUMP'S HOBBIES 2343 WEST CHESTER PIKE LANSDALE, PA 19446 NORTHFIELD, OH 44067 2401 NW KINGS BLVD. 215-855-1268 216-467-0124 BROOMALL, PA 19008 CORVALLIS, OR 97330 HOBBY'S, ETC. 215-353-8585 ADAM'S & EVE'S PET/H OBBY 503-753-7540 NORTH END HOBBIES LAT TROBE 30 SHOPPING PLAZA 23345 LORAIN ROAD VILLAGE DEPOT LATROBE, PA 15650 NORTH OLMSTED, OH 44070 75 NORTH MAIN STREET 725 ROW RIVER ROAD 412-539-7130 216-979-1900 CHAMBERSBURG, PA 17201 COTIAGE GROVE, OR 97424 CARPENTER HOBBIES PAUL'S HOBBIES 717-261-1946 503-942-5117 HOBBY'S-N-STUFF 1180 MAIN ROAD 46 EAST MAIN STREET EUGENE TOY & HOBBY LEHIGHTON, PA 18235 NORWALK, OH 44857 238 NORTH PITISBURGH STREET 32 EAST 11TH AVENUE 610-337-2402 419-668-3019 CONNELLSV ILLE, PA 15425 KEYSTONE HOBBY CENTER TRAIN & HOBBY SHOP EUGENE, OR 97401 412-628-0228 503-344-2117 CORAOPOLIS BIKE & HOBBY 329 SOUTH 3RD STREET 53 SOUTH ST. CLAIR STREET EVERGREEN ROUNDHOUSE LEMOYNE, PA 17043 PAINESVILLE, OH 44077 938 5TH AVENUE 717-763-7584 216-354-5659 301 0-C PACIFIC AVENUE CORAOPOLIS, PA 15108 HOBBYCRAFTER HOBBY LAND FOREST GROVE, OR 97116 412-264-0982 CRANBERRY HOBBY DEPOT 5907 EMILIE ROAD STATE ROUTE 7 503-357-805 5 HILLSBORO HOBBY SHOP LEVITIOWN, PA 19057 PROCTORVILLE, OH 45667 CRANBERRY GARDENS PLAZA 215-494-3730 614-886-8062 351 EAST MAIN 20327 PERRY HIGHWAY RULE'S MODEL TRAINS HOBBYLAND (REYNOLDSBURG) HILLSBORO, OR 97123 CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA 16066 43 MARKET SQUARE 6589 EAST MAIN STREET 503-648-3788 412-776-3640 HERB'S HOBBY HOUSE MANHEIM, PA 17545 REYNOLDSBURG, OH 43068 AL'S BIKE & TOY HOUSE 717-664-51 55 614-866-5011 808 KLAMATH AVENUE 248 WEST STATE STREET HOBBY EXPRESS HOME HOBBIES & CRAFTS KLAMATH FALLS, OR 97601 DOYLESTOWN, PA 18901 308 MARS-VALENCIA ROAD 229 EAST HOME ROAD 503-884-4512 215-345-7123 FISCHEL'S MARS, PA 16046 SPRINGFIELD, OH 45503 HOBBY TREE 412-625-1550 51 7 LIBERTY BLVD. 513-390-0687 335 EAST MAIN STREET ODDO'S HOBBY CENTER SEMAPHORE TRAIN & HOBBY MEDFORD, OR 97501 DUBOIS, PA 15801 814-371-1482 436 WEST 5TH AVENUE STARLITE PLAZA 503-773-7002 McKEESPORT, PA 15132 JODY'S CLOCKS & GIFTS HOBBY HANGOUT/ CRAFT CENTER 5700 MONROE 412-673-6336 WHISTLE STOP MODEL TRAINS PALM ER TOWNSHIP SYLVANIA, OH 43560 LOCO LOUIE'S MODEL TRAIN 3701 WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY 419-885-1533 6 NE 5TH AVENUE 718 McDADE BLVD EASTON, PA 18042 STEVE'S FALLEN FLAGS HOBBIES MILTON-FREEWATER, OR 97862 MILMONT PARK, PA 19033 21 5-252-6871 5414 MONROE STREET 503-938-5785 TRAINS & LANES HOBBIES 610-583-7711 TOLEDO, OH 43623 HOBBY SMITH ESTHER'S HOBBY 3825 NORTH WOOD AVENUE 419-843-3334 1814 NE 41ST 219 NORTH AVENUE EASTON, PA 18042 FAMILY HOBBY SHOP PORTLAND, OR 97212 MILVALE, PA 15209 215-253-8850 304 NORTH DIXIE DRIVE 503-284-1912 412-821-2415 FISHER'S EFFORT VAN DALIA, OH 45377 HOBBY WA REHOUSE ENGLISH'S MODEL RAILROAD ROUTE 115 513-898-5247 8532 SW APPLE WAY 21 HOWARD STREET P.O. BOX 137 CUSTOM HOBBIES PORTLAND, OR 97225 MONTOURSVILLE, PA 17754 EFFORT, PA 18330 432 MAIN STREET 503-292-3790 717-368-2516 61 0-681 -4654 WINTERSVILLE, OH 43952 VIC'S HOBBY SUPPLY BRANDON'S TRACKS & TRAINS LEISURETIME 614-266-6016 606 NE BROADWAY 1060 BUTLER AVENUE 325 BUSTLETON PIKE AMER'S HOBBY SHOP, INC NEW CASTLE, PA 16101 PORTLAND, OR 97232 FEASTERVILLE, PA 19047 6010 MARKET STREET 412-652-6601 503-281 -1032 215-355-3076 YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44512 PAULS MODEL RAilROAD SHOP WHISTLE STOP TOMMY GILBERT'S 216-758-2810 201 LINCOLN WAY WEST 14037 SE STARK 346 EAST WATER STREET BROADMAN HOBBY CENTER NEW OXFORD, PA 17350 PORTLAND, OR 97233 GETIYSBURG, PA 17325 680 MARKET STREET 717-624-7567 503-252-7118 71 7-337-1992 YOUNGSTOWN, OH 44512 MONTGOMERY HOBBY INC. OCHOCO STATION BAKERSTOWN TOYS & TRAINS 216-758-1522 T/A ONE STOP HOBBIES 427 NORTH MAIN 3600 BAKERSTOWN ROAD 164 MONTGOMERY MALL PRINEVILLE, OR 97754 GIBSONIA, PA 15044 NORTH WALES, PA 19454 OKLAHOMA 503-447-6745 41 2-443-5550 215-362-1 969 ESTES BOOKS & HOBBIES ALL ABOARD HOBBIES MODELLBAHN HOBBIES FATHER NATU RE 317 5TH STREET 427 SE MAIN STREET 1145 E. PHILADELPHIA AVE BOX 297, RD #1 ALVA, OK 737 17 ROSEBURG, OR 97470 GILBERTSVILLE, PA 19525 PALMYRA, PA 17078 405-327-2123 503-672-0280 610-367-5925 717-531-6186 SKY SPORT & HOBBY WORLD DURANT HOBBY CENTER o 0 YE OlDE HUFF-N-PUFF 435 SOUTH 9TH AVENUE 4564 COMMERCIAL STREET SE 895 ALTER STREET REAR ROLLING STOCK ACRES DURANT, OK 74701 -6101 SALEM, OR 97300 HAZELTON, PA 18201 PENNA FURNACE, PA 16865 405-924-8510 503-363-4345 71 7-454-3302 814-692-8334 WHISTLE STOP TRAINS K & J'S TRAIN NIEDZALKOSKI'S TRAIN SHOP LESHERS II 1313 WEST BRITION ROAD 9 TURLEY ROAD 214 SOUTH 4TH STREET 21 NORTH 7TH STREET OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 731 14 WARRENTON, OR 97146 JEANETIE, PA 15644 PERKASIE, PA 18944 405-842-4846 503-861-1913 41 2-523-8035 215-257-4055

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CAPPELLI STAMPS & HOBBIES SHIPPEETOWN MODEL SHOP HOBBY HOUSE J R'S HOBBY DEPOT 313 MARKET STREET DANIELSON PIKE 5622 HIGHWAY 153 7317 SOUTH KIRKWOOD PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106 ROUTE 6 HIXSON, TN 37343 HOUSTON, TX 77072 215-629-1757 FOSTER, RI 02825 615-870-5372 713-568-8754 NORTHEAST HOBBY SHOP 401 -647-2640 HUTTON'S HARDWARE & HOBBY LARRY'S HOBBIES 2503-05 EAST ALLEGHENY AVENUE BELLEVUE CAMERA 7525 MAYNARDVILLE HIGHWAY 156-F 1960 EAST PHILADELPHIA, PA 19134 99 E MAIN ROAD KNOXVILLE, TN 37918 HOUSTON, TX 77073 215-739-6826 MIDDLETOWN, RI 02842 615-922-98 11 713-443-7373 TRANS GLOBE INC 401 -847-5426 TENNESSEE MODEL HOBBIES TRAINSOURCE: TEXAS T/A AL'S HOBBIES NEWPORT HOBBY HOUSE LT D_ 8903 OAKRIDGE HIGHWAY 3264 SOUTH LOOP WEST 2327 COTTMAN-ROOSEVELT ML 235 SPRING STREET KNOXVILLE, TN 37931 HOUSTON, TX 77025 PHILADELPHIA, PA 19149 NEWPORT, RI 02840 61 5-927-2900 713-662-0809 215-332-8866 401 -847-1 515 CHURCH HARDWARE MAL HOBBY SHOP A B CHARLES & SON APPLE VA LLEY HOBBIES HOBBY DEPARTMENT 108 SOUTH LEE STREET 321 3 WEST LIBERTY APPLE VALLEY PLAZA 690 EAST RAINES ROAD IRVING, TX 75060 9 CEDAR SWAMP ROAD #7 PITTSBURGH, PA 15216 MEMPHIS, TN 38116 214-438-9233 SMITHFIELD, RI 02917 412-561 -3068 901-332-1144 HOBBY CENTER OF KILLEEN 401-231-7790 BILL & WALT'S HOBBY SHOP MODEL RAILROAD/HOBBY SPLY 2301 EAST CENTRAL SHORELINE HOBBIES 1025 NORTHWAY MALL 3436 PARK AV ENUE TEXAS EXPRESSWAY #101 9 CANAL STREET PITTSBURGH, PA 15237-3011 MEMPHIS, TN 381 11 KILLEEN, TX 76543 WESTERLY, RI 02891 412-366-8686 901 -324-7245 817-690-731 1 401 -596-9212 JOHN A. SACCO, JR., INC. PIGEON FORGE TOYS HOBBY IRON HORSE HOBBIES OF TEXAS & 540 SURF #118 30 INGRAM AV ENUE 2919 MIDDLE CREEK ROAD #2 LEWISVILLE, TX 75067 PITTSBURGH, PA 15205 PIGEON FORGE, TN 37862 214-221-5891 412-921-1553 SOUTH CAROLINA 615·428-0918 HOBBY TOWN USA T S C MODEL RAILROAD SUPPLIES TEKUNEL JOURNAL DAN'S TRAINS BELVEDERE PLAZA 711 EAST METHVIN FEMUL OFFICE 1-75 NORTH EMORY ROAD 3122 NORTH MAIN STREET LONGVI EW, TX 75601 862 FLEMINGTON AVENUE 7603-A BLUEBERRY HILL DRIVE ANDERSON, SC 29621 -2763 214-753-9512 PITTSBURGH, PA 15217 POWELL, TN 37849 803-261 -8479 WINGS & THINGS 412-521-0448 615-938-72 12 CREATIVE PASTIME SHOP 4425 50TH STREET J & D WHISTLE STOP 1011 THIRD AV ENUE LUBBOCK, TX 79414 106 EAST BROAD STREET CONWAY, SC 29526 806-793-7777 QUAKERTOWN, PA 18951 TEXAS 803-248-2600 HOBBY TOWN U.S,A. COLLECTOR SHOP, INC 215-538-0501 TRAINS & MORE BRODLE OAKS 1220 NORTH TOWN EAST BLVD., G & K HOBBY CENTER 6788 CALHOUN MEMORIAL DRIVE 4107 CAPITOL OF TEXAS HWY SUITE 220 720 GORDON STREET EASLEY, SC 29640 AUSTIN, TX 78704 MESQUITE, TX 75150 READING, PA 19601 803-850-0237 512-440-7877 214-6 13-2052 21 5-374-8598 GREAT ESCAPE KING'S HOBBY MESQUITE CENTRAL HOBBY IRON HORSE HOBBY HOUSE 1426 LAURENS ROAD 8810 NORTH LAMAR 408 SOUTH GALLOWAY STREET 60 SOUTH SIXTH STREET GREENVILLE, SC 29607 AUSTIN, TX 78753 MESQUITE, TX 75 149 READING, PA 19602 803-235-8320 512-836-7388 214-285-2930 215-373-6927 HOBBY TOWN USA STAR HOBBIES VILLAGE HOBBY SHOP GREAT TRAIN STORE VERDAE MARKET FAIR 2700 WEST ANDERSON LANE #801 1200 HIGHWAY 100 MALL AT STEAMTOWN #211 101 VERDAE BLVD. #340 PORT ISABEL, TX 78578 AUSTIN, TX 78757 GREENVILLE, SC 29607 210-943-7546 315 LACKAWANNA AVENUE 512-452-6401 SCRANTON , PA 18503 803-627 -9633 DIBBLE'S HOBBIES HOBBY MAKER 717-963- 1508 COUNTRY GENERAL STORE 1029 DONALDSON AV ENUE 1424-F AIRPORT FREEWAY 1935 SOUTH LAKE DRIVE SAN ANTONIO, TX 78828 LOCOMOTIVE BRASS SHOP BEDFORD, TX 76022 LEXINGTON, SC 29073 512-735-7721 820 PITTSBURGH STREET 817-267-0991 SPRINGDALE, PA 15144 803-359-9482 HOBBY TOWN USA BELLAIRE ROUNDHOUSE 412-274-5366 ED'S HOBBY SHOP LINCOLN HTS. SHOPPING CTR. 53 14 BELLAIRE ROAD 702 MAIN STREET 999 EAST B SSE ROAD # 177 TOWNE BAZAAR INC. BELLAIRE, TX 77401 MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577 SAN ANTONIO,A TX 78209 T/A ALLIED HOBBIES 713-667-7762 803-448-8685 210-829-8697 1170-74 BALTIMORE PIKE B H TRAINS GREAT TRAIN STORE & SPRING CROSSING SPRINGFIELD, PA 19064 2033 AIRLINE ROAD #B-2 BROADWAY AT THE BEACH 121 LOU LANDE #102 610-328-7720 CORPUS CHRISTE, TX 78412 1350 21ST AV ENUE NORTH SPRING, TX 77388 NITTANY LINE HOBBIES 512-985-838 BUILDING H, SPACE 136 713-353-9484 127 SOUTH FRASER STREET LEISURE TIME HOBBIES MYRTLE BEACH, SC 29577 TWO STATE HOBBY SHOP STAT E COLLEGE, PA 16801 1326 AIRLINE 803-444-0844 821 WEST 7TH STREET 814-237-7100 CORPUS CHRISTI, TX 78412 UNION STATION TEXARKANA, TX 75501 STRASBURG TRAIN SHOP 512-991-7161 785 MURRAH ROAD 214-794-7632 ROUTE 741 EAST, BOX 130 CLASSIC TRAINS & HOBBIES NORTH AUGUSTA, SC 29841 C J's HOBBIES STRASBURG, PA 17579 1110 PETAL STREET 803-279-5975 TA NGLEWOOD EAST SHOPPING 717-687-0464 DALLAS, TX 75238 NEW BROOKLAND RR HOBBY CENTER HAUSE'S HOBBY TRAIN SHOP & 214-349-7573 405 STATE STREET 1700 SSE LOOP 323 # 108 311 REAGAN STREET DISCOUNT MODEL TRAINS WEST COLUMBIA, SC 29169 TYLER, TX 75701 SUNBURY, PA 17801 803-791-3958 4641 RATLIFF LANE #150 903-566-5409 717-286-541 7 DALLAS, TX 75248 PROP WHEELS HOBBIES 214-931-8135 GREAT TRAIN STORE & THE WOODLANDS MALL #2140 139 WEST BROAD STREET HALL'S HOBBY HOUSE SOUTH DAKOTA 1201 LAKE WOODLANDS DRIVE TA MAWQUA, PA 18252 4822 BRYAN STREET KLEIN'S WOODLANDS, TX 77380 717-6 68-2288 DALLAS, TX 75204 406 SOUTH WILSON STREET (713) 363-4348 BRANDYWINE HOBBIES ABERDEEN, SO 57401 214-821 -2550 1502 WEST CHESTER PIKE 605-229-0661 SILVER SPIKE HOBBIES WEST CHESTER, PA 19382 WHO'S HOBBY HOUSE 525 NORTH ELM STREET 215-696-9049 DENTON, TX 76201 717 MAIN STREET UTAH TRAIN SHOPPE RAPID CITY, SO 57701 817-383-3914 ALMOSTA JUNCTION 334 NORTH PENNSYLVANIA AV ENUE HAL'S HOBBY WAREHOUSE 605-342-0875 1161 SOUTH STATE STREET WILLKES-BARRE, PA 18702 1440 BESSEMER UNIVERSAL HOBBY SHOP CLEARFIELD, UT 84105 717-824- 7688 EL PASO, TX 79936 222 SOUTH MAIN 801-776-1656 WILLOW GROVE HOBBIES, INC SIOUX FALLS, SO 57102 915-591-2213 COPPER BELT HOBBIES TIA ALLIED HOBBIES 605-334-7271 WOODIE'S TRAIN SHOP 9115 WEST 2700 SOUTH 3034 WILLOW GROVE PK MALL 4010 POLK AV ENUE MAGNA, UT 84044 WILLOW GROVE, PA 19090 EL PASO, TX 79930 801 -250-7688 215-657-2588 91 5-566-0235 WARREN'S TRAIN SHOP TENNESSEE PHIL'S HOBBIES ALLIED HOBBIES DAS HOBBY HAUS UNION STATION 608 WEST MANCHESTER MALL 5364 MT VIEW ROAD 2740 VALWOOD PARKWAY #105 25TH WALU110 & 1800 LOUCHS ROAD ANTIOCH, TN 37013 FA RMERS BRANCH, TX 75234 OGDEN, UT 84401 YORK, PA 17404 615-731 -3827 214-243-3603 801 -627-6900 71 7·764-8250 CHATTANOOGA DEPOT OLD TIME HOBBIES WONDERFUL WORLD OF TRAINS G & L HOBBY SHOP 3701 RINGGOLD ROAD 5030 TRAIL LAKE DRIVE 3061 WASHINGTON BLVD 1706 WEST MARKET STREET CHATTANOOGA, TN 37412 FORT WORTH, TX 76109 OGDEN, UT 84401 YORK, PA 17404 615-622-0630 817-927-5208 801 -392-0391 717-843-4887 RAILROAD HOBBIES, INC ENGINE TENDER HOBBY STOP 4321-A RINGGOLD ROAD 210 SOUTH WEST AV ENUE 327 EAST 1200 #10 CHATTANOOGA, TN 37412 HOLLIDAY, TX 76366 OREM, UT 84058 RHODE ISLAND 615-622-8847 81 7-586-1 655 801 -226-7947 A AHOBBIES HOBBY WORLD G G MODEL SHOP, INC DOUGLAS MODELS/SINCE & 1934 885 DYER AVE NUE 768 SOUTH JEFFERSON 2522 TIMES BLVD. 2065 EAST 3300 SOUTH CRANSTON. RI 02920 COOKEVILLE, TN 38501-401 4 HOUSTON, TX 77005 SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84 109 401-943-9990 615-528-2808 71 3-529-7752 801 -487-7752

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GREAT ESCAPE HOBBIES J J TRAINS & EASTSIDE TRAINS FULTON'S HOBBY SHOP, INC_ 1773 WEST 4160 SOUTH 111 EAST MAIN 217 CENTRAL WAY 2646 CHAPLINE STREET SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84 119 MARTINSVILLE, VA 24112 KIRKLAND, WA 98033 WHEELING, WV 26003 801 -966-7785 703-638-3439 206-828-4098 304-233-5355 TRAIN SHOPPE CHESTERFIELD HOBBIES, INC GREAT TRAINS & THINGS EAST 13154 MIDLOTHIAN TURNPIKE 443 400 SOUTH 4127 PACIFIC AVENUE SE SALT LAKE CITY, UT 84 111 MIDLOTHIAN, VA 23113 LACEY, WA 98503 804-379-9091 WISCONSIN 801-322-2729 206-459-7854 BEST'S HOBBY CENTER HUNGATE'S ARTS, CRAFTS L-HOBBY & OAK HARBOR HOBBY SHOP HOBBIES 2700 WEST COLLEGE AVENUE #8 45 SOUTH MAIN 1108 WEST PIONEER APPLETON, WI 54914 SMITHFIELD, UT 84335 12300 JEFFERSON AVENUE OAK HARBOR, WA 98277 414-734-5244 NEWPORT NEWS, VA 23602 801 -770-2457 206-675-5813 HOBBY HORSE HOBBY HUT 804-249-51 19 PACIFIC SCALE MODELS TOY CRAFT 16750 WEST BLUEMOND ROAD 167 NORTH 300 EAST 503 SOUTH CHERRY BROOKFIELD, WI 53005 ST. GEORGE, UT 84770 8481 CHESAPEAKE BLVD. OLYMPIA, WA 98501 414-782-2170 NORFOLK, VA 23518 206-352-9261 801 -628-9350 WOO DC RAFTERS SHOP 804-587-4710 P F & S RAILWAY SUPPLY WALT'S HOBBY SHOP 35520 WEST STATE STREET 560 lONE ROAD BURLINGTON, WI 53105 2791 SOUTH CARTER ROAD PASCO, WA 99301 VERMONT 41 4-763-5239 AL'S TRAIN SHOP PETERSBURG, VA 23805 509-266-4384 804-861 -1333 CUDAHY NEWS & HOBBY 56 HOME AV ENUE ALL HOBBIES HOBBY CENTER, THE 4758 SOUTH PACKARD AVENUE BURLINGTON, 05401 1430 EAST MAIN VT 8908 PATIERSON AVENUE CUDAHY, WI 53110 802-658-4935 PAYALLUP, WA 98372 RICHMOND, VA 23229 414-769- 1500 MIKE'S HOBBIES & RACEWAY 206-841-0089 804-359-4720 BARRETT'S HOBBY HUT 162 NORTH MAIN STREET PACIFIC RIM HOBBY HOBBY CORNER 2683 EAST MAIN #B RUTLAND, VT 05701 124-A WEST 1ST STREET 7150 HULL STREET ROAD EAST TROY, WI 53120 802-775-0059 PORT ANGELES, WA 98362 RICHMOND, VA 23235 41 4-642-4246 ELLIS PAINTIWALLPAPER, INC 206-457-0794 804-276-4151 BOB'S HOBBY JUNCTION 85 EASTERN AV ENUE POULSBO PACIFIC TOY CENTER 3621 EAST HAMILTON AVENUE ST JOHNSBURY, VT 05819 19559-E VIKING AVENUE 58 11 PATIERSON AV ENUE EAU CLAIRE, WI 54701 802-748-3806 POULSBO, WA 98370 RICHMOND, VA 23226 71 5-832-4445 C & J HOBBIES 206-779-2122 804-323-5773 FOCUS, INC, ROUTE 7 , BOX 2510 AMERICAN EAGLES, INC RAIL YARD 75 SOUTH MAIN VERGENNES, 05491 2220 NW MARKET STREET VT 67 11-A WILLIAMSON ROAD FOND DU LAC, WI 54935 802-877-2997 SEATILE, WA 981 17 ROANOKE, VA 2401 9 41 4-922-5999 CANDLE LITE FURNITURE AND HOBBY 206-782-8448 703-362-1714 N.E.W. HOBBY RALPH'S TOYS & HOBBIES 128 STRATION ROAD CROSSROADS HOBBIES/CRAFTS 907 NORTHGATE MALL '234 SOUTH MILITARY AVE NUE WEST WARDSBORO, VT 05360 1104 WEST MAIN STREET SEATILE, WA 98125 GREEN BAY, WI 54304 802-896-6247 SALEM, VA 24153 206-364-8212 414-498-2025 703-387-3 414 TRAIN CENTER DREAMERS HOBBIES STAUNTON TRAINS & HOBBIES 4458 SOUTH 108TH 123 WEST BEVERLY STREET 3310 WEST LYNN STREET GREENFIELD, WI 53228 VIRGINIA STAUNTON, VA 24401 SEATILE, WA 98199 OBIES TRAINS 41 4-425-3467 703-885-6750 206-283-7886 LARRY & PHYL'S HOBBIES 6461 EDSALL ROAD #405 MIKE'S TRAIN LAND WEBSTER HOBBY SHOP ALEXANDRIA, VA 22132 1116 NORTH 183RD 1010 WEST HOLMES 5661 SHOULDERS HILL ROAD 703-658-9520 SEATILE, WA 98133 JANESVILLE, WI 53545 SUFFOLK, VA 23435 ACTION HOBBIES OF BURKE 206-546-5 159 608-754-9807 804-484-4224 5765-G BURKE CENTRE PKWY. WEST SEATILE SPEEDWAY AND IRON RAILS OF KENOSHA HOBBY USA BURKE, VA 22015 HOBBY 2031 22ND AV ENUE HAYGOOD SHOPPING CENTER 703-978-9771 4539 CALIFORNIA AVENUE SW KENOSHA, WI 53140 1063 INDEPENDENCE BLVD. PIPER HOBBY SEATILE, WA 98 116 414-552-8075 VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23455 13892 METRO TECH DRIVE 206-932-9620 HOBBY CRAFTOF MADISON 804-464-4140 COLUMBIA CYCLE 6632 ODANA ROAD CHANTILLY, VA 22021 HUNTGATE'S ART CRAFT & HOBBIES 703-803-3103 1808 NORTH MONROE MADISON, WI 53719-1012 PEMBROKE MALL HUNGAT E'S ARTS CRAFTS SPOKANE, WA 99205 608-833-4944 & VIRGINIA BEACH, VA 23462 HOBBIES 509-327 -1465 MIDVALE HOBBY SHOP 804-490-6086 1401 GREENBRIER PARKWAY T S G HOBBIES SUNSET JUNCTION 702 NORTH MIDVALE BLVD. MADISON, WI 53705 CHESAPEAKE, VA 23320 251 WEST LEE HIGHWAY #683 EAST 213 SPRAGUE 608-238-2233 804-424-7630 WA RRENTON, VA 221 86-2033 SPOKANE, WA 99202 SPRING GREEN FLORAUHOBBY ARLINGTON HOBBY CRAFTERS 703-347-9212 509-838-2379 6176 ARLINGTON BLVD., ROUTE 50 NORGE STATION PACIFIC RAILWAY HOBBIES 1302 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE FALLS CHURCH, VA 22044 7405 RICHMOND ROAD FRED MEYER PLAZA MARSHFIELD, WI 54449 703-532-2224 WILLIAMSBURG, VA 23188 5115 100TH STREET SW 71 5-387-3421 DOWNER ART & HOBBIE HOBBIES 804-564-7623 TACOMA, WA 98499 2370 PLANK ROAD RIP TRACK 206-581 -4453 3132 NORTH DOWNER AV ENUE FREDERICKSBURG, VA 22401 2885 PS BUSINESS CENTER TA COMA TRAINS MILWAUKEE, WI 53211 703-372-6578 WOODBRIDGE, VA 22192 2521 NORTH PROCTOR 414-963-2170 BOBBY'S TOY TRAINS 703-590-6901 TA COMA, WA 98406 HOBBY TOWN 10412 WASHINGTON HWY #4 206-756-75 17 71 16 WEST GREENFIELD AV ENUE EXPRESS STATION HOBBIES GLEN ALLEN, VA 23059 MILWAUKEE, WI 53214 804-550-1272 640 STRANDER BLVD. 41 4-453-4610 HAWKS NEST HOBBIES TUKWILA, WA 98188 JERRY'S BAY VIEW HOBBY 114 HANOVER STREET WASHINGTON 206-228-7750 2633 SOUTH KINNICKINNIC AV ENUE WAGNER'S HOBBY HOUSE CLOVER LEAF HAMPTON, VA 23661 MILWAUKEE, WI 53207 131 EAST MAIN STREET 804-599-3222 4110 MAIN STREET 41 4-482-1566 HOBBIES PLUS AUBURN, WA 98002 UNION GAP, WA 98903 TERMINAL HOBBY SHOP 206-939-2515 509-453-8959 1546 COUNTRY CLUB ROAD 561 9 WEST FLORIST AV ENUE INSIDE GATEWAY, THE A-TRAIN HOBBY HARRISONBURG , VA 22801 MILWAUKEE, WI 53218 14725 NE 20TH STREET 703-432-5575 13503 B-SE MILL PLAIN BLVD. #6 414-461 -1050 BELLEVUE, WA 98007 LEESBURG HOBBY CENTER VANCOUVER, WA 98684 BEST'S HOBBY CENTER 206-747-2016 206-944-5403 521 EAST MARKET STREET 1011 SOUTH LAKE STREET N W TRAIN DEPOT/HOBBY SHOP LEESBURG, VA 22075 NEENAH, WI 54956 1671 NORTH NATIONAL AVE NUE 703-777-1477 41 4-722-8532 CHEHALIS, WA 98532 TRAINS ETC TRAIN DEPOT 206-748-6536 WEST VIRGINIA FOUNTA IN HOBBY CENTER 120 SOUTH SILVER LAKE STREET 7740 GUNSTON PLAZA DRIVE EDMONDS HOBBY SHOP LORTON, VA 22079 200 WEST WASHINGTON OCONOMOWOC, WI 53066 120 4TH STREET SOUTH 703-550-1779 CHARLESTON, WV 25302 41 4-569-1188 EDMONDS, WA 98020 TRAINS UNLIMITED 304-344-1441 HOBBY TOW N, USA 206-774-7891 NITRO HOBBY & CRAFT CENTER AV IATION PLAZA 2016 LAKESIDE DRIVE EVERETI HOBBYCRAFT 2061 SOUTH KOELLER LYNCHBURG, VA 24501 2531 BROADWAY 104-21 ST STREET OSHKOSH, WI 54901 804-385-5036 EVERED, WA 98201 NITRO, WV 25143 414-426-1840 KMA JUNCTION 206-252-61 30 304-755-4304 DAVE'S TRAIN SHOP CALVERY VILLAGE SHPG. CTR. M & M DEPOT JUST TOY 'N' HOBBY 1321 NORTH 14TH STREET 9786 CENTER STREET 2032 MAIN STREET GRAND CENTRAL MALL MANASSAS, VA 22110 FERNDALE, WA 98248 PARKENSBURG, WV 26 101 SHEBOYGAN, WI 53081 703-257-9860 206-384-2552 304-485-9824 414-458-4835 TRAIN DEPOT INC GIG HARBOR HOBBY & CRAFT JIMBO'S WHISTLE STOP JETCO'S HIAWATHA HOBBIES 7214 NEW MARKET COURT 6820 KIMBALL DRIVE 3301 DUDLEY AVENUE 1701 SUMMIT AVENUE MANASSAS, VA 22110 GIG HARBOR, WA 98335 PA RKERSBURG, WV 26104 WAUKESHA, WI 53188-3216 703-335-2216 206-858-3000 304-485-2258 41 4-544-4131

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POPE'S HOBBYLAND UNEEDA HOBBY CHIPPEWA CREEK RAILROAD RAIL N' THUSIAST 640 SOUTH 3RD AV ENUE 25 INGLIS PLACE 110 McKONE ROAD 680 CANTERBURY ROAD WAUSAU. WI 54401 TRURO, NOVA SCOTIA STRATFORD, ONTARIO SURREY HILLS 715-842-4371 CANADA B2N 4B5 CANADA N5A 6S5 AUSTRALIA 3127 WEST BEND HOBBIES 902-895-0308 51 9-271 -7361 (03) 890-6364 144 NORTH MAIN STREET BRANT HOBBY DEPOT INC CREDIT VALLEY RAILWAY CO. TRAIN WORLD PTY. , LTD_ WEST BEND, WI 53095 84 CHARING CROSS 184 QUEEN STREET S. 624 HAWTHORN ROAD 414-334-0487 BRANTFORD, ONTARIO STREETSVILLE, ONTARIO EAST BRIGHTON 3187 CANADA N3R 2H6 CANADA L5M 1 L3 AUSTRALIA 519-753-6364 905-826-1306 (03) 596-6342 HUTCH'S TRAINS, INC THOM THUMB HOBBIES/CRAFTS PERTH HOBBY CENTER WYOMING 490 BRANT STREET 113 FEDERICA STREET WEST 385 MURRAY STREET COLLECTIBLE CREAT IONS BURLINGTON, ONTARIO THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO PERTH 1740 DELL RANGE BLVD. CANADA L7R 2G4 CANADA P7E 3V8 WESTERN AUSTRALIA 6000 CHEYENNE, WY 82009 416-637-3721 807-577-8878 (09) 322-3376 307-632-2156 LINTON'S ROUNDHOUSE GEORGE'S TRAINS LIMITED JUG'S TOOT-N-SHOOT 2131 CAVENDISH DRIVE 510 MOUNT PLEASANT ROAD 550 EAST 4TH SOUTH BURLINGTON, ONTARIO TORONTO, ONTARIO GREEN R IVER, WY 82935 CANADA L7P lZ4 CANADA M4S 2M2 ENGLAND 307-875-3522 416-335-0580 41 6-489-9783 AMERICAN RAILROAD CENTRE TRAIN SERVICE JUNCTION IRON HORSE HOBBIES JOHN'S TRAINS & HOBBIES 15 LOWER BORE STREET 357 NORTH 4TH 750 KING STREET EAST 2188 DANFORTH AV ENUE CORNWALL PL31 LJR LARAMIE, WY 82070 CAMBRIDGE, ONTARIO TORONTO, ONTARIO ENGLAND 307-745-3531 CANADA N3H 3N9 CANADA M4C 1 K3 208-2025 519-650-3334 416-421-1850 M G SHARP MODELS NORTH YORK HOBBIES HDRIZONS HOBBIES 712 AT TERCLIFFE ROAD 690 WILSON AVENUE 1801 DUNDAS STREET EAST SHEFFIELD S9 3RP CANADA DOWNSVIEW, ONTARIO WHITBY, ONTARIO ENGLAND HOBBY WEST CANADA M3K 1 El CANADA LI N 2L3 (74) 244-0851 5011 MACLEOD TRAIL SW 416-633-7846 416-404-8888 VICTORS DEN OF TRAINS CRAFTS & HOBBYS WINDSOR HOBBIES, LT D_ CALGARY, ALTERTA 166 PENTONVILLE ROAD CANADAT2Q OA9 3076 BLOOR STREET WEST 3895 TECUMSEH ROAD EAST ISLINGTON, LONDON Nl 9JL 403-244-9990 ETOBICOKE, ONTARIO WINDSOR, ONTARIO ENGLAND TRAINS & SUCH LTD CANADA M8X IC8 CANADA N8W lJl (01) 278-1019 4127 4TH STREET NW 416-232-2 129 519-945-5471 CALGARY, ALBERTA BAYSHORE HOBBIES KIRLIN SCALE MODELS CANADA T2K lA3 789 KING STREET WEST 196-B TACHE AV ENUE 403-282-2442 HAMILTON, ONTARIO WINNEPEG, ONTARIO JAPAN ROUNDHOUSE SALES CANADA L8S 1 K2 CANADA R2H 1 Z6 SAKATSU COMPANY, INC_ 6519 104TH STREET 416-524-2334 204-231-1276 3-25-12 YAMAZAKI, BLDG. 2F EDMONTON, ALBERTA PETER MACDONALD HOBBY SUPPLY VAN HORN HOBBY LT D_ SUGAMO, TOSHIMA-KU, TOKYO CANADA T6H 2L3 208 DIVISION STREET 11 BLVD. ST. MARTIN EST. 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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 63

Walthers New HO Meat Industry Collection

For almost a centllry, tile only way From Fort Wo rth and Dodge City 0111' c('mplete collection of easy-to­ to " bring home tile bacon" was by COllie traills of livestock. Out of build stmctllres, ji-eight cars and train. Now, relive the days of high packing plants a/ Ol/l.Irmva and accessories, adds /his importolll speed schedules and colm/ul cars, Cincinnati roll trains of loaded trafJic to )'0111' /-10 Scale operations. racing behind steam and }irst gell­ reefers. Top -priority traffic, racing eration diesels. the clock. A vas/ network of pro­ dllcers and carriers, meeting the demand fo r fresh meat.

40' General American Meat Reeler. 932·2551 shown RAILROADS MOVE THE MEAT THAT FEEDS AMERICA

40' Slack Car. 932-2762 shown

MODERN REEFER TRUCK CHAMPION PAC KING COMPANY 40' GENERAL AMERICAN MEAT REEFER $10.98 Each $9.98 439-964 $39.98 933-3048 First time in plastic! Some of the most col­ Prototype in Waterloo, Iowa. Multi-story Haul any frozen food in this big rig. orful cars ever, in service from the 40's to building with canopy, elevated cattle chute, the 70's. Belt rail on side distinguishes it attached office, power plant, roof-top REEFER SIX-PACK from other meat reefers, full height door, details, four dressed beef and colorful plus separate ends and roof. $59.98 decals. 13 x 6" Expand your reefer traffic instantly! Sets 932-2551 Swift include six ready-to-run cars in the same 932-2552 American Refrigerator Transit Co. scheme, with different numbers. BEEF CATTLE SET 932-2553 Armour (PCX & TRAX) 932-950 BREX - Chicago Burlington & $3_98 933-3143 932-2554 Dubuque Packing Co. (GACX) Quincy (All Steel) The finishing touch for your stock yards, 932-2555 Wilson Car Lines 932-951 SLRX - SI. Louis Reefer Car Co. set includes 16 Hereford cattle. 932-2556 URTXlMilwaukee Road (All Steel) 932-2550 Undecorated 932-952 Western Fruit Express - Great STOCKYARD Northern (Wood Sides & Ends) 932-953 Merchant's Despatch $24_98 933-3047 IMPROVED STOCK CARS Transportation - New York Central (All Modular design, build everything from Now with separate letter boards Steel) small-town loading pen to big city stock Each $9.98 932-954 Fruit Growers Express (Wood yard. Cattle pens, two loading ramps and Roll livestock to market in these improved Sides & lean-to included. 10.5 x 13" cars! Great for steam-to-diesel era opera­ Ends) 932-955 NWX - Chicago North Western tions. Prepainted and lettered. & (Wood Sides & Ends) ICE HOUSE AND ICING PLATFORM 932-2762 Union Pacific 932-2763 Great Northern $29_98 HI-LIFT ICE TRUCK Prototype Ice House at Antigo, Wisconsin. 932-2700 Undecorated-Dreadnaught Ends Platform is authentic PFE design, similar 932-3411 Santa Fe $9.98 439-965 Keep reefers cool anywhere. Prototypes structures found throughout the country. 932-3412 Northern Pacific delivered ice using elevating platform to Includes ice house and modular platform 932-3413 Armour Stock Express reach car roof. (build longer or double-track, with Add-on 932-3414 Chicago & North Western Platform) plus optional canopy for covered 932-3400 Undecorated-Braced Wood Ends platform. 933-3049 Ice House w/Platform; FOR THE NAME OF THE PA RTtCtPATtNG 933-3050 Add-on Platform $15.98 WA LTHERS DEALER NEAREST YOU, CALL STOCK TRUCK OUR 24 HOUR DEA LER LOCATOR SERVtCE $9.98 439-963 AT 1-800-773-9350. Round up these rnodels for livestock ship­ ments. Looks great on the farm too. WA LTHERS Cl 1995 Wm. K. Wal1hers, Inc. ADVERTISERS INDEX

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HO 63' Modern Woodchip Gondolas 50' PS-1 Modern Boxcars s Body Styles Roadnames Body Styles Roadnames 5 - 12 C 2 - 22 A L E

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HO Scale N·SCALE by BRASS CASTING VEHICLES SNOW SHIELD TOMIX I D.P. & AMTRAK E UNITSI SS-83 $5.00 Pair � 1 #3508 CONTAINER #351 � Catalog refundable FORK LIFT - - $3.00, 4It_� with minimum $5.00 order. Can be used as a See your dealer or write to: Ave. . � 9520 E. Napier � ..... Benton Harbor, Ml 49022 IVISA I. HO Scale Fork #35 1 Phone/Fax Lift � MOKEI IMPORTS 616-944-5 129 VISA -MASTER CA RD 6950 Kingsbury, St. Louis 63130 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 71 r------, �� Mom Announces NovvAv ailable , , , 40' PFE STEEL REEFER" EASY TO ASSEMBLE : Features state-of-the-art detail, painting and printing , ,: , , , #1 801 PFE , in 2 � , comes sets , � of cars , 3 Precision Masters is also pleased to per set � � $33.98 announce a new 12-pack box for our , , wheels that doubles as a steel coil � � cover! NOW you get added value by , , using the box for loads in the MOC - � Roundhouse and Micro Trains gondolas. � First paint scheme is the never before offered PFE post- 1949 version " History: $3.50 per package of 12 ' with black and white heralds. Firs t built in the 19405, the R-40-23 Reefers were � repainted in this scheme between 1949 to 1950 and this paint scheme lasted until the late 1950's. Th ese cars ran in reefer blocks of 20 or more cars per train. � , , : - 6 Page Catalog available Send $1 .25 to: s e , , N-Scale 28094, Precision Masters, Inc., 13111 W. Alameda Pky #1 6 � �ea�o erur , Lakewood, CO 80228-0010 �, L ______� WE DO WINDOWS! Lenz DIGITAL Plus Systems Windows for Command Control Systems for Model TEEN-AGERS Rail Power, Athearn, Railroads. Conforms to the tentative M.D.C., Stewart NMRA Standard for Digital Command Control suitable forall scales. Decoders and Bowser. for all scales: N; TT; HO; S; I; G. Z; 0; Ideally suited for Tro lley and Tr action 35 Styles Fit 47 Different and other high density traffic operations. M-U capability. Locomotives and Cabooses. DIGITAL .... 0 "Satisfaction Plus Systems CD. Guaranteed" Factory Authorized Service Center and System Support �fOPRODUCTIONS Posl Office BOH: 99 12 Cincinnati, 45299-9912 Send LSSAE for Info OH p.o. Phone: 1-[B991-B4 t -9956 FaH: [5131 63 -7574 Box25224 0e aler InqUir . ies Welcome t Rocheller, NY 14625

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PAGE 72 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 Revolutionary New Acrylic!

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The Bethlehem Car Works. Inc. 263 Parkview Drive. Souderton, PA 18964. Mail order add $5.50 shipping & handling. Pennsylvania residents add 6% sales tax. Inn()vations,.j,n--- P.O. Box 98-0 . -

Loads For E&C Coalporters® LBF Woodchip Loads: #100 & #101 each $3.50 LBF High Hood Kits: #200 and #201 EMD $4.95 Coal Loads for E&C cars: #500 FlaU#501 rounded $3.50/pr. #502 Flat 6 pk/#503 rounded 6 pk 59.50 #504 Flat 12 pk/#505 rounded 12 pk 517.00 PRR BP20 A&B SETS #506 Flat 12 blanks/#507 round 12 blanks 510.00 ea. Injection mol del shells, large can motor w/fw's #508 Flat w/wls and #509 Round w/wts 52.75 ea. Separate molded radio antennas and many details. (send 54.50 Shipping & Handling) Assembled, RTR in sets only. Limited quantities. You pick numbers and striping-Kadees included and American Models diaphrams installed. A powered, dummy. 8 $249.95/set (50% deposit w/order-bal on delivery) (allow approx. 3 months for delivery)

See Yo ur Local Dealer. For direct orders include $4.50 shipping for each order. MADE IN LBFCOMPANY 200 Shady Drive, Roseburg, OR 97470 THE USA RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 73 s a H l ,..------* The Be t Thing To H ppen To .O. Since E ectricity * ------....,

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______ow ou ai B ! ______L... * See H Real Y r Tr ns Can e * ------J PAGE 74 RAILMOOEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 GROUND Molded of black delrin with external cam for strength. Molded on pin for Wi th Micro-Trains® direct mounting. Sprung stand has THROW internal springs for over travel and turnout point tension. Non-rated 'N, ' 'Nn3' & Z-Scale Rolling Stock . with "SPOT" contact to power relay coil, LEO's, etc, Slationary leads are 2" CONTACTS long for undertable wiring.

HO Scale with .165" travel with round connection pin for most Yo u can see the difference! turnouts lllR Rigid ... $3.43 BRAKE WHEELSI SIDES ROOFWALKS 212S Sprung ...... $3.85 DETAILS Variety of styles with Accurately thin, With flat connection pin for Accurate, separate prototypically accurate details ROCO/Allas Code 83 turnouts. some installed 113R Rigid ...... $3.43 delail parts separately PRINTING 214S Sprung...... $3.85 Prototypical lIole for PECO multi-color 115R Rigid ...... $3.43 printing on 216S Sprung...... $3.85 sides, doors & ends STANDARD HO Scale with .190" travel COUPLERS 101 R Rigid . $2.04 Magne· GROUND 202 S Sprung...... $2.45 ..... Matic® truck N Scale with .' 35" travel. ... mounted THROWS 1 05R Rigid ...... $2.04 206S Sprung . . $2.60 couplers Alias "Mark 2" and 0... Scale.. with .280" travel 107R Rigid ...... $2.27 208S Sprung ...... $2.70 AT DEALERS OR DIRECT FOOT WHEELS STIRRUPS '"Superior Add handling per order $2.00 Ultra·thin, design IL residents add 6.25% sales tax replaceable Tor better and realistic DOORS UNDERFRAMES TRUCKS traction 1861 J Ridge Dr. Some models actually slide All metal with intricate Quality design Freeport, 61032 IL open, or have operating detailing. Extra heavy assures ultimate hatches or drop ends for better tracking performance

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 75 •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 31902 Groesbeck, Fraser, MI 48026 (8101 296-61 16

: . - • VISA· Open Mon-Fri 1 O-S, Sat 10-6, Sun12-5 • • Fax: 0) 296-5642 �I.� : � (S1 • IMMEDIA TE SHIPMEN T WITH MA STERCARD, • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • VISA , CERTIFIED CHECK DR MONE Y ORDER! "0" SCALE EW '

NF UNIT DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES (Scale - 2 Rail Only) P&D Hobby Shop announces the re- . lease 01 the P&D "0" Scale F3, F7 and . F9 Diesel Locomotives. The body shell . has been engineered by P&D, made in • • the USA and produced in high impact . styrene. Units are compatible in ap- . pearance with former Atlas and At- . las/P&D "A" Units. Operationally, units are compatible with Atlas/P&D • . F9 Units; P&D GP's; P&D RSD's; and . Weaver RS3 and FA & B Units. • Chassis consists of a brass platform, • . Pittman 8514 motor equipped with ball . bearings, Weaver single tower trans- mission or an optional extra cost twin • . tower transmission. Roof �, as peaked . extension that can be removed to . model later versions. Access hatches LAY-A -WAY AVAILABLE WITH · 20% have simulated hex bolts for hold DOWN FOR DAYS!. downs. Lift rings are brass. Side hand • 90 rails furnished in plastic to match the · "A" Atlas Unit or a brass · #.028" wire can be used. • • Units available with or witll0ut dy- • namic brake ventilators. For F3's, a · rectangular dynamiC brake vent is fur- • nished. For later F's, a 36" fan guard or · 48" fan guards are used. Side venti la- • tion grills are etched in brass. Grills· also available in stainless steel. For the · F3 "chicken" wire is used, for F7 and · F9 horizontal or verticalgrill ventilators • are used. Matching horizontal or verti- · cal grills available for Atlas/P&D "A" · Units. Shaped clear plastic furnished · for potholes and end windows. For · scale models, a plastiC coupler carrier · casting is made to permit use of · Kadee"', Weaver or Monarch couplers. • This casting also permits installation of · coupler operating rods and side-end · steps. Casting also provides for the air · line, signal line and steam heating line. • This unit can also be used on Atlas/P · &0 F9A. The center pair of steps are · attached to the brass platform. This · permits removal of the steps if the · modeler wants to operate on extremely · SEE FA CING PA GE FOR ORDERING INFORMA TION, r r B I m s n o is i by i OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND CUS TOM PA IN TED plastiCr�� b ��buil���t-in clips.��f� End����� is equipped���� .: • MODELS SHOWN ABOVE. with brass grab-irons, a four hose MU· • bracket with plastiC hose and. • glad-hands. Unit can be equipped with steam generator equipment on roof hatch if required. • New Blomberg trucks are considered by P&D to be the finest available for· • "0" scale units and have been engineered jointly by OCS (Korea) and P&D for use in F units and P&D GP's. Truck will be available with three center plate heights - for F9's, • • GP's and the standard use .•All chassis units have been tested on 24" radius curves. Unit is designed to operate on 48" radius curves, however, with modification of the · • couplers, chassis driveline clearances and possible side steps, unit could operate on 36" radius curves .•Pittman motor unit rated at 8A on 12 volts. Ideally, unit should . • be ballasted to 5-6 pounds, however, it is suggested the modeler use judgment. As ballast increases, so does the wear. Ballast can be placed in tank area and of the. inside • roof. Available in many hobby shops is an automotive type rim weight which can be shaped easily and placed in positions within the shell. . Furnished with kit is the body · • shell, side louvers, cab stops, brass eyelets for roof hatches, 36" fan guards, 48" fan guard for dynamic brakes, blank hatch for dynamic brake opening, two EMD brass. • horns, two brass windshield wipers, steam generator roof components, two headlights with two lens per headlight, two front doors with brass handles, two brass number. • boards with plastic lens and two plastiC classification lens with bases .• Basic unit equipped with EMD freight/passenger pilot. Buffer plate is rubber insert. Coupler . • mounting holes located for the use of modified Kadee'" coupler pocket • Windows furnished for side, rear end and cab. ' Brass wire furnished for grab iron, hand hold . • and uncoupling rods .•Kits in series furnished as powered single tower units with eight drive wheels, as powered twin tower unit with eight drive wheels, as dummy units . • with trucks and wheels, and a basic body shell without chassis. ' The P & assembled chassis platform is the standard for these units and power unit is equipped with . 0 • a ball bearing Pittman motor, modified Weaver drive lines and gearboxes and P&D/OCS Blomberg Trucks. ' No couplers or lighting equipment is furnished due to the large . • variation in the modelers requirements.• Interior kit available to install in all units except the twin tower unit. • The original Atlas power chassis can be used for the use . • of the P & D/Atlas modification kit. • All units are now available for purchase .•All units now include appropriate grill arrangement in kit. • • • •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

PAGE 76 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• •••••• : 31902 Groesbeck, Fraser, MI 48026 (81 0) 296-61 16 • VISA ' Open Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6, Sun12-5 • - •• • : � Fax: (81 0) 296-5642 [.I.r: • F3, F7, & F9 PARTS, OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT AND CUSTOM PAINTED AS SETS • •••••••••••••••••••••••• Model Description • # 5163 EMD F Unit Class. Light Base (R&L) ...3.00 F1 000 F2, F3 PH1 B Unit Body Kit (Less Coupler 5165 EMD F Unit Single Horns (R&L) Brass ..5.00 OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT Carriers) ...... $67.50 5171 EMD F Unit Pilot Buffer Insert ...... 3.00 F1001 F2, F3 PH1 B Unit Single Powered .285.00 1027 Brass Lift Rings (14) ...... •.5.00 P&D DriveSprocket, Small Top Replacement .3.00 5297 F1002 F2, F3 PH1 B Unit Dummy Unit ....17 5.00 1081 EMD F Unit Door Handles (2) ...... 4.00 5298 P&D Drive Sprocket, Large Top (New) ..3.00 F1003 F2, F3 PH1 B Unit Twin Tower ....305.00 2722 MU-Air Hose Kit ...... •7.95 P&D DriveSprocket, Large BottDm Replcermt 3.00 5299 F2000 F3 PH2, F3 PH3 B Unit Body Kit 3007 P&D EMD Truck Bolster (1) ...... 3.00 5300 EMD Long & Short Batten Strips .....5.00 (Less Coupler Carriers) ...... 67.50 4720 P&D/OCS Brass Blmg Type B Trk .....85.00 5302 EMD Square Door Set - B Unit (4) .....8.00 Designed far P&D Platform - Units F2001 F3 PH2, F3 PH3 B Unit Sngle Pwrd .285.00 F 5304 EMD F Unit Door w/Large Hdlight ATSF) 6.00 F2002 F3 PH2, F3 PH3 B Unit Dummy ....175.00 4721 P&D/OCS Black Blmg Type B Trk ...•90.00 571 8 EMD Brake Stand (Train Brake) Brass ..5.00 Designed far P&D Platform - Units F2003 F3 PH2, F3 PH3 B Unit Tw in Tower .305.00 F 5719 EMD Steam Line Connect.(Loco) Brass .5.00 F3000 F3 PH4, F7 PH1 B Unit Body Kit 4722 P&D/OCS Plated Blmg Type B Trk ....90.00 5720 EMD Front Lift Rings (Diesel) Brass ...3.50 Designed far P&D Platform - Units (LessCoupler Carriers) ...... 67.50 F 5723 EMD 3 Chime Horn - Brass ...... 3.50 • F3001 F3 PH4, F7 PH1 B Unit Single Pwr . 285.00 4730 P&DIOCS Blmg Ty pe B Trk for P&D GP .85.00 Bras 5734 EMD 3 Chime Horn (Small) Brass .....3.50 F3002 F3 PH4, F7 PH1 B Unit Dummy ....17 5.00 Pltfm & Eng Req Drive Clmce thru Balst 5735 EMD Brake & Signal Line Bracket ....2.50 F3003 F3 PH4, F7 PH1 B Unit Tw in Tower .305.00 4731 P&DIOCS Blk Blmg Type B Trk for P&D GP ..90.00 5736 EMD Uncoupling Bracket (4) ...... 2.50 F4000 F7 PH1 (Late), F7 PH2, F9 B Unit Body Kit Pltfm & Eng Req Drive Clmce thru Bolst 5737 EMD F Unit Passenger Pilot (Brass) ..26.95

(Less CouplerCarriers) ...... 67.50 4732 P&Df(X:S Plated BlmgType B Trk P&D GP ...90.00 5738 EMD F Unit Pass. Pilot Door (Brass) ..•4.50 • F4OO1 PH1(late), PH2, B Unit SnglPwrd285.00 Pltfm & Eng Req Drive Clmce thru Balst F7 F7 F9 5742 EMD Backup Light Housng E&F (Brass) .3.00 F4002 F7 PH1 (Late), F7 PH2, F9 B Unt Dum175.00 4740 P&DIOCS BlmgType B Trkfor ... 85.00 Brass stnd 5743 EMD MU Junction Box (Brass) ...... 3.00 F4003 PH1 (Late), PH2, BUnt Twr .305.00 Ht Balsl wla Drive Clmce (Dummy) F7 F7 F9 Twn 5744 EMD 45 Number Boards (Brass) (2) ....5.00 F5000 EMD F-2A PH1 - F-3A Portholes Body Shell 4741 P&D/OCS Blck Blmg Type B Trk for Stnd Ht 5780 EMD F Unit Freight/Pass Pilot (Brass) .26.95 (Less coupler Carriers & Pilot) ...... 72.50 Bolst .•...... •...... 90.00 5781 EMD F Unit "ATSF" Pass. Pilot (Brass) 27.95 EMD F-2A PH1,F-3APH1- 3 Prthls PwrdKit305.00 wlo Drive Clmce (Dummy) 5810 EMD BlonmergTruck Speed Recorder .3.50 F5OO1 (Brass) (Single To werl8 Wheel Drive) 4742 P&D/OCS Plated Blmg Type B Truck for Std Ht EMD BlonmergTruck Sq Jml Boxes (4) 5.00 5820 (Brass) EMD F-2A PIl1 ,F-3APH1-3 Prlhls Dum Kit .190.00 Bolst ...... 90.00 7000K Ball Bearing Kit ...... 39.00 F5OO2 Conversioo (Complete with Trucks) wlo Driveline Clearance (Dummy) 8514Pittnm Motor (w/Bearings) ...... 40.00 F5003 EMD F-2A PH1 , F-3A PH1 - 3 Porthole 5001 Body Shell - F3B (RD Dr)Shell Only ...37.50 P&D F Unit MotorMount Set (Plastic)(2) ...5.00 92P6 Powered Kit ...... 335.00 5003 Body Shell - F7-F9B (Rd Dr) w/G rill Track F ...... 9301 EMl tnt Qtlimn! po SetWi'e) .2Il!II (Twin Ta werl8 Wheel Drive) F3 "B" Shell Only ...... 37.50 (F2, PHI Unit) F6000 EMD F-3A PH2, F-3A PH3 - 2 Portholes Body 5020 Dyn Brake Plain Hatch ...... 3.50 EMD F UnitDiamd Grill (Chick Wire)Set 28.99 9302 • ...... • ..•...... F3 Unit) Kit (Less Coupler Carriers & Pilot) 72.50 5021 Dyn Brake Rect Vent Hatch 4.00 (F2, PHI ''A'' F6001 EMD F-3A PH2, F-3A PH3 - 2 Portholes 5022 Dyn Brake 36" Fan Hatch ...... 4.00 F ...... s:m EM! IN IDmIQt po SetWi1lj .32.!II Powered Kit ...... •...... 305.00 5023 Dyn Brake 4S" Fan Hatch ...... 4.00 (F3, PH2, F3PH3 "B " Unit)

(Single Ta werl8 Wheel Drive) 5024 Fan Roof Hatch ...... 4.00 F ...... !m4 EM! IN IliimnIQt(D1D< Wie)Set . 32.!II • F6002 F-3A PH2, F-3A PH3 - 2 Portholes 5025 36" Fan Guard (High) (4) ...... 5.00 (F3, PH2, F3 PH3 Unit) EMO ''A'' Dummy Kit ...... 19 0.00 5026 36" Fan Guard (Low) (5) ...... 6.00 9311 F-3 Di

(Twin Ta werl8 Wh eel Drive) 5030 Sq Window· End Door ...... 3.00 9331 EMD F Vent Grill(8 ...32.99 UnitHorizontal Unit) F7000 EMD F-3A PH4, & F-7 PH1 (Early) Body Kit 5031 Porthole Window Inserts ...... 5.00 (Less Coupler Carriers & Pilot) ...... 72.5 0 5046 Side Door Hand Holds Side/End Hand ..7.50 • EMD F-3A & F-7 PH1 (Ear1y) Kit 305.00 5050 Side Steps ...... 5.00 F71101 PH4, PwnI (Single Ta wer/8 Wheel Drive) 5051 Side/ End Steps ...... 5.00 (Camplete with Tr ucks) 5052 Side Steps (8) ...... 9.00 EMD F-3A & F-7 PH1 (Ear1y) Dum. Kit 190.00 5054 Coupler Carrier (1) ...... 6.00 F7002 PH4, EMD F-3A & F-7 PH1 (Ear1y)Pwrd Kit 335.00 5060 Diesel Exhaust Stack (2) ...... 3.00 F7003 PH4, (Twin To werl8 Wheel Drive) 5061 Cooler Vent (1) ...... 2.00

FOOOOEMD F-7A PH1 F-.7A - DyncmicBrake 5062 Steam Generator Roof Set ...... •5.00 (Late), PH2 48" (LessCoupler & Pilot) ...... 72.50 5070 Diaphragm End Plate (2) ...... 3.00 Cariers Bady Kit 5071 Atlas F-9 Replacement Steps (4) .....5.00 FS001 EMD F-7A PH1 (Late), F-7A PH2 - 4S" 5080K EMD F Unit Mounting Bracket .....27.50 Dynamic Brake ...... 305.00 (Enables use of P&D Bady an Alias Chassis)

(Powered Kit (Single Ta werl8 Whl Dr) 5120 EMD Cab Ladders (4) •...... •4.00 FS002 EMD F-7A PH1 (Late), F-7A PH2 - 4S" 5121 EMD Louvers - Horizontal (4) ...... 4.00

Dynamic Brake ...... ••...... 19 0.0 5122 EMD Louvers - Vertical (4) ...... 3.00 Dummy Kit (Camplete with Tr ucks) 5123 EMD Louvers - Filter Late F3 (4) .....3.00 FS003 EMD F-7A PH1 (Late), F-7A PH2 - 4S" 5130 F Unit Pilot Pass/Freight ...... 12 .50 Dynamic Brake ...... 335.00 5131 EMD F Unit Pilot Brakes (2) ...... 4.00 • Powered Kit (Twin Ta werl8 Whl Dr) 5132 EMD F Unit "ATSF" Pilot ...... 13 .50 EMD F-9A Body Kit Coup & Pilot) 72.50 5140 EMD F Unit Passenger Pilot ...... 12 .50 fg()IJO (Less Carr. EMD F-9A Pwrd Kit (Sngl llNr/8 Drive) .305.00 5141 EMD F Unit Passenger Pilot Door .....4.00 F9OO1 Wh EMD F-9A Dunny �Iete w/ Tru cks .190.00 F9OO2 Kit 5151 EMD F Unit Door, Front (w/Light) .....3.00 EMD F-9APwrd Kit 8 Drive) 5150 EMD F Unit Nose Door w/o Light .....3.0 0 : F9OO3 (TwnTwr WIll .335.00 • • • • Lay-A-Way available with 20% down fo r 90 days_ • • Immediate shipment with money order, certified check, MasterCard or Visa_ • • With personal check allow 2-3 weeks for shipment. • Mich. residents add 6% sales tax_ • • Add shipping charge to ALL orders .•Send and Large SASE fo r latest gauge list. • $5_ 00 $2. 00 0 • ••••••••••• ••••• • ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 77 · :--�!lr.WonD�a. extrclar!llnarydetails in ready-to-run freight cars, and you wanted multiple roadnum­

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" " •I (Coming in December) Four road numbers per roadname (same item number). Item# Roadname Road Numbers 1850 Undecorated 1858 Lehigh & New England 14901, 15310, 15143, 15363 1859 Northern Pacific 70202, 70444, 70547, 70785 1860 Reading 63595, 63786, 63928, 64084 1861 Missouri Pacific 59272, 59446, 59459, 59523 1862 Boston & Moine 7119, 7144, 7152, 7178 1863 Chicago & Northwestern 50315, 50330, 50343, 50389 1864 Erie 2801 7, 28334, 28379, 28495 1865 Chesapeake & Ohio 58532, 58546, 58593, 58601 For a copy of the 1996 Atlas Catalog, send your name and along with S2 (S3 US funds in (on.) to: ATLAS CATALOG, 378 Florence Ave., Hillside, NJ 07205 USA.

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PAGE 78 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 THE NEW ·ROADS. E8/9 MODERN PA INTINGS THAT LOOK REMARKABLY LIKE THE CLASSICS.

For purists appropriate models, who demand oscillates for im­ prototypical proved visibility. accuracy without The deeper you tl1.e inconvenience dig, the more de­ and expense of taJ you'll find. All painting an undec­ locolllotives are orated locomotive, driven by high per­ Life-Lil

--�-:;' '''--: 'l -.-.� lies deeper than a layer e=- ==:.", · two numbers per road: SOUTHERN' 6910 ". of paint. pilots are Louisville and Nashville; .� __.!J -. . . , II . customized to reflect . �- . - -- New Yod< Central; the differences between freight a�d passenger Pennsylvania; Southern; use. Number boards are illuminated. Side Southern Pacific; HO SCALE grilles are fashioned from metal and faithfully Seaboard Air Line; follow the two configurations used by tl1.e Chicago I Burlington original roads. A Mars light, included on and Quincy.

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RAILMODEL JOURNAL - DECEMBER 1995 PAGE 79 CANAd iAN HEATER CAR

• • • TheseAN Candadia n prototypeCA modelsboOS are now availableES from your friendly Overland dealer. The heater car is packed with underbody details that can only be appreciated when you see this fi ne model first-hand! Both of the cabooses and the heater car have been methodically researched and accurately modeled. Each is beautifully handcrafted in brass by Aj in Precision of Korea. Ask your friendly OMI dealer about the many other fine CN/CP/BCR cabooses and locomotives that are also available from Overland Models!

A CANADIAN NATlONAl lVlA Heater Car Nos. 15400-1 5448, built by Canadian Car & Foundry in 1956, unpainted model -OMI #3326

� CANADIAN PACIFIC/NAR Steel Caboose with end cupola, rectangular roof panels, small cupola end-windows and roofwalks, unpainted model - OMI #381 1

..... CANADIAN PACIFIC Steel Caboose with end cu ola, rectangular raised roof panels, large cupola emf and side windows, generator equippea, without roofwalks. . Factory painted in lction yellow and lettered with the mu1timarJ/ herald - OMI #3815.1