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The value of just walking away We’ve all been there: at the cap the paint or glue, and just like I needed them right now, workbench at midnight, when walk away. which led to some serious you just need to get that depot problems for locomotives or that car inished, or those When I was younger, I could entering and exiting. hat was igures just have to have their work well into the wee hours a pain to correct. faces painted. of the morning, and frequently In hindsight, I should have You’ve been at it for hours, did. Sleep was something walked away for a day or two and your steady hands and “those old guys” did. or a week, done a little re- keen eyes deserted you at As I’ve aged, I understand search, and weighed the pros about 10:30. Yet you press on, why it’s important to push and cons of the various con- because it’s quiet and you’re in back from the workbench and struction methods. A few a groove. come back later with fresh eyes hours could have saved me a hen it happens: a glued and hands. Yet another exam- few nights. but I don’t see any sign the day wall doesn’t stick at the ple of the old saw, “What a pity is going to get any longer soon. 90-degree angle it was sup- youth is wasted on the young.” Of course, it took many epi- Doing things once the right posed to. hose grab irons My exuberance years ago to sodes to learn my lesson. It way when you are in the don’t hit the holes and spring plow forward on bigger proj- always does. proper frame of mind saves out of your tweezers, into the ects also resulted in having to Sometimes now I walk time, even if the production carpet – twice. People are get- do some of them twice. I’d get away from projects for weeks comes in its and spurts ting lesh-colored collars. going without really knowing or even months, knowing the Having to undo dumb mis- Not good. how I was going to make it to solution will hit me eventu- takes costs you time you could But your brain tells you it where I wanted, but I felt like ally. In the interim, I’m gath- be working on something else. will never, ever be this quiet I needed to get it done. ering knowledge, so when the Remember, there’s always again in your house and you Take hand-laying sidings, answer does inally pop up or tomorrow. he task will wait. must take advantage of it now for instance. I knew they come to mind, I can complete and keep working! Your eyes should be at a lower rail height the task quickly and move on. and hands tell you a diferent than the main line, and there Ultimately, it’s all about the story. It’s time to put the twee- were a few ways to get there. economy of time. We could zers down, clean your brush, I chose poorly because I felt probably all use a little more,

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General Electric Dash 8-40CW diesel locomotive. This much-anticipated Atlas O Trainman series road locomotive is in hobby shops now. The Dash 8-40CW is decorated for Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; BNSF Ry. (Heritage III); CSX (gray, blue, and yellow); and Union Paciﬁc (Armour Yellow and Harbor Mist Gray) in two road numbers each. The O scale model has directional light- emitting diode lighting, separately applied details, and metal handrails. Direct-current models are priced at $269.95. Versions with an ESU LokSound sound decoder retail for $429.95. Atlas Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlaso.com

Industry news Stacey has been with the company for HO scale locomotives nine years, most recently as vice president of sales and marketing. She is a past president of the Model Railroad Division of the Hobby Manufacturers Association and is the current president of World’s Greatest Hobby Inc., a non-proit industry organization which exists to promote Union Paciﬁc class CSA-1 and CSA-2 model railroading. 4-6-6-4 Challenger steam locomo- “I’m honored to carry on the legacy tives. CSA-1: nos. 3701, 3707, and of the hard work of those before me,” 3901 with coal tender; nos. 3802 and Stacey said. “Model railroading is truly 3813 with oil tender. CSA-2: nos. 3923 • Stacey Naffah to become Walthers’ one of the classic and timeless hobbies. It and 3937 with coal tender. Boiler back- fourth president. Wm. K. Walthers Inc. transcends ages from the young child head with printed manual controls, posi- has announced Stacey Walthers Nafah with his or her irst train set to the adult tionable cab roof vent, and 8-pin con- will become the company’s fourth presi- hobbyist creating highly detailed worlds nector between locomotive and tender. dent in September. Current president in miniature.” Direct-current model, $529.98; with ESU Phil Walthers is retiring from day-to-day • Rail-Scale-Models acquires details LokSound Select dual-mode Digital operations of the company but will line from Rusty Stumps. Rail-Scale- Command Control and sound decoder, remain chairman of the board and be Models, a provider of laser-cutting ser- $629.98. Genesis series. Athearn Trains, available for special projects. vices and manufacturer of railroad 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com “I couldn’t be more proud and excited cratsman kits and custom scale to turn over the leadership of Walthers to structures, has acquired the Laser- Stacey,” Phil said. “She brings an enthu- Cut Details line from Rusty Stumps siasm and vision to the company that Scale Models. will continue to support our dedicated he product line includes windows • Pennsylvania RR class P5a boxcab customers while helping to bring new and doors, rooing material, ladders and electric locomotive. 1930s passenger people into the hobby.” stair stringers, fences, crates and pallets, type with brown roof and Gold Leaf Phil Walthers has been with the com- and wall materials in several popular Roman lettering (three road numbers), pany since 1972. He succeeded his father modeling scales. freight type with brown roof and Buf Bruce as president in 1984. he company Rusty Stumps Scale Models will con- Yellow Roman lettering (two numbers), was founded by Bruce’s father, Wm. K., tinue to provide 3-D printed detail parts freight type with Buf Yellow Futura let- in 1932. and structure kits. tering (two numbers), and freight type

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underframe, $17.98. New York Central numbers per scheme unless noted. 55-ton panel-side hopper, $16.98. New Roller-bearing trucks, 36" metal wheels, York, Susquehanna & Western 50-ton and slope sheet braces. $25.95. February ofset-side two-bay hopper, $17.98. Paciic 2019. Bowser Manufacturing Co. Inc., Fruit Express 40-foot steel refrigerator car 800-327-5126, www.bowser-trains.com (single car, $18.98; three-pack, $55.98). Pittsburgh & Lake Erie 50-foot boxcar with exterior posts, $17.98. Wellsville, Addison & Galeton 40-foot single- sheathed boxcar, $17.98. Injection-molded plastic kits with plastic wheelsets and Accumate couplers. Accurail, 630-365- • Durham & Southern 70-ton three- 6400, www.accurail.com bay hopper. Six road numbers. Plastic kit with separate brake appliances, metal wheels, and plastic couplers with metal knuckle springs. $18.95 each. Produced by Bowser exclusively • 100-ton three-bay hopper. for East Coast Railroads, 919-322-5003, Bessemer & Lake Erie (Rock Island www.eastcoastrailroads.com patchout, six road numbers); Baltimore • Paciﬁc Fruit Express class R-70-15 with Buf Yellow Roman lettering & Ohio (capitol dome herald); mechanical refrigerator car. New paint (three numbers in two lettering styles). Burlington Northern (1991 scheme); schemes: Bangor & Aroostook (blue), All models are painted Dark Green Canadian National (Lake Erie, Franklin Burlington Northern (white), Conrail, Locomotive Enamel. Die-cast metal & Clarion patchout [with and without Great Northern (Western Fruit Express construction with motorized dual herald]); Chessie System (Baltimore & lettering and post-1967 Rocky herald), pantographs and dual-mode Paragon3 Ohio, Chesapeake & Ohio, and Western and Milwaukee Road. New road num- sound decoder with Rolling hunder. Maryland reporting marks, six numbers bers: Paciic Fruit Express (orange with Release date to be announced. $399.99. each); CSX (Chessie System patchout and black box around reporting marks and Broadway Limited Imports, 386-673- black with yellow “CSX” lettering, six road number and white with orange 8900, www.broadway-limited.com numbers each); Norfolk Southern lettering) and Union Paciic (yellow • Electro-Motive Division E9A and (Norfolk & Western marks, six num- with small herald and yellow with E9B diesel locomotives. Milwaukee bers); Pittsburgh & Lake Erie (six num- large herald and Union Paciic Fruit Road (A unit and A-B sets, four numbers bers); Pittsburgh Power & Light (six Express lettering). Six road numbers per each [two each in direct current and numbers); and Reading, Blue Mountain scheme; also available as undecorated Digital Command Control]) and & Northern (PP&L patchout with kit. Injection-molded plastic with Preamble Express (Union Paciic E9A, reporting marks only and road name etched-metal details, metal wheels, and one road number). Modiied etched- spelled out in six numbers). hree road prototype-speciic cushion underframe. metal Farr air grills, working backup light, 48" dynamic brake fan, and prototype-speciic details. Direct-current Atlas to acquire Walthers N locomotive, rolling stock tooling models: A unit, $199.98; A-B set, $369.98. With dual-mode ESU LokSound Select Atlas Model Railroad Co. Inc. and Wm. K. Walthers Inc. have reached an sound decoders: A unit, $299.98; A-B set, agreement under which Atlas will purchase all N scale locomotive and rolling $569.98. October 2019. WalthersProto. stock tooling owned by Walthers, including the Walthers N tooling as well as Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, former Life-Like tooling. Atlas will incorporate this tooling into its Atlas Master, www.walthers.com Atlas Classic, and Trainman N scale lines. Walthers will continue to offer N scale items in its Cornerstone, Scene- HO scale freight cars Master, and Walthers Controls brands, including new items as well as items currently in those lines. “We feel that this tooling has found a great home with Atlas. They have a strong N scale offering and these tools will help them bring some exceptional products back to the market,” said Phil Walthers, president of Wm. K. Walthers Inc. Tom Haedrich, executive chairman at Atlas, added, “We’re pleased to be • Assorted freight cars. Canadian bringing these former Walthers N scale models back to the market so that they Paciic 36-foot Fowler single-sheathed can be enjoyed by present and future model railroaders alike. These locomo- boxcar, $17.98. Chicago & North Western tives and rolling stock will ﬁt right in with our existing N scale lines and we are 40-foot plug-door boxcar, $17.98. Lehigh committed to producing them with the latest technology, prototypical accu- & Hudson River 36-foot double-sheathed racy, and high quality you’ve come to expect from Atlas.” boxcar with steel ends and straight

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HO scale structures HO scale

• Elf service station. Laser-cut card- board kit with separate gas pumps and sign. Measures 4.13" x 3.14" x 3.14". $48.61. Price may vary based on exchange rate. Minifer, www.minifer.fr/en

40-foot steel ice bunker refrigerator car. Athearn offers this Roundhouse line car decorated for Burlington Northern/Western Fruit Express, Great Northern/Western Fruit Express, Burlington Refrigerator Express (“Way of the Zephyrs” slogan), Fruit Growers Express, Merchants Despatch Transportation, Paciﬁc Fruit Express (with Union Paciﬁc “Overland” herald), Rock Island, and Soo Line (white with blue door and billboard lettering) in three road numbers per scheme. The HO scale model ($24.98) has 33" metal wheels, and body- mounted McHenry couplers. Athearn Trains, 800-338-4639, www.athearn.com

$39.95 (undecorated kit, $29.95). (1976 gray repaint), and St. Louis • Val-U Fuels and Oils. Laser-cut parts, InterMountain Railway Co., 800-472- Southwestern (Cotton Belt, 1976 gray peel-and-stick windows, pewter detail 2530, www.intermountain-railway.com repaint). Two numbers per scheme castings, waterslide decals, and high- unless noted. See-through etched-metal resolution graphics. Produced in associa- running boards, 36" CNC-machined tion with Jason Jensen Trains. $89.95. metal wheels, and Kadee scale couplers. Showcase Miniatures, 334-750-3276, $44.95. Tangent Scale Models, 828-279- www.showcaseminiatures.net 6106, www.tangentscalemodels.com • “Ghostbusters” Hook & Ladder no. 8 ﬁrehouse. Cast-resin kit with HO scale passenger cars removable roof, positionable door, acrylic doors and windows, and • Pullman-Standard boxcars. detailed roof accessories. Measures Southern Ry. 40-foot PS-1 (Built 1953, 63⁄4" x 4" x 63⁄16". $44.95. Twin Whistle repaint 1972), $38.95. Illinois Central Sign & Kit Co., www.twinwhistle.com 50-foot PS-1 (1968), $39.95. Injection- • Pullman 6-compartment, • Brickworks storage building. molded plastic models with positionable 3-drawing room heavyweight Injection-molded plastic kit with corru- doors, scale couplers, and two-piece self- sleeper. Alaska RR (Mt. Iliamna and Mt. gated metal siding, two loading plat- centering trucks. Kadee Quality Products Susitna); Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe forms, positionable dock doors, two Co., 541-826-3883, www.kadee.com (Glen Rapids, Glen Stream, Glen Trail, and large and ive small brick stacks, and 12 Glen Vista); Illinois Central (Glen Lake pallets. Measures 9" x 41 ⁄4" x 31 ⁄2". $24.98. and Glen Oak); Louisville & Nashville Cornerstone series. Wm. K. Walthers (Glen Torridon); Pullman (Pullman Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com Green: Durer, Goethe, Schiller, and Schubert. Two-tone gray: Glen Cedar, N scale locomotives Glen Devon, Glen Rae, and Glen Tana); and Seaboard Air Line (Glen Arbor, Glen • General American Transportation Canyon, Glen Island, and Glen Saddell). Corp. 4,180-cubic-foot capacity Also ofered undecorated. Detailed inte- Airslide covered hopper. New paint rior and separately applied underbody schemes: Union Paciic (original 1973 detail. $72.95 (undecorated, $62.95). aluminum scheme with red lettering, Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., • Electro-Motive Division GP40 diesel three road numbers), Southern Paciic 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com locomotive. New paint schemes:

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❺ ❶ 40-foot offset-side from Menards. The molded plastic N built-in capacitor for Digital ballast hopper. An lighting and animation scale model ($34.90). Command Control are upgraded Roundhouse HO features require a 4.5V Micro-Trains Line Co., $149.98. Wm. K. Walthers scale car with wire grab power source, sold www.micro-trains.com Inc., www.walthers.com irons is lettered for Great separately. The station retails Northern and ﬁve other for $59.99 plus shipping (or ❹ Plymouth ML-8 ❺ Single-axle box trailer. railroads. A single car retails free shipping to your local industrial switcher. New Atlas offers this accessory in for $29.98; four-packs list for Menards store). Menards, paint schemes on this seven paint schemes. The $115.98. Athearn Trains, www.menards.com/trains WalthersMainline HO scale HO scale single-axle box www.athearn.com locomotive include trailer ($19.95 to $29.95) ❸ 78-foot heavyweight Burlington Northern. features positionable rear ❷ Wally’s Service Station. paired-window coach. Direct-current models are supports, rolling wheels, This HO scale factory- Union Paciﬁc’s two-tone priced at $99.98. Versions and painted brake lights. assembled and painted gray is the latest paint with an ESU LokPilot Atlas Model Railroad Co., structure is now available scheme on this injection- motor-only decoder with www.atlasrr.com From first train set to railroad empire...

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Ore (blue-and-white and “bubbles” N scale schemes), CSX (blue, gray, and yellow and dark-blue-and-yellow schemes), General Electric (green and red-and-gray schemes, one number each), and Union Paciic. Two numbers each unless noted. Plastic and die-cast metal construction, Magne-Matic no. 1015 couplers, and dual-mode Paragon3 sound decoder with Rolling hunder. $259.99. Broadway Limited Imports, 386-673-8900, www.broadway-limited.com

40-foot standard-height intermodal container. Atlas offers this modern- N scale freight cars era container lettered for Evergreen (EISU and EMCU reporting marks), Genstar, Uniglory, and Wan Hai. There are two three-packs per scheme; an • 33,900-gallon liqueﬁed petroleum undecorated set is also available. The N scale containers feature end walls with gas tank car. Capital Finance, CIT corrugations and 1-1 door style with Ocean Transportation Intermediaries Group, General American Marks Co., handles. The containers retail for $32.95 (undecorated, $26.95). Atlas Model North American Tank Line, Rocky Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com Mountain Transportation, Trans- portation Equipment Inc., and Union Tank Car. Five road numbers (two single Detroit, Toledo & Ironton (orange and couplers. Direct-current model, $129.95 cars and three-pack). Separately applied black); Baltimore & Ohio (blue and yel- (undecorated, $114.95); with ESU walkway platform, etched-metal walk- low); Helm Leasing (red, white, and LokSound Digital Command Control ways and crossover platforms, and 100- black, one road number); Montana Rail decoder, $239.95 (undecorated, $224.95). ton roller-bearing trucks. Single car, Link (blue and black, one number); Master Line. Atlas Model Railroad Co., $30.98; three-pack, $89.98. April 2019. Richmond, Fredericksburg & Potomac. 908-687-0880, www.atlasrr.com AthearnN. Athearn Trains, 800-338- New road numbers: Canadian National 4639, www.athearn.com (sergeant stripes), NJ Transit (silver and • Association of American Railroads black), Milwaukee Road (orange and 50-foot boxcar. New paint schemes: black), Southern Paciic (speed lettering), Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe (“Super and Western Paciic (green and orange). Shock Control” lettering); Detroit, Two numbers per scheme unless noted; Toledo & Ironton (blue); Southern Paciic also available undecorated (with and (Texas & New Orleans reporting marks); without dynamic brakes). Golden-white and Penn Central (Toledo & Ohio light-emitting-diode headlights, black- • General Electric AC6000CW diesel Central reporting marks). New road ened metal wheels, and Accumate locomotive. Southern Paciic, BHP Iron numbers: Chicago, Burlington & Quincy

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16 www.ModelRailroader.com (Mineral Red with “Way of the Zephyrs” N scale structures diesel locomotive with Operation North slogan and Chinese Red with “Bur- Pole wrapping, four gallery bi-level lington” billboard lettering); Grand coaches (Rosemont, Allstate Arena, Trunk Western (square herald); Del- Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, aware & Hudson (“I Love New York” and Lifesource), and gallery bi-level scheme); and Southern Paciic (classes cab coach (Chicago Dogs). Includes B-50-44 and B-50-47). Six road numbers bookcase-style packaging with specially per scheme; undecorated kit also avail- designed slipcover. $260. A portion of able. Injection-molded plastic model the sales of the sets will be donated to with InterMountain metal wheelsets. Operation North Pole to subsidize wrap- $26.95 (undecorated kit, $16.95). • Small ice house. Laser-cut wood kit ping of future Operation North Pole InterMountain Railway Co., 800-472- (shown with HO scale model). Based trains. Kato USA Inc., 847-781-9500, 2530, www.intermountain-railway.com on Delaware, Lackawanna & Western www.katousa.com • Bethlehem 100-ton quad hopper. prototype in Northumberland, Pa. Alaska RR (aluminum), CSX (Louisville Footprint is 13⁄8" x 23⁄8". $19.99. RS Laser N scale details and accessories & Nashville patchout), Denver & Rio Kits, 503-371-4290, www.rslaserkits.com Grande Western (“he Action Road” • Grade crossing details. Concrete and slogan), Missouri Paciic (“buzzsaw” and N scale train sets rubber grade crossings, $8 each. “screaming eagle” heralds, six numbers Expander sets for each, $7.75. Atlas each), and Illinois Central Gulf (white Model Railroad Co., 908-687-0880, lettering with orange herald). Twelve www.atlasrr.com road numbers per scheme unless noted. Micro-Trains trucks, low-proile O scale freight cars wheels, and separate brake wheel and brake appliances. $28.95. Spring • 2017 Operation North Pole • Gunderson 53-foot Maxi-IV three- 2019. Trainworx, 970-874-9747, Christmas train. Includes Chicago unit articulated well car. New paint www.train-worx.com Metra Electro-Motive Division F40PH schemes: Northwest Container, TTX

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September 2018 19 MORE For more questions and answers, Ask MR watch the video series “Ask MRVP” at By Steven Otte Q&A www.ModelRailroaderVideoPlus.com.

Q I’m seeking advice on lubricating the drive train on HO scale locomotives. What brand or type of grease do you recommend for this? I suppose it would have to be compatible with both metal and plastic parts. Thanks. Ken Havanko, Emmaus, Pa.

A A quick search of Walthers.com for “grease” turned up a large number of plastic- compatible products marketed speciic ally for lubricating model locomotives, including products by Bach- mann, Woodland Scenics, Trix, Labelle Industries, and Excelle Lubricants. Choose a grease, which will stay in place, rather than an oil, which will tend to spread around. Some of these greases contain PTFE, the generic name for Telon, which is ine for use in mechanisms. But avoid lubricants containing graphite, which con- ducts electricity and can therefore cause problems with electric motors. And resist the impulse to over-lubricate – too much grease will clog the gears, rather than making them work more smoothly. A grain elevator worker directs a stream of corn into a boxcar with planks nailed across the doorway on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific at Grundy Q Reading the article in your special County, Iowa, in September 1939. Arthur Rothstein photo, Library of Congress collection issue Model Railroading: The Ultimate Guide about the On30 Olympia Logging Co. switching layout inspired me to How was grain moved in boxcars? create a timetable for operations on my On30 Mission Ridge & Rifle Flats RR, a I’m helping our historical society with exhibits for our new museum freelanced layout set in the Pacific Q in the former Baltimore & Ohio station once located along the Old Northwest. But I’m not sure how to Main Line. One exhibit will be a small model railroad. My question: During create or read a timetable. the late 1800s to early 1900s, what type of rolling stock was used to bring Alex Wittman, Lewiston, Idaho grain from the farms to the mills for processing? Clif Beck, Mount Airy, Md. A Railroad timetables aren’t just conve- niences to let passengers know when the From farm to mill is a two-stage trip. It was up to the farmers to get next train will arrive. here are also em- A their grain to a grain elevator, which accumulated the produce of ployee timetables, which are safety tools multiple farms into quantities large enough for rail shipment. They hauled intended to prevent collisions by telling the grain to the elevator in horse-drawn wagons. Conveyors then lifted it conductors where other trains are at all into large elevated bins, from which gravity facilitated loading it into times. Along with the rules of train su- railcars for the trip to the mill. periority, they tell engineers when and In the time period you’re talking about, grain most often moved in where they need to get out of the way of boxcars. Grain elevator workers would nail wood planks, or “grain doors,” other trains. (For more on train inside the boxcars to cover the bottom three-quarters of the door open- superiority and how it works, check out ings. In later years, thin plywood or heavy paper grain doors took the Jerry Dziedzic’s “On Operation” column place of individual wood planks. Grain was then poured in over the grain in our January 2018 issue.) doors to fill the car. Do a Google image search of “railroad When the cars reached their destinations, workers would remove the timetable” if you want to look at some grain doors with a sledgehammer or ax, letting the grain spill out. Workers prototype examples. But for our discus- with shovels would be sent in to shovel out both ends. sion, let’s refer to a timetable created for This practice continued into the 1970s in the United States and 1980s in a model railroad, my own HO scale Canada, when covered hoppers became prevalent. It would make an Cincinnati, Lebanon & Northern RR. interesting scene on your display to show the loading and/or unloading in process, with grain doors in place or being removed. Send questions and tips to associate editor Steven Otte at [email protected].

20 www.ModelRailroader.com he center column of the timetable CINCINNATI LEBANON & NORTHERN - Timetable No. 1. lists the stations, in order south to north. Trains Northbound (Read Down) Trains Southbound (Read Up) Mile STATIONFacil. In this case, it covers all the modeled sta- 34 - 3rd Cl. 22- 2nd Cl. 4 - 1st Cl. 2 - 1st Cl. 1 - 1st Cl. 3 - 1st Cl. 21 - 2nd Cl. 33 - 3rd Cl. tions on the line; on a prototype, the 04:00 PM 01:00 PM 05:45 PM 8:00 AM 0.0 CINCINNATI FWT 7:45 AM 05:20 PM 12:45 PM 8:40 AM timetable might cover the entire rail- 4:11 1:22 5:57 8:12 3.6 Idlewild 7:31 5:06 12:21 8:26 road, a division, a subdivision, or a 4:17 1:38 6:03 8:18 4.9 NORWOOD W 7:24 4:59 12:04 8:18 branch. To the let are the mileposts 4:27 1:58 6:13 8:28 7.4 Kennedy7:16 4:51 11:45 8:10 where the stations are located; on the 4:33 2:14 6:19 8:34 9.1 Deer Park 7:10 4:45 11:27 8:03 right are letters that tell what facilities 4:38 2:30 6:24 8:39 11.7 BLUE ASH WY 7:03 4:38 11:10 7:55 are available at each, including Fuel, 4:47 2:42 † 6:32 8:47 14.4 Hazelwood 6:55 4:30 10:59 † 7:46 Water, Turntable, and Wye (Y). 4:55 3:00 † 6:40 8:55 18.3 Miltomson 6:49 4:24 10:51 † 7:40 On either side are the train schedules. 5:03 3:08 6:48 9:03 21.4 MASON W 6:42 4:17 10:33 7:33 Notice how Northbound Trains and 5:10 3:25 6:55 9:10 24.9 Hageman 6:35 4:10 10:15 7:26 Southbound Trains are grouped on 5:15 3:40 † 7:00 9:15 26.8 Turtle Creek T6:29 4:04 10:05 † 7:20 oppo site sides. he northbound trains 05:20 PM 03:45 PM 07:05 PM 9:20 AM 29.4 LEBANON FW 6:25 AM 04:00 PM 10:00 AM 7:15 AM say Read Down; likewise, Read Up for A railroad’s employee timetable includes more information than just when trains southbound trains. Reading up might are due. This example was created for Steven Otte’s HO scale home layout. feel counterintuitive, but having the stations listed in the same order regardless stop at this station only if a station agent natural-looking, wet down the surface of direction makes it easy to see where or waiting passenger lags the train with wet water and sit powdered plaster meets are scheduled. down. Other notations might indicate on top. Other modelers have used baking Note that ive of the stations are listed the locations of yard limits, grade cross- soda, powdered white marble, or com- in all capital letters – Cincinnati, ings, speed or weight restrictions, train mercially produced snow material from Norwood, Blue Ash, Mason, and order stations, and more. manufacturers like Woodland Scenics, Lebanon. hese are stations where a Noch, Busch, Faller, and Deluxe Materi- passing siding is available, meaning that Q Can someone tell me which railroad als Ltd. Don’t use food materials like meets can be scheduled there. the Pullman 10-1-1 sleeping car Chief lour or cornstarch; they will yellow and he CL&N hosts six passenger trains Red Tomahawk was used on? A lot of attract pests. a day: a morning express in both direc- the Chief-series 10-1-1s were used on tions, an “accommodation train” (pas- the Northern Paciﬁc RR, but I don’t Q Does anyone at your organization senger local) in each direction, then two want to assume. It would deﬁnitely know when the magazine The HO evening express trains. All six trains are help us modelers to know what Monthly started publication? Also, did handled by the same set of equipment, so individual railroads each car ran on so it morph into Model Trains magazine? I there’s no chance of conlicts there. we can put them in the correct consists. know that Model Trains was eventually But there are also two through freight Franc Wells, Reading, U.K. absorbed into Model Railroader. trains – southbound in the morning, John Frink, Carson City, Nev. northbound in the evening. As third- A According to the book Car Names class trains, they’re inferior to any pas- and Consists by Robert J. Wayner (self- A e HO Monthly began publication senger trains they may meet, so they published, 1963), the Chief Red Toma- in May 1948 and added Model Trains have to get out of the way when those hawk was a heavyweight 10-section, to its name and logo in January 1951. trains are scheduled to come through. 1-drawing room, 1-compartment sleeper February 1951’s cover bore the hybrid You’ll note on the schedule several owned by the Pullman Co. and assigned title HO Model Trains Monthly Maga- times that are shown in boldface. hese to, you guessed it, the Northern Paciic. zine, and a new logo was introduced in are the scheduled meets. When either of I’m afraid the book doesn’t list what March 1951. In December of that year, the two trains involved get to a station consist(s) it was assigned to, but as a the name became HO Scale Model with a time noted in bold, if the other Pullman-lettered car, it could have been Trains. he title was further simpliied to train is not already at the station, it must shuled around to whichever passenger Model Trains in August 1952, along with wait until the other train arrives and train needed it at the time. a new semaphore-shaped cover banner. passes before it can proceed. Check with the historical society of Kalmbach Publishing bought the he timetable doesn’t show the two the railroad you’re modeling – in this magazine in January 1954, aiming it at daily local freights. Since the switching case, the Northern Paciic Ry. Historical the beginner-to-intermediate model rail- work to be done each day varies, these Association (www.nprha.org). It might roader, while Model Railroader contin- two trains are run as extras, which are have the consist information you need. ued catering to the intermediate-to- by deinition inferior to any scheduled cratsman market. Kalmbach continued train. hey must take a passing siding Q What is the best material to model publishing Model Trains monthly until when any train on the timetable is due. snow on top of trees and mountains? March 1962, when it was announced the his timetable is a fairly basic exam- Gary Herrmann, Reading, Pa. magazine would become an annual. Two ple. Employee timetables can convey editions of Model Trains Yearbook were much more information – such as which A Many modelers just leave their snow- published, in 1963 and 1964, ater which stations are lag stops, designated here by covered mountaintops bare white plaster. the title was folded. hanks for prompt- a dagger (†) next to the time. A train will To make the snow more powdery and ing this trip down memory lane!

September 2018 21 N Scale Insight By Jim Kelly

Roadbed for main lines and spurs Lots of modelers in all scales take measures to diferentiate mainline track from spurs and sidings. Spurs are dead-end tracks leading to industries, loading ramps, and sometimes stations. Sidings are tracks usually parallel to mainline tracks and are double-ended so a train can take the siding, stop, and wait for another train to pass it. One way to diferentiate tracks is by ballast color, say using a light gray for the main line and a darker gray or brown for the sidings and spurs. I think this is an excel- The insulated boxcar serving Jim Kelly’s Giumurra Winery is on track mounted to 1⁄16" thick lent idea, as in towns and roadbed, while the locomotive is on mainline track laid on 1⁄8"-thick Midwest Products N scale yards it can be diicult to dis- cork roadbed. Differentiating between main line and secondary trackage helps operators tinguish between tracks, and determine where they are and looks prototypical, too. Roen Kelly photo it’ll help your operators to recognize the main. branches and far more small main line, I laid my spurs on sandwiched between two thin he one problem I have customers that shipped or shallower roadbed. he cork layers of cork. with this idea is that while the received a few cars a day or roadbed I used for mains is Woodland Scenics ine gray less. Spurs were oten built of 1 ⁄8" high. Half that height is Was it worth it? I’d like to ballast I use looks correct for lighter rail, received less main- 1 ⁄16", and so I searched for end on a triumphant note, my Southern Paciic proto- tenance, and didn’t generate cork that thick. I found but when I look at the spurs type, I don’t favor the look of much revenue. Much as they such cork in rolled sheets at adjacent to the mainline any of the tan, buf, and might want to, the railroads Michael’s crat stores and cut tracks, I ind it hard to see brown I’ve used on the spurs. couldn’t drop these customers it into 7⁄8" strips for roadbed, the height diference. Also, I airbrush them with Earth or increase their rates without using scissors. For turnout as some of my friends can to weather them, and then approval from the Interstate roadbed, I traced around the attest, sanding the transition I think they look pretty good. Commerce Commission. actual turnout and cut out the from the 1 ⁄8" mainline cork hat changed with deregu- shape. Where I needed to to the 1 ⁄16" spur cork is no Sidings on modern lines. latory actions in the 1970s. curve the cork, I cut kerfs easy matter. he SP’s route up Tehachapi Many money-losing branches halfway across and spaced Another way to emphasize Pass is a vital link on a heav- were abandoned, which in about 1 ⁄2" apart so the strip diferences between main lines ily traicked transcontinental some cases led to them being would bend. (You could also and spurs is with smaller rail railroad. he company taken over by shortline rail- just cut a curved size track. On my would’ve double-tracked it if roads. (And some became piece from your layout I used Atlas the terrain hadn’t been so bike paths, making your cork sheet.) code 55 through- challenging that the cost author quite happy.) he crat store out, so I could’ve would’ve been prohibitive. Today, most railroad cus- cork worked OK, used code 40 on herefore, the line is single- tomers are large and ship and but I’ve found spurs and maybe tracked with frequent and receive many cars a day. something better achieved a more long passing sidings built Examples are western coal or since: head gasket dramatic result. to the same high standards petroleum producers, steel cork, which TO Also, I could’ve as the main. I think you’ll mills, auto plants, power I bought at an DIFFERENTIATE just cemented ind the situation the same on plants, and a host of others. auto parts store. THEM FROM the spur track most modern heavily traf- hese large modern facilities he crat store THE MAIN LINE, directly to the sub- icked main lines. need dependable, high-volume cork tore easily, I LAID MY roadbed. If I were Spurs are a diferent story, trackwork that’s basically built but this gasket SPURS ON to do it again I’d depending on how old they to mainline standards. cork is tough SHALLOWER experiment irst, are and the types of customers stuf indeed. It’s ROADBED so I’ll leave you they serve. Before the 1970s, Laying spur tracks. To dif- made of a thin – JIM with that sugges- railroads had many more ferentiate them from the strip of rubber tion.

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September 2018 23 Step by Step

Associate editor Eric White demonstrates how to install a Digital Command Control-triggered switch machine on the Model Railroader staff’s Wisconsin & Southern Troy Branch layout using a Walthers Layout Control System switch machine. Installing a 942-112 connecting cable 5-pack Walthers Layout Control System switch machine 942-140 turnout drill set 942-110 12V power supply Switch machines are one of the basic pieces of layout automa- tion. hey’re especially useful for lining hard-to-reach turnouts, and controlling them from a central dispatching panel can simulate a Centralized Traic Control scheme. But installing switch machines can be daunting to some. Adjusting them to work smoothly, then soldering connecting wires, make them seem to be more trouble than they’re worth. But Walthers has taken two of those big hurdles and leapt over them, with a simple-to-align machine with plug-in wiring for its control components. Follow along as I share my experience installing a machine on the Wisconsin & Southern 942-101 switch machine 942-111 power distribution block (WSOR) 2008 Model Railroader project layout. 942-121 fascia controller STEP 1 ALL THE PIECES

Walthers sells everything a la carte, so you can buy only any of the components, including a step drill to make large what you need. If you already have a turnout control sys- holes for the switch machine and fascia controls. tem in place, you can just buy the switch machine and inte- The switch machine includes an integrated Digital grate it into your existing system. Walthers’ turnout con- Command Control (DCC) stationary decoder. It’s shipped trols are pretty slick, though. They integrate bi-color dormant, but it’s simple to wake it up with any DCC pro- light-emitting diodes (LEDs) with a momentary switch. gramming throttle. There are also two micro switches on The power distribution block allows you to control eight the switch machine that can power turnout frogs or illumi- turnouts each, and two blocks can be connected together nate signals. There are also connections for position indica- to run off one Walthers power supply. There’s also a kit tors on the switch machine and power distribution block to with all of the different drill bit sizes you’ll need to install connect to external logic circuits.

24 www.ModelRailroader.com By Eric White

STEP 2 MOUNTING THE SWITCH MACHINE

❶ ❷ Centering yoke No. 57 drill bit

Existing hole for actuating rod

❸ No. 57 holes ❹ Self-adhesive Switch machine Draw alignment line template mounting hole locations

T-pin from center of switch rod

T-pin

The instruction sheet packed with the switch machine Under the layout, I connected the alignment holes with assumes you’re installing the machine on a new layout, a line, drawing beyond the holes on both sides ❸. This line without the turnouts already secured in place. matches a mark on the self-adhesive drilling template. That wasn’t the case for me. The Peco Insulfrog turnouts I poked a hole in the center of the template, then slid the were installed and ballasted a decade ago. Fortunately, the template up the T-pin and adhered it to the bottom of the MR staff drilled holes under the switch rod locations of the layout surface, aligning all the marks ❹. turnouts when the track was laid on the WSOR ❶. I took the next larger drill bit and drilled pilot holes for A centering yoke holds the turnout points in position. mounting the switch machine. After pulling out the T-pin, Using the smallest bit in the drill bit kit, a no. 57, I drilled it was time to place the machine. The location of the turn- alignment holes in the roadbed through the ends of the out and benchwork crossmembers made this a little tricky, switch rod ❷. Then I stuck a T-pin through the center hole but with a little help, everything lined up. Four screws in the switch rod to mark the centering point. later, the switch machine was installed.

STEP 3 FASCIA CONTROL

❶ 3⁄16" bit ❷ Step drill LED location Mounting template

Button location

One of the many questions to be answered when power- burn them out, so they usually require momentary ing turnouts is, how are you going to control them? switches for control. Stall-motor switch machines require a constant ﬂow of Once you’ve chosen your switches, then you have to power to keep the points in place, so standard double- wire them up, either with screw terminals or soldering pole, double-throw switches are the usual answer. In con- lugs. Even people proﬁcient at soldering are unenthusiastic trast, solenoid switch machines require power for just a about soldering under the layout, with the chance of short burst, as constant power will overheat them and molten metal dripping onto them.

September 2018 25 Step by Step

STEP 3 FASCIA CONTROL (CONT’D)

Walthers’ system simplifies the process considerably ❸ Bi-color LEDs with matched controls and plug-in connections. 1⁄8" spacer The fascia controls come in two styles. One has two bi-color LEDS to indicate turnout position, handy for track diagrams on control panels, and the other has a single, bi-color LED for installation on a fascia panel or for creat- Control button ing crossover arrangements. I installed the two-LED control. The kit includes a plastic template for drilling the necessary holes. I used the largest twist drill and the template to create the pilot holes for the control ❶, on the previous page. Then, using the step drill to work with 1⁄8" or 1⁄4" fascia material. I simply pressed the from the kit, I made a 5⁄16" hole for the LEDs and a 1⁄2" hole control in place, as friction seemed to hold it well enough. for the switch ❷. Walthers recommends gluing it in place with either epoxy A plastic spacer plate made the control fit flush with or gel-type cyanoacrylate adhesive. If it falls out, I can add our tempered hardboard fascia ❸. The control is designed glue later.

STEP 4 POWER SUPPLY AND WIRING

❶ To switch machine ❷ Switch machine

To fascia control Alternate power Fascia control supply input Power distribution To power block distribution To 12V power supply block

❸ ❹ Hardened nippers

Normal alignment

Cut below rail level Actuating rod

The power distribution block makes it easy to connect use an alternate 10V to 18V ﬁltered DC power supply, or as many as eight switch machines to one power supply. connect two power distribution blocks together. I mounted the distribution block in a location central to When I plugged in the Walthers’ power supply, the LEDs many of the turnouts on the layout ❶. on the fascia blinked back and forth. This indicated the With the power distribution block in place, it was a sim- actuator was in the centered position. I removed the cen- ple matter to connect jumper plugs from the distribution tering jumper from the switch machine and pressed the block to the switch machine and the fascia control ❷. control button. The points moved to the diverging position Walthers’ power supply plugs into the power distribu- and the right-side LED illuminated yellow. When I pushed tion block, so there are no worries about polarity. I used the button again, the points moved to the normal position the power supply to test my installation, but I wanted to and the left LED illuminated green ❸. Flipping the control control the turnout alignment from a DCC throttle when wire would switch the colors of the LEDs if I desired. the turnout was out of reach. The last thing to do was to trim the actuating rod with a There’s a second set of screw terminals on the power pair of hardened nippers ❹. Be sure to use eye protection. distribution block to allow connection to a DCC power bus, Now it was on to DCC control.

26 www.ModelRailroader.com STEP 5 WAKING UP THE DECODER

To install DCC control, I headed back under the layout. ❶ I pulled the plug on the power supply, then installed two wires into the screw terminal inputs ❶. I used 18AWG wire to be compatible with the 14AWG DCC bus Remove 12V DC power wire used on the layout. This let me tap the bus wire with suitcase (also known as IDCs or insulation displace- ment) connectors sized for 14 to 18 AWG wires. The photo shows 22AWG wire, but it wouldn’t make a reli- To DCC bus able connection with DCC bus using the correct IDCs. With the connection made, but the DCC power off, I reinstalled the centering jumper ❷. In addition to centering the actuating rod, this also puts the switch ❷ machine in Learn Mode. I’d need this to activate the built-in decoder. Option pads I powered up the DCC system, in this case a Model Install Rectiﬁer Corp. Prodigy Advance2 system, and entered center jumper accessory mode. I typed the address I wanted for the decoder, 1, then pressed function key 1 to turn on the decoder ❸. Pressing F1 or F2 now allowed me to line the ❸ turnout from Select ACCY, then choose address the DCC throttle. It also allowed Model Railroader Video Plus control from subscribers can watch Eric install the Walthers Layout Control the fascia but- System switch machine at ton. Not bad MRVideoPlus.com for a morning’s work.

STEP 7 OPTIONS

Besides the basic installation, or DCC control, there are several other options built-in to the Walthers Layout Control System switch machine. Most of these require a bit of soldering, usually to jump two pads on the switch machine printed-circuit (PC) board. Bridging the LOCK ENABLE pads allows a Centralized Trafﬁc Control operator to lock-out DCC or fascia turnout control if desired. Two COLOR MODE pads allow users to alter the colors of the LEDs on the fascia control. The speed of the throw can be set to 3 seconds by bridging another jumper on the PC board. Installing a resistor in lieu of the jumper can set the throw speed from about 1⁄2 second to 5 seconds. A graph on the free downloadable Reference Guide on Walthers’ website Completed installation. Whether you want fascia control (www.walthers.com) shows the relationship between or Digital Command Control options, the Walthers Layout resistor value and time of throw. Control System switch machine features simple installation. The SWAP pad allows matching of turnout indication between DCC throttles and fascia controls, if they’re Finally, POLARITY ROUTE allows the switch machine’s posi- unmatched, and between two turnouts of a crossover if tion to be set by the polarity of the incoming DC voltage. the switch machines are mounted in reversed orientations This is useful when the switch machine is being installed as due to benchwork obstructions. a replacement for a stall-type switch motor.

September 2018 27 ❶ Unit trains, one hauling grain and another with empty coal Missabe hoppers, pass on the grade west of St. Croix Junction on Steve Miazga’s N scale Missabe Junction Ry. The unit trains run across the whole Junction layout from staging yard to staging revisited yard, giving operators the full tour.

This Upper Midwest N scale layout got a new home

By Dave Rickaby Photos by the author Steve Miazga grew up in Rhinelander, Wis., where he saw the ebb and low of railroading on the Soo Line and Chicago & North Western Ry. Over time the C&NW pulled up its tracks, and the Soo gave way to the Wisconsin Central and eventually the Canadian National. During the time the WC served the line, locomotives from the Fox River Valley RR; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; and Burlington Northern were seen here, as well as units from the Duluth, Missabe, & Iron Range, hauling ore from the Minnesota Iron Range to the ore docks at Escanaba, Mich. his is where the seed for Steve’s N scale Missabe Junction Ry. was planted. If Steve and his railroad sound famil- iar, it’s because they were featured in the November 2013 issue of Model Railroader. Steve’s journey

Steve started in N scale in 1974 with a git from his wife. He built two or three small layouts using that equip- ❷ A quartet of Soo power awaits assignment at the Missabe Junction roundhouse. ment, but every time he moved, he had Besides Soo equipment, diesels from Wisconsin Central; Canadian National; and to bust up the Hydrocal-based scenery Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range make appearances on Steve’s layout, just as they did with a sledgehammer. in the area where he grew up in northern Wisconsin. When Steve and his wife moved back to Rhinelander from Chicago in 1976, he designed for comfortable access around took an 11 x 11-foot space in the base- the perimeter and the interior aisles. ment and built his irst version of the Steve added a 2-foot section to the Missabe Junction Ry. he layout was Missabe and Highland Junction yard double-decked and had a lot of features, areas, which increased the track storage but it was too cramped for the space. and walking distance between points to his layout was torn down in help eliminate operator congestion. 2002 when the family moved to the One of the shortcomings Steve found Milwaukee area. Again, Steve took what with his former layout was the stub- space was available for the new layout. ended staging. Since the layout wasn’t his one was built as a free-standing constricted on the two sides anymore, 14 x 18-foot island layout. It’s the one ❸ The Highland/Alister transfer, the solution was to wrap the staging and featured in the November 2013 MR. LO3-East on the timetable, is being an expansion around the layout. He Realizing the agony of tearing down eased across the Pelican River bridge on added a 16-foot-long, ive-track, double- and rebuilding layouts with each move, its way out of Pelican Rapids. Steve uses ended staging yard along the back of the Steve had moved away from plaster as a Woodland Scenics Realistic Water for layout. Two tracks are for eastbound scenery base and switched to extruded- modeling lakes and rivers. trains and two for westbound trains, foam insulation board. leaving the center open for the main line. As a civil engineer, Steve understood had to be dismantled and moved to he staging tracks each hold two trains. arcs and tangents. He designed his layout another new home. Steve based the width of the outer using CadRail computer-aided drating expansion on insulation board sized to sotware. Preparing for another move, The third time’s the charm it garage doors available in 3⁄4" and 11 ⁄2" he built the layout in sections that could thicknesses. It came in panels 141 ⁄2" wide be easily dismantled and reconstructed. he current layout is Steve’s third by 4 feet and 8 feet long. he sections were 30" wide with a 1 x 4 version of the Missabe Junction Ry. he thickness was ideal for working perimeter frame. Cross pieces made he layout has always been a relection with Woodland Scenics SubTerrain ris- from 1 x 4s laying lat provide a surface of his boyhood experiences with rail- ers. So the width and thicknesses for extruded-foam insulation board, roading up in the northern woods of became the standard for the expansion. which was glued to the perimeter and Wisconsin, but it’s now built for several CadRail was once again used to update the cross pieces with construction adhe- people to operate. the existing design. sive. (See the illustration on page 31.) Steve’s new basement came with a A “train catcher tray” along the edge he sections were clamped, leveled, larger footprint, which allowed him to of the layout prevents equipment from and screwed together. his concept expand the layout. he railroad is now falling on the loor in the event of a served him well when, in 2014, the layout 18 x 22 feet, built as a freestanding island derailment. his way trains would fall

September 2018 29 ❹ Here’s our Wisconsin Central unit grain train again, led by FP45 no. 6652, passing the Berghoff Brewery and GFC Elevator on its way to Missabe Junction. Steve uses joint compound ﬁnished with a damp sponge to get a smooth surface for his roads. only 4 to 5 inches. he tray also provided locomotives are primarily from Atlas, extruded-foam insulation board, carved added stability to the layout, since it Kato, and InterMountain. Older locomo- with a hot wire tool. [Use only in a well- spans the section joints. When screwed tives that don’t meet Steve’s current stan- ventilated area. - Ed.] his was then cov- in place, it made the layout very stable. dards reside in a showcase shelving unit. ered with Sculptamold and painted. he tray is also useful as a place for Some of Steve’s rolling stock dates to Steve used ground foam from Woodland operators to set their instructions, train 1974, when Minitrix, Arnold, and Scenics and Scenic Express for his grass order sheets, and beverages during oper- Rivarossi were the dominant players in and brush efects. ating sessions, as well as for tools when N scale. He enjoys updating his older For his rockwork, Steve carved foam Steve works on the layout. freight cars to present-day standards, rock faces with the hot wire, and then Steve’s trains traverse a 150-foot main doing things such as removing the old covered that with lightweight Hydrocal. line with a maximum grade of 2 percent. running boards, brake wheels, and stir- Once dry, the Hydrocal easily accepted he exception is a 4 percent grade on rup steps, and replacing them with coloring. Acrylic washes were used for Highland Hill over Lake St. Croix etched-metal parts. exposed rock faces. to Highland Junction. he mainline Since 2004, Steve’s focus has been Initially, Steve used trees from minimum radius is 15", with no. 6 on prototype-speciic cars from Micro- Woodland Scenics, but later added mod- the minimum for Atlas turnouts and Trains Line and a few from Athearn, els from Scenic Express and trees he medium radius for Peco turnouts. Atlas, Fox Valley Models, and ExactRail. made from natural vegetation such as Code 80 lextrack from Atlas and His motive power is run using Digital goldenrod and sedum, along with astilbe Peco were laid on Woodland Scenics Command Control (DCC) from lowers for conifers. Trackbed, and everything is weathered. Digitrax, with the decoders being He picks new plants every year Realizing the cost to automate the from either Train Control Systems (TCS) because the natural vegetation disinte- close to 100 turnouts on the layout, Steve or Digitrax. grates over time, and it’s always good to opted for manual ground throws. Space have a replacement inventory (especially for switch machines is challenging in Building scenery on an operating layout). he natural N scale yard areas, as well. trees are allowed to dry, coated with 3M Steve models the period from the he landforms on the Missabe spray adhesive, and coated with locking 1960s through the 1990s. he Junction Ry. were constructed using material from several sources. Tree

30 www.ModelRailroader.com Schneider & Leichtle Cooperative Fredric Pass Pelican Rapids Subdivision Orchard Hill Farm Backdrop Staging Windmill 45"

50" 48" Highland Junction 49" 6

Orchard Hill Siding 45"

Depot The Ridge Highland Hill Junction Missabe Missabe Junction Junction Reese’s Num-Nums View New yard bypass Yard Missabe Junction 2 Rigs Service 471⁄2" Maintenance of Way shops River Subdivision 3 Fredric Matt’s Woodworking St. Aloysius Church Picklepuss Products and cemetery 461⁄2" I.M. Gufebawl Ag & Lime Depot Pelican River The Old Homestead Pelican MLC Inc. Junk & Stuff Rocky River 4 Rapids Outﬁtters Peaching Bros. 5 45" Rocky River Minerals Feed & Stockyard Orchard Berghoff Brewery Hill Junction Lake St. Croix St. Croix Junction Pelican 451⁄4" Braeger & Fauth Fluffy’s Distributors Rapids GFC Coop Depot Fredric 1 463⁄4" Pass Depot Rhineburgh Pub & Cafe

Farmer’s Feed J&G Rooﬁng Rhineburgh 463⁄4" 461⁄2" Auto distributor 44" Sugar Camp Hodag Rail Builders Peterson O’Malley & Pospychala Lumber Meat Packing 451⁄4" 441⁄2"

Woods Furniture Wicked 453⁄4" Track and roadbed Rhineburgh Junction Wanda’s

Woods Annex 453⁄4"

Rocky River-Alister Salty Dog Keegan’s 7 interchange track Water tower Toy Shop Hodag 2" extruded-foam Siding insulation board Alister Junction 3⁄4" extruded Missabe Junction Ry. AJ Milling foam across HO scale (1:87.1) section joints Layout size: 18x22 feet Alister Scale of plan: 5⁄16" = 1'-0", 24" grid Depot Numbered arrows indicate photo locations Illustration by Rick Johnson 1 Find more plans online in the Conner’s 45" 45 ⁄4" ModelRailroader.com Track Plan Database. Thai Trading

1x4 cross piece 1x4 support The layout at a glance

Name: Missabe Junction Ry. Minimum turnout: no. 6 Atlas and Peco Length Scale: N (160:1) medium radius varies Size: 18 x 22 feet Maximum grade: 4 percent Prototypes: Soo Line; Duluth, Missabe & Benchwork: 1 x 4 open grid sections with 1x4 fascia Iron Range; Wisconsin Central/Fox River extruded-foam insulation board surface Valley; Canadian National; and Missabe Height: 45" to 50" Junction Ry. Roadbed: Woodland Scenics Trackbed Locale: north-central Wisconsin Track: code 80 Atlas and Peco ﬂextrack 1x3 fascia Era: 1960 to 1990 Scenery: Sculptamold on extruded-foam 1x4 catch shelf Style: island walk-in insulation board 1 Layout benchwork Mainline run: 150 feet Backdrop: ⁄8" tempered hardboard Minimum radius: 15" Control: Digitrax Digital Command Control

September 2018 31 ❺ With its work completed, the Fredric Turn, LO39-East led by ex-Fox River Valley RR SD24 no. 2401, departs eastbound from Fredric toward Sugar Camp to end its day back at Missabe Junction Yard.

trunks are painted before planting on the layout. To create Lake St. Croix and the Pelican River, Steve used Realistic Water from Woodland Scenics. He tinted the base layer to simulate depth before pour- ing the surface layer. He also used Woodland Scenics Water Efects to produce waves and river rapids. To make his roadways, Steve used spackle, joint compound, or Sculptamold depending on the texture he wanted. To make smooth radius curves, he irst used either a compass or template, and then bent .060" styrene strips to it. He tacked these down with HO rail spikes, and then used an artist’s lexible palette knife to spread the compound and strike it of. Once it set up, he smoothed the dried surface with a wet 150- to 300-grit sand- ❻ A trio of Duluth, Missabe & Iron Range units struggles upgrade past the Orchard ing sponge and painted it appropriately. Hill Farm toward Highland Junction with its loaded taconite train in tow. The train Steve’s scenery is almost complete, is coming from the Missabe Range and will travel to the ore dock at Escanaba, Mich. and he’s superdetailing scenes by adding

32 www.ModelRailroader.com igures, detail castings, and vehicles primarily from Classic Metal Works Running the railroad to find trouble (Round 2 Corp.) – some with detailed add-on features from manufacturers like GC Laser. Your layout is complete and the next chapter in your modeling life is to set up he current focus for the layout is operations on the railroad. This was my story on the Missabe Junction Ry. lighting. Steve is working to install lights The plan was in place – a combination of freight and passenger trains with inside his buildings, add streetlights and switching and unit train movements; a total of 20 jobs scheduled to work yard lights, and light any other areas through about a three-hour session with up to six operators. necessary for night operation. Layouts always look great when completed, but do they really operate Lighting is by light-emitting diodes well? After hosting sessions for about a year, it became obvious that one criti- (LEDs). Steve can power almost 50 lights cal track section was missing on the Missabe Junction Ry. with a single transformer, and controls The railroad includes several yards, and the largest and busiest is Missabe the lighting with push buttons. Junction, which builds all local trains. In the original track plan, I had passing Steve uses Woodland Scenics Just- tracks on the north and south sides of the yard. I thought this would allow Plug lights for street lighting. To install through trains to move through the yard without disrupting switching. the streetlights, Steve uses an extra-long What I didn’t realize was that these tracks also played the role of switch 1 ⁄16" drill bit to make a hole in the foam. leads, so any through movements would force the yard switcher to yield, thus He then pushes a 1 ⁄16" metal tube into the interrupting yard operation. foam and feeds the wires through the The solution was to bypass the yard for as many of the through trains as tubing, extracting the tube and wires possible, and if the change could isolate a track as a lead to the yard ladder, it from under the layout. would be a total win. For lighting his structures, he uses The Missabe Junction Yard has diamonds at each end. These provide con- LEDs from Evans Designs, which have a nections to main line tracks that connect with the yard. One track became the bridge rectiier included with them so obvious bypass – all that needed to be done was to add a missing leg to one of they can be wired for DCC, DC, or AC. the diamonds. That could provide the bypass connection, and it could also he Evans Designs lights require a larger serve as a dedicated 700-scale-foot-long switch lead. The new track is shown in hole on the top of the layout to accept red on the plan on page 31. the rectiiers. Steve uses a 1 ⁄8" bit for the Construction is complete and the bottlenecks are gone. I wouldn’t have main hole and a 3⁄8" bit to widen the hole uncovered this conflict without operating the railroad. Half of the trains oper- in the top 1" of the scenery base to pro- ated during a session benefit from this new routing, a change which now vide a space for the rectiier. allows the team to complete its routine in a three-hour session. – Steve Miazga Ater boring the hole and running the wires, he packs a wad of paper toweling above the rectiier, then covers the paper by 4-foot luorescent and LED shop from transfer runs to westbound and towel with a quick-setting rock putty. To lights hung from the basement ceiling. eastbound manifest trains. power the lights, Steve uses old telephone For night scene operating, the room Steve has a 20-train operating transformers that produce 12 to 18 volts. lighting is dimmed to the lowest level sequence that lasts three hours. he irst he structures on the layout, other of the 60-watt LEDs. time he ran a session, the crew got than his scratchbuilt ones, vary from through 12 of the jobs, which was ine older Heljan kits to newer oferings from Operating the Missabe Junction because he feels that the point is to have GC Laser, Bar Mills, and American fun. he next session inished all 20 jobs. Model Builders. He also has buildings In the 2013 article, Steve was still A full session accommodates up to six from the Walthers Cornerstone series, developing his operating scheme. Since operators. One person works the yard at and many built from Design Preservation then he’s attended many operating ses- Missabe Junction; another holds the Models modular wall sections. sions in the Milwaukee area and has not same duties at Alister Yard. Steve started scratchbuilding about only experienced many diferent forms he remaining operators rotate six years ago and has really been bitten of operation, but also gained friends who through the train list running the pas- by the bug. Steve used plans from could help him develop his own operat- senger trains, unit trains, manifests, two the Soo Line Historical and Technical ing plan for the Missabe Junction Ry. turns, and a couple of way freights as Society for some of the buildings and His scheme features a combination of they come up in sequence. Steve has trestles. He scratchbuilt the Marengo unit trains, manifests, yard jobs, way signs around the layout that show east (Wis.) depot to use as the Alister freights, and passenger trains. he unit and west at all of the locations. here’s depot, and the Highland trains come and go from stag- also a large CAD drawing of the layout Junction depot was built from ing, passing across the layout. on the wall that allows his operators to plans for the Heaford MORE ON he manifests serve the orient themselves to the railroad. Junction (Wis.) depot. THE WEB three yards on the system. he Steve acts as a roving dispatcher and Steve incorporated a lot of Registered users main originating yard is at troubleshooter. All the operators carry a family fun in the layout. here can read the 2013 Missabe Junction, at the cen- copy of the sequence list. Each train also story about Steve are buildings named ater Miazga’s Missabe ter of the layout. A classiica- has a concise job description that indi- grandkids, grandparents, and Junction Ry. at tion yard at Alister serves cates where it’s coming from, where it’s ModelRailroader.com other family and relatives. local industry. he yard at going to, and the power assignments. Backdrops are 1 ⁄4" plywood, Highland Junction is an inter- In N scale, operators sometimes have and the layout is illuminated change yard, routing cars a hard time seeing car numbers on

September 2018 33 ❼ Through freight T50-West, led by custom-painted Wisconsin Central SD45 no. 6652, prepares to depart Hodag Siding for Missabe Junction on its way across the layout. rolling stock. Using car cards to set out number of said car or cars, go to an He’s working to becoming a Master and pick up cars requires operators to industry by town or location. his gives Model Railroader, an additional goal read the numbers on the cars. To keep the operator the lexibility of looking at since he retired. He feels this will keep things simple and fun, Steve employs his train and deciding which of the cars him focused and help him to become a wheel reports. to spot at any given location without better modeler. A wheel report tells the operator having to discern car numbers. Steve, a member of the Wisconsin which type of car or cars, and the Southeastern (WISE) Division of the Future projects NMRA, enjoys entering the modeling competitions at the meets. For him it’s Meet Steve Ater many operating sessions Steve not about winning awards, but being has come to the conclusion that he needs able to test his skills against other mod- Steve and his wife, Jenny, live another staging yard, which will be built elers. He also enjoys sharing how he built in Pewaukee, Wis., and have of of Alister Yard. his would give a rea- his projects. To date, he’s been averaging raised three sons. Born and raised son for trains to run through Alister. one Best-in-Show per year. in Rhinelander, Wis., Steve gradu- Steve is also considering rebuilding He encourages modelers to get ated with a degree in civil engineer- parts of Missabe Junction Yard. He cur- involved in operating sessions because ing from the University of rently uses Atlas turnouts there, which they give meaning to the hobby. A layout Wisconsin. allow for a 11 ⁄2" spacing between tracks. is no longer just a static display to look at Besides model He wants to replace these with Peco or to run a train here and there, but railroading, medium radius turnouts, which allow becomes a wonderful, living, breathing he enjoys out- for a 11 ⁄4" track spacing, letting him add entity. Most of all, he enjoys the camara- door cooking, up to two more yard tracks. derie and laughter that comes with his Wisconsin artisan operating sessions and the hobby in gen- cheese tasting, Staying focused eral. It’s all about having fun! railroad history, golf, and travel. Steve is a member of the National Dave Rickaby is a frequent contributor Model Railroad Association (NMRA). to Model Railroader.

34 www.ModelRailroader.com Drawings for a small-town depot

The Delaware, Lackawanna & Western station in Avoca, N.Y., is the subject of Harold Russell’s latest drawing. The station has been restored to its original green and red scheme.

This Delaware, Lackawanna & Western station still stands today

By Harold W. Russell • Photos and illustrations by the author

In order to get data for drawings of architecture were built around the boarded up and the building was prototype structures, I visit the towns early 1880s. painted lat white. Nonetheless, my along a railroad’s route. In 1973 my son, Depots up and down the DL&W sketch and the negatives were iled for Michael, and I visited Avoca, N.Y., a line were mostly in this style, but the future reference. town of around 2,000 residents in the Avoca station was diferent. he depot Fast forward to 2016. An associate south-central part of the state that was here had a slightly curving roof and mentioned that the Avoca depot had along the route of the Delaware, featured a large steeple at one end. been preserved. his warranted a return Lackawanna & Western (DL&W). he roof braces were fancier, too. One trip to take color photographs, gather he DL&W was noted for its pagoda- might speculate that the town’s elders additional data, and possibly look inside. style depots, whose main characteristics wanted a structure diferent from neigh- he depot featured a new roof and were a roof that curved sharply upward boring communities. chimney and had been painted in at the end; fancy roof braces, some of Ater obtaining permission, we mea- DL&W’s green and red depot colors. he which featured a circle; and inials at sured and photographed the building. double-track DL&W mainline that once the roof’s peak. Structures with similar Unfortunately, all the windows were ran to Bufalo with the Phoebe Snow has

September 2018 35 The Phoebe Snow passes the Avoca station at speed in this 1961 photo. The photo also shows that the double-track arrangement used during the DL&W era. David Monte Verde collection

Stairs to basement Drawn for Model Railroader magazine by HAROLD W. RUSSELL Magazine purchaser may have photocopies of these drawings made as an aid to personal model making but Men Women Ofﬁce does not have the right to distribute copies of the drawings to others. Contact Model Railroader regarding Cabinet commercial use of these drawings.

Waiting room Bulletin board 21'-10" Baggage room Counter Ticket window

Chimney Batten, Desk 10 times actual size

1 18'-0" 7'-21⁄2" 28'-9 ⁄2" 54'-0" Pinnacle Roof Details shown twice actual braces size except as noted Ratio 1:160, N scale

TO CONVERT N SCALE Coal supply grille, 5 times actual DRAWINGS TO YOUR SCALE size, 3⁄4" square openings COPY AT THESE PERCENTAGES: 8'-81⁄2" HO 183.7 percent S 250 percent O 333.3 percent

9'-31⁄2"

13'-11"

Track side

Road side 36 www.ModelRailroader.com been severed north of Wayland, about 15 miles to the northwest of Avoca. Today, B&H Rail Corp. operates a single-track line through town. Making the drawing

Further inspection revealed the station had a basement stairway and a removable grate next to the bay window that indicated that the structure was heated by a coal-ired basement furnace and water heater. he geometry of the rooing and chimney had been changed; I copied the 1973 pattern. he interior was still not accessible and the windows were covered with black curtains. I designed a loor plan based on the arrangement of two Here’s how the station looked when Harold and his son, Michael, ﬁrst visited Avoca pagoda-style depots that I’d previously in 1973. The station was painted white, the windows were boarded over, and a drawn. Also, I noted the two doors single track passed in front of the building. located at the end of the building were labeled Men and Women. Modeling the Avoca station

Making a scale model of the Avoca station would be a relatively easy scratchbuilding project. Wood or styrene board-and-batten siding could be used for the walls. Tichy Train Group or Grandt Line castings would be suitable for the single and paired double-hung windows. he freight house and passenger doors would either have to be scratchbuilt or kitbashed from commercial parts. Diamond shingles are available from a variety of manufacturers. he most challenging part of the project would be the eave brackets. An ambi- This 1970s photo shows the ornate eave brackets. Laser cutting or 3-D printing are tious scratchbuilder could construct a possible options for modeling these details. master and make castings. However, this might be a scenario where laser cutting or 3-D printing would be a better (and quicker) option. With most of the supplies readily available, why not try building the Avoca, N.Y., DL&W station? It would be interesting to see the solutions modelers come up with for the eave brackets and steeple.

Harold W. Russell’s illustrations have been appearing in Model Railroader for more than 50 MORE ON years. In that time THE WEB he’s amassed more Registered users than 100 bylines. of our website can download Harold’s Harold’s drawings drawings. Look under of passenger Online Extras at ModelRailroader.com shelters appeared in our March The cast-iron grating by the bay window indicates the station was heated by coal. 2018 issue. The trackside location is unusual, as coal was usually delivered from the street side.

September 2018 37 ❶ A pair of Baldwin RF-16 “sharks” meets an Electro- Motive Division F7A and GP9 on Jim Babcock’s Baltimore & Ohio Pittsburgh & Western Sub. The HO scale layout models the B&O in 1966. B&O in a BONUS ROOM Jim Babcock’s HO scale railroad models diesel-era scenes along the Pittsburgh & Western Sub

By Lou Sassi Photos by the author im Babcock lives in North Carolina, but in the “bonus” room above his two-car garage, it’s always summer 1966 in western Pennsylvania. hat’s the setting of Jhis 19'-6" x 23'-3" HO scale Baltimore & Ohio, Pittsburgh & Western Subdivision. he choice of setting was an easy one for Jim, as he grew up about a mile away from the prototype P&W Sub. “1966 also happens to be the year I got married,” Jim added. he P&W Sub ran from Pittsburgh to New Castle, Pa. he line was an important connection for the B&O between Pittsburgh and the road’s western divisions to Chicago as well as its northern divisions to Bufalo, N.Y. Jim designed his track plan with sug- gestions from his friends, Dick Flock and the late John Roberts. he scenicked portion of Jim’s layout models locations along the P&W Sub from Pittsburgh’s 33rd Street Bridge over the Allegheny River to Bakerstown, Pa., which was also ❷ The layout is housed inside a bonus room above Jim’s two-car garage. Just out the highest point on the subdivision. of the photo on the left is a door that leads to a 6 x 23-foot staging/storage room. Unscenicked staging areas represent Glenwood Yard in Pittsburgh to the east and New Castle Yard in New Castle, Pa., to the west. Building the P&W Sub

Layout construction began in 2001, not long ater Jim retired, and he and his wife moved into their current home. Jim’s above-the-garage train room was inished with drywall, carpeting, and a

The layout at a glance

Name: Baltimore & Ohio RR, Pittsburgh Division, P&W Subdivision Scale: HO (1:87.1) Size: 19'-6" x 23'-3" Prototype: Baltimore & Ohio Locale: western Pennsylvania ❸ With no room for scenery in this narrow scene, Jim added the illusion of Era: 1966 depth by gluing pieces of 3-D scenery material to his painted backdrop. Style: walk-in Mainline run: 125 feet (double-track main line) Deep woods in a narrow space Minimum radius: 24" Minimum turnout: no. 4 Behind the return track from Wildwood Mine, the distance between the track Maximum grade: 3 percent and the backdrop is only 11⁄2". I’d painted the backdrop a tree green color, but Benchwork: L-girder the scene needed more depth. However, I didn’t have the room to plant 3-D Height: 42" to 48" tree models. Roadbed: Homabed My solution was to add the 3-D trees to the backdrop by gluing Woodland Track: codes 83 and 100 ﬂextrack Scenics armatures ﬂat against the surface. I also glued parts of Scenic Express Scenery: sculpted extruded-foam trees as well as sprigs of sedum to its surface. I used larger twigs to model tree insulation board trunks. Once the glue dried, I painted additional tree trunks between the 3-D Backdrop: painted tempered hardboard parts to add the illusion of looking into the deep woods. – Jim Babcock Control: MRC Digital Command Control

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West Etna East staging Duquesne Electric Auld Lumber (Pittsburgh) Station Etna Tunnel & Hardware BG Tower Allison Goss Gas Pennsylvania Park Route 8 42" Busy Beaver Building Center 441⁄2" 48" Willow Grove Station Pine Creek 3 percent ramp up Glenshaw Glass Co. Sample Road PRR Glenshaw 1 5 Cover 8

Tower Holly Woodworking Ball Chemical Pine Creek

Glenshaw Tunnel Abandoned house Warehouse Pine Creek Pine Creek Produce warehouse Barn

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Three Rivers Distributing 3

Wildwood Mine Pine Creek

Water works 7 461⁄2" Herr’s 6 4 Island Allegheny River Viaduct WD Tower Allegheny River (to 33rd Street Bridge) Baltimore & Ohio RR (P&W Subdivision) West staging (New Castle) Pittsburgh Division HO scale (1:87.1) Layout size: 19’-6”x23’-3” Gibsonia Scale of plan: 3⁄8" = 1'-0", 24" grid Numbered arrows indicate photo locations Station Illustration by Rick Johnson

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2 Storefronts T.J. Hopper Ready-Mix Concrete

September 2018 41 ❹ Jim’s bonus room had its own bonus room. The former storage area now houses two staging yards and a connection for the continuous-run main line. Storage to staging

My 13 x 23-foot above-the-garage train room also includes an adjoining 6 x 23-foot storage room. This space had been used mainly to keep holiday decorations and other infrequently used stuff out of the way. However, I wanted to use this area to expand my main layout with continuous running, staging, and car storage yards. The entrance to this space was at the far end of the main room and blocked by the main layout benchwork. Before getting too far with layout construction, I relocated the entrance to the end of the wall near the main entry into the train room. I moved all the holiday and other stuff out of the way to a newly built 4 x 8-foot loft above the garage. Next I built ﬁve 2-foot wide, 4-foot high leg assemblies connected by gird- ers and placed along the angled rooﬂine of the exterior wall. Then I topped this benchwork with 1⁄2" plywood followed by 1⁄2" Homasote. I sealed the top with tan latex paint. As shown in the track plan on page 41, the completed 2 x 23-foot table has enough room for storage/staging yards at each end. The double track main line connects the yards and runs continuously through two 5" square holes cut in the wall between the rooms. Although there’s a duckunder to get into the room, the remaining aisle width is a roomy 46". With the extra space under the benchwork, there’s even room to store more stuff if the need arises. – Jim Babcock drop ceiling, but he still had some modi- atop Homabed Homasote roadbed. ications to make. He replaced the ceil- Jim used Micro Engineering code 70 ing fan light ixture with track lighting lextrack at Wildwood Mine. All the and painted the walls sky blue. He also hidden and staging area track is code relocated the door to an adjoining stor- 100 lextrack. age space that would eventually become Jim used mainly Atlas no. 4 and no. 6 the layout’s staging area. turnouts, except for a few Walthers and For the main layout, Jim used Shinohara curved turnouts as needed. With the benchwork and track down, L-girder benchwork on brackets cantile- All but two of the turnouts are manually Jim screwed a tempered hardboard fascia vered from the wall studs. He topped the controlled using Caboose Industries to the ends of the benchwork stringers. Glenshaw central peninsula, Allegheny ground throws. However, he didn’t like the uninished River, and the Wildwood mine bench- Jim wired the layout for Digital look of the fascia, especially the gaps work with 1 ⁄2" plywood. For the staging Command Control (DCC) using a where the fascia pieces met at angles area Jim used box-girder construction. Model Rectiier Corp. Prodigy Advance2 around corners. Inspired by a clinic he [See “Storage to staging” above for more system. He has a tethered Prodigy throt- attended at a regional National Model about how Jim planned and built the tle plugged into a panel on the central Railroad Association conference, Jim, staging area. – Ed.] peninsula as well as a Prodigy Wireless with the help of his wife, Barb, cut and he mainline track is code 83 lex- throttle. he latter makes it easier for glued brown indoor-outdoor carpeting track from Atlas and Lima/Roco laid him to follow a train around the layout. to the hardboard. he home centers in

42 www.ModelRailroader.com ❺ Baltimore & Ohio F3A no. 4467 Jim’s area stocked nothing but grassy latex house painted followed by applica- blows its horn for the grade crossing green indoor-outdoor carpet, so he had tions of sited dirt and Woodland at Sample Road. Eight of Jim’s 40 to special order the brown carpet online. Scenics Earth Fine Turf. In many areas locomotives feature sound systems. All he inished fascia now has a much he also added coarser textures of ground the engines have DCC decoders. neater appearance. foam from several manufacturers. Most of the trees and bushes on the In some areas, including the return Summer scenery layout are from dried sedum lowers that track at Wildwood Mine, Jim glued Jim collected from a friend’s garden. He Woodland Scenics tree armatures lat Jim sculpted the basic landforms painted them and applied locking in against the backdrop and applied foliage. from extruded-foam insulation board. green shades appropriate for summer. He also added some real twigs and Satisied with the scenery contours, he Many of the foreground trees are built painted trees to blend the background then brushed the foam with lat brown from Scenic Express SuperTrees kits. forest scenes together. Jim describes his

September 2018 43 ❻ A Baltimore & Ohio switchman rides the rear platform of an SW7 under the Allegheny River viaduct, while overhead an Alco S-2 leads a local along the main line. Once it crosses the river, the main enters the staging area.

❽ The village of Glenshaw, Pa., is one of Jim’s favorite scenes. The B&O station is a wood craftsman kit from Webster Classic Models.

all the structures for this scene as they appeared in the 1960s, although some were selectively compressed to it the space. Another notable industry is the Wildwood Mine. he prototype was gone by the mid-1960s, but Jim used modeler’s license to bring it back to life on his layout. Following prototype photos taken by him and his friends over the years, Jim kitbashed and ❼ At Wildwood Mine, an Alco S-2 pulls coal loads from under the tipple while an scratchbuilt the mine complex, mainly F7A/GP9-led freight rolls by on the main. The mine buildings are a mix of using Walthers parts. scratchbuilt structures and kitbashed Walthers models. Jim’s painting techniques vary depending upon the type of material he’s technique in “Deep woods in a narrow Prototype-inspired structures modeling. For the styrene structures space” on page 40. with simulated brick walls, Jim spray- Jim modeled Pine Creek in several Most of the structures on the layout painted them with a base coat of red- areas on his layout using epoxy resin are kitbashed styrene models. One oxide primer followed by a thin wash of Magic Water from Unreal Details. For exception is Glenshaw Station, which concrete-colored acrylic paint. Once the the Allegheny River, he irst brush- Jim built from a Webster Classic Models wash dried, Jim rubbed it of the brick painted the plywood base with various wood cratsman kit. he village of faces using a pencil eraser, leaving gray darker colors to create the illusion of Glenshaw is one of Jim’s favorite scenes. mortar lines between the bricks. depth. Ater the paint dried, Jim brushed On the other side of the peninsula is To simulate metal walls, Jim uses gray on multiple coats of gloss medium. the Glenshaw Glass Co. Jim scratchbuilt primer spray paint. He then applies thin

44 www.ModelRailroader.com washes of grimy black and various rust- with clear matte inish, such as Testor’s colored acrylics. Dullcote. Working from the top down, he layout features several through- he then applies acrylic paint washes to plate and girder bridges, most built from simulate rust and grime. Micro Engineering plastic kits. he through-truss bridge that spans the Meeting the goal Allegheny River is built from a modiied Walthers kit. As a builder of several model rail- “I subscribe to the “good enough” roads, Jim has advice for anyone plan- philosophy,” Jim said, “However, struc- ning to build their own layout. “Plan, tures have to be appropriate for the time plan, plan!” Jim added, “Sketch every- period and area modeled.” thing to scale if possible and make sure a model its before you build it.” Meet Jim Babcock Locomotives and rolling stock However, Jim is also irst to admit that he didn’t always follow his own A model railroader for more than Jim’s locomotive leet models Alco, advice. If he were starting over, he thinks 50 years, Jim Babcock is also a mem- Baldwin, and Electro-Motive Division it would have been better to raise the ber of the National Model Railroad diesels appropriate for the time period. benchwork height to 50". He also found Association. Retired from Sony All 40 of his locomotives have DCC out the hard way on a few occasions that Electronics Corp., Jim and his wife, decoders and eight are sound equipped. a turnout or curve didn’t it. Barb, live south of Raleigh, N.C. Rolling stock on the P&W Sub is also hat said, Jim’s layout has met his They have a grown son and daugh- era appropriate. Jim owns about 200 goal, transporting him and his visitors ter as well as two grandchildren. freight car models of various types. “As a back to 1966 along his hometown rail- B&O fan, I have a special ainity for road. “I wanted to re-create portions of wagontop boxcars,” Jim added. the P&W Subdivision from Pittsburgh to All the rolling stock is weathered to New Castle, and run trains for my varying degrees, depending on the car’s friends’ and my own enjoyment,” Jim built date and the type of service it’s in. said, “I feel, for the most part, I’ve Jim starts weathering by spraying a car accomplished this goal.”

Subscribers can watch an exclusive video of Jim’s layout at www.ModelRailroader.com September 2018 45 At left, Alain Kap’s scratchbuilt California tank house stands in an orange grove on his HO scale Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Surf Line layout. The prototypes, one of which is pictured above, were common ﬁxtures in California’s agricultural areas. Prototype photo from Historic American Buildings Survey, Library of Congress Scratchbuild a California tank house These agricultural landmarks were common sights in citrus-growing areas

By Alain Kap • Model photos by the author

MY HOME LAYOUT depicts It’s a water tower enclosed by he enclosed portions of My research led me to the Atchison, Topeka & Santa siding, making it a “house” the tower were oten used as Library of Congress, where Fe’s Surf Line in Southern with usable interior space. laundries. Others were used I found information about the California. his area was hey were built almost exclu- for tool storage or as living John Krohn Tank House, known for the citrus industry sively from redwood. heir quarters for crop workers. located in the Santa Clara and its related features like heyday was from the 1850s to Rural electriication and Valley. he Historic orchards, packinghouses, and the 1930s, making them an municipal water systems American Buildings Survey refrigerator cars. important part of California’s made the water-storage func- (HABS) had documented this In a thread on the Citrus agricultural heritage. tions of the tank houses obso- building. he information Industry Modeling Group A windmill that was oten lete. But many remained compiled by this survey was (groups.yahoo.com/neo/ attached to the side of the standing, even ater their the basis of my project. groups/citrusmodeling), tank house pumped water tanks were removed. Some I learned about another ix- from a well up into the tank have survived until today, The base ture commonly found in the at the top of the tank house. having been meticulously citrus-growing areas of From there it lowed down to renovated or converted into he base of the tank house California, the tank house. the house, garden, or grove. guest houses. is 15 feet square at the bottom

46 www.ModelRailroader.com and 20 feet high. he sides I scored and snapped plain slope inward toward the top styrene sections, cutting two to be approximately 11 feet of them .120" shorter. hen square. Taking the thickness I cut a strip of novelty siding of the styrene into account, 10 scale feet high and roughly two of the four walls must be 55 scale feet wide. With a .120" narrower to result in a pencil I marked out the cut square assembly. lines for the four wall sec- My preferred material for tions. I next drew the outlines building structures is styrene, for the four louvered ❶ Subwalls. Alain Kap cut the base layer of the trapezoidal as it’s sturdy, easy to cut and 4 x 6-foot openings, spaced walls from .060" plain styrene sheet. shape, and comes in a variety on the strip so that they of styles to represent common would be centered on each car and structure sidings. wall. hen I made louvers to I used .060" plain styrene it each opening from styrene sheet for the base of the walls. clapboard siding ❺. I scored the outlines of the Using the Nibbler, I cut four wall sections on the out the openings. I laminated sheet with a sharp hobby the plain wall sections to the knife, then snapped the sec- back of the siding, taking tions apart ❶. I next used a care that the louvered open- hobby knife to scribe the out- ing was centered. I turned lines of the door and window the assembly over and glued ❷ Nibbling. He used a nibbler, a tool for making square cuts openings onto the wall sec- the clapboard louvers into in thin material, to cut openings for the doors and windows. tions. I use a handy tool that the openings. I bought from Micro-Mark, I made the trim around called a Nibbler, to bite out the louvered panels using the openings from the inside Evergreen strip styrene. First Siding ❷. I lightly sanded the edges I shaped the peaked top until the castings it properly. pieces from HO scale 1 x 10 Ater I had all the open- strip. I made several extra ings cut, I cemented the wall pieces so I could select the sections to the back of a sheet best from the batch. he side of Evergreen novelty siding, trim is scale 1 x 8 strip sty- Subwalls also called drop siding ❸. rene. I made the bottom sill I applied a copious amount of from pieces of scale 2 x 4 liquid cement to the wall sec- strip styrene and the lower tions to make sure that they trim with a piece of scale bonded properly. I also ran a 1 x 6 strip styrene. To get all ❸ Siding. Alain laminated the subwalls to the back of small brush loaded with liq- of the trim straight and styrene novelty siding. uid cement around the edges. square, I cut each piece sepa- Capillary action drew the rately to avoid gaps. I used glue between the two sheets. liquid cement to apply the Ater the glue bond has trim (❻ on the next page). thoroughly dried, I cut the sections out, taking care to Assembly leave a border of .060" on both sides of the narrower With all the siding lami- walls. hese “ears” overlap nated to the wall sections, the adjacent subwalls to I assembled the base. I glued .060" “ears” make stronger joints. Since the sections together, using a ❹ Castings. Doors and windows from Grandt Line were I plan on painting the door magnetic gluing jig to keep glued in place. and window castings the them square. A couple of rub- same color as the ber bands held the Louvers walls, I cemented upper part of the them in place at MORE ON assembly together this stage ❹. THE WEB until the adhesive Download the dried (❼ on page Tank enclosure drawings on page 48 49). I used the as well as a materials list for this project same procedure on he tank enclo- from our website, the tank enclosure. ModelRailroader.com Walls to be cut sure is 13 feet I cut a piece of square and 10 feet .040" plain styrene ❺ Adding vents. Alain cut windows in the tank walls for high. Again approximately 11 louvered openings.

September 2018 47 Ratio 1:87.1, HO scale TO CONVERT HO SCALE DRAWINGS TO YOUR SCALE COPY AT THESE PERCENTAGES: N 54.4 percent S 136.1 percent O 181.4 percent

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scale feet square and sanded of the timbers to accept a Posts it to it snugly inside the bot- piece of .019" brass wire. Lintels tom of the tank enclosure. To I secured the wire with a drop hide the seams, I added of cyanoacrylate adhesive Evergreen .080" angle as cor- (CA). hen I drilled two ner trim ❽. matching holes into the side Next I constructed the of the tank enclosure and small platform for the wind- attached the platform. mill. It consists of a 5 x 5 scale I fabricated the concrete foot square piece of scribed platform base from .060" siding glued to two support- plain styrene, including the ing timbers of .060" x .125" pad for the door on the irst Sills styrene strip. loor and the well. I attached the platform to I wasn’t sure whether the lower part of the tank I would include an interior on ❻ A frame job. He framed the louvers with strip styrene sills, enclosure. To make the joint the second loor, so in case posts, and lintels. secure, I drilled a hole in each I later decided to do so,

48 www.ModelRailroader.com I inserted a square piece of Windmill scribed siding to separate the loors. I sanded the sides until he windmill is supported it it snugly into the sloping by a large wooden frame con- walls at the right height ❾. sisting of four angled posts. It rests on a small platform Roof that’s bolted to the side of the tank enclosure. here are hor- he hipped roof has over- izontal cross braces across the hanging eaves with exposed members, forming a ladder to wood raters. I started by the top, where the windmill building diagonal supports itself is mounted. for the roof. Initially I wanted to use a I irst cut a square piece of Campbell windmill, but that plain styrene the same size as model’s base only has three ❼ Keep it square. A magnetic jig held the walls square while the footprint of the tank posts, so I instead chose the the glue cured. enclosure. hen, from some Van Dyke Farm Windmill by scrap pieces of plain styrene Walthers. his model has a sheet, I cut two isosceles tri- simulated metal base, but angles with a peak of 6 scale I modiied it to resemble the feet and a base that measured prototype. I shortened the the same as the diagonal posts at the third cross brace across the square roof base, from the top and glued the which came out to a scale sides together. 18'-6". hen I glued the trian- Ater the frame assembly gles to the square piece, giv- dried, I applied 2 x 4 styrene ing the shape of the hipped strip cross braces. To space roof. I glued this assembly on the rungs equally, I made a top of the tank enclosure ❿. spacer from scrap styrene. I covered the four sides of I made the small platform on ❽ Corner trim. Alain used .080" styrene angle as trim to the roof one by one with .020" the frame from 2 x 6 styrene cover the corner joints. freight car siding, with the strip supports and 1 x 8 plain side up. Ater the glue planks. As a inal touch, I also on one side had dried thor- modiied the metal tail to oughly, I trimmed of the make it arrow-shaped, like excess and repeated the step the prototype ⓮. on the next side. his way, In the center of the pad each side lined up perfectly over the well, I glued a short without a lot of complicated piece of 3⁄32" styrene tube to calculations ⓫. accept the windmill shat that hen I turned the roof drives the pump. I made the over and attached the shat from .047" styrene rod. exposed rater tails using small bits of HO scale 2 x 4 Stairway strip styrene, spaced equally ❾ Interior floor. Alain made ❿ Raise the roof. Alain around the perimeter. On one here is a wooden open- a floor for the second story in started the roof with a flat side I made a cut-out for the riser stairway on the side of case he wanted to add an base and a pair of diagonal windmill frame ⓬. the tank house extending interior later. supports of styrene sheet. I covered the roof with from the irst to the second Atchison, Topeka & Santa loor. To build the stairway, Fe-style diamond shingles I irst built a small jig from Rafter tails from American Model scrap styrene to hold the Builders, although three-tab stringers evenly, 4 feet apart. shingles could be substituted. hen I slotted a pair of From a previous project, I’d Campbell stair stringers into learned that peel-and-stick the slots in the jig. I cemented shingles detach ater some scale 4'-6" long treads made time. So I covered the roof from HO scale 1 x 8 strips to with double-sided tape and the stringers ⓯. Ater the Notch for attached the shingle strips stair assembly had dried, windmill to it, starting from the bot- I attached the stringers to the tom up, taking care to landing platform. As I’d done ⓫ Cut to fit. Alain glued the ⓬ Roof details. He glued overlap them to create the on the windmill platform, roof sides on and cut them to rafter tails of 2 x 4 styrene diamond pattern ⓭. I inserted two pieces of .019" fit, avoiding calculations. strip under the roof’s eaves.

September 2018 49 ⓭ Shingles. Alain used double-sided tape to apply paper ⓮ Adding bracing. Alain made wood cross braces and a Santa Fe-style diamond shingles to the roof. platform for the windmill base from styrene strip.

brass wire to secure the stair- so I painted mine Signal Red. way to the wall. I glued the hen I painted the windmill bottom of the stairway to a shat with Vallejo Primer piece of plain styrene, repre- Grey, as well as the roof. senting a concrete pad. I painted the concrete he landing is supported foundation last, ater all the by two wooden posts that sub-assemblies had been also support the railing. I cut cemented together. the 14'-0" long posts from .080" x .080" strips and bev- Final assembly eled the tops. hen I cemented the posts to the side of the Before I cemented the base landing. he simple wooden structure to the tank enclo- ⓯ Straight and true. A ⓰ Attaching the stairs. A handrail extends from a sure, I attached clear acetate scratchbuilt jig held the pair of brass wires helped newel on the irst level to the window glazing to the backs styrene Campbell stair secure the stair platform to post at the landing, having of the window frames, using stringers during assembly. the wall. one intermediate support. canopy glue. his is a tacky I made this handrail from glue that dries clear. hen 4 x 8 strip. I sanded the top of I glued the roof assembly on the intermediate post to it top of the tank. the slope of the railing. Next I inserted the wind- he wooden railing mill shat that drives the extends around the landing, pump through the platform ending at the wall. Before and into the base. I placed the I attached the last piece of windmill on top of its tower, railing, I cemented the stair- but didn’t cement it, so it way assembly to the extended could turn freely. Finally, concrete base ⓰. I added the ladder that connects the landing with the Painting windmill platform ⓱. With this model, I have Painting was straightfor- a prototypical structure that ward, since the prototype was helps establish a time and painted white, including the place for my layout’s citrus doors and windows. I air- groves. brushed the structure, including the stairway and the tank A native of Luxembourg, ⓱ Finished up. With the details painted and applied, the enclosure, with white Vallejo Alain Kap is president of the tank house was complete. paint. hen I brush-painted National Model Railroad the windmill frame and the Association’s European wooden ladder with Vallejo Region. He lives in Germany For more information Dark Earth. with his wife, Alice, and son, I touched up the windmill Alan Justin, and also has two I recommend the book Tank House: California’s Water with Steel and the blades with grown daughters, Audrey and Towers from a Bygone Era by Thomas Cooper (Barn Owl Aluminum. On the proto- Shirley. He models the Press, Santa Rosa, 2011). – Alain Kap type, windmill tails were Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe’s oten painted a bright color, Surf Line in HO scale.

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DCC boosters – What to buy and how many

he new Digitrax command the locomotives and scale. stations and boosters allow Motors have changed a lot this adjustment using an over the last 30 years, and the advanced throttle. amount of current they Boosters are available in require has decreased various amperages. It’s greatly. Consequently, if you important to realize it isn’t have a collection of older necessarily better to use the locomotives or model in highest amperage unit avail- scales larger than HO, able. Instead, several smaller motors may require as much units or power managers may as 1.5 amps, each. Modern be a better option. HO locomotive motors, on ❶ Getting a boost. The Digitrax DB210 booster can supply Also, mixing units with the other hand, typically 3, 5, or 8 amps depending on the power supply used with it. diferent output capabilities require .3 to .5 amps, and the Note the toggle switch for selecting from three possible isn’t a good idea. In some smaller N and Z scale models voltage ranges for N, HO, and O/G scales. circumstances, such as when draw half that. a locomotive derails and Now just because a In my August 2018 DCC would probably need to add shorts out across track gaps motor only draws .3 amps, Corner column, I discussed a booster. powered by two diferent it doesn’t necessarily mean considerations for selecting a boosters, it’s possible for a that’s all you’ll need, espe- Digital Command Control When adding boosters to higher-powered booster to cially if you’re operating die- (DCC) system. his month, your existing command feed current back into the sel locomotives. While steam we’ll look at boosters – what station, there are a few con- lower-powered unit, possibly locomotives typically oper- they do, how to determine siderations to be aware of. causing it to fail. his is espe- ated as single units, diesels how many you need, and First, make sure you can cially true if the boosters are are oten operated in multi- wiring options. But irst you easily adjust the output volt- from diferent manufacturers. unit consists. If you want to need to understand what a ages to match. Some com- In most cases both boosters’ operate a two- or three-unit command station does. mand stations and boosters self-protection circuits would consist, you’ll need enough he command station are voltage followers – in kick in, but it’s best to plan power to run all of the loco- actually has two major other words, their output is for the worst-case scenario. motives at the same time. functions: It acts as a small close to the input voltage. Another factor to consider computer keeping track of However, some boosters and So how many boosters do is if there are any other pow- your locomotives, function command stations have you need? hat depends on ered accessories in the train, settings, speed, and more. external switches ❶ for how many locomotives, such as a sound or smoke It also converts the com- broad adjustments and inter- lighted cars, and accessories unit, or in the case of mands it needs to send out nal potentiometers that allow you plan to operate using to the decoders into a ine tuning of this setting. track power. First, consider digital signal. he digital signal it creates is low voltage and low amperage. he signal needs to be converted to the higher voltage and amperage signal that is sent out on the track; that’s the job of the booster. All the DCC command stations I’m aware of have a built-in booster, and that may be all you’ll ever need. I regu- larly operate on a friend’s mid-sized layout that runs on the output from a single Digitrax Zephyr unit capable of putting out about 12.8V at 2.5 amps. However, if he wanted to run consists with ❷ Keeping cool. The Model Rectiﬁer Corp. boosters are available in multiple locomotives, or more 3.5 and 8 amp versions but externally are essentially the same. Both trains simultaneously, he include a fan to help keep the components running cool.

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passenger trains, lighted cars. he power demands of those devices have to be added into the total power needs.

Let’s look at an example of a ive-car passenger train pulled by a pair of diesel locomotives with sound units installed. Assuming these are fairly new locomotives, they probably have eicient can motors requiring less than .5 amp each at maximum load with sound and lights turned on. Next, consider that the ive cars are But even boosters with ❸ Keep it grounded. Both lighted with two .03 amp large heat sinks may not be NCE and Digitrax recommend incandescent bulbs each. able to get rid of all the excess in the October 2017 issue of installing a ground connection Add that all up and we ind heat. To prevent damage to Model Railroader. (the green wire) between the that 1.3 amps would be the electrical components, command station and the required. Now if you also boosters have temperature Once you add a booster, booster(s). The ﬂat gray cable wanted to hook up a string sensors that automatically you’ll need wires to carry the allows the DCC signal to be of lights for the station and shut the booster down when command signal between passed from the command stores in town along with the internal temperature the command station and station to the booster. some other accessories, you exceeds a set value. hat’s your booster – the command could end up needing 2 amps why most 5 amp boosters can bus. Most systems use lat to limit the efects of short or more just to operate one only maintain a sustained telephone-type cables for circuits, or you can install train on your layout. output of about 3 amps. the command bus. In my multiple circuit breakers If you experience periodic March 2017 column, I showed between the booster and the Boosters share a common shutdowns when operating how to make your own. In blocks. Several manufacturers weakness: hey generate heat several locomotives, then many cases you’ll also need ofer stand-alone circuit internally. his heat is a you should suspect excess a wire that serves as a refer- breakers that make it easy to by-product of the electrical heat as the cause. he easiest ence ground between the add additional protection and components used in the cir- way to deal with this issue is booster(s) and the command help manage your power cuits and the need to decrease to place a small fan so it blows station ❸. Typically, a single needs on medium to large the input voltage to the directly on the booster. If you heavy copper wire will layouts (my article in the amount we want out on the have all your boosters in one handle that job. As always, October 2017 MR describes tracks. Under normal operat- location, you can build a box do what the manufacturer this also). ing conditions, most boosters for them and install a small recommends. For more on wiring your can run all day without heat computer fan in it to keep the layout for DCC, see my being an issue. boosters cool. I described my Also, as soon as you add a book Wiring Your Model However, if boosters are installation in “ABCs of DCC booster you’ll need to subdi- Railroad (Kalmbach Books) placed next to a heat source, power district management” vide the tracks into electri- and also visit my website at in a sunny location, or run for cally isolated blocks ❹. www.dccguy.com. long periods near their maxi- Doing this prevents short cir- mum operating amperage, cuits in one block from shut- the excess heat starts to build ting down the booster and Track Block gaps up inside the enclosure. For locomotives operating in the this reason some manufac- other block. Shorts are a fact tures like Model Rectiier of life, especially with some Command Corp. (MRC) install small types of turnouts, and boost- Booster station fans in their boosters to cool BOOSTERS ARE ers come with built-in short them ❷. Others attach their AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS circuit protection so they shut power transistors to the AMPERAGES. IT’S down when a short occurs. ❹ Building blocks. When inside of the enclosure and IMPORTANT TO REALIZE hat means every train in the adding boosters to a layout, use it as a heat sink, or install IT ISN’T NECESSARILY block that booster powers will the track must be subdivided BETTER TO USE THE a large heat sink on the enclo- HIGHEST AMPERAGE also shut down until the short into electrically isolated sure itself, which you can see UNIT AVAILABLE. is cleared. blocks, each powered by on the backs of the Digitrax – LARRY You can add additional either the command station units in ❸. blocks with separate boosters or booster(s).

September 2018 53 Product Reviews

Bachmann HO Sound Value Baldwin 2-8-0 A steam-era freight hauler, the arrangements irst appeared in the post- light-duty service, but many 2-8-0s Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation, joins Civil War years. Like other locomotives rolled on through the end of the steam Bachmann’s Sound Value roster. Much of that time, a key to the design’s success era in the 1950s. of the model’s tooling is based on the was a two-wheel pilot truck. Also called Bachmann Spectrum-series 2-8-0 the Consolidation type, the 2-8-0 The model. Like the Spectrum version, reviewed in the June 1998 Model became the primary mainline freight the Sound Value 2-8-0 is based on a Railroader. his new version comes locomotive in North America and Baldwin-built Illinois Central 900-class factory-equipped with a Sound Value remained so into the early 20th century. 2-8-0 that was rebuilt by the IC in the dual-mode decoder featuring sound Eventually the Consolidation became late 1930s. he model’s dimensions technology by SoundTraxx. he decoder this country’s most numerous locomo- closely follow prototype drawings pub- provides realistic efects on Digital tive type. New 2-8-0s were built as late as lished in the Model Railroader Command Control (DCC) and direct- the 1930s and included “modern” fea- Cyclopedia: Vol. 1, Steam Locomotives current (DC) layouts. tures like superheaters, electric lights, (Kalmbach Publishing Co.). he model and larger boilers and cylinders. By that has some detail diferences compared to The prototype. In the United States, time, most railroads had relegated their the IC prototype that give it a more steam locomotives with 2-8-0 wheel Consolidations to branchline and other generic look, including an oval sand dome and a 32-foot United States Die-cast metal weight Railroad Administration-style tender. he plastic model features sharply Die-cast metal weight deined boiler bands, rivet seams, and Decoder other molded detail. he handrails, piping, and air compressor are among the separately applied detail parts. he cab interior includes a detailed backhead and painted crew igures. here’s clear glazing in the cab windows. Our review sample is decorated in a freelanced paint scheme as New York Central no. 1137. he Central had many Consolidation-type steamers, but they Speaker followed diferent proportions than the Bachmann model. All the lettering is Removing the plastic tender shell reveals the Sound Value decoder and speaker. clearly printed in NYC’s post-1940 A wiring harness connects the decoder to the locomotive’s electronics. “modern” font.

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The mechanism. he lywheel-equipped motor is enclosed by a metal weight that Facts & features its inside the plastic boiler. he motor drives the worm gear via a rubber belt. Price: $349 he worm gear engages the third driver Manufacturer axle while the locomotive side rods Bachmann Trains transfer power to the other driver axles. 1400 E. Erie Ave. Ater removing a single screw on Philadelphia, PA 19124 the tender chassis, I lited of the plastic www.bachmanntrains.com tender shell. A downward-facing, round Era: 1930s to 1950s (as detailed) 28mm speaker is mounted to the bottom Road names: New York Central; of the tender chassis. he Sound Value Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Pennsylva- decoder is above the speaker. here are nia; Southern Ry.; and Union Pacific also die-cast metal weights attached to Features the chassis above each tender truck. • Die-cast metal chassis A wiring harness connects the • Electrical pickup on eight drivers and decoder to the motor, headlight, and four tender wheels (two per side) track power pickups in the locomotive. The Bachmann locomotive includes • Front and rear plastic E-Z Mate Mark II working front and rear knuckle knuckle couplers at correct height Performance. I ran the model on our couplers. Details include well-defined • Light-emitting diode headlight workshop test track with an NCE rivet seams, a coal load, and a separately • Minimum radius: 18" Powercab DCC system. Out of the box, applied tender ladder. • Precision motor with brass flywheel the 2-8-0 accelerated smoothly from 3.5 • RP-25 contour metal wheels in gauge scale mph in speed step 1 to a top speed smoothly at 12 scale mph when I set the • SoundTraxx Sound Value dual-mode of 72 scale mph in step 28. A typical DC power pack to 6V. For those without decoder 2-8-0 had a top speed of about 45 mph. a DCC system, these CVs can also be set • Weight: 1 pound, .5 ounce (Engine Ater setting the decoder to 128 steps, with an analog programmer, such as an alone weighs 13 ounces) the engine crept along at 1 scale mph in MRC Tech 6. speed step 1. he decoder’s supported coniguration variables (CVs), include Sound Value. he Sound Value decoder PERFORMANCE TESTS those for ine-tuning the model’s perfor- ofers the excellent, realistic sound repro- DRAWBAR 2.72 ounces mance with speed tables as well as accel- duction of a top-of-the-line SoundTraxx PULL 38 HO scale freight cars eration and deceleration momentum. decoder, but has simpliied function and SCALE SPEED (DC) During real-world testing on our programming options. Unlike the VOLTS SCALE MPH DCC-controlled staf layout, the Tsunami or Econami, the Sound Value 7 (start) 17 829 Milwaukee, Racine & Troy, the decoder doesn’t have Digital Dynamic 941 Bachmann 2-8-0 proved to be a capable Exhaust or button-controlled braking. 10 51 workhorse. he locomotive rolled However, I could still use a DCC 12 72 through no. 5 and 6 turnouts without so throttle to trigger many sound efects, SCALE SPEED (DCC) much as a headlight licker. including the bell, long and short whistle SPEED STEP SCALE MPH 1 3.5 On the 3 percent climb to Sky Ridge, blasts, and a steam release. In addition to 7 20 the Consolidation hauled a 10-car freight a master volume control (CV128), there 14 41 train without slipping. On straight and are other CVs that allowed me to set the 21 62 level track the locomotive can handle volume levels of individual sounds. 28 75 about 38 free-rolling HO freight cars. Function 0 turns on the headlight, On our DC test track, powered by a which shines brightly when the locomo- In DC the available sound efects are Model Rectiier Corp. Tech 4 power tive’s direction is set to forward and automatic. With power to the track pack, the Bachmann 2-8-0 didn’t start automatically dims when the direction is I heard the air pumps. As I advanced the moving smoothly until I applied 7 volts set to reverse. here’s also a manual throttle I heard the exhaust chuf. When to the track. At that point the model was headlight dimmer that’s programmed to I moved the throttle quickly, a grade traveling at 17 scale mph. he locomotive function 7 by default. All the available crossing whistle signal sounded. Other then accelerated smoothly as I advanced functions can be remapped if desired. automatic whistle signals or other sound the throttle, reaching a speed of 75 scale Out of the box, the model’s exhaust efects can be added or turned of by pro- mph at 12V, the maximum used for our chufs were out of synch. I easily ine- gramming CV 197 with either a DCC DC speed tests. tuned the chufs using CV 116. Ater system or analog DC programmer. I improved the locomotive’s low- some trial and error I found that a value Looking right at home hauling a local speed performance in DC by using our of 121 provided the correct four chufs or other pike-size freight train, the DCC system to set the decoder’s analog per wheel revolution. Bachmann Sound Value 2-8-0 is a great starting voltage (CV 63) to a value of 2. Free user manuals are available for choice for rounding out an HO steam At that setting the model started rolling download at www.soundtraxx.com. roster. – Dana Kawala, senior editor

September 2018 55 Product Reviews

Walthers N scale EMD SW1200 diesel

Electro-Motive Division’s SW1200 identical SW9s were built between 1,200 gallons, required the air tanks to was its last switcher powered by the February 1951 and December 1953. be mounted atop the hood. 567-series diesel engine, and Walthers hese 1,200-hp locomotives featured Since these locomotives were also has re-released the model in N scale in 12-cylinder 567-series two-stroke used as light road switchers, m.u. con- seven paint schemes. he direct-current diesel engines. SW9s and early SW1200s nections and the related drop steps were (DC) models are equipped with Micro- look identical, with two exhaust stacks popular options. A few locomotives were Trains couplers and are upgraded to and six louvers on the battery boxes even equipped with dynamic brakes. accept Digitrax or Train Control behind the cab. SW1200s built ater hese engines led long lives, with Systems Digital Command Control March 1955 have ive louvers on their some still working short lines today. (DCC) decoders. battery boxes. BNSF Ry. was still operating its inherited Many options were available. Most units into the mid-2000s. The prototype. Electro-Motive Division locomotives had AAR Type A trucks, built 1,024 SW1200s in the United States but EMD Flexicoil trucks were available. The model. We irst reviewed an ances- and Canada between January 1954 and Diferent headlight and number box tor of this model in February 1998 when May 1966 for 81 customers in North and combinations were built, and several fuel it was produced by Life-Like. he body South America. Another 815 nearly tank sizes were ofered. he largest, shell appears to be the same, but the mechanism has been upgraded to Printed-circuit light board Motor leads accommodate a DCC decoder. To remove the shell, irst pull of the fuel tank casting. Be careful with the ine air-piping details. Pull on the bottom of the frame casting to remove the shell from the frame. he cab end of our sample was reluctant to move, so I tried pulling on the truck. his resulted in the sideframes and wheelsets separating from the truck, which at least allowed me to slip a hobby knife between the frame and shell to lever the pieces apart. he truck parts Five-pole, skew-wound motor Flywheel/worm gear combo snapped back together. Be aware of the metal wipers attached Walthers’ N scale SW1200 features a split die-cast metal frame. The motor is to the bottom of the sill on the shell. isolated from the frame to simplify adding a Digital Command Control decoder. hey conduct electricity from the trucks

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RAILROADS Construction of Fine Scale Model Railroads Private Layouts - Museum Exhibits - Custom Structures Let us build the Model Railroad of your Dreams PERFORMANCE TESTS DRAWBAR .48 ounce PULL 11 N scale freight cars Facts & features SCALE SPEED (DC) VOLTS SCALE MPH Price: $99.98 1.5 (start) <1 Manufacturer 35.2Wm. K. Walthers Inc. Quality built layouts since 1991 6275601 W. Florist Ave. www.custommodelrailroads.com 952 12 75 Milwaukee, WI 53218 www.walthers.com Railroad Headquarters to the frame halves and are fragile. his Era: 1954 to 1985, as decorated also means the model won’t move with Road names: Milwaukee Road; the body detached. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; BNSF Ry.; Under the shell is the typical N scale Denver & Rio Grande Western; Elgin, die-cast metal split-frame chassis. A ive- Joliet & Eastern; Reading; and Southern pole, skew-wound open frame motor is Paciﬁc. Two road numbers each, except trapped between the halves. At the cab Milwaukee Road and D&RGW (one road end, a brass lywheel/worm gear combi- number each). nation drives the rear truck. Another Features worm gear drives the front truck. • All-wheel drive and electrical pickup Mounted above the front truck is a • DCC-ready – can be equipped with TCS NEW HO & N small printed-circuit (PC) board carry- MT1500 or Digitrax DN-126M2 SCALE ing a light-emitting diode (LED) for the decoders, both sold separately headlight. he motor power wires are • Five-pole skew-wound motor plugged into this PC board as well. he • Micro-Trains couplers, rear at correct rear light isn’t illuminated. height, front .040" too high 410-889-0010 Instructions on the Digitrax and • RP-25 metal wheels, in gauge Visit our website to see these and more kits from CMR TCS websites (www.digitrax.com and • Split die-cast metal frame www.custommodelrailroads.com www.tcsdcc.com, respectively) show the • Weight: 1.7 ounces relatively simple (no soldering) installa- TRAIN COLLECTORS ASSOCIATION™ tion procedure for adding a DCC motor- only decoder. Adding sound would be a cogged a bit. At 3V, when the locomotive more challenging project, as there’s smoothed out its motion, it moved at 5.2 OIN TCA! hardly any room for a speaker. scale mph. At 12V, the maximum of our he body shell is molded in three speed tests, the model reached 75 scale J Friendships that pieces: the cab, hood, and walkways and mph. A prototype SW1200 had a maxi- Last a Lifetime! steps. Micro-Trains knuckle couplers are mum speed of 65 mph. Here are just a few great TCA benefits: mounted to the body shell. he model Our test force meter registered .48 · TCA Train Meets (including York, PA!) matches drawings printed in Model ounce, equivalent to 11 free-rolling · *3* Publications: The Train Collectors Railroader Cyclopedia: Vol. 2, Diesel N scale freight cars on straight and level Quarterly, National Headquarters News Locomotives (Kalmbach Publishing Co., track. I took the Walthers SW1200 to & TCA E-Train, our online magazine out of print). he six louvers on the bat- our Red Oak project layout to put it · TCA x-change (online marketplace) tery boxes make this an early SW1200. through its paces. he slow speed char- · National Toy Train Museum he handrails are lexible plastic acteristics made it fun to switch the · Toy Train Reference Library molded to near-scale dimensions. stockyard, grain elevators, and feed mill Separate bell, headlight, and horn cast- on the layout. he locomotive had no ings complete the detail. he handrails trouble with a 12-car train. and grab irons on the let side are I also set up an Atlas N scale code 80 molded on the long hood. starter set with a pair of Snap Switches Our sample was decorated for the and 93⁄4" radius curves. Again, the loco- Milwaukee Road. he separation motive operated well and had no trouble between the orange and black paint is pushing and pulling both a 40- and sharp. he Milwaukee Road logo on the 50-foot boxcar around the track. cab side and the road number and unit With the SW1200’s long production class are all printed clearly. he cab side run and multitude of owners, plus its windows have silver painted frames, and long life on the used locomotive market, Call or visit us online for the gaskets on the cab end windows are these models are worthy of a place on your application today! painted black. any post-World War II N scale layout. If you model in N scale and you’re shop- 717.687.8623 Test track. his little switcher can really ping for a switcher, give these a look. crawl. At 1.5V, it began moving but – Eric White, associate editor www.tcamembers.org

September 2018 57 Product Reviews

SmartController throttle

Facts & features

SmartBox command station Price: $479.99 (basic set), $409.99 (throttle and charger only) Manufacturer PIKO America LLC 4610 Alvarado Canyon Road, Suite 5 L-Net Converter (sold separately) San Diego, CA 92120 www.piko-america.com Features • Can control and store more than 16,000 locomotive addresses • National Model Railroad Association Digital Command Control compatible • Supports 28 functions and 14, 28, or 128 speed steps • Supports up to 32 SmartController PIKO America SmartControl throttles WiFi DCC system • WiFi wireless operation

Touchscreen train control via a ounces and measuring 5⁄8" x 21 ⁄8" x 61 ⁄2", decoder, such as an ESU LokSound Smartphone app over a WiFi connection the SmartController throttle its easily in Select, is placed on the track, the system has been around for several years now. one hand. automatically loads the decoder’s infor- What I miss when using my smartphone Track output includes both main and mation into the SmartController. hen as a throttle, though, is that my smart- programming track terminals. his sim- all I had to do is click on the locomotive phone isn’t a throttle. PIKO America has pliies setting up an isolated program- address to add its information to my taken the app-control concept to the ming track section. locomotive list. next level with its SmartControl system. Programming on the main is limited he locomotive menu screens can be he heart of the system is the to activating or deactivating function customized, including deleting any SmartController, a device that combines keys. On RailComm equipped decoders, unused function keys from the screen. the functionality of a mini tablet run- I could change addresses on the main. Also helpful is the ability to replace the ning the Google Android operating sys- However, I could only program conigu- function numbers with icons represent- tem with an ergonomic handheld model ration variables via the Read/Write ing each function (i.e., images of a whis- train throttle. Cvs menu when the system was con- tle, bell, coupler, etc.). he SmartControl system was devel- nected to a programming track. he large 21 ⁄4"-diameter throttle knob oped by a partnership between PIKO with direction control made it easy to and Electronik Solutions Ulm (ESU). Running trains. Setting up operate a locomotive without having to ESU also sells its own nearly identical SmartControl is simple. I connected the constantly look at the display. version called CabControl. track bus of our Milwaukee, Racine & For those who prefer touchscreen Troy staf layout into the screw terminals speed control, there is an on-screen SmartControl components. For this marked Main on the back of the slider. When the slider is used, the servo- review I tested the PIKO SmartControl SmartBox, plugged in the power supply, controlled knob automatically turns to Basic Set, which includes a SmartBox and turned on the fully charged the corresponding setting. his allowed command station, a SmartController SmartController throttle. me to seamlessly switch between knob throttle, and a 120V input, 16V, 2.25A I touched the throttle’s stop button to or touchscreen control. output power supply. he set also came turn on track power and clicked the here are four sot keys, two on each with a USB charger and neck lanyard for SmartControl app icon. he app menus side of the throttle. Using the Key the throttle and a length of paired are intuitive and easy to navigate with Bindings menu, I programmed these stranded wire to connect to the track the 15⁄8" x 23⁄4" touch screen. keys to frequently used functions, such bus, which isn’t needed if you have an To operate a locomotive I simply as the horn and bell. hese keys were existing layout. An easy-to-understand, entered its address in the Create New also useful for manual notching func- 77-page printed instruction manual cov- Locomotive screen. his information tions or activating the Drive/Hold ers all aspects of the system. would then be saved in a locomotive list. function on LokSound decoders. he SmartBox measures 11 ⁄2" x 3" x 7" As noted in the previous section, the I used the Create Consist menu to and can be freestanding or mounted to SmartControl system supports RailComm m.u. locomotives and select which loco- the layout benchwork. Weighing 8.5 Plus. Whenever a RailComm-enabled motive functions would be activated or

58 www.ModelRailroader.com Model Railroader Video Plus subscribers can see a demo at www.MRVideoPlus.com. deactivated. For example, I wanted the bell and horn to sound only on the lead unit. he Create Consist menu uses universal consisting, where the consist information is stored and controlled in the command station. Advance consists can be set up by programming CV19. In addition to running locomotives, the SmartController can be used to operate switches, signals, and other On the back of the SmartBox are various ports for expanding the system. The two decoder-equipped accessories connected ports marked PROG and MAIN are for the included screw terminals. to the system. home computer or WiFi network. here $59.99, connects to the SmartBox via the Expanding the system. he 2.25 amp are also two sockets (ECoSlink and ECoS port and has four LocoNet ports. power supply included with the set pro- Extend) for connecting to an ESU ECoS Other apps preloaded onto the vides enough current for a room-sized N DCC system or power boosters. For SmartController include a calendar, cal- or HO scale layout and about three to modelers who use CD/E compatible culator, clock, and Google for suring the ive sound-equipped locomotives run- power boosters, a CD/E adapter is avail- web. he device has about 1.8 GB of ning simultaneously. For those who able separately for $24.99. available storage. Before downloading operate larger, club-sized layouts or According to the instruction manual, too many additional apps, note that high model in larger scales, a 5.3A power sup- the SmartBox LNET port is inactive memory use can slow down the device. ply is available separately for $99.99. and intended for a future update. For With its WiFi connection, touch- Various ports on the back of the modelers who wish to use Digitrax screen, and simple yet sleek design, the SmartBox allow the system to be easily throttles, occupancy detectors, and other PIKO SmartControl system truly feels expanded. here are LAN and USB LocoNet-compatible devices, the PIKO like model train control for the 21st cen- sockets for connecting the SmartBox to a L-NET converter, available separately for tury. – Dana Kawala, senior editor

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QUICKLOOK Kato HO scale Amtrak Superliner II transition sleeper

Price: $90 Travelmark herald, numbers, stripes, The long-shank couplers are Manufacturer and safety labels match the prototype. mounted at the correct height. The Kato USA Inc. Like the prototype, the model has draft-gear-box design allows the cou- 100 Remington Rd. tinted windows. The car features sepa- plers to swing freely from side to side. Schaumburg, IL 60173 rate tan plastic castings for the upper This allows the transition sleeper to www.katousa.com and lower levels. The upper level has operate on 18" radius curves, but the Era: 2002 to present (as decorated) eight roomettes and crew rooms, a con- car will look better on broader curves. Road name: Amtrak (Phase 6 [also ductor’s ofﬁce, and the chef’s room. The sleeper includes optional known as phase 4b] paint scheme). The lower level has a crew lounge and Kinematic couplers. The modeler- handicapped-accessible bedroom. installed rigid-jaw couplers allow for Comments: Kato has released a new If you want to show off the car’s close coupling without affecting the run of HO scale Amtrak Superliner II interior, Kato offers an optional light- turning radius. passenger equipment, including a tran- ing kit with white light-emitting diodes I ran the car in a full-length Empire sition sleeper. Our sample is decorated (no. 7-504, $24). The marker lights can Builder on our HO scale Milwaukee, as Amtrak no. 39027, part of its 39012 be illuminated with a light board Racine & Troy layout. The car per- through 39046 series built by Bombar- (no. 958046, for $8.50 each). formed ﬂawlessly as it navigated the dier Transit Corp. between 1994 and The transition sleeper’s dimensions 36" radius curves and no. 6 turnouts. 1996. The cars were delivered in closely match prototype drawings. At If you’re modeling one of Amtrak’s Amtrak’s phase 4 paint scheme. In 2002, 8.1 ounces, the model is 1.4 ounces too contemporary long-distance trains, the Superliner cars were repainted heavy per National Model Railroad such as the Empire Builder, California into the current phase 6 scheme. Association Recommended Practice Zephyr, or Southwest Chief, a transition The Kato model is painted Platinum 20.1. The metal wheels, mounted on sleeper is a must-have car. – Cody Mist. The placement of the Amtrak plastic axles, are correctly gauged. Grivno, associate editor

60 www.ModelRailroader.com On Operation By Jerry Dziedzic

Obedience to the rules Dutifully, The Baltimore Sun reported that two railroaders lost their lives in a head-on collision of a passenger train with a freight train on the Maryland & Pennsyl- vania. he accident attaches grave importance to a phrase that appears in many railroad rulebooks: “Obedience to the rules is essential to safety.” his admonition remains as important today as it was on that fateful Saturday ater- noon so long ago. he passenger train was No. 11, a northbound irst- class train scheduled to depart from Baltimore at 5:30 p.m. he freight was No. 32, a Maryland & Pennsylvania engine 41, a locomotive whose history includes a fatal crash caused southbound third-class train. when it arrived in Baltimore without the second section of its train, leads freight No. 31 over No. 32 oten operated with a Orson’s Run trestle in early spring of 1940. William Moedinger Jr. photo helper, and it was routine to divide the train into two brakeman was later charged If No. 11 didn’t respond, rules The Ma & Pa incident parts at certain places along with misunderstanding the demanded that First 32 stop reminds me of a question a the line. his way, the engines conductor’s instructions. and conirm understanding. reader asked recently: “Would could work at diferent points he Interstate Commerce he use of a train order a regular train ever run at the same time. hat day, Commis sion’s investigation puts instructions in writing between sections of another engine 41, the road engine, noted that the Ma & Pa relied for both engineer and con- regular train?” his invites handled the head part of the on this method for 20 years ductor, greatly reducing the confusion. All sections of a train and engine 26, the and criticized the railroad for chances of forgetting or mis- train display green lags helper, handled the rear. he allowing practices that didn’t understanding them. except the last. A regular conductor stayed with the follow rules of safe operation. train doesn’t display signals, rear and protected it by put- Train No. 32’s manner of There’s more. As a irst-class either. If First 1, No. 3, and ting the head brakeman in operation was virtually the train, No. 11 was superior, Second 1 ran in that order, it charge of the head part with same as running in two sec- with authority to depart at would be hard for an oppos- instructions to lag and hold tions. Properly, a train order 5:30 p.m. whether third-class ing train to distinguish any opposing movement. would govern No. 32’s move- Second 32 had arrived or not. between No. 3 and Second 1. Instead, the ments: “Eng. 41 his forces Second 32 to wait On the other hand, an head brakeman display signals and meet No. 11 at a point extra train could run between proceeded to and run as First where Second 32 can clear sections safely. Extras must Baltimore, expect- 32 =rom Delta the main track ive minutes display white lags, making ing the rear of the to Baltimore.” before No. 11 was due. an extra running behind First train to provide its his requires the It surprised me that the 1 (green lags) easily distin- own lag protec- crew to mount investigator didn’t mention guishable from Second 1. tion. Arriving green lags on the the requirement that a train he Ma & Pa wreck there, he failed to front of the carry a marker to indicate occurred long ago on May 22, A TRAIN ORDER engine, signaling hold No. 11, so the PUTS INSTRUC- its end. If not for the long- 1920. However, its underlying passenger train TIONS IN that a second sec- standing two-part practice, causes are just as relevant departed on time. WRITING, tion was follow- No. 11 might have questioned today as they were then: expe- Meanwhile, the GREATLY ing. By rule, First a marker’s absence on the rienced railroaders failing to rear of No. 32, REDUCING THE 32 would whistle head part of No. 32. However, follow safe practices. Obedi- expecting protec- CHANCES OF when it reached it’s easy to imagine No. 11 ence to the rules creates a tion from the head FORGETTING OR Balti more, call- departing anyway, relying on highly authentic experience end, also pro- MISUNDER- ing No. 11’s atten- the head brakeman’s insis- on a layout, even though the ceeded. he trains STANDING tion to its signals. tence, to which he later testi- consequences we face in our collided at 5:46 THEM. – JERRY No. 11 would ied, that the rear of the train operating sessions are far p.m. he head whistle an answer. was protecting itself. less severe.

September 2018 61 Trackside Photos

MORE ON THE WEB Lou Sassi’s photo of Sam Novello’s HO layout is this month’s wallpaper. Download it from our website, ModelRailroader.com A Boston & Maine E7A trundles past with a passenger train on its way to Boston, while the trawler Lily unloads at the lobster shack. The scene takes place on the HO scale railroad built by Sam Novello of Atkinson, N.H., which was featured in our July 2012 issue. The locomotive is a Broadway Limited Imports model; the lobster shack is scratchbuilt. Lou Sassi shot the photo. A pair of Arizona & California GP35s pulls a local freight through the desert to Blythe, Calif. The N scale diorama was built by Doug Midkiff of Parker, Colo. The locomotives are Atlas and Kato models, and the cars are from Micro- The track gang loads up the Trains Line Co. Paul Brennecke inspection speeder at Melody, photographed the diorama outdoors. Calif., preparing to head out to do some quick track repairs down the line. Ken Kirkwood of Yucaipa, Calif., built and photo graphed the scene on his HO scale Ma & Pa K Ry., set in northern California.

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64 www.ModelRailroader.com There’s an extra freight to pull today, so the crew at Weston & Matherly’s South Yard is prepping the railroad’s aging 4-8-2 Mountain for a day’s work. The action takes place on Steve McIver’s freelanced Weston & Matherly RR, set in the northeastern United States in the mid-1950s. Steve, of Feasterville, Pa., photographed the HO scale scene.

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September 2018 69 N SCALE WHEELED TABLE LAYOUT: 36”x 8’4” with MODEL AUTOMOBILE AND TRUCK KITS Classiﬁeds Cont. 2 controllers, switch panels. Waiting for landscaper! 40 piece WANTED- unbuilt or built, any size collection. Fred Sterns, rolling stock and 8 engines. Contact: Edward, 417-733-7009 48 Standish, Buffalo, NY 14216. 716-838-6797. email: Wanted-O Scale and leave message. [email protected] WANTED DIESEL LOCOMOTIVE UP: Overland 855-A TREES! Unique Evergreen Trees and Kits. Realistic and 855-B (Either One) Contact Roy, [email protected] and Fun. Save Time & Money. Handcrafted in Oregon. Custom Painting & Building or 213-842-7191. www.coastmans.com Mr. Rasmussen 360-820-3553. CUSTOM BUILDING & PAINTING, kit building, kit- bashing & scratchbuilding. Locomotives, rolling stock, struc- Wanted-O Tinplate Wanted - Miscellaneous tures & more. 12 Penny Lane, Newark, DE 19702, 302-229- BUYING O and Standard gauge collections. Lionel, Flyer ALL SLOT CARS WANTED. Any kind, any condi- 6010, www.tmbcustommodels.com and all others. Call Tom 630-443-9137 tion. Top dollar paid. PAUL at 586-752-3675. E-mail: [email protected] CUSTOM LAYOUT BUILDING & LAYOUT DESIGN. Specializing in fine scale and prototype based projects. The Wanted-Large Scale ALL TRAIN COLLECTORS & MODELERS- We Shelf Layouts Company, Inc. www.shelflayouts.com 301- need more trains to supply our ever expanding group of 404-8164 BUYING G SCALE: and Large Scale Train collection. Call interested buyers. We buy HO & N Scale Trains - Brass, Tom 630-443-9137. Marklin, Rivarossi, Atlas, Kato, MicroTrains, etc. as well as KIT ASSEMBLY: Scratch building. [email protected] better trains in all scales. We also purchase store inven- For Sale - Miscellaneous tories. We also can auction your trains with rates starting as low as 15%. We travel extensively all over the US and Books and Magazines ILLINOIS CENTRAL PASSENGER TRAIN: Seven Canada. Send us your list today or for more information DIY ADVANCED MODEL RAILROAD Walther Pullman cars and one window coach. Proto 2000 see www.trainz.com/sell Trainz, 2740 Faith Industrial Dr., E-7 powered (non DCC). All in box and like new $450.00. Buford, GA 30518. 866-285-5840, [email protected] Fax: SIGNALING ELECTRONICS, by J.R. Kerr, $25.00. Shipping included. Call for details. Henry 816-872-4161 866-935-9504 www.amazon.com/dp/1517602246 or Ron’s Books.

CALIFORNIA • Santa Rosa FLORIDA • Melbourne LEADING MODEL RETAILERS The Space Coast’s Model Train Shop. Retail Directory spaces are sold on a year’s basis at $654 per year (payable in advance) or at $60 per month HO and N Scale is our specialty. We sell new Z thru G scales. N scale our specialty! and vintage. Factory-trained DCC installation. Digitrax, Kato, Lionel & Walthers Dealer. (billed to established accounts for one year minimum); also for six months at $353 (payable in advance). Ads will Model trains is all we do. Atlas, IM, BWL, Piko, LGB & Rokuhan. be set in standard listing typography. All insertions must be consecutive and may be invoiced if you have credit Mon - Fri 10-6, Sat 10-4 Mon-Sat 10am-5pm Email: trftrains@cl .rr.com established with us. No mention of mail order business permitted. CLOSING DATES are listed in the “Schedule of POGGIES TRAINS TRF TRAINS & MNT HOBBIES Events” section. For more information call 1-888-558-1544, ext. 440. 100 Foley Street 707-974-9042 2715 N. Harbor City Blvd., #12 321-241-4997 ALABAMA • Enterprise CALIFORNIA • Burbank CALIFORNIA • Westminster (Orange Co.) FLORIDA • Miami Southern Alabama’s largest train store. All scales G through N, collectibles old & new. Shop “Warehouse Style” for N to G. MTH & Lionel authorized dealer. N, HO, HOn3, Authorized LGB, Lionel, MTH & Märklin dealer. World Famous MTH, Lionel, Kato, LGB, Broadway Ltd., Atlas, O & G scales. Tues - Sat 10am to 4pm One of the most complete train stores in Model/Toy Trains Only Walthers at discount prices. Open Mon - Sat [email protected] So. Calif. UPS worldwide shipper. 7,000 sq. ft. Super Center 10am-5pm Nov - Jan open Sunday 10am-1pm www.highcountryhobbies.com Visit our website at www.trainshack.com www.arniestrains.com Email us at [email protected] HIGH COUNTRY HOBBIES THE TRAIN SHACK ARNIE’S MODEL TRAINS READY TO ROLL 206 South Main St. 334-489-4558 1030 N. Hollywood Way 800-572-9929 6452 Industry Way 714-893-1015 831 NW 143rd Street 305-688-8868 ALASKA • Anchorage CALIFORNIA • Concord CALIFORNIA • Yuba City FLORIDA • Ocala www.anchoragehouseofhobbies.com Largest selection in the East Bay. 93 foot HO A full service model train store. Large Alaska’s best hobby supplier since 1964. layout. Buy - sell - trade - consign - repairs - inventory, HO, N, O & O27 Tinplate. HO, N trains & accessories Two stories, 6,300sf, 1st l oor all R/C, detail parts in all scales. Lionel. Books, videos, collector & gift items. Visa, MC, AX, Discover 2nd l oor general hobbies, plastics, trains, Discount prices & friendly service. Repair service. We buy old toy trains. Open Mon - Fri 10-5:30, Sat 9-4 slot cars, telescopes & more! Website: www.just-trains.com www.westerndepot.com Call for Sunday hours. ALABAMA - GEORGIA ANCHORAGE HOUSE OF HOBBIES JUST TRAINS THE WESTERN DEPOT ROB’S HOBBY WORLD 2803 Spenard Rd. 907-277-7778 5650 Imhoff Dr. 925-685-6566 1650 Sierra Ave. #203 530-673-6776 8585 SW Hwy. 200 352-854-2799 ARIZONA • Apache Junction CALIFORNIA • Costa Mesa COLORADO • Denver (Lakewood) FLORIDA • Pensacola Caboose, sharing our passion for trains Competitive prices, friendly service. New Store! Arizona’s premier hobby shop. Lionel, AF, LGB, HO, N, & Z Gauge. since 1938. North America’s largest full- All makes & models, trains & accessories. Full scale, all service hobby shop. Trains, New, used, & collectibles. service train store, and your go-to source for Thur-Sat. 9:00am-5:00pm. planes, cars, boats and R/C. Special orders. Buy, sell, trade & repair. everything model railroading. Open Daily or at www.trainsbyjohnson.com Open Mon - Sat Tue - Fri 12-7, Sat 9-5, Sun 11-3. MyCaboose.com Old Palafox St. at 10 Mile Rd. OBIES TRAINS THE TRAIN CROSSING CABOOSE TRAINS BY JOHNSON 2114 West Apache Trail #11 480-203-1796 1113 Baker Street, Ste. F 714-549-1596 10800 W Alameda Avenue 303-777-6766 10412 N. Palafox Hwy. 850-478-8584 ARIZONA • Avondale CALIFORNIA • Hemet CONNECTICUT • Cos Cob FLORIDA • Port Charlotte DCC Systems, Decoders, Layout Supplies Full line hobby shop specializing in trains. Professional Installations G to Z scales We carry Lionel, MTH, HO, N, Atlas, Walthers, HO, N, Lionel. Lionel authorized dealer Large selection of Athearn. Also large selection Mon - Fri 8:00-5:00, Sat 8:00-Noon Ross switches, Gargraves & Peco. & repair. Plastic, wood kits, rockets, of model kits, paints, diecast, R/C’s and more. Online Store: Litchi eldStation.com 45’ long in-store layout. Open 7 days. tools, structural & diorama supplies. We buy trains. Open Mon - Sat E-mail: Sales@Litchi eldStation.com www.dynamichobbies.net Special orders welcome. Email: [email protected] LITCHFIELD STATION DYNAMIC HOBBIES ANN’S HOBBY CENTER K & K TRAINS 1412 N. Central Ave., Ste. D 623-298-7355 811 East Florida Avenue 951-925-9331 405 E. Putnam Avenue 203-869-0969 3835 Tamiami Trail 941-883-6931 ARIZONA • Phoenix CALIFORNIA • Hollister CONNECTICUT • Manchester FLORIDA • Port Orange (Daytona Beach) Model planes, car, ships & i gures. Model train All scales Z, N, HO, O, O-27, G, #1, MTH, Your Southern Connection for Quality Products! Come and see our NEW store! scales: Z, N, HO, O & G. Paints, tools. R/C & Lionel, Märklin, LGB, Walthers, Aristo, Trix,etc. Featuring O, HO, N, Woodland Scenics. MTH Wednesday - Saturday 10-5 parts, incl. service. Craft & educational kits, Digital Sales-Install. Large operating layouts. MegaStation & National Service Center. Breyer Shop online at www.aawtrains.com supplies, products. ESU Lok Sound Dealer - Mon-Wed 10-6 Th-Fri 10-9 Sat-Sun 10-6 Horses. Mon - Fri 9:30-5; clinics available. Tue - Sat 11-6; Sun 12-4 www.timemachinehobby.com Sat 9:30-4. www.roundhousesouth.com AN AFFAIR WITH TRAINS B.C.T. HOBBY & CRAFTS TIME MACHINE HOBBY - NEW ENGLAND HOBBY SUPPLY ROUNDHOUSE SOUTH 18440 North 7th St., #12 623-434-6778 201-C McCray St. 831-635-0537 71 Hilliard St. 860-646-0610/Fax-645-0504 4611 S. Ridgewood Ave. 386-304-7003 ARIZONA • Phoenix CALIFORNIA • Lodi CONNECTICUT • Winsted FLORIDA • Tampa Bay - Pinellas Park Z - N - HO - HOn3 - O27 - On30 A hobby shop for modelers by modelers. 2600 sq. ft. Showroom. Lionel & MTH Dealer Narrow gauge almost exclusively. Locos - Rolling Stock - Digital - Structures From hard to i nd to latest & greatest. NEW, USED, BUY/SELL * All Gauges Z thru G On3 - Sn3 - HOn3 - On30. Landscaping Material & more. Free classes & clinics / multi scales. Over 6,000 Parts. Repair Services. Trains, Kits, parts, brass & books. www.Rogersrailroadjunction.com Large store of quality products @ fair prices. Track, Sets, Scenic Supplies. Tues - Sat 10-6 Mon-Fri 8-12, 1-5, Sat 8-12. See website for virtual tour. Friendly service: www.rrhobbysupply.com www.zitniktrains.com CORONADO SCALE MODELS ROGER’S RAILROAD JUNCTION RR MODEL & HOBBY SUPPLY ZITNIK TRAINS 1544 E. Cypress St. 602-254-9656 105 S. Sacramento St. 209-334-5623 100 Whiting Street 860-379-3383 5193 73rd Ave. N. 727-201-9668 ARIZONA • Tempe CALIFORNIA • Pasadena CONNECTICUT • Wolcott FLORIDA • Tampa/St. Pete/Clearwater/PP Family owned, full service. Special orders Model rail specialists since 1951. Exclusively brass models. One of the welcomed. Athearn, Lionel, Bachmann, Digitrax LGB, Lionel, O, S, On3, HO, HOn3, N, Z. largest selections in the country. All scales. New Owners!! Huge inventory! Running & Soundtraxx dealer. Plastic models, books, Complete stock of brass imports, new & used. Buy, consign, trade - entire collections bought. Layouts! Same great store! Come check out magazines, paints, building materials, scenery, Books, tools, structures, detail parts. Mon - Fri 9 - 4 our model railroader’s paradise. Daily 10-6, Sat & more. Free classes and clinics. Open 7 days. www.thewhistlestop.com www.thecaboose.com 10-6, Sun 11-5 www.hrtrains.com HOBBY DEPOT THE ORIGINAL WHISTLE STOP INC THE CABOOSE H & R TRAINS 216 W. Southern Ave. 480-968-1880 2490 E. Colorado Blvd. 626-796-7791 5 Mohawk Drive 203-879-9797 6901 US Hwy. 19 N, Pinellas Park 727-526-4682 ARKANSAS • Jacksonville CALIFORNIA • Roseville (Sacramento) DELAWARE • Ocean View GEORGIA • Atlanta (Lilburn) Headquarters for scale hobbies. Models; Exclusively model trains since 1989. No sales tax at the Delaware seashore. HO, Atlas, Bachmann, MTH N-HO-O trains; tools; paint, etc. Athearn, Kato, MDC, Lionel, Atlas, LGB, Lionel new & used . . . . also Atlas, Bachmann, Complete scenery supplies. Discounts & special orders. Märklin, Brass Imports, books, detail parts. MTH. We buy used trains. Auth. Lionel repairs. Operating HO layout and 400 sq. ft. layout. Open 10-6, closed Sundays and Wednesdays. Everyday low prices. Open 7 days. Large inventory of used HO trains. HUGE selection in a 11,000 sq. ft. store. www.railandspruehobbies.com www.rrhobbies.com Open Tues - Sat 11-4:30, Closed Sun & Mon www.legacystation.com 800-964-8724 RAIL & SPRUE HOBBIES RAILROAD HOBBIES SEASIDE HOBBIES LEGACY STATION TRAINS 1200 John Harden Dr. 501-982-6836 119 Vernon St. 916-782-6067 15 Daisey Ave. 302-539-1601 4153 Lawrenceville Hwy., #12 770-339-7780 CALIFORNIA • Atascadero CALIFORNIA • San Diego (La Mesa) FLORIDA • Cape Canaveral GEORGIA • Buford (Atlanta) All scales G to Z. Special orders welcome. Exclusively trains. Craft kits, Quality, Selection & Service. Midway LA & SF. US 101-US 41, easy access. detail parts, scratch supplies, books. Lionel, American Flyer, MTH Discount pricing in all scales. Open Tuesday - Friday 10-6, Saturday 10-5 Ride the trolley to Reed’s. Trains bought and sold Mon - Sat 11-6, Sun 1-6 E-mail Anita at: [email protected] Open Mon through Sat 10-6; Sun 12-4 www.traincity.com Across from NS Mainline in Downtown Buford Web site: www.centralcoasttrains.com [email protected] www.reeds-hobbies.com www.choochooauctions.com Web store at: www.trainmastermodels.com CENTRAL COAST TRAINS REED’S HOBBY SHOP TRAIN CITY, INC. - CHARLES SIEGEL TRAINMASTER MODELS 7600 El Camino Real # 3 805-466-1391 8039 La Mesa Blvd. 619-464-1672 387 Imperial Blvd., Ste. 2 321-799-4005 601 East Main St. 678-546-3600 CALIFORNIA • Bellﬂ ower CALIFORNIA • Santa Clara FLORIDA • Ft. Myers GEORGIA • Commerce Friendly Hobby Store! We carry N, HO, HOn3, 100% trains. Discount prices. Super selection. N, HO, O scale model railroading. S, Sn3. RailMaster, Athearn, Scaletrains.com Monday 9:30am-3:00pm Paint, tools, scenery, accessories, Bargains Galore! Located 1/2 mile off I-85 exit and more. DCC: Soundtraxx, LokSound, Tuesday - Saturday 9:30am-6:00pm & plastic models. 149. Featuring O & HO Trains, Die-Cast, Toys, Digitrax dealer. Special Orders Welcomed! Closed Sunday Mon - Sat 10:00am-6:00pm; Closed Sun & More. One of 13 Lindy’s Stores in SE USA. www.railmasterhobbies.com Dennis Cole E-mail: [email protected] www.metrotrainsandhobbies.com Open 10-5 www.Lindystrains.com RAILMASTER HOBBIES THE TRAIN SHOP METRO TRAINS & HOBBIES LINDY’S TRAINS/RED HOUND ANTIQUE MALL 9812 Belmont St. 562-867-5627 1829 Pruneridge Ave. 408-296-1050 12951 Metro Parkway 239-332-0422 277 Pottery Factory Dr. 706-335-3353 RETAIL DIRECTORY DIRECTORY RETAIL 70 www.ModelRailroader.com ILLINOIS - TEXAS - TEXAS ILLINOIS ILLINOIS • Des Plaines MARYLAND • Baltimore/Cockeysville NEW JERSEY • Kenvil PENNSYLVANIA • Broomall N, HO, S, O, G Std. & Narrow gauge too. Model RR headquarters since 1913. Lionel, American Flyer, LGB, Atlas & MTH Lots of scratchbuilding parts and stuff too. Huge selection HO & N Trains & accessories; Full service hobbies, a full line of HO, N, ON30, Standard, O & S gauges Brass, books & DVDs. Close to O’Hare. Lionel & MTH O Gauge. All at discount prices. HO, N, 3-Rail, military, cars, boats, bought, sold & traded. Auth. service station. M, T, W, F 10-6; Th 10-8; Sat 9:30-5; Sun 11-5 Mon - Fri 9:30-5; Sat 9-5. planes, dollhouses, scratchbuilding Mon, Wed, Fri 10-9, Tue & Thu 10-7, Sat 10-5 Web Store: www.desplaineshobbies.com www.modeltrainstuff.com supplies, plus details-details-details! www.nstrains.com DES PLAINES HOBBIES M.B. KLEIN KENVIL HOBBIES NICHOLAS SMITH TRAINS 1524 Lee St. (Mannheim Rd.) 847-297-2118 243 Cockeysville Rd., Ste. A 410-229-9995 590 Rt. 46 973-584-1188 2343 West Chester Pike 610-353-8585 ILLINOIS • Downers Grove MASSACHUSETTS • Ashburnham NEW JERSEY • Mountain Lakes PENNSYLVANIA • Jeannette Specializing in New England road names,HO/N Direct dealer for LIONEL and MTH. The Trains exclusively. Lionel, MTH, HO & N. HO and N Scale Model Trains and Accessories Scale. Micro-Trains, Walthers, Horizon.Special largest train store in Northern NJ since 1974! Supplies and accessories at discount prices. Two Blocks South of Metra Station orders discounted. Tu & Th 10-4, Wed & 4 showrooms plus Operating Layout. WE BUY Open daily 9:30-5, Mon & Fri 9:30-7, Sat 9-4. at Maple Ave. Fri 11-6, Sat 10-6 www.halfpricehobby.com OLD TRAINS ~Lionel Service Station #556 Closed Tue. Expanded hours Nov. and Dec. www.timberlinetrainshop.com [email protected] WWW.TRAIN-STATION.COM www.needztrains.com TIMBERLINE TRAIN SHOP, LTD. SHEPAUG RAILROAD COMPANY THE TRAIN STATION NIEDZALKOSKI’S TRAIN SHOP 5228 Main St 630-324-6136 23 Westminster St. 978-537-2277 12 Romaine Road 973-263-1979 214 South 4th Street 724-523-8035 ILLINOIS • Elgin MICHIGAN • Flint NEW JERSEY • Piscataway PENNSYLVANIA • Landisville (Lancaster) G (LGB & 1:20,3), O (Lionel & MTH), On30, HO, Model Trains New & Used HO & N Scale N, & Z. Locos,cars, i gures, buildings, track, Serving hobbyists since 1933. Supplies, Paint, Tools Scratch building supplies, paints, tools and kits, scenery supplies, details, books & videos. Large selection of HO, N, & O scale Rockets, Slot Cars, Lionel/MTH Trains much more. We special order. Digitrax dealer. Digitrax Dealer. Repair service. VISA/MC. Railroad books - complete repair service Tue, Thur & Fri 10-5, Wed & Sat 10-2. www.bgtrainworld.com Mon-Fri 10-8, Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5 www.themodelrailroadshop.com We buy train collections large & small. B & G TRAIN WORLD RIDERS HOBBY SHOP THE MODEL RAILROAD SHOP, INC. COOLTRAINS HOBBIES 829 Walnut Ave. 847-888-2646 2061 S Linden Rd 810-720-2500 290 Vail Ave. 732-968-5696 106 W. Main Street 717-898-7119 ILLINOIS • Geneseo MICHIGAN • Fraser NEW JERSEY • Point Pleasant Beach PENNSYLVANIA • Montoursville Scale Trains, Models & Hobby Supplies A Complete Model Railroad Store • Over 600 Specializing in Midwest Roads Full line hobby shop. Engines in Stock N• HO • O DCC/DCS/TMCC Mon - Fri 9-5:30, Sat 9-5 Visit our website at GRHobbies.com Open Mon - Fri 10 -8, Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5 Authorized MTH & LIONEL Dealer. Walthers • Extended weekday & Sun hours in Nov. & Dec. or call for directions and hours. www.pdhobbyshop.com Atlas • Atlas O. Sun - Thur 10-6, Fri - Sat 10-8 E-mail: [email protected] www.thetrainroomnj.com www.englishsmodelrailroad.com GREEN RIVER HOBBIES P & D HOBBY SHOP THE TRAIN ROOM ENGLISH’S MODEL RAILROAD SUPPLY 119 W. Exchange St. 309-944-2620 31280 Groesbeck Hwy. 586-296-6116 715 Arnold Ave. 732-892-5145 201 Streibeigh Lane 570-368-2516

ILLINOIS • Marion MICHIGAN • Grand Rapids NEW JERSEY • Westmont PENNSYLVANIA • Philadelphia (Feasterville) LGB, O (Lionel, MTH & Scale), HO, N & Z Full-Line Hobby Shop. Locos, cars, i gures, buildings, track, tools, Athearn, Atlas, Bowser, Walthers. Lionel, American Flyer, LGB, MTH, Marklin, HO & N scale locomotives, scenery, kits, scenery supplies, details, books, videos. Structures, books. Bachmann, Williams. HO, N & Z. We buy, plastic models, R/C, tools, paints, and more. Digitrax Dealer. Repair service VISA/MC Exclusively trains since 1955. sell & repair. Mon-Fri 12-8; Sat 10-5 Open Tue - Fri 1:30-6:30pm, Sat 10am-4pm Open Mon - Fri 10-8, Sat 10-7, Sun 12-5 HO and N. www.JoesTrainStation.com CHUCK’S DEPOT RIDER’S HOBBY SHOP SATTLER’S HOBBY SHOP JOE’S TRAIN STATION 1913 W. Rendelman St. P/F 618-993-9179 2055 28th Street SE 616-247-9933 14 Haddon Ave. 856-854-7136 21 East Street Rd. 215-322-5182 ILLINOIS • Maryville MICHIGAN • Saginaw NEW YORK • Hurley PENNSYLVANIA • Strasburg Large 60’ x 70’ customer operated DCC Personalized Customer Service! Trains- Z, N, HO, S, O, G scale, models, From trains to diecast to scenery, everything HO layout. Located 17 miles from St. Louis Trains & Accessories N to G rockets, hobby supplies. Lionel & MTH for the layout builder. Open 7 days a week. near I-70/I-55 exit 15B. For shop hours/maps Authorized Lionel/K-Line, MTH, DIGITRAX authorized dealer. 4 working layouts. Repairs, N, HO, O, Lionel, LGB. Buy, sell, trade used pictures, layout construction times, train Sales & Service - over 12,000 parts buy/sell. Open 7 days. An old fashioned trains. Located adjacent to the running see www.k-10smodeltrains.com www.traindoctor.com general store. www.hurleycountrystore.biz Choo Choo Barn. www.etrainshop.com K-10’S MODEL TRAINS BRASSEUR ELECTRIC TRAINS HURLEY COUNTRY STORE INC STRASBURG TRAIN SHOP 19 Schiber Court 618-288-9720 410 Court St. 989-793-4753 2 Wamsley Pl. (Old Hurley) 845-338-4843 226 Gap Road 717-687-0464 ILLINOIS • Mundelein MICHIGAN • Traverse City NEW YORK • Wellsville RHODE ISLAND • Warwick Specializing in trains, HO, N, O, G, Lionel. HO, N & O Accurail, Bowser, Atlas, Walthers, HO trains & acces., detail parts, plastic & Books and videos. Northern IL railfan Let your imagination run wild! Williams & Kadee. Scenery & modeling craftsperson kits. Hobby supplies, tools. headquarters. Closed Monday. Please call for Z to G, Lionel, scenery, tools, supplies. Plastructs, magazines & building kits. Tue - Fri 12-8, Sat 10-6, Sun (Nov - Dec) 12-4 other hours. Fax 847-949-8687. structures, scratchbuilding supplies, Old local lines like WAG, Erie & EL. 1/2 mile west of airport [email protected] special orders, ships, armor, cars, more... Tues. - Fri. 12-5, Sat. 10-3 E-mail: [email protected] RON’S MUNDELEIN HOBBIES TRAINS & THINGS HOBBIES EAST DYKE DEPOT A. A. HOBBIES, INC. 431 N. Lake St. (Rt. 45) 847-949-8680 210 East Front St. 231-947-1353 332 E. Dyke St.(Rt. 417E) 585-593-0005 655 Jefferson Blvd. 401-737-7111 ILLINOIS • Springﬁ eld MICHIGAN • Troy NORTH CAROLINA • Arden SOUTH CAROLINA • Greenville FORMERLY MERRI-SEVEN • NEW LOCATION HO, N, Model Trains and accessories. Model Trains Only - ALL AT DISCOUNT HO / G / N. All scales Z thru G, new and used Broadway Limited, Kato, Walthers, PRICES! 130,000+ items in all scales available Special orders / discount prices. Complete selection of RR equipment/supplies Digitrax, Atlas, Athearn, and more. online 24/7 at: www.BlueRidgeHobbies.com Display layouts / clinics / assistance. 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Rags to riches, after 50 years of trying Who among us doesn’t have a project in waiting? Maybe it’s a model that has some historical or personal meaning. Maybe it’s one that doesn’t quite measure up but seems to have potential. Maybe it’s one that’s just developed roots and is increasingly hard to toss out. Maybe it’s one that just won’t be allowed to get the best of us. Maybe. Delaware & Hudson modeler Kip Grant came across such a treasure: “I’ve had this AHM [Associated Hobby Manufacturers] 4-truck latcar since I graduated from high school,” he said. “It always ran poorly on my This ancient Associated Hobby Manufacturers four-truck, heavy-duty ﬂatcar resided in Kip 4 x 8 layout back then, so it Grant’s to-be-ﬁxed roster for half a century until a friend spotted what ailed it. A few details spent its life in an old and a load converted it into a reliable, eye-catching model. Kip Grant photo Athearn box. Now and then I’d spot it and take it out, try it was doing better. I iled Kip concluded by noting operating sessions. I should to make it run better, fail, and of the remaining rough he’s quite happy to see this also encourage my crew to box it up again. A couple of plastic from the surgery, and “oldie but goodie” has inally bring their surplus models years ago, I got rid of the bingo! I had a new car that – found a job on the Sonnyvale for potential sale. What is Talgo-style truck-mounted ater 50 years – actually Branch carrying machinery no longer of value to me couplers and installed body- sailed around curves and to Sandy Hill Iron & Brass. might be just what someone mounted Kadees. No dice. through turnouts.” else has been looking high Back in the box. We all kid each other about and low for. “When a friend in Canada Kip’s story didn’t end there, having a personal hobby shop sent me a photo of the same of course. he car still looked of kits stashed away. One of Knowing me, however, AHM car and asked if I had like a model from the 1960s. these days ... what would probably happen one, I admitted I did and told Detail improvements were in I did a quick inventory is I’d get rid of some of my him my sad story. hen, order – new grabs, stirrups, and discovered I have two extra kits but pick up some of inspired to hear that the one brake wheels, and weather- long shelves illed with car yours. My inventory of kits he has runs ine, I got it out ing. And he needed an appro- kits that need a little assem- would thus not move to the again. I installed Accurail priate big-time load for this bly. On top of that, I have let at all. trucks and InterMountain heavy-duty latcar. two moving-size cartons But maybe, like Kip, I’d wheelsets, but the car would “I settled on a motor from illed with older ind something of derail each time it hit a curve an old Kato (Atlas) RS-3,” he but, for the most yours – or even in or switch point. said, “with appropriate brac- part, still service- my own stack of “When my friend Don was ing based on photos of simi- able kits. If I built kits – that catches here last week, he spied the lar loads and wooden beams every one of those my eye and earns car in the shop, and we dis- sized according to the old kits, I suspect a place on my cussed my woes. He grabbed AAR [Association of Ameri- they’d ill every workbench. It it to see for himself. Don can Railroads] book Loading yard track, pass- could be that new studied the underside and felt of Commodities on Open Top ing track, and WHAT IS NO trucks and wheel that snipping the ‘ears’ of Cars, which I acquired some industry track on LONGER OF sets plus a few the Kadee drat-gear boxes time ago and am eternally the entire railroad. VALUE TO ME extra details might help. thankful I did. Per D&H My sketchily MIGHT BE JUST would convert a “Mind you, I’d previously photos, pieces of rail were deined plan of WHAT SOME- shelf sitter to a car moved the articulated truck ‘welded’ to the steel deck to the moment is to ONE ELSE HAS that at long last is assemblies in every possible protect against forward/back- put a low, low BEEN LOOKING out and about direction and couldn’t see ward shiting. Bolts went price on the kits HIGH AND LOW earning its keep. where they were rubbing. through beams into holes that and put them up FOR. – TONY Hey, it worked Sure enough: snip, snip, and line the deck.” for sale at future for Kip.

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