SD80MAC UNDECORATED Item #37-6340 SD80MAC CONRAIL 4103 #37-6341 SD80MAC CONRAIL 4105 #37-6342 SD80MAC CONRAIL 4123 #37-6343 SD90/43MAC UNDECORATED #37-6350 SD90/43MAC CANADIAN PACIFIC 9120 #37-6351 SD90/43MAC CANADIAN PACIFIC 9122 #37-6352 SD90/43MAC 9125 #37-6353 Expected to be in stores in early June, these CANADIAN PACIFIC SD90/43MAC UNION PACIFIC 8104 #37-6354 models will be the largest and most detailed SD90/43MAC UNION PACIFIC 8105 #37-6355 reproductions of a North American prototype SD90/43MAC UNION PACIFIC 8146 #37-6356 ever produced in HO scale by KATO. SD90/43MAC UNION PACIFIC 8038 #37-6357 Visit your local hobby shop or our web site for SD90/43MAC UNION PACIFIC 8039 #37-6358 COMPLETE details of these models. SD90/43MAC UNION PACIFIC 8059 #37-6359 KATO U.S.A., INC •.100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, IL 60173 ItIltt I BUILT FOR PO�ER Constructed 01 metal, the HO 2-Hail DC Big Boy is the largest HO steam locomotive ever built by THIX. Built specifically fOI' North American 2-Rail DC model railroaders, the limited edition TRIX Big Boy has a TRIX HO scale length of 18-5/16" and weighs over 2 Ibs. 10 oz. Representing a level of craftsmanship only found previously on brass models at a much higher price, the TRIX Big Boy has a manufacturer's suggested retail price of only $598. The Big Boy features a metal frame, boiler, tender body and tender frame. A high-efficiency can motor with bell shaped armature and flywheel powers eight axles that drive all 16 wheels. Headlight and number boards are equipped with LEOs for lighting. In addition, the Big Boy has these features: • RP 25 wheel flanges • Kadee® coupler #18 • DCC connector for locomotive decoder installation • Factory-ready for insta\ lation of two Seuthe smoke generators • Tender factory-ready for digital sound effects system (offered in near future) Purchased by Marklin in 1997, TRIX manufactures HO products with the same quality workmanship and technical innovation that Marklin has been famous for since 1859 . Initial delivery is expected at the end of 2001 . For more information on the TRIX HO 2-Rail DC Big Boy #T22594, visit www.trixtrains.com/bigboy. or call (800) 825-0888 for the name of your nearest dealer. Also available are ten different UP boxcars, hopper cars and caboose. Check www.trixtrains.camibigbay far details. MSRP $598.00 www.trixtrains.comlbigboy RJ 5-02 ON THE COVER: This is the second section of Train 103, the City of Los Angeles at Dale, Wyoming, September 24,1960. This is a train you can model, car for car. See how you can do it beginning on page 34 of this issue. -Steve Orth photo Passenger Car Modeling: Budd 10-6 SLeepers, page 34 , May 2002 Volume 13, Number 12 IN THIS ISSUE: • PASSENGER CARS: 10-6 SLEEPER FROM WALTHERS, 34 page • WAR EMERGENCY COMPOSITE GONS, FROM TICHY, 24 page • MODELING MAIN STREET, 44 page • SIX 6 COVERED HOPPERS, 9, 10, 30, 31 AND 32 ( ) pages • APL 40-FOOT CORRUGATED CONTAINERS, 49 page • INDUSTRY MODELING: A GAS WORKS, 18 page • MORE IPD/RAILBOX CARS, THE PC&F AND THE FGE CARS, 40 AND 42 pages BIfO 604112 PS-2 Two-bay Covered Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: LL SCALES: Hopper from the Atlas Model, EMD SD40-2 as Soo line 6622 and Modeling Industry: by Dennis Lippert ..............31 6623 from Athearn, Kato or Bachmann Model a Gas Works, 500 Line 70201 and Milwaukee 98744 Models, by Louis A. Mane ........15 by Ke ith M. Kohlmann ...........18 PS-2CD Covered Hoppers, from Freight Cars of the Fifties: Time Capsule: Walthers' Kit by Bob Rivard .......32 War Emergency Composite Mill Gondolas Train 103, the City of Los Angeles in Dale, IPD, Railbox and Other Cars from the Box from Tichy's kit, Part I, Wyoming, September 24, 1960, Car Boom of the Seventies, PCIfF Cars by Richard Hendrickson ..........24 by Steve Orth . ................8 Part II, byJim Eager .............40 Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, Chicago, IPD, Railbox and Other Cars from the Box 2001, Part II, by Matt Kosic .......68 Car Boom of the Seventies, FGE Cars, Passenger Car Modeling: HO SCALE: byJim Eager . .. ........... ....42 Budd 10-6 Sleepers on the Union Pacific Modern Freight Cars: Soo Line 99115 Caboose from Centralia from Walthers' Models, ROCK 507990 ACF 70·ton Three-bay Car Shops Kit, by Bob Rivard . .....54 by Steve Orth . ............. .34 Covered Hopper from Con-Cor's Kit, Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet, Layout Tour: by FrankJordan ........... ......9 Chicago, 2001, Part II, Modeling Main Street (and the 300 cars ROCK 631 047 Three-bay Covered by Matt Kosic . .... ...... .... 68 and trucks that travel it) in 6 x 22 feet, Hopper from Proto 2000 Kit, Locomotive Performance: by Vito Larucci ...... ... ... ....44 by FrankJordan . .... .. ...10 Spectrum, 'Russian' 2-10-0 Test Report Intermodal Modeling: ROCK 132066 ACF Three-bay Center by Dean Windsor ...............11 APL 40-Foot General-Service (Corrugated) Flow Covered Hopper from Accurail's Summary of All Previous Locomotive Containers from A-Line, Athearn and Kit, by FrankJordan ............30 Performance Test Reports .........13 Walthers Kits,by David G. Casdorph ...49 4 RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2002 N SCALE: Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports ... ......13 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD 5040-2 as 500 line 6622 and 6623 from Kato, Bachmann or Con-Cor models, by Louis A. Marre ....... .15 Intermodal Modeling: APl 40-Foot General-Service ( Corrugated) Containers from Deluxe Innovations' Kit, by David G. Casdorph ... .....49 S SCALE: Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports .... .....13 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD 5040-2 as 500 line 6622 and 6623 from American Models, by Louis A. Marre ... ...........1 5 o SCALE: Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous locomotive Performance Test Reports . .. ......13 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD 5040-2 as 500 line 6622 and 6623 from Central locomotive Works Models, by Louis A. Marre ......... ....1 5 Departments: What's New .......6-7, 64-65,70-71 Dealer Directory ......... ........55 Calendar . ............ ..........66 RAILMODElJOURNAl is published 12 timesa year by Golden Bell Press, 2403 Champa St.,Denver, CO 80205. Price per single copy is S5.50 newsstand; S6 .95 direct frompublisher, or S48.00 per year in the U.S.A. Individual copy prices higher in Canada and other countries. Foreign subscriptions $60.00 for 12 issues, payable in U.S. funds. RAILMODElJOURNAl,lSSN 1043·5441. copyright 2002 by Golden Bell Press. All rights reserved. Periodical! Postage paid at Denver,CO. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Railmodel Journal,2403 Champa St.,Denver, CO 80205. Visit our website at www.railmodeljournal.com RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2002 5 N N SC Al.. E S( ALE Atlas is now shipping ready-to-roll models of the ACF 17,360-gallon chlorine tank cars with mag­ netic couplers. There's an article on the prototype cars in the December 2001 issue of "The Journal." Red Caboose is now offering a series of fully assembled N scale freight cars that include Micro-Trains trucks and couplers. The new mod­ els include this PFE 57-foot mechanical reefer with a choice of 12 road numbers for $18.95. Red Caboose is also producing assembled repli­ cas of the Thrall all-door box cars. There's a pro­ file on the prototype cars in the July 2000 issue of "The Journal." The 62-foot insulated "beer" cars are also available ready-to-run from Red Caboose in a choice of six road number for $17.95 each. This "Ernie's Gas Station" is the latest laser-cut wood kit from Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136 Carthage, MO 64836. The kit includes cast-metal gas pumps, soda machine and tire displays as well as full-color signs. The kit is $34.95 plus $3.50 shipping and handling. WHAT'S NEW IN HO Countryside Models, P.O. Box 5212, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 is importing the Cooper Craft line of injection-molded plastic detail parts including this station sign or billboard. The kit includes a number and alphabet set for four signs. The kit is $4.99 from your dealer. Fire Company No. 4 is a typical mid-city brick fire sta­ tion. This one is offered built-up for $39.98, and it includes a choice of wood or roll-up simulated steel doors to match your era of choice. Sunshine Models, Box 3997, Springfield, MO 65808 is producing a cast­ resin kit to recreate the Santa Fe le-X ice car. The cars are converted Bx- 5 and Bx-14 box cars. The kits are $30.00 with decals plus $4.00 ship­ ping. The Illinois Central Railroad Historical Society, P.O. Box 288, Paxton, IL 60957 is offering limited-edition Red Caboose GS gondola kits painted and lettered to match an IC prototype for $16.95 each or $64.00 for four. Postage is $4.00 per order. RAILMODELjOURNAL . MAY 2002 7 [TIME CAPSULE] By Steve Or th [ MODERN MODELING] FROM CON·CORIS HO SCALE MODEL By Frank Jordan Prototype photo by Dan Holbrook I started with a Con-Cor kit and repositioned the roof hatches to match the prototype photo. First, fill in the roof hatches and sand the surface flat. Position the centers of the end roof hatches 7 fe et 6 inch­ es in fr om the ends, and space the remaining three about 7 feet 4 inches apart. Drill 2-foot 6-inch-diam­ eter holes for the hatches. I also removed all the ribs fr om the sides and replaced them with 4 x 6 Evergreen styrene strips spaced to match the prototype photo.