PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS UNITRACK L�QtunJ J(t/FI) Luff �e Jf>f'fucfu'feun � Factory-assembled �U'fJMi(i)J e� �U�'f(i)I)JunJ W(i)'f�t? � Molded in color � Most with landscape details � Ready to drop in to a wide range of N scale layouts � Readily available now through most hobby shops Mama's Restaurant NEW!!! Oenny's® (#23-406) Restaurant (#23-407) Gilbert Gardens Apartments (#23-402A) Roselle Road House (#23-4028) 690 E. Liberty (#23-403A) 630 E. Liberty (#23-4038) 909 Jefferson (#23-404A) 2258 Seaver Lane (#23-4048) 7410 N. Claremont (#23-405A) 3651 N. Sheffield (#23-4058) Coming inSept /Oct . Updated Productian ot N Scale SD-4:0 Algoma Central CP Rail Conrail Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Union Pacific Undecorated With bright-white LED headlight, automatic couplers, printed numberboards and DCC-friendly mechanism. t" . II. -. ' g Visit us on the worldwide web at ..' . " ..;; ImT�1 KATO U.S.A., Inc. ' 9Icate�'$>� . 100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, IL 60173 U.S.A. Official Sponsor www.katousa.com BUILT FOR PO�ER -., �.. Constructed of metal, the HO 2-Hail DC Big Boy is the largest HO steam locomotive ever built by THIX. Built specifically for 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 LEDs 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 installation of two Seuthe smoke generators • Tender factory-ready for digital sound effects system 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. 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.comlbigboy for details. www.trixtrains.comlbigboy MSRP $598.00 ' -iilf- TRIX is a company of the mar--kl- In group. �� ·�II\lWI!I:Iiri\�·IWIliI!IllWl7Q;O;<lIWl· ���a� 'IiIliQ!IIIIQjijliIi'W'�G�iIi'W' Intermodal Modeling: Monon-Built 48-Foot Sheet-and-Post Containers, page 36 September 2002 Volume 14, No.4 ON THE COVER: Lee Freeman is recreating the Missouri Pacific Railroad with equipment from three different eras. This modern-era • MODELING THE MO PAC IN 15 X 34 FEET, lashup of EMD diesels, led by a superdetailed Athearn SD40-2, is heading out of Adamsville. PAGE 30 There's a tour of his layout beginning on page 30 of this issue. -Robert Schleicher photo • COVERED HOPPER KliIi-CONVERSION, PAGE 9 • RAllROAD-BUIi.J IPD BO---X CARS, PAGE 24 • A\liLA'S� NEW 50-F.OOiT X-POST BOX CARS, P,AGE 14 • I:fERliliAGE, B� PROTO Z.OOO, USRA 0-6-0, PAGE 43 • MONON-BUII!.T 48-F.QOJT CONiI"AINERS, PAGE 36 Modeling Steam: USRA 0-6-0 Switchers, page 43 RAILMODElJOURNAl is published 12 times a year by Golden Bell Press, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO S0205. Price per single copy is 15.50 newsstand; 16 .95 direct from publisher, or 14S.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. RAllMODElJOURNAl, ISSN 1043-5441, copyright 2002 by Golden Bell Press. All rights reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to RailmodelJournal, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO SOZ05. Visit our website at www.railmodeijournal.com 4 RAILMODELjOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2002 ALL SCALES: HO SCALE: ACF 50-Foot X-Post Box Cars from Atlas models,by Edward S. Time Capsules: Modern Freight Cars: Kaminski ......... ............14 Inver Grove,Minnesota, on the 500 line Kit-Conversion: NSC 5050 cu. ft. IPD, Railbox,and Other Cars from July 28,1978, by Bob Rivard .... ...8 Covered Hopper from Walthers the Box Car Boom of the Seventies: model, by Steve Orth .............9 Railroad-Built Cars, Part I, by Jim Eager ..................24 Locomotive Performance: Summary of all previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports, by Dean Windsor ...................19 Diesel Modeling: GE U23B as Missouri Pacific 4503 from Atlas model,by Lee Freeman ..21 Layout To ur: Lee Freeman's 15 x 34-Foot Missouri Pacific Railroad ................30 Monon-Built 48-Foot Sheet-and-Post Containers from A-line,Athearn and InterMountain kits, by Brian Kreimendahl . ... ........36 Modeling Steam: USRA 0-6-0 Switchers from the Heritage,by Proto 2000,Model, by Robert Schleicher .. ... .. ... ..43 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD SD90MAC as CSX 801 and Conrail 4100 from Kato or Rail Power models,by Louis A. Marre ... 46 N SCALE: Locomotive Performance: Summary of all previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports . ...... .19 Kato Budd RDC-l and RDC-2 Performance Test Report by Dean Windsor ...................22 Modern Freight Cars: IPD, Railbox, and Other Cars from the Box Car Boom of the Seventies: Railroad-Built Cars, Part I, by Jim Eager ..... ... .... .....24 Intermodal Modeling: Monon-Built 48-Foot Sheet-and- Post Containers from DeLuxe Innovations kits,by Brian Kreimendahl ........36 Modeling Steam: USRA 0-6-0 Switchers from the Bachmann Model, by Robert SchLeicher .......43 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMD SD90MAC as CSX 801 and Conrail 4100 from Kato models, by Louis A. Marre ..............46 Departments: What's New ....... .6-7, 57-59, 62-63 Dealer Directory ...... .. ... .....49 Calendar .. .. ..... ...... .. ... .60 MODELING from Dldl AAnr.1=1 InllDAIAI . (CnTCAAOrn 'AA' " SCALE Walthers is now shipping this injection-modeled plastic kit to build the "Peterson To ol Specialties. This is a mod­ ern "classic" structure typical of thousands in most new industrial tracts in the country. It has a rail car door that allows space for up to two freight cars to fit inside the plant. See your dealer. Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836 is now shipping laser-cut wood kits to build this TV broadcast tower. Kits for HO or S scale towers (12- inches tall) are $15.95. The Walthers "Commissary/FreightTransfer Building" is patterned after the prototype facili­ ties that restocked passenger trains with linens, house cleaning supplies and food. It's a "background building" designed to be placed against a wall so no rear wall is needed. The plastic kit is $29.98. Bar Mills Scale Model Works, P.O.Box 609 Bar Mills, ME is producing laser-cut wood kits to build this "lowboy" wood trestle (below) for $13.95 or the enclosed stair­ well (left) for $14.95. 6 RAILMODEL)OURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2002 City Classics, P.O. Box 16502, Pittsburgh, PA 15242 is now shipping an injection-molded plastic kit to build this "Railroad St. Company House." The kit is $18.98 or a three-pack is $49.98. Th e Silver Dollar Cafe, from Walthers, is a typical turn-of-the-century brick store front. The assembled model includes interior lighting for $29.98. Marklin is now shipping their series of 40-foot AAR box ca rs with Union Pa cific markings. The cars are sold in packs of ten with three different slo­ gans and ten different numbers. Th e Marklin G versions are available now Th e Tr ix ready-to-run Union Pa cific caboose will be available about for three-rail layouts and the Tr ix versions for two-rail will be available Christmas 2002 with different road numbers. The cars are fully assembled later this winter. with RP-25 wheel flanges, knuckle couplers and see-through roofwalks. See your dealer. Th e Ontario Northland Historical & Te chnical Society is offer­ ing etched-stainless steel grilles to duplicate the GMD verti­ cal grilles FP7 and FP9 diesels. Th e grilles are designed to fit Oriental and Van Hobbies brass diesels but can be trimmed to fit Atlas and E-R Models FP7 diesels. The grilles are Kadee Quality Products is now offering their "scale" coupler with a new narrow coupler $10.00 a pair plus $1.00 shipping and handling from the pocket that is a close match for the size and shape of the prototype pockets. Kadee is using ONRH&TS c/o Jim Bobel, P.O. Box 400, Lorain, OH 44052- this coupler and pocket on their own 40 and 50-foot box cars, but it will be useful to mod­ 0400. ern modelers who need a working coupler for cushioned draft gear replicas. RAILMODELJOURNAL . SEPTEMBER 2002 7 --- [TIMECAPSULE] ----- INVER GROVE YARD IN NEAPOLIS. MINNESOTA JULY 26. 1978 By Bob Rivard [ MODERN MODELING] FROM WALTHERS HO SCALE KIT By Steve Orth - UP e illS 911 8 deli ere n 1996, Union Pacific took 200 I issue of "The Journal," the produced, with deliveries to Agrium delivery of over 1,000 5,150- prototype fo r the Walthers 6,245-cubic­ Inc., Chicago Freight Car Leasing Co., cubic-foot covered hoppers from foot, 4-bay version (of the 5,150 cubic Iowa Northern, Illinois Central, Illinois National Steel Car of Canada. foot car) hopper with pneumatic outlets Cereal Mills Inc., General Electric I was covered in detail.