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MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL: BN AMERICA "SERVICE BY DESIGN" - PART IV: CONTAINER CHASSIS ... by David A. Bontrager 40 ... FEATURED LAYOUT: THE D&RGW PUEBLO DIVISION ... by TOIl1 Johnson 46 ... CENTRAL OF GEORGIA SD7/9s IN CLASSIC BLUE AND GRAY ... by Lany Puckell 54 ... ON TRACK: HANDLAlD TRACK MADE EASY ... by Jim Mallsfield 56 ... SHORTLINE ADVENTURES: TYBEE ISLAND RAILROAD - PART II: MODELING THE RAILROAD ... by Larry E. Smith, MMR 58 ... MODELING AN AUTORACK RAMP ... by Doug Geiger 64 ... FREIGHTCAROLOGY: COVERED HOPPER CARS ... by David G. CasdolJ)h DEPARTMENTS 4 ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 13 ... SOCIETY PAGE 63 ... COMPUTER APPLICATIONS 5 ... EDITORIAL 14 ... PRODUCT REVIEWS 67 ... DEALER DIRECTORY 6 ... SHOPPING GUIDE 16 ... YOUR TREK PLAN 70 ... SHOPPING GUIDE 10 ... NEW PRODUCTS 78 ... ADVERTISER INDEX ABOUT THE COVER Winter can be cold in the Rockies, but the town still turns out to watch an ALCo RS3 bring Christmas trees and Santa Claus into a small mountain town on Tom Johnson's D&RGW layout. Turn to page 40 for more. Phoro by Doug Geiga INSET: The container chassis is an essential element in moving containerized freight. Dave Bontrager continues his look at BN America equipment on page 36. Photo by David A. Bonl/'agel: TO THE ED ITO R Tr ibute to a Pioneer have no decals for the wagons (the technical term for chassis) even Dear Randy, though we have a couple of zillion for the cans (technical term for I read Harold Linke's article "The Flatwheel Creek & Western," in containers). We just recently got a 40' stretch to 48' wagon. We just your October issue. Harold mentioned that his track plan was based got a modern 20' tank. Flatbed pigs (technical term for piggyback on one drawn by pioneer narrow gauger Carol Weis. vans) are fast disappearing. Union Pacific is running 48' flatrack cans, Carol was indeed a pioneer. There was an article by Boomer Pete not to mention 40 footers. Several steel resellers are running 20' flat­ (AI Kalmbach) in the September 1941 Model Railroader about Carol's racks. But where (are) the 20' wagons, the 40' center locks, 20 footer beautiful HOn3 models. His photo was also on the cover. I have riding in the middle, some have 3 axles, and some are drop frame always admired the early model builders and their efforts to build (mostly for tanks)? models with no parts or kits available. It was good to see Carol recog­ The wagons can be quite colorful and unique. Neptune Orient nized in Harold's article. uses a violent purple that almost requires the use of sunglasses. Bob Brown, Editor & Publisher Hyundai, Yang Ming, Genstar (General Electric Capital) and J.B. Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette Hunt use orange. Kerr (K-Line) Steamship uses gray with white on red marking and mud flaps. Orient Overseas (OOCL) uses yellow. Humor on a Poetic Scale Hanjin and Maersk use various shades of blue to match their contain­ Dear Randy, ers (and also Maersk's ship hulls). Evergreen uses green, Dole red. I was going to let my subscription to a rather modern and diesel SeaLand is starting to use a mineral brown color. smelling mag full of boxcars and stuffrelating to people of different In addition most lines use companized mud flaps. Mitsui aSK generations who never lived in the woods where Hawely Pulp Co. has its gator logo on its flaps. APL has its eagle. Hanjin their circle hauled 40 cars of pulp logs behind a very loose 4-6-0 Baldwin or near H. OOCL has a lotus blossom with initials. Maersk has their star on mines where locos with no side rods hauled machines, men and ore. white. Cans on long-term lease quite often carry the logo of the And then you did "The Flatwheel Creek & Western," humor on a lessor. Maersk puts their star (on the) left upper door panel. OOCL poetic scale in a dumpy rag? and Mitsui put their logos on the side panels below the reporting I will be deliriously happy if such articles continue and will keep marks. paying my share of the dues and hoping for more from the likes of And while we're at it, SeaLand used 35 footers once upon a time. H. Linke. Matson still uses 24 footers. And the Burlington Northern uses 28' Astounded, Stan Fullerton and a special bridge piece to mount them on top of the lower box. Fortuna, CA And 45' domestic and sea containers. We still have a lot of potential (Editor's note: Although almost all of the fe edback to Harold's Flat­ products. Then there is the stuffin the first chapter of David DeBoer's wheel Creek & We stern layout and his Rocky Rails cartoon character book, although we have had brass and Westerfield. a just got round has been positive, we have received one negative phone call and the nose trailers. fo llowing leIter, which, in keeping with the fe slive holiday season, Ted Finkbohners receives the 1994 Grind1 Award. -Randy) Oakland, CA Pathetic Humor Dear Ms. Metzger: National Search Conducted for NMRA's 60th Anniversary I have read Model Railroading magazine on and off over the In an effort to bring national attention to the National Model years. Never a subscriber, but I've bought five or six issues a year. Railroad Association's 60th anniversary year, the NMRA's public The articles for the most part are bland, but once in awhile something relations agency, Motivators'", Inc., seeks our help by locating unique will come along that interests me. Your new format is an improve­ hobby relationships. If you know of a special relationship that is ment, obviously due to a new ownership that I see on the masthead. built around the hobby of model railroading between husband and In the recent issue you have an article about the Flatwheel Creek wife, between a father and a daughter or a mother and daughter, and Western. A nice looking railroad, but I'd like to see it in person. between brothers or even sisters, please pass along all the pertinent Mr. Nail's photographs leave a great deal to be desired. Does Mr. Hall details, addresses and phone numbers to: Jim Myers, Motivators'", (sic) know anything about exposure or focus? Both are shabby. Inc., P. O. Box 36202, Houston, TX 77236. Other unique relation­ Mr. Linke's railroad may be nice, but his "cartoons" and "humor" ships that center around the hobby of model railroading are also of are pathetic. Mediocre material like Mr. Linke's tends to perpetuate the interest. All information will be kept confidential until the individu­ myth that all model railroad types are nurds (sic), or worse. It's obvious als involved give their peIll1ission for pUblicity. the man doesn't know how to draw and his characters are cliche. Another search the NMRA is undertaking is for celebrity mod­ Obviously Mr. Lee must be desperate to fill his pages if he prints elers. Over the years many hobbyists have compiled lists of notable this garbage. Until you make an effort to be more selective in your edi­ hobbyists. NMRA's interest is to ask these individuals to become torial, I will go out of my way to ignore your magazine, as I do the involved in the Association's public service announcements during other effort from Colorado, Railmodel Journal. Do you folks out west its 60th year to promote awareness of model railroading and the have the patent on bad model railroad magazines? Must be the altitude. NMRA. If you know of some national celebs from the entertain­ Jim Bradford ment, sports, political, academic worlds, please send the most com­ Hackensack, NJ plete information possible to Jim Myers. Oh, yes. Why does Mr. Lee wear that silly conductor hat in his All of these NMRA publicity efforts will culminate at the 60th illustration? Is he a conductor? annual National Train Show set for Atlanta, GA, on July 19-22, (Editor's Note: Conductors are fa mous for calling, "All aboard," but 1995. In addition to being the oldest model train exhibition in they also tell people where they can get off Perhaps Jim is more America, the 1995 National Train Show will be the largest assem­ deserving of my hat than 1 am. -Randy) bly of manufacturers, retailers and operating layouts under one roof in the entire 60 years of the Association. Over 200,000 square The Model Magazine of Intermodal feet of exhibit space has been reserved; the NMRA states that if Hi Randy, you are planning to attend this Train Show of Train Shows certainly I model HO which has the most available.