▼ AMHERST CONTEST WINNERS ▼ REVIEWS ▼ INTERMODAL CONTAINERS ▼ DIESEL DETAIL: MILW GP40 ▼ Jan/Feb 2001 $4.50 Higher in Canada JIM POWERS’ On3 ColoradoColorado && SouthernSouthernPAGE 50 ModelingTransamericaTransamerica Modern Intermodal DistributionDistribution ServicesServices Page 35 St. Paul Coal Co. 01 > EMDEMD GP40sGP40s Page 20 Page 24 0 7447 0 91672 7 More than just your average locomotive, the Baldwin 2-6-0 was railroad royalty. Making its debut alongside the 4-4-0 at the Centennial Exhibition celebrating the United States' 100th anniversary, the 2-6-0 carried 4 million of the visitors around the Exhibition site. Its impressive size and strength led the engine to be christened the "Mogul," and the 2-6-0 reigned over the narrow gauge rails of its day. Bachmann's Spectrum@ 2-6-0 Mogul is a 1 :20.3 large scale reproduction of the revered Baldwin locomotive. It features prototypical detailing and parts, including a working Stephenson valve gear with operating piston valves, Johnson bar, and linkage. Also included is a polarity switch that allows you to � choose the direction the 2-6-0 travels (either according to NMRA standards or large scale model railroad practice). A perfect companion to the SpectrumlB! 4-4-0 Centennial, our new 2-6-0 exhibits all the power and style needed to make it your railroad Mogul. January 2001 VOLUME 31 NUMBER 1 FEATURES 20 ▼ GP40: The First 645 Geep Part 6: Denver & Rio Grande Western 60 by George Melvin Photo by Jim Mansfield 24 ▼ St. Paul Coal Mine in Cherry, Illinois — Site of the Cherry Mine Disaster, 50 ▼ Jim Powers’ On3 November 13, 1909 Colorado & Southern Narrow Gauge Part 2: The St. Paul Mine Model Layout by Jim Powers by Ray J. Tutaj, Jr. 56 ▼ DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP 33 ▼ The “In’s & Out’s” of the City of Amherst Milwaukee Road EMD GP40 The Contest Answers Revealed by Rich Picariello by Art Fahie 60 ▼ BEHIND THE SCENES 35 ▼ MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL A Finale for Chupadera Loop — Part 6 Transamerica Distribution Services The Last Act Part 1: History and Prototypes by Margaret Mansfield by Gary Walton 62 ▼ ON TRACK 46 ▼ CONTAINERS A-Z Fine Scale Operations: Jersey Western Style — EKLU to FRSU The Switchman by David G. Casdorph by Jim Mansfield DEPARTMENTS 50 5 ▼ Editorial 9 ▼ Letters 12 ▼ New Products 17 ▼ Product Reviews 42 ▼ Product Reviews (cont’d) 59 ▼ Society Page 63 ▼ Dealer Directory 71 ▼ Boys in the Basement 73 ▼ Your Trek Plan Photo by Bud Rath 78 ▼ Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER Turn to page 50 for a tour of Jim Powers’ On3 Colorado & Southern narrow gauge layout. Here, mogul #8 hauls a passenger train above an interesting octagonal-based water tank that is a C&S prototype from the Clear Creek Lines. Photo by Bud Rath. INSET: Starting on page 24, Ray Tutaj, Jr., shares how he built and photographed his St. Paul Coal Mine layout for the display at the Cherry Public Library in Cherry, Illi- nois. The prototype mine was the site of one of the Nation’s worst mine disasters on Saturday, November 13, 1909. Photo by Ray Tutaj, Jr. �_ Quality Railroad Books from Withers Publishing .<> Pennsy Electric Pictorial by Martin S. Zak & Paul K. Withers 160 pages· 300-plus black-and-white photos· Hardcover with dust jacket The largest collection of PRR electric photos ever published! The Pennsylvania Railroad did everything on a large scale and the acquisition of 267 electric locomotives to move both freight and passengers over its 674 route·miles of electrification was no exception. 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