'. A bright light in the dawn of modern·day passenger modeling in N scale . and it is good, it is VERY good! I Correct front profile features bright­ Finely printed warning labels on roof. MU hose detail and full y automatic white headlig ht and translucent knuckle coupler. numberboards. HESE MODELS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED to hobby shops world-wide in a Ttwo-unit set and as a single unit in both Phase III and Phase IV paint schemes.A single unit in the Northeast Corridor scheme will also be available. For more specific details about these models, please visit your local shop or our website at www.katousa.com. These locomotives will soon be followed by a release of Superliner passenger car and Material Handling Car sets. Be sure to reserve these sets with your retailer when purchasing your locomotives. Don't sit back and wait ...this is the time for your modeling to go AMTRAK. - - Fully assembled,NEW! in Residential Structures NEW!-�- color, with landscape accents and ready to drop in to your layout. Available now at your local hobby shop. 7410 N. Claremont #23-402A #23-403A #23-405A Iot'T<t I KATO U.S.A., INC •.100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, IL 60173 www.katousa.com HIJILT FOR PO�ER Constructed of metal, the HO 2-Hail DC Big Boy is the largest HO steam locomotive ever built by IHIX. Built specifically for North American 2-Rail DC model railroaders, the limited edition TRIX Big Boy has TRIX HO a 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 (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.frixfrains.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.com/bigboy for details. www.trixtrains.comlbigboy MSRP $598.00 RJ 4-02 April2002 Volume 13, No. 11 ON THE COVER: Sugar Land, Te xas, circa 1951 in N scale. Russell Straw has completed the industrial complex that he began nearly a decade ago. This is truly" Modeling From The Prototype" at its best, and you can see it beginning on page 29 of this issue. -Robert Schleicher photo -TECHNIQUES: -ASSEMBLING MtJLTI-STORY CITrY BUILDINGS FROM KIT PARTS, Page 35 -SCRATCHBUILD DE BRUCE GRAIN, Page 10 -PAINTING BRASS CABOOSE MODELS, Page 68 -END-Of-TRAIN DEVICE, FROM CIRCUITRON'S MODULE, Page 58 -BRANCHLINE'S NEW COACH KITS, Page 53 -EMD GP 9 AS SOO LINE 409 AND 414 FROM PROTO 2000 MODELS, Page 8 -READING WAR EMERGENCY HOPPERS FROM STEWART'S KIT, Page 18 -FIVE MODERN FREIGHT CARS, Pages 62, 64, 70, AND 71 -APL 20-FOOT CONTAINERS FROM A-LINE'S KIT, Page 46 -N SCALE: -SUGAR LAND, TEXAS IN 2 X 20 FEET, Page 29 4 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Enil-of-Train Device, from Circuitronls iesel Modeling: module, by Steven E. Cerka .............. 5 Modern EMD GP9 as Sao line 409 and 414 from CP Rail 301571 Flat Car from the Proto Proto 2000 models, by Bob Rivard......•... 8 2000 kit, by FrankJordan ...........•.... 61 Industry: Modeling Industry: Scatchbuilt RI91827 Bulkhead Flat Car from Walthers Scratchbuild De Bruce Grain in Styrene, De Bruce kit, by FrankJordan ........................ 62 byJohn Swanson .......................•...... 10 GrainJ USLX 11167 Evans 53-foot Box Car from Freight Cars of the Fifties: page 10 Atlas' Model, by Dennis Lippert .... .... 63 Reading War Emergency Hopper kit­ conversion from Stewart's kit, by V. S. D&RG 31010 Greenville Gondola from Roseman ... ............. ............. ............. 18 LBF's kit, by Mark Hines .................. 70 Railroad Prototype Modelers' Meet, MP 641203 Greenville Gondola from lBF's Chicago, 2001, by Matt Kosic ............ 40 kit, by Doug Fleming .............. .......... 71 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: G.E. U23B as l&N 2736 and 2737 from Intermodal Modeling: APL 20-Foot Containers from A-line' s kit, Atlas Models, by Louis A. Marre ........ 14 by David G. Casdorph ...................... 46 Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous Locomotive Passenger Car Modeling: Performance Test Reports ..................27 NYC Single-Window Coaches from G.E. 44-ton diesel Test Report, by Dean Branchline's kits, by Tom Madden ...... 53 Windsor .............................. ............ 51 Modern Freight Cars: Railroad Prototype Modelers' Meet, Chi�ago, 2001, by Matt Kosic . .......... 40 N SCALE: odeling Industry: cratchbuild De Bruce Grain in Styrene, byJohn Swanson ............................ 10 Locomotive Performance: Summary of All Previous locomotive Performance Test Reports ... ............... 27 Layout Tour: Sugar land, Texas in 2 x 20 feet, by RusseU Straw ............................................ 29 Intermodal Modeling: APl 20-Foot Containers from Deluxe Innovation's kit, by David G. Casdorph ...................................... 46 ALL SCALES: Techniques: Modular Structures, Part II: Assembling multi-story city buildings from kit parts, by Ken Patterson ............................ 35 Painting Brass Caboose Models, by Mont Switzer .................................. ....... 68 Time Capsule: Eastbound Extra on the CN at Pont-Rouge, Quebec City, Canada on August 15, 1995, by Pierre Dion ............... ...... 65 DEPARTMENTS: RAILMODELjOURNAL is published 12 times a year by Golden Sell Pre!!, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. Price per single copy is S5.50 newlltand; What's New ...................................... 6-7 $6 .95 direct from publisher, or S48.00 per year in the U.s.A. Individual copy prices higher in Canada and other countries. Foreign subscriptions S60.00 for 12 Calendar ............................................ 66 illues, payable in U.S. funds. RAILMODELjOURNAL, ISSN 1043·5441, copyright 2002 by Golden Sell Pre!!. All rights reserved. Periodicals Postage paid at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send addre!! changes to Railmodel journal, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 80205. Visit our website at www.railmodeljournal.com RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 5 Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Road, Orange, MA 01364 is prod ucing HO scale replicas of logging truck bodies with cherry pi cker cranes. The kit includes cast-pewter parts to build the bed and a functional tag axle and is designed to fit on the Atlas Ford LNT-9000 tra ct or. The body kit is $39.95 plus $6.50 shipping and handling. Funaro & Camerlengo, R.D. #3, Box 2800, Honesdale, PA 18431 is producing cast-resin kits wit h one-piece bodies to duplicate the Central Vermont 36-foot wood box ca r with Hutchins roof for $27.99 and the B&O 40-foot class P-l 1 fish belly-side flat car for $32.99 for a kit with two cars. The enclosed cab Fa irmont Speeder is avai lable as a ca st-pewter kit from Custom Finishing, 379 Tulley Road, Orange, MA 01364. The kit includes window glazing and non-shorting wheelsets. Two speeders are in each $23.95 kit. Add $6.50 for shipping and handling. Chooch Enterprises, P.O. Box 217, Redmond, WA 98053 is now shipping cast-uret hane gondola loads of simulated new metal freight car wheels and a load of scrap metal freight car wheels. The pre-paint­ ed loads fit MDC or At hearn 50-foot gondolas. Ea ch load is $5.99. 6 RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 Blair Line, P.O. Box 1136, Carthage, MO 64836 is extend ing their series of laser-cut billboards to include Conoco, Studebaker and Firestone. The billboards are offered in a size for N and HO at $9.95 or a larger size for HO, S and 0 at $11.95 . The Friends of the Caboose Museum are offering HO scale MOC caboose kits assembled and ready-to-run wit h Kad ee couplers and Virginian lettering to raise funds to repair flood damage to the museum. The .' proceeds go entirely to the museum. Each model is Norwest Kits & Castings, 1585 E. Pender St ., Vancouver, BCV5Y $45 postpaid. Order online: 1Z9, Canada is now shipping cast-resin kits to recreate the www.avirginiasampler.com/virginianrailway-mullens.htm Canadian Pacific 284414-288477 series double-sheathed wood box cars. The kits are $34 each plus $6 shipping and handling. West erfield, 53 River Lane, Crossv ille, TN 38555 is now shipping cast-resin kits with one-piece carbodies for easy assembly. The newest model is a replica of the Vanderbuilt 50-ton hopper built in 1901 for Western Maryland's West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Railway subsidiary. The cars were rebuilt in 1926 and lettered for the WM and some last­ ed until 1939. The kits are av ailable for either the early or later versions at $30.00 each. Creat ive Model Associates, P.O. Box 39, Plainview, NY 11803-0039 is producing injection-molded plastic kits to duplicat e the ACLISAL 40-foot pulpwood flat cars. The kit includes decals but is less tr ucks and couplers for $16.50 each or $87.00 for a six pack. Add $1.50 for postage on single kits, two or more kits are postpaid. RAILMODELjOURNAL . APRIL 2002 7 [ DIESEL MODELING] EMD GP9 AS SOD LINE 409 AND 414 IN HO SCALE FROM PROTO 2000 By Bob Rivard Proto 2000 does not offer the GP9 in paint schemes for every road that operated these EMD diesels.