HO and N Sc~le PRECISION RAILROAD MODELS International Model Railroad Catalo... - ----l Item #25-100 Starter Set Modules Start-Sets At last! The KATO catalog the market has been waiting for! Complete information and color photographs of all the North American models produced by KATO in ,~ HO and N scale over the last decade. ~-- Enjoy page after page of KATO models past and present (and even a couple of --- ------ hints of future productsJ). Several .,_--- .--==....-----_.-- -- ----------- European and Japanese prototype models are also featured. The text is printed in both English and German throughout the 68 pages. Many specialty items and full UN/TRACK details are also included. Whether you're a KATO enthusiast, HO or N scale modeler/collector or a model railroad operator ... you'll want a copy of the KATO International Railroad Catalog. The KATO International Model Railroad Catalog has a suggested retail price of $9.98 (U.S. dollars) and is available at fine hobby shops worldwide. If your retailer is temporarily out-of-stock, you can order direct from KATO U.S.A. with your Visa or MasterCard. To order direct, call 1-847-781-9500. Add $5.00 shipping and handling for U.S./Canadian orders and $9.00 for all foreign orders. IL residents add 8.25% sales tax. IIIiI!1 KATO U.S.A., INC. ·100 Remington Road· Schaumburg, IL 60173 April 1998 • Volume 9, Number 11 ALL SCALES: Modeling Industry: Cold Storage Warehouses in abandoned m~~ ....... ....... ...... ...................... .... .. 9 Model the Turner Creamery at Unity, Maine ........................ .. .... .... ........... 55 Time Capsule: Extra 22, on the Santa Fe, at Saint Louis, Missouri, September 15, 1997 ......... 35 HO SCALE: Modern Freight Car Modeling: Centerbeam Flat Cars, Part II, from Walthers and E&C Shops Kits ............. 4 Paccar 50-foot box car from Eel River Models Kits ...................................... 11 XTRA Lease/ J.B . Hunt 53-Foot plate Wall 44 trailer from A-Line's kit ....................... ON THE COVER: - Th is HO scale SD39 is a model you can ki t-convert without fear Layout Design: of having a ready-to-run model appear because the prototype is just not common A Bookshelf-Full of Shortlines, five shelf- enough to be a candidate for a ma ss- produced model. Use the techniques shown on size layouts with carfloat staging ..... 14 pages 36-43, and your model wi ll also be rugged. -Stephen Priest photo Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: the Proto 2000 EMO SW9 as UP 1851 from (Life-Like) S SCALE: DEPARTMENTS: mode/ .. ....... ..... .... ...... ..... ...... .......... 24 Layout Tour: Experience-At Your Fingertips, more Modeling Freight Cars of The Fifties: Mike Fyton 's Kaw Valley Railroad .... ..... 18 about what's in this issue, 50-Foot AAR single-door box cars from Diesels, One-Detail-At-A Time: from articles in previous issues ........ 16 Proto 2000 kits ...... .... .... .. ................ 30 Calendar .. ... ................................ .... ... 67 EMO SW9 as UP 1851 from the S Index of all previous articles on modeling What's New .................................. 68-71 freight cars of the fifties .. .. .... .... ........ 62 Helper Services Model ................... .. 24 Diesel Modeling: Locomotive Performance: EMO S039 as Santa Fe 4011 from Rail Summary of all previous Locomotive RAlltvIODEL JOURi'IAL is published 12 times a Power Products and Kato Parts ......... 36 Performance Test Reports .......... .. ...... 66 year by Golden Bell Press, 2403 Champa St., Denver, CO 20205. Price per single copy is S3.95, Index of all previous articles on diesel or S28.00 per yeor in the U.S.A Individual copy modeling ........ .. .. .. ...... .... .. .... ........... 77 SCALE: prices higher in Canada and other countries. Passenger Car Modeling: o Diesels, One-Detail-At-ATime: Foreign subscriptions $36.00 for 12 issues, Hi-Level Amtrak and ATSF passenger cars payable in U.S. funds. RAlltvIODEL JOURNAL,' EMO SW9 as UP 1851 from Atlas from Train Station products kits .... ... .. 47 ISSN 1043-5441 , copyright 1997 by Golden Bell Models .... .. ..... .. ..... .............. .... .... .... 24 Locomotive Performance: Press. All rig hts reserved. Periodicals Postoge paid Summary of all previous Locomotive Locomotive Performance: at Denver, CO. POSTMASTER: Send address Performance Test Reports .... .. .. ...... .... 66 Summary of all previous Locomotive changes 10 Railmodel Journal, 2403 Chompa SI., N SCALE: . Performance Test Reports .................. 66 Denver, CO 80205. Modern Freight Car Modeling: Centerbeam flat cars, Part II, trom Micro- Trains Kits .................. .. ........................ .4 Layout Design: A Bookshelf-Full of Shortlines, five shelf­ size layouts with carfloat staging .... .. 14 Diesels, One-Detail-At-A-Time: EMO SW9 as UP 1851 from the Life-Like model ...................... .. .. ...... .. ........... 24 Locomotive Performance: Life-Like SW9 Performance Test Reports ........................ .. ......... ......... 27 Summary of all previous Locomotive Performance Test Reports .................. 66 Industry Modeling: Model the Turner Creamery at Unity, Maine with N scale plans .. .... ........... 55 [PAINT & DECALS] CENTERBEAM F..-: CARS Part II From Walthers and E & C Shops HO Scale Models and Micro-Trains N Scale Models Bill Onorato These lumber-carrying cars are a common sight on many real rail­ roads. Part I, by D. ScoH ChaHield in the January 1996 issue, describ­ ed the proto~pe cars and their variations. There 1s an index of pre­ vious articles on similar bulkhead CSXT 600639. This is part of CSXT series 600560-600759 built by Gunderson. Except for flat cars on pages 16-17 of this the smaller 'opera windows' toward the ends of the center beam and a few smaller details, . the car is like the Walthers kit. - photo by Bill Onorato Issue. HO Decals: available lettered from Walthers, Islington Station 350-205A HLSC 2555. HLSC is for Hampton Lumber Sales Co. These cars used to be CRLE 2500-2569 and 2800-2899 (see the, January issue of "The Journal" 1996, page 34). The change in reporting marks may be to facilitate return of cars fo r reloading. Owner Coe Rail is in Michigan, and the cars are loaded in Oregon, so trying to sort these cars from others with the same reporting marks could cause confu­ sion. - photo by Bill Onorato HO Decals: available lettered from Walthers, but change the reporting marks for 7/97 or later BAR 718. Bangor and Aroostook is the largest owner of centerbeam flats in the Northeast. While most were built by NSC, there are three short series of Thrall Cars. This series BAR 716-727 has opera windows, as does a series purchased used from the Bay Line. Bar 701-715 cars have 'open' center beams. - photo by Bill Onorato HO Decals: Islington Station 350-205A 4 RAILMODEL JOURNAL • APRIL 1 998 TTX 86350. The first series of 73-foot centerbeam flats purchased by Trailer Train was the 'opera window' cars TTX 86275-86374 built 12/86. These cars originally had the Trailer Train logos, and most still do. This car has had them painted out and replaced with a TTX logo . - photo by Bill Onorato HO Decals: Islington Station 250-000A (with Trailer Train Logos) CNA 623083. This car is part of series CNA 623000-623099 also built 12/86. These cars are in assigned service for loading in Canada for shipment to the U.S. - photo by Leo Landry HO Decals : Islington Station 260-000A UP 273037. Union Pacific has one of the largest railroad-owned fleet of centerbeam flats. With all of the 'opera windows' the same size, this looks like the Thrall cars, but this car was built by Gunderson. -photo by Bill Onorato HO Decals : Islington Station 350-180 WCRC 2387 This Midsouth centerbeam, part of series WCRC 2300-2399, was leased from Washington Central when photographed in July, 1992. Later that year, these cars were purchased by Midsouth and became series MSRC 2305-2469. When Kansas City Southern bought Midsouth, these cars transferred ownership again, but they are still in Midsouth lettering. - photo by Bill Onorato HO Decals: Coming from Islington Station RAILMODEL JOURNAL - APRI L 1 998 5 BClT 871064. Another of the big owners of centerbeam flats is BC Rail, formerly British Columbia Railway. Most of these cars are assigned for loading in Canada for shipment to the U.S. Notice that this car is 71 teet rather than the the normal 73 feet in length. - photo by D. Scott Chatfield HO Decals: Walthers has the open-style car MR 9007. The Longtree cars are one of three schemes used by Tricon Forest Products. This car is from series MR 9000-9049 and is paint­ ed light blue. Note the pads to protect the lumber where the tie-downs cross the top corner of the load. - photo by D. Scott Chattield HO Decals: Islington Station 250-01 OA MR 9088. The second series of Tricon cars is MR 9050-9099 and is dark blue. There is a series of cars similarly lettered, except that they lack the two grey logos, that is painted red and has GVSR reporting marks. -photo by Bill Onorato HO Decals: Islington Station 250-010 CBRY 1646. CBRY 1600-1699 is another of the 'opera windows' centerbeam series. They usually carry Cavenham lumber, and are probably leased to them . -photo by Bill Onorato HO Decals: Islington Station 350-205A 6 RAILMODEL JOURNAL - APRIL 1998 BN 625049, from series 625000-625179, was one of the earliest of the open style centerbeam flats. - D. Scott Chatfield photo, June 1996 HO Scale: as lettered from Walthers. BClT 873010, from series 873000-873099. Another of the early cars of this style, it has the optional tilting car and whip chain diagrams. These cars are in assigned service to be loaded in Canada for shipment to the U.S. only. -D. Scott Chatfield photo, May 1996 HO Scale: as lettered from Walthers. nzx 87444, from series 87372-87541. The Walthers cars are lettered for the next car series after this one, and the lettering is almost identical, but note the absence of the wording "73.0' BETWEEN BULKHEADS" that is on the bulkheads of the Walthers model.