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Allon McClelland ‘An anniversary tour of «famous HO railroad ‘Modeling EMD’s SD45-2 By Tom Busack Tipe for combining sections of different diesele to make one of EMD's atest 6 78 84 98 104 108 110 114 120 126 PROTOTYPE DATA AND DRAWINGS: 84 Amtrak's Supeniiners ‘The modern Soo Line: 2 By Rick Johnson Information on the motive power and rolling stock now in use Amtrak's Superiiners By Jim Hediger Harold Russell drawings of America’s newest long-haul passenger cars Structures for the Jerome & Southwestern By John Olson Painting and weathering techniques for buildinge with personality ‘Amaikorder mine By John Olson ‘Comments by Malcolm Furlow provide the other ede ofthe story ‘The Tyler Mountain & Beaver Creek RR By Ed Sumner ‘A428 sectional-track layout set in the fothils of Tennessee The Pennsylvania & Westbrook Al Notarione's HO PRR aystem By Bram Balley AUSRA Mikado in brass: frame and drivers By Gordon Odegard Careful work ot this point pays off when you turn up the throttle ‘A backdrop for the Washita & Santa Fe By Andy Sperandeo ‘The "layered landcape” method makes it cary By Gordon Odegard ‘Some tips 1 help you out ae you scratchbuild your brass Mikado DEPARTMENTS AND MISCELLANY: 4 onthe tain wire 36, 154 Cartoons 18 Railway post office Schedules 33 Club news MR Bull session Pal 87 “Atthe theotle iroader's video library 128 Student fare ‘St tay per ue i te &) ic ee a ag i a BEREAN tans wero? erte ee onemeraea (On the cover: The 550 and her sister Gen feral Electric U25C are chugging quietly a they drift into Dawson Spring, Va. in Al Jen MeClelland’s photo of his HO Virgi ‘& Ohio. They're heading « heavy tra {dewater-bound coal, and is skill pushing ‘behind them on the hill from Sandy Sum ‘mit. Allen takea you on a tour of the V&O beginning on page 68, and among other ‘things, youl Tearm what these second gen eration diesele are doing on what used to bbe a 1968-era model railroad Fudltor: RUSSELL G. LARSON ‘Banaging Balto: Richard E. Cheisuanson ‘Senior Biter: James D. Hediger Associate Editor Gordon Odegard “Associate Editor: Jim Kelly, Associate Editor Andy Sperandeo Editorial Seereary. Vera Savie Librarian’ George H. Drury Art Director: George A. Golf "Art Layout Photography: La Vorne F. Bleituss, Robert Wegner, Wells §. Marshall Il, Minton Brooke, Video Program Development Writer‘Director: Allen W. Kell ‘Publisher: JAMES J. KING Incide this month: Amtrak isin the spot- Tight as we feature more prototypes of To. ‘day's Railroading. The Superliners, Ameri ‘a's newest long-haul passenger ears, ae the subject of Harold Raseell's ant foldout Grawings starting om page 86, and Jim Hodiger explains their design and shows you some typleal Superiner consists in his rti= cle on page BL. Moding’ feavures include ‘Tom Busack on kitheshing SD45-2s in HO (75), Maleolm Furiow and John Olan on Building ® mine for the Jerome & Southe western (p. 104), and Gordon ‘Odegard on ‘aking # fame for bis seratchbuilt brass lo comotive (p. 11d). With this much exiting ‘model railroading, youre gure to enjoy No- vember National Medel Railtoad Month, NOVEMBER 1982Railroad Switch Lamp Mand made fr you from the rugged, old time Handlan. Buck No. 151 Railroad Swatch Lamp Onginal RR Suppliers since 1856 This custom edition decorator lamp stands 29 inches tll, complete with hatural butlap shade RR black enamel. Orginal red fand green day signal targets. Weighs 9 pours Regulation red and green lenses Iightup on a 4 way suiteh (Get yourself » Big... Beautiful... Bargain! Full money back quaranice ‘Send check or money order $9895 includes UPS. Write ot call with Mastercharge/VISA number for same dey shipment Wa Db OY DUIS Dept. MR-L1, 4519 Ridgewood Avenue St Louis, Missouri 63116, (314) 358-1551 Send for FREE color cotalog Rail Craft Flex-Trak is back! Most sizes of our FLEX—TRAK are now available or soon willbe and at reasonable prices. Compare cur prices with other less realistic brands of Hlonible track FLEX TRAK it maileble at most hobby shops or direct [Ad 81.50 shipping &e handling for orders less than S50. Sond 9 #10 SSAE for cur tock brochure. Ho Code 100 $1585 Hona Code 70. $18.40 #0 Code 83 16.18 HOn3 Code 55 15.40 Ho Code 70 15.40 Hon2% Code 55 15.40 HO Code 55 15.40 N Code 70 1485, HO/HON3 Code 70Dual 18.95 N Code 551430 HO/HOn3 Code 550ual 18.95 renee wn mes whl Galt es curren (e theeet,picees) Gulf wrcoumne eo te Sy G scale news Kalamnzno Toy Train Works, {6200 Denegal Lane, Delton, MI 49046, is felling cast polymer background struc for use with the fins large scale tr ‘The hand pointed structurve long, 17" high, and about 2 © scale new: American Siandard Car Co, P.O. Bor $94, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, making a whole series of General Ameri fan Airlie covered hopper car kits The repainted kts, a combination of injection folded and strip styrene, come letored for Penneylvania, Louisville & Nasbulle, West tn Maryland, Grest Northern, Missouri ‘fe, Rexall Chemical, International Milling fnd Golden Loaf Flour. Production of the firm's PREC H25 quad hopper ear kits have bet delayed slighty ‘Champion Decal Co, P.O. Box 1178, Mi ‘More Off he Tran Wire ot pase 8 4 Hallmark’s 15th Anniversary Celebration EAST BROAD TOP Narrow Gauge ‘The EAST BROAD TOP GAS ELECTRIC car M-1 will be Hallmark's, first HOnd model, We are pleased to present this 46-ton sell- propelled mail and express 12-passenger combine. The M-1 was Placed in service by the E. B. T.'s Orbisonia shops in 1927 and lasted to the cessation of passenger service in 1953. Halimark also intends to import the E. B. T. private car no. 20. This car was used by Prasident Grover Cleveland to make fishing trips. E-B T's MIKADOs, nos, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18 are on the dratts man’s table at this time, Reserve yours NOW at your local desler. LMARK MODELS, INC. MODEL RAILROADERolen f Rs 2% 5 Feige i, Ses 4118 aad 9" reg Bee esseane (Brea aa 1199] 22> ec fmumanas 142°) : MODEL RAILROADERLINES CARRIED TED mro Ld. models of foreign rallways 121 New Oxford, Pa. 17350 PH. (717) 624-8920 Electric Passenger trains from around the world. 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All ‘Mail, Sue Label UPS, additional on all orders. We ‘ship UPS normally, lease awe steet ageress. If U.S. Mailis prefered, please indicate. i sea ‘Send For A FREE Copy Of Our BiMonthiy Amro Gram Newsletter'N”-TRACK : oe form Sane) LENS = 2. 2495 i ao Pao SPER 990 wo ERC Ips maaan ST St 1gto tore a RETCEEE eon wer et 1G 99 pose) a HOBBY CENTER c nee 1.100 26 Ht fil i i z tea ie ooo Sa NOVEMBER 1982More Of the Prain Wire rom page 4 rot, ND 58701, has released decal set OG- 1142 for yellow ‘and back 60-foot Rallgons. ‘The sot includes builder's badges for five Reilgon builders ‘Wm. Ke Walthors Ine, P.O, Box 18876, Milwaukee, W1 58218, has six new sets of eeals including set 38-05 Chicago & North Western "flag" caboose; 78.06 New Haven casa NES caboose, 75:10 NH red boxcar: 78-11 NH orange boxcar, 78:12 NH black boxcar; and 79-19 NH red, white, and blue State of Maine boxcar. S seale new: Overland Models Ine, Rt 12 Box #42, Muncie, IN 47302, has expanded the number of versions Uh wil be elfered In the firm's imported brass SD40.2. Six d ferent SD40-2 unite are being offre’ Wen po, 1740 ie. standard unit as. built with Anticimbers for Burlington Northern, Santa, Fe, and Conrail; 1741 the "snoot” version of the same unit; 1742 is the Union Paci snoct” version with the plain pit; 1743 3s the eabless SD40.28 that BN made from @ damaged unit; 174 fe the most common Yyersion (with dynamic brakes), being sed by a variety of railroads; and 1745 is a high short hood Southern Ry. unit. Th versions of the SD40-T2 tunnel motors are being developed HO seale new: Alco Models, 348 Route 26A, East Setauket. NY 11785, has an: ‘nounced the production of imported brass ‘Alco DL-SHOE read switchers in both low: ‘nose and high-nose configurations, EMD SDa6e, and Fairbanks Morse Trainmasters In phage T and phase Tl versions. Baldwin ‘ASS616 and AS-416 road switcher are also Under development for future release Campbell Scale Models, P.O. Box 121, ‘Tustin, CA 92680, has released a “starter” crafismian type wood kit, bo. 421, for a ‘square water tank. "The Cape Cod Model Railroad Club is selling these 40-oot limited-ran wood re- ‘figerator ear kits es @ find raising activ ity. The car, made by Tvain-Ministure, has ‘an orange body with boxear red roof snd fends and two color lettering. Five diferent ‘car numbers are available (the Ath ear, with yellow sides, is available only in the five-car st), The care ean be ordered from CCMRC, 28 Hamblins Hy., Marstons Mills, MA 02648, They sell for $6.50 each, or the set of five is $28.5 including postage Collectors Corser Ine, Rt. 1, Box 101G, Branchville, NY 07626, has six new care available in the firm's Golden Series 40: foot boxear kits: no. 2037 Bangor & Ar00- stock, 2038 Union Pacific, 2059 Reading, Doug's Train World, Inc. 6565 University Avenue Des Moines, lowa 50311 Phone 515/274-4424 © COLLECTOR SERIES Ciniveo PRODUCTION TRAIN SETS. FAMOUS ROAD PASSENGER SETS FAMOUS AMERICAN RAILROAD SERIES, GOLLECTORS SERIES SETS WEAVE N STOCK ALL THe "UNIT ‘ron Tie AiOve F 515/274-4424 WE SELL LIONEL’S MOST WANTED TRAINS... FM DUAL MOTOR DIESEL ENGINES GG-1 ELECTRIC ENGINES. ‘SPECIAL SALE ‘TURN OF THE CENTURY REFER fat ole cast a TRUCKS SPECIAL OF THE MONTH Di lator autcume ay SOMES Face ATTENTION? 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(615) 059-3685 2040 linois Central, 2041 Missourt Pr: cific, and 2042 Central of Georgia Con-Cor, 1025, Industrial Dr, Bensen ville, TL 60106, is now producing the for ‘mer Revell track cleaning car. Tt cores lt fered for Union Pacific, Southern Paci Great Northern, Santa Pe, Pennsylvania, land Southern Ry. DMK Kefinery Models, 3701 Brinkley De. Raleigh, NC 27604, makes kite for a 125.000.gallon storage tank nd a fuel oil distributorsbip, Foothill Medel Works, P.O. Box_ 4620, Splmar, CA 91242, offers new decals for Pa ‘ie Beetric equipment: set 10018 an assor tment of the orange and silver wing designs, 101 ie for the private car Alabama, 102 silver lettering for passenger ears, and 108 is fold lettering for passenger cars. Future Plans include the production of set 104 for Cabooses and freight ears, and set 105 for ‘steepe-cab Toeomotives yy “The Gould Co,, P.O. Box 463, Verdugo ity, CA 91046, ie making & new injection molded styrene it for s vintage 22-oot icago, Milwaukee, Saint Paul & Pacific ‘Krmsel Industries, 1821 F. Newprt Cirele, PLUG RUNS or CATERPILLARS. .. All pike operations dilfer running everything from workaday Socal to luxury Sresminers but every line needs @ rulable source of tools for layout mainers ‘ance, ceting, arc expansion, Your hebby, (rat retaller cin show you the Maxon line o specially took. Write today for tree Maxon catalog. It contains more than 140 items. Las Lh P.O. BOX 243MR CARLSTADT, NJ. 07072 MODEL RAILROADING UNLIMITED ‘8 minater {em sound and colar movies are eait- befor your lea eve, enc, oF moe faliad group. These fms. ae leaned thou charge excep for retum prep fd insurance. Bocause of demand. we [SK hat you hori only one fin a1 time’ ange us 6D to 8) days noc, LIFE-LIKE. 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LIFE “LIBEL rad SSS ts topes rs NOVEMBER 1082 1”56 underfloor power truck have now been released for Burlington Northern GP&0 and GP85 Neale new: Stale Street, Models, P.O, reid diesels; 7-366 letters black and white Bax 7618, Trenton, NJ 08628, Is Makibs Gulf, Motile & an operating single-ear rotary dumper of motives; and 7-3 the type used in many railelowater trens Western F3 cab unit d fer dotks Lee ‘Town Medel Service St, Belvedere, NB 21 Adams 23, now sfers the cor In the mews: Alcar Models, P.O. Box 65, Oneida 1, has purchased the Gei table business’ and te restoring ction of the HO turntables and drive Palls, SD 57103, mee that wall be « "Thomas A. Yerke Enterprises, P.O. Box ‘Sunland, CA. 91040, bas started waletter called The Light & usey Quarterly the firm Sh Western, 904 Un. 205 Senta’ Pe, 306 Clarification: J&M Distrit ‘Arlo, Costa Mest, ely held We Pacific (ld st Baltimore & 808 UP rdern), 2 or woverreans: ) | Uncisvile & Nashville, = fmm, and S12 bosear re The Model Adbesio St, Los Angel 1c book for Lonel Sabena At | inders and ten eylindrieal weights point alley. foe use in model locomotive: gency; it also opera NorthWest Short Line, P.O, Rox 423, _ Mod filiate tnder lieense. © sttle WA 9111, is in North Pacific class W-3 (also Spokane, Port. 18 & Seattle 0-2) Mikado, bul the project. he orginal | | has been delayed somewist due to the loss of tome patterns in the fre at. Prec ‘colectignanywrere Se ‘Seale Co. some months apo. Tealing is now ENON. ce Under way for 2 Butte, sda & Pacific HOBBYATORIUM Class Bel boxcab electric Incomotive. 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Indocd, it is unlikely” that x BB iruck locomotives could. have fp found than the seven GE-built Ford ‘entereab locmmitives they acquired. They Fanged in weight fun 250,000 to 264,000 pours. The last in ose was na. 1700 weigh Ing 182 tons. This ie an axle loading of 6. (000 pounds. How many diesel locomotives hhave ase ladings exceeding 66,000 pounds? "The WAG also used "more conventional” FTAS (also secondhand). ‘These probably weighed less than 120 tons. While these ‘were lighter, chey did run these in multiple {nits on the’ Addison Line over the bridges In the article Filly, W say that these bridges ex pended snd contracted "several inches” be- fase of temperature is a bit much. Por & 139foot steel bridge, a 2 thermal change requires a tompersiure change of mare than 180. degree Fahrenheit, and even ‘more for “several” inches. Te would have [been more appropriate to state simply that lone end af any brig sits om rollers to pre: vent excessive stress due to weight loading ‘well as temperature effects “Thank you for this article on the WAG bridges. They were interesting. a5 was the WAG and its predecessors, More articles on them would be mest welecme.— Michael A.Schleigh, Mount Vernon, Ohio © THE ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM full of hints, history and “how to's. © CONTESTS (Model & Photo) © ESTATE COUNSELING © The BULLETIN, published monthly © SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE © 29,000 STRONG ‘Spool mill winner: I believe I solved the ‘pool wll problem (August 1982 MQ) in fewer moves than your solution showed. Togin by lining the east switch for the passing track, run the train onto the pass: fing track, and Uirow the west switch Tor the passing track, “23 Bone care th tone su, unl ie the (Your neighborhood NMRA) MODEL RAILROADING IS THE “REAL THING.” Join the National Model Railroad Association. 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