Model Railroad January 2017
Model Railroad January 2017
Model Railroad January 2017
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933-2860 Assembled $349.98 933-2618 Assembled $349.98
sold separately)
Code 83 rail on bridge Code 80 rail on bridge
Layout mounting templates for Holds locos up to 12-3/8" (31.4cm) long Holds locos up to 9-3/4" (24.7cm) long
pit & Cornerstone Turntable
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part of the building is easiest to mask.
frames have warped or bowed out over
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Cody Grivno modied a Rix HO scale Quonset hut kit to serve as the Eagle Mountain RR ofce. The inspiration for this
building came from an image on the photo sharing website Flickr. Bill Zuback photos
Step 2 A rm foundation
" square tile,
1 8
Modied window
The nal step was to add the doors Flat Gray Primer I used in the previ- Finally, I installed window
and windows, both from Tichy Train ous step. glazing to the doors and windows,
Group. The front and rear entry The window-mounted air condi- cleaned paint from the gluing faces,
doors are item no. 8009. The win- tioner is Hi-Tech Details no. HTD- and attached the parts with liquid
dows are part no. 8046. 8011. After completing the fold-and- plastic cement.
To accommodate the air condi- glue plastic detail, I spray-painted the Once the building was on the
tioner, I removed four muntins from air conditioner Rust-Oleum Painters layout, I added some tires, pallets,
right-hand window and plugged the Touch 2X no. 249071 Moss Green and other detail castings near the
opening with a piece of .020" plain and brush-painted the support Reefer back of the building. With that, the
styrene. I spray-painted the doors Gray. I added rust streaks under the Eagle Mountain RR ofce was ready
and windows with the Rust-Oleum air conditioner support brackets. for service.
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or years, trains ran through the mid- the main line of the La Crosse & Milwaukee
dle of Milwaukee like beer flows from RR Co. By the end of the 19th century, merg-
a tap at Oktoberfest, but changes in ers and expansions had relegated the Chestnut
business, both in brewing and rail- Street line, another name for the Beer Line, to
roading, stanched the flow by the mid-1980s. branchline status. While brewery traffic made
For Model Railroaders 75th anniversary in up more than half the business on the line, the
2009, however, the party was on again as the branch also served other industries that man-
staff built an HO scale model of the Milwau- ufactured such diverse products as paper lace,
kee Roads Beer Line. This hometown project automobile parts, and leather goods.
railroad has always been popular with readers, Our model of the Beer Line is set in 1947.
and for 2017, were back for another round. When planning the original layout, the staff
The Beer Line is a sectional layout, designed wanted to set it in 1934, to commemorate the
to fit together in three configurations. Taking year of Model Railroaders founding. But find-
advantage of this feature, David Popp, producer ing locomotives, rolling stock, and highway
at Model Railroader Video Plus, designed an vehicles for that era of the Chicago, Milwau-
addition that slots between existing sections. kee, St. Paul & Pacific, or Milwaukee Road,
David designed the original Beer Line in 2008 was difficult.
when he was managing editor of Model Rail- During the search phase, Walthers came
roader, and this was a chance to add some out with its Fairbanks-Morse H10-44s and
industries that didnt find a place before. Milwaukee Road ribbed-side cabooses. High-
way vehicles were also much easier to find in a
Industrial artery greater variety for the late 1940s than the mid-
The Milwaukee Roads Beer Line was 1930s, so the date was set.
essentially one long spur track that reached
deep into Milwaukees one-time industrial Beer Line series
heart. The 6-mile-long branch line served
three of Milwaukees six major breweries:
Schlitz, the beer that made Milwaukee January 2017: Meet the Beer Line
famous; a Pabst grain elevator; and Blatz, addition
via a warehouse and team track. February 2017: Benchwork and
The first tracks that were to become the tracklaying for the Beer Line addition
Beer Line were laid in 1847, a year before Wis- March 2017: Scratchbuilding Stein-
consin became a state. Initially, the line hosted man Lumber Co.
through freight and passenger trains, part of April 2017: Mix kitbashing and
scratchbuilding to create a large
1. A Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 shoves one of rail-served factory
the Milwaukee Roads signature ribbed-side May 2017: Building the North Avenue
boxcars into Steinman Lumber on the Beer Viaduct
Lines Snake Track. This addition to Model June 2017: Using different techniques
Railroaders popular HO scale urban to build a cement plant complex
switching layout adds three new industries.
Another round
Davids addition to the Beer Line is a
4 x 5-foot section that incorporates parts
of the Beer Lines Snake Track, a spur
that led to several non-brewing-related
industries. Two of them, Steinman Lum-
ber Co. and the Ben-Hur Freezer Co., are
included in the new plan. David also
added an industry that was just north of
Humboldt Yard on the Beer Line proper,
Tews Lime & Cement Co.
The new section fits next to Humboldt
Yard on one of the original 2 x 8-foot
sections of the Beer Line layout. To visu-
ally separate the yard from the extension,
the staff decided to add the North Ave-
nue Viaduct. This long bridge spanned
the tracks headed north out of Humboldt
Yard, then crossed the Milwaukee River.
New industries
3. Surrounding the layout are (clockwise from front left) Cody Grivno, Steven Just north of the viaduct is Tews Lime
Otte, Eric White, and Dana Kawala. Each contributed a major structure or & Cement Co. The company received
business to the new layout section. boxcars of building supplies that were
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Milwaukee Beer
Line addition
Steinman East Nash Snap- Spur to closed Ben-Hur
7 Lumber 5L Avenue 4 Switches business Freezer Co. 6 8 HO scale (1:87.1)
Module size: 4 x 5 feet
1 Scale of plan: 34" = 1'-0", 12" grid
Numbered arrows indicate photo locations
Illustration by Rick Johnson
Find more plans online in the
ModelRailroader.com Track Plan Database.
Beer Line
Addition
sold from its warehouse and gondola Railroad freight house kit. Ill go into The layout at a glance
loads of aggregate for its ready-mix con- more detail about the construction of the
crete operation. Cement was mostly business in the June 2016 issue of MR.
delivered in boxcars in the late 1940s, After Tews Cement, the addition con- Name: Milwaukee Roads Beer Line
but two-bay covered hoppers were start- nects to one of the curved sections from Scale: HO (1:87.1)
ing to be used. The business fills one side the original layout, bringing the track Prototype: Milwaukee Roads
of the new section of the layout. back around to the other side of the new Chestnut Street Line
An aerial photo in Milwaukee Roads section. Here, we find Steinman Lumber Locale: Milwaukee, Wis.
Beer Line, Special Publication No. 5 by and the Ben-Hur Freezer Co. The lumber Era: 1947
Art Harnack (Milwaukee Road Histori- yard has two large sheds and an office/ Style: Sectional
cal Association, 2003), gave me an over- warehouse building and receives boxcar Mainline run: 24 feet (original
view of the location. John Tews, a grand- loads of lumber and building supplies. layout); 10 feet (addition); 34 feet
son of the founder, is a member of the Associate editor Steven Otte scratch- (total)
Wisconsin Southeastern Division of the built the complex from styrene sheets Minimum radius: 18"
National Model Railroad Association, and shapes, then meticulously stacked Minimum turnout: no. 4
and spent an evening clarifying the scale lumber to fill the shelves of the Maximum grade: none
operation of the business. lumber sheds. He also scratchbuilt a cor- Benchwork: sectional tables
I found parts for the batch plant in a rugated metal fence between Steinman Height: 44"
pair of Walthers cement industry kits, Lumber and Tews Cement. Steven will Roadbed: cork
and the Glacier Gravel kit supplied yet explain how he built Steinman Lumber Track: Atlas and Peco code 83
another loading bin to one of our pro- in the March 2016 issue. extrack and turnouts
ject layouts, as well as conveyors. The Ben-Hur Freezer Co. was an early Scenery: extruded-foam insula-
concrete-block garage and warehouse manufacturer of in-home deep freezers, tion board and Sculptamold
were scratchbuilt, and the wood-sided and shipped its goods in boxcars. Sheet Control: NCE Digital Command
carriage house was a modified Alpine steel was shipped to the factory in box- Control (DCC)
Division Scale Models Rural New Haven cars and gondolas.
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4. An empty boxcar is spotted at the Ben-Hur Freezer Co., ready to be loaded
with that modern marvel, the in-home deep freezer. The saw-tooth roof comes Associate editor Cody Grivno used
from Walthers Railroad Car Shop kit, and the modular brick wall panels are from parts from the Walthers Railroad Car
Woodland Scenics Design Preservation Models. Shop kit for the sawtooth roof, and
Design Preservation Models modular wall
sections for most of the walls. The curved
addition is sheathed in The N Scale Archi-
tects brick and block sheet. Hell fill you
in on the rest in the April issue.
Senior editor Dana Kawala used cast
resin bridge columns from Crow River
Products, Rix Products 1930s Highway
Overpass parts, thin plywood, and sty-
rene shapes and sheets to build the North
Avenue Viaduct. The 4-foot-long highway
overpass occupied much of a large coun-
tertop in the Model Railroader workshop
during this project. When I saw Dana
enter the shop, which is used by the MR
staff and as a studio space for Model Rail-
roader Video Plus, he always seemed to
cast a worried glance at the counter, but
relaxed when he saw all the pieces of his
project were still as he left them.
When the day came to finally install
the bridge on the layout, Dana gently
lifted it from the countertop, and was just
5. Another load of wood arrives at Steinman Lumber from the Pacic Northwest. about to set it down when Cody shouted
Note the lumber loading door at the eave of the A-end of the boxcar. The Wait! with a mischievous grin. Dana
business was scratchbuilt from styrene shapes and sheets with plastic window halted inches above the layout, fearing
and door castings. the worst, until Cody said Just kidding.
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I could see the color come back to Danas
face as his heart started beating again.
Dana will explain the trials and tribula-
tions of building the large, delicate struc-
ture in the May issue of Model Railroader.
8. A Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 pushes a atcar past Ben-Hur and under the North
Avenue Viaduct. Although the Ben-Hur Freezer Co. and North Avenue were in making them ideal for deliveries to
different parts of town, the viaduct makes a good scenery break between Steinman Lumber.
sections of the Beer Line. The new cars include a trio of flatcars
from the old staff-built Rice Harbor proj-
I poured the water with Unreal top. Ill talk more about benchwork and ect layout. These will be useful for deliv-
Details Magic Water. The water has a track next month. Cody was again the eries to Tews Cement and Steinman
few drops of Floquil Railroad Tie Brown leader of the track gang, laying the road- Lumber. We added another gondola for
to give it a murky, green cast. Floquil is bed and track, and doing all the ballast- aggregate deliveries to Tews, and tuned
no longer produced, but any solvent- ing. We used Peco code 83 flextrack and up and weathered a few era-appropriate
based color that suits your scenery pal- no. 5 turnouts, plus a couple Atlas code 83 freight cars that had found their way to
ette will do. Just be sure to use a solvent- Snap-Switches on the spurs for Steinman the layout while it was on display in an
based paint so it will mix with the resin. Lumber and Ben-Hur, taking advantage open area of Kalmbachs office building.
Editor Neil Besougloff and managing of their tight radius to fit into cramped Motive power is still a pair of Walthers
editor Hal Miller made sure all of the urban quarters. Proto2000 Fairbanks-Morse H10-44s,
scenery tied together from industry to augmented with a third unit bought later
industry, and that the new section Rolling stock and motive power as a backup when the first part of the
blended well with the old. Neil reprised Most of the rolling stock from the project was built. Those Walthers ribbed-
his role as the head of the streets depart- original layout was still around, and side cabooses will still carry the markers
ment, cutting and installing the surface we added a few new pieces to support the at the ends of the trains.
streets and railroad crossings. added industries. We have several exam-
The benchwork follows the construc- ples of the Milwaukee Roads distinctive Operation and control
tion of the rest of the Beer Line, with open ribbed-side boxcars, which have lumber With new industries and rolling stock
grid 1 x 4 pine supporting a 1 2" plywood doors high on the A end of the cars, came more car cards and waybills. I dug
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9. A transfer run returns to North Milwaukee, in staging, while the businesses of
out the articles from 2009, found some the Beer Line addition rise in the background. A sprawling business like Tews
paperwork in storage, and got to work. Lime & Cement and a large manufacturing industry like Ben-Hur help convey this
Well have aggregate arriving from the is big-city railroading. Steinman Lumber squeezes into an odd-shaped parcel.
Monon for Tews Cement, lumber from
the Upper Midwest and Pacific North- To operate this option would require throttle jacks to allow operators to move
west for Steinman, and steel coming a tail track with a runaround in order to around the layout with their trains. This
from Detroit for Ben-Hur. pick up outbound loads and empties part of the project is also a video series on
Ben-Hur will also need empty box- from the new sidings. We also added a Model Railroader Video Plus.
cars to ship its product out. All this will staging section that attaches just north The original Beer Line project was as
add another job to the layout to work the of Tews Cement, adding a transfer job rewarding for the staff to build as it was
Snake Track. Card boxes and labels were from North Milwaukee to Humboldt well received by readers and visitors.
added to the fascia and the new job was Yard. North Milwaukee was where the Adding on to it means more of a good
integrated into the operating scheme. Beer Line connected to the rest of the thing. Who knows, in eight years, we
We built the addition to the Beer Line Milwaukee Road. Model Railroader may be back for a third round. Last call
with the layout in its oval configuration Video Plus subscribers can watch video is a long way off yet!
to ensure all the track would line up, but of the layout being operated.
the Snake Track still allows for all three After the layout section was completed, Now on ModelRailroader.com
configurations to work. The most proto- David installed a new NCE Digital Com-
typical arrangement would be the F con- mand Control (DCC) system for the Readers can take a video tour of the
figuration, as that has the Snake Track at entire railroad. He added power districts Beer Line addition and download
the opposite end of the layout from the to split the layout electrically so a fouled the original Beer Line track plan at
Milwaukee Road freight house and the turnout wouldnt bring the whole layout www.ModelRailroader.com.
Blatz warehouse. to a standstill. He also added multiple
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Modeling a
COMPACT
DIESEL
SERVICE
TERMINAL
Add fueling and sanding operations without
taking up a lot of space
By Thomas Klimoski
Photos by the author
L
ocomotive service terminals are While researching prototype rail- layout. While not an exact model, my
one of the key components to roads to base my new layout on, I came service terminal captures the look of the
keeping a railroad operating across the Georgia Northeastern RR prototype. The terminal models every-
efficiently. Class 1 railroads have locomotive service terminal in Tate, Ga. thing needed to service a small fleet of
huge facilities that cover several The Georgia Northeastern RR (GNRR) shortline diesels.
acres and serve large numbers is a short line that runs from Marietta,
of locomotives. However, small terminals Ga., to Copperhill, Tenn., and has a Locomotive service building
can be found on a variety of regional and small fleet of second-hand Electro- The starting point for the service
short lines and are the ideal size for a Motive Division Geeps. The GNRR ter- building is the Pikestuff no. 8 modern
model railroad. minal, shown in the inset on the next enginehouse. I built the structure as a
Although the structures arent exactly page, has all the necessary workings to two-stall enginehouse. The modeled
the same, each railroads service termi- service the locomotives in a relatively building isnt as tall or long as the proto-
nal uses similar buildings or components compact space. Once I studied the proto- type, but it has a similar construction
to maintain locomotives. These include a type, I knew that it could easily be com- style. I kitbashed the office addition
service building or enginehouse thats pressed to fit on my model railroad. using wall and roof sections from left-
used for repairs, routine maintenance, I obtained permission to photograph over Pikestuff parts in my scrap box.
and storing parts and supplies. An office the terminal and made notes on the I modeled three of the four overhead
is usually on the property for crew brief- dimensions of the sand tower and other doors open to park locomotives inside of
ings and safekeeping of maintenance structures. Once I had the dimensions the structure.
files. Fuel and oil storage tanks with a and the general setup of the prototype The Pikestuff buildings have cut lines
pump and a sand tower keep locomo- terminal, I broke each area down into molded on the insides of the walls to
tives moving on the rails. specific components that would fit on my facilitate multiple window and door
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configurations. Since I planned to have
the doors open, these cut lines would be
visible. To cover the cut lines, I added a
sheet of .060" styrene to the inside of the
walls after cutting out openings for the
windows and doors, shown in g. 1 on
the next page. I also added .060" styrene
to the interior areas around the overhead
doors. This gave the door frames a A small locomotive terminal along the Georgia Northeastern RR (inset) inspired
thicker appearance and helped stiffen this scene on Thomas Klimoskis HO scale layout. Follow along as Thomas
the structure. describes how he modeled the fueling, sanding, and servicing structures.
I airbrushed the structure with Vallejo
Model Air 71.075 Sand (Ivory) paint. To construct the concrete pad the of the styrene to 45 degrees. This step is
After the paint dried I masked off the structure sits on, I used .060" styrene cut shown on the next page in g. 2.
walls of the building and spray-painted to the footprint of the finished structure. I glued a second piece of .060" styrene
the roof with Rust-Oleum Painters I wanted the styrene to be tight against to the bottom of the floor to level it and
Touch 2X Flat White. I weathered the the outside of the Micro Engineering make it even with the top of the ties.
structure using artist pastels and weath- code 70 track without any gaps. The I used .040" styrene for the concrete area
ering powders. The lower portions of the .060" styrene is just slightly below the between the rails and cut it slightly
building are more heavily weathered to rail height, but the tracks plastic spike smaller than the width between the
represent dirt and mud splashing up on detail lifted the styrene so it didnt fit spike details molded in the plastic ties on
the building. properly. Using a file I beveled the edge the gauge side of the track to prevent
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Window and door
openings
Beveled edges
interference with the wheel flanges. Dumpster trash receptacle, which com- placed on its side. Therefore, I cut and
I spray-painted the styrene that repre- pleted the scene shown in g 5. glued a piece of styrene to fit inside the
sented the second-bay inspection pit end, filling and smoothing the gaps with
with Rust-Oleum Painters Touch 2X Fuel tanks and pump Squadron Putty. Once the putty dried,
Flat Black, since the bay would be barely The diesel fuel and oil storage tanks at I sanded the end and removed the raised
visible. The remaining portion of the the GNRR terminal in Tate, as shown in seams on the tank.
concrete floor was airbrushed with g. 6, are inside a concrete-block con- Next, I masked off the tank and
Model Master Concrete paint. tainment wall enclosed by a chain-link spray-painted the concrete supports that
Once the paint dried, I airbrushed a fence topped with barbed wire. The fuel the tank sits on with Testors no. 1233
weathering solution of one pint of 70 pump is located several feet away inside Flat Light Aircraft Gray. When the sup-
percent isopropyl alcohol to 1 teaspoon a separate fenced enclosure. A scaled ports dried, I masked them off and then
of India ink. Then I applied black weath- down version of this scene, shown in painted the tank with Rust-Oleum Paint-
ering powders to give the floor a well- g. 7, fit perfectly on my layout. ers Touch 2X Metallic Aluminum.
worn and oil-stained look. I started this project with the storage The oil tank was prepared in the same
Using a prototype photo for reference, tank enclosure. I had several tanks from way as the diesel tank except for leaving
see g. 3, I added numerous details to a Walthers Storage Tank kit, which has the seams on the tank and painting it
the interior shown in g. 4. The yellow been discontinued in HO scale. However, flat black.
safety railing was made using two Plas- numerous manufacturers offer storage The final paint step for the tanks was
truct no. 90682 HO scale handrail kits tanks, and Walthers currently sells a an application of Testors Dullcote. This
and .030" styrene rod. I painted both diesel fueling terminal kit that could also clear matte finish provides a good base
with Krylon Short Cuts Sun Yellow. be used. coat for weathering powders and tones
With the interior finished, I placed I chose one of the larger tanks I had down the shiny metallic finish on the
the enginehouse on the foundation and for the diesel tank. Since this tank was diesel tank.
added a few details outside, including originally intended to be used vertically, Construction of the secondary con-
vehicles, an air-conditioning unit, and a it didnt have a cap on one end when tainment area began with cutting pieces
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Air conditioner
Dumpster
Fig. 8 Enclosure walls. The Fig. 9 Stairway handrails. The Fig. 10 Barbed wire. Berkshire
enclosure walls are made of concrete stairways to the tank enclosure feature Junction EZ Line provided an effective
block textured sheet laminated over handrails made of .020" music wire. scale model of barbed wire along the
.060" styrene. After assembly, Thomas Thomas bent the handrails then top of the fencing. Thomas kept the
led all the joints smooth. soldered them to the vertical posts. elastic thread tight to avoid sagging.
Figure 10 shows how I modeled the Once I was satisfied with its location styrene. An application of Heki Wild
barbed wire on the posts above the fence I secured the EZ line to each post with a Fiber Grass completed the scene.
with Berkshire Junction Fine White EZ drop of CA. I repeated the procedure for
Line. Starting with the lower wire just the second and third lines. I then cut the Sand tower
above the fence, I made a hitch in the line that went across the gate openings. After searching through various
line and looped it over the first post. I completed the barbed wire for the gates manufacturers websites, I couldnt find a
After adjusting the loops position, at my workbench, then added the fin- model that looked similar to the GNRR
I attached it to the post with a drop of ished gate to the fence. Finally, I used sand tower. Instead Id have to scratch-
CA applied from a straight pin. With the black weathering powder to tone down build one. I measured the prototypes
remaining line, I then made a complete the white color of the EZ line. base and photographed the structure.
turn around each of the corner posts and With the fence complete, I cemented Based on my field measurements, I made
one of the intermediate posts on the lon- the fuel tanks into position inside the an HO scale drawing. [Readers can
ger run. The key is to not pull the line storage tank enclosure and added piping download Thomas sand tower plan at
too tight but just tight enough to keep it modeled with 18AWG aluminum wire. www.ModelRailroader.com Ed.] I esti-
from sagging. Once I reached the last The storage tanks and enclosure walls mated the position of the tower bracing.
post I made another hitch in the line were weathered with PanPastels and This drawing allowed me to cut the plas-
over that post and secured it with CA. AIM weathering powders, then placed tic pieces to the proper length and aided
After the CA dried I went back and into position inside the fence. The stairs in the assembly process.
adjusted the line on each corner post and were added to each end with small con- The first step was to construct an
where it touched the intermediate posts. crete landings modeled from .060" 8 scale foot square box for the sand
Materials list
Walkway
Fill pipe
Discharge chute
Fig. 11 Sanding tower. The Figs. 12 and 13 Sanding tower details. Following his scale drawing, Thomas
reservoir and chute are made of .060" built up the tower from Plastruct components. Then he attached the reservoir to
styrene. Thomas will screw the scrap the top of the tower. The walkway (shown in the left photo) is made from a
piece to the chute as an attachment section of a Kadee boxcar running board. The discharge and ll pipes (shown in
point for the discharge pipe. the right photo) are made of components from a Walthers piping kit.
reservoir from .060" styrene. Using the these were glued in place I measured and I cut a piece of small-diameter pipe
score and snap technique, I cut the sty- cut the X bracing. I cut corner bracing with curved section (part no. 29 from
rene to the exact dimensions. I applied plates 3 16" x " from .020" styrene and the Walthers Piping Kit) to use as the
Plastruct Bondene to the inside joints to glued them in place from the horizontal discharge pipe. See g. 13. I filed a
cement the pieces together. angle braces to the column. I followed slight angle on the pipes straight section
For the roof of the box I cut a piece of the drawing to determine if the corner to facilitate attaching it to the rounded
.020" styrene and cemented it in place. braces were flush with the outside or the discharge chute. The I attached the pipe
Once the cement dried, I then sanded inside edge of the column. with CA.
the joints smooth. When gluing the X bracing in posi- To make the fill pipe shown in
Next, I cut four triangular pieces for tion I constantly referred to the proto- g. 13, I used the same diameter pipe
the sloped discharge chute and notched type photo to verify I had it in the cor- but bent at a slight angle at the top, so it
one point to accommodate the Plastruct rect orientation. The upper X bracing could attach to the sloped portion of the
no. 90810 .250" square strip that repre- was assembled in the same manner as chute. A coupling (part no. 17) was used
sented the chute. I added bracing at the the lower portion, but without the corner for the fill pipe cap at the bottom. The fill
edges and glued the triangular pieces bracing plates. pipe assembly was glued to the tower
together with Bondene, keeping the .250" I repeated the same assembly process using CA at the points where it touched
square strip centered between the pieces. for the other side of the tower. The the X bracing and the top. I constructed
A small scrap piece of styrene tube was remaining two sides were similar, but a counterweight assembly using parts
attached to the bottom of the square the X braces had to be filed slightly to fit from my scrap box and attached it to the
chute portion to allow the chute pipe in to the web of the column. discharge pipe side of tower.
to pivot. I made lift plates for the top of the With construction of the sand tower
I found a Walthers roof ventilator in sand reservoir from .020" styrene sheet complete, I painted the entire assembly
my scrap box and cut the semicircle por- and drilled a hole in the plates prior to with two coats Rust-Oleum Metallic
tion off to use as the discharge pipe gluing them in place on each side. Fol- Aluminum. After the paint thoroughly
attachment point. I drilled a hole in the lowing the prototype photo, I added dried, I sprayed it with Testors Dullcote
.250" strip and another in the flat additional angle bracing to each side of in preparation for weathering.
portion of the semicircle piece. Then the sand reservoir. I used AIM powders to weather the
I inserted a screw from inside the chute With the bracing completed, I began structure before attaching it to a piece of
to hold the whole assembly together. All work on the walkway next to the upper .060" styrene Id painted and weathered
the components prior to assembly are horizontal brace. I cut the walkway from for the concrete base. The final step was
shown in g. 11. Once I was satisfied a section of a Kadee no. 2012 50-foot to attach a piece of Berkshire Junction
that everything fit, I glued the sloped Apex running board. Then I cemented Fine White EZ Line from the counter-
chute to the sand reservoir box. Plastruct no. 90740 .040" square strip to weight assembly to the discharge pipe.
Next, I began assembling the legs and each side. Once the walkway assembly I then installed the sanding tower on the
braces for the tower. Using the drawing was complete, I attached it to the tower, layout and finished the scenery.
as a guide, I cut the Plastruct no. 90542 as shown in g. 12. This compact diesel terminal provided
3 32" styrene H-column to length. me with a series of enjoyable modeling
Prior to gluing the legs to the reser- Now on ModelRailroader.com projects. The finished result captures the
voir assembly, I attached two thin strips look of its prototype, and adds fueling
of styrene around the sloped portion of Download Thomas scale drawings and sanding operations to my layout.
the chute to represent the braces for the of the sanding tower and his stair-
panels. Next, I glued two of the legs to case handrail bending template. Find Thomas Klimoski wrote From grass
the sand reservoir box and cut two pieces the link under Online Extras mat to weed patch, in the January 2012
of Evergreen no. 291 .060" angle for the at www.ModelRailroader.com. Model Railroader. He and his wife,
upper and lower horizontal braces. Once Diane, live in northeast Georgia.
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1. An Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
4-8-4 pulls a manifest freight on the
Southern Pacic line over the moun-
tains on Les Illes HO scale Santa Fe
Eastern layout, a freelanced model
railroad set in the American South-
west. The rock above the smokestack
is real angle-plated quartz, a mineral
found only near Illes home.
Conquering
Cajonin HO scale By Les Illes Photos by Bruce Gathman
M
y love for the Atchison, snow for that Christmas-village look. I Roadbed: 1 2" plywood, Homasote,
Topeka & Santa Fe still have a photo of us with that layout. and cork
began with a Lionel Ibuilt two other O gauge layouts before Track: Micro Engineering code 83
Ogauge steam passen- going off to college. Scenery: Hydrocal hardshell
ger set my parents gave That Santa Fe affection was reinforced Backdrop: hand-painted on walls
to me and my older on a family train trip from Cleveland to Control: Digitrax DCC with
brother for Christmas when Iwas 8. We California in 1950. We also rode the wireless throttles
set it up on the Ping-Pong table with fake Santa Fe coast line from San Diego to
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49"
Duckunder
45"
Santa Fe Eastern 3
HO scale (1:87.1) Cement
Layout size: 23'-4" x 40'-6" plant
Scale of plan: 14" = 1'-0", 24" grid
Numbered arrows indicate photo locations
Illustration by Rick Johnson and Roen Kelly
Find more plans online in the
ModelRailroader.com Track Plan Database.
5 49"
58"
53" 44"
44"
Mine
Station
49"
CAJON
Access
44"
Icing plant
Intermodal 4
terminal
Depot
Access hatch
Diesel fueling
44"
City Hall 52"
Abandoned
5012"
44" quarry
Turntable
47"
Diesel storage
Diesel shop
1 2
6
4. A train led by BNSF Ry. no. 7789,
a General Electric ES44DC, takes
the low-grade line while, behind,
Santa Fe trains climb into the
mountains. Les built the bridges
from Micro Engineering parts
supported on dowel piers.
Los Angeles. Ever since then, its been the lower level for either two more bed- track Santa Fe main and the single line
Santa Fe all the way. rooms or one large room for trains. Nat- of the Southern Pacific (now Union
After college Igot married, started a urally, the trains won. The area has four Pacific). The Santa Fe main line is Micro
family, and switched from O to HO scale windows and an outside door to bring in Engineering code 83 weathered rail with
due to space constraints. Ivebuilt four materials needed for the layout. concrete ties. The single UP main, at a
layouts, one of which lasted 25 years. After eight years of construction Ive higher elevation through the mountains,
Then it came time to retire and move completed my dream layout. My layout is also Micro Engineering code 83, but
south. In the new house we had room on is based on Cajon Pass, with the double- with wood ties. Since UP has trackage
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5. A crane hoists a replacement blower
fan to the roof of the Hoffa Cement silo
complex. The industry was built from
a Walthers kit. The Liebherr crane is a
Kibri model.
Desert scenery
Focusing on Cajon Pass has given me
the fun of modeling plain desert and
also plenty of rock formations and tun-
nels. My son, who lives in Las Vegas,
often drives to Los Angeles through the
pass. He tells me it looks just like my lay-
out, or vice-versa.
Reading Model Railroader in the late
1940s and early 50s, Ioften marveled at
the rock formations on John Allens HO
scale Gorre & Daphetid layout. Over the
years Ive developed a simple method of
making rubber molds from real stones
and casting rocks from Hydrocal. Ive
given seminars to the National Model
Railroad Association on my technique.
rights on the BNSF Ry., this gave me my grandsons, who love to run the Not all the rocks on my layout are
plenty of operating options. trains, about collision avoidance. castings, though. One odd-looking
The layout was designed for one-man I run both 1940s steam engines and outcropping Ilike to point out to visitors
operation, but the layoutcan handle four the latest Electro-Motive Diesel and (seen in the photo that opens this article)
trains running at once. Any more is a General Electric locomotives as power is an actual specimen of angle-plated
challenge. With the ability to operate for 40-car intermodal trains, 35-car coal quartz, a rare crystalline formation
multiple trains under Digital Command trains, and general freight trains. All found in my hometown and nowhere
Control operation, Ido have to remind three mains are each 200 feet long, so else in the world.
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6. A Walthers 120-foot turntable is the centerpiece of the Cajon locomotive terminal. Since Les runs power ranging from
the transition era to the present, the terminal has both steam and diesel servicing facilities.
Youre in control
with an NCE Pro Cab! NCE PRO CAB
#5240010
SCRATCHBUILD
A DIESEL SHELL
from styrene
This S scale Whitcomb 65-ton locomotive started as a cardboard mock-up
O
ne of the advantages of lone in-service caboose. With the scenery The first engine it purchased was
modeling a small railroad on my layout also near completion, Ive an ex-Pennsylvania Ordinance Works
is that you can realistically been looking at other periods in the rail- 65-ton Whitcomb diesel. Majestic
re-create all the equipment roads history for modeling projects. retained the BC&G name and locomo-
the line had at a specific The original BC&G closed in 1965, tive numbering system. The diesel
time. I achieved that goal on my circa but in the early 1970s the railroad was became BC&G no. 20, as shown in
1958 S scale Buffalo Creek & Gauley purchased by Majestic Mining Co. g. 1. It was the only diesel locomotive
(BC&G). Ive modeled the roads three The new owners reopened most of to wear BC&G livery. I thought it would
2-8-0 Consolidation steam locomotives, the BC&G line to serve a small be fun to model this small engine and
its Mack railbus, the major pieces of mining operation not far from the then use modelers license to incorpo-
maintenance-of-way equipment, and the original tipple. rate it into my operating scheme.
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Fig. 1 Prototype research. There are
few in-service images of Buffalo Creek
& Gauley no. 20. This Doug Bess photo Fig. 2 More data. An online dimensioned drawing of a Whitcomb diesel was
helped Brooks build an accurate model another valuable resource Brooks found. Though the drawing is for a version of
of the railroads only diesel. the locomotive used in Europe in the 1940s, it contained useful data.
Prototype research
To the best of my knowledge, a 65-ton
Whitcomb has never been offered in
S scale. My plan was to research the
engines dimensions, find a suitable S
scale chassis, and scratchbuild the body
shell in styrene.
It turned out the engine was bigger
than I first thought. At 40 feet long, it
was just a couple of feet shorter than a
Baldwin S-12 diesel locomotive. Ameri-
can Models produces an S-12, and as
luck would have it, I had one on hand.
The wheelbase on the Baldwin trucks is
longer than the Whitcomb, though the
sideframes are similarly configured. The Fig. 3 Plotting it out. Brooks made this drawing of the Baldwin S-12 chassis
two engines overall dimensions were and his Whitcomb shell to conrm the motor, decoder, and speaker would t
close enough that I could build a reason- under the shell. He modied the shells prole to accommodate the components.
able representation of the Whitcomb by
scratchbuilding a body to fit on the Bald- profile to the drawing so I could evaluate 3-D cardstock mock-up
win chassis. alternative placements for a Digital To confirm that the finished model
The Internet proved invaluable for this Command Control decoder and sound would have the right look, I made a com-
project. I was able to find a dimensioned speaker. See g. 3. It turned out that plete 3-D mock-up of the body shell
drawing (g. 2) and a direct side view some deviations from the prototypes from .020" cardstock. This isnt as diffi-
photo of a 65-ton Whitcomb. Using my profile were required for the shell to fit cult as it may sound. The Whitcomb is
photocopier, I reduced the image and on the chassis, but the final drawing gave basically all flat surfaces and is symmet-
drawing to S scale. The scaled images, me confidence to proceed. To simplify rical end to end. I scored and folded the
along with the photos of the BC&G construction I made the end panels ver- cardstock wherever possible and used
engine that I have in my collection and tical even though on the prototype they tape to hold parts together.
images of similar engines, provided the were canted in slightly at the top. The first step was to make a simplified
necessary information to build the model. Next, I made a 3-D mock-up of a walkway assembly. See g. 5. Then
SoundTraxx Tsunami decoder and used I mocked up the cab and worked out the
Drawings and prole template my drawing to fabricate a simple card- clearances for the decoder, as shown in
When dimensions cant be spot on, as stock centerline profile template that g. 6. I drew a few details, like the
in this case, I focus on making sure the included a representation of the speaker. access panels and louvers, on the card-
model captures the character of the pro- Placing this template on the Baldwin stock hoods. I used cotton swab sticks to
totype. There was also the issue of mak- chassis with the decoder mock-up in represent the exhaust stacks.
ing sure that the motor, running gear, place confirmed what the drawing Comparing the cardstock model with
and electronics would all fit within the showed, that the components would fit prototype photos confirmed that a con-
compact body shell. under the adjusted profile, as shown in vincing model could be built over the
I started by making a simple side view g. 4 on the next page. Baldwin chassis (g. 7). More impor-
drawing of the American Models chas- But the question remained: Would tantly, all the components would fit
sis, including the motor and drive train. the three-dimensional body have the neatly inside the shell.
Then, using the photos and dimensioned character of the prototype, given the The area of the model that varies the
line drawings as guides, I added a body adjustments Id made? most from the prototype is the length of
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Speaker Decoder
Fig. 4 Template time. This cardstock centerline template, Fig. 5 Cardstock walkway. Brooks made this
designed to represent the inside surface of the body shell, representation of the walkway assembly to test clearances
conrmed the major engine components would t. Brooks on the chassis, trucks, and couplers. The mock-up needs
also made cardstock mock-ups of the decoder and speaker. just enough detail to conrm clearances and overall size.
Decoder
Fig. 6 In the clear. Next, Brooks built this cab mock-up Fig. 7 Ready to proceed. Comparing the mock-up to
to establish clearance requirements for the motor and prototype photos conrmed that even with slight
decoder. Building a mock-up prevents wasting more deviations, the model captured the character of the
expensive material like styrene or brass. Whitcomb 65-ton diesel locomotive.
Switching to styrene
I built the styrene walkway assembly
" styrene angle
3 16 first, turning to my mock-up for refer-
ence. I used .040" styrene sheet for the
walkways, .060" sheet for pilots, and
.030" for the side skirting.
The corner steps are 3 16" styrene angle
trimmed to size (g. 8). The styrene
assembly is sturdy and allowed me to
re-create prototype details such as the
open space between the steps and
the slight overlap of the steps relative
to the risers.
The four cab walls were the most
intricate parts to fabricate. I made the
Fig. 8 Step on up. Brooks used 3 16" styrene angle for the corner steps. When walls from .030" styrene, carefully cut-
installed, the inboard wall of the stairwell (not shown) resulted in a strong ting the 10 window openings with a
corner structure. sharp hobby knife and cleaning up the
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Materials list
American Models
Baldwin switcher chassis
.030" styrene sheet
Archer Fine Transfers
AR88070 diamond tread
AR88075 railroad louver mix
B.T.S.
02077 three-chime air horn
Evergreen styrene
153 .060" x .060" strip
Corners of 225 .156" round tubing
windows cut
a right angle 250 .100" quarter round
294 .125" angle
296 .188" angle
9009 .005" sheet
9010 .010" sheet
9030 .030" sheet
9040 .040" sheet
9060 .060" sheet
Fig. 9 Cutting the cab. The most intricate part of the project was cutting the
cab walls and window openings. Brooks cut the parts from .030" styrene sheet Floquil (Discontinued. Substitute
using a hobby knife with a no. 11 blade. paint in parentheses)
110010 Engine Black (Model Master
Stringer, .030" styrene 1747 Gloss Black)
110013 Grimy Black (Model Master
2079 Schwarzgrau RLM 66)
SoundTraxx
827111 TSU-1000 digital sound
decoder for Baldwin VO
Miscellaneous
1 16" heat-shrink tubing
edges with small files. The windows on adhesive (CA). Then I glued the cab to drilled in the walkway. I soldered the
the full-size engine had curved corners, the walkway assembly. stanchions to the handrails from the
but to simplify things, I squared off the On the pilots, I used 5 32" o.d. styrene back so the joint would look cleaner. See
windows on the model. See g. 9. tube to model the poling pockets, 1 8" g. 11 on the next page.
I assembled the four cab walls in styrene angle for the footboards, and Then I used a dot of CA to secure the
a gluing jig. Then I added a styrene .020" brass wire for the uncoupling brass stanchions to the styrene walkway
stringer across the middle of the levers. The diamond plate tread decals before trimming them to length from
cab, parallel with the end walls. This pro- are from Archer Fine Transfers. the bottom. I fabricated a somewhat sim-
vided additional support for the arched I used .032" brass wire, bent to shape, plified version of the end railings. Even
roof, which I formed from .005" brass for the handrails. I inserted the stan- still, the assembly proved fairly complex
sheet, shown in g. 10. I secured the chions, which are straight lengths of the (this was my first time soldering hand-
roof to the styrene with cyanoacrylate same diameter brass, up through holes rails in place). I discovered that I could
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hold the brass pieces in place with mask-
Stanchions and Solder joints ing tape for soldering, as shown in
handrails, .032" from behind
brass wire g. 12. I removed any adhesive residue
before painting.
.010" styrene
hood doors
with transfer
tape on back
.060" x .060"
styrene strip
Fig. 13 Hood curves. Brooks used .100" styrene quarter Fig. 14 No glue necessary. Instead of securing the .010"
round to model the radii on the corners of the hoods. He styrene hood doors with glue, Brooks used 3M adhesive
attached the quarter round to the .040" styrene panels after transfer tape. He used a piece of .040" x .040" styrene strip
adding .060" x .060" styrene strip framing. as a spacer when installing the doors.
By Harold W. Russell
The V-shaped vertical siding along in the center of the state that was on the the original roofing was more than likely
the top of the walls first caught my eye DL&W main line running south from wood shingles.
when I came across this lineside struc- Utica, N.Y. The buildings foundation looked rel-
ture more than 20 years ago. For a sim- When I photographed the building in atively new. The way the ground sloped
ple storage shed, this building is quite the early 1990s, the windows were all up to the front indicated that it was
ornate. This shed was located along the shuttered, possibly for security. The walls probably moved from another location.
former Delaware, Lackawanna & West- are sided in 53 4" shiplap. The photo Judging by their size, one or both of
ern RR tracks in Norwich, N.Y., a town shows modern asphalt shingles, but the doors could have served a handcar,
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11'-8"
41'-0"
Front view
Rear view
34" 134"
Siding detail
Ratio 1:21.8,
4 times HO scale
45
12'-3" 8"
End view
or in more recent times, a track speeder. red trim. Whether or not its modeled as Now on ModelRailroader.com
The white door in the photo looks like a an exact DL&W prototype, this shed
later addition. Reflecting the original would make an interesting addition to a Registered members of our online
design, my plans show all the doors as lineside scene. community can download these
the same. plans in a printable PDF format. Click
I assume the original structure was Harold W. Russell has contributed on the link under Online Extras at
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Two railroads
in one bedroom
Eastbound CSX freight Q-640 rolls through the Cleveland Terminal Subdivision at Collinwood, Ohio, on April 9, 2011.
Railfanning nearby as a child led Perry Pollino to ask Bob Sprague for a track plan of the area in N scale. Thomas Mik photo
By Bob Sprague
W
hats better than a railroad functioning main lines into this The track plan at a glance
in a spare bedroom? Two modest space.
railroads in a spare bed-
room, of course. Lots of requirements Name: Willoughby, Ohio
Along the south shore of Lake Erie, Perry had been planning his railroad Scale: N (1:160)
CSX and Norfolk Southern main lines for a while, and had a list of features he Size: 11'-0" x 15'-3"
run in parallel. Near Willoughby, Ohio, really wanted. Some of these were indus- Prototype: Norfolk & Western and
they draw within 50 yards of one tries present on the prototype, such as a Conrail
another. It was here that a young Perry coal operation in the Eastlake power Locale: northern Ohio
Pollino would ride his bike to watch plant, a propane dealer, a scrap dealer, a Era: 1980s
what were then Conrail and Norfolk & lumberyard, and the Lubrizol chemical Style: walk-in
Western trains pass. plant in nearby Painesville. Mainline run: 85 feet
Fast-forward to today. Perry hoped to Other elements were more fanciful. Minimum radius: 15" (main), 12"
evoke the area around Willoughby in Perry had to have an intermodal yard, a (wye), 9" (balloon track)
Nscale in a bedroom about 11 feet place to unload auto racks, and a turnta- Minimum turnout: Peco small
square. He asked me to design a plan for ble capable of handling his Challenger radius
him, and we managed to fit a great deal steam locomotive. Perrys idea to incor- Maximum grade: 2.25 percent
of operating interest including two porate this last item was a rail museum
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49"
50"
Down 2 percent
49"
Norfolk & Western and Conrail
Ohio Rubber
in Willoughby, Ohio Auto rack
terminal
N scale (1:160)
Willoughby Layout size: 11'-0"x 15'-3"
Scale of plan: 58" = 1'-0", 12" grid
Numbered arrows indicate photo locations
12 radius Illustration by Robert W. Sprague
Propane Industries Find more plans online in the
12 radius ModelRailroader.com Track Plan Database.
9 radius
9 radius
Collinwood
Coal pile
Intermodal
Terminal
Willoughby Salvage 9 radius
Eastlake
Power Plant
Norfolk & Western
Conrail
50"
Steam
museum
Painesville
Mentor Lumber
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& Supply Turntable
Lubrizol 49"
Roundhouse
Up 2 percent
47"
4912"
Up 2 percent
47"
N&W Staging
Conrail
Staging
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plastic body with a separately applied Discrepancies between the model This model is aimed at budget-
brake wheel and molded ladders, and the full-size Great Northern conscious modelers, and $19.99 for a
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The poetry and purpose of operations
Just picked out the first train set for
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who remembers that first train set
fondly? No matter how you found Model
Railroader, theres a good chance that if
this is your first issue, youre a newcomer
to the hobby. Welcome!
Our hobby enjoys tremendous vari-
ety. Some collect off-the-shelf locomotive
models. Others build well-detailed mod-
els, specializing in chosen eras or favor-
ite railroads. Theres wonderful satisfac-
tion in creating a complete scene,
expertly blending buildings with land-
scape and other elements. Technology
seduces, whether it takes the form of
Digital Command Control, computer- Ray deBlieck and Seth Neumann work the NUMMI job through Warm Springs,
aided design, 3-D printing (such as that Calif., bringing Seths Union Pacic Niles Canyon Line layout to life. NUMMI was
offered by Shapeways), or advanced con- the Toyota/General Motors assembly plant in Fremont, Calif. Seth Neumann photo
trol and signal systems.
Its fun to build the models and create Group membership includes a sub- saying and spelling 901, n-i-n-e
the scenes. Its also fun to put the models scription to The Dispatchers Office. Its a n-a-u-g-h-t o-n-e.
to work, inviting friends for an operating quarterly publication thats a valuable My poll turned up another appealing
session that brings your railroad to life. reference for information ranging from quality of operation. Many described it
Operation gives a railroad purpose, historic timetable-and-train-order as a multi-player strategy game in which
turning it into a transportation network procedures to present-day track warrant participants cooperate, not compete.
that moves people and goods. It adds and Form D control systems. The group Like a complex game, a typical operating
another dimension to model railroading. has a strong presence at NMRA national session sees rapidly changing situations.
For many, operation came soon after conventions and lists many regional A tardy connection holds up a hotshot,
a train rattled around the first loop of events featuring operating sessions that threatening other trains with cascading
track. Iremember dropping to track welcome guests. delays. A dispatcher misjudges a meet,
level to watch my Lionel Berkshire streak bottlenecking the line. A locomotives
by, imagining Iwas trackside. I polled a group of experienced model Digital Command Control decoder
It didnt take long for me to notice railroad owners recently, asking them to hiccups randomly and frustrates the
that prototype trains picked up or describe the appeal of operations. More host, despite his thorough preparation.
dropped off passengers or freight. Isim- than one referred to a session as a Civil Working through these situations
ulated this, measuring distance by the War re-enactment for railroading. The creates camaraderie that has rooted
number of laps around my loop. A two activities do have much in common. many long friendships. Rare is the ses-
depot, a milk platform, and a log loader Re-enactors strive for complete authen- sion that doesnt see poking fun at one
crowded together on the layout, but Id ticity, carefully researching military another. A good one will raise plenty of
make four turns around the oval to stop units to make historically accurate uni- laughter, some of it worth years of
at the depot and milk platform, then form and equipment choices. A photo- reruns, to the victims chagrin!
three more to switch the log loader. graph of a 21st-century encampment
may be indistinguishable from a Theres poetry, as well as purpose, in
The National Model Railroad Asso- Matthew Brady original. railroading that stirs chords deep in the
ciations Operations Special Interest Similarly, we use era to guide choices soul. A long freight puts this poetry to
Group, or OPSIG, is the place to go to of rolling stock, motive power, struc- music, playing a song rung by steel
learn operation. This group embraces the tures, and environment. Role-playing wheels and sung by high-pitched turbo-
view of model railroading as railroad adds realistic atmosphere. A yardmas- chargers, swelling to a chanting cres-
modeling, as MR contributing editor ters headaches come from challenging cendo as it passes.
Tony Koester observed. Formed in the problem-solving, whether hes a profes- A successful operating session moves
early 1990s, OPSIGs purpose is develop- sional railroader or a modeler. The me the same way, especially when a
ing and sharing ways to make model cadence of a conductor repeating a track heavy drag punctuates its end, climbing
railroads come to life so realistically that warrant, summarizing it Two boxes toward the tunnel near our home as
the distinction between model and checked, box 2 box 10 pleases me as Ishut off the lights and the footsteps of
prototype blurs. much as a dispatcher dictating an order, my friends fade into the night.
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TRAINSOFTHOUGHT Tony Koester
When were trying to learn, or to teach, If that null point wasnt quite where I often see frustration among my mod-
something, its usually a good idea to we wanted to set the aircraft down, we eling friends. They are making great
eliminate distractions and focus on one could still make adjustments using spoil- progress on all fronts when something
key aspect of the lesson at hand. Too ers in the wings. they thought was well behind them goes
much information is not helpful. awry. I see it in myself, in fact: That was
A good example occurred every time It would be handy if model railroads working perfectly for the past 10 years!
I taught a student to land a sailplane had built-in spoilers so we could make Why am I having problems with it now?
(glider). As we descended to land and the last-second adjustments to the apparent The answer is I probably didnt do it
ground appeared to come rushing up at course. As with aircraft, however, its as well as I thought I had, and for sure
us, it was hard to concentrate on the one better to make any large adjustments I hadnt given it a lick of thought over the
thing he or she needed to determine well in advance. That avoids a lot of intervening years. As I plow ahead on
right now: Where was the aircraft going excitement later on. one course, tightly focused on achieving
to contact the runway? Theres no such thing as a perfect the desired results, I need to back off a
I handled the first few landings on a track plan or model railroad. Theres no bit and take a larger view. What am
grass runway, instructing the student to such thing as a perfect full-size railroad, I missing? What do I need to do right
watch the ground just over the nose. either, so why should our expectations now to avoid problems down the road?
Notice how it looks like some of the for our 1:160th or 1:87th or 1:48th ver-
runway is rushing under the nose, Id sion thereof be any higher? Newcomers to our hobby are almost
coach the student, and the more distant There is, however, a difference surely overwhelmed by the steep learn-
ground appears to be moving away from between imperfections in design and ing curve. We can help them by pointing
us? Now find that spot on the ground poor workmanship. Needing a new out what they need to focus on next, and
between them where it appears not to be crossover to make it possible to run that they also need to avoid focusing so
moving. Thats where were going to around a recent pickup is not the same tightly that they land the plane but off
touch down. level of concern as having the picked up the runway.
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