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February 2012 Volume 80, Number 9


Departments 5 Safety Valve


Letters from our readers


6 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news


24 Railbooks Book news and reviews


30 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices


80 Test Track Product reviews


88 Collector Consist A prototype named after a toy —Keith Wills


90 Editors Notebook Commentary—William C. Schaumburg


94 Classified Advertising Commercial listings


94 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings


95 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers


97 Advertising Index Special features


38 Perspective: Modern day steam by John Iliffe Although their numbers are dwindling, old American steam locomotives are still being used in Cuba.


40 Thomasburg travelogue by Dave Rickaby and Tom Burg Come along for a tour of Tom Burg’s O scale railroad. Set in 1955, small center cab switchers handle the chores on this industrial line.


46 Building a sandblasting booth by Jack Burgess Here is how you can turn a large plastic storage box into a relatively inexpensive sandblasting booth.


Modeling


48 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Pennsy “Betterment sleeper” by Bob Chapman


In the 1930’s Pullman rebuilt many of its old heavyweight cars, giving them air conditioning and a more modern, streamlined look. This month’s award winner is based on one of these cars.


54 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: A little philosophy by Bob Walker Like so many other things, it doesn’t take a lot of skill to get started in the hobby. The skills develop with experience.


56 The Scenery Clinic: Pt. XX: Winter trees and details on an industrial siding by Paul Scoles with Walt Appel This month the authors explain how to use sagebrush to model winter trees.


59 Painting and detailing an N scale GP30 for the CB&Q by Jim Wiggin


No matter what scale you model in, this article provides some great advice for achieving a good-looking finish on your locomotives.


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66 Building the Timberline Miner’s Union Hotel by Tom Troughton Set in a western mining town, this well weathered, scratchbuilt S scale hotel features a stone foundation and wood siding.


Prototype


72 Trains and tractors: The J.I. Case plant in Racine, Wisconsin by Keith M. Kohlmann


Join us for a look at how railroads served a large tractor manufacturing plant.


Cover


Jim Wiggin’s beautifully painted and detailed N scale model, a Chicago, Burlington & Quincy GP30, leads a freight through the snow-covered countryside of Illinois. Besides being an excellent model railroader, Jim is also an associate editor at our sister publication, Flying Models. For more on Jim’s GP30, see page 59. Photo by Jim Wiggin and Bill Schaumburg.


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