Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Two New ELHS Exclusives
MAITLAND TOWER HO
would become the unofficial name. As I mentioned earlier, this caboose
Maitland Tower Erie Crossing Shanty
The Maitland Tower kit builds into a model of the tower's initial configuration and can be modified to represent a number of other Erie west end towers. Maitland also broke up the block between Glen Echo and Cold Springs on the Dayton Branch and was used by the DT&I to issue trains orders. This served to extend the tower life more than anything else and remained in service well into the Conrail years. Crossing Shanty not included
Member price $5200
plus $8.95 s&h (US Funds Only)
Non-member price $6500
ERIE CROSSING SHANTY
This kit builds into a model representing crossing shanties located throughout the Erie west end.
Member price $1400
plus $8.95 s&h (US Funds Only)
Member price HO $5000
plus $8.95 s&h
Non-member price $1750
★ ★ STILL AVAILABLE ★ ★ DL&W Vestal, N.Y. Station
(US Funds Only)
HO $5000 N
Member price $3800 (US Funds Only)
$8.95 s&h Books from
Erie Lackawanna Historical Society Erie Steam Locomotive Diagram Book Book No. 2 (1944)
Erie Passenger Equipment Diagram Book Book No. 76, May 1952
DL&W Locomotive Classificaton Diagram Book Revised July 1st 1939
DL&W Classification of Freight Equipment Corrected to May 1, 1952
Erie Lackawanna Passenger Equipment Diagram Book, Book No. 15, Issued Aug. 30, 1966.
Erie Lackawanna Freight Equipment Diagram Book, Book No. 78, Updated May 9, 1975
plus $8.95 s&h (US Funds Only) (Book prices are non-member. Please allow 4-6 weeks delivery)
www.erielackhs.org Dealer Inquiries Welcome
Order from: ELHS, Department RMC Jay Held, 10-10 ELLIS AVE, FAIR LAWN, N.J. 07410 No phone calls will be accepted For information send SASE
N.J., PA & Ohio res. add sales tax. Outside US extra s&h.
ELHS membership at $35 per membership cycle. Cycle includes four issues of our magazine “The Diamond” and four newsletters with modeling
information. Separate check please. Send to: ELHS c/o Randy Dettmer, 290 W. Prospect St., Hudson, OH 44236
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$32.00 $24.00 $30.00 $21.00
$32.00 $32.00
is something that has already been produced in N scale. Fortunately, it takes that style of caboose to the next level. The first thing I noticed as I re- moved the model from the box was that the caboose had window glazing. Flush mounted window glass was sitting within the panes. The face of the glass is nicely mounted and is nearly even with the outside surface of the caboose. This really gives the caboose a nice fin- ished look. This is the first Northeast- ern Style caboose on the market to be offered with window glass. I checked key dimensions of the ca-
Non-member price HO $6500
★ ★ STILL AVAILABLE ★ ★
Erie Waldwick Interlocking Tower HO & N plus
N
Non-member price HO $6500 $4800
boose with scale drawings and the Bachmann version is right on. Another thing that Bachmann got right was the ride height. I’ve seen these cabooses sit ridiculously high on the trucks creat- ing a very unnatural appearance. The Bachmann caboose sits nicely on the trucks and looks just right and comes equipped with a pair of Andrews trucks. I found a photo of a Western Maryland caboose riding on Andrews trucks but was not able to find photos of the other caboose equipped with those trucks. That may be a detail that modelers might want to change. The trucks are detailed nicely, have
metal wheelsets and are very sharp looking. The wheels look to have mod- erately low-profile flanges. I ran the caboose around on some Atlas Code 55 track and the flanges never even came close to hitting the spike heads. I am confident this caboose will run on al- most any track.
Another check mark in the plus col-
umn is the body mounted couplers. Not too many things in life are a sure thing but the fact that body mounted cou- plers are better than truck mounted couplers is. The newest trend seems to be offering models with body mounted couplers and I applaud this. Models with body mounted couplers track bet- ter and aren’t prone to frequent derail- ing. The couplers are a knuckle style coupler and are nicely detailed. They are a bit generous in the overall size but they do operate flawlessly. I ran the caboose around for a few
hours. It was shoved against, dragged uphill and downhill and never came apart. I like this coupler design. It does look like it is possible to convert to Mi- cro-Trains couplers if one desired, and I do plan on adding Micro-Trains Z- scale couplers to mine. I really like the detailing of this ca-
boose. The grab irons on the Lehigh Valley model really stood out. They are highlighted with safety yellow paint and really pop out at you. The thing I love most about the handrails is that they are super thin. This is something that Micro-Trains has mastered with their rolling stock and one of the things that make their rolling stock look so nice. Bachmann has nailed the mold- ed-on grab irons that appear to be free- standing wire grabs. I generally re- place all molded-on grab irons with wire ones, but I will not do so on this model. There is simply no need. The rivet detail is also finest I’ve en- countered for this type of model. The rivets are nice and small but clearly no-
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