January 2013 Volume 81, Number 8
Departments
5 Safety Valve Letters from our readers
6 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
28 Railbooks Book news and reviews
36 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
79 Test Track Product reviews
88 Collector Consist The way we were: A-C Model Co. —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
42 Perspective: Perpetual Adoration by Keith M. Kohlmann Although it has been gone for more years than it operated, the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee still generates interest among railfans, historians and modelers.
52 Welcome to Trumansburg by Steven Peck; with photos by Dugan Gorman
The craftsmanship of this beautiful 24′-0″×5′-6″ HO scale layout is just stunning. Built fully to scale–no selective compression here– this layout captures the area around the Lehigh Valley’s depot in Trumansburg, New York, as it appeared in the summer of 1941.
Modeling
44 Building a classic cab unit–the MLW FPA-4: Pt. I by James Whatley
Built in the late 1950’s for the Canadian National, the FPA-4 was the final development of the FA cab unit design. A Life-Like Proto 2000 FA-2 is the starting point for this HO scale modeling project.
51 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a mansion by Ken Kirkwood
Is this any home for a railroad president? This month’s award winning model was kitbashed from a Polar Lights Psycho House kit (a.k.a. the Bates Motel from Hitchcock’s movie thriller, Psycho) to serve as the home for the local railroad president.
60 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: One day (really?) by Bob Walker This simple project can be completed in a day and the resulting model would make a nice addition to any layout.
62 The East Waterville grist mill by George Pierson The prototype for this scratchbuilding project once stood along the tracks of Pennsylvania’s three-foot gauge Tuscarora Valley Railroad.
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68 An operating scheme for my PRR Northeast Division by Dave Messer
As a follow up to an article on how the author developed a schedule for his model railroad, this time we look at the operating software he chose to help run his system.
71 Scratchbuilding a B&O RR stick lighter, Pt. II by Tom Griffiths Using the plans and other material presented last month, this month our attention turns to building the barge.
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Thanks to Steve Peck’s exquisite HO scale modeling, we’re treated to a view of what it must have looked like when the Lehigh Valley’s crack passenger train, the Black Diamond, rolled past the station at Trumansburg, New York. Hauled by streamlined Pacific No. 2093, the red, white and black varnish of the 1940’s is heading eastbound for the busy college town of Ithaca, N.Y., and, eventually, the train’s final destination, New York City. Photograph by Dugan Gorman.
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