May 2013 Volume 81, Number 12 Departments
5 Safety Valve Letters from our readers
8 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
26 Railbooks Book news and reviews
32 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
79 Test Track Product reviews
88 Collector Consist Art Deco–Never too late to live a dream —Keith Wills
90 Editors Notebook Commentary—Christopher P. D’Amato
94 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
94 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
95 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
97 Advertising Index Special features
40 Perspective: It’s a big, big world by Nicholas D’Amato The wide open spaces and towering mountains of the West can make even the largest railroad equipment seem small.
54 The Columbia & Western by Mark Dance; with photos by Timothy J. Horton Set in the late-1960’s to early-1970’s and designed for operations, this multi-level N scale layout is based on the Canadian Pacific Railway’s Boundary Subdivision.
Modeling
42 The American Steel Co. rolling mill by Gordon H. Geiger This HO scale rolling mill was kitbashed using parts from Walthers and other, smaller, specialty manufacturers.
62 Detailing a cartage tractor by Montford Switzer With a few changes and a little bit of detailing, the Mini Metals HO scale International Harvester R-190 semi-tractor can be turned into a really good looking model.
67 Building a universal switch machine control by Victor Hand This switch machine control circuit allows modelers to operate a variety of switch machines on their layouts.
70 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a PFE BR-40-10 express reefer by David Messer These cars were rebuilt for express service by PFE in the 1950’s. To model them, the author started with an InterMountain R-40-23 kit.
72 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Up on the roof by Bob Walker Using jigs to assemble rafters and weathering roofing materials are some of the interesting subjects covered this month.
74 Building a city scene by Richard Bradley Website
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Prototype
47 CPR’s Boundary District by Robert D. Turner A mixture of rugged mountain scenery and Fairbanks-Morse C- Liners and H-16-44’s working alongside GMD SD40-2’s made the CPR’s Boundary District an interesting place in the early 1970’s.
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An MLW C-424 is about to enter Shed No. 2 as it leads an eastbound extra on Mark Dance’s N scale Columbia & Western. This layout is modeled after the Canadian Pacific’s Boundary Subdivision of the early 1970’s. While MLW units were infrequently seen on the Boundary Sub after the mid- 1950’s, a few did appear again to lead trains in the early 1970’s. For more on this multi-level layout see page 54. Photograph by Timothy J. Horton.
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