July 2013 Volume 82, Number 2 Departments
5 Safety Valve Letters from our readers
6 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
30 Railbooks Book news and reviews
34 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
79 Test Track Product reviews
88 Collector Consist Clang, clang, clang went the trolley —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: Changing of the guard by David Lustig Motive power changes are a part of the cycle of life on a railroad and the meeting of the old and new locomotives can make for an interesting time on a railroad.
47 The Ogdensburg & Northern by Jim Heidt, with photos by Jeff Paston This HO scale layout is set in upstate New York in the 1950’s and is based on a lifetime of railroad influences.
Modeling
42 Scratchbuilding a small D&RGW-style water tank by Bob Bennett Although built to serve the author’s Maine-based On30 layout, this tank is modeled after a pair of tanks built by the D&RGW in Colorado.
63 Weathering a flat car deck by Gregor Moe A prototype car with a heavily weathered deck that was missing boards served as the inspiration for this nicely done model.
64 Building an auto junkyard by Bob Johnson A variety of heavily weathered HO scale vehicles can turn a small trackside portion of a layout into an auto salvage yard.
66 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a chlorine car by Michael Collins
This specialty car handles small tanks of chemicals.
70 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Weathering freight cars without an airbrush by Bob Walker
While an airbrush is certainly a handy tool to have around, you do not need to own one to weather your rolling stock.
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76 Layout pre-building by Gregg Condon; photos by Dave Rickaby There is no reason you can’t get started on your layout before building the benchwork.
Prototype
54 The Lackawanna’s all-American caboose by Mike Del Vecchio; with drawings by Chuck Yungkurth In 1914, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western’s Keyser Valley shops turned out the first in a line of what were at the time, modern eight- wheel cabooses. These cars featured four windows per side and a centered cupola.
59 The all-American caboose by Mike Del Vecchio Many former DL&W eight-wheel, wood cabooses went on to serve other railroads in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Here is a look at them.
Cover
South China & Sheepscot River Forney No. 7 stops to take on water at the Winnecook tank on Bob Bennett’s On30 Maine narrow gauge line. Although the tank is modeled after a Colorado prototype, it certainly looks right at home here. For more on this tank, see page 47. Photo by Bob Bennett.
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