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t is not unusual for railroad workers to pen articles for RMC. In fact, in this issue four of our authors–Bob
Bennett, Jim Heidt, Mike Del Vecchio and Scott Lupia–have experience working on the rails. However, it is a bit unusual when one of them worked alongside both his father and grandfa- ther. Such was the experience of Jim Heidt, as he pointed out in his story about his HO scale Ogdensburg & Nor- wood. Jim sent along a photo of his grandfather and dad working on the real Ogdensburg & Norwood, the short- line that the family ran in upstate New York. While there wasn’t room in the layout article for the photo, it certainly fits in nicely in EDITORS NOTEBOOK. There have been a lot of changes in the railroad industry since this picture was taken 46 years ago: Amtrak, Con- rail, mega-mergers, container trains, etc., but still, there is something famil- iar about the scene. Shortline railroads
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continue to play an important role in the industry, and you can even find a few that operate with Alco locomotives. The 40-foot boxcar is no longer the staple of the industry, but boxcars are still around–although they are larger now and not as plentiful as they were fifty years ago. With roofwalks being banned, they’ve also lost their full length lad- ders. Also banned for safety reasons are footboards like those on the front of this S-4. When it comes to modeling, atten- tion to small details like these can help to set the time period on your layout.
More Lackawanna cabooses When Mike Del Vecchio sent us his treatise on the DL&W’s eight-wheel wood cabooses, he included a large pack- et of photos. I have to admit that I was surprised by the number of different railroads that ended up with these cars. The Lackawanna was not a big railroad, but apparently they did a good job of dis- posing of their excess equipment. (If you are modeling a fictious shortline of the 1950’s or 1960’s, it certainly wouldn’t be a stretch to add one or two of these to the roster.) We were able to use all of the photos he sent of the wood cabooses. However, two photographs of cars re- built with steel siding did not fit in the article, so we’re including them here. On both of these cars one of the end win- dows on the sides has been covered over.
1:1 Auto junk yard No sooner had we put the finishing
touches on Bob Johnson’s article, “Build- ing an auto junk yard,” then this really neat photo (bottom page 91) showed up on the
Railpictures.net website. Taken just a couple of months ago by British rail enthusiast Dave Hewlitt on a visit to Washington State, it clearly illustrates what Bob is modeling and features a great juxtaposition of old and new.
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90 BETTY STEELE: OGDENSBURG, NY; NOV. 21, 1967
Jim Heidt’s grandfather, Lewis Crawford, works the throttle on Ogdensburg & Norwood No.1 (an Alco S-4), while Jim’s father, Herb Heidt, is on the pilot step. Jim’s dad served as both brakeman and president of the railroad. This movement of two boxcars of whey products out of the St. Lawrence riverside warehouse was the first revenue service in the former Rut- land yard in Ogdensburg, N.Y. since the Rutland strike and the end of operations in 1962.
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