March 2014 Volume 82, Number 10 Departments
5 Safety Valve Letters from our readers
10 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
24 Railbooks Book news and reviews
30 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
81 Test Track Product reviews
90 Collector Consist Balboa Scale Models —Keith Wills
92 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
38 Perspective: UP’s Big Boy on the move by Bob Miller When the Union Pacific announced that it was going to restore one of its legendary Big Boy steam locomotives, the first thing that they had to do was move it from the fairgrounds where it had been on display.
40 Visiting the NPSF R.R. by Nicolo Platas While this modern-day HO scale railroad inhabits a basement not far from New York City, it is set in the Southwest and is heavily influenced by the Santa Fe and BNSF.
52 2014 Cocoa Beach RPM meet by William C. Schamburg The fine modeling that showed up at the Cocoa Beach RPM meet proves that not everyone who goes to Florida in the wintertime does it for the sun and sand.
58 Adding timetable and train order control to the Columbia & Western: Pt. II by Mark Dance; with photos by Timothy Horton We conclude our two-part series on operations on the N scale C&W with a look at some of the paperwork and a run over the line.
Modeling
56 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a homegrown electric loco by Robert Boyd
Two Model Die Casting boxcab diesel shells were combined with a Bachmann Baby Train Master chassis to create this freelanced, HO scale model. It was finished off with a variety of detail parts.
66 Modeling the inside, outside by Chuck Diljak This finished model consists of just a foundation, some joists and a rusting hoist. It’s part of a mining scene on the author’s layout.
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70 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Gathering ideas by Bob Walker When it comes to gathering information for a project, preparation and persistence are the foundation of good modeling.
72 Scratchbuilding a Shay: A case study in obsessive-compulsive detailing by Alan Mende What started out as an HO scale kitbashing project slowly grew into a scratchbuilt Shay.
Prototype
47 An air force base railroad by Joseph Kreiss California’s McClellen Air Force Base has been closed and turned into an industrial park, but at one time it was an important part of the military’s infrastructure and even had its own railroad.
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Alan Mende’s scratchbuilt Shay works for the Chimney Rock Quarry hauling hoppers between the quarry and the interchange with the CNJ on Alan’s HO scale layout. To see how he built it, check out the article on page 72. Photo by Alan Mende.
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