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the Old Dominion Chapter’s prototype with dimensions closely matching those of available drawings http://en.
wikipedia.org/wiki/USATC_S100_Class. The review model is decorated for
the Albemarle Paper Company’s “Rebel.” The painting and printing is neat and opaque matching the paint scheme and lettering of the prototype currently owned by the Old Dominion Chapter. The model features a single constant brightness forward headlight which is directionally controlled through an electronic circuit board. A small can motor and flywheel powers the drivers through a gear train giving both excellent slow speed performance and quiet operation. The locomotive model is nearly silent due in large part to its free running mechanism through all but the fastest speed settings. Slow speed operation could not be measured using an electronic speed trap but high speed was around 60 scale miles per hour which is well above the usual op- erating speed of the prototype. Howev- er, the top end speed can easily be con- trolled by judiciously limiting the power to the rails. All wheels electrical- ly collect current and are powered. Mo- tion is transmitted conventionally through the model’s side rods. The model is DCC ready with provi-
sions to install a six-pin miniature de- coder. A Digitrax DZ126IN decoder was installed into a tight recess in the frame of the locomotive. One should be advised that unlike the more common-
ly used eight-pin DCC plug, decoders using a six-pin interface must be in- stalled correctly. If installed backwards the model will not operate. Once the decoder was properly installed the lo- comotive continued to run faultlessly. Whether in military or civilian guise, Rivarossi’s S100 HO scale model should be at home on any industrial layout’s rails. The model is a well de- tailed and smooth operating replica of a previously overlooked albeit widely distributed class of steam locomotives. The price is $219.00.–GEORGE RILEY
Boston & Maine XM-1 boxcar: HO scale
Mfd., by Funaro & Camerlengo, 10 Funaro Court, Honesdale, PA 18431;
www.fandckits.com. A recent kit by Funaro & Camerlen-
go replicates a 40-foot, single-sheathed boxcar owned by the Boston & Maine Railroad. The prototype that inspired this kit was designed in 1924. The American Railroad Association (ARA) approved a design for a 40-ton, steel frame, single-sheathed boxcar featur- ing seven-panel Pratt truss sides of hat-section vertical and diagonal posts. The boxcar had a 40′-6″ inside length, 8′-7″ inside height, 6′-0″ wide door openings and a capacity of 3,064 cubic feet. The ARA referred to its 40-ton de- sign as 4C-XM-1. A number of rail- roads purchased boxcars of the XM-1 design with variations including styles of roofs and ends.
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