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Prototype Modeler 1979 February Building an Espee GP-9 Torpedo Boat
Prototype Modeler 1979 February Building an Espee GP-9 Torpedo Boat
Prototype Modeler is published bi-monthly. Cover photo, Southern Pacific GP-9 in commuter service in the San Francisco area. These units have performed well in this service. The feature article in this issue is in two parts and deals with the prototype (starting on page six) and modeling the "torpedo boats" (starting on page eleven).Both articles by Tom Vanden Bosch are excellent and will prove interesting to all. Cover photo was taken by Tom Vanden Bosch.
Contents
EDITORIAL 5
Robert R. Longo
SP COMMUTE SERVICE GP-9's 6
Thomas Vanden Bosch
BUILDING AN ESPEE GP-9 "TORPEDO BOAT"11
Thomas Vanden Bosch
FIFTY TWO FOOT PENN-CENTRAL MILL GONDOLA24
Todd Sullivan
MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS QUAD HOPPER IN HO29
Earl Holloway
SOUTHERN PACIFIC STEEL COACHES
COMMON STANDARD CLASSES 60-C-1 thru -4 30
Sheldon King
THE MILWAUKEE ROAD'S 4-8-4 S-3 NORTHERNS42
Bob Moore
KITBASHING A DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN CABOOSE 46
Gordon Cole Bassett
SPOKANE PORTLAND & SEATTLE DINER "WILLAMETTE"50
Kenneth Van Wormer
QUESTIONS 53
With Answers by the PM Staff
GREAT NORTHERN TRUSS ROD BOX CARS54
Richard Miller
LETTERING SCHEMES FOR WESTERN PACIFIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVES . . . 57
Thom Anderson
NORTHERN PACIFIC AND COTTON BELT 50' BOX CAR60
Bob Moore - Ed Joseph - Cyril Durrenberger
NORTHERN PACIFIC STANDARD WATCHMAN'S HOUSE63
Todd Sullivan
TECHNICAL & HISTORICAL SOCIETY LISTING66
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