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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1983 November CN Protofile Kitbash railbus Twi
Railroad Model Craftsman 1983 November
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
18 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
30 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
35 RMC Timtable
Scheduled events and notices 104 Test Track
Product reviews
127 Tips and Techniques Modeling methods and ideas
128 Observations
-Death in the family by Keith Wills
132 Collector Consist
-Just desserts by Keith Wills
136 Editors Notebook Commentary-William Schaumburg
143 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
145 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
146 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers 153 Advertising Index
Special features
60 Perspective: Motorized railcars by Chris D'Amato A look at the self-propelled railcar and its uses
83 Jamboree in Winnipeg by William Schaumburg
A report on the activities at the National Model Railroad Association's annual convention
97 Traction study: Part III by Bruce Battles
An examination of the control and brake components
Modeling
62 Timefreeze: 1946 by Jim Schwingle
The Pennsylvania Railroad east of Altoona is the setting for this postwar era HO model railroad
67 Yard signs by Ken Nelson
A simple detailing project for your layout
68 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: C&C gas-electric No. 5 by Gary Edlen
An HO modeling project that combines a Bachmann trolley with a pair of MDC passenger cars to create a freelance railcar
87 Rex's Bridge by Jim Auman
The second part of this article covers step-by-step the methods used by the author in building his scale model of a covered highway bridge in styrene
94 A day on the Lake Tahoe by Joe Johanneson and Ron Cereghino
A look at the operations on this On3 layout
Prototype
71 Protofile 28: Canadian National's eight hatch, overhead bunker refrigerator car by Stafford Swain
An Athearn 40' reefer is the basis for this distinctive model
77 Twilight of the E-units by Win Cuisinier
Although the few that remain have been relegated to commuter service, the E-unit is still a classic engine. Win Cuisinier tells us what made these engines so successful and provides scale drawings for Erie Lackawanna E8 817
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