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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1985 August Amtrak AEM-7 drawings Kitbash Oil
Railroad Model Craftsman 1985 August
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens 8 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
24 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news 36 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
40 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices 88 Test Track
Product reviews
98 Tips and Techniques Modeling methods and ideas 102 Observations
-Running trains while laying track by John Lovely
105 Collector Consist
-Cor Blimey: British modeling in North America by Keith Wills
108 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
112 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
113 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
114 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers 121 Advertising Index
Special features
46 Perspective: Form follows function by William C. Schaumburg
The shape of things on railroads and in industry is set by what they do.
Modeling
48 Rapid water by Dwayne Easterling and Jim Wild
Using a variation of their waterfall technique, Dwayne and Jim show how to effectively duplicate white water on a layout.
52 Harry Sage, Jr.'s Chama Subdivision by Harry Sage Ill
A visit to one of the layouts open at the Fifth National Narrow Gauge Convention.
66 Soo Line 1936 steel boxcar: a car based on the 1932 ARA design by Dennis Storzek
Rebuild an Athearn or MDC boxcar from a 1937 AAR type.
72 Modeling a Clinchfield GP38 by Dave Davenport
Details and paint convert an undecorated shell into this coal field railroad's classic gray and yellow scheme
77 Modeling an Alaska R.R. three-bay hopper by Staffan Ehnbom
The Alaska R.R. purchased used hoppers from the "lower 48" and put them in coal and gravel service; their cars are interchanged by a barge line.
86 RMC/Dremel Kitbash Award: A small oil depot by Peter Barney
Combining kits and a few simple homemade parts to build an industry.
Prototype
51 Northern Pacific 36-foot wood sheathed boxcar by Charles Yungkurth and Todd Sullivan
These cars spent half a century in revenue service; some then served as m.o.w. cars for another quarter century.
57 Beaver Lake on the Susquehanna by Bob Mohowski and Julian Cavalier
How a railroad junction was laid out and worked, along with drawings for its depot.
61 Amtrak's AEM 7's: Born to run by Eric Neubauer
Drawings and a description of Amtrak's standard electric locomotive.
74 Quincy & Torch Lake Moguls 1 and 4 by Ed Gebhardt and
Paul Meier
Drawings of two Brooks-built narrow gauge locomotives.
78 Copper country: mills, smelters and rails by Paul Meier
This industry study concludes with an investigation of stamp mills, smelters and other industries in the area, and it includes a guide to the Keweenaw's railroads.
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