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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1985 February Climax Locomotives Hoppers Commu
Railroad Model Craftsman 1985 February
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
8 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
22 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
49 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
100 Test Track
Product reviews
124 Tips and Techniques Modeling methods and ideas 126 Observations
-High noon or twilight by James Lee
128 Collector Consist -Designer tinplate: Otto Kuhler by Keith Wills
132 Editors Notebook Commentary-William Schaumburg
136 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
137 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
138 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers 145 Advertising Index
Special features
56 Perspective: Head end by William C. Schaumburg Baggage, express and mail were once vital and important services provided by passenger trains.
97 The Dyxin Sander by Wayne Wesolowski
This simple-to-build little tool can be a big help in scratchbuilding projects.
Modeling
58 Up to Alpine by Jim Wild and Dwayne Easterling
A love for the railroads of his home state led Colorado modeler Mike Horner to capture the flavor of the South Park in HOn3.
67 KCS F-units: less than meets the eye by Jack Ferris
On the Kansas City Southern an F-unit by any other name may be a slug. Here's how to model a slug and a power unit in HO.
77 The Clinch Mountain Railroad by Dave MacPherson
Hop aboard for a cab ride on this diesel-powered New England shortline. 84 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a 250-ton
Brownhoist crane by Alden McBee
When the author needed a big hook for his railroad, he embarked on a kitbashing project using a Tyco crane.
92 Modeling UP's class B-50-36 boxcars by Richard Henrickson
Starting with an Athearn boxcar, Richard Henrickson tells how he modeled these wartime rebuilds.
98 Main line unloader by Wayne Sinner
Here is an industry for your railroad that requires nothing more than a chute beneath a deck bridge.
Prototype
73 The mystery of C&K No. 5 by Ben Kline with drawings by Ed Gebhardt
Rare photographs of the Cairo & Kanawha show what appear to be two different locomotives numbered 5. Drawings for both are presented. 82 PRR GLe covered hoppers by George Losse
Here are scale plans for the Pennsy's first class of covered hoppers. 86 Last stop Gladstone by Preston Cook
With drawings and photos to accompany his text, the author describes this classic little wooden station.
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