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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1986 August Model Seaboard SD40-2 CA Golden gr
Railroad Model Craftsman 1986 August
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers 17 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
31 Railbooks
Book news and reviews 37 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
87 N scale niche Plans for N scalers
88 Test Track
Product reviews
102 Collector Consist -Evolution of the TMS Shay by Charles Crehore
108 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
111 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
112 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings 113 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers 121 Advertising Index
Special features
44 Perspective: Out of the house by Willian C. Schaumburg
Not all locomotives start and end their day at the engine terminal.
51 A family affair: The Salt Lake Southern by Don Mitchell Whether it's building or operating, the whole family gets together to work on Gary Petersen's giant HO railroad set in the desert and mountains of the west.
Modeling
46 Seaboard System SD40-2 by Warren Calloway
The SD40-2 is the most numerous of diesel types on the Seaboard System roster. Here is how you can model one using an Athearn locomotive.
61 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Pennsy GLa hopper by James Hunter
The Pennsy operated tens-of-thousands of these cars on their system. You may not want to match the prototype car-for-car, but you can add a few HO models of these to your layout by following the author's description of how he kitbashed his.
67 Odd loads by Ronald Boyd
If you're looking for something different to put on a flat car or gondola, these might be just the loads.
69 Modeling California's golden grass by Jack Burgess
In the land of sunshine, even the grass is golden. Here is how it can be duplicated in model form.
80 Scratchbuilding a frame interlocking tower by Julian Cavalier
Built by the Comox Logging Company at their crossing with the CP at Ladysmith, British Columbia, this tower has a real traditional look to it that makes it great for a scratchbuilding project.
86 Painting gas cylinders by William Vinikour
Even your details can be detailed, as Bill Vinikour explains the color-code behind gas cylinders.
Prototype
57 They called her the Big Four: Godchaux's 2-6-0 No. 4 by Louis Saillard with drawings by Ed Gebhardt
For almost 50 years this little narrow gauge engine worked in the sugar cane fields of Louisiana.
72 The smooth Canadian by Ken Goslett with drawings by Al Craig
This is the first of a two part series covering both the history and how to model this distinctively Canadian covered hopper.
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