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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1986 December Modeling a snowplow GP40P-2 kitb
Railroad Model Craftsman 1986 December
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial Harold H. Carstens
8 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
16 Dispatchers Report
Product and industry news
36 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
44 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
104 Test Track
Product reviews
132 Collector Consist
-The big blow, or thar she plows by Keith Wills
134 N scale niche Plans for N scalers 136 Editors Notebook
Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
143 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
144 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
145 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
153 Advertising Index
Special features
58 Perspective: More detail than you can imagine by Lee Rainey
The best place to look for modeling information is the prototype.
73 Lake Erie's Limestone carriers: The Shays of Kelleys Island by Lee Rainey
This first of a three part series takes a look at the narrow gauge operations of the Kelley Island Lime & Transport Company on Kelleys Island.
92 Chuck Brasher's standard gauge empire by Jack Burgess and Jacque Dodge
The many different pieces of standard gauge equipment owned by Chuck Brasher are more than just a collection of old trains, they are part of a large and fascinating toy train layout.
Modeling
62 How I built the Penn Valley by Hal Riegger
The author describes building his N scale layout.
68 Upgrading the Northeastern snow plow by Wayne Sittner
This craftsman's kit has long been a favorite of modelers, and Wayne Sittner tells how it can be improved upon.
71 Protofile 43: Canadian National's ex-ABOX boxcars by D. Charts Gendron
When the Railbox Company decided that they had too many boxcars, they sold some to the CN. Here is how they can be modeled.
84 Modeling SCL's M-5 Caboose by Jim Six
Last month we looked at the prototype for this model, this month we'll get down to modeling it.
95 Modeling a carriage repair shop by George Franke
The prototype for this building is located near the Milwaukee Road tracks in Round Lake, Illinois, and once housed a wagon repair shop.
98 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing SP's distinctive GP40P-2 by Charles Lanphere
A combination of Atlas and Athearn parts were used to build this model.
Prototype
60 Great Northern's wedge plows by Jim Ankrom with drawings by Julian Cavalier
In the late 1920s, the GN built a fleet of snow plow cars from old two-bay steel hopper cars. Some of these battled drifts for nearly forty years.
100 EMD GP40P-2 by Dave Lustig with drawings by Ed-Gebhardt
Originally built for commuter service, these unique engines have also been used in freight service from the mountains of Oregon to the plains of Texas.
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