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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1990 March Build a depot Oil cars ATSF modern
Railroad Model Craftsman 1990 March
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens 8 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
17 Dispatchers report Product and industry news 32 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
36 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices 63 N scale niche
Plans for N scalers
96 Test Track
Product reviews
116 Collector Consist
-An American Flyer Challenge(r) by Keith Wills
119 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
120 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
121 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
122 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers 129 Advertising Index
Special features
52 Perspective: The Iron Age by Lee Rainey
Small, turn-of-the-century furnaces make ideal modeling subjects.
74 Those Smokin' Diesels
After looking at hundreds of photographs, we've chosen the winners to oa latest photography contest.
Modeling
54 Carpak: The colorful tank cars of the Chicago Great Western by Bill Landis
The CGW's large oil tank cars can be kitbashed using Athearn models.
60 Coopers Mills depot-recreating a building from the past k Peter Barney
This small town station was located on the Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington, one of Maine's legendary two-foot gauge railroads.
71 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a shunting tract? by Dave Mehew
Small industries sometimes employ a modified tractor to move freight car during loading and unloading operations. Dave Mehew's model of such e-tractor earned him this month's award.
76 The Big Bands are back! by Jack Rice
The era of the Big Bands is a popular one with modelers and with the full-color scale signs included with this article you can jazz up your layoff 78 The basics of tractive effort by Don Fiehmann
This article presents some simple tips for improving the pulling power of your locomotives.
80 Visiting the Westminster Southern by Carl Weber
It's 1957 and the setting for this HO layout is in Maryland and Pennsylvania.
84 Modeling a modernized SP Geep in HO scale by Robert Smaus
It's been over 30 years since the SP acquired it GP9's and those that are still active have been modified and rebuilt. Here is a look at modeling or of them, SP 3399.
Prototype
64 A guide to modern ATSF grain cars David Casdorph
This guide will illustrate and explain the differences between the various grain cars in Santa Fe's large fleet.
88 The EBT in the Iron Age by Lee Rainey
Known to most fans as a coal hauler, in its early years the EBT played an important role in the iron industry around Rockhill.
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