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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1998 February Hip roofs Steam servicing Ely YA
Railroad Model Craftsman 1998 February
Departments
5 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
6 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
9 Dispatchers Report
Product and industry news
33 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
38 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
91 Test Track
Product reviews
106 Collector Consist
Tinplate NYC T's
-by Keith Wills
110 Editors Notebook
Commentary-
Christopher P. D'Amato
115 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
116 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
118 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
121 Advertising Index
Special features
52 Perspective: Eureka is pure gold by Robert Turner
Watching a 123-year old operating steam locomotive can provide valuable lessons in railroading history, as well as provide inspiration for some current modeling projects.
60 Visiting the Ontario & Eastern R.R. by Brian Dickey
Set in southern Ontario, Canada, during the steam/diesel transition era, this portable, sectional railroad features some excellent HO scale modeling.
76 Steam locomotive servicing facilities by William D. Middleton As firsthand experience with the world of steam-powered railroading becomes more distant, it is important for modelers interested in the steam era to take a look back at the servicing of these wonderful machines to see what needs to be replicated on a layout.
Modeling
54 Detailing a Western Pacific GP9 by Peter Solyom
A Life-Like GP18 is the starting point for modeling Western Pacific GP9 No. 725 as it appeared in the mid-1970's.
58 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: The quarry monster by Bill Kaufman
This creative kitbash turned an HO blacksmith car and a clamshell loader kit into a steam shovel for a quarry.
66 Hip tricks by Jack Burgess
Here is an easy way to create hip roofs without resorting to trial and error methods.
70 Modeling a Maine Central E7 by Bob Bennett
Life-Like's E7 provided the inspiration for this classy looking model.
74 Building Mike's platform by William C. Schaumburg
RMC's editor decided that the simple unloading ramp that Mike Rose uncovered in Selkirk, New York, was just the type of easy-tomodel project needed for an N scale diorama.
88 Superpowering a Railpower SD9043AC by Cindy Winters Adding an additional motor and extra weight greatly increased the tractive effort of this HO scale locomotive.
Prototype
75 A simple unloading ramp by Mike Rose
This easy-to-model concrete and wood unloading ramp can add another industry to your layout.
84 The Nevada Northern's East Ely yard by Christopher P D'Amato Ely, Nevada, is home to one of the few remaining rail yards that still contains complete locomotive servicing facilities from the steam era.
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