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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2005 April Rescuing a brass classic from 70s
Railroad Model Craftsman 2005 April
Departments
5 Notes on an Old Timetable Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
6 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
10 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
26 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
33 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
102 Test Track Product reviews
110 Collector Consist
Easter "eggstravaganza" -Keith Wills
112 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
117 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
117 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
118 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
121 Advertising Index
Special features
48 Perspective: The Easter Egg Fleet by James Boyd
An August, 1971, visit to the C&NW engine facility at Oelwein, Iowa, turned up a mix of old F-units in a variety of paint schemes.
85 Operations 203 by Bill Kaufman
This month's installment wraps up our three-part series on operation. 88 Two layouts for Golden Rails 2005 by John Longhurst
Brothers-in-law Ken Epps and John Longhurst share more than just family ties. They're also both model railroaders.
Modeling
50 Remanufacturing an old workhorse, Pt. I: An Alco Models RSD-15 kitbash by Jim Providenza
A 35 year-old brass model gets a new lease on life as it's repowered with a Atlas motor and trucks.
58 You did what with a floor tile? by Trevor Marshall
There's a variety of good-looking ballast on the market, but the author needed crushed slate for his Maine two-footer. Here's how he made it.
62 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a kitbash - BNSF 408136 by Chuck Killian
Following the Burlington Northern Santa Fe's lead, these two-bay hoppers were built from three-bay cars.
66 Curves from straights by Art Van De Water
An easy way to get sub-roadbed for curves of any radius and save time and material in the process.
78 Detailing and weathering a sulphuric acid tank car by Mike Rose Here is how you can turn the new Rail Yard Models tank car kit into a great looking HO model.
92 Scratchbuilder's corner: Strange ideas by Bob Walker The title says it all.
94 Essential freight cars 21: car by Ted Culotta
This month we tackle 1920's-era ARA designed box and auto cars.
Prototype
60 From three-bays to two: BNSF's converted cement hoppers by Ken Edmier
This interesting railroad "kitbash" turned a three-bay grain car into a two-bay covered hopper designed to carry cement.
69 The Hardwick & Woodbury: A Vermont shortline by Robert Jones
This ten mile railroad hauled granite from quarries in Vermont's
Green Mountains to an interchange with the St.J&LC.
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