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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2006 April CPR Shay plans ACF Reefer modeling
Railroad Model Craftsman 2006 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
28 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
38 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
101 Test Track Product reviews
110 Collector Consist 1950-How sweet it was
- 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 Even I can't mess it up by David Lustig
A photo of a simple freighthouse serves as inspiration to the author to try his hand at scratchbuilding.
50 A day with the Oak Creek switcher by Stephen M. Priest The industrial area of Kansas City known as the "West Bottoms" proved so fascinating to Jim McCroskie, a retired BN employee, that he set about modeling it HO scale. Join us for a look.
74 Bucyrus: One piece at a time by Keith M Kohlmann
The large Bucyrus-Erie plant in South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, has been the site of some interesting railroad operations.
Modeling
57 Styrene grab irons by Don Spiro
Here's a way to replace cast-on grab irons using styrene rod.
66 Scratchbuilding a quarry turntable by Trevor Marshall Here is how you can build a reliable and inexpensive turntable.
72 RMC/Dremel Kitbash Award: Kitbashing a NYC Class DEf 2-D-2 locomotive by Dick Karnes
A real kitbasher's delight, the construction of this S scale model employed a variety of parts that included some HO and O scale items. 84 Two friends, two bulkhead flats by Dave Lehlbach
When a pair of friends decided to model the same bulkhead flat car, one chose to do the SP&S version while the other went with the BN. 86 Trash and garbage by James A. Foster
Small piles of refuse can be found in almost any locale.
88 Scratchbuilder's corner: Small bridges by Bob Walker
With a just a little bit of stripwood small bridges are easy to build. 90 Six-legged critter by Allen K. Littlefield
This kitbashing project turned a Bachmann MDT Plymouth into an On30 industrial switcher.
93 Essential freight cars 29: American Car & Foundry's 1920's wood refrigerator cars by Ted Culotta
These cars were in use from the late-1920's through the 1950's.
Prototype
61 Canadian Pacific Railway's Shay locomotive No. 111 by Al Welch
This locomotive was one of three standard gauge Shays bought by the CPR in the early1900's for use in the rugged mining region of southern British Columbia.
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