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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2006 January RMC Build working marker lamps In
Railroad Model Craftsman 2006 January
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
36 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
44 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
104 Test Track
Product reviews
118 Collector Consist
1942 or 1945? Both -Keith Wills
120 Editors Notebook
Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
125 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
125 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
126 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
129 Advertising Index
Special features
52 Perspective: Gainesville Midland's Twelve-wheelers by Jim Boyd
A classic shortline of the Deep South, the Gainesville Midland was famous for operating with Baldwin 2-10-0's in the 1950's. After the road dieselized it added another six-axle engine to its roster, an SD40.
78 Operations on the San Francisco & Colorado by Bill Kaufman
Join us as we head for Northern California to visit to Bill Kaufman's steam-era, HO scale San Francisco & Colorado layout.
Modeling
54 Conquering insulbrick by Don Spiro
Modeling this 1930's and 40's era siding proved to be a challenge. 60 Taking notes, keeping track by Bob Walker
A filing system for modeling ideas and techniques can be a handy tool.
71 Martin's Garage: gutting it and "studding" it by Steve Sint
To show off the interior of the model, a Fos Scale Limited kit receives new sides and bracing.
74 Detailing a Penn Central N-8 caboose by Neil Schofield When the Pennsylvania Railroad joined forces with the New York Central in 1968, it brought 161 of its N-8 cabooses with it. The Bowser kit is a great starting point for modeling this car in HO.
84 The marker lamps at the end of the tunnel by Gerry Leone
Micro-sized LED's make it easy to build working marker lamps.
89 RMC/Dremel Kitbash Award: Kitbashing four O scale city buildings by Robert Ottosen
The author diversifies his downtown architecture by making changes to Ameritowne building fronts.
92 The New Haven's magnificent war babies by Dave Messer
Alco's dual-purpose DL-109's handled both passenger and freight traffic on the New Haven during the busy years of World War II. Here is how you can model the rebuilt versions in HO scale.
97 Essential freight cars 27: The PRR's X31 round roof boxcar by Ted Culotta
With over 10,000 of these cars built, a model of the X31 would be at home on almost any 1930's to 1950's era North American layout.
Prototype
62 CSS&SB line car No. 1100: The interurban with three lives by
William D. Middleton with drawings by Ken Lawrence
Built in 1926 for the Indiana Service Corporation and later sold to the South Shore, this car put in an amazing 77 years of service.
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