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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2013 October Modeling Maintenance of way opera
Railroad Model Craftsman October 2013 Vol 82 No 5
CONTENTS
Departments
5 Safety Valve Letters from our readers
8 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
26 Railbooks Book news and reviews
34 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
81 Test Track Product reviews
90 Collector Consist Musical chairs-Keith Wills
92 Editors Notebook Commentary-Christopher P. D'Amato
94 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
94 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
95 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
97 Advertising Index
Special features
40 Perspective: What's in your backyard? by Nicholas C. D'Amato
A trip off the beaten path yields ghosts from railroading's past.
42 Downsizing a layout without losing character by Robert Smaus
Retirement and a move to a new home meant less space for the trains, but it didn't mean having to build a whole new layout.With a little planning and forethought, the author was able to save many of his favorite structures and rebuild other parts of the layout to fit.
54 Modeling the C&S Como roundhouse scene by David Steer
This beautiful HOn3 roundhouse scene started out with the purchase of a Model Masterpieces kit. From there other structures-some kitbashed, others scratchbuilt-were added. The result is a great looking scene based on a rail line abandoned 75 years ago.
80 St. Louis area RPM meet by William C. Schaumburg
Here is a look at some of the fine models that were on display at this year's Railroad Prototype Modelers meet in Collinsville, Illinois.
Modeling
49 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Washington & Idaho GP16 by Thomas Hillebrant The prototype for this model is a former Clinchfield GP7 that was rebuilt at the Illinois Central's Paducah, Kentucky, shops. Like the prototype, the starting point for this HO scale kitbash is also a GP7.
62 Modeling a Wellsville, Addison & Galeton R.R. ex-B&O 0-59 gondola by Michael Schleigh The Wellsville, Addison & Galeton was a Pennsylvania-based shortline. Included among its rolling stock were eight ex-B&O steel gondolas. Here is how you can model them in HO scale.
66 More uses for containers by Al Warren
For temporary offices and sheds, the container has become the twenty-first century replacement for the retired boxcars and passenger cars that were once used in a similar capacity in rail yards.
68 Scratchbuilder's Corner: Cardstock and Strathmoreby Bob Walker
Used properly, cardstock is an inexpensive and easy to work with building material.
Prototype
70 Maintenance-of-way trains and equipment by Ben Swope Modeling maintenance-of-way operations can add interest to a layout.
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