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Model Railroader

 

July 2022

• Better late than never - A new house and hobby led to this 25 x 38-foot HO scale layout
• A mill pond for the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes - Part 1: Preparing the bridge abutments, pond bottom and banks
• Step by Step - Scratchbuild an abandoned house
• One room, two track plans - A look at the pluses and minuses of two design approaches for a small spare bedroom
• Blend a river into a backdrop - A Tainter gate dam hides the seam between the layout and the backdrop
• DCC Currents - Using mini and cell phone speakers
• Product Reviews - Bowser HO RS-3, Atlas N Dash 8-40C

August 2022

• A compact layout for railfanning - The Sierra Northern is an N scale layout built on a hollow-core door
• A Utah Belt progress report - Eric Brooman's popular freelance HO scale layout keeps up with changes in the railroad industry and economy
• A mill pond for the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes - Part 2: adding foliage, water and ripples to the pond
• Model a wrapped locomotive - Combine prototype images and photoediting software to make decals for a one-of-a-kind locomotive
• Product Reviews - Rapido HO NH EP-4, Broadway Limited N 2-8-2 Mikado, Walthers HO 89' flatcar with bi-level autorack

September 2022

• All Aboard! - Discovery World's new train exhibit features an HO scale layout based on 20th-century Milwaukee
• Add a gated crossing to your layout - A simple way to protect lightly used junctions
• One night in Spokane - The O scale Pacific Railway & Navigation Co. comes alive after dark
• A fresh take on the Santa Fe - Noted modeler Chuck Hitchcock's 28 x 30-foot HO scale layout depicts branchline railroading in Kansas
• 30 minutes to better vision - Create "footlights" for your workbench with LED strip lights
• Product Reviews - Athearn HO SD70M-2, Bachmann N Pennsy streamlined K4s, Spring Mills HO DOD Flat cars

 

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Passenger Train Journal - 3Q2022

• Journal spotlight • Rebirth of a Dining Car Society • Alaska Railroad resumes full summer schedule • Restoration plans for Chessie 29 • Rare mileage in Florida: AAPRCO’s Sugarland Limited.

• VIA’s New Corridor Fleet • by Terry Johnson — The first of 32 Siemens trainsets arrives in Canada for testing.

• Return of a Rambler • by Alex Mayes — Reading & Northern 4-8-4 engine 2102 is back in passenger service.

• What Was It the Red Caps Were Saying? • by Bill Anderson — Portland Union Station three years before Amtrak.

• Jonesy’s Big Adventure, Part 4 • by Mark W. Jones — The Amtrak Diaries continue with a trip on the City of New Orleans.

• Trip Report: Opportunities Missed? • by Geoffrey H. Doughty — The Lake Shore, the Empire Builder, and a Viewliner II report card.

• Electro-Motive’s Alphabet, Part 1 • by Kevin J. Holland — A centennial survey of EMC and EMD passenger-service diesel models.

 

O Scale Trains Magazine - September/October 2022

• Gateway to the Cumberland Valley PRR/N&W Southern Division — Part 1

• Resurrecting an Old Westside Virginian Triplex — Part 4

• Building Your Layout — Part 4 Operations

• Building A Coal Shed

• Building an O Scale Fi

Railpace - August 2022

• Black River & Western Railfan Weeked

• Stourbridge Line Inaugural Dinner Train

• Conrail’s Chester Lines

• Port Jervis Transportation Museum Grand Opening

• Oil Creek & Titusville Railfan Day

• CNJ Veterans Special

 

[mdvle]

On30 Annual 2022

 

What a time to be a modeler, especially in On30! We’ve added even more value to the On30 Annual, delivering amazing models, layouts, and building projects in O scale for 2022. Now in its 17th year of providing modeling fun and accessible narrow gauge for everyone, here is just a sampling of things you’ll find in the all-new 2022 On30 Annual:

• Home for a Modular
• Build An EBT No. 11 2-6-2
• Blue Sky: A Building Diorama
• Adapting Military Figures
• Expert Weathering
• Dead Rail Charger
• Mesa Rojo Layout
• Tankcar Conversion
• And Much, Much More!

https://shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/on22

 

 

 

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Passenger Train Annual 2022

 

The 2022 Passenger Train Annual covers your favorite trains from the past and present, including...

• New Trains of 1952: Pennsylvania Railroad’s streamlined, Budd-built “Congressional”.
• Electro-Motive A to Z: From Algoma Central to “Zephyr,” an alphabetical review of North American EMD passenger diesels to mark the centennial of the builder’s founding in 1922.
• Ties That Bind, Part 2: Concluding our survey of passenger trains crossing the U.S.-Canada border in the postwar era.

And much more!

 

 

https://shop.whiteriverproductions.com/products/pta22

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Railroad Model Craftsman - September 2022

• Let’s Run Trains! • by James EuDaly — It’s 1949 on the author’s O scale Chesapeake & Ohio centered around Hinton, W.Va.

• Pullman-Standard 40’ MDT Reefer • by James Kinkaid — In 1960, Merchants Despatch ordered 40’ insulated boxcars from Pullman-Standard

• Bachmann 2-8-0 to CNJ Camelback • by Alan Mende — Transforming Bachmann’s 2-8-0 into a credible model of a Jersey Central C-39 camelback.

• Easy Removable Lumber Loads • by Randy Watts — Perfect for operating sessions, freight cars stay on the rails while loads are removed.

• Junk Box Hero: CN Rebuilt Boxcar • by Will Lawrence — 1990s Railbox boxcars rebuilt and relettered for Canadian National in HO scale.

• Capturing the Trackside Perspective • by Lance Mindheim — Simple ideas and techniques to capture the excitement of being trackside on your layout.

Railfan & Railroad - September 2022

• Dad • by Kevin EuDaly — Sharing the highlights of seven decades of inspirational photography and the special bond between father and son.

• Great Western Steam Up • by Jeff Terry — Historic steam engines gathered in Carson City, Nev., to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Virginia & Truckee.

• Southern Ontario’s Funnel • by Marcus W. Stevens — Busy Bayview Junction is expanded to cope with increased freight and passenger traffic around Hamilton, Ont.

• Revolution • by Greg McDonnell — Picking up a digital camera for the first time, and seeing old familiar scenes through a new creative tool.

• BART at 50 • by Gordon Lloyd Jr. — Designed from the ground up, Bay Area Rapid Transit opened 50 years ago to connect transbay suburbs and city.

• Exploring Ferromex • by Matt Sell with Trey Holland — For the adventurous railfan, a wide variety of operations and 62 motive power can be found south of the border in Mexico.

Trains & Railroads of the Past - 3Q2022

• Kansas City Southern “White Knights” • by Carl Graves — Railfanning the KCS in the Era of White Diesels.

• New York - New Jersey Area Freight Action • by George Hamlin — Metropolitan New York in the Years Leading up to Conrail.

• 1972 and the “Usual Suspects” • by Mike Bednar — Lehigh Valley Railroad’s “Rogues Gallery”.

 

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Model Railroad Hobbyist - August 2022

• MRH website this month: Repurposed passenger stations,...
• What's Neat: Trevor Jones' layout interview,...
• Electrical Impulses: The diode matrix revisited
• The tale of two locomotives
• Lilacs, crepe myrtles, and roses
• First Look: Spring Mills Depot DODX flat car

https://forum.mrhmag.com/post/mrh-202208-aug-2022-12424313

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Diesel Era

 

3Q2022

• Trans-Global Solutions/Econo-Rail Locomotive Lessor and Third-Party Contractor • by Randy Keller

• A 50th anniversary look at the unkept Illinois Central Gulf • by Tony Cook — Photos by Terry E. Cook and the Kevin EuDaly collection

• Santa Fe SD45-2B: 5500 Class (5510–5517) including BNSF 7500/6500-series • by Tony Cook — Photos from the Kevin EuDaly collection and Paul Wester

 

 

4Q2022

• Trans-Global Solutions/Econo-Rail Locomotive Lessor and Third-Party Contractor, Part 2 • by Randy Keller

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  A History of Santa Fe’s SD45-2s • by Peter Limas — Photos from the Kevin EuDaly collection, Paul Wester, and others

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Railroad Model Craftsman

 

October 2022

• Welcome to Cass County • by Tom Johnson — Grain, feed, and fertilizer are the lifelines of this 1970s northern Indiana short line.

• ACF Hitch Hiker Flatcar: Part 1 • by Mike Panza — This pioneering 1950s design allowed Trailer Train to haul two 40-foot trailers on one car.

• Yakima Valley Traction Steeplecab • by Bob Belt — Commercial parts and Stanton drives combined to create a unique HO electric freight motor.

• Scratchbuild a Boxcar Shed • by Bob Bennett — Old retired boxcars were often repurposed as storage sheds in railroad yards.

• Central Vermont Mail & Express Car • by Don James — A Bethlehem Car Works kit is the basis for this distinctive heavyweight passenger car.

 

November 2022

• Buffalo Creek & Gauley: Summer of ‘64 • by Brooks Stover, MMR — We head trackside to an iconic Appalachian short line modeled in S scale.
• ACF Hitch Hiker Flatcar: Part 2 • by Jim Panza — Looking at later owners and retirement of the pioneering ACF Hitch Hiker intermodal flatcars.
• Build a Crude Oil Loading Platform • by Jerry Lauchle, MMR — This compact HO scale model makes for a great trackside industry.
• Rapido SW1200 “Keep Alive” Install • by Richard T. Deuso — Installing a capacitor circuit into the tight confines of an SW1200, step by step.
• Four Urban Structures from One Kit • by Ken Hamilton — The classic DPM M.T. Arms Hotel kit is transformed into a detailed urban block scene.
• Building Signals for the Lackawanna • by William E. Botkin — Scratchbuilding wayside signals found along the Lackawanna main line in HO.

 

December 2022

• Pennsylvania Railroad’s Buffalo Line • by Otto M. Vondrak — This route was home to heavy traffic requiring helpers over Keating Summit.
• Steve Mallery’s PRR Buffalo Line • by Phil Monat — This layout captures late-era Pennsy operations from Harrisburg to Buffalo in HO scale.
• Ken McCorry’s PC Buffalo Line • by Phil Monat — Penn Central-era operations are represented on this barn-sized HO scale empire.
• Buffalo Line: Compare and Contrast • by Phil Monat — Comparing how two Buffalo Line layouts approach the same theme in different ways.
• Scratchbuild a Florida Warehouse • by Kinzer Hurt — Simple construction techniques are used to build this model based on an actual location.
• Burlington Homebuilt Snowplow in HO • by Jeff Carlson — Kitbashing low-cost parts into a show-stopping model based on a CB&Q prototype.

 

January 2023

• The HO Scale Splitrock Mining Co. • by Thomas Gasior, MMR — An Alco-powered tribute to iron ore railroading in northern Minnesota in HO.
• Erie Lackawanna Covered Hopper • by James Kinkaid — EL ordered 25 covered gondolas from Ortner in 1967 to serve the steel industry.
• Remembering W. Allen McClelland • by Mike Brestel — The builder of the Virginian & Ohio was known for his many contributions to the hobby.
• New York Central Tugboat Kitbash • by V. S. Roseman — Transforming a Walthers HO kit into a detailed workhorse of New York Harbor.
• Model Two Railroad Flatbed Trucks • by Hunter Hughson — Modifying an Athearn model to represent a typical 1970s-1980s railroad work truck.
• Southern Pacific Tunnel Motor Upgrade • by Don Loffelman — Upgrading details and lighting on an older InterMountain N scale EMD SD40T-2.

 

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Model Railroad Planning 2023

 

Model Railroad Planning 2023 includes 12 all-new stories packed with tips for planning your model railroad. You’ll get design ideas for N, HO, and O scales from top modelers like Lance Mindheim, Bernard Kempinski, and more.

 

Take your layout to the next level with projects from top modelers including:

• Modeling the Pennsy in North Philadelphia: How to model a big railroad in a manageable size
• Managing Complexity: Increase the odds of finishing your project
• Build It Before You Build It: Build a model of your model railroad to check your design ideas
• A Shift from N to HO: Learn how to switch scales

And much more!

Pages: 92

 

https://kalmbachhobbystore.com/product/special-issue/vt-mrp230101-c

[Johann Marsbar]

In case anyone is interested in the remaining car-float operation in NYC, the February edition of Railpace Newsmagazine, which arrived here last week, has a well illustrated 9 page article about NYNJ Rail, including the street running operations in Brooklyn as well as the nautical services.

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Railroad Model Craftsman

 

RMweb member Trevor Marshall @tpm1ca introduces his latest project in this issue, he wrote a blog post about the article - https://themodelrailwaydotshow.wordpress.com/2023/03/15/the-car-barn-in-eight-pages/

 

April 2023

• Generations at Cass, West Virginia — In the heart of West Virginia, the whistles of geared steam still echo through Cass.
• Mill Gap on the C&O Ryder Sub — A creative mixing of elements supports a fun and detailed HO switching layout based on Cass.
• Prototype Modeling Cass, W.Va. — Scratchbuilding Cass’ unique structures was part of the appeal of this diorama.
• Cass Comparison — Two approaches to modeling the same locale, decades apart, in HO scale.
• Haussler’s Covers of the 1940s — William E.C. Haussler’s creative portraits graced our covers in the early 1940s.
• Planning Niagara Traction in S by Trevor Marshall — Recreating the electrified Niagara, St. Catharines & Toronto in S scale.
• Model Illinois Central 40-ft. Boxcars — Modeling 40 years of variations on IC boxcars using HO scale kits from InterMountain Railway.
• Animate a Train Order Semaphore — Using easily sourced materials to make your semaphore move just like the real thing.

 

[Johann Marsbar]

I don't know whether anyone else on here subscribes to Railpace Magazine but my annual subscription is now due for renewal so I just went to renew online and noticed that the International Subscription rate has now gone from $85 (last years rate, and still mentioned as the current rate in the June 2023 edition of the mag) to $109, a nice little increase of about 28% !!

Needless to say, that's going to terminate my subscription to that publication after about 20 years ...........

I did notice the Domestic US rate has been raised as well, but only by about 6.5% to $74.

[Dava]

Trains Magazine, America’s Shortlines special #2 2023

 

worth buying for US shortline features, track plans, photos. 84pp.

 

San Luis Central & Elizabethtown Industrial Railroad recommended for micro-small layout projects

 

£6.99 from WH Smith

 

Dava

 

[stivesnick]

All

 

The gravity shunting employed on the Elizabethtown Railroad would create an interesting challenge for the modeller. I have seen it done; there is a OO GWR layout on the exhibition circuit that shunts the passenger train in this way. Anyone willing to have a go or do you set the layout in the future and they have installed a run around track and have more customers?

 

Regards 

 

Nick