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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 2011 July New HAven C-liner Tank Car Jamestown
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN
JULY 2011
Special features
40 Perspective: Roundhouse rhapsody by Peter Tuttle
Although the chores being performed are different, a century old roundhouse still echos to the sounds of railroaders at work.
57 Jamestown yard: a holdover from the steam era by Dave Connery The Sierra Railroad's historic roundhouse and shops, now a California state park, provide a living history lesson from the steam era.
Modeling
42 Modeling a New Haven C-Liner by Dave Messer
With a few minor changes, the True Line Trains HO scale C-Liner can be made into a good looking New Haven model.
46 Keep something running by Eric Hansmann
A simple, bare-bones switching layout can offer an entertaining break while constructing a larger layout and also serve as a test bed for new locomotives and rolling stock.
49 A portal for Tunnel 40 by Richard Todd
Using photos and Google Earthas references, the author sets about modeling the Northwestern Pacific's Tunnel 40 in HO scale.
65 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Tank car kit swap by Tony Thompson
The tanks and underframes from an Athearn tank car kit and an InterMountain kit are combined to produce two different HO cars.
72 Scratchbuilder's Corner: Lighting and interiors by Bob Walker Adding interiors to structures and lighting them calls for some thought.
74 Port of Erin Industries: Cargill Terminal grain elevator by Mike Rose We fmish construction of a large, port grain elevator with some detailing work.
Prototype
53 Sierra Railroad's speeder shed by William C. Schaumburg; with drawings by Ken Lawrence
Every railroad yard needs a place to house its speeders and maintenance-of-way equipment.
80 Front of the layout vignettes: No. 23, American railroad depots: Pt.l-The C138(61 stations by David Lambert
While the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy didn't have a standard depot design, it did have different sized depots that served different circumstances.
Cover
Ready for its next assignment, New Haven C-Liner No. 795 sits outside the Maybrook, New York, enginehouse on Dave Messer's HO scale PRR Northeastern Division layout. See the article on page 42 to learn how Dave modified this True Line Trains model to better represent a NYNH&H unit. Photograph by Dave Messer.
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