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//-->ONov/Dec 2003Issue #11 $5.95Nov/Dec 2003Issue #11 $5.95◆◆◆◆ScaleTrainsUS $5.95• Can $7.95Display until Dec. 31stModelingfor theO ScaleCraftsmanP&DHobby Shop31280 Groesbeck,Fraser, MI 48026586-296-6116Open Mon-Fri 10-8,Sat 10-6, Sun 12-5Fax: 586-296-5642Power or Repower Kits for Red Caboose GPsPDP2201K-Repower kit, Red Caboose GP9, P&D brass EMD Blomberg trucksPDP2200K-Repower Kit, Red Caboose GP9with plastic Blomberg trucks...$160.00The P&D TWIN TOWER DRIVE for the Red Caboose GPbody kit is functionally equivalent to the P&D power unitsalready available for the P&D F units, GPs, RSDs, and theWeaver FAs, FBs, RS-3s and GP-38s.The Red Caboose power kits provide only the necessarypower related parts to supplement the Red Caboose GPbody kit. These power kits fully utilize the underframe(platform), deck, air tanks, fuel tanks, motor mounts andPDP2201K-Repower Kit, Red Caboose GP9 withP&D brass Blomberg trucks...$200.00screws that are furnished in the Red Caboose body kit.These P&D Twin Tower Drive kits can also be used to repowerexisting Red Caboose GPs. Two kits are offered: #PDP2200K hasplastic Blomberg trucks, while #PDP2201K features the P&D brassBlomberg trucks, which are truly some of the finest trucks on themarket. Each kit also includes a powerful Pittman motor and allthe necessary parts to complete the installation. Detailed instruc-tions are included.CLOSEOUTonRed CabooseEMD, GP9 body KitsRC500$49.99 each3 for $100.0010 for $300.00Colors may vary.Modelingfor theO ScaleCraftsmanIssue #11Nov/Dec 2003Vol. 2, No. 6OFeatures410162226385056ScaleTrainsEditor/PublisherJoe GiannovarioArt DirectorJaini SimonAssociate EditorBrian ScaceContributing WritersTed ByrneGene DeimlingBobber GibbsRoger JenkinsJeb KriigelNeville RossiterJohn C. SmithSubscription Rates: 6 issuesUnited StatesUS$30Canada/MexicoUS$50OverseasUS$75Mastercard & Visa acceptedCall 610-363-7117 duringEastern time business hoursDealers write for terms.Advertisers write for informationor visit our website.O Scale Trains ISSN 1536-9528www.oscalemag.comPublished bimonthly (6 times a year) byO Scale Trains Magazine,PO Box 238, Lionville PA 19353-0238© 2003 OST All Rights ReservedPrinted in the U.S.A.Contributors:O Scale Trainswelcomes your feature articles, photos, and drawings.Such material should be sent to the above address forpossible publication. If we accept, you will be notifiedimmediately. For more information concerning articlepreparation guidelines, please send an SASE to theabove address and request our “Guide For Authors”or visit our website.Cover:Tom Houle’s Soo Line GP-9. Tom describeshow he built the loco on page 50 this issue.Centerspread:A scene from Woody Grosdoff’s Proto-48 layout. The switcher is an Overland Models AlcoS-2 that’s been highly modified for Proto 48 operation.The tankcar is a PSC 8000 gal. car custom painted andlettered by Woody. The VGN boxcar is an Intermoun-tain kit. Both freight cars ride on modified RedCaboose trucks equipped with Grabowski wheelsets.The trackwork is code 100 rail handlaid on Grandt Linetieplates with HO/HOn3 spikes on basswood ties.OST is a proud Member of theModel Railroad Industry AssociationNew Orleans Public Belt RailroadRichard Gardner’s superb OST Layout Contest entry.O Scale Small LayoutWho says O scale requires a large space? Not Norman Hills.Acrylic InnersidesHere’s a slick way to build up those old passenger car kits from the40’s and 50’s. Nick Pulskamp details his methods.Babbitt Atlantic Mods: Part 3Bob Garrelts details the Babbitt tender.Building a PRR N2saTake a USRA 2-10-2 and add a Belpaire. John Sauers makes it lookeasy and it is if you don’t have to build a tender.2004 O Scale National Convention - An OverviewBrian Scace fill us in on the 2004 convention in Washington, D.C.Building a GP-9Tom Houle and Jerry Roy marry a Red Caboose superstructure to anAtlas/Roco F-9 drive. Voila! Motive power on a budget.Indianapolis Midwest Fall O Scale MeetPhotos from the recent show.Departments1214193435363741445960606162Traction Action – Roger JenkinsEasements for the Learning Curve – Brian ScaceProto48 – Gene DeimlingCrapola From The Cupola – John C. SmithThe Workshop – Neville RossiterO Scale DCC – Ted ByrneNarrow Minded – Bobber GibbsReader Feedback – Letters to the EditorProduct News & ReviewsBuy-Sell-Trade AdsEvents ListingAd indexOST Dealers ListObservations – Joe GiannovarioNov/Dec '03 - O Scale Trains •3Here you go...another great entry fromO Scale Trains Magazine’sDesign-a-Layout Contestentry submitted byRichard L. GardnerConstraintsThis layout design contest couldn’t have come at a moreopportune time. Having just rekindled the O scale fever, I wasgrappling with the all too familiar real estate challenges thisking of scales presents. This contest has become a personaltest of how much I could squeeze into a relatively small envi-ronment. The news of the minimum radius change camesomewhat after I’d completed the preliminaries, so I was ableto loosen up the design and allow more space to structures. Itbecame downright enjoyable after that.ConceptO scale trains are big! The sheer mass and weight enablethem to couple and un-couple with remarkable reliability. Thismakes this scale inherently suited to switching. That’s a con-venience for this layout because there’s not a lot of room torun around in. If we want to do a lot of switching in a smallspace, the city is where to go.But Not Just Any City!I’ve lived in New Orleans since the early ’90’s and onlyrecently come to appreciate the wealth of railroading opportu-nities in the area. It has been home to dozens of railroads overthe years but the one thread that ties the whole scene togetheris the New Orleans Public Belt (NOPB) Railroad. The compa-ny was organized on October 8, 1904 and acquired commoncarrier status in 1911. Initially formed as a non-profit organiza-tion jointly financed by the participating railroads, it is nowowned by the City of New Orleans and managed by the PublicBelt Railroad Commission.The NOPB is probably most famous for constructing theHuey P. Long Bridge across the Mississippi river. But more4•O Scale Trains - Nov/Dec '03importantly, it was designed to address the complicated tariffissues of freight service for numerous railroads in a congestedcity. Today, the NOPB services no less than 73 industries aslisted on their official web site. This is probably just a fractionof the traffic that was present during the late forties. There aredozens of wharfs and warehouses along the river and muchmore is found tucked into the fabric of this most exotic of cities.Have I mentioned the French Quarter yet? It is still ascharming as it was a hundred years ago and the railroad stillruns through it. An engineer can stop his train, walk across thetracks to Decatur Street and get a café au lait at Café duMonde. Dense urban traffic with charming ambiance is justthe teaser for inspiration.Operating The LayoutIn such a small room, we can get only a snapshot of thecomplexity of the city traffic. But what a snapshot it is! Thedesign only wraps around two of the room’s walls, but there isroom for some really neat warehouses big enough to look likethey could use some train service. I’m talking big here; theNapoleon Ave. warehouse is almost four feet long. Otherindustries are four and five stories tall, not bad for O scale.Schematically, the railroad follows the river corridor aroundand beyond the room limitations. Large mirrors at each endcreate the illusion that you are seeing but a small portion of agreat expanse. Operationally, we will be bringing in a trainfrom an interchange yard such as the Kansas City Southernyard on Airline Drive. A three level “elevator” staging yardaccomplishes this task. Note: this was discussed in detail in theModel Railroad Planning 2001published by Kalmbach. Eachtrack can hold six 40 foot freight cars. The tracks can be raisedand lowered as needed to provide accessto the cars. This staging yard enters thelayout at the end near the Alcoa Shippingbuilding. We will be bringing in our cutof cars to be switched in this particularsection of the right-of-way. An ambitiousoperator may double-up and bring intwelve cars or more!Plenty of variety abounds for yourmodeling and operating pleasure. Start-ing up-river (on your right as you comein the room) there is a large machiningand manufacturing building that mayship and receive not only boxcars but anoccasional flatcar loaded with heavymachinery. Just around the corner arethe Alcoa Shipping Company and thePoydras St. warehouses. Boxcars forcoffee and bananas are the norm. Areefer or two might be handy to handlemore perishable cargo. The NapoleonAve. terminal continues the theme withmost anything likely to be loaded orunloaded from one of the ships. By theway, there is enough room between thewharfs to model believable buildings. Alarge ship can be painted on the back-drop between. The main portion can bemodeled in bas-relief. I can envision aneat mini-scene showing laborersunloading bananas from an open door inthe hull. I’ve run across many pictures ofjust such a thing in my research.Continuing down river we come tothe American Sugar Refinery (nowDomino Sugar). Tank cars come in withsyrup from the many sugar plantationsnearby. Boxcars of bagged products willbe shipped out. A little further down theNov/Dec '03 - O Scale Trains •5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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