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//-->OScaleTrainsModelingfor theO ScaleCraftsman◆◆May/June 2004◆Issue #14◆$5.95US $5.95• Can $7.95Display until June 30thP&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 GPsPower or Repower Kits for Red Caboose GPsPDP2201K-Repower kit, Red Caboose GP9, P&D brass EMD Blomberg trucksThe P&D TWIN TOWERDRIVE for the Red CabooseGP body kit is functionallyequivalent to the P&Dpower units already avail-able for the P&D F units,GPs, RSDs, and the WeaverFAs, FBs, RS-3s and GP-38s.The Red Caboose powerkits provide only the neces-sary power related parts tosupplement the RedCaboose GP body kit.These power kits fully uti-lize the underframe (plat-form), deck, air tanks, fueltanks, motor mounts andscrews that are furnished inthe Red Caboose body kit.These P&D Twin TowerDrive kits can also be usedto repower existing RedCaboose GPs. Two kits areoffered: #PDP2200K hasplastic Blomberg trucks,while #PDP2201K featuresthe P&D brass Blombergtrucks, which are trulysome of the finest trucks onthe market. Each kit alsoincludes a powerfulPittman motor and all thenecessary parts to com-plete the installation.Detailed instructions areincluded.PDP2201K-Repower Kit, Red Caboose GP9 with P&D brassBlomberg trucks...$200.00PDP2200K-Repower Kit, Red Caboose GP9 with plastic Blombergtrucks...$160.00Modelingfor theO ScaleCraftsmanIssue #14May/June 2004Vol. 3, No. 3OFeatures410152124343638US$30US$40US$50US$75ScaleTrainsYards, Part 1 — The Linear YardHerm Botzow starts a new series on yard design.Editor/PublisherJoe GiannovarioArt DirectorJaini SimonAssociate EditorBrian ScaceContributorsTed ByrneGene DeimlingBobber GibbsCarey HinchHobo D. HirailerRoger JenkinsJace KahnJeb KriigelNeville RossiterSubscription Rates: 6 issuesUS - Standard Mail DeliveryUS - First Class Delivery (1 year only)Canada/MexicoOverseasMastercard & Visa acceptedCall 610-363-7117 duringEastern time business hoursSecond Life - Reworking of a KTM GP-35Rebuilding an aged Diesel is what Roland Marx enjoys.The Berlin Branch of the Boston & Maine RRJim Taverna describes an O Scale layout you can visitduring the 2004 SONC.Modeler’s Tricks - A Handy HO part for O ScalersA nifty use for HO stanchions by Ron Gribler.Building Log & Timber TrestlesPaul Templar shares his techniques for these great looking structures.Hand-Laying SwitchesNeed a #2 switch? Ed Reutling shows how to lay any size you want.Modeler’s Tricks - Painted Wheels with Shiny TreadsAnother neat trick from Ron Gribler.March Meet PhotosBrian Scace captured a few winners from the recent Chicago meet.4854Easement GraphThis is an addendum to George Muller’s track article in OST#12.Hall of FameRobert Whelove is remembered by his good friend Bob O’Neill.Dealers 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© 2004 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:A steam locomotive sits on the turntableat the service facilities near AH Tower on HermBotzow’s Buckeye Railroad Co., Photo by BobSimmons.Centerspread:A sweeping view of Paul Templar’sOn30 Cooncreek & Tumbleweed Springs. Paulis from the U.K. and provided this photo.Departments122228303139425052535859606162Traction Action – Roger JenkinsEasements for the Learning Curve – Brian ScaceThe Workshop - Neville RossiterThe Good Old Days - Jace KahnReader Feedback – Letters to the EditorModeler’s ShelfProduct News & ReviewsNarrow Minded – Bobber GibbsProto48 – Gene DeimlingConfessions of a HiRailer – Hobo D. HirailerBuy-Sell-Trade AdsAdvertiser IndexEvents ListingOST Dealer ListObservations – Joe GiannovarioOST is a proud Member of theModel Railroad Industry AssociationMay/June ’04 - O Scale Trains • 3rdYaraeinLehTBy Herm Botzow, MMRPhotos by Bob Simmons1Taken at the east end of Ashtabula Yard, Photo 1 shows a steam loco being turned for its eastbound trip just below AH tower. Hidden by themains on the embankment is the coal port lead and, beyond that, is a photo mural of the actual coal port. The locomotives are a Sunset GE 44-tonner, a Weaver Consolidation and a Weaver FA. All Buckeye locomotive and cars in the photos in this article have been painted by DaveWidman based on paint schemes designed by Ed Bommer. Dave also did all the weathering.In O Scale, it is often difficult to find an area in the trainroom with enough width to create a typical urban railroadyard, with adjoining areas for a passenger terminal, flat yardsfor freight classification, an engine facility and industrial spurs.Tail tracks and arrival tracks are needed to permit switchingmaneuvers while other trains pass on the mainline. The bench-work becomes so wide that operators cannot reach trains if allthese activities are squeezed into one location. This is the firstin a series of three articles that present ideas for yards on inter-mediate sized O Scale layouts. Instead of building one hugeyard that takes away space for mainline tracks, the idea is tobuild several smaller yards along a longer mainline. Each yardcan then be designed to perform slightly different but comple-mentary functions within the overall scheme of your pike.The first, and possibly the most generally applicable, ofthese concepts is the linear yard. There are prototypical prece-dents throughout the country, as when a real railroad is con-fined to a narrow river valley. In such circumstances, therailroad will string out the yard components end to end. Doingthis in 1:48 permits operators to reach the back of the yardmore easily. With more table frontage, several crews can workthe yard simultaneously. If the yard eventually widens, aislesshould be made available on both sides to ensure adequateoperator access to all tracks.The Buckeye Railroad is based roughly on the Pittsburgh &Lake Erie and has as its purpose connecting the New YorkCentral mainline at Ashtabula, Ohio, to Pittsburgh. The Buck-eye’s Ashtabula is a much larger city than its namesake and, assuch, can justify a large passenger depot based on the one inCincinnati, Ohio. To the west of Ashtabula is the New YorkCentral’s Collinwood Yard. Just east of Cleveland, CollinwoodYard is a staging area for trains operating on the Buckeye.From there to Buckeye Junction, the first community east ofAshtabula, the Buckeye has trackage rights on the New YorkCentral. At Buckeye Junction, the Buckeye diverges and headseast (actually southeast) on its own mainline to its easternterminal at Pittsburgh.4 • O Scale Trains - May/June ’ 04Figure 1 is a drawing of the Buckeye Railroad yard at Ashtabula. Defined as thetrackage between two double crossovers stretching west from Ashtabula Harbor Tower(AH) to Ashtabula Tower (AB), it occupies 46 feet along the edge of a narrow section ofthe train room. Beginning at the lower left or east end, there is a five-track engine facili-ty below the double track mainlines. The main closest to the front of the table is thepassenger main. The far main is the freight main. The freight main does not have accessto Ashtabula’s Union Depot. The engine facility includes a turntable, an approachtrack, water columns, a coaling tower and a Diesel refueling setup.Moving to the west, there are crossovers from the freight main to the freight arrivaltrack at the bottom of Figure 1. Another crossover connects the passenger main to thepassenger staging track above the mains. The staging track also connects to the engineterminal. Connected to the freight arrival track is a switching lead. The end of this leaddoubles as the arrival track for the coal port at Ashtabula Harbor. A second crossover atthis location leads to an industrial spur serving a bakery and a three-track freight yardfor processing coal trains. The yard is elevated several inches for easier “reachability”and is known as the Upper Freight Yard.At the major curve in the mainline is the main yard gate to the passenger terminal.Across the way is a crossover that divides the freight arrival tracks into two sections topermit runarounds and simultaneous switching of two freight trains. At the west end ofthe yard, adjacent to the freight main, is a three-track freight yard, known as the LowerFreight Yard. Between the lower yard and the main are a caboose track, a gate switchto the freight main and a spur to the freight house. On the other side of the mains is theAshtabula Union Depot passenger yard with four stub end tracksThe table is narrowest at the bakery, a mere 26 inches for five tracks. It reaches itswidest point, 68 inches, at the west end. Here, the table is accessible from both sides.The least number of tracks is three at the east crossovers. The maximum number, 11,occurs just east of the west crossovers. There are 34 separate turnouts, all manuallyoperated. As mentioned, the yard sits at the west end of Buckeye Railroad operationsand is fed from the west by a four-track staging yard at Collinwood, Ohio. At the eastend, departing passenger trains cross over to the freight main and proceed east on sin-gle track to Buckeye Junction, and, from there, to a division point and the Pittsburghterminal at the east end of the railroad. During an operating session there will beupwards of 32 trains running to, from or through Ashtabula.The yard is designed to handle a variety of operations simultaneously. The top priori-ty is the unencumbered movement of through trains on the mains. This includesthrough passenger trains that stop on the main at the depot. The next priority is given tothe passenger, mail and milk trains to, and from, the East that begin and end their runsat Union Depot. Some of these trains arrive behind steam locomotives that must beturned at the engine facility for their return trip.On the freight side of the yard, there is the daily arrival at the Lower Freight Yard ofa through freight from the classification yard at the Buckeye division point to the east.The cars on this train are then set out by a yard drill that switches the adjacentfreight house, the bakery at the east end of the yard and the grain elevators at theupper yard. The empties are assembled into a train at the lower yard and arehauled back to the division point for classification and off-line routings.The greatest volume of activity at Ashtabula centers on the UpperFreight Yard and the coal port lead. Loaded coal trains from theB U C K E Y E R A I L ROA D - A S H TA B U L AYRASDMay/June ’04 - O Scale Trains • 5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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