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Electric TrainsModelingfor theO ScaleCraftsmanIssue #17Nov/Dec 2004Vol. 3, No. 6OFeatures4111422284193537414246545658596062ScaleTrainsEditor/PublisherJoe Giannovariojag@oscalemag.comArt DirectorJaini Giannovariojaini@oscalemag.comAssociate EditorBrian Scacebrian@oscalemag.comAdvertising ManagerJeb Kriigeljeb@oscalemag.comContributorsTed ByrneGene DeimlingBobber GibbsCarey HinchHobo D. HirailerJace KahnNeville RossiterSubscription Rates: 6 issuesUS - Standard Mail DeliveryUS$30US - First Class Delivery (1 year only)US$40Canada/MexicoUS$50OverseasUS$75Visa, MC, AMEX & Discover 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© 2004 OST All Rights ReservedPrinted in the U.S.A.Contributors:O Scale Trainswelcomes your featurearticles, photos, and drawings. Such material should be sentto the above address for possible publication. If we accept,you will be notified immediately. For more information con-cerning article preparation guidelines, please send an SASEto the above address and request our “Guide For Authors” orvisit our website at: www.oscalemag.com.Cover:Visitors, young and old, are fascinated by the OScale trains at the Granville Island Model TrainMuseum in Vancouver, Canada.Centerspread:Jones Lake on the Granville Island ModelTrain Museum layout. Photo by Kathryn Hatashita-Lee,Granville Island MuseumsO Scale Influences - 1John Armstrong and his Canandaigua Southern are remembered byBrian Scace with original artwork by John Armstrong.O Scale Influences - 2Gil Stovicek’s American Central Railroad is profiled by Roger Segersand the Wednesday Night Railroaders.O Scale Influences - 3Ron Morse profiles Willard Jones and his La Mesa Western.Layout Lighting & Nighttime PhotographyPaul Templar discusses lighting on his spectacular On30 logging layout.The Granville Island Model Train MuseumJeb Kriigel visited this wonderful museum and convinced museumcurator John Keith-King it should be shared with the readers ofOST.DepartmentsEasements for the Learning Curve – Brian ScaceThe Workshop - Neville RossiterReader Feedback – Letters to the EditorModeler’s ShelfNarrow Minded – Bobber GibbsFine Scale Modeling – Gene DeimlingProduct News & ReviewsThe Good Old Days - Jace KahnConfessions of a HiRailer – Hobo D. HirailerBuy-Sell-Trade AdsAdvertiser IndexEvents ListingObservations – Joe GiannovarioOST is a proud Member of theModel Railroad Industry AssociationNov/Dec ’04 - O Scale Trains • 3A New Feature, and You Are There!As Scace awoke from his peacefulslumber with a roar, the population of asmall New England town bustled aboutin its normal purposeful way, not realiz-ing that, after the sun went down thisday, life would never be the same.Whoops! Wrong magazine!This issue’s column is purposefullyshort, because we are going to introducea new feature inOST.We call it, “OScale Influences”. Now, the name is notoriginal with me, but was coined by afriend of mine, Stan Harper. That is, afterall, what the feature is about: friendswho have been influential. We’ll startthis off with three examples. Ron Morse’spiece on his mentor, Willard Jones, fitsthe mold of “O Scale Influences” quitenicely. The Wednesday Night Railroad-ers from the Cleveland area have alsosubmitted a fine piece on Gil Stovicek.I’ve had the pleasure of visiting Gil sev-eral times during the New York CentralSystem Historical Society meets, evensitting down with one of his famouscigars for an afternoon of relaxing talkand railroad running.Appropriately, though, we’ll start withJohn Armstrong as “O Scale Influence#1”, and dedicate this feature to him. Hehas influenced all of us with his writings,clinics, and wit. After this, we’ll settledown to perhaps one per issue. Thismeans that you, gentle reader, have theopportunity (nay, duty) to pen a shortpiece about the individual who has beena positive influence and mentor in yourO Scale world.Scace’s Snappy Patter will be in fullcry in the next issue; meanwhile, here’sJohn.O Scale Influences…John ArmstrongOh, I could fill the entire issue talkingabout John. By now, most of you haveheard of his passing, just after the OScale National in Washington. We allknow of hisprolific pen,having writ-ten severalbooks ontrack plan-ning, fromthe littlegreen AtlasS n a p - Tr a c kbooks to thatp l a n n e r ’sbible,TrackPlanning forRealisticOperation.A quick search also yields ref-erence to some 100 articles over theyears in such august journals asRailwayAge, Model Railroader,andTrains.I hadthe great fortune of being a family friendand (for a time) John’s neighbor, as wellas being able to count him among myfriends in the Capital Area O Scalers.The Capital Area O Scalers was origi-nally personified by folks like John, TedStepek (who did lots of artwork for MaxGray and Atlas Tool), Jim Moser, and RayJury. To be thrown in the deep end of thepool with these guys really motivated me(Was it self-preservation?) to learn newskills I never would have tried if I hadcontinued to be a “lone wolf”. One of myfavorite stories about this crew happenedone Friday when I brought over a boxcarconversion I had just finished. John stud-ied it long and hard. He patiently wentover it top-to-bottom. Meanwhile Tedwas getting a little impatient for his turnat it. Finally, Ted said, “John, get out ofthe light! I want to criticize it!”. Johnnever let Ted forget about that line, and itbecame a staple. By the way, I still havethe car, now a treasured memento of bothof these fine gentlemen.For any of you who had the fortune toattend one of John’s clinics, you got ataste of what we enjoyed every Fridaynight. He, in his uniquely gentle wittyway, probably taught me one of the mostimportant lessons a model-builder canlearn. He always used the term “sincere”to describe an accurate and well builtmodel (be it a single piece, like a boxcar,or an entire railroad). He also coined aterm that I shamelessly use in thesepages. There was many a time when hethought I was being a little “neurotic”.The difference between “sincere” and“neurotic” is simple enough. I couldbecome so neurotic that I would neverget around to building something that Iwas too balled up in researching todeath. His wisdom? “Stop researchingjust before you start learning somethingyou didn’t want to know!” John’s sharedPhoto by Doug Jones4 • O Scale Trains - Nov/Dec ’04pronunciation is debatable. You’re pretty close pronouncing itas “in-is-a-bull”) Branch run off a center stud system, much likethe Maerklin HO system. The railroad occupies an area of 25 x36 feet, with 226 feet of mainline and a little over 1000 feet oftotal trackage. There are 82 turnouts and 6 crossings, all hand-laid. Ruling grades on the Mountain Division are 3.5 percent onthe Old Line, and just under 3 percent on the New Line.The operating scheme features through passenger servicewith several connecting roads. There is a Boston, Syracuse, andPittsburgh service with NYC and B&A, and a Binghamton,Elmira, and Pittsburgh service with Erie Lackawanna. The CSPittsburgh legs of both services are combined into a single CSpassenger train at Cattaraugus, for operating interest.Trackage rights are granted to B&O, EL, and PRR at variouspoints along the CS, and B&O, NYC, and EL pool power withthe Canandaigua Southern.Although John had some 80 articles published in the model-ing press, there (in typically modest fashion) were only aboutWaiting power stands by at the Cattaraugus engine terminal.wisdom, dealt with a modicum of gentle wit, will always standas his legacy.Having the great fortune to know John, and the rest of theold guard in the DC area did more to improve my modelingthan any other single factor in my O Scale career. Now, it’stime for the current DC Area O Scalers to pass that wisdom onto a new generation, who show great promise.Meanwhile, with the kind permission of the Armstrong fami-ly, we reproduce his own artwork describing the features of hismonumental Canandaigua Southern, along with some quickThe cab track and engine house lead at Cattaraugus.The East End Interlocking controls access to the passenger stationtracks and the freight yard lead.shots of some of the more famous landmarks along the main-line, taken just before the layout tours during the 2004 ONational. We hope you enjoy them.Many folks have asked about particulars of John’sCanandaigua Southern, so here are a few notes. The railroad is,of course, O Scale. Started in the late 1940s, it retains the out-side third rail of that period to this day. Two industrial sections,the Irondale Mine and the Ynysybwl (Like all Welsh names, theA CS freight at the signal near Slug Island. The locomotive is the 4-6-6-6Super-Allegheny, unique to the Canandaigua Southern.Nov/Dec ’04 - O Scale Trains • 5 [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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