November 2010

November 2010
Volume 79, Number 6

Special features
40 Perspective: Donkey engines by Robert D. Turner
These steam powered beasts helped to make large scale logging
operations possible.

42 Evolution of an operational railroad by Kent WIlliams, with
photos by Jack Burgess
Join us for a visit to the Oregon, Washington, Navigation & Railway
Company. This freelanced N scale layout is patterned after a branch
of the Union Pacific and the emphasis is on prototypical operations.

Modeling
47 Modeling a Lehigh Valley mill gondola by Chuck Davis
With a few cuts and the addition of new ends and a new center sill,
an Accurail gondola becomes a credible stand-in for one of the
Lehigh Valley’s 50-foot mill gons. There is also a great looking steel
plate load that goes with the model. Check it out.

54 The Scenery Clinic: Pt. X: Hiding feeder wires by Paul Scoles
After a brief hiatus The Scenery Clinic returns with a new project.
This time we’re building an On30 diorama and our subject is hiding
those unsightly feeder wires. It is a topic that’s germane to all scales.

57 A Hoboken-inspired terminal by Thomas C. Griffiths
The DL&W’s stately, copper-clad Hoboken Terminal was the
inspiration for this exquisite HO scale scratchbuilding project.

63 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a lumber and coal
dealer by Jim Zinser, with photos by Dan Lewis
Structures from Campbell, Bar Mills and Builders In Scale were all
used to create this busy HO scale industrial site.

72 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Back to simple by Bob Walker
This month we turn our attention to building small structures.

74 Modeling a temporary yard office by Wayne Sittner
Trailers are often brought in to serve as temporary offices.

Prototype
66 Front of the layout vignettes: No. 17, American small
businesses: Threshing time by David Lambert
While they moved at only a few miles an hour and didn’t run on rails,
these steam engines also helped to change the American scene.

76 Floating branchlines: Sternwheelers, tugs and barges by
Robert D. Turner
For better than three-quarters of a century, the Canadian Pacific Rwy.
used barges, tugs and lake steamers to move rail cars – and whole
trains – in the remote Kootenay district of British Columbia.