October 2010

October 2010
Volume 79, Number 5

Special features
38 Perspective: Not your typical railway by Christopher
D’Amato
In rural Ontario there is a one-of-a-kind, wide-gauge, cable railway
that was built to haul boats.

40 The Tuscarora & Kuehn Creek by Chris Comport
What it lacks in size, this 6×10-foot, ¹⁄₄″ scale layout makes up for
with plenty of detail. Take a look!

54 Inside the enginehouse by Steve Kay
A bicycle trip down to the Lackawanna Terminal’s enginehouse in the
late-1970’s yields a view of locomotives in various stages of repair.

Modeling
45 Letterbashing by Bill Gill
Signs on model structures can help to set a time and place. Here’s
how you can use computer fonts to make signs for your layout.

48 When good engines go bad by Scott Lupia
Using a Walthers model of an EMD 567 engine, a Life-Like Proto-
2000 GP7 minus its motor and a Keystone Locomotive Works cab
interior, the author set about to model a broken-down Geep with its
access doors open.

66 Quarry critter by Montford Switzer
A static model helps to create a realistic looking quarry scene.

68 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a PFE R-40-2-18
reefer by Dave Bayless
An old Train Miniatures kit comes out of the closet and gets a host
of new details, turning it into this month’s award winner.

75 Modeling a cabbage patch by Ray Meyer
Looking to spice up a farm scene on your layout? Why not add a
cabbage patch?

76 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Metal working: V by Bob Walker
This month we look at modeling with a milling machine.

Prototype
56 Modeling the sugar beet industry by Richard Wehr
Sugar refining plants generated a lot of rail traffic.

78 Front of the layout vignettes: No. 16, American small
businesses: Farm implements, manufacturers and dealers; Pt. III
by David Lambert
We continue our look at early twentieth century farm implements.