"The next locomotive I am going to build is Trucks for Your Layout ___-___-__218a Southern Pacific switcher," says the model By Roger B. Deatherage.
The Newest Transcontinental __--_221railroader who lives in Vermont. Well, there is Blt R. N. Stewad.
fun to be had in doing it. And a fellow who My Adventures in Model Land
lives where the Vanderbilt type of tender isn't (Part 3) --__-_______-______________224By Frank Merriweather.
used has an exceptionally strong desire to build Layout of the Month _______.______226one of them. However, a much better model By Linn H. Westcott.
could be built if he would pick out one of the How to Model a Sandstone Cliff __228Bv Frank Euison,
locomotives that operate on Eastern railroads. A Solarium-Lounge Car (Part 3) _-230Nine chances out of ten he has never set eyes By E. Lynn Dr,Lmmond.
on a Southern Pacific locomotive, and the pie-A Buffalo & Susquehanna
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panting monster you are modeling, make the Trade Topics __--_--_-_____-_-_-__250necessary notes, measurements and sketches, Index of Display Advertisers ___ ____250
and then go home-stimulated by the smell of + also Photographs and Miscellany.
hot engine oil and steam. It's inspiring, such a
trip, and satisfying to find out, in short order,
the detailed information which doesn't show upon the drawings. Also, after inspecting the real of these pipes that helps volt to capture the.
thing, the parts you put on your model take on characteristics of the prototype. The same ap-
greater significance and it seems that only a plies to the details under the cab, the brake
visual inspection will inspire you and cause you shoes and other items not shown on the draw-
to appreciate the functions of many locomotive ings. It is discouraging to want to put these
details on the model and not have the informa-parts-for example, the connections betweenthe locomotive and the tender. How often do tion on hand. We put in plenty of hours making
we see them modeled? Not often! Usually they the frame, the cab and the tender. Cold-blooded
look like several disjointed models held together reasoning should prompt us to spend some extra
by a single thin link. We know that the func-time and put on the details which contribute so
tion of a tender is to supply water and coal ormuch to the finished appearance of the model.
oil to the engine. To transfer this material re-
quires pipes-large ones. And it is the adding 3�036-»�2542»2
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1 1 Typical power reverse gear.This apparatus is a booster
Control valve which uses air pressure tofollow the engineer's move-
" 4 3« To valve gear
ment of a small lever in cab.
less possibility of mois-
ture traveling down the
Rod to / : '1179-" u 77 11 ." 101--74 pipe into the cylinders.,hand lever • 14 m 0.101 In the sanne general vi-
in cab , Iduta1-16-, 14•.-iwli,"'............: • cinity as the steam dome,
:LY=='1 1*#mi57 or perhaps a little farther
west, is a tin-can-looking
affair which is simply a
little open cylinder with
What the model builder needs to remember the safety valve and whistle inside it. The
is that the boiler is all covered, without rivets whistle is often not mounted with the safety
and boiler plates showing, but that the smoke valve but on the steam dome instead. Another
box of most roads isn't similarly covered with accessory often mounted on top of the boiler
lagging and that on the smoke box the rivets is the generator, which is simply a steam turbine
usually do show. The usual practice is to make directly connected to an electrical generator
the smoke box enough larger in diameter than so as to furnish power for the locomotive head-
the boiler to make up for the lagging, and thus light, cab light and so forth. Steam is, of course,
the smoke box and the boiler look like one con- needed to run the turbine, and this steam comes
tinuous cylinder even though one is lagged and from the turret at the back end of the boiler
the other isn't. top. Incidentally, this steam pipe and the steam
Another place where the boiler usually isn't . pipe to drive the air pumps are often placed
lagged is underneath the sand dome, but you beneath the boiler lagging so that one sees
don't notice the difference there. The sand nothing of them except at the ends.
dome sits right on top of the boiler proper so The biggest and most prominent bumps on
that the heat from the boiler will keep the sand top of a boiler are the sand domes. Every loco-
dry. The lagging is packed right up smoothly motive has at least one of these, sometimes two,
around the sand dome so that you'd never and in rare instances three. Sand is just as
know the difference. necessary to locomotive operation as water
The usual locomotive boiler has a character- and coal-else how could a locomotive get
istic humped shape which the builders call started on slippery track and how could it stop
conical. You've seen this many times in look- in a hurry on the same kind of track? Since the
ing at pictures, plans and models. There's no sand dome straddles the boiler top like a saddle,
need bothering about how the cone is deter- it has a low point on each side, and from this
mined, because you'll either buy a boiler com- low point sand pipes, usually about 2" outside
plete in kit or take the various dimensions off diameter, lead off and run down to the wheels.
the plans anyway. Suffice it to say that on or They are so located as to place sand in front
near the high point of the hump is a very sritall of the driving wheels for forward motion or
dome which is the steam dome. It is inside this behind the driving wheels for backward motion.
dome that the steam is removed from the boiler. Sometimes the pipes are placed to sand merely
The so-called dry pipe into which the steam outside the front and back wheels or at other
passes is up inside the dome so that there's times to sand in front of each of several pairs
214 THE MODEL RAILROADER
Automatic . 7••Locomotive brake cy,in'.1.,4
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,» - i -- .-1,»'1'1«- -broke valve Il
1
4F
1Hose
Air tank/4,-
Distributing valve k.,At least 40ft. of pipe
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of drive wheels. Just below the sand dome on
the side of the boiler are the sander valves,
and to these, compressed air is run from the
cab in small copper pipes. These pipes usually
run under the boiler lagging and hence are
not visible. One of the sketches shows the ar-
rangement of the sander pipes below the dome
and also shows the approximate shape of the
sanding valves.
Of course we musn't forget the headlight and lamps. These are carried on the two si8es of
the marker lights. The standard code of rules the smokebox front somewhat above the center.
says that a train isn't a train unless it displays The marker lights are equipped with green on
a headlight at night. Besides, a headlight is a two adjacent sides and with white on two ad-
pretty important part of a locomotive's physi- jacent sides so that they can be used to dis-
ognomy. Various roads have their own places play either green or white to front and side.
to put the headlight and you can quite quickly At the same location are sockets for the flags
get familiar with a certain railroad's engines, which are carried by day to indicate green sig-
such as the Pennsylvania's, merbly by i·ecog- nals for an additional section following and
nizing the type of headlight and its location. white signals for an extra.
On some roads it's at the top of the boiler,
sometimes on the boiler front somewhat above conjure with. When you come to build a model
Sand is kept in the dome by traps, through which
compressed air blows the sand when it is needed.
the center, and sometimes right smack-dab in and left sides of the engine, forward through
the' center of the boiler front. Some roads, injectors which may be either underneath the
such as Chesapeake & Ohio, have ·headlights cal=if they are of the nonlifting type or up on
mounted down on the pilot beam. Somewhat the side of the fire box in front of the cab if
more uniform is the location of the marker they are the lifting type, and thence forward
215 *te %%4
READ OUR FEATURE STORY
WHISTLE STOP
A SPRINGBOARD OF IDEAS
By Frank Ellison
The smokebox front itself is something to
locomotive it's quite a tricky piece of detail.
Not only is the steelwork exposed with all its
profusion of rivets, but in the center of the
smokebox front is a door, an honest-to-goodness
door, with a big pair of hinges, usually on the
right side as you face it, and a number of
bolted clamps spaced around the rim to secure
the door tightly in the closed position. It has
to be closed tightly or else cold air will leak
into the draft-and you know what happens
to your fire when you leave the furnace door
even slightly ajar!
Even with the air brakes done and with all
the bumps placed correctly on the boiler, there's
still a bit of piping to string about. Feedwater
has to be brought into the boiler from the
tender, and this is done through a pretty hefty
pipe, somewhere around 4" or 416" outside di-
ameter, which leads from a rubber-hose con-
nection in the tender, usually on both right
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OUR PAPER IS NOW RATIONED.
Paper for the smaller magazines such as The 216 THE MODEL RAILROADER
Model Railroader is now rationed. As a con-sequence, we must reduce our number of horseshoe-shaped tank, usually mounted inside
pages during the Summer months and we will the smoke box but sometimes mounted on the'
be able to print barely enough copies for our outside. The Type BL Worthington feedwater
present net sales. Your news dealer will find heater is a huge pump assembly looking some-
copies hard to get, except for regular customers. thing like a glorified air pump and mounted on
If you want every copy, either subscribe direct the left side of the locomotive underneath the
by mail or buy at·the same news stand every running board. The Type S Worthington heatermonth, reserving your Model Railroader in j
consists of a pump mounted under the leftadvance. By eliminating the waste of unsoId
running board toward the front and a largenewsstand copies there will be enough maga-zines to go around. unit inside the smoke box which sticks out as a
TO. continue giving yoil your money's worth, square box in front of the smoke stack. The
we will print, several pages 111 color whenever . Elesco feedwater heater is a cylindrical tank
the number of pages falls below 52. which is mounted either at the top front of
the smoke box or set down into the front of the
smokebox so that only a portion of it shows, as
on some of the New York Central Hudsons. The
to a check valve which lets the water into the Superheater Co.'s feedwater heater is an ex-
boiler but doesn't let the hot boiler water haust steam ' injector usually mounted on the
back out. This is the old-fashioned standard left side underneath the cab.
way of getting the water into the boiler. Nowa- Our piping diagram shows the typical ar-
days, of course, steam locomotives have been rangement of piping for a Type SA Worthing-
made much more efficient, and vastly more ton feedwater heater. The same pipes-that is,
happens to feedwater between the tender and for cold feedwater, for steam to work the
the boiler. That's how we get that heavy eye- pumps, for hot water and for exhaust steam-
brow on the Boston & Maine Berkshire. That's must be provided in every feedwater installa-
a feedwater heater, which takes the exhaust tion, and with this knowledge of where the
steam and uses what heat is left in it to warm pipes come from and where they go, it will be
the feedwater before it gets into the boiler, thus easy enough to study the photos of that loco-
saving coal. Where feedwater heaters are in- motive you plan to build and determine what
stalled on locomotivs, the hot watbr must either the pipes are for and how they should be
be pushed by an injector or pumped into the placed. It makes modeling a lot more interest-
feedwater heater, where it absorbs the heat ing and a lot more accurate.
from the exhaust steam. From there it goes Another fixture on most modern locomotives
on into the boiler. is the power reverse gear mounted underneath
Various companies make their own propri- the right running board. The old standard re-
etary types of feedwater heaters, and these can verse gear for a locomotive was a long lever
be easily recognized by their appearance. The called the Johnson bar mounted in the right
Coffin feedwater heater which we mentioned side of the cab, convenient to the engineer.
before on the Boston & Maine Berkshire is a This lever actually lifted either the links or
the radius rod, depending on the type of valve
gear used, and as locomotives became larger
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*.='=le and this changes the position of a radial valve
-31-1 compressed air, causing the power reverse gear
in the power reverse gear. T'he valve admits
-• to move the valve gear t6 the position corre-8 F;1< sponding to the engineer's control handle. It's
Two popular types of feedwater heater are the Elesco a simple method of making compressed air dc
( left), mounted atop the smoke box, and the Worth- a back-breaking job. The sketch shows the
ington Type BL, which looks something like a glori. typical arrangement of a power reverse gear,
fied air pump and is mounted on the left side of the not always the same on every locomotive, but
boner. you'll recognize it, I'm sure, and be able to
Piping of the Worthington Type it is heated by exhaust steam
SA heater is the same in es- from A, goes to hot water pump
sence as other makes and mod- C, is pushed into boiler through
els. CoId water comes from check valve D.
carry out the prototype design on your own plenty more beneath in the running gear. Some
models.
That's about all the gadgets and gimicks subject for a descriptive article. What do you
there are on the boiler of a locomotive. There's think ?
Hacksaw BladesHacksaw blades are practically indispensable to a particular job.
the modeler of railroad equipment. They aremade in a variety of lengths and number of teeth
NominalLength,Inches
10
12
10
12
NominalWidth,
Inch
9%8
:%
Thickness,Inch
0.025
.025.032
.032
2 per inch. The following information will prove
other month, perhaps, that would make a good
useful in detennining which blade to use for
Numberof Teethper Inch
18, 24, 32
14, 18, 24, 3218
18
Hacksaw blade for hand frame.
The breakage of hacksaw blades can be cut to 6 minimum cutting them with a hack saw. Many a blade has beenif the proper blade is selected. For example, if thin-walled broken by holding the material with one hand and swingtibing is to be cut, the proper blade is one with a with the other. Using good judgment in cutting materialsconsiderable number of teeth per inch. This is advantageous will help to Prolong the tlfe of hacksaw blades too. A piecebecause a number of teeth rest on each section of wall, Of •'B" x 36" rod should be clamped in the vise so that thewhich allows for smooth Stroking. A saw with fewer teeth 39' surface fsces upward. Presenting the larger surface towould have a tendency to thump each tooth over each thin the b]ade seems the longer method, but actually the piecewall of the tube, and because of this the possibilities of can be cut through in less time and with less strain onstripping the teeth or perhaps buckling and breaking the
blade are greater.On the other hand, a blade with fewer teeth per inch doing so, all of the teeth can be made to do some of theis ideal for cutting soft metals. The coarser pitch of thisblade will provide chip space for the larger and heavier work.chips that are produced when cutting these solter metals.
Usually it is advisable to use blades with 18 to 24 teeth
LengthOver All,
Inches
1030,
123181014
1214
Center-to-Center of • Pinhole
Pinholes,Inches
9%
. 11389%
1136
Diameter,Inch
%2%2
B6
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per inch to cut heavy cross-sections, while blades withmore teeth are used for medium and light work.
Rods and tubing should always be held in a vise when
the blade,Use .long, full strokes instead of short, Choppy ones. In
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A little-used freight station seems
sort of deserted, a mere fixture.
But back a couple of trucks to the
loading platform. and the whole
picture changes.
Trucks
for Your
Layout
They're Easy to Make; the Variety of Body Styles and Colors Is Infinite.
By Roger B. Deatherage.
•N SECOND thought, we agree that trucks play of these loads makes us sit up and take notice.
an important part in the running of a We who are interested in modeling a com-
railroad. Many are used to deliver freight to plete railroad scene can capture some of this
and from depots, in the transport of milk and activity by making a number of motor trucks
other farm products. Some railroads, in ad- .and placing them near our freight houses, on
dition to independent operators, use them for our flat cars and highways, and on our farms
hauls. between cities. Trucks of perishables and city streets. We see them around us in
are ofterl loaded on flat cars and carried long everyday life-why not on our pikes?
distances in record-breaking time. The variety I've built a number of semi-trailers and trac-
tors in addition to a couple of
4.· ·i,·,·,an,·*v....,.,. -- 4/9/I stake trucks and other typesI.*d.A»*8,&4.. t..-w �442 'r"'• for my HO railroad, and have
.,34., 1 • found that scale models canFri- -
•:- '• 4•. 1 te.:ervett•:=:."Ii::e,23CI':Ill"I'll 1 the lower right corner of the
1 next page indicates how I cut
1 1 ...A".=-"-=-•"- ' 9- .. .f,il':'r=I:..1*: .-, ·:·,..... • a No. 234 truck in two, the
" ·: hacksaw cut being made about...: = . · 1/4" back from the cab. With
-· :-- the sides filed down to the floor
iPhoto by K. W. Comstock.) of the truck and a wood under-
Worth a second glance? Surel 0 gauge models by William J. Lenoir. frame, as shown, installed in
we steadily overcame many a problem. Signal up methodically and systematically.
lights were made and discarded by the dozen,
ballast was applied in a variety of ways, con- Royal Nonesuch, the crack passenger train,
trols were constructed out of everything imag- stood head-on to the·depot on the inbound track,
inable, from fish line to rubber bands, solenoids and by noon it stood on the outbound track as
to dash chokes; even curtain rods were ab- the 4-6-4 backed slowly up to the baggage car
stracted and bent into complicated shapes, and and coupled on, and as the herald on the rear
springs from alarm clocks were not overlooked. platform of the observation car flashed goodbye
The discovery of an unused and unguarded to Cusseta we knew that Jack, by means of the
Erector set was hailed with joy. A 5" wax Camelback, the turntable and the siding, had
record from a recording set went into the pit of won his spurs.
a turntable. A discarded radio tube became
an industrial water tank. Swab sticks became ville, the intermediate station, I gave it the
signal light masts and telegraph poles, and gun, and the General did likewise as it roared
paper drinking straws sliced diagonally furnish- into the Biglerville yards, barely snatchinged visors for signal lights.
Thus 'bug after bug was exterminated. The and snapping off the power, stopping the train
demon of perversity lurked for a while in one like a startled bronco just as the pilot collided
Eadget after another, but upon the approach of with the end bumper at the depot.
the three masterminds, the General at the head,
he took up a series of defensive positions to the master, Major!" shrilled the General.
rear to delay our advance. "Yehudi," we called
him.
Yehudi's Last Stand took place in the other vested Jack in due form, and Jack made a little
terminal. Jack took this over and named it speech of gratitude, thanked us all for our
"Cusseta," the scene of his most successful map generous cooperation, felt that he had hardly
problems. Jack never appealed to me for aid, deserved the honor, but would endeavor to...
and all the comfort he got from the General and so on, winding up by entertaining the hope
was, "Well, Major, that's your problem!" Bulg- that the remaining member (me) would i
ing rails on curves, rail joiners that became turn qualify himself as well.
Iionconductoid, switch pointl that reared up-
tliese and similar obstructions to traffic were rergit I'm Senior on this system. Enti.," Ano
tamed one by one, and Yehudi fell back into he spat complacently.
jungle sniping guerrilla fashion as Jack followed-
Victory was now in sight. One morning the
As the Royal Nonesuch whizzed by Bogus-
Bumpus out of the path of destruction in time
"Yippee! You're over the top-you're a Yard-
I added my congratulations and presented
the badge and Scarf to the General, who in-
�036Keerect," wheezed the Gener-' "but doii
(To be continued.)
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226
Layout of the MonthTemplates for
By Linn H. Westcott
Laying Out Curvesof THE MODEL RAILROADER stafT.
[We started to tell you about these methods recom- can later find the exact ends of your straightmended for putting your ideas for your next model track. If you are working in 0 gauge you willrailroad onto paper in the February 1943 issue of THE• RAILR•AD,2. Many details about the general have little use for the curve radii sharper
arrangements of layouts were also discussed, but now than 48". However, in the smaller gauges the
we are back to the actual preparation of your plans. complete set will be useful.
It is recommended that you use graph paper of 16 Radii of 24", 27" and 60" are the normal min-divisions to the inch, as if you make your drawingsin %" scale the small divisions will represent square imums for the three gauges respectively, butinches.-Ed.] 36", 42", and 72" are recommended for use
wherever possible. Curves of 38", 40" and 42"
AN THE opposite page you will find a set of can be used for second, third and fourth track
V curved templates drawn to 84" scale to in HO gauge. The 44•" and 76" curves are
represent the common radii used in model rail- for the outer track of a double-track line in
road practice.* 00 and 0 gauge. T'he curves on the templates
I'd recommend that you get a good quality are not concentric, therefore the template must
of bristol board, three-ply or thicker, as sold be moved if you're going to draw, for ex-
in art stores for making patent drawings. These ample, 72" and 76" curves around the same
sheets are not too large to handle and are of center. If you are laying out a reverse curve,
a very fine grade of paper which will cut with maintain 18" of tangent between the curves of
scissors very evenly along the lines. Fasten opposite direction on the smaller gauges and
the entire sheet of curves on the drawing twice this on any 0 gauge track. There are
paper, using LePage's glue: Lay a good-sized marks 18 scale inches from the curve on the
blotter over the sheet and put the two under templates for this purpose.
weights. When the glue has dried, the curves After using the curves a while you will find
can be cut. Take care to follow the lines ex- they have a number of advantages over the
actly, since both the inside and outside parts use of a compass. First, they make it much
of the template are useful. You will then have easier to connect the straight track and curved
a set of 14 templates for 13 difTerent radii, and, track, and while the method is not as mathe-
having used glue rather than rubber cement, matically perfect, it is ideal for model railroad-
they should be of a semi-permanent nature. ing. Also, you will not be so likely to make all
With care they'll last through the design of your curves to the minimum radius. It is a well
more layouts than you'll ever want to make. known optical illusion that a short 36" curve
These templates are used to guide your pen- looks much sharper than the same radius would
cil exactly like a ruler. Since the curves in the look around a quarter- or half-circle�036so use
corners of the room are the most fixed in their as large a radius as is practical on short curves.
location, they should be laid out first. The Another advantage is that you will be less.
templates are labeled for the radii of the likely to follow the tendency of making all3//' 1
curves in inches (,4 scale . The point where your curves to uniform angles of 90' in the
the curve changes to straight or tangent is corners. Obviously, a 90' curve is practical
marked with a little cross mark. Put a mark from a manufacturing standpoint, but it is not
on your drawing opposite this point so you often advisable from the standpoint of appear
* You can construct additional curves in the samemanner.
PORTABLE TOOL BOX
ance.
The curves represented by these templates are
Hank Mandeville, inimitable superintendent of the NewYork Society of Model .Engineers' Union Connecting RR., wasa busy man during the recent show, and as he fumbled in hispocket for a screwdriver and found assorted screws, tools, and
, whatnots, he remarked, "When I take off my clothes at night Isound like a hardware store going to bed!"
lows and maroons, topped off with grasses and shrubs . 2 i ... . .1.- ..<.1;: >.,« 0. ' '. .2
on the shelves and level hilltop, is as inspiring in a model , , · · '..* t-,- rs :::. :
landscape asitis inreal life, for sculptured stone as well as , : · •.LiJ, • e:,yPS r.. ti"
the living rock flash all the vivid colors of a paint box. · e :- ...' . 1 14- ': '4 F.Sculpturing rock is not nearly so difficult as it would seem.:'.
Like learning to swim, it requires a certain amount of self- : -4'• , "'..:.40.Kir'"4 '
confidence and the best way to learn is to jump in and paddle. : . - ..
You will have no trouble if you, first, approach. the task with 1�042i · f ·' -I. J
the knowledge that it requires the same deliberate care and f + , '• 1 ..#
•lsoen••tio•ne't;;•ttl:tse• •Z"motive, car or trackwork, and i . f '.: 1.· •• . .«.. ' *.,e'4•.
A carelessly left trowel mark can never be made to look ; ·*44. 1 . .1' t..fvk'like anything but a trowel mark. Rough, grainy house plaster r 11'. I %*h•
will always look like house plaster. Shiny, prepared paint, ofV .t, .. ..1 .ip.
course, is definitely out. 1-:60 + < 't-/EL.1•.i'
It doesn't matter what brand of plaster you use so long as 7- - 1 - I- . --1/7 - -
it is resilient and not brittle like pure plaster of paris, is soft Crevices, fissures and splits
in texture, pure white, and dries slowly to a
velvety smoothness. A splendid kind is that those just above the sand dome on the loco-
used by interior decorators on the walls of a motive in the picture.
room to give them a rough-textured finish- Never mind the tiny weathering cracks and
dry water-plastic "texture paint." It comes as small crevices now. We shall attend to them
a dry powder, mixes with water, and takes two later. Push small blocks of wood (like those
or three days to dry, depending on climatic above the locomotive stack) into the fresh plas-
conditions. ter and cover with plaster. Sometimes a large
Tack windowscreen wire to a rough frame- chip of wood which has been split from the
work in the usual manner for constructing a edge of a plank with a hatchet,will make a
landscape. Form the larger rock masses, major splendid, individual broken stone such as the
strata outlines, and deep fissures with your fin- one in the ui)per left corner of the photo. Do
gers. Apply the first course of plaster with a not lose its splendid small detail by covering
large paint brush, trowel, or knife to fill and with thick plaster. Dip it several times into a
lock itself in the meshes of the wire. Allow a more watery solution of plaster.
day or so to dry hard. Notice the effect of stratification in the rock
The second course should be of about the in the upper portion of the picture. This is
same consistency as fresh biscuit dough-soft achieved by drawing out the individual applica-
enough to model well, not so soft that it will tions of plaster, placing the blocks of wood, the
sag in drying. Scoop up a little plaster on the weathering crevices, all in one general direc-
end of a smooth kitchen knife and spread it on tion. The stratum shown here is almost hori-
the first course. Take another small scoop and zontal. You can, of course, tilt yours to any
spread again. Press it down in varying thick- degree of inclination you wish.
nesses up to 1/4�036.Allow each knife load to re- Take your good time with this part of the
tain something of its individual identity. Dip work. It is the most important part of the whole
the knife in water frequently so that the plaster job, and your success depends not so much on
will not adhere and form tiny nipples. Pull it your skill as a sculptor as it does on the slow,
along with the knife to form small flattened deliberate care with which you lay the plaster
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$80 in PrizesHollywood Man Offers Three Cash Awards for Best Layout to Fit His Space.
I-low would you like to win $50, or $20, or $10 modeled is a section with plains in the fore-
for indulging in your hobby? Those are ground and foothills leading up to mountains in
the amounts of the first, second and third prizes the background, with deep canyons running into
in a layout contest sponsored by Leon (Doug) these foothills and leading to mining areas. This
Douglass of Hollywood, Calif., in conjunction kind of country is represented by the Mother
with THE MODEL RAILROADER. Lode country in California, as, for instance,
The contest closes June 15. Judges will be along the approaches to Yosemite Valley, and
members of THE MODEL RAILROADER staff, and there are a number of places in the Appalachian
every effort will be made to announce the win- Range in the East which are quite similar to their 4ners in the August issue. Everyone is eligible physical arrangement. There should be a river '
except employees of THE MODEL RAILROADER and with actual water winding through the plains
of Doug Douglass, and members of their fam- and in the mountain section it should be tor-
ilies. rential in effect. He suggests there may be an
interurban line in the valley, but above allHere's What Is Wanted. there should be plenty of excuse for bridges in
Mr. Douglass has a garage with a specially realistic settings. If it can be worked in well,
built room on the second floor in which he there should be a coastline with dockage in
wishes to build a 00 gauge model railroad. the front.
The space is 24 x 28 ft. and he wishes to have Mr. Douglass is not particularly fond of main-
the spectators' area so arranged that the whole line operation, but it is permissible to have a
railroad presents a complete picture in itself. loop of main line around the room, most of it
The drawing shows the suggested arrangement hidden, from which a branch or branches can
of this area. However, it is optional to change diverge. The layout should be adaptable to
it if the advantages gained are sufficient. control by one man from a single board. No. 6
The type of layout where one walks in be- switches and 36" radius curves are the mini-
tween various scenes does not appeal to Mr. mum except on the trolley line.
Douglass, as it seems unrealistic to him. He The principal line should be held to one per
very much prefers to see most parts of the lay- cent grade and others to two per cent. His
out from the distance. This was done in the present motive power includes a 4-8-4 and a
large layout at the New York World's Fair in gas-electric, which should be kept in mind in
1939 and 1940. There must be space allowed for planning the layout. Many of the mines and
a work bench in the open area. His principal other industries are expected to be in operating
desire is to have very complete
effective realism without requir-
ing too much stretch of the imag- -«-\ 7ination.
All parts of the layout should be
in relatively correct proportion to
each other, although, of course,
a certain amount of overcrowding
may be necessary at a few points. •The layout should be practical • • Ed
from the operating standpoint as
well. Yards and stations should
not be oversize. =r Suggested ( not requiredl
He would like to have an HO :· 1 limit, for passage and
gauge trolley line connect at one f o control boa'13--20
serving a residential area nearby. i / T. iThis line should be as steep as the 1 4--6-7 • I » | Woik bench 1 1. 1-'»6-+
car can be made to go. .. * . . 11'-Ii I ·:· 21'Windows along this end
The territory he prefers to have
for MAY, 1943 235
236 THE MODEL RAILROADER
form. Access workholes should be invisible sees fit. The right is reserved to make full use
from the front. - of any layout design even though it may not
be declared a winner.Rules of Contest.
First prize of $50 in cash will be awarded to
The rules are simple. Merely design a layout the entry which, in the opinion of the judges,
to fit the space shown in the sketch and send it best fits the space and adheres to specifications -
to Contest Editor, THE MODEL RA]LROADER, 1027 as outlined under the heading "Here's What Is
N. 7th St., Milwaukee, Wis. Entries must be Wanted." Second prize will be $20 in cash;
postmarked before midnight June 15. No en- third prize, $10 in cash. Honorable mention
tries will be returned, and all become the prop- will be made other outstanding entries which
erty of Mr. Douglass, who may use them as he are not prize winners.
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Construction KinksAmmeter, Voltmeter Hookup. wish to use a voltmeter, employ the circuit
TT Is a waste of space, money, and material to shown in the sketch. The rectifier unit is used
.L have an ammeter and a voltmeter for every to insure that the voltmeter will give a reading
rheostat on the control board. If you can obtain regardless of track polarity. It will even work
one ordinary closed-circuit radio or telephone on A. C. if connected as shown. T'he voltmeter
is a D. C. unit with a capacity in excess of your
power supply voltage. The ammeter can be an1 From power supply and reverse switch ordinary automobile type with a needle which
Rheostal swings both ways from the center. This gives
L-/V\AA/V- not only an indication of the current drawn but
1 Jack Plug also shows the direction of train movement on. M v n'.
L_-1-1 Ammeter 1 a polarized layout. If you're using A. C., you'll
(shunling) (D--• need a special A. C. ammeter. Be sure to con-
Ordinary • A.• 1 Voltmeter II nect the jack on the track side of the rheostat.Rectifier unit ·• • 11 * 1 El=
t To track Lit• &.To common ground rall T Drilling Spring Steel.
53 EASY Way of drilling spring-tempered steel
jack for each of your rheostats, you can plug Il is as follows: Select a drill of proper size
your meters into any desired circuit at will. and heat about 44" of the cutting end to a good
The jacks must be the type which will shunt cherry red over a Bunsen burner or torch. Then
the connections until the plug is inserted. You quickly dunk the hot end into a drop or two
need only one plug for a set of meters. of mercury. This will harden the drill so it
An ammeter alone can be connected directly will cut through the spring steel like cheese.
to the two wires from the plug. If you also -L. J. Magee.
Famous BridgesThe jifth of a series.
87'C" )11/ 272" >It< 047t'55' •5,6-
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McKinley Bridge (double-track elevated rpilway and
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From Design 01 Steel Bridges, courtesy McGraw-Hill Book Co. Copyright 1915.
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No Models NowBUT when this war is over, Lionel
will return to the manufacture of scale
model railroad equipment with a vastly
enlarged engineering and production
capacity. Today, to fulfill the increasing
demands 6f the Army, Navy and Mer-
chant Marine, we are building new build-
ings, installing new equipment, training
new men and enlarging our engineering
staff. When the war is over, all of these
expanded facilities will be directed
toward the development of miniature
railroading.
LIONEL
238
Help for G. B. Welch. parallel resistances in a very fundamental way. Thecorrected formula on page 140 of the March issue is,To the Editor:
I was reading your Letters From the Editor page in of course, okay, but it still presents a "terrifying"-
the January issue and I think I can help G. B. Welch looking formula for those who are nothing but railwith his Scale-Craft ballast problem. I have used the fans. May I present a much easier way to work out
same kind of ballast and I have found that two plans parallel resistors?have worked for me; maybe they will work for Mr. 1. Let us say we have three , resistors of the follow-
ing values: 4, 6, 12 ohms.Welch. Here they are:1. Get one pint of flat white paint (5-and-10 will do), 2. Take the 4, 6, and 12 and put a 1 above each. This
add some flat black, then mix the two colors together now will be 14, 1/6, and y2·to the right shade of gray to match the ballast, and 3. Find a common denominator for the 4, 6, and 12.
add about two-thirds varnish. The varnish serves as You will find it to be 12.
a glue base for the paint as well as the ballast. 4, Add and you will get Mho (conductance) (oppo-
2. Mix up some Casco glue, fairly thin mixture, then site from resistance).paint it on with a paint brush and put on the ballast 5, Invert this answer ( 1•12 becomes 1%) and divide.
into the wet glue. That's all there is to it.
Shake off loose ballast when dry. I find that by giving it this way, my students canWILLIAM H. MASON. do it okay, but put it in the form of the conventional
50 Westminster Rd., Rochester, N. Y. formula and a few don't.C. H. HAAS.
a Instructor of Electricity and Radio,John Marshall High School,
Parallel Resistances. 3939 Tracy St., Los Angeles, Calif.To the Editor: r=
I noticed in the March issue that someone "jumped Readers' Exchange overflowed its usual space thisall over" Boomer Pete for a small mistake in the month, so numerous are the bargains in used andcalculating of parallel resistances [January issue]. As unused model railroad equipment. Turn to pages 248an instructor in radio and electricity, I can well ap- and 249 and read the 13 HO gauge listings and 13 0preciate Pete's thoughtfulness in trying to present gauge listings. 00 gauge and A- scale, tool
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Oeleta & S,t•- There are still plenty of things to be had tomake model equipment, construction easier,
for we still have on hand many items which
can be used to good advantage by spending
a little extra time and effort on them. THE FOLLOWING P'ARTS LISTED IN OUR
SPRING 1941 Catalog and Supplement are still available.
PAGE 27. PACIFIC MAIN FRAME (All holes but motor mount PAGE 45. Sides only. Hopper H 1-2-3-4. Pair .50are drilled but not tapped). Special .50COVER PLATE FOR ABOVE .15CONSOLIDATION or MIKADO same condition asabove .50COVER PLATE FOR ABOVE .15
PAGE 28. Main bearings. Set of 4 .20FLOATING BEARINGS. Castings with screws notmachtned. .15Bearing screws, per dozen .33
PAGE 29. All Loco wheels, unmounted. uninsulated. NOTMACHINED. Each .05A few Pacific (21 min.) Brass Rims only, each -_ .15
PAGE 30. Side rods, Pacific Set, untapped, less screws.special, set .75Side rods, Consolidation, untapped, less screws __ .75 PAGES 53 and 54.MAIN RODS: Consolidation or Pacific. Sets ____ .50CRANK PINS, Screws. Each .05MAIN CRANK PINS. Pair .05
PAGE 31. Loco Axles. Each .1529'.1 worm and gear set only. (Thin gear, noset screw.) Set .50
PAGE 34. CONSOLIDATION or PACIFIC RAW CYLINDERCASTINGS .75123-C Bushing. Pair .15 PAGE 55. Tenite Ice Hatches. Pair .15
PAGE 36. LAIRD CROSSHEAD CASTINGS ONLY. Pair -__- .25219-A Laird Upper guides. Pair .25126-A Screws. Each .05Return cranks, not drilled, no screw. Pair -__- .50
PAGE 31. All parts tn stock except No. 227 Combination Lever.
PAGE 38. No. 131-A Spring. Each .10No. 221 Raw castlngs only-no wheels. Speclal -_ .20No. 132 Raw castings only-no wheels, 3 pcs. Special .20
PAGE 39. No. 402 Consolidation Boilers 90% drilling completed $4.50 PAGE 63. ALL MAINLINE CAR KITS. Each .25
PAGE 40. All parts in stock except No. 508 Elesco heater.
PAGE 41. No. 519 Handrail posts. Dozen .40 EMBOSSED CARDBOARD ROOFS-No. 521 and No. 522 Boiler fronts not drilled.Special .25No. 525 Pilot die casting. Each .35No. 526 Old Style couplers, limited amount. Pair ._ .05No. 529 Motor wire, tender pickup connection. Foot _ .10
PAGE 42. PASSENGER SIDES ONLY. Assorted, not all instock. Pair .50
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No. 603 Zamak Reefer end sills. Ltd. Amt. Pair ._ .10No. 604 AB System, Tenite. .10No. 605 Brake wheels, brass. _ .02No. 609 Car Ends, short. Pair .10No. 611 Car Ends, brass. Pair .15No. 612-613-614 in stock.End Platforms, Tenite. Pair .06No. 616 Passenger car steps, Tentte. Set _-____ .15No. 628-629-630. Each .10
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Sorry, we have no facilities now to heindle retail orders or correspondence.
Members of the New England -" ..Association of Model Railroadersare enthusiastic about the layout MICHIGAN LAYOUT- E. P. Sanlsell, the brass hat, didn't mentionof the Massachusetts Model Rail- tile name of his road when he sent this picture, but we'd Suggest it beroad Society, 665 Atlantic Ave., called the Michigan Midland, since it's located at Midland, Mich.Boston, which recently staged ashow. Listen to Dr. R. S. Baldwinof Norwalk, Conn., as lifted from would like to hear from other rail- spite less time available to the old-The Crew'S Crummy: "Ray Tomp- roaders. timers.kins and I dashed to Boston ... The Northwestern Massachusetts Clarence W. Byers, 76 Northum-and saw a real fine model railroad Ry. of the Berkshire Hills Model berland Rd., Brighton, N. Y., is re-that operated with... smoothlless Railroad Society, 54 Gordon St., constructing his Glen Manor RR.and precision.... Although quite Pittsfield, Mass., had to do some at the foregoing address, which isshorthanded, the Massachusetts extra work on the overhead trol- a new location. The line was for-Model Railroad Society has steadily ley wire because of damage done merly three-rail; the new one willenlarged and improved its pike, during alterations on the mountain be two-rail but it isn't expected toincluding a large HO system, until division of the Berkshire Hills RR. be running for some time due toit has a most interesting piece ·of in preparation for the fifth annual lack of leisure; Byers is a warmodel railroading. We spent half exhibition May 1 to 8. Gandy dane- worker. The Glen Manor is a por-an hour in the control tower and ers and other construction workers tion of the Lake Ontario System;were enthused over the simplicity of the BH have been making im- other components are the Coaland smoothness with which the provements in anticipation of the Glen & Lake Ontario, the Pinesystem operates." ... Now that the event, Valley, the Chili Central, andshow is over, Publicity Director Northern Wayne & Lakeshore.Gregory R. Waring writes, two Eastern. The Mohawk Central RR. Sys-bottlenecks which have hampered The draft closed down the Rut- tem, 508 Columbia Ave., Ridgefield,operation in the event of a stalled land Traction Co. of the St. Albans N. J., sends out. an appeal throughtrain in preceding blocks are to (L. I) Model Railroad Club when President Harold Carstens for newbe removed. A new and much it took Fred Dabaritz, the only employees anywhere, and promiseslarger freight yard, a small station trolley man of the club. With only a pass to anyone writing for one.on the mountain division which will three members left, the club is The big labor shortage is in theallow point-to-point traffic, and a now frantically searching for re- track gang, and new. employeespassenger terminal with adequate inforcements, and the roll has been will be put to work on the newcoach facilities are planned. opened to women. Meetings are MC main line. ... Carstens, him-
Missing or a prisoner of war is held Mondays and Thursdays at self a collector, would also appre-Gus Johnson of the Rhode Island 8 p. m. at 170-20 118th Rd. ciate receiving, from other modelBrotherhood of Model Railroaders, Because the Philadelphia Model roads, passes, timetables, employ-Providence. Gus, a lieutenant in Railroad Club and the Philadelphia ees' timetables, etc. He puts thethe navy, took his wife with him Brotherhood of Model Railroaders request on a patriotic basis andto Corregidor just before Dec. 7. have both been dispossessed of lay- says it will aid the 0. M. D. T.With the thought that Gus' many out quarters, the one remaining Although the brass hat has beenfriends would like to write to the club operating its own layout in in the army for two years, con-Mrs., Ted Speidel, secretary of the Philadelphia area, the Main struction of equipment for the Ket-the brotherhood, gives her address Line Society of Model Engineers, tle Creek RR. goes on as usual, andas follows: Mrs. Willard C. Johnson, invited members of the other clubs the several shipments from camp2112 Dole St., Honolulu,' T. H. to participate in its second annual to the layout have included four
Bob Nimke, Riverton, Conn., model show, May 28 to 30. Both of locomotives and several freight andprobably doesn't realize it, but the clubs will have 0 gauge dis- passenger cars. Although thehe's going to be the envy of thou- plays at the exhibition, which will Northern Division had to stop con-sands of model rails when they hear be held in the Ardmore station of struction of right of way at 623he has 700 ft. of 0 gauge rail the Pennsylvania RR. The Main Chestnut Ave., Niagara Falls, N. Y.,waiting to be laid as soon as he Line Society's layout is HO gauge. when the b. h. went away to be-can find a place to put it. The The club's service flag now boasts come Cpl. E. L. Reeves, the South-Central New England is all laid seven blue stars, but with the ad- ern Division at 547 81st St. is be-out on paper and has two locos, 15 dition of three new members the ing built under the direction ofcars, and several structures. Bob organization is still progressing de- C H. Kremers Jr. (and if we've
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We "bought out" 2 Model RR. Depts.Timely, outright purchase of the complete stocks of two ofthe largest retail outlets in the country. enables us to offer avariety of 'hard-to-get' items. WHILE THEY LAST:
2 AMP. POWER PACK -$10.50; 4 AMP. ____$11.95HAVE WE GOT TRUCKS? LOTS OF 'EM:
Varney - Walthers - A-C and Megow'HO' 4- and 6-wheel passengers, freights I All typest Brassand Tenite! Kit form and finished. ALSO: A selection of4-wheel '0' passengerl Established list prices, no higherlalso: OHMITE MT-16; MT-14; VARNEY SWITCHERS-TRUCKS-REEFER KITS-WALTHERS DIESEL--GAS-ELEC-TRIC, OIL ELECTRIC; TRUCKS; BIRNEY, MIDLIN SWITCH-ES, MANTUA KITS, KaW DIE CAST PARTS, GILBERTKITS-SWITCHES-TRANSFORMERS. Write your needs»NOW--or see any dealer who handles our line of �042hard-to-get'and standard items!
INTERNATIONAL MODELSDEPT. 254 W. 55th St., New York CityMR-5
Western Electric Railway, Light & PowerCo.: 1 two-ear interurban train. "Alsoowns 4 light bulbs, 1 rectifier and 1storage battery."
Rouseville-Shadow Valley-Piedmont Trac-tim Co.: "Alasl No equipment, but aneight-wheel city car and a four-wheeldinky are on the construction board."
• Other passenger equipment consists of1 Arms-Yeager horse car... incidentally,
. ., t 1 Rau would like to know if anybody else........7.-4-..........4..1,4 i has one of these in any gauge ...1
....... 60 ft. AM&0 baggage, 1 Milwaukee bag-
GRADE SEPARA T/ON on the HO pike of J. B. Caldwell, Omaha. Other freight equipment consists of 60gage.
assorted cars, including a 14-car freezertrain and other interesting equipment
spelled the name wrong, we're William B. Hitchcock, secretary; such as 2 8&0 covered gondolas, 1 B&0safety-nrst gon, P RR. container car, Me-
sorry; Cpl. Reeves is a better Harold Brett, treasurer; Henry nasha Woodenware box, Ivory Soap's ort-swortlsman than penman). Boehler, librarian. ... Old Domin- ginal freezer, etc.
Commenting-correctly, we'd say ion Model Railroad Club, Arling- Western Motor Stages: 3 buses, 2 taxis.-that there isn't much difTerence ton, Va.-All ofTicers reelected for Western Motor Dispatch: 4 trailer trucks.Western Land & Really Co.: "This isbetween brass and gold nowadays a third term: W. L. Schuh, presi- when, I'm building scenery, paying theanyway, Buckley Crist, secretary dent; T. E. Mills Jr., vice-president; rent or light bills."of the Watchung Valley Railroad J. F. Cunningham, secretary-treas- �042Thisis me when I am (1) building cars
Western Engineering & Construction Co.:
Club, Plainfield, N. J., announces urer; W. H. Jackson, general super- and locos, and (2) building hotels, theaters,that the brass spike was scheduled intendent. After the election and etc."to be driven on the new main line second annual banquet, held in a platform trucks. "Also, this is me when
Western Express Co.: 1 express truck, 2
Apr. 15. ...As this is written Apr. Baltimore restaurant, the club at- I am carting cars to the club or to visit14, we can't tell you whether or tended an operating meeting of the my friends' layouts."not the ceremony went off as Baltimore Society of Model Engi- . . . Well, there you are, Chuck.planned. ... The club was obliged neers and witnessed an honest-to_ Just remember that it takes longerto move some months ago, and was gosh wreck when a GG-1 rammed to build 'em than it does to set 'emfortunate in obtaining an unob- the rear end of a freight train. up in type-then go ahead andstructed 30 x 50 ft. space on the A rolling stone may gather no dream, and after the war you'll besecond floor of a building which moss, but here's one who has all set to start construction.promises to be a permanent home gathered a lot of rolling stock and The April issue of Headtight &for the HO gauge layout. There a wife in his travels around the Markers, bulletin of the Cincinnatiare also two smaller rooms which country for Uncle Sam: Pfc. Murray Railroad Club, Room 117, Unionserve as workshop and office. More B. Sincoff of the 44th Airdrome Terminal, is devoted to a campaignmanpower is needed; contact Crist Squadron, Gulfport, Miss. Sincoff to interest members in model rail-at 745 Clinton Ave. for information. met the Mrs. at Brooklyn before roading as an interesting branch of...A couple of members have joining the army, converted her to the railfan hobby. This club isbeen experimenting with a fluid model railroading, then married not to be confused with the Cincin-drive for locomotives to give her at Denver last November. She nati Model Railroad Club, which issmoother operation. ' spends most of her time building an 0 gauge group with headquar-
The war has cut down, from 12 cars and such for the HO gauge ters in the same building.to four, the number of meetings Bensonhurst & Southern, which Another one of those railroadsthe Boomers hold per year, due has continued track construction which are complete except for hav-to transportation dimculties. How- under the direction of Sincoffs ing no place to go is the Junctionever, the gang is still holding to- brother and father, Michael H. River RR. of R. W. Potter, publicgether, we hear from F. H. White and Martin S., at 6007 21st Ave., relations director of the Egry Reg-of the White Arrow RR., 65 Mc- Brooklyn. ister Co., Dayton. It's an HO pikeKinley St., Nutley, N. J. White Em which has been held down bywrites that the Boomers have lost Central. apartment quarters. Ready to startone of their best members, J. Our linotype operator, Chuck hauling war materials are 72 freightPickings, who recently moved to Chapel, is a guy with a good dis- cars, and 16 passenger cars are allCleveland. position and a yearning for an HO set to go. Power consists of a
Recent elections resulted as fol- gauge railroad. He became ac- Diesel-electric switcher; morelows: New York Society of Model quainted with the hobby when he Power and rolling stock is underEngineers, 152 W. 42nd St.-Clark started working for us about a construction. One unusual car wait-Pool Jr., chairman; Fred Grimke, year ago, and so has acquired ing for • construction of track torecording secretary; John B. nothing but the yearning to date. begin is a model of the NYC "por-Reschke, general secretary; Walter But we feel we've got to warn cupine car" which is used to meas-Pecan, treasurer.... Model Engi- him that a railroad isn't necessarily ure tunnel and bridge 'clearances.neers' Railroad Club of North Jer- small just because it's HO gauge, asey, 90 Washington St., Paterson, and we feel there's no better way Midwestern.N. J.-Fred Vanderbeck, president; of doing it than to have him drag Did we ever tell you about theGeorge Brackmann, vice-president; out the 5-point type and set the time Harry Bondurant's Bay Line
Real sound effects taken right ofTmoving trains, etc.; no faking I En-dorsed by N. Y. S. M. E. High ndelity f.mp- *·12 ( new feature).reproducing records! Usable with auto-matic record-changerl Continuous ef-fectsl No needle-lifting! The 3 10" ,flillt'%Ilri=imilill Stamp for yourDOUBLE FACE RECORDS are iltted .M#•A..M../*M.I COPY.in a Hard Cover Album. BY MAIL:add 25c to cover packing, postage. etc.
A new insulated current-resistor break-er which prevents overheating whenshorts develop anywhere in the cir-cult! Compact, unfailing in its em-ciency and easily installed. Sturdiestconstruction. Saves its cost over andover again.
U BODY
""" 790 t:* 22....Aizy/I•Li•7144/•• =, iMAof 8SIDESMetal Couplers, WoodHardware, in each kit.
With metal cars out for the duration, these are perfect asalternates! Each kit includes ice hatch, ladder, brake wheel,steps, end sills with coupler pocket, underframe bolster, etc.Choice of: 36' Armour, Kahn or Swift, 40' Fruit Growers,Morrell's, Bordens, General American or Farmer's Co-op. BeSure to indicate sides desired. (Note: Previous ads listedthese incorrectly as 'HO' ) .
'HO' REEFER CAR KITS 7 $,
VARNEY
'HO' Little Joe
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SWITCHER
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A screw-driver and file is all the 'tools'needed to assemble this best-knownof all engines. The kit is complete,including die-cast Superstructure downto rivet detail • Pump piping, workingvalve action, bell, light and powerfulpermag motor unitl 0-4-0 type,
F·jil" :mo:lio•"&:Al $15
Calling
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Locos!
*Life recommences in '40 (three) for anyretired locomotives 1 Present scarcitymakes it 'necessary to 'draft' unitswithout regard to age or condition!'Lend-lease,' donate or sell your loco,if any! If no exchange facilities nearyou, send it to POLK's for immediateexamination and prompt offerl Ifpleased with our liberal price, we sendcheck, War, Stamps or Bond--OR-merchandise credit, whichev er youspecify ! Look around now, put that old'loco' back on the line I
HOTSHOT"rh" KITS'COMPLETE CAR IN A KIT' V For '0' Gauge
Closed or open end coach or Com- or Tinplate.bination and Closed-End Baggage.
s:3672:•.•10:*d•,fallia- f195......'*..•
No Cutting! No Soldering 1 Assemble in one evening ! Allunits cut to size, clip-together wood bodies. Everything neces-sary (except trucks ) in the kit! Special bolster for mountingLionel Trucks! Die-cast coupler and pocket, wire ends, shapedroofs, cut-out windows, necessary hardware.NO DETAIL MISSING ! Reefers Pa. $375
FOR
Ind. Printed .•
Sides, Trucks
and HARDWARE
STANDARD 50c VALUE! CHOICE OF 10 SIDESA timely 'special' representing the close-out stock-on-hand of one of the bestknown producers I Discontinued for the duration, there will be no more untilafter 'V' dayl Better buy all you'll need-NOWI You can order by Number! 1-American Refrigerator Transit, 2-Armour, 3-Fruit Growers Express. 4-HunterPacking Company, 5-Kahn'S, 6-Krey Packing, 7-MKT, 8-MUNX, 9-NorthAmerican Dispatch, 10-Northern. Each of these sold for 50c apiece, originally 1Orders for less than 3 Reefers-50( eacht When ordering by mail please be sureto specify second or third choices, if we are out of your flrst l
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/ HO STEEL RAIL••• Recently introduced for HO-very practical and popu-larl Exactly as used in A.C. Gilbert outflts.
Express collect, $35099 ft
AUEL to' TRUCKSANDREWS, Kit $1.15; Assembled 51.77DALMAN, Kit $1.15; Assembled $1.77DALMAN CABOOSE ( 3-rl. only) kit 1.40HAWK ANDREWS metal whls. pr. 1.25HAWK AAR, 4 wheel kit, pr. _-1.25POLK A. A. R. 1.10
ELECTRA SWITCH i 0'-'HO'-'00'MACHINESUsable any gauge, 6 to 30v. Soliddie-cast base. A. C. or D. C. $125Easiest blade throwing!
RAILROAD BOOKSWe carry every standard, ap-proved RR. book in printI Fulllist in catalogl
MODEL CRAFT HOBBIES
The Nation's Leading IIobby House
429 7th Ave. / DEPT jc MR.6, New York( Entire Second and Third Floors.)
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LOCOMOTIVE SALE !What a Parade of Power! Just what your pike needs forheavy wartime freight and passenger runs. Even Gas-Electrics for the branch line. Subject to prior sale, so hurry.Motive power shipped prepaid. Add 10c mailing charge onother items, cars, trucks, etc.
SCALE-CRAFT-0 GAUGE1 •'Ir•itIMO•:ain Type (4-84). $7450 ..........
1 E•go•e••s•gerayEit, ____ 21001 Walthers 0 Gauge, 2-rail,1 C. & N. W. (used) _--- 3500
4-6-6-4LOBAUGH
ARTICULATEDLast word in modern steampower. Assembled, but a few
Requires some work. Realopportunity to get a $235 en-gine at a bargain. Outsidethird rail operation. Inquir-ies invited.
$175.00YOU SAVE $60.00
CARS, E.tiltssg,----,•'2550 TRUCKS' *Eid, SZ0 Ga. HkS 2-railComplete with trucks and hardware. Freight trucks, pair 1.10
HAWK "O" Bumper kits - --._$1.00 AUEL 3-rail frt. trucks, pr. (kit) 1.15* Add loc Mailing Charge on each item ordered, except locomotives.
ORDER NOW-PROMPT DELIVERY GUARANTEED
NEWARK ELECTRIC CO. 323 W. Madison, Chicago(Retail only)
************************************ ed at 8:30 Saturday morning when4 1IO TIMBElt TRESTLE *
* ** The same as the timber pile * treasurer (my wife) to see my rail-* -nE•trestle pictured here and as *
* tt• :til' ,tri .iff tif;jif in "- :12:tz'tz te e•syrvsni•K, * would like to find out who they
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j STAR-LINE MODELS Fort Worth Texas • P. A, or I. C. C., the Fruit Cellar4318 Avenue M * or authority from the W. P. B., 0.
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had a pile-up under a ton of coalat 2327 N. 70th St., Wauwatosa,Wis.? It seems the dampness fromthe coal which surrounded a tun-nel through the coal bin caused therails to rust, and a long freighttrain stalled on a 90° curve in thetunnel because the wheels couldn'tmake good electrical contact be-cause of the nist. Harry sent ina helper engine, then another andanother until he had all his motivepower in the tunnel, pushing tobeat the band. The train buckled,and Harry had to dig through thecoal pile like a dog retrieving aburied bone so he could get tothe manhole he had provided forsuch an emergency. But now he'sgot it licked. He oils the rails out-side the tunnel, using ordinarymachine oil. Wheels of passingtrains carry the oil into the tun-nel, leaving a thin film on therails which prevents them fromrusting. The oil causes no troubleelectrically. This is a better methodthan his "retcher and fetcher," along rod with forceps head whichhe used to "retch in and fetch out"stalled trains.
Jerry Kostka, chief dispatcher ofthe HO gauge Great Lakes CentralLines, 1548 N. Burling St., Chicago,writes: "I am very thankful forthe article...in THE MODEL RAIL-ROADER last month. But I ran intosome trouble I would like to clearup. I stated that I would invite allservice men to my house and takethem to see other layouts. It start-
two soldiers came over and rangthe doorbell and woke up the
road while I was at work. ...I
were and where they are from; Iwould like to mail them passes tomy road. I got rid of 30 passesand have 410 more to go. ... Theycan be had for a self-addressed
of other layouts." Let's hope thatclears up the trouble.
Without beneflit of any ruling
& Eastern, brass-hatted by Mr. and
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Kits and Supplies-HO, 0 and 00 Gauge.Scale-Craft, Walthers.
555 HOBBY SHOP
(Division of 555, Inc.)
CALIFORNIA-HOLLYWOOD
Everything for HO.Varney-Walthers·-Others.See our working layout.
ANGELUS TENNIS AND
HOBBY SHOP1643 N. Highland Ave.
0-00-HO.Scale-Craft-Walthers-Nason-Pioneer-
Others. Airplanes-Ships. Model Kits andSupplies.
DOUG DOUGLASS1729 N. Highland Ave.
GLadstone 7285
CALIFORNIA-LONG BEACH
Headquarters for your Hobby. Completestock of suppnes for model railroads,
airplanes and shlps.
THE HOBBY SUPPLY SHOP1222 American Ave. Phone 640-54
CALIFORNIA-PASADENA
RAILFAN HEADQUARTERSComplete line of model supplies.
ACE MODEL SHOP808 E. Colorado St. Tel. SY-3-6061
Oph evenings.
Pasadena's original Hobby Department. ILLINOIS-CHICAGOComplete stock Airplanes, Ships. Racers,
HO, 00,0 model railroads.
PITZER & •ARWICK
321 E. Colorado St. Sycamore 2-4768 PAT SWEENEY'S Ho•BY SHOP 665 Atlantic Ave. Opp. S. Station
CALIFORNIA-SACRAMENTO
Sacramento's Leading Hobby Shop. LargeStock of Railroad Kits, Books, Tools,
Supplies. Open Evenings.HOBBYCRAFTS
1316 Del Paso Blvd. N. SacramentoPhone 9-9805
CALIF.-SAN FRANCISCO
Complete Stock of Supplies for Model Air- Custom Building Two-Rail Conversionplanes, Ships, Railroads. Over 50,000 items.
OFFENBACH'S1452 Market St Underhill 4204 5729-31 W. Lake St. Esterbrook 3272
Phone Republic 1027 and Metropolitan 9439 The Outstanding Model Shop in Baltimore.
FLORIDA-MIAMI
Largest stock of HO gauge supplies inFlorida. Also aeroplanes, boats,
and 0 gauge supplies.
BARTLETT'S MODEL SHOP26-28-30 N. E. 54th St. (at Miami Ave.)
Phone 7-2458
ILLINOIS-BERWYN
0-Model Railroads-HOPlanes--Motors-Boats-Supplies
DAVEY JONES
HOBBY SUPPLY SHOP2615 S. Ridgeland Open Eves.
Complete Metal and Wood Shop. Parts "Serving Model Rallroaders Since 1935."Made to Order. Headquarters forScale-Craft and Leading Lines.
4508 Broadway Longbeach 7251
Complete stock of Kits and Supplies for 0,00, HO Railroads, Race Cars,
Boats, Airplanes.
TROST MODEL SHOP
3111 W. 63rd St. Prospect 1354
Technical Service
0-00-HO
WEST TOWNS HOBBY SHOP
Opposite Menard St. "L" Station.
INDIANA-INDIANAPOLIS
Complete stock of klts and, supplies formodel railroads, airplanes,
boats, race cars.
THE HOBBY SHOP
2 W. Market St.
TINPLATE - SCALE"0" and "00"
Approved Lionel Service
LES' REPAIR SERVICE1656 Central Ave. Ta. 8834 131 W. Vernor Hwy. Cherry'3273
Open Eventngs Except Wed., Fri.
IND.-INDIANAPOLIS ( Cont.)
For Complete Locomotive Service
STOUT'S RAILWAY MODELS
25081,6 W. Washington St.
Belmont 4793
MARYLAND-BALTIMORE
HO Gauge Railroad Kits, Airplane, Ship,and other Hobby Supplies.
W. S. LLOYD & SON2309 N. Charles St.
Open Evenings.
MODEL AIRCRAFT CO.
418 N. Charles St.
Open Evenings Wed. & Sat:
Maryland's Oldest and Largest.
THE MODELERS COMPANY
328-330 Park Ave. Mulberry 5497
Tools and Supplies for the Modeler. Acomplete stock at all times.
0-00-HO railroads.
THE SPOT HoBBY SHOP
115 W. Fayette St. Plaza 3779
MASSACHUSETTS-BOSTON
Complete line Railroad Kits and Suppliesfrom experienced model railroader.
BOSTON MODEL RAILROAD CO.
New England·s finest model supply house.Airplanes-Boats-Trains-Race Cars-
Miniature Gasoline Motors.
STANLEY-•INTHROP'SBoston - Quincy38 Chauncey St. 7 Revere Rd.
MICHIGAN-ADRIAN- EXCLUSIVELY HO -
Kits and equipment of leadingmanufacturers.
Moore Interurbans."Specializing in HO since 1935."GEORGE B. BEISWANGER
626 N. Locust St. Phone 277
MICHIGAN-DETROIT
Technical service on layout and design.Jig-built �0420'switches. Two-rail conversion.
THE HOBBY EXCHANGE3248 Fenkell Ave.
Evenings except Thursday.
Exclusively ' Model Railroads.Spray Painting Machine Shop Service
TOM'S MODEL HOBBY SHOP
Open Fri. eve. till 8:30. Complete stocks.
for MAy, 1943
Local Retail Model Dealers
(Additional dealer listings on following pages.)
Local Retail Model Dealers
MISSOURI-ST. LOUIS
Complete Stock, 0-HO-00, Scale-Craft,Mantua, Varney, etc. LioneI and
American Flyer Repairing.
E. R. JoHNSTON
3826 Minnesota St. Phone LA 8636
NEW JERSEY-CALDWELL
For satisfaction in HO gauge try ourservice. Large stocks, leading makes.
CALDWELL HOBBY SHOP
309 Bloomfield Ave. Open Eves.
NEW JERSEY-HACKENSACK
HO--00-C-I)-0 gauge railroads, modelairplanes, boats, race cars, gas
engines, tools, etc.
HOBBY LAND390 Main St
NEW JERSEY-HADDONFIELD
MODEL RAILROADS-AIRPLANESBOATS-CAMERAS-STAMPS
HADDON HOBBY SHOPKing's Highway E. and P RR.
Open Eves.
NEW JERSEY-mVINGTON
RAILROADING IN MINIATUREScale and Tinplate.
MADISON CYCLE CO.1288 Springfield Ave.
(Near Sanford Ave.)
We buy, sell, exchange everything inthe hobby line.
THE HOBBY SHOP758 Springfield Ave. ES-2-6211Open till 9 Sundays till 2
N. J.-NEW BRUNSWICK
All leading lines of HO railroads; ship HO-00-0, airplanes, ships, race cars, Cpl. Harry Garrett, 62nd Flyingmodels, supplies; gas and rubber
powered airplanes.
STEVE •ARGA'S HO6BY SHOP55 Easton Ave. Phone 7616
NEW JERSEY-WESTFIELD
Kits, Supplies, Parts for All Models.Railroads-Ships--Airplanes--Race Cars.
CENTRAL JERSEY MODELS
HOBBY STORE137 Elm St. WE-2-2232
NEW YORK-BROOKLYN
THE F•REPLACE
CRAFTS & HOBBIES, INC.
8415 Fifth Ave.Tel. BEachview 8-0231 Open till 9:30 p. m.
NEW YORK-BUFFALO
Real model railroad information withouta sales talk.
·K&K HoBBY SHOP
511 Winspear Ave. PA 5794 1 Open evenings.
N. Y.-BUFFALO (Cont)
0-00-HO Railroads-Airplanes-Racers» average solid tank car drag pro-Boats-Motors-Supplies.
Open Daily-Mon., Thurs., Sat. Eves.
HOWARD E. RuTH
MODEL & SUPPLY CO.1466 Genesee St. TA 4126 next fuel-oil coupons become valid.
NEW YORK-NEW YORK
Complete stock of popular hobby manufac- inauguration of service by the Ter-turers. Sca]e model railroads-airplanes- minal Railroad Association. Recent-
boats, race cars-miniature motors.
ATLAS BOAT SUPPLY CO., INC. out of Union Station through a105 Chambers St., con Church St. maze of crossovers and rolled onto
Visit New York's Most Unique Hobby Store.Full line scale railroad equipment.
All leading brands.MODEL RAILROAD EQUIPMENT one trunk line, the MoPac, at
CORP.21 W. 45th St. New York City
Phone LOngacre 5-2465
NeW Y0rk's Largest Hobby Store. Kits, territory by way of a double-tracksupplies for railroads, airplanes, boats,
race cars. Bicycles, gifts.
TRYMO HOBBYCRAFT
81 Chambers St. WOrth 2-0472-3
Complete Walthers model railroad stock. Ties are stained wood, individually
•ALTHERS SHOP FOR
MODEL RAILROADERSBernard Abrahams, Mgr.
112 W. 42nd St.
NEW YORK-ROCHESTER
SCALE-TINPLATELionel Factory Approved Service.
Always Open. Member, M. I. A.
"TRAIN DOCTOR" G•RDNER2261 Dewey Ave. Glenwood 2847 Mo., is now in the armed service
Mfr. GARGRAVES 0 TRACKAGE
All leading lines scale model rallroading,
motors.
HOBBY SHOP
892 Clinton Ave., S. 9t09 Schollmeyer Ave., St. Louis, is
OHIO-CANTON
"We'll help you get started."Your model railroad probleins interest us. fourth Wednesdays at 8. Visiting
THE MODEL SHOP2418 Tuscarawas St., W. Phone 7949 Staely, vice-president;' Francis
OHIO-CLEVELAND
Everything for the model builder-America's most unusual hobby store.
Central Ohio's oldest and most completeModel Railroad Shop. 0-HO-00.
COLUMBUS
MODEL RAILROAD SHOP
652 Neil Ave. ADams 3492 thers of Milwaukee, Doug Douglass,
Mrs. K. E. Crane at 720 GovernorSt., Chippewa Falls, Wis., has plac-ed an embargo on the movementof any fuel oil beyond Tankton.All oil must be unloaded there intothe 260-gallon oil pocket directlybeneath the town. However, as an
vides barely enough fuel for onehour of heating, it's nip and tuckwhether or not the brass hats willhave to move to a hotel before their
Les Spainhower, 1701 N. Park Dr.,East St. Louis, Ill., announces the
ly a Missouri Pacific special eased
the high iron, officially openingthe facilities of this large HO ter-minal. The T. R. R. A. serves only
present; however, it is prepared toserve three trunk lines as soon ascars can be built. Trains leavingthe main line enter Union Station
wye which fans out into the stationyards through an elaborate layoutof crossovers and turnouts. A coachyard is adjacent to the station prop-erty, but not as yet completed.
laid and ballasted (unusual in anHO layout). Les advises that scen-ery is the nextthing in order, andinvites any HO modelers in thevicinity to drop in and view hispike. He is contemplating organiz-ing a club, so here's your chanceto be a charter member.
aSouthwestern.
Harry Garrett of Kansas City,
and would like to hear from hisfriends. His present address is:
Squadron, Fifth Ferrying Group(A. H. C.), Love Field, Dallas, Tex.
The Railroad Hobby Club, 4935
operating on curtailed schedulenow for the obvious reason; meet-ings are now held the second and
rails are welcome. Lester Goodallis the new president; Howard
Karn, 2713 S. 13th St, secretary-treasurer. At a recent meeting theclub viewed two movies, "WartimeRailroading," released by MoPac,and "The Freight Yard," releasedby NYC.
aWest Coast.
From W. J. Shuch, 6707 BeckAve., North Hollywood, comes thisreport of an activity Mar. 22: "LM. Upshaw, 4162 Fulton Ave., VanNuys, Calif., held open house onhis Coldwater Southern. Amongthose present were William K. Wal-
and representatives of about 20
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different layouts. Upshaw's layoutis big for HO: 12 x 18 ft. with about300 ft. of running track, big yards,and an exceedingly neat controlsystem.... Later in the eveningthe gang repaired next door to theFredericks layout (00), which islabeled the Red Wing Lines, andspent the rest of the evening look-ing at moving pictures, mostly onrailroading."
•/1And that's that ... until next
month.The Man in the Doghouse.
Kien
Modet Shows
Washington, D. C., in progress un-til May 15, Metropolitan Societyof Model Engineers' 10th annual HO Gauge Kits, Supplies, Accessories.members' exhibition, East Hall,National Museum of Arts andIndustries Bldg. (Smithsonian In-stitute).
Pittsfield, Mass., May 1-8, Berkshire 1426 Oak St. Phone 1722Hills Model Railroad Society, 54Gordon St
Ardmore, Pa., May 28-30, Main Line 0 - HO Gauge Kits, Supplies, Accessories.Society of Model Engineers, Ard-more Station of P RR. HO gaugeoperating layout. 0 gauge dis-plays by Philadelphia Model Rail-road Club, Philadelphia Broth-erhood of Model Railroaders.
Los Angeles, Calif., May 23, Pacific Airplanes. Authorized Lionel, AmericanCoast Region, N. M. R. A., in theclub rooms of the MetropolitanLos Angeles Model Railroad Club, AND HOME FURNISHINGS CO.third fioor, north wing, old SPCentral Station, 5th and CentralAve., 10 a. m. to 10 p. m. Serv- PENNSYLVANIA-ALLENTOWNicemen admitted free.
r=WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
MAYBE VIC KETCHAM
IS LOOKING FOR YOU 22 N. 8th St. Phone 2-9975
Victor A. Ketcham Jr., secretary PENNSYLVANIA-HARRISBURG 113 S. George St. 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.of the National Model Railroad As-sociation, has misplaced the ad- Machine Service Technical Servicedresses of the following people andtherefore cannot send them their1943 registration cards:Bien, Paul F. Ohlmanviek, Ervin.Bolles, Richard . Pierce, George.
Vic requests that these peopleget in touch with him at 50 W.Broad St., Columbus, 0., so thathe may correct his records and send PA.-PHILADELPHIAthe registration cards.
388 Members This Year.
So far this year the N. M. R. A.has signed up 388 members, mostof them renewals of membership.This means that many old membershave not yet sent in their renewals. Midtown Philadelphia's Railroad Exchange.Payment of the dues of $1 willput you back on the list.
Year Books for 1942-1943 are nowbeing printed and wilI be mailed inthe near future.
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SWITCHES. . . YOU IIAVE APPROVED
HO No. 4, No. 6, RkL .....-$ 1.95HO No. 3, Wye 1.95HO 30, 60, 90 Crosslng ..._____ 3.30HO No. 6 Double SUP 18.50HO No. 6 Three-way 8.50All Turnouts and Speclal swltches areguaranteed for workmanship. Placeback-to-back for perfect crossover.Tles staggered for scale detail.
Stamp for- 00 and 0 price list.Cash with order postage prepaid.
1\... -1, - -1"Wi/'CA,(•Oradell, New Jersey
J-C MODELSJ-C Model Passenger Car Kits solve the HO Mantua two-rail Camelback switcher, buildings, truck parts, incomplete decals,passenger car problem. The kits in-clude all the features of more expensive · W. Alaska Pl., Denver, Colo. -5 velope ts sent. Am changing to HO; wouldkits, and several more not found atpresent in many other kits, such ascompletely embossed ends. fan andScreen strips for monitor roofs, prls- Norman Dunn, Holland, Mich. -5 1000 Ft. N. Y. S. M. E. running rail, $60.matic window cellophane for washroomwindows, porters' numbers for Pull-maIls, wooden steps with punched nbersides, etc. Care has been taken to in- rail, power pack, many structures, tools,sure quick and simple assembly, rigid,strong construction, and satisfactory quality equlpment. Stamp for list. John 3 cars, 4 switches, 20 straight, 22 curved.operation."0" Gauge Body Kits -.--$2.95 70 Pain Walthers HO automatic couplers."00" Gauge Body Kits ___ 1.95Descriptive folder.____.-____ 5e
316 East 46th StreetBrooklyn New York
FROM A YARD -•:•e-,IN - -1
ROUNDHOUSE.'Including Stations, Signal Towers,Coaling Station, Water Tanks, Bridges,Trestles, Tunnel Portals, etc., etc., etc. N. E. Capital Ave., Battle Creek, Mich. -5 Locomotive and 32 freight cars, factory30 in all.We make almost every building orstructure that you need. Also thematerials to build to your Own design. pleted HO two-rail models in practicallyAll acknowledged to be without equal. new condition. 6 locos, 24 cars-WaIthers, S. Broad St., Philadelphia, Pa. -50 gauge only.
Catalog 25 cents (coln)MODEL STRUCTURES CO.
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Three rents per word, in advance. Count each initial or group of flgures as one word.Include name and address in count. Deposit Service: We obviously cannot guaranteeadvertisements in this column, but on payment of a fee of 25 cents we will hold asa deposit the price of any merchandise until buyer advises he has received it insatisfactory condition and we will then farward the money to the seller. We will notifyseller as soon as deposit is made. Ne Mmmorotal atE, a.�042ept�0424for thli de,artmilt.
FOR SALE.HO GAUGE EQUIPMENT.
A. F. Engine, 2 cars, assembled, Mantua Have Freight Sets of 228 Switching Engine,couplers; 2 cars, original kit; one 7-B
transformer. All new, $23.50 for set. Send several 0-27 gauge passenger and freightstamp for reply. Paul Schmitz, R. 2, sets, some with automatic uncoupling. Ac-Bowling Green, 0. -5 cessories, plenty of track, plain and insu-A. F. Hudson with magnet and four cars. lated; almost • everything new. Railroad
George Glasheen, 2127 E. Ave. N. E., Magazines. Stamp for list. Rosenneld,Cedar Rapids, Ia. -5 1040 Chester St., Hillside, N. J. -5Approximately 180 ft. HO brass rail, various Have One Pair Lionel 022 switches in per-
lengths, $5. 6 used switch kits, brass. feet condition. Will sell for $10. War-$8. Power pack sumcient for two or three ren Bresler, 503 E. Vine St., Mount Ver-locos, never used, $12. W. H. Cochrane, non, 0. -6328 Central Ave., Fillmore, Calif. -5 Lionel 700-EW 0 gauge loco. Ten scaleHO Consolidation with tender built from freight cars, also enough track to make
Varney kits except Stock chassis, 30:1 90 ft. of three-rail track complete withgears, Pittman motor. $27. R. Bice, 304 ties, spikes and third rail supports, $90.Illinois, Morton, IlI. -5 Rig Ghedini, 560 Chestnut Ave., Bridgeton,HO Equipment: Many hard-to-get items
such as complete Rock Island stream- 0 Gauge Layout: All equipment is for two-Iiner; will sell because job keeps me' too rail. 1 SP Cab-forward (4-8-8-2, madebusy to model-railroad. Send stamp for from Lobaugh), $40. 1 SP 0-6-0 swltcher,list. Robert Ebbert, 20 Trebor Pl., Wyo- $10. 1 Saginaw H-10 2-8-0 Consolidation,missing, Pa. -5 $20. 1 caboose (all brass), $3.50. 4 reef-IIO Layout: 200 ft. track, 15 switches, 5
locos (Varney Consolidation and unpack-ed streamllner, Mantua Consolidation andCamelback, American Flyer). CompleteWalthers passenger train, also Varneystreamline passenger cars. Numerous freightcars, Mantua, Varney and Walthers, allnecessary control board apparatus includ-
. inK power packs, automatic switch ma-chines, some scenery. J. E. Merle, 3715C, Lincoln, Neb. -5
good condition, $17.50. Tom Wallis, 160 etc. Photos lf self-addressed stamped en-
HO Railroad Equipment: Large selection, consider HO trades. C. H. Haas, 1630both new and used. Send for list today. capistrano, Glendale, Calif. -5
SelIing IIO Gauge equipment, value $500:5 locomotives, 25 cars, crane, new chandise never used; guaranteed. Shlpped
motors, drivers, parts, scenic items. High 027 Tinplate, $15. No partial sale. 1 10co,
Page, Waynesburg, Pa. -5 Dave Hunter, 625 Milan, South Pasadena,
Brand new. 25 cents per pair. John E. Scale Model Lionel Hudson and tender,Parfitt, 7194 Montague St., Philadelphia, 763E-like new, $28.50. Pacific kit, part-Pa. -5 ly completed. Two Ohmite rheostats, MT24 Curved Sections of Mantua solid-rail
ready-laid track, at 40c. 26 sectionsstraight track, 35c ea. 8 ready-laid switch-es, $2 ea. 14 flnished freight cars, $1 ea.3 switch kits, 85( ea. 1 Varney controller,$3.50. 1 power pack, $6.50. All the aboveequipment is HO gauge. R. M. Darling, continue. All of the following equip-156 Field Ave., Auburn, Me. -5Unconverted AF Hudson, good condition, track including switches, switch machines
$7; also 100 ft. HO brass rail, 3 ft. and 3-ply fir veneer cut out in kidneylengths, $2.50. Richard Kishpaugh, 571 plan, about 535 ft. radius for triple track.
Will Sell on "satisfaction guaranteed or nnished. 250-watt transformer, work bench,money back" basis, my carefully com- tools, spraygun, etc., etc. Bargain at $475.
Varney, American Flyer, etc. Send stamp Two-Rail Scale-Craft 0 gauge New Yorkfor list. J. W. Brown, Ridge Ave., Nantick, Central Hudson J-ld. Not completelyMass. -5 built. No running time: Also have NYC
0 GAUGE EQU•MENT.Anel Draft Gears, 30c. Tenite wheels, 10c. ton Hoppers, three kits, two partly built.
New Lionel 226 engine, $22.50, couplers, Full details on request. All inquiries willalso tinplate Lionel. M. Carr, 901 E. be answered. Money-back guarantee if notSuperior St., Duluth, Minn. -5 as advertised. A. McDonell, 1924 Brussels,Cleveland, 0., and vicinity: Conducting
private sale of miscellaneous 0 gauge Unconverted American Flyer Hudson andequipment. Mi-Loco Pennsy K-5, Saginaw three 70 ft. custom-built coaches, $20.E-6, Beeman hoppers, gons, flats. Reefers, Bill Cowling, 722 Mulberry, Mt. Carmel,box cars. Switch kits, switch machines, Ill. -5track. Sunday afternoons only. Phone Very Elaborate Lionel train zet, excellentDiamond 6245. Max Gray, 3327 E. 65th condition. For details write Ernest Dietz,St., Cleveland, 0. -5 20 Chatfleld Rd., Bronxville, N. Y. -6
FOR SALE (Continued).0 GAUGE EQUIPMENT.
763 modifted Hudson, 700 scale Hudson.
N. 3. -5
ers, $3 ea. Il box cars, $3 ea. 1 stockcar, $3. 2 8&0 automobile (brass andcopper except bottom), $3 ea. 5 flats (threewithout decals). $2 ea. 7 gondolas ( fourwithout decals), $3 ea. 1 hopper (wood).$2. 3 tank cars, $2.50 ea. 1 pickle car(no couplers or decals), $1.50. 1 SP pas-senger, $3. 1 SP combination, $3. 1 SPbaggage, $3. 200 ft. steel rall, $10. 1 small-town station, $1; 1 water tank $1.50 (bothof these Skyllne). All cars equipped wlthautomatic couplers; will throw in assorted
complete, painted, ready to run. 4 freightkits; 14 Picard body kits; 2 Mallory recti-flers: miscellaneous sides, parts, tie strips.Total value $150. Lot price $90. L. Bloss. Cash raid for any size trains, track, trans-205 Governor, Providence, R. I. -5 1 formers, cars, etc.,or complete train
lantic, 1 gas-electric (less motor), 22freight cars, 2 passenger cars, 100 lt. rail,buildings for town, many extra parts. Locospowered with LAS 12v. motor. Rectifierreverse, Needs some work to put in nrst-dass shape. $100. E. Groves, 2213 11thAve. "A," Moline, Ill. -5 Chesapeake & Ohio �042�042Texas"2-10-4 and
MISCELLANEOUS.1500-Amp. Transformer, Westinghouse A. stamp. H. C. DeVore, 309 W. Crawford
C., 12 fixed voltage step outlets from lov. St., Flndlay, 0. -5to 32v. in steps of 2v. $50. A. L. Mann.4719 Rockwood Rd., Cleveland, 0. -5Good Interurban Photos. Large selection. rail preferred. Richard Hoy, Lockport
Send stamp for list. Ewing Dale, 178 Heights, Lock Haven, Pa. -5Trinity Ave., S. W., Atlanta, Ga. -tf
FOR SALE OR TRADE.For Sale or trade for other 00 equipment
to best ofrer: 42-section Lionel two-rail Lionel 0 Gauge or standard gauge locos,curve, 00 gauge, in original carton. Some cars, track, and catalogs. Ernest Stefan,used once, balance unused. Lester Novy, 810 Atalanta Ave., Webster Groves. Mo.-7317 W. Adams St., Chicago, Ill. -5GE K.W. H. 5-110-2-1 meters, rebullt, Must be perfect condition. Will pay cash.
tested, report included. Less than .3 % J. L. Duke, Newton, Kas. -5error. Open 30 days for best cash ortrades lit 0 two-rail only. C. Trussell,North Conway, N. H. -5Ives Standat·d for cash or 0 two-rail.
One 3243R NYC 4-4-4 elec., auto rev. One3241 NYC&HR 0-4-0 elec., hand rev. Onecombine, one Pullnlan, two Rats, two 100w. No. 204 & 5 trans. Some couplers,lights, and bell missing. Needs paint job. ton St., Urbana, Ill. -5Perfect running condition. 17 secs. straight, 00 Gaure Lionel two-rail equipment; must14 sees. curved, two Xovers, perfect; four be in good condition. Ed Giffin, 4399mechanical switches, worn or chipped Hamilton Ave., Cincinnati, 0. -5points, need repairs. Open 30 days forbest cash or trade. C. Trussell, NorthConway, N. H. 4Standard Gauge Ives electric-type 4-4-4
locomotive, 3 passenger cars and 15 sec-tions of track, all in excellent condition.$20, or trade for HO locomotive otherthan Gilbert. Marshall Booker, 2370 Fair- Three Pairs HO drlvers, insulated on one, KNUTSSON'S West Chicago, Ill.way Dr., Winston-Salem, N. C. -5 side, 72" or larger, new or used, in37 Megow: HO gauge freight kits, assort-
ed: 500 each, or will trade for scale 0gauge rail switches or Lionel Pennsylvania Want Photos or clear illustrations of theswitcher. Sellhorn, East Lansing, Mich. -5 following milk cars: Lehigh Valley, Lack-Two A. F. Engines, 4-64 type, six various
passenger cars and one remote-controlcrossover. All equipment purchased inDecember, 1942, and in perfect condition. 'Will Pay Cash for any Lionel 0 gaugeHarold Alboum, 905 Landis Ave., Lancaster,Pa. -5 need 763 and 226 locomotive and tenderVarney Mike, Mantua Mogul, D. C. Hud- sets, and 906-B Magic Electrol switcher;
son, dockside switches, 25 cars-in fact,everything to build layout. All new, neverrun on tracks. Value $200; will trade or my layout. Please send full particulars insell. Want guns and ammunition. Arthur your flrst letter. Ralph Clifrord, TheMilroy, 59 Cypress St., Charleston, S. C. -5 Ranch, Plano, Ill. -5
FOR EXCHANGE.For Trade Only in anything 0 two-rail,
500 ft. No. 14 RC wire in pieces 75 to Will Pay Cash for your complete train turers' kits and parts. Visit the Blum &150 ft. Open 30 days for best trade. C.Trussell, North Conway, N. H. -5 parts, track and accessories, all or in part,Will Trade superdetalled 0090 Lionel set
for 0 scale. A. L. Mann, 4719 Rockwood,Rd.. Cleveland, 0. -5 Will Pay Cash for your scale or tinplate HO
WANTED.A. F. "O" 0-8-0 switcher, Jack Calor, 4310
College, Indianapolis, Ind. -5Bulletin 36 (Coloradd Midland), published P. Stuffiebeam, Box 47, DePere, Wis. -5
by the Railway & Locomotive HistoricalSociety. Send list of other bulletins andprices. J. C. O'Hearn, 1609 N. 40th St.,Milwaukee, Wis. -5 loco and car kits; four No. 2 or No. 3Cash for late edition Locomotive Cyclopedia. K. & D. motors, new or in good condi-
1934, '35 and '37 MODEL RAILROADERS, tion; four rectifiers for polarized revers-bound or loose. Doc Fixit, Junction City, ing. Maj. John S. Crull, 319th Bn., CampOre. -5 Tyson, Tenn. -6
WANTED (Continued).Cash for your old standard gauge Lionel
equipment of 1910-14 period. Especiallythe old American type loco, electric typeloco, old-style coaches, also freight carsand track. 0. P. Stumebeam, Box 47, DePere, Wis. -5
I layouts. Write Mr. Trainman, c/o Ted's1 Hobby Shop, 1138 Westwood Blvd., Los
Cash Paid for new or used Lionel 027-0-072 rolling stock. Prefer 027 With
electric couplers. Also want 700-E and2763-EW Lionels. Gardner, 2261 Dewey,Rochester, N. Y. -6
4-8-4 "Greenbrier," both 0 gauge. Two-or third-rail. Cash price first letter. Send
Complete 0 Gauge scale layout includingtrack, switches, and rolling stock. Two-
110 or 0 gauge model equipment; stateprice md condition. Sgt. Lloyd Kern,
Dept. Air Training, F. A. S. Overhead,Fort Sill, Okla. -5
Lionel 763-EW Loco, two- or three-rail.
Mantur, HO Belle of the Eighties in goodcondition. Harold Whitehead, Rt. 5,
West Tulsa, Okla. -5No Answers to my March ad. Surely some-
one has a Lionel 2224, 2225 or 2226 loco-motive and tender he wants to sell-newor used. C. H. Tanner, 707 E. Washing-
125 Ft. HO Midlin track. George Glasheen,2127 E. Ave. N. E.. Cedar Rapids, Ia. -5
Small Steam Locomotives, old types, heat-ed with alcohol. Describe fully. Monte-
cito Antiques, 1130 E. Coast Highway,Santa Barbara, Calif. -5
good condition. Dr. S. J. Clunk, 532 Wal-nut St., Reading, Pa. -5
awanna, Central Vermont, or milk carsof other roads. Max Gray, 3327 E. 65thSt., Cleveland, 0. ' -5
rolling stock and equipment. Especially
also Type Z 250-watt transformer, and Announcing New Service to Model Rails,022 and 711 switches in order to complete
Will Pay Cash for Icken loco. State age Have superdetailed �042·0"gauge locomotives,and condition. Box C, M0I]EL RAILROADER. passenger and freight cars ready for im-
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equipment, either locomotives, cars, extra Ardmore RR., Thursday evening or Sunday.
Itemize. All letters answered. A. L. Mann,4719 Rockwood Rd., Cleveland. 0. -5
equipment. Complete layout, kits. orsmall parts. Send itemized list. E. L.Masengill, Box 51, Kingsport, Tenn. -5Will Pay Premium for old Lionel catalogs
or circulars of the 1910-1914 period. 0.
WilI Pay reasonable price for following:Lionel 700 Hudson and 701 switcher; one
or two Saginaw kits; Scale-Craft 0 gauge
LAYOUT DESIGNERI am developing G device which will
enable anyone to design a layout tont any space available, accurately, andin any scale or type of railroad, fromsteam to trolley cars. The plan maybe changed at will and may be usedmany tlmes for study or amusement.
If enough Rallroaders are interestedin owning sets of this device, I willmarket it as soon as the calculationsand drawings are completed.
If you are interested, please sendme a postcard.
W. F. McALLISTER
190 Hillcrest DriveWyoming Ohio
HO FLASH!!We have been very fortunate in ob-taining a limited quantity of SPECIALHO Gauge D. C. motors. Exceptionallypowerful, easy to mount. First come,frst served.
$5.00 plus a 25c Defense Stamp.HO Catalog 10c
G. D. Stock 8Ph••de•j•hi•.kp:..
66LIKEN TREES"The ideal materlal for building trees,shrubs, etc., is Knutsson's NorwegianLichen. Cartons with green Llchenready to make into about 25 largetrees, $1; for 100, $3.50. Natural Llchenwith dye-formula for about 100 largetrees, $1.25. Sample carton 255 AllPostpaid. Crate of natural Lichen forabout 1000 trees, $5 f. o. b. Detroit.
322 Arbor Ave.
Abandoned Pikes or Parts0 - 00 - HO - TINPLATE
IVin BUY-Sell-SwapSpecial consideration given Model Widows
and men entering military service.
mediate shipment. List for stamp. AlsoWalthers, Rail Chief and leading manufac-
LEONARD M. BLUM801 Engineers' Bldg. Cleveland, 0.
for MAY, 1943 249
Decals printed to order for your modelrailroad. Road names, white, gold, orcolors, 4 pair $1, 10 pair $2.
Send loc for samples and booklet.KEITH LaBAR1123 N. Bronson Ave.
Tel. HOllywood 9220 Hollywood, Calif.Yes, we are in business for the dura-tion. Stop in the next time you arein Hollywood.
GARGRAVES0 GAUGE TRACK
PatentedFOR SCALE OIL TINPLATE
Makes curves, etc., as you desire them.No gauge, no spikes, six It. for a dollar.
IN COLOR"Midwest Station Stop," afour-color reproduction of awatercolor by Gil Reid, suit-able for framing. Order yourJUNE TRAINS today!
250 at yournewsstand ordlrect from-
trainsMilwaukee, Wis.
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VARNEYT NEW BUILDING in Chicago is devoted entirely to the
automatic screw mac,hine business for the duration. Before the war Var-ney was one of the largest HO gauge manufacturers, and announced
intentions are for a better and more complete line of HO as well as0 gauge once victory is won.
a in the United States upon receiptCleveland Looks Ahead. of a stamped, self-addressed en-
Although model railroading as a Eig'velope.
hobby is seemingly at a standstill, Valediction.model railroading as an industry Trade Topics, which has been ais forging ahead. If the war lasts regular feature of THE MODEL RAIL-long enough, the hobbyist will find ROADER for almost as long as · thehimself way behind the times when magazine has been in existence,the factories start turning out post- this month bids farewell for thewar models and supplies, for re- duration. The reason is obvious.search and development is going However, it is to be expected thereon perhaps faster than it did in will be some trade newd of interestpeace. The result may be a Rip- in the interim, and such items willVan-Winkle surprise for brass hats be handled in the regular newsof the country's model railroads. colurnns of the magazine.An example of farsighted planning =is the Cleveland Model & SupplyCo., which has retained Robert New ClubsPeterson, Chicago merchandisingand advertising man, to aid in its Lancaster, Pa., Lancaster Modeldevelopment of model railroad Railroad Club. Ned H. Scheffer,items, especially in 34" gauge. Mr. president; W. M. Echternach Jr.,Peterson, a model railroader him- 231 N. Mary St., secretary-treas-self, will begin his new duties im- urer. This club was organizedmediately. Jan. 1 with eight charter mem-
bers; present membership is 18.0 and HO gauge railroads under
· construction.
dLayout Designer
W F McAllister 190 HillcrestDr., Wyoming, 0., a model engi-neer of many years' experienceand formerly connected with theNew York Society of Model Engi-neers, announces that' he is devel-oping a device which will enable No. 3 wyes, and No. 4, No. 6, and No.anyone to design a layout to fitany available space. If enoughrailroaders are interested, he plansto market it in the near future. Youcan express your interest by drop-ping him a post card.
=Free Switch Templates.
The Model Mart, 130 S. 16th-St.,Philadelphia, has prepared some 0gauge No. 6 and HO gauge No. 6switch templates, and a copy ofeither will be sent free to anyone
THE MODEL RAILROADER
READERS' 674 Trade TopicsImpartiqi Reriews of What'$ New in Model Railroading.
Mantua Metal Products Co. _210McAllister, W. F, _________.249MODEL RAILROADER, THE .______.251•odel Railroad Shop 241Model Structures Co. --___248
Newark Electric Co. 244Newton,'M. Dale, Co. -__-_____238
Pittman Electrical DevelopmentsCO. 941
Polk's Model Craft Hobbies ___243
Selley Manufacturing Co. ___-248Star-Line Models 244Stock, G. D. 249
TRAINS 949
Varney 239
Walthers, Wm. K. _252Windsor Model Railways 248
Although every possible precautionts taken in the preparation of thisindex, THE MODEL RAILROADER Can-not guarantee against an occasionalomission or error, nor does lt as-sume any liability for such omissionor error.
Hr) PARDCO SWITCHESIN BRASS RAIL
8 right and left turnouts, $185built-up only
No. 6 scissors (double) cross- •585overs, kits onlyWe also have a good. representativestock in HO of Varney, Walthers, Man-tua, Megow, Ideal, Comet, etc., etc.We cannot supply' switches to dealersunless dealers can supply us with thenecessary brass rail.
NO CATALOGS AVAILABLE
H•BBY MART213 W. Chelten Ave.,
Gtn., Philadelphia, Pa.
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