RAILROADING

MODEL
VOLUME 25 NUMBER

April 1995
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FEATURES
17 T Carolina & Western... Changing History
by Jim Six

46 T

FREIGHTCAROLOGY

Gondola Cars

20 T The Hoosier Line's Ugly Ducklings: Modeling the BL2 with Life-Like's Proto 2000 Kit
by Stuart R. T hayer

by David G. Casdorph

48 T

22 T Privatizing a Railbox Boxcar
by Doug Geiger

by Larry E. Smith, MMR

Norfolk & Western's Twelve Pole Line
ON TRACK

PROTOTYPE ADVENTURES

52 T

24 T CNO&TP 6306 - A High-Hood SD30: An Engine That Could Have, Should Have Been
by Jim Teese, MMR

Bridges and the Miniature Railroad

by Jim Mans eld f i

33 T

MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL by David A. Bontrager

54 T

BN America "Service by Design" - Summary

Changing Horses in Mid-Stream, or "Get Up Little Pony"
by Margaret Mansfield DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP by Rich Picariello

BEHIND THE SCENES

38 T Modeling B&O's Wagon-Top Boxcars
by Jim Six

57 T

ALCo Delaware & Hudson (D&H) RS11 and RS36
W ORK TRAINS, WRECK TRAINS AND CAMP CARS

40 T The Locust Grove & Western Railroad: A Different Concept in a Modular Layout
by Bob Beaty, MMR

60 T

Ballast Work Trains and Surfacing and Lining
by Alan B. Buchan

DEPARTMENTS
4 T Letters to the Editor 5 T Editorial 8 T New Products 11 T Product Reviews 16 T Society Page 3 2 T Computer Applications 50 T Your Trek Plan 65 T Video Review 66 T Dealer Directory 78 T Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER
H istory is l i terally being rewritten for J i m S i x 's Carolina & Western thanks to participation and input from Model Railroading's readers. See how you are making it happen on page 1 7 . Next month, Jim describes how this ACL F2 was mode led. Photo by Jim Six. I NS ET: There may not be niajor-Ieague baseba l l as we know it this year, but it doesn't make any d i fference to the Owls and Reds in Op, A l abama, on the Locust Grove & Western modular layout. Turn to page 40 f or a closer look. Photo by Bob Beary, MMR.