VOLUME 26 NUMBER 9

September 1996
ON TRACK

RAILROADING

MODEL

FEATURES
15 T 40 T Doug Jolley's Former
Timber Creek Railway
by Randy Lee and Doug Jolley MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL

Control Panels - The Artistic Side

18 T

by Jim Mansfield FREIGHTCAROLOGY

44 T

Blue Island Reefers: A Pictorial - Part 2

Conspicuity Striping

22 T E7 - The Standard Passenger Diesel - Part 1 28 T Modeling the Western Pacific GP20s 32 T Kitbashing a CP Rail Scale Test Car 35 T
by Bob Boudreau MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL by Pete Solyom by George Melvin

by David G. Casdorph

48 T Seaboard Coast line: Kitbashing a
General Electric U18B "Baby Boat"
by Jim Six BEHIND THE SCENES

by John L. Becker

54 T

Fitting The Pieces Together

56 T Foam Rocks and Trees 62 T
by Doug Geigel; MMR DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP

b y Margaret Mansfield

Upgrading Walthers' 40' Reefer Container

36 T Right-of-Way Detail in N Scale
by Scott Seekins

b y Ed McCaslin

Santa Fe (ATSF) PA1/PB1
by Rich P icariello

DEPARTMENTS
5 T Editorial 9 T New Products 11 T Product Reviews 16 T Computer Applications 17 T Video Review 65 T Dealer Directory 73 T Your Trek Plan ABOUT THE COVER 78 T Advertiser Index

This overview of a double-track mainline roadbed and adjacent detail shows what is possible, even in N scale, when attention i s paid to detai l . Note the weathered ties, d iscarded rai l , human-hair power l i nes and other small detail. Turn t o page 36 for a closer look a t right-of-way detail ing. Photo by George Heinrich. I NSET: P ete Sol yom kitbashed this WP GP20 by start i ng with a L i fe-Like GP 1 8 . See page 2 8 for his article on how he kitbashed two WP GP20s. P hoto by Mike Mucklin.