RAILROADING

MODEL
27
NUMBER

VOLUME

September 1997
7

FEATURES
2 1 ... Car Dumps:
Simple Modeling Projects
by Roger M. lngbretsen BEHIND THE SCENES

36

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DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP by Rich Picariello PLANS

Chicago & Northwestern SD45

24...

39 ...

East of Barren - T he Chupadera Story
by Margaret Mansfield

Modern Deck Bridge
by Patrick Lawson

Esquimalt & Nanaimo Railway

26...

ON TRACK

Modeling a Yard ladder - Part 1

42 ... Something Old, Something New
Modeling a Chessie SD35
by Mark E. Sharp

by Jim Mansfield

28

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Re-Searching the Registers
by David G. Casdorph MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL

FREIGHTCAROLOGY

50 ... Southeastern Prototype Modeling
Southern Railway's Big John
by Jim Six

and How to Model One in HO Scale

32...

Reefer Power II: Modeling a Chassis-Mounted Unit
by Bob Boudreau

58... E7 - The Standard Passenger Diesel
by George Melvin

Part 11 (Conclusion): Union Pacific and Wabash

DEPARTMENTS
5 ... Editorial 10 ... letters to the Editor 11... Society Page 14
... New Products

18 ... Product Reviews 27... Computer Applications 64
... Video Review

64 ... Book Beat 65 ... Dealer Directory 73 ... Your Trek Plan ABOUT THE COVER 78 ... Advertiser Index

S tarting on page 42, Mark Sharp shares how he kitbashed this beautiful S035 using a Proto 2000 S 07 chassi s ; two Rail Power Products GP35 shells; Cannon & Co. cab, nose and sub base; plus an array of other parts. Photo by Mark E. Shwp. I NSET: N ot many freight cars have a his tory as interesti ng as the Southern's B i g John. Its introduction launched a battle between the Southern and i ts non-rail shipping competitors that ultimately went to the U . S . Supreme Court. Jim S i x looks at i ts history and shows how to model one beginning on page 50. Photo by Jim Six.