A Modernized Russell Steel Snowplow
Model Railroader 1984-12 pg. 88 Scale: (none) Category: "M.O.W. Equipment"
As of the publication of this magazine issue, Conrail still used this plow in upper New York state. The Russell company made two models, one for single track cleaning, and one for multi-track cleaning. The accompanying prototype photos (including many close-up details) and the HO-scale drawings are for the multi-track snowplow.
Adena, OH Coal Loader
Railroad Model Craftsman 1980-07 pg. 78 Scale: (none) Category: "Structures - Track-side Details"
Prototype photos and scale drawings are included in this article about a small coal loader in Adena, Ohio. The loader was on a spur of the Nickel Plate Road, and the photos were taken around 1970.
Coal Storage Bunker Part 2
Railroad Model Craftsman 1972-02 pg. 33 Scale: HO Category: "Structures - Track-side Details"
In this installment of the series the author actually describes the construction of this structure as found in Sayre, Pennsylvania. Includes many construction photos and drawings.
Coal Yard Scale and Office Building
Railroad Model Craftsman 1972-11 pg. 58 Scale: (none) Category: "Structures - Track-side Details"
This structure belongs to the coal storage bunker covered in the January and February 1972 RMC issues. It has a covered scale building connected to a small office. The office building is still being used (at the time of the article). Prototype photos from most angles, and scale drawings accompany the article.
Concrete Bumping Blocks
Railroad Model Craftsman 1972-06 pg. 40 Scale: (none) Category: "Track"
Using wooden blocks, these DL&W concrete bumping blocks are easy to model. Prototype and model photos, as well as scale drawings are included.
Laurel Line Electric Locomotives
Railroad Model Craftsman 1972-09 pg. 43 Scale: (none) Category: "Locomotives - Electric"
Prototype photos and scale drawings of numbers 401 through 403 of Lackawanna & Wyoming Valley electric freight engines.