Library - Magazine Articles by Dean Freytag

A Steel Mill Heavy Hauler

Railroad Model Craftsman 1996-02 pg. 66     Scale: HO     Category: "Automobiles"

Dean describes how he built this specialized vehicle used by steel mills.

Combine to Gas-electric

Railroad Model Craftsman 1973-05 pg. 29     Scale: HO     Category: "Locomotives - Gas Electric"

Dean built gas-electric combine ("Doodlebug") out of a passenger car body and Tyco Alco C-430 trucks.

Model 6 Different Mill Cars From State Tool & Die's Universal Mill Car

Model Railroading 2002-10 pg. 30     Scale: (none)     Category: "Freight Cars"

Steel slab car, plain deck slab car, well car, gondola, crop car, "X" car (used for heavy rubble service).

The Siamese Connection

Railroad Model Craftsman 1994-01 pg. 85     Scale: HO     Category: "Structures - Industrial"

The author describes how he models often forgotten details of facilitating fire fighting of commercial buildings with a Siamese connection (for attaching fire hoses), a wall post indicator valve, and a fire alarm.