"Legalize" Your Atlas Woodside Reefers

N Scale Railroading 2005-03/04 pg. 26     Scale: N     Category: "Freight Cars - Refrigerator Cars"

The author modified these cars by installing Micro-Trains Bettendorf, MT 1001-I, trucks, replacing the air brake reservoir, opening the ice hatches, weathering the couplers, airbrushing the units with Testors' Dullcoate, and weathering the trucks.

Adding Operational Interests: Delivering New Diesels

Railroad Model Craftsman 2010-09 pg. 68     Scale: HO     Category: "Locomotives - Diesel"

This article describes how you can model brand new diesel engines being delivered.

C&NW 40' Steel Gondola Conversion

N Scale Railroading 2003-11/12 pg. 51     Scale: N     Category: "Freight Cars - Gondolas"

Using a 50-foot Micro-Trains gondola, the author describes how he created a model of the prototype. Includes a parts list.

Detailing a Milwaukee Road 65-foot Mill Gondola

Railroad Model Craftsman 2010-05 pg. 46     Scale: N     Category: "Freight Cars - Gondolas"

The author describes how he detailed an Athearn gondola. Includes a prototype photo, and a description of how to adjust the bolsters to support the Micro-Trains or Fox Valley Models trucks.

Lowering InterMountain N-scale Boxcars

Model Railroader 2000-03 pg. 83     Scale: N     Category: "Freight Cars - Boxcars"

Modeling Two C&NW Cabooses

Railroad Model Craftsman 2003-02 pg. 86     Scale: N     Category: "Cabooses"

Includes prototype and model photos and materials list. The cars modeled are numbers 10908 and 10357.

Modeling a Swift 36' Meat Reefer in N Scale

N Scale Railroading 2002-11/12 pg. 58     Scale: (none)     Category: "Freight Cars - Refrigerator Cars"

Modeling an Auto Loading Facility

Railroad Model Craftsman 2003-07 pg. 92     Scale: (none)     Category: "Freight Cars - Autorack"

Many prototype photos set mostly in the 1960's. The article shows how cars were transported and loaded. There is an aerial photo of the Bain auto loading facility. A trackplan of this facility is also included.

Realistic N Scale Pole Lines

Model Railroader 2000-02 pg. 93     Scale: N     Category: "Scenery - Trackside"

Using Atlas telephone poles as the basis for a six-arm telegraph pole.

Seaboard, Southern, and N&W Low Side Gondolas

N Scale Railroading 2003-09/10 pg. 46     Scale: N     Category: "Freight Cars - Gondolas"

Low side gondolas were used to limit the amount material that could be carried by the car, or for where manual unloading of the content was required. The author describes how he took a Model Power gondola and converted it into these two cars.

Superdetail a Rock Island GS Gondola Underframe

N Scale Railroading 2003-01/02 pg. 21     Scale: N     Category: "Freight Cars - Gondolas"

Upgrading trucks, couplers, and installing a brake system.