Central of Georgia Woodchip Hopper
N Scale Railroading 2006-01/02 pg. 47 Scale: N Category: "Freight Cars - Hoppers"
This unique car requires an extension of the side panels of a standard hopper. The author details how he did this and discusses the prototype history of the car.
Kitbashing British Columbia Railway Cabooses
N Scale Railroading 2006-09/10 pg. 52 Scale: N Category: "Cabooses"
The author took an Atlas wide vision caboose and turned it into this model of the BCOL "van". Step-by-step modification photos are shown.
Norfolk Southern "Top Gon" Coal Cars
N Scale Railroading 2005-03/04 pg. 50 Scale: N Category: "Freight Cars - Gondolas"
The NS began converting their H-11 class coal hoppers to coal carrying gondolas in December of 1991. This article shows how the author did the same thing using Atlas' 100 ton hoppers.
The Illinois Central's City of Miami
N Scale Railroading 2003-09/10 pg. 54 Scale: N Category: "Passenger Cars"
Using a J7J shell on a Kato E8 chassis and passenger cars from Con-Cor the author modeled the City of Miami passenger train that ran between Chicago, Illinois and Miami, Florida.