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SPECIAL ISSUE
Modeling mainline
Tips to make track
action in N scale
p. 14
look more realistic
p.79
HOW TO MODEL
WINTER 2016
TODAY’S RAILROADS
80 pages of projects
for your layout!
From the pages of
Model Railroader
magazine
•
Add new paint
and details to
upgrade a diesel
p. 28
•
Model hazardous material
Lance Mindheim’s
layout on page 6 high-
lights the colors of
modern railroading.
markings on freight cars
p. 40
•
Build a contemporary rail-served industry
p.66
AND MUCH MORE!
HOW TO MODEL
4 LOOK AROUND, THEN BUILD
Introduction/by Hal Miller
TODAY’S RAILROADS
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SECTION 4
PASSENGER TRAINS
54 MODELING COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE
America’s fastest growing passenger trains/by
Patrick C. Dorin
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SECTION 1
MODERN ERA LAYOUTS
6 MODELING MIAMI’S DOWNTOWN SPUR
An urban light-industrial setting provides plenty of
switching/by Lance Mindheim
60 MODELING THE SOUNDS OF
PASSENGER DIESELS
Advances in DCC sound help better simulate
the sound of Amtrak head-end power/by
Bob Kingsnorth
14 BUILDING A MODERN-ERA MAIN LINE
IN N SCALE
Long trains highlight this basement-size BNSF
layout/by Jim Reising
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SECTION 5
MODERN INDUSTRIES
64 ADD MORE INDUSTRIES
WITHOUT ADDING TRACK
Outdoor customers expand a modern industrial
park on this portable HO scale switching line/by
Alan Saatkamp
22 SIGNS OF THE TIMES ON THE UTAH BELT
Modernizing motive power, signals, and more on an
always-current model railroad/by Eric Brooman
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SECTION 2
LOCOMOTIVES
28 HOW TO DETAIL
A MODERN LOCOMOTIVE
Applying a handful of small parts will turn an
economy model into a showpiece/by M.R. Snell
6 A MODERN INDUSTRY
FOR A COMPACT SPACE
Though small in size, a corn syrup transloading
terminal offers plenty of switching opportunities/by
Jim Lincoln
32 DETAIL A REMOTE-CONTROL
LOCOMOTIVE
Modernize switchers in an evening/by Cody Grivno
71 BUILD AN EASY
CONTAINER YARD BACKDROP
Use a computer, scanner, and printer
to make an intermodal terminal appear larger/by
Joseph Kreiss
34 HOW TO MODEL
A PATCHED-OUT LOCOMOTIVE
Add variety to your fleet with these easy-to-follow
techniques/by Kim Nipkow
73
SECTION 6
SCENIC DETAILS
74 MAKE EASY ROAD SIGNS
Carefully modeling these simple details adds a lot of
realism to a layout/by Pelle K. Søeborg
39
SECTION 3
FREIGHT CARS
40 A MODELER’S GUIDE TO
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MARKINGS
Add prototype “hazmat” placards to your modern
freight cars/by M.R. Snell
76 BUILD AND INSTALL A MODERN
CONCRETE BRIDGE
An easy-to-build plaster kit models this common
piece of infrastructure/by Pelle K. Søeborg
44 HOW TO RELETTER A CAR
WITHOUT REPAINTING
Solvent and decals let you change a car from a
foreign road to one you need/by Cody Grivno
7 HOW TO MAKE TRACK
LOOK REALISTIC
Use simple painting and weathering techniques to
give rails and ties an authentic appearance/by
Pelle K. Søeborg
47 WEATHER A BOXCAR IN 10 EASY STEPS
Paint and powdered chalk make older freight cars
look the worse for wear/by Pelle K. Søeborg
50 DO IT YOURSELF GRAFFITI
Paint markers and an airbrush make it easy to “tag”
your rolling stock/by M.R. Snell
ON THE COVER:
The gritty industrial scenery of the
back streets provides a backdrop for Lance Mindheim’s
Miami layout. See page 6.
Photo by Lance Mindheim
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LOOK AROUND,
THEN BUILD
THE MODERN RAILROAD SCENE
is
a colorful, dynamic, and interesting
place. It’s the world in which we exist,
where we can see the trains, the facilities,
and the details that draw our interest
like a very strong magnet.
We can go trackside and watch trains
run, whether it’s on a main line or in an
industrial park. We can see and record
in photographs and video the towns and
cities through which they run as well as
the industries they serve. We can see
how the track, bridges, buildings, and
everything else that makes a railroad
run are constructed.
Best of all, we can re-create almost all
of it in a smaller scale on our layouts.
Many manufacturers of model rail-
road products make accurate, highly
detailed scale models of the locomotives
and rolling stock you can see running in
freight and passenger service today. hey
also produce versions of the industries
and other buildings you see along the
rights-of-way. Digital Command Control
and computer-controlled signaling sys-
tems allow modelers to run their layouts
almost like the prototype, too.
All this gives you a head start to
creating your own modern-day layout,
or maybe it will inspire the re-imagining
of an existing one.
here’s plenty of room for your own
imagination to roam, too. You’re not
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that exist in the 12-inch-to-the-foot
world; you can come up with your own
freelanced contemporary lines. hey
may have connections to prototype rail-
roads on your layout, or perhaps they
only run as far as your benchwork does.
Regardless, there’s a lot to love about
modeling today’s railroads. Whether it’s
long trains you love, or commuter opera-
tions, or short lines, it’s all waiting to be
seen and modeled. Get to it!
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car weathering and
detailing projects.
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HOW TO MODEL
TODAY’S RAILROADS
SECTION 1
MODERN ERA
LAYOUTS
CSX EMD GP38-2 no. 2771 threads through Lance Mindheim’s CSX Miami Downtown Spur HO scale model railroad.
Lance combines modern scenes with classic railroad operations in his take on modeling the modern era.
A layout doesn’t need the wide-open spaces of a giant basement
EDITED BY ERIC WHITE
EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT MODELING THE MODERN
ERA IS, RIGHT?
It’s gritty, urban, switching in a warehouse district.
Or is it high-horsepower diesels hauling units trains
through sweeping curves?
What about a layout that’s been around for decades and was
modern when it was irst built, and is still modern today?
All of these answers are true, and there are others out there
as well.
Lance Mindheim is fascinated by the operations of the
Downtown Spur in Miami. Although the scenes are modern,
the operations are similar to railroading in the post-war era
with single-car loads, street running, and team-track activity.
What makes it modern is the scene, and the modern safety
procedures employed.
At the other end of the spectrum, and the other side of the
country, is Jim Reising’s Oakville Sub. he California setting
hosts the BNSF Ry. and Union Paciic. Long trains of intermo-
dal freights wind through wide-open Southwestern desert
scenery. Modeling in N scale, Jim has room for 100-car staging
yards for his railfan-oriented layout.
In addition to freight trains, Jim’s model railroad hosts
Amtrak trains, and he’s modeling current track technology
with concrete ties on his main line.
hen there’s Eric Brooman’s Utah Belt. he model railroad
is more than 30 years old, and in its second location, but time
doesn’t stand still. Eric started out modeling the modern era in
the ’70s, and is still at it today.
hat means as motive power changes have come to full-
sized railroads, they’ve also arrived on the Utah Belt. In addi-
tion, Eric has upgraded signal systems to relect current prac-
tice, and even the structures and industries are keeping up
with the times, such as the aluminum-bodied coal hoppers and
the lood loader at the U.S. Carbon mine.
So here are three ideas of what it means to model the mod-
ern era. Perhaps you’ll ind inspiration to develop your own
take on the concept, and show us another option no one has
seen before.
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