The Keystone Modeler, No. 92, Spring 2015
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1. lt be The Keystone Modeler 14 No 92 Spring 2015 Scratchbuilding a PRR Class FI Gun and Cable Flat Car By David J Vinci Pennsylvania Railroad Gun and Cable Flat Cars 1925 ORER Lines West Cm we ee mm ee A m we 5 ww TT ye wm ST o 23 m umm wepmes 4 00 00 1925 ORER Lines East 1919 ORER Lines West 1919 Capacity ORER Lbs Lines East 100 000 150 000 GUN C AR FG ONE BRIDGE ON TRUCKS Nos 1l6A 5II6B QR 5 7 5 B eges from the Collection of Bob Johnson No 92 Spring 2015 Length 30 Figure 1 Comparison of Gun Flats Date Adopted 15 Class F22 One of the recent projects of the PRRPro Yahoo Group was the Class F22 and F23 Gun and Cable Flat Cars built in 1912 As I am a fan of the early equipment and model the 1920s I wondered what did the railroad use before the F22 The answer turned out to be the Class FI built in 1897 The railroad only built five of this class in 1897 but the 1919 ORER shows four of them still in service 2435497 435500 and the 1925 ORER shows none In Figure 1 is a collection of drawings of the Pennsylvania Railroad s gun flats cited in the table above that serves as a visual comparison of the various classes of these cars There were ev idently not very many of these classes of high capacity cars except for the class F22 Each class is unique and interesti2. M Ud REQUE d 4 ii d WAAL Yer CoAL Buuice F Bet Tom 1 MM T yh iy hi VV i M MATT TM P TRACTA QN rer Figure 6 Diagrams for cutting out the slope Figure 7 Slope sheet and side sheet extensions cut from 04 sheet styrene Templates sheet side sheet extensions coal bunker were first made out of construction paper to attain the correct size shape Figure 8 Photo of 80 8 tender for 7688 Larry Hanlon 58 IDs The Keystone Modeler 25 No 92 Spring 2015 Figure 9 New side sheet extension attached to top chord of tender Note water scoop has not yet been removed and 2E TI trucks Figure 10 7 4 view of new tender slope sheet side sheet extensions and bunker floor unit note that the beading has been added to side sheet extension On the deck of the tender right behind the slope sheet a to retain as many of the rivets as possible Once everything sheet of 040 sheet styrene was cut a scale 9 6 long and 21 was sanded I gave the sides a quick light coat of flat black high and glued in place Braces were fabricated from 1 x 3 primer I find that one can see areas that may need more fill strip styrene and a scrap ladder was secured to the rear of the ing or sanding when the sides are a uniform color Once you slope sheet and tender deck figure 14 are satisfied with the sanding Micro Mark decal rivets were placed on the tender figure 16 using photo
3. x e La Co C OTOOOOOOO OOH _ 3 4 x 11 Hu 4 Constructing the End Beam HO scale 6 x 12 lt lt Me 3 0 066 x 0 135 wt Ml 0 020 thick Sheet 0 155 13 1 2 scale wy 0 218 19 scale y Step 1 Assemble the parts Step 2 Cut or sand away these parts Step 3 Cut or sand away the angle on the bottom Step 4 Cut a slot in the bottom just the size of your coupler box The Keystone Modeler 17 No 92 Spring 2015 Car Center Figure 6 56 screw for attaching the trucks These were then glued in place to the center sills as shown in Figure 6 The next step is to finish the underbody as shown in Fig ure 7 The truck bolsters were made from pieces of 0 125 square strip as were the queen post support beams See Fig ure 3 and Figure 4 section A A for the details of the queen post bolsters Instead of making a custom part to secure the truss rods to the bolsters I used some 6 queen post castings You could use 3 queen posts or make the custom parts as shown in Figure 3 The train line I made using 0 035 plastic rod and the brake levers were made with scraps of 0 020 thick sheet plastic The truss rods were made using 0 015 wire anchored in holes through the center sill An alternative would be to use nylon fishing lin
4. tT GF 25a U25C 6504 leads an EF 36 EMD SD45 with a coal train through Wilkinsburg Pa on February 21 1969 Although this is technically Penn Central the GE haulers were often paired with the big EMD s on mineral trains near the end of the PRR Ken Douglas William D Volkmer collec tion The Keystone Modeler 7 No 92 Spring 2015 TS d s el ML d _ gt Here are GF 25a 6517 6509 and 6510 on a TrucTrain in Wilmerding Pa east of Pittsburgh on May 21 1966 Because of their low speed lugging ability they were more often found on coal and ore trains William D Volkmer hooked All PRR s freight diesels purchased from then until the Penn Central merger had six powered axles As part of an order for sixty 6 axle units from EMD Alco and GE GE got two orders of ten U25C locomotives The first order was placed in November 1964 and delivered in April 1965 The second order came in August of that year with de livery in November and December The body details on the first order 26500 6509 are now described as Phase III by railfans The main spotting details are a screened opening behind the cab for the air reservoir compartment with a rectangular screened opening on the roof The first part of the second order 76510 6516 had screened doors over the reservoir compartment instead of the large screened panel Phase IIIb The last three units 6517 6519 were actually rated at 2 800 hp thanks to a faster
5. 2 s ECT A x gt LI The rotating bearing ends on the right side of the model are the stand out feature on this Rivarossi offering The Keystone Modeler 11 No 92 Spring 2015 light should always be on when the loco is operating CONCLUSION For a PRR modeler Rivarossi s U25C is the best model yet of a distinctive prototype It was the first of a long line of high horsepower six axle diesels that would propel General Elec tric to the top of the world diesel locomotive market SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED READING e Paul K Withers Pennsylvania Railroad Diesel Locomotive Pictorial Vol 11 Alco and GE Road Switchers Withers Publishing 2008 e Ken Douglas and Peter Weiglin Pennsy Diesels 1924 1968 Hundman Publishing 2002 Alvin Staufer Pennsy Power Alvin F Staufer 1962 Alvin Staufer Pennsy Power II Alvin F Staufer 1968 e GE U25P Wikipedia com 03 25 2015 e GEU25C Wikipedia com 03 25 2015 No 92 Spring 2015 ESU I purchased the latter The decoder plugs into a 21 pin socket in the printed circuit board The board also includes an 8 pin socket The sound quality is very good Out of the box the engine has a very slow start then the engine rpm increases before the speed increases It is set up for manual notching using function buttons independent of the throttle If you operate more than one of these locomo tives together in a consist those features are fine If you con sist the U25C wi
6. 25382 6 EO A GO DR gO05 LBS i z LOADED CONSTRUCTION OF THE BLI TENDER I sized the arrangement drawing figure 5 from Rob Shoenberg s web site so that it was HO scale Using the ar rangement drawing I determined the dimensions of the slope sheet and side sheets for the 80F81A tender Those dimen sions were transferred to sheets of 040 sheet styrene and cut out using the chisel blade figures 6 and 7 Cut the vertical slope sheet which fits onto the top of the tender floor between the top chords and at the back of the opening created when the Crawford hood was removed I eyeballed the angle of the slope sheet from photos Temporar ily fix it in place with a few drops of ACC until the side sheet extensions are in place Cut the two side sheet extensions Each side sheet extension should be scored on the outside of the sheet 15 scale inches from the bottom do not cut the score too deep Slightly bend each side sheet extension inbound along the score line using a straight edge The side sheet ex tensions will attach to the slope sheet to obtain the prototype shape This final fitting will be done later Attach the side sheet extensions to the top chord using liquid styrene glue The side sheets are located back to front using the vertical rivet lines as landmarks The back end of the extension should be located directly above the second set from the back of three vertical rivets The front end should be located
7. UE Reh Ader Rivarossi General Electric U25C PRR Class GF 25a in HO scale Tim Garner Director of Wholesale Distribution Fred Freitas HO scale scratchbuilt FI gun and cable flat in service David J Vinci tory Coordinat Donald E H dicla e e po Finished 80F8lA tender modification to the stock Broadway Limited Imports HI Os 2 8 0 Historian Christopher T Baer steam locomotive Chuck Cover Webmaster Steve Agostini Completed N scale kitbash of a Minitrix caboose into a Vandalia N6 cabin car Claus BOARD OF DIRECTORS Eng Term Expires 2015 Term Expires 2016 Jack Consoli Bruce F Smith Th Edward Swain Ralph M Weischedel e Keystone Modeler This publication of the PRRT amp HS is for the purpose of disseminating PRR modeling infor Marino Joe Acri mation The copyright is owned by the Pennsylvania Railroad Technical and Historical Society Term Expires 2017 Frank Napoleon all rights reserved It may be reproduced for personal use only Not for sale other than by the Dave Scott PRRT amp HS Manuscripts and photographs submitted for publication are welcome Materials submitted are THE KEYSTONE MODELER STAFF considered to be gratis and no reimbursement will be made to the author s or the photographer s EDITOR or his her representative s The Society reserves the right to reject for any reason any material Jim Hunter submitted for publication hunter6360 comcast net Please contact the editor for information and guidelines fo
8. at the top of the curve of the top chord right behind the front most vertical rivet line figures 8 and 9 Be sure both sides are situated properly and are even with the outside CLASS H 105 WITH STOKER SOF BIA TENDERA BOP BIA rj la ia Pu a FACE OF cov 5 r 7 PE 70 3 HEATING SURFACE TOTAL 6 85 5 TENDER FMP TY 76B00lB5 STEAM PRESSURE WT OF ENGINE EMPTY 222770 LBS TRADER CAPY WATER CYLINDERS 26 428 SPREAD _ 90 FLUES NIEREN O D 5 re 2 re TVBES 2 JE ON TRUCH 26860 INT ON FRONT TRUCK 306000 FLUES LENGTH BET SHEETS 1 s Iir DFRIVERS 55180 ne REAR 84650 FIRE BOX 5 ZE INSIDE 4 72 5 rore AEP c 597260 ERTS SURFACE FLUES 2B8535 SET SBP 59850 SUPERHEATER TUBES SiS g 2n 57210 i DRIVERS 2 2 6960 STARTING TRACTIVE FORCE 53 97 LBS TRAC Figure 5 PRR 80F81A 80P81 A tender arrangement drawing Rob Schoenberg The Keystone Modeler 24 No 92 Spring 2015 A 1 iin 5 Sard 9 Fins An EIN Pi n T 1 p VAM at 4 DH Mti A fy 2 4 8 A M n i UMHS ON MEI bal wn 1 i 1 Pah T i n In N 7 e M E U teh ae AL D RORIS 2 ie P NN R ORARE AN RUM i at 21
9. cabin I concluded a combination of LI Figure 2 Being a predecessor line the Vandalia had its own Mi 5 2332 collection of rolling hosasie stock which fell dis I T HA L Ry tinctly outside the strict standardization imposed by the PRR Westerfield ACFdisk The Keystone Modeler 1 E UNAU HE miti de we caboose roof so lightly file or sand the cupola bottom in the right spots to improve this fit In addition extend the cupola opening a bit on the other end to align the end of the cupola with the edge of the window opening on the car side Remove the factory end railings Glue the mounting pins cut from the factory end railings into the mounting holes on the end platform and trim flush with end platform surface Discard the crude factory end rails We will not be using them Remove the molded on factory side railings Assemble everything and it should look like the image above Doa quick test of the running gear correcting any problems and making sure couplers are at the proper height Figure 6 Stripped Minitrix body with Bachmann trucks No 92 Spring 2015 me 1 mile A Figure 3 PRR N6 982016 in the se cond no keystone scheme coupled to a Lines West H IOs Claus Schlund collection gt Figure 4 A less than clear blow up of the cabin car helps show some details Fill the smokejack hole on roof if you have the factory smokejack the
10. email amp utm term 0 bd8a87920b 0408d1dd16 6568510 GHB INTERNATIONAL http www eghbintl com PRR L1s Steam Engine N Scale No 92 Spring 2015 PRR LIs pilot model GHB Photo The Keystone Modeler PRR 2 5 Caboose Truck HO Scale yer These are the trucks Walthers uses on their N6B cabin car models PRR used the same trucks on N5B N5c N6B and NDA cabin cars Upcoming Events May 29 30 Collinsville Connecticut New England Northeast RPM Meet http www neprototypemeet com Welcome html August 7 8 Collinsville Illinois metro St Louis MO St Louis RPM Meet http ice home mindsprine com rpm stlrpm htm August 23 29 Portland Oregon NMRA National Convention and National Train Show http nmra2015 or Advance Planning September 25 26 Fredericksburg Virginia Mid Atlantic Railroad Prototype Modelers Meet http www marpm or October 22 24 Lisle Illinois Naperville RPM Conference http www railroadprototypemodelers org naper meet htm Walthers has this truck available with black Tuscan or olive green side frames It is used with their R50B express cars and B60B baggage cars Use with P70 coaches would require only conversion of the journals to roller bearings PRR 3D P1 Six Wheel RPO Truck HO Scale Walthers This is the version of the truck used on the Walthers BM70M RPO and has the step attached to the side Note that on the Walthers web site the photos are reversed
11. tps gt 09 i X Brake Staff a it bolt T Casting 2 7 io 0 125 x 0 125 cei e 1 ji a d r I ee T Truss Rods 0 100 x 0 12550 20 8 3 4 x 12 112 SECTION A A Wood End Beams ut bolt washer casting 1 _ d aa Stack of three 6x12 strip 0 020 strip 19 x 13 1 2 A See Figure 5 204 See Figure 5 Ind 1 2 Steel Plate Side Sil CenterSil JA FOS f r fr o ea eM E va r i g ad CE C X L geil IRR 5 T a NB 73 acm B4 9 Em ia Scale in FEET Tahoe Model Works 7 MESS rch Bar Trucks w 33 wheels 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Parts TMW 111 8 35 Nut bolt washer casting 1 Grandt Line 5101 1 7 8 Nut bolt washer casting 2 Grandt Line 45066 1 1 4 KC Brakes Tichy Train Group 3005 Stirrup Steps A Line 29000 Style A Truss Rod End Bolts Tichy Train Group 48034 Queen Posts Grandt Line 45050 6 Queen Posts PRR Class FI Flat Car 7 x 8 3 4 As Built 1897 8 3 4 X 8 3 4 EEEN DWN BY David J Vinci Mattawan MI Date October 16 2014 Revision 1 October 21 2014 DRAWING NO 1 of 1 HO Scale Modeling Notes _ F wx 00 O O O1 OO000100 010 Based on PRR General Plan of Body Drawing No 11991 Dated 3 17 1897 N e e O O
12. turbo charger speed and other improvements precursors of the U28C which PRR also purchased Engines 6500 6503 6510 and 6511 would eventually be retrofitted with these im provements The PRR gave the U25C class GF 25a In service the U25C was assigned to the Enola engine shop for maintenance Thanks to their heavy duty electrical gear they were most often seen hauling coal and iron ore Many photos show one U25C paired with an EMD SD45 All passed into Penn Central service No 92 Spring 2015 A U25B demonstrator set made several trips on the PRR in February 1962 They impressed management and led to an order for seven units purchased at Uncle Sam s expense to compensate for the impact of the Kinzua Dam project in Northwestern Pennsylvania Four more orders followed To increase tractive effort and fuel capacity GE designed the U25C They extended the U25B chassis by four feet moved air reservoirs from under the frame into a longer body and set it on two 3 axle double equalized tri mount trucks a design developed in the early 1950 s and found on PRR s GE built E44 electrics Fuel capacity increased from 2900 gal lons to 3500 Maximum tractive effort grew by 29 053 Ibs to 96 375 Between September 1963 and December 1965 GE pro duced 113 copies of the U25C They sold 30 to Northern Pacif ic 21 to Atlantic Coast Line 10 to Louisville amp Nashville 10 to Oro Dam Project in California the first buyer 12 to the C
13. version of GE s first solo entry into the mainline locomotive market fea tures all new tooling and ESU LokSound DCC Overall Rivarossi has done an exceptional job with this model includ ing rotating roller bearing journals on the right side HISTORY OF THE U25C ON THE PRR GE has a long and interesting history in railroad motive power Along with Ingersoll Rand GE produced the first commercially successful diesel locomotive in 1928 a boxcab design that saw service on Manhattan Island terminals after steam locomotives were outlawed GE was often involved in the design and production of mainline electric locomotives in competition with Westinghouse GE was no stranger to the PRR either The company pro vided the electrical gear for the O1 electric locomotive They built 20 P5A boxcabs 5 P5A modifieds and provided electrical gear for several Altoona built units They provided electrical gear for one L6 GE built the first 16 GG1 locomotives and provided electrical gear for 51 Altoona built copies They built the E2B experimental electrics the sixty six E44 units from 1960 and even had provided the electrical gear in the secondhand FF2 units from the Great Northern The Keystone Modeler Ls M a a gt gt Lg Class engine 6500 in Walbridge Ohio on March 18 1967 William D Volkmer collection 6503 6503 1 v 1 l Lis E M 1 ve o LU Sel lt lt
14. will pass thru the cut out we made in the end blocks earlier The 2 x 2 squares of 0 040 thick plastic were drilled and tapped for a 2 The Keystone Modeler Coupler Access Plate Nut Bolt Washer Castings 0 015 wire Grab Irons I z P Melat r Ur a Ft Fs E Pen ZOOS newse7 CAPACITY 166600 LAS PRR Class F Gun amp Cable Flat Car No 435497 PHNINURTURNIC MER ey igure The ends of the car have a plate through which the cou place Next I turned the car right side up and finished the de pler passes I made this from 0 005 thick plastic I cemented tailing as shown in Figure 8 the Kadee coupler boxes in place with just a tiny amount of The couples plate was made kom 0000 Bilas cement so I could remove them later if that ever becomes nec NM i tic sheet to the dimensions shown in Figure 4 On the proto essary I like to put these in place with screws but on this car type this plate is bolted down to permit access to the coupler there wasn t room thickness to do that I did have to put a YP P P P hanism so I used Grandt Line 5066 14 nut bolt wash 0 015 shim between the coupler box and the floor so the cou E A mL ti trivets Yes th tt ll but they d pler height was correct This is dependent upon the trucks ya E ee A Mad dice dun ener Sate ere o right in a hole made with a 778 drill In Figure 8 you can see and wheel sets etc so
15. C With brass quality road specitic detail and realistic rotating roller bearing axle ends this model could not be farther from this manufacturer s last attempt at this distinctive prototype PRR was also familiar with GE in the diesel realm Fair banks Morse Erie Built units were assembled at GE s Erie plant and had GE electrical gear GE produced a line of small industrial switchers beginning in 1940 that included the fa mous 44 tonners PRR purchased to eliminate A5s 0 4 0 steam shifters From 1940 to 1952 GE was part of a consortium with Alco Alco GE to design produce and market diesel locomotives Alco locomotives were equipped with GE traction motors and generators Raymond Patten an industrial designer from GE designed the bodies that would become the PA and FA Alco cab unit diesels Once the joint marketing agreement between GE and Alco ended in 1953 GE decided to develop its own mainline diesel electric locomotives Working with Cooper Bessemer on a new prime mover GE introduced a series of demonstrators starting with an A B B A cab unit set in 1954 By 1959 GE rolled out two 2500 hp road switchers with FDL 16 V 16 en gines In the horsepower race the GE offering would beat EMD s 2250 hp GP30 and Alco s 2400 hp RS 27 In 1960 U25B demonstrators were produced and sent on demonstration tours No 92 Spring 2015 In late 2014 Rivarossi introduced an HO scale version of the General Electric U25C This model of the C C
16. DVD player for viewing on your TV No 92 Spring 2015 As a result of immigration there are many different lan guages being spoken in the U S today but English is our on ly common language Because of that we should want to use it clearly in communicating with one another Some strange usages have crept into our speech in the past ten or fifteen years People will say they received an invite instead of an invitation or they are getting a bathroom install instead of an installation or that the form on the computer has been populated instead of filled in A nation or city is populated not a form Our hobby has also had some curious or as my high school English teacher would say lazy usages creeping in A model is sometimes called a build instead of describing what we do with the model or the people re sponsible for a model are called the creatives instead of the creators or producers or competing products are called comparators instead of competitors By the way proto type freight cars have built dates not build dates That s why the abbreviation on the car side is BLT Some new words and terms are useful for example laptop cell phone or Digital Command Control DCC But introducing a new word or the novel use of an JJ old word just to sound cool or hip or in the know often does not seem necessary or useful Yes of course languages cha
17. I had trouble finding a decal sheet that had the word PENNSYLVANIA with sufficiently close spacing In the end I went with Mount Vernon Car Shops decal sheet N PRR Wreck Derrick Decals Northeast Decals Standard Boxcar B amp O 09 provided the digits After the decals are fully set seal with Testors Dullcote Weather the car then glaze the windows Adda 0 25 oz lead weight to the car interior The car is ready for service figure 13 No 92 Spring 2015 Figure 13 The finished model The Keystone Modeler
18. No 2 Spring 5 Inside e Rivarossi U25C Review e 80F81A Tender for BLI e Scratchbuilt Fl Flat Car e Vandalia N6 Cabin Car in N Lo ZEN O2 m PINNEYLVANIN 06 2016 NUMBER 92 CONTENTS SPRING 2015 K B x 4 a y ce VOLU to A 1 e FROM THE CAB IV Tod e Pa lt JUI PE E tarda m RR a 3 N 2 5 w2 TKM NEWSWIRE Pennsylvania Railroad Technical amp Historical Society By DID EIU TOL eon sme s vuoi MEME INE DIRE MM MEUM dU EC D EIE E RM OM CREME UNE 4 IN MEMORIAM STEVE AGOSTINI Published Quarterly by The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD By D ES eee ome a eee ne REET eee ieee nee ate ei E eee eee ee eee eee 5 TECHNICAL and HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRODUCT REVIEW RIVAROSSI PRR GENERAL ELECTRIC U25C IN HO SCALE A non profit organization Bil 6o T dae 6 OFFICERS SCRATCHBUILDING A PRR CLASS FI GUN AND CABLE FLATCAR President Bruce F Smith DUEB UN e 15 Vice President Edward Swai Coe e alo Weischedel MODIFYING THE 80F81A TENDER FOR THE BLI H10s Treasurer Richard McCarty PURO rs o T X 21 G IC G T EIE EH n s MODELING A VANDALIA WOOD CABIN CAR IN N SCALE Editor Chuck Blardone TU AS Ur ET M 35 Membership Coordinator Andrew J Hart Membership Expediter Brady McGuire FRONT COVER CLOCKWISE FROM TOP Public Relations Manager Edward Swain E _ ee ater
19. T yuu 2 sth UA E CL Deck Boards Wood 4x8 ree i Truss Rods I Wood Deck Boards SECTION A A 4 eR REPE BRA RA BAR ODED Figure 3 No 92 Spring 2015 PRR Class FI Flat tCar I October 16 2014 Based on PRR General Plan of Body Drawing No 11991 As Built 1897 qr ee et DWN BY David J Vinci Mattawan MI October 21 2014 DRAWING NO 10f1 Revision 1 Dated 3 17 1897 Frame members are made of 2 C channels bolted together See Section A A er from Original PRR Drawing Full Size for HO Scale Capacity 100 000 LBS Weight 41 800 LBS ANNAM SA SA NNN A OD Built from 1897 to PRR Class Fi 435497 to 435500 7 Po l i as A A Zz SANA SS ES SNN OS ER EEN SS o SN Ae ARERR RH Ex Scale in FEET mary yy ET TTT 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 This isa copy of a portion of PRR Drawing No 11991 Dated Altoona March 17 1897 Gen Plan of Body Flat Car Class FI s showing the crossection at the Trussrod support Queenposts 16 The Keystone Modeler 3 3 8 thick Wood Deck Boards 0 060 v groove x 0 040 thick sheet GC ds Scale in FEET Mo NC NC E NP E 9100 0100 l uu EX HE c cL mmm Plate ik 2 6 x dh Hp 100 x 0 100
20. a 33 diameter wheelsets 4 Figure 29 Finished model weathered tender 7688 The Keystone Modeler 33 No 92 Spring 2015 Figures 30 31 Finished model weathered tender The Keystone Modeler 34 No 92 Spring 2015 Figure I PRR 982016 likely ex Vandalia 5316 trails an H25 on a coal drag carbody cupola and trucks from three disparate sources could make a very plausible model BUILDING THE MODEL Start with a Minitrix caboose body figure 5 Take every thing apart and file down the body bolsters from a thickness of 0 145 to 0 120 removing 0 025 figure 6 This will allow the car to sit at the proper height over a pair of Bachmann old time passenger trucks Use a set of Micro Trains 1128 cou plers in the existing draft gear box D VANDALIA LINE No 92 Spring 2015 35 Once the Vandalia was merged into the larger PRR sys tem proper a series of Vandalia wood cabin cars built by American Car amp Foundry AC amp F became part of the PRR ros ter While PRR historians and researchers are still somewhat uncertain on this there is discussion that these cars might possibly have been classified by the PRR as the mysterious class N6 no letter suffix More research remains to be done on this topic before the definitive answer is known Inspecting a close up and looking over the few details that can be discerned in the fuzzy prototype photo figures 3 and 4 of this Vandalia
21. and this truck is labeled the Diner version They were correctly labeled in Walther s flier announcing these trucks PRR 3D P1 Six Wheel Diner Truck HO Scale Walthers Here is the Diner version with no step In Memoriam Steve Agostini PRRT amp HS Web Master Steve Agostini died suddenly after a brief ilIness late this winter Steve a former Pennsy PC and Conrail employee had been managing our website and discussion forum for many years Just before he died Steve had finished dealing with a malicious hacking attack on our website that took many days of hard work to identify and correct Steve s contributions to the PRRT amp HS were many and were often accomplished in the background without the need or desire for recognition Fortunately at Steve s insistence we had safety systems in place which mean that our web presence has continued and will continue Indeed the PRRT amp HS is currently formulating plans to build on the founda tion that Steve created to introduce an even better and more contemporary web presence Thus as president of the PRRT amp HS I want to take the opportunity to recognize Steve s contributions and to say that he will both be missed and Bruce F Smith President PRRT amp HS No 92 Spring 2015 celebrated The Keystone Modeler Product Review The Rivarossi PRR Gen eral Electric U25C in HO Scale By Tim Garner photos by the author unless noted Dis ain t your daddy s U25
22. cle on the tenders used with the H10s in TKM Volume 91 is a perfect lead in to my model ing article There were several 1109 stokered locomotives note 4 5 and 6 with modified 80P81A tenders on the branch in the 1950 s I was able to find photos of 7555 and 7688 which can be seen here figures 1 and 2 and in Bert Pennypacker s Pennsy Steam Years 3 Morning Sun Books 2001 Several other photos of these two locomotives can be found on John Dziobko s godfatherrails com web site No 92 Spring 2015 H IOs 7555 on my layout in Mt Carmel INTRODUCTION The PRR modeling community has been patiently waiting for the release of the BLI H10s and when it finally arrived I was very impressed with the model Tim Garner s great product review in TKM Volume 90 confirmed that BLI got most everything right with their new release Since I model the 1950s Shamokin Branch I knew that the model out of the box would not meet my needs I have been on a steep learn ing curve studying the 71109 note 1 and discovering where they were used on the PRR s vast system I have come across a good number of photos of H10s locomotives on the Branch and in Northumberland I knew from the start that the Lines West 80P81 tender with the Crawford hood did not show up on the Branch but I was a little disappointed that BLI used the original 2E T1 trucks on their model The 2 12 crown like The Keystone Modeler Figure 057 7555 at LUKE
23. correct horn and bell placement and additional details for the extended range dynamic brakes the PRR purchased It also has a shorter ladder to the roof than the other roads The pilot details include see through steps and foot boards air hoses brake hoses cut levers and MU receptacles _ 6514 Rivarossi has captured PRR specific details such as the train control box behind the cab the hump in the catwalk to the rear of the unit and the No 92 Spring 2015 placement of the horn and bell The Keystone Modeler pum tl gt 6514 7 6514 6514 6514 Other PRR specific details include the lack of a nose light and a ladder on the left side of the rear hood Unfortunately Rivarossi and every other PRR diesel maker has left off the dummy MU receptacle on the end railings found on virtually every second generation PRR hood unit OPERATION PERFORMANCE AND SOUND All wheels meet the NMRA RP25 profiles All wheels are driven and have electrical pick up The engine has a can mo tor with flywheels inside a die cast metal frame Drive shafts connect the engine to gear towers on each truck The drive is very quiet The top speed of the loco is high but this can be adjusted with CV settings or taking it easy on the throttle The weight of the locomotive at over 20 ounces gives it signif icant pulling power The Rivarossi engine has plastic Kadee compatible cou plers on each end that are a bit oversize Unfortunately t
24. der and the H10s 80P81 The Keystone Modeler 27 No 92 Spring 2015 etter rer a ae i CCC Figure 7 Photo of 80 8 tender for 7688 note rivet lines na ee N 7 je and patch Larry Hanlon hacia 4 iis A 1 E 3 Mi s I N The Keystone Modeler 28 No 92 Spring 2015 Figure 20 2 truck from BLI 05 model on left 2E T2 truck from BLI SA model on right 29 No 92 Spring 2015 Figure 19 Close up photo of 2E T2 trucks on tender for Owen Thorne Figure 21 Center area filed off of 2E T2 truck left so that it will fit new bolsters The Keystone Modeler Figure 22 Underside of 2E T2 truck reinforced and filed to accept metal wipers 2 1 truck left undersides of new 2E T2 truck middle Figure 23 Jig to drill new holes for metal wipers these reinforcements would interfere with the trucks howev er have thoroughly tested the completed locomotives and tenders on my layout and they run great If you are smarter than I was and ordered the I1SA wipers you can skip the work on the bottom of the new truck de scribed in the above paragraph and simply enlarge the center hole in the I1SA wipers and install it on the truck side frame Cut a scale 18 piece of 3 16 tubing square the ends and slide it through the new truck side frame Glue the tubing in place leaving about scale 6 above the side frame which will then fit into t
25. e and then you could thread on some turnbuckles You can add as much or as little detail to the underbody as you like because some of it you won t see unless the car is turned over I did add the nut bolt washer castings to the ends of the truss rod support bolsters as well as on the side sills You could even add them at the ends of the grab irons as some folks do No 92 Spring 2015 Queenpost support 18 Truck Bolster To make the center section of the car I started with a sheet of 0 040 thick plastic 9 wide and 34 long I laminated a sheet of 0 020 thick 0 060 V groove siding that was the same size to it This gave me the thickness of the deck boards I was looking for Then I drew on the bottom side the center line and the position of the queen posts and the truck bolsters The center sills are made using a strip of 0 100 x 0 125 to which a strip of 0 020 x 0 100 is cemented to the 0 100 side This yields a center sill with a scale 12 height as compared with the 0 100 x 0 100 side sills which scale out to about a 9 height These center and side sills were cemented to the floor and then the end blocks cemented in place When attaching the ends to the center section of the car body make sure the bottom center of the end and the taller center sill are matched in height This will make the end protrude above the decking on top by 3 scale inches or so The center beams were trimmed to clear the Kadee coupler boxes which
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27. fter it had dried it was painted black and scale coal was sprinkled over the wet paint The coal load was set with rubbing alcohol followed by diluted glue The two units were weathered using an air brush Weathering the drivers requires a cradle set up in the spray booth so that the drivers are moving while being weathered Photographs of finished models figures 29 30 and 31 This was a very interesting project I enjoyed researching the prototype and working out how to model the locomotives and tenders so that they are more suited to the area and era that Imodel I will probably want to have additional H10s on the layout THANKS I want to thank Steve Hoxie Bob Hess Larry Hanlon and Owen Thorne for their kind help and advice and for sharing their knowledge and photographs No 92 Spring 2015 Figure 24 Photo of 7688 showing location of front marker lights Owen Thorne LOCOMOTIVE MODIFICATIONS The 80 81 tenders were converted from the lines west version when the PRR modified the 1105 to stokered versions I studied several photographs of the modified 7555 and 7688 locomotives and made the following changes to the stock BLI H10s On both locomotives the marker lights were moved from the pilot beam to the front of the smoke box fig ure 24 To remove the marker lights one must take a chisel blade and slip it under the bottom of the marker light and pry upward The marker light should pop off The LEDs for the BLI ma
28. graphs figure 17 asa guide Note that I added the patch near the bottom of 7688 figure 18 The rivet lines are different for the Altoona and Columbus conversions The tender sides need to be carefully sanded to hide the seam line where the side sheet extensions were attached to the top chord figure 15 You want to hide the seam but attempt The Keystone Modeler 26 No 92 Spring 2015 Figure ll Fabrication of coal bunker floor unit base Figure 12 Coal bunker floor unit slipped between side sheets Figure 13 Front of tender with doors taken off model Figure 4 Rear view of tender with floor angle behind slope sheet two verti Crawford hood and glued to bunker floor unit cal braces and ladder TRUCK MODIFICATIONS tender figure 20 The other change is that the electrical 5 wipes on the H10s trucks are wider than on the 1192 trucks Converting the original 2E T1 trucks on the lines west LW tender to the proper 2E T2 trucks on 72688 1 tations were that all I had to do was purchase a set of BLI nue CAE ihe MOS cirta an Of BOIS pro 90F81 tender truck side frames 2E T2 trucks and 33 wheels ject Unfortunately the design of the tender truck bolsters which I found out once I received my parts order My expec from the BLI I15A parts list and slap them on the bottom of my and the trucks themselves how they attach to each other newly converted tenders No such luck changed between the 115 90 81 ten
29. he shank on these couplers is especially thick so dropping in No 58 scale couplers won t work without modifications to the coupler pocket The model comes equipped with either standard DC ora DCC LokSound Select dual mode decoder and speaker from No 92 Spring 2015 Another departure from the typical plastic model is the use of painted etched stainless steel for the side and end handrails and stanchions They are flat and not the rounded piping of the prototype Even so they look in scale and the stiffness means they are likely to maintain the proper shape unless dropped The end railings also include real metal chain over the drop steps Painting and lettering is acceptable The dark green lo comotive enamel is a little too green a mistake most manu facturers make The Dulux gold on the numbers and railings is too yellow as well The keystones and radio decals are ac curately done and placed as are the lighted number boards Most of the smaller lettering on the hood and frame found on the prototype is missing on the model It may be possible to add some of it with diesel data sets from Microscale During part of their PRR operating lives these locomotives had ACI identification color barcodes on their flanks as well The Keystone Modeler Rivarossi has captured early anti wheel slip technology on the left side axle ends Sand lines are included as it the unique PRR radio decal ui wereee E didi di AR 6 E E
30. he end ladder was at its standard location I simply configured the end rails according to standard PRR practice of the time figure 10 Now is also a good time to add roofwalk end supports bent from 0 010 diameter phos phor bronze wire Since I wanted the carbody to remain removable all the end railing parts are spindly little things sticking straight up into the air figure 11 Use caution since one careless move could wipe out an afternoon worth of work Drill a 0 063 diameter hole to install a Micro Trains ca boose smokejack Add the required window muntins using 0 020 x 0 020 styrene stock Paint the carbody and under frame PRR Freight Car color figure 12 I use a mix of equal parts Floquil Boxcar Red and Zinc Oxide Primer for this Figure 7 Body with holes for Watts marker lights Cut holes for the Watts marker lights Do this by first making a round opening with a drill and then using a X Acto 11 blade to carve a more or less rectangular opening figure 7 Frame the Watts marker light openings with 0 010 x 0 010 styrene strips figure 8 Having moved the cupola closer to the end the factory roofwalk will no longer fit One section will be too long and the other too short Cut the too long roofwalk to be a bit shorter and glue the removed section of roofwalk material onto the too short piece of roofwalk to lengthen it Sand off the molded on grab iron detail from the cupola roof File the round factory roofwalk
31. he tender bolster Install the 33 wheel sets One truck should be insulated on the left the other on the right Ream out the center of the 3 16 tubing so that the truck bolt and spring slides through the tubing and attaches to the bolster No 92 Spring 2015 and 2E TI truck right I ended up doing a lot more work than I needed to do with the trucks Since I did not want to wait for another parts order I need to be more patient I used the LW tender truck electrical wipes which are wider than the I1sa tender wipes so I did a lot more sanding to make them fit which weakened the side frames I had to go back and reinforce the side frame with small pieces of styrene Below I have described exactly what I did for this project but some of this work can be avoided if you order the proper wipes with the 119 tender truck side frames and wheel sets Take the 2E T2 side frames from the 119 tender and glue a piece of 6 x 8 strip styrene reinforcement inside the bottom of the truck frame File a scale 3 off the top of each side frame figure 21 This is where the truck attaches to the bolster You need to sand this so the truck clears the round metal protrusion that is the new truck bolster on the H10s enough so that there is a little play for good tracking Enlarge the center hole in each truck to accommodate a length of 3 16 styrene tube Turn the truck side frame over and file both sides of the underside slot in the bott
32. hi cago Burlington amp Quincy 2 to the Lake Superior amp Ishpem ing and 20 to the PRR The U25C was produced from Sep tember 1963 to December 1965 Until 1965 all PRR s six axle road switchers had been used as helpers hump pushers and heavy switchers Then Electro Motive s SD35 arrived These were the first six axle freight diesels assigned to mainline freight trains PRR was The Keystone Modeler The engineman s side of the Rivarossi model Notice the see through grilles for the radiator and air reservoir compartments The dummy receptacles PRR placed on the front and rear handrails to hold the loose end of an MU cable are missing These are rarely modeled but found on virtually all second generation PRR power Rivarossi s first production run includes numbers from PRR s second order They include simulated screen door openings for the air reservoir behind the cab Through some clever use of gray plastic and screen they ve created the illu sion of two complete air reservoirs when actually there are two ends on the top and two rectangles on the sides The ra diator screens at the rear of the unit are also see through Rivarossi has done a fantastic job with the two biggest spotting features of the U25C the windshield and the trucks The nose width one piece windshield with a silver frame looks perfect and includes windshield wipers Subsequent GE U boats had two piece windshields The tri mount trucks with the heav
33. ight curvatures seen in the photographs To simulate the beading glue Plastruct 010 square rod over the scored line and down the sides of the side sheet extensions to join the original top chord using photographs as a guide figure 10 The coal bunker floor unit was made using 040 sheet styrene The dimensions were calculated by measuring the inside of the coal bunker between the side sheets figure 11 The front of the unit is a scale 2 6 high Once assembled it can slide inside the side sheets and will come to rest against the slope sheet at the back of the bunker figure 12 The de tailed bunker door was cut off the Crawford hood with a ra zor saw and glued to the front of the bunker floor unit figure 13 Once I had fitted the bottom unit into the bunker I test fitted the tender body back onto the original frame Unfortu nately the capacitor would not allow the body to snap back down on the frame I removed the bunker floor unit and cut a slot out of the floor so that the capacitor would not be com pressed Once everything properly fit I secured the bunker floor unit with liquid styrene cement CE OF COUPLER Smog Box oL m EEG Ue 3 4 i 15 0 2 6 a 16 oA Spes So Jat 3 2 ole B epo ME ene a lt W s I i ibd 2 a Y o BU x s dem 59 6065 LES 9 0 90 GAL WHG
34. isted of removing the Crawford hoods from the 80P81 tenders and adding new coal bunker side sheet extensions In conversations with Bob Hess and Steve Hoxie comparing the two conversions the Altoona conversion has more of a stylish flair with curves at the transitions and rounded corners at the top of the side sheet ex tensions The Columbus conversion is all straight angles Although I will describe modeling the Altoona conversion if you want to do a Columbus conversion to match your proto type of choice the methods will be the same with the excep tions of the shape of the side sheet extensions and the rivet lines DECONSTRUCTION OF THE BLI TENDER Start by removing the tender body from the frame by in 3 4 2 4 1 ard KI eis sy JEF s E 143 9 wz y 4 j 4 aff 24 Figure 3 Stock tender after removal of frame and Crawford hood No 92 Spring 2015 The Keystone Modeler 23 of the top chord so that the seam can be easily sanded and will become almost invisible Let them sit overnight so that they are thoroughly dry The next day finish bending each side sheet extension inboard so that it fits onto the slope sheet an gles Glue the slope sheet and the inside of the side sheets us ing liquid styrene glue Once everything is dry the sharp an gles of the side sheet extensions are sanded to round them off Also carefully file the side sheet extensions to create the sl
35. just west of Mt Carmel in 1957 Bill Ellis from Pennsy Steam Years 3 Morning Sun Books used with permission Lae a x mm Figure 2 5 7688 the Shamokin engine terminal in 1956 Arthur Angstadt from Pennsy Steam Years 3 Morning Sun Books used with permission The Keystone Modeler No 92 Spring 2015 serting a scalpel blade between the two pieces and gently pry ing the plastic body up Work the wire harness and drawbar hook through the space at the front of the body and unplug the rear marker lights from the circuit board The white wire is on the lateral most slot on the 3 wire harness Remove the two screws that hold the Crawford hood in place and set the hood aside figure 3 There are two cast on slope sheet an gles on the top of the tender floor behind the slope sheet Us ing a chisel blade shave them off Remove the top chord and the highest horizontal rivet line on each side of the tender with a sharp chisel blade start ing at the top of the front curve of the top chord and ending at the second to the last set of three vertical rivets figure 4 This is where the new coal bunker side sheet extensions will be added Using a chisel blade pry off the water scoop from the bot tom of the tender I decided to model these two locomotives for this project both of which had the 80P81A Altoona tender conversions There are slight external differences between the Altoona and Columbus conversions but both cons
36. mounting pins to have a narrow profile and add extra roofwalk supports made from 0 010 x 0 020 styrene evenly spaced at s intervals Glue the roofwalk to the carbody roof Make J shaped side railings by bending 0 010 dia phosphor bronze wire around a s drill bit shaft The wire will spring back somewhat after forming so experiment until the result you get is a 90 degree curve Install on the four corners of the cabin car body The Bachmann trucks have a 0 147 diameter bolster hole but the bolster pins have a 0 112 diameter shank which means there is too much back and forth slop in the fit of the trucks Fix this by wrapping a spiral of 0 015 diameter cop Figure 10 End ladder and railing arrangement No 92 Spring 2015 Figure 9 Underbody with Bachmann truck mounting details The Keystone Modeler Figure ll Chassis with end details installed CREDITS I need to acknowledge the generous help of Rich Burg Rick Tipton Bob Johnson and Gary Rauch without whom this project would not have been possible If I have omitted any one please understand it is due to my own clumsiness REFERENCES The Keystone Vol 43 No 3 p 38 has images of Pennsylvania 982016 and also Vandalia 5316 likely the same car ac ES er rt ee om Figure 12 Completed body before lettering Once the paint is fully cured apply a coat of Testors Glosscote Apply decals lettering the car as PRR 982016
37. n glue the factory smokejack in place and trim flush when dry My smokejack was missing so I drilled the hole out to 1 16 diameter and glued in a piece of 16 diameter plastic rod instead Sand all roof detail off of the roof until the roof surface is smooth The cupola needs to move closer to the end of the car than it was in the factory model so close off some of the cupola opening in the roof by gluing two thicknesses of 0 080 sty rene into the opening Allow glue to thoroughly set and sand to match roof contour Use a Micro Trains wide caboose cu pola to replace the factory cupola The Micro Trains cupola bottom surface is not an entirely exact match to the Minitrix ME ti UNION PACIFIC 1 MT PACIFIC N SERVES 1 ALL THE WEST HL Figure 5 Stock Minitrix caboose The Keystone Modeler Figure 8 With Watts marker light openings framed with styrene per wire around the shaft of a 0 104 drill bit Trim the result ing spiral to an appropriate length and slip it over the truck bolster pin shank to get a good fit between trucks and bolster pins Add caboose underframe body supports made from 0 030 x 0 030 styrene stock figure 9 Add end ladders made from Gold Metal Models 160 15 Freight Car and Industrial Ladders and end railings bent from 0 012 phosphor bronze wire The prototype car image is too fuzzy to make out the exact end rail configuration All I could see was that t
38. ng in its own way and worthy of modeling I decided if I could get enough information I would see if I can make presentable models of some of them I was able to get a copy of a drawing of the Class FI so that will be the subject of this article From that drawing I made a modeling drawing which I printed in full size for HO scale so I could transfer the dimensions directly from the drawing to the work pieces see Figure 2 There was one part of the original drawing that is shown in Figure 3 as it better explains the car s construction The horizontal beam to which the truss rods are attached is wood The main structural parts of the frame are made of two C channels bolted together There is a piece of lumber bolted to the fabricated frame to permit the deck boards to be nailed or bolted to the frame I chose to make the frame parts of solid plastic but you could follow the prototype and use C channel I took a few other liberties with the model as you ll see Just chalk it up to modeler s license Figure 4 shows the details of the parts of the HO scale car I built Figure 5 shows the construc tion of the end blocks of the car and is pretty self explanatory It s really just a bunch of plas tic shapes laminated together with liquid ce ment I used 220 grit sandpaper to refine the shape of the ends after the cuts were made I made these first and then sort of built up the car between them The Keystone Modeler Scale in FEE
39. nge over time and I know there are cultural historical and sociological explanations for the use of jargon but words which exclude or obfuscate do not seem to me to have a place in our hobby So as Editor I will replace verb nouns such as build or strange nouns like creatives with older clearer expressions In the printed media that word incidentally is a plural a single one of those is a medium there have been two re cent articles of interest to Pennsy fans The April issue of Model Railroader includes an article about Ed Swain s Middle Division inspired layout and the April issue of Railroad Mod el Craftsman has an article by Gary Butts describing how he detailed an old Roundhouse Kit to produce a Long Island Gds In TKM this spring we have a review of the Rivarossi U25C by Tim Garner David Vinci s scratch built FI flat car Chuck Cover s tender kit bash for his H10s and Claus Schlund s N scale Vandalia cabin car Enjoy Jim Hunter Editor The Keystone Modeler yy e V NEWSWIRE With Steve Hoxie GHB has informed us that the L1S is nearing production Some last minute design issues are being addressed Check the website for current information MICRO TRAINS LINE http www micro trainsline com PRR 3D 7P2 Passenger Truck N Scale Micro Trains is producing this six wheel truck less coupler based on the PRR class manufactured by Commonwealth 36 wheels are included WALTHERS htt
40. om of the frame so that the wipers from the H10s will fit into the frame figure 22 The plastic bosses in the wipers of the original LW truck are also on op posite sides compared to the 2 12 side frames so new holes need to be drilled Use a piece of 0 04 sheet styrene to fit into the bottom of the original LW truck to use as a template to drill the new holes for the wipers figure 23 Drill a hole in the center of the template that matches the center hole in the trucks and slide the 3 16 tube through it to properly position the template Drill holes in the template for the wipers using the holes in the LW truck as a guide Transfer the template to the new trucks center it with the 3 16 tube and drill the new holes for the wipers Still using the tubing to center the wip ers glue the wipers into the new truck side frame Reinforce the truck side frames with various pieces of strip styrene and liquid styrene cement I was worried when I had finished that The Keystone Modeler Figure 25 Model showing removal of pilot beam marker lights and addition of bull s eye marker lights on smokebox this use the Detail Associates part More detail could be add ed to each locomotive such as adding the water supply lines from the tender The BLI bell needs to be rotated 180 degrees Touch up the new details with a flat black paint I used decals from Wilson Locomotive Works The coal bunker was filled with scenery goop and shaped A
41. ote 2 The Keystone Vol 20 No 1 p 58 photos of H10s tenders including two of the 80P81A both Columbus conver sions Note 3 PRR September 1956 Form 109L Note 5 The Keystone Vol 12 No 2 p 11 close up photo of standard stoker engine beneath the cab Note 6 The Keystone Vol 20 No 3 p 21 Experience with PRR Locomotive Stokers p 42 photos of Berkley stoker The Keystone Modeler 32 No 92 Spring 2015 SUPPLIES 3 Truck electrical wipers 2 Evergreen Scales Models pascat 9040 LLL 1 heet styrene 20022 24 ciii ici HT stoker used on most 5 y 90 254 EE Berkley stoker used on 3 H 5 r 910 m re ar 020 sheet styrene y SPL e a M 2 x 8 strip styrene Cary 6 x 8 strip styrene MEIS PRR modern marker lights x 3 strip styrene DA 2305 Signal Box early type with 3 straps PL e E 3 16 styrene tube PIDIDE co brass wire lt lt EU T OO 010 square rod Decals Ladders e scrap off freight car kits Wilson s Model Works Mi Number boards and back of tender numbers made on computer Excel icro Mark 81983 ee nn Edi HO rivet decal set file Coal load Broad Limited rt NODI TEL E t s Made from scenery goop vermiculite and Celluclay 50 50 mixed with house paint and Elmer s glue 50 50 until the mixture is the consisten gies Zo dee Tender truck side frames 2 Not ctm PAPE Tocc
42. p www walthers com PRR 2 5 GSC 41 NP 11 Passenger Truck HO Scale Walthers Walthers has in stock this truck used on their lightweight Pullman cars Also available in silver PRR 2D P5 Express Truck HO Scale Walthers PRR Product News BROADWAY LIMITED IMPORTS http www broadway limited com As of this writing BLI is listing April as the delivery date for the HO Sharks Hopefully as you read this we will have them Also the HO 1 15 delivery date seems to be holding firm for July The N M1A B delivery is listed as August This issue seems to have a tender emphasis so let me add a little bit With the advent of the L1s BLI will be producing another tender which can be used with more than one engine class Here are the possibilities From the 119 90F82 which can be used with the H10s 90F81 and a pre World War II K4s 90F70 From the K4s 110P75A which can be used with the I1SA 110F82A and with the L1s 110P75A Note that the L1s at the Pennsylvania Railroad Museum has this tender From the L1s 90F75 which can be used with the H10s 90F81A and with the K4s 90P75 EASTERN SEABOARD MODELS http www esmc com ESM now has a YouTube channel featuring their products https www youtube com user EasternSeaboardModel featur e creators cornier http 3A s ytimg com yt img creators_corner YouTube yout ube_24x24 png amp utm_source ESM News amp utm_campaign 04 08d1dd16 ESM News amp utm medium
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45. rker lights are lit at all times and will still be in place inside the pilot beam Black out the LED with black paint both on the top and bottom of the pilot beam Using Cary parts glue the marker lights to the appropriate locations on the front of the smoke box figure 25 From Keyser s chart note 4 and by studying photo graphs it is clear that the two locomotives had different stok ers installed Number 7555 had a Berkley stoker and 7688 had a much more common HT stoker figure 26 To repre sent these stokers I used Cal Scale parts and installed them with 5 minute epoxy under the firemen s side of the cab Each detail part was too long to fit under the cab and part of the stoker had to be trimmed off for it to fit properly Use 04 dia brass wire to represent the steam exhaust line to the lo comotive using photos to orient it figure 27 Number 7555 had a signal box located on the firemen s side of the loco along the walkway figure 28 To represent The Keystone Modeler Figure 26 Photo of HT stoker on Figure 27 Fireman s side of 7688 with HT stoker and steam exhaust Owen Thorne Figure 28 Fireman s side of 7555 showing Berkley stoker and signal box REFERENCES Note 4 PRR FAX Files section H10S Locomotive Assign ment H10s stoker Roster 1 revised by Roger Keyser up Note 1 PRR PRO Files section H8 H9 and H10 information dated by Bob Hess H10s data pdf from Bob Johnson N
46. test fitting and comparing things with l uw ZEN the small lip formed where the end block is slightly taller than the coupler gauge is critical to good operation Now the Tichy 8034 Truss Rod end bolts can be added to the ends around the coupler 2 above the coupler pocket and one on each side of it as shown in Figures 4 and Figure 11 Drill 76 holes for the deck boards The grab irons on the end blocks have a small relief made in the edge of the end so there is finger room between the grab and the end A small detail but you can see it so I included it There is a brake wheel on each end the A Line corner strap steps and use ACC to hold them in of the car as shown in Figures 2 4 and 8 The Keystone Modeler 19 No 92 Spring 2015 And now you should be ready to go to the paint shop I painted the car body and truck side frames with a mix of Poly S Special Oxide Red and Reefer Orange The deck was painted with Reefer grey and then weathered with some di lute Rail Brown followed by a light wash with an alcohol and India ink mixture The lettering is from some Westerfield XL decal sets Figure 9 is a sort of Builders photo of the fin ished car Notice how you can see the brake rigging and the brake cylinder hanging down under the car along with the truss rods Figures 10 and 11 are photos of the car in service on my 1920s layout Figure 11 shows the end detail including the re lief for the grab irons and the positioning of the
47. th another manufacturer s locomotive as was common on the prototype you may need to try and disable some of the momentum and manual notching effects to even up the speeds The sounds also include horn bell sanding valves and coupler You can set these off by function buttons or set them to automatically occur when the engine shuts down The LokSound decoder can be customized in a num ber of ways full user manual is available at http www esu eu en start LED s light up the headlights and number boards Since the U25C was built after 1956 by federal regulation the head Note the see through screens over the air tanks behind the cab The Keystone Modeler A Note the see through stair treads and pilot the hood ladder and the ap propriate grab irons The lack of a few fine lettering details is the only knock on the exterior detailing of this model The illusion of full gray air reser voirs is carried off perfectly V The left side of the engine The Keystone Modeler 13 No 92 Spring 2015 A The chassis and body The speaker is to the right The gray piece to the left shows through the screen in the side of the hood as an air reservoir W The model is paired with an Athearn SD45 and an empty coal train on my Willsburgh Divi sion layout Note the lighted numberboards ia e T 1 Mill Lin i thas ALLL Ti ITITITI 1111444411 tt THT TTA PPETI d pi
48. truss rod end bolts and the air hoses Have fun with your project ee lt Figure 10 gt No 92 Spring 2015 Trucks for this car presented a bit of a problem but I like the compromise I settled on The original car had 5 wheel base arch bar trucks with 30 wheels I settled on using Ta hoe Model Works part TMW 111 five foot wheelbase trucks with 33 wheels You may be able to find some appropriate 30 wheel sets if you wish Like most flat car models this one has little space for added weight The trucks I chose are plastic side frames and metal wheels and axles so they don t contribute much weight Using white glue I affixed as much No 7 lead shot to the under frame between the center and side sills as I could but the result was a car that only weighs 1 4 oz NMRA recom mendation for a 36 foot car should be around 31 2 ounces Well the car tracks well and so far it has not been a problem but I think a heavy load will become the order of the day 3 E wi jit The Keystone Modeler Modeling the 80F81A Tender for the BLI H 10s By Chuck Cover Photos by the author unless noted trucks and the 2E F13 note 2 cast steel trucks replaced the earlier trucks on most of these tenders in the mid 40 s note 3 Many of the other details on the model are post war per Tim s article so the pre war trucks will have to be changed out for those modeling the more modern era Steve Hoxie s definitive arti
49. y drop equalizers look especially powerful There is a simulated speed recorder cable coming from the front journal on the engineer s side and cables coming from all the journals on the fireman s side These were an early ver sion of wheel slip control The rest of the simulated roller bearing journals on the right side actually spin as the engine moves while appearing completely in scale Neat Rivarossi has also included sand lines MODEL DETAIL Model railroaders who are getting a little long in the tooth will remember the U25C imported by AHM from Rivarossi in Italy beginning in 1966 The detail was good for its time but the drive was not as robust as in Athearn diesels available at the time The new Rivarossi offering produced in China and distributed by Hornby America is as good as any sound equipped plastic diesel model available today The PRR model is produced in what railfans describe as the Phase IIIb body Most of the U25C s manufactured fit this mold Rivarossi worked directly with GE to accurately model the details including road specific differences For instance the PRR model features a clean nose with no headlight With unwanted nose lights on most hood units by Athearn AHM and others discriminating PRR modelers once had to become proficient with hobby knives and model putty just to properly place the nose keystone There is a signal control box on the walkway behind the cab on the left side the correct horn the
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