Railway Prototype Cyclopedia, Vol. 1

BRAND NEW COPIES: RAILWAY PROTOTYPE CYCLOPEDIA Vol 1, 96 pages. (Released July 8, 1997) MANIFEST St. Louis Car Company Cabooses (11 pages) While most well known for their street cars and passenger cars, the St. Louis Car Company also built more than 350 cabooses for Class 1 railroads. Photo essay. 2_) Santa Fe 4-6-2 Pacifics (20 pp) The Santa Fe operated a sizable fleet of 4-6-2 Pacifics of the 1309, 1337, 3500, and 3600 Classes. History incl 29 excellent photos. Modeling Plan 3410 12-1 Pullman Cars (11 pp) The most common of all the heavyweight sleeping cars was the Plan 3410 series 12 Section, 1 Drawing Room Pullman sleeping car. Provides information on the various air conditioning systems used on these cars as well as six pages of valuable data that helps put these cars into perspective. Riveted 40' PS-1 Box Cars (11 pp) Pullman-Standard manufactured more than 5,500 PS-1 40' box cars with 6-foot doors and riveted side panels. Roster and ten photos incl. numerous cars built for C&NW. 2 models are shown from parts of three InterMountain kits. Easy kitbash for a highly authentic scale model. Missouri Pacific Stockyard (11 pp) Stockyards were commonly found along the right of way during the 1930s through 50s Shipping livestock by rail and HO model of a small Missouri Pacific stockyard. Complete plans provided Incl pertinent information for modeling a stockyard. Frisco's Howe Truss Box Cars (12 pp) Mainstay of Frisco's rolling stock fleet; 6,500 cars of this design were built 1926-1930. 1960, some 4,535 cars still in service. History incl steel rebuilding program in 1953. Accurately modeled using kits made by Sunshine Models. 1935 AAR Twin Hoppers, 1 (15 pp) 33' inside length offset hopper was truly a common car. Features and differences of the 50-ton AAR Standard and Alternate Standard designs as well as one nonstandard design used mainly by Illinois Central. Photos, 4 page roster of approximately 127,000 cars built from 1934 to 1960.