RP CYC Publishing

RPCYC Publishing, softcover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Contents:

• U.S.R.A. 40-ton Double-Sheathed Box Cars (53 pages) by Patrick C. Wider. The article is the first in a series of articles that will cover several 'standard' American box car designs that were built in large quantities during the first half of the 20th Century. In this article, Pat Wider covers the 25,000 double-sheathed wood and steel box cars that were built from 1918 to 1922 following a United States Railroad Association standard design. The comprehensive series of articles will include the contemporary U.S.R.A. single-sheathed wood and steel and double-sheathed all-steel box cars operated by a large number of U.S. railroads. General American 70-ton All-Steel Refrigerator Cars (10 pages) by Patrick C. Wider. Pat Wider describes and illustrates the unique 1930s General American 70-ton 'super size' all-steel refrigerator cars owned and operated by General American Transportation Corporation and leased to the Milwaukee Road and the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. These cars presaged the modern 50-foot cars of the 1950s. Freight Car Running Boards and Brake Steps (53 pages) by Ed Hawkins. Ed Hawkins covers the various types of running boards and brake steps installed on freight cars prior used from the early 1900s through 1960 and to their banishment in 1974. Included are numerous photographs, tables, diagrams, descriptions, and contemporary trade publication advertisements. This is a must have article for serious freight-car modelers.

RP CYC Publishing, softcover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Contents:

• Six Pullman Lightweight Passenger Cars, by Pat Wider. Presented in Volume 11 are four selected groups of Pullman lightweight streamline passenger cars, two of which had specific variations to make six unique arrangements. The four main groups discussed include selected Pullman-Standard 10-5, Pullman-Standard 6-6-4, Pullman-Standard 4-4-2, and Budd 10-6 sleeping cars. The prototype versions match, to an extent, HO-scale models available from Walthers. But by no means are the contents limited to these specific configurations. Included in this volume is information that applies to virtually all lightweight sleeping cars with comprehensive attention paid to the underbody equipment. There are summaries and detailed descriptions, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and tables of Pullmans sleeping car accommodations, materials used to construct lightweight cars, electrical systems, air-conditioning systems, heating systems, braking systems, trucks, hand brakes, draft gear and couplers, steam connections, as well as a few other miscellaneous topics. Numerous builders' photographs and in-service photographs are provided to show the various railroads operating these cars. A substantial number of builders' photographs are printed landscape format on the page for maximum size and visibility of detail. Several pages are devoted to the Walthers models with Color photographs and descriptions of the many positive aspects of the models as well as areas where modifications are necessary for a more accurate rendering. We apologize for an error made in the text on page 107, which leads the reader to believe that D&G Models may be out of business. Jim Gerstley has notified us that D&G Models is still very much in business. We hope our readers will take stock of the excellent HO-scale passenger car trucks that continue to be available from D&G Models.