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Magazine Articles By Harold Russell

A Block of Brick Industrial Buildings

The center fold-out of this issue is a complete scaled drawing of a group of multi-story industrial buildings found in one block in Binghamton, N.Y. Includes prototype photos, as well as a trackplan with dimensions.

A Bridge Crane Modeling Project

The author shows how he built a railroad yards crane in both O- and HO-scale. The article includes model photos, and scaled and detail drawings.

A Classic Wooden Freight House

A description of this freight house located in Canton, Pennsylvania on the PRR's former Elmira Branch. Includes photos and scaled drawings.

A Manual Signal That Protects a Crossing

This article describes the construction of a hand-operated interlocking device to protect a shortline junction near Caledonia, N.Y. Includes scale drawings and prototype photos.

An Elevated Watchman's Shanty

A brief article with a prototype photo and scaled drawings of the shanty in Erie, Pennsylvania.

Building a Deck Plate-girder Bridge Part 1

A step-by-step discussion of the construction of a typical steel bridge is prefaced with comments on prototype bridge design standards and a review of the author's modeling techniques. Includes scaled drawings, model and prototype photos, and tables for determine the dimensions of the bridge based on the span it is supposed to cover.

Building a Deck Plate-girder Bridge Part 2

This installment covers the construction of the main girders and the interior bracing pieces which provides most of the sub-assemblies for the steel bridge. Includes lots of scaled drawings, construction photos, and a table for girder dimensions.

Building a Deck Plate-girder Bridge Part 3

In this final installment, the author concludes by tying the girders together and adding the deck, ties, and rails to complete the bridge. Includes construction photos, diagrams, and one prototype photo (repeated from Part 1).

Building an FJ&G Boxcar

The author super-details a Reynolds 40-foot box car to make one for the Fonda, Johnstown & Gloversville RR. Includes a drawing of the underbody details, side skirts, steps, ladders, grab irons, doors, tack boards, ends hardware, poling pockets, brake platform, and brake details. Also includes a prototype photo.

CB&Q Vista-Dome Coach

Prototype photos and scale drawings accompany this short article on the car.

Compact Covered-hopper Loader

The modern-day loader is located on a farm and is used to load corn and soybeans into hoppers. Consisting of not much more than a duct and the structural members to hold it up, it makes a small track-side industry to model. Includes many prototype photos and scale drawings.

Conrail Track Scale and Switchman Shanty

Includes prototype photos and scale drawings for both structures. They are modeled after the ones found in the Coxton Yard of the Lehigh Valley RR in Coxton, Pennsylvania.

CPR Standard No.2 Icehouse

This brief article is about scale drawings of a Canadian Pacific icehouse.

Erie RR Telltales

A brief article with prototype and scale drawings of these telltales.

Lattice Truss Bridge

This brief article is accompanied by prototype photos and scaled drawings.

Lehigh Valley's Naples Branch Freight Depot

Information, photos, and a scale drawing of this small depot.

Loading Ramps

This article describes a TOFC ramp and a team track ramp, with a prototype photo of each as well as scaled drawings.

Milwaukee Road's Water Tank at Straw, Montana

One prototype photo and scale drawings accompany this one-page article about the water tank.

New York, Ontario & Western Milk Stations

A brief article accompanied by scaled drawings, as well as a typical set-up next to the track.

Pennsy Water Tank at Orleans, N.Y.

The scaled drawings that accompany this brief article have some interpretation done by the author, because only the main structure of the 40,000-gallon water tank remains.

Portable Automobile Unloader

Scale drawings and one prototype photo of the unloader found at New York Central's Little Ferry in Ridgefield, N.J.

PRR's Welding Shop at Sodus Point, N.Y.

A one-page article about a boxcar converted into a welding shop. Includes prototype photos and scale drawings.

Rochester Junction Station and Storage Building

Prototype photos, scale drawings.

S. J. Young & Sons Coal Co

This is a brief article describing this company in Windsor, New York, and includes prototype photos and scaled drawings. The structure has a footprint of 50' wide and only 16' deep. It only has one door.

Simple Coal Unloader

The author describes how he built a portable coal unloader scene on his layout. Includes one prototype photo and several layout construction photos.

Small-Town Combination Depot

Wood-frame construction depot with prototype photos and N-scale drawings.

Supplying Fuel Since the Reign of King Coal

Coal trestle and office. This is where coal was delivered via rail to the local areas from where homes and offices purchased their coal. Includes prototype photos, 1:320 scale drawing, and textual description of how to build this structure.

The Fun & Fascination of Trains

In January 1978 Kodak held a 10,000 square-foot exhibit showcasing railroad, with a significant amount of that space dedicated to model railroading. The author describes the show and includes some photos of the exhibit.

The Lachawaxen & Stourbridge

A modern shortline in north-eastern Pennsylvania run by the Delaware Otsego System. The article is accompanied by area maps, many prototype photos, historical information, tables listing the industries served, train listings, and a proposed HO-scale track plan for building this railroad.

The Utica Freight House

This article describes the New York, Ontario & Western freight house in Utica, N.Y., and includes prototype photos, scale drawings, and a track plan.

Train Order Holder

Drawings and prototype photos accompany this article which describes how the train order holder was used.

USRA Standard Tank Cars

A brief history, prototype photos, and scaled drawings of this 8,000-gallon tank car.

Western Maryland's Cumberland Station

A magnificent station reborn as a museum and tourist railway terminal. Includes prototype photos and scale drawings.

Whiting 20-ton Gantry Crane

Prototype photos, a brief description, and scale drawings of this crane.