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Magazine Articles By Patrick Lawson

Canadian Bathtub Gondolas

The article covers the history of CP Rail coal unit trains, shows a roster of the "bathtub" cars, includes prototype photos, and comes with full scale drawings of all sides. Suggestions as to how to model this car are briefly covered for HO and N scale.

Canadian Pacific Railway Banff Station

Canadian Pacific Railway Number 1 Oil House

N-scale drawings of an oil house.

Canadian Pacific Railway Stand Plan Bridge Warning

Scale drawings of CPR telltales circa 1919.

Constructing a Simple Spray Booth

Using an old record player, the author builds a spray booth that is useful for those who spray with acrylic paints (solvent-based paints will require a different blower type).

Federal Grain Limited Fertilizer Shed

Includes N-scale drawings and 3D perspectives, but not much descriptive text.

Kitbash a CP SD40-2F

This article describes how to build a model of the Canadian Pacific's unusual "Red Barns". It includes prototype and model photos, as well as a parts list. The author used a Rail Power Product's SD60 as the base for this model.

TCAX Thrall Door Car

Just a photo and a parts list for how to create one of these all-door box car models using a Life-Like model.

Working Ditch Lights for Modern Diesels

Using fiber optics to install ditch lights in an SD40-2 model.