Peter's Model Railroading | My Library | S Gaugian 1980-09/10
Articles Listing

Francis Lee Jacques' Great North Road

The layout used AF mechanisms, trucks, and track, but Lee scratchbuilt everything else to his own standards, which was On3-1/2. The whole objective of the layout was an exercise in perspective, as he was a professional artist. The layout was moved to the Lake Superior Transportation Museum North Road in downtown Duluth after his death. The article includes photos of the layout, and a track plan reprint from the May 1962 issue of Model Railroader magazine.

Union Tank Car Corn Syrup Car

A one-page scaled drawing with some specs on this 27-foot car.

Markers Make the Difference

The author describes how he made caboose marker lights using Grain-O-Wheat lightbulbs and fibre optics. Includes a diagram on how to place the various components.

A.C. Gilbert's Paradise - Today Part 1

The author visits the A.C. Gilbert factory complex, which (at the time of this article) was sub-divided and leased to individual stores and companies. Includes photos he took at the visit. The pages of this article have another article inserted in yellow, titled "Demise of the A.C. Gilbert Company", which is an excerpt from the Professor Hartley's book "Marketing Mistakes" which devotes a chapter to the Gilbert story. This provides great insight into the company's history of the 1960s.

The Roundhouse

The author describes things to do to fix an AF whistling billboard accessory, the revolving aircraft beacon, and provides some hints for other accessories that need simple repairs.

Sn3 Modeler

This page introduces the magazine-within-a-magazine, the Sn3 Modeler.

The Short, Steep, Crooked & Narrow Way

The results, shown in photos and accompanying text, of the S Gaugian-Model Die Casting Sn3 Kitbashing Contest.