The New Newsletter. The NTRAK Modular Railroading Society, Inc. January / February, 2013

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1 The New Newsletter The NTRAK Modular Railroading Society, Inc. January / February, 2013 The upper two photos are of a highly detailed N scale model of a Union Pacific Steam engine ready to be painted and below is the finihed model. One of many projects in the 2012 Steam Addendum, See page 2 for details. Model and photos by Richard Dost

2 JIM S CORNER I still have hope of getting back on schedule with the Newsletters. My Templeton home has been sold and the last boxes of stuff are now in the garage waiting to be organized. My present plan is to follow this Newsletter with another issue with a minimum of delay. I hope to see you again soon. The N Scale Steam Locomotive Information Book, 2012 Addendum is, at last, printed and ready for sale. At 88 pages plus covers, this is our largest Addendum yet. On the cover of this Newsletter are some typical article photos used to explain various steps in duplicating the author s modeling. The cover model is of Union Pacific engine #5037 which had a number of unique features not found on other UP s. It was built by Richard Dost for his UP steam fleet. Editors Jim Kline and Craig Barrow recruit steam modelers whose kitbached models represent particular engines on a railroad. Then the modeler is asked to furnish photos and text to explain just how he created a 1:160 size model of that locomotive. Some engines have been built with an article in mind, resulting in useful step by step photos. Other articles focus on improving the running qualities of available models and fixes for certain flaws. In some cases a different motor and gearing turns a so-so engine into a favorite. You are given the details and how to avoid the mistakes and wrong paths that the author encountered plus where he found the needed parts. The new book also has an index of articles by wheel type in the 2007 to 2012 Addendums and the basic 2006 Steam Locomotive Book. Another is an alphabetical list by subject mater. The cost is $18.00 including postage. Order from our web site using PayPal for Credit Cards or by check and mail from NTRAK Orders, 1629 University Dr., Richardson, TX List of Articles in the 2012 Steam Addendum Bachmann Alco The Bachmann Spectrum light USRA Intermountain Southern Pacific Cab Forwards Northern Pacific Class G-1 Building ATSF Mikado #3156 Making an SP Mikado from a Kato Mikado Building UP #5037 Refurbishing Arnold Rapido Pacifics and Hudsons Arnold Motor and Tender Upgrade New Sources of Steam Parts N Scale Pennsy K4 Revisited Building Union Pacific Mountain 7869 N Scale Independent Steam Builders Replacing MP Steam Tenders with Bachmann Spectrum Reducing Engine Wheel Flanges Using a Centering Fixture An Interview with Ted Brandon An N Scale Pioneer Steam Book Articles Lists The top is a Kato Mikado and the bottom is an ATSF oil burning Mikado conversion by Fred McDowell, from an article in the 2012 Addendum. The New NTRAK Newsletter Designed by Lee Renewals, Orders & Shipping Inge Trost 1629 University Dr Richardson, TX orders@ntrak.org Jim FitzGerald, President & Editor For NTRAK questions & sending articles. NTRAK, Inc., 705 Turtle Creek Road Paso Robles, CA jim@ntrak.org or ntrak@tcsn.net Ph(805) Web Master Bruce Alcock, Director 1030 County St 2930 Tuttle, OK ; nytrr@hotmail.com Web site: Ed Schultz, Director Cypress Dr Farmington, MN ezlivin@charter.net Dave Porter, Director 7140 Strawn Court Alexandria, VA dave@ntrak.org Next Issue Deadline February 1st Deadline for Coming Events & other material is the 1st of the month before publication, (Feb 1st, Apr 1st, June 1st, Aug 1st, Oct 1st, Dec 1st) NTRAK Page 2

3 New from MicroTrains A Canadian Pacific 50' standard plug door boxcar w/roofwalk CP 80264, MT White lettering, red & white logo, boxcar red body, $ The 40' Ortner open hopper is boxcar red with white lettering for Southern Pacific, is SP and $ The MT# hopper was often used for ballast rock. A three bay high side covered hopper is light gray with black lettering for SLSF Frisco MT is $ There is a lumber load in the 50' standard single door boxcar w/roofwalk. Pennsy PRR has white lettering and the keystone logo. MT is $ Canadian National Wet Noodle logo is white on boxcar red of the 40' single door boxcar. CN is MT and $ Another 40' Ortner open hopper is white with black lettering for Williams Bros of Atlanta, GA. There are red and blue logos at each corner of WBCX 85056, MT , $ NTRAK Page 3

4 By Tony Hines Locomotives and Rolling Stock Athearn Athearn has decided to slow their announcements by going to every other month. Hopefully this will help them catch up faster, but it leaves us with no announcement this month. Atlas We thought Atlas had already announced for March in their winter catalog. Today the March announcements arrived and the S-2 shown in the winter catalog is now being offered as a Gold Series loco with sound. This is the first time for a Gold Series loco in N scale and the first time Atlas has ventured into the arena of sound. It happens to be on a relatively small switcher to boot. The sound system will be provided by Loksound and the price is not that out of line for a sound equipped locomotive. Alco S-2 Master Single Sheath Box - ssboxcar6.htm 50' Precision Design Box - oxcar7.htm Bachmann Bachmann has been quietly sneaking in new road numbers and paint on reruns of existing locos and cars. It s a pretty long list Ton Orange and Cream GP7 Rock Island, Central New Jersey, D&RGW, PRR Brill Trolley United Traction B&O, C&O NKP, Southern Green (new #) 36'6 Single Dome Tank Tidewater, Quaker State, Clark 40' Steel Box GN, NYS&W, B&O Timesaver NE Steel Caboose N&W Blue, D&H, B&M, WM Speed, LV, RDG Bluford Bluford announced another batch of wood chip hoppers. This group includes: CP, MP, IC, GT, Soo Line, New N Products Seaboard, and Frisco available in 6 road numbers. Chattahoochee, GMSR, AD&N available in 3 road numbers. Broadway Limited Broadway has quietly brought back some of their more popular E units with sound. They are due in June. It is a mixed bag of offerings. I will do my best to list them here: A/B sets include one powered with sound A one unpowered B Individual locos all come powered with sound. E6 A/B ATSF, UP, Undec E6A ATSF, B&O, IC x 2, Milw x2, UP, Undec E6B ATSF, B&O, Undec E7 A/B SP Daylight, UP City of LA E7A ACL, B&M x2, Milw x2, SP, Undec E7B - ACL, SP, UP, Undec E8 A/B ATSF, UP, Undec E8A ATSF, CB&Q x2, Demo, NYC x2, PRR x2, Undec E8B ATSF, Undec E9A UP E9B - UP DeLuxe Deluxe has a couple announcements for this month, or should I say re-announcements of a couple of 1944 AAR 40' Boxcars. A set of B&O and Santa Fe originally announced a few years back and never delivered are being relisted for pre-order. ewannouncements.html Fox Valley Models Fox Valley has started with some of the cars announced at Amherst. The first car to get the official nod is the B&O canstock car. There was also a mid month announcement on short notice of a new run of B&O M-53 Wagontops, Milwaukee cabooses, and some special paint scheme GEVOs and US Army box cars. Unfortunately NTRAK Page 4 the GEVOs and box cars sold out the same day of the announcement. Wagontop - ages/annoucements/feb13bandobox.jpg Caboose - ages/annoucements/feb13mkecab.jpg Gevo & USAX - ages/annoucements/feb13gevo2.jpg Canstock - HOandNFVMBoxcars.htm Intermountain All announcements this month were HO. Kato - Kato has a few new items and some long lost locos coming very soon. First and foremost is a re-run of both versions of the SD40-2, both early and mid production. Roads are interesting to say the least, Early; Wisconsin Southern, Pan Am, C&NW, UP and Mid; BN, Illinois Central, NS/Maersk, ATSF. Also added by popular demand, a batch of early Undec are available by preorder only. Also coming in the next few months are 3 new Maxi-1 sets; TTX/Maersk, BNSF/MOL, AOK/Hanjin. Also more Maxi IV s are coming; BNSF/Swift, AOK/CSX How tomorrow moves. Shortly after FVM announced that they would be doing variations of the SD70, including the NS Heritage fleet, Kato announced that they would follow suit with all of the SD70ACE s in the NS fleet. Not sure if there will be body modifications to match the NS version of the ACE s. SD40-2 Early & Mid - SD70ACE Heritagehttp:// e/index.html Maxi I- dex.html

5 Entry Level Nn3 Locomotive Text & photos by Tom Knapp Although 6.5mm gauge Nn3 has been around since 1972, it remains a relatively small segment of the N scale model railway community. There is a good supply of rolling stock and track products, but - with a few exceptions - motive power still remains primarily kit conversions of Marklin Z chassis. The main source for these kits in the USA are the excellent white metal kits from Republic Locomotive Works, who have a broad range of steam locomotives and a couple of diesels. In the U.K., Peco still produces two small steam white metal locomotive conversion kits for the Marklin , under their N6.5" line, in addition to injection molded wagon kits. One of the shops that carries the Peco 6.5 products is Country Rolling Stock ( ) Recently while surfing their pages I came across another inexpensive white metal Nn3 locomotive conversion kit - their ZCGB-NG Nn3 Diesel Shunter Kit manufactured by NMRS of Northampton. (They also make Z scale products.) The kit sells for (about $19 US) and is a simple body kit composed of seven white metal castings Photo 1). The kit was designed to fit the Marklin 8805 saddle tank 0-6-0T chassis (with the center driver set removed), but this locomotive is becoming increasingly hard to find, and is expensive. For this build, I decided to use the PowerMAX! four-wheel chassis available from Republic Locomotive Works ( s.com/show_item.php?item=sr%20p MX-1 ) also shown in Photo 1, plus a Photo 1 Photo 2 NMRS white metal diesel shunter (switcher) kit and PowerMAX1 6.5mm gauge power truck. Assembled white metal casting NTRAK Page 5

6 set of their universal mounting brackets. The wheelbase is not correct for the journal locations on the white metal casting, and requires some modifications to accommodate mounting the PowerMAX! Here s how I built my loco: Body assembly: This is pretty straight-forward. File mating edges smooth and assemble using CA adhesive. I also filled the vertical joints at the edges of the cab walls with Tamiya basic filler. (Photo 2) I drilled out the headlights on the front and back of the cab wall castings after assembling the castings, but this would be easier if done before assembly. The wheelbase on the PowerMAX! is different than the Marklin. You have three choices: (1) carefully peel off the journals and springs on the side castings and re-locate, (2) section the entire chassis to move the journals closer, or (3) ignore the difference, which is not visible under normal operating conditions. I chose the last as the easy way out. Fitting universal mounting brackets: The mounting bracket brass castings need to be prepped prior to installation by reaming the holes for the screws, filing off the spru attachments, cutting the tabs to length, and drilling for the screws that hold the coupler in place and attach the body to the chassis. Remove the center pivot mounting bracket and use the same screws to attach one of the universal brackets to the PowerMAX! chassis. Remove the two screws on the gear end of the chassis, and mount the other bracket using the two 3/6" long screws which come with the brackets. (Photo 3) The tabs on the castings are intended to allow for a variety of potential applications. In this case, the wheels are to be located equidistant from the end sills. After mounting the brackets on the chassis, fit it to the body casting, mark and cut to length. Creating mounting pads in the body casting: Test fit the chassis to the body and mark the locations for the coupler mounting screws. I drilled #55 clearance holes in the tabs, so I could use a 3/16" screw through the MTL 905 to attach the body to the chassis. There is sufficient metal at the front of the body casting for this, but the rear needs to be built-up with styrene to create a pad for this purpose. (Photo 4) I drilled #65 holes in the pads then tapped them for screws. Photo 3 PowerMAX! with optional brass mounting brackets, available separately from Republic Locomotive Works. Photo 4 NMRS superstructure, showing where the metal structure was modified at the front for the mounting tab, and the pad fabricated from styrene at the rear to accept the tab on the gear end of the PowerMAX! Holes have been drilled and threaded for screws. Photo 5 Lights: Following the instructions which come with the PowerMAX!, I fitted two Richmond Controls Golden White SMLED lamps to the chassis, testing for polarity/direction to identify the forward and reverse lamps (Photo 5). I then glued the lamps in place inside the headlight openings after coating each lamp with CA adhesive for insulation. After painting, the lenses were formed using Pacer Formula 560 Canopy Glue. NTRAK Page 6 The Richmond Controls Golden White LED lamps wired to the PowerMAX! truck marked so the right lamp gets in the right headlight!

7 Painting: I primed the loco body with Floquil Metal Primer and let it dry overnight, then painted with Star D&RGW Bumblebee Gold. (Star is available direct from Precision Scale Models.) (Photo 6) To make the cab walls look thinner, I painted the edges of the window openings Floquil Engine Black. Finally, I used Rust All weathering solutions to lightly rust the body and bring out detail. (Photo 7) Finishing touches: To more Americanize the loco, I added a bell from Republic Locomotive Works. The finished locomotive runs well, and thanks to the weight of the metal body and the 70:1 gear ratio of the PowerMAX!, pulls well. (Photo 8) The total investment was less than $150. I have posted a video shot on my Stovepipe Wells layout on You Tube : Photo 7 Photo 6 Painted D&RGW Bumblebee Gold, before weathering...and after weathering. Note how the cab walls look thinner simply by painting the inside edges of the openings with Floquil Engine Black. Also note the added bell. Photo 8 Next time, I will describe a sound installation using a very special Motorola speaker which fits inside the cab of an Nn3 engine. NTRAK Page 7 Next time.micro-speaker with large sound, in Nn3 cab.

8 Photo 9 Switching Tonopah Mine on my Stovepipe Wells layout. In the 2012 Steam Addendum there is an article by Hans Starmans on the Pennsylvania Railroad K engine made in their own shops by the hundreds. Shown here are two of the models that Hans has built. He discusses the Minitrix and Fleischmann plastic models as well as brass models and how to combine parts to get an accurate model of the K4. Photos by Marc Starmans and Doug Nelson NTRAK Page 8

9 Great River Valley Systems NTRAK Club Recent Show Layouts GTE Photo 1: View of the show floor. In addition to the layouts and vendors shown here, a dozen additional layouts were set up in the outer halls. Text and Photos by Ed Shultz Great River Valley System (GRVS) attended two train shows over the past few weeks and participated in N-Trak layouts at both shows. The first show was a Great Train Expo show held at the Mid-America center in Council Bluffs, Iowa the weekend of February 1/2, GRVS and DesMoinTrak had a nice sized layout with two loops joined by two junction modules occupying a space of 62 x 24. Set up took place Friday afternoon with very few problems. GRVS has been doing shows with the Des Moines club and we find we work very well together. Over the past few years we have done several GTE shows and WGH shows with the Des Moines club; however, they still owe GRVS a bus. A large T-Trak layout was also on display at the show. That layout was put on by the Iowa Central T- Trak. The second show GRVS participated in was the 46th annual Mad (Madison) City Train show sponsored by the Wisconsin Southeast Division (WISE) of the NMRA on the weekend of February 16/17, The N-Trak layout was coordinated by Dave Menard from Chippewa Valley N-Gineers. Other clubs that had modules in the 60 x 36 N-Trak layout were Far North Rail from Thunder Bay, Canada, Northwest N-Trak from the Chicago area, and Milwaukee N-Trak (MANTrak). The show drew over 7,000 attendees with over 5,000 attendees on Saturday alone. NTRAK Page 9

10 GTE Photo 2: An overall view of the combined N-Trak layout from Des MoinTrak and GRVS. GTE Photo 3: Another view of the N-Trak layout from the Des MoinTrak side. NTRAK Page 10

11 GTE Photo 4: The large T-Trak layout. MAD City Photo 1: A view of one of the several halls that comprised the MAD City show. The large N-Trak layout is in the foreground. NTRAK Page 11

12 MAD City Photos: These modules are owned by our Canadian friends Brian & Emily Thom from Thunder Bay, Ontario. The modules were originally built by Corky Whitlock from the Twin Cities area. What the photos don t show is the all of the action these modules. NTRAK Page 12

13 MAD City photos:. These modules were built by Jim Young and his wife Pam. Pam passed away several years ago from cancer. Jim runs a long pink train in honor of those who have dies from this disease. NTRAK Page 13

14 MAD City Photos. Jim & Dianne Lundeen from GRVS have two nice modules that make the rounds to most shows in the area. The first module is a small German town. The town has its own trolley line running from one end of town up and around to the other end. Auto reversers at each end keep the trolley running. The other modules show an early western scene. There are over 100 hand painted buffalo in the scene as well as a wagon train with a chuck wagon pulling up the rear. You can almost hear George Washington Wishbone calling for chow down. For those of you too young to remember, Wishbone was the cook on the TV series Rawhide. NTRAK Page 14

15 Brian & Emily Thom from Thunder Bay, Ontario also did this module. MAD City photos. Jerome and Vicky Schuh have several well detailed modules with most scenes being 18 in length. These photos show some of the nice detail on their modules. NTRAK Page 15

16 MAD City photos of a refinery also modeled by Jerome and Vicky Schuh NTRAK Page 16

17 NTRAK Page 17 MAD City Layout: This is an original Great Northern baggage car that was resurrected by Al and JoAnn Fliegal. The cart was completely rebuilt and then the top was decorated with small vignettes and the standard 3 track N-Trak compliment. Some of the different scenes can be seen in these photos. Since both sides are finished we usually try to have this set up in the spine so that both sides can be seen by the public. You ll also notice the cover of the baggage cart has a G scale train running.

18 Winterfest 2013 Each winter the Northeast NTRAK club in the New England part of the country puts on a N convention and layouts during a large all scale Train Show in western Massachutes. On the following pages are some photos I received, including some of modelers at the show. Unless they are children, I usually crop out the people in photos and concentrate on the train scenes. Comments welcome. A Disneyland theme module built by Bob Falier featured a steam train ride (top photo). The middle photo shows a food building in use. The bottom photo is the famous Sleeping Beauty Castle entrance to Fantasyland. Photos by Ken Harstien NTRAK Page 18

19 Ken Harstien won Best Rolling Stock in the model contest with a 28 foot ventilated boxcar made from a 3D printing process. Kits are available from Shapeways ( $48 for a 2 pack. Search site for ventilated boxcar. Photo by Ken. Bob Gatland founded Long Island NTRAK club. He was a NTRAK Director and is now retired in upstate New York. He is still active with train clubs in his new area. The Brooklyn NTRAK club joined with some of the New Jersey NTRAKers to furnish part of the layout. On the left is John Brindel of the Brooklyn club. On the right is a modeler from one of the Jersey clubs. Below is more of the left end of the this part of the layout. Most photos by Dan Pawling Sr. NTRAK Page 19

20 This corner in the Brooklyn NTRAK s part of the layout was built by Ed McCumisky. The kids are enjoying watching a long string of coal hoppers going around the curve. Three members of the Brooklyn NTRAK Club are checking things out at the same corner seen above. Photos by Dan Pawling Sr. Charles D Avanzo John Gillen Dan Pawling, Jr. George Michaels (L) and Bob Pawlak (R) at the Northeast NTRAK yard portion of their club s Winterfest layout. Bob coordinated the N Convention for many years, but seems to be enjoying setting up a train this time. NTRAK Page 20

21 T-TRAK is For All Ages Check T-TRAK Website for full drawings - Profits from the sale of these items go to the T-TRAK Youth Fund, established by Lee Monaco-FitzGerald to promote modeling by young people.. T-TRAK Module kits use the original design by Lee Monaco-FitzGerald, the creator of the T- TRAK system for banquet table top modules running N scale and other scale trains. Note:Skyboard is not included with kits. T-TRAK cloth embroidered patch. 2-5/8 x 4-1/2 oval, four colors. T-TRAK lapel pin, 1-1/8 oval, red, white and blue. (Not available until I find the storage place.) Either are $4.00 each, postage pd. Profit supports the youth program. Order T-TRAK kits and items from: go to Country Store for Credit Card (Pay Pal) or by check to: NTRAK Order Department 1629 University Dr. Richardson, TX Straight Module Kit (12-1/8 x 8-1/4 $14.45 x 2-3/4 H) Additional modules $12.00 same order, each. Basic corner (Discontinued) Corner-33mm track space Kit (14-3/8 sq. $24.75 x 2-3/4 H) Additional module $19.85 same order, each. Precision cut Baltic Birch plywood frame, corner blocks with T nuts installed. Simple glue together kit. Full instructions. Qty Item Kit Cost 1st Straight 2nd Straight 1st Corner 2nd Corner Total Kit Order NOTE: Shipping prices for orders to Canada or Overseas are complex. Please list items wanted and contact us for costs and shipping options. Events June Milwaukee, Wisc. National N Scale Convention N Scale Collector Convention, tours, auction, Swap-A-rama, clinics, special run cars, manufactures and banquet. N Scale Layouts by Milwaukee-N-SouthEastern, Northwest NTRAK, Capital City N gineers, Milwaukee Area NTRAK, ModuTrak, Great River Valley System, Kettle Moraine Valley Ballast Scorchers and West Bend. WI club. For more information and registration, go to the convention web site: NTRAK Page 21

22 The NTRAK Module How-to Book. Now 162 pgs of plans, photos, and how-to details for building NTRAK modules. New wiring and connector information is integrated throughout the book.chapters on Design, Carpentry, Wiring, Track laying and recent innovations in modules..$16 pp NTRAK Manual. Full specifications for NTRAK Modules. 20 pgs. $2.50 ea pp (Clubs- 5 or more $2 ea) Newsletters for groups. A discount is available for overseas NTRAK Clubs when newsletters are sent to one address. Inquire by letter or for specifics. N Resource Booklets Three N Resource Booklets are now available from NTRAK. The Booklets are made up of articles from past Newsletters, some from issues no longer available. The material was brought up to date and additional material was added. Revised Booklet on Throttles. It now includes information on using DCC on NTRAK layouts and plans for a very simple throttle. Other subjects include: using meters, slowing blocks, power supplies, and an article on how to operate NTRAK layouts. $4.25 ea pp Basic Electronics for N Scalers. Based on the Electronic Shop articles from past issues. The material has been rearranged and some gaps were filled in. It is a rather complete primer on electronics for the railroad modeler. $3.50 ea pp N Scale Basics. Which engines. Which couplers? Best car weights. Track laying. Turnout basics and making them work better. Small layouts. Many tips and hints for N scalers. $7.00 ea pp Available from NTRAK Steam Loco Book Our book has 1/3 all new material. It covers N scale steam locomotives from making them run better, to detailing, to complex construction projects. A number of repowering projects are included. The 144 page soft cover book is 8 1 2"x11" and has over 100 photos plus many drawings. It is the source for information on N scale steam engines. The cost is $20.00 postpaid in the USA, Canada and overseas surface mail. Please add $5 for overseas Airmail. Steam Deal All 6 Steam addenda plus the N Steam Loco Book, 500 pages of info available nowhere else. $84, save $6 NEW! 12 N Steam Loco Addendum. 88 pages of all new Information on current N scale Steam Locomotives, $18.00 including shipping. See page Addendum, 44 pgs $9.00 pp 2008 Addendum, 40 pgs $9.00 pp 2009 Addendum, 44 pgs $9.00 pp 2010 Addendum, 60 pgs $11.00 pp 2011 Addendum, 80 pgs $14.00 pp Cinch Jones & Powerpole Connectors Both types of connectors are now available individually and in sets. See pricing on next page. Introduction to Nn3 - Basic information on modeling N narrow gauge with sources for ready to run and kits. 16 pages, 8-1/2 x 11, $6.25 ea pp. Narrow Gauge Data Book - Over 200 N scale drawings of engines, cars, and structures. History of most narrow gauge roads, color lists, and lettering guides. 64 pages 8-1/2 x 11. $9 ea pp. NTRAK Page 22 Track Plan Set for over 100 modules and special units. Printed on heavy card stock. Can be cut out and placed on furnished graph paper to plan home or club layouts to fit your space or just to get ideas for track plans. Full instructions. Set- $4.00 ea pp T-TRAK Kits, please see previous page. onetrak Manual A 16 page Manual just for onetrak modules. It gives dimensions, construction ideas, track plans and wiring schemes for these popular additions to NTRAK layouts. $3.00 post paid. Lapel Pin, 2 color fired enamel oval Steam or Diesel NTRAK logo pins. 0.4 x1.1, $3.75 ea. Cloth Patch, Light Blue oval (2" x 3-1/2") with the NTRAK engine logo. $2.75 ea pp. Metal Button, Light Blue oval (1 3/4" x 2-3 4") with the NTRAK engine logo. $1.75 ea. NEW! NTRAK Vinyl Peel & Stick Weather proof (3"x 5 1/2") engine logos. Work well on car bumpers, train boxes, or Newsletter binders. Either steam or diesel logos. $3.00 each postage paid While they last!!! Remaining stock of die-cut vinyl steam logo bumper stickers. Please indicate color wanted, white, black, or red.$3.00 ea. Books on the web site. Note: On our web site, there are now more complete descriptions of our books, including the chapter headings. Some of our smaller books can be down loaded at no cost.

23 Back Issues..NTRAK Newsletter back issues from 2004 through $ 30th Anniv Containers Pair $ are available as free downloads on our web site, A great variety of N Scale information. $ Enter total for T-TRAK items, page 17 Mail to: NTRAK, Order Dept. For Credit Card orders, University Dr. Richardson, TX Make checks to: NTRAK, Inc. (US$) Member # (from mailing label, we can look it up if it isn t handy) Name Street State Zip/Postal Available from NTRAK. $ Renew Membership 1 yr/six issues, $14.00 USA; $17 Cdn.; $20 overseas by air mail. $ Membership, Electronic Newsletter, Color photos, pdf download. 1 yr/six issues $5.00 anywhere in the world. $ New Membership. 1yr Newsletter and NTRAK Manual, $16.00 USA; $19.00 Cdn; $22 0verseas. $ The NTRAK Module How-to Book. Now 162 pgs Specs & photos of modules. $16 pp $ NTRAK Manual. 20 page module specifications. $2.50 ea pp (Clubs 5 or more, $2 ea) $ Throttles for NTRAK & Home, $4.25 ea pp $ Basic Electronics for N Scale, $3.50 ea pp $ N Scale Basics, Revised 40 pgs, $7 ea pp $ New! Addendum 2012, 88 pgs $18.00 pp $ Addendum 2011, 80 pgs $14.00 pp $ Addendum, 2010, 60 pgs $11.00 pp $ Addendum, 2009, 44 pgs $9.00 pp $ Addendum, 2008, 40 pgs $9.00 pp $ Addendum, 2007, 44 pgs $9.00 pp $ N Steam Loco Info Book, 144 pages $20.00 pp. $ Deal -N Steam Loco Bk + all 6 addenda $84, 500 pgs $ Introduction to Nn3, 16pgs, $6.25.pp. $ Narrow Gauge Data Book, 66 pages, 8-1/2x11 softbound, $9.00pp. $ Track Plan Set. Track plans for over 100 modules& special units. Set- $4.00 ea pp $ onetrak Manual. 16 pages $3.00 pp $ DCC for NTRAK Layouts $1.00pp City Prov. Code Phone ( ) address [ ] I have a home N layout. Aprox. size x feet. [ ] I have an NTRAK module(s). Total length feet. Powerpole CONNECTORS New Wiring RP Instructions included with all sets. [ ] 10 Pairs, does 4 tracks and DC power. Red/Black shells and 2 extra contacts. $12.00 pp. [ ] 10 Pairs, does 4 tracks and DC power. NTRAK colors (R,Y,B, G & W) and 2 extra contacts. $12.00 pp [ ] 8 Pairs, NTRAK color shells(r,y,b & W) and 2 extra contacts. $11.00 pp. [ ] 2 Pairs, any color combination, specify. See color chart in RP. One extra contact. $3.00 pp. Cinch Jones CONNECTORS [ ] B Set: 4 male w/cable clamps & 4 female w/cable clamps, enough for one module $34.00pp [ ] B Set: 5 male w/cable clamps & 5 female w/cable clamps, for module w/mt Div $42.50pp [ ] 12 or more B pairs, $8.50 per pair [ ] P-302-CCT, Male plug w/ clamp $3.90 ea[ ] S-302-CCT, Socket w/cable clamp, $4.95 ea $ Clearance Gauge Check bridges & tunnels for double stack cars. $6.00 ea pp $ NTRAK Logo Pins Steam or Diesel oval design. Fired enamel. (.4" x 1.1") $3.75 ea pp. [ ] Steam [ ] Diesel $ Cloth Patch Light Blue oval (2-3/4" x 3-1/2") w/ NTRAK engine logo. $2.75ea pp. $ Metal Button Lt Blue oval (1-3/4" x 2-3/4") w/ NTRAK engine logo. $1.75 ea pp. $ Vinyl Transfer Oval (3" x 5-1/2") $ Peel-N-Stick Steam or diesel NTRAK engine logo. White with black logos.. $3.00 ea pp. [ ] Steam [ ] Diesel $ Connecting track 6.5" long, 75 each, 6 for $4.00 or 24 for $15.00, pp. Out of Stock, check for details. $ TOTAL for items wanted. Note: All prices postage paid (pp). We pay for USA, Canada & overseas surface mail.priority/air extra. NTRAK Page 23

24 Return to: NTRAK Order Department 1629 University Dr. Richardson, TX Presorted Standard US Postage Paid Permit 163 Paso Robles, CA MAD City Photo 18: This is shot of Dave Wetherbee s modules. There are two 4 modules that comprise a well detailed country scene. NTRAK Page 24