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Car & Locomotive Shop - 3 Cylinder 4-10-2The pictures above show the four versions of the SP-5000 that are now available and being shipped. Look closely at the differentdetails for each version of engine with the tenders being identical except for engine number. Each model is all brass sheetand castings with tapered stainless steel axles ● stainless steel wheels ● full working spring equalizers with individual leaf springs● all ball bearings throughout ● opening journal box lids, hatches, doors, windows & covers-moving booster piping ● openingsmokebox door with smokebox interior detail ● punched rivets ● scale rods and driver counterweights ● full engine and tenderbrake and underframe detail with castings for the pedestal binders ● silky smooth, powerful and durable mechanism with excellentspeed control and no noise ● full cab interior ● double drawbar with inconspicuous electrical hookup ● working 3rd cylinderdetail ● swinging tender bolsters and other details and features too numerous to list here. The models come factory painted onlywith all lights lit with reflectors in the headlights and number boards. All glazing is installed and dials in the gauges. Quality anddetail throughout from LIK ENTERPRISES INC. new to the American prototype scene but steeped in the European market. Theprice for each model is $3800.00 with shipping and handling extra. N.J. residents must add 6% sales tax.For more info contact:18 • O Scale Trains - Sept/Oct ’04Car & Locomotive Shop, PO Box 20, Asbury NJ 08802E-mail: carlocoshop@enter.net — Ph/Fax: 908-479-4736. Fax after 4th ring.
Merchants Despatch Transportation(MDT) traces its roots back prior to theCivil War. In 1871, control of MDT wasacquired by the Vanderbilt group, andMDT began leasing freight cars. At itspeak, the MDT fleet numbered about18,000 cars, mostly wood reefers withsteel underframes. Roger Hinman haswritten an excellent reference coveringthe history of the MDT reefer fleet, completewith photos and diagrams, that waspublished in the NYCS Historical Society’s“Headlight”, Second Quarter, 1998.The Red Caboose reefer kit is anexcellent starting point for modeling severalvariants of the classic MDT reefer.In fact, Red Caboose sells a kit alreadylettered for MDT, which is a very closemodel of a 1930-1940 MDT car, straightout of the box. In this article, I’ll show1how to backdate this kit to model MDTcars of the 20’s (the more common version),and WW I. The latter version issuitable not only for MDT, but for theRutland Railroad as well. The Rutland,which was controlled by the NYC at thetime, purchased MDT-built reefers justprior to WW I.Photo 1 shows a stock Red CabooseMDT reefer built exactly to the kitinstructions. Note it has AB brakes, anAjax brake wheel, red ends, and the letteringhas no NYC oval herald. This is amodel of a 17000-series MDT reefer builtin the early twenties, and rebuilt in thethirties, with a new AB brake system anda new paint job. The only changes to thismodel are that the end ladders have beenshortened top and bottom as per the prototype,and cut levers have been addedto the ends.1920’s MDTReeferStart witha kit pre-letteredfor MDT.(If you can’tget one, you’llhave to paintthe roof boxcarred, and the sides and ends white.)To backdate the kit to model a 1920’s car,we need to change to K brakes with a verticalbrake staff, add some corner bracing,and make some changes to the paintingand lettering. Build the roof and sidesas instructed. I used TENAX-7R plasticcement to assemble this kit. The 1920’scars had white ends with black hardware,much like the sides. Before adding anydetail to the ends, they must be paintedwhite. If you are starting with a kit preletteredfor MDT, this is much easier todo before you glue the ends to the car.You’ll want to plug the leftmost hole atthe top of the car where the original Ajaxbrake wheel gearbox attached. I addedthe grab-irons before I painted the ends,and later painted them black. Use anygood plastic-compatible white paint, thenattach the painted ends to the car.Next, add the corner braces, one percorner. I used Evergreen Styrene 1x6(HO) strips, each a total of 5 ⁄8 inches long.Bend them in the middle, and cementthem midway between the top and bottomof the car side. When dry, paint themblack. Now you’re ready to add the enddetails.The kit’s end ladders are longer thanthose on the prototype, so shorten themSept/Oct ’04 - O Scale Trains • 19
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