Welcome to the
HELPER DISTRICT
In doing research
for my railroad I am constantly
looking for and finding plans and scale drawings of locomotives,
rolling stock, and structures used on eastern prototype roads. In this
section I would like to share those plans with anyone interested. All
of them appeared in the model press over the past thirty years. I have
listed them below by subject and publication. Since many of these
issues are no longer available, I can provide copies. E-mail
me your requests or if you have additional plans to list. Key to
magazines: MR = Model Railroader, RMC = Railroad Model Craftsman, NG
& SLG = Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette.
EAST BROAD TOP
ITEM |
MAGAZINE |
ISSUE |
SCALE |
Steel Box Car | RMC | July 78 | HO |
Hopper 3 Bay * | RMC | December 81 | HO |
Hopper 3 Bay * | RMC | February 74 | O |
2-6-2 # 11 | RMC | August 83 | O |
2-8-2 #14 & 15 | RMC | November 75 | O |
0-6-0 #6 | RMC | December 90 | S |
Hopper 3 Bay * | MR | June 80 | S |
2-6-0 # 5 & 9 | NG & SLG | May/June 85 | O |
Wooden Hopper | NG & SLG | March/April 79 | O |
M3 Railcar | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 80 | S |
Weight Car | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 80 | O |
Sand House | NG & SLG | Sep/Oct 84 | HO |
Engine House | NG & SLG | Sep/Oct 84 | HO |
Saltillo Water Tank | NG & SLG | March/April 79 | HO |
Saltillo Station | NG & SLG | March/April 79 | HO |
Drop bottom wood hopper | NG & SLG | Sep/Oct 95 | O |
Work Caboose # 2 | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 97 | O |
Gas Electric M-1 | NG & SLG | July/Aug 98 | O |
Boxcar #167 (steel) | NG & SLG | July/Aug 99 | O |
Flat car with tank | NG & SLG | March/April 00 | O |
Basic flat car | NG & SLG | May/June 00 | O |
Turntable, Orbisonia, first | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 00 | O |
Stub switch stand | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 01 | 1/24 |
* Drawings are basically three variations of the same car.
East Tennessee & Western North Carolina
4-6-0 # 11 Engineer's side view | MR | July 81 | S |
4-6-0 # 11 Fireman's side view | NG & SLG | Jan/Feb 98 | O |
2-8-0 # 5 | MR | Dec 68 | O |
Gondola | MR | July 81 | S |
Gondola* | NG & SLG | March/April 85 | O |
Hopper | MR | July 81 | S |
Hopper* | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 84 | O |
Box Car | MR | July 81 | S |
4 Wheel Caboose | MR | July 81 | S |
4 Wheel Caboose* | NG & SLG | Sept/Oct 84 | O |
Gondola #188 | NG & SLG | May/June 99 | O |
Cabooses #505 & 506 | NG & SLG | Sept/Oct 99 | O |
Boxcars #6-9 | NG & SLG | Jan/Feb 00 | O |
Trailer car and trailer | NG & SLG | May/June 00 | 1/8" |
Hopper** | NG & SLG | Sept/Oct 00 | O |
Excursion car # 11 | NG & SLG | Sept/Oct 00 | O |
Boxcar, 37' | NG & SLG | July/Aug 00 | O |
Gondola** | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 00 | O |
Coach # 19 | NG & SLG | March /April 01 | O |
* Same car, different scale, NG & SLG article contains more detail and article on building one.
**Same car, plans only.
OHIO RIVER & WESTERN
Flat Car | NG & SLG | March/April 97 | O |
Box Car | NG & SLG | May/June 97 | O |
Caboose #33 | NG & SLG | July/Aug 97 | S |
Gondolas #801 - 820 | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 97 | O |
Box Cars # 401 - 420 | NG & SLG | Jan/Feb 98 | O |
Mail/Baggage/Express #25 | NG & SLG | March/April 98 | S |
2-6-0 #7 | NG & SLG | May/June 98 | O |
4-4-0 #9 & 10 | NG & SLG | July/Aug 98 | O |
Short Caboose | NG & SLG | Sep/Oct 98 | O |
Caboose #38 | NG & SLG | Sep/Oct 98 | O |
2-8-0 #1 (ex EBT #7) | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 98 | O |
Tank Cars # 401 - 402 | NG & SLG | Jan/Feb 99 | O |
Reefers # 5&7 | NG & SLG | Mar/April 99 | O |
Gondola 215 | NG & SLG | May/June 00 | O |
Boxcar 620 | NG & SLG | July/Aug 00 | O |
Running Extra
These don't necessarily fit my criteria but thought they were interesting anyway.
Nusbaum Chemical (Pennsylvania) | Heisler # 3 | NG & SLG | Mar/Apr 82 | O |
Magma Arizona Copper Company # 4 | 2-4-2 | NG & SLG | Nov/Dec 84 | O |
Uintah Railway #51 | 2-6-6-2T | NG & SLG | May/June 99 | O |
Sumpter Valley #251 | 2-6-6-2 | NG & SLG | July/Aug 99 | O |
Superintendent of RC&G...Gary Buchanan
Updated 3/6/19