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Society of Proto-48 Enthusiasts - Bibliography

Since the middle 1930's, when model railroading really began to expand as a hobby in the United States, there have been model railroaders in all scales who have built their models to finer standards than the norm for the time. Therefore, in 1940, when the NMRA adopted 1-1/4" (O) as the track gauge for ¼" scale models there were some who used the more correct 1-3/16" (Q) gauge for their models. From that time to present there has been an ever increasing sophistication in railroad models, including adherence to finer or exact track and wheel standards, especially in the larger scales. The results of this movement are the newly adopted NMRA Recommended Practices for PROTO:XX down to PROTO:48 and fine scale practices for all major smaller scales.

The following is a list of some of the references and/or articles that have been published in the model railroad press dealing with models built to finer-than-normal standards in 1/4" scale or related to fine scale in some way. The list is not complete by any means so if you think you have something to add please let Norm Buckhart know. His address is:

Norm Buckhart, Managing Editor and Publisher
The Proto Journal Subscription Dept.
3165 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94115-2412
Voicemail: 415-563-1771
Facsimile: 415-563-1798

Akester, Roger. "PROTO 48: EA Junction." Mainline Modeler August 1987: 66

Boomer Pete. "Track." Model Railroader March 1940: 146

Brown, Robert. "Finer than Fine Scale." Model Railroader August 1969: 48

Brown, Robert W. "Tuolumne Forks Lumber Col." Model Railroader August 1975: 50

Cronkhite, Minton. "The San Marino & Santa Fe (Q Gauge)." Model Railroader November 1938: 461

Cross, Malcom S. "PROTOFOUR Policies." Model Railroader August 1975: 54

Cushman, Robert. "Track is a Model Too." Model Railroader January 1955: 48

Deimling, Eugene. "Riveted Steel Covered Hopper." Model Railroader August 1975: 58

Dock, R. E. "The Virtues of Fine Scale." Model Railroader January 1961: 30

Ferrell, Mal. "Model of the Month, N&W Y3." Model Railroader December 1988.

Hamilton, Fred. "An Easy Way to Fine Flange Wheels." Model Railroader August 1975: 68

Harper, Jim. "PROTO:48: Wheel Conversions." Railroad Model Craftsman August 1987.

Hegge, Robert. "Closeup: The Crooked Mountain Lines." Model Railroader December 1976: 94

Hegge, Robert. "Hegge Builds a Brill Combine." Railroad Model Craftsman October 1972: 30

Hickey, Jim. "Model of the Month, KC&O Caboose." Model Railroader February 1989.

Hickey, Jim. "PROTO:48 conversion of Custom Brass 44 ton diesel switcher." 48/FT, O Scale News December 1994: 59

Moore, Tom. "NMRA Gold Award, Cotton Belt SD40T-2." Model Railroader November 1985: 76

Morris, Kelley. "MKT 4-4-0." Mainline Modeler January 1985: 43

Morris, Kelley. "PROTO:48 SW-1." Mainline Modeler February 1994: 23

Morris, Kelley. "SP 0-6-0, A Craftsman's Approach." Mainline Modeler October 1990: 48

Morris, Kelley. "Sp Sugar Beet Cars, Super Detailing PSC's Model." Mainline Modeler June 1991.

MR Staff. "Clouser's Terrific Trolleys." Model Railroader March 1962: 36

Smith, Douglas S. "Why Not Smaller Flanges." Model Railroader July 1960: 32

Westcott, Lynn and MR Staff. "Basic Model Railroading: Wheels." Model Railroader November 1967: 44

Wilson, Randy. "Model of the Month." Model Railroader May 1983: 83

Wilson, Randy. "PROTO:48 A New Dimension." Model Railroader July 1988: 58

Wilson, Randy. "PROTO:48 Report." Railroad Model Craftsman February 1987: 77

Wilson, Randy. "PROTO:48 Wheels, Application To the Atlas F-9." Mainline Modeler December 1986: 32

Other Sources:

FINELINES magazine, all issues, by Robert Brown.

48/FT, O SCALE NEWS, issues #97 to #120. PROTO:48 column by Tom Moore.

48/FT, O SCALE NEWS, from issue #122 and subsequent by Jim Harper.

THE PROTO JOURNAL, a newsletter currently being published and edited by Norm Buckhart and co-edited by Paul Martineau, available for $10.00 per 4 issues from the Proto Journal, 3165 California St., San Francisco, CA 94115-2412.