Published Model Railroad Articles
In Rail Model Craftsman
1. September 2008, pp75-79, RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award, “Kitbashing a PRR H25 Hopper Car”
2. March 2010, pp76-78, “Installing Sound in a GP7”
3. September 2010, pp64-67 “Planning a ‘Walk-In-Island’ Layout”
4. May 2011, pp83-86, “Detailing a Lehigh Valley Hopper Car”
In The Keystone Modeler
1. May 2006, #34, pp8-10, “Building a G36c Three Piece Removable Roof”
2. June 2006, #35, pp25-30, Modeling the H21D Covered Hopper”
3. January 2007, #42, pp34-35, “Here’s What I’m Working On: H33 Covered Hopper”
4. June 2007, #47, pp20-26, “Modeling Class H33 Covered Hopper”
5. January 2008, #54, pp12-15, “Here’s What I’m Modeling, Shamokin Branch Layout – Weigh Scales, PA”
6. January 2009, #66, pp6-11, “Crowl General Store”
7. March 2009, #68, pp8-13, “Upgrading the Train Miniature X29”
8. Winter 2010, #72, pp34-39, “Modeling KASE Tower in HO”
9. Autumn 2011, #78, pp10-13, “Review of Rail Shop H30 Covered Hopper in HO Scale”
10. Winter 2012, #79, pp6-10, “Modeling the PRR X51E Box Car”
11. Spring 2012, #80, pp15-26, “Scratch Building the Northumberland Coaling Tower”
12. Autumn 2012, #82, pp16-23, “Modeling Northumberland’s Water Towers”
13. Winter 2013, #83, pp6-15, “Modeling a PC70BR Café Coach”
14. Winter 2014, #87, pp10-21, “Modeling Coal and Ash Hoists in Shamokin”
15. Spring 2014, #88, pp15-21, “Modeling Block Limit Signals”
16. Spring 2015, #92, pp21-34, “Modeling the 80F81a Tender for the BLI H10s”
17. Spring 2016, #96 pp12-15, “Modeling the 2E-F13 Tender Truck for the BLI H10s”
18. Summer 2016, #97 pp15-22, “A Prototype-Based PRR Layout Built for Operation, My PRR Shamokin Branch Layout”
19. Spring 2018 #104 pp22-29, “Kitbashing the F34 Flat Car From the Athearn Model”
20. Summer 2019 #109 pp33-38, “Modeling PRR L1s #520”
21. Winter 2019 #111 pp 28-38, “Kitbashing a PRR G29D Gondola”
22. Summer 2020 #113 pp 13-22, “Modifying the BLI I1sa to Represent Locomotives that Operated on the Shamokin Branch in the 1950s”
23. Summer 2021 #117 pp 8-25, “Modeling the Shamokin Yard and Railroad Facilities”
24. Winter 2023 #123 pp21-28, “Adding a Prototype Industry to My PRR Shamokin Branch Layout”….a silt coal dredging operation
In The Keystone
Summer 2002, Volume 35 #2, p 5+6, THE TEST PLANT "Scratch-Building an NX23 Cabin Car"
In The Dispatcher's Office Official Journal of the Operations Special Interest Group
July 2017, Vol. XXIII No. 3 "A Computer Car Routing System on Chuck Cover's Pennsylvania Railroad Shamokin Branch"
On the Anthracite Railroads Historical Society, Inc. Lehigh Valley Railroad Modeler website
“Chuck Cover’s #50100-50149 Series 70 Ton Covered Hopper"
“Modeling LV 32952 from the Con-Cor gondola in HO scale, by Chuck Cover”
The Resin Car Works Blog
A Sunshine Models Swift reefer is featured on the latest Resin Car Works blog post.
Chuck Cover shares his work on a classic freight car.
http://blog.resincarworks.com/swift-40-foot-reefer-sunshine-models-kit-46-17/
Presentations
Rocky Mountain Railroad Prototype Meeting 2010
Topic: The Pennsylvania Railroad’s Shamokin Branch--Prototype to Layout
PRRT&HS* 2013
Topic: The Pennsylvania RR's Shamokin Branch from Prototype to Model
PRRT&HS* 2018
Topic: Modeling the H10s that worked the Shamokin Branch
PRRT&HS* 2019
Topic: Prototype Modeling of PRR’s Shamokin Railroad Facilities
Santa Fe Model Railroad Club September meeting 2019
Topic: Prototype Modeling of PRR’s Shamokin Railroad Facilities
* The Pennsylvania Railroad Technical & Historical Society