Model Railroader Magazine 1977 February

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Model Railroader Magazine 1977 February

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Contents:  Bill of Lading – Anatomy of a junction (This is a real hot spot of activity), A miniature mansion on rails (All the comforts of home can be found in this large scale model), Build a block of stores (A structure for the Brandywine Transit Co.), Walk-in track plan ideas in 6 x 13 feet (Waterwings, folded dog bone, twisted figure eight, take your pick), The whole structure: a tunnel portal (Three good reasons for making portals into structures), Realistic control for grade crossing flashers (The signals remain on even though track power is removed), Beer can tank car (Kit bashing a modern heavy-duty tank car), Mrs. Stout’s new caboose (A project that should interest both veteran and novice modelers), Simplified card orders (An easy way to develop a random car movement order system), Scale advertisements for your model railroad (Weyerhaeuser, York Air Conditioning, Pepsi-Cola), Glenn B. Joesten’s D&RGW C-16 Consolidation (The Model of the Month award), Winners (The photography of models category at the NMRA Chicago convention), Rock shield on the Camas Prairie (It protects the portal of Tunnel No. 7), A scribing jig for wood, styrene and metal (You should be able to build this tool for a dollar or less), Bookshelf railroads: 2 (Construction details for building a bookshelf empire), Prototype Drawings and Data – C7El 55-ton drop-bottom gondola, C&O 50-ton hopper car, General Electric 25-ton steeple cab, Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes caboose 551

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