Model Railroader Magazine 1980 October

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Model Railroader Magazine 1980 October

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Contents:  Bill of Lading – John Berman’s San Juan & Northern Ry. (A dandy On3 short line that connects with the prototype D&RGW), The Erie RR’s Overbrook depot (After kit building and kit mingling? Semi-scratch building, of course), A trio of narrow gauge diesels (Easy conversions of standard HO locomotives to typical narrow gauge units), Building a T.W. Snow 25-ton coaling tower (Here’s a distinctive steel structure with a cylindrical bunker), Ron Ford’s Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul water car (The Model of the Month award), GE 45-ton diesel-electric switcher (This model was suited to light railroad and industrial applications), Build a Soo Line flatcar and transformer load (This project involves some kit bashing and some scratch building), Soo Line flatcars and RTA-ASEA transformers (Flexibility is the key to moving out this high-tonnage equipment), Kit bashing SOO Line’s GP22 (A one-of-a-kind locomotive kit bashed by a prototype railroad), Prototype diesel cab project: Part 2 (Maybe that ought to read “parts 2 and 3”), Lengthening MDC’s Overton passenger cars (Tips for combining a pair of these models to produce cars of the 1870s), Log cabin depot (Scratch building a rustic station), Turnouts (The basics of understanding and troubleshooting these model switches), The Ontario Central Ry. (A free-lanced railroad that captures the feel of railroading in the far north), Hornby Hobbies (A Trade Topics Report: MR visits the manufacturer of Zero 1), Deluxe Hobby bench (An attractive and functional place to build models), Prototype Data and Drawings – Erie RR’s Overbrook depot, T.W. Snow’s 25-ton coaling tower, GE 45-ton diesel-electric switcher, Soo Line flatcars and RTE-ASEA transformer loads, Soo Line GP22, St. Louis, Memphis & Southeastern log depot Departments And Miscellany – Off The Train Wire; Railway Post Office; Railroader’s Library; Schedules; Trade Topics; Hobby shop Window; At The Throttle; All Aboard; 156 Cartoons; Bull Session; Paint Shop; Student Fare; MR Clinic; Index Of Advertisers

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