Model Railroader Magazine 1981 February

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Model Railroader Magazine 1981 February

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Contents:  Bill of Lading – Upgrading A Varney Dockside (Tips for converting a veteran engine into an up-to-date switcher with sound); Tank Car Water Tank (A little local ingenuity converts a wrecked tank car into a useful water tank); The Panhandle & Santa Fe (John Lott is modeling Santa Fe’s Station Division in HO series); Dennis Lochmann’s Burlington Northern Grain Car (The Model of the Month award); Build A Ramp Car (A distinctive maintenance-of-way car with working ramps); Closeup: Switch Stands And Targets (Add simple and colorful details to your turnouts); A Pulse-Tone Walkaround Control System (This system means just three wires to the layout and simple phone plugs); BCR&N Standard Station (Variations of this wooden station were built throughout Iowa in the 1870s); MR Takes You To The MRIA Exposition (Manufacturers exhibit their new products); Two Canadian National Freight Sheds (Open sheds like these can be found on many railroads); The White River & Naches (A tough mountain railroad that brought prosperity to the Wenatchee Valley); All Aboard: Laying Flexible Track (The basics of derailment-free railroading); Ovals And Welterweights (The use of oval track plans and an appropriate prototype to follow); The Ashley, Drew & Northern (An Arkansas short line that combines forests with an industrial complexes); Building The Warnerville Water Tank (Procedures for scratch building a familiar-looking water tank); Ultrafine Surface Gauge (A small and accurate measuring tool) Prototype Data And Drawings – Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern Standard Station; Two Canadian National Freight Sheds; Prototype Oddities Departments And Miscellany – Off The Train Wire; Railway Post Office; Schedules; Cartoons; Trade Topics; Hobby shop Window; At The Throttle; Closeup; All Aboard; Trackside Photos; Railroader’s Library; It Ain’t Prototypes; Paint Shop; Student Fare; Bull Session; MR Clinic; Index Of Advertisers

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