Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: The evidence (Modeling power and communication wires is hard, but the evidence thereof isn’t.), Calgary contest (Photo highlights of the 1979 NMRA national conventions modeling contest.), Cartoon (In defense of the hobby.) Modeling – Action for diesels (Tips on how and why to install lights and sound units in HO diesels.), Another look at eye-level layouts (A review of the advantages of “high” benchwork.), Operator’s shanty…and a caboose (Two easy and useful contemporary kit bashing projects in HO plastic.), RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Two for the F-M fans (Fabricating an “Erie-built” and an H15-44 in HO.), The Cat Mountain & Santa Fe (A close look at one of the nations best HO model railroads.), Remembering layout wiring (Even the neatest wiring job won’t save you if you can’t remember what you did.), A trainshed for Lyndon Union Station (Scratch building one of railroad’s classic structures in a limited space.), Improved sound-system keying (A better wiper to actuate steam sound-system “chuffs”.) Prototype – Tobacco drying shed (A structure typical of those dotting the south.), SAL wood caboose (Seaboard Air Line’s 5211-5263 series drawings and photos.) Departments – Notes on an Old Timetable, Safety Valve, Dispatcher’s Report, Railbooks, RMC Timetable, Trouble Shooting, Test Track, Tips and Techniques, Observations, Editor’s Notebook, Classified Advertising, Exchange Place, Dealer Directory, Advertising Index
Issue: November 1979
Condition: Very Good