Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Farewell To The Cat (A modeler reflects on the latest changes to his favorite railroad); Franklin & South Manchester (Well known modeler and manufacturer George Sellion took a year off from work to devote his time to building this unique HO railroad); Portable Display Railways (Display railways are a great way to promote the hobby and share it with fellow modelers. Here’s a helpful guide on how to build and show them) Modeling – RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Bob Kenderdine’s Kit bashed Century 630 (While the Reading had C630’s on its roster, the author’s HO Reading roster lacked the big Alcos. A kit bashed C630, however, filled the gap); Protofile 42: GN 70-Ton Covered Hopper (The E&B Valley HO covered hopper and Champ decals are just about all that’s needed for this project); Modeling Soo Line’s Crandon Depot (Using the plans presented last month, the author explains how he built his model); Building La Oasis Café (Intrigued by a run-down old building in the Mojave Desert, Joel Earnest went about modeling it for his HO layout); Mass Produced Custom-Lettered Cars (Here’s a quick way to letter a batch of cars) Prototype – The Reading’s C630s (Alco delivered two orders of these 3,000 h.p. locomotives to the Reading and they were used in a variety of services); ACL/SCL’s Enduring M5 Caboose (These steel cabooses were built from surplus boxcars); D&RGW Water Car No. W462 (Saved from the scrapper’s torch, this old tender was used in work train service) Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (O scale); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: November 1986
Condition: Very Good