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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Germany’s Harz Ry. (A fleet of 17 well-kept, narrow gauge 2-10-2T’s can still be seen hauling trains in the mountains of central Germany); Frank Czubryt’s Denver Union Terminal R.R. (The time machine is set to 1980, the location is Denver and second generation diesels of the still independent D&RGW, BN, Santa Fe, UP and Southern Pacific railroads are busy moving tonnage); Modeling An O. Winston Link Photograph (Link’s classic night shot of a train passing a drive-in theatre, “Hot Shot Eastbound, Iaeger, West Virginia, 1956” is modeled in HO scale as part of a museum display) Modeling – A Tale Of Two RS-3M’s (In the early 1970’s, the cash strapped Penn Central Railroad began a program of repowering its aging RS-3’s with prime movers taken from retired E-units. The resulting units had a unique look); Cobleskill Coal Co. (Retail coal distributors were once common throughout North America. This one, located in upstate New York, makes a great modeling subject); Scratch builders Corner: Windows (Scratch built windows are easy to make); Model Diesel Facility Details (Here is a look at some of the commercial kits and detail parts that can be used in modeling a diesel shop); Establishing A Locomotive Identity (By making some subtle changes to his fleet of steam engines, the author was able to develop an identity for his freelanced railroad); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: A Freelance Narrow Gauge Excursion Car (This HOn3 model was inspired by a Huntsville & Lake of Bays car); Essential Freight Cars: 44, Union Pacific’s ACR Boxcars (Between 1938 and 1953, the Union Pacific took delivery of over 14,000 “alternate center rivet” boxcars) Prototype – The Erie Railroad’s Marion Diesel Shop: Part II (This month we’ll examine the changes that came to the Erie’s Marion, Ohio diesel shops once the diesel invasion hit in full force) Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Rail books (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Vintage HO Rolling Stock – Part II); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: February 2009
Condition: Very Good