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Contents: Special Features – What Are All Those Lights? (NJ Transit’s new multi-level coaches are equipped with a number of indicator lights that are part of the commuter railroad’s safety system.), A Website Designed for BC&G Modelers Becomes More (An abandoned West Virginia shortline comes alive on the internet. When modeler Brooks Stover set up his BC&G website as a way of sharing information with other modelers, he had no idea how it would grow. Join us for a look at the real BC&G, the layout and the website.), Al Frasch’s Pilchuck Division of the BNSF (This well-scenicked, contemporary era N scale layout is set in the Pacific Northwest and features both BNSF and Amtrak operations.) Modeling – Painting and Adding Sound to a Brass Steam Engine (While this particular model is an HO scale Van Hobbies CNR P-5-b 0-8-0, these techniques will work with most any brass model.), RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing a GN Baggage-Mail Storage Car (Ken Breher is the winner of this month’s award for turning a Walthers HO scale Santa Fe baggage car into a Great Northern smooth-sided car for use on the Empire Builder.), Wood Block Buildings (In the second half of our series on how to use wood blocks as the basis for models, we look at building a hotel and a church.), Scratch builder’s Corner: From the Scrap Box (Leftover material can often be put to good use in future projects.), “S” is for Scarecrow (A simple scarecrow brightens up an S grade farm scene.) Prototype – Pullman-Standard Woodchip Hoppers (These giant, 7,000 cu. ft. capacity cars were the ultimate bulk commodity haulers.), Front of the Layout Vignettes: No. 5, Small to Medium Size Hotels (Just about every town with a depot had a hotel nearby.)
Issue: September 2009
Condition: Very Good