Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Changing Of The Guard (Motive power changes are a part of the circle of life on a railroad and the meeting of the old and the new locomotives can make for an interesting time on a railroad.), The Ogdensburg & Northern (This HO scale layout is set in upstate New York in the 1950’s and is based on a lifetime of railroad influences.) Modeling – Scratch building a Small D&RGW-style Water Tank (Although built to serve the author’s Maine-based On30 layout, this tank is modeled after a pair of tanks built by the D&RGW in Colorado.), Weathering a Flat Car Deck (A prototype car with a heavily weathered deck that was missing boards served as the inspiration for this nicely done model.), Building an Auto Junkyard (A variety of heavily-weathered HO scale vehicles can turn a small trackside portion of a layout into an auto salvage yard.), RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing a Chlorine Car (This specialty car handles small tanks of chemicals.), Scratch builder’s Corner” Weathering Freight Cars Without an Airbrush (While an airbrush is certainly a handy tool to have around, you do not need to own one to weather your rolling stock.), Layout Pre-Building (There is no reason you can’t get started on your layout before building the benchwork.) Prototypes – The Lackawanna’s all-American Caboose (In 1914, the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Keyser Valley shops turned out the first in a line of what were at the time, modern eight-wheeled cabooses. These cars featured four windows per side and a centered cupola.), The all-American Caboose (Many former DL&W eight-wheel, wood cabooses went on to serve other railroads in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Here is a look at them.) Departments – Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatcher’s Report (Product and industry news); Rail books (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Clang, clang, clang went the trolley); Editor’s Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: July 2013
Condition: Very Good