Model Railroader Magazine 1978 July

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Model Railroader Magazine 1978 July

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Contents:  Bill of Lading – Operating a Small Layout (Three operators can be kept busy on this 6 x 8 ft railroad), Building an Old-Time Ore Car (Using material left over from a previous project), How to Build a Log Flatcar (Scratch building log bunkers and modify a kit built flatcar), Kit bashing a Coaling Station (A facility that won’t be like the one on everybody else’s railroad), Pacific Evaluation (Or, how to build your favorite steam locomotive the hard way), The Ohio Southern RR (A point-to-point system that was developed for prototype operation), Window Dressings and Seasoned Sidings (Tips on how to individualize wood and plastic structures), Make Your Own Miniature Connectors (I found a way to build my own connectors inexpensively), Safety Messages for Your Cabooses (A model railroad should be accident free), The Northern Allen Park Lines (A conservatively designed layout with wide curves and neat scenery), Irv Schulz’s Church & Church Lumber Co. (The Model of the Month award), How to Simulate a Rotating Beacon (The circuit was developed to operate a lighthouse beacon), The Possibilities of the Live Diesel-Electric (Would you believe a .020 two-cycle diesel engine?), Those Old Magazines Can Help You (Collecting them can be a hobby in itself), The Laziest Model Railroader Who Ever Lived (A dubious tale unfit for the instruction of young people), It Ain’t Prototypic (Four photos of prototype oddities), Prototype Drawings and Data – GTW’s Depot at Walled Lake, MI, PRR 85-ton Quadruple Hopper Car, Bangor & Aroostook Insulated Boxcar

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Condition:  Very Good