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Contents: Features – Our Cover Story – My Colorado Midland (The Southern Extension was never built…until now. An HO layout set in the 1890s); Basic Model Railroading – Kadee HO Couplers (An introduction to Magne-Matic automatic knuckle couplers); Building Morley Mine In N And HO Scales (David Haines brings a Raton Pass landmark back to life); The Atlantic Coast Line’s Perry Cutoff (The dean of track planners presents a double-deck HO layout designed for an attic); Build A Slow-Motion Crossing Gate Drive (The Tortoise switch motor lends realistic action); Trackside Photos (Photo trickery in HO sale * Iowa Interstate in N scale * A scratch built coal breaker in HO * The Rio Grande Southern in Sn3); Prototype Drawings – Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Train (Featuring drawings of the car United States and the locomotive Nashville); Kit bashing Ma & Pa Idler Car X2 In HO Scale (An easy way to convert a boxcar into an inexpensive, eye-catching model); Model Of The Month – Harry N. Jacobs’ HO Scale Flagstaff Arizona Amtrak Station; Replacing HO Driver Springs (Proper-size springs for better steam engine performance); On Stage With O Scale: The Detroit Union RR (Six layouts in sixty years); Electronics Symposium – More Fun With Photocells (Photocell detectors and some interesting circuits from readers); Paint Shop – Wabash Ry. Cabooses (Colorful cabooses of the ’60s); Along The Line (Sittin’ on the dock of the bay) Departments – Product News; Railway Post Office; Workshop (Southern Pacific’s GP40Xs * A better waybill holder * Command control for N scale); {Product Reviews (Key Imports N scale 2-8-8-4 * FSM HO scale coal yard * S Scale America tank car * Atlas HO code 83 Snap-Track); Railroader’s Library (Model Railroad Electronics); Hobby shop Window; At The Throttle (Railroad historical societies); Trains Of Thought (Model railroading: a trivial pursuit?); Student Fare; Club News; Bull Session (Annual historical society list); Ask Paint Shop; Schedules; Index Of Advertisers
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