Description
Contents: Contents – From The Editor (The big engine), News & Products (Nuremburg Toy Fair report), Railway Post Office (Letters from our readers), Workin’ On The Railroad (A transition era of my own), Workshop (Scrap plastic sprues make realistic industrial vents), Coming Events (Upcoming shows, conventions and meets), Step By Step (Make a mix-and-match industry), A Long Run – With A Purpose (An operations-intensive HO layout built by a professional railroader), Modeling Clinchfield F Units (Easy detail changes update any veteran EMD cab unit), Narrow Gauge In A Small Room (Ore trains and mixed freights serve this freelanced On2 1/2 layout), Steel Benchwork (Build a layout with steel studs in place of traditional wood framing), Towering Timber (Four easy techniques for modeling tall trees), Meet Gator Boards (Gatorfoam and Gatorplast have untapped modeling applications), A Classic Modernized American (Yosemite Valley RR 4-4-0 no. 22), Shallow Link For Switch Motors (A simple lever that keeps Lemaco motors out of sight), Mountain Railroading In A Small Room (Plan for a 13 x 13-foot HO Eastern mountain railroad), Information Desk (Building a passenger train), DCC Corner (Decoder-controlled passenger car lighting), Product Reviews (HO EMD SD40-2 from Broadway Limited Imports; Branchline Trains 8-1-2 Pullman in HO; Second generation GP35 in HO from Athearn…and more), Trains Of Thought (The quest for the holy, um, eagle), Trackside Photos, Index Of Advertisers, Model Railroading Is Fun (A light look at our hobby)
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Condition: Very Good