Description
Contents: Prototype Articles (the Source) – Steam Locomotive Detail Close-Up: Pennsy L-1s; Diesel Detail Close-Up: EMD SD 45s as SCL no. 2010; Diesel Detail Close-Up: EMD DS40 as CN no. 5035; Private Owner Wood Milk Tank Cars; Freight Cars of the Fifties: PS-1 40 foot Box Cars; Freight Cars of the Sixties: 4427 cu. ft. Covered Hoppers – 12 panel, 50 foot Airslide Covered Hoppers Fidelity-to-Prototype (how-YOU-can-do-it) Articcles – Index of Kit-Conversion and Kit-Upgrading Articles, Athearn 54 ft PS-Covered Hopper Conversion; Scratch building Truss Rod Gondolas and Flat Cars; Life-Like Yard Office or Scale House Kit-Conversion Performance Articles (Coming Closer to Perfection) – Performance Test Results: Bowser HO Scale Pennsy L-1s 2-8-2, Key/Samhongsa HO Scale Brass UP 4-6-6-4 Operations (Fidelity-to-Prototype in Action) – Team Tracks & LCL Freight Yards Track Plans (Combining Prototype Fidelity with Operations) – Staging/Fiddle Yard Operating Diagrams; Holding/Layover Track Operating Diagrams Scenery (Another Variation on Fidelity-to-Prototype) – Building Trees Without Leaves (for Fall or Winter) Layout Tours – Dennis Glynn’s HO Scale Union Pacific; Marv Koenig’s HO Scale Soo Line
Issue: September / October 1986
Condition: Very Good