Description
Contents: Special Features: Perspective: Interlude at Warm River (On a depot and depth on John Armstrong’s well-known Canandaigua Southern), Boomer Trail (Highlights of railroads to be seen during Railcon ’79 in Princeton, NJ) Modeling: – Handcar Ahead (An easy scratch building project suitable for any railroad), The Live Steam Northern Railway & Navigation Co. (Outdoor railroading on a practical scale can be done – and fun – at home), Modeling a Wheel Skate (This car-retarding device can serve a similar function on a model pike), RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: IC GP18 and Caboose (Especially note the wire handrails on the N scale hood units), Stringing Telephone Wires (“Invisible thread” works quite well), Golden Spike Chronology (The events leading up to the Big Day are worthy of careful review and contemplation), Operating Loader (Its auger “stoker” can load coal, ore, gravel, etc), Roofwalk Support Shaping Jig (It ensures uniformity and precision when building several house cars) Prototype: The “Standard C&O Victorian” Depot (Drawings and photos of a board-and-batten structure found on many C&O lines), A Bridge From Railroading’s Formative Years (This Rock Island wood design dates to around 1857)
Issue: July 1979
Condition: Very Good