Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Two on one (Amtrak isn’t the only company that runs passenger service on other railroad’s freight trackage.), Index to Volume 53 (A subject and author directory to the June, 1984 through May, 1985 issues of Railroad Model Craftsman.) Modeling – Today’s F-units: Modeling an Amtrak F40PH (The backbone of Amtrak’s diesel fleet is the F40PH. Here are some suggestions for improving Life-Like’s HO models.), Protofile 36: CPR 240000 series steel boxcars (A Train Miniature HO-40 boxcar is the starting point for the kit bashing project.), Tule Springs & Western (This HO club, located in Las Vegas, Nevada, is set in the steam era.), Coved corners (Here is an easy solution to installing curved corners in your layout room.), The Aspen Northern story (This is the story of the second railroad in his basement.), Quick clouds (Here is another quick and easy way to make a backdrop.), Casting a skewed arch stone bridge (The author explains how he cast his HO bridge in plaster.), RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: A modern engine house for the Blue Ridge & Southern (When the BR&S needed a new home for their diesels they turned to the Pikestuff warehouse.) Prototype – Copper Country: history (Upper Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula was once one of the richest copper producing areas in the country and railroads, both big and small, played an important role in the region’s development.) Departments – Notes on an Old Timetable, Safety Valve, Dispatcher’s Report, Rail books, RMC Timetable, Test Track, Tips and Techniques, Observations, Collector Consist, Editor’s Notebook, Classified Advertising, Exchange Place, Dealer Directory, Advertising Index
Issue: June 1985
Condition: Very Good