Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Seasons (As the seasons change, so does the environment around the railroad); From Stockpiles To Stockyards (Transporting livestock was once a major business for the railroads); Index To Volume 55 (A subject and author directory to the June, 1986, through May, 1987, issues of RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN Modeling – RMC/Dremel Kit bash Award: Kit bashed Country Store (An extra Grusom Casket Company kit was turned into a fine looking HO model of a country store); Mears’ Madness (A family camping trip along the old right-of-way of the Rio Grande Southern got the author interested in model railroading); Selective Detailing For Diesels: Upgrade For An SP SD40T-2 (Here are some ideas for detailing a model fleet of these SP locomotives along with a sidebar by Dave Lustwig on the prototype); Protofile 44: Burlington Electric 100-Ton Wood Chip Hoppers (A pair of Model Die Casting 50-foot five bay hoppers are the basis for this kit bashing project); Modeling The Quincy & Torch Lake Straight-Braced Rock Car (Using the plans we featured last month, the author explains how to scratch build a model of this car) Prototype – Lakeside & Marblehead Stone Engine house (This classis little two-stall engine house was used to house the railroad’s early steam engines and later their gas-powered railbuses); Road Oil Tank (This particular tank is located along the High Point, Thomasville & Denton tracks in Silver Valley, N.C. It was used to hold asphalt, which was shipped by rail and unloaded into the tank for use by the local road department) Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); Rail books (Book news and reviews); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Company Photographer (Composition to please the eye or an editor by Dwayne Easterling); Collector Consist (Wood, iron and brass from 1850 to 1920 by Keith Wills); Editors Notebook (Commentary); N Scale Niche (Plans for N scalers); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: June 1987
Condition: Very Good