Description
Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Wide-Bodies (Running an occasional train that has special requirements can add interest to your layout operations); Boomer Trail Special: Cypress Junction (A visit to the large model railroad exhibit at Cypress Gardens in Florida); Index To Volume 56 (A subject and author directory to the June, 1987 through May, 1988 issues of Railroad Model Craftsman); Revisiting The Timber City & Northwestern (Ben King describes the now famous HO layout he built a quarter-of-a-century ago and still operates today); PMP-112: Power Module (We continue the PMP-112 series with the construction of a power module) Modeling – RMC/Dremel Kit bash Award: Doug Smith’s CPR Baldwin Roadswitcher (It took a lot of work to produce this beautiful HO model of the diesel that replaced steam on the CPR’s Esquimalt & Nanaimo); Constructing A Donkey Loader (Donkey loaders were used by logging outfits to drag cut trees from the forests to the loading areas. In an easy-to-follow text, the authors describe how they scratch built the inexpensive model); Building A Coaling Tower: Part II (Construction of the coaling tower continues with more of Wayne Wesolowski’s step-by-step instructions); Protofile 49: Soo Line 63332-63531 Series Gondola (An MDC HO gondola kit is the basis for this modeling project) Prototype – A Munchie Mill (Here is how you can add a snack food plant to your railroad) Departments – Notes On An Old Timetable (Editorial); Safety Valve (Letters from our readers); Dispatchers Report (Product and industry news); RMC Timetable (Scheduled events and notices); Test Track (Product reviews); Collector Consist (Tinplate Hudsons); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: June 1988
Condition: Very Good