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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: Those Jordan Spreaders (Whether it’s plowing snow, ditching rights-of-way or spreading ballast, the rugged Jordan Spreader is a versatile and tough machine.), A Tenth Anniversary Visit to the RIT Model Railroad Club (Join us for a look at a college sponsored club that sports a growing HO scale layout.), Howard Zane’s HO scale Piermont Division – an Ongoing Saga (Set in the rugged mountains of West Virginia, this large and wonderfully detailed layout features plenty of steam and diesel action.) Modeling – Swapping SP Tenders (Depending upon the service it was in, the SP would sometimes assign different style tenders to its steam locomotives.), RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing C&NW Quad Hoppers (This N scale modeling project uses Trainworx hoppers to model a distinctive Chicago & North Western coal car.), How to Model a Passenger Train (In the second part of our series on modeling the consists of B&O trains Nos. 233 and 238, we focus on kit bashing the baggage and baggage-mail cars.), Scratch builder’s Corner: Creature Comforts (This month we take a look at a few things that can make life at the workbench easier and safer.), Simpson’s General Store (A few changes to a “Christmas Village” structure resulted in a very pleasing model for the author’s HO layout.), Essential Freight Cars 34: NYC USRA-design Boxcars (From the 1920’s to the 1960’s thousands of these steel boxcars were used to move freight across North America.) Prototype – Star Lake (This depot served passengers in the woods of northern Wisconsin.)
Issue: October 2006
Condition: Very Good