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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: The GP30 Still Pays Its Way (It has been more than 30 years since the first GP30 rolled off the production line and, while their ranks have been thinned, they can still be found doing what they were built to do – hauling trains) Modeling – Two Views On Modeling A Major New England Junction In A Limited Space: Part I: George Dutka’s White River Jct. (The author explains how he compressed the area around the White River Junction station to fit on his layout); Two Views On Modeling A Major New England Junction In A Limited Space: Part II: Don Jane’s White River Jct. (Don Janes took a different tack when it came to modeling White River Junction. He concentrated on the yard area); The West Point Route: Modeling The Western Rwy. Of Alabama’s Alabama River Sleeper (A Walthers HO scale 10-6 sleeper was used to build this model); Creating A Landslide (Here’s an interesting scenery feature that helps to hide the seam between the mountain rocks and the backdrop on an Sn3 layout); RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing A Pacific Electric Ry. Derrick (This month’s winning model was built by modifying a Tichy Trains model of a 120-ton Bucyrus crane); Building The Red Star Yeast Plant (Scratch building this large brick plant was a challenge); Scratch builder’s Corner: Organization And Storage (Keeping your tools organized and within easy reach can make any modeling project easier) Prototype – Front Of The Layout Vignettes: No. 26: Rail And Water Interface: Part I Whaleback Vessels (Adding one of these interesting vessels to a layout would certainly make an eye-catching scene) Departments – 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); Collector Consist (1975 Atlas N scale); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers); Advertising Index
Issue: October 2012
Condition: Very Good