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Contents: Special Features – Perspective: What’s In Your Backyard? (A trip off the beaten path yields ghosts from railroading’s past); Downsizing A Layout Without Losing Character (Retirement and a move to a new home meant less space for the trains, but it didn’t mean having to build a whole new layout. With a little planning and forethought, the author was able to save many of his favorite structures and rebuild other parts of the layout to fit); Modeling The C&S Como Roundhouse Scene (This beautiful HOn3 roundhouse scene started out with the purchase of a Model Masterpieces kit. From there other structures – some kit bashed, others scratch built – were added. The result is a great looking scene based on a rail line abandoned 75 years ago); St. Louis Area RPM Meet (Here is a look at some of the fine models that were on display at this year’s Railroad Prototype Modelers meet in Collinsville, Illinois) Modeling – RMC/Dremel Kit bashing Award: Kit bashing A Washington & Idaho GP16 (The prototype for this model in a former Clinchfield GP7 that was rebuilt at the Illinois Central’s Paducah, Kentucky, shops. Like the prototype, the starting point for this HO scale kit bash is also a GP7); Modeling A Wellsville, Addison & Galeton R.R. ex-B&O O-59 Gondola (The Wellsville, Addison & Galeton was a Pennsylvania-based shortline. Included among its rolling stock were eight ex-B&O steel gondolas. Here is how you can model them in HO scale); More Uses For Containers (For temporary offices and sheds, the container has become the twenty-first century replacement for the retired boxcars and passenger cars that were once used in a similar capacity in rail yards); Scratch builder’s Corner: Cardstock And Strathmore (Used properly, cardstock is an inexpensive and easy to work with building material) Prototype – Maintenance-Of-Way Trains And Equipment (Modeling maintenance-of-way operations can add interest in a layout) Departments – Safety Items (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 (Musical chairs); Editors Notebook (Commentary); Classified Advertising (Commercial listings); Exchange Place (Non-commercial listings); Dealer Directory (Recommended hobby dealers), Advertising Index
Issue: October 2013
Condition: Very Good