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Bill of Lading - The Ma & Pa Gets Cultured (The model railroad with a future - 2), The Master Track in the Leastest Space (With additional comments by MR's Bill Rau, who was there), The Locomotives of H. James Freedman (This man's roster includes all types of motive power), Magnetic Couplers for O Scale (How to convert Central Locomotives Works automatics), All In The Cards (Part 6 concludes "The Art of Model Railroading" series), Styrofoam for Scenery (Try this light, strong, easy-to-use material for landscaping), Toward Perfect Motor Response in Locos (What is the ultimate sort of pulse power?), Pure-Pulse Transistor Throttle (A nonmechanical way to produce the most effective pulse power known) Prototype Plans - North Hills Freight Station (Reading), Hanrahan Automatic Refrigerator Car (Colorado Midland), Chesapeake & Ohio 2-8-4 |
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| February | Good + | Make your own scale figures, Crossing gates at Dover, What does a New Haven fan do, Car for the silk express, A yard at Manchester, New track for the Ma & Pa, Trees Prototype Plans and Data - Ohio Public Service interurban combine (plans), Crossing gates at Dover (data), Southern Pacific silk and tea car (plans), P&WV trackside phone booth (plans) | 1 | $4.50 | |
| February | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Make Your Own Scale Figures (Wire armature method helps control proportions and give strength.), Crossing Gates at Dover (A closeup view of fittings and the problems they solve for the railroad.), What does a New Haven Fan do (One way to build models for roads not represented in the model market.), Car for the Silk Express (Such cars were also used for tea - and all sorts of head-end traffic.), A Yard at Manchester (Operation determines the size and arrangement of the railroad yard.), New Track for the Ma & Pa (With a few ideas for other layouts as well.), Trees (They can transform an interesting scene into a realistic landscape.) Prototype Plans and Data - Ohio Public Service interurban combine (plans), Crossing gates at Dover (data), Southern Pacific silk and tea car (plans), P&WV trackside phone booth (plans) | 1 | $5.50 | |
| March |
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Bill of Lading - Hard-shell Scenery (Self-supporting artificial rock gives great strength in thin layers.), Even Clublife is Pleseant in Honolulu (Narrow-gauge Oahu Railway & Land Co. re-created by a club of seven.), Ruff Hill on the Ma & Pa (We could have done it more easily, and surely will the next time.), Two Strange Covered Hoppers (One can be either narrow- or standard-gauge. The other? Look at it!), Better Tracking of Trailing Trucks (Tracking while backing is the problem.), Idyl at Delta (Closeup of a station and "official" car at the Maryland & Pennsylvania.), Take the Engineer's Seat on the DFC (Dover, Foxcraft & Carlisle is a small pike with challenging operation.), Aimee the Live-Steamer (If you lose your job as a railroad man, start a road of your own.), Wahlup Packing Co. (Beef up your railroad's revenue traffic with this nifty little industry,) Prototype Plans and Data - Maryland & Pennsylvania 4-4-0 (plans), Bloomsburg covvered hopper, circa 1899 (plans), Idyl at Delta (data) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Trade Topics; New Literature; Railway Post Office; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Questions And Answers; Cartoon; Kinks |
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| April | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Create Great Elevation with a Logging Incline (More about miller's photogenic lumber railroad.), Zip! and the Scenery Looks Fine (Rock, earth and grass effects fall in place almost automatically.), Plaster Mixing Data , Colors and Formulas (Ready reference on use of gypsum plasters for model railroad scenery.), Brief Survey of Scenery Plasters (Reference data.), Stamping Ground for 4-12-2's (Track plan to handle every piece of equipment made.), Walkaround Control on the Ma & Pa (The control of the future is begun on "the model railroad with a future".), Routing Through Turnouts - with Diodes (Operate several switch machines at once by pushing a single button.), Pure-pulse throttle correction Prototype Plans and Data - WM Car Shops at Union Bridge: Wayside notes, Lackawanna structures at Northumberland PA, Iron Mountain furniture & buggy car | 1 |
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| May | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - The Wonderful World of Live Steam (Come along and watch the Pioneer Valley Live Steamers fire up.), Bridges and Cliffs on the West Island (Trackside photos of some interesting work on a club railroad.), The Heritage of the Ma & Pa (The authentic background of the prototype Maryland & Pennsylvania.), The Ma & Pa: Master Track Plan (Information to continue building track.), Let's Have a Ball (Easily built, simply installed ball signal can protect your junction.), Simple Automatic Train Control (Stopped trains remain fully protected in all normal situations.), Gearless Drive for Multitruck Locomotives (Band drive suitable for light and heavy traction and diesel models.), Club Directory (Geographical alphabetical listing of club names, addresses, etc.) Prototype plans and data IC's Streamlined Panama Limited (Plans), The Heritage of the Ma & Pa (Data)Laurel Brook Station on the Ma & Pa (Data), Illinois Terminal (B-B)-(B-B) class C (Plans) | 2 |
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| June |
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Bill of Lading - Add a Wharf to Increase Traffic(A fine facility for the structure-builder, operating man, scenery artist.), Merlin's Magic - c'est magnifique! (New Orleans music men in Paris build a Louisiana railroad worthy of study.), Tie-cutting Jig (Easily made chopper snips ties to uniform length.), Magnetic Uncoupling for Narrow and Dual Gauge (How to convert Kadees for double action.), Locomotive Highlighting: by Gascayne (For a convincing model, suit the paint job to the situation and the engine.), Thousand Mile Loco Checkup at Minirama (What happens to a locomotive that runs more than 150 scale miles in a day.), Cab Control: The Best for Most (The most popular of the control systems of model railroading.), To Make a Pulpwood Car (Recipe for an easy evening: a dollar model project.), Prototype plans - Masonry Arch Underpass, N&W-PRR hopper car | 2 |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - Operation With CCT (Waybills ride with the car, yet are completely interchangeable), Genoa & Eastern: A River-Country Pike (Track plan permits gradual construction and elaboration), Thermal Switch machine (Silent! Smooth! Slow! Sure!), The Locomotives of Walter Sardinha (One man's roster), Practical Control Wiring (Plus a method of finding connections with a minimum of paperwork), Walkaround Control for Two Trains (Simple addition to the Ma & Pa's control wiring permits perambulation), Waiting Shed on the Southern (Protect passengers from wind, rain and snow), Industrial Narrow Gauge (Ideas demonstrated with Egger-bahn can be used in other scales), Citizenship for the Egger-Bahn Loco (HOn2 1/2 model is decorated in the Yankee manner) Prototype Plans - Southern Ry Waiting Shed |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - Operation With CCT (Waybills ride with the car, yet are completely interchangeable), Genoa & Eastern: A River-Country Pike (Track plan permits gradual construction and elaboration), Thermal Switch machine (Silent! Smooth! Slow! Sure!), The Locomotives of Walter Sardinha (One man's roster), Practical Control Wiring (Plus a method of finding connections with a minimum of paperwork), Walkaround Control for Two Trains (Simple addition to the Ma & Pa's control wiring permits perambulation), Waiting Shed on the Southern (Protect passengers from wind, rain and snow), Industrial Narrow Gauge (Ideas demonstrated with Egger-bahn can be used in other scales), Citizenship for the Egger-Bahn Loco (HOn2 1/2 model is decorated in the Yankee manner) Prototype Plans - Southern Ry Waiting Shed |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - John Pyrke's Prizewinning NH 4-8-2 (Photos by Hohn D. Abbott), Anything Goes at a Shortline Terminal (Wayside notes on the Bevier & Southern), Crosby's Mill and other Structures (How they were created and how they might be modified for other pikes), Build DL&W's Homer Depot (Model by Emmerett J. Dane), A Visit to Toluca (Standard and narrow-guage railroads share the same space), Basis for an Empire: the NWRR (Careful planninf and good construction are features of tiered pike), A Dreadful Chasm Under the Ma & Pa (How any flat-top table railroad can accommodate ravines below track level) Prototype Plans and Data - Bevier & Southern Terminal (Data), DL&W's Homer Depot (Plans), Old-Time Pennsylvania RR Coach (Plans), Electro-Motive's model DD-40 (Plans) |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - John Pyrke's Prizewinning NH 4-8-2 (Photos by Hohn D. Abbott), Anything Goes at a Shortline Terminal (Wayside notes on the Bevier & Southern), Crosby's Mill and other Structures (How they were created and how they might be modified for other pikes), Build DL&W's Homer Depot (Model by Emmerett J. Dane), A Visit to Toluca (Standard and narrow-guage railroads share the same space), Basis for an Empire: the NWRR (Careful planninf and good construction are features of tiered pike), A Dreadful Chasm Under the Ma & Pa (How any flat-top table railroad can accommodate ravines below track level) Prototype Plans and Data - Bevier & Southern Terminal (Data), DL&W's Homer Depot (Plans), Old-Time Pennsylvania RR Coach (Plans), Electro-Motive's model DD-40 (Plans) |
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| September |
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Bill of Lading - A Hundred Structures from One Kit (How you can custombuild a variety of structures from parts in a kit.), Movable Mountainside (Access to tracks inside a tunnel is completely concealed.), The Way to My Hobby (An S scale American-style pike in Nurnburg.), Details in Milwaukee Road Diesels (From the modeler's notebook.), 3-D Pantograph (Parts not available? Make them yourself with this size-reducing tool.), Grades on the Ma & Pa (Add interest to any flat-top table railroad by the cookie-cutter method.) Prototype Plans and Data - Milwaukee Road Diesel Details (Data), SP Narrow-gauge turntable (Plans), Famous 2-8-2 of the BW&GF (Plans), ACD Wood-Sheathed 36-foot ventilated Boxcar (Plans) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Trade Topics; Railway Post Office; New Literature; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Freight Car Brake Systems; Cartoons; Kinks; Index Of Advertisers |
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| October |
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Bill of Lading - Stub Turnouts (Practical step-by-step construction clears away the mystery of these switches.), Walkaround Locomotive Control (Improvements on the method of controlling speed and direction.), Build a Trolley Snow Sweeper (Make your own body and fittings for this car that can be built in any size.), Diesel Servicing Facilities (A review of what you need to model the engine terminal completely.), Branchline Water Tank (Prizewinning modelbuilding methods applied to a fine rustic structure.), Simple but Sure Block Signals (A way to improve trains detection.), Train-starting Signal Prototype Pland and Data - Old No. 10 D&H Caboose (Plans and photos), Waiting Shelter with Cuspate Roof (Plans: TMER&L Co.), Philadelphia Snow Sweeper (Plans), Diesel Servicing Facilities (Data), New Haven Train-Starting Signal (Photo) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Trade Topics; New Literature; Railway Post Office; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Bull Session; MR Clinic: What is a train?; Cartoon |
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| October |
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Bill of Lading - Stub Turnouts (Practical step-by-step construction clears away the mystery of these switches.), Walkaround Locomotive Control (Improvements on the method of controlling speed and direction.), Build a Trolley Snow Sweeper (Make your own body and fittings for this car that can be built in any size.), Diesel Servicing Facilities (A review of what you need to model the engine terminal completely.), Branchline Water Tank (Prizewinning modelbuilding methods applied to a fine rustic structure.), Simple but Sure Block Signals (A way to improve trains detection.), Train-starting Signal Prototype Pland and Data - Old No. 10 D&H Caboose (Plans and photos), Waiting Shelter with Cuspate Roof (Plans: TMER&L Co.), Philadelphia Snow Sweeper (Plans), Diesel Servicing Facilities (Data), New Haven Train-Starting Signal (Photo) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Trade Topics; New Literature; Railway Post Office; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Bull Session; MR Clinic: What is a train?; Cartoon |
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| November | Good + | Just what the doctor ordered, live steam on the west coast, Ols wood-sheathed cars from new plastic bodies, A&R: a railroad you can model, The Aberdeen, Rockfish & Fayetville, Organized clubs-you can have them, I call it mobile cab control, Operations on the Ma & Pa, Col. Von's latest improvement, More about the 3-D pantograph Prototype Plans and Data - Aberdeen & Rockfish RR., Alco's Century 628 Diesel | 0 | $4.50 | Temporarily |
| November |
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Bill of Lading - Just What the Doctor Ordered (The Gowanda-Buffalo RR is happy to discharge its workers.), Live Steam on the West Coast (A meet at the Brotherhood of Live Steamers.), Old Wood-Sheathed Cars from new Plastic Bodies (A technique for laminating wood directly over plastic car bodies.), A&R: a Railroad you can Model (North Carolina short line offers a fine operating challenge.), The Aberdeen, Rockfish & Fayetville (An around-the-room track plan based on the Aberdeen & Rockfish.), Organized Clubs? You Can Have Them (Dohn tears them down, then gives some constructive suggestions.), I Call it Mobile Cab Control (How a planner in walkaround control operates his Union Control.), Operations on the Ma & Pa (Hints on operating a typical short line, plus.), Col. Von's Latest Improvement (The story of Chalet Baden Spa on the Ma & Pa.), More about the 3-D Pantograph (Accurate cutters and pattern-model ratios make a versatile tool.) Prototype Plans and Data - Aberdeen & Rockfish RR. (Data), Alco's Century 628 Diesel (Plans) | 0 | $5.50 | Temporarily |
| December |
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Bill of Lading - Excerpt from a Letter to the Editor (Model and prototype of Mission Bay: a trackside photo feature.), Heavenly Trains Daily (Rev. Dailey's trains run on a pike in his church - but never on Sunday.), Building the Sierra Pintada RR (Here's a different sort of model railroad: a switchback line.), HO Railroad that Grew - Some More (Now Dave Ringland added track to a popular table railroad plan.), Build a Country Station (This rural gem on the Reading would look good on any pike.), A "different" Wheel Car for your Wreck Train (Dollar model project: your scrapbox, an old car, a few purchased parts.), Central Traction Lines (City car, interurban, trolley express, trolley freight: a track plan.), Doorways to Detail (Doors open a new field of detail modeling for your structures.) Prototype plans - Illinois Central 2-4-4T (A double-ender), Drott Travelift Crane (A piggyback loader), Modern 50-foot Boxcar (Burlington Refrigerator Express) | 2 |
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