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| January |
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Bill of Lading - Tales of Heckmann (Incidents on the Devil's Gulch Ry.), Pole Lines for the right of way (Important details and principles of utility lines.), Let's Make a pond (Simple sandwich of bottom, glass surface and shore.), Layouts in subassemblies (Concentrate on the points of traffic interest.), A Compact Track plan Somers Junction RR will fit on a flush door in N scale.), Interchangeable Fuel for tenders: coal or wood (Only balsa and a little stripwood are needed.), Continental locomotive design (How Fleischmann redesigned a model for lower production cost.), Grooming the iron horse Any breed can be made to walk, trot or gallop more smoothly.), The great Ottlerottle (A handy circuit tester for model railroads) Prototype Drawings - 1894 Wabash gondola, CCT wood-sheathed box motor, Water tank from a lumber railroad, Soo caboose drawings corrected Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Trade Topics; Railroader's Library; Cartoons; Railway Post Office; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Uses Of Signals |
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| February | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Lake Erie & Southern (Ohio interurban line still runs - modeled by Herbert W. Dosey.), Wharf and Industry track plan (Vancouver Power & Transportation Co. offers fine possibilities.), Building Genesee & Wyoming's salt car Nothing difficult to do in this dollar model product.), Laying out curves with a tripod Photographer's device aids in the use of a radius bar.), Build a coalyard (Wood sheathed structure makes a good first scratchbuilding project.), The Niagra narrative (An introduction to scratchbuilding a locomotive in brass.), Modeler's doodle sheet (The village traffic circle.), Campbell monitors on the Toluca Lines (A users report on the Campbell Signal Monitor.), Scale rules in 10 different proportions Prototype Drawings - Wood flatcar of the Ma & Pa, Contemporary signal tower at El Paso, Covered hopper car for salt, Coalyard on the Arcade & Attica | 3 | $5.50 | |
| March | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Basic model railroading: Grades Part 1: Principles, Operations on East Bay's Santa Fe Central (Real time is used for schedules on this club layout.), We build Tioga Yard (Another letter from Jim.), Anyone for narrow gauge (The case for specialized modeling - it's all sheer fun.), An SCR throttle with momentum effects (A d.c. charge in a capacitor determines the firing delay.), Put decals in their proper light (Backlighting box makes it easy to trim decals.), Build a repair hoist from stripwood (Scratchbuilt lift can be varied to suit your own needs.), Signal detection with an SCR This may lead to practical dignaling and ATC circuits.), Prototype drawings - PRR M1a 4-8-2, CN 50-foot double-door boxcar | 3 | $5.50 | |
| April | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Lake Port & Terminal Ry (How Don Gosbert's layout became a club system.), Traction on the LP&T (Secondary system meanders over, under and around the main road.), Scratch a piggyback (How about tinplate as a scratchbuilder's material.), Railroads in the streets (With an example from the C&S and Santa Fe in Colorado Spring.), Trackside photos-and how they are selected (Photos used in the Trackside Photos pages bring rewards.), A timber deck truss bridge (Fit it into your longest trestle and see how it improves the scene.), Beam headlight for loco or trolley (Honest-to-Goodness searchlight sort of headlight is now avaiolable.), Prototype Drawings - ACF's Hitch Hiker flatcars, Coldwater freight station | 2 | $5.50 | |
| May | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Lubrication test (Some lubricants make a difference in efficiency and tractive farce), Model railroad wife (A look at model railroading from the distaff side), Model photos with a box camera (Including the use of proxar lenses in model photography), Destinations unlimited: a compact layout (As told to Bill Rau), Railcar from the Rio Grande (Semifree-lance model follows D&RGW prototype fairly closely), Two-level station; attractive spacesaver (John Allen's design can be adapted to suit your own railroad>, Tree in a minute (Simple way to make trees for mass effects uses woollike material), The littlest yard? (Prototype for modeling a freight terminal in a very small space), Which way the switch? (These devices will remember which way your turnouts were lost thrown), Club directory Geographical alphabetical listing of club name, addresses, etc), Prototype drawings and data - Sierra combination caboose (Drawings), Niles interurban combine (Drawings), Semifree-lance D&RGW railcar (Drawings), Canadian National yard at Penticton B.C. (Data) | 1 | $5.50 | |
| June |
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Bill of Lading - Small Sawmills for Layouts (How to adapt a too-big prototype to the model site), Build a Handcar Setout (A dollar model project), From SP to UP in Several Steps (A few modifications can make big differences in appearance), Layout Plans by Formula (Checking the balance between main lines, yards, spurs, etc), LS&W: Crossroads of the North (Andy Anderson's Q scale railroad in Superior, Wis), Cab-Control Wiring (The ABC's of model railroading), River Detail the Easy Way (Building this tool will save time, it will do a uniform job) Prototype Drawings - EMD's NW 5 Road Switcher, Ma & Pa Coach, Mallery's Mighty Mite: a Handcar |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - Modernize a boxcar (Have a ball rebullding one of your cars with modern fittings.), Electric railway helps renew city (Cooperation between municipality and traction management pays dividends.), SCL painting and lettering (Livery of the Seaboard Coast Line, formed by merger last July.), Close-coupling steam loco tenders (An expandable drawboard replaces the rigid drawbar.), On drills and drilling (Some of the basic principles governing the process of drilling holes.), Sawmill machinery and sites (Styrene is a dandy material for this work.), Where to oil your engines (The ABC's of model railroading.), Prototype Drawings - Great Northern all-steel grain car, PRR class B4a 0-6-0 |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - Modernize a boxcar, Electric railway helps renew city, SCL painting and lettering, Close-coupling steam loco tenders, On drills and drilling, Sawmill machinery and sites, Where to oil your engines, Prototype Drawings - Great Northern all-steel grain car, PRR class B4a 0-6-0 |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - Using Transfers for Lettering (With comments on when to use dry, when to use wet), A Filling Station like They Used to be (Model typical of the 1920's has gravity-feed gas pumps), Al Oliver's Utah Pacific RR (See this HO pike while attending the NMRA convention), Operation on the Crystal River Souithern (Simulating weather conditions adds excitement in operation), Basic Model Railroading: Airbrake Valve Action (By Linn H. Westcott and the MR staff), The KH-6 Brakestand (How a switcher brakestand differs from those of road engines), Add a Brakestand to Your Cab (Proto-action brake circuit and model brakestand create interest), Underfloor Traction Truck (Equalized construction permits use of fine-standards flanges), Counterweight Turnout Control (Would you believe a remote switch control for 50 cents?), Pointers on Painting (The ABC's of model railroading) Prototype drawings - City Trolley Terminal (Nashville Railway & Light Co.), Integral-Cover Coil Car (Pittsburgh & Lake Erie RR) |
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| September | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Fork truck that moves (Animated loading machine adds an eye-catching accent.), Homemade Soldering torch (It's made from telescoping tubing and a ball-point pan.), Littleton & Box Springs Ry. (For a medium-sized space: 8 x 12 feet in HO scale, 4 x 6 in N.) Live Steam in the Garden State (These modelers have lots of work between times of pleasure.), Improved wiring for passing tracks (Sometimes it pays to break a fundamental rule), Building in brass (Anyone can fashion his own steam-type locos with these techniques.), Reassembling a dismantled layout (It helps if you look to the future when building your pike.), Turnouts (The ABC's of model railroading.)Prototype Drawings - Duplex Interurbans, Wood-sheathed caboose | 2 | $5.50 | |
| October |
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Bill of Lading - A Rail and Tie Car (Dollar model project: a handsome addition to your work train), Two Track Plans for Average Rooms *They illustrate the differences in building N scale versus HO), Hamilton's Bay City Rys (A club system with a prototype concept), Boiler, Cab and Fittings (Part 2: Building in brass), Plug-In Structure Wiring (Locating bars also help keep buildings in place), Trackside Telephone Boxes (Candidates for dollar model projects add to railroad realism), Tehachapi Incident (Trackside scene on Jim Haire's model railroad), Raise-Away Model Railroad Construction (N, TT and HO scale layouts can be raised to the ceiling), Free-Lance Narrow-Gauge Forney (Designed and under construction by Allen J. Brewster), Coloring Rocks (The ABC's of model railroading) Prototype Drawings - PRR's class E2b Electric Locotomotive (Now scrapped), Omaha's 4-6-0, class L-1 (Similar to C&NW R-1) |
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| November |
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Bill of Lading - The Fort Dodge Line (Some interurbans work better than others), Fort Dodge Interurban Track Plan (Drawing by Gil Raid), Matrix Control of Switch Machines (One button per Route is practical today0< The Models of the Year (First Place winners at NMRA;s 1968 model contest), N Scale versus Larger Scales in Track Planning (You can build a layout from any track plan to any scale you wish), Chelsea & Action Air Line Ry, (Drawings by Robert Wagner). The Midwestern Central (Medium space, good operation, fairly good scenery possibibities.) Consider the Way Freight (The ABC's of model railroading), B&O Wedge-Shaped Station (Building can fit the corner of a layout table), Gantry Ladder for Layout-Building (How to reach 4' 7" over a layout without stretching), Solding With an Iron (It;s simple - provided you take every step in the simple routine.), Sideshow Details (Theyire different from those of the main line), Scale Rules in eight :Architect's" Ratios (8;1, 32:1. 12;1, 48;1, 16;1, 64;1, 24;1, 96;1) Prototype Drawings - Cpvered Railroad Bridge (St. Johnsbury & Lamoille Country RR.), Pennsylvania RR Cabin Car (Classes N5a and N5b), B&O Wedge-Shaped Station (New Albany, NY) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train-Wire, Schedules, Trade Topics, Railroader's Library, Railway Post Office, Cartoons, At The Throttle, Model Of The Month, Trackside Photos, Bull Session, MR Clinic: Making A Pin-Jig, Kinks, Index Of Advertisers |
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| December | V. Good - |
Bill of Lading - Canadian Pacific in miniature (Modeler's second layout simulates a real railroad situation.), Making palm trees (Excellent effect can be obtained with simple materials.), We built in in N scale-and HO too (Step-by-step construction of a model railroad to fit almost any space.), Expandable track plans (The main line can extend from a terminal to many different ways.), Atlantic & Eastern RR. (An elaboration of the New York and Quebec RR terminal.), Tender technique (Part 3, conclusion), Notes of redetailing a Garratt (Including comments on the NSWGR 4-8-4-1-4-8-4 color scheme.), A shelter for any station (It can be a wayside halt all by itself, or an adjunct to another.), Scale, ratio and gauge (The ABC's of model railroading.), Scale rules for 17 types of measurements Prototype Drawings - Narrow-gauge 2-8-0 | 2 | $5.50 | |