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| January |
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Bill of Lading - Three office cars to build (Conventional, streamlined and old-fashioned designs), Local passenger train over the Gorre & Daphetid (Full color photos of the entire run), Wiring the table railroad: NY&Q gets control (Two "cabs" make control a simple matter in installation and in use), Build a train-order semaphore (Chicago & North Western;s design has a particular railroadylook), Manual block and train-order signals (With comments by John Seehover, Penn Central division rules esaminer), Signal tower for minimum spac(Dollar model project with photos by John Allen) Improved display shelves (Product of the British Region of the NMRA), Loop, wye and return-cutoff wiring (The ABC's of model railroading.), Good switch-machine power supply (Capacitor-discharge circuits by H.D. Fyffe and Terry L. Westbrook), Prototype Drawings, Photos and Data - Ma & Pa wood gondola Drawings), Manual block and train-order signals (Data), Chicago & North Western train-order semaphore (Drawings), CNW class R-1 portraitPs (Photo) |
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| February |
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Bill of Lading - More track in the streets (A fine way to make your railroad seam larger it is), Layout for scratchbuilders (Accuracy is easy to obtain if you go about the measuring properly), Modeler's doodle sheet (Animation letter: carnival time), Growing a narrow-gauge line (Denis Dunning's HO railroad follows Rio Grande Southern ideas), Sectional track (The ABC's of model railroading), We add track and structures (Continuing construction of the New York & Quebec RR in HO or N), Reefers into boxcars (You can do what Missouri Pacific did. Start with any any reefer.), Kit-bashing business cars (Completing construction of a modern and a 1890's office car.), Bridge by Briskman (Model of the St. Johnsbury & Locomille County covered bridge.) Prototype Drawings and Data - More track in the streets, Electric cars of WJ&S, Alco's FA-1 and FB-1 diesels, Lewisburg Tower | 1 |
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| March |
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Bill of Lading - Improved Transistor Throttle (TAT IV circuit starts engine immediately; permits a very slow crawl), The Ubiquitous NKP Berkshire (One of America's most popular model locomotives), Designs for Interurban Layouts (Lap and terminal scheme provides a variety of runs), Metal-Milling for Modelers (Equip your drill press to mill your own locomotive parts), Walkaround-Control Block-Connecting (Three pushbuttons offer the choice of four throttles), Finishing Touches on the NY&Q - Well not quite (Making structures and trees in particular), Tuscaloosa Depot (A station of the elegant eighties can be built with simple materials), Sensitive "Block-in-Use" Detector (Indicator lamp warns that a block is not clear and disconnected), The Modest Wise Men (Another letter from Jim with illustration by Bill McClanahan), Prototype Drawings - Six Freight cars of the 1860's (USMRR and others), The Diligent Decapod (Baldwin's stock 2-10-0), Robertson Cinder Conveyor |
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| April |
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Bill of Lading - Jim Paine's Durham & Southern (Glimpses of a well-integrated layout under construction), Scratchbuilt Hopper Cars (All-brass construction makes a strong neat car), How to Live with a Model Railroader ("Model railroading is a way of life"), Scale-Size Rail and Where to Use It (With theorotical and practical rail conversion charts), Who Said the World is Flat (The New York & Quebec RR gets into the hills), Magic Diesel Horn (It's actuated by magnetic reed contacts alongside the track), Traction Can't be Beat (The ABC's of model railroading), A Second Trolley Pole for the PCC (A dollar model project)Prototype photos and drawings - USRA and ARA 55 ton hopper car (Photo and drawings), Fuel Tank Car (Photo), Common Standard Trestles (Photos and drawings), Two Mail-Baggage Combines (Drawings: H&BTM and PRR) | 4 |
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| May |
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Bill of Lading - Idaho Midland Through the Mountains (Gene Hickey's railroad operates point-to-point), Bellefield Boilerhouse (This facility can be modeled three-dimensionally or in bas-relief), Finishing Touches to a Layout: They Never Cease (We conclude writing about the New York & Quebec RR), Pantographs Made by Jigs (Step-by-step assembly makes extensive use of brass wire), Gordon Cannon's Narrow-Gauge Climax (The Model of the Month Award), Model Railroad Characters I have Known (Could be, you recognize yourself), New Plastic for Modelers (A professional modelbuilder talks about ABS plastic), Make Your Own Hat Braces (Completing the construction of hopper cars in brass), Freight Truck Designs (The ABC's of Model Railroading), Club Visitors Directory Prototype drawings - Alco RS-1, WP timber tunnel portal | 2 | $5.50 | |
| June |
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Bill of Lading - The Westchester Electric Railrays (George Isaacs models three related lines on one layout), Railside Brewery (Bechaud's in Fond du Lac can be modeled many different ways), Microfiles for Detailwork (Diamond files are not expensive as precision tools go), A Practical Manual Turnout Throw (It's simple and inexpensive), The Shelf Line (A practical railroad for construction, for scenery, for operation), Bernard G. Corbin's Classic 4-4-2 (The Model of the Month Award), Logging Car for Quantity Production (Make a couple of dozen of these simple cars, if you need them), Tools for Model Railroading (The ABC's of model railroading), PURR Track Plan (A model pike based on the Maryland & Pennsylvania RR) PrototyIe information L&N painting and lettering guide, Bechaud's Brewery, Private car Virginia | 3 |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - How to Hide a Column ("First you get yourself a supporting system..."), The Hartford Workshop (four different layouts): The Mashapaug & Wiscasset RR, Denver & Rio Grande Western, East Hartford division, Sleepy Valley & Western RR, Middletown & Mystic Mines RR, How's This for a Layout (Stanley Frank started with HO but he didn't stay there), Ohio & Atlantic Seaboard RR (A track plan for passenger train operation), Scratchbuilt Loading Shed (Two evenings and $2 worth of materials should be sufficient), Rebuild Ordinary Cars for Wood Chip Service (Almost any old gondola or hopper car can be put to new use), One Man's Structures (The victorian and other-style buildings of Howard Lindberg), Realstic Sounds in O Scale: Part 1 (A triumph - and a challenge. Can HO and N scale modelers meet it?), C.L. Dyxin's S Scale Freight Station (The Model of the Month award), Modeling with Sprues (Nearly all sprues resemble pipes used in industry), Tools for Model Railroading: Part2 (The ABC's of model railroading), Modernize your Operation with KarTrak (An MR clinic special feature) Prototype drawings - CNW class J-4 2-8-4 (Special foldout) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Railroader's Library; Schedules; Trade Topics; Railway Post Office; At The Throttle; Cartoon; Bull Session; Kinks; MR Clinic (Modernize your operation with KarTrak); Index Of Advertisers | 4 |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - 19 Minutes Out of Rochester - and So Cold (Photo), Clouds in the Model Scene (Improve the realism of model photos with the Peter Urban method), Licorice-Root Trees (They look like the real thing, their bark is actually bark), The Art of Soldering Detail onto Brass (Make a good loco better by adding castings and scale pipe fittings), Finer than Fine Scale (With this exact-scale work you can hardly tell it's a model), Ben King's Free-Lance 2-6-0 (The Model of the Month award), Build a Sensitive Drill Press (Drill holes as small as .006" in diameter in brass or steel), Realistic Sound in O Scale: Part 2 (Installing the soundmaker in the tender of an Erid K-5a Pacific), Tools for Model Railroading: Part 3 (The ABC's of model railroading) Prototype Drawings - A lowly storage shed, EMD's Centennial diesel: DD40X | 3 |
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| September |
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Bill of Lading - Alturas Depot and General Store (Design and build your own station using these scratchbuilt-wood methods), Gord Johnson's Timber Bridges (The Model of the Month award), Build a Jib Crane (Dollar model project), Mel Thornburgh's Early Locomotives (Historic photos loaned by Sidney Jagger), Wedge Snowplow in any Scale (Using HO scale drawings he built in 1/4" scale), Goleta Valley Western RR: Live Steam (It's not easy to run one of those machines), Operate Highway Signals from the Track (All-transistor circuit gives minimum trouble), Live Steam: Nn2 gauge (The address was an old warehouse back of the railroad track) Prototype Drawings - Burlington's Prairies class R-1, RF&P-C&O Station and Tower (Doswell, VA) | 2 |
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| October |
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Bill of Lading - How to Move a Model Railroader (A wife who learned), Papa-san (A letter written from Jim, with illustration by Bill McClanahan), The TH&B, versions 1, 2 &,3 (From a modest start the empire builds), Build a Coalyard (Four-structure grouping follows a Long Island prototype), Spiral Transition Curves (With foldout templates for laying out easements), Douglas C. Murrays HO Scale Shay (The Model of the Month award), Install Outside Brake Beams (Collar model project adds detail to old-time freight cars), The Nut in the Basement (Confessions of a Canadian addict), How to Hold an Open House (Successful exhibits don't just happen: they're planned), Tools for Model Railroading: Part 4 (The ABC's of model railroading), Transistors for Model Railroaders (How to select and install them), How a Transistor Works (A giant slave obeys the insturctions of a pygmy master) Prototype Drawings - GE's 70 ton Diesel, Soo Line Derrick and Tool Car of 1888, PRR Combine and Surburban Car, PB54 and MP54E5 | 2 |
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| November |
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Bill Of Lading - Reduced-Depth Structure For Atmosphere (A dollar model project with color scenes on the model TH&B.); Foil Molded Rock For Tunnel Linings (Simple low-cost technique can improve the effectiveness of rock bores.); Robert C. Sprague's Model Perris Station (The Model of the Month award.); Fred Talbot's Trolleys (Trackside photos with color.); N & W Model Locomotives (Trackside photos with color.); The Jilpress Wimples Perceptibly (A letter from Jim, with illustration by Bill McClanahan.); Sand Hill & Western RR (Over the line of the Redford Model Railroad Club's system.); Scale Working Coupler With Working Pin (This narrow-gauge solution could help standard-gauge modelers too.); Individual Cedar Shingles For Roofs (With photos by Durward Dupont.); Branchline Industries (A triangular grouping for any layout.); Scratch a Quarry Car (Dollar model project: modeling from photos is a challenge.); What Makes An Outstanding Layout? (A look at the Chester Valley R;R of 1939.); New Models I Saw At The NMRA Trade Show (With photos taken at the national convention in Minneapolis.) Prototype Drawings - PRR class N1s 2-10-2, Perris station Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Railroader's Library; Schedules; Trade Topics; Cartoons; Railway Post Office; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Proposed HOn2 Standards; Index Of Advertisers | 6 |
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| December |
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Ron Crandel's 2-6-2 (Ron revised and superdetailed an All-Nation Line kit loco.), Tale of a country doctor: the Miami Road (The joys of model railroading are not all in the basement or office.), Homemade ballast board (Also a method of sinking yard tracks into the earth.), 20 questions about model railroading (With a few pointers on the pros and cons of N, HO and 1/4" scales.), J.M. Smith'srailway and highway truss bridge (The Model of the Month award.), Improving N scale engine performance (A flywheel provides momentum and smoother slow speeds.), Momentum in brass (Horizontal motor shaft makes flywheel practical in steam-type loco.), Wood-side coal and ore car (Great Northern prototype - a fine car for the scratchbuilder.), Bulk oil plant for easy modeling (Designed and modeled by Ralph H. Aresti.), Projected backgrounds for model photos (Combining model and prototype on a single negative.), Is it really ready to run? (Most model locomotives will run better after a tuneup and break-in.) Prototype Drawings and Data - ACI label placement | 4 |
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