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| January |
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Bill of Lading - Flying Switch Operations; Building Trees With Picture Wire; Rochester Regional RR; The MR 40 Fan Trip; Rowley Station; Donald Clerke's Model of the Month; Prize Parade: Second Section; Making Good Structures Better; NP's P & L Branch Operations; The Palouse & Lewiston Air Line RR; Hot Wire; Two Locomotive Conversions; Minature Lamp Bulbs; Modeling Pallets For Shipments Prototype Drawings and Data - Steeplecab Snowplow (Drawings, Aroostook Valley RR); Rowley Station (Drawings: Boston & Maine RR); NP's P & L Branch Operations (Data); New York, Ontario & Western Four-Wheel Caboose (Drawings); PRR A5s Switcher (Drawings); PRR H6sb Consolidation (Drawings) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Railroader's Library; Trade Topics; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Student Fare; Cartoon; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Foot Switch For A Motor Tool?; Index Of Advertisers | 6 |
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| February |
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Bill of Lading - Kitbashed Modernized Passenger Cars (Combine parts of streamlined cars with parts of "standardized" heavyweights.); A Turn Lever For Switch Machine Control ("Here's one way I have done it, and it works well".); Scale Bees (Hum-mmmmmmmm! Here's a honey of a problem that's a real stinger.); Rossadora Renewed (We move, the railroad moves, we find a better concept for the system.); The Lost Hudson (Here's a man who makes a real fun thing out of a locomotive.); Carl Freeland's HO 36" D & RGW Consolidation (The Model of the Month award.); Building The Rochester Regional RR (This railroad will fit into an apartment closet for tweentime storage.); Modular Structure Assembly (With an example using MDC's new wall materials.); Operation Zone Control (This can be the beginning of what Ed calls MZL control.) Prototype Drawings - Pullman-Standard 125-Ton Covered Hopper Car Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Railroader's Library; Trade Topics; Cartoons; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Student Fare; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Using Small Rail; Index Of Advertisers | 5 |
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| March |
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Bill of Lading - GTW's Detroit Division In Minature (South Oakland County Model Railroad Club's layout.); Seperated Return Loop Control (No need to know which way is east and which way is west.); Jones Chemical Co. (A lineside structure where various cars can be spotted.); Scratchbuilder's Locomotive Kinks (How to fit a motor into a tight space; other helpful hints.); Al Smaltz's Canadian Pacific 2-10-2 (The Model of the Month award.); Test Track No.1 (A compact test track can prove invaluable to any model railroader.); Finishing The Rochester Regional RR (This final installment adds wiring and scenery to the Kodak layout.); Rowa Close Coupling (New mounting system solves the problem.); Cargo Operation (Customer orders determine the traffic.) Prototype Drawing - Pennsylvania RR. Paycar Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Railroader's Library; Trade Topics; Cartoons; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Student Fare; Bull Session; MR Clinic (Questions and answers); Index Of Advertisers | 5 |
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| April |
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Bill Of Lading - Detail The Right Of Way (Any layout can spring to realism with a few evenings' effort.); Garland H. Branch's C & O Class K-3a Mikado (The Model of the Month award.); Oven For Setting Epoxy Joints And Castings (It will also bake paint. The temperature can be adjusted.); Scale Model Conversion Tables - Table 1: Fractional Inches And Their Equivalents., Table 2: Prototype Meters To Scale Inches And Millimeters., Table 3: Bridge And Structure Clearance - Tangent Track., Table 4: Prototype Inches And Feet To Scale Inches And Millimeters; Putting Miles On Hopper Cars (Plastic models are easily worked to simulate prototype aging.); Michigan Traction System (Outdoor electric line uses batteries for power.); Peters Sausage Co. (A trackside industry that grew in fits and starts.); Railroad For Apartment Dwellers (The Rubble Creek & Thunder Mine RR in N scale.); Layout Control In The MZL System (The operations and controls for walking with a train.) Prototype Drawings and Data - Roadway Details (Data); South Shore Line Steeplecab Locomotive (Drawings, photos); Canadian National 70-ton Boxcar (Drawings) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Railroader's Library; Trade Topics; Cartoon; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Student Fare; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Modeler's Sows; Index Of Advertisers | 4 |
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| May |
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Bill of Lading - Second National Bank (A companion to build alongside a drugstore featured earlier), Pantographs That Work Smoothly (They are not difficult to make), The Pine Valley RR (Canadian trio builds and operated on Friday nights), Ottumwa Central RR (Plan of a railroad for one, two or even more engineers), Brassbashing (Update one locomotive, downdate another), Diode Lighting for Locomotives and Cars (Louis Queyrel makes an important discovery), Master Panels in MZL Control (Provisions for running mainline trains from a central panel), Prototype Drawings and Data - North Shore's Electroliners, Red Arrow's Liberty Liners |
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| June |
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Bill of lading - Wayside Warehouse (Let your own situation dictate the function.), Gil Ritenburg's 1 1/2" scale Locomotive Crane (The Model of the Month award.), International's Custom Cabooses (They provide the railroad's selection of modular features.), Modeling Modern Cabooses (Filling in old and cutting out old windows is part of the work.), The Rowland Springs RR Layout (Its unbelievable history provides clues to its rolling stock.), South Durham on the Norfolk Southern (A railroad yard you can model.), The Stillwater Valley Route (A part of Russell Lyle's Fairview & Western system.), You Can Take it With You - The Whole Railroad (Pointers on building benchwork modules that can be moved.), Making the Ready to Run More Ready (Ways to get top performance from locomotives.), Prototype Drawings and Data - International's Custom Cabooses (Data), DT&I Modern Caboose (Drawings & data), White Pass & Yukon Route Mikados (Drawings and data), South Durham on the Norfolk Southern (Data) |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - Trains For Simpatico (I overlooked a lot of rules, but the layout has been fun anyway.); Reg Bilodeau's Three-Truck Shay (The Model of the Month award.); Better Models With A Surface Plate (If you don't have one, now's the time.); Painting Diesel Switchers (How Southern Pacific's units were and are colored.); Painting With An Airbrush (Practice. Try different air pressures and paint-thinner mixes.); North Abington Coal Shed (Build only the trestle if your railroad is in a warmer climate.); The Double Crossing RR (Building a layout from an armchair is hard.); The Sierra Santa Fe System (It began with a Navy command, in a way.); Live Steam 4-4-2 (Ken Smith built it in 1 1/2" scale.); Practical Layout Lighting (Christmas tree bulbs and dimmers provide a simple answer.); Converting To A Wootten Firebox (I did it to make an Atlas 0-4-0 more like a Reading engine.); A Working Track Diagram (Shows track routing in a signal tower.) Prototype Drawings and Data - Southern Pacific Diesel Switcher Colors (Data); North Arlington Coal Shed (Data); Reading 0-4-0 Switcher (Drawings & data) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railroader's Library; Railway Post Office; Trade Topics; Hobbyshop Windows; At The Throttle; Cartoons; Trackside Photos; Student Fare; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Prismaidal Forms Simplify Scenery Making; Index Of Advertisers | 4 |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - Railways of America (The dream of Mack Lowry comes true.); The Yancey RR Layout (A railroad you can model.); Antrak Passenger Cars (Painting and lettering for varied window arrangements.); I Wanted Pennsy's E3sd Atlantic (One can be built on a Bowser or a Gem chassis for the E6.); Workshop Data and Detailing Dimensions (Remove these pages.); Robert E. Chait's Nalco Weed-spraying Car (The Model of the Month award.); Oak Lake Grain Elevator (Add a rural lineside customer to the system.); Locating Holes Accurately (Micrometer heads can be added to a lathe or a drill press.); Don't Waste Aisle Space (Around the control panel you may find a gold mine of extra space.), Picture Quiz (The answers are in small print on the same page.) Prototype Drawings and Data - Yancey RR (Photos and data)' Amtrak Painting and Lettering (Data); Canadian National's All-electric Locomotive (Drawings) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Railroader's Library; Trade Topics; Hobbyshop Window; At Tha Throttle; Trackside Photos; Student Fare; Bull Session; Cartoon; MR Clinic: Questions And Answers; Index Of Advertisers | 6 |
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| September |
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Bill of Lading - Mal Harvey's Vert-a-Pak Automobile Carrier (Model Railroader's 40th Anniversary Award.); The Campbell Displays (The story behind the dioramas and shadow boxes.); Narragansett Pier RR (A railroad you can model.); Five Layouts Of The Detroit Model Railroad Club (The sixth is now under construction.); Billboards From Matchbook Covers (Billboards can help expand the apparent size of your layout.); How About A Kickback Hump Yard? (Take a tip from prototype coal unloading docks.); Scenery And Foliage Texturing (Run the railroad through the landscape.); The 1908 Aksarben Festival (No. 2 gauge display layout was built 66 years ago.); Cart Ferry (Layout spacesaver also adds interest to operations.); Piece-Apart Approach To Locomotive Scratchbuilding (A Model of the Month winner discusses some of his methods.); Constant Lighting - Or Seperate Control Of Two Motors (Either is possible with this new Nipponese control circuit.) Prototype Drawing - Narragansett Pier RR (Data); Wakefield And Peace Dale Stations (Drawings) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Paint Shop; Trade Topics; Cartoon; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Student Fare; Bull Session; MR Clinic: Questions And Answers; Index Of Advertisers | 5 |
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| October |
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Bill of Lading - Railroads in the Mountains (With comments on modeling them.), The Locomotive You Wanted but Couldn't Get (How to half-scratch a steam-type locomotive and tender.), The Winchester & Western RR (A railroad you can model, with two track plans.), Raymond W. Priester's Tool and Supply Shed (The Model of the Month award.), Meet the Dentist's Spoon (You can buy one like it at a dental supply house.), Workbox for Home or Vacation (A portable bench and storage chest.), Indicating where the Trains are (Final description of MZL control.), A 105-ton Gondola from Hopper Car Parts (These huge cars were used in rotary car sumpers on the Virginian.), Prototype Drawings and Data - Missouri Pacific 2-8-0, Otis station | 2 |
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| November |
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Bill of Lading - Two Railroads on Waterman Ave. (Would you believe they're only seven house numbers apart?); 4-8-2's of the Norfolk & Western Ry. (Prototype and model photos, plus drawings.); Make Mine Passenger Operation (Turning a train in a busy treminal creates a lot of action.); A Three-Towered Station (It snuggles to the tracks of two companies where they cross.); 1974's Contest Winners at NMRA Convention (Photos of the Gold Award and first place display models.); Easing The Tops And Bottoms Of Grades (With additional information by the MR staff.); A Digital Fast-Time Clock (You can adjust the rate, or hold time while switching.); Allen Keller's Trainmen's Hotel (The Model of the Month award.); Another Look At Lichen (With a little care, all of the lichen can be used.); The Blue Star Pacific RR (An American layout in Japan.); Lighting The Layout (One bare bulb is not enough.); Design For A Foldaway Layout (One solution of the space problem.); Watkins, Walford & Western RR (Track plan fits a small bedroom, if built in N scale.) Prototype Drawings & Data - Norfolk & Western 4-8-2's (Drawings and data); Colorado Midland Chair Car (Drawings); PRR Class D78c Dining Car (Drawings) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Railroader's Library; Paint Shop; Trade Topics; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Cartoon; Student Fare; Bull Session, MR Clinic: Questions And Answers; Index Of Advertisers |
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| December |
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Bill of Lading - Auto-Train (A railroad service you can model.); The Perkins Produce Project (A small trackside structure with charm.); Crimp-Link Switch Machine Installation (Prefabricated linkage crimps in place.); Excuses! Excuses! (I was determined to finish this, my fifth layout.); Gene Casto's Canadian Pacific Flanger (The Model of the Month award.); Kitbashing A Panel Sided Hopper Car (Start with a ribbed-side car.); Three-Color Signals With One Lamp (Mis red and green to get yellow.); Getting Started In This Hobby (The ABC's: Answers to the questions beginners ask.); Track Planning For Small Spaces (An example that provides both point-to-point and lap operations.); Work Cars - Prototype Style (Uses for earlier-era equipment.); A Helping Hand For The M & W (A fixture for holding cars and locomotives.); Tactics And Strategies For Married Model Railroaders Prototype Drawings and Data - Auto-Train Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Paint Shop; Trade Topics; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Railroad Crossing; Cartoons; Student Fare; Bull Session; MR Clinic Track; Index Of Advertisers | 5 |
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