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| January |
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Modeling telltales, My experience with ACC, The Watchung & Raritan Bay Ry, Model locomotive tuneup procedure, The New Jersey switch motor, Modeling Virginian's class BA 2-8-4, Try covering some buildings with ivy, Scratchbuild a loading platform, Richard Larson's Milwaukee Road K1 2-6-2, Working searchlight signals, Free-lance locomotive designs, The Brandywine Transit Co, Prototype Drawings and Data - New Haven's streamlined passenger fleet | 2 |
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| January |
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Modeling telltales, My experience with ACC, The Watchung & Raritan Bay Ry, Model locomotive tuneup procedure, The New Jersey switch motor, Modeling Virginian's class BA 2-8-4, Try covering some buildings with ivy, Scratchbuild a loading platform, Richard Larson's Milwaukee Road K1 2-6-2, Working searchlight signals, Free-lance locomotive designs, The Brandywine Transit Co, Prototype Drawings and Data - New Haven's streamlined passenger fleet | 1 |
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| February |
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Bill Of Lading - Handlaying N Gauge Code 40 Track - Two Different Approaches (Use Pliobond to fasten the rails, Solder the rails to printed circuit board ties); Milwaukee Road's Fox Lake Junction (A railroad you can model - with a reverse loop); Building The Marquette & Independence RR (From train set to model railroad); Precision Motors Do Make A Difference (How to install micro motors in steam locomotives); Miniquad Models (A conversion that can be done in N, HO, or O scale); A Deluxe Marker Light System (Circuit recharges a battery and turns the lights on and off); Dr. S.D. Marty's On3 2-8-0 (The Model of the Month Award) Prototype Drawings And Data - Milwaukee Road's Fox Lake Junction (Date); D M & IR's Miniquad Ore Cars (Drawings and data); Sierra Ry. Picnic Car And Flatcar (Drawings) Departments And Miscellany - Off The Train Wire; Schedules; Railway Post Office; Trade Topics; Cartoons; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Trackside Photos; Paint Shop; Bull Session; MR Clinic (Keeping brass bright); Index Of Advertisers | )
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| March |
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Precision motors do make a difference: 2, Kitty litter scenery, Use a gate to control rail traffic, Bill Kitzman's SD45-2 in bicentennial colors, Al Paull's N scale Alberta Pacific model railroad, Mayfair-how you've changed, Casting rock walls-bohemian style, The Brandywine Transit Co.-Part 6, The Lido theater, Prototype Drawings and Data - Trailer Train finger rack flatcar | 3 |
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| April |
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Bill of Lading - Pat Ford's N scale Picks Produce (The Model of the Month Award), The Pennsylvania President's Station (Atterbury Station was on PRR's Louisville-Indianapolis line), Building the Marquette & Independence RR (3: Structures, scenery and lots of details complete the project), Model Scenic Railways (Their general plans and an introduction to funiculars), Mayfair's Commuter Station (This would be an interesting addition to the front of a layout), Moderation: a Virtue for Model Railroad Layouts (A little philosophy plus a tour of an HO trolley layout), Farewell to the Old El (Elevated lines have tremendous potential for modeling), Cropping the Atlas GP38 Short Hood (Converting the unusual into the most common configuration), Model Railroad Hazards (It pays to know with what you're dealing), Prototype Drawings and Data - Scenic Railways (An introduction to funiculars), Mayfair's Commuter Station (Drawings anddata), Alco's S-5 & S-6 switchers (Dreawings and data), Elevated Rapid Transit Lines (Data) | 3 |
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| May |
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Bill of Lading - Stretching Gondolas: 50' + 50' = 65' (A kitbashing project for all scales), A Doodlebug for Your N Scale Layout (This gas-electric can be built in a week of ejoyable evenings), A Day at Mule Shoes Meadows (MR spotlights a very fine HOn3 module), Shopbuilt Box Locomotive (The Crooked Mountain Lines builds its own 82-tonner), Lake County Model Railroad Club (A preconvention visit to the Wauconda Central RR), Thinking Big in Small Spaces (A lot of layout in a 5 x 8-foot space), The Brandywine Transit Co. (Building an HO trolley layout, part 7: carbarn construction), S scale Today (You don't have to scratchbuild everything), Prototype Drawings and Data - Santa Fe's 70-ton mill gondola, Filer & Stowell logging locomotives |
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| June |
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Bill of Lading - Handlaid Ties: the Prospector Method (Here is a revelation with immediate application to all scales), Sure Feet for the Atlas O Scale F9 (A simple bolster lowering job greatly improves multiunit operation), Charles J. Dyxin Sr.'s Logging Road Tank Car (The Model of the Month award), Modeling the Great Northern on a Caribbean Island (MR visits one of the world's largest home layouts), A Signal System for Your Layout: 1 (Three-color signal control, including basic turnout protection), Vandermuelen & Everett Sand & Gravel Co. (Hopper cars are spotted on a short trestle for unloading), Working N Scale Switchstands (Dollar model uses two improbable but easily obtainable components), Etched Control Panels? (Use p.c. board to make attractive and functional control panels), Super Scratchbuilder (Here's a man who does his thing in a great big way), The Tie That Binds (Turnouts of a model marriage), Prototype Drawing and Data - The Omaha Road's class E-3 Pacifics | 3 |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - A model bicentennial salute (Seventeen diesels by five modelers make a colorful display.), The dawn of America's love affair with miniature trains (Trains were available in many forms by the end of the 19th century.), Yesterday's department store toy train displays (They were the greatest show of mechanical movement on earth.), The venerable J. Harold Geissel (MR has published over 300 of his prototype drawings.), Old-time recruiting posters for your layout (Reproductions of 11 posters in convenient sizes.), Modeling EMD's most popular six-axle locomotive (A kitbashing job based on Athearn parts.), A brief look at railroading's tomorrow (Look who's running trains in circles.), America's first common-carrier railroad-the Baltimore & Ohio (A vintage railroad you can model.), Bicentennial Model Contest winners (The top 3 of more than 100 entries.), Frank Ellison's legacy (Model railroading operation was his forte.), The art of model railroading (Effective operation of a model railroad is akin to good showmanship), Prototype Drawings and Data - EMD's SD40-2 (Data and drawings), Railroading tomorrow (Data), America's first common-carrier railroad (Data), Chesapeake & Ohio canalboat (Drawings), Locomotives of the early B&O (Drawings), Cars of the early B&O (Drawings_ |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - Consider the Environment (What if the government becomes concerned about models?), The Simplest Transistor Throttle (An electronics project for the beginner.), The Transformation of a Caboose (Use wood and styrene to scratchbuild this unique caboose.), The St. Clair Northern Revisited (A 20-foot extension has been added since 1973.), Build an Ashpit with Derrick (Steam locomotive facilities aren't complete without ashpits.), Barrel Racks (Build one in the time it takes glue to dry.), William C. Gray's Ophir Station (The Model of the Month award.), The Brandywine Transit Co. (Building an HO scale trolley layout:part 8.), Rack Railroads and Models (More about scenic railways here and abroad.), A Signal System for your Layout: 2 (Signal construction and installation details.), Prototype Drawings and Data - Chicago Great Western Caboose (Drawings), Rack Railroads (Data) | 4 |
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| September |
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Bill of Lading - Charlie Wyman's Mill (Spruce up your logging operation.), Proceed-prepared to Stop (The ABC's of prototype signaling.), Thumb Tach for Model Railroad Use (A simple, inexpensive indicator of motor r.p.m.), Bernard G. Corbin's CB&Q class S-4 Hudson (The Model of the Month award.), Outdoor Dream Comes True (Galeta Valley live steamers progress despite difficulties.), Economy Surface Plate (An extremely useful tool for many model railroad procedures.), Build an Air Operated Locomotive Whistle (It doesn't have to be pretty; sound is what counts.), A Wheel Puller for N scalers (Instructions for making your own.), Making a Life-Like Hopper more Lifelike (What a contrast! It looks just like the real thing.), Electromechanical Ramp for Kadee Couplers (A substitute for the Kadee electromagnet.), The Brandywine Transit Co. (Building an HO scale trolley layout: Part 9.), A Hobbyist's Dream (I grabbed my trusty magnifying glass to take a closer look.), Prototype Drawings and Data - The ABC's of prototype signaling (Data), Northern Pacific's class W Mikados (Drawings and data) | 6 |
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| October |
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Bill of Lading - The New Lisbon module (This will be the focal point of any N scale home layout), Powering the turntable of New Lisbon (A turntable mechanism that's easy to build and maintain), Integrated circuit primer for model railroaders Information for the experimenter who wants to avoid using relays), Scenic effects with pine bark (Put some bark into your scenery's bite), Hide those switch machines! How to mount Atlas N scale switch machines under the roadbed), Some minor modifications for the Unimat, Repowering Athearn diesels (Plus a suggestion on how to learn basic machining), Kenneth R. Middleton's CB&Q class O-5 4-8-4 The Model of the Month award), The Pennsylvania, Santa Fe & Pacific system (Don Beeman began modeling in 11/64" scale in 1935), The Snap-Track timesaver A switching game that appeals to more than railroad fans), Turner Bros. circus (Circus modeling can be an enjoyable facet f model railroading), Bash a convertible bulkhead flatcar (An easy project that produces an attractive piece of rolling stock), The circus is coming to your scale town (Use these colorful posters to spread the word), The Brandywine Transit Co. (Building an HO scale trolley layout - Conclusion), A powerplant for the Ohio Southern (Pus variations on a theme - Athearn's SD9), A thought about timber trestles Which came first: your valley or your timber trestles), We built it in just 6 days (Proof that an attractive display can be built in a short time), A little too much of a good thing (One club's experience with public open house) | 3 |
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| November |
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Free-lance fun, Among the finest of models, Digital displays for your railroad, Ceresota flour mill, Conrail rolling stock, The jerrybuilt jail, The Sandy Flat & Central RR, The prototype diesel cab project, Beaver Bay Transfer Co., Duane J. Matuszak's Milwaukee streetcar & station, H.A. Smith - cartoonist, Trackside signs, Automatic Mars light, Reversible load for open cars, Prototype Drawings and Data - USRA standard tank cars, The Bath & Hammondsport station, Milwaukee's 900 series streetcars | 4 |
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| December |
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Bill of Lading - Larry Leupold's Midland Central RR (This 11x30-foot HO scale layout is his third.), A Growing Family of Boxcars (Three 40-footers make one 60-footer plus a shorty.), Mechanical Turnout Controls (This device simulates a prototype tower control system.), The Genessee & Wyoming RR (Salt keeps winter streets and this railroad in good condition.), A Track Plan for the Genessee & Wyoming (Plus some thoughts on track planning in general.), And on Earth, Peace & Goodwill toward Man (A model message to our readers.), The Ntrak Story (Enthusiasm + individual effort + group cooperation = Ntrak.), So You Want to Make Waves? (This method is simple, quick and inexpensive.), Zero Derailments (What causes derailments and how to cure the common ones.), Plexiglas Display Cases (An easy way to protect your top models.), Closeup: The Crooked Mountain Lines (Hegge photographs his own fine-scale modelwork.), David S. Busch's Old-time Wooden Water Tanks (The Model of the Month award.), C&O Freight House of South Portsmouth (Modified version for model railroad use.), The Petite Belt Line (An ideal layout for a train set.), A Small Track Plan Designed for Growth (Simple 4 x 8-foot layout can be expanded later.), Applying Modern Electronics Technology to Model Railroading: Five-volt power supply for integrated circuits, Grade crossing flasher circuit, Prototype Drawings and Data - Genessee & Wyoming RR (Data), EMD's SW1500 (Data and drawings) | 5 |
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