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| January | V. Good |
Bill of Lading - Our golden anniversary goodwill tour, Milwaukee Road Hiawatha, The Mescal Lines RR, Electro-motives SD50, Build an HO SD50, SD50 predecessors, Starting a second 50 years-with Z scale, Modeling water with acrylic gloss medium, MR's 50th anniversary conference, 50th anniversary model contest winners, Model tailroading: the next 50 years, MR at milepost 50, Those who served as editors, Centralized traffic control for the Sunset Valley, New look for the Milwaukee Road fleet | 0 | $4.50 | Temporarily |
| February |
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Bill of Lading - The Maryland & Susquehanna RR (A colorful HO scale short line.), All Aboard: Quick Weathering with Chalks (An inexpensive way to make your equipment look more like the real thing.), Building a Caboose in Styrene (With drawings of the D&RGW 's distinctive Type III shortie.), A Computerized Traffic Generator (A practical computer application for those of you who enjoy operation.), Allan N. Houghton's 2-foot Gauge SR&RL Caboose in 1/2" scale (The Model of the Month award.), Challenger: a More Detailed Look (Upgrading a plastic HO steam locomotive.), Trailer Train Bulkhead Flatcar (Don McCloskey drawings of this modern, multipurpose flatcar.), Kitbash a Trailer Train Bulkhead Car (Stretching and redetailing MDC's HO model.), Six Buildings from Three (Techniques for making your Magnuson buildings go farther.), Winners of MR's Seventh Annual Color Photography Contest (This year's winning photo features an Nn3 scene.), Track for the San Juan Central (With tips for making an HOn3 layout that's derailment free.), Symposium on Electronics (Featuring diesel sound and a diesel horn.), The Milwaukee & Sheboygan RR Reborn (Nearly a half-century of model railroad fun is built into this O gauge system.), Prototype Data and Drawings - D&RGW eight-wheel Type III "shortie" caboose, Trailer Train bulkhead flatcar |
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| February |
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Bill of Lading - The Maryland & Susquehanna RR, All aboard: Quick weathering with chalks, Building a caboose in styrene, A computerized traffic generator, Allan N. Houghton's 2-foot gauge SR&RL caboose in 1/2" scale, Challenger: a more detailed look, Trailer Train bulkhead flatcar, Kitbash a Trailer Train buldhead car, Six buildings from three, Winners of MR's seventh annual color photography contest, Track for the San Juan Central, Symposium on electronics, The Milwaukee & Sheboygan RR reborn, Prototype Data and Drawings - D&RGW eight-wheel Type III "shortie" caboose, Trailer Train bulkhead flatcar |
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| March |
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Bill of Lading - The Diablo Valley Lines (The Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society's huge HO scale layout.), Wiring the San Juan Central *Using PSP's Dynatrol system makes the job much easier.), An Arizona Logging Line (A 5 x 10-foot HO layout plan based on a railroad that ran steam into the 1960s.), Union Pacific Side-Chute Hopper Car (J. Harold Geissel drawings of an 1889 ore and work car.), Charles F. Martin's HO scale Milwaukee Road Milwaukee Depot (The Model of the Month award.), We Build the Gold Hill Central (You could have your own version of MR's Golden Anniversary layout.), Variations on MDC's Old-Time Tank Car (Minor changes result in four tanks cars of the 1920s.), Closeup: Train-defect-detection Installations (Walter Grayson and Gordon Odegard describe prototype and model detection systems.), Model Railroading Saved my Life (My little N scale railroad is just what the doctor ordered.), Kitbashing a GE U18B (This simple project produces an unusual and unavailable HO scale locomotive.), Summit Scenery on the NEB&W (Copying a prototype scene from ground to sky.), Prototype Data and Drawings - Union Pacific side-chute hopper car of the 1890's |
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| April |
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Bill of Lading - Scenery for the San Juan Central (Those acres of rock are foam castings and weigh practically nothing.), Nevada Copper Belt 2-8-0 (Ed Gebhardt drawings of a small Consolidation built in 1911.), The Mojave Western System (Modern Western railroading in Ho scale.), An HO Baldwin Quartet (Kitbashing four locomotives based on Athearn's popular diesel switcher.), Piedmont & Northern four-truck Locomotives (David Waddington drawings of a home-built electric freight locomotive.), CTC-16e: Command Control's Next Generation (A 16-channel system that simplifies layout wiring and operation.), The Virginia & Truckee in N scale (Our winning layout plan features an old-time western railroad.), Some Structures for the Gold Hill Central (Most of the GHC's distinctive buildings were made from plastic kits.), Preparing Brass for Painting and Operation (Making an HO locomotive really ready-to-run.), A Railfan's Dream Layout (Designed with the model photographer in mind.), 50th anniversary Drawing Held *Clinchfield layout finds a home in Florida - monthly winners named.), Prototype Drawings and Data - Nevada Copper Belt 2-8-0, Piedmont & Northern four-truck locomotives |
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| May |
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Bill of Lading - Structures for the San Juan Central, The Northwestern Pacific in N scale, Rebuilding the Cat Mountain & Santa Fe, Centralized Traffic Control for the Cat Mountain, Robert Wade's On3 D&RGW derrick and idler car, Southern's Big John covered hopper, Building the CTC-16e: 2, Dennis Manwarren's generic railroad, Wheel reports for easy operation, Symposium on electronicd, Put on a happy face, 34 years on the South Shasta Line, Prototype Data and Drawings - Southern's Big John covered hopper |
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| June |
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Bill of Lading - Henry Lee's Ute City Branch (On3 to the High Country.), The Grassflat, Possomtrot & Bugtussel Springs RR (HO, HOn3 and built for fun.), Newburg on the Frisco (The St. Louis-San Francisco-Eastern Division in HO scale.), Building the CTC-16e: 3 (You choose the throttles, dedicated or T/BUS.), Great Domes of the Empire Builder (Harold Russell drawings of these Great Northern passenger cars.), D&RGW 3-cylinder Mountain-type locomotive (J. Harold Geissel and Allen J. Brewster drawings of one of these Baldwin giants.), Long Live the King! (The renaissance of O scale.), William Tokaruk's Canadian Grain Elevator in HO scale (The Model of the Month award.), Build a Pennsy Heater Boxcar (J. Harold Geissel drawings supplement this scratchbuilding article.), Bridges for the San Juan Central (A variety of spans adds spice to our colorful Colorado railroad.), The Santa Fe Silsbee District in N scale (A teenager wins third prize in our 1983 layout planning contest.), Prototype Data and Drawings - Great Domes of the Empire Builder, D&RGW three-cylinder Mountain-type locomotive, Pennsylvania 1893 heater boxcar |
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| July |
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Bill of Lading - The Paskenta Railway & Navigation Co. (T.R. Smith's "nicely done" HOn3 railroad provides some serious fun.), Bushes for your Layout (A simple method for making realistic shubbery.), The Western Pacific in N scale (Dramatic scenes are features on this layout planning contest winner.), Building the CTC-16e: 4 (Layout wiring and construction of the auxiliary power stations.), Modeling an O&W Station (Burnside, N.Y. depot in HO scale.), NYO&W Station and Interlocking Tower (Harold Russell drawings of these two Burnside, N.Y. structures.), Layout in a Closet (A compact solution to a space problem.), Locomotives and Cars for the San Juan Central (With weathering techinques for building a roster with character.), DMBM-2 Workbench (A compact, easy-to-build modelbuilding facility.), Reflections on the Hobby (The way things were in the "good ol' days".), Shadow Details for Background Buildings (A clever pencil technique to add depth to printed cutout structures.), 50-star flags (Modern-era layouts need these to be up-to-date.), Schnauzer's Revenge (His scheme was to drown me in research.), Prototype Data andDrawings - NYO&W station at Burnside N.Y., NYO&W interlocking tower at Burnside N.Y. |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - Washita Canyon on the Washita & Santa Fe (Building an HO scene from the benchwork up), Dolese Sand & Gravel (This basic industry can be made to fit almost any layout), Lehigh Valley Camelback Pacific and Mikado (Simple modifications turn stock engines into favorite prototypes), A Railfan Trip over the Yampa Valley RR (Shrink yourself in HO scale and let's go!), Hinged-Point Turnouts (Successful operation hinges on switch-point operation), Making Room for Making Tracks (Hmmmmm...What about all that wasted space above the automobiles), HO Tomlinson Couplers that Really Work (Miniature electrical connectors make nifty traction couplers), Ted Edgell's 2-foot gauge Shay in O Scale (The Model of the Month award), Canadian National's Standard Wood Caboose (Wood-sheathed cars that served all over Canada), Building the CTC-16e: Conclusion (Two receiver configurations are offered), Root Trees for Scenic Variety (An easy method for making trees with innumerable variations), "Rules" for Traction Modeling (Observations and prejudices offered to members of the traction fraternity), Operation on the San Juan Central (This Card Pocket System could be tailored to just about any model railroad), Symposium on Electronics (Featuring a circuit to add momentum effects to a pulse throttle), Winning isn't Everything (For the Master Builder it was the only thing), Prototype Data and Drawings - Canadian National standard wood caboose |
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| September |
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Bill of Lading - The Northern Sierra & Fall Creek RR, Lind Wickersham's HO scale ten-stamp mill, The GV&W, scene 1, A pair of kitbashed storage sheds, Kitbashed EMD diesel hood units, All aboard: Diesel locomotive basics, Dielse locomotive milestones, Closeup: How a diesel works, Kitbashing triple hoppers, Model railroad photography, The Holloway Local, Video and your home layout, Bashing a 4 x 8, Community TV and the Thunder Creek Club, New Orleans Palace streetcar, Prototype Data and Drawings - All aboard: Diesel locomotive basics, Diesel locomotive milestones, Closeup: How a diesel works, New Orleans 600-series Palace streetcars |
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| October |
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Bill of Lading - The Southern Ry's Murphy Branch (The best of two worlds: branchline charm and mainline motive power.), Modeling a Southern Ry SD40-2 (Subtle weathering highlights the detail on this elegant HO model.), Modeling a Southern Ry Caboose (Athearn's HO bay-sider provides the basis for this conversion.), Making a Loading Ramp from a Flatcar (Modeling a resourceful solution to piggyback unloading.), Milwaukee Road Brookfield Wis. Station (This station served for more than 100 years.), Layout Sound Effects: the Fourth Dimension (Through sound effects, even inanimate scenec take on life.), 1895 Coal Hopper (The Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula had 725 of these cars.), Mansfield Junction (The inspiration came from a 20-year old MR article.), Spray Weathering without an Airbrush (Easy, inexpensive realism.), The Model Railroad Club of Milwaukee (A lot of our hobby's early history is associated with this club.), Born to Raise L's (An explanation of the techniques used to build an elevated right-of-way.), Prototype Data and Drawings - The Southern Ry.'s Murphy Branch, Milwaukee Road Brookfield Wis. station, Pittsburgh, Youngstown & Ashtabula 1895 coal hopper |
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| November |
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Bill of Lading - The White Pines Model Railroad Club (Their primary purpose is to promote the hobby.), The Linn H. Westcott Award (Presented to the White Pines Model Railroad Club.), 1984 Prize Parade (Top prize-winning models from the NMRA convention in Kansas City, MO.), Mark Fedderson's HO scale C&NW GP7 Road Switcher (The Model of the Month award), Hart Selective Ballast Car (An HO kitbash for the Washito & Santa Fe.), Reading RR Passenger Cars (Harold Russell drawings of Reading passenger and head-end cars of the 1920s.), A hillside water tank (A "woodsy" water tank from a plastic kit.), The near-perfect bridge (A hinged span for walk-in access.), A Day with a Jersey Eastern Switching Crew (Rabbit and the Bear show us how to work a real railroad.), Severna Park's Steel Mill (An HO structure for the books, the record books that is.), Dressing up Bachmann's Caboose (Some detail changes make this a nice addition to the N scale fleet.), Traffic Jam at Head Tide (A switching problem on the Carrabasset & Dead River.), Mantua Metal Products Co. (One of the pioneer HO manufacturers has made a successful comeback.), Oh, Oh! Here's OO Again (MR first saw this scale in Vol. 1, No. 2.), Symposium on Electronics (Two CTC-16 "Digipac" items: miniature receiver and multiunit reversing.), Prototype Data and Drawings - Reading passenger and head-end cars of the 1920s |
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| December |
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Bill of Lading - The Weber Valley RR (A teenager's HO layout.), Kitbashing EMD's GP39-2 (This HO model begins with two Athearn GP35s.), Wood Highway Crossings (These Washita & Santa Fe timber crossings are suitable for any layout.), A Modernized Russell Steel Snowplow (Chuck Yungkurth drawings of a Conrail plow used in upper New York state.), Model Railroading in Binary Gauge (Programs that bring computer simulation to model railroading.), Vic Butterworth's N scale Railroad (A colorful empire with special artistic touches.), Building the Marengo, Milwaukee & Northern (Designed for a video show, this layout is ideal as a first railroad project.), Closeup: Station Order Boards (These train order signals are used to control train movements.), Santa Fe Piggyback Conversions (Don CcCloskey drawings of bulkhead flats converted to TOFC.), Model Santa Fe TOFC rebuilds in HO (Scratchbuilding this one would be easier than kitbashing.), Holiday Anticipation (Season's greetings from the Model Railroader staff.), All Aboard: Building the Lamar, Queens and Northern (An HO starter layout for about $300.), Bob Gardener's Scratchbuilt Canadian Pacific Royal Hudson in HO scale (The Model of the Month award.), LGB Christmas Layout in a Mall (A toy department display to run through the holidays.), Snow at Condor Pass (Interesting techniques for creating a snow scene on any model railroad.), Central Pacific Caboose of the 1870's (Berne E. Danielsen drawings of an early design with passenger accommodations.), Christmas Gift Suggestions (Gift ideas for the model railroader on your list.), Paint Shop: Glacier Park Mike (Beyond basic black on a Great Northern steam engine.)Prototype Data and Drawings - A Conrail modernized Russell steel snowplow, Closeup: Station order boards, Santa Fe piggyback conversions, Central Pacific caboose of the 1870's |
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