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Bill of Lading - You're the brakeman on the Quincy Local, Realistic passenger car lighting, Improving commercial turnouts, ABC's of benchwork, Crossing the Tehachapis in N scale, Making the Tyco gondola look better, How I designed and built my dream workshop, Residential ramblings, Jim Morin's HO scale Erie RR class K-5a steam locomotive, San Diego & Arizona Eastern Ten-Wheeler, Working N scale streetlamps, Looking back: Aboard the NMRA's Dreamliner, Paint shop: Burlington Northern tiger stripes Prototype Data and Drawings - Typical residential structures, San Diego & Arizona Eastern Ten-Wheeler |
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| February |
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Bill of Lading - Aberfoyle Junction II, Canada Crushed Stone on Aberfoyle Junction, Closeup: Bridge guard rails, ABC's of tracklaying, The Modesto & Empire Traction RR, The General Electric B39-8, An inexpensive easy-to-build turntable, Scratchbuilding narrow gauge freight cars, Pat Duffin's O scale Texas & New Orleans MK-5 class 2-8-2 no. 794, A house for Heinz, Modeling tarpaper roofs, Symposium on electronics, Paint shop: HO scale I love NY boxcar Prototype Data and Drawings - Modesto & Empire Traction RR, General Electric's B39-8 |
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| March |
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Bill of Lading - The Moon Southern Line (An HO system built for operation, with an HOn3 feeder.), James A. Ferguson's Jacob's Grain Elevator in HO scale (The Model of the Month award.), Repowering the Westside PRR D16sb (Tender drive might be the salvation of any poor-running small steamer.), ABC's of Turning Tracks (A basic technique of two-railwiring.), Automatic Reverse-loop Operation (It's easy using Circuitron components.), Peace River RR (A small northern bridge route in HO featuring mainline trains.), The Moose Jaw Lumber Co. (An HOn3 logging layout to be featured at this year's NMRA national convention.), , Winners of MR's 10th annual color photography contest ($2250 in prizes awarded this year.), Adding Foreground for Photos (Or, don't let your wife throw out that old sweatshirt!), Tilt-top Benchwork (How one N scaler solved storage and work problems.), 1892 Pennsylvania Baggage/mail car (These 52-foot head-end cars were used in mainline trains.), Tools for the master craftsman (Some tools you may want to consider for your workshop.), Energize that Dead Frog (An inexpensive way to route power to insulated metal turnout frogs.), Collecting Antique Toy Trains (An overview of tinplate and the hobby of collecting.), Heritage Fleets: Lionel Santa Fe F3 (The locomotive people think of when someone says "Lionel".), Home Video and your Model Railroad (Still another way to have fun with your layout.), Paint shop: Chicago & North Western Safety Yellow (Up-to-date paint on HO diesels.) Prototype Data and Drawings - 1892 Pennsylvania baggage/mail car |
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| April |
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Bill of Lading - The Franklin & South Manchester 1 year later, An N scale naturalized American, Gary White's Sierra Ry. 2-6-6-2 in 3/8" scale, Timetables for smoother operation, Easyshell scenery, ABC's of wiring your layout, Electro-Motive's F40PH locomotive, Amtrak station signs, Amtrak station in Rochester, N.Y., How I got into garden railroading, Phineas Trout's Boat & Marine Supply store, Electrifying N scale signals, No time to waste for the Adrian switcher, Structures as background scenery, Heritage Fleet: Lionel 773 Hudson, Paint shop: Chesapeake & Ohio E8 scheme Prototype Data and Drawings - Electro-Motive's F40PH locomotive, Amtrak station in Rochester, N.Y. |
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| May |
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Bill of Lading - The Midwest Railroad Modelers (Operating realism with a Midwestern flavor); How to apply decals (Special Paint Shop feature: The basics of a most useful technique); Quick easy and inexpensive switch stands (Operating switch stands add an extra touch of realism to any layout; ABC's of freight car tune-up (Home techniques to get good performance from HO kit cars); Caesare Bianchi's O scale railbus no. 32 - Cucaracha (The Model of the Month award); Red Mountain Ry. (An HOn3 Colorado layout in a small space); 50 golden years with S scale (A wealth of new products has pumped new life into this modeling scale); Jersey Central cabooses in HO scale (A Life Like conversion and improvements for styrene kits); Symposium on electronics (A constant-lighting circuit and answers to reader's questions); The Deadwood Central (See this HO scale point-to-point railroad at the 1987 NMRA National Convention); Heritage Fleet: Lionel GG1 (Not particularily rare, but almost unrivaled in popularity among collectors); Consider a photo diorama (Student fare special: A simple, inexpensive way to practice model railroading photography); Looking back: You meet the nicest people (Our author recounts two run-ins he had with shady characters) Departments And Miscellany - MR Product News; Railway Post Office; Schedules; Cartoons; MR Product Reviews; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Paint Shop; ABC's Of The Hobby; Model Of The Month; Trackside Photos; Symposium On Electronics; Heritage Fleet; Student Fare; Trains Of Thought; Club News; Looking Back; MR Workshop; Bull Session; Index Of Advertisers |
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| June |
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Bill of Lading - The Union Pacific Northern (A neatly done N scale layout set in Oregon's Blue Mountains.), A Caboose of the 1980's (Tips for updating your caboose fleet to FRA standards.), Build a Modern Steel Skeleton Flatcar (How to model log-hauling cars for the contemporary layout.), The East Dubuque & Galena (A tiny N scale layout going strong after 20 years.) The Manufacturer's Junction Ry. (1.78 miles of main line that help make phones ring.), Great Northern 1893 Consolidation (A tandem compound steam locomotive of the late 19th century.), Conrail Interlocking Tower (A modernized mechanical interlocking facility.), Heritage Fleet: American Flyer PA-1s (The flagship of the postwar Flyer era.), The GP39-2 - Modeling it's Phases in HO (One locomotive design in five varieties.), The British Garden Railway (The railway has a special kind of blend with its surroundings.), ABC's of Scenery (You don't have to be an artist to get good results.), Student Fare: On Planning a Model Railroad (A young author creates a prototype for modeling.), Paint shop: CSX B30-7 in HO scale (The new look of CSX transportation on a kitbashed HO diesel.) Prototype Data and Drawings - Great Northern 1893 tandem Compound Consolidation, Conrail Interlocking Tower at Bucannon Jct. Meadville, PA |
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| July |
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Bill Of Lading - Locomotives Of The Utah Belt (A present-day roster for an HO railroad); ABC's Of Diesel Dates (A guide to selecting the right diesels for your layout); Weathering Corrugated Siding (A simple technique for simulating rusted corrugated metal); Ken Ehlers' HO Scale Timber-Framed Gold Mine (The Model of the Month award); Denver's O Scale Railroad Club (50 years of running big trains in the basement at Union Station); Alternatives To Small Steam Or Diesel Layouts (Shelf-type traction layouts that feature lots of operation); Illinois Central Mikado (These 2-8-2's were sometimes equipped with auxilary cisterns); Closeup: Abandoned Station Sites (A simple scene element for all railroad periods); H.M. Young Fruit-Packing Shed (This narrow structure was used for transferring grapes to railroad cars); Heritage Fleet: Lionel's Hiawatha (One of the great prizes in toy train collecting); One Layout, Many Railroads (Operating sessions on the Midwest Railroad Modelers' layout); TIBS, The Train And Industry Blocking System (Alphanumeric codes simplify card-order operation); Paint Shop: Atlas Delaware & Hudson RS-3 (Simple improvements for a stock HO model) Prototype Data and Drawings - ABC's Of Diesel Dates; Illinois Central 2-8-2 Mikado; Closeup: Abandoned Station Sites; H.M. Young Fruit-Packing shed Departments And Miscellany - MR Product News; Railway Post Office; Schedules; MR Product Reviews; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; ABC's Of The Hobby; Model Of The Month; Closeup; Trackside Photos; Heritage Fleet; Looking Back; Trains Of Thought; MR Workshop; Paint Shop; Club News; Bull Session; Index Of Advertisers |
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| August |
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Bill of Lading - Here's the Beef! (HO meat reefers from a Life-Like car, with lots of prototype photos.), Peter Haddock's HO scale Missouri Pacific 2-8-0 Consolidation (The Model of the Month award.), Piedmont & Northern Combination Cars (Wood interurbans built for the opening of P&N passenger service.), Using Slow-Motion Switch Motors (Tricks of the trade for display-motor switch machines.), ABC's of Good-running Locomotives (Some basics of routine maintenance and repair.), Industrial Lighting How to add outdoor lighting to your layout's business districts.), The Yosemite Valley Railroad: Part 1 (Designing and building a multilevel HO railroad based on a prototype.), Modular Railroading Nashville Style (A visit to the Cumberland Valley Model Railroaders' HO modular layout.), Build a 600-ton Concrete Coaling Tower (An imposing N scale model built from styrene.), Heritage Fleet: American Flyer 4689 (Heading up the President's Special.), Aging Plastic Cars (Using a small light bulb to soften the plastic.), How Did You become Interested? (Most who ask really don't want the whole answer.), Armour Refrigerator Car (An all wood private owner, dressed-meat car of the 1920's.), Ferroequinilogy: an update (An independent study course in model railroading.), Paint shop: Northern Pacific Baldwin road switchers (NP scheme applied on Stewart Hobbies first generation diesel kits.) Prototype Data and Drawings - Piedmont & Northern combination cars, Armour refrigerator car of the 1920s Departments And Miscellany - MR Product News; Railway Post Office; Looking Back; Schedules; MR Product Reviews; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Model Of The Month; ABCs Of The Hobby; Electronics Symposium; Heritage Fleet; Cartoon; Trains Of Thought; MR Workshop; Paint Shop; Student Fare; Bull Session; Index Of Advertisers |
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| September |
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Bill Of Lading - Kitbashing GE's U33C In N Scale (Just add a Bachmann radiator section to a Trix U28); Ron Ford's HO Scale Pickle Tank Car (The Model of the Month award); Some Riveting Experiences (Methods of embossing rivets into brass and plastic); ABC's Of Model Railroad Photography (Good results with basic photographic equipment); Holland In HO (Turn-of-the-century railroading in the Netherlandss); MR Visits Lionel (A tour of the Lionel facilities in Mt. Clemens, Michigan); Free-Lanced Fuel Tenders (Kitbashed HO models for up-to-date railroading); Gettysburg & Harrison RR Gardeners Station (Don McCloskey drawings of a 100-year-old structure); Baggage Wagons (Information to help you build these station-platform carts); Ettrick & Northern RR (A simple short line you can model featuring structures and scenery); The Yosemite Valley RR: Part 2 (Scenery and detail: technique and philosphy); Yosemite Valley RR Water Tank (Paul A. Holsinger drawings of the tank at Bagby, Calif); Building A No. 1 Scale Cab-Forward (A 1/8" = 12" articulated on an LGB mechanism); Heritage Fleet: Lionel's N & W J (One of the most prized postwar steam locomotives); Paint shop: RS-3, Southern Style (Classy paint for an Atlas HO Alco) Prototype Data and Drawings - Gettysburg & Harrisburg RR Gardeners PA Station; Yosemite Valley RR Water Tank At Bagby California Departments And Miscellany - MR Product Review; Railway Post Office; Schedules; Photo Contest Rules; MR Product Reviews; At The Throttle; Model Of The Month; ABC's Of The Hobby; Student Fare; Trains Of Thought; Heritage Fleet; MR Workshop; Video Library; Paint Shop; Bull Session; Index Of Advertisers |
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| September |
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Bill of Lading - Kitbashing GE's U33C in N scale, Ron Ford's HO scale pickle tank car, Some riveting experiences, ABC's of model railroad photography, Holland in HO, MR visits Lionel, Free-lanced fuel tenders, Gettysburg & Harrison RR Gardeners station, Baggage wagons, Ettrick & Northern RR, The Yosemite Valley RR: Part 2, Yosemite Valley RR water tank, Building a no. 1 scale Cab-forward, Heritage Fleet: Lionel's N&W J, Paint shop: RS-3-Southern style Prototype Data and Drawings - Gettysburg & Harrisburg RR Gardeners, PA station, Yosemite Valley RR water tank at Bagby California |
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| October |
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Bill of Lading - The West Tennessee Central (Louis Ertz's beautiful O scale railroad); Henry F. Bower's Kitbashed HO scale DM & IR SD9 no. 302 (The Model of the Month award); A Small Brick Multiuse Structure (An inexpensive technique for making customized small brick buildings); Modeling Northern Pacific Trains 57 And 58 (An HO scale complete pike-size steam passenger train); Pike-Size Steam Passenger Trains (Five prototypes you can model from the '40s and the '50s); Meet The Mushroom (A double-deck layout with both decks at the proper height); An N scale Mikado And Consolidation (Simple alterations to commercial models); The Hazzard County Short Line (An HO scale 4 x 8 in Duke county); Ted Hough's HO CP Ry. (A photogenic layout started by one brother and carried on by another); The Charisma Of Trivia (Small details get big results); Heritage Fleet: Lionel's Powered Units (These self-propelled vehicles were a great merchandising success); ABC's Of Switching Cars (Basic information about model railroad operation); Baldwin 2-6-2 Logging Locomotive (Ed Gebhardt drawings of this Prairie-type locomotive); Paint Shop: N scale U30CG's (Unique GE power on the Santa Fe); Prototype Data and Drawings - Baldwin 2-6-2 logging locomotive Departments And Miscellany - MR Product News; Railway Post Office; Schedules; MR Product Reviews; Hobbyshop Windows; At The Throttle; Model Of The Month; Trackside Photos; Heritage Fleet; ABC's Of The Hobby; Student Fare; Trains Of Thought; Paint Shop; Railroader's Library; Photo Contest Rules; MR Workshop; Looking Back; Bull Session; Index Of Advertisers |
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| November |
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Bill Of Lading - The Iron Wood RR (A beautifully detailed HO railroad built to fit in a spare bedroom); Safetran Highway Crossing Gates (Chuck Yungkurth drawings of a contemporary highway crossing gate); Slow-Action Crossing Gates: Part 1 (HO scale gates complete with flashing lights); Kitbash A Fast Clock (Convert an inexpensive quartz clock to a variable-speed fast clock); Alex G. Smith's Baltimore & Ohio USRA Mikado In HO Scale (The Model of the Month award); 1987 NMRA Prize Parade (First-place winners and some special awards too); Franklin Junction On The Rio Grande Southern (A fictional terminal near Durango in HOn3); Heritage Fleet: Lionel F-M Train Master (The biggest locomotive Lionel made after World War II); Mount Gilead-A Town On The Move (An interesting portable layout section that uses the middle of the room); ABC's Of Boxcars (King of the road for 150 years); The 1987 Westcott Award (Presented to Charles E. Zehner Jr. for outstanding service on promoting the hobby); Bangor & Aroostook Newsprint Boxcar In HO (Modeling a car built to the 1932 ARA standard); Building Better Abutments (A simple technique for pouring plaster bridge abutments, wings and piers); Making Headlight Lenses The Easy Way (They're simply small drops of 5-minute Epoxy); Symposium On Electronics (G. Neil Willits digital throttle circuit); Safety In Painting (How to protect yourself from organic solvents) Prototype Data And Drawings - Satetran Highway Crossing Gates; ABC's Of Boxcars Departments And Miscellany - MR Product News; Railway Post Office; Schedules; Looking Back; MR Product Reviews; Cartoon; Hobbyshop Window; At The Throttle; Model of the Month; Heritage Fleet; ABC's Of The Hobby; MR Sweepstakes Rules; Railroader's Library; Photo Contest Rules; Trains Of Thought; Electronics Symposium; Club News; Student Fare; Paint Shop; MR Workshop; Bull Session; Index Of Advertisers |
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| November |
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Bill of Lading - The Iron Wood RR, Safetran highway crossing gates, Slow-action crossing gates: Part 1, Kitbash a fast clock, Alex G. Smith's Baltimore & Ohio USRA Mikado in HO scale, 1987 NMRA prize parade, Franklin Junction on the Rio Grande Southern, Heritage Fleet: Lionel F-M Train Master, Mount Gilead-a town on the move, ABC's of boxcars, The 1987 Westcott Award, Bangor & Aroostook newsprint boxcar in HO, Building better abutments, Making headlight lenses the easy way, Symposium on electronics, Safety in painting Prototype Data and Drawings - Satetran highway crossing gates, ABC's of boxcars |
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| December |
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Bill Of Lading - The Challenges Of Building A Layout In A Garage (Pros and cons of model railroading above ground); Introducing The Allegheny Midland: 1 (A realistic HO layout steeped in the excitement of mainline railroading); Heritage Fleet: Flyer's North Coast Limited (Perhaps the most desirable of postwar American Flyer trains); Tank Farm At Chateaugay (Combining several HO kits to create a large industry); Slow-Action Crossing Gates: Part 2 (Control circuitry for the gates and lights); The Sun Belt Ry. (Big-time railroading in Z scale); Boston & Maine Atlantic In HO Scale (The Model of the Month Award); Rob Carey's Colorado & Southeastern (An N scale layout based on the Denver & Rio Grande Western); An 8000-Gallon Tank Car In HO scale (Modeling a common steam-era oil hauler); ABC's: Going Beyond The Train Set (Adding track and improving performance); New Haven EP-1 Electric Locomotive (Ed Gebhardt drawings of a 1906 boxcab built for passenger service); Remembering The Reading With Lionel (An attic O gauge layout with three tiers of track); Build Southern's Big John (Model a pioneer jumbo hopper in HO scale); Green Mountain's North Walpole Yard (A former Class 1 branchline yard is now the headquarters for a short line); Building Believable Bluffs (The prototypes have been seen in many Hollywood movies); Structure Lighting (Inexpensive Christmas tree lamps are used to illuminate model buildings); Mycro Myopia (On the perversity of deail parts and the advantages of a larger scale); Paint shop: Wabash "Bluebird" F7s (A color chart special) Prototype Data And Drawings - New Haven Class EP-1 Electric Locomotive Departments And Miscellany - MR Product News; Railway Post Office; Looking Back; Schedules; Railroader's Library; Club News; MR Product Reviews; Hobbyshop Window; PBS Show Listings; Cartoons; At The Throttle; Heritage Fleet; Model Of The Month; MR Greeting Card; ABC's Of The Hobby; MR Sweepstakes Rules; Student Fare; Trains Of Thought; MR Workshop; Video Library; Paint Shop; Bull Session; Statement Of Ownership; Index Of Advertisers |
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