Model Railroader-1944

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February
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Features - Cover Story - Introducing The Arkansas & Missouri (Background for a new N scale layout you can build); Individualizing Proto 2000 HO Scale GP9s (Adding details to an already fine model); Let Mother Nature Do It (The Brass Hat turns goldenrod into pine trees); Build A Round Concrete Coaling Tower In HO (Combine the benefits of a model you can't buy with the great details from a Tichy kit); Prototype Drawings - Soo Line GP9s (Three variants of this classic workhorse in four paint schemes); Build An Open Auto Rack From Styrene (This model of a Santa Fe class Ft-27 tri-level is built upon a Walthers HO channel-side flatcar); Big Time Railroadin' In The Shamokin Valley (Three prototype railroads are combined in the Lower Anthracite Model Railroad Club's HO layout) Departments - At The Throttle (Student Fare Online); Railway Post Office; Product Reviews (Atlas O scale SW8 switcher; Walthers HO scale GP15-1; and more); Workshop; Prototype Info (Annual historical society list); Sweepstakes Rules; Railroader's Library; MR News (National Hobby Show report); Trackside Photos; Model Of The Month (Robert Uniack's 40-foot boxcar); Milestones In Model Railroading (Formation of the NMRA); Workin' On The Railroad (Car card boxes and sorting rack); Back To Basics (Locomotive primer); Trains Of Thought (Rules of thumb); One Reader's Opinion (Modeling the good old days); Paint Shop; Ask Paint Shop; Coming Events And Club Memberships; Index Of Advertisers; Along The Line Looks Back (The Great North Road)
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June
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Features - Cover Story - Dennis Ferguson's On3 Rio Grande Southern (Careful research results in a "that's exactly how it must have been" layout), Upgrading A Diesel Withoput Repainting (Detailing an HO Stewart F7 to match its Santa Fe prototype), DCC Buyers Guide (What's available for Digital Command Control), Maine Central's Rockland North Yard (A small-space gem of an HO railroad), Scenery For The A&M (Part 5: Ballasting track, adding rock castings and planting foliage on our N scale project layout), Build A Laser Occupancy Detector (A train breaking the beam signals its location), Prototype Drawings - CCF Depressed-Center Flatcars (Drawings of a Canadian prototype), You Do Have Room For A Layout (Ideas for using and storing a layout in a small space Departments - At The Throttle (Concept for a small layout), Railway Post Office, Product Reviews (Stewart Hobbies HO C-628 Kato N scale RSC-2 diesel Model Rectifier power pack), Workshop, Prototype Info, Railroader's Library, MR News (Product News Hobbyshop Window), Milestones In Model Railroading, Trackside Photos, Model Of The Month (Bob Helm's HO Clinchfield GP38), Workin' On The Railroad (Tools), Back To Basics (Track and turnouts), Trains Of Thought (The $3,151 caboose), One Reader's Opinion (Thanks for the trains, Dad), Paint Shop (Rare Santa Fe F units in HO), Ask Paint Shop, Coming Events and Club Memberships, Index Of Advertisers, Along The Line Looks Back (Crooked Mountain Lines)
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August
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Features - Cover Story - Denver, Front Range & Western (Designing, scenicking and operating a double-deck layout); Building Resin Freight Cars (Get those detailed models out of the box and onto the layout); Final Details On The A&M (Part 7: adding figures, vehicles and water to our N scale project layout); Prototype Drawings - A Two-Foot Gauge RPO/Baggage Car (This car was the most modern on the Sandy River's passenger roster); Timetable And Train Order Operations (A novice's guide to highballing with flimsies); Distant Pines (Tree forms to blend scenery and backdrop); Railroad Fiction - Smoke (Had luck run out this third time for Red and the Coal Belt crew?); Add Variety With Stucco (Plaster and ink washes give a distinctive look to brick buildings); Readers' Choice Awards - And The Winners Are...(MR's readers choose their favorite products of 1998) Departments - At The Throttle (Highballing with flimsies); Railway Post Office; Product Reviews (Kato HO SD40-2 diesel; InterMountain HO F7A shell; Con=Cor N Budd passenger cars); Workshop; Prototype Info; Railroader's Library; MR News (Product News; Hobbyshop Window); Trackside Photos; Model Of The Month; Milestones In Model Railroading (Japanese brass); Workin' On The Railroad (Building kit basics); Back To Basics (Some scenery fundamentals); Trains Of Thought (Downtown Chicago, W. VA); One Reader's Opinion (Car forwarding?...or not); Paint Shop (Arkansas & Missouri C-420s); Ask Paint Shop; Coming Events And Club Memberships; Index Of Advertisers; Along The Line Looks Back (The Mineral Point & Northern)
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September
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Features - Cover Story - Twenty-Five Years On The Cat Mountain & Santa Fe; A Railroad You Can Model - Red Cars To The Harbor (Pacific Electric's Southern District provides many modeling and operating possibilities); Modeling Palm Trees And Orange Groves (Realistic trees using grocery store supplies); Prototype Drawings - Dawn Of The Dash (General Electric's C30-7, Santa Fe style); Wartime Gondolas In N Scale (Finer detail makes these ready-to-run cars more realistic); Roll Those Reefers (Follow Northern Pacific's example in the Yakima Valley to add operating interest to your railroad); Landscape Lighting (Easy techniques to simulate realistic outdoor residential lighting); Winnepesaukee Central (An HO scale project layout to demonstrate scenery techniques) Departments - At The Throttle (Perishable operations); Railway Post Office; Product Reviews (Bachmann Spectrum HO K4; Atlas N scale SD50 diesel; Walthers HO stamping plant; Walthers HO scale 60- and 86-foot boxcars); Workshop; Prototype Info (Rerail frogs); Railroader's Library; MR News (Dave Frary goes Hollywood; Product News; Hobbyshop Window); Photo Contest Rules; Trackside Photos; Milestones In Model Railroading (Kadee Magne-Matic couplers); Workin' On The Railroad (Simple DCC decoder installations); Back To Basics (Wiring your model railroad); Trains Of Thought (What time is it?); One Reader's Opinion (Signs: functional but fun); Paint Shop (Boston & Maine freight cars); Ask Paint Shop; Coming Events And Club Memberships; Index Of Advertisers; Along The Line Looks Back (Jim Findley's Tioga Pass)
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October
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Features - Cover Story - Railroading By The Bay (The Golden State Model Railroad Museum at Point Richmond, CA); NorthStar '99 Model Contest (Contest winners from the NMRA's national convention in St. Paul, MN); Start Modeling Traction! (We begin a six-part HO project layout based on Boston's famed trolley lines); A Tale Of Three Creeks (These waterways illustrate both variety and consistency); Prototype Drawings - First Union's Aluminum BethGons (Lightweight cars help coal hauler's bottom line); Small Space Yard = Big Operation (An HO along-the-wall layout that's at home in a garage, basement or on a show floor); Autumn Aspects (New twists to make these signature trees of the Rockies in any scale); Sound, Lights, Action (Getting the most from the Sound Traxx DCC Digital Sound Decoder); C&NW Burro Crane In N Scale (Finishing touches for a common maintenance-of-way machine); Harlowtown, Montana In N Scale (Adding operating interest with a removable layout section) Departments - At The Throttle (Traction's lasting appeal); Railway Post Office; Product Reviews (Atlas O's O scale insulated boxcar; Fine Scale Miniatures' HO barge and pile driver; Ed Fulasz's HO scale mill; Red Caboose's HO 40-foot boxcar); Workshop; Prototype Info (Rail grinders); MR News (National Train Show new product report; Hobbyshop Window); Photo Contest Rules; Milestones In Model Railroading (The evolution of scale models); Workin' On The Railroad (Detailing tunnels); Trains Of Thought (Completing the run); Back To Basics (Staging yards); One Reader's Opinion (Theory of the unfinished layout); Ask Paint Shop; Coming Events And Club Memberships; Index Of Advertisers; Along The Line Looks Back (The Bud lines)
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November
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Features - Cover Story - Out Of The Rubble (David Haines' new N scale Santa Fe Raton Pass layout); A Centrail Vermont 2-8-0 In HO Scale (Converting Bachmann's HO scale Baldwin into a New England Alco); Prototype Drawings - Compact Covered-Hopper Loader (Generate on-line car shipments without a big on-line industry); Laying Girder Rail And Flextrack (Part 2 of our Boston MTA traction project layout); Kitbashing Chief Petroleum (A small-town business that was once served by the railroad); Wipe Out Freight Car Wobble (Easy adjustments stabilize N scale cars for enhanced performance); A Layout You Can Carry With You (Z scale in a suitcase); Simple Crossing Gates (Modifying N scale gates for use in HO); Buffalo Rock (This HOn3 module portrays the character of Colorado narrow gauge) Departments - At The Throttle (Engine fleets for realism); Railway Post Office; Product Reviews (Bachmann Spectrum HO 4-8-2; Accurail HO auto rack car; Accurail tree kits; PSI wireless DCC throttle; Micro Engineering HO concrete tie flextrack); Workshop; Prototype Info (New spine cars); MR News (Product News; Hobbyshop Window); Milestones In Model Railroading (Ground foam); Trackside Photos; Workin' On The Railroad (Handy layout table); Back To Basics (Fascias); Trains Of Thought (Crossing the line); One Reader's Opinion (The case for continuous restaging); Ask Paint Shop (Burlington blackbird scheme); Photo Contest Rules; Coming Events And Club Memberships; Index Of Advertisers; Along The Line Looks Back (E. L. Moore)
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December
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Features - Cover Story - Franklin! (George Sellios finishes the Franklin & South Manchester's namesake town); Modeling A Union Pacific Tunnel Motor (A modern version of an SD40T-2 starting with an HO Athearn model); Paving And Scenery (Part 3: Finishing the streets and adding scenery to the HO Boston MTA); Build A Small Brick Depot (Easy kitbashing creates a distinctive HO masonry structure); Build A Magnetic Lift-Out Bridge (Latches secure this removable connection across an aisle); Enhancing An N Scale Tower (Adding a stairway to a DImi Trains kit); Lighting For Realism (Proper layout lighting brings out the best in your modeling); Forced Perspective (Using structures and scenery to create the illusion of distance); Black Rock & Marmot (Ken Lass' N scale line features coastal forest and inland desert); Prototype Drawings - Auto-Max: Bigger Is Better (Gunderson's new tri-level auto rack for SUVs expands the frontiers of freight car design) Departments - At The Throttle (Inside Product Reviews); Railway Post Office; Product Reviews (Athearn HO 2-8-2 light Mikado; USA Trains 1:29 GP38-2; Ultra Scale II O scale Northern Pacific wood boxcar; Micro-Trains N 40-foot boxcar); Workshop; Prototype Info; Sweepstakes Rules; MR News (Product News; Hobbyshop Window); Milestones In Model Railroading (The beginnings of HO scale); Trackside Photos; Workin' On The Railroad (Recessed fascia panels); Back To Basics (Mocking up a scene); Trains Of Thought (Where's the leading edge?); One Reader's Opinion (Keeping kids on track); Ask Paint Shop; Coming Events And Club Memberships; Index Of Advertisers; Along The Line Looks Back (John Olson)
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