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How to Model Today’s Railroads 2016 Winter 80 pages of Projects
How to Model Todays Railroads 2016 Winter 80 pages of Projects See photos for damage
Model Railroader Special Issue. On the cover, The gritty industrial scenery of the back streets provides a backdrop for Lance Mindheims Miami layout. See Page 6 Photo by Lance Mindheim
4 LOOK AROUND, THEN BUILD
Introduction/by Hal Miller
5 SECTION 1 MODERN ERA LAYOUTS
6 MODELING MIAMI'S DOWNTOWN SPUR
An urban light-industrial setting provides plenty of switching/by Lance Mindheim
14 BUILDING A MODERN-ERA MAIN LINE IN N SCALE
Long trains highlight this basement-size BNSF layout/by Jim Reising
22 SIGNS OF THE TIMES ON THE UTAH BELT
Modernizing motive power, signals, and more on an always-current model railroad/by Eric Brooman
27 SECTION 2 LOCOMOTIVES
28 HOW TO DETAIL
A MODERN LOCOMOTIVE
Applying a handful of small parts will turn an
economy model into a showpiece/by M.R. Snell
32 DETAIL A REMOTE-CONTROL
LOCOMOTIVE
Modernize switchers in an evening/by Cody Grivno
34 HOW TO MODEL
A PATCHED-OUT LOCOMOTIVE
Add variety to your fleet with these easy-to-follow techniques/by Kim Nipkow
39 SECTION 3 FREIGHT CARS
40 A MODELER'S GUIDE TO
HAZARDOUS MATERIAL MARKINGS
Add prototype "hazmat" placards to your modern freight cars/by M.R. Snell
44 HOW TO RELETTER A CAR
WITHOUT REPAINTING
Solvent and decals let you change a car from a foreign road to one you need/by Cody Grivno
47 WEATHER A BOXCAR IN 10 EASY STEPS
Paint and powdered chalk make older freight cars look the worse for wear/by Pelle K. S
50 DO IT YOURSELF GRAFFITI
Paint markers and an airbrush make it easy to "tag" your rolling stock/by M.R. Snell53
Section 4 Passenger Trains
54 MODELING COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE
America's fastest growing passenger trains/by Patrick C. Dorin
60 MODELING THE SOUNDS OF
PASSENGER DIESELS
Advances in DCC sound help better simulate the sound of Amtrak head-end power/by Bob Kingsnorth
63 SECTION 5 MODERN INDUSTRIES
64 ADD MORE INDUSTRIES
WITHOUT ADDING TRACK
Outdoor customers expand a modern industrial park on this portable HO scale switching line/by Alan Saatkamp
66 A MODERN INDUSTRY
FOR A COMPACT SPACE
Though small in size, a corn syrup transloading terminal offers plenty of switching opportunities/by Jim Lincoln
71 BUILD AN EASY
CONTAINER YARD BACKDROP
Use a computer, scanner, and printer
to make an intermodal terminal appear larger/by
Joseph Kreiss
73 SECTION 6 SCENIC DETAILS
74 MAKE EASY ROAD SIGNS
Carefully modeling these simple details adds a lot of realism to a layout/by Pelle K. S
76 BUILD AND INSTALL A MODERN CONCRETE BRIDGE
An easy-to-build plaster kit models this common piece of infrastructure/by Pelle K. S
79 HOW TO MAKE TRACK
LOOK REALISTIC
Use simple painting and weathering techniques to
give rails and ties an
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