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Model Railroader Magazine 1997 May Modeling the auto industry Roads Grade cross
Model Railroader 1997 May
FEATURES
OUR COVER STORY
Canadian National Ry.
Prairie Region in HO scale64
By Tom Cox
This layout set in northwestern Ontario will be part of a 1997 NMRA national convention tour
AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY PART 1
Railroads and the
automobile age70
By Jim Hediger
Ideas and background
information for modeling
America's auto industry
up to World War II
Scratchbuilding Yancy's
coal dock78
By Ben King
A compact HO lineside industry suitable for almost any era
Trackside Photos86
BASIC MODEL RAILROADING
Roads and grade crossings92
By Marty McGuirk
Making realistic highways
from sheet styrene
The EasyDCC command
control system: 494
By Keith Gutierrez and
Lee Rayburn
Getting the system up and running
MODEL OF THE MONTH
Simon Parent's Canadian
National class 1-3b 4-6-2
Pacific in S scale103
Chasing "the Piggy" on the
Hudson, Delaware & Ohio104
By Phil Monat
The action's always heavy
on The Model Railroad Club's HO scale layout
Build an etched-brass diesel110
By Jackie McNeil
A Bachmann GE 44-tonner
drive unit gets this
HO scale scratchbuilt
engine running easily
ELECTRONICS SYMPOSIUM
Reversing circuit basics132
By John S. Atkinson
Including a tethered reversing
switch plus a turnout
indicator circuit
PAINT SHOP
Painting a brass HO scale
Norfolk & Western caboose134
By Mont Switzer
Water-soluble Pro Color
paint makes it easy to
complete this Overland C31P
Along the Line170
Not all black and white
DEPARTMENTS
Product News6
Railway Post Office14
Workshop28
Product Reviews32
Athearn HO GE AC4400CW Atlas N scale GP40
Accurail HO knuckle coupler Life-Like HO Mather stockcar
Railroader's Library49
Club News53
Hobbyshop Window58
At the Throttle63
Modeling industries that need the railroad
Trains of Thought118
Polarization
Student Fare120
Bull Session124
Ask Paint Shop138
Missouri Pacific paint colors
Schedules140
Index of Advertisers169
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