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Model Railroader Magazine 2009 August 2 ways to build for operation Build feedmi
Model Railroader August 2009 Vol 76 No 8
CONTENTS
6 The benefits of tinkering
From the Editor by Neil Besougloff
8 Now on
The latest features on our Web site by Dana Kawala
10 News & Products
Hobby industry news and product announcements by Steven Otte
20 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers by Eric Stelpflug
23 Modeling a passenger terminal
Information Desk by Jim Hediger
27 Build a manual track cleaning car
Workshop by Bill DeBuvitz and Jim Hediger
30 Add a rocky cut to your layout
Step by Step by Steven Otte
34 Three decks for operation
High ceilings inspired this "mushroom" layout by Dave Rickaby
42 Make a ball signal
A vintage signal that has served nearly a century by Lou Sassi
44 Scratchbuild a feed mill
Building an HO scale structure from photos by Bruce Petty Online bonus
49 Make a distant tree line
Using scuff pads to blend scenery into a backdrop by Lance Mindheim
52 True-to-prototype Santa Fe line
A look at the newest Cat Mountain & Santa Fe by David Barrow Online bonus
58 Lineside details by the book
Using railroad standards books to enhance modeling by Matt Snell
REALISTIC TRACK PLAN
61 Big-time coal hauling in HO scale
Fitting a Clinchfield RR branch line in 9 x 11 feet by Dan Bourque
64 Re-detail a modernized American
A conversion project for an HO scale Bachmann 4-4-0 by Jack Burgess
72 Consisting locomotive headlights
DCC Corner by Mike Polsgrove
74 Product Reviews Bachmann's HO scale General Electric 45 tonner Atlas O's all-new GP7 ... and more by Dana Kawala Online bonus
84 Trackside Photos
88 What visitors come to see
Trains of Thought by Tony Koester
100 Photo Contest Rules
101 Index of Advertisers
102 Train order signals part 1
The Operations by Andy Sperandeo
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