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Model Railroader Magazine 2012 March From freelance to prototype Lay track & wir
Model Railroader 2012 March
PROJECT RAILROAD: DON'T MISS THE VIDEO JOURNALS!
34 Build the Virginian: A 4 x 8 with more CZ
Laying track and wiring our HO scale project layout by David Popp
42 More than 50 years of fun on this club layout
The 26 x 78 foot Cascade Pacific features trains from the 1950s to the present day
by Jeff Martin
REALISTICTRACK PLAN: HO SCALE
47 A newly discovered John Armstrong track plan
The HO Mineral Range & Lake Michigan is set in
Great Lakes iron ore country
byAndySperandeo? Online bonus
52 Easy upgrades for an HO scale caboose
A few detail enhancements turn a ready-to-run car into a more authentic model
by Jim Six
56 Build N scale mountain scenery
Basic scenery techniques make a many-faceted setting for model photography
by Dennis H. Murphy
COVER STORY: HOW THIS NYC LAYOUT EVOLVED
60 From freelance to prototype CZ
A closer look at railroad engineering leads to a new approach on this 25 x 25-foot HO scale New York Central layout
by Vic Roman ? Online bonus
78 Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
8 From the Editor
An unexpected track plan by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products
Hobby industry news by Cody Grivno
2 Information Desk Recycled equipment keeps supplies handy and secure by Jim Hediger
24 N Scale Insight
Better track, wheels, and couplers by Jim Kelly
2 Workshop Tips
Styrene and 3 other useful plastics for model building by Jim Hediger
30 Step by Step
Scratchbuild a used car dealership by Pelle SOeborg
68 DCC Corner
Upgrade an older Digital Command Control system
by Mike Polsgrove
70 Product Reviews CO
HO scale sound equipped Alco
FA-1/FB-1 set from r_
Kato USA
Metra commuter
train set in N
scale, and more by Dana Kawala
82 Trains of
Thought
Ballasting six feet of track at a time by Tony Koester
- Track Plan Contest rules
C Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
94 The Operators
Yard tracks, not yard limits byAndy Sperandeo
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