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Model Railroader 2016 October
26 Keeping memories alive
This HO scale layout features Chicago & North Western scenes in northern Wisconsin
by Dave Rickaby
33 How to weather a modern diesel MIExn+A
Learn these simple techniques for adding realistic grime, rust, and soot to a Kato HO scale AC4400CW
by Pelle St eborg ? Online bonus
36 Floating benchwork for shelf layouts
These shelves neatly frame a model railroad without any visible supports
by Lance Mindheim ? Online bonus
40 Midwestern main line t
This 18 x 25-foot HO layout is set along the NewYork Central
by Lou Sassi ? Online bonus
47 Lighting models with micro-LED strings
These pre-wired strands have many illuminating applications by Douglas Kirkpatrick
49 Americanizing European structures
Making popular kits look more at home on a North American layout
by Tony Koester
64 Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte ? Online bonus
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
From the Editor
In praise of old tools by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products
NationalTrain Show report by Cody Grivno
17 Railway Post Office Letters from our readers by Hal Miller
18 Ask MR
How was Virginian viaduct built? by Steven Otte
20 Heritage Fleet
A look at a short-lived model train maker by Keith Wills
'2 Step by Step
Cast a plaster liner for a tunnel by Eric White
54 DCC Corner
Steaming up with the newTsunami2 by Larry Puckett
56 Product Reviews MREX1RA N scale Pennsylvania RR
M1 Mountain by Broadway Limited, HO scale DM&IR Yellowstone by MTH, and more
by Dana Kawala
63 On Operation
Not your typical operating sessions
by Jerry Dziedzic
77 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
78 Trains of Thought Dealing with shadows by Tony Koester
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