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Model Railroader 2017 March
28 Realism tips for beginners
The four keys to unlocking a realistic layout are simpler than you think by Lance Mindheim
35 Model an aluminum billet load
Jigs and assembly-line production make this HO scale load easy to complete by M.R. Snell
38 Building a portable staging fiddle yard
An option for space-starved model railroaders by Rick De Candido
41 How to model a river channel
This waterway cuts between two structures and under the tracks by Thomas Oxnard
44 Appalachian scenes along the B&O
A diesel-era setting and an operations focus highlight the HO scale Ridgley Division by Dale Ridgeway
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52 Scratchbuild a lumberyard from styrene
A jig speeds construction of lumber racks; stripwood loads make the industry realistic by Steven Otte
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58 New England railroading in a small space
A career in the military pushed back the construction of the HO 4 x 8 Central Vermont by Douglas Kirkpatrick
72 Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte
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6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
8 From the Editor Realism? Use
white paint
by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products
Hobby industry news by Cody Grivno
20 Ask MR
How did sand houses operate?
by Steven Otte
24 N Scale Insight Easier access to an N scale sneak track by Jim Kelly
26 Step by Step Model partial loads to enrich operations by David Popp
62 DCC Corner
Working with DCC cables by Larry Puckett
64 Product Reviews
HO scale EMD GP39-2 by Athearn Genesis, Airslide covered hopper in N scale from Micro-Trains, and more by Dana Kawala
71 On Operation Fulfilling the role of conductor
by Jerry Dziedzic
85 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
86 Trains of Thought Have a Plan B for your modeling era
by Tony Koester
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