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How to Build Realistic Layouts 2006 Modeling the trackside scene Ballast Weather
How to Build Realistic Layouts 2006 August 23
8 Introduction
Modeling the right-of-way/by Andy Sperandeo
COVER STORY
10 How to ballast and weather track
Step-by-step techniques for realistic model track/by Joe Fugate BONUS ONLINE VIDEO
16 Trackside on New Haven's Shore Line
Each scene on Bill Aldrich's HO scale layout reveals a wealth of lineside details/by Paul J. Dolkos
24 Signs along the line
Essential to railroad operations, trackside signs add realism to model scenes/by Jeff Wilson
30 Stringing details in the sky
How to enhance a layout with prototypical pole lines/by Michael J. Burgett
34 Moving targets for switch stands
Make a non-operating HO scale detail into a working indicator/by Bill Darnaby
38 3 common culverts
Make your right-of-way realistic by modeling these ordinary features/by Lance Mindheim
44 Build your own lineside structures
Working in manageable steps made this HO water treatment plant an easy scratchbuilding project/by Paul J. Dolkos
PROTOTYPE DRAWING FEATURE
48 A tale of two sheds
These common structures look great on layouts of any vintage/by Harold W. Russell
52 Where to place trackside signals
Follow the prototype for appearance and operation/by Michael J. Burgett
58 Unlocking the secrets of interlockings
Protecting places where trains cross, meet, or diverge/by Tony Koester
PROTOTYPE DRAWING FEATURE
66 Grafton's D Tower
Scale plans of a veteran CSX interlocking tower/by Harold W. Russell
70 Freight yard structures and details
Look at your yard as a modeling opportunity/by Andy Sperandeo
PROTOTYPE DRAWING FEATURE
78 Trackside storage for rail and wheels
BNSF rail rack, B&O wheel crane/by Harold W. Russell
82 Spur without a turnout
This prototype practice is a great way to add variety in limited layout space/by Bruce Petty
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