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Model Railroad Planning 1997 Santa F Style Passenger Operation Staging Yard Des
Model Railroad Planning 1997
Feeling at home Down South was the key to this layout plan
EDITORIAL
Point of view
TONY KOESTER COVER
Twelve hours at Argentine (July 14, 1953)
Passenger-train switching at a major Santa Fe station CHUCK HITCHCOCK
From concept to design: The Carolina & Western
There are more obstacles to layout design than finding a suitable space
JIM SIX
A home for superdetailed freight cars
And re-creating memorable scenes in a small space RANDY ANDERSON
Layout planning with Ntrak modules
There's more to modules than cookie-cutter designs BERNARD KEMPINSKI
Urban-to-rural transition on the Ma & Pa
A hidden tunnel through a scenic divider added realism and enhanced operation
STAN WHITE
BEDROOM-SIZE LAYOUTS: 1
The Shasta Route in N scale
MRP's bedroom-size track plan series continues with an N scale design for the modern SP
DON MITCHELL
BEDROOM-SIZE LAYOUTS: 2
East Broad Top might-have-been
An HO-HOn3 plan for an almost-built extension JEFF MADDEN
BEDROOM-SIZE LAYOUTS: 3
Big Blue in a bedroom
Here's an HO railroad that depicts modern Eastern railroading in a modest space
JOE TAYLOR
Visible staging yards
Concerns about hidden staging yards led to an open-air approach
DAVID BARROW
PLANNING TIP
Staging yard connections
RETROSPECTIVE
Fascia fashions
BILL MILLER
REAR PLATFORM
Exceptional modeling?
They did it, but should you? TONY KOESTER
An oval for interchange
A continuous loop with staging provides a live interchange for a point-to-point railroad
BOB JOHNSON
Spreadsheet software determines staging needs
Use a personal computer to determine how many staging tracks you need
PAUL FAULK
MODELING A PROTOTYPE
The Denver, South Park & Pacific in 0n3
Modeling a specific prototype railroad proved to be a "liberating" experience
ANDREW DODGE
A primer on helix design
An assessment of a useful if controversial and complex design tool
DOUG GURIN
One spare room, one layout, two railroads
A mixture of steam and interurbans in HO scale JOHN WISSINGER
Yard throats for operation
An experienced hobbyist offers several "domino" designs DAVID BARROW
READER FORUM
Sharing ideas and questions
Requests for articles, the view from Britain, smaller layouts
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