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Model Railroad Planning 1998 Making main lines disappear track plans Virginian &
MODEL RAILROAD PLANNING 1998
EDITORIAL
Moving mountains
TONY KOESTER COVER STORY
Making tracks disappear gracefully
Disguising the transition zones between scenicked and unscenicked areas
PAUL DOLKOS
LAYOUT DESIGN ELEMENT
The Camas Prairie's Second Subdivision
Those who can't pick one railroad to model might find this joint UP/BNSF short line an ideal prototype
DAVE CLEMENS
The Virginian & Ohio's new west-end staging
Hidden and visible yard tracks were merged for more realism and operational flexibility
W. ALLEN McCLELLAND
The Athabaska: Working with John Armstrong
The process by which "givens and druthers" become a track plan for a model railroad
JIM MONEY, with track plan by JOHN ARMSTRONG
A more prototypical yard at El Portal
Moving the workshop out of the railroad room provided space for modeling every track and turnout JACK BURGESS
Mushroom plan for a logging branch
A plan for an N scale bedroom-size logging branch set in southwestern Oregon
JOE FUGATE
LAYOUT DESIGN ELEMENT
Industrial switching in N and HO
A fondness for industrial switching led to the Nicollet Avenue Spur in Minneapolis
LINDA SAND
Locust Summit legacy
Helper service on Reading's Shamokin Division inspired an entire model railroad
JIM HERTZOG
Page 72
Research leads to realistic N scale and HO layout designs
Mulling over the Maumee
A progress report and a look back at design alternatives BILL DARNABY
LAYOUT DESIGN ELEMENT
Essex Junction on the Central Vermont
Get a head start on an "ultimate" layout by building a piece of it now
MARTY McGUIRK
Soda Creek & South Park revisited
Refinements to a Gn3 track plan expand its potential and uncover the basics of operation
TONY KOESTER
PLANNING TIP
CAD for clearances
Design software helps avoid clearance problems DON MITCHELL
PLANNING TIP
Movable staging
Still under construction but always operational BOB WILLER
- READER FORUM
Sharing ideas and questions
REAR PLATFORM
The dispatcher's office
Some "models" just can't be scaled down PAUL DOLKOS
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