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Model Railroad Planning 2018 Annual 15 planning stories 7 things to avoid
Model Railroad Planning 2018 15 Practical All New Planning Stories
Contents
6 Editorial
Colorado's Rocky Mountain high
Tony Koester//
10 COVER STORY
Applying lessons learned
The long but successful trek back to Colorado Doug Tagsold//
20 Interchanging cars via car floats
Use the harbor to simulate cars moving on and off
the railroad
Doug Kirkpatrick//
24 Bellevue reborn
An N scale tribute to a busy Midwestern hub
in 1957
John Colombo//
30 Modeling an M&StL branch line
This HO scale layout features out-and-back
small-town operations
Clark Propst//
38 Fitting an industry to the space
A sprawling Ethan Allen furniture plant designed to
fit an alcove
Neil Schofield//
44 A 1990s trunk line in an 1840s basement
Conrail's imaginary Onondaga Cutoff in HO became the solution to the challenges of a difficult space Dave Abeles//
52 How high should your railroad be?
It's debatable, and there are no rigid rules Paul J. Dolkos//
58 A RAILROAD YOU CAN MODEL
Modeling a Michigan short line
First generation high-hood Geeps still rule this
13 x 26-foot model railroad
Ron Griffin//
64 Scene swapping
Adding variety with drop-in structures and
mini-scenes
George Dutka//
68 A removable staging area
It also makes a nice outdoor photo prop Tom Klimoski//
71 Just what the doctor ordered
"Why hide my best work?" a modeler asks Bill Neale//
74 Designing the Shasta Division
A convention conversation leads to an operation-
oriented HO scale railroad
Byron Henderson//
80 The not-so-direct journey back to O scale
Noted HO scale modeler David Barrow tries his
hand (again) in 1:48
David Barrow//
84 Modeling the Wabash in Canada
The yard at St. Thomas, Ontario, forms the nucleus
of this HO railroad
Pierre Oliver//
90 7 things not to do
Mistakes we've made and come to regret Tony Koester//
94 READER FORUM
Sharing questions and ideas
98 REAR PLATFORM
Why we build model railroads
It's like choosing a favorite color
Tony Koester//
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