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Model Railroader Magazine 1956 May Dollar auto car Detail a kit enginehouse Box
Model Railroader 1956 May
May 1956Volume 23, Number 5
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Cover
The MR story for May is previewed for you by our cover pictures. Top to bottom, they show: H. O. Williams' model of the 60 ft. PRR automobile car, one of three ideas KiTips suggests for making a kit engine-house distinctive, Iry Winer's model of the first diesel as it looks when he completes it in Part 2 of his construction story, and the Great South Pass RR. as it stands with this month's construction.
MR Visits Les Barwind 20
The staff of MR, armed with camera and notebook, pays a call on a local HO gauger.
Building an Automobile Car. By H. O. Williams 26
A "Dollar Car" construction article featuring an outsized beauty that often gets to Detroit.
The Great South Pass. By MR Staff 36
We build the benchwork.
A Pike You Can Live With. By John Armstrong 40
Even the most carefully planned model railroads can become old-hat if track can't be changed. Here's a pike that can change and grow.
KiTips. By MR Staff 46
Conversion magic you can work on a kit enginehouse.
Modeling the First Diesel (Part 2, Conclusion). By Iry Winer 47
The author takes you through the last touches to an HO version of the first diesel.
Bluebook of Model Railroad Practice (9)
F-2 - Passenger Trucks 53
Illustrations and data concerning the most commonly used passenger truck types of the past and present.
Prototype Planas and Data
Modified U.S.R.A. Mikado 34
Departments
Railway Postoffice 6 Trackside Photos 30
Trade Topics 10 Clinic 52
At the Throttle 19 Bull Session 55
Meet the Author 19 Construction Kinks 58
Coming Events 60
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