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Model Railroader 1958 May
MAY 1958
VOLUME 25, NUMBER 5
Model
Railroader
BILL OF LADING
The smiling engineer ----
Bernard Corbin's Burlington locomotives.
Photos by Bernard Corbin -
An O gauge, scratch-built pike superbly modeled from the CB&Q.
Retarder tower. By Lloyd Giebner--
For a "going-places" railroad, build this Santa Fe humpmaster's tower.
How to model pine trees. By Jack Work---
How to model trees really well for unbeatable realism in scenery.
Sheepshanks and short sidings. By John Armstrong-
Three practical track plans for the modeler whose space is budgeted.
Close-up - Catasauqua crossing. -----
The remakable Lehigh Valley-Reading junction near the Lehigh River.
Tricks with NMRA couplers. By Douglas S. Smith --
Hints on getting high operating efficiency with NMRA components.
Wood-sheathed box car. By Ralph Brown---
Add to your rolling stock with this Sacramento Northern box car.
Card order operation on the Victoria Northern.
By Dr. W. Roy F. Dohn-----
A new kind of card order operation that is prototypical and flexible.
Fuses. By Paul Mallery------
Fuse varieties and their valuable assistance in model railroading.
Bluebook of model railroad practice (33)
I - Painting and finishing-----
Diagrams and color charts for Great Northern GP9 and NYC F7.
Prototype plans and data: Retarder tower-
1883 Mogul
Catasauqua crossing
Wood-sheathed box car 0-6-0T switcher-
Departments:
RailwayPost Office6
TradeTopics-9
NewLiterature16
At the Throttle-19
Off the Train Wire TracksidPhotos-
Bull Session-
Kinks
Scheduled Arrivals
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