Model Railroader Magazine 1963 December Locomotive under the magnifying glass GE

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Model Railroader Magazine 1963 December Locomotive under the magnifying glass GE
 
Model Railroader   December 1963   Vol 30 No 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Locomotive under the magnifying glass.----28
Bigger-than-scale photos of Dick Arthur's scratchbuilt CP Northern.
Is Astrac on the right track? By Linn H. Westcott. ---33
Answers to questions about General Electric's carrier control system.
Many structures from one kit. By the MR staff.---40
How to disguise a kit building so even its manufacturer wouldn't know it.
Pioneering in interurbans. The old-timer's corner.--44
Photos of a steam dummy and a traction-line work car in O gauge.
Western Logging Co.: a model paradise (on a 6-foot shelf).
By Lyle Spears. --------45
Structures on this HO pike are patterned after the real thing.
Turnpike to nowhere. Photo story by William H. Desch Jr.-48
First-prize entry in MR's Railroad & Highway Contest.
Painting and lubricating imported locomotives. By Bill Ryan. -52
Some pointers for better appearance and better performance.
Tackle a timber trestle. By John S. Corbett.---- 54
Dollar model project will add atmosphere to any railroad.
A classic switching problem. By Carl H. Williams.--61
Try to solve it, then look for the answer next month.
Lettering cars and signs. By Richard J. Fischer.---62
Draftsmen's lettering guides insure neat home lettering.
Worthington feedwater heater, type S. By John B. Gascoyne.66
It's easy to make your own by this method.
Convert old Kadees to magnetics. By David G. Huttin. --68
Sometimes it's easier to convert a coupler than to replace it.
Improving magnetic uncouplers, horn-hook type.
By Harold A. Greene.------71
Prototype plans and data:
Milwaukee Road at Sayner, Wis.: Wayside notes --37
Canadian Pacific 4-4-4 plans-----38
Timber trestle plans-------54
PRR Civil Wartime passenger coach planes ---65

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