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Model Railroader Magazine 1976 July The B&O circa 1840 a vintage railroad you ca
Model Railroader July 1976 Vol 43 No 7
CONTENTS
A model bicentennial salute. 44
Seventeen diesels by five modelers make a colorful display.
The dawn of America's love affair with miniature trains.
By Louis H. Hertz. 46
Trains were available in many forms by the end of the 19th century.
Yesterday's department store toy train displays.
By Linn H. Westcott. 51
They were the greatest show of mechanical movement on earth.
The venerable J. Harold Geissel. By Gordon Odegard. 54
MR has published over 300 of his prototype drawings.
Old-time recruiting posters for your layout. 58
Reproductions of 11 posters in convenient sizes.
Modeling EMD's most popular six-axle locomotive. By John Dhols. 59
A kitbashing job based on Athearn parts.
A brief look at railroading's tomorrow. By Mike Iczkowski. 68
Look who's running trains in circles.
America's first common-carrier railroad-the Baltimore & Ohio.
By Gordon Odegard. 74
A vintage railroad you can model.
Bicentennial Model Contest winners. 86
The top 3 of more than 100 entries.
Frank Ellison's legacy. Introduction by Russ Larson. 87
Model railroad operation was his forte.
The art of model railroading. By Frank Ellison. 88
Effective operation of a model railroad is akin to good showmanship.
Prototype drawings and data:
EMD's 5D40-2. Data and drawings. 63
Railroading's tomorrow. Data. 68
America's first common-carrier railroad. Data. 74
Chesapeake & Ohio canalboat. Drawings. 81
Locomotives of the early B&O. Drawings. 82
Cars of the early B&O. Drawings. 84
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