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Model Railroader Magazine 1980 May Rock Island Rockets
Model Railroader May 1980 Vol 47 No 5
CONTENTS
52 Rock Island's Rocket streamliners By Mike Schafer and Harold Russell
Information and drawings on these beautiful streamlined passenger trains
62 Hotbox detection: prototypeBy Jim Hediger
Put a prototype kink in your operation
64 Hotbox detection: modelBy Don W. Hansen
Build a simulated hotbox detector using wire-wrap assembly
68 The South Bay Central RR.By Ed Vondrak
A large 1/4" scale layout, with ideas for smaller track plans
74 Richard J. Krueger's On3 RGS business car
The Model of the Month award
75 Rick Spano's gorgeous Sceniced & Undecided RR.By Jim Kelly
This Nscale layout was strongly influenced by John Allen's Gorre & Daphetid
80 Dale Stanford's Dover Hill Western RR. By Jim Hediger
A double deck railroad provides twice as much real estate in the same basement area
92 50 tons of boxcab fun By John Olson
The results of the Mescal Line's master mechanic's trip to the hobby shop
93 Modeling with hardwood veneerBy Charles Nickle
Unroll your own scale lumber
95 Soo Line's model railroadBy Jim Hediger
A traveling safety center used for training new train service employees
96 A wooden caliperBy John Montague
Use this easy-to-build tool where a metal one wouldn't do
98 Power for distant switch machinesBy Peter J. Thorne
A remote capacitor-discharge circuit for reliable long-distance control
100 Answers to questions about the Sunset Valley RR. By Bruce Chubb
Comments on the SV's history, its operation, its control system, and more
112 HIA Trade Show reportBy Jim Hediger
A survey of new items shown at this year's Hobby Industry of America Show
PROTOTYPE DATA AND DRAWINGS:
52Rock Island's original Rocket streamliners
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