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Model Railroader Magazine 1981 February Remember the Varney dockside
Model Railroader February 1981 Vol 48 No 2
CONTENTS
70 Upgrading a Varney DocksideBy Earl Smallshaw
Tips for converting a veteran engine into an up-to-date switcher with sound
72 Tank car water tankBy John Olson
A little local ingenuity converts a wrecked tank car into a useful water tank
74 The Panhandle & Santa FeBy Andy Sperandeo
John Lott is modeling Santa Fe's Slaton Division in HO scale
79 Dennis Lochmann's Burlington Northern grain car
The Model of the Month award
80 Build a ramp carBy Jim Kelly
A distinctive maintenance-of-way car with working ramps
82 Closeup: Switch stands and targetsBy Gordon Odegard
Add simple and colorful details to your turnouts
84 A pulse-tone, walkaround control systemBy Peter J. Thorne
This system means just three wires to the layout and simple phone plugs
89 BCR&N standard stationBy Robert T. Bell
Variations of this wooden station were built throughout Iowa in the 1870s
92 MR takes you to the MRIA expositionBy Andy Sperandeo
Manufacturers exhibit their new products
96 Two Canadian National freight shedsBy Harold W. Russell
Open sheds like these can be found on many railroads
98 The White River & NachesBy Walter R. Naff
A tough mountain railroad that brought prosperity to the Wenatchee Valley
102 All aboard: Laying flexible trackBy Jim Kelly
The basics of derailment-free railroading
104 Ovals and welterweightsBy R. L. Warren
The use of oval track plans and an appropriate prototype to follow
108 The Ashley, Drew & NorthernBy Terry A. Holley
An Arkansas short line that combines forests with an industrial complex
119 Building the Warnerville water tankBy Bob Pethoud
Procedures for scratchbuilding a familiar-looking water tank
130 Ultramini surface gaugeBy John Montague
A small and accurate measuring tool
PROTOTYPE DATA AND DRAWINGS:
89 Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern standard station
96 Two Canadian National freight sheds
122 Prototype oddities
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