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Model Railroader 1987 April
56 The Franklin & South Manchester 1 year laterBy Dave Frary
This remarkable HO railroad is now even bigger and better
66 An N scale naturalized AmericanBy Jim Kelly
Rebuilding a German engine into a typical U. S. wood-burner
69 Gary White's Sierra RThy. 2-6-6-12 in th//e' scale
eof e Month Award
70 Timetables for smoother operationBy Bob Fink
Computer programming information to develop and update timetables
74 Easyshell sceneryBy Brad Short
Making hardshell without the mess
76 ABCs of wiring your layoutBy Jim Kelly
It's easy if you take it one wire at a time
78 Electro-Motive's F4OPH locomotiveBy Jim Hediger
Chuck Yungkurth drawings of this modern passenger diesel 84Amtrak station signsBy Dick Christianson
For use with the Rochester station or at any Amtrak stop
85 Amtrak station in Rochester, N. Y.By Gordon Odegard
Harold Russell drawings of this modern, adaptable-design station
88 How I got into garden railroadingBy John K. Landis The steam powered Enpleinair Ry.
90Phineas Trout's Boat & Marine Supply StoreBy Philip A. Lawson
An exercise in basic N scale scratchbuilding
94 Electrifying N scale signalsBy David E. Puthoff
An easy and inexpensive way to make working three-aspect signals
96 No time to waste for the Adrian switcherBy Doug Tagsold
A switching problem that doesn't let the crew waste much time
98 Structures as background sceneryBy Dave Frary
Who says you can't use N scale buildings on an HO layout?
103 Heritage Fleet: Lionel 773 HudsonBy Tom McComas and Jim Tuohy
This classic O gauge model is the finest steam locomotive of the postwar period 122 Paint shop: Chesapeake & Ohio E8 schemeBy Andy Sperandeo
An Ask Paint Shop special feature
PROTOTYPE DATA AND DRAWINGS
78 Electro-Motive's F4OPH locomotive
85 Amtrak station in Rochester, N. Y.
DEPARTMENTS AND MISCELLANY
4 1987 HIA show report
8 MR product news
14 Railway post office
24 Schedules
36 Looking back
43 MR product reviews
52 Hobbyshop window
55 At the throttle
69 Model of the month
76 ABCs of the hobby
96 Switching problem
103 Heritage fleet
104 Trains of thought
108 Student fare
120,134 Cartoons
122 Paint shop
126 MR workshop
136 Railroader's library
142 Bull session
160 Index of advertisers
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