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Model Railroader 1987 November
74 The Iron Wood RRBy Larry R. Forgard
A beautifully detailed HO railroad built to fit in a spare bedroom
79 Safetran highway crossing gatesBy Gordon Odegard
Chuck Yungkurth drawings of a contemporary highway crossing gate
80 Slow-action crossing gates: Part 1By Gordon Odegard
HO scale gates complete with flashing lights
86Kitbash a fast clockBy Michael M. Dodd
Convert an inexpensive quartz clock to a variable-speed fast clock
90Alex G. Smith's Baltimore & Ohio USRA Mikado in HO scale
The Model of the Month Award
911987 NMRA prize paradeBy Andy Sperandeo
First-place winners and some special awards too
96 Franklin Junction on the Rio Grande SouthernBy John Franzen
A fictional terminal near Durango, in 110n3
105 Heritage Fleet: Lionel F-M Train MasterBy McComas and Tuohy
The biggest locomotive Lionel made after World War II
106 Mount Gilead, a town on the moveBy Michael Rogers
An interesting portable layout section that uses the middle of the room
110 ABCs of boxcarsBy Jim Kelly
King of the road for 150 years
113 The 1987 Westcott Award By Russ Larson Presented to Charles E. Zehner Jr. for outstanding service in promoting the hobby
114 Bangor & Aroostook newsprint boxcar in HO By John Nehrich
Modeling a car built to the 1932 ARA standard
120 Building better abutmentsBy Robert Smaus
A simple technique for pouring plaster bridge abutments, wings, and piers
131 Making headlight lenses the easy wayBy Garry F. Cerrone
They're simply small drops of 5-minute epoxy
135 Symposium on electronicsBy Don Hansen
G. Neil Willits' digital throttle circuit
153 Safety in paintingBy Andy Sperandeo
How to protect yourself from organic solvents
PROTOTYPE DATA AND DRAWINGS
79 Safetran highway crossing gates 110 ABCs of boxcars
DEPARTMENTS AND MISCELLANY
4 MR product news
12 Railway post office
22 Schedules
38 Looking back
43 MR product reviews
62 Cartoon
70 Hobbyshop window
73 At the throttle
90 Model of the month
105 Heritage fleet
110 ABCs of the hobby
123 MR sweepstakes rules
125 Railroader's library
125 Photo contest rules
132 Trains of thought
135 Electronics symposium
142 Club news
146 Student fare
153 Paint shop
164 MR workshop
174 Bull session
198 Index of advertisers
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