Model Railroader 1997 February
OUR COVER STORY
The Midland Road moves coal70
By Tony Koester
Follow "Tide 470" from tipple to tidewater
BASIC MODEL RAILROADING
Modular railroading80
By Melanie Gohde
No room for a layout? Here's another option
Build a see-through garage82
By Michael Tylick
Starting with a single stone, an 0 scale structure rises to block the view
The Easy DCC command control system: 186
By Keith Gutierrez and
Lee Rayburn
Build a Digital Command Control system starting with the command station
MODEL OF THE MONTH
Frank W. Telewski's Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. 2-6-6-2T articulated logging locomotive in HO94
The Eldora & Lost Lake RR100
By Randall Rieck
Scratchbuilt structures and scenery from natural materials highlight this HOn3 layout
Build a Santa Fe GP6OM in N scale106
By David Plebanek
An HO locomotive is the prototype for this
N scale conversion
Investigating the Mushroom: 2 Designing and building a mushroom layout110
By Joe Fugate
A double-decked HO layout based on the Southern Pacific's Siskiyou Line
PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS
Texas & Pacific's P-1-b class 4-6-2s118
By George Sebastian-Coleman
Foldout drawings of representative passenger power from the golden age
ELECTRONICS SYMPOSIUM
The secret of multicolor LEDs126
Some thoughts on color plus a few troubleshooting techniques for circuits
PAINT SHOP
Canadian National F7s in HO scale156
By Marty McGuirk
An attractive green and
yellow paint scheme from north of the border
Along the Line194
Twilight time
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