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Model Railroader Magazine 1997 January Quick HO milk cars Containers Amtrak View
Model Railroader 1997 January
OUR COVER STORY
Investigating the
Mushroom: 180
By Joe Fugate
A double-deck layout concept with a special twist to make the most efficient use of space
BASIC MODEL RAILROADING
Build the N scale
Carolina Central: 288
By Marty McGairk
Adding ballast, scenery, details, and structures to complete our project layout
Trackside Photos96
Shots from our readers offer a little something for everyone, including steam locomotives on the Illinois Central and
Rio Grande Southern, as well as a Central Vermont snowplow extra marching out for the season's first encounter
Quick milk cars100
By John Nehrich
Using easy kitbashing
techniques to create a variety of milk cars
PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS
Amtrak Viewliners104
By George Sebastian-Coleman
A thoroughly modern sleeper for eastern clearances
Building Benton Station118
By Howard Lloyd
An introduction to scratchbuilding, especially for young modelers
Containers122
By Matt Hannes
The basics of those steel boxes that started a revolution in transportation
MODEL OF THE MONTH
Rick Penny's 1890 lull "snow excavator" rotary plow in On3129
Modeling bare trees with the Brass Hat134
By Bill Henderson
Scratchbuilding fall and winter trees using natural materials such as witch's broom, dried gyp, and yarrow
The N scale
Kingsbury Branch140
By Bill Denton
An inner city branch line inspired by a 1975 MODEL RAILROADER article
PAINT SHOP
Build an HO scale
Lehigh & New England
Alco RS-2172
By Jim Hertzog
Backdating details turns an Atlas RS-3 into an earlier prototype locomotive
Along the Line218
Coming full circle
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