Model Railroader 1997 September
OUR COVER STORY
MODEL RAILROADER visits Northlandz54
By Jun Kelly
The world's grandest model railroading attraction may introduce the hobby to thousands
How to model a saltwater port60
By John Pryke
Techniques for making wharves and waves Benchwork for the Wisconsin Central66
By Tom Doyle
Part 3: ideas for portable benchwork that can be used in any scale
Trackside Photos72
Shots from our readers
PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS
Union Pacific's
GE Dash 8-40CW76
By George Sebastian-Coleman
Big power for a big land
Modeling Reading's early covered hoppers80
By Bill Gruber
Two prototype conversions from plastic models
MODEL OF THE MONTH
Bob Fingerle's
Union Pacific mail storage car in HO scale85
BASIC MODEL RAILROADING
How to make realistic trees88
By Melanie Gohde and
George Sebastian-Coleman
Basic techniques for sprucing up your foliage
Superelevating HO flextrack90
By Richard L Slaving
Thin stripwood is the key to uniform banking on curves
The California Northeastern RR 92 By David Gibbons
A portable sectional HO layout that's just a trial run
Computerized block control with the C/MRI98
By Bruce Chubb
Using a computer interface to make your operations more like the prototype
PAINT SHOP
Painting Santa Fe FTs120
By Bill Van der Meer
Hints for painting brass diesels
Along the Line156
Passing times
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