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Model Railroader 1999 May
Features
58 Utah Colorado Western By Lee Nicholas
A free-lanced HO scale bridge route
66 Changing times on the Arcwood & Rice Creek By Gary E. Freseman Ever-changing eras shift a decade each calendar year
70 Basic two-train wiring on the A&M By Mark Watson
Part 4: Cab control gets trains running on our N scale project layout
74 Compact switching layout in HO scale By Nick Palette A sector table adds operating potential
PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS
82 Central California Traction Co. car no. 202 By George Sebastian-Colemal A wooden interurban with both third-rail and trolley pickup
84 Build an easy-to-use staging yard controller By Mike Dodd
Microprocessor control for hidden storage tracks
95 Hand-operated knuckle couplers By W. David Doiron
"Whiskers" ease uncoupling during switching operations
96 Picture-perfect photos By Art Cominio
Using a computer to fix minor flaws in model railroad photographs
100 The secret life of an HO modeler By Bob Kosic
This beautiful garden railroad is an ideal diversion from HO modeling
Departments
6At the Throttle
Making hidden staging work
12 Railway Post Office 16 Product Reviews
Walthers HO tug and carfloat Red Caboose N scale X-29 boxcar Life-Like HO AAR 50-ton flatcar
32 Workshop
39 Prototype Info
44 Railroader's Library 46 MR News
Athearn's new HO Mikado Hobbyshop Window
76 Trackside Photos
137 Coming Events and Club Memberships
161 Index of Advertisers
162 Along the Line looks back
Paul Jansen
93 Milestones in Model Railroading 99 Model of the Month
David Currey's N scale rice dryer
109 Workin' on the Railroad
Building a plaster structure
116 Back to Basics
IRolling stock kits
I 121 Trains of Thought
The power of sound
123 One Reader's Opinion
How good is good enough?
130 Paint Shop
HO Great Northern cabooses
134 Ask Paint Shop
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