Model Railroader Magazine 2003 September Wild West masterpiece Realistic trees
Model Railroader 2003 September
Features
52 Welcome to the city's edge By Victor M. Smith
Life along the tracks on a stunning HO scale urban layout
58 Beat up but beautiful By Lee Vande Visse
Detailing and weathering maintenance-of-way equipment (and other cars)
60 The all-important interchange By Tony Koester
How did that Union Pacific boxcar get onto your railroad?
OUR COVER STORY
66 Wild west masterpiece By Malcolm Furlow
Imagination and a layered track plan make the most of limited space
COMPUTERS IN MODEL RAILROADING
76 Turning a layout hi-tech By Steven Barkley
One plug-and-play component at a time
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COMPUTERS IN MODEL RAILROADING
80 7 ways to use your computer By Carl Swanson Model railroading in the digital age
84 Tune up your steam locomotives By John Pryke
Routine maintenance to keep your engines running smoothly
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90 Hub of the Nickel Plate By Tony Koester
An N scale track plan featuring Bellevue, Ohio - NKP's signature site
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96 Build realistic trees By Richard McQuade Inexpensive trees as close as your backyard
Departments
6At the Throttle
What's in a name?
10 Railway Post Office 16 Product Reviews
Broadway Limited HO N&W Class A 2-6-6-4
Walthers' HO Pullman sleeper And more .. .
26 Workshop 34 MR News
Product News, 36 Hobbyshop Window, 44
48 Back to Basics
Wiring reverse loops
100 Workin' on the Railroad
Cut wood accurately
104 Trains of Thought
Against the grain
110 Prototype Info
Unloading Funnel-Flow tank cars
114 DCC Corner
118 Coming Events
123 MR photo contest rules
137 Index of Advertisers
138 Editorial Flashback
January 1936, Al Kalmbach Imagination as your silent
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