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Model Railroader Magazine 2004 August New Haven under wire Brick & Stone 10 week
Model Railroader 2004 August
6 From the Editor
Crossover items
10 News & Products
Hobby industry news and product announcements
18 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
24 Workin' on the Railroad
Modern trucks made easy by Lionel Strang
28 Workshop
Topside mounting for the Tortoise switch machine
32 Coming Events
Upcoming shows, conventions, and meets
40 Step by Step
Simple realistic trees by David Popp
44 New Haven under wire
Attention to detail makes this HO scale layout impressive by Rick Abramson Online bonus
5210 weeks to a better layout
Tips on improving the looks and operation of your model railroad by John Pryke
58 A sound victory
Readers' Choice Awards for 2003 by David Popp
RAILROAD YOU CAN MODEL
62 The colorful Surf Line
HO layout design: Santa Fe along the California coast by Keith Jordan
PROJECT SPECIAL
72 Cast your own freight cars
How to build identical cars, with loads thrown in as a bonus by Don Ball
76 N scale handrail help
Now you can buy brass side sills with stanchions attached by Bill Pearce
PROJECT SPECIAL
80 Backdating an HO BL2
Detailing a factory-painted unit without repainting by Mont Switzer
86 Realistic brick and stone buildings
Cosmetic sponges and paints make the ordinary extraordinary by Kathleen Renninger
90I blame it all on Frary and Hayden
An HOn2% layout inspired by the Maine two-footers by Peter Bartlett ) Online bonus
94 Information Desk
Small, yet significant: a pocket-sized enginehouse by Jim Kelly
98 DCC Corner
Tight-space decoder installation by Steven Perry
106 Product Reviews
HO Broadway Limited Imports 4-8-8-2 SP Cab-Forward Online bonus
Life-Like N Alco B-B C-424 diesel locomotive
Atlas N Alco C-628 diesel locomotive ... and more
116 Trains of Thought
Passing the torch by Tony Koester
118 Trackside Photos
135 Index of advertisers
136 Model Railroading is Fun
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