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Model Railroader November 2005 Vol 72 No 11
CONTENTS
6 From the Editor
Individual approaches
8 News & Products
Hobby industry news and product announcements
20 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
26 Information Desk
Making sense of steam by Carl Swanson
32 Workshop
Renumbering Kato HO locomotives ... and more
40 Step by Step
Modeling foreground trees by David Popp
COVER STORY
46 How to make better scenery
From forest floors to front yards By Lou Sassi
MID-SIZE LAYOUT
52 Modeling a secret prototype
So you think information on your railroad is hard to find by Paul J. Dolkos
INDUSTRY YOU CAN MODEL
56 Pipeline on rails
Railroads played a vital role in the oil industry of the 1940s by Jeff Wilson
KITBASH CONTEST: 3RD PLACE
62 A depot from two houses
Kitbashing an HO rural station using inexpensive kits by Richard lvins
66 Lessons from a successful layout
Reflections on 15 years of model railroad building: Part 2 by Paul J. Dolkos
70 Modeler's guide to passenger diesels
A survey of the power that pulled the varnish by Tony Koester
78 Build the Claremont & Concord in G
Rolling stock and operation on our project railroad by Tony Koester/Online bonus
MID-SIZE LAYOUT
84 Gopher State fallen flags
An HO scale C&NW and Milwaukee Road layout by Michael Maas/Online bonus
94 DCC Corner
Power buses and districts by Mike Polsgrove
100 Product Reviews General Electric C30-7 from Broadway Limited in HO N scale USRA 2-6-6-2 from Bachmann Alco C-425 diesel from Atlas O ... and more Online bonus
110 Trains of Thought
Comfort zone by Tony Koester
114 Cartoon
118 Trackside Photos
137 Index of Advertisers
138 MR Project Illustrated
Threading the needle
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