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Model Railroader Magazine 2006 May Tall grass City structure Train order signal
Model Railroader 2006 May
6 From the Editor
Time-saving techniques
8 News & Products
Toy Fair show report and product announcements
20 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
24 Information Desk
Postwar passenger car fleets by Carl Swanson
30 Workshop
Compact workshop and Q's & A's
38 Step by Step
Make your freight car roster prototypical by David Popp
COVER STORY
42 Designed for the railfan
Visit this spectacular Appalachian layout by David Stewart
50 Kitbash like the prototype
Modeling an ex-Illinois Central SD20 in HO scale by Craig Chandler
54 Build a footbridge for your layout
Common materials are all you need by Mike Tylick
PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
58 Modeler's guide to steel boxcars
Spotting features for more realistic freight car fleets by Tony Koester 0. Online bonus
68 Scratchbuild a city centerpiece
A turret makes this HO building stand out from the crowd by Howard Andrews
74 Model realistic tall grass
Techniques to make convincing fields and prairies by Peter Ross
78 Southern Ohio's best kept secret
Local railroading is featured on this HO club railroad by Jim Hediger
83 Small layout contest rules
84 Build a train order board in N scale
Modeling a non-operating version with brass parts by Lance Mindheim
88 DCC Corner
Downloading new sounds for a LokSound decoder by Mike Polsgrove
92 Product Reviews
Life-Like HO scale Alco RS-27 road switcher
Online bonus
GE AC6000CW from Broadway Limited Imports in HO Pennsylvania RR baggage car in HO from Walthers ... and more
102 Trains of Thought
Saving a piece of the past by Tony Koester
108 Trackside Photos
121 Index of Advertisers
122 MR Project Illustrated
Operating gates for industrial spurs by Wolfgang Dudler
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