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Model Railroader Magazine 2007 January Ballast your track Paint backdrops
Model Railroader 2007 January
6 From the Editor
One for the team
8 News & Products
Breaking news on UP licensing and iHobby Expo
24 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
30 Information Desk
Coal's never-ending boom by Carl Swanson
38 Workshop
Clothespin clamps, modeling tips, and Q's & A's by Jim Hediger
46 Scenery Step by Step
Ballasting made easy by Cody Grivno
COVER STORY
50 Build the Black River Junction: 1
Track plan and benchwork for our project railroad By David Popp Online bonus
REALISTIC TRACK PLAN
56 Big Blue rolls on in the Motor City
58 Model Railroading 101
Hobby terminology in plain English
by John Pryke Online bonus
62 Realistic ghost lettering
A simple technique for modeling a one-of-a-kind car by Cody Grivno
64 Modeling with a Canadien flair
Small layout contest winner: 1st place by Claude Daz
70 Scale couplers in N
Z scale couplers for more-realistic N scale freight cars by Lance Mindheim
74 Paint a simple mountain backdrop
Want to paint a realistic backdrop? You can! by Pelle Sraeborg
80 Modeling America's first oil boom
An HO railroad set in the oilfields of 1860s Pennsylvania by Richard Senges
86 DCC Corner .
Tools to help you install decoders like a pro by Mike Polsgrove
90 Product Reviews
Broadway Limited HO AT&SF 2-10-2 with sound Streamlined HO passenger cars from Rapido Trains ... and more Online bonus
104 Trains of Thought
Creature comforts by Tony Koester
108 Cartoon
114 MR Sweepstakes Rules 116 Trackside Photos
129 Index of Advertisers
130 The Operators NEw~
OS-ing trains
by Andy Sperandeo
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