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Model Railroader Magazine 2007 October ABCs of engine shops Steel hoppers
Model Railroader 2007 October NO FREE BOOKLET in this issue- Steam servicing booklet NOT included
6 From the Editor
Get your hands dirty
8 News & Products
The National Train Show report ... and more
20 Railway Post Office
Letters and e-mail from our readers
26 Information Desk
Passenger train servicing stops by Jim Hediger
32 Workshop
Working with digital calipers
ENGINE SHOP SPECIAL
38 Scenery Step by Step
Detail and weather an engine shop by Cody Grivno and Jim Hediger
PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
42 How diesel facilities work
A lot goes on behind the scenes between trips Jim Hediger
46 Great Northern in N
Details enhance this less-than-7-square-foot layout by Ted Fritzler
50 Operating signals with software
rRealistic signaling with DCC components and a PC
by Steven Barkley 1 Online bonus
56 Realistic layout in Mom's garage
Building and operating a modern HO shelf layout by Shaun Toman
62 Backdating two steel hoppers
Detail HO hoppers to match 20th century prototypes by Bob Karig
68 Build an operating water tower
Add realistic animation to a structure by Mike Garforth
72 Finely crafted Finnish railway
Scratchbuilt models highlight this HO scale layout by Petri Sallinen
78 DCC Corner
Good wiring practices by Mike Polsgrove
82 Product Reviews
Proto 2000 HO scale EMD F7s with sound
PIKO wireless Digital Command Control system
. and more 1 Online bonus
78 Trains of Thought
The Big Picture by Tony Koester
100 Trackside Photos
113 Index of Advertisers
114 The Operators
In and out of staging by Andy Sperandeo
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