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Model Railroader August 2008 Vol 75 No 8
CONTENTS
6 From the Editor
This month's word: learn by Neil Besougloff
8 News & Products
Hobby industry news and product announcements
20 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
24 Information Desk
Grade crossing rules by Jim Hediger
30 Workshop
Hiding posts in plain sight
34 Scenery Step by Step
How to cast plaster rocks in place by Neil Besougloff and Cody Grivno
COVER STORY
38 Big on steam and scenery
Town and country scenes highlight this HO layout by Lou Sassi
REALISTIC TRACK PLANS
46 Three small track plans
Creative HO and N layouts for one sheet of plywood by Steven Otte/Online bonus
50 Modeling mountain meadows
Foliage mats are the basis for these Alpine pastures by Franz Rittig
54 Landmark Layouts
Frank Ellison's pioneering Delta Lines by Andy Sperandeo/Online bonus
58 Operations on a modular layout
How to add excitement to your club's exhibition railroad by Mitch Rosset
62 Upgrading structure roofs
Simple techniques to enhance your structures by Lee Vande Visse
66 Rebuild a steam locomotive
Revising details to model a favorite prototype engine by John Pryke
74 DCC Corner
7 more tips for installing DCC decoders by Mark Couvillion
76 Product Reviews Con-Cor's HO scale M-10000 streamliner, Walthers' HO Electro-Motive Division GP9 ... and more/Online bonus
85 Track planning contest rules
86 Trains of Thought
"Number 47 is by Cayuga" by Tony Koester
88 Trackside Photos 92 Cartoon
105 Index of Advertisers
106 The Operators
Passenger train schedules by Andy Sperandeo
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