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Model Railroader February 2008 Vol 75 No 2
CONTENTS
6 From the Editor
Guest editorial: Getting advice by David Popp
8 News & Products
Trainfest 2007 show report and more
22 Railway Post Office
27 Information Desk
Smoke lifters at work by Jim Hediger
30 Workshop
Q's & A's and helpful modeling tips
34 MR Sweepstakes Rules
36 Scenery Step by Step
Using forced perspective by Cody Grivno
42 Build the WSOR on a shelf
Part 2: Roadbed, flextrack, and DCC by Cody Grivno/Online bonus www.
48 Repower a brass steam engine
Upgrades give new life to an old favorite by Bob Van Arnem
REALISTIC TRACK PLAN
52 Seven paired industries, one layout
An HO layout that changes themes with lift-out sections by Robert P. Foster
56 Trees by the bucket
Make N scale forests quickly and easily by Al Skinner
COVER STORY
58 Creative scenery in the Cascades
Suppose the GN never built the new Cascade Tunnel by Dan Lewis
66 Add working DCC ditch lights
Install operating ditch lights on an Athearn SD60 by David Popp
70 Catching the Hiawatha on the CM&NW
An N scale layout celebrates two Midwestern railroads by John Schoonenberg
76 Landmark Layouts
John Olson's magical Mescal Lines by Andy Sperandeo/Online bonus www.
84 DCC Corner
Programming sound decoders by Mike Polsgrove
88 Product Reviews
Athearn Genesis HO Union Pacific FEF-3 4-8-4
Model Rectifier's Prodigy Wireless DCC system
Micro-Trains' N drop-bottom gondola ... and more
Online bonus
98 Trains of Thought
Prototype modeling meets by Tony Koester
102 Trackside Photos
121 Index of Advertisers
122 The Operators
More ways to way freight by Andy Sperandeo
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