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Model Railroader June 2008 Vol 75 No 6
CONTENTS
6 From the Editor
The best-laid plans of ... by Neil Besougloff
8 News & Products
Hobby industry news and product announcements by Steven Otte
20 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
24 Information Desk
Traditional circus train loading techniques by Jim Hediger
30 Workshop
Q's & A's and helpful modeling tips
36 Scenery Step by Step
How to paint effective backdrops
by Jay Smith/Online bonus
COVER STORY
40 Santa Fe's gateway to L.A.
Part 1: Selectively modeling busy San Bernardino by Gary Hoover
48 Kitbash a concrete grain elevator
A Walthers kit and PVC pipe are the starting points by Craig Chandler
54 Improve your heavyweights
Four quick detailing projects for N scale passenger cars by David Popp
56 Add signal detection to rolling stock
How to make your own resistor-equipped wheelsets by Scott Kurzawski
58 Soo Line on a shelf
Scratchbuilt structures highlight this HO layout by David Leider
PIKE-SIZE PASSENGER TRAIN CONTEST: 2ND PLACE WINNER
66 The North Woods Hiawatha in HO
Combining brass and plastic cars to model this train by Lloyd Keyser
70 Crafting coconut palm trees
Use artificial plant material to make tropical trees by Joseph Kreiss
REALISTIC TRACK PLAN
72 A busy harbor in 9 x 11 feet
A clever design for an HO waterfront railroad by Jeffery Elliott
76 Landmark Layouts
Model Railroader's traveling N scale Clinchfield by Andy Sperandeo/Online bonus
80 DCC Corner
Installing DCC on a small layout by Mike Polsgrove
82 Product Reviews Athearn N scale 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, Factory Direct Trains HO scale Trackmobile ... and more by Dana Kawala ? Online bonus
94 Trackside Photos
100 Trains of Thought
The Flat Earth Society loses again by Tony Koester
113 Index of Advertisers
114 The Operators
People on the ground by Andy Sperandeo
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