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Model Railroader Magazine 2008 November Lessons from a finished layout Kandscape
Model Railroader 2008 November
6 Sage advice on scenery
From the Editor by Neil Besougloff
8 News & Products
Hobby industry news and product announcements by Steven Otte
22 Railway Post Office
Letters and e-mails from our readers
28 Transition rails
nm-yavnbs Sim S-Wiw
32 Operating session checklist
Workshop by Lionel Strang and Jim Hediger
36 Model a modern grade crossing
Scenery Step by Step by Cody Grivno
COVER STORY
42 Lessons from a finished layout
How one modeler completed his N scale railroad by Daryl Kruse
DCC CORNER SPECIAL
50 A buyer's guide to DCC systems
Getting started using Digital Command Control by Mike Polsgrove and Dana Kawala
56 4 weeks to a bigger layout
Week 3: Ballast, grass, and a coal trestle
by David Popp
62 Landmark Layouts
George Sellios' HO scale Franklin & South Manchester by Carl Swanson
66 Enhancing model trucks
Weathering and custom details add realism by V.S. Roseman
BUILD A SCENE CONTEST
70 Rebuild a scene after moving
A railfan scene takes third place in our contest by James Harper
PIKE-SIZE PASSENGER TRAIN
74 Modeling a steam-era milk train
A first-class train that provides a special service by Edward Loizeaux
78 Build a manual staging yard turntable
An inexpensive device to turn locomotives by Jeff Johnston
84 Product Reviews
Rapido Train's HO scale TurboTrain, Broadway Limited's BlueLine EMD F7 ... and more
by Dana Kawala
100 Trackside Photos
105 Cartoon
106 Diminishing returns
Trains of Thought by Tony Koester
21 index of Advertisers 122 Blocking trains
The Operators by Andy Sperandeo
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