Model Railroader October 2008 Vol 75 Vol 10
CONTENTS
6 Naming a railroad
From the Editor by Neil Besougloff
8 News & Products
The 2008 National Train Show report and more by Steven Otte
22 Railway Post Office
Letters and e-mails from our readers
26 Prototype brush cutters
Information Desk by Jim Hediger
30 Putting a spin on projects
Workshop /Jim Hediger
34 Making a forest on a bluff
Scenery Step by Step by Cody Grivno
TRACK SPECIAL
38 Modeling different types of track
Make your main lines, sidings, and spurs realistic by Paul Dolkos
44 Superelevating curves
Giving curves a realistic profile by Andy Schnur
46 Improving Atlas code 83 flextrack
Trim down the spikes and add weathering by Eric Brooman
48 4 weeks to a bigger layout
Week 2: Trackwork and wiring for the industrial district by David Popp/Online bonus
54 Build walls with odd angles
Acute and obtuse corners for modular buildings by Roger W. Holmes
58 Across the Alleghenies
The scenery on this HO scale layout speaks for itself by Lou Sassi
66 Kitbash an SD10 diesel
Easy methods for modeling an unusual prototype by Jim Volhard
71 Track Planning Contest rules
PROTOTYPE INFORMATION
72 Model a cattle guard
Plans for a one-evening scratchbuilding project by Harold W. Russell
74 Landmark Layouts
Bob Hayden's elegant Carrabasset & Dead River by Jim Kelly/Online bonus
78 Installing sound in an Athearn F unit
DCC Corner by Mike Polsgrove
80 Product Reviews Athearn's all new Electro-Motive Division SD6OM Atlas O's EMD F2 ... and more Online bonus
91 Cartoon
94 Trackside Photos
100 Fixing brass steamers
Trains of Thought by Tony Koester
113 Index of Advertisers
114 Decisions, decisions
The Operators by Andy Sperandeo
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