Model Railroader Magazine 2009 March Make gravel pit Model a canyon Add hills
Model Railroader 2009 March 114 pages
6 The ultimate board game
From the Editor by Neil Besougloff
8 News & Products
Hobby industry news and product announcements by Steven Otte
22 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers by Eric Stelpflug
27 Adding communications
Information Desk by Jim Hediger
31 Handrail touch up
Workshop by Lionel Strang and Jim Hediger
36 Car stops for your model railroad
Step by Step by Cody Grivno
SPECIAL SECTION: MAKE YOUR LAYOUT LOOK BIGGER
40 Add a realistic gravel pit
An industry big enough to need the railroad by Mike Confalone
44 A forced perspective canyon
Scenery tricks add distance beyond your railroad by Willem van der Hoeven
48 Narrow backdrop hills
Carved foam hill sections make a scene look bigger by Sam Swanson
52 Build the Beer Line
Part 3: Ballast, streets, riverbanks, and scenery by Cody Grivno and the MR staff
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58 Simply New England
The colorful White River Division in HO scale by George Dutka
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66 Scratchbuild a handcar house
Build a lineside structure from styrene by Jack Burgess
70 Weather a cement hopper
Cement powder gives realism like nothing else by Mont Switzer
74 Rail-marine operations on a shelf
An HO waterfront scene in less than 15 square feet by Barbara Brunette
78 How to simulate momentum effects
DCC Corner by Mike Polsgrove
80 Product Reviews
Atlas's HO scale GP40-2 with sound
Kato's N 1949 Broadway Limited cars ... and more by Dana Kawala 1 Online bonus
94 Trackside Photos
100 Layout visitation etiquette
Trains of Thought by Tony Koester
113 Index of Advertisers
114 Modeling livestock traffic
The Operators by Andy Sperandeo
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