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Model Railroader 2012 November
32 How to make tree-covered hills
Tips for making quick and inexpensive trees for any scale by Brooks Stover
38 Scratchbuilding without plans
Construction tips for building a structure from prototype photos
by Bob Foltz
44 Detail a remote-control locomotive
Modernize yard and road switchers in one evening by Cody Grivno
46 SP meets WP in N scale
This semi-freelanced around-the-walls layout models California in the transition era
by Clifton Linton
52 Build a layout gate
A swing-in section offers easy access into an around-the-walls layout
by Ron Gager
TRACK PLANNING CONTEST: SECOND-PLACE WINNER
54 Moving freight around Chicago in N scale
This 1970s-era track plan is heavy on local industrial switching
by Clifton Linton and Steven Cox
58 Diesel-era scenes on the Soo
This HO scale layout fills aTokyo living room by Nobuaki Misonou
80 Trackside Photos
Preview: Great Model Railroads 2013
by Steven Otte ? Online bonus
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
From the Editor
Full circle after 7 decades by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products
Hobby industry news by Cody Grivno
20 Information Desk
How to run a campaign train by Jim Hediger
22 N Scale Insight
Keep track really clean by Jim Kelly
24 Workshop lips
How to cut and fit track
by Jim Hediger ? Online bonus
28 Step by Step
Weather white freight cars by Pelle Soeborg ? Online bonus
66 DCC Corner
Caboose lighting with Digital Command Control by Mike Polsgrove
70 Product
Reviews
HO scale EMDore
DDA4OX diesel
locomotive
from Athearn's
Genesis line, Con-Cor HO scale Pennsylvania RR MP54 multiple-unit
commuter cars, and more by Dana Kawala
78 Trains of Thought
Ding!The tender's empty! by Tony Koester
93 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
94 The Operators
A challenging tower job byAndy Sperandeo
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