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Model Railroader Magazine 2013 October Realistic and reliable couplers
Model Railroader 2013 October
24 Workshop Tips
HO couplers, installation, and adjustments by Jim Hediger
28 Step By Step
How to install knuckle couplers by Cody Grivno
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32 Increase realism with scale couplers
Quick tips for swapping out common couplers with more prototypical Sergent couplers by Pelle K. SOeborg
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36 A bit of Pennsylvania on the Gulf
This Galveston,Texas, double-deck HO layout models the Pennsy and nearby lines by BobWerre and Steven Otte
42 0 scale operating switch stands
Modifying an HO scale product to work in a larger scene by Lou Sassi
44 Scratchbuild a freight depot
This HO model of Union Pacific's Glendale, Calif., station is built from styrene with a loading dock of real concrete
by Bruce Petty? Online bonus
50 Use layered foliage to enhance your scenery
Multiple applications of trees, grass, shrubbery, and other foliage textures add depth and realism by James McNab
54 One track plan, three options
This HO scale track plan can represent a cereal plant, steel mill, or automobile stamping plant by Michael Sharp
58 Turning Big Boys in 2 x 5 feet
This HO scale locomotive terminal lifts to the ceiling to clear doorway by Pelle K. SOeborg
76 Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte ? Online bonus
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6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
8 From the Editor Railroading 150 years ago by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products
Locomotives take center stage at Atlanta
by Cody Grivno
18 Railway Post Office Letters from our readers by Eric Stelpflug
20 Information Desk
Special trackwork resolves switching problems in a congested area
by Jim Hediger
66 DCC Corner
DCC sound with 2 speakers by Mike Polsgrove
68 Product Reviews
HO scale Sound
Value EMD F7s by
Bachmann, Athearn N scale Challenger andp
Big Boy, and more
by Dana Kawala
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75 Trains of Thought
Setting reasonable
goals byTony Koester
89 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
90 The Operators
Two useful rules
by Andy Sperandeo
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