|
Model Railroader 2013 September
28 Build a portable branch line
Part 2: We add rocks, rivers, buried track, and a lot of trees to our Thin Branch project
by David Popp
36 Track plan for Chocolate Town, USA
This N scale track plan centers on rail-served Hershey's chocolate factories
by Bob Sprague
39 How to model realistic pole lines
Tips for painting, weathering, and installing this common right-of-way detail
by Pelle Steborg
42 Light up a big-city skyline
Use LEDs to illuminate photo-backdrop buildings from the inside out
by Richard Wendt
COVER STORY: 2-DECK HO LAYOUT
44 Big scenes on a double-deck club layout
The Lehigh & Keystone Valley RR club finds its permanent home and builds a focused, 45 x 60-foot model railroad by Paul J. Dolkos ? Online bonus
52 How to model a contaminated dirt load
These contemporary loads are bound for hazardous waste disposal sites
by Matt Snell
56 California dreaming in S scale
This 27 x 39-foot layout features the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific in the 1950s
by Bob Werre with Cody Grivno and Brian Jackson
72 Trackside Photos Ia
by Steven Otte
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
From the Editor
In praise of 20-inch layouts by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products
Hobby industry news by Cody Grivno
16 Information Desk
Use an inspection trip as a pike-sized passenger train by Jim Hediger
20 N Scale Insight
When it's just not working out by Jim Kelly
22 Workshop Tips
A guide to using small hobby screws by Jim Hediger
Step by Step
How to paint locomotives in multi-color paint schemes by Cody Grivno
62 DCC Corner
How to add sound to a veteran locomotive by Karl Bond
64 Product
Reviews CZMD'
Amtrak P42 diesel
engine in HO scale.
by Kato, Sunset
brass HO scale
Northern Pacific Z-8 4-6-6-4 Challenger, and more by Dana Kawala
71 Trains of
Thought
The Train of Thought by Tony Koester
85 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
86 The Operators
Signals for operation, part 3 by Andy Sperandeo
| 
