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Model Railroader 2016 April
28 How to model realistic track and roadbed
Learn an expert modeler's tricks for making flextrack and cork look like a real right-of-way
by Pelle Soeborg
36 Animate structures with microcontrollers
Arduino circuit boards simplify programming effects
by Bruce Kingsley / Online bonus
41 A steam-era Lehigh Valley interlocking tower
This tower protected a wye and small yard near Rochester, N.Y. by Harold Russell / Online bonus
44 A bridge line in HO scale MREXTRA
A retired railroader builds his double-deck dream layout re-creating mountain railroading in West Virginia
by Lou Sassi / Online bonus
53 Low riders on the Sandy River
Modifying boxcars to better resemble their Maine prototypes was simplified by a parts swap
by Lou Sassi
54 Building from memory=
Camping along the Chicago & North Western as a kid inspired this HO layout by Dave Rickaby
/ Online bonus
72 Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte ? Online bonus
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
8 From the Editor
Technology and operations by Neil Besougloff
10 News & Products Hobby industry news by Cody Grivno
16 Railway Post Office Letters from our readers by Hal Miller
18 Ask MR
What's in a buffer car? by Steven Otte
22 Heritage Fleet
George D. Stock helped pioneer HO scale
by Keith Wills
24 Step by Step =II Making mountains
for MR's project layout by Eric White
60 DCC Corner
The basics of decoder installation by Larry Puckett
62 Product Reviews MREXTRA
N scale ACS-64 and Amfleet set from Kato, HO scale Bachmann E-Z App RS-3, and more
by Dana Kawala
70 On Operation It takes more than a rule book
by Jerry Dziedzic
855 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
86 Trains of Thought Lineside details
by Tony Koester
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