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Model Railroader 2016 August
26 Making steel along a Pennsy branch line MREXTRA
Heavy industry doubles the size of the HO Waynesburg &Washington RR by Rich Crumrine
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34 Aligning track on moveable benchwork
A few turns of a screw keep track aligned on benchwork that swings up, down, out, or away by Gerry Leone
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36 Upgrade a plastic freight car kit
Turn an easy-to-assemble car into a well-detailed model using these techniques by Mont Switzer
40 Build a simple structure from leftovers
Turn those extra walls, doors, windows, and vents into a one-of-a-kind building by Pelle SOeborg
42 Scratchbuild a wood trestle and truss bridge
The prototype spanned a wide valley on the steam-era Stockton & Copperopolis RR by Don Ball
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48 7 helpful hints to better bridges
These tips will help you adapt commercial materials to the situations on your layout by Mark Dance
52 Railfanning the Colorado Rockies
Inspired by the Denver & Rio Grande, this HOn3 layout sprawls across five rooms by Dave Rickaby
68 Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte
IN EVERY ISSUE
6 Digital MR
The latest features on our website by Dana Kawala
8 From the Editor
Your favorite issue is ... 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 does an end-of-train device do?
by Steven Otte
21 Heritage Fleet
Keeping pace with streamliners by Keith Wills
22 Step by Step
How to weather and renumber ore cars
by Cody Grivno
57 DCC Corner
Squeezing sound into an SW1 switcher
by Larry Puckett
60 Product Reviews
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HO scale Capitol Limited from Walthers, and more by Dana Kawala
67 On Operation
Implementing Rule 99 by Jerry Dziedzic
81 Index of Advertisers and Cartoon
82 Trains of Thought
Having second thoughts first by Tony Koester
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