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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1951 August RMC Erie Railroad Covered cement c
Railroad Model Craftsman August 1951 Vol 20 No 3
CONTENTS
A CENTURY OF PROGRESS 6
One of the Countries leading freight carriers, the Erie Railroad: 1851-1951.
COVERED CEMENT CAR-By Bill Miller 10
Construction plans and building method from scrap materials.
PROTOPIX 12
Photographs of prototype installations, suitable for modeling.
AUTOMATIC COUPLING RAMPS-By Don Prudhomme 14
Three types of ramps with clear plastic as the basic material.
CHOICE OF BRIDGES-By Bill Livingston & Bill Schopp 17
The why and where of railroad bridges.
CELLAR RAILROADING-By John Kemp 18
How to utilize the average cellar to best advantage.
HOW TO PLAN YOUR MODEL RAILROAD-By Boyce F. Martin 21
Final planning stages and necessary specifications.
SEQUENCE REVERSE-By Louis H. Hartz 24
The history and workings of the various types of sequence reverse controls.
YOUR NABOR'S PIKE 28
Photographs of model equipment as built up by readers of RMC.
HO GAUGE DOUBLE SLIP SWITCH-By Milt Asquith 30
Final construction methods for building this complex piece of trackage.
SAFETY VALVE 3
OUTDOOR MODEL RAILROADING-By Geo. Brink 34
THE SCRAP BOX 36
IMPROVING DIESEL OPERATION-By R. Hutchison 38
SAM, THE TROUBLE MAN 42
OFF'N THE TABLE TOP-By Glyn Lewis 44
NEW PRODUCTS REVIEW 46
SAM, THE TROUBLE MAN 36
SWAYBACKED FLAT CAR-By Gil Wessel39
NEW PRODUCTS 45
MAINTAINING EQUIPMENT 48
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