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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1978 June Hoosac Valley Layout design tips
Railroad Model Craftsman June 1978 Vol 47 No 1
CONTENTS
SPECIAL FEATURES
59 Boomer Trail Highlights of the August 1978 NMRA national layout tours
95 Cartoon/John Dusko, Jr. In the news ...
MODELING
34 The twin-cities concept/Art Curren Making one city do the work of two when planning a layout
38 Rolling stock grade brake/Ron Roberts Keeping cuts of cars in place on a hill with a retractable pin
40 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: A shortline classic/Louis A. Sassi A modernized HO scale 4-4-0 from AHM and MDC components
42 Assembly jig for mass-producing wooden-underframe flat cars/Jack Burgess Making several identical cars is easier with a jig
44 Removable roofs/Colin Emmerson A roof can be both sturdy and removable (to show interior detailing)
45 Stack 'em units/Ed Black Sections of layouts in two scales were designed to stack vertically for storage
52 Americanizing Vollmer's through-truss bridge/Stafford Swain Cutting off the top end projections is a good start
53 The Hoosac Valley/Bill Kennedy Dick Elwell's HO scale New England railroad
PROTOTYPE
49 The Thrall-Door boxcar/Julian Cavalier Drawings and photos of a modern easily-loaded/unloaded freight car
62 Laurel Line loader/Chuck Yungkurth How the interurban L&WV dropped into a valley to service a loader
ANNUAL INDEX
52i Index to volume 46 A contents directory for the June 1977-May 1978 issues
DEPARTMENTS
5 Notes on an Old Timetable-Editorial/Harold H. Carstens
6 Safety Valve-Letters from our readers
19 Dispatchers Report-Product and industry news
28 RMC Timetable-Scheduled events and organizational notices
32 Trouble Shooting-Questions, answers and tips/William C. Schaumburg
65 Test Track-Product reviews
82 Observations-Respecting other points of view/Robert Chait
84 Editors Notebook-Commentary/J. Anthony Koester
91 Classified Advertising-Commercial advertising
93 Exchange Place-Non-commercial advertising
93 Dealer Directory-Recommended hobby retailers
101 Advertising Index-Where to find it this month in RMC
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