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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1978 October Electro-Motive FP7-FP9
Railroad Model Craftsman October 1978 Vol 47 No 5
CONTENTS
SPECIAL FEATURES
42 A Christmas tradition/Bob Walker Two friends, modeling in different scales, exchange scratchbuilt gifts
76 S and O scale national convention reports/Jim Boyd and Bill Schaumburg Highlights of two 1978 conventions
79 Boomer Trail Photographic vignettes of model railroad scenes and equipment
123 Cartoon/Derek Carter Just like at the movies
MODELING
44 The oil tank at Merced/Jack Burgess A Yosemite Valley engine fueling tank construction project
50 Kitbashed well-hole flat car/Edward Steinberg Using Athearn body shells to model an unusual type of flat car
53 A live-steam Consolidation/Rudy Kouhoupt A story about 12"- and 3/8"-scale 2-8-0's propelled by steam
56 The development of the PURR Line/Bud Sima A model railroad based on the legendary Ma & Pa
64 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: EMD Phase I FP7/R.T. Steinbrenner Using F7 shells to model an early type of FP7
80 "Bugging" a boxcar/Thomas G. Levy A wireless microphone hidden in a boxcar does the trick
PROTOTYPE
68 EMD's FP7and FP9 (part one)/J.C. Smith, Jr. How the good of F-unit got to be a few feet longer
DEPARTMENTS
5 Notes on an Old Timetable-Editorial/Harold H. Carstens
10 Safety Valve-Letters from our readers
20 Dispatchers Report-Product and industry news
25 RMC Timetable-Scheduled events and organizational notices
38 Trouble Shooting-Questions, answers and tips/William C. Schaumburg
81 Test Track-Product reviews
110 Observations-The operating session/Jim Findley
112 Editors Notebook-Commentary/J. Anthony Koester -
119 Classified Advertising-Commercial advertising
121 Exchange Place-Non-commercial advertising
121 Dealer Directory-Recommended hobby retailers
129 Advertising Index-Where to find it this month in RMC
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