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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1983 July Models with a history
Railroad Model Craftsman 1983 July
Departments
7 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
13 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
20 Dispatchers Report
Product and industry news
33 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
36 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
47 Trouble Shooting
Questions and answers
92 Test Track
Product reviews
113 Tips and Techniques
Modeling methods and ideas
114 Observations
-Getting back on the tracks by D.H. Currie
116 Collector Consist
-Early HO hood units by Stephen Goldspiel
118 Editors Notebook
Commentary-Christopher P. D'Amato
119 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
121 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
122 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
129 Advertising Index
Special features
48 Perspective: The terminal by Geoff Hubbs
A modeler's look at Troy Union Station circa 1957.
84 A good place to work by Gerald White
Building a work bench designed for the modeler.
90 Boomer Trail Special: Shore Line reflections by Kevin Holland
Remembering the New Haven's Shore Line through models.
Modeling
50 Utah Belt's new "CA-11" style cabooses by Eric Brooman
The UB's new cabooses are based on the similarly designed Union Pacific CA-11. The author explains how he built them.
60 RMCIDremel Kitbashing Award: The station at Ravencrest by Roger Baker, Jr.
An N scale kitbash that turns a farmhouse into a station.
62 "On3" switchstand by William Dobbs
A few simple changes make this HO switchstand perfect for Ona.
63 Cantilever signal by Mike Palmiter
How to combine a Bachmann signal and a Tyco floodlight to come up with a Rock Island style cantilever signal.
64 Crossing shanties by John Swanson
All you need are some spare building parts.
69 Giving models a history by Wayne Sittner
It just takes a little paint and some relettering.
Prototype
53 Prairie skyscrapers: wood crib grain elevators by Stafford Swain
How the prototype works and detailing ideas for modelers.
65 Union Pacific CA-1 cabooses by Chris D'Amato with drawings by Julian Cavalier
UP's only standard class of wooden cabooses.
72 JU cabin by Robert Mohowski with drawings by Julian Cavalier
At one time it served the NYS&W and the L&NE.
74 From Main Street to model railroad by William Schaumburg
Looking at the prototype with an idea towards modeling.
78 Railroad tugs: Part IV by Preston Cook
This final installment reviews the operations of various railroads in the New York and Norfolk, Virginia,areas.
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