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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1987 February Limestone RR Trackplan PFE Steel
Railroad Model Craftsman 1987 February
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial Harold H. Carstens
8 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
20 Dispatchers Report
Product and industry news
38 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
45 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
96 Test Track
Product reviews
129 N scale niche
Plans for N scalers
111 Collector Consist
-Fact, fantasy and fiction by Keith Wills
116 Editors Notebook
Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
118 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
120 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
121 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
128 Advertising Index
Special features
52 Perspective: Relationships by William C. Schaumburg
In small town America, the depot, the train tracks and the town all seem to fit together in certain common patterns.
54 Lake Erie limestone carriers, Pt. III: Modeling the Marblehead Peninsula by Lee Rainey
This layout incorporates the narrow gauge quarry lines, the electric interurban, the shortline L&M and its Class 1 conection.
77 Proto: 48 report by Randy Wilson
The author, who is the committee chairman of the NMRA's Techical Department Committee, explains the concept behind the Proto: 48 movement and looks at its effects on O scale.
Modeling
61 Help for the coalfields: Building a Norfolk Southern slug by Bill Manzke
A few years ago the NS began a program of converting GP9s into slugs for use on coal drags. Here is how you can model one in HO scale.
68 The farmhouse at Rimerton by Thomas Rimer
When Thomas Rimer set out to add a typical American-style house to his layout, he chose to model the one his grandparents lived in.
73 Finishing a most improbable locomotive by Al Turner
This month we'll explain the final assembly steps and the painting of this powered HOn3 2-4-4-2T.
80 Keep 'em rolling by Bob Richardson
Car maintenance is a simple, but often over looked necessity in keeping a model railroad running smoothly.
83 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a CN articulated grain hopper by William Tokaruk
This one-of-a-kind grain car was modeled using two Model Power cylindrical hoppers.
Prototype
66 New Orleans Public Service 900 class streetcars by Ed Gebhardt
For over 60 years these streetcars have been providing the people of New Orleans with dependable public transportation.
86 PFE Ice Reefer's: Steel cars by Tony Thompson and Richard H. Hendrickson
Our series continues with an indepth look at the steel cars of PFE. Differences in the classes are noted and rosters and painting and modeling information are included.
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