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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1987 July L&NE Bridge Line South Pittsburgh SP
Railroad Model Craftsman 1987 July
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
17 Dispatchers Report
Product and industry news
36 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
40 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
88 Test Track
Product reviews
104 Collector Consist
-The Train Collectors Association by Albert Ruocchio
107 Editors Notebook
Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
110 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
112 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
113 Dealer Directory
Recommended hobby dealers
121 Advertising Index
Special features
46 Perspective: The Camper by William Schaumburg
If you model today's railroads you can still add special, scheduled passenger trains to your operations.
86 Boomer Trail
This month RMC features photos from layouts that will be on display at the upcoming NMRA National Convention in Eugene, Oregon.
Modeling
56 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: PFE R-70-2 reefer by Tony Thompson
Working from photos and drawings, the author built his model from Athearn wood sided reefer kits.
59 Protofile 45: SP&S SW9 by Douglas Nuckles
Here's how you can detail an Athearn SW 1500 model into a Spokane, Portland & Seattle SW9.
65 Gary Wright's N scale layout: The Central Plains & Midland by Jim Wild and Dwayne Easterling
Set in the pre-Amtrak era, this freelanced N scale layout runs between Iowa and Nebraska.
70 Building a company stores dock by Klaas Gunnink and Steve Shoe
The loading dock in Rapid City, S.D. is the prototype for this easy scratchbuilding project.
80 South Pittsburgh: Tracklaying by Walt Herrick, Jr.
Tracklaying is covered this month in the third part of our series.
85 N scale niche: Simple Structure Surgery by Philip Lawson
This bit of N scale kitbashing turned Chooch's Maple Valley Coal Company building into a motorcycle shop.
Prototype
48 Between the Lehigh and New England by Robert Mohowski
New Jersey was the middle state in the LNE's route from the Pennsylvania coal mines to the railroad's important Maybrook, N.Y. interchange with the NYNH&H. Here is a look at the LNE's operations in New Jersey, accompanied by drawings of the operator's cabin and section house at Hainesburg Jct., track diagrams and a trackplan.
61 The saga of SP boxcar No. 5 text and drawings by Bob Bader
Built approximately 100 years ago, this boxcar was first used on the Oregonian Railway, then sold to the South Pacific Coast and finally to the Nevada & California (later to become SP). The car has outlasted the railroad and is now on display at the museum in Laws, California.
74 The General Electric U25B by Bob Kenderdine and Win Cuisinier, with drawings by George Losse
The U25B marked GE's highly successful entry into the locomotive market.
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