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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1987 May GP38's Genessee & Wyoming UP SD24s 3
Railroad Model Craftsman 1987 May
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
16 Dispatchers Report
Product and industry news
34 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
83 N scale niche
Plans for N scalers
88 Test Track
Product reviews
104 Collector Consist
-Electric trains-It hasn't always been integrated circuitry by Keith Wills
106 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: Play it again by Gerry Bernet
A fallen flag can be raised again with a coat of paint.
74 Copier Decals by Bill Manzke
You can make your own custom decals with a photocopier machine.
78 Boomer Trail
RMC presents photos from its readers.
Modeling
48 RMCIDremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashed fish car by Stanley Knotts, Jr.
This HO model is based on cars once operated by the Department of Commerce to help stock the nation's streams and rivers.
51 Genesee & Wyoming GP38 by Charles Carter and Neil Keirn
Wearing the bright new paint scheme of an expanding shortline, these ex-Conrail units are a great modeling subject.
55 Deciduous trees by Don Mitchell
Using sphagnum moss and blossoms from the smoke tree, modelers Bill Drummond and Cletus Bell show how you can model an eastern forest.
55 Evergreen trees by Nat Howard
Here is a quick, easy and inexpensive way to make pine trees.
69 Urban modeling by Mike Palmiter
Set in downtown Chicago, this HO railroad sets out to capture the feel of urban modeling.
76 The view from the depot by Jack Burgess
A periscope, which extends up into the building from the edge of the benchwork, allows the viewer to look through the station windows from the inside.
81 South Pittsburgh: building benchwork for a portable railroad by Walt Herrick, Jr.
In the March issue Walt described his trackplan and the ideas behind his railroad; this month he follows it up with an article on how he built his benchwork.
84 Three Union Pacific SD24s by John E. Cox
The Union Pacific operated high-nose, low-nose and B-unit SD24s. Modeler
John Cox describes how he kitbashed all three variations.
Prototype
64 Quincy & Torch Lake straight-braced rock car by John Campbell; with drawings by Wayne Wesolowski
These cars, purchased secondhand around the turn-of-the-century and later rebuilt, lasted until the end of rail service on the Q&TL.
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