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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1988 May Build coaling tower WM Experimenta Ea
Railroad Model Craftsman 1988 May
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
40 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
95 Test Track
Product reviews
112 Collector Consist
-3/16th" scale-S or O gauge? 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
129 Advertising Index
Special features
52 Perspective: Modern shorelines and regional carriers by Christopher P. D'Amato
The 1980's have seen the formation of a number of new small and medium sized railroads.
74 PMP-112 Update: Pt. Il by Alan Trammell
We finish up our update on the PMP-112 with instructions on how to build the new Phase II sound module.
63 Company Photographer: Background magic by Dwayne Easterling
Photo enlargements can make great backgrounds when used properly.
Modeling
54 Modeling a Southern Pacific Alco S2 with tiger stripes by Anthony Thompson
In the late 1940's and early 1950's the SP painted their Alco S2 switchers in a classic black and orange striped scheme.
65 Building a coaling tower: Pt. I by Wayne Wesolowski
Beginning this month, well known modeler Wayne Wesolowski explains step-by-step how to build a medium sized coaling tower.
76 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a factory by Charles Carter
Using a combination of kits and parts, the author constructed a realistic looking lineside industry for his HO railroad.
79 South Pittsburgh: Changes corrections and improvements by Walt Herrick, Jr.
Capital improvements come to South Pittsburgh as the author revises and improves some of his layout.
88 Prideville & Obscession Valley by Richard King
This is a small HO layout set in California.
92 Western Maryland flange oiler: Modeling an experiment by Bill Manzke
Only a handful of Western Maryland diesels received this small, interesting addition.
Prototype
58 To market by rail: milk containers on flat cars by Robert E. Mohowski
Milk was one of the first commodities to be regularly shipped in containers that could be transferred from truck to rail.
84 PRRIPCICR panelized turnout gondolas by Richard Burg with drawings by Charles Yungkurth
The Pennsy built these cars from standard mill gondolas to carry prefabricated switches.
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