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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1993 August Modeling DM&IR Gon CN Boxcar NS C3
Railroad Model Craftsman 1993 August
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable
Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers 12 Dispatchers report
Product and industry news 36 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
89 Test Track
Product reviews
108 Collector Consist Automata or Improvement? Proto-operation by Keith Wills
110 Editors Notebook Commentary-Christopher P. D'Amato
113 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
114 Exchange Place
Non-commercial listings
115 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
121 Advertising Index
Special features
48 Perspective: Retirement? by David Lustig
Preservation and operation of obsolete railroad equipment by museum groups can help to keep past technologies alive,
56 Inspiration for a kitbash: A tank engine gallery by Christopher P. D'Amato
These prototype photos should help to provide a little inspiration for our Great G Gauge Porter Kitbashing Contest.
Modeling
50 The Blairstown Garden Ry. rebuilds its Porters by Christopher P. D'Amato
Both the Bachmann and Lehmann G gauge 0-4-0T Porter models are ideal for kitbashing.
52 A Lehmann Porter kitbash by Steve Sint
The prototype inspiration for this tank engine with a tender was Westside Flume & Lumber's little 0-4-0T, Fido.
58 DM&IR gondola No. 3322 by Charles Derus
This 14-rib gondola can be built in HO scale using the sides and ends from a National Car Cast kit as a starting point.
65 Street lights for your layout by Frank Cicero
Here is a fast and inexpensive approach to street lighting.
66 The Pennsylvania R.R. Eastern Division by Win Gross and Bill Gruber This 1960's era HO scale layout is one of many that will be on tour during this year's NMRA convention in Valley Forge, Pa.
70 Carside retaining walls by Alvin Burgess
Here's an interesting scenic project that is sure to draw attention.
71 Simple fast clock by Bill Henderson
By making a new dial and removing the hour hand, the author made a simple, easy-to-read fast clock.
72 Modeling the Daily Globe by Dick Shapiro
This HO building is both a linside industry and a scenic view block. 74 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a Norfolk Southern C39-8 by Ed Ryan
Built from a Rail Power Products shell and a Bachmann chassis, this modern GE locomotve is unique to NS and Conrail.
Prototype
61 BN's Downers Grove depot by Jay Zolvanek, with drawings by Chuck Yungkurth
Built in 1912, this station still serves Chicago bound passengers.
81 Canadian National's 1937 AAR design 40-foot steel boxcars by Stafford Swain
Over 42,000 of these cars have been used throughout North America
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