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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1997 January Modeling F10 Metro North
Railroad Model Craftsman 1997 January Vol. 65 #8
Departments
5 Notes on an Old Timetable Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
6 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
8 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
28 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
38 RMC Timetable
Scheduled events and notices
93 Test Track Product reviews
118 Collector Consist
Amerikanische Dampflokmotiven a.k.a. American steam locomotives -by Keith Wills
120 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
124 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
125 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
126 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
130 Advertising Index
Special features
54 Perspective: Steel mill railroading by Christopher P D'Amato Heavily dependent upon rail service to move materials, steel mills are among the most intriguing industries found along America's railroads.
63 Frenchie Gratt's Ponderosa Railroad by Bob Foltz
This large HO layout features a number of beautiful scratchbuilt buildings and bridges.
Modeling
56 Modeling an F10: Metro-North's diesel-powered commuter cab unit by Frank Cicero
Rebuilt from F3's by the Illinois Central for the MBTA, these units now serve Metro-North's diesel-powered commuter lines.
60 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a 1950's dump trailer by Dick Flock
This month's award winning HO scale project combines a Sheepscot plaster body and a Walthers chassis.
69 Casting your own scenery details from plaster by Don Weixl It is not hard to cast your own plaster bridge abutments, piers, tunnel portals and retaining walls.
75 The camera never lies by Don Spiro
There is nothing like a photograph to expose the scenic faults on a layout. From gaps between buildings and the scenery base to toy-like vehicles and figures, examining photographs is a good way to see what needs improvement on your layout.
79 Scratchbuilding a SR&R1 flat car text and plans by Chris Cardinal
The Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes had a number of flat cars like this one on its roster. Here is how you can model them in On2.
83 Protofile: 70 Procor styrene monomer tank car by Mike Rose A Walthers HO scale LPG tank car is the starting point for this kitbash of a modern tank car.
87 A stable electronic circuit for stall-motor switch machines by Dick McEvoy
Here is a way to improve the operation and reliability of Tortoise switch machines.
Prototype
85 Thrall carbon black car text and drawings by Eric Neubauer Since 1964, Thrall has been producing cars along the lines of this one to haul carbon black.
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