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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1998 April Rebuilding layout for better operat
Railroad Model Craftsman 1998 April
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
18 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
34 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
95 Test Track Product reviews
108 Collector Consist Rationale
-by Keith Wills
110 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
115 Classified Advertising Commercial listings
116 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
119 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
121 Advertising Index
Special features
50 Perspective: The Santa Fe and Route 66 by Robert Turner
The Burlington Northern Santa Fe mainline across Arizona and New Mexico is a busy piece of track, and watching from nearby Route 66 can provide an exciting glimpse of contemporary railroading.
74 Blitz-Weinhard Brewing Co. by Harry Bonham
If you've ever wondered what is involved in modeling a brewery, here's the answer. Join the author as he takes us on a tour of this Portland, Oregon, brewing company.
Modeling
52 Eliminating the bottleneck at Morley by Bob Foltz
The addition of a run-around track improved the flow of traffic on the author's Santa Fe inspired layout.
57 Parts with potential by Jim Providenza
Kadee draft gear boxes have a number of uses besides holding couplers.
59 A winter wonderland: Building a simple N scale display layout by Christopher P D'Amato
A small display layout like this one offers beginning modelers a chance to get started in the hobby with a very manageable project that doesn't involve a large investment of time, money or space.
67 Modeling a Sellers turntable by Don Ball
This late-1800's turntable makes a great modeling project. 78 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a D&RG 6500 series flat car by Cindy Winters
Modeling these cars involves rebuilding an Athearn standard gauge car for narrow gauge service.
82 Building a Railtex GP9 by Charles Gendron
Modeling a GMD-built low nose GP9 for the Goderich & Exeter. 85 F units for the Frisco by Jeff Kersting
Choosing to model the early 1960's, the author details a pair of Athearn HO scale F7's for the St. Louis & San Francisco.
89 Powering a double crossover with a single motor by Gary Holmes
All it takes are a few tools and about an hour to do this project.
Prototype
58 Barrett's Salt by Scott J. Whitney
Here is an easy-to-model industry that would be right at home on any layout set in a region that receives cold winter weather.
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