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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1998 January (cover 1997) Weathering SP Diesel
Railroad Model Craftsman 1998 January Vol. 66 # 8 Cover marked January 1997
Departments
5 Notes on an Old Timetable Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
8 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
20 Railbooks
Book news and reviews
30 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
98 Test Track Product reviews
116 Collector Consist Longevity
-by Keith Wills
118 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
121 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
123 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings
124 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
127 Advertising Index
Special features
50 Perspective: Recording history by Bill Ehlert
Photographing today's railroad scene is a good way of making a visual record for future modelers to work from.
52 Visiting the Welles River Railway by Larry Rice
This modern-day, HO scale layout is set in the timber rich mountains of western Oregon.
82 North Shore Memories by William C. Schaumburg
It has been 35 years since the demise of the Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee in 1963. Through the late Bill Eliot's model work we will take a look back at what was once one of America's premier interurban lines.
Modeling
58 RMC/Dremel Kitbash Award: A two-sided kitbash by Howard Lloyd
By combining a trio of City Classic warehouse kits, the author was able to add two new industries to his layout and create a view block.
59 The scarlet letter - weathering SP diesels by John Welther Southern Pacific diesels often have a distinctive way of weathering that turns their white lettering red. Here is look at how it can be modeled.
75 Creating a swamp by Doug and Jackie Hole with Don Weixl With a little creativity, wetlands can turn an ordinary section of layout into an interesting scenic feature.
78 Detailing a CP wide vision caboose by Pierre Dion
A Sylvan Scale Models car is the basis for this HO scale kitbash. 87 Open loads for freight cars by Joe Robertson
Adding loads to freight cars can increase the visual interest of your rolling stock.
91 Building a deck girder bridge text and drawings by William H. Sharpe
This HO scale scratchbuilding project is based on a bridge that served the New York Central in Welland, Ontario.
Prototype
67 The Lehigh Valley's Sayre, Penn., depot text and drawings by Chuck Yungkurth
Sayre, Pennsylvania, was once an important junction on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and the large brick station that was built to serve the town in 1882 still stands today.
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