| Table of Contents |
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| Chapter 1: N Scale Model Railroading |
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Chapter 6: Lightweight Benchwork |
| Selecting a Scale |
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Styrofoam Benchwork |
| A Direct Comparison of O, HO and N Scale Railroads |
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The Styrofoam Tabletop |
| Why Choose N Scale? |
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Cutting Styrofoam With A Hot Wire |
| How Much Space Do I Need? |
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Building the 6-by-6-Foot Union Pacific Layout |
| Avoiding Mistakes With Your N Scale Layout |
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The Woodland Scenics Lightweight SubTerrain System |
| A Brief History of N Scale |
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Building Roadbed Upgrades |
| Z Scale Trains |
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Finishing The Fascia |
| Is N Scale Too Small To Build? |
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| It's hobby, But Is It Fun? |
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Chapter 7: Trackwork |
| Keep It Simple |
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Three N Scale Track Systems |
| Do's and Don't for New Model Railroaders |
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What Kind of Track? |
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Selecting the Right Turnouts |
| Chapter 2: Room For Your Railroad |
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Turnout Positioning |
| N Scale in 2-by-4-Feet |
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Vanishing Switch Machines |
| How Anyone Can Find Room for a 20-by-40 foot layout |
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Beneath-The-Table Switch Machines |
| Layouts With NTRAK Modules |
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Switch Machines for Styrofoam Layouts |
| Stand-Up Layout Space |
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Turnout Wiring Fundamentals |
| Zero" Space Layouts |
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Beside-The-Turnout Operations |
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Railroad Grades |
| Chapter 3: Your Model Railroad |
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Laying Sectional Track |
| The "Union Pacific" Peddler Freight Layout |
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The Surveyor's Task |
| Double The Size of Any Layout |
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Track Alignment |
| Building Tabletop Layouts in Stages |
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The Basic Tools |
| The Union Pacific, In Stages |
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Mounting Sectional Track On the Tabletop |
| What Kind of Track? |
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Laying Kato Uni-Track |
| Operations on the Union Pacific Layout |
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Laying Flexible Track |
| Electrical Wiring |
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Laying Cork Roadbed |
| Key to Industries and Features on the Union Pacific Layout (Figure 3-4) |
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Laying Track On Cork Roadbed |
| Alliance to Emmett, "All Aboard!" |
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The Train that Never Derails |
| An Imaginary Journey |
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Cutting Roadbed and Ditches |
| "Points East" |
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Caution, This Track is Fragile! |
| Meeting the Schedule |
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Derailment Troubleshooting Chart |
| The Railfan Layout Design |
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Do's and Don'ts for Track and Turnouts |
| The Yardmaster Mainline Layout |
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| A "Permanent" NTRAK Layout |
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Chapter 8: Control Panels and Wiring |
| Creating a Real Railroad in 22-by-40- Feet |
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Walk-Around Control |
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Two-Rail Wiring Basics |
| Chapter 4: Track Planning |
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"Frog" Systems |
| Point to Point Operations |
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Wyes and Reversing Loops |
| A Matter of Space |
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Wiring Fundamentals |
| A Minimum Radius for Curves |
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Connecting the Wires to the Track |
| The Figure-Eight Plan |
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Troubleshooting |
| The Double-Track Main Line |
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Locomotive and Electrical Troubleshooting Chart |
| The "Out and Back" Plan |
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Two-Train Control with Two-Wires |
| A Mainline Layout for Kato Uni-Track |
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Conventional Two-Train Control |
| Designing Layouts with Track Sections |
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"Common Rail" Wiring Systems |
| Do-It-Yourself Track Planning |
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"Blocking" the Track |
| Reduce to Scale |
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Blocking Switches |
| Clearance |
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Reversing Sections |
| Planning Uphill and Downhill Grades |
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Control Panels |
| Track Planning With NTRAK Modules |
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Holding Tracks |
| Model Railroads Built From Modules |
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Do's and Don'ts for Wiring and Control |
| Do's and Don'ts for Track Planning |
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Chapter 9: Structures |
| Chapter 5: Benchwork |
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Structures as Essential 'Scenery' |
| Tables & Benchwork |
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Special Plastic-Working Tools |
| Two Choices for Benchwork |
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Assembling Plastic Structure Kits |
| Table Height |
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Painting |
| Tabletop Layouts |
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More Realistic N Scale Structures |
| Open-Grid Benchwork |
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Assembling Laser-Cut Wood Kits |
| Legs For Open-Grid Benchwork |
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Structure Conversions |
| NTRAK Modular Layout Benchwork |
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Checking Buildings for Clearances |
| Do's and Don'ts for Benchwork |
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