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Perspective: Parking place by William C. Schaumburg
A street corner locomotive terminal provides a lesson in simplicity.
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Al Gibes' Pekin, Pellston & Peoria R.R. by Don Spiro
This beautiful, 11'x13' HO scale layout is set in rural Michigan and its scenes are based the childhood memories of its creator.
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You can model Eastern narrow gauge: Pt. II by George Pierson
As a follow up to last month's look at some of the East's lesser-known narrow gauge lines, we present some ideas for modeling them.
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| Modeling |
RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a WP through truss bridge by Jim Providenza
The author was able to reconfigure a Central Valley HO scale bridge kit to resemble a bridge on the Western Pacific.
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Modeling NJ Transit's Comet IV cars by Frank Cicero
With a little detailing, the Walther's HO scale Bombardier passenger cars can be turned into models of NJ Transit's newest cars.
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Building a cornfield by David Leider
Here is an inexpensive method for producing a good looking cornfield with a minimum of hassle.
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Building Albion lighthouse by Robert Bennett
This little lighthouse would look right at home on the coast of Maine.
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Perfect grab irons every time by Pat Sanders
Here is how you can turn a small pair of needlenose pliers into a tool for making perfect grab irons.
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| Prototype |
American Car & Foundry's Motorailers by Robert E. Mohowski with drawings by Charles Yungkurth
In this first of a two-part series, we take a look at these streamlined, self-propelled cars that were the successors to the gas-electrics and predecessors of the Rail Diesel Car.
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Pennsylvania R.R. class G27 gondolas by Richard Burg
Thousands of these gondolas were built by the PRR and other railroads soon followed suit.
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Southern Pacific section tool sheds by Herman Darr
These small buildings served section crews by providing storage space for tools, track materials and speeders.
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