COVER STORY
Modeling SD80MAC & SD90MAC diesels in HO scale By Russ Goodwin
Detailing RailPower shells to match Conrail and UP prototypes

The Athabasca System By Clayton Barry
An N Scale sectional layout built in half a two-car garage

Bridges, tipples, and towns By Tony Koester
The Allegheny Midland's Coal Fork Extension: Part 5
Clever kitbashing produces structures for this coal country line

1998 NMRA prize parade By Jim Hediger
Contest winners from the National Model Railroad Association's Kansas City national convention

PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS
DL&W watchman's shanty By Harold W. Russell
Grade crossing protection from the steam era

Cribwork fill By Boone Morrision
The axe, not the shovel, was the tool of choice for grading logging lines

Papermaking and the railroads By Marty McGuirk
An industry you can model: Part 1