Puckett, Larry Sprague, Bob CSX Indianapolis Subdivision Talbott, Jim, Nov p78 Building scenery for a gantlet Double-deck plan for a modern (HO), Nov p42 Thompson, Mat, Dec p91 bridge, Oct p56 short line, Sep p33 CSX Indianapolis Subdivision Walterreit, Jerry, Jun p77 How to build a gantlet track, Room-sized plan for a busy (N), Nov p42 Wegner, John, Mar p79 Sep p51 junction, Oct p62 Doswell Junction (HO), Oct p62 Weigel, Randall, Jul p75 Quick and easy well car weather- Two plans for a modern-era Lime Ridge & Hercules and Trains of Thought ing, Jan p68 secondary line, Nov p42 Portland & Western (HO), Apr “A gallon of purplish-orange Stacy, Ron p57 paint, please!”, Feb p87 Clip and dip goldenrod trees, Norfolk & Western (O), Jan p64 It’s not my railroad, Nov p75 R Sep p57 Trackside Photos (italics indi- Job aids, or clutter?, Jul p71 Steam-to-diesel on the Boston & cates photographer) Modeling the 1960s, Jun p73 Reynolds, Alastair Maine, Jun p54 Angel, Glen, Apr p78 Purpose of repurposed depots, Step by Step Freelancing the Southern in N Angell, Dave, Mar p78 The, May p71 January February March April May June scale, Sep p28 Build an easy car float, Mar p28 Barry, Ernie, Sep p76 Ready-to-run: tombstone or RFID for model railroad opera- Build an N scale cattle yard, Bethune, Thomas, Feb p90 steppingstone?, Dec p84 tions, Dec p46 May p22 Blanks, Larry, Aug p72 Real-time repairs or RIP tracks, Rickaby, Dave How to add figures to a passen- Boyd, Garry, Aug p70 Sep p72 Chasing history on the Pennsy, ger coach, Feb p34 Bramlage, Bill, Oct p76 Righting wrong impressions, Apr p60 How to model a grade crossing, Brown, John, Sep p76 Jan p92 Rising from the ashes, Nov p46 Jul p26 Caswell, Skip, Mar p79 Sprung trucks, semi-scale Rod Stewart reaches a milestone, How to model a hay field, Dec Clark, John and Tom, Apr p78 wheels, Mar p75 Feb p52 p32 Coffey, Doug, Apr p76 Tick, tick, tick..., Oct p75 Room-sized plan for a busy junc- How to model a heritage fleet, Dolkos, Paul, Nov p79 Towns by the numbers – or let- tion, Oct p62 Jan p36 Ebejer, Jim, Sep p76 ters, Aug p69 Russell, Harold W. How to upgrade a basic plastic Edgar, Robert, Jan p88 What’s that track for?, Apr p75 Erie milk and express car, Nov coal tower kit, Apr p28 Elmhurst Model RR Club, Jul Trees in 60 seconds, May p28 p54 How to weather with acrylics, p75 Tried and true, Sep p44 Nov p28 Farrow, Mike, May p75 Turn a 4 x 8 inside-out, Apr p57 Kitbash a brewery, part 1, Aug Feko, Frank, May p74 Two plans for a modern-era sec- July August September October November December S p24 Feraca, John, Jan p90 ondary line, Nov p42 Kitbash a brewery, part 2, Sep Foreman, Ron, Jun p74 Tylick, Mike Santa Fe meets the Espee in a p24 Fricker, Ron, Jun p76 Good fences make good scenery, spare room, Jul p44 Kitbash a brewery, part 3, Oct Fryer, Bill, Jul p75 Oct p54 Sassi, Lou p26 Gaige, George, Jan p90 Compact layout in a living Model an abandoned interlock- Gasparik, Lee, Apr p79 U-V INDEX room, A, Feb p38 ing tower, Jun p26 Gloor, Peter, Jan p91 Eastern logging 1960s style, Stover, Brooks Heitmann, John, Jun p76 Volume 81 • January-December 2014 Jul p38 How to build an abandoned Hemenway, Scott, Feb p91 Update on the Nickel Plate, Dec Hauling lumber and stone to mine, Oct p40 Herndon, Greg, Oct p79 p36 © 2015 Kalmbach Publishing Co., 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. 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Second time around the Rat- Kingsnorth, Bob, Dec p91 W-X-Y-Z Now on ModelRailroader.com hole Division, Aug p42 T Kirkpatrick, Doug, Dec p88 Italics indicates an author’s name (or a photographer, under Trackside Photos). Tried and true, Sep p44 Kirkwood, Ken, Mar p76 MR subject categories: Schaff, Gary Klettke, Kevin, Nov p76 Watson, Russ The 2005-2014 annual indices are Built by the pros, Aug p52 Tall tale come true, A, Dec p58 Kolenc, Terry, May p75 How to scratchbuild a handcar Cartoons Layout descriptions Prototype drawings Technology available as PDFs under The Magazine Scratchbuild a caboose from Techniques Krueger, Jerry, May p72, 74, 75 shed, Mar p38 Construction articles Obituaries Prototype information Track plans tab at www.ModelRailroader.com. styrene, May p52 6 ways to use a digital craft cut- Lally, Paul, Dec p90 Weathering rooftops, Nov p36 Cover photos Operation Techniques For a searchable index of articles in Scratchbuild a cement plant from ter for your layout, Jun p36 Landow, George, Jun p77 White, Eric Model Railroader and other model and photos, Aug p30 12 tips to build more layout Leone, Gerry, Nov p79 See DCC Corner MR departments: prototype railroad publications, visit Second time around the Rathole faster, Sep p36 Lewis, Dan, Oct p77 Workshop Tips DCC Corner News & Products Product Reviews Trains of Thought www.index.mrmag.com. Division, Aug p42 Accessible 3-D printing, Nov Lillehagen, Jon Andre, Oct p78 6 tips for choosing a realistic Editorials (From the Editor) N Scale Insight Step by Step Workshop Tips Sedita, Joe p63 Lohwasser, Eric, Apr p78, Jul car fleet, Feb p30 Information Desk Operators, The Trackside Photos See Cartoons Add magnetic air brake hoses to p74, Dec p90 Build a bench hook for precise Skinner, Aaron HO rolling stock, Jun p34 Marshall, John, Feb p91 saw cuts, May p20 Hobby paint roundup, Mar p54 Conceal trackwork in a city Meyer, Jeffrey, Jul p72 Conceal staging inside a big Smas, Jim scene, Jan p72 Nottage, Ed, Feb p88 industry, Jan p30 Big sound for little engines, Mar p42 Build a resin gondola kit, Feb p48 Conceal trackwork in a city scene, Piece of Ohio in a Penn Central Creating mirror magic, Dec p52 Oakes, Bob, Mar p78 Easy repair for Rix turnout 0-9 Blair, Alan Build a sliding lift and pivot gate Jan p72 depot, Mar p58 Enhance the deck of a ready-to- Oyster, Gregory, May p74 controls, Apr p24 Make a big building even bigger for easy access, May p58 Confalone, Mike Snell, M.R. run flatcar, Nov p40 Palermo, Steve, Jul p74 Essential tools for beginners, 6 steps to a better covered hopper, without adding parts, Feb p44 Building scenery for a gantlet Steam-to-diesel on the Boston Enhance the deck fo a ready-to- How to paint and weather track Patterson, James, Oct p79 Dec p28 Jul p55 Botzow, Herm bridge, Oct p56 & Maine, Jun p54 run flatcar, Nov p40 in 5 steps (and how to lay it), Pearson, Ron, Aug p72 Hide your wiring right up front, 6 ways to use a digital craft cutter Day on the Creston Turn, A, Apr Built by the pros, Aug p52 Construction articles: Layouts Model a bulk transfer facility in Jun p30 Pikemasters Model RR Club of Mar p24 for your layout, Jun p36 p48 and modules an existing yard, Jun p50 Make junkyard details from foil Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct How to solder power feeders, 12 tips to build more layout faster, O scale railroad built for opera- Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Three ways to weather rolling wine caps, Mar p64 p79 Sep p22 Sep p36 tion, An, Apr p44 C part 1, Jan p40 stock, Nov p32 Quick and easy well car weath- Poage, Larry, May p72 Modern diesel identification, Brown, Steve Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Søeborg, Pelle ering, Jan p68 Powell, Sam, Nov p79 Aug p22 Rising from the ashes, Nov p46 Cartoons part 2, Feb p60 Add magnetic air brake hoses to Three ways to weather rolling Puffer, Seth, Jan p91 NMRA Standards and Recom- A Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Matteo, Matt: Jan p105, Feb Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, HO rolling stock, Jun p34 stock, Nov p32 Reeves, Ken, Jun p76 mended Practices, Jun p24 1, Jan p40 p101, Apr p89, Jun p85, Aug part 3, Mar p32 Add straps to a center-beam Twisting trees from wire, Jan Rettig, Russ, Apr p79 Realistic foundations for small Accessible 3-D printing, Nov p63 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part p81, Oct p89, Nov p89 Expand a staging yard into the flatcar, Sep p42 p61 Rickaby, Dave, Mar p79, Aug structures, Jul p22 Add magnetic air brake hoses to 2, Feb p60 Sedita, Joe: Mar p89, May p85, aisle, Feb p68 How to upgrade a Kato HO Weathering rooftops, Nov p36 p72 Stop steam locomotive derail- HO rolling stock, Jun p34 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Jul p85, Sep p85, Dec p101 Construction articles: scale AC4400CW. Apr p52 See also Step by Step Saatkamp, Alan, Aug p73 ments, Nov p24 Add straps to a center-beam flat- 3, Mar p32 Chasing history on the Pennsy, Miscellaneous Learning from experience on Technology Sassi, Lou, Apr p76, Aug p72 Tips for modeling a realistic car, Sep p42 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Apr p60 Build a gate to hide a furnace, the Daneville Sub, Mar p46 Big sound for little engines, Mar Schoepflin, Bob, Feb p90 coal train, Oct p22 Appalachia in an oval, Jul p50 4, Apr p32 Clermont, Andy Dec p68 Quick and easy well car weath- p42 Schoonover, James, Oct p79 Wundrock, Bob Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Kitbash a crane kit, Jun p38 Build a sliding lift and pivot ering, Jan p68 RFID for model railroad opera- Smith, George, Sep p77 Expand a staging yard into the 5, May p38 Clip and dip goldenrod trees, Sep gate for easy access, May p58 Scratchbuild a cement plant tions, Dec p46 Smith, Ian, Nov p78 aisle, Feb p68 B Build a gate to hide a furnace, p57 Build an oil dealership in a from photos, Aug p30 Three ways to weather rolling Smith, Jim, Jul p75 Dec p68 Coal mines along the East Broad small space, Jul p30 Weathering rooftops, Nov p36 stock, Nov p32 Smith, J.J., Sep p77 Besougloff, Neil Build an oil dealership in a small Top, Oct p32 Build an uncoupling tool for See also DCC Corner Track plans Smith, Josh, Aug p73 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, space, Jul p30 Compact layout in a living room, passenger cars, Dec p57 Sperandeo, Andy Cascade & Columbia River Stover, Brooks, Oct p78 part 1, Jan p40 Build an uncoupling tool for A, Feb p38 How to build a gantlet track, See Operators, The (HO), Sep p33 Strebel, Steve, Mar p78 See also Editorials passenger cars, Dec p57 part 1, Sep p51 Tagsold, Doug, Nov p78 How to build lightweight sec- Drop-in decoders for N scale Kawala, Dana Pennsylvania, Hudson & Investment group acquiring O scale railroad built for opera- Product Reviews: Locomotives, tional benchwork, Jul p36 diesels, Jul p60 H Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Potomac (N), Nov p58 Horizon Hobby, Feb p10 tion, An, Apr p44 diesel Make your own wheel puller, How to add LEDs and improve part 5, May p38 Pennsylvania RR (HO), May Jaglinski to take over as Train- Otte, Steven Alco C-420, N, Atlas, May p66 Jul p58 sound in a decoder-equipped Hauling lumber and stone to the See also Product Reviews p32 fest chair, Jun p10 Turn a 4 x 8 inside-out, Apr p57 Alco C-424, HO, Atlas, Dec p78 Model a bulk transfer facility in Athearn SD70ACe, Feb p74 sea, Jun p44 Kelly, Jim Pennsylvania RR Middle Divi- Join the MR team, Jan p10 See also Step by Step Alco PA-1 and PB-1, N, Broad- an existing yard, Jun p50 How to install basic Digital Hediger, Jim See N Scale Insight sion, (HO), Apr p60 Locomotives big at National See also Trackside Photos way Limited, Jul p66 Construction articles: Rolling Command Control, Mar p66 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Kitbash a crane kit, Jun p38 Reynolds, Alastair: Gulf, Atlanta Train Show, Oct p10 Oxnard, Thomas Alco RS-3, HO, Atlas, Aug p62 stock and locomotives Modern sound for an old loco- part 4, Apr p32 Klein, Charles & Eastern (N), Sep p28 Locomotives rule at iHobby, Build a gate to hide a furnace, EMD F2/F3 set, N, Kato, Nov 6 steps to a better covered hop- motive, Sep p60 John Armstrong designs an Mid-Atlantic main line in a Sandy Fork Lumber Co. (HO), Jan p10 Dec p68 p70 per, Jul p55 Protecting a layout entry gate, N&W main line, Jan p64 master bedroom, Nov p58 Jul p38 Model Power closes, Jul p10 EMD F7, N, Bachmann, Mar Add straps to a center-beam part 3, Jun p60 See also Information Desk Koester, Tony Schaff, Gary: Hudson, Delaware MRC and Model Power enter p70 flatcar, Sep p42 Wiring a layout entry gate, part See also Workshop 12 tips to build more layout & Lehigh (HO), Aug p52 licensing agreement, Sep p10 P-Q EMD GP39X/GP49, HO, Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, 1, Apr p66 High country railroading on two faster, Sep p36 Sebring Model RR Club (HO), New models at Trainfest, Feb Athearn, Dec p76 part 5, May p38 Wiring a layout entry gate, part decks, May p44 Trees in 60 seconds, May p28 Mar p58 p10 Pearson, Ron EMD GP40-2L, HO, Athearn, Build a resin gondola kit, Feb 2, May p62 Hobby paint roundup, Mar p54 Update on the Nickel Plate, Dec Simms, Floyd: Elm Valley RR NMRA 2014 national conven- Coal mines along the East Oct p68 p48 De Candido, Rick Houle, Tom p36 (HO), Jun p44 tion heads to Cleveland, Jun Broad Top, Oct p32 EMD GP50, HO, Athearn, Feb How to model a patched-out Build an uncoupling tool for Scratchbuild a caboose from See also Trains of Thought Søeborg, Pelle: Union Pacific p10 Pethoud, Robert p80 locomotive, Dec p64 passenger cars, Dec p57 styrene, May p52 Daneville Sub (HO), Mar p46 Oregon Rail Supply celebrates Twisting trees from wire, Jan EMD NW2, N, Bachmann, Oct How to upgrade a Kato HO Details to make your rail yard How to build a gantlet track, part Southern Ry., Cincinnati, New 25 years, Mar p10 p61 p70 scale AC4400CW, Apr p52 realistic, Aug p39 1, Sep p51 L Orleans & Texas Pacific Divi- Personnel changes at Atlas, Petty, Bruce EMD SDP45, HO, Athearn, Jul Kitbash a crane kit, Jun p38 Dodge, Andrew How to build an abandoned mine, sion (HO), Aug p42 Mar p10 Make junkyard details from foil p64 Scratchbuild a caboose from How to model buildings using Oct p40 Landmark scenes along the Water Stewart, Rod: Grand Street & QSI Solutions splits off, Mar wine caps, Mar p64 EMD SD70ACe, HO, Bach- styrene, May p52 Plexiglas, Apr p40 How to build lightweight sectional Level Route, Jan p54 Three Rivers City (HO), Feb p52 p10 Piece of Ohio in a Penn Central mann, Aug p60 Upgrading vintage AHM helium Dolkos, Paul benchwork, Jul p36 Layout descriptions (by owner Stoving, Richard L.: New York Tews retires as Trainfest’s execu- depot, Mar p58 EMD SW1, HO, Walthers, Apr cars, Aug p36 Conceal trackwork in a city How to model a patched-out loco- and name) Central Hudson Div. (HO), Jan tive director, Apr p10 Pierson, George N. p70 Construction articles: Scenery scene, Jan p72 motive, Dec p64 Boston & Maine (HO), Jun p54 p54 Train Show Inc. acquires assets Big sound for little engines, Mar GE ES44AC, HO, Athearn, Mar Building scenery for a gantlet Double-deck plan for a modern How to model buildings using Botzow, Herm: Buckeye RR (O), Tennessee Midland (HO), Oct of Great Train Expo shows, Jul p42 p68 bridge, Oct p56 short line, Sep p33 Plexiglas, Apr p40 Apr p44 p46 p10 Plan for all seasons, A, May p32 GE ES44AC, HO, Bachmann, Clip and dip goldenrod trees, Drome, Chris How to model Joshua trees, May Brown, Bill and Steve: Leadville Toledo Industrial RR (N), Feb Nikolaus, Hans Wolfraum Polsgrove, Mike Aug p60 Sep p57 RFID for model railroad opera- p30 & Red Cliff (HO), Nov p46 p38 Santa Fe meets the Espee in a See DCC Corner NRE GenSet II, HO, Atlas, Sep Details to make your rail yard tions (with Seth Neumann), Dec How to paint and weather track Buckeye RR (O), Apr p44 Union Pacific Daneville Sub spare room, Jul p44 Popp, David p64 realistic, Aug p39 p46 in 5 steps (and how to lay it), Clinch Mountain Ry. (HO), Sep (HO), Mar p46 Nipikow, Kim Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, NS EMD SD70ACe heritage Good fences make good scenery, Dziedzic, Jerry Jun p30 p44 Vail, Jim: Glenwood & Black How to model a patched-out part 2, Feb p60 units, N, Kato, Feb p86 Oct p54 Build a sliding lift and pivot How to scratchbuild a freelanced Darrow, Will: Pennsylvania RR Creek RR (HO), May p44 locomotive, Dec p64 Product Reviews: Cars, freight Product Reviews: Locomotives, How to model Joshua trees, gate for easy access, May p58 factory, Jan p48 Middle Division (HO), Apr p60 Learning from experience on the How to model Joshua trees, AAR 40'-6" steel boxcar, HO, steam May p30 How to scratchbuild a handcar Davenport, Dave: Tennessee Daneville Sub, Mar p46 May p30 Atlas, Nov p74 C&O T-1 2-10-4, HO, BLI, Sep Make a tree bark cliff face, Aug shed, Mar p38 Midland (HO), Oct p46 Leone, Gerry North, Peter ACF 5,701 four-bay covered p66 p51 E How to upgrade a Kato HO scale East Broad Top (HOn3), Oct Creating mirror magic, Dec p52 Appalachia in an oval, Jul p50 hopper, N, Atlas, Oct p74 D&RGW C-19 2-8-0, HOn3, Trees in 60 seconds, May p28 AC4400CW, Apr p52 p32 How to scratchbuild a free- N Scale Insight B&O 50-foot canstock boxcar, Blackstone, Feb p82 Twisting trees from wire, Jan Eastern logging 1960s style, Jul Elm Valley RR (HO), Jun p44 lanced factory, Jan p48 Farewell to an N scale pioneer, N, Fox Valley, Sep p70 Old-time 4-4-0, N, Atlas, Jan p61 p38 Fieler, Frank Henry: Sandy Fork Longhurst, John May p10 Bethlehem 3,483 quad hopper, p80 See also Step By Step Editorials I-J Lumber Co. (HO), Jul p38 Make a tree bark cliff face, Aug Lessons learned on the helix, HO, ExactRail, Jun p70 PRR K4s heavy 4-6-2, HO, BLI, Construction articles: Structures Big numbers for our hobby, Jun Glenwood & Black Creek RR p51 Sep p20 Bethlehem 4,000 quad hopper, Apr p68 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, p8 Information Desk (HO), May p44 Modeling plate girder bridges in HO, ExactRail, Dec p82 Side-tank Porter 0-6-0, HO, part 4, Apr p32 Big trains out West, Aug p8 All about the REA, Sep p18 Gore, Jim: Jemez & Rio Grande N scale, Mar p22 Bi-level auto rack, N, Kato, Jun Bachmann, Jan p84 How to build an abandoned Enjoying different paths, Dec p8 Bridge guardrails help contain a “Chili Line” (On30), Dec p58 M My first operating session – p68 UP 4-8-2, HO, BLI, Nov p68 mine, Oct p40 Future of our hobby, The, Oct disaster, Mar p18 Grand Street & Three Rivers grade D, Jan p28 Conrail CoilSHIELD, HO, U.S. Army 0-6-0T, HO, Rivar- How to model buildings using p8 Coal: Fuel and raw material for City (HO), Feb p52 Make a big building even bigger N scale decoder woes, Nov p22 ExactRail, Apr p72 ossi, May p68 Plexiglas, Apr p40 Get your photo published, Mar industry, Oct p20 Gulf, Atlanta & Eastern (N), without adding parts, Feb p44 Tips for body-mounting cou- FMC 50-foot double-door box- USRA 0-8-0, HO, Walthers, Jun How to scratchbuild a free- p8 Hi-rail trucks provide efficient Sep p28 Make a tree bark cliff face, Aug plers, Jul p20 car, HO, Atlas, Mar p72 p66 lanced factory, Jan p48 How big is a small layout?, Jul track access, Aug p20 Gurley, Bob: Boston & Maine p51 Frameless tank car, O, San Juan Product Reviews: Miscellaneous How to scratchbuild a handcar p8 How prototype locomotives are (HO), Jun p54 Make junkyard details from foil Car Co., Jul p70 Prodigy Advance2 Elite DCC shed, Mar p38 News about the staff, May p8 painted, Jun p22 Hudson, Delaware & Lehigh wine caps, Mar p64 O General American wood-sided system, MRC, Jan p86 Make a big building even bigger Our 80th anniversary, Jan p8 How to fit passenger service (HO), Aug p52 Make your own wheel puller, Jul meat reefer, HO, Rapido, Jul Prodigy Explorer DCC system, without adding parts, Feb p44 Share the art of tinkering, Apr into your layout’s theme, Apr Jemez & Rio Grande “Chili p58 Obituaries p70 MRC, Aug p64 Scratchbuild a cement plant p8 p20 Line” (On30), Dec p58 Marchand, Alex Edwards, Dale Sr., Dec p11 NACC 50-foot insulated boxcar, ProTraxx snap-together track, from photos, Aug p30 Time can be on your side, Sep Industrial park site plan and Joachin, Va. (HO), Jul p50 6 ways to use a digital craft cut- FitzGerald, Jim, Mar p11 Athearn, Jan p86 HOn3, Blackstone, Feb p86 See also Step By Step p8 operation, Jul p18 Jones, Greg: Toledo Industrial ter for your layout, Jun p36 McKean, William E. II, Apr p11 NACC covered cement hopper, Rivet counter, TrainPro, Apr p74 Cover photos Weathering freight cars, Nov p8 Prototype kitbashing is alive RR (N), Feb p38 Accessible 3-D printing, Nov Pryke, John, Mar p11 HO, Spring Mills Depot, Jul p68 Tech7 Ampac 760 power pack, Crise, Steve: Feb Waterfront modeling, Feb p8 and well, Dec p24 Klein, Charles: Pennsylvania, p63 Schmidt, A.L., Jan p10 NS Protector coil steel car, HO, MRC, Apr p74 Forbes, Jim: Apr, Aug Enhance the deck of a ready-to- Retractable couplers provide an Hudson & Potomac (N), Nov Matteo, Matt Scoles, Paul B., Sep p11 ExactRail, Oct p74 TSU AT-1000 sound decoder Koester, Tony: May, Dec run flatcar, Nov p40 extra margin of safety, May p16 p58 See also Cartoons Smallshaw, Earl, Apr p11 P-S 5,344 boxcar, N, Fox Valley, for Atlas NRE GenSet II, Meier, Horst: Jul Erie milk and express car, Nov p54 Switching in Baltimore’s Pratt Koester, Tony: Nickel Plate Meier, Horst Thompson, D. Keith, Sep p11 Dec p82 SoundTraxx, Sep p65 Sassi, Lou: Jun, Sep, Oct Expand a staging yard into the Street, Jan p24 Road St. Louis Division, Third Details to make your rail yard Operation TrentonWorks 67’-11” bulkhead TSU KT-1000 sound decoder for Søeborg, Pelle: Mar aisle, Feb p68 Using locomotive bell and Subdivision (HO), Dec p36 realistic, Aug p39 Day on the Creston Turn, A, Apr flat, HO, ExactRail, Mar p74 Kato GE P42, HO, SoundTraxx, Zuback, Bill: Jan whistle signals, Nov p20 Lawson, Bob: Southern Ry., Mid-Atlantic main line in a master p48 Trinity 25,500 tank, O, Atlas O, Jun p64 Creating mirror magic, Dec p52 Weathering on hot metal Cincinnati, New Orleans & bedroom, Nov p58 Operators, The Jun p70 WOWSound 101-Steam-KA F torpedo ladle cars reflects their Texas Pacific Division (HO), Model a bulk transfer facility in Basics of car switching, Mar Trinity RD-4 coal hopper, N, DCC sound decoder, HO, TCS, tough jobs, Feb p26 Aug p42 an existing yard, Jun p50 p90 Fox Valley, Nov p74 Oct p72 D Freelancing the Southern in N Janes, Don Leadville & Red Cliff (HO), Nov Monahan, Brent By the numbers, Aug p82 Product Reviews: Cars, non- Product Reviews: Structures scale, Sep p28 Build an oil dealership in a p46 Plan for all seasons, A, May p32 From cards to trains, Jan p106 revenue Ice cream stand, HO, Bach- Day on the Creston Turn, A, Apr small space, Jul p30 MacPherson, Dave: Clinch Moving coal and freight in HO, Getting out of the yard, Apr p90 Mopac modern caboose, HO, mann, May p70 p48 John Armstrong designs an N&W Mountain Ry. (HO), Sep p44 Oct p46 Meet the yard crew, Dec p102 Bluford Shops, May p70 Magnolia Hotel, HO, Walthers, Davenport, Dave G main line, Jan p64 Monahan, Brent: Pennsylvania Operating small layouts, Sep Russell snowplow, HO, Wal- Mar p74 Moving coal and freight in HO, Johnson, Brent D. RR (HO), May p32 p86 thers, Dec p80 Ranch house, HO, Walthers, Oct p46 Good fences make good scenery, 6 steps to a better covered hop- New York Central Hudson Div. N Prefer “riding” to “walking”, Product Reviews: Cars, pas- Sep p70 DCC Corner Oct p54 per, Jul p55 (HO), Jan p54 May p86 senger Warwick workshop, N, Piko, 6 tips for buying a DCC decoder, Gore, Jim Nickel Plate Road St. Louis Di- Nagel, Ken Running a passenger train, Jul Amtrak 73-foot Budd baggage Aug p66 Jan p76 Tall tale come true, A, Dec p58 vision, Third Subdivision (HO), Make your own wheel puller, p86 car, HO, Kato, Aug p66 Product Reviews: Train sets Add decoders for your signal Grivno, Cody K Dec p36 Jul p58 Running pusher engines, part Amtrak Amfleet I and II coach Amtrak Metroliner, HO, Wal- system, Nov p66 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Nicolaus, Hans Wolfram: Oak Neumann, Seth 1, Oct p90 and cafe, HO, Walthers, Nov thers, May p64 Adding a DCC accessory bus, part 3, Mar p32 Kap, Alain Valley RR (HO), Jul p44 RFID for model railroad opera- Running pusher engines, part 2, p72 C&O Pere Marquette, HO, Wal- Aug p58 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Upgrading vintage AHM helium North, Peter: Joachin, Va. (HO), tions (with Chris Drome), Dec Nov p90 ATSF Budd Big Dome, HO, thers, Jan p78 Choosing headlight resistors, part 4, Apr p32 cars, Aug p36 Jul p50 p46 When and how to use helping Walthers, Sep p68 Prototype drawings Oct p66 Hobby paint roundup, Mar p54 Karkoski, David Oak Valley RR (HO), Jul p44 News & Products orders, Feb p102 Pullman postwar 4-4-2 sleeper, Erie milk and express car, Nov DCC terms you should know, See also DCC Corner Build a resin gondola kit, Feb Pearson, Ron: East Broad Top Amherst Railway Society Why I like operating with train HO, Walthers, Feb p84 p54 Dec p72 See also News & Products p48 (HOn3), Oct p32 awards grants, May p10 orders, Jun p86 See also Step by Step How to build lightweight sec- Drop-in decoders for N scale Kawala, Dana Pennsylvania, Hudson & Investment group acquiring O scale railroad built for opera- Product Reviews: Locomotives, tional benchwork, Jul p36 diesels, Jul p60 H Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Potomac (N), Nov p58 Horizon Hobby, Feb p10 tion, An, Apr p44 diesel Make your own wheel puller, How to add LEDs and improve part 5, May p38 Pennsylvania RR (HO), May Jaglinski to take over as Train- Otte, Steven Alco C-420, N, Atlas, May p66 Jul p58 sound in a decoder-equipped Hauling lumber and stone to the See also Product Reviews p32 fest chair, Jun p10 Turn a 4 x 8 inside-out, Apr p57 Alco C-424, HO, Atlas, Dec p78 Model a bulk transfer facility in Athearn SD70ACe, Feb p74 sea, Jun p44 Kelly, Jim Pennsylvania RR Middle Divi- Join the MR team, Jan p10 See also Step by Step Alco PA-1 and PB-1, N, Broad- an existing yard, Jun p50 How to install basic Digital Hediger, Jim See N Scale Insight sion, (HO), Apr p60 Locomotives big at National See also Trackside Photos way Limited, Jul p66 Construction articles: Rolling Command Control, Mar p66 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Kitbash a crane kit, Jun p38 Reynolds, Alastair: Gulf, Atlanta Train Show, Oct p10 Oxnard, Thomas Alco RS-3, HO, Atlas, Aug p62 stock and locomotives Modern sound for an old loco- part 4, Apr p32 Klein, Charles & Eastern (N), Sep p28 Locomotives rule at iHobby, Build a gate to hide a furnace, EMD F2/F3 set, N, Kato, Nov 6 steps to a better covered hop- motive, Sep p60 John Armstrong designs an Mid-Atlantic main line in a Sandy Fork Lumber Co. (HO), Jan p10 Dec p68 p70 per, Jul p55 Protecting a layout entry gate, N&W main line, Jan p64 master bedroom, Nov p58 Jul p38 Model Power closes, Jul p10 EMD F7, N, Bachmann, Mar Add straps to a center-beam part 3, Jun p60 See also Information Desk Koester, Tony Schaff, Gary: Hudson, Delaware MRC and Model Power enter p70 flatcar, Sep p42 Wiring a layout entry gate, part See also Workshop 12 tips to build more layout & Lehigh (HO), Aug p52 licensing agreement, Sep p10 P-Q EMD GP39X/GP49, HO, Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, 1, Apr p66 High country railroading on two faster, Sep p36 Sebring Model RR Club (HO), New models at Trainfest, Feb Athearn, Dec p76 part 5, May p38 Wiring a layout entry gate, part decks, May p44 Trees in 60 seconds, May p28 Mar p58 p10 Pearson, Ron EMD GP40-2L, HO, Athearn, Build a resin gondola kit, Feb 2, May p62 Hobby paint roundup, Mar p54 Update on the Nickel Plate, Dec Simms, Floyd: Elm Valley RR NMRA 2014 national conven- Coal mines along the East Oct p68 p48 De Candido, Rick Houle, Tom p36 (HO), Jun p44 tion heads to Cleveland, Jun Broad Top, Oct p32 EMD GP50, HO, Athearn, Feb How to model a patched-out Build an uncoupling tool for Scratchbuild a caboose from See also Trains of Thought Søeborg, Pelle: Union Pacific p10 Pethoud, Robert p80 locomotive, Dec p64 passenger cars, Dec p57 styrene, May p52 Daneville Sub (HO), Mar p46 Oregon Rail Supply celebrates Twisting trees from wire, Jan EMD NW2, N, Bachmann, Oct How to upgrade a Kato HO Details to make your rail yard How to build a gantlet track, part Southern Ry., Cincinnati, New 25 years, Mar p10 p61 p70 scale AC4400CW, Apr p52 realistic, Aug p39 1, Sep p51 L Orleans & Texas Pacific Divi- Personnel changes at Atlas, Petty, Bruce EMD SDP45, HO, Athearn, Jul Kitbash a crane kit, Jun p38 Dodge, Andrew How to build an abandoned mine, sion (HO), Aug p42 Mar p10 Make junkyard details from foil p64 Scratchbuild a caboose from How to model buildings using Oct p40 Landmark scenes along the Water Stewart, Rod: Grand Street & QSI Solutions splits off, Mar wine caps, Mar p64 EMD SD70ACe, HO, Bach- styrene, May p52 Plexiglas, Apr p40 How to build lightweight sectional Level Route, Jan p54 Three Rivers City (HO), Feb p52 p10 Piece of Ohio in a Penn Central mann, Aug p60 Upgrading vintage AHM helium Dolkos, Paul benchwork, Jul p36 Layout descriptions (by owner Stoving, Richard L.: New York Tews retires as Trainfest’s execu- depot, Mar p58 EMD SW1, HO, Walthers, Apr cars, Aug p36 Conceal trackwork in a city How to model a patched-out loco- and name) Central Hudson Div. (HO), Jan tive director, Apr p10 Pierson, George N. p70 Construction articles: Scenery scene, Jan p72 motive, Dec p64 Boston & Maine (HO), Jun p54 p54 Train Show Inc. acquires assets Big sound for little engines, Mar GE ES44AC, HO, Athearn, Mar Building scenery for a gantlet Double-deck plan for a modern How to model buildings using Botzow, Herm: Buckeye RR (O), Tennessee Midland (HO), Oct of Great Train Expo shows, Jul p42 p68 bridge, Oct p56 short line, Sep p33 Plexiglas, Apr p40 Apr p44 p46 p10 Plan for all seasons, A, May p32 GE ES44AC, HO, Bachmann, Clip and dip goldenrod trees, Drome, Chris How to model Joshua trees, May Brown, Bill and Steve: Leadville Toledo Industrial RR (N), Feb Nikolaus, Hans Wolfraum Polsgrove, Mike Aug p60 Sep p57 RFID for model railroad opera- p30 & Red Cliff (HO), Nov p46 p38 Santa Fe meets the Espee in a See DCC Corner NRE GenSet II, HO, Atlas, Sep Details to make your rail yard tions (with Seth Neumann), Dec How to paint and weather track Buckeye RR (O), Apr p44 Union Pacific Daneville Sub spare room, Jul p44 Popp, David p64 realistic, Aug p39 p46 in 5 steps (and how to lay it), Clinch Mountain Ry. (HO), Sep (HO), Mar p46 Nipikow, Kim Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, NS EMD SD70ACe heritage Good fences make good scenery, Dziedzic, Jerry Jun p30 p44 Vail, Jim: Glenwood & Black How to model a patched-out part 2, Feb p60 units, N, Kato, Feb p86 Oct p54 Build a sliding lift and pivot How to scratchbuild a freelanced Darrow, Will: Pennsylvania RR Creek RR (HO), May p44 locomotive, Dec p64 Product Reviews: Cars, freight Product Reviews: Locomotives, How to model Joshua trees, gate for easy access, May p58 factory, Jan p48 Middle Division (HO), Apr p60 Learning from experience on the How to model Joshua trees, AAR 40'-6" steel boxcar, HO, steam May p30 How to scratchbuild a handcar Davenport, Dave: Tennessee Daneville Sub, Mar p46 May p30 Atlas, Nov p74 C&O T-1 2-10-4, HO, BLI, Sep Make a tree bark cliff face, Aug shed, Mar p38 Midland (HO), Oct p46 Leone, Gerry North, Peter ACF 5,701 four-bay covered p66 p51 E How to upgrade a Kato HO scale East Broad Top (HOn3), Oct Creating mirror magic, Dec p52 Appalachia in an oval, Jul p50 hopper, N, Atlas, Oct p74 D&RGW C-19 2-8-0, HOn3, Trees in 60 seconds, May p28 AC4400CW, Apr p52 p32 How to scratchbuild a free- N Scale Insight B&O 50-foot canstock boxcar, Blackstone, Feb p82 Twisting trees from wire, Jan Eastern logging 1960s style, Jul Elm Valley RR (HO), Jun p44 lanced factory, Jan p48 Farewell to an N scale pioneer, N, Fox Valley, Sep p70 Old-time 4-4-0, N, Atlas, Jan p61 p38 Fieler, Frank Henry: Sandy Fork Longhurst, John May p10 Bethlehem 3,483 quad hopper, p80 See also Step By Step Editorials I-J Lumber Co. (HO), Jul p38 Make a tree bark cliff face, Aug Lessons learned on the helix, HO, ExactRail, Jun p70 PRR K4s heavy 4-6-2, HO, BLI, Construction articles: Structures Big numbers for our hobby, Jun Glenwood & Black Creek RR p51 Sep p20 Bethlehem 4,000 quad hopper, Apr p68 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, p8 Information Desk (HO), May p44 Modeling plate girder bridges in HO, ExactRail, Dec p82 Side-tank Porter 0-6-0, HO, part 4, Apr p32 Big trains out West, Aug p8 All about the REA, Sep p18 Gore, Jim: Jemez & Rio Grande N scale, Mar p22 Bi-level auto rack, N, Kato, Jun Bachmann, Jan p84 How to build an abandoned Enjoying different paths, Dec p8 Bridge guardrails help contain a “Chili Line” (On30), Dec p58 M My first operating session – p68 UP 4-8-2, HO, BLI, Nov p68 mine, Oct p40 Future of our hobby, The, Oct disaster, Mar p18 Grand Street & Three Rivers grade D, Jan p28 Conrail CoilSHIELD, HO, U.S. Army 0-6-0T, HO, Rivar- How to model buildings using p8 Coal: Fuel and raw material for City (HO), Feb p52 Make a big building even bigger N scale decoder woes, Nov p22 ExactRail, Apr p72 ossi, May p68 Plexiglas, Apr p40 Get your photo published, Mar industry, Oct p20 Gulf, Atlanta & Eastern (N), without adding parts, Feb p44 Tips for body-mounting cou- FMC 50-foot double-door box- USRA 0-8-0, HO, Walthers, Jun How to scratchbuild a free- p8 Hi-rail trucks provide efficient Sep p28 Make a tree bark cliff face, Aug plers, Jul p20 car, HO, Atlas, Mar p72 p66 lanced factory, Jan p48 How big is a small layout?, Jul track access, Aug p20 Gurley, Bob: Boston & Maine p51 Frameless tank car, O, San Juan Product Reviews: Miscellaneous How to scratchbuild a handcar p8 How prototype locomotives are (HO), Jun p54 Make junkyard details from foil Car Co., Jul p70 Prodigy Advance2 Elite DCC shed, Mar p38 News about the staff, May p8 painted, Jun p22 Hudson, Delaware & Lehigh wine caps, Mar p64 O General American wood-sided system, MRC, Jan p86 Make a big building even bigger Our 80th anniversary, Jan p8 How to fit passenger service (HO), Aug p52 Make your own wheel puller, Jul meat reefer, HO, Rapido, Jul Prodigy Explorer DCC system, without adding parts, Feb p44 Share the art of tinkering, Apr into your layout’s theme, Apr Jemez & Rio Grande “Chili p58 Obituaries p70 MRC, Aug p64 Scratchbuild a cement plant p8 p20 Line” (On30), Dec p58 Marchand, Alex Edwards, Dale Sr., Dec p11 NACC 50-foot insulated boxcar, ProTraxx snap-together track, from photos, Aug p30 Time can be on your side, Sep Industrial park site plan and Joachin, Va. (HO), Jul p50 6 ways to use a digital craft cut- FitzGerald, Jim, Mar p11 Athearn, Jan p86 HOn3, Blackstone, Feb p86 See also Step By Step p8 operation, Jul p18 Jones, Greg: Toledo Industrial ter for your layout, Jun p36 McKean, William E. II, Apr p11 NACC covered cement hopper, Rivet counter, TrainPro, Apr p74 Cover photos Weathering freight cars, Nov p8 Prototype kitbashing is alive RR (N), Feb p38 Accessible 3-D printing, Nov Pryke, John, Mar p11 HO, Spring Mills Depot, Jul p68 Tech7 Ampac 760 power pack, Crise, Steve: Feb Waterfront modeling, Feb p8 and well, Dec p24 Klein, Charles: Pennsylvania, p63 Schmidt, A.L., Jan p10 NS Protector coil steel car, HO, MRC, Apr p74 Forbes, Jim: Apr, Aug Enhance the deck of a ready-to- Retractable couplers provide an Hudson & Potomac (N), Nov Matteo, Matt Scoles, Paul B., Sep p11 ExactRail, Oct p74 TSU AT-1000 sound decoder Koester, Tony: May, Dec run flatcar, Nov p40 extra margin of safety, May p16 p58 See also Cartoons Smallshaw, Earl, Apr p11 P-S 5,344 boxcar, N, Fox Valley, for Atlas NRE GenSet II, Meier, Horst: Jul Erie milk and express car, Nov p54 Switching in Baltimore’s Pratt Koester, Tony: Nickel Plate Meier, Horst Thompson, D. Keith, Sep p11 Dec p82 SoundTraxx, Sep p65 Sassi, Lou: Jun, Sep, Oct Expand a staging yard into the Street, Jan p24 Road St. Louis Division, Third Details to make your rail yard Operation TrentonWorks 67’-11” bulkhead TSU KT-1000 sound decoder for Søeborg, Pelle: Mar aisle, Feb p68 Using locomotive bell and Subdivision (HO), Dec p36 realistic, Aug p39 Day on the Creston Turn, A, Apr flat, HO, ExactRail, Mar p74 Kato GE P42, HO, SoundTraxx, Zuback, Bill: Jan whistle signals, Nov p20 Lawson, Bob: Southern Ry., Mid-Atlantic main line in a master p48 Trinity 25,500 tank, O, Atlas O, Jun p64 Creating mirror magic, Dec p52 Weathering on hot metal Cincinnati, New Orleans & bedroom, Nov p58 Operators, The Jun p70 WOWSound 101-Steam-KA F torpedo ladle cars reflects their Texas Pacific Division (HO), Model a bulk transfer facility in Basics of car switching, Mar Trinity RD-4 coal hopper, N, DCC sound decoder, HO, TCS, tough jobs, Feb p26 Aug p42 an existing yard, Jun p50 p90 Fox Valley, Nov p74 Oct p72 D Freelancing the Southern in N Janes, Don Leadville & Red Cliff (HO), Nov Monahan, Brent By the numbers, Aug p82 Product Reviews: Cars, non- Product Reviews: Structures scale, Sep p28 Build an oil dealership in a p46 Plan for all seasons, A, May p32 From cards to trains, Jan p106 revenue Ice cream stand, HO, Bach- Day on the Creston Turn, A, Apr small space, Jul p30 MacPherson, Dave: Clinch Moving coal and freight in HO, Getting out of the yard, Apr p90 Mopac modern caboose, HO, mann, May p70 p48 John Armstrong designs an N&W Mountain Ry. (HO), Sep p44 Oct p46 Meet the yard crew, Dec p102 Bluford Shops, May p70 Magnolia Hotel, HO, Walthers, Davenport, Dave G main line, Jan p64 Monahan, Brent: Pennsylvania Operating small layouts, Sep Russell snowplow, HO, Wal- Mar p74 Moving coal and freight in HO, Johnson, Brent D. RR (HO), May p32 p86 thers, Dec p80 Ranch house, HO, Walthers, Oct p46 Good fences make good scenery, 6 steps to a better covered hop- New York Central Hudson Div. N Prefer “riding” to “walking”, Product Reviews: Cars, pas- Sep p70 DCC Corner Oct p54 per, Jul p55 (HO), Jan p54 May p86 senger Warwick workshop, N, Piko, 6 tips for buying a DCC decoder, Gore, Jim Nickel Plate Road St. Louis Di- Nagel, Ken Running a passenger train, Jul Amtrak 73-foot Budd baggage Aug p66 Jan p76 Tall tale come true, A, Dec p58 vision, Third Subdivision (HO), Make your own wheel puller, p86 car, HO, Kato, Aug p66 Product Reviews: Train sets Add decoders for your signal Grivno, Cody K Dec p36 Jul p58 Running pusher engines, part Amtrak Amfleet I and II coach Amtrak Metroliner, HO, Wal- system, Nov p66 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Nicolaus, Hans Wolfram: Oak Neumann, Seth 1, Oct p90 and cafe, HO, Walthers, Nov thers, May p64 Adding a DCC accessory bus, part 3, Mar p32 Kap, Alain Valley RR (HO), Jul p44 RFID for model railroad opera- Running pusher engines, part 2, p72 C&O Pere Marquette, HO, Wal- Aug p58 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Upgrading vintage AHM helium North, Peter: Joachin, Va. (HO), tions (with Chris Drome), Dec Nov p90 ATSF Budd Big Dome, HO, thers, Jan p78 Choosing headlight resistors, part 4, Apr p32 cars, Aug p36 Jul p50 p46 When and how to use helping Walthers, Sep p68 Prototype drawings Oct p66 Hobby paint roundup, Mar p54 Karkoski, David Oak Valley RR (HO), Jul p44 News & Products orders, Feb p102 Pullman postwar 4-4-2 sleeper, Erie milk and express car, Nov DCC terms you should know, See also DCC Corner Build a resin gondola kit, Feb Pearson, Ron: East Broad Top Amherst Railway Society Why I like operating with train HO, Walthers, Feb p84 p54 Dec p72 See also News & Products p48 (HOn3), Oct p32 awards grants, May p10 orders, Jun p86 See also Step by Step Puckett, Larry Sprague, Bob CSX Indianapolis Subdivision Talbott, Jim, Nov p78 Building scenery for a gantlet Double-deck plan for a modern (HO), Nov p42 Thompson, Mat, Dec p91 bridge, Oct p56 short line, Sep p33 CSX Indianapolis Subdivision Walterreit, Jerry, Jun p77 How to build a gantlet track, Room-sized plan for a busy (N), Nov p42 Wegner, John, Mar p79 Sep p51 junction, Oct p62 Doswell Junction (HO), Oct p62 Weigel, Randall, Jul p75 Quick and easy well car weather- Two plans for a modern-era Lime Ridge & Hercules and Trains of Thought ing, Jan p68 secondary line, Nov p42 Portland & Western (HO), Apr “A gallon of purplish-orange Stacy, Ron p57 paint, please!”, Feb p87 Clip and dip goldenrod trees, Norfolk & Western (O), Jan p64 It’s not my railroad, Nov p75 R Sep p57 Trackside Photos (italics indi- Job aids, or clutter?, Jul p71 Steam-to-diesel on the Boston & cates photographer) Modeling the 1960s, Jun p73 Reynolds, Alastair Maine, Jun p54 Angel, Glen, Apr p78 Purpose of repurposed depots, Step by Step Freelancing the Southern in N Angell, Dave, Mar p78 The, May p71 January February March April May June scale, Sep p28 Build an easy car float, Mar p28 Barry, Ernie, Sep p76 Ready-to-run: tombstone or RFID for model railroad opera- Build an N scale cattle yard, Bethune, Thomas, Feb p90 steppingstone?, Dec p84 tions, Dec p46 May p22 Blanks, Larry, Aug p72 Real-time repairs or RIP tracks, Rickaby, Dave How to add figures to a passen- Boyd, Garry, Aug p70 Sep p72 Chasing history on the Pennsy, ger coach, Feb p34 Bramlage, Bill, Oct p76 Righting wrong impressions, Apr p60 How to model a grade crossing, Brown, John, Sep p76 Jan p92 Rising from the ashes, Nov p46 Jul p26 Caswell, Skip, Mar p79 Sprung trucks, semi-scale Rod Stewart reaches a milestone, How to model a hay field, Dec Clark, John and Tom, Apr p78 wheels, Mar p75 Feb p52 p32 Coffey, Doug, Apr p76 Tick, tick, tick..., Oct p75 Room-sized plan for a busy junc- How to model a heritage fleet, Dolkos, Paul, Nov p79 Towns by the numbers – or let- tion, Oct p62 Jan p36 Ebejer, Jim, Sep p76 ters, Aug p69 Russell, Harold W. How to upgrade a basic plastic Edgar, Robert, Jan p88 What’s that track for?, Apr p75 Erie milk and express car, Nov coal tower kit, Apr p28 Elmhurst Model RR Club, Jul Trees in 60 seconds, May p28 p54 How to weather with acrylics, p75 Tried and true, Sep p44 Nov p28 Farrow, Mike, May p75 Turn a 4 x 8 inside-out, Apr p57 Kitbash a brewery, part 1, Aug Feko, Frank, May p74 Two plans for a modern-era sec- July August September October November December S p24 Feraca, John, Jan p90 ondary line, Nov p42 Kitbash a brewery, part 2, Sep Foreman, Ron, Jun p74 Tylick, Mike Santa Fe meets the Espee in a p24 Fricker, Ron, Jun p76 Good fences make good scenery, spare room, Jul p44 Kitbash a brewery, part 3, Oct Fryer, Bill, Jul p75 Oct p54 Sassi, Lou p26 Gaige, George, Jan p90 Compact layout in a living Model an abandoned interlock- Gasparik, Lee, Apr p79 U-V INDEX room, A, Feb p38 ing tower, Jun p26 Gloor, Peter, Jan p91 Eastern logging 1960s style, Stover, Brooks Heitmann, John, Jun p76 Volume 81 • January-December 2014 Jul p38 How to build an abandoned Hemenway, Scott, Feb p91 Update on the Nickel Plate, Dec Hauling lumber and stone to mine, Oct p40 Herndon, Greg, Oct p79 p36 © 2015 Kalmbach Publishing Co., 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. 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Tried and true, Sep p44 Kirkwood, Ken, Mar p76 MR subject categories: Schaff, Gary Klettke, Kevin, Nov p76 Watson, Russ The 2005-2014 annual indices are Built by the pros, Aug p52 Tall tale come true, A, Dec p58 Kolenc, Terry, May p75 How to scratchbuild a handcar Cartoons Layout descriptions Prototype drawings Technology available as PDFs under The Magazine Scratchbuild a caboose from Techniques Krueger, Jerry, May p72, 74, 75 shed, Mar p38 Construction articles Obituaries Prototype information Track plans tab at www.ModelRailroader.com. styrene, May p52 6 ways to use a digital craft cut- Lally, Paul, Dec p90 Weathering rooftops, Nov p36 Cover photos Operation Techniques For a searchable index of articles in Scratchbuild a cement plant from ter for your layout, Jun p36 Landow, George, Jun p77 White, Eric Model Railroader and other model and photos, Aug p30 12 tips to build more layout Leone, Gerry, Nov p79 See DCC Corner MR departments: prototype railroad publications, visit Second time around the Rathole faster, Sep p36 Lewis, Dan, Oct p77 Workshop Tips DCC Corner News & Products Product Reviews Trains of Thought www.index.mrmag.com. Division, Aug p42 Accessible 3-D printing, Nov Lillehagen, Jon Andre, Oct p78 6 tips for choosing a realistic Editorials (From the Editor) N Scale Insight Step by Step Workshop Tips Sedita, Joe p63 Lohwasser, Eric, Apr p78, Jul car fleet, Feb p30 Information Desk Operators, The Trackside Photos See Cartoons Add magnetic air brake hoses to p74, Dec p90 Build a bench hook for precise Skinner, Aaron HO rolling stock, Jun p34 Marshall, John, Feb p91 saw cuts, May p20 Hobby paint roundup, Mar p54 Conceal trackwork in a city Meyer, Jeffrey, Jul p72 Conceal staging inside a big Smas, Jim scene, Jan p72 Nottage, Ed, Feb p88 industry, Jan p30 Big sound for little engines, Mar p42 Build a resin gondola kit, Feb p48 Conceal trackwork in a city scene, Piece of Ohio in a Penn Central Creating mirror magic, Dec p52 Oakes, Bob, Mar p78 Easy repair for Rix turnout 0-9 Blair, Alan Build a sliding lift and pivot gate Jan p72 depot, Mar p58 Enhance the deck of a ready-to- Oyster, Gregory, May p74 controls, Apr p24 Make a big building even bigger for easy access, May p58 Confalone, Mike Snell, M.R. run flatcar, Nov p40 Palermo, Steve, Jul p74 Essential tools for beginners, 6 steps to a better covered hopper, without adding parts, Feb p44 Building scenery for a gantlet Steam-to-diesel on the Boston Enhance the deck fo a ready-to- How to paint and weather track Patterson, James, Oct p79 Dec p28 Jul p55 Botzow, Herm bridge, Oct p56 & Maine, Jun p54 run flatcar, Nov p40 in 5 steps (and how to lay it), Pearson, Ron, Aug p72 Hide your wiring right up front, 6 ways to use a digital craft cutter Day on the Creston Turn, A, Apr Built by the pros, Aug p52 Construction articles: Layouts Model a bulk transfer facility in Jun p30 Pikemasters Model RR Club of Mar p24 for your layout, Jun p36 p48 and modules an existing yard, Jun p50 Make junkyard details from foil Colorado Springs, Colo., Oct How to solder power feeders, 12 tips to build more layout faster, O scale railroad built for opera- Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Three ways to weather rolling wine caps, Mar p64 p79 Sep p22 Sep p36 tion, An, Apr p44 C part 1, Jan p40 stock, Nov p32 Quick and easy well car weath- Poage, Larry, May p72 Modern diesel identification, Brown, Steve Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, Søeborg, Pelle ering, Jan p68 Powell, Sam, Nov p79 Aug p22 Rising from the ashes, Nov p46 Cartoons part 2, Feb p60 Add magnetic air brake hoses to Three ways to weather rolling Puffer, Seth, Jan p91 NMRA Standards and Recom- A Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Matteo, Matt: Jan p105, Feb Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, HO rolling stock, Jun p34 stock, Nov p32 Reeves, Ken, Jun p76 mended Practices, Jun p24 1, Jan p40 p101, Apr p89, Jun p85, Aug part 3, Mar p32 Add straps to a center-beam Twisting trees from wire, Jan Rettig, Russ, Apr p79 Realistic foundations for small Accessible 3-D printing, Nov p63 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part p81, Oct p89, Nov p89 Expand a staging yard into the flatcar, Sep p42 p61 Rickaby, Dave, Mar p79, Aug structures, Jul p22 Add magnetic air brake hoses to 2, Feb p60 Sedita, Joe: Mar p89, May p85, aisle, Feb p68 How to upgrade a Kato HO Weathering rooftops, Nov p36 p72 Stop steam locomotive derail- HO rolling stock, Jun p34 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Jul p85, Sep p85, Dec p101 Construction articles: scale AC4400CW. Apr p52 See also Step by Step Saatkamp, Alan, Aug p73 ments, Nov p24 Add straps to a center-beam flat- 3, Mar p32 Chasing history on the Pennsy, Miscellaneous Learning from experience on Technology Sassi, Lou, Apr p76, Aug p72 Tips for modeling a realistic car, Sep p42 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Apr p60 Build a gate to hide a furnace, the Daneville Sub, Mar p46 Big sound for little engines, Mar Schoepflin, Bob, Feb p90 coal train, Oct p22 Appalachia in an oval, Jul p50 4, Apr p32 Clermont, Andy Dec p68 Quick and easy well car weath- p42 Schoonover, James, Oct p79 Wundrock, Bob Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, part Kitbash a crane kit, Jun p38 Build a sliding lift and pivot ering, Jan p68 RFID for model railroad opera- Smith, George, Sep p77 Expand a staging yard into the 5, May p38 Clip and dip goldenrod trees, Sep gate for easy access, May p58 Scratchbuild a cement plant tions, Dec p46 Smith, Ian, Nov p78 aisle, Feb p68 B Build a gate to hide a furnace, p57 Build an oil dealership in a from photos, Aug p30 Three ways to weather rolling Smith, Jim, Jul p75 Dec p68 Coal mines along the East Broad small space, Jul p30 Weathering rooftops, Nov p36 stock, Nov p32 Smith, J.J., Sep p77 Besougloff, Neil Build an oil dealership in a small Top, Oct p32 Build an uncoupling tool for See also DCC Corner Track plans Smith, Josh, Aug p73 Build a 5 x 8 harbor railroad, space, Jul p30 Compact layout in a living room, passenger cars, Dec p57 Sperandeo, Andy Cascade & Columbia River Stover, Brooks, Oct p78 part 1, Jan p40 Build an uncoupling tool for A, Feb p38 How to build a gantlet track, See Operators, The (HO), Sep p33 Strebel, Steve, Mar p78 See also Editorials passenger cars, Dec p57 part 1, Sep p51 Tagsold, Doug, Nov p78