Small piece of Arizona in Sweden, Barker, David, Apr p72 Travis, John A. A, Apr p54 Berger, Duane, May p72 Rebuilding a bridge line, Apr Snell, M.R. Bigge, Dave, Feb p78 p34 Model a hopper with an open Brennecke, Paul, Feb p80, Sep Tricker, Mike hatch, Jul p50 p64 Expanding a triple-deck layout, Patch out a modern boxcar, Brookey, David, May p73 Jul p42 Aug p54 Chandler, Charles, Mar p81 Two decks of lumber action, Aug Søeborg, Pelle Clement, Jim, Oct p72 p28 Embedding rails in concrete, Cole, Dan, Jun p73 Feb p42 Condon, Gregg, Nov p73 How to weather a modern bulk- Daniel, Tom, Oct p73 W-X-Y-Z head flatcar, May p56 Dolkos, Paul, Jan p78 One day weathering, Aug p50 Edgar, Bill, Mar p78 Visually extending the layout, Jul January February March April May June Scratchbuild a compact indus- Emley, John, Nov p70 p54 try, Jan p39 Flanagan, Dan, Apr p73 Warren, Bob Scratchbuild a small-town Gale, David, Jul p73 Operating on the Gorre & storefront, Mar p34 Gasparik, Lee, May p70 Daphetid, Oct p30 Small piece of Arizona in Swe- Haukland, Asle, Dec p81 Weeds and junk, Jan p62 den, A, Apr p54 Janes, Don, Aug p70 White, Chris See also Step by Step Kahne, Paul, May p70 Spot of England in Georgia, A, Spot of England in Georgia, A, Kirkwood, Ken, Jun p72, Sep May p30 May p30 p65 White, Eric Step by Step Koester, Tony, Apr p70 Big splash of California sun- Add a park in a compact space, Kuchar, Bob, Dec p81 shine, A, Feb p54 Dec p30 Lana, Patrick, Feb p80 Clinchfield upside down, The, How to build a wood caboose LaRue, Curt, Jul p70 Nov p32 kit, Apr p28 Lauchle, Jerry/Gerald, Jan p81, Cold storage for the Tar Branch, How to build a white-metal kit, Dec p80 Mar p46 Aug p24 Lemmond, Jim, Nov p73 Going Southbound, Jan p46 July August September October November December How to create a 3-D roofline in Marsh, Lee, Jun p70 See also Step by Step two dimensions, Jun p24 McIver, Steve, Jan p80, Sep p65 Wills, Keith How to detail, paint, and decal Mead, Mike, Aug p72 See Heritage Fleet a locomotive, Feb p28 Meeker, Don, Aug p73 Wilson, Jeff How to model a locomotive in Mellowes, John, Dec p78 Open auto racks, Nov p50 fresh paint, Nov p24 Midkiff, Doug, Sep p64 INDEX How to model a weather-beaten Neufeld, Lorne, Nov p73 depot, Mar p24 Novello, Sam, Sep p62 Volume 85 • January-December 2018 How to model an emergency Olsen, Trond Alte, Dec p81 grain car, Jul p28 Olson, John, Oct p73 © 2018 Kalmbach Media, 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. 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Teague, Scott, Nov p72 DCC Corner N Scale Insight Trackside Photos T Townley, Brandon, Mar p80 Editorials (From the Editor) On Operation Trains of Thought Tricker, Mike, Apr p72 Heritage Fleet Product Reviews VanDenburgh, John, Jun p73 Tale of two railroads, A, Mar p40 Vason, Mario, Mar p81 Techniques Vaught, Tom, Feb p81 5 tips for blending backdrops, Werre, Bob, Nov p73 signals, Feb p22 Feb p63 Jun p42 Wiggins, Greg, Jul p72 0-9 Pennsylvania RR’s GG1: What’s Boyd, Robert A. C Aluminum trim coil backdrops, Wolfe, Brian, Jan p78 under the hood?, Apr p22 Kitbashing an HO scale 2-8-2 Jun p46 Trains of Thought 5 tips for blending backdrops, What’s a protein gondola?, Oct steam engine, Dec p56 Cartoons Build a working overhead door, Both ends of the spectrum, Jan Jun p42 p20 Brett, Nathan Matteo, Matt: Jan, Feb, Mar, May p52 p90 40 years on the Utah Belt, Dec p46 What’s a Soo Line car doing in Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, How to weather a modern bulk- Dog-chasing-car syndrome, San Diego?, Jan p24 RR, Jan p54 Oct, Nov, Dec head flatcar, May p56 The, Aug p82 What’s the reason for lead and Brooman, Eric Chasing trains on the Erie and Kitbashing photo backdrops, Keeping the torch burning, A trailing trucks?, Mar p18 40 years on the Utah Belt, Dec Lackawanna, Oct p42 Jun p36 May p82 What was this HO ore car’s p46 Clarifications/Corrections One day weathering, Aug p50 Look to the prototype to Add a new mechanism to an old prototype? Nov p20 Build a hidden uncoupling mag- Bachmann HO flashing rear- Pick the right layout shape, enhance operations, Apr p82 shell, Nov p28 Where can I find drawings of an net, May p28 end device: text, May p19 May p37 Looking under the wrapper, Aluminum trim coil backdrops, EMD GA-8?, Aug p21 Build a working overhead door, Big splash of California Sun- Shake your own shingles, Mar Oct p82 Jun p46 May p52 shine, A: caption, Apr p21 p54 Modeling the photo line, Feb Appalachian high iron, May p42 Build the Tar Branch, Part 1: Go- GE U33B review: text, Jun p19 Strategic structure sizing, Jun p90 Ask MR B ing Southbound, Jan p46 O scale’s economic woes: text, p56 Paying it forward to the next Does UP run to the left on ex- Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Feb Apr p21 See also Step by Step generation, Nov p82 C&NW rails?, May p20 B&O in a bonus room, Sep p38 p34 Signal for flag stops, A: wiring Third time’s the charm, Mar p58 Rags to riches, after 50 years of How do I pick a decoder for an Ball, Don Build the Tar Branch, Part 3: Cold diagram, Mar p16 Track plans trying, Sep p74 older diesel?, Dec p24 Signal for flag stops, A, Jan p58 storage for the Tar Branch, Mar Three loads for open top cars: Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Seeing and modeling what’s How was grain moved in box- Best of the Rockies, Jun p28 p46 text, Dec p22 RR, Jan p54 there, Mar p90 cars?, Sep p20 Big splash of California sunshine, Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, Apr Clinchfield upside down, The, Modeling the ACL’s Palmetto There’s plenty to do on a milk How were helium cars A, Feb p54 p42 Nov p32 Sub, Jul p56 run, Jul p82 unloaded?, Jun p20 Big-time U.S. railroading in the Cobb, Rich See also Railroad You Can Truly, a hobby for a lifetime, How were oil-burning steam U.K., Dec p34 Plans for a fertilizer blend Model, A Dec p90 engines refueled?, Jul p22 Bodin, Eric plant, Apr p50 Trackside Photos (italics indi- Waving the model railroading Seeking the Reading’s “banjo” Fresh take on modeling hills, A, Cold storage for the Tar Branch, cates photographer) flag, Jun p82 P32456 Mar p46 a stay alive, Jul p60 O scale economic woes in the Baltimore & Ohio Paquettin Lackawanna, Oct p42 p68 Product Reviews: Structures Compact model railroad packed Replacing a factory-installed early 1970s, Feb p26 Division (HO), Jul p42 Leone, Gerry O Jordan Spreader, HO, Wm. K. Fire Station 12, HO, Menards, with detail, Jun p50 diesel decoder, Jun p60 Personal favorites from the Art Baltimore & Ohio RR Pitts- See Step by Step Walthers Inc., Nov p64 Feb p74 Construction articles: Layouts Replacing a factory-installed Deco era, Dec p28 burgh Division, P&W Subdivi- Lightning stripes and black dia- Obituaries New York Central class X65 50- The UPS Store, HO, Wm. K. and modules sound decoder, Jan p66 Pre-World War II OO scale sion (HO), Sep p38 monds, Aug p42 Cecil, Dick, Jun p13 foot insulated boxcar, N, Jul p68 Walthers Inc, Jun p68 Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Reverse loops, turntables, wyes, models, Oct p24 British Rys. Southern Region Listerman, John Flann, John, Jul p13 Pullman-Standard PS 4000 cov- Trailer homes, HO, Woodland Feb p34 and DCC, Feb p66 Saving Frank Ellison’s Raymon- (OO), May p30 Mountains and coal, Feb p46 King, James J. Oct p13 ered hopper, N, Atlas, Jan p74 Scenics, Apr p67 See also Project layouts Selecting a sound decoder, Apr dale, Aug p23 Brooman, Eric: Utah Belt (HO), Luyk, Harley “Skip” Miller, Bill (William), May p14 Thrall 4,727-cubic-foot carbon Yard bunkhouse, HO, The Construction articles: p60 Hertzog, Jim Dec p46 Two decks of lumber action, Polk, Lewis, Aug p13 black covered hopper, HO, TrainMaster LLC, Jan p75 Miscellaneous Selecting the right DCC system, Day on a mine run, A, Nov p42 Brown, Bill: Leadville & Red Aug p28 Örneholm, Flemming, Jan p22 ScaleTrains.com, May p66 Product Reviews: Train sets Build a hidden uncoupling Aug p60 Houle, Tom Cliff (HO), Jun p28 Rodgers, Steve, Apr p18 Thrall 5,750-cubic-foot carbon Olympian Hiawatha FP7, F7B magnet, May p28 Tips for programming Lok- Scratchbuild a small-town sta- Chester Ridge & Pennebrook On Operation black covered hopper, N, and streamlined passenger cars, How to model a 1950s semi- Sound decoders, May p60 tion, Dec p60 (HO), Mar p58 M Adding interchange traffic, Nov ScaleTrains.com, Dec p76 N, Kato, Mar p68 tractor, Jul p38 Dodge, Andrew How to model a 1950s semi-tractor, Clinchfield RR (HO), Nov p32 p68 Tight-bottom 26-foot ore car, N, Operation North Pole F40PH Installing ground throws in the Strategic structure sizing, Jun Jul p38 Driscoll, Pat: Paraqua Moun- Matteo, Matt Ahead of schedule, Dec p77 Bachmann, Nov p67 and gallery bi-level cars, N, foreground, Oct p38 p56 How to model a modern lumber- tains & Shawnee River (HO), See Cartoons Consult your rulebook, Oct p69 Product Reviews: Cars, passen- Kato, Feb p70 Push-button staging solution, Dolkos, Paul J. yard, Mar p28 Mar p40 Miller, Hal Dispatching with verbal author- ger/multiple-unit Project layouts Aug p36 5 tips for blending backdrops, How to paint and install a plaster F-Line traction (HO), Jul p32 See Editorial ity, Apr p69 Amtrak Superliner II transition Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Signal for flag stops, A, Jan p58 Jun p42 rock casting, Aug p57 Gartner, Seth: Piney Fork RR Mindheim, Lance Elephant in the room, An, Jul sleeper, HO, Kato, Sep p60 Feb p34 See also Step By Step Drawings for a small-town depot, How to weather a modern bulk- (HO), Aug p42 Aluminum trim coil backdrops, p69 Budd Rail Diesel Car, HO, Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, Construction articles: Rolling Sep p35 head flatcar, May p56 Hertzog, Jim: Reading Co. Jun p46 Lessons from sessions, Jun p69 Rapido, Jul p64 Apr p42 stock and locomotives Dziedzic, Jerry Shamokin Division (HO), Nov Pick the right layout shape, Operating session hits the road, Heavyweight sleepers, N, Lowell Cold storage for the Tar Branch, Add a new mechanism to an old See On operation p42 May p37 An, May p69 Smith, Apr p68 Mar p46 shell, Nov p28 I-J Jefferson Historical Society: Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley RR, Manual block signal systems, Pennsylvania RR MP54 coach Going Southbound, Jan p46 Kitbashing an HO scale 2-8-2 Texas & Pacific (HO), Jan p34 Jan p54 Aug p69 and trailer, HO, Dec p72 Prototype drawings/information steam engine, Dec p56 E Installing ground throws in the Johnstown & Gerryville (HO), Missabe Junction revisited, Sep Obedience to the rules, Sep p61 Product Reviews: Locomotives, Drawings for a small-town Model a hopper with an open foreground, Oct p38 Apr p34 p28 Spice up a schedule with sec- diesel depot, Sep p35 hatch, Jul p50 Editorials Javier, Christian Leadville & Red Cliff (HO), Jun Model a hopper with an open tions, Feb p67 EMD F7, HO, Wm. K. Walthers Open auto racks, Nov p50 Patch out a modern boxcar, Here’s to found projects, Feb Modeling the ACL’s Palmetto p28 hatch, Jul p50 Superiority isn’t complicated, Inc., Dec p70 Plans for a fertilizer blend Aug p54 p10 Sub, Jul p56 Leahy, Joe: Railroads of Elmira, Modeling the ACL’s Palmetto Sub, Jan p76 EMD GP7, N, Atlas, Aug p62 plant, Apr p50 See also Step By Step It started as a simple kit, Mar See also Track plans N.Y. (HO), Oct p42 Jul p56 Using steam sounds prototypi- EMD GP30, HO, Bachmann, Scale drawings for a pair of pas- Construction articles: Scenery p10 Johnson, Brent D. Listerman, John: Baltimore & Moore, Brian cally, Mar p76 Jun p62 senger shelters, Mar p37 Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, Like vitamins for your model- Add a new mechanism to an old Ohio (HO), Feb p46 Big-time U.S. railroading in the One day weathering, Aug p50 EMD GP39-2, HO, Atlas, Nov Push-button staging solution, Aug Apr p42 ing, Dec p10 shell, Nov p28 Luyk, Harley “Skip”: Arcadia & U.K., Dec p34 Open auto racks, Nov p50 p60 p36 Embedding rails in concrete, Realism isn’t just pie in the sky, Betsey River Ry. (HO), Aug p28 Mountains and coal, Feb p46 Operating on the Gorre & Daphe- EMD GP40P-2, HO, Athearn, Quonset hut building flats made Feb p42 Jun p10 Mahan, Steve: Pacific Coast tid, Oct p30 May p64 easy, Dec p42 Fresh take on modeling hills, A, Some love for the ’70s, May p10 K Lines (HO), Feb p54 Operation EMD SD40-2, HO, Athearn, Feb p63 Someday, this is going be cool, Miazga, Steve: Missabe Junc- N Operating on the Gorre & Apr p64 How to paint and install a plas- Apr p10 Kap, Alain tion Ry. (N), Sep p28 Daphetid, Oct p30 EMD SD70ACe, HO, Wm. K. R ter rock casting, Aug p57 There’s always a shiny thing, Scratchbuild a California tank Missabe Junction Ry. (N), Sep Nash, Weldon Otte, Steven Walthers Inc., Jun p64 Visually extending the layout, Jul p10 house, Sep p46 p28 New life for the Texas & Pacific, Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, EMD SDP40F, HO, Athearn, Railroad You Can Model, A Jul p54 Up to date in Kansas City. Or Kawala, Dana Model Railroader/Model A, Jan p34 Apr p42 Mar p70 Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Weeds and junk, Jan p62 not. Nov p10 Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Railroader Video Plus staff: News & Products See also Ask MR EMD SW1200, N, Wm. K. Wal- RR, Jan p54 See also Step By Step Value of just walking away, The, Feb p34 Winston-Salem Southbound Tar 2017 Kato Model Railroading See also Trackside Photos thers Inc., Sep p56 See also Track plans Construction articles: Structures Sep p10 See also Product Reviews Branch (HO), Jan p46 contest, Feb p18 General Electric ES44, HO, Rebuilding a bridge line, Apr p34 Cold storage for the Tar Branch, We always come back to this Kelly, Jim Moore, Brian: Quisling, CA 2018 Amherst train show cel- Wm. K. Walthers Inc., May p62 Rickaby, Dave Mar p46 truth, Jan p10 See N Scale Insight (HO), Dec p34 ebrates 50 years, May p12 P-Q General Electric ES44DC, HO, Missabe Junction revisited, Sep How to model a modern lum- We want to be challenged. Or Kingsnorth, Bob Ottman, John: St. George (HO), Locomotives, electronics big in Athearn, Aug p64 p28 beryard, Mar p28 do we? Aug p10 Installing ground throws in the Jun p52 Kansas City, Nov p12 Patch out a modern boxcar, Aug General Electric ET44, HO, Tale of two railroads, A, Mar Kitbash a mission-style Santa You had to want to be a model foreground, Oct p38 Pacific Coast Lines (HO), Feb Atlas to acquire Walthers N p54 ScaleTrains.com, Jan p68 p40 Fe depot, Oct p34 railroader, Oct p10 Kirchhoff, Lee p54 locomotive, rolling stock tool- Pick the right layout shape, May General Electric ET44AC, N, Russell, Harold W. Quonset hut building flats made Embedding rails in concrete, Feb Build a hidden uncoupling Paraqua Mountains & Shawnee ing, Sep p13 p37 ScaleTrains.com, Oct p64 Drawings for a small-town easy, Dec p42 p42 magnet, May p28 River (HO), Mar p40 Diesels, rolling stock dominate Plans for a fertilizer blend plant, General Electric U33B, HO, depot, Sep p35 Scratchbuild a California tank Expanding a triple-deck layout, Kirkpatrick, Douglas Parker, Jack: Piedmont & West- at Trainfest, Feb p12 Apr p50 Atlas, Apr p62 Scale drawings for a pair of pas- house, Sep p46 Jul p42 Visually extending the layout, ern (HO), May p42 Grandt Line closes, Jun p12 Product Reviews: Cars, freight/ General Motors Diesel SD40-2F, senger shelters, Mar p37 Scratchbuild a compact indus- Jul p54 Piedmont & Western (HO), May International Toy Train Expo, MOW HO, Bowser, Feb p68 See also Prototype drawings try, Jan p39 Kitbash a mission-style Santa Fe p42 Jun p12, Jul p12 40-foot boxcar, HO, Athearn, Plymouth ML-8 w/DCC, Wm. K. Scratchbuild a small-town sta- F-G depot, Oct p34 Piney Fork RR (HO), Aug p42 JL Innovative adds to HO detail Nov p66 Walthers Inc., HO, Oct p66 tion, Dec p60 Kitbashing an HO scale 2-8-2 Quisling, CA (HO), Dec p34 line, May p12 50-foot insulated boxcar, HO, Product Reviews: Locomotives, S Scratchbuild a small-town Fresh take on modeling hills, A, steam engine, Dec p56 Railroads of Elmira, N.Y. (HO), Lowell Smith acquires tooling, Wm. K. Walthers Inc., Jan p72 electric storefront, Mar p34 Feb p63 Kitbashing photo backdrops, Jun Oct p42 Feb p12 50-foot mechanical reefer, HO, Amtrak AEM-7, HO, Atlas, Jul Sassi, Lou See also Step By Step Gartner, Seth p36 Reading Co. Shamokin Division Rail-Scale-Models acquires Wm. K. Walthers Inc., Aug p67 p63 Appalachian high iron, May p42 Cover photos Lightning stripes and black Klimoski, Thomas (HO), Nov p42 details line from Rusty Stumps, 55-ton coal hopper, O, Atlas O, Product Reviews: Locomotives, B&O in a bonus room, Sep p38 Brooman, Eric: Dec diamonds, Aug p42 Build a working overhead door, Sierra Pintada & Western (HO), Sep p12 Mar p75 steam Best of the Rockies, Jun p28 Crise, Steve: Feb Glancy, Gerry May p52 Apr p54 Stacey Naffah to become Wal- 68-foot bulkhead flatcar, HO, Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation, Compact model railroad packed Marsh, Lee: Jun Kitbash a mission-style Santa How to model a modern lum- Simon, Harvey: F-Line traction thers’ fourth president, Sep p12 Atlas, Feb p73 HO, Bachmann, Sep p54 with detail, Jun p50 Rinkunas, Mike: Nov Fe depot, Oct p34 beryard, Mar p28 (HO), Jul p32 Northeast T-Trak at Kato booth, 10,000-gallon General American Norfolk & Western Class J How to paint and install a plas- Sassi, Lou: Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Going Southbound, Jan p46 Koester, Tony St. George (HO), Jun p52 May p18 radial stay tank car, HO, Tan- 4-8-4, HO, Bachmann, Jan p70 ter rock casting, Aug p57 Oct Grivno, Cody Kitbashing photo backdrops, Tartaglia, Paul: Chester Ridge & New life for the Texas & Pacific, gent, Jun p66 Northern Pacific class Z-8 Third time’s the charm, Mar Tricker, Mike: Jul Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Jun p36 Pennebrook (HO), Mar p58 A, Jan p34 Bay-window caboose, HO, Challenger 4-6-6-4, N, Athearn, p58 Zuback, Bill: Jan, Mar RR, Jan p54 See also Trains of Thought Texas & Pacific (HO), Jan p34 Nipkow, Kim Bachmann, Jul p67 Nov p62 Scale drawings for a pair of pas- See also News & Products Kreiss, Joseph Travis, John A.: Johnstown & Weeds and junk, Jan p62 Derrick car, On30, Bachmann, Union Pacific “early” Challenger senger shelters, Mar p37 See also Railroad You Can Quonset hut building flats made Gerryville (HO), Apr p34 N Scale Insight May, p67 4-6-6-4, HO, Athearn, Oct p62 Scratchbuild a California tank D Model, A easy, Dec p42 Tricker, Mike: Baltimore & How do you keep prices low? F89F channel-side flatcar, HO, Product Reviews: Miscellaneous house, Sep p46 See also Step by Step Ohio Paquettin Division (HO), Volume!, Jul p26 Wm. K. Walthers Inc., Mar p74 Coca-Cola delivery vehicles, Scratchbuild a compact industry, Day on a mine run, A, Nov p42 Jul p42 Loading ramp for Bakersfield, FMC 4,700-cubic-foot covered HO, Mini Metals, Oct p68 Jan p39 DCC Corner L Utah Belt (HO), Dec p46 A, Jan p28 hopper, N, Fox Valley, Jun p67 DR5000 Digicentral DCC com- Scratchbuild a small-town station, Adding sound to an N scale H Van der Hoeven, Willem: Sierra Making sure to see what’s really Fowler 36-foot boxcar, HO, mand station, Digikeijs, Dec p74 Dec p60 steam locomotive, Oct p58 Layout descriptions (by owner Pintada & Western (HO), Apr there, May p22 Accurail, Oct p67 SmartControl WiFi DCC Sys- Scratchbuild a small-town store- Advantages of advanced consist- Hardwick, Michael and name) p54 N scale by the numbers, Nov General American Airslide 4,180 tem, PIKO America, Sep p58 front, Mar p34 ing, The, Dec p68 Push-button staging solution, Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. White, Chris: British Rys. p22 and 4,566 covered hoppers, HO, ProtoThrottle DCC throttle, Sele, Frank BEMF and a WalthersMainline Aug p36 (HO), Aug p28 Southern Region (OO), May p30 Roadbed for main lines and ScaleTrains.com, Feb p72 Iowa Scale Engineering, Jul p66 Shake your own shingles, Mar DCC conversion, Nov p58 Heritage Fleet Babcock, Jim: Baltimore & Winston-Salem Southbound Tar spurs, Sep p22 Greenbrier (Gunderson) Flashing rear-end device, HO, p54 Cheaper alternative to capaci- Compromise was the name of Ohio RR Pittsburgh Division, Branch (HO), Jan p46 Signature N scale truck for 5,188-cubic-foot covered hop- Bachmann, Apr p66 Shake your own shingles, Mar p54 tors, A, Mar p66 the manufacturing game, Apr P&W Subdivision (HO), Sep Wrightson, Stuart: Clinchfield Tehachapi, A, Mar p22 per, HO, ScaleTrains.com, Aug Light-It and Illuminator lighting Simon, Harvey DCC boosters – What to buy p26 p38 RR (HO), Nov p32 p66 decoders, NCE, May p68 Streetcars of San Francisco, and how many, Sep p52 Modeling with printed card- Baltimore & Ohio (HO), Feb, Leahy, Joe Johnstown America BethGon Prodigy Advance2 WiFi, Model The, Jul p32 Keep locomotives running with board architecture, Jun p23 p46 Chasing trains on the Erie and protein gondola, N, Kato, Aug Rectifier Corp., Mar p72 Signal for flag stops, A, Jan p58 Mar p46 a stay alive, Jul p60 O scale economic woes in the Baltimore & Ohio Paquettin Lackawanna, Oct p42 p68 Product Reviews: Structures Compact model railroad packed Replacing a factory-installed early 1970s, Feb p26 Division (HO), Jul p42 Leone, Gerry O Jordan Spreader, HO, Wm. K. Fire Station 12, HO, Menards, with detail, Jun p50 diesel decoder, Jun p60 Personal favorites from the Art Baltimore & Ohio RR Pitts- See Step by Step Walthers Inc., Nov p64 Feb p74 Construction articles: Layouts Replacing a factory-installed Deco era, Dec p28 burgh Division, P&W Subdivi- Lightning stripes and black dia- Obituaries New York Central class X65 50- The UPS Store, HO, Wm. K. and modules sound decoder, Jan p66 Pre-World War II OO scale sion (HO), Sep p38 monds, Aug p42 Cecil, Dick, Jun p13 foot insulated boxcar, N, Jul p68 Walthers Inc, Jun p68 Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Reverse loops, turntables, wyes, models, Oct p24 British Rys. Southern Region Listerman, John Flann, John, Jul p13 Pullman-Standard PS 4000 cov- Trailer homes, HO, Woodland Feb p34 and DCC, Feb p66 Saving Frank Ellison’s Raymon- (OO), May p30 Mountains and coal, Feb p46 King, James J. Oct p13 ered hopper, N, Atlas, Jan p74 Scenics, Apr p67 See also Project layouts Selecting a sound decoder, Apr dale, Aug p23 Brooman, Eric: Utah Belt (HO), Luyk, Harley “Skip” Miller, Bill (William), May p14 Thrall 4,727-cubic-foot carbon Yard bunkhouse, HO, The Construction articles: p60 Hertzog, Jim Dec p46 Two decks of lumber action, Polk, Lewis, Aug p13 black covered hopper, HO, TrainMaster LLC, Jan p75 Miscellaneous Selecting the right DCC system, Day on a mine run, A, Nov p42 Brown, Bill: Leadville & Red Aug p28 Örneholm, Flemming, Jan p22 ScaleTrains.com, May p66 Product Reviews: Train sets Build a hidden uncoupling Aug p60 Houle, Tom Cliff (HO), Jun p28 Rodgers, Steve, Apr p18 Thrall 5,750-cubic-foot carbon Olympian Hiawatha FP7, F7B magnet, May p28 Tips for programming Lok- Scratchbuild a small-town sta- Chester Ridge & Pennebrook On Operation black covered hopper, N, and streamlined passenger cars, How to model a 1950s semi- Sound decoders, May p60 tion, Dec p60 (HO), Mar p58 M Adding interchange traffic, Nov ScaleTrains.com, Dec p76 N, Kato, Mar p68 tractor, Jul p38 Dodge, Andrew How to model a 1950s semi-tractor, Clinchfield RR (HO), Nov p32 p68 Tight-bottom 26-foot ore car, N, Operation North Pole F40PH Installing ground throws in the Strategic structure sizing, Jun Jul p38 Driscoll, Pat: Paraqua Moun- Matteo, Matt Ahead of schedule, Dec p77 Bachmann, Nov p67 and gallery bi-level cars, N, foreground, Oct p38 p56 How to model a modern lumber- tains & Shawnee River (HO), See Cartoons Consult your rulebook, Oct p69 Product Reviews: Cars, passen- Kato, Feb p70 Push-button staging solution, Dolkos, Paul J. yard, Mar p28 Mar p40 Miller, Hal Dispatching with verbal author- ger/multiple-unit Project layouts Aug p36 5 tips for blending backdrops, How to paint and install a plaster F-Line traction (HO), Jul p32 See Editorial ity, Apr p69 Amtrak Superliner II transition Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Signal for flag stops, A, Jan p58 Jun p42 rock casting, Aug p57 Gartner, Seth: Piney Fork RR Mindheim, Lance Elephant in the room, An, Jul sleeper, HO, Kato, Sep p60 Feb p34 See also Step By Step Drawings for a small-town depot, How to weather a modern bulk- (HO), Aug p42 Aluminum trim coil backdrops, p69 Budd Rail Diesel Car, HO, Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, Construction articles: Rolling Sep p35 head flatcar, May p56 Hertzog, Jim: Reading Co. Jun p46 Lessons from sessions, Jun p69 Rapido, Jul p64 Apr p42 stock and locomotives Dziedzic, Jerry Shamokin Division (HO), Nov Pick the right layout shape, Operating session hits the road, Heavyweight sleepers, N, Lowell Cold storage for the Tar Branch, Add a new mechanism to an old See On operation p42 May p37 An, May p69 Smith, Apr p68 Mar p46 shell, Nov p28 I-J Jefferson Historical Society: Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley RR, Manual block signal systems, Pennsylvania RR MP54 coach Going Southbound, Jan p46 Kitbashing an HO scale 2-8-2 Texas & Pacific (HO), Jan p34 Jan p54 Aug p69 and trailer, HO, Dec p72 Prototype drawings/information steam engine, Dec p56 E Installing ground throws in the Johnstown & Gerryville (HO), Missabe Junction revisited, Sep Obedience to the rules, Sep p61 Product Reviews: Locomotives, Drawings for a small-town Model a hopper with an open foreground, Oct p38 Apr p34 p28 Spice up a schedule with sec- diesel depot, Sep p35 hatch, Jul p50 Editorials Javier, Christian Leadville & Red Cliff (HO), Jun Model a hopper with an open tions, Feb p67 EMD F7, HO, Wm. K. Walthers Open auto racks, Nov p50 Patch out a modern boxcar, Here’s to found projects, Feb Modeling the ACL’s Palmetto p28 hatch, Jul p50 Superiority isn’t complicated, Inc., Dec p70 Plans for a fertilizer blend Aug p54 p10 Sub, Jul p56 Leahy, Joe: Railroads of Elmira, Modeling the ACL’s Palmetto Sub, Jan p76 EMD GP7, N, Atlas, Aug p62 plant, Apr p50 See also Step By Step It started as a simple kit, Mar See also Track plans N.Y. (HO), Oct p42 Jul p56 Using steam sounds prototypi- EMD GP30, HO, Bachmann, Scale drawings for a pair of pas- Construction articles: Scenery p10 Johnson, Brent D. Listerman, John: Baltimore & Moore, Brian cally, Mar p76 Jun p62 senger shelters, Mar p37 Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, Like vitamins for your model- Add a new mechanism to an old Ohio (HO), Feb p46 Big-time U.S. railroading in the One day weathering, Aug p50 EMD GP39-2, HO, Atlas, Nov Push-button staging solution, Aug Apr p42 ing, Dec p10 shell, Nov p28 Luyk, Harley “Skip”: Arcadia & U.K., Dec p34 Open auto racks, Nov p50 p60 p36 Embedding rails in concrete, Realism isn’t just pie in the sky, Betsey River Ry. (HO), Aug p28 Mountains and coal, Feb p46 Operating on the Gorre & Daphe- EMD GP40P-2, HO, Athearn, Quonset hut building flats made Feb p42 Jun p10 Mahan, Steve: Pacific Coast tid, Oct p30 May p64 easy, Dec p42 Fresh take on modeling hills, A, Some love for the ’70s, May p10 K Lines (HO), Feb p54 Operation EMD SD40-2, HO, Athearn, Feb p63 Someday, this is going be cool, Miazga, Steve: Missabe Junc- N Operating on the Gorre & Apr p64 How to paint and install a plas- Apr p10 Kap, Alain tion Ry. (N), Sep p28 Daphetid, Oct p30 EMD SD70ACe, HO, Wm. K. R ter rock casting, Aug p57 There’s always a shiny thing, Scratchbuild a California tank Missabe Junction Ry. (N), Sep Nash, Weldon Otte, Steven Walthers Inc., Jun p64 Visually extending the layout, Jul p10 house, Sep p46 p28 New life for the Texas & Pacific, Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, EMD SDP40F, HO, Athearn, Railroad You Can Model, A Jul p54 Up to date in Kansas City. Or Kawala, Dana Model Railroader/Model A, Jan p34 Apr p42 Mar p70 Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Weeds and junk, Jan p62 not. Nov p10 Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Railroader Video Plus staff: News & Products See also Ask MR EMD SW1200, N, Wm. K. Wal- RR, Jan p54 See also Step By Step Value of just walking away, The, Feb p34 Winston-Salem Southbound Tar 2017 Kato Model Railroading See also Trackside Photos thers Inc., Sep p56 See also Track plans Construction articles: Structures Sep p10 See also Product Reviews Branch (HO), Jan p46 contest, Feb p18 General Electric ES44, HO, Rebuilding a bridge line, Apr p34 Cold storage for the Tar Branch, We always come back to this Kelly, Jim Moore, Brian: Quisling, CA 2018 Amherst train show cel- Wm. K. Walthers Inc., May p62 Rickaby, Dave Mar p46 truth, Jan p10 See N Scale Insight (HO), Dec p34 ebrates 50 years, May p12 P-Q General Electric ES44DC, HO, Missabe Junction revisited, Sep How to model a modern lum- We want to be challenged. Or Kingsnorth, Bob Ottman, John: St. George (HO), Locomotives, electronics big in Athearn, Aug p64 p28 beryard, Mar p28 do we? Aug p10 Installing ground throws in the Jun p52 Kansas City, Nov p12 Patch out a modern boxcar, Aug General Electric ET44, HO, Tale of two railroads, A, Mar Kitbash a mission-style Santa You had to want to be a model foreground, Oct p38 Pacific Coast Lines (HO), Feb Atlas to acquire Walthers N p54 ScaleTrains.com, Jan p68 p40 Fe depot, Oct p34 railroader, Oct p10 Kirchhoff, Lee p54 locomotive, rolling stock tool- Pick the right layout shape, May General Electric ET44AC, N, Russell, Harold W. Quonset hut building flats made Embedding rails in concrete, Feb Build a hidden uncoupling Paraqua Mountains & Shawnee ing, Sep p13 p37 ScaleTrains.com, Oct p64 Drawings for a small-town easy, Dec p42 p42 magnet, May p28 River (HO), Mar p40 Diesels, rolling stock dominate Plans for a fertilizer blend plant, General Electric U33B, HO, depot, Sep p35 Scratchbuild a California tank Expanding a triple-deck layout, Kirkpatrick, Douglas Parker, Jack: Piedmont & West- at Trainfest, Feb p12 Apr p50 Atlas, Apr p62 Scale drawings for a pair of pas- house, Sep p46 Jul p42 Visually extending the layout, ern (HO), May p42 Grandt Line closes, Jun p12 Product Reviews: Cars, freight/ General Motors Diesel SD40-2F, senger shelters, Mar p37 Scratchbuild a compact indus- Jul p54 Piedmont & Western (HO), May International Toy Train Expo, MOW HO, Bowser, Feb p68 See also Prototype drawings try, Jan p39 Kitbash a mission-style Santa Fe p42 Jun p12, Jul p12 40-foot boxcar, HO, Athearn, Plymouth ML-8 w/DCC, Wm. K. Scratchbuild a small-town sta- F-G depot, Oct p34 Piney Fork RR (HO), Aug p42 JL Innovative adds to HO detail Nov p66 Walthers Inc., HO, Oct p66 tion, Dec p60 Kitbashing an HO scale 2-8-2 Quisling, CA (HO), Dec p34 line, May p12 50-foot insulated boxcar, HO, Product Reviews: Locomotives, S Scratchbuild a small-town Fresh take on modeling hills, A, steam engine, Dec p56 Railroads of Elmira, N.Y. (HO), Lowell Smith acquires tooling, Wm. K. Walthers Inc., Jan p72 electric storefront, Mar p34 Feb p63 Kitbashing photo backdrops, Jun Oct p42 Feb p12 50-foot mechanical reefer, HO, Amtrak AEM-7, HO, Atlas, Jul Sassi, Lou See also Step By Step Gartner, Seth p36 Reading Co. Shamokin Division Rail-Scale-Models acquires Wm. K. Walthers Inc., Aug p67 p63 Appalachian high iron, May p42 Cover photos Lightning stripes and black Klimoski, Thomas (HO), Nov p42 details line from Rusty Stumps, 55-ton coal hopper, O, Atlas O, Product Reviews: Locomotives, B&O in a bonus room, Sep p38 Brooman, Eric: Dec diamonds, Aug p42 Build a working overhead door, Sierra Pintada & Western (HO), Sep p12 Mar p75 steam Best of the Rockies, Jun p28 Crise, Steve: Feb Glancy, Gerry May p52 Apr p54 Stacey Naffah to become Wal- 68-foot bulkhead flatcar, HO, Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation, Compact model railroad packed Marsh, Lee: Jun Kitbash a mission-style Santa How to model a modern lum- Simon, Harvey: F-Line traction thers’ fourth president, Sep p12 Atlas, Feb p73 HO, Bachmann, Sep p54 with detail, Jun p50 Rinkunas, Mike: Nov Fe depot, Oct p34 beryard, Mar p28 (HO), Jul p32 Northeast T-Trak at Kato booth, 10,000-gallon General American Norfolk & Western Class J How to paint and install a plas- Sassi, Lou: Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Going Southbound, Jan p46 Koester, Tony St. George (HO), Jun p52 May p18 radial stay tank car, HO, Tan- 4-8-4, HO, Bachmann, Jan p70 ter rock casting, Aug p57 Oct Grivno, Cody Kitbashing photo backdrops, Tartaglia, Paul: Chester Ridge & New life for the Texas & Pacific, gent, Jun p66 Northern Pacific class Z-8 Third time’s the charm, Mar Tricker, Mike: Jul Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Jun p36 Pennebrook (HO), Mar p58 A, Jan p34 Bay-window caboose, HO, Challenger 4-6-6-4, N, Athearn, p58 Zuback, Bill: Jan, Mar RR, Jan p54 See also Trains of Thought Texas & Pacific (HO), Jan p34 Nipkow, Kim Bachmann, Jul p67 Nov p62 Scale drawings for a pair of pas- See also News & Products Kreiss, Joseph Travis, John A.: Johnstown & Weeds and junk, Jan p62 Derrick car, On30, Bachmann, Union Pacific “early” Challenger senger shelters, Mar p37 See also Railroad You Can Quonset hut building flats made Gerryville (HO), Apr p34 N Scale Insight May, p67 4-6-6-4, HO, Athearn, Oct p62 Scratchbuild a California tank D Model, A easy, Dec p42 Tricker, Mike: Baltimore & How do you keep prices low? F89F channel-side flatcar, HO, Product Reviews: Miscellaneous house, Sep p46 See also Step by Step Ohio Paquettin Division (HO), Volume!, Jul p26 Wm. K. Walthers Inc., Mar p74 Coca-Cola delivery vehicles, Scratchbuild a compact industry, Day on a mine run, A, Nov p42 Jul p42 Loading ramp for Bakersfield, FMC 4,700-cubic-foot covered HO, Mini Metals, Oct p68 Jan p39 DCC Corner L Utah Belt (HO), Dec p46 A, Jan p28 hopper, N, Fox Valley, Jun p67 DR5000 Digicentral DCC com- Scratchbuild a small-town station, Adding sound to an N scale H Van der Hoeven, Willem: Sierra Making sure to see what’s really Fowler 36-foot boxcar, HO, mand station, Digikeijs, Dec p74 Dec p60 steam locomotive, Oct p58 Layout descriptions (by owner Pintada & Western (HO), Apr there, May p22 Accurail, Oct p67 SmartControl WiFi DCC Sys- Scratchbuild a small-town store- Advantages of advanced consist- Hardwick, Michael and name) p54 N scale by the numbers, Nov General American Airslide 4,180 tem, PIKO America, Sep p58 front, Mar p34 ing, The, Dec p68 Push-button staging solution, Arcadia & Betsey River Ry. White, Chris: British Rys. p22 and 4,566 covered hoppers, HO, ProtoThrottle DCC throttle, Sele, Frank BEMF and a WalthersMainline Aug p36 (HO), Aug p28 Southern Region (OO), May p30 Roadbed for main lines and ScaleTrains.com, Feb p72 Iowa Scale Engineering, Jul p66 Shake your own shingles, Mar DCC conversion, Nov p58 Heritage Fleet Babcock, Jim: Baltimore & Winston-Salem Southbound Tar spurs, Sep p22 Greenbrier (Gunderson) Flashing rear-end device, HO, p54 Cheaper alternative to capaci- Compromise was the name of Ohio RR Pittsburgh Division, Branch (HO), Jan p46 Signature N scale truck for 5,188-cubic-foot covered hop- Bachmann, Apr p66 Shake your own shingles, Mar p54 tors, A, Mar p66 the manufacturing game, Apr P&W Subdivision (HO), Sep Wrightson, Stuart: Clinchfield Tehachapi, A, Mar p22 per, HO, ScaleTrains.com, Aug Light-It and Illuminator lighting Simon, Harvey DCC boosters – What to buy p26 p38 RR (HO), Nov p32 p66 decoders, NCE, May p68 Streetcars of San Francisco, and how many, Sep p52 Modeling with printed card- Baltimore & Ohio (HO), Feb, Leahy, Joe Johnstown America BethGon Prodigy Advance2 WiFi, Model The, Jul p32 Keep locomotives running with board architecture, Jun p23 p46 Chasing trains on the Erie and protein gondola, N, Kato, Aug Rectifier Corp., Mar p72 Signal for flag stops, A, Jan p58 Small piece of Arizona in Sweden, Barker, David, Apr p72 Travis, John A. A, Apr p54 Berger, Duane, May p72 Rebuilding a bridge line, Apr Snell, M.R. Bigge, Dave, Feb p78 p34 Model a hopper with an open Brennecke, Paul, Feb p80, Sep Tricker, Mike hatch, Jul p50 p64 Expanding a triple-deck layout, Patch out a modern boxcar, Brookey, David, May p73 Jul p42 Aug p54 Chandler, Charles, Mar p81 Two decks of lumber action, Aug Søeborg, Pelle Clement, Jim, Oct p72 p28 Embedding rails in concrete, Cole, Dan, Jun p73 Feb p42 Condon, Gregg, Nov p73 How to weather a modern bulk- Daniel, Tom, Oct p73 W-X-Y-Z head flatcar, May p56 Dolkos, Paul, Jan p78 One day weathering, Aug p50 Edgar, Bill, Mar p78 Visually extending the layout, Jul January February March April May June Scratchbuild a compact indus- Emley, John, Nov p70 p54 try, Jan p39 Flanagan, Dan, Apr p73 Warren, Bob Scratchbuild a small-town Gale, David, Jul p73 Operating on the Gorre & storefront, Mar p34 Gasparik, Lee, May p70 Daphetid, Oct p30 Small piece of Arizona in Swe- Haukland, Asle, Dec p81 Weeds and junk, Jan p62 den, A, Apr p54 Janes, Don, Aug p70 White, Chris See also Step by Step Kahne, Paul, May p70 Spot of England in Georgia, A, Spot of England in Georgia, A, Kirkwood, Ken, Jun p72, Sep May p30 May p30 p65 White, Eric Step by Step Koester, Tony, Apr p70 Big splash of California sun- Add a park in a compact space, Kuchar, Bob, Dec p81 shine, A, Feb p54 Dec p30 Lana, Patrick, Feb p80 Clinchfield upside down, The, How to build a wood caboose LaRue, Curt, Jul p70 Nov p32 kit, Apr p28 Lauchle, Jerry/Gerald, Jan p81, Cold storage for the Tar Branch, How to build a white-metal kit, Dec p80 Mar p46 Aug p24 Lemmond, Jim, Nov p73 Going Southbound, Jan p46 July August September October November December How to create a 3-D roofline in Marsh, Lee, Jun p70 See also Step by Step two dimensions, Jun p24 McIver, Steve, Jan p80, Sep p65 Wills, Keith How to detail, paint, and decal Mead, Mike, Aug p72 See Heritage Fleet a locomotive, Feb p28 Meeker, Don, Aug p73 Wilson, Jeff How to model a locomotive in Mellowes, John, Dec p78 Open auto racks, Nov p50 fresh paint, Nov p24 Midkiff, Doug, Sep p64 INDEX How to model a weather-beaten Neufeld, Lorne, Nov p73 depot, Mar p24 Novello, Sam, Sep p62 Volume 85 • January-December 2018 How to model an emergency Olsen, Trond Alte, Dec p81 grain car, Jul p28 Olson, John, Oct p73 © 2018 Kalmbach Media, 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. 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C Aluminum trim coil backdrops, Wolfe, Brian, Jan p78 under the hood?, Apr p22 Kitbashing an HO scale 2-8-2 Jun p46 Trains of Thought 5 tips for blending backdrops, What’s a protein gondola?, Oct steam engine, Dec p56 Cartoons Build a working overhead door, Both ends of the spectrum, Jan Jun p42 p20 Brett, Nathan Matteo, Matt: Jan, Feb, Mar, May p52 p90 40 years on the Utah Belt, Dec p46 What’s a Soo Line car doing in Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, How to weather a modern bulk- Dog-chasing-car syndrome, San Diego?, Jan p24 RR, Jan p54 Oct, Nov, Dec head flatcar, May p56 The, Aug p82 What’s the reason for lead and Brooman, Eric Chasing trains on the Erie and Kitbashing photo backdrops, Keeping the torch burning, A trailing trucks?, Mar p18 40 years on the Utah Belt, Dec Lackawanna, Oct p42 Jun p36 May p82 What was this HO ore car’s p46 Clarifications/Corrections One day weathering, Aug p50 Look to the prototype to Add a new mechanism to an old prototype? Nov p20 Build a hidden uncoupling mag- Bachmann HO flashing rear- Pick the right layout shape, enhance operations, Apr p82 shell, Nov p28 Where can I find drawings of an net, May p28 end device: text, May p19 May p37 Looking under the wrapper, Aluminum trim coil backdrops, EMD GA-8?, Aug p21 Build a working overhead door, Big splash of California Sun- Shake your own shingles, Mar Oct p82 Jun p46 May p52 shine, A: caption, Apr p21 p54 Modeling the photo line, Feb Appalachian high iron, May p42 Build the Tar Branch, Part 1: Go- GE U33B review: text, Jun p19 Strategic structure sizing, Jun p90 Ask MR B ing Southbound, Jan p46 O scale’s economic woes: text, p56 Paying it forward to the next Does UP run to the left on ex- Build the Tar Branch: Part 2, Feb Apr p21 See also Step by Step generation, Nov p82 C&NW rails?, May p20 B&O in a bonus room, Sep p38 p34 Signal for flag stops, A: wiring Third time’s the charm, Mar p58 Rags to riches, after 50 years of How do I pick a decoder for an Ball, Don Build the Tar Branch, Part 3: Cold diagram, Mar p16 Track plans trying, Sep p74 older diesel?, Dec p24 Signal for flag stops, A, Jan p58 storage for the Tar Branch, Mar Three loads for open top cars: Minnesota’s Otter Tail Valley Seeing and modeling what’s How was grain moved in box- Best of the Rockies, Jun p28 p46 text, Dec p22 RR, Jan p54 there, Mar p90 cars?, Sep p20 Big splash of California sunshine, Build the Tar Branch: Part 4, Apr Clinchfield upside down, The, Modeling the ACL’s Palmetto There’s plenty to do on a milk How were helium cars A, Feb p54 p42 Nov p32 Sub, Jul p56 run, Jul p82 unloaded?, Jun p20 Big-time U.S. railroading in the Cobb, Rich See also Railroad You Can Truly, a hobby for a lifetime, How were oil-burning steam U.K., Dec p34 Plans for a fertilizer blend Model, A Dec p90 engines refueled?, Jul p22 Bodin, Eric plant, Apr p50 Trackside Photos (italics indi- Waving the model railroading Seeking the Reading’s “banjo” Fresh take on modeling hills, A, Cold storage for the Tar Branch, cates photographer) flag, Jun p82 P32456