Detail Your Models with Realistic Rivets Front Cover: Victor Roseman Built This Diorama to Show Crews Hard at Work Riv- Eng New Body Panels on Freight Cars
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Who turned out the lights? Superintendent of Nearly Everything as the helper showed up, backed onto Reader suggested running the train back up the hack, then pulled forward to couple Feedback the hill. That’s when things got inter- onto the rear-most reefer. About the esng. It seems there were too many (click here) This me the assault on the 2.8% grade reefers for the move power and we’d Editor succeeded. Joe cut o the helper at need to add a helper. By moonlight. y good friend and ex-yard- Oakhill using more cell phone illumina- master Terry took Amtrak I’ve never run a night session on the on to see what he was doing with his from Klamath Falls to the BC&SJ so there aren’t any ashlights uncoupling pick. The reefers connued M laying about. Uncoupling the caboose on to Salem and the helper returned Portland, Oregon area for a visit. I oered to host a BBQ for him and a and locomoves in the moonlight down the hill to South Jackson. proved a challenge but someone pulled few other close friends. Surprisingly, a good me was had by out a cell phone to use as a ashlight all. Both the crews and the onlookers Aer dinner we ended up in the train and John managed get coupler picks enjoyed themselves immensely. In fact, room. I’d agreed to run foreign power into the coupler knuckles and run it was strongly hinted that I should use that night – normally foreign power is around his train before heading bravely night lighng during a ‘real’ op session excluded during formal op sessions but toward the hill. this was informal. John B. brought over – a request I’d gured would only come two locos, so on the track they went. He Joe B. fetched another throle, dialed once in a blue moon. 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Click, click, click, click, ..... click. Cutting off a helper in Oakhill “Hey! Who turned out the lights!” using a cell phone to augment echoed through the room. The moon- the moonlight. light (blue rope lights in the ceiling) seemed really dim but aer a minute eyes adjusted and we watched head- lights ash on and o while passing through tunnels 2 and 3. Five minutes later the reefers arrived at South Jackson and the Advertisement a. b. c. Are you a Model Railroad Hobbyist guru? Take the MRH who - what - where - when quiz! Select one of the covers (on the right) to answer each question: 1. In which issue did the first Scenery Scene appear? d. e. f. 2. Which issue had two layout tours? 3. Which cover is from January 2010? 4. Which issue had a layout modeling a TV show? 5. Which issue had no layout tour? 6. Which issue presented three ways to build a static grass applicator? 7. Which issue featured Lance Mindheim? g. h. i. 8. Which issue introduced the concept of the Chainsaw Layout ? 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