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Benenati, Frank Build a quarry branch part 3, Mar Carving realistic stone from foam, 0-9 Rebuild turnouts in place, Mar p60 Nov p64 p54 Build a quarry branch part 4, Apr Condon, Gregg 12 classic weathering tips, Nov p44 Besougloff, Neil p37 Build terrain with cloth and 4 technologies shaping model rail- See also Editorials Build a snowshed, Feb p46 caulk, Jun p58 roading’s future, May p38 See also Step by Step Build a working industrial gate, Construction articles: Layouts and 5 expert tips for installing track and Big scenes on a double-deck club Apr p42 modules roadbed, Jan p40 layout, Sep p44 Build small-town structures with Build a portable branch line, part 6 tips for monitoring hidden tracks, Bit of Pennsylvania on the Gulf, A, big-time appeal, Mar p30 1, Aug p30 Feb p58 Oct p36 Build terrain with cloth and caulk, Build a portable branch line, part Bond, Karl Jun p58 2, Sep p28 Upgrading a small switcher with Build working N scale signals, Aug Build a quarry branch part 1, Jan A DCC and sound, Jan p58 p38 p32 Bonnett, Jim Butts, David Build a quarry branch part 2, Feb Asmussen, Michael From a module to a layout, Aug HO scale bridge line with South- p38 Add sound to a modern N scale p42 ern flair, An, Mar p72 Build a quarry branch part 3, Mar diesel (DCC Corner), Jan p72 Build a boxcar load of buckets, Jun p60 p57 Build a quarry branch part 4, Apr Build a contemporary business car, C p37 B May p52 Construction articles: Build a portable branch line, part 1, California dreaming in S scale, Sep Miscellaneous­ Basterash, Tom Aug p30 p56 Build a boxcar load of buckets, Great Northern in a small space, Build a portable branch line, part 2, Cartoons Jun p57 The, Jul p44 Sep p28 Matteo, Matt: Apr p89, May p85, Build a snowshed, Feb p46 Bauer, James Build a quarry branch part 1, Jan Jun p85, Jul p85, Aug p85, Sep Build working N scale signals, Double the space, double the fun, p32 p85, Oct p89, Nov p93, Dec p97 Aug p38 Feb p32 Build a quarry branch part 2, Feb Sedita, Joe: Jan p101, Feb p97, Extend the reach of a switch mo- p38 Mar p105 tor, Apr p60 How to model a contaminated How sound decoders work, Dec Koester, Tony dirt load, Sep p52 p70 H Dig those ditches!, Jul p33 Increase realism with scale cou- How to add sound to a veteran Trees that bend without breaking, plers, Oct p32 locomotive, Sep p62 Hediger, Jim Aug p49 Model a typical 1950s tractor- How to download DCC sounds, Build a quarry branch part 3, Mar Weathering a steam locomotive trailer, Apr p54 Jul p62 p60 in 7 minutes, Nov p40 Rebuild turnouts in place, Mar How to figure power for a DCC Victorian jewel on the Central See also Trains of Thought p54 system, Apr p66 Vermont, Jun p38 Scratchbuild a liquid asphalt How to replace a bad decoder, See also Information Desk L transfer terminal, Jun p49 Feb p68 See also Workshop­ Construction articles: Rolling stock Improve lighting and install a High-tech Arduino turnout controls, and locomotives 2-speaker Digital Command Jun p54 Lamberts, David Build a contemporary business Control sound decoder, Oct p66 Hoffman, Jim 12 classic weathering tips, Nov car, May p52 Installing LED headlights in an Narrow gauge conversion, A, Apr p44 Build a quarry branch part 4, Apr older locomotive, Aug p62 p30 Layout descriptions (by owner and p37 Tools for installing DCC decoders, How a steam locomotive’s valve gear name) How to detail a modern locomo- Mar p80 works, Jul p51 Basterash, Tom: Carlyle Division, tive, Mar p68 Wayside lighting with DCC, Jun How to install a steam-exhaust cam Jul p44 Kitbash a Canadian Pacific RS-3 p62 for DCC sound, Jul p54 Bauer, James: Great Northern in HO scale, Dec p38 What’s new in DCC?, May p62 How to make track look realistic, (N), Feb p32 Modeling hoppers with history, Dig those ditches!, Jul p33 Jul p28 Bonnett, Jim: Kettle Valley RR Feb p62 Dolkos, Paul How to model a contaminated dirt (HO), Aug p42 Construction articles: Scenery Big scenes on a double-deck club load, Sep p52 Callahan, John: East Berkshire Build terrain with cloth and layout, Sep p44 How to model realistic pole lines, Branch (HO), Mar p54 caulk, Jun p58 Styrene structures in 7 simple Sep p39 Carlyle Division, Jul p44 Build a working industrial gate, steps, May p26 HO scale bridge line with Southern Central California RR (S), Sep Apr p42 Doll, Bill flair, An, Mar p72 p56 Carving realistic stone from foam, Mountain railroading through How to detail a modern locomotive, City of North Weston (HO), Aug Nov p64 coal country, Apr p46 Mar p68 p50 From backdrop to blacktop, Mar Double the space, double the fun, How to weather wood structures, CSX Miami Downtown Spur p37 Feb p32 Jan p66 (HO), Dec p50 How to model realistic pole lines, Dual-gauge plan for a spare room, Huey, Dil Deignan, Jimmy: Pennsylvania Sep p39 A, Jun p42 6 tips for monitoring hidden RR Middle Division, Feb p50 O scale operating switch stands, Duckworth, Charlie tracks, Feb p58 Denver & Rio Grande Western Oct p42 Rural renewal in the Ozarks, Mar (HOn3), Apr p30 Perch birds on your power lines, p46 Doll, Bill: Forest Park Southern Dec p36 I-J (HO), Apr p46 Trees that bend without breaking, E Eaglecreek & Northern (HO), Oct Aug p49 Increase realism with scale cou- p 58 Use layered foliage to enhance plers, Oct p32 East Berkshire Branch (HO), Mar your scenery, Oct p50 Editorials Information Desk p54 Windswept trees from natural 20 years in the making, Jun p8 Depot upgrade in progress, Apr Forest Park Southern (HO), Apr materials, Apr p58 7 minutes – really?, Nov p8 p20 p46 See also Step By Step Avoid layout distractions, Apr p8 Extending a yard lead, Feb p22 Glock, Brian: Sugar Valley & Construction articles: Structures Change of color guard, Aug p8 How a railroad builds a new Sweetwater (HO), Mar p72 Build a quarry branch part 3, Mar Common isn’t ordinary, Dec p8 freight yard, Jul p16 Great Northern (N), Feb p32 p60 In praise of 20-inch layouts, Sep How a sprung-frog turnout Gypsy Trolley Line (HO), May p58 Build small-town structures with p8 works, Aug p18 Hoffman, Jim: Denver & Rio big-time appeal, Mar p30 Like our videos? Read this, Jan p8 How railroads cooperated to Grande Western and Rio Grande Kitbash Denver Union Station, Model railroad disasters, Feb p8 handle postwar transcontinental Southern (HOn3), Apr p30 Nov p56 Railroading 150 years ago, Oct p8 sleeping cars, Nov p20 Jackson, Robert and Brian: Cen- Kitbashing an HO roundhouse, Soldering 101 with Mr. H, May p8 Incorporate realistic snow fight- tral California RR (S), Sep p56 Jan p46 Two favorites this month, Jul p8 ing into your operations, Jan p20 Kettle Valley RR (HO), Aug p42 Making the most of modern Westcott: now a place, too, Mar Loading ramps for double-deck Kosma, John: Gypsy Trolley Line buildings, Mar p42 p8 stockcars, Dec p24 (HO), May p58 New life for old boxcars, Dec p68 Evans, Mike Mixing heavyweight and light- Lehigh & Keystone Valley RR Rural renewal in the Ozarks, Mar Turn a common electrical switch weight cars, May p16 Club (HO), Sep p44 p46 into a turnout control, Nov p62 Special trackwork resolves Maine Central Mountain Division Scratchbuild a brick station, Jul Extend the reach of a switch motor, switching problems in a con- (HO), Jan p52 p38 Apr p60 gested area, Oct p20 Mindheim, Lance: CSX Miami Scratchbuild a freight depot, Oct Stub-end terminal built for Downtown Spur (HO), Dec p50 p44 F efficiency, A, Mar p20 Missabe Junction Ry. (N), Nov Scratchbuild a small factory, May Use an inspection trip as a pike- p34 p32 sized passenger train, Sep p16 Miazga, Steve: Missabe Junction Styrene structures in 7 simple Freelanced car ferry track plan, A, Use a team track to transfer bulk Ry. (N), Nov p34 steps, May p26 Apr p62 grain from trucks to trains, Jun Nast, Larry: City of North Weston See also Step By Step From a module to a layout, Aug p42 p20 (HO), Aug p50 Cover photos From backdrop to blacktop, Mar Interurban scenes on a narrow New England & Western, Jul p56 Dolkos, Paul: Sep, Dec p37 shelf, May p58 New York & Long Branch (HO), Forbes, Jim: Jan, May, Oct Janes, Don Nov p48 Leone, Gerry: Mar G Kitbash a Canadian Pacific RS-3 Noblitt, Tom and Peggy: Santa Fe Sassi, Lou: Feb, Apr in HO scale, Dec p38 Ry., Emerald Springs Div. (HO), Søeborg, Pelle: Jul May p46 Tricker, Mike: Jun Glancy, Gerry Ørneholm, Flemming: Eaglecreek Zuback, Bill: Aug, Nov Kitbash Denver Union Station, K & Northern (HO), Oct p 58 Nov p56 Pagano, Mike: Spokane Interna- D Great Northern in a small space, Katz, Ross tional (N), Dec p46 The, Jul p44 Windswept trees from natural Pennsylvania RR (HO), Oct p36 Grivno, Cody materials, Apr p58 Pennsylvania RR Middle Division Daito, Takashi Build a quarry branch part 1, Jan Kawala, Dana (HO), Feb p50 4 technologies shaping model p32 See also Product Reviews Port Trenton, Baltimore & Ohio, railroading’s future, May p38 Build a quarry branch part 2, Feb Kelly, Jim Paquettin Div. (HO), Jun p30 Davidsen, Peter Hersted p38 See also N Scale Insight RENFE (Spanish national rail- Build a snowshed, Feb p46 Build a quarry branch part 4, Apr Kitbash a Canadian Pacific RS-3 in way) (HO), Jun p46 DCC Corner p37 HO scale, Dec p38 Rio Grande Southern (HOn3), Add DCC-controlled interior light- See also DCC Corner Kitbash Denver Union Station, Nov Apr p30 ing to passenger cars, Nov p68 See also News & Products p56 Robertson, Bill: New England & Add sound to a modern N scale See also Step by Step Kitbashing an HO roundhouse, Jan Western, Jul p56 diesel, Jan p72 p46 Santa Fe Ry., Emerald Springs Div. (HO), May p46 Sauret, Dan: Maine Central End of the line for Floquil and Perch birds on your power lines, EMD GP35, HO, MTH, Jul p64 Mountain Division (HO), Jan p52 Polly Scale, Aug p10 Dec p36 EMD GP38-2, HO, Athearn, Apr Spokane International (N), Dec Fine Scale Miniatures to close, Petty, Bruce p68 p46 Dec p10 Scratchbuild a freight depot, Oct EMD SD40-2, N, Kato, Jul p66 Sugar Valley & Sweetwater (HO), iHobby Expo makes its Cleveland p44 EMD SD60, N, Atlas, Dec p76 Mar p72 debut, Jan p10 Polsgrove, Mike GE AC4400CW, HO, Athearn, Surman, Kevin: New York & Long iHobby Expo returns to Illinois, See also DCC Corner May p66 Branch (HO), Nov p48 May p11 Popp, David Product Reviews: Locomotives, Tricker, Mike: Port Trenton, Join the MR team, Dec p10 Build a portable branch line, Aug electric Baltimore & Ohio, Paquettin Div. Kent Johnson joins Model Rail- p30 P-motor, HO, Sunset, Mar p82 (HO), Jun p30 roader Video Plus staff, Dec p10 Build a portable branch line, part Product Reviews: Locomotives, Werre, Bob: Pennsylvania RR Locomotives take center stage in 2, Sep p28 steam (HO), Oct p36 Atlanta, Oct p10 Product Reviews: Cars, freight 0-6-0, large scale, Piko, Jul p70 Leone, Gerry McGrattan joins Rapido Trains, 40-foot plug-door insulated box- 2-8-0 old-time Consolidation, HO, Build small-town structures with Nov p10 car, HO, Atlas, Nov p76 Athearn, Feb p76 big-time appeal, Mar p30 Meet Ben Lake, Jan p10 60-foot auto parts car, N, Micro- 4-6-2 heavy Pacific, HO, Broad- From backdrop to blacktop, Mar Meet us in Atlanta, Jun p10 Trains, Apr p74 way Limited, Jun p64 p37 Model Railroader donates to ACF 50' boxcar, O, Atlas O, Jan 4-6-6-4 Challenger, N, Athearn, Perch birds on your power lines, ‘Magic of Scale Model Railroad- p82 Oct p70 Dec p36 ing’ exhibit, May p10 B&O wagontop caboose, HO, 4-8-8-4 Big Boy, N, Athearn, Oct See also Step By Step New owners for Märklin, Jun p10 Spring Mills Depot, May p68 p70 Staff changes at Bachmann, Nov BNSF BethGon II coal gondola, Heisler (two-truck), HO, Hornby, p10 N, Kato, May p70 Nov p70 M Stephens honored, Nov p10 D&RGW narrow-gauge gondola, N&W Y6b 2-8-8-2 articulated, Thompson joins Walthers, Sep O, San Juan Car Co., Apr p74 HO, Broadway Limited, Dec p74 Maine main line in an attic, A, Jan p10 Evans 5277 boxcar, HO and N, PRR T1 4-4-4-4 duplex, HO, p52 Trainfest sets new record, Feb p10 ExactRail, Jun p68 Broadway Limited, Aug p66 Making the most of modern build- Noblitt, Tom and Peggy Evans 65-foot log car, N, Micro- Z-8 4-6-6-4 articulated, HO, Sun- ings, Mar p42 Through the Rockies on the Santa Trains, Nov p76 set, Sep p66 Matteo, Matt Fe, May p46 FGE 50-foot mechanical reefer Product Reviews: Miscellaneous See also Cartoons N Scale Insight with sound, HO, Athearn, Nov GrassTech II static grass applica- McKibben, Tracy Case for body-mounted couplers, p74 tor, GrassTechUSA, Dec p80 Build a boxcar load of buckets, The, May p18 FMC 5077 boxcar, HO, Atlas, Jul Hi-rail truck, HO, Bachmann, Sep Jun p57 Character, not caricature, in N p70 p70 McNab, James scale, Mar p22 GSC 60-foot flatcar, HO, Tangent, Piggy Packer container crane, N, Use layered foliage to enhance N scale layout design consider- Apr p72 Wheels of Time, Feb p79 your scenery, Oct p50 ations, Jul p18 Gunderson 76-foot cryogenic Radio-control couplers, large McRae, Tom Reflections on the N scale con- reefer, HO, Walthers, Aug p70 scale, Kadee, Aug p68 Freelanced car ferry track plan, A, vention, Nov p24 Hawker-Siddeley 100-ton covered Product Reviews: Structures Apr p62 Tricks with N scale track, Jan p24 hopper, HO, North American Modernized downtown store- Mechanics of train dispatching, The, When it’s just not working out, Railcar Corp., Feb p78 front, HO, Summit USA, Mar p88 Dec p58 Sep p20 MoPac short-body caboose, N, North American suburban com- Meier, Horst N scale through the Northwoods, Bluford Shops, Jul p67 muter station, N, Kato, Jun p70 Carving realistic stone from foam, Nov p34 Pennsylvania RR H21a hopper, O, Product Reviews: Train sets Nov p64 Atlas O, Jun p70 Canadian Pacific The Canadian, Menges, John P-S 4750 covered hopper, HO, HO, Rapido, Aug p64 Spanish main line in three mod- O Tangent, Dec p80 CB&Q Silver Streak Zephyr, N, ules, A, Jun p46 P-S 5344 boxcar, HO, ExactRail, Kato, Feb p72 Milenkovic, Paul Obituaries Mar p88 Railtech, HO, Walthers, May p64 How a steam locomotive’s valve Campbell, Lee, Feb p11 P-S coal gondola, HO, Walthers, Prototype drawings gear works, Jul p51 Drury, George H., Nov p11 Feb p79 Scratchbuild a brick station, Jul Miller, Hal Methlie, David P., Dec p11 PS-1 40-foot steel boxcar, N, p38 4 technologies shaping model Richter, Wolfgang, Feb p11 Atlas, Aug p70 Scratchbuild a freight depot, Oct railroading’s future, May p38 Stephens, Michael R., Jul p11 Thrall 2743 gondola, HO and N, p44 Mindheim, Lance One track plan, three options, Oct ExactRail, Jan p78 Victorian jewel on the Central Build a working industrial gate, p54 Thrall center-beam bulkhead Vermont, Jun p38 Apr p42 Operation flatcar, HO, ExactRail, Oct p74 Prototype information Making the most of modern Mechanics of train dispatching, Thrall TSG-10 RailGon 52-foot How a steam locomotive’s valve buildings, Mar p42 The, Dec p58 mill gondola, N, Athearn, Sep p70 gear works, Jul p51 Modeling Miami’s Downtown Operators, The Trinity 14,400-gallon liquid sulfur Pryke, John Spur, Dec p50 Card files for car cards, Dec p98 tank, HO, Walthers, Dec p78 Superelevated curves in 4 steps, Mitchell, William Car cards and waybills, Nov p94 TrinityRail mechanical reefer, Nov p55 High-tech Arduino turnout con- Getting a session started, Jan HO, BLMA, May p70 trols, Jun p54 p102 TTX spine car, N, BLMA, Mar p86 Model a typical 1950s tractor-trailer, Go for the long haul, May p86 Wagontop boxcars, HO and N, R Apr p54 Operating with fiddle yards, Feb Fox Valley, Jan p80 Modeling a modern short line in 2½ p98 Product Reviews: Cars, passenger Rail-marine connection in the decks, Feb p64 Places for paperwork, Jun p86 Budd RDC, HO, Walthers, Apr Pacific Northwest, A, Dec p66 Modeling hoppers with history, Feb Signals for operation, Jul p86 p70 Rebuild turnouts in place, Mar p54 p62 Signals for operation part 2, Aug Budd Vista-Dome, O, Atlas O, Sep Reising, Jim Modeling Miami’s Downtown Spur, p86 p68 Build working N scale signals, Dec p50 Signals for operation part 3, Sep C&O Chessie Club lounge car, HO, Aug p38 Mountain railroading through coal p86 Walthers, Jul p68 Richter, Anthony country, Apr p46 Start reading now, Mar p106 C&NW bi-level commuter cars, Dual-gauge plan for a spare room, Mountains to seaside on three Train order questions and HO, Walthers, Oct p72 A, Jun p42 decks, Jun 30 answers, Apr p90 NYC Empire State Express, HO, Rickaby, Dave Munro, Lorne Two useful rules, Oct p90 MTH, Mar p84 Interurban scenes on a narrow Scratchbuild a brick station, Jul O scale operating switch stands, Product Reviews: Locomotives, shelf, May p58 p38 Oct p42 diesel N scale through the Northwoods, Otte, Steven Alco RS-11, HO, Atlas, Apr p71 Nov p34 Build a quarry branch part 3, Mar Alco S-2, HO, Bachmann, Jan p76 Transition-era action on the N p60 Amtrak GE P42, HO, Kato, Sep C&NW, Aug p50 See also Step by Step p64 Robbins, Ken Narrow gauge conversion, A, Apr See also Trackside Photos EMD DDA40X, HO, Bachmann, Kitbashing an HO roundhouse, p30 Jun p66 Jan p46 New life for old boxcars, Dec p68 EMD F40PH, N, Kato, Jan p79 Runyan, Mark New life for the Pennsy Middle Divi- P-Q EMD F7A, HO, Bachmann, Oct 4 technologies shaping model sion, Feb p50 p68 railroading’s future, May p38 News & Products Pagano, Mike EMD GP20, HO, Walthers, Nov Rural renewal in the Ozarks, Mar Bowser discontinues steam kits, Sectional railroad on an alumi- p72 p46 Nov p10 num frame, A, Dec p44 Russell, Harold W. How to reletter a car without Trackside Photos (italics indicates Place to work, A, May p71 Victorian jewel on the Central repainting, Apr p26 photographer) Setting reasonable goals, Oct p75 Vermont, Jun p38 How to remodel a river canyon, Abramson, Richard, Aug p72 The Train of Thought, Sep p71 part 1, May p22 Angell, Dale, Apr p78 Turbocharged temptations, Mar How to remodel a river canyon, Aycock, Charles, Dec p86 p94 S part 2, Jun p26 Beatty, Jim, Apr p78 When “to scale” is too big, Apr How to replace a bad turnout, Jul Bland, Bill, Jan p84 p75 Sassi, Lou p24 Boehlert, Paul, May p74 Transition-era action on the C&NW, New life for the Pennsy Middle Scratchbuild a branchline water Bosscher, Randy, Mar p90 Aug p50 Division, Feb p50 tower from stripwood, Aug p24 Brennan, Dennis, Sep p75 Trees that bend without breaking, O scale operating switch stands, Simple techniques to model a Brennecke, Paul, Dec p87 Aug p49 Oct p42 town square, Mar p26 Cole, Dan, Nov p82 Tricker, Mike Steam parade through the North- Stover, Brooks Diamond, John, May p73 Mountains to seaside on three east, Jul p56 Scratchbuild a small factory, Mar Dolkos, Paul, Oct p78, Oct p79 decks, Jun 30 Town and country on a New p32 Fontaine, Jason, Aug p74 Tubbs, Bowen England branch line, Mar p54 Styrene structures in 7 simple steps, Foreman, Ron, Sep p74 Rail-marine connection in the Sauret, Dan May p26 Fruth, Jon, Jul p75 Pacific Northwest, A, Dec p66 Maine main line in an attic, A, Superelevated curves in 4 steps, Garner, Tim, Apr p79 Turn a common electrical switch Jan p52 Nov p55 Genack, Bob, Aug p75 into a turnout control, Nov p62 Scratchbuild a brick station, Jul p38 Surman, Kevin Giannovario, Joe, Mar p92 Turning Big Boys in 2x5 feet, Oct Scratchbuild a freight depot, Oct Where the CNJ joined the Pennsy, Gober, Gary, Nov p83 p58 p44 Nov p48 Jacobs, Dave, Sep p75 Tylick, Michael Scratchbuild a liquid asphalt trans- Switzer, Mont Kap, Alain, Jun p75 Variations on a 4 x 8 theme, Jan fer terminal, Jun p49 Model a typical 1950s tractor- Kerns, Chris, Feb p82 p61 Scratchbuild a small factory, Mar trailer, Apr p54 Kreitz, Harold, Jun p74 p32 Kupiec, William, Apr p76 Sectional railroad on an aluminum Lehmann, Jim, Feb p83 U-V frame, A, Dec p44 T Lewis, Dan, Sep p72 Sedita, Joe Lohwasser, Eric, Jul p74, Nov p82 Upgrading a small switcher with See Cartoons Techniques Lyons, Pat, Dec p86 DCC and sound, Jan p58 Sharp, Michael 12 classic weathering tips, Nov Machinsky, Dustin, Feb p82 Use layered foliage to enhance your One track plan, three options, Oct p44 Marsh, Lee, Jul p72 scenery, Oct p50 p54 5 expert tips for installing track McClelland, Allen, Oct p76 Variations on a 4 x 8 theme, Jan p61 Shelf railroad designed for opera- and roadbed, Jan p40 McDaniel, Michael, Jun p74 Victorian jewel on the Central Ver- tion, Aug p58 6 tips for monitoring hidden Meditz, Chris, Aug p74 mont, Jun p38 Smith, Geoffrey T. tracks, Feb p58 Mitchell, Bob, May p75 Shelf railroad designed for opera- Dig those ditches!, Jul p33 Moe, Gregor, Jan p85 tion, Aug p58 How to install a steam-exhaust Palmer, Dale and Charlotte, Dec W-X-Y-Z Søeborg, Pelle cam for DCC sound, Jul p54 p85 5 expert tips for installing track How to make track look realistic, Piccirillo, Tom, Jan p86 Warren, Al and roadbed, Jan p40 Jul p28 Pitanza, Gaspar, Apr p79 New life for old boxcars, Dec p68 How to make track look realistic, How to weather wood structures, Pitanza, Marc, Jun p72 Watson, Russ Jul p28 Jan p66 Pitcher, David, Jul p74 How to weather wood structures, How to model realistic pole lines, Superelevated curves in 4 steps, Pope, Bob, Jan p84 Jan p66 Sep p39 Nov p55 Preussler, Marvin, Sep p74 Weather a boxcar in 10 easy steps, Increase realism with scale cou- Turn a common electrical switch Qualman, Jay and Brook, Mar Aug p55 plers, Oct p32 into a turnout control, Nov p62 p93 Weathering a steam locomotive in 7 Scratchbuild a liquid asphalt Weather a boxcar in 10 easy Ravenscroft, Kenny, Jul p75 minutes, Nov p40 transfer terminal, Jun p49 steps, Aug p55 Richter, Anthony, Feb p80 Werre, Bob Turning Big Boys in 2 x 5 feet, Weathering a steam locomotive in Rickaby, Dave, Feb p80, Aug p75, Bit of Pennsylvania on the Gulf, Oct p58 7 minutes, Nov p40 Sep p75, Dec p86 A, Oct p36 Weather a boxcar in 10 easy See also Step by Step Ridgeway, Dale, Jan p86 California dreaming in S scale, steps, Aug p55 Technology Rogers, Bruce, Mar p92 Sep p56 Snell, Matt 4 technologies shaping model Sassi, Lou, Jun p75, Dec p87 Where the CNJ joined the Pennsy, Build a contemporary business railroading’s future, May p38 Sassi, Lou, Apr p78, Aug p74, Oct Nov p48 car, May p52 High-tech Arduino turnout con- p76 Windswept trees from natural mate- How to detail a modern locomo- trols, Jun p54 Schlegel, Hans, Feb p80 rials, Apr p58 tive, Mar p68 Upgrading a small switcher with Schneider, Glenn, Feb p83 Workshop Tips How to install a steam-exhaust DCC and sound, Jan p58 Seymour, Everett, May p75 ABCs of drilling holes in metal, cam for DCC sound, Jul p54 Thompson, Terry Short, John, Oct p78 The, Jul p20 How to model a contaminated 4 technologies shaping model Sipkovich, Ron, Nov p80 ABCs of electrical switches for dirt load, Sep p52 railroading’s future, May p38 Sittner, Wayne, Oct p79 layouts, May p20 Modeling hoppers with history, Thom, Rich Sniffen, Becky, Nov p83 Airbrushes and how they work, Feb p62 Extend the reach of a switch mo- Stover, Brooks, Mar p90 Apr p22 Spanish main line in three modules, tor, Apr p60 Strebel, Steve, Apr p78 Choosing bridges for a model A, Jun p46 Through the Rockies on the Santa Thomas, Glyn, May p72 railroad, Aug p20 Sperandeo, Andy Fe, May p46 Thompson, Mat, Oct p79 Clearing obstructions from the Mechanics of train dispatching, Town and country on a New Eng- Turner, Jake, Jan p87 aisles, Jun p22 The, Dec p58 land branch line, Mar p54 Valder, Mitchell, Aug p75 Easy repair stops intermittent See also Operators, The Track plan for Chocolate Town, Vollmer, Dave, Oct p78 shorts, An, Dec p28 Sprague, Bob USA, Sep p36 Walterreit, Jerry, Mar p93 Guide to using small hobby Modeling a modern short line in Track plans Webb, James, Jan p87 screws, A, Sep p22 2½ decks, Feb p64 Aroostook Valley (N), Aug p58 Whitcomb, Tyler, Nov p83 HO couplers, installation, and Track plan for Chocolate Town, Braintree & Marshfield (HO), Jan Wisconsin & Michigan Model RR adjustments, Oct p24 USA, Sep p36 p61 Club, Sep p75 How to choose hobby knives and Steam parade through the North- Calumet & South Chicago (HO), Wundrock, Bob, Jun p74 blades, Jan p26 east, Jul p56 Oct p54 Youngblood, Peter, May p74, Dec Terminal strips keep wiring orga- Step by Step Cumberland & Ohio (HO), Jan p86 nized, Nov p26 Basic scenery techniques, Jan p28 p61 Trains of Thought Tips for building plaster cloth How to build a low-relief struc- Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Easier approach to freelancing, A, scenery, Mar p24 ture, Feb p28 Valley (HO/HOn3), Jun p42 Jan p90 Tracklaying: adhesive, nails, or How to build a plastic structure Lake Nipigon Northern (HO), Apr Frozen in time, Aug p71 spikes?, Feb p26 kit, Dec p32 p62 Lessons learned the hard way, Jul How to install knuckle couplers, Maryland Midland (N), Feb p64 p71 Oct p28 Milwaukee Road 14th Sub., Dec Layout planning: Going fleet first, How to model a riding platform, p66 Nov p79 Nov p30 Norfolk Southern Harrisburg Making sure there’s an escape How to paint locomotives in Line (N), Sep p36 route, Dec p82 multi-color paint schemes, Sep Omaha Road (HO), Jan p61 Nice little place in the country, A, p24 Williams & Colorado River RR Feb p86 (HO), Jan p61 Our friends, the pros, Jun p71