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Editorials (From the Editor) N Scale Insight Step by Step Workshop Tips Information Desk Operators, The Trackside Photos 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.