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Using the index: Most of the feature material has been indexed at least three ways – once by the title, again under the author’s last name, and finally by subject, usually falling under at least one of the MR subject categories. An asterisk (*) preceding an entry indicates a feature by its title. A capital letter P preceding the page number indicates an article in the "Workshop tips: Servicing steam" booklet, bound into the center of the October 2007 issue. MR subject categories:

Biographical sketches Control and electrical Obituaries Technology Cartoons Cover photos Operation Track plans Construction articles Layout descriptions Techniques MR departments: DCC Corner The Operators Trains of Thought Editorials (From the Editor) Product Reviews Workshop Information Desk Scenery Step by Step News & Products Trackside Photos

A Lampkin, Ian, Sep p64 Central New York Modelers, HO *Conquering the Alps in Z scale, Dec p61 *A bi-level access gate, Apr p68 Leider, Bill and Penny, Apr p49 modular layout, May p46 Contests *A day on an NYC branch line, May p56 Lenhoff, Gary, Mar p83 Christianson, Dick Pike-size passenger trains, Jun p6, *A master builder’s showcase, Apr p42 Lidbeck, Jeremy, May p76 Retiring, Sep p9 Jul p89 (ad) *A mid-size HO track plan for the Meier, Horst, Aug p59 Switching with N scale steam on a Control and electrical operator, Jun p65 Renker, Hans, Jun p85 1950s branch line, Aug p74 Walk on the DCC wireless side, *A new approach to rivets, Mar p72 Richter, Anthony, Feb p51 Cleaning track and adjusting rolling Dec p70 *A shortline steam shop and servicing Rittig, Frank, Feb p83 stock, May p42 Cover photos area, Oct pP14 Sallinen, Untamo, Oct p76 *Clever ways to model rundown Allegheny Central (HO layout), Sep *A simple transition-era servicing Spranza, Ken, Jul p53 structures, Nov p80 Argentine Industrial District facility, Oct pP11 Stewart, Rod, Dec p81 *Colorado in my basement, Feb p48 (HO layout), Feb *A station from a feed mill, Sep p50 Sweatt, Stan, Jul p65 *Colorful New England, Nov p60 Black River Junction (HO layout), Jan *A station on a (rock) shelf, Jun p68 Toman, Shaun, Oct p59 Commuter rail service, modeling, Crise, Steve, Dec Abbott, George B., Werner, Peter, May p73 Dec p90 Dolkos, Paul, May, Nov Cartoons, Feb p111, Mar p25, Jul p95 Boudreaux, Jerry *Commuting to work on the MR&T, Forbes, Jim, Jul Addison, John A mid-size HO track plan for the Dec p98 Lagno, Fred, Sep Biography, Apr p61 operator, Jun p65 Comstock, Charlie Meier, Horst, Aug Superdetailed layout built for travel, Biography, Jun p67 Great photos in the great outdoors, Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (HO Apr p56 Bowling, John Apr p72 layout), Jun, Jul, Oct Allbritton, Rob, Biography, Dec p65 Biography, Aug p47 Construction articles: Cars, freight Olympic & Puget Sound Ry. (HO *Automate your staging yards, May p62 Glory days of the Louisville & Backdating two steel hoppers, Oct p62 layout), Mar *Autumn on the Allegheny Central, Nashville, Aug p42 Building resin car kits, Aug p63 Oregon Short Line (O layout), Apr Sep p44 Brown, Ralph, obituary, Sep p9 How to detail a 1980s caboose, Sassi, Lou, Mar *Autumn on the Housatonic, Jun p52 *Build a dense forest, Jun p41 Sep p82 Southern Ry. (HO layout), Nov *Build a roll-out canyon floor, Sep p74 Construction articles: Layouts Swanson, Carl, Apr B *Build a round concrete coaling tower in and modules Three Rivers City (HO layout), Dec Barker, Brett HO, Oct pP6 Build the Black River Junction, Union Pacific Sherman Hill (HO Kitbash an SD20 in N scale, Sep p66 *Build a turntable, Oct pP12 Jan p50, Feb p52, Mar p52, Apr p50 layout), Aug Barkley, Steven *Build an operating water tower, Construction articles: Miscellaneous Zuback, Bill, Jan, Jun, Oct Operating signals with user-friendly Oct p68 Put the finishing touch on your signal *Crafting a 1:22.5 standard gauge layout, software, Oct p50 *Build the Black River Junction, Jan detailing, Jul p70 Aug p70 Barrow, David p50, Feb p52, Mar p52, Apr p50 Modeling concrete bridges with real Domino backdrops and skirts, Jun p74 *Building resin car kits, Aug p63 cement, Aug p48 D *Backdating two steel hoppers, Oct p62 Burgess, Jack Construction articles: Scenery Danneman, Tom Bennett, Gil A new approach to rivets, Mar p72 Build a dense forest, Jun p41 Designing a mid-size N scale layout, Upgrade a steam locomotive, Mar p58 Build a roll-out canyon floor, Sep p74 Jul p54 *Big Blue rolls on in the Motor City, C Meadows made easy, Sep p70 Multimedia masterpiece, Apr p62 Jan p56 *C&O’s Loup Creek Branch, May p74 Paint a simple mountain backdrop, Darnaby, Bill *Big industry on a small layout, Mar p74 Cannon, Gordon D., obituary, Jan p9 Jan p74 Build a round concrete coaling tower Biographical sketches Carpenter, Bruce Construction articles: Structures in HO, Oct pP6 Addison, John, Apr p61 Have more fun at your operating A station from a feed mill, Sep p50 Daze, Claude, Modeling with a Canadien Allbritton, Rob, Dec p65 session, Nov p74 A station on a (rock) shelf, Jun p68 flair, Jan p64 Boudreaux, Jerry, Jun p67 Cartoons Build an operating water tower, DCC Corner Bowling, John, Aug p47 Abbott, George B., Feb p111, Mar p25, Oct p68 Adding sound to Proto 100 F units, Elwood, John, Mar p50 Jul p95 Build a round concrete coaling tower Nov p90 Fisher, Stephen, Nov p57 Karp, John E., May p98 in HO, Oct pP6 Athearn decoder installation, Jun p86 Fritzler, Ted, Oct p48 Matteo, Matt, Nov p107, Dec p48 Build a turntable, Oct pP12 Choosing the right decoders for your Karig, Bob, Oct p66 Meyer, Dwain, Jan p108, Jun p103 Clever ways to model rundown locomotives, May p78 Lagno, Fred, Sep p49 Seidita, Joe, Aug p98, structures, Nov p80 Current-sensing occupancy detectors, Lambert, Paul, Nov p67 Kitbash an N scale coal tipple, Jun p78 Jul p78 DCC and sound for an Atlas O RS-1, G K New York Central’s Ypsilanti Branch Aug p80 Garforth, Mike Karig, Bob (T, O), May p56 Good wiring practices, Oct p78 Build an operating water tower, Backdating two steel hoppers, Oct p62 National Docks Ry., (T, HO), Feb p87 Installing decoders in HO scale Oct p68 Biography, Oct p66 Oil Creek Railroad (T, HO), Jan p80 locomotives, Feb p90 *Glory days of the Louisville & Karp, John E. Olympic & Puget Sound Ry. (T, HO), Programming complex CVs, Mar p86 Nashville, Aug p42 Cartoon, May p98 Mar p44 Rewiring a DCC layout for power *Great Northern layout in less than Kawala, Dana Renker, Hans, California & Comstock districts, Sep p86 7 square feet, Oct p46 Big Blue rolls on in the Motor City, RR (T, HO) Jun p82 Seven tips for installing decoders, *Great photos in the great outdoors, Jan p56 Richter, Anthony, D&RGW and C&S Apr p78 Apr p72 Upgrading an HO scale masterpiece, (T, HO, HOn3) Feb p48 Tools to help you install decoders like Gribler, Ron Jul p72 Sallinen, Petri, Hevonkuusi Ry. (T, a pro, Jan p86 A station from a feed mill, Sep p50 Kirkpatrick, Douglas, Realistic brick and HO), Oct p72 Walk on the DCC wireless side, Grivno, Cody signs, Feb p84 SBB Gotthard Line (T, Z), Dec p60 Dec p70 Promotion, associate editor, May p9 *Kitbash an N scale coal tipple, Jun p78 Senges, Dick, Oil Creek Railroad (T, *Designing a mid-size N scale layout, Realistic ghost lettering, Jan p62 *Kitbash an SD20 in N scale, Sep p66 HO), Jan p80 Jul p54 Shortline railroading prairie style, Koester, Tony Sherman Hill Wyoming (T, HO), *Detailed to perfection, Mar p45 Nov 84 A bi-level access gate, Apr p68 Aug p56 *Detailing the right of way, part 1, See also Scenery Step by Step See also Trains of Thought Silverton Central RR (T, Sn3), Apr p56 Nov p48 Kuhl, Lutz Spranza, Ken, Hudson Point & *Detailing the right of way, part 2, H Install white LED headlights, Jul p60 Hawthorne (T, HO), Jul p48 Dec p66 Hall, Bobbye, obituary, Apr p9 Stewart, Rod, Three Rivers & Grand Dolkos, Paul J. *Handlaying turnouts without the L Street RR (T, HO), Dec p74 Conquering the Alps in Z scale, hassle, Dec p82 Lagno, Fred Three Rivers & Grand Street RR (T, Dec p61 Harris, Tom Autumn on the Allegheny Central, HO), Dec p74 Freelancing a transition-era railroad, Build a dense forest, Jul p41 Sep p42 Toman, Shaun, Union Pacific’s Jul p48 *Have more fun at your operating Biography, Sep p49 Hillsboro Division (T, HO), Oct p56 Detailing the right of way, part 1, session, Nov p74 Lambert, Paul Union Pacific’s Hillsboro Division (T, Nov p48 *Head-end equipment and operations, Biography, Nov p67 HO), Oct p56 Detailing the right of way, part 2, Part 1, Aug p50 Lampkin, Ian Wolf, Melvyn, Leadville Mines & Mid- Dec p66 *Head-end equipment and operations, Biography, Sep p64 Atlantic (T, HO), Jul p72 Head-end equipment and operations, Part 2, Sep p54 Fort Myers, Florida, made to travel, Layout Planning Contest winners Part 1, Aug p50 Hediger, Jim Sep p62 Red Rock Northern (T, HO), Jun p65 Head-end equipment and operations, A day on an NYC branch line, Layout descriptions (by owner and C&O’s Loup Creek Branch (T, HO), Part 2, Sep p54 May p56 name; “T” indicates track plan, followed May p74 Tune up your layout, part 1 May p42 HO knuckle coupler guide, Nov p68 by scale) Urban switching on the 59th Street Tune up your layout, part 2, Jun p48 How diesel facilties work, Oct p42 Addison, John, Silverton Central RR Branch (T, HO), Jul p62 *Domino backdrops and skirts, Jun p74 Modeling realistic caboose operations, (T, Sn3), Apr p56 Leider, Bill and Penny Dorin, Patrick C. Jul p66 Allbritton, Rob, SBB Gotthard Line Biography, Apr p49 Modeling commuter rail service, The (prototype) Ohio Southern in a (T, Z), Dec p60 A master builder’s showcase, Apr p42 Dec p90 bedroom, Apr p76 Allegheny Central (T, HO), Sep p42 Lenhoff, Gary *Dress up a vehicle with scrapbox Walthers: celebrating 75 innovative Argentine Industrial District Ry. Biography, Mar p83 details, Mar p70 years, May p50 (T, HO), Feb p66 Leone, Gerry Drye, John Heide, Randal, Automate your staging Boggs, Barry, 1:22.5 standard gauge Easy window treatments, Sep p60 Big industry on a small layout, yards, May p62 layout, Aug p70 Lidbeck, Jeremy Mar p74 Heine, Jan Bowling, John, Louisville & Nashville Biography, May p76 Kitbash an N scale coal tipple, Crafting a 1:22.5 standard gauge (T, HO), Aug p42 C&O’s Loup Creek Branch, May p74 Jun p78 layout, Aug p70 California & Comstock RR (T, HO) Lloyd, Howard R. Hitchcock, Chuck Jun p82 Rails to the harbor, Feb p86 E No main line – but plenty of Central New England RR (T, HO), *Easy boxcar upgrades, May p66 operation, Feb p66 Nov p60 M *Easy window treatments, Sep p60 *HO knuckle coupler guide, Nov p68 Daze, Claude, Montreal & Northern Matteo, Matt Editorials Hobby terminology in plain English, Ry. (T, HO), Jan p64 Cartoon, Nov p107, Dec p48 A wonderful adventure, Aug p6 Jan p58 Deep Run RR (T, On21⁄2), Nov p54 *Meadows made easy, Sep p70 Five tips for the season, Nov p6 *Home and away modules, May p46 D&RGW and C&S (T, HO, HOn3) Meier, Horst From all walks of life, Dec p6 Housatonic Model Railway Club (HO), Feb p50 Biography, Aug p59 Get your hands dirty, Oct p6 Jun p52 Eastern Missouri Ry. (T, HO), Mar p78 Meadows made easy, Sep p70 Getting in tune, May p6 Hoverson, Jerry Elwood, John, Olympic & Puget Sherman Hill spectacular, Aug p56 One for the team, Jan p6 Build a roll-out canyon floor, Sep p74 Sound Ry. (T, HO), Mar p44 Meyer, Dwain Pike-size contest, Jun p6 *How diesel facilities work, Oct p42 Fisher, Stephen, Deep Run RR (T, Cartoon, Jan p108, Jun p103 Speaking the same language, Mar p6 *How to detail a 1980s caboose, Sep p82 On21⁄2), Nov p54 Mindheim, Lance Still more to learn, Sep p6 *Improving photographic depth of field, Fort Myers Ry. (T, HO), Sep p62 Improving photographic depth of Three wishes, Jul p6 Nov p76 Fritzler, Ted, Great Northern Ry. field, Nov p76 What’s it like? Feb p6 (T, N), Oct p46 Modeling concrete bridges with real What’s next? Apr p6 I Great Northern Ry. (T, N), Oct p46 cement, Aug p48 Edmeir, Ken Information Desk Hevonkuusi Ry. (T, HO), Oct p72 Scale couplers in N, Jan p70 Weathering from photos, Nov p58 A box full of automobiles, Jun p24 Hitchcock, Chuck, Argentine Indus- *Modeling America’s first oil boom, Elwood, John Auto-rack revolution, Jul p24 trial District Ry. (T, HO), Feb p66 Jan p80 Biography, Mar p50 Blue flags for safety, Dec p32 Housatonic Model Railway Club (T, *Modeling a Union Pacific passenger Detailed to perfection, Mar p45 Bunker C oil revisited, Dec p36 HO), Jun p52 train in N scale, Feb p58 *Enhancing automobiles, Nov p86 Coal’s never-ending boom, Jan p30 Hudson Point & Hawthorne (T, HO), *Modeling a winter scene, Feb p80 Container revolution, Mar p26 Jul p48 *Modeling commuter rail service, F Diesel switcher m.u. connections, Lagno, Fred, Allegheny Central (T, Dec p90 *Finely crafted Finnish railway, Oct p72 Nov p28 HO), Sep p42 *Modeling concrete bridges with real Fisher, Stephen Disappearing caboose, Apr p24 Lambert, Paul, Central New England cement, Aug p48 Biography, Nov p57 Engine terminals make great local RR (T, HO), Nov p60 *Modeling realistic caboose operations, Narrow gauge along the Eastern industries, Sep p26 Lampkin, Ian, Fort Myers Ry. (T, HO), Jul p66 Shore, Nov p54 Extended servicing stops, Oct p26 Sep p62 *Modeling with a Canadien flair, Jan p64 Foltz, Bob Hub-and-spoke operation, Aug. p26 Leadville Mines & Mid-Atlantic (T, *Model Railroading 101, Jan p58 Build a turntable, Oct pP12 Markers and class lights, Feb p26 HO), Jul p72 Modular layout (HO), Central New York *Fort Myers, Florida, made to travel, Oil-fired steam locomotives, ash pit, Leider, Bill, Oregon Short Line (T, O), Modelers, May p46 Sep p62 Oct p28 Apr p42 Morse, Ron *Found layout space, Sep p78 heating and AC in Lenhoff, Gary, Eastern Missouri Ry. Perfect scratchbuilt trees, Jul p44 *Freelancing a transition-era railroad, stations, Dec p34 (T, HO), Mar p78 *Multimedia masterpiece, Apr p62 Jul p48 Running the gantlet, May p24 Lenzion, Tom, NYC Ypsilanti Branch Freight cars, easy boxcar upgrades, Small oil dealerships, May p26 (T, O), May p56 N May p66 Streamlined passenger car Lloyd, Howard R., Rails to the harbor, *Narrow gauge along the Eastern Shore, Fritzler, Ted orientation, Nov p30 (T, HO) Feb p86 Nov p54 Biography, Oct p48 Track scale operation, Nov p30 Louisville & Nashville (T, HO), N scale F45 from resin-and-etched-metal Great Northern layout in less than Unwrapping a track plan, Nov p28 Aug p42 kit, Apr p62 7 square feet, Oct p46 Wrecking crane outfit and crews, Meier, Horst, Sherman Hill Wyoming Nelson, George From the editor — see Editorials Dec p36 (T, HO), Aug p56 Kitbash an SD20 in N scale, Sep p66 *Install white LED headlights, Jul p60 Montreal & Northern Ry. (T, HO), News & Products Jan p64 Athearn offering HO Union Pacific 4-8-4, Sep p8 In and out of staging, Oct p114 DCC circuit breaker, DCC Specialties, Passenger station, HO, Walthers, Athearn trains names new president, Markers, Aug p114 Aug p88 quick look, Dec p115 Apr p8 Name every track, Nov p130 DCC system, N scale sound, Model Three sheds, HO, King Mill Enter- Athearn’s 1:1 proportion boxcar, OS-ing trains, Jan p130 Rectifier, Jul p84 prises, quick look, Apr p87 Oct p9 Servicing passenger trains, Sep p122 DCC uncoupler, HO, System Five-O, Track scales, HO, Walthers, quick Atlas to distribute HO vehicles, Sep 9 Timetables as operating aids, quick look, Jul p91 look, Sep p98 DeLuxe Innovations updates Web site, Dec p146 Signal system, HO and N, Atlas, Project layout Nov p9 Whistle (and horn) signals, Jun p120 Sep p90 Black River Junction, Jan p50, Feb Emek trucks distributed by LGBoA, Yard limits, Feb p128 Sound decoder, HO, Digitrax, Apr p85 p52, Mar p52, Apr p50 Jul p9 Yard work, May p114 Wireless DCC system, Piko, Oct p84 *Put the finishing touch on your signal Future iHobby Expo dates set, Jul p9 Otte, Steven Product Reviews: Locomotives, diesel detailing, Jul p70 GATX Corp. promotes The Great Train New associate editor, Nov p9 Alco C-628, O, Atlas O, Feb p96 Pryke, John Story HO layout, Mar p8 Alco FA/FB, HO, Precision Craft Building resin car kits, Aug p63 Get set for Trainfest, Dec p13 P Models, Apr p80 Model Railroading 101, Jan p58 iHobby Expo ’07, Sep p11 *Paint a simple mountain backdrop, Alco RS-2, N, Life-Like, Sep p94 International Toy Fair show report, Jan p74 Alco RS-36, HO, Atlas, May p84 R May p10 Pearce, Bill Alco C-420, HO, Atlas, Nov p98 *Rails to the harbor, Feb p86 LGB of America to distribute Modeling a Union Pacific passenger Alco DL-600, O, Atlas O, Aug p86 *Ready … set… solder! Feb p76 Bridgewerks products, Jun p8 train in N scale, Feb p58 EMC NW2, N, Kato, May p82 *Realistic brick and signs, Feb p84 LGB of America to produce own *Perfect scratchbuilt trees, Jul p44 EMD F3, N, Kato USA, quick look *Realistic ghost lettering, Jan p62 trains, Sep p9 Petty, Bruce Nov p104 *Realistic shelf layout in Mom’s garage, LGB to distribute Brawa G scale, Put the finishing touch on your signal EMD F7, HO, Walthers, Oct p82 Oct p56 Aug p9 detailing, Jul p70 EMD FP7, HO, InterMountain, Feb 94 Reid, Gil, obituary, Apr p9 Märklin acquires LGB assets, Oct p9 Photography EMD GP15, O, Atlas O, Mar p94 Renker, Hans Meet Steven Otte, new associate Great photos in the great outdoors, EMD GP30, HO, Life-Like, quick look Biography, Jun p85 editor, Nov p9 Apr p72 Mar p98 Operating variety on a small layout, Model railroad industry loses three Improving photographic depth of EMD GP40X, HO, Athearn, Dec p106 Jun p82 pioneers, Apr p9 field, Nov p76 EMD SD40-2, HO, Broadway Limited, Renninger, Kathleen MTH negotiates new Union Pacific Piccirillo, Tom Aug p82 Clever ways to model rundown licensing deal for all, Jan p8 Handlaying turnouts without the Fairbanks-Morse CPA-16-5, HO, True structures, Nov p80 New CEO at Marklin, Apr p8 hassle, Dec p82 Line Trains, Jan p94 Richter, Anthony New owner for LGB announced, Polsgrove, Mike GE U23B, N, Atlas, Jul p86 Biography, Feb p51 Mar p9 Walk on the DCC wireless side, Product Reviews: Locomotives, electric Colorado in my basement, Feb p48 NMRA looks for help in DCC Dec p70 European AC heavy electric, 1:27, Rickaby, Dave challenge, Jun p9 See also DCC Corner Piko, Jan p97 Spirit of St. Louis, Mar p78 Passenger models galore in Detroit, Popp, David Product Reviews: Locomotives, steam Rittig, Frank Oct p8 Build the Black River Junction, Jan 2-10-2, AT&SF, HO, Broadway Biography, Oct p48 Staff changes at Model Railroader, p50, Feb p52, Mar p52, Apr p50 Limited, Jan p90 Modeling a winter scene, Feb p80 Sep p8 Commuting to work on the MR&T, 4-4-0, HO, Roundhouse, Feb p98 Rivard, Bob Staff changes, promotion at Model Dec p98 4-6-4, New Haven I-5, HO, Broadway How to detail a 1980s caboose, Railroader, May p9 Found layout space, Sep p78 Limited, Dec p104 Sep p82 Swanson named editor of CTT, Aug p9 Promotion, managing editor, Sep p9 4-8-2, Pennsy M1a, HO, Broadway Roadway, ballast, rails, and ties, Nov p48 Take your model train to work, Nov p8 What’s it like? Feb p6 Limited, Nov p96 *Rod Stewart’s Three Rivers City, Thomas & Friends wood toy recall, Product reviews: Cars, freight Forney 2-4-4T, On21⁄2 , Bachmann, Dec p74 Sep p10 AAR hopper, O, Atlas O, Nov p102 Sep p92 Three inducted into Hall of Fame, Caboose, D&RGW/RGS, On3/On21⁄2, Freelanced 2-10-2, HO, International S Oct p9 San Juan Car Co., Mar p96 Hobby Corp., Mar p92 Sallinen, Petri Trainfest celebrates 35th anniversary Caboose, HO Pennsy, Walthers, quick K-27 2-8-2, HOn3, Blackstone Models, Finely crafted Finnish railway, Oct p72 with record crowd, Feb p8 look, Apr p87 Aug p84 Sallinen, Untamo U.S.-prototype modeling meet in boxcars, HO, True Line Modernized 4-4-0, HO, Bachmann, Biography, Oct p76 Germany, Jul p8 Trains, Nov p100 Jul p82 Sassi, Lou Update on Lionel and MTH lawsuit, Caswell GS gondola, HO, InterMoun- Nickel Plate 2-8-4, HO, Walthers, Autumn on the Housatonic, Jun p52 Mar p9 tain, Oct p89 Jan p95 Colorful New England, Nov p60 Walthers celebrates 75th anniversary, Clay slurry tank car, HO, Athearn, Shay, three-truck, 1:20.3, Bachmann, Dress up a vehicle with scrapbox May p8 Apr p84 Apr p82 details, Mar p70 Walthers celebrates Founder’s Day, Covered hopper, N, Micro-Trains, Union Pacific 4-6-6-4, N, Athearn, Enhancing automobiles, Nov p86 Aug p8 quick look Feb p102 Jun p88 Home and away modules, May p46 Westerfield for sale, Jul p9 Flatcar, 60-foot with load, HO, USRA Heavy 2-10-2, HO, Life-Like, Sartore, William L. World’s Greatest Hobby On Tour Athearn, quick look, Jan p99 Jun p90 A station on a (rock) shelf, Jun p68 announces location and dates, Flatcar, O, Atlas O, Dec p112 USRA Heavy 2-8-2, N, Kato USA, Sauer, Taryn Oct p8 Ore car, HO, Model Power, Feb p100 quick look, Sep p98 Where will the hobby go from here? *No main line – but plenty of operation, Panel-side hopper, N, Micro-Trains, Product Reviews: Miscellaneous Aug p68 Feb p66 Oct p87 Code 80 wye turnouts, N, Atlas, quick *Scale couplers in N, Jan p70 Pullman-Standard covered hopper, look, p97 Scenery Step by Step O HO, Tangent Scale Models, Galloping Goose, N, Con-Cor, quick A commuter station for Mukwonago, Obituaries Dec p110 look, Mar p98 May p36 Brown, Ralph, Sep p9 Tank car, 11,000-gallon LPG, O, No. 8 turnouts, HO, Peco, Sep p96 Add an alley, Aug p38 Cannon, Gordon D., Jan p9 Atlas O, quick look Jan p99 Passenger car lighting unit, Rapido, Ballasting made easy, Jan p46 Hall, Bobbye, Apr p9 Tank car, corn syrup, O, Atlas O, quick look Oct p91 Build a brass structure, Dec p54 Reid, Gil, Apr p9 Jul p88 Scale test car, N, Micro-Trains, Detail a lumberyard, Apr p36 Walthers, Bruce, Apr p9 Weathered boxcars, HO, Athearn, quick look May p89 Detail and weather an engine shop, Ohio Southern in a bedroom, Apr p76 quick look Oct p91 Sound Modules, Blackhawk Sound, Oct p38 *Operating signals with user-friendly Product Reviews: Cars, passenger quick look, Dec p115 Grain elevator kitbash, Jun p36 software, Oct p50 cars, 1:29, LGB of America, Streetlights, HO, Brawa GmbH, Improving commercial trees, Jul p39 *Operating variety on a small layout, Jun p95 Aug p89 Installing a culvert in an existing Jun p82 Great dome lounge, HO, Walthers, Turnouts, Z, Micro-Trains, scene, Sep p38 Operation Oct p86 May p86 Lake Beulah makeover, Feb p42 Automate your staging yards, May p62 Heavyweight baggage cars, HO, Upgrade chip for Quantum decoders, Model a swamp, Nov p44 Have more fun at your operating Walthers, Apr 86 QSI, Jan p98 Weathering wood structures, Mar p40 session, Nov p74 Heavyweight , HO, Whisker couplers, HO, Kadee, quick *Seasons Greetings from Model Head-end equipment and operations, Walthers, quick look Aug p90 look, May p89 Railroader, Dec p134 Part 1, Aug p50 Heavyweight parlor car, HO, Walthers, Product Reviews: Structures Seidita, Joe Head-end equipment and operations, quick look Jun p97 AT&SF phone booths, HO, American Cartoon, Aug p98, Part 2, Sep p54 Heavyweight passenger cars, HO, Model, quick look, Aug p90 Senges, Richard, How diesel facilities work, Oct p42 Walthers, quick look Feb p102 Container crane, HO, Heljan, Mar p90 Modeling America’s first oil boom, Modeling realistic caboose operations, Lightweight passenger cars, HO, Grain elevator and mill, HO, Walthers, Jan p80 Jul p66 Rapido Trains, Dec p108 Feb p97 *Servicing Steam, Oct pP2 No main line – but plenty of Lightweight passenger cars, HO, Grain elevator, O, American Model, *Seven pike-size passenger trains, operation, Feb p66 Rapido Trains, Jan p92 quick look, Nov p104 Jun p42 Operators, The Product Reviews: Control and electrical Missouri Pacific depot, HO, Blair *Sherman Hill spectacular, Aug p56 Air brakes, Mar p122 Command control system, ESU, Line, quick look, Jul p91 *Shortline railroading prairie style, Classification signals, Jul p114 Jun p92 Modern strip mall, HO, Summit USA, Nov p84 Engine hostling, Apr p114 May p88 Signals, signs, and grade crossings, Leadville Mines & Mid-Atlantic (HO), Schofield, Neil, Apr p100 L-girder substitute, Feb p34 Dec p66 Jul p75 Schwartz, Eric, Jun p107 Masking with vinyl letters, Sep p32 Six, Jim Louisville & Nashville (HO), Aug p42 Sellios, George, Jul p101 Moveable pole line, Apr p32 Easy boxcar upgrades, May p66 Midland Continental c. 1964 (N), Six, Jim, Nov p117 Paint storage and filter handling, Søeborg, Pelle K. Nov p84 Sommer, Marshall, May p103 Dec p42 Paint a simple mountain backdrop, Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (HO), Splawn, Aaron, Aug p102 Painting jig for oil drums, Jul p30 Jan p74 Dec p100 Stewart, Monroe, Dec p127 Painting tweezers, Jun p32 *Spirit of St. Louis, Mar p78 Montana Rail Link’s Third Subdivi- Stichter, Robert, Jun p109 Pinning down knuckle springs, *Special trackwork solves layout sion, Jul p58 Stover, Brooks, Jul p100 Nov p38 problems, May p52 Montreal & Northern Ry. (HO), Swanson, Carl, Dec p127 Portable airbrush supply, Nov p36 Sperandeo, Andy Jan p66 Todd, Robert, Oct p103 Recycled mouse pads, Feb p32 Understanding steam details, Mar p62 National Docks Ry. (HO), Feb p87 Valder, Mitch, Aug p102 Removing cork roadbed, Jul p34 See also Operators, The New York Central’s Ypsilanti Branch Virtue, Don, Jun p106 Removing lettering, Dec p44 Spraza, Ken (O), May p56 Zuback, Bill, Mar p111 Removing mildew, Jan p38 Biography, Jul p53 Ohio Southern in a Bedroom (HO), Trains of thought Rubber anvil, Feb p36 *Squeeze in a juice distribution center, Apr p77 Cereal-box trains, Feb p106 Running water, Apr p34 May p70 Oil Creek Railroad (HO), Jan p82 Creature comforts, Jan p104 Sealing basswood coach kit, Dec p43 Steam details, understanding, Mar p62 Olympic & Puget Sound Ry. (HO), Critical mass, Sep p104 Securing building flats, Sep p33 *Steam servicing on a budget, Oct pP10 Mar p44 Finding a niche of our own, Jul p92 Simulating daylight, Mar p37 Stewart, Rod Oregon Short Line (O), Apr p45 Hump yard on the NKP? Aug p92 Starting a model railroad club, Biography, Dec p81 Pennsylvania RR, Bald Eagle Branch Just-in-time train travel, Jun p98 Jun p30 Strang, Lionel, (N), Mar p75 Large scale is getting interesting, Superelevation, Apr p30 Ready … set… solder! Feb p76 Red Rock Northern (HO), Jun p66 Apr p92 Switcher cab modification, Aug p34 *Superdetailed layout built for travel, SBB Gotthard Line (Z), Dec p62 Modeling as 3-D art, Mar p100 Vertical grade transitions, Feb p32, Apr p56 Silverton Central RR (Sn3), Apr p56 Rules exams, May p92 Sep p34 Swanson, Carl Sherman Hill Wyoming (HO), The Big Picture, Oct p78 Weather-strip roadbed, Apr p30 A shortline steam shop and servicing Aug p56 Two for the price of one, Nov p108 Weighting ore cars, Jul p32 area, Oct pP14 Three Rivers & Grand Street RR (HO), What to do with the last layout’s Wood stain markers, Nov p3 A simple transition-era servicing Dec p74 , Dec p118 Workshop Tips Supplement, facility, Oct pP11 Union Pacific’s Hillsboro Division Tree Special, Jul p38, p41, p44 Servicing Steam, Oct pP1-pP16 Modeling a winter scene, Feb p80 (HO), Oct p56 Troubleshooting track and turnouts, Rod Stewart’s Three Rivers City, Trackside photos Jun p48 X-Y-Z Dec p74 Amitrano, Steve, Nov p118 *Tune up your layout, part 1, May p42 Zugelter, Dan Seven pike-size passenger trains, Barr, Bill, Jun p107 *Tune up your layout, part 2, Jun p48 Servicing Steam, Oct pP2 Jun p42 Bortle, John, Sep p110 Turnouts, special trackwork solves Special trackwork solves layout Boyd, Garry, Oct p102 layout problems, May p52 problems, May p52 Brooman, Eric, Aug p103 Turnouts, handlaying without the hassle, Steam servicing on a budget, Oct pP10 Brown, Bill, Sep p109 Dec p82 See also Information Desk Coffey, Doug, Aug p101 Sweatt, Stan Cutter, Amos, Sep p108 U Biography, Jul p65 Czubryt, Frank, Mar p109, Oct p101, *Understanding steam details, Mar p62 Urban switching on the 59th Street Nov p119 *Upgrade a steam locomotive, Mar p58 Branch, Jul p62 Danneman, Mike, Jan p117, May p101 *Upgrading an HO scale masterpiece, *Switching with N scale steam on a Davis, Bob, Sep p109 Jul p72 1950s branch line, Aug p74 Davis, Doyle, Feb p114, Jun p108 *Urban switching on the 59th Street Dolkos, Paul, Dec p127 Branch, Jul p62 T Dombey, Bruce, Sep p111 Techniques Dougherty, Ed, Jan p119 W Realistic ghost lettering, Jan p62 Draper, Lynn, Dec p126 *Walk on the DCC wireless side, Dec p70 Ready … set… solder!, Feb p76 Duffe, Bill, Oct p100 Walthers, Bruce, obituary, Apr p9 Weathering from photos, Nov p58 Eastman, Grant, Mar p109 *Walthers: celebrating 75 innovative Technology Eaton, Rod, Feb p117 years, May p50 Operating signals with user-friendly Elwell, Dick, Oct p101 *Weathering from photos, Nov p58 software, Oct p50 Fontaine, Jason, Jan p119 Werner, Peter *The (prototype) Ohio Southern in a Franzen, John, Mar p111 Biography, May p73 Bedroom, Apr p76 Gill, Gaylord, Jul p100 Squeeze in a juice distribution center, Toman, Shaun Grosser, Ray and Renee, Nov p116 May p70 Biography, Oct p59 Halloran, Bernie, May p101 *Where will the hobby go from here? Realistic shelf layout in mom’s garage, Hediger, Jim, Sep p109 Aug p68 Oct p56 Hitchcock, Chuck, May p100 Workshop Track plans Holt, Tommy, Nov p118 Adhesive for Hydrocal castings, Allegheny Central (HO), Sep p44 Hoover, Gary, Apr p102 Aug p35 Argentine Industrial District Ry. (HO), Huntrods, Rick, Jul p102 car styles and paint schemes, Feb p67 Jeffers, Jeff, Dec p129 Jun p32 Black River Junction (HO), Feb p52 Johnson, Tom, Nov p117 Antlers on steam locomotives, California & Comstock RR (HO), Josselyn, Richard, Jul p101 May p34 Jun p84 Kirkwood, Ken, Jan p116, Apr p103 Boston & Maine road slug, Mar p38 C&O Hinton, (HO), Oct pP4 Kosic, Bob, Jan p118 Bridge support, Oct p34 C&O’s Loup Creek Branch (HO), Lagno, Fred, May p102 Build an airbrush stand, Jun p30 May p74 Lange, Volker, Jul p103 Building some history into a caboose Central New England RR (HO), Lawson, Bob, Mar p108, Nov p117 fleet, Aug p32 Nov p60 Ledley, Mike, Dec p129 Choosing maintenance vehicles, Sterling Secondary (N), Leider, Bill, Dec p127 May p32 Jan p57 Leone, Gerry, Feb p116 Clothespin clamps, Jan p38 CStPM&O Ry. Shawtown Subdivision, Loiseaux, Ed, Dec p128 Coal loads, Mar p37 Eau Claire, Wis. (N), Aug p75 Lundsten, Carsten, Oct p103 Compact coved backdrop corners, Deep Run RR. (On21⁄2), Nov p56 Miller, Jay, May p100 Nov p36 Denver & Rio Grande Western and Muff, Nicholas, Feb p115, Aug p100 Concealed uncoupling ramps, Jan p40 Colorado & Southern (HO and Nordanberg, Thomas, Feb p115 Corner gluing block, Dec p43 HOn3), Feb p50 Pade, Ole, Feb p115 Digital caliper improves model Eastern Missouri Ry. (HO), Mar p81 Popp, David, Aug p100 building accuracy, Oct p32 59th Street Branch (HO), Jul p63 Pryke, John, Apr p103 Eye protection is critical, Dec p42 Fort Myers Ry. (HO), Sep p62 Rhinelander (Wis.) Railroad Associa- Foam repair cradle sources, Feb p32 Glass Rock & Eastern RR (HO), tion, Mar p111 Glue for plastic handrails, Sep p34 Apr p77 Rickaby, Dave, Mar p111, Jun p107, Handy modification for NMRA gauge, Grand River Ry. (HO), Sep p78 Oct p103, Dec p126 Mar p36 Great Northern Ry. (N), Oct p49 Santos, Bob, Apr p101 Handy plastic containers, Jul p32 Hevonkuusi Ry. (HO), Oct p74 Sassi, Lou, Jan p119, Mar p108, Mar Installing Kadee no. 308 magnets, Housatonic Model Railway Club p109, Apr p100, May p103, Jun Feb p34 (HO), Jun p54 p106, Jul p101, Aug p101, Sep p108, Installing Tortoise switch machines in Hudson Point & Hawthorne (HO), Sep 109, Oct p100, Oct p101, Nov 2" foam, Apr p30 Jul p51 p116, Nov p117, Nov p119, Insulating Atlas frogs for DCC, Dec p129 Mar p36