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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.

These are the MR subject categories: Basic model railroading Garden railroading Room-sized model railroads Biographical sketches Layout descriptions Software Cartoons Midsize layouts Techniques Computers in model railroading Model railroading in small spaces Technology Concept, inspiration, and Modules and related items commentary Obituaries Track plans Construction articles Operation World’s Greatest Hobby Control and electrical Photography Yard you can model Cover photos Prototype drawings Year you can model

These are the indexed MR departments: DCC Corner News & Products Trackside Photos Editorials (From the Editor) MR Project Illustrated of Thought Information Desk Product Reviews Workin’ on the Railroad Model Railroading is Fun Step by Step Workshop

A Senftleben, Carl, May p53 *Chains, chocks, and shackles, Jun p80 Branch line for the Turtle Creek Central, Adams, Bob Simpson, Greg, Apr p82 Chandler, Paul Jan p60 Quick mounting for Tortoise switch Underhill, John, Aug p51 Power districts for digital command Easy and versatile benchwork, Jul p36 motors, Oct p88 White, Chris, Nov p55 control, Jan p90 Frame your layout, Jun p72 *Added weight improves HO hopper Whitten, Micki and Travis, Jun p79 *Changing of the guard on the Utah Belt, Lessons from a layout, Mar p6 operations, Jan p32 Wilson, Bill, May p62 Oct p68 Make a great model railroad, Jun p54 *Air-conditioning for a heavyweight coach, Boelter, Bob Christianson, Dick Steel benchwork, May p64 Apr p26 Branch line in a tunnel, Jun p66 Tuning and tweaking, Jun p6 Track and rocks for our branch line, *Allegheny Summer, Feb p50 Mystery afoot in Dubuque, A, Aug p80 *Classic modernized American, May p80 Feb p76 Allen, Dave Bourgerie, Richard, photo contest, Mar p113 Clearance diagram, Making room for trains, Construction articles: Locomotives, diesel To the mines for silver, Apr p40 Boyd, Bill, and Art Jones Mar p92 Build an upgraded SD40-2, Jan p84 Allen, Ross, and Gail Allen Komar Steel benchwork, May p64 *Coal mine and details for our branch line, DCC & sound for a brass diesel, Jun p68 Handcrafted gem, A, Jun p42 *Branch line for the Turtle Creek Central, Apr p66 Detail N scale Santa Fe PAs, Feb p82 Armstrong, John Jan p60 Comstock, Charlie, photo contest, Mar p112 Locomotive lighting effects, Feb p94 Main line through the mountains, Apr p62 *Branch line in a tunnel, Jun p66 Concept, inspiration, and commentary Modeling Clinchfield F units, May p54 Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Brass locomotives, tips for buying, Oct p62 Comfort zone, Nov p110 Realistic N scale fleet, A, Jul p52 Depot at Lamy, N. M., drawing, Jan p70 Bridge, modeling a highway underpass, Expanding the scope of prototype Construction articles: Miscellaneous (see Baggage car, drawing, Oct p83 Jun p50 modeling, Feb p108 also Step by Step) Atlas, station Brooman, Eric Fifty years as a reader, Mar p108 Build N scale switch stands, Apr p53 Suburban station renovation, Feb p72 A changing of the guard on the Utah Belt, Getting into a bind, Aug p100 Target signals, Sep p82 B Oct p68 Graceful imposition of order, The, Transporting your trains, Jul p80 Backdrop *Build a backwoods sawmill, Oct p58 Jan p100 Construction articles: Scenery Create a photo backdrop, Sep p58 *Build a walk-through bridge, Aug p52 How hard can that be? Dec p116 Create a photo backdrop, Sep p58 Bergstrom, Erik *Build an upgraded SD40-2, Jan p84 Important milestone, Apr p104 Desert scenery, Apr p48 Build an upgraded SD40-2, Jan p84 *Build N scale switch stands, Apr p53 Just like a good book, Oct p108 Easy Street, paved with styrene, Apr Berry, Rik, cartoons, Jan p146, Apr p122, Sep *Build the Claremont & Concord in G scale, Learning to manage free time, Jul p100 p36 p108, Nov p114 Aug p68, Sep p70, Oct p48, Nov p78 Quest for the holy, um, eagle, The, How to “grow” a mountain, Feb p22 *Big and getting bigger, Jul p40 *Building a passenger , May p92 May p108 Modeling a flatlands scene, Jun p60 *Big diesels in the desert, Mar p48 *Building a yard in a tunnel, Jan p28 Viewing angle, Sep p100 Modeling a highway underpass, Jun p50 *Big-city railroading in a small apartment Bumper, let’s build a bumping post, Mar p70 Walking around in an old photograph, Modeling modern highways, Jul p48 room, Feb p62 Burgess, Jack Jun p100 Scenery for our branch line, Mar p86 Biographical sketches Classic modernized American, A, May p80 Construction articles: Cars, freight Towering timber, May p70 Allen, Dave, Apr p47 Drawing, Yosemite Valley RR 4-4-0 Chains, chocks, and shackles, Jun p80 Track and rocks for our branch line, Allen, Ross and Gail, Jun p49 no. 22, May p81 Easy upgrades improve a Trix HO NYC Feb p76 Clements, Jim, Sep p81 C caboose, Feb p28 Construction articles: Structures Culp, Don, Mar p85 Caboose Two projects to detail your large scale Depot from two houses, A, Nov p62 George, Dan, Aug p59 Easy upgrades improve a Trix HO NYC flatcars, Mar p62 Build a backwoods sawmill, Oct p58 Horan, Noll, Aug p67 caboose, Feb p28 Underbody for a UP caboose, Aug p76 High-tech scratchbuilding, Sep p54 Louisville O Scalers, Jul p79 Modeler’s guide to cabooses, Mar p64 Construction articles: Cars, passenger How to model a stucco depot, Jan p66 Maas, Michael, Nov p88 Underbody for a UP caboose, Aug p76 Air-conditioning for a heavyweight coach, Passenger station for Grand Rivière, Örneholm, Flemming, Jul p61 Carrying case Apr p26 Dec p80 Osborne, Ken, Aug p65 Transporting your trains, Jul p80 Express reefer from troop sleeper in N, Suburban station renovation, Feb p72 Petersen, Gary, Dec p97 Cartoons Dec p62 Construction articles: Track and roadbed Powers, Cliff, Apr p59 Berry, Rik, Jan p146, Apr p122, Sep p108, Passenger cars from core kits, Mar p56, Build a walk-through bridge, Aug p52 Richards, Jim, Dec p84 Nov p114 Apr p72 Let’s build a bumping post, Mar p70 Roeder, Dave, Jan p78 Karp, John E., Mar p130 Construction articles: Layouts and modules Shallow link for switch motors, May p84 Schnur, Andy, Feb p57 Seidita, Joe, Feb p130, May p130, 4 x 13 layout for home and road, A, Track and rocks for our branch line, Scodras, Howard, Feb p65 Jun p108, Dec p120 Aug p60 Feb p76 Control and electrical What if? Feb 6 Modeler’s guide to passenger diesels, Wilson, Bill: Bay Point & Diablo (T, Power districts for digital command What day is it? Dec p6 Nov p70 On21⁄2), May p58 control, Jan p90 Era you can model, different time, different See Trains of Thought Layout design *Convert a Walthers bascule bridge to DCC, look, Jan p80 Komar, Gail Allen and Ross Allen 4 x 13 layout for home and road, A, Aug Mar p94 Evans, Mike Handcrafted gem, A, Jun p42 p60 Cover photos Shallow link for switch motors, May p84 L Branch line in a tunnel, Jun p66 Allen, Dave, Apr *Express reefer from troop sleeper in N, *Laying and wiring track, Jun p36 Build a walk-through bridge, Aug p52 Allen, Ross and Gail, (HO layout), Jun Dec p62 Layout construction Design a better layout, Dec p86 Atlantic Shoals Ry. (HO layout), May F Make a great model railroad, Jun p54 Double-deck table layout, A, Mar p78 Bay State Model Railroad Museum (HO Flynn, Patrick D. Layout descriptions (by owner and name; Frame your layout, Jun p72 layout), Jul Midwest mainline action, Oct p76 “T” indicates track plan included, *Lessons from a successful layout, Oct p54, Boston & Maine (HO layout), Nov Foltz, Bob followed by scale) Nov p66 Chesapeake & Ohio (HO layout), Feb How to model a stucco depot, Jan p66 Allen, Dave: Pacific & Idaho Northern (T, *Let’s build a bumping post, Mar p70 Hediger, Jim, Aug, Sep Foreman, Ron, photo contest, Mar p110 HO), Apr p40 Lewis, Dan Hoover, Gary, Oct *4 x 13 layout for home and road, A, Aug p60 Allen, Ross and Gail: West Virginia Dual-gauge railroading in the San Juans, Kelly, Jim, Jan *Frame your layout, Jun p72 Northern (T, HO), Jun p42 Sep p76 Milwaukee, Racine & Troy (HO layout), From the editor — see Editorials Allegheny Summer, Feb p50 Lewis, Don, photo contest, Mar p113 Dec Furto, Ron, photo contest, Mar p111 Atlantic Shoals Ry (T, HO), May p48 *Lionel’s favorite Web sites, Apr p22 Ohio Southern (HO layout), Sep G Bay Point & Diablo (T, On21⁄2) May p58 Lloyd, Howard Pacific & Idaho Northern (HO layout), *Gopher State fallen flags, Nov p84 Bay State Model Railroad Museum (T, Rail lines to the shoreline, Mar p72 Apr Grivno, Cody HO), Jul p40 Loads, freight car, chains, chocks, and Rickaby, Dave, Apr 1994 was the year of the locomotive, Boston & Maine New Hampshire Division shackles, Jun p80 River Bend & Eastern (HO layout), Aug Dec p66 (T, HO), Oct p54 *Locomotive lighting effects, Feb p94 Santa Fe (HO layout), Oct Modeling a highway underpass, Jun p50 Brooman, Eric: Utah Belt (HO), Oct p68 *Locomotives, brass, tips for buying, Oct p62 Sassi, Lou, Jul, Nov Moving mountains, Jul p76 Burton on Trent (T, OO/HO), Apr p80 *Long run – with a purpose, May p48 Schnur, Andy, Feb H Chesapeake & Ohio (T, HO), Feb p50 M Senftleben, Carl, May Hall, George Chesapeake & Ohio (T, O), Jul p76 Maas, Michael Søeborg, Pelle, Mar Keeping track of history, Jan p94 Clements, Jim: Sugar Spring Mining Co. Gopher State fallen flags, Nov p84 Turtle Creek Central (HO layout), Jan Narrow gauge in a small room, May p58 (T, HO and HOn3), Sep p76 *Main line through the mountains, Apr p62 Underhill, John, Aug Twice as much fun, Jun p76 Culp, Don: Havaphew Central (Great *Make a great model railroad, Jun p54 Union Pacific’s Daneville Subdivision (HO *Handcrafted gem, Jun p42 Northern) (T, N), Mar p82 *Make a mix-and-match industry, May p40 layout), Mar Hediger, Jim Dolkos, Paul J.: Boston & Maine New *Make your track realistic, Dec p48 West Virginia Northern (HO layout), Jun Chains, chocks, and shackles, Jun p80 Hampshire Division (T, HO), Oct p54 *Making room for trains, Mar p92 Zuback, Bill, Jan, Dec Groundbreaking Ohio Southern, The, Eaglecreek & Northern (T, HO), Jul p56 Marine-rail operations, rail lines to the *Create a photo backdrop, Sep p58 Sep p46 Fox River Railroad (T, N), Jun p76 shoreline, Mar p72 Culp, Don Modeler’s guide to cabooses, Mar p64 George, Dan: Greenbrier & Pocahontas Material, meet Gator board, May p76 Start big, finish small, Mar p82 Helm, Bob Central (T, HO), Aug p54 McLaughlin, J. Robert D Modeling Clinchfield F units, May p54 Greenbrier & Pocahontas Central (T, HO), Big and getting bigger, Jul p40 Danneman, Tom *High-tech scratchbuilding, Sep p54 Aug p54 *Meet Gator board, May p76 Realistic N scale fleet, A, Jul p52 Holland, Kevin J. Havaphew Central (Great Northern) (T, Melhouse, Olaf Darnaby, Bill Modeler’s guide to lightweight passenger N), Mar p82 Build N scale switch stands, Apr p53 Keep your eye on the target signal, Sep trucks, Feb p66 Hediger, Jim: Ohio Southern (T, HO), Midsize layouts p82 *Hooked on British rails, Apr p80 Sep p46 Burton on Trent (OO/HO), Apr p80 *DCC & sound for a brass diesel, Jun p68 Hoover, Gary Hoover, Gary: Santa Fe (T, HO), Oct p40 Gopher State fallen flags (HO), Nov p84 *DCC buyer’s guide, Dec p74 Modeling a flatlands scene, Jun p60 Kelly, Jim: Turtle Creek Central branch (T, Mississippi, Alabama & Gulf (HO), DCC Corner Santa Fe’s best, Oct p40 HO), Jan p60 Apr p54 ABCs of consisting, Jul p88 *How to build a freight train, Apr p88 Los Altos Historical Museum RR (T, O), Pacific & Idaho Northern (HO), Apr p40 Adding the sound of steam, Oct p92 *How to “grow” a mountain, Feb p22 Jan p94 Modeling a secret prototype, Nov p52 Convert a Walthers bascule bridge to DCC, *How to make better scenery, Nov p46 Louisville O Scalers: Chesapeake & Ohio *Midwest mainline action, Oct p76 Mar p94 *How to model a stucco depot, Jan p66 (T, O), Jul p76 Mitchell, Bob DCC buyer’s guide, Dec p74 I Maas, Michael: South Central Minnesota Painting and weathering plaster, Aug p82 DCC power districts for digital command *Illinois , July 83 RR (T, HO), Nov p84 Model Railroading is Fun! control, Jan p90 *Industry you can hang in the aisle, Sep p40 Maryland & Pennsylvania (T, HO), Dec B&O Railroad Museum reopens, Feb Decoder-controlled lighting, Industry you can model p54 p130 May p96 Pipeline on rails, Nov p56 Mississippi, Alabama & Gulf (T, HO), Big museum features little trains Decoders for two N scale locomotives, Information Desk Apr p54 (California State Railroad Museum), Aug p88 Building a passenger train, May p92 Ontabec Central (T, HO), Feb p62 Jan p146 Locomotive lighting effects, Feb p94 Compensated grades, Jan p105 Ohio Southern (T, HO), Sep p46 Going the distance, Apr p122 Operate your staging yard with DCC, GE nomenclature, Dec p34 Örneholm, Flemming: Eaglecreek & Interactive hobby, May p130 Jun p88 General Electric U18B, Jul p28 Northern (T, HO), Jul p56 It’s all here in black and white, Jan p146 Operating trains with a cab bus, Sep p88 How to build a freight train, Apr p88 Pacific & Idaho Northern (T, HO), Apr p40 Prototype for everything, A, May p130 Power buses and districts, Nov p94 Making room for trains, Mar p92 Petersen, Gary: Salt Lake Southern (T, Revitalizing a club, Feb p130 Ten steps to choosing a DCC system, Making sense of steam, Nov p26 HO), Dec p94 Scanners in model railroading, Mar p130 Jan p108 Neat switching trick, A, Dec p32 Powers, Cliff: Mississippi, Alabama & Gulf TREE House trains, Mar p130 Wiring a Peco Electrofrog crossing for New life for an old , Jan p104 (T, HO), Apr p54 WGH holiday television special, Apr p122 DCC, Apr p92 Operating oversized loads, Jun p26 Prokhorovsk (T, HO), Nov p52 *Modeler’s guide to cabooses, Mar p64 *Decoder-controlled passenger car lighting, Pickle industry, Aug p26 River Bend & Eastern (T, HO), Aug p44 *Modeler’s guide to lightweight passenger May p96 Road map for train crews, A, Jul p26 Roeder, Dave: Webster Groves & Fenton trucks, Feb p66 *Depot from two houses, Nov p62 Steam service on a budget, Aug p26 (T, HO), Jan p74 *Modeler’s guide to passenger diesels, Nov p70 *Desert scenery, Apr p48 Tank car types and uses, Sep p26 Salt Lake Southern (T, HO), Dec p94 *Modeling a flatlands scene, Jun p60 *Design a better layout, Dec p86 What switch crews know, Oct p26 Sand Patch (Baltimore & Ohio) (T, HO), *Modeling a highway underpass, Jun p50 *Detail N scale Santa Fe PAs, Feb p82 Ivins, Richard May p86 *Modeling a secret prototype, Nov p52 *Detailed layout, ideal room, Aug p44 Depot from two houses, A, Nov p62 Santa Fe (T, HO), Oct p40 *Modeling Clinchfield F units, May p54 Diesels, passenger J Schnur, Andy: Chesapeake & Ohio (T, *Modeling foreground trees, Nov p40 Modeler’s guide to passenger diesels, Jaeger, Kellie HO), Feb p50 *Modeling modern highways, Jul p48 Nov p70 Drawing, Lamy, N.M., depot, Jan p70 Scodras, Howard: Ontabec Central (T, *Modeling the “Ma & Pa” Dec p54 *Different time, different look, Jan p80 Janes, Don HO), Feb p62 *Modifying and painting figures, Dec p70 Diorama, N scale on a tabletop, Aug p66 DCC & sound for a brass diesel, Jun p68 Senftleben, Carl: Atlantic Shoals Ry (T, *Modular structure kits to the rescue! Aug p38 Dolkos, Paul J. Photo contest, Mar p113 HO), May p48 Morse, Ron, and Joe Robertson Different time, different look, Jan p80 *John Allen’s Timesaver revisited, Jul p72 Simpson, Greg: Burton on Trent (T, OO/ Two projects to detail your large scale Lessons from a successful layout, Oct p54, Johnson, Rick O), Apr p80 flatcars, Mar p62 Nov p66 Create a photo backdrop, Sep p58 Søeborg, Pelle: Union Pacific’s Daneville *Mountain railroading in a small room, May Modeling a secret prototype, Nov p52 Jones, Art, and Bill Boyd Subdivision (T, HO), Mar p48 p86 N scale on a tabletop, Aug p66 Steel benchwork, May p64 South Central Minnesota RR (T, HO), *Moving mountains, Jul p76 Passenger cars from core kits, Mar p56, K Nov p84 MR Project Illustrated Apr p72 Karp, John E., cartoon, Mar p130 Sprague, Bob: Sand Patch (Baltimore & Clip-and-go layout skirts, Oct p130 *Double-deck table layout, Mar p78 *Keep your eye on the target signal, Sep p82 Ohio) (T, HO), May p86 Guess your height and weight? Aug p122 *Dual-gauge railroading in the San Juans, *Keeping track of history, Jan p94 Sugar Spring Mining Co. (T, HO and Magnetic, movable maps, Dec p146 Sep p76 Kelly, Jim HOn3), Sep p76 Mirror, mirror on the layout, Sep p122 E Branch line for the Turtle Creek Central, Turtle Creek Central branch (T, HO), Threading the needle, Nov p138 *Easy and versatile benchwork, Jul p36 Jan p60 Jan p60 Water tower animation, Jul p122 *Easy Street, paved with styrene, Apr p36 Coal mine and details for our branch Underhill, John: River Bend & Eastern (T, Weathering roads, Jun p122 *Easy upgrades improve a Trix HO NYC line, A, Apr p66 HO), Aug p44 Myers, Dave caboose, Feb p28 Design a better layout, Dec p86 Union Pacific’s Daneville Subdivision (T, Meet Gator board, May p76 Editorials (From the editor) Scenery for our branch line, Mar p86 HO), Mar p48 *Mystery afoot in Dubuque, A, Aug p80 Back to the basement, Sep p6 Track and rocks for our branch line, Utah Belt (HO), Oct p68 N Big engine, The, May p6 Feb p76 Webster Groves & Fenton (T, HO), Jan *N scale on a tabletop, Aug p66 How much is too much? Apr p6 Kitbash contest p74 *Narrow gauge in a small room, May p58 Individual approaches, Nov p6 Depot from two houses, A, Nov p62 West Virginia Northern (T, HO), Jun p42 New layout techniques Lessons from a layout, Mar p6 Passenger station for Grand Rivière, White, Chris: Prokhorovsk (T, HO), Nov Meet Gator board, May p76 Manageable model railroads, Jan p6 Dec p80 p52 Steel benchwork, May p64 Our favorite decade, Jul p6 Koester, Tony White, Stan: Maryland & Pennsylvania (T, *New life for an old boxcar, Jan p104 Really big show, A, Oct p6 Build the Claremont & Concord in G HO), Dec p54 News & Products Slickest layout, The, Aug p6 scale, Aug p68, Sep p70, Oct p48, Whitten, Travis and Micki: Fox River Alco C-424 and C-425 diesels from Atlas Tuning and tweaking, Jun p6 Nov p78 RR (T, N), Jun p76 O, Feb p9 Announcing Modeling Railroads of the Osborne, Ken Electro-Motive Division SD38-2, HO, Scodras, Howard 1950s, Jun p8 4 x 13 layout for home and road, A, Aug Kato, Jun p94 Big-city railroading in a small apartment Athearn Challenger warranty cards, p60 Electro-Motive Division SD40-2, HO, room, Feb p62 Feb p9 P Broadway Limited Imports, May p100 *Searching for the perfect stucco, Jan p72 Athearn kit-production schedule (web *Paint a locomotive for the Turtle Creek, Electro-Motive Division SD45T-2, HO, Seidita, Joe, cartoons, Feb p130, May p130, address), Jan p11 Mar p40 Athearn, Jul p96 Jun p108, Dec p120 Athearn to offer HO scale sound-equipped *Paint like an expert, Feb p86 Electro-Motive Division SD70M and Shaffer, Frank E. F units, Sep p9 *Painting and weathering plaster, Aug p82 SD75M, N, Athearn, Dec p102 Passenger station operations, Sep p62 Athearn upgrades Kenworth tractors, Parker, Eldon Electro-Motive Division SD70MAC, HO, *Shallow link for switch motors, May p84 Aug p9 Build a backwoods sawmill, Oct p58 Athearn, Feb p98 Signal, target, construction, Sep p82 Atlas MP15DC details, Sep p9 *Passenger cars from core kits, Mar p56, Fairbanks-Morse Train Master, HO, Atlas, Simpson, Greg Atlas announces Trainman line, Jul p8 Apr p72 Jan p114 Hooked on British rails, Apr p80 Atlas O GP60M, GP60B, Jan p12 Passenger diesels General Electric AC4400CW, N, Kato, Six, Jim Atlas signs agreements with UP and CSX, Modeler’s guide to passenger diesels, Oct p98 Modeling Clinchfield F units, May p54 Jan p10 Nov p70 General Electric C30-7, HO, Broadway Smaus, Robert Atlas to release EMD MP15DC, May p11 *Passenger station for Grand Rivière, Dec p80 Limited Imports, Nov p100 Weathering a little at a time, Jul p64 Big news from BLI and Precision Craft *Passenger station operations, Sep p62 General Electric Dash 8-40CW, HO, Atlas, Smith, Douglas S. Models, Sep p8 Pearce, Bill Jul p94 Let’s build a bumping post, Mar p70 Bowser buys Stewart Hobbies, Jan p10 Detail N scale Santa Fe PAs, Feb p82 General Electric U28B, HO, Life-Like, Søeborg, Pelle Bringing Walthers and Life-Like together, Express reefer from troop sleeper in N, Sep p94 Big diesels in the desert, Mar p48 Dec p8 Dec p62 Pioneer Zephyr, HO, Con-Cor, Aug p92 Desert scenery, Apr p48 Broadway Limited announces Stealth Petersen, Gary Product Reviews: Locomotives, electric Frame your layout, Jun p72 Series locomotives, Dec p9 Operation rules on the HO scale Salt Lake GG1, Z, Märklin, Sep p99 High-tech scratchbuilding, Sep p54 Challenger suspends import of brass Southern, Dec p94 HHP8, HO, Bachmann, Dec p104 Modeling modern highways, Jul p48 models, Dec p9 Photography Product Reviews: Locomotives, steam Photo contest, Mar p112 Cool new stuff at iHobbyExpo, Jan p10 Photo contest winners, Mar p110 New York Central 4-8-4, HO, Broadway *Sound advice, Feb p58 Electro-Motive Division SD40 from Atlas Piccirillo, Tom Limited Imports, Jul p92 Sound, locomotive, advice, Feb p58 O, Aug p8 Suburban station renovation, Feb p72 Pennsylvania Railroad K4 4-6-2, HO, Sperandeo, Andy GC Laser Innovations announces exclusive *Pipeline on rails, Nov p56 Broadway Limited, Mar p98 Tips for buying brass locomotives, distributor, Jan p11 *Plan your layout in 3-D, Oct p36 Two-truck Shay, N, Atlas, Apr p100 Oct p62 Holiday tradition continues, Dec p9 Polsgrove, Mike UP 4-6-6-4 Challenger, HO, Athearn, Jan Underbody for a UP caboose, Aug p76 Hornby acquires Lima/Rivarossi, Jan p11 See DCC Corner p112 Sprague, Bob iHobbyExpo show report, Jan p10 Popp, David USRA 2-10-2, N, Con-Cor, Jan p118 Mountain railroading in a small room, Information Station, Jan p11 Manageable model railroads, Jan p6 USRA 2-6-6-2, N, Bachmann, Nov p102 May p86 InterMountain names Horizon Hobby as See Step by Step USRA 2-8-8-2, HO, Life-Like, Jun p92 *Start big, finish small, Mar p82 exclusive distributor, Mar p8 *Power buses and districts, Nov p94 Van Sweringen 2-8-4, N, Life-Like, May *Steel benchwork, May p64 Kato brings Super Chief to N, Sep p9 *Power districts for digital command control, p106 Step by Step Kato N scale SD70M, Feb p8 Jan p90 Product Reviews: Miscellaneous Easy and versatile benchwork, Jul p36 Kato to release Amtrak models in N, Powers, Cliff AAR specialty couplers, HO, McHenry, Easy Street, paved with styrene, Apr p36 Aug p8 Urban railroading in a Gulf Coast port, Oct p107 Fistful of details, A, Jan p52 Kibri celebrates 110th anniversary, May Apr p54 Turntable, HO, Walthers, Aug p99 Industry you can hang in the aisle, An, p9 Product Reviews: Cars, freight Product Reviews: Structures Sep p40 Lionel files for bankruptcy, Feb p8 60-foot bulkhead flatcars and 50-foot mill A-frame cabin, HO, New Rail Models, Laying and wiring track, Jun p36 Märklin museum burglarized, Apr p8 gondolas with loads, HO, Athearn, Aug Aug p99 Make a mix-and-match industry, May p40 Märklin museum burglars caught; trains p99 Big-city passenger station, N, Walthers, Make your track realistic, Dec p48 recovered, Jul p9 International Car Co. NE-6 caboose, HO, Aug p98 Modeling foreground trees, Nov p40 Modeling Railroads of the 1950s on sale Atlas, Sep p99 Cement plant, HO, Walthers, Jul p98 Modular structure kits to the rescue! now, Oct p9 Milwaukee Road ribbed boxcar, HO, Rib Combination depot, HO, Blair Line, Aug p38 MP15AC and SD45-2 from Athearn, Side Cars, Feb p102 Dec p113 Moving freight and making names, Feb May p11 New York Central wood caboose, HO, Modular structure, HO, Walthers, Sep p97 p40 MRIA inducts Larson, Gates into Hall of Trix Trains, Feb p104 Product Reviews: Tools Paint a locomotive for the Turtle Creek, Fame, Oct p9 Ortner high-capacity hopper, N, Oct p104 Grassmaster, Noch, Nov p108 Mar p40 N.J. International moves, Apr p8 Pennsylvania RR N8 caboose, HO, Product reviews: Trains, passenger Plan your layout in 3-D, Oct p36 National conventions (list), Aug p9, Sep Bowser, Mar p103 California Zephyr trainset, N, Kato, Mar Strang, Lionel p8, Oct p9, Nov p9, Dec p9 Trinity Industries 17,600-gallon tank car, p100 See Workin’ on the Railroad National Model Railroad Month, Nov p8 HO, Atlas, Aug p96 Project layouts Stucco, how to model, Jan p72 New items in HO and N from Walthers, Product Reviews: Cars, passenger Turtle Creek branch line (HO) *Suburban station renovation, Feb p72 Jul p9 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy express Jan p60, Feb p76, Mar p40, Mar p86, Swanson, Carl New look for Roundhouse line, Mar p8 boxcar, HO, Walthers, Nov p108 Apr p66 Long run – with a purpose, A, May p48 NMRA board announces future plans, General American Car Co. express Claremont & Concord (G) Operating an HO logging layout, Aug p54 Oct p9 refrigerator, HO, Walthers, Aug p97 Aug p68, Sep p70, Oct p48, Nov p78 See Information Desk Nuremberg Toy Fair report, May p8 Paired-window heavyweight coach, HO, Prototype drawings Swanson, Sam Overland Models enters plastic market, Walthers, Sep p99 Depot at Lamy, N.M., Jan p70 Modifying and painting figures, Dec p70 Jul p9 Pioneer Zephyr, HO, Con-Cor, Aug p92 Illinois Terminal interurban car, Switch motors Precision Craft Models E7, May p10 Pullman 8-1-2 sleeper, HO, Branchline Jul p84 Tortoise, quick mounting for, Oct p88 Recognize this man? (Bob Wegner), Trains, May p102 Santa Fe baggage car, Oct p84 T Aug p9 Pullman-Standard bi-level commuter cars, Yosemite Valley 4-4-0, May p82 Taylor, Joe Roco back in operation with a new name, HO, Kato, Oct p102 Pryke, John Double-deck table layout, A, Mar p78 Nov p9 Pullman-Standard fluted-side 64-seat Make a great model railroad, Jun p54 Techniques Roco declares bankruptcy, Oct p8 coach, HO, Walthers, Oct p107 Q-R High-tech scratchbuilding, Sep p54 Short Line Hobbies buys Trailer Line, Pullman 12-1 , HO, Walthers, *Quick mounting for Tortoise switch motors, Meet Gator board, May p76 Feb p9 Feb p100 Oct p88 Paint like an expert, Feb p86 Source for Irdot detectors, Feb p9 Product Reviews: Control and electrical *Rail lines to the shoreline, Mar p72 Painting and weathering plaster, Aug p82 Staff changes at MR and KPC, Nov p9 Controller, Atlas, Sep p96 *Realistic N scale fleet, Jul p52 Weathering a little at a time, Jul p64 Technological revolution, Apr p9 DCC system, MRC, Mar p104 *Refining in 1940, Nov p60 *Ten steps to choosing a DCC system, Jan Technology big at National Train Show, Hare accessory decoder, DCC Specialties, Renninger, Kathleen p108 Oct p9 Dec p110 Paint like an expert, Feb p86 *The groundbreaking Ohio Southern, Sep p46 Tour Mania, Apr p9 UT4 Digital Command Control throttle, Richards, Jim Thompson, Terry Trainfest 2004 show report, Feb p10 Digitrax, Jun p96 Passenger station for Grand Rivière, Easy upgrades improve a Trix HO NYC Trix announces track, DCC, GG1, Apr p8 Product Reviews: Locomotives, diesel Dec p80 caboose, Feb p28 Walthers purchases Life-Like, Oct p8 Alco C-425, O, Atlas O, Nov p104 *Right from the start, Jan p74 Sound advice, Feb p58 Western Rail Products sold, Apr p8 Alco C-630, HO, Stewart, Nov p108 Robertson, Joe, and Ron Morse *Tips for buying brass locomotives, Oct p62 WGH on Tour draws more than 100,000 Alco PA-1 and PB-1, N, Life-Like, Two projects to detail your large scale *To the mines for silver, Apr p40 attendees, Jun p9 Dec p113 flatcars, Mar p62 Tortoise switch motors, quick mounting for, Zimo addendum, Mar p8 Electro-Motive Division E6, HO, Roderick, Wayne Oct p88 Zimo decoder upgrade feature, Jan p12 Broadway Limited Imports, Apr p96 Build a walk-through bridge, Aug p52 *Towering timber, May p70 *1994 was the year of the locomotive, Dec p66 Electro-Motive Division E6 and GP9, HO, Roeder, Dave *Track and rocks for our branch line, Feb p76 O Life-Like, Apr p98 Right from the start, Jan p74 Track plans Obituaries Electro-Motive Division F3, HO, Stewart, Room-sized model railroads Atlantic Shoals Ry., The, HO, May p52 Rzasa, Bob, Nov p9 Oct p107 Mountain railroading in a small room, Bay Point & Diablo, On21⁄2, May p62 Oil industry Electro-Motive Division F40PH, HO, Kato, May p86 Bay State Model Railroad Museum, HO, Pipeline on rails, Nov p56 Sep p92 Rzasa, Bob, obituary, Nov p9 Jul p42 Refining in 1940, Nov p60 Electro-Motive Division F40PH, N, Kato, S Boston & Maine New Hampshire Division, *Operate your staging yard with DCC, Dec p106 *Santa Fe’s best, Oct p40 HO, Oct p56 Jun p88 Electro-Motive Division GP9, O, Atlas, Santa Fe, depot at Lamy, N. M., drawing, Burton on Trent, OO/HO, Apr p83 *Operating an HO logging layout, Aug p54 Oct p100 Jan p70 Central RR Co. of New Jersey, HO, Mar *Operation rules on the HO scale Salt Lake Electro-Motive Division GP20, N, *Santa Fe’s semi-lightweight baggage cars, p80 Southern, Dec p94 Life-Like, Jun p98 Oct p83 Chesapeake & Ohio Alleghany Operation Electro-Motive Division GP35, HO, Sassi, Lou Subdivision, HO, Feb p53 John Allen’s Timesaver revisited, Jul p72 Athearn, May p104 How to make better scenery, Nov p46 Claremont & Concord Ry., The, 1:29 Moving freight and making names, Feb Electro-Motive Division GP60, O, Atlas, *Scenery for our branch line, Mar p86 proportion, Aug p72 p40 Mar p102 *Scenery: last but not least, Mar p24 Eaglecreek & Northern, HO, Jul p58 Passenger station, Sep p62 Electro-Motive Division NW2 diesel Schnur, Andy Fox River RR, N, Jun p78 Örneholm, Flemming switcher, HO, Broadway Limited Allegheny Summer, Feb p50 Greenbrier & Pocahontas Central, HO, Window to big vistas, A, Jul p56 Imports, Aug p94 Schwab, Mike, photo contest, Mar p111 Aug p57 Havaphew Central, N, Mar p84 McGuirk, Marty, Jul p105 Coal mine and details for our branch Control panel lights, Jul p32 Kearney & Black Hills RR, HO, May p65 Mindheim, Lance, Jan p126 line, A, Apr p66 Curve measurement, Jun p30 Los Altos, Calif., O, Jan p97 Monat, Phil, Oct p112, 113 Scenery for our branch line, Mar p86 Diesel glazing, May p31 Louisville O Scalers, O, Jul p78 Morse, Ron, Aug p103 Track and rocks for our branch line, Diesel switcher, direction, Jul p32 Maryland & Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Olstyn, Mark, Sep p103 Feb p76 Digital images improve car cards, Oct p30 Division, HO, Dec p58 Pearce, Bill, Aug p105, May p110 Twice as much fun, Jun p76 Drawbar pull, Aug p32 Mississippi, Alabama & Gulf, HO, Apr p57 Peterson, John, Nov p120 Two projects to detail your large scale Drop-leaf bridges, Jul p32 Oak Grove, Ill., HO, Jun p62 Pitanza, Marc, Oct p110 flatcars, Mar p62 Easy upgrades improve a Trix HO NYC Ohio Southern, HO, Sep p50 Polk, Jay, Nov p118 U caboose, Feb p28 Ontabec Central, HO, Feb p64 Popp, David, Jan p128 Ullian, Lou Edge connector sources, Jan p35 Pacific & Idaho Northern, The, HO, Apr Proebsting, John, Dec p126 Towering timber, May p70 Flextrack and roadbed cart, Jun p30 p45 Repp, Timothy, Jun p104 *Underbody for a UP caboose, Aug p76 Fluorescent lamps for correct color Prokhorovsk, HO, Nov p54 Rickaby, Dave, Jul p102 Underhill, John rendition, Jan p32 River Bend & Eastern, HO, Aug p46 Riddlebaugh, Steve, Feb p114 Detailed layout, ideal room, Aug p44 Girder bridge design, Aug p30 Roscoe, Snyder & Pacific, HO, Aug p60 Ross, Dudley, Jul p102 *Urban railroading in a Gulf Coast port, Handrails, plastic, straightening, Jul p30 Salt Lake Southern, HO, Dec p96 Sassi, Lou, May p112, Aug p104, Oct Apr p54 Hopper car and gondola weight, Sep p34 Santa Fe 1951, HO, Oct p42 p111 , Nov p119, Dec p127 V Loose rail joint, Sep p36 South Central Minnesota RR, HO, Nov Schneider, Bill, Nov p121 Van Bramer, John Lubricant correction (September p32), p86 Seidl, Joe, Jul p102 Transporting your trains, Jul p80 Nov p34 Southern Pacific Shasta Route, Apr p62 Shimer, Robert, Dec p126 Vondrak, Ed Military vehicle lettering, Aug p30 Sugar Spring Mining Co., HO, Sep p79 Sperandeo, Andy, Aug p102 John Allen’s Timesaver revisited, Jul p72 Patching styrene holes, Jan p35 Swartz Creek No. 1 and No. 2, Jul p72 Strang, Lionel, May p111 W Power packs, Dec p42 Turtle Creek Branch, HO, Jan p62 Teague, Scott, Dec p127 Waddington, David L. Prepainting plastic structures, Nov p34 Union Pacific Daneville Subdivision, HO, Vasselsue, Brian, Jan p129 Drawing, Illinois Terminal interurban car, Renumbering Kato HO locomotives, Mar p51 Warren, Al, Feb p113 Jul p84 Nov p32 Webster Groves & Fenton RR, HO, Jan Wehmeier, Bill, Nov p118 Illinois interurban, Jul p83 Restoring forgotten contacts, Sep p32 p77 Wolf, Melvyn, Oct p111 *Weathering a little at a time, Jul p64 Salvaging track, Mar p30 West Virginia Northern, HO, Jun p47 Trager, George *Weathering Roads, Jun p122 Scrap plastic sprues make realistic Wisconsin Central, N, Oct p78 Drawing, Santa Fe baggage car, Oct p84 Weathering industrial vents, May p28 Trackside photos Santa Fe’s semi-lightweight baggage cars, Painting and weathering plaster, Aug p82 Short circuit, Jul p32 Barrow, David, Aug p102 Oct p83 White, Stan Shorts in vintage equipment, Oct p32 Brooman, Eric, Jun p106 Trains of thought Modeling the “Ma & Pa” Dec p54 Spike sizes, May p30 Collett, Bob, May p112 Comfort zone, Nov p110 Wilson, Jeff Switch vs. turnout, Jun p30 Craig, Anthony, Jan p126 Expanding the scope of prototype Pipeline on rails, Nov p56 Travel case for N scale trains, Dec p40 Crise, Steve, Nov p118 modeling, Feb p108 Refining in 1940, Nov p60 Using flextrack on trestles, Jun p30 Cutter, Amos “Ace,” Nov p119 Fifty years as a reader, Mar p108 *Window to big vistas, A, Jul p56 Visual inventory, Jan p34 Danneman, Mike, Feb p114 , Sep p102 Getting into a bind, Aug p100 *Wiring a Peco Electrofrog crossing for DCC, Weathering a pickup truck, Aug p32 Davis, Dave, Jul p104 Graceful imposition of order, The, Jan p100 Apr p92 Weathering wash, Jul p30 Dolkos, Paul J., Dec p129, Nov p120 How hard can that be? Dec p116 Workin’ on the Railroad World's Greatest Hobby Ehlers, Kenneth, Dec p128 Important milestone, An, Apr p104 Building a yard in a tunnel, Jan p28 Big museum features little trains, Jan Elwood, John, Oct p113 Just like a good book, Oct p108 How to “grow” a mountain, Feb p22 p146 Enrico, Rob, Dec p129 Learning to manage free time, Jul p100 Lionel’s favorite Web sites, Apr p22 Interactive hobby, May p130 Ferguson, Dennis, May p112 Quest for the holy, um, eagle, The, May Scenery: last but not least, Mar p24 National Model Railroad Month, Nov p8 Gourley, René, Jan p126 p108 Transition era of my own, A, May p24 Revitalizing a club, Feb p130 Greater Niagara Model Railroad Viewing angle, Sep p100 Workshop Tour mania, Apr p9 Engineers, Jan p129 Walking around in an old photograph, Added weight improves HO hopper TREE House trains, Mar p130 Harriman, Pat, Aug p103 Jun p100 operations, Jan p32 WGH holiday television special, Apr p122 Hitchcock, Chuck, Feb p112, Sep p105 *Transporting your trains, Jul p80 Air-conditioning for a heavyweight coach, WGH on Tour draws more than 100,000 Hoover, Gary, Nov p118 Trill, Leslie Apr p26 attendees, Jun p9 Kelly, Jim, Jun p106 Drawing, Lamy, N.M., depot, Jan p70 Attaching weights, Dec p43 X-Y-Z Kempinski, Bernard, Jul p102 Trucks, passenger car Basement comforts, Dec p40 Year you can model Klotz, John, Oct p112 Modeler’s guide to lightweight passenger Bridge railings, Aug p30 1994 was the year of the locomotive, Kosic, Matt (Christmas greeting), Dec trucks, Feb p66 Build a layout creeper, Mar p28 Dec p66 p122 Turtle Creek Central Build this handy sorting tray to handle Lagno, Fred, Jun p107 Branch line for the Turtle Creek Central, small parts, Jul p30 Leander, Buzz, Sep p104 Jan p60 Chopper restoration, Nov p36