INDEX Volume 74 January-December 2007 © 2006 and 2007 Kalmbach Publishing Co., 21027 Crossroads Circle, P.O. Box 1612, Waukesha, WI 53187-1612. No part of this volume may be reprinted without the specific permission of the publisher. 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.