Description
Features:
Return to the Barchester Branch • by ROBERT MOUNTENAY — A proto-freelanced approach to a rural Pennsylvania branch line terminal.
Pullman-Standard
60’ Paper Service Cars: 7451 • by JAMES KINKAID — Built for the same service as 7452 boxcars, the later 7451s had many outward differences.
Chicago & Illinois Midland
RS1325 Kitbash in HO • by ART DANZ — A Proto 2000 GP18 and SW1500 formed the basis of this unique EMD road switcher model in HO.
Make Detailed Cypress Tree Stumps • by JOSEPH KREISS — An easy technique to create massive cypress stumps for swampy scenes.
Jersey Central 0-6-0 from a Mantua 0-8-0 • by ALAN MENDE — Transforming an older Mantua model into a CNJ steam switcher that survives to this day.
Ashland Pulpwood Loading Facility • by BOB WUNDROCK, MMR — A simple industry to fill a corner, based on an actual lakeside transfer facility.
Departments:
Safety Valve — Letters from our readers
Receiving Yard — New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong
Test Track — In-depth reviews of new hobby products
Rail Books — SP and the KM Diesel-Hydraulics, 2nd Ed./review by Harry K. Wong
Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers
Perspective — The Words ‘Just’ and ‘Only’/Lance Mindheim
Boomer Trail — 2024 Chicagoland RPM/Dan Munson
Craftsman Workshop — Easy Vehicle Lighting for Night Operations/Scott Thornton
Collector Consist — F-Units: Who Was First?/Tony Cook
Diverging Points — Guildwood Progress/Jason Shron
Editor's Notebook — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak
Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers
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