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COVER STORY
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Upstate New York branchline memories
HO
A realistic railroad that captures youthful memories of the early 1960s
By Kip Grant
ModelRailroads
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Childhood recollections and coal-road action
By Jim Hertzog
The Buffalo Creek & Gauley features stunning scenery and lively operation
By Brooks Stover
This 22 x 53-foot Southern Pacific layout is based on a John Armstrong track plan
By Otis McGee, Jr.
A Chesapeake & Ohio Mountain Subdivision layout based on N scale modules
By Bernard Kempinski
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Hauling anthracite on the Reading
HO
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Steam’s last days on a West Virginia short line
S
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In the shadow of Mount Shasta
HO
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oNetrak modules can do double duty
N
52
Southern California in a train house
HO
The San Dimas Southern is a work of art in an attractive outbuilding
By Jeff Gorjans
60
An Aussie tribute to the Allegheny Midland
HO
Tony Koester’s landmark layout inspired the multilevel Cedar Valley Short Lines
By John Saxon
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Simply switching to O scale
O
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This industrial layout made an ideal change of pace and scale
By Dave Rickaby
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Back home on an Indiana short line
HO
Mike Keyser’s freelanced layout is based on a Pennsylvania RR branch line
By Jim Six
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Moving coal and steel on the Pennsy
HO
Heavy industry takes center stage on this layout
By Lou Sassi
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Viewpoint: The fourth time around
By Jim Kelly
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ON THE COVER
Top, Kip Grant’s HO Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch, Lou Sassi
photo; left, Brooks Stover; right, Otis McGee.
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HOW-TO, LAYOUT DESIGN, AND OPERATING IDEAS
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Recessed toggles,
Don Buesing
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Switch point realism,
Don Buesing
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Bipolar power for Tortoise motors,
Don Buesing
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Reading Co. mine runs,
Jim Hertzog
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Using real anthracite in scenery,
Jim Hertzog
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Adding sliding panels under the layout,
Brooks Stover
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Making a layout user friendly,
Brooks Stover
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Layout photos with a point-and-shoot,
Brooks Stover
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Realistic control and communication,
Otis McGee, Jr.
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Designing a helix,
Otis McGee, Jr.
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Determining track alignment,
Bernard Kempinski
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What is oNetrak?,
Bernard Kempinski
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Building a train house,
Jeff Gorjans
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Making your own ballast,
Jeff Gorjans
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Making stone walls from scrap foam,
John Saxon
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Creative catenary,
Dave Rickaby
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Art Deco station,
Dave Rickaby
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The look of real cement,
Mike Kyser
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Kitbashing for success,
Jim Six
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Detailing a mine scene,
Curt LaRue
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Setting the scene,
Curt LaRue
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ONLINE EXTRAS ON OUR WEBSITE
Video
of Kip Grant’s HO scale Delaware & Hudson Sonnyvale Branch
Operating
the S scale Buffalo Creek & Gauley, Brooks Stover’s December 2009
Model Railroader
article
John Armstrong’s
MR article about his original track plan for Otis McGee’s
HO scale Southern Pacific Shasta Division
Track plan
for Tony Koester’s Allegheny Midland, inspiration for John Saxon’s
HO scale Cedar Valley Short Lines
Check them out on
www.ModelRailroader.com

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