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Modelers’ guide to freight car trucks
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April 2015
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Built to operate!
Visit a Pennsy layout
with generous aisles
and operator-friendly
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Scenery for our
N scale layout
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Visit an On30
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plastic structure
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Volume 82, Number 4
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Modelers’ guide to freight car trucks
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Built to operate!
Visit a Pennsy layout
with generous aisles
and operator-friendly
features
p. 46
Scenery for our
N scale layout
p. 38
PLUS
58
•
Make older
turnouts
DCC-friendly
p. 58
32
Last days on a copper mining railroad
Desert scenery, relaxed operations on the On30 Torres &
Prietas RR
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Online bonus
ModelRailroader.com
by Duane Ericson
32
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Visit an On30
mining railroad
p. 32
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Kitbash a
pre-assembled
plastic structure
p. 28
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Build the 3 x 7 Red Oak layout
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Middle Division memories
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Guide to freight car trucks
MREXTRA
Part 4: Scenery, structures, and rolling stock
by Steven Otte
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MREXTRA
On the cover:
A streamlined Pennsylvania
RR K4s hauls
The General
out of Harrisburg,
Pa., on Ed Swain’s HO scale Middle Division.
Lou Sassi photo
Generous aisles, operator-friendly features highlight this HO
layout
by Lou Sassi
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A look at how and when they were used
by Jim Hediger
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SPECIAL:
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IN EVERY ISSUE
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Digital MR
The latest features on our
website
by Dana Kawala
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DCC Corner
Back to basics: DCC wiring
by Larry Puckett
8
From the Editor
Shelves and archives
by Neil Besougloff
68
Product Reviews
MREXTRA
58
How to make older turnouts DCC-friendly
Reduce the potential for short circuits following these
easy steps
by Larry Puckett
10
News & Products
Hobby industry news
by Cody Grivno
62
7 tips for handlaid turnouts
How to build your own turnouts using a Fast Tracks
assembly fixture
by Ken Belovarac
18
Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers
by Hal Miller
N scale Kato Union Pacific
FEF steam locomotive and
excursion train, Rapido HO
scale GMD-1, and more
by Dana Kawala
65
Use vacuum tubes to boost your DCC signal
An old-school solution to keep your layout humming
by Hal Miller
20
Information Desk
Ballast enhances realism
by Jim Hediger
75
Trains of Thought
In the footsteps
of the masters
by Tony Koester
76
Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte
24
Workshop Tips
Filling in trackside details
by Jim Hediger
89
Index of Advertisers and
Cartoon
90
The Operators
Passenger train consists
by Andy Sperandeo
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