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July 1998

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Contents
The HOn3 Lorigan Lumber Co.
By Victor Dowd
You can have your view and backdrop too
Designing a coal branch
By Tony Koester
The Allegheny Midland's Coal Fork Extension Part 2: Running along the walls may be the key to finding space for your railroad
The HO scale Kansas City Central
By Jim Hediger
A 4 x 8-foot track plan for a modern regional railroad
CP Rail's SD40-2F
By George Sebastian-Coleman
These cowl-bodied locomotives were the last SD40s built
Bachmann Shay wins New Product of the Year award
By George Sebastian-Coleman
Results of our first annual Readers' Choice awards
Building an O scale Brill gas-electric car
By Dick Scott
Including a lightbox method for making perfect rivets in styrene
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Model of the Month
Workin' on the Railroad
Trains of Thought
One Reader's Opinion
Paint Shop
Ask Paint Shop
Coming Events and Club Memberships
Index of Advertisers
Along the Line
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