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July 2000

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Contents
Kevin Shanahan's HO Union Pacific
By Kevin Shanahan
A free-lanced model railroad with strong family ties
HO scale magnetic knuckle couplers
By Jim Hediger
A survey of the current crop of couplers
The San Jose Central
By George Sebastian-Coleman
An HO layout to be built at the National Train Show
Bob Brown's Tuolumne Forks Lumber Co. RR
By Jack Burgess
Love of narrow gauge modeling led to founding a magazine
Challenger chair cars
By George Trager
Reinventing coach travel on the eve of World War II
Modeling modern graffiti
By Seth Puffer
Add realistic detail with a gel pen
The shops at Marian Eddy
By Ed Steinberg
Lengthening and lighting Walthers' back shop kit
Improving single-sheathed boxcars
By Keith Kohlmann
Modifying a pair of Walthers N scale 50-foot cars
Magnetic loads
By Roger D. Kujawa
Making lumber loads easily removable
South Pacific Coast garden railroad
By George Hall
A spectacular setting for a garden railway in the California hills
Departments
At the Throttle
Railway Post Office
Product Reviews
Workshop
Prototype Info
MR News
Trackside Photos
Workin' on the Railroad
Back to Basics
Trains of Thought
One Reader's Opinion
Ask Paint Shop
Coming Events and Club Memberships
Index of Advertisers
Along the Line
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