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February 2002

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Contents
Mainline railroading and real-life interchange
By Bruce Carpenter
The HO Chillicothe Subdivision was built to fit in with a group of friends
Majestic mountains rise from our foam plateau
By Jim Kelly
Build the HO Rock Ridge Central: Part 2
Building a girder bridge to fit
By Stephen Priest
Here's a simple plan for an HO styrene span
Build a giant steel grain elevator
By Jon Greggs
This highly detailed prairie giant takes up no more space than a wooden old-timer
Troop kitchen cars
By Jim Hediger
Military cooks prepared and served meals on wheels to 250 soldiers at a time
Banish detailments
By Jim Hediger
12 ways to smoother operation
Build a lamp resistance tester
By Bob Kosic
A one-evening project that lets you match headlight bulbs and resistors to DCC decoders
N scale steam-powered wreck crane
By Keith Kohlmann
Use a Dimi-Trains kit as a starting point
Build an inexpensive turntable
By Bob Foltz
An Atlas HO turntable provides a reliable indexing mechanism
Departments
At the Throttle
Railway Post Office
Product Reviews
Rivarossi Allegheny 2-6-6-6 is a monster even in HO scale
Accurail HO scale 40-foot stockcar
Micro-Trains N scale general service tank car
Athearn's HO modern 60-foot hi-cube boxcars
Sweepstakes rules
Back to Basics
MR News
Trackside Photos
Workin' on the Railroad
Trains of Thought
One Reader's Opinion
Workshop
Prototype Info
Coming Events
Index of Advertisers
Along the Line
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