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October 2003

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Contents
Roque Bluffs, a Maine Seaport: Part 1>>Online Bonus: Looking for help with your model railroad? Take a look at these project layouts!
By Iain Rice
Planning a "no room for a layout" layout
Working interchanges>>Online Bonus: Read about Bill's plans for a working interchanage with Baltimore and Ohio at Fairmont
By Bill Darnaby
Live connections with other railroads add action and realism
Do-it yourself covered wagon>>Online Bonus: Download masking templates for Soo Line curves
By Bob Rivard
Modeling your favorite F7A in HO scale
Customizing factory-painted engines>>Online Bonus: See Jim's list of Penn Central GP38 road numbers and locomotive variations
By Jim Six
Turn ordinary HO engines into unique models
From stock to show-stopper
By Pelle Søeborg
Details and paint turn this Athearn AC4400 into a masterpiece
Kansas in a bedroom
By Dan Munson
This N scale layout can keep five operators busy
Grand scale, compact space
By Richard Cooke
Switching takes center stage on this O scale 11 x 15-foot layout
Track buyer's guide: Part 1
By Jim Hediger
Information that will help you choose track for your HO railroad
Four acres of fun>>Online Bonus: Additional photos and more about 1" scale
By Rod Johnson
A big-scale Canadian layout-is it the ultimate model railroad?
>>Subscriber Bonus: Track plan: Spruce Branch
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At the Throttle
Railway Post Office
Product Reviews
Tony's Train Exchange, HO scale, DCC couplers
Bachmann HO USRA heavy 4-8-2 Mountain
LBF N scale TTX contemporary 100-ton boxcar
Workshop
MR News
Back to Basics
Trackside Photos
Workin' on the Railroad
Trains of Thought
DCC Corner
Prototype Info
MR Photo Contest Rules
Coming Events and Club Memberships
Index of Advertisers
Editorial Flashback
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