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June 2008

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Contents
Santa Fe's gateway to L.A.
By Gary Hoover
Part 1: Selectively modeling busy San Bernardino
Kitbash a concrete grain elevator
By Craig Chandler
A Walthers kit and PVC pipe are the starting points
Improve your heavyweights
By David Popp
Four quick detailing projects for N scale passenger cars
Add signal detection to rolling stock
By Scott Kurzawski
How to make your own resistor-equipped wheelsets
Soo Line on a shelf
By David Leider
Scratchbuilt structures highlight this HO layout
The North Woods Hiawatha in HO
By Lloyd Keyser
Combining brass and plastic cars to model this train
Crafting coconut palm trees
By Joseph Kreiss
Use artificial plant material to make tropical trees
A busy harbor in 9 x 11 feet
By Jeffery Elliott
A clever design for an HO waterfront railroad
Landmark Layouts
By Andy Sperandeo, Contributing Editor
Model Railroader's traveling N scale Clinchfield
>>Online Bonus: Clinchfield RR
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>>Online Bonus: Track plan and schematics for the Clinchfield Railroad
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Railway Post Office
Information Desk
Workshop
Scenery Step by Step
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DCC Corner
Product Reviews
>>Subscriber Bonus: Broadway Limited Imports' HO RSD-15
Trains of Thought
Index of Advertisers
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