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Small track plan for HO scale
p. 48
New N scale
Amtrak set
p. 60
September 2016
www.ModelRailroader.com
Built for operation
Learn from this realistic
Union Pacific N scale layout
p. 26
Scale drawings for a
small-town depot
p. 33
HOW TO
•
Put a decoder into
a brass steamer
p. 36
•
Install a Tortoise
switch motor
p. 20
•
Build a heritage-diesel scene
p. 42
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Vol. 83
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Issue 9
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• Road-specific details
Santa Fe
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• Cab-mounted headlights
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Canadian Pacific - Twin Flags Scheme
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• Cab-mounted headlights
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- Operating front pilot-mounted ditch lights
• Front pilot-mounted plow
• Winterization hatch
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SEPTEMBER2016
Volume 83, Number 9
IN THIS ISSUE
48
B&M Auto Parts
Backdrop flats
Water tower
Malcolm & Hughes Machine
Penobscot Paper
Yard office
Small track plan for HO scale
p. 48
60
New N scale
Amtrak set
p. 60
September 2016
www.ModelRailroader.com
26
Built for operation
Learn from this realistic
Union Pacific N scale layout
p. 26
Scale drawings for a
small-town depot
p. 33
33
Daryl Kruse models
modern-day Midwestern
railroading. See page 26
Boiler Works
Freight house
Star Bakery
Associated Grocers
Fallmouth
Falmouth Hasp & Hinge
Central Maine RR
HOW TO
26
Modern-era masterpiece
MREXTRA
36
20
42
The N scale Union Pacific Geneva Sub replicated realistic
operation along a busy double-track main line
by Daryl Kruse
▸
Online bonus
ModelRailroader.com
•
Put a decoder into
a brass steamer
p. 36
•
Install a Tortoise
switch motor
p. 20
•
Build a heritage-diesel scene
p. 42
33
Plans for a small-town station
Dormers and diamond-pane windows highlight this former
Buffalo & Pittsburgh structure
by Harold W. Russell
▸
Online bonus
ModelRailroader.com
On the cover:
A Union Pacific freight crosses
the Mississippi River on Daryl Kruse’s
N scale Union Pacific Geneva Sub layout.
Daryl Kruse photo
36
Add DCC & sound to a brass steam locomotive
A plastic tender provides room for a decoder and two
speakers
by Peter Hall
IN EVERY ISSUE
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The latest features on our
website
by Dana Kawala
58
DCC Corner
Speed matching
for DCC consists
by Larry Puckett
42
Build a prototype setting for a heritage fleet
A club member answers a challenge to build a diorama
of the roundhouse at the North Carolina Transportation
Museum
by Douglas Kirkpatrick
8
From the Editor
From $1.92 to $41.95
by Neil Besougloff
60
Product Reviews
MREXTRA
48
A space-saving urban track plan
The Central Maine RR packs plenty of action
in less than 4 x 8 feet
by Paul Boehlert
10
News & Products
Hobby industry news
by Cody Grivno
52
Switching in a small town
A 2 x 4-foot module is enough to provide interesting operat-
ing and modeling opportunities
by Peter Vassallo
16
Ask MR
Why do larger containers
go on top?
by Steven Otte
68
Trackside Photos
by Steven Otte
▸
Online bonus
ModelRailroader.com
18
N Scale Insight
Freelance flavor on the
N scale Tehachapi Loop
by Jim Kelly
N scale SDP40F and
Southwest Limited
from
Kato, HO General Electric
Dash 8-40BW from Atlas,
and more
by Dana Kawala
67
On Operation
Meets, superiority,
and train orders
by Jerry Dziedzic
NEXT ISSUE
Lance Mindheim builds a
floating-shelf layout, learn
how to use light-emitting
diode strings for lighting
projects, Americanize
European buildings, and
more in the October issue.
20
Step by Step
MRVP
Install a Tortoise switch mo-
tor and control it with
a stationary decoder
by Eric White
81
Index of Advertisers and
Cartoon
82
Trains of Thought
Raising expectations
by Tony Koester
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