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From the Editor
..........Guest Editorial: The next generation by Cody Grivno
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News & Products
..........Hobby industry news and product announcements
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Railway Post Office
..........Letters from our readers
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Workin' on the Railroad
..........Easy methods: great results by Lionel Strang
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Workshop
Q's & A's and helpful modeling tips
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Coming Events
Upcoming shows, conventions, and meets
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Step by Step
Easy ground cover by David Popp
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Santa Fes Kansas speedway
Design and operation of Stephen and Cinthia Priest's HO layout by Erik Bergstrom
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Model a pond
Tips on adding standing water to your layout by Lee Vande Visse
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Autumn on Deer Mountain
Details take center stage on this 4 x 8-foot layout by Maggie Methlie
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Light-duty pile trestle
C&NW Class B bridge carried small steamers and early diesels by Andy Sperandeo
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Stronger uncoupling magnets
Inexpensive uncouplers you can hide in your N scale roadbed by David K. Smith
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Mountain railroading in a garden
Family history inspired the Monida & Yellowstone garden railroad by Claude Leglise
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Multi-deck layout lighting
Where you put the lights for the lower deck makes a difference by Tony Koester
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Kitbash a unique freight depot
Key features make this structure one of a kind by Bob Foltz
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"Painting" trim with decals
For sharply defined, color-matched accents by Bob Chapman
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Information Desk
A shortline steam shop and service area by Carl Swanson
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DCC Corner
Turnouts and Digital Command Control by Mike Polsgrove
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Product Reviews
Bachmann HO USRA 2-6-6-2 steam locomotive
Life-Like HO scale AIco RS-11 road switcher
Atlas HO General Electric U30C road switcher. . . and more
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Trains of Thought
The tunnel under the town by Tony Koester
112 Trackside Photos
129 Ad Index
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Model Railroading is Fun
A light look at our hobby by David Popp