October 1969:Vol. #36, Issue #10
Page Count: 98
COVER: Hamilton Yard on the TH&B in HO size(Frank L. Hendren)
Notes: *
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FEATURES
- How to Move a Model Railroad:
A wife who learned
by Patricia Maxwell - Papa-san:
A letter from Jim, with illustration
by Bill McClanahan - The TH&B, versions 1, 2, and 3:
From a modest start the empire builds
by Frank L. Hendren - Build a Coalyard:
Four-structure grouping follows a Long Island prototype
by Howard Anderson - Spiral Transition Curves:
With foldout templates for laying out easements
by Bardes, Stackhouse, and Westcott - Douglas C. Murray's HO Scale Shay:
The Model of the Month Award-
by * - Install Outside Brake Beams:
Dollar model project adds detail to old-time freight cars
by W. Gibb Kennedy - The Nut in the Basement:
Confessions of a Canadian Addict
by Doug Moles - How to Hold an Open House:
Successful exhibits don't just happen, they're planned!
by John C. Shideler - Tools for Model Railroading, part 4:
The ABC's of model railroading
by Russ Larson - Transistors for Model Railroaders:
How to select and install them
by Russ Larson - How a Transistor Works:
A giant slave obeys the instructions of a pygmy master - PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS:
GE's 70-ton diesal
Soo Line derrick and tool car of 1888
PRR combine and suburban car, PB54 and MP54E5 - CARTOONS:
"Looks as though you used a little too much Cerro Bend, John"
by Moore
"I followed the plan on page 41. It says 'Duck under here.'"
by Doug Wright
- How to Move a Model Railroad:
- DEPARTMENTS
- At the Throttle
- Bull Session
- Kinks
- MR Clinic: Turntable indexing
- Off the Train Wire
- Railroader's Library
- Railway Post Office
- Report from Germany
- Schedules
- Trackside Photos
- Trade Topics