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PRODUCT REVIEWS
25 MTH RailKing Scale SW1 Switcher
35 Atlas O Master Line MP15DC Switcher
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45 K-Line SuperSnap Switches
FEATURES
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56 Red Rock National Park
Jim Policastro
63 A True Delight for the Senses!
Jim Policastro
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70 Liquid Black Gold Comes to N&W Country
Allan Miller
74 Enjoying the Best of Two (O Gauge) Worlds
Tom Gerbracht
81 Hot and Heavy Cars for a Hot and Heavy Industry
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Frank Mullen
85 Modeling Trains You’ve Ridden
John Ciccarelli
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DIVISIONS
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OGR Publishing Launches a New Website
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Allan Miller York Retrospective Twice a
only events like the York Meet, I can’t help but
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CEO Announces Lionel Exit from Bankruptcy
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Product Announcements Superpower 1850’s Style
The Easy Way to Assemble and Disassemble Track
Atlas O Dry Commodities Hopper This Corn Product
Express Cars and Troop Sleepers More troops on t
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K & P BRICK & BUILDING CO. Coal Mine Kits KP481
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Product Reviews MTH Rai
standard MTH with DCS, Proto-Sound 2.0, and a coi
driven bell. As with any Proto-Sound 2.0 locomoti
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Atlas O Master Line MP15DC Switcher Review and P
Several O gauge railroaders have reported an
As this version of the Atlas MP15 shows, the Read
Illuminated instruments on the detailed control p
1808-2 Southern Railway MP15DC diesel locomotive
New! Cargo-To-Go Detailed Accessories fo
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K-Line SuperSnap Switches Review and Photos by G
2-1/4˝ stub makes the SuperSnap O31 switch the sa
switches, I was surprised at how quiet they were,
Arc marks on this O72 switch’s open point rail sh
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Give your layout’s population a summer vacation d
The entrance road to the upper plateau is in plac
The other formations, such as the spires, ar
brought out highlights in the rocks by dry brushi
rants, giant spacemen, and other fantastic buildi
Atlas SDP-35 in Union Pacific livery exits the tu
Visit Don Klose’s Bellevue and Schenectady Railro
Descending the basement steps to visit D
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OPPOSITE TOP: Overall view of Center City section
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About the Builder Don Klose is a funeral directo
There’s no fuel shortage onTony Lash’s layout. L
ABOVE: Cyclones (left foreground) remove car- bon
Floating roof tanks (upper right) feed the furnac
Alan’s second and latest creation is the He
2-Rail vs. 3-Rail? Why not have both? Enjoyi
design for construction, but the advantage of usi
The main level of the layout is about 40˝ off the
Minimum curve radius on my 3- rail layout
Gloria is responsible for most of the scenery, la
Cars on the 2-rail portion of the layout are pred
An overview of steel mills and the rolling stock
Photo courtesy Calumet Regional Archives, Indiana
Torpedoes were used within a steel mill to t
Lionel and M.T.H. Electric Trains (MTH) have
Re-create a bit of your own railroading history.
3 to me with all their straight lines and shar
6 7 Pennsylvania, (named after Geneva College
8 9 10 coaches, which required a little more w
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Building Your Own Collectibles Photos by Rich Me
made only in 1960 just for this set. All the othe
and appearance samples. This had repercussions wh
5 Besides, the results demonstrate that delet-
the black boxes would be dull and not look good o
had been projected. The Halloween General Set pro
Genuine Limestone HIGHBALL BALLAST
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Media Reviews Lionel Nation, No. 1 DVD
Lionel display layout created by TW Design to t
What’s in a Name (Part I) Weaver Alco FA-FB,
Baldwin Except for the unique shark-nosed lo
Would you like to share photos of real railroadin
FOR SALE: LIONEL “SUPER-O” TRACKAGE: All Items a
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