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<br /> Run 230 August / September 2008<br /> $5.95 • $6.95 Canada<br /> O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPToEgMaBuEgRerr2.0co0m8 1<br /> <br /> O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2008 3<br /> Run 230<br /> August / September 2008<br /> Volume 38 / No. 5<br /> 25<br /> PRODUCT REVIEWS<br /> 25 MTH RailKing Scale SW1 Switcher<br /> 35 Atlas O Master Line MP15DC Switcher<br /> 63<br /> 45 K-Line SuperSnap Switches<br /> FEATURES<br /> 70<br /> 56 Red Rock National Park<br /> Jim Policastro<br /> 63 A True Delight for the Senses!<br /> Jim Policastro<br /> 74<br /> 70 Liquid Black Gold Comes to N&W Country<br /> Allan Miller<br /> 74 Enjoying the Best of Two (O Gauge) Worlds<br /> Tom Gerbracht<br /> 81 Hot and Heavy Cars for a Hot and Heavy Industry<br /> 81<br /> Frank Mullen<br /> 85 Modeling Trains You’ve Ridden<br /> John Ciccarelli<br /> 4 O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 2008<br /> DIVISIONS<br /> Publ<a title="O Gauge Railroading page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=1"> Run 230 August / September 2008 </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=2"> </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=3"> O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 200</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=4"> Run 230 August / September 2008 Volume 38 / No.</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=5"> DIVISIONS Publisher’s Corner OGR Publishing La</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=6"> OGR Publishing Launches a New Website </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=7"> 3 </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=8"> 8 O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=9"> O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 200</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=10"> Allan Miller York Retrospective Twice a</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=11"> only events like the York Meet, I can’t help but </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=12"> 12 O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=13"> CEO Announces Lionel Exit from Bankruptcy </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=14"> </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=15"> </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=16"> 16 O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=17"> Product Announcements Superpower 1850’s Style </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=18"> The Easy Way to Assemble and Disassemble Track </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=19"> Atlas O Dry Commodities Hopper This Corn Product</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=20"> Express Cars and Troop Sleepers More troops on t</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=21"> O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER 200</a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=22"> 22 O GAUGE RAILROADING AUGUST / SEPTEMBER </a> <a title="O Gauge Railroading page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/bd37ab78?page=23"> K & P BRICK & BUILDING CO. 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