March 2010

Special features
38 Perspective: 3653 had a bad week by Preston Cook
With most of its long hood removed and its engine out for rebuilding,
Erie Lackawanna SDP45 No. 3653 looks down for the count as it sits
on the ready track, but it will run again.

40 Morning at Mac Street by Jim Providenza
Come along with us as we go railfanning on the Santa Cruz
Northern. This HO scale layout, set in California in the 1970’s,
features a mix of first and second generation diesels.

59 NNGC preview: The layouts of St. Louis – Pt. II by Tom Troughton
This month we take a look at some of the mid-Missouri layouts that
will be open to visitors at the 30th National Narrow Gauge Convention.

Modeling
48 Five businesses for Strong by Robert Bennett
These fIve small businesses serve the O scale residents of Strong,
Maine, on the author’s proto-freelanced On30 layout.

53 Kitbashing an Erie-Lackawanna GE U36C by Scott Lupia
This N project transforms a Kato C30-7 into a U-boat.

64 Scratchbuilder’s Corner: Retaining walls by Bob Walker
There are a number of ways to make retaining walls and a number
of materials to make them out of.

66 Steel tower footings by Jerry Wikstrom, with photos by Brad Bower
Realistic looking bridge footings can be found on your computer
keyboard.

74 The Scenery Clinic: Pt. V: Modeling a river bank by Paul Scoles
Shaping a river bank takes a good eye and patience.

76 Installing sound in a GP7 by Chuck Cover
Squeezing a decoder and wiring into an older Atlas model can
present a challenge, but it can be done.

59 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a C&O cabin by
John Roberts
This O scale model was built from a Korber Models kit.

81 “T” is for tiny by Tom Knapp
These 1:450 scale trains are the tiniest available operating models.

Prototype
54 Front of the layout vignettes: No. 11, American small businesses:
creameries by David Lambert
In the first half of the twentieth century, creameries could be found in
small towns and cities across America and were often served by rail.