Railroad Model Craftsman August 2024

Features:

• Fort Dodge Duet • by DAN MUNSON — Two railroads serving an urban switching district from opposite sides of the street on 38 this HO scale Chicago Great Western layout set in Iowa.
• Milwaukee Road Sturtevant Station • by PATRICK LAWSON — This month’s scale drawings feature an interesting Milwaukee Road junction depot now preserved at a local park in Wisconsin.
• Introduction to LCC: Part 1 • by DETLEF KURPANEK — In the first of a three-part
  series, we look at the emerging Layout Command Control protocol for controlling accessories and more.
• B&M Baked Beans Factory in HO • by TOM OXNARD — A scratchbuilt HO scale model of the iconic Burnham & Morrill baked beans factory located on 58 the Portland, Maine, waterfront.
• Junked Appliances for Scrapyard Scenes • by BILL GILL — An overlooked detail for your layout, easily transform Lego pieces and other small parts into models of scrapped and obsolete appliances. .
• Building Park Head Station in S • by ANDREW MALETTE — Converting On30 wooden coaches into a unique S scale model of a replacement station on a Canadian National branch line.

Departments:

• Safety Valve — Letters from our readers
• Receiving Yard — New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong
• Test Track — In-depth reviews of new hobby products
• Rail Books  — Central Railroad of New Jersey Vol. 1/review by Otto M. Vondrak
• Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers
• Perspective — The Future is in Transit/Miles Callan
• Boomer Trail — 2024 Bay Area Prototype Modelers Meet/compiled by Harry K. Wong
• Craftsman Workshop — Tools You Might Not Find in the Hobby Shop/Wayne Wesolowski
• Company Photographer — Realistic Layout Photography/Tim Nicholson
• Diverging Points — Sleepers/Jason Shron
• Editor's Notebook  — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak
• Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers
• Index of Advertisers