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Model Railroader Magazine 2009 May How to operated your layout like an expert
Model Railroader May 2009 Vol 79 No 5
CONTENTS
6 Wiring and track plans
From the Editor by Neil Besougloff
8 News & Products
Hobby industry announcements by Steven Otte
22 Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers by Eric Stelpflug
25 Winter warrior diesel
Information Desk by Jim Hediger
29 Easy driver cleaning method
Workshop by Lionel Strang and Jim Hediger
34 Strip, detail, and repaint a switcher
Step by Step by Cody Grivno
COVER STORY
38 Operating the Beer Line
Preparing and running our HO project railroad by Andy Sperandeo with David Popp
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44 Montana Rail Link in N scale
Freelanced industries enhance this layout by Ernie Poole
50 Roll your own steel coils
An easy-to-make common steel mill load by Bruce Dombey
TRACK PLAN CONTEST
52 A B&O branch line for a garage
This 10 x 18-foot HO plan is our third-place winner by Michael Flanagan
55 Easy yard ladder control
A "tree" of switch motors simplifies yard routing by Oliver Tansey
AN INDUSTRY YOU CAN MODEL
58 Diesel-era grain operations
This industry offers modelers a lot of variety by Cody Grivno
64 Building Freytag's foundry
Part 2: Modeling the HO scale plant's craneway by Dean Freytag
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68 An N&W branch on a shelf
A famous railroad photographer inspired this layout by Doug Buchanan Jr.
72 6 tips for choosing the right decoder
DCC Corner by Mike Polsgrove
74 Product Reviews
Sunset's HO Southern Pacific 2-6-0, SoundTraxx's Tsunami diesel sound decoder ... and more by Dana Kawala Online bonus
84 Trackside Photos 88 Turning the corner
Trains of Thought by Tony Koester
93 Cartoon
101 Index of Advertisers
102 Weighing freight cars
The Operators by Andy Sperandeo
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