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Model Railroader September 1977 Vol 44 No 9
CONTENTS
Concrete wall sections. By Harald H. Prommel. 48 Use them in constructing modern industrial buildings.
A posing bench for model railroad equipment. By Richard A. Kuntz. 51 A project that can be completed in a few hours.
The Port Caribou RR. & Western Navigation Co. By Bob Hegge and the MR staff. 52 A dandy HOn3 layout with lots of animation.
Building USRA tank cars. By Brad Smith. 56 One- and two-dome versions can be built from plastic kits.
Timber-lined tunnels. By John C. Stutz. 62 On Southern Pacific's Santa Cruz - Olympia line.
Make your own sandblast system. By David S. Busch. 68 Use it to clean brass models and give the surface "tooth."
Simple coal unloader. By Harold Russell. 71 Based on a prototype at Eagle Harbor, N. Y.
Fabricating a USRA Mikado. By Dean A. Shepherd. 75 Methods of detailing locomotive kits with last-wax parts.
Computers in model railroading. By Charles F. Douds. - - - - 83
The question is, how soon?
How a microcomputer works. 84
A typical hobbyist's microcomputer system. 86
Prototype data and drawings:
Timber-lined tunnels. Southern Pacific. 62
Sacramento Northern's GE steeplecab locomotives, 650-654. 64
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