Features:

Tenino Western Railroad • by Tyler Whitcomb — Tour a freelanced Pacific Northwest lumber-hauling short line in N scale.

Baggage and Express Ops: Part 1 • by V.S. Roseman — You can easily add baggage, mail, and express operations to your model railroad.

Kitbash a CNJ Railway Post Office • by Alan Mende — Modeling a Jersey Central railway post office car from the mid-1950s in HO scale.

Repowering a Brass Alco Models SC • by Maxwell Brisben — An updated drive and new details bring an old brass import into the present day.

Spokane, Portland & Seattle Skeleton Log Car in N scale • by Max Magliaro — Using precise jigs machined from aluminium to build unique freight cars in N scale.

Departments:

Company Photographer

Craftsman Timetable

Craftsman Workshop

Dealer Directory • Recommended hobby dealers

Editor's Notebook • by Otto M. Vondrak

Index of Advertisers

Look Both Ways • by Mike Schafer & Bill Navigato

Perspective • by Phil Monat

Rail Books • Book news and reviews

Receiving Yard

Safety Valve

Test Track • by Dan Munson — Iowa Scaled Engineering ProtoThrottle review