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Railroad Model Craftsman October 2024

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Features:

Soo Line in Southern Indiana • by JOHN EMLEY — Rural scenery dominates this HO scale Soo Line secondary set in mid-1990s Indiana.

Freight Car Upgrade with Photo-Etched Detail Parts • by STEVE HOLZHEIMER — It’s easy to create your own photo-etched detail parts in any scale.

Great Northern Anacortes Station • by PATRICK LAWSON — A combination freight and passenger station for a Washington branch line. 

Make Realistic Concrete Roads • by JUSTIN BLUMENKAMP — An easy-to-follow method to build realistic mid-century concrete roads. 

Making a Scene at CP 294 • by DAVE ABELES — An old tower solves a scenery dilemma on Dave Abeles’ Conrail Onandaga Cutoff.

Layout Command Control: Part 3 • by DETLEK KURPANEK — Wrapping up our series with planning your network, wiring, events, and more.

Backdrops from Digital Photos and AI • by BOB WUNDROCK, MMR — Using digital tools to design unique backdrop images for your layout.

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  — Big Emma: Louisville & Nashville M-1 2-8-4s/review by Otto M. Vondrak

Timetable — Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers

Perspective  Los Angeles Union Station/Otto M. Vondrak

Boomer Trail — 2024 NMRA National Convention Scrapbook/Otto M. Vondrak

Craftsman Workshop  Some Boston & Maine Structures/George Dutka

Painting & Weathering  Weathering a Second-Hand RS-18u/Tim Hayman

Diverging PointsThe Strange Calendar of Model Railroading/Jason Shron

Editor's Notebook  — Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak

Dealer Directory — Listing of our favorite recommended hobby dealers

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