Features:

Waites River Railway: North Arlington by ERIC WILLIAMS - Building a cameo-style layout to pack big scenes and switching in an apartment.

Simple Styrene Barns by MATT WOODS - Using styrene to scratchbuild weathered wooden barns for rural scenes of any era.

DCC and Sound Update for a Kato RS-2 by PETER HALL - A step-by-step retrofi t adds modern DCC, sound, and lighting to an older Kato RS-2.

Modeling a B&O Geep in Two Schemes by BROOKS STOVER, MMR - Model two versions of a hard-working branch line Geep using extra shells.

Environmental Audio for Your Layout by TREVOR MARSHALL - Give your layout the audio equivalent of a good scenic backdrop.

The Buildings at Basalt by ROBERT SCHLEICHER - Building a series of unique structures to represent the terminal at Basalt, Colo.

Cyclone Separators for Industries by WAYNE WESOLOWSKI - An often-overlooked detail 
for industrial dust-collection systems.

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 — Electric Railways in Former NYC Territory/review by Otto M. Vondrak

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

Perspective — Inspiration Turning into Reality/Robert Schleicher

Craftsman Workshop — Modeling Milk Platform/George Dutka

Painting & Weathering — New York Cross Harbor Bicentennial Unit/Joe Janasiewicz

Diverging Points — Sound and DCC/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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