Model Railroader Magazine, January 2003 Issue

Building the Turtle Creek Central: Part 1
Constructing the table for a new 4 x 8 layout
By Jim Kelly

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1942: a year you can model
Modeling U.S. railroading in the first year after Pearl Harbor
By Andy Sperandeo

Build a 50-foot waffle-side boxcar
Easy techniques for making an eye-catching model
By Dean Foster

John Allen: the Wizard of Monterey
His influence still reverberates through the model railroad community
By Andy Sperandeo

Modeling prototype operations on a mid-size layout
The Detroit, Toledo & Ironton's HO scale Jackson Division
By Jim Hediger

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Walt Disney, model railroader
From his home to his theme parks, Disney made sure they all had trains
By Michael Broggie

Polish those railheads!
Triumph over oxidization with metal polsh
By Glen Scholey

A 'plug-and-play' industry for your railroad
An HO layout doesn't have to be a loop of track
By Henry Freeman

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Naugatuck Valley in N
An apartment-sized New Haven layout with room to grow
By David Popp

New York Central F7s
You're just a few details away from a fantastic HO scale model
By Jim Six

1950s California, N style
A transition-era layout built for a busy businessman
By George Hall

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Sound in three scales
Controllable digital sounds add another dimension to operation
By George Sebastian-Coleman

Departments
At the Throttle
Railway Post Office
Product Reviews
Bowser, HO scale, GLa twin hopper car

LGB, G scale, USRA Mikado locomotive

Nu-line, N scale, modern concrete warehouse

Micro-Trains, N scale, EMC FT road diesel

Kato HO streamlined business car

Sweepstakes rules
MR News
Workshop
Back to Basics
Workin' on the Railroad
Trains of Thought
Prototype Info
Coming Events and Club Memberships
Index of Advertisers
Editorial Flashback