Model Railroader November 2005

OUR COVER STORY
How to make better scenery
From forest floors to front yards

MID-SIZE LAYOUT
Modeling a secret prototype
So you think information on your railroad is hard to find

INDUSTRY YOU CAN MODEL
Pipeline on rails
Railroads played a vital role in the oil industry of the 1940s

KITBASH CONTEST: 3RD PLACE
A depot from two houses
Kitbashing an HO rural station using inexpensive kits

Lessons from a successful layout
Reflections on 15 years of model railroad building: Part 2

Modeler’s guide to passenger diesels
A survey of the power that pulled the varnish

Build the Claremont & Concord in G
Rolling stock and operation on our project railroad

MID-SIZE LAYOUT
Gopher State fallen flags
An HO scale C&NW and Milwaukee Road layout
DCC Corner
Power buses and districts

Product Reviews
General Electric C30-7 from Broadway Limited in HO
N scale USRA 2-6-6-2 from Bachmann