Model Railroader January 2006

From the Editor
Welcome aboard!?

News & Products
The latest products from iHobby Expo

Railway Post Office
Letters from our readers

Information Desk
Are you in the dark about ditch lights?

Workshop
Build a "Moto-Lock," and other modeling tips

Step by Step
Putting together a station scene

COVER STORY
Build the 4 x 8 Stoney Creek: Part 1
Inspiration and benchwork from this HO project layout

PAINT SHOP SPECIAL
Great-looking passenger cars
10 steps for painting and decaling streamliners

Modern Rocky Mountain railroading
Union Pacific shortcut the N scale Colorado & Eastern

PROTOTYPE DRAWING
Meet the Green Goat
Is this little locomotive railroading’s next big thing?

KITBASH CONTEST: 1ST PLACE
From factory to freight house
A toolbox of techniques in this contest-winning kitbash

Rails through lake country
Garage-size HO plan based on the NP in Minnesota

An expanding narrow gauge empire
This 26 x 31-foot On3 layout just kept growing

DCC Corner
8 ways to enhance operation with DCC

Product Reviews
Trix HO scale PRR GG1 heavy electric locomotive