Model Railroader May 2007

Cover storyTune up your layout
Part 1: Cleaning track and adjusting rolling stock
Paul J. Dolkos

Home and away modules
A club with a dual purpose: layouts and friendships
Lou Sassi

Walthers: 75 innovative years
Celebrating the hobby's leading passenger car builder
Jim Hediger

Special trackwork solves problems
Using single-slip, double-slip, and three-way turnouts
Carl Swanson

A day on an NYC branch line
This 26 x 28-foot O scale layout is built for operation
Jim Hediger

Automate your staging yards
Simplify operations with DCC and infrared detectors
Randal Heide

Easy boxcar upgrades
Tips for detailing and weathering your HO scale cars
Jim Six

Six Squeeze in a juice distribution center
This modern industry provides plenty of switching
Peter A. Werner

C&O's Loup Creek Branch
A double-deck coal hauler is out third-prize winner
Jeremy Lidbeck