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SwanbergEMD may have been the dominant  locomotive builder in the mid-1950s, but it had a tiger by the tail with the New Haven's dual-power cab unitNorth Western's Executive F7sBy Chris BurgerAs railroading changed, these revived 1950s haulers became roving C\u0026amp;NW ambassadors for a decade","brand":"Classic Trains","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758756135145,"sku":"rik1788060955066","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/8422\/0137\/files\/classic-trains-spring-2015_1.jpg?v=1788060959"},{"product_id":"finescale-modeler-april-2013","title":"FineScale Modeler April 2013","description":"Cover story - Airbrushing: Basic skills for better finishes\u003cbr\u003eBy Aaron Skinner\u003cbr\u003eRemoving the mystery so you can master modeling's most versatile tool.\u003cbr\u003ePg. 24 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAirbrushing \u0026amp; Finishing: Mud, dirt, and grime\u003cbr\u003eBy Ilya Yut\u003cbr\u003eBeat up a Korean War Sherman.\u003cbr\u003ePg. 22 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKitbash a German gun truck\u003cbr\u003eBy Mike Dikos\u003cbr\u003eScratchbuilding to mount a FlaK 30 on an Opel Blitz.\u003cbr\u003ePg. 30 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSculpt and paint your figures\u003cbr\u003eBy Robert Doepp\u003cbr\u003eSometimes the best scale figure available is the one you make yourself.\u003cbr\u003ePg. 38 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComplex camo made simple\u003cbr\u003eBy Pablo Bauleo\u003cbr\u003ePaint Italian \"smoke rings\" the easy way.\u003cbr\u003ePg. 44 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKit Classics: Revell's USS 'Aaron Ward'\u003cbr\u003eBy Tom Graham\u003cbr\u003eA venerable four-stack destroyer that spanned two world wars.\u003cbr\u003ePg. 48","brand":"FineScale Modeler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758756167913,"sku":"hqt1788060957523","price":4.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/8422\/0137\/files\/finescale-modeler-april-2013_1.jpg?v=1788060964"},{"product_id":"classic-toy-trains-winter-2023","title":"Classic Toy Trains Winter 2023","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"description withProducts\"\u003e\r\rVisit a nifty 1950s style layout\r\rA Christmas layout in 48 square feet\r\rFlyer layout that conquers the rockies\r\rFinally, a Lionel postwar hopper car in 1948\r\r\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Classic Toy Trains","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758756200681,"sku":"vhk1788060963183","price":4.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/8422\/0137\/files\/classic-toy-trains-winter-2023_1.jpg?v=1788060968"},{"product_id":"finescale-modeler-december-2019","title":"FineScale Modeler December 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAirbrushing \u0026amp; Finishing\u003c\/strong\u003eTurn self-adhesive \u003cem\u003eStar Wars\u003c\/em\u003e kit labels into decalsJim James\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForm and Figure\u003c\/strong\u003eShivering on snow: Make a winter figure look colder atop icy muckJoe Hudson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“Rescue us? 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My dad was Boomer Pete, whose name showed up often in Model Railroader long, long ago, back in the early years of the magazine’s history. Boomer, whose proper name was John, was a train buddy of one Albert C. Kalmbach, who founded Model Railroader.Boomer was a homespun model railroad nut like many of you all, and as a traveling man doing odd jobs, he got to meet lots of other railroad nuts. He wrote a semi-regular column in MR.The future of model railroadingby Lance MindheimLooking in the rear view mirror, it's astounding how far our hobby has come in the past few decades. Wireless Digital Control, onboard sound, and rolling stock bristling with fine scale details top the list. Looking forward, what exciting advances does the next decade or two hold for us?What follows is somewhat of a blend between advances I think will happen in the short term and advances I believe would be in the best interest of the hobby as a whole if they did occur. Just because I believe a system or technology would in everybody's best interest doesn't mean the market will agree.11 lessons learned from building two model railroadsby Tony KoesterWhen I contemplated replacing my Allegheny Midland RR with a new HO model railroad, I distinctly remember thinking it should be a relatively easy project. After all, I had essentially finished one basement-size railroad, so doing another should be a piece of cake. How naïve of me on numerous counts!You’ve heard that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” That adage has a very limited application to model railroading, I discovered. Over the quarter-century that the Allegheny Midland resided in my New Jersey basement, “things” changed a great deal. I thought I was keeping the AM up to date, but some seismic shifts in our options caused me to have to rethink almost everything I thought I understood to be a best practice.A signal system to fit any railroadby Bruce CarpenterOn most operationally based model railroads, a working signal system seems to be on everyone’s wish list, in one form or another. I fell into that category when I built my HO scale BNSF Ry. Chillicothe Subdivision and my HO scale Milwaukee Road Rocky Mountain Division.There are lots of things to consider when thinking about signals, though. Do you install them with relays or use one of the many computer-based systems? Do you build a Centralized Traffic Control (CTC) machine or use a computer monitor? Regardless, it’s a lot of design, research, wiring, programming, time, and especially, money.Union Pacific's Spine Line in HO and Nby Bob SpragueThe Union Pacific has some of the more colorfully named routes in the country. The “Rabbit Line” runs through East Texas, the “Tucumcari Line” connects Kansas and New Mexico, and the famous “Feather River Corridor” is in California. Running up the middle of the North American continent, from Kansas City northward to St. Paul, is UP’s aptly named “Spine Line.”As a professional track plan designer, I was asked to develop an N scale version of the Spine Line that fit into a 10 x 171⁄2-foot space at one end of a basement room. Just about the time I finished that design, my client told me he had a friend who also wanted to model the Spine Line in an identical space – only this time, in HO. Fitting a satisfying model into the same square footage in that larger scale required a different approach, but the ­results may be useful for anyone trying to represent a ­single-track Midwestern prototype in a modest space.How to build a big model industryby Cody Grivno, associate editorMy assignment for the Beer Line project layout was to model the Ben-Hur Freezer Co. 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