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COVER STORY 
The HO Missouri, Kansas & Quincy   By Gary Hoover 
A model railroad built to railfan
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Union Freight: Part 2 by John Pryke 
Tips for installing and testing track that will be embedded in paving
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Stupid train tricks  by Bill Henderson 
Backward hogs, disappearing magnets, and other clever devices
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The Third Subdivision of Nickel Plate's St. Louis Line  by Tony Koester 
Concluding our look at this ambitious layout project | 
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Civil War Alexandria waterfront diorama   by Bernard Kempinski 
An HO scale salute to Herman Haupt and the United States Military RR | 
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PROTOTYPE DRAWINGS 
Tweetsie's long caboose    by Marty McGuirk 
A distinctive Eastern Narrow gauge car | 
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Shortline engine terminal by David Lustig 
The Pecos Valley Southern fits it all in a wye
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Build a stone arch overpass by Paul N. Stoving 
Tunnel portals provide the starting point | 
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Ron Johns' Cascade, Washington in N scale by Kirk Reddie 
A small, L-shaped layout with an artistic touch | 
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