Model Railroader – September 2019

40 http://www.ModelRailroader.com cabooses have metal wheels and metal trucks, so it was easy to modify a truck to pick up power ...

September 2019 41 around in a totally dark room is also a safety concern. The solution was installing a second circuit behind th ...

❽ Modified flashlights. During night operating sessions, V&W crew members carry small flashlights they can use to read waybi ...

September 2019 43 I recently added interior lighting to several structures on my N scale model railroad and found that it enhanc ...

44 http://www.ModelRailroader.com Fortunately, small backlights are inexpensive, costing less than $3. The backlights shown in ❶ ...

September 2019 45 leads from the lightboards through the hole and under the lay- out, where I connected them to a 5VDC power sup ...

Full-size railroads operate around the clock, so why doesn’t your model railroad? Dave Abeles shares ideas on how to set up your ...

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48 http://www.ModelRailroader.com R ailroading is an industry that operates 24 hours a day. The earliest railroads ran during da ...

September 2019 49 streetlights illuminate, and room lights glow. On railroads, headlights are required at all times. During the ...

50 http://www.ModelRailroader.com see road numbers, couple cars, and read paperwork. Last, but not least, is lighting for visi- ...

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CHAMA YARD SWITZERLAND A modeler from Europe builds a modular version of the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic RR’s yard in HOn3 By Ro ...

54 http://www.ModelRailroader.com IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD EASY to find a local modeling theme in the country with the highest rai ...

September 2019 55 the reply came. “You must be Kim. I was told you were coming.” Kim spent the rest of the evening in the cab un ...

56 http://www.ModelRailroader.com Benchwork and track There’s a group called American Modular Rail- roaders in Switzerland (AMOR ...

❻ The crowd admires Kim’s Chama Yard modules at a convention for European modelers of American railroad prototypes in Frankfurt, ...

58 http://www.ModelRailroader.com W hen I installed two BLMA cantilever sig- nal bridges on my for- mer HO scale layout, I wante ...

September 2019 59 (^7) ⁄ 32 " styrene tube, Evergreen 227 Concrete foun- dation blocks (^5) ⁄ 32 " styrene tube, Evergreen 225 . ...