Model Railroader – October 2019

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A high-tech history lessonInnovations have helped build

this realistic Civil War layoutp. 36

Build a downtown business buildingModify a diesel to late 1960s appearance p. 24 p. 44

Using Google and maps for track planning p. 20

ANOTHER LOOK AT DCC STAY-ALIVES p. 54

Heavy-duty action: A modern-day

Eastern main line p. 28

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OCTOBER 2019

Volume 86, Number 10

On the cover: A United States

Military RR 4-4-0 locomotive

crosses a trestle on Bernard

Kempinski’s O scale Aquia

Line. Bernard Kempinski photo

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8 From the Editor

Among diamonds, the coal shines brightest

10 News & Products

2019 National Train Show report

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18 Railway Post Office

Letters from our readers

20 Ask MR MRVP

Where do I get Copper Basin Ry. maps?

22 Heritage Fleet

Milton Cronkhite, Q gauge, and the Santa Fe

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24 Step by Step

Build, paint, and weather a structure kit

54 DCC Corner

Another look at stay-alives

56 Product Reviews MREXTRA

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N scale Atlas Master EMD SD35, and more

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63 On Operation

Stations don’t need depots

64 Trackside Photos

73 Index of Advertisers

and Cartoon

74 Trains of Thought

Why paying close attention matters

Features

28 Big-time modern railroading in

the East

This 42 x 56-foot HO scale multi-deck

layout is set between Philadelphia and

Baltimore

by Bruce Friedman

36 Highball to high tech MRVP

Battery power, laser cutting, 3-D printing,

and more help bring the Civil War-era

Aquia Line to life

by Bernard Kempinski

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44 Build a late-1960s E unit

Learn how to remove porthole windows

and add lighting effects to an HO scale

Proto 2000 E

by Louis Millan

49 Plans for the East Los Angeles

station

This mission-revival passenger station was

the Union Pacific’s gateway to Southern

California for more than 40 years

by Bruce Briggs

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