Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1995 October GP38-2 scale drawings & Modeling

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Railroad Model Craftsman Magazine 1995 October GP38-2 scale drawings & Modeling
Railroad Model Craftsman 1995 October
Departments
6 Notes on an Old Timetable Editorial-Harold H. Carstens
7 Safety Valve
Letters from our readers
12 Dispatchers Report Product and industry news
18 RMC Timetable Scheduled events and notices
88 Test Track
Product reviews
108 Collector Consist Eclectic Electric - Pt. I -by Keith Wills
110 Editors Notebook Commentary-William C. Schaumburg
114 Classified Advertising
Commercial listings
114 Dealer Directory Recommended hobby dealers
115 Exchange Place Non-commercial listings 121 Advertising Index
Special features
46 Perspective: Farewell to the forty footer by George Melvin The ubiquitous 40-foot boxcar, once the backbone of every large railroad's freight car fleet, is fast disappearing from America's rails.
50 Harvey Robinson's Santa Fe layout by Robert Smaus Housed in a garage, this late 1950's-early 1960's era HO scale layout, features plenty of switching and industries.
64 Scranton 1937: The Steamtown diorama by William C. Schaumburg
To coincide with the grand opening of Steamtown, in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the National Park Service recently unveiled an HO scale diorama of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western's Scranton shops as they looked in 1937.
72 Computers 5.0 by Harry Bonham
A look at some new and upgraded programs written for model railroaders.
81 A layout design seminar: From the L&HR to the PRR: The design and rationale behind my HO scale PRR Northeastern Division by Dave Messer
The post WWII takeover of the L&HR by the Pennsylvania Railroad is the scenario behind this budding layout.
Modeling
54 Modeling a Southern Rwy. GP38-2 by Jim Six
An Athearn GP38-2 and a Cannon & Company high-nose cab are combined to produce a good looking model of a Southern loco.
68 RMC Dremel Kitbashing Award: Kitbashing a better MKT 50-foot boxcar by Daniel Peithman
Adding new sides to a Details West kit can produce this MKT car. 76 You say you can't scratchbuild? by Al Potts and Bill Ehlert Here is a look at how one club encourages scratchbuilding.
Prototype
57 The EMD GP38-2: General Motor's second generation workhorse by Ken Goslett with drawings by Eric Neubauer Behind the utilitarian design is a dependable locomotive that can be found on railroads throughout North America.
80 Fire hose shed for a lumber mill by Thomas A. Yorke
This little shed contained hoses and fire fighting equipment.
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