Model Railroader - Magazine - Vol. 88 - Issue 12 - December 2021

• Vol. 88
• Issue: 12
• Release: December 2021
• Series: Model Railroader
• Publisher: Kalmbach

Features:

EVERY FIGURE TELLS A STORY
Don’t just place figures on your layout – tell stories with them

HOW TO SCRATCHBUILD A SEMAPHORE
Use new and old methods to construct this HO scale lineside detail

A TALE OF TWO RAILROADS
A bit of modeler’s license lets the Santa Fe cross rails with Colorado narrow gauge

MODEL HALF-EMPTY COAL HOPPERS
An old photograph gives a clue to operations during the 1950s

ON TRAINS.COM, pg. 6
The latest features on our website

FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
Know-how plus imagination equals success

NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12
Hobby industry news

ASK MR, pg. 18
Santa Fe’s NCX: A freight you can model

REHAB MY RAILROAD, pg. 24
Upgrading the MR&T with Walthers’ new turnouts

RAILWAY POST OFFICE, pg. 22
Letters from our readers

REHAB MY RAILROAD, pg.24
Detail a grain elevator

DCC CURRENTS, pg. 50
Resuscitating a lifeless locomotive

ON OPERATION, pg. 54
Is superiority complex?

PRODUCT REVIEWS, pg. 56
EMD FP7/F7B in HO by WalthersProto, Micro-Trains N high-cube boxcar, and more

TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 62

IT’S PROTOTYPICAL, pg. 66
There’s a prototype for everything!

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON, pg. 73

TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 74
The magic of trains

Overview:

Model Railroader has been the leading model train magazine for the past 75 years.  Each month, we bring you step-by-step modeling projects, fascinating photo tours of model train layouts, unbiased product reviews, new product announcements, tips from the experts and much more!