- 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!