Model Railroader - Magazine - Vol. 89 - Issue 09 - Sept 2022

• Vol. 89
• Issue: 09
• Release: Sept 2022
• Series: Model Railroader
• Publisher: Kalmbach

Features:

ALL ABOARD!
Discovery World’s new train exhibit features an HO scale layout based on 20th-century Milwaukee

ADD A GATED CROSSING TO YOUR LAYOUT
A simple way to protect lightly used junctions

ONE NIGHT IN SPOKANE
The O scale Pacific Railway & Navigation Co. comes alive after dark

A FRESH TAKE ON THE SANTA FE
Noted modeler Chuck Hitchcock’s 28 x 30-foot HO scale layout depicts branchline railroading in Kansas

30 MINUTES TO BETTER VISION
Create “footlights” for your workbench with LED strip lights

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

FROM THE EDITOR, pg. 8
All aboard for the next leg of the trip

NEWS & PRODUCTS, pg. 12
Hobby industry news

ASK MR, pg. 18
What does freight car lettering mean?

STEP BY STEP, pg. 24
Quick and easy gondola weathering

DCC CURRENTS, pg. 54
Minding the gap

PRODUCT REVIEWS, pg. 56
HO scale EMD SD70M-2 diesel from Athearn, Bachmann N scale Pennsylvania RR streamlined K4s, and more

ON OPERATION, pg. 62
The station agent

TRACKSIDE PHOTOS, pg. 64

INDEX OF ADVERTISERS AND CARTOON, pg. 73

TRAINS OF THOUGHT, pg. 74
Asking “stupid” questions

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!