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July 1996
VOLUME 26 NUMBER 7

RAILROADING

MODEL

FEATURES
10 T
DCC UPDATE

At Digital Command Control: Part VI Building a Decoder from a Kit for $19 And Your Own On-Board Sound System
by Larry Puckett
MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL

Model Railroading's Continuing Look

48 T Making Waves

by David Trussell

51 T Sunrise at West Clarksfield:
A Modelable Prototype
by Jim Six
DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP

22 T

54 T

Union Pacific (UP) GE C30-7
by Rich Picariello
FREIGHTCAROLOGY

N-Scale 89' Trailer Flats
by Doug Geigel; MMR

58 T

28 T Burlington Northern's "Denver" SW12s:
by David A. Bontrager

Used Cars (and a Note on the 1996 Intermodal EXPO)
by David G. Casdorph

A Prototype Review & Modeler's Notebook

34 T T he Big Boats - Part Two
by George Melvin

61 T

ON TRACK

General Electric U33C1U34CH/U36C

Constructing Curved Fascias: Part Two - Control Panels
by Jim Mansfield

40 T Gary Petersen's Salt Lake Southern A Look at SLS Operations

62 T

BEHIND THE SCENES

by Dava

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by Ma rg a r e t Mansfie ld

Front Stnt Towr: T h Packagil1g of M!1y -S!1

DEPARTMENTS
5 T Editorial 8 T Letters to the Editor

14 T New Products 17 T Book Beat 18 T Product Reviews 20 T Computer Applications 21 T Video Review 64 T Dealer Directory 68 T Society Page 73 T Your Trek Plan 78 T Advertiser Index

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