RAILROADING

MODEL
NUMBER

VOLUME 26

August 1996
8

FEATURES
12 T
AN IN-DEPTH REVIEW by David A. Bonlrager

Kato C44-9W
ON TRACK

40 T Warren Johnson's Union Pacific:
A Railroader's Layout
by Warren Johnson

19 T

46 T

MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL

In Control - Upgrading Cable Harnesses
by Jim Mansfield MODEL PLANS

and Converter Dollies
by Carler Osborne

Modeling UPS 28' Drop-Frame Trailers

20 T

Canadian Pacific Railway Salmon Arm Station
by Palrick Lawson

56 T

DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP

Reading FP7
by Rich Picariello BEHIND THE SCENES

26 T

FREIGHTCAROLOGY

59 T

Blue Island Reefers: A Pictorial - Part 1
by David G. Casdorph

Perspective, Per Se
by Margarel Mal15jield PROTOTYPE ADVENTURES

30 T

Modeling Atlantic Coast Line SW9 Switchers
by Jim Six

62 T

The Propane Industry Modeling an Unseen Industry
by Larry E. Smith, MMR

34 T The Big Boats - Part Three
by George Melvin

General Electric U33C/U34CH/U36C

64 T Poist Gas - A Small Propane Distributor
by Jilll Rogers

DEPARTMENTS
4 T Letters to the Editor 5 9 12
T Editorial T New Products T Product Reviews

18 T Society Page 24 T Computer Applications 66 T Dealer Directory 73 T Your Trek Plan 78 T Advertiser Index
UP 328. a GP9M ( Omaha GP20) c omes out of the tunnel on a hot August afternoon pulling the N W F ( North West Forwarder) as it approaches West Uintah Turn on Warren Johnson 's U P l ayout. Turn to page 40 for a look at this real railroader's model layout. Photo by Randy Lee. INSET: Here is the namesake for the new publisher of Model Railroadil/g magazi ne. See Randy 's editorial on page 5 for his reasons for nam ing the company Highlands Station. Photo by Carol Webb.

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