July 1994
VOLUME 24 NUMBER 7

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FEATURES
... MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL: GENERIC FIXED-LENGTH CHASSIS ... by Doug Geiger
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... F1NALLY . . THE NW21 PART I: A LOOK AT THE PROTOTYPE AND THE ROADS THAT USED THEM ... by George Melvin ... BEHlND THE SCENES: THROUGH THE DOORWAY ...
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by Margaret Mansfield

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... ON TRACK: A SWITCH IN HISTORY ... by .lim Mansfield

PART l: EXAMINING THE PROTOTYPE TRAILERS - STANDARDS AND VARIATIONS ... by David A. Bontrager
42 ... SHORTLINE ADVENTURES: THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY - PART I ... by Larry E. Smith, MMR 44

... MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL: J . B. HUNT TRANSPORT, INC. - UNLIMITED MODELING POSSIBILITIES

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... PETE DOTY'S HOLY CROSS & CRYSTAL RIVER RAILROAD ...
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by Tricia Guthrie

... FREIGHTCAROLOGY: MODERN BOXCAR DOOR CONFIGURATIONS ... b y David G. Casdorph
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... MODELING A SEABOARD COAST LINE SD4S-2 ...

by .lim Six

... DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP: CANADIAN NATIONAL GP40-2L ... by Rich Picariello

6 ... NEW PRODUCTS

5 ... EDITORIAL

4 ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

50 ... COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

49 ... VIDEO REVIEW

1 4 ... YOUR TREK PLAN

DEPARTMENTS

53 ... SOCIETY PAGE

68 ... SHOPPING GUIDE

65 ... DEALER DIRECTORY 78 ... ADVERTISER INDEX

9 ... PRODUCT REVIEWS

her spot next door. Tum to page 44 for more. Photo by Bruce N e ill . INSET: Dave Bontrager begins a multi-pan series on modeling 1. B . Hunt Transport, Inc., intemlodal equipment beginning on page 33. This month he examines their prototype trailers. Photo by David A. Bontrager.

No. 2S is j ust easing into the enginehouse at the end of the day on Pete Doty's HOn3 Holy Cross & Crystal River Railroad. No. 20 has already taken up

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