August 1994
VOLUME 24 NUMBER 8

14 ... SHORTLINE ADVENTURES: THE VIRGINIAN RAILWAY - PART II ... by Larry E. Smilh, MMR 18 ... DAVID TRUSSELL'S MODULAR LAYOUT ... by Chuck Slevens 24 ... MODELING A SEABOARD AIR LINE ALCO RS3 PHASE 2 ... by Jilll Six 32 ... F1NALLY. . . THE NW21 PART II: A LOOK AT THE PROTOTYPE AND THE ROADS THAT USED THEM ... by George Melvill 38 ... MODELING MODERN [NTERMODAL: A SOUTHERN RAILWAY 48' PIGGYBACK TRAILER ... by Ed McCaslill and David G. CasdOlph 40
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FEATURES

DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP: COLORADO & SOUTHERN EMD SD9 ... by Rich Picariello

43 ... BEHIND THE SCENES: IS BEAUTY REALLY SKIN DEEP? ... by Margarel Mansfield 46 ... FREIGHTCAROLOGY: DATES (BUILT, NEW AND IN SERVICE) AND YSD SLIDING DOORS ... by David G. CasdOlph 48 ... W ELCOME TO PLASTICVILLE ... by V. S. Rosemml 53 ... ON TRACK: PHOTO SPOTI ... by Jim Mal15jield 56 ... REALISTIC BILLBOARD LETTERING IN N SCALE ... by SCOII Seekills 58 ... MODELING MODERN I TERMODAL: BN AMERICA "SERVICE BY DESIGN"
EXAMINING THE PROTOTYPE - PART II ... by David A. BOlllrager

4 ... LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
5 ... EDITORIAL 6
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12 ... PRODUCT REVIEW S 30 ... YOUR TREK PLAN 54
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DEPARTMENTS

6 4 ... SOCIETY PAGE 6 5 ... DEALER DIRECTORY 68 ... SHOPPING GUIDE 78 ... ADVERTISER INDEX

NEW PRODUCTS

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS

9 ... SHOPPING GUIDE

A wrecking crane had to be called in to help clean lip the worst accident that ever occurred on David Trussell's modular layout. A visit Turn to page 24 for a look at the prototype and his model. PholO by Jim Six.

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David's layout

begins on page 18. PholO by Bruce Nail. INSET: Jim Six turns his attentionlO modeling one of the Seaboard Air Line's Phase 2 ALCo RS3s.