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VOLUME 29 NUMBER 9

September 1999
FEATURES
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MODELING MODERN INTERMODAL

Spine Cars, Part SA:

Modeling the T rinity 53' All-Purpose
by Doug Geigel; MMR

27 T Building Swanson Holler
by Ray Persing

34 T

IClICGIIC Boxcars

FREIGHTCAROLOGY

by David G. Casdorph

3 8 T A Trip on the KS&N (HO)
by Art Fahie

44 T New Life for an Old Southern Hopper by Dan Bourque DIESEL DETAIL CLOSE-UP by Gene F usco by Rich P icariello

55 T The Aleo PA - The Burly Beauty Part 8: PRR & SP 60 T
BEHIND THE SCENES by George Melvin ON TRACK

Southern's Extended-Height Offset Twins

Cleaning Up the Act
by Margaret Mansfield

48 T Painless Rivets 52 T

62 T

Track and Wheel Maintenance by Jim Mansfield

C B&Q EMD F3A Phase" & F3B

Part 4: The Rest of the Track

DEPARTMENTS
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Editorial Book Beat

12 T New Products 16 T Product Reviews 19 T Society Page 63
Dealer Directory Boys in the Basement
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73 T Your Trek Plan 78 T Advertiser Index ABOUT THE COVER

RS3 45 1 passes through rustic Swanson Holier on its way back to Wayland Junction. The scene is set on Ray Persing's Cincinnati Terminal Rajl way. Starting on page 27, Ray shares how he bui l t this award-winning diorama that took first place in the Off-Line Displays category at this year's St. Paul NMRA convention. Photo by Ray Persing. INSET: T he Southern Railway extended the l i fe of many of i ts 55-ton offset-side hoppers by extending the height of the cars. Turn to page 44 to see how Dan Bourque k itbashed this Athearn hopper. P hoto by Stuart Thaya