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The MODELER'S Magazine

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RAILROADING

Vol. IX, ----SEPTEMBER 1986 F25 No.7

Kevin McKinney
Managing Editor

features

Paul Zack
Senior Editor

Mike Schafer
Contribu ting Editors

Jim Six John Swanson James

E. Humbert

Central of Georgia 11f2-door Boxcars .... . ......... 8

A rt Director

R ichard H. Hendrickson

Allen Ambrosini/GRAVITY GRAPHICS
Research & Assistance

Western Pacific Center-flow Covered Hoppers

John J. Ryczkowski Doug Nuckles Paul Zack

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John H. Kuehl John

Northern Pacific S045's ......................... 21 Photo Roster: Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad... 26 Operations Seen From Both Sides .. . .. . .......... 36

B. Hilbron

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Jerry Pyfer

Prototype Portfolio: Conrail Inspection Trains ..... 41

The PM Staff

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the cover: (Top) T his Northern Pacific SD45 was detailed and painted by Doug Nuckles, who started the project with an Athearn locomotive. His article on NP SD45's and how he finished the model shown begins on page 20 of this issue. Photograph by Doug Nuckles, (Bottom) On July 17, 1980. a Conrail inspection train rolls through the verdant New York state countryside. PM features Conrail business passenger trains in its Prototype Port folio this month, beginning on page 41. Photograph by Denis Connell.

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