40 A Bicentennial Scheme for the CWE July 2015 $5.95/47803 July 2015 Volume 84, Number 7 Departments


HEAD END 10 Editor’s Notebook 12 Receiving Yard


32 Rail Books Features Page 54 Pennsylvania


& Western Visit This 3-Rail Late Steam Era O-scale layout


ON THE COVER: PRR M1A TAKES A TURN ON THE


ANNVILLE TURNTABLE PRIOR TO DEPARTING WITH A TRAIN. RMC TOURS THIS GREAT RAIL- ROAD STARTING ON PAGE 54. ALL ABOARD!


40 Two Brass Tanks /LARRY CANADAY BUILDING A PAIR OF UNIQUE STEAM LOCOMOTIVES FROM BRASS FLAT KITS


46 Tracking Your DCC/STEPHEN M. PRIEST, MMR THOUGHTS ON IDENTIFYING & MANAGING DECODERS INSTALLED IN YOUR MOTIVE POWER


48 Yard Building /JIM MOLLOY SCRATCHBUILDING A YARD BUILDING BOARD BY BOARD


54 Pennsylvania & Western /BOB BARTIZEK VISIT AN AMAZING 3-RAIL O-SCALE PRR LAYOUT SET IN THE LATE STEAM ERA


64 Bicentennial Scheme /MATT SNELL CREATING A BELIEVABLE FICTITIOUS BICENTENNIAL PAINT SCHEME FOR THE CWE


72 Photographic Backdrops /JOHN FRUTH HOW TO USE YOUR DIGITAL CAMERA TO CREATE BACKGROUND BUILDINGS


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36 RMC Timetable 38 RMC Perspective 78 Look Both Ways/MIKE SCHAFER & BILL NAVIGATO 82 Test Track/TONY COOK 88 Scratchbuilder’s Workshop/BOB WALKER 92 RMC/Dremel Kitbashing Award/DON WIRTH 95 Classifi ed Advertising 96 Dealer Directory 98 Advertising Index


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Build a Pair of Brass Locomotives Track Your DCC Construct a Yard Building Create Photo Backdrops


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