The Missouri, Kansas & Quincy: a railfan's railroad-----------------------------------6
An HO western line featuring scenery for all seasons
BY GARY HOOVER
The Ozark & Great Plains Railroad----20
A beautiful N-scale layout featuring modeling from the heart
BY LOREN NEUFELD
Tales of Tehachapi----------------------------28
An engineer recalls running steam engines on "the hill"
BY TOMMY JOHNSON
Harry Roberts' O-scale empire: eastern railroading in a big way---------------------36
Power and speed are in with the emphasis on big industry
BY PAUL DOLKOS
Gil Freitag's Stony Creek & Western: an HO scale classic-------------------------------44
Combining the vision of John Allen with today's technology
BY JIM KELLY
Prototype free-lancing on the Allegheny Midland----------------------------56
"What if" modeling can make free-lancing easier and more realistic
BY TONY KOESTER
Jack Burgess' Yosemite Valley RR----62
Better modeling through history
BY GEORGE HALL
The Ironhead Timber Co.: Logging in the Pacific Northwest-----------------------72
An On3 layout that's 1/3 HO
BY BOB CLARKE
The essence of mountain railroading-------------------------------------------------------------78
Running helpers on the Virginian Ohio
BY W. ALLEN MCCELLAND
The Esquimault & Nanaimo Railway-82
Faithfully following a modern prototype
BY STEVE STARK
Switching Shippensburg with the Reid brothers--------------------------------------------87
A great N-scale layout comes alive
BY JIM KELLY
Gently through the looking glass------92
Increase realism through stage lighting and backdrops
BY LEE VANDE VISSE
Dashing through the snow----------------98
Seasons greetings from the GMR crew