1996 Issues
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Historical Note: In 1996, the magazine was purchased from Wiesner by Highlands Station, Inc.
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DD Diesel Detail Close-Up
FC Freightcarology
LO Layout Feature
MMI Modeling Modern Intermodal
PA Prototype Adventures
SA Shortline Adventures
SF Special Feature
BTS Behind the Scenes
OT On Track |
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 January 1996
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 July 1996
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DD Union Pacific GE C41-8W
FC Revolutions
LO Mercur & Topaz Railroad
MMI Maxi-Stack IIIs© (Part2: The Model)
SF Southern Railway NW2 Switchers
SF Modeling WW2 C&O Boxcars (Part 3)
SF Modeling FPPX Rotary Dump Gons
SF Modeling SP P-8 Pacific #2470
SF Plans CN Todd Creek Wood Trestle
SF Work/Wreck Trains (Part 10: Photos)
BTS Building a Backdrop
OT Fuel Foolery (Part 5) |
DD Union Pacific (UP) GE C30-7
FC Used Cars (and 1996 Intermodal EXPO)
LO Gary Petersen's Salt Lake Southern
MMI N-Scale 89' Trailer Flats
SF BN's "Denver" SW12s: Prototype & Model
SF DCC Update (Part 6: $19 Kit Decoder &
On-Board Sound System)
SF Making Waves
SF West Clarksfield: A Modelable Prototype
SF U33C/U34CH/U36C (Part 2: FCP, GN, IC,
MILW, NdeM, NJDOT)
BTS Packaging of a Many-Scene
OT Curved Fascias (Part 2: Control Panels) |
 Febuary 1996
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 August 1996
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DD CB&Q EMD FT A&B
FC 48' Exterior Post Domestic Containers
LO Union Pacific Wahsatch Division
MMI UPS Eqpt. (Introduction: Part 1)
SF Athearn GE C44-9W: In-Depth Review
SF Building a Helix
SF Kitbashing Great Northern SDP40
SF Modeling SP P-8 Pacific #2470
SF ScratchBuilding Ortner 3-Bay Rapid
Discharge© Hoppers (Part 1)
BTS Into the Fourth Dimension
OT New Bridge - A Tale of Time |
DD Reading FP7
FC Blue Island Reefer Pictorial
LO Warren Johnson's UP Layout
MMI Modeling UPS 28' Drop-Frame Trailers
& Converter Dollies
SF Plans: CP Railway Salmon Arm Station
SF Modeling APL SW-9 Switches
SF U33C/U34CH/U36C (Part 3: NP.PC, Santa
Fe,SCL, SOU, Squaw Creek, SP)
SF Poist Gas - Small Propane Distributer
PA Modeling Unseen Propane Industry
BTS Perspective, Per Se
OT In Control - Upgrading Cable Harnesses |
 March 1996
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 September 1996
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DD Conrail EMD SW1200
FC The Bethgon® Revisited
LO Beaver and Timber Springs (BATS)
MMI UPS Eqpt. (Introduction: Part 2)
PA Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Part 1)
SF DCC Update (Part 5: New Developments)
SF Modeling an ACL M3 Caboose
SF Plans: CP Rail Nelson Station
SF ScratchBuilding Ortner 3-Bay Rapid
Discharge© Hoppers (Part 2)
BTS An Excersize in Reverse Engineering
OT New Bridge - A Second Time |
DD Santa Fe (ATSF) ALCO PA/PB1
FC Blue Island Pictorial (Part 2)
LO Doug Jolely's Former Timber Creek Ry.
MMI Conspicuity Striping
SF E7 (Part 1: ACL, BAR, B&O, B&M)
SF Modeling WP GP20s
SF Kitbashing a CP Rail Scale Test Car
SF Right-of-Way Detail in N-Scale
SF Kitbashing SCL GE U18B "Baby Boat"
SF Foam Rocks and Trees
BTS Fitting the Pieces Together
OT Control Panels - The Artistic Side |
 April 1996
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 October 1996
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DD NYC ALCO FA1/FB1
FC D&RGW's Coal Cars
LO Bob Mazzi's O Scale Empire
MMI UPS 26' 6"/28' Drop-Frame Trailers
(Part 1)
PA Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Part 2)
SF Detailing the Weather Way
SF GE Dash 9-44CW (Prototype: Part 2)
SF Handylaying N-Scale Track (Part 1)
SF Modeling a ACL E8
SF Kitbashed Southern BL3
SF Modeling Golden West 57' Mech. Reefer
BTS Bridges, Bridges, Bridges
OT New Bridge Time Again |
DD SP&S ALCO RS3
FC NS Frieght Cars (Part 1: Intro)
MMI The Martrac Story
LO Tim Mears' Sorry Valley Railway
PA Propane Industry (Part 2: Modeling
a Small WW2-Era Distribution Plant)
SF E7 (Part 2: CB&Q, CofG, C&O, C&EI,
C&NW, FEC)
SF Modeling Union Pacific C44-9W #9717
SF Modeling Centrel of Georgia's E8s
SF A Classics Car Barn
BTS Fascia Treatment (Part 1)
OT DCC & Jersey Western RR |
 May 1996
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 November 1996
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DD Loco. Mgmt. Serv. (LMS) GE C40-8W
FC Thrall's 52' Gondola Cars Since 1963
LO Onion Valley Lumber & Mining Co.
MMI UPS 26' 6"/28' Drop-Frame Trailers (Part 2)
PA Great Smoky Mtns. Ry. (Part 3)
SF Handylaying N-Scale Track (Part 2: Turnouts)
SF SAL E8 for the Silver Meteor
SF Enhancing a Predecorated SP C44-9W
BTS Tunnel Masquerade
OT In Control |
DD Southern Pacific EMD GP35
FC NS Freight Cars (Part 2: N&W Coal Cars)
MMI Modeling the Matrac Fleet
LO Carolina & Western Update
SF Kitbashing CN/CP "Shorty" Snowplows
SF DCC Update (Part 7: What's New for1997)
SF E7 (Part 3: Frisco, GN, GM&O, IC)
SF Tim Mears' Sorry Valley Railway
BTS Fascia Treatment (Part 2)
OT Cast, Stage & Props |
 June 1996
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 December 1996
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SOLD OUT |
DD Great Northern EMD E7
FC NS Freight Cars (Part 3: SOU, Coal Cars)
MMI Detailing an Athearn Husky-Stack®
LO Don Mayo's Happy Valley
SF Modeling Alton & Southern SW 1500s
SF Modeling Sant Fe Reefers
SF Kitbashing CN Double-Track Snowplow
SF Modeling WW2 C&O Hopper Cars (Part 4)
SF E7 (Part 4: KCS, L&N, MEC)
BTS Now You See It - Now You Don't!
OT Basic Ballast Techniques |