Magazine Issue

April 2003

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Model Railroader has been the leading model train magazine for the past 75 years. Each month, Model Railroader brings you step-by-step modeling projects, fascinating photo tours of model train layouts, unbiased product reviews, new product announcements, tips from the experts, and much more!

Plus, subscribers get exclusive online access to hundreds of track plans, product reviews, videos, bonus articles and more. Whether you’re new to the hobby or a seasoned veteran, this magazine is for you!

Contents
The HO/HOn3 Stony Creek & Western has inspired modelers for 37 years
By Gil Freitag
Foldout drawings of the coal-loading facility at Sodus Point, N.Y.
By Harold W. Russell
Build a 50-foot 1960s boxcar
A later-vintage freight car from an earlier-era HO scale kit
By Mont Switzer
Styrene makes scratchbuilding L&N's Limestone Springs, Ky., depot easy
By Dick Scott
The Old West outdoors
Visit the G scale Lake Tahoe & Truckee
By Don Watters
Building the Turtle Creek Central: Conclusion
Adding a 1950s town to our project layout
By Jim Kelly
Staging solutions
Tips for adding storage capacity to a small layout
By Paul J. Dolkos
Departments
At the Throttle
Railway Post Office
Workshop
Back to Basics
Trackside Photos
Workin' on the Railroad
Trains of Thought
DCC Corner
Prototype Info
Coming Events
Index of Advertisers
Editorial Flashback