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Magazine Articles By David Leider

Building a Decorative Platform Lamp

This articles describes how to scratchbuild a station lamp that fits the 1920s or later as it was found at the Soo Line Waupaca, Wisconsin station.

Building a Spray Paint Booth

This brief article covers the construction of a simple wooden box with some shelves and a 30" range hood for ventilation to the outside.

Modeling Soo Line 2600-series Milk Cars

These ten cars were built in 1924. The author built his model from a flat car kit, a roof from another kit, and scratchbuilt the main body. Many prototype and model construction photos, as well as scale drawings are included.

Pickle Salting Stations

This article describes salting stations, and how specialty rail cars were involved. Includes prototype and model photos.

The Waupaca-Green Bay Rwy. Enginehouse

The author describes how he built this two-stall, multi-level roundhouse. Includes scale diagrams and prototype photos.