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Magazine Articles By Robert Schleicher

Brake Wheels for N Scale Freight Cars

How to model and install the correct brake wheels in N-scale.

Con-Cor EMD MP15DC

This is a product review of this model. Includes model photos.

Dick Elwell's Hoosac Valley

This 34' x 64' layout recreates scenes in the Berkshire Mountains along the railroads of western Massachusetts and eastern New York. Includes many photos and a track plan.

Easy Real Railroads Supplement

Modeling a prototype layout may be easier than a freelanced one.

Easy Real Railroads... Special Supplement

Using photos from modelers' layouts, the author describes common patterns that prototype modelers use in their layouts.

Kadee Couples for Con-Cor's MP15DC

How to install Kadee couplers into this model.

Ken McCorry's Conrail

Ken's layout is a massive 32'x102', and it is double-decked to boot. Includes many photos, track plans, and answers to questions posed to Ken.

Modeling from the Prototype

The author describes his visit to Joe Heumphreus' 15'x20' Sierra Railway layout. Includes many photos of the layout and the equipment run on it, as well as a track plan.

Modeling from the Prototype

This article covers Bill Kachel's Pennsylvania Railroad Cosmopolitan Division. It measures 52' x 88' and is set in 1965. After the basic introduction, this article is a photo essay documenting the layout.

Oil Dealer Depot

A photo and drawings of an oil dealer in Cranbrook, British Columbia.

Ron Patzer's Erie-Lackawanna Railroad

The 27'x47' layout is set in the early-1970s. Includes many photos and a track plan of this double-decked layout.

Santa Fe Modelers Meet

A photo essay of models shown at the event.

Snap-Out Styrene Building Techniques

The article proposes the idea of scratchbuilding something specific being easier than trying to kitbash an existing kit. Includes a photo essay on how to build a basic building from styrene.