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Vol. 23, No. 2; Issue 126; March/April 2013
Page 17 — Starting in steam: Choosing your first locomotive. By Scott E. McDonald.
Page 22 — Staring in Steam: Valves.. By Bill Allen.
Page 30 — 7/8ths cars. By Dave Frediani.
Page 32 — Operations: Scheduled live-steam running with multiple trains. By Jack Verducci.
Page 35 — Diamond in the chuff: A chuff enhancer for a diamond stack . By Rob Lenicheck.
Page 38 — Cupola View: Highballing. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 126
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Vol. 23, No. 1; Issue 125; January/February 2013
Page 11 — By Jiminy, a new ‘Cricket’: A U.S.-built locomotive that ‘everyone should have’ makes a comeback. By Geoff Spenceley.
Page 17 — Modern methods in modeling: Computer-assisted design and computer-aided machining. By Keith Bucklitch.
Page 23 — T1: Accucraft’s Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-4-4. By Will Lindley.
Page 30 — Visiting Portland and Staver’s. By Scott McDonald.
Page 31 — Staver Locomotive. By James Small.
Page 34 — Fascinating world of fasteners. By Gerald Pierce.
Issue No. 125
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Vol. 22, No. 6; Issue 124; November/December 2012
Page 16 — Movin’ on up: A Gauge-One live steamer tries the ride-on scales. By Richard Finlayson.
Page 22 — Ontario steamup: First Wednesday Night Water Boilers’ International Invitational.. By Jeff Young.
Page 25 — Playin’ trains: Having fun at the National Summer Steamup in July. By Marc Horovitz.
Page 33 — Brittany Grimm wins Ron Brown award. By Dave Cole.
Page 34 — Jersey steam: Hobbyists bring small-scale locomotives to the state fair. By Shawn Viggiano.
Page 37 — Krauss kit: After some mods, the author was happy with his Aster. By Gerald Pierce.
Page 40 — T-12: Only a few minor issues with Accucraft's D&RGW. By Bob Winkel.
Page 42 — Lost power: Remedies for fixing a small-scale live steam engine. By Les Knoll.
Page 46 — Neophyte news. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 124
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Vol. 22, No. 5; Issue 123; September/October 2012
Page 16 — A portable layout. After setting stringent design criteria, how a track was built for East Coast liv. By Mike Moore.
Page 22 — Roundhouse steamup. A backstage look at an event held at the Toronto Railway Historical Association. By Jeff Young.
Page 25 — C.P. Huntington. Building from scratch a live-steam 1:29-scale model of a historic locomotive that's. By Bill Allen.
Page 33 — ‘Peveril.’ A review of Accucraft UK's latest live steamer, a model of a circa-1875 Isle of Man, thre. By Paul Hagglund.
Page 38 — Cab Forward. What should have been an easy back-dating of the 1:320 Southern Pacific loco turned out. By Alan Redeker.
Page 43 — Portland. Rain doesn’t dampen the spirits at Staver Locomotive’s Spring 2012 steamup.. By Rob Lenicheck.
Page 46 — ‘Cricket’ redux. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 123
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Vol. 22, No. 4; Issue 122; July/August 2012
Page 16 — R/C One. Fitting an Accucraft Ruby with 2.4 GHz radio control and modifying the transmitter to Mode . By Graeme Price.
Page 19 — R/C Two. Radio control for the Accucraft EBT-12 and exploring what the maker’s ‘R/C ready’ claim mea. By Pete Thornton.
Page 25 — Inspection car. A unique prototype is turned into a small-scale live steam inspection car, ‘Leo.’. By Sonny Wizelman.
Page 34 — Coal-fired K-28 review. Accucraft’s first coal-fired locomotive is a hit both as a model and as coal. By James Overland.
Page 39 — A primer on gas. Navigating the world of butane (and its cousins) as well as the adapters, fillers a. By Carl Weaver.
Page 42 — Great Eastern. Mike Moore’s Aikenback Live Steamers set up at the East Coast Large Scale Train Show.. By Brittany Grimm.
Page 46 — With a little help from our friends. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 122
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Vol. 22, No. 3; Issue 121; May/June 2012
Page 16 — Designing and machining a Maine Forney by Computer. Part Two.. By Eric Schade.
Page 23 — Need some buildings on your layout fast? Try facades.. By Jay Kelly.
Page 25 — Gulf Steam: A look at Diamondhead, Miss.’s annual steamup.. By Tom Myers.
Page 34 — Small-scale live steam a hit at York, Pa’s annual Cabin Fever.. By Scott E. McDonald.
Page 38 — Want more live-steam fun? Double your pleasure, Double Fairley.. By Bill Allen.
Page 46 — Typefaces and rivets. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 121
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Vol. 22, No. 2; Issue 120; March/April 2012
Page 16 — Don’t have an elevated railway? Techniques for Steaming on the ground.. By Earl Martin.
Page 20 — Fitting new springs for more Traction for an Aster NYC Hudson.. By Ryan Bednarik.
Page 25 — Designing and machining a Maine Forney by Computer. Part One.. By Eric Schade.
Page 34 — A coal- or alcohol-fired locomotive needs a Fan.. By Mike Moore.
Page 36 — A small paint compressor provides coal-firing draft.. By Tony Dixon.
Page 39 — Modifying the age of a locomotive with a Cab kit.. By James 'Mitch' Mitchell.
Page 42 — Building the 7/8 vertical-boiler Shay.. By John F. Rosene.
Page 47 — Missing print magazines digitized. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 120
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Vol. 22, No. 1; Issue 119; January/February 2012
Page 16 — Serendipitous technique for better running, better Stack talk. By Larry Bangham.
Page 18 — Keeping the butane warm during the cool months — Winter steaming. By Earl Martin.
Page 22 — For Accucraft engines, a Goodall Check valve. By Rob Lenicheck.
Page 25 — Narrow Mikado — Accucraft’s East Broad Top No. 12 is ‘wonderful’. By Tom Bowdler.
Page 36 — Determined to have a C&O train, he needed to build a Crummy — Workshop project: Cabeese. By Ross Schlabach.
Page 40 — Building the Pennsylvania Railroad’s N5 Cabin car — Workshop project: Cabeese. By Simon Duhamel.
Page 45 — Developing a kit for the Great Northern wood-sheathed Caboose — Workshop project: Cabeese. By Harlan H. Chinn.
Page 49 — What happened to Nov/Dec?. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 119
Issue No. 119
Issue No. 119
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Vol. 21, No. 5; Issue 118; September/October 2011
Page 14 — G1MRA puts a new spin on the ‘Project’ — Armig. By Keith Bucklitch.
Page 19 — The N&W Class J No. 611 electric-to-steam Conversion: Part Three. By Ryan Bednarik.
Page 19 — The N&W Class J No. 611 electric-to-steam Conversion: Part Three. By Charles Bednarik.
Page 25 — Gathering in Sacramento each July for fun and Summer steamin’. By Paul Hagglund.
Page 35 — The late Jack Wheldon inspires an event that’s Transatlantic. By Marc Horovitz.
Page 40 — Mixing with the masses at a farm-themed event — Tucahoe. By Rob Kuhlman.
Page 45 — Moving the Accucraft C-19’s Gas pipe. By Pete Thornton.
Page 48 — Reorganization. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 118
Issue No. 118
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Vol. 21, No. 4; Issue 117; July/August 2011
Page 13 — On the Cumbres & Toltec, taking classes to become a real live-steam fireman. By Rob Lenicheck.
Page 19 — A jewel of a steamup at Staver Locomotive in Portland, Ore.. By Harlan H. Chinn.
Page 25 — Accucraft's new Southern Pacific Narrow Gauge 4-6-0 Slim Princess. By Scott E. McDonald.
Page 34 — Building a steam-powered Model-T rail truck, Part Five. By Howard Maculsay.
Page 40 — N&W Class J No. 611 electric-to-steam conversion, Part Two. By Ryan Bednarik.
Page 40 — N&W Class J No. 611 electric-to-steam conversion, Part Two. By Charles Bednarik.
Page 48 — Promoting live steam — and SitG. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 117
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Vol. 21, No. 3; Issue 116; May/June 2011
Page 18 — Setting up at a train show made them steaming Scouts. By Scott E. McDonald.
Page 20 — Series wraps up with a look at sand boxes. By Dan Rowe.
Page 25 — Aster Alishan Shay, The. By Ross Schlabach.
Page 33 — Building a steam-powered Model-T rail truck, Part Four. By Howard Maculsay.
Page 40 — N&W Class J No. 611 electric-to-steam conversion, Part One. By Ryan Bednarik.
Page 40 — N&W Class J No. 611 electric-to-steam conversion, Part One. By Charles Bednarik.
Page 45 — Large Scale Train Show warms up the East Coast. By Brittany Grimm.
Page 48 — The Cricket’s last chirp?. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 116
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Vol. 21, No. 2; Issue 115; March/April 2011
Page 12 — Mixing Steamups and Trolleys. By Scott E. McDonald.
Page 15 — Steamup as a Trade Fair. By Bert Horner.
Page 17 — Nine Years in Nebraska. By Jerry Barnes.
Page 21 — The Scratch-built AD60 Garratt. By Bill Allen.
Page 29 — A Coal Fired Tribute to Ron Brown. By Tom Bowdler.
Page 32 — Citizen Cane: Converting a Roundhouse Sandy River to a sugar plantation locomotive. By Jim Petropulos.
Page 35 — Revearse Gear and the smaller bits. By Dan Rowe.
Page 38 — A safety valve that goes pop. By Jeff Young.
Page 41 — Introducing the live-steam hobby. By Dave Cole.
Issue No. 115
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