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A Guide to PRR F-Units and Their Evolutions Part 2 of 2

This issue comes with two scale drawings of F7 A and B units. The articles discusses F7 and F3 Betterments, Maintenance Modifications, Painting & Lettering, Repainting, Renumbering, Leased Units, and Dispositions. There are lots of detail drawings, close-up photos of items in the text, and accident photos (for seeing details that might otherwise be blocked from view).

Model Review - Walthers/Proto 2000 PRR FS-10 in HO-scale

The article reviews the Fairbanks-Morse H10-44 switcher and includes prototype photos, scale drawings, unit numbers and their information.

Model Review: The Broadway Limited Imports PRR EF-15 in HO-Scale

The author offers some historical information and then reviews the model. Includes one prototype photo and several model photos.

Modeling an ND and NDa Cabin Car

The author describes the last of the four-wheeled "bobber" cabin cars. He uses an older wooden HO-scale kit to built his model. Includes several prototype photos, drawings, and many model photos.

Modeling HO Pennsylvania Railroad Position Light Signals Part 5

This installment covers building a two-arm bridge signal. Includes prototype and model construction photos as well as scale drawings.

Modeling HO Pennsylvania Railroad Position List Signals Part 3

This installment covers some variations on the basic single-arm PL mast signal. Includes model and prototype photos, wiring diagrams, prototype engineering drawing of the signal head, and some model construction photos.

Modeling PRR Telegraph & Signal Department Relay Cases and Battery Boxes in HO Scale Part 1

The series starts off by covering battery boxes, which housed the batteries to power nearby signals, crossing gates, flashers, and other electrical devices. Includes many model and prototype photos, scaled drawings, and instructions for how to model them in HO-scale.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Flat Car Fleet

This installment covers modeling the F30 class. Includes prototype and model photos. The author took a brass F31 model and cut it to the right length to model the F30.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 18

Prototype and research information, as well as information about how to build a model in HO-scale of the PRR's G28.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 18

This is a repeat of an earlier article.

Modeling the Pennsylvania Railroad's Gondola Fleet Part 19

This installment covers updates regarding the G31A, G31B, G31D, and G35 classes. Includes several prototype photos, and model super-detailing close-ups.

Product Review: BLI's PRR BF-16's in HO Scale

The author reviews the Broadway Limited Imports, LLC's recently-released HO-scale version of the Baldwin RF16A and RF16B freight locomotives. These locomotives include improvements over earlier models from other manufacturers such as correct nose contours, factory applied Trainphone apparatus and more details and features than the prior models. The article includes a brief historical overview of the prototype engines. Prototype and model photos are included to compare their details

Scientific Models / Micro-Mark HO Scale PRR Standard Branch Roads Passenger Shelter

A product review of the kit.

Tangent Scale Models G31B Gondola

This is a product review of the model. The article includes the history of the G31 class and subclasses, and prototype photos.

The Landscapes of the PRR Part 5-1

This installment covers the PRR stonework masonry. It discusses in great length the idea and application of casting your own masonry for bridges, including individual bricks. Includes lots of prototype and model photos.

The Landscapes of the PRR Part 5-1

This installment of the PRR stoneworks masonry (this being part 2), covers bridge piers, stone arch bridges, and tunnel portals. Includes lots of prototype and model photos. Also includes a discussion on how to cast your own stone work.

The Landscapes of the PRR Part 5-1

A duplication of the March 2006 TKM article.