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Contents for issue 58
Type Details Page Scale Author
Editorial Adding the details
Doubling or trebling the pleasure got from the hobby by spending a little time on 'adding the details'to both locos, stock and structures.
85 Chris Ellis
Editorial Seeing and Observing
Reflections; to see is one thing (to look at). To observe another thing altogether (to take note). And what we all ought to do better in building our layouts.
86 John Flann
Review Hornby: GWR 'Grange' 4-6-0

 87 OO Chris Ellis
Article New for 2005 - part 2

 90 Various Chris Ellis
Layout description Vine Creek Mine
Builder's first attempt at "backwoods" US narrow gauge in On30 set in the mountains of Colorado. Designed as a response to a WRG challenge to build an operating layout in 3ft 3in x 12in plus fiddle yard. With plans for a larger layouts in the same vein, 8'6 or 12ft long x 1ft .
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		92 On30 Marshall Vine
Layout description Eastham Works
British carriage & wagon works layout in OO, built over one weekend with minimum cost. Initially used for storing part built rolling stock and also as a shunting layout. 3ft 3in x 6in
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		94 OO Graham Weller
Layout idea DB's Workshop Layout
Prototype German wagon works located in Nurenburg, showing the similarities with Graham Weller's "Eastham Works".
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		95 HO Chris Ellis
Article Locomotive detailing
Getting away from the 'out of the box' look by adding details to ready-to-run models. (ph, )
 97 HO Chris Ellis
Layout description Butler Frozen Foods
Suggestions for a portable HO American switching yard 8ft x 12in, ideal for exhibiting, and serving one rail customer-a frozen food facility.
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		98 HO John Flann
Scale drawing BR Coaching stock / LMS District Engineer's s Saloons

Plan(s) 		100 Arthur North
Layout idea East 12th Street
Plan in HO for US industrial switching based on real life practice; set in an area with old and new buildings. Author describes industries and operating methods, 8ft x 2ft .
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		102 HO Andrew Martin
Layout idea Braunton Sidings
British OO branchline plan set in late 1950's to early 1960's. American author describes his 5ft x 2ft 8in plan.
Plan(s) 		103 OO Nick Thompson
Layout description Port Abel RR
Canadian HO car barge layout with sector plate as part of the plan. Operation is both complex and remotely controlled, using the author's self designed electronics. 5ft x1ft 6in
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		104 HO Leo Johansen
Article Strongheart Packing Co.
Scratchbuilt small Los Angeles lineside industry building as a subject to model.
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		106 Bruce Petty
Layout description Poppy Hollow/Barley Dean
Award winning scenic OO classic layout 8ft x 7ft, of a GWR country branch line, featured the 'classic' oval for continuous running and scratch built structures.
Plan(s) Photograph(s) 		108 OO John Flann

This abstract of contents is the result of months of work by John Flann and Steve Hawthorne. If you can help fill in the gaps or have spotted any errors in the existing index, please contact Emrys Hopkins.