August 2001 • Volume 7, Issue 8 • The NewsMonthly for Model Railroaders
	Featured in this issue: • Atlas HO Dash 8-40B • K-Line's F40PH Passenger Locomotive • Atlas' new Center Flow Presureaide Hopper • Atlas' Classic Alco RS-11 • InterMountain's new 12 Panel 40' Boxcar • USA 50 foot steel boxcars • MDC (1:24) Rail Speeder • Street Running by Pentrex • The Mini Train Cams of Al Sawyer • Passenger Cars of New England • S Curves column by Roy Hoffman • Train-Tech Forum hosted by Danny Rittman • The Teen Association of Model Railroading column by Jim Spavins • Larger View column by John Sipple • plus lots of new product news and photos
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Reviews
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o	Atlas HO Dash 8-40B Review by Michael J. Pratt Photos by Mike Lindsay New to the HO scale Atlas Master series is General Electric’s Dash 8-40B. See if Michael thinks they are worthy of the term “Master” as he considers the prototype, assembly, details, paint schemes, and performance in this page one review.
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	K-Line's F40PH Passenger Locomotive Review by David Otte Photos by Mike Lindsay K-Line’s F40PH Passenger Diesel Locomotive is being offered in Amtrak’s Phase III paint scheme. David covers the prototype, design, quality of construction and finish, and level of detail in K-Line’s attempt to produce a better O gauge train in this review.
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	Atlas' new Center Flow Presureaide Hopper Review by Michael J. Pratt Photos by Mike Lindsay Never before produced in N scale, and modeled after American Car & Foundry’s freight car, this hopper comes fully assembled and ready to run. If you need to haul flour, starch, talc, clay, limestone, or other dry, powdered commodities, this review is for you.
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	Atlas' Classic Alco RS-11 Review by Michael J. Pratt Photos by Mike Lindsay New & Improved! Find out why “The new Classic RS-11 is a significant improvement over the older release, especially on the outside. The new RS-11 from Atlas is a welcome resurrection of an Alco classic.”
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	InterMountain's new 12 Panel 40' Boxcar Review by Dr. John Hullman Photos by Mike Lindsay Find out why Dr. Hullman says Southern Pacific’s 12 Panel 40’ Boxcar is good news for N scale freight car modelers in his review of this kit from InterMountain.
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	USA 50 foot steel boxcars Review and photos by John Sipple Now affectionately known as the “Trio Grande” with USA Trains’ SD40-2 in Rio Grande livery on his layout, John Sipple covers USA’s newest freight car addition to large scale—50’ steel boxcars. Get prototype info, paint details, performance and more in this full color review.
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	MDC (1:24) Rail Speeder Review and photos by John Sipple What is a speeder? Find out from John in this review of “a cute little guy that taps an 80 year tradition in railroading.”
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	Street Running by Pentrex Review by John Sipple Have fun just reading this review about trains running right down the middle of several city streets in America, featured on this new VHS video from Pentrex.
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	The Mini Train Cams of Al Sawyer VHS video, Mini Train Cams: Canyon Lake Rocky Mountain Railroad Review by Bill McKean Do you wish to build your own camera car? Bill reviews this interesting video which shows the techniques and possibilities of creating your own.
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	Passenger Cars of New England, Volumes I, II, and III by Robert A. Liljestrand and David R. Sweetland Review by John Sipple Want historical perspective and general information on New England passenger equipment? Start here with this review by John Sipple.
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Club News
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	Teen Association of Model Railroaders (TAMR) Switching Games by Jim Spavins This month, Jim explains what switching games are and how they can improve your switching skills. e-mail Jim tamr@modelrailroadnews.com visit TAMR www.tamr.org
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Departments
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	Editorial Click to read/respond to this month's Editorial Peer Pressure by Michael J. Pratt, Managing Editor
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	New! Larger View column by John Sipple This month John Sipple shares A Trainload of Ideas — Part 2 in a serial column about Trains in the Classroom. e-mail John at Largerview@modelrailroadnews.com
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	S Curves column by Roy Hoffman This month, Roy covers the National Association of S Gaugers (NASG) Election, divesified companies which product S gauge products, and features the South Jersey S-Gaugers club. e-mail Roy at scurves@modelrailroadnews.com
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	TrainTech Forum A technical discussion for the not-so-technically minded - hosted by Danny Rittman This month Danny explains upgrading to DCC with decoders. e-mail Danny at traintechforum@modelrailroadnews.com
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	Letters online Read and respond to letters that appear in our August 2001 issue. We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. We want to hear from you! Click on Letters
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	Events & Activities online This monthly department is packed with plenty of model railroading events and activities. Make plans to attend one in your area. You’ll be glad you did. Read this month's Events, or send us your Event info.
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