NASG Dispatch 2019 #6 November Articles
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President's Message
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2019 #6 November
Page:
2
Author:
Will Holt
Category:
Model Railroad Organizations
Description:
Recruiting again. Announcement of the 2020 NASG Convention.
The Conductor's Clipboard
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
2
Author:
Bill Pyper
Category:
Model Railroad Magazines
Description:
The editor is moving, and also stepping down as the Dispatch editor. The "S Gaugian" magazine column, "Club Car", is now going to move to the NASG's Dispatch. Norman Bos joins as the Dispatch advertising manager.
Small Cape Cod House
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
4
Author:
Joe Kimber
Category:
Structures - Homes
Description:
The author describes how he found a couple of Plasticville Cape Code buildings, and set about making them more S-scale.
Teens Enjoying Trains
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
7
Author:
Brooks Stover
Category:
Operations
Description:
The author's grandkids came by and had a blast operating their grandpa's new, under-construction layout. This also was the layout's first "operating session".
Loads From Medical Supplies
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
8
Author:
Buff Buffington
Category:
Freight Car Loads
Description:
The author shows how he built several loads from leftover medical supplies.
What Can We Learn From Other Scales
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
10
Author:
Jeff Madden
Category:
Model Railroad History
Description:
Comparing S to, and learning from, O-scale. The article also describes the end of the S Gaugian magazine.
Barge Operation on the Conrail & Eastern
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
11
Author:
David Heine
Category:
Operations
Description:
The operating barge system from Frank Titman's Spiral Hill Railroad layout was saved and then reinstalled on Bert Mahr's Conrail & Eastern Railroad. Includes many photos of the barge in action, and fully describes the move and integration of the layout section.
Types of Track
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2019 #6 November
Page:
14
Author:
Steven Allen
Category:
Track
Description:
The author describes the various types of pre-manufactured track available in S-scale.
Trains Under the Tree
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2019 #6 November
Page:
16
Author:
unaccredited
Category:
Layouts - S
Description:
Photos of various Christmas layouts.
NASG Model Contest Changes
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
18
Author:
Dick Karnes
Category:
Model Railroad Shows
Description:
The NASG's Contest Chairman announces the changes made to the contest rules applicable to the contests held at the NASG Conventions.
Building Buck's Creek Station
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
19
Author:
Tom Hartrum
Category:
Structures - Depots/Stations/Yards
Description:
The author describes how he built this AM Models' structure, including lighting and detailing the interior.
A Magnificent Old Locomotive Kit
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
21
Author:
Steve Monson
Category:
Locomotives - 0-4-0
Description:
The author describes how he saved up for the Rex 0-4-0 Docksider kit when it first came out. Now, many years later he found another kit, but it has become a collector's item.
Stateline S Gaugers
Issue:
2019 #6 November
Page:
24
Author:
George Sorensen
Category:
Model Railroad Clubs
Description:
The club needed to give up on a large modular layout due to age-related issues, and so they designed a layout based on one of the A.C. Gilbert original display layouts.