This may be the wrong place to ask this, but here goes. I bought my first copy of M R in the mid 50’s. I would love to have a copy of that magazine again. I remember it contained a story on building a kit 40’ wooden box car, and also had a great story about the wood trestle bridge that ended up in Bill McClanahan’s Scenery book. Does anyone have any idea which issue that woud be? It will be from about 1956 or 57 I think. Thanks.
Try the magazine search function. It’s under the “resources” heading at the top of this page. (resources, index of magazines, visit our index of magazines from…, and then search by keyword. you can limit the search to MR only)
I tried and used keywords trestle for the first search, and boxcar for the second. I didn’t see any combination where there was a trestle and boxcar in the same issue, but there are so many different possibilities in the time frame you mention that the searcher wood need to know what kind of trestle (wood, steel, concrete) and what type of boxcar you wanted. Try it yourself and maybe something will jump out.
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Hi Bob,
Not sure of this, but you could try July 1953. I think this may be the one you are looking for, but no promises…
Johnboy out…
If you peruse the index of magazines you come to this page http://index.mrmag.com/tm.exe?opt=M&proc=MR&view=50&text=1950-1969 where you can look at each magazines cover and contents for the 50’s.
I did a similar thing except it was the first book I read on model railroading, SCALE MODEL RAILROADING by Leslie White. I had checked it out of the library in the early 70’s and years later I started looking for it and eventually found it.
Happy Hunting
Paul
Thanks folks, you are the best. I know it’s sentimental, but whatever, I am living in the past.
I tried to find the article, but there are too many. I know the trestle story showed how the builder was doing paper towel over cardboard scenery, had the trestle across an opening, and showed how to detail the water, rocks etc. I may have to buy of copy of Bill McClanahans book and find the article, maybe that will lead me to it.
The box car kit featured a wood sheated 40 footer as I remember, but I dont even remember the brand. It was not an Athern, it actually had to be glued together, etc.
Bob
On page 73 of the edition I have of the Scenery book, it shows a trestle bridge on Jack Work’s layout, and mentions that some other photos in chapter 4 show the scene being built. Could that be the one you’re thinking of?? The train on the bridge appears to be a Canadian Pacific train.
Otherwise except for some drawings on fitting a bridge into the layout, there really isn’t anything about actually building a bridge. It doesn’t mention which issues of MR pictures etc. might be from, but it was first published in 1958 so it sounds like the time frame you’re looking at is correct.
That sure sounds like it. I have a bid in to get an early edition of the book from Ebay, then I can confirm.
Thank you so much for the research. Again, I know this is a small thing, but it was the magazine that started this 50+ year affair!
Bob
That is it! The book came today, and it is indeed Jack Work’s railroad that I was thinking of, now to find which issue that was from.
Thanks again everyone.
You might try the March, 1958 issue; in that issue Jack Work published an article dealing with building a small trestle over a gulley.
You might try the March, 1958 issue; in that issue Jack Work published an article dealing with building a small trestle over a gulley.
This is funny! I just went thru the process of elimination and decided it was March 1958 Evolution of Crooked Creek Pass, and was excited to let you folks know, and there is R T’s post telling me the same info. It is a small world, thank you all.