Trying to locate Milwaukee, Racine, and Troy layout articles

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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Hello,

I am looking for Magazine dates containing the Milwaukee,Racine, and Troy layout I tried to search for it in back issues but did not really know what year to start at. Can anyone please help me find these articles?

I`d surely appreciate it

Thank You

Ed Carter

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Can’t tell you off the top of my head, but our hosts at MR should be able to give you the info if you ask.

Bob

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Ed, I think that the ones presented below are just about all of those about, or associated with sections of, the MR&T layout. I’ve long been a fan of this layout and run a number of custom made MR&T cars on my own pike.

1985 Mar pg 76 Operating Night On The MR&T

1986 Dec pg ? Build Artz Lumber Co.

1986 Nov pg 78 Export Elevator For the MR&T

1988 Jan pg 100 Go Tower On The MR&T

1988 Oct pg 90 Downtown Milwaukee On The MR&T

1989 Dec pg 88 The New MR&T

1990 Jul pg 78 Drop Bridge For The MR&T

1992 Mar pg 76 Hansen Storage

1997 Jun pg 60 A Corner Full Of Industry

2005 Jun pg 50 Modeling A Highway Underpass

There are one, or two, additional very recent articles (one dealing with making a commuter stop) that might be added to the list.

CNJ831

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Thank you for the quick reply Now to find the original track plan

Thanks again

Ed

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According to today’s Cody’s Office video, there is a trackplan in the December 2007 issue of MR. Or are you looking for the trackplan of the railroad at the old facility?

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Hi guys,

The MR&T actually shows up in MR all the time. About two-thirds of the Step by Step scenery columns (there’s one in each MR issue) are done on the MR&T. The canyon scene on page 32 of the October issue, for example, is on the MR&T, as was the pasture in September’s issue and the feed mill in August’s issue.

Last spring MR published a special issue called “How to Build Realistic Scenery.” That issue contains the best of the Step by Step columns from recent years. Three-fourths of those stories take place on the MR&T (you can still buy the issue direct from Kalmbach).

Also, the photo at the top of our home page (Great Northern passenger train) was taken on the MR&T. In the upcoming January issue, the project the staff is building (it is planned as a six-part series) is on the MR&T.

Another way to see the MR&T is to watch our HO locomotive review videos. Those on a layout with a dark red fascia are shot on the Wisconsin & Southern layout (which actually connects to the MR&T – the layouts are across the aisle from each other). Those videos with a dark green fascia or any bridges or water scenes are shot on the MR&T.

Sincerely,

Neil Besougloff

editor

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I would add to my earlier post that if you wish to “see” what the entire MR&T actually looks like (i.e. not just a trackplan diagram), the Bonus Feature on Dream, Plan, Build Vol. 3 provides a layout tour of most of the MR&T’s trackage.

CNJ831