Index of S Gauge Herald (1960-1978)
- Header "N" indicates Narrow Gauge articles; "S" indicates Standard Gauge, Scale articles; There are no hi-rail articles
- Not included in the Index: Editorials, letters, new product announcements, random photos, advertisements
| Category | H | N | S | Title or Topic | Author | Notes | Vol, # | Date | Pg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| company profile | Cleveland Throws In the Towel | Originator of S (" CD" ) goes out of business | 1,3 | Nov-60 | 18 | ||||
| construction, details | Street Lights | William Crawford | 1,1 | Sep-60 | 1 | ||||
| construction, details | Tell Tales | Hansel E. Main | A 30 minute project | 2,1 | Sep-61 | 7 | |||
| construction, details | Water Supply Tanks | Hansel E. Main | 2,4 | Mar-62 | 7 | ||||
| construction, details | Real Caboose Marker Lights | Alan D. Whidden | 3,1 | Oct-62 | 7 | ||||
| construction, details | Derail Sign | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 3,1 | Oct-62 | 15 | |||
| construction, details | x | Detailing the Converted AF Caboose | Bernard Thomas | Follow-up to Dec. 1961 article | 3,2 | Dec-62 | 4 | ||
| construction, details | Caboose Chimney | Alan D. Whidden | 3,4 | Mar-63 | 16 | ||||
| construction, details | Compressed Gas Tanks | Thomas A. O'Connor | From AF smoke cartridges | 3,6 | Jun-63 | 15 | |||
| construction, details | Small Billboards | Don Heimburger | One-evening project | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 22 | |||
| construction, details | Now Here's a Thought! | Don Heimburger | Brass tubes for underbody tanks | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 23 | |||
| construction, details | Electric Utility Poles | J. P. Broadbottom | One-evening project | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 25 | |||
| construction, details | A Bit of Detail | Don Heimburger | Fencing bundles | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 27 | |||
| construction, details | x | Operating Mars Light for AF Observation Car | Herb King | One-evening project | 4,5 | Apr-64 | 23 | ||
| construction, details | Down With the Idiot Box | anonymous | Gondola pipe loads from cut-up TV antenna | 6,2 | Mar-65 | 23 | |||
| construction, details | Coal Elevator | J. P. Broadbottom | One-evening project | 6,6 | Nov-65 | 30 | |||
| construction, details | Little People | Bill Sutliff | Modifying stock figures | 7,1 | Jan-66 | 11 | |||
| construction, details | Steam Funnel | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 7,1 | Jan-66 | 13 | |||
| construction, details | Hobo Campfire with Smoke & Flames | John Scott Schadl | One-evening project | 7,3 | May-66 | 10 | |||
| construction, details | Solderless Steps | Ernie Horn | Caboose or passenger steps from wood shapes | 7,6 | Nov-66 | 24 | |||
| construction, details | For the Birds | Alan D. Whidden | Bird house from die | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 12 | |||
| construction, details | More Odds 'n' Ends | Don Heimburger | Lineside rail stacks | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 12 | |||
| construction, details | Man Installing Billboard | Will Farley | One-evening project | 9,1 | Jan-68 | 15 | |||
| construction, details | Spiral Staircase | Alan D. Whidden | 9,2 | Mar-68 | 11 | ||||
| construction, details | Cattle Guards | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 9,2 | Mar-68 | 21 | |||
| construction, details | Freight Platform Hoist | Kelly E. Bryant | One-evening project | 9,6 | Nov-68 | 21 | |||
| construction, details | Telephone Box | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 10,3 | May-69 | 17 | |||
| construction, details | Snow Fence | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 10,5 | Sep-69 | 26 | |||
| construction, details | Servicing Steps | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 10,6 | Nov-69 | 22 | |||
| construction, details | Monument | J. P. Broadbottom | One-evening project | 11,1 | Jan-70 | 19 | |||
| construction, details | A Load of Pipe | Kelly E. Bryant | One-evening project | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 23 | |||
| construction, details | Fireman's Tools | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 12,1 | Jan-71 | 19 | |||
| construction, details | Making Your Own S Scale People | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | 12,1 | Jan-71 | 19 | ||||
| construction, details | Three-Piece Crossing Project (planking, shanty, crossbucks) | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 12,2 | Mar-71 | 21 | |||
| construction, details | Highball Signal | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 12,3 | May-71 | 23 | |||
| construction, details | Another Man` | David Guillander | Acrylic over wire armature | 12,6 | Nov-71 | 24 | |||
| construction, details | x | x | Piggy-Back Trailer Loading Ramp | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 13,2 | Mar-72 | 15 | |
| construction, details | Tunnel Portal | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 13,3 | May-72 | 18 | |||
| construction, details | Handcar Setout | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 14,5 | Sep-73 | 18 | |||
| construction, details | A Whistle Post Conversion (from a swizzle stick) | Ed Filer & Howard Sandusky | One-evening project | 15,5 | Sep-74 | 28 | |||
| construction, details | Light Fixture with Reflector | Gene Hayunga | One-evening project | 16,1 | Jan-75 | 24 | |||
| construction, details | Simple S Signals | Jesse R. Bennett | 16,2 | Mar-75 | 13 | ||||
| construction, details | Baggage Wagon | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 16,2 | Mar-75 | 26 | |||
| construction, details | A New Railroad Industry? | Ernie Horr | Patten's Privys | 16,5 | Sep-75 | 17 | |||
| construction, details | Windows & Sash | Merton Smith | One-evening project | 16,5 | Sep-75 | 25 | |||
| construction, details | Chain Link Fence | Randy Sappo | 18,4 | Jul-77 | 16 | ||||
| construction, details | Roundhouse Locker | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 18,4 | Jul-77 | 27 | |||
| construction, details | Bulk Lift Garbage Disposal | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 19,1 | Jan-78 | 30 | |||
| construction, details | Signal Cable Post | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 19,4 | Jul-78 | 27 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | Narrow Gauge | Lee Rainey | HO and On3 components for Sn3 | 1,8 | Apr-61 | 48 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Narrow Gauge | Lee Rainey | Trucks and a caboose for Sn2 | 1,9 | May-61 | 57 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Converting the AF Caboose to Scale | Bernard Thomas | 2,2 | Dec-61 | 4 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | Hopper Car Conversion | Frank Titman | Convert AF car to scale | 2,3 | Jan-62 | 12 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Converting an Athearn HO Tank Car | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | 2,4 | Mar-62 | 4 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | Conversion of AF House Cars | Bernard Thomas | 2,4 | Mar-62 | 12 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | Narrow Gauge Four-in-One Flat Car | Lee Rainey | Build as flat, dump, gon, or pulpwood version | 2,5 | Apr-62 | 10 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Converting the AF Tank Car | Bernard Thomas | 2,6 | Jun-62 | 4 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | My Kingdom for a Caboose | Hal Bortz | Convert AF caboose to end-cupola configuration | 3,1 | Oct-62 | 8 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Hirail Log Buggy | Dick Abbott | 3,2 | Dec-62 | 12 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | AF Flat Car Conversion | Frank Titman | 3,3 | Jan-63 | 13 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | the AF Gondola | Bernard Thomas | Conversion to scale | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 4 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Build a One Car Mixed Train | Will Estes & Frank Titman | " Caboose-combine" or " drover's caboose" | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 14 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | Full Scale from AF Tinplate | Bill Summers | Emphasis on AF hopper car | 6,1 | Jan-65 | 4 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Let's Build an Express Reefer | Will Farley | part 1 | 6,1 | Jan-65 | 15 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Let's Build an Express Reefer | Will Farley | part 2 | 6,2 | Mar-65 | 20 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | Two for One | Barry Atwood | Shack and flatcar from AF boom car | 6,6 | Nov-65 | 21 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Skeleton Log Flat | Tom Yorke | 7,3 | May-66 | 11 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Milwaukee Chip Hopper | Wayne Riggle | 7,3 | May-66 | 31 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | AF Flat Car to a Piggyback | James Ball | 8,1 | Jan-67 | 18 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | 1900-Period Tanker | Tom Yorke | Uses AF tank body | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 4 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | AF Stock Car Conversion | Bob Christ | One-evening project | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 12 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Quickie Conversion of AF Cars to Scale | Gene Fletcher | Just couplers and wheelsets | 8,5 | Sep-67 | 10 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Let's Get Hep with Hoppers | Pard Lively | Variations based on AF twin hopper body | 9,2 | Mar-68 | 4 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | Tomalco Boxcar Shortcut | Doug Kocher | Scribed sheathing instead of individual planks for flooring | 9,3 | May-68 | 17 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Extended Flat Car | David Hanson | One-evening project | 9,5 | Sep-68 | 23 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | AF Caboose Conversion | David Hanson | Move cupola to end | 10,1 | Jan-69 | 20 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Old Pop Builds the 175 Flat | Will Estes | 4-truck depressed-center flatcar from 2 AF cars | 10,6 | Nov-69 | 16 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Peaked-End Hopper | Pard Lively | From AF shell | 11,1 | Jan-70 | 4 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | Ore Cars from AF Hoppers | R. D. Comer | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 11 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | AF Caboose Conversion | Ron James | One-evening project | 11,3 | May-70 | 19 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Marx Car Conversions | Russ Mobley & Frank Titman | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 4 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Molded AF Car Floors | Merton Smith | Reproducing scale Rex underframes on AF cars | 12,1 | Jan-71 | 8 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Cushion Frame Coupler Pocket | Gale Hall | 12,3 | May-71 | 23 | |||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | HO Hi-Cube Cars | Gale Hall | S 63' boxcars from HO Hi-Cubes | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 24 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Freelance Covered Hopper | Ed Filer | From Kinsman phosphate car | 13,2 | Mar-72 | 12 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | 100 Ton Gondola | Rollain Mercier | From Marx car | 13,6 | Nov-72 | 4 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Useful Casting | Clifton L. Shuttle | Ace bolster/coupler pocket casting on Wisconsin Central kits | 14,1 | Jan-73 | 23 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Additions to Marx Gon Conversion | Rollain Mercier | Use Ace (scale) or AF (hirail) components | 14,3 | May-73 | 22 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | A Scale Boc or Reefer, the Easy Way | Fritz Gemeinhardt | 14,4 | Jul-73 | 9 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Logging Caboose | Doug Howard | Built over an AF caboose body | 15,1 | Jan-74 | 8 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | Narrow Gauge Journal | Ron Snyder | Build a D& RGW bulkhead flatcar | 15,6 | Nov-74 | 16 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | AF caboose-shell conversions -- bay-window without cupola, cupola without bay window | 16,1 | Jan-75 | 20 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Simple Ladder Mounts | Lawrence B. Coates | For freight cars | 16,1 | Jan-75 | 24 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Boxcars Carry the Goods | Sam Powell | Conversions from Lionel shells -- part 1 (double-door cars) | 16,2 | Mar-75 | 8 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Modern gondolas from AF shells | 16,2 | Mar-75 | 17 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Boxcars Carry the Goods | Sam Powell | Conversions from Lionel shells -- part 2 (single-door cars) | 16,3 | May-75 | 8 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | 3000-gal. Tank car from HO quad hopper from triple | 16,3 | May-75 | 21 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Boxcars Carry the Goods | Sam Powell | Conversions from Lionel shells -- part 3 (single-door 40' car) | 16,4 | Jul-75 | 8 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | Narrow Gauge Journal | Richard E. Owings | East tennessee & Western North Carolina 3-ft. Gauge Wood Hopper Car | 16,4 | Jul-75 | 12 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Boxcars Carry the Goods | Sam Powell | Conversions from Lionel shells -- part 4 (variations) | 16,5 | Sep-75 | 8 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Boxcars Carry the Goods | Sam Powell | Conversions from Lionel shells -- part 5 (50' double-door) | 16,6 | Nov-75 | 13 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | How to Build the Main Line Models Poultry Car | W. B. | 16,6 | Nov-75 | 31 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Lionel Usable in S | Mike Denuty | 17,1 | Jan-76 | 29 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Covered hopper from AF triple hopper | 17,3 | May-76 | 19 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | Modern Chip Car | Ernie Horr | 17,5 | Sep-76 | 8 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | AF Tank Car Conversion | Dick Cataldi | 17,6 | Nov-76 | 8 | ||
| construction, frt. car | x | x | L-o-n-n-n-g Tank Car | Ernie Horr | Modern propane car | 18,6 | Nov-77 | 8 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | AF Bay Window Caboose Conversion | Dick Cataldi | Convert to NKP NKP 451-500 series bay window caboose -- part 1 | 19,4 | Jul-78 | 8 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | AF Bay Window Caboose Conversion | Dick Cataldi | Convert to NKP NKP 451-500 series bay window caboose -- part 2 | 19,5 | Sep-78 | 8 | |
| construction, frt. car | x | x | S Scale Car Sides | Ernie Horr | From NMRA Bulletin | 19,6 | Nov-78 | 28 | |
| construction, loco | (unknown) | Will Farley | Converting plastic O gauge 3/16" locos to S | 1,3 | Nov-60 | 19 | |||
| construction, loco | x | Converting an American Flyer 0-8-0 into a 2-8-0 | Frank Titman | part 1 | 1,4 | Dec-60 | 21 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Converting an American Flyer 0-8-0 into a 2-8-0 | Frank Titman | part 2 | 1,5 | Jan-61 | 31 | ||
| construction, loco | x | The Hustler | James Mack | Home-made industrial switcher based on AF handcar mechanism | 1,9 | May-61 | 54 | ||
| construction, loco | x | AF Trailing-Truck Conversion for Nord Mikado | Fred J. Schuster | 1,10 | Jun-61 | 66 | |||
| construction, loco | x | x | Making Your Own Locomotive Drivers | Barney Daehler | 2,1 | Sep-61 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Conversion of AF Locos for Scale Track | Leonard Atkins | 2,3 | Jan-62 | 8 | |||
| construction, loco | Pilot Steps | Will Estes | 2,4 | Mar-62 | 19 | ||||
| construction, loco | x | x | Togetherness | Barney Daehler | An close-coupled engine-tender buffer | 2,5 | Apr-62 | 4 | |
| construction, loco | x | Conversion of AF Locos for Scale Track | Leonard Atkins | Reprinted from Vol. 2, No. 3, Jan. 1962 | 2,7 | Aug-62 | 30 | ||
| construction, loco | x | S Gauge Mogul | Laurie M. Charlton | From O gauge Casey Jones and AF 0-6-0 chassis | 3,2 | Dec-62 | 18 | ||
| construction, loco | x | B& O 0-4-0 Switcher | Barney Daehler | 3,6 | Jun-63 | 8 | |||
| construction, loco | Loco Domes | George Strohm | From lipstick case | 3,6 | Jun-63 | 15 | |||
| construction, loco | Quickie Smoke Stacks | David Engle | From rifle shells | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 21 | |||
| construction, loco | x | Convert the AF GP-7 to a GP-20 | Russell M. Mobley | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 8 | |||
| construction, loco | Aid to Soldering | Howard Philips | Isolate soldering heat with water | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 27 | |||
| construction, loco | Aid to Soldering | Howard Philips | Isolate soldering heat with water | 6,1 | Jan-65 | 28 | |||
| construction, loco | x | x | Cylinders -- Fabricate your own from brass | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 6,2 | Mar-65 | 9 | |
| construction, loco | Crosshead Guides | Dick Karnes | From .172 rail | 6,2 | Mar-65 | 23 | |||
| construction, loco | x | Convert the AF 0-8-0 to Scale | Otto Westermayer | part 1 -- Boiler prep | 6,3 | May-65 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | x | x | Anyone for a Vanderbilt Tender? | Fritz Gemeinhardt | 6,3 | May-65 | 14 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Convert the AF 0-8-0 to Scale | Otto Westermayer | part 2 -- Pilot, steam chest | 6,5 | Sep-65 | 8 | ||
| construction, loco | Boiler Construction | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 6,5 | Sep-65 | 17 | |||
| construction, loco | x | x | Let's Build a 2-4-0 Locomotive | Frank Titman | 6,6 | Nov-65 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Convert the AF 0-8-0 to Scale | Otto Westermayer | part 3 -- Frame & running gear | 7,1 | Jan-66 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Convert the AF 0-8-0 to Scale | Otto Westermayer | part 4 -- Tender | 7,2 | Mar-66 | 12 | ||
| construction, loco | Cinder Shields Made Easy | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 7,5 | Sep-66 | 15 | |||
| construction, loco | Tender Beading | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 7,6 | Nov-66 | 10 | |||
| construction, loco | x | Build a Scale GP7 | Dick Karnes | 8,1 | Jan-67 | 4 | |||
| construction, loco | Air Tanks | Kelly E. Bryant | One-evening project | 8,3 | May-67 | 24 | |||
| construction, loco | x | Conversion of AF Locos for Scale Track | Paul Korswagen | Mix-and-match different boilers and chassis | 8,6 | Nov-67 | 9 | ||
| construction, loco | x | S-S-S-L-L-Low Motion Switcher | Dick Karnes | Repowering the AF Baldwin Switcher | 9,1 | Jan-68 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Narrow Gauge Journal | Ken Pruitt | Loco based on Cary/Tyco HO " General" | 9,5 | Sep-68 | 13 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Narrow Gauge Journal | Ken Pruitt | Conversion of Tyco HO 10-wheeler to Sn3 Rio Grande T-12 | 10,3 | May-69 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | Fitting siderods | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 10,6 | Nov-69 | 8 | |||
| construction, loco | Boiler Stock | Robert A. Calhoun | From brass drain pipe | 11,1 | Jan-70 | 19 | |||
| construction, loco | x | Narrow Gauge Journal | Rusty Westermeier | 4-4-0 from Tyco HO | 11,5 | Sep-70 | 15 | ||
| construction, loco | Side Rods -- how to lay out | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 12,1 | Jan-71 | 10 | |||
| construction, loco | x | x | Freelance 2-4-2T -- Part 1 | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | From Rex Dockside | 12,2 | Mar-71 | 4 | |
| construction, loco | Simple, Inexpensive Smoke Stack | Sandy McTavish | From rifle cartridge | 12,2 | Mar-71 | 21 | |||
| construction, loco | x | x | Freelance 2-4-2T -- Part 2 | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Conclusion | 12,3 | May-71 | 4 | |
| construction, loco | Tips for the Craftsman | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 14,2 | Mar-73 | 14 | |||
| construction, loco | x | x | Alco RS-1 Info | Will Estes | Reference to RMC article | 14,3 | May-73 | 22 | |
| construction, loco | x | Narrow Gauge Journal | Ron Snyder | Freelance 0-6-0T based on MDC Yardhog | 14,5 | Sep-73 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | x | x | Serendipity | Merton Smith | Convert your AF K5 Pacific into a Mikado | 15,1 | Jan-74 | 4 | |
| construction, loco | x | Scratchbuild a Climax | Ed Filer | part 1 -- Chassis and drive line | 15,2 | Mar-74 | 4 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Any Size Tender | David Hanson | From AF shells | 15,2 | Mar-74 | 10 | ||
| construction, loco | x | Scratchbuild a Climax | Ed Filer | part 2 -- conclusion | 15,3 | May-74 | 9 | ||
| construction, loco | x | x | Installing Seuthe Smoke Generator it S& P 0-6-0 | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 15,3 | May-74 | 21 | |
| construction, loco | x | 2-8-0 Conversion (Reading prototype) | Tom Beresford | part 1 -- Chassis | 15,5 | Sep-74 | 8 | ||
| construction, loco | Building a Loco Cab Apron | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 15,5 | Sep-74 | 18 | |||
| construction, loco | x | 2-8-0 Conversion (Reading prototype) | Tom Beresford | part 2 -- Superstructure | 15,6 | Nov-74 | 8 | ||
| construction, loco | x | 2-8-0 Conversion (Reading prototype) | Tom Beresford | part 3 -- Tender | 16,1 | Jan-75 | 8 | ||
| construction, loco | x | x | Booster Engine | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 16,4 | Jul-75 | 27 | |
| construction, loco | x | x | Diesel Power Truck | Gene Fletcher | From Athearn HO | 16,4 | Jul-75 | 27 | |
| construction, loco | Boiler Bands | Tom Riddle | Walthers strip brass | 16,4 | Jul-75 | 27 | |||
| construction, loco | x | GE 44-Ton Diesel Power Conversion | Dick Rosenbaum | Modifying HO Tyco power truck | 17,3 | May-76 | 14 | ||
| construction, loco | x | AF K-5 Pacific Trailing Truck Conversion | Joe Swift | Convert to scale sprung truck | 18,1 | Jan-77 | 13 | ||
| construction, loco | x | B& O Q-4 Mikado | Sam Powell | part 1 -- Chassis | 18,3 | May-77 | 8 | ||
| construction, loco | x | x | Coal Bunker for S& P/Rex 0-6-0 Slope Back Tender | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 18,3 | May-77 | 27 | |
| construction, loco | x | B& O Q-4 Mikado | Sam Powell | part 2 -- Superstructure | 18,4 | Jul-77 | 8 | ||
| construction, loco | x | B& O Q-4 Mikado | Sam Powell | part 3 -- Tender | 18,5 | Sep-77 | 13 | ||
| construction, loco | Longer Boiler | John Kromhout | How to add longer smokebox | 19,2 | Mar-78 | 27 | |||
| construction, loco | Valve Gear & Nut Detail | Joe Swift | Hex machine bolts & nuts | 19,4 | Jul-78 | 27 | |||
| construction, loco | A Modern Loco Stack | Dick Arthur | Make from cupboard-door ball catch | 19,5 | Sep-78 | 13 | |||
| construction, loco | Forming Tapered Boiler Sections | Tom Beresford | 19,6 | Nov-78 | 19 | ||||
| construction, misc. | x | Build a Circus Train in S Gauge | Bill Boucher | part 1 -- Overview | 9,5 | Sep-68 | 4 | ||
| construction, misc. | x | Build a Circus Train in S Gauge | Bill Boucher | prart 2 -- flatcars and coaches | 9,6 | Nov-68 | 6 | ||
| construction, misc. | x | Build a Circus Train in S Gauge | Bill Boucher | part 3 - Circus wagons | 10,1 | Jan-69 | 10 | ||
| construction, misc. | x | Build a Circus Train in S Gauge | Bill Boucher | part 4 -- Completing the circus wagons | 10,2 | Mar-69 | 5 | ||
| construction, misc. | x | AF Lines | Stuart Mahlin | Build a super track-cleaning car | 13,6 | Nov-72 | 7 | ||
| construction, misc. | Removable Car Roof | Joe Swift | 17,4 | Jul-76 | 28 | ||||
| construction, misc. | x | Powered Caboose | Merlyn A. Hart | One-evening project | 19,2 | Mar-78 | 27 | ||
| construction, MOW | Wheel Car | Sandy McTavish | One-evening project | 9,3 | May-68 | 17 | |||
| construction, MOW | Quickie Stakes | Tom Riddle | Cut in half glue above & beneath stake pocket | 10,2 | Mar-69 | 24 | |||
| construction, MOW | Fuel & Water Car | Tom Riddle | One-evening project | 11,5 | Sep-70 | 23 | |||
| construction, MOW | x | x | Crane Conversion | Emerson Lamb | Lionel crane car on S scale trucks | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 16 | |
| construction, pass. car | x | Diner Conversion | Don Heimburger | Made from AF New Haven coach | 3,1 | Oct-62 | 6 | ||
| construction, pass. car | x | x | Stretching AF Coaches | Dick Karnes | Make a scale-length New Haven coach | 3,4 | Mar-63 | 15 | |
| construction, pass. car | x | Save Those Chester Cars | Dick Karnes | Construction, detailing | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 12 | ||
| construction, pass. car | x | x | More on Splicing Cars | Charles Shrubsole | Stretching AF passenger cars | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 27 | |
| construction, pass. car | x | AF New Haven Conversion | Bill Summers | Two scale cars from three Flyer coaches | 7,5 | Sep-66 | 8 | ||
| construction, pass. car | x | An RDC for Your Pike | Ed Schumacher | AF conversion | 7,6 | Nov-66 | 4 | ||
| construction, pass. car | x | Two-Unit Articulated Parlor Car | David Engle | An AF conversion | 8,1 | Jan-67 | 10 | ||
| construction, pass. car | x | x | Turn-of-the-Century Observation Car | Jesse R. Bennett | 10,5 | Sep-69 | 14 | ||
| construction, pass. car | x | x | Simple AF Coach Conversion | Will Farley | Dramatically alter appearance of AF New Haven coach | 13,1 | Jan-72 | 17 | |
| construction, pass. car | x | x | Pasteboard Pullman | Bill Boucher | part 1 -- Laying out the side layers | 17,1 | Jan-76 | 8 | |
| construction, pass. car | x | x | Pasteboard Pullman | Bill Boucher | part 2 -- Completing the sides building the basic carbody | 17,2 | Mar-76 | 8 | |
| construction, pass. car | x | x | Pasteboard Pullman | Bill Boucher | part 3 -- Completion | 17,3 | May-76 | 8 | |
| construction, pass. car | x | x | 70' Postal Baggage Car | Ed Loizeaux | 19,3 | May-78 | 8 | ||
| construction, structure | x | S Gauge Bridge in 30 Minutes | Hansel E. Main | Convert Atlas girder bridge to S | 1,10 | Jun-61 | 70 | ||
| construction, structure | Coaling Station | Will Estes | Patterned from HO Plasticville kit | 2,6 | Jun-62 | 18 | |||
| construction, structure | Tanks | Don Heimburger | From cans | 3,3 | Jan-63 | 19 | |||
| construction, structure | x | x | Modern Mechanized Grain Elevator | Russell M. Mobley | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 13 | ||
| construction, structure | Shingles | J. P. Broadbottom | From colored paper | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 22 | |||
| construction, structure | Plate Girder Bridge | Ralph A. Jamison | One-evening project | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 24 | |||
| construction, structure | x | x | Signal Bridge | Roger Protas | One-evening project | 5,1 | Oct-64 | 16 | |
| construction, structure | Convert a Revell HO Gate Shanty to S | J. P. Broadbottom | One-evening project | 6,2 | Mar-65 | 23 | |||
| construction, structure | Chemical or Liquid or Oil Storage Tanks | Don Heimburger | One-evening project | 7,2 | Mar-66 | 9 | |||
| construction, structure | Roadside Church | Kelly E. Bryant | 7,2 | Mar-66 | 31 | ||||
| construction, structure | Sand Tower | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 8,4 | Jul-67 | 10 | |||
| construction, structure | Ash Hoist | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 8,5 | Sep-67 | 21 | |||
| construction, structure | x | Car Shop or Diesel Shed | James Williamson | Modifying AF terminal | 9,3 | May-68 | 9 | ||
| construction, structure | Water Storage Tank | Frank Titman | One-evening project | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 24 | |||
| construction, structure | Kit Adapting | Frank Titman | Kitbashing other-scale structures to S | 12,6 | Nov-71 | 4 | |||
| construction, structure | Factories from HO Engine Houses | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | 13,3 | May-72 | 18 | ||||
| construction, structure | Wayside Station | Hansel E. Main | One-evening project | 13,6 | Nov-72 | 24 | |||
| construction, structure | Steel Loading Platform | Earl C. Larson | 14,1 | Jan-73 | 12 | ||||
| construction, structure | Yard Office | Frank Titman | One-evening project | 14,2 | Mar-73 | 23 | |||
| construction, structure | Rubber Stair Tread Structures | Bud McCrary | Grooved stair treads as building siding | 14,3 | May-73 | 22 | |||
| construction, structure | Lumber Yard Shed | Barry Atwood | One-evening project | 14,6 | Nov-73 | 22 | |||
| construction, structure | Yard Scale | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 15,2 | Mar-74 | 19 | |||
| construction, structure | Another HO Item Usable in S | Bob Christ & Bert Mahr | Station platform roof support | 15,5 | Sep-74 | 28 | |||
| construction, structure | Coal Receiving Pit | Harold Morath | One-evening project | 15,6 | Nov-74 | 30 | |||
| construction, structure | Suydam Conversions | C. D. Lasley | From HO | 16,3 | May-75 | 28 | |||
| construction, structure | Turntable Base (bridge) | Jim Sweeney | From Atlas bridge girders | 16,6 | Nov-75 | 27 | |||
| construction, structure | Simple Silo | Howard Sandusky | From spray can | 16,6 | Nov-75 | 27 | |||
| construction, structure | Tile Roof | Merton Smith | Using paper toweling | 17,1 | Jan-76 | 29 | |||
| construction, structure | Simple Yard Office | Bob Christ | One-evening project | 17,2 | Mar-76 | 32 | |||
| construction, structure | Lawson Company | Randy Sappo | Factory complex-- part 1 | 18,1 | Jan-77 | 8 | |||
| construction, structure | Lawson Company | Randy Sappo | Factory complex-- part 2 | 18,2 | Mar-77 | 12 | |||
| construction, structure | Sawdust Burner | S-Train Rail | 18,3 | May-77 | 27 | ||||
| construction, structure | x | x | Large Interlocking Tower | Russ Mobley | One-evening project | 18,5 | Sep-77 | 27 | |
| construction, structure | CPR Fire Reel Hose Shed | Joe Swift | One-evening project | 18,6 | Nov-77 | 19 | |||
| construction, structure | Panelking You Can Use | Randy Sappo | Build a factory paint shop with siding made from plastic coffee stirrers | 19,4 | Jul-78 | 14 | |||
| construction, structure | Union Station | Jim Sweeney | Part structure, mostly backdrop | 19,5 | Sep-78 | 18 | |||
| construction, structure | Factory Chimneys | Bill Boucher | 19,6 | Nov-78 | 16 | ||||
| construction, trackage | Realistic Ties | Robert C. Lorson | Liquid shoe polish for tie stain | 6,5 | Sep-65 | 24 | |||
| construction, trackage | Code 100 Switch Conversion | Earl C. Larson | 7,5 | Sep-66 | 15 | ||||
| construction, trackage | x | x | Why? | Dick Karnes | Building and detailing turnouts | 8,6 | Nov-67 | 4 | |
| construction, trackage | Zip-p-p Railroading | Dave Laux | A new method of laying trackwork | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 4 | |||
| construction, trackage | Turnout Frogs | Robert A. Calhoun | Filling flangeways | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 23 | |||
| construction, trackage | x | Turnouts and Roadbed the Easy Way | Howard Phillips | Convert HO turnout kits | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 8 | ||
| construction, trackage | x | Traction Trackwork | Bob Campbell | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 4 | |||
| construction, trackage | x | The Problem | Stephen Gregull | Moving an AF switch motor housing to the other side | 15,5 | Sep-74 | 17 | ||
| construction, trackage | x | Tie Game with a Switch | Dick Arthur | Make those turnouts fit your special situation | 16,6 | Nov-75 | 14 | ||
| construction, traction | x | S Gauge Interurban | John V. Menoni | Scratchbuilt atop Tyco power truck | 4,6 | Jun-64 | 14 | ||
| construction, traction | x | x | Trolley Fare | Ambie Henneck | Sources of ideas and materials | 5,1 | Oct-64 | 13 | |
| construction, traction | x | x | Trolley Poles | Douglas Karr | 7,6 | Nov-66 | 12 | ||
| construction, traction | x | x | Putting Up Trolley Wire | Ambie Henneck | 8,1 | Jan-67 | 12 | ||
| construction, traction | x | A Streetcar Named Desire | L. Martin Courtney | 8,3 | May-67 | 4 | |||
| construction, traction | Trolley Fare | Ambie Henneck | Powering S trolleys | 9,1 | Jan-68 | 11 | |||
| construction, traction | Match Those Ties | James J. Koval, Sr. | Ties from matchsticks | 10,5 | Sep-69 | 26 | |||
| construction, traction | x | Interurban Flat Car | Tom Riddle & Bob Campbell | One-evening project | 14,1 | Jan-73 | 23 | ||
| construction, traction | x | Trolley Fare | Dick Rosenbaum | Build a Birney 4-wheeler | 14,2 | Mar-73 | 9 | ||
| construction, traction | x | AF Birney Trolley | Doc Comer & Glen Oberlin | From AF handcar | 14,6 | Nov-73 | 4 | ||
| construction, traction | x | Trolley Fare | Dick Rosenbaum | Overhead wire erection -- part 1 | 15,3 | May-74 | 4 | ||
| construction, traction | x | Trolley Fare | Dick Rosenbaum | Overhead wire erection -- part 2 (conclusion) | 15,4 | Jul-74 | 12 | ||
| construction, traction | x | Trolley Fare | Dick Rosenbaum | More on overhead | 17,4 | Jul-76 | 14 | ||
| construction, vehicle | Free Lance Truck Chassis | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | From HO tank transporter | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 23 | |||
| construction, vehicle | Tank Truck Tanks | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | One-evening project | 12,6 | Nov-71 | 24 | |||
| construction, vehicle | Build an Old Bus | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | 14,3 | May-73 | 4 | ||||
| control | Automatic Turntable | Howard Sandusky | Control circuit | 1,1 | Sep-60 | 3 | |||
| control | x | AF Passenger Car Lights in Series | Alan D. Whidden | 1,5 | Jan-61 | 29 | |||
| control | x | x | Conversion Numbers | AC to DC conversion | 1,5 | Jan-61 | 29 | ||
| control | x | x | Conversion Numbers | AC to DC conversion -- Answers to reader questions | 1,7 | Mar-61 | 40 | ||
| control | x | x | Reversing Rectifier | Installing in AF locos for DC reversing | 1,7 | Mar-61 | 42 | ||
| control | x | x | More on Conversion | More AC-to-DC conversion info | 1,8 | Apr-61 | 46 | ||
| control | x | x | Conversion | More AC-to-DC conversion info | 1,9 | May-61 | 54 | ||
| control | x | x | Magnetic Ramp Uncoupler | Will Estes | Magnet atop AF uncoupler | 3,2 | Dec-62 | 20 | |
| control | x | Installing Reversing Rectifiers on AF Locos | Herb King | GP7, 4-8-4 | 3,3 | Jan-63 | 7 | ||
| control | x | Throttle 'er Down | Sam Waughtal | Replacement Pittman motor with rubber-belt drive | 3,5 | Apr-63 | 10 | ||
| control | x | x | AF Uncoupler Converted to Ramp-Type Uncoupler | Bernard Thomas | 3,5 | Apr-63 | 19 | ||
| control | DC Power Supply | E. B. Keefer | Battery charger | 3,5 | Apr-63 | 20 | |||
| control | Turntable Motor | Tom Santee | From motorized accessories | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 21 | |||
| control | x | Making the Most of Small Transformers | Alan D. Whidden | Transformers in parallel and series | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 23 | ||
| control | Evolution of Model Railroad Power | Ralph C. Aiken | part 1 -- Basic electrical principles | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 4 | |||
| control | Evolution of Model Railroad Power | Ralph C. Aiken | part 2 -- AC vs. DC | 4,4 | Mar-64 | 4 | |||
| control | x | Smoother Running AF Diesels | Sam Waughtal | Rebuild the power truck | 4,4 | Mar-64 | 16 | ||
| control | x | x | How about Catenary? | Dick Karnes | Loco and layout wiring | 4,4 | Mar-64 | 20 | |
| control | x | x | Evolution of Model Railroad Power | Ralph C. Aiken | Control of universal motors | 5,1 | Oct-64 | 4 | |
| control | x | x | Inexpensive Reversing Rectifiers | Paul & John Latham | Bridge rectifier from components | 5,1 | Oct-64 | 16 | |
| control | x | x | Changing from AC to DC | Fred J. Schuster | Setting up your power system | 6,3 | May-65 | 18 | |
| control | Tender Electrical Connection | Fritz Gemeinhardt | 6,6 | Nov-65 | 21 | ||||
| control | Transistor Throttle | Wesley Zimmerman | part 1 -- Circuits | 7,2 | Mar-66 | 4 | |||
| control | x | x | Working Headlights | Henry Gowey | Diodes for reversing headlights | 7,2 | Mar-66 | 9 | |
| control | Transistor Throttle | Wesley Zimmerman | part 2 -- Construction | 7,3 | May-66 | 4 | |||
| control | Choke Control Cables | Bob Shafto | For turnout control | 7,5 | Sep-66 | 10 | |||
| control | Transistor Throttle Update | Wesley Zimmerman | Components update | 7,5 | Sep-66 | 19 | |||
| control | How to Use Your Transistor Throttle | Wesley Zimmerman | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 7 | ||||
| control | x | AF Uncoupler Undertable Mount | James Williamson | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 15 | |||
| control | x | Evolution of Model Railroad Power | Ralph C. Aiken | Easy AC-to-DC conversion | 9,1 | Jan-68 | 6 | ||
| control | x | Silicon Rectifier | Fritz Gemeinhardt | DC conversion of AF | 9,2 | Mar-68 | 12 | ||
| control | Snap-On Terminals | Jack Schramm | From 9-volt batteries | 9,2 | Mar-68 | 21 | |||
| control | x | Automatic Reverse Loop Relay | Jason Kraus | Incorporated into an AF switch | 11,5 | Sep-70 | 7 | ||
| control | x | Dead Man Control | Tom Riddle | Lionel whistle controller | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 16 | ||
| control | x | x | Pulse Power for Slow Starts | Robert A. Calhoun | Alter cheap power pack | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 16 | |
| control | Inexpensive Lighting | Gene Fletcher | Christmas-tree sockets | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 24 | |||
| control | x | Insulated Track Pins | Stephen Gregull | Cut rail at tie clamp | 14,2 | Mar-73 | 23 | ||
| control | x | AF Lines | Stuart Mahlin | Simplify wiring using switches' " 2-train" option | 15,4 | Jul-74 | 7 | ||
| control | Small Plug-Ins | Wallace Bradley | From R/C airplane shop | 16,3 | May-75 | 28 | |||
| control | x | Rectifiers for DC Operation | Virgil Crosby | Replace reversing relay with Radio Shack part | 16,6 | Nov-75 | 27 | ||
| control | x | Locomotive Rectifiers | G. Dvorak | Radio Shack part + wiring diagram | 17,5 | Sep-76 | 27 | ||
| control | Small Motors -- Solenoids -- Relays | Alvin Sonnenberg | From auto junkyard | 18,3 | May-77 | 16 | |||
| control | Many Uses for Your 12 Volt Transformer | Robert Lorson | 18,4 | Jul-77 | 27 | ||||
| control | x | x | Instant Rectifiers | Wallace Bradley | Radio Shack PIV rectifier installation | 19,5 | Sep-78 | 15 | |
| couplers | x | About Couplers | Modifying/installing HO Kadees for S | 1,1 | Sep-60 | 2 | |||
| couplers | x | Conversion of HO Kadee Magne-Matic Couplers for S Gauge Use | 1,5 | Jan-61 | 33 | ||||
| couplers | x | x | Automatic Uncoupling Ramp | Frank Titman | 2,1 | Sep-61 | 12 | ||
| couplers | x | AF Knuckle Couplers on NE Trucks | Ralph C. Aiken | 2,1 | Sep-61 | 15 | |||
| couplers | x | Kadee coupler installation for converted AF cars | Dick Karnes | 2,4 | Mar-62 | 19 | |||
| couplers | x | Front End Coupler Mount | Bill Sutliff | For AF steam locos | 2,5 | Apr-62 | 18 | ||
| couplers | x | Couplers | Reader questions and answers | 2,6 | Jun-62 | 14 | |||
| couplers | x | The Sprague Coupler | Barney Daehler | Simple homemade knuckle couplers that work | 3,1 | Oct-62 | 4 | ||
| couplers | x | New Kadee Mount | Paul Willenbrink | Kadee couplers in Stewart coupler pockets | 3,2 | Dec-62 | 20 | ||
| couplers | x | x | Mounting Kadee Couplers on Rex Dockside Loco | J. P. Broadbottom | One-evening project | 3,5 | Apr-63 | 19 | |
| couplers | x | x | Harness Those Springs! | J. P. Broadbottom | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 22 | ||
| couplers | Using Unconverted Kadees | John Mattingly | No conversion necessary with steel rail | 9,1 | Jan-68 | 15 | |||
| couplers | x | x | Adapting Kadee Couplers | Bill Boucher | Mounting in various situations | 9,3 | May-68 | 4 | |
| couplers | x | Swing Couplers for Traction | Bob Campbell | Kadees on radial arms | 10,2 | Mar-69 | 24 | ||
| couplers | x | Couplers for AF Coaches | Robert E. Palmer | More length, less bind | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 23 | ||
| couplers | x | AF Couplers on Loco Front | Chris B. Monje | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 16 | |||
| couplers | x | Solution to AF Link Coupler Trouble | Douglas Cheaney | They'll never open! | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 24 | ||
| couplers | x | Want to Double-Head AF Locos? | Douglas Cheaney | One-evening project | 13,1 | Jan-72 | 16 | ||
| couplers | x | Coupler Addition -- One Good Coupler from Two Damaged Ones | David Hanson | One-evening project | 14,3 | May-73 | 22 | ||
| couplers | x | x | MK 5& 10 Kadee Improvement | Bob Christ | Keep from swiveling | 15,4 | Jul-74 | 22 | |
| couplers | x | Passenger Car Coupler Mounting | Mo. Southern RR Shops | Kadees | 18,2 | Mar-77 | 26 | ||
| detailing | Have You Tried This? | Fred J. Schuster | Kemtron parts from other scales usable in S | 1,3 | Nov-60 | 17 | |||
| detailing | x | x | Car Stirrup Steps | Bernard Thomas | 2,3 | Jan-62 | 15 | ||
| detailing | S Gauge Parts | Dick Karnes | Switch stands, pas-senger vents from HO | 2,6 | Jun-62 | 15 | |||
| detailing | Handrail Stanchions | Will Estes | From fish hooks | 3,1 | Oct-62 | 19 | |||
| detailing | Cue Sticks | Ernie Geisler | Posts, pipes, etc. from Q-Tips | 3,2 | Dec-62 | 20 | |||
| detailing | Oil Drums | Ed Molloy | From pencil erasers | 3,2 | Dec-62 | 20 | |||
| detailing | Dress Snap Brake Wheels | Frank Titman | 3,3 | Jan-63 | 19 | ||||
| detailing | Nuts for Truss Rod Ends | Ed Molloy | Make from plastic tubing | 3,3 | Jan-63 | 19 | |||
| detailing | Rear Platform Lanterns | Bill Boucher | One-evening project | 3,4 | Mar-63 | 15 | |||
| detailing | Lighting Plastic Buildings | Herb King | Use opaque finish inside | 3,4 | Mar-63 | 16 | |||
| detailing | Working Hinges | Alan D. Whidden | From old eyeglasses | 3,4 | Mar-63 | 16 | |||
| detailing | x | Passenger Car Detailing | Alan D. Whidden | Doorway details | 3,5 | Apr-63 | 19 | ||
| detailing | Right-of-Way Signs | Don Heimburger | 3,5 | Apr-63 | 20 | ||||
| detailing | x | Improving the AF 4-8-4 | Jesse R. Bennett | 3,6 | Jun-63 | 4 | |||
| detailing | Illuminated Number Boards | David Engle | Decals simulate " always lit" | 3,6 | Jun-63 | 15 | |||
| detailing | Flashing Sign | Herb King | Using photo negatives | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 22 | |||
| detailing | Lighting Plastic Buildings | Alan D. Whidden | Line with electricians tape | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 22 | |||
| detailing | x | Cab Windows | J. P. Broadbottom | Replace heavy mullions with plastic | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 24 | ||
| detailing | Roof Walk Braces | Frank Titman | From grab irons | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Simulated Coal Load | John Bortz | From Styrofoam | 4,2 | Dec-63 | 25 | |||
| detailing | Signs | Don Heimburger | From magazine ads | 4,5 | Apr-64 | 22 | |||
| detailing | More Realism | Will Farley | Thinning rungs on stamped brass ladders | 4,6 | Jun-64 | 12 | |||
| detailing | x | Improving AF Drivers | Rusty Westermeier | 5,1 | Oct-64 | 16 | |||
| detailing | x | Improving AF Siderods | Alan D. Whidden | Adding depth | 6,1 | Jan-65 | 28 | ||
| detailing | Prototype Flatcar Load (tractors) | Frank Titman | One-evening project | 6,1 | Jan-65 | 28 | |||
| detailing | x | Locomotive Headlight and Hood | Alan D. Whidden | Spruce up your AF locos | 6,2 | Mar-65 | 14 | ||
| detailing | Rocks | Don Heimburger | Use the real thing | 6,2 | Mar-65 | 23 | |||
| detailing | Meow! | Pard Lively | Cat litter for gravel loads | 6,5 | Sep-65 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Step Right Up! | Dick Karnes | Installing stirrup steps | 6,6 | Nov-65 | 21 | |||
| detailing | x | Make a Plug-Door Reefer out of Your Plug-Door Reefer (?)! | John Bortz | Flush-mounting AF plug doors | 7,1 | Jan-66 | 13 | ||
| detailing | Parts Adaptable to S Scale | Wayne H. Blanton | HO and O parts | 7,2 | Mar-66 | 9 | |||
| detailing | Detail Parts for Structures | Barry Atwood | Salvage from Plasticville | 7,6 | Nov-66 | 24 | |||
| detailing | It Sounds Fishy to Us! | Robert C. Lorson | Aquarium charcoal as coal | 8,1 | Jan-67 | 18 | |||
| detailing | Realistic Junk | Anthony Busby | Rusting metal scraps | 8,1 | Jan-67 | 18 | |||
| detailing | Roof Handholds | John Bortz | 8,3 | May-67 | 24 | ||||
| detailing | Clickety-Clack | Robert C. Lorson | Rail notches every 39' | 8,6 | Nov-67 | 20 | |||
| detailing | Pole-Climbing Aid | Robert Groesbeck | Rail spikes for phone pole steps | 9,1 | Jan-68 | 15 | |||
| detailing | Flat Car Loads | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | From blister packs | 9,3 | May-68 | 17 | |||
| detailing | Pipe Clamps from Staples | John Bortz | 9,3 | May-68 | 17 | ||||
| detailing | Rag Wheels | Bill Boucher | From HO wagon wheels | 9,5 | Sep-68 | 23 | |||
| detailing | x | Tinplaters | Ed Schumacher | Make AF switches more realistic | 9,6 | Nov-68 | 11 | ||
| detailing | Scrounging is Fun | William J. Fraley Jr. | People, vehicles, animals from un-conventional sources | 10,1 | Jan-69 | 7 | |||
| detailing | Empty Those Ashpans | Jack Wirth | Use tobacco ash in your ashpit | 10,1 | Jan-69 | 20 | |||
| detailing | More Realistic Coal | Bill Hannigan | India ink hides bald spots | 10,1 | Jan-69 | 20 | |||
| detailing | x | Flexible Booster Engine Pipes | Walter F. Ronfeldt | One-evening project | 10,2 | Mar-69 | 24 | ||
| detailing | How About That! | Tom Riddle | From twine or rope | 10,2 | Mar-69 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Realistic Window Glass | Old Pop Valve | Use photo negatives | 10,2 | Mar-69 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Die Cast Loco Detailing | Sandy McTavish | Loco condenser pipes | 10,3 | May-69 | 17 | |||
| detailing | Ornamental Iron | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | From Barbie coat hangers | 10,5 | Sep-69 | 26 | |||
| detailing | Realistic Iron Ore | Bob Christ | Paprika | 10,5 | Sep-69 | 26 | |||
| detailing | A Source of Detail Items | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Notions store | 10,6 | Nov-69 | 22 | |||
| detailing | x | x | Section Crew Push-Car | Ron James | From Grandt Line On3 kit | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 23 | |
| detailing | Odd Corners W. Va. | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Using small areas prototypically | 11,3 | May-70 | 4 | |||
| detailing | Simplified Pulpwood Load | Emerson Lamb | 11,5 | Sep-70 | 23 | ||||
| detailing | Catchy Idea | Tom Riddle | Dress catches for eyelets, pull rings | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 16 | |||
| detailing | Brake Shoes | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Grandt Line Products | 12,2 | Mar-71 | 21 | |||
| detailing | Quicky Valve | Charles Lamb | 12,2 | Mar-71 | 21 | ||||
| detailing | HO Hinges for S | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | 12,3 | May-71 | 23 | ||||
| detailing | x | x | Smoke Installation | Joe Swift | In Rex Suburban | 12,3 | May-71 | 23 | |
| detailing | Easy Grab Iron Installation | Wayne Riggle | Heat-sink into plastic sides | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Source of Signs | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Yellow Pages | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Smooth Grab Iron Mounting | Wayne Riggle | Heat-sink into plastic sides | 12,6 | Nov-71 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Uses for Plactic Lids | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Signs from embossed translucent lids | 13,1 | Jan-72 | 16 | |||
| detailing | Wiring and Glazing S Scale Loco Classification Lamps | Fred J. Schuster | Doc Schuster's Notebook | 13,2 | Mar-72 | 9 | |||
| detailing | Metal Signs | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | From foil wrappers | 13,2 | Mar-72 | 15 | |||
| detailing | Doore for S | Matt Lacko | From Grandt Line On3 doors | 13,2 | Mar-72 | 15 | |||
| detailing | x | x | Tailgate for Kinsman Passenger Coach | Pop Valve | Cal-Scale HO part | 13,3 | May-72 | 18 | |
| detailing | x | x | Door Gating | Pop Valve | Cal-Scale HO tailgate | 13,5 | Sep-72 | 20 | |
| detailing | Freight Car Loads | Gene Fletcher | AAR booklet | 13,6 | Nov-72 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Flat Car Loads | Jack Becker | Military models | 13,6 | Nov-72 | 24 | |||
| detailing | Passenger Car Interiors | Bill Boucher | 14,1 | Jan-73 | 4 | ||||
| detailing | Coach Seats | Franz Westermeier | From Walthers O scale | 14,1 | Jan-73 | 23 | |||
| detailing | Poster Ads | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | From book-supply house ads | 14,2 | Mar-73 | 23 | |||
| detailing | Concrete Stop Signs | Tom Riddle | Finishing Stewart Products cast stop signs | 14,3 | May-73 | 22 | |||
| detailing | Steam Loco Brakes | Joe Swift | from Kemtron O scale | 14,3 | May-73 | 22 | |||
| detailing | Brick Archways | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | From N scale arch bridges | 14,4 | Jul-73 | 19 | |||
| detailing | Shingles | Tom Riddle | Campbell HO | 14,5 | Sep-73 | 18 | |||
| detailing | S Car Stirrups | Bernard Thomas | From ladder stock | 15,1 | Jan-74 | 21 | |||
| detailing | Simple HO Signal Conversion | Bob Christ | Mount on a relay box | 15,1 | Jan-74 | 21 | |||
| detailing | 50-Gallon Steel Drums | Merton Smith | From pencil erasers | 15,2 | Mar-74 | 19 | |||
| detailing | Coal Load | Rollain Mercier | Proper appearance | 15,2 | Mar-74 | 19 | |||
| detailing | Flat Car Load -- Cable Reel | Alan Whidden | One-evening project | 15,4 | Jul-74 | 22 | |||
| detailing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Modern boxcar doors and other tips | 15,5 | Sep-74 | 20 | |
| detailing | More Useful HO Items | Harold Morath | HO relay cabinet | 16,2 | Mar-75 | 26 | |||
| detailing | Steam Pipes | Tom Riddle | Passenger car steam traps | 16,2 | Mar-75 | 26 | |||
| detailing | Selley HO Castings | C. D. Lasley | Some usable in S | 16,2 | Mar-75 | 26 | |||
| detailing | Doorless Boxcar | Dick Cataldi | One-evening project | 16,3 | May-75 | 28 | |||
| detailing | x | x | Boxcar Doors | Gale Hall | From HO A& W Miniatures | 16,4 | Jul-75 | 27 | |
| detailing | Useful Stir Rods | Rollain Mercier | Critters from tops of swizzle sticks | 16,5 | Sep-75 | 25 | |||
| detailing | Scale Coal | Bill Boucher | From charcoal | 16,6 | Nov-75 | 27 | |||
| detailing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Milwaukee-style homemade doors from old standard doors | 17,1 | Jan-76 | 17 | |
| detailing | x | x | Modern Piggy-Back Load (Semi Tractors) | Bob Campbell | One-evening project | 17,1 | Jan-76 | 29 | |
| detailing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Boxcar and hopper doors MOW gon | 18,1 | Jan-77 | 23 | |
| detailing | Prototypical Usage for Monon Shops' LP Gas Tanks | Tom Hawley | One-evening project | 18,1 | Jan-77 | 25 | |||
| detailing | Electric Line Poles of Your Choosing | Walter Stocker | Use Lehigh Valley Models kits | 18,1 | Jan-77 | 25 | |||
| detailing | Light Coal Load | Rollain Mercier | Dyed coffee grounds | 18,1 | Jan-77 | 25 | |||
| detailing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Diesel detailing, boxcar ends | 18,3 | May-77 | 18 | |
| detailing | x | x | Better-Looking Diaphragms | Pop Valve | Modifying MHP diaphragms | 18,4 | Jul-77 | 27 | |
| detailing | Perfect Looking Relay Boxes | Don Thompson | From AHM | 18,5 | Sep-77 | 27 | |||
| detailing | Use for Old Coal Hopper | Robert Lorson | Small city coal-delivery yard | 18,6 | Nov-77 | 19 | |||
| detailing | x | x | 65' Mill Gondola Load | Tom O'Connor | Use Atlas HO bridge parts | 18,6 | Nov-77 | 19 | |
| detailing | x | x | Alco S2 -- S4 Detailing | Dick Cataldi | Detail your Miller switcher | 19,1 | Jan-78 | 8 | |
| detailing | x | Replacement Rails | Robert Lorson | Put rail from broken track on lineside rail racks | 19,2 | Mar-78 | 27 | ||
| detailing | All Size Grab Irons | S-Train Rail | Try O and HO parts too | 19,2 | Mar-78 | 27 | |||
| detailing | Barbed Wire | Ron Tilton | From plastic screening | 19,6 | Nov-78 | 28 | |||
| document | S Gauge Herald 1961 Yearbook | Listing of S vendors and S modelers | --- | Mar-61 | --- | ||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 2,7 | Aug-62 | 13 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 3,7 | Aug-63 | 18 | |||||
| document | Index to Vol. III | Fall (Oct) 1962 -- Summer (Jun) 1963 | 3,7 | Aug-63 | 35 | ||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 4,7 | Aug-64 | 14 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 6,4 | Jul-65 | 15 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 7,4 | Jul-66 | 9 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 8,4 | Jul-67 | 13 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 10,4 | Jul-69 | 11 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 11,4 | Jul-70 | 12 | |||||
| document | NASG Contest Rules | 12,2 | Mar-71 | 26 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 12,4 | Jul-71 | 14 | |||||
| document | Directory of S Gaugers | 13,4 | Jul-72 | 14 | |||||
| document | Revised NASG Contest Procedures | NASG | 14,2 | Mar-73 | 37 | ||||
| document | NASG Constitution | NASG | 17,2 | Mar-76 | 42 | ||||
| document | NASG By-Laws | NASG | 17,2 | Mar-76 | 44 | ||||
| essay | Our Purpose | David S. Bulkin | Magazine's objective | 1,1 | Sep-60 | 1 | |||
| essay | x | x | Builders Gauge | Barney Daehler | The case for S gauge as the best practical " builder's gauge" | 1,4 | Dec-60 | 24 | |
| essay | x | Universal Engine Frame | Tom True | Proposed design | 2,1 | Sep-61 | 8 | ||
| essay | x | x | A Symbol of S Gauge | Frank Titman | Musings on the Rex Mogul | 4,4 | Mar-64 | 10 | |
| essay | x | Berkshire -- Pride of S | Budd Love | part 1 | 17,4 | Jul-76 | 7 | ||
| essay | x | Berkshire -- Pride of S | Budd Love | part 2 | 17,5 | Sep-76 | 13 | ||
| essay | x | Berkshire -- Pride of S | Budd Love | part 2 | 17,6 | Nov-76 | 12 | ||
| finishing | Metallic Finish | Jesse R. Bennett | Finishing Chester roofs | 2,4 | Mar-62 | 19 | |||
| finishing | New Decal | Herb King | Dry-transfer alphabets | 3,1 | Oct-62 | 19 | |||
| finishing | x | Black Magic | Don Heimburger | Kill shine with black paint | 4,1 | Oct-63 | 21 | ||
| finishing | x | x | Removing AF Lettering | Alan A. Bliek | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 27 | ||
| finishing | Striping | Alan D. Whidden | Use a ruling pen | 4,3 | Jan-64 | 27 | |||
| finishing | x | Trimming AF Steam Locos | Roger Protas | Improving appearance | 4,5 | Apr-64 | 13 | ||
| finishing | x | x | Painting Perma-Bilt Cars | Wayne Riggle | 4,6 | Jun-64 | 4 | ||
| finishing | A Dirty Business | Don Heimburger | Dry-brushed soot | 4,6 | Jun-64 | 12 | |||
| finishing | Metallic Surface for Wood | Bill Summers | Using sodium silicate | 5,1 | Oct-64 | 16 | |||
| finishing | Painting Tips | Charles A. McCarthy | Disposable dish pouring aid | 6,1 | Jan-65 | 28 | |||
| finishing | x | Circus Advertising Car | John Scott Schadl | Dress up an AF combine | 7,1 | Jan-66 | 12 | ||
| finishing | Paint for Plastics | Charlie Mohawk | Silver stamp-pad ink | 7,5 | Sep-66 | 15 | |||
| finishing | Brass Blackening Solution | Wayne Riggle | 7,6 | Nov-66 | 11 | ||||
| finishing | x | x | Easy Lettering Removal | Daniel Vandermause | From AF bodies | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 12 | |
| finishing | x | More Odds 'n' Ends | Don Heimburger | Paint passenger domes metallic green | 8,2 | Mar-67 | 12 | ||
| finishing | From the Chemical Factory | Robert Groesbeck | Blackener and silver-plate chemicals | 8,6 | Nov-67 | 20 | |||
| finishing | Quick Relief! | Charles Shrubsole | Lighter paint on raised detail | 9,1 | Jan-68 | 15 | |||
| finishing | Simple Tie Touch-Up | Gilbert L. Swanson | With felt marker | 9,2 | Mar-68 | 21 | |||
| finishing | Staining Ties | Wallace E. J. Collins | Shoe dye | 9,5 | Sep-68 | 23 | |||
| finishing | Jiffy Weathering | Paul Riley | Floquil Mud and Grime | 10,2 | Mar-69 | 24 | |||
| finishing | Pre-Stain Wood? Easy! | Wayne Riggle | Use alcohol-base stain | 10,5 | Sep-69 | 20 | |||
| finishing | Renumber Those Cars | Paul Riley | Each car a different number | 10,5 | Sep-69 | 26 | |||
| finishing | Painting Aid | John Bortz | Spray-paint loco while running | 11,1 | Jan-70 | 19 | |||
| finishing | x | x | Rusty Couplers | Tom Boldt | With paint | 11,1 | Jan-70 | 19 | |
| finishing | Lettering Aid | Tom Riddle | Hint for remembering number on other side of car | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 23 | |||
| finishing | Weathering Hint | Jack Becker | Tempera colors | 11,2 | Mar-70 | 23 | |||
| finishing | Car Interior Paint | Bob Campbell | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 16 | ||||
| finishing | x | Different Car Numbers | Tom Riddle | Dry transfers | 11,6 | Nov-70 | 16 | ||
| finishing | Avoid Overpainting | Tom Riddle | Feather out with Dio-Sol | 12,5 | Sep-71 | 24 | |||
| finishing | x | AF Lines | Stuart Mahlin | Loco and car paint restoration | 12,6 | Nov-71 | 8 | ||
| finishing | Dress Up Your Locos | Gene Fletcher | Paint your trim | 12,6 | Nov-71 | 24 | |||
| finishing | Lettering Aid | Tom Riddle | Hint for remembering number on other side of car | 12,6 | Nov-71 | 24 | |||
| finishing | Fine-Line Lettering | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Obtaining (art supply special order), application techniques | 13,6 | Nov-72 | 24 | |||
| finishing | Prototype Loco Finish | Tom Beresford | Hobby Black and stove polish | 14,1 | Jan-73 | 23 | |||
| finishing | Deacl Saver | J. P. Broadbottom | Overspray with laquer first | 14,4 | Jul-73 | 19 | |||
| finishing | Floquil's Technical Advice | B. Grayson | Let Polly-S cure first | 14,5 | Sep-73 | 18 | |||
| finishing | Car Lighting Kits | Rollain Mercier | Walthers HO | 14,5 | Sep-73 | 18 | |||
| finishing | x | AF Car Paint Remover | Franz Westermeier | Denatured alcohol | 14,5 | Sep-73 | 18 | ||
| finishing | Masking Tape for Striping | Rollain Mercier | Printed-circuit layout tape | 15,1 | Jan-74 | 21 | |||
| finishing | Embossed Rivets | Barry Stettler | Use comb and thick paint | 15,1 | Jan-74 | 21 | |||
| finishing | Clearing Plastic | Delwyn " Jack" Amerine | Remove the dulling | 15,2 | Mar-74 | 19 | |||
| finishing | " Killroy Was Here" | Daniel P. Waskes | Chalk graffiti using typing error-correction paper | 15,3 | May-74 | 21 | |||
| finishing | Easy Track Weathering | J. P. Broadbottom | Floquil spray paint | 15,4 | Jul-74 | 22 | |||
| finishing | CPR Decals | Rollain Mercier | From CPR itself | 15,4 | Jul-74 | 22 | |||
| finishing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Decals for modern equipment | 15,6 | Nov-74 | 21 | |
| finishing | Stained Glass Windows | Fred Fried | From melted crayons | 15,6 | Nov-74 | 30 | |||
| finishing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | More on modern decals | 16,1 | Jan-75 | 20 | |
| finishing | Mortar Joints in Plastic Brick Siding | Ernie Horr | 16,3 | May-75 | 28 | ||||
| finishing | Interiors | Fritz Gemeinhardt | Simulating house-car interior finish | 16,3 | May-75 | 28 | |||
| finishing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Gale Hall | Modern-road lettering decals | 16,4 | Jul-75 | 18 | |
| finishing | x | x | The Modern Scene | Dick Cataldi | Merger reporting marks destination boards, running boards car numbers | 16,5 | Sep-75 | 15 | |
| finishing | Paint Testers |