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Model Railroading - Kalmbach Publishing Co.
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NEW TITLES MODEL RAILROADING
Tourist Trains
Guidebook,
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More than 450 of the most popular train rides, dinner
trains, rail museums, and historical depots found
throughout the U.S. and Canada are described in the
pages of this second edition guidebook. More than 175
attractions are detailed in full-page reviews written by
a Trains magazine editor or contributor. Now with color
photos, this guidebook provides practical information on
what’s worth seeing, nearby attractions, and other tips.
Regional maps showing site locations are also included.
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344 pages
5.5 x 8.5
175 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-87116-273-1
UPC: 64465112081
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Charlie Russell Chew-Choo Dinner Train
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Montana
Alder Gulch Short Line
MONTANA
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SITE LOCATION: Wallace Street, Virginia City
PHONE: 406-843-5247
WEB SITE: www.virginiacitymt.com
This dinner train takes you on a 3.5-hour excursion over the old Chicago, Milwaukee,
St. Paul & Pacific Railroad line from Kingston Junction to Denton. The ride crosses
three historic trestles, passes through a 2,000-foot tunnel, and travels through the
land that inspired artist Charles Russell. Along the way, you’ll enjoy a catered prime
rib dinner. Just keep your eyes open for masked bandits! North Pole runs take place in
December.
SITE LOCATION: 211 E. Main Street, Lewistown
PHONE: 866-912-3980 or 406-538-8969
WEB SITE: www.montanacharlierussellchewchoo.com
E-MAIL: [email protected]
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Joel King
Historical Museum at Fort Missoula
Located in Fort Missoula, the Historical Museum includes 13 structures that depict the
area’s history. One is the Drummond depot, which was constructed by the Chicago,
Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad in 1910. Fort Missoula is on the National Register
of Historic Places.
SITE LOCATION: South Avenue, Missoula
PHONE: 406-728-3476
WEB SITE: www.fortmissoulamuseum.org
E-MAIL: [email protected]
The Alder Gulch Short Line is one of three operating 30-inch gauge tourist railroads in
the United States. This narrow gauge railroad connects the former gold mining towns
of Virginia City and Nevada City. The line winds along Alder Creek, where you can
view the remains of gold mining operations, dredge tailings, and a variety of wildlife.
Grades approaching 4 percent challenge the little line.
CHOICES: Steam trains run weekends and holidays throughout the summer, while
a gas-powered train operates on weekdays. Passengers may board the train at the
depots in both Virginia City or Nevada City for either a one-way ride or a threemile round trip. A round-trip ticket includes access to a walking tour of the historic
collection of Western buildings and displays in Nevada City. Also, round-trip
passengers can lay over at either terminal, look around, and complete their trips later
in the day.
WHEN TO GO: The operating season runs between Memorial Day and Labor Day
weekends. Occasional moonlight rides are scheduled during the season.
Now in all
full-color!
GOOD TO KNOW: The line was completely rebuilt in the late 1990s when heavier
motive power arrived. If you are interested in the Old West, mining, architecture, and
history, plan on spending several hours exploring each town. With more than 100
historic buildings, Virginia City is one of best-preserved mining towns in the West.
WORTH DOING: Visit the historic Livingston depot, built in 1902, that provided access
to Yellowstone National Park. The Italianate-style depot has been restored as a local
museum. If interested in mining, the World Museum of Mining in Butte is located on a
mining site. It features more than 50 structures, including a re-created mining town.
DON’T MISS: The Alder Gulch Short Line is situated in scenic southwest Montana.
Camping, fly-fishing, golf, day drives, hiking, biking, horse pack trips, nature watching, and
gold-panning opportunities abound. The wonders of Yellowstone Park are also nearby.
GETTING THERE: Virginia City is located on Highway 287 approximately 80 miles south
of Butte, and the Alder Gulch Short Line is located south of I-90 and east of I-15.
DISCOUNT: 10% discount at the gift store and 10% off each train ticket, up to four tickets.
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Readers will get more than a dozen easy weathering and
detailing projects that add realism to rolling stock and
locomotives. Well-illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions
make this book suitable for beginning model railroaders.
It promises a variety of projects readers can finish in
an afternoon.
#12458
88 pages
8.25 x 10.75
225 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-762-4
UPC: 64465124589
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Pelle K. Søeb
An easy flatcar pipe load made
from Evergreen styrene tubing
No railroad makes money running empty
freight cars, and my HO layout is no exception. Although you can buy ready-made
freight car loads, most loads are not hard
to make, and by doing so, you can model
exactly what you have seen on your railfan
excursions.
For example, during my field trips, I
started paying careful attention to loads
of pipe and other long bulky materials and
how different types of loads are stacked
and secured.
Since I had several open freight cars
on my layout that needed some kind of
loads, and since stacked pipes seem to be
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a common load on flatcars, I decided to
make such a load for one of my Walthers
bulkhead flats.
I started by cutting in equal lengths
some Evergreen 9⁄32" styrene tubes I had
in stock. For this load, I needed a total of
15 pipes. With smaller diameter tubes you
need more.
The most common colors I’ve seen for
pipe are black or red. I chose red for my
pipe load and airbrushed the Evergreen
tubes with a reddish color mixed from
Model Master Gloss Ferrari Red having
just a touch of flat white and Burnt Umber
added to it. A mix of gloss and flat paint
leaves a silky finish when dry. The pipes
in the prototype pipe loads I have seen
have all been glossy, but in scale, I believe a
semi-gloss finish looks more realistic.
The inside and ends of the pipes are
supposed to be gray. My hand is not steady
enough to do this freehand, so I wrapped
a piece of masking tape around the ends
1⁄64" from the edge and painted the ends
and the inside of the pipes gray.
Stacking the pipes
Wood strips are placed between the layers of pipes on a flatcar to prevent the
AUTHOR
Projects that
take only hours
to complete!
I cut a total of 15 pipes in equal lengths
from Evergreen 9⁄32" styrene tube.
The tubes were painted red. I wrapped them
with strips of masking tape close to the ends.
The ends and insides of the tubes were
painted gray.
pipes from rolling over the edge. The first
layers of pipe are placed on six wood strips
with small blocks attached to the ends to
keep the pipes in place. The wood strips
are spaced evenly. I drew a template on a
sheet of paper as a guideline.
Wood strips go between all layers except the top one. The layers have equal
amounts of pipe except the top layer,
which consists of one less pipe. This way
the top layer can rest in the grooves between the pipes in the layer below.
The first two layers are first wrapped
together with straps separately and then
all layers are banded with straps.
The pipes are ready to stack. Having the ends and insides painted a contrasting color gives an
extra realistic appearance.
Mounting the load to
the flatcar deck
My pipe load appears to be attached to
the flatcar with elastic strings. Actually
I glued it to the flatcar deck first, but a
real load would be attached to the car by
straps pulled over the load and fastened
to the car’s side sills.
I use the heavy version of a product
called EZ Line—an elastic string from
Berkshire Junction—for these straps.
Apply a dab of super glue in four of
the side sill pockets and stick the end of a
piece of EZ Line in each of them. Pull the
EZ Line over the load and attach it with a
Six pieces of stripwood are needed for this load. The strips with the wood blocks attached
are for the flatcar deck and carry the weight of the entire load, which is why it is made from
heavier wood than the other strips.
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PELLE K. SØEBORG
PELLE K. SØEBORG is
a graphic designer in
Farum, Denmark. In the
early 1990s, several Model
Railroader magazines
caught his attention, and he
has been a model railroader
ever since. A trip to the United States in
1992 added to his interest in modeling
United States prototypes. Pelle has written
a number of articles for Model Railroader.
His images have been featured in MR
calendars in addition to Woodland Scenics
and Walthers catalogs. He is the author
and photographer of the book Mountain to
Desert: Building the HO Scale Daneville &
Donner River by Kalmbach Books.
NEW TITLES MODEL RAILROADING
and Detial Mod
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Lou Sassi
road Scenes
Lou Sassi’s second volume of railroad scenes features
a variety of new settings and shows how to model them
realistically. Readers will be able to model a firehouse
scene, a residential neighborhood, a farm implement
dealership, a rural Northeastern scene, and On30
scenes. Also included are historical backgrounds and
period details.
#12454
80 pages
8.25 x 10.75
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-669-6
UPC: 64465124541
MODEL RA
ILROADER’
How to Build
How to Build and Detail
Model Railroad Scenes,
Vol. 2
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MODEL RAILRO
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Vol. 2
Set the stage
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$19.95
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AUTHOR
Lou Sassi
LOU SASSI
LOU SASSI has been a
model railroader since
his early teens while
living in his hometown of
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. He
is the author of several
Kalmbach books, including
Basic Scenery for Model Railroaders:
The Complete Photo Guide and How to
Build and Detail Model Railroad Scenes.
Lou’s cartoons, articles, and photos have
appeared in various publications for more
than two decades. His Boston & Maine
West Hoosic Division layout was featured
in Model Railroader, Great Model Railroads,
the Wm. K. Walthers product catalog, and
Allen Keller’s Model Railroads Video no. 23.
Trained as a forestry technician, Lou has
been a draftsman, surveyor, and a teacher.
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The first firehouse in the U.S., a simple
shed, still stands in Mount Holly, N.J.
CHAPTER ONE
Selecting and
weathering an
HO firehouse
It’s a warm August day in 1953 as engine
No. 1 backs into firehouse No. 2 at the
corner of Main Street and First Avenue in the
suburbs of Burlington, Vermont.
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Prototype fire houses come in many shapes and sizes. They
can range from a simple shed-like affair to a mock Victorian
Queen Anne, or, as seems to be the trend today, a concrete
and steel behemoth with little or no archectural interest. Since
I model the 1940s to 1950s, I decided to do a bit of research
to find what best suited my needs before adding a firehouse to
my model railroad.
I discovered a wealth of information
in the hardcover book The American
Fire Station, by Gerry Souter. As Gerry
notes in the book, “Early firefighting
in eighteenth century America was a
community affair. Able-bodied citizens
were required to keep a fire bucket in
their home. When it was requested
that they ‘fetch their bucket,’ people
brought their buckets from their homes
and formed fire lines that led from the
nearest water supply to the fire.”
As time went on it was apparent that more effective methods were
needed, so groups of individuals
formed volunteer fire brigades. Additional buckets, hooks, ladders, axes, and
other needed paraphernalia were kept
in sheds built for that purpose.
The first firehouse in the country
still stands in Mount Holly, N.J. (1-1).
The 8 x 12-foot clapboard shed was
the first home of the Britannia Fire
company, which was organized in 1752.
Bucket brigades evolved into handpumper fire wagons that did exactly
what the term implies. Firefighters
manually worked a pump mounted on
the wagon to draw water from a nearby
stream, pond, or fireplug. As if actuating the pump manually along with
fighting the fire wasn’t enough exercise,
the firemen themselves had to pull the
wagon to and from each fire.
In some rural locales fire sheds
evolved into fire barns. I worked 12
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This barn was home to the Verdoy Fire Company in Niskayuna, N.Y.
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Many firehouses were built with a second
floor once pumpers came into use.
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Here’s a more extravagant example of a hose
tower, featuring a clock and ornate windows.
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This firehouse in Syracuse, N.Y., is cleverly designed to resemble a cozy middle class home.
Its architecture blends with neighboring properties.
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NEW TITLES MODEL RAILROADING
MODEL RA
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Solve space problems with shelves! Shelf layouts don’t
need benchwork or floorspace and can be set at any
height, easily lit, and readily moved. This book explores
the possibilities, practicalities, and challenges of linear
layout design and presents a variety of prototype layouts
with construction details.
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#12419
88 pages
8.25 x 10.75
24 color photos, 53 illustrations
ISBN: 978-0-89024-690-0
UPC: 64465124190
Water tank
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Team track
Passing
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Agricultural merch
Loading ramp
Wind-pump
and tank
Farmhouse
Barn and silo
Removable link
across doorway
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Switch tower
Sub-station for
subway line
Lighting tower
Fuel points
Fuel tank car
spotted here
Large industrial
building
Elevated subway track
(automatic shuffle)
Warehouse complex
Lighting mast
Lighting
tower
Yardmaster’s
office
Caboose pocket
Switch engine
terminal
Industrial building
Chemical storage facility
Large
Hidden end of subway
High-level
Billboard commercial
building
highway overpass
Switchman’s shanty
Industry with
roof sign
ELM POINT
(HO scale)
Lighting tower
Tug berth
Port Authority
building
Cold storage warehouse
(hides end of subway track)
Lifting span
Main line
hidden by
removable
structures
Door to house
Removable cassette shelf
Sliding door to courtyard
without stretching things too far.
Having the NH as the key player is a
decision based not just on prototype
conformity, but also on the attractive
and varied switching power rostered by
the railroad during this period, which
included USRA 0-8-0 steam switchers
and a selection of pioneer diesels.
The New Haven was a very early
user of diesel-electric switchers—which
they classed as DEY (diesel-electric
yard). Types tried included Alco’s pioneering 1931-built 600-hp prototype
(DEY-1), “trialed” on the NH, followed
by a fleet of 1936-vintage GE 600hp units (DEY-2). In 1938 came the
more powerful 660-hp DEY-1b Alco
HH660 switchers. For the lightest
work, the NH stuck with GE’s ubiquitous 44-tonner.
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Cassette
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For everything bigger, Alco initially
won out, with the road buying a total
of 65 S-3s and 22 S-2s before General Motors muscled in on the scene
in 1956, supplying a fleet of EMD’s
meaty 1200-hp SW1200 switchers.
For the 1940s era envisioned for this
plan, steam and Alcos would hold sway,
aided by a 44-tonner or two.
Proto 2000 and Atlas have both
listed the Alco S-2 and S-3 switchers, and Bachmann the GE 44-tonner;
however, these ready-to-run models
are usually offered in the later greenand-orange or in McGinnis-era black,
white and red. The earlier plain green
or green/orange “script” paint schemes
will probably call for the airbrush
and decals. Atlas now makes an Alco
HH660 in plastic.
The early GE 600-hp switchers
were a boxcab design, so you might
be able to find an old Roundhouse
boxcab diesel kit as a starting point.
These distinctive early oil-electrics
were extensively used for New York car
float operations by all the other main
participating railroads: Jersey Central,
LIRR, Pennsy, and NYC.
Suitable NH steam power is available in the Proto 2000 Heritage series:
The USRA 0-8-0 has been listed as
a NH 3400-series, while the 0-6-0
would not be out of place. The odd
road diesel could also put in an appearance, with the Proto 1000 Alco RS-2
being the most likely candidate.
On the elevated subway tracks, a
four-car set of Life-Like’s Proto 1000
R21/R22 New York subway cars would
Car float
Warehouse units Warehouse
(taxpayers)
fit quite nicely, although technically
they would be a little bit out of period,
as both series actually date from the
mid-1950s. In the context of this
scheme, either the charismatic roundwindow Redbirds or the slightly plainer
dark green R22s would certainly create
the right impression. A pair of R22s
were NYT’s first unmanned automatic
train, so having a train of them shuttle
back and forth under the control of an
automatic reversing module with timer
would seem quite appropriate!
Judging from photographic evidence, the vast majority of car float
traffic traveled in boxcars and reefers,
with just the odd tank car, mill gondola, or flat. But the industries at the
south end could offer more variety:
covered hoppers, gons or hoppers of
The New Haven owned several pioneering Alco HH-series diesel switchers, along with early
GE 600-hp units and later models from Alco, GE, and EMD. NYNH&H
coal, fuel oil or chemicals in tanks, and
machinery or bulky items on heavy
flats or in gons. Other possible traffic might include lumber and building
supplies, aggregates, metal feedstocks,
refrigerated perishables, and scrap
metal or other industrial trash. There
would also need to be fuel and sand for
the railroad’s own power, plus the odd
piece of maintenance-of-way equipment. The yard capacity is not that
great, so a huge choice of equipment
would not be needed.
Scenery and structures
We’re talking urban wasteland
here—although when I first came to
New York I was surprised at just how
much green open space there is in areas
like the South Bronx. In terms of this
railroad-heavy layout, though, scenery amounts to little more than a few
patches of rough grass and weeds and a
bit of exposed rock.
Far more significant are the structures. Here’s a chance to kitbash a
motley collection of mostly industrial
buildings of different ages, with signature New York rooflines. Is there some
New York city ordinance that says you
have to put as many things as possible
up there? Water tanks, air conditioning
plant, elevator hoists, ventilation and
dust extraction equipment, chimneys,
piping, and—of course—advertising
signs are all part of the New York roofscape. The other signature structure detail
is the spindly iron fire escape draped
down every building side; fortunately,
Walthers has them in their Cornerstone
series. In fact, pretty much everything
you need is out there from DPM, Great
West Models, Rix, Pikestuff, Walthers,
and a host of small suppliers.
Operation
When the various New York car float
operations were in full swing, they
together handled more than 2,000 car
movements in a 24-hour period. Aside
from the intensive car float traffic, Elm
Point is a straightforward waterfront
and industrial switching railroad.
It’s designed around relatively
short—six cars or so—transfer runs,
which enter the compact four-track
classification yard from the cassette
fiddle yard at the south end. Arriving
trains are broken down by the dedicated yard switcher, with the caboose
being tucked away in the “cabin
pocket” nestled in the shadow of the
elevated highway on tall steel stilts that
dominates and disguises the right-hand
corner of the scene. Cuts of cars ready
to cross the harbor to the Jersey shore
would be assembled in the pair of stubend spurs adjacent to the car float lead
track, and switched onto the float with
the use of an idler flat or two—a job
for a second dedicated switch engine.
Other than that, it’s just straightforward industrial switching against a
distinctive New York background, with
the occasional distraction as a subway
train rolls and rattles by.
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AUTHOR
Office building
IAIN RICE
IAIN RICE is a retired firefighter who now
designs and builds model railroads. He also
lectures about the subject throughout the
U.S. and Europe and has written 20 books
and more than 350 articles. Iain is a regular
contributor to Model Railroader and Model
Railroad Planning and is a contributing
editor to the Layout Design Journal. He
regularly exhibits his four compact model
railroads, all in shelf format, at United
Kingdom and European train shows. Iain’s
current home is a historic 200-year-old
stone cottage in western England, which
he restores between his frequent travels.
Iain’s other interests include hiking the wild
hill country on his doorstep, gardening,
conservation work, and writing about
local history.
NEW TITLES MODEL RAILROADING
Essential Model
Railroad Scenery
Techniques
MODEL RA
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Essential Mo
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Pelle K. Søeborg
A comprehensive how-to guide for constructing the most
common forms of scenery: mountains, deserts, lakes
and streams, and rural and town scenes. This volume
describes essential scenery tips and techniques through
highly detailed photos and step-by-step instructions.
Scenery
Techniques
#12433
104 pages
8.25 x 10.75
300 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-736-5
UPC: 64465124336
$21.95
Available October 2009
Greater
scenic realism
awaits!
Pelle K. Søeb
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AUTHOR
Bushes and weeds
PELLE K. SØEBORG
PELLE K. SØEBORG is
a graphic designer in
Farum, Denmark. In the
early 1990s, several Model
Railroader magazines
caught his attention, and he
has been a model railroader
ever since. A trip to the United States in
1992 added to his interest in modeling
United States prototypes.Pelle has written
a number of articles for Model Railroader.
His images have been featured in MR
calendars in addition to Woodland Scenics
and Walthers catalogs. He is the author
and photographer of the book Mountain to
Desert: Building the HO Scale Daneville &
Donner River by Kalmbach Books.
An easy way to attach clump foliage to a scene is to apply dabs
of white glue to an area...
...and smother clump foliage onto the glue. Excess material can be
vacuumed away when the glue is dry.
After the basic scenery is completely dry it is time to apply
more scenery materials. So far the only thing growing on our
scene is grass and smaller weeds. The next step involves adding
bushes, small trees, and tall weeds to the scene.
If you pay attention to how actual landscapes look it will be
easier for you to model realistic scenery for your model railroad.
There are a couple of basic rules you need to follow. Where
water exists the scenery will be more green and the intensity
of weeds, bushes, and trees will be increased. This applies not
only to open water but also areas with more ground water like
ditches and lower areas where rainwater collects. On slopes,
more foliage will be growing at the bottom than at the top.
This is more obvious on some types of scenery than others. Our Midwest scene represents an area that receives plenty
of rain, so it should be pretty green all over. I still added a little
more of the green scenery stuff to the lower areas and along
the bottom of the hill.
Start out with some light green clump foliage from Woodland Scenics. As with everything else I attached clump foliage
with white glue. Apply dabs of white glue on the terrain and
smother on clump foliage. Gently press the clump foliage into
the glue. Excess foliage can be vacuumed away after the glue has
dried. Scatter clump foliage randomly over the entire scene.
For tall weeds I use field grass, also from Woodland Scenics.
This material is like fine hair, and comes in packs of 2" long fibers in four different colors. I used all four colors in this scene.
Make small bundles of straw and wrap a piece of tape around
the end. With your finger, grab the bundle on the end with no
tape and trim it with scissors. Dip the end in glue and placed it
on the scene. If necessary, spread the fibers a little with the tip
of a scalpel. Place the tall weeds mainly in low areas and ditches
where you would expect the ground to receive more water.
How to apply tall weeds
1
Make the field grass hair easier to
handle by making small bundles
wrapped with tape on one end.
2
Dip the end in
white glue.
Grab the tip of the bundle with
your fingers and cut off a bite in
the appropriate length.
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Attach the weeds
to the terrain.
5
Apply tire marks to a dirt road
Spread the
fibers a little
if necessary.
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Finishing the dirt road
To avoid damaging the bushes and small trees after they have
been applied, it’s wise to finish the dirt road now.
The road now appears as if it has never been used. To
change that I applied tire marks in the dirt using an old stiff oil
paint brush. Simply rub the surface a couple of times with the
brush.
There is a risk that the road will be damaged from this treatment if it is not completely dry and hard. That is why I waited as
long as possible before doing it.
2
Apply tire marks to the dirt road
by rubbing it with a stiff brush.
Tall weeds are cut in appropriate lengths and attached with a dab
of white glue.
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NEW TITLES MODEL RAILROADING
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THE MODE
Model Railroader’s
Guide to Diesel
Locomotives
E TO
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Jeff Wilson
Model railroaders will learn the history, spotting features,
characteristics, and operation of diesel locomotives.
The book helps modelers determine appropriate eras,
the purpose of details and features, and describes the
type of specialized service of each diesel.
#12437
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8.25 x 10.75
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-761-7
UPC: 64465124374
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FOUR
Union Pacific No. 909 can be
identified as an EMD E9 by its
flush-rim headlight lens and the
stamped Far-Air grille along the
side. The flat snow shields on
the roof above the
winterization hatches were a
UP custom addition. Number
909 was built in 1961, just
two years before EMD built its
final E unit, another E9 for UP.
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EA, EB
E1
Baltimore & Ohio EA No. 52 pauses in Washington, D.C., in July
1937. Note the height of the windows compared to the E1.
Santa Fe No. 2 displays the taller side windows of the E1 and
the recessed headlight common to EAs and E1s.
The EA and EB were built exclusively for the Baltimore & Ohio.
They can be identified by recessed headlights (a trait shared
with E1s) and by carbody side windows with rounded ends that
are not as tall as than those of the E1 (which were being built at
the same time). The EAs were traded in for rebuilding into E8s
by EMD in 1953 and 1954.
EA: B&O 51-56
EB: B&O 51X-56X
Santa Fe owned the only E1s, which were built at the same time
as—and share internal machinery with—EAs and E2s. Distinctions include a recessed headlight and small recessed notches for
locomotive numbers in the corners of the nose on either side of
the headlight. Their side windows were taller than those on the
EA. They were rebuilt into E8s in 1952 and 1953.
E1A: AT&SF 2-9
E1B: AT&SF 2A-4A
E2
E3
Electro-Motive E2 No. LA-1, owned by Union Pacific and
Chicago & North Western, has the bulbous nose unique to
that model.
The E3 was the first passenger diesel to receive Electro-Motive’s
new 567 engine, with a pair of them boosting the locomotive’s
horsepower to 1,000. To the E3 also goes the credit for being
the first truly mass-produced passenger diesel, with orders
from multiple railroads. The E3 introduced the body that would
essentially be standard through the E6, with the long slanted
nose with protruding headlight at the top, square side windows
in pairs, and rectangular screened air intakes atop each side.
Mechanically the E3 through E6 were basically the same locomotive; in fact, the last E3 rolled out of LaGrange in June 1940,
when the E6 had been in production for seven months.
Railroads: AT&SF; ACL; CRI&P; C&NW; KCS; MP; UP
W
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Cab units
hen diesels began powering passenger trains in the
The E3 introduced the slanted nose and body style used
through the E6. This is Chicago & North Western No. 5002.
1930s, railroads wanted the power units in stream-
lined bodies to match their new, sleek trains. This applied if
separate locomotives were used or if the power car was
integrated into an articulated train. This streamlined look
carried over to the first road freight diesels as well, as ElectroMotive’s FT followed the same basic design as the manufacturer’s sleek E units. Over the years this style of body became
known as a cab, carbody, or “covered wagon” diesel.
Two A-B-B sets of E2s were built for service on the City of San
Francisco and City of Los Angeles, trains at the time operated
jointly by the Union Pacific, Chicago & North Western, and (for
the COLA) Southern Pacific. The A units had bulbous, rounded
noses unique to this model, and As and Bs both had round portholes along their sides. Internally they matched the EA and E1.
E2A: SF-1, LA-1
E2B: SF-2, -3; LA-2, -3
There’s no doubt that appearance
had a lot to do with early diesel locomotive design. Carbody-style diesels
provided railroads with a broad canvas
on which to splash their often-lavish
multi-color paint schemes.
Cab diesels were designed so the
framing of the body worked with
the underframe to provide structural
strength—similar to the design of a
truss bridge. This is unlike switchers and hood-type diesels, where the
underframe is solely responsible.
Carbody diesels with operating cabs
were known as “A units” and non-cab
locomotives were “B units” or boosters.
For any given model, A and B units
were mechanically identical except for
the lack of an operating cab on B units.
The purpose of this was the build-
ing-block concept, with the idea that
railroads would have an A unit leading,
followed by one or more B units, with
an A unit trailing the consist (as in an
A-B-A or A-B-B-A consist). Matched
sets looked good, and having an A unit
at each end avoided the need to turn
the locomotives at the end of a run.
Many early A units when delivered
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on railroads and model
railroading. He spent 10
years as an associate
editor at Model Railroader
magazine, and he currently
works as a freelance writer, editor, and
photographer, contributing articles to MR
and other magazines. He enjoys many
facets of the hobby, especially building
structures and detailing locomotives,
as well as photographing both real and
model railroads.
NEW TITLES MODEL RAILROADING
N Scale Railroading:
Getting Started in the
Hobby, Second Edition
MODEL RA
ILROADER’
S HOW-TO
GUIDE
N SCALE RAILROAD
IN
Getting starte
d in the hobby G
Martin McGuirk
There have been numerous advances in N scale
railroading since the first edition of this book, and the
author addresses them all, from track to train control.
He takes beginners through step-by-step chapters that
show them how to build and operate a complete N scale
4 x 8-foot railroad.
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96 pages
8.25 x 10.75
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-705-1
UPC: 64465124282
$19.95
Available November 2009
Martin McGui
rk
AUTHOR
Benchwork
MARTIN MCGUIRK
MARTIN MCGUIRK is a former associate
editor with both Model Railroader and
Classic Toy Trains magazines. Martin
started in the hobby with Lionel trains
and picked up HO modeling in his teens.
He has built several N scale layouts and
written many articles about these projects.
In addition, Martin wrote The New Haven
Railroad Along the Shore. Martin lives in
Manassas, Va., where he enjoys golf and
fly-fishing with his three sons.
10-1
CHAPTER TEN
Benchwork and track for the
Androscoggin Central
Capturing a slice of everyday life is the goal
of many model railroaders. We’re heading
into town on a crisp autumn morning when
the stillness is broken by Maine Central
U25B 234 leading a long freight across a
country lane. While it may seem intimidating
at first, creating an appealing scene that will
wow your family and friends is fun and easy.
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I’ve built a number of N scale railroads
using hollow-core doors for benchwork, but since the Androscoggin
Central was larger than any door I
could find, I decided to build moreconventional benchwork. I intended to
use 1 x 3 or 1 x 4 dimensional lumber,
but after spending an hour at the local
home center trying to find more than
a half dozen straight pieces of wood,
I gave up and purchased a 4 x 8 sheet
of ¾" birch plywood. I had them rip
the piece into 3"-wide strips, creating
straight, knot-free 1 x 3s.
At first I was going to support the
layout with a simple set of legs, but
knowing that I, like most model railroaders, always need more storage space
(for construction and scenery materials
while building the railroad and to hold
all those extra cars and locomotives
we inevitably collect once the railroad
is operating), I decided to support the
railroad on a cabinet base, 10-2. Suffice it to say you’ll be amazed at the
amount of “stuff ” needed to build even
a small layout. One of the unwritten
laws of model railroading is the fact
that a small layout needs just as many
different supplies (ground foam in various colors, wire in multiple sizes and
colors, track laying tools, other scenery
materials) as a large layout.
One key tool that makes cutting
benchwork materials to length is a
power compound miter saw. Other very
helpful tools include a cordless reversible variable-speed drill, a small square,
a level, and a jigsaw. The tools I used
for benchwork construction are pretty
straightforward and you probably have
most of them already.
10-2
The 2 x 4-foot base cabinet supports the railroad and also provides some hidden storage
under the layout.
We all start building layouts by dreaming of realistic, detailed
scenes, 10-1. But if a layout is to be truly rewarding to
build and fun to operate, care must be taken during the
more mundane stages of construction such as benchwork,
tracklaying, and wiring. Rush these steps and you will regret
it later. So, before we talk about scenicking and operating the
Androscoggin Central, let’s first build a solid, reliable railroad
that runs smoothly.
The cabinet base
Construction of the cabinet is fairly
straightforward, and by following the
photos and diagram, you should have
no trouble building it. The layout
gridwork fits onto the base cabinet, so
the layout is not screwed, bolted, or
otherwise attached to the base cabinet—gravity holds the layout in place,
10-3.
The size of the base isn’t critical,
although it’s wise to make it a little
narrower and shorter than the overall
10-3
The benchwork is built using plywood cut into 3"-wide strips. The cabinet top is designed to
hold the layout securely with gravity.
dimensions of the layout to allow some
“foot space.” Also, while this is an ideal
approach for an island layout that will
be moved once or twice (you could
even build a new layout to park on this
cabinet when you’ve completed this
one) it’s not recommended for layouts
that you plan to take to shows on a
regular basis. Although the cabinet is
moveable, I’d hardly call it portable!
The height of the layout will be
determined by the length of the 2 x 2
legs (the final rail height will be the
length of the legs plus the thickness
of the foam board plus ¼" for the plywood). Carriage bolts in the bottom of
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Features practical advice on operating Lionel’s new
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for running MTH’s DCS system as well as Lionel’s earlier
TrainMaster system. This book serves as a valuable
resource for toy train operators who are turning to
command control systems.
—
#10-8395
104 pages
5.5 x 8.5
60 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-752-5
UPC: 64465183951
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Companion
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Handbook for
Toy Trains
Neil Besougloff n
anso
revised by Carl Sw
TMCC-equipped locomotives
Lionel’s use of modular circuit boards created a series
of command-ready Lionel locomotives. Command-ready
locomotives have sockets that accept TMCC and RailSounds circuit boards, but they do not come with the actual
boards. Out of the box, these locomotives can only be run in
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Available Now
Adding TMCC to your layout 6
Even on small
layouts, TMCC
offers excellent
train-control
features.
TMCC can be put on any new or existing toy train layout,
from a 4 x 8-foot oval to the most sophisticated museumsized layout.
TMCC circuit boards
Small layouts
conventional-control mode, but you can easily add a modular
TMCC or RailSounds board and a TMCC antenna to these
locomotives to give them full command capabilities.
Non-Lionel TMCC-equipped locomotives
On smaller layouts, such as an oval with sidings on a
sheet of plywood, two or more TMCC-equipped trains
operating independently at the same time may simply not
fit. It’s no fun operating nose-to-tail with collisions all
but inevitable.
Atlas O, Weaver, and other manufacturers regularly offer
locomotives factory-equipped with Lionel’s TMCC and RailSounds circuitry. Their components are as reliable as those in
Lionel locomotives.
All non-Lionel TMCC-equipped locomotives operate in
either conventional-control mode or command-control mode,
just as Lionel’s own TMCC locomotives do. But not all offer
the full line of TMCC features such as coil couplers, infrared
tethers between steam locomotives and tenders, and remote
smoke control. Also, a locomotive may or may not use a RailSounds system that perfectly matches the prototype. Before
you buy one, check its features by examining the locomotive
and reading the instructions.
At time of publication, Lionel has not made its newgeneration Legacy locomotive boards available to other
manufacturers; however, the Legacy CAB-2 controller can
operate any TMCC-equipped engine from any manufacturer, although, obviously, no Legacy-specific features can be
activated.
Transformer
Command
base
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Adding TMCC to your layout
Locomotives
from Atlas O
and other
manufacturers
contain factoryequipped circuit
boards for TMCC
operation.
CAB-2
Wiring a TMCC
system on a small
layout is simple.
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NEIL BESOUGLOFF
is editor of Model
Railroader magazine.
Previously, he was editor
of Classic Toy Trains for 10
years. Before that, he was
a newspaper journalist for
15 years in Fla. and in his native N.J. He is
slowly but surely building a prewar-style
O gauge layout after moving to a new
home in Oconomowoc, Wis. Neil and his
wife Susy are the parents of five boys. In
addition to toy trains, Neil spends his free
time reading history books and tinkering
with his 1931 Ford Model A.
CARL SWANSON
succeeded Neil Besougloff
as editor of Classic Toy
Trains. At Kalmbach
Publishing Co. for 12
years, Carl also worked
for Model Railroader
and Trains as well as an earlier stint on
CTT. Carl was also the founding editor of
RailNews magazine and served as editor
of Passenger Train Journal prior to joining
Kalmbach. An avid model railroader, Carl
has an 8 x 12-foot O gauge layout in his
Milwaukee home, where he lives with
his wife Judy, sons John and Daniel, and
daughter Rachel.
NEW TITLES TOY TRAINS
2 0 10 E D
ITION
American Flyer Pocket
Price Guide 1946-2010
This handy pocket-sized guide provides accurate, current
market values for American Flyer S gauge trains and
accessories manufactured by A.C. Gilbert and Lionel
between 1946 and early 2010. This guide also features
ready-to-run S gauge train information from contemporary
manufacturers like American Models and S-Helper Service.
This is the 26th edition of this valuable Greenberg Guide.
#10-8610
112 pages
4 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0-89778-538-9
UPC: 064465186105
LIONEL
TRAINS
POCKET PRICE GUIDE
1901-2010
UPDAT
CLUB CAERD
LISTINGS
$15.95
Available October 2009
ITION
2 0 10 E D
AMERICAN
FPOLCKYETEPRRICE GUIDE
1946 -2010
UPDATED
S-HELPER
SERVICE
LISTINGS
Lionel Trains Pocket
Price Guide 1901-2010
This is the essential guide that collectors need before
buying, selling, or trading any Lionel toy train or accessory.
The latest edition of the famous Greenberg’s Guide lists
current prices and other reference information for prewar,
postwar, and modern trains. A thorough introduction
offers collectors helpful hints on collecting, buying, and
determining condition.
#10-8710
336 pages
4 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0-89778-537-2
UPC: 064465187102
$18.95
Available October 2009
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NEW TITLES TOY TRAINS
Realistic Modeling for
Toy Trains:
A Hi-rail Guide
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The author shows step-by-step how various creative
elements of a layout fit together using his Sandy Harbor
Terminal Railway. Practical building techniqes and realistic
modeling concepts, explain how readers can build a hi-rail
toy train layout.
#10-8390
96 pages
8.25 x 10.75
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-745-7
UPC: 64465183906
$19.95
Available October 2009
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BUILDINGS • ST
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Dennis Brenna
Laying out the harbor scene
3-3
3-1
C H AP T ER
T H REE
Creating a Realistic
Harbor
With a bascule bridge and a gantry
crane, Sandy Harbor Terminal
Nothing conjures up images of big-time railroading better than a bustling harbor scene.
Railway provides many operational
In this chapter, I’ll describe how I created the waterfront on the Sandy Harbor Terminal
Just as the Lionel bascule bridge identifies the entrance to the harbor, the pier’s
railroad spur defines the dock area. I
allowed 6” from the center rail of the
dock spur to the front of the 30”-long
dock that lines up with the end of the
track. The 6” measurement is determined
by the reach of the Lionel Gantry Crane.
The little slip beyond the dock is 7” wide.
Before marking the top layer of
extruded foam, use masking tape to
temporarily outline the entire harbor
area. The tape is easy to reposition as
you figure things out. On the right side
of the harbor, I roughed in the rocky
I based the dock design on one of several different designs found in
books on the New York Harbor Railroad.
shoreline across from the dock.
Once you are satisfied with the
arrangement, outline the harbor with a
marker, using the tape as a guide. If in
doubt, leave in extra foam—just as I did
with the shoreline. It is simple enough to
cut excess foam away later. On the other
hand, it is just as easy to put some foam
back. So don’t worry too much about it.
That’s the beauty of working with foam.
Creating the water
Because the harbor takes up a relatively
large amount of space (approximately
3 x 8 feet), I decided to use a patterned
glass to create the water. I chose a brand
activities.
Railway. Crafting a scene like this is not that difficult, and it provides plenty of operational possibilities, 3-1. The biggest feature is the water, and it couldn’t be simpler to create.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. Before adding the water, you have to set up the harbor.
called Aquatex, which you can find at
any large retail glass supplier. It’s mainly
used for shower doors and patio tables.
To use, I simply spray-painted the
bottom side and set the glass in place. It
is truly that simple and the final result
speaks for itself. An added bonus is
that it’s easily cleaned without worrying
about scratching or dulling the surface.
The patterned glass has two different
surfaces with the ripples being more
distinct on one side. I know it seems
counterintuitive, but that is the side that
I painted and used for the bottom. The
smoother top surface looks more natural.
I painted the bottom side with the
Rust-Oleum Deep Forest Green Camouflage spray. Placing white paper under
the glass lets you see if the several light
coats give a smooth, even look. This was
a critical step. You can’t rush the painting, 3-2.
After letting the paint cure for several
days, I had a friend help me install the
large sheet of glass. Before placing the
glass, I thoroughly vacuumed the harbor
bed. We then set the large piece down as
close as possible to its final position and
then carefully jockeyed it into place. The
paint easily scrapes off the glass when
moving, so you don’t want to slide it any
more than necessary across the foam.
WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE
3-2
You can clearly see the difference between the painted and unpainted
glass. Painting the back of the glass causes the glass to act like a mirror.
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SCALE-LIKE
TRACK
WORKING
WATER,
WITH
WATER
TRACK
EVERYWHERE
COMPONENTS
SECTIONAL
TRACK
FOR
TRAIN SETS
Making the dock
3-4
The bollards are made from scrapbooking snaps on top of styrene tubing. The snaps can be found
in the scrapbook department of stores such as Hobby Lobby or Joann Fabric.
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The dock represents a concrete structure
faced with horizontal boards attached to
pilings along the apron, 3-3. Although
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DENNIS BRENNAN
An avid model railroader
for more than 30 years, he
especially enjoys making
scenery and kitbashing
structures. Dennis is also a
commercial photographer,
and his photos have
appeared in Classic Toy Trains, Model
Railroader, and O Gauge Railroading. He
has contributed numerous articles to CTT,
and his four-part series on the Sandy
Harbor Terminal Ry., which was the basis
for this book, appeared in the December
2007 to March 2008 issues. The layout
was the first hi-rail project layout featured
in CTT.
Dennis lives in Independence, Mo.,
with his wife Sandy and Madigan, their
wire-haired dachshund mix. They have
three children: Tyler, Dorian, and Leah.
NEW TITLES SCALE MODELING
Building and Detailing
Model Aircraft
SCALE MOD
ELER’S
Building and deta
iling
Pat Hawkey
Starting with a simple modeling kit, the author
demonstrates how to assemble, align, glue, prepare
surfaces, paint, and decal a plastic model aircraft. From
there, he applies the learned techniques for adding extra
details such as photoetched metal parts and aftermarket
resin to more-advanced techniques consisting of how to
create realistic panel-line detail.
H OW-TO G
UIDE
MODEL AIRCRAFT
PAT HAWKEY
#12440
96 pages
8.25 x 10.75
300 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-723-5
UPC: 64465124404
$21.95
Available November 2009
Creativity will
take flight with this
informative guide!
PAT HAWKEY
PAT HAWKEY is a professional model
builder who specializes in aircraft, and he
has been an active modeler since his youth.
Pat is a frequent contributor to FineScale
Modeler magazine and is also an advisory
board member for the magazine.
Adding aftermarket parts
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Crosskitting a
SPITFIRE Mk.IX
The Occidental kit is fairly accurate in
outline except for its nose, which looks
slightly inflated. Fortunately Otaki (originally, then later released as ARII and Airfix)
produced a Spitfire Mk.VIII. There are few
visual differences between a Mk.IX and
a Mk.VIII and though the Otaki kit isn’t
perfect, its nose contours are good. I’ll use
the Otaki kit from the firewall forward to
improve the lines of the Occidental kit.
Though the Occidental interior is respectable, True Details did a resin cockpit specifically for it, which I’ll also use. (In addition, I purchased a couple different Eduard
“Zoom” Spitfire IX photo-etched sets (not
designed for the Occidental kit) to see
what useful items may be found on them.
1
Reinforce the join from the inside with a section of sheet styrene and thickened superglue.
Compare and contrast
The first step to building this model is to
match up and compare the Otaki and Occidental fuselage and wings to determine
if this nose-swapping plan is feasible. It’s
important to discover that the respective
firewalls are in the same place on both kits.
Before grabbing a saw though, some
refining is in order. The exterior of the
Occidental kit has a light grainy texture to
it. Gun bay doors are supplied as separate
pieces and once they are slightly bent to fit
flush in their respective wing openings
and solidly glued in place, I sand all
the exterior surfaces smooth with a
worn Norton 150 grit sanding pad,
1. Wet sanding with 320 would
accomplish the same thing. Because
this model will wear a flat finish, I don’t
have to be nearly as fussy with the surface smoothness factor as I was with the
RF-84, but that grain definitely had to go!
I don’t bother with the horizontal stabilizers, which are decidedly thick and will be
replaced with Otaki items.
I
n 1999, a Portuguese company called Occidental released a
much-anticipated 1/48th-scale kit of a Spitfire Mk.IXe. It wasn’t
a bad kit (especially for a first release) but those hoping for a
great Spitfire kit didn’t get one. That Occidental kit will serve as a
starting point to demonstrate adding aftermarket resin detail and
combining similar kits, popularly known as “kit-bashing.”
Next, a nose job
With a razor saw and a mitre box to
ensure a straight cut, I do the nose job
surgery, 2. Even with the help of the miter
box, four perfect cuts prove to be elusive.
Nose parts are taped (not glued) together
and fuselage halves are taped (not glued)
together.
With a good dose of liquid cement to
allow for sliding and adjusting, I match
up the Otaki and Occidental items. I don’t
allow any glue into the centerline though.
I’m a long way from gluing fuselage halves
2
Otaki’s cross section isn’t as round as Occidental’s.
3
Match up the Otaki and Occidental items.
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NEW CALENDARS
The Art of
Model Railroading
2010 Calendar
Stunning model railroads of all scales, eras, and types are depicted
in this calendar. Each month features a different model railroad
with an informative layout description and room for appointments
and reminders. Calendar recognizes national holidays.
#68159
24 pages
13 x 10.5
12 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-757-0
UPC: 64465181599
$12.95
Available June 2009
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Getting Started in the Hobby
DVD
EASY MODEL RAILROADING
EASY MODEL RAILROADING
Basic
buildings
Basic Buildings
Basic Model Railroading
Building Your First Model Railroad
Get Started in N Scale
Step-by-step photos and instructions from
Model Railroader magazine describe what tools
and glues to use, show how to build wood and
plastic kits, explain kitbashing, and detail with
paint and decals.
Beginning modelers can appreciate the simple
tips and techniques, detailed photos, diagrams,
and drawings provided by the editors of Model
Railroader magazine. Includes information
on locomotive maintenance, painting and
weathering, wiring, and much more.
Everything a beginning hobbyist needs to know
about building a model railroad layout! Sixty
minutes; all-digital format; stereo sound; color.
This booklet explains the advantages of N scale
model railroading and provides a variety of
ideas on getting started with an N scale railroad.
Perfect for beginners with limited space.
#12413
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
45 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-662-7
$7.95
Copyright: 2006
#10003
$12.95
Copyright: 2003
#12197
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-334-3
$17.95
Copyright: 1998
#12414
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
45 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-663-4
$7.95
Copyright: 2006
MODEL R AILROADER ’S HOW-TO GUIDE
N SCALE
RAILROADING
Getting started in the hobby
 SECOND EDITION 
NEW
Martin McGuirk
HO Scale Model Railroading
Jeff Wilson
Starting with benchwork and ending with
realistic scenery, this practical, no-nonsense
guide provides insight into the fundamentals of
model railroading. Features modern techniques
and products.
#12246
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-575-0
$19.95
Copyright: 2003
N Scale Railroading: Getting Started in
the Hobby, Second Edition
Martin McGuirk
Model railroaders will learn about grades,
lighting and presentation, flextrack, DCC and
turnouts, designing scenery, benchwork, and
structures, all the while taking in what has to be
done differently in N scale for greater realism.
#12428
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-705-1
$19.95
Copyright: 2009
Tips on Track
Wiring Basics
Perfect for new hobbyists, this booklet features
an overview of the various types of track and
explains how to configure track, plan a layout,
and work with switches.
This booklet gives the basics of working with
wire, soldering, wiring reverse loops, adding
cab control, and making a control panel.
#12402
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
64 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-588-0
$7.95
Copyright: 2005
Simple Scenery
Tables for Your Trains
This simple booklet takes the guesswork
out of adding scenery to a model railroad,
offering new hobbyists tips for building scenes,
creating trees, selecting structures, and adding
a backdrop.
This full-color booklet will help new
model railroaders build a simple,
semi-permanent tabletop for displaying
and running model trains.
#12404
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
64 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-590-3
$7.95
Copyright: 2005
#12401
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
64 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-587-3
$7.95
Copyright: 2005
#12403
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
64 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-589-7
$7.95
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BASIC MODEL RAILROAD
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Small Starter Layouts You Can Build
Lou Sassi
Basic Model Railroad Benchwork
Basic Model Railroad Track Plans
Jeff Wilson
Step-by-step instructions and illustrations take
the mystery out of constructing benchwork.
Covers the materials and tools for making
benchwork for any layout.
From Model Railroader magazine, this book
features full-color plans and construction
techniques for HO and N scale starter layouts.
#12241
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
ISBN: 978-0-89024-615-3
$19.95
Copyright: 2002
#12237
64 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
10 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-613-9
$16.95
Copyright: 2001
Basic Painting and Weathering
for Model Railroaders
Jeff Wilson
Introduces hobbyists to the tools, products, and
techniques needed for painting and weathering.
Readers are guided through several basic
projects from applying chalks to airbrushing.
#12247
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
250 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-624-5
$19.95
Copyright: 2003
Basic Scenery for Model Railroaders
Lou Sassi
Step-by-step instructions and photos teach all
levels of model railroaders how to construct
the scenery elements that help them create a
realistic layout in any scale.
#12233
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-422-7
$21.95
Copyright: 2001
FULL-COLOR
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Basic Wiring for
Model Railroaders
— The Complete Photo Guide —
Rick Selby
Basic Structure Modeling
for Model Railroaders
Jeff Wilson
Photo-driven projects demonstrate the tools,
materials, and techniques used when modeling
and detailing plastic or wooden structures.
#12258
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
225 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-446-3
$19.95
Copyright: 2004
Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders
Jeff Wilson
Offers easy-to-follow techniques for installing
sturdy trackwork, fitting the roadbed, laying
track, and finishing with lineside details.
#12254
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
250 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-437-1
$19.95
Copyright: 2004
Basic Wiring for Model Railroaders,
Second Edition
Rick Selby
These simple and clear instructions for wiring
projects such as block wiring, turnout wiring,
return-loop wiring, and other principles are
essential to building a layout.
#12412
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
225 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-655-9
$19.95
Copyright: 2006
MODEL RAILROADING BOOKS - WIRING AND ELECTRONICS
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• Wire your layout for DCC
• Choose the right DCC system
• Control lighting effects
• Master throttles, stations and boosters
Andy Sperandeo
Easy Model Railroad Wiring,
Second Edition
Andy Sperandeo
A useful reference for every level modeler.
Easy and reliable layout wiring techniques are
included with essential techniques needed to
wire a two-rail, DC-powered layout of any size
or complexity.
#12207
128 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
ISBN: 978-0-89024-349-7
$21.95
Copyright: 1999
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DCC Made Easy
Lionel Strang
Explains Digital Command Control in a straightforward way. Covers the history of command
control, dissects the components, addresses the
range of systems, and presents step-by-step
projects.
#12242
48 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-616-0
$14.95
Copyright: 2002
DCC Projects & Applications:
Digital Command Control
for Your Model Railroad
Mike Polsgrove
A collection of articles from Model Railroader
magazine’s DCC Corner. Covers setting up a
DCC layout, decoder installation, and more.
#12407
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-645-0
$17.95
Copyright: 2006
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The DCC Guide
Don Fiehmann
This comprehensive guide helps modelers
get the most out of DCC with diagrams and
photos showing how DCC works, from wiring
to installing decoders in locomotives. Presents
an overview of the product lines available and
helps modelers select the right system for
their plans.
#12417
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
80 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-676-4
$19.95
Copyright: 2007
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Building a Model Railroad Step by Step
Detailing Diesel Locomotives
Detailing Freight Cars
Done in a Day
David Popp
Model Railroader magazine Managing Editor
David Popp tells the complete construction story
of his N scale Naugatuck River Valley layout
using techniques any model railroader can use!
More than 30 short projects take modelers
through the process, from building benchwork
to operating realistically.
Jeff Wilson
Author Jeff Wilson shows model railroaders
how to improve the appearance of their diesel
locomotives and the realism of their layouts.
Jeff Wilson
Jeff Wilson shows modelers how to improve
ready-to-run and kit HO and N freight cars with
upgraded details, wheels, couplers, and loads.
#12421
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
175 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-700-6
$19.95
Copyright: 2007
#12420
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
175 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-691-7
$18.95
Copyright: 2007
Pelle Søeborg
More than a dozen easy weathering and
detailing projects will show readers how to
add realism to rolling stock and locomotives.
Well-illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions
make this book suitable for beginning
model railroaders.
Model Railroader’s Guide to
Diesel Locomotives
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Bridges, Trestles & Tunnels
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Coal Railroading
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Freight Yards
Jeff Wilson
Model railroaders will learn the history, spotting
features, characteristics, and operation of diesel
locomotives, and how to determine appropriate
eras, details and features, and the type of
specialized diesel service.
Jeff Wilson
An overview of different types of
bridges, trestles, and tunnels, featuring
prototype information and modeling projects.
Chapters on tunnel, snow shed, and overpass
construction are included.
Tony Koester
This book provides modelers with a handy
reference as they choose a prototype to model
or create a freelanced railroad. Author Tony
Koester demonstrates how to model coal trains,
company towns, coal customers, and more.
Andy Sperandeo
Covers how rail yards receive and classify
trains, defines yard designs and structures,
and offers techniques for modeling yards on
a layout.
#12437
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-761-7
$19.95
Copyright: 2009
#12452
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
75 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-596-5
$19.95
Copyright: 2005
#12453
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
153 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-668-9
$19.95
Copyright: 2006
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Industries Along the Tracks
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Industries Along the Tracks 2
Model Railroader’s Guide to
Industries Along the Tracks 3
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Junctions
Jeff Wilson
Jeff Wilson provides model railroaders with an
overview of North American mining, refining,
and agricultural operations served by the
railroads, and the specific techniques used to
model them on a realistic layout of any scale.
Jeff Wilson
Learn how to make several rail-served
industries with insights, photos, and guidelines.
Includes an overview on coal, freight houses,
milk and creameries, paper, breweries, and
iron ore.
Jeff Wilson
Through photos of prototype junctions, how-to
drawings, and informative sidebars, you’ll learn
about various types of junctions and how to
recreate them on your layout.
#12256
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-582-8
$19.95
Copyright: 2004
#12409
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
62 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-658-0
$19.95
Copyright: 2006
Jeff Wilson
Readers will learn how to realistically
recreate and incorporate industries such as
ethanol, cement, canning, piggyback traffic,
transloading, and sugar beets into their layouts
through prototype and historical photos and
modeling suggestions.
#12418
112 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
250 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-689-4
$21.95
Copyright: 2007
#12458
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
225 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-762-4
$19.95
Copyright: 2009
NEW
#12422
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
76 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-701-3
$19.95
Copyright: 2008
#12248
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
130 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-576-7
$18.95
Copyright: 2004
#12408
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
30 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-646-7
$18.95
Copyright: 2006
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Locomotive Servicing Terminals
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Logging Railroads
The Model Railroader’s Guide to
Passenger Equipment & Operations
Building a Ready-To-Run
Model Railroad
Martin McGuirk
Readers will learn about prototype engine
servicing areas and their functions, and then
how to model them on any layout. Includes
tips and techniques for modeling trackage,
structures, and other terminal details
appropriate for the steam or diesel era.
Matt Coleman
Covers the business of logging railroads
and provides examples of prototype
operations. Photos of locomotives, equipment,
and structures set the stage for modeling
logging scenes and designing a logging layout.
Andy Sperandeo
Andy Sperandeo provides model railroaders
with passenger train history, types, equipment,
and terminal information, as well as tips for
modeling equipment, structures, trackage, and
details appropriate for any era.
Jeff Wilson
Creating an entire layout has never been easier.
Features layout construction, effort-saving
ideas and more, bringing trackwork, scenery,
structures, and trains together.
#12423
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
75 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-702-0
$18.95
Copyright: 2008
#12244
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
70 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-620-7
$19.95
Copyright: 2006
#12228
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
125 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-414-2
$18.95
Copyright: 2001
#12429
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
220 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-740-2
$19.95
Copyright: 2008
MODEL RAILROADING BOOKS - TRACK PLANS
NEW
101 Track Plans for Model Railroaders
48 Top-notch Track Plans
Linn Westcott
Includes unique track plans that apply to nearly
every scale. Includes instructions for converting
plans to different scales, tips on building from
a plan, and choosing the plan best suited to
your space.
Includes photos, diagrams, and material lists
for plans ranging from small modules to roomsized layouts. From the pages of
Model Railroader.
#12012
72 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
0 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-512-5
$15.95
Copyright: 2001
#12132
120 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
320 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-190-5
$18.95
Copyright: 1998
Mid-Size Track Plans for Realistic
Layouts
Bernard Kempinski
Twenty-six track plans in a variety of scales
incorporate prototype lines such as Western
Maryland’s Thomas Subdivision, Chesapeake
& Ohio’s Chicago Division, Utah Railway, White
Pass & Yukon, and more.
#12424
112 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-704-4
$21.95
Copyright: 2008
Track Planning for Realistic Operation,
Third Edition
John Armstrong
Covers freight and passenger operations,
route design, and contemporary railroading
operations. The step-by-step design techniques
and operation-oriented track plans also make it
easy for modelers to create their own realistic
model railroad.
#12148
144 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
ISBN: 978-0-89024-227-8
$21.95
Copyright: 1998
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Shelf Layouts for Model Railroads
Iain Rice
This book explores the possibilities,
practicalities, and challenges of linear layout
design and presents a variety of prototype
layouts with construction details.
#12419
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
24 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-690-0
$19.95
Copyright: 2009
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M O D E L R A I L R OA D E R ’ S H O W T O G U I D E
MODEL R AILROADER ’S HOW-TO GUIDE
H O W T O B U I L D A N D D E TA I L
Essential Model Railroad
MODEL RAILROAD
Scenery
Techniques NEW
SCENES
Pelle K. Søeborg
Vol. 2
NEW
Lou Sassi
Building City Scenery
for Your Model Railroad
Essential Model Railroad
Scenery Techniques
How to Build and Detail
Model Railroad Scenes
How to Build and Detail
Model Railroad Scenes, Vol. 2
John Pryke
Readers will learn how to build a model railroad
metropolis with tips and techniques on city
planning, detailing structures, adding lights,
signs, people and vehicles, in-street running,
and much more.
Pelle Søeborg
A comprehensive how-to guide for constructing
the most common forms of scenery: mountains,
deserts, lakes and streams, and rural and
town scenes.
Lou Sassi
Covers the techniques of designing and
constructing detailed, realistic scenes.
Projects include structure, scenery, and
detailing techniques for urban and
rural settings.
Lou Sassi
Readers will learn how to realistically model a
firehouse scene, a farm implement dealership,
and a rural Northeastern scene. Also features
the construction of a On30 module. Included are
historical backgrounds and period details.
#12249
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
193 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-577-4
$21.95
Copyright: 2004
#12454
80 pages • 8.25’’ x 10.75’’
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-669-6
$19.95
Copyright: 2009
Mountain to Desert: Building the HO
scale Daneville & Donner River
Painting Backdrops
for Your Model Railroad
Pelle Søeborg
Model railroaders will be able to build a
detailed HO layout with mountain, city, and
desert scenes with instructions on building
tunnels, constructing various terrain, painting a
backdrop, and more.
Mike Danneman
Modelers will learn how to select supplies, add
clouds, and paint a variety of scenic drops from
cities and towns to mountains and deserts and
everything in between.
#12204
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
132 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-343-5
$19.95
Copyright: 2000
How to Build Realistic
Model Railroad Scenery, 3rd Edition
Dave Frary
Model railroaders will learn how to build
realistic scenery from rocks and dirt to
frosted mountains and water! Step-by-step
photo instructions.
#12216
144 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
315 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-470-8
$24.95
Copyright: 2005
Planning Scenery
for Your Model Railroad
Tony Koester
Shows how to model natural land forms,
crops, forests, water features, and more,
while explaining the critical differences between
similar land or water features, and what
resources can help modelers achieve a realistic
scene from each area.
#12410
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
175 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-657-3
$21.95
Copyright: 2007
#12433
104 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
300 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-736-5
$21.95
Copyright: 2009
Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles
Build sturdy model bridges and trestles.
Includes construction plans, prototype
photos, and 20+ sets of scale drawings
for scratchbuilding, kitbashing, or modifying
commercial bridge kits.
#12101
152 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-128-8
$21.95
Copyright: 1992
#12416
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
169 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-675-7
$19.95
Copyright: 2006
#12425
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
160 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-705-1
$18.95
Copyright: 2008
Scenery for Your Model Railroad
The New Scenery Tips & Techniques
Trackside Scenes You Can Model
Mike Danneman
Readers will learn how to create a more
realistic scene around their model railroad and
add the finishing touches that give a railroad
character! This book shows them how, from
creating a backdrop to adding ground cover,
trees, water, and more.
Includes ideas on creating realistic ground
cover, trees, bushes, rocks, water, and other
scenery details. Full of photos, diagrams, and
instructions. From Model Railroader.
Jim Kelly
Historic photos capture U.S. prototype railroad
settings. Details how to model each prototype
scene on a layout. Includes trackage, structures,
operating environment, and a suggested
track plan.
#12194
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-323-7
$18.95
Copyright: 2000
#12243
104 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
225 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-621-4
$19.95
Copyright: 2002
#12234
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
80 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-423-4
$18.95
Copyright: 2003
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MODEL RAILROADING BOOKS - REFERENCE
How to Build Model Railroad
Benchwork, Second Edition
Maintaining and Repairing
Your Scale Model Trains
Linn Westcott
This classic book demonstrates how to plan and
build the basic framework to support layouts of
any size, shape, or gauge.
Jim Volhard
With step-by-step instructions, photos, and
illustrations, this book covers the basic
techniques needed to maintain and repair
DC-powered model locomotives, rolling stock,
and layouts.
#12175
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
ISBN: 978-0-89024-289-6
$16.95
Copyright: 1996
#12210
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-324-4
$17.95
Copyright: 1999
Designing & Building Multi-Deck
Model Railroads
Realistic Model Railroad
Building Blocks
Tony Koester
Acquire more space for scenery and longer runs
with multiple decks. Tony Koester walks the
reader through design, options, lighting and wiring considerations, as well as the all-important
construction techniques.
Tony Koester
Modelers will learn how to plan a model railroad
using layout design elements: prototypical
models of towns, yards, terminals, industries,
and other realistic building blocks.
#12434
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
175 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-741-9
$19.95
Copyright: 2008
#12405
96 pages • 8.25’’ x 10.75’’
125 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-368-8
$19.95
Copyright: 2005
Model Railroader Cyclopedia
Presents details and measurements of steam
locomotives from their first appearance to their
final days.
#01001
272 pages • 14 x 11
ISBN: 978-0-89024-001-4
$49.95
Copyright: 1960
Realistic Model Railroad Design
Realistic Model Railroad Operation
Tony Koester
This book includes chapters on layout design
for operation, construction and maintenance,
creating a roster, designing a realistic paint
scheme, and more.
Tony Koester
Readers will develop realistic operating
sessions and operate their model railroad like a
full-sized one. The book covers how to forward
cars, move trains, and use signal systems.
#12250
96 pages • 8.25’’ x 10.75’’
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-581-1
$19.95
Copyright: 2004
#12231
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
125 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024418-0
$19.95
Copyright: 2003
Trackwork and Lineside Detail
for Your Model Railroad
N Scale Model Railroad That Grows
Steam Locomotive Projects & Ideas
Details the steps for building a 4 x 8 layout.
Photos, diagrams, and instructions show how to
build benchwork, scenery, and structures, how
to lay track, and more.
Kent Wood
Build an expandable N scale railroad in a
few easy steps. Includes instructions on
constructing framework, laying track,
building scenery, and assembling structures.
Beginner and intermediate model railroaders
will learn to detail, kitbash, paint, and maintain
steam locomotives of any scale. Includes
information about the history of steam
locomotive power and components of
the prototype.
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#12145
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
38 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-223-0
$19.95
Copyright: 1996
This book provides historical information
and photos covering locomotives, passenger
equipment, freight cars, and trackside details.
Featured layouts in a variety of scales show
how to model Chicago’s Dearborn Station, move
coal in the Appalachians, carry produce, and
recreate Los Angeles of the 1950s.
#12456
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
116 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-718-1
$19.95
Copyright: 2008
HO Railroad From Start to Finish
#12121
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-155-4
$17.95
Copyright: 1993
Modeling the ’50s:
The Glory Years of Rail
#12221
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-400-5
$18.95
Copyright: 2003
Kalmbach Publishing Co. • We’re not just book-focused. We’ve been customer-focused since 1934.
Featuring more than 30 projects from the
experts found in Model Railroader magazine,
this book focuses on laying and weathering
track and creating the realistic lineside details
that are found alongside it.
#12235
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-571-2
$19.95
Copyright: 2000
KALMBACH BOOKS
GARDEN RAILROADING
g o r g e o u s g a r d e n r a i l wa y s
VIDEO
MARC HOROVITZ
and
PAT H AY WA R D
Building a Basic Garden Railroad
Garden Railroading
Get Started in Garden Railroading
Gorgeous Garden Railways
Learn how to construct a garden railroad as a
weekend project, from laying track to picking
the right plants. Clear, step-by-step presentation
assures your success and lots of family fun!
Nineteen minutes; VHS; color.
This comprehensive collection of articles from
Garden Railways magazine addresses site
considerations, developing a plan, landscaping,
trackwork, power, and gardening.
Model railroaders with green thumbs will learn
the basics of garden railroading with this booklet offering tips on choosing plants to arranging
the track to best suit the terrain of their yard.
#12217
144 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
230 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-369-5
$22.95
Copyright: 2002
#12415
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
45 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-664-1
$7.95
Copyright: 2006
Marc Horovitz
This book features vivid photography and
informative text on garden railroad landscaping,
trains, infrastructure, ponds and water features,
and other landscape challenges.
#10001
$12.95
Copyright: 2000
#62326
144 pages • 10.25 x 10.25
135 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-87116-232-8
$24.95
Copyright: 2006
How to Design and Build Your
Garden Railroad
Jack Verducci
This full-color volume features tips for
designing, planning, and installing a layout;
landscaping with natural materials; adding
drama with structures, bridges, and trestles;
and designing and installing water features.
#12406
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
190 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-644-3
$21.95
Copyright: 2006
TOY TRAINS
2 0 10 E D I T I O N
AMERICAN
FLYER
POCKET PRICE GUIDE
1946-2010
2 0 10 E D I T I O N
NEW
UPDATED
S-HELPER
SERVICE
LISTINGS
LIONEL
TRAINS
UPDATED
CLUB CAR
LISTINGS
Features Lionel’s Legacy and MTH’s DCS systems
COMMAND
CONTROL
for Toy Trains
NEW
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E D I T I O N
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POCKET PRICE GUIDE
1901-2010
Neil Besougloff
revised by Carl Swanson
American Flyer Pocket Price Guide
1946-2010
Lionel Trains Pocket Price Guide
1901-2010
This handy pocket-sized guide provides
accurate, current market values for American
Flyer S gauge trains and accessories
manufactured by A.C. Gilbert and Lionel
between 1946 and early 2010. This guide also
features ready-to-run S gauge train information
from contemporary manufacturers like
American Models and S-Helper Service.
This is the essential guide that collectors need
before buying, selling, or trading any Lionel
toy train or accessory. The latest edition of the
famous Greenberg’s Guide lists current prices
and other reference information for prewar,
postwar, and modern trains.
#10-8610
112 pages • 4 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0-89778-538-9
$15.95
Copyright: 2009
#10-8710
336 pages • 4 x 8.5
ISBN: 978-0-89778-537-2
$18.95
Copyright: 2009
Build a Better Toy Train Layout
John Grams and Dick Christianson
Two experienced authors bring model
railroaders easy-to-follow advice on creating a
more realistic and enjoyable operating layout.
#10-8803
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
150 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-479-5
$18.95
Copyright: 2004
Command Control for Toy Trains,
Second Edition
Neil Besougloff, revised by Carl Swanson
Features practical advice on operating
Lionel’s new Legacy command control system
and updated information for running MTH’s
DCS system as well as Lionel’s earlier
TrainMaster system.
#10-8395
104 pages • 5.5 x 8.5
60 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-752-5
$17.95
Copyright: 2009
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TOY TRAINS
Creative Toy Train Track Plans
Get Started in Toy Trains
Neil Besougloff
In this book, model railroaders will find 16
realistic, themed layout plans, each including
track diagrams, wiring schemes, and a list of
suggested equipment.
Provides information on how to start building
a layout. Includes tips on operation, two-train
wiring, and track.
#10-8350
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
64 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-530-3
$18.95
Copyright: 2005
#10-8360
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
15 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-484-9
$7.95
Copyright: 2006
Greenberg’s Repair and Operating
Manual for Lionel Trains, 1945-1969,
Seventh Edition
Offers repair and maintenance tips for postwar
Lionel locomotives, operating cars, accessories,
and other items. Features original Lionel service
diagrams, illustrations, and instructions.
#10-8160
736 pages • 8.25 x 5.5
ISBN: 978-0-89778-455-9
$24.95
Copyright: 1998
Layout Plans for Toy Trains
This book features track plans for layouts
that will fit bedroom to basement-sized
spaces. Accompanying the sectional track
plans are descriptions of the layouts, a list
of track requirements, and suggestions for
operating accessories.
#10-8275
72 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
15 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-515-0
$15.95
Copyright: 2001
REALISTIC MODELING FOR
TOY TRAINS
 A HIRAIL GUIDE 
NEW
ACCESSORIES • BUILDINGS • STREETS
TRACKLAYING • BALLAST
Dennis Brennan
Lionel Accessories
at Work on Toy Train Layouts
Modern Toy Train
Repair and Maintenance
Realistic Modeling for Toy Trains:
A Hi-rail Guide
Lionel’s electronic accessory items are very
popular with toy train enthusiasts. This book
helps readers incorporate these accessories,
both originals and modern reproductions, into
their layouts.
R. D. Teal
Dick Teal demonstrates
techniques for keeping toy trains in excellent
condition. Includes tips for repairing Lionel and
MTH trains, making a repair workstation, and
finding parts.
Dennis Brennan
The author shows step-by-step how creative
elements of a layout fit together using his
Sandy Harbor Terminal Railway. Practical
building techniques and realistic modeling
concepts explain how readers can build a
hi-rail toy train layout.
Peter H. Riddle
This essential guide addresses O gauge
trackwork from today’s major manufacturers.
The author provides an overview of the
various lines of sectional and flexible track,
then demonstrates with step-by-step
photography the basic techniques for cutting,
bending, wiring, and layout installation.
#10-8390
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-745-7
$19.95
Copyright: 2009
#10-8365
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-707-5
$19.95
Copyright: 2007
#10-8355
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
180 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-481-8
$17.95
Copyright: 2006
#10-8327
112 pages • 5.5 x 8.5
200 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-529-7
$17.95
Copyright: 2005
Wiring Handbook for Toy Trains
Wiring Your Toy Train Layout
Ray Plummer
Containing sample wiring layouts, photos, and
illustrations, this handbook gives the basics as
well as explains how to operate two trains with
block and cab control, wire accessories, and
maintain and troubleshoot a layout.
Peter H. Riddle
Techniques for any three-rail toy train layout.
Addresses fundamental concepts, wiring a
layout, accessory wiring, automatic train
control, and troubleshooting.
#10-8375
96 pages • 5.5 x 8.5
65 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-533-4
$17.95
Copyright: 2008
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#10-8320
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
18 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89778-477-1
$19.95
Copyright: 2003
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Trackwork for Toy Trains
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5th Edition
Guide to North American Railroad
Hot Spots
Tourist Trains Guidebook,
Second Edition
Edward A. Lewis
Lists nearly 600 shortline and regional
railroads in the U.S. and Canada. Includes
line history, locations, radio frequencies,
and locomotive data.
J. David Ingles
Travel to 100 of the busiest train-watching
sites across the U.S. and Canada. Each spread
includes a color photo and text written by
train-watching experts.
#01073
368 pages • 8.25 x 5.5
ISBN: 978-0-89024-290-2
$24.95
Copyright: 1996
#01097
208 pages • 5.25 x 8.25
100 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-373-2
$24.95
Copyright: 2001
Trains staff, contributors
More than 450 popular train rides, dinner trains,
rail museums, and historical depots found
throughout the U.S. and Canada are described
in the pages of this guidebook. Includes 175
in-depth reviews with color photos.
#01208
344 pages • 5.5 x 8.5
175 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-87116-273-1
$19.95
Copyright: 2009
SCALE MODELING
SC ALE MOD ELER ’S H OW-TO GUIDE
Building and detailing
MODEL AIRCRAFT
PAT HAWKEY
NEW
American Fighters Over Europe
Basics of Ship Modeling
Building and Detailing Model Aircraft
This informative guide describes colors and
markings for U.S. Army Air Force fighters in the
European and Mediterranean theaters of WWII.
More than 300 illustrations show markings,
nose art, and color schemes.
Michael Ashey
Hundreds of step-by-step photos guide
you from basic assembly to painting and
weathering, detailing, masking, and display
of your model ships.
#12427
112 pages • 7 x 10.125
25 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-711-2
$21.95
Copyright: 2007
#12220
112 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
24 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-372-5
$19.95
Copyright: 2000
Pat Hawkey
Readers will learn how to master construction
and finishing of plastic model aircraft with
basic skills such as assembling aligning, gluing,
surface preparation, painting, and decaling.
Then they’ll be able to add extra details and use
more advanced techniques.
Classic Combat Aircraft, Vol. 2:
Modeling WWII Warbirds
Easy Scale Modeling
How to Build Armor Dioramas
How to Build Dioramas
This booklet features simple techniques and
detailed photos to get new modelers started.
FineScale Modeler magazine editors offer the
basics on assembling, painting, and
displaying car, plane, and ship models.
Lynn Kessler
Readers will learn how to design and
assemble a diorama, model and paint figures,
add finishing details, and more.
Sheperd Paine
Readers will learn how to add realism to
dioramas through expert tips on painting,
weathering, and detailing figures, aircraft,
vehicles, and more!
Readers will learn how to build, modify, detail,
paint and weather legendary aircraft from the
experts found in FineScale Modeler magazine.
#12431
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
300 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-696-2
$18.95
Copyright: 2007
#12259
16 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
64 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-583-5
$7.95
Copyright: 2005
#12440
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
300 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-723-5
$21.95
Copyright: 2009
#12239
112 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
300 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-379-4
$22.95
Copyright: 2004
Building and Displaying Scale
Model Aircraft with Paul Boyer
Make a high-quality display of any model
aircraft. Teaches basic preparation and
assembly. Includes suggestions for painting
and decaling with attention to displays
and mounting.
#12151
88 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
40 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-237-7
$12.95
Copyright: 1997
#12136
144 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
95 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-195-0
$24.95
Copyright: 1999
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SCALE MODELING
How to Use an Airbrush,
Second Edition
Modeler’s Guide to Realistic
Painting & Finishing
Robert Downie
Through 12 step-by-step projects, readers
will learn how to camouflage military vehicles,
apply custom paint schemes for stunning auto
finishes, and correct the “orange peel” effect,
cracking, wrinkling, and other paint problems.
Perfect for the beginning plastic modeler
who wants to learn more advanced
techniques, this photo-driven guide includes
an introduction to airbrushing and sections
on brush painting, spray painting, weathering,
and applying finishes.
#12426
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
240 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-706-8
$21.95
Copyright: 2008
#12257
80 pages • 8.25’’ x 10.75’’
233 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-391-6
$16.95
Copyright: 2006
Modeling Classic Combat Aircraft
The Basics of Scale Modeling
Modelers will learn how to build, paint, and
finish aircraft models from WWII to today.
Projects include the P-51 Mustang, the B-17
Flying Fortress, and more.
Answers basic questions about tools, kits,
glues, decals, paints, and more. Detailed
information and high-quality projects.
FineScale Modeler magazine.
#12255
96 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
300 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-394-7
$21.95
Copyright: 2003
#12251
80 pages • 8.25 x 10.75
238 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-392-3
$16.95
Copyright: 2005
CALENDARS
The Art of
Model Railroading
2010
NEW
The Art of Model Railroading
2010 Calendar
Trains at Work 2010 Calendar
Each month of this calendar features a different
model railroad with an informative layout
description and room for appointments and
reminders. Recognizes national holidays.
#68159
24 pages • 13 x 10.5
12 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-757-0
$12.95
Copyright: 2009
NEW
Each month features a descriptive explanation
of a train at work in rugged and breathtaking
scenes. Recognizes national holidays with
plenty of room for appointments and reminders.
#68160
24 pages • 13 x 10.5
12 color photos
ISBN: 978-0-89024-759-4
$12.95
Copyright: 2009
BINDERS
These durable binders keep magazines organized, handy, and in mint condition.
Each binder holds six to 12 issues—and you won’t even have to punch holes
in valuable magazines. An attractive addition to a home library.
Magazine binder
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Astronomy
Birder’s World
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