Railroading and the Automobile Industry

Railroading and the Automobile Industry
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co
Total Pages: 99
Release: 2019-01-30
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627005293

This all-new book by Jeff Wilson takes a historical look at both industries and their symbiotic relationship from the 1910s through today. The well-researched book features a wealth of information and prototype photos showing how railroads have handled automobile traffic (parts and finished vehicles), beginning with the steam era. Covered topics include the evolution of the railroad equipment used, including auto parts boxcars, double-door boxcars, piggyback auto trailers, two- and three-deck open auto racks, and enclosed auto racks, how auto production, parts plants and assembly plants work, how railroads get raw materials to plants and deliver vehicles to distribution centers and more!

Build Big & Small Industries for Your Model Railroad

Build Big & Small Industries for Your Model Railroad
Author:
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Co
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627006877

Build Big and Small Industries for Your Model Railroad provides hands-on modeling tips and techniques, step-by-step photos, and how-to advice for adding a variety of industries to a layout. This book features 17 projects in all dating back to the steam era to present day - ranging from simple to complex and large to small. Beginners will learn how to build a kit and integrate it to a scene, while more experienced modelers will learn how to kitbash and scratchbuild a structure and add it to a complete industry. Written by top experts in the field, including Pelle Soeborg, Gerry Leone, and Tony Koester, this wide-ranging book features the following industries: Cement plant. Cold storage warehouse. Local oil dealer. Asphalt transfer terminal. Brewery complex. Propane bulk dealer. Old-time factory. And more! Build Big and Small Industries for Your Model Railroad is the ideal book for all modelers who are looking for ways to add industries to their layouts!

The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks 2

The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks 2
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 136
Release: 2006
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 9780890246580

Jeff Wilson demonstrates how to model several rail-served industries with insights, photos, and guidelines. Includes an overview on coal customers, milk, paper, breweries, merchandise traffic, and iron ore.

Model Railroader's Guide to Steel Mills

Model Railroader's Guide to Steel Mills
Author: Bernard Kempinski
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-10-06
Genre: Iron-works
ISBN: 9780890247518

Learn how to create a realistic mill area and set up its rail operations through chapters on ore processing, steel mill railroads and railcars, track planning, and modeling tips.

The Complete Book of North American Railroading

The Complete Book of North American Railroading
Author: Kevin EuDaly
Publisher: Crestline Books
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2016-09
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0785833897

Celebrate over 150 years of the North American railroad with this visual history. You'll be amazed by over 400 modern and vintages photographs of these trains!

Railroading Economics

Railroading Economics
Author: Michael Perelman
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 239
Release: 2006-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1583671358

Most economic theory assumes a pure capitalism of perfect competition. This book is a penetrating critique of the rhetoric and practice of conventional economic theory. It explores how even in the United States—the most capitalist of countries—the market has always been subject to numerous constraints. Perelman examines the way in which these constraints have been defended by such figures as Henry Ford, J. P. Morgan, and Herbert Hoover, and were indeed essential to the expansion of U.S. capitalism. In the process, he rediscovers the critical element in conservative thought—the “forgotten traditions of railroad economics”—that has been lost in the neoliberal present. This important and original historical reconstruction points the way to a discipline of economics freed from the mythology of the market.

Fashion in Steel: Streamlined Steam Locomotives in North America

Fashion in Steel: Streamlined Steam Locomotives in North America
Author: Jan Young
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 268
Release: 2017-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1387408615

"This book collects and describes every known North American streamlined - or semi-streamlined - steam locomotive with photographs of every class and every significant design variation and it packages those descriptions with information about the locomotives' origins, service lives and ultimate destinies."--Book