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.

The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks 3

The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks 3
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2008
Genre: Industrial buildings
ISBN: 0890247013

This informative volume explores six rail industries full of modeling possibilities. You'll learn how to realistically recreate and incorporate industries such as ethanol, cement, canning, and sugar beets into your layouts through prototype photos and modeling suggestions. A history of each industry is also included.

The Model Railroader's Guide to Trackside Structures

The Model Railroader's Guide to Trackside Structures
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780890247754

Discover numerous examples of iconic railroad structures, with accompanying modeling tips! Filled with historical photos, this book from Jeff Wilson describes the design and operation of various types and styles of depots, passenger stations, and freight houses. It also covers the smaller structures and details found along railroad rights-of-way such as interlocking towers, maintenance sheds, crossing shanties and gates, signs, and communication lines.

The Model Railroader's Guide to Logging Railroads

The Model Railroader's Guide to Logging Railroads
Author: Matt Coleman
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 82
Release: 2008
Genre: Logging
ISBN: 0890247021

This highly illustrated book explains 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.

Done in a Day

Done in a Day
Author: Pelle K. Søeborg
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2009
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 0890247625

More than a dozen easy weathering and detailing projects show you how to add realism to rolling stock and locomotives. Beginning modelers will appreciate the well-illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions.

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.

Track Planning for Realistic Operation

Track Planning for Realistic Operation
Author: John H. Armstrong
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 148
Release: 1998
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890242278

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 to create your own realistic model railroad.

The DCC Guide

The DCC Guide
Author: Don Fiehmann
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2007
Genre: Digital control systems
ISBN: 9780890246764

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.

Lionel FasTrack Model Railroads

Lionel FasTrack Model Railroads
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2009-09-18
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1616732199

As model railroaders began demanding ever-greater realism, Lionel responded in 2004 with its FasTrack system featuring an integrated roadbed, scale-sized ties, and a less-obvious center rail. Veteran hobby author Bob Schleicher follows up his The Lionel FasTrack Book with a closer, more detailed look at Lionel’s revolutionary O-gauge system. This guide gives enthusiasts a deeper sense of how to take advantage of the FasTrack’s ease of use and unprecedented realism in large-scale model railroading. The book includes 150 color photos and track diagrams for 10 scenicked FasTrack layouts ranging from 6x6-foot tabletop models to an 11x30-foot scale-size empire. Schleicher also provides instructions for building tables to support the layouts, advice for creating both rural and urban scenery, and an appendix of recommended suppliers.