Tips and Tricks for Toy Train Operators

Tips and Tricks for Toy Train Operators
Author: Peter Riddle
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2000
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897785112

Increase your knowledge and enjoyment of toy trains! Features 144 helpful tips that will improve the performance of your locomotives and the appearance of your layout. Includes crisp photos and easy-to-follow wiring diagrams. Primarily postwar toy trains, but includes prewar and modern era equipment.

Beginner's Guide to Repairing Lionel Trains

Beginner's Guide to Repairing Lionel Trains
Author: Ray L. Plummer
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1997-10
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897784382

Teaches how to get old Lionel trains running again! Shows how to repair and maintain Lionel O gauge trains built from the turn of the century through the 1970s. Gives detailed explanations with photos and diagrams illustrating easy repair, lubrication, and maintenance tips and techniques.

Scenery Techniques for Toy Trains

Scenery Techniques for Toy Trains
Author: Peter Riddle
Publisher: Kalmbach Media
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780890247655

For toy train operators looking to add scenery and dimension to their layouts, this book offers simple solutions. It explains how to use foam as a scenery base and how to shape it into mountains and rivers. Step-by-step photographs and instructions illustrate techniques for adding streets, accessories, and even a working drive-in theater.

Modern Toy Train Repair & Maintenance

Modern Toy Train Repair & Maintenance
Author: R. D. Teal
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2005
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897785297

Toy train mechanic Dick Teal demonstrates techniques for keeping toy trains from contemporary manufacturers in excellent condition. Includes steps for proper lubrication, TMCC/DCS troubleshooting, and the right way to replace traction tires, batteries, and light bulbs. It's the essential workbench guide for toy train operators. Edited by Classic Toy Trains editor Neil Besougloff.

Toy Train Repair Made Easy

Toy Train Repair Made Easy
Author: Ray L. Plummer
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1999-10
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897785082

Learn how to take it apart, fix it, rewire it, and make your Lionel train or accessory work again! Step-by-step instructions in this detailed 21-project book can help you get your collection running.

Lionel Accessories at Work on Toy Train Layouts

Lionel Accessories at Work on Toy Train Layouts
Author: Neil Besougloff
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897784818

Add classic accessories to your toy train layout. Lionel's operating accessories from the 1940s and '50s remain popular with toy train enthusiasts. This book provides a variety of ways to incorporate them - both originals and modern reproductions - into toy train layouts. The book features track plans that incorporate the accessories, repair information, and in-depth profiles of the most popular accessories.

Toy Train Collecting and Operating

Toy Train Collecting and Operating
Author: John Grams
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1999
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780897784474

Toy train collectors and operators can always use more information about their hobby -- such as how and why to collect and operate vintage toy trains. Beginners will enjoy this introduction to the hobby; experienced collectors and operators will appreciate the thoughtful discussions of the subject.

Layout Plans for Toy Trains

Layout Plans for Toy Trains
Author: Kent J. Johnson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 78
Release: 2002
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897785150

These interesting plans featuring O gauge sectional track illustrate a variety of layouts. Each plan includes construction details and a complete list of the components required to build the layout. From the pages of Classic Toy Trains magazine.

Toy Train Layout

Toy Train Layout
Author: Stanley W. Trzoniec
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2003
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897785198

This clear, photographic approach teaches intermediate hobbyists how to build a realistic toy train layout using track, scenery, rolling stock, and digital control from today's manufacturers. Covers the entire process of layout building, from planning and design to detail and scenery. By Stan Trzoniec.

Running Away

Running Away
Author: Peter H. Riddle
Publisher: Dreamcatcher Publishing
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781894372282

Andrew Striker is a brilliant lecturer in English Literature at Acadia University. For forty years his students have known that he never uses notes. Then one day, he forgets. Running Away is the story of Andrew Striker's last year before total collapse. He "runs away" to the South Shore of Nova Scotia to spare his family and friends the stress of watching his mental deterioration. He takes on new responsibilities. His last lucid thought as the book ends is, "Who will feed Old Cat?"