Wiring Your Toy Train Layout

Wiring Your Toy Train Layout
Author: Peter Riddle
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897784771

Covers the essential techniques needed to make electrical connections for a three-rail toy train layout of any size or complexity. Addresses fundamental electrical concepts, wiring and expanding a layout, accessory wiring, automatic train control, and troubleshooting. By Peter Riddle.

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.

Great Toy Train Layouts

Great Toy Train Layouts
Author: Roger Carp
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2004
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780897784788

Roger Carp, Classic Toy Trains Associate Editor, retells the stories of 12 great layouts originally featured in the magazine. These layouts encompass the wide variety of O and S gauge toy trains; vintage and modern; traditional and hi-rail; toy-like and scale models. Each layout features additional information and insights not published in Classic Toy Trains, and new techniques for building toy train layouts.

Building a Model Railroad Step by Step

Building a Model Railroad Step by Step
Author: David Popp
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 115
Release: 2007
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 0890246890

Model Railroader's 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 from building benchwork to realistic operation.

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.

Build a Better Toy Train Layout

Build a Better Toy Train Layout
Author: John Grams
Publisher: Kalmbach Media
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780897784795

Two experienced authors bring you easy-to-follow advice on creating a more realistic and enjoyable operating layout. His layout planning, electrical, trackwork, scenery and structure, and operating tips and techniques are depicted through all-new model photos captured on his O gauge LL/ATSF layout.

Shelf Layouts for Model Railroads

Shelf Layouts for Model Railroads
Author: Iain Rice
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2009
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 0890246904

Includes specific pointers on shelf layouts. Uses examples for N scale, HO scale, and ON30 scale trains. Covers a variety of scales, modeling eras, and room applications.

Wiring Your Model Railroad

Wiring Your Model Railroad
Author: Larry Puckett
Publisher: Essentials
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781627001755

"Whether you're using traditional, direct current (DC) cab control or the latest Digital Command Control (DCC) system [this] will guide you through the steps of planning and wiring a layout. With ... more modelers choosing DCC, this book will help demystify how it works; clarify the advantages of DCC and what makes it different from DC control; and, teach you how to convert an existing DC layout to DCC. Step-by-step instructions and photos are coupled with clear, color-coded diagrams that will guide you through the process of wiring a complete layout or just troubleshooting problem areas"--