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 Model Railroader's Guide to Coal Railroading

The Model Railroader's Guide to Coal Railroading
Author: Tony Koester
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890246689

This book provides you with a handy reference as you choose a prototype to model or create a freelanced railroad. Tony Koester demonstrates how to model coal trains, company towns, coal customers, and more.

The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges, Trestles & Tunnels

The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges, Trestles & Tunnels
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2005
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890245965

Build realistic bridges and tunnel portals, from simple culverts and wood beam bridges to majestic stone arches and steel viaducts. Discover how different types of bridges and trestles are used, with historic and contemporary prototype photos, and strategies for modeling, painting, and weathering scale models.

Realistic Model Railroad Operation

Realistic Model Railroad Operation
Author: Tony Koester
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 100
Release: 2003
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890244180

Develop realistic operating sessions and operate your model railroad like a full-sized one. The book covers how to forward cars, move trains, and use signal systems.

The Model Railroader's Guide to Grain

The Model Railroader's Guide to Grain
Author: Jeff Wilson
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Grain
ISBN: 9780890249444

The model railroader's guide to grain is ideally suited for model railroaders who want to realistically model grain elevators, flour, and feed mills. Covers the grain industry from the early days to the present.

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.

Modeling the Clinchfield Railroad in N Scale

Modeling the Clinchfield Railroad in N Scale
Author: Gordon Odegard
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1990-06-01
Genre: Railroads
ISBN: 9780890245446

Details track planning and benchwork with numerous ideas for researching and constructing a fantastic railroad. Includes basic techniques for modeling any prototype line in any scale or gauge.

Realistic Layouts

Realistic Layouts
Author: Cj Riley
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781627007719

Do you want to take your modeling to the next level? With Realistic Layouts you'll learn how to blend various elements so they all work together to create a feeling that your models are part of and connected to the real world. This book features: How to apply different techniques and ideas to your layout in order to improve realism. Many techniques including creating realistic backdrops and blending them with scenery, integration of structures, using bridges to suggest changes in elevation, using mirrors to expand apparent space, and much more. Outstanding model railroad photography and a variety of layouts.