The Lionel FasTrack Book

The Lionel FasTrack Book
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher: Voyageur Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2006-05-31
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780760323526

When Lionel introduced its new FasTrack system in 2004, model train enthusiasts quickly warmed to the increased realism—right down to the integrated roadbed and darkened center rail—and the greater ease of use. In this book, the author of The Big Book of Lionel presents the first complete guide to the FasTrack system. Amply illustrated with color photographs and 36 track diagrams, the book instructs readers on every aspect of the system, from assembling and disassembling FasTrack to building a simply oval, planning a layout within various space constraints, building tracks for two trains and reversing trains, and designing unique layouts—even yard layouts.

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.

The Lionel FasTrack Book

The Lionel FasTrack Book
Author: Robert H. Schleicher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 164
Release:
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781610605304

When Lionel introduced its new FasTrack system in 2004, model train enthusiasts quickly warmed to the increased realism—right down to the integrated roadbed and darkened center rail—and the greater ease of use. In this book, the author of The Big Book of Lionel presents the first complete guide to the FasTrack system. Amply illustrated with color photographs and 36 track diagrams, the book instructs readers on every aspect of the system, from assembling and disassembling FasTrack to building a simply oval, planning a layout within various space constraints, building tracks for two trains and reversing trains, and designing unique layouts—even yard layouts.

The Lionel Legend

The Lionel Legend
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher:
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2008
Genre: Locomotives
ISBN: 9781616731458

Inside the Lionel Trains Fun Factory

Inside the Lionel Trains Fun Factory
Author: Robert J. Osterhoff
Publisher:
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Do you like Lionel toy trains? Enjoy corporate history? Or just want to take a nostalgic journey back to your childhood? Then Inside The Lionel Trains Fun Factory: The History of a Manufacturing Icon and The Place Where Childhood Dreams Were Made is for you. It delivers a fascinating trip through the rise, fall and rise again of Lionel, one of the manufacturing and pop icons in modern American life. The impeccable research by Lionel historian Robert J. Osterhoff, along with hundreds of unpublished photos and images, tells the history of Lionel's trains, factories, employees and business practices from the late 19th century until today.

The Big Book of Lionel

The Big Book of Lionel
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher: Voyageur Press (MN)
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 0760340269

This classic one-stop, hands-on treasury of practical advice for Lionel enthusiasts has been updated to include products such as FasTrack and Legacy, which were unavailable at the time of its original publication in 2004.

The Big Book of Lionel

The Big Book of Lionel
Author: Robert Schleicher
Publisher: Quarto Publishing Group USA
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2011-03-28
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1610602420

Updated edition: The classic one-stop treasury, loaded with photos and practical advice for Lionel® train enthusiasts! Lionel products are today more technologically advanced than ever, thanks to such innovations as FasTrack and the Legacy control system. Now author and hobby veteran Bob Schleicher updates his classic one-stop, hands-on treasury of practical advice for Lionel enthusiasts to include products such as FasTrack and Legacy, which were unavailable at the time of its original publication in 2004. This volume also features: an overview of Lionel product development more than thirty track plans for the floor and tabletop advice on building scenery and structures wiring and track how-to help in choosing steam or diesel locomotives and freight or passenger operations maintenance and restoration tips and techniques operations that best emulate those of prototype railroads