Maintaining & Repairing Your Scale Model Trains

Maintaining & Repairing Your Scale Model Trains
Author: Jim Volhard
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1999
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890243244

Save money and avoid repair shops! Learn fundamental repair skills through simple, step-by-step instructions, photos, and illustrations. You'll be able to maintain and repair DC-powered scale model locomotives, rolling stock, and layouts. Also includes various enhancement projects.

A History of the American Locomotive

A History of the American Locomotive
Author: John H. White
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 532
Release: 1979-01-01
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780486238180

Important and beautifully illustrated volume chronicles the explosive growth of the American locomotive from British imports to grand ten-wheelers of the 1870s. Over 240 vintage photographs, drawings, and diagrams tell the exciting tale. Introduction. Appendices. Index.

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"--

Get Started in Garden Railroading

Get Started in Garden Railroading
Author:
Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Total Pages: 20
Release: 2006
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9780890246641

Learn the basics of garden railroading with this booklet offering tips on choosing plants to arranging the track to best suit the terrain of your yard.

Building Small Steam Locomotives

Building Small Steam Locomotives
Author: Peter Jones
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2009-01-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781847970299

If you have an ambition to build a small live steam locomotive, but are daunted by the skills required, then this book is for you. Written in his clear and encouraging style, Peter Jones demystifies the whole process for those with little or no previous experience. Contents include: An explanation of terms; Basic metalworking processes; Step-by-step project guides; Machining; Boilermaking; Painting; and Finishing. Fully illustrated throughout with color photographs and drawings, and including appendices of suppliers and societies, this is an invaluable work for the railway modeler.

Practical Garden Railways

Practical Garden Railways
Author: Peter Jones
Publisher: Crowood
Total Pages: 483
Release: 2013-08-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1847976700

Have you always wanted to run your own railway? Does your indoor model railway leave you with a desire to fill your nostrils with the smell of steam and hot oil on a winter's morning? If the answer to any of these questions is 'yes' then you probably need to build yourself a garden railway, and you certainly need to read this book! Peter Jones is one of the best-known names in the world of garden railways. In this highly illustrated book he guides you through the exciting world of model trains in your garden, from small-scale electric-powered locomotives to live-steam engines capable of carrying passengers, helping the reader to decide on what type of railway would be right, and passing on countless tips for the successful execution of the grand project.The only book you will need to guide you through the exciting world of model trains in your garden.Superbly illustrated with 365 colour photographs and illustrations.Peter Jones is one of the best-known names in the world of garden railways.

Garden Railway Basics

Garden Railway Basics
Author: Kevin Strong
Publisher: Kalmbach Media
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Backyard gardens
ISBN: 9780890248355

Find all the fundamental building blocks you need to plan, build, and enjoy a successful backyard rail empire in Garden Railway Basics: From concept to construction to upkeep. Ten years of sage advice from Garden Railways magazine columnist Kevin Strong -- a lifelong modeler -- has been updated and compiled into one of the most comprehensive reference tools available. Learn how to: *

Making Model Buildings for Garden Railways

Making Model Buildings for Garden Railways
Author: Peter Jones
Publisher: Crowood Press UK
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011-12-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 9781847972729

Whether making buildings to complement a garden railway, creating an entire model village, or simply one stand-alone structure, there is something immensely satisfying in seeing your model building standing proudly outside where it truly belongs, in all weather conditions and throughout the seasons. Here, Peter Jones shows you how to make a variety of buildings, from churches to Tudor houses to locomotive sheds, using different materials and producing different finishes to suit each type of construction.