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Railroad companies
How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery, Third Edition (Model Railroader Books)
Dave Frary
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 2005
How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery
This author has done an amazing job going through step by step on how to create realistic scale model scenery. He adds tips and tricks that helped me to build some small scale movie sets I was making. I suggest this book to anyone trying to do what the title implies. ...
Caboose Mystery (Boxcar Children Mysteries)
Gertrude Chandler Warner
Albert Whitman & Company
, 1990
True Boxcar Children Style...
I felt that this book was written in the true Boxcar Children style. This is one of the original books in the series and has the same wonderful story line. I love the Boxcar children stories and recommend this one along with all the others.
Meet Addy: An American Girl (The American Girls Collection Book 1)
Connie Porter
Pleasant Company
, 1993
A Brave Girl...Nakaissia's Review
It was an exciting story. I wanted to read it a lot. It was brave of her to keep her feelings inside and try to help her family to get to freedom. I am glad that she made it through, because I'm not sure I would have. I recommend this book for girls and boys, and ...
The Associates: Four Capitalists Who Created California
Richard Rayner
W. W. Norton/Atlas & Company
, 2007
A terrific book on the railroads and California history
This is a quick well-written and readable guide to the building of the railroads as it relates to California. It tells the story of the Big 4, aka The Associates - Hunitington, Stanford, Hopkins and Crocker - four merchants who came out of almost nowhere and ended up ...
The City Beneath Us: Building the New York Subway
New York Transit Museum
W. W. Norton & Company
, 2004
Not as impressed as I thought I'd be
I had high hopes for this book, after several delays and all the hype. But I was somewhat disappointed by the very poor quality of materials (especially the dustjacket), despite it being printed in Italy. The photos are worth 5 stars, but I expected more of them and ...
The Model Railroader's Guide to Bridges, Trestles & Tunnels (Model Railroader's Guide To...)
Jeff Wilson
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 2005
An in-depth guide that combines an appreciation of railroad history with solid how-to tactics for bringing said history to life
The Model Railroader's Guide To Bridges, Trestles & Tunnels is an in-depth hobbyist's guide to adding minutely detailed, realistic bridges and tunnel portals to a model railroad layout. Chapters include overviews of the construction and purpose of bridges, trestles, ...
Chicago & North Western Railway (MBI Railroad Color History)
Tom Murray
Voyageur Press
, 2008
By the time it was merged into the Union Pacific in 1995, the Chicago & North Western was one of the nations oldest surviving railroads, a testament to the Midwestern stoicism with which it had gone about its business since 1859. This illustrated history chronicles how C&NW emerged from a collection of regional carriers to become a strategic link ...
How to Build Model Railroad Benchwork, Second Edition (Model Railroader)
Linn Hanson Westcott
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Rick Selby
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 1996
The benchwork bible
Dont be put off if like myself, your from the UK and this is an American book about railroad benchwork. All applys no matter where or what you model. It has all you ever wanted to know about building a very good base for a model railway. Ive seen some books on the ...
Strangers on a Train
Patricia Highsmith
W. W. Norton & Company
, 2001
Tension to Perfection
The Fiction Writer should put tension on every page of a novel, in every scene, and select every word to forward that tension. Patricia Highsmith's debut novel, Strangers on a Train, could be a textbook to these principles. From the first line, "The train tore along ...
One Hundred and One Track Plans for Model Railroaders (Model Railroad Handbook, No. 3)
Linn Westcott
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 1960
A Must Have For Any Model Railroader
I have had this book since it's first publishing over twenty years ago and it still inspires me everytime I look through it. Back then Mr. Westcott didn't inlcude 'N' scale, but the book provides so much information on how to re-calculate the dimensions not just for ...
Realistic Model Railroad Operation: How to Run Your Trains Like the Real Thing (Model Railroader Books)
Tony Koester
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 2003
Readers will be provided with a quick-start guide
Realistic Model Railroad Operation: How To Run Your Trains Like The Real Thing by Tony Koester is a complete and "user friendly" guide to realistic model railroad operation. Readers will be provided with a quick-start guide to realistic operating sessions complete in a ...
The Men Who Loved Trains: The Story of Men Who Battled Greed to Save an Ailing Industry (Railroads Past and ...
Rush Loving
Indiana University Press
, 2006
WONDERFUL COMBO OF HISTORY, PERSONALITY, HI-STAKES BIZ
. In one way or the other, THE MEN WHO LOVED TRAINS is the book Rush Loving, Jr., a journalist and specialist in business and transportation, has spent most of his career preparing. For a debut book, even a non-fiction one, THE MEN WHO LOVED TRAINS is very effective ...
Easy Model Railroad Wiring, Second Edition (Model Railroader)
Andy Sperandeo
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 1999
Good, but hard to read
I found the book very informative and everything you need to know is in this book...but it is dry reading (or course) and sometimes it will discuss concepts but not illustrate them...or the illustrations will not readily make sense. But everyone who wants to get into ...
Ho Railroad from Start to Finish (Model Railroad Handbook, No 36)
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 1992
You need this book
If you are considering entering the world of Model Railroading you must have this book. It will guide you from an empty room to a fully functioning railroad. Lots of tips and step by step make it very easy for a novice to make a pretty nice layout. Î can't recommend ...
Track Planning for Realistic Operation: Prototype Railroad Concepts for Your Model Railroad (Model ...
John H. Armstrong
Kalmbach Publishing Company
, 1998
The Master's Masterpiece
John Armstrong is one of the best known names to the model railroad hobby. He has written extensively but this book is his finest work. A person interested in railroads finds himself caught up in lots of detailed scenes and complex trackwork. Armstrong explains what ...
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