Features: Colorful, authentic graphics on porcelain/enamel base. New $18.75 (6% off). Sized 8 x 8", 8 x 12" and 9" round (unless noted). Graphics identical to magnets shown at left.

This is the "Realistic Animation, Lighting & Sound" Second Edition Book from Kalmbach. New $14.09 (29% off). Features: * Paperback book. * Completely redesigned edition helps modelers use today's technolog to add interest and action to their model railroad layouts. * Learn how to install streetlights and building lights, use fibe optics, and simulate neon sign lighting. * A working coal tipple, a spinning windmill, and a wig-wag crossin signal are just a few of the projects included. * 140 color photos.

This is a 131 page Noch Model Landscaping Guidebook. New $21.84 (15% off). Features: Glossy softcover 131 page book This book is a comprehensive introduction to the vast and exciting world of railroad modeling Book is filled to the brim with tasty and helpful photographs Written by popular German model landscaping professional Karl Gebele The book is also full of helpful "how-to" information including: -Planning your layout -Frame construction -Rail and track construction -Tunnel and bridge construction -Landscape construction -Rock Structuring -Creation of grass and vegetation -Water structuring -Road structuring -Trees and shrubs -Decoration -And much more!.

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Features: Hard-to-find parts are a thing of the past! Comprehensive catalog has over 90 pages of information on over 500 details for freight, passenger or locomotive models. New $4.75. Also lists many unusual items, includes motors, gear boxes, screws, motor mounts, electrical parts, worm gears and drive components, rivets, washers and much more, adaptable to almost any modeling project. Includes all sundries, pipe, wire, bulbs, nuts, bolts, screen, springs, gears, etc.

Features: Illustrates and describes methods of building scale model pikes, from small table to complete attic layouts. New $13.39 (16% off). For all gauges. 8-1/4 x 11-1/4".

Features: Colorado narrow gauge equipment, from various roads, is featured in these softcover books. New $32.83 (6% off). Each has a horizontal format and more than 100 B&W photos.

Features: Learn to Identify Modern Diesels Louis A. New $33.20. Marre and Paul K. Withers help you recognize diesel locomotives by spotting features such as hood shape, truck type and location and number of fans, louvers and doors. This comprehensive guide to post 1972 locomotives is sized for easy carrying in the field. Featuring more than 500 color photographs, it's a must-have for railfans and model railroaders.

"How to Design and Build Your Garden Railroad" is a Garden Railways Book from Kalmbach Publishing Company. New $17.51 (20% off). Author: Jack Verducci. Features: * An excellent perfect bound, paperback reference for those who want to take their model railroad hobby outdoors! Design a track plan that will complement your garden and scenery. * Choose the righ troadbed and ballast materials, as well as choosing the right track that will withstand the elements of nature. * Landscape your outdoor layout with natural materials such as plants and foliage. * And if that's not enough, add working working water features such as ponds, waterfalls, and streams! Create realistic towns by building structures,

This is the Miniature Garden Guidebook for Model Railroaders by Nancy Norris from Kalmbach Books. New $15.49 (29% off). Features: * Perfect bound; paperback. * Covers designing and planning the railway garden, selectin plants, as well as mastering the special needs of miniatur plants for considerations like hardiness zones, watering fertilization, pruning, and controlling pests. * 112 pages with 250 color photos.

This is the Model Railroader's How-To Guide to Scenery By The Seasons book by Kalmbach. New $15.49 (29% off). Features: * Create scenery for any season. * It can be ablaze with autumn-colored trees or covered with the gree grasses, blue ponds, and tasseled corn of summer. Other layouts such as a mountain scene, can feature a variety of seasona elements and include winter snow, bare fall trees and spring creek with rushing water. Some offer additional modeling challenges b being set in a transitional fall-winter or winter-spring seaso that give a layout an original take on scenery. * Whether you want to give your layout a traditional look or mix thing up, you'll learn how to -Select seasonal foil

This is the Model Railroader's "The Model Railroader's Guide to Mountain Railroading" book by Kalmbach. New $15.49 (29% off). Author: Tony Koester. Features: * How to use full-size railroad for information and inspiration. * Colored pictures. * Offers insight into layout and track planning. * Compares narrow gauge with standard gauge railroads. * Advice on achieving realistic mountain operation. * Tips for working relevant scenery into the layout. * 150 color photos.

Features: Create unique details for your layout in any scale with this line of easy-to-use software. New $14.07 (6% off). Requirements: PC running Windows 95/98/NT/ME/2000/XP/XP-Pro.

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Features: Collector's will love these desktop signs. New $30.91 (6% off). Featuring famous signs from around the country, each comes in a handsome display case. They function just like the real ones and are ready to run with batteries already installed.

Features: * Part documentary, part spoof, "Model Railroading Unlimited" celebrates the greatest hobby in the world. New $18.99. "It's probably one of the most entertaining films promoting the hobby of model railroading ever made," says producer Mike O'Connell. Chooch Enterprises produced the film in association with Model Railroader magazine in the mid 1970s. * Narrated by Hans Conried and starring Ward Kimball, "Model Railroading Unlimited" is an uproarious ride through the fantasy, fiction and joy of model railroading. It tells the story of our hero as he plunges headlong into the world of model trains... and there's no turning back.

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"Realistic Model Railroad Operation" is a Model Railroader Book from Kalmach Books. New $14.09 (29% off). uthor: Tony Koester. Features: * Paperback book with glossy-type pages. * Learn the basic principles, goals, and benefits of operating a model railroad as if it were a real, full-sized railroad! * The chapters are arranged to guide you thru the steps leading to realistic operation and include. * -A quick-start guide to realistic operating sessions in one evening. * -Various schemes for forwarding cars and moving trains across your layout. * -Explanation of signal systems as they apply to model railroads. * -Appendix of precise railroading terminology. * -Previously unpublished color photos o

This is the Model Railroader's Guide To Trackside Structures by Kalmbach Books. New $14.09 (29% off). Author: Jeff Wilson. Features: * Discover iconic railroad structures and their importance to th industry. * Covers the smaller structures and details found along railroa rights-of-way such as interlocking towers, maintenance sheds sheds, crossing shanties and gates, signs, and communicatio lines. * Water towers, icing platforms, scales, and other servic structures are also included.

This is the Model Railroader's Guide To Diesel Locomotives by Jeff Wilson by Kalmbach Books. New $14.09 (29% off). Features: * Whether you're a modeler trying to find an appropriate diesel locomotive for your layout or a railfan trying to identify an engine in a photograph, this will be a valuable reference for you. * Includes charts showing contruction and service dates for each prototype locomotive type will help you choose models that match the era you're modeling. * Learn how diesel locomotives work. * Histories of the major builders, including Alco, Baldwin, EMD, Fairbanks-Morse and General Electric. * Identifying and spotting diesel locomotives. * Owners and road numbers for various locomo