• 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• -Previously unpublished color photos of Tony Koester's heralded HO scale Allegheny Midland Railroad, along with other great model railroads
• Take your layout to the next level of realism!

96 Pages

• Size: 8-1/4" x 10-3/4"
• (209mm x 273mm