Model Trains

Griffin. This book treats the reader to a wealth of information on the Rio Grande. Also included is Rio Grande motive power including; steam, 44-tonners, FTs and later F units, PAs, H-15-44s, H-10-44s, Kraus-Maffei and all the later EMD units. Also covers famous passenger trains such as the Vista-domed California Zephyr and the Royal Gorge. Hardcover, 8-1/4 x 10-5/8'', 144 pages, 100 color and 50 B&W .....
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Solomon. Discusses everything from its origins, to locomotives, freight and passenger operations, and more. Santa Fes colorful passenger trains, attractive stations, fascinating historical personalities, make for an interesting history. Softcover,8-1/4 x 9'', 96 pages, 80 color .....
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Detailed book features 81 model track plan options. Each project description includes technical advice and prototype photos that will inspire any model railroad enthusiast. Projects feature likely obstacles that might be encountered during construction and helpful tips for getting it right the first time. Line art diagrams, layout routes, dimensions, and even photographs of the finished layout are included. Paperback, 256 pages, 75 color and 75 B&W photos, 8-1/4 x .....
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Corns, TLC. This 500-mile Ohio coal hauler had lumbering 2-6-6-2's, fast 2-8-4s, home built 0-6-0s and 0-8-0s. Cars, locomotives, stations, terminals, shops, facilities, iron ore piers on Lake Erie. From 1870s through merger with Nickle Plate in 1949. Hardcover, 128 pages, 11 x 8-1/2'', 360 B&W .....
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Vol.1 East-West Trains, Stegmaier, TLC. The author uses a PRR official consist book for 1952 and traces the background of the service, the type of cars used, their regular and special assignments, and shows the exact makeup of all Pennsys important East-West passenger trains in this transition year. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 112 pages, 150 color and 30 B&W .....
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Bagdon, TLC. The complete story from 1912 to its end in 1971, when the last log train arrived in Rainelle, West Virginia, just before the mill was closed. In 1958 the first diesels came to supplant the Shays, Heisler, and Climax that had powered the trains up until that time. Some of Meadow Rivers equipment went to the Cass Scenic Railroad. Softcover, 80 pages, 8-1/2 x 11'', 130 B&W .....
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Tillotson, TLC. The author looks at each and every class from beginning to end and fully illustrates them both with roster photos and with action pictures. About 90% of the book consists of excellent photos of trains at various locations across the system with extended, detailed captions. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 112 pages, 30 color and 162 B&W .....
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Dining On The Shore Line Route. Frattasio, TLC. Along with the cars themselves, the spotlight shines on the people behind this New England railroads highly regarded dining and grill car services. China patterns are illustrated, with an appetizing selection of authentic railroad recipes. Softcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 112 pages, 200 B&W .....
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Covers the history of the railroad and its towns, operations, structures and equipment with maps, B&W and color photos and first-hand stories. Included are the accounts of riding and working some of the actual jobs on the railroad written in raad lingo. Hardcover, 144 pages, 8-1/2 x 11'', 220 color and B&W .....
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Link. The history of electric locomotives in the U.S. begins with their development in East Coast urban centers. Railways that used or continue to use electric locomotives are depicted in the book including; the B&O, PRR, NH, NYC, N&W, IC, Amtrak. Softcover, 8-1/4 x 9'', 96 pages, 80 color .....
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This comprehensive, illustrated guide is the definitive reference to major North American railyards more than 70 in all. Over the past 13 years the author has visited each yard gathering brief histories, operating data, information on unique characteristics, and photographs. In the relatively few cases in which yards have been downsized or closed, the author includes the most recent information. Hardcover, 240 pages, 200 color and 50 B&W photos, 20 diagrams, 8-1/4 x .....
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Americas First Post-War Streamliners. Dixon, TLC. Pere Marquette Railway was used by C&Os Chairman, Robert R. Young, as a test bed for his ideas on how to cure the passenger train problem in America. The new trains were of the latest design and on-board services were superb for coach operation. The story is told in great detail from original documents and with great photos, many of them from C&O official files. Softcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 80 pages, 130 color and B&W .....
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Dorin, TLC. An overview of the lines freight trains and cars over the years, with emphasis from the 1930s to modern times. There are great illustrations showing steam and diesel locomotives, cars of all types, and information about how the trains were operated. Hardcover, 128 pages, 8-1/2 x 11'', 200 color and B&W .....
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The Nashville Route. Downey, TLC. The author has given a very complete history of the line and concentrates much of the book on the trains, equipment, and operations, with excellent B&W and color photos, maps and illustrations. It fell on bad dafter WWII and eventually its trackage was taken over after 1968 and operated by Southern, Louisville & Nashville, and Illinois Central. Hardcover, 144 pages, 8-1/2 x 11'', 200 color and B&W .....
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A Western Maryland Predecessor. Clarke, TLC. Beginning as a narrow gauge line in 1880, its name and gauge changed in 1881 and in the ensuing years it opened a huge swathe of timber and coal territory in northern West Virginia to use. The story is carried down through the WM and Chessie System eras to todays CSX operations on the remaining lines. A must for those interested in West Virginia, mountain railroading, and coal and lumber development. Hardcover, 8-1/2 x 11'', 160 .....
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This complete and illustrated guide to railroad signaling in the U.S. simplifies and presents the utterly bewildering array of mechanisms, procedures, and rules that have evolved since the 1830s to promote safety, impose control, and disseminate information on Americas railways. In addition to providing a brief history of North American signaling from the nineteenth century onward, the author provides photos of equipment and explanations of not only how it works, but how it .....
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Interesting photographic collections culled from archives throughout the U.S. Rare images include often-overlooked details that are ideal for modelers. Each is softcover, 10-1/4 x 8-1/2'', 128 pages, 120 .....
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Schmollinger. From dizzying mountain passes to green pine valleys and arid desert canyons, the regions spanning the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast have always presented the railroad with a geography that challenges the equipment. But whats ahinderance to the railroad is a scenic delight for fans. Hardcover, 10 x 10'', 168 pages, 200 color .....
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Souter. This colorful volume illustrates the history of Lionel electric toy trains. Learn of Lionel's greatest years in the 1950s and 1960s and its resurgence in the 1990sjust in time for the company's 100th anniversary celebration in 2000. Paperback, 10 x 10'', 156 pages, 150 color and 50 black-and-white .....
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All Color Railroad Book Tells Story of the Milwaukee Road. The latest arrival in MBI Publishing's Railroad Color History series tells about the true grit and glory days of one of America's greatest railroads. ''The Milwaukee Road'' covers the history of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific railroad and its predecessors from its beginnings in the late 1800s to its purchase by rival Soo Line in 1985. Images of the roads famous ''Hiawatha'' passenger trains, its .....
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33 Years of Amtrak. Telling the story about America's passenger railroad, this latest MBI book covers the colorful and controversial 33-year history of the system created in 1971 from the remnants of the railroads' passenger services. Veteran railroad author Brian Solomon gives us a glimpse of U.S. passenger train service in the years leading up to Amtrak's creation. Also covered are service additions and deletions, and the locomotives and cars Amtrak has operated since its .....
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