Carstens Model Trains

Features: All-color photo book showing diesel era and electric operations from Long Island to Harrisburg. Written by Steve Stewart with photography by Dave Augsburger.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Pennsylvania Lines East by Steve Stewart & Dave Augsburger

Features: Captures the best of On30 modeling featuring stunning layouts plus hands-on articles about locomotives, rolling stock and structures. Includes product features and construction plans.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- 2008 On30 Annual

Features: Describes almost every major loco and car type made by Lionel in Standard Gauge 1906-1941. Invauable refence for collectors, armchair buffs and dealers.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Lionel Standard Gauge Era Softcover

Features: Covers pioneer and wooden cars, as well as heavyweight steel cars. 104 pages show many B&W photos and historical sketches.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Passenger Cars 1

Features: Focuses on streamline passenger cars, including baggage, RPO, dome cars, diner, lounge cars and more.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Passenger Cars 2- Streamline Cars

Features: Examines the philosophy, concepts and history behind W. Allen McClelland's mythical Virginia & Ohio super layout.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- The V&O Story - Softcover

Features: Volumes 1, 2 and 3 combined in one convenient package.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Passenger Cars 3

Features: From 2-8-8-4s and 2-10-2s to 4-4-2s on the old Buffalo & Susquehanna.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Baltimore & Ohio Heritage- 1945-1955

Features: Comtemporary operations of the Vermount Railway, Green Mountain Railroad and Clarendon & Pittsford. Pictures of rail action in Vermont's green mountains and a remerbrance of Rutland steam power.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Rails Beyond the Rutland Softcover

Features: Loaded with plans and photos, this set offers a comprehensive guide to passenger cars.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Passenger Car Combo Vol. 1,2 & 3

Features: Big power and long trains of this great American carrier in the last great days of steam.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- UPRR- The Overland Route Softcover

Features: Covers railroading in and around Boston as it was from the time South Station was built through the present.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- The Railroad That Came Out at Night Softcover

Features: Covers Grand Trunk steam in Maine, New Hampshire and Quebec.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Grand Trunk Heritage Softcover

Features: Collection of articles reprinted from " Toy Trains Magazine," covering early manufactures, train sets and more.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Toy Trains of Yesteryear Softcover

Features: New York, Susquehanna & Western from Erie Steam and railcars through RS-1 to GP18s.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Susquehana- NYS&W Softcover

Features: Covers the road's turbulent history as a bridge road and major coal hauler. Photos, 80 pages.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Lehigh & New England Softcover

Features: A giant collection of rare photos, posters, illustrations and documents covering the railroad circus from its infancy to today. Feature in-depth details on circus operations by rail, the evolution of circus car designs, train consists and more. By noted circus historians Tom Parkinson and Chappie Fox.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Connecticut Company's Streetcars/Hardcover

Features: * Hardcover-Enjoy this look at the Nashville, Chattanooga & St Louis Railway. * Many pictures of the road's steam and diesel operations compliment an informative history. 98 pages.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- NC&STL Dixie Line Hardcover

Features: Charles F. Steffes gives a first-hand account of his nearly 40 years as an employee of the SP Railroad. 312 pages, hardcover.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- The Life and Times of a Locomotive Engineer

Features: Covers a wide range of trackwork subjects including tablework, roadbed and sub-roadbed, track types and track laying, switches and crossings, track wiring basics, wheels and couplers, switch stands and machines, and trackwork scenery.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- 150 Years of Train Models

Features: A track book for beginners and others who prefer sectional track, whether in N, HO, TT, S or O. Nearly 150 designs, 186-piece track-planning kit, 36 pages, 8 x 11".
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Complete Layout Plans- For All Model Train Sets

Features: Discover how the B&O was driven to run rail through this treacherous stretch of mountain range. 70 pages.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- B&O Thunder in the Alleghenies

Features: Learn historical, structural and design information on a variety of buildings, from roundhouses and water tanks, to signal towers, ash handlers and more. Full of B&W photos. 120 pages.
...more about the Carstens Publications Book -- Loco Terminals & Buildings