Morning Sun Books 1766 - Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 4: Modern Six-Axle Road Power - by Stephen M. Timko
Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 4: Modern Six-Axle Road Power - by Stephen M. Timko
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book 101 More Track Plans for Model Railroaders
101 More Track Plans for Model Railroaders
Kalmbach Publishing Wiring Projects for Your Model Railroad
Softcover, 96 Pages
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Introduction to Model Railroading
Introduction to Model Railroading by Jeff Wilson
Morning Sun Books 1726 - Penn Central in the Conrail Era - Volume 5: 1995-1999
Penn Central in the Conrail Era - Volume 5: 1995-1999
Kalmbach 12502 Steam and Diesel Locomotive Servicing Terminals
Softcover, 96 Pages
Morning Sun Books 1712 - Trackside Around Canada with Matthew Herson
Trackside Around Canada with Matthew Herson
Morning Sun Books 1764 - Chesapeake and Ohio in color Vol 3- by Stephen M. Timko
Chesapeake and Ohio in color Vol 3
Atlas Model Railroad - Nine N Scale Railroads Book
Nine N Scale Railroads Book
Morning Sun Books 1756 - CSX Power In Color: Volume 5 - by Kurt Reisweber
CSX Power In Color: Volume 5 - by Kurt Reisweber
White River Productions - Railroad Model Craftsman, January 2024 - Magazine
Railroad Model Craftsman, January 2024 - Magazine
Morning Sun Books 1663 Canadian Pacific Caboose Color Guide 1877-2017
Morning Sun Books 1663 Canadian Pacific Caboose Color Guide 1877-2017
Morning Sun Books 1737 - Penn Central and Conrail Trackside with Engineer Chip Syme
Penn Central and Conrail Trackside with Engineer Chip Syme
Woodland Scenics 1208 - The Complete Guide to Model Scenery
The Complete Guide to Model Scenery
Morning Sun Books 1665 - Trackside Around Ontarios Cottage Country
Trackside Around Ontarios Cottage Country
Kalmbach Publishing Book N Scale Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby, Second Edition
N Scale Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby, Second Edition by Martin McGuirk
Kalmbach 12503 - Railroading and the Automobile Industry
Railroading and the Automobile Industry - book
AK Interactive 38 - FAQ 2 AFV Painting Techniques Book - 5th Edition
AK Interactive - FAQ 2 AFV Painting Techniques Book - 5th Edition
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Starter Track Plans for Model Railroaders
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Starter Track Plans for Model Railroaders
Kalmbach 68210 - Classic Trains 2024 Calendar - 12 Months Plus Bonus Winter in Wisconsin Section
Classic Trains 2024 Calendar - 12 Months Plus Bonus Winter in Wisconsin Section
Atlas 13 Seven Step-by-Step HO Railroads
Atlas Seven Step-by-Step HO Railroads
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Mid Size track plans for realistic layouts
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Mid Size track plans for realistic layouts
Morning Sun Books 1657 - Conrail Power In Color Volume 3: #6000-6999 - Stephen M. Timko
Conrail Power In Color Volume 3: #6000-6999 - Stephen M. Timko
Morning Sun Books 1754 - Canadian Pacific Power In Color, Volume 3: Covered Wagons - by Stephen M. Timko
Canadian Pacific Power In Color, Volume 3: Covered Wagons - by Stephen M. Timko
Morning Sun Books 1728 - Canadian Pacific Power In Color - Volume 2: First Generation Roadswitchers
Canadian Pacific Power In Color - Volume 2: First Generation Roadswitchers
Morning Sun Books 1701 - Canadian National Atlantic Region In Color
Canadian National Atlantic Region In Color
Kalmbach Publishing Co - 12810 - Building Vehicles for Model Railroads
Building Vehicles for Model Railroads
Kalmbach Publishing 12844 - Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio - By Tony Koester
Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio - By Tony Koester
Kalmbach Publishing 12825 - Building the Right-Sized Layout - Softcover Book
Building the Right-Sized Layout - Softcover Book
Withers Publishing Norfolk Southern Locomotive Directory 2006-2007 Book
Norfolk Southern Locomotive Directory 2006-2007
Walthers Publications 224 - Model Railroad Reference Book - 2024 - 2025 Edition
Model Railroad Reference Book - 2024 - 2025 Edition
Morning Sun Books 1709 - Canadian National Power In Color - Volume 1: First Generation Roadswitchers
Canadian National Power In Color - Volume 1: First Generation Roadswitchers
Morning Sun Books 1753 - Trackside Around Western New York 1995-2017 w/ Michael Zollitsch (Trk #124)
Trackside Around Western New York 1995-2017 w/ Michael Zollitsch (Trk #124)
Kalmbach 12812 Detailing and Upgrading Steam Locomotives
Softcover, 96 Pages
Bytown Railway Society - Canadian Trackside Guide - 2023
Canadian Trackside Guide - 2023
Morning Sun Books 1745 - Canadian Pacific Trackside 1977-2012 with Conductor John Cowan
Canadian Pacific Trackside 1977-2012 with Conductor John Cowan
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book 50 Ways To A Better Looking Layout
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book 50 Ways To A Better Looking Layout
Steam Encounters in Ontario Vol.2 by Ian Wilson
Steam Encounters in Ontario Vol.2 by Ian Wilson
Atlas 11 - HO Layouts for Every Space - Book
HO Layouts for Every Space - Book
Kalmbach Publishing Co. 12827 - How to Design A Model Railroad - Book
How to Design A Model Railroad - Book
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Model Railroading in Small Spaces-2nd Edition
Model Railroading in Small Spaces-2nd Edition
Kalmbach Publishing Book -The DCC Guide - Second Edition
Kalmbach Publishing Book -The DCC Guide - Second Edition
Morning Sun Book 1746 Chesapeake & Ohio Power In Color Volume 1
1746 Morning Sun Books Inc. Chesapeake & Ohio Power In Color Volume 1
White River Productions - Scenic & Weathering Techniques - Softcover Book
Scenic & Weathering Techniques - Softcover Book
Kalmbach Publishing Book Structure Projects for Your Model Railroad
Structure Projects for Your Model Railroad
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Basic Painting and Weathering for Model Railroaders- second edition
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Basic Painting and Weathering for Model Railroaders- second edition
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, January 2024 - Magazine
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, January 2024 - Magazine
Morning Sun Book 1571 - Algoma Central In Color by Stephen M. Timko
Algoma Central In Color by Stephen M. Timko
Morning Sun Books 1758 - Ontario Northland In Color, Volume 2: The Chevron Era - by Bram Bailey
Ontario Northland In Color, Volume 2: The Chevron Era - by Bram Bailey
Morning Sun Books 1662 Minnesota Mining Railroads In Colour Volume 1 By David C Schauer
Morning Sun Books 1662 Minnesota Mining Railroads In Colour Volume 1 By David C Schauer
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, December 2023 - Magazine
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, December 2023 - Magazine
Morning Sun Books 1757 - Penn Central MU Cars In Color - by Robert J. Yanosey
Penn Central MU Cars In Color - by Robert J. Yanosey
Kalmbach 12813 Modern Freight Cars by Jeff Wilson
Modern Freight Cars by Jeff Wilson
Morning Sun Books 1742 - Canadian National Power In Color Volume 4: Switchers - Stephen M. Timko
Canadian National Power In Color Volume 4: Switchers - Stephen M. Timko
Morning Sun Book 1560 - Canadian Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment -- Volume 2
Canadian Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment -- Volume 2
Morning Sun Books 1729 - Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger in Color - Volume 2: More Pre-Merger Milwaukee & the Merged Soo Line
Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger in Color - Volume 2: More Pre-Merger Milwaukee & the Merged Soo Line
Kalmbach Publishing Book -Model Railroaders Guide to Bridgers and Trestles
Kalmbach Publishing Book -Model Railroaders Guide to Bridgers and Trestles
Morning Sun Books 1731 - Canadian National Power In Color Volume 3: Covered Wagons (Passenger & Freight)
Canadian National Power In Color Volume 3: Covered Wagons (Passenger & Freight)
Atlas Model Railroad - Beginners Guide to HO Model Railroading - for the Novice Model Railroader Book # 9
Beginners Guide to HO Model Railroading - for the Novice Model Railroader Book # 9
Magnetic North - Canadian Steam In Twilight
Magnetic North - Canadian Steam In Twilight
Rapido Trains Inc 102104 Tempo: In Tune with the Times by Kevin Holland 606-102104
Tempo: In Tune with the Times by Kevin Holland
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Basic DCC Wiring for Your Model Railroad
Basic DCC Wiring for Your Model Railroad
Kalmbach Publishing Co. 15301 - Mastering Scenery Basics DVD - Foam Hills & Realistic Rocks - 1hr 21min
Mastering Scenery Basics DVD - Foam Hills & Realistic Rocks
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles: Vol 2
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles: Vol 2
Morning Sun Books 1606 - Conrail Northern Region In Color - Douglas N. Leffler
Conrail Northern Region In Color - Douglas N. Leffler
Kalmbach Publishing Co. 12491 - Wiring Your Model Railroad
Wiring Your Model Railroad - Book
Morning Sun Book 1740 Minnesota Mining Railroads in Color Volume 2
Morning Sun Books Inc. Minnesota Mining Railroads in Color Volume 2
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Workshop Tips and Projects for Model Railroaders
Workshop Tips and Projects for Model Railroaders
Morning Sun Book 1584 - White Pass & Yukon In Color By Kevin J. Holland
White Pass & Yukon In Color By Kevin J. Holland
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Rebuilding a Layout from A-Z
Rebuilding a Layout from A-Z
Morning Sun Books 1609 - Canadian Pacific Facilities In Color: Volume 3
Canadian Pacific Facilities In Color: Volume 3
Kalmbach Publishing Book -DCC Project and Applications - Vol 4
Kalmbach Publishing Book -DCC Project and Applications - Vol 4
White River Productions - Railroad Model Craftsman, February 2024 - Magazine
Railroad Model Craftsman, February 2024 - Magazine
Morning Sun Book 1750 Chesapeake & Ohio Power In Color Volume 2
Morning Sun Books Inc. Chesapeake & Ohio Power In Color Volume 2
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, February 24 - Magazine
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, February 2024 - Magazine
Morning Sun Books 7545 - Railroad Truck Color Portfolio Volume 1: A-I (Softcover)
Railroad Truck Color Portfolio Volume 1: A-I (Softcover)
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders- Second Edition
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders- Second Edition
TH&B Historical Society - The TH&B Ontarian Magazine - Volume 17, Number 4
The TH&B Ontarian Magazine - Volume 17, Number 4
CRHA - 13th Annual Edition CRHA Niagara Division - 2024 Calendar
13th Annual Edition CRHA Niagara Division - 2024 Calendar
Steam Scenes of Stratford by Ian Wilson
Steam Scenes of Stratford by Ian Wilson
White River Productions Model Railroading with George Dutka
Model Railroading with George Dutka
Kalmbach Book 12803 HO Scale Model Railroader - Building A Sectional Layout (Softcover, 96 pages)
HO Scale Model Railroader - Building A Sectional Layout (Softcover, 96 pages)
Morning Sun Books 1774 - Canadian National, Power In Color, Volume 6: Modern Road Power - by Stephen M. Timko
Canadian National, Power In Color, Volume 6: Modern Road Power - by Stephen M. Timko
Canadian Railway Modeller July- August-2008
Canadian Railway Modeller July- August-2008
Kalmbach Publishing Co. 12469 - Basic Model Railroad Benchwork - Second Edition
Basic Model Railroad Benchwork - Second Edition
Atlas Model Railroad 6 - Introduction to N Scale Model Railroading Book - Level 1
Introduction to N Scale Model Railroading Book - Level 1
Canadian Pacific Power In Color Volume 4: Modern Six-Axle Road Power - by Stephen M. Timko
RELEASED: August 1, 2023
AUTHOR: Stephen M. Timko
128 Pages, All Color
Continues the examination of the locomotive roster of this Canadian transcontinental railroad that also reaches into the depths of American soil. Coverage focuses on modern six-axle road power constructed by EMD/GMD, GE, and Montreal, as well as Progress Rail. Enjoy nearly 300 full-color photos, from the early SD40s to the big SD90Mac and SD90Mac-H locomotives!
101 More Track Plans for Model Railroaders
Featuring plans from Model Railroader magazine from three decades, each of the 101 track plans has a newly written, informational description of the design. The track plans range in size from simple 4 x 8 foot and smaller layouts to room- and garage-sized showpieces, with the majority focusing on mid-size layouts.
Softcover, 96 Pages
Wiring Projects for Your Model Railroad by noted modeler Larry Puckett from Kalmbach Publishing focuses not on how to wire your train control on your layout, but rather on how to wire various accessories and devices on your model railroad. Softcover, 96 Pages
Introduction to Model Railroading by Jeff Wilson
The all-new material in Introduction to Model Railroading offers beginning modelers a wealth of information. It begins with choosing a place, era and scale to model. Veteran modeler Jeff Wilson also breaks down the basics of planning a layout and building supporting benchwork. The easy-to-follow instructions and abundance of photographs make this the perfect introduction to scale model railroading.
Author: Jeff Wilson
Softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 96 pages; 96 black and white photos; 200 color photos
Penn Central in the Conrail Era - Volume 5: 1995-1999
Author: Stephen M. Timko
Released: June 1, 2021
Hardcover, 128 Pages
The final look, year by year, at former Penn Central property under Conrail ownership from 1995-1999. Featuring a chapter on former Penn Central motive power, equipment, and structures.
Softcover, 96 Pages
In Steam and Diesel Locomotive Servicing Terminals from Kalmbach noted model railroad author Tony Koester explains how steam, diesel, and electric servicing facilities work, with details on the processes and equipment that can be replicated on model railroad layouts. The author also includes an overview of locomotive maintenance, model railroad track plans and modeling examples of locomotive servicing terminals plus prototype photos of servicing terminals, roundhouses, turntables, sand houses and towers and more.
Trackside Around Canada with Matthew Herson
By: John Riddell
Released: November 1, 2020
Tour railway scenes across Canada from 1957 to 1984 via 250 color images from Newfoundland to Vancouver Island and the Yukon Territory! Featured views include the last narrow gauge railway operations in Newfoundland, steam excursions on the CP and CN, electric commuter operations around Montreal, early GO train commuter operations around Toronto, Northern Alberta freight operations near Peace River, CN operations in the Fraser River canyon, logging operations on Vancouver Island, and White Pass shovel-nosed diesels in the Yukon!
Stephen M. Timko
Our final look at the C&Os motive power fleet. From the four Alco C-630s to the 25 oddball GP15Ts, C&O owned 16 different second-gen models. Adding to the interest of this roster was a group of 30 GE U23Bs that rode on EMD Blomberg trucks. Other U-Boat models included the U25B, U30B, and later B30-7s. EMD products include GP30, GP35, GP38, GP40, GP39, GP40-2, as well as SD35, SD40, & SD50s.
Nine N Scale Railroads Book
Product Information
Atlas Nine N Scale Railroads is a great book for beginners and intermediate modelers. It presents layout planning and construction made easy through step-by-step instructions and includes a complete list of all Atlas products needed for each layout. Complete and simple wiring instructions for each layout take the mystery out of powering up your railroad. Hints on how to scenic your railroad with buildings, paint and landscaping help you make your layout look great. Tips that will eliminate mistakes and frustration are also included. Features nine different layouts with tips on construction, control panel, wiring and scenery complete with photos and drawings. If youre looking for layout track plans and beginners advice check out the line of Atlas how-to books. Softcover.
CSX Power In Color: Volume 5 - by Kurt Reisweber
RELEASED: November 1, 2022
AUTHOR: Kurt Reisweber
128 Pages, All Color
Continues the series with a mix of roster and action photos of another segment of the CSX all-time locomotive fleet! Featured are locomotives acquired used by CSX either through acquisition of whole railroads or by purchase of individual locomotives. Units acquired from Conrail and the RF&P are included, as are former Delaware & Hudson, Susquehanna, Monongahela, EMD, and Amtrak power.
Railroad Model Craftsman, January 2024 - Magazine
Features:
Pennsylvania Railroad Nassau Division - by JOHN SETHIAN ? This freelanced O scale empire recalls PRR heavy electric action in central New Jersey.
Pennsylvania Railroad X-53 Boxcar - by JAMES KINKAID ? First of a two-part series on the first 50? plug-door boxcars built by PRR in 1959-1960.
Scratchbuild a CP Sand Tower - by PATRICK LAWSON ? Using styrene and 3D-printed parts to build a model of the sand tower at Nelson, B.C.
Boston & Maine SW1 1109 in HO - by CHRIS ADAMS ? Adding details, paint, and weathering to a Walthers model to recreate a specific B&M switcher.
Build an Inexpensive End-of-Train Light - by DICK WISSBAUM ? A simple circuit powered by track current to add a bit of animation to a caboose.
The End: A Caboose Gallery - by OTTO M. VONDRAK ? Cabooses could be found on the end of every freight train well into the 1980s.
Departments:
Safety Valve ? Letters from our readers
Receiving Yard ? New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong
Test Track ? In-depth reviews of new hobby products
Rail Books ? Jersey Central Baldwin Switchers/review by Harry K. Wong
Timetable ? Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers
Perspective ? Just Another Small Coaling Tower/Wayne Wesolowski
Boomer Trail ? RPM Meets/Dan Munson and Harry K. Wong
Branch Line on a Shelf ? Expanding Operations on a Small Layout/Scott Thornton
Painting & Weathering ? South of the Border: NdeM Alco RS-1/Miles Callan
Diverging Points ? Backdrops/Jason Shron
Editor's Notebook ? Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak
Dealer Directory ? Listing of recommended hobby dealers
Index of Advertisers
Morning Sun Books 1663 Canadian Pacific Caboose Color Guide 1877-2017
Canadian Pacific Caboose Color Guide 1877-2017 from Morning Sun Books takes a colorful look at the cars that brought up the markers on CP freights. Starting in 1877 with contractor caboose CP 1, various lengths and shapes of pre-1948 wood cabooses are featured along with every type of steel caboose produced from 1948 to the end of CP caboose production in 1981. Over 250 photos, 20 exhaustive roster tables, highly-detailed captions, modeling notes, paint schemes, lettering details, disposition information, preserved cabooses, new owners, shoving platforms and much more. Canadian Pacific Caboose Color Guide is the long-overdue history of the nearly extinct CP caboose before all are gone forever! Hardcover, 128 pages.
Penn Central and Conrail Trackside with Engineer Chip Syme
Author: Chip Syme
Released: November 15, 2021
Hardcover, 128 Pages
Join author Chip Syme as he hires on with the Penn Central in 1969 as a fireman through the end of Conrail during his days as an engineer! A lot of good miles and smiles and they are recounted here in terrific photographs and entertaining stories!
The Complete Guide to Model Scenery
This manual is 200+ pages with full-color photos and illustrations, product information and step-by-step methods, as well as tips and techniques you will need to model realistic scenery!
The Complete Guide to Model Scenery (C1208) combines The Scenery Manual (C1207) and The SubTerrain Manual (ST1402) into one book, expanding the two original manuals to include more information.
Trackside Around Ontarios Cottage Country
By: Bram Bailey
Released: January 5, 2019
Bram Bailey takes you on a railfan trip through the tourist area north and east of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. You will see first and early second generation diesel units on the Canadian National, Ontario Northland, Via Rail, Algoma Central, Canadian Pacific and the electrics of International Nickel spanning the years 1964 until 2017 with an emphasis on the 1968-1990 time frame.
N Scale Railroading: Getting Started in the Hobby, Second Edition by Martin McGuirk
Railroading and the Automobile Industry
Softcover, 96 Pages
Product Information
Railroading and the Automobile Industry from Kalmbach is a great informational guide for adding automotive industry models and operations to your layout. Authored by noted modeler and former Model Railroader Magazine associate editor Jeff Wilson you will find plenty of information about open and enclosed auto racks, auto parts boxcars, assembly plants, and automobile train switching and other operations.
AK Interactive - FAQ 2 AFV Painting Techniques Book - 5th Edition
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Starter Track Plans for Model Railroaders
This mix of HO and N scale track plans emphasizes simplicity, flexibility and interesting operation.
Classic Trains 2024 Calendar - 12 Months Plus Bonus Winter in Wisconsin Section
The 2024 Classic Trains Magazine Calendar from Kalmbach features 12 historic railroad photos along with all the dates, anniversaries, and features you have come to know and love from our calendars. The 2024 calendar also includes a bonus section exploring the work of Center for Railroad Photography and Art founder John Gruber, including photos of winter operations! National holidays and occasions are highlighted, and there is ample room to add notes and appointment reminders. The Classic Trains Magazine 12-month calendar is a great addition in your train room or office!
Atlas Seven Step-by-Step HO Railroads
Seven Step-by-Step HO Railroads from Atlas will show you, step-by-step, how to build the HO Scale layout of your choice. Includes tips on benchwork, track laying, wiring and scenery. All skill levels
Check out
Atlas HO layouts for every space 150-11 for detailed information on various track sizes for unusual spaces. Intermediate to Skilled level
and
Atlas Complete Wiring 150-12 for all your wiring information, suitable for all scales and all skill levels
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book Mid Size track plans for realistic layouts
Mid-Size Track Plans for Realistic Layouts from Kalmbach features 14 track plans in several scales to fit spaces from 8 x 10Ft to 20 x 20ft. The layouts are based on interesting prototype railroads including the WM, C&O, CP, SP and many more. Those planning their own layout can use the plans as they are or use them as a basis for their own track plans.
The book features 100 color and 50 black-and-white images plus 14 illustrations. 112 pages, softcover.
Conrail Power In Color Volume 3: #6000-6999 - Stephen M. Timko
By: Stephen M. Timko
Released: October 1, 2018
Volume 3 of the 5 volume series covers Big Blues early six-wheelers--#6000 to 6999. An in-depth look at first and second-generation SDs, RSDs, six-wheeled GEs, and the big Century series from Alco. The work contains over 360 full-color photos of 31 models of the Conrail fleet and a section roster.
Canadian Pacific Power In Color, Volume 3: Covered Wagons - by Stephen M. Timko
RELEASED: October 1, 2022
AUTHOR: Stephen M. Timko
128 Pages, All Color
The midpoint of Canadian Pacific (and CP Rails) locomotive fleet, featuring covered wagons, constructed by GMD, Alco, MLW, and CLC, illustrated with over 335 photos of both A and B units used in both passenger and freight service. The three rare EMD E-8s, the only ones owned by a Canadian railroad, are featured along CLCs FM-Designed CPA/CPB16-4 and CFA-CFB16-4 units. The Royal Canadian Pacific F-unit are included as well.
Canadian Pacific Power In Color - Volume 2: First Generation Roadswitchers
By: Stephen M. Timko
Released: July 1, 2021
This second volume features Canadian Pacifics first-generation roadswitchers. The rare Baldwin DRS-44-1000s, Alco and MLW RS-2s, later models including the RS-3s, GP7s, GP9s, RS-10s, RS-18’s, and the interesting FM (CLC) H16-44 and H24-66 models, and more!
Canadian National Atlantic Region In Color
By: Bram Bailey
Released June 1, 2020
Kicks off with the Canadian Nationals RSC-14 program where 38 RS-18 locomotives were modified with six-wheel trucks for operation on the light rail branch lines typical of those in the Canadian Maritimes. Canadian National operations in the provinces of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia are featured in photos between the late 1970s - mid-1990s. If youre an Alco or MLW fan, this title is for you!
Building Vehicles for Model Railroads
Building Vehicles for Model Railroads from Kalmbach Publishing is discusses the importance of vehicles for model railroad realism. On any model railroad, vehicles are important in establishing the era and location of the layout. Expert modeler Jeff Wilson covers the many facets of modeling vehicles in HO Scale with accuracy and realism. Topics covered include a brief guide to the evolution of prototype autos and trucks, assembling plastic, metal and resin vehicle kits as well as detailing and kitbashing vehicles. Also covered in Building Vehicles for Model Railroads is transforming toy vehicles to scale models.
Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio - By Tony Koester
(Softcover, 112 Pages)
Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio from Kalmbach is a look at how one modeler made a profound impact on model railroading, and his Virginian & Ohio became one of the hobbys best-known layouts of all time. Allen pioneered many concepts that later became standards in layout design. The late Allen McClelland encouraged modelers to look at their layouts not as stand-alone entities, but as links in the North American rail system - looking beyond the basement. Take a look at Allens HO scale Virginian & Ohio layout, one of the best-known layouts of all time. This inspirational layout pioneered many concepts that later became standards in layout design.
Allen became well-known not just for his V&Os realistic scenery, setting, and theme, but for showing us how to:
- Use walkaround command control to take advantage of linear track plans
- Choose a railroad name and theme that reflect prototype regions and railroads
- Adopt operating procedures based on prototype practices
Find inspiration in how the Virginian & Ohio was conceived and developed, and get ideas for applying the same concepts to your own layout! Get this historical book on the late Allen McClelland and how his influence helped bring model railroading to where it is today.
Building the Right-Sized Layout - Softcover Book
Softcover Book by Thomas Klimoski
112 Pages
Have an extra spare room in your house? Downsizing your layout? Building The Right-Sized Layout is the perfect book to help with planning a room-sized layout for your home. This new book features 5 track plans covering details on how to create a manageable layout with space, time, and resources in mind.
Youll find:
Track planning strategies
Construction techniques
Room-planning concepts
Tips on operating once your layout is built
And more!
Featuring author Thomas Klimoskis Georgia Northeastern Railroad, as well as 3 other examples of small layouts, this planning book is a must-have for model railroaders.
Norfolk Southern Locomotive Directory 2006-2007 148 pages, 6 x 9inch, softcover, 200+ photos, unit-by-unit listing of every unit on the NS roster on January 1, 2007.
Model Railroad Reference Book - 2024 - 2025 Edition
Get your modeling projects on track with a copy of the 2024-2025 Model Railroad Reference Book! Now in stock, order yours now!
Updated from cover to cover, you will find the latest new product announcements, information and updated listings for hundreds of products in HO, N and Z Scales. Packed with modeling tips, ideas and inspiration in one handy resource, be sure you have copies for your modeling library and your workbench too!
Canadian National Power In Color - Volume 1: First Generation Roadswitchers
By: Stephen M. Timko
Released October 1, 2020
This first volume covers Canadian Nationals first-generation GM roadswitchers. GP7s and GP9s and Canada-only GMD-1s are featured in multiple paint schemes from delivery to retirement or rebuilding in over 300 full-color photos!
Trackside Around Western New York 1995-2017 w/ Michael Zollitsch (Trk #124)
RELEASED: October 1, 2022
AUTHOR: Michael Zollitsch
128 Pages, All Color
Western New York in the 1990s remained a haven of railroad diversity, scenic wonder, and traffic density. This book illustrates all of that, reflecting on all that has disappeared since. Spans Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Batavia, Hornell, Jamestown, Westfield, and many points in between!
Softcover, 96 Pages - Full Colour Pictures
Detailing and Upgrading Steam Locomotives from Kalmbach is a treasure trove of information about improving your steam power. The late steam and steam-to-diesel transition eras are very popular with model railroaders. This book is a single reference guide for upgrading, detailing, modifying, and maintaining steam locomotive models. This book includes an overview of steam locomotive types, histories and how they work. It also offers tips and techniques for upgrading and repowering older plastic and brass models as well as adding DCC and sound; weathering and modifying detailing to reflect various steam locomotives. Softcover, 96 Pages
Canadian Trackside Guide - 2023
All the information you want in an easy-to-read layout. Larger text (where space permits), all new map drawings, with parts 1 and 17 in full colour!
The 2023 edition of the Canadian Trackside Guide is the Bytown Railway Societys 41st edition ? contains approximately 768 updated and expanded 5.5 x 8.5 inch pages current to mid-February 2023.
Edited by Earl Roberts & David Stremes
Cover Photo: Ray Farand
- The only comprehensive guide to Canadian Railways
- Locomotives of CN, CPR, VIA, plus Regionals and Industrials
- Preserved equipment
- Passenger cars
- Urban rail transit
- Cabooses
- Non-revenue equipment
- Radio frequencies
- Passenger train schedules
- Freight train numbers
- Railway reporting marks
- Detailed divisional maps and subdivision listings for all Canadian railways and their U.S. components, including station names, mileposts, detectors, siding lengths, locations of cross-overs, wyes and more
- Maps of major cities detailing rail lines
Canadian Pacific Trackside 1977-2012 with Conductor John Cowan
By: John Cowan
Released: April 1, 2022
Follow conductor and author John Cowans distinguished 35-year career on the Canadian Pacific Railway! From his start as a train order operator in Ontario and Quebec, to 34 years working as a conductor in British Columbia, his work in Revelstoke, Vancouver, the Kettle Valley Railway, and Vancouver Island is captured in amazing depth! CP, VIA and West Coast Express passenger trains are also featured, as well as the authors work as a conductor on mainline steam trains!
Kalmbach Publishing Co Book 50 Ways To A Better Looking Layout
New detailing projects from Jeff Wilson, plus favorites from the pages of Model Railroader, help modelers add the finishing touches to their layouts and create a higher level of interest and realism. Projects range from adding weeds to creating signs and billboards, and all can be completed easily in an evening or weekend. Key areas covered include structures, scenery, vehicles, locomotives and rolling stock, and more.
Steam Encounters in Ontario Vol.2 by Ian Wilson
Third in a series of all-colour softcovers featuring Jim Guerin pictures in Ontario and Quebec. This volume showcases CNR and CPR steam and diesel in Ontario from 1956 to 1959.
Escape back to the 1950s railway scene in southwestern Ontario with our third all-colour title in the Encounters series. Sit back, relax, and turn the pages as we resume our adventures with photographer Jim Guerin.
We begin in the spring of 1956, and throughout the pages you will revisit favourite haunts?Bayview/Hamilton Junction, Dundas, Guelph, Kitchener, Galt, Stratford, London, Southampton and Lambton.
The photo reproduction is the same high quality you have come to expect with our Made in Canada product. Ian Wilsons narrative, combined with graphic artist Rebecas photo finishing, is served up to you on the finest glossy archival paper stock by our friends at Ampersand Printing.
As with all our Encounters volumes, you will savour a collection of photographic vignettes, fleeting glimpses. These cover the southwestern Ontario scene between 1956 and 1959. Pick up the 48-page softcover book and lose yourself in the spreads anytime!
HO Layouts for Every Space - Book
This book contains 11 challenging HO layouts for unusual spaces, both large and small. Each plan is accompanied by complete instructions on benchwork, tracklaying, wiring, scenery and more. Intermediate to advanced skill levels! If you are looking for layout track plans and beginners advice, check out this Atlas book!
How to Design A Model Railroad - Book
Softcover Book by Lance Mindheim
How to Design a Model Railroad from Kalmbach helps modelers answer questions about planning a layout regardless of their skill level. How much aisle space is needed? How deep can benchwork be? What is a good minimum radius for curves? How do I best use yards and staging tracks? Authored by noted modeler Lance Mindheim, this informative book will get you from the daydreaming stage to designing and building a model railroad.
This book will help you transform your basic ideas of what you want in a model railroad into a workable, realistic track plan and overall layout design that you can then build. This is a hands-on guide to drawing and designing a model railroad that will fit the available space and result in a realistic layout. It will also help you avoid common pitfalls and guide you from the design to construction phase with confidence!
Model Railroading in Small Spaces-2nd Edition
Provides creative approaches for building compact layouts and covers how to build seven different layouts.
Kalmbach Publishing Book -The DCC Guide - Second Edition
Comprehensive guide helps modelers get the most out of DCC. Diagrams and photos show how DCC works, from wiring to installing decoders in locomotives.
1746 Morning Sun Books Inc. Chesapeake & Ohio Power In Color Volume 1
Features the switchers, Es, and Fs of the company?s fleet! From the single GE 44-tonner through the Alco and EMD/GMD switchers, as well as the fleet of narrow-gauge Atlas and GE dock pushers. Photos of varnish and freight power include E7s and E8a, F7As, F7bs, and FP7s
Scenic & Weathering Techniques - Softcover Book
Leading off our new Master Craftsman Series of how-to books, Scenic & Weathering Techniques is your guide to creating realistic effects for your model railroads and dioramas. Compiled by Scott Thornton, more than a dozen authors contribute all-new articles to teach you expert techniques that will bring you to the next level!
Featuring:
Rob Arsenault
Butch Eyler
James Hilton
Tom Johnson
Matthieu Lachance
Erik Lindgren
Jeff Meyer
Neil Schofield
Rob Spangler
James A. Powell
? and more!
Structure Projects for Your Model Railroad
Realistic structures are an essential component of any successful model railroad layout, so hobbyists will appreciate this collection that guides them step by step through various structure modeling processes. They’ll learn to complete simple and complex scratchbuilding projects as well as kitbashing, detailing, and painting, discovering many techniques and materials they can apply to their own projects along the way.
Author: From Model Railroader
Softcover; 8 1/4 x 10 3/4; 88 pages; 150 color photos
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Basic Painting and Weathering for Model Railroaders- second edition
Plenty of in-depth how-to techniques for painting, decaling and weathering locos, rolling stock and structures. Features basic through advanced airbrushing, brush painting and weathering techniques plus how-to information for using chalks, acrylic paints and oil colors. Learn how to add graffiti, placards and other decal details.
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, January 2024 - Magazine
Product News
Locomotives & Rolling Stock
Vehicles & Loads
Structures, Scenery & more
Books & more
HO-Scale Reviews
Landmark Locomotive? Rapido Trains Early Phase U25B Diesel Locomotive
Six-Axle Returns? Hornby Hobbies/Rivarossi U25C Diesel Locomotive
A U-Boat in Blue? Atlas U33B Diesel Locomotive
Rear End Perfection? Tangent Scale Models Wide-Vision Caboose
Tantalizing Tunnel Motors? Athearn SD40T-2 Diesel Locomotive
Kit Classics Adds Caboose? ScaleTrains Steel Cupola Caboose
N-Scale Review
New Mill Gondola? Micro-Trains Line 65-foot Mill Gondola
O-Scale Review
Rebuilt Well and Tall Container? Atlas Rebuilt Well Car and 40-foot High-Cube Container
Book Review
Little Rock? Lots of Possibilities?Barton Jenning?s The Little Rock
From the Archive
HO Collector presents AHM Old-Time Freight Cars
Columns & Departments:
Editorial & Letters
Prototype Profile?Early EMD Six-Axles SD7 and SD9
Timetable
Dealer Directory
Advertising Index
Algoma Central In Color by Stephen M. Timko
Released February 1, 2016
Headquartered at Sault Ste. Marie, this colorful all-EMD railroad extended directly north from the Great Lakes into the wilderness of Ontario. Although most famous for its passenger trains through the beautiful Agawa Canyon, the road was also a heavy duty freight hauler carrying lumber, mining, and steel products.
Ontario Northland In Color, Volume 2: The Chevron Era - by Bram Bailey
RELEASED: November 15, 2022
AUTHOR: Bram Bailey
128 Pages, All Color
Spanning the adoption of the Chevron paint scheme in 1974 to the present! All active subdivisions during that time frame are featured, as well as locomotives and cabooses of The Chevron Era!
Morning Sun Books 1662 Minnesota Mining Railroads In Colour Volume 1 By David C Schauer
Minnesota Mining Railroads in Color Volume 1 takes a look at the iron ore railroads of Oliver Iron Mining Company (U.S. Steel), Hanna Iron Mining Company, Balkan Mining Company and Mesaba-Cliffs. Steam, diesel and electric operations are included with numerous color images dating from the 1950s through the 1990s.
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, December 2023 - Magazine
PRODUCT NEWS:
- Locomotives & Rolling Stock
- Vehicles & Loads
- Structures, Scenery & more
- Books & more
HO-Scale Reviews
- Iconic New York Central Power Bachmann J3a Hudson 4-6-4 Steam Locomotive
- Lightfooted RS-11 Rapido Trains Central Vermont RS-11 Diesel Locomotive
- Wide-Vision Celebrates 50th Athearn Roundhouse BN Caboose
- Bulk Up Canadian Style Walthers Proto CC&F Bulkhead Flatcar
- What If Burlington Had Not Seen Red? Broadway Limited Imports GP20 Diesel Locomotive
Verde AC4400CW ScaleTrains Ferrosur AC400CW Diesel Locomotive
- New Trinity Covered Hopper Walthers Mainline 4750 Covered Hopper
- FMC Double Door Rides Again Atlas FMC 5077 Union Pacific Boxcar
- Record-Breaking Mallard Hornby America Starter Train Set
- Celebrated Convertible Brekina 1975 Cadillac Eldorado
- They Are Everywhere! Walthers Cornerstone The Bargain Depot Kit
N-SCALE REVIEWS:
- Green Machines InterMountain Railway Co. MKT F7A/F7B Diesel Locomotives
O-SCALE REVIEW:
- ACF Two-Bay Hopper Atlas Premier Great Northern CenterFlow Hopper
BOOK REVIEW:
- Classic Armour Yellow Era Four Ways Wests Union Pacific Color Pictorial 1950s?1980s
COLUMNS & DEPARTMENTS:
- Editorial and Letters
- Prototype Profile: General Electric C30-7 and C36-7
- Timetable
- From The Archive: HOs Original GP40s
- Dealer Directory
- Advertising Index
Penn Central MU Cars In Color - by Robert J. Yanosey
RELEASED: November 15, 2022
AUTHOR: Robert J. Yanosey
128 Pages, All Color
Prior to the PC amalgamation, the three predecessors - PRR, NYC, and NYNH&H - had the three largest MU fleets in the country. By 1969, PC had, by merger and new acquisition, the most provocative roster of MU cars ever assembled. Follow the chronology of this never-to-be-seen-again variety in the transitions from three roads to one and private commuter train operation to state operations!
Modern Freight Cars by Jeff Wilson
In Modern Freight Cars from Kalmbach, noted modeler and former Model Railroader Magazine staffer Jeff Wilson provides an overview of freight cars from the 1960s through today. This is an essential guide for model railroaders who model the 1960s through today, as well as railfans and freight train enthusiasts. The book features more than 200 photos and covers various types of cars, including boxcars, hoppers, and gondolas, and how they evolved, as well as new car types, including intermodal cars and 89-foot auto tracks. Modern Freight Cars: Rolling Stock from the 60s Through Today also gives a deeper look into how different industries use freight cars, when cars entered service, and the dates when rules and restrictions took place. Other topics include:
Freight car evolution (size and weight increases; new car types)
Car components (brake systems, trucks, and couplers)
Hi-cube and specialty boxcars
Intermodal cars (flat, spine, and well cars)
Open and enclosed auto racks
Mechanical and cryogenic refrigerator cars
Center-beam flatcars
And much more!
Canadian National Power In Color Volume 4: Switchers - Stephen M. Timko
RELEASED: February 1, 2022
128 Pages, All Color
Continued coverage of Canadian Nationals motive power fleet with a focus on switchers! General Electric industrial-size units are featured along with the standard fare of Alco/MLW, EMD/GMD, and CLC end-cab units. A handful of Whitcombs are included, as are the GMD/CN-built Sweeps.
Canadian Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger Equipment -- Volume 2
More than 300 color images of CPR rolling stock in revenue freight and passenger service as well as maintenance of way.
Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger in Color - Volume 2: More Pre-Merger Milwaukee & the Merged Soo Line
By: Jerry A. Pinkepank
Released: August 1, 2021
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Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger in Color, Volume 2: More Pre-Merger Milwaukee and the Merged Soo Line from Morning Sun Books continues the coverage of Milwaukee Road operations with the Montana and Pacific Northwest lines, the Sioux City-Council Bluffs line, and the Kansas City line. The Montana coverage includes a detailed survey of electric operations from the author Jerry Pinkepanks 1968 visit. Also featured is the perspective of the authors position as Soos AVP Operations Planning. A detailed account of the authors dynamometer car test of GP59/B32-8 demonstrators details operations from Minneapolis through Milwaukee and Chicago to Ottumwa on the Kansas City line, and the background of the acquisition of the iconic Soo SD60s. Included is a detailed look at the Wisconsin Central before its acquisition by Canadian National. Concludes with coverage of the Chicago-Terre Haute-Louisville operation. A must-have for your Soo Line or Milwaukee Road book collection, this book is loaded with informative text and large-format images making it a great modeling reference too! Soo Line-Milwaukee Road Merger in Color, Volume 2 is one of many Morning Sun books about Soo Line and Milwaukee Road related subjects. Hardcover, 128 pages.
Kalmbach Publishing Book -Model Railroaders Guide to Bridgers and Trestles
The Model Railroaders Guide to Bridges & Trestles from Kalmbach is your one-stop source for information on prototype bridges. This book will guide you through the history of the various bridge types from the first days of railroading through today, showing older bridge types still in use, older bridge types that are now obsolete, and new concrete and steel designs. This also book includes the history of various types of bridges, tells about how bridges have evolved in design and size and how bridges fit in with other related scenic elements. It also discusses many bridge types including wood trestles, stone and concrete arches, culverts, wood and steel truss bridges, steel plate-girder bridges and cantilevers. Its loaded with information to help model railroaders choose appropriate bridges for the region, era, and type of railroad they model. Model Railroaders Guide to Bridges & Trestles is one of many Kalmbach model railroading how-to books.
Canadian National Power In Color Volume 3: Covered Wagons (Passenger & Freight)
By Stephen M. Timko
Released September 1, 2021
CN was known for its fleet of sleek FP9s that hauled passenger trains across the Dominion, but also featured is coverage of other covered wagons produced by GMD and EMD, as well as Canadian Locomotive Company and Montreal Locomotive Works!
Beginners Guide to HO Model Railroading - for the Novice Model Railroader Book # 9
Level 1 - Beginner
Contains layouts HO-1 through HO-12. Entry level instruction book offers 12 layout plans, large clear diagrams, benchwork information, and track laying instructions and tips.
Plans can be built with Atlas Code 83 or Code 100 track.
Now includes Atlas Master DCC wiring instructions
Newly revised book contains twelve layouts built with either Atlas code 100 or code 83 track. Now includes code 83 track products required listings (in addition to code 100 listings); large, clear layout diagrams; and complete contruction and wiring instructions. Written in modern, simple language,. Perfect for the novice.
Magnetic North - Canadian Steam In Twilight
By: Roger Cook & Karl Zimmermann39.99
Magnetic North is an inspiring chronicle of the brief, bright moment when steam locomotives ran their final miles in Eastern Canada, a time when the certainty of their demise made their presence all the sweeter.
From the moment Karl Zimmermann and Roger Cook packed their bags in May of 1958 and boarded a sleeper for Montreal, they were hooked on Canadian steam. They arrived just in time to see and record the end of an era. In a sense, Zimmermann and Cook have been collaborating on this book for forty years. In carefully wrought essays and in photographs selected from among many hundreds made by the authors and other outstanding railway photographers, this book is a vision od classic steam railroading rendered with first-person immediacy.
Tempo: In Tune with the Times by Kevin Holland
Basic DCC Wiring for Your Model Railroad
Great beginners guide to decoders, DCC systems and layout wiring.
Mastering Scenery Basics DVD - Foam Hills & Realistic Rocks
Foam insulation board is the perfect material for adding scenery to your model railroad p its lightweight, easy to cut and shape, and you can use it to model almost any geographic region. Follow along as the MR staff shows you how they added hills and rocks to their HO scale Thin Branch project railroad!
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Model Railroad Bridges and Trestles: Vol 2
Offers more tips for building bridges and trestles. New information and how-tos include modeling a highway underpass, creating a stone arch bridge and more. Learn how to use kits plus get scratch building tips. Ideal for all skill levels.
Conrail Northern Region In Color - Douglas N. Leffler
RELEASED: February 1, 2017
Conrails Northern Region was comprised of three divisions of the former Canada Southern Railway and Michigan Central Railroad routes through Canada and Michigan. These three Conrail divisions were called the Canada Division, Detroit Division and Michigan Division. The illustrations and text in Conrail Northern Region take the reader on a journey on all three divisions from Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada west to Detroit and beyond through Southern Michigan.
Wiring Your Model Railroad - Book
Softcover Book by Larry Puckett
If model railroaders could own one book about wiring, this would be the best choice. In Wiring Your Model Railroad, Larry Puckett provides a helpful overview of all things wiring, including traditional wiring and DCC. This is the first wiring book any modeler should buy, and its a useful reference guide for experienced modelers. Most importantly, it is the first book any publisher has released on this topic in 15 years. So, its the most current and reliable source of model railroad wiring information you will find anywhere!
Morning Sun Books Inc. Minnesota Mining Railroads in Color Volume 2
Minnesota Mining Railroads in Color Volume 2 from Morning Sun Books is a look at two iron ore hauling railroads, Reserve Mining Company and Erie Mining Company, plus their successors. These two private industrial mainline railroads were constructed in the mid-1950s to support new taconite iron ore processing operations and fielded a wide variety of first generation diesel models. This volume covers the history of these operations as well as locomotives and rolling stock!
Workshop Tips and Projects for Model Railroaders
Associate Editor, Cody Grivno, complies insider tips and projects from Model Railroader magazine plus favorite projects from his Codys Office online feature into one exciting volume. Covers tools, painting and decaling, weathering, track, wiring, structures, scenery, locomotives and freight cars.
White Pass & Yukon In Color By Kevin J. Holland
Release: July 1, 2016
Kevin J. Holland
North Americas most remote railroad is examined in all its beauty and unique operation.
Rebuilding a Layout from A-Z
Canadian Pacific Facilities In Color: Volume 3
By: John Riddell
March 1, 2017 RELEASE
CP trains pass stations, towers, and yards on this vast system - mostly back in the maroon-and-grey years!
Kalmbach Publishing Book -DCC Project and Applications - Vol 4 Softcover, 96 pages
In DCC Projects and Applications, Volume 4 from Kalmbach, noted DCC expert Larry Puckett explains several components of DCC use in easy-to-understand terms. Digital Command Control is a great way to run your model railroad, but setting it up and keeping it current can be overwhelming. The author simplifies the process with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information available. Compiled from Model Railroaders DCC Corner columns and feature articles, the latest volume includes dozens of updated step-by-step projects. DCC Projects and Applications, Volume 4 is one of several Kalmbach DCC how-to books.
Topics include:
Fitting sound decoders into tight areas
Installing decoders in steam locomotives
Programming decoders using DecoderPro(R)
Dividing layouts into power districts
Wiring turnouts for DCC
Troubleshooting electrical problems
And much more!
Railroad Model Craftsman, February 2024 - Magazine
Features:
The HO Scale Galeton & Chestnut Lake - by JERRY LAUCHLE ? This freelanced HO layout recalls coal and lumber hauling in central Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Railroad X-54 Boxcar- by JAMES KINKAID ? Built at Sam Rea Shops, these 40? plug door boxcars served into the Conrail era.
Dummy Third Rail for Modern Transit - by MATT BOUCHER ? Easy techniques to model an important detail for modern urban transit scenes.
Improved End Details for Covered Hoppers - by DON JANES ? Etched brass and nickel silver parts improve the look of these Canadian covered hoppers.
A Simple Operator?s Control Box - by MICHAEL HAUK ? Recreating simple controls to remotely set train order signals along the line.
?Oil Can? Sides - by BILL YANCEY, MMR ? Using styrene strips to simulate warping caused by welding sheet steel.
Kitbash a Central Vermont 2-8-0 - by ARLO CAMPBELL ? A Bachmann Consolidation is the base for this detailed steam loco kitbash in HO.
Departments:
Safety Valve ? Letters from our readers
Receiving Yard ? New product reports and industry news/compiled by Harry K. Wong
Test Track ? In-depth reviews of new hobby products
Railbooks ? Nebraska Central Railroad: Pride of the Prairies/Harry K. Wong
Craftsman Timetable ? Listings of railroad-related events contributed by our readers
Perspective ? The Power of Community/Hunter Hughson
Craftsman Workshop ? Ice House Kitbash in HO and N/George Dutka
Company Photographer ? Simulated Night Photography/William Gill
Diverging Points ? Details, Details/Jason Shron
Editor's Notebook ? Commentary from your editor/Otto M. Vondrak
Dealer Directory ? Listing of recommended hobby dealers
Index of Advertisers
Morning Sun Books Inc. Chesapeake & Ohio Power In Color Volume 2
Stephen Timko
The massive fleet of over 560 GP7s and ?9s, to the modest purchases of Baldwin and Alco models, including the late first-generation SD18s are featured! Includes the Pere Marquette-ordered EMD BL2s.
White River Productions - Model Railroad News, February 2024 - Magazine
Product News
Locomotives & Rolling Stock
Vehicles & Loads
Structures, Scenery & more
Books & more
HO-Scale Reviews
Landmark Locomotive? Rapido Trains Early Phase U25B Diesel Locomotive
Six-Axle Returns? Hornby Hobbies/Rivarossi U25C Diesel Locomotive
A U-Boat in Blue? Atlas U33B Diesel Locomotive
Rear End Perfection? Tangent Scale Models Wide-Vision Caboose
Tantalizing Tunnel Motors? Athearn SD40T-2 Diesel Locomotive
Kit Classics Adds Caboose? ScaleTrains Steel Cupola Caboose
N-Scale Review
New Mill Gondola? Micro-Trains Line 65-foot Mill Gondola
O-Scale Review
Rebuilt Well and Tall Container? Atlas Rebuilt Well Car and 40-foot High-Cube Container
Book Review
Little Rock? Lots of Possibilities?Barton Jenning?s The Little Rock
From the Archive
HO Collector presents AHM Old-Time Freight Cars
Columns & Departments:
Editorial & Letters
Prototype Profile?Early EMD Six-Axles SD7 and SD9
Timetable
Dealer Directory
Advertising Index
Railroad Truck Color Portfolio Volume 1: A-I (Softcover)
By: Robert J. Yanosey
Released: April 1, 2021
Featuring AAR, AMT, Apache, Asplundh, ATRW, ATSF, BA&P, Bay Colony, BK, B&M, BN, BNSF, B&O, BB, CF&W, C&G, CCL, CS, CKIN, CMSL, CN, CNJ, CNW, C&O, CP, CR, CSX, CV, CW, CWP, DMIR, D&H, DL, DRGW, EJ&E, EL, ETL, EMC, FL, GM&O, GMRC, GR, GTW, IC, IHB, INRC, and IT!
Kalmbach Publishing Book - Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders- Second Edition
Dont get derailed! Get up to speed on the latest advancements in trackwork with Basic Trackwork for Model Railroaders, 2nd Edition.
Freshly updated to showcase the newest products, current manufacturers, and the latest techniques, this edition shows you how to:
Lay flextrack, Handlay track, Install turnouts and switch machines, Use all-in-one and other sectional track, Install subroadbed Ballast and detail track and much more!
No matter the size or scale of your model railroad, using the techniques in this in-depth guide will set the stage for smooth operation!
The TH&B Ontarian Magazine - Volume 17, Number 4
Official Journal of the Toronto, Hamilton, & Buffalo Railway Historical Society.
This issue includes:
- Part One of the History of the TH&B's Van Fleet by John Spring
- Industry Profile - Columbian Carbon by Paul Hurly
- 75th Anniversary of the H.O. Model Engineers Society by Ron Tuff
- Form 1003, Train Consist Report, FT-1 Kinnear Yard Lift, 10-21-66
- TH&B Historical Society Executive Report
13th Annual Edition CRHA Niagara Division - 2024 Calendar
Written by: Andy Panko
Recognizing 65 years since the last passenger service of the Niagara, St. Catherines and Toronto Railway
Steam Scenes of Stratford
by Ian Wilson
Steam Scenes of Stratford is a 48-page softbound title exclusively devoted to the CNR operations at Stratford, Ontario. This volume chronicles railway operations around the division point and motive power shop on summer days in 1953 and 1954. Almost 70 previously-unpublished black & white photographs with captions support the narrative text.
Model Railroading with George Dutka
You can build and paint structures and rolling stock with weathering and other details that really stand out! Combine them all in a realistic diorama, or apply them to your own model railroad. Author George Dutka demonstrates expert techniques in kitbashing, detailing, and weathering that are easy to master in a series of projects for all skill levels. 96 pages, softbound.
Contents
Introduction ? You can master modeling skills like a pro
Model Makeovers ? Rescuing old structures from the scrap bin
Some New England Barns ? Barns are an essential part of the rural landscape
Classic Station Kitbash ? Transforming classic kits into typical New England depots
Repurposed Boxcars ? Turning retired rolling stock into detailed structures
Build a Boom Car ? Kitbash a crane boom car for a wreck recovery train
Central Vermont Cabooses ? Different methods for building unique caboose models
Basic Freight Car Weathering ? Simple effects for weathering steel and wood freight cars
Weathering Wood ? Techniques for creating realistic weathered wood effects
Build Small Dioramas ? Test your skills by building simple scenes
Tour the White River Division ? The author?s HO-scale railroad inspired by New England
Meet George Dutka ? Railroad Model Craftsman's "Craftsman Workshop? columnist
HO Scale Model Railroader - Building A Sectional Layout (Softcover, 96 pages)
If you are thinking about modeling a layout that will be easy to move, Pelle Seborg offers how-to advice for building sectional benchwork, laying track, and much more!
Well-known author and modeling expert, Pelle Seborg, introduces the sectional model railroad layout in his all-new book, Building a Sectional Layout. If youre building for a specific spot in your overall layout, Pelle offers how-to advice for modeling sections, building benchwork, and laying track.
Using his Midwest layout, Pelle shares new techniques that can be applied to both sectional and stationary layouts, from design to final details. His addition of a grain elevator demonstrates why every layout should have a signature structure a wow factor.
The book covers:
Planning and designing a sectional layout.
Building benchwork and laying track.
How-to advice for creating realistic scenery and structures (a bridge, farm fields, streets, highways, and more).
The importance of building a signature structure, using Pelles grain elevator as an example.
Author: Pelle Seborg
Size: 8.25 x 10.75
Pages: 96
Color photos: 450
Canadian National, Power In Color, Volume 6: Modern Road Power - by Stephen M. Timko
RELEASED: November 15, 2023
AUTHOR: Stephen M. Timko
128 Pages, All Color
Introduces the companys Modern Road Power wearing 5000-9999. Sixteen chapters, each devoted to a specific model, illustrate the second-generation geeps and SDs of this transcontinental railroad!
Canadian Railway Modeller July- August-2008
MCF Layout
TH&B Work Van
Operational Switch Stands Part 2
Pearson Hotel
Basic Model Railroad Benchwork - Second Edition
Softcover Book by Jeff Wilson
Jeff Wilson covers the full range of benchwork skills and materials from beginner shelf layouts to experienced modelers assembling a room-sized layout. New color photos and illustrations highlight lift-out sections and swinging access gates.
Introduction to N Scale Model Railroading Book - Level 1
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The Atlas Introduction to N Scale Model Railroading - Level 1 book contains layouts N-1 through N-9. Great for beginners who want to plunge into the world of N scale model railroading. Complete with everything you need to know to build a layout including track layout and wiring with Atlas electrical components. Includes DCC wiring instructions. If youre looking for layout track plans and beginners advice check out the line of Atlas how-to books. Softcover.