Dear PWRS Customers;

 Kalmbach Publishing is excited to announce New Softcover Books

Learn how to build a detailed, smooth-running layout with the proper foundation. This updated edition of Basic Model Railroad Benchwork by Jeff Wilson shows you how to design, build, and maintain all types of benchwork for small, large permanent, and portable railroads.

Description

Benchwork is the support system that holds up the track, scenery, and trains that make up the rest of a model railroad.

If you want to build a detailed, smooth-running layout, then you need to start with the proper foundation. Basic Model Railroad Benchwork, 3rd Edition, shows you how to design, build, and maintain all types of benchwork for small, large permanent, and portable railroads.

In this updated edition, you'll learn:

• How to select building materials that are right for your layout.
• Techniques for designing portable layouts that are made to travel and share with others.
• Construction tips for building permanent shelf-style and free-standing layouts of all sizes that work with any scale.
• And much more!

Pages: 128

Author Bio

Jeff Wilson has written many books on railroads and model railroading. He enjoys many facets of the hobby, especially building structures and detailing locomotives, as well as photographing both real and model railroads.

Go off the beaten path and learn how to model shortline railroads. Perfect for modelers with limited space or for those who like highly detailed scenes, you'll want to check out this new book by Tony Koester!

Description

Modeling shortline railroads can lead down many paths. They often feature older equipment, less-frequent operation, and simple track arrangements, all of which can make them easier to re-create.

Modeling Shortline Railroads, written by Tony Koester, features both classic and modern examples of prototype short lines across the country.

This book shows you:

• Modern holding companies that operate multiple shortline railroads
• How older locomotives and freight equipment get new life on short lines
• Examples of how modelers have used short lines to create realistic layouts
• How a shortline layout can be realistically freelanced based on a prototype example
• And much more!

Pages: 112

Author Bio

Tony Koester has written many books on model railroading. Tony spent a quarter of a century designing, building, and operating (with his friends) the Allegheny Midland, a freelanced coal-hauling HO railroad. He is now hard at work completing a multi-deck HO layout that accurately depicts the Nickel Plate Road's St. Louis Division as it appeared in 1954. Tony has been the editor of Model Railroad Planning, a special annual issue of Model Railroader, since its inception in 1995. He is a contributing editor to Model Railroader and writes the popular "Trains of Thought" column and numerous feature articles.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Off the beaten path

Chapter 1 - What constitutes a "short line"?

Chapter 2 - Classic short lines

Chapter 3 - Baldwin country

Chapter 4 - Smaller modern short lines

Chapter 5 - Modern shortline dynasties

Chapter 6 - Electrified railroads

Chapter 7 - Classic shortline modeling sampler

Chapter 8 - Modern shortline modeling sampler

Chapter 9 - Developing a plausible short line

Chapter 10 - Photo gallery

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