Books, Maps and Atlases

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W illustrations & photographs

This volume in the SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive (MCA) series reprints original General Electric promotional and sales materials for GE's gas-electric self-propelled railcars — the so-called "doodlebugs" that served branch lines and rural runs across North America from the 1920s onward. Content includes builder specifications, performance data, interior and exterior illustrations, and fleet information as originally published by the manufacturer.

An essential primary-source reference for historians, modelers, and railfans researching early self-propelled rail equipment and GE's role in the development of the gas-electric car.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W illustrations & photographs

Volume 2 in the SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive series devoted to the Lima Locomotive Works of Lima, Ohio. This volume reproduces original Lima builder catalogs and promotional materials covering all locomotive types — steam, diesel, and industrial — with specifications, roster data, and photographs as issued by the manufacturer.

Lima Locomotive Works was one of America's "Big Three" steam locomotive builders, renowned for its "Super Power" designs of the 1920s–1940s. An authoritative reference for modelers and historians documenting Lima's complete product line beyond the Super Power era.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W illustrations & photographs

Volume 2 of the SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive series on Westinghouse-equipped locomotives. This volume reprints original Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company catalog materials covering electric and diesel-electric locomotive equipment — traction motors, controls, and complete locomotive systems — supplied to railroads throughout North America.

A primary-source companion to MCA Book 28 (Vol. 1), documenting the full range of Westinghouse-powered motive power with manufacturer specifications, wiring diagrams, and technical illustrations.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W illustrations & photographs

A reprint of the American Locomotive Company (Alco) parts and general products catalog covering light locomotive models. The SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive edition reproduces Alco's original engineering drawings, parts breakdowns, and product listings for smaller-capacity steam locomotives built for industrial, logging, mining, and short-line railroad service.

Invaluable for historians, restorers, and modelers needing accurate technical reference on Alco's light locomotive product line — equipment that powered hundreds of industrial operations across North America.

Softcover, 76 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W images and illustrations.

This reprints a catalog from Magor Car Corporation and National Steel Car Corporation. This includes illustrations and specifications of freight and passenger cars built for both domestic and foreign use. Car types include Box Cars, Coal Cars, Cane Cars, Flat Cars, Gondolas, Tank Cars, Dump Cars, Banana Cars, Passenger Coaches, Baggage Cars, Express Cars, Mail Cars, Refrigerator Cars, Ballast Cars, Ore Cars and cabooses.

Softcover, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., B&W and Color images, specifications and product descriptions.

If the catalog had color pages, they are reproduced accordingly. There are 15 Color pages herein.

There are some illustrations of details like engines and driver's seats, outline plans with measurements of some of the buses, and seating arrangements and product statistics.

Softcover, 86 pages, 5.5 x 8.5 x .25 in., B&W images and illustrations.

This company made various railway materials including spikes, frogs, switch stands, steel ties, ect. They also made rail and cars for industrial plant railroads and smaller rolling stock.

Softcover, 166 pages, 6 x 9 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

This is a reproduction of 4 Industrial Brownhoist Corporation publications:
Rapid Freight Handling Equipment: This looks at how Industrial Brownhoist equipment can be used for the rapid handling of freight packages. Includes many drawings and photos over overhead crane systems.

Buckets and Tubs: This looks at the buckets and tubs built by the company. Includes grab buckets, shovel buckets, tubs, and bottom dump coal buckets. Includes many drawings and photos of the buckets as well as photos of their usage in industry.

Suspended Concrete Bins: This looks at the suspended Concrete bins built by the company. Includes a look at the issues of storing coal and ash in power plants, the performance and advantages of the Concrete bins and their installation. Includes numerous photos of their use in power plants and related buildings.

Overhead Hand Traveling Cranes: This looks at the overhead hand operated cranes built by Industrial Brownhoist. Includes many illustrations of the cranes.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W photographs & illustrations

Volume 1 in the SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive series devoted to the Standard Tank Car Company. This reprint reproduces the company's original catalog materials documenting their line of railroad tank cars — specifications, design drawings, and fleet photography as originally published by the manufacturer.

Standard Tank Car was a major producer of tank car rolling stock for the petroleum, chemical, and food industries. An important reference for railroad historians and modelers researching prototype tank car equipment and construction details.

Softcover, 66 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W illustrations and technical data.

More cranes from this manufacturer's catalog. Some specifications and illustrations of gears and pulleys, controls, etc.

Contents:
Truck Crawler Locomotives, pp. 4-20,
TorQFlo Locomotive Cranes, pp. 21-24,
Instructions and Repairs, pp. 25-66.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W photographs & illustrations

Volume 1 in the SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive series covering the Budd Company's Rail Diesel Cars (RDCs). This reprint reproduces original Budd promotional and technical materials for the RDC — the iconic self-propelled stainless-steel rail diesel car introduced in 1949 and widely used by passenger railroads across North America through the 1980s.

Content includes builder specifications, seating configurations, mechanical details, and railroad fleet listings as documented by the manufacturer. Essential reading for fans of the Budd RDC and the railroads that operated them, including Boston & Maine, New Haven, Canadian Pacific, and many others.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W photographs & illustrations

Volume 2 of the SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive series on Ingersoll-Rand diesel-electric locomotives. Ingersoll-Rand, in partnership with General Electric and American Locomotive Company (Alco), produced some of North America's earliest diesel-electric locomotives in the 1920s — pioneering machines that helped prove the diesel's viability for railroad service.

This volume reprints original Ingersoll-Rand catalog and promotional materials with engineering specifications, locomotive photographs, and technical data, serving as a primary source for the early diesel era.

Softcover, 58 pages, 11 x 8.5 in., B&W illustrations, small plans, general dimensions.

Various models of city transit cars including both single and double-trucked cars. The plans are very small and a magnifying glass will be helpful to see dimensions and annotations.

Softcover, 118 pages, 5.25 x 8.5 in. (small format), B&W illustrations, data.

The original catalog must have been a small format publication and therefore this reprint remains true to the original.

Contents:
Heisler Geared Locomotives: Catalogue No. 108, pp. 4-52,
Heisler Geared Locomotives: Catalogue No. 115, pp. 53-100,
Heisler Geared Locomotives: 1908 Repair List, pp. 101-118.

Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 31

Softcover, 110 pages, standard portrait format, B&W and Color catalog illustrations. About 14 pages are in color and are most are the covers of the vairous catalogs.

Most of this title features catalogs of the smaller GE diesel-electric locomotives as you can see from the contents.

Contents:
Switch to G-E Diesel-Electric and Save, pp. 5-16,
45-Ton: Diesel-Electric for Industrial Switching, pp. 17-32,
65-Ton: Diesel-Electric for Industrial Switching, pp. 33-48,
G-E 70-ton Locomotive 600 Horsepower, pp. 49-64,
80-Ton: Diesel-Electric for Industrial Switching, pp. 65-81,
General Electric U25B / U25C Diesel-Electric Locomotives: Building Profits on America's Railroads, pp. 82-94,
G-E's Gas Turbine-Electrics Open Up New Era in Railroad Motive Power, pp. 95-102,
Presenting the General Electric More Power to America Special, pp. 103-110.

Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 31

Softcover, 76 pages, standard portrait format, B&W catalog illustrations.

Most images are of the car interiors.

Contents:
Pressed Steel Car Co.: Steel Passenger Cars, pp. 4-28,Bethlehem Railway Passenger Cars, pp. 29-75.

Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 28

Softcover, 102 pages, standard portrait format, B&W catalog illustrations.

This title includes the Plymouth, Davenport and Whitcomb small switchers operated by many Class 1 and industrial short lines.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 76 pages, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W photographs & illustrations

Volume 2 in the SilverLake Images Manufacturers' Catalog Archive series on the Bucyrus-Erie Company, one of America's leading producers of railroad cranes and excavating equipment. This 76-page reprint reproduces two original Bucyrus-Erie brochures documenting their crane product line — track-mounted and rail-mounted cranes used for railroad construction, maintenance-of-way, and heavy lifting applications.

Content includes equipment specifications, operational photographs, and historical narrative on the role of Bucyrus-Erie machinery in shaping railroad infrastructure. An important reference for railroad equipment historians and modelers detailing prototype maintenance-of-way equipment.

Softcover, 108 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W images, data tables.

Contents:
Industrial Works Locomotive Cranes, pp. 4-56,
Locomotive Cranes, pp. 57-108.

Softcover, 56 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W illustrations with car specifications.

Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 21

Contents:
Composite and All-Steel Gondola Cars, pp. 4-29,
All-Steel Hopper Cars and All-Steel Coke Cars, pp. 30-55.

Softcover, 52 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W illustrations.

Includes some small line drawings, tables of data and the cranes in use.

Softcover, 108 pages, standard portrait format, B&W images and technical data.

Electric Mine Locomotives, pp. 4-42,
Standard Electric Locomotives (most of the motors presented are the smaller ones), pp. 43-108.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W photographs & illustrations

A Manufacturers' Catalog Archive reprint from SilverLake Images covering the Western Wheeled Scraper Company's line of Western dump cars — specialized rail-mounted dump cars used in railroad construction, ballast service, and earthmoving operations. Reprints original company catalog materials with equipment specifications, illustrations, and fleet application examples as originally published by the manufacturer.

A niche but important reference for historians and modelers researching prototype maintenance-of-way and construction equipment used by North American railroads.

Publisher: SilverLake Images  |  Format: Softcover, 8.5 × 11 in., B&W photographs & illustrations

A Manufacturers' Catalog Archive reprint from SilverLake Images reproducing original Gregg Company catalog materials for their line of railroad cars. The Gregg Company produced specialty rail equipment including industrial, maintenance-of-way, and freight car products. This reprint preserves the manufacturer's original specifications, illustrations, and product descriptions as issued.

A primary-source reference for railroad historians and modelers documenting prototype freight and specialty car equipment from an early-twentieth-century American manufacturer.

Softcover, 90 pages, standard portait format, B&W images and illustrations, data.

Contents:
Westinghouse Equipped Trolley Coaches, pp. 4-38,
Trolley Coaches - Why People Like Them, pp. 39-50,
The Trolley Coach...1, 2, 3, pp. 51-90.

Softcover, 124 pages, B&W images and data.

Promotional material of the Heisler Locomotive Works of Erie, Pennsylvania. Includes some statistics as to why you should purchase a Heisler for service with heavy hauling at moderate speeds!

Contents:
Heisler Geared Locomotives, pp. 4-28,
Descriptive Folders, pp. 29-77,
Heisler Fireless Locomotives, pp. 78-106,
The Pictures Tell the Story!, pp. 107-124.

Softcover, 94 pages, standard portrait format, B&W images and illustrations, technical data.

Ironton Bulletin No. 555 (specifications and illustrations), pp. 4-50,
Electric Mine Locomotives: General Electric Co., pp. 51-94.

Softcover, 72 pages, standard portrait format, B&W images and technical data.

Contents:
1020 1/2 yard Covertable Machine, pp. 4-25,
120-B 4-Yard Electric, Steam Revolving Shovel: A Big Output Machine for Ore and Rock Loading, pp. 26-52,
Class 200 17 1/2 Railway Crane, pp. 53-64,
Bucyrus 14-B Revolving Shovel: Bulletin C-142, pp. 65-72.

Softcover, 74 pages, standard portrait format, B&W images.

This volume is a gathering of Bethlehem Steel promotional materials regarding the locations of plants, the plants and products made.

Softcover, 128 pages, standard portrait format, B&W images.

Here are 128 pages of various Budd Company advertising and catalog images from years gone by. There are some small diagrams of the equipment (transit, Amfleet, etc.). Of the many passenger cars Budd constructed, inside this title are mostly transit, commuter and California Zephyr cars. Included are interior photographs of many but not all cars. There are also aerial views of the many plants.

Contents:
Budd Transport, pp. 4-43,
Gallery Car in Operation in the Chicago Area, pp. 44-46,
Budd Metro Car: Modification of the Rio Metro Car in Operation in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, pp. 47-49,
Budd Universal Rapid Transit Car (BURT) in Operation in Metro Dade County and Baltimore, pp. 50-52,
Budd (plants exterior and interior photos), pp. 53-79,
The World's Finest Railway Cars, pp. 80-99,
The California Zephyrs: Built by the Budd Company, pp. 100-128.

Manufacturers' Catalog Archive Book 2

With connections to the Pacific Ocean controlled by the Union Pacific, George Jay Gould had no choice but to build his own railroad or risk having his railroad empire with no friendly outlet further west. This history is about the predecessors of the modern Rio Grande (before Southern Pacific and now Union Pacific mergers) which included the Rio Grande Western and other companies with Rio Grande in their name.

This handsomely done history of the Rio Grande is written by an outstanding railroad author. The book covers the railroad from the very beginnings of the Denver & Rio Grande in 1870 through to the 1970s, as well as its subsidiaries, the Western Pacific Railway, and associated railroads. Illustrated throughout with black and white photographs. With numerous maps, rosters, gradient profiles, timetable, locomotive dispositions and extensive bibliography. 416 pages with index.

Contents:
Preface, Introduction, pp. 5-14,
Denver & Rio Grande Railway, 1870-1886 pp. 15-50,
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad, 1886-1908, pp. 51-82, Denver & Rio Grande Western Railway, 1881-1889, pp. 83-88,
Rio Grande Western Railway, 1889-1908, pp. 89-116,
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (Consolidated), 1908-1921, pp. 117-134,
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad, 1921-1946, pp. 135-162,
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad (Reorganized), 1947-1970, pp. 163-204,
Rio Grande Southern Railroad, 1889-1953, pp. 205-228,
Subsidiary Railroads, pp. 229-262,
Western Pacific, pp. 263-278,
Associated Railroads, pp. 279-294,
Curiosity Salon, pp. 295-304,
Corporate Control, pp. 305-306,
Electrification, pp. 307-314,
Rio Grande Territory - Including Maps and Profiles, pp. 315-384,
Denver & Rio Grande Time Table No. 13, pp. 385-403,
Locomotive Dispositions, pp. 404-406,
Bibliography, pg. 407,
Index (including photo index), pp.408-416.

Magazine, pages, 8.5 x 11, Color photographs and illustrations. The 2023 Passenger Train Annual covers your favorite trains from the past and present, including: New Haven: Passenger Powerhouse A look back at a New England classic by Geoffrey H.

Doughty, Montreal's Central Station at 80 years. One of the last major terminals built in North America by Kevin J. Holland, More Accidental Varnish A railfan's random passenger train encounters by Carl Graves, Japan Tram Sampler From Kyushu in the south to Hokkaido in the north byKevin J.

Holland, Tail End: The Comet lives. And much more!

White River Productions, softcover

Featuring: First of the Fleet by El Simon: An examination of Amtrak's origins. Photo Spectacular: Amtrak's early equipment. Commuter Muscle: MPXpress locomotives.

PCCs on Parade: A streamlined streetcar album. Unveiling VIA: Canadian passenger trains of the late 1970s. TGV at 35: A French high-speed anniversary.

White River Productions, softcover

Featuring: Acela at 10 by Karl Zimmerman: An examination of the first decade of Amtrak's high-speed Acela service. Return to the Mountain by Geoffrey H. Doughty: A look at Conway Scenic Railroad's restoration of a rugged stretch of the former Maine Central Mountain Subdivision.

Jasper Interlude: Servicing Canadian National's Panorama at Jasper, Alberta, at the height of CN's passenger revival in 1968. London Landmark: New life for venerable St. Pancras station.

Fifteen Months: Forty years after the Burlington Northern merger, reflections on BN's brief passenger train era. 2009 in Review: An illustrated timeline of passenger-rail happenings, from the pages of PTJ's Journal.

Magazine, 116 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations. The debut issue of O Scale Trains Annual is an expanded 116-page edition celebrating the art of 1:48 model railroading! Inside you'll find visits to beautiful home layouts, detailed how-to articles on kitbashing and scratchbuilding, a look back at vintage two-rail models, and a showcase of new products for your layout!

Table of Contents: Product Showcase — Our listing of exciting products for your O scale model railroad empire, including locomotives, freight cars, structures, decals, scenery items, detail parts, and more.

Scratchbuild a Virginian C-10 Caboose in Brass by Conley E. Wallace — Working with brass sheet to scratchbuild a model of one of the 25 cabooses built new for Virginian Railway in 1949 by St. Louis Car Co.

Operations Notebook 1: Buckeye Through Freight by Herm Botzow — We follow through freight Train 401 as it works it away across Buckeye Railroad from Monongahela Yard east of Pittsburgh to Gateway Yard in Youngstown, Ohio.

Rio Grande Narrow Gauge 30' Refrigerator Cars by Chris Lane — In 1900, Rio Grande built a fleet of 50 new 30' ice-cooled refrigerator cars for the narrow-gauge lines. Rebuilt in 1926, many lasted in service into the 1950s.

Includes scale drawings. A Norfolk & Western and Virginian Sampler by Conley E. Wallace — Tour this 28 x 44 ft model railroad featuring detailed rolling stock and structures inspired by actual locations along the Norfolk & Western and Virginian Railway lines.

Canandaigua Southern Super Allegheny Redux by David Vaughn — A piece of John Armstrong's legendary Canandaigua Southern Railroad lives on through the operation of this one-of-a-kind Super Allegheny 2-6-6-6 steam locomotive.

Southern Pacific Orange Empire by Jurg Lutscher — A photo gallery of colorful Southern California transition era railroading on Southern Pacific, from a detailed model railroad based in Zurich, Switzerland.

Transform an Old Brass Articulated Steam Engine by Conley E. Wallace — You never know what you'll find at a swap meet! Follow along as a pile of parts is transformed into a beautiful brass articulated steam locomotive.

Operations Notebook 2: Budd Car on the Buckeye by Herm Botzow — All aboard! You don’t need a lot of room to add passenger service to your model railroad. Follow along as the daily commuter trains make their way across Buckeye Railroad.

Harold Russell's Genesee Falls & Ontario by Otto M. Vondrak — Inspired by short lines of western New York, we pay a brief visit to the detailed O scale empire constructed by well-known author and draftsman Harold Russell.

Rebuilding a Vintage Max Gray M1a by John McEnerney — Rebuilding an old Max Gray brass steam locomotive import from the 1950s into a detailed model of a Pennsylvania Railroad class M1a 4-8-2. Return to the Cumberland Valley by Joe Loele — This detailed transition era O scale model railroad is inspired by Pennsylvania Railroad and Norfolk & Western routes between Roanoke, Va., and Hagerstown, Md.

Scratchbuild a 'Side Slider' Boxcar in Styrene by Bill Yancey — Introduced in the 1970s, the Evans "Side Slider" boxcar was designed to make loading of finished lumber easier and reduce damage. Building a Henry-T Kit by Martin Brechbiel — Building from older model kits can be a fun challenge! The author shares tips and techniques working with a vintage gondola kit featuring a cast resin body.

Modeling Hot Rolled Steel Coils by Daniel Kleine — Hot rolled steel coils leave the steel mill to be further finished into cold rolls that are used in manufacturing. These interesting loads for your flatcars or gondolas are easy to make.

Ground Cover 101: Basics of Realistic Scenery by George Riley — Once the benchwork is finished and the track is laid, it's time to think about scenery! A variety of techniques and materials are available to make realistic effects on your layout.

Berkshire Hills Trolley From 3D Printed Parts by Ed Skuchas and Doug Cowperthwaite — A custom-printed body is the basis for this unique parlor car that was used by Berkshire Street Railway in New England more than 100 years ago.

Building Henry's Store by Martin Brechbiel — Country stores like these could be found in almost every community and makes for a great first scratchbuilding project using scale wood siding. A Tale of Three Shanties by Bruce J.

Mohn — Small utility buildings like these can be found everywhere along the railroad, for storing tools and supplies to offering crews a place to shelter from the weather. Product Reviews Clubs Directory

Softcover, 90 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations.

Ira Silverman's lifelong awe with the transcontinental Canadian began with his first trip on the train in 1964. He has since ridden The Canadian over 40 times, taking care to document every trip with his trusty camera in hand. With full-color images spanning 1964 through 2018, this book is a photographic album of the history of one of the longest-lasting and most graceful, streamlined trains in North America.

• In-depth exploration of the Milwaukee Road in Iowa and Illinois
• Rich photographic coverage featuring iconic locomotives
• Detailed insights into freight operations and historical transitions

Dive into the captivating world of the Milwaukee Road with this meticulously crafted book, which examines the railway's operations in Iowa and Illinois from the mid-1970s until the end of the Milwaukee Road era. Renowned author Randy J. Williams provides a compelling narrative complemented by stunning photographic coverage of iconic locomotives, including F Units, Geeps, SD40s, SD45s, and Fairbanks-Morse diesels.

This comprehensive volume not only highlights the Milwaukee Road's significant locations such as Savanna, Bensenville, and Clinton but also delves into the intricate freight operations that defined the railway. Additionally, it offers a brief yet informative look at the Soo Line's takeover of the Milwaukee Road, making this book an essential resource for railway enthusiasts and historians alike.

Kalmbach Publishing, softcover, 80 pages, 8.25 x 10.75 x.25 in., Color photographs.

Modeling Airliners involves specific skills and techniques. Commercial airplanes are bright, bold, and colorful. Painting and applying decals are especially important techniques to master when completing these flying billboards.

FineScale Modeler associate editor Aaron Skinner takes you through the steps needed to construct and finish airliner models.

Contents:

• Building Airliners is Fun, pp. 4–7
• Construction, pp. 8–19
• Painting, pp. 20–33
• Applying Decals, pp. 34–41
• Conversions, pp. 42–47
• Detailing and Improving Kits, pp. 48–65
• Weathering, pp. 66–71
• Airliner Gallery, pp. 72–80.

Softcover, 72 pages, B&W and Color photographs with captions.

In January 1953 the Baldwin Locomotive Works supplied the Central New Jersey with four of their model RS-12 road-switchers. They were specifically purchased to dieselize the shuttle services that ran between Elizabethport, Newark and Kearny, New Jersey.

By 1954 changes were already in the works and the delivery of Budd RDC-1’s removed them from their intended service. Baldwin diesel locomotives were a familiar product on the CNJ. Because of this, the four quickly found themselves in yard and local service in and around Jersey City.

In time, their service lives carried them to Ashley and Bridgeton before the Baldwin era ended in 1973. This 72-page, softcover title illustrates their CNJ existence from delivery to scrapping with 21 of the pages being in color.

Not to be overlooked is a review of the steam tank engines they replaced as well as leased Reading Baldwin AS-16's.

Contents:

• New
• Softcover
• Gerard Bernet
• Steel Road Press
• 2023

Kalmbach Publishing, softcover, 88 pages, 8.25 x 10.75 x.25 in., Color and B&W photographs and illustrations.

You're about to take a complete course in building plastic model airplanes from an expert. Every chapter includes information you can take to the workbench today, taught in step-by-step projects.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements, Meet Paul Boyer, pp. 3–4
• Prologue, pp. 5–6
• What You'll Need to Make Model Airplanes, pp. 7–12
• Your First Model Airplane, pp. 13–17
• A Hellcat Out of the Box, pp. 18–28
• Taming a Wildcat, pp. 29–37
• Rigging a Classic, pp. 38–42
• Building a Vacuum-Formed Kit, pp. 43–52
• Revolutionary Resin, pp. 53–60
• Converting a "Hun", pp. 61–68
• Lights, Camouflage, Action!, pp. 69–78
• On Display, pp. 79–86
• Epilogue, p. 87
• Sources, p. 87.

Double Take Productions, softcover, 48 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs with Color photographs on the outside and inside covers.

This softcover publication is filled with a variety of well captioned photographs. Also included is a full roster, as well as, an informative look at the trains, the territory and the roles this interesting fleet played during their late 1940s to early 1960s era.

This is not simply just another locomotive book! Full color photographs are provided on the interior and exterior cover pages while the book itself is presented in crisp B&W. In today's mobile society interest in regional railroads is not just localized but literally worldwide.

That same thought holds true for interest in the minority diesel locomotive builders.

Contents:

• New
• Softcover
• Gerard Bernet
• Steel Road Press

J-T Publishing, softcover, 200 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Have you always wanted to make creative effects for your model railroad, but didn't know how? Many off-the-shelf items in lighting, animation, and sound are available and are easy to operate. Learn to make an operating crane by using gear motors and a remote controller, build a working conveyor loader, or an operating turntable that moves at scale speed.

Animate a waterfall, create smoke, simulate fire, and project theatrical type lighting. These are only a few of the many items covered in this book. Learn how to make a working crossing gate with lights, a simple track signal system, or a street system with moving cars and trucks.

New ideas and materials are explained to the novice modeler with easy-to-understand instructions, photographs, and diagrams.

Contents:

• Electrical Primer
• Wiring Techniques
• Lighting Effects
• Track Effects
• Animation Effects
• Sound Effects
• Scenery Effects
• Theatrical Effects
• Effects Operations
• Source Guide.

Benchmark Publications, hardcover, 192 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in., color and black and white photographs and illustrations, includes 20-minute DVD.

The Degulbeef & Cradding Railroad is a fictitious US Pacific Northwest mining and logging system in the Roaring Twenties. With humor and wittiness, outstanding model railroader Alexander Zelkin tells about his layout, and his own life as well, while sharing with other model railroaders his techniques, in thirty lavishly illustrated tutorials.

Included is a 20-minute DVD, presented are with jesting spirit and fun, the particularities of such an achievement, as presented by the author.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 4–7
• My early modeling efforts, inspiration and roots of the Degulbeef & Cradding Railroad, pp. 8–19
• 1974-1984, My first five layouts in HO scale, pp. 20–33
• 1984-1990, The end of my stay in America, pp. 34–45
• 1991-1997, The early years of my return to France - my two dioramas, pp. 46–57
• 1998-2015, The present-day layout, pp. 58–115
• Tutorials and equipment: Opinion, my method, pp. 116–118
• Supporting structure and track, pp. 119–140
• Terrain and scenery, pp. 141–162
• Structures, pp. 163–173
• Building rolling stock, pp. 174–181
• Tools and supplies, pp. 182–187
• Photography the layout, pp. 188–190
• Conclusion, pp. 191–192.

RP CYC Publishing, softcover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.25 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Contents:

• Six Pullman Lightweight Passenger Cars, by Pat Wider. Presented in Volume 11 are four selected groups of Pullman lightweight streamline passenger cars, two of which had specific variations to make six unique arrangements. The four main groups discussed include selected Pullman-Standard 10-5, Pullman-Standard 6-6-4, Pullman-Standard 4-4-2, and Budd 10-6 sleeping cars. The prototype versions match, to an extent, HO-scale models available from Walthers. But by no means are the contents limited to these specific configurations. Included in this volume is information that applies to virtually all lightweight sleeping cars with comprehensive attention paid to the underbody equipment. There are summaries and detailed descriptions, photographs, illustrations, diagrams, and tables of Pullmans sleeping car accommodations, materials used to construct lightweight cars, electrical systems, air-conditioning systems, heating systems, braking systems, trucks, hand brakes, draft gear and couplers, steam connections, as well as a few other miscellaneous topics. Numerous builders' photographs and in-service photographs are provided to show the various railroads operating these cars. A substantial number of builders' photographs are printed landscape format on the page for maximum size and visibility of detail. Several pages are devoted to the Walthers models with Color photographs and descriptions of the many positive aspects of the models as well as areas where modifications are necessary for a more accurate rendering. We apologize for an error made in the text on page 107, which leads the reader to believe that D&G Models may be out of business. Jim Gerstley has notified us that D&G Models is still very much in business. We hope our readers will take stock of the excellent HO-scale passenger car trucks that continue to be available from D&G Models.

RPCYC Publishing, softcover, 112 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., B&W photographs and illustrations.

Contents:

• U.S.R.A. 40-ton Double-Sheathed Box Cars (53 pages) by Patrick C. Wider. The article is the first in a series of articles that will cover several 'standard' American box car designs that were built in large quantities during the first half of the 20th Century. In this article, Pat Wider covers the 25,000 double-sheathed wood and steel box cars that were built from 1918 to 1922 following a United States Railroad Association standard design. The comprehensive series of articles will include the contemporary U.S.R.A. single-sheathed wood and steel and double-sheathed all-steel box cars operated by a large number of U.S. railroads. General American 70-ton All-Steel Refrigerator Cars (10 pages) by Patrick C. Wider. Pat Wider describes and illustrates the unique 1930s General American 70-ton 'super size' all-steel refrigerator cars owned and operated by General American Transportation Corporation and leased to the Milwaukee Road and the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. These cars presaged the modern 50-foot cars of the 1950s. Freight Car Running Boards and Brake Steps (53 pages) by Ed Hawkins. Ed Hawkins covers the various types of running boards and brake steps installed on freight cars prior used from the early 1900s through 1960 and to their banishment in 1974. Included are numerous photographs, tables, diagrams, descriptions, and contemporary trade publication advertisements. This is a must have article for serious freight-car modelers.