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This fifth issue is packed with building and how-to projects along with exceptional layout tours and is loaded with great shots from readers like you! It's brimming with 116 pages of large scale and outdoor railroading, everything from prototype trains & information and fine scale modeling to free-lanced flights of fancy and whimsy.

Whatever your large-scale modeling style, you’ll find the Garden Trains Annual is for you! 8.5 x 11 Softcover, 116 pages Table of

Contents:

• • Make It Our Own! — Ideas to Customize Your Equipment/by Ray Buteux • 10 Years of the Woodlock Railroad — What's Better Than an English Garden? One With a Railway!/by Paul Duncan • A 3-D Printed Barnhart Log Loader — A Complete Build of an Iconic Backwoods Machine/by Randy Mower • Dressing up the Porter — Making a Good Model Better and Distinctive/by George Riley • Pine Ridge Railroad — North Woods Wisconsin Narrow Gauge Logging Railroad/by Lawrence and Jodi Ginnow • Carry The Freight — Crates and Cranes and Pallets
• Oh My!/by George Riley • Steve's Gas — Modeling Jone's Gas Station from the 1950s/by Steve Lennox • Building & Operating the SJR&P Garden RR — This Extensive Line features Switching and Operations/by Deb and Stan Ames • Craftwagon… — An Industrial Rolling Stock Construction Project/by Mike Nanaluk • From the Archives: Lost in the Woods — The Mostly True Story of the Missouri Locomotive Company/by George Riley • Cheap Telegraph Poles — A Easy Scenic Detail for Your Large Scale Railroad/by Ray Buteu • Design a Garden Railroad Part 4 — Model Memories as Metaphors — Art!/by Nancy Norris • East Meets West — “Klondike Kate” arrives on the Tuscarora Railroad/by Kevin Strong • Make Your Own Corrugated Panels — You Don’t Have to Drink During this Project (But it Helps!)/by Jim Kottkamp • A Blacksmith Car For Your Loggers — Unstocking a Stock Car/by Ray Buteux • A Doodlebug Diversion — Another Scrap-Box Project/by Jack DiSarro • The Blue Plantation Build — Live Steam Symposium + Sidebar: Speed Reduction Gears/by George Riley • Live Steam Corner — Modifying the Roundhouse Sammie/Conducted by Mike Nanaluk • D&RG Caboose 20 — Collectors
• Turn Away. Kitbashing Ahead/by Dylan Hutson • Edaville Railroad — History and Inspiration /by Joseph Scolastico • Getting Started in Large Scale — Great Entry Sets for Aspiring Large Scalers/Conducted by George B. Riley & the GTA Staff • Garden Trains Annual Locomotive Review — Large Scale Motive Power/Conducted by George B. Riley & the GTA Staff • Observations — Get Together With Friends…/by Associate Editor – George Riley

White River Productions, hardcover, 128 pages, 8.5 x 11 x.5 in, Color photographs, illustrations and maps.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Lines West series (begun by The Railroad Press) continues with Volume 3: Crestline to Chicago 1960-1999. This title has a good mix of photographs from the Pennsylvania, Penn Central and Conrail eras plus Amtrak from all eras.

Featuring the stunning color photography of Steve Hipes and David Oroszi, this hardcover book covers the eras spanning from the Pennsylvania Railroad through Penn Central to Conrail. Explore the mainline from Chicago via Fort Wayne, the Grand Rapids & Indiana to Mackinaw City, the Toledo and Sandusky branches, and much more.

Contents:

• Passenger Operations, pp. 6–19
• Crestline to Fort Wayne, pp. 20–47
• Fort Wayne to Chicago, pp. 48–81
• Chicago Area Branch Lines, pp. 82–85
• Buckeye Branch Lines, pp. 86–125
• GR&I p Richmond to Mackinaw City, pp. 126–128.

You can build detailed railroad models! Scott Lupia shares more than 30 years of custom model building experience in this collection of classic articles from the pages of Railroad Model Craftsman, along with all-new content.

You'll find expert tips on kit-bashing, detailing, paints and tools, and weathering. Get inspired with a colorful mix of freight and passenger diesels, steam engines, caboose kit-bashing projects, and more! Scott's involvement in model railroading began in the early 1980s when he was given an N scale train set by a family friend.

As a locomotive engineer for NJ Transit, he enjoys running trains on many of the same lines that his family members worked on. In addition to his railroad career, Scott is also the owner of KV Models, LLC, a manufacturer offering etched metal detail parts.

He also served as part-time associate editor of Railroad Model Craftsman in 2013 and 2014. Table of Contents: 1: Introduction-Set Up Your Work Area and Tools, 2: Disabled Penn Central Geep, 3: Lackawanna Wood Caboose, 4: One-of-a-Kind Budd RDC, 5: A Litter of Lehigh Pups, 6: Kit-bashing a Steel Caboose, 7: Upgraded Erie Lackawanna U-Boat, 8: Seaboard Coast Line E-Units, 9: Detailing an Erie Lackawanna Geep, 10: Detailing for Durability, 11: Two Bay Window Cabooses, 12: Unique Susquehanna RS-1 Diesels, 13: Down n' Dirty Steam Engines, Magazine, XX pages, standard portrait format, Color photographs and illustrations.

Magazine, pages, Color photographs and illustrations. What a time to be a modeler, especially in On30! Now there's even more value to the On30 Annual, delivering amazing models, layouts, and building projects in O scale for 2022.

Now in its 17th year of providing modeling fun and accessible narrow gauge for everyone, here is just a sampling of things you'll find in the all-new 2022 On30 Annual: Home for a Modular Build, An EBT No. 11 2-6-2, Blue Sky: A Building Diorama, Adapting Military Figures, Expert Weathering, Dead Rail Charger, Mesa Rojo Layout, Tankcar Conversion, And Much, Much More!

Magazine, pages, Color photographs and illustrations. What a time to be a modeler, especially in On30! Now there's even more value to the On30 Annual, delivering amazing models, layouts, and building projects in O scale for 2022.

Now in its 17th year of providing modeling fun and accessible narrow gauge for everyone, here is just a sampling of things you'll find in the all-new 2022 On30 Annual: Home for a Modular Build, An EBT No. 11 2-6-2, Blue Sky: A Building Diorama, Adapting Military Figures, Expert Weathering, Dead Rail Charger, Mesa Rojo Layout, Tankcar Conversion, And Much, Much More!

There is much text in this title with the addition of color photographs to help tell the 'tale'. Included are color maps, timetable reproductions and a list of industries served. This is not a picture book with captions. If I wanted to model this part of the Milwaukee Road, this book would be very helpful as you have the prototype equipment, the cars used and the human element of operation.

Milwaukee Road's Racine & Southwestern Division linked the railroad's hometown of Milwaukee, Wis., with the Mississippi River at Savanna, Ill. Hired on in 1971, Jerry Pyfer shares stories of Midwestern railroading combined with his colorful photography. Climb aboard with Jerry as he covers the entire division in its final decade.

White River Productions, hardcover, 128 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., Color photographs, color maps and list of industries served.

Features:

• New Hardcover Jerry Pyfer White River Productions

Hardcover with dust jacket, 256 pages, 11 x 9 in.

, 371 Color photographs, 7 maps.There are many pages where the photograph fills the page. The book is nicely laid out and it is good to see a title about the KCS which has had few books published about it.The KCS system in the U.S. sprawls across nine Midwestern states with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri.

The system reaches into Illinois to Jacksonville, Springfield, and East St. Louis. The traditional southern main line moves traffic to Dallas, New Orleans, and Port Arthur, Texas.Later additions to the system carry KCS rails east through Monroe, Louisiana, and Jackson, Mississippi, to Meridian and Artesia, Mississippi, and an even later addition touches Tennessee at Counce.

Southern Texas and Mexico-bound traffic rolls from Beaumont through Houston to Corpus Christi and Laredo, where KCS rails continue deep into Mexico.This volume chronicles KCS east from Kansas City across the former Gateway Western and south from Kansas City to the end of the Shreveport Subdivision at Shoreline, Louisiana.

Contents:

• Introduction, pp. 6–9
• Home Turf: Kansas City, pp. 10–27
• The Gateway (former Gateway Western
• Chicago & Alton), pp. 28–65
• Goin' South (Pittsburg Subdivision), pp. 66–101
• Ozark Passage (Heaverner Subdivision and Fort Smith Branch), pp. 102–159
• Over the Ouachitas (Shreveport Subdivision), pp. 160–255
• Epilogue, pg. 256. Features: New Hardcover Kevin EuDaly White River Productions 2022

Magazine, pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations. You don't have to be into narrow gauge or even HOn3 to find a wealth of information and value in its pages. Maybe you've always suspected that the narrow-gauge guys are having more fun, and you'd be right!

The 2024 HOn3 Annual is loaded with exciting layout tours, in-depth construction projects, and plenty of detailed prototype information, sure to keep your workbench full and your modeling fires stoked all year.

Now in its 16th year, the HOn3 Annual is the only publication exclusively dedicated to HOn3 narrow gauge model railroading, but with something for everyone in each issue. Table of Contents:From Kits to an Operating Layout an Exit Strategy by Keith Pashina and Mike EnglerMourning Shapeways, Eulogy for the 3-D printer That Got Me Started — by Robb ThomasHitching the Wagon, The Final Stage — by George RileySOCal's Narrow GaugeTank Car Fleet, Part 3: Distribution, Operations, and Infrastructure — by Greg MaxwellNorman's Creek, My 12-2 ft.

HOn3 Switching Layout by Martin FischerSnowshed at Lizard Head, Adventures in Stripwood — by Dave VollmerBuilding the Aberdeen Shed From Scotland to Appalachia — by Sam SwansonOn Any Given Day: Part II, This Layout Features Rio Grande Southern, Colorado & Southern, and East Broad Top by Linn MoedingerElevating Scratchbuilding, A Grain Elevator From the Western Plains by Peter MetzkerNew Tools in Scratchbuilding, Modeling Denver & Rio Grande T-12 No. 168 — by Glenn ButcherResuscitating the Rio Chama, Malcolm Furlow's Famed Layout Lives On — by Rich MossholderSway Back Flatcar, Tips for Putting That Bow Down Low — by Bob BrendleNine Millimeter News, A Product Survey for HOn30/9mm Models — by George RileyAround Town Structure Kits Plus Details, Details, Details — by George RileyThe Boiler, Part II of Building D&RGW 600, a 2-6-6-2 by Paul BuhrkeAre Your Experienced? The new Johnson City Railroad Experience by Geoff Stunkard and Dr.

Fred AlsopRadiused Turnouts for Tight Spaces, Using the Fast Tracks Jigs and Twist Tie Strips — by Dennis CarrellNew England and Beyond, The HOn30 Sheepscot & Strong Railway — by George RileyA Water Tank for Sheepscot, A Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Inspired Tank for the S&S — by George RileyRio Grande Southern's Ophir Loop Building a Free-Mo Sectional Layout by Fuzzy Anstine, Krys Gieskieng, and Jonathan ZookNarrow Gauge Trains of the CatskillsA Mini Book Review and Proto-Primer by Ray Buteux Features: New Softcover various White River Productions 2024

Magazine, pages, 11 x 8.5 in., Color photographs and illustrations. You don't have to be into narrow gauge or even HOn3 to find a wealth of information and value in its pages. Maybe you've always suspected that the narrow-gauge guys are having more fun, and you'd be right!

The 2023 HOn3 Annual is loaded with exciting layout tours, in-depth construction projects, and plenty of detailed prototype information, sure to keep your workbench full and your modeling fires stoked all year.

Now in its 15th year, the HOn3 Annual is the only publication exclusively dedicated to HOn3 narrow gauge model railroading, but with something for everyone in each issue. Features: New Softcover various White River Productions 2023

Features:When We Die - by Chris Lane Narrow-minded notes thoughts on our legacy.Into the San Juans - by Kevin Kussow Recreating 1890s Colorado.East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad Hoppers Nos. 47 and 48 - by Brad Slone - Brief hopper history and rolling stock drawings.Bash Prefab HOn3 Point Turnouts into a 3-Way Stub Turnout - by Bob BrendleBuilding Better Gons - by Stan Rhine - The venerable Rio Grande gon examined.You've Got (Model) Mail! - by Sam Swanson - Special delivery of an obvious and overlooked detail.It's The Little Things - by Duane Richardson - Contest judge shares tricks for better models.Creede Diorama Made in Austria - by Peter Metzker - Modeling the Rockies in the Alps.Building the East Broad Top's Orbisonia Station - by Russ Norris - Who needs a kit?Modern Operating Practices - by Mike May - Integrating operations on the HOn3 White Pass.Narrow Gauge Modeling in 3D - by Johnny Graybeal and William T.

Miller - A 2018 update.Ferrocarril de Isla - by John Ehresmann - Modeling an island railway.Red Mountain Livery Stable - by L. Todd Leftwich - Research and scratchbuilding recreate the past.Near Sighted Narrow Gaugers - by Duncan Harvey - Developments on the portable layout.From Mine to Market - by Johnny Graybeal - Mining and hopper cars on the ET&WNC.The Caboose Project Layout - by Chris Lane - Building the HOn3 Bear Creek Railway, part 1.The Circle Tour, Part 4 - by George Riley, Esq. - Taking the siding.Destination: Roan Mountain - by Geoff Stunkard - Modeling the ET&WNC at the Carter Museum.HOn3 Product Spotlight - by HOn3 Annual staff - New releases for 2018-2019.

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The new 2016 HOn3 Annual from White River Productions is 116 pages dedicated to HO scale narrow gauge model railroading! Their 8th edition contains a host of scratch building projects explained step-by-step, great model railroad photography techniques, model detailing tips from the experts, beautiful narrow gauge layout tours, exciting prototype history from coast to coast, and much, much more.

Contents:Vehicle Variations,Over the Top with Tweetsie (update on the George L. Carter Museum),The Grandt C&S Caboose,Modeling the Passenger Cars of Otto Mears (Silverton),Scale Neon Signs,Building and Detailing a Boxcar (Grandt Line),Narrow Gauge Steel Container Cars?,A Trip on the ET&WNC (operations),Photographing the Cover,Hand-Laid Stub Turnouts,Conner Station (Victorian style),Building a Farm,Prototype Prints (preservation),LED Layout Lighting,Build a Logging Skidder,Moving the Switch Points (3D Printing Project),Refinery Module,Build a Duck Bill Roof and Light it,The Douglas Creek Layout (40 in. x 96 in.),HOn3 Product Spotlight (new for 2016-2017).

White River Productions, magazine, 100 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., Color photographs and includes some advertising. Features: New Softcover Chris Lane White River Productions

Magazine, pages, 11 x 8.5, Color photographs and illustrations.Large scale railroading outdoors is magical, and our new Annual brings that to you, just in time for spring. Our third great issue is packed with building and how-to projects along with great layout tours and our Garden Gallery photo feature, filled with great shots from readers like you! Brimming with information on prototype trains to flights of fancy and whimsy; whatever your large-scale modeling style, you’ll find the Garden Trains Annual is for you.

Authored by noted hobby historian Keith Wills, who wrote the "Collector's Consist" column in Railroad Model Craftsman for a remarkable 32 years, American O Scale 1927-1965 tells the story of O scale from its tinplate roots through its divergence into scale trains. O scale standard and narrow-gauge modeling continue to be the scale of choice for thousands of US and Canadian modelers, and American O Scale 1927-1965 traces the history of both familiar and long-forgotten O scale model lines.

This comprehensive volume follows all the O scale manufacturers, their locomotives and rolling stock from the beginning of scale quarter-inch trains in the late 1920s through the decline of the 1960s. Included is a chapter on the Wm. K Walthers O Scale catalogs, a vital resource for the O scale modeler from the beginnings of the Great Depression through the present.

With the resurgence of O scale and its continued popularity, no current O scale modeler, anyone who got their start in the hobby via Lionel or Marx, or any modeler with an interest in hobby history will want to miss this inclusive new book. Profusely illustrated with vintage catalog pages, magazine ads and model photographs, the book includes the following chapters:

Contents:

• Chapter 1: 1927-1941
• The Heady Pioneer Years
• Chapter 2: The Beginning of Dynamic Growth
• Chapter 3: 1946 - 1950: Early Postwar Years: Renewed Energy
• Chapter 4: 1950-1965: The Declining Years
• Chapter 5: 1927-1941: Early Rolling Stock
• Chapter 6: 1950-1965: Postwar Rolling Stock
• Chapter 7: Electric Traction
• Chapter 8: Post 1965 Walthers O Scale Catalogs
• Printed on high-quality coated paper, this perfect-bound softcover publication chronicles O scale from the early pioneers like Alexander
• Icken and Cronkite through the more familiar Lobaugh
• All-Nation
• Kemtron and Central Locomotive Works, to the most obscure like Acme
• Hines
• Hawk and many more! White River Productions, softcover, pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in
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8.5 x 11 Softcover, 116 pages

The 2026 O Scale Trains Annual celebrates the art of 1:48 model railroading — including a special look at the legendary New York Society of Model Engineers as it marks its 100th anniversary. Inside you’ll also find visits to beautifully crafted layouts, step-by-step how-to features on kitbashing and scratchbuilding, and a showcase of the latest products to enhance your railroad.

Whether you’re building, operating, or just looking for inspiration, this year’s edition is packed with ideas to take your modeling to the next level. Table of

Contents:

• 2026 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. Starting Over with a Shelf Layout LEX PARKER
• MMR — A fresh start in a compact space: follow the design and construction of a shelf layout that delivers realistic operation and satisfying scenes in a limited footprint. Scratchbuilt Hood Diesel from Sheet Styrene BILL YANCEY
• MMR — Based on a rebuilt Canadian Pacific GP20C-ECO, you can build a unique diesel hood unit from the ground up using sheet styrene and detail parts. 100 Years: New York Society of Model Engineers ROBERT LAVEZZI — Celebrate a century of O scale excellence with a look inside the New York Society of Model Engineers, one of the nation’s oldest and most influential model railroad clubs. Build a Small Scrapyard GEORGE RILEY — Using off-the-shelf components and proven scenery techniques to create a compact, detailed scrapyard scene that adds realism and operational interest to your layout. Finishing a 3rd Rail Burlington SD9 SANTIAGO PINEDA — Transform an unpainted 3rd Rail model into a late-era Burlington SD9 with custom paint, detailing, and finishing techniques that capture prototype-specific features. Scratchbuild an Enclosed Water Tank BRUCE J. MOHN — Based on an East Broad Top prototype, create a distinctive enclosed water tank with scratchbuilding techniques that combine styrene, texture, and weathering. Modern Narrow Gauge: The Amargosa & Badwater EKKEHARD K. WENZ — Explore a modern narrow-gauge concept set in the Nevada desert, blending imaginative operations, contemporary themes, and compact design into a unique O scale layout. The Real Atomic Car JOHN SETHIAN — Kitbashing a Louisville & Nashville heavyweight Pullman modified to discreetly carry nuclear materials from Oak Ridge
• Tenn., to government facilities across the country. Intro to 3D Modeling DAVE JACOBS — Learn the basics of CAD and 3D printing by designing and producing a narrow-gauge Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes flanger, includes scale drawings. Hamilton Broom Company THOMAS YORKE — Build a weathered industrial structure full of character using styrene techniques that convincingly replicate wood, age, and patchwork repairs. Portfolio: The Art of 1:48 Modeling ERIK C. LINDGREN — A visual showcase of standout O scale modeling, highlighting craftsmanship, creativity, and the artistry that defines 1:48 scale railroading.

  Edited by Otto M. Vondrak

Hardcover, 176 pages, more than 200 color photographs and maps. Freight train numbers and schedules.

Enjoy a guided tour of Illinois Central's network of lines south of the Ohio River, from the 1960s to acquisition by Canadian National in 1999. From southern Illinois, through Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, enjoy more than 200 color photos of freight and passenger trains, stations, towers, buildings, and people, plus detailed maps and schedules.

A few steam locomotives appear in this title - in color! Also, quite a few passenger trains looking quite clean right up until the advent of Amtrak. Some photos include former GM&O power still in the original paint.

Most images of IC power will be in the orange and white paint scheme, then the orange and gray paint will come in second place and the original and later all black paint will be about 10 percent of the photographs.

There are many photographs of structures and locations. Color maps will show the track layout at junctions and yards. This is a very good publication for Illinois Central fans and those interested in railroading in the southern USA.

Contents:

• Main Lines to Memphis, pp. 12–35, Kentucky Division, pp. 36–67, First Southern Main Line, pp. 68–89, Memphis, pp. 90–115, Main Line to New Orleans, pp. 116–149, Y&MV Lines, pp. 150–176.

Magazine, 96 pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations. Bring your layout to life with structures that tell a story. Gathered from the pages of Railroad Model Craftsman, Structures for Model Railroads offers ideas and inspiration for modelers of every skill level.

Inside, you'll find a wide variety of projects from rural train stations and country stores to whole city blocks, plus coal sheds, factories, and more. Whether you're scratch building a detailed interlocking tower or adding a simple loading dock, each article includes practical techniques, clear photos, and expert tips to help you achieve realistic results.

Create scenes that capture the character of the railroad you model and make your layout truly your own. Topics include: Scribe-and-Break Construction Method, Classic Station Kitbash, Scratchbuild a Coal Shed, Billboard From a Photo, Boxcar Sheds, Creamery Kitbash, City Block on a Slope, Four Structures, One Kit, Scratch built Interlocking Tower, Kitbash a General Store, Kitbash a Large Textile Mill Edited By Otto M.

Vondrak

Hardcover with jacket, 256 pages, standard horizontal format, B&W and Color photographs and illustrations. Roster data.

Thirty years in the making, this new hardcover publication tells the complete story of these fascinating logging locomotives. Presented in construction number order, the articulated engines are covered individually in great detail with statistics and full histories that document each locomotive from the day it left Baldwin's sprawling Eddystone, Pennsylvania, factory to its ultimate disposition.

Between 1909 and 1937, the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, produced 44 specialized locomotives that were either built for, or later transitioned to, the rigors of hauling raw logs on railroads where the grades were steep and the curves many.

While all of these locomotives were built as articulated they varied greatly in design and appearance. Most were built as compound articulateds (Mallets) but two companies, Weyerhaeuser Timber Company and the Uintah Railway, received simple articulateds.

Water carrying methods were also wide-ranging. While most were built as tank locomotives others were equipped with a separate tender. Furthering the variations from as-built configurations, several of the tank locomotives were later converted by removing the side or semi-saddle tanks and adding a conventional tender.

While most of the logging articulateds toiled away in relative obscurity, several gained acclaim for their well-traveled longevity. Remarkably, ten of the locomotives have survived and several of those remain active over a century after their construction.

Beyond the exhaustively researched text, Timber Titans: Baldwin's Articulated Logging Locomotives features 455 Black and White and Color photographs that have been painstakingly restored to their original appearance.

All have been reproduced in high resolution with many presented full-page. Additionally, two full-color drawings, four three-dimensional renderings, and an original oil painting for the cover, were all commissioned specifically for this 256-page volume.

Table of Contents: A Titan Tale, page 6, Marketing Department, page 14, The Competition, page 16, Exported Cousins, page 18, The Timber Titans, page 20, Mechanical Minutia, page 240, Paint and Style, page 248, Titan Tabulation, page 250, Titan Territory, page 256.

Contents:

• New
• Hardcover
• Martin E. Hansen, Steve Hauff, and Dale Sanders
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White River Productions, softcover, 98 pages, standard landscape book 10 x 8 in., Color photographs and text.

By Stephen M. Priest

After collecting all that rolling stock over the years, it's time to build a layout and add those structures! The author is an MMR (master model railroader) and the photos are high-quality printed on quality paper.

I especially like the HO scale model of the M-K-T depot at Boonville, Missouri which is a Spanish-style structure. There are many good ideas here. Structures are a key part of your model railroad, providing visual interest as well as backdrop for your layout.

The Structure Handbook for Model Railroaders offers modelers new skills, tips, and tricks that can be applied to the construction, finishing, and placement of structures in any scale.

Contents:

• Introduction, 5-9, Tools and Materials, pp. 10–19, Planning and purchasing, pp. 20–25, Basic Construction, pp. 26–31, Advanced Construction, pp. 32–43, Kitbashing and Kit-mingling, pp. 44–47, Scratchbuilding, pp. 48–59, Signs and Detail Parts, pp. 60–73, Modeling the Interior, pp. 74–77, Painting and Weathering, pp. 78–83, Lighting, pp. 84–89, Planting the Structure, pp. 90–91, Photographic Structures, pp. 92–98.

White River Productions, hardcover, 256 pages, 12 x 9 x.75 in., Black & White photographs and Color illustrations.

This title generally has one large image per page. As this is a larger format book, the images are quite large. The photographs are sharp so there is a lot of detail in them to investigate.

There are a number of locomotive illustrations in color which are very nice to give you an idea of how colorful the early locomotives were. Each one seems to be its own work of art. It was a glorious period that has been termed the days of "wooden cars and iron men." Today it is difficult to even comprehend the tremendous amounts of energy, manpower and money that went into constructing the Denver & Rio Grande into and across the Rocky Mountains.

The courage, determination and sheer guts of such an undertaking are impressively apparent today on the two remaining portions of three-foot gauge trackage out of Durango, Colorado and Chama, New Mexico.

By 1883, William Jackson Palmer's "Narrow Gauge Transcontinental" mainline stretched 771 miles from Denver, Colorado to Ogden, Utah. The Pullman sleeper-equipped Pacific Express (westbound) and the eastbound Atlantic Express operated on a forty-one and a-half hour schedule and was trailed by "named" parlor cars.

Elsewhere, on the Cumbres Pass line in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico, the daily Colorado & New Mexico Express ran in both directions between Salida, Alamosa and Durango, with a helper being added for the 14 miles of steep four-percent grade between Chama and the 10,015-foot summit at Cumbres.

A hike along the abandoned grades over Marshall, Cerro Summit and Poncha Pass is sure to bring visions of a small 2-8-0 Consolidation and a diminutive 4-6-0 Ten-Wheeler as they blasted upgrade with an 1890s varnish run.

You can almost hear the double header's exhaust, smell the coal smoke mixed with valve oil and feel the saturated steam as the consist passes. After over 60 years of research and what the late Robert W.

Richardson termed "picture hunting", this book is a pictorial history of the D&RG's narrow gauge. The Rio Grande Glory Days are preserved here in rare old photographs and art. Climb aboard for the ride of your life as we relive the days when the world and the Rio Grande were young.

Almost every quality photograph available from 1873 to 1921 has been included in this volume. No Rio Grande or early railroading enthusiast will want to be without Ferrell's 22nd (and last) book.

Contents:

• Dedication, Introduction, pp. 5–10, Foreword, Acknowledgements, pp. 11–13, The Early Days, pp. 14–51, A War in the Gorge (with the AT&SF), pp. 52–81, Rails Over La Veta Pass, pp. 82–103, Rails to the San Juans, pp. 104–149, Westward Expansion, pp. 150–219, On To Utah, pp. 220–239, The Leadville Line, pp. 240–251, Narrow Gauge Transcontinental, pp. 252–271, Standard Gauging, pp. 272–285, Narrow Gauge Glory Days, pp. 286–317, One Last Thing: Butch Cassidy Robs the Castle Gate Payroll, pp. 318–319, Epilogue, p. 320, Contributors Credits/Illustration Index, pp. 321–328, Maps: Rio Grande System, End sheets, 1875 Denver & Rio Grande, p. 21, 1883 Narrow Gauge Transcontinental, p. 229.

Magazine, pages, 8.5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations. From the editors of Passenger Train Journal, the 2024 Passenger Train Annual covers your favorite trains from yesterday and today, including: 75 Years of Budd's Rail Diesel Car This extended cover feature looks back at Budd's pioneering self-propelled stainless-steel passenger cars that were introduced in 1949 — from origins and owners to survivors still in service today.

An Amtrak ACS-64 Album A photographic survey of Amtrak's current generation of Northeast Corridor electric locomotives, with more than a few colorful surprises. Don't Count on the Zephyr Being Late, the twilight of Burlington Route's shovel-nosed Zephyrs, the Budd-built streamliners that helped usher in the lightweight era of passenger cars.

Chicago and Boston Commuters: 1970s-1990s Recalling bygone days of commuter train operations during a period of transition from private railroads to public transit agencies. Table of Contents: 75 Years of Budd's RDC by Kevin McKinney - A success on branch line and main line.

Riding RDCs in Anthracite Country by Alex Mayes - Reading, Blue Mountain & Northern's excursion trio. Michigan Central Station Reborn by Kevin McKinney - New life for a Detroit landmark. The Many Faces of Amtrak’s ACS-64 Fleet by Gary Pancavage - A gallery of today’s Northeast Corridor workhorses.

Shovelnose Twilight by Jonathan J. Boyle, Sr. - Recalling the final years of the original Zephyrs. Commuter Snapshots by Carl Graves - Visits to Chicago and Boston in the 1970s and '80s.

Tail End

The 2020 Passenger Train Annual is a spectacular journey covering your favorite trains from the past and present. Get on board today and enjoy: AmtrakÆs Midwestern DNA, The Streamliners of 1950, Glasgow Central Station, Western Canada in 1972' Conway Scenic Railroad, and many more! White River Productions, softcover, 96 pages, standard portrait format 8 x 10 in., Color photographs and illustrations.

Magazine, pages, Color photographs and illustrations. What a time to be a modeler, especially in On30! Now there's even more value to the On30 Annual, delivering amazing models, layouts, and building projects in O scale for 2022.

Now in its 17th year of providing modeling fun and accessible narrow gauge for everyone, here is just a sampling of things you'll find in the all-new 2022 On30 Annual: Home for a Modular Build, An EBT No. 11 2-6-2, Blue Sky: A Building Diorama, Adapting Military Figures, Expert Weathering, Dead Rail Charger, Mesa Rojo Layout, Tank car Conversion, And Much, Much More!

Softcover, 96 pages, 8.

5 x 11 in., Color photographs and illustrations.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.

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
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White River Productions, hardcover, 224 pages, 300+ photographs, maps, drawings, and diagrams.

The Complete History of the Denver & Rio Grande Western K-36 Locomotives. By the 1920s, the legendary narrow-gauge system of the Denver & Rio Grande Western had shrunk to a third of the railroad's total trackage, and most of its locomotives were worn out.

Yet, traffic was heavy on some parts of the line and growing, and standard gauging the lines made little economic sense. And so the long-time Baldwin customer turned to the Philadelphia firm for 10 new narrow gauge, outside-frame Mikados.

Designated K-36 (Mikado, 36,200 lbs. of tractive effort), these beefy Baldwins were soon hauling freight over the four percent grades of Cumbres and Marshall passes and indeed, system-wide. Fast forward almost a century later, and nine of the locomotives still exist and eight are in service on the Durango & Silverton and Cumbres & Toltec Scenic railroads.

Truly a remarkable record of service and why the K-36 is beloved by railfans and the crewmen who ran them. Author Jerry Day spent over 40 years compiling information and over 300 photographs, maps, track folios, drawings and diagrams, including a three-page foldout drawing by Mike McKenzie for this volume.

In addition, this 224-page hardcover book includes the D&RGW purchase of the K-36s and changes made to the lines to accommodate them, the operational history on the lines they ran, and accounts of K-36 snow fighting operations, special passenger runs, wrecks, movie trains, locomotive modifications and changes, and a section on the K-36s as they operate today on the C&TS and D&S railroads.

This title includes an appendix with the complete D&RGW/Baldwin specs for the locomotives.

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This volume continues the series of high-quality titles about the Denver & Rio Grande Western published by White River Productions. High-quality in the photograph reproduction, the selection of images and the thick, glossy paper used in a large-format hardbound book. Many pages have one large photograph, some 2 to 3 images.

Most photographs give a good view of the spectacular scenery along with the trains and the reason for the trains, the industries served. The captions are extensive and there are a number of color maps. There are a few, nice, steam-powered train photographs from 1941 that are included here. Colorado is a beautiful state, but so is Utah which may have been under-photographed on the Rio Grande vs.

Colorado.Expect more great photography of the Denver & Rio Grande Western as it traverses the barren, but beautiful in its own way, expanse of the American West. This route had the famous grade over Soldier Summit which was one of the many obstacles for this relatively smaller main-line railroad. That the Rio Grande could compete with the Union Pacific with a more direct route to Salt Lake City was amazing.This third volume covering the Denver & Rio Grande Western in the era of color photography examines the origins and ultimate demise of the D&RGW's Utah Division between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Ogden, Utah.

Built by the same General Palmer who had contributed so much to the early Denver & Rio Grande in Colorado, the line across the eastern Utah desert to the Wasatch Front never had large precious mineral deposits as the siren song attraction for railroad construction. This road would rely on the more mundane carloads of coal, iron ore, and copper as its early mainstay.Following the merger of the Utah and Colorado lines in 1908, the company began focusing on upgrading its property and soliciting traffic from far beyond the borders of its two home states.

This transcontinental traffic, along with the burgeoning coal business developed after World War II, would make the D&RGW a successful and profitable property, despite being surrounded by much larger, often unfriendly carriers. A portion of the Utah Division's history is noted in the coverage of the remnants of D&RGW's far-flung narrow-gauge empire in Colorado.

But the real story lies west of Grand Junction, where merchandise, lumber products, perishables and piggyback shipments were added to the area's considerable mineral traffic and the few remaining passenger trains operated during the latter years of D&RGW ownership.As with many enterprises, circumstances are always changing and despite its own good management and customer-oriented operations, the D&RGW was not always in control of its own fate.

One by one the needed connections were eliminated until the D&RGW was forced to cast its lot with a weakened Southern Pacific. This would prove to be a short-lived partnership and as the 20th century drew to a close, new owner Union Pacific finally got its wish of killing off the D&RGW once and for all.

Today, some of the lines covered in this volume see no UP trains at all on a regular basis, but the pictures and stories herein provide a look back to better days, when the Rio Grande was indeed the Jewel of the Wasatch.

Contents:

• Great Salt Lake Route, pp. 6–7
• Grand Junction, pp. 8–15
• Colorado Branches, pp. 16–37
• The Desert, pp. 38–79
• Soldier Summit, pp. 80–119
• The Wasatch Front, pp. 120–155
• Utah Branches, pp. 156–207
• Bibliography and Index of Photographers, pg. 208. White River Productions, hardcover with jacket, 208 pages, larger landscape format book, 12 x 9
• Color photography and maps, extensive captions and text. Features: New Hardcover Chuck Conway White River Productions

The 2015 HOn3 Annual from White River Productions is 116 pages dedicated to HO scale narrow gauge model railroading! Inside you'll find scratch building projects explained step-by-step, great model railroad photography techniques, model detailing tips from the experts, beautiful narrow gauge layout tours, exciting prototype history from coast to coast, and much, much more.

Here's a preview of what's inside: The San Juan SilvertonHOn3 MOW equipment Gilpin engine house Neon and building sign making Scratchbuilt structure tips Adding sound to a reefer Eastern 3 foot-gauge, modeling and prototype information Modeling mines And much more! White River Productions, softcover, Features: New Softcover Stephen M.

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Now in its sixth year, the HOn3 Annual 2014 from White River Productions is packed with 116 pages dedicated to great HO scale narrow gauge model railroading! From exciting layout tours, to in-depth construction articles, there's something for everyone.

Here's a preview of what's inside: Prototype history of the East Tennessee & Western North Carolina (The Tweetsie) by noted historian Johnny Graybeal HOn3 Tweetsie club layout at East Tennessee State University Scratchbuilt Steel Trestle by Sam Swanson 2 Great MOW Projects: An HOn3 track cleaning car and a Track Inspection car Vance Jct. "T-Track" Module Scratchbuilt brass combine Lightner Creek Trestle diorama by Ken Patterson Compact Water Tanks Two Stations by Bob Bennett Innovative Module Leg Design Installing and Operating the new Sergent Sharon scale couplers Scratchbuild 2 Coal Sheds Narrow Gauge BIllboard reefers And much more! White River Productions, softcover, Features: New Softcover various White River Productions

Magazine, pages, Color photographs and illustrations. Large scale railroading outdoors is magical, and our new Annual brings that to you, just in time for Spring. Our second great issue is packed with building and how-to projects along with great layout tours and our Garden Gallery photo feature, filled with great shots from readers like you! Brimming with information on prototype trains to flights of fancy and whimsy; whatever your large-scale modeling style, you'll find the Garden Trains Annual is for you.

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While the American Locomotive Company (Alco) ceased domestic production in 1969, many of their designs continue to enjoy productive careers to this day. These classic diesels have developed their own loyal fan following from coast to coast. Throttle up and enjoy this exciting collection of Alco articles from the pages of Railfan & Railroad. The glory days are gone, and their ranks diminished, but a half-century after Alco called it quits, their locomotives labor on. It's a testament to the rugged nature of the machines and to the dedication of the keepers of the faith that maintain and operate these Alco survivors.

Introduction by Greg McDonnell
Winner by a Nose
EMD Guts for Alco Glory
When Alcos Came from GE: Part 1
When Alcos Came from GE: Part 2
The Elusive Hammerhead
Plaster City Alcos
Second-Hand, First Hand
From Cartier to Cohocton: The Gang of Eight
Genesee Valley Transportation
Burlington Northern's Alco Accumulation
Conrail Alcos of Conway
Alco Inspiration

8.5 x 11 Softcover, 96 pages You can create realistic scenery for your model railroad! Follow along and learn tips and techniques from the experts, taken from the pages of Railroad Model Craftsman. You don’t need expensive tools or specialized training to achieve realistic results. With a little patience, a few basic materials, and inspiration from the real world, you can create stunning scenes of your own.

Inside, you’ll find practical methods and inspiring projects for adding grass, roads, water, ground cover, and the small scenic details that make a big difference. This book will help you create scenery with depth, atmosphere, and a true sense of place in any scale. Jump in! Introduction —The most important skill to master is patience.

Static Grass Applicators —An easy-to-use tool to help achieve realistic grass effects. Build a Realistic Photo Diorama —Get your models off the shelf and practice scenery techniques. Photomurals and Transitions —Create backdrops made from photos and foreground scenery. Mini Scenes for Your Layout —Carefully placed figures and vehicles add life to your scenes.

Cracked Asphalt Crossing —Create a realistic paved crossing in any scale. Easy Classic Concrete Roads —Using foam board as a base for mid-century highways. Build a Reflecting Pond —Adding this feature creates great photo opportunities. Model a Vacant Lot —Empty, overgrown lots add character to downtown scenes.

Detailed Cypress Tree Stumps —An important detail for modeling Delta swamp scenes. From Prototype to Plausible —Adapting elements of the real world into realistic model scenes. Make a Scene at CP 294 —An old interlocking tower anchors this trackside scene. Model a Summer Wheat Harvest —Using faux fur as the base to make a convincing wheat field.

Working With Molds and Castings —Easy methods to create custom plaster castings. On Location: Othello Tunnels —Capturing the dramatic cliffs of a Canadian tunnel scene. Edited By Otto M. Vondrak

This book is not about detailed photographs of locomotive servicing facilities as the title suggests. Rather, steam and diesel locomotives are pictured at servicing facilities with the facilities as part of the photograph. The selection of photographs is of railroads that had facilities in the mid-West plus a couple of photographs of Canadian and Mexican steam.

No one railroad's photographs dominate the book. B&O, Nickel Plate, Rock Island, Milwaukee Road, C&NW, NYC and others are pictured. Spanning a nearly 40-year period from 1948 to 1984, legendary photographer Robert P. Olmsted visited engine terminals and roundhouses from Ohio to Nebraska, including brief visits to Canada and Mexico.

This book showcases his rich B&W photography, featuring beautiful portraits of steam and diesel locomotives. White River Productions, softcover, 56 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., B&W photographs. By Robert P. Olmsted

The all-new 2023 Railroads Illustrated Annual features exciting color photography from coast to coast, classic to contemporary, including: Photo Tribute to CP and KCS, Remnants of the Rio Grande, Rhode Island Railroading, CSX Action in the Virginias, Memories of the MKT Railroad, Seasonal Day In North America, … and much more!