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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
• Features: New Softcover Keith Wills White River Productions

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

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

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
• Meet George Dutka: Railroad Model Craftsman's "Craftsman Workshop" columnist. Features: New Magazine George Dutka White River Productions 2023

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.

Contents:

• New
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• Jerry B. Day
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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

Summertime is the right time to get railroading, and our new Annual will have you and your large-scale trains moving. Our all-new sixth issue is packed with building and how-to projects along with exceptional layout tours and is loaded with great photos 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

Edited by Chris Lane

Table of Contents:

Brownie Points
 Building the Elusive EBT Miners’ Car “Brownie”
 by Kevin Strong

Hi Ho, Hi Ho, Off to Work We Go!
 A Kitbashed Wheel & Tie Car
 by Ray Buteux

Building Bridges
 3-D Printed Deck Plate Bridge Panels and Piers
 by George Riley

Using AI as a Design Partner
 Can ChatGPT Help Refine your Garden Railroad
 by Jeremy Plance

The Takasaki Light Railway
 Live Steam Garden Railroading in Japan
 by Matthew Foster

Rebuilding a Bachmann 3-Truck Shay
 Rebuilt into a Western Maryland Coal Hauler
 by Randy Mower

Rocky Mountain Railroading
 Garden Railroading with the Rockies as the Backdrop
 by Matt Hutson

More Secrets of the Dead Rail Part II
 3 Dead Rail Locomotive Installations
 by George Riley

Building an Outdoor Turntable
 Taking Big Locomotives for an Electronically Controlled Spin
 by Jim Kottkamp

Design a Garden Railroad Part 5
 Environment First — Breathe Life into Scenes with Native Plants
 by Nancy Norris

Amtrak Magic
 There’s Something About a Train… That’s Magic
 by Ray Buteux

D&RGW Std Gauge Caboose No. 01108
 Scale Drawings of a Very Old Caboose That Still Exists
 by Matt Hutson

The Steamboat Railway
 An Outdoor Railroad Off to a Great Start
 by George Riley

3-D Printing Your Figures
 Got a Photo? Get a Figure!
 by Mike Ware

Modeling Mower Lumber Co. Camp Cars
 Camp & Kitchen Cars using 3-D Printed Components
 by Randy Mower

Next Gen Model Railroad Control
 LCC Wi-Fi Decoders
 by Stan Ames

Logging Hacks
 How to Build A Variety of Logging Cars
 by George Riley

Don’t Worry, It’s Just a Phase (7)
 Painting Models for Amtrak’s Latest Scheme
 by Ray Buteux

Rocky Mount Picture Show
 Coverage of the Annual Live Steam Meet in Virginia
 by George Riley

Branch Line Water Tank for Your Railroad
 Recycled Tender Tank for Your Thirsty Loco
 by Jim Kottkamp

Off the Rack Radio Control
 Cutting the Cord with Readily Available R/C Products
 by George  Riley 

Observations
 Seek and You Will Find
 Associate Editor – George Riley 

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!

The 2022 Railroads Illustrated Annual features exciting color photography from coast to coast, classic to contemporary, including: Dispatcher's Report — Editorial by Steve Jessup, Leading Off... Spotlighting a Favorite — The "Thoroughbred" — by Steve Jessup, Norfolk Southern — Forty Years of Running for the Roses — Ron Flanary, Dash 2s — Fifty Years and Still Going — Keel Middleton, Dash 2 Photo Section — submitted by our readers, You Can Go Home Again — The Spirit of Railroading in New England — David Blazejewski Scanner Talk — Railroad Radio Revelations — Carl Graves Time Machine — West Virginia's Wonderful and Extraordinary Durbin Rocket — Eric Miller, End of the Line for Orangeville — Marcus Stevens, Seasonal Day in North America: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer — submitted by our readers

The 2019 Railroads Illustrated Annual is 115 pages dedicated to creative railroad photography past and present, including: Dispatcher's Report by Steve Jessup, pg. 2-3, Leading Off ... It's a Pomona Thing, pp. 4–11, Moments with UP 4014, pp. 12–13, The Ultimate Steam Dream, pp. 14–23, Trains Where Trains Shouldn't Be, pp.

24–37, Elevating Railroad Photography, pp. 38–45, General Electric's Game Changer - The Dash-8 Locomotive, pp. 46–53, Dash-8 Postscript, pp. 54–55, Outside - Railfanning in the Lower 48, pp. 56–69, Silver Bow - UP Over the Continental Divide, pp. 70–73, The Trials and Tribulations of Train Photography, 74-85, Tracing B&O's East End - Hancock to Cumberland, pp.

86–97, Day in North America, pp. 98–115. White River Productions, softcover, 116 pages, standard portrait book 8 x 10 in., Color and B&W photographs.

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!

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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.

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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

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 pages of the 2022 HOn3 Annual are 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 14th 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 2022

Hardcover, 128 pages, standard portrait format 8 x 10 in., Color photographs.

The area surrounding Allentown and Bethlehem was quickly transformed as seven colorful legacy rail lines came under Conrail control in 1976. Over the next 24 years, this industrial region of eastern Pennsylvania would go through its own transformation, affecting traffic patterns for years to come.

Historian and photographer Olev Taremae explores these changes through colorful photographs and detailed text.

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