100 Greatest Train Movies, the new special issue from Trains magazine, presents 100 of the best movies featuring trains. Go behind-the-scenes with details from your favorite films; See where Hollywood got it right, and where they didn't ; Get thousands of facts you didn't know about these films and so much more!
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Model Railroad Planning 2010 features expert tips, design ideas, great photography, and other helpful information and guidance so you can build your best model railroad. Get all of this, plus: * Plan a layout to fit your available space * Make the most of a small scale's potential * Learn to avoid 10 common layout mistakes * And more
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Now shipping our biggest and best issue yet. Now in its 5th year of publication, the On30 Annual consistently delivers the kind of thought-provoking and detailed how-to articles that make the narrow gauge hobby so fascinating. Don't miss the fun, order yours today! Upgrading Bachmann Log Cars Quick and easy appearance improvers The Ruphe & Tumbelle Railway On30 Guard's Van Tribute to the Bachmann Mogul Pseudo C's Barnhart! Switching from HO to On30 Ditching the Dummy The Tuscarora & Kuehn Creek Extreme Boxcar Makeovers Loco Poco A Different View of Your Layout "Time Travelling" On30 Boxcars The New Texas Creek Scratch a Gallows Turntable A Sea Coast 2x8 Display Prescott Depot A Small Part of a Big World On30 Product Spotlight |
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Scratch built a pair of early 20th century trucks Fade paint and create convincing rust Add oil, grime, and the ultimate weathering to any vehicle Scratch build a wood fire station Create worn, peeling paint ... without paint Scratch built in brass with everyday tools A scratch built HO scale boiler house diorama Outstanding brick walls from foam insulation A prize winning derelict caboose Two master modelers scratch build standard gauge rolling stock. |
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"HOn3 is the big-daddy of narrow gauge modeling, with more people modeling in this scale and gauge than any other narrow gauge scale. Thats why SPV is pleased to offer a periodical strictly for the HOn3 modeler, the HOn3 Annual. If you want to learn how to lay track, improve your weathering skills, build a caboose, paint brass locomotives and install DCC and much, MUCH more, then the HOn3 Annual is for you. From "old head" to "new hire," the HOn3 Annual is packed with great prototype information and quality modeling from some of the best authors in the world. Get into the world of HOn3 modeling today!"
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Great Model Railroads 2010, the annual from Model Railroader magazine you've waited for all year, is packed with fantastic features sure to inspire you: o 10 layouts from Model Railroader readers o Model railroads in narrow gauge plus HO, O, S and N scales o Featured eras from 1895 to current-day o How-to information explaining ideas and techniques o Tips on design, construction, operation and detailing o Outstanding layout photos and track plan illustrations o And so much more! |
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Explore the last heroic attempt by railroads to win back passenger business through insightful stories and features such as: City of St Louis-One UP streamliner's Niche in the postwar passenger scene; The California Zephyr-Why America's most talked-about train had to die. Twin-engine Racehorses-A hogger recalls running EMD's ultimate passenger diesel, the E unit;-Dazzling images of streamliners from the Dream Trains era.
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CATCH UP on the latest locomotives! Locomotive 2009, the new collector's issue from Trains magazine, takes a turn for the contemporary. Enter the fast-paced world of engines that move the nation. * Visit BNSF's power assignment desk * Get the full story on General Alectric's newest model * Learn how EMD units are rebuilt * Take a look at Union Pacific's snow-fighting locomotives * AND SO MUCH MORE! |
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Everything you need to know about modeling track. How to Build Realistic Reliable Track is a must-have reference with answers to common problems, stories from the experts, detailed photos and how-to illustrations, and much more. This all-new special issue features stories such as: * Superdetailing a turnout, how-to instructions by Lance Mindheim * Realistic and reliable flextrack, with basic and advanced techniques by Tony Koester * Quiet tracks quiet trains by Bob Kingsnorth * From track plan to layout by Paul Dolkos * And many more! Available Mid August |
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Russ Reinberg, Editor and Publisher CONTENTS: Chapter 1 Diamond & Caldor: El Dorado Narrow Gauge Chapter 2 Build A Generic Pile Driver Chapter 3 Eneret Peat Products Chapter 4 A Lombard Rail Truck Chapter 5 West Side Lumber Company Rolling Stock Chapter 6-7 Through 10 Ton Shay Locomotives PLANS: A Generic Pile Driver 7 Ton Contractor's Shay 10 Ton Contractor's Shay OUR COVER: Diamond & Caldor Shay Number 10 unloads logs at the Diamond Springs sawmill. (Jan Rons painting from the Mallory Hope Ferrell collection) |
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Railroads and the need for speed - This special edition from Classic Trains celebrates the world of speed in railroading's dynamic mid-century decades. Learn how the industry developed and ran some of the fastest, flashiest, most memorable trains of all time. Fast Trains will explore motive power, signaling systems, marketing, and passenger and freight service. First-hand accounts of high-speed runs will put you in the center of the action. This 116-page, oversized edition will be packed with dramatic photos and compelling articles such as: - High-Stepping Hudsons - The 4-6-4 was the ultimate steam speedster on many roads - Running Santa Fe's Super C - An engineer recalls his time on America's hottest freight - Coast-to-Coast Speed Record - A UP streamliner's cross-country dash has never been equaled - Banana Trains of Mid- America - Illinois Central rushed fruit trains from New Orleans to Chicago - And much more! |
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SPECIAL COLLECTOR'S EDITION View beauty and brawn captured in one place. This collection of the 100 best railroad photos from 68 years of Trains magazine is filled with the artistry of top rail photographers. Feel the force and experience the grace of decades of powerful and striking photography on the rails: ENVIRONMENT - Discover railroadings magnificent urban, rural, and scenic beauty LOCOMOTIVES - Witness the power, speed, might, brute force, and gracefulness that embodies these tremendous engines PEOPLE - See the hard work, skill, and devotion of railroad people laboring ICONS - View classic images that capture a special feel or a sense of place in railroading ACTION - Feel the motion and sense the emotion as the lens captures trains at speed |
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No matter the amount of space you have, 102 Realistic Track Plans will have a large assortment of 4x8 to basement-sized plan suggestions for N, HO and O scale layouts, with all-new descriptions of operation, scenic elements and more for each one! Compiled from the pages of Model Railroader magazine and inspired by the 1956 book 101 Track Plans for Model Railroaders, this special issue brings you great content including more than 100 track plans, clearance charts and grade characteristics. Plus, each order includes 6 Railroads You Can Model the all-new bonus booklet from Model Railroader! |
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How To Build Realistic Layouts: Towns & Cities focuses on the towns and cities along railroad lines. This issue brings you how-to stories on modeling telephone and power lines, prototype drawings of storefronts, exciting photography, and much more! Don't miss this all-new special issue from the editors of Model Railroader!
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This all-new 100-page special issue from Trains magazine will take you trackside and in the cab of the amazing machines of yesterday that keep rolling today. Steam Today, the special issue from Trains magazine - Remarkable photos of the great steam engines still running today - The debate about rebuilding or reboilering steam engines - The men and women who keep steam alive today - Traveling steam: The fun and frustration of intinerant.
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See how the nations' trains helped win World War II with Railroads and World War II, in this 116-page collector's issue from Classic Trains magazine. You'll get over 150 spectacular photos, plus compelling stories like: All aboard again! The Wandering Y-3's, Trains in White, Kodachrome Diary, Serving the Servicemen, and Pearl Harbor's Railroad. |
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How To Build Realistic Layouts: Freight Yards, the all-new special issue from the editors of Model Railroader, will show you everything you need to know about designing, constructing, and operating your own model railroad freight yard. This special issue is packed with how-to features on scenicking and detailing, prototype drawings, and photographs of freight yard structures.
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In Search of Steam II (1954-1955) resumes the epic quest that began in the 1953-1954 edition. Tag along with writer David P. Morgan and photographer Philip R. Hastings as they savor the final, bittersweet years of steam on the Nickel Plate Road, Burlington Route, B&O, Illinois Central, Norfolk & Western, C&O, and other citadels of cinders
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The editors of Classic Trains are proud to present In Search of Steam, the new, special collector's issue that celebrates the final years of steam railroading in America. You'll go back to the mid-1950's when steam was about to give way to diesels forever. Act now to remember: Big engines in command on mainline freights, High-stepping passenger jobs on commuter runs and limiteds, Pocket-sized tank engines prowling industrial tracks, Tired old Moguls plying branches and shortlines, And much more! |
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How To Build Realistic Layouts - Industries You Can Model, the all-new special issue from the editors of Model Railroader, shows you how to model lineside industries. It's packed with articles on: Signs for industries, modeling the railroad's customers, citrus packing houses, grocery warehouses, and much more! |
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Celebrate the Great Days of Steam!\nTake a trip back to the great days of railroading with Steam Glory 2, the new Special Edition from the editors of Classic Trains. From majestic giants to loveable little engines, the full range of steam locomotives is covered in Steam Glory 2. First-hand accounts from enginemen put you in the cab. Dramatic photography brings the majesty of steam to life. Steam Glory 2 covers the world of steam with: * 116 oversized pages * Detailed studies of outstanding locomotives * 100+ photos, including rare color * Tales from men who were there |
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Diesel Victory, the all-new special issue from the editors of Classic Trains, recaptures the exciting period from the 1920s to 1960, when diesel locomotives battled steam for supremacy on America's railroads. With a large format and more remarkable photos, you won't want to miss this 116-page collector's edition. Diesel Victory is packed with: * A timeline of major events in the battle with steam * Profiles of the major builders: EMD, Alco, Baldwin, Fairbanks-Morse, and Lima * An in-depth look at EMD's Cleveland plant, the third-largest diesel builder * Which railroads dieselized first and how |
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This special edition from Classic Trains Magazine is packed with insightful commentary and beautiful photographs. Trains with names like Zephyr, Hiawatha, Rocket and Super Chief created a sensation in depression era America. |
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Step By Step This information packed special issue gives you all the expert visual advise to build a model train layout * time saving tips for benchwork, wiring and track * 8 layouts with detailed track plans, wiring diagrams and step by step instructions * tips for creating or modifying scenery plus FREE DVD |
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