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Newsletter - SEPTEMBER 2007
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CALENDARS 2008
Contemporary images of Burlington Northern, Santa Fe, Conrail, Union Pacific, Utah Railway, Canadian National, Durango & Silverton, CSX, Chicago & North Western, and more. Trains working hard to move people and freight are seen here against a variety of colorful, scenic regions of North American – canyons, deserts, mountains, and more. Photos and captions by Mike and Tom Danneman. Recognizes U.S. national holidays. 13 x 10-1/2.
£ 10.95 (FREE UK p&p)
Detailed, lifelike scenes from talented model railroaders captured in large full-color photographs. Layouts include Pelle Soeborg’s HO scale layout, Rob Enrico’s O scale layout, and Benard Kempinski’s N scale layout. Captions by the staff of Model Railroader. 13 x 10-1/2.
Celestial images include the Orion Nebula, Whirlpool Galaxy M101, and the Crab Nebula. Includes information on viewing many celestial events. Detailed captions
Features photographs of trains on narrow gauge rails mountain-bound mines & communities in the 1800s.
Dramatic scenes of mountains & prairies form the backdrops for these stunning photographs of various Canadian railroads.
Railfans discovered Foggs artistry when he worked for locomotive builder Alco depicting their new diesel engines.
view extra pics Santa Fe: 2008
Features spectacular images of steam, electric and diesel locomotives.
The Rio Grande Southern travelled 163 difficult miles between Ridgway and Durango on narrow gauge track.
Captures images of steam & diesel across this vast system.
Historic photographs from around the United States
Pictures historically accurate and visually compelling images of native americans and cowboys on the western range.
Trees are a pleasure to see as they prove natures determination to link earth and sky.
The era of sailing ships inspires brilliant images on the canvases of contemporary marine artist
New Books From
Wabash In Color Volume 2 by Michael C. Kelly
Follow the Flag and examine more than 240 color photos of this classic railroad which left the Midwest rail landscape in 1964. The Wabash operated one of the more exotic diesel rosters and they’re all illustrated in this system-wide tour.
£ 39.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway In Color Vol.2: Pennsylvania-Middle Division by Mike Zollitsch
A milepost-by-milepost tour of the former BR&P line in Pennsylvania from B&O days to today. Author Zollitsch leaves no stone unturned as he relates the operation and local flavor of this rural trackage.
New Book From MBI
GE Evolution Locomotives by Sean Graham-White
A new generation of locomotives for a changing world: greener, cleaner, and just as powerful. This book introduces readers to General Electric's Evolution Series, the company’s latest achievement in a long and distinguished history of locomotive design. At the heart of the Evolution's success is the GEVO 12-cylinder engine, which produces the same horsepower as the old 16-cylinder FDL while using less fuel and reducing emissions. Today’s most up-to-date railfans will want to read about the development, testing, production, and use of the locomotive that, in its first year of production, has already been ordered by every Class 1 railroad in North America. Photographs and illustrations document the features and components of the Evolutions operating across the country, and interviews with GE and railroad personnel fill in the details of current operations and plans for what is certain to be the future of American rail. Format: Hardbound Pages: 144 Length: 8.25w x 10.63h
£ 26.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
New Book From WEEKEND CHIEF
Diesel Demonstrators
This exciting new train book includes Alco/MLW, Bombardier, Baldwin Loco Works. GM Electro Motive Division, Fairbanks Morse, General Electric, Lima-Hamilton and other builders. Also includes a special 50-page photo section showing the diesel demonstrators at work for the railroads in freight train service. Mostly color content. Hard Cover. 250 pages.
£ 44.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
New From KALMBACH PUBLISHING
How to Build Realistic Layouts: Freight Yards
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.
£ 4.25 (Incl. UK p&p)
NOW AVAILABLE Charles T. Ripley: Santa Fe's Unheralded Chief Mechanical Engineer During his tenure, steam reached its apex and diesels established a key beachhead Classics Today: Keeping Santa Fe's Steam Heritage Alive Los Angeles-based 4-8-4 No. 3751 and plus 15 non-operational survivors recall the Ripley era Riding the Michigan Air Line With steam excursions gone, four fans in 1962 enjoyed a branchline freight with a special diesel J. David Ingles, with photos by Jim Hediger 20th Century: Star of Stage and Screen New York Central's great limited played well on Broadway and in Hollywood Steam Around a Hole in the Ground The quarries of Vermont's Rock of Ages Corp. echoed to the sounds of steam locomotives into the late 1950's. This is the first of our new series of photo essays called "The Shaughnessy Files" One Day at . . . St. Louis Union Station Two rolls of Ektachrome-X color slide film were enough for 22 trains in 81/2 hours Maiden Run as an M&StL Brakeman In 1947, a new man gets more than he bargained for on his first trip Bird's-Eye View: 30 Seconds over Chicago Two 1960's photos above North Western Station and environs Photo Section Color of CB&Q, Virginian, and WM steam, B&M diesels, and more
£ 4.50 (Incl. UK p&p)
Narrow Gauge Annual
CONTENTS: Chapter 1 Nevada County Narrow Gauge: The Later Years Chapter 2 The Cascade County Narrow Gauge Chapter 3 Scratchbuild A D&RGW K-28 Chapter 4 Cab Curtains Chapter 5 A Three-Quarter Inch Scale Diorama Chapter 6 The Chama Coaling Tower Chapter 7 The Basin Creek Lumber Company Enginehouse
PLANS Lake Tahoe Railway & Transportation Company Number 1 (NCNG Number 6
£ 13.95 (Incl. UK p&p) SOLD OUT
WE ARE DELIGHTED TO BRING ON BOARD A NEW PRODUCER
The Midwest is full of railroad action with Short Lines, Regionals and the big Class One's! In this volume we first travel to southeastern Nebraska. Here we capture Union Pacific trains in and around the community of Davenport. Trains led with C44AC-CTE's, SD90-43AC's and SD-60M's are seen traveling through this scenic section of the U.R's Marysville Subdivision. Then it's off to western Minnesota. On the border of Fargo, North Dakota is the city of Moorhead. It is here that the BNSF's KO and Prosper Subdivisions join at a point called Moorhead Junction. This busy spot hosts numerous BNSF trains on a daily basis. Along with main line freights and coal trains, many yard jobs and transfers use this junction to get to and from the large yard in the adjacent town of Dilworth, MN. From rebuilt GP-30's to the new SD-70ACe's, you will be treated to some great BNSF trains at this location! Finally, we head a little further north to catch the action on a newly formed shoreline. The Dakota Northern operates over ex-BNSF tracks from Grafton to Walhalla, North Dakota. We capture this line only months after its birth to watch as rebuilt GP- 10's take care of moving grain, potatoes, coal and ethanol. The railroad even treated us to adding the Minnesota Northern's caboose to the train! Awesome mainline action, diverse Short Lines and Regionals make the Midwest one of the best places to watch trains. C.Vision takes you there in "Trains Across the Midwest"
89 mins colour Narration Regular price £20.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 5th October 2007 - £20.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Join C. Vision Productions for a remarkable look at the Railroads of the Black Hills. Historic CB&Q footage by railroad historian Joe Douda, period railroad photographs and film dips from the collection of Rick W. Mills, and the images of current rail operations from the cameras of C. Vision are combined to illustrate the 125 year history of the Black Hills railroads as never before.
Railroads included in this retrospective of narrow, dual, and standard gauge railroading are: • Black Hills and Fort Pierre • Burlington and Missouri River • Burlington Northern • Burlington Northern and Santa Fe • Chicago, Burlington and Quincy • Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul • Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific • Chicago and North Western • Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern • Dakota Southern • Deadwood Central • Fremont, Elkhorn and Missouri Valley • Black Hills Central • Rapid City, Black Hills and Western • Warren Lamb Lumber • Wyoming and Missouri River • Union Pacific.
59 mins colour Narration Regular price £18.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 5th October 2007 - £18.00 (free UK & European p&p)
GREAT SNOW FIGHTING ACTION BOUGHT TO YOU BY MACHINES OF IRON
The railroads battle with snow is legendary. Machines of Iron brings you action shots of wedge plows, both steam and diesel rotaries and a modern day Jordan spreader. The railroads represented are: Burlington Northern, Union Pacific, Denver & Salt Lake,Southern Pacific, Wyoming Colorado,Cumbres & Toltec, and Kyle. Enjoy these seldom recorded views of the railroads battle with Mother Nature's snow. A great DVD for excitement and action that is sure to blow you away!!!!
45 mins colour Narration Regular price £18.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 5th October 2007 - £18.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Jim Hertzog’s Reading operates deep in the coal fields of Pennsylvania in the mid 1950s. This HO railroad runs from Shamokin to Tamaqua, Pennsylvania and interchanges with the Pennsy and the Lehigh & New England. It serves 12 coal mines and processing plants and is a way for Jim to remember watching the Reading as a child. Because of the mountains the grades are steep and require helpers. In fact the railroad revolves around these helpers. Historic preservation is one way that Jim thinks of his Reading Lines. It’s also a setting for 18 to 20 friends who run 30 trains during each monthly operating session. The layout has two staging yards and three operating yards, each with its own purpose. The Reading was carefully designed to get the maximum use out of a 30 x 40 foot basement. That means narrow aisles and shallow scenes yet the overall plan gives operators the feel of actually traveling with their trains. Jim has captured the gritty look of Appalachian coal mining. Jim says this railroad has broadened his outlook on the hobby as he learned to do things he didn’t know he could do. He will show you how to understand a colliery, make concrete roads, weather cars and use fascia lettering. The Reading is a Great Model Railroad because Jim has found a way to recreate the grit, romance and hard work of coal mine railroading in his basement.
60 mins colour Narration Regular price £27.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 5th October 2007 - £27.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Eight famous model railroads that no longer exist are now Fallen Flags. They exist only on video done by Allen Keller Productions and some pictures taken by others. Here is your chance to remember all of these. • Chuck Hitchcock’s Santa Fe Argentine Division • John Armstrong’s Canandaigua Southern • David Barrow’s Cat Mountain & Santa Fe • Allen McClelland’s Virginia & Ohio • Tony Koester’s Allegheny Midland • Gary Hoover’s Missouri, Kansas & Quincy • Bill Henderson’s Coal Belt • Bob Hayden’s Carrabasset &Dead River
5 Classic Public Relations Railroad Films of the 1940s and 1950s! Volume 2 contains five promotional films. Both steam and early diesel power are featured. These advertising films helped promote awareness in the minds of the American public about the value railroads played in their daily lives. Take a nostalgic journey back to those former days with these historic films: Song of the Pioneer. Relive the earliest days of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad with exciting footage of streamlined C&NW passenger trains. Color. 22 Minutes. The Railroad Story. This rare film tells the dramatic story of Illinois railroads, with footage of over 12 different systems. See CB&Q F-units, Wabash PAs, Nickel Plate Geeps, passenger and freight operations, Korean War troop trains, and more. Color. 23 Minutes. A Railroad at Work. In this Milwaukee Road PR film produced in the late 1940s, you’ll experience crack passenger trains, hard-working freights, solid ore trains, and streamlined, steam-powered Hiawathas. B&W. 26 Minutes. Opening a New Frontier. Follow a piggyback truck trailer from start to finish on a high-speed run from Chicago to New York. This show is about the latest innovations brought to rail service in 1955. B&W. 13 Minutes. Rolling the Freight. Centered around C&NW’s giant Proviso Yard, this film shows how freight was moved in the late steam era of the 1940s. You’ll see hump yard switching, freight handling, and car loading plus run-bys with both steam and early diesel powered freights. B&W. 29 Minutes.
1 Hour 53 Mins colour and b&w Narration Regular price £22.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 5th October 2007 - £18.00 (free UK & European p&p)
AMERICAN RRS OF THE 1940s & '50s 5 Shows on 1 Disc! On the Track. SP Cab Forwards, steam powered Daylights, and Black Widow diesels open this film. Among the railroads represented are Santa Fe, NYC, Pennsy, GN, Milwaukee, Rio Grande, New Haven, Monon, and Southern. In color. Lifeline of the Nation. Steam dominates this WWII era film about how railroads supported the war effort. The few diesels shown are very early models. You’ll see Hiawathas and Box Cabs on the Milwaukee Road, steam and a GG-1 electric on the Pennsy, a rare streamlined Hudson on NYC’s Empire State Express, and more. In black & white. 225,000 Mile Proving Ground. This film takes its title from the 225,000 miles of track in service in 1953 when diesel power was replacing steam. The film shows many F-units and even shots of a UP gas turbine and Santa Fe billboard refrigerator cars. The dramatic close features a Rock Island F-unit passing right over the camera. In color. Railroads and National Defense. Made during the Korean War period, this film shows how the railroads helped rearm the nation while still meeting America’s transportation needs. Pullmans and coaches provide troop transport while other trains haul tanks and trucks for shipment overseas. Featured railroads include the Katy, Texas & Pacific, IC, Seaboard, and UP. In color. Mainline USA. This 1950s salute shows railroads meeting the challenge of economic growth by building hump yards, introducing welded rail and CTC, and designing safer trains and features great run-bys on the NYC, GN, D&RGW, Western Maryland, Pennsy, SF, UP, Rock Island, L&N, SP, B&O, and many others!
95 mins In Color and B&W Narration Regular price £22.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 5th October 2007 - £18.00 (free UK & European p&p)
BUY BOTH Heritage Collection DVDs FOR £ 32.00
STEAM LOGGING IN ROMANIA
A real working logging railway, with steam in use on a daily basis. The last steam logger in Europe, possibly the world. We rode working logging trains, or a railbus following the trains. In addition to the trains and the people, in Romania's Water Valley in perfect fall weather, you'll be chased by a train, see logging disconnects being loaded, the daily activity in Viseu, realigning track with a crowbar, and see a derailed loaded disconnect being rerailed, 3 ring circus doesn't begin to describe it! Plus you'll see a couple of diesels, and some of the bizarre truck/van hirailers, including firey cold starts. Health & Safety would have a fit, hard hats? safety goggles? Features Narration On/Off
120 mins colour Narration Regular price £19.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 5th October 2007 - £19.00 (free UK & European p&p)
CHRISTMAS CARDS from Leaning Tree
Again these need to be ordered soon to guarantee early delivery as stocks may disappear fast!!
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DIESEL ERA (£5.40 - sub £32) July/August issue available
CLASSIC TRAINS (£4.25 - sub £17.00) Fall issue available
TRAINS (£4.25 - sub £45) October issue available
MODEL RAILROADER (£4.25 - sub £47) October issue available
NARROW GAUGE & SHORTLINE GAZETTE (£5.25 - sub £29) July/August issue available
GARDEN RAILWAYS (£4.95 - sub £28) October issue available
RAILFAN (£3.20 - sub £33) October issue available
RAILROAD MODEL CRAFTSMAN (£3.40 - sub £35) September issue available
N SCALE (£5.25 - sub £29) July/August issue available
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To All,
We always feel embarrassed, at this time of the year, because Calendars in September just seems too early. But if you are anything like me your diary is beginning to get dates for 2008. Holidays, family weddings, even doctors and dentists appointments are beginning to be made for next year so I suppose it isn’t too soon to order your wall calendar. Don’t forget that calendars make ideal ‘ thoughtful little pressies ‘ and we will run out before Christmas! It seems hard to be talking about Christmas when summer hasn’t yet materialised but the autumn berries and colours are already visible. This weekend I am on a Battle of Britain class loco "spitfire" to Ramsgate for the annual Faversham Hop festival. The train, run by our local brewery, commemorates the east enders who used to come down to Kent to pick the hops. Train loads of women and children used to come and stay in huts and caravans for the hop harvest. It was hard work but the community spirit around the evening camp fires made the fortnight in Kent a happy working holiday for all. It is good that Shepherd & Neame hires the steam train to make the day special and the kids still love to come and watch the steam & smell the smoke and perhaps wear hop garlands. Just to keep in the spirit of the day I might participate in a half pint of “Spitfire” to keep my wheels in motion! Happy rail fanning
Ann
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