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Newsletter - NOVEMBER 2008
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2009 issue
£14.00 (free UK & European p&p)
New Book From DPA-LTA Enterprises
This handy pocket guide contains the current locomotive rosters - including recent locomotive deliveries, new locomotive orders and short-term leased units - of all 915 North American railroads, including both Class Is and short lines. Data for each locomotive includes road number, units of its type in operation, manufacturer, horsepower, and build date… for more than 36,000 locomotives in all! 152 pages, 4"x 6", softcover.
£14.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
New Modelling Books From Kalmbach
Acquire more space and longer towns and runs with multiple decks. Tony Koester walks you through design, options, lighting and wiring considerations, the where and when sequence, as well as the all-important construction techniques. Softcover; 8.25 x 10.75; 96 pages; 175 color photos;
£ 13.95 (Incl. UK p&p)
Using only off-the-shelf trackwork, buildings, bridges and scenery and ready-to-run trains, you can construct a layout from the ground up with effort-saving ideas like office-furniture pedestals doubling as benchwork support and storage. This book brings it all together – trackwork, scenery, wiring, command control, structures, detailing and trains on a model railroad readers will actually build. Softcover; 8.25 x 10.75; 96 pages;
New Books From
Trackside in the West 1946-1959 with Vincent A. Purn and John A. Knauff by Kevin J. Holland and Robert J. Yanosey
Two intrepid travelers traveled American (and Canadian) lines in the 15 year period immediately following World War II. They photographed everything from vanishing steam and brand new diesels to hobos riding atop moving box cars.CP, MILW, DRGW, ATSF, UP, SP and much more!
Regular Price £ 39.00 NEW RELEASE OFFER OFFER UNTIL 1st January 2009 - £35.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
Trackside around the Twin Cities with Joe Elliott 1968-1972 by Aaron Isaacs
Trackside photographer Joe Elliott roamed the Minneapolis-St. Paul rail lines in the four years between 1968-1972 chiefly recording the vanishing passenger fleets of the GN, NP, CB&Q, MILW, C&NW and RI. He also found freight on those roads as well as CGW, SOO, MN&S and others. Check out his camera skills in this intriguing approach to the “Twin Cities.”
Baltimore & Ohio Facilities In Color Volume 1: Eastern Region by Bob Withers
Stations, towers, shops, roundhouses, and dozens of other structures (many with trains) are examined by B&O authority Bob Withers. This is the first in a three volume examination of the elegant ol’ B&O.
New York Central Through Passenger Service In Color Volume 1: Hope and Glory 1943-1950 by Geoffrey H. Doughty
Featuring the Color Photography of Ed Nowak The New York Central thought quite highly of its passenger service and invested heavily in its “Great Steel Fleet.” Follow the post war development of this service through the color images of its company photographer as detailed by NYC passenger train authority Geoff Doughty.
Western Maryland In Color Vol. 2: Late Steam and Early Diesel by Jeremy F. Plant
The best compilation of Western Maryland steam and early diesel to ever be assembled – and in full color! These rare images are spread through 128 pages and detailed by author Jerry Plant in glorious detail.
Burlington Northern Through Passenger Service In Color by Gregory Stout
George Strombeck is an inveterate train rider. Share his on-board as well as trackside experiences on the GN, NP and CB&Q (no SP&S). As the Hill Lines merged into BN, George was there to capture this brief moment in private American passenger train operation and followed it into early Amtrak.
New From Kalmbach
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!
£ 7.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
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
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!
£ 5.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
Each article explains how to build a model and includes step-by-step instructions for unique techniques. 1:32 scale MAINE LOBSTER WHARF 3/4-inch scale DEATH VALLEY PLYMOUTH 1:48 scale ATLANTIC COAST LINE VENTILATED BOXCAR BUILD WITH BRASS USING COMMON HAND TOOLS THE GONDOLA - ORE CAR CHALLENGE -- Contest results How to create DETAIL FOR A BARN DIORAMA (clutter, scenery, special wood weathering techniques, rusted metal) A 1:48 scale CARDSTOCK BOXCAR (use an inkjet printer instead of paints) 1:24 scale A SECTION HOUSE FOR TWO HANDCARS On30 A COMMERCIAL KITBASH (how a manufacturer transforms one model into another) 1:20.3 scale SCRATCHBUILD AN OPERATING SEMAPHORE 1:48 scale A TRADITIONAL LOCOMOTIVE REBUILD Scratchbuilt wood structures BEFORE THE ADVENT OF LASERS
£ 16.95 (Incl. UK p&p)
We are proud to announce two new DVD's on Southern Pacific steam in the 1940's and 1950's featuring original SP sound! Each has original sound film by Joseph Schmitz that he shot in the 1950's plus additional footage from our archives.
Volume 1 begins with some classic 16mm footage of Daylights, Cab Forwards, and other power in beautiful settings plus some steam scenes from S.P. safety films. Then you'll find Joseph Schmitz's 8mm footage of a 1954 visit to the Tayllor Roundhouse followed by a live his sound footage of a Cab Forward at Oakland, San Francisco steam Commute trains in 1955 before chasing Cab Forwards and AC-9 3805 on the Modoc Line. There are some long pacing scenes of Cab Forwards, all in color and with live sound!
56 mins colour Narration Regular price £21.00 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 1st January 2009 - £20 (free UK & European p&p)
Volume 2 begins at Tucson in the 1940's with 4-10-2's, Cab Forwards, Daylights, and even an ex-B&M 2-8-4 and a 4-4-2. Then, you'' move to California for more of Joseph Schmitz's 8mm live sound film in the 1950's. Returning to San Francisco in 1956, he shot a great sequence of steam Commute trains with GS 4-8-4's, MT 4-8-2's, Pacifics and 0-6-0's working the yard. He then moved down the Commute line to San Mateo where these same engines were romping at high speeds. Also covered in Volume 2 are GS-powered Mail Trains and excursions in 1956 with GS engines 4437 and 4439, You'll pace the 4439 at 95 MPH! The show closes with Pacific 2475 running an excursion from San Jose to Tracy on January 1, 1958. All of Joe's footage has live sound to make this a very action-packed show!
Kansas City Southern tackles the stiff thirteen mile grade over Rich Mountain on the Oklahoma - Arkansas border. New power is much in evidence, SD70ACe's, Gevo's and of course the new "Retro Belle" paint scheme. BNSF & UP coal trains make an appearance, as do KCS's former Mexican units.
WIDESCREEN ONLY 90 mins colour Narration ON/OFF and a marker for each train Regular price £21 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 1st January 2009 - £20 (free UK & European p&p)
CSX on the bridges and through the tunnels of the famed Magnolia Cutoff in West Virginia. The B&O originally followed the circuitous course of the Potomac River, but in the early 20th century, after the arrival of competitor Western Maryland, built a new, more direct line with tunnels cutting through the Appalachians and big bridges over the Potomac. Join us as we follow this scenic main line from Hancock to Paw Paw, West Virginia.
WIDESCREEN ONLY 65 mins colour Narration ON/OFF and Dolby stereo audio Regular price £20 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 1st January 2009 - £19 (free UK & European p&p)
More 1940's railroading from 16mm film! Highlights include Kansas City Union Station with ATSF, KCS, UP, MP, SLSF, trains arriving & departing, then St.Louis Union Station, Atlanta's Terminal Station with SR, SAL, A&WP steam power, Florida railroading with FEC, SAL, ACL/SCL trains including The Champion, City of Miami, and more. Then you'll visit and ride on Louisiana Cypress Co's logging train, visit Texas logger WT Carter, and other short line & logging locations. Film mostly by C.W. Witbeck.
46 mins mostly colour Narration Regular price £21 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 1st January 2009 - £20 (free UK & European p&p)
Operation - The ultimate goal for many model railroaders. Here, veteran modeler and operator Paul Scoles invites tlie viewer to join one of his monthly operating sessions. Watch, listen, and learn as Paul and his crew put his Pelican Bay Railway & Navigation Company railroad through its paces. Paul thoroughly explains waybills, the schedule and fast clock, train orders, and many other things during the operating session. This dvd affords the viewer the rare opportunity to witness and learn from an experienced crew as they operate one of this country’s best known model railroads
60 mins colour Narration Regular price £18 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 1st January 2009 - £17 (free UK & European p&p)
The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway is a 15” gauge, 1/3 scale railway running for 13.5 miles through the English countryside in Kent, southeast England. The locomotives are to the outline of Gresley A3 Pacifics, plus a pair of 4-8-2’s, in a variety of liveries. Built in the late 1920's, impeccably maintained and turned out, these 9+ ton engines are truly delightful. The railway is not a toy, hauling school children as well as tourists. As much fun as anything I've seen! Narration on/off.
This railway has very fond memories for me as my father (Ian Andrews) used to drive engines at the weekend here and I spent many years growing up around the Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway. Stu.
WIDESCREEN ONLY 60 mins colour Narration ON/OFF Regular price £18 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 1st January 2009 - £17 (free UK & European p&p)
Railways featured in December Trains Magazine Special Offers
We start at Perryville, Maryland which is the end of the line for MARC. AEM7s and HHP-8 locos are seen pulling conventional cars. Also seen are P40 and P42 diesels on long distance trains. Norfolk Southern has trackage rights and unusually we see a mixed train pulled by NS power during daylight hours. At Elizabeth NJ we see New Jersey Transit trains plus F40s ALP 44 electrics as well as Amtrak’s AEM7. Also seen - Acela express and NJ Transit with a variety of unique diesel power at Hoboken NJ.
90 mins colour Narration Regular price £20.00 SPECIAL OFFER £14.00 (free UK & European p&p)
CP Rail's ROGERS The Last Pushers Ride mid train pushers on a 15,000 ton coal train. See towering mountain peaks and snow laden fir trees from the "head end" during a "nose job". Ride a twelve unit SD40-2 consist down the hill to Rogers while taking in the wintery splendour of Stoney Creek, Mountain Creek and Glacier National Park. Filmed in February 1987 this is mainline winter railroading at its best. ROUTE: Built in 1884/5 and named after Major A.B. Rogers, explorer and CPR engineer. Rogers is situated on CP Rail's transcontinental mainline, Mountain subdivision, in the Selkirk range of the Canadian Rockies. The line climbs, westbound, all the way from Beavermouth to Stoney Creek on a ruling gradient of 1.5%, but steepens further on the last 9.3 miles from Rogers averaging 1.98% with a ruling grade of 2.2% on the final 4.5 miles. 56 minutes CP Rail Conquers ROGERS PASS CP Rail's Macdonald and Shaughnessy Tunnels have tamed Rogers Pass as never before. Take a quick look back to the turn of the Century, the Connaught Tunnel and six unit pushers. Then cover the new Macdonald track in both summer and winter. You'll be at trackside, aboard the trains and in the air, for a fantastic new look at CP Rail and Rogers Pass. 30 minutes
TOTAL 86 mins colour Narration Regular price £20.00 SPECIAL OFFER £14.00 (free UK & European p&p)
The description 'superb, magnificent and overwhelming' even though vastly overused cannot adequately do justice to the scenery on CPs Mountain Sub, the line over Rogers Pass. The line runs through the Rockies and the Selkirks and is a challenge even to today's high horsepower locos. It is one of the most difficult places in the world to run a railroad with narrow valleys, steep grades and heavy snowfalls with the attendant risk of avalanches. AC4400s and SD90MACs challenge the grades and big as they are, they are dwarfed by the magnificent snow covered peaks. The engineering difficulties in building Rogers Pass, CP's crossing of the Continental Divide, were formidable as were the problems facing CP when they built the new line through Rogers Pass (opened May 1989). The sub runs for 125 miles from Field to Revelstoke, British Columbia, through some of the most spectacular scenery on the continent. Shot in June 1999 all the famous locations are seen, including both old and new Stoney Creek bridges, Mount MacDonald and Shaughnessy tunnels.
124 mins colour Narration Regular price £21.00 SPECIAL OFFER £14.00 (free UK & European p&p)
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MERRY CHRISTMAS
We hope all your Christmas preparations are well advanced and trust that we have been able to provide ideas to help friends and family with their Christmas shopping. May we take this opportunity on behalf of all the staff at SPV to wish everyone a very happy Xmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Stuart Sarah and Alison
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Last official day for UK Christmas post is Friday 19th December To ensure Christmas deliveries please order as soon as possible - we are extremely busy at this time of year!
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