Track Planning for Realistic Operation: Prototype Railroad Concepts for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader)(3rd Edition)
by John H. Armstrong
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Author: John H. ArmstrongBrand: Kalmbach
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1998-08
ISBN: 0890242275
Number of pages: 144
Publisher: Kalmbach Pub Co
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- For use with your scale model railroad
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Book Review: Outstanding, Simply outstanding!
Summary: 5 Stars
I don't usually take the time to do this review stuff, but I felt compelled to let others know about this book. I'm not an experienced model railroader and I have even less experience with full scale railroads, so from this beginners perspective the book is perfect. It walks the reader through the basics of very complex ideas in railroading, model or otherwise, without over simplifying or becoming dull. The concepts as John wrote them are very easy to digest, well organized and well illustrated in diagrams. It explains yards, passing tracks, time tables, curves, grades, and a long roster of other building blocks as it relates to planning, constructing and operating your model railroad empire again at a level of detail that I've yet to come across in some other books and publications I've read. Although I'd suggest this book to any railfan simply to learn more about railroading, I'd strongly suggest this book to those like myself just getting into the hobby of model railroading.
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