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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.
by Highball Productions WIDESCREEN ONLY
90 mins • colour • narration ON/OFF and a marker for each train
Paul Scoles presents Running Trains
Operation – the ultimate goal for many model railroaders. Here, veteran modeler and operator
Paul Scoles invites the 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.
by Paul Scoles 60 mins • colour • narration Ref M29 £ 18.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p)
The Modelers’ Annual
by WESTLAKE PUBLISHING
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 (FREE UK p&p)
The Official
Locomotive Rosters
& News – 2009
Edition 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 (FREE UK p&p)
Ref D389
£ 21.00 (FREE UK & Europe 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.
by Highball Productions WIDESCREEN ONLY
65 mins • colour • narration ON/OFF and Dolby stereo audio
Ref D390 £ 20.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p)
THE GLORY MACHINES
Volume 5
More 1940s 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.
by Herron Rail Video 46 mins • mostly colour • narration
Ref A22
£ 21.00 (FREE UK & Europe p&p)
Designing
and Building
Multi-Deck
Model
Railroads
New Books From
By Tony Koester. 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; 0890247419 £ 13.95 (FREE UK p&p)
Building a
Ready-To-Run
Model Railroad
By Jeff Wilson
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;
0890247402 £ 13.95 (FREE UK p&p)
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