| Track Planning for Realistic Operation: Prototype Railroad Concepts for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader)(3rd Edition) |  | Author: John H. Armstrong
Brand: Kalmbach
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 59,007
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3
Pages: 144
Number Of Items: 1
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Dimensions (in): 10.7 x 8.2 x 0.3
MPN: 12148
ISBN: 0890242275
Dewey Decimal Number: 625.19
EAN: 9780890242278
ASIN: 0890242275
Publication Date: August 1998
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This is a 144 page Track Planning for Realistic Operation Book from / Kalmbach Books. / / Whether you're planning your first permanent layout or you've already / started building your latest model railroad empire, here's a book as essential / as a pencil, saber saw, and electric drill. Inside this indispensable manual / is information about how real railroads operate and how to design a realistic / model railroad in any scale. / / FEATURES: Glossy softcover 144 page book. / Includes techniques and information beneficial for both the beginner / and advanced modeler. / Includes many pictures and detailed diagrams. / This book is full of helpful "how-to" information, such as: / -How to plan a track to yield realistic operation / -How to design realistic mainlines, spurs, yards, and terminals / -How you can use of curvature, grades, and clearances / -How real railroads load and unload freight and assemble trains / -And much more! / / INCLUDES: One 144 page Track Planning for Realistic Operation Book / / SPECS: Pages: 144 / Width: 8-1/4" / Height: 10-3/4"
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Excellent, but earlier editions even better December 28, 2009
Robert W. Johnson (Phoenix, AZ USA)
This is THE book if you want the details on essential layout planning issues. Period. If you are interested in model railroad layouts, you won't be able to put this down. Grades, track spacing, s-curves, basic layout shapes, siding lengths, planning for smooth operations, etc., etc..
Even if you are just thinking about or planning a layout, this book is loads of fun.
I do feel that this latest version has been dumbed-down a little. Some of the more technical sections have been truncated, but it is still a complete coverage. However, if you can locate an earlier edition, I recommend it.
Excellant July 7, 2009
D. Neuzil (Ohio)
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is tired of watching the train go round and round with no purpose. Chock full of information and ideas. I find myself going back time and time again to referance it. Highly recommended.
Outstanding, Simply outstanding! February 21, 2009
T. Skyers (Southern New Jersey)
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.
Track Planning for Realistic Operation March 12, 2007
Daniel R. Nowicki (Colorado Springs, CO)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a great book on how to run and plan your next model railroad. Gives great idea's and samples of yards, train movements and point to point locations. Not just for beginers.
The Master's Masterpiece September 5, 2006
John A Lee III (San Antonio, TX)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
John Armstrong is one of the best known names to the model railroad hobby. He has written extensively but this book is his finest work.
A person interested in railroads finds himself caught up in lots of detailed scenes and complex trackwork. Armstrong explains what it all does and why it is arranged in the way it is. He does this by explaining railroad practice in the real world and then by looking at the problems faced by the modeler. He does so in a lucid and interesting manner...for the first half of the book.
While the first half of the book is dedicated to teaching about how railroads operate, the second is intended to teach how to model them effectively. He explains broad general concepts and then refines things and explains them in easy stages. He knows where the pitfalls are and he points out solutions.
This is a useful book for anyone from beginner to advanced but especially the beginner.
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