Track Planning For Realistic Operation third edition (used)
Prototype railroad concepts for your model railroad.
This used book is in excellent condition.
Whether you're planning your first permanent layout or you've already started building your latest model railroad empire, here's a book that's as essential as a pencil, saber saw, and electric drill. Inside this indispensable manual you'll find useful information about how real railroads operate and insightful advice on how to design a realistic model railroad in any scale. You'll discover
- How track planning will let you operate your model railroad in the most realistic way
- How you can design realistic mainlines, spurs, yards, terminals and junctions
- How you can make practical use of curvature, grades, turnout standards and clearances
- How the real railroads load and unload freight, and assemble trains and keep them rolling
Handy tables, charts, and illustrations and step-by-step instructions make it easier than ever to apply the principles of real railroading to even the simplest pike. Plus this new third edition includes up-to-date information on contemporary railroading.
Made In: United States
Product Condition: Used
Product Type: Book > Softcover Book
Author(s): John Armstrong
Number of Pages: 144
Publication Date: 1998
Age Group: adult
