Track Plans for N, HO, S and O Scale Model Railroads.

Easy-to-use plans in every size, shape and scale - from tiny card-table layouts to giant garage-size railroads. Demonstrates how to design a railroad to fit any space, shows how to convert plans to N, HO, S, and O scales.

Kalmbach Books, soft cover, 72 pages, 8.25 x 11.75 x .25 in.; 118 illustrations. kb12012
Price: 11.25 USD

Follow steam locomotive Frisco 1522 on an historic journey through Texas as she pulls Burlington Northern Santa Fe's Employee Appreciation Special.

Starting in Fort Worth, the train heads south through Temple and on to Houston and Silsbee-a whole new territory for this powerful 4-8-2 Mountain-type locomotive. The 1522 got a good workout, producing intense bursts of stack talk while lugging 16 gleaming passenger cars through the Texas hills. She performed flawlessly, highballing over former Santa Fe track at incredible speeds.

You'll follow the 1522 on her travels for a total of eight days, spotting at railroad icons such as Tower 55, Tower 17, TN&O Junction, and more. On the run out to Silsbee and back the special traversed the former Southern Pacific Sunset Route between Houston and Beaumont. The train passed small towns and rolled through beautiful, rural landscapes. Join us trackside for fantastic show of steam railroading as the 1522 conquers the Lone Star state!

DVD Special Feature: Chapter Menu provides instant access to program segments. Full-screen (4x3) Format; No region code; can be played in any NTSC DVD player worldwide. Option to listen with or without narration.

Pentrex, 70 minutes, in Color with Stereo Sound and Narration. px1522gt
Price: 22.95 USD

Featuring World's Fair Daylight 1984 and By Daylight to the Fair

The year 2004 marks the 20th Anniversary of one of railroading's most notable events-the famed excursion of Southern Pacific's beautiful Daylight 4449 steam locomotive and its matching trainset traveling from Portland, Oregon to the World's Fair in New Orleans and back. In this commemorative Combo DVD, you will be treated to two outstanding documentaries, giving you complete coverage of that spectacular and historic event.

World's Fair Daylight 1984 (60 Minutes). Ride in the cab of Southern Pacific Daylight 4449 as the engineer and fireman put her through her paces across Arizona and New Mexico. Enjoy exciting aerial shots along the California coast as the Daylight speeds back to San Francisco. This award-winning program covers the Daylight and her 13 beautiful matched passenger cars from start to finish! (Produced by Video Rails in 1984).

By Daylight to the Fair (90 Minutes). Pentrex cameras were on board and trackside to bring you the Daylight as it traversed every type of terrain from Portland down to Los Angeles, over to Phoenix, across Texas, and on into New Orleans for the World's Fair. On the way you'll pace alongside, ride aboard, and share the festivities with the enthusiastic crowds that greeted the train at every stop. (Produced by Pentrex in 1984; narration added in 2004).

DVD Special Features: Bonus footage: Included are 15 minutes of bonus footage filmed by the Southern Pacific Railroad showing the Daylight on its way from Bakersfield to Los Angeles via Tehachapi Pass!

Two hi-fi soundtracks, one with the natural train sounds, the other with narration added. The viewer can switch the narration on or off at any time. Chapter Menus provide instant access to program segments. Full-screen (4x3) Format. No region code; can be played in any NTSC DVD player worldwide. Packaged in Sturdy Vinyl Clamshell Case.

Pentrex, 2 hours 45 minutes, in Color with Hi-Fi Sound and Narration. pxdaycombo
Price: 22.95 USD

26 Miles to Jersey City

This largely photographic work is meant to document the condition of the stations of the Central Railroad of New Jersey during the early 1970s through the early 1980s. Brief histories of the various lines along which the stations are located are included as they were, after all, the reason for the structures existence. Included are some simple diagrams of some of the more important stations.

Contents:
Introduction, pg. 3;
The Central Railroad of New Jersey, pg. 5;
The Jersey City Terminal, pp. 5-12;
The Main Line, pp. 13-43;
North and South of Elizabethport, pp. 44-48;
The South Branch, pp. 49-50;
Branches North of High Bridge, pp. 51-52;
Branching in to Matawan, pp. 53-56;
The New Jersey Southern Division, pp. 57-62.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises, soft cover, 62 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .25 in., b&w and color photographs (2 pages of color photographs plus front and back covers). rae061
Price: 7.95 USD

Have you always wanted to make creative effects for your model railroad, but didn't know how' Many off-the-shelf items in lighting, animation, and sound are available and are easy to operate.

Learn to make an operating crane by using gear motors and a remote controller, build a working conveyor loader, or an operating turntable that moves at scale speed. Animate a waterfall, create smoke, simulate fire, and project theatrical type lighting. These are only a few of the many items covered in this book.

Learn how to make a working crossing gate with lights, a simple track signal system, or a street system with moving cars and trucks. New ideas and materials are explained to the novice modeler with easy-to-understand instructions, photographs, and diagrams.

Contents:
Electrical Primer;
Wiring Techniques;
Lighting Effects;
Track Effects;
Animation Effects;
Sound Effects;
Scenery Effects;
Theatrical Effects;
Effects Operations;
Source Guide.

J-T Publishing, soft cover, 200 pages, 8.5 x 11 x .5 in., b&w photographs and illustrations. jtp406
Price: 24.95 USD

A Chronological History of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad Part 2: 1900-1936.

Black and White photographs with captions on the remaining years of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad.

M2FQ Publications, soft cover (high-quality paper bound with a plastic cover), 96 pages, b&w photographs, illustrations, captions. m2fq107
Price: 25.45 USD

A Colorful Look At: Selected Pennsylvania Short Lines: Featuring the Color Photography of Carl Connelly.

This book is not a history of Pennsylvania short line railroads, but an attempt to give the reader a feel for what these lines were like in captions and color photographs. The largest portion of the book portrays the Wellsville, Addison and Galeton. Next in coverage is the Maryland & Pennsylvania, then the Pittsburgh and Shawmut, then the Montour plus one or two photographs of other short line railroads-all in color!

Contents:
Ch. 1: Wellsville, Addison & Galeton, pp. 4-17;
Coudersport & Port Alleghany, pp. 18-19;
Ch. 2: Cornwall Railroad Co., pp. 20-25;
Ch. 3: Maryland & Pennsylvania, pp. 26-35;
Ch. 4: Montour, pp. 36-37;
Ch. 5: Pittsburgh & Shawmut, pp. 38-41;
Ch. 6: Selected Short Lines, pp. 42-47;
Bibliography, pp. 48.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises, soft cover, 48 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., all color photographs. rae102
Price: 16.95 USD

A Colorful Look At: The Erie Lackawanna, An Employees Photo Essay.

This book presents the color photography Rich Pennisi, a former E-L employee, and others in 1970 and 1971. Contents include The Susquehanna Division, New York Division-Erie Side, New York and Scranton Divisions (Lackawanna Side) and Farewell to the Lake Cities. Color track diagrams of some Interlockings are included as are some timetable reproductions. Looking through this book makes one miss the colorful E-L.

Contents:
The Susquehanna Division, pp. 4-19;
New York Division-Erie Side, pp. 20-33;
New York & Scranton Divisions (Lackawanna Side), pp. 34-61;
Farewell to the Lake Cities, pp. 62-63;
Acknowledgments, pg. 64.

Railroad Avenue Enterprises, soft cover, 48 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., all color photography. rae104
Price: 21.95 USD

And Other Midwestern Railroads.

The entire program was shot on 8mm film by Gordon Sandstrom between 1959 and 1975.

We begin with a brief look at the final days of steam in the Illinois Central then move around the system to locations including Markham, Kensington, Riverdale, Springfield, Homewood, Flossmoor, Woodcrest, Freeport, Stony Island Avenue and more. Run-bys of freight and passenger trains powered by a variety of diesel and electric power (including The Panama Limited, The Magnolia Star, The City of New Orleans, The James Whitcomb Riley, Land-O-Corn, The Green Diamond and The Indianapolis Special are seen).

The balance of the program was shot at State Line Tower, Joliet Union Station and the Open House at EMD in La Grange featuring trains of the Erie-Lackawanna, Monon, Wabash, C&O, Nickel Plate, Rock Island, Santa Fe, GM&O, CSS&SB, PRR and the Milwaukee Road.

Railroad Video Productions, 55 min, color, music. List price: $29.95. rvp177d
Price: 19.95 USD

A Railway to the Isle: A History of the Strait of Canso Railway Car Ferries 1890-1955.

In A Railway to the Isle author Ted Rafuse captures the saga of the nautical railway link on the Strait of Canso that once connected the port of Mulgrave, Nova Scotia, on the mainland and Point Tupper on Cape Breton Island. The railway ferries SS Mulgrave, SS Scotia I and SS Scotia II chronicle this unusual connection from its Intercolonial Railway beginnings through Canadian National Railways operation.

Both rail and marine operations associated with the cross Canso service are chronicled through the use of many previously unpublished photographs, diagrams, maps and personnel recollection. The author has a family kinship to the area as his grandmother lived in Port Hawkesbury and his grandfather, deceased before Ted was born, was roundhouse foreman at Point Tupper.

As a youngster during the 1950s he often watched the Scotia vessels in operation from the hill above the Point Tupper rail yard. During the same period he witnessed the construction of the Canso Causeway. With the opening of the causeway in 1955 the railway car ferries became redundant, ending a rail-marine service which operated for three generations. This book reflects a part of the author's youthful memories supplemented by research documentation and images.

Steampower Publishing, soft cover, 40 pages, 11 x 8.5 x .25 in., 67 b&w captioned photographs, 6 diagrams, 3 maps, full references. stp100
Price: 14.95 USD