Jeff Wilson demonstrates how to model several rail-served industries with insights, photos, and guidelines. Includes an overview on coal customers, milk, paper, breweries, merchandise traffic, and iron ore.
This informative volume explores six rail industries full of modeling possibilities. You'll learn how to realistically recreate and incorporate industries such as ethanol, cement, canning, and sugar beets into your layouts through prototype photos and modeling suggestions. A history of each industry is also included.
Discover numerous examples of iconic railroad structures, with accompanying modeling tips! Filled with historical photos, this book from Jeff Wilson describes the design and operation of various types and styles of depots, passenger stations, and freight houses. It also covers the smaller structures and details found along railroad rights-of-way such as interlocking towers, maintenance sheds, crossing shanties and gates, signs, and communication lines.
This highly illustrated book explains the business of logging railroads and provides examples of prototype operations. Photos of locomotives, equipment, and structures set the stage for modeling logging scenes and designing a logging layout.
More than a dozen easy weathering and detailing projects show you how to add realism to rolling stock and locomotives. Beginning modelers will appreciate the well-illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions.
Learn how to create a realistic mill area and set up its rail operations through chapters on ore processing, steel mill railroads and railcars, track planning, and modeling tips.
Add interest to your layout! Photos of different types of prototype junctions with details about how they work give you the inside scoop on junctions. Learn to model junctions and the details around them with expert instruction from Jeff Wilson.
Re-create the fantastic '50s in your model railroad setup! This book, compiled from articles published in Modern Railroader magazine, provides historical information and photos covering steam and diesel locomotives, passenger equipment, freight cars, and trackside details.
Build Big and Small Industries for Your Model Railroad provides hands-on modeling tips and techniques, step-by-step photos, and how-to advice for adding a variety of industries to a layout. This book features 17 projects in all dating back to the steam era to present day - ranging from simple to complex and large to small. Beginners will learn how to build a kit and integrate it to a scene, while more experienced modelers will learn how to kitbash and scratchbuild a structure and add it to a complete industry. Written by top experts in the field, including Pelle Soeborg, Gerry Leone, and Tony Koester, this wide-ranging book features the following industries: Cement plant. Cold storage warehouse. Local oil dealer. Asphalt transfer terminal. Brewery complex. Propane bulk dealer. Old-time factory. And more! Build Big and Small Industries for Your Model Railroad is the ideal book for all modelers who are looking for ways to add industries to their layouts!