- Model
Railroading in Small Spaces, Second Edition - If you have
a limited space for your layout, here s the answer! This completely
revised edition of Model Railroading in Small Spaces provides
a variety of creative approaches for building compact layouts.
It covers how to build seven different layouts encompassing
portable, shelf, coffee table, and fold-up styles. Three of
the layouts are new, plus the book includes a new chapter
on advanced techniques. N and HO scale railroads are modeled,
as is one O scale shelf layout.
- The
Big Book of Lionel: The Complete Guide to Owning and Running
America's Favorite Toy Trains - Lionel products are today
more technologically advanced than ever, thanks to such innovations
as FasTrack and the Legacy control system. Author and hobby
veteran Bob Schleicher updates his classic one-stop, hands-on
treasury of practical advice for Lionel enthusiasts to include
products such as FasTrack and Legacy, which were unavailable
at the time of its original publication in 2004. This volume
also features an overview of Lionel product development, more
than 30 track plans for the floor and tabletop, advice on
building scenery and structures, wiring and track how-to,
help in choosing steam or diesel locomotives and freight or
passenger operations, maintenance and restoration tips techniques,
and instructions for operations that best emulate those of
prototype railroads.
- Lionel
Accessories: At Work on Toy Train Layouts - Add classic
accessories to your toy train layout! Lionel's electronic
accessory items from the 1940's and 1950's through the present
day have been very popular with toy train enthusiasts. Classic
Toy Trains editor Neil Besougloff helps you incorporate these
accessories, both originals and modern reproductions, into
your layout.
- Legendary
Lionel Trains - A full-color pictorial celebration of
what are arguably history's greatest toys, Legendary Lionel
Trains depicts memorable trains from every era of Lionel production
and highlights those of the 1940s and 1950s. The fascinating
story of Lionel toy trains and their 100-year ascent to such
legendary status is told. The focus of the book is on the
trains as objects of art, intrigue, and nostalgia, highlighting
their unmatched ability to inspire and fulfill so many childhood
dreams. Full of images that capture the classic toy trains
in dramatic poses, this book recalls a spirit found in popular
Lionel catalogs and promotional artwork of the 1940s and 1950s.
- TOY
TRAIN MEMORIES - Toy Train Memories tells the captivating
story of how toy electric trains were once the only Christmas
gift children wanted. Throughout the 1920s, '30s, '40s, and
into the mid-1950s, Lionel and American Flyer actively promoted
the relationship between Christmas and toy trains, and kids
everywhere eagerly awaited their fabulous fall gift catalog.
During those years, families shared happy hours building railroad
empires that began with a locomotive, boxcar, or operating
milk car wrapped up in colorful paper and placed under the
tree. Woven within this wildly entertaining gift book are
over 100 stunning full-color photos of toy trains guaranteed
to bring back happy memories of simpler times. But the stars
of this book are the dozens of vintage black-and-white Christmas-morning
snapshots of happy boys and girls with their brand-new trains—photos
that will evoke fond memories of childhood, family, and the
holiday season. For history lovers, nostalgia fans, and train
enthusiasts everywhere, Toy Train Memories is an enjoyable
celebration of the toys of our youth and a fabulous journey
back to simpler, happier times.
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