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"A railroad video classic!" - Trains magazine. Have you ever wanted to get "under the skin" of a steam locomotive? This amazing series offers a complete "stack to firebox" look at steam locomotive operation and maintenance. Color. Volume 1: Basics of Steam Locomotive Operation. You're a steam locomotive apprentice on this detailed look at the anatomy, care and operation of a Baldwin steam locomotive. Better bring your engineer's cap and some thick gloves - you're going to get dirty! 1 hr. 30 min. Volume 2: Passenger Locomotive Road Operation. You join three veteran steam engine crews aboard a trio of fully restored locomotives: Nevada Northern Ten Wheeler #40, Southern Pacific 4-6-2 #2472 and Union Pacific's 4-8-4 #844. You'll practically feel the wind in your face in this one! 1 hr. 45 min. Volume 3: Freight Locomotive Road Operation. You learn the operation of three distinctly different freight steamers: a narrow gauge Shay, a 2-8-2 Mikado, and Norfolk & Western's awesome - and massive! - A-Class 2-6-6-4 #1218. You'll tackle steep grades, yank a mixed freight out West and highball down a main line. Can you smell the cinders? 1 hr. 15 min.
TOTAL 4 hr 30 mins colour narration Regular price £38.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 26th November 2006 - £38.00 (free UK & European p&p)
New Books From
Mountain to Desert: Building the HO Scale Daneville and Donner River
Build a detailed HO layout with mountain and desert scenes! Model Railroader contributor Pelle Søeborg teaches you innovative ways to scratchbuild modern businesses, replicate scenery, paint backdrops, and weather cars in this packed and practical guide. How-to topics include building tunnel entrances; constructing basic terrain with Styrofoam; installing a truss bridge; choosing scenery materials; ballasting track; painting a backdrop; and many more. Softcover; 81/4 x 103/4 ; 96 pages; 200 color photos; 15 illustrations;
£ 13.95 (Incl. UK p&p)
The Model Railroader's Guide to Industries Along the Tracks 2 by Jeff Wilson
Provides insights, photos, and guidelines for modeling several rail-served industries. Includes overviews of creameries and milk traffic; the paper industry; breweries; iron ore mining and transloading; freight houses and less-than-carload traffic; and coal customers. 8.25 x 10.25; 88 pages; 120 color & 70 b&w photos; 12 illus; softcover.
£ 12.95 (Incl. UK p&p)
Trackside around Louisville (West) 1947-1958 with Jack Fravert by Castner, Campbell, Buccola and Tipton
Pioneering color photographer Jack Fravert’s color work on the B&O, Monon, K&IT, IC, SOU and some intriguing shortlines around his hometown of Louisville is chronicled in more than 200 photographs.
£ 39.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
Baltimore – Washington Trolleys In Color by LeRoy O. King, Jr.
The long-gone operations of Capital Transit, DC Transit, Baltimore Transit, Baltimore and Annapolis RR and Hagerstown and Frederick RR are expertly detailed by author Roy King in this new book.
New Book From HEIMBURGER
The Pioneer Zephyr by Carl. R. Byron
All Aboard! The God of the West Wind Beckons! America’s love of all things new was epitomised in the 1934 Pioneer Zephyr, swift, stylish and so sophisticated, the Burlington Railroad's Pioneer Zephyr was a 104-ton, three-car streamlined speedster, setting a record of 13 hours, four minutes on the 1,015-mile run between Denver and Chicago. This 128-page, 81/2 x11" softcover book details the entire history of the Pioneer Zephyr, including its rebuilding and installation in 1997-98 in Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry.
New Book From MBI
Working on the Railroad Author: Brian Solomon by LeRoy O. King, Jr.
The notion of working on a railroad has always carried its share of romance, taking in everything from the dreams of small boys to legends like John Henry and Casey Jones. The reality is far more complicated and often, as this book amply demonstrates, more interesting. This richly illustrated volume takes us behind the scenes to show what goes into keeping a railroad running in our era of computer-aided 6,000-horsepower diesel locomotion. Author and photographer Brian Solomon explains who does what and how, from dispatching and signaling to maintaining locomotives and driving trains. Everything it takes to keep a railroad running smoothly and safely-the daily decisions, the procedures that must be followed, the lowdown on track maintenance comes clearly into view as Solomon gives readers both a seat in the locomotive and the dispatchers view. Into this larger account he weaves anecdotes from railroad workers as well as the historical evolution of railway vocations, with descriptions of how each job has changed over time as well as marvellous archival imagery that illustrates these developments. Format: Hardbound Pages: 160 Length: 8.25w x 10.625h
£ 26.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
New Books From WITHERS
PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Vol.10
EMD SW, SW1, NW2, SW7, SW9, and SW1200 The tenth in our series of books about diesels of the Pennsylvania Railroad, this 80-page, softbound book covers the EMD SW, SW1, NW2, SW7, SW9, and SW1200 end-cab switchers with more than 200 crisp b&w photographs.
£ 14.50 (Incl. UK p&p)
New Books From 4 Ways West
Miss Katy In the Lone Star State by Steve Allen Goen
An in-depth look at the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad affectionately known as "The Katy". This book features operations in Texas between 1942 and 1960 and includes over 300 rare colour photos of steam and early diesel power. Additional chapters include the Texas Special, the Bluebonnet, the Katy Flyer, depots, passenger equipment and even the line’s famous RDC-3 and more. Pages: 128, Hard Cover.
Burlington Route Passenger Trains Volume 1 by John F. Strauss, Jr
The Fleet Gives Way to the West Wind Color laminated hardcover ; 8.5 x 11.5"; 208 pages; hundreds of color and b/w photos. "This is the first volume (of two) featuring an in depth look at the passenger operations of the CB&Q Railroad. This volume covers the Flyers, the shovel nose Zephyrs operating between 1930 and 1947, prior to the Domeliner's arrival. There are many actual "Q" consists from the author's personal files. Also featured is the Burlington's Farewell to Steam program."
£ 42.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
HERITAGE SERIES FROM THE CAMERA OF EMERY GULASH Things were a little different on the Penn Central during every one of the eight years of its brief existence. By mid 1971, nearly all the locomotives of the predecessor Pennsylvania and New York Central railroads had been repainted into sombre dark, dark Brunswick green. The railroad was mired deeper and deeper in bankruptcy, as a new national rail passenger carrier, Amtrak, was starting to emerge from the dark shadows of the PC’s paint scheme following its launching on May 1st, 1971. Emery Gulash had his movie cameras trained on the rail action. He starts with a series of scenes in America’s Railroad Capital, Chicago, as Amtrak and Penn Central trains burnish the rails in and out of Union Station. The old Michigan Central depot at Detroit serves as an anchor for Emery, as he returns again and again from his travels to photograph trains at the formidable structure. Amtrak demonstrates its United Aircraft Turbotrain at Niles and Kalamazoo. Toledo comes in for its share of pulsating train operations, as do Ypsilanti, Dearborn, Jackson, Chelsea, New Buffalo, Ann Arbor, Westland, and Delphi Mills, Michigan. Our very full program winds up with scenes of two special passenger trains operated in November 1972 by the Chessie System for General Motors executives bound for a business conference in West Virginia.
75 mins colour narration Regular price £22.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 26th November 2006 - £22.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Main line steam in the 1940's & 1950's at Tuscola, Memphis, McComb, Indianapolis, Louisville, Central City and more. 4-8-2's 2452 & 2613 on excursions 1957,1959-'60 Diesels on passenger trains at Birmingham, New Orleans, Kankakee, Chicago and more. Late ICRR - early Amtrak passenger trains, 1971 Electrics on Chicago suburban trains LOCOMOTIVES: 4-8-2's, 4-6-2's, 2-8-2's, 2-8-4's, 2-10-2's, 0-6-0, 0-8-0's, EMD E's, GP's, Green Diamond PASSENGER TRAINS: Panama Ltd., City of Miami, City of New Orleans, Seminole. Kentucky Cardinal, Governor's Special, Steam excursions. Produced from 16mm and 8mm film by C. W. Witbeck, Joe Orgil, Tom Beumel, H. R. Blackburn, Dick Baldwin, D.J.Williams III, Ben T. Young Jr, Robert Bullerman, H. T. Smart. E.G. Baker, and Lyie Key
90 mins colour narration Regular price £22.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 26th November 2006 - £22.00 (free UK & European p&p)
One of the last log haulers in the world, Vancouver Island`s CANFOR Railway. This dvd will take you to the edge of the world. In the Northwestern rain forests of Vancouver Island, Canadian Forest Products Inc. brings the world's best lumber products to the market, by rail. PLUS, this documentary features rare, all steam, colour film footage shot in the 1950s. In the misty, ancient pine rain forests of Canada's Vancouver Island, see man and machine battle to bring the world's best lumber to the market. Meet the people and see what it takes to keep a rugged, heavy hauling mountain railroad in top condition. Climb on board for the trip from high in the mountains to the sea level port of Beaver Cove for transshipment to markets around the world.
85 mins colour narration Regular price £21.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 26th November 2006 - £21.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Canadian Pacific’s main line from Saint Paul to Chicago through Minnesota along the Mississippi River runs through some of the Midwest’s finest scenery. In addition to a variety of CP trains, the River Sub hosts Amtrak’s Empire Builder, BNSF coal trains and the Iowa, Chicago and Eastern has trackage rights. Soo Line power still heads some trains on this former Soo main line. Exciting action, with a wide variety of power and paint schemes!
AVAILABLE IN REGULAR OR WIDESCREEN FORMAT.
Now Out On DVD
A collection of classic vintage film of Street and Interurban Railways, narrated with a musical background. You'll visit streetcar lines in Louisville, Birmingham, Miami, Richmond, Norfolk, and Newport News plus Interurban lines Nashville-Franklin Railway, Piedmont & Northern Railway and West Penn Railways which served Parkersburg and Marietta in Ohio plus Clarksburg, WV. The time frame is from 1937 to the 1950's, depending on the subject. Also included are two bonus segments of Victorian cable cars in Melbourne, Australia and some trolley diners in America. Most of the film was 16 mm shot by Howard Blackburn, MD; Sidney B. Silleck and David J. Williams, III. The Nashville - Franklin Railway segment is from 8 mm film by Dick George. Along with the railroad subjects, there are classic street scenes in many towns with automobiles and trucks from that time. This is truly a time capsule of life in America during a simpler time.
62 mins colour narration Regular price £19.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 26th November 2006 - £19.00 (free UK & European p&p)
TWO PROGRAMS ON ONE DVD ! BLANCHE AND THE EARL takes a look at two of the Ffestiniog’s locomotives, Blanche and the Earl of Merioneth. You’ll take a cab ride on Blanche, and see both Blanch and the Earl from trackside. In addition, you’ll take a brief tour of Boston Lodge shops, and a quick look down a slate mine. Blanche makes a lot of noise for a little engine, lots of fun!
GARRATTS UNDER SNOWDON will take you on a cab ride on one of the Welsh Highland Railway’s 2’ gauge ex South African Beyer Garratts, enormous locomtives for two foot gauge. You’ll also see the two Garratts from trackside, ride the train and see a little of the beautiful Welsh scenery that the railway runs through.
110 mins colour Narration On/Off Regular price £19.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 26th November 2006 - £19.00 (free UK & European p&p)
BARGAINS! LIMITED STOCKS - ONCE THEY ARE GONE, THEY ARE GONE
O. Winston Link Railroad Recordings are to be preserved by the library of Congress as one of the Great Sounds of American Life. Sounds of Steam Railroading recordings is now available as a handsome limited edition collectors boxed set of five CDs, each with a comprehensive booklet, complete with the original LP liner notes and illustrated with dozens of photos by O. Winston Link, some of them never before published. O. Winston Link's remarkable railroad recordings, regarded as one of the icons of American sound preservation, are at last available again to the public, painstakingly restored and digitally remastered on CD. The complete set comprises six volumes. Five of them were recorded onboard Norfolk and Western trains, or at trackside, and were originally released as 12 inch LP recordings. The sixth volume is a rarely heard 45 rpm recording Link made of the civil War locomotive "General" when it was restored and put in operation in 1962. This historic series, a classic collection of sounds of mixed and mainline trains pulled by steam locomotives, was recorded in the twilight of the steam era.
Price: £74.95 BARGAIN Price £ 60 (Incl. UK p&p)
WERE £5.95 NOW ONLY £4.50 each
SPECIAL OFFER - BUY ANY 3 FOR £10
St. Clair Tunnel Rails Beneath the River by Clare Gilbert
The St. Clair Tunnel, running between Sarnia, Ontario, and Port Huron, Michigan, opened for traffic in 1891. It was, and still is, an engineering wonder. Few engineering works have lasted 100 years and served their original purpose with such little change. 8" x 9", softcover, 96 pages, 60 black and white photographs, 12 diagrams, index
SPECIAL BARGAIN £ 5.50 (Hurry, only a few left!)Incl. UK p&p SORRY, SOLD OUT!
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TRAINS (£4.25 - sub £45) October issue available
MODEL RAILROADER (£4.25 - sub £47) October issue available
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GARDEN RAILWAYS (£4.95 - sub £28) Sept/Oct issue available
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CTC BOARD (£4.00 - sub £43) June issue available
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N SCALE (£5.25 - sub £29) July/Aug issue available
FINESCALE MODELER (£5.00 - sub £47 / 10 issues ) Oct issue available
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Explore This Year's Finest Layouts! Great Model Railroads 2007 takes you on an inside tour of the best HO, N, and O scale model railroads around. You'll discover: Dozens of inspiring color photos, Ideas for designing, building, and operating your layout, New methods for adding realism to your scenes, modeling in small spaces, and operating model railroads like the prototypes that inspired them, and much more! You'll get 116 pages of ideas, inspiration, and solutions for your current layout or your next!
£ 4.25 (Incl. UK p&p)
Now you can take a close look at today's newest locomotives... see the latest new technology in detail... and follow their progress from the factory to the rails! In Locomotive, the all-new special collector's edition from the editors of Trains, you'll get 100 pages with over 170 powerful photos. You'll take a close look at: The newest models - including GE Evolution Series and EMD's SD70s. In-depth looks at some of the oldest locomotives still on the road today, Alcos, classic EMD's, and many more. A photographic tribute to the SD40-2, possibly the greatest road-freight locomotive ever built. And much more!
£ 4.50 (Incl. UK p&p)
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Eurospoor 2006 Fri - Sun 27th - 29th Oct. 2006 Utrecht, Holland about
NMRA British Region Convention Fri - Sat 27th-28th Oct. 2006 The Yew Lodge Hotel, Packington Hill, Kegworth, Derbyshire, DE74 2DF SEE COMMENTS BELOW
Tolworth Showtrain 2006 Sat - Sun 11th-12th Nov. 2006 Tolworth Recreation Centre
Seaboard Southern NMRA 2006 Sat 25th Nov. 2006 The Holbrook Club about
Warley Exhibition Sat - Sun 2nd-3rd Dec. 2006 NEC, Birmingham about
Your chance to watch the DVDs, see the books and browse the magazines See y’all there!
NMRA
We will be at the NMRA British Convention at Kegworth in October and the Southern Region show in November. The NMRA is the club for modellers interested in the American scene. If you are new to American modelling and would like some tips or just want to meet likeminded folk the NMRA is for you. They are a helpful bunch and have divisions all over the country.
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