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Newsletter - APRIL 2007
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New Book From KALMBACH
Basic Wiring for Model Railroaders, 2nd Edition By Rick Selby
Learn to wire your layout like a pro! These simple and clear instructions wiring projects like block wiring, turnout wiring, loop track wiring, and other principles essential to building a layout. Using an uncomplicated, photo-driven approach, Rick Selby teaches you the basics of DC layout wiring. Softcover; 8.25 x 10.75; 80 pages; 225 color photos; 25 illustrations;
£ 13.95 (Incl. UK p&p)
Building a Model Railroad Step by Step by David Popp
Follow the construction of a model railroad layout from start to finish! Over the course of three years, Model Railroader Senior Editor David Popp offered readers a monthly “Step by Step” glimpse into his N scale Naugatuck River Valley layout as he built the layout from the ground up. Now he tells the complete construction story using techniques any model railroader can use! More than 30 short projects take modelers through the process, from building benchwork to operating realistically. Step-by-step photos and illustrations let modelers see every phase of construction and apply the techniques to their own projects. Project topics include getting the layout started, building benchwork, completing trackwork and wiring, constructing scenery, adding structures, detailing, and running the railroad. Includes new material on choosing a scale, working in the available space, and installing DCC decoders. Softcover; 8.25 x 10.75; 112 pages; 250 color photos; 20 illustrations;
£ 14.95(Incl. UK p&p)
2007 Logging Annual
CONTENTS: Chapter 1 A Day On Rayonier By Mallory Hope Ferrell Chapter 2 A Pair Of Class A Climax Locomotives By Gordon Birrell Chapter 3 Sawmill Number Two By Marty Jones Chapter 4 West Side Lumber Company Heisler Number Two By Flavio Magaraggia Chapter 5 The Clyde Kinzey Freight Company Diorama By Scott Kinzey Chapter 6 The Second West Side Caboose Number Two By Tom Yorke Chapter 7 Red Mountain Mine By Rick Huntrods Chapter 8 Logging Paraphernalia By Larry Haynes PLANS West Side Lumber Company Heisler Number Two
New Books From
Trackside around the Big Apple 1964-1973 with Al Roberts by Allan H. Roberts
Noted photographer Al Roberts takes the reader on a borough-by-borough tour of New York City when it was still served by the New Haven, New York Central, Long Island, and Pennsylvania railroads. Other roads with small NY outposts are covered too!
£ 39.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
Ohio Valley Trolleys In Color by Edward A. Ridolph
We follow the Ohio River from Pittsburgh west and stop at a number of long-gone trolley companies to enjoy their operations once again in full color. Featured are: PGH Rwys., Cooperative Transit, Mon-WP Rwy., Cincinnati St. Rwy., City Rwy., C&LE RR, CN&C Rwy., Louisville Rwy., Home Transit and Ind. RR.
Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee In Color Vol. 2 Point of No Return by Geoffrey H. Doughty
The period following the abandonment of the Shore Line in July 1955 to the termination of all services in January 1963 are examined in this new book. This final volume also looks at the politics and mistakes that brought an end to America’s favorite interurban.
Trackside in search of Southern New England Steam with John Morrision by John Canfield
After World War II, John Morrison and several other photographers knew that it was only a short matter of time before all steam operations disappeared from the New Haven and Boston & Albany (NYC). They set off to record these operations capturing a lot of early rare diesels along the way.
New Book From WITHERS
Norfolk Southern Locomotive Directory 2006-2007
148 pages, 6 x 9", softcover, 200+ photos, unit-by-unit listing of every unit on the NS roster on January 1, 2007
£ 15.95 (Incl. UK p&p)
UNION PACIFIC Locomotive Directory 2005-2007
• Unit-by-unit listing • 100-plus color photographs including all the heritage, Olympic, and Bush units • Latest SD70ACe and C45ACCTE units • From official UP records • Handy 6 x 9” size to carry in the field • 192 pages • All color!
£ 22.95(Incl. UK p&p)
New Book From MBI
Penn Central Railroad by Peter Lynch
In describing Penn Central's operational history and the factors that led to its formation and downfall, author and former PC employee Peter Lynch offers a collection of the best Penn Central color imagery from the archives of photographers Thomas McNamara, J. W. Swanberg, David P. Oroszi, and others. These region-by-region collections depict freight and passenger operations, motive power, rolling stock, and facilities along 20,000 miles of trackage in states from New England to Illinois. 200 color photos, route maps, and more. Format: Hardbound Pages: 160 Length: 8.5w x 10.75h
£ 26.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
New Book Series From ARCADIA
Reading Trains and Trolleys by Philip K. Smith
Rail transportation has been part of daily life in Reading since the 1830s. Reading Trains and Trolleys portrays the good old days of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway (reorganized as the Reading Company in 1923), the Schuykill Valley Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, the Mount Penn Gravity Railroad, the Neversink Mountain Railroad, the Reading City Passenger Railway, and the Reading Traction Company. The Reading Railroad gained widespread recognition as a property for sale on the Monopoly board, but the history of trains and trolleys in Reading goes well beyond that iconography. Reading Trains and Trolleys documents the impact of railroad and trolley networks on Reading and adjoining communities, including photographs of the interior of the locomotive shop and the carbarn at Tenth and Exeter Streets, views of the Walnut Street yard before and after the Outer Station was constructed, and views from the Swinging Bridge, which spanned the yard by the Outer Station. The Historical Society of Berks County's collection of rail photographs includes many never-before-published images of diverse scenes in and around Reading. # of Pages: 128
£ 14.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
Hartford Trolleys by Connecticut motor Coach Museum
By 1908 Hartford had an extensive system of streetcar lines radiating from the city in all directions. The Hartford division of the Connecticut Company totaled more than one hundred twenty-five miles of track for streetcars, the dominant mode of public transportation in central Connecticut. One could take a car to New Britain, Stafford Springs, or all the way to Springfield, Massachusetts. By the 1920s, the lighter density streetcar lines were no longer lucrative and the system was converted to a motor coach operation; by the early 1930s, the automobile had replaced the streetcar as the favored mode of transport. The advent of automobile transportation eventually led to the closing of all the Hartford streetcar lines in July 1941. # of Pages: 128
The Long Island Railroad 1925-1975 by David Keller, Steven Lynch
Chartered on April 24, 1834, as a route from Brooklyn to Boston, the Long Island Rail Road commenced in 1836 with service between Brooklyn and Jamaica, New York. The railroad has linked Long Island and New York City through several periods of increasing immigration and population beginning in the 1880s. Farmers and fishermen have depended on the railroad for their livelihood, and every summer thousands of tourists flock to Long Island beaches on the Long Island Rail Road. It is still the nation’s largest commuter railroad, transporting an average of over two hundred fifty thousand commuters daily. The Long Island Rail Road: 1925–1975 offers a behind-the-scenes look at freight and passenger activities and the people who worked on the railroad. These one-of-a-kind photographs depict structures no longer in use, such as towers, water tanks, and crossing shanties, as well as electric motive power and other facets of a working railroad. # of Pages: 128
DVDS
We bring back the Santa Fe with great action in many So.Cal. locations. This parade of power over the decades is a tribute to one of the most popular western railroads of all time. The scenes are taken from old movie film shot by many railfans. The material from the early 90s was shot on video before the end of the Santa Fe as an independent company. The paint schemes shown are all the phases from the early black with white stripes and beautiful passenger F-units with freight bluebonnet power and the later yellow bonnets. 1950s-94 Tehachapi Cajon Pass Needles Sub Stockton Eastbay The video of the 90s shows a revival of the red & silver warbonnet theme that the Santa Fe used to reclaim all the public recognition that their service deserved. Many of the video scenes were selected from our retired videos on Cajon, Tehachapi and the Needles Subdivision. They represent a composite of the very best pre-merger Santa Fe scenes shot with multiple cameras. It's really amazing that the Santa Fe has been gone for over a decade now. We hope this video will renew your interest in her.
94 mins colour Narration Regular price £22.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 7th May 2007 - £22.00 (free UK & European p&p)
TO THE OLD TIME RAILROADERS Running a steam engine was more than a job... these locomotives were like family. Why? What made this “iron technology” so captivating? THUNDER ON THE CANYONS is your exclusive VIP adventure pass. Experience a DAY-IN THE LIFE on one of America’s premiere historic railroads... where steam still rules the rails. Follow train crews of the Grand Canyon Railway day and night. See what it takes to keep their steam locomotives thundering across the beautiful high-desert. This unique, feature-length documentary climaxes with an incomparable CAB RIDE in steam engine #4960 as she charges all the way up to the Grand Canyon.
104 mins colour Narration Regular price £22.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 7th May 2007 - £22.00 (free UK & European p&p)
SD70ACe's and older power on transfers, including ex C&NW power. SD70ACe's Katy & MoPac make an appearance.
100 mins colour Narration Regular price £20.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 7th May 2007 - £20.00 (free UK & European p&p)
AVAILABLE IN REGULAR OR WIDESCREEN FORMAT. Please state preference under 'SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS' when ordering or regular format will automatically be sent. If you are viewing these titles on a widescreen television ask for the widescreen version for best results.
Two Fantastic Releases from Greg Scholl
This program was original intended to be on the East Bay Area of Californina, but it has been widened to include other things. We begin in San Jose, California, and work our way up to Oakland. Many commuter trains with Pacific's are seen, as well as war-time black Daylights, Cab Forward's, 4-8-2's, and smaller power on locals. Then we divert to the Altamont Pass line and see several Cab Forward articulateds, and even a 4-10-2 leading one train. Then we continue to Oakland, and see some trains around San Francisco before heading eastward along San Pablo Bay, and a visit to the San Ramos Branch and see some old film of smaller branch line operations. Next we have a Daylight section with a variety of films of Daylight trains in action, mostly with Daylight paint. Next we move to a segment that is east of Los Angeles and includes a lot of 30's and 1940's material mostly on the line to El Paso. There is a wide variety of train action in this segment. Next we see a variety of various SP images before closing out the show with several scenes of 4-6-2 2467 en route to Sacramento in 1999, and with 2472 at Hunters Point in 2001. There is something for everyone in this show, especially if you like SP Steam.
58 mins colour Narration Regular price £21.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 7th May 2007 - £21.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Montana Combo is a great combination of two Montana Related Subjects. First we see Burlington Northern's Marias Pass, a 35 minute program shot in 1990, with a 60 minute program "Montana Rails" which was shot in 2001 on the Montana Rail Link. BN’S MARIAS PASS Located in northern Montana along the southern rim of Glacier National Park, this Burlington Northern mainline (formerly Great Northern Railway) route has the distinction of being the northern-most crossing of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. More Details Here MONTANA RAILS Head to "Big Sky Country" for great railroad action and Rocky Mountain scenery. The Montana Rail Link is former Northern Pacific trackage, which today links cities in Montana and links to Burlington Northern Santa Fe Rails. You will enjoy a special passenger train, as well as heavy mainline freight action.
90 mins colour Narration Regular price £21.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 7th May 2007 - £21.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Brand New Release From Highball
California's Mojave Desert is a magical place of rugged mountains, wide open valleys and sweeping vistas. BNSF's former Santa Fe main line from Chicago to Los Angeles crosses this incredible landscape, and we'll see everything from high priority Z trains, intermodals and manifests to grain trains with multiple helper engines, running at speed across the desert, and on their knee's fighting the grades. Superb winter sunshine and lots of trains in magnificent scenery make this a program you won't want to miss! Narration on/off feature. ONLY AVAILABLE IN WIDESCREEN FORMAT.
3 hours on 2 DVD’s colour Narration Regular price £20.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 7th May 2007 - £20.00 (free UK & European p&p)
On Last Newsletter Re-Released On DVD
Enjoy the magic from Barstow to Needles thro’ rugged, inhospitable unpopulated wilderness.The magic of magnificent mountain backdrops, wide open vistas, gleaming red & silver warbonnets, orange & green heritage. Trains snaking across desert and slamm ing past the camera at track speed.
120 mins colour Narration Regular price £26.95 SPECIAL RE-RELEASE OFFER - £15.00 (free UK & European p&p)
Title from Highball Re-Released On DVD
UP directional running on main lines in Arkansas. Follow the ex-Missouri Pacific from Texarkana to North Little Rock, the ex-Cotton Belt to Pine Bluff & back to Texarkana. Plenty of heavy freights and lots of older power incl. Alco C420s & a rare GP40X. Also visit Pine Bluff hump Tower.
105 mins colour Narration Regular price £24.95 SPECIAL RE-RELEASE OFFER - £15.00 (free UK & European p&p)
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by world famous recordist, Peter Handford
Steam locomotives of the former Great Western Railway at work at various locations on British Railways between 1955 and 1963. [1] At Newton Abbot Station [3:30] * [2] 'King John' climbing from Stoneycombe to Dainton Tunnel [1:34] * [3] At the Newton Abbot end of Dainton Tunnel [6:11] * [4] At the Totnes end of Dainton Tunnel [2:52]* [5] Inside Tigley Signal Box [2:18] [6] The slip coach just detached at Saunderton Summit [1:01] * [7] The slip coach stops and is taken to Princes Risborough Station [3:23] * [8] A morning at Princes Risborough Station [5:16] * [9] 'King George II' leaving Princes Risborough with an up express [2:57] * [10] A Cheltenham-London express climbs towards Sapperton Tunnel [2:44] * [11] A freight train climbs past Abergavenny Junction Station [4:01] * [12] A passenger train climbs past Abergavenny Junction Station [2:41] * [13] A freight train and 'City of Truro' with a special train, near Ruabon [2:29] * [14] 'City of Truro'with a special train at Crumlin [2:58] [15] A 'Dukedog' leaving Bow Street with a train for Aberystwyth [1:44] * [16] At Exeter, St. Davids Station [5:11] * [17] 'King Edward VII' with the up 'Inter City' at Princes Risborough [1:57] * [18] An up local passenger train and a down express at Princes Risborough [1:13] * [19] A down express and up push and pull train at Princes Risborough [1:33] * [20] At Hatton Station [4:45] * [21] 'Hinton Manor' with the up 'Cambrian Coast Express' approaching Talerddig [2:57] * [22] The last passenger train from Watlington [1:56]
Regular price £9.95 SPECIAL OFFER - £8.00 (Incl. UK p&p)
Locomotives of the former Great Eastern Railway at work in Eastern England. Track One Lineside recordings on the Haverhill - Long Melford Line. A Journey with a J.15. to Bury-St-Edmunds. Track Two At Ely Station. Track Three A journey with a Claud from Newmarket to Kennett. Track Four At Brundall station and a B.I2. on the Southend line. Track Five A journey with a Claud from Cantley to Yarmouth. Track Six At Cambridge Station Track Seven At South Lynn station.
(1) The S&D and Southern comings and goings at Templecombe (2) Doubleheaders climbing between Binegar and Chilcompton (3) The arrival and departure of the ‘Pines’ with shunting in background (4) Beside the line on the 1 in 50 climb from Evercreech New (5) On board a heavy ‘Pines’ doubleheaded by Std 5 & 2P working hard on the climb from Bath to Evercreech (6) Evercreech on a dull, damp day in July. A doubleheader sets out for Sheffield, whilst a 2P and 4F set out with locals (7) On a wet and windy morning in August a doubleheader sets out for Leeds and then a 7F wheezily sets out with a freight for Bath (8) At Winsor Hill tunnel. More doubleheaders including the ‘Pines’ with the deep sounds of the 2P contrasting with the Bullied chatter and background thunder (9) At Winsor Hill tunnel in May 1964. A 9F, making light work of the climb against the wind, forges past with a train for Bath chased by sounds of quarry blasting.
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To All,
This year seems to be flying by and as I write this, spring has sprung and Easter nearly gone. As usual Stuart will be taking our stand to Derby 21st & 22nd April. Always a good show and as usual we will be at the top of the stairs so you can't miss us. The following weekend we will be at at the North Yorkshire Moors Spring gala. It is not often we venture this far north so take the advantage of riding an A4 and then coming down to the show area and seeing us. We will have all our usual gear, so it is an ideal opportunity to flick through the books and look at our range of dvds and T-shirts etc. I went on the Sir Nigel Gresley at the North Yorkshire Moors open day last year and had a great time. So catch the sound and the smells of steam, at what is a great family day as well, - I love to see the younger generations enjoying steam (after all, kids of today are tomorrow's customers we hope!) We do not usually do any shows in May but Stuart is a glutton for punishment (or was it me with my whip ) anyway he is going to Trainwest on 26th & 27th May. As this is specialising in America this year we hope to see lots of you there. So check out our event diary for the venues and check the links on our on line newsletter to the various show sites.
Ann
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