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10 Inspiring layouts in HO, N, S, and O scales
* Dave Davis' HO scale Davis Junction Railway, a freelance sectional layout set in the Midwest features Milwaukee Road, Chicago & South Western and SOO line operations of the late 70s and early '80s. Photos highlight beautiful trackwork, realistic scenery and highly detailed locos &freight cars. * The time is 1952 on Bill & Wayne Reid's well known N scale Cumberland Valley, featuring both Pennsylvania and Western Maryland operations. * Don Jane's HO Green Mountain Division of the Boston & Maine captures the flavor of the 1958 era B&M, plus the Central Verrmont and Rutland - all in a 12 x 20 foot space. * Bill Hewett's O scale Union pacific and Santa Fe , a 23 x 40 foot empire, features modern mainline action and various locales in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains. * Bob Rivard captures the look and feel of the 2970s era SOO line in his HO layout, featuring many prototype scenes in and around the Minneapolis- St. Paul area. * And much more. Shipping October 2.95 (+ 1 UK p&p)
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Under one cover you'll find every conceivable type of railroad structure, diesel fuelling facilities, roundhouses, enginehouse, diesel shops, pump houses, telephone box, turntables, water tanks, wooding up platform, coaling towers, coaling ramp, ash handler, cinder conveyor, gas & fuel oil supply house, old tank for oil burning locos, oil storage tank, sand towers, section houses, fire hose houses, icing platform, saw shed, yard warehouse, switch and signal towers, yard offices, crossing shanties, scale house and more. 120pp 8.5" x 11"
OPENS FLAT FOR EASY REFERENCE WHILST MODELING 12.95 (free UK p&p)
With 2001 approaching fast - DON'T leave it too late to order your calendars
* Trains 2001 Calendar
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New CD ROM
An Interactive CD Rom Experience 50 High Resolution Photos & railroad Sound efx!
B&O, CN, Central of NJ, Central Vermont, C&O, Colorado Fuel & Iron, Erie, GTW, Lehigh & New England, Lehigh Valley, Long Island,NYC, Nickel Plate, N&W, Pennsy, Reading Rutland, Southern. Includes all the classes you would expect and several camelbacks. * Most photos never seen before * Top quality for dynamic prints * Color balanced & restored * Some from the 1940s * Runs a slide show with or without railroad audio FX in background (sound card required) * Zero in to count the rivets * Use your own web browser to navigate * HIGH-RES print out using an image program like Adobe photoshop * With quality photo paper theyll look better than photo lab prints * PC and MAC compatible 21.95 (free UK p&p) Order Here
2 DVD Boxed Set - Over 5 hours
Featured Railroads New Hampshire Steam Railroads Strasburg Railroad Cass Scenic Railroad Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad Georgetown Loop Railroad Grand Canyon Railway California Western Railroad Illinois Railroad Museum Roaring Camp & Big Trees NG Railroad
Also includes: Scene access The Pacific Railroad Act How to Operate a Steam Locomotive How to Operate a Diesel Locomotive Train Safety and Air Brake Operations Modern Freight Train Operations American Passenger Train History An Insiders Look at Commuter Train Operations At the Controls of Amtrak's EMD 103 'Super' Locomotive
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This film invites you onto a nostalgic journey on one of the superb lines in the Massif Central. The 112 km long Limoges to Ussel line runs through the Vienne Gorges, including impressive viaducts at Saint Lonard-de-Noblat, La Varache and L'Usine. The long climb to the Millevaches Plateau is broken by a stop to take water using a typical water crane. After several tunnels and the Farges Viaduct the train arrives at Ussel in the heart of the Corrze region. At the centre of the action is steam locomotive 141-TD-740, built in 1932 and saved from the breakers yard in 1981. The locomotive has been restored and is now a classified monument. Don't wait! Climb aboard the heritage compartment carriages and enjoy a dose of steam in the limousin.
SPV's Honest Opinion: Watch and listen to this train (with 3 cylinder beat and typical French shrill whistle) run through beautiful lush green countryside, through cuttings and over dramatic viaducts and bridges. You stand behind the driver as he opens the regulator and look over the cab roof as he lengthens the cutoff. Watch dramatic firing in a tunnel with just the glare of the fire. Other sights are pacing and inside the signal box at Ussel as the loco is shunted, turned and run into the shed for servicing for the return journey. Lastly a wonderful array of french mechanical signals.
60 mins colour hifi sound narration Regular price 20.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 21st October 2000 - 19.00 (free UK p&p) Order Here
Exciting western Canada railroading in 1957. Youll enjoy places like Vancouvers Canadian National & Canadian Pacific yards, see action at locations such as Coquitlam station and Chilliwack, before heading northeast to Kamloops to witness further action. Next we head east to the prairie regions to see CN 4-8-2 #6074 on a passenger train and enjoy a CP class G5 4-6-2 in service. There is a nice variety of action including pacing CN 2-10-2 #4301 west from Kamloops, to CP 4-6-2s and Hudsons in freight & passenger service + many other CN & CP engine types. Genuine CN & CP audio enhances your viewing pleasure. These are truly historic steam treasures that have been preserved on film so a slice of Canadian railway history can be enjoyed for years to come.
SPV's Honest Opinion: Get this first in a series of three now (45 & 50 mins). The others (covering 1958-9) will be out before Xmas. Not yet released in the U.S! 16mm quality, excellent action, nicely edited. A true treasury for all steam fans and highly recommended
Approx. 45 mins colour hifi sound narrated Regular price 21.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 21st October 2000 - 20.00 (free UK p&p)
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Lordsburg Sub The Scenic Southwest
In Volume 6 of our UP-Super Railroad series, Green Frog visits the Union Pacific as it traverses the rugged and scenic southwest, with its cactus deserts and rugged mountains. We'll visit the Lordsburg Subdivision, starting in western New Mexico at Lordsburg then west to Gary, Mondel, and Stiens. Next we'll take you over the pass into Arizona and west through Yannar, Simon, Bowie, and Wilcox and on to Fenner, Benson, and Marsh. Then we will thoroughly explore the beautiful and scenic Senega river valley where each turn brings a different scene and head west to Vail and Tucson. Last we head down to old Mexico on the Nagales branch from Tucson to Nagales Mexico.
SPV's Honest Opinion: A long awaited new volume in a favourite series. The heart of this tape is 'The Stormy', the Lordsburg Sub between Lordburg and Tucson, part of the old SP Sunset route, but it also gets to Nagales on the Mexican border. There has been a deal of thought with this tape and there is always something new & interesting, from dramatic light & shade effects, backdrops of craggy mountains & canyons, trains twisting & turning amongst craggy outcrops, all creating several modeling ideas. Add to this a variety of trains with a mixture of colourful paint schemes and general freights themselves with interesting consists and you have a tape of continually changing interests and so greatly recommended.
68 mins colour stereo hifi sound narrated Regular price 21.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 21st October 2000 - 20.00 (free UK p&p)
Stockton Tower was one of the last remaining towers in California. Built in 1943 this interlocking tower guided trains through the busy Stockton area for five decades. In late 1998 and early 1999 Machines of Iron visited to witness the deactivation of BNSF's Stockton Tower. It controlled the two BNSF mainline tracks, plus the two UP/SP tracks and former WP track that crossed BNSF, together with the connections between the two railroads. Besides plenty of train action, we go inside the tower to see operations explained by an operator and the new automatic 'box-of-tricks' that replaces it. Witness the actual change over and the final sad sight of the demolishing of the tower.
SPV's Honest Opinion: After a very brief history with some fascinating b&w pictures the tape moves on to a great variety of action, both in 1999 immediately before the tower's demise and subsequently, (in day & night/ mist and sun). Includes an informative narration by Rich Melvin, (engineer on the NKP 765), whose presentation is one of the most pleasant around. More than just a runby tape. A tape more interesting than you would expect!
82 mins colour stereo hifi sound narrated Regular price 23.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 21st October 2000 - 22.00 (free UK p&p)
An incredible journey on the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railroad along its route from Northern NJ to Binghamton, NY. From Binghamton, we head west along New York State's Southern Tier in this exciting tape that was four years in the making. Highlights include: *Locations along the legendary Delaware Division including Millrift, Lackawaxen, *Gulf Summit, Starrucca Viaduct, and Susquehanna *The Binghamton area including the Canadian Pacific at Harpursville Trestle, Beldon Hill and Tunkhannock Viaduct *Operating semaphores between Binghamton and Buffalo, NY *Conrail and Norfolk Southern trains soaring over Portage Viaduct, one of the highest railroad bridges in the Northeast! We've also included several "then & now" scenes showing what the line looked like under former owner, the Erie Lackawanna. There is an astounding variety of trains along this scenic and historic line one of the most revered lines in the Northeast!
SPV's Honest Opinion: I was pleasantly surprised. You certainly get a 'then & now' feeling about the video scenes as they were shot over the last 4 years, but the 16mm film scenes by the famous photographer Emery Gulash from 25/30 years ago really do show fascinating changes. The tape is always interesting with, for example, misty mornings, a train with one of its diesels making so much smoke that it envelopes its train, eight loco hook ups, etc. This is a route too little investigated. You wont be disappointed with this tape.
60 mins colour stereo hifi sound narrated Regular price 18.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 21st October 2000 - 18.00 (free UK p&p)
Taken from the award-winning Trains On Location railroad video documentaries, Best of the West sends you to the heart of the most interesting locations west of the Mississippi River. Discover thrilling train-watching on legendary Cajon Pass and Tehachapi Loop in Southern California. Take an unforgettable winter cab ride over UP's magical Cascade line in western Oregon. See rivals BNSF and UP square off on the Orin line in Powder River coal country. Criss-cross between CN and CP action in the stunning Fraser and Thompson River canyons in western British Columbia. Enjoy the haunting scenery, heavy traffic, and tough grades on BNSFs former Santa Fe line across the Mojave Desert. Plus many other exciting highlights!
SPV's Honest Opinion: All the best bits from all the west tapes, re-edited and re-narrated into a punchy, fast moving and exciting new tape. It brings scenes I have not remembered from the individual tapes and with the cutting out of all the boring bits, it certainly presents a bright new interesting package. Don't miss out on this, the last of the "TRAINS On Location" tapes - especially at this price.
105 mins colour hifi sound narrated Regular price 18.95 NEW RELEASE OFFER UNTIL 27 MAY 2000 - 18.00 (free UK p&p) Order Here
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So buy now and complete your set by 21 October - or forever hold your peace* D86-Chicago 1970 All diesel action on 14 roads; CB&Q, GM&O, Milwaukee, Erie Lackawanna, Amtrak, AT&SF, Rock Island, PC, N&W (Wabash), C&EI, Mopac, L&N, GTW, EJ&E, IC. 1st & early 2nd gen diesels at locations around the Windy City. Many trains that didn't survive Amtrak. 51 mins. 20.95 18.00 Order Here V8-Railways of the North East & the Burlington Northern. The James Hill empire. He controlled the Great Northern, Northern Pacific, CP&S and the Burlington. Many trains and shipping and important projects such as the building of Cascade Tunnel, passenger service and freight development. 55 mins.20.95 18.00 Order Here T35-New York Central Vol 3. Big Four steam & diesel at Bellefontaine, Marion and other locations in Ohio. Covers the end of steam and start of diesels by EMD< Alco, FM, Baldwin & Lima. Sound recorded at same time. 48 mins.20.95 18.00 Order Here
California Zephyr over Donner Pass Cab Rides C10 Sparks to Norden Interlocking via Reno, Floriston, Truckee, Summit C11 Norden Interlocking to Colfax via Cisco, Yuba Pass, Emigrant Gap, Blue Canon C12 Colfax to Davis via Clipper Gap, Auburn, Roseville, Elvas, Sacramento C13 Davis to Oakland via Suisun Fairfield & Bay Bridge, Martinez, Richmond, Berkeley Each 100 mins 19.95 17.00 * These tapes have been in our catalogue for 5/7 years, but from previous experience we know we will get orders for them, not only during this newsletter but also beyond. So be warned.
These are additional to books in our latest book catalogue 101 Track Plans (back in print) Dec 2000 The Classic Layout Designs of John Armstrong April 2001 Project Railroads You Can Build March 2001 Greenberg's Guide to Lionel Trains 1901- 1942- 0 Gauge Centennial Edition (Rescheduled to February 2001) Buyer's Guide to Toy Train Locomotives April 2001 GM's Geeps The General Purpose Diesel Video: February 2001 Book: April 2001 Guide to North American Railroad Hot Spots March 2001 F Units in Action Video: November 2000 Making & Moving Steel on the Rails Video: December 2000
Each will be announced in our newsletter, as they become available.
