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Model Railroading Sixth Big Edition prepared by Lionel Staff Paperback Sixth big
The Biggest Most Complete Book of Model Railroading Sixth Big Edition prepared by the Editorial Staff of the Lionel Corporation
Soft Cover PAGE 123-124 has a cut page, Book has been taped
384 pages
Copyright 1958
CONTENTS
1 What and Why 11
reasons you'll enjoy model railroading
2 Building Your Own Model Railroad 19
shows how to build an actual system
3 Tablework for Model Railroads 46
inexpensive and easy way to build tables
4 Trackwork 54 tips on trouble-free trackwork
5 Electricity and Model Railroads 65
careful wiring means less trouble
6 Signaling and Interlocking 76
authentic signal systems explained
7 Operating 88
running your pike like a real railroad
8 Locomotives 97
latest real and model locomotive data
9 Passenger Trains 119
model passenger trains are fun
10 Freight Trains 125
fun and operation of freight trams
11 Yard Buildings 134
different structures for railroad yards
12 Scenery 156
tricks that make your pike lifelike
13 Lineside Equipment 172
little things seen along a railroad
14 Multi-Operator Railroad 184
the whole family can join in the fun
15 Multi-Train Railroads 190
how to control several trains at one time
16 Model Buildings 193
instructions to build many beautiful models
17 Model Industries for Your Model Railroad 236
different kinds of buildings for different cars
18 A Brisk History of American Railroads 266
a hasty glimpse backwards
19 Model Railroading as a Civic Project 283
story of a railroad with Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer scenes
Heralds of the Real Railroads 308
20 A Trip on a Train 310
interesting things along a real railroad
21 Photographing Model Railroads 344
photographing models so they look real
22 Wiring for Effect 353 tricks to add fascinating scenes
23 Model Railroad Clubs 360 "lone" railroader versus club men
24 Tools 368
How to use and care for them
APPENDICES
Engine Whistle Signals 375
Communication Signals 375
Train Marker Lights 376
Hand, Flag and Lamp Signals 376
A Glossary of Terms and Phrases Including Railroad Siang 377
INTRODUCTION
I know you are going to enjoy this newly revised and enlarged edition of the up-to-the-minute book that has guided hundreds of thousands of people to the pleasures of model railroading.
In my fifty-eight years of building miniature electric trains I have never discovered a more fascinating hobby.
When I started the manufacture of electric trains 58 years ago, miniature trains had very little resemblance to the beautifully scale-detailed models we manufacture today. In the intervening years tremendous progress has been made. Today the model railroad enthusiast, with the equipment now available, can construct and operate the most modern railroad system-controlling and directing his trains by the magic of electronic remote control.
Now you can enjoy the thrill of sitting at the control throttles of your model set-complete master of a miniature railroad system that performs all the functions of a real one. By remote control you can blow the whistle of your locomotive, increase or decrease its speed, stop and reverse it-you can "make up" trains, guide them through intricate switching systems, sidings and spurs, load and unload cars, operate roadside equipment. You become, at one time, engineer, brakeman, conductor, yardmaster, dispatcher, as well as owner and general manager.
Naturally you'll want to match the realism of your model outfit with a fitting background, scenic surroundings as lifelike as the perfection Of the trains themselves. You will spend many a pleasant hour, planning and building a little world of your own with its villages, mountains, prairies, rivers, all linked together, as our country is, by the vital network of railroads.
The fascination of model railroading-the urge to build and operate a miniature railroad systemis typically American. Each individual has the opportunity to inject his own personality into his work, to create a railroad system unlike any other one in the world.
To those of you who are joining us, and those who are already members of our fraternity of model railroad fans, I wish the very best of luck, and at least some measure of the happiness I have had in my 58 years as a builder of model electric trains.
JOSHUA LIONEL COWEN Chairman of the Board, The Lionel Corporation
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