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Modeling Cajon By Pete Youngblood Soft Cover 1985 FIRST printing 72 Pages
Modeling Cajon By Pete Youngblood
Soft Cover Notice the markings on the inside cover
Copyright 1985 FIRST printing
72 Pages
THIS IS A GUIDEBOOK and, as such, its intention is only to provide suggestions for the modeling of a unique mountain pass, the railroads it has agreed to tolerate, and the scenic grandeur it commands.
That this is also an open love affair for your author, from its majestic mountains to the Santa Fe Railway, is an admission better made at the start as I will always stand in awe of both Cajon Pass and the railroad that is its senior tenant. Yet this is also a book for those with an interest in the Union Pacific and, more recently, the Southern Pacific Railroads for they too share this uncompromising stretch of real estate the early Spanish explorers appropriately christened Cajon (Ka-HONE), the "box."
Stories abound in this pass and a brief look at how it all came about will help establish an atmosphere and flavor so prevalent to the land.
Cajon Pass, "the Big Hill of Southern California," is the gateway for both the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway and, by trackage rights, the Union Pacific Railroad to the populous Southern California coast. It is the vital access from the Mojave Desert located to the east, to the city of San Bernardino lying 2,500 feet below and 50 miles southwest in the heart of California's grove belt, and Los Angeles 60 miles beyond.
Chapter one: Surveying the area, history, the days of steam, modeling conscepts, scales
Chapter Two: Engineering dept, modular construction and layout design, selective compression
Chapter three: Building dept, prominent structures at San Bernardino, Verdemont, Devore, Keenbrook, Cajon, Airay, Summit and modeing tips for some of them. color matches.
Chapter Four: Operations dept, generl procedures, motive power of the 1940s and ealy 1950s, markers, signals
Chapter five: Topography, scenery, coloring, rock formations, foliage
CHapter six Details aong the right of way
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