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Lionel Train Book, The by Schleicher Soft Cover 1986 131 pages
The Lionel Train Book by Schleicher
Soft Cover
Copyright 1986
131 pages
Table of contents:
Chapter 1. TOY TRAINS &
MODEL RAILROADS
Reliable Toys 1
Living the Fantasy 2
Keep it Simple 3
Three Rails 3
Automatic Coupling & Uncoupling 3
More Model Railroading 4
Scale Models 5
Building a Lionel Dream Layout 5
A Hobby with History 7
Chapter 2. THE LIONEL HERITAGE
The Collectibles 8
The Collector 8
Collections of Collectors 9
Recapturing a Childhood 11
Making the Best Even Better 12
The Collector Series 12
The Traditional Series 12
Railroading in Miniature 12
The Lionel Railroader Club 13
Chapter 3. REAL RAILROADING, IN MINIATURE
Prototype Track Configurations 15
Reversing the Trains 16
Point-to-Point Railroading 16
Real Railroad Towns 17
Passenger Trains 19
Industrial Models 21
ACTION
Chapter 4. OPERATING CARS & ACCESSORIES
Remote Control Uncoupling 22
Installing Remote Control Tracks 24
Remote Control Unloading 25
Automatic Car-Loading Accessories 26
Wiring for Lionel Accessories 26
Chapter 5. RUNNING YOUR RAILROAD LIKE A REAL ONE
Switching Action 28
Coupling and Uncoupling 29
Trailing Point Switching 29
Facing Point Sidings 29
Reverse Loop Operations 31
Point-to-Point Operations 33
Staging Moves for Model Railroaders 33
Three Train Operations 34
Chapter 6. TRACK PLANS
A Track Plan that Grows 35
Creating Your Own Track Plans 37
Types of Tracks 37
Intermixing O and 027 Track 37
Upgrades and Downgrades 39
A Classic Model Railroad Plan 40
Accessible Track Layouts 40
Chapter 7. THE TRAIN GAME
Even the Railroads Run on Paper 44
Carloads for Your Railroad 46
Preparing Your Railroad for Shipments 46
Interchange Traffic 47
Fiddle and Staging Tracks 47
Carload Commodities 48
Using the Shipping System 48
The Automatic Car Routing System 49
Chapter 8. AUTOMATIC SIGNALS & TRAIN ROUTING
Whistle Language 50
Automatic Signaling 51
Automatic Train Routing with Switches 52
Using Insulated Control Rails 52
Creating an Insulated Control Track 54
Chapter 9. ADVANCED MODEL RAILROADING
Simplified Two-Train Operation 57
Basic Block Wiring 59
AC and DC Locomotives 59
Reversing Mechanism 59
Installing Insulated Blocks 60
Operating cars & Accessories, running your railroad like a real one, track plans, the train game, automatic signals & Train routing, advanced model railroading, more.
Your great grandfather, your grandfather and your father (or some of their classmates) all played with Lionel trains. There is no other miniature with such an unbroken history of pleasure and satisfaction.
Lionel was one of the companies that first offered toy trains. Lionel is also one of the companies that produced a product fine enough to develop the hobby of model railroading.
With today's Lionel trains, you have a choice; you can play toy trains, or you can consider your trains a bit more seriously as the hobby of railroading in miniature.
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