{"product_id":"traction-handbook-for-model-railroads-by-paul-mallery-steven-mallery-softcover","title":"Traction Handbook for Model Railroads By Paul Mallery \u0026 Steven Mallery SoftCover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTraction Handbook for Model Railroads By Paul Mallery and Steven Mallery \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eSoft Cover \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCopyright 2008\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e64 pages. Index\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eChapter\u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003ePage\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e1 INTRODUCTION   3\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eDefinitions, Scope, Categories of traction\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e2 POWER DISTRIBUTION  \u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e3\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThird rail, trolley wire, catenary,\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003egantries, current collectors, substations, power plants\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e3 TRACKWORK \u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e25\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eRadii, grades, easements, superelevation, tracks in street, gauntlet, switches\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e4 DESIGN OF MODEL\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eTRACTION LINES\u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e31\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eConcept, era, benchwork, line terminals, interchange, stations, car barns, shops, storage yards, materials yards, tunnels, waterfront facilities, car ferries\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e5 STRUCTURES _\u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e40\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eCar barns, shops, transfer tables, stations, shelters, bridges, trestles\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e6 SIGNALS AND INTERLOCKING \u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e44\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eBlock systems, impedance bends, towers\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e7 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES\u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e 46\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eClassification; power trucks, steeple cabs, box cabs, industrial locomotives, street cars, interurbans, MU cars, rapid transit, freight cars, work equipment\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e8 ELECTRIC CONTROL OF MODEL TRACTION __.\u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e55\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eUse of wire or third rail, half-wave control, automatic control, pole reversing, reversing loops and,wyes, X sections, designations, route selection\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e9 OPERATION\u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e60\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePurpose, schedules, freight and passenger service, waybills, dispatcher\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eINDEX \u003cspan style=\"white-space:pre\"\u003e\t\u003c\/span\u003e65\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePower distribution, trackwork, design, structures, signals, interlocking, cars, locomotives, control, operation.  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePREFACE\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThis Handbook is intended as a reference manual of North American prototype traction practice and of modeling techniques specific to traction. It is not a \"how to\" book of specific projects nor a book of car plans. Rather each aspect of traction is treated separately and indexed. Extensive cross-references are employed to avoid repetition and thus permit more information to be included. Also, for the purpose of maximizing traction information, other works are referenced for information which is identical for models of standard railroads or of traction rather than duplicating that which is not specific to traction.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhen feasible, examples are taken from still-existing (1974) traction lines as a reader wishing more information then has a better chance of obtaining it. One of the authors has walked and photographed much of the still-operating street-car and interurban tracks and the other used the Dayton and Troy to attend Boy Scout meetings. In particular great effort was made to avoid errors of fact. 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