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Traction Handbook for Model Railroads By Paul & Steven Mallery
Traction Handbook for Model Railroads By Paul Mallery and Steven Mallery
Soft Cover
Copyright 2008
64 pages. Index
Table of Contents
ChapterPage
1 INTRODUCTION 3
Definitions, Scope, Categories of traction
2 POWER DISTRIBUTION 3
Third rail, trolley wire, catenary,
gantries, current collectors, substations, power plants
3 TRACKWORK 25
Radii, grades, easements, superelevation, tracks in street, gauntlet, switches
4 DESIGN OF MODEL
TRACTION LINES31
Concept, era, benchwork, line terminals, interchange, stations, car barns, shops, storage yards, materials yards, tunnels, waterfront facilities, car ferries
5 STRUCTURES _40
Car barns, shops, transfer tables, stations, shelters, bridges, trestles
6 SIGNALS AND INTERLOCKING 44
Block systems, impedance bends, towers
7 CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES 46
Classification; power trucks, steeple cabs, box cabs, industrial locomotives, street cars, interurbans, MU cars, rapid transit, freight cars, work equipment
8 ELECTRIC CONTROL OF MODEL TRACTION __.55
Use of wire or third rail, half-wave control, automatic control, pole reversing, reversing loops and,wyes, X sections, designations, route selection
9 OPERATION60
Purpose, schedules, freight and passenger service, waybills, dispatcher
INDEX 65
Power distribution, trackwork, design, structures, signals, interlocking, cars, locomotives, control, operation.
PREFACE
This 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.
When 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. If any are found, or even suspected, by a reader, the authors would appreciate being so informed.
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