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| Railmodel Journal |
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www.railmodeljournal.com
special focus on "prototype modeling"
published monthly
1 year (12 issues): $36 (foreign US$48)
2 year (24 issues): $68 (foreign US$92)
3 year (36 issues): $98 (foreign US$134)
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| Mainline Modeler |
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www.mainlinemodeler.com
Hundman Publishing Inc.
published monthly
$4.50 per issue
subscription (foreign & Canada):
surface $49 per year,
first class $125 per year
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| Model Railroader |
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www.modelrailroader.com
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
ISSN 0026-7341
published monthly
$4.50 per issue
1 year $ 39.95 (foreign: US$ 50)
2 years $ 74.95 (foreign: US$ 95)
3 years $106.95 (foreign: US$137)
expedited delivery available for additional $40 (foreign: $75, air)
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| Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette |
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www.ngslgazette.com
6 issues per year
$24 for 1 year
Benchmark Publications
PO Box 26
Los Altos, CA 94023
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| Railroad Model Craftsman |
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www.rrmodelcraftsman.com
ISSN 0033877X
published monthly
Carstens Publications, Inc.
Phil Harden Rd., Fredon Township, PO Box 700, Newton, NJ 07860
Fax: +1 973 383-4064
1 year: $34.95 (foreign - including Canada: $45)
2 years: $64.95 (foreign - including Canada: $85)
3 years: $92.95 (foreign - including Canada: $123)
subscriptions
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| Model Railroading |
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www.modelrailroadingmag.com
ISSN 0199-1914
12 times/year
$4.50 per single copy in the USA
US$36.95 for 1 year (foreign: US$ 45)
US$67.95 for 2 years (foreign: US$ 83)
US$92.95 for 3 years (foreign: US$115)
subscriptions
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| NMRA Bulletin |
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www.nmra.org
ISSN 0027-9722
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| Model Railroader's "Model Railroad Planning" |
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http://www.modelrailroader.com/
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
1 per year (usually 1st quarter)
$5.95 (foreign: US$7.95)
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| Model Railroader's "Great Model Railroads" |
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www.modelrailroader.com
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
ISSN 1048-8685
1 per year (usually 4th quarter)
$5.95 (foreign: US$7.95)
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| Classic TRAINS |
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www.classictrainsmag.com
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
4 issues per year
US$5,
1 year: $19.95 (foreign: US$26)
2 years: $37.95 (foreign: US$50)
3 years: $52.95 (foreign: US$72)
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| TRAINS |
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www.trains.com
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
12 issues per year
subscription (foreign): $50 per yaear
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| Railfan and Railroad |
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www.railfan.com
published monthly
Carstens Publications, Inc.
Phil Harden Rd., Fredon Township, PO Box 700, Newton, NJ 07860
Fax: +1 973 383-4064
1 year: $34.95 (foreign - including Canada: $45)
2 years: $64.95 (foreign - including Canada: $85)
3 years: $92.95 (foreign - including Canada: $123)
subscriptions
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| MBW - Modellbahnwelt |
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www.railfan.com
ATS 90,- (Austria), EURO 7 (international)
subscription: 1 year (6 issues): Austria ATS 450,- international EURO 35
Postfach 110, A-6901 Bregenz, Austria
e-mail for subscriptions: pms@cf-m.de
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| Schienenverkehr aktuell |
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monatlich ATS 90, Jahresabonnement ATS 898,- / DM 124.25 / SFR 95,26 / HFL 143,21
Postfach 222, A-1021 Wien, Austria
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Empfohlene Bücher:
John Armstrong
The Railroad - What it is, What it does
3rd edition | |
John Armstrong
Track Planning for realistic operation
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
12148, MR Handbook #6, $16.95
3rd edition |
step by step design techniques and track planning tips
144 pages, softcover |
John Armstrong
Creative Model Railroad Ideas
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
1990 | |
John Armstrong
18 Tailor Made Track Plans
Kalmbach Publishing Co. | |
John Armstrong
20 Custom Designed Track Plans
Kalmbach Publishing Co. | |
Linn H. Westcott
How to Build Model Railroad Benchwork
2nd edition, 1979
Kalmbach Publishing Co.
12175, $14.95 |
80 pages, softcover |
Peter Josserand
Rights of Trains
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Stan Ames, Rutger Friberg, Ed Loizeaux
Digital Command Control
Allt om Hobby, Stockholm/SE
second printing
softcover, 144 pages, $14.95 for NMRA members |
highly recommended
covers all aspects of DCC, according to NMRA standards
(see http://www.nmra.org):
- basics of DCC, system parts, compatibility and interchangeability
- NMRA DCC Standards and Recommended Practices, Conformance and Inspection Programme
- technical aspects of communication between system and locomotives,
speed control, customizing decoders
- DCC wiring, power districts, calculating current needs, reverse loops,
programming tracks, combining DCC with conventional DC
- installing decoders in locomotives, stall current and operating current,
examples of typical installations in different scales
- creative use for decoders, special lighting and sound effects, animation
(e.g. Rutger Friberg's Swedish snow plow)
- accessory control, use of PCs with DCC
- overview on commercial DCC systems
- listings: manufacturers, decoder guide, comparison worksheet, DCC glossary
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Freight Car Models - Volume I: Techniques
100 pages, paperback
Railmodel Journal, 2304 Champa, Denver, CO 80205
$11.95 + $2 foreign postage |
Techniques: paint, weather, upgrade, kit conversions |
Freight Car Models - Volume II: Box Cars - Book 1
108 pages, paperback
Railmodel Journal, 2304 Champa, Denver, CO 80205
$11.95 + $2 foreign postage |
Box Cars: models from inexpensive kits |
Freight Car Models - Volume III: Covered Hoppers - Book 1 (3-&4-bay)
100 pages, paperback
Railmodel Journal, 2304 Champa, Denver, CO 80205
$11.95 + $2 foreign postage |
Covered Hoppers: Building from the prototype |
Freight Car Projects and Ideas
Modeling Tips and Techniques useful in any scale
Kalmbach Books
ISBN # 0-89024-277-1 |
recommended for freight car modelers
contains reprints of Model Railroader articles, selected by Kent Johnson - e.g.:
- Andy Sperandeo: ABCs of Freight Car Tune-Up
- John Nehrich: Upgrade Your Freight Car Fleet
1950s Operating Sessions
developing a roster and balancing a freight car fleet
"green dot" standards
building a "green dot" car
- Jim Mansfield: Capturing Prototype Data for Car Modeling
- Rudolf Slovacek: Easy Renumbering for Printed Cars and Locomotives
- Harold Russell: Painting Freight Car Trucks
- Seth Puffer: Weathering Freight Cars
- Charlie Barker: Invisible Weights for Open Freight Cars
- Allan Mende: Modelind a Shippers' Car Line 4,000-gallon Tank Car in H0 Scale
- Andy Sperandeo: Detailing Santa Fe Steel Cabooses
more accurate steam-era way cars from the Athearn H0 kit
still acclaimed as the best way to build accurate ATSF way cars from plastic kits
with roster, variations, drawings, and complete building instructions
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Layouts of the Masters
108 pages, $ 11.95 |
A personal tour of 11 outstanding model railroads built by the most experienced modelers in the United States |
John A. Droege
Freight Terminal & Trains
with an introduction by John Armstrong
National Model Railroading Association http://www.nmra.org
softcover, 567 pages
ISBN # 0-9647050-2-8 |
recommended for freight operation enthusiasts
reproduction of the original second edition published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. |
Frank Ellington
Caboose Cars of the Santa Fe Railway
Railroad Car Press, 201 SE 7th Street, Panora, IA 50216
3rd revision, limited run |
recommended for freight operation enthusiasts
reproduction of the original second edition published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, Inc. |
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