Presents design and construction information for 29 great new toy train layouts. Shows how to build O gauge layouts for Lionel trains, including everything from concept and track plans to model railroad construction and operation.
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Peter H. Riddle is a Canadian author living in Nova Scotia. His works include a series of twelve books about model railroading, eight novels, two novelettes for young readers, a text about American Musical Theatre, and an illustrated read-aloud Christmas book (to be released in October, 2009). He is a 48-year veteran of the teaching profession, having served in the public schools of New Jersey and Nova Scotia, as well as 36 years as Professor of Music at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, where he continues to teach part time after retirement in 2005. He is an avid model railroader, photographer and sailor. Most of his novels reflect his home province, and include sequences of sailing off the Nova Scotia coast.
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10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
I thought the information in this book was lacking.,
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This review is from: Easy Lionel Layouts You Can Build (Paperback)
I did not feel this book gave adequate information consistent with the title.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good trackplans and great ideas, but not for beginners,
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This review is from: Easy Lionel Layouts You Can Build (Paperback)
Peter Riddle does an excellent job of providing both trackplans and operational ideas for several small to medium sized O gauge layouts. He primarily uses O-27 track components or Gargraves track as elements for the layout, so if you use other brands of O gauge track, you will need to make adjustments. I found the diagrams of the trackplans to be good and wiring diagrams to be adequate. He offers ideas for getting good operational potential for spaces as small as 3x6 feet and is a proponent of using hollow core doors as layout tables.I am not sure that I would recommend this book to a novice. I don't know that they would find the layouts necessarily "easy." I personally liked the book and found the ideas both helpful and inspirational. The photos of some of the layouts he has built are particularly good and provide ideas for scenery and incorporation of accessories into the layout. For the model train enthusiast with some experience, this is a good read!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Complex,
By "services16" (Ledgewood, NJ United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Easy Lionel Layouts You Can Build (Paperback)
I have a Masters Degree in Computer Science so consider myself an educated person. I would like a little more explanation on the wiring diagrams.
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