Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Ser.) [Paperback]

Kent J. Johnson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Kalmbach Publishing Company, Books Division (2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890245711
• ISBN-13: 978-0890245712
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 8 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #180,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More information than I'll probably ever use, January 31, 2001

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"mpannell" (Warrenville, Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Ser.) (Paperback)

This book offers some excellent tips for all, from the beginner (like myself) to the intermediate-going-on-advanced modeler. Especially useful for me were the sections on laying flextrack, ballasting, weathering rails and improving performance of turnouts and switches. I'd recommend this to anyone who wants to thoroughly study the subject before they begin to tackle a detailed layout.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Mixed Bag, August 6, 2006

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John A Lee III "jal3" (San Antonio, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Ser.) (Paperback)

This book consists of reprints of articles from Model Railroader Magazine. The articles cover a wide range of topics, all covered by the title, and some of them are very good, some are inane and most are somewhere in the middle. For a person always looking for new ideas, this is a worthwhile investment. Mostly, though, the information on track can be picked up more easily in books specifically dedicated to trackwork and the information on the details would be better in a book on that subject. Still, it has a few winners.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Advanced Refrence .. Not for the Novice!, March 19, 2006

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T. Kamitsis (Melbourne, VIC, AU) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad (Model Railroader Ser.) (Paperback)

The only downside of this book is that it for an advanced model railroader, be aware any novice railroaders this may be a little over you head, good insparation for a begginer though.