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Title: The World of Model Trains
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Publication Date: 1970
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0233962271
ISBN 13: 9780233962276
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 2.579 pounds

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This work investigates at length the world of model railroads--the psychology and skills of the model makers, the exacting fidelity of their creations in reproducing the originals, and especially their methods of work. The book contains photographs, illustrations, list for further reading, and an index. Includes: How railways began, origins of railway modeling, gauges and scale, locomotives and motorized units, making model locomotives, clockwork, friction, steam, electricity, coaches and freight cars, layouts, track, stations and other buildings, signals, landscape, outdoor and garden railways, operation.

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