Kalmbach 12821 Three Model Railroad Project Layouts

This book brings together three of Model Railroader’s popular annual project layouts in one volume: The Beer Line, Red Oak and Bay Junction.

Covered subjects include:

• Projects: N Scale Red Oak, the Beer Line, and Bay Junction.
  
• Prototype and historical information.
  
• Construction techniques: Benchwork, wiring, scenery, structures, and more.
  
• A variety of layout types using different construction methods to build model railroads in popular scales, N and HO.
  

Content:

• Author: From Model Railroader Magazine
  
• Size: 8.25 x 10.75
  
• Pages: 112
  
• Color photos: 200
  

Table of Contents:

Introduction

Section One, Red Oak

• Introduction
  
• Benchwork, terrain, and track
  
• Terrain and scenery
  
• Scenery, structures, and rolling stock

Section Two, The Beer Line

• Introduction
  
• Benchwork
  
• Roadbed, track, wiring and DCC
  
• Ballast, streets, rivers and bridges
  
• Signature structures for the Beer Line
  
• Scratchbuild a lumberyard
  
• How to model a big industry
  
• Making a multimedia highway overpass
  
• Build a cement plant

Section Three, Bay Junction

• Introduction
  
• Model a grain elevator and fertilizer plant
  
• Kitbash industries against a backdrop
  
• A commuter station and downtown scene
  
• Final details and operations