A Designing and Building Multi-Deck Model Railroads

Brand: Kalmbach Publishing

Part #: kal 12434

Description

Written by Tony Koester. Increase operations and add more towns to your railroad with multiple decks. This book covers design, construction techniques, lighting and wiring considerations. Includes examples from some great multi-deck layouts.

Tony is the editor of Model Railroad Planning, a special annual issue of Model Railroader magazine, as well as a contributing editor to Model Railroader. He writes Model Railroader magazine's popular Trains of Thought column and has written numerous feature articles for Model Railroader. He also served as the editor of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine until 1981.

Tony spent a quarter of a century designing, building, and with his friends, operating a freelanced coal-hauling HO railroad, the Allegheny Midland (the Midland Road). More recently, he has been hard at work on a multi-deck HO layout that accurately depicts the Nickel Plate Road s St. Louis Division as it appeared in 1954.