[PDF] Steam Trains In Your Garden eBook

Author : Peter Jones
Publisher : Crowood Press UK
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,1 MB
Release : 2009-01-15
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9781847970299

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If you have an ambition to build a small live steam locomotive, but are daunted by the skills required, then this book is for you. Written in his clear and encouraging style, Peter Jones demystifies the whole process for those with little or no previous experience. Contents include: An explanation of terms; Basic metalworking processes; Step-by-step project guides; Machining; Boilermaking; Painting; and Finishing. Fully illustrated throughout with color photographs and drawings, and including appendices of suppliers and societies, this is an invaluable work for the railway modeler.

Author : Kent J. Johnson
Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 35,24 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780890243695

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This comprehensive collection of informative articles from Garden Railways magazine addresses the main topics of the hobby such as site considerations, developing a plan, landscaping, trackwork, power, and gardening.

Author : Allan W. Miller
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 22,50 MB
Release : 2011-02-28
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1440225427

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Getting Started in Garden Railroading Here's your invitation to get started in a great hobby that's fun for the entire family. Large Scale trains are big, rugged, durable, and colorful - designed for safe and reliable operations both indoors and outdoors. When you combine model railroading with the real-life environment of a vibrant, growing garden, you'll discover a whole new world of creative opportunities, challenges, and enjoyment to fill your all-important leisure hours. This book provides all the step-by-step guidance needed to get started in this fascinating pastime. Among other things, you'll find: • Details of procedures for planning, constructing, powering, landscaping, operating, and maintaining a complete garden railroad. • More than 200 full-color photos of products construction techniques, and inspiring examples of what can actually be achieved in garden railroading. • The most comprehensive listings of manufactures, suppliers, clubs, publications, print and video references, and Internet Web site addresses ever published in a model railroading handbook. • Answers to the most frequently asked questions about what it takes to get started in this diverse and affordable hobby. • Tips and techniques provide by experienced garden railroaders from around the world. Garden railroading: A great hobby for all seasons, and for all the right reasons!

Author : Jeff Frost
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 49,96 MB
Release : 2018-12-31
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1476631646

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Steam locomotives dominated the railways from the 1820s through the 1960s. Today almost all of them have been replaced with electric and diesel engines, yet the fascination surrounding steam-powered trains has not dwindled. A diverse community of enthusiasts--from mechanics to teachers to lawyers--have taken up the hobby of building and running steam locomotives in their own backyards. Drawing on the author's extensive experience and research, this guide covers the materials, tools, skills and technical information needed to get started or to improve an existing design.

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Publisher : Kalmbach Publishing, Co.
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 25,95 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 9780890246641

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Learn the basics of garden railroading with this booklet offering tips on choosing plants to arranging the track to best suit the terrain of your yard.

Author : Nils Huxtable
Publisher : Metro Publishing, Limited
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,18 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781586632052

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An era ended in 1960, when the major railroads in the United States dieselized. Having served the continent for more than a century, North America's most visible symbol of industrial supremacy was obsolete. In railroad yards everywhere, thousands of steam engines stood gathering rust or waiting silently for a call to service that never came; still more perished unceremoniously, sold off and cut up for scrap metal. But a handful of railroads went out of their way to keep steam alive. This stunning volume is a pictorial tribute to working steam in North America, beautifully illustrated and lovingly told. -- Includes prime examples of accurate restorations that illustrate the development of steam locomotives while evoking the mood of this exciting period in North American History -- Filled with discussions of the dedicated preservationists who have kept steam alive in an era when the cost of overhauling and maintenance has become an extravagance -- More than 100 pristine, black-and-white photographs capture some of the most beautiful and historic steam locomotives in operation today

Author : Peter Jones
Publisher : Crowood
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1847976700

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Have you always wanted to run your own railway? Does your indoor model railway leave you with a desire to fill your nostrils with the smell of steam and hot oil on a winter's morning? If the answer to any of these questions is 'yes' then you probably need to build yourself a garden railway, and you certainly need to read this book! Peter Jones is one of the best-known names in the world of garden railways. In this highly illustrated book he guides you through the exciting world of model trains in your garden, from small-scale electric-powered locomotives to live-steam engines capable of carrying passengers, helping the reader to decide on what type of railway would be right, and passing on countless tips for the successful execution of the grand project.The only book you will need to guide you through the exciting world of model trains in your garden.Superbly illustrated with 365 colour photographs and illustrations.Peter Jones is one of the best-known names in the world of garden railways.

Author : Thomas S. Tholen
Publisher : LifeRich Publishing
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 21,95 MB
Release : 2016-08-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1489707832

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On a fine Saturday morning, Henry and Sumner head with their family to Steamtown National Historic Site. They are so excited because there is nothing Henry and Sumner love more than locomotives and big steel machines! As their adventurous day leads them from a big Union Pacific locomotive to a real train ride and finally the museum, the children learn all about steam engines, the different locomotive cars, the duties of an engineer, and how a locomotive boiler creates steam. In this educational childrens tale, two siblings embark on a great adventure inside Steamtown National Historic Site.