Model Trains Books

How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery

Featuring today's newest products and equipment, this guide will attract modelers with contemporary images.

101 Projects for Your Model Railroad

Studio photographs complement the text, and although the focus is on information specific to HO scale, each project includes a list of scales to which it is ...

Realistic Model Railroad Design

Using photos, illustrations, and a straightforward style, notable Model Railroader author Tony Koester shows you how to make creative, plausible choices for the ...

How to Build Model Railroad Benchwork

Demonstrates how to plan and build the basic framework to support layouts of any size, shape, or gauge.

Model railroads

Written by the former editor of Railway Modeller magazine, this impressive guide contains everything a person needs to know to begin a hobby as a railway ...

The big book of model railroad track plans

For the model train hobbyist, this incredibly detailed book features 81 model track plan options.

Realistic model railroad operation

Make your railroad more true-to-life -- and interesting -- by adopting realistic operation principles.

Track planning for realistic operation

This must-have book also covers aspects of prototype freight and passenger operations, route design, and contemporary railroading.

N Scale Model Railroad That Grows

Shows how to build an N scale railroad in a few easy steps.

Trackwork and Lineside Detail for Your Model Railroad

In this book, you'll find tips, techniques, and ideas for working with track and the details immediately alongside it.

Easy Model Railroad Wiring

Everything you need to know about wiring a permanent layout is covered in this how-to guide.

Scenery for your model railroad

Create a more realistic scene behind and around your model railroad! This book shows you how, from ground cover and rockwork, to trees, water, and more.

Basic Model Railroad Benchwork

Step-by-step instructions and an illustrated teaching method take the mystery out of constructing model railroad benchwork.

Basic Model Railroad Track Plans

Straight from the pages of Model Railroader, these simple layout designs are ideal for beginners who are building their first layout.

Model railroading

PREFACE Why Build a Model Railroad? The railroad engine appeared in America over a hundred and fifty years ago as miraculously as the first Apollo landed on ...

Building City Scenery for Your Model Railroad

Step-by-step photos, technical illustrations, and a variety of approaches to assembling a model city show you how.

Smartbomb

Russell joined MIT's world-renowned Tech Model Railroad Club, and it's where he ... The Tech Model Railroad Club wouldn't have been the same anywhere else. ...

Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles

Teaches how to build sturdy model bridges and trestles of stunning realism.

DCC made easy

Explains digital command control in a concise and straightforward way.

Model railroad electronics