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If there is a book you are interested in and do not see it listed here please give us a phone call or
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Title Index by Name
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I,
J,
K,
L,
M,
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Titles - D
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| DCC Made Easy |
|
Lionel Strang |
Kalmbach |
$ 15.39 |
| KR |
Digital Command Control for your Model Railroad |
| DCC Projects & Applications |
|
Mike Polsgrove |
Kalmbach |
$ 20.98 |
| KL |
Digital Command Control for your Model Railroad |
| Delaware and Hudson in Color: Vol 3 |
|
Jeremy F. Plant & Jeffrey G. Plant |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 76.25 |
| 14 |
The D&H in the Diesel years |
| Designing & Building Multi-Deck Model
Railroads |
|
Tony Koester |
Kalmbach |
$ 21.95 |
| 17 |
How to get more out of your space. |
| Diesel Detailing Projects |
|
Edited |
Kalmbach |
$ 14.95 |
| 18 |
Prototype modeling in HO scale |
| Diesel Locomotive Diagrams - February 1973 |
|
CNR |
LPD |
$ 24.95 |
| 11 |
Data Sheets Covering Canadian National diesel units
operating in February
|
| Diesel Modeler's Guide |
|
Randal B. Lee |
MRG |
$ 20.95 |
| 15 |
Photos, drawings and projects for the diesel
Modeler. |
| Diesel Modeler's Guide vol 2 |
|
Randy Lee |
MRG |
$ 22.45 |
| 15 |
Photos, Drwaings and projects for the Diesel Modeler - From
the pages of Model
|
| Diesels in the Maritimes and Newfoundland |
|
Roger G. Steed |
BRMNA |
$ 11.00 |
| 16 |
A selection of photographs with full captions |
| Diesels of the Milwaukee Road Vol 2 |
|
J. Machael Gruber |
Withers |
$ 60.99 |
| 8 |
|
| Digital Command Control - the comprehensive
guide |
|
Stan Ames, Rutger Friberg, and Ed Loizeaux |
Allt Om |
$ 15.99 |
| 12 |
A technical guide to DCC. A cross reference to various
manufacturers
|
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Titles - E
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Easy Model Railroad Wiring |
|
Andy Sperandeo |
Kalmbach |
$ 24.25 |
| KR |
Second Edition |
| Electrical Handbook for Model Railroaders - V1 |
|
Paul Mallery |
Carstens |
$ 15.49 |
| 15 |
Basic Electrical Concepts |
| Electrical Handbook for Model Railroaders - V2 |
|
Paul Mallery |
Carstens |
$ 19.98 |
| 15 |
Advanced Electrical Concepts |
| Electro-Motive Division's Classic Cowl Units |
|
Sean Graham-White |
Four Ways West |
$ 75.50 |
| 9 |
A Color Pictorial |
| EMD Early Road Switchers |
|
Brian Solomon |
MBI |
$ 24.98 |
| 4 |
GP7 - GP20 Locomotives |
| Erie Lackawanna in Color: Vol 5 |
|
John R. Canfield |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 75.98 |
| 14 |
Merger Memories |
| Essential Model Railroad Scenery Techniques |
|
Pele K. Soeborg |
Kalmbach |
$ 23.25 |
| KL |
Realistic Scenery for mountains, deserts, city, and
country. |
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Titles - F
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Faces of Railroading |
|
Carl Swanson |
Kalmbach |
$ 40.45 |
| 8 |
Portraits of America's greatest industry |
| Fairwell to Steam in Canada |
|
N.H. Mika |
Mika Silk Screening |
$ 14.99 |
| 8 |
Canadian Steam Locomotives in Story and Pictures |
| Famous Name Trains |
|
David Laurence Jones |
Fifth House |
$ 29.95 |
| 12 |
Travelling in Style with the CPR - Soft Cover |
| Famous Name Trains |
|
David Laurence Jones |
Fifth House |
$ 39.95 |
| 12 |
Travelling in Style with the CPR - Hard Cover |
| Four Great Divisions |
|
John Henderson |
H & M Publications |
$ 29.70 |
| 16 |
NYC's Hudson, NP-BN's Rocky Mtn., Erie-Lackawanna's NY
& Scranton -
|
| From Folly to Fortune |
|
Jay Underwood |
Railfare |
$ 29.95 |
| 12 |
The firing of Richardson Forman |
| From Wood to Steel |
|
Richard McQuade |
Martin Grove |
$ 74.98 |
| 13 |
Canadian Railway Passenger Cars from 1860 to
1920. |
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Titles - G
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Garden Railroading |
|
Edited |
Kalmbach |
$ 27.55 |
| KR |
Getting Started in the Hobby |
| GN Color Guide to Freight and Passenger
Equipment |
|
David H. Hickcox |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 54.98 |
| 14 |
|
| Great Lakes Ore Docks and Ore Cars |
|
Patrick C. Dorin |
Iconografix |
$ 32.95 |
| 11 |
|
| Great Northern Lines East |
|
Patrick C. Dorin |
Signature Press |
$ 72.50 |
| 1 |
Second Edition |
| Great Northern Lines West |
|
Charles R. Wood |
Signature Press |
$ 60.50 |
| 1 |
Revised Edition |
| Great Northern Pictorial Volume 6 |
|
John F. Strauss, Jr. |
Four-Ways-West |
$ 89.95 |
| 9 |
"Your freight goes great when it goes Great
Northern" |
| Great Northern Pictorial Volume 7 |
|
John F. Strauss, Jr. |
Four-Ways-West |
$ 81.19 |
| 9 |
"Faster Schedules -- Great for Freight" |
| Great Northern Steam and Electric in Color |
|
David H. Hickcox |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 60.49 |
| 14 |
A color pictorial of Great Northern Steam and Electric
Locomotives. |
| Greenberg Pocket Guide to M.T.H. Trains |
|
Greenberg |
Kalmbach |
$ 15.35 |
| 19 |
2001 Edition |
| Greenbergs Pocket Price Guide to Lionel Trains
2002 |
|
Greenberg |
Kalmbach |
$ 20.45 |
| 12 |
2002 Pocket Price Guide |
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Titles - H
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Halibuton by Rail and the I.B.& O. |
|
Taylor Wilkins |
|
$ 29.95 |
| 12 |
Soft cover, 2nd hand. |
| Hamilton's Other Railway |
|
Charles Cooper |
Bytown |
$ 50.49 |
| 10 |
The history of the haliton & North Western
Railway |
| High Speed Trains |
|
Collins |
Chartwell |
$ 7.99 |
| 2 |
2nd hand. |
| HO Railroad from start to finish |
|
Model Railroader |
Kalmbach |
$ 18.98 |
| KR |
A 4 x 8 layout you can build |
| HO Scale Model Railroading |
|
Jeff Wilson |
Kalmbach |
$ 21.95 |
| KR |
Getting Started in the Hobby |
| HO Trackside Industries You Can Build |
|
Edited |
Kalmbach |
$ 14.95 |
| 20 |
MR Handbook no. 40 |
| How to Build & Detail Model Railroad Scenes |
|
Lou Sassi |
Kalmbach |
$ 24.15 |
| KR |
|
| How to Build & Detail Model Railroad Scenes Vol
2 |
|
Lou Sassi |
Kalmbach |
$ 22.65 |
| 17 |
|
| How to Build Model Railroad Benchwork |
|
Linn H. Westcoot |
Kalmbach |
$ 18.65 |
| KR |
|
| How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery |
|
Dave Frary |
Kalmbach |
$ 26.25 |
| KR |
3rd Edition |
| How to Design and Build Your Garden Railroad |
|
Jack Verducci |
Kalmbach |
$ 26.35 |
| KL |
|
| How to Detail Diesel Locomotives |
|
Jim Volhard |
Kalmbach |
$ 24.98 |
| 18 |
|
| How to Use an Airbrush |
|
Robert Downie |
Kalmbach |
$ 24.25 |
| KR |
Tips and techniques with step-by-step instructions for 11
projects. |
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Titles - I
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Illinois Central Color Pictorial - Volume 1 |
|
Clifford J. Downey |
Four Ways West |
$ 93.99 |
| 9 |
Passenger Service |
| Illustrated Treasury of MLW - ALCO to BOMBARDIER
Locomotives |
|
James W. Kerr |
DPA Ltd. |
$ 30.00 |
| 2 |
Illustrated Treasury of MLW - ALCO to BOMBARDIER
Locomotives - USED |
| Illustrated Treasury of Modern Freight Cars of North
America |
|
James W. Kerr |
DPA-LTA |
$ 19.95 |
| 8 |
220 Larg Format Builders photos |
| Images of Flight |
|
William J. Wheeler |
Hounslow |
$ 39.95 |
| 13 |
A Canadian Aviation Portfolio |
| Industrial Locomotives |
|
Mervyn T. 'Mike' Green |
CRHA |
$ 14.95 |
| 15 |
A catalogue of Industrial Locomotives and Short Lines of
British Columbia and
|
| Intermodal Modeler's Guide |
|
Randal B. Lee |
MRG |
$ 23.19 |
| 15 |
Prototype Information and Modeling Projects for the
Intermodal Modeler. |
| Intermodal Modeler's Guide - Volume 2 |
|
Randal B. Lee |
MRG |
$ 22.95 |
| 15 |
Prototype Information and Modeling Projects for the
Intermodal Modeler. |
| Intermodal Railroading |
|
Brian Solomon |
Voyager |
$ 36.95 |
| 8 |
The history of Intermodal. |
| Introduction to N Scale Model Railroading |
|
Atlas |
Atlas |
$ 6.50 |
| 15 |
Tips on Tracklaying, Benchwork & Wiring, Simplified
Electrical System and
|
| Island Timber |
|
Richard Somerset Mackie |
Sono Nis Press |
$ 39.95 |
| 10 |
A social history of the Comox Logging Company Vancouver
Island |
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Titles - J
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| James Jarvis' Toronto and Montreal Railway Photography -
1952 |
|
Donald M. Bain |
BRMNA |
$ 35.00 |
| 16 |
All Colour. |
| Journey to Amtrak |
|
Harold A. Edmonson |
Kalmbach |
$ 19.99 |
| 8 |
The year history rode the passenger train. Used. |
Top
Titles - K
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Kettle Valley Railway Mileboards |
|
Joe Smuin |
North Kidonan Publications |
$ 39.95 |
| 11 |
A historical Field guide to the KVR. Third print run -
includes errata for the first two
|
| Kettle Valley Railway. 2nd Edition |
|
Gerry Doekson |
Various |
$ 12.95 |
| 15 |
Revised edition covering the Kettle Valley Railway |
| Kinsey - Photographer |
|
Bohn/Petschek |
Chronicle Books |
$ 49.99 |
| 10 |
The Locomotive Portraits |
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Titles - L
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Lackawanna Railroad Trackside |
|
Mike Del Vecchio |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 87.95 |
| 14 |
with Henry W. Peterson |
| Last Train to Toronto |
|
Terry Pindell |
Henry Holt |
$ 19.99 |
| 12 |
A ride on one of the last 'Canadians' to travel from Toronto to
the west. -Soft
|
| Lawrence A. Stuckey's Canadian and US Photography -
1935 to 1957 |
|
Donald Bain |
BRMNA |
$ 25.00 |
| 16 |
A photo collection |
| Life on the Feather River Route |
|
Bob Larson |
Four-Ways-West |
$ 74.95 |
| 10 |
A railroader's pictorial scrapbook of memories. |
| Locomotive Terminals & Railroad Structures |
|
Hal Carstens |
Carstens |
$ 22.98 |
| 15 |
Roundhouses, Diesel Houses, Turntables, . . . |
| LOCOMOTIVES |
|
Greg McDonnell |
Boston Mills |
$ 49.95 |
| 8 |
The Modern Diesel & Electric Reference |
| Locomotives of Zimbabwe and Botswana |
|
Rev E Hamer |
Stenvalls |
$ 46.95 |
| 4 |
A locomotive pictorial |
| Logging By Rail - paperback |
|
Robert D. Turner |
Sono Nis Press |
$ 39.95 |
| 10 |
The British Columbia Story - Third Printing |
| Logging to the Saltchuck - Hard Cover |
|
John T. Labbe and Peter J. Replinger |
NWSL |
$ 72.98 |
| 3 |
Over 100 years of logging in Mason County,
Washington |
| Lords of the Line |
|
David Cruise and Alison Griffiths |
Various |
$ 19.99 |
| 5 |
The men who built the CPR - Second hand |
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Titles - M
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| Magnetic North |
|
Roger Cook & Karl Zimmermann |
Stoddart |
$ 50.00 |
| 8 |
Canadian Steam in Twilight |
| Maine Central in Color - Volume 1 |
|
Jeremy F. Plant and G.F. Melvin |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 74.95 |
| 14 |
A color guide to the Maine Central Railroad. |
| Maine Central in Color - Volume 2 |
|
Jeremy F. Plant and G.F. Melvin |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 82.50 |
| 14 |
The second volume of the color guide to the Maine Central
Railroad. |
| Maine Central in Color - Volume 3 |
|
Jeremy F. Plant and G.F. Melvin |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 74.98 |
| 14 |
The third volume of the color guide to the Maine Central
Railroad. |
| Maintaining & Reparing Your Scale Model
Trains |
|
Jim Volhard |
Kalmbach |
$ 18.89 |
| KR |
|
| Mason Steam Locomotives |
|
Arthur W. Wallace |
Heimburger |
$ 69.99 |
| 3 |
A history of the locomotive builder and his
locomotives. |
| Mid-Air Moose Jaw |
|
Larry Shaak |
Self |
$ 25.00 |
| 12 |
ABout the 1954 mid-air collision over the city of Moose
Jaw |
| Mid-sized Track Plans for Realistic Layouts |
|
Bernard Kempinski |
Kalmbach |
$ 23.95 |
| KL |
26 innovative model railroad track plans in Z, N, HO, O and
G scales. |
| Milwaukee Road 1850 - 1960 Photo Archive |
|
P.A. Letourneau |
Iconografix |
$ 42.49 |
| 8 |
A collection of Milwaukee Road photographs. |
| Milwaukee Road Depots |
|
Kim D. Tschudy |
Iconografix |
$ 46.45 |
| 9 |
1856 - 1954 Photo Archive |
| Milwaukee Road in its Hometown |
|
Jim Scribbins |
Kalmbach |
$ 28.49 |
| KL |
In and around the city of Milwaukee |
| Milwaukee Road Passenger Trains - Vol 2 |
|
John F. Strauss Jr |
Four Ways West |
$ 63.50 |
| 8 |
Olympian, Olympian Hiawatha, Columbian, North Woods
Hiawatha, Tomahawk,
|
| Milwaukee Road Remebered |
|
Jim Scribbins |
Minesota |
$ 31.99 |
| 8 |
|
| Missouri Pacific Color Guide to Freight and Passenger
Equipment |
|
James Kinkaid |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 75.98 |
| 14 |
|
| Missouri Pacific Diesel Power |
|
Kevin EuDaly |
White River |
$ 83.95 |
| 4 |
Missouri Pacific Diesel Power |
| Missouri Pacific Lines |
|
Patrick C. Dorin |
TLC Publishing |
$ 45.59 |
| 5 |
Freight train services and equipment. |
| Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles |
|
Model Railroader |
Kalmbach |
$ 26.35 |
| KR |
|
| Model Railroad Electronics 04 |
|
Rutger Friberg |
Allt Om |
$ 29.95 |
| 12 |
More projects |
| Model Railroader Cyclopedia - Volume 1 |
|
Linn H. Westcott |
Kalmbach |
$ 58.45 |
| 13 |
Steam locomotive drawings from MR. |
| Model Railroader's How-To Guide: Detailing Diesel
Locomotives |
|
Jeff Wilson |
Kalmbach |
$ 23.05 |
| KL |
Detailing your locomotives for greater realism. |
| Modeler's Guide to Realistic Painting and
Finishing |
|
Kalmback Edited |
Kalmbach |
$ 17.79 |
| 18 |
|
| Modeling and Detailing Diesels |
|
Randal B. Lee |
MRG |
$ 15.45 |
| 15 |
Detailed Instructions and ideas for Prototype
Modeling |
| Modeling and Detailing Diesels - Volume 2 |
|
Randal B. Lee |
MRG |
$ 20.93 |
| 15 |
Detailed Instructions and ideas for Prototype
Modeling |
| Modeling the '50s - The Glory Years of Rail - |
|
Edited |
Kalmbach |
$ 20.55 |
| KL |
How-to projects, track plans and more. |
| Modern Piggyback Trailers |
|
David G. Casdorph |
FCJ |
$ 43.98 |
| 15 |
|
| Modern Toy Trains |
|
Gerry & Janet Souter |
MBI |
$ 2.95 |
| 13 |
A study of the modern tinplate section of the
hobby. |
| Mountain Mainlines of the West |
|
Ronald C. Hill |
CRM |
$ 17.50 |
| 2 |
Pictures of western transcontinental railroads |
| Mountain Timer |
|
Richard Somerset Mackie |
Sono Nis |
$ 42.95 |
| 10 |
The Comox Logging Company - Sequel to Island
Timber |
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Titles - N
| Author |
|
Title |
Publisher |
Price
CDN$ |
| Locn |
Description |
| N Scale Model Railroad that Grows |
|
Kent and Ric Wood & LaBan |
Kalmbach |
$ 20.98 |
| KR |
Step-by-step instructions for building your first N scale
layout. |
| N Scale Railroading |
|
Marty McGuirk |
Kalmbach |
$ 21.95 |
| KR |
Getting started in the hobby. |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume II |
|
Edited |
Grandt |
$ 41.59 |
| 3 |
Passenger Cars of the D&RGW |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume III |
|
Edited |
Grandt |
$ 43.98 |
| 3 |
Gondolas, Box Cars and Flat Cars of the D&RGW |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume IV |
|
Edited |
Grandt |
$ 35.15 |
| 3 |
Refrigerator Cars, Stock Cars and Tank Cars of the
D&RGW |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume V |
|
Edited |
R. Robb |
$ 34.99 |
| 3 |
Cabooses of the D&RGW |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume VI |
|
George L. Coleman |
|
$ 41.98 |
| 3 |
Motive Power of the Colorado & Southern |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume VII |
|
Jerry B. Day |
R. Robb |
$ 36.75 |
| 3 |
Denver and Rio Grande Western Work Equipment -- OA to
OZ |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume VIII |
|
Derrell W. Poole and Kennith W. Martin |
R. Robb |
$ 43.989 |
| 3 |
Colorado & Southern Freight and Passenger Cars |
| Narrow Gauge Pictorial - Volume XI |
|
Edited |
Grandt |
$ 39.95 |
| 3 |
Locomotives of the D&RGW |
| Narrow Gauge Railway Scenes |
|
Adolf Hungry Wolf |
Canadian Caboose Press |
$ 24.95 |
| 12 |
Narrow Gauge Railway Scenes in North America |
| Narrow Gauge Railways of Canada |
|
Omar Lavallee |
Fitz & White |
$ 60.00 |
| 10 |
Expanded and Edited by Ronald Ritchie |
| Narrow Gauge . . . then and now |
|
Nils Huxtable and Tom Gildersleeve |
Steamscenes |
$ 24.95 |
| 12 |
|
| Narrow Gauge Through the Bush |
|
Bruce Clarke |
Clarke |
$ 65.00 |
| 4 |
Ontario's Toronto Grey & Bruce and Toronto & Nipissing
Railways |
| New York Central Facilities |
|
Geoffrey H. Doughty |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 74.95 |
| 14 |
In Color |
| New York Central Steam Power V0l 1 |
|
Edward L. May |
TRP |
$ 25.95 |
| 15 |
West of Buffalo |
| New York Fifth Avenue Coach Company |
|
Oliver J. Ogden |
Iconografix |
$ 32.98 |
| 11 |
1885 - 1960 |
| Next Stop St. John's |
|
Mont Lingard |
Mont Lingard |
$ 27.50 |
| 11 |
More Chats, Stats and Snaps of the Newfoundland
Railway |
| Next Stop Wreckhouse |
|
Mont Lingard |
Mont Lingard |
$ 27.55 |
| 11 |
More Chats, Stats and Snaps of the Newfoundland
Railway |
| Nicholas Morant's Canadian Pacific |
|
John F. Garden |
Footprint |
$ 89.95 |
| 10 |
A collection of Nicholas Morant's CPR Photographs - Second
edition |
| Nickel Plate Color Photography - Volume 3 |
|
Fred D. Cheney |
Morning Sun Books |
$ 74.98 |
| 14 |
The railfan perspective. |
| Nine N Scale Railroads |
|
Atlas |
Atlas |
$ 7.45 |
| 15 |
|
| North American Rail Yards |
|
Michael Rhodes |
MBI |
$ 44.95 |
| 9 |
A study on some major US Railyards |
| North American Railroad Bridges |
|
Brian Solomon |
Voyager |
$ 38.85 |
| 11 |
In illustrated study of North American Railroad
Bridges |
| North Toronto |
|
Don Rirchie |
Stoddart |
$ 35.00 |
| 12 |
A history of North Toronto |
| Northern Light |
|
Dale Sanders |
White River |
$ 84.99 |
| 8 |
A Portrait of BC Rail |
| Northern Pacific Color Pictorial - Volume 1 |
|
Joseph W. Shine |
Four Ways West |
$ 76.19 |
| 9 |
NP Motive Power - The Transitional Years.
Reprint |
| Northern Pacific Pictorial - Volume Five |
|
John F. Strauss jr |
Four Ways West |
$ 77.98 |
| 9 |
Domes, RDCs and Slumber coaches |
| Northern Pacific Pictorial - Volume Four |
|
John F. Strauss, Jr. |
Four-Ways-West |
$ 74.99 |
| 9 |
The first northern transcontinental becomes The Main Street
of the
|
| Northern Pacific Pictorial - Volume Six |
|
John F. Strauss jr |
Four Ways West |
$ 81.19 |
| 9 |
Freight Train Service along the Main Street of the
Northwest |
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