MDC Shay Handbook model die casting shay roundhouse shay
"Your complete guide to building, fine-tuning, and finishing the Model Die Casting Shay locomotive kit. The Shay's complex running gear can be tricky to get running right, causing many of us to put the construction of the kit "on hold" for a while. No more! Let MDC Shay expert Jeff Johnston show you how to get that Shay running like a top, including sections on aftermarket parts like NWSL gear sets, DCC, plus sections on finishing and weathering. This lavishly-illustrated, step-by-step book will help you make your MDC Shay look and run like an expensive brass import! " ~ Oso Publishing
Model Railroad Bridges & Trestles
"Teaches how to build sturdy model bridges and trestles of stunning realism. Includes construction plans, prototype phtographs, and over 20 sets of scale drawings for scratch building, kit bashing, or modifying commercial bridge kits." ~ Amazon.com
"This 79 page book traces the history of the timber industry and it's / railroads, following advances in logging methods and equipment, / specialized rolling stock and the development of geared steam / locomotives, including the Shay, Climax and Heisler designs / This book also includes information and tips about: Logging camps and / structures. Sawmills and log ponds. Skeleton cars, log bunks and / other rolling stock. Loading and unloading log trains. Track / planning for logging lines and geared steam locomotives / More than 150 photos and diagrams "
