Building and Operating a Realistic Model Railway - A Guide to Running a Layout Like an Actual Railway

This informative book provides a step-by-step account of the construction, from scratch, of a model railway called Dovedale.

About the author

Allen Jackson joined the RAF as an engineering apprentice. He subsequently worked on Cold War aircraft and later taught at an engineering apprentice training school. After leaving the RAF he worked with computerized systems for the fire and rescue services in the UK and Bahrain, and formed his own company in 2004. Allen has been fascinated by real and model railways since childhood and has an extensive garden railway called Brymbo East Junction that is run like a real railway. This is Allen's fourth book for Crowood - his other three being the highly acclaimed A Contemporary Perspective on GWR Signalling - Semaphore Swansong (2015) and A Contemporary Perspective on LMS Railway Signalling - Semaphore Swansong Volumes 1 and 2 (2015).

Summary

Provides a step-by-step account of the construction, from scratch, of a model railway called Dovedale. This book covers layout planning and construction, controllers, point motors, power supply, cables and connectors, ways of operating traffic flows, signalling, track droppers, control panels and wiring, control and interlocking, and more.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Jackson, Jackson Allen
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.08.2016
• EAN: 9781785001697
• ISBN: 978-1-78500-169-7
• Dimensions: 189 mm x 246 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 492 g
• Illustrations: 258 colour illustrations, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, farbige Illustrationen
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Model-making; CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Model Railroading, Model railways