116 Seiten Product Showcase — Our listing of exciting products for your O scale model railroad empire, including locomotives, freight cars, structures, decals, scenery items, detail parts, and more. Scratchbuild a Virginian C-10 Caboose in Brass by Conley E. Wallace — Working with brass sheet to scratchbuild a model of one of the 25 cabooses built new for Virginian Railway in 1949 by St. Louis Car Co. Operations Notebook 1: Buckeye Through Freight by Herm Botzow — We follow through freight Train 401 as it works it away across Buckeye Railroad from Monongahela Yard east of Pittsburgh to Gateway Yard in Youngstown, Ohio. Rio Grande Narrow Gauge 30’ Refrigerator Cars by Chris Lane — In 1900, Rio Grande built a fleet of 50 new 30’ ice-cooled refrigerator cars for the narrow gauge lines. Rebuilt in 1926, many lasted in service into the 1950s. Includes scale drawings. A Norfolk & Western and Virginian Sampler by Conley E. Wallace — Tour this 28x44’ model railroad featuring detailed rolling stock and structures inspired by actual locations along the Norfolk & Western and Virginian Railway lines. Canandaigua Southern Super Allegheny Redux by David Vaughn — A piece of John Armstrong’s legendary Canandaigua Southern Railroad lives on through the operation of this one-of-a-kind Super Allegheny 2-6-6-6 steam locomotive. Southern Pacific Orange Empire by Jürg Lütscher — A photo gallery of colorful Southern California transition era railroading on Southern Pacific, from a detailed model railroad based in Zurich, Switzerland. Transform an Old Brass Articulated Steam Engine by Conley E. Wallace — You never know what you’ll find at a swap meet! Follow along as a pile of parts is transformed into a beautiful brass articulated steam locomotive. Operations Notebook 2: Budd Car on the Buckeye by Herm Botzow — All aboard! You don’t need a lot of room to add passenger service to your model railroad. Follow along as the daily commuter trains make their way across Buckeye Railroad. Harold Russell’s Genesee Falls & Ontario by Otto M. Vondrak — Inspired by short lines of western New York, we pay a brief visit to the detailed O scale empire constructed by well-known author and draftsman Harold Russell. Rebuilding a Vintage Max Gray M1a by John McEnerney — Rebuilding an old Max Gray brass steam locomotive import from the 1950s into a detailed model of a Pennsylvania Railroad class M1a 4-8-2. Return to the Cumberland Valley by Joe Loele — This detailed transition era O scale model railroad is inspired by Pennsylvania Railroad and Norfolk & Western routes between Roanoke, Va., and Hagerstown, Md. Scratchbuild a ‘Side Slider’ Boxcar in Styrene by Bill Yancey — Introduced in the 1970s, the Evans “Side Slider” boxcar was designed to make loading of finished lumber easier and reduce damage. Building a Henry-T Kit by Martin Brechbiel — Building from older model kits can be a fun challenge! The author shares tips and techniques working with a vintage gondola kit featuring a cast resin body. Modeling Hot Rolled Steel Coils by Daniel Kleine — Hot rolled steel coils leave the steel mill to be further finished into cold rolls that are used in manufacturing. These interesting loads for your flatcars or gondolas are easy to make. Ground Cover 101: Basics of Realistic Scenery by George Riley — Once the benchwork is finished and the track is laid, it’s time to think about scenery! A variety of techniques and materials are available to make realistic effects on your layout. Berkshire Hills Trolley From 3D Printed Parts by Ed Skuchas and Doug Cowperthwaite — A custom-printed body is the basis for this unique parlor car that was used by Berkshire Street Railway in New England more than 100 years ago. Building Henry’s Store by Martin Brechbiel — Country stores like these could be found in almost every community, and makes for a great first scratchbuilding project using scale wood siding. A Tale of Three Shanties by Bruce J. Mohn — Small utility buildings like these can be found everywhere along the railroad, for storing tools and supplies to offering crews a place to shelter from the weather. Product Reviews Clubs Directory

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The Penn Line Story: A History and Collector's Guide from White River Productions is a thoroughly researched and documented book by Garrett L. Stauffer, son of one of Penn Line's founders. This book presents a wealth of information, facts, and colorful illustrations for the collector and hobbyist alike. Launched after World War II, Penn Line helped establish the popularity of HO scale model trains. The company offered craftsman-level kits for several steam locomotive prototypes in the early 1950s, and by the 1960s was producing a line of fully assembled plastic trains. In fact, many Penn Line models remain on the market today. Get on board with this fun hobby history! The Penn Line Story is one of many books from White River Productions about model railroads.

The 2019 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a wonderful look at passenger train favorites from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. Topics in the 2019 Passenger Train Annual include: Union Pacific Overland Route Passenger Trains Tokyo's Main Station Train Watching at Emeryville, Calif. Looking Back at Amtrak's Busy Northeastern Routes The Streamliners of 1949, including the California Zephyr, New England States, Broadway Limited, Southern Belle, Phoebe Snow, and many more!

The 2021 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a wonderful look at passenger train favorites from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. Topics in the 2021 Passenger Train Annual include: Celebrating 50 Years of Amtrak Twilight for Budd M3s in New York Passenger Hood Units of the 1960s North Coast Hiawatha Memories Ties That Bind: Cross-Border Trains

The 2022 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a fun look at passenger trains from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. Topics in the 2022 Passenger Train Annual include: New Trains of 1952: Pennsylvania Railroad's streamlined, Budd-built "Congressional" Electro-Motive A to Z: From Algoma Central to "Zephyr," an alphabetical review of North American EMD passenger diesels to mark the centennial of the builder's founding in 1922 Ties That Bind, Part 2: Concluding the survey of passenger trains crossing the U.S.-Canada border in the postwar era from the 2021 annual

The 2023 Passenger Train Annual from White River Productions is a fun look at passenger trains from the past and present. Loaded with images and information, it's a must-have for modelers and railfans alike. A few topics in the New Haven: Passenger Powerhouse - A look back at a New England Montreal's Central Station at 80 - One of the last major terminals built in More Accidental Varnish - A railfan's random passenger

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The 2019 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features more than 100 pages of classic railroad photography and stories. Topics in the 2019 Railroads Illustrated Annual include: The Return of Big Boy 4014 Trains Where Trains Shouldn't Be Elevating Railroad Photography GE's Game Changer - The Dash-8 Locomotive Outside Railfanning in the Lower 48 Silver Bow - UP Over the Continental Divide The Trials and Tribulations of Train Photography Tracing B&O's Old Main Line - Hancock to Cumberland Day in North America - March 9, 2019

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The 2021 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features photography and pieces on railroads from coast to coast. Features for the 2021 Annual include: Remembering Southern Pacific One Fine Day - A Winnipeg Souvenir Rock Island's Last Years 1971-1980 Alaska Railroad Passenger Trains Ontario Southland's Guelph Junction Seasonal Day In North America And Much More!

The 2022 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features photography and pieces on railroads from coast to coast. Loaded with images, features and illustrations, this annual publications is required railroad reading for both fans and modelers! Features in the 2022 Annual include: 40 Years of Norfolk Southern Dash 2 Locomotives: 50 Years Strong Going Home: New England Railroading Time Machine: West Virginia's Durbin Rocket Scanner Talk Railroading Seasonal Day In North America And Much More! Softcover

Rio Grande's Narrow Gauge K-36 Locomotives from White River Productions is the complete history of the Rio Grande's K-36 2-8-2s. By the 1920s, the legendary narrow gauge system of the Denver and Rio Grande Western had shrunk to a third of the railroad's total trackage, and most of its locomotives were worn out. Yet, traffic was heavy on some parts of the line and growing, and standard gauging the lines made little economic sense. So the long-time Baldwin customer turned to the Philadelphia firm for 10 new narrow gauge, outside frame Mikados. Designated K-36 (MiKado, 36,200lbs of tractive effort), these beefy Baldwins were soon hauling freight over the four percent grades of Cumbres and Marshall passes and indeed, system-wide. Fast forward almost a century later, and nine of the locomotives still exist and eight are in service on the Durango and Silverton and Cumbres and Toltec Scenic railroads. Truly a remarkable record of service and why the K-36 is beloved by railfans and the crewmen who ran them. Author Jerry Day spent over 40 years compiling information and over 300 photos, maps, track folios, drawings and diagrams, including a three-page foldout drawing by Mike McKenzie for this volume. In addition, this 224-page hardcover book includes the DRGW purchase of the K-36s and changes made to the lines to accommodate them, the operational history on the lines they ran, and accounts of K-36 snow fighting operations, special passenger runs, wrecks, movie trains, locomotive modifications and changes, and a section on the K-36s as they operate today on the C&TS and D&S railroads. Includes an appendix with the complete DRGW-Baldwin specs for the locomotives. This hardcover book is one of several White River titles about DRGW prototypes and models.

Rio Grande High-Side Gondolas from White River Productions is a must for railfans and modelers interested in narrow gauge rolling stock. In spite of the author's quote in the introduction as "a brief, incomplete history," this book is anything but. Dr. Rhine has chronicled these cars for decades and this is a detailed study. The book traces all the major classes of cars, from introduction to the railroad, through the many variants and permutations of the car type, to the end of their service lives. These cars formed the backbone of the Rio Grande's narrow gauge coal, mineral, and loose material transport fleet and led long and productive lives. With many examples still extant, including some in regular service as passenger cars on tourist and museum railroads, this informative books is a detailed look at Rio Grande High-Side Gondolas.

Rio Grande: Jewel of the Wasatch from White River Productions examines the origins and ultimate demise of the D&RGW's Utah Division between Grand Junction, Colorado, and Ogden, Utah. Built by the same General Palmer who had contributed so much to the early Denver & Rio Grande in Colorado, the line across the eastern Utah desert to the Wasatch Front never had large precious mineral deposits as the siren song attraction for railroad construction. This road would rely on the more mundane carloads of coal, iron ore, and copper as its early mainstay. Following the merger of the Utah and Colorado lines in 1908, the company began focusing on upgrading its property and soliciting traffic from far beyond the borders of its two home states. This transcontinental traffic, along with the burgeoning coal business developed after World War II, would make the D&RGW a successful and profitable property, despite being surrounded by much larger, and often unfriendly carriers. A portion of the Utah Division's history is noted in the coverage of the remnants of D&RGW's far-flung narrow-gauge empire in Colorado. But the real story lies west of Grand Junction, where merchandise, lumber products, perishables and piggyback shipments were added to the area's considerable mineral traffic and the few remaining passenger trains operated during the latter years of D&RGW ownership. As with many enterprises, circumstances are always changing and despite its own good management and customer-oriented operations, the D&RGW was not always in control of its own fate. One by one the needed connections were eliminated until the D&RGW was forced to cast its lot with a weakened Southern Pacific. This would prove to be a short-lived partnership and as the 20th century drew to a close, new owner Union Pacific finally got its wish of killing off the D&RGW once and for all. Today, some of the lines covered in this volume see no UP trains at all on a regular basis, but the pictures and stories herein provide a look back to better days, when the Rio Grande was indeed the Jewel of the Wasatch. This hardcover book is one of several White River titles about DRGW prototypes and models.

Rio Grande: Scenic Line of the World Second Edition from White River Productions is a photographic look back at a favorite railroad. The Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad was built through the Rocky Mountains, not around them. A tenacious rebel, Rio Grande survived for more than a century as an independent railroad in a land of giants. At the end of the 20th century, the enduring memory of Rio Grande is one of black and gold diesels thundering through smoky tunnels on a right-of-way blasted out of solid rock by construction engineers who didn't know the meaning of the word impossible. With 223 full-color photographs and nine lavishly illustrated maps, this volume presents a retrospective of a railroad where words of description always fall short. In the pages of Scenic Line of the World may be found all of the elements that made Rio Grande the scenic wonder it was. The evergreen mountains of La Veta Pass, the bare rock of the Royal Gorge, the golden aspen on Tennessee Pass, the multi-colored sandstone of Ruby and Bootlegger Canyons, the moonscape of the Utah desert, the majestic Wasatch Range, and the sheer ruggedness of the entire Moffat Road - all are here in one amazing volume. Through acquisitions and mergers, Rio Grande slowly lost its personality to that of Southern Pacific, and later, Union Pacific. The images in this book help preserve the memory of the last years of the Rio Grande and perhaps provide some justification for the railroad s bold claim of being the Scenic Line of the World. Rio Grande: Scenic Line of the World Second Edition is one of many prototype and model railroad titles from White River.

The 2015 Railroads Illustrated Annual from White River Productions features pieces on early BNSF images, Ontario F-Units, Seabaord System, the NS Rathole and more. 100 pages dedicated to creative railroad photography past and present.

Structure Handbook for Model Railroaders from White River Productions explains how structures are a key part of your model railroad, providing visual interest as well as supporting your railroad's operations. Structures set the scene and create the backdrop for your layout. The Structure Handbook for Model Railroaders offers modelers new skills, tips, and tricks that can be applied to the construction, finishing, and placement of structures in any scale. This book is a must-have for guidance about structure placement on any model railroad.

The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History from White River Productions is a must-have for modelers and fans of geared logging locomotives. This is the most complete, thorough, and accurate book ever produced on this unique and storied locomotive. The authors have spent decades researching, collecting photos, and organizing the information in this volume. The book features more than 600 pages and over 1000 photos, illustrations, and drawings. Included is a complete listing of every Shay built by shop number, by owner/operator, and by location. Also covered is Lima's involvement in the Shay from the first locomotive by Ephraim Shay in 1881 to the last Shay built in 1945 and it includes photographs of every single surviving Shay. Three appendices of patents, Drawings and specifications; information on wrecks and mishaps as well as a look at the mechanical evolution of the Shay are all included. If you're a modeler or fan of logging railroads you need The Shay Locomotive: An Illustrated History in your railroad library.