(rshsdepot) New Books

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Here is some info from Chuck Macklin on some new books that may be of interest to depot fans: 

Here is the info on architect Pat Harriman's new scratchbuilding plan book,
as well as 2 more new plan books by Ron Boyd. Pat's book for sale at Amazon
as well as at www.railroadbooks.biz. Orders over $50 from railroadbooks.biz
receive free shipping. There is a color pic of the cover.

Early Wood Frame and Stone Structures
Item Price:$ 25.95 

By Pat Harriman, MMR. Photos by Ron Morse, MMR. List price $29.95. 162 pp,
8.5x11", spiral bound to lay open flat for easy copying, color cover and 8
pages of color photos. The author tells you how to build and modify
structures for the period and look you want on your layout or diorama. These
buildings are designed and proportioned to fit the limited space of a model
railroad. You get 44 original designs with construction notes and multiple
elevations of each. Both stone and frame buildings are featured.

Also Available: 2 new planbooks from Ron Boyd, as follows:

B&O Structure Drawings Ohio Lines Volume 1
Item Price:$ 44.95 

By Ron Boyd. Loose leaf binder with 72 pp of drawings, 34 color photos,
track plans. "Volume 1 of B&O RR Structures is a brief glimpse of some of
the structures that were found along the ROW of the Toledo Division. Some of
the structures are gone now. future volumes will cover structures on other
divisions of the B&O." Included are 10 sites: interlocking towers, passenger
and freight stations, a scale house and a section house. This is a treasure
trove of scale drawings, plans, and pictures for any prototype modeler.

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US&S Co. Color Position Light Signal Drawings: PRR & N&W Signals
Item Price:$ 34.95 

by Ron Boyd. Loose leaf binder with 54 pp of drawings of masts, controls,
heads, light positions, with 9 full-color photos and colored drawings of
signal indications. "The PRR and the N&W railroads used a wide variety of
signal installations using US&S Co. equipment. In earlier years it was
common to see position light signals with all lights having yellow lenses.
The two railroads'' signals looked alike: both used the yellow lenses on
their signals whether there were one or two targets being used on a
particular signal; both targets having a row of three lamps giving the same
indication. The PRR used red lenses horizontally on some installations with
only two lenses being lit, while the center lens was not lit or was removed
altogether....In the 1960s on the N&W a change took place with the upper
targets having no center lamp. N&W replaced the two vertical yellow lenses
with green and the horizontal ones with red lenses. The result was color
position light indications which looked similar to those used by the
B&O...." Also covered: hood styles, lamp casings, diffusers, marker lamps,
support equipment, and a partial list of signal names and indications. The
variety of signal installations in this collection is a treasure trove of
scale drawings, plans, and pictures for any prototype modeler and historian
of the PRR or N&W.

Best,
Chuck Macklin
railroadbooks_@_insightbb.com
www.railroadbooks.biz

PO Box 4
Bloomington, IN 47402-0004
order line: 800 55 GRIND (800 554 7463)
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The Railroad Station Historical Society maintains a database of existing
railroad structures at: http://www.rrshs.org

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