Book -- Railroading Along the Waterfront (Hardcover)

Make room in your reference library for the new Railroading Along the Waterfront, part of a continuing series of how-to books from Walthers. This exciting and unique hardcover is a gold-mine of ideas, prototype photos and information that make it easy to model virtually any kind of rail/marine operations on your layout. Wherever rails and water meet, in big city harbors, lake ports, river landings or coastal towns, you'll find some of the most interesting operations. Separate chapters cover the unique flavor of each region of the US, while large photos (most in color) showcase equipment in operation. The modeling chapter provides over 30 pages of practical "how-to-do-it" advice. Great ideas for modeling water, building a barge from Walthers Carfloat kit, adding carfloat operations and a chart of industries and their servicing freight cars are just a few of the articles you'll find here, along with more color photos. And, there's a glossary to explain many of the tec