Guide to Modeling Branch Lines -- Softcover, 128 Pages

In Guide to Modeling Branch Lines from Firecrown and Model Railroader Magazine, Tony Koester shows you how branch lines can offer heavy equipment and modern locomotives. Inspirational prototype branches range from webs of Appalachian coal lines to agriculture-based Midwestern branches to lines serving heavy industries. Whether you're modeling a compact shelf layout or a sprawling basement empire, this book will help you capture the essence of these hardworking lines. In Guide to Modeling Branch Lines, you'll see how branch lines are operated, and how they fit into the operational schemes of their parent railroads; examples of steam-era through modern branch lines across the country; several model railroads built to follow specific prototype branch lines as they existed in narrow time periods and how an experienced modeler developed a branchline layout from concept to finish.