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coal mining in the country’s largest coal producing county. Published by Two Mule Publishing, 286 Princes Ln., Harwood, MD 20776, the book retails for $75.00, plus $5.00 shipping on di- rect orders in the U.S.


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Publications of interest How to Operate a Modern Era Switching Layout is the newest title in Lance Mindheim’s series of how-to books for modelers. Topics include set- ting up an operating session, car move- ment strategies, job strategies, and in- corporating prototypical paperwork, rules and procedures into your operat- ing sessions. The 108-page, 8″×10″ softcover book is priced at $25.75, plus shipping, and can be ordered from Lance Mindheim through his internet website: www.shelflayouts.com. Billion Dollar Coalfield, West Vir-


ginia’s McDowell County and the In- dustrialization of America, by Alex P. Schust, is a 634-page, 8¹₂″×11″ hard- cover book that examines the history of


Merchants Des- patch: Its History and Equipment, by Roger Hinman, published by Sig- nature Press, 11508 Green Rd., Wilton, CA 95693 (www. signaturepress. com). Hardcover, 295 8¹₂″ ×11″ pages; $65.00.


The history of the North American railroads is not just about the railroads themselves. The railroad industry as a whole was a complex matrix of other companies as well. Some built, repaired, and leased railroad locomotives, cars and equipment. Others operated vari- ous kinds of specialized services: refrig- erator cars for perishable traffic, ex- press cars on passenger trains, express refrigerator cars for bulk shipments of milk, and–in later years–flat cars to transport highway trailers and contain- ers or multi-level auto rack cars for ship- ments of new automobiles. Those of us who research and model


NMRA® Presents: Concrete in Railroad Construction


• Published by The Atlas Portland Cement Company in 1909 • 232 pages, 6”x 9” format, hardcover with dust jacket


• New foreword by Tony Koester, NMRA Board member and well-known model railroading author and editor


• Over 120 black-and-white photos and illustrations


• Original preface written by Sanford E. Thompson, a civil engineer described as one of the leading concrete experts of the time


• Describes the use of concrete in numerous railroad-related applications, including bridges, piers, retaining walls, stations, tunnels, and many others


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