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:
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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
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