I have been trying to locate a copy of Kalmbach’s book How to Build the Burlington Northern in N Scale. I have not had any success! Can anyone tell me the back issues of Model Railroader that these articles originally appeared in or where to get a copy of the book at a reasonable amount.
Many Thanks -
Shaun from England
have you tried emailing kaalmbach directly? also theres a link on the homepage for the books they do have available.
tom
If you can’t find the book, the construction of that layout was featured in a series of articles in MR starting in Feburary 1990 (I think). The first article was titled “Introducing the N scale Burlington Northern” or something like that.
-George
The book long out of print. The article series ran Feburary to September or October 1990.
Nick
How long has it been since MR’s done a project layout in N? Three that come to mind are the Arkansas & Missouri, the Wisconsin Central, and the Appalachian Central. It’s been a number of years, hasn’t it? Or am I forgeting something?
Considering what a boost MR’s Clinchfield project gave N scale in the late 70s, it would be nice to see another.
Sorry to go off topic.
I have a copy of the book in question. I am considering thinking about building a version in HO.
James
It’s this book you’re talking about, right?
If so, there are 6 copies on Amazon.com right now. The cheapest is $31.25. I’m not sure if this link will work or not, but lets try: http://www.amazon.com/Building-Burlington-Northern-Railroad-Handbook/dp/0890241198/sr=1-1/qid=1160685243/ref=sr_1_1/002-8585774-6736809?ie=UTF8&s=books
Many thanks all for your replies! Will check this out. Sometimes its a bit harder getting things from this side of the atlantic.
Shaun
I know its a terrible practice to pull up a 13 year thread…
I broke my ankle, which will make me an armchair modeler for the next 4-6 months. Very frustrating!
I’ve decided to start looking at N scale, since HO scale 12x15 rooms never have enough track. I thought this was a neat plan. Are there any online builds?
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Why? I don’t think so.
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I think it is an excellent track plan, but I have never seen, or know of one, that was built.
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I remember the original series, and it was one of the best of the project layouts. I was also in N scale at the time.
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-Kevin
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Well, welcome to “normal“ scale [:D] ! I sometimes look with envy at all the great things coming out in HO scale but then there are some great things in N scale also.
Look at the details on the new Scale Trains locomotives and how excellent a Kato looks and runs as well as improvements from all the manufacturers.
Mostly there is no way I would have the space to run models of the larger equipment running today in HO. N scale for me is really enjoyable.
As far as online builds, if you subscribe to Video Plus, they have several. It’s worth the look and if you’re not a subscriber I believe they offer a free trial.
Ralph
That’s what I was thinking. Even changing the locale to Cleveland Ohio and letting the yard be visible staging, maybe some switching on the one end. I keep looking at N scale as maybe this is the golden ticket to let me do what I want to do in HO scale, yet can’t seem to find the room.
Are N scale switching ops feasible? couplers work ok?
Ohh Yeah! You bet, I find Micro Trains couplers work VERY. Only issues I have are that they are somewhat oversized. I would also note often with N scale cars being much lighter than HO, when uncoupling I periodically knock the car of the rails. The issue is how underweight a few of my cars are, easy fix! Also body mounted cars and truck mounted cars couple fine to the same type on curves, but not to eachother, again simple fix, go for one of the two (I like body mounted, though I have a lot of truck mounted cars because I’m lazy!)
I agree with what was said previously, N scale is normal when It comes to fitting a reasonable amount of railroad in a normal space! I moved to N and am not sure I’ll ever move back! The lack space in locomotive for electronics, etc, is made up for by how much railroad fits in any given space!
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Yes. For me, my first Kato diesel (an RS-3) made switching moves possible. Once locomotives stopped jerking into motion, those Micro-Trains couplers worked beautifully.
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This was back in the mid 1980s. I can only assume things have become even better.
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-Kevin
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I know you disagree, but it really kind a is a terrible practice. I’ve been on forums since I was a freshman in college in 1977 and I’ve noticed there is a consensus on that. Not that some don’t like to be rebels like you. [oX)] MR forums seems to have necroing old threads down to an art form more than any other forum I’ve frequented. [:o)] [D)] Google may be partly to blame for it.
I still have the orginal issues of that project when I subscribed in the 1990s. My entire model railroading has been based on that project. Always wanted to build one but never did. My current layout I am building is inspired by that layout.