Can you ever have enough Kalmbach books?

Model Railroader General Discussion (Model Railroader)
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I have ten of them. I read them quite a bit. I need to purchase more.

How many do you all have?

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If Kalmbach continue to publish books that help me with the various modeling projects I undertake then I will continue to buy them even though the chapters in these books have appeared as articles in previous issues of MR. As sombody who doesn’t save past issues - only articles I think will be helpful latter - I find that some of these books published by Kalmbach and their PDF files, are helpful additions to my own fund of knowledge. After all, a good story is worth tell more than once.

Bruce[:)]

3

Not exactly sure but better then a dozen, haven’t found too many other sources of information as good and as cost friendly as theirs.

4

Purple?

5

I own 2…The American Shortline Guide and GM’s Geeps-The General Purpose Diesel.

I just don’t buy Kalmbach modeling or layout books since I don’t need 'em…

6

I have 40-50, something like that. Being in the hobby since 1971 has given me the chance to buy quite a few books. Also, one of my hobbies-within-a-hobby is collecting old “how to” and trackplanning books, so I have some going back pretty far. My oldest Kalmbach one is the one “Boomer Pete” wrote that came out in I think 1941 or 42, though my oldest IIRC would be Bill Walthers track and signal guide which goes back to 1933 or so.

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I have around a dozen of them. When I first got into the hobby I bought a bunch of them but I haven’t bought on in awhile. The last one was the Locomotive Servicing one. It was very useful and helped me plan my Roundhouse and everything that goes with it.

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In response to the original question - NO!

Ted (Teditor) Freeman

From Downunder.

9

You mean the same colour as Barney?

YUCK![(-D]

Maybe Gray would be better-----

10

Do back issues of Model Railroader and Trains count as books?

Kevin

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I love my Kalmbach books, I just got two more at the hobby shop yesterday off of my own money. Because I have to pay for all of my own books, I just wish there was a book swap or something that I could get more books from for a low price.

12

“Can you ever have enough Kalmbach books?”

Apparently not. I just bought two more! LOL

Darrell, quiet…for now

13

Enough? Surely you jest!

14

I haven’t bought one for a pretty long time, but my collection (3 books I think) served me well. One of them, DCC Made Easy was pretty useful for starting my foray into DCC. Maybe next time I’m at the train store I’ll pick some more up if they catch my interest.

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I quit buying train books after I discovered the Internet.

16

I love my collection of Kalmbach books, too - as a matter of fact, I would be more apt to part with some of my trains before my books.

17

There is one Kalmbach book that I wish I’d bought - and read the whole way through - before I laid the first piece of track on my current layout: John Armstrong’s Track Planning for Realistic Operation. Then I wouldn’t be preparing to tear it down and rebuild it, since I’d already have a layout with decent aisle widths and no duckunders!

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I agree. Of all the Kalmbach and other model railroading books I own (30+) that is the one you want if you only buy one. And should buy if you have none.

Enjoy

Paul