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Model Railway Detailing Manual Alan Postlethwaite

Model Railway Detailing Manual By Alan Postlethwaite

Model Railway Detailing Manual by Alan Postlethwaite


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Summary

Railway modellers constantly refer to photographs for details of real scenes. Here, a whole library of useful illustrations is brought together to give a single reference source, arranged in over 70 themed mini chapters.

Model Railway Detailing Manual Summary

Model Railway Detailing Manual: The Steam Age by Alan Postlethwaite

Railway modellers constantly refer to photographs for details of real scenes. Here, a whole library of useful illustrations is brought together to give a single reference source, arranged in over 70 themed mini chapters. The most popular period for modellers are the last days of steam on British Railways, 1958 to 1967, and the 300 previusly unpublished photographs were taken during those years. As well as providing an inspiration for modellers, the book will appeal to preservationists, historians and railway enthusiasts as it portrays this fascinating period of railway history.

About Alan Postlethwaite

Alan Postlethwaite is a Chartered Engineer who took early retirement to become a railway author, and is a lifelong lover of railways. He was a prolific photographer during the last days of steam and has had a number of pictorial titles published by Sutton as well as Adventurous Model Railway Plans by Haynes/PSL. He lives at Stroud, Gloucestershire.

Table of Contents

Comprehensive coverage of railway infrastructure during the last days of steam, with all photographs fully captioned. Stations and platform furniture. Parcels and freight traffic. Lineside industries, bridges, tunnels and cuttings. Signals, signal boxes and level crossings. Rolling stock, loco sheds and loco crew. Glossary of abbreviations.

Additional information

GOR001908960
9781844252015
1844252019
Model Railway Detailing Manual: The Steam Age by Alan Postlethwaite
Used - Very Good
Hardback
J H Haynes & Co Ltd
20050331
160
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