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title: "Realistic Model Railroad Operation (Layout Design and Planning)"
brand: "tony koester"
price: "$595458"
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reviews_count: 13
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# Realistic Model Railroad Operation (Layout Design and Planning)

**Brand:** tony koester
**Price:** $595458
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** Realistic Model Railroad Operation (Layout Design and Planning) by tony koester
- **How much does it cost?** $595458 with free shipping
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## Customer Reviews

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    Drinking from the fire hose.
  

*by B***O on Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2014*

This is a thin, magazine sized paperback and I didn't expect much out of it. However, there's so much detail here, two weeks later I'm still working through it. While it's still more of an overview than a detailed manual, Koester packs in examples and enough text to give you a very good start on making your railroad operational. There's a very little bit to discuss solo operations, but this is targeted mostly at the norm of group operations.There's a lot inside of a thin book, but make no mistake about it, this is still an overview and a jumping off point. Don't expect this to be everything there is about operations. It's 96 pages with photos and diagrams, it's more advice and less a recipe book or operation manual. You'll still need to do some research into your prototypes to get full realistic operation, but at least this helps you figure out the questions you need to ask and some advice on solving the problems of adapting real life activities to a model.

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    Making your railroad seem almost real!
  

*by R***N on Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2014*

This book is not or the faint-hearted. It could easily put some to sleep.That being said ...If you want to model actual operations like they did on the real railroads then this is the book for you!Tony steps you through different ways of operation on the real railroads and how to apply those things to the model railroad. One good example is using hand signals between switch men, conductor and engineer in the yard. None of us have room to swing a lantern as they do on the real railroads, but Tony shows how to mimic those lantern movements with hand and finger gestures that won't have you swinging your arms around wildly knocking over scenery in the process.If you want to model operations on your model railroad this is the must-have book on the subject!

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    Model train books
  

*by J***I on Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2020*

Great read for model trains.  This will help you get ideas and make think of things to use

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