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2014 Maine 2-Foot Calendar
All color Maine 2-foot models and prototype photographs
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SR&RL Conductor's Book
October to November 1920
Exact reproduction of this rare book from the Sandy River & Rangeley
Lakes Railroad.
More than 50 pages of train movements between Rangeley and Farmington. Also
provided are car, load, destination and locomotive cross reference indexes.
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A Pictorial History of the Bridgton & Saco River Railroad
Approximately 150 pages
New plans, unpublished photos, maps and ICC reports
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Colorado Narrow Gauge Digest, 2012
Product Review Sn3 The Cimarron Works St. Charles
Boxcars Product Review HOn3 The Model Railroad General Store
D&RGW Baggage Car Narrow Minded Wanderings Product Review HOn3 Micro Trains C&S Reefers C&S St. Charles Boxcars American Car & Foundry Building Gilpin Tram Shays in HOn30 Gilpin Ore Cars in Sn2 The Viaduct at Blackhawk Gato—A Relic in Time Silverton Northern Enginehouse Locomotives of the Switzerland Trail Repowering a C-16 HOn3 Grandt, and DSP&P Evolution Ouray Station in S Scale Narrow Gauge Explorations Turn-of-the-Century Boxcar Kitbash
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2012 Maine 2-Foot Calendar
All color Maine 2-foot models and prototype photographs
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SR&RL Freight Cars "A Comprehensive guide to the SR&RL Freight Cars:"
Drawings, photos, ICC Reports and related railroad documents.
Approximately 200+ pages.
Coming 2014
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The HOn30 Locomotive Handbook by Chris
McChesney
Spiral bound, 104 pages, The HOn30 Locomotive Handbook. The definitive work
on working with small mechanisms. Focus is on Maine 2-foot narrow gauge Sandy
River & Rangeley Lakes, Wiscasset, Waterville & Farmington Railroads.
Suitable for all model railroaders wanting to improve the running
characteristics of their locomotives. HOn3, Sn3, On2, On30. Loaded with
prototype and model photos.
Chapters: A Basic Philosophy for quality model making and reliable operation Tools necessary for Locomotive construction Tips for locomotive Construction and fine tuning The Physics of Forneys Building the WW&F Rwy #2 A Portland built Forney Building the SR&RL Railbus 3 and 4 Building the Sandy River Railroad #1 A Hinkley Building the WW&F #4 A Porter built Forney Fine tuning the Car Works SR&RL #23 Taming the Flying Zoo SR&RL #10
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SR&RL Passenger Cars Vol. II
Approximately 80 + pages, cover combines 14 and 15, coaches 16 thru 22,
excursion cars and railbuses.
Plans, previously unpublished photos, documents, ICC reports.
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The Maine 2-Footers in Color, Second Edition
94 pages, 100% color, vintage images from 1938 to mid
1970s. Covers the SR&RL, Bridgton & Harrison, WW&F and Monson
Railroads
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Two Foot Cyclopedia Plan Book #2
11 x 17, 52 pages includes plans from the SR&RL, Bridgton, WW&F and
Kennebec Central Railroads
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A Pictorial History of the Monson Railroad by Gary Kohler 120 + pages, 400 photos, many published here for the first time
Monson Junction Station
Monson Junction
Right-of-Way to Monson
Monson Station and Yard
Slate
Quarries Locomotives Equipment
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Narrow Gauge Seashore Commuter
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A Pictorial History of The Boston, Revere
Beach & Lynn Railroad - by Robert MacDonald
Photographs from the
collections of Robert MacDonald and Christopher Coyle
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WW&F Week's Mill Water Tank Plan book. 21 Pages
Drawings and photos
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Maine Two Foot Modeler Book V Summer
1993
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Maine Two Foot Modeler Book V Spring
1993
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Maine 2-Foot Quarterly Compilation Vol. 1. Contains M2FQ Vol. 1, #1, to Vol. 1,
#4. Electronic version only: $12.00
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A Chronological History of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad,
Part II, 1901-1937 by Gary Kohler
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Sandy River & Rangeley
Lakes Railroad and Predecessors, Equipment and Manufacturers, Vol. II by Jerry
DeVos.
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Narrow Gauge &
Shortline Historical Society Newsletter reprint. 1975 to 1977 approximately
150 pages, spiral bound
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Two
Foot Cyclopedia: Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Locomotive #23. 11 x 17,
spiral bound. Plans, new photos, new layout and related information on SR&RL
locomotive #23.
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A
Chronological History of the Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad by
Gary Kohler
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Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot
Valley Vol. VI - Passenger Cars of the WW&F
Ry by Chris McChesney and Gary Kohler
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Sandy River & Rangeley Lakes Railroad and its Predecessors, Vol. 1 Equipment Manufacturers and the Equipment by Jerry DeVos.
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NEW! Maine Two Cyclopedia Plan
Book
Approximately 50 Maine 2-foot gauge
plans from original railroad drawings, or plans from Bill Jensen, James Dunlop
or Gary Kohler. Most are from original railroad drawings. Includes structures,
bridges, locomotives, equipment.
Format: 11 x 17 spiral bound.
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SR&RL Passenger Cars
Each volume will contain many new
photos, drawings, ICC reports, shop reports, builder data, etc.
Each volume will be approximately 80
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Volume
1 Acknowledgments Foreword SR&RL Passenger Equipment 1877 to
1936 Early Equipment Baggage/RPOs 6-8 Parlor Car 9 Combine
11 Combine 12 Combine 14 Combine 13/15 Passenger car photo
gallery Bibliography |
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2 Passenger cars 16-22 excursion cars and photo
gallery additional material not included in volume, corrections,
etc. complete roster (the most accurate roster published to date on the
SR&RL passenger cars) this volume will have photos of the elusive P&R
smoker
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Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot Valley, Vol.
V
Here's the cover for our next
book: Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot Valley, Vol. V Locomotives and
Passenger Cars of the WW&F Ry
Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot Valley, Vol.
IV: Equipment of the WW&F
*120 pages *Full color
covers *Covers box cars, flat cars, waycars, caboose, plows, flangers,
reefers, hand and rail cars. Drawings for almost every type of car. *Complete
story of the TCDA Reefers *Complete rosters *Unusual cars and
anomalies
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Maine Two Foot Modeler Book IV
MTFM
reprint book four covers issues 25 - 32: April 1990 to October 1991. Selection
of Articles: Trip on the B&H. Building Sandy River Caboose #1. Two Foot
Maps. Sn2 Freight Car Plans. Rebuilding the Sango 18. Steel Turntable. Switches.
F&M Log Bunks. Tracking the Sandy River. $25.95 ppd in the US. $30.95 Canada
and overseas. Soft cover only. Hard back by advance reservation
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Issue 25: Car Works
On2 Parlor Car Review I Remember the B&H by Charles Ballard, includes his
personal photos. Modeling Sandy River Caboose 1 by Mark Hall, photos and
drawing.
Issue 26: HOn30 Westco Underframe
Review Mass Produce HOn30 Flat Cars, photos and diagram. SR&RL
Pulprack 330 Sn2 Drawings, James Dunlop. HOn30 Flat Cars b Chris
McChesney WW&F Flat Car 118 by the WW&F Museum. Tracking the Sandy
River by Brian Gelineau.
Issue 27: Nine Lines Gon
Review. Photo of the new WW&F Museum. Tracking the Sandy River -- with
map, Brian Gelineau. SR&RL Pulprack 420, Sn2 plans. Update on the
C&DR by Bob Hayden and Dave Frary. Some Tips on Building the Sango 18 by
Chris McChesney, Part I.
Issue 28: Ride the Sandy River Video
Review. The Sandy River -- 50 Years After by Linwood Moody, Part
I. SR&RL Pulprack 222, Sn2 Plans. Some Tips on Building the Sango 18
by Chris McChesney, Part II. Car Works On2 SR&RL 10, B&SR 7 and
8.
Issue 29: Fitting the Grandt Line cab
to a FM Diesel, photo and diagram. Two Foot Point Switches and Drawings by
Moe Mechling. Want a Scale Model of the SR&RL? by Mark Hall. Tracking
the Sandy River by Brian Gelineau.
Issue 30: Scratchbuilding Sn2 Rolling
Stock the Easy Way by Kenneth Westcott. Getting On2 Started an Interview with
Dick Andrews. Mounting Switch Machines by Moe Mechling. F&M Log Bunks
by Mark Hall. Diagrams and Photos. Product Review: Back Shop On2 Parts and
Trucks.
Issue 31: Tuning Grandt Line HOn30
Trucks by Bob Hayden. Model Photos of Lars Ringvist's SR&RL loco
10. Basic Structure of the On2 Model Railroad by Breck
Pegram. Contemporary View of SR&RL at Phillips, Maine. How to Build a
Flat Car by Mark Hall, Part I. The Sandy River -- 50 Years After by Linwood
Moody, Part II. SR&RL Flanger Sign Drawing. Quickie Steel Turntable by
Allan Houghton, prototype and model photos.
Issue 32: How to Build a Flat Car by
Mark Hall, Part II. Mapping Your Way Along the Two Footers by Richard Drury:
USGS Maps and Ordering. The C&DR Nears End of Track. Tracking the
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In Quest of Colorado Narrow Gauge -
1950-1951 by Robert MacDonald
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In Quest of Colorado Narrow Gauge
is a first-person account of a young man's travels from Boston, Massachusetts to
Denver, Colorado in search of all things narrow. Bob details his cross country
trip searching out the D&RGW, RGS and the C&S with his black and white
and full color images, all published here for the first time! Any Colorado
narrow gauge fan, indeed any narrow gauge fan, will enjoy Bob's "Indiana
Jones-style" quest of Colorado 3-foot gauge railroads. Bob also explains in
detail and photos one of that very last runs of the D&RGW's fabled San Juan
passenger train.
- 120 plus
pages
- Full color photo section
- Denver & Rio
Grande
- Rio Grande Southern
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The
Cyclopedia of Industrial Modeling
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M2FQ Publications is pleased to
announce the forthcoming release of Dean Freytag's second book, The Cyclopedia
of Industrial Modeling. Cyclopedia follows on Dean's first book, published
through Walthers on the steel Mill industry, and the subsequent release of a
number of highly popular industrial kits. The Cyclopedia of Industrial Modeling
offers the reader a complete how-to guide of assembling various components and
building various pieces of industrial equipment suitable for added industrial
detail to model railroads. Also included are several chapters of building
specific pieces steel mill appropriate rolling stock! 100% Color! 90 pages.
AVAILABLE NOW
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Narrow Gauge in the Sheepscot Valley, Vol.
III, Week's Mills to Albion and the Winslow Branch.
*116 pages *Over 150
photos (dozens previously unpublished) *Maps and new drawings highlight
informative text and captions: Albion station, enginehouse, turntable and
Palermo Station *Fate of the Winslow Branch Newell's, Palermo, China, Albion,
South China, East Vassalboro, North Vassalboro American Woolen Mills
Drawings *Color photos of China and Albion!
Sorry, this book is
TEMPORARILY out of print.
Maine 2-Foot Quarterly's Four Page Plan and Map List
(this is a revised list from our old ten page list). This is the real deal!
All plans and maps are copied from the original drawings. $4.00
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