Iconic Replicas new annoucement / Newest catalog Q1-2024


The latest version of Iconic Replicas catalog (US pricing) is now available, click Here. Some products announced in this catalog are already sold out…  Skip the desapointement and reserve yours now! 

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You saw something that you want in the catalog and it’s not on my website for pre-orders, e-mail me (Click here) — Special orders always welcome (at no extra cost) !
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Bonjour à tous,
Je sais que certain d’entre-vous sont abonné à mon infolettre, mais qui n’ont de l’intérêt uniquement pour les autobus et les voitures.  Pour tout ceux qui adore recevoir les informations sur les trains ET les autobus, RIEN NE VA CHANGER et vous N’AVEZ RIEN À FAIRE. ☺  Pour ceux d’entre-vous qui le désire, je peux mettre votre courriel dans ce nouveau groupe d’envois.  Si vous me répondez que vous désirez uniquement les nouvelles des autobus et voitures, je vais vous changer de groupe d’envois (malheureusement, cette option de paramètre ne vous est pas disponible sur votre profile, mais est très facile pour moi !).
Merci de votre fidélité et bonne année 2024.

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Hello everyone,
I know that some of you subscribe to my newsletter, but only have interest for buses and cars. For everyone who loves receiving train AND bus information, NOTHING WILL CHANGE and you DON’T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. For those of you who wish, I can put your email in this new mailing group. If you tell me that you only want news about buses and cars, I will change your sending group (unfortunately, this parameter option is not available to you on your profile, but is very easy for me to set-up!).
Thank you for your loyalty and happy new year 2024.

Ciao…
Philippe

Kalmbach new how to books available now!

You see something that you want, e-mail me : clubtraindirect@outlook.com.I’ll special order it just for you!
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Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio
Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio – #12844 – Softcover, 112 Pages – 21.99$us
Allen McClelland encouraged modelers to look at their layouts not as stand-alone entities, but as links in the North American rail system — looking beyond the basement. Take a look at Allen’s HO scale Virginian & Ohio layout, one of the best-known layouts of all time. This inspirational layout pioneered many concepts that later became standards in layout design.

Allen became well-known not just for his V&O’s realistic scenery, setting, and theme, but for showing us how to:

  • Use walkaround command control to take advantage of linear track plans
  • Choose a railroad name and theme that reflect prototype regions and railroads
  • Adopt operating procedures based on prototype practices

Modeler's Guide to the Right of Way
Modeler’s Guide to the Right of Way – #12840 – Softcover, 112 Pages – 21.99 $us (Sale: 18.98$us)
The Modeler’s Guide to the Right of Way from Kalmbach and Model Railroader Magazine takes you trackside for a deep dive into the equipment and practices that get railroads across the landscape. It provides the details that keep railroads running, and how to incorporate them into your modeling for a more realistic layout. From the track itself, through the roadbed, and out into the weeds at the edge of the right of way, noted author and modeler Jeff Wilson shares the details that keep railroads running, and how to incorporate them into your modeling for a more realistic layout.

Modeler’s Guide to the Right of Way includes:

  • Prototype photos and information, as well as modeling tips
  • Track and roadbed, including rail, ties, spikes, turnouts, switch stands, and ballast
  • Grade-crossing details including flashers, gates, towers, and crossing materials
  • Trackside details such as defect detectors, communication lines, and equipment scanners
  • Signs, such as mileposts, whistle posts, warning signs, speed-limit signs, and flanger posts

Model Realistic Freight Car Loads
Model Realistic Freight Car Loads – #12840 – Softcover, 112 Pages – 21.99 $us (Sale: 18.98$us)
Model Realistic Freight Car Loads from Kalmbach gives many prototype examples of freight car loads from common to unique, and from small to large. Follow along with tons of pictures and drawings showing how to realistically secure loads and operate them. There are hundreds of types of loads, including machinery, heavy equipment, pipe, beams, lumber, boilers, generators, transformers, and many others. The challenge in modeling is making freight car loads for your model railroad more realistic!

This book by noted railroad historian and author Keith Kohlmann will guide you in making your models more realistic by following prototype practice in securing loads and operating them. Included are a lot of photos of real loads, drawings showing how real railroads secure them to cars, and several modeled examples with tips on making model loads as realistic as possible. Inside, you’ll see a variety of types of loads, including:

  • Farm machinery and heavy equipment.
  • Steel and metal products.
  • Buses, trucks, cars, and other vehicle loads.
  • Forest products and building materials.