on any two-rail or three-rail track. The modular design of
the wheel saddles and stirrups provides full support to
all wheels (including tenders) and permits using the sys-
tem on the workbench, in active display, or on any lay-
out track. Visit the above website for complete details.
“Railroading on the Wabash Fourth District”
by Victor Baird,
is available now from Erstwhile Publications, of Fort Wayne,
Indiana
. The book provides a his-
tory of the Wabash Railroad's Fourth District that extended from
Montpelier, Ohio through northern Indiana to Chicago. Track
diagrams, maps, and hundreds of photos are included. Although
slanted to the steam and steam-diesel transition era, a postscript
chapter covers the diesel period through 1964. For additional
information and ordering instructions, visit the above website.
Kalmbach Publishing
will
release
Model Railroad Planning
2014
late this month. This year's
cover story is about modeling the
trackwork required for realistic
operations at the New Orleans
Public Union Terminal, built by
Cliff Powers. Additional features
are depicting the era you want to
model, updating a published track
plan to fit your needs, a 4’ x 8’ rail-
marine track plan, switching a breakfast cereal plant, downsiz-
ing a layout to fit a smaller home, and building a multi-deck
N scale masterpiece. The publication will be available in both
