Railroading - Hobbies

Kalmbach Publishing Company, 1027 North Seventh Street, Milwaukee 3, Wisconsin, is one of the leading publishers of booklets and periodicals on railroading. Model Trains, a bi-monthly magazine ($2 a year), is a good one for the beginner. Later you can graduate to Model Railroader, a monthly ($6 a year). Another good magazine is Railroad Model Craftsman, an annual ($5 a year), published at 6 East Main Street, Ramsey, New Jersey. Penn also publishes The Answers to 100 HO Questions (10 cents), an eight-page pamphlet, containing a wealth of pertinent information.

Your library, too, has many books on model railroading. Your interest in railroads will probably lead you to reading about the history of railroads, on which much has been written. It is a thrilling, dramatic story, which encompasses bitter battles with Indians, and the industrial growth of our nation.

Don't decide against a railroading hobby if it appeals to you because you think it will take up more space than you can spare. Big space in the cellar, attic, or garage is fine and permits expansion, but such room is not necessary. A space four feet square can accommodate a handsome railroad running through a small town.

Railroading has so many enthusiasts that there aie model railroad clubs all over the country. In these clubs, members work together to build a club railroad, and they produce some elaborate layouts: multiple tracks at different levels, many kinds of freight and passenger cars, farm country with a mountainous background, a small town with automobiles and pedestrians walking the streets, a railroad station with a newsstand and restaurant, woodlands with lofty trees and roadside wild flowers, tunnels under a highway, bridges over a rushing stream.

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