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Allen McClelland and His Virginian & Ohio

出版	Kalmbach Media, 2022
主題	Crafts & Hobbies / Model RailroadingTechnology & Engineering / Civil / Transportation
ISBN	16270092219781627009225
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=XdGYzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋Few people have had as profound an impact on model railroading as Allen McClelland. In Allen McClelland and his Virginian & Ohio, Tony Koester explains how Allen and his model railroad set scale model railroading on the path that we take for granted today. Allen's pioneering ideas on operation and design-and, most importantly, the execution of those ideas-in the 1960s and 1970s made him one of the hobby's most influential figures. From model railroading's early days, most layouts were simply collections of models without coherent themes, often with fanciful or pun-based names. Allen changed that, first by encouraging modelers to look at their layouts not as stand-alone entities, but as links in the North American rail system- looking beyond the basement. Allen showed us the advantage of using inexpensive plastic locomotives and rolling stock to save time and money while creating layouts that represent railroads, not individual models. 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