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After building club layouts for decades and helping other folks construct their layouts, I am in the midst of building my home layout here in Ohio. I have found that Tower City Trains has a lot of practical information that is usable for me on a smaller scale home sized pike. I have a fair amount of trolleys I want to run and making an elevated line for them is just the ticket to get them "on the scene" as an integrated part of the layout without jamming up the two mainlines. Thank you Bill Bramlage for a great idea.
It is amazing how much practical information and tips and tricks the pages of Tower City Trains has. This book is way more than just a series of pretty pictures. It is worth owning for the usable hints alone, and the accompanying free Tower City video is a great supplement to the book.
The Tower City Trains book/ DVD package is well worth having in your hobby reference library.
Thanks again Bill.
Great job.
Ed Boyle
What type of disc is included in the offer? From the order site it says: "Order now and get “The Tower City Story” A FREE, 45-minute HD DVD about this fabulous model railroad!"
Is it really an HD DVD (this format died back in 2008 - lost the format war to Blu-Ray)? While it is possible to put a HD video file on a DVD disc, normally these discs will only play on PCs and not normal DVD players.
Thanks.
It's a 1920 x 1080 HD video file burned to a DVD. It plays fine in everything we've tested it in, including 6 different DVD players. Because there is only 45 minutes of video, the file is small enough that it does not need to go on a BluRay disc.
The only difference between a DVD and a BluRay disc is the capacity. 5 gigs for a DVD, 25 gigs for a BluRay. Same file format on both.
Order the book! You will enjoy it AND the video!
Thanks for the quick reply.
Are these going to be available at York?
Hi Ed, Don McCuaig in Maui here. Back on the mainland a few months ago, I was helping a family of my best train friend. He passed a few months ago and had tons of trains. We found boxes of the old "Thomas Trains" not the Thomas that kids know now. These were made in the 50's. I even sold him some. Wondering if your interested in doing a piece of the Thomas Company. I remember seeing the ads for these in Toy Train Magazine when I was a kid. Don
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