Found this on EBay...I have another like it but this one is much more inclusive of all aspects of model railroading...470 pages of knowledge!
They mention the use of Asbestos plaster for scenery building...lol. Ahh, the good old days. Very much "Lionel O scale based" as it prepared by the "Editorial Staff of the Lionel Corporation" and printed in 1953.
A little yellowed but solid and straight....