PREORDER: Last Train Standing: History / Modeling Strates Carnival Trains (paperback)
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PREORDER PAPERBACK - Larry E. Smith, MMR, covers the history of the James E. Strates Show trains in this 235-page book.
Strates has been in the carnival business for 100 years, starting in 1923 as the Southern Tier Shows until today and having the distinction of operating the last show train in the United States, although that hasn’t occurred in the last few years.
Follow the changes over the decades as Strates Shows developed from a two-car train, 1935, into the 45-car train of today, using the best and most modern equipment to house and transport their employees and equipment.
Includes over 800 historical photos and illustrations. Plus the book has extensive ideas and examples on how to model these changes and how to accurately represent different eras of operation.
Expected to ship late September 2023.
Also available as a downloadable eBook or hardbound.
235 pages.
- FREE SHIPPING US
- 50% OFF FOREIGN SHIPPING
PREORDER PAPERBACK - Larry E. Smith, MMR, covers the history of the James E. Strates Show trains in this 235-page book.
Strates has been in the carnival business for 100 years, starting in 1923 as the Southern Tier Shows until today and having the distinction of operating the last show train in the United States, although that hasn’t occurred in the last few years.
Follow the changes over the decades as Strates Shows developed from a two-car train, 1935, into the 45-car train of today, using the best and most modern equipment to house and transport their employees and equipment.
Includes over 800 historical photos and illustrations. Plus the book has extensive ideas and examples on how to model these changes and how to accurately represent different eras of operation.
Expected to ship late September 2023.
Also available as a downloadable eBook or hardbound.
235 pages.
CONTENTS
PREFACE: Introduction
CHAPTER 1: My journey
HISTORY OF THE TRAINS
CHAPTER 2: Show trains
CHAPTER 3: Circuses
CHAPTER 4: The Wild West Show
CHAPTER 5: Carnivals
THE DUKE ASH ERA
CHAPTER 6: The 1960s
CHAPTER 7: The 1970s
CHAPTER 8: The 1980s
CHAPTER 9: The 1990s
CHAPTER 10: The Twenty-First Century
CHAPTER 11: The 2010s
SHOW TRAIN EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 12: Strates rolling stock
CHAPTER 13: Flat cars
CHAPTER 14: Passenger equipment
CHAPTER 15: Modeling the heavyweight train
CHAPTER 16: The lightweight era
CHAPTER 17: Wagons, mules, vehicles, and racked rides
CHAPTER 18: Wagons, mules, vehicles, and racked loads, Duke Ash Era: 1960s
MODELING THE EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 19: Modeling wagons, etc.
CHAPTER 20: The train
CHAPTER 21: Modeling the trains by time periods
CHAPTER 22: Modeling Strates 72′ flat cars
CHAPTER 23: Modeler’s showcase
APPENDIX
PREFACE: Introduction
CHAPTER 1: My journey
HISTORY OF THE TRAINS
CHAPTER 2: Show trains
CHAPTER 3: Circuses
CHAPTER 4: The Wild West Show
CHAPTER 5: Carnivals
THE DUKE ASH ERA
CHAPTER 6: The 1960s
CHAPTER 7: The 1970s
CHAPTER 8: The 1980s
CHAPTER 9: The 1990s
CHAPTER 10: The Twenty-First Century
CHAPTER 11: The 2010s
SHOW TRAIN EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 12: Strates rolling stock
CHAPTER 13: Flat cars
CHAPTER 14: Passenger equipment
CHAPTER 15: Modeling the heavyweight train
CHAPTER 16: The lightweight era
CHAPTER 17: Wagons, mules, vehicles, and racked rides
CHAPTER 18: Wagons, mules, vehicles, and racked loads, Duke Ash Era: 1960s
MODELING THE EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER 19: Modeling wagons, etc.
CHAPTER 20: The train
CHAPTER 21: Modeling the trains by time periods
CHAPTER 22: Modeling Strates 72′ flat cars
CHAPTER 23: Modeler’s showcase
APPENDIX