NEB&W Guide to Scenery - Table of Contents

Last Update: 2008-07-07

Scenery, Structures & Details Table of Contents

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• Track
• Scenery Terrain
• Foliage
• Backdrops
• Water
• Roads, Streets & Sidewalks

Track

• Introduction
• History of Track
• Clearances
• Prototype Railroad Construction
• Track Placement
• Ties, Rail, Etc.
• Cleaning Track
• Track & ROW Details
• Signals
• Ballast
• Turnouts (Track Switches) & Other Specialty Trackwork
• Grade Crossings
• Tunnels
• Bridges
• Cuts & Fills
• Retaining Walls
• Culverts
• Reference

Railroad Construction

• Trackwork equipment

Track Placement

• Curves
• Track Spacing
• Tie Spacing
• Superelevation

Ties, Rail, Etc.

• Ties
• Tie Spacing
• Turnout Ties
• Tie Coloring
• Rail
• Tie Plates
• Track Details
• Bumpers

Ballast

Turnouts (Track Switches) & Other Specialty Trackwork

• Terminology
• Turnout Ties
• Points
• Guardrails
• Self-Guarding Frogs
• Model Turnouts
• Switch Stands
• Switch Machines
• Stub Turnouts
• Spring Switches
• Spring Frogs
• Lap Switches
• Wharton Turnouts
• Crossings
• Slip Switches
• Gauntlet Track
• Scale Tracks
• Derailing Turnouts (Derails)
• Interlocking

Scenery Terrain

• Basic Terrain
• Foam In a Can
• Builder's Sand
• Ground Goop
• NEB&W Scenery Smoothie
• Tunnels
• Retaining Walls
• Rockwork
• Rock Rubble
• Dirt
• Gluing
• References

Foliage

• Deciduous Trees
• Forest
• Making Trees
• Ready Made Trees
• Specific Species
• Pines
• Planting
• Height
• Foliage
• Swamp
• Cattails
• Purple Loosestrife
• Kudzu
• Grass
• More On Grass
• Weeds
• Timber Products
• Swamp
• Farm Fields
• Gardens
• Ivy

Backdrops

Water

• Swamp

Roads, Streets, & Sidewalks

• Introduction
  
• Dirt Roads
  
• Gravel Roads
  
• Cobblestone Streets
  
• Concrete Roads
  
• Asphalt Roads
  
• Crosswalks
  
• Pavement Lines
  
• Trolleys & Street Trackage
  
• Alleys
  
• Sidewalks
  
• Interstates
  
• Curbing
  
• Sidewalk Details
  
• Burma Shave Signs
• Route Signs
• Colored Signs
• Stop Signs
• Sign Posts
• Grade Crossing Signs
• Grade Crossings
• Grade Crossing Details
• Highway Guardrails

Retaining Walls

• Introduction
• Coping
• Log Cribbing
• Tie Cribbing
• Stone Retaining Walls
• Brick Retaining Walls
• Concrete Retaining Walls
• Concrete Cribbing
• Baled Rock

Tunnels

• Introduction
• Clearances
• Bare Rock Tunnel Portal
• Cut Stone Tunnel Portal
• Brick Tunnel Portal
• Wood Tunnel Portal
• Concrete Tunnel Portal
• Retaining Walls
• Telltales

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