When I was a kid and had learned how to use a library, I remember going to my local public library branch at 73rd and Exchange on Chicago's south side, right next to the IC's electrified South Chicago commuter branch. In addition to what ever I needed for school, I would always check what was available about railroads and model railroads. I remember being disappointed in the few 1920's era model railroad books on the branch library shelves that described winding your own motors, making your own track with strips of tin set into slotted wood ties, and big dry cell or open glass tank wet cell batteries for power. Now I'd like to find one of those old volumes. Does anyone out there know a title or author I can use in searches on the used book sites? Geezer
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16 years ago