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RAILWAY BOOKS.

 
Brief History Books Vol 3 - Bogie Freight Wagons of Victoria 1979 - 1999 $50.00
Brief History Books Vol 4 - Fixed Wheel Freight Wagons of Victoria - Part 1  A - J sold out
Brief History Books Vol 5 - Fixed Wheel Freight Wagons of Victoria - Part 2  K - Z sold out
Brief History Books Vol 7 - Departmental Vehicles of Victoria  - Part 1  HD & HR $50.00
Brief History Books Vol  8 - Departmental Vehicles of Victoria  - Part 2 Sold
out
Brief History Books Vol 10 - Electric Suburban Coaching Stock of Victoria sold out
Brief History Books Vol 11 - FIxed Wheel Coaching Stock of Victoria sold out

Brief History Books Vol 12 - Bogie Wooden Coaching Stock of Victoria

sold out
Brief History Books Vol 13 - Steel and Special Coaching Stock of Victoria sold out
Brief History Books Vol 14 - Rail Motors & Brake Vans of Victoria sold
out
Note regarding Brief History Books. Volumes not listed above are either yet to be released or already out of print.
Well, either that or I've been slack in getting them listed here.  :)
Each volume is released when ready and not in numerical order.
 
Preserved Engines in Steam. Pictorial showing locomotives that are now preserved in Victoria, as they were when in normal service. Hardcover. $6.95
Focus on Victorian Narrow Gauge - Beech Forest Line - part one $35.95

Focus on Victorian Narrow Gauge - Beech Forest Line - part two

$35.95
Focus on Victorian Narrow Gauge - Gembrook Line - part one $35.95
Focus on Victorian Narrow Gauge - Gembrook Line - part two $35.95

Focus on Victorian Narrow Gauge - Gembrook Line - part three

$35.95
A Day in the Life of G 42. Mixed Train to Erica - Thursday 18th March 1954 -
Australian Diesel Scene 3 $33.00
Australian Diesel Scene 4 $36.00
Australian Diesel Scene 5 $39.95
Diesel Spectrum NSW The Candy Era $17.60
Diesel Spectrum NSW The Reverse Era $17.60
Diesel Spectrum Qld.   The Blue and White Era $17.60
Diesel Spectrum Vic.   The Blue and Gold Era $17.60
Diesel Spectrum The Private Operators - part 1 $18.00
Trains of Australia Vol. 4 $9.95

 

Discounted / Deleted US Railroad Books - Kalmbach

Twilight of the Great Trains. (Classic US passenger trains) $65.00

 

Model Railway books.

 

Spring, Spark & Steam. An illustrated guide to Australasian toy and model trains. (Pre 1960s era - Robilt, Ferris, Maurlyn etc).

$70.00
Peco book of Model Buildings $19.50
Garden Railroading. $35.85
How to Design and Build your Garden Railroad $38.05
Gorgeous Garden Railways. (pictorial of garden railways from around the world - mostly US) $43.55
Get Started in Garden Railroading. $13.55
Get started in N scale $13.55
Tables for your trains $10.35
Wiring basics $10.35
Tips on track $10.35
Simple scenery $13.55
Basic buildings $13.55
Airbrush basics $13.55
Easy Scale Modelling $13.55
Basic model railroad track plans $34.60
  Basic Model Railroading - Getting Started in the Hobby  

$25.75

 

  Painting Backdrops for your Model Railroad  

$27.20

 

  Shelf Layouts for Model Railroads  

$30.00

 

Walkaround Model Railroad Track Plans $30.25
N scale Model Railroad the Grows $28.60
Scenery for your Model Railroad $27.20
How to Build Realistic Model Railroad Scenery $38.95
Basic Scenery for Model Railroaders $28.60

 

DCC Projects and Applications $36.65
  Model Railroaders Guide to Bridges, Trestles and Tunnels  

$34.60

 

Peco Setrack OO/HO planbook Third Edition (excellent value) - earlier edition illustrated. $8.75
Peco Setrack Planbook - N scale - earlier edition illustrated. $10.00
Blueprints for Ten True-Track Layouts (Atlas). $5.15
Atlas HO Layouts for every space $10.00
The Atlas Beginner's guide to HO Model Railroading $8.30
Atlas. Introduction to N scale model railroading $8.30
Atlas. The complete wiring book $10.00
Atlas Seven Step by Step HO Railroads. $10.00
Atlas Seven Step by Step HO Railroads. $10.00
Small Railroads you can model $32.65
A Realistic HO Layout for Beginners. $38.70
Small, Smart & Practical Track Plans $45.35
Kitbashing HO Model Railroad Structures $16.50
Kitbashing HO Model Railroad Structures (expanded edition) $20.60
HO Railroad from Set to Scenery. $36.70
Maintaining & Repairing your scale model trains. $36.70
Basic Wiring for Model Railroaders (Second Edition - cover different to that illustrated) $28.60
101 Track Plans for Model Railroaders $30.50
Project Railroads You Can Build. From Benchwork to Finished Scenery. $34.60
N scale Model Railroading. Getting Started in the Hobby. $40.70
Mid Sized and Manageable Track Plans. $38.70
HO Railroad from start to finish. A 4 x 8' layout you can build. $31.20
60 Plans for small locations $7.25
Track Plans for various locations $7.25
N gauge Track Plans $7.25
Building the Baseboards $2.30
Laying the Track $2.30
Wiring the Layout - Part 1: First Steps $3.70
Wiring the Layout - part 2: For the more advanced $3.70
Making a Start in OO gauge $2.30
Modelling the Landscape $1.95
Detailing the Landscape $2.30
Adding the Background $1.95
Creating the Backscene $1.95
Introducing DCC Digital Command Control $2.85
Railway Modelling Outdoors in the smaller scales $2.30
Railway Modelling Outdoors in the larger scales $2.30
DCC Decoder Installation $4.45
Wiring the Layout - Part 3: Points and Crossings $4.45
Building a OO gauge Garden Railway $1.00
Curing TV Interference $1.00


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Please note that Hobbies Plus is a small shop. In order to try and keep a larger variety of items in stock, it is often necessary to keep only small numbers of many items. So, in many cases, we may only have one or two of a particular item in stock. We shall endeavour to remove items no longer in stock from these lists as soon as practical unless it is likely the item/s will be back in stock very soon.