Designing a successful model railroad calls for much more than drafting a trackplan and arranging benchwork. Creating realistic towns, industries, and "work" for your trains to perform will improve any layout, regardless of its size, scale, or gauge. Within the pages of Realistic Model Railroad Design, notable Model Railroader Magazine columnist Tony Koester offers insight into making plausible choices for the concept and construction of your own great model railroad. Photographs of his own layouts, and those of other respected modelers, illustrate his concepts throughout. Open up the pages of Realistic Model Railroad Design, and you'll find a wealth of helpful and insightful concepts to get you on the road to designing your own realistic model railroad. Book jacket.