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"There is one truism in railway modelling that applies almost universally irrespective of the scale modelled, period replicated or area reproduced and that is, ultimately, the modeller is endeavouring to recreate some aspect of railway operations as accurately as possible. And yet, despite this, operation of railways, both prototype and model, is perhaps the least understood aspect of the hobby. There are countless books devoted to locomotive development, for example, but books dealing with the actual operation of the railways are much harder to find. That was the reason for the publication in 2003 of ""Railway Operation for the Modeller"", in which the noted railway historian and modeller Bob Essery sought to take some of the mystery out of this subject in its broadest terms. Examining themes such as signalling, he provided the modeller with a basic grounding in the theory and practice of railway operation and how it could be replicated on layouts. The success of this book has demonstrated that there is considerable interest amongst both railway historians and modellers to improve their knowledge of this complex subject. It was always the intention that, following on from this first volume, individual aspects of railway operation would be discussed in more detail, in other books. This is first of these volumes and in it Bob Essery describes in depth the nature of passenger train operations. Individual chapters examine the evolution of passenger services, train formations and working practices, non-passenger coaching stock found on passenger services, locomotive types developed specifically for passenger services and station design. The author's informative text, based around his own detailed knowledge of the industry and of years of railway modelling experience, is supplemented by a superb selection of photographs and line drawings. Comprehensive in its coverage, ""Passenger Train Operation for the Railway Modeller"" will become the standard work of reference on the subject for railway historians and modellers alike."

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RJ (Bob) Essery, who began his career on the footplate and is one of our most distinguished modellers and writers on the subject of railway modelling, is uniquely positioned to write on this topic.

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